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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


■'BehuU  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidhu,s  of  Gh-eat  Joy,  wUA  Shall  he  unto  All  P,oph." -Ukv.  i:  HI 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  3, 1878. 


No.  1. 


.1.11 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

MooiT,  .S.H.Biishor,  M.M.Esliolman, 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


B.  H.  MlLLKll,        -      - 
J.  W.  BTEIN,       -      - 
n.  TANIMAN.         -      - 
D,  If.  MliNI'ZKIt,       - 
UATTIE  A.  I.KAlt.       - 


LADOOA,  ISII. 

-       NKWTONIA,  MO, 

-  -  VHtllKK,  ILL. 
-WAYNESBORO,  PA. 

-  UltHANA,    ILL. 


OUR    MOTHER. 

OH!  iiiimy  lips  nre  aayin^r  this, 
'Mill  tiilliiig  tears  ttj-iliiy, 
Anil  iniiiy  hwirts  art-  atihing  aore, 

Our  mnthev's  pnsst'd  away. 
We  watched  her  fadiug  year  by  year. 

As  they  went  slowly  Ijy, 
But  cast  fai-  from  us  e'eii  tlie  tear. 
That  she  could  ever  die. 

She  sciemed  so  good,  so  pure,  so  true, 

To  our  admiring  eyes, 
We  never  dreamed  tliis  glorious  fruit, 

Wm  ripening  for  the  skies, 
Autt  when  ut  hist  the  death-stroke  came, 

Sn  swift,  so  sure,  so  true, 
Tlie  hearts  that  held  her  hero  so  fast, 

Were  almost  hroken  tuo. 

We  robi'd  her  in  a  puie,  white  dress, 

As  her  de.sire  hiul  been, 
Uave  one   last  kiss,  then  laid  her  'mid, 

The  Summer  leaves  so  green, 
Then  eacli  took  up  the  broken  thread, 

Of  life  and  all  its  rares  : 
How  Slid  our  heart  'mid  daily  tasks, 

We  miss  our  mother's  i)rayers. 

We  ne'er  shall  know  from  what  dai-k  paths, 

They  may  liave  kept  our  feet; 
Yet  hnly  will  their  influence  be, 

While  eaeh  fond  heart  shall  beat, 
And  as  we  tread  the  thorny  way, 

Wbiih  her  dear  feet  have  trod, 
Ever  shall  feel  our  mother's  prayei"!*. 

Leading  us  up  to  God. 

And  when  the  storms  of  sorrow  come,    . 

Tu  each  bereaved  heart, 
Let  faith   glance   upward  to  the  home. 

Where  we  shall  never  part. 
Where  one  awaits  with  loving  eyes, 

Tu  sen  her  children  come. 
As  uue  by  one  we  cross  the  flood. 

Anil  reach  our  heavenly  home. 

Selected  by  Ada  L  Cokrell. 


NEW    YEAR'S    GREETING. 

BY  D.  B.  MKNTZER. 

l'"  tin- Editors  (fttd  the  Special  Contrihittors  of 
the  Brethren  at  Work. 

MAY  He  who  "made  Himself  of  no  repu- 
tation," and  in  meekness  "went  about 
iniiiy  good,"  grant  you  grace,  mercy  and  peace. 
i'li'l  '■  wisdom  from  above."  And  let  all  the 
'''itlifiil  say.  Amen. 

I  cannot  say  that  '■  Ye  have  need  that  I  write 

""f"  you,"  but  it  seems  good  to  send  you  an 

■'iiiiual  message  of  Christian  greeting,  such  as 

'"*v  would  dictate  through  the  Spirit  of  Truth. 

w>  were  always  encouraged  in  whatever  wo 

-  Hieio  is  no  telling  how  far  each'  one  of  us 

J'dd  unconsciously  venture  away  from  "  the 

^)"iiy  the  Truth,  aiid  the  Life,"— our  Refuge  and 

fiiit  then  we  all  need  encouragement  in  every 
I'O'l  work,  and  that  encouragement  should  be 
''"■'■xpression  of  a  Christ^foUowing,  Christ- 
'"^'n^lieart.  Love  encourages,  love  cares  for 
;""'  Mt'mh  the  character  of  its  object.  Such 
'^  'lif  hive  of  true  Christians.  Unless  "the  love 
'"  ''ud  is  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts,"  the  spirit 
"'  tlie  worid  has  great   possessions  there,   and  1 


the  uiituift.' 
let  us 


itations  will   evidi-nce    the   fact.     0 


LOVK  ONE   AXOTHEK," 

This  is  indeed  the  religion  of  Jesus.  By  this 
the  unbelieving  world  shall  see  the  evidence  of 
the  Christinn  religion.  "  Love  is  of  God."  — 
Shftuld  we  hearken  to  and  be  profited  by  the 
apostle  Paul's  admonition,  "  Be  ye  foUowei-s  of 
God  as  dear  children."  we  would  love  as  God 
loves— love  the  good  and  hate  the  evil.  This 
was  the  order  in  Eden,  but  sin  revereed  it.— 
The  wicked  "hate  the  good  and  love  the  evil." 
Conversion  brings  us  back  again,  to  hate  evil, 
and  "  all  appearance  of  evil,"  and  to  be  "follow- 
ers of  that  which  is  good."  .1  Pet.  3:  13. 

In  this  life  we  are  daily  surrounded  with  gowl 
and  evil  influences.  Not  only  are  we  surround- 
ed by  such  opposites,  but  in  our  flesh  dwells  no 
good  thing  of  our  own.  All  the  good  that 
flows  out  into  life's  works,  is  the  gift  of  God. 
and  all  theevil  isof  "  that  wicked  one,"  through 
our  flesh.  Then  we  have  great  reasons  to 
watch  and  pray  continually,  and  yield  to  the 
implicit  commands  of  "  the  Captain  of  our  sal- 
vation "  seeking  to  exemplify  Him  in  evei-y 
thought  word  ;md  deed.  We  have  also  abun- 
dant cause  to  sympathize  with  one  another, 
hear  each  other's  burdens  as  much  as  in  us  lies, 
and  help  one  another  over  the  rugged,  narrow 
way  that  leads  to  that  "  Better  country." 

You,  my  very  deai-  brethren,  are  entering  up- 
on another  year  of  editorial  tabor.  No  one  can 
tell  how  the  yeai-  will  end.  We  know  not  who 
will  be  called  from  our  Lord's  family  on,  earth 
to  that  above.  Eph.  3:  15.  This  is  a  solemn 
thought.  Solemn  thoughts  are  our  beat 
thoughts  however,  for  tliey  I»ring  us  nearer  to 
Him  in  whom  wc  believe,  and  to  whose  inimit- 
able image  we  are  being  fashiouetl  by  His  gi'ace 
in  US,  through  obedience  to  the  Truth.  There- 
fore let  us  earnestly. 

CONTKNJl  FOR  THK  FAITH 

once  delivered  to  the  s.iints.  In  the  God  whom 
we  serve,  there  is  no  variableness  and  no  shadow 
of  turning;  and  so  must  we  beccme  in  our  re- 
lation to  the  faith,  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  — 
Be  steiulfast  in  the  faith  at  all  times  and  in  all 
things,  defending  the  church  and  her  glorified, 
all-adorable  Hejul. 

Krom  an  experimental  stand-point,  I  look  up- 
on your  liiboi-s  a.s  editoi-s,  as  being  very  resuons- 
ible  indeed.  The  editing  or  the  selection  and 
preparation  of  manuscript  for  the  compositor, 
and  the  consequent  publication  of  the  same  to 
the  church  and  the  world,  is  a  work,  perhaps 
not  second  to  the  ministry  of  the  Word.  Some 
suppose  that  to  he  an  editor  is  enviable,  but 
iheif  never  were  editors.  Others  suppo.se  it  to 
be  an  honor,  but  theij  do  not  consider  its  untold 
responsibility.  To  you  it  is  the  labor  of  serv- 
ants, and  the  sense  of  your  accountability  keeps 
you  humble  imd  slow  to  venture  on  uncertiiin 
fmindations.  May  it  be  so  henceforth  and  for- 
ever, that  you  niuy  present  to  the  brothei'hood 
and  to  the  world  a  suiictijleil  presn. 

If  you  serve  in  "singlene-is  of  heart,"  and  in 
■' humbleness  of  mind,"  you  can  accomplish 
much  good  in  the  church  hy  sustaining  and 
perpetuating  her  identity.  It  is  claimed  that 
the  press  moulds  the  people  —  its  readei*s.  Wc 
l)elieve  this  is  true.  Then  let  it  be  your  anxious 
care  so  to  edit  your  "  copy."  and  so  to  select 
your  matter,  that  your  eutiiv  patronage  may 
be  niiiulded  into  the  mind  of  Christi  who  came, 
not  to  do  His  own  will,  but  the  will  of  HIM 
that  sent  Him. 

Be  steadfast  in  the  doctrine,  immovable  in 
the  faith,  "  looking  unto  Jesus,  the  Author  and 
Finisher  of  our  fitith,"  the  hope  of  earth  and 
the  joy  of  heaven. 

I  have  yet  two  New  Year  texts   to  offer,  e.s- 
cially  to  our  special  contributors  and  all  other 
correspondents: 

Let  this  mind  l>e  in  ijoii  which  was  also  in 
Christ  Jesus."     Phih  2:  5. 

To  do  good,  and  to  ronimniiirate  forget  not, 


for  with  suth  sacrifice--*  God  is  well  pleimed." 

Heb.  13:  16. 

COMKTO  THE  WOltK. 

The  great  need  of  the  chinch  to-<lay.is  "  men 
of  God,"  who  will  deny  themselves  of  all  that 
is  selfish,  and  worldly,  and  compromising  with 
perverted  Christianity— men  wlio  will  practice 
the  religion  wc  profess,  and  endeavor  at  every 
opportunity  to  spread  the  Truth,  and  peace, 
and  good-will.  Such  ye  are.  we  trust.  Then 
let  us  put  our  hands  firmly  to  the  plow,  and 
without  looking  back,  or  tarrying  by  the  way, 
go  forward  in  the  work.  A  powerful  enemy  is 
ours,  and  the  warfare  is  long  and  all  importunt. 
0  let  us  come  to  "  the  help  of  the  Lord  against 
the  mighty. 

Your  contributors  iire  one  me:ms  to  do  your 
duty.  May  He  who  never  wearies,  and  who  is 
long-snfrering  and  of  tender  mercy,  grant  you 
wisdom,  grace  aiid  stesidfastncss  in  the  "  Faith 
and  patience  of  .Jesna."  Think  not  that  thii 
labor  is  child's  play— a  play  of  words.  Whil< 
writing  for  the  Christian  press  may  be  consider 
ed  an  exercise  and  tniining  for  the  mind,  it 
ought  rather  to  be  the  expression  of  a  heart 
full  of  love  for  the  primitive  cause  of  Christ, 
and  the  eflurt  of  a  sin-pardoned  soul  going  out 
after  the  lost.  While  we  labor  late  or  early 
when  nthei*s  are  at  eiise.  and  probably  criticizing 
with  undue  severity  our  feeble  Iaboi"s,  let  us  re- 
member we  serve  the  Lord,  and  expect  our  re- 
ward and  honor  of  Him  only.  Let  ua  labor 
while  it  is  day,  for  behold  the  uifjlit  cometh. 

SPIRIT    AND    FORM 


SPIRIT  always  makes  its  presence  known  in 
some  manner  of  form,  hut  form,  per  .fc,  is 
not  always  a  certain  indication  of  the  Spirit's 
presence.  The  Holy  Ghost  descended  "in  a 
bodily  shape  like  a  dove  upon  Christ." 

"  There  came  a  sound  from  heaven  as  of  a 
rushing  mighty  wind,  and  it  filled  all  the  hou.se 
where  they  (the  disciples)  were  sitting,"  but 
the  kiss  of  Judas  and  the  long  prayer  of  the 
Pharisees  wjfre  no  sign  that  either  the  love  or 
the  .*pirit  of  God  directed  these  actions. 

The  language  may  be  otherwise  beautiful  aiul 
even  musical  to  the  ear,  but  without  the  right 
spirit  it  will  not  produce  fruit  unto  eternal  life. 
The  '•  incorruptible  seed,"  like  everj-  other  seed 
will  prorluce  fruit  only  after  its  own  kind.  — 
Converts  are  like  the  spirit  that  accompanied 
the  preachnig  that  converted  them. 

A  man  may  be  "  rude  in  speech."  yet  if  the 
Holy  Ghost  accompany  that  speech,  it  may 
make  a  Felix  tremble  and  cause  thousands  to 
"  be  priekeil  in  their  hearts." 

On  the  other  hand,  there  may  be  a  form  of 
godliness  without  the  power.  Even  the  tongue 
of  an  angel  nmy  be  but  as  sounding  brass, 
without  that  "charity  that  never  faileth." 

Pharisees  carried  out  the  law  to  the  letter, 
and  gave  tithes  of  mint  and  cumin,  yet  were 
threatened  with  the  damnation  of  hell.  In 
view  of  these  facts,  how  careful  ought  those  to 
be,  who  are  so  scrupulous  to  comply  with  every 
form  of  religion,  that  they  do  not  lack  the 
Sjiirit. 

PROFANE    PRAYER. 


OU  R  attention  was  called  to  the  four  divi- 
sions of  prayer  in  an  article,  written  by 
Bro.  IJ.  H.  Whitmer.  and.  thinking  we  could 
review  each  to  advantage,  we  acconlingly  offer 
a  few  thoughts  on  "  Profane  Prayer."  aud  hope 
some  brother  will  write  up  the  other  subjects. 
Profane,  to  unhallow  or  take  in  vain  the  name 
of  our  God.  Our  mind  naturally  runs  to 
Sinai's  mount,  where  the  awful  tbundei-s  roar- 
ed, and  where  Moses  said:  "I  exceedingly  fear 


aud  quake."  Tlu-  tables  of  sl.iue,  written  by 
the  finger  of  God  himself,  dechired;  "Thou 
shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord,  thy  God. 
n  vaia.  for  tb.'  Lord  will  not  h.ddhim  guiltlpM 
that  tnketh  His  imiue  in  vain  "  (ExckImh  20). 

Yet  how  often  in  the  face  of  thia,  ns  well,  a» 
other  conimimds,  wc  hear  man,  made  in  the 
image  of  his  Maker,  imprecating  upon  himself 
andothenj.  the  carses  of  God's  hiw!  How  oft- 
en if  mortal  man  had  the  \h,\,vx,  would  he 
hftvesent  those  with  whom  he  bad  to  deal  to 
the  lowftst  n'gions  of  dark  despair!  Th.-  Lonl 
will  not  hidd  these  ■guiltless! 

Dear  reader,  art  thou  daily  taking  His  holy, 
His  exalted.  His  glorjous  name  in  vain?  Bat 
there  is  a  probability  that  He  will  answer  thy 
prayer.  Thnu  iuvokest  upon  thyMrlf  in  pmyer 
to  Him.  that  He  will  shut  thee  out  of  Heaven, 
and  shut  thee  up  ui  hell!  Oh!  fearful  irai>reca^ 
tions.  yet  daily  heard!  "Out  of  the  cume  mouth 
proceedeth  both  curses  and  blessings."  Oh! 
swearer,  pray;  but  pray  for  forgiveness!  God 
will  hear  thee.  "  He  has  promised  to  heal  thy 
blackslidings,  yea,  to  love  thee  freely."  He 
hates  thy  ways,  but  loves  thee  ivith  an  evcriast- 
ing  love.  Jesus  died  to  save  all,  yea.  even  the 
chief  of  sinners.  Do  not  think  thy  sins  are  so 
great,  thy  guilt  so  black,  tluit  He  will  not 
love  thee.  Oh.  remember  His  loving  words, 
"  Though  your  sins  be  iw  scarlet,  they  shall  be 
as  white  as  nnow;  though  they  be  red  like 
crimson,  they  shall  he  as  wool  "  (Isaiah  1: 18). 
"  He  willeth  not  the  death  of  a  sinner,  but 
rather  that  he  turn  from  his  ways  and  live." 

"  Come  unto  mo,"  all  ye  that  are  weary  ami 
heavy-laden,  and  I  will  give  you  real,"  The 
yoke  of  !?in  is  a  galling  yoke.  Christ  myn: 
"Take  my  yoke  upon  you  and  learn  of  me,  and 
ye  shall  find  rest  unto  your  souls  "  (Matt.  11: 
2S:  -29).  Oh.  come,  come,  COME  ! 
Utifh,  Euffland. 

A   FEW    THOUGHTS. 

GOD  knows  all  our  wimta  and  needs,  Let  us 
come  boldly  to  a  throne  of  grace,  denying 
ourselves  of  all  ungodliness  tyid  worldly  lusUt. 
Let  us  watch  and  pray  lest  we  enter  into  tempt- 
ation. When  Chri.st  was  on  earth,  and  suffered 
for  us,  taking  away  our  sins.  He  showed  great 
love  and  kindness  for  all  men.  His  sweet  voice 
cheered  the  fallen  and  cast  down.  Now  will  we 
examine  ourselves,  whether  we  follow  Jesus  in 
this?  Time  will  soon  be  no  more  with  us.  and 
we  must  go  hence  to  reap  the  fruit  of  our  labor. 
Jesus  will  soon  appeal"  and  say,  "  Come  ye  bless- 
ed of  my  Father,  and  inherit  the  kingdom  pre- 
pared for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world." 
This  will  give  us  comfort  in  that  day,  aud  n-st 
forever  with  Jesus.  Let  us  double  our  diligence, 
and  put  (mr  trust  in  God,  who  is  all  love  and 
powerful.  Dai'siiiA  A,  Bhowv. 

WHY  SHOULD   A  MAN  SWEAR? 


w 


ing  a  fear  either  of 


^  ^,  .A  gentleman  will 

)  more  swear,   than   go  into   the  street  and 


E  ciui   conceive   of    no    reason    why    he 
should,  but  of  ten  why  he  should  not: 

I.  It  is  mean.  A  man  of  high  monil  stand- 
ing Would  almost  as  soon  steal  a  sheep  as  swear, 

'1.  It  is  vulgar.  Altogether  too  mean  for  a 
decent  man. 

3.    It  is  cowanlly.    Impl 
not  being  believed  or  obi-yei 
It  is  ungeutlemaiity. 
re  swear,   than   go  ii>vu 
throw  mud  with  a  clodnopper. 

h.     It  is  indecent,  and  offensive  to  delicacy. 

6.  It  is  foolish.  Want  of  decency  is  want  of 
sense. 

7.  It  is  abusive— to  the  mind  that  conceives 
it.  to  the  tongue  that  utters  it.  imd  to  the  per- 
son at  whom  it  is  aimed. 

8.  It  is  venomous.  Showing  a  man's  heart 
to  be  a  nest  of  vipers,  and  every  time  he  swears, 
one  of  them  sticks  out  its  heiul. 

i>.  It  is  contemptible,  forfeiting  the  n?si)ect 
of  the  wise  and  go«l. 

10.  It  is  wicked.  God  will  not  hold  him 
guileless  who  taketh  His  name  in  %'nin. 


THK    BRETHREN    ^T    AVORKl. 


•Toiiuary  3 


BBFLECTIONS. 


1,.1iiitic  itge, 
.  liU  the  mind  Migagc, 
llu^  in-mj  I'l.'ii-.  I'ow  many  «chi|m». 
Aro  nought  but  visioimrj'  in-ams- 

How  ra»i>T  uwph-  in  our  day, 
OTio.  not  "11011  the  nnlToir  way. 
An-  driflinc  r.iivvard  in  tht  dark. 
Like  nonv?  foliation  A^ilorV  barkl 

The  gatca  of  hell  are  open  wide. 
And  devils  nod  in  plume  and  pride: 
The  toys  of  fa«hiou  «p«rklc  brieli'. 
Korlho«c  »hu  walk  not  in  the  liijht. 
For  the  road  is  hrnail  that  leada  iiNlrny. 
And  Ihoiiisand",  Ihcai.andi  go  timt  way 
Unto  the  end  of  their  i:areer, 
Hefore  the  judgment  to  api'Lur. 

The  light  of  Hod  is  for  us  all, 

But  wim  eelipwd  lhrou((h  Ailaiu's  fall, 

That  if  in  dnrkue.'Ji  we  «houhl  lie. 

The  light  of  Uod  we  ran  not  -ee. 

Should  we  obey  the  Pope.s  eomniand 

And  have  no  llihle  In  the  land. 

We  noon  would  to  destruetioii  go 

To  reap  the  fnliti  pi  enillesi  woe. 

Nor  l'0|ies  nor  Prelate.,  liriest-s  norkiiiga, 

Nor  devil,  with  Ahaddon'n  wing», 

Can  utterly  that  Hook  destroy, 

Whieh  did  the  mind  of  Hod  emidoy. 

If  we  are  in  th.-  light  of  Hod, 
llur  influenee  will  he  ^iiread  abroad. 
The  light  in  us  will  freely  shine, 
And  sjiivad  its  iuHuenee  benign. 

If  Christ  be  in  us,  we  in  Him, 
Our  light  of  truth  will  not  be  dim, 
Arid  we  con  walk  the  narrow  way. 
That  leadeth  unto  |uTfeet  day. 

We  will  obi^y  the  Woiil  of  God. 
And  lie  who  washed  us  in  His  blood, 
Will  lead  UB  into  perleet  peace. 
Where  we  shall  sec  llim  as  Jle  is. 
llarlriimnr.  I'a. 


WATCHING. 


IIY  DELIA  S.  IlOl-I.V. 


'■  Watch  ye   therefore,   and  pray  always."— 
I..ike21:3(l! 

WATCHING  is  u  iluty,  iiiiiicratively 
eiijiiinod  n]ion  cvray  tnn^  fnlkiw- 
(■]■  of  Him  ■nhoKe  i-jfs  are  iw  n  fliinie  of 
tile.  We  Clin  no  luofu  be  Cliviatiiins, 
witlioul  thi»  gvaci',  than  we  enn  'le  Chris, 
linns,  .■tiiil  omit  praying;  the  two  lire 
eurleliitive;  Imt  I  lieliive  we  :nv  apt  to 
ignui-e  pniyer,  aiul  unilertalvf  to  make 
i\ati:hilij;'l"'l"l''ileiluty,  wherea-swateh- 
iin;  it<  nlwiiys  aeconijmnii'il  liy  prayer, 
this  forever  nniiiila  the  wateliiiig  nf  erit 
ieisiii,  luiil  i;ivc8  tl«  tht^  divinely  npjioint- 
eel  wnteliing  wliieh  is  fealty  to  Christ'.* 
ilemnnils.  We  are  to  wateli  tllat  nolle 
of"  tlie.se  tilings"  (^woe.s)  eoiiie  upon  us; 
tliis  implies  the  wateliing  <■!'  both  our- 
selves ami  others.  Wateli  ourthouglit.s, 
ilesiros,  aetious,  ami  inlUieiices.  We 
must  al.so  wateh  opportunities,  hist  we 
h't  pa.sis  unheeiUnl  some  gohlen  moment 
in  whieh  we  might  Imvc  been  instrument- 
al  in  saving  a  )ireeiou»,  blooil-bought 

.snul. 

Watch  lest  any  root  of  bitterness 
spring  up  ami  trouble  us,  ami  tliere- 
by  niaiiy  be  ilelilej:  lest  we  fail  to  ilo 
all  in  our  power  for  our  liihtrul;  lest 
we  neglect  to  nourish  the  dear  babes  in 
Christ,  and  through  our  neglect  some  be- 
come weak  and  sickly,  or  even  die.  O! 
fur  the  love  of  heavi-n  let  us  v\atcli  the 
lambs!  I-et  us  watch  le.st  we  fail  to  seek 
after  the  straying.  Oh !  let  us  hitst™  to 
speak  tlie  kind, loving  word  of  symjiathy 
which  will  help  them  to  return  to  the 
fold,  ere  the  wolf  devours  them.  Evi-n 
tliough  we  may  "  sow  in  tears,  "  wateh 
the  glorious  promise,  we  shall  reap  with 
joy.  We  must  watch  lest  we  withhold 
the  word  of  cheer  from  those  whose 
lives  are  not  so  sunny  as  our's,  or  fail 
to  visit  and  minister  to  the  sick:  lest  we 


pray  for  enemies, 
to  spring  u|> 


neglect  «Jie  poor  or  aged:  or  fall  fo  aid 
to  the  ubiiost  of  our  .-.bility  iii  the  e.t- 
teusion  of  the  Red.ienier's  kingdom, or  to 
and  thus  allow  hatred 
hearts  wliere  only  the 
genial  mnlight  of  Chrisliaii  love  sliouhl 
glow. 

Watch,  lest  the  soul-thrilbng,  heav- 
en-piercing Macedonian  cries,  which 
float  on  every  breeze,  are  unnoticed  aurl 
we  receive  for  our  temporal  comforts,  or 
lu.v:uries,  that  which  should  flow  freely 
into  the  treasury  of  our  KiVig;  lest  we 
forget  to  jiray  for,  .and  assist,  our  dear 
mhiKlnrH  who  labor  continually  for  our 
spiritual  good  and  for  the  welfare  of 
the  Lamb's  dear  Bride.  Said  a  brother 
to  me  a  few  weeks  since;  "  It  seems  to 
me  I  can  always  tell  when  some  one  in 
the  congrcgati.m  is  praying  for  me: 
when  I  get  up  to  jireaeh,  my  heart  glows 
with  fervor  and  the  Spirit  sends  words 
to  my  mouth,  f;istcr  than  I  can  utter 
them." 

Oh !  then  if  we  want  to  hear  good  ser- 
mons; want  thee.iuse  of  Christ  to  pros- 
per, let  us  watch  our  ministers,  be  sure 
to  «'<;  when  they  need  <i«nKtuiire  and  not 
lay  ujiou  them  a  double  burden,  while 
we  reap  llie  beaelit  of  their  labors.  Let 
us  watch  and  pray  alimifs  for  the  good 
of  «»</.«,  and  the  i/lmy  of  (rod;  so  shall 
the  glorious  Bride  arise,  deck  herself 
witli  beautiful  garments,  and  go  forth 
in  the  beauty  to  meet  the  Bridegroom; 
so  shall  we  receive  an  abundant  entrance 
into  tlie  Celestial  City. 


Jesus  ha.1  just  hi-nled  one   there  remainoth  no  more  sairiSee  f,„.  ,;„ 

devil;  the   pcplo  rec-    but  a  certain  ftiarful  looking   for  juj„ 

'    meat  and  tiery  indignation,  whieli 


'  '    n 


BLASPHEM  Y. 


KY  M.VTTIK  A.  LKAR. 


lEIiEFOKK  I  say  unto  you, 


shall  be  forgiven  unto  men;  but  the 
blasphemy  against  the  Holy  fihost  shall 
not  be  forgiven  unto  men.  And  who- 
soever sjieaketh  a  word  against  the  Son 
of  nian.it  shall  be  forgiven  him ;  but  who- 
soever siieakcth  against  the  Holy  Ghost, 
it  shall  not  be  forgiven  him,  neither  in 
this  world,  neither  in  the  world  to  come." 
(Matt.  12::il,:i2). 

Blasphemy,  from  the  Greek  Jilmplu- 
'tiiiii,  properly  denotes  calumny,  detrac- 
tion, reproachful  or  abusive  language, 
against  whomsoever  it  i*  rendered. 
Wh'U  such  .abuse  is  uttered  again.st  fiod, 
the  significaton  of  the  word  is  the  same 
as  when  it  is  uttered  against  a  created 
being;  the  degree  of  guilt  depends  upon 
its  application,  that  is,  as  to  what  object 
it  refers.  As,  therefore,  the  sense  of 
the  term  is  thj  same,  though  different- 
ly applied;  let  us  next  inquire,  what 
is  essential  to  constitute  this  crime 
in  either  ease^  It  is  essential  to  this 
sin,  when  committed  by  one  man  against 
another,  that  there  be  in  the  injurious 
person  the  will  or  disposition  to  detract 
from  the  person  abused.  A  mere  mist- 
take  in  regard  to  character,  especially 
when  the  mistake  is  not  e(Uieeived  by 
him,  vvlni  entertains  it,  to  le.ss<-u  the  char- 
acter, however  erroneously,  to  exalt  it,  is 
never  construed  by  anyinto  tlie  crime  of 
defamation. 

Now  as  bla.spheniy  is  in  it.s  es.seuce 
the  same,  however  applied,  what  is  fun- 
damental to  the  very  existence  of  the 
crime,  is  the  same  wheu  applied  to  God 
as  when  apjilied  to  man,  namely  a  will, 
a  desiirn,  a  purjiose  to  defame,  to  insult 
the  Divine  Majesty.  Blasphemy  then, 
against  (tod  is  calumny,  and  to  consti- 
tiite  the  crime  it  is  necessary  that  the 
ealuniny  be  intentional,  that  the  per- 
J  petrator  knows  what  be  a.sserts  is  false. 

The  circumstances  which  called  forth 
the  language  of  our  text  from  our  Sav- 
'  ior,  will  perhaps  throw  much  light  on 


this  subject, 
possessed  with  a 

ognized  the  hand  of  God  in  this,  and 
anxiously  incpiire<l,  "  Is  not  this  the  son 
of  David!  Is  not  this  our  long  expect- 
ed Messiah!"  But  the  Pharisees, 
Cthose  religious  guides  to  whom  the  peo- 
ple looked  with  iirofound  respect,  be- 
cause of  their  reputed  sanctity  and  learn- 
ing) answered:  "  This  fellow  doth  not 
caiit  out  devils,  but  by  Heelzebub,  the 
l.rinei'  of  devils."  They  could  not  de- 
ny the  reality  of  the  miracle.  That  some 
wonderful  power  had  been  display<'d 
was  too  manifest  to  be  ignored.  What 
then  must  be  done?  "  These  people  look 
to  us  for  instruction,  we  have  griait  pow- 
er and  influence  over  them.  We  our- 
selves know  very  well  that  this  miracle 
could  onlv  be  performed  through  the 
aeency  of  God,  but  if  we  tell  the  peo- 
ple this,  they  will  adhere  to  Him  and 
we  will  lose  our  power  over  tliem. 
But  the  hold  wdiich  we  have  on 
this  people  is  of  great  .advantage  to  us 
every  way,  wCmnst,  and  will  retjiin  th.at 
hold'  at  any  cost.  We  will  therefore 
give  them  an  an.swer  which  will  scan- 
dalize this  Jesus  in  their  eyes;  we  will 
tell  them  that  His  miracles  are  perform- 
ed by  magic  arts,  that  He  is  in  leag:ue 
with  the  prince  of  darkness.  The  ig- 
norance of  this  pe<i]ile,  and  their  entire 
confidence  in  us,  will  prevent  them  from 
detecting  this  sophistry;  we  will  take 
advantage  of  this  ignorance,  of  this 
simplicity  and  bind  our  fetters  more 
ilrmly  upon  them." 

"  Jesus  knows  their  thoughts."  Me- 
thinks  I  can  see  the  blessed  Ma-ster  cast 
upon  those  hypocritical  leaders  a  look 
,])  [of  mingled  pity  and  indignation.  After 
ex-|msiiig  the  ridiculousness  of  their  po- 
sition, He  addresses  to  them  the  scath- 
ing language  ot  our  te.xt. 

"You  know  what  youh.ave  a.sserted  is 
false,  yonr  knowledge  of  the  literature 
of  your  nation,  teaches  you  that  such  a 
miracle  could  only  be  performed  through 
the  power  of  God.  Beware!  you  are 
now  going  too  far;  your  extieme  hatred 
of  me,  and  your  prejudices  are  leading 
ycHi  int<i  fatal  errors.  In  the  garb  of 
humanity,  which  I  have  a-ssumed,  I  can 
bear  all  your  malice,  all  your  bla.sphemy, 
because  it  was  fore-ordained  that  I 
should  hear  reproaches  and  insults  (see 
Ps.alms  00:  9).  But  if  you  wilfully 
insult  the  Spirit  of  God, yon  place  your 
self  beyond  the  reach  of  mercy." 

Oh  how  shocking  tliat  any  cme  should 
permit  his  prejudice,  or  his  worldly  in- 
terest to  lead  him  to  such  fearful  lengths, 
yet  we  find  this  warning  not  only  ad- 
dressed to  the  Pharisees,  but  Paul  alsc 
cautions  his  Hebrew  brethren  against 
this  dreadful  crime.  See  Ileb.  6:  4-8 
10:-2Ci-2!l. 

As  we  have  already  -seen  it  was  those 
wretched  Pharisees,  wdio,  instigated  by 
worldly  ambition  and  avarice,  slander- 
ed what  they  knew'  to  be  the  cause  of 
God;  and  against  conviction, reviled  His 
work  as  the  operation  of  evil  spirits, 
who  alone  could  commit  this  horrid 
crime  in  the  time  of  our  Savior's  cor- 
poreal stay  on  earth.  But  P.atil  address- 
es the  following  language  to  the  Hebrew 
brethren;  "  For  it  is  imjiossible  for  those 
who  were  once  enlightened,  and  have 
ta.sted  of  the  heavenly  gift,  and  were 
made  partakers  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
have  ta-sted  the  good  word  of  God,  and 
the  powers  of  the  world  to  come,  if  they 
shall  fall  away  to  renew  them  again  un- 
to repentance;  seeing  they  crucify  t<i 
themselves  the  Son  of  God  afresh  and 
put  Him  to  an  open  shame."  Again, 
"  If  we  siu  wilfully  after  that  we  have 
recei\cd    the   knowledge   of  the  ti-uth, 


'on,  wlueli  ,l,ai, 
ilev«)ur  the  adversaries."  It  is  the  s^i 
wilful,  known  sin  th.at  placed  the  I>1,„. 
isees  beyond  the  reach  of  mercy,  tjj  , 
places  the  once  enlightened  Cliristiaus  i„ 
the  same  awful  state. 

The  above  Scrijitures  express  a  hi"! 
degree  of 'heavenly  light    and  kn„iv| 
edge.     Oh  can  it  be  that  any  who  hnv. 
been  thus  highly  exalted,  who  have  he,.,, 
permittetl  to  sit  in  heavenly  places  witl, 
Christ  Jesus,    have  ta.sted  the  riches  m 
His  love,  sjiould    fall   away,  should  fu, 
the  .sake  of  some  worldly  object  renounc, 
Christ,  forego  all  their  precious  blooil. 
bought  privileges,  and  turn  again  to  tli,, 
weak   and    beggarly    elements  of  tin 
world!     The  above  Scriptures  certaiab 
intimate  that  such  is  possible- 
Let  us  now  notice  the  circnnistmut 
under   which   the   above  warning  wa. 
given.    In  those  early  days  of  pei-seci,, 
tion  under  the  Roman  emperors,  whciin 
person  was   arraigned   ftir  trial  on  tlic 
accusation  of  being  a  Christian,  he  w.v 
required  to  call  upon  the  heathen  god. 
.supplicate  to  the  emperor's  image,  and 
curse   Christ,  "  none   of  which  things," 
says  Pliny  in  his   famous  letter  to  tli. 
emperor  Trajan,  "  can  any  of  those  wli,, 
eally  Christians  be  compelled  to  do," 
But  the  cursing  orblasphemiug  of  Christ 
under  those  more  humane  emperoiis  siicli 
as  Trajan,  Adrian,  and  Antominus,  wa. 
ufKeieut  to  procure  their  p,ardon,  or  iv 
lea-se.     Those  more  cruel  persecutors  ;e 
Nero,  and  Domitian   seem   not  to  havr 
atlmitted    of  pardon,    if  once  a  persrn 
hail  assumed  the  hated  name   of  Cbvi. 
tian.i    Paul  foreseeing  the  danger  and 
temptation  that  this  possible  escape  from 
punishment  would  expose  the  Christians 
to,  exhorts   them   to  steadfa.stness,  and 
warns  them  against  apost.asy.     He  knew 
that  when  the  question  would  be  ask,, 
of  them  again  ami  again,  if  they  wetv 
Christians,  threatenings,  being  intermi.\ 
ed  with  the  questions,  as  Pliny  says  the) 
were,  he  foresaw  that  a  possible  es«|ir 
from  the  cross,  the  burning  fagots,  tin 
playings  and  all  sorts   of  torture  wliidi 
were  held  up   before  them  in  all  tlinit 
hitleousness,  would   cause   the  faith  i>i 
some  to   waver,   therefore  he  faithfidh 
points  out  to  them   the  dreadful  const- 
quences   of  denying  Christ,  of  tretuliiiL' 
under  foot  the  Son  of  God,   of  coinitin;; 
the  blood   of  the   covenant   wherewill 
they  were  sanctified  an   unholy  thing, 
and  of  doing  despite  to  the  spirit  of  gracf. 
Sin  at  any  time,  or  under  any  eiroum' 
.st.ance  is  afearfnl  thing.and  thereisnolli- 
ingweshouldsu  muehfear.but  to  sin  wil- 
fully after  having   received  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth,  to  openly  and  avow- 
edfy  renounce   Christ,    after  experienc 
ingHis  p.ardoning  grace,  the  apostle  tells 
us  there  remaineth  no  mm-e  sacrifice  I'"' 
sins.     AVehave   now   wilfully   rejeisR'il 
the  only  sacrifice   that   can  be  ofiml 
conseipiently  we  are  left  without  a  sai- 
rifice,  without  a  propitiation    and  tlif 
apostle  tells   us   what   an  awful  doom 
awaits  such  (see  Heb.  1  (1: 27).   IgnoiW 
is  the  (Uily  ]iossible  palliation  to  sin. 
hence  Paul  says  of  himself  that  he  n'- 
once  a  bla.sphemer,  a  persecutor,  ami  i» 
jurious,  but  says  he  obtaineil  m''''''y  "'; 
cause  he  did  it  ignorantly  in  mihrhf'- 
intimating,  that  iuit  for  this  iguoranoe 
he  could  not  have  obtained  mercy-   A"|^ 
our  dear  Savior  when  He  prayw'  '' 
His  munlerers,  could    only  plea''  "";" 
ignorance.     "Father  forgive^^theni.b" 
they  know  not  what  they  do.' 


Faitlifnluess 
highest  tllings.- 


aiul    sincerity  ""•' 
-C'onfuciux. 


the 


THE  MISSIONARY  CAUSE. 

UV  .loUN  FOKSIIY,  SBN, 

IAll  uiily  gliid  that  tliu  brclhruii  ,ire 
catching  more  of  the  miwnimrv ! 
^|,hit,  ni"'  I  ''"I*  "'"*'  that  spirit  will  ■ 
bKome  so  great  and  imwerful  i„  the  j 
chim-h  that  she  will  send  her  ministers, ' 
not  oidy  into  every  i),irt  of  the  United  ', 
j;,,,(,.f,  Imt  also  in  every  connty  and 
jA'ery  corner  of  countries,  that  the  Gos- 1 
pel  of  Christ  may  be  preached  to  all 
the  hmnun  race  of  our  country,  so  that 
,ve  will  not  have  to  meet  daily,  men  and 
Monien,  who  will  say:  "  We  never  heard 
aiiv  of  3'""''  P'"'V^«  preach,"  and 
others  tell  us  we  never  saw  n  "  Dunk- 
,„,r' before  we  saw  yoit  And  some 
such  v«re  l)orn  and  raised  to  manhood, 
ill  Pa.,  Va.,  Md.,  and  Ohio  where  there 
„,.„  so  ninny  lirelliri'ii  and  organized 
,,liiii-i'hi"i. 

Biitlnen,  who  is  to  hliime  that  those 
j„.„|,le  have  not  the  Cosp-l  preached  to 
tii.ni!  M,iy  they  not  have  cause  in  the 
juilu'inent  day  to  accuse  i!s  that  we  have 
not  done  our  d\lty  in  full  i  It  looks  to 
„ie  lis  though  il  ought  to  arouse  every 
saint  to  a  sense  of  his  duty  in  this  re- 
spect; for  surely  the  word,  "yoyeinto 
(lit  the  m/rld"  stands  yet  on  the  page  as 
itiiluiiy*  did.  And  that  is  notall,  breth- 
11-11  and  sisters,  I'aul  says,  (■'  Cor  (i:  8), 
■■  As  deceivei-s  and  yet  true."  Now  let 
us  look  how  deceivers  do,  how  zealous 
tiny  are.  They  spend  a  ijreat  deal  of 
time  an<l  money  to  get  n  missionary  in- 
to r^■ely  land,  State  and  county.  You 
limy  i^o  where  you  will,  tlierf  you  will 
tiiid  tlie  peoi»le  taught  some  mode  of 
wdivliip,  but  lanieutable  to  say,  they  are 
no!  tauiiiit  tile  [line  tJospel,  nor  the  true 
iih.ile  of  worship,  which  Christ  and  the 
ajio>tles  taught.  Brethren  will,  not  we, 
wlio  know  the  terror  of  the  Lord,  put 
tiii'tli  greater  efforts  to  persuade  men, 
am!  e.vhiblt  more  zeal  for  the  ingather- 
ing and  saving  of  precious  souls,  than 
llioM'  who  go  about  to  preach  a  part  of 
llic  tiosjiel  for  filthy  lucre?  And  many 
of  them  make  the  trospel  of  Christ  of 
iinii,  eilect  by  their  tiiulitious,  or  as  Christ 
«iiil.(Matt.  13:  H),  "  Teaching  tor  doc- 
tiiiie  the  commandments  of  men."  He 
siiil.  In  vain  they  woi-ship  me." 

bet  us  lieconu^  a  little  more  Paul-like, 
and  go  where  the  Gospel  is  not  known, 
I'l'  at  least  is  uot  practiced.  And  we 
know  that  ony^soul  is  of  more  value, 
iliaii  our  silver  and  gold.  And  the 
I'n.plut  Daniel  said  (Chap.  12:3),"  And 
di-y  that  be  wise,  .shall  shine  as  the 
'iiiiilitne.ss  of  the  firmament;  and  they 
that  turn  many  to  righteousness,  as  the 
^ta Is  forever  and  ever."  Hence  let  us 
■ill  do  our  iluty.  Paul  .says  (1  Cm'  SI; 
b'),  ■•  For  tliough  I  preach  the  Gospel, 
1  liavf  nothing  to  glory  of,  for  necessity 


AV'onuv. 


3 


Iniil  upon  me;  yea,  woe  is  nntii  me  if 
'  ineiich  not  the  (iospel ;  for  if  I  do  this 
tiling  willingly,  I  have  a  reward;  but  if 
L'aiust  my  will,  a  dispensation  of  the 
bospel  is  committed  unto  me."  May 
l'"d  prosper  and  bless  the  missionary 
labors  everywhere  i.s  my  prayer. 


T 


PUNCTUAL  AND  REGULAR. 

I(Y  S.  ,1.  IIAlUtlsON. 

IME  is  80  related  to  everything  that 
it  may  he  said  to  have  a  place  in 

■'■ything.  fiod  did  His  work  in  a  set 
timi'.  He  l)ei;anit  at  a  certain  time,  and 
li'l'-^lit'd  it  at  a  certain  time.  He  hcgan 
'''^  '"'st  at  a  certain  time  and  ended  it  at 

'■'■"■tail!  time.  He  appointed  certain 
Iiiitt-s  t'ur  His  worship.  He  hasestaldisli- 
'■''  I'nvs  tu  govern  all  tilings.  The  wind 
"'"'  ^'-a  nl>uy  Him.  He  makes  the  earth 
'"''"  U|)un  its  axis  in  an  exact  time;  He 


takes  the  earth  an.iuul  the  sun,  c.-ntiirj 
aft.i-  centiiry  in  the  same  exact  time. 
The  moon  pertormos  her  work  as  puiie- 
tiial  and  regular  ilh  her  great  Ruler  w 
punctual  and  n.gular.  Their  move- 
ments art'  punctual  and  regular  to  the 
snialh-st  fraction  of  a  second.  It  is  there- 
for.- a  plain  case  that  punctuality  and 
regulnrity  are  two  of  (lod's  laws." 
^  ^  Sin  is  a  transgression  of  the  law. 
Those  who  are  not  punctual  and  regu- 
lar, transgress  the  law,  and  theret\jre 
sin.  Sin  cannot  enter  heaven.  Thciv • 
fore  those  who  arc  tardy  and  irregular 
cannot  go  to  heaven. 

I  wa«  at  preaching  not  long  :igo  where 
a  strange  speaker  Wiis  cxjx-cted.  Thi; 
speaker  was  a  lady.  She  waited  until 
the  hour  to  hegin  had  tuUy  ai-rived;  but 
the  people  cam..-  strolling  in  until  ser- 
vices were  nearly  over.  This  was  very 
annoying  to  the  speaker,  disgusting  to 
the  listeners  and  disadvautagcotis  to  the 
tanly  person.  I  have  seen  the  same  in 
our  meeting  almost  as  often  jis  the  occa- 
sion wiw  unusual.  AVell,  what  are  the 
rea.sons  tor  this?  I  will  tell  you  what  a 
few  of  them  are. 

Some  go  to  meeting  lat«  to  have  a  bet- 
ter opjjortunity  for  displaying  some  new 
garment  or  je>velry  which  they  or  their 
children  have  lately  o})taiued;  some  to 
have  people  know  that  they  live  about 
there;  some  because  so  and  so  are  to 
dine  with  them  that  day  and  everything 
must  be  nice,  and  it  must  be  made  so 
before  they  go  to  church.  Some  go  to 
meeting  late  because  they  had  work  to 
do.  "  Must  clean  up  onee  a  week  you 
know." 

The  next  thing  sonn-  men  do,  is,  they 
do  uot  go  to  meeting  regularly,  even  the 
lights(  i)  of  the  church  absent  themselves 
for  the  most  trivial  causes.  In  a  dis 
trict  where  there  are  from  one  to  two 
hundred  members,  only  about  two-third.-* 
of  the  number  are  present  at  any  oue 
meeting.  And  what  .are  the  reasons  for 
this?  I  suppose  the  absent  ones  can  tel 
the  rea-sous  as  well  a*  anybody,  there 
fore  I  give  what  they  say,  "  I  wjts  not 
feeling  very  well;  I  had  to  go  to  town 
on  Saturday  and  I  am  getting  old  and, 
do  not  feel  good  to  be  out  so  much.'' 
Another  says,  "  O,  I'd  sooner  sit  in  the 
house  than  go  out  on  the  cold  road  to 
preaching."  Another  says,  '*  I  wanted 
my  hoi'ses  to  rest,  I  had  been  working 
tliein  hard  all  week,  and  I  had  a  big 
week's  work  for  them  again.  I  have  so 
much  work  to  do  that  I  and  (he  horses 
need  all  the  rest  we  can  get.  I  cannot 
attend  meeting  until  I  get  a  little  through 
with  my  work."  Another  say.'^,  "  It  was 
nuuld)-  and  I  diil  n.it  want  to  s.>il  my 
Ituggy."  Another  says,  "The  preach- 
ing is  uot  worth  listening  to."  Others 
stay  at  home — away  from  \\'orshi]j — to 
entei'tain  visitors.  They  love  a  talk 
idiout  the  prospects  of  fruit,  the  likeli- 
hood of  cholera  killing  their  hogs,  the 
relative  merits  of  tlie  ditferent  breeds  of 
cattle,  tlu'  pro|)riety  of  feeiling  stock,  to 
.selling  tlic  feed,  the  advantages  of  cer- 
tain mo^vmg,  reaping  and  threshing 
machines — they  love  this  better  than  the 
worship  of  God.  O,  what  depths  of 
love  for  Christ!  What  a  resolution  to 
run  the  race  with  patience!  to  have 
"  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven!"  AVhat  an  example  to  the 
youth,  th.'  sinner,  and  the  infidel! 

WHAT  THERE  IS  IN  A  NAME. 
iiv  K.  rMiLvriiU, 

OX  account  of  the  great  diveraity  of 
opinion,  in  the  world,  nuiuy.  y»-a, 
very  many  may  wonder  whether  any 
other  name  than  that  of  Chrktian  should 


be  assumed  by  the_  i.Uowe,-s  of  Christ,  liook  or  NewTe^tament.  He  there  lln.l- 
I  here  are  many  mm.slers  wl.<.  «ay  that  his  symptone.  explained.  Next  In-ol  «■  •  - 
no  one  who  pr.t«ncU  to  be  a  follower  him.-elF  in  the  hands  of  a  uum-,  by  ."■ 
of  Chn.t,  should  be  wilUus  to  be  known  ling  to  chureb  and  there  the  nuj  ad- 
by  any  other  name.  We,  however,  I  ndnistersn.edieine  to  him,  bvt/.lliu"  him 
should  not  conhde  in  such  ,ncn.  nor  im- 1  what  he  must  do  to  get  u.-lfor  fr,.-  fi-om 
bd.e  such  sentiments,  but  U-ok  into  th.  |  sin.  If  he  be  a  good  nurse,  he  will  t.ll 
IK-rfV-ct  law  of  ourselves,  lest  we  be  de.  him  the  same  as  the  great  Physician  did. 
'^^'■u-^ '  1  i.  '^"'^  "^"^  *^"*  t-'*'"**  nui-se,  Peter  on  the 

We  learn  from  our  pilot-the  New  day  of  pentec«st(Act^  -  :jk).  Ami  he 
restament  that  the  name  Christian  was  Uvilldo;.sLe  Wi^commamled  to  doby  the 
first  applied,  at  .Vntu.ch,  to  (he  followers  Physician  in  Matt.  28:  111,  .JO-  be  will 
of  our  Redeemer,  but  l,y  whon,  it  wa.s  tell  hin.  to  obey  all  the  c<,n,maodment«, 
applied  we  cannot  tell.  We  may  learn  take  all  the  mediciae  ami  r^O-.t  none, 
bom  the  history  of  the  early  followed  liut  sometin.es,  naturally,  we  find 
oi  Jesus  that  the  name  was  applied  to 


them   by    way   of  epithet,   hence  it  wa« 


not  assumed. 


nurse  that  claims  h.-  thinks  a  great  deal 
of  the  patient,  and  will  not  givi-  all  the 


,.        ,  J^'^'y   ^*'*'''''  ^'^^^'■''  '^Ii>''«- .  nu-ilicinc,  but  will  reject  what  is  bad  t. 

lans  because  they  folluwe.l  Christ,  for  ;  the  taste.  .I,Lst  .o.  we  have  th.-m  sTmi. 
thesamerexsonthatac-rtain  sect  are  ually  .speaking.  What  do  th.-y  tell  th. 
called  Campbelbtes  liecause  they  follow-  - 


ed  Campbell. 

A  number  of  names  have  been  applied 
to  the  followers  of  Christ  by  vien  onlyj 
but  one  only  by  Christ  Himself.  Now, 
fellow-pilgrim,  to  wh.)m  would  ymt 
give  the  honor*  To  Christ  or  to  men i 
Our  Savior,  while  here  among  men,  said 
\m  His  followers,  "  All  yc  arc  brethren ;" 
and  this  is  the  only  name  He  ever  con- 
ferred which  they  cotdd  with  propriety 
apply  to  themselves.  From  this  we 
may  learn  that  if  we  wish  to  give  (Jod 
the  glory,  with  respect  to  His  Son,  we 
should  assume  His  endearing  name  in 
preference  to  any  other,  ^\'e  can  see 
no  impropriety  in  allowing  othei-s  to  call 
us  Christians  when  they  apply  the  term 
to  us  because  we  follow  or  obey  Christ, 
but  we  should  never  assert  that  no  other 
name  should  be  assumed  by  us,  for  we 
shoidd  7;/-€/'Vr  and  apply  to  each  other 
the  endearing  name  "  brethren,"  because 
this  is  in  aceordauce  with  the  example 
of  the  holy  ajiostlesond  their  luunediatc 
successor^,  and  because  our  bles.sed  Sav- 
ior has  said  we  are  .such. 

Then  kind  reader,  whenever  you  have 
.icciLsion  to  speak  anything  ctmcerning 
the  people  of  God,  keep  the  hoiior  .>f 
your  Savior  nearest  your  heart  by  call- 
ing them  by  the  name  applied  by  Him 
— BKETHREN 


PHYSICIAN, 


NURSE  AND  MED- 
ICINE. 


KY  S.  llKl'MIIAirtH. 

TT  is  very  natural  when  we  get  sick, 
■^  that  we  send  f.n*  a  physician  to  ex- 
anune  and  give  ns  a  remedy.  First 
we  feel  bad,  and  we  get  worse  and  worse. 
until  disease  gets  us  down,  then  sen.l 
tor  a  physician.  He  eomes,  examines  us 
and  (loses  out  a  number  of  powders 
and  drops,  and  appoints  a  luu'se  to  cave 
tor  the  patient,  and  administer  the  med- 
icine, charging  the  nurse  very  ]iarticidarly 
how  t<»  give  the  mclicini'  an.l  to  be 
sure  and  give  all  lie  has  left.  He  leaves* 
the  [)atieut  in  the  care  of  the  nurs<'. 
Now  suppose  the  nurse  does  not  a.lmin- 
ister  the  medicine  as  directed,  and  the 
patient  dies,  is  the  nurse  clear?  or  must 
tile  nurse  bear  part  of  tlii-blanu-;  Now 
the  ap|)lleation. 

First,  we  unilerstand  Christ  t.i  be  the 
great  i*hysician  (Matt.l'ilii);  ami  accor- 
ding to  Matt.  '.I:  l^  the  sinner  is  the  jia- 
tient,  and  we  understand  the  minister  of 
the  Gospel  to  >»e  the  nurse,  according  to  1  st 
Corinthians4 : 1 3 ;  Eph.-t :  :it>  ;1  stIVt.4 :  -1 : 
Josh.  1:1;  1st  Thes.  11:7,  and  even 
the  word  minu*ter  meaus  one  that  admin- 
isters, a  servant.  Now  we  uudei-stan.i 
the  nie.licine  to  be  tlie  coninian.lmenis 
of  Ciirist  found  in  the  gi-eat  lio.'k.  thw 
Bible.  The  sinner  is  very  sick;  he 
feels  that  he  ueeils  aphysielan,  and  jis 
the  Pliysician  is  gone,  lie  exannnes  his 


patient  or  sinner?  Why  do  wc  find 
them  sometimes  leaching  such  command- 
nienta  a-s  are  popular  in  the  worhU  they 
will  say,  the  sinner  need  uot  go  to  n 
str.-am  ()f  water  to  be  baptized,  but  he 
will  sprinkle  him  as  it  is  not  so  much 
bother,  and  al.sn  he  can  do  a.s  he  pleases 
about  ob.-ying  all  the  commandments, 
he  will  get  to  heaven  without  <fec. 
lie  pretends  to  think  a  great  deal  of  his 
patient,  or  the  sinner,  and  he  can  take 
or  obey  just  such  commandments  as  he 
feels  like.  But  beware,  may  be  if  it 
wi-re  not  for  the  doUaiN,  he  would  not 
think  so  much  of  you,  l>nt  of  eoui-se  the 
ea-sier  he  is,  the  more  adherent-s  he  will 
get.  If  he  wjis  ('onuerned  aliout  ymir 
.s.nd,  do  you  not  think  hewouhl  depend 
more  up.m  the  Doctor-booki  D.k-s  he 
know  m.ne  than  the  doctor? 

O!  when  that  great  day  shall  come 
when  the  patient  and  the  nurse  will  lie 
exandned,  what  a  lime  that  will  be! 
AVhen  the  patient  is  examined  by  the 
great  Physician  and  found  incurable, 
what  will  he  say  when  he  is  asked 
whether  he  t.u.k  all  tlic  medicine  he  left 
him  orolieyed  all  the  commmanduients? 
He  will  be  apt  to  say  the  nurse  or  min- 
ister did  not  give  them  or  teach  them 
then  the  nurse  will  be  interrogatetl; 
what  will  he  answer?  Nothing  can  he 
.s;iy,  but  behold  the  nuise  oi-  nnnister 
tiiatgave  all  the  ptMvdcis  or  command- 
iiHiits,  left  him  to  give,  and  his  patients 
they  are  safe  enjoyingheaven  in  its  beau- 
ty. Then  we  will  see  which  niUNe 
thought  the  most  of  his  patient.  <-)h 
sinner  hunt  the  nurse  that  will  give  all 
the  remedies  prescribed  by  the  great 
Doctor  and  take  them,    th.-n  :il!  will  be 


W" 


REASON  AND  FAITH. 

HHJ'-  the  bright  eyes  of  reason 
are  full  of  piercing  anil  restless 
inlelligi-nce,  his  ear  is  closed  to  sound; 
an.l  while  faith  has  an  ear  of  exquisit« 
ilelicacy,  on  hei-  sightless  orbs  as  she 
lifts  them  towards  heaven,  the  sunbeam 
plays  in  vain.  Hand  in  han.l,  the  broth- 
er anil  sister,  in  all  mutual  love,  pui-sue 
their  way.  through  a  worhl  on  which, 
like  oui>,  day  breaks  an.l  night  falls  al- 
teiiiately;  by  day  the  eyes  of  rciison  are 
the  guide  of  faith,  and  by  night  the 
i-arof  faith  is  the  guide  of  reason.  As 
is  wont  with  those  who  labor  under 
these  privations  respectively,  reason  is 
apt  to  be  eager,  impetuous,  impatient 
of  that  instruction  which  his  infirmity 
uill  not  iieiinlt  him  t.>  readily  appre- 
hend; while  faith,  gentle  and  docile,  is 
ever  willing  t.)  listen  to  the  voice  by 
whieh  alone  truth  and  wisdom  can  ef- 
fectuaUy  reach  her, — lltinnj  Uogei'9. 


Regularity  is  unity;  tuiity  is  godlike, 
only  the  devil  is  changeable. — JHchtti: 


T3IK  >^i<K/rpii-ii-:>;    .vr  avokiv. 


January   ;^ 


gbc  grtthretf  nt  IVorh. 

POBLIBHBD  WBBKLY. 


J.  [|.  HOORE, 
S.  H.  BASHOR. 
M.  M.  KSHEl>MAIf, 


Tn.  BiirTiii...  At  WoBK  will  be  ••nt  po.i-p.M,  to  ^ 
kddren  in  th#  l*nU*d  Sl*l«.  or  aimJ*.  for  (I  •0  pw 
annum.  Tbote  .emling  wn  nnmw  nml  JI.-IIJI.  *'"  Tf 
nlr.  u)  •»!»  copy  rr«  of  «h»rne  For  nil  o».r  Ihi; 
nnmW  tbr  utnl  "ill  1«  ollo-fd  10  crnM  fur  e*ch  mU. 
Uount  i>rnnp.  "hieh  nmouni  ain  he  ddiuclc'l  trnm  Iht 
in»nM,  before  »»n.ling  U  lo  "•-  M""*/  Orkw.  Umtt", 
Ud  Bejiil*rfd  UtHT»  nmy  be 
■bonld  be  mudp  pnjrnbl*  to  Moon 
8Dbf«riplion*.  ■i"I  MmmuniMll 

Jer,  lu  writ  %i 
c*  thoiiM  W 

UOOSS,  EASEOS  2;  ZSHELlfAX. 
LuuLTk.  CftCTolI  Co.,  ni 


■  ri-k  Thfy 
..  Hft-hir  *  E«hrlman,  — 
[)■  inlcndod  for   the    po- 


ll l><i>l>ir« 


LAKABE,  OL.. 


JAKUAfiT  3, 1878. 


CoNMiURHAin.K  miitt«r  lnw  Ih-ch  crowdn!  out 
this  wewk:  imiong  them  ii  toiiple  repurts,  the 
Gleanings  uiid  Obitunriex.  Will  einleiivor  to 
niako  room  for  raowt  of  thi-m  npxt  wwk. 

Thk  rniiiy  weather  mid  muddy  roads  lire 
grently  iriterfi'ri»«  with  the  stiicccss  tlmt  would 
otherwise  erown  the  efl'ort»«  of  our  minist^-rs  in 
their  pnitmctfld  meetings  during  this  spiuioii  of 
the  ycjir. 

Tub  present  iiidieation*"  are  that  Ilro.  Stmn 
i»  to  engage  in  npiihlic  diieuwion  with  Mr.  Ii  ay. 
editor  of  tli.-  Baptist  Battle  Fltnj,  to  cominenci- 
Hometinif  in  .liiimary.  Mon?  can  likely  be  «aid 
about  it  next  week. 


di-ioveml.  If  nt'w  snhscriljen*  do  not  com- 
mence receiring  thoir  paiHTS  within  a  few 
weeks  after  sending,  they  will  please  let  w 
know;  hut  fintt  inqiiin-  of  the  postmaster  Iw- 
foT¥  writing.  Whi-n  writing  1)c  sure  to  give 
post  office,  eounty.  and  State  in  everv  instnnce. 
The  figures  to  the  right  of  your  name  denot4>.s 
when  your  Bubscription  expires. 


Tnr.  horr.>rH  and  cnielties  of  war  have  been 
lately  brought  to  light  in  the  vicinity  of  Plev- 
na. The  terrible  »tat*  of  things  is  perhaps  iin- 
liaralleled  in  modem  warfare.  After  the  town 
fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Russians,  famishing 
dogs  were  seen  feeding  on  the  bodies  of  dead 
and  wounded  sohliem.  t^-aring  the  Hewh  from 
the  hi>die3  of  the  still  living  wounded.  The 
vnltures  picked  at  the  skull  and  hopped  from  body 
to  body  with  fienrlish  delight.  The  savage 
howls  of  the  greedy  bruf.e«,  the  cries  and  heiirt- 
rending  groims  of  the  wounded,  as  tliey  vainly 
struggled  with  the  dogs,  could  be  he.nrd  for 
miles  around.  The  wounded  that  were  able  to 
crawl  nbout.  clutched  at  the  odd  morsels  of  fond 
in  the  hands  of  the  dead.  One  thousand 
((risoners  were  huddled  together  in  one  place. 
The  liviiiganddeuil  were  piled  together  promis- 
consly  in  heaps  like  wood,  and  carted  nway. 
The  scene  was  horrible  beyond  description. 
Tlicse  are  the  fruits  of  war.  May  God  gnint  us 
peace  on  earth. 


Wk  are  again  obliged  to  iwk  those  who  have 
ordered  Hymn  Books  to  have  patience.  Though 
we  orden-d  sometime  ago,  the  books  have  not 
rome.  When  onlering  hooks  or  pamphlets  the 
money  Hliould  always  aceompany  the  order. 

OfH  miswioniirios.  now  in  Denmai-k.  exi)i'ct 
to  vinit  GcniHUiy  '"'d  Knglmid  before  returning 
home.  In  company  with  brother  HitiNKWouTH. 
they  may  wpend  considerable  tiiuc  preaching 
in  England,  and  reach  home  aonu-timein  April. 

BliOTlIElt  DaVII"  Mahtin  of  Mai-shitll  Co., 
Iowa,  gave  us  a  i  all  Iil-I  Saturday.  !!<■,  and 
family  are  viditing  relatives  and  accqimintances 
in  this  locality.  Biiothkr  John*  Zook  of  Ce- 
dar Co..  was  with  lis  in  the  same  day.  He  seems 
■    to  he  enjoying  himself. 

TiiK  unusu;d  state  of  the  weather,  for  this 
season  of  the  year,  hna  rendered  traveling  and 
outdoor  work  in  this  pait  of  the  country  ex- 
tremely diKagreoable.  The  last  few  months 
hare  been  more  like  Sjjring  than  Wintei-— 
niiuiiig  coii-iidevable  of  tlie  time,  lieiieo  giving 
II-  unul  ill  abundance. 

LATKri'porls  indiiatea!!  Europe  isarmiiig,an(l 
the  (dd  world  is  in  a  most  critical  condition. 
Russia  luw  called  out  another  large  army,  and  it 
is  feuiyd  that  both  Knghind  and  Germiuiy  will 
soon  become  involved  in  the  bloody  conflict. 
Should  they  do  so,  it  will  doubtless  more  or  less 
affect  all  Europe, 

On  the  liwt  page  of  this  issue,  will  he  ftiuiid 
1111  interesting  Imtchof  correspondence  ivgard- 
ing  a  jiublic  discii*sion  to  have  been  held  in 
Carthage,  Mo.  We  do  not  blame  the  liajitists 
for  not  wanting  to  debate  their  side  of  the  (pies- 
tjoii  on  baptism,  for  their  iiackwanl  single  im- 
inci-sion  is  so  young  that  they  do  not  want  it 
exposed  to  the  public  gaze.  On  Mr.  CrN.viNfi- 
H  \m"s  pari  it  is  a  wjuare  hael:  down. 

A  Uhotiikr  writes:  "  Yesteiilay  morning  I 
noticed  how  happy  the  children  felt  over  their 
presents,  and  as  they  were  passing  them  to 
tach  other  1  a.ski'd  them  if  they  liked  to  read 
the  HuETiiHtiN  AT  Work.  They  said  they  did. 
1  then  told  them  that  there  are  many  who  arc 
ton  i)oor  to  pay  for  it,  and  I  thought  we  ought 
to  make  them  a  little  present:  so  at  it  we  went, 
and  I  now  send  you  §1,50  for  tiie  'Charity 
Fund.' "  ' 

At  this  season  of  the  year,  when  .subscribers 
ure  coming  in  at  the  rat«  of  a  thou^iaud  a  week, 
it  will  be  impossible  to  avoid  making  some 
mistukes,  such  n- leaving  out  an  occiuional  name 
wlio.'ie  time  of  subscription  hiisnot  expired,  re- 
tainiug  names  that  ought  to  be  omitted,  or  get 
some  incorrectly  inserted.  Should  any  thing 
of  the  kind  occur  we  want  to  he  notified  of  it 
at  once.  Do  not  wait  a  month  or  too  and  then 
write,  but  attend  to  it  a'*  ^oon  as  the  mistake  is 


INTRODUCTORT. 

rrHHUlUJH  a  kind  ami  gnicious  frovidence, 
i.  we  are  enabled  to  greet  you  agmn,  and  we 
hope  this,  the  U'fhering  in  of  another  year,  finds 
us  all  ready  and  willing  to  step  into  the  front 
ranks  to  live,  proclaim  and  defend  the  holy  re- 
ligiim  brought  to  us  by  our  Master.  The  CaiJ- 
tain  of  our  salvation  isjn.'st  as  ready,  able  and 
willing  to  loud  us  on  to  victory,  as  He  was  last 
year.  Knowing  this,  not  a  soldier  should  de- 
sert, not  one  think  of  going  to  slpp])  on  duty, 
and  remember  to  continue  in  well-doing,  and 
the  victory  over  sin  and  Satan  will  be  complete. 
We  appeal  to  this  noble  band  of  workers, 
this  army  of  the  Itedeemer,  to  make  a  vigor- 
ous charge  all  along  the  lines  and  help  us  to 
carry  the  gind  tidings  of  salvation  over  the  en- 
emy's intrenchmont.  We  should  not,  cannot 
be  satisfied  with  s-imply  holding  the  forts  we 
have  taken,  but  should  labor  bard  iuid  patients 
ly  to  take  many  more.  And  as  we  go  forth  to 
oenqiier,  let  us  bo  sui-e  that  the  flag  we  follow 
has  on  it  the  crurifird  Christ  as  well  as  the  ijlo- 
rljird  Lord.  This  is  the  flag  that  leads  to  peace- 
ful, permanent  victory. 

We  feel  grateful  to  the  many  contributors 
who  liave  helped  us  to  enrich  and  enliven  the 
columns  of  the  Hiiktiimkn"  at  Wokk  the  past 
year  with  their  lieaveii-born  and  soul-cheering 
thoughts,  and  ('(trdially  invite  them  "to continue 
in  sending  forth  sound  words — words  that  have 
in  them  the  power,  honor  imd  glory  of  God. 
With  pure  motives,  yj;v';ifiy)/c.N  can  he  made  to 
take  deep  root  in  the  hearts  of  siunei-s  and  turn 
them  to  the  living  God.  Let  the  glory  of  Tii- 
bor  shine  out  from  the  top.  bottom  and  side.s  of 
evenr"  word  you  write,  and  the  world  will  ivit- 
ness  such  n  stream  of  light  as  has  not  been  seen 
lo  these  many  yearn. 

And  you  who  have  steadily  and  patiently  la- 
liored  to  extend  the  circulation  of  our  paper, 
we  also  ask  you  to  go  on  in  the  well-begun 
work,  looking  to  Jwiis  the  great  Rewarder  for 
your  toils  and  your  perplexities.  We  hold  you 
in  grateful  remembrance  for  what  you  have 
done,  Hud  hope  you  will  find  continual  pleas- 
ure and  spiritual  profit  in  laboring  with  us. 

We  can  make  j"ou  hut  few  promises  for  the 
year,  as  the  great  Dispenser  of  evcnt-s  iiloue 
knows  what  shall  be.  We  desire,  however,  to 
devote  our  time  and  talents  to  the  defense  and 
maintenance  of  the  pure  and  undefiled  religion, 
the  dissemination  of  cditying  literature,  and 
the  preseiitntion  of  every  fact,  every  command 
and  i)romise  of  our  heavenly  Kiitlier.  We  do 
not  expect  lo  plcjise  all  men.  for  our  Master 
did  not  do  that,  but  do  desire  to  please  Him 
who  hath  called  all  of  us  with  His  tender  mer- 
cy and  kindnewi  to  serve  Him.  Nor  do  we  ex- 
pect to  ph-ase  oiii-selves  iji  all  things.  We.  too. 
must  bear  and  forbear;  otherwis*'  there 
would  he  no  refining,  no  burning  of  dross.  0 
that  we  may  cling  to  the  whole  truth,  speak 
where  God  speaks,  bridle  the  tongue  where  God 
bridles,  honor  G<k1,  love  all  men,  hat«  sin,  and 
"  die  daily  "'  is  the  wish  and  jjrayer  of  your 
humble  servants. 


OBJECTIONS   REVIEWED. 

SOMETIME  ago.  brother  D.  D.  Clark  of 
(irant.  WeM  Va..  sent  us  a  copy  of  Elder  S. 
W.P.  Richanlfion's  objections  to  the  doctrine  of 
baptism  for  the  remission  of  sins,  taken  from 
the  Mnuntfiin  Echo,  published  at  Keyser,  W. 
Vk..  with  a  request  that  they  be  reviewed  in  the 
Rrkthrkn  at  Work.  This  we  will  now  <lo.  so 
far  as  the  objections  are  worthy  of  note. 

We  give  the  Elder's  article  entire,  proposi- 
sition  and  all,  that  our  readers  may  hear  both 
sides  of  the  question,  and  learn  how  even  min- 
isters will  niisconstrue,either  through  ignorance 
or  malicious  intent,  a  doctrine  which  does  not 
correspond  with  their  preconceived  opinions, 
or  religious  education.  This  we  do.  not  because 
we  love  discussions,  but  because  we  love  the 
truth,  and  do  not  want  people  misled  or  prej- 
udiced aaainst  a  doctruie  of  the  Ne-v  Testament, 
without  a  knowledge  of  what  its  teachings  are 
on  the  subject  opposed. 

Men  can  file  objections  to  any  doctrine  or 
theory,  or  even  the  Bible  itself,  that  on  a  super- 
ficial investigation,  have  a  show  of  fairness  and 
force  about  them,  which  in  reality,  when/iilltj 
investigated,  are  ohjections  only,  and  stand 
without  the  least  logic,  much  less  of  a  scientif- 
ic or  divine  foundation.  The  article  before  us 
show.s  the  cunning  of  its  author  in  dealing  with 
a  stpiare  Gospel  doctrine.  He  leaves  both  the 
Gospel  and  logic  and  swoops  down  on  the  sym- 
pathies of  the  peoi)le,  witliout  offering  one  sin- 
gle passage  from  Holy  Writ,  that  has  any  bear- 
ing on  the  subject  whatever.  Tt  is  tlie  old 
dodge  of  ITniver^alism  he  resoris  to,  in  his  en- 
deavors to  prove  his  theory,  not  by  Bible  proof, 
biitbya  misrepresentation  of  the  one  he  opposes, 
and  by  reaching  the  sympathies  of  the  people. 
We  will  without  further  comment,  give  the  El- 
der's proposition  and  objections  verbatim  and 
review  them  in  proper  order. 

■■  Dlijcclions  to  ihe  Uociriiic  of  bnptism  in  onlcr  lo  re- 
mission." 

He  means  of  coui-se  the  remission  of  past 
sins.  The  proposition  is  fairly  stated,  and  tells 
in  plain  tenns  what  the  doctrine  is  he  objects 
to,  and  opposes.  The  doctrine  contained  in  the 
affirmative  of  this  proposition,  is  not  of  very 
recent  origin,  which  the  reader  will  readily  per- 
ceive by  turning  to  Acts  2:  38.  "Repent  and 
l)e  baptized  every  one  you  in  the  name  of  Jesus 
Cbristyo;-  tlie  ri-itiisnion  of  sins,  awl  you  .shiill 
rea-iif  the  gift  of  Ihe  Holy  Ghost."  And  in 
Acts  22:  Ifi  '■  And  now  why  tarriest  thou?  Arise 
and  he  huptized  and  ivafh  aimy  thy  sins.  rnUimj 
on  the  nnme  of  the  Lord."  This  is  what  the 
gentleman  is  opposing.  These  are  the  men 
wholiave  dared  to  setup  theclaims  which  have 
met  the  learned  divine's  disapproval.  Notwith- 
standing they  spake  by  counsel  from  on  high, 
uttering  only  the  things  of  the  Lord's  house  as 
the  Holy  Ghost  gave  them  utterance,  yet  they 
have,  in  the  doctrine  of  baptism  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins,  met  with  opposition  at  this  late 
date  in  the  church's  history.  By  "  experience  " 
and  "  teaching"'  and  "  faith  alone  "  and  "  heart 
religion."  we  are  now  told  that  this  doctrine 
taught  by  men  of  God,  instructed  by  the  Holy 
Spirit,  is  wrong,  has  objectionable  features  about 
it  and  is  damning.  Why  men  oppose  this  part 
r)f  God's  Word,  will  be  readily  seen  by  refer- 
ring to  3  Tim.  -i:  3,  ■!.  .A.nd  now  as  the  attack 
is  not  made  on  the  apostles — oh  no,  not  in  the 
least,  of  course  not;  he  will  deny  that,  hut  let 
the  reader  referto  Peter  and  Ananias,  and  then 
to  the  Elder's  statement  and  decide  for  himself. 
Do  not  turn  to  either  him  or  us,  but  just  loolt 
at  the  matter  as  it  stands;  firet  read  the  apostles, 
then  read  the  Elder's  doctrine  and  that  will  de- 
cide the  matter  at  once.  They  say:  "  Be  bap- 
tized for  the  remission  of  sins,"  "Arise  and  be 
bai)tized  and  wash  away  thy  sios;"  but  the  Elder 
virtually  says;  "  I  denounce  it  as  wrong  and 
sound  my  objections  abroad."  It  nced.t  no  com- 
ment, no  linguist  or  theological  disquisition  to 
assist inaproperinterprctatiou  of  thedifferencc 
between  tlie  two  systems  of  pardon. 

Either  IVterand.Ananiaswere  wrong,  or  else 
our  modern  ajwstles  has  missed  themark,  no 
use  of  trying  to  eviMletheconcluBion.  Will  the 
Elder  tell  the  i-eaders  of  the  Echo  where  he  ve- 
(■eived  his  authority  to  denounce  the  apostles 
in  this  manner  of  teaching  the  design  of  bap- 
tism? Did  the  Holy  Ghost  make  a  slip  of  the 
tongue,  when  He  informed  them  what  to  say  V 
Is  that  it*  Or  has  the  Spirit  of  God  changed 
tactics  since  then!'  Can  he  tell  ?  Will  he 
do  it?  You  no  doubt  think  this  rough,  but 
the  nature  of  the  case  demimds  all  we  can  "ive 


and  we  do  only  our  simple  duty  in  statintr  ty, 
issue  in  as  plain  words  as  our  pen  can  inscnl 
There  are   no   two  truths  in  the   universe  th  t 
will  show  a  contradiction  when  contrasted  axA 
yet   the  elder's  article  does   crosji   the  apoa'ne' 
hence  one  or  the  other  is   wrong.     Whether  "t 
is  man  divinely  inspired,  who  spake  only  i, 
the  Spirit  of  Go<l,  or  whether  it  is  an  uninspii 
ed    modern  evangelist   i)reaching  in   the  back 
woods  of  Va.,  we  leave  our  readers  to  judge 
Now  here  comes  his  firat  objection. 
"OnjriTios  No.  l.-lfbftpli»m   in  "le  proeurin|,n«  „, 
pardon,  il  niiiat  be  repented  every  time  we  wiih  pordon'' 

That  this  objection  is  a  perversion  of  the 
proposition  he  so  clearly  states  above,  will  h 
plain  to  all  with  only  a  few  words  of  explann. 
tion.  He  says,  "  If  baptism  is  the  prorurinn 
at't  of  pardon  "  ^\ist  as  if  the  apostle  Peter  or 
Ananias  or  any  other  man,  who  holds  the  doc- 
trine  he  opposes,  even  taught  that  baptism  pro. 
nirp!'  pardon.  Presume  it  will  he  best  to  preHch 
the  Elder  a  short  sermon  as  to  what  we  do  be- 
lieve, as  he  then  can  orPOSE  the  doctrine  more 
lucidly.  If  he  irill  not  understand  the  Bible 
probably  he  will  this.  One  or  two  things  ap. 
pear  plain,  after  reading  his  objection  No.  1- 
either  he  is  woefully  misinformed  of  the 
Bible  on  the  subject  or  willfully  misrepreseiitj 
it.  This  we  say  in  justice  to  the  readers  of  this 
article,  as  well  as  the  first  Gospel  preachers 
The  doctrine  of  baptism  for  remission,  does  not 
teach  any  more  than  elder  K.thatit^jcon/jfjt 
pardon.  The  blood  of  Christ  only  could  pro- 
cure pardon.  Man's  act  cannot  procure  it, 
Remission  of  sins  is  an  act  of  God,  done  in 
heaven  for  the  believers,  and  not  an  act  done 
in  man.  Of  himself  man  cannot  forgive  sihs- 
God  does  that.  Water  docs  not  wash  away  sins 
literally,  neither  does  faith  procure  pai-don;  nor 
repentance  either.  After  a  man  believes,  re- 
pents, and  is  baptized,  it  takes  the  same  pardon- 
ing act  of  God  before  our  sins  are  remitted; 
the  same  as  if  man  had  done  nothing  at  all. 
We  repeat,  God  alone  can  forgive  sins,  but  Hi> 
has  never  promised  to  forgive  any  man,  while 
he  is  impenitent,  while  he  refuses  to  he  baptlzyd, 
Baptism  does  not  procure  pardou — is  not  of 
debt,  but  of  grace— is  a  condition  upon  the 
performance  of  which  God  graciously  griuit* 
pardon. 

The  blood  of  Christ  only  cleanses  from  sin. 
but  man  has  not  the  power  to  iT/y;/)/  the  blood 
of  Christ  literally.  This  is  done  in  a  figuiv, 
hence  Paul  says  (Rom.  6:  1-6),  "  baptized  into 
the  death  of  Christ,"  not  into  His  burial,  for 
His  hlnod  was  not  shed  there;  but  was  shed  in 
His  death  on  the  cross,  hence  we  are  baptizpd 
into  His  death,  and  thus  make  a  figurative  ap- 
plication of  the  blood  of  Christ;  and  thus  it  is 
written:  "The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  His  Son 
cleauseth  us  from  all  sin."  Neither  does  it 
follow  that  every  time  we  need  ])ardon,  we  must 
be  baptized.  This  again  shows  the  Elder's  ex- 
treme misnnderanding  of  the  idea  embodied  in 
the  doctrine  he  is  ojiposing.  Bai)tism  is  notiin 
ordinance  in  the  church  to  be  regularly  repejiled 
at  stated  periods  as  the  Lord's  Supper,  but  a'» 
Dr.  Conaut  of  the  Bihlp  Ihiinn,  remarks  is  the 
"  initiatory  rite  of  the  new  institution."  It  is  thn 
consummating  act  which  takes  us  into  Christ. 
"  It  is  the  last  step  in  the  divi..e  process  of  con- 
version." Paul  in  Eph.  4;  5  says, "One  Lortl 
one  faith,  and  one  baptism."  And  in  Gal.  3:  III, 
"  .4s  many  as  have  l)een  baptized  into  Jesus 
Christ  have  put  Him  on."  Not  baptixed  int(i 
Him  three,  four  or  five  times,  but  once;  this 
does  forever.  It  brings  m*  in  contact  with  the 
blood  of  Christ,  "  into  Christ,"  into  the  one 
body,  and  then  it  is  written.  "  His  Idood  cleafl*' 
eth  us  from  all  sin;"  and  we  (the  believei-s),  Imvo 
an  Advocate  with  the  Father,  when  we  do  siii. 
We  cannot  Ofliecc  into  Christ,  neither  can  wi' 
rrjirnt  INTO  Christ" — "the  one  body,"  "  tl"- 
chuivh."  but  we  believe  in  and  »«  Christ,  iin«l 
repent  of  sin  tonard  God,  and  are  htptizrd  is- 
Ti)  the  church,  into  Christ,  the  only  way  th 
elder,  or  any  man  has  any  promise  of,  or  ever 
can  got  into  Christ.  A  man  must  believe  and 
rep('nt  before  he  is  a  proper  subject  forhaptisi". 
and  baptism  to  an  improper  subject  is  wortli 
nothing  or  brings  nothing. 

OnjEnios  So,  2,— "None  CKcepL.iniicrMwtiiiM  l")  'I""'' 
IfiC'IdubjecU." 

What  does  he  mean  by  this  ?  Does  he  mean 
that  there  are  saints  who  never  were  baptizi'd' 
Or  is  he  turning  baby  si)rinkler.  and  preteii'l* 
that  while  older  persons  need  not  be  hniitiMa-- 
babies  »ni.tt.  Is  that  it?  The  doctrine  tens- 
es that  none  but  believers  are  fit  subjects  W^ 
hai.tisni,  and  when  they  believe  and  repent  thuy 


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...111.  ..^''ord.mc.'  with  thwidea,  the  Savior 
Lar^.-H-'  tb'it  bclieveth  and  is  Wptiz,,! 
1,11  bL-  ^"vod.  and  he  tli.,t  belioveth  „ot.  shull 
l.danimHl;"  m^  .ignn.  (-John  3:  5)."  Kxcept 
,  is  born  of  wiiter  and   of  the  Spirit,  he 

„iunt  eiiti-i-  tbe  kingdom  of  heaveu."  Any 
"In  f"*  "*"  *'•*'  l*'"g''"*"> '«  >n  "in  unsaved  stut^, 
"'  sinner,  and  nothing  short  of  an  entra„cJ 
:;,„  thf  kmg^l"!"  or  body  of  Chi-ist.  will  make 
j^.,,,  3  new  creature.     And  we  speak  by  the  best 

illiority  known  to  man.   when  we  say,  men 

„„„/  enter  tlie  kingdom  without  being  born 

oiiin,  n"*  of  "feeling"  mid  mourner's  bench, 
tit  of  wi't^''  '*"''  °^  ^''^^  ^l''"*^-  "orn  of  the 
g,,irit  a\one  will  not  suffice,  neither  will  a  birth 
p|-  witter  nlone  do,  and  any  man  is  outside 
dl'  tlie  promise  of  God,  without  a  birth  of 
Ijttlb:  ^f"^*^^  '^°y  ^"'^"'  "^l^^Ptized.  needs  to 
iind  as  ba]>ti8m.  the  last  act  in  conver- 
n,  takes  us  into  Christ,  we  iissunie  man 
ist  be  baptized  before  he  is  whole:  for 
„.  s  the  Redeemer,  "  They  that  are  whole  nee 
^7 physician,  but  they  that  are  sick."  Thii 
tkn  warrants  the  conclusion  that  none  but 
giiiiiei-s  neetl  be  baptized.for  all  who  are  not  ba])- 
[ized,  must  ^^^  '°  '"■'**"''  ""^  ""^-V  to  be  saved, 
l,ut  to  •""•' ''""""""'*'"  '"  "11  churches  of  any 
note,  the  Elder's  church  not  excepted.  Why 
makes  his  church  tighter  than  he  does  tin 
I,eiivens  above,  he  will  tell  you  a  man  can  enter 
litMVon  without  baptism,  but  he  cannot  be  a 
member  of  bif  church  mtliout  it.  Poor  fellow. 
lieceitiiinly  needs  sympathy  or  a  great  change, 

OBJtmoN  K".  8.—"  The  good  of  oil  ages  who  worn  not 

ipiiMil  wi"'  l''"*  '"'en'  were  loal," 

Tlie  holv  of  uo  age  were  ever  lost.  The  doc- 
trine condemns  no  man  who  is  haly,  no  more 
tliiin  oar  law  hangs  law-abiding  citizens.  It 
only  teaches  baptism  to  sinners  along  with 
faith  uiiJ  reitentance  jus  conditions  on  which 
Goil  hiis  promised  them  pardon,  and  condemns 
110  good,  no  holy  man  of  any  age.  God  con- 
demns men  with  the  words  of  Christ  in  the  lust 
diiy.  The  Elder  knew  there  was  no  ai'gument 
in  this,  but  wrote  it  to  blind  people  by  a  false 

jtrtioii,  and  to  enlist  their  sympathies,  but 
the  intelligent  reader  will  readily  perceive  the 
fik-iirdity  of  such  a  course.  No  man,  or  set  of 
men,  Cfui  cunderan  or  preach  men  to  hell.  The 
ii(;;i(\are  iu  the  bands  of  God,  and  according  as 
thi',vJiiive  hveil,  their  reward  shivU  he.  All  we 
cim  do  will  avail  nothing  in  their  behalf.  The 
|,iir[n)se  of  God  towards  them  is  fixed,  and  it  is 
mijiliievous  and  wicked  to  thus  play  upon  sym- 
pidhetic  hearts.  If  the  doctrine  is  false,  prove 
it  Iiy  logic  and  Go>i)el.  and  let  the  sympiithies 
of  men  alone. 

UiUEi-tiON.  No.  4. — "Daplisiumiiat  be  recuivoil  willk  the 
leiigQ  ur  piirdon.  otherwise  thu  net  is  sinful, 

This  is  only  a  repetition  of  his  third  objection 
iml  will  need  but  few  words  to  show  its  absurd- 
ity. Thereisonlyone  way  of  administering  tbe 
oniiaiuite,  to  be  repeated  hut  once  in  life.  To 
lake  Ik  man  into  the  one  church,  and  to  do  this. 
it  must  have  ii  proi>er  design,  a  proper  mode, 

Mjier  r*ul)ject,  and  a  proper  administrator. 
Anything  performed  as  baptism,  outside  of  the 
GiH[n?|  plim  and  Gospel  design,  is  but  au  open 
nwkL'iy  in  the  sight  of  God,  and  no  baptism 
it 'til-  It  makes  no  difference  what  men  think 
al"iut  it;  their  opinions  do  not  change  it  in  the 
IfiL'-t.  Truth  is  not  changed  by  men's  opinions. 
ui'iif  iuiythiiig  wa-i  established  by  the  Almighty 
I'  ii  li-Ked  fact,  as  baiitism  is  in  its  design,  mode 
mil  subject,  all  the  prayers  of  men  and  the 
ihockiug  of  hell  itself  cannot  change  it.  God 
Jesses  men  when  they  do  His  will,  and  it  is  on- 
1  the  one  who  does  His  will  that  shall  enter 
Wvfii  (Miitt.  T:  -21).  And  the  eternal  decree  of 
JHiovah  is,  •'  If  the   blind   lead  the  blind,  they 

I'  l">tli  fall  into  the  ditch."  This  doctrine 
''"'"'  "ot  stand  judging  and  condemning  the 
'■■'"'■  '»it  as  a  justifier  of  those  who  use  it  as  a 
^i'*iiiiim  of  communientiou  witli  the  blood  of 
'"■"'•t-  It  leaves  the  dead  in  the  hands  of  « 
iwt  iind  merciful  God,  wliich  is  more  civil  than 

''''■'"  If.,  who  is  continually  pulling  them  out  of 
r.ave  in  view  o^"  sympathetic  hearts,  and 
'"( too,  for  the  purpose  only,  of  opposing  the 

"'y  lihost  in  its  instructions  to  num  how  to 
p't'^e.  and  t()  ^viu(l  tironnd  their  henrts   a  sys- 

"'  'it  leligion  that  has  no  tangible  way  in  the 
W'Hld  of  t.„tt.ri,ig  the  churcli.  That  makes  a 
Ji'iii  a  I'lirisliiiii  in  a  way  that  no  preacher  on 
■"■■Ii  tun  tell  him  how.  He  only  knows  he  is 
"istian  because  he  feela  flo,  anil  only  feels 
!"•  ''ecauae  he  knows  he  is  in  Clirist.  Will  El- 
'^-  tell  in  a  plain  way  just  how  to   get  into 

^"'t?    He  cannot  do  it,  for  he  don't  know. 


Ill,,  i 


He  will  get  a  lot  of  poor,  deluded  «o.iIs  around 
a  mourner's  Iwnch,  mid  when  they  seek  Christ 
with  all  their  might  and  cannot  get  through, 
he  utterly  ignores  the  old  apostle's  way  of  tell- 
themhowtodo:  "  Hppeut  and  be  baptized  in 
the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  tbe  ivmission  of 
sins,  and  yon  shall  receive  the  gift  of  tbe  Holy 
Spirit."  No  air,  not  a  hit  of  that;  but  ho  will 
lay  the  Bible  a.side.  and  tell  great  yarns  of  how 
long  he  sought,  before  God  spoke  jieace  to  his 
«oul,  and  of  inauy  others  who  sought  longer; 
and  after  some  of  the  honest  but  deceived  crea- 
tures, have  come  night  after  night,  and  expe- 
rienced no  change,  be  will  as  he  and  his  breth- 
ren have  often  done  before,  say  to  them  "  Why. 
you're  through  and  don't  know  it.  YouVe  a 
Christian,  and  haven't  foimd  it  out."  There 
never  wiis  a  man  in  apostolic  times  who  preach- 
ed such  stuff;  and  in  every  instance  when  men 
inquired  what  to  do,  they  were  told  in  a  few 
plain  words,  and  were  soon  in  the  church 
rejoicing.  Paul  was  the  longest  of  any  man 
on  record  in  the  Uible  getting  through.  Hl 
prayed  three  days,  and  then  had  to  be  baptized 
befoe  God  would  remit  his  sins. 

OiWKTios  S.i.  5.— ■•Bnplismnlrcgcnonilioniulsncithor 
iiUiPTe  or  prnclico  the  doctrine  lliey  profosa.  for  they  will 
rccmc  pruocljlos  who  huve  been  bupliicd  with  other  in- 

This  cannot  be  said  against  those  who  simply 
baptize  for  remission  of  sins,  for  they  oppose 
baptismal  regeneration  as  strojigly  jw  men  am 
oppose  a  false  theory.  Baptismal  regeneration 
teaches  that  baptism  inducts  people  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  without  any  preparation  or 
change,  as  iu  infant  baptism  where  it  is  suppos- 
ed to  save  them,  \vithout  imparting  faith,  giving 
knowledge,  or  repentance— where  the  only  thing 
the  child  receives  in  the  worid  is  a  few  drops  of 
water,  and  if  it  is  saved  by  that,  it  is  a  water  sal- 
vation, for  all  it  gets  is  water,  and  but  a  iew 
drops  at  that;  while  the  doctrine  of  baptism 
for  remission  of  sins,  teaches  that  baptism  alone 
saves  no  man,  teaches  that  nieii  must  believe  and 
repent  before  baptism  will  do  any  good  at  idl, 
that  baptism  is  one  of  the  conditions  of  pardon, 
and  no  man  can  knowingly  pas.s  it  by  and  enter 
into  the  kingdom.  And  even  if  the  Elder's  ob- 
jection did  hit  the  miuk,  it  can  be  hurled  hack 
on  him  with  equal  force,  for  he  teaches  that  no 
niaii  is  fit  to  be  baptized  until  he  is  pardoned. 
Thus  to  use  his  own  weapon,  he  damns  all  who 
are  baptized  before  they  have  experienced  n 
■'  feeliug,"  says,  they  are  not  nor  never  were  con- 
verted, but  he  will  take  such,  as  proselytes,  into 
his  church  by  letter,  without  even  a.sking  them 
to  go  to  the  mourner's  bench,  that  is,  if  he  can 
get  them.  If  they  were  not  convei-ted,  why 
does  he  not  act  consistent  and  demand  that  they 
should  be,  and  then  baptize  them  right  on  re- 
ceiving themV  Will  he  tell  us?  His  fifth  has 
missed  the  mark,  let  him  try  again.  "  Igni 
ranee  is  bliss."  He  should  not  condemn  others 
for  doing  as  he  does,  ccrtianly  not,  but  probably 
he  is  like  the  Scotch  minister  who  told  his  peo- 
ple, "  Now  don't  do  as  I  do.  but  do  as  I  tell  yim 
to  do.'' 

Objki^iok  Xo.  0. — "Tlio  promise  has  fnilcd  iirxl  lh< 
gntcs  <jf  bell  pn'vail  if  tlio  doctrine  bo  Iruo." 

What  doctrine  does  he  mean  ?  Is  it  the  doc- 
trine that  says,  "  Arise  and  be  baptized  and  wash 
away  thy  sins — Repent  anil  he  baptized  for  the 
remission  of  sins?"  Is  that  it*'  Does  he  mean 
that?  If  he  does,  then  the  clmrch  in  the  apos- 
tolic age  was  weak,  and  the  doctrine  taught  then 
wa'*  unavailing.  Will  the  Elder  pleasi'  tell  u; 
just  what  he  does  mean?  Give  us  a  plain,  tangi- 
ble idea  of  what  he  means,  and  is  trying  to  say, 
for  his  objection  as  it  is,  is  too  remote  to  admit 
of  criticism. 

OiMiri-miNs  No.  7*  ».—••  ll  !if:id»  lo  hell  all  pcilo-bnp- 
tisrs," 

'■  Unplittfi  who  do  not  hulioTu  ua  i]ivy  do." 

The-'^e  two  objections  being  so  near  the  same 
in  significiition,  we  conclude  to  reply  to  both. 
What  sends  pedo-baptists  to  hell  'f  The  dot*trine 
that  baptism  is  for  the  remis.sion  of  sinsy  Did 
Peter  on  tlie  day  of  pentecost  when  he  preached 
it  with  such  power,  say  any  thing  about  pedo- 
baptists  going  to  hell'r'  No  sir.  for  there  wasn't 
a  pcdo-baptist  in  the  world  for  near  two  hundred 
yearn  after  that  day,  and  mourner's  bench  bap- 
tists, until  a  dat*  many  years  later,  unless  it  be 
Paul  who,  after  trying  for  three  days  to  enter  by 
faith  and  prayer  alone,  was  informed  by  the 
Lord  that,  that  wtw  not  the  way  to  obtain  for- 
giveness, but  he  must  be  baptized  and  t/fii  h 
sins  would  be  pardoned. 

If  there  be  anything  in  his  objections  it  wi 
apply  with  efiual  force  to  the  doctrine  he  preach- 
es, for  that  says,  all  who  were  baptized  in  order 
to  the  remission  of  sina  weiv  iiot,  and  are  not 


onv.-rtod.  and  declarc-H  that  tbe  micouverted  are 

lost,  hence  all  who  were  baptized  for  rominsion 

of  are  sins   lost.      This  is  the  logical   conclus- 

Tbe  Elder  should  not  sling  stones,  espec- 

hen  his  own  house  is  glaw,  nnd  before  hi 


iallv  ^ 


objections  will  reaeh  any  one  else,  ho  must  bring 
a  little  Scripture  in  support  of  hia  own  position. 
Will  he  do  it?  Not  he:  no  indeed,  for  the  faet 
is  he  has  none  to  bring. 

OiuKcrioKB  No,  II.  10  *  n.— -II  u  slriotly  sMWriM." 
"It  ciclmlM  the  good  nnd  fellowihlpi  the  bfcil— in  lunny 

"  II  divides  lli»  follower*  of  CbrUt." 

While  these  "  objections  "  are  only  to  fill  up 
apace  and  s(-arcely  worthy  a  notice,  yet  we  give 
thorn  a  few  words  through  respect  to  the  broth- 
er who  sent  us  the  request,  and  its  author,  who 
is  represented  to  \is  as  a  man  of  ability.  Of 
course  we  must  reply  to  "ability"  and  "educa- 
tion"' whether  there  is  anything  in  the  produc- 
tion or  not: 

That  the  doctrine  of  baptism  for  remission  is 
taught  in  God's  word,  we  positively  know;  that 
man  has  no  promise  of  salvation  without  it,  is 
another  Gospel  fact  which  the  Elder  daie  not 
alSrm  on  Bible  grounds.  If  the  doctrine  is  sec- 
tarian, we  might  inquire  what  made  it  so?  Cer- 
tainly not  Christ  or  the  apostles,  for  such  a 
thing  in  their  day  was  unknown,  but  lately  men 
have  departed  from  the  original  plan  of  conver- 
sion, tmd  because  God's  people  still  adhere  to 
the  Gospel  they  are  hissed  at  as  "sectarian." 
"selfish,"  and  anything  but  Christians.  The 
gentleman  should  look  higher  thiui  the  flesh, 
should  look  up  to  God  and  inquire  for  truth  and 
then  practice  it  upon  the  ground  of  humility 
and  let  men  alone.  The  doctrine  in  either  right 
or  wrong  on  the  face  of  its  simction  by  the  Al-  I 
mighty  and  not  because  men  call  it  "sectarian." 
The  Elder  is  guilty  of  sectarianism  in  his  de- 
nunciation of  the  doctrine  of  baptism  for  re- 
mission. Snch  men  as  he,  are  what  makes  the 
world  sectarian,  religiously.  If  he  is  so  liberal 
and  not  sectarian,  why  does  he  not  fellowship 
all  and  leave  sectarians  to  do  the  oppo^iugy  The 
doctrine  Is  of  God  and  if  Elder  R.  and  all  others 
would  do  just  what  the  Bible  teaches,  we  would 
have  no  dry-Iand-mounicr's-bencb  route  to  glo- 
ry, and  protracted  seekings,  but  like  the  church 
in  early  times,  and  such  a  thing  as  sectarianism 
would  be  unknown. 

That  it  fellowships  bad  men  in  many  instimc- 
es  we  admit.  One  among  the  twelve  was  a  devil. 
That  the  Elder's  church  fellowships  many  who 
are  bad,  we  presume  he  will  not  try  to  deny. 
This  far  we  are  even.  That  it  ever  excluded  a 
saint  he  cannot  prove.  Let  him  do  so  if  he  can 
That  many  who  are  good  morally,  are  excluded 
we  also  admit,  but  God  hat  not  permitted  us  to 
invito  any  but  His  true  fidlowers,  the  baptized  be- 
lievers to  His  table,  hence  we  cannot  assume  tc 
do  90. 

That  it  divides  the  foUowei's  of  Christ,  we 
emphatically  deny.  He  and  his  church,  and 
those  of  like  faith  are  as  much  to  blame  for  this 
division  as  any  one  else,  and  more  too;  for  it  is 
they  who  make  it  by  their  departure  from  the 
plain  way  of  f'lirist.  The  doctrine  recognizes 
no  man  iia  born  of  God  until  he  has  complied 
with  the  requirements  of  the  Gospel.  It  makes 
no  difference  what  he  may  aftirm  of  himself,  his 
feelings  will  not  do.  Like  the  man  who  sings 
by  ear,  he  does  not  know  whether  he  is  right  or 
not:  he  only  feels  he  is  singing  correctly,  but 
when  he  learn^  the  notes,  then  he  knows  he  is 
singing  correctly,  for  the  notes  show  the  way. 
So  some  men  serve  God,  only  by  their  feelings, 
and  do  not  know  whether  they  are  right;  they 
only  feel  so;  but  this  doctrine  rccngni;res  no 
such  Christianity  as  correct,  but  follows  the 
notes,  God's  revelation.  His  commands;  and  they 
know  they  are  right,  lor  tjie  Go^itel  will  not 
lead  them  wrong. 


;  oi>- 
:8. 


changed  in  heart  by  faith  or  in  hfe  by  rei>ent^ 
ance.  is  a  mer.'  nothing,  obtaim*  nothing,  and  a 
minisU'r  may  baptiae  any  man  who  hn*.  not  be- 
lieved and  repented,  one  thcmnand  times  and  it 
will  do  no  gowl.  Henct  the  reader  can  wv-  that 
there  is  nothing  in  the  Rider's  objection  unlesH 
it  Ik-  mi(«reprcwnt»tion  of  the  doctrine  he 
poses  and  perversion  of  Scripture     Hev 

The  minister  has  no  power  to  admit  any  man 
into  the  mystic  body  of  Chriat  who  ha.v  n,A  b^ 
lieved  and  repented.  Neither  has  the  man  who 
wants  into  the  kingdom  until  he  lwliev«,  n»_ 
pents  and  is  baptiz.>d.  It  takes  an  admini'str»- 
tor  and  a  proi)er  subject  before  a  lawful  Gosp*l 
baptism  is  completed,  and  we  might  aild  in  thU 
connection,  baptism  performed  by  a  proper 
way. 

Tbe  gentleman  now  clases  hia  wonderful  ti- 
rade against  Peter  and  Ammia^  (Acta  2:  .18  and 
22:  Ifi)  with  the  following  jumble  of  language 
which  has  in  it  no  intelligent  argument  against 
unything  or  any  body  in  i)articular: 


ipedoni, 
a  sliut.' 


Hy  turning  to  R*v.  3:  8.  the  render  will  per- 
ceive to  what  a  degree  this  man  perverts  the 
passage,  "  No  man  can  shut  it."  This  language 
is  ased  iu  addressing  a  Christian  church  relative 
to  their  admission  into  heaven  and  nothing  ia 
more  foreign  to  the  truth  thim  to  svwert  that  it 
applies  to  the  unhaptizcd  or  the  administrator 
of  the  rite.  The  idea  of  baptism  for  remission 
gives  the  administr.ator  no  more  power  than  any 
other  faith.  The  power  of  admission  into  the 
church  is  not  exclusive  ot  the  candidate  fur  ba|>- 
tism.  The  doctrine  teaches  tlii^.  tliat  baptism  peated  mor 
is  nothing  to  im  improper  subject.     That  a  man    other  cirtu: 


W  e  are  taught  in  God's  word  that  tln-re  ia 
one  plan  of  j»ardon,  that  Christ  forgave  sias 
without  baptism.  We  should  be  spirituallv 
minded  when  w'e  are  baptized,  which  i-  lilr  and 
ioy.  ami  peace  in  the  Holy  Ghost  \V.-  -.|,o,dd 
be  dead  before  buried.  iViv  is  no  lurdiuru  be- 
tween life  and  death,  dead  to  sin.  idive  l,o  n«ht- 
eousnetw.  the  Spirit  quickemtb,  the  ^inn.-r's 
heart  is  an  unclean  place.  God's  Spirit  does  not 
dwell  in  an  iiitcleaii  olace— repent  and  Ijelieve 
tlu-(tos|.L.l.  Iicbeveimd  he  baptized,  they  that 
gliully  reLL'ived  tliL-  word  were  baptized.  If  thou 
behevcst  thou  niayest.  No  man  cidleth  .lesus 
Christ  the  Son  of  God  but  by  the  Holy  Ghost 
Let  the  reiuler  think  ofthe.se  thing-.," 

S.  W.  P.  Itiru.vKDSitN. 
Missionary  of  the  A.  C.  C.  in  \V  Va 
Smith firhf,  Pa. 

Wo  admit  that  there  is  but  one  plan  of  par- 
don,'which  God  giants  on  the  condition  that 
man  believes,  repontt  imd  is  baptized,  no  aooner, 
and  no  later.  That  Christ  forgave  sins  while 
He  was  on  earth  without  baptism,  before  Hia 
crucifixion,  we  also  admit.  But  that  He 
does  flo  now,  we  say  there  Is  no  Scripts 
ure  to  prove.  His  Inst  command  was.  "  He  that 
believcth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved,"  but "  h« 
that  believeth  not  shall  Iw!  damned."  This  Is 
the  law  now,  and  no  man  ha«  the  jiromise  of 
forgiveness  since  Christ's  death  without  baptism. 
We  reply  that  all  arc  dead  out  of  Christ— dead 
in  sin— dejid  to  God— and  the  Gospel  of  Christ 
i.s  to  make  us  alive  and  raise  us  up  into  heavenly 
places  of  Christ.  Faith  quickens  the  heart,  re- 
pentance changes  the  life  and  baptism  chmige« 
the  relation— places  him  in  the  church  or  in 
Christ,  which  makes  him  a  now  creature,  imd 
being  a  new  creature,  he  is  alive  in  Christ  and 
dead  to  sin.  And  this  is  the  death  we  die  in 
eonvei-sion,  die  to  sin,  but  we  are  not  dead  to  sin 
until  we  are  iu  Christ  and  no  man  gets  into 
Christ  without  being  baptized  into  Him.  This 
we  have  proved  in  renewing  the  Elder's  first 
"objection."  -The  rest  of  Iiis  ending  is  so  re- 
mr)te  from  anything  in  particular  that  we  pats 
it  by,  believing  we  have  noticed  more  now  than 
is  worthy  a  space  in  our  columns.  Some,  oq 
reading  the  Elder's  article,  no  doubt  will  be 
deceived,  hut  the  intelligent  reader  would  at 
once  aee'the  weakness  of  his  reaaoning  and  pass 
it  by  as  flimsy  and  unscriptural.and  in  the  main 
!is  a  total  miscomprehension  of  the  doctrine  he 
op[Mwes.  He  sei;nis  to  be  fighting  an  enemy  he 
hardly  knows  who,  but  finally  jumps  on  the 
apostle  Petor  and  Anania>i  for  teaching  baptism 
for  remission  of  past  sins,  then  tights  upon  them 
as  "sectarian  " — iis  sending  "  IVdivbaptists"  and 
the  votaries  of  the  mourner's  bench  "to  hell," 
and  says  "they  hold  the  keys"  and  shut  the 
door,  which,  he  says,  Christ  says  no  man  can 
shut:  thus  declaring  that  Christ  was  guilty  of 
untruth  when  He  saiil,  "no  mu-i  cmi  shut  it," 
(ihedoor).  jVud  to  pnivc.  that  he  is  correct  and 
Christ  has  ■'pokcn  falTtely.  he a.sv.-ifsthe doctrine 
Peter  preached  has  vhufiVcdn.;.  Xow  the  fact 
is  Elder  H.  was  either  doubly  dishonest  when  he 
wrote  his  wonderful  "  objections."  or  did  not 
know  what  he  was  opposing,  and  if  he  is  an  hon- 
eit  man  and  loves  the  truth,  he  will  come  out 
and  acknowledge  his  mistake.  He  eanuot  prove 
any  man  forgiven  outsiile  of  baptism,  since  the 
days  of  Christ  or  even  the  promisf.-  of  foi^ive- 
ness.  Search  the  Scriptures,  for  ia  them  >■? 
think  ye  have  eternal  life,  and  they  are  they 
which  will  testify  to  the  truth  of  this  matter. 

Read  what  we  have  written,  cloroiy,  mid  com- 
pare it  with  the  Word  of  God.    Wo  have  re- 
thau   would  he  admissible  under 
tances,  but  the  repetition  is  uui^ 


must  have  repentance  before  he  is  fit  to  be  bai>-    voidable  replying  to  such  article; 
tized,  and  baptism  to  any  man  who  ha^  not  been  I  we  have  just  reviewed. 


■  the  one  ts 
s.  u.  u. 


in 


MKiri*iiJiK>r  .\' 


WiJJiK.. 


Jan 


uary 


ghc  Sonic  £ir£le._ 

BEAD  Alio  OBET. 

■■  llii.band«,  loT»  your  »i»«." 
"WUh*.    ohnf    jour    Jni»Unii«." 
I  >it(er».  prcioko  tiol  y«ur  chilJixn  lo  wnlh."  ^^ 
'■  CtiillrtD,    olicy    your    pArcnn    io    all    things-" 

Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshelnian. 


CiiARiTr  ix  n  little  dim-sightol  nt  timwt,  but 
envy  iind  bitlcrac**  have  eagle  eyes. 


Wr  rT-jniw  in  GosiwI  i.roKn-w.  thet'iiliKhtt'n- 
lupiit  of  j^inl-  «n<i  IIh-  fidelity  of  Cliristinn  citnr- 
ȣieT;  \mi  m  ttie  dow-nfnll  of  wlint  is  not  good, 


CnAiucTBB  in  always  in  the  first  iK-rxon.  mid 
thf  fii-jit  slioiild  care  for  it.  Ilcpiitation  is  in  tlie 
third  iRTson,  nnd  ilie  third  person  gfucrally 
UiU  after  it. 


NOT  FJT.TO  BE  KISSED. 

i*  "lirnAT*!!!  pajA'i  morif?"   Mid  a  •WMl  lidlcgirl, 
I         y  ¥       ilor  bright  laugli  rvtealing  h«r  ie<ib  whU«  ab 
pearl, 
••  1 IM*  him.  aixl  kiw  him,  kml  ail  on  hEa  lineo, 
Dm  ihc  hiu«*  don't  iiuell  gou'I  when  ho  kiMca  m* :  " 

"  Bill  tuftmni*"— her  cyc«  opened  widms  fl>e  ■i'»l(c — 
"Do  you  like  nuly  kipMn  of  'luiccoand  imoki-' 
They  n)i|thl  du  f.ir  l.i>y«,  hut  fir  Indii-i"  nnd  girlii 
I  Jont  ihioV  them  nice,"  ns  ilie  tO!i>cil  hir  briglil  curls. 

"  Dgn'l  iiol>o4y'>  p>|>a  hSTi-  moiiff  nico  and  cImd  f 
Willi  kli«CN  like  yotim,  mniu inn— that 'n  wbnt  I  mtunT 
1  trnnt  (o  kiu  pnixi,  I  lore  him  eii  ndll, 
but  Liwr*  d«u'l  tiMle  good  thftt  bate  nuvli  n  »iuotl ! 

■'  Il>  nuly  lo  miinkn,  nnd  rnt  'bacco  nod  spit, 
And  lh«  kiiMt  aim  good,  and  tint  ■wee),  not  iv  bit !  " 
Aixl  lipr  blowmii'likc  fncL'  wore  a  look  of  dingutl 
An  iho  gave  mil  her  verdict  lo  nrncAl  and  Just. 

Yrs,  yea.  Utile  darling .'  your  wiaitom  ha#  iceu, 
Tlmt  kU*es  fiH'  diiugliiera  and  wi«(;»  »)iould  bo  ckan. 
For  btxpx  l«>e  >umfibin|t  of  nc-rlar  nnd  blisx 
From  iiiuiUhB  that  nri'  alaiiir<l  nnd  iiiilii  fur  n  kisa, 

—Sfhrled. 


To  prBW  tflf  into  wi  nrtitle  to  (nich  nn  fxtoiit 
Jt^  to  forc<(  out  Joaun,  in  o  sad  toiiditioii  for  any 
«ril«*r.  Thill  Houl  nmlK  convor^ihn,  and  amin- 
M-mary  sont  to  his  house  miKht  lie  productive  of 
gooii.  _     

Do  that  wliich  is  honest,  though  yon  apiiear 
as  ft  mprohalr.  Primiple  weighs  tons;  polity 
ismigur-coiit'il:  principle  i«  ili'-^-'mie  imtaide  ilh 
in«de,  nnd  is  never  "  inillVd  up."  f.(df- willed,  fin«y 
nor  fpiitjien'd. 


Olk  little  wrilcTA  iiulhI.  !)<■  piitit-nt  if  Ihcir  li- 
ters do  not  iippear  iii  orue.  We  Imve  lu-iird 
from  niiiny  of  yui,  hut  not  from  idl.  Your  Irl- 
I.M  will  appear  jnst  iw  fjist  iw  wi-  can  find  room, 
ill  the  iiieantinie  continin-  to  send  u«letti'ivfiill 
of  love  for  .)e<iim  and  fdl  men. 


.Vui.  through  this  year,  if  spnivd,  y\<-  will  ival- 
1/-  ninny  hle-isings  whiVIi  tire  now  unknown. 
<  .lid  is  sn  go(»d  and  kind  that  He  never  withholdN 
Itlr-Miugri.  Ho  does  not  want  us  lo  hi-  diMiijj- 
pointvd,  bill  to  he  hnpjiy-  Godtiiii'ss  hrinps 
LOiit«-ntnient,  and  is  prolitahle  to  nil. 


Motive  "is  the  kornd,  and  aeihni  tlie  shirll 
lioni  GtuVs  staudpniiit.  In  Hi.i  great  Btiok, 
Hioti'ir."  !in'  HTitten  in  eaiiitals  and  nrtloii.i  in 
mill]]  lettt'rs.  With  Him  it  is  not  only  irhat 
was  don^^  l)ut  iihij  wn.i  it.  done.  Mothr  may  he 
strangled  and  drowued,  Init  either  time  or  otei'- 
iiity  will  Iiriii!.'  it  to  the  surface. 

Thi:hk  iirc  four  restti  mentioned  in  God's  Rook. 
The  first  is  God's  le'it  when  He  luul  tiiiished  the 
work  uferention.  Thesei-niid  is  tluit  of  Ciuman. 
The  third  is  the  Sahhath  rest;  and  the  fmivtli  i' 
"the  rest  that  remains  for  the  people  of  God.' 
This  last  is  the  Christian  s  strong  hope.  To  ivst 
in  .lesiui  is  the  grand  ctuiMiinimatiou  uf  all. 
Childa'U,  early  seek  that  rest,  luid  when  you  liud 
it,  ahide  in  it. 


It  is  II  fueti  thiit  nn  human  creed  existed  for 
about  three  Iiuudred  years  aftiT  the  birth  of 
Clirist,  The  eliureh  wjm  gDVt'med  whiflly  by 
the  law  of  God,  pri>gres*<ed  and  llourishi'd  in  spite 
of  all  oppiihitioii.  The  apiistU?.,  uiinisters  uiid 
teiiihci's  went  everywliea'  prenchiug  the  Gospel, 
and  that  too  whether  men  would  hem-  or  wheth- 
er they  would  forbear.  Tliey  Ijelieved  in  (iod 
and  wiint^d  others  to  do  that  too. 


Pakrkts  will  ohserve  that  the  BnKTiiitRX  at 
\\\>i(K  is  a  good  family  paper  tit  a  low  price.  In 
it  you  will  Iind  matter  for  yourself  nnd  for  your 
children.  You  are  not  called  npcn  to  pay  $  l.."»0 
for  a  paper  lur  yourself  nnd  .'•n  ci-iits  or  ?l.i)0 
extra  for  a  monthly  paper  for  ytuir  chihlreu. 
And  then  instead  of  a  nionthty  publication  for 
the  young  folks,  yon  have  a  weekly.  This  the 
children  appn'ciate.  and  we  tn^t  that  tlirough 
it  nuuiy  may  be  induced  tu  seek  Jesus  early. 

liROTUEK  J.  W.  UlTcilBY  oF  Williams  Co.,0, 
Bftjs:  "  I  have  enjoyed  myself  very  well  since  1 
Iiave  been  ret^^ived  into  the  church.  I  have  been 
in  the  church  over  two  years,  and  I  was  but  ten 
3"i?ars  old  when  I  came  to  Jesns  in  o)M>ilienco  to 
Uim.  1  rejoice  to  hear  of  others  coming  to 
Christ  and  hope  many  more  will  come  before  it 
Is  too  late.  I  am  young  in  the  cause,  but  have 
iio  desire  to  turn  back  to  the  world  again,  hut 
want  to  go  on  through  this  unfriendly  world  to 
the  end  of  the  journey  of  life." 

That  is  the  way  we  like  to  hear  boys  imd  girls 
talk.  Do  not  he  afraid  to  go  to  Jtwus  eoi-ly.  and 
follyw  Him. 


WHAT  TO  AVOID. 

rpniS  is  f<a-  children,  and  I  want  them  to  retwl 
J.  it.  I  don't  come  to  tell  you  that  this  is  a 
Xew  Year,  for  you  all  know  that,  but  1  eometo 
tell  you  what, to  uvoid.  Avoid  had  thoughts. 
They  iiinke  n  bad  heart.  Avoid  had  wovdn. 
They  make  people — (lenslble  people  feel  sad,  imd 
sorry  for  yon.  God  is  not  in  bad  words,  nor 
loes  He  smile  iipmi  yon  for  them.  Avoid  fro- 
ivanlmv's.  Don't  Ix-  first  to  talk,  lii-st  to  the 
table,  fii-st  in  tlie  dish  iuid  first  in  the  easy  chair. 
Avoid  these  iiimglity  habits,  and  grow  up  good 
Hieii  and  women. 

Avoid  the  habit  of  speaking  evil.  As  yon 
grow  up.  aud  men  ami  women  don't  do  juat  as 
you  command,  avoid  the  degrading  habit  of  go- 
ing nhimt  the  country  and  saying  all  manner  of 
evil  against  tJiein.  "Tho  face  of  tlie  Lord  is 
against  theui  tlmt  do  evil."  0  it  is  terrible  to 
lutvi*  the  J'ttir  (if  t/ic  Ijurd  against  you!  It  is 
bittvr  lo  have  the  face  of  men  ugain-'*t  us  than 
to  have  the  face  of  the  Lord  against  us. 

Avoid  telling  in  your  writing  and  spealciug, 
what  givat  things  yon  have  done.  Tell  what 
.lesus  did,  the  holy  men  and  women  of  old  did, 
luid  liow  kind  and  good  others  are  to  you,  hut 
never  fall  into  the  habit  of  holding  yourself  up 
as  a  center  post,  for  idl  others  to  revolve  ju'ound. 
I  have  seen  men  get  so  hu'ge  in  their  own  esti- 
matiou  that  in  noting  their  travels  they  stood 
■straight  tip  and  nnulc  cai-s,  buggies,  beds,  vict^ 
iialw.  rongregiitions,  depots,  time-tables,  and  a 
host  of  other  things  swing  all  around  them. 
Tliey  were  the  cenu-r  pule,  lUid  what  "  [  saw." 
"  I  heard."  "  I  did,"  was  the  I-pfmv  all  the  way 
through.  Now  I  want  none  of  you  little  folks 
to  get  that  big,  I  write  this  to  you.  Big  folks 
won't  rejul  it,  and  it  they  do,  they  will  say  it  is 
unly  for  little  folks.  They  aiv  right.  And  I 
;  hope  they  will  let  you  have  it,  for  it  belongs  to 
you.    Profit  by  these  tilings,  avoid  all  sin, 

BE  KIND  TO  THE  AGED. 

Ikur  Utile  Folks: 
ViriLL  ymi  read  a  letter  from  Aunt  Sallie?  1 
>  }  love  to  talk  to  the  little  folks  at  Sunday 
Sehool,  but  us  we  hate  none  this  Winter,  I  will 
talk  to  you,  Unmgh  moat  of  you  are  strangers  to 
me. 

We  iviul  ill  the  Hible  of  a  good  old  man;  his 
name  was  Elislia.  As  he  was  going  from  Jericho 
to  Bethel,  "  tliere  cmne  little  children  out  of  the 
city  and  mocketl  him  and  said:  Go  up  thouhald 
heml;  go  up,  thou  bald  heiul."  There  came  two 
she  hears  out  of  the  wood,  and  tai-e  forty  luiil 
two  of  them.  Now  children,  1  hope  none  of  yon 
are  likt-  the  ones  I've  been  telling  you  about. 
Do  not  mock  or  make  fun  of  ohl  people.  They 
were  once  as  young  as  you  are.  and  would  walk 
as  straight  as  you  can;  and  could  read  and  sing, 
with  a<  steady  a  voice  us  yon  can.  Always  he 
kind  and  pteiiMiut  to  the  aged.  If  ymi  are  iu 
church  (or  any  other  place)  nnd  an  aged  person 
comes  in,  nnd  there  is  no  v.icant  seat,  get  up 
Olid  give  him  your  seat.  You  are  young  and 
can  stand  better  than  grandpa,  or  grandma. 
They  will  love  and  respect  you  for  it.  God  will 
love  yon  too. 

I  love  to  reiul  your  little  letters.  Write  again, 
it  will  he  encouraging  to  other  little  folks,  and 
if  the  editor  thinks  my  letter  worth  publishing,  I 
will  write  again  on  luiother  subject.  I  tnust  hid 
yon  good  night.  Aunt  Salue. 

Morrisonrillf,  III. 

TO  THE  BOYS. 

BOV.S.  I  want  to  iell  you  n  story  about  Hub- 
ert and  his  father,  and  I  want  you  to  think 
about  it  often. 


Kuljert's  father  had  told  him  to  keep  out  of 
bad  coniiiiuiy.  iuid  yet  Itobert  W)uld  sometimes 
go  among  bad  hoys;  boys  who  would  use  bad 
language,  aud  his  father  saw  that  his  sou  wa-s 
growing,  worst.',  but  said  uothing  at  the  time. 

One  evening  he  brought  some  very  nice  red 
apples  on  »  plate  .ind  gave  them  to  hie  son,  who 
wa»f  much  plesisod  with  them,  mid  thanked  Ins 
father  very  kindly.  Ilobert's  father  then  told 
him  to  lay  the  apples  iiway  a  few  days,  to  get 
melloiv.  Jast  liS  Itobert  was  carrying  the  plale 
of  apides  into  the  room  that  was  seldom  used, 
hi.s  fatlier  placed  a  rotten  apple  on  tlio  jdate,  and 
told  him  to  let  it  remain  there. 

■■  But"  said  Kohert,  "this  apply  will  spoil  all 
the  otliei-s." 

'■Do  you  think  so?    Why  should  not  the 
found  ajtples  rather  make  the  rotten  one  fa'sb  ? 
said  his  father. 

After  some  days  he  told  his  sou  to  g-'t  the  ap- 
ples. But  what  a  sight!  The  f,ound  apples 
were  all  rott<'n.  and  the  i*oom  was  tilled  with  a 
bail  odor. 

"Oh.  father!"  said  Itobert:  "Did  I  not  tell 
you  th>!  rottvn  apple  would  spuil  the  good  ones? 
yet  you  did  not  listen  to  nie." 

"  My  boy."  said  the  father:  "  Have  I  not  often 
told  you  that  the  company  of  bad  children  will 
make  you  bad  ?  yetyou  do  not  lieteu  lo  me.  See 
in  the  ruin  oi  these  apples  that  whicli  will  hap- 
pen to  you,  if  you  keep  company  with  wicked 
hoys." 

IS'^ow,  my  dear  boy.s,  when  any  bad  boys  want 
you  to  join  their  compiuiy,  I  wimt  you  to  think 
of  the  rotten  apple.  Boys,  the  story  of  the  rot^ 
ten  apple  may  do  yon  good  in  your  boyhood,  in 
ytmr  manliood,  and  iu  ytmr  life  beyond  the  grave. 
Boys,  don't  forget  the  rotten  api)le. 

Unolk  .loHN. 

Liiicohivillf,  hill. 

SELF-DENIAL. 

SELK-DENIAL  is  an  important  Ies-(.ril.h.it.  all 
should  learn.  If  we  do  not  learn  it  in  youth, 
we  may  grow  up  to  ])e  very  uubniipy  men  and 
women.  It  may  be  rather  Inu-d  sometimes  to 
control  our  own  sellish  desires,  hut  we  will  find 
by  so  doing  we  will  accomplish  a  great  ileal  of 
good. 

Have  you  ever  noticed  the  difference  among 
your  playmates,  between  the  one  who  always 
tries  to  make  everyHiing  pleitsant  and  everyone 
happy,  and  one  who  din's  unt?  Oit  flie  other 
hand  notice  a  child  of  a  selfish  disposition — one 
that  does  not  try  to  cultivate  a  generous  tone, 
such  an  one  will  indulge  in  sin  and  folly  more 
and  more  a.s  he  grows  older,  and  will  finally  he- 
come  miserable  himself.  No  little  children  will 
go  to  such,  expecting  to  find  a  place  in  their  af- 
fections, for  their  very  selfishness  will  canse 
every  one  to  turn  from  them,  feeling  that  in 
their  lieiu'ts  there  is  no  warmth.  We  all  like 
good,  generous  pL-ople.  Then  let  us  try  to  cul- 
tivate geuerosify,  wliicli  vie  may  do  b^'  first  prttc- 
ticing  self-deuial.  May  we  ever  remember  this 
imitortant  theme,  for  a  great  deal  of  the  trouble 
in  after  life  is  the  consequence  of  its  neglect.  I 
wiili  we  were  all  wise  enough  to  know  that  a 
good-hearted,  -ejt^l.uying  and  generous  pei-son 
esert«  an  intiueme  that  will  live  throughout 
time  and  to  all  eternity. 

AsKiE  Raffknsi'ekoeh. 


CH'ILDREJ^  AT    Wojn 


From  S.  J.  Price.— Dear  Editor :~~i  tj,- 
BinTTiinES  AT  Work  is  a  good  i>ain.i.     i'"   *' 
through  ever^-  week,  and  ean  hardly  \vait"^^  -' 
it  reaehe.i   us;  l)ut  when  it   cfmin^   I  io„.   ""*'' 
I  anxiety  for  news  from  brethren  Hope,  pt  ^''' 
j  Fry,  who  have  crosBrd  the  deep  watenlZ^'' 
I  sinners  home  to  Goti.      May  (.).kI  invor  r"^' 
work,  and  help  all  to  hold  out  faithful 
Phir  Creek.  III. 

From  Joseph  Burgard.— i>«/i-  Fri^iul--,] 
twelve  yeai's  old.  aud  one  of  the  fatherliuu  '^ " 
pleased  the  good  Lnril  to  call  my  dear  f  tl 
home  when   1  wa.s  eight  years  oid.     The 
mother  was  left  a  poor  widow,  so  I  was  coi    "'' 


TO  PARENTS. 

]_)AHENTS,  are  we  giving  our  children  tlu- 
encouragement  we  should,  that  they  may 
become  workeif*  in  the  Lonl's  vineyard'?'  How 
do  we  educate  them  to  read  and  write?  By 
%vaiting  until  they  are  grown  up  and  then  rea- 
sonably expect  them  to  immediately  become  ac- 
ijuaiuted  with  a  knowledge  of  itV  Nn.  but  by 
study,  ami  a  practical  use  of  the  pen  they  are 
niiule  acquainted  with  these  thijigs.  How  do 
they  acquire  the  knowledge  of  neat,  practical 
farming  and  gardening?  By  rumiingidly  over 
the  fields  and  gardens  without  restraint?  No,  but 
the  industrious  parent  that  follows  those  voca- 
tions has  nmny  little  jobs  for  them  to  do.  If 
there  is  work  to  he  done  in  the  iield  we  take  the 
little  boys  along  and  have  them  do  what  they 
can.  If  there  is  work  to  do  in  the  garden,  we 
take  them  there  and  have  them  do  what  they 
can. 

Then  why  is  it  that  we  do  not  take  them  in- 
to tlie  Lord's  vineyiinl  and  educate  them  more 
there  by  iiointing  out  some  special  event  or  oc- 
currence and  have  them  ruud  it, or  read  it  totheui, 
and,  entering  into  a  social  conversation  with 
them  about  i',  help  them  to  reason  and  to  get  at 
the  idea,  or  lesson  that  is  taught,  A  page  has 
Ijeen  opened  ill  tlie  BiiETHKF.N  at  Wokk  for  the 
special  reading  and  instruction  of  the  little  read- 
era.  Help  them  write;  help  them  to  undewtand 
God's  tmijs  and  Utu-s^  then  we  can  say  we  have 
"  brought  up  our  children  iu  the  admonition  aud 
nurture  of  the  Lord."  W.  K.  Simuons. 

I'niun  Citij,Itid. 


ed  to  go  out,  and  am  now  staying  with 
de  I-suxic  Srpyer.s  jmd  go  to  school  with 


'"y  uu. 


«  M\i._, 


Katie.     I  hope  I  may  grow  up  a  good  n 
that  [  may  meet  my  dear  father  in 
world. 
Aalfirin,  III. 

From  Freddie  Horner,— J/y  Dmr  Fneudx- 
I  am  going  to  school  and  learning  very  Hu,[  ~[ 
am  twelve  yciii-s  oM.  aud  go  to  Sunday  Sclionl 
I  love  to  write  for  the  Chihirni  nf  Work  i 
want  all  the  little  boys  and  girls  who  rend  tV 
to  do  good  and  obey  their  pareuls,  so  thiitivli " 
death  coniea  they  can  (be  in  peace  and  d^.i'l 
with  Jesus.    I  am  trying  to  obey  the  will  of  G,  i 

I/itifii-k,  III, 

From  Sadie  Miller.— M«r  /W/7f>r.'— Ynu  vn- 

(Uice  my  dear  t-acher  when  w,e  livud  UearLiai- 
ark.  We  now  live  in  Iowa.  I  am  tenyc;!reo|^ 
aud  go  to  school  to  Mr.  Zuek.  I  love  my  (eacU 
er.  My  pa,  nm  imd  sister  Minnie  are  niemlim 
of  the  chundi,  and  I  hope  when  I  grow  in,  r 
will  too,  imd  be  a  good  woman.  Pa  went  t 
met^tiiig  to-tlay  twelve  miles  from  heii>.  J^^, 
walk.'d  as  the  roads  are  rough.  We  do  not  "(.■( 
to  meeting  :ls  often  fus  when  we  lived  in  111,"  i 
often  see  my  dear  ma  cry  because  wy  cannot  <>(i 
oftenor,  but  we  hope  for  the  better. 
Clamice,  Iniru. 

From  Katie  fiyers.—lJcur  Editor:~l  bnvr 
read  so  nuiiiV  ynud  little  letters  written  by  tlii- 
littK-  folks,  aud  I  want  to  say  a  little  tou.  Whi-u 
the  paper  comes  to  our  house  we  all  wautitjSnt. 
Papa  wants  it,  mamma  wants  it  and  I  wniili! 
like  to  have  it  too:  then  pajju  generally  reads  i( 
to  us.  I  hear  that  j-ou  are  nearly  all  ftoiii-;  t<i 
Sunday  School,  Where  we  live  the  BrethifB 
Iiave  no  Sunday  School.  I  wish  they  hatk  I 
would  go.  We  live  quite  n  ways  from  the  meet- 
ing-house, anil  sehhuu  get  to  meotiug.  I  m 
eleven  ycara  old. 

Axfurlii,  III. 

From  George  S.  Shirk.- /Jmr  Edihr.—l  love 
to  hear  fnmi  all  the  little  folks,  imd  also  froiu 
the  bietlircii  iu  Denmark.  1  go  to  sdiool  niiil 
like  my  t^-acher  very  well.  I  went  to  Sundiij' 
School  l.T.st  Summer,  but  it  has  closed  for  tlit 
Winter.     T  am  twelve  yeai-s  old. 

Palstjrotr  Milh.  Hi 

From  Mary  J,  Bowers.— 7>m>'  Edilur:—\  m 
ten  years  old,  and  go  to  school,  I  like  uiy  teach- 
er. I  resiil  in  the  Fourth  Reader,  study  Geugi'ii- 
phy.  Arithmetic  ami  spelling.  I  love  to  got" 
meeting,  and  read  the  Bible.  I  like  yourpn|ier 
too.  I  have  one  little  brother  six  yeai'soM.anii 
three  sisters.  One  uf  them  is  eiglit  yeai^teld, 
and  she  intends  to  write  to  you  too.  My  griiiKi- 
pa  and  gvauduia  Bowel's  live  in  Lena.  They  nn- 
quite  old.  1  like  to  go  to  sec  them,  I  stiiid 
with  them  three  weeks  last  Spring. 

W'itdduiii's  Grnn;  III. 

From  J.  F.  Snyder.— /M//-  A'f///o/.-— You  wiuit 
us  little  boy.s  and  girls  to  write  for  your  worthy 
paper,  which  I  love  to  read.  I  am  going  to 
school.  My  teacher's  name  is  James  McKenii. 
He  is  a  very  good  teacher.  My  w<u'k  moniiug 
mid  evening  is  to  feed  the  calves  and  cai-iy  in 
wooci.  I  am  ten  yeai-s  oid.  At  present  my 
mamma  is  iu  Illinois.  I  go  to  meeting  with  im 
and  ma.  I  love  to  hoar  them  talk  about  Jesus, 
who  blessetl  little  children  and  said,  "of  such tf 
the  kingdom  of  heaven." 

Crdiir  Uiqiids,  I'lint. 

From  Christie  Kauffman. —/>«'•  EiUlor:'-^ 
am  a  little  girl  eleven  years  old.  I  have  OJW 
little  brother,  but  no  sister.  I  have  a  dear  pnp« 
and  mamma.  1  love  them,  and  1  love  my  little 
brother  too  who  is  only  six  years  old.  My  niiuw- 
niu  get«  the  Biif,thhkn  at  Wohk,  aud  I  like  to 
read  in  it  of  my  dear  Savior.  I  love  Him.  '«" 
cause  He  is  so  kind  to  me.  I  think  everyboil.v 
ought  to  love  Him.  I  go  to  Sunday  School,  mi'' 
there  learn  many  things  about  my  dear  Jesws- 
I  go  today-school,  and  like  my  teacher ond plV* 
mates.     I  love  everybody. 

limui-n,  Ind. 


The  most  valued  gift  is  the  One  given  by  God 
and  laid  iii  the  manger  in  Bethlehem.  I'  "j''"' 
giveu  to  every  man,  woman  and  child  on  eai'lH- 


Tan^^^^ 

^0RRE3T>01srDE]NrcrE. 

FROM  DENMARK. 


TMK  hrktitkt:n-  at  avokk. 


Ihar  ii'-^""-'"-— 
1  ;;  coU  wa\K:K  to  a.  thimty  bo»1,  so  ^  goud 
\  ,it'w:i  from  n  far  comitry  (Provorlw  25: 
,  Tfii«  provei-b  ii  very  sngg«,tive:  nnd  iaes- 
l.illv  ai'i'l'f»''lL*  t"  0'»-  pijrpoiif>  nt  this  time. 
I^.iiiu  iu  "  '"'"'  ''"""^'y-  »"J  ^'»viiii:gouil!n..w.sto 
triti^'  ill  reference  to  the  tiiission  in  Denmiii-lt. 

-rhe  ^nt  Lovr-fcast  evor  hold  in  Denmnrlc  nc- 
,„,,liiitr  t*>  the  example  of  Christ  nml  His  upos- 
,1,...  (that  we  hiire  any  account  n(  at  loast)  was 
^,.i,,"l„atf<l  on  the  evening,  or  night  of  the  isth 
l^t.  iiinl  i"  ""^v  among  the  things  of  the  piist; 
'l„it  ilic<'ft'''t't'«  *" '^"^  rcmemberc'l  through  life. 
,,,1,1  tlip  fi""'*  "*  '*  (eternal  life)  to  bp  reupe'l  in 
f|i<-  Viiig'l""'  "^  *'"''  "*■  l''»tl"-'''s  kingdom,  where 
Ip^u"  '^'li'l  Hp  would  eat  anew  with  His  disciples 

Tlie  morning  of  the  ISth  having  come,  we  al! 
.iiiide  mwly  to  journey  townrda  the  house  of 
]„,„[!i,.r  C.  Hoiie,  (it  being  n  fair  day)  the  plnc(- 

|,iiiiitod  for  thp  feast:  iind  having nbont  fifteen 

li'S  to  go.  we  took  the  train  twelve  miles,  at 
tl,,.  L'nd  of  which  we  met  n  team.     Some  of  the 

ipiiiiv  (being  about  twelve  in  number)  got  on 
tlic  \v;is:<'n  while  the  rest  of  us  went  on  foot. 
On  ill-riving  at  the  house  at  about  nine  o'clock, 
Hi".  Hopp  met  us  with  several  letters  from  our 
li  iilivii  and  kind  friends  in  northern  Ill9.,con- 
iiHilTi!:  ninch  encouragement.  Also  a  copy  of 
,1,,.  BuETRiiKN  AT  WoiiK  in  its  enlarged  form, 
cuntiiiniiig  much  interesting  matter,  and  hiiving 
iilenty  of  latitude  for  our  hrethron  editor-s  to  de- 
vifttt'  from  their  excellent,  original  platform. 
H.ilii-  better  things  however,  tliongh  Me  thus 

.;il;,  imH  things  that  accompany  salvation. 
H(ij).>  it  will  meet,  the  approbiition  of  nil.  and 
liiiiie  be  patronixed  by  the  general  brotherhood. 
\Vf  ;ilso  rei^eive  the  Lvun  Star  regularly,  giving 
11-;  the  news  from  near  home.  The  fact  of  re- 
viving mnrh  encouraging  news  at  that  time 
iiilili'd  miu'h  to  our  enjoyment  at  the  meeting. 

The  meeting  commenced  at  ten  o'clock,  and 
;it1iT  meeting  we  resorted  to  the  water  where 

■o  pf  iTions  were  buried  with  Christ  by  baptism, 

mnliug  to  Matt.  2S:  11),  the  one  being  ayoung 
mail  who  had  embraced  the  principl&s  of  rel 

1,  as  Ijinght  nnd  practiced  by  the  Friends,  and 

■  some  i.iinsi(lerable  length  of  time  traveled 

MUitl  adviiftiting  the  doctrine  he  so  fondly 
L-lipri-In'iI.  but  Mime  way  came  in  contact  with 
n'tiMcIs  published  by  the  Brethren,  and  on 
cMiniiiiation  found  they  contained  more  Script- 
ural truths  flian  the  doctrine  of  non-resistance 
alone,  which  ho  loved  so  much.  He  therefore 
licgau  to  distribute  them;  but  upon  further  ex- 
amination he  became  convinced  of  the  necessity 
nf  hearing  that  Prnphvf,  Jmu^  Clirisf,  in  all 
Tiiivi;-;.  not  only  in  purt,  and  cimie  and  said  to 
Hi\i,  Hope,  that  "  it  is  not  only  hard,  hut  incon- 
?.iiteiit  to  sell  one  thing  and  practice  .ind  preach 
another."  demanded  baptism  like  the  euuuch. 
anil  i"  now  going  on  his  wfly  seemingly  rejoii- 
ing.  Thf  other  wius  Bro.  Hansen's  wife,  lately 
fimn  Norway,  thus  adding  two  more  to  the  lit- 
tle Hock,  making  in  all  fifteen,  five  brethren  and 
tfu  <istoi's. 

We  then  returned  to  the  house,  and  afterdiu- 
ner  wo  called  the  members  all  together  and  in- 
structed them  more  fully  in  the  order  of  thf 
(lit^pel  iLs  practiced  by  the  church,  and  then 
[troi ceded  to  elect  one  l)rotlier  to  the  niinistry. 
iiail  one  tn  the  ..fticc  of  deacon,  the  lot  falling  im 
Bro.  t'.  ('.  Eskihlsi'ii  for  the  ministry  and  on 
lira.  (".  Neilson  for  deacon.  Brother  Hope  was 
iilso  iidvancod  to  the  second  degree  in  the  min- 
istry, Thi"  members  all  seem  to  be  very  much 
ill  hive  and  union,  aiul  seemed  to  act  in  church 
niiittcrs  iisschuhu-s  well  iidvanccd,  thus  proving 
that  Huy  wt-re  g.iing  to  the  same  school,  nnd 

niing  out  of  the  -ame  book,  and  from  tlmsame 
Tc;uher  that  we  have  in  America. 

There  wa»  excellent  order  at  the  meeting,  and 
Ir.an  what  we  could  sey  iuul  judge,  some  mon- 
w-n.  de.ply  imprcRseil,  and  arc  counting  the  cost. 
H'pi-  and  pray  that  the  Lord  may  give  ii  large 
"in..isi-  to  the  little  sister  chui-ch  in  Denmark. 
Iliat  her  branchpH  may  spread  like  the  green  bay 
'I'e;  ami  that  she  may  go  forth  clear  as  the  sun. 
'"'  It*  tile  moon,  ami  terrible  a.-*  an  army  with 
''■'mi.-is.  and  that  the  slain  of  the  Lord  may  fall 
''>  liimdreds  at  her  feet,  the  rehelliou  in  Kurope 
•'S-'aii-i  (he  tJod  of  heaven  may  he  subdued,  and 
""  law  iiii.l  g..vernnieut  of  the  Prince  of  peace 
may  prevail,  the  fetters  of  vice  and  immorutity 
*l'-d  bind  its  victims  as  with  (t  cort^rope  to  the 
Ki-'-iit  engine  of  degnulation  nnd  destruction  nniy 
'"■  I'fokeu.  the  soul  let  go  free  to  rejoice  in  the 
u'luiiunsliheitvof  the  children  of  God.  The 
''>'"eh  being'the  instniineut  which  the  Lord 
'""'■■-  us.  uf  In  accomidi»b  His  work,  it  will 
""'  do  for  hor  to  fold  her  arniH  and  he  at  ease. 
^'i'-  must  come  .nit  fmni  her  hiding  plnce  and 


meet  the  enemy  boldly  nud  fnirlessly,  .md  fight 
the  enr-my  in  every  laini.  for  we  sing. 
Th.-  siiint*  in  uU  that  glorious  war, 
Slmll  eon(|npr  (hough  thpy  dit*. 
iluch  rem.-uns  to  k*  done.  »ud  Uie  time  is 
ihort.  Kvery  brother  iind  sistor  should  f.  el  the 
same  interest  in  spreading  the  Hospel  nnd  Having 
sinners  (hat  rtar  Messed  Lord  did.  And  let  «s 
for  one  moment  consider  tliework  He  did  in  so 
short  a  time,  and  then  try  ami  imitate  His  ex- 
ample, thoiigh  wo  may  not  always  hnve  where- 
on to  lay  our  hcjuln.  He  bec.me  poor  that  we 
through  His  poverty  might  be  ma-le  rich.  Wp 
have  .sometimes  thought  how  many  might  lie 
made  rich  in  faith  nnd  hdi-s  *-f  the  kingdom, 
who  are  now  sitting  in  durknes*  nnd  starving 
for  the  want  of  the  broad  of  life,  if  nil  our  breth- 
ren and  sisters  would  only  nppropriatp  that 
which  is  only  n  hindrance  to  their  own  spiritu- 
al progress,  to  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  nnd  the 
salvation  of  sinnei-s.  What  a  great  blessing  it 
might  prove  to  mankind  in  general,  and  he 
dUiidvnntage  financially  to  the  donor,  for  he 
would  not  be  roquiixHl  to  sacrifice  any  of  the 
comforts  of  life,  simply  a  small  proportion  of 
his  surplus.  Surely  Huch  a  course  would  meet 
the  smiles  and  approbation  of  our  Heavenly 
Father,  and  receive  a  full  reward,  for  a  cup  of 
cold  water  administered  in  the  name  of  a  disci- 
pic  does  not  lose  a  reward.  How  much  less  a 
free-will  otfcring  thrown  into  the  treasury  of 
the  Lord  for  the  salvation  of  sinners. 

But  we  are  aware  of  the  fact  that  while  many 
of  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  are  given  to  hoR- 
pitnlity.  nnd  liberal  in  communicating  to  the 
temporal  wanta  of  the  church,  and  even  human- 
ity in  general,  they  nevertheless  do  not  seem  to 
see  and  feel  the  necessity  of  administering  to  the 
spiritual  wants  of  the  church  and  the  world  us 
much  as  we  think  it  would  be  their  jtrivilege  to 
feel.  But  we  feel  gratified  with  the  increa.sod 
interest  of  the  church  on  that  point  for  the  \mt 
ten  yeai-s.  Ks-oni  Ehy. 


ed  herdothes  having  all  Wen  rnnnumed.  It  i» 
said  that  the  flames  ran  up  for  about  eight  feet, 
and  no  mortal  eonld  endure  nuch  a  burning. 
She  lived  amid  terrible  suffering  for  seven  hours 
when  death  brought  Mn-t  'ISvo  of  the  bwt 
physicians  were  employed,  hut  all  to  do  pur- 
pose. 

Hoire  waj«ny<mng  lady  in  the  prime  of  life, 
twenty-one  years  old.  with  the  hopes  of  a  long 
nnd  useful  life,  snatched  away  in  an  instant  with- 
out a  momeut'o  wnrning. ,  Her  parent.-*  had  gone 
UU  before  her.  and  ther*^  ivniuins  only  a  dear  sis- 
ter io  brave  the  trials  of  life.  The  deceased  was 
followed  («  hor  last  rusting  plnce  by  a largi-  num- 
ber of  people.  There  they  laid  her  who  Imro 
her  terrible  sntTerings  with  Christian  patience. 
O  dear  render  may  tlus  be  a  warning  for  un  all! 
When  we  tliink  pence  nnd  safety  is  ours,  tlmn 
sudden  destruction  conies.  This  is  given  as  a 
warning,  that  all  umy  \w  pi-eparc<l  to  go  henue, 
for  "  we  shall  die  and  not  live." 

Hen.i.  F.  Millek. 
Clarenvc,  Inua. 

FROM    C.    HOPE. 


FROM  FALL#  CITY,  NEB. 

WHKN  I  Inst  wrote  I  was  at  Grant  River, 
Gentry  Co.,  Mo.,  where  are  seven  mem- 
bei-s,  and  they  ought  to  have  a  minister  move 
among  them  and  preach  for  them.  I  had  some 
meetings  with  them  and  in  my  humble  judgment, 
a  church  could  soon  be  organized,  had  they  a 
minister  among  them.  From  here  I  went  to  the 
North-east  corner  of  Nodaway  Co.,  near  the  Iowa 
line.  Here  were  three  members.  1  stayed  with 
them  nearly  one  week;  preached  only  seven 
sermons  for  them,  two  evenings  being  too  daik 
and  stormy  for  meeting.  There  are  now  seveu 
members  and  three  more  applicants,  nnd  would 
have  been  baptized,  but  want  their  certificate 
from  their  former  church  (Camphellite)  first. 
And  there  is  a  good  prospect  for  a  number  more 
soon  if  they  can  have  preaching.  The  above 
two  places  belong  to  White.sville  church.  Mo. 
Bro.  Joseph  Bnshor  and  Daniel  Glick  are  the 
ministers. 

Thence  I  oame  thirty  miles  to  the  South-west 
corner  of  Nodaway  Co.  Here  are  five  members 
belonging  to  Bethel  church.  Holt  Co.,  Mo., 
where  .Joseph  and  Joel  Glick  nre  the  ministers. 
In  this  church  T  gave  them  nine ■  meetings  at 
three  different  places. 

Now.  what  ministers  will  volunteer  to  go  to 
the  above  named  places  in  Gpntr\-  and  Nodaway 
counties,  so  churches  may  be  organized  soon  ? 
John  Forsri,  Sen. 


A  SAD  ACCIDENT. 


ON  the  morning  of  the  tenth  of  December 
beautiful  young  lady  by  the  name  of  Eliza 
Mason,  a  teacher  hy  profession,  met  with  a  ter- 
rible death.  She  lived  with  her  grandfather 
three  miles  North  of  Tipton.  Iowa,  but  at  tht 
time  of  the  accident  was  stopping  with  her  un 
cle.  Mr.  Reader.  Mrs.  Readerwa>=  sick,  and  Miv 
Maa<m  took  upim  hci-self  the  household  dittie-^ 
On  the  morning  mentioned  she  turned  down  the 
wick  of  the  kerosene  lamp,  nnd  finding  the  liglit 
rather  dim.  turned  up  the  wick  again  whi;n  the 
lamp  instantly  exploded,  throwing  it«  contents 
(tver  her,  and  pm-t*  of  the  room.  Being  envel- 
oped in  flames  she  still  had  presence  of  mind 
surticient  to  run  out  of  the  room  where  the  sick 
woman  lay,  but  Mrs.  R.  seeing  two  of  the  chil- 
dren following  her,  sjirang  out  of  bed  nnd 
brought  them  back,  extinguishing  the  flames, 
then  fell  fainting  on  her  bed. 

In  the  meantime  Miss  Mason '  picked  lip  a 
Idanket  from  n  lounge  and  ran  into  the  yard 
where  her  cries  attcaeteJ  the  attention  of  two  of 
her  uncles  who  hiul  just  left  the  hous&  They 
lioth  ran  to  iL<«ist,  the  one  to  Miss  Mtuson,  and 
the  other  to  the  hou'^e  to  aiive  his  dear  wife  and 
children.  But  the  flames  had  already  done  its 
work  on  Miss  Mason,  and  she.lay  terribly  burn- 


jkitr  lirilhrrn: — 

IT  has  been  sometime  since  I  sent  you  any 
news,  but  our  dear  brother  Enoch  Eby  has 
kept  you  informe<l  of  the  Inbore  here.  The  nr- 
rivnl  of  the  brethren  nnd  sisters  and  the  jirepar- 
atory  arrangements  for  our  Love-fetvst  kept  me 
very  busy,  so  that  I  had  no  time  to  write.  God 
be  thanked  for  sending  them  ami  prospi'ring  the 
cause  here.  We  now  have  mi  orgaiiizeil  church 
numbering  fifteen  sonls.  One  sister  was  baptiz- 
ed shortly  after  the  brethren  and  sisters  arrived, 
and  at  our  Love-feast  brother  Hansen's  wife  and 
a  young  Quaker  were  received  into  fellowwhip  by 
confession  nnd  baptism.  This  young  brother 
used  to  travel  and  preach,  and  for  a  time  had 
worked  hard  against  us,  but  on  rcjiding  Sabhut- 
ism  and  One  Faith  whs  inducal  to  visit  me. 
This  visit  was  so  pleasant  that  it  brought  forth 
several  otlieni,  and  he  was  present  to  hear  four 
discourses  on  the  divisions  of  the  Law  nnd  the 
Gospel,  and  practical  obedience  to  the  New  Tes- 
tament requirements.  Finally  he  wrote  me  a 
letter  stating  that  he  could  resist  no  longer,  and 
humbly  begged  to  be  received  into  the  church. 
On  last  Sunday  evening  he,  brother  Hansen 
and  I  went  ten  miles  south  of  this  where  this 
young  brother  had  been  working,  luid  held  a 
meeting.  The  congregation  was  large,  wid  we 
addressed  them  from  Heh.  1:  1,  and  so  much  in- 
terest was  manifest<.'d  that  we  wei-e  constrained 
to  make  another  appointment  for  the  22nd. 
Two  persons,  man  and  wife,  could  scarcely  leave 
us.  They  both  followed  us  a  long  distance,  and 
only  after  an  hour's  conversation  could  we  get 
away  from  them.  The  wonuin  exclaimed  in  the 
jiresencc  of  many,  that  for  five  long  yeaw  had 
she  waited  patiently  to  see  us,  and  thanked  God 
that  now  He  had  permitted  her  this  privilege. 
Both,  no  iloubt,  will  come  to  Jesus. 

Bro.  Eby  does  well,  speaking  sentence  by  sen- 
tence, people  are  very  anxious  to  come,  see  and 
hear  the  American  brethren  and  sisters.  All 
are  favorably  impressed  with  the  manner  and 
plainness  of  our  people,  and  have  good  hopes  of 
the  success  of  the  mission.  This  is  good,  and 
will  go  far  towards  helping  along  the  work. 

FROM  NORTH-EASTERN  OHIO. 

KKWR  AJIl)  NOTl.NCH. 

11HE  affairs  of  Zion  are  moviug  along  prosper- 
ously in  this  part  of  her  territory  at  present. 
The  different  congregations  seem  to  Ik-  iictive 
and  zealous  in  provoking  one  another  to  love  and 
good  works,  au't  its  ministers  generally  nre  la- 
boring to  promote  peace  imd  good  will  among 
the  merahei-s.  And  while  a  higher  standard  of 
piety  is  labored  for  among  those  who  have  al- 
ready professed  Christ,  the  important  duty  of 
canying  on  an  nggresaivc  warfare  into  the  ene- 
my's country  has  not  bei-n  overlooked.  Series 
of  meetings  have  been  held  and  mv  in  contem- 
idation  in  many,  if  not  all.  of  ihe  congregations, 
and  have  already  been  accomplishing  much  good. 
Bro.  James  Ridenour  from  West  Virginia  is 
heait  and  soul  engaged  in  wielding  the  Gospel 
sword— that  noble  iutttrument  before  which  dev- 
il.s  (juake— in  several  of  the  congrugiitions,  and 
other  evangelists  from  abroad  are  expected  to 
come  during  the  Winter  to  itssist  in  besieging 
the  strongliold  of  the  enemy. 

The  home  mission  labor  has  also  been  blesse.1 
with  marked  snece-«  in  its  efforts  to  extend  the 
borders  of  Zion.  In  Belmont  Co.  where  but  a 
single  brotLer  resided  lu-retofnre.  brethren  John 
Niuholdon  u-nd  Joseph  Beer,  through  their  I'er- 
severing  labors  have  succeeded  in  influencing 
quite  a  little  flock  (twelve  or  Rfb-en  1  believe)  in 
accepting  the  grace  of  tiod  to  the  joy  of  the 


Eld.  Jnmes  <iuinter  hnring  prvnehed  s-veMl 
of  his  efri'(.tive  wrmon.'*  in  tlw  Ashland  congr*- 
gation  which  were  follow.il  up  by  the  honi.- 
minisUTs  in  their  usually  etW.tive  manner,  and 
the  i-esult  has  bet-n  a  ghmous  one  fi.r  the  Mas- 
ter. The  educational  entwrpriw-  at  the  latter 
place  is  still  |ia'<he.l  with  vigor,  iind  fn.m  preiwnl 
appearanres  then*  is  not  a  -single  clou/l  tdther 
gr»>a(or  small,  overshadowing  its  fimd  ttiid  [«t- 
mimeut  success,  that  has  not  a  iriWer  lining  un- 
derneath. A  imion  of  clTortB  liy  the  friends  of 
education  in  very  desinihle.'bnt  local  self-inter- 
est is  a  poor  thing  lo  unite  on.  "IJnit*4  wo 
stand."  providijig  we  have  u  »olid  foundation  to 
stnnd  upon.  We  conliatly  invite  all  to  unit* 
with  us  on  the  solid  nnd  broad  foundation  of 
dirintere.'»ted  love  for  the  cause,  for  its  own  sake. 

Maj-  the  cause  of  Christ  continue  to  prmper, 
E.  L.  YonEii. 

Maditmhiirfj,  Ohio.     />«■.  VO,  1S77. 

FROM  CLARK  CO.,  MO. 

/>(»■  liielhrn,.— 

WHKX  1  consider  how  fast  people  lire,  ■ 
how  careless  nnd  unconcerned  they  ore 
about  their  soul's  salvation,  I  am  made  totwiin- 
ble.  It  is  sad  when  we  behohi  how  many  pro- 
fess to  love  Jesus  and  by  their  appearanee  and 
actions  you  cannot  tell  them  from  the  world, 
only  when  you  see  them  in  the  church  at  wor- 
ship. 

My  prjiyer  is,  that  God  may  seiid  souie  of  Hi« 
people  here  to  tell  the  true  story  of  the  Cross. 
I  have  prayed  to  God  to  sb  dinxt  that  1  may 
reach  some  place  wViere  1  can  hear  at  least  one 
sermon  from  the  Bnthren.  When  I  n-ad  in  the 
Bbethrrn  at  Wokk  of  the  many  who  turn  un- 
to the  Lord  in  other  places.  I  rejoice,  hut  then  I 
feel  sorry  that  none  at  this  place  know  the  Lord 
by  full  obedience.  I  hope  some  of  the  bivthrvn 
will  pn-ss  through  here  and  at  leiwt  stop  over 
night  and  preach.  We  mv  plain  folks  here.  I 
think  I  saw  one  or  two  brethren  pass  through 
here  on  the  train.  I  hope  some  will  come.  God 
will  reward  you.  We  need  mis,sionarie.s  in  our 
land  as  well  aa  in  Europe. 

M.  K.  Rose. 
AlFxandrifi,  Mo. 


[Will  some  of  the  Brethren  in  Mis 
attend  to  this  call?— Eus.  | 


ourl  plei 


FROM  PLYMOUTH,  IND. 

IHIS  is  to  inform  the  reudei*s  of  your  worthy 
pajter  that  our  church  is  still  in  n  healthy 
condition,  thank  God.  I  can  say.  since  brethren 
Bashor  and  Calvert  were  heix*  there  seenw  to  be 
more  life  thim  there  was  before  they  came  and 
labored  for  us  so  faithfully.  While  Bro.  Bashor 
wiLS  here,  which  was  eight  days,  there  were  eight 
baptized  and  one  recbumed.  Hro.  Jesse  Calvert 
stayed  one  week  after  Bro.  Biushor  left  and  bap- 
tized six  more,  making  fourteen,  lUid  oue  restored. 
We  thank  tiie  good  Lord  that  He  blessed  the 
dear  brethren  that  they  came  to  us  and  labored 
so  faithfully.  1  pray  God  to  bless  the  laboring 
brethren,  that  they  will  travel  more  than  ever 
in  these  last  and  dark  days  we  have  got  into,  as 
there  are  so  many  false  prophets;  and  even  many 
are  deceived  with  the  Bible  in  their  hands.  O! 
dear  brethren  is  it  not  a  pity  that  we  have  the 
rising  generation  educated,  and  then  they  will 
li.-t  themselves  he  deceived  with  the  Bible  in  their 
h;iinlsy  How  necoswry  it  is  for  us  all  to  watch 
and  fight  valiantly. 

How  good  it  is  to  have  onr  brethren  preach 
and  explain  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus  in  their 
papery!  I  wi.sh  the  Primiiive  ChrixlUtn  and  the 
HnErrilRES  AT  WonK  coidd  lie  f<mnd  iu  all  onr 
houi^es,  at  leaiit  should  they  be  found  in  the  mem- 
liers'  bouses,  and  the  rich  should  help  buy  for  the 
poor;  and  by  having  the  ilntlia-n's  [wriodicals 
to  read,  many  will  learn  the  truth  that  may  nev- 
er hear  oue  true  Gospel  sermon  preju-hed.  and 
thereby  mnny  of  our  raembers  that  live  away 
From  the  brotherhood  eouM  !iear  the  brethren 
preach.  I  have  traveled  and  met  with  dear  meto- 
Iwi-s  that  said  they  liwl  not  heard  a  brother 
preach  for  twenty  year.*.  May  God  bless  us  t« 
do  more  thnn  ever. 

JoHS  KSISLEY. 


FROM    RAY    CO.,    MO. 


Dm 

I  HAVE  ju: 
Kay  Co., : 


souls.     May  the  good  work  be  conthiued  iu  this    circunistimces. 


lh-r(hnn:— 

just  closed  a  series  of  meetings  iu 
_  Mo.    They  wei-e  stopjied  on  nc- 

L-iiunt  of  the  b,i<l  st;i(e  of  the  romU  ami  much 
nun,  'fhe  congregations  were  good  and  the 
interest  cxcellenL  .  Several  nuide  aiiplication 
for  baptism.  Their  wants  will  Iv  attendetl  to 
hy  the  brethren  there.  I  much  ivgrvtt*xl  fee 
necessity  of  chwing  the  meeting  in  the  midst  of 
such  excellent  prosi«cts.  but  Inid  to  submit  to 


D.  B.  C.iBsos. 


mid  other  directions. 


Pen-in,  Mo. 


TtiK   BKK'riiHi'^isr  ^T  Avon<is:. 


'  anuary 


NO   DISCUSSION    IN    CARTHAGE. 


[The  fDllo-inu  U  lh«  wrrwi  ou'lcnw  Mlaling  W  •  puUio 
ducuaioo  lh«i  "M  to  b»W  b««n  held  In  (.'•rlhag*.  Mo.  be 
t*rt«o  Ihr  lUplUu  Mil  lUe  llrvlliren ;  but  u  Ihv  Dspliil* 
ntnifi  lo  dcrund  Iheir  praclic*  in  a  olwrly  »l*l«d  pnipo- 
liUor.  thp  .llMnwion  will  nol  Ukp  pine*.  A  Mrpfui  rcwJ- 
B  uf  tho  foIlowiDg  iBltrm  will  b«  nfficiMllj   eipUniU.17. 


Ins  of  a 
-1.1.  1 


I  W/A  a«  inxvmlion  of  the  HolyTrmity.      Will  yoa  I  Justice,  or  reason,  can  yon  ask  us  to  affirm  our  ^■iew^ 
affirm?     I  willdcnv.  |  f«r  you  to  deny,  and  at  the  same  time  refuse  tonf- 

Prop  *^nd.     Ch'rMan  BautUm  m  a^tminuttred  |  firm  your  views  for  us  t«  deny  ?     Are  your   views 
by  immfTtingthsraufliJatt  "  voW  or  "  ISTO"  each  l  not  called  in  question  as  well  a»  oure  ?     •''hould  l 

5  .1  _.!_.- O.'.-'. .„.«:..   paili/r  .Si^n  ond    an"""' our  views  aud  you    not   ainroi   youis,   ine 

whole  ducusaiou  would  turu  (accordiug  to  proposi 
tion)  upou  our  teacbiug   Bud    prnctice,    throwing 


Letter  No.  i. 
Cabtjiaof,  Mo.  Ai'd.  15,  W77. 
Mr,  John  Wajiiplcr: — 

Some  wcvk«  niucc  I  wm  informed  by  Bro.  W.  M. 
Pljuk.  that  you  diairwl  to  know  whether  I  would 
di»cUM  the  mode  (action)  of  haptiam,  with  Mr. 
Stein,  one  of  your  prcachor*?  I  t-^hl  him  to  say 
to  yoii  that  1  would.  A  few  days  ulWr  this  I  k-rt 
for  the  iMiwouri  river,   and  bIUt   an    abwiiice   nf 

nearlv  two  weekH  I  returned,   and    the   followiug    „,.-,.,  ,.    <■         - ->n  ,      ia 

rnk  Z;  :iph,  Mr„.  I.l«„k'.aiJ  ■!,..  you  dmrcll  |  Tho  .,,„c;  i,'i^l,irj^,;'^i!;  J'^    -»  •»  -1» 
to  know  whcLhtT  I  wiu  willing  to  hrtvo  such  a   dis- 
CUHiou  ill  Cartlmt'f!'     I  informed  Bro.  I'hiuit  that 


of  the  three  divine 

Holy  Spirit.     I  will  affirm.     Will  you  deny? 

Pboi'.  3rd.  In  adminitterins  Ckri*Uan  Bap- 
tism, tJic  candidate  i» Hrriptnally  immcrtal  by  n  for 
u^rd,  bowing  ponlure.  I  will  affirm.  Will  you 
deny  ? 

I'HOt'.  4th.  In  adtnini'teriny  Christian  Bapti/m 
tlir  ciudiJafc  m  Nrriplurnlly  laid  bwkiDarda  under 
the  traler.     Will  you  affirm?     I  will  deny. 

Oct,  wouhl  suit  mr  hcsl  for  the  debate  wore  it  not 
for  previous  engagements,  which  I  have  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  mile*  north  of  up,  extending 
from  the  early  part  of  Oct.  tu  the  middle  of  Nov. 
If  other  parlies  are  agreed,  the  L<jrd  williugj  1 
will  meet  you  in  discussion  the  last  week  in   Nov. 


if  the  congregation  here  desires!  it,  I  wouhl  be  w 
ing  to  hold  it.     According  to  the  mifwiigf  received 
from  you,  Mr.   .SloJu    is  to   u/?in/i    the    ibllowing 
propusititiu. 

"  That  the  Scripiuru  aidhoriu  Uir  Trine  immfr- 
gion,  face  for  aiio't  in  watrr,  of  a  believing  penitent." 
I  will  negative  it.  Lnat  Lord's  day  the  subjccl 
wax  brouL'ht  before  the  congregation  liero,  and  it 
was  uunnimuiisly  decided  that  such  a  discusaioil 
wouhl  he  approved  of  hy  them,  when  your  people 
shull  have  given  Mr.  Sieiu  ft  written  cudoraomeiit, 
to  oihrtu  this  proposition,  (the  congregation  tlieii 
will  do  the  sanio  for  njcj.  I  will  be  ready floniL-time 
iuOclober  to  meet  him.  I  am  so  euiployi'd  it  will 
be  impossible  fur  me  todo  so  before.  Such  a  dis- 
CUifliuu,  of  courso,  muNl  take  place  in  the  evening 
botwwn  thohouni  of  7:30  and  10  o'clock. 
Very  reepectfully, 

W.  K.  CfNNINdllAM. 

Letter  No.  s. 

Home,  xi;\B('AitTr!A(iK,  Mo.,  Aua.  Ifi,  IS 


ha  ,lis- I  ""flock  r.  M.  ThatwillnotHuitmeBtall.  Ist.  Be- 
cause ray  habitual  hours  of  rest  come  much  earli- 
er than  10  o'clock,  from  which  habit  I  ciinnot  de- 
part without  corresiiondiug  impairmtnt  of  phys- 
ical uud  mental  vigor  for  the  lime  being.  2iid.  It 
will  he  dcsifftble  on  several  accounts  for  me  to 
spend  my  rest  at  a  brother's  house  a  few  miles 
from  town,  in  order  to  rench  which,  I,  would  have 
to  ride  through  the  cool  night  air  exposing 
vocal  organs,  as  well  as  general  health.  3rd.  It 
would  still  he  harder  on  our  brethren  and  sisters 
and  the  country  people  generally,  who  live  out 
miles  from  town  nad  will  he  anxious  to  attend, 
while  the  town  people  in  either  case  will  have  but 
a  few  rods  to  go.  I  propose  therefore  that  it  shall 
take  place  between  the  hours  of !)  A.  M.  and  noon, 
allowing  each  disputant  three  half  hour  speeches, 
for  as  many  days  as  will  be  necessary  to  complete 
the  argumeula  pro  and  eon. 

Uesiiectfullv  submitted, 

J.  W.  Stein. 


Frirnd  W.n.  Onnutiyhami— 
Vour  note  of  llie  l.'nh  hiw  been  received,  and  I 
confcM  that  I  am  a  little  surjiriscd  at  one  thing 
from  the  reading  of  your  note.  Any  one  hut  my- 
«If  would  be  led  I"  believe  that  I  have  challenged 
you,  or  that  I  wua  the  first  lo  oak  such  a  discussion. 
VVe,  a»  a  people,  do  not  seek  such  disouasious,  but 
lueclthuin,  that  is  when  our  fiiith  and  practice  are 
iisHuilcd,  we  defend  jhem,  believing  it  lone  our  duly 
lo  be  ready  to  give  nn  nnswer  U>  every  niun  who 
may  ask  us  lor  11  ri'ujon  of  the  hope  that  is  in  us.  In 
ihi"  la^e  fri<.'ijd  I'laiili  lir^t  told  me  that  you  pub- 
li>hed,  thill  "Hriif  tune  in  tlie  near  fu lure  you  Would 
come  oul  lo  our  .Schoot-JioiHe  and  preach  ngaiust 
trine  immersion.  I  then  remarked  that  if  you  did 
so,  wc  would  defend  the  practice.  1  think  1  named 
Jiio.Sleinasoiie,  able  to  defend  the  truth  in  this  mat- 
ter, and  nficr  tVieud  I'hiuk  again  saw  you,  he  in- 
fonucd  nil- that  you  said  that  you  were  ready  lo 
disicuv  Uic  riiatter  with  Bro.  SU'Ui,  or  any  olher 
man,  I  fell  ibal  this  was  a  very  strong  iLssertion, 
and  caused  me  U>  led  astruiigde^ire  that  our  peo- 
jiK- should  nieel  it :  hut  as  Uie  object  of  such  dis- 
cus.«ions  is  or  should  he  to  enlighten  the  people 
and  npread  the  truth,  it  niakc^  but  liltlc  ditleieuee 
to  the  people  wlio  first  offers  U>  discuss. 

Bro.  Stein  has  uotsiiid,  whether  he  would  or  not 
diHcUM  the  mailer  with  you,  but  I  give  it  as  my 
own  o]iiuion  ihiit  be  will,  butshuuldhe  decline,  we 
hope  you  nill  siaiid  by  your  proposition,  to  discuss 
it  with  nnij  olhvr  man.  I  sent  your  note  to  Bro, 
Klein,  asking  him  to  writo  to  you.  If  be  is  to  as- 
sert that  iriiie  immeiwou  as  practiced  by  unr  peo- 
ple, i»  authori/A'd  by  ttic  GosikI,  and  you  negative 
tlii",  llien  Ihi-  nialter  should  be  reverted,  ami  you 
albiiii  ihiil  -■-in^de  immei'sion  as  your  church  proc- 
tici',  i*  miihi)ii/.eil  by  the  Uosiiel,  and  undouht- 
ediv  I  pi'i'iri  it  ilii'reisA  discussion,  it  iucludeother 
piiiiii.  i,i  iiiil,  r- iii-i'  between  us.  However  as  1 
si'iii  voiir  [i<<t<  In  Itro.  Stein,  I  shull  ut  present  say 
nulliiiig  ninie,  only  that  I  wish  you  to  write  me  if 
you  tbiuk  I  have  nol  stalcd^yuur  first  propositions 
correctly. 

Ucepectfully  yours, 

John  Wami'Li;h. 

Letter  No.  3. 

Newtoma,  Newton  Co.,  Mo.,  Atro-Sl,  1877. 

Mr.W,  U.  Cunningham,  Carthage,  Mo.: — 
I)i;ar  Silt : 

Yours  of  the  I5th  inst,  to  Bn).  John  Wampler 
was  sent  rac  by  hiiu,  some  time  ago,  with  a  re(]uest 
for  mc  to  correspond  with  you  in  regard  to  a  pro- 
ix>sed  debute.  Tnie  is  my  first  ojiporluuity  fordo- 
ing so,  after  ubiaiuiug  the  counsel  of  tlie  flrethren 
here  and  with  liim,  in  which  the  decision  of  both 
congregations  is,  that  I  should  try  and  inLM;t  you  in 
discuBNion.  The  following  language,  however,  in 
your  letter  to  Hro.  Wampler  that  "  According  to 
the  message  received  trom  you,  Mr.  Hteiu  is  to 
afiirin  the  lollowiug  proposition,  to  wit;  'That 
the 'Scripturcj!  aiithori:r  thr  trine  innneriiion,  face 
faremoxl,  in  wattr  of  a  litlitfing  penitent,  '  I  shall 
negative  it,"  a]>i>eur3to  me  a  little  dictatorial  for 
Chriatiau  courtesy.  I  desire  that  we  shull  determine 
the  propositions  lor  debate  wilh  mutual  satisfaction 
and  fairness,  and  inasmuch  lus  1  am  informed  that 
tlie  ijuestion  did  not  originate  with  ouri>eople,  but 
from  a  desire  expressi^ed  by  one  of  your  brethren 
(Mr.  W.  M .  Piauk  )  to  hear  the  matter  investigated 
and  a  remark  from  you  to  him  (W.  M.   P.j    that 


youwould-discussitwilbSteiuoraHyoMrrmaH;'    and  practice,   as  vou    propose   I   shall    do 


Letter  No.  4. 

("ARTHAfJE,  -Mo.,  Skpi'.  12,  1877. 
■    Mr.  J.  W.  Stein:— 

Dear  Sir: 
Yours  of  Aug.  .'ilst  received,  examined  and  duly 
considered.  It  is  useless  to  multiply  words  as  to 
the  origin  of  our  present  correspondence,  for  it  in 
no  way  aliecta  the  truth  for  which  we  all  should  be 
searching,  I  could  never  consent  to  appear  before 
the  people  with  four  propositions  njwn  ft  subject 
that  can  be  fully  correct  by  one,  specially  since 
your  declamtiou  that  we  harmonize  as  to  the  believ- 
ing pcniteiil,  wliich  of  course  necessitates  tlie  drop- 
ping of  the  c-tpression,  The  proposition,  of  course, 
then,  that  would  bring  out  the  trutli,  would  be: 
TViHc  immrmon  i»  Scriptnral  baptimn.  Yuu  affirm. 
I  deny. 

I've  consulted  with  our  congregation  aa  to  the 
time  for  holding  the  discussiou.  They  do  not  ob- 
ject to  Nov.  but  suggest  it  would  be  better  to  com- 
mence about  the  l!llh  or  20lh,  for  the  reason  ihat 
it  will  then  be  the  full  moon.  The  time  from  6:30 
to  a-.'AO,  P.  M.,  then  occupying  time  lor  four  half 
Lour  speeches.  It  is  a  settled  (juestion  thai  there 
C3in  be  no  discussion  if  It  must  be  held  during  the 
hours  in  which  labor  is  performed,  for  we  expect 
our  audience  principally  in  ihe  town,  from  amoug 
those  who  perform  daily  labor  in  the  shop,  or  at 
the  counter.  A  comfurtable  house  will  be  pro- 
vided for  you  among  our  brethren  lu  the  town,  and 
eadi  morning  you  can  go  to  the  country,  if  you 
desire.     Your  animal  will  also  he  cared  for. 

As  to  the  appoinlmeut  of  Moderators,  I  would 
BUggest  that  three  are  sufBcienl ;  you  selecting  one, 
I  one,  and  those  eelecllug  a  third,  who  shall  be 
their  chairman. 

Respect  fullv. 

W.  It.  Cunning  II A  SI. 

Letter  No.  5. 

Newtonia,  Mo.,  Sept.  21,  Is"". 

Mi:  W,  H.  Cnnningham: — 
Dear  Sir  : 

Yours  of  the  12th  inst  came  duly  to  hand,  and 
would  have  been  promptly  answered,  hut  for  a 
protracted  sickness  of  intermittent  fever  from 
which  I  have  >ulfireil  for  some  time.  Accept 
thanks  lor  the  proifen-d  hospitiility  of  your  breth- 
ren wliich  will  beiicceple<lif  needed.  Considering 
the  circumstances  I  will  accejit  all  the  arguments 
proposed  in  your  letter,  except  the  proposition  for 
debate.  Your  letter  to  Bro.  Wampler  of  the  Ifitli 
ult,  fiT»l  brought  forward  the  subject  of  the  for- 
U'urd  r«.  backward  action  in  baplinm.  (a  vrry  dis- 
tinct lAsue  between  iw,  tiliich,  J  think,  for  truth's 
gakc  Kkoufd  be  brought  clearly  before  Ike  public 
viiiid).  Hence  the  propositions  I  olTered  on  that 
subject,  which,  I  shall  certaiuly  not  decline  to  dis- 
cuss on  equal  terms.      You  can  do  ho,  if  you  mwA. 

Kcspectiug  what  lam  lo  affirm  I  prefer  my  own 
wording  as  before  pro[K)8ed,  viz :  "  Christian  Bap- 
tism is  administered  by  immersing  the  candidate 
foi  or  into  each  of  the  three  divine  name-f  viz  :  Fath- 
er, .Son  and  Boly  Spirit."  This  is  a  proposition 
that  contains  our  position,  and  which,  I  insist  you 
shall  negative,  unless  you  can  point  uut  features, 
wherein  it  fails,  correctly,  dearly  and  Jully  to  state 
our  teaching  and  practice  on  the  subject.  If  one 
projiositiontully  covers  the  question  under  consider- 
ation, as  you  intimate,  then  two  aj/irtiiative  proposi- 
tions (if  your  object  is  to  save  time)  need  occupy 
no  more  time  than  one,  provided  our  matter  is  ar- 
ranged accordingly.  Here  I  will  state  once  for  all, 
that  if  you  will  not  consent  to  affirm  your  teaching 


the  entire   burden    of  proof  unon   myself,   whil 
your  teaching  and  practice  might  he  wreciic*/  from 

Eoblic  examination,  if  you  wislied.     Plea^ie  let 
ear  from  you  again  at  your  very  earliest  conven- 
ience. 

Respect  fully, 

'  J.  W.  S-rElN. 

Letter  No.  6. 

Near  Lamar,  Barton  Co.,  Mo.  Seit.  28.  '77. 

Mr.  J  W.  Stein.— 

Dear  Sir: 

Yours  of  the  Slat  inst.  is  at  hand,  was  Ibrwfti-d- 
ed  from  Carthage,  From  youra  I  extract,  "  Con- 
sidering the  circurastftpces.  "  I  will  accept  all  the  ar- 
rangements proposed  in  your  letter,  cj:ccpt  the 
proposition  for  debate,  which  then  loaves  ibc  ques- 
tion as  to  whether  I  will  accept  your  verbiage  in 
the  proposition  :  "Christian  Baptism  i8admiai.stei- 
ed  by  immersing  the  candidate /or  or  vUo  each  of 
the  Oiree  divine  name«,  viz:  Father,  Son  aiid  Holy 
Spirit."  As  you  say,  ■' this  is  a  piojjoaition  that 
contains  our  position  and  which  I  insist  you  shall 
negative." 

I  liK-refore inform  you  that  you  shullnotbedisap 
pointed  for  I  will  negative  yoiirpri)pnsition.  As.ae- 
cording  to  your  language,  the  above  proposition 
"Contains  our  tyour)  position,"  it  therefore  is  un- 
necessary that  we  have  a  separate  proposition  on 
forward  action,  for  if  your  position  is  correct  hy  this 
proposition  it  contains  the  "forward  action."  It 
will  he  soon  enough  for  you  to  cry  out,  when  in 
our  discussion,  I  shall  attempt  to  screen  the  doc- 
trine of  the  church  of  Christ.  Now  as  you  have 
my  acceptance  of  your  proposition  as  (|Uoted  in 
this,  it  only  remains  for  you  to  say  whether  it.  the 
discussion,  shall  takejilace  about  thell^thof  Nov. 
or  the  week  following.  Ad<lress  me  at  Carthage, 
Respectfully, 

W.  It.  CUXNINGHAM. 


It  docs  seem  to  mc  that  you  should  reasonably  ex- 
pect to  entertain  an  "j/icHm^iCeproposiliou  respect, 
mg  the  teaching  and  practice  of  your  own  church. 
Inasmuch  llierefore  as  your  proposition  contains 
(1C0  distinct  i^nes  between  us,  ana  we  are  agreed 
that  "a  believing  penitent"  is  the Scriptua! subject 
of  baptiiiu.  1  therefore  submit  the  following  prop- 
qaitioue,  which  us  far  as  I  am  capable  of  judging, 
carer  the  wliole  promises,  define  clearly  and  acCM- 
raUly  the  teaching  anil praclice  of  both  churches 
on  (Af  mbjeet,  aud  aretherelbre  I'm/jord'a/ and  jusl. 
PROI*.  lirr.  Christian  Bautimn  is  adminintered 
by  a  tingk  dip  of  tlic  candidate   under   the   water 


(lo  which  I  have  never  yet  objected)  on  the  point 
U>  be  debated,  the  discussion  as  far  as  /  am  con- 
cerned \s  at  an  end,  and  the  Brethren  may  supply 
another  disputant  if  they  wish.  lu  all  debates, 
the  truth,  itself  supplies  a  nalural  advantage  in 
the  premises. 

This  should  not  only  be  desired,  but  should /«/- 
ly  satisfy  all,  who  love  and  wish  to  know  the  truth. 
Any  other  advantage  sought,  or  obtained  in  the 
premise  of  a  discussion,  is  tinci/ualand  unjml,  not- 
withstanding custom  may  be  the  contrary.  Con- 
sidering the  rule  given  us,  by  our  blessed  Master, 
(,Matt.  7  :  I2j  on  what  principal  of  christian  right, 


Letter  No.  7. 

Newtokia,  Mc,  Oct.  8,  77. 

Mr.  W.Ji.  Ciinningknm:— 
Dear  Sir: 

Yours  ot  the  28th  inst,  at  hand.  When  I  said 
"  except  the  proposition  for  debate,"  I  did  not 
simply  mean  to  insist  Ai  the  verbiage  of  my  own 
proposition,  but  also  that  there  mmt  be  another 
proposition  affirming  your  position  as  my  letter 
plainly  stated.  When  I  said  "  this  proposition 
contains  our  posilion,"  I  meant  of  course  r.n  the 
POINT  u'hich  it  />lulrd,  not  on  any  which  i!  did  not 
state,  which  itseems  to  me  any  rodoiiii^niind  ought 
to  understand.  You  have  dropped  the  forward 
vs  backward  action.  If  you  wish  to  take  it  uj 
again,  do  so  in  an  intelligent  form,  dividing  th. 
affirmalii'e  labor  and  I  will  disctuii  it  with  yon,  or 
since  you  seem  to  have  such  strong  antipathy  to  a 
plurality  of  propositions  affirm  the  backward  act! 
and  I  will  negative  it.  The  2()th  of  Nov.,  at  (i:30 
P.  M.  will  suit  Bie  to  commence,  (the  Lord  will- 
iiig)- 

I  have  never  supposed  that  you  hud  any  dispo- 
sition lo  "screen"  the  "  doctrine  of  the  church  of 
Christ,"  but  your  whole  eourse  during  our  corres- 
pondence in  refimng  to  notice  and  respond  (<»  o7iy 
suggestioiui,  proposition*  or  statement;  IJiaremade, 
looking  to  an  affirmallim  on  your  part,  of  i/owr  po- 
sition lias  confrmcd  me  in  the  belief  that  you  are 
disposed  to  screen  ifrmr  single-dip  view  of  baptism 
ami  this  I  must  believe,  unless  in  your  next  letter 
you  agree  to  affirm  a  proposition  in  its  support. 
In  all^iy  letters  I  have  insisted  that  you  affirm 
your  proposition  nn  the  single  actinu  (in  baptism) 
and  in  my  ia.Bl  Idler  I  ni<Kt  particular  1 11  /ilatid  II. 
as  a  FINAL  CONDITION  of  the  debate  (as  far 
as  I  was  ci'ncerncdj  yet  in  no  iiistiince  have  yoa 
sceuted  to  pay  any  attention  to  thv pari  of  the  cor- 
rcjionilcnce  whatever.  I  pmpoae  again  that  ynu 
affirm  the  ibllowing  ]»ropositi<in,  m  its  eijUIVa- 
LENT,  m:  "  Christian  bojifism  is  admininterrd  by 
a  SINGLE  DIP  of  the  cindid-ife  under  the  walrr  with 
an  invocation  of  the  ITidij  Trindy."  If  i/on  will  da 
this,  the  condidotts  of  the  debute  arc  settled,  as  far 
(ifl  I  am  concerned.  If  you  will  not,  this  Is  my 
LAST  LETrER  and  ihc  cirresimudencegiies  t<»  pre-w. 
Your  next  letter  will  decide  the  matter.  Please 
let  me  hear  by  return  mail. 

Respectfully, 

J.  W.  Stkin. 
Letter  No.  8, 

CARTOAdE,  Md..  Of-r.  11,  '77. 

Mr.  J.  W.  Stein.— 

Dear  Sir. 

Yours  of  theSth  inst.  is  in  my  pi'ssession,  and  I 
must  confess  that  I  am  much  surprised  t»iseey<inr 
equanimity  so  much  disturbe^l,  because  I  will  nnt 
let  you  have  your  own  way  about  this  correspond- 
ence, tliat  is,  write  your  side  of  it  and  then  have 
mc  answer  just  to  suit  your  whims.  You  would 
have  me  do  just  aa  a  certain  farmer  had  bis  color- 
ed boy  Joe  do,  but  your  great  trouble  is,  I  will  not 
be  obedient  unto  your  orders.  As  you  seem  di.*- 
posid  to  have  our  corresiiondeuce  go  to  press,  I 
"■'11  let  the  readers  know  iiow  it  was  with  the  farin- 

und  Joe, 

[The  Ibtlowing  is  most  too  ridiculous  to  go  he- 
fore  a  religious  public,  but  it  certainly  shows  to 
what  some  men  will  at  times  stoop  when  driven  to 
the  wail. — Ens.] 

The  farmer  had  a  field  covered  with  snd  made 
l)y  the  famous  Kenluckv  blue-grass,  and  when  the 
Spring  came,  he  decideti  to  have  the  sod  turned 
over.  S..  having  supplied  J. .e  with  a  pairof  hord- 
es, a  set  uf  harness,  and  a  suitable  plow,  the  farm- 
er guided  Joe  with  his  equipments  to  the  said  field 
in  which  were  grazing  some  cattle,  and  among 
them  was  a  ccriam  white  cow,  to  which  the  farmer 
called  the  attention  of  Joe.  for  to  plow  a  land 
must  be  marked  out,  and  to  accomplish  this  there 


must  he  some  object  by  which  the  t)lo„,.^~~" 
be  guided.  ■■  Joe."  said  the  farmer  '-T'^"  M 
ihat  white  cow?"  "  Yc*  sah."snid  J,w-  ..'v"  *** 
said  the  farmer,  "  I  am  going  away  and  -  "'.' 
gone,  you'll  just  follow  that  whit*  co^T.  im' "* 
back  in  the  afternoon  to  sec  Low  you  am '  '* 
along.  Do  vou  hear  mc  sir?"  "Yes  i^*"''' 
Joe,  "  and  I'fl  do  juat  zackly  so  you  say  ^, .'.  ;- 
farmer  took  his  departure,  the  cow  gra'ied  '" 
cuou&ly,  Joe  followed  her  with  his  plow  n*7"^"' 
farmer  returned  according  t«  bit  promia  1  ""^ 
his  uniazerneni  .Toe  bad  simply  waml/'j  '"" 
scratched  all  over  the  fiehl,  bu!  La  donel?  i'"^ 
ing.  "Joe,"  shouted  the  iarmer,  "  w|im  j  P'<|>»- 
been  doing  sir?"  "Just  prezuckly  wliai  y'*?"" 
me  sah  :  foUer  dat  cow  all  de  day  long  ■  t"  '"''' 
ways  do  what  you  tell  him,  sah,"  saidihenl  T-  "' 
negro.  "-""euieui 

Now  sir,  from  the  time  this  corrcspondenco 
inenced  with  you,  you  have  taken  nu  object  '^"'" 
evant  to   the    proposition    you  were  toaffirm'^^' 
like  that  white  cow,  you  have  goncgrazino.,  '^"i'' 
cuously  anmnd.  and  because  I  would  mi'T"*' 
you  desired,  folhiw    whithersoever  you  wauj    "? 
then  you  become  convinced  that  I  am  dispos!!!' 
screen    my  "  single-dip  "  views  of  haptij^n     i  ' 
deed!  but  how  did  you  come  into  the  iXfltL.-  " 
of  your  wonderful  kuowledgeciinceruinirnix,  ■<  '■"" 
gle-dip  views   of  baptism."      When,  a/y.J,  ""■ 
know  that  prior  to  this  time,  I  never  wrote 
word   to  y<m  about  "single-dip  baptienj-  T] 
now  is  the  first  time  in  all  my  writing,  or  in\^\ 
that  I  ever  made  use  of  such  an  outlandiali   u^ 
scriptural  expresainn,   for  as  the   Bible   tells  n" 
nothing    about  "single-dip    baptism,"    i  ^^^^^ 
nothing  of  it.     I  suppose  however  if  I  wouiaj 
fer  myself  to  wander  out  into  Babylon,  where  v, 
are,  I  might   learn   something   of  iu     My     -^"" 


sir,  of  baptism  are  ftiund  in  the  New  Testumem 
and  I  am  constrained  to  believe  you  wouli(  C, 
much  benefited  if  you  would  study  that  mnZ 
and  tradithm  less.  From  my  first  letter,  you  yf\\\ 
know  that  mir  debating  depended  upon  youraf 
firming  "  trine  immersion, '  nud  my  denying  ii 
and  is  you  did  not  intend  to  ih)  tliis,  why  didynu 
not  say  so,  and  let  tlie  eorreapnndeuce  stop?  ||, 
youi-3  of  tlie  21st  of  Sept,,  you  say,  "  Respectin>. 
what  lavi  to  affirm,  I  prefer  my  own  wur(lint.^i 
before  proposed,  viz.  Christian  Baptism  ns  udoiin. 
isteredliy  immersing  the  candidate /w.  ov  iij((, 
each  of  the  three  Divine  miiHfl*,  viz.  Father,  H,,, 
and  Hull/  Spirit.  This  is  a  propiisititm  ^i|j^|| 
contains  our  po-ition,  and  which  I  insist  yousliall 
negative,  unless  you  can  poiiitont  leatureg,wh^■re- 
^n  it  fails,  correct/^,  c/cuc///  ami  fully  to  state  (lur 
teaching,  and  practice  ou  the  subject,"  In  my 
letter  of  the  28th  of  Sept.,  I  quoted  your  ]pr,|; 
isition,  aud  a  jiortiou  of  the  sentence  that  im- 
mediately followed  it,  and  then  said,  "  I  tbere- 
iire  iiif<>rm  you  that  you  shall  not  be  disappoim- 
'd,  for  I  will  negative  your  propoiititm,  In 
youis  of  the  8th  of  Oct.  ytni  say;  When  I  siiiii, 
"  this  propositi. in  conlaiiis  our  IJ*Jsition,,Iincamol 
course  '.;;  the  I'OlNT  which  It  stated,  nol  m 
any  which  it  did  iiol  stale,  which  it  seems  to  nir 
any  Tuliunal  mind  ought  to  undei^tand."  Nowilit 
quotation  fmni  the  2Ut  of  Sept, "  correctly,  clcjrhj 
and /i(//y  states  our  tyour)  teaching  and  practice 
im  tlie  subject  "  What  subject?  Of  ctmrceyour  \v~ 
silionoii  the  subjeot  about  which  yuu  were  wriiiug. 
But  when  your  pri>positioii  i.-*  accepted,  aud  ymi 
discoveryou  are  cornered,  tlieuyou  come  inthettt- 
ter  of  Oct.  Stli,  and  declare  it"  don't  cover  ynur 
position.  Stein  uf  Sept.  21st,  aud  Stelu  of  Oct.  K 
don't  harmonize  very  well.  I  am  comiielled  tiia|i- 
ply  Isniah  28 ;  20  to  you.  '"  For  the  bed  is  sburter 
lliflii  thatamuii  can  stretch  himself  on  it;  ami  tlw 
covering  narrower  than  that  he  can  wrap  himself 
iu  it."  1  thought  your  letter  of  the  2l3t,  was  1- 
be  your  last,  but  I  now  see  that  your  Oct.8th,  i? 
another  lost.  I  can  reconcile  this  in  one  way;  yuur 
first  letter  was  oue  end,  that  Is  the  beginning  end, 
tlic  21st  Sept.  is  another  end,  which  is  two  eQii;, 
aud  Oct.  Stn  is  another  einl,  which  is  three  einl-, 
and  miwyou  have  your  correspcmdencc  like  yi'iir 
baptism,  it  is  trine,  llierflirc  ready  for  the  pres;. 
Respect  fully, 

W.  R.  CUNNIKGHAM- 

REMARKS. 
The  reader  \viU  okserve  from  Mr  Cuumnghimi 
Kentucky  white  cow  story,  his  reason  for  nt 
agreeing  (as  I  pru[»ised  from  the  beginning)  t*' 
bring  his  side  of  the  question  into  debate,  lestliM 
"  Joe  "  lie  would  make  bad  work  of  it.  He  ihinl;* 
that  "single  dip  views  of  baptism  are  oidlanduii 
and  unscriptural."  If  so,  what  must  the  thing  it- 
self be?  a  peculiarity  of  Baptism  ftoi'  ^  "'^ 
found  there  according  to  his  language.  Asadttulli 
for  him.  He  will  find  that  a  single  dip  for  bap- 
tisniNmnecU-'d  with  au  invocation  of  the  Iriui')- 
as  he  nitw  practices  it,  fuuud  its  origin  with  Gf^ 
gory,  the  pi>pe  of  and  the  4tb  popish  council  "f 
ToledninSpaiu  A.I). 633.1  Bingham's  Antiquiiie*"' 
the  Ch.  Ch.  Vol.  1.  Book  XI  ch  II.)  It  «""''' 
he  well  for  all  if  such  human  traditions  ff"uW  '"' 
abandoned,  for  the  "«;)oW«/ie  traditions"  "i  W 
tism  into  each  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity  wlucli 
found  its  origin  witli  Christ,  and  is  enf'^reed  by 
His  great  imperative  (Matt.  2S:19).  Instead  "1 
accepting  my  proposition  as  Mr.  Cunuinghanip'" 
fesses  to  have  done,  it  will  be  seen  that  hehasncv- 
er  even  responded  U>  the  Jnain  eondltionof  m  '= 
cussiou  as  proposed  by  me,  iu  a  single  letter, 
only  accepted  my  verbiage  of  his  own  propi-""" 
after  he  had  tlie  matter  entirely  in  his  own 
and  knew  there  would  be  no  discussion  ut 


.11.    ^-' 


to  his  personal  allusions  ami  the  spirit  of  then"' 
might  respon<l,if  our  holy  religion  ali<nved  m-^   " 
"  return  evil  lor  evil  "  or  "  railing  for  roihng- 


A'ery  truly 


J  -w.  Steis. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


^'BehoU  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidhuj^  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  i'eopZtf."  — Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


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TO  MY  MOTHER. 

MY  mother,  words  cannot,  express, 
Tlie  mfsisure  of  my  love ;' 
Affect"""  "f  no  eiirthly  mould, 
But  that  of  heaven  above. 

0  could  I  tell  thee  how  my  heart, 
Is  firmly  hound  to  thine  ; 

Thy  feelings  of  my  own  aie  pni't, 
Tliy  sorrows  all  are  mine. 

Can  I  repay  thee  us  I  ought,    , 
Fov  tliy  unpeasiiig  cave  V 

1  ciiuiiot,   hut  my   Savior  will, 
III  imswar  to   my    prayers. 

When  'lie  shall  make  his  jew.?lB  up, 
.\,mong  them  thou  wilt  stsuul ; 

And  strike  thy  harp  tolieavi'uly  strands, 
With   the  angtiic  baud. 

And  wilt  thou,  in  tliy  fervent  prityei^, 

Thy  father's  God  beseech, 

His  gnuious  Spirit  to  impart. 

Thy  erring  child  to  teach  ? 

Selected  by  H.  C.  Bdtterbalgh. 
Lannrk,  III. 


difficult  problems,  hut  for  their  diKpositiou  on 
priuciples  that  admit  of  no  questiou.  At  this 
point  there  is  pi-rhaps  undue  rigidity  in  thedi>i- 
cnssious  and  di-cixions  of  our  councils.  We 
huve  not  the  same  right  to  insi.*it  on  fixed,  un- 
changeiible  forms  of  our  own  devising,  lut  on 
imptisni  or  feet-washing ;  and  we  should  he 
«-ry  cautious  not  to  net  as  thougli  the  authority 
wt-re  the  same  in  lioth  instances,  I  bwlicve  in 
item  daily  seU-denial  in  all  that  tends  to  losler 
the  aclf-exalting,  self-worshiping  element  in  our 
natu;;e.  For  maJiy  it  is  far  more  difficult  to 
abandon  the  pipe  and  ([uid,  than  for  fashiou- 
niongi-rs  to  don  the  round  eoat.  How  many 
strain  at  a  gnat  and  swallow  a  camel.  Charac- 
ter comes  firat.aud  then  the  whole  exteriorlife  oa 
the  natural  pniduct.  This  cuts  oft'  the  fashions 
and  fiiitries,  and  vanities  of  the  world  as  com- 
pletely as  its  grosis  inmiorallties.  Itis  not  dress 
IIS  siirh  that  is  befouling,  and  rending,  and  en- 
feebling the  church,  hut  nnholiness  ;  and  out  of 
this  springs  pridp  in  all  it«  forms,  like  mush- 
rooms out  of  a  Uung-hill.  Flesh-pleasing, 
world-imitating  aiiparel  is  a  sore  evil  in  the 
church,  and  should  not  be  tolerated;  but  then- 
are  other  violations  that  reach  deeper,  are  more 
debasing,  more  difficult  to  eradicate,  and  oft^n 
hold  stubborn  empire  where  the  greatest  sim- 
plicity iu  dress  prevails.  Those  who  serve  on 
committees  can  testify.  "  Be  ye  holy  for  I  am 
holy"  lays  the  axe  to  the  root  of  the  tree  of  in- 
iipiity,  A  garment  of  hemp  may  be  spotted  by 
the  world  as  deeply  as  one  of  silk.     "  Kef.i'  thy 

HEAUT  WITH  ALL  iJlLmENCE." 


THE  TREE  AND  ITS  FRUITS. 


w 


BY  C.  U.  nALSIlALOH. 

HEREVEB  thtre  is  fruit  thfre  nmstbi' 
root  to  determiuc  its  quality.  Persim- 
mons grow  iiotou  grape  vines,  noriieiirsoil  the 
ivy,  but  a  poor  grape  is  a  grape  still,  and  an  apple 
uf  Gomorrali  is  none  the  less  luirid  aud  iislij 
inside  beeause  of  its  blooming  exterior.  Tli 
world's  gew-gaws  and  frivolities,  do  not  grow 
.m  (lie  tree  of  Life.  A  holy,  Christ-enshriuing 
lu'iu-t  blossoms  into  '■  Twelve  manner  of  fi-uits, 
always  ripe  .and  always  ripening,  ever  growing 
»we.'ter  with  the  flavor  of  the  Upper  Eden,  and 
more  mellow  with  the  grace  of  the  Cross.  No 
apple  on  the  tree  in  the  garden  of  Eternity  is 
a  model  1)1  nil  resjiech  to  its  fellow.  It  is  only 
so  in  the  principle  of  ll/c  and  ijmwlh  and  i/en- 
nvl  ,'jtlfnuil  featiirrs.  The  constituent  ele- 
ments m-e  the  same  iu  all,  bnt  not  their  propor 
tioas  luid  arrangements. 

My  recent  article  on  "  RrlhjlMs  Shmr  Diilh" 
was  very  sharp  on  certain  violations  of  Christian 
|)rineiple,  while  I  would  not  abate  one  jot  of  its 
severity  for  those  ^vhose  abominations  it  anath 
emali/.es.  it  was  not  intended  to  reach  as  far  as 
siinic  suppose.  In  amputating  a  nmnV  hand,  or 
fool,  we  must  not  feel  ourselves  obliged  to  am 
pulate  his  head.  Between  John  2:  15,  16,  and 
an  enforced  ecclesiastical  costume,  there  is  plenty 
of  room  for  all  the  simplicity  which  the  Gospel 
enjoins.  In  the  nature  of  things  it  is  dangerous 
to  a.lopt  the  method  of  the  Medes,  and  Pereian. 
in  our  ecclesiastical  legislation,  where  we  have 
not  an  illustrative  ciise  in  the  inspired  record. 
We  have  not  enough  Divinity  in  us  to  miJie 
fixed  laws  of  inferences  drawn  frmn  general 
liriueiples.  But  weshould  haveso  much  wisdom 
as  to  know  that  when  we  lind  a  black-berry 
that  it  ha,  dose  relation  with  a  brier.  Blackber- 
fies  and  prickles  go  together.  Principles  are 
invariable  as  Deity,  but  our  inferences  may  be 
erroneous,audthisinakesit  a  matter  of  pru- 
dence that  we  leave  the  door  open  for  a  deepei 
insight,  and  a  worthier  ap]dication.  Dress  is 
"0  exception  to  this  rule.  The  province  of  An- 
"ual  Conference  is  not  only  for  the  solution  of 


teac'hers  in  the  primary  .school,  in  the  high 
school,  the  college,  and  the  nniversity  are  all 
engaged  in  the  same  work  of  leading  the  pupil 
up  the  so  called  "  Hill  of  science."  There  is  no 
contlict  between  the  work  of  the  parents  and 
the  other  instructors ;  between  the  parent  who 
lays  the  foundatiou,  imd  the  college  professor 
who  gives  the  tinishing  touch  to  a  moral  ami 
intellectual  editice  that  shall  be  for  a  blessing  to 
mankiud,  anil  a  gliuy  to  God. 

PENCIL  MUSINGS. 


IiY  s.  c.  H.vsnoa. 


TKyo 

A    ba 


WHEN  DOES  EDUCATION  BEGIN  P 


EDUCATION  begins  not,  as  some  suppose, 
iu  the  pnmary  school  with  the  first  lesson 
in  the  (dphabet,  but  at  home  iind  in  the  luu-sery. 
The  mother  and  the  nurse  are  the  fii-st  teachers, 
they  lay  the  foundation  of  nearly  every  branch 
taught  in  college  or  the  university.  The  ele- 
ments of  natural  philosophy,  mathematics, 
grammar,  botany,  zoology,  etc.,  are  all  iu;quired 
l)efore  the  child  enters  the  priumry  school, 
long  before  the  child  can  lisp  an  intelligible 
word,  it  investigates  the  principles  of  natural 
philosophy.  It  grasps  eveiy  object  within 
reach,  to  ascertain  its  properties,  turns  it  over. 
if  possible,  to  learn  its  form  and  size,  then  in- 
variably ajipHes  its  mouth  to  it  to  discover  its 
tjiste,  in  other  words  it  is  taking  practical  les- 
sons in  natural  philosophy.  It  is  also  nmking 
e-sperimeiits  with  matter  which  the  professor  in 
chemisby  at  the  university  is  doing,  only  on  o 
more  extensive  scale. 

The  idea  of  unity,  the  ba^is  of  all  calculation, 
is  very  early  understood,  while  the  idea  of  ad- 
ding, subtracting,  multiplying  and  dividing  by 
mtnna  of  objects,  are  understood  by  every  in- 
telligent child  before  it  reaches  the  proper 
school  age.  All  the  teacher  can  do  afterward  is 
to  impai-t  a  knowledge  of  the  rules  by  which 
these  operations  are  pertbrmed,  and  lead  th< 
pupil  to  a  more  comprchensive  view  of  tlu 
subject,  and  instruct  him  to  apply  his  knowl- 
edge  to  practical  purposes.  Napier  and  Xewton 
invented  ox  discovered  nothing,  and  the  profes- 
sor of  nuithematics  teaches  nothing  in  this 
branch  whose  i>rimary  elements,  the  mother 
can  not  t('ju.-h  to  lier  boy  on  his  fingers  whih 
seated  on  her  knee. 

The  amount  of  knowledge  early  ac<|uirediu 
grammar,  or  huiguage.  is  ntill  more  wonderlnt. 
By  the  time  a  child  of  ordinary  inUdligenee  i.* 
six  years  old,  it  can  nndei-stiuul  the  meaning  ol 
about  ten  thousand  words.  Take  a  modern 
spelling  book,  count  the  words  that  a  child  Ci 
understand,  aud  you  will  be  astonished  at  the 
result.  The  art  of  using  language  is  learm-d 
before  the  child  entere  school :  the  scifuce  of  it 
at  school.  We  need  not  mention  other  branch- 
es, let  it  suffice  to  say  that  the  parents,  the 


baptize  by  one  dip,  ami  claim  that  you 
baptize  by  tlie  authority  of  Father,  Son, 
and  Holy  Ghuat.  yon  can  have  it  th|it  way  if  you 
choose ;  but  Christ  is  our  Lord ;  he  is  our  au- 
thority, and  by  his  authority  we  have  the  law 
of  baiitism,  and  that  tells  us  just  how  and  wlu 
and  all  about  it.  He  says ;  "  Baptize  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  (not  by  His  authority, 
but  m  the  name  of  the  Father,)  and  of  the  Sou. 
(not  by  his  authority,  for  He  gave  his  authority 
when  he  said,  "Go  teach,  baptizing  etc.,  in  the 
name  of  the  Son,")  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  (not 
by  His  authority,  but  in  the  Holy  Ghost.)  In 
the  three  divine  names  we  are  baptized  by  a  sep- 
arate act,  into  each  name,  into  one  God.  He  is 
not  God  without  the  Father,  Fle  is  not  God 
without  the  Son,  He  is  not  God  without  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

When  we  address  God,  we  address  the  three 
Divine  beings,  when  we  address  the  Fatlu-r 
in  its  full  sense,  \ve  addreaH  Him  in  the  name  of 
His  Sou  through  the  guidance  of  tlie  Holy 
Spirit.  These  three  cannot  bo  separated  in  the 
great  work  of  mercy,  neither  can  they  bn  uni- 
ted in  the  strict  sense  of  individuality:  there 
uiust  be  three,  no  more,  no  less.  How  then  do 
we  get  into  these  threcV  Paul  says  we  are  hap 
tized  into  Christ,  docs  this  bring  us  into  the 
Father?  No,  we  get  into  the  Father  when  we 
are  baptized  "In  the  name  of  the  Father,"  does 
this  bring  us  into  the  Son?  No,  we  get  into 
the  Son  when  we  are  baptized  in  the  name  of 
tiie  Son,  KO  says  Paul,  and  so  we  get  into  the 
Holy  Ghost  when  we  are  baptized  in  the  name 
of  the  Holy  Ghoat.  So  sure  are  we  of  this  fact 
ius  the  Biblf  is  true.  To  get  a  man  into  Christ 
is  reasonable ;  to  get  a  man  into  the  Holy  Ghost 
when  lie  hi  baptized  into  Him,  is  re;LSoniibh' ; 
but  to  baptize  u  pei-son  into  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  then  say  that  lie  is  bapti7A>d  into  Christ  by 
the  same  action,  is  an  luwertion  not  warnmted 
in  the  Bible. 

Lonijiiioiil,  ( ''ilonn/o. 

VISITING  THE    SICK. 

BY  I).  E.  PItlCF. 

rilHiS  as  a  duty  frequently  taught  in  the  Holy 
X  Scripture,  imd  devolves  more  or  lesson  ev- 
ery humble  followerof  Chiiat.  Whetheritisal- 
ways  done  from  a  sen.-*f  of  duty  I  am  not  able 
to  decide,  but  this  I  do  know,  that  it  often  re- 
sults in  more  evil  than  good.  I  have  seen  thi 
houses  of  sick  families  maile  the  houses  of  feiust- 
ing  and  pleasure,  instead  of  going  to  relieve 
them  of  their  caws  and  anxieties  in  watching 
over  the  sick.  Perhaps  they  will  gather  their 
whole  family  together,  from  the  largest  to  the 
smallest,  aud  take  them  along,  imd  i)robably  on 
the  Lord's  day  at  that,  and  now  their  friends,  ir 
addition  to  watching  over  and  wiiifing  on  their 
dear  .lick  ones,  are  obliged  to  go  to  work  and 
prepare  to  feast  their  sympathetic  neighhoi-s. 
I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  this  kind  of 
visiting  does  not  meet  the  approbation  ol  thi 
Lord. 

If  we  do  not  go  for  the  pnipose  of  comfort 
iug  and  consoling  them  in  their  afllictioms,  al^o 
ministering  to  their  temporal  wants,  if  they  are 


in  need,  we  had  Iwtl.T  remain  at  home.  1  huve 
no  doubt,  the  niotive  is  generally  »  good  one,  . 
but  sometimes  we  do  not  think  of  th.-  rvault  of 
of  our  iictionft.  We  do  not  meim  to  discourag 
any  one,  from  attending  to  their  duty,  for  we 
that  it  is  too  much  neglj-cted  by  mont  of  m. 
bat  when  we  go,  let  u«  go  for  a  purpose,  .ind  let 
thiit  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  alHict«l  parties 
either  in  miuistering  to  their  spiritual,  or  t.-m- 
pftral  necejwitics,  or  both ;  and  when  »ur  pur- 
pose is  accomplished  let  us  leave  the  field  for 
othei-s. 

Dear  Brother,  what  I  have  written  hiw  been 
rr(.m  a  good  motive,  and  if  any  of  uk  have  fiiil- 
etl  in  the  piwt.  let  us  be  more  careful  in  the  fu- 
ture, in  this  us  well  a^  all  other  Christian 
duties. 

M(.  Mania,  III. 


WILL  IT  HUHTP 


I  DON'T  see  that  going   to  the  circua  or 
theatre   will  hurt  me,"  said  a  professor 


of  religion. 

Hurt  you  ?  why  not  ut  all !  How  can  that 
hurt  you  if  you  desire  to  go  ?  The  very  fact 
that  you  want  to  go  shows  that  you  are  «/.rWy 
hurt.  Satan  ttfiuptedyoii.you yielded,  and  your 
desire  shows  sin  hiuj  hurt  you,  Going  can't 
hurt  you  any  worse,  though  through  your  in- 
fluence you  may  caiuse  others  to  be  hurt. 

So  with  a  desire  to  go  to  adance,  or  any  woridly 
pliMie  of  pleasure  ;  the  going  can't  hurt  you.  the 
desire  to  go  only  shows  too  plainly  you  are- 
hurt— badly  bruiwd  by  Satan,— idrcady. 

Just  so  it  is  with  evi'ry  one  who  can't  see 
how  doing  this  and  that,  contrary  to  GoiPs  will 
or  commands,  is  a-going  to  hurt  them.  The 
hurting  has  already  taken  place  in  the  aoul,  aud 
nothing  short  of  God's  grace,  which  leailcth  to 
repentance,  can  heal  the  hurt.  Obedience  to 
God,  or  rather  the  desire  or  love  that  you  have, 
which  leadcth  thee  to  obedience,  is  what  cures 
all  these  wounds,  or  hurts.  That  is  when  gen- 
uine love  leadeth  you  to  repentance  and  oliedi- 
ence,  the  merits  of  Christ  make  you  whole. 

Says  an  other,  "To  don  the  habiliments  of 
the  fashionable  world  can't  hurt  me;  no  relig- 
ion in  dress,"  Hurt  you?  why  no!  how  cim  it 
hurt  you.  wlio  has  a  love  for  these  things.  The 
cry  fact  that  you  indulge  in  them,  v  evidence 
all  the  hurting  htu  been  done  before,  and  of 
coui-se  there  is  uo  religion  in  dress  when  it  is 
eviileiit  there  is  none  in  the  ileitirat.  There  is 
no  religion  in  externals,  the  adigion  if  any.  is 
iu  the  heart,— or  religious  faith  rather — and  the 
externals  only  tell  what  kin<l  of  religion  is  in 
the  htiart,  that  is  all.  When  you  see  grapes 
hanging  on  a  vine,  you  may  be  sure  the  heart 
of  the  vine  is  fffipe!  and  when  you  find  a  tree 
that  is  a  crab-apple  tree  at  hi'art ;  you  may  be 
sure  it  will  bear  sour,  crabby  fruit.  Not  sweet 
golden  j)ippins. 

"I  don't  see  that  neglecting  or  reftising  to 
appciU-  Iwfore  God  in  prayer  with  my  heftd  un- 
covered will  hurt  me,"  saj-s  a  woman  of  the 
household  of  faith.  Hurt  you.  sister,  no '. 
The  u  n  will  ill  giifjis  tinday.  shows  that  the  hurt- 
ing was  done  previous,  [f  "shame"  hurts, 
then  you  have  been  hurt,  for  it  is  a  "sluuue" 
for  a  woman  to  jiray.  or  prophe-^y.  with  her  head 
uncovered.  And  if  you  don't  "pray"  you  are 
still  hurt,  for  it  is  the  duty  of  all  Go.rs  children 
to  pray.  It  is  sin  that  hurts,  and  the  hurting 
is  done  before  the  evidence  comes  to  light.  Now 
we  can't  always  tell  how  much  one  is  'hurt  by 
sin,  but  Gnd  out.  He  knows  alt  about  it.  To 
iilff/,  lifter  hurtu,  to  ilisoliri/ahctiys  hurls.  Keep 
the  shtirt  rule  belbre  your  minds.  contiuuaWy, 
iiud  observe  it.  and  yuu  will  not  get  hurt. 


Thi;  devil,  in  the  lost  day,  shall  rise  against  us 
.ncondemuatioii.  for  Ihnt  he  hath  beeu  more  c»re- 
[> '  ful  to  get  EouU  thau  we  to  save  them. 


TMLO    KltKTHUKrsr    AT    AVOliK. 


January   \( 


MARRIAGE  HYMN. 

When  A.lHm  wiw  crHifa!«l  B«  'l"oIt  in  KdenV 

,\sll<i'«''«  hiul  roliilod  I.eiori'tlK-brifI<'  wiW  ma^C- 
Ti?n  thouianJ  timw  twi  tliHUsnnJ  of  crcntuw* 

swariiipd  uroiind. 
Bcfon-  til.'  hritjo  wad  forme'I,  or  any  omte  waJ* 

foiitii]. 

Up  hml  no  ronvprBation.  but  lived  liko  oni*  Hlone. 
Till  to  Iiiw  julmirfttion  Lp  fouiiil  Iw  lost  n  bone 
Givai  wii't  liiaesiiltfttion   wlieii   iinit  Hiit   bridi- 

he  spied, 
Orcut  was  his  clevnlion  to  sec  her  by  bis  »idi'. 

He  ajHibc  iw  ill  ft  rapture,  I  know  from  whoncc 

you  CtiTUC, 

From  my  K-fl  side  extractod  and  woiimn  is  tliy 

nnnie. 
Thin  ncenw  tn  be  th«   reason    why  man  should 

love  hiK  lirido, 
A  part  of  lii«  own  body,  the  jiroihiet  of  his  side. 

The  woman  wiw  not  tnken  from  Adiim'a  bend 

we  know, 
Nor  dhe  mu^tt  not  rule  over  him  it  is  evcutujilly  so. 
The  woman  vav*  not   tiikeu  from  Adam's  feel 

wc  itce. 
Nor  he  niHui  not  nbu-ne  her.  the  meaiiinn  seems 

to  bo. 

The  woman  she  was  talten  from  under  Adam's 
arm. 

And  ahc  mn«t  be  ijrott-cted  from  injury  tmd  harm. 

The  woman  she.  wa>t  taken,  from  ne,ir  to  Ad- 
am's heart, 

Thiswems  to  be  the  rcaMon  wliy  they  should 
never  part. 


tiun;   Mie  evil   one,  is  making  pretty 


And  now,   most  noble  bridegroom,  to  you  I'd 

turn  a.side. 
Don't  let  thi«  little  Volume  Ix-  ever  laid  ii^ide. 
The  Book    that's  called  the   IJibb-,  I   pray  you 

don't  nt'plect. 
In  i-vcry  source  of  duty,  it  will  you  both  direct. 

11.  re's  couiisel  for  the  bridegroom,  tind  counsel 

for  the  bride, 
I  ]ir;iy  you,  do  prove  faithful,  and   for  y 

bouse  provide. 
Ami  to  avoid  corifention,  don't  sow  the  seed  of 

virile, 
Tlii'T  me  the  solemn  duties  of  every  man  and 

wife. 

Sf}fih(l  hij  Vonrtul  I-'ifz. 


Let  us  ratlierstnn<l  firni,  witli  tlujile- 
tfi-iiiination  timt  wc  will  nut  <I<»  uxoiig:, 
if  we  know  it,  "  (i<«l  I'cing  my  h«!l|H'r." 
iiikI  if  we  cultivjite  thiN  fnunt;  of  niiii  1, 
and  trust  in  Him  He  will  Iiclp  n^.  He 
has  jn-ouiisi'd  tolielp  its  in  every  time  of 
ni-ed;  l>\it  wJien  we  rather  try  to  justrfy 
our  .sin.s.  than  to  Ininildy  nckiiowlcdge 
them  to  Ilini,  we  have  no  promise,  t;itht;r 
of  forgiveness  or  heli).  Many  things  of 
this  kind,  have  come  under  my  ol);*crva- 
tion.  Of  late  matter;*  Iiave  occurred, 
that  have  called  jn-ofessing  Christians, 
and  those  that  thought  the-mselves  very 
Htrict,  into  companies  that  have  met  for 
■evelry,  and  these  Chii'^tians  would  ex- 
ruse  theniselve-!H,  hy  siijiposinL'  tliere  w.is 
no  harm;  forgetting  im)lml)ly  that  what- 
ever we  do,  must  be  done  to  the  honor 
and  glory  of  (»od.  Dear  reader,  cease  to 
make  excuses;  learn  to  do  His  -will,  and 
if  you  shouhl  fall  short,  do  not  make 
the  mattei"  worse  by  apologies,  but  ac- 
knowledge your  fault  and  ask  pardon. 
He  is  ever  ready  to  forgive  tlie  truly 
penitent. 


means  another  covering  too,  besides  the 


A  TALK  ON  THE  COVERING. 


SELF-JUSTIFICATION. 

IIV  rllAlU-OTTK  T.  llONli. 

riMIEllK  is  witliin  us  a  disposition  to 
^  lind  a  ready  and  rca.-^onable  excuse 
Ji.r  our  own  «hort-comings.  FhuUm  tliat 
niipear  nunnitaius  in  others,  we  can  find 
very  jilausilde  excuses  for  in  ourselves. 
The  hearl  is  indeed  deceitful  above  all 
things;  who  can  know  \ti  We  natural- 
ly suppose  wlien  we  do  a  wrong  or  com- 
mit an  error  i>v  sin,  that  weare  surround- 
ed by  jieeuliar  circumstances,  and  if  we 
had  been  situatetl  as  othei's,  we  woiilil 
not  have  been  tempted  to  have  doni-  so. 
This  is  only  some  of  the  stratagems  of 
the  wicked  one  to  lead  us  furtlier  into 
temptation,  and  tiunlly  to  ensnare  us  into 
some  deejdy  aggravated  sin.  God  can- 
not look  ujion  sin  with  tlie  least  degree 
of  allowance,  in  u«  any  morethan  others; 
and  when  we  begin  to  search  for  errors, 
let  us  renienilier  the  eye  of  God  is  up- 
on ns.auil  if  we  have  eomniittej  sin,  our 
ajiologiej^  only  make  the  matter  worse, 
and  our  trying  to  believe  there  is  no 
great  harm  in  it,  makes  it  no  better.  If 
we  are  disobeying  (iod's  Law,  nothing 
short  of  a  true,  lu-art-felt  rej>entancecan 
remedy  the  evil. 

1  have  iiften  heard  it  said,  "  I  do  not 
think  therein  much  harm  in  what  I  did." 
Much  or  little,  it  was  harm.  If  it  was 
disobeying  the  Law  of(iod,jmd  ns  not 
thinking  there  was  nincii  harm,  makes 
it  uo  better.  Another  excuse  is,  a  gi-eat 
many  others  do  so,  why  cauiint  li  This 
is  the  weakest  excuse  that  can  be  brought 
forward,  that  others  doing  wrong,  W(ndd 
jiLstify  a  wrong  iu  us.  W)ieu  we  begin 
to  give  away  to  our  «anial  inclinations, 
pleading  that  there  is  no  harm  iu  this 
or  that,  we  are  in  a  very   critical  condi- 


DAUGIITEH.  Why  is  it  that  the 
Bi-ethren  Churcli  insists  sostrongly, 
that  all  their  female  members  should 
wear  a  covering  on  their  heads,  in  time 
of  wor.ship? 

Fatlur.  liccause  the  ajiostle  Paul 
commands  it. 

Jhitiglitir.  I  believe  the  apostle  had 
in  view  cmly  the  hair;  for  he  says,  "  The 
hair  is  given  for  a  covering,"  in  1st  Cor. 
11:  la. 

Father.  If  the  apostle  meant  noth- 
ing more  tlian  the  hah\  then  it  would 
have  been  supei-fluons  to  say  anything 
al)out  the  covering,  from  the  fact,  that 
peo2)le  knew  long  before  the  ajipstle 
wi-ote,  that  the  hair  was  intended  for 
the  wit itral  covering  of  the  head. 

Jhmghter.  But  does  not  the  apostle 
say,  in  the  Scriptui-es  al)Ove  referred  to, 
that  her  h<iir  is  given  lier  for  a  covering  ? 
Father.  Ye.**,  he  <loes;but  he  says  a 
;ooil  deal  more  too.  In  order  to  under- 
stand what  the  ajiostle  meant  in  the  verse 
you  referred  to,  it  is  neeeHsary  to  notice 
some  of  the  preceding  verses  first.  Yoi 
have,  perhaps,  noticed  that  the  apostl 
wrote  about  the  uncovering  of  the  man' 
head,  as  well  tis  the  vovenng  of  the 
womari's  head,  iu  time  of  worship? 
Jhiiiijliter.  Yes!  I  have. 
Father.  Does  it  not  seem  quite  ])]aln 
that  the  unroreriiig  pertaining  to  the 
man's  head;  and  the  covering  pertain- 
ing to  the  woman's  both  refer  to  the 
sanu?  object,  /.  «.,  if  the  coverimj  of  the 
woman's  head  is  only  the  hair,  then  the 
uncovering  iA'  the  man's  head  nn-ans  the 
hair  also? 

Daughter.     AVell!  I  supiiose  so. 
Father.     Then,   if  the  uncovering  of 
the  woman's  head  means  the  halvy  then 
evei-y  time  they  pray  or  jJi'ophesy  they 
must  take  their  hair  off. 

Daughter.  Oh!  Since  I  came  to 
think  of  it,  the  wncoveriiuj  of  the  man's 
head  means  the  hat.  Of  course!  To 
take  the  hair  otl',  every  time  of  worship 
Would  certainly  be  very  inconsistent  and 
bothei-some. 

Father.  Well  now;  accor<ling  to 
your  own  admission,  both  the  uncover- 
iiig  of  the  man's  head,  and  the  covering 
of  the  woman's  head  means  the  same 
thing.  Then  if  the  uncovering  of  the 
man's  head  means  removing  the  hal,  the 
extra     covering   of  the   woman's  head 


Daughter.  I  expected  you  would  trap 
me:  but  what  about  the  hair  Iteing  giv- 
en her  for  a  covering  in  verse  I.")? 

Fathrr.  We  are  not  iplite  ready  for 
that  yet.  The  apostle  say^in  the  ch.ipt- 
er  referred  to,  inverse  (itli:  "  For  if  the 
woman  be  not  covered,  let  her  afjso  be 
shorn."  Now  do  you  know  what  the 
wonl  aho  means? 

Jhiughtt-r.  I  do  not  know  that  I  do 
exactly,  only  that  itgener.-dly  stands  be- 
tween two  things  of  similar  import. 

Father.  Your  definition  is  tolerably 
good,  but  to  make  this  matter  clear,  let 
me  use  a  .simple  illustration.  If  I  say, 
James!  jiut  on  your  socks,  aUo  your 
shoes,  is  it  not  clear  that  two  coverings 
are  meant? 

Daughter.     Yes!  surely. 
Father.     If  I  say,    put.  also   a  shawl 
ou  your  head,  would  you  not  understand 
that  another  covering  had    already  Iteen 
referred  to? 

Daughter.  Yes,  but  what  has  that 
to  do  with  the  argument? 

Father.  A  good  deal!  The  word 
"  also" — meaning  two  things  of  similar 
import,  of  course  has  t?iat  meaning  in 
the  verse  referred  to.  Then  the  apostle 
had  in  view  in  that  verse,  two  nncover- 
ings  in  ca.se  of  disobedience.  If  the 
woman  had  off  the  religions  covering 
in  worship,  then,  aUo  let  the  natural 
i-ovi-ring  {the  hair)  be  taken  off,  is  hi; 
meaning.  But  according  to  your  notion 
the  word  "  also  "  is  not  needed,  from  the 
fact  that  you  have  but  oue  covering,  and 
that  is  the  hair,  hence  you  can  see  the 
imjiropriety  of  your  position.  Or  in 
other  words,  how  can  the  apostle  use 
the  word  "  aha"  when  but  one  cover- 
ing is  referred  to?  It  would  be  entirely 
snpei-fluons.  Acconling  to  your  idea, 
but  one  covering  could  be  taken  off. 

Daughter.  Yes,  I  see  that  the  term 
"  also  to  be  shorn  or  shaven,"  is  used 
by  the  apostles,  only  when  the  woman's 
head  is  not  previously  covered;  other- 
wise there  is  no  sense  in  the  language. 

Father.  The  apostle  had  in  view, 
in  tlie  l.oth  verse,  the  inconsisten- 
cy of  taking  off  the  natural  covering,  /'. 
f*.,  the  hair,  "  For  her  hair  is  giveu  her 
for  a  covering."  And  now,  to  retain 
this  natm-al  covering,  let  Iier  head  l»e 
covered  with  the  religious  covering. 
This  extra  covering,  i.s  the  apostle's  mean- 
ing undoubtedly. 

D.  Well,  ivhy  must  that  covering 
be  one  of  these  little  ccmtemptible  caps? 
M'hy  won't  a  decent  hat  do  as  well? 

F.  Unless  the  church  decides  on 
some  mnforni  covering,  it  will  not  be 
long  till  every  woman  will  have  just 
such  a  covering  as  will  suit  her  own  taste, 
and  in  a  short  time  all  the  i^ishionable 
hats  of  the  world  will  be  woni  by  mem- 
bers of  th<'  eluirch.  It  is  iu  this  way, 
that  many  of  the  churches,  which  once 
were  noted  for  their  plainness,  have  be- 
come so  fiLihionable. 

J).  I  do  not  believe  that  ther-e  will 
be  any  caps  in  heaven. 

F.  Well!  I  do  not  believe  there  will 
be  any  hats  there  either. 

D.  Then  why  contend  for  a  cover- 
ing at  all ? 

F.  "Wliatever  Christ,  or  the  apo.stles 
commanded  us  to  do,  that  we  must  do; 
and  our  disobedience  to  auythinc,  even 
tlie  covering,  may  be  the  means  of  us 
losing  heaven. 

Now  the  substance  of  our  talk  is 
about  this: 

1.  The  man's  hair  is  given  him  for  a 

covering  as  well  as   the  woman's;  both 

can  retain  their  hair  by  being  obedient. 

'1.  The  man  is  to   have   his   head  un- 


covered, 

ship. 

;i.  The  woman  is  to 
covered  by  a  religion! 
thus  honrtrher  husband, 


his  liatoff  in  tiui«  of  ft-^f 


havo   her  htaj 
covering,   ^^j 


ii"l    retain  her 
n.'itural  ci»vering  (the  hair). 

J>.  I  see  plainly  now  that  the  apog. 
tie  meant  some  other  covering  l>e^j,i 
the  lukir — some  covering  that  could  h 
put  on  and  taken  off  conveniently  to 
suit  the  occasion,  just  as  the  man  can 
take  ofl',  and  put  on  his  hat  or  covering 
to  suit  the  occasion,  and  this  I  know 
could  not  be  done  were  the  hair  the  on. 
ly  covering  the  apostle  alluded  to. 

F.  Ye.s,I.uow  see  that  yon  understand 
the  apostle  clearly,  and  hope  you  will 
be  obedient. 

D.  I  know  that  we  should  obey  in 
all  things,  for  so  commands  Christ,  but 
then  fur  me  to  wear  a  cap,  would  make 
me  look  so  odd. 

F.  As  to  looking  so  odd,  in  this 
you  are  mistaken.  You  may  only  look 
a  little  odd  in  the  eyes  of  those,  whose 
own  taste  is  as  corrupt  as  their  hearts- 
besides  this,  it  is  not  in  accordance  with 
the  spirit  of  Christianity;  that  its  fol- 
lowers  should  so  adorn  their  person  as 
to  please  the  corrupt  taste  of  a  wicked 
world;  but  rather  adorn  themselves  so 
as  to  please  God.  Further,  there  is  noth- 
ing that  makes  the  sisters  in  a  religions 
assembly,  look  so  saintly  and  beconiiiie 
worshipers,  jus  the  covering  adopted  by 
the  Brethren  church. 


CHRIST  THE  SURE    FOUNDATION 


«J1C 


HV  DANIEL  HOCK. 

I()R  other  foundation    can   no  man 
lay  than  tliat  is   laid,    which  is 
Jesus  Christ"  (1  Cor.  3:  11). 

The  apostle  Paul,  that  great  embas- 
sador for  Christ,  knowing  nothing  but 
Christ,  and  Him  crucified,  wa-s  endeavor- 
ing to  show  the  church  at  Corinth,  that 
Christ  alone  wa.s  the  sure  foundation; 
that  iu  Him  only  should  they  trust, 
that  they  could  find  refuge  in  none  oth- 
er. Paul  found  the  Corinthians  in  a 
confused  condition,  they  w-ere  not  fully 
established  in  the  cause  of  Christianity, 
that  they  were  still  carual  and  walked 
as  men,  w-hile  one  said,  lam  of  Paul, 
ant!  another,  I  am  of  Apollos.  Who 
then  is  Paul,  and  who  is  Apollos,  but 
ministers  by  whom  ye  believe,  even  a-^ 
the  Lord  gave  to  every  man?  Why 
all  this  strife  and  division?  Yiui  an- 
too  much  under  the  control  and  influ- 
ence of  the  carnal  mind.  But  their  feel- 
ings and  desire-s,  and  their  affections 
must  be  drawn  to  Christ,  who  is  the 
great  center  of  attraction,  as  Peter  said 
to  the  Jews.  "  This  is  the  stone  that  w;iy 
set  at  naught  by  you  buildei-s,  which  is 
become  the  head  of  the  corner.  Neith- 
er is  there  salvation  in  any  otlier,  for 
there  is  no  other  name  under  heaVfii 
given  among  men,  whereby  we  must  he 
saved"  (Acts  4:  lis  ];?). 

Tiien  we  undei'stami  that  if  we  desire 
happiness,  and  share  with  Christ  in  glo- 
ry, we  must  build  our  eternal  hojies  on 
the  rock  Christ  Jesus,  for  there  is  no 
salvation  iu  any  other;  no  deliveraucp 
from  sin  and  its  awful  eonseciiienccs. 
(iod  has  made  ample  provision  for  fal- 
len humanity.  The  Lord  kuew  our 
condition,  better  than  we  knew  what 
we  stood  in  need  of;  there  being  noth- 
ing for  us  to  >)ase  our  future  happinc^'* 
on.  God  through  the  prophet  I.'^aitt'' 
-says,"  Behold  I  lay  in  Ziou  a  foundation 
stone,  a  tried  stone,   a  sure  fimmlation, 

d  no  man  lias  any  right  to  doubt  its 
genuineness,  it^  durableness,  for  it  »'p 
stand,  and  upon  it  the  church  of  Chri-sJ 
will  stand,  and  the  gates  of  hell  shall 


notF^^-»'l  ag.-iiiirt  it..  But, says  them-' 
quiring  """^^./^l>P''e  shall  1  go!  My 
desire  is  to  build  upon  a  fouudntitm.  tlia't 
^vlion  the  storm  ap]ii-oaches,  wIhm,  th.- 
raius  tU'scc'iul  und  floods  arise,  tlie  build- 
iug  limy  stjnid  secure.  Many  say,  come 
niiii  go  with  us,  ut  have  found  the  roek 
of  salvation.  But  perhaps  when  you  ex- 
Hiiune  closely,  they  have  called  in  ques- 
titoi  i^iTiifi  of  the  material  that  composes 
tliat  sure  foundation,  some  that  i«  iudis- 
jicusable  necessary  to  our  salvation.  I 
lu'.-ii-  tlu'  apoHtlesay,"  All  Scriptui'eis  giv- 
en b)'  inspirjitiou  of  God,  is  iirofitable 
for  doe-trine."  You  liave  not  obeyed  from 
(lie  heart  that  fiwni  of  doctrine,  you 
lia^e  pried  out  some  of  the  sayings  of 
,Ic.^''.  an*^  flo  t'l'eju  not,  consequently 
]  fejir  there  is  danger.  Jesus  says,  "  He 
tlijit  hcareth  these  sayings  of  mine,  and 
(loeth  them,  Ik  like  a  man  that  dug  deep 
.ii)d  built  his  hau«f  upon  a  rock." 

Then  as  (iod  has  a  work  for  us  to 
perform,  in  order  that  we  may  secure 
eternal  life,  we  must  labor  consistent 
t.)  His  will.  He  has  given  us  a  rule,  by 
whicli  we  arc  governed.  In  a  temporal 
point  of  view,  the  mechanic  that  under- 
take.s  to  frame  a  building,  works  aceord- 
iug  to  a  rule  or  system,  in  order  that  the 
building  may  go  together  iiroi)erly,  but 
should  he  not  respect  the  system  that 
sliould  govern  him,  and  work  at 
random,  what  would  the  consequenei 
be,  when  all  the  material  is  reaily  to  go 
together?  Why  uiului-.btedly  there  is  a 
great  mistake.  His  work  is  imperfect, 
imd  this  is  not  all,  when  the  inspector 
conu'S  along  to  take  ito."!'  his  hands,  he 
will  then  fully  realize  his  sad  mis^ike; 
tlie  luiilding  will  not  liear  inspection. 
Just  so  in  regard  to  that  Spiritual  build- 
ing; they  that  are  without  Christ,  being 
jdieiisfrom  the  commonwealth  of  Israel 
ami  strangers  ti-om  the  covenant  of 
promise,  having  no  hojic  and  without 
God  in  the  world:  must  first  realize  their 
condition ;  that  if  they  remain  away  from 
God,  and  do  not  become  His  servants, 
and  work  in  His  vineyard,  they  will  be 
jmiiished  with  everlastuig  destruction 
liom  the  presence  of  God  and  the  glory 
of  His  power.  They  must  acquaint 
themselves  ^vith'the-system,  by  which  they 
must  )ie  governed.  Go  to  the  Architect, 
the  great  Mjuster  builder;  He  is  the 
great  Law-giver,  and  as  the  Psalmist 
David  says,  "  The  Law  of  the  Lord  is 
perfect,  converting  the  soul." 

lie  at  once  lays  hold  of  the  promise 
■ipt  before  him,  goes  to  work  with  a  will- 
ing mind,  is  in  posse.ssion  of  that  faith 
that  works  "by  love — that  living  faith 
that  prompts  us  to  obedience  to  the  re- 
quirements of  heaven.  The  carnal 
mind  must  he  brought  into  subjection 
to  the  will  of  God.  The  penitent  is 
willing  to  surrender  all  at  the  feet  of 
■lesas,  he  want-  to  follow  Him  in  all  His 
Hppuinted  ways;  he  wanta  to  go  where 
•b'sus  went.  Well,  says  one,  where  was 
He?  If  you  will  consult  your  Bible, 
you  will  find  Him  down  in  Jordon,  be- 
ing baptized  of  John,  and  ooming  up 
out  of  the  water,  the  heavens  were  open- 
«'d,  and  the  Spirit  descending  in  the  bod- 
ily sliape  of  a  dove,  and  a  voice  was 
heard  saying,  "This  ismy  beloveil  Sonin 
whom  I  am  wellpleai^ed."  While  tliere, 
God  recognized  Him  as  His  Son,  and 
there  it  is  where  God  will  recognize  us 
«s  His  sons  and  daughters.  We  are  His 
fhihlrenliy  adoption,  C^hrist  became  our 
Klder  Brother,  and  we  are  n<J  more 
'"trniigei-s  and  foreigners,  but  fellow-cit- 
izens with  the  saint,s.  and  household  of 
*i"d,  anil  we  are  built  upon  the  founda- 
tion of  the  apostles  and  propliets,  Jesus 
Christ  Hinis*-lf  being  the  chief  corner 
stone,  by  whom  all  the   building   iitly 


'ririK  URtrrn  \<\ . 


AT    AVOHK. 


frauwl  together,  growctli   unto  a   holy 
ti'mple  ill  the  Lord. 

Tlicy  have  nothing  to  fear,  because 
they  are  standing  upon  the  rock;  there 
is  no  danger  of  wiftVring  low,  when  the 
time  comes  that  every  man's  work  shall 
be  tried.  When  the  great  Inspector 
comes,  we  will  not  be  found  wanting, 
we  will  then  fully  realize  ^he  reward  of 
lab(>rs,will  hear  thai  welcome  applaudit : 
"  Well  done  good  and  faithful  servant, 
enter  thou  in  the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 
I>ear  unconverted  friends,  where  are  you 
stamling?  W^e  ap])eal  to  you,  to  exam- 
im- the  ground  you  occupy,  remember, 
other  fouud.ation  can  no  man  lay  than 
that  is  laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ.  Work 
while  it  is  called  to-day,  for  the  night 
of  de:ith  Cometh  \\hcn  no  man  can  work. 
We  submit  these  few  imperfect  though t.s 
to  your  consideration,  and  when  you 
see  that  you  have  not  done  your  duty; 
that  you  are  found  wanting,  we  kindly 
ask  you,  to  commence  the  great  work, 
that  you  may  lay  hold  of  eternal  life. 

WIS  DO  M  . 


reveaUto  ub  the  character  and  will  of  I  by  blessed  in  hib  deed  "  (Janie«  l-^>-.) 
our  great  Creator,  and  final  Judge;  that  The  apostU-  Jumes  ha.,  written  id  hi. 
opens  bett.re  us  the  way  of  salvation  epUtle,  mich  clie^-ring  woi-ds  of  cumfort 
through  a  Redeemer;  unvails  to  wir  ami  eomw.latlon  to  the  faithful  in  Christ, 
the  invisible  world,   and   shows  \is   and  th 


rpHE  wisdom  of  Goil,  is  the  capacity 
-*-  to  make  due  use  of  His  words. 
To  do  this,  is  to  read  the  Bible;  make  it 
ytmr  staff  to  lead  you  through  this  world 
and  it  will  light  you  to  the  world  to 
come  where  all  will  be  joy.  The 
wise  man's  eyes  are  in  his  head,  and  tlie 
grace  of  God  is  upon  liim.  As  Moses 
was  learned  in  all  the  wisdom  of  the 
Pigyittians,  and  was  mighty  in  words  and 
in  deeds,  likewise  if  we  to-day  in  the 
sight  of  God,  want  to  have  that  wisdom 
which  e.vcelleth  from  on  high,  we  must 
be  workers  in  the  vineyard.  So  as  to 
teach  us,  to  number  our  days  and  a|)ply 
our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

But  where  shall  wisdom  be  found; 
We  know  not  the  price  thereof,  for  it 
cannot  be  purchased  with  gold,  neither 
issilvf'r  weighed,  f<iV  the  price  thereof; 
for  the  price  of  wisdom  is  above  rubies. 
Whence  then  cometh  wisdom?  Itcoui- 
eth  from  that  spirit  that  departs  from 
evil,  and  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
him,  and  hajjpy  is  he  that  findeth  that 
wisdom.  Hide  the  commandments  with- 
in yourselves:  incline  your  ears.untothe 
W^ord  of  God.  Then  thou  shalt  have 
understanding  and  receive  the  wis- 
dom of  God. 

THE  BIBLE. 

liY  HELLS  SEXSlN'GEK. 

OUR  continuation  on  earth  is  of  short 
duration.  We  are  rapidly  hiisten- 
ing  through  its  many  troubles.  The  sun 
of  life  will  soon  have  .set.  The  darkness 
of  deatii  .settles  over  all  that  occupies 
our  heart  and  hands,  and  our  spirits 
pass  into  that  world  from  whose  bourne 
no  traveler  returns. 

W^hat  then  is  so  important  to  us,  a.«  a 
knowledge  of  ourselves — of  our  relation 
to  God,  and  of  a  future  state — how  we 
may  be  pre|)ai'ed  for  the  duties  of  this 
life,  and  foi-  the  scenes  which  are  so  soon 
to  open  upon  us,  iu  another  world? 

Books  that  iUisist  us  in  the  attainment 
of  this  knowledge,  are  of  inestimable 
value.  They  relate  to  our  most  impor- 
tant interests,  and  ought  therefore  to 
have  the  first  pliace  assigned  to  them  in 
a  course  of  reading,  especially  must  this 
besaidof  theBible^  ThisBo.dUheoldest 
surviving  offsjiring  of  the  human  and 
Divine  intellect,  the  chosen  companion 
and  friend  of  patriarchs,  prophets, 
apostles,  and  of  the  wisest  and  best  men 
that  have  ever  lived.     This   Book,  that 


view 

the  final  destiny  of  our  race:  thi.s 
Book  which  God  has  given  expressly  to 
teach  us  our  character,  our  duty,  and 
prospects,  \\hieh  has  ccmducted,  all  who 
have  obeyed  it.t  precepts,  to  the  presence 
and  endless  enjoyment  of  its  Divine  au- 
thor, and  must  conduct  us  thither,  if  we 
ever   enter  thjit  happy  world. 

This  Book  ought  surely  to  be  held  by 
us  in  the  highest  place  of  honor  and  re- 
spect; to  be  made  the  guide  of  our 
youth,  the  companion  of  our  age,  and 
our  solace  and  support  in  all  the  pros- 
perous and  trying  pangs  of  life.  Con- 
sidered as  a  mastx'r  composition, 
the  Bible  is  unquestionably  the  moat 
interesting  Book  on  earth.  It  has  truly 
been  saiil  of  the  Bible,  by  one  of  the 
greatest  and  best  of  men,  That  it  con- 
tains, independent  of  its  divine  oriirin, 
more  sublimity,  purer  morality,  more 
imiiortant  history,  and  finer  strains  of 
elo(iuenee,  than  can  be  called  from  all 
other  books,  in  whatever  language  they 
may  have  been  written.  Embrace,  then, 
my  young  friends,  this  Sacred  Volume. 
Let  it  be  a  lamp  to  your  feet,  and  a  light 
to  your  path!  With  every  morning 
dawn  and  evening  shade,  repair  to  the 
Book  of  God  for  counsel;  peruse  and 
practice  its  instructions;  and  the  happy 
effect  of  it  upon  your  present  and  fu- 
ture as.'fociations,  you  shall  gratefully  ac- 
knowledge at  the  right  hand  of  God, 
and  amidst  the  thanksgiving  and  praises 
of  the  heavenly  world. 


THE    DIFFERENCE. 
liY  J.  I!.  L.MR. 

A  DISTI.XGUISIIKI)  man  (mee  said, 
-^  "  Tile  longer  I  live,  the  more  I  am 
certain  that  the  great  difference  between 
men — between  the  t'eeble  ami  tiie  pow- 
erful, the  great  and  the  significant — is 
energy,  invincible  determination,  apur- 
pose  once  fi.Ked,  and  then  death  or  vic- 
tory." 

That  generally  wiil  ilo  anylhing,  that 
can  be  done  in  this  world,  and  no  talents, 
no  circumstances,  ut)  opportunities  will 
make  a  man  a  Christian  without  it. 

The  r<'al  dilfei'ence  between  the  firm, 
deterinined,  invincible,  zealous  profess- 
or, and  the  weak-kneed,  puny,  undeter- 
mined one,  is  energy;  the  one  takes  hold 
of  the  plow  and  presses  forward  ^vith  a 
will,  and  all  the  noise  and  commotion, 
the  flutter  and  glare  of  fiu^iion,  and  the 
ilisplay  of  gew-gaws,  will  not  attract  his 
attention  or  divert  his  purpose — but  he 
looks  steadily  forward  to  the  object  be- 
fore him.  while  the  other  is  contin- 
uaily  looking  back  over  his  shoulders, 
undetermined  whether  to  go  forward  or 
turn  back.  He  has  not  the  energy  to 
jn-e.ssaway  from  the  alluring  scenes  be- 
liind,  and  for  shame  will  not  turn  back, 
until,  by  his  nmcli  looking  back,  he 
stunildes  and  falls;  then  he  is  rendered 
unworthy  for  the  kingdom  of  (iod. 

Then  let  me  entreat  every  Christian 
piofessor  to  be  zealous,  be  firm,  rally 
aroimd  the  l)lood-stained  banner  of 
Prince  Emmanuel,  and  go  on — not  to 
victory  or  death,  but  to  certain  victoky. 

THE  PERFECT  LAW  OF  LIBERTY. 

llY  .lASIKS  WIKT. 


U  1)^  "^  whoso looketh  into  the  perfect 
JL)  law  of    liberty,   and    eontinuth 


lie  prominent  thought  rev.-aled  is 
this:  that  to  obtain  the  blessings  of  God, 
all  depend  upon  the  full  compliance  <.n 
the  believer's  part,  to  the  rfqui.iitions  of 
the  Gospel.  By  hearing  the  trutlw  of 
the  pei-fect  Law,  and  reducing  them  U> 
practice  ils  faf*t  iw  learnetl;  looking  into 
the  same,  and  also  t«  continue  tlierein. 

The  Word  of  God  is  their  Law  of 
Liberty,  the  truths  of  which  if  obeyed, 
become  the  means,  by  which  the  i^aints 
receive  the  blessing^  resulting  from  their 
their  good  deeds.  Christ  has  given  nntu 
us  the  bles.s4'd  Gospt-l,  a  law  complete 
in  all  its  parts,  and  perfectly  adapted  to 
the  spiritual  wants  of  man,  and  is  in- 
tended to  restore  him  to  the  position  he 
was  designed  to  sustain  in  the  primitive 
creation,  by  liberating  him  from  under 
the  bondage  of  sin.  If  the  truth  makes 
us  free  then  we  are  free  indee*l  says  the 
blessed  MiLster. 

Man  will    woi-ship.     He  will  also  as- 
similate to    the  object  that   he    wor- 
ships;  therefore  the  law  of  the  Bible 
requires  us  to  love  the  Lord  our  God, 
and  Him  only  are  we  to  serve.    How 
arc  we  to  serve   the    Lord  I     Surely  by 
obeying  what  He  recpiires  of  us,  that  is 
to  do  justly  to  love  mercy,  and  not  be  a 
forgetful  hearer,  but  a  doer  of  the  work; 
obeying  from  the  heart  that  form  of  doc- 
trine delivered  unto  the   saints.     Faith 
without    works    is    dead.    Faith     and 
works  go  together  in  all  our  Christian 
iluties  found   in   the  Law    of  Gud.     A 
law  without  a  penalty   attached,   that 
will  fidlow  any  infringement  or  violation 
is  of  no  account.     "  He  that  knoweth  to 
do  good  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it  is 
sin."     Therefore  knowing  the  terror  of 
the  Lord,  we   persuade  men  to  obey  the 
perfect    Law    of   Liberty,   ivhich   will 
make  them  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and 
death. 

Tiie  Gospel  is  composed  of  purely 
jiersuasive  ])rlnciples,  iuteaded  to  enlight- 
en free  moral  agents,  who  are  willing  to 
be  enlightl-ned  by  that  true  light  that 
ligliteth  every  nmn  that  cometh  into 
the  vvorhl.  "  Whosoever  will,  may  par- 
take of  the  water  of  life  frcelv,"  which 
will  cleanse  us  from  all  sin  and  its  effects 
upon  the  soul,  and  consecrate  and  puri- 
fy our  bodices,  that  they  may  be  fit  tem- 
ples for  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  that  it  may  abide  there,-  and 
guide  us  into  all  truth,  and  bring  to  our 
ivmembrance  all  things  recorded  in  the 
perfect  Law.  This  may  be  accomplish- 
ed by  obeying  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Je- 
sus, governed  and  controlled  entirely 
by  His  teachings. 

A  correct  knowledge  of  theScriptures 
in  a  great  measure  forms  the  true  dig- 
nity ami  hapj'iuess  of  the  Christian,  by 
which  he  is  enabled  to  add  to  the  felic- 
ity of  hisfellow-standard  bearer,  because 
of  the  cross  of  Christ. 

There  are  five  essential  elements  in 
every  kingdom,  and  the  kiiigdom  of 
Christ  has  these,  viz:  Clu'ist  the  King; 
the  saints  His  subjects:  the  heaven  and 
earth,  the  territory;  the  Gosjiel,  the 
perfect  Law,  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  the 
power  e.xecuting  the  pertect  Law  of 
Liberty.  "The  liaw  of  the  Lonl  is 
perfect  converting,  the  soul."  May  it 
i)e  our  life's  greatest  work  to  study  this 
Law.  and  be  fully  brought  to  know  and 
hive  the  truth  for  the  truth's  sake,  and 
seeking  for  the  wisdom  which  it  im- 
parts, and  '^o  on  to  perfection  in  oiu* 
high  and  holy  calling. 


rhei-i'in,   he  being  not  a  forgetful  hearer, 
but  a  doer  of  the  work,  this   man  shall 


Forgive  us.  Lord,  as  we  torgivt;  others. 


TMi'^  i?i<Ki^i-ii^i:>s'   ^vr  Avoi^iv. 


Ja 


^"ary   10 


PUBLISHED  WBBXLr. 


J.  H.  HOORK, 
8.  I].  BASltOK. 
H.  M.  ESirELMAK. 


Tn*  HniTTiiBmx  at  Vo*it  will  b#  ••m  po»>-P«iJ.  y>  *°7 
•diliYH  in  Iht  Uuil*.!  SlnlM  or  (•«niul«.  for  fl  M  P"r 
Uiniini.  TTiM«  lenilinK  loii  niiino*  nnJ  fl^.OO,  will  re- 
o«tT>  an  cJili*  copy  ftw  of  chmfKB.  Fflr  nil  orer  lhi» 
numlwr  tht  «Kriii  will  \,v  all-.wed  ID  c*ni«  for  weh  »dJI- 
lioonl  n»inp.  which  «m«unl  oto  bp  deduHr-l  from  Ihc 
mMi«>y.  before  .ending  it  lo  «*.  Montj  Ordpw,  1'™"". 
■nd  R*cUiprpJ  I^it«Tii  inoj  •)»  "'m  "'  ""*■  "'■'■  '"'J 
abould  be  ru«J«j  pujnWf  to  Moore,  llanbor  A  Eibulmnn.  — 
»iib.oriplioD-.  »«'J  cominuolrolioD.  ii.fcndrJ  for  the  p«. 
ptr,  ru  well  ft*  oil  lju«lnM«  nmltom  connMWd  wiHi  in*  of- 
lie*  •boiild  lie  iiililr«MP'l 

KOOBE,  BA3H0B  k  S33ELlfAN,  - 
Lfturk.  Camll  C4..  HI' 


UKA&C,  ILL.. 


JAMVAB?  10,  IB78. 


Latkst  ncwfl  from  Waterloo.  lowii  sitys,  that 
brotlipr  YorscE  is  tlierc  prcnchinjir,  tmd  so  far. 
i»  mwtiiiB  \vith  good  wit^ccM — soiila  are  turn- 
ing to  (joii,  _ 

Bid).  .Ions  ZooK,  of  lown.  before  leaving  for 
liiH  home  liLxt  wefk,  preuclicd  two  able  wrmona 
nt  the  Cherry  Grovo  m(eting-Iinii.Me,  two  miles 
North  of  Liuiaik. 

Bbo.  .1.  I*.  Hctku-  of  Pliihwlt'lphin,  Pii.,  has 
Ijcen  hihm-ing  at  llie  North  Covt-ntry  church, 
l';i,.  ftiiilu-*  11  reJult  thirly-two  Imve  been  nddetl 
111  Ihe  iniinlH-r  of  tho  Mavcd, 


UsDKit  tlu-  heiuliug  of  "  visiting   the  nick," 

on  (imt  prifie  of  this  issue,    IJro.  I).   E.  I'ltlCB 

urfTPJt  a  reform  thiit  hasl)eeii  tot)  mueh  neglected. 

I)oti't  fail  to  read  the  nrtifle  and  then  live  iij) 

to  it. 

— .  ♦  • — 

LiPK  is  tlie  im'j)nrat.ion  day  for  the  eti^mal 
ivAt  Iwyond;  then  make  good  use  of  the  pres- 
ent. Let  your  mutivc**  be  i)UiX'  ojid  your  nets 
noble.  Modwty  and  virtue  are  priceless  gems; 
scc'thutyou  poss&M  theui. 


Iv  yon  would  be  h!iiij>y  and  enjoy  life,  look 
I  the  bright  side  of  tllf  pieture.  IJe  of  good 
■'T.  it  is  but  a  lew  steps  to  the  lund  where 
iMcs  are  unkiinn'H.  Look  nheml;  the  futiin> 
■1  more  value  tlum  tlie  pjutt. 


love  and  gooil  wiKhes  throughovitnll  the  chnrrh- 
cs.  We  enter  upon  the  work  with  great«rilil- 
igencc,  prai-iag  that  much  good  may  Iwnccom- 
plished  and  in  the  end.  life  everlasting. 

Eldbb  John'  Forshy  called  upon  us  again 
during  the  Holidayti,  and  spent  sometime  iu  our 
Sanctum.  On  Monday  liwt  he  started  for  his 
home  in  Xebriisk^i.  expecting  to  stop  in  Bhick- 
hawk  anil  Benton  counties,  Iowh,  to  visit  his 
hrolhert  living  tlu-re.  and  to  liibor  some  in  the 
cause  of  the  Master.  TniHt  his  visit  may  Ije 
plen«aut,  and  his  labors  successful.  Hia  viait  in 
inois  wiis  not  ns  ph-osant  to  many  as  it  would 
have  been,  had  the  ronds  biwn  in  a  Wtter  con- 
dition ao  that  he  could  have  preached  more  for 
us.  We  ulways  welcome  such  brethren  as  Bro. 
FoitNEV  among  «s.  If  some  of  our  '"  wo«Id-he- 
retined."  who  shudder  and  turn  the  cold  shoul- 
der to  the  name  ot  "  [lioiieer  pivHcher,"  could 
have  the  pri^-iiege  of  listening  to  brother  I'ons- 
EY  and  such  men  as  he,  they  no  doubt  would 
conclude  that  men  on  the  frontier  know  Jesus, 
and  ctui  wield  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  ns  effect- 
ually n-s  "  pulpit  grammarians."  In  fnct  they 
preach  .lesus  and  the  Gospel,  and  let  grammar 
take  care  of  itself:  and  while  we  listen  to  such 
men,  the  heart  get«  so  full  that  the  head  for- 
gets to  criticiac.  Brethren,  when  you  travel, 
don't  forget  Illinois  utid  our  otrice  here. 


avoid,  in  many  instances,  inconvenience  an« 
delays.  Parties  di>ing  this  will  havetheir  bus- 
inKss  attended  to  more  promptly,  and  their  nr- 
ticles  inserts!  without  delay,  if  necessary. 

Both  brother  Moore,  and  Babhok  are  often 
called  uway  to  labor  in  the  ministry,  and  letters 
addressed  to  either  of  them  would  necessarily 
!«•  neglected  until  they  returned.  Letters  of 
eoninninicntion,  intended  for  either  of  ns  lU**  pri- 
vate matter  only,  should  ho  iiddressed  to  the  one 
for  whom  they  are  intended. 

We.-'hould  like  for  all  to  take  notice  of  this, 
and  remember  it  wlu-u  writing  to  us. 


THE  JEWS, 


A    REQUEST. 


]V 


0\V  that  the  first  of  the  year  is  past,  many 


AiTEii  reading  Hro.  BAenoit's  Ilcvlew  of  Eld. 
nirH.Miusos's  objections  to  Jiiiptium  /or  ivuiiii~ 
lihni  nf  shin,  m  last  week's  issue,  liund  it  to 
your  friends,  espeeiully  the  lulvocates  of  the 
mourner's  bench  system  of  eonvei-sion. 

UnoTJiKit  S.  Z.  SllAltr,  of  Tenne.'*sce  hiL>!  prom- 
ised to  write  n'gulnr  fur  the  Brktiihkv  at 
WoKK,  imd  is  expected  to  furnish  a  series  of 
vnluftble  articles.  His  ex])erionce  its  teacher  and 
raiuistcr,  (lunlify  him  forgiving  sojiie  profitable 

le'-sons. 

Uiio.  EsiiKLMAN  left  lust  week  for  lowii,  and 
will  return  sometime  during  the  week.  We 
wish  him  a  pleasant  trip,  for  it  is  at  times  com- 
forting to  get  away  from  the  office  work,  and 
get  a  little  fresh  air.  When  he  returns,  lie  will 
likely  have  something   interesting   to   tell  our 

readers. 

.  ♦  . — 

'  OcR  readers  are  continudlly  calling  for  short- 
er articles,  saying  they  are  read  more,  and  ac- 
complish more  good  thnu  longer  ones.  Though 
the  present  issue  sets  a  very  good  example 
in  this  direction,  yet  we  hope  to  improve 
in  the  future.  Short,  well-wrjtt«n  articles  ai-e 
what  we  earnestly  solicit,  and  they  are  usually 
given  place  in  preference  to  longer  ones. 


solicit  suhscribei's,  supposing  that  the  time  is 
over  for  such  work,  but  we  Jiope  that  our  h'iends 
will  not  think  that  way,  but  continue  to  work 
for  the  i)aper.  and  when  you  meet  with  those 
who  do  not  toke  the  BnETimEU  at  Work,  show 
them  the  i)aper  and  ask  them,  "  Please  let  me 
have  your  name  for  the  paper  one  year."  Sub- 
scriptions may  begin  at  any  time,  though  we  can 
still  supply  some  hack  numhors.  By  work- 
ing fiu'  the  paper  during  the  long  Winter 
months,  you  may  be  the  means  of  .saving souls, 
and  at  leiut  sending  good  iiistnictiims  to  many 
wayward  heoi'ts.  Try,  kind  reader,  and  hee 
what  you  can  do.  If  you  have  do  extra  papers 
to  hand  to  your  friends,  drop  us  a  card  contain- 
ing your  address  in  full  ami  we  will  send  you 
samjile  copies,  prospectus,  Kc,  free.  This 
and  Fehruarj'  arc  llie  best  and  most  successful 
months  to  work  for  a  pai)er,  as  the  nights  are 
long  and  all  wiint  something  to  read. 

Gather  loo,  what  you  can  'tor  the  Charity 
fund,  as  there  are  many  members  who  would 
like  to  read  the  Bkkthbkn  at  Work,  but  are 
not  able  to  pay  for  it.  llemeiiiher  the  poor,  and 
m-glect  not  the  widows  and  orphans,  for  these 
We  have  amongst  us,  imd  Hhould  do  them  good 
and  thus  obey  a  divine  injunction. 


THE  following  from  the  IfW%  Infer  Omin 
would  seem  to  indicate  an  important  move- 
ment among  the  Jews  iu  the  United  StMes : 
The  Rev.  David  Hosenberg,  of  Columbus, 
Ohio,  issued  aeall  for  a  national  convention  of  all 
Israelites  who  are  now  willing  to  accept  Jesus 
Christ  as  the  promised  Messiah  of  the  world. 
The  objects  of  this  convention  will  be  to  form 
an  alliance  of  all  the  converted  Jews  and  of  Is- 
rael throughout  the  world;  to  appoint  a  set  time 
to  confess  the  sin  of  the  nation  in  rejecting 
Jesus  Christ;  to  form  a  basis  for  a  national  ex- 
istence upon  the  New  Testament  Scriptures  as 
the  statute  and  law  of  the  nation,  and  to  im- 
plore the  powers  of  the  world  to  restore  Pales- 
tine to  the  people  of  God.  The  date  and  place 
of  holding  this  convention  will  he  fixed  by  those 
In  favor  of  the  project." 

The  return  of  the  Israelites  to  their  native 
land,  is  being  looked  for  with  much  anxiety. 
Since  their  exile  from  Palestine,  they  have  en- 
dured sufferings  and  privations  beyond  descrip- 
tion; yet  amid  all  their  misfortunes  God  has 
preserved  them  a  distinct  and  peculiar  people. 
Their  return  to  their  promised  rest  and  privil- 
eges, will  be  as  life  from  tlie  dead.  May  God 
speed  the  time  when  the  land  of  the  prophets 
shall  once  more  resound  with  the  songs  and 
praises  to  Him  who  doeth  all  things  well. 

J.  u.  u. 


call,  trusting  that  all  will   understand 


and  Ur 


TRACT  ASSOCIATION. 


qiHISyear  there  is  a 
■I-      the  expiring  of  Emi 
if    the   Board    of    Mana 


acancy  occniTiiig  by 
ii  Ehy's  time  ils  one 
ters,    which    vacancy 


WoKDS  of  encouragement  flow  in  from  near- 
ly all  parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  and  our  agents 
are  doing  a  good  work  gathering  subscribers  for 
1878.  From  many  localities,  where  we  last 
year  had  Init  a  single  subscriber,  we  are  now 
receiiing  large  lists.  And  now  tliat  the  year 
lias  foirly  begun  and  our  readers  have  grown 
so  numerous,  we  realiw  our  editorial  re- 
sponsibilities more  and  more,  and  trust  by  ihe 
help  of  our  Master  to  stul  out  only  such  mat^ 
ter  as  will  be  to  the  eilificition  of  God's  people; 
the  union  of  our  great  Brotherhood,  and  the 
salvation  of  souls.  We  trust  too  that  our  con- 
tributors will  dwell  less  on  the  minor  dirtereni:e.H 
that  may  l>e  existing  among  us.  and  so  direct 
their  articles  as  to  establish   a  perfect  bond  of 


must  be  filled  either  by  his  re-election  or  tlie 
election  of  another  to  fill  his  place.  Each  do- 
nor isentitled  to  one  vote  for  this  purpose,  there- 
fore those  who  have  do.iated  to  the  As.sociation. 
will  Immediately  send  in  their  votes  to  tliis  of- 
fice. They  may  be  sent  on  a  postal  card,  in 
lettei-s  or  otherwise.  In  each  and  every  cose 
the  donor  must  give  his  or  her  name  antl  jiost- 
oftice.  Please  attend  to  this  at  once,  as  we 
should  know  the  result  by  the  first  of  Febuary. 

The  rules  of  the  Associaton  provide  that  the 
one  elected  to  fill  tliis  vacancy,  should  he  a  well- 
established  brother,  residing  in  the  Northern 
District  of  Illinois.  Each  donor  will  therefore 
be  his  own  judge  as  to  who  that  brother  should 
be.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  not  fa- 
miliar with  the  workiMgs  of  the  Association,  we 
will  next  week  publish  their  circular  in  full; 
would  have  done  so  this  week,  hnt  lacked  room. 

The  donors  mil  please  send  in  their  votes 
immediiitely.     A.ldre'-s  this  nfficp. 


TO   CORRESPONDENTS. 

pARTIES  writing  to  this  (tftice  on  business 
A  relating  to  the  firm;  communications.  sul>- 
scriptions,  church  news,  orders  for  hooks,  tracts, 
etc.,  should  not  address  their  letters  to  either  of 
the  editors  individually,  but  use  the  firm's  name 
of  MooHE,   Bashor,  SEsnELsiAN-,  as  this   will 


A  FURTHER  EXPLANATION. 

IT  seems  that  a  raisundei'stauding  has  been 
attained,  regarding  the  import  of  what  was 
said  R  few  weeks  ago,  in  relation  to  my  name 
having  been  nsed  as  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
missionary  movement  at  Meyei-sdale,  Pa.,  some 
having  concluded  that  lamnot/H^'rf.v^'rfiuanv 
movement  outside  of  ourowndLstrict.  Thisview 
of  tlie  matter  is  incorrect,  for  I  am  hiteretti'ii  in 
liny  lawful  efl'ort  put  forth  for  the  promulgation 
of  the  truth,  but  am  not  at  present  connrdfil 
with  any  movement  away  from  home.  1  do 
not  generally  engage  Iu  an  enterprise  until  I  un- 
derstand it,  neither  is  it  my  motto  to  oppose 
any  thine  '"itil  1  know  that  it  is  wrong. 

It  is  evident  that  we,  as  a  people,  have  been 
too  slow  In  spreading  the  Gospel — have  not  done 
.IS  much  in  our  own  land  us  ought  to  be  done, 
hut  whether  the  present  movement  will  supply 
the  wants  in  this  direction  remains  to  be  seen: 
I  trust,  however  that  it  will,  and  that  it  may 
work  to  the  glory  and  honor  of  God  and  the 
salvation  of  many  souls.  If  the  project  is  a 
good  one  it  will  soon  be  apparent,  and  there- 
fore I  do  not  want,  what  I  liave  said,  to  cause 
any  one  who  may  be  connected  with  it,  any  un- 
pleasantness, as  I  did  not  mean  to  oppose  it,  but 
to  correct  a  wrong  impression. 

I  would  be  glad  to  see  every  lawful  mission- 
ary etlbrt  succeed,  and  he  a  power  in  home  mis- 
sionary work.  Though  there  may  be  some 
things  connected  with  the  enterprise  that  are  ho^ 
fully  in  harmony  with  my  views  of  apostolic 
missionary  work,  yet  the  confidence  I  have  in 
some  of  those  who  are  in  sympathy  with  the 
movement,  forbid  me  to  act  hastely  in  this  mat- 
ter. Hope  the  readers  will  not  think  that  I  am 
going  to  oppose  a  thing  before  I  have  time  and 
opportunity  to  investigate  its  nature  and  work- 
ings. On  last  page  is  given  a  report  of  the 
convention.  For  the  want  of  room  it  was 
crowded  out  of  the  last  issue. 


J.  H.  M. 


MEETINGS. 


A' 


S  many  are  continually  writing  from  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  brotherhood,  soliciting 
my  services  in  evangelistic  work,  and  my  duties 
ami  health  being  such  that  It  is  not  only  impos- 
sible to  fill  the  calls,  hut  iu  many  Instances  to 
write  a  satisfactory  reply,  I  take  this  method  of 
notitying  all  of  the  possibility  of  filling   their 


fully  reconciled. 

My  health  failing  recently,  caused  many  ,,„. 
ises  in  Indiana  and  southern   Ohio,  to  ron    '' 
unfilled,  for  the  present  at  least,  but  will     " 
memljer  them   in   the    future.      AgreeahK 
l»romise.  and  no  hindrance  interfering    we 
pcct  to  meet  with  the  church  in  divine  sen" 
at  Dunkirk,  Ohio,  Feb.  14th,    at    6:30  p  \t' 
will,  if  health  jjermits.  remain  sometime  m  tl   '< 
port  of  the  State,  unless  office  duties  call 
home.    Something  like  thirty  calls  have  b*. 
made  in  that  State,  but  it  will  be  impossible  t 
fill  them  all.  " 

Several  lettei-s  not  yet  replied  to,  will  n,, 
receive  a  notice.  Paul  Wetzel.  Gruudy  Cent*. 
Iowa:  Cannot  possibly  come  now.  Do  aotet' 
pect  me  to  come  until  I  say  so.  as  1  do  my  on-n 
announcing,  unless  otherwise  .irrauged,  accord 
ing  to  the  will  of  the  Master,  and  from  present 
indications  I  shall  have  to  be  careful  on  account 
of  my  worn  out  condition,  in  making  appoint 
nients  myself,  too  close  together  in  time  und 
too  far  ahead. 

Wm.  Hertzler,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  My  ^^^.. 
in  Pennsylvania  will  be  too  short  to  hold  ii 
series  of  meetings  in  each  of  the  five  charchf's 
your  call  embraces,  hence  will  wait  until  thi' 
time  I  firet  wrote  you,  next  Summer  or  Full, 

Jackson  Whitelatch,  W.  Va.;  E.  B,  Shaver 
Vu.;  S.  Z.  Sharp,  Tenn.;  Samuel  Longanecker 
Iowa;  D.  L.  Heplogle;  S.  P.  Snider;  D.  NegW- 
Thomas  D.  Lyon;  A.  Puterbaugh;  Thos.  Suy- 
der;  Jos.  P.  Hetric;  Lena  church.  III.;  Hi[.| 
Hamilton;  Daniel  Hardman;  I.  S.  Berltey;  E|^ 
Weaver;  J.  Ilife;  J.  H.  Gish :  cannot  state  anv  ilef- 
inite  timenow.asto  when  I  can  be  with  you.— 
Calls  come  to  me  most  every  day,  and  sonietimts 
all  say,  come  soon.  T]iis  I  cannot  do.  1  woijij 
like  to  be  able  to  fill  every  call  that  comes,  hut 
cannot;  even  if  my  health  were  unbroken  I 
could  not  fill  one  fifth  of  them. 

Some  ev^n  go  so  far  as  to  send  me  five  dollars 
in  the  envelope  as  an  inducement  to  come  and 
preach  for  them,  hut  as  I  do  not  preach  for  tln' 
"almighty  dollar,"  but  lor  the  Almighty  Creat- 
or, that  is  useless.  Yet  those  who  have  betn 
thus  favoring  me,  will  please  accept  my  warm- 
est thanks  for  their  Christian  generosity.  The 
raembei-s,  where  I  have  been  preaching  from 
time  to  time,  have  manifested  great  liberality  in 
administering  to  my  temporal  wants  imd  ex- 
penses, and  I  feel  satisfied  that  those  who  havp 
the  Master's  cause  at  heart,  will  not  let  thoii' 
suffer  who  come  to  labor  among  them. 

In  Ohio,  brethren  J.  P,  Ebei-sole  and  S,  T. 
Bossernian  will  luakearrnngenients,  as  to  whiuli 
cluirehes  I  am  to  visit  first  after  leaving  Dun- 
kirk. Trusting  that  we  will  have  the  hearty  ci- 
operatiou  of  all  God's  people  in  that  part  of  His 
heritage,  and  that  His  blessings  will  attend  tlip 
efforts,  I  look  forward  with  pleasing  emotions 
to  our  meetings  there. 


RESPONSE  TO  D.  B.  MENTZER 

THE  echoes  of  yonr  '*  New  Year's  Greeting" 
have  not  all  died  away,  but  some  of  tlieni 
continue  to  fall  upon  more  tlian  one  heart,  fill- 
ed with  the  Image  of  Him  who  wils  found  "  in 
a  manger."  The  shepherds  who  "  came  willi 
hfLste,"  greeted  the  Lowly  One,  and  then  weut 
and  spread  abroa*l  what  they  had  seen  and  learn- 
ed. Such  »f'Hw  Could  not  bo  locked  up— cotild 
not  be  withheld  from  nil  mm.  And  nil  iheij 
that  heard  it,  wondered  at  those  things  which 
were  told  them  by  the  shepherd  (Luke  2:  18). 
To-day  wonder  and  amazement  are  depicted  ou 
the  countenances  of  the  great  multitude,  be- 
cause of  "  THOSE  THINGS."  "  Those  things," 
the  wondei-s  of  the  Lord,  His  pure  doctrine  and 
its  marvelous  effects  on  men  and  women,  cause 
the  multitude  to  wonder.  Though  God,  ht 
more  than  1800  yean*,  has  permitted  vast  mul- 
titudes to  see  His  living  witnesses  of  the  work 
begun  in  Bethlehem,  yet  the  multitude  pref'?'' 
to  grovel  in  sin  and  iniquity. 

But  God  be  pr.iised,  wehave  the  same  Father- 
the  same  Jesus,  the  same   great   Book  to  lead 

id  direct  us  as  all  Christians  have  had.  Out 
of  the  same  Well,  we  draw  the  "  living  water. 
From  the  same  store-house  comes  the  living 
Bread.  From  the  same  Vine  we  gather  fruit. 
The  closet  for  prayer  is  the  sanu-  hallowed  pli«« 
as  when  our  Father  declared  He  would  meet  uft 
there-  As  men  were  then  fearless  in  holdi"i 
forth  God's  truth,  so  must  we  be.  Policy  v.m\ 
say,  turn  and  twist  to  please   men.     Principle 


lid 


lO. 


"n.   wliflh^r  men 
whetlitT  they  l'orl>ear," 


The  news  ofCxods  mnrvclous  doings  wa-i 
,pn-,«I  ""'f""'*  throughout  tho  then  known 
JorlJ.  «'"•  ""  '"'"'  '"■  '"**"*"  ^'^  C""(Nl  for  so 
doing-  "Those  THim.8"  were  deRign,d  to  el- 
pTftlf  iiift"!'''"'*  to  a  high  stmidnrd  of  divine 
.]I„„,i„ation.  and  "  earthen  vessels  "  wer«  chos- 
^to  tell  it  to  all  nation..  "Truth,  aiid  peace, 
aod  gooti-ffill  "—a  triinty  of  virtues  reaching 
from  earth  to  heaven. 

jlotsiii'pli"  "'"**■ '"'  *'»""'y'"  'lear  brother,  but 
In(ert"''P'"''y^^'"  f"lly  express  it  here.  While 
othe"  nre  at  rest,  editors  must  think,  and  write 
j^d  arrange,  pray  and  wrestle  with  God  for 
-ace  mid  judgment,  so  that  His  name  may  be 
lionored  and  souls  saved.  Few  pei-sonw  know 
the  weight  and  responsibility  of  publishing  a 
jeligious  paper.  Experience  alone  can  give  the 
jaiawledge.  The  man  wlio  Ihhih  it  all  sun- 
sUiue  has  got  no  farther  thiui  his  thoughts. 
Tlie  man  who  craves  the  position  for  honor, 
lifls  one  foot  y*^t  in  the  ditch  and  needs  a  few 
thorns  ill  tlie  Hesh  to  help  him  out.  To  pul)- 
lish  well,  a  man  must  stand  on  the  Rock,  be 
clothed  with  God*s  mantle,  and  with  tlie  sword 
of  the  Spti-it  in  the  fenr  of  God,  and  not  of 
^nen. 

True,  some  may  criticise  "  with  undue  sever- 
ity." That  does  not  change  anything  with  God. 
Criticism  must  needs  be,  that  is,  tlie  criticism  that 
flies  with  dove's  wings.  Tliat  with  eagle's  wings 
never  gets  higher  than  the  rocks  and  era^s.  A 
thorn  is  g*>od  for  us  oecasionally.  Paul  was 
peimitti?d  to  be  exalted,  and  that  was  right;  but 
lest  he  become  exalted  above  measure,  a  thorn 
WHS  given  him  in  the  flesh,  a  messenger  of  Sa- 
tan to  buffet  him.  So  with  us.  A  thorn  may 
be  uistntniental  in  doing  us  good,  though  it 
come  fvom  Satan.  Thus  God  turns  Satau'.s 
messengers  to  our  benefit.  I  have  long  since 
learned  not  to  despi.se  thorns.  But  then  no 
maa  should  thrust  in  thorns  simply  because  ho 
ciiH,  but  ijL'cause  he  is  assured  that  Ihe  thrust- 
ing is  absolutely  uacessary  for  the  good  of  the 
editors.  Such,  however  disagreeable  to  the 
flesh,  are  encouraged,  welcomed  and  received 
with  due  respect,  but  if  any  ai'e  disposed  to 
thrust  in  clubs  merely  because  they  can.  they 
ndd  nothing  to  our  labors  of  love,  nor  make 
ivTons  things  right. 

To  simply  conduct  a  pnjutlar  nlurf  is  an  easy 
matter.  In  such  a  case,  the  only  thing  is  to 
cousiilt  the  pojitihtr  ftisto,  and  give  just  what  it 
calls  for.  To  do  this  it  is  not  necessary  to  know 
the  mind  of  the  Lord — how  "  to  declare  the 
ivliole  counsel  of  God  " — haw  to  *'  know  noth- 
ing but  .lesu.s  Christ'and  Him  crucified."  These 
thiags  do  nut  coneem  the  jiopiilar  editor.  His 
business  is  to  feel  the  piihlir  jmhr,  and  run  as 
it  Iwati.  He  does  not  maintain  anything  par- 
ticuLirly,  but  is  always  watching  for  somethmg 
to  men/  or  maintui'n  htm.  He  permits  public 
sentiiai'iit  tu  govern  Am;  he  never  helps  to 
furiu  publii-  sfiitiment.  Infact,  he  is  astraw  to 
show  what  way  the  wind  blows,  and  not  a  real, 
live  nugget  of  gold  in  the  great  Hou'^e  of  (iod. 
But  to  conduct  a  paper  with  "  the  marks  oi 
the  Lord  Jesus  "  on  it,  is  no  child's  play.  He 
must  know  God  and  Christ,  and  the  Spirit  of 
Truth.  He  uiu:*t  he  firm,  for  the  right  imd 
iiiaiiitiiiu  it.  His  paper  must,  like  himself,  be 
nuatsuDiing — not  mere  outward  appearance. 
fine  print,  pretty  paper  etc,  but  it  must  have  the 
pains  of  truth  all  over  and  in  it.  He  must  be 
«t  thoroughly  covered    with   the   )w«*-A\s  of  the 

I  toul  Jesus  as  not  to  allow  himself  to  ever  talk 
about  his  paper  being   the  cheapest,  the  hnnd- 

I  imrst,  the  hryetit.  People  know  how  to  com- 
pare with<mt  lessons  from  an  editor.  Then  he 
must  nut  seek  notoriety,  and  self-distinction. 
It  thire  be  luiy  good  iu  hira,  people  will  see 
"t.  He  must  hf^fmrhsa  to  t«ll  the  ivhoJe  truth. 
Annod  with  the  strong  weapons  of  God,  he 
Kws  forth  not  only  to  think  riglit,  but  to  do 
fi'jht. 

Your  letter  is  full  of  comfort.  May  God 
thrniigb  all  this  year,  give  all  of  us  grace  to  do 
our  duty  in  honor  to  His  name.  Pray  that  we 
■""yail  draw  continually  from  the  well  of  Truth. 
Should  we  happen  to  step  over  upon  the  "miry 
•^'"y."  c;il!  OS  hack  with  a  gentle  voice,  and  God 
'^11  not  forsake.  Peace  be  with  you  and  all 
'^ats.  „.  If.  K, 


THK    nRETHREI^T    AT    "WORK:. 


Kisi)  words  like  sunshine,  ever  enliven  the 
''<'Wt,  and  scatter  so- row,  leaving  only  the  re- 
"Deiuhraiice  of  the  past,  whxh  assist  in  a  projK 
^^ -'Ppreciation  of  the  present.  Such  are  len- 
«"  wonls  from  a  mother. 


GLEA2Sri:NOS. 


From  Jacob  Mishlkr.— Last  Sunday  our  ag- 
ed sist*r.  Mary  Mishler  was  buried:  aged  T.'i 
years.  :j  months  and  8  days.  She  was  truly  a 
"  mother  in  Isniel."  Our  series  of  meetings 
commenced  at  the  same  time  in  the  Spring- 
field churL-h.  and  lasM  day  and  night  until  last 
evening.  We  expect  to  commence  another 
series  at  the  same  place  on  the  evening  of  .Tan. 
Ist,  1S7S  and  continue  four  days.  We  have  the 
promise  of  other  ministering  brethren  to  be 
with  ns.  A  sister  of  Calhoon  Co..  Mich.,  at- 
tended our  meetings,  and  says  she  has  been  a 
member  of  the  church  for  three  years,  but  nev- 
er attended  a  Love-feast  and  heard  but  one  ser- 
mon by  the  brethren  since  she  became  a  mem- 
ber. A  few  of  our  members  raised  the  money 
to  have  the  paper  sent  to  her. 

Our  home  mission  in  N.  B.  Ohio  is  doing  a 
good  work.  There  is  a  small  body  of  isolated 
members  in  Bellmont  Co.  This  will  be  a  good 
place  for  ministei-s.  traveling  on  the  B.  &  0.  R. 
It.,  to  stop  olF  and  'preach.  Let  liro.  David 
Snyder,  Wamock,  know  of  your  coming.— 
Moifddore,  0.,  Dec.  2r,,  H^T, 

PiiOM  J.  S.  F1.0RV.  — Will  say,  that  during 
Christma^i.  (before  and  after)  we  were  with  the 
Brethren  iu  Boulder  Co.,  had  a  series  of  meet^ 
ings  tliat  were  well  attended.  It  was  remarked 
by  one  brother,  that  he  wiu  never  in  a  church 
district  where  there  was  more  Christian  love 
manifested  than  among  the  members  in  Boulder 
Co.  May  this  one,  grand  element  of  peace  and 
prosperity  ever  characterize  them!  It  is  our 
expectation  to  locfite  peimanently  among  them 
at  no  distant  day. 

We  have  had  most  delightful  weather  for 
some  weeks,  until  now  we  have  some  little 
snow  and  colder  weather.  Whilst  we  hear  of 
so  much  rain  and  mud  Eiust,  wc  congratulate 
ourselves  on  being  in  a  climate  where  mud 
seldom  seen,  and  the  climate  so  pleasant  and 
healthy.— ffj-ce/f  I/.  Ooh.,  Dec.  .50,  JW77. 

From  Dakiel  ViNlMAN.  — After  preacliing 
seven  discourses  in  the  Baptist  church  in  Ten- 
nessee. McDonough  Co.,  IU..  I  left  on  the  17th 
for  Prairie  City:  was  taken  about  ten  miles 
North-east  to  a  school-house  on  Vinegar  Hill, 
where  I  preached  nine  times.  The  .weather  be- 
ing sometimes  wet.  and  roads  almo.st  impassable, 
we  had  nevertheless  good  congregations  and 
much  interest  was  giveu  to  the  Word  preached. 
After  baptizing  those  who  believed,  I  went  to 
.\storia,  Fulton  Co.,  on  the  25th  inst.  Hail  one 
meeting  there,  roads  almost  impassable,  iind  it 
is  still  raining,  so  I  started  for  home.  Ueaehed 
home  Dec.  27,  after  an  absence  of  twenty-seven 
days:fo»ndall  well— Virdex,  III,  Dec  )^S,  /«77. 

FitoM  T.  Moitr-AN.— I  came  to  Califoniia  in 
ISO"  with  father  and  mother;  joined  the  Breth- 
ren, and  am  now  a  soldier  for  Christ.  I  have  to 
go  about  40  miles  to  hear  preaching  by  the 
Brethren.  We  have  a  glorious  time  at  our 
camp-meetings  on  the  San  Joaquin.  I  enjoy  uiy- 
self  iu  singing  and  praising  God.  I  always 
feel  good  when  1  am  with  God's  people,  and  I 
am  glad  liro.  Bjishor  is  coming  to  California, 
we  will  all  be  happy  to  im-et  him.  —  Aniiorh, 
CnL,  Dec,  25,  1877. 

Frosi  J.  B.  Penck. — The  churches  of  Tennes- 
see are  in  the  enjoyment  of  peace,  so  far  as  I 
know,  and  are  refreshed  by  an  occasional  acces- 
sion to  the  fold.  When  some  wandering  soul 
returns  to  God  there  is  joy  among  the  angels  in 
heaven  and  also  among  the  saints  on  earth.  We 
have  had  most  delightful  weatherforsometime, 
beautiful,  clear  nights  and  bright,  sunny  days. 
—Limestone,  Teiin.,  Dec.  2n,  1H77. 

Frosi  Peter  P.  Reeu. — This  is  one  of  the 
oldest  churches  in  the  Stato.  The  ark  of  the 
Lord  is  moving  onward.  Two  have  been  added 
tu  the  church  the  past  Summer  by  baptism. 
Paul  may  plant  and  Apollos  water,  but  God 
alone  gives  the  increase.  We  have  four  minis- 
ter and  six  deacons.  The  Lord  bless  all  HLs 
dear  people,  and  hold  them  in  the  bonds  of  love 
and  peace. — Limestone,  Tenn.,  Dec,  15,  '77. 

FnoM  J.  M.  Parker.  —  The  great  Preacher 
huth  said:  "  ('aat  thy  bread  upon  the  waters, 
thou  shalt  gather  it  aft^r  many  days."  This 
the  Ashland  church  has  done,  we  trust,  "in 
faith  believing."  and  are  now  by  the  ingather- 
ing of  souls  realizing  that  the  promises  of  our 
God  are  steadfast."  Since  our  dedicatory  and 
'  Communion  services,  eight  blood-bought  sonls. 
some  in  youth  and  others  in  the  prime  of  life, 


h»\-p  come  into  the  vineyard  of  our  Master,  to 
labor  for  a  pnsa-port  through  the  gat*s  into  the 
City.  For  these  manifestations  of  divine  grace 
among  us,  we  desire  to  praise  the  Lord;  for  He 
has  triumphed  gloriously.  —  Aahlmui,  0.,  Dec 
2:,,  m7. 

Fkom  State  Ckhtrr,  Iowa.— We  number 
about  seventy  memlwrs.  The  old  ship  of  Zion 
has  been  sailing  along  with  not  the  most  favor- 
able wind,  but  still  hoi>e  that  we  are  Hearing 
the  port.  With  an  occa.sional  addition  to  our 
number  we  feel  to  tjike  courage.  Tliere  were 
eight  added  during  the  summer,  all  of  whom 
were  young  and  seem  to  be  setting  a  bright 
example.  May  the  good  Lord  be  their  Shephenl 
and  Guide,  and  safely  land  them  on  the  other 
shore. 


From  Noah  ICakly.  —  We  love  to  hear  of 
souls  returning  to  Christ,  —  souls  that  have 
strayed  away.  We  had  no  additions  recently, 
though  we  are  in  peace  and  union  with  each 
other.  I  believe  the  church  would  feel  very 
much  gratified  if  some  of  our  western  brethren 
would  come  out  this  Winter  and  hold  a  series 
of  meetings.  We  believe  there  might  be  much 
good  done.  The  weather  is  as  warm  as  in 
.\pril,  and  the  roads  are  cxti-emely  muddy,  — 
The  fniit  buds  are  swelling  ka  in  Spring.— /Jc.-, 
2H,  77. 

From  James  Y.  Heckler.- We  have  remark- 
ably fine  weather.  No  snow  to  whiten  the 
ground  yet,  save  snow  and  rain  on  the  211th  of 
November,  which  melted  as  it  fell.  We  fre- 
quently see  dandelions  in  bloom.  To-morrow 
will  be  Christmas,  and  from  present  indications 
it  will  be  green  yet,  which,  you  know,  speaks 
well  for  doctoi-s  and  undertakers.  There  is 
much  sickness  in  the  land.  Scarlet  fever, 
measles,  diptheria  and  other  complaints  that 
flesh  is  heir  to.  are  prevalent.— 7/«'7fy«ri7/e,  Pa., 
Dec.  24fh,  l^iTl. 

From  J.  J.  SraEcnTKB.  —  I  hope  you  may 
continue  to  hold  up  the  banner  of  King  Em- 
manuel, and  ever  bo  ready  to  denounce  error 
and  defend  the  right.  I  do  not  feel  able  to  do 
much  of  the  sowing,  but  1  can  do  some  of  the 


tervHt  to  the  word  preached  erer>-where.     May 
(be  Li>nl  give  the  increate.— ,Voc.  '/J ,  tf<77. 

Fkom  TnoMAs  D.  Lyon- — |  commenciil  meet- 
ings in  the  neighborhood  of  Bn).  .lobn  Ham- 
harfs  near  Mahomet.  III.,  on  the  7th  ot  I).-c«m- 
ber.  and  closed  the  1 4th.  Ha-l  nine  meetings  in 
all.  They  were  well  att*-n.l«l  and  quite  an  in- 
terest manifested.  While"  we  visiUJ  from 
house  to  bouse  during  the  day  time,  forming 
some  acquaintances,  we  were  well  pleiiw?d  with 
the  people.,  found  them  sociable  and  kind.  On 
Saturday  morning.  15th,  Ilro.  John  Bi.nihart 
acoompanied  me  to  the  Urbana  chureh.  Had 
meeting  in  the  evening,  and  continued  till  Mon- 
day evening.  In  con-'jcquenceof  rain  i.nd  bad 
roads,  we  by  aBreenient,  concluded  to  po,tptiae 
the  meetings,  and  I  returned  home,  regretting 
very  much  that  I  did  not  got  to  we  our  beloved 
brother  and  sister,  John  and  Mattie  A.  Leu-, 
who  could  not  attend  the  meeting.- //.(//aon' 
///.,  Dec.  23,  IHTi. 

Fkom  Jons  FrxK.-Aflcr  my  warmi-«t  greet- 
ings of  love  to  yon  and  yours,  1  wi»h  to  inform 
you  that  1  wish  to  renew  my  auUcriplion  for 
your  paper,  which  on  its  forehead.  Wars  the 
seal  of  God— "Do  the  commandments," 

We  have  pretty  hard  limes  here,  having  just 
pa'jsed  through  one  drouth,  wth  ever>-  indica- 
tion of  another  dry  year.  Many  are  scared,  but 
we  thmk  that  we  cannot  get  along  without  re- 
ligious  lierature.  Better  have  h-«s  on  the  body^ 
and  more  in  the  heart.  !»oov  in  purse,  but  rich 
in  grace,  is  better  than  treasures  of  gold.— J?i. 
pon,  Cai,  Dec.  17,  1X77. 

From  C.  H.  Bawiuvoh.  — Amen  and  Amen 
to  the  proposition  of  a  more  Scriptural  method 
of  electing  to  the  ministry.  The  result  of  any 
method  that  hi«  a  sound  principle  for  its  basi.-*, 
must  be  the  expression  of  the  i)reponderBnt 
mind  of  the  Body  of  Chirst.  if  it  is  to  In-  the 
expression  of  the  Mind  of  the  Spirit.  This 
presuppose-H  the  preponderant  of  the  Spirit  in 
the  heart  and  life  of  the  luembern,  out  of  which 
the  choice  is  to  be  determined.  HoHiieas  gives 
wbidom  and  discrimination,  enabling  to  decide 
and  su'X  in  exigencies  of  moment  as  by  an  in- 
ward personal  whisper  of  the  Holy  Ghost.    The 


binding.  This  church,  (Middle  Creek,  Iji.),  P^'^y^''^^***'^ '^I'^^^''"*™'"-'' the  expression  of  their 
inimhers  tliirty,  one  preacher  and  three  deacons, 
and  at  present  are  progressing  finely.  We 
need  more  preaching  however,  and  invito  breth- 
ren who  travel  through  here  to  give  us  a  call. 
We  have  a  good  country,  and  anyone  desiring 
to  cunie  and  see  it,  can  address  or  call  upon  the 
writer. — AVk'  Sharon,  la. 


From  David  Snydkb. — This  is  a  new  i)lBce; 
nut  many  of  the  people  hero  ever  heard  of  the 
Brethren  until  recently.  At  our  series  of  meet- 
ings the  last  of  November,  some  few  began  to 
see  the  light,  and  thirteen  tunied  iu  with  us  to 
serve  the  Lonl.  Hope  they  M-il!  continue  faith- 
ful unto  the  end! — Wnrnock,  0. 

From  J.  B.  Wauplkb.- Since  the  2!>th  of 
Oct.  1877,  seven  were  added  to  the  number  of 
the  di-sciples.  in  the  Glade  Run  district,  Arm- 
strong Co..  Pa. 

Since  our  fii-st  visit  to  the  above  named  dis- 
trict, to  serve  them  in  the  ministry,  (Feb.  12, 
1876,)  fifty  have  been  added  by  baptism,  and 
seven  reinstated,  making  in  all  fifty-seven.  May 
the  blessings  of  Heaven  attend  them  and 
all  the  beloved  in  the  Lord,  and  ultimately  bring 
us  all  to  praise  Him,  in  full  perlection  in  the 
church,  triumi>hant  in  glory. — liurnl  Vafleij. 
Pa.,  Dec.  :il,  1H77, 

From  Enoch  Ery. — We  'had  once  thought 
we  could  be  ready  to  return  by  January,  but 
now  think  the  time  will  be  too  short,  and  us 
Sidling  is  considered  rather  dangerous  in  Feb- 
niary  and  March,  we  think  we  shall  not  likely 
start  home  before  April,  especially  if  a  door 
opens  iu  England  so  that  we  can  be  profitable. 
But  if  we  can  do  no  good,  we  will  not  remain 
here  verj'  long  on  expense.  But  more  of  this 
in  the  future. 

Latek. — Have  nothing  of  interest  this  week, 
save  that  we,  iuid  all  the  members  as  far  a.s  we 
know,  enjoy  good  health;  had  fair  weather  for 
a  few  days,  rather  cool,  froze  enough  lust  night 
to  stop  the  plough;  appeai-ances  for  snow  to-day. 
for  the  first  this  Fall.  We  did  not  get  around 
much  this  week.  Mectiu;,'  last  Suuday  about 
twenty  miles  ofl",  did  not  go.  Bro.  Hope,  and 
Bro.  Eskildsen  attended  it.  The  meeting  was 
in  a  new  place,  report  good  interest;  next  Suu- 
day I  go  South  about  eighteen  miles,  prospects 
for  baptism:  some  near  the  Kingdom,  good  in- 


personal  appropriation  of  the  life  of  Christ: 
Liml  nheit^— whether  of  these  two  thui  ha*i 
c/iosch"  Acts  1:2-1.  Although  the  choice  was 
made  Ay //j<w,  it  was  no  less  the  choke  0/ God 
through  their  unity  with  Him  in  the  Holy 
Ghost.  This  is  what  guarantees  a  Divine  call 
to  the  Apostleship.  Of  nothing  may  we  be 
more  certain  than  of  meeting  the  mind  of  God 
in  the  matter  by  beinij  in  Dim  in  the  choice  of 
a  minister.  If  the  Body  of  Christ  is  not  all 
a  myth— if  it  be  really  true  that  the  Church  h 
the  embodiment  of  the  Life  and  Love  and  Wis- 
dom of  Jesus,  why  should  wc  not  be  able  to 
elect  an  ambassador  who  is  beyond  que-stion 
"  in  Christ' «  stead?"  This  cannot  be  done  by 
a  minority,  unless  that  minority  has  the  cre- 
dentials of  superior  holiness,  and  thus  a  right 
to  claim  the  indisputable  representation  of  the 
mind  of  the  Spirit.  If  twenty-five  souls  have 
made  selection  of  a  certain  brother,  and  seven- 
ty-five have  been  8catt«i'Bd  among  Urn  crc  eleven 
others,  where  is  our  criterion  to  determine 
"  whether  of  these  twelve  the  Lord  has  chosen?" 
If  Chrbt  is  the  Heail  of  the  Church,  how  shall 
it  be  known  that  the  mind  of  the  Head  is  in 
the  result  unless  the  predominating  mind  of 
the  Body  is  in  iti*  There  is  neitlier  reason  nor 
Scrijiture  to  justify  our  present  metho<l  of  min- 
isterial induction.  The  sooner  we  make  the 
majority  the  representative  of  Christ,  the  bet- 
ter. A  supernatural  call  apart  from  the  in- 
strumentality of  the  Church,  must  be  sustained 
by  supernatural  credentials.  Uy  the  disi>ensa- 
lion  of  the  Spirit,  as  the  ImlwoUer  of  the 
Church,  we  are  restricted  to  the  influence 
through  the  ordinary  life  of  the  Bou^-  of  Christ; 
and  in  choosing  a  minister,  we  may  not  accept 
the  decision  of  the  minority  unless  theSpiritia- 
timutes,  outof  His  veyidar  course  of  operatioH, 
that  the  choice  is  His.  Where  this  i..;  wanting, 
further  efforts  are  required  until  the  baliuice  of 
ihe  Body's  life  turns  the  scale. 

From  Newton  Bi,oroH.— On  the  19th  of 
D<-c.,  brother  Solomon  Buekilew  commenced 
a  meeting  with  us,  and  closed  on  the  2^1rd.  We 
had  a  refreshing  season.  Kight  precious  souls 
were  made  willing  to  come  out  on  the  Lord's 
side:  and  mimy  more  we  think  are  countiug  the 
cost.  Brother  Buckalew  is  devoting  the  most 
of  his  time  to  traveling  and  preaching.  Mny 
God  bless  his  labors  and,  crown  him  with 
success. — i>nake  Sprin'j  Chovh,  Pa. 


riii:   i>.HKTi-iKK>r  ^T  work:. 


January    i , , 


READ  AND  OBEY. 
"  iltiit)«D<l*.  loTP  jwr  wif»." 

■    I  .Fliir-.   |.rr.iuk«nol  JO"' cbilitrcn  lo  "Tftlh- ' 
I  .1    your    poreou    in    "H    Ihinp-" 

AV//Vr.f   hy  M.  M.  Eshehnaii. 

Bm>TnKR,  sixter,  ««c  thiit  pence  reigns  w^'^'* 
jou  dwell. 

Now  let  ua  ««  how  mimy  of  oiir  little  frii'mls 
cang.-lu«n  (rnbacriber  for  the  mtKTiiiii:N-  at 
Work. 

Ji:sT  uow  the  little  bml-«lre«w»«  hiive  rII  fliey 
can  do  to  keep  the  Inuls  from  l«irstiiij;tIir'.nRli. 
The  warm  wenther  teniptd  them  strongly  to 
come  out. 

In  ancient  times  each  family  hiul  its  own 
mill.  It  consij«ted  of  two  circulnr  stono-s.  nbout 
the  ci?/-  of  onr  common  grind  stonM,  pliiced 
oni-  nltHve  the  otiier.  Tlie  lower  one  \\0!>  fixed, 
llie  iitluT  revolvi-d  Iiy  meiuiB  of  ii  hnndle  and 
hi'twet-n  the  two  the  grain  was  ground. 

At  thi«  time  of  the  year  children  have  much 
time  to  rend,  and  as  most  of  tlieni  attend 
Bcliool  they  do  read  much.  Si-e,  that  what  you 
rand  will  make  you  better.  I'ick  out  all  the 
good  and  tlirow  awuy  the  bad.  Look  at  .lesus, 
love  imd  obey  Him.  God  ia  quick  to  reward  all 
who  di)  good. 

The  Dible  tcUs  m  of  fiery  serpcnU.  They 
wore  SI)  cidled  on  account  of  their  flaming  col- 
or. The  Israelites  were  badly  bitten  by  tlieni 
while  piwfting  through  Arabia.  A  fierj-  serpent 
in  the  form  of  .-.trong  drink  is  biting  thonsimds 
<»f  people  evrry  day.  Kvery  child  ahould  be 
taught  to  abhor  it,— not  to  touch  it. 


pAltKVTH  should  point  out  to  their  children 
the  evil  eflVets  of  the  use  of  tobacco.  Not 
much  can  be  done  with  older  persons  who  nsi- 
it.  but  childn-ii  whodo  not,  should  be  taught 
not  tfl  use  it.  We  believe  ull  who  use  it, 
would  advice  against  any  one  commencing 
it's  uw,  for  none  i-iui  wiy  it  is  u  niee  habit. 
We  wero  once  in  the  tobacco  ranks,  but  were 
determined  to  get  out,  mid  did. 

IJno.  Michael  Gurber  wrile-s:  "  I  w<mld  sug- 
-.sl  (hilt  you  hftve  the  Chihlrrit  iit  Work  to 
give  the  SiTipture  timt  wa.'*  read  nt  the  liwt 
meeting  they  attended.  I  do  like  to  have  them 
n-member  what  they  hear.  Quit*  recently  a 
IJaptisl  niiuiMlei-  told  me,  that  in  Knghind  par- 
ents require  their  childreu  to  .ttate  the  minis- 
l.-r's  t^'xt  when  they  come  home  innii  uieetiug." 

Wr  accept  the  suggestion,  dear  bi-other.  and 
hope  our  young  readers  will  prolit  by  it.  U  is  a 
blessed  thing  to  rememlier  the  words  of  Goil. 
for  in  >io  doing  one  is  always  preparud  to  ward 
i)ir  the  euemy's  attacks. 


Dkoi'  melti-d  green  glass  into  water,  mid  it 
will  form  drops  which  are  called,  "  Prince  Ru)>- 
ert's  Drops,"  They  were  first  brought  to  Eng- 
land iu  the  year  I«00  by  Prince  Rupert,  and  by 
the  people  were  cous^idered  "a  kind  of  luiraclo 
in  nature."  liut  a  little  thought  will  soon  pro- 
duce an  easy  explanation.  Take  one  ol  the 
drops  and  break  otV  ever  so  small  a  bit  of  the 
point,  aud  the  whole  will  at  once  shiver  to 
pieces.  The  connections  of  the  particleji  are  so 
slight,  that  when  oneisdisturbed  allnreatfected. 
lireak  one  of  the  least  comunuidmeuts  of  God's 
Word  and  its  etVect  npon  you  is  just  the  iv- 
veree  of  nature.  The  drops  lull  to  atoms,  that 
is  nature.  You  break  God's  law  and  you  will 
full,  that  is  the  effect  of  the  spirituid  Law. 
when  transgix'sscd. 


Is  our  home  free  from  the  storms,  frets  luid 
worries  of  life?  iLsks  more  than  one  thoughtful 
child.  Do  we  find  conifiu't  and  pleasure  at 
home?  Or  must  we  go  to  other  places  f«n 
kindness?  Do  you  hear  kind  words  and  see  lov- 
ing ffluiles  on  pn  and  ma's  faces  when  you  romn 
home  from  sehool';'  D"  you,  my  deoi- children- 
Are  you  kind  and  good  to  each  other,  or  are  yoi 
ftill  of  rudeness  and  stupid?  Are,  you  my  litth 
friends?  When  you  see  a  real  home,— a  home 
inside  as  well  as  outside,  you  see  a  light,  pleas- 
ant hpot,  where  every  one  is  happy. do  we  not? 
In  a  true  homi-.  fn-tting,  scolding  and  fighting 
are  not  found.  The  sunWama  of  happine^s 
shine  in  ev.-ry  nook  imd  corner  of  a  good  und 
true  home.  Then  make  home  pleasant  and 
cheeri'ul.  Be  happy  and  that  will  make  others 
happy.  Keep  a  sunny  temper;  and  then  the 
sunny  temper  will  shine  all  the  brighter. 


ALL    CAN    HELP. 

SUPPOSKa  little  twinkling  stsir, 
I'p  in  the  deep-bluf  sky. 
Should  say,  "  What  light  e-an  rwieh  so  far. 

From  such  a  star  m  I  i* 

Not  many  of  my  feeble  rays 

On  yonder  earth  can  fall: 

The  others  so  much  brighter  blii/^, 

/  will  not  shine  at  all." 

Suppose  a  bright,  green  leaf  that  gro^vs 

Ujion  the  rotse-bush  near. 
Should  say.  "  Because  I'm  not  a  r->se, 

I  will  not  linger  here." 
Or  thsit  a  dew-drop  fresh  and  bright, 

Upon  that  fragrant  flownr. 
Should  say,  "  Til  vanish  out  of  sight, 

Because  I'm  not  a  Rhower." 

Suppose  a  little  child  ahould  say, 

"  Beeause  I'm  not  a  man. 
I  will  not  try  in  work  or  play. 

To  do  what  good  I  can." 
My  child,  each  star  some  light  can  give. 

Though  faintly  gleaming  there: 
Each  rose-leaf  helps  the  plant  to  live, 

Kach  dew-drop  keeps  it  fhir. 

And  ourgond  Father,  up  in  Heaven, 

Who  doth  all  creatures  view. 
Even  to  every  child  ha-s  given. 

Some  needful  work  to  do. 
Kind  wonis  toward  those  vnth  whom  you  live, 

Kind  wonIs  and  actions  right, 
Shall  'mid  the  de.-pwt  darkness  give, 

A  pure  and  lovely  light. 

— Selected. 


INFLUENCE    OF    HOME. 

SEEING  iu  your  excellent  paper  a  few  col- 
umns designed  for  the  Home  Circle,  I 
thought  that  I.  as  a  mother  and  sister  in  the 
household  of  faith,  might  !>.•  pL-nuifcted  to  aild  a 
mite,  well  knowing  that  in  that  circle  much 
depends  on  the  mother. 

A  mother  hiis  much  to  do  in  moulding  the 
character  of  her  children.  They  learn  to  speak 
their  mother's  huiguage  first,  and  if  their  homes 
are  governed  by  kindness  and  benevolence,  luid 
the  low,  selfish  passions,  arc  not  allowed  to  be 
■xercifted  before  them,  they  will  almost  invari- 
ably show  the  nurture  they  have  received,  un- 
less, OS  i.s  snmetimes  the  case,  that  the  prenatal 
influences  have  been  such  th.it  the  child's  facul- 
ties may  have  been  distorted,  so  nuieh  so  that 
it  will  take  im  extra  amouTit  of  care  and  train- 
ing to  lead  it  in  the  way  it  should  go. 
Seeing  and  knowing  that  there  are  such  cas- 
r,  how  great  the  responsibility  resting  upon 
mothers!  The  future  destiny  "f  nations  rests 
upon  the  mothei-s  of  our  land.  But  some 
weary,  care-worn,  well-disposed  mothers  will 
tm\i:  Do  fathers  have  no  responsibility?  Are 
husbands  without  a  charge  in  this  matter  of 
great  importance? 

No,  indeed  they  are  not.  Much  more  than 
they  generally  realize,  depends  upon  them.  — 
How  few  husbands,  when  they  iii-st  call  their 
wives  their  own,  realiw  the  charge  that  is  com- 
mitted to  their  care;  even  men.  professing  god- 
lines-'  often  forget  it. 

Mim  has  been  set  at  the  head  of  the  family. 
What  a  po.silion  of  importance  and  trust!  Not 
only  hiLS  the  woman  given  hei-self.  body  t"i»d 
often  soul  too)  to  be  ruled  hy  his  despotic  will. 
She  may  be  his  superior  in  mental  development. 
but  laekin.ii  the  will-power  which  he  jjossesses, 
strengthened  by  the  consciousness  that  he  is 
"lonl  of  ereatir»n,"  she  must  yield  implicit  obe- 
dience, even  though  her  whole  soul  revolts  at 
the  idea. 

In  very  many  ways  is  the  husband  respons- 
ible for  the  disposition  transmitted  to  his  off- 
spring. Few  husbands  uudei-staud,  or  even  try 
to  understand  the  deep  and  tender  feelings,  the 
keen  susceptibilities  with  which  numy  mothers 
are  gilU-d.  and  it  is  through  those  feelings,  that 
he  often  makes  or  nmrs  the  disposition  of  his 
future  soil  ov  daughter. 

The  heiul  of  the  family,  as  Christ  is  the  Head 
of  the  church,  what  an  example  to  imitat*, 
and  what  on  account  there  will  be  to  render!  — 
If  husbands  would  lem-n  to  imitate  their  great 
Head  more,  fewer  wive*  would  feel  that  their 
path  through  life  had  been  strewn  with  thoras 
and  watered  with  tears.  But  mothers  should 
not  give  up.  if  they  cannot  always  reverence 
their  head:  they  should  try  to  disehiuge  their 
duties  in  the  fear  ot  the  great  Hetul  of  the 
church. 

It  is  necessary  tlii;t  the  mr.ther  sbcmid  inform 
hei-self  on  the  many  duties  devolving  upon  her; 
for  in  her  hand  is  the  training  of  immortal 
souls.  She  hiks  their  earliest  and  leiidciest  care; 
she  should  have  clear  and  definite  idciis  of  right 
and  wrong,  combined  with  lunsiderable  forLc  of 


.el 


CHILDRE.Y  AT    XVOHi; 


eb^iract.r.  Hrmne^<  enough,  that  Avhen  she 
knows  she  i^  in  tb-  right,  to  stick  to  it.  She 
should  have  prvtty  l.TTge  benevolence,  which 
\m\mrU  kiudne-xs  and  gen.Toaity  to  her  nature, 
but  should  be  guided  by  good  judgment. 

She  should  teai:h  her  wins  what  true  moral 
courage  is,  and  endeavor  to  learn  their  weak 
points,  and  be  able  to  encourage  and  help  them 
to  overcome  their  weaknesses.  She  .should  be 
like  the  sculptor  with  a  block  of  marble   belore  ^  ^^ 

him.     He  knows  just  how  he  wants  it  to   'oojj  i  i  ^^ad  the  children's  lettei-s, _j 

after  it  is  JUiished.     He  knows  too,  that  it  will  |  ^.^^      j^  ^.j^^.  Summer  I  go  to  Sabbatli..»cr? 
take  time,  patience  and  skill  to  accomplish    Ins    i..,,  .„„  i,„„„  „„„„  ;,.  Wint^i-      I    „«  ^.  ^"H 
purpose;  yet  this  does  not  discourage  him. 
Energy  and  practice  makes  one  more  skillful. 


From  Mary  Stifler.— All  the  little  bovn 
girU  are  writing  letters,  so  I  giie&H  I  ni«st\*- 
one  too.     This   is  not   the  finst   letter  I    ^" 
wrote.     lam  thirteen  years  old.      My  c     ' 
and  mother  belong  to  the  church.     I  \^f^■^ 
en  brothers  and  four  sisters  living,  two  deiul  " 
!ovfc  to *go  to  church  and   hear  preaehiug  i 


f  have 


cliuivh  near  that  I 


"  An  honest  man  is  the  noblest  work  of  God. 
and  she  .should  keep  this  ideal  of  manhood  in 
her  mind's  eye.  not  only  to   be   honest  in   his 
buying  and  selling,  hut  an   honest  purpose  of 
doing  his  duty  wherever  he  is  place-l.  whether 
it  he  the  highest  seat  in  the  government,   or  a 
do(u-keei)er  in   the  house   of   the   Lord.      She 
should  try  to  im  uleate  high  and  noble  aspirations 
and  a  tas'te  for  remling  good  books,    which   no  , 
parents  should  neglect  to  supply  their  childmi    ",'  ■      .    ,, 
with. 

Good  and  industrious  habit*  lie  at  the  base  of 
all  other  accomplishments,  and  whatever  quali- 
ties the  mother  loves  and  desires  to  see  in  her 
husband,  she  should  try  to  implant  in  the  mind 
of  her  son,  for  if  he  lives,  he  too  is  destined  to 
become  a  husband  and  father. 

I  often  think  there  is  a  greater  responsibility 
in  raising  girls  than  boys,  for  upon  the  iutelH- 
gcnce  and  virtue  of  young  women,  depends,  in 
a  great  measure,  the  virtue  and  morality  of 
young  men.  Let  the  girls  show  by  their  words 
and  actions  that  they  will  not  countenance  the 
attentions  of  young  men  of  loose  habits,  or  of 
doubtful  morality,  and  I  think  that  the  effect 
would  be.that  they  would  at  least  trv  to  restniin 
their  evil  ways  and  cultivate  better  habits,  and. 
through  the  influence  imd  society  of  women  be 
miwie  better. 

Iu  Psalm  144:  15,  we  read,  "That  our  sous 
may  be  as  plants,  grown  up  in  their  youth ; 
that  our  daughters  may  be  as  corner-stones, 
polished  after  the  similitude  of  a  palace."  "Our 
daugbtei-b  be  as  corner  stones."  Does  this  not 
imply  strength  and  solidify?  Woman  is  called 
the  weaker  vessel,  yet  she  must  be  the  founda- 
tion of  society.  Not  only  must  she_  be  strnng, 
but  she  must  also  be  polished,  which,  I  think, 
means  a  cultivated  and  refined  minj,  and  adds 
much  to  the  beauty  and  strength  of  woman, 
and  will  greatly  tend  to  increase  her  influence 
at  home  and  in  society. 

L.  Weaver. 


NEW    YEAR'S    GREETING. 

A  HAPPY  New  Year  to  the  Home  Circle,  to 
Grandpa,  Uncle  Ben,  imd  all  the  little 
correspondents!  I  like  very  much  to  read  the 
Home  Circle,  and  I  expect  to  see  some  nice  lit- 
tle pieces  from  you  all  in  the  first  number  of 
the  New  Year.  Last  week  we  did  not  get  the 
paper,  mid  I  was  ever  so  lonesome,  until  pa 
wrote  to  the  Brethren  at  Work,  and  sent  us 
one.  I  rend  all  tlie  letters  and  they  were  very 
nice.  It  seems  a.i  if  I  was  acquainted  with  you 
all  and  would  like  to  hear  fi'om  you  every  week. 
1  would  like  ti>  see  a  letter  from  some  of  my 
cousins  at  Lanark,  for  I  have  quite  a  number  of 
lliem  up  there. 

I  was  reading  in  the  Bible  this  uioiiiing 
about  a  little  boy.  He  was  lying  in  hi-'*  little 
bed.  and  heard  some  one  call  him,  but  he  did  not 
know  where  it  wjis.  When  he  heard  the  call 
three  times,  he  knew  that  it  wits  the  Lord  that 
called  him,  and  he  said:  "  Speak,  Lord,  for  thy 
servant  heareth."  And  the  Lord  told  him  a 
great  many  things  and  he  beianie  a  great 
prophet,  and  spake  many  wise  things. 

But  my  letter  Is  getting  too  long,  so  I  will 
let  you  find  out  who  this  little  boy  was.  and 
where  we  read  about  hiui,  and  may  be  I  will 
tell  you  more  nbout  him  in  my  next  letter. 

Cora  B.  Emmert. 
Sterlitiij,  III. 


WORDS    OF    COMFORT. 

UnUFFER  little  children  to  come  untn  me. 
n  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  God."  — 
(Luke  IS:  Irt).  Now,  dear  children,  you  have 
heard  what  your  heavenly  Father  has  to  .*ay 
about  you.  Now  try,  and  remain  good,  obey 
your  parents  when  they  tell  you  to  do  .some- 
thing, don't  say.  "Let  Willie  and  Mary  go," 
but  go  yourself.  Then  you  will  please  y 
parents.  Be  good  children,  do  not  fight,  Je.^us 
does  not  like  such.  Do  not  tell  lies,  or  swear  or 
steal,  for  that  is  all  wrong. 

J.  E.  Sprixoeb, 


every  day.    When  you  come  to  Syracuse,  co^' 
and  see  me. 
Syranw,  Iii'f. 

From  A.  J.  Robinson.— I  am  a  little  Ijoj-^  .^^ 
will  be  ten  yeai-s  old  in  January.  I  um  gjaj"|] 
see  your  paper  open  to  little  folks.  1  ,visli  l' 
could  write  something  that  would  be  of  yoTi 
interest  to  them.  I  have  never  boon  i 
day-school  a  day  in  my  life.  ■  I  only  go  to  Sm 
day-school  and  I  can  read  any  piuwage  in  g|„|  [ 
Have  started  at  Genesis  to  roii,] 
through  the  Bible,  and  have  got  to  the  lull 
chapter  of  Deuteronomy.  1  can't  write  got^i 
enough  to  write  a  letter  fur  myself,  and  hav..  t,, 
get  pa  to  write  it,  but  I  will  sign  my  name  my- 
self.  Pa  is  a  boot  aud  shoe  maker,  and  is  i,, 
bad  health:  he  is  not  able  to  take  your  pu[^,r 
I  wish  he  wiis;  it  gives  so  much  good  talkuUmi 
Jesus.  I  want  to  tell  all  the  yming  f.ilks  timt 
read  your  paper,  to  always  tell  the  tmtli.  >;,,, 
er  say  a  had  word,  don't  go  with  had  boys,  iinini 
your  pa  and  ma.  go  to  Sunday-shool,  go  |„ 
church  and  to  prayer-meeting,  and  say  your 
prayers  every  night. 

Sister  Milligan  takes  your  paper  and  that  i, 
the  way  I  get  to  see  it.  I  can  make  figutp^ 
and  add  numbers,  and  now  I  will  ask  the  littl,. 
folks  a  question:  What  name  in  the  Bilil.: 
spells  the  same  liiiek  ward  that  it  does  foruani 
by  placing  the  fourth  letter  before  the  tttthone'- 
It  is  a  man's  name.  Let  us  see  who Ciui  iiiismT 
it. 

]\Jist'r!<  Stiithv,  Tnin. 

From  Minerva  Brumbaugh.— />«)■  EJih,:- 
I  will  try  and  write  a  letter  this  morning.  I 
am  nine  years  old.  I  like  to  go  to  ehurdi  witli 
my  pa  and  ma.  I  n-ad  in  the  Fourth  Header. 
I  read  over  many  letters  in  the  Home  Cink 
and  I  think  they  are  very  nice.  I  wish  IcnaLi 
see  all  the  little  girls  that  write  for  your  pyjier. 

lieflfm-fl,  Ohio. 

From  .Harry  Warner.  —  I  like  to  reuil  (he 
children's  lettere,and  am  glud.thei-e  aresoniiui) 
good  boys  and  girls  that  write  for  a  good|)a[ici. 
I  go  tcr  school  and  try  to  learn  all  I  can.  I  n- 
pect  to  be  a  man  some  day,  and  I  woidd  tioi 
like  to  grow  up  and  not  have  an  education.  Mv 
teacher  says:  "Youth  is  the  seed-time  of  life ' 
We  should  store  our  minds  with  knowNs:^; 
and  have  our  heart  full  of  good  thoughts,  IIihi 
the  Inid  ones  will  find  no  room.  S.  H.  Biislmr 
was  at  our  house  twice  when  he  ]jreached  \m 
Hy  papa  said,  he  wiis  one  of  the  editoi-s  of  jw 
paper.  I  like  to  go  to  church  and  hear  (luin 
talk  about  Jesus,  and  how  He  bles-sed  little  clii!- 
dien.  I  want  to  be  one  of  Hischildreu.  I  try 
to  be  a  good  boy,  hut  sometimes  I  am  no!  •'■' 
good  as  I  .>!iould  be.  but  hope  I  will  gronbi'ttir 
JLS  I  grow  older. 

Now,  if  you  think  it  worth  while  to  put  tin- 
letter  in  your  good  paper,  I  will  write  you  »"■ 
other  letter. 

Ph/inouth,  hitl. 

From  Andrew  Brumbaugh.- /Jwir  Editor.- 
I  will  write  a  lettt-r  for  the  Home  Circle.  I  ;"" 
eleven  rears  old.  I  go  to  schoni  and  I  Iwru 
very  fast.  1  like  to  go  to  meeting  and  hear  tli'> 
Brethren  preach.  I  like  to  read  in  your  m"' 
I  send  my  love  to  all  the  little  folks. 

limi/fiml.  Ohio. 

From  Ida  B.  Grove.  —  I  have  been  reading  n' 
your  excellent  paper,  aud  saw,  you  reciU''-" 
the  young  folks  to  write  for  the  Home  Cir<'|'- 
I  thought  I  would  be  one  to  fulfill  your  req"''- 
I  am  young  in  years,  but  have  come  out  troni 
among  the  world,  and  am  now  trying  to  *'"''' 
tb-  Lord.  I  will  also  try  to  obey  my  pM^" ' 
in  everything  I  can.  . 

1  was  hai.ti/ed  in  September,  and  ever  m" 

I  have  tried  to  be  faithful  to  the  Master.    '  ■ 

I   love  my  bretlin--u; 


but  fouvtoeu  y 


old. 


..«»l 


sisterMm.l  ln..i..ls.  and  will  try  uiul  ^  »  j 
gh-Uo  the,  ..ill  l.nv  me.  1  W"  «■'""  "^|°.( 
<leiir  scliool-iimtes  who  are  jct  mil  ot  the^  ^^^ 
safctv.  will  give  their  henrls  to  Iji"  •  ^^  ^^ 


I  low  "'>' 


oitt-e  ill  their  conditiou,  but  now 
chiiuged  und  hope  tlic.v  will  to"-     •  '_    jj. 
teticlier  iind  school-mutes,  Mid  you.  luy"     ^^,, 
tore.    I  hope  you  will  pniy  for  im'  <""' 
ever  prove  faithful. 
Sliiirtlltjit,  111. 


^^^"^  "         A  LETTER, 

, -OUK  l"n?  '""'  '"tt'iesting  U-tWr  reached  we 
I      .,b..ut  »  week   ugo.     I   wouKl   1,0  yh«i  to 

/^,.vo.i  o^'^-  "'"  t'-!";^"  l^"sth.  but  am  tooweuk 
I ,  'iv  I  w'^''- ''"'"'  "'"  Pf«i*8«re  of  other  cor 

'".' ..n.lo.H.--,  «hi<Tli  .leiuaiul  the  fir^t  .ousidc-n.- 

Mo..  1*  ^'"^  ^'"■''  '"  '  ^  '"^'"'^  ***  "'^^t  vuur 
lui"^  "*  '*"'"*'  *^"*"'''^  ^'"'^'  ""•'  *•■>■  t"  prespiit  n 
'■■   ,[,o,ights  tliivt  may  apppiir  of  a  little 


A 'I"     WOlUv. 


;ii;,-meiil.even  if  I  saiisty  you  not 


on  tho 
topic  yau  desire  elucidated.  A  great 
Jj,]  snlf "111  wiilt  is  assigned  yoii,  in"  which  you 
jiiive  more  hope  of  all  needed  uid  from  God, 
,[^,„  ot"  Muccfss  with  a  sill-blasted.  Eiii-blindod 

,voi-l<l- 

I,    vou    relate    yourself     rightly    to  Jeaus, 

j,^,  ,vili  i-^'nte  Himself  rightly  to  you.     We  need 

iint:-in'pIy.'lilig'-»Hy  to    search  the  Scriptures 

,,|  till  oiii"  q'i'ver  with  arrows  from  God's  ar- 

luoi?.  l»'t  ^^^°''^  '^'^  '^  '^^  "ecessary  to  "Crucify 

^i/flesli  with  tlie  affections  and  lusts,"  «o  that 

,„,ni  be  made  tor  the  Holy  Ghu?.t  to  wield  the 

iittriid  which  we  gather  for  our  work.    An 

,i,iMibrl!ieil  temper,  a  single  domiuiint  element 

„|  nur  Irtllen  nature,  a  single  ruling  world-made 

j„,l,utv.  shuts  out  the  presence  of  God,  and 

lompplii'  us  to  labor  in  our  own  strength.    Small 

opiitiH  liilly  possessed  by  the  Holy  Gliost.  will 

HUOUM'li"'^  ""''■^  *^"'"  '^"^s"**-  t'»au  great  gifts  and 

jtqiiirerifuts  under  the  dominion  of  arrogance 

,n,l  splf-depondence.     Deal  honestly  with  your- 

j.|t   iii'l  your  Gud,  and  thr-n  hope  for  great 

tiling'-     '^ne  spaik  of  fire  from  the  Brazen  Altar 

mil  Kiii'lle  a  Ingher  and  brighter  Hanie  for  Jesus, 

til  HI  .1  whole  volcano  full  of  glowing  ferren 

gntten  from  the  heart  of  natural  reason.     The 

altar  was  built  by  imtn,  and  of  Cfiitiinon  mafn'inl 

but  under  God's  direction,  and  kindled  from 

iilxnr.    Take  the  first  and  shape  your  ministry 

hy  it,  mid  you  will  be  gloriously  blessed  with 

[jre^eiit  exaltations  in  Christ,  and  with  a  golden 

iiarvest.  for  the  Celestial  Garner.     We  cannot 

Impe  too  largely  when  we  hope  in  the  infinite, 

eitliaiiatles-s  Jehovah,  but  this  hope  has  holiness 

fur  itt(  condition.     That  minister  who  makes  his 

life  the  duplicate  of  the  ( 'ro.w, will  have  the  Crit- 

cijifil  iii  the  power  and  crown  of  liis   life.     To 

1  jouls  for  Jesus,  we  must  iviu  them  by  Je- 

,  and  this  requires  that  we  be  a  land  of  sec- 

oiulhnnd  Jesus  ourselves, 

C.  H.  Balsbaugh. 
Xoveiiil'iT  4th.  1^7. 


FROM  OREGON. 

I  WILL  inform  the  nnmy  readers  of  the  Bbeth- 
iiKX  AT  Work,  that.we,  the  Brethren  of 
Ihi-  Willamette  Valley  chureh,  Oregon,  are  in 
usuiilliiMltli.  thank  God.  We  have  had  unusual 
net  weiitluT  this  Kail;  roads  very  bad,  markets 
godil;  still  trying  to  serve  the  goml  Lord.  Bro- 
ther David  Karly.  of  Lima.  Allen  Co.,  Ohio,  ar- 
riti'ii  ht're  on  the  5th  of  this  month,  to  see  us  and 
iitry,  and  preached  some,  which  gave  us 
luiiih  iiicounigemont.  He  also  purchased  a 
liinii  adJDiniiig  mine,  expects  to  start  hack  to 
"lim  tii-nmrrow  and  bring  his  family  out  here 
ii«t  Siaiiig.  May  the  good  Lord  speed  and 
K^'-'ct  him  on  his  journey. 

There  isiilenfy  room  here  for  more  Brethren, 
"f  luuch  desire  for  them  to  come,  especially 
lalipiriii^  hrethivn.  Here  is  a  Macedonian  call, 
come  „vur  Brethren,  and  help  us.  There  are 
pri'dous  suiils  licre  starving  for  the  bread  of  life. 
r  fiebl  is  very  large,  nuuiy  more  c;dls  than  Wf 
Mn  i-'oiMply  with.  X  have  promised  to  i)reaoh  a 
fnioii  ill  the  (Jerman  language,  on  the  coming 
Ciiristiiias  day.  With  kind  regards  of  brother- 
ly Iwc  to  all,  I  will  close,  hoping  that  the  Breth- 
r^'i  ''V'-rywhere  will  be  earnestly  engaged  in 
'  ir  I'HiiiIf. 

Your*  frHterually, 

Daviu  Bhowkr. 
'^"^nii.  Mnvion  Co.,  (M'/un.  Dfi:?(ltli.  1X77. 

From  elder  samuel  Murray. 

I  ^f HT  «ith  the  Hi-t'thren.  in  the  Middle  Fork- 
■l  ^Vilil  (.'at  district  in  Clinton  Co.,  to  lu.ld  a 
'1  meetings.  Conienced  on  Monday 
ev^uinntln-lTlh  of  December,  prejichod  eight 
J'^'.''iii-.es,  IVeaehed  only  of  evenings,  e-tcei.t 
'-ly-  The  result  was  eiifht  baptized,  and 
^nny  iiioie  almost  persuaded  to  he  Christians. 
p"iti  the  interest  manifested,  we  were  sorry  to 
/'"'^  llie  place,  but  according  to  promise,  we 
"l  ,/'.'  '*'.''^^-  "^^'^  lii"l  promised  the  brethren 
.''""vi..\v,  to  meet  with  them  the  day  before 
"iMiiKLs.  nnd  continue  over  New  Year,  but 


.-- „   aiiiimtipr  >imri>;ii  »1...     ....J  ..^1  :i  i  .  ..  .    _..  .,  .        ....         .1  •    "-•■»■"'"  "*i 

L-hurch, 


wouM  l,a>v  brought  o„i«  „  „„„Wr  ,„„,.  i„  u„. ,  „„d  yot  it  »ouUl  throrr  ll,„,mml.  of  ,loll»nT,;.  |  ™«1, 


sermons  with 
nt'ver  heard  from  hii 


1      W^tl,;*.!         "■--■"-■"■  — ""<  ""'I  "nayoT  II  would  tiirowtnoimmU  of  dollars 
minWc;n,.„„dt„n,"y  ;;:;hnh!;:h\tf'::!l!r''7^^^^  '.■^'"'^'  """  -'•■'Wi„g|.„„.„..„.^,i,K..,l,.  rep..,,,.,, 


.wl  alive  to  tW  cmK  of  the   Master  a,  thev 
»I,o,.Mbe:  that  the  love  nf  money  is  the  root 


or  all 


mtii-h  power, 
,  l-t..n-.  He 
■  ■  ;iHii  l<;4pti<lRl 

.'■■■-    ■>  th.d 


.  .  money  is  the  root 

"f.  >  .  "■,  "^'*'»"  (io  they  remember  that 
Ood  loveth  a  cheerful  giver."  or  they  would 
be  more  fr.e  to  iLHsi^t  the  poor  br<.ther  in  his 
temporal  affair,,  so  that  he  could  devote  more 
ot  his  time  to  prem-hing  the  wor.1.  and  saving 
sonls.  I  w;w  at  a  church  meeting  not  loilgsince, 
where  a  call  waa  made,  for  means  to  support  the 
boutherii  mission  :  quite  a  number  of  tho  wealth- 
iest members,  refused  to  give,  saying,  they  were 
opposed  to  miwionary  work.  Where  a  man's 
treasures  are.  there  will  his  lieart  be  also.  May 
the  Lord  pity  and  help  us  all. 

SaUCEL  Ml-HRAY. 

BionrtCs  f'm-A-,  Iml..  Ihc.  :^\ih.  /,s77. 


FROM  NEW  YORK. 

Detfr  Fripml : 

I  CALL  upon  yon.  without  over  seeing  you. 
as  I  believe  you  and  your  co-partners  are 
doing  a  good  work  through  the  instrumentality 
of  your  valuable  paper.  I  have  been  well 
pleased  with  the  missionary  efforts  made  by  you 
and  your  brethren,  although  T  was  greatly  dis- 
appointed when  I  heard  that  the  brethren,  who 
traveled  through  Cimada.had  been  within  about 
twenty  eight  miles  of  Clarence,  and  did  not  come 
and  see  us.  If  any  of  your  brethren  come  so 
near  again,  come  and  see  us;  I  am  sure  they 
would  be  welcomed,  if  they  would  stop.  I 
think  there  is  a  good  field  in  this  place  for  mis- 
sionary labors. 

The  harvest  truly  is  great,  and  the  laborers 
are  few.  Go  on.  friend  Moore,  in  the  good  work, 
and  may  the  Lord  reward  you  witli  a  crown  of 
glory  in  heaven,  is  my  p'rayer. 

Yours  in  Christian  Love. 

Thomas  Lewis 

Chrencf  Center.  N.  Y..  I),r.  2:i,  1S77. 


,,,.,,.  -  1  —  ■■ — .  guve  eaeh  item  in 

.-<!.  and  scattor  the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren  all    «1I  conld  undervl;u.d  him        1 
over  the  land;  bwild  churehes,  et«.      If  this    grpg«tionswi.re  small  velaK, 
meet«  your  approval,    brethren,  write  it  up.    made  on  nil   pr-H'tit.'  We   1, 
if    not.  -show   your  contempt   for   it.    by   let-    may  U  xpared  to  p«..ach  J.-sus  ui.U  uiU.;-.    m. 
tmgit  alone.  that  they  may   U-  e«u.truim.l   to  *ay:  "ke 

We  close  our  remarks  by  asking  iin   intervit '  here  is  wal.r,  what  doth  hinder   me  to  be  bub- 

tized.'  *^ 


Clin 

*''"Mve  got  to  Edna,  we  found  they  had  post- 

I '"'^'^  Hie  meeting  on  accoiintof  had  roads, and 


Whf 


•  learned  this,  we  were 


FROM  MAPLE  GROVE  CHURCH,  lA. 

I  PRESUME  the  brethren  and  sisters  would 
like  to  know  on  whom  they  are  bestowing 
their  charities  when  they  send  their  money  to 
us,  to  assist  in  building  a  house  of  worship  for 
these  strange  brethren  and  sisters,  of  whom 
they  know  nothing.  About  seven  years  ago. 
'21st  of  last  Sept.  we  landed  in  this  county  from 
Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind,  found  nine  members  in  the 
western  part  of  Adams  Co.,  twenty-two  miles 
Kast  of  this  place.  Bro.  Christian  Haradcr 
preached  occasionally  for  them  ;  he  having  the 
oversight  of  this  congregation.  By  Bro.  Hara- 
der's  consent  we  went  to  work  and  did  the  best 
we  could,  he  coining  over  occasionally  and  en- 
couraging us  by  his  presence  and  f'atlierly  admo- 
nititm.  Having  just  been  called  to  the  ministry 
before  leaving  liid.,  we  were  inexperienced  in 
everything  pertaining  to  the  niini-itry  and 
church  government,  however  we  held  our  reg- 
ular meetings,  with  oppositon  on  every  side.  To 
day  we  number  litty-five.  Eleven  have  moved 
to  other  parts  of  the  country.  Four  have  gone 
to  their  reward.  Five  have  returned  to  their 
wallowing  in  the  mire. 

Every  Sabbath,  and  during  five  mouths,  com- 
mencing with  May,  we  have  preaching  twice 
each  Sabbath,  and  during  Winter,  preaching 
every  Sabbath  evening  also. 

Every  Thursday  evening  we  have  social  nieet^ 
ings.  conducted  a.s  tbllowa;  Opened  by  singing 
luid  prayer;  then  the  rejuling  of  a  chapter  which 
is  always  selected  by  some  member  at  the  pre- 
vious meeting.  Then  follows  exhortation  by  a 
number  of  the  bretlircn  and  sometimes  sisters. 
The  brethren  taltw  U[)  a  portion  of  Scriptun-. 
read  and  speak  upon  it:  then  close  by  singing 
and  prayer.  The  very  best  of  feelings  prevail 
at  all  our  meetings;  we  often  weep  and  rejoice 
together  when  we  hear  our  members  talk  of 
their  trials,  their  hopes,  prospects  and  determi- 
nations. We  believe  our  social  meetings  ac- 
coiii]ilish  much  good.  There  seems  to  be  a 
growing  interest  on  the  part  of  the  members 
and  othej-s;  congregations  are  increasing.  Wi 
hold  the.se  social  meetings  at  the  houses  of  thi 
brethren. 

We  have  a  church  treasury  for  home  purpo.'f- 
es,  imd  it  is  remembered  at  all  our  council  meet^ 
iugs.  that  each  member  cast  into  the  churcli 
ti-easury  as  they  feel  the  Lord  Inis  prospered 
them.  We  have  another  contribution  for  tlic 
poor  fund,  orghurch  purposes  generally.  For 
this  purpose  every  member  pays  five  cents  every 
six  months.  The  amount  thus  collected  is  sent 
to  the  /'.  C.  office  to  be  used  as  they  think  best. 
This  last  contribution   we   have   adopted  as  a 


in  the  prayers  of  all  the  brethren  and  siatcnj 
that  we  may  continue  faithfid  until  death. 

N.C.  WoRKMAU. 


CHtJRCH:    N"EWS. 


-I'lHN   \.  SnA 


From  Ualioniet*  111.— As  wc  rend  your 
good  paper,  filled  brimful  of  good  news,  we  feel 
to  thmik  God  mid  take  courage.  We  are  still 
trying  to  do  the  best  we  can  in  the  Master's 
cause,  though  it  be  but  little,  and  the  Lord  will 
bless  every  lawful  effort  put  forth  for  the  imme 
of  Jesus  and  His  precious  Word.  We  have  IV- 
gular  meetings  the  second  and  fourth  Sunday 
of  each  month, 

1  am  alone  and  have  all  the  work  to  perform. 
and  many  calls  go  unfilled;  get  discouraged 
sometimes,  then  some  good  brother  comes  in  to 
help  us.  0!  what  encouragement  when  breth- 
ren come,  filled  with  the  spirit  of  love  to  cheer 
us  up  in  our  Christian  warfare.  This  truly  was 
the  case  a  few  days  ago.  when  Bro.  Tliomas  D. 
Lyon  came  to  visit  and  preach  for  us.  We  nev- 
er saw  Bro.  Lyon  in  a  better  spirit  for  speaking. 
He  preached  nine  times  at  the  Brick  School- 
bouse  to  large  and  attentive  congregations. 
We  truly  appreciate  his  labors  and  think  hi 
has  laid  the  foundation  for  a  good  work.  Tliis 
I  think  is  very  necessary  iu  a  place  where  we 
expect  to  buiUl  up  a  church.  We  want  the 
truth,  imd  the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  hut 
the  truth. 

We  did  not  have  the  plea-snre  of  seeing  any 
come  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  but  were  maile  to 
believe  by  the  many  expressions  of  love  from 
the  iieople.  that  our  ettbrts  will  be  crowned 
with  success  in  the  sliort  futui-e.  Hope  the 
Brethren  will  remember  us.  as  they  travel  from 
place  to  place.  We  live  fifteen  miles  North- 
west of  Champaign  City,  on  the  Indianapolis, 
Bloomington  and  Western  H.  H.  Brethren 
mshing  to  locate  in  Central  Illinois,  can't  go  to 
a  better  country  than  here.  Sto|>,  and  make 
this  your  home.  May  God  bless  the  Biiethrbn 
AT  Work  ! 

John  Barnhart. 

Der.  2:1,  1X77. 

From  Atirelia,  la.— Inasmuch  as  we  like 
to  read  church  news,  I  thought,  1  would  send 
in  a  brief  account  of  our  meetings  here,  in 
Cherokee  Co.,  Iowa.  Bro.  Marcus  Fowler  cmiie 
to  us  Dee.  7th  and  commenced  aseriea  of  meet- 
ings in  the  evening  of  the  -Sth.  Continued 
meetings  every  day.  up  to  the  18th,  (some  day 
meetings)  with  good  success.  On  the  14th,  one 
sister  came  forward  to  be  received.  We  went 
to  the  w.iter  where  she  was  buried  in  the  liquid 
grave,  and  rose  again,  we  trust,  to  walk  in  new- 
ness of  life,  and  on  tlie  Kith  (Lord's  day)  thrive 
moi-e  precious  sool-^  came  fbrwanl.  and,  upon 
their  confession  were  bapti/.ed,  making  four 
more  to  swell  the  ranks  of  the  army  of  the 
Lord.  The  Brethren  were  much  encouraged 
and  built  uj)  in  the  inner  man,  and  manyothei's 
seem  to  bo  counting  the  cost,  some  expressing 
themselves  about  reiuly  to  come  out  on  the 
Lord's  side. 

So  you  see  the  great  wheel  of  salvation  is 
moving  on  even  in  our  rather  isidated  country 
We  have  meeting  to-«lay  and  that  will  etos. 
Bro.  Fowler's  labor  with  us.  when  he  leave-*  for 
another  fiehl  of  labor  in  Chickasaw  Co.  May 
the  Lord  go  with  him,  and  muy  hiH  labors  be 
crowned  with  success  in  winning  aoul.*  to  Cnrist, 
and  his  eflbrts  be  fruitful  in  Imilding  np  the 
cauHC  of  our  Master  in  its  primitive  ptirity. 

JOUX  HiARLY. 

Prom  <>osIi^ll,  lull.— Our  church  is  nt  (hii 
time  in  a  healthy  condition.  We  had  meeting 
on  Lord's  day.  the  %\\-A.  Bro,  Jacob  Delp  wjl* 
with  us  and  luvachud.  On  Monday  the  Ll-ith, 
we  had  church  council  and  felt  that  the  Lord 
wjis  with  us;  and  on  Christmas  day  we  had 
meeting  iigain  in  the  forenoon  and  also  in  the 
evening.  Our  ministerial  force  was  enlarged  on 
Christmas  by  Ihe  appearance  of  our  dear  broth- 
er Frederick  P.  Loelirfroin  Biooniingdale.Mich.. 
who  ix  still  holding  forth  the  words  of  Eternal 
Life  to  a  perishing  world,  and  isdoin^  what  his 
Ma.ster  has  commanded:  "  Go,  intiich  my  Gos^ 
pel." 

E.  i'.  1'effi.y. 

Dte.  Sif,  1X77. 


IDIED. 


Ob.tuMiM  should  bu  brief,  wrilUn  on  but  on«  it<lf  of  th* 
pupcr,  KQil  Repnrnto  from  »11  olbtr  bu>inua. 


HAUN'ISH.— In  the  Antioch  chnrch,  Ind.,  on 
the  Vlth  of  March,  sister  Eli/jibeth  Marnish. 
in  the  37th  year  of  her  age. 

LEEDY.— In  the  name  church.  Nov.  10th. 
1877,  sister  Emma  Leedy  in  the  20th  year  of 
her  age, 

BIGELOW.— Also  ill  the  Antioch  church.  Aug. 
2,5,  IS77.  Bro.  Noah  Bigelow  in  hi»  22nd 
year.    Disease  consumption. 

McINTYRE,— Also  in  the  same  church  of  con- 
sumption, on  the  11th  of  Nov.  1877.  brother 
James  Mclntyre  in  his  *J4th  year. 

M.  Bailkt. 

DILLING.— In  the  Cerro  Gordo  dmrch,  Piatt 
Co.,  III.,  Dec.  7, 1877,  agea  57  years  and  18 
days. 

He  united  with  tho  church  in  1843  and 
served  as  a  deacon  U  years.  He  fiiiured  quite 
prominently  in  the  early  history  of  the  church 
in  Champaign  Co., III.,  and  for  many  yean*  wim  the 
most  intluontial  man  in  that  part  of  the  coiin- 
trj-.  The  sister  ha.t  lost  a  faithful  husband,  the 
children  an  affectionate  father,  and  the  church 
an  able  counsellor.  Diseiue,  typhoid  fever.  — 
Funeral  services  by  Eld.  David  Frantz. 

A.  B.  SsinER. 

MEYERS.— In  the  Falls  City  church.  Neb.. 
Eld.  Henry  Meyers,  aged  80  years.  9  days,  — 
Funeral  services  by  Jonathan  Lichty  and 
C.  Forney,  from  Rev.  22:  5,  6. 

W.  W.  MiLLEE. 

MOVER.— Near  Shippach,  Montgomery  Co.. 
Pa.,  frieud  John  Moyer,  aged  77  years,  11 
months  and  8  days.  Funeral  occasion  was 
improved  in  the  interest  of  the  Menuonite 
congregation. 

Jaubs  Y.  Hbckleb. 

WEAVER.— In  the  Orrville  church,  Wayne 
Co..  Ohio,  Dec.  20, 18T7.  Lizzie  Jane,  daughter  ■ 
of  friend  Jonathan  Weaver,  aged  S  years.  10 
months  and  24  days.  Funeral  di^counie  im- 
proved liy  the  writer,  from  2nd  Kiugs  4:  26. 
D.  M.  Ibvis. 

HORNISH.-Ida,  daughter  of  John  and  Ere 
Hornish  in  Poplar  Ridge  church.  Defiance 
Co..  Ohio,  of  diphtheria,  December  7,  18T7, 
aged  1  year,  S  months  and  28  days. 

Wm,  NOFFSINORR. 

AKERS.— In  the  Rod;  River  church.  Ashton, 
Lee  Co,,  111.  our  beloved  sister  Harriet  Akers, 
aged  61  years,  C  months  and  4  days.  She 
suffered  over  two  years  with  thedropsy. 

S.viun  A.  Daobtt. 

FUKRY,— In  the  Yellow  Creek  chureh.  Bedford 
Co.,  PiL,  Dec.  8th.  1S77.  Eld.  Leouanl  Furry, 
aged  71  yefors,  4  months  and  23  days.      Dis- 
ease, jellow  jaundice. 
He  Icavesa  jiorrowing  wife,  three  children, 
twenty   -^even   grand-children  suid   U'n   great- 
grand-children  to  mourn  their  loss.    Five  chil- 
dren, four  grand-chi!drt?n.  anil  one  grcat-gmud- 
rhUtl  liave  precedi'd  him.      II-     -rved  in  tile 
HiiniBtry  2<i  years.     II «  was  ii'l.-.h'nI  with  oil 
in  the  name  of  tile  l.ord  ju>t   '.'■■'  weeks   pre- 
viomi  to  his  death.     Funernl  oc.';i»:ou  improved 
by  the  Brethren  from  Phil.  I:  21. 

H.  Z.  Replogls. 

HIGHBEA.— William,  sod  of  brother  and  sis- 
ter Highhea;  aged  12  yeant  5  months  and  20 
days. 

NOFFSINGER.— Samuel,  son  of  Henry  and 
Anna  Noffsinger,  December  23.  1877.     Aged 
28  years,  8  months  and  27  daj-s.    Funeral 
services  by  the  writer  and  other  brethren. 
SiMOS  Loxo. 

SHOWALTEU.— Died  in  the  South  Waterloo 
churv.-h.  Dlackhawk  Co..  Iowa.  September.  8th, 
iS7T.  PhelK-  Showalter,  aged  73  years,  5 
mouths  and  3  daj-s.  Funeral  Advices  by 
Eld.  J.  A.  Murray  and  othersfroin  Rev.  14: 13. 
E.  Showalter. 


a^HP:  liREXHRE^r  J^rv  avokic. 


January   ^^j 


REPORT  OF  THE   CONVENTION. 

iir*,lalr,  Somrr*6l  County.  I'a..  Df^^inber  4(A. 
awl  ^th  W7.  in  rfjiporue  to  a  eall  tutud  by 
Uofcar'l  Miliar  and  ofUrt  htUraUd  in  oroamt- 
iny  an  fffort  to  uUnd  the  borders  »/  Ifir.  Churc/i 
of  the  Jiiethrm. 

The  riioctiDB  wiw  called  toordcrby  Kidcr  Jimies 
Quu.ur..f  Hmitii-gdon  Fa.,  and  ufu?r  dcvotioDiil 
cxcrci«-^.  thfi  tomtiiiUecoiJ  programme,  ai'pointfd 
byii  i>n-Iiminarv  .nr>clii.),'  ihe  |>rr-\ioui-  cvcmiig. 
annoim.v.l  tin-  t'ollowinj,'  """"^  «"  U;mp<.r«ry  orti- 
c«n. :  H.  It.  Bniuibautfh  of  Huritiiife'don,  I'll..  Cimtr- 
mait,  uiid  K.  L.  Y'Kler  of  ilndiaonburg.Oliio.bec- 
rcurv. 

On  niolion  the  t«mporary  officers  were  elected 
to  act  durinc  llic  meelius-  of  ihe  prmnt  conven- 
tion. The  pMliknt  m-xt  called  on  Hro.  Huwftnl 
MilK-r  of  SaIi>I'iiiy.  I'u..  to  «UiU-  ihe  object  ot  tho 
consv'ntion,  wh..  exj.laiucd  ihe  object  l«  be.  U^  more 
organic  our  prcwnt  mistioii  service  and  showed 
the  iii»'<'»-«Jty  for  h«  iloju;,'. 

Tlip  itri.j,'r«ininc  ii8  nmiotiiiccd  by  thecommitt*© 
wa*  then  iicUid  upon  an  follows : 

Ul.  Naminft  of  tho  orKftni/jition.  Btmlvcd : 
Thut  ««-■  this  duy  organize  "  The  Brethren'*  Cburcli 
Kxl'-ruioii  Uninn,"  and  ibal  wc  do  cordially  invite 
all  br.-thn!n  and  wVtn  to  cu-opemte  with  us. 

2nd.  Tho  followiuR  committee  wiw  annoiincud 
to  report  condidat«fl  for  pcnuantnl  orguuimtion  : 
John  Wine,  P.  J.  Hrown,  J.  P.  Hetric,  Jftc.  Con- 
ner and  S.  C.  Kcim.  Bro.  Wit,o  not  beiug  present, 
A.  J.  Sk-rling  wua  nuniinaU'd  to  take  Ida  pliice. 
Tho  corninitU-r^  reporU-d  immediately,  ond  Ibeir 
report  wan  acccpled. 

3rd.  The  foilowinj;  ipieation  wim  on  programme 
for  disciiMioii ;  Shall  wehiivo  a  board  of  dircctr 
ont?  After  di-ciif«lon  il  wiL^*  7?fWiPC(i  .-  That  we 
have  a  hoiird  of  directors  composed  of  one  mem- 
ber from  each  church  di^lricL 

4lli.  Heading  of  lutl«r8  addressed  to  tUo  Con- 
vpnlion.  lycllero  were  mid  from  C.  H.  Ualabaugh, 
Julia  A.  Wood  ami  D.  C.  Moomftw. 

The  remainder  of  the  aflenioon  stssion  wasspent 
in  cleelinL'  diri't-tors.  Adjourned  until  8  o'clock 
P.  M. 

CVENINU    NEBSIOIT. 

Klerlinn  of  directors  was  concluded.  The  (!il- 
lowin;;  lomniiiiui'  wii* then nppoiiiled  to  define  the 
diilic-s  of  till-  -liri'dont  to  which  wasallerwards  a.*- 
signid  ihc  rtdditiunal  duty  of  defining  tho  duties 
of  all  Ihcoilim.-.  Jum^H  Quinkr.  H.  R.  IIol- 
fein^'cr.  Howard  Miller.  Convention  adjourned  till 
at-xl  morning,  9  o'clock. 

IVEDNlStDAY  MORNISd,  PKC.  -ItH. 

CoDveation  w:i«  called  to  order  and  proceeded 
to  hear  report  00  definitions  of  duties  of  uflicers. 
The  followiuf;  was  read  and  nJopted  by  the  con- 
venlion. 

Definitions  of  tho  Duties  of  the  permanent  offi- 
oea'of  the  Church  KxtenBioa  Union. 

TlIK  »OAHI>  OE  DIRKCTOltK. 

Isl.  They  meet  on  8u(urday  preceding  the 
A.  M,,  at  such  a  ]daee  aa  may  be  louud  convenient. 

'lw\.  Du(ies. — They  shnli  assume  a  ccueral  nd- 
viaory  iiver.-it;lil  of  thealliiirs  of  the  Union,  and 
MJiall  hold  ihc  purmancul  ofHcenii  l'c^'puut)il)lc  for 
thi-  tiiilhliil  jH'rlornmnce  of  tbcir  duties.  And 
they  (tho  board  J  i<hall  have  presented  a  report  of 
the  financial  and  moral  condition  of  the  aaairs  of 
the  Union  at  each  regular  meeting. 
TKKASCIir.It'fl  DUTIIM. 

To  receive  and  receipt  for  all  money  received. 
He  sbiill  pay  out  money  to  persons  presenting  or- 
ders, mich  ordei'e  to  be  jjroperly  iiigned  by  the 
Prctiident,  and  attested  to  by  tbc  tiecrctury  and 
ebull  at  all  linie.i  have  bis  books  opcu  to  iuspcetioii 
or  prnof;  iind  shall  prepiire  uu  uunual  report  for 
the  board  "f  Di leetiin-s.  There  shall  be  atpiarter- 
ly  repi.rl  ol  ilir  liuanci^  scut  to  tho  church  iiapera 
forpiiblicaliou.  All  letters  coutaluing  money  to 
bu  scut  to  llio  treasurer. 

SECRIiTAItvV  DUTIK8. 

Ist.  All  corropondencu  shall  be  attended  to  by 
the  Secretary,  to  nlioiu  nil  communications  re- 
apectin;;  the  business  of  Ihc  Uuion  shall  be  ad- 
dressed, excepting  Icttei-^t  coulaiidug  money. 

2nd.  Tu  keep  an  accurate  uccuunt  of  the  work 
of  tiie  Union. 

3rd.  lie  shull  take  the  field  jiersonally;  do  all 
he  can  to  hnvfully  and  houotably  ntlvancc  the  in- 
tercTta  of  the  Union. 

4tn.  He  shall  represent  the  interests  of  the 
Union  to  the  congregations  he  shall  visit, 

5th.  lie  shall  make  hi.-«  annual  report  to  the 
board  of  Diroelors. 

(itli.  He  shall  receive  a  just  compensation  for 
his  service:!!,  and  necessary  expenses  shall  be  defray- 
ed. All  money  to  beseul  to  the  Trea.siirer  who 
shall  return  the -tender  his  veceipt.  He  sliali  re- 
port to  the  Disbursing  Committee  the  work  that 
require?  attention  us  occosijn  demands,  and  shall 
report  progress  iu  cliurch  work  ijuarterly, 

COMMITTEE  OP  APPOIXTMBNIS  AND  DISBUBSB- 

1st.  Slinll  have  power  to  fill  miuisterial  vacan- 
cies as  far  as  it  deems  advisable  and  resources  per- 
mit. 

2Dd.  Thii  committee  shall  cend  out  only  such 
men  as  minister  mi&siunarius  or  laborers  iu  the 
church  field  as  shall  represeut  ihu  tcachiugj,  faith 
and  general  order  of  the  Brethren's  Churcii, 

3rd.  They  shall  conform  to  the  cstabliiibed  or- 
der of  the  Brotherhood  iu  regard  to  going  into  the 
territory  over  which  a  regularly  orgaaizod  churcli 
extends. 

4th.  Tliey  shall  direct  the  expenditur&i  of 
moner  in  defraying  the  expenses  for  services  iu 
traveling  and  iu  sending  out  laborers: 


5;h.  Thcv  shall  fix  tbc  compcnwition  of  those 
ennngrd  in  i'hurrh  ^trvice. 

(lib.  Three  shall  coaftituten  quorum  of  this 
committee,  Bnd  shall  tranwict  businwoin  the  nee- 
oMtry  or  voluntary  absence  of  the  others.  The 
committee  shall  all  receive  due  notifications  of  pro- 
jKwed  meetings. 

president's  duties. 

The  President  shall  up<>n  occasion,  call  meetinga 
of  the  Union,  and  preside  over  them  as  its  chief 
officer. 

MISCKI.I.ANEOL'8  BUSIXlSa. 

ReMolved:  That  the  present  officers  hold  llieir 
offices  from  Ihe  present  date,  until  one  year  from 
next  Annual  Meeting. 

Hewlred:  That  an  auditing  commilUe  of  three 
bf  appointed  by  the  <lirecU)rj  from  their  number 
to  audit  the  ncciiunts  of  the  Church  Extension 
Union,  each  yar  and  to  present  the  result  to  its 
regular  Annual  Meeting. 

Hetohal:  Thut  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting 
be  sent  to  "ur  jienodicals  for  publication. 

Retohed :  To  call  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  dis- 
buraementi?  and  appointwcnts  to-day  in  tbc  absence 
and  without  uoiibcalion  of  Bni.  Meyers. 

Rexalvcd :  That  the  sistere  be  authorized  to  co- 
operate systematically  and  that  workers  among 
them  may  be  appointed  by  the  Secretaiy  where  it 
will  cause  no  disturbance. 

Rt-goh'cd:  That  this  meeting  tenders  its  thanks 
to  the  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends  of  Meyers- 
dale,  and  vicinity,  for  the  hospitality  offered  to 
those  attending  the  ineetii4g  during  it  sessions. 

The  following  are  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  officers  of  the  Union: 

President,  James  Quinter.  Huntingdon.  Pa. ; 
Secr«turv.  Howard  Miller.  Elk  Lick,  Pa. ;  Treas- 
urer, J.  \>.  Livcngood,  Elk  Lick,  Pa. 

COSLMITTEE  or  DISKURSEMENTS  AND  API'OIST- 
MEST8. 

James  Quinter.  Huntingdon,  Pa.;  Grabill  My- 
ers, Kldorndo,  Pa.  ;  Jos.  W,  Beer.  Huntingdon, 
Pa. ;  A.  iT.  Sterling.  Masoutown,  Pa. ;  Jonathan 
Kel.-o,  Elk  Lick.  Pa. 

DIRECTORS. 

S.  Z.  Sharp,  -Maryaville.  Tenn.  ;  D.  C.Moomiiw, 
Bhicksburg.  Va. ;  .L  J.  llorshbarger.  Cross  Keys, 
Va.  :  Sol.  Buckalew,  Clifton  Mill.  Va.  ;  J.  D.  Tros- 
tie,  Liugniuore,Md.  :  Jeremiah  Bucchly,  Accideot- 
Md.  ;  J.  T.  Meyers.  1012  Marshall  St.  Phil'a.Pa,; 
.SiliLS  C.  Keim,  Eik  Lick,  Pa.  ;  P.  J.  Brown,  Con- 
's, Ohio  ;  Geo,  Wine,  Covington,  Miami  Co.  O. ; 
K.  Wnghtsmnn.  South  Bead,  Itid. ;  Heil  Hamil- 
ton, Ervin,  Howard  Co,.  Ind. ,  John  Melzger,  Cer- 
roG.)rdo,  III. ;  G.  Krumbaugh.  Grafton.  Pa. ;  E.  K- 
Buechly.  Waterloo.  I'twa  ;  Samuel  Longanecker. 
Panoru,  luwa;  D.  D.  Sell,  Platuburg,  Mo. ;  J.  W. 
Stein.  Newtouitt,  -Mo. ;  C.  Forney.  P'alls  City,  Neb. ; 
.lames  L.  Swit^er,  White  Rock.  Kan. ;  F.  P.  Loehr. 
Bloumiugdate,  Mich.  ;  J.  S,  Flory,  Greeley,  Colo. 
Joseph  Ogg,  Granger,  Minn. ;  Israel  Poulson,  Rin- 
gocs,  Hunterdon  Co.;  N.  J.  ;  David  Brower,  Salem, 
brci^on  ;  E.  Heyser,  Madison,  Georgia  ;  Geo. 
Wolfe,  Lathrop,  Cal.  ;  Garrett  Baily,  Miller"? 
Mills,  N.  C. 

E.  L.  Yoder,  Sec'y- 
Ma.idenahuT(j,  Ohio. 


A    REPORT. 


Rrpori  n/  Sunday  School  Confermce of  the  North- 
ern Divtrirt  of  Indiana,  hrJd  at  the.  Union 
OiuTch,  Marshall  Co.,  Ind.,  Dcr.  7/A  1877. 
Conference  was  opened  by  singing  the  283rd 
hymn.  Exhortation  and  prayer  by  Bro.  P.  It. 
Wrightsman.  Reading  of  Isl  Tim.  2  chap, 
and  the  minutes  "f  former  sessions.  In  the  ab- 
ence  of  lim.  .facub  Berkey.  President  of  the  Con- 
vention, Bri).  P.  It.  Wrightiman  was  chosen  pm 
(ail.  who  made  some  very  appropriate  remarks 
ami  declared  the  meeting  open  fur  further  business. 
It  was  uioiinned  and  seconded,  that  we  first  recon- 
ii<lcr  the  work  of  the  previous  meetings  by  sec- 
iims,  and  adopt,  modify  or  amend  as  the  Confer- 
!nce  assembled,  deemed  proper.  The  motion  car- 
ried, unanimou.>dy  to  reconsider. 

Tbe  President  jiroceeded  to  read  Sec.  Ist  of  for- 
mer rules  and  regulations.  After  some  consider- 
able debating  an  amendment  was  oHered  by  W.  G. 
Citok  and  it  carried  unanimously. 

Sec.  1st.  Rexolved :  That  the  school  shall  elect 
their  own  oHiecrs,  electing  only  brethren  or  sisters 
as  far  ae  practicable. 

See.  2ud  read,  after  which  a  spirited  discussion 
took  place  for  some  time,  (here  Bro.  lieiler  moved 
that  no  one  be  permitted  to  speak  more  than  twice 
the  same  subject,  and  only  fifteen  minutes  at 
each  hearing.  Carried,)  finally  Bro.  Cook  otTeied 
an  amendment  which  wa^  read  and  unanimously 
adopted  as  follows  ;  RMolvtd :  That  every  school 
shall  be  opened  by  singing  and  i)rayer,  and  read- 
ing of  a  dmiiter  out  of  tlie  Bible,  and  to  be  closed 
with  prayei  when  pleaching  does  not  follow  soon 
after. 

Sec.  3rd  read  and  passed  unanimously  as  pre- 
viously adopted,  OS  follows,  Rcsolred:  That  the 
school  shall  be  I'ormed  into  classes,  and  read  out  of 
the  Bible  or  New  Testameiil,  reading  the  books 
tbi-ough  when  commenced. 

Sec.  4th  pa.ssed  without  discussion ;  stands  as 
follow*s  :  Resolved:  That  each  teacher  shall  ask 
iiueslions  from  the  Scriptures  read  that  duy,  and 
there  mar  also  be  general  questions  asked  by  the 
school. 
5th.  Original  re.<4olutiun  stricken  out. 
full.  Resolution  read  and  adopted  without  ameml- 
ment,  as  follows:  Rr^olvud:  That  the  doctrine  of 
the  Bible  shall  be  defended  by  the  teachers  of  the 
school,  and  that  iu  its  purity,  against  opposition, 

7l!i.  Read  and  discussed  for  some  time,  when  an 
amendment  was  oflired  by  liro.  J.  B.  Wrighl-sman, 
which  passed  unanimously  as  follows:     Whereas 


we  believe  in  a  syslcnialic  manner  of  teaching  | 
Sabbath-school  scholars.  :  Rr^ohrd .-  That  we  may  , 
adopt  the  lesson  leaf.  Adjourne«l  for  refnsbmeule, 
by  singing  the  7'^Olb  hymn. 

Afternoon  session  opened  by  singing  the  2S2 
hymn,  and  some  appropriate  remarks  by  the  clrair- 
mnn. 

Sth.    Read  and  stricken  out. 

9th.  Read  and  amended  by  striking  out  the  sen- 
tence (and  siicb  foolishness  as  the  world  engages 
in)  as  amended :  RewUed :  That  we  take  no  part 
in  picnics  or  Sabbutb-school  celebrations,  or  getting 
upnanners,  but  we  will  opixuethem  all. 

lOtb.  Read,  passed  unanimously  wilhoutdebate 
as  follows: /?MO^r(/;  That  we  maintain  m  the 
Sabbalb-^chool  our  bumble  plain  cbaraeU'r.both  in 
manners  and  dress,  us  well  as  iu  the  chureh. 

11th.  Itcad  and  adopted  without  discussion  or 
amendment  as  follows  :  Rctolved:  That  ourobject 
be  to  teach  and  leacu  theScriptures,  and  instill  in 
the  minds  of  the  vouug  the  pure  principles  of  the 
Bible. 

12Lh.  Read,  and  after  some  discussion,  an 
amendment  was  oHered  by  IJro,  John  Knisley, 
which  was  unanimously  adopte<l  as  follows :  RiaoIv- 
cd;  That  we  believe  it  to  be  the  duty  of  every 
meuiberof  tho  church,  to  take  an  active  part  in 
the  Sftbbuth-school  by  the  way  of  lending  all  their 
aid  and  assbtanee  to  the  advancement  of  the  cause. 
Bro.  Wrightsman  offered  the  following  additional 
section,  which  wiLs  uuauimousiy  adopted  wilhuut 
discu&siou,  as  follows : 

13th.  Resolved:  That  the  Northern  Dial,  of 
Ind.  S.  .S.  Conference  request  said  general  Dist. 
meeting  to  request  next  A.  M.  to  appoint  a  jmb- 
lishing  cominitlee  to  prepare  and  publi-^h  such 
S.  S.  papers,  books  and  geiteal  S.  S.  literature  as 
the  wants  of  our  Sunday-schools  reijuire.  This  de- 
partment being  dispsensed  with,  the  next  m  order 
was  the  election  of  officers  for  the  year  1678. 

The  result  was  as  follows:  President,  P.  R. 
WrigbLsman:  Vice  President,  John  Knisley  ;  Sec- 
retary, W.  G.  Cook ;  Assistant  Sec'y,  John  B. 
Wrigbtsman;Tri;asurei-.  Margaret  Cook.  C'orres- 
pondiug  Secretaries  :  P.  R.  \S'rigbtsman,  O.  W. 
Miller.  S.  C.  Bciler,  John  Sturgis,  Isaac  Early, 
John  B.  Wrightsman,  John  Cissne,  Manassii 
Summers,  Byron  W.  Moore.  Wm.  Wilbourn,  Sar- 
ah Miller,  Lizzie  Wrightsman,  Hannah  Apple- 
man,  Emma  Kabrich  and  sister  Frank  Hardman. 

The  object  of  this  great  number  of  correspond- 
ing secretaries  being  appsinted,  was  to  encourage 
articles  to  be  written  on  the  subject  of  Sunday- 
schools  from  diBerent  sections  of  Northern  Dist. 
of  Ind.,  in  behalf  of  the  advancements  of  the 
cause,  and  this  Convention  asseiublerl.  Recomen- 
ied  thai  all  appointed  to  duty  will  be  prompt  to 
the  discbarge  of  the  same,  and  that  many  not 
mentioned  assist,  that  the  principles  of  the  Sab- 
bath-school cause  be  firmly  set  lorth  and  encour- 
aged by  all.  The  Conference  then  proceded  to 
appi'int  a  conimiltee  on  general  arangemeuls, 
which  resulte^la^i  follows:  Dr.  P.  R.  Wrightsman, 
Chairman,  Sohth  Bend,  Ind.;  Bro.  Jacob  Ap- 
pelmau,  Plymouth,  lod.;  Bro.  Davis  Youuce,  Sy- 
racuse, Ind.;  Bro.  A.  Puterbaugh,  Warsaw.  Ind.; 
Bro.  Isaac  L,  Dcrkey,  Goshen,  Ind.;  Bro.  .John 
Sturgis,  Wawaka,  Ind.;  the  committee  to  be  or- 
dered in  session  by  the  Chairiuan,  Raised  by  do- 
nation  for  the  cause,  S2..')8,  all  donations  for  cause 
to  be  forwarded  to  sister  Margaret  Cook.  Treasur- 
er, Plvmouth.  In<l.  Appropriate  remarks  on  the 
subject  of  Church  charity,  and  then  came  in  order 
the  discussions  of  the  propositions  presented  by 
the  previous  Conference,  which  resulted  iu  a  lim- 
ited exposition  of  the  propositions,  on  accimnl 
of  all  those  assigned  to  that  duty  were  absent, 
though  many  valuable  instructions  were  given 
by  the  brethren,  and  sisters  present.  After  this, 
there  being  nu  further  business  before  the  Con- 
vention, with  a  general  expression  of  good  feeling 
for  the  advancement  of  the  cause,  and  having 
realized  the  benefit  of  being  amply  paid  fur  our 
assembling  together  in  the  good  cause,  the  Con- 
vention adioiirned  with  prayer  by  Bro.  John 
Knisley,  and  singing  of  the  D<ixulogy  by  audience. 

I  Wm.  G.  Cook.  See'y. 
j  John"  B.  W«igiit.man,  Ass't. 
Primitive    Christian   and   Pll'jriin    will    please 

George  Bernard  Tiinguay,  a  Roman  Catholic 
priest,  of  Montreal,  has  written  a  letter  to  Arch- 
bishop Taschereau,  declaring  his  withdrawal  from 
the  Church,  on  account  of  errors,  and  bis  inten- 
tion to  preach  in  the  future  "the  holy  Gospel  of 
iTesus  Christ."  Defections  from  the  Catholic  body 
in  t)ie  province  of  Quebec,  have  been  very  large 
in  the  past  five  years. 

Such  a  December  as  the  last  one  has  hardly 
been  experienced  inthememory  of  thepreseutgtn- 
eration.  In  many  places  the  ronds  have  been 
impassable  for  loads,  and  bu5inEt>s  has  been  great- 
ly utTeetAid.  The  peach  trees  in  Slichigau  bloom- 
ed, and  in  many  parts  of  the  North  flowers  were 
found  in  the  open  fiehl. 

Since  our  last  issue  a  considerable  change  has 
come  over  the  weather.  Up  to  the  close  of  De- 
cember the  weather  was  warm,  and  in  some  respects 
delightful,  though  the  n)ad3  were  wofully  muddy 
But  now  tlie  mud  is  froze  hard,  and  the  roads  are 
extremely  rough.  The  weather  is  cold  and  some 
snow  has  fallen. 

But  few  changes  of  importance  have  Uken 
place  ill  the  Eastern  war.  The  Russians  have 
gained  other  advantages,  but  the  snow  iu  tbeBal- 
kins,  i»revenis  much  activity  among  the  armies. 

Nothing  certain  ia  yet  known  regarding  the  step 
to  be  taken  by  England.  Otbei*  powei-s  remain 
firm  £0  fiir. 


STANLEY.'the  great  African  explnrt-r  [)„, 
turned  to   Aldxandria,  Egypt.     He  has  pe.i,  ^" 
penetrated  Africa  further  thou  any  whit^  m 
His  discoveries  will  be  of  great   value  \„  r^ 
graphical  students.  * 

Moody  has  been  throwing8omemoreofhi».k 
into  the  camps  of  Secret  Societies.     Moody  ig  a 
on  Secret  Societies  and  so  ought  every  preacher  " 
be.  ' 


It  is  reported  that  the  Chinese  have  laieh 


cred  15,000  men,  wo 


X  and  childrt 


ymassft. 


It  is  said,  that  if  all  the  papers  now  publu) 
in  the  United  States  were  to  fly  u>  their  deatioatj^^ 
as  they  leave  the  press,   that   they   wuulj  j]^^ 
couslaullyhide  the  sun  from  our  view. 

The  eulir6  mass  of  tobacco  which  ia  aunuau 
consumed  in  smoking,  snuffing,  and  in  chewing,/ 
on  the  earth  is  4,000  millions  of  pouuds—niani' 
festly  too  high  an  estimate  for  from  twelve  to  fir. 
leen  hundred  millions  of  inhabitants.  Let  uaiak 
the  half  as  the  more  pmbable,  and  let  us  supp,,^ 
the  tobacco  leaves  transformed  into  roll  Uibatcn 
a  tobacco  serpent  is  created  which,  with  a  Jian^j' 
ter  of  two  inches,  and  following  the  direction  of 
the  equator,  could  wind  itself  around  the  earth 
thirty  times. 


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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


Shall  he  unto  All  People.'''' — Li'ke  3;  10. 


Vol 


Lanark,  111.,  January  17, 1878. 


No.  3. 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.H.Moore.  S.H.Bashor,  M.M.Eshelmau. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 


B.  H.  MILLEK, 
J.  \Y.  STELN.       - 
I).  VAKIMAN, 
p.  R,  iraNTZER. 

jtATTIE  A.  I,KAF 


-  LADOGA,  IND. 
-       NKWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  VIIIDEN,  ILL. 
-WAYNKSBOItO,  PA, 

-  URIIANA,    Il,[,. 


FA  U  LT_FIN  D  :  Wa. 

IX  ^iictkluiig  of  a  i)erso::"8  fanlte 
Pnty  don't  forget  your  own; 
KciiiHinbfi-.  those  with  houses  of  gluss 

Should  never  throw  a  atone. 

If  we  hnve  nothiug  else  to  do, 

Than  talk  of  those  wlio  sin. 

'Tin  better  we  commence  jit  home, 

Ami  from  that  point  begin. 

We  hnve  no  right  to  judge  a  mim. 

Until  he's  fairly  tried; 
Should  we  not  like  his  company, 

W<j  know  the  world  is  wide. 
finmi'  niuv  hiivc  iiiiilti!,  and  who  hiw  not' 

Tlie  old  as  well  (is  yount;, 
Perl.nps  we  may.  lor  all  we  know. 

Have  iifty  tu  their  om;. 


I'll  t-ll 

And 

To  fry 

\ii     t  . 


The 

Think 

T..  t, 

Don't ; 
You 


you  of  11  l)eJ.ev  phui, 
lind  it  worl,-R  fnll  well; 
your  own  defects  to  cniv, 

nth.-rMii.ilU  you  tell. 

.  .  ._Ii  i  -■.iii.iiiiu;!i  hope  to  be 

,VM,-r  tluii    uiue  I  kugiy. 

'11  shiirl-cduiings  hid  iiu-  Ii-f 
faults  of  others  go, 

?t  us  (lU,  when  we  begin, 
hmder  friend  or  foe. 

f  the  harm  one  word  may  ilo, 
liMM'  we  liltli-  know. 

iliiT  cum"-!  chieken-like, 

-tinii's  to  roorit,  conic  home. 

ijKHk  of  othei's  faults  until 

have  none  of  your  own. 

SriMr.i  I;,  M.  S.  Rwluml. 


I  do  not  believe  that  the  time  of  Christ's 
birth  at  that  time  was  certainly  known  outside 
of  .loscph  and  Mary.  If  it  had  been  known, 
Herod  surely  need  not  embraee  In  his  bloody 
edict  all  the  male  children  in  the  period  of  two 
years.  But  let  us  search  the  Scriptures  for  a 
key  to  this  mystery. 

"  Three  times  thou  shalt  keep  a  feaat  unto  me 
in  one  year"  (Ex  23:  U).  These  were,  the  feiu^t 
of  the  PrtssotTi",  the  feaat  of  Prntrco^t.  ami  the 
fe:ist  of  T/iben,fichH.  called  also  the  feast  of  In- 
fjiiihnlng.  The  P -.tssover  was  celebrated  in  re- 
meinbmnce  of  the  Hebrews'  deliverance  out  of 
Efiypt.  Pvnfaosl,  called  also  the  feast  of  Aim- 
lYvv^  alio  the  feast  of  iifrks.  This  feast  was 
celebrated  fifty  days  alter  the  Pnxmt'er.  to  com- 
niemorptt  the  giving  ot  the  law  on  Mount  Sinai 
which  took  plaw  fifty  days  after.  The  feast  o 
Ttilhninclps  w!is  celebrated  on  the  15th  .lay  of 
the  seventh  month  (Lev.  •2lh  3i),  to  commemo- 
rate the  Israelite.-;  dwelling  in  tents  forty  y 
in  the  wilderness.  Dr.  Chirk  says,  that  this 
seventh  month  was  Tisvi,  and  is  the  seventh  of 
the  ecclesiastical,  and  the  first  of  the  civil  year; 
and  auflwei-s  to  the  hist  half  of  our  September. 
and  the  first  half  of,  our  October.  Aiid  miuk- 
Ihink  tliut  crfiitiiiii  bcijan  at  this  time.  This  teast 
took  iteuame  from  the  booths,  tents  made  of 
brush,  in  which  they  must  dwell  seven  days. 
(Lev.  d3:  41').  These  teiusts  were  distlnsuiKhed 
in  tlieifr  several  peculiarities,  by  which  they 
were  olJSeiTed.  The  pHsmcr  had  its  piwchal 
!aiul),  tlie  feast  otlitirrest  iti  offering  of  the  fiivt 
fruit-,  nM  Min  fi-jiet  nf  Inhprtf'-lf  it*  hnolha  (if 
!'■'■'  -n-:-:  before   the 


WHEN  WAS  CHRIST  BORN? 


rrilLtimeni  which  Christ  was  born,  is  con- 
1  sidered  a  subject  of  great  importance  by 
some  professing  i)eople,  while  the  matter  seonis 
not  to  have  been  of  moment  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
who  inspired  the  Kvangelists  to  write  the  histo- 
ry of  his  birth,  as  they  have  not  dropped  a  hint 
by  which  a  gue-ss  could  be  made  of  the  time  ex- 
cepting the  "  shepherds  nbidiup  hi  the  field, 
keeping  watch  over  their  flock  by  night." 

Of  this  we  know,  that  "  it  was  a  custom 
Hiuong  the  Jews  to  send  out  their  sheep  to  the 
plains,  about  the  Passover,  and  bring  theiu 
home  at  the  cominencemc^ut  of  the  first  rain." 
During  the  time  they  were  out,  the  shepherds 
watched  them  night  and  day.  As  the  Passotfr 
occurred  in  the  Spring  mid  the/rs/  rain  began 
early  in  the  month  MeiHirmni,  which  answei-s 
to  jiart  of  October  ajid  November,  we  find  tiiat 
the  sheep  were  kept  out  in  the  open  country 
durhig  the  whole  of  Summer.  And  a.s  these 
shepherds  had  not  yet  brought  home  their  Hocks, 
it  is  a  presumptive  argument  that  October  had 
not  yet  commenced,  imd  that  eonseipiently.  our 
Lord  wiL^  not  born  on  the  25th  of  December, 
when  no  flocks  were  out  in  the  fields,  nor  could 
lie  have  been  born  later  than  September  as  the 
flocks  were  still  in  the  fields  by  night.  Thei-e 
ni'e  no  less  than  l.lfi  dilferent  opinions  concern- 
ing the  year  of  Chriat'a  birth:  and  as  to  his 
^irthdity,  tluit  ha.>»  been  placed  by  Christian 
sects  and  learned  men,  in  every  month  of  the 
year.  I'ln-  Latiu  church,  supreme  in  pourr,  and 
''ifalliljlf  in  j,t,hj,tumt  placed  it  on  the  35th  of 
December,  the  very  day  on  whicli  the  amrient 
Romans  celebrated  the  feast  of  their  goddess 
Brimca."_f7«rA-. 


(east  of  tiO»-,-nnilf<.  for  seven  days  unto  thi* 
Lonl.  Who  will  venture  to  3rt>\  that  great 
things  were  not  signified  by  these  things? 
What  are  they?  I  believe  the  nativity  of  Christ. 
At  this  fea-it  Israel  must  go  out  of  the  hou.sc 
and  dwell  in  /«wr/i.«;  at  the  birth  of  Christ  the 
she|iherds  at  least  were  out  in  the  fields  by 
night.  At  this  fca.st,  iBrael  must  rejoice  before 
the  LonI  their  God  lor  seven  days;  afc,the  birth 
of  Christ  the  luigels  brought  good  lidiiigs  of 
great  joy,  which  shall  be  for  all  iieople.  And 
if  men  failed  to  rejoice  before  the  Lord  their  G«kI, 
the  multitude  of  the  heavenly  bus!  pcidsed  God 
saying.  "  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest^  on  earth 
peace,  good  will  toward  man,"  ^ 

According  to  Clark,  this  month  T^i,  ans- 
wer to  the  last  half  of  September,  and'thefiwt 
half  of  October.  If  so,  then  the  fitit  day  of 
Tisri,  would  be  about  the  i:)th  uf  September  on 
which  was  to  be  a  memorial  of  blowing  of  trumi>- 
ets;  and  is  the  day  which  the  early  Christians 
nbaerved  as  the  day  of  Christianity.  Did  not 
the  angel's  voice,  Behntil  Ibrimj  ijmt  ^oixl  iieir.\ 
in  trumpet  sounds  reach  from  earth  to  heaven, 
as  weU  as  over  all  creation?  for  the  good  new* 
shall  be  for  all  men.  Until  I  have  pojrilive  proof 
to  the  eoutniry  I  believe  tliin  is  about  the  tin; 
Christ  was  born.  , 

UNCONSCIOUS   INFLUENCES. 

J 

liV  J.  w.  soLriiwuoii. 


B^; 


uneouscious  influenci 

tUienre.st'uataresilMii 
working  upon  the  mind 


I  iii-nn  til" 


tliaii  that  of  Cliristian  while  Christ,  our  only 
Captain  says,  "all  ye  are  brethren." 

Very  frequently,  while  opposing (rw  imaur- 
»i'm,  which  is  the  only  onf  Ixiptium  without  hu- 
man origin,  do  we  hear  men  say  tliiif  the  it|KwtIe 
taught  one  baptism  only,  when  he  said,  "  one 
Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism."  whik-at  thenaioe 
time  thfij  believe  in  and  eneoiinige  all  the  hap- 
tismsby  fellowsliipiug.  as  brethren  thowwho 
have  Itewi  spriiikWd.  p«.urt'd.  or  inimerwd  by  itntt 
or  three  dips.  They  however  fail  to  notice  the 
fact  that  the  same  apoallerwommenilslme /«ilA 
only,  as  well  as  one  baptism,  and  yet  they  i-n- 
eourage  many  different  faiths  by  felluwshiping 
all  the  various  denominations  in  existence. 

I  heanla  minister,  while  behind  the  pulpit 
with  the  Bible  before  him.  dceljire  that  he  wa» 
rciuly  and  willing  to  extend  the  right  hand  uf 
fellowship,  and  accept  as  a  brother  any  one  who 
believes  that  Josub  Christ  is  the  Son  of  Ood. 
I  nnist  admit  that  I  felt  somewhat  grievial  to 
think  that  men  could  he  induced  tn  fi-llowship 
Satan  and  publicly  lujcept  him  as  a  brother,  bul 
this  man  did  it,  for  no  one  will  U-  willing  topi- 
pose  his  ignorance  so  much  as  to  deny  the  (ikct 
that  Satan  believes  that  jmi»  Christ  in  the  S(in  ■ 
of  Ood.  The  difference  between  SaLin  and  n 
true  believer  in  Christ  is  this;  The  true  believer 
teiiehcs  that  men  and  women  must  hclim-  in 
Christ,  and  obey  Him  in  all  His  appointmeoLt, 
white  Satan  teaches  that  if  men  and  womeu  wilt 
b'-lieve  in  Christ,  they  ejj^Yiwil  not  obey  Him 
iit  all,  or  else  only  such  otHa  mimdiit^ra  i»  they 
rieciii  iirnpiT.     SiniiiT,  will  "you   he.ir  and  i-li-^y 


■  id  thfngr^  '^PfrltiHw  trtrtTionig  nwn . 


coaio,  may  we  nut  look  for  things  to  occur  on 
these  occasions  which  will  usher  in  the  new  dis- 
pensation established  on  better  promisesV  Let 
us  see.  The  fe;tst  of  the  Pusr^ovcr,  answers  to 
(Kir  Easter.  It  wiis  at  thjs  feast  Christ  w:ui 
cniajicif,  hnrieil,  and  roAe  agniii.  This  Pn.saover 
fesut  must  be  observed  on  the  14tli  day  of  the 
month,  which  God  said  should  hethe  beginning 
of  months;  that  is,  "the  fii-st  month  of  the  or- 
ganized church,"  This  month  Chirk  av^s.  "is 
Aliib,  B.n<\  onswera  to  part  of  March  and.  April, 
whereas  it  is  supposed  that  previous  to  this,  the 
ycai-  began  with  Ti^ivi;  for  in  this  month  the 
.lews  supposed  God  created  the  world,  when  the 
earth  appeared  at  once  with  all  its  fruits  in  |ier- 
feetion.  From  this  circumstance,  the  Jews  have 
formed  a  two-fold  commencement  of  the  year 
itself,  to  which  they  aftenvards  attended  lu  their 
reckonings;  that  which  began  with  Ti.vi.  or 
September,  was  called  their  civil  year:  and  that 
which  began  with  AbHj,  or  Mai-cli  was  called 
their  »aerfd  or  ecrk»ias(icnl  year."  The  months 
then  being  luiun;  the  feast  wa-s  stationary  on  the 
14th day;  and  on  the  fiftieth  daj'  from  this  Uth 
daj-  began  the  feast  of  /lurrent,  known  by  us  a-s 
Pniterost,  or  Whitsutuluy.  It  wa,s  when  Pnite- 
rast  hnil  fully  come  that  the  Holy  Ghost  cmiie 
down  in  all  his  power,  and*clothed  the  apostles 
with  power  fully,  to-  preach  Christ  crucified  to 
all  nations. 

Thus  we  sec  two  very  notable  eveub*  in  the 
Christian  dispensation  occurring  on  two  of  tin 
three  great  feasts  in  the  old  dispensation.  The 
mind  natundlj  enquires,  what  occuiTed  on  thi 
other,  the  feast  oUabeniiirhs'f  I  have  no  pos 
itive  proof,  but  in  my  mind  I  have  no  doubt 
that  Christ  was  born;  at  least  during  this  first 
n'fif,  and  seventh  eirlesinxfiial  month. 

It  is  not  at  all  probable  that  such  momentous 
things  should  occur  in  the  Christian  world  at 
the  time  of  two  of  the  three  great  feasts,  and 
this  one  should  renmin  neutral  in  the  great  dr 
ma  of  Christianity,  especially  the  month.  Git-at 
anil  marvelous  things  tu-e  crowded  into  this,  tli 
seventh  n-rifsiastiral,  and  first  ciril  month  of 
the  year.  On  the  first  day,  there  shall  be  a 
Sabbath,  a  memorial  of  blowing  of  trumpets,  a 
holy  convocation.  On  the  tenth  day.  there 
shall  be  a  day  of  atonement;  it  shall  Ik-  a  holy 
convocation.     And  on  the  liftemth  shall  l»e  the 


over  others.  Whatever  they  say  or  do  others 
\viil  try  to  imitate.  Such  influences  can  readily 
be  seen.  Hut  there  are  influences  tlnit  seem  to 
be  silently  doing  their  work,  and  yet  their  effects 
are  deep  and  lasting;  so  powerful  are  their  el- 
I'ect.s,  that  I  doubt  not  that  they  have  changed 
the  Ctjur^e  of  many  minds,  and  formed  a  basis 
on  which  many  have  built. 

It  is  said,  that  '"  the  mind  of  a,  child  is  like 
lean  snow."  Then  evei-y  foot^print.  touch  of 
the  hami,  brush  of  a  garment,  or  any  and  every- 
thing tliat  comes  in  contact  with  it,  has  some- 
thing to  do  iu  shaping  and  midciug  impressions 
upon  it.  Now  if  the  iustnimenls  of  impression 
are  clean,  all  the  impressions  will  be  clean;  but 
if  the  foot,  the  hand,  or  garment  is  unclean,  the 
result  is  an  impression  with  tilth  or  dirt  remain- 
ing, which  is  almost,  or  quite  impossible  to  re- 
move. So  every  filthy  word  spoken  in  the 
presence  of  a  child  leaves  an  imjiression  tainb'd 
with  uncleanness,  likewise  every  deed  and  look. 
As  we  nre  influenced  more  or  less  by  all 
around  us,  how  careful  ought  we  to  be  in  watch- 
ing tho.se  infiue-uces,  as  they  may  be  dragging 
us  down,  and  we  unconscious  uf  it.  And  while 
we  are  watching  the  influence  others  may  have 
over  lis,  let  ns  examine  ourselves  and  see  what 
kind  of  an  influence  we  are  exerting  over  others. 
Is  our  presence  a  beuefit'or  an  injury?  Does 
our  conversation  elevate  or  degrade?  Does  our 
conduct  impreHsothers  for  good  or  evil?  When 
we  meet  a  stranger  is  there  something  about 
our  looks,  our  words,  and  our  actions  tJiat  will 
make  good  impressions  un  his  mind?  Let  us 
examine  ourselves  and  see  what  kind  of  iiil 
euces  we  are  exerting.  Are  we  "  letting  our  light 
BO  shine  b»?fore  men  that  they  may  see  uur  gooil 
works,  and  glorify  our  Father  which  is  iu  hwiv- 
on?"  _ 

INCONSISTENCIES, 

IIY  ElUf  V.M  Rl    IMH  VflMI. 


EDUCATION  VS.  CRIME 


rrHEIUiarepci.plei 
X      be  regretted  that 


the  world,  and  it  is  to 
'gretted  that  there  are  many,  who  are 
contuiually  comphiining  about  inconsistcncits 
which  they  imagine  Uiey  see  in  others,  which 
they  themstdves  are  »outinualIy  practicing  in  re- 
ality. How  frequently  they  (human  Iieiugs)  tell 
us  that  \ve  sJiouhl  he  known  by  no  other  name 


AXUMnEU  of  years  ago,  I  heartl  Hon.  J.  H. 
Wickei>«liam,  Supt.  of  Public  SchooU  to 
PiL,  say:  that,  of  the  15(H)  convicts  in  the  i<m- 
tentiaries  of  his  State,  scarcely  imy  could  both 
read  and  wrilc.      This  suggest.-i  the  idea  that 
there  must  be  come  ndation  bi-twi-en  ignOniuce 
and  crime;  and  to  investigate  the  subject  niorv 
fully  I  visited  the  atatc  prison  at  Nashville  imd 
found  there  'J'JV  convicts,  onli*  twenty-nine  of 
whom  could  reitd  and  write.     Here  was  a  sad 
and  living  comment  on  the  misfortune  uf  I)^iDg 
uneducated.     Keurly  IWU  persons,  wearingr  the 
insignia  of  crime,  u  disgrace  to  their  friends  and 
an  ononnouft  expense  to  the  State  because  their 
early  training  was  neglected.     It  does  not  fol- 
low  from  this  that  every  person   who  cannot 
reiul  imd  write  will  necessarily  become  acouvict, 
but  it  iloen  show  that  crime,  Uke  cholera,  will 
seiiie  upon  the  victims  beat  mlapteil  to  itt>  niT- 
ages  and  will  flourish  best  among  the  ignorant.  - 
Children  unrestrained  at  home,  and  Iwiuj;  tU»- 
re.straiut  of  school  life  will  have  little  ivg-.inl  fir. 
authority,  even  that  of  law,  and  are  soon  <*«> 
tUk«'n  by  it  and  punished.     Xot  so  witfe  llwse 
who  are  educated.     They  mv  taught  to  rotniin 
their  evil  pa.s,sions  at  school,  and  will  d«y>jvliiiB 
they  enter  public  lifr. 

The  frequent  "strikes"'  in  the  bmwsoI'  Ph. 
»re  uuide  by  ignorant  ibieiguen..  The  terrible 
destruction  wf  properly  during  the  recent  great 
riiilrotul  sti-ike,  which  shook  the  tery  nation,  waB. 
not  cause<l  by  the  inttdligvut  part  of  the  nm- 
phijf*,  but  by  the  iguunutt  rabble,  ivho  l<n>k 
advantage  of  the  occasion  to  give  vent  to  their 
unbridlr^l  passions, 

Hiu]  the  four  million  1>lack^  Uvn  eilueat'O 
Iheiv  o>uM  have  been  no  rebi-Uion  in  the  ^'itU 
Kducation  is  tlu-ivfore  not  mily  the  j>'»nynti\t 
(if  t-rinie,  but  the  safeguai-d  of' a  nBti«Wf,  ni^'.  i^y 
l.-vs  the  siifeguai-d  of  a  cliuah  than  ths^  ,.t'  a 
iiiititMJ.  One  of  tlie  weidir-st  ivli^iou-^  s.s.(s  ja 
the  I'nited  States,  not  controling  a  schooi.  aaA 
as  a  U«Jy.  opnosinl  to  college  e^liicntiou  k  nw- 
erthi-litis  divided  into  five  or  six  factioibi,  whilp 
thesti-itngest  -sect  uuml>ering  '>\vra  million  .;iid 
tree  tiviii  all  internal  dissenti(vus  is  th*-  «mi<- 
wbiihhasthe  ^ivati-st  numWr  of  svhooU  ;ind 
colleges  under  the  control  of  th>*  chnn-h.  Tli-- 
exi»erieiiw  of  ages  has  shown  that  to  prpv.  n! 
crinK',  a  nation  must  wlucat*-.  and  to  piwen- 
divisions  H  chun-h  must  have  schools  of  it^  o\>  u. 


THi-:  >suK'rH]?K>r  at  avohk. 


aary   i~ 


THE  FIRM  BANK. 

„rW  "  i;'°h.l...  Ilcwla..a  H,ll  «l»t.ro<.  wlic-n 

IW  f,„lun.  of  .cvornl  l...i.k..  .rc  re|.ubl,.iie<l  l.y 
rciliicil: 

IilAVE  a  nevi^r-fiiiling  bunk. 
A  nmrv  than  goKk-n  store; 
No  earthly  bunk  in  biilf  »o  rich; 

Howciin  I  tlieii  be  poor:-' 
■  Tw  wIiPH  my  stock  in  '•i^nt  nnd  Rone. 

Ami  1  without  a  groal. 
I'm  triii'l  (o  liiist^'n  to  my  bniik. 

And  iM'g  a  little  no(f. 
Somi'timP8  my  BimkT  smiling  says: 

"  Wliy  don't  ynu  oftonrr  cr>nie  ? 
And  when  you  dmw  a  little  note, 

Why  not  ft  larger  mm':' 

"  Why  live  HO  nigganlly  and  poor? 

Vour  bank  contains  a  plenty; 
Why  come  and  take  aom-pound  note 

When  you  might  have  a  twenty? 

■■  Yea,  twenty  thousand  ten  times  told 
.     Is  but  ft  trifling  snni, 
To  what  your  Father  has  laid  uii, 
Seciin-  in  Christ  His  Son." 

Niijee  then  my  Hanker  is  so  rich. 

I  have  no  cause  to  borrow; 
III  live  upon  uiy  cash  to-day. 

And  draw  again  to-raorrow. 

I'vi-  Wen  alhonnand  times  before, 

And  never  was  reject«^'d; 
Sonu'fimes  by  IJnnker  gives  me  more 

Than  n-nked  for  or  expected. 

Sometimes  I've  felt  a  little  prond, 
I've  managed  things  so  clever: 
lint,  ah,  before  tlic  day  is  gone 

I  've  felt  as  poor  lis  ever. 
Should  nil  the  banks  in  Britain  break, 

And  that  of  England  smiufh; 
Bring  in  your  note  to  Zion's  hank, 

You'll  surely  have  your  ca-sh. 

And  if  you  have  but  one  small  note, 

Fear  not  to  bring  it  in; 
Come  boldly  to  the  liank  of  Grace; 

The  Banker  is  within. 

All  forged  notes  will  be  refused. 

MaH'inerils  are  rejected; 
There's  not  n  single  note  will  pass 

That  (Jod  Iiiis  not  accepted. 

This  bank  is  full  of  precious  notes. 
All  signed  and  sealed  and  free, 

Tlunigh  many  doubting  souls  nmysay, 
'•  There  is  not  one  for  me. 

The  leper  Inul  a  little  note— 
■■  Lord,  if  you  will,  you  can:" 

The  Batiher  cushed  this  little  note. 
And  iieiiled  the  sickly  man. 

We  read  of  one  young  nuin,  indeed. 

Whose  riches  did  abound; 
Hut  in  the  Bunker's  hook  of  Grace 

This  man  was  never  found. 

But  M-e  the  wretched  dying  thief. 

Hani;  by  the  Banker's  side: 
He  cried,  "Dear  Lord  remember  me;" 

He  got  his  cash  and  died. 
— Fitiuk  Tj-sUv'h  Stiuflinj  MiKjiiziiir. 

FAULT-FINDING. 

HY  rlI,\ltI,OTTE  T.  TIOS"l). 

'  •  l]i;it  is  in  tliy  ln'other's  eye,  Imt 
cuiisiili-ivst  not.  the  ln'jim  tlmt  is  in 
tliinc  own  eye  "  (Mutt,  (i:  ;i). 

The  language  of  the  tt-xt  i-iiiiihntieal- 
ly  warns  us  against  tlie  principle  of 
t'ault-finiling.  This  is  a  inattci"  that  is 
very  iliflit'nlt  to  control  in  our  natun-s. 
To  niainigc  tins  trouble,  tlu'  tongue 
must  lit!  hridled,  and  kept  so,  for  the 
apostle  tells  u.s  if  the  tongue  Is  not  bri- 
illeil  (»ur  religion  is  in  vain.  Thiw  thing 
Iff  watehing  each  sister,  and  stating  just 
the  lengtii  of  the  cap  strings,  and  how 
she  tie.s  it,  the  exact  size  of  the  bonnet, 
or  just  how  this  or  that  brother  has  his 
coat  rounded,  looks  very  much  like  a 
representation  of  the  tithing  of  the  mint, 
anise,  cumin,  and  neglc-cting  the 
weightier  matters  of  the  law,  judgment, 
love,  and  nierey.  You  ihat  are  criticis- 
ing every  little  matter  in  diess,  examine 
yourselves.     Hn\e  ynu  dealt  fairly  with 


vour  bn)thef  in  all  your  contr;ict«  with 
himi  Have  you  given  just  weight  in 
every  case(  Have  y«n  not  in  your  pos- 
session one  dolhir  ami  tifty  cents  that 
you  could  send  the  Kiikthiekn  at  Wokk 
into  some  poor  family  next  year;  that 
you  have  intended  to  sjjend  for  some 
Heltish  purj)o.se? 

While  we  are  criticising  othei-s,  let  us 
look  within  our  o^nl  he.-irts  and  see  if 
all  is  right  there,  and  when  watching 
our  ueighboi-s  wa.sh  th<-ir  hands,  cups, 
and  poti*,  before  they  eat,  accorditig  to 
the  tradition  of  the  elders,  let  us  not 
lay  aside  the  commandments  of  (ioil. 
Peace  and  good  will  toward  man,  hits 
been  proclaimed  from  on  high.  Our 
Savior  said,  "  Peace  be  unto  you."  "My 
peace  I  leave  with  you."  Do  we  still 
retain  that  i>eace  in  the  church  ?  We 
are  commanded  to  have  forbearance  to- 
ward one  another,  and  to  exercise  pa- 
tience and  foi'giveness  toward  each  oth- 
er, and  as  near  as  we  can  live  peaceably 
with  all  men. 

We  think  this  continual  fault-finding 
destroys  our  peace,  and  brings  about  im- 
pleasant  feelings.  We  are  told  precise- 
ly what  to  do  in  case  a  brother  offends, 
go  to  him,  and  only  him.  kindly,  loving- 
ly, and  tell  him  meekly  of  his  fault. 
If  he  heai-s  thee,  matters  .sh<mld  stop 
l-ight  there.  Hut  in  many  ea-*es  the 
whole  neighborhood  knows  it  before  the 
ort'ending  party  knows  that  he  has  of- 
fendeil  any  one,  and  sometimes  the  mat- 
ter is  laid  before  the  elder,  as  the  first 
move.  This  is  not  the  way  we  under- 
stand the  Scriptures  in  these  matters; 
and  jiossibly  if  ^ve  would  look  a  little 
nu)re  in  our  own  hearts,  and  watch  our- 
selves a  little  more  closely,  we  would 
not  have  so  much  time  to  abuse  the 
faults  of  others.  May  wh'  all  be  able  to 
examine  ouselves,  and  walk  before  God 
blameless,  is  my  prayer. 


'  THOU     F  OOL." 


rpH  E  term  fool,  is  fi'equently,  but 
-■-  thoughtlessly  made  use  of  by 
numy.  It  has  several  meanings,  such 
as  a  person  clestitute  of  reason,  an  idiot, 
also  one  that  acts  unreasonably,  and  is 
fi-eqnently  used  as  a  term  of  reproach. 
But  in  the  Scrijjture,  it  means  a  wicked 
pei'son.  "  The  fool  hsi-s  said  in  his  heart 
there  is  no  God  "  (Ps.  14:  1).  "But 
whosoever  shall  say,  thou  fool,  shall  be 
in  danger  of  hell  fire  "  (Matt.  5;  i'}). 

Among  the  Jews  the  term  fool,  im- 
j)lied  the  highest  enormity  and  most  ag- 
gi-avated  guilt.  Among  the  Gentiles, 
such  an  expression  Wfus  punished  by 
cutting  out  the  tongue,  and  thru.sting 
a  hot  iron  of  ten  finger's  breadth  into 
the  mouth  of  the  person  who  used  it. 
A  person  who  hears  these  sayings  of 
the  Savior  and  doeth  themnot,is  termed 
a  foolish  man.  When  a  man  puts  up  a 
building  and  does  not  lay  a  solid  foun- 
dation, we  conclude  that  he  is  a  foolish 
man,  for  he  has  not  acted  wisely,  but 
went  contrary  to  the  rules  for  building. 
Fi\  e  of  the  ten  virgins  wei-e  foolish,  for 
they  took  no  oil  with  them  in  their  ves- 
sels. "  And  while  they  went  to  buy,  the 
bridegroom  eame;  and  tliey  that  were 
leady  went  in  with  him  to  the  mar- 
riage, and  the  door  was  shut." 

There  was  a  certain  rich  num  whose 
ground  brought  forth  }ilentifully.  But 
he  became  alarmed  alxmt  not  liaving 
sufficient  room  for  his  goods,  and  tlie 
fruit  of  his  land.  He  pulled  down  his 
bainsandbuiltgreaterones.  After havino- 
built  greater  barns,  he  stored  awav  his 
goods,  and  said  to  his  soul,  "  Thou 
hast  much  goods  laid  up  for  many  years, 


take  thine  t-iinc,  eat,  drink,  and  be  mer- 
ry. "But  (iod  said  untuhim,  thou  fool, 
tiiis  niijht  thy  soul  shall  be  retptired  <»f 
tlu-e"  (Luke  12:  11',  2i)).  Oh!  what  a 
Miessajie,. death  staring  him  in  the  face. 
He  may  have  been  honest,  and  not  sloth- 
ful in  business.  He  may  have  stood 
high  in  society,  and  was  considered  a 
wise  man.  But  he  fooled  himself  out 
of  the  sahation  of  his  soul.  So  it  is 
with  him  that  is  not  rich  towards  God. 
''  W'here  your  treasure  is  there  will  your 
heart  be  also." 


I'on 


THE  TEST  OF  DISCIPLESHIP. 

DT  C.  H.  IIALSIIAUQH. 

A  Jirotherhj  Chris-tmas  Greetiwj  to  all 
the  Saints  of  Philadelphia. 

THE  most  solemn  and  august  thought 
conceivable  is  moral  beixo.  This 
includes  God  and  Angels,  men  and 
devils.  Moral  responsibility  and  inuuor- 
tality  are  inseparable.  Being  without 
beginning  must  necessarily  be  without 
end.  All,  inferior  intelligences  enuinat- 
iwjfwm  Him,  not  only  originated  by 
Him,  but  made  in  His  likeness,  with  His 
essence  woven  into  their  constitution 
share  His  prospective  Eternity;  Lite  ev- 
erhusting  is  the  Being  of  G^d,  and  the 
opposite  is  Eternal  Death.  The  loss  of 
the  Divine  character  in  us,  is  the  loss  of 
His  life,  though  life  continues  in  anoth- 
er qualify  and  relation  and  experience. 
The  restoration  of  this  character  is  Eter- 
nal Life  and  this  life  is  LOVE.  "  God 
is  hve,  and  hethut  dwdleth  in  love  Jwd- 
efh  in  God,  and  God  in  him''  1  John  4: 
IG.     "  By  tjiis  ^hall  all  men  know  that 

YK  ARE  MY  DISCIl'LES    II'  YE  UA\"E    LOVE 

TO  oNK  another"  John  13:  35. 

The  test  is  deep  and  comprehensive. 
It  dissects  the  very  heart  of  God,  and 
lays  bare  the  contents  of  His  Uncreated 
Personality.  To  be  like  God  is  our  ou- 
ly  chance  for  Heaven.  To  make  this 
community  of  nature  and  joy  possible, 
the  wonder  of  the  Incarnation,  the  Cru- 
cifixion, the  Resurrection,  and  the  As- 
censitm  had  to  intervene,  and  all  these 
were  ex^jre-ssious  of  lov  e,  both  as  grounds 
of  reconciliation  and  patterns  for  imita- 
tion. Of  all  questions  this  is  the  most 
momentous,  am  I,  or  am  I  not  a  true  dis 
ciple  of  Jesus  Christ?  To  jiretend  to 
love  God,  while  we  are  vindictive  in  feel- 
ing, and  cohl,  distant,  in  conduct,  is  liase 
hypocrisy.  To  wear  a  smiling  mask, 
and  nmke  profession  of  att'eetion  which 
the  conscience  belies,  is  ditto.  "  Bv 
THIS  SHAM,  men  know,''  by  this  test  God 
Himself  asks  to  be  judged.  He  annuun- 
ees  Himself  a,s  LOVE.  He  gave  His 
only  Begotten  Son  to  all  the  dread  lia- 
bilities of  our  apostasy,  and  appointed 
a  -special  functionary  to  cry  out,  "  JJe- 
hold  the  i.AMii  OF  ooD."  "  By  thin  shall 
all  men  know  that  God  is  Love."  The 
])riiiciple  wliich  opened  the  way,  must 
also  be  the  living  controlling  principle 
of  all  who  pa.*w  over  it.  None  can  be  of 
God,  or  have  part  in  His  beatitudes, 
save  those  who  are  quickened  and  sus- 
tained by  tlje  principle  that  made  God 
human.  What  an  inconceivable  stoop 
that  was  which  exchanged  the  gloi-i(nis 
Throne  of  the  third  Heaven  fur  the  man- 
ger, and  the  Swaddling-clothes !  This 
served  the  doulde  purpose  of  expiation 
and  example.  AVe  needed  a  Propitiation 
f«»r  our  sins,  and  a  tyi)e  of  the  Divine 
idea  of  human  excellence.  Christ  is  both, 
and  we  cannot  have  the  benefit  of  the 
fii-st  without  confonnity  to  the  last. 
"By  thin  shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are 
my  disciples." 

AVe  are  so  apt  to  lose  the  great  and 
lofty  idea  of  (Jod  in  Christ  in  the  habit  of 
thought,  and  feeling  generated  by  con- 


ventionalism that  we  need,  *'  linp  „, 
line,  precept,  upon  precept,  here  a  littl" 
and  there  a  little  "  to  jirevent  the  snirit 
ual  from  being  overlaid  and  ohseuredb- 
the  carnal.  It  retpiires  unceasiuff  v\„ 
ilauce.  unbroken  and  desperate  warfo^ 
with  the  world,  the  flesh,  an^  the  tlpvil 
to  keep  tlie  new  born  Christ  floniner 
isliing  under  the  sword  uf  Herod.  \, 
idle  word,  a  fit  of  passion,  the  nursing 
of  a  forbidden  desire,  the  I'eiidingof  hu- 
morons  or  flesh-pleasing  literaturo,  ^n. 
tertaining  or  retailing  gossip,  e.xageei-. 
ating  frailties,  and  caricaturing  virtui,^ 
and  misshapening  motives,  are  all  dii,,, 
inutions  or  destructions  of  the  tpstof  om- 
discipleship.  Every  aben-atlon  fi-r,,,, 
the  life  of  Christ  is  its  own  blight  and 
damnation.  No  simple  instance  of  self- 
preference  escapes  the  curse  of  the  law, 
We  are  dwarfeil,  and  maimed  and  mr. 
alyzed  and  dead,  Itecause  the  supremacy 
of  self  the  Holy  Ghost  retires,  and  re- 
signs  the  field  to  the  Arch-deceiver 
whose  prerogative  it  is  to  assume  tlie 
cloak  of  Heaven  to  do  the  Avork  of  Hell. 
If  we  would  know  our  relation  to  God 
we  have  but  to  ascertain  our  relation  tu 
our  fellows.  God  w^as  in  the  flesh,  ami 
has  given  us  the  true  mould  of  all 
human  relationship,  outside  of  whiili 
there  is  no  salvation. 

"  He  that  hateth  his  brother,  is  ara\ir-  I 
derer  "  and  he  that  loveth  not  in  Christ 
hates.  '*  Ye  7nu.st  be  born  again  "  out 
of  Christ  all  life  is  death.  To  love  as 
brethren  we  must  be  generated  by  onf 
Father:  self-sacrifice  is  the  ruling  clmr- 
acteristic  of  that  Love  which  made  a 
way  through  to  opposing  attributes  ot' 
Jehovah  for  our  redemption;  and  the 
same  element  among  those  thus  redeem- 
ed is  not  only  a  badge  of  our  Divine  lin- 
eage, but  the  very  essence  of  the  Life 
Everlasting,  "  Me  that  loveth  not,  kumo-  { 
eth  not  God ;  for  God  is  hve."  Let 
these  words  as  they  are  breathed  out 
of  the  heart  of  Jesus  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
sink  into  our  souls  like  the  knell  of 
death,  oh!  what  a  bottomless  hopele;^ 
Hell  in  these,  three  words,  "  knoweth 
xoT  God."  Between  the  love,  of  wliich 
the  cross  is  the  life,  and  the  ignoiance 
of  God  and  the  depth  of  damnation, 
there  is  no  middle  ground.  "  By  this 
shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  dis- 
ciples, if  ye  have  love  one  to  another." 
Not  the  purest  and  loftiest  affection  that 
ever  welled  from  the  unrenewed  heart; 
but  the  love  that  drew  Je.sus  out  of  the 
bosom  of  the  Father,  and  impaled  Him 
on  the  malefactor's  stake,  under  tlie 
frowp  of  Heaven,  and  the  terroi-s  of 
Hell,  and  the  scott's  and  railings  of  the 
very  objects  for  whom  all  this  humil- 
iation and  agony  was  endured!  Oh!  the 
beauty  of  Holiness.  Oh !  the  depth  and 
tenderness  of  the  Divine  Heart.  Oh! 
the  dignity  ot  human  nature.  Oh!  the 
e.Kceeding  sinfulness  ot  sin,  the  exceed- 
ing madness  of  the  hunuui  will,  and  the 
awful,  God-defying  obstinacy  of  per- 
verted inclination.  So  good  is  God,  so 
great  is  man  in  make,  and  so  mean  m 
his  character,  who  cannot  love  as  Chnst 


loves,  cannot  be  w^here  Christ  is. 


The 


fellowship  of  the  saints  is  the  eternal 
unity  of  the  Holy  Trinity.  Christ  is 
the  expre-ssiou  o'f  the  uncreated  All-Love, 
and  we  are ''the  habitation  of  Ood 
through  the  A>mi "  the  jiropitiatioii  of 
the  IiK-arnation.  J.et  us  not  cheat  our- 
selves out  of  salvation,  by  discoimtiug 
the  love  of  Christ,  in  our  lit"-,  ft""}  ^^^' 
ing  that  for  a  copy  of  His,  which  isou- 
ly  a  misshapen,  ghastly  bii'th  oi  sin.  '_ 
work  of  God  goes  (ieep,  my\  when » 
plows  up  the  subsoil  of  our  being,  »» 
mellows  it  under  the  harrow  of  disciP' 
line,  and  the   rays  and   dews   of  Graf  . 


,,e  ,vill  I'l;  »''■''  '"'  '^"flui-e  the  scouii-^ 
„,a  llu-  l."«i-ting  niul  the  spitting,  and 
,),e  mocking,  ami  the  kccratiiis;  nnik, 
„„,!  look  up  to  God  in  trust,  an.l  down 
„,,on  tlie  cruel  world  in  pity,  „„rt  j„j.^ 
J  Father  forgive  them."    So  did  feus, 

,ncl,  '•  V  '""J  "'""  '"""  "'"  "'e  Spirit 
g  Christ,  he  is  none  of  Hi,;'  j^.^^. 
ivlieliuing  words!  Who  cm  read  thfui 
„-itliout  being  startled?  Who  cm  en- 
Jure  the  (loom  of  the  loveless,  and  who 
lo\e    without  the  cross? 

FALSE    TEACHERS. 

riY  FRANK  ALI.KN, 

II'  is  an  awful  charge  that  is  brought 
against  false  teachers,  in  olden  times 
(Isaiah  A:  16).  The  leaders  of  this 
nooplc  caused  them  to  err,  and  they  that 
are  led  "f  ''"■'"  '"'''  'lestroyed. 

Tlierc  are  many  teachers  in  these  last 
Ja.vs,  chargeable  with  this  guilt.  And 
irrtiiKl  a  curse  pronounced  against  them 
((iai.  1:  S,  *')•  "  l^"*  though  we,  or  an 
ji,2fl  from  heaven,  preacli  any  other 
(gospel  unto  .vou,  than  tiiat  which  we 
liave  preached  unto  you,  let  him  be  ac- 
cui-sed."  As  I  said  before,  so  say  I  now 
nsraiii,  "  If  »"y  """'  preach  any  other 
tiospel  uuto  you  than  that  ye  have  re- 
^.eived,  let  him  be  accursed. 

1.  Tiiey  i-ausp  the  children  of  men  to 
t-IT.liy  false  doctrine.  This  was  the  case 
witli  the  teachers,  iu  the  church  at  Gal- 
(itia.  They  preached  ani>ther  Gospel. 
Anil  when  we  read  the  awful  curse  which 
tnnlcr  the  influence  of  inspiration  pro- 
uomiced  upon  such;  .surely  all  teachers, 
ought  to  tremble  at  the  thought  of  preach- 
ing nnythiug  else  than  the  unadulterated 
Gospel  of  Christ. 

:>.  Teachers  cause  men  to  en-,  by  not 
fully  bringing  forward  all  things  com 
nianded,  and  not  decharing  the  whole 
eounsel  of  God. 

.1.  They  cause  men  to  err,  (  2  Pet.  '1 ; 
i,'.\).  "Through  covetousness  and  with 
feigned  words  they  nlake  merchandise 
of  them,  and  nuuiy  shall  follow  thei; 
jiernitious  ways;  by  reason  of  whom  tin 
iviiv  uf  truth  shall  lie  evil  spoken  of.' 
How  far  this  has  contributed  to  maki 
iiijiuy  a  poor,  thoughtless  creature,  who, 
either  was  incapable  of  looking  beyond 
tile  surface  of  things,  or  would  not  take 
tile  troulile  to  do  so,  concluded  that  re- 
ligion \va.s  a  trick  of  priestcraft,  it  is  im- 
possible to  conclude.  We  are  told  in 
2  Tim.  4::i,  4,  "For  the  time  will 
coiiie  when  they  will  not  endure  sound 
ilnctrine;  but  after  their  own  lusts  shall 
they  heap  to  themselves  teachers,  hav- 
ing itching  ears;  and  they  shall  turn 
away  their  ears  from  the  truth,  and  shall 
l>e  turned  unto  fables." 

Many  e.vamples  are  to  be  met  with, 
of  the  fatal  influence  of  such  teachers. 
Whcretheinhabitant.sof  whole  districts 
ale  laid  ush-ep  under  the  mo.st  fatal  de- 
lusions, and  are  steeled  against  every 
•tteiiipt  to  direct  their  attention  to  the 
Wnistinnity  of  the  Word  of  God,  sure- 
l.v  the  thought  of  this,  ought  to  e.xcite 
ill  those,  who  profe.ss  to  teach  all  things 
eoiiiinanded,  much  watchfulness  and 
I'la.Ver,  and  to  lead  the  children  of  men 
carefully  to  draw  their  instructions  from 
'lie  pure  fountain  of  Divine  Truth.  They 
should  e.xamiue  with  minute  attention, 
'lie  light  in  which  things  are  represent- 
"■'1  in  the  Scriptures,  and  their  iliseourscs 
slinuld  be  a  faithful  copy  of  what  is 
'lieivin  contained.  The  apostle  Paul 
|leclares,  under  the  influence  of  thespir- 
■'  of  prophecy,  that  "  in  the  last  days 
I'l-riloiis  times  shall  come.  For  men 
*nll  be  luvers  of  their  own  selves,  cov- 
'•'"Us,  boasters,  |n'oud,  blasphemers,  dis- 
ol'wlientto  parents,  unthankful,  unholy, 


I'HK    BRETHl«.:>r    .VT    WOHIC. 


without  imtur,al  afl'ection,  truce  breakers, 
false  accusers,  tierce  deapisers  'of  tho.se 
that  are  good,  traitors,  heady,  highmind- 
ed,  lovei-s  of  pleiksure  more  than  the 
lovers  of  God,  having  the  form  of  god- 
liness, but  denying  the  power  thereof." 
And  after  giving  the  description  of  char- 
actei-s,  he  adds,  as  an  iiyunction,  and 
plainly  binding  on  thedisci|iles  of  Christ, 
and  records,  for  their  instruction  in 
these  la.st  days,  "From  such  turn 
away." 

Be  it  noticed  in  this  passive,  the  char- 
actors  that  were  to  distinguish  the  last 
days.  Such  characters  have  e-xisted  in 
every  age;  but  the  period  referred 
to;  they  should  be  found  with  a  form  of 
godliness  (Rom.  IB:  17).  "  Now  I  be- 
seech you,  brethren,  mark  them  that 
cause  divisions  and  offences,  contrary  to 
the  doctrine  which  ye  have  learned ;  and 
avoid  them  "  (2  Thes.  3 ;  14).  "  And  if 
any  man  obey  not  our  word  by  this 
epistle,  note  that  man,  and  have  no  com- 
pany with  him,  that  he  may  be  asham- 
ed "  (2  ,Tohn  lilO).  "If  there  come 
any  unto  you,  and  bring  not  this  doc- 
trine, receive  him  not  into  your  house, 
neitherbid  him  God  speed."  Are  the  fore- 
going Scriptures  to  be  obeyed?  (Matt. 
5:  1(1).  "AVliosoever  therefore  shall 
break  one  of  the.se  least  commandments, 
and  shall  teach  men  so,  he  shall  be  call- 
ed the  least  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven" 
(James  2;  10).  "For  whosoever  .shall 
keep  the  whole  law,  and  yet  offend  in 
one  point,  he  is  guilty  of  all  "  (Koni.  2: 
13).  "  For  not  the  hearer  of  the  law 
is  just  before  God,  but  the  doer  shall 
be  justified."  Disobedience  in  these 
things  tends  to  draw  a  veil  over  the 
peculiar  doctrine  of  the  Word  of  God, 
and  not  only  to  obscure  their  glory,  but 
to  e.vclude  from  the  mind  every  impres- 
sion that  the  knowledge  ami  belief  of 
them  is  es>culially  necessary  to  our  ac- 
ceptance in  the  sight  of  God.  It  tends  to 
annihilate  those  distinctions  which  they 


I>ove  is  the  life  of  the  soul,  and  the 
principle  regulating  its  action  in  its 
uoniial  and  abnorninl  states,  may  be  il- 
lustrated by  two  ]>assages  of  Holy  Writ 
CKprcsscd  by  tlie  Author  of  this  reKgion : 
"  Come  uuto  me  all  ye  that  labor." 
"  Depart  fnmi  ine  ye  worken*  of  iniqui- 
ty." By  rendering  a  voluntary,  orwill- 
ing  obeaience  to  the  first,  insures  a  com- 
plete lus-siniilation  to  Him  who  is  the 
Author  and  FinisluT  of  our  faith,  and 
to  the  second  there  will  be  a  compul- 
sory obedience  rendered  by  all  who 
spend  a  life  in  open  rebellion  to  Him, 
who  is  their  Sovereign  King  of  kings 
and  Lord  of  lords,  as  a  rigid  and  just 
award.  It  is  wisdom  in  those  who  are 
apprised  of  these  immutable  results, 
to  comply  with  the  invitation  of  their 
blessed  Savior,  and  take  His  yoke  up- 
on them  ami  learn  of  Him  now,  that 
they  may  find  rest  unto  their  souls,  ami 
enjoy  this  re.st  throughout  eternity. 

The  religion  of  .lesus  has  for  its  ob- 
ject the  inculcation  of  chaste  virtues, 
pure  morals,  and  spiritual  and  enlight- 
ening iuHuenccs.  Th<'  benefits  of  the  Gos- 
pel are  many,  and  are  intended  for  the 
entire  race,  none  need  be  exempt  to  the 
benefits  conferred,  only  obey  and  enjoy 
spirilual  life,  or  disobey  and  suffer  spir- 
itual death.  "  E.xecpt  you  eat  the  flesh 
of  the  t^oli  of  man  and  driiikllis  blood," 
there  will  be  no  spiritual  life  in  the  soul. 
The  New  Te.stament  contains  the  histo- 
ries of  the  lives  of  those  who  exempli- 
fied the  doctrine  of  our  holy  Christianity. 
They  furnish  us  examples  worthy  of 
our  admiratiou  and  respect,  and  to  copy 
after  the  lives  of  such  illustrious  char- 
acters should  be  the  desire  of  all  Chris- 
tians, for  it  will  enable  them  to  jirogress 
in  the  divine  life,  by  insiiiring  them 
with  a  zeal  to  press  forward  toward  the 
mark  for  the  prize  of  the  high  calling 
of  (lod  in  C'hrist.  The  Christian  wil 
consider  the  laliors  of  the  present  lif 
as  preparatory  to  a  wider  and  c.xtendei 


battling  on  through  this  sinful  world, 
trusting  in  Him  who  is  able  to  save,  anil 
hope  by  the  grace  of  God  to  live  this 
.vearbetterthananybefore,  for  if  I  meet 
none  of  you  in  this  world,  may  I  tie  ao 
unspeakably  happy  toineel  you  in  a  better 
one,  where  many  near  and  dear  ones  are 
waiting  for  us.  JIny  we  ever  live  faith- 
'ully  bound  together  with  the  bond  of 
love  is  my  prayer. 
iMfinrt  Citijy  Iowa. 


PERSECUTED. 


.  SBI.SOS  IIUAIIV 


a  ■ni.KSSEI)  arc  they  Mliid.  an-  pn- 
-*-*  secuted  for  riijhtonu'jncw  »ake 
for  thoir's  is  the  kingdom  of  licavcn. 
Ulcssfii  an-  ye,  when  men  shall  rovile 
you,  and  ptTsi-eiitt'  you,  and  sliaU  say 
all  manner  of  evil  ag:ainst  yon  falsely, 
for  my  sake.  Rejoice  and  he  exepfding- 
ly  glad;  fen-  great  is  your  reward  in 
heaven:  for  so  persecuted  they  the  projih- 
et.H  which  were  In't'orc  you"  (Matt.  5: 
10,  n,-J-_>).  "He  that  will  live  godly 
must  sutler  pei-secution"  (2  Tim.  ;J:  12). 
Christ  says,  "  If  they  pei-secuteniethey 
will  also  pei-secute  you." 

There  are  very  few  Christians  now-a- 
days  who  are  imprisoned,  killed  or  per- 
seeuted  for  their  righteousneVssake,  or 
for  Christ's  sake  in  this  our  free  Amer- 
where  we  can  woi-ship  God  as  it 
were  under  our  own  vine  and  fig  tree*, 
liut  it  is  to  be  feared  that  some  are 
persecuted  for  unrighteousuews,  for  their 
evil  deeds,  instead  of  good  deeds 
or  righteousness.  Although  I  ac- 
knowledge that  the  true  antl  faithful 
Christians  will  lie  tried  more  or  leiw  by 
the  World  and  imgoilly  people,  and  have 
their  trials,  temptations,  diftieuUie-s  and 
dark  seasons;  yet  they  will  all  work  to- 
gether for  good  to  those  tluit  love  God, 
and  enable  them  to  shine  brighter, 
and    ft'el     happier   afterward,    if   they 


constantly     maintain.       Fr(mi    sm-h    field  <.f  usefulness    among  the  redeemetl  kj^,.^,  ^.^^1^.,,^.^.  j^^^^,,.,^^.^.  ^,„^,y^,j  (^ 


turnaway.  Was  tliis  precept  to  be  obey- 
ed? If  so,  all  the  supposed  difficulty 
in  obeying  it  can  he  considered  in  no 
other  light  than  as  involving  a  reflection 
on  the  wisdom  of  the  Lawgiver. 

CHRISTIANITY. 

IIY  .lAMES  WIRT, 


T 


ills  term  embraces  within  its  signifi- 


and  contemplation;  the  primary  defini- 
tion is  the  religion  introdnced  and  taught 
by  Christ  and  the  apotttles.  The  object 
at  pre-sent  is,  to  notice  the  design  and 
purposes  of  its  iuti'oduction 

First,  it  is  intended  to  reinstate  man 
in  favor  and  friendship  with  Ilis  Creator, 
a  position  froni  wliieh  man  had  fallen 
in  consequence  of  liis  violati<ui  of  tlie 
Divine  Liiw,  and  is  now  suft'cring  the 
penalty  annexed  to  the  infi-iugement  of 
this  law.  Hence  its  object  is  to  redeem 
all  implicated,  from  under  the  curse  of 
a  broken  Law,  Ity  restoring  them,  that 
they  may  enjoy  as  in  their  primeval 
creation,  thatsweet  communion  and  com- 
panionship with  their  Maker.  This  is 
a  fact  none  who  are  acquainted  with 
the  truths  of  IiLspiratiou  will  deny,  and 
the  e.vperience  of  all  truly  enliglUeued 
Chri.stians  corroborate  the  statement. 
Blessed  indeed  arp  they  who  enjoy  e.v- 
perimental  religion,  fur  it  strengthens 
their  love,  their  devotion  or  attachment 
to  the  ciiu-se  of  Christ,  mother  does  it 
stop  with  the  possessor  of  the  Idessed- 
ness,  but  enlists  their  powers  to  bring 
others  uutler  the  immediate  iniluenct' 
our  holy  Cliristianity. 


pirits  of  "just  men  made  jierfect 
theimmortal  climes  of  spiritual  freedom, 
and  there  forever  sliow  forth  the  praises 
of  Him,  who  has  loved  and  redeem- 
ed them  with  his  own  precious  blood, 
enjoying  tlu'  fruitinn  ..f  Christianity. 

ANOTHER  YEAR. 


T 


HE 


heels   of  time   have  made    oi 
more   revolution.      Another   ye 


has  rolled  into  eternity,  the  deeds  of  each 
and  all  are  recorded,  whether  for  or 
against  us;  if  against  us  let  us  make  haste 
to  retrace  (mr  steps,  and  make  our  calling 
and  election  sure.  Another  year  comes  be 
fore  us  as  a  olean  white  page,  unsiiotted 
by  the  monster  sin.  Many  are  vowing 
to  live  true  t,o  each  other,  true  to  their 
counti'y,  or  true  to  some  organization, 
but  how  many  are  vowing  to  live  true 
to  their  God  i  How  many  have  made 
such  vows,  and  have  broken  them,  have 
fallen  asleep  in  .sin  and  feel  easy  in  their 
jn-esent  condition^  But  awake,  ye  im- 
mortal souls  to  a  sense  of  your  duty, 
nuike  haste  to  renew  your  vows  to  God, 
and  repent  of  your  sins  wliile  it  is  to-day, 
for  the  night  of  death  will  soon  come 
when  it  will  be  too  late. 

Many  times,  when  I  sit  at  home  on 
Sunday,  do  I  think  of  the  past,  when 
we  gathered  with  you  at  the  house  of 
God  at  SliannonIll..and  listened  with  in- 
terest to  the  Word  preached,  but  cannot 
meet  with  you  now.  But  tuice  have  I 
seen  any  of  the  brethren  since  we  have 
been  in  Iowa,  but  nevertheless  my  faith 
is  not  shaken,  my  anxiety  for  the  ca\ise 
of  Christ  is   none  the  less.     I  am  still 


the  storm.  Therefore  the  Christian  must 
atch  and  pray,  and  shall  "  ecmntit  all 
joy  when  he  falls  into  divers  temptations, 
knowing  this,  that  the  trying  of  las 
faith  worketh  patience."  The  Christian 
shoulil  try  and  live  so,  that  if  the  people 
will  sjieak  evil  of  him  or  her  they,  do  so 
falsely;  and  if  it  is  false,  he  shall  rejoice 
in  a  ctMuing  day.  And  if  the  Chris- 
tian professor  does  aaythiug  contrary  to 
the  Scripture,  the  worldly  pet)plc.  or 
non-i)rofessors,  have  a  right  to  tell  him  or 
her  in  the  spirit  of  nieekuess.  By  the 
fruit  we  can  know  the  tree  whether  it  be 
good  or  evil,  and  by  their  actions,  walk 
and  conversation,  the  Christians  show 
their  religion:  actions  speak  louder  than 
words.  So  the  (Christian  jirofessor  should 
be  on  his  guard  and  live  out  the  profess- 
ion in  word  and  in  deed,  that  he  be  no 
stumbling  block  in  the  way  of  othere, 
but  a  true  light  to  the  world,  and  as  salt 
to  the  earth. 

The  Christian  is  to  come  out  from 
among  the  world,  and  be  a  separate  and 
peculiar  people,  zealous  tif  good  works, 
keeping  himself  unspotted  from  the 
world— is  to  be  ilead  mito  the  world, 
and  alive  unto  God.  The  Christian  is 
to  become  an  active  and  faithful  worker 
in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  improve  his 
talent  antl  time  to  the  glory  of  God,  and 
"  pray  for  them  that  despitefuUy  use  and- 
pei"secute  you."  "  Bless  them  that 
persecute  you,  and  cui'se  not."  And  not 
be  lus  we  read,  have  a  name  to  live  and 
are  dead,  but  try  to  save  and  win  souls, 
for  he  that  winneth  souls  is  wise;  "  For 
if  the  righteous  scarcely  be  saved,  where 
shall  the  ungodly  arid  the  sinner  ap- 
pear V 


THK    13nT^TtCKK>J    >^T    AVOKK. 


January   \  y 


glie  grefhreij  at  ^or*. 

PUBLI3HKD  WEBKI.y. 


J.  H.  MOORE. 

8.  a.  BASHOR,  >  KDITOIia. 

M.  U.  £9IIEI'MAH,  ; 

"t...  Birrn^o  *t  WnN«  will  be  wnl  ,pw'-P»>;'- ?*  •"/, 

eelT*  .»  .iir«  copy  frM  of  ch.r([«.  For  »«  »»"  «  • 
^»l    i.«n.f     wbi'-h   Amount   wo   b«  .iHiirtf^I    from   the 

SooIjT,  n..d.  t..,.bl-  .0  Moore.  "."•*<-*,''-'' ''.7"- 
p«-.  u  well  ».  lill  bu.inw  u">"»r.  c^iNnr^io-l  n.lb  Ibi'  of- 
AoB  ahouM  l«  ii<lilrcMV'l 

UOO&E,  BASEOfi  &  ESHEUUK. 
Uurk,  CtrreU  Co..  HI. 


LAKi&S.  ILL, 


JANUAB?  17, 1878. 


Bbo.  IJaki[oh's  ncMr<-s(!i  until  turtiipr  iiotitc 
will  be  Fnin>Iii.v.  WMliiiigt.>,i  c. ,  M,l..  .iiro  of 
KIder  David  Long. 

KiJ>KH  William  Ela«,  of  Honil  Co.,  111.,  hns 
pas8«l  awiiv.  He  diwl  .Inn.  4tli.  T\\m  one  by 
one  the  iigfd  ministfra  are  piissing  iiway. 

Eldkh  John  Foknkv,  ilnriiig  his  travels  will 

act  iw  (igont  for  llic   Hueturrn  at  Work,  and 

wbntflvor  bnaint-ss,    respecting    siibscrii)tions, 

the  purclinsirig    of    piimpbletw.    etc.,  nmy   Iw 

tmnitiicti-<l  with  bini,  will  be  all  right  with  tliis 

offiw. 

.♦  ■ — 

Hiio.  John  Mktzobr  saya:  "  I  wonid  like  to 
vinit  you  this  wint«r,  but  cannot  tell  yet.  as 
there  an-  »o  many  calls.  I  am  going  all  the 
time.  ]  expect  to  soon  start  on  a  preaching 
tour  of  about  three  weeks.  Will  tt-U  you  more 
iifliT  while."   ^     __^„__-    _ 

(JKl'Utti.EirH  do  not  work,  neither  do  workers 
grumble.  Men  who  work  liave  no  time  to  stop 
and  grumble,  ami  grumblers  are  generally  too 
iincojieenied  iibout  matters  to  exiTt  themselves 
niui;b  atgood,  healthy  exercise.  More  workei-s 
jinil  less  grumblers  i«  what  our  land  needs. 

The  brethren,  preaching  in  Denmark  expect 
to  utart  homeward  just  as  soon  ils  the  neeessnry 
means  reach  them. hence  those  who  contemplate 
sending  more  money  for  this  purpose,  will  at- 
tend to  it  immediately.  About  three  hundred 
dollar*  are  yet  needed  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
tilt  mission.  

KvEUY  nmn.  woman  and  child  ought  to  leani. 
not  only  to  work,  but  to  work  well.  A  uon- 
■tnnt,  useful  employment  is  the  best  known 
BJitidotc  against  crime  and  wickedness.  Give 
nie  a  working  people  every  time  for  peace  and 
piftty.  \^^o^k  and  pray  is  as  essential  to  purity 
ns  watch  and  pray  is  to  faithfulness. 

It  is  said  that  as  late  as  A.  D.  15.^6  the  Bible 
was  not  yet  translate)]  into  any  lieathen  lan- 
guage, and  only  twenty-two  years  ago  it  was 
iu  but  fiiU'-two  languages;  but  to-day  it  is,  in 
whole  and  in  part,  in  two  hundred  and  titty 
different  languages  of  the  lost.  This  shows  the 
progress  of  the  interest  taken  in  circulating  the 
Scriptures.  _  _ 

If  those  ppo|de  who  sit  around  on  goods  box- 
K»  and  in  i)ublic  places,  talking  unbecomingly 
about  their  neighboi-s  and  friends,  will  stay  at 
home  imd  devote  a  little  more  time  to  ivading 
the  Scriptures,  it  will  be  much  bett<'r  for  them 
aud  the  moral*  of  the  people  generally.  Heaven 
speed  the  time  when  people  will  learn  to  quit 
speaking  evil  of  each  other. 

Eli.eh  .1  AUE.S  R.  GisH.  of  Woodford  Co..  Ill,, 
Is  not  pnu'tically  a  "  t«nt-maker,"  but  he  is  go- 
ing into  the  "tent-business,"  in  a  way  that  will 
evidently  etlect  the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel. 
lie  has.  at  his  own  expense,  purchased  a  tent 
about  4'i  by  :12  feet  in  siw.  and  proi)ose«i  travel- 
ing, pitch  his  tent  where  it  seemeth  good,  cull 
the  people  together  and  there  preach  the  Gosjiel 
and  labor  to  build  up  the  Master's  cause.  This 
is  a  sttrp  in  the  right  direction,  and  tiro.  Git^u  is 
jast  the  man  to  take  hold  of  it.     God  l)less  thi 

missionaries! 

— .■♦ . 

DAMAsrrs,  situated  on  a  beautiful  plain,  13(i 
miles  N,  E.  of  Jerusalem,  is  one  of  thf  most 
ancient  cities  in  the  world.    It  is  i!,344  feet 


above  the  level  of  the  «ea,  and  surr<iunded.  for 
many  miles  by  delightful,  fertile  tield."*  and  gar- 
dens, well  watered  with  beuutiful  streams.  The 
city  Ih  about  two  miles  long  and  one  mile  wide, 
and  contains  nearly  2*^)0,000  inhabitants,  several 
thousands  of  whom  are  Jews.  The  streets  are 
Jong  and  narrow,  and  though  the  houses  out- 
side upi»ear  rough  and  sometimes  gloomy,  yet 
within,  many  of  them  are  neat  and  beautifully 
arranged.  Nearly  every  house  has  a  fountain. 
The  place  is  yearly  visited  by  many  thousand 
pilgrims.  ^_^^^^...^-^ 

Von  an  excellent  plan  for  building  a  meeting- 
house with  but  little  money  see  not^s  of  travel 
and  preaching  by  KIder  Johm  Metzoeb  on  last 
page.  Poor  churches  want  to  make  a  note  of 
this.  Then  those  who  are  in  the  habit  of  filling 
uj)  their  reporLi  of  travel  with  raildron/Is.  good 
dinners  and  etc.  want  to  read  the  article 
again.  If  any  of  our  correspondents  can  put 
more  news  in  leas  space,  with  le-ss  outside  mat- 
ter they  will  please  let  us  hear  from  them. 
Writing  church  news  is  a  little  like  making 
maple  molasses  ;  it  wants  to  boiled  down  till 
there  is  nothing  left  but  the  good. 


MoL->T  Ararat,  the  resting  place  of  the  Ark 
lifter  the  Deluge,  is  17,260  feet  above  the  level 
of  the  seii,  iUid  about  I4,00iJ  feet  above  the  sur- 
rounding plain.  The  .summit  is  ct)vered  with 
eternal  snow  for  about  30ft(l  feet.  Though 
far  from  being  the  highest  mountain^  in 
tlie  world,  yet  very  few  persons  have  ever 
been  able  to  reach  its  summit.  Tradition 
points  out  a  place  on  the  side  of  the  moun- 
tain, where  Noah  is  said  to  have  pliuited 
liis  vineyard:  and  lower  down,  iu  the  plain,  the 
stnmger  is  shown  the  plate  where  the  venerable 
patriarch  is  snpposed  to  have  been  buried.  The 
region  just  below  the  perpetual  snow,  is  barren 
and  desolate,  unvisited  by  either  beast  or  bird. 


this  in  order  by  cjireful.  religious  tmining  and 
you  will  ha-^e  done  much  toward  helping  the 
child  on  ite  way  to  glor>-.  Got!  bless  home  cul- 
ture, and  help  parents  to  bring  up  their  chil- 
dren in  the  feiu-  of  the  Lord. 


We  learn  that  Elder  Daviij  Keli-er,  of  Cum- 
l>er]and  Co.,  Pa.,  eonterajdates  locating  a  colony 
in  Kansas,  on  the  lands  belonging  to  the  At- 
chison. Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  R.  R.  This  is  a 
step  in  the  right  direction,  and  we  wish  him 
miccees  in  the  enterprise.  It  would  be  a  good 
idea  to  locate  colonies  in  all  the  Western  Stutes, 
md  those  of  Texas,  Kansas  and  Nebraska  offer 
'xtra  inducements.  Locating  colonies  in  new 
countries  is  an  excellent  way.  of  not  only  im- 
proving the  country  and  morals,  but  of  estab- 
lishing strong-holds  in  muinteuance  of  pure 
Christianity.  It  is  hoped  that  influential  breth- 
ren who  think  of  going  West,  will  give  the 
matter  some  attention.  Many  of  them  could 
collect  quite  a  successful  little  band,  and  thus 
be  instrumental  in  building  up  influential 
churches.        

Blio.  LKMrEl.  HiLLEKY  favored  ns  with  a  call 
la.st  week.  He  spent  a  few  weeks  in  lowu,  but 
is  now  at  his  home  in  Shannon,  where  he  is  de- 
tained in  consequence  of  the  sickness  of  his 
M'ifp.  She  lias  been  quite  ill  for  some  time,  and 
therefore  Bro.  Hu.leky  cannot  at  present  re- 
sume his  missionary  labors  in  the  Central  Il- 
linois Mission  Field.  He  will  again  enter  the 
tield  iLs  soon  as  circumstances  will  permit.  Dur- 
ing the  last  year  his  labora  were  quite  ardious. 
and  his  travels  extensive,  amounting  to  several 
thousand  miles.  Out  of  :J6.'>  nights,  340  were 
spent  in  part,  either  traveling  or  preaching.  — 
May  God  bless  those  who  are  sacrificing  life, 
health  and  home  comforts  for  the  salvation  of 
suuls.  Brethren  and  sisters,  pray  for  sister 
Hilleky  that  she  may  be  comforted  in  her  af- 
fliction. ^ 

Thkre  is,  perhaps  no  part  «f  our  religion 
more  MuUy  neglected  than  family  instruction 
mid  culture.  Children  are  left  to  grow  up,  al- 
most of  themselves,  with  but  little  regard  for 
their  religious  training,  —  the  ilistinct  ti-atures 
of  tiible  t<'achings  are  unknown  to  them;  they 
are  not  brought  up  in  the  nurture  and  admoni- 
tion of  the  Lord;  have  not.  like  Timothy,  learn 
ed  to  know  the  Scriptures  from  childhood.  — 
They  are  turned  upon  the  broiul  earth  like  a 
ship  upon  the  ocean,  without  a  rudder,  to  be 
drifted  about  by  every  wind  of  doctiine.  Every 
child  should  have  a  wel  Mi  reeled,  religious 
training  iw  one  of  the  essential  qualifications  of 
life.  Better  eend  them  from  home  with  an 
empty  purse  and  a  full  heart,  rather  thsm  a  full 
pui-se  .ind  an  empty  heart.  The  heart — the  in- 
I  ner  part  is  the  fii-st  thing  to  be  got  right;    set 


T«K  Bible  is  said  to  be  like  a  great  moun- 
tain, that  can  be  viewed  from  different  stand- 
points, but  from  nn  two  of  t^em  will  it  look 
alike.  I  wonder  how  many  different  stand- 
points the  apostles  viewed  it  from?  Wonder  if 
if  they  saw  and  undei-stood  it  differently? 
Wonder  if  one  taught  sprinkling  and  another 
immersion?  one,  pride  and  another  humility? 
Wonder  it  there  was  one  thing  one  side  of  the 
Bible  and  something  diflerynt  on  the  other?  — 
The  Bible  never  contradicts  itself,  it  never 
teaches  differently  on  the  same  subject.  This  is 
the  work  of  man  and  not  of  God,  His  teachings 
f  perfectly  harmonious  and  uniform through- 
t,  adapted  to  the  wants  of  all  nations  and 
kindred,  and  that,  too,  without  an  appaient 
confliction.  The  good  book  don't  teach  one 
■liiss  of  people  a  set  of  ))rinciples  and  then  turn 
right  round  and  teach  another  class  so  difVer- 
■ntly  that  the  two  jiarties  cannot  agree.  Unity 
n  faith  and  practice  is  one  of  the  leading  char- 
acteristics of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ, 


THE  TRACT  WORK. 


"ELSEWHERE  in  this  issue,  will  be   found  a 


E 


plicity  and  beauty  of  the   hymn    gained   for  it 
considerable  favor. 

While  Mr.  Sankbt  was  in  Edinburgh,  g,, 
land,  he  stepped  up  to  a  newsstand  und  puf 
chased  a  few  papers,  and  in  one  of  thenj  found 
this  hymn.  He  was  then  on  bis  way  to  Qlaa. 
gow.  where  he  and  Mr.  Moody  were  to  hold  & 
farewell  meeting.  Mr.  Sankey  felt  greatly 
elated  over  the  hymn,  and  resolved  to  sing  Jt 
at  the  meeting.  He  stepped  into  a  friends  bouBe 
sat  down  at  the  organ,  placed  the  beautiful  liu^ 
before  him  and  began  to  sing:  the  tune  came 
to  his  miud  i.istantly. 

The  meeting  was  a  crowded  one  and  quit^ 
solemn,  but  when  Mr.  Samkey  sang  that  beau- 
tiful  hymn,  it  sent  a  thrill  into  every  heart 
One  lady  was  greatly  affected;  it  was  her  sis- 
ter who  wrotethe  hymn.  After  the  meeting 
Sankky  received  from  her  the  following  note- 
"  I  thank  you  for  having  sung,  the  other  day, 
my  sister's  words.  She  wrote  them  five  yean 
ago.    She  is  in  heaven  now." 


circular—"  The  Gospel  Tract  Associa- 
tion "  —setting  forth  the  plans  for  the  working 
of  an  as.sociatiou,  having  for  its  object  the  pub- 
lishing and  distribution  of  pamphlets  and  tracts, 
ably  and  clearly  setting  forth  the  faith  and 
practice  of  the  Bi-ethren. 

It  is  inexpedient  at  this  time  to  argue  the  ne- 
cessity of  such  an  association,  for  it  is  evident 
that  much  good  can  be  done  through  the  in- 
strumentality of  good  pamphlets  and  tracts,  and 
is  one  of  the  best  known  ways  of  spreading  the 
truth  with  a  small  amount  of  means.  Much 
;ood  has  already  been  accomplished  circulating 
good  literature,  and  in  several  instances  pam- 
jihlets  and  tracts  have  been  of  considerable  aid 
in  planting  the  stiuidard  of  truth  where  it  was 
before  unknown. 

For  the  want  of  time  to  attend  to  the  laboi-s 
belonging  to  such  an  enterprise,  the  ivork  has 
not  been  pushed  much  of  late,  but  as  our  mat- 
ters are  now  in  a  good  shape,  we  propose  giv- 
ing the  project  considerable  attention,  and  en- 
deavor to  build  up  an  institution  that  will  not 
only  aid  iu  the  spreading  of  the  truth,  but  he 
im  honor  to  the  Master's  cause. 

The  plan  of  the  institution  provides  that  the 
Association  shall  be  superintended  by  three  breth- 
ren, assisted  by  an  elected  Board  of  tive  man- 
agers, and  that  in  the  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the 
superintendency,  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  and  the  Heading  Commit- 
tee to  fill  said  vacancy.  As  Bro.  J.  T.  Meyer.s 
has  sold  his  interest  in  the  oftice.  there  will  be 
a  vacancy  to  till  when  the  Board  meets  iu  Feb- 
ruary next. 

We  hope  ttj  see  our  Brethren  take  hold  of 
this  work  and  push  it  forward  as  nmeh  as  pos- 
sible, that  our  people  may  be  better  supplied 
with  suitable  reading  matter.  We  need  a  good 
publishing  house,  suitable  for  putting  out  every 
needed  kind  of  books,  pamphlets  kc,  that  may 
be  subservient  to  the  jtdvancement  of  the  Mas- 
ter's cause.  Don't  fail  to  let  us  hear  from  you. 
We  want  the  minds  of  all  our  readei-s  regard- 
ing the  i)roje(:t,  for  we  know  that  many  have  a 
personal  knowledge  of  the  good  that  has  already 
been  accomplished  by  the  ur^e  of  good  literature. 


CHURCH   VANITIES. 

THE  Chicntjo  Evening  Journal,  of  Deeember 
8th.  deserves  credit  for  the  bold  and  fear- 
less manner  in  which  it  severely  denounces  the 
extravagancies  of  church  debts  and  vanities 
prevalent  in  large  cities.  After  referring  to  u 
case,  where  a  church  building  had  been  Hfted 
out  of  a  debt  of  over  one  hundred  thousimd  dol- 
lars, the  editor  says; 

"  But,  pray,  what  earthly  or  heavealv  giW 
is  accomplished  by  the  building  of  such  costly 
church  structures?  Can  the  most  ardent  friends 
of  religion  suggest  any  interest  subserved  by 
these  mussive  piles  of  church  architecture, 
otherthitnthegratification  of  an  essentially  wick- 
ed and  selfish  church  pride?  The  Divine  Foim- 
der  of  Christianity  taught,  both  by  precept  and 
example,  that  true  and  pure  religion  consisted 
fundamentally  in  worshiping  the  great  Father 
Spirit  "in  spiritand  in  truth,"  withoutauy  ref- 
enence  whatever  to  localities  or  church  temples. 
And  certainly  no  Wind  devotee  Of  any  tUith 
could  be  so  blind  as  actu.ally  to  believe  that  the 
existenceof  these  highly-ornamented  cathedraU 
assist  or  promote  the  real,  spiritual  worship  of 
God. 

"  But  more  than  this,  the  amount  of  money 
put  into  these  costly  churches  can  be  regarded 
in  no  other  light  than  as  literally  sunk  iu  an 
utterly  non-productive  investment.  It  is  of  m 
use  forfrn'uds  of  religious  extravagance  to  say 
that  the  dividends  received  from  such  invest- 
ments are  spiritual,  rather  than  financial,  be- 
cause they,  as  well  as  all  other,  know  that  the 
spiritual  and  moral  benefits  to  be  derived  from 
the  public  religious  services  held  in  these  edifi- 
ces could  be  just  as  well,  if  not  better  secured 
at  a  much  less  cost  iu  the  line  of  sacerdotiil 
display.  Nor  can  it  be  avowed,  without  a 
blush  of  disingenuous  shame,  that  this  amount 
of  capital  thus  invested  has  been  given  to  the 
cause  of  God  on  earth,  when  the  fact  is.  that 
Gr>d's  cause  has  been  more  hindered  than  helj)- 
ed  by  the  outlay-  Think  for  a  moment  of  thi- 
sum  of  money  now  locked  up  all  over  the  lirnd 
in  huge  piles  of  brick  and  stone,  in  eliiboratc 
frescoes  and  stained  glass  windows,  in  high- 
priced  himberand  still  higher  priced  trinnuiugsl 
And  all  the  while  hundreds  upon  hundreds  of 
poor,  destitute  families  within  the  range  ol' 
these  church  shjidows  are  having  the  hunlest 
kind  of  a  fight  to  keep  the  wolf  of  hunger  from 
their  doors,  and  are  repelled  from,  rather  tliaii 
attracted  to,  the  solemnities  of  worship  by  these 
rich  and  gaudy  edifices,  with  the  unseeuiingly 
display  of  silks,  satins  and  tine  linen  of  those 
who  frequent  them." 


THE  NINETY  AND  NINE. 

MOST  of  our  readers  have  read  that  beauti- 
ful hymn  known  as  the  "ninety  and 
nine,"  but  have  not,  perha))s,  heard  of  itsorigin. 
Sonieyearsago  there  lived  in  Melrose,  Scotland, 
a  lady  who  was  led  to  see  the  beauty  of  Christ's 
character  as  portrayed  in  the  parable  of  the 
Good  Shepherd.  Having  a  poetic  turn  of  miud. 
she  sometines  expressed  her  thoughts  and  feel- 
ings in  vei-se.  Tlie  thought  of  im  Eastern 
shepherd,  seeking  a  wandering  sheep,  touched 
her  heart  with  poetic  fervor,  and  she  wrote  the 
hymn  beginning: 

"  There  were  niuely  nud  nine  ihnt  safel;  Iny, 
In  [be  shelter  of  ihc  fold." 

The  hymn  was   published   in  a  local    paper, 
and  the  lady  died  soon   afterwards.     The  sini- 


What  is  most  needed  at  this  time  is  an  era 


of 


plainuness  and  good  common  sense;  one  turn 
will  be  characterized  by  a  right-about  face  m\ 
a  general  reformation  in  church  buildiug 
and  religious  vanities.  A  continuation  of  the 
present  customs  will  prove  woefully  detiiinpn- 
tal  to  the  cause  of  that  meek  and  non-conform- 
ed system  of  religion  introduced  by  Him  whose 
actions  as  well  as  His  teachings  were  models  of 
consistency. 

The  Jounuil  hi\s   taken  a  step  in   the  vigW 
direction,  and  we  hope  to  see  other  papers 


If  the   popular    religious  papers 


of  the 


[lay,  have  not  pluek  and  independence  enougli 
to  stand  up  against  .'Uid  expose  sin  in  high  plnct-'- 
may  be  the  secular  press  of  the  country  has 


J.  H.  M. 


Wf.  want  less  of  creeds,  but  more    tra9t;l«f" 
ceremuny,   but  more  of  work;  les.-*    uf  eolerou  )■ 
but  more  genial  honesty;  less  doctrine,  o"t 
of  love. 


"^  aMONG  the  brethren  in 

*  IOWA. 


^-  ,i,e  niorniiig  uf  tlic-  4th  iust..  I  wiw  do- 

'-'  j^  sister  B.  F.  nnd  Katie  Millur.  iu 
py  With  theni  and  fiimily  mftiiy  ideas- 
urs  were  spent,  not  a  lew  in  reading  the 

»f'','(„re9iind  iustiictiug  each  other  therein. 

^"Lr  ■'"''"  '^"^^^^  """^  *"™''''  *'^*' '°  ^^^  '"^'"'^ 
'''"  Iv.  With  them  I  was  glad  to  talk  of 
'^'^',"  •'•ffrpnt  thinss,"  and  encouraged  in   the 


THK  i^hethrk:n^  j\'r  avouic. 


roUi'-^  " 


L'^' 


divine 


life. 


Tiiesi- brethren  and  sisters  live  in  a  heautif'ul 
.  productive  country,  and  those  cont«mi)lat- 
^      (.lifinge  of  location,  should  visit  or  address 
I  !,■  of  the  ahove  named  brethren,  atCliirencp, 
I  say  this  much  hecause  I  tliiuk  the  breth- 
oii-rht  to  i)039ess  that  country.     God  bless 
T  jeiu-  ones  that  live   there,  lor   being   away 
the  main  body  of  the  church  they  strong- 
feel  the  need  of  brethren  luid  sisters  moving 


ful  instruments   in   doing    good    to  all    around 
them. 

On  Thursday  morning  brother  Yomice. 
brother  H.ishor  and  wife,  luid  I  left  Waterloo: 
brother  Y.  to  go  and  meet  his  family  at  his 
home  in  Synicuse  Ind:  brother  B.  and  wife 
to  visit  brethren  and  friend.i  in  Maryland  and 
Pensylvania,  and  I  to  join  the  loved  ones  at 
home, 

I  have  in  a  brief  way  tried  to  give  you  some 
thingedifying  from  my  visit  amongthe brethren 
iu  a  few  places  in  Iowa,  but  you  will  ol>3erve  that  I 
1  am  a  poor  hand  on  "  travels,"  this  being  my  I 
first.  1  couldn't  make  my  pen  9a>*  what  hour 
I  left  and  arrived  at  the  different  points,  the 
kind  of  victuals  I  ate,  the  color  of  (luilti  under 
which  I  slept,  how  far  1  walked,  whose  wagon 
I  rode  in.  who  met  me  at  the  depot,  and  a  hun- 
dred other  spread-eagle  I's.  Do  the  best  you 
can  with  it;  pick  out  the  kernels  aiid  throw 
away  the  husks.  m.  m.  k. 


Communications  and  all  bu*iines«  matter  per- 
taining to  this  Aswociation.  ax  well  na  contribu- 
tions, should  W  addressed  to 

MOURK    &  £sURI.UAX. 

Lanark,  Iu.. 


aLE.A.Niisros. 


From  .\aros  Swih.uit. — It  has  only  been  a 
few  years,  since  this  church   was   organized. 
I' 


ptlu'irnv 


idst.     1    did  no  great  things  while 


ave  thatjl  tried  to  love  them,    and  I  gut 


of 

I'hetriiii 
tiiciinr!ig<-'( 
tk  <bs 


of  that  in  return  than  1  deserved. 
Oil  Momhiy  the  7th,  reached  Waterloo,  At- 
|p,l  meeting  in  the  South  Waterloo  chnrch, 
,  j|,  jyjifs  South  of  Waterloo  on  the  evening 
t!if  ^th.  and  heard  brother  John  Forney  of 
preach  on  the  coming  of  the  Lord.  His 
words  on  the  Lord's  second  advent 
■d  the  redeemed  of  God  and  warned 
ilient.  While  spesiking  of  the  sin- 
's dotim  and  punishment,  I  thought  that. 
Iriily  brother  Forney  was  content  to  remain  on 
llif  Lord's  side  of  this  question  whether  Beech- 
^.r  Fiirrar,  and  Swing  were  or  not.  These 
hiive  recently  discovered;  in  their  imaginations, 
timt  there  is  no  hell,  but  brother  F.,  goes  on 
sounding  the  old  Gospel  trumpet  which  declares 
there  is  a  hell.  That's  nght.  Always  give  both 
villus  iuid  then  if  people  will  dodge  and  doubt, 
you  are  cleai'. 

Spent  the  uight  with  brother  Davis  Younce 
of  liul.,  who  arrived  here  on  the  27th  of  De- 
cember and  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  in 
till'  Strayer  meeting-house  the  same  evening,  and 
..oTitiuiipd  until  the  night  of  January  2nd.  Six 
pri'cious  souls  made  the  good  confession  and 
\Hre  admitted  into  fellowship.  On  the  3rd  he 
began  to  preach  the  Won!  in  the  meeting-house 
four  miles  South  of  Waterloo.  Bro.  Younce 
Imii"  unwell  on  Wednesday,  the  9th,  Bro. 
iiiishor  addressed  the  congregation  from  John 
]4-  o_^  at  the  conclusion  of  which,  Bro. 
Vmuice  made  a  few  farewell  remarks,  when  one  I 
Clime  forward  desiring  to  put  on  Christ.  Seeing 
the  joy  and  happiness  of  the  brethren  and  sis- 
tei-s,  when  even  one  sinner  turned  to  serve  the 
hviug  God,  T  was  reminded  of  the  many  similar 
scLTics  ill  hundreds  of  places  iu  this  broad  land, 
luid  the  joy  iu  heaven  over  the  wanderer's  re- 
tiini. 

One  very  commendable  thing  was  visible 
;iuiong  the  brethren  in  this  congregation,  and 
tImt  is,  they  acted  as  if  they  loved  each  other 
and  those  out  of  Christ.  I  do  not  say  that  they 
have  no  advei-sitios,  no  seasons  of  grief  mid  sor- 
row, because  the  bitter  gets  into  their  cnp  too, 
luit  1  was  glad  to  see  theevidences  of  brotherly 
liivv  and  kindness  there.  If  you  would  know 
nliether  pure  and  uudefiled  religion  character- 
izes a  body  of  believers,  just  observe  how  they 
treat  each  other.  Their  treatment  of  a  broth- 
er who  visits  them,  is  hot  alwsys  a  sure  index 
of  II  loving  congregation. 

On  the  evening  of  the  9th  about  fifty  persons  | 
assembled  at  the  house  of  brother  J.  J.  Weller 
to  wttne.ss  the  raarriuge  of  brother  S.  H.  Bnsh- 
or  find  Miss  Cordii  S.  Weller.  Brother  Davis 
Vniiuce  performed  the  nuptial  ceremony  iu  a 
Tery  brief  ami  neat  manner.  The  best  of  or- 
'ler  picvailedand  the  arrangements  were  siiniile 
"nd  plain.  The  guests  were  served  with  a 
[iliiin,  substantial  supper  and  the  quietness  and 
■"'iililicity  in  and  about  the  house  reminded  one 
ii  a  Brethren's  Lovo-'oast.  Brother  and  sister 
^V-llor,  luid  thi.ir  children,  three  of  whom  are 
"1^0  members,  did  everything  they  could  to 
make  all  feel  Imppy,  and  in  the  language  of 
^"■"tlier  John  Forney  we  "  never  were  at  a  wed- 
ding  when,  so  much  order,  simplicity  and  kind- 
"'■-^  were  shown."  I  say  this  in  justice  to 
l"'>tlier  Biu*hor,  imd  companion  and  her  parents; 
'■"I-  no  doubt  they'll  not  get  too  many  n's^-a 
"»  their  t.athway  through  life,  for  evil  disposed 
I'l-rsous  are  ever  n-axly  to  feast  on  the  fruit  ot 
■■"'  luiruly  tongue,  Ood  bless  brother  H.  and 
'^^'npanion,and   mnl;e  them  useful  aiid  power- 


THE  GOSPEL  TRACT  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 


1.  This  institution  shall  be  permanently  lo- 
cated in  Lanark,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  imd  known  as 
the  "  GosprI  Tract  Assw.iation,"  having  for  its 
object  the  i)ublishing  and  distribution  of  books, 
pamphlets,  and  tracts,  ably  defending  the  doc- 
trine and  practice  of  the  Brethren. 

2.  No  work,  in  the  form  of  a  book,  pam- 
phlet or  tract,  shall  be  published  by  this  Asso- 
ciation until  it  has  fii-st  received  the  approval 
of  the  Heading  Committee.   ' 

3.  The  business  of  the  Association  shall  he 
superintended  by  J.  H.  Moohk.  J.  T.  Meyers, 
and  M.  M.  Esuelmak,  as^^isted  by  a  Board  of 
Managers  consisting  of  five  well-established 
brethren  residing  in  the  Northern  District  of 
Illinois,  Said  Board  to  be  chosen  by  a  vote  of 
the  donore,  and  shall  hold  office  for  a  period  of 
five  years.  Immediately  after  the  election  of 
the  Board  of  Managei-s,  they  shall  meet,  and  by 
casting  lots,  number  themselves  respectively  1, 
"2,  3,  4  imd  5.  No.  1.  shall  vacate  his  office  at 
the  expiration  of  the  fii-st  year;  No,  2,  at  the 
expiration  of  the  second  year,  etc,  so  that  an 
election  to  fill  the  vacancy  may  take  place  an- 
nually. All  Viicaucies  otherwise  occurring  shall 
be  tilled  iu  the  regular  order  by  the  vote  of  the 
donoi"8. 

4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agei-s  to  appoint  a  Treasurer,  who  shall  receive 
and  care  for  all  money  belonging  to  the  Asso- 
I  ciation,  imd  apply  it  as  directed  by  the  Board  of 
Mimagers;  to  Kx  the  price  of  each  work  pul>- 
lishedby  the  Association;  to  determine  what 
compensation  shall  be  allowed  for  handling 
them:  to  choose,  for  a  period  of  five  years,  three 
well-informed  and  reliable  brethren,  who  in  con 
nection  mth  tbe  Superintendents,  shall  consti- 
tute the  Reading  Conmiittee.  They  shall  also 
cause  to  be  made  and  published  an  annual  re- 
port of  the  work  and  doings  of  the  institution 

5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  Committee  to 
carefully  and  faithfully  examine  all  matter  in- 
tended for  publication  by  this  Association,  and 
approve  of  nothing  that  will  be  detrimental  to 
the  plain  teachings  of  the  Gospel  as  generally 
understood  by  the  Brethren. 

6.  The  funds  of  this  Association  shall  be 
known  as  the  I'rinting  and  Distributing  Funds, 
and  shall  be  raised,  perpetuated  and  applied  m    ^^^^\  g^p^jj  ,,vell  of  it. 

the  following  manner:  First.  All  donations  in  ■ 

sums  of  five  dollars  and  over,  shall  be  placed  in 

j  the  Printing  Fund,  nndahall  be  used  in  publish- 
I  ing  such  matter  as  may  be  approved   by   the 

Reading  Committee;  but  on  the  death  of  the 

donor  his  or  her  donations  shall  pass  into  the 

Distributiim  Fund.      Second.  All  sums  under 

five  dollars  shall  be  placed  in  the  Distributing 

Fund,   which  shall  be  judiciously  used  in   the 

free  distribution  of  paniphletsaud  tracts  as  may 

he  dii-ected  by  the  Board  of  Managers. 

7.  Kach  donor  shall  be  considered  a  member 
of  this  Association  during  life,  and  may  exer- 
cise the  privilege  of  voting  for  the  formation 
of  a  Board  of  Managers,  and  filling  all  vacan- 
cies occurring  in  that  body. 

8.  All  votes  shall  be  sent  by  mail  (or  other- 
wise if  convenient)  to  the  Superintendents, 
and  the  ones  receiving  the  largest  number  of 
votes  shall  be  declared  chosen. 

9.  Should  the  Superinteudency  of  this  As- 
sociation become  vacant,  either  from  death  or 
otherwise,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  and  Heading  Committee  to  fill  said 
vacimcy  by  appointment. 


years  ago  there  were  about  forty  mi>mber». 
now  there  arv  about  seventy.  We  now  have 
an  applicant  for  baptism,  and  thu<i  you  see  the 
good  work  of  the  Lord  is  moving  on. —  U'rilnut 
Creek  Church,  Ind. 

Errata.' — Dear  Brethren,  in  my  article  iu 
your  issue  of  Jan.  3,  present  volume,  eighth 
line  from  top  of  page,  I  uuiutentionidly  invite 
the  reader  to  "  look  into  the  perfect  law  of  our- 
selves." This  would  be  strange  perfection!  I 
meant  we  should  look  into  the  perfect  law  for 
ourselves.  In  33rd  full  lino  from  lop  of  same 
page,  instead  of  "  Hia  "  read  "  this." 

E,  Umiiauoh. 
From  H.  G.  Brerse. — Brethren  DierdorfT  and 
Zollai"!*  are  with  us  now.  They  came  the  24th 
of  December,  and  have  had  but  few  meetings 
yet,  owing  to  the  bad  state  of  the  weather  and 
roads.  They  will  remain  over  Sabbath,  There 
seems  to  be  quite  an  interest  taken  in  the 
meeting,  and  there  would  be  a  good  attendance, 
if  the  romls  were  not  so  bad.  May  the  Lord 
bless  their  labors.  1  wish  you  good  success 
with  vour  paper.— //('Jin/,  MmshnU  Co.,  ///., 
Dec.  27,  JK/7. 

From  Eld.  .Iacoh  F.  Moomaw.— I  would  give 
what  the  Bui-rrnRRS  at  Work  costs,  to  see  the 
report  of  the  Brethren's  success  iu  Denmark. 
I  expected  to  have  traveled  some  this  Winter, 
but  owing  to  the  ill  health  of  my  wife,  could  not 
leave  home  at  all.  It  has  been  raining  neariy 
every  day  for  three  weeks,  and  consequently  the 
roads  are  almost  impassable.  But  little  is  being 
done  as  to  meetings,  yet  there  are  umny  calls, 
and  some  precious  souls  still  coming  out  ou  the 
Lord's  side.  We  received  three  this  Fall  by 
baptism.— /*Hr;»/r  Cfine,  AH.,  Dec,  24,  1X77. 

Frosi  S.  Y.  SorDER.— There  are  some  poor 
brethren  here,  who  are  not  able  to  pay  for  the 
paper,  so  I  shall  give  my  extra  copies  (one  for 
each  ten  names)  to  them.  Wishing  you  the 
blessing  of  God,  and  prosperity,  both  spiritual- 
ly and  temporally,  I  remain  your  brother  in 
Chiist. 

From  W.  Petersos.— The  Lord  has  blessed 
His  cause  here.  The  prospect  looks  bright  for 
those  who  love  Him  and  keep  His  command- 
ments. Some  thirty  have  obeyed  Matt.  28:  lil, 
and  are  ^villing  to  follow  Him  as  their  pattern. 
May  the  Lord  help  us  to  be  faithful  a  little 
longer  and  we  shall  reap,  if  we  faint  not.  — 
Jaclc^muHlk,  Fla.,  Dec.  34.  /H77. 

FltoM  L.  SrTPHiN.  — 1  have  been  receiving 
two  copies  of  the  Brethren  at  Work,  and 
have  been  making  good  use  of  the  extra  one, 
by  giving  it  to  a  friend  who  says  it  is  the  best 
religious  pajwr  he  ever  saw,  and  is  so  well  pleas- 
ed, that  he  will  suljscribe  for  it  now.  My  wife 
and  I  are  the  only  members  in  this  part  of  the 
country.  I  am  doing  what  I  can  to  help  build 
up  the  cause  here,  by  way  of  distributing  our 
paper,  and  all  to  whom  I  have  given  it,  read  it 
If  there  are  any    Breth- 


FromE.  R.  Stipler.  —  I  have  rpcfivHl  th« 
fir^t  numWr  of  your  paper  for  1H7>*,  and  am 
much  pleawil  with  it.  We  are  glud  that  th« 
children  are  willing  to  luwist  in  it.  God  Iovch 
the  children,  so  must  parents  love  and  enconr- 
ttge  the  little  onett  by  placing  within  their  reach 
such  goo«l  and  wholesome  residing  matter  thai 
the  soul  will  not  starve.  So  pan'nts  niukeyoor 
children  a  nia-  New  Yejir's  present  of  the 
Brethren  at  Work  for  thin  whole  year.  Place 
above  all  the  Bible,  the  Book  of  all  hooka  in 
their  hands,  and  teach  them  bow  to  study  it.  — 
They  will  bleiw  you  for  it  in  atter-lite. 

From  N.  Bkkkeviui.e.  —  According    to  pre- 
rious  announcement  brother  John   Nicholson 
of  Knox  Co.,  Ohio  came  to  U9  on    Friday  even- 
ing, Dec.  Slat,  and  Itegan  a  series  of  meetings.. 
Glad  to  say  that  sinners  were  made  to  weep  and 
saints  rejoice.     Eleven  precious  houIs  Cimie  out 
on  the  Lord's  side,  and  were  raadu  willing  ta 
walk  in  newness  of  life.     Would  say.  as  many 
of  our  Northern  Ohio  Brethren  are  otinuiinted 
with  Joseph  Short,  and  have  offered  up  many 
prayenn  for  him,  they  can  now  rejoice   with  us, 
that  he  is  a  brother  and  the  prayers    of  his  * 
brethren  and  siNters,  and  his  dear  companion, 
(a    sister    worthy  of   imitation)  have  at  last 
lK>cn  anBwere<l.     May  God  sustain  him  to  hold 
out  faithful,  IV*  well  as  all   the  deur  one«  who 
have  come  out  on   the   Lord's  side.     May  the 
Lonl  continue  His  work.     Bro.  John  will  leave 
to-morrow,  Jan.  .'>,  for  another  field  of  labor.  — 
May  tile  Lord  bless  his  labor*  in  our  prayer.  — 
Yours  in  Gtwpel  love  and  affection. — Delta,  0., 
.'/rin.  /,  I><7s. 

From  P.  R.  Wkrtz. —  As  letters  have  been 
addre.s.sed  to  me  at  Pilot  Point,  some  think  that 
I  am  still  living  there,  but  I  am  not.  My  ad- 
dress is  changed  to  Martina  Springs,  GraysoQ 
Co.,  Texas.  I  live  nine  miles  west  of  Denison, 
and  onfc  one  half  mile  South  of  Nine  MilePoHt 
on  the  new  roiul  running  to  Gansville. 

From  Wm.  D.  Tysojt.— I  like  the  Brkthrmi 
AT  Work  so  well  that  I  can  hardly  do  without 
it,  and  can  hardly  wait  till  it  makes  its  weekly 
visits.  We  are  about  forty-tive  miles  off  from 
the  nearest  church  of  the  Brethren,  I  oflea 
think  if  some  of  the  ministering  brethren  could 
come  and  preach  for  us,  how  well  we  would  feel. 
Brother  Rshelman;  the  pamphlets,  tracts  and 
papers  you  sent  me  arc  going  from  place  to  place, 
and  I  have  heard  of  a  man  who  says  that  he  has 
been  convinced  by  reiuling  the  Petted  Plan  of 
Salvation  that  the  three-fold  immersion  was  the 
only  mode  of  Baptism,  I  like  the  Bhethrm 
at  Work,  on  account  that  you  do  not  publish 
controversies  in  its  columns.  Stick  to  your  post 
and  the  Lord  will  bless  you  all.  .S7.  Pniil,  Car- 
■oil  Co.  In.  Dec.  2H  Hm. 


ren  traveling  in  this  part  of  the  West,  we  will 
be  plea-sed  to  have  them  stop  and  see  us.  We 
have  a  beautiful  country.— CVi-Zfl,  SitUne,  Co., 
Kcb.,Dcr.,-24,lX77. 

From  ELDKRS.MrBRAY.— This  day  closes 
another  year  of  our  mortal  life.  I  have  it  to 
say,  mine  has  been  a  very  checkered  one.  So 
far  have  met  with  many  troubles  and  trials  and 
disappointiueiit.s.  Notwithstanding  all  this  1 
must  say,  that  the  Lord  has  been  very  good  to 
me.  He  has  never  forsaken  me  in  all  mysorrows 
and  troubles,  but  has  always  provided  a  way  for 
me.  He  has  brought  my  yeare  to  the  number 
of  71.  the  first  day  of  Inst  April;  and  was  es- 
pecially good  to  me  during  this  closing  year.  — 
He  surely  was  with  me  in  all  my  travels 
through  the  year,  and  protected  mo  from  dan- 
gers seen  and  un-seen.  Distance  traveled  in  the 
year  IftT",  was  3735  miles  and  iu  my  great 
weakness  preached  Mt>  discourBes.  0  may  God 
help  us  to  commence  the  N'cw  Year  by  living 
closer  to  our  God  and  our  Christiiui  duty  is  my 
prayer.  I  ask  an  interest  iu  the  prayers  of  all 
my  brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ.  —  Uurnrtts- 
vi'lle,  Ind.,  Dec.  31.  1^7. 


The  world  never  keeps  faith  with  the  heart  that 
trusts  it.  Its  promises  of  happiois*  are  perpetually 
broken.  Take  it  for  what  il  is  worili  and  set  your 
affeclions  on  what  is  wortb  more. 

H0PK8,  aft«r  they  haveceasetl  to  coutaiu  poau> 
bililies,  are  as  the  page*  of  some  book,  which  may 
have  had  an  unaccuuutable  fascinaliou  for  us  in 
earlier  yeara. 

No  statue  that  the  rich  man  places  ostentatiously 
in  bis  niudows  is  to  be  compared  to  the  little  ex- 
[tectant  face  prcsaing  ngaiust  tlie  window  pana 
watching  for  his  fallier,  whea  bis  day's  labor  ia 
done. 

A  littlk  misery  sweetens  life.  It  is  the  salt 
that  makes  it  palatable  and  wholesome;  thti  shade 
that  relieves,  and  sets  off  the  monotony  and  briU- 
iaucy  of  sunshine. 

CiiEBRFVLN>3S.— Try  fora  single  day,  I  beseech 
you.  to  preserve  youreelf  iu  an  easy  and  cheerful 
frame  of  mind.  Be  for  one  day  instead  of  a  fire- 
worshipper  of  passion  and  hell,  lhesun-wor?hipp« 
of  clear  self-pnsseesiou;  aud  compare  the  day  in 
which  you  have  rooted  out  the  wecQofdissalififaction 
with  lliat  on  which  vou  have  allowed  it  togrow  up 
—and  you  will  find  vnur  b<arl  "p*'n  to  every  goc« 
motive,  your  lifv  sireiigtheiie<i.  and  your  breast 
armed  with  a  panoply  Ht;aiiisl  ev.  ry  trick  of  fate; 
truly  you  \vill  wonder  aiyouruiui  imprxjvemenU 
—KlvkivT 

"  I  NEVER  complaiucd  of  my  coadilioabut  once" 
said  au  old  man,  "  wbeu  luy  feet  were  bare,  and  I 
had  no  money  to  buy  shoes;  but  I  met  a  man  with- 
out feet,  and!  became  contented." 

I  kSOW  not  why  wc  should  dt^Iayour  tokeusof 
respect  to  those  who  deserve  them,  uutil  the  he»ri 
that  oursympathv  could  have  gladdcticd,  has  ce^ed 
to  beat.  As  men  cannot  re.id  the  epitaphs  inscribed 
npan  the  marble  that  eoveis  tliem.aothe  tombs  that 
that  we  erect  to  virtue  orteu  pn>ve  only  our  repent- 
anco  that  we  neglected  when  with  us. 

An  attempt  is  being  made  to  org*  nize  n  colony  of 
olio  thousand  colored  pRople  in  Liberty,  county, 
Ga..  for  settleuieut  iu  Liberia. 

It  is  a  glorious  occupation,  vivifying  and  self- 
suslaiuiiig  in  its  nature,  to  struggle  with  iguorauoo 
aod  discover  to  the  inquiring  minds  of  the  d 
the  clear,   cerulean  blue  of  heavenly  truth. 


THK    "BKETHl^l'^NT    tVX    A\^0]il<. 


>  aniaai* 


V  i: 


READ  AND  OBEY. 

•■  HiuUn.U.  loT*  ymr  ith«-.' 

"  WWm,    olify    your    huiib«nil»." 

■'  Fiihcm,  proiokv  not  jftur  chiMt*n  lo  wwtli." 

"  CbiUrcn,    ol>ry    your    pkmtl'    in    all    thing*. " 

Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshelman. 


"'fhp  end  r>f  the  commnnflmpnt  is  charity 
out  fjf  n  pnrp  hrart  nnd  of  a  good  conscience, 
and  of  faith  iinfi'ijrnpd." 


WiiT  bIiouW  the  spirit  of  any  proft's- 
Hfir  III  the  ninek  and  hjwly  rtdiglon  of  Chridt 
1)4-  rude  andovifr-lR'ariugi'  God  never  ho  willed 
if.  

What  carM  and  anxietien  mothent  do  liavel 
From  morning  till  night  thuy  toil  and  think  for 
th<*ir  lovingchildn*n.  Then  be  kind  to  your 
mother.     Obey  her.  love  her,  rvspect  her. 


Ciiii.dhkn  learn  to  h^ar  all  things.  Tliough 
othPDi  niny  wr-k  (o  df'>troy  you — niny  go  from 
houM>  to  house  and  spnnk  evil  of  you,  find  fiiult 
with  you,  and  JioM  up  your  wuaknesH.  lenni  to 
endure  it.  Our  Father  haw  put  peace  in  such 
emiuruiicc,  and,  0,  tlic  bright  i-rown  that  He 
Mill  give  you  if  you  endure  aud  overcoinel 


has  already  made  them  \\\*.  But  we  are  plead- 
ing for  those  who  know  that  they  an.-  ninner» — 
know  that  they  need  a  Savior  to  ,  lead  them 
through  this  world  of  ain,  to  keep  tliem  from 
IMTHoiial  fauiti  and  digressions.  Such  are  old 
enough  to  do  right,  and  uo  one  should  hinder 
them. 

Often  we  g«t  very  peculiar  iiotion.s  of  things. 
We  often  look  at  things  from  our  own  titiindpoint, 
and  not  from  (iod'K.  We  turn  up  the  human 
aide,  and  with  it  eclipue  God's,  and  then  try  to 
be  wi.He;  but  O  how  often  we  fail!  Then  let 
the  children  come  to  .lesus.  Forbid  them  not. 
What  .Jesus  ha-^  called.  let  no  man  overthrow. 
Get  your  children  together,  pray  \vith  them, 
sing  with  them.  Point  them  to  the  Lamb  of 
God,  and  when  they  call  on  you  to  help  them 
to  get  into  fellowship  with  the  saint»,  forbid 
them  not.  Qod  has  much  grace;  and  He  will 
help  the  child  just  as  well  as  you.  Do  not  put 
it  off  with  the  plea  that  it  is  too  young.  If 
your  child  knowH  that  it  is  a  sinner,  by  its  own 
actions,  it  knows  enough  to  follow  Jesus  in 
ob.-dieuce.  God  bless  the  dear  ones  and  help 
them  to  live  under  liis  government. 


)>eeu    ; 


and 


Urar  parcnt.1,  you  who  toil  and  suffer  that 
your  eliildn-n  may  be  hai)i>y  and  comfortable, 
you  nei'd  enrouragemeiit  too.  Though  your 
miml  may  be  stvnntier  tliiin  tliat  of  your  dear 
oIlNpring.  yet  you  oftvn  grow  weary,  and  terf 
the  burdens  of  lifi'.  Look  lo  .lesns.  your  dear 
Ma;«ter  who  is  full  of  love  and  sympathy  for 
yon.  K'>fit  in  Him.  iluild  on  Him.  Put  Him 
ou,  for  He  will  never  wear  out. 

Do  not  keep  the  eliildren  from  meeting.'  The 
moment  tlley  are  able  to  read  and  understand, 
they  are  able  to  drink  from  tlie  well  of  life.  — 
Let  tli.ni  .Irinli  of  that  water,  cat  of  that  bread, 
and  be  clothed  with  tJiat  garmeut — nW  of  wliich 
came  from  our  Savior.  '  In  sowing  in  their 
hearU,  alwiiy.-i  sow  good  seed,  and  never  try  to 
force  in  the  ehalT  too.  Tlie  wind  knows  how 
to  dispose  of  thnt. 

1  'niiNK  a  good  way  to  get  children  or  older 
oneH  acquainted  with  the  Seriptums.  would  be 
for  some  brother  or  nister  to  write  que.'^tions 
from  the  Old  and  New  Ttwtimieut  for  them  to 
liiid  and  niiswer  through  the  Home  Circle. 

C.  A.  MooHR. 

Wo  accept  the  HUggoation,  and  hope  the 
lirethren  and  sistvnt  will  give  the  matter  due 
attention. 

One  who  had  the  mind  of  God — one  who  uf- 
ttred  ns  the  Spirit  dictated,  said:  "Let  all 
your  thingH  be  done  with  chiirity,"  Yoitr  tbings 
There  is  sunshine  in  that,  for  charity  always 
lets  it  out.  liemember  it  does  not  read.  "  Let 
Home  of  your  things  be  done  with  charity,  but 
'"nil  your  things."  Nor  should  we  mistake  and 
get  on  tlie  other  side  of  the  fence  where  it 
reads:  "  Let  a  tew  things  be  done  with  elmritv, 
and  the  rest  with  envy."  That  is  a  bad  side  to 
be  on;  those  who  get  over  there,  generally  use 
pitch  forks,  but  never  rakes.  They  pitch  every- 
thing to  othci's.  but  never  lukr  in  anything  for 
thoniNelves.  The  la»t  stiite  of  that  soul  is  worse 
than  Hif  (irst. 


A' 


JESUS'      NAME. 

LITTLK  girl  with  golden  head, 
Asked  me  to  read  a  minute, 
A  pretty  story,  as  she  said. 
For  .leans'  name   was  in  it. 

The  |)lea<^.int  task  was  soon  complete, 
And  long  I   pondered  o'er  it, 

That  -Jesus  nmue  should  be  so  sweet, 
That  even  u  child  should  love  it. 

Oh,   sweetest  story  ever   told. 

What  tongue   would   dare    begin   it, 
If   it  were   riven   of    its  gold. 

And  Jesus'  name   name  not  iu    it? 


CHRISTIAN     CONSISTENCY. 

rilO  hold  high  principles,  and  live  on  low  ones, 
J.  is  Christian  inconsistency.  We  are  all 
more  or  less  inconsistent.  There  is  no  man 
whose  practice  is  not  worse  than  his  profession, 
uo  one  who  docs  not  live  below  his  own  stand- 
ard. Butabsoluteinconsistencyis  when  aman's 
life,  taken  as  a  wliole,  is  o|)posi(ion  to  bis  ac- 
knowledged view,«  and  ]U'inciples.  if  a  man 
says  that  it  ia  more  blessed  to  give,  than  receive, 
and  is  forever  receiving,  scarcely  ever  giving,  he 
is  inconsistent.  If  he  professes  that  to  please 
God  is  the  only  thing  worth  living  for,  and  his 
plans  and  aims  and  contrivances  are  most  to 
jilease  men,  be  is  inconsistent. — The  Guiilc. 


liill.    but  they  persevered, 
nows<-.-  the  result 

Our  greatest  and  most  influential  ministers 
were  ouce  Ijcginners.  Though  they  can  now  get 
up  before  n  large  audience  and  speak  with  ease, 
many  of  them,  when  rising  for  the  first  tmie. 
were  almost  specehless;  but  they  went  on,  they 
did  what  they  could  and  great  has  been  the 
ivsult. 

Then,  if  such  has  been  the  case  iu  the  past, 
it  still  remains  so  in  the  future.  If  we  wish  to 
improve  ourxelveit,  we  must  work  and  continue 
working,  though  we  see  nothing  before  us  that 
is  encouraging.  All  may  look  dark  in  the  tut- 
nre;  great  clouds  nuiy  roll  up  before  us  and  we 
may  feel  almost  foi-sakeu,  but  don't  give  up.  — 
Hemeniber,  that  whnt  man  has  done,  can  be 
done  ag.iin.  Look  up  to  King  Emmanuel  and 
itsk  for  strengtli  to  overcome  our  trials.  Cast 
your  all  on  Him  and  He  will  give  you  the  de- 
sired help. 

Let  ns  all  resolve  that  with  this  new  year  we 
will  begin  anew  to  work  ipr  Jesus.  Although 
we  cannot  cross  the  ocean  or  preach  like  Paul, 
there  is  plenty  of  work  at  home  for  all  of  us 
that  we  can  do,  if  we  will  but  talce  hold  of  that 
which  presents  itself  to  us.  When  once  we 
have  nmde  a  beginning,  the  lumlest  part  luis 
been  accomplished  and  an  opening  is  nuidc  for 
us.  Though  it  may  be  small,  it  is  an  opening, 
and  like  the  little  hole  iji  the  great  dykes  of 
Holland  that  a  little  boy  could  cover  with  his 
linger,  so  with  us.  The  opening  is  small  and 
our  work  is  Y\k&  the  little  stream  of  water:  if 
we  continue  to  force  it  through  the  opening,  it 
will  gradually  become  larger  and  larger,  until 
we  can  defy  all  the  powei-s  of  Satan.  But  if  we 
allow  him  to  niake»an  opening  into  our  ranks, 
tlien  destruction  is  near,  and  sad  will  be  the  re- 
sult. We  can  all  do  something,  and  though  it 
be  ever  so  small,  we  should  begin  at  once,  and 
look  to  God  for  strength,  so  that,  when  our 
time  is  ended,  we  m.ay  know  that  we  have  done 
what  we  could. 

J.  H.  Ellis. 
Upper  Dublin,  Pa. 


UNCLE  THOMAS  AGAIN. 


DmrChildrpn:— 

I  PROMISED  to  tell  you  som. 
little  folk    about  Huilson. 
you  the  names  of  some  of  them. 
[  can  remember  all  the  uanies. 


Jesti, 


come  a  man  I  may  be  a  brother  in  tbi*  A 
and  a  subscriln-r  for  the  BKKniitF.N  ai  Iv"' ' 
I  want  to  be  a  useful  man  and  a  child  of  l'^ 
I  don't   wiuit   to  lie   like  the  foolish  \-i  ^^ 
When  they  started  to  meet  the  bridegrnriix.  [l" 
tried  to  borrow  oil.     It  is  best  for  cad^  '^ 

have  their  own  oil,  and  then  there  will  i  *^ '" 
need  of  borrowing.  It  should  be  bought  in  '  "" 
time,  80  that,  when  the  time  comes  for  i,,;  ^^*^ 
and  go.  '"K  't- 


safely  1„, 


I'e  can  up 
"Tliere  were  ninety  and  nine  that 

In  the  shelter  of  tlio  fold. 
But  one  was  out  on  the  hills  away 

Far  olf  from  the  gates  of  gold, 
Away  on  the  mountain  wild  and  bare. 
Away  from  the  tender  Shepherd's  uiirc 
TnEonoRK  Ha  It  Ma 


SPARE    MOMENTS. 

IT  is  astonishing  how  little  some  peoi)le  Vfil 
spm-P  nu>ments;  and  yet  they  are  the"ff(,J 
dust  of  time."     If  we  take  care  of  the  moment 
the  hours  will  take  care  of  themselves.    Vp 
often  there  are  a  few  spare  moments  in  'k\\\ 


we  could  read  a  chapter  in  the  Bible, 


or  one  or 


two  instructive  pieces  in  some  good  paper.  B„( 
instead  of  doing  this,  the  spai-e  moments  an- 
wastej.  If  we  spend  the  spiu-e  moments  iaH,; 
way,  we  will  not  lie  likely  to  improve  the  lioiirs 
much    better.       But   we  find   by  ren<liiig  the 


■e  many  young 


BnKTHHEN  AT  WoKK  that  there  an 

folk    making  good  use  of  the  spare  moments  liy 

reading  the  paper,  Jind  writiug  for  it. 

We  also  find-that  there  are  some  young  foil, 
that  do  not  have  tlie  privilege  of  going  to  uhurth 
very  often.  Some  people  would  suppose  from 
this,  that  they  would  have  nothing  to  do  on 
Sabbaths.  But  they  can  read  good  book-s  ami 
papei-s,  by  which  they  can  learn  a  great  deal, 

It  is  true,  moment*  ar^  very  smalt,  but  if  wo 
improve  them  well  we  nmy  ob'iaiu  muuli  knowl- 
edge which  we  wfuild  not  obtain  if  they  were 
wasted.  It  ia  our  duty  to  improve  them  to  the 
best  of  our  ability.  Therefore,  improve  the 
spare  moments  and  you  wll  not  regret  it, 

J.  H.  Nefp. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


'thing  about  the 

Fii-st.  I  mil  teil 

I  do  not  think 

Tliere  is  Ida,  a 


NO       HOME! 


CHILDREN    COMING  TO  JESUS. 

JT  seems  good  and  expedient  to  treat  this  sub- 
ject briefly.  At  what  fujf  children  should 
be  received  into  fellowship,  is  not  n  Bible  ques- 
tion. The  Bible  is  lus  silent  as  the  grave  as  to 
that.  Jesus  who  knew  His  mission  well,  said: 
"Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto  nie  und 
forbid  them  not."  Now,  if  Ho  our  Lord  and 
Master  commands  us  to  suffer  them  to  come, 
why  say  to  miy  of  them,  they  are  tiio  young? 
Why  urge  the  plea  that  they  nmy  not  hold  out 
faithful?  Why  judge  or  set  at  imught  what 
God  has  not  set  at  naught?  Does  it  not  savor 
of  faithlessness  to  doubt  the  fidelity  of  the 
child  before  it  lias  been  tried?  Who  Iuls  set  us 
to  be  judges  over  God's  children  ?  And  does  it 
not  appear  iw  if  we  had  doubts  of  Goil's  grace 
to  sustain  the  child?  O  let  us  never  prevent 
anyone  who  can  know  God's  will,  from  doing  it ! 
A  child  is  old  enough  to  oliey  God,  when  it 
kuowa  that  it  is  u  sinner.  The  moment  that 
conviction  pierces  the  heart,  just  that  soon  is 
that  iierson  ready  to  turn  unto  the  Lord. 

We  are  not  maintaining  the  baby  doctrine,  /. 
e.,  that  babies  must  be  made  members  of  the 
household  of  faith,  for  a  greater  One  than  man, 


IN  looking  over,  and  penising  the  many  good 
articles  on  the  page  devoted  to  the  Home 
Circle,  we  were  made  to  sorrow  to  think  of 
the  many  deal-  little  children  «ud  bigger  ones 
too.  that  have  no  home;  no  father  to  protect 
and  support  them:  no  mother  to  love,  comfort, 
care  and  provide  for  them:  no  brethren  imd  sis- 
ters toiussociatewitb.  OhI  the  dreadful  thought., 
no  home. 

You,  dear  children,  wlio  have  all  the  coiu- 
forts  of  a  good  home,  who  have  fathers  and 
mothei^s,  brothers  and  sisters  to  love  and  care 
for  you,  do  not,  by  any  means  forget  those  who 
have  uo  home. 

And  you,  dejir  children,  who  have  no  home 
on  earth,  no  one  to  love  and  care  for  you,  re- 
member you  eau  have  a  "  Home  in  Heaven."  — 
We  find  it  written  in  God's  Word.  "Though 
your  father  and  mother  foi-sake  yon,  the  Lord 
will  take  you  up."  Tlierefore  wlien  you  are 
comjielied  to  wander  in  this  unfriendly  world 
without  an  earthly  home,  remember  that  you 
have  a  kind  l''ather  in  Heaven,  one  who 
cares  for  yon,  and  who  will  never  sufl'er  yon  to 
come  to  want,  if  you  will  jjut  your  trust  iu 
Him.  Hence  be  good  children  wherever  your 
bit  nmy  be  cast,  and  if  deprived  of  the  blessings 
and  conifortjs  of  jui  earthly  home,  may  you 
secure  that  heavenly  liome,  where  there  is  full- 
ness of  joy,  and  pleasures  for  evermore  at  God's 
right  hand. 

„    .,  Uncle  David. 

Mt  Morris,  ni. 


I    WILL  DO    WHAT    I    CAN. 

HOW  luucb  might  be  accomplished,  that  is 
left  undone,  if  all  would  do  what  they 
could.  Thougli  it  be  ever  so  small  a  matter, 
yet  by  continually  adding  little  by  little  to  the 
first  attempt,  in  a  short  time  we  will  be  surpris- 
eil  to  see  the  advancement  that  we  have  made. 
All  of  our  great  writers  at  one  time  were  be- 
giimci-s,  and  their  first  etlorts  may  indeed  have 


bright  eyed  little  girl  that  has  three  little  broth- 
ei-s.  Otis,  Edgar  ami  Ira.  And  there  are  Lydi: 
and  Emma  two  sisters  who  have  no  little  broth- 
Hi-s;  and  there  is  Uebecca,  who  has  no  mother 
Don't  you  pity  her?  And  there  are  Hattie  and 
Adaline  with  their  little  brother  Arthur,  who 
have  such  a  good  father  and  mother  that  brings 
them  to  meeting  whether  it  rains  or  shines. 
.And  Delia,  she  was  lelt  an  orphiui.  but  she  has 
been  adopted  into  a  family,  who  takes  her  to 
meeting  and  Sabbath-school;  everybody  loves 
Delia;  there  is  another  Ida  that  has  little  broth- 
ers and  cousins,  Maud  and  Lottie;  and  yet  there 
is  another  little  girl  we  call  Sadie;  she  has  two 
brothers  Abbie  and  Eddie. 

Did  you  ever  hear  of  so  many  names,  and  all 
good  children?  How  did  they  all  happen  to  be 
good  children?  Why  God  made  them  so,  and 
they  will  be  good  till  they  learn  to  be  naughty; 
but  I  do  not  think  they  will  learn  to  benaughtv 
children,  they  have  such  good  mothers,  and 
some  of  them  have  older  sisters  that  are  oruii- 
menls  in  the  church,  who  will  keep  those  little 
jewels  from  becoming  proud  and  naughty;  little 
children  would  never  be  proud  or  naughty  if 
older  ones  were  more  exemplai-j'. 

Now  I  think  there  is  quite  a  number  of  the 
little  folk  who  write  for  the  paper  that  would 
like  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  our  little  Hud- 
sou  folk.  Well  if  ever  you  do,  you  will  find 
them  sociable  and  kind,  and  if  you  should  go 
with  them  to  meeting,  you  will  see  how  .still 
they  sit.  I  hope  you  will  see  lettere  from  them 
all  and  then  you  will  see  their  other  names 
which  I  have  omitted  to  give.  Now  if  grandpa 
down  at  Girard  can  name  more  good  little  chil- 
dren than  I  have,  he  must  be  a  happy  grandpa, 
mth  such  a  host  of  little  folks  around  him ;  well 
if  he  is  happy  with  his  surroundings  I  will  not 
envy  him.  for  I  think  all  grandpas  ought  to  be 
happy.  Well  now  our  letter  is  about  long 
enough.     Good  bye  to  all. 

Hm/son,  HI.     Ihc  mh;  IhTi 


NOT    A    PRODIGAL. 

AM  not  the  j.rodigal  son  that  we  read  of. 

I  am  not  a  lost  boy,  but  an  orphan.     Mv 

father  died  when   I  was  quite  small.     I  have  a 

good  place  to  stay,  and  am  going  to  school  to 

reml  and  write,  and  I  thought  it  good  to  write  a 


FROM    KANSAS. 

Ikar  br.-lUn-H:— 

PERMIT  me,  througli  your  worthy  columns, 
to  inform  the  church  generally,  that 
there  is  a  little  band  of  brethren  living  four 
miles  North-west  of  Peabody,  Marion  County, 
Kan.,  and  thougli  small  in  numbers,  zeal  for 
the  Miister's  cause  abounds  in  every  heart, 
there  are  no  sleeiiy  members  here.  Having  but 
one  speaker,  and  one  deacon,  the  culls  lor 
|)reaching  are  more  than  we  can  possibly  till,  we 
can  but  repi-at  the  same  old  call  that  you  luive 
lieard  from  Kansas  so  often,  during  the  psist 
year, "  Come  over  and  help  us."  Brethren,  when 
you  meet  to  woi-ship,  with  four  to  seven  niiu- 
isters  behind  the  table,  take  one  serious  thought 
of  Kansas,  and  her  call.  You  have  at  least  one 
talent,  and  no  doubt  more,  nhall  they  be  buried, 
or  put  to  the  exchange? 

I  was  surprised,  and  ghul  to  meet  Eld.  Dauiel 
Keller,  of  Cumberland  Co.  Pa.,  in  our  tomt, 
(Peabody)  jtrospecting  along  our  line  of  Rail- 
road for  lands  on  which  to  locate  a  colony. 
That  is  a  move  in  the  right  directitm  ;  let  many 
more  come. 

We  have  a  beautiful  country,  mild  climate, 
good  water  generally,  society  kind,  obliging,  aii'l 
moral.  The  country  is  healthy,  etc.  Remem- 
ber we  are  located  ou  the  main  line,  of  tlie 
Atehison.Topeka.A  Santa  Fe  R.  R..  which  is 
running  excui-sion  trains  monthly,  and  alniost 
weekly,  during  the  traveling  seiison,  and  selling 
round  trip  ticket.sh-oni  the  East,  at  extremely 
low  rates.  Brethren  if  you  come  or  pass  along 
this  line,  stop  off  at  Peabody  without  fail,  andsee. 


Youi> 


I  th( 


one  faith, 

Geo.  W.  Thomas. 


FROM  GRUNDY  CENTER,  IOWA. 

ihm-  linthrm:— 

11H  ROUG  H  the  mercies  of  a  kind  and  Heaven- 
ly father.  I  was  permitted  to  spend  several 
days  in  Stai-k  County,  Ohio,  where  we  1  ived  some 
over  a  year;  from  there  we  moved  to  this  place- 
In  June  last,  I  hiul  the  privilege  of  meeting 
with  the  brethren  and  sistci-s  at  several  mee'- 
ings,  where  I  enjoyed  myself  very  much,  ni" 
ompmiy  with  those  whom  I  nsed  to  mingle 
my  voice  with  so  often.  I  hailto  think  of  the  time 
when  Christ  shall  call  all  of  his  children  to- 
gether, nevermore  to  part.     We  enjoy  ourselves 


lewlmesjor  the  "Home  Circle."     I  read  the  I  weirw'ith  ourTreth^irand  sis^^^^^^ 

paper  with  gladness,  and  hope  when  I  am  be-  I  world,  and  while  so  doing,  we  remember  th. 


.uai*y 


IT. 


,t  BBd  precious  promises,  which  God  has  lea 

f-^lUethatlivefaithful   until  ae,.th.  and   as 

KJoice  when  we  meet  to  wonihip  here  in  the 

"\cl"'^"  "^  *''*"'■  '"''"  ""''"^  '""'■''  *^''  «-«  re- 
:,t  when  we  we  all  gathere.l  home  into  that 

l"  ii9e  w'''^**  '^  ""'^  ™'"'^  ^^'^  '"'"*'•  L't^r- 
!j  in  the  Heavens,  whose  maker  and  huilder  ia 
""^       We  know  that  the  meeting  ani  rejoicing 


TI-IK    l^l^KTITl^K-N"    AT    AVOKK. 


God? 


oil  be  a  glorious  one ;  and  now  dear 


thren  iind  sisters,  m  order  that  we  may  reach 
hiit  final  resting  place,  we  have  a  great  work 
vlfore  lis.  one  that  should  make  us  daily  feel  the 
t  responsibilities  and  the  necessity  of  fear- 
f^Qod,  an"!  keeping  his  commandments.  In 
'"Xr  that  we  may  finally  have  a  right  to  the 
^^ree  of  Life,"  and  enter  in  through  the  gates 
■„to  fhe  <:'ty-  '•''^  nmst  not  forget  the  one  thing 
'  pPilful.  Sometimes  it  seems  to  me  that  we  are 
L  much  inclined  after  the  perishable  things  of 
this  life-  Many  of  us  are  financially  embarras- 
jed,  and  are  striving  hard  to  pay  off  these  em- 
burrassments,  which  of  course  is  right,  but  we 
must  remember  that  right  here  is  great  danger. 
^hile  striving  ao  much  to  pay  off  these  woridly 
jcljts,  ftiid  laying  up  treasurers  that  are  liable  to 
corrupt,  we  become  more  or  less  careless  about 
our  souls  salvation,  and  our  chance  if  not  close- 
ly wdtched,  will  be  slim.  "  If  the  righteous  will 
scarcely  be  saved,  where  shall  the  sinner,  and 
the  ungodly  appear"  ( 1  Pet.  4;  18).  Our  desire 
is  to  reach  that  place,  where  the  streets  are  paved 
with  gold,  where  the  light  of  the  sun  is  not  need- 
ed hul  the  Lord  God  shall  be  the  light  thereof. 
j{ow  brethren  and  sisters,  this  thought  pre- 
sents itself,  this  being  the  last  day  in  the  year 
1S77,  we  feel  that  we  should  praise  God  that  he 
has  preserve! 


talked  about  like  some  that  are  in  the  church." 
This  same  mother  was  herself  received  in  the 
church  one  night,  when  she  was  at  death's  door, 
some  t*u  or  twelve  years  before.  In  a  few 
years  the  daughter  got  raarried.  and  before  !<he 
was  married  a  year,  she  took  sick  and  wished  to 
be  baptized,  but  her  husband  would  not  allow 
it,  and  she  had  to  die  in  that  terrible  condition. 
In  another  case,  a  sister  kept  two  of  her  chil- 
dren from  joining  the  church.  Soon  after  the 
sou  took  sick  and  died,  and  I  dou'£  know  wheth- 
er the  oth«r  one  ever  joined,  but  one  son  she 
could  not  keep  back,  he  is  now  a  minister.  This 
same  old  sister  had  a  few  years  before,  submitted 
to  let  her  daughter(who  wa.^  not  expected  to  live,) 
go  three  miles  to  be  baptized.  She  recover- 
ed, and  is  now'a  faithful  sister  as  far  as  I  know, 

I  am  glad  that  the  brethren  are  not  afraid  to 
warn  such  parents. 

I  was  impressed  with  brother  Buechley's  ad- 
dress to  the  children,  and    I   thought  of  so  mar 
ny  young  members  in    the  Wat^rioo  church, 
that  can  carrj'  on  the  Lord's  work,  when  ' 
older  ones  are  gone  to  the  grave. 

Hannah  Knaipf. 

Dec.  15lh,  mi. 


;d  our  lives  until  now,  while,  during 


around  the  family  iiltar;  and  whnt  a  pity  if  our 
children  should  «ay,  "  I  never  lieurd  father  nnd 
mother  pray."  Fathers  uiid  mothers,  cast  off 
this  reproach  at  once,  by  calling  your  family  U>- 
getlier  at  the  beginning  of  this,  another  New 
\t'iir.  and  engage  in  family  devotion  to  God.  In 
The  Almighty's  eyes  an*  over  you,  and  lie  has 
said.  His  ears  are  open  to  your  prayers.  May 
God  abundantly  bless  all  our  dear  brethren  and 
sisters  in  all  tile  good,  effective  resolutions  they 
may  engage  in,  and  in  your  prayers  remember 
especially  the  brethren  here,  for  wefeel  theneed 
of  your  prayei-s. 

I  think  the  Hrbthkkn  at  Wokk  is  giving 
satisfaction,  and  may  the  standard  of  our  church 
literature  become  magnified,  and  nuiy  all  the 
good  efforts  set  forth,  meet  with  unbounded 
success;  may  the  principles  and  doctrine  of  our 
adorable  Uedeemer,  he  set  fortli  in  such  a  pur- 
suasive  power,  that  the  sinner's  heart  nmy  soon 
yield  to  obedience.  May  the  principle  of  thi 
missionary  cause,  meet  the  prayerful  npproba 
tion  of  all  our  dear  brethnm  and  sisters;  that 


NOTES  OF  TRAVEL. 


the  piist  jear.  some  have  been  called  away  whose 
loss  we  deeply  feel,  and  the  Lord  only  knows. 
how  soon  we  will  have  to  follow. 

This  morning  I  read  a  letter  from  our  dear 
brother,  Enoch  Eby,  whom  we  have  been  ac- 
quainted with  for  a  number  of  years.  In  his  let- 
ter 1  notice  where  he  writes,  some  have  kindly 
remembered  us  etc..  and  he  aNo  says  but  even  if 
ive  are  forgotten  by  many,  they  are  not  forgot^ 
ten  by  us.  Now  to  this,  I  must  say  a  few  words 
to  all  niy  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  who  may 
reiu.1  these  lines.  Let  us  not  forget  our  dear 
brethren  who  have  gone  to  Denmai^k,  for  they 
have  left  their  dear  children,  their  friends,  breth- 
ren  anil  sistei-s,  and  many  loved  ones  here  in 
America,  aud  in  obedience  to  the  chureh.  and 
fioil's  wuril,  have  gone  away  yonder  to  preach 
the  pure  word  of  God  to  those  people.  We 
eiui't  but  help  to  often  think  of  them,  and  now 
dear  brethren  and  sistei-s,  as  we  are  about  to 
step  into  this  New  Year,  may  we  tli-i-phj  feel,  to 
be  more  and  more  engaged  in  the  cause  of  our 
Redeemer,  as  we  feel  that  we  are  in  perilous 
times. 

A  few  days  ago  a  friend  handed  me  a  news- 
paper prmted  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  in  its 
columns,  I  noticed  an  article  written  on  the  sub- 
ject of  "  Hell."  by  a  noted  minister  of  Brooklyn, 
N.Y.  In  it  he  states  that  some  of  the  great 
ilirines  of  England,  are  now  discussing  the  sub- 
ject also,  that  in  two  sermons  lately  delivered 
by  Canon  Parrar,  of  England,  at  Westminster 
Abbey,  to  large  congregations,  he  boldly  said 
that  the  words  Hell,  Damnation  and  Everiasting 
oiiq;ht  no  longer  to  stand  in  the  English  Bible. 
ami  if  the  revisei-s  did  their  duty,  all  three  would 
be  stnckon  out.  Think  of  this  brethren  mid 
sistei-s,  this  should  put  us  on  guard,  and  as  we 
st^p  into  the  New  Year,  let  ns  say  that  we  will 
bp  more  energetic,  aud  earnestly  contend  ior  the 
true  faith  preached  by  Christ  and  his  apostles, 
and  we  can  rest  assured  that  if  we  live  up  to 
our  profession,  and  hold  out  faithful  until  death, 
we  wdl  escape  that  place  of  misery  which  we  do 
believe  in,  and  ciui  feel  sure  of  receiving  that 
crown  of  eternal  glory,  beyond  the  river  of 
death.  Jesus  has  promised  to  be  ivith  us  to  the 
end,  and  then  puss  with  us  through  the  cold 
valley  and  shadow  of  death.  These  precious 
promises  should  make  w^  feel  now,  to  be  more 
faithful,  HO  that  we  may  he  more  perfect,  even 
lis  our  Father  whioh  is  in  Heaven  is  perfect. 
The  Saviour  sajs  be  of  good  cheer. 
Much  love  to  all. 

J.  M.  SSVUKR. 


LEFT  home  on  the  morning  of  Dec.  12th, 
arrived  at  Lewiston,  Winona  Co.,  Minn,, 
next  morning.  I  stayed  until  Dec.  22nd.  Hatl* 
meetings  twice  a  day,  nearly  every  day.  Two 
were  baptized,  and  the  church  seeras  revived. 
Bro.  David  Whetstone  was  ordained  to  the  full 
ministry,  and  Bro.  John  Wirt  forwarded  to 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry.  Brethren 
Jacob  Wirt,  aud  James  Sweezy,  were  elected  to 
the  office  of  deacons.  The  roads  being  very 
bad  the  meetings  were  not  as  well  attended  as 
they  otherwise  would  have  been. 

On  the  morning  of  the  22nd, '  in  company 
with  Bro.  C.  F.  Wirt,  Bro.  David  Buechly,  and 
friend  John  Sadler,  we  started  for  Root  River 
congregation,  Fillmore  County.  Traveled  over 
the  worst  roads  we  ever  saw;  arrived  at  the 
Brethren's  meeting  next  day,  just  about  the  close 
of  services.  Meeting  in  the  afternoon;  tarried 
in  this  congregation  until  Dec.  30th.  On  ac- 
count of  bad  roads,  and  extreme  dai'kness  at 
night,  we  could  have  but  few  evening  meetings; 
but  met  twice  a  day.  At  this  place  thirteen 
precious  souls  came  forward  and  embraced 
Christ  in  Gospel  order- 
To-day  (Jan.  1,  1878),  we  started  for  home,  to 
stay  a  lew  days,  and  then,  to  start  to  Grundy 
County,  Iowa. 

We  return  hearty  thanks  to  our  dear  breth- 
ren and  sistera  in  Minnesota  for  their  kindness 
shown  to  us  whilst  with  them;  also  for  their 
practical  sympathy  manifested  in  our  behalf,  in 
this,  our  hour  of  severe  atfiiction. 

W.  J.  H.  Baoman, 
Liun-  Spriiif/f',  loirtt,  Jan.  1st,  If^S. 


they  may  be  constrained  by  the  love  of  God,  to    edgi 
open  up  the  treasures  of  this  world,  and  give 
abundantly  to  itsaupport.     llememberthatGod 
is  merciful  and  just  in  all  his  ways. 

With  love  to  all,  and  malice  to  none,!  I'enifun 
yours  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Wu.  G.  Cook. 

I'lyimnth,  Ind.,  Jan.  hi,  1H7H. 


lam,  when  he  aaid.  if  Halak  would  giv*'  him  his 
hou«-  full  of  gold,  he  would  not  go  beyond  th<: 
word  of  the  Lord  my  God,  Ut  do  moijt  or  leiw. 
tNumben,  2'Z:  IH.)  He  wiw  right,  but  when  In- 
ked God  the  aeconil  time  what  he  »hoiild  do, 
.'  started  wrong,  and  he  Irnveleii  on  until  the 
angel  met  him,  itud  be  promiw-d  to  go  baek 
again;  and  every  one  that  iwka  Gixl  for  a  second 
revelation,  lays  a  foundation  for  error  and  de- 
ception, like  the  man  that  one  time  opened  the 
Bible  with  the  thirteenth  ehupt^-r  of  John  Ij«- 
forc  him,  mid  knelt  rlown  und  n^ked  Goil 
if  he  were  required  to  wiwh  the  Mtint's  fcirt; 
the  answer  wa«.  No  (?). 

Our  health  since  we  have  been  in  Denmark, 
has  been  very  good,  and  the  blessings  of  life 
needful  to  our  comfort  we  we  permitted  to  en- 
joy; and  trj*  to  remeinlwr  our  Heavenly  Father, 
from  whom  every  good  as  well  an  every  perfect 
giflcometh,  with  thankfulness,  and  to  manifest 
a  willingue«8  to  porfonn  any  duty  in  our  weak- 
ness, that  might  bring  honor  to  hia  name. 
The  health  of  the  meml)er»  aa  far  as  our  knowl- 


FROM  DENMARK. 


EXHORTATION  TO  DUTY. 


AS  church  news  is  of  much  interest  to  me, 
imd  not  often  seeing  any  from  this  arm  of 


■    FROM  NAPA  CITY,  GAL. 

De<u-  Edilor^.^ 

ON  reiwling  the  remarks  of  brethren  S.  H. 
Bashor,  and  C.  G.  Lint,  regarding  luem- 
bers  preventing  their  children  from  joinmg 
the  church  when  young,  or  on  the  first  call, 
my  mind  wa«  carried  back  to  circumstances 
that  came  under  my  own  personal  knowledge. 
One  of  our  neighbor's  daughter,  (about  fifteen 
01-  sixteen  years  old,)  was  going  to  be  baptized, 
iQd  I  went  to  talk  about  it  witli  her  mother,  but 
to  my  sorrow  she  said.  "  I  will  not  let  her,  she 
is  too  young,  and  I  will  not  have  my  children 


the  general  church,  I  thought  I  would  droj; 
few  thoughts  from  this  vicinity.  Weather 
pleasant,  health  exceedingly  good.  The  chureh 
seems  to  be  alive,  to  the  interest  of  the  Master's 
cause.  The  Sabbath-school  Conference  of  the 
Northern  District  of  Indiana,  was  held  in  this 
congregation;  enjoyed  a  good  meeting,  though 
not  largely  represented  from  a  distance;  htipe 
uch  good  was  accomplished.  We  are  having 
desirable  success  in  this  church  in  the  Sabbath- 
school  work;  not  less  than  thirty  of  ourschol- 
ars  have  united  with  the  church  in  the  past 
two  years,  and  they  are  principally  quite  young 
in  yeai-s,  and  are  obedient  followers  of  the 
Mast*r. 

We  have  prayer  meetings  in  dift'erent  local- 
ities of  the  church;  one  on  Tuesday  evening, 
the  other  on  Thursday  evening:  held  at  the  res- 
idence of  brethren,  and  we  find  them  thus  far, 
of  much  profit,  in  strengthening  and  encourag- 
ing us  on  our  way  Heavenward.  Both  young 
and  old  engage  in  the  noble  work,  and  may  we 
never  grow  weary  in  well-doing,  and  as  the  old 
year  is  no  more  to  us,  only  for  rellections,  may 
we  all  see  where  we  have  come  -short  of  duty 
and  promptly  resolve  that  at  the  beginning  of 
this  New  Year,  that  we  will  strive  to  improve. 
May  the  spirit  of  prayer  be  instilled  abundantly 
into  the  heiuts  of  all  our  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
ters; andmay#'ery  house  become  a  house  of  de- 
votion to  God.  if  iiny  'have  neglected  family 
prayer,  may  the  spirit  speak  to  them  this  heau- 


Diur  Brclhmi:— 

I  HAVE  just  returned  from  Stenum,  where  I 
attended  two  meetings  of  usual  interest. 
Bro,  Hope,  and  family  were  with  us  all  lust 
week,  which  was  something  unusual  for  sister 
Hope,  as  her  health,  in  connection  with  her 
family  charge,  does  not  lulmit  of  her  visiting 
much,  and  even  going  to  preaching,  and  hence 
hears  but  little  preaching,  unless  done  in  their 
o^vn  house. 

The  work  is  still  progressing  slowly  but 
steadily.  Last  Friday,  another  sister  was  ad- 
ded by  baptism,  and  we  think  some  others  are 
counting  the  cost,  and  hope  will  soon  begin  to 
build.  We  held  meetings  here  in  the  villagi 
the  hall,  five  evenings  of  last  week,  but  did  not 
have  the  interest  we  expected;  hope  however 
our  labors  will  not  be  entirely  in  vain,  an  some 
in  the  small  congregation,  seemed  to  be  favor- 
ably impressed. 

We  have  appointed  another  feast  on  the  sixth 
of  January,  at  Bro.  Hope's,  where  we  expect  to 
finish  the  work  assigned  us,  and  then  as  soon  as 
arrangement*  can  be  made,  start  for  Germany 
aud  England.  If  no  effectual  door  opens  to 
preach,  we  will  shake  off  the  dust  of  our  feet, 
aud  turu  towards  America;  this  will  we  do  if 
the  Lord  will,  and  the  proffered  means  reach 
us  in  due  time.  This  arrangement  will  add  but 
little  to  the  actual  expense  of  returning  home, 
but  we  will  tarry  here  until  we  hear  from  the 
brethren  in  America,  wliich  we  hope  mil  be 
before  the  feiist.  I  regret  somewhat  that  we  did 
not  stop  in  England  on  our  way  here,  and  intro- 
duce our  mission,  and  distribute  our  tracts. 
We  think  more  good  could  have  been  accom- 
plished, and  we  would  be  better  (jualified  to  dt-- 
cide  on  our  arrangements  now,  but  we  hope  to 
hear  from  brother  Brinkworlh  soon,  which  per- 
haps will  assist  us  in  determining  what  is  best. 
and  bow  soon  we  expect  to  set  sail. 

We  feel,  to  some  degree  at  least,  a  delicacy  in 
talring  any  steps,  or  adopting  any  measures,  that 
might  be  considered  by  any,  outside  of  the  act- 
ual, or  at  least  the  primary  object  of  our  mis- 
sion, { which  was  to  organize  a  church),  that 
would  involve  the  church  in  more  expenses, 
knowing  that  many  of  our  dear  brethren  and 
sisters  think,  the  expenses  already  incurred,  are 
more  than  actually  necessary,  if  the  mission 
hiid  been  difl'erently  managed;  yet  we  cannot 
feel  ourselves  altogether  justifiable  in  returning 
without  making  *oiu«'  effort  in  the  above  named 
places,  unless  the  Lord  prevenis  us,  as  he  did 
the  apostle  at  a  certain  tune  when  lie  thought 
of  going  to  Bithynia,  and  was  forbidden  by  the 
Holy  Gho.'*t  to  preach  in  Asia  (Acts,  16:  6,  T). 
if  so.  we  will  be  willing  to  submit,  and  give 
heed  to  some  of  the  Macedonian  calls.  Our 
feelings  cannot  always  be  relied  uponasftguide 
in  mattei-s  of  duty,  as  will  clearly  be  seen  in  the 
ca.se  above  alluded  to;  they  may  l)e  more  or  less 
perverted,  and  yet  we  may  not  be  aware  of  that 
fact;  and  then  the  Lord  may  interiere  in  his 
own  good  way,  to  let  us  see  our  error,  and  lead 
us  right,  if  it  should  be,  to  Send  an  angel  with 
the  swonl,  to  stand  before  the  ass;  and  nothing 


■xteiids,  Ls  also  giKrtl,  iMith  spiritually  and 
physieially:  tli.\  h  .iii  in  .nj.iy  the  blessings  of 
the  Goapel  in  .i  i  inn.  Ii .  .i|m>  ity  very  much  with 
much  -^n  ili:ii  i|i,\  ,,,,1  hardly  be  recon- 
ciled to  the  thought  ol  us  leaving,  especially  so 
soon ;  but  more  especially  brother  Hope  and  fiim- 
ily,  having  once  been  permitted  to  mingle  with 
the  dear  brethren  and  sisters  in  America;  and 
we  think  we  feel,  if  not  to  the  same,  at  least  to 
»onie  degree,  the  pangs  of  our  separation,  alrwidy 
piercing  our  hearts;  for  we  feel  much  tosympar 
thi7£  with  them  in  their  isolateil  and  lonely 
situation,  and  heartily  recommend  them  to  the 
sympathies  and  prayers  of  the  whole  brother- 
hood. 

The  weather  has  been  very  favorable  for  trav- 
eling this  winter,  no  snow  to  interfere,  as  fro 
queutly  is  the  case;  night  before  last  about 
an  inch  of  snow  fell,  and  the  weather  was  so 
mild  hitherto,  that  we  held  meeting  without  fire 
until  the  night  of  the  12th.,  when  we  kindled 
a  fire  in  the  town  hall;  this  morning  Idth  still 
mild  and  some  indications  for  snow. 

By  the  time  this  reaches  you,  our  work  here 
will  be  finished,  the  Lord  willing,  and  we  will  be 
ready  to  change  our  location,  but  our  address 
from  America,  will  continue  to  be  thesame.and 
Bro.  Hope  will  send  our  mail  to  us,  wliich  will 
take  a  week  longer,  esjiecially  to  Enghmd. 

We  close  with  greetings  of  Christinn  love  luid 
Mendship  to  all  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
in  America. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

Enoch  Ebt. 
Hjorrinij,  WensijxsfJ ,  Dfiimark,  Dec.  17, 1S77. 


THE    DONALD'S 
CHURCH,  OHIO. 


CREEK 


iful  New  Year's  evening,  and  say.  you  ought  to 
erect  a  faiuilv  altar,  and  dedicate  it  to  the  ser- 
vices of  God;  imd  let  the  offering  he  the  humil- 
iation of  self-sacrifice.  Oh,  what  power  there 
is  exerted  over  the  mind,  by  the  prayers  of 
father  aud  mother,  with  their  children   bowed 


De(ir  lircllirPH. — 
rPHIS  church  was  organized  somewhere  be- 
X  tween  the  years  1805  aud  1810:  brother 
John  Garber  having  the  over-«ight.  Bro.  John 
Garljer  died  in  the  year  1813  or  1814.  In  the 
Fall  of  ISl-l  brother  Christian  Frantz  moved 
from  Botetourt  Co.,  Va..  and  took  the  oversight 
of  the  church,  he  being  at  that  time  sixty-three 
years  of  age.  The  church  increasing  in  num- 
bers, by  members  moving  from  the  Shenan- 
doah valley,  Virginia,  also  several  families  from 
Franklin    and    Koanoke    counties. 

Sixty-one  years  ago  there  were  about  thirty- 
five  members,  one  minister  and  two  deacons. 
From  the  best  information  we  can  get,  there 
have  been  eleven  ministers,  andtwenty-onedea- 
cons  elected  in  this  church,  and  out  of  this 
numlier.  one  speaker  and  three  deacons  have 
moved  out  into  other  districts;  this  list  does 
not  include  officiids  who  have  moved  here  firom 
other  districts. 

Our  membership  at  present  numbers  about 
275,  out  of  this  number  tliirty-five  or  forty  live 
in  Green  and  Madison  counties.  Our  ministers 
are  nlive  io  the  work  allotted  them,  filling 
iippointmenis  in  Green  :md  Madison  counties. 
Several  different  places  of  nieetiug  in  our  coun- 
ty. The  numlier  of  official  brcthivn  at  present  is 
seven  speakers  and  seven  deacons.  The  officeis 
are  all  exemplary  brethren,  which  is  wortliy  of 
note  ;  this  being  the  case,  we  feel  by  the  help  of 
God,  that  the  doctrine  of  the  brethren  will  still 
be  maintainetl  among  us  in  the  future  as  in  the 
past ;  notwithstanding  the  church  has  passed 
through  adversities  nioiv  or  less  at  times. 

Our  old  fathei-s  of  Isr^u'l  have  labored  much 
to  keep  the  btnlv  in  the  general  order  of  the 
brotherhood,  and  we  feel  to  rejoice  that  their  1»- 


,  hore  have  not  been  in  vain  in  tht?  Lord.    Many 

short  of  having  a  foot  enished,  or  to  be  pitcheil    (jr^thren  and  sisters  have  fiillen  xsleep  in  Jesus, 
on  theground,  will  stop  many  ofus  in  our  path.  I  rp|^g,^^„^^^^J.^[•^pJ^^J^si^tJ^Js  district  the  past 


,md  change  our  course,  especially  when  we 
scientiously  think  we  aio  right,  and  more  e,s- 
pecially  when  honor,  popularity,  or  some  gift 
as  a  rewanl  is  offered,  as  was  the  case  with  Baa- 


sixtyH>ne  years,  has  been  a  few  over  one  htm- 
dred  and  forty. 

D.  IV  HiRT. 
Jui\.  3.  J^7^\ 


TJrll-;    33RETIiRE?vr    ^T    AVOKK. 


Jan 


uary 


SADIE  HAS  GONE  HOME. 

ATOW  the  family  cliBia  U  brokcu, 
J^^      One  link  from  that  happy  bftnd ; 
She,  wi-  denrly  loved,  has  left  us, 
Left  lis  for  a  happier  land. 

Like  ihe  roHC,  her  beauty  farlc*). 
Short  her  pilgrimage  below ; 

Sickiie»<  has  prevailea  upoii  her; 
JniiB  called  her,  sho  muBl  go. 

Voin  wore  all  their  kind  eDdcavors, 
To  restore  her  health  again  , 

Friendd,  physicians,  none  could  help  her, 
Why  were  all  their  laboni  vain? 

Her  earthly  years  were  fi-w  in  number, 
O  how  sfioii  they  passed  away  ! 

With  her  brother?  and  horsistere, 
She  could  not  prolong  her  stay. 

They  have  borne  her  to  the  church-ynrd, 
There  her  lovely  form  is  laid  ; 

There,  among  the  fadiug  relics, 
There  her  friends  may  find  her  grave. 

Wec]>  not  father,  weep  not  mother, 

Tni?t  in  God  to  meet  again  ; 
Yes,  dear  Sadie's  crossed  the  river. 

Free  from  sorrow,  sickucss,  pain. 

Brothers,  sisters,  tr\-  to  meet  her, 

lu  a  belter  world  than  this; 
Here  is  no  abiding  city. 

There's  a  land  of  perfect  bliss. 

Run  your  race  ivith  faith  and  patience, 
While  your  lamp  holds  out  to  burn  ; 
When  the  Savior  comes  to  call  yoti, 
Tlion  you'll  rest  with  Sadio  at  home. 

Selected  byS.  M.  KsnEi,MAN. 
'imtrk,  in. 


CHUKCEC    JSTE'WS. 


From  Sciola,  Iowa.— ^  few  words  about  our 

meetings  in  rlio  Mapli-  Grovcchurch,  Montgomery 

Co.,Iown.   JJro.  S.  A,  Garberof  Decatur  Co.,  and 

Bro.  M.  Thoiniui  of  Warren  Go.,  lown  came  to  us 
on  the  Slh  of  Dec.  Gonimenccd  ineelin^  unme 
e  vening,  and  continued  until  the  Itiili,  preachio"' 
t  he  Word  with  power,  giviogmucJicncouragcnipnt 
((,  the  diseijde,  and  warning  the  sinner,  ifad  tlie 
b  est  of  order  during  the  nref:tiug ;  strict  aflfnliun 
being  paid  to  the  Word  prejiehcd     Although  none 

publicly  confessid  the  Lord,  yet  we  believe  the  j  Huence  of  Catholicism  never  read  the  IJible  until 
seed  sown  wjil  take  root  and  bring  forth  fruit  that  the  age  of  uineteen.  We  fondly  pray  that  he  will 
will  be  galh(-re<l  in  the  future.  be  active  io  his  sphere  of  usefuIuL-^s  in  the  church 

The  brelhroM  went  from  here  to  Ml,  Etna,   Ad-  ,  whate'er  it  mav  be.     Another,  n  father   who   had 


to  us.  When  the  parting  hour  came  we  bid  fiire- 
well  perhaps  never  to  meet  again  this  side  of  the 
grave.  Jessb  Calvert. 

Coinvibiana  Co.,  O.  Jan.  2.  1878. 

From  Little  York,  WxiQ.—Dcar  Brethren  :  I 
will  give  you  some  news  from  this  arm  of  the 
church.  This  church  is  known  as  the  Wyandot 
church.  We  number  about  forty,  and  the  mesi- 
bers  are  in  peace  with  one  another.  Brethren  Le- 
vi Dickey  and  Isaac  Koisebarger  were  with  us  one 
week,  and  they  held  forth  the  Gospel  in  its  purity. 
There  was  none  added  to  the  church,  but  there 
were  some  that  were  made  to  feel  it  their  duty  to 
become  Christians, 

The  members  were  revived  and  eneouraged- 
We  look  into  the  future  with  anticipation  of  reap- , 
ing  the  fruits  of  their  labors.  We  feel  to  thank 
God  for  what  we  have  heard  and  seen,  and  hope 
that  those  Brethren  will  not  forget  us.  We  pray 
that  the  blessings  of  our  heavenly  Father  may 
rest  upon  them.  Jacob  Hgistand. 

From   Duuen   Creek  Cliiii-ch,  Pa.— Last 

night  closed  our  series  of  meetings.  Valentine 
Blough  of  Somerset,  Pa,  was  with  us,  aud  the 
Lord  truly  blessed  his  labors.  Bro.  Blough  seems 
to  have  the  good  cause  at  heart ;  he  gave  many 
good  advices  to  both  saint  aud  sinner.  By  his 
strong  appeal  to  sinners,  three  were  made  willing 
to  give  tliemselves  up  to  God,  and  many  more 
were  almost  persuaded  to  become  Christians.  Ma- 
uy  were  the  tears  that  were  seen  Dlling  down  the 
cheeke  of  saints  and  sinners,  as  the  hearty  appeals 
forth  from  the  lips  of  the  earnest  minister, 
during  the  week  he  was  here,  we  hope  there 
has  been  much  good  seed  so  wn  and  that  it  may  spring 
up  and  bring  Ibrth  fruit  to  the  honor  of  God  and 
to  the  welfare  of  pfjor  souls.  We  pray  that  God 
may  still  be  with  us  and  tlo  us  all  the  good  we 
need  in  time  and  eternity. 

rUO.MAS  S.  HOLSINCER. 

Dec.  ZUt  1877. 

From  S»!?ar  RiJ^o  Clmrch,  Ohio.— We 

are  still  "  laboring  and  nave  not  faii'tcd,"  and  un- 
like the  church  at  Kph(«us,  we  hope  we  "have 
not  left  our  fii-st  love."  Our  experience  is  that 
the  gold  thai  we  are  rccommeuded  to  buy,  like  our 
enrlhly  treasury,  will  not  allow  profligacy.  The 
ship  of  the  clmrch  will  soon  cease  to  move  if 
we  lay  down  onr  oars  ;  aside  from  this,  our  little 
barks  to  get  into  the  harbor,  must  sail  up  stream 
aud  that  too  wiudward.  If  we  fold  our  arms  and 
lie  on  our  cars,  the  strong  current  of  the  stream 
of  time  will  swiftly  land  us  in  the  waters  below. 

As  the  result  of  our  labors,  we  have  recorded  fif- 
t'>en  accesr^ious  during  the  year.  One,  a  young 
man  of  marked  mental  abilitv,  who  under  the  ' 


ams  Co.,  tlv  Fuslirn  part  of  our  congregation, 
where  they  preached  lor  a  weeli,  apparently  for 
the  saiO''  )iur|ii..si-,  Ihut  is  lo  build  up  tin;  cljilrch 
aud  brill"  into  the  lold  those  ihutarL'  without.  The 
weather  however  was  very  d(-;ii.'i''Pjil,|,._  j-nads  al- 
mo.tl  impa.Mftblp,  considrni'il.'  imIij  -Im  iii;;  tlietime 
of  meeting,  mn.dorliccoii;.'ri'-;itinit,--hi:ill,^liiit  those 
thulramc  imidjjood  attenliou  (o  tli.'  p reaching. 
Thi-  cliiir-!,  iiiisiiR-iw  transacted  while  thv  bi'cthren 
WL-ri-  Willi  U-,  Miis  one  brother  received  back  into 
the  Ht'uiiid  dvgreo  of  |hu  luiuhtry  which  office  he 
once  held,  also  one  brother  ordfiined  to  the  elder- 
ship. 

The  brrjihrt-u'w  labor  with  us  »ve  believe  was 
much  appreciated  by  the  little  Hock  here.  Mav 
God  blejs  them  in  their  labors  wherever  they  go, 
and  whiu  Ihcir  labors  arc  over,  mav  they  'fully 
realize  the  promifie  of  Jeans  "  that  where  1  am 
there  ye  may  be  also."  N.  C.  WoiEKMAN. 

Jiin.  2h(/,  I87S. 

From  On-TiUi'.  Ohio.— Dear  Brethren  :  On 
the  Sth  of  Dec.  wc,  the  ( )rrvillc  congregation,  met  in 
council.  BusincKs  pas.sed  ofl'witb  in(ere?i,  and  a 
goixl  feeling |)rfvailcd  among  the  Brelliren.  Thc'c 
arc  meetings  of  interest  to  me  and  have  o;l  proved 
a  warning  voice  ill  (rials  and  teni])[iitioiis.  The 
nest  day  met  ut  the  Sepo  Valley  meeting-house. 
Wc  believe  this  meeting  was  aecce]>tabi(.'  in  ttie 
sight  of  the  Lord,  to  the  hungry  Iambs  of  the  fold. 
After  nifrcdhment  by  a  sister,  went  to  vi.iit  a 
family  in  LawrtJice.  Here  we  met  au  Israelite,  a 
sisU;r  having  proved  faithful  in  the  Master's  cau'w. 
For  thirtv-five  years  she  lay  paralvzi-d  on  her 
couch  with  no  hope  of  recovery,  but  that  the  an- 
.  gel  might  come  aud  carry  hor'  into  the  arms  of 
our  Kedecniei'.  Here  we  spent  about  jin  liuur  in 
worehiji  together,  which  si'i'iiiud  a  balni  in  iljcdiMi- 
sister,  and  will  no  ibmbl  b,'  li.iig  renii'iiilnixd 
by  all  of  us.  There  is  a  family  in  Uiis  arm  of  ilic 
church,  which  deserve-s  the  sympaiiiy  of  oil,  an 
aged  father  and  mother. 

StJine  of  the  brethren  and  sisters  meet  there 
once  a  wei-k  aud  have  evening  worehip,  which 
seems  to  be  apjireciatcd  by  the  familv  and  strengtli- 
tiis  their  afteeliou  among  the  bretbiV-n. 

MosEM  Kl.\'DIo, 

From  Samly  Chui-fli,  Ohio.— I  came  here 
Dec.  lo.  On  the  IGth  held  de<licatorv  services  in 
their  new  and  larjje,  commodious  house ;  it  is  40x 
90  feet.  The  audience  room  is  40x8;j  feet  with  a 
folding  parlitiou.  I  Rup|jose  it  will  seat  at  least  one 
thousand  peraons,  but  all  could  not  be  seated  even 
then.  We  remaincfl  here  oi^e  week,  then  went  sev- 
en miles  west  in  same  dislriet  t<»  another  meeting 
house,  bought  from  theMcthodiBifraterHitv.  Con- 
tinued our  laboi-K  there  one  week,  and  closed  our 
meetings  Jan.  Ist  at  the  new  meetiug-house  with 
a  communion  meeting. 

I  need  not  say  that  it  was  a  happy  New  Year's 
day.  iucleed  it  was;  forty-two  were  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism,  and  three  restored  to  fellow- 
ship that  had  wandered  away  from  the  (old.  and 
more  promised  they  would  soon  come  ;  othere  would 
have  come  if  they  had  not  been  hindered.  May 
God  forgive  them  for  their  indiscretion  and  may 
nmny  more  be  added  the  church  aud  be  saved 
AU  have  our  thanks  for  their  kindness  manifested 


been  sprinkled  when  an  infant;  he  was  taken  out 
of  Rsiek-bedby  a  Methodist  minister  aud  baptized 
by  trine  inuiier^iun.  He  was  under  conviction 
during  IJio.  Stein's  visit  last  Winter,  wanted  to  be 
received  upon  his  baptism  ;  we  told  him  he  could 
not  be  received; 

1st.  Bex;ause  he  was  not  baptized  by  a  legal  ad- 
ministrator. 

2nd.  His  administrator  having  no  faith  iu  the 
baptism,  was  committing  sin  while  engaged  iu  the 
work. 

3rd.  Was  not  baptized  for  the  remission  of  aim. 

4th.  Laying  on  of  hands  and  praver  were  omit- 
ted. 

He  has  since  made  an  unconditional  surrender 
lias  been  rebaplized,  and  at  different  times  ex- 
prp*.sed  himself  a.';  undergoing  the  happie.«t  relig- 
ion be  ever  enjoyed.  There  is  an  cHbrt  being 
made  iu  Northern  Ohio,  to  further  the  interests  of 
the  cause  this  winter ;  hope  the  eHbrt  will  be  crown- 
ed with  abundant  success. 

I.  S.  Rosen  HKRGiiR, 

Gilhaa,  0.  Dec.  21.  '77 

From  Brash  College,  lurt.— Our  meeting 

began  here  December  24tli  and  continued  till  Jan- 
uary Ist.  It  wa.5  conducted  by  Bro.  D.  B.  Slur- 
gis  of  South  Beiul,  Ind,,  as-sisted  by  the  ministers 
of.  our  own  district,  ^aven  precious  souls  were 
made  willing  Ui  follow  the  Lord  iu  liis  example, 
and  were  buried  with  him  in  baptism  aud  arose  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life. 

Othcre  have  confessed  themselves  almost  readv 
to  come.  May  the  Lord  bless  the  seed  that  hiii 
been  sown,  that  it  may  bring  forth  fruit  in  abund- 
*■"•■*-'■  Wjluam  Stump. 


to  walk  in  newne^  of  life,  and  we  thiuk  others 
were  made  lo  thiuk  over  the  mattet ,  and  are  count- 
ing the  cost.  The  members  have  been  refreshed 
and  cheered  on  their  way.  Lasting  impressions 
were  made  by  our  brethren  who  labored  so  earn- 
estly for  the  conversion  of  souls.  The  weather  got 
very  inclement  the  few  last  days  of  our  meeting, 
which  was  a  great  hindrance,  else  we  thiuk  more 
would  have  joined  had  tlie  weather  been  better, 
J.  C.  Lehman. 

Jan.  stii,  iff/S. 

From  Southern  Illiuois.— Mvself  and  wife 
started  for  Bond  Co.,  III.  the  Tth'of  December, 
met  with  the  Brethren  in  the  Hurricane  Creek 
church  the  8th.  Had  church  meeting  the  same 
day,  and  a  pleasant  time  of  it.  Found  the  mem- 
bers alive  to  their  duty.  Had  some  meetings 
while  there,  good  attention,  congregations  large. 
Eight  were  made  willing  to  be  baptir-ed,  aud  one 
more  applicant,  Hope  they  wdl  all  prove  faith- 
ful.    Some  more  said  they  were  nearly  ready  to 

From  the  Hurricane  church  we  went  to  the 
Mulberry  church,  found  the  membei^  mostly  well, 
Bro.  Wni,  Klam  was  very  poorly.  The  members 
all  seemed  in  good  earnest  iu  serving  the  Lord,  and 
iu  love  and  union.  While  with  the  brethren  and 
sisters  at  Mulberry  had  some  meetings,  good  order, 
and  exceUeut  attention.  Three  were  baptized  and 
oue  more  applicant. 

From  Mulberry  Grove  we  went  to  Marion  Co. 
and  stopped  with  Brethren  in  the  Salem  church  ; 
found  the  members  all  well  and  iu  good  spirit,  as 
they  lately  built  a  good,  comfortable  meetiug-house. 
I  just  thought  while  there,  if  the  Brethren  at  ev- 
ery place  where  meeting-houses  are  needed,  would 
take  hold  like  the  brethren  did  in  the  Salem  church, 
there  would  be  mauy  meeting-houses  where  there 
are  none.  They  raised  what  njnney  they  were 
obliged  to  have  to  get  the  material,  aud  brought 
.^  all  together  on  the  ground.  Two  of  the 
brethren  laid  of!"  the  frame,  all  the  rest  would  go 
and  work  day  by  day  till  tlie  house  was  finished. 
They  built  that  house  in  the  shortest  time,  and 
with  less  money  than  any  house  I  have  kuowu 
built  by  the  Brethren.  It  is  a  good  substantial 
house.  Had  some  mceliugs  while  with  theBreth- 
len.  Daniel  Neher  is  the  elder.  Had  a  church 
meeting  to  elect  one  deacon.  The  lot  fell  on  Dan- 
iel Ulery.  Audrew  Keher  was  advanced  to  the 
second  degree  of  office.  Three  were  baptized  dur- 
ing the  meeting.  On  account  of  much  rain,  we 
had  to  close  the  meeting  too  soon.  Landnd  home 
safely,  ibund  all  well  thank  the  Lord. 

JoH.v  Metzciik. 
Ccrro  Gordo.  III.     Jan.  i)th,  1S7S, 


colic.     He  leav&sa  wifeandtivechihlrpr. 
their  loss.     Funeral  services  by  broth «"^'"">ift 
er  and  J.  P.  Wolf,  from  John"llT25 "g  ^-  ^^t 
J.  J.  p. 


fox. 


Please  aimounee  that  the  Diatrict  IW 
the  Northern  District  of  Missouri  forl^?'"*?  ^.f 
held  at  the  Long  Branch  school-house  in,i'*'"  >- 
Co.,  four  mdes  north  of  Martinsville  ^■"'i^m 
aud  18th  of  May,  1878.  A  full  reprM^" '^.^l' 
delegates,  of  all  the  churches,  ia  soUcitJl  J""  ''J 
Home  Mission  work  rei^uires  and  well  da  "^'"t 
attention  of  every  congiegation  in  iig  distri^**  ^* 


DANISH    MISSION    FUND 

Wooster  Chureh,  Ohio, . 

C.  Wine, ; *   Ui 

Codorus  Church,  Pa. LJO 

Rock  River  Church,  III ' " ' ' "     4-35 

Waddams  Grove  Church,  III., '""    Uaj 

Previously  reported ]]" ',n^?5o 

'^''^'^^-  *1385^ 
C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasure, 
Lanark.  III.,  Jan.  lOth.  1878  *^- 


The  following,  since  last  report  has  been  k 
ed  at  the  Brethren  at  Work  office 


DIED. 


Ob.Umriea  should  lie  hi 
piipor,  iiuil  aej.a 


KEYSER.— Died  Dec.  30th,  1877,  in  the  Green 
Spring  district,  Seneca  Co.,  Ohio,  Anna  Mary, 
infant  dauglitei-  of  Eio.  Amos  aud  sUter  Aman- 
da KeysL'r.  aj,'ed  4  luontiis.  Funeial  Conducted 
by  Bro.  S.  T.  Bossermau,  accompanied  by  the 
writer,  from  Job  1 :  21. 

ELAM.— Died  in  theMuIberry  Grove  church  dia- 
trict.  Bond  Co..  III.,  Jau.  4th,  187S,  elder  Wm. 
Elain,  in  the  (JCtli  year  of  his  age. 

Th''  HibjrTt  i.c  tht'  .ilir-pve  notice  was  born  in 
Virgii.i;:  ill  IN].:,  h;,.  |,.!,„,v,d  to  North  Carolina 
inlsU  :ii„l  II,  l^.;|  1„  111.. wd  to  Fayette  Co., Ill, 
where  ],.■  n-i.l.  .1(111  lu..  ,l,.,uh.  Was  married  to 
Mary  Andrews  in  the  year  of  lS3(i.  Unit*d  with 
iheci^urchin  1S54,  was  elected  deacon  tiie  same 
year  and  was  chosen  minister  the  fbllowiug  year, 
was  ordained  to  the  iiill  i/ilni-trxih  tin- year  l.'StiL 

which  p'wition   he  lill.d  1j. ul4\  iilThis  death! 

Funeral  on  the  Gth  iu^i.jn  l1j>' (li  i>!iun  church, at 
Mulberry  Grove  by  the  Brethren  to  a  large  con- 
course of  people.     Text,  John  12:  2ti. 


Luney's  Creek  church,  W.  Va,, 
Greenland  church,  W.  \'a,. . . , 

S.  F.  Ileiman, 

Barbara  Landis , 

E.  Bishop, , 

Levi  Stump 

Cora  Belle  Emmert 

John  Laird 

Dr.  P.  Fahrney, , 

Benj.  Bowman, 

W.  G.  Schrock, 

Emma  S.  Schrock, 

U.  Schrock,  

Samuel  Ross, 

A.  Tunis,   

J.  .T.  Schecter 

James  Kciser 

Jacob  Hai-shmaii, 

J.  M.  Gibble, 

J.  Emmert, 

Jacob  Cral\, 

Martin  Mycr, 

R.  E.  Reed 

J.S:  Harley 

D.  Meyers, 

Abrm.  Whitmer, 

Bro.  Slifer 

Sarah  Berkley, 

J.  O.  Culler, 

W.  Herrington, 

PxevJously  reported, 


«1.00 


■Xfifl 

.11) 
..il) 

l,:w 
loo 


aa2«>i 

Total,  .S7S  03 


From  Fttlttiu  Co..  Ohio.— A.eording  to  pre- 

vi-i.i«  iirnui-iriueiil.-^,  mel  with  the  brelliren  in  Ful- 
ton Co.,  (H,i,..  lo  couiiiieneea  meeting  on  the  21st 
oi  Dec.  ltS77.  1  left  home  on  the  'iOth  and  arriv- 
ed at  Toledo  on  the  21st.  Elder  H.  Beikeybile 
lives  in  this  eity  and  he  accompanied  me  to  place 
oi  meeting.  H-;  is  a  y<mng  man  of  cou^idcrble 
talent,  and  a  briglil  |,i.,^p,,t  bdore  him  in  the 
ministry.  Our  m,.ehn;M.niNiJu4U'i.d  near  Swaiiton 
and  we  rcmamcd  wiiii  ilu.'  br.ahren  holding  meet- 
ingsat  some  five  or  si.\  difiereni  places,  Afterthe 
usual  method,  when  au  interest  is  gotten  up  at  a 
place,  we  must  close  our  meeting  and  go  to  some 
other  place,  as  though  we  were  afraid  some  one 
luight  join  the  church. 

Our  meeting's  closed  on  the  evening  of  the  3rd 
inst.  Eleven  were  made  willing  to  obey  the  Gos- 
ImbI,  and  were  baptized.  Manv  more  were  brought 
near  the  Kingdom.  The  Lord  bless  those  dear 
lambs  that  have  entered  into  covenant  re- 
lation with  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit 
May  tlie  Lard  keep  them  near  His  side.  The 
bi-ethren  .and  sisU-rs  in  this  church  are  workers  in 
the  cause  of  Christ.  God  bless  them  in  their  la- 
bors m  the  vineyard.  John  Nicholson. 

From    Rfistol.  Ilill.— Brethren  Isaac  L.Ber- 

lii-y  :iih|  Bi.-njaniin  Leer  commenced  meeting  in  the 
I  iiir  t  reek  eliureh-house  on  Saturday  evening  be- 
lore  ^N  ew  \  car,  aud  continued  one  week.  Preach- 
ed fifWn  sermons,  and  the  result  was,  four  young 
jK-reons  united  with  the  people  of  God.  and  were 
buried  with  Christ  iu  baptism,  and  rose,  we  hope 


J.  H.  GOOD-MAK. 

MILLER.— Died  in  Portage  Prairie  congregation, 
St.  Joe  Co..  Ind.,  Ilro.  Sylvester  Miller,  son  of 
Eld.  James  Miller. 

He  had  been  sick  {or  over  lour  years  with 
consumption.  Seventeen  months  previous  to  his 
death,  ho  was  converted  and  united  with  the  breth- 
ren and  became  a  zealous  and  active  member  of 
the  church.  Among  his  (^hristimi  virtues,  liberal- 
it<f  was  a  prominent  trait,  though  in  moderate  cir- 
cumstances, he  was  known  at  different  times  to 
give  to  his  poor  ministei's  an  entire  good  suit  of 
clothe."  as  one  bestowal.  He  loved  God  and  His 
people,  and  God  and  Ili.^  people  loved  him  "  fbr 
the  Lord  lovelh  a  cheerful  giver."  •'  I  ivas  naked 
ami  ye  clothed  me,"  "  Come  up  higher,'"  "  Thou 
hast  been  faitbfitl  over  a  few  things."' 

Fuueral  discourse  by  the  writer,  from  Psalm  116- 
1  o,  ami  while  the  worthy  parents  and  friend  ween 
It  18  uot  without  hope  of  a  glorious  reunion  in  tile 
glory  land.  Bro.  Svlvesler  Miller  was  born  Julv 
12th,  1840,  and  died  Dec.  23rd,  1877  aged  3"' 
yeai-s,  5  months  aud  11  days. 

Q      ,,    T,       J     .     ,  ^•^-  ^'"IGHTSMAX,        ' 

South  Bend,  Ind. 


CHARITY    FUND. 

John  B.  Shalier 

Family  at  AVnddaius  Grove,  111 

Samuel  Metzger, 

Lydia  Fahnestock, ,  , . , 

Beijj.  Bowmau. 

J.  P.  Lewcr, 

Dau.  Meyer, , 

Catharine  Supplee 

D.  J.  Hetrick, 

Isaac  Rowland, 

J.  B.  Lehman, 

Sarah  Berkley, 

J.  O.  Culler..' 

Previously  reported,. 


—  Victor  Emmanuel,  king  of  Italy  is  dead. 
His  death  has  cast  quite  a  gloom  over  the  Impei- 
ial  city. 

— The  Turks  are  still  meeting  with  disaslrdii' 
reverses.  Sliipka  Pass,  the  Turkish  stwug-W 
ha.5  fallen  intfi  the  hands  <if  the  Kussiiins.  Con- 
siderabje  excitement  prevails  in  England,  thoiigli 
she,  it  seems,  is  not  likely  at  present  to  tjuc 
any  part  in  the  wor. 

Moody  is  conducting  a  series  of  meetings  m 
Hnrtfbrd.  Conn. 

The  emigrantion  to  Tesns,  is  said  to  be  quite 
large.  Many  Brethren  are  looking  that  way  n'fc. 
but  we  advisu  them  to  be  certain  that  the  coiinii)' 
will  suit  them  before  pulling  up  and  going-  '■  !* 
no  doubt  an  excellent  place  to  live,  but  then  'i 
takes  means  there  as  well  as  elsewhere. 


SWIGHART.-In  the  Glade  R„n  co,K-..gari.,i, 
Armstrong  Co.,  Pa.  .June  3rd.  ]S77.  sisiei  Smdi 
Swighart;  aged  77  years  and  l" 
tei-  Sanih  was  a  consistent  membei 


lay.s.     His- 
the  church 


i^'^^L^'^-  .  F"''^*"''^  s<,yvke^  by  the    write. 
1  Ihess.  4:ly. 


cyngi 


■gulino,  on  the 
;■'■  Lydia  Helsel; 
-i'dav'',  Funeral 
lui  11.  latter  clause 


from 

HELSEL. — Also  in  same 

23rd  of  Septembe^  1S77 

ngedTti  years,  4  months  -.u,. 

services  by  the  writer,  fn  .m  J 

of  the  28th  vei„e. 

J.  B.  Wampleii. 
^\^J';^;-»;;"«1'" -John  F.  Wolf,  son  of  Jeremiah 

M  olf  of  Stark  Co..  Ohio,  diedNov.23rd  1S77 

aged  44  years  and  17  days.  ^'>"'. i->n , 

He  was  only  sick  12  hours.     Disease   bilious 


!  W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Diiy  pn.ssengLT  truin  going  cast  lenvcs  Lanark  at  l'^^'-' 
I'.  .M.,  nn.l  uiTiyi.-»in  Itncine  nt  r>;-13  P.  M. 

Uuy  ptLascngcr  train  ggiiig  west  leiive^  Lunttrk  ul  l:  lo'- 
M..  aud  arrives  ai  Ituek  Istaud  al  5:50  P.  M. 

Night  pasaenger  trains,  going  ciist  nnil  west.  ""*' "^ 
leave  Limnrk  al  2:21  A.  M  .  orri?ing  in  Bnoino  •'  ^■''' 
A.    M.,   imd   Bt   Rook  IslnutI  at  C:00  A.  M. 

Freight  and  AcuommodatioD  Trains  will  run  vtst  ' 
ia;6r,l'.M.,  10:60  A.M..  nnd  12:  20  P.  M.,  m^ 
fiwl  at  4  :  10  A.  M..  1  I'.  SI.  and  4  :  50  V.  M. 

Tickeia  are  sold   for  above   tniins  onl?.    i<if^'^'- 

Irains  nmko  clusu  conncclion  al  Woalcrn  I'niun  Juii<i" ' 
Q,  A.  Smith,  Ag*"' 

Paasoiigers  for  Chicago  ehouiil  leatc  I.""ark  ol  '-■- 
P.M.;  rnntothe  WeslcFn  Union  J""C'!"": '!'"  k« 
noed  wait  but  five  miunles  for  the  ChiaigOi  W.^„  at 
iiml  St,  Paul  }iiiS8ougor  train,  and  thus  rciicJi  CiiWg  ^ 
1  :  '15  the  same  evening.  To  renoU  Lniinrk  fro"  Y'"^', 
go  tf  tlio  Pt.  Wayao  dei.ol,  tnko  (lie  Cliicngo,  M""  , 
"nd  St.  Paul  ivnin  at  five  lu  the  eveaiug :  ""  I""",,, 
'lie  W.  U.  Junction,  clinngc  cars  for  Laniirk,  on'" 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


Vol.  III. 

EDITBU  ANU  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

jH.Moo"'.  S.H.Ilashor,  M.M.Eshelman. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 


"MM^I  Ji,;„y   You  Oood  Tid!ny,  of  &r«,l  Joy,  wkM  Shall  be  unto  All  J'eople."  -  Lv^r.  2: 


10. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  24, 1878. 


No.  4. 


R.  H.  UILLEH,        - 

J.  ,V.  STEIM,       -      ■ 
p.  VANIMAN. 

D.I),  jikntzkh, 

VATTIK  A.  I.EA11, 


-  LADOGA,  IKD. 
-       KEWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  VIHDEN ,  ILL. 
-WAYNESBOHO,  PA. 

-  ITHBAKA,    ILL. 


A    GREETINa. 


»Y  JAS.  Y.  HECKLEK. 

To  KI'l.  Eilninml  Forney  of  ihe   phie  Creek 
Church,  Oyh  Co.  in. 

DBAIl  brother  in  CliTisl;  I  genJ  greeliug  lo  you, 
JUeauae  I  beUeve  jou  are  faithful  nnil  true 
To  your  eiilliugof  God.  You  will  pnraon  me  theD, 
For  grueling  you  thus  willi  my  nicirical  pen. 

How  oAen  I  tliink  of  the  bretlircn'  I  love, 
Tlie  liitic  lliAl  in  Gomiag  to  meet  ihem  above: 
The  »aiDls  of  nil  ngcs  shnll  nolcorae  us  homo. 
To  be  with  the  Lord  when  His  kingdoni  has  come. 

But  few  tbal  iiro  itiigluy.  nnd  few  thnl  nrc  greot, 

AVill  eomo  to  iulicrit  the  Savior's  cslalo: 

TIioii|jli  I'll  ore  invited  to  come  and  partake 

Ot  tlic  fciwi  ivliich  the  Lord  for  His  people  will  make. 

It  thereforo  behooves  ua  to  wnich  and  lo  pmy, 
Lo»t  slipping  or  sliding  out-  feet  by  the  way, 
TIio  loiupter  nllHrc  u§  away  into  sin, 
To  things  that  tire  atraiigc  and  forbidden  hiive  been. 

My  uyeshave  been  pained  and  my  heart  haa  been  grieved, 
To  i<iii  bow  some  brothieu  themselves  have  deceived : 
W'iio  seek  their  owji  glory,  aniliilioUB  for  fame, 
And  strive  for  pro-eminonue  to  Iheir  own  ahnme. 


So  lot  us  keep  down  to  tbe  lowly  and  meek, 
As  no  emulation  noi  honor  to  seek, 
Hilt  rather  like  Jesus,  and  all  for  His  sake, 
Seek  ourMolfca  "  of  no  reputation  "  to  make. 

By  stooping  and  bowing  in  mildness  and  luve. 
We  hope  to  be  raised  to  the  mansions  above, 
Olieyiiig  the  Savior,  enduring  in  faitli, 
IVill  raise  us  to  glory  and  honor  iit  dcalti. 

Wlinl  ji'y  and  what  gladness  in  heaven  shnll  be 
When  the  sniots  of  all  ages  their  Savior  will  sc< 
lluw  bigb  will  the  rapture  of  praises  aspire, 
Beholding  the  One  whom  they  always  admire! 

Tlicse  lincf  are  submitted  to  you  with  a  prayer, 
When  you're  al  the  altar,  remember  me  there, 
Tliiit  when  for  yourself  you  fairly  got  through, 
III  fnilh  mid  assurance  you  speak  fur  uie  loo. 


NOT    OF    MAN. 

IIY  C.  H.  HALSllAUOH. 

AUELIGION  thatis  to  fjushion  a  fiilleii  iin- 
niurtulity  into  the  beauty  of  holiness,  csui 
licitlii-r  lit'  uliginiiti'il  nor  coiisuinmnteil  by  (!■ 
Iiito  imwer.  Tlie  hmu  unil  il'iiritil  struggle.s  of 
tlii-'gi(,':uitic  intellects  of  uiiinspiretl  heathen- 
'lum  ill  nttcmpts  to  solve  the  problem  of  hn- 
iiiaiulestiiiy.  show  the  utter  futility  of  self- 
"niiiu;lit  rtHh'iuption  from  the  bondt^e  of  cor- 
I'uiition.  "  Thv  ivorhl  by  wisnou  kni-iv  not  Got!" 
(I  Cor.  1:21).  Vtustiuitl  higii  iiud  deep  was  the 
Ii'ie  of  heivtiieu  sjiges,  but  lume  i:ouhl  approach 
tilt'  iilea  thiit  the  only  possibility  of  healing  the 
W'licli  of  itpustiisy,  iiud  eleviiting  uiau  to  coni- 
"iiiiiity  of  niiture  ami  blessedness  with  his  source, 
'"y  in  the  inhiibitation  of  dual  eoustitution  by 
p«'i  Himself,  and  a  sin-offemig  the  uncreated 
in  and  for  tlie  created.  This  was  the  great  un- 
suhpt'eti'il  mystery  hid  from  ages  and  generation; 
(t;"U:2(J). 

To  transfer  the  supreme  importance  of  Christ  s 
iiiimuii  from  His  death  to  His  life,  is  to  nuIH 
l"y  the  whulc  siheme  of  Kedemption  and  leave 
'"Uhiiis  unatoned,  and  our  eternity  unbles.-ied. 
"  His  powLT  to  save  lay  only  in  His  holy  ex- 
"">lde,  there  would  be  no  necessity  to  put  such 
'■uipliiwLs  on  His  resurrection  as.  we  find  iu  the 
'•^•flaratiou  of  Christ  Himself  and  the  apostles. 
^  siilvation  solely  depemkut  on  the  moral  force 


of  example,  needs  no  hteral  revivification.  Tlic 
same  is  true  as  to  the  manward  influenc*  of 
Christ's  death. 

If  the  effect  oncharacterwere  all,itcould  noi 
be  augmented  by  a  resurrection.  But  it  ia  ex- 
plicitly affirmed  that  "  if  Christ  he  not  kawkd. 
(ioicr  ftiith  is  vain;  ye  aiie  tkt  is  YOUR 
SINS  "  (I  Cor.  15:  IT).  This  same  apostle  con- 
nects his  authority  as  a  teacher,  not  oidy  with 
the  Eternal  Fountain  of  Light,  bnt  with  the 
■esurrecfion  of  Christ  (Gal.  1: 1).  All  this  de- 
monstrates that  iu  the  Death  of  Emmimuel 
there  was  an  object  aud  efficacy  wholly  apart 
from  its  transforming  efiect  on  the  htiman  mind 
and  heart.  Man  needed  not  only  redemption 
from  subjective  ruin,  but  from  the  retributions 
of  an  objective  Eternal  Law.  This  I,»w  d< 
nounced  death  on  transgression,  and  less  than 
death  will  not  suffice.  Whose  death  shall  it 
be?  It  cannot  be  the  death  of  the  fallen,  foi 
that  is  the  wages  of  sin,  and  instead  of  bring, 
mg  deliverance,  seals  his  doom  in  remediless 
damnation.  The  Being  who  is  offended  and 
dishonored  by  sin  needs  propitiation  no  less 
than  the  offender  needs  forgiveness.  This  pro- 
pitiation can  be  nothing  short  of  the  complete 
satisfaction  of  the  original  penalty  agaiu-tt  sin. 
Man  cannot  efiect  it,  as  in  the  very  sict  of  pay- 
ment he  consummates  his  eternal  alienation 
from  God.  Angels  meequally  powerless,  for  they 
cannot  render  double  satisfaction  to  the  Su- 
preme Law  which  challenges  all  their  resources 
in  pcrmnal  obedience.  There  is  only  one  other 
avenue  open  for  the  escape  of  mau  from  mer- 
ited perdition.  God  Himself  must  become  flesh, 
aud  live  the  Uie  that  comports  with  the  prim- 
eval dignity  of  human  nature,  aud  die  the  death 
which  alona  can  atone  for  human  iniquity. 
Less  than  this  would  degrade  the  Diviue  char- 
acter, and  invalidate  Divine  Law,  instead  of  el- 
vating  aud  ennobling  num.  Hud  Christ  given 
His  spotless  example,  and  multiplied  His  mir- 
acles, and  revealed  ten  thousand  times  more  of 
the  majesty  of  the  Divine  characler.and  enlarg- 
ed the  volume  of  inspiration  a  hundred-fold,  so 
as  to  insert  an  absolute  solution  for  every  per- 
plexity in  human  life,  and  then  ascended  to 
Heaven  without  "■  tasting  death  for  rrmj  man," 
His  mission  would  not  have  been  worth  a  straw. 
The  breach  between  God  and  man  would  have 
been  as  wide  as  before.  The  awful  gloiy  of 
Holiness,  and  the  direful,  damning  nature  of 
sin,  are  seen  alone  iu  the  dreadful  death-throbs 
of  the  Sou  of  God  on  the  Cross,  Except  wo 
eat  His  flesh,  and  drink  His  blood,  we  have  no 
life  in  us  (John  6:  53). 

To  reject  God's  owii  satisftiction  for  His  vio- 
lated Law.  is  to  court  the  wrath  of  Omnip- 
otence, and  whelm  body  and  soul  in  the  fiery 
horrors  of  Eternal  Death.  To  make  Christ 
less  than  God,  and  His  death  less  than  the 
grriujid  of  remission  from  the  penalty  of  sin,  is 
to  make  our  damnation  as  certain  as  the  H»>- 
liue.'^s  of  God  and  the  inlegrity  of  His  Etttmal 
Law. 

CHRISTMAS. 

»V  II.  H.  IlltlXKWultTH. 


your  sins  were  laid,  and  for  you  Ht-  bore  that 
cruel,  insulting  and  ignominious  of  all  deaths; 
the  death  of  the  cros«.  OhI  how  He  must  Imve 
uillVrcd.  Htiw  torturing  must  huve  bc-n  that 
leath!  How  puiiiful!  Ami  the  more  bo  be- 
cause He  was  the  innocent  One  of  the  most 
high.  Header,  Ho  suffered  this  for  you;  and 
while  upon  the  cross  He  saya,  "  F.ither  forgive 
them!  This  InUKuage  is  for  you.  Yes,  to  you! 
You  have  transgressed  ngmnst  your  Kutlior's 
will;  have  incurred  the  divine  displeaaor*,  and 
your  Savior  cries  for  you,  "  Father  forgive." 
Have  you  crucified  your  Lord,  your  Savior 
again?  Have  you  opened  afresh  those  bleed- 
ings wounds?  Have  you  set  at  naught  His 
sacrifice?  Have  you  trampled  under  foot  the 
blood,  the  preciouB  blood  of  Christ?  You  have. 
If  you  have  not  becouie  reconciled  to  your 
Fatliertmdyour  God,  oh.  "  I  beseech  in  Christ*; 
steiul  be  ye  reconciled  to  God!"  tipiirn  not 
the  call,  but  receive  Him,  and  then  the  news  to 
you  shall  come  inglorious  news,  lu  glml  tidings. 
The  Savior  shall  be  yourn;  and  God  shall  be 
your  God,  a  reconciled  Father;  an  All-snffieient 
and  wise  Creator.  Oh,  dear  reader,  hear  imd 
your  soul  shall  livel  Whosoever  belipveth, 
trusteth,  mid  followeth  Christ,  shidl  receive  a 
glorious — a  rich  reward  (rom  heaven. 


OTJR  DUTY  TO  THE  POOR. 


U   JTXTOi 
U      givej 


a  child  is  born;  unto  us 
glorious  news:    glad 


it  hon  IS 
tidings 
unto  us."  Do  we  realize  that  to  us  is  born 
this  Child,  Jiwus  the  Savior  of  the  world?  "A 
Son  is  given;"  ctm  it  be?  Yes.  glorious  news! 
God  has  not  spared  any  good  thing:  He  has 
freely  given  tons  His  own  Son.  His  beloved 
Son,  His  only  Son — Je.-ius.  And  why?  Sim- 
pl>-  because  we  were  under  the  law.  the  curse 
ol  sin.  transgression.  How  could  we  e.scape? 
Could  we  proenre  our  own  redemptitm  from  the 
fall?  Could  we  not  siitisfv  the  demands  of  a 
justly  oHered  God?  Oh  no!  Nothing  could 
we  do;  :md  while  in  this  state,  a  l^edeeme^  ap- 
pear—a  Savior  is  born,  a  Son  is  given?  Yes, 
reader  for  you  He  came,  for  you  He  lived,  for 
you  He  suffered  the  reproach  of  many;  on  Him 


D.MI.Y  do  we  offer  up  prayers  and  petitions 
to  the  Almighty  to  have  mercy  on  the 
poor,  the  needy,  the  sick,  and  the  atllicted,  but 
if  we  neglect  doing  our  part,  our  prayere  mil 
not  be  misweretl.  .Some  may  say,  that  the 
prayei*s  of  the  poor  will  not  bo  answered,  for 
they  have  become  so  reduced,  that  they  cannot 
do  their  part.  Have  they  not  done  their  part 
Have  they  not  made  it  known  unto  them  that 
are  of  the  hoitsehold  of  faith  through  the 
I'limitiir  Chrigtiiin  and  tbe  BitETilUKN 
WoTtK.  that  they  are  in  want?  Yet  could  we 
all  realize  the  feelings  of  gratittide,  that  the 
needy  and  the  afliicted  feel  wheu  they  receive  a 
gift  of  relief  we  tertainly  would  not  with- 
hold that  which  we  cjm  so  easily  spare.  When 
the  impotent  or  lame  mim,  iu  the  temple  receiv- 
ed what  Peter  and  John  gave  him,  be  leaped, 
walked,  and  praised  God.  So  it  is  to  this  day 
when  ivlief  is  given  to  to  the  needy  and  alllict- 
ed.  they  feel,  like  going  on  and  praising  God. 
Their  prayers  being  answered,  they  have  cause 
to  rejoice  more  than  if  they  had  heard  the 
greatest  sermon  preached. 

Let  us  consider  well  the  circuinstaacc  of  the 
poor,  wore  we  to  be  iu  tlu-ir  condition.  Is  it 
not  often  the  case  when  there  is  something  to 
be  done  for  the  poor,  that  many  who  are  worth 
their  Ciiousimds  ot  this  world's  goods,  am 
scarcely  be  persuaded  to  give  one  dollar  for 
their  relief,  and  some  that  are  worth  less  can 
scarcely  be  persuaded  to  give  anything  at  all? 
It  is  true  that  siuiie  persons  are  liberal,  and 
vmy  liberal  too,  but  often  in  the  time  of  need, 
ihey  arc  not  prepared  to  give.  Some  will  di- 
vide with  what  they  have,  imd  pray  that  it 
may  be  applied  lo  its  intended  use.  "  Give 
alms  of  thy  substimee:  mul  when  Ihou  gtvest 
alms,  let  not  thy  eye  be  enviou.s  neither  turn 
thy  face  Iroin  any  poor,  aud  thu  face  of  God 
shall  not  be  turiieil  away  from  thee."  If  thou 
hast  abundance,  give  alms  aceortUugly;if  thou 
hiLst  but  a  little,  he  not  afriud  to  give  accord- 
ing to  that  little."  "Fur  if  theiv  be  first  a 
willing  mind,  it  is  accepted  acconting  to  that 
a  man  hath,  aud  not  aceonling  to  that  he  ha(h 
not  "('2  Cor.  S:  12).  The  poor  shall  never 
cease  out  of  the  laud:  theri'fove  I  eommttnd  the 
saying,  thou  shalt  open  thine  hand  wide  unt< 
thy  brother,  to  th>-  poor,  mid  to  tliy  ueed,v  in 
thy  hand"  (Deut.  15:  11).    "  Ye  have  the  poor 


Mose.^  .md  in  tbe  time  of  Christ.  And  if  we 
examine  the  Word  of  God.  we  find  that  in  all 
ages  of  the  world,  it  was  the  will  of  God  that 
His  people  should  admininter  to  the  wantu  of 
the  poor.  If  there  be  any  poor  aiuuiig  the 
hildren  of  God.  wo  that  are  Uf^n.^]  with 
abimdanee  of  thii^  world's  goods,  shall  not  har- 
den our  hearts,  nor  shut  our  h:in(b.  from  thera, 
but  shall  open  wide  our  hands  unto  them. 

"  Let  us  thi?refore  come  boldly  unto  a  throne 
of  gnu-e,  that   we  inay   obtain    mercy  and   fi,id 
grace  to  help  in  time  of  need"  (Hob.  4;   16). 
"And  to  defend  the  poor  and  fatherless "  and 
to  "do  justice  to  the  afflicted  aud  nmly"  (Pk. 
S2:  :i).     Despise  not  the  poor.     "  Hath  not  God 
chosen  the  iK)or  of  this  worbl  rieh  in  fnith.and 
heir^  of  the  kingdom  which   He  hath  promised 
to  them  that  love  Him?"  (.lames  2:  5).  "  Blesa- 
ed  are  the  poor  in  spirit,  for  theiw  in  the  king- 
dom of  heaven"  (Matt.  5: :{).     If  «e  love  God 
we  will  keep  His  commandments,  worship  Him 
ill  sjiirit  imd  in  truth,  and   live  by  every  word 
thiit  proceedeth  out  of  His  mouth.     If  we  live 
by   every  word,  we  must  not   neglect  the  poor 
il    needy.     For   il"  we  only  obey   in   part  w- 
may  as  well  forsake  all,  for  he  that  traasgre-*- 
thin  (methint;,  is  guilty  of  all.     "  I  have  shew- 
ed all  things,  how  that  so  laboring  ye  ought  to 
support  the  weak,  and  to  remember  the  wonls 
of  tbe  Lord  .le.sus,  how  He  said,  it  is  more  Mew- 
ed to  give  than  to  receive"  (Act* 20:  :J5).    "As 
wi'  have  therefore  opportunity,  let  us  do  good 
unto  all  men.  especiidly  unto  them  who  are  of 
the  household  of  faith"  (Gal.  8:   lo),     "But 
whoso  hath  this  world's  goods,   ami  seeth  hia 
brother  have  need,  and  shutteth   up  his  bowels 
of  oompiuwion  from  him,  how  dwelleth  the  lova 
of  God  in  him?"  (1   ,Iohn  3:  17).    "He  that 
giveth  unto  the  poor  shall  not  lack:  but  he  that 
hideth  his  eyes  shall  have  many  a  curse  "  (Prov. 
2S:  27).      '•  He  that    hath  pity  on  the  poor, 
lendeth  unto  the  Lonl,  and  that  which  he  hath 
yiven,    will  he  pay  him  again"  (Prov.  19:17). 
"  .\Md  whosoever  shall  give  to  drink  unto  one 
of  thcie  little  ones,  a  cup  of  cold   wiiter  only 
in  the  name  of  a  discipl*-.  verily  I  ^ay  unto  you, 
he  shall  in  no  wise  lone  hia  rewiml  "  (Matt  10: 
42). 

Xow  we  will  see  the  example  of  the  apostolic 
churches  on  this  subject.  "  For  it  huth  pleased 
them  of  Macedonia  mid  .\chaia  to  midie  a  cer- 
tain contribution  for  the  poor  saints  which  are 
at  .lenisalem"  (llom.  15:  26).  "  Moreover, 
brethren,  we  do  you  to  wil  of  tbe  grace  of  GoJ 
In-stowed  on  the  churches  of  MaceiUmia:  how 
that  in  the  great  trial  of  affliction,  the  abtin- 
daiice  of  their  joy.  luid  their  deep  poverty, 
abound  unto  the  riches  of  their  liberality  "(3 
(.'or.  S:  12).  Being  enriched  in  everj- thing  to 
all  bouiitifulness  which  causeth  through  us 
thnnkfulness  to  Goil.  For  the  odministratioa 
of  this  service,  not  only  siipplieth  the  want  of 
the  saints,  hut  abundant  also  by  many  thaulcs- 
givinss  unto  (iod;  while  by  the  cxiH-rience  of 
this  ministration,  they  glorify  Gotl  for  your 
professed  subjectiou  unto  the  Gospel  of  Christ, 
and  for  your  lihend  distribution  uuto  them  and 
imtoal!  mtm(2t;or.  &:I1.13). 

Let  us  not  neglect  tlie  poor,  but  let  their 
ejLies  be  judiciously  attended  to,  for  if  we  neg- 
lect the  poor  we  will  be  held  accoimtable  in  the 
day  of  judgment.  Think  of  brother  Work- 
man's one  penny  propo.<ition.  and  others  who 
aiv  iu  wiuit.  Where  the  work  has  not  boeu  at- 
tendeil  to,  take  hold  of  it  immediately,  mid  if 
it  does  take  a  few  of  our  dimes,  we  will  only 
he  depositing  our  money  in  the  bank  of  heav- 
en. May  the  Lonl  give  us  grace  to  do  His  will, 
aud  when  our  eiu-thly  i-areer  is  end^^l  He  will 
take  us  home  to  sing  His  praises  witli  M  the 
btoiid^WEL-iluvl  s;uuts.  is  mv  prftj'er. 


.\ugustiuc's  advise  was:  "never  resent  a  sup- 
posed injury  till  you  kmnv  the  moU%-es  of  the 
always  with  you."    From  these  words  we  can  I  aiithor  of  it.    On  uo  occasion  rvtaliiite."     It 
plainly  see  that  there  were  poor  in  the  time  of '  would  be  well  it"  more  would  follow-  this  adrice. 


Tt-lV:    liltKTilliKiSr    ^T    AVOltK. 


Janna 


ry 


WANTED-A    MINISTER. 

lirK-  hiive  Ih'CH  without  a  pastoj         j 
\|       S)inc<iphtwii  months  or  more; 
Aji^  tli'.iigli  .iUi-iiciaU-i  nn-  plenty— 

UV'v  liad  "*  '»'"**'  "  '^<"^'' 
All  c)t  (li«m  '■*i|>-top"'  pn'ricluT*, 

Or  i:o  their  lctt*-ni  ran— 
We're  jiwt  ns   ffir  ever 

Fr<mi   i*-ttlinK  on  the   miin. 

Thtfinil'ifboxJime  among  iw 
By  no  nieiuiN  was  the  won't. 
Hut  th«n  wp  didn't  think  of  him, 

BiTiuiHO  he  wiLH  the  first: 
!t  \>i-\j\ii  quit/-  file  cuwloiii 

To  "at-rifiw  ^  fpw 
Bffor<>  the  chnnh  in  eariiff 

I)etrrminc8  what  to  do. 
Thcr«  WM  a  smart  young  fellow 
■  With  Mirioutt.  eum&it  wiiy. 
Who  but  for  one  great  blunder 

Hiul  Hun-ly  won  the  day; 
Who  left  «ogr)od  impression. 

On  Monday,  one  or  two 
Went  round  iimonn  the  people 

To  WW  if  he  would  do. 

The  pioii.i.  godly  portion 

Hiwl  not  u  fnult  to  find; 
His  elear  and    spjirohiiig  iire;i(:hing 

Thev  thonght  the  very  kind: 
And  all  went  smooth   and  pleasant 

Until  they  heard  the  views 
Ot"  some  inlluentiid  sinners 

Who  rent  the  highest  pews. 

On  tlie^c  hi«  pungent  dealing 

Made  but  a  sorry  hit; 
The  eoat  of  Oospel    IcncliinK 

Was  quite  too  tight  a  fit. 
Of  courBe  liif  fate  was  settled; 

Attend  ye  parsons  all! 
And  preach  to  please  the  sinners 

If  you  would  get  a  call. 
Next  came  it  sjtniee  youiij:  'lnnd.\ ; 

He  wore  \m  hair  too  long; 
Another^  eo«t  WiW  i^habby. 

And  his  voiee  not  over  strong: 
And  one  New  Haven  student 

W.ui  wori'e  tliun  all  of  those. 
We  couldn't  heed  the  sermon- 

For  thinlting  of  his  uose. 

Then,  weai'>*ing  oi  eanilidaten 

Wc  looked  the  country  through, 
'  Mid  doctors  and  profe^:«oi-s. 

To  find  one  that  would  do; 
And  after  much  discu>t^ion 

One  who  iliould  lie.ir  the  ;irk. 
With  toli;ral)lo  ngremnent 

Wcfixeilon  Dr.  Parke. 


\Vi,n    :lnili-;.-l>     (I,..Li;:hl     ihi.t     .-.M-y'.- 
Had  elainis  alpove  our  elmn  b, 

N.-xt  we  divp;.!.  1  . 

livlwn-an.ltl 


His  tone^  were  > 


I  b\ 


I r.,m\  line: 

'    !'■■  tjave  i;v. 
Iniiceeiifi   ekjir  .i.i.l  loi;.i. 
The;;i..l..stpr.>.Me-.T    ;.M...   -ed 
To;Uienliiil.t.-n  e   .ro«.l. 

He  preuehed  ;:  dimUle    -i  111011. 

And  gave  us  aiiy-rs  fdod 
On  8ueh  a  lovely  topic — 

"The  joys  of  solitude." 
\il  full  of  sw(»«'t  de.-n-ript-ons 

Of  lioweiv  iUid  pearly  streams, 
(If  warbl'g  binls,  and  moonlight  irroves, 

.-Vnd  golden  sum^et  beams. 

Of  faith  and  tnie  i-ppentance 

He   notliirij;  liiul  t)»  say: 
He  rounded  ;ill  the  eorners, 

Ami  sni'iothi'd  the  rugged  way; 
MiLnft2<-''l  "'ill'  grenl  iidruitiuv"* 

To  entertain  and  please. 
\nd  leave  the  sinner's  eonsoienee 

Completely  at  its  e;i.se. 

Six  hundred  is  the  salary 

We  gave  in  former  day:*; 
We  thought  it  Very  liberal. 


And  fonnd  it  hnrd  to  raise: 
But  when  we  took  the  paper 

We  had  no  nee<i    to  urge 
To  raise  a  cool  two  thousiind 

For  the  Kev.  Shidlow  Splurge. 

In  vftin  were  all  the  efiorts— 

We  had  no  change  at  iJl— 
We  found  ten  city  churches 

Had  given  him  a  call: 
And  he.  in  prayerful  waiting, 

Wsv  keeping  them  all  in  tow; 
But  where  they  jiaid   the  highest 

It  was  whisperefl  he  would  go. 

And  now.  good  Christian  brothers, 

We  ask  your  earnest  prayers 
That  God  would  .-^end   a  shepherd 

To  guide  our  church  aftiiirs. 
With  this  clear  undei-standing— 

A  man  to  meet  our  views 
Must  preach  to  plcjise  the  sinners. 

And  fill  tlie  vacant  pews. 

—  Viudiralor. 


under  IlisilispfiMBtinn.  The  shew  br«..l   so  far  from  being  ashaine.1  of  our  Ma<. 
-    '  '■'  ■  -  -1      T_..-  !  tcr's  sufferings,  we  glory  in  them. 

When   our    Savior  iustiUited    this  or- 
:liuance.    He  said,    this    is  uiy    Itlood  of 


SHEWr  BREAD. 


HY  MATTir  A,  LEAR. 


SHEW  lircail  was  lireail  oftered  every 
Snl)1)ntli  day  upon  the  goklen  taWe 
in  the  holy  plaice,  or  sanetum.  These 
were  twelve'in  number,  according  to  the 
twelve  tribes,  in  wliose  names  they  were 
oft'ere<l.  Kvery  loaf  was  composed  of 
a  little  more  than  five  pint.s  of  flour, 
■they  were  unleavened.  Tliey  were  pre- 
sented hot  every  Salibath  day,  the  old 
ones  being  taken  away  and  eaten  by  the 
priests  only.  This  offering  was  accom- 
panied with  salt,  and  f]anl;incense  (see 
Lev.  2;  l;!;'24:  5,  .S).  Some  think  it 
was  also  accompanied  witli  w  inc,  tliougii 
tliis  is  not  nicutioued  in  the  Scriptures, 
but  as  wine  was  used  in  many  of  the 
saerificc-s  and  offerings  of  the  Jews  it  is 
presumeil  tliat  it  was  used  ilere.  These 
twelve  loaves,  because  they  stood  before 
the  Lord  were  called  of  faces,  or  of  the 
presence,  that  is  bread  whicli  stands  in 
iIk*  presence  of  God. 

The  sliew  bi'ead  is  peculiarly  interest, 
ing  to  us,  as  being  a  striking  type  of 
Christ.  We  will  now  try  to  notice  some 
of  tile  points  of  coincidence. 

1 .  This  bread  was  first  offered  as  a 
sacrifice  to  Jeliovah,  .and  afterwads  eaten 
l)'y  the  priests.  How  forcibly  this  shad'- 
owed  I'ortli  Christ,  "who  hath  given 
llimself  for  us,  an  offering  and  a  sacrifice 
to  Clod  for  a  sweet  smelling  savor,"  af- 
terwards becoming  spiritual  food  to  such 
as  in  and  through  Ilim  are  spiritual 
priests  t<)  God,  even  Hisl'ather  (  iPet. 
2:  o;Kev.  1:  ti,  audo:  Hi;.  Clu-isthath 
told  us  not  only  that  lie  would  be  the 
spiritual  iiouriahment  of  His  s.niuts,  but 
that  niile.-w  tlley  would  feed  on  Him,  they 
could  liavi)  no  spiritual  life.  "  For  my 
flesh  is  meat  indeed.  ^JJo  that  eateth  my 
flesh,  and  driuketU  my  bIoftiJj_  dwclleth 
in  me,  ami  I  in  Him."  But,  ''Except 
ye  eat  the  llesli  of  the  Son  of  man  spiV 
drink  His  blood,  ye  have  no  life  in  you." 

2.  This  lireacl  must  be  eaten  iS  the 
holy  jilace,  it  w.as  unlawful  to  remove  it 
fi-om  the  sanctuary.  With  what  solemn- 
ity and  awe  those  priests  must  have  par- 
taken of  that  hallowed  bread,  that  broad 
taken  from  the  presence  of  Jehovah,  and 
then  to  eat  it  in  such  a  sacred  place,  on- 
ly the  embroidereii  veil  separating  be- 
tween them  and  the  holy  Shecliinnh,  or 
manifestation  of  the  divine  presence  in 
the  holy  of  holies.  Melhinks  with  bow- 
ed heads,  and  deep  reverence,  they  must 
have  eaten  such  sacred  food,  in  such  a 
holy  jilaee.  But  «hile  thus  engaged, 
the  mind  of  the  enlighteiiiiil  priest,  was 
perhaps  wholly  engros.s<'d  with  the  deep 
mysterious  signification  of  the  act.  They 
could  ])erhaps  dimly  see  in  it,  the  im- 
molation of  their  future  Messiah,  the 
wondrous  stores  of  gi-ace  and  wisdom 
that  should  be  opened  nj)  to  the  chm-ch 


Aviw  line  of  the  many  things  of  the  .Tew- 
ish  economy  that  pointed  to  Christ,  de- 
signed to  keep  before  the  minds  of  the 
peoj)le  the  great  reilemptioii  that  God 
was  preparing  for  the  human  family- 
Man  is  prone  to  forgetfulness,  and  for- 
getfnlnesa  is  the  parent  of  negligence, 
and  finally  of  apostasy  and  ruin.  Onr 
dear  Master,'  knowing  our  frailty,  our 
proneness  to  al>athy  and  indifference, 
the  night  ■>f  His  betrayal,  the  night  of 
His  most  dreadful  sufferings  instituted 
an  ordinance  in  His  church,  and  au  ordi- 
nance most  solemn  and  impressive,  well 
calculated  to  keep  before  the  minds  of 
His  people,  the  awful  tragedy  of  Geth- 
semane  and  Calvary.  While  seated  at 
the  talile  with  His  disciples,  partaking 
with  them  His  la-st  meal,  and  conversing 
with  them  of  His  approaching  trial  and 
sufferings.  He  took  up  a  piece  of  bread 
in  the  most  solemn  manner,  blessed  it, 
brake  it,  and  gave  it  to  His  disciples, 
and  said,  "  take  eat  this  is  my  boihj" 

How  emphatic!  This  bread  which  I 
have  just  lu-oken  represents  ray  body 
which  will  soon  be  broken  for  you. 
Eat  this  bread,  it  is  symbolical  of  the 
spiritual  nourishment  you  will  derive 
from  my  awful  sufl'erings.  I  am  soon 
to  suffer,  and  through  that  suffering  y 
an-  to  procure  spiritual  aliment.  Mer- 
ciful Jesns!  AVas  every  comfort,  every 
l>lessiiig,  all  the  happiness,  all  the  iieacc, 

all  the  joy  that   is    mine,    wrung   fi l 

thee!  Didst  thou  procure  them  for  me 
at  such  an  awful  cost?  Well  may  the 
apostle  say,  "  Ye  were  not  redeemed 
witli  corruptible  things,  as  silver  and 
gold,  but  with  the  precious  bloo.l  of 
Christ,  as  of  a  lamb  without  blemish  and 
without  spot."  "  And  lie  took  the  cuii, 
and  gave  th,ailks,  and  gave  it  to  them, 
saying,  drink  ye  all  of  it,  for  this  is  my 
blood  of  the  ifew  Testament,  ,\vluch  is 
shed  for  many  for  the  remission  of  sins." 
Prink  ye  all  of  this  cup,  it  represents 
iny  blood  of  the  New  covenant,  the  cov- 
enant of  grace,  and  redemption,  long 
a"o  entered  into  by  the  triune  God,  and 
now  to  be  ratified  and  sealed  by  my 
blood.  Drink  ye  all  of  this  cup,  it  sym- 
boliaes  that  the  blessings,  the  privileges, 
the  immunities  that  have  been  so  long 
preparing  and  maturing,  are  now  about 
to  He  eonfirnied  and  scaled  to  yon  by 
my  blood.  The  shedding  of  my  blood 
will  release  you  from  the  dominion  of 
the  law,  l)ut  under  grace.  Sweet  Savior, 
all  the  suffering  is  thine,  all  the  benefit 
is  ours.  The  eliurch  militant  can  even 
now  sing  "  There  is,  therefore,  now  no 
c<mdemiiatiou  to  them  which  arc  in 
Christ  Jesus  who  walk  not  after  the 
fle.sli,  but  after  the  Spirit."  While  tlie 
ti-iumphant  anthems  of  the  redeemed 
will  ever  be,  unto  him  that  loved  \is,  and 
washed  ustroinoursiiis  in  hisownlilood, 
and  hath  made  us  priests  and  kings  un- 
to God  and  his  Father;  to  him  be  glory 
and  dominion  for  everaud  ever;  .\meii." 

These  emblems  of  our  Savior's  suffer- 
ings are  only  to  be  partaken  of  in  tlie 
chni'cb,  that  is,  among  believers  in  a  col 
leetivc  body,  which  body  comjioses  the 
true  or  spiritu.al  temple  or  dwelling 
place  of  Jehovah  on  earth.  lint  not 
only  are  we  to  partake  of  these  emblems 
as  a  reminder  of  onr  Lord's  sufferings, 
but  through  it  we  ar<r  to  make  a  public 
exhibition  of  our  Master's  sufferings. 
Says  I'aul,  "  As  oft  as  ye  eat  this  bread, 
and  drink  this  cup,  ye  do  show  the  Lord 
death  till  he  comes."  Though  a  erucifi- 
ed  Christ  is  a  stumbling  block  to  the 
Jews,  and  foolishness  unto  the  Greeks, 
to  the  enlightened  Christian  he  is  the 
power  of  God,  and  the  wisdom  of  God, 
our  cmly  boast  is  in   the  cross  of  Jesus, 


the  new  covenant  (see  Bible  Uniou 
Translation).  Now  a  covenant  implies 
two  parties,  and  mutual  stipulations, 
(rod  made  a  covenant  with  Abraham 
id  gave  him  the  rite  of  circumcision 
hich  was  the  seal  of  that  covenant. 
This  rite  wa.s  a  sign,  evidence,  and  »«. 
surauce,  both  of  the  blessings  prtuuised 
by  God,  particularly  that  he  woiilct  give 
tiiem  Christ  the  promised  seed  out  of 
the  loins  of  Abraham,  and  through  him 
dispense  unto  them  all  spiritual  blessings, 
on  their  part  it  was  a  sign  of  their  faith 
or  confidence  in  this  jn-omise,  and  alsu 
of  their  wiUinguess  to  submit  to  the  rule 
and  guidance  of  this  promised  seed. 

Now  Paul  tells  us,  "  He  is  not  a  Jew, 
which  is  one  outwardly,  neither  is  that 
circumcision  which  is  outward  in  the 
flesh,  but  he  is  a  Jew  which  is  one  in. 
wardly ;  and  circumcision  is  that  of  the 
heart,  in  the  spirit,  and  not  in  the  letter; 
whose  praise  is  not  of  men,  but  of  God." 
Again  he  says,  "  For  we  are  the  eircuia. 
cision  which  serve  God  in  the  Spirit,  and 
rejoice  in  Christ  Je.sns,  and  have  no  con- 
fidence in  the  flesh."  This  covenant 
which  was  on  Christ's  part  ratified  with 
his  blood,  retpiires  on  our  part  that  we 
receive  the  true  or  spiritual  circumcis- 
ion of  the  heart,  which  consists  of  a 
cutting  away  of  all  fleshly  or  carnal  de- 
sires, or  appetites.  This  spiritual  incis- 
ion is  necessarily  painful.  Paul  tells  ua 
that  the  Word  of  God,  by  which  the  in- 
cision is  made,  "  Is  quick  and  poweiful, 
and  sharper  than  any  two-edged  sword, 
piercing  even  to  the  dividing  asunder  of 
1  and  spirit,  and  of  the  joints  .ind 
marrow,  and  is  a  discenier  of  the 
thoughts   and   intents   of  the  lieart." 

Paul  calls  this  holy  sacrament  a  com- 
munion (1  Cor.  10:  IG).  Ciuniinmion 
signifies  fellowship,  concord,  harmony, 
union.  It  is  then  also  a  sacred  sign  of 
our  spiritual  fellowsliip  with  Christ. 
But,  says  the  apostle,"  What  fellowship 
hath  righteousness  with  unrighteousness? 
And  what  eominunion  hath  light  with 
darkness?  And  what  concord  liath 
Christ  \vith  Belial."  Unless,  then,  we 
.tre  one  with  Christ,  unless  our  spirits 
are  in  harmony  with  his  .Spirit,  unless 
there  is  in  our  hearts  a  willingucss  to 
forsake  all  for  him,  as  he  for-sook  all  for 
us,  unless  there  really  is  between  our 
souls  and  Christ,  a  true  spiritual  fellow 
ship,  we  cannot  jiroperly  partake  of  this 
sacred  sign  of  fellowship.  It  is  not  on- 
ly a  sign  of  our  spiritual  fellowship  with 
Christ,  but  also  a  sign  of  our  true  Chris- 
tian fellowship  one  with  another.  "  Tbr 
bread  which  we  break,  is  it  not  the  com- 
munioii  of  the  body  of  Christ!"  For, 
says  the  aiiostle,  "  We  being  many  arc 
one  bread  and  one  body ;  for  wc^  are  all 
partakers  of  that  one  breail."  This 
bread  broken  and  distributed  among  tlif 
members  of  Christ's  mystical  body,  rep- 
resents the  union  and  concoril  that  should 
e.tist  between  them,  all  being  united  to- 
gether in  him.  Oh  how  solemn,  how 
sjicred  is  all  this,  when  seated  at  that 
table,  an  almost  overpowering  sense  ol 
awe  takes  possession  of  our  niiiul,  ""'' 
oh,  with  what  feelings,  do  wc  sip  that 
cup  and  eat  that  bread!  Holy  MasW- 
help  us  to  "  cleanse  ourselves  from  all  fil- 
thiness  of  the  fle.sh  and  spirit,  pcrf«'- 
ing  holiness  in  the  fear  of  (ioil,"  so  that 
we  may  partake  of  the,se  emblems  prop- 
erly. For,  "  Whosoever  shall  cut  this 
bread,  and  drink  this  cup  of  the  Lord, 
unworthily,  shall  be  guilty  of  the  \m' 
and  blood  of  the  Lord." 

Let  us  so  live,  that  we  may  li'"''  "'"' 


i;,|l„n  -liil'  "111-  witli  imutlic- ,1  t„„e,l, 

,,.  l.avf  li-llow.bip  with  the  KutU<.,°au<l 
„itb  His  Sou  Jesus  Christ  (1  Join,  j 


I'ME    HKETHKKN    ^VT    AVOKK. 


;3). 


THE  WAR  IN 


PROPHECY. 


qllIE  pr«i-ut  situatiou  of  „ftai,.,  i„ 
X  Kuiojie  calls  out  many  lefeivucf., 
t„  the  nrtick  "The  European  War  in 
l',„|ibecy,"  which  appeareil  in  Inla- 
0„an  of  Oct.  2S,  187«,  and  which  was 
rejiuLlished  in  May  last.  The  article 
,,iis  devoted  to  a  statement  of  the  views 
of  the  Kcv.  S.  D.  IkUlwiu,  given  in  his 
l,„ok  "Armageddon;  or,  the  United 
States  in  Prophecy,"  published  m  1S51. 
The  following  is  the  summary  attached 
to  the  quotations  from  the  liook,  as  pub- 
lished in  The  Inter  Ocean  in  Oct.  1K7(1: 

"  According  to  the  views  of  Mr.  Bald- 
H-in  the  aeeomplishmeut  of  Daniel's 
prophecy  was  to  begin  in  18T6,  continue 
throngli  1ST7  and  terminate  before  the 
close  of  April,  1,S7S.  Should  his  prog- 
nostications turn  out  to  \k  true,  the  near 
fiituiv  will  develop  startling  and  pro- 
foundly interesting  events.  In  that  case 
the  efforts  of  the  European  powers  to 
patch  u]i  a  peace  will  prove  abortive 
[this  was  written  in  l»7li,  before  the 
connncTiccnient  of  the  war,  and  while 
the  representatives  of  the  powers  were 
in  conference] ;  the  actual  occupation  of 
the  revolted  provinces  [Bulgaria  and 
Servia]by  Russian  troops  will  take  place; 
England  will  oppose  the  CV.ar's  progress 
with  a  sudden  and  tremendous  onset  in 
luagniticaut  array,  but  without  avail; 
lliissian  armies  will  victoriously  cross 
the  Balkans  into  Turkey,  iimking  a  con- 
quest of  the  European  portion  first,  then 
pour  triumphantly  into  .lisia  Minor,  and 
reduce  it  to  subjection,  together  with 
Egypt  and  Palestine.  If  Daniel's  proph- 
ecy has  been  accurately  interpreted,  Rus- 
sia is  to  become  the  autocratic  colossus 
airiong  tlie  nations  in  the  Old  World 
within  eighteen  months  from  this  date 
[Oct.  2S,  ls7ll],  and  then  preciiiitately 
tumble  into  a  vjist  and  wonderful  ruin." 

The  efforts  to  patch  up  a  peace  were 
abortive;  Russia  has  occupied  Bulgaria, 
and  is  ready  to  cross  the  Balkans  in  force. 
What  will  "be  the  issue  of  the  present 
negotiations  none  can  tell. 

— Inter  Ocean. 

REMEMBERING    TOO  LATE. 

DV   E.    K.    lil-EClILY. 

iiQON,  remember  that  thouin  thy  life. 

^-'  tiinereceivedsttliy  good  thingsiand 
likewise  Lazarus  evil  things,  but  now  he 
IS  comforted  and  thou  art  tormented 
(Luke  IC:  ih). 

Li  the  narrative  related  in  this  chap- 
ter from  the  19-31  verse  inclusive,  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  the  Sou  of  God,  who 
spake  as  never  man  spake,  gives  us  in  a 
l>rief,  but  positive  manner,  the  life  and 
Jeatli,  eternal  hereafter  of  two  certain 
individuals,  who  lived  in  the  world  at 
one  and  the  same  time.  It  is  however 
aniintained  by  .some  of  our  moderu  d'i- 
vims,  that  is  but  a  fable,  and  not  an 
actual  oeeurrence;  the  blessed  Savior 
gives  it  as  a  reality,  be  this  as  it  may, 
"e  are  hereby  told  in  plain  terms,  what 
tile  state  of  the  dead  mil  be.  beyond  the 
gi'ave,  of  both  saint  and  sinner.  This 
is  however  not  saying  that  every  beggar 
will  go  to  heaven,  and  that  every  man  of 
)^'"ilth  uiust  of  necessity  goto  hell;  this 
is  not  the  idea.  The  Psalmist  says, 
"  The  wu-hed  shall  be  turned  into  hell, 
"'ill  all  the  nations  that  forget  God  " 
<''»•  '■':  IT).  And  the  Almighty  says. 
"  Say  to  the  rii/hieinm,  that  it  shall  be 
*i-ll  with  with  him  "  (Lsa.  .•!:  W).  Thus 
Wi^  see  that  it  is  the    rficM,  and  those 


thal./'u;v/t/  f, 

rich   or 


3 


'•',  tha 


shall 


sjurit  reap 


hill,  wheil 
poor,    and    the    riijhttoi' 
whether    prince   or  beggar,    that 
go  to  glory. 

The  two  now  described  in  the  narra- 
tive, the  one  wa.s  a  great  and  rich  man 
of  the  World;  the  other  was  a  poor  in- 
valid, sick  and  sore;  the  one  had  greiil 
po5.,essions,  he  bad  all  that  a  carnally- 
minded,  sinful  heart  could  desire,  the 
other  bad  not  where  to  lay  and  rest  his 
weary  head;  the  one  was  arrayed  in  all 
the  pomp,  and  style,  and  fa.Hhioiis  of  the 
world,  the  otln-r  bad  not  to  shield  him- 
self from  the  stormy  blast;  the  .,ne  had 
bis  table  spread,  and  loaded  down  with 
sumptuous  meals,  dainty  dishes,  and  full 
Clips,  everyday,  the  other  had  not  where- 
with  to  stay  his  hunger;  the  one  wa-s  a 
high-minded,  haughty,  proud  man  of  the 
world,  the  other  was  an  humble  child  of 
God.  To  be  brief,  the  one  had  s.jwii 
according  to  the  flesh,  the  other  aeconl- 
ing  to  the  spirit,  and  the  sequel  will 
show  what  the  harvest  produced-  "  He 
that  soweth  to  the  flesh,  shall  of  the 
flesh  reap  corruption ;  but  he  that  sow 
eth  to  the  spirit,  shall  of  the 
life  everlasting"  (Gal.  l\:  .1). 

Had  the  blessed  Savior  given  us  no 
m<u'e  of  this  narrative  than  the  three 
first  verses  lil,  20,-21,  all  the  world 
would  say  that  the  rich  man's  case  was 
the  best,  as  he  was  rich,  was  clothed  in 
the  most  fashionable  attire  that  wealth 
could  procure,  and  fared  sumptuously 
every  day  of  his  life,  he  had  all  this,  and 
more  at  bis  command,  he  had'  never 
learned  what  want  was.  The  other  man 
was  poor,  and  needy,  had  to  beg  for 
crumbs,  had  not  wherewith  to  satisfy 
hiswauts,  and  to  clothe  his  body;  besides 
this,  be  was  sick,  and  full  of  sores,  he 
had  no  one  to  befriend  him,  bnt  dotrs. 
"  Moreover  the  dogs  came  and  licked  his 
sores."  This  is  all  the  relief  that  we  are 
told  of,  that  the  poor  saint  had  adminis- 
tered to  him,  while  laying  at  the  rich 
man's  gate.  "  And  it  came  to  pass  that 
the  beggar  died."  Death  came  to  the 
poor  saint's  relief,  he  was  now  relieved 
of  his  sores,  he  had  uo  more  use  of  dogs 
to  lick  his  sores,  he  no  more  begged  for 
crumbs;  we  have  no  more  account  of  his 
burial,  yet  we  presume  be  was  buried, 
without  any  great  display  being  imule. 
Let  this  be  as  it  may,  whether  he  receiv- 
ed honorable  sepulture  or  not,  heavenly 
messengers,  bright  shining  angels  were 
ill  waiting  for  liim  at  his  departure  out 
of  this  world,  and  conveyed  him  on  the 
wings  of  the  wind,  away  yonder,  afar 
off  out  of  reach  of  the  wieki;d,  into  cv- 
erla-stnig  glory  and  happiness,  "  Wliere 
the  wicked  cease  from  troubling,  and  tin- 
weary  are  at  rest."  "  Where  the  morning 
stars  sing  togethr,  and  all  the  son.s'of 
dod  shout  for  joy."  There  is  no  more 
hunger,  thirst,  beat  nor  fro.st,  pain  nor 
sorrow  to  endure.  Nothing  but  peace, 
joy,  honor  and  glory  to  be  enjoyed  at 
the  right  hand  of  God,  in  the  presence 
of  the  oiiee  crucified  Lamb,  and  glorifi- 
ed saints  for  ever  and  ever,  through  the 
ceaseless  ages  of  eternity.  Where  they 
sing: 

"  When  we've  lieeli  there.  t*a  thousinid  ycurs. 

liriglit  sliiuiag  iis  the  sun, 
We've  11"  less  (laj'i*  to  sing  God's  lu'aise, 

Tlien  wlieii  we  lii>t  bcgiiii." 
"  The  rich  man  also  died,  and  was 
buried."  Yea  verily,  the  great  and  rich 
men  of  the  world  must  also  die,  all  their 
grandeur,  wealth,  1)0111]),  style  and  world- 
ly honor,  cannot  save  them  from  death. 


li,' 


It  is  appointed  unto  iiieii  one 
(Heb.  il:  27). 

"  Oh  ,vc  younj,'  .vr  guy  )*■  iiiuinl, 
You  lUHst  )Uf  luiil  w(.-iir  thf  slim 
Then  you'll  i-ry  miil  wiuit  to  In-, 
Iliippy  ill  otcniity." 


to  <lic 


voiul  the  grave,  u  luTc    do  wu  fiiul 
iiw  givatmau  of  tin-  worW.  .lesiis 
U'.\U  you  in  hdl.     O  iniHiTv'of  miseries! 
But  a  few  tlayw  jiriorto  hi.sd.-ath  lie  wils 
amiyetl  in  nil  th.- splcmlnr  <.f  the  worM, 
and  now   in   ludl,  in  torment.     Hp  now 
Ix'gan  to  look  around,  realizing  the  aw- 
ful  fondltion  Ids  misspent  life  hrought 
to  his    deni-'U    euiii|i[mioiis,    could    give 
him  neither  relief  nor  comfort.     He  now 
lifts  up  bis  eyes,  and  Twludd,  away  yon- 
der afar  otf,    at    a   great  distanc«   from 
hell,  he  seeth  Lazarus,  that  once  detipint- 
od  l)cg<,'ar,in  glory  and  liappineas,  crown- 
ed with  honor  aiul  majesty,  he  now  !)e- 
irins  to   ery    and    pray,   saying,   father 
Aliraham  have  mercy  on  me,  send  Laz- 
«rM,v,"send  him  (luiekly ;  for  I  amsuirering 
8Uuh  torment  here  in  the   flames,  send 
him  with   a  drop  of  water,  to  cool  my 
parched  tongue.     The  answer  wiw,  mn 
rtmemlm\   that   thou   hast   had  all    thy 
good  things  in   thy   lifetime:  renu-ndier, 
that  thou    hast  hivished  llieni   upon  thy 
lusts;  remember  also  that  prayera  from 
ludl  are  too  late.     Itemmiher,  that  while 
you  lived  in  the  world,  and  should  have 
been  engaged  in  })rayer  andserving  God, 
thou  hast  been  engaged  in  serving  thy 
lusts,   in   revelry  and   carouning.     Re- 
member, also,  how  often  you  were  warn- 
ed, and  entreated   by  the   ministers  of 
God,  to  leave  otf  sinning,  au<l  to   turn 
in  with  the  overtures  of  bleeding  mer- 
cy.    Iiememhoi\  how  otYen  you  scorned 
the  message  from  heaven,  whentlu-  min- 
ister, witli    a    broken    heart,    and    eyes 
streaming  ^vith  tears,  was  pleading  with 
you,  setting  life  and  death  before  you, 
in  unmistakable  terms.    lienwinher^how 
often  you  declared  that  you  did  not  be- 
lieve that  there  was  a  hell  for  the  wicked 
to  be  punished  in,  but  now  also,  Ileinem- 
her  that  you  are  in  hell,  that  your  pray- 
ers will  avail   you    nothing    but   disaj)- 
poiutnient  and  anguish  of  soul.     "  And 
besides  all  tliis,  between  us  and  you  there 
is  a  great  gulf  fi.\ed;  so  that  they  which 
would  pass  from  heuce  to  you,  cannot." 
Rpmend)er  that  there  is  no  possibili- 
ty of  pa-ssing  this  gulf,   it   is  a   <jrmt 
(jnl}\  a  fi.xed  gulf,  it  is  fixed  by  the  de^ 
cree  of  Almiglity  God,  it  cannot  be  pass 
over,  it    cannot    be    bridged  over.     Al- 
thougli  his  holines,  the  Pope  of  Rome, 
has  been  engaged  for  more  than  a  thous- 
and years,  in  constructing  \vith  purgato- 
ry, a  bridge  across  this  great  gulf,  but  he 
has  failed,  and  ever  will  fail.     There  is 
still  another  cla.SN  who  attempted  to  con- 
struct a    bridge    across    this  imjiassable 
gulf  with  final  rfitoratiun,  their  nmteri- 
al  Iteing  no   lietterthaii    the  Pope's /jw/'- 
ijatory^  and  conse(piently  they  have  fail- 
ed;  and  all    others  that  nnty  make    the 
attemjit,  will   most   a-ssurcdly  fail,   the 
Almighty   so  decreed   it,  "That    they 
carmot  pa-ss  over." 


COVERING  SIN. 


iiv  jMUa  cALvix  imiuiiT. 


41 


K  that  covereth  his  sins  shall  not 


and  forsaketh  them,  shall  have  mercy" 
(Prov.  'IH:  VA). 

"  Sin  is  the  transgression  of  the  law," 
and  the  ^vorld  is  full  of  it.  *' The 
whole  world  lieth  in  wickedness "  ( 1 
John  5:  lii).  A\'e  need  not  look  far, 
within  or  without,  at  ourselves  or  others, 
until  we  see  it  in  all  of  its  ramifications, 
gradations,  and  accumulations.  "  There 
is  none  righteous,  no  not  one."  "All 
have  sinned  and  couie  short  of  the  glory 
of  (Jod  "^Uom.  :i:  10,  1'A). 

My  text  mentions  t\vt»  ways  of  dis- 
jiroving  of  sin.  C\)vering  it,  or  confess- 
ing it.     The  tii-st   is  the   most   popul.ir, 


and  itihihethemeof  this  ew<ay.  ,  fc  our 
next  we  shall  treat  of  confeirion. 

There  are  various  ways  of  trying  Ut 
cover  sin.  t.ut  as  y^t  none  have  been  de- 
vised to  auca-ssively  hide  it  from  mortal 
ken,  much  less  from  the  eyt  of  Him  with 
whom  we  have  to  do.  For  a.-*  the  old 
adage  goes,  "  Be  sure  your  sin  will  find 
you  out." 

Among  the  various  ways  of  eovering 
sin  we  notice, 

1.  Coverhuj  with  Hex.  Cain  tried  it 
in  the  case  of  his  brother  Abel's  murder, 
but  the  Lord  knew  all  about  it,  and  re- 
warded him  according  to  his  works  (Gen. 
4:  0).  (Jehazi,  servant  of  the  prophet 
Elisha  tried  to  cover  hia  covetouaneas 
by  lying.  His  reward  was  leprosy  to. 
him  and  his  seed  forever  (2  Kings  5:  20, 
27).  And  when  we  come  to  apostolic 
times,  we  have  an  Ananias  and  a  Sap- 
phira,  who  lied  unto  the  Holy  Ghost, 
but  they  verily  did  not  prosper.  Death 
was  the  penalty  (Acts  .">:  1,  10).  Many 
use  this  covering,  to  hide  their  sins,  in 
times  as  in  all  others.  The  roliber,  the 
murderer,  the  whoremonger,  and  mauy 
others  commit  their  crimes  under  the 
dark  shades  of  night,  and  then  try  to 
cover  them  with  the  darker  covering  of 
lies,  but  all  to  no  purpose.  Sin  has  too 
many  symptoms,  too  foul  a  smell,  is  of 
too  uneasy  nature  to  be  confined  under 
this,  or  any  other  selfish  covering. 

2.  JJi/  l>lamin<}  others.  This  was  the 
way  our  foreparents  did  in  Eden's  gar- 
den. Adam  blamed  Eve;  Eve,  the  ser- 
pent. Saul  blamed  the  people  for  the 
violation  of  the  divine  decree  in  refer- 
ence to  the  Amelkites,  but  the  Almiijhty 
contemned  their  (covering,  and  condemn- 
ed their  actions  or  sifis.  This  covering 
is  much  in  vogue  in  the  present  age,  but 
prosperity  no  more  attends  it  now,  than 
it  did  in  those  olden  days  of  yore. 

."i.  liij  Compariwn.  For  instance  if 
we  are  charged  Avith  a  certain  fault,  we 
instantly  recollect  that  such  a  brother 
does  so  and  so,  and  that  is  woi-se  than 
we  have  done.  This  covering  is  entirely 
"  too  thin."  Two  wrongs  never  make 
one  right;  neither  do  two  hundred  make 
I  one.  "  For  if  every  transgression  and 
lisobedience  received  a  just  recompeuae 
of  reward,  how  shall  we  escape  if  we," 
"  go  and  do  likewise." 

4.  1^1/ wuticalcon.sent  To  illustiate, 
brother  A.  ofiends  brother  B.  Brother 
B.  informs  brother  A.  of  the  otfense. 
Says  brother  A.,  "■  you  have  done  infi- 
nitively  worse,"  and  then  proceeds  to 
inform  l)rother  B.  of  the  nature  of  his 
crime.  "  And,"  continues  he,  "  if  you 
proceed  against  me,  I  will  proceed  against 
you.  But  if  you  will  drop  it,  and  say 
no  more  about  it,  1  u^ill  also."  Agree«l 
to. 

This  Ls  what  I  call  covering  sin  by 
mutual  consent.  They  did  not  confess 
their  sins.  They  did  not  forgive  and  for- 
get. They  merely  dropped  or  covered 
theiu.  Thus  each  went  on  his  \Yay  un- 
f'orfjirinff  and  nnfort/iven.  And  for 
brethren  to  bring  accusations  of  a  pub- 
lic character  against  other  brethren,  and 
for  these  brethren  to  return  the  compli- 
ments and  bring  other  accusations  of 
which  each  and  all  are  more  or  less  guil- 
ty, and  then  not  to  confess  their  faults 
to  one  another,  and  acknowledgi'  the  er- 
roi-s  of  their  ways,  and  offer  the  olive 
branch  of  peace  to  each  other,  Imt  to 
stpiash  the  whole  atVair,  is  to  say  the 
leiust,  doing  tlml  upon  which  the  bless- 
ing of  God  wiU  uot  descend.  "  A\1io 
hath  eai-s  to  hear  let  liim  hear?" 


They  aix*  never  alone  who  are  accoui- 
pauied  by  noble  thoughts. 


THE    IriHETHKE^T    AX    A\^OKXC. 


January    ^4 


f //^  grtthrni  at  Work. 


PtiBLISHED  WKEKLV. 


3.  B.  MOORE. 
8.  H.  BASROR, 
M.  U.  ESBBLHAH. 


_  ..  »»■■  «ilt  b«  Mnl  poW-pdrt,  to  Anj 

Bboaia  »*  B"^*  P»7«''>"' >»  «""7'  '  "  ^„,l^d  f„r    Ihe   p«- 

p«r,  M  well  M  •»  I'""!""'  '"""*"' '"'""" 

jjOOM,  BA8H0E  4  ESHELMAN, 
Idurlc.  C&TTOU  Co.,ni' 


LAM&5E.  IU-. 


JAMTJAE?  21. 1878. 


'tm  ;..Mro^H  of  Hro.  Henry  TRuxEr-hoa  been 
changed  from  GonlofiKville.  TuXius.  to  Post  Oak. 
Clay  Co.,  Tfxiw. 

The  (IfbaW  lictwpen  Hm.  Stkis  and  Eld.  D. 
U.  IUy,  will  not  likely  take  place  until  soni 
time  in  February.     Due  notice  will  be  given  of 
time  and  »rriingi'nient*i. 

Will  our  readers  send  ua  the  address  of  every 
brother  or  sister  who  is  not  taking  the  Brbth- 
KKS  AT  Work  ?  We  wi«h  to  send  each  of  them 
a  siiniple  copy  of  the  paper. 


HiiKTimRy  D.  E.  Pbicr  and  J.  CLAHMAxare 
now  in  Wi.icon«in  preaching.  This  mission 
field  hus  l»ecome  quite  iuterestiiig,  and  the  pros- 
pi'cts  for  a  liirge  ingtithering  of  souls  are  said  to 
he  good.  _  __*.^ 

Up  to  the  time  of  going  to  press  the  weather 
is  beautiful,  being  more  like  Spring  than  Win- 
ter. Very  little  snow  has  fallen  here  this  sea- 
son, though  we  have  had  considerable  rain  and 
much  iiiiul.  _ 

ItitOTiiER  C.  V.  Dktwrii.rr,  u  tiilfuted  young 
man.  wa«  recently  called  to  the  ministry  in  the 
Oaklimd  church,  Tenn.  The  Lord  bless  him  in 
his  new  sphere  of  labor,  luid  nuike  him  nsefnl  in 
bringing  souls  to  Christ. 

Under  date  of  Jiui.  15lh.  abrother  at  Wnynes- 
jjoro.  Pa.,  informs  ii3  that  liro.  Bashor  and 
ivile  had  arrived  there,  and  that  meetings  were 
ill  progress.  Congregations  large,  interest  and 
attention  good.  Hope  their  visit  may  be  ploiu^- 
ant.  and  jirodiu'tive  of  nim'h  good  to  precious 
Houl.s. 

Thk  Brethren  in  Ashlaml  iminty  Oliio,  are 
having  a  reiVcMhiiig  siiasou  this  Winter.  Niini- 
biTs  have  been  added  to  the  i-hnreh,  thus  cans-  1 
ing  much  rejoicing  among  the  saints.  God 
grant  that  they  may  be  iis  successful  in  contend- 
ing for"  glory,  honor  and  immortality  "  as  they 
have  been  in  luhliiig  to  the  church  such  as 
should  be  saved. 


poverty  within  because  of  our  rudeness.  No 
mourning  because  we  heliwd  to  care  for  the  sick, 
and  eB»ed  tKcir  dying  moments,  but  abundance 
of  luiguish  because  we  did  too  little.  No  "  lean- 
ness of  soul  "  because  we  helped  our  poor  broth- 
er, and  sympathiwd  with  him  in  his  troubles, 
but  plenty  of  "  poverty  of  heart "  because  of 
our  selfishness.  On  all  sides,  on  every  haml.  re- 
grets and  sorrow?  strike  us  because  we  did  not 
iLs  the  Master  teaches.  Will  we  turn  just  where 
He  turned,  walk  us  He  walked,  lie  rich  in  love 
and  goffd  works,  or  will  we  go  on  in  the  ways 
of  the  world  and  suffer  the  torments  of  the 
damned  l-* 

At  this  3ea,<(()n  of  the  year,  when  many  cliang- 
ea  are  being  made  in  subscriptions,  and  hundreds 
of  letters  must  I>e  handled,  mistakes  will  occur. 
Phis  we  Iwlieve  most  of  our  readers  understand, 
and  are  ever  ready  to  exercise  patience,  if  nil 
things  do  not  move  along  smoothly.  Should 
any  of  our  subscribei-s,  however,  fail  to  receive 
the  paper  promptly,  notify  us  at  once  by  postal 
cai-d  or  letter.  Do  not  wait  three  or  four  weeks, 
for  it  would  he  better  that  you  receive  two  pa- 
pers of  one  issue  than  none.  We  want  every 
subscriber  to  receive  his  paper  and  enjoy  it. 


Considerable  stir  has  been  made  in  the  re- 
ligious world  over  the  position  that  Swing. 
Bkecher  and  some  others  have  taken  on  the 
subject  of  everlasting  pnnishment.  God  says  i>f 
certain  characters,  '"  They  shall  go  away  into 
everlasting  punishment,"  Again,  "  I  am  alive 
foreveiTQOre,  .\men;  and  have  the  keys  of  hell 
and  death."'  We  know  that  there  is  death,  and 
God  says  He  has  the  key  of  it.  The  same  God 
says  He  has  the  key  of  hell.  Now  if  there  be 
no  hell,  according  to  Beechrr,  why  speak  of 
its  key?  Let  God  he  true,  even  if  every  man 
should  be  a  liar. 


Nearly  every  letter  contains  some  kind,  com- 
plinientarj'  reference  to  the  Bhethhen  at 
Work,  and  we  feel  that  you  sufBciently  api)reci- 
ate  our  position  to  excuse  us  for  not  puhlisliing 
them  all.  God  will  take  care  of  the  results. 
However  we  feel  grateful  to  you  for  j'our  words 
of  sympathy  iind  comfort,  and  are  always  glad 
to  receive  them,  for  editors  need  encouragement 
as  well  as  others.  You  can  help  us;  in  fact  our 
interests  are  one.  and  if  we  labor  together  in 
unity,  the  world  will  be  the  better  for  it.  We 
hall  aim,  as  heretofore,  to  give  yon  good  food — 
food  that  Jias  in  it  the  Life  of  Him  who  died  and 
lived  for  us.  We  desire  to  work  in  His  name, 
according  to  His  directions,  and  in  harmony 
with  His  whole  counsel.  Let  every  i)eii,  liainl. 
foot,  tongue,  and  body  strive  to  do  likewise. 


Wk  eall  attojition  to  the  article  in  another 
eolumn,  entitled  "  The  Appeal  for  Help.*'  Bro. 
Peck  is  a  niiuiatcr,  and  has  resolved  to  do  his 
part  towards  iTsponding  to  some  of  the  calls  for 
ministerial  aid.  He  has  a  desirable  property, 
and  any  one  looking  for  11  home  in  this  section 
of  the  country  should  give  him  a  call.  We  write 
thus  because  we  think  Bro.  Pkok's  resolution  a 
good  one,  mid  may,  if  carried  out.  aeuomplish  u 
great  amount  of  good. 


While  getting  ont  this  issue,  the  office  was 
ill  a  disordered  condition,  having  made  some 
changes,  preparatory-to  putting  in  a  steam  en- 
gine. Wc  hope,  therefbre,  our  readers  will  bear 
wth  us  should  the  inattA^-r  not  be  so  very  inter- 
esting this  wt'uk.  Bro,  Moore  was  absent  part 
of  the  time,  having  been  to  Chicago  to  imrcha-e 
type,  engine,  Ac.  and  the  amount  of  labor  is 
such  that  one  pewou  cannot  well  do  it  without 
missing  some  points. 

Not  often  that  we  need  to  repent  of  having 
8iud  too  little.  Teai-s  and  bitterne-ss  often  be- 
cause we  said  too  much.  Never  regret  our  po- 
tionce  under  insult  mid  scorn,  but  sorrow  oft 
Ijecuuse  of  our  \\mtv  and  resentment.  No  heart- 
breaking and  pining  because^f^ve  treated  our 
fellow-man  with  love  und  respect,  hut  plenty  of 


Now  since  there  has  been  a  change  in  the 
weather,  the  roads  in  better  condition  for  trav- 
eling, we  hope  to  hear  of  meetings  being  held  in 
all  parts  of  tlie  country.  We  do  not  believe  in 
being  inactive,  but  as  ourMasterever was,  vigil- 
ant, careful  and  judicious,  moving  on  the  enemy's 
works.  We  want  to  hear  of  the  result  of  your 
meetings,  what  the  Lord  did  for  yon.  your  hopes 
and  joys,  all  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  Him  who 
hath  called  us  with  a  high  calting  in  Christ  Je- 
sus. In  apostolic  times,  the  result  of  the  Lord's 
doings  among  the  people  was  heralded  forth  to 
elieer  the  -saints  and  urge  them  to  steadfastness 
of  faith.  The  joyful  news  of  sinners  return, 
will  have  the  same  effect  on  us,  if  not  mixed  too 
much  with  "  chat!","  hence  we  earnestly  request 
brethren  and  sisters  to  keep  our  readers  inform- 
ed lis  to  tho  progress  of  the  work  in  their  re- 
sjwctive  congregation^*. 


A  REMARKABLE  BOOK. 

IT  is  as  old  as  the  Bible,  yet  not  the  Bible. 
It  is  not  inspired,  yet  it  has  lived  in  all  ages 
of  the  world.  It  reads  the  same  from  the  ijot- 
tom  to  the  top.  It  may  be  read  backwards  with- 
out destroying  the  sense.  It  teaches  no  good 
thing,  yet  is  widely  read;  was  never  translated, 
yet  more  orjess  known  among  all  nations,  tribes 
or  kindred  of  the  earth;  when  lost,  is  eiisily 
found,  and  when  found,  not  easily  lost.  "  What 
is  it?"  says  one.  Well,  it  has  no  value,  yet 
much  us(m1;  whenever  torn,  mond«  itself;  no 
new  editions  evi-r  appear,  though  its  numbers 
never  diminish.  Knch  person  who  owns  one, 
inereases  and  decreiwes  its  pages  at  will.  It  is 
neither  bought  nor  sold  in  the  markets,  though 
its  circuluiiou  is  iiuuiea^e.    Schools  do  not  use 


it.  yet  it  is  there  in  abundance;  was  not  design- 
ed for  churches,  not  recommended  by  the  Lorn 
to  His  people,  yet  very  frequently  found  among 
them,  "Well,  well."  say  you,  "what  is  it? 
Tell  its  name." 

On  the  outside  of  the  first  cover  you  will  find 
"SUPPOSITION;"  on  thelast,  "  EVIL  SUR- 
MISINGS."  The  first  chapter  is  devoted  to  the 
"  Value  of  Suspicion,"  the  second  on  the  "  Im- 
portance of  Envy,"  and  the  third  on  the  "  Worth 
of  .lealousy."  Several  pages  are  devoted  to 
"Back-biting,"  "Wrath."  "Strife."  "Emula- 
tions," and  "  Love  of  Self."  As  before  stated,  it 
reads  the  same  backwards  as  forwards,  and  is  well 
adapted  to  the  taste  of  the  reader.  Not  kept 
at  this  office.  m.  h.  k. 


BOTH   "WENT   INTO  THE   "WATER 

SOME  years  ago,  in  the  rural  districts  of  Pa.^ 
a  pedo-baptist  evangelist  conducted  several 
very  successful  series  of  meetings,  and  at  each 
phice  allowed  his  converts,  as  usual,  to  select 
their  own  way  of  being  baptized.  At  the 
one,  of  which  we  speak  more  particularly,  a 
young  lady  from  a  Baptist  family,  requested  to 
be  immei-sed,  but  the  preacher  objected,  saying, 
sprinkling  would  do  just  as  well,  besides  im- 
mersion was  not  decent,  and  he  would  catch 
cold  if  he  went  in  the  water,  and  he  would  not 
baptize  her.  unless  by  sprinkling  or  pouring.— 
The  lady  refused,  saying,  if  he  would  not  im- 
nierse.her,  that  she  would  go  to  the  Baptists. 

This  was  a  stunner  for  the  good  brethren,  un- 
til one  of  them  said,  as  the  sister  was  from  a 
very  influential  and  wealthy  family,   it   would 

not  do  to  lose  her,  and  if  Bro. would  agree 

to  immerse  her,  if  it  was  arranged  so  that  he 
need  not  enter  the  water,  he  thought  all  could 
be  arranged  satisfactorily. 

Thej>reacher  agreed  to  the  proposition,  and 
a  day  was  appointed  in  which  to  attend  to  the 
rite.  When  it  was  announced  how  the  baptism 
was  to  be  performed,  many  went  out  of  curiosi- 
ty. Among  them  a  very  old  lady,  who  stood 
near  the  water,  and  when  the  minister  came,  a 
long  slab  was  brought,  with  long  legs  in  one 
end.  This  bench  was  now  adjusted,  one  end 
on  the  himk,  the  other  end  in  the  stream,  thus 
forming  a  scaifold  on  which  the  minister  walk- 
d  high  aud  dry  as  he  led  the  penitent  into  the 
water. 

The  formula  was  repeated;  "T  baptize  thee 
in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost."  Then, — just  as  he  made 
the  motion  to  immerse, — his  scaffold  broke,  and 
he  came  down  into  the  water  up  to  the  waist, 

.hist  as  the  excitement  was  over  and  the  min- 
ister was  trying  his  best  to  recover,  the  old 
lady  on  the  shore  clapped  her  hands,  say- 
ing: "That's  the  way  my  Bible  reads:  'They 
both  went  down  into  the  water.'  " 

It  is  only  necessary  to  remark,  that  notwith- 
standing the  minister  ruined  his  broadcloth, 
many  on  the  bank  learned  a  good  lesson. 

THE    CONTRAST. 

THERE  can  be  no  contriusting  without  two 
things.  The  two  things  to  be  contrasted 
in  this  article,  are  God  and  man.  "  I  am  the 
Almighty  God"  and  "God  is  greater  than  man." 
There  cannot  be  a  gi-eater  without  a  lesser.  If 
there  be  a  lesser,  then  there  is  a  greater.  If 
there  he  a  difference,  then  there  is  also  a  depend- 
ent, and  there  can  be  no  dependent  without 
something  to  depend  upon;  hence  there  is  an 
independent. 

1.  There  is  a  subordinate, — that  Ls  man. 

2.  There  is  a  superior, — that  is  God. 
:J.  Man  can  originate  nothing. 

i.  Man  was  originated,  ami  since  man  cannot 
originate  anything,  and  was  himself  originated, 
it  follows,  there  must  be  an  originator. 

5.  All  tilings  in  existence  show  arrangement, 
hence  there  must  be  an  arranger.  It  is  God. 
There  must  be  a  creator  of  hannony  before  there 
can  be  hannony. 

Thus  in  tracing  all  matter  to  its  origin,  we 
find  God  there.  "  Without  Him  was  not  any- 
thing made  that  wiis  made."  Before  anything 
was  made,  it  was  planned.  Before  the  plan  was 
isecuied  it  was  a  thought,  mid  there  can  be  no 
thought  without  a  person.  God,  therefore  is  i\ 
person. 

Materialists  claim,  that  we  do  not  know  that 
there  wius  not  ".a  second  God  who  designed  the 
first  God.  and  a  third  that  designed  the  second  ' 
aud  so  on.    "  A  design  must  have  had  u  design- 


er, and  this  designer  adesigner;  for  every  A,.  ■ 
is  to  have   a  designer."     Lyman    Beecher   w 
once  approached  by  his  students  with  the  on 
tion.  how  they  should  answer  skeptics  who  t  u 
them  thot  the  nrgnmenl  from  design  provej  t 
nuch:  "They   say   to  us,"  said   the  students' 
that  there  may  be  twenty  gods;  for  everj-  ^ 
sign  must  have  a  designer,  and  everj-  designer 
designer,  and  so  on.' "     Lyman  did  not  kno 
how  to  meet  the  difficulty  in  a  scientific  way 
at  least  he  did  not  give  them  the  scientific  an 
wer:  " '  These  men  say  there  are  twenty  gods*-'' 
'  Yes.'     'Well,  you  t«ll  them  that  if  there  is  on^ 
God  it  will  go  hai-d  with  them,  and  if  there  aw 
twenty  it  will  go  harder  yet.'  " 

In  many  things  man  is  like  God,  having  beei, 
created  in  His  likeness  and  image.  God  thnika. 
so  does  man.  God  talks;  so  does  man,  Qfui 
moves,  reasons;  so  does  man,  But  there  is  » 
limit  to  man's  power;  there  is  none  to  God's 
Mail  weai"8  out,  and  dies;  God  does  not.  Mm, 
is  earthy:  God  spiritual.  Man  is  dependent- 
God  independent.  Man  needs  a  Savior;  God 
does  not.  God  is  in  all,  above  all;  man  is  nut 
Man  is  the  subject;  God  the  Lord,  Man  needs 
grace;  God  does  not,  God  can  pardon;  mm 
needs  it.  God  calls;  man^can  listen.  God 
loves;  so  can  man.  God  asks  man  to  believe 
Hiiu.  Man  can  do  what  God  asks  of  Him.  God 
sent  a  Savior  to  man;  man  never  sent  a  Savior 
to  God.  for  He  needs  none.  No  Savior  ever  died 
/or  God;  one  died  for  man. 

The  contrast  between  God  and  man  issn 
great  that  any  unbeclouded  eye  can  see  it.  The 
open  eye  beholds  it  with  awe  and  reverence:  the 
closed  eye  sees  a  faint  light,  but  is  powerless  to 
discriminate.  The  believer  not  only  looks  over 
walls,  but  through  them.  To  them  the  Sun  nf 
righteousness  affords  light  enough  for  all  times 
aud  seasons.  Keep  God  abovej  you,  let  the 
Christ  stand  beside  you,  and  walk  with  you,  and 
the  victory  through  Him  will  he'coraplete. 


QUERIST'S  DEPARTME}{T. 


Qiicsliona  louctiing  the  meaning  of  Scripture,  relating 
o  Hislor;  uiiJ  {imclicat  sutijccls  of  ruligious  inlurcst  trill 
come  in  pincc.  The  ijiierisi's  nnmo  must  accomprin^f  nil 
communicaUoDS.  We  shall  labor  to  nvoid  ginog  anjjuti 
for  strife  and  oonteution  over  un important  quo- 


Brethren  Editors: — 

I  want  you  or  some  one  else  to  give  an  e.x- 
phination  of  the  15th.  ItJth  and  17th  verses  of 
the  18  chapter  of  Matthew.     What  is  the  dif- 
ference between  thcjwords  "  tlir,"  and  "  thfe,y" 
John  B.  Elleb. 

The  word /Ac  is  by  some  called  a  "DrJinHf 
Article,"  because  it  points  out  some  definite  ob- 
ject or  thing,  as:  Tlif  man,  the  field,  Others 
call  it  a  Sppci/i/iiiij  Adjective,  because  it  speci- 
fies or  notes  some  particular  thing..  Both  dofi- 
iiitions  are  correct,  being  similar.  The  word 
the  is  never  used  to  denote  thi>  name  of  11 
person  or  thing. 

The  word  thee  is  a  simple,  pei-soual  pronoun, 
second  persmi,  and  usually  refei-s  to  some  indivi- 
dual of  the  human  family.  In  the  Bible  the 
word  thee  is  used,  instt?ad  of  the  word  you.  Read 
the  verses  named  with  the  word  ijon  instead  of 
thee,  and  you  will  get  our  idea.  We  now  tiiru 
to  the  Emphatic  Dinghtt  and  give  the  verses  il* 
translated  by  Wilson : 

"  Now,  if  thy  brother  be  in  error,  go,  con- 
vict him,  between  thee  and  him  alone.  If  I'" 
hear  thee,  thou  hast  gained  thy  brother.  But 
if  he  liear  thee  not,  take  with  thee  one  or  two 
more:  that  by  the  testimony  of  two  or  thrfe 
witnesses,  everything  may  be  proved.  But  il 
he  disregard  them,  inform  the  congregation, 
aud  if  he  disregard  the  congregation  also,  H 
him  be  to  thee  as  a  pagan  and  tribute-taker. 

When  a  case,  according  to  the  Scripture  hits 
been  brought  before  the*  congregation,  it  '^^ 
reached  iLs  third  nfnije,  mid  must  there  be  dis- 
posed of,  for  there  is  no  religious  judiciory  o» 
(■arth  higher  than  the  church,  imd  the  church 
has  no  law  save  "the  perfect  law  of  liberty.  — 
By  tin's  all  coses  must  bo  adjusted,  if  we  would 
please  the  Lord. 

The  case  being  presented  to  the  churdi, 
every  member  is  more  or  less  affected;  l""' 
"  whether  one  member  suffer,  all  the  members 
suffer  with  it"  11  Cor.  \'2:  :?iil.  If.  "f^er  ft  f'"' 
and  impartial  hearing,  tho  offender  does  ro 
hear  the  churcli,  then  the  congregation  is  *■«;- 
powered  to  hold  him  ««  a  heathen— an  uncon- 
verted man.  not  because  he  would  not  hear  ^ 
offended  brother,  nor  tho  two  or^three,  but  b'- 


„„»■  h.'  Jiscfg""!'  "»■  Anrch.  And  for  ,„^ 
,;^|v  tho  .i.me  rcMon  is  the  offended  l,roH,ert„ 
iider  him  M  »n  imconverted  niun,  not  |„ 
Cliristiaii  fellowship  with  him.  Ho  .hull 
„„l  so  consider  him  becnii.c  he  wonld  not  be 
„„vineeil  when  nlo,u:  nor  for  foiling  ,„  ^^^ 
,!,,  two  or  three,  but  because  he  <limg„rd,  Iht 

Great  core  should  be  esercised  in  the  ndjnsl- 
„,ent  »f  diihculties  thnt  lire  brought  before  the 
ehiirch.  Self-interest,  partinlity,  mijice.  ill- 
iriU  »re  no  more  qualified  to  sit  in  judpnenl 
IliMi  thi''>M  and  murderers,  but  are  themselves 
subjects  of  Judgment.  To  look  at  a  case  as  the 
Bible  look"  at  it,  is  the  duty  and  privilege  of 
e,er.v  disciple  of  Christ.  „  ^\ 

THE  APPEALS  FOR  HELP. 

THE  appenls  for  ministerial  help  the  past  year 
have  been  numerous,  and  I  fear  but  few 
have  been  heeded.  In  the  last  week's  issue  of 
the  BiiETHRES  .IT  WouK,  I  again  noticed  a  call 
for  help  in  Kansas.  In  view  of  doing  what  I 
can  towards  responding  to  some  of  them.  I  have 
concludeil  to  olfer  toy  farm  for  sale,  throw  off 
some  of  tlie  worldly  cares,  buckle  on  the  whole 
„,.mor,  ami  go  forth  in  the  strength  of  Israel's 
God  to  do  what  I  can.  It  is  more  profitable  to 
work  for  sniils.  than  to  lay  up  trea-sures  where 
uioth  and  rnst  doth  corrupt.  My  farm  consists 
of  one  hundred  acres  well  improved,  and  only 
two  miles  South  of  Lanark,  111.  Any  person 
liurehiL^ing.  will  help  advance  the  cause,  and 
even  he  who  sends  a  purchaser  will  do  his  mite. 
I  shall,  therefore,  if  able  to  dispose  of  my  prop- 
erty, move  where  I  can  assist  some  of  those  who 
Mc  crying  for  help.  S.  J.  Peck. 

Liiiuirk.  III. 

ANNUAL  MEETING  NOTICE. 

NOTICE  is  hereby  given  to  the  Brethren  of 
Indiana,  that  there  will  be  a  State  council 
meeting,  the  Lord  willing,  on  Friday  the  8th  of 
Fet)ruary  1S7S,  commencing  at  9  o'clock  A.  M., 
in  the  Squirrel  Creek  meeting-house  near  Roann, 
Wabash  Co.,  Ind.,  for  the  purpose  of  making 
further  arrangements  for  the  .\nnual  Meeteng. 
It  is  imi)ortaut  that  all  should  he  interested,  and 
every  church  be  lepresentetl  by  at  least  one  del- 
egate, so  that  the  work  will  not  rest  on  a  few. 
Let  all  the  elders  see  to  it  that  some  one  be  sent 
from  their  district.    By  order  of  former  council. 

Kl.1).  J.  S.  IlOSENHEROEIt. 

MmlicMi,  Ind.,  Jan.  mh,  ]W«. 

TO    TOTJNG    BEETHKEN    AND 
SISTERS. 

BY  JOHN  FORNEY. 

*'  J7M.^H  ye  not  therefore,  ye  are  of  more  val- 

A      ue  than  many  sparrows  "  {Matt.  10;  31). 

The  above  are  words  of  consolation  which 
Christ  gave  to  His  disciples  when  He  fit^t  .sep- 
umted  them  from  the  world,  and  called  them  in- 
to His  service,  to  go  forth  as  shecj)  in  the  midst 
of  wolves,  to  have  them  know  that  He  is  their 
Shepherd,  that  is  caring  for  them,  as  well  as  to 
have  them  know  tlmt  they  are  exposed  to  dan 
ger  on  every  hand;  tliat  they  should  be  the  bet- 
ter prepared  to  watch  and  pray  that  they  fall 
net  into  temptation.  Christ  also  told  them, 
"  Ye  sliall  be  hated  of  all  men  for  niy  name's 
sake,  but  he  that  endureth  to  the  end  shall  he 
saved"  (Matt.  10;  2.i). 

My  young  brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ,  let 
we  say  to  you  by  way  of  encouragement,  fear 
not  when  J ou  suffer  a  little  persecution.  Just 
If'  »s  remember  Christ  our  MiLster;  He  was  per 
scented  before  us.  If  tempted,  we  know  He  was 
Icmpted  in  all  points  ns  we  are.  yet  without  sin. 
I  say  to  you,  sin  not  when  you  are  tempted,  let 
1"  take  .lesus  for  our  example.  When  He  was 
baptized,  tlie  Spirit  immediately  led  Him  into 
'lie  wiblerncss  to  be  tempted  of  tlie  devil:  but 
H'  ilid  not  one  of  Satan's  biddings.  So  let  not 
"»»  of  ns  be  induced  by  imything  he  nniy  oiler 
I",  even  if  it  he  the  kingdom  of  the  worid,  or  the 
B'ory  of  them.  Do  not  give  any  of  your  servic- 
"lo  Satan;  for  you  have  all  volunteered  in  a 
noble  cause,  and  your  Captain  doth  care  for  you, 
I'nth  nnmbered  the  very  hairs  of  vour  heail. 
ISlatl.  Ill;  :l(l). 

.But  He  is  abb-  and  willing  to  help  .vuu  in 
time  of  need.  (Ileb.  4;  15,  1(1).  "  For  in  that 
lie  himself  hath  suffered,  being  tempted,  he  is 


THE    BHETHKEN    AT    WOIIK. 


able  to  succor  them  that  or,,  tempted"  (Heb.  3; 
IS).  "  For  ye  were  as  sheep  going  ostrnv;  but 
ore  now  returned  unto  the  Shephenl  and  Bish- 
op of  your  soul,"  (1  Pet.  2;.i.i),  Then-fore  i». 
member  Christ  said,  "  My  sheep  hear  my  voice, 
and  I  know  them,  and  they  follow  me;  and  1 
give  unto  them  eternal  life;  and  they  shall  nev- 
er perish,  neither  shall  any  pluck  them  out  of 
ray  hand  "  (.lohn  10;  27-29)  Here  brethren  and 
sisters,  IS  a  sure  anchor  for  all  His  children,  tor 
He  so  loved  you  that  He  laid  down  His  life  for 
you.  ■■  I  am  the  good  Shepherd.  The  good 
Shepherd  giveth  his  life  for  the  sheep"  (.lohn 
10;  11).  Young  lambs,  I  pray  you  all,  keep  close 
to  the  Hock  and  to  the  good  Shepherd;  He  will 
protect  you  if  ye  abide  in  the  fold  with  the  flock, 
and  with  the  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  your 
souls.  If  the  worid  should  hate  you,  ye  know 
that  it  hated  me  lieforc  it  hated  you.  "  If  ye 
were  of  the  world,  the  worid  would  love  his  o,™ 
hut  because  ye  are  not  of  the  world,  but  I  have 
chosen  ymi  out  of  the  worid,  therefore  the  world 
hnteth  you"  (John  15;  18,  111). 

My  dearly  beloved,  do  not  trj-  to  be  conform- 
ed to  this  worid  to  (dease  the  world,  or  to  be  a 
friend  of  it  in  that  way;  if  so  you  are  sure  to  be- 
come the  enemy  of  God.  (James  4;  1).  "  For 
that  which  is  highly  esteemed  among  men,  is 
abomination  in  the  sight  of  Bod  "  (Luke  16;  15), 
But  He  giveth  more  grace,  wherefore  He  saith, 
"  God  resisteth  the  proud,  but  giveth  grace  un- 
to the  humble"  (John  4;  6). 

May  the  Holy  Spirit  guide  you  mto  all  truth 
and  grace  to  serve  God  iicceptably  with  rever- 
ence and  Godly  fear,  is  my  prayer.     Amen. 


shining  courae  before  you.  He  points  you  to 
the  pr^vspect  of  an  endleiw  existence  lieyond  the 
grave, 

liriijhtiln,  Ind. 

CHRISTMAS    DAY. 


■VALUE    OP    TIME. 


BY  M.  E.  HOK.VEU. 


L 


ETi 


cull  yoiii-  iifctention  to  the  iraiiortitiice 
of  improving  voiir  time.  The  infinite 
value  of  time  is  uot  refiliz«(l.  It  is  the  most 
precious  thing  in  all  the  world,  the  only  thing 
of  which  it  is  it  virtup  to  he  covetoiis,  and  yet 
the  only  thing  of  which  nil  men  are  prodigal. 
In  the  lii-st  place,  then 

READING 

is  a  most  interesting  and  pleasant  method  of  oc- 
cnpyiiig  your  leisure  hours.  All  yonng  people 
have  or  may  have  time  enough  to  rend.  The 
difficulty  is,  they  are  not  eareful  to  improve  it. 
Their  hours  of  leisure  are  either  idled  away  or 
talked  away,  or  spent  in  some  other  way  equal- 
ly vain  or  useless,  and  then  they  complain  that 
they  have  no  time  for  the  cultivation  of  their 
minds  and  hearts. 

Time  is  so  precious  that  there  is  never  hut 
one  moment  in  the  world  ut  once,  and  that  is 
always  taken  away  before  imother  is  given.  — 
Only  take  care  to  gather  up  the  fragments  of 
time,  and  you  ivill  never  want  leisure  for  the 
reading  of  useful  hooks.  And  in  what  way  cim 
you  spend  your  unoccupied  hours  more  pleiui- 
autly  than  in  holding  converse  with  the  wise 
and  the  good  through  the  medium  of  their 
writings?  To  a  mind  not  altogether  devoid  of 
rurio.sit3',  hooks  form  an  inexluiustible  source  of 
enjoyment. 

It  is  a  consideration  <if  no  small  weight,  tliat 

reading  furnishes  material   for  interesting  anil 

useful 

CONVEIWATION. 

Those  who  lU'e  ignorant  of  hooks,  must  of 
course  have  their  thoughts  confined  to  very 
narrow  limits.  What  occurs  in  their  immedi- 
ati"  ncighhorhnod,  the  stat^  of  the  market,  the 
idle  report,  the  tale  of  scandal,  the  foolish 
story,  these  make  up  the  circle  of  their  knowl- 
edge and  furnish  the  topics  of  their  conversa- 
tion. They  have  nothing  to  say  of  importance 
because  they  know  uotliing  of  importance. 

A  taste  for  useful  n-iuling  is  an  effectual  pre- 
servative from  vice.  Next  to  the  fear  of  God 
implanted  in  the  heart,  nothing  is  a  Ijetter  safe- 
guai'd  to  character,  than  the  love  of  good  hooks. 
They  nre  the  hamlniaiduiis  of  virtue  and  reli- 
gion. They  rjuicken  our  sense  of  duty,  unfold 
our  responsibilities,  strengthen  our  principles, 
confirm  our  hopes,  inspire  in  us  the  love  of  what 
is  right  and  ui'eful,  and  teach  us  to  look  with 
disgust  upon  what  is  low.  groveling  and  vicious. 
A  diligent  use  of  the  means  of  knowledge  ac- 
cords well  with  your  nature  as  rational  and  im- 
mortal beings.  God  has  given  you  minds, 
which  arccapaldeof  infinite  improvement.  He 
He  has  jdnced  you  iu  circumstances  peculiarly 
favorable  for  ranking  such  improvement,  and  to 
inspire   you  with  diligence  in  ascending  the 


Hi  KNO(!H  BBY. 

a  AhORY  to  God  in  the  highest,  and  on 
\  J    earth  peace,  good  will  towards  jnen  " 
(Uke  2:  14). 

The  above  text  of  Scripture  wn»  the  language 
of  a  niuUitude  of  tin-  lu>av<>nly  host  at  the  time 
imd  place  of  our  Savior's  birth.  Shepherds 
woidd  not  likely  be  out  with  their  flocks  laiit 
night  or  to^lay  in  Denmark;  yet  around  Beth- 
lehem thoy  may  have  been. 

From  the  above  consideration  nmny  doubt 
the  propriety  of  spending  the  S.ilh  day  of  Dec. 
a  mvniory  of  that  great  event,  fearing  they 
may  k-  deenived  in  the  correctness  of  the  time, 
who  attach  more  importance  to  time  than  the 
event  recorded. 

Times  and  seasons  have  changed  more  or  less 
since  that  time,  as  wtw  preilicled;  hut  that  does 
not  afflict  the  truthfulness  of  the  language  of 
the  angel,  which  said:  "  The  joy  Hhall  be  to  all 
peoide."  The  heavenly  host  said:  "  On  earth 
[teiice,  good  will  towanls  men."  He  has  brought 
joy  to  many  people,  hut  not  to  idl,  for  the  Jews 
and  many  others  would  not  receive  him.  Hi 
also  was  peace  to  many,  but  not  to  all  {savi 
for  the  Adamic  sin,  he  made  peace  with  God 
for  all).  Christ  Himself  siiid:  "  I  came  not  to 
send  peace  on  earth  but  n  swonl  "  (Matt.  10: 
34). 

Only  those  who  received  and  do  receive  Him. 
have  peace  of  mind,  which  Ls  tlie  answer  of  a 
good  conscience  towards  God.  Hut  the  peace 
of  mind  of  a  few  does  not  bring  peace  on  the 
earth  and  never  will  till  the  Savior  comes  again; 
and  the  devil,  instead  of  walking  up  and  down 
in  the  earth,  often  spoiling  the  peace  of  many 
of  God's  childi-en,  and  hissing  the  nations  at 
one  another,  causing  thousands  to  butcher  each 
other  like  lions  and  tigers, — will  be  bound  and 
p  in  the  bottomless  pit,  and  for  out' 
thousand  years  ivill  h.ive  no  power  over  the  na- 
tions. Then  there  will  he  univeranl  peace!  0, 
glorious  thought!  The  nations  shall  then  beat 
their  swords  into  plough  shares;  imd  their  spears 
inte  pruning  hooks,  and  will  learn  war  no 
more  (Is.  3:  3.)  One  can't  learn  well  with 
out  a  teacher. 

Then  the  peace  will  be  so  great,,  that  the 
lion  shall  lay  down  with  the  Iamb,  and  a  little 
child  shall  lead  tliem,  etc  (Isa.  11).  And  in  that 
day  nothing  shall  hurt  or  destroy  in  all  my  holy 
mountain,  for  the  earth  shall  be  full  of  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the 
sea.  Then  in  those  day  .''hall  the  God  of  Heav- 
en set  up  another,  or  a  kingdom  which  shall 
never  be  destroyed,  and  shall  not  be  left  to  oth- 
er people,  but  it  shall  break  in  pieee.i  and  con- 
sunu'  all  these  kingdoms,  and  it  shall  stand  for- 
ever (Dan.  "J:  44), 

Then  the  great  voices  in  heaven  \vill,  ami  can 
say :  The  kingdoms  of  this  world  are  become 
the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  of  his  Christ; 
and  he  shiUl  reign  for  ever  and  ever  (liev.  11 
l^>).  .\nd  alt'iough  the  nations  will  get  angry 
(verse  IS),  and  even  make  war  with  him  (Rev. 
ISI:  l!t),  hut  the  day  of  his  wrath  has  come  and 
the  time  of  the  dead  that  they  should  be  judged 
and  that  he  should  give  reward  unto  his  serv- 
ant-s.  the  prophet.s  and  to  the  saints  and  to 
them  that  lear  His  name,  both  small  and  great. 
And  that  he  should  destroy  them  which  destroy 
(or  corrupt)  the  earth. 

Mark,  the  reward  is  given  to  the  prophets 
and  saints  at  the  same  time,  and  that  is  when 
Christ  comes  to  reign  on  the  earth.  "Behold 
I  come  quickly  and  my  reward  is  with  me  to 
give  every  man  according  as  his  works  shall  I»e" 
(Rev.  ^2:  13).  For  he  "shall  judge  the  quick 
and  the  dead  at  his  appearing  and  kingdom  (2 
Tim.  4:  1). 

How  very  suggestive  to  the  children  of  God 
who  have  hope  in  the  promises,  are  the  wonls 
in  the  Lord's  prayer:  "  Thy  kingdom  come,  thy 
will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heavcii."  Tlie 
sentiment  contained  in  Ihesto  words  is  the  pray- 
er breathed  forth  by  every  one  that  hus  the 
spirit  of  Christ,  yea.  Lord  .Ii-sus.  come  quickly. 
"  Seeing  then,  dearly  lw'Ii)V(>d  that  we  look  for 
such  things,  let  us  bi 


the  house  may  come;**  and  finding  iw  Incking 
oil.  will  com^uently  close  the  door  agaimit 
us;  or  we  be  found  with  our  talent  wrappwl  up 
in  a  napkin,  and  therefore  bound  hand  and  foot 
and  cast  into  out<!r  darknwui.  wh»rre  th-n  is 
weeping  sind  wailing  and  gnswhing  of  t*eth. 

"Not  all  thnt  say:  Lord.  Lonl.  shall  ent«r 
inU}  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  but  they  that  do 
the  will  of  our  Father  which  is  in  heaven."  It 
\»  possible  for  UK  to  have  a  name  that  we  ore 
living,  and  nt  the  same  time  be  dead.  The 
Lonl  want*  lively  stones  in  the  spiritual  house; 
it  will  not  do  simply  to  believe  in  the  second 
ailvi-nt  of  our  blessed  R«ieemer.  and  the  fulfill- 
ment of  His  glorious  promises  in  setting  np 
His  n-ign,  and  mnkijig  all  things  new.  and  to 
prny.  "Thy  kingdom  come."  is  not  enough;  we 
must  act  accordingly  and  show  that  we  are  pil- 
grims and  strangers  on  the  earth,  seeking  abet- 
ter country,  a  city,  whose  maker  and  builder  is 
God. 


The  peoide  of  the  kingdom  of  Denmark  hold 
this  day,  (Christmas)  very  sncreii,  having  wor- 
ship at  all  the  cimrche-s,  and  all  the  businen 
doors  clased.  No  work  is  done  by  anybody, 
while  Sunday  ia  utterly  disregarded  by  many, 
especially  the  non-professom,  some  of  whom  are 
working  all  day,  and  all  husiness  doors  are  op- 
ened from  4  o'clock  I*.  M.  till  lanl-tbue.  The 
habit  of  pn^entinggift*  to  one  another  is  olao 
prevident,  hut  not  so  much  vanity  connected 
with  it,  as  in  America.  To-day,  2fith,  is  held 
as  sacred  as  yesterday. 
lljon-im,.  Dnnnm'l.: 


RAILWAY  CAERIAOES  PREDICT- 
ED BY  ISAIAH 

(Isa.  etj:  2(1.) 

DU.  Joseph  Wolff,  the  celebrated  Jewish  mis- 
sionary, addressed  a  letter  to  the  Moniinif 
Pout,  in  the  year  1854.  in  which  he  say,*; 

"  I  saw  in  yonr  paper  of  likst  Satunlay.  tha 
question  addressed  to  the  learned,  whether  the 
translation  of  the  words  '  airi/l  hi'n.it.*,'  in  Isa» 
6fi:  20  is  correct.  I  answer  .Vo.'  The  word  in 
Hebrew  is  kirkarotli,  from  the  aingnhir  number 
ofkakar;  whence  our  English  wordmi-i-mj?  U 
evid.-ntly  derived.  And  the  late  Rev.  Mr.  Ham- 
ilton, a  li.-arned  clergyman  in  Ireland,  who  had 
learned  Hebrew  from  hooks,  without  knowing 
the  real  pronunciation,  gave  to  the  Hebrew  woni 
the  sound  of  earriages.  The  Arabian  lexicog- 
rapher. Kanius,  as  well  as  Richardson,  in  his 
Arabic  dictionary,  translates  the  wonl  kirkai-oth^ 
'  machine  turning  round  with  the  swiftness  of 
the  clouds.' 

Cardinal  Mezzofmiti,  the  greatest  polyglot 
upon  earth,  in  all  times  and  in  all  countries,  who 
reiul  with  me  the  66th  chapter  of  Isaiah,  when 
passing  through  Bologna,  in  .\pril,  ISIS,  traD&> 
lated  kirlcnroth,  carozzf,  i.  e.  eoTiages.  I, 
tliereforc,  am  convinced  that  mil earrittfjeaYiHn 
been  pre(liete<l  in  this  chapter. 

St.  Jerome  more  correctly  trmslates  it  »it 
airnirin,  '\.  e.  in  carringrx. 

The  Osbeks  in  Bokhaj-ji,  and  Tooreomans  of 
llerve,  c.ill  their  swift  carts  kurknniofh. 

Mi-srops,  the  greatest  num  of  the  Armenian 
nation,  the  celebnited  triuislator  of  the  Bibte^ 
translates  it  aicift  eurritiges. 

Luther  translates  it  fmifrrn,  i.  e.  strifi  nin- 
»^/'s.  The  very  word  in  Hebrew,  Arabic.  Tnr- 
conmnish,  evidently  is  an  imitation  of  the  sound 
producwl  by  the  turning  of  wheels — kirkirroth^ 
being  myself  an  humble  student  of  prophecy,  X 
was  very  much  interested  iu  the  question  of  thtt 
inqurrer." — U'iplixt  BaHlr  Flag. 


TiiR  E-vsTERN  Wak.— The  Russians  having 
captured  25.(XN>Turks  at  Shipka  Pass,  the  Turk- 
ish Government  begins  to  see  its  weakness,  and 
hiis  sent  ambassadors  to  arrange  terms  of  peace. 
The  Grand  Duke  XicholiLs  notified  them  that 
he  could  only  treat  with  them  at  Adnanople,  to 
which  the  Turks  at  once  as-seated.  juid  withdrew 
their  troops.  The  Turks  iu  the  meantime  ar» 
retreating  towanls  Coustiuilinople,  burning  tlieir 
principal  cities  us  tliey  evacuate  theui.  It  is 
hu|>e«l  that  peace  may  suou  be  restorvd  luid  tha 
horrors  of  war  discontinuwl, 

VutoH  Emmasuei-'s  Fi'SKHAL. — The  funeral 
of  Victor  Kmmanuel  took  pincc  nt  Kome  on  th« 
17th  iust  The  body  of  the  dvHil  monarch  ww 
placed  on  the  funend  car  at  nine  in  the  mont- 
ing.  and  the  procession  stiirted  at  the  Quirmal 
diligent,  that  we  may  be  I  about  ten.     It  was  headed  by   fiftivn  military 


found  of  him  without  sjiot  and  blameless;  for  I  detachments,  with  thive  bands,  and  the 
iu  such  an  hour  ivs  we  think  not,  the  master  of'  Waring  taper;. 


.lergy 


•^rnK   HH i;T']ri{p;>s'  ^\.t  an'ouk:. 


January  .j , 


f/(f  gomq  l^irch. 


HEAD  AND  OBEY. 

"  ](^ah*ndi.  lot*  youf  witw." 

•■  WiJm.    obey    your    huit><*inl»." 

"  Faihera,  prorolte  not  your  ofall<lt«n  to  wi«ll>." 

■•  CbildrM,  , olMjr    jovlt    paruiU    in    bU    tfaiap." 

Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshelmun. 


FAREWELL  TO  SADTE. 


Always  seek  the  riclies  of  Clirist  Jesus. 


J)    Wh 


NwER  Bay,  "  /  tpon'f"  to  your  yiarente.  Tiit- 
bright"/  wiU"  never  briiiifo  ffmy  hairs  uiion 
the  h.'ndu  of  father  and  iiiotht-r. 


YriTit  lore  for  otk-nt  lu-vcr  hurl  them.  If  it 
ilid  (hem  no  goiw),  it  wns  Ijceaiisf  th.-ir  heads  iiml 
hearts  were  wronR.  It  it*  hard  to  fiml  eninfort 
ftniuiig  thorns.  They  do  not  eveu  niRke  good 
tihade. 

As  you  daily  learn  from  our  Muster,  my  little 
friends,  reHienil>prthuf  .lesuM  does  not  say,  "(iive 
me  ijunrter  or  Imlf  of  your  heiirt,  hut  the  whole 
of  it."  God  calls  for  full  possession — all  of  it, 
or  none. 

When  any  one  gets  ho  full  of  his  own  plans 
and  improvements,  he  will  forsivkcGod.  Of  course 
he  will.  He  does  not  feel  thi-  ueed  of  a  Savior. 
Not  until  he  sfea  his  nakedness  uiid  poverty 
will  he  ask  helji  from  bo  good  a  being  as  God. 

Childrks.  read  the  Kilde.  Do  not  only  read 
it,  hut  study  it,  remember  its  lessons  and  jn-ae- 
tiep  Ihem.  Other  books  may  aRonl  you  jdeits- 
ure.  but  none  so  great  and  latlini:  ils  the  Uible, 
It  tells  you  all  you  need  to  know  about  fialva- 
tion. 

Ip  any  man  should  throw  away  a  dolLtr  ev- 
ery minute,  he  would  be  eonwidered  foolish; 
but  thousands  are  constantly  throwing  away 
their  time,  which  is  more  valuable  than  gold, 
and  yet  they  pass  for  wise  men.  Things  are 
not  alway.s  as  they  seem. 


KY  IIATTIE  XILLEK. 

(ENKATH  that  mound  our  Sadie  lies. 
Ii'bo  once  was  with  ufl  here; 
God  8ent  a  Huninionnlrom  the  skies, 

And  claimed  oiji;:  Sadi«t49<>t- 
Yes,  Siidie  dear  has  gone  to  rest. 

With  those  who've  gone  before. 
And  in  her  angel  garment  dreiised, 

She  stami-s  on  Zion's  shore. 
My  loving  cousin,  Sadie  dear, 

We  eiui  see  you  no  more; 
But  in  hpirit  we  may  be  near, 

As  in  the  days  of  yore. 
On  earth  when  oflcn  we  did  meet. 

We  found  the  passing  momeuU  sweet. 
But  time's  swift  motions  did  compel 

Us  biiryou  a  long,  long  farewell. 
Clairnce,  loua. 


UzziAH  or  Azariah  [iilrenfffh  of  Jrhovah.)  was 
the  tenth  king  of  Juduh.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
luMweended  the  throne,  and  reigned  tbr  a  period 
iif  fifty-two  years.  Under  his  rule  the  Iringdom 
nttaincd  great  strength  and  prosperity.  "As 
long  as  he  sought  the  Lord,  God  made  him  to 
prosper."  He  began  to  govern  .ludah  about 
the  year  810  before  Christ. 


A  iiHOTHEli  writes:  "  The  letters  you  publish 
from  the  little  boys  and  girls  seem  to  be  very  in- 
tere>!ting  to  the  ehililren.  Our  son.  only  nine 
years  uld.  urtirs  me  to  read  themtoliini.  1  ali^o 
read  liiui  the  letters  from  grandpa,  and  the  boy, 
which  eunsed  him  to  weep  for  some  time,  wish- 
ing tliat  he  could  write." 

This  is  a  nauiple  of  tlie  nmny  letters  received, 
e-Kpressing  the  pleasure  which  cliildren  have  in 
reading  woi-ds  of  love  from  each  other.  They 
need  a  place  in  tlie  paper  iis  well  jls  older  jieople, 
and  trust  they  may  be  made  better  by  having 
the  privilege  of  speaking. 


WlLl,  the  following  named  little  friends  pleiLse 
write  a  short  article  on  the  Bible  sulijei;t  op]>o- 
site  their  names,  and  send  it  to  us  for  jjuhlica- 
tion  y 
.T.  Kittennur.   Sehwenksville.  I'a.. 

Ida  K.  Snavely.  Hudson.  Ill 

Klla  W.  Labman,  Franklin  Grov 
Ma  L'lemmer,  Mt.  Carroll,  111., . . . 
Ella  Herkeybile,  Toledo.  O.,  .... 
Emma  L.  Gable,  Lost  Nation  Iowa, Huth, 

Tell  as  much  about  these  pi-rsons  it-*  you  can. 
^'^ll1r  papa  and  mamma  will  help  ynu  ti)  Hud 
these  names  in  the  Bible. 


.111. 


■  .  -Nriah. 
.....\bel. 
Hannah. 

Kve. 

'  ■  Joshua. 


tJrKBv.     Who  wrote.  "The  Epistle  to  the 

Hebrews?"  IlIA  KlNUKRY. 

It  is  generally  supposetl  that  Paul  wrote  it. 
The  following  is  a  part  of  the  testimony  in  sup- 
port of  that  idea: 

1.  Most  of  the  ancient  wril<'rs,  a  few  of  the 
Latins  excepted,  legaixled  Paul  us  the  author. 
It  wiw  iiscribed  to  him  by  Polycar|>  in  Ins,  or 
about  4:1  yeai-s  after  it  was  written;  hv  Clement 
in  1!)4;  Origen  in  230;  Dionysius  in  247;  The- 
ognostus  in  282,  and  scores  of  others  at  dilVerent 
])eriods  down  to  l')TO. 

2.  The  agreement  in  slijlt-  and  plirasrx  in  some 
instances  with  other  of  Puurs  writings.  Com- 
pare Hi*b.  2:  4  with  Hom.  1.'k  lit,  *i  Cor.  12:  12. 
ANo  Heb.  l:J:  is  with  liom.  l.'i:  :{i(.  Kph.  <>:  is, 
I'J,  1  Thess.  :>:  •>^.  'I  Thess.  ;{;  1.  These  are  on- 
ly a  few  instances  of  similarity.  He  Hrole  its  a 
Hebrew  to  Hebrews,  and  is  supposed  to  liave 
withheld  his  name  hecaUKe  they  were  suspicious 
of  him  and  not  a  little  prejudiced  against  him. 


BOYS  AND  THEIR  MOTHERS. 

MOST  boys  need  constant  care  from  their 
mother.  And  the  mother  must  learn  to 
bear  with  the  awkward  and  clumsy  ways  of  her 
son.  There  exists  a  relationship  between  moth- 
er and  son  that  it  will  not  do  to  ignore  by  eith- 
er. Sometimes  boys  are  fiiU  of  doubts,  because 
they  love  to  be  independent.  The  Iwst  inde- 
pendence, however,  is  for  all  boys  to  love  and 
respect  their  tender  parent — their  own  dear 
mother.  For  such  a  boy  there  is  alwi>>'s  liope. 
The  world  is  made  better  by  having  such  boys 
in  it. 

But  when  a  boy  has  lost  his  love  and  respect 
for  his  mother,  he  is  in  a  bad  road.  He  should 
be  proud  of  his  mother,  that  is,  he  should  feel 
that  it  is  an  honor  to  have  a  mother  who  is  al- 
ways ready  to  help  him,  advi-se  him,  and  encour- 
age him  up  the  rugged  liill  of  life.  And  then 
too,  motliere  should  ever  remember  that  a  son 
is  full  of  weakness  when  he  thinks  he  is  strong. 
He  don't  run  tlirough  the  room,  upset  chiurs 
and  turn  uji  the  carpet  so  much  because  he  van, 
as  because  he  thinks  it  looks  manly.  That  is 
just  where  he  misses  it.  It  is  manly  to  be  quiet 
in  the  house  and  to  obey  mother.  It  is  manly 
to  carry  wood  and  water  for  her,  to  build  the 
fire,  churn  butter  and  run  errands  when  requir- 
ed. 

Mothera.  do  not  scold  your  boys.  The  desire 
to  be  independent  strikes  a  boy  at  a  veiy  early 
age.  and  with  this  seed  in  his  heart  you  have 
need  of  patience  and  forbearance.  Never  fan 
the  spark  into  a  flame  by  rudeness,  scolding  and 
fault-finding.  When  you  see  the  "  water  begin- 
ning to  boil,"  check  it  with  coolness.  Of  coni-se 
you  do  not  need  to  be  icy.  but  show  yourself  un- 
der full  control,  and  your  boy  will  be  the  wiser 
and  the  better  for  it.  You  need  to  dwell  in  the 
same  house  as  iiiot/ier  and  sou — ^just  what  you 
really  are,  and  peace  ivill  be  plentiful  in  that 
nnmsion. 

TO  ALL  THE  CHILDREN  AT  WORK. 

J  LOVE  to  read  all  your  little  letters,  for  it 
looks  an  if  you  were  working  for  Jesus.  I 
am  Inqipy  to  see  you  all  religiously  inclined,  and 
that  is  what  I  so  much  admire.  1  expect,  from 
the  tone  of  your  letters,  that  you  are  all  well 
betiaved  at  churcli  and  Sabbath-school.  You 
should  be  good  at  alt  times,  but  more  especially 
in  the  Loi-d's  hou-^n.  1  sometimes  think  that  it 
is  surely  disgusting  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord, 
when  children  drag  their  feet  in  church  and 
make  unnecessary  noise  instead  of  being  as  qui- 
et as  possible,  and  change  their  seats  and  go  in 
and  out  during  .services,  or  whisper  and  laugh. 
I  will  now  tell  you  why  I  think  such  behavior 
difipleasiug  to  the  Lord.  I  think  all  parents 
teaeli  their  children  better  than  this,  and  then 
if  they  act  in  thi'^  way  it  is  disobedience.  And 
we  read  in  the  great  and  good  Book.  "  Cliildren 
obey  your  i)arents  in  all  things  for  this  is  wcll- 
pleiLsing  unto  the  Lord."  You  see  it  is  good  to 
be  oliedient  in  all  things.  The  Lonldid  notsuy 
He  would  be  pleased  nith  naughty  children;  mo 
I  know  you  will  all  try  to  please  Jesus  wliile 
ytm  an-  little,  and  then  it  will  be  very  easy  for 
you  to  obey  Him  when  you  are  grown  up, 

I  wisli  all  of  you  dear  little  people  could  visit 
our  Bethel  once  and  see  what  good  behaved  lit- 
tle children  we  have  liere  dnrmg  church  services. 
1  am  not  boasting  of  our  little  folk,  hut  then 
they  should  know  that  grown  up  pei-sons  notice 
and  appreciate  their  good  conduct,  and  thus  be 
enconraKed:  and  the  same  is  calculated  to  cause 
the  children  of  other  vicinities  to  take  pattern; 
for  we  road,  "  follow  no  man  farther  than  he 
follows  Christ."  So  when  one  child  can  puttvrn 
aftx-r  another,  that  patterns  after  Jesus,  a*  much 
iLs  to  show  forth  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit,  they 
art'  safe.  Then  you  see  ehildren,  you  are  quite 
safe   wlien  you  take  your  pattern  atU-r  good, 


bbeJienl~cbiIdren.  But  you  should  shim  the 
nide,  hoistiToiis  children.  No,  not  shun  them, 
but  their  ways.  You  should  encourage  them 
to  leave  off  naughtiness  and  take  up  with  all 
the  good;  txy  to  get  tbcir  parents  to  subscribe 
for  the  BiiETHBEN  AT  'WoRK,  SO  that  their  chil- 
dren can  enjoy  the  ""Home  Circle"  as  you  do. 
Ff  you  cannot  succeed  in  this,  when  you  have 
finished  i-eading  the  paper,  give  it  to  those  that 
do  not  bike  it;  thus  it  will  be  doing  good. 

Now  little  friends  I  have,  this  evening,  taken 
time  to  give  you  some  adrice,  and  I  hope  you 
will  all  study  it.  and  perhaps  I  will  address  yo" 
again.  Yuu  may  all  know  from  this  that  I  love 
all  of  you.     1  am  a  friend  to  you  all. 

REWEfVA  SXAVELY. 
Hinison,  Hi 


COME    UNTO    ME. 

DriirChi/f/rni.— 

I  PROMISED  to  tell  you  how  you  can  come 
to  Jesus.  No  doubt  you  have  been  told 
that  Jesus  is  away  up  in  the  skies  beyond  the 
hounds  of  time  and  space.  Then  you  bear  the 
preacher  say  that  Jesus  is  everywhere  present 
and  invites  you  to  come  to  Him  "just  now," 
and  these  seemingly  conflicting  theories  have  so 
far  confused  your  little  minds,  that  you  don't 
know  what  to  do  in  the  premises,  don't  even 
know  just  how  you  could  come  to  Jesus  if  you 
were  ever  so  willing  to  do  so.  Now  let  me  as- 
sure you  that  not  one  of  you  is  too  little  to  come 
to  Jesus,  or  perhaps  I  should  say  commence  to 
come  to  Jesus.  It  is  true  that  Jesus  has  gone 
away  off  into  a  far  country  persumilh/,  and  has 
told  us  that  he  would  come  back  again;  but  He 
is  not  gone  beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space, 
because  that  woiilil  be  simply  nowhere.  It  is 
also  true  that  He  is,  or  at  leiist  can  be  every- 
where present  in  spirit.  What  does  that  mean  ? 
It  simply  means  that  if  your  father  would  go  to 
Denmark  or  some  other  foreign  country,  that 
his  mind  would  often  revert  back  to  his  pleiisant 
home  where  he  left  his  loving  wife  and  dear 
children,  that  his  wise  counsels  and  good  im- 
pressions would  seenl  more  vividly  present  now. 
than  when  he  was  with  you,  and  if  you  are  good 
children,  and  love  him  very  much,  his  influence 
for  good  among  you  would  not  be  very  much 
diminished.  This  is  what  I  understand  by  be- 
ing jiresent  in  spirit.  Only  this  much  iuoit 
that  Jesus  is  able  to  make  His  influence  felt  to 
a  much  greater  degree  among  His  children,  than 
any  of  us  couhl  do  among  our  children  when 
pei-sonally  absent. 

But  how  can  you  come  to  Jesus  when  He  is 
in  a  far  country?  and  especially  when  you  are 
too  liltle  to  he  haiitized  and  join  the  church? 
My  dear  children,  coming  to  Jesus  is  not  the 
work  of  a  moment,  and  does  not  consist  in  be- 
ing baptized  or  joining  the  church.  You  may 
be  too  little  to  be  haptixed  or  join  the  church, 
but  you  cannot  be  too  little  to  take  the  fii*st  step 
toward  coming  to  Jesus. 

looming  to  Jesus  is  in  reality,  the  work  of  u 
lifetime,  terminating  in  that  happj-  day  when 
He  will  come  Jigain  and  receive  us  all  unto  Him- 
self, that  where  He  is,  there  we  may  be  also. 
Children,  just  iw  soon  as  you  know  the  difl'erence 
between  obedience  and  disobedience  you  are 
large  en(mgh  and  old  enough  to  make  the  im- 
portant Jirst  strp  toward  coming  to  Jesus;  for 
every  time  you  do  as  your  good  jjareuts  bid  you. 
you  are  obeying  God.  and  takiug  one  of  the 
many  necessary  steps  to  complete  the  great 
journey  to  the  golden  City  where  Jesus  and  His 
holy  angels  dwell,  and  where  all  His  good  and 
oi)edient  children  will  one  day  meet  to  part  no 
more  forever. 

Being  bajjtized  and  joining  the  church  are  by 
no  means  the  Jirst  nor  the  lust  steps  in  the 
journey,  though  necessary  steps  to  be  taken  at 
the  pro)iei-  time.  Then,  children,  if  you  have 
not  already  taken  the  Jir»t  steps  of  love  and  obe- 
dience to  parents  and  teachers,  do  so  at  once, 
keep  on  in  the  line  of  duty  and  you  will  surely 
reach  the  celestial  shores  of  everlasting  bliss. 

J.  H.  Pepk. 
Liiu'trk:  III. 


CHILDBEX  AT 


^roii 


K. 


To  H.  P.  Brinkworth.  —  My  De7^~^ 
Friend: — Your  cards  and  poetrj-  are  t]  /'"" 
and  I  thank  you  ever  so  much.  1  Hk^  ..  "'^■ 
because  you  are  trying  to  teach  the  peoV*^ ' 
England  to  obey  Jesus  in!  all  things,  i  f  ,  "' 
glad  when  I  can  read  about  our  Savior  i  *" 
.iesus  to  bless  you,  and  take  care  of  vn  *""' 
will  if  you  ask  Him.     Your  little  friend 

From  Myley  Miller.  — />«;-  KdHur-^y 
must  have  some  little  boys  and  girls  of  «„'  ^" 
for  you  know  just  what  little  people  likp  i  ^'' 
a  little  hoy,  and  have  a  little  sister  Grice 
brother  Stephen.  I  letl  lots  of  playumt  "'''' 
111.,  when  we  came  out  here  two  years  '^ 
Would  like  to  hear  from  them.  I  \\\^^  ^^f- 
fatlier  and  mother  to  tell  me   Bible  stories  "|' 


s  curious  about  the  axe 


swimming. 


From  Ella  Forney. — Dear  KilHor:^\  ^ 


say  that  I  have  a  dear  mother  to  take 


'"'T^Ofjl,. 


,nd  give  me  good  advice,  for  she  died  wlicn  i 
was  only  two  yeai-s  old,  and  now  1  am  tu»i 


Dear  chihlri 


who  have  kind  motlii 


'^'■s.  you  (1. 


not  know  how  much  you  would  niiss  theuiiii 
they  are  gone;  therefore  treat  them  kiiidU-  t 
live  in  Kansas  with  my  sister.  She  hnsonelit 
tie  girl.     My  father  lives  in  Nebniskit,  au,)  {^, 


comes  to  see  me  often.    He  travels 


most  of  th, 


LIFE    WASTED. 

IT  is  a  mournful  story,  when  the  eve  of  life 
arrives,  to  be  constrained  to  sigh,  "I  have 
lost  a  lifetime!  (iod  gave  me  uut  lifetime,  aiul  it 
was  once  in  my  power  to  spend  itas  Aquilaand 
Priscilla  spent  theii-s.  lus  Paul  spent  his,  as  Phebe 
spent  hers.  But  now  that  ouhj  Vile  is  closing, 
and  woe  is  me!  how  have  I  bestowed  it?  in 
making  pincushions  and  playing  the  piano,  in 
paying  morning  calls  and  evening  visits."  ''Ami 
1?—1  have  spent  it  in  reading  newspapei-s  and 
novels,  in  dancing  and  singing  songs,  and  tell- 
ing diverting  stories." 


time  to  pre:u;h.  I  go  to  school  and  to  preacl 
iug  too.  The  Brethren  have  preachiugberpcv 
ery  four  weeks.  There  are  no  members  lier^ 
only  my  sister  aud  her  husband.  They  woulrl 
like  to  live  where  there  are  more  bretbreu. 
LijoiKi,  Knn. 

From  a  Little  Boy.— Dear  Editor —As  y^i^^ 
wish  the  little  folk  to  write,  I  will  try  fortho 
flrst  time  to  write  a  few  lines.  I  see  in  unmw 
fitty-oue  of  the  Brethken  at  Work,  a  question 
for  the  little  folk  about  the  son.  The  prodieal 
story  was  told  by  Jesus  Christ,  and  He  waaM 
them  to  learn  from  it  the  joy  in  heaveu  overth- 
repenting  sinner. 

Plr(,s.i>,t  Mound,  III. 

From  Anna  D.  Ashenbrenuer.— />mc£(/,fo,; 
I  belong  to  the  church  of  Christ.  Wns  baptiz- 
ed  the  Kith  of  June  lfi74.  My  dear  friends,! 
will  say  to  you  that  have  not  yet  come  to  Christ, 
that  it  is  said.  "  To-<Iay  if  you  will  hear  hi- 
voice,  harden  not  your  hearts"  (Heb.  3:7,S.l,i) 
It  seems  sometimes  the  more  we  try  to  do  right. 
so  much  more  the  enemy  works  with  us  fiud 
tries  to  overcome  us,  but  let  us  therefore  "  come 
boldly  to  the  throne  of  grace,  tliat  we  may  ob- 
tain mercy  in  time  of  need." 

Garrison,  lon-n. 

From  Katie  A.  Snavely.— I  live  about  two 
miles  from  uncle  Tlionuis.  Do  you  kaowimcle 
Thomas?  If  not,  it  will  not  take  you  long  to 
get  acquainted  with  him.  I  know  you  would 
like  him,  for  all  who  know  him  do.  I  go  to 
meeting  at  the  Bethel  church.  This  is  near 
Hudson.  I  hope  1  may  see  a  letter  in  the  Home 
Circle  from  Li/./.ie.  I  have  three  brothers  and 
sisters  that  go  to  schtiol. 

Hudson.  III. 

From  Julia  F.  Arnold.— /Mir  Kditor:-\  m 
a  little  girl  twelve  years  old.  I  amaftlicf«dani! 
cannot  go  to  school.  I  like  to  read  the  BliElu- 
REN  AT  WoHK  and  I  like  to  read  the  letters  Irom 
the  little  girls.  I  thought  I  would  write  one 
too.  i  have  three  brothers  luid  three  aistm: 
all  in  the  church  hut  me  and  Willie.  I  have  a 
little  sister  dead;  .she  is  an  angel.  I  like  tog" 
to  meeting  and  hear  the  brethren  preiali.  I 
never  altendeil  Sunday-school  any.  but  1  learn 
ut  home. 

JAmfxtuuf,  Tmn. 

From  Martha  J.  Eisenbise.— It  is  withiilea^- 
ure  that  I  write  these  lines  for  the  Home  Circle. 
At  Sunday-school  to-day  I  recited  two  hunW 
and  nine  verses.  I  aui  happy  to  see  that  even 
the  children  lue  taking  an  interest  in  reailiug 
the  papers  published  by  the  Brethren.  Itisal- 
so  our  duty  to  r.-ad  the  holy  Uible.  for  it  is  the 
book  of  God.  and  in  it  we  are  taught  to  love  ac.i 
obey  God  and  our  parents. 

From  Cassie  Appelman.— y>'vn'  ikttl'<-e"  i-'- 

/Vons.— We  talor  your   paper  and  like  it  ''^^ 

much;  and  as  wj  like  to  read  church  iie^»« 

thought  I  would  write  some.    Our  church  still 

prospei-s,  but  was  very  dull  after  my  dear  pap^ 

died;  is  now  reviving  again.     I  g«  t"  '^''"      ^ 

ery  two  weeks.     We  live  two  miles  fr<«ii  •■"■■ 

meeting-house.     I  attend  prayer  meeting  e"'? 

week.     We  have  about  thirt.v-tive  young  meni- 

bers  here  from  twenty  down  to  ten  years  u 

Kvery  day  and  every  hciur. 

Let  me  ikA  Thy  cleansing  power; 

May  Thy  tender  love  to  me, 

Draw  tue  closer  Lord  fo  Tliee. 

I'hjmouthjnd. 


■sufa?^- 


-"'  ACROSTIC. 


S.nviiig  til"-'  M*-'''!  of  the  Gospel, 
H.riil'liiig  tidings  cif  joy, 
llnii^in^soHla  into  the  kiugdom, 
,\ri''slc(l  from  sins  that  (Ipstroy, 

Speaking  kind  words  to  eucourage, 
Htnvy  in  hnut  those  thiit  bo. 
Ofti-iuig  to  God  svipplicjition. 
itr^tore  tliose  iustniyed  froni  thee. 


T^^^    Hl^KTlIUK^'    A^^    AVOKlv. 


full  of 
from  those 


Mc. 


FROM  CARLETON,  NEB. 
j^,,,' Bivihrm:— 

J  WOUhP.  witliyoiirpcnnission.herfhynoti- 
I  ,y  alhiiy  friends  thiit  I  arrived  home  in 
^„.i,"-  ;ilj(.ut  four  weeks  ago,  tindinfj  my  family, 
mil  kind  friends,  brethren  and  sisters,  "general- 
jv  .juite  well,  lor  which  I  feel  tliankfnl  to  our 
lleiivfiily  FatliLM-.  who  is  the  kind  Preserver  and 
I»ro(ectur  of  :d!  mankind.  Was  vor>-  glad  iu- 
deed  to  get  l*'!*;**"  to  '»y  tlear  Nebraska  home 
^in.  to  this  beautiful  and  seemingly  cnehant- 
i^j  ('(iiintry. 

Soiac  friends  in  Illinois  may  think  that  T  am 
,0.1  euthn^ifi-"'tic  about  this  west^-ni  country. 
,^,it  t!,j^  is  the  way  I  feel.  Although  I  enjoyed 
,1,^  visit,  to  Illinois  very  ranch,  yet  I  prefer 
Xi.liiM-^I(!i  above  any  other  State  that  I  know  of. 

Wlii'H  I  h-ft  lUinoiH  on  the  lr)th  nf  Nov.,  it 
^lok.ii  like  the  middle  of  Winter.  They  I'nul 
two  siiiw  storms  before  I  started.  But  when  I 
■irrived  hojne.  there  wits  not  a  flake  of  snow  to 
heseen,  and  lifid  but  little  before.  We  have 
tai!  siiiu''  biautiful  weather  lately. 

Carrir  Hulsisgek. 


FROM  MONTGOMERY  CO.,  lA. 

Ikiii-  lirclhren: — 
|vN('Kmnn-.  dear  brethren  and  sistei-s,  Wu 
[j  uppi-al  to  you  for  help  ia  building  our 
iiifetiuir-lH'iiw.  Lost  Octobpr  was  the  time  set 
oconiincnce  building  our  house,  but  we  failed 
fur  w;iiit  of  nieans.  We  then  put  the  time  oft' 
iiiiti!  the  nnnirig  Spring,  and  that  time  is  fast 
iipproaching.  and  unless  we"  get  the  small 
iiuiniMit  tliiit  we  have  iwked  for.  we  will  be  com- 
pelifd  to  give  nj)  building  in  the  Spring  again. 
\V.'  hiive  received  a  little  less  than  siOii  nn  the 
,n:.]irriiiy  i'ro]ii)sitioH.  [f  each  menib.r  would 
:;i\r  tIi>>  iiinoiiut  ;e*ked  for.  it  would  give  us  fic 
Mir-hng  to  Iin>.  Miller's  Census,  Jt'rtiJO,  amply 
siillint'iit  for  the  purpose  intended.  By  donate 
ing  the  -mail  amount  we  ask  of  each  member. 
nil  nil"-'-  fiiianeiid  arrangements  need  to  be  iu- 

■'  ' I  with.     Wherever  therL- has  been  a  lit- 

il  iiMit  put  iurth  by  a  brother  or  swter.  it  hiw 
iiiei  with  sucesa  in  getting  ns  n  very  aatisfacto. 
rv  Hni'tiint. 

NVw,  brethren  irnd  sistere  will  you  not  taki 
^  i  Hi.lln-lpusgetiihou.se?  Vou  can  do  i. 
■M  t  ,lr:d  by  It  little  em.rt.  Sister  lloov^r  by 
I  :i't|i>  ijl-.rt  niiscd  *f*.00.  Sister  Rupert.,  by  a 
little.'tiortgaveuN?.S.44.  They  Mud  tliey  felt 
it  llu-irdutv.  Muiiv  otb^ra  Imve  A.»iv  nobly.— 
"■"  ■  '       "        ,         '        .  m    hiive 

■■■  '■      ■  ■    iii-reth 

''      ■  .,.'W.ei 

■'■'-  tij  mi.-,  1  >lo  ntjtr  rt  judti'  .it  yiiii   being 
"I'    to   get    !i  church-house,  seeing    the 
'"  <l^  'if  people,  sitting  on  benches,  made  for 
'^umlreii.     1  believe  the  cause  is  sutlering  hen 
iftrivimt  of  iieonvenient  place  to  worship  in 
'  '■['   '  I    '  trirely  upon  our  dear  bivthren  and 
!■  wo  shall  have  ii  houM' ornol 
'  ■'  '      ■  I   '"■  «eut  in  registered   letter.*  to 
"'"."I  I'osi  ,,,)i,T  .inlcr  on   Viilisca  or  Red 

N.  C.  WoP.KH.VN. 


FROM  BURR  OAK,  KANSAS. 

"\\l'l]r.,l  rvlin  nril  iVom  coiuicil   uii'stiii? 

't ',iiiii'.hiji.'.     This  was  the  fir.^t  inet^tiiia 

II..  I,ii„l  I  ,1,.,.  „ilciiilf(l.    I  fofi  greatly  rt- 

I  ^*tl<.nj;tIiLiK..I  in  the  service  of  the 

""I  in  the  fiiith  uiiil  praetice  of  the  lirclh- 

■..'■    Ihul  II  sermon  hy    Kiaer  Allen   Ives  on 

'";l«y  uijjLt,  SiitiMllay  conni;il  ulectiiig.      Sat- 

■')'  night  sermon  hy  hrother   liailey.      Sim- 

l".v  at  eh.v,.,,^  sermon  by  brother  Porter:  niglit 

I  '""tiler   Ives   again,  followed   by    brolher 

j  '"*■»"  Deter.    All  of  these  were  able  ser- 

"'""N  lull  ol*  sonud  doctrine  "and  Gospel  trutlif. 

ateorili  "  " 


home  in  the  West,  we  wiU  help  any  who  wish 
to  wltle  amongst  u,,  i„  (i„,i  |^j  fj^^  -^ 
some  land  vae.uit  here  yet,  but  generally  rough. 
Good  bind  can  lie  ha.1  tor  Ihrc-  dollars  |K.racr.-. 
Homesteads  cheaii. 

1  love  yonr  paper,  because  it 
Gospel  lessons  to  fp„t  „„,  i],,,,  p„| 
that  are  so  fall  of  knowledge  of  the  will  of  oar 
bkssed  Master.     Your,  in  the  bonds  of  broth- 
erly love, 

A.  W.  AvsTis. 

FROM    MARION    CO..    ILL. 

ABOUT  the  middle  of  August,  1877,  the 
members  of  this  church  met  for  the  pur- 
pose of  consnlting  the  propriety  of  building  a 
meeting-house.  The  members  being  pretty 
vvell  united  mi  the  project,  ne  were  enabled,  by 
liberal  donations  from  the  membcri  ami  out- 
siders, to  order    first-class  building  material. 

The  work  on  the  house  wils  commenced  after 
the  middle  of  September,  raid  by  the  hiat  of 
October  a  home  30  by  42  feet  and  14  feet  to  the 
ceiling,  was  completed,  benches 


lc,..|„..| 

Wii  ;, 


.1.V 


ug  to  mv  weak  judgment.  Monday 
""""s,  brother  Deter  and  niyaolf  went  to 
I '-".ll  t'enter,  and  took  possession  of  W"  acres 
'Wititeiul  land  apiece,  forming  pretty  fair  land. 
11,,!"''''  ?'  'Iii'ougli  your  paper  that  we  want 
If  !Uiy   wish  a 


""''  "1  the   lirethivn   he 


-  -     —id  all,  ready 

tor  meeting.  All  the  work  was  done  by  breth- 
ren and  others,  free  of  charge.  On  the  evening 
of  Nov.  3rd  was  our  comnumion.  Ministei-s 
present  from  other  churches  were,  .Joseph  Hen- 
dricks from  Macon  Co..  Samuel  Forney  from 
Richland  Co..  Martin  Neher  from  Moultry  Co.. 
and  J.  Kesler  from  Bond  Co.  .Joseph  Hen- 
dricks and  Martin  Neher  stayed  a  few  days 
nfter  the  Communion  mid  continued  meeting, 
and  three  dear  ones  were  made  ivilling  to  follow 
the  example  of  our  Savior  and  were  baptized, 
and  we  hope  they  will  walk  in  newness  of  life. 
The  members  were  much  built  up  and  felt  joy- 
ful. But  soon  our  joy  was  turned  to  sorrow 
when  death  maileits  inroad  in  our  vicinity,  and 
took  one  away  that  was  dear  to  all  the  mem- 
ber and  othere.  It  was  Amanda  Wolfe.  Her 
[Hirents  had  died  when  she  w.xi  in  her  in- 
fancy. She  was  raised  anioug  the  Brethren 
and  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  her.  Her  ago 
was  ISyears.  1  month  and  :i4  days.  Disease 
was  typhoid  fever.  Her  funeral  wsis  preached 
by  Klder  John  Met/ger  from  Macon  Co.,  on 
Sundiiy  the  2;Jrd  of  December  to  a  large  con- 
gregation. At  the  same  time  brethren  Henry 
Jonesand  .lacob  Root  from  Bond  Co.,  were 
with  us,  and  meetings  were  continued  day  nnd 
night  for  three  or  four  days,  but  owing  to  the 
rainy  weather,  the  congregations  were  small, 
but  the  interest  was  good.  Tliree  more  were 
made  willing  to  bid  farewell  to  the  sinful  plwis- 
nres  of  tliis  world  in  order  to  be  baptized  ac- 
cording to  the  groat  commission. 

We  now  numl'cr  thirty-six  members  in  this 
congregation  and  good  prospects  for  more 
.soon.  On  th.?  tilth  of  December  iM  church 
met  for  the  |»urpose  of  holding  iiu  election 
for  a  deacon,  which  resulted  in  the  choice 
of  brother  Daniel  Ulery.  Andrew  Xeher 
was  advanced  to  tbp  second  degr-ee  in  the  minis^ 
trj'.  Hope  both  will  be  faithful  to  their  call- 
ing. 

Your^  in  love, 

J.  F.  Xkhku. 
S„}e>,K  III. 


FROM    ELMWOOD.    NEB. 

ikdrJii.-riiiyii:-- 
i  S  this  in  a  very  lonesome  Sunday  to  us,  I 
i\  thought  I  would  try  to  write  a  few  lines 
for  your  excellent  paper.  As  tliis  is  the  lir>it 
Sunday  in  the  New  Year,  how  enjoyable  it 
would  be  if  we  cuiild  have  the  happy  privilege 
to  go  to  church,  but  as  we  are  deprived  of  that 
privilege,  perhaps  some  would  like  to  know 
how  we  spend  our  Sundav-i. 

We  .^pend  tlieni  in  rc;uling  the  Brethren's  pa- 
pers aud  the  Hiblc.  Tlioiigh  we  are  deprived 
of  meeting  with  the  brethren  and  sisters,  we 
arc  not  deprived  of  meeting  with  onrGod.  He 
is  just  ius  near  us  here,  its  in  the  East,  and  is 
jti!it  as  ready  1<>  answer  our  prayers  as  if  we 
were  in  the  Kast.  We  teel  that  He  hiis  often 
heard  our  prayer,  jtn<l  we  jiray  earnestly  that 
He  will  send  us  a  minister  ere  long,  that  will 
pre.ich  for  us,  for  we  ft-td  that  we  are  growing 
careless  in  many  ways. 

In  our  isolated  Ktate  we  often  do  that,  which 
we  would  not  do,  if  we  wore  surrounded  by 
brethren  and  had  the  influence  of  meeting  to- 
gether f.>r  the  worship  of  God.  But  as  we  have 
only  a  fushioualde  world  lo  assoi:iate  with,  our 
situation  is  not  ])le!wint.  But  I  often  think 
we  will  keep  on  calling  to  the  church  to  send 
us  a  preacher,  anrl  pray  to  (Jod  that  our  call 
may  lie  answered.  Oh.  dear  brethren,  you  who 
can  travel,  do  tiiivel  more  than  you  have  done 
heretofore.  Tlu-re  are  but  few  plaees  in  the 
Kast  where  the  people  have  not  sometime  ha»l 
the  chance  to  hear  the  Brethren  preach.  I  oft- 
en think,  where  there  are  plenty  of  preachers 


and  mwtiiiz  ivffularlv.if  th.-y  will  not  hear.the 
fault  i«  their  own.  O  if  those  brethren  that 
an;  w  situated  that  they  cim  triivel,  if  they 
would  go  West  and  hunt  up  thp  scutlervil  mem- 
ber, and  preach  for  tht-m.  and  help  them  build 
up  chun  hf-H.  how  much  good  they  could  do, 
and  how  glad  we  would  feid  for  such  visits. 

r  think  if  a  brother  was  to  come  in  here  now 
and  hold  meeting  for  several  weeks,  much  gowl 
would  W  done.  Bivthwu  ought  st  to  arrange 
their  appointment*  that  they  can  stay  at  one 
phiee  just  as  long  as  it  may  seem  best  to  those 
holding  the  meeting,  let  it  b.>  one  week  or  one 
month.  1  lovp  to  hear  of  the  iirngreRS  of  the 
church.  I  hope  the  time  will  not  Iw  long  till 
ther*  will  In>  a  church  in  all  the  lund.  where 
now  the  true  church  is  unknown. 

Oh,  may  God  bless  our  e.lit.or«  and  enable 
them  to  keep  their  piii)er  pure  and  unspott*'d 
from  the  world,  and  nmy  it  bring  good  alid 
wholesome  nuitter  to  us  throughout  the  year, 
as  it  ia  all  the  proaclie'  we  have. 

From  your  weak  sister. 

.1.  E.  KOYBR. 


REPORT    OF    MONEY. 

THE  following  sums  have  been   received  for 
the  Brethren's  nieeting-luiuse,  Montgonr 
ery  Co..  Ia, 
Big  Grove  church,  Benton  Co.,  Ia.,  by  H. 

B,  Lehman ^i_g' 

Newton    District,  Miami  Co..  Ohio,   by 

Mary  A.  Kupert 8.44 

Bristolville.  Ohio,  A  M.  Hoffman, .0.5 

"  "     S.  C.  Strom 05 

Maple  Grove  Church,  Ohio.  A.  J.  Myers,  .  .5.00 
Membei-s  and  friends  of  Johnstown,    Fa., 

Jiuie  H.  Ream 1,78 

Smithville.  Ohio,  sister  K.  R.  A 3.1 

Saruh  Keim.  Canton  church,  Ohio, 'i:i5 

Leid\  Replogle,  Woodbury.  Pa., 1.00 


Many  thanks  for  the  above.  Iluvc  received 
a  little  less  than  one  huiulred  dollars  yet.  — 
Brethren  and  sistere  please  send  your  donations 
at  once. 

Sn..\s  MonTox. 

N.  C.  WoHKMAN. 


FROM  JEWELL  CO.,  KAN. 

I  HAVE  just  been  made  rejoice  to  see  that 
there  aix-  still  ^onie  brethren  sy  earnestly 
<-ontending  for  the  ancient  tjrder  of  things,  aud 
consider  it  highly  necessary  in  this  age  of  the 
worl'l,  seeing  there  is  so  nnich  pride  and  iblly 
creeping  into  the  chui-ch.  Yes,  ami  that  to  sucli 
an  extent  that  many  lights  are  growing  dim,  and 
some  are  gone  out.  We  ;u-e  to  let  our  liglit  so 
shine  before  men  that  tliey  may  see  our  good 
works  and  be  thus  constrained  to  glurity  our 
Father  who  isinheaven.  This  thing  of  letting 
our  light  (shine  is  too  much  neglected  among  us. 
es|)eciid]y  among  the  young.  Dear  young  meni- 
bers,  we  have  all  promised  to  foraake  the  sinful 
pteasuivs  of  this  world,  and  we  have  vowed  to 
God  that  we  xvould  live  faithful  lo  Him  ami 
walk  according  tu  the  rule  He  has  laid  down  in 
His  sacred  Word.  Then  why  will  we  try  to 
carry  ixdigion  in  one  hand  and  the  world  in  the 
other.  We  mujit  forsake  the  one  or  the  other, 
for  it  h  said,  weuanuot  ?.erve  God  and  mammon. 
\V<'  are  to  be  jis  a  city  i-rt  <m  a  liill  which  can- 
not be  hid, 

Very  often  my  mind  is  carried  back  to  the 
East,  when  I  was  yet  but  u  hul;  when  the  (dd 
ba-thren,  who  are  now  in  eternity,  used  to  imi- 
Utml  so  strongly  for  the  ancient  older,  an! 
iiionishod  so  earnej<tly  againvt  many  things  t '  i 
lu-e  now  allowed  among  the  brvthren  and  sister-; 
especially  pride. 

Now  brethren  and  sisters,  let  mc  say  to  one 
aud  i;ll.  as  we  have  but  few  diiy.x  to  occupy,  and 
many  troubles  and  trials  hen'  to  contend  with, 
let  usask  God  to  lead  and  guide  us  safely  through 
this  unfriendly  worlil,  lud  al  la.t  receive  us  in 
heaven  where  we  cau  meet  around  Hi^  tlirone. 

v\9  we  are  i'm  in  the  We.*t  I  often  think  of 
the  brethren  in  the  Eiwt,  where  we  were  per- 
mitted to  meet  together  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord.  Brethren  pray  for  us,  that  we  may  hold 
out  faithful  to  the  end.  May  God  bless  and 
save  us  all,  is  my  prayer. 

AHHAU.\M  F.VGRH. 

Jau.  :ir<l.  i<7H. 


church:   xe^vs 

From  West  lima,  WU.-When  our  Imrth- 
r.'n  from  Illinnis  were  last  with  mi,  the  umallpox 
was  troubling  our  [icople  some,  bat  it  ha-  now 
abnhHl.  Any  brother  df^iKning  to  ch«ng«  his 
residence  should  (:ive  a^  n  call,  as  we  very  much 
m-Pd  help.  There  are  eight  pW«.  for  pn-iuihing, 
imd  I  cannot  fill  more  than  half.  I  am  only  a 
begiimer,  and  like  many  other*.  Ulwr  gw«  huid 
with  me.  Our  soil  is  good,  climrit.-  healthy,  be- 
ing almost  the  same  as  Northern  [llinois.  Per- 
sons of  limited  means  should  girc  us  a  cdl. 
For  further  information  addrMs  me  as  ubove. 
C.M,iui  Fooi,r_ 
From  Now  Franklin,  0.  —  We  have  had 
ry  mild  Winter  weather  up  to  .Inn.  Ut.  since 
Hiat  we  have  hud  Winter  in  fact  Mercurr  fell 
to  lour  degrees  below  zt-ro  on  the  moniing  of 
the  sixth.  Health  i»  good  in  this  section  of 
country-.  IJro.  Je*sc  Calvert  was  with  us  and 
labored  faithfully-  from  Dec.  16th  until  .Un.  2. 
We  hiul  a  very  encouraging  si-riei  of  meet- 
ings. Fortv-two  were  made  willing  to  come 
out  on  the  Lonl's  side  and  i:onfi's»  Christ  before 
God  and  many  witnesses.  Three  were  recbura- 
ed.  milking  (orty-five  in  all. 

TnK  BuETnuHN  at  Wokk  is  growing  in  fa- 
vor with  us.  A  brother  n^uarked  to  meyestcr- 
day,  that  it  is  a  good  preacher.  May  the  good 
Lonl  assist  you  in  keeping  it  gowl  in  the  sight 
of  God  and  your  patrons. 

I>.  K.  BOWMAS. 

From  Puntlier  Creek  Clniri-h,  IW.—Hrrth- 

rrn  Kililnrs.—We  often  feel  to  thank  our  heav- 
enly Father  for  casting  our  lot  among  the 
Bivthron,  and  of  having  the  privilege  of  attend- 
ing church  luid  Sabbath-school.  Our  Sabbath- 
school  closi-d  about  live  weeks  ago.  We  had  a 
verj-  pleasant  school  through  the  Sumhier.  and 
know  we  were  all,  both  teachers  and  seholara, 

profited  by  it.  and  through  it  we  think  a  great 

Total;  ]ti.Oi)|'''''^*"''e''"''^^"-'"lo»e;  since  last  April  twenty- 
four  have  enlisted  imd  taken  Jesus  f.ir  their 
Ciiptitin,  moat  of  them  being  Siibbafh-^chooi 
scholars.  Let  us  all  try  in  future  to  W  more 
zealous  of  good  works;  forgetting  self  luid  work 
for  the  saving  of  souls  is  the  prayer  of  your 
most  unworthy  sister. 

Hkhxick.I.  Ashmobe. 
3r,th.  lf<J7. 


DIKD. 


Oli.lunrics  shoiili)  bv  liri 
paper,  iinil  soptir 


HAY.— In  the  Cherrv  Grove  ehureh.  Carroll 
Co..  III.,  on  the  4th  of  January.  l^TS.  sifter 
Swlie  Hay,  aged  lit  years.  tJ  months  and  Ifl 
days.  Funerid  occasion  improved  by  Bro.  S. 
11.  Bashor. 


Ay. 

From  Silver  Creek  Chiirtli.— /(rr/AiTH. 

Shtei-H  aud  j'natdltf  hmdn-ii:—\}p  to  January 
1st,  we  did  not  have  verj-  man^-  meetings,  on 
ai-fount  of  the  roads  Iwing  almost  impa-waWe. 
We  are  all  trying  te  get  along  in  the  Master's 
cause.  We  have  not  increased  runny  in  number 
since  our  Love-feast  in  Jane,  but  we  an-  trying 
to  grow  strong  our«clve*.  nnd  nrv  living  in  hopes. 
We  believe  many  are  counting  the  cost,  and 
|)evhtipn.  like  the  man  of  old.  are  made  fu  feel, 
"almost  thou  persuadot  me  to  In-  a  Chri-ftiaa." 
Then;  is  a  pnwpect  of  us  having  ;i  -i-rie*  of  meet- 
ings in  four  weck><.  Brethren  K'l-.-nlx'rger  and 
Dickey  inomlsed  to  come  and  l,iin>r  with  os- 
We  may  look  for  an  ingathering  into  the  fold, 
God  grant  it.  Brother  David  Itittenhoose 
l)reached  two  ^e^Honsat  Fraltvdic.  mi  the  or- 
dinance of  baptism.  The  first  »iL-ht  lu- talked 
of  thedesiftn.  the  iK-nefit,  the  command,  who 
are  lit  subjects:  he  defended  the  caus^-  nobly  and 
(he  conjrR'Sufion  w.-is  inli'ri--tt'd  and  gave  the 
best  attention  pit-.-iibb-.  Th.-  last  night  his  ser- 
mon was  nio.'tly  reading  hi-.torj*  to  prove  the 
mode,  Tbi'  did  not  t;d{e  so  w«'ll!  Hib <-»i!iff|vg»- 
tion  was  sprinklers,  poiirei  ■  ;,m- 

ints.    univeiN;di!-!s,   infidel ~  rs. 

(;,..-.d  .ird,.r.  r.';t  f  t;T;r  no  V .  ...us 

..  i'-...l  ,sub- 
■:  thi-y  hare 
I  .iild  j»  hou*e 
1  b;iM-iueui  stur^',  to  t-t- 
More  auou. 
JmvH  SlIASFOfB. 

From  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa.— We  are  a  little 
biuid  living  ia  tfiL- Nmili'eusti'i  II  purtvf  Marshall 
Co.  We  nuudn-r  siswu.  .M\v  '>urhea\-enly  ¥n- 
:lifr  count  us  all  nortfiy  t>t  Mniid  at  His  right 
baud,  when  Uo  vili  SLiy  to  w  many,  "  I  knov  you 
nut."  We  belong  to  the  Iowa  Uivcr  church. 
Hold  meeting  in  a  sfanobhouie.  Over  a  year  ago, 
brother  Wilbaui^  of  Mo.,  \\:i$  here  aud  preached 
smne  for  us.  Sometime  after  brother  Henry 
Strieklcr  of  Grundy  Co.,  came  and  staid  a  short 
time  :  then  brother  Hall  of  our  own  eongr«g«uoQ 
came  and  held  a  few  meetiogv,  and  iliis  winter  Bro. 
I<emuel  Hillery  was  here.  Bro.  Hall  was  in  at- 
teadaiice  and  proiuiseit  i-i  wme  back  ai^iin  soon. 

The  people  ore  please«l  with  llic  Brethren's 
preaching.  Some  have  innny  ipin^tious  to  isk. 
Five  have  joined  duriug  tlicSum.iuraiid  Winter, 
and  one  more  bos  made  up  her  tuiud  to  come. 
The  roads  have  K'cn  bad  all  Winter,  ore  getting 
good  now.  The  health  of  the  country  U  good. 
We  have  niauv  things  to  be  thankful  for. 

M.  C.  Miller. 


iorty  iiy  fixiy  iwl,  with  i 
tinished  by  October  13th. 


THK    liRETHRElsr    ^T    AVORK. 


Jan 


From  (iBicslMire.  HaiiHaw.— On  the  even- 
ing of  ibc  ItJth  inxt,  at  the  t>nm\  place  of  meet- 
iog.  an  able  ilunoun*  wo*  prcotJiwl  by  the  son 
of  our  Moved  elder.  Three  yean.  Bfc'o  he  was 
«le».le.i  l->tlK'  minialr)-.  Six  months  IuUt  he  left 
us  withoiil  au  nlHinpt  to  fill  bi«  office,  but  he  has 
nown-turncd  Uy  preach  in  the  same  echtw ■l-hou»e 
where  he  yiof  eilucatol.  Afler  (.inging  and  pray- 
er, he  or<»e  ami  announced  his  text, "'  What  have 
I  done."  lie  told  us  of  what  G'xl  has  done  for 
u»,  of  what  God  has  reciuiri-d  of  um  Ut  do  etc. 

He  preached  nine  successive  sermons  and  then 
auspcndwl  to  go  with  biw  father  (Eld.  Sydney 
Hodgdni)  U)  nlUnd  ft  series  of  meetings  in  an  ad- 
joinioK  county.  Wo  exi>ect  their  return  on  the 
13lh  '>f  Jan.  to  continue  our  meeting,  and  hope  to 
galliiT  Iho  golden  seed  that  he  has  sown.  The 
fteeilKown  wax  good,  and  wo  belicvcBome  has  fallen 
in  well  prepared  ground. 

When  I)ro.  llodgdcn  was  eieclcd  to  the  niinii 
try,  lie  was  niiietceu  years  old  with  n  commoi 
echiK)l  e<Iucati<>ri.  Many  th"uglit  we  hud  uct«d 
unwiwrly,  but  now  the  common  remark  i 
would  have  thmihgt  that  it  was  in  that  boy  to 
make  such  a  speaker."  Hut  he  has  only  confirm- 
ed UH  in  our  hclief,  that  mioii^tcrs  ought  to  he  put 
to  work  while  yning.  1  rio  not  mean,  put  to  the 
houMuki^epiiig,  for  wc  have  fathers  to  do  that,  but 
make  the  younj;  men  work  in  the  uiininlry, 

A  Memiier. 
Dct.  P.O.  ls77. 

From  It  (JSP  ml  ale,  JAo.—Dcar  Brethren  : 
Bro.  Jii'-oh  Hoidiiirger  comnionced  ft  series  of 
nu'eting.i  on  lUc  evening  of  the  15th  inst,  at  what 
is  kni)wn  ns  (he  I.ilc  sehool-houso  in  Nodaway  Co. 
The  roads  were  bad  and  the  weather  cohL  Uro. 
Iloidiarger  proclaimed  the  Word  iu  its  purity  to 
the  anxious  hearcm,  who  turned  out  quite  well, 
runsidi-ring  the  inclemency  of  the  weather.  On 
lii*it  Sunday  eleven  made  tiie  goorl  confeiwiun,  ftud 
were  bnpti/.e(l,  and  arow;  (we  hope)  to  walk  in 
newnes*  of  life.  He  baptized  them  in  the  view 
of  a  large  crowd,  who  paid  the  very  best  attention. 
Bro.  Uoubiirger  closed  the  meeting  at  that 
place,  and  cnnie  down  into  Andrew  Co.,  and 
preached  a  sermon  at  Hickory  I'oint.  On  Monday 
evening  he  bade  us  farewell,  and  took  the  cars  for 
home  on  Cliristmun  morning.  May  God  add  his 
hlessings  to  all  lluit  hue  lieeu  said  and  done. 

WiLi.i«  White. 
Jhc.  27.  JK77. 
From  Ma])l(>  (Ji-ovc  ('liiircli,  Ohio.— Wc 

■comiuenecd  a  series  of  meetings  on  the  5th  inst, 
and  cuntiuned  until  the  14th,  having  meeting 
every  diiy  and  evenintj.  We  did  not  send  oH"  two 
or  three  hundred  miles  for  u  pivachcr,  but  invited 
two  of  our  brethren  from  an  adjoining  church. 
H.  S.  Jacobs  and  William  Kiefer  came  to  liclp  us  ; 
nftor  coutinuiug  the  meeting  one  week,  the  inter- 
est seemed  to  increase  and  we  gave  an  invitation 
Ri)  ihnt  if  any  wished  to  join  in  with  the  people  of 
(iod,  Ihey  should  arise  to  llieir  feet  or  otherwise 
n)uke  it  known  by  coming  forward.  ICight  came 
forward  and  detired  to  become  the  children  of 
God,  On  Sunday  morning  two  more  made  &]>• 
plicaliou,  making  ten  in  all. 

Uro.  D.  X.  Worknmn,  of  A»hlund  church, 
pleached  Ibr  ns  ou  Huuday  forenoon  and  he  volun- 
teered to  perform  bii])li?ni ;  and  oh,  the  scene 
the  water:  some  hiid  colIOcted  tliere  jierhaps  out 
of  curiosity  to  ^ee  those  dear  young  converts  go 
into  lliL-  liipiid  stream  made  of  snow  and  ice.  .Ma- 
ny tears  were  shi-d  on  the  oceasiou  and  the  ^cene 
will  long  be  remembered.  Thejoy  we  fell,  words 
cannot  expre«9,  to  see  our  children  coming  into 
the  fold  before  they  have  got  so  fur  into  the  al- 
lurements of  the  world.  Wo  have  had  a  fair  in- 
eruifle  ninco  last  harvest ;  have  baptized  twenty- 
two,  mostly  young  pci-sons.  May  God  add  hia 
bicssiugi?  to  our  lilttc  Hock. 

Geor(;i:  Worst. 


GLE^NIlSrGS. 


From  Jo>i.  h.  Myers.— We  now  have  meet- 
ing going  on  at  John's  Corner.  Attendance  good 
constidering  the  condition  of  tlie  roads,  Ilro.  Geo. 
ZolhirB  was  with  us  over  Sunday.  Brethren  J.  J. 
Kmmerl  and  Levi  Trostle  continued  with  ua  up  to 
date.  Bio.  K.  will  leave  tliis  morning,  while  Bro. 
T.  will  »lay  awhile  lunger  and  continue  holding 
I'orih  tlie  Word  of  Trulli.  Hope  much  good  may 
be  done.— .Se/-/ii.y.  R/.  Dec.,  ly/A,  1877. 

Fl'OlU  J.  Vi,  StcIn.— I  see  you  made  a  mis- 
take iu  the  heading  of  currcspondenrc  between 
Cunningham  and  myself,  lie  is  a  Canipbel lite, 
not  a  Bapli-Kl.  In  my  remarks,  *'  a  peculiarity  of 
haptiem,"  i-hniild  have  b».cu,  "a  peculiarity  of 
IJnbylon." 

From  ElKil'Ii  Kby.— Christmas  day  quite 
Btorniy;hij:h  wind,  with  ft  little  snow;  not  cold. 
Brethren  Hope  and  l\.skild»cn  went  about  twenty 
miles  North  along  the  sea-cons!,  to  hold  meetings ; 
we  declined,  having  to  go  on  fool.  Calls  for  preach- 
ing ctill  increa-aing.  Last  Sunday  there  were  two 
appuiutiueutA  about  twenty  mitt:^  apart.      Our 


health  is  still  good,  and  the  brethren  and  sisters 
are  in  good  health  ai^i  far  as  I  know.  Our  mail  has 
not  boeu  very  regular  for  some  time.  We  are 
looking  anxiously  for  another  paper,  and  several 
letters.  Hope  they  will  soon  come.  Love  to  all. 
—lljorring.  Denmark,  Dm.  26, 1877. 

From  D.  B.  Stargis.  —  I  hope  to  soon 
prepare  some  articles  for  your  valuable  paper, 
which  I  prize  very  highly.  Hope  it  may  have  a 
very  extensive  cireulalion,  not  only  among  the 
Brethren,  but  it  should  be  read  by  the  so-called 
impular  Christian  denominationfl,  an  well  as  non- 
profesaore. — South  Bend,  Ind. 

From  Levi  Hoffert. — Our  dear  brethren 
Fadely  and  Ives  came  to  our  midst  on  the  7th  inet 
and  [(reached  for  us  a  few  sermons.  Truly  the 
Brethren  shunned  not  to  declare  the  whole  counsel 
of  God.  We  had  no  additions  by  biiptiam  during 
the  meetings  ;  but  blessed  be  God,  two  members 
were  again  restored  to  the  church.  We  trust 
the  members  were  built  up  and  encouraged 
to  continue  faithful  in  the  cause  of  our  Master. 
May  God  reward  our  Brethren  for  their  labors. 
—  Carldon,Ncb.,Jan.  ISllt.  1878. 

From  M.  D.,  Beiitou. — Our  meeting-house  is 
situated  one  and  one-half  miles  north  of  Bloom- 
ville,  Ohio.  Our  church  is  in  a  prosperiug  condi- 
tion, having  received,  during  the  past  year  eleven 
by  baptism  and  reclaimed  one,  making  in  all  twelve. 
May  the  good  work  go  on,  and  may  many  sons  aud 
daughters  be  brought  into  the  fold  of  Christ. 
—liockawny.  O.,  Dec.  lHh,  1877. 

From  B.  F.  Stump. — Not  having  gone  to 
meeting  to-day  on  account  of  cold  weather,  I  will 
try  and  write  a  few  lines  for  your  paper.  We  ap- 
preciate your  noble  effort  in  disti'ibuting  the  glad 
tidings  of  salvation  ;  w.irning  the  sinner  and  cheer- 
g  the  pilgrim  ou  his  way.  We  expect  minister- 
ing Bretlireu  from  Kansas,  to  hold  meeting  in  oui 
neighborhood  this  week,  viz :  brethren  Meriea 
Luyeubeel  and  Fadely.  We  hope  much  good  may 
be  done, — Davenport,  NS.  Jan.  Glh,  1878. 

From  I.  Price.— "We  had  meeting  several 
days  at  Green  Tree.  Eleven  baptized  last  Sun- 
day. Likewise  a  meeting  iu  the  Coventry  churcli 
— Lawrenceville  Branch.  Baptism  to-morrow  at 
the  Home  meeting- house,  and  on  Friday  at  Law- 
renceville, in  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  Thirty-five  names 
sent  me  as  candidates  for  baptism  on  those  four 
days.     Meeting  to  continue  all  this  week. 

Fnmi  Henry  >V.  Strickler. — It  has  seemed 
good  ta  me  lo  write  you  a  few  lines  in  the  way  of 
introducing  myself  to  you  ;  thinking  perhaps  you 
are  not  so  well  acquainted  with  me  as  I  am  with 
you.  Knowing  therefore  the  delicacy  of  so  many 
brethren,  I  would  simply  .suggest  a  further  and 
more  thorough  acquaintance  between  us,  would  be 
by  you  making  me  a  friendly  visit,  say  as  early 
as  you  can  in  January,  with  the  Brethren  at 
WoRK.and  repeat  it  oncea  week  fortwelve mouths, 
aud  I  dare  say,  we  will  be  better  acquainted. 

[Thank  you  brother;  we  will  be   happy  to  visit 

you  tach  week  during  the  jiresent  year,  aud   hope 

our  new-formed  acquaintance  may  ripen  into  great- 

for  each  other.     The  Lord  help   us    to    be 

faithful  to  each  othei.  — Ed.*]. 


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UOOEE,  BASHOE  ii  BSHELMAIT, 

LAHASK,  Carroll  Cfl.,  B 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  passenger  train  going  east  leaves  Lnnnrk  at  IS^^l 
r.  M,,  tvnd  nrrivcH  in  lUicine  iit  6;43  P.  M. 

Day  passenger  train  going  west  leaves  Lanark  at  2: 16"- 
M„  nnd  urrivvs  nt  Kock  Ulnud  at  5:60  1'.  M. 

Night  pnssenger  trnins.  going  eiisl  nnd  west,  locel  «ml 
lenvo  Lnnark  at  •2/M  A.  M  .  iirrivinj!  in  Itnoiuo  ol  9;00 
A.    M.,    and    at    Itnok  Nbiud  ii(ll:lHI  A.  M. 

Pi,..i.,i.i   ....I    1 1   .:   .      ■!-.... .11    ,.|,u    well*' 

!(i  I'.  ,M.,  »'"' 


'.\.  .M  .  1  r,  .M. 


Ill'  M, 


Ti.k.UH  or^.  wid  f»r  above  iraiu-  only.  I'MffagW 
truius  niiikc  cloae  connection  at  l\e»toru  L'nion  Juncln"!' 
a.  A.  SuiTii.  Ag«n>- 

Pnioiengers  for  Chicago  should  leu*.-  Lniimk  ni  13:-' 

I'.  M.;  run  to  the  Wcsiefn    Uni..n   .n. :■     '■■■  "' 

need  wail  but  li>e  minutes  for   ib.    '^i  *'■  '"'^  " 

JJ"'!  St.  I'uul  pa»»enger  trnio,  and   d '■  '     /'^|,„. 


the  W 
licrv  111 


„.|„r,,      MllWilU'^" 
■i':|iill.   lllHD  nil'     ■  ipUi'l?"'  ,     ,. 

.1  i.-emlLo  mam-  ™  ""'",i„ 
.  .h,.i,Kocar.  for  l.Luk,  U'l  u"" 
liiuruiug. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"lielmld  I  Briny   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  U  vnto  All  J'eopU." -Lvxr. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  January  31,  1878. 


No.  5. 


ijlie  Brethren  at  Work. 

EIJITED  AND  PUliUSHBI)  WEEKLY 

J. II.  Mnorf .  S.H.Baslim.,  M..H.Esbcliimn. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBD'IORS; 


-  LAllOOA,  Uil). 
-       NRWTOSIA,  MO. 

-  -  VUtDES,  ILL. 
-IVAYNKSIlOllO,  l'.V, 

-  l"UIUN.\,    ILL. 


■■.VOIIK  FOVi  JESUS. 


fact  whoUy  beyond  otiv  imdoiiig.  But  wheth- 
er our  life  shull  bo  Li/'<',  or  whether  it  shiill  be 
wUiit  «in  iiluiie  can  niiike  it.  is  ibr  UH  In  tletcr- 
miuo.  When  the  Holy  (ihoit  <lrebuw  thnl 
there  is  such  ii  slulc  as"i.inso  WHILE  iiv 


SI.1..  „1  rebpua,.  „n.l  live  like  the  wnrl.l.  Thoy  ,  intent  i.  „l  „,fc.  J„„,  j,  ,,,„j,,  ,,„„  ^,, 
won,Iu|>ninmmon,ehealUodapoor,iiam|irjrthcir  U>c  greuliT  our  distreo  the  more  will  He  do  for 
lusts,  imd  offer  u),  the  es.,e„™  of  body  wid  .ool  [  u..      While  the  rich    ha.e  many  friend.  o„ 

on  the  altar  of  Bual-1'eor.     Christ  must  be  the    earth,  .lesu.  u  the  special  fViend  of  11 

...,.,  I  '*'  "f  ""'■  ''f'.  "■=  SO"!  "f  "'"  soul.    The  Ho.   and  the  i.oor  have  cm™  to  reioiee  ' 

„rr  m.u,,    It .,   pre,.o>lerons   to  contend  (hat    ly  Ghosf.  iuRre..*  i„  the «       '  '  "  ' 

Kienui!  Death   must  mean  extinetio 


]\ 


ne-v  birth  i«  a.s  real  n»  [  thi,.  .Ie.>na  i<  the  sinner',  friend.  H. 
,„  .  .,  ,.  '"  "*■"'«■"'•'>""•'' "f.'-l"""!"  in  the  vitaliration  of  .Vl-;  save  them  from  their  »in«.  rjHhlvV 
If  you  an,  ,n  „8h    relat.on    ,„  God.  you  are    an,.    Of  all  dece,. ,  none  i.  so  eomnmn  aud    hat  weep  for  a,  ,he„  "i.    Ue-  W 

nc  „,„nly  m  the  Father-hfe,  so  that  yon  not    a«vful  a,  .hi,s  of  re„,in,  our  destiny  on  the  ..,;,.    and  »ilLe„m,n.„y   „.  th  Jgh   iL  „  .     .  ,  - 

onlyhve  or  I.,^  „ra„sly,  but  yon />,  m  the ';,-.«.„,  that  we  .re  ,x,conciW  to  Hod.    The>^    ley  and  sharlo,  of  death  

>en.e  ol  hfe  belor.  s,„  w»,  or  when.  God  w»   „  „,.  ,upp„.iti„„  about  it,  but  i»,e  a,  liwl  ™d  [     Then  let  n.  all  make  J.™,  our  W  Fri..,,.! 

.vet  the  sole  B![i9l..nee.    All  m.ral  b..ing  not  »o  ;  "nmutable  as  the  Kternul  Throne.    Water  will  i  lly  so  doing  all  will  1»  well  with  n 


chiU-actered  and  «o  related  is  death,  aud  will  tt-    ""*  luoro  certainly  seek  aud  find  its  lowest  li 


main  death etcrmdly.     "  It.'C.^iis,.  I  Il\ 


,,),  ,11  1.1  nTi.Vrlhi.l,™  „f  t 


ive  uls 

0.' 

Ihj'an 

we  livi 

ai 

■I  .vet  liv 

tilo.se  1 

li 

.1,,,-..   il 

Thi-ii  you  shttlt  your  Savior  know. 

Willie  Ibi-  Ji'HUs,  love  joui-  Miutui-— 
,\I1  His  iii-i!CPpt.3  nov  obey: 

rii.ii  yoti  bhiiH  he  Uupjiy  ever, 
Sii  tlK>  ;3orii)tui"t'3  tv-cli  iiiul  siiy. 

\Vi.;"k  Vdi-  >}vi»it,  lii'Ii)  your  bniUicr 


I  1 1 1  1 .  1  liiive  II  C  il  I'lStiiui  love. 

\\ l'>r  .U'sus,  thcR'  an>  widowii, 

1  ,  i-tiincc  often  iiGwl; 

'    .  ii    Iniifly  ln^iirtfl  ill  sndnp-i'* — 

>.!,.  I..-    looii,  uh,  lu'itrtliPiii  pieiul. 

.>rk   for  Jlsus,   tliiiik  of  orphiiii:^. 
\i  tliey  fnth(.'rlt;:'»  must  roam: 
I  111  you  not  do  foniRthing  for  thoni 
I'lutt  will  cbour  tbvir  heiLirU  nud  homel-' 

i\nk  for  .Ie»U8,  see   tbc  simiprs 
I  )ii  tbe  dowiiwivrd  roud  to  woe: 

(  111  you  not  iu  Bomc  way  savo  tUem? 
Uas!  IVuui  t'urtb  they  soon  must  go. 

U  oik  for  Jesus,  tbiuk  of  futher 

An  Im  toilsi  from    moru  Ull  uigbt; 
Suvf  your  uiotiiL-i" — love  huv  desu'ly, 

l)ii  iu)t  cause  bcr  bopes  to  hligbt. 
Wurk  lor  Jesus,  work  belk'viug 

N--  tlu-y  botb  togetlier  go; 
!  .utli  witbuut  Uie  pvoiuT  working, 

I-     hM.  rlnrtfl   H>f>  rbi-istiniii  know. 


I.i-I     11,    til    tun-    fV.TV   rlliu-l. 

Alwiiy.-*  hewl  tin.'  Siivior's  call. 

Work  for  Jesus,  brother,  lot  us 
li"  our  duty  eveinioiv, 

TIu-'i  w.'w  li,-;irtlie  tlie  Savior"9"wi 
'itiier    sbore. 


iiXERNAL  LIFE. 


BY  C.  H.  UA  LSD  A  UGH. 


'i''*  t'  liubv  hi  Christ:— 

A-^i'Y  a  Person  can  have  Eternal  Life  iutbe 
^  (ibMlitU-  sense  of  duration,  and  that  Per- 
son must  be  God.  But  lie  is  not  mentioned  iu 
tlie  S^cied  Oracles  as  being  Kliunal  abniily  i» 
tl»"t  sense,  Consequently,  when  it  is  presented 
«*  till-  lioritiigc  of  tboaf  who  caiiuot,  in  the  ua- 
^"i*  of  tilings,  be  immortal  sw  God  ii*,  »iiin>ly  us 
■consciously  existing,  it  must  be  in  a  leuse  in 
wlucli  the  ui'p.  is  move  profoundly  emphiwiited 
tlum  the  Ktemal.  The  true  life  iw  endless,  not 
Wusi-  it  live.s  lor  it  lived  belon-.  but  its  El«i-- 
"'ty  is  God'd,  wliicL  means  as  uiueh  more  thaJi 
JJtistence,  im  lioiincss  means  more  thuusiu.  To 
live  iLs  Qod  lives  is  Eternal  Life.  To  liv©  llO»- 
'iU-  lo  Him  is  Eternal  Death,  wliii.h  in  the  ab- 
*^»'^-  of  (ioffs  life,  and  the  lupture  of  tilial 
^'-Uum  i.,  Mi,,,      'pi„.  ]j;ti.niity  of  onr  b-int;  i* 


M-tlHlrtrmr.,   . 

ter  (loath,   iv 
not  extinctiiM   i 

could  not  beappeiiiod  to  wirh  the  otter  ol  (no- 
vation. The  iulriiifiv  iiiUurH  of  tbut  death 
wliiL-b  is  sigiiilicJ  by  the  ubweuce  of  Kteruul 
Lite,  h  Ji-)t  line  tbiny;  bi-yumi  the  grave,  and 
lun.tiun-  on  this  sid-.-.  yim  .■,  [f  "f  ,  ;ut  1m.-  dealb 
and  yet  life  here,  it  ii- in   the 

world  to  como. 

Do  not  piTplex  your  luti.i  .ibi.ii;  Ir.iiigtver. 
but  about  liiing.  Without  makini;  or  unmak- 
ing of  your  immortality,  you  Imve  iwitbing  to 
do.  That  is  the  gixiuud  of  being  whicU  i»  to 
serve  your  opijortuuity  aa  to  bliw*  and  glory,  or 
misery  arid  degradation.  Chvi8t  Uve*,  the 
iievilia^kiid^vs  tp  Ute.  he  once  enjoyed;  aud  you 
!ivf  beaiuif  vou  ,.iv  in  ('It.n^t  iiml  I'linst  jn 
you.  ■•  Piissal Jivm  iftnth  unto  tij')-—"  XWm  \!> 
the  gieut  faet  of  saiiit-hood,  and  the  {:reat  ar- 
gument that  thf  dyatb  of  Bin  and  damiiailon  i» 
the  dedth  of  holy  cbanicttr  ;ind  n,^  bi-utitude, 
mill  Eternal  Lite  is  the  antithesis  of  the  lift^ 
death  into  whieh  oil  enter  who  sin,  and  iu  which 
all  the  impenitent  abide  forever.  You  live  with 
Uod'»  life,  and  thin  involves  not  only  Eternity, 
,  but  Hia  Eternity.  Aud  thus  living,  you  want 
a  corresponding  sub^idleiice.  "  1  li't,  ijct  ml 
I,  but  Christ  lifdh  iinue"  (Uul.  -J:  20).  Tbi.H  is 
uot  simply  11  dogmatic  assertion,  hut  u  livuig 
experience,  not  a  figure,  but  a  fact.  "  AVer;// 
Iff  eat  the  jlesli  of  the  Son  of  Mati,  antl  dviiik 
IIi.<  hlii'jd,  ijt  luiff  710  li/r  ill  tfint"  (John  ti:  53). 
This  is  Eternal  1/ife,  not  that  it  la^ts  evermore, 
but  it  is  "that  wiiich  was  from  the  beginning," 
aud  without  beginning,  when  it  haduo  couuter- 
part.  To  li'f,  in  the  deep.  Divine,  Eternal 
sense,  is  to  bf  what  eimnot  be  tainted  with  evU. 
"Whosoever  is  born  of  Go<l  doth  not  commit 
sin,  for  hia  seed  iviuaiiieth  iu  him:  imd  he  <«/(- 
n'it  sin,  bfcau-f  be  is  bnrn  »/  Gud  "  (1  John  li:  !>). 
We  want  ycsd",  not  only  iis  :in  object  of  con- 
templation, but  aa  our  Life,  our  peace,  our  joy, 
our  strength,  our  conlidence,  our  Alpha  ami 
Omega.  If  we  "  resist  unto  blood  striving 
against  sin,"  and  are  "deteriniued  to  know 
nothing,  but  Christ  aud  Him  cnnniii.d,"  and 
hang  on  Hl^  arm  in  every  step  of  life,  we  will 
not  only  "grow  in  grace,"  hut  a  personal 
"  laiowlodge  of  the  Lord  and  Savior  *'  —a  moat 
certain  and  bliasful  conscious ne.-«  of  the  Di- 
vine in-being.  The  Religion  that  serve*  mcaun 
more  than  a  nutuial  faith  in  an  objective  lUf- 
dcemer:  it  means  a  real,  living  eonsummution  of 
1  Johnl:  10,— the  "life  hid  with  Chri!«t  in 
(joiV—  both  Father  aud  Son  in  us  by  the  Holy 
Ghost.  The  mutter  of  our  sidvation  is  not  left 
in  tlie  region  of  supposition,  but  is  iw  conscious 
and  undeniable  a  verity  an  our  existence. 

A  true  craeifixioiiand  burial  and  resurrection, 
pots  iilitrloos  emphiwiii  in  the  words,  "  I  LiVi; 
\tT  NOT  I,  m  T  CuKi.-*T  IN  ME."  This  means 
such  a  lift-  as  few  are  willing  to  live.  A  divury, 
empty  litelesa  life  where  thix  oblivion  in  Ulirist 
iu  not  a  reality.  There  me  miuiy  in  the  church 
^ritb  whom  their  atliiiation  with  Jesus  is  no 
moiv  Hum  a  selt-i-futiug  guess.  With  sonu-  it 
is  uot  evi'u  this.     Many   idoli/e  the  symbolical 


-avitation,   thiiii    \\\i-  soul 
*  ibi-  law  of  th. 
tf  wedo  tooiii 

i-mamlit.  "nnr  i 

indemn   u**.  and  we  have  eon: 
'  '!od:"  and  mtrh  eonfiii,.-nro,  ^•\^  i 
■  of  Christ    Himself,  inwroiiv'  i 
Uhost.     Uiahtly  vipwing  tin 
t:  is  hnniiliating  and  ioul-sdil..  .  i.i„  ti„., 
we  bav«  80  many  "  slow-bellies  "  and  '•  doad- 
hi\'uU"in   the  Church,     itany  aio  "  at  ease  in 
/ion,"  Hurfeit  at  the  table  of  Dives,  drink  from 
the  well  of  Syehar,  woi-ship  on  the  top  of  Qnr- 
izini,  "  they   knew  not  what."  "  run    greedily 
after  tho  error  of  Baidam  for  reward,  luid  per- 
ish in  the  gainsayini:  of  Con-."    "  Woo  nnto 
them,"  said  the   Lord  ttod  Almighty.     U»  a 
eight  for  tiod  and  angel.>  and  saiut^   tu  wh' the  ,    . 
Heaven-vonKtracted   CJiariot  of  tiod'.    Kl<Tiial    \^\ 
Solonioji  draped  like:t  heaivn-,  ntoving  at  a  »nair« 
l)uee.  or  frozen  fast  in  the  ruU  of  tradition  and 
worhUinejw. 

"  Blesactl  be  the'God  and  Fnlhor  of  ■im-Irtrd 
.I..-.p«  (1iiis(."tli«t  if  sonii-  laiihl  i'll  Sardis  with  ' 
tlur  Hkiill  iind  eross-bones  upon  thf  door,  and 
othera  iu  Peigamos.  "  where  Satmi'a  vent  is," 
we  have- still  oar  Philadelphia  and  Smyrna: 
It  must  lie  "  Christ  for  us  .  to  live,  and  gain  to 
die."  before  we  can  approach  the  Throne  of 
Thron-.'s  "  AlTKit  this  massku  — Matt.  i»:  !•.* 
'HE  THAT  HATH  AN  K.VR,  LET  HIM 
IlKAlt  WHAT  THE  SPUHTSAITH  UNTO 
THE  OHUItCHES." 


and  well  with  us  in  death,  aud   weU 
■  Nviii^v.     Oh  yfi   dij!itnu:t4-d  and  aor:- 
I'  voiir lot  ill  life  mt^  1' 
sorrow   of  denth    «"<■ 


I  ,  I..I.-V  Itiivlu.ti,  tltug  Ui>!  ^:lw^*•rlu  Ji-»ii-: 
il!    light    the  battle  for  you.     He  Imo*-,- 

■  it  is  to  be  forsaken  by  Hi.^  own 

coiae  to   Jr.-ius;  He  loves  you  and  W;i 
you.     Will  you  come  and  eiyoy  pen- 


w 


TEACHESS. 
uvo.  w.Gisn. 

I  -■    ~     I   :„ 


not  tit  ■  111 
laws  of  111, 
sign  a  certificit 
tain  iinalitii 
nnd  ali.i  I ' 
l:,|ihl  het,'  ].  , 
thiN  Hnbjcct 


The  C.mu'.y  Soperint.-; 

hiv  l.ir  l.it. 


MASK  TOTTR  FOOTSTEPS 


IF 


IIV  J.  ».  LMU. 

t>W  careful  we  walk  where  there  is  dan- 
ger of  falling.  If  tlie  ground  in  iey  or 
too  smooth  to  walk  with  safety,  we  take  the 
greatest  care  how  and  (vhere  \vo  plant  our  feet, 
Iwt  we  fall  to  the  injuiy  of  our  bodies,  Thus 
iu  temporal,  how  in  sipiritual  niatters? 

How  many  while  journeying  down  the  path 
of  life,  step  aside  in  the  gambling  hall,  the  proL* 
shop,  and  the  dancing  and  hall  room 
that  is  the  way  to  hell.     How  nmi 
to  fight,  aud  swetu',  and  lie.  and  st. 
following  all  the  damnable  ln.shi<ms  mid  viewt 
of  a  sin-stricken    world;  forgetting  that    they 
iiR- all  stei>s,  either  of  which  would   land  them 
in  etvrntd  woe. 

Oh  bow  strange  that  people  will  be  so  cmf- 
ful  of  themselve.s  tern ponilly, and  the  liame  time 
make  speedy  strides  down,  di>wu  to  spiritual 
dfdriictiun!  hell  aud  elfrnul  ditumation. 

Antiucli,  Ind. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

BY  W.  J.  II.IIAI'UAN. 


I  claim  that  there 
ttfttchvrx  employed  that  huve  not  thi^  . 
al  character.  This  we  know  to  be  it  fuet;  fur 
we  often  «'e  aud  hear  those  men  u^ing  prof:i.ie 
languagi*.  and  also  going  into  the  saloons,  the 
worst  places  m  all  our  land.  Jlimy  of  these 
charaeters  are  engaged  iu  teaching  (he  ri^iui; 
guneratiou  throughout  our  land.  And  as  a  ."i- 
end  thing  in  traveling  around  and  holding  III. . 
ings,  thia  class  of  people  are  guuerBUy  Ihe  lir>t 
ouea  to  be  reproved  in  time  of  worship.  1»  it 
not  a  .shame  that  suuh  a  elii.><s  of  people  :ire  put 
in  to  teach  imd  be  an  example  for  onr  children  - 
Xo  wonder  the  rising  generation  is  betomiit- 
wicked  ami  causes  their  parents  to  wee|i  ■.i::\ 
Imuvutuvcr  their  children. 

It  khouw  to  me  that  every  director  sho-i:  i 
look  at  the  mural  priucil^le  of  every  teacher  bv- 
foTi-  employing  him;  for  it  is  very  natural  for 
children  to  V'uva  tho»e  thingit  from  '^    -  ■•  -  '-- 
If  I  could  not  liet  a  good  ex.. 
L'  of  worship  befiiiip  the  riiinij  _ 
\iOuhl     never     make     an    applicaln-'i-      : 
■  li  a  common  school.     Such  teacher*  sh"  lJ  1 
„  '  {■>  school,  and  especially  t«  the  seho<>!  ■  - 
Chrusl,  lud  learn  of  Him,  that  they  might 
able  to  teach  otheni  also. 

IlwHoke,  IU. 


!::; 


S"'' 


FRIEN'DSHIP  is  a  ver>-  intei-esting  theme. 
Wf  need  so  much  of  it.  No  one  can  gei 
along  without  friends.  In  Ji^us  wo  have  a 
friend  who  sticketh  closer  than  a  bmther. 
Whilst  other  friends  mv  limited  iu  ability  to 
U'friend  us,  Jesus  is  unlimittHl  in  power. 
While  othei"!*  maj'  befriend  us  through  policy; 
expecting  to  benefit  themselves  by  it;  Jwus  hiu*  I  hiuisidf 

only  our  good  in   view.     While  ..thcr  friends    wiHi  Lonor.     "The  hand  of  the  dilig«ait  mal"* 
fmiuently  prove  treacherous,  when  their  own  lelh  rich."— y/ic  («i(i(/r. 


REPUTATION. 

!.  r.iMv  .-lUT.-v.liil  \\\.A\  to  A  !i.-.t.  ■■;. .     - 
.n..rchaiit."I  w 
t\  I  '-   for  your  mm 

scr  ■  li-r  iu  some  sur].; 

CttU)«.- 1  i-ould  jftoii,-  wealthy  on  such  a  n-(.ii- ;- 
tiou."  The  lionotable  character,  which  t>  .i: 
the  bottom  of  the  good  name,  he  eared  uuihmg 
for;  it  was  oul>'  the  I'eputation,  whieh  he  could 
turn  to  account  in  a  monftv  ]>«>int  of  view,  which 
he  coveted.     But  .i     ■■  '    '■.    ■  ^^ht 

with  silver;  it,  ot  -  |>^ 

ftur\..in..a     W  ivt- 

I'"  .!.■;  uiouey. 

li  Himesty 

mil >:u;dles:  \vxt^ 

ticuiiuN.  VVhen  an  employer  says.  "  there  i-s  a 
boy  I  can  tmst,"  thnt  youth  can  alwa\-s  tied 

ilemand,  provided  he  joins  industiy 


Tlrii:    ISKETHRK^sT    ^T    AVOltK:. 


Jann^iy 


ON  THE  OCEAN  SAILING. 

1  IfK  nrr  on  tho  ocean  vailing, 
f  V      HomiMvnrtl  bound  we  sweetly  glUe; 
Yt'r  un-  on  tlic  ncean  nailing 
To  11  homv  bt-yond  thp  ti<!c, 

ili  the  Htorms  will  noon  be  owr. 

Then  we'll  nocbor  in  the  harbor; 
W."  iiro  out  on  the  ocean  siiiluif; 
To  a  iiouie  Ij<-}oii(1  the  iMe. 

.Milliono  now  are  aatt-ly  landed 
Over  on  Hie  gohlen  shore; 

Million)"  more  are  on  th«ir  jonmey, 
Vrt  their'n  room  for  milbons  more. 
CnoBL's.  et*. 

I  r.iiitf  on  board.  O  !*hip  for  glory 
t ;    >ii  Itxatv.  nia.^e  ii]i  ymr  mind, 

;  ..r  our  ¥e*.vjb  weighing  anchor: 

■  ■■  uill  »oou  be  IfO  U'liiiiJ. 
Chobi's,  etc. 

1  ■■11  have  kiiidrt'd  over  yonder 
On  Hiat  bright  imd  hiippy  shore; 

Hy  and  by  we'll  go  and  see  them. 
When  tliL-  toiln  ot  life  iire  ue'r. 
Cuour**,  etc. 

Spreiwl  your  »ail  wliile  heavenly  breew.'8, 
Gently  waft  our  vessel  on; 

All  on  liminl  an*  sweetly  singing, 
I'V.-i'  Siilvutinn  is  (he  song. 
CnoBUS,  etc. 

U'lien  we  are  all  cafely  landed 
Over  on  the  shining  dhore 

We  will  walk  about  the  city. 
And  we'll  aing  for  evermore. 
Ciio«f.H,  etc. 

.Ml  the  «tormi»  of  lite  are  over: 
Liinrled  in  the  port  of  glory. 

Now  no  more  on  the  ocean  sailing 
Safe  at  home  beyond  the  tide. 
Chobub,  etc. 

Selected  by  Jacob  Sn.iNEorB. 


THE    LITERAL    MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN  RELIGIOUS 

1-AITH   AND    PRACTICE. 

UY  J.  W.  STEIN. 

*'  Tlton   shalt  guide  uie  with  tlij'  couiiael." — 
(PflalmK73:34) 

TLfAX'S  fulleu  race  may  be  likeued  tu 
-^"  !i  liliiul  Jiiuii  grojjing  liis  way  m 
ilarkiu'ss,  (U-p-mleHt  on  .some  one  to 
j^iidr  liiiii,  wlius('iiat'ftyi8  coiiriiigentup- 
nfi  the  fompctcncy  and  faith fulnt-ss  of 
I.I  ruiilc.  If  the  guide  be  safe,  be  shall 
M;  Nafcly,  but  if  the  guidt?  be  blind 
■  ih  shall  fall  into  the  ditch."  As 
I  lirst  bur-inews  in  this  series  of  dis- 
(■'•iirsi*,  is  tn  seek  an  infallible  guide  in 
our  religious  faith  and  praetiee  to  wluch 
W'v  ean  appeal  aiiilil  all  controversies;  by 
wliirh  \ve,'anflolve  every  doubt,  dispose 
of  every  perple.xify  and  at  last,  occupy 
a  i»witi4)n  infallibly  safe,  we  shall  pro- 
cuc'd  to  iutjuire  trhit  thai hifallihlt:  guide 
in'i  and  iinst  I  remark: 

].     Jt    fV  not    the   JepraveJ   human 
/le/n-t.     1  do  not  want  to  underrate  the 
importance    of   our  emotional    nature. 
'"  -Isiianity    is   inleimely  experimental, 
iiiuiU  that  it   not   only   moves  the 
:.  but  controls  the  life.     Yet  every- 
.,  that  is  i'.\j)criui"-ntal,  is  not  Chris- 
iiiy.      Ueueatli  the  eilerveseing  froth 
uf  pits^ion  are  oft  concealed   the  hitlden 
))rineiplesof  our  religion  more  power- 
ful Mitd  i.sistless where theeurren't i-sdeep 
ami  luil-i  If.-oi,     The  heart  may  be  relig- 
«d  witliout holy 
or    joy.      The 
H  ii   ■.„■^■■^^■•■.    pjiM-iaut  of  the   ti-ae 
.'■e  of  sin,  its  ''exceeding  sinfulness" 
dreailful   cun-setpience^;  awakened 
by  the   aecuttation  of  couseieuce,   bows 
in    ..n.nvt'n!  pru.iTirrmth  the  vain  hope 
Yet  he  ia  not 
■j:  "  sinned  with* 
o'it  ,:;'*\ ,  sli.tll  :il  -•>  p  ri>h  without  law  " 
(Kom.  2:  r2).     The  Mohammedan  sol- 
dier believing  that  I*avadise  will  remun- 
erate the  toils  and  saeriticcs  of  battle; 
th.' r^i'.'.'m  cxpi-etinL' to  busk  amid  Ely- 


siati  fn'his:  the  Indian  hoping  to  ram 
ble  beautiful  forest-*"  with  his  "  trusty 
gnu "  and  faithful  dog  beyond  "  the 
gp-at  rivi-r;"  the  (Jrecian  sage,  confirmed 
in  the  philosophy  of  a  future  stat«  have: 
all  died  not  only  with  composure,  but 
witli  apjiarent  resignation  and  delight, 
Vet  they  had  no  well-grounded  hope, 
"  reaching  within  the  veil  whither  Christ 
our  forerunner  for  us  lias  gone."  8uch 
ift  the  deceitful  inti\ience  which  sin  ex- 
ercises over  depraved  man.  It  flattei-s 
him  with  false  titlies,  charms  him  with 
seductive  claims,  proselytes  him  by  de- 
mons clad  in  angel  panoply,  composes 
his  tortured  conscience  with  deceitful 
apohigies,  consoles  his  troubled  lieart 
with  j>romisesof  satisfaction,  which  are 
never  realized,  and  good  that  cannot  be 
attained,  and  at  la-st  consigns  iiiiu  to  the 
Idackness  of  death,  infatuated  with  a 
pretence  of  "life  and  immortality."  All 
the  religious  zeal  in  tlie  world  is  not  a 
"zeal  of  (itod,  according  to  knowledge," 
and  all  tlie  religious  experience  in  the 
world  is  not  the  result  of  the  spirit  be- 
ing enmncipated  from  the  love,  dominion 
and  couse(pience  of  sin  l»y  "the  law  of 
the  spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Jesus,"  which 
makes  us  "  free  from  ilie  law  of  sin  and 
deatli."  Out  of  the  heart  proceed  all 
manner  of  evils  (I.t:  IH).  "  Tlie  heart 
is  deceitful  above  all  things  and  desper- 
ately wicked;  who  can  know  iti"  (Jer. 
17:9).  "He  that  trusteth  in  his  own 
heart  is  a  fool"  (Prov.  2H).     But  again: 

1.  The benujJited huvitm  understtnul- 
iiiif  is  not  an  infitUihh  guide  innuitfers 
"f  rclitjiouN  ftrifh  andprartirfi.  While 
the  nnderstaudiug  is  uudispensable  in 
the  ain)rchending  ti-uth  and  detecting 
error,  like  its  Icllow-attributes,  it  is  de- 
jjraved  and  pervert,cd.  Its  fallibility  is 
clcjuly  <liscernible  in  the  diilerent 
phrases  which  the  same  subject  presents 
to  diti'ereut  miuds,  just  as  the  object  of 
natural  vision  seems  to  partake  of  the 
peeuliarcliaracterof  themediumthrongh 
wliich  it  is  received,  so  man's  mental 
.and  sjiiritnal  vision  seems  biased  by  .sor- 
did interests  and  hunian  traditions.  The 
extortioner  does  not  perceive  the  crim- 
inality of  his  extortion  because  he  views 
the  ti'ansaction  only  through  the  mtnlium 
of  secular  interests.  He  pockets  the 
unjufit  irain  and  calls  it  legimate  busi- 
ness, but  God  cliiAses  him  with  thieves 
and  drunkards  and  denies  him  an  inher- 
itance in  His  kingdom  (1  Cor.  6:  10). 
The  epicure  discerns  not  tlie  evil  of  his 
gluttony  and  druidvcuness,  becaiwe  he 
has  no  higher  stand-point  than  his  sens- 
ual gi'ntification  from  which  to  contem- 
plate it.  Hence  it  is  that  the  wicked 
often  have  exalted  opinions  of  themselves. 
Darkness  ha.s  blinded  their  eyes  and  they 
kn<jw  not  their  real  cou<Iition,  and  so 
often  even  with  the  pi'ofessed  Christian. 
His  understaiuiiug  issonietimesso  warp- 
ed by  traditioned  views  and  human  dis- 
cipline, that  he  does  not  discern  justice 
and  judgment.  Kntangled  amid  the 
subtle  ties  of  error,  "  blinded  by  the 
God  of  this  world,"  enfeebled  by  im- 
proper jiassious  and  desires:  perverted 
by  prejudice  and  often  hoodwinked  by 
the  liorrid  penalties  of  oatlis  which  chal- 
lenge his  right  to  see,  he  needs  the  un- 
pcrverteil  light  and  guidance  of  truth. 
'•  Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  thy  heart; 
and  lean  not  unto  thine  own  understand- 
ing "  (Prov,  3:  5).     Again  I  remm-k, 

2.  MarCs  jiervvrted  rmmon  ijt  not  an 
inftilUhh  (fuide  ill  jmitten/  of  religiotcs 
faith  ami  practice.  1  have  nothing  to 
say  against  reason  as  such.  It  is  perhaps 
the  noblest  power  of  man's  intelligent 
nature,  and  seems  chii'fly  to  elevate  him 
above  the  inferior  creation.  liut  reason 
i-  not    inf:.niMi'.     Since  man  is  d'*prav- 


ed,  his  highei>t  faculties  are  also  diqirft^'* 
ed.  Reason  unguiiled  !)y  ri^velatioa  has 
often  proved  its  own  ini|>o1ency  and  fol- 
ly, and  has  contradi<-ted  itself  in  man- 
ifold, ways.  Some  men  have  boasted 
that  their  is  no  God  (Atheism)  and 
others  that  everything  is  God  (Pan- 
theism) botli  blasphemous  and  diamet- 
rical opposites,  upon  the  vx]\\v\  ground 
of  their  superior  reasoning  power,  the 
one  smiling  at  the  simplicity  of  the  the- 
ist  and  the  other  deriding  his  fellows 
because  they  were  not  smart  enough  to 
discover  that  themselves  were  parts  ot 
Deity.  Thus  reason,  without  a  ludm  .'uid 
rudder,  cut  loose  from  the  moorings  of 
revelation,  has  allowed  its  posse.<isor.«  to 
l)ecome  pitiable  fools  (Ps.  10:  U),  un-^ 
able  to  decipher  the  simplest  outliue.s  of 
truth.  Every  contiicting  system  and 
theory  of  atheism,  polytheism  and  infi- 
delity, wliich  frinn  time  to  time  has  curs- 
ed the  earth  with  its  withering  and 
t)lighting  influences  and  every  false  re- 
ligion and  civil  polity  that  has  ever 
succeeded,  ha.s  boasted  its  men  of  reason, 
and  to  them  It  has  been  chiefly  indebted 
for  success.  As  in  Mathematics,  so  in 
logic  one  may  assume  a  false  hyjiothesis, 
and  by  a  correct  process  demonstrate  an 
absurdity  what  his  own  senses  know  to 
be-false.  If  premise  is  false,  one  may 
reason  correctly:  theileductious  may  be 
inevitable  and  the  minds  of  auditors,  not 
having  appreheniled  the  sophistry  of 
the  premise,  be  constrained  to  accept 
them  and  yet  the  conclusions  be  subver- 
sive of  every  principle  and  interest  of 
truth.  Reason  sometimes  employs  a 
species  of  argument  which  logicians  and 
mathematicians  have  called  "  Jii'diirtio 
adfihsurdum  "  which  proves  the  absurd- 
ity of  what  contradicts  it,  and  yet  fails 
to  establish  its  own  assertions.  AVlieu- 
ever  reason  afi'ects  t*)  establish  a  i)reniise 
of  its  own  ci"eation,it  makes  a  uiiserable 
failure.  It-s  true  office  is  not  to  create, 
but  to  discover  and  aece2>t  laws;  to 
recognize  in  it**  suliordinate  sphere,  the 
imperatives  of  truth,  above,  beneath, 
around,  within  and  without,  and  to  bow 
in  passive  obedience  to  the  commands 
of  the  unerring  and  omnipotent  Law- 
giver, which  they  besjieak.  As  in 
Mathematics  and  all  true  natural,  men- 
tal and  moral  philosoply,  reason  sub- 
serves its  proper  sphere  in  apprtdiend- 
iiig  and  applying  truth,  and  develops 
science,  not  by  making,  but  by  recog- 
uizing  and  chussifying  its  laws,  proper- 
ties and  proportions  from  nature,  so  its 
highest  office  in  religion,  is  to  learn  and 
develop  truth  from  the  communications 
of  the  Divine  mind. 

.    (?'(>  be  continud). 


PAINE'S    LAST  DAYS. 

LAST  Spring  we  informed  our  readers 
that  the  united  infidels  of  the 
whole  country  had  not  enough  of  the 
benevolent  spirit  in  them  to  lift  a  !^50, 
UOO  mortgage  hanging  over  the  "  Tem- 
ple of  Reason "  located  in  the  city  of 
Boston.  Failing  in  this,  one  of  their 
number,  Robt.  G.  Ingersoll,  recently  pro- 
duced aseiutation  by  the  following  prop- 
osition: "I  will  give  $1,000  in  gold 
coin  to  any  clergyman  who  can  substan- 
tiate that  the  death  of  Tom  Paine  was 
not  a.s  peaceful  lus  the  dawn."  Now 
this  tfl,lk  is  all  infidel  "  buncomlie,"  and 
nothing  more.  The  testimony  on  record 
respecting  the  stpialor  and  degradation 
of  Pftine's  last  years  of  mortal  exi.steuce 
is  ample;  we  meet  with  it  in  many  places, 
and  it  may  be  sairi  that  it  is  as  authentic 
as  any  fact  recorded  in  history.  The 
men  who  saw  Paine,  and  who  had  am- 
ple oppui'Lunities  of  observing  liis  hab- 
its, all  concur  in  representing  him  as  dc- 


ploraly    intemperate.      The 


^**cn«li,.,. 


physician.  Matron  Smith,  savii  *\       "'~ 
1-  ■       •         T  ■  1     ■  •'^  '■"!  eiii 

dition  m   which    he    \\^  accuBtom.i 
find  his  patient,  and  to  which  his  vi  '  ' 
habitvs,  especially   his   habitual  (ln,'"r" 
cniiess,  had  led   him,  were  so  revoh*' 
that  he  dreaded  the,  hours  \vhe)i  u    '" 
necessary  for  liim  to  visit  his  jjatitut 
to  jirescribe  for  his  relief.     "TliisiV 
sician,"    write-s    Rev.    J.    D.    M'ill^j.,  '^ 
"  was  an   esteemed  elder  in  the   pJiiii!"i 
of  which  I  was  at  that  time  pastor  ■»  \ 
was  highly  reg.arded,  not  only  f,,v  -i.t, 
in  his  jirofession,  but  as  a  man  <.f  a,,,,, 
judgment  and  uuimjieachable  veifn.;, , 
Concerniug    Dr.    Matson    Smiili    (»" 
Krothingham  of  New  York  writes:  "  Ii 
wits  a  distinguished  physician,   kii,,^^ 
to  us  and  hundreds  of  others  yet  !ivi 
as    a    gentleman   of  the    highest  soci,^ 
standing,    a   calm,   studious,  judiclon 
thoughtful   man,  whose   integrity  wi 
above  suspicion." 

The  Rev.  J.  D.  Wickham,  D.  D.,  ni„ 
the  Rev.  Charles  Hawley,  D.  D.,  \vn, 
succesively  pastors  of  the  Presbytp).] ,, 
church  in  New  Rnchelle,  N.  V.  Ji,,,! 
are  yet  living  and  well  known,  and  lli,.; 
veracity  is  as  reliable  as  that  of  any  tw 
men  living.  To  call  in  question  IliPt,,, 
tini()ny  of  these  men  wouhl  be  ri<iieulcin. 
and  no  sane  man  M'ould  attempt  it. 

But  what  is  the  testimony  ?  Dr.  jyiji, 
son  Smith  was  the  physician  who  atti'tnl 
ed  Thomas  Paine,  and  the  facts  rewjeit 
ing  his  patient  were  stated  by  him  i. 
those  gentleman  now  living,  and  tlii;*  i, 
the  record: 

"  I  have  heard  statemenKs  from  liii,, 
from  jjersonal  kuowledge  as  his  phvsi, 
ian,  the  particulars  of  which  are  tn 
loathsome  to  be  described  in  print.  1! 
came  to  lose  all  self-respect  ami  rcgaiil 
for  decency  In  his  personal  habits,  M'Vhli 
wei-e  at  times  simply  beastly.  His  Jiinik 
enness  became  habitual  and  notoiimi 
before  he  left  New  Rochelle;  ami  I,, 
wa.s  not  unfretpiently  found  lyin^hv  tli 
roadside,  so  helplessly  intoxicfil.'il  tli:: 
he  had  to  be  c.ari'ied  home,  as  I  li;u 
been  told  by  persons  who  had  befrieu'! 
ed  liim  in  that  pitiable  condition.  Tli': 
were  some  who,  in  .spite  ofthftsliatm 
and  degradation  in  which  h*  fell,  snl 
cherished  a  lingering  resptuL  Ibr  \s]\y 
he  had  been,  and  in  considerati.ui  nf  iL 
service  he  had  rendered  the  Ut-vol : 
tionary  cause  by  his  politiciil  nrltiii_ 
but  no  one  in  the  vicinity,  :us  lute 
thirty  years  ago,  "Wftuld  havi-,  luid  (:•■ 
temerity  to  deny  these  things,  uuieli  li 
call  them  '  wicked  inventions  of  il. 
clergy.'  " 

Paine  died  in  1809,  andthe^etactji  k 
regard  to  his  -habits  of  life  have  lu'eii  ■■ 
public  and  familiar  as  that  William  C'n' 
biitt  carried  off  his  bones.  Grant  Tli"! 
burn,  whose  information  upon  t!ii-  inm 
is  jtarticularly  full,  was  certainly  in  ^i 
sense  a  prejudiced  witness,  but.  <iii  '!■ 
other  Inuid,  he  was  a  peculiarl)'  coiisoiin 
tious  Scotchman,  and  quite  incapiiM'" 
reeordiiig  a  falsehood.  The  tntditun 
of  New  Rochelle,  where  Paine  (lieJmi' 
WHS  bm-Ied,  all  confirm  the  storie-i ' 
his  unftirtunate  habits  of  inti'\ic:ttt"!! 
The  story  told  in  his  diary  b\ 
Grellet  the  eminent  Quaker  y 
to  the  same  purport.  If  an.^  ■, 
can  b*  considered  settled,  it  is  Hint' 
Paino^  personal  habits.  Greli-'ii'  tli 
Fall  i)f  1809,  the,  year  in  win  ' 
died,. wrote  in  his  joiu-nal  fts  f< 
"  I  may  not  omit  recoi'ding  hen  ■ ' 
deati  of  Thomas  Paine.  A  fo""  ^' 
previous  to  my  leaving  home  ou  "iv  ■■ 
reli^ous  visit,  on  hearing  ho  ^*'«^  '"  ^'| 
in  a  very  de.stitute  condition,  I  \^''"  ', 
see  him,  and  found  him  in  a  "T- t.-l'"| 
state;  for  he  had  been  so  ncgl-''''''' ""^ 


.nnrV 


:^1. 


'Vl^K    T^HKrHHK>J    AT    -WORK:. 


';en  i'V  his  prctendca  fritnds  that 
,,mmon  attention  to  a  sick  man  had 
,      ,  ^^-itbh^■W  from  him,    The  skin  of 
l'     ■„„|y    wfis  in   some   I>ln.-es  worn  off, 
^sh\ch  i;ic«lly   incrcastitl   his  -sufferings. 
\  iiiirsi'  \v!L<  provided  for  him,  nnd  sonn* 
I 'III   oomforts  were  supplied,      llti 
mostly    ill   n    state  of  stupor,   hut 
.hiiig  that    had  piLsstd  l.otween  us 
ji^a  iiiiide  such  an  impression  upon  him, 
l],,,(    ^Dinetime   after  my  departure  he 
,     f.v  iiie.  and   Iteing    toH  that  I  hud 
,    iioiii    liuine,    he  wnt  for    uuuther 
I       ,,.i.     This  induced  a  valuable  youuj; 
ihI  (Mary  Koseoe,)  who  had  resided 
:  \    family  and    continued   in  Green. 
,^    li  during  a  part  of  my  absenee,  fre- 
,i,.,.fly  to  go  and  take  him  some  little 
;:   -hment    sxntnble    for   an    invalid. 
,  ,.  when  she  \v;is  there  three  of  his 
,1, , -ileal  a-«soeiates  came  to  the  door,  and 
in  ti  loud,  unfeeliug  manner  said:  'Tom 
r,  it  is  said  you   nr«'   tui'ning  Chris- 
but  we  hope  y'Mi  will  die  as  you 
lived;' and  tlieu  went  away.     On 
U  luruing  to  Mavy  KoKcoe,  he  said, 
-u  t-ee   what   luiserablo   comforters 
lire. '  " 

.reiitly  Kev.  Joseph  Cook,  in  one  of 
;[>stou  lectures  naid,  that  -iOjOOl)  cop- 
I  if  Paine's  "  Age  of  Ueason  "  were 
■ly  sold  and  diHlributed  among  the 
jiti  ves  of  New  England  factories, 
in  what  ''steeni  wa.s  this  book  held  1 
Au  author  in  the  huit  hours  of 

;il     exititi'Hcei       Hear    Ills    own 

t  )neelie  asked  Mary,  the  maid- 

i    triended   him  when  abiuubm- 

intidel    associa'ies,   if  she  had 

I   any  of  his  writings,  and  on 

;  I  tliat  she  had  read  very  little 

,.,  HI.  he  imiuired  wliat  she  thought 


it  not,  and  so  were  sinners,  not  only  by  is  n«.t  moving  on  in  thr  way  CJml  had  de- 
naturo,  but  of  viulatiou.  And  here  ap-  signed  him  to  go.  This  way  "f  looking 
pears  the  immensity  of  the  magnitude  at  things  would  make  God  a  IVing,  not 
of    God's     mercy,    and    the    extent    of|ea.*«ily   understood,   making  man  huil  of 

creation;  and  yet  making  Him 


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theatonraenl.     For  again  it   applies  it 
self  to  our  wants   at  our  wipiest,  upon 
the  terms  and  easy  conditions  of  reeon- 
eiliatiou.     Again,  offering  to  cleanse  us 
even    from    this  second   degree    of  sin. 
15ut  being  now  i>ardoned  and  cleansed 
by  His  blood   upon  Ilia  just  conditions, 
an*l    bidden  as  "little  children,  these 
thiui,'s  I  write  unto  you,  that  ye  sin  not," 
*'  And  whosoever   ia  born    of  God  doth 
not  win."    The   apostle,  here  doubtless 
speaks  of  this  second  stage  of  sin,  (wil- 
ful,  malicious  trespa*^),  for  again,  he 
saith, "  if  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we  de- 
ceivt!  oui-selves,    and  the    truth  is  uot  in 
us,"  and  again,  "  if  any  nmn  sin,  we  hav 
an  advocate  with  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ 
the  righteous."     This  then,  implies  that 
though  we  are  not  malicious  sinuei-s,  be- 
ing born  of  God,  yetdo  weueedan  "Ad- 
vocate with   the   Father,   who  can   be 
touched  with  the  feelings  of  our  infirm- 
ities,"  having   Himself  been  "  tempted 
in  all  points  like  as    we  are,  yet  without 
sin"  (Ileh.  4:  15). 

And  could  we  believe  that  He  could 
so  intercede,  had  He  not  shed  Ills  Idoud 
according  to  the  prophecies  which  foie- 
tohl  of  iii  And  ttt  "  without  the  shed- 
ding of  blood,  tlu-re  is  no  remission  of 
sin.-*,"  but  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  His 
Son  cleansing  from  all  sin;  does  it  not 
apply  itself  ia  the  great  redemption  of 
thu  World,  and  also  ;us  a  means  of  pju'- 
don  in  our  regeneration,  jiud  then  seal 
"  the  covenant  with  whieli  we  are  sane- 
I  titled  "  by  His  medil^ttion  and  intercess- 
ions for  us  wliile  probaticmers  here,  and 


all  Hi; 

the  mo«t  depraved,  mean  and  wretched 
of  all  Ilisereation, 

Oil!  vain  man.  "When  will  you  learn 
yoiu'  real  condition  aud  fall  prostrate 
before  the  throne  of  God,  and  iinploi-e 
Him  tu  have  nierey  upon  your  whole 
iMting;  before  it  is  eternally  loo  late. 
For  God's  Spirit  will  not  always  strive 
with  man.  He  luis  made  known  the 
lies  of  His  mercy  upon  the  evim  for 


enough  for  m.-.   for  Id-   "h*:-'-,    t: 
mother,  f*.r  his  fri. , 
see  hinttaki-  i! 

4iiin  to  utt  in  hi-*  .  1.,, ,.  m   ; 

Let  ns  have  a  few  hoiiix  of  hi. 
in  whitth  we  can  enjoy  his iun'K< : 
repay  iia   in  some  small   degree  for  thf 
care   and  love  we    have  lavishwi  upon 
him.* 


hiR 


n!,. 


"  This  is  something  which  you,  who 
now  stand  prisoners  at  the  bar. '    ■ 
paid  for;  this  is  not  embraeed  '. 
cense.     For  this  offt-nsc,  the... 
tences  you  to  ten  days'  impri>M.iiiiwt,t.iu:- 
,  ,  ,        ,    ,   „.  I  the  coimty  jail,  and  that  you  piiv  a  fin*  il 

your   sake;  and  has  shed  His  precious   of  seventy-tive    "  * 


M  ;hem,  adding,  "From  such  a  oneas.  ],y  tii^.^y   „^p,^iij,  we  are  purifying  "  our 
y.,ii,  I  expect  a  comet  answer."      She   gpuls  in  obeying  the  truth  f 
told  Iniu  that  wlien  very  young  his  "Ago  *  ^    ^    ^ 


of  Ueason  "  was  put  into  her  liands,  but 
that  the  moi-e  she  read  it,  the  more  dark 
and  distressed  she  felt,  and  she  threw 
the  book  into  the  tire.  "  I  wish  all  had 
done  as  you,"  he  replied;  '-for  if  tli< 
devil  has  ever  had  any  agency   in  any 


MAN.  LORD  OF  CREATION. 


IIY   e,  DEAUnoRfK. 


y  .  ^     declam 


man 
iition  i 


deny  this  self-evident 
Can   even  the  most 


work,  he   has   Imd  iu   my  writing  that  i  continued  intidel,deist,oratheist;     And 
book."  yet  behold   him  in  his  lordship;  grap- 

Whatever   Ing<;i*S(dl  and   his   intidel ,  pling  in  sin,  darkness  and  great  deprav • 
c<mipnnions  may  establish  by  submitting  j  ity.     Ever  since  the  fall  of  Adam,  his 


blood  that  you  might  share  with  Him 
file  riches  of  heaven.  Has  borne,  is 
bfiu'lng  with  your  wicked  ways,  and  in- 
viting you  home  to  His  kingdom.  Hut 
this  will  not  always  htst;  for  in  the  ful- 
ness of  time  His  wrath  will  fall  up<»n  a 
wicked  and  rebellious  world,  "  for  as  it 
was  in  the  days  of  Noah,  so  shall  it  be 
in  the  days  of  the  coming  of  the  Son  of 
man." 

Ilagcrtftown^  ImL 

AN  EXTRAORDINARY  SENTENCE 
BY  A  JUDGE. 

rpHK  following  extract  is  taken  from 
-^  a  sentence  Ivceiitly  iironnunced  by 
judge  Reading,  of  Chicago,  uptm  the 
li(pu>r  dealers  who  hail  violat4-d  the  law 
bv  selling  it  to  minors.  It  will 
careful  perusal 

"  Ky  the  law  yoiiimiysellit  io  men  and 
wonien,  if  they  will  buy.  You  have 
given  your  bond  an<l  paid  ynuv  license 
to  sell  to  them,  and  no  one  has  a  right 
Ui  niidest  yon  in  your  legal  business.  No 
matter  what  the  conseipu'iices  may  be, 
no  matter  what  poverty  an<l  destitution 
are  by  your  selling  according  to  law, 
you  have  paid  your  money  for  thi.<i  priv- 
ilege, iiud  yon  are  licensed  to  pilisue 
your  calling.  .No  matter  what  familes 
are  distracted  and  rendered  miserable;  no 
matter  what  wive.s  are  treated  with  vio- 
lence; wliat  children  starve  ov  mourn 
over  the  degradation  t>f  a  parent — your 
business  is  legalized,  and  no  tme  may 
interfere  with  yon  for  it.     No    matter 


ilolbirs  and 
that  yon  stand    eomniitted  ud 
and  coHtw  of  thii«  prosecution   ■ 
—K. 


PRIDE  AND  VANITY. 


HYflAHAH  M.  SACSHBRM, 


N' 


A-hieh 


pfiy 


the  matter  of  Pnine's  deatli-bed  troubles   ways 


«  have  been  the  most  revolting  to  all 
to  a  court  of  arbitration,  one  thing  is  !  the  other  works  of  God's  creation.  For 
certiiln,  whether  he  died  Atheist.  Deist, '  all  things  else,  both  animate  and  iuani- 


or  like  one  Hlnu)st  persuaded  to  believe 
while   incapable  of  believing,  his  clos- 


'  mate,  serve  the  design  of  their  existence, 
and  tlius  retleet  honor  on  Hiui  who  cre- 


to  the  contrary  notwithstanding 

(i.ih/,-/).  (^en.ser. 


THE  BLOOD  APPLIED, 


IIY  C.  r.  KUOT. 


UrrillE  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  His  Son 


OW  this   is  a  topic   upon  ' 
heiir  a  great  deal,  both    ' 
pulpit  and  pre-ss;  we  hear  ii 
as  a  thing  gi-eatly  to  be  abli 
wc  sometime!"  think  there  is  i, 
distinction  made  between  prliii 
ity.     In  nine  cas<'soutof  ten  tht.-  wli-.!' 
theme  seems  t<>  be  baswl  on  supMrfluity 
of  femah*  attire,  which  we  are  inclim  d 
to  think  is  hardly  fair. 

Now  we  believe  pride  is  an  ■■■^    >     --■ 
mate    of  one's  own    impor:.' 
gay  clothing  is  merely  anin^!' 
and  foolish  desii-e  of  the  hen' 
dice,  that  is,  we  eannnt  beai 
finger  of  scorn  pointed  at  us   or  !•■ 
*'  old-fashituied."      Yet  we    have   -i-.-ii 
per.-ons  arrayed  in  gay  clothing,  wlf    '.n 
tbeirconductaudconversjition,weri-.|i;i  i 
and  unasuming,  not  displayin.'  tl,.  '    ,-- 
sign    of  pride;  and  we  h;.^ 
persons  clothed  in  thehaliil^ 
woi-st    (diject    of    poverty,     whiiv    i  h- ir 
bearing   jdaiuly    manifest   a  feeling   of 
arrogance  and   sujteriority.     We  ha\e 
even  beheld  it  behind  the  sacred  table, 
loudly  and  vehemently  denouncing  pride 
in   othei-s;  ami  as    soon    as  the   ni<-tt- 
ing  was  concluded,  we  have  heanl  tli-'UK 
private   conversation,  the  theme   of 
/  said  "  »  /  did  "  "  / 
told  them"    Arc,      loudly   buabting  of 
their  great  influence  aud  ability,  speak- 
them  all,  and  pursue  yom-  legal  calling  jug  in  tones  of  sarcasm  of  their  superior* 
— you   are   licensed.     \  on  may   tit  up  j  which  often  makes  one  shuilder  to  oon- 


what  mother  may  agonize  over  the  loss  [  which  was.  what 
of  a  son,  or  sister  blush  at  the  shame  of 
a  brother,  you  have  a  right  to  disregard 


your  lawful  place 


,f  1)1 


ing  days  were  singularly  unhappy,  the  i  ated  them,  and  also  reveal  to  the  human 
ten-column  article  in  the  Chicago  Timetf ;  mind,  that  there  is  a  great,  good,all-wi.se 
— jf'/ie  and  all-powerful  Being  at  the  head  of 
all  these  things.  And  yet  if  we  would 
undert,ike  to  learn  tlie  ways  of  God, 
from  the  ways  and  works  of  man;  we 
would  almost  have  to  turn  atheist,  and 
doubt  the  existence  of  such  a  Being. 
l$ut  to  find  a  man  in  deed  and  iu  truth, 
we  want  to  turn  back  over  IsOd  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  tind  him  fully  made 
known  in  the  person  and  character  of 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  And  still  the 
intidel  comes  up  and  tells  us  that  He 
was  but  a  mere  man  like  us,  possessed 
with  a  more  than  ordinary  intelligence. 
And  still  further  he  says,  that  all  the 
miracles  as  recorded  in  the  Testament 
concerning  this  holy  Man,  and  all  other 
miracles  set  forth  in  tlie  liilde,  are  but 
falsehoods  or  whims  of  the  brain.  And 
he  further  claims,  that  all  things  that 
are  dune,  must  ccune  about  tlirough  cer- 
tain tixed  laws  in  nature,  and  outside  of 
them,  God  does  nothing.  Oh  shame!  it 
is  enough  to  make  any  man  blush  with 
shame  to  evenM(>(l-  of  the  idea.  I 
alone  having  the  soul  contaminated  with 
the  thought  that  man  in  his  long  exam- 
ple of  depravity,  corruption  and  blood. 


cleansf^h  us  from  all  sin"  (1  John 
1:7).  I  was  asked  when,  where,  and 
how  does  the  blood  of  Christ  apply  to 
the  sinner?  I  answered.  "VVe  are  all 
sinners  by  the  fall;  "For  as  by  the 
tr;insgi-essiou  of  one  man,  sin  entered 
iiuothe  world,  and  death  by  sin;  so 
ii'U  death  passed  upon  all, for  that  all 
1'  ive  f^inned."  And  then  the  blood  of 
<  Iirist  cleansing  from  all  sin,  the  propos- 
"  '  Atoneuieut  already  seen  as  a  "  Iiamb 
^1  liu  fruni  the  foundation  of  the  world" 
(Uev.  l;t:S),  cleansed  all  upon  whom 
^iii  and  death  had  "  so  passed,"  and  were 
h'.ly,  for  "Of  such  is  the  kingdom  of 
li"aven." 

But  iij.on  arriving  ourselves  at  the 
tree  of  kn.iwledge  of  good  and  evil, 
tvery  om;  of  us  lias  lusted  "  and  when 
lust  hath  conceived  it  bringeth  forth 
^iu;"  and  we  knew  to  do  good  and  did 


enticing  and  captivating  form;  you  may 
furnish  it  with  the  most  costly  and  el- 
egant eipiiiuucnts  for  your  riwu  lawful 
tra(ie;  y<>u  may   till  it  with  the  allure- 
ments of  amusement;  you  may  use  all 
arts  to  allure  visitors;  you  may  skillful- 
ly araiige  and  expose  to  view  y(mr  choic- 
st  wines  aud  captivating  beverages ;  you 
may  induce  thirst  by  all  contrivances  to 
produce  n  raging  appetite  for  drink,  and 
then  yon   may  supj)ly  that  appetite  to 
the  full,  liecause  it  is  lawful;  you  have 
I  for  it — you  have  a  license.     You 
may  allow  boys  and  children  to  frecpient 
your  saloon;  they   may  witness  the  ap- 
parent satisfaction  with  which  their  sen- 
iors quart"  the  sparkling  glass;  you  may 
be  .schooling  and  training  theiu  for  the 
period  of  twenty-one,  when  they,  too, 
can   participate — for  all  this  is   lawful 
You  may  hold  the  cup  to  their  lips;  but 
you  must  not  let  them  drink— that  is  un- 
lawful.    For  while    you   have  all  these 
jjrivileges  t'or  the  money  you  pay,  this 
poor  privilege  of  selling  to  children  is 
denied  you.  Here  parents  have  the  right 
to  sav.  '  Leave  my  son  to  me  until  the 
law  gives  you  a  right  to  destroy  him. 
Do  not  anticipate  that  terrible  moment 
when  I  can  assert  for  him  no  further 
rights  of  protection.    That  will  be  soon 


less  in  the  moat  template  the  inllueuce  of  such   an  ex- 


ample. Vi'e  like  to  hear  meekiit-^-  ■.•wi 
humility  preached  to  all.  but  bett-r  rii,!!i 
all,  we  like  to  see  "living  epistL  -  !• :-.  I 
and  known  of  all  men."  ^Ve  sonM-^v  li-r-- 
saw  a  production  which  we  think  i.ju- 
tains  a  volume  of  meaning,  which  wf 
insert  here. 

If  your  ears  vou  would  ^ve  frotu  i-     • 
Tlies*  things  keep  mwkly  lii.I. 

Myself  and  I  lUiJ  mine  and  ">>'■ 
,\xid  how  I  tlo  or  did. 

'•  FIRST  ON  THE  LIST.' 

1.  Keep  a  list  of  your  friends;  and 
let  God  he  first  on  the  list,  however  long 
it  may  be, 

2.  Keep  a  list  of  all  the  gifts  y<Hi  get; 
and  let  Christ,  who  is  Gotl's  luispeafca* 
ble  git^.  be  tirst  of  all. 

;b  Keep  a  list  of  your  mercies;  and 
let  pardon  and  life  stand  at  the  head. 

■1.   Keep   a  list  of  your  joys;  and  1 
joy  unspeakable  aud  full  of  glory  btrfiiv 

5.  Keep  a  list  of  your  griefe;  and  1- 
sorrow  for  sin  be  first. 

li.  Keep  a  list  of  yonr  enemi 
however  many  they  be,  put  d 
"  old  man  "  and  the  "  old  serpeiu     .ir-i. 

7.  Kecii  a  list  of  your  sins;  and  let 

the   sin    of  uubelief  be    s,'t    a<    tii>i  :uiil 

.  woret  of  all. 


XFTK    KTlKTHliK>i    AT    AVOlilC. 


Jan 


f //#  gre/hrei,  :il  ^ork. 


ftlBLISHBD  WEEKLY. 

i.  R.  HOORH,  } 

S.  II.  BASllOlt.  >  KDiTO 

H.  Bf.  eSBBl'MAH,  I 


'  r  WoBK  will  be  Renl  poai-piiM.  lo  unr 

rrd   }tlal»   or  CAunda,   (nr  %\  50  pfr 

hiijUri   rniro"   mill   f  lA  (W.    will  n- 

.    frr*   of  rhart;.-.     For   all   artr  thl. 

I  be  allnwfl  111  c>pnf>  for  mcIi   ivlili' 

nmouni  ti>n   Iip  ilivjiirtt^i)   from  thf 

ri  r  ii  lo  «»,     Money  (lr<lrr».  Drofl*. 

i-r.  miiy  bp  •enl   ol    our   ri«k.     *' "" 

,.  ^.:.,:,i.l»  lo  Mciorp,  U«jilicir.l  Eihelmi 

■lid  coinaiuuicBlInn*  iotVDilcl  for    the    ]>n- 

I  all  buHncH  ranli«n  eoiinecicJ  trilb  lti«  of 

UOOBE,  BASHOS  fc  S3HELKAK, 
Lanark,  Ctrro'.!  Co.,  111- 


Ak  exchange  speaks  of  a  wMcbed  tvomiin, 
dying  of  ntarvAtion  in  n  t^ncmnnt  houete,  whitt? 
the  joy  l>ell!i  wore  riiiging  iu  u  lirti)i)y  New  Year, 
and  hvr  poor  dlHeased  hiubanrt  lying  by  hui'  ^ido 
unftblc  to  move.  God  jiity  the  poor,  for  inun 
will  not,  though  blossud  with  alnuidatic^  and  to 
flpnre.  "Blessed  ai'e  the  poor  in  Mpint:  for 
their^is  the  kingdom  of  hi'iiveii." 


Wk  are  commanded  t*  prny  for  the  rulers  of 
the  land,  but  n  Massnchnsetts  prencbtT  Iiit^-ly 
"r''n"k."T"ey  I  I'n'.ved  that  Congress  might  have  n  litlle  niotv 
common  sense.  That  i$  ju?«t  what  wt-  all  sdmd 
in  lu-ed  of.  A  little  Greek,  a  little  Latin,  or  a 
little  philosophy  may  moke  u  fool  of  some  men. 
but  good  commou  sense  never  will.  Itissome- 
lliiug  that  never  spoils,  and  is  alwuyt«  in  de- 
mand. 


3iSViS,l  31, 1376. 


\ 


UjtutifKK  Ua-ihor'*  udiire«".  until  further  no- 
lic?  is  Hoiling  Springs,  Cumberhuid  Co.,  Pa. 

BuoTiiEm  N.  B.  Blough  infonn«  n».  that  Kid. 
Il-nrv  Harshbiirger.  of  ?^iiiiki-  Spring  Viilli'v. 
!';(.,  is  Tery  poorly,  and  not  expected  to  recover. 

Jf  you  would  keep  your  ('hrintian  armor 
bright,  dtm't  fail  lo  pfdidh  it  with  ]irnv«i-.  ll 
\n  nof  (If  u^e  v  imirh  as  rhe  nbuac  that  cnuwes 


,,|  tw'-l»»- !»■•" 


.  ii:i»it'iv  '  .mr--.  iowji,  rrctint- 
.   iiipetiug-j  undfr  the  aiispiecs 

^liiih  resiiUfd  in  thi'  .ndiHHon 
1  Lo  the  fhurrlj. 


Eiii/j^it  lleni-y  Martin,  one  of  the  eldei-s  of 
till'*  co'^strf^iition,  is  lying  (piite  low  with 'in- I 
'Inniiniltorj-    rhevimatiaiii.    :'hiI    r.iln-r    .ii  .'i..'^ 
,     i-nVidition  ia  very  iriti'  jI 


to  be  sucefWfiil.  want  to  cla-wly  study  the  wflh- 
oii  of  imparting  ideas  uwsl  by  Chri!»t  and  the 
apostlea.  They  made  no  attempt  at  «  display 
of  onitoo*  'ui'i  fine  laiigujtge.  but  told  what  they 
ba<l  to  miy.  in  language  that  all  could  uuder- 
stimd.  They  spoke  from  hearts  full  of  love, 
faith  luid  anxiety,  and  their  appeals  went  home 
to  the  hearts  of  others.  Their  very  preaehing 
showed  that  tlu-y  were  in  earnest,  and  the  sim- 
ple way  they  had  of  telling  things,  gained  them 
the  fonfidenee  of  the  people.  We  need  more  of 
that  kind  of  preseliing  in  this  age  of  the  world. 
There  i"  ton  niueh  attempt  at  showing  oft",  and 
making  a  display  of  learning,  but  not  enough  ol 
telling  the  o'd  (Jospid  story  in  the  old  apostolic 
way.  U-t  us  have  more  phuu.  direct  preaching, 
and  less  (Jis|jlay.  We  want  pi-eadiing  that  goes 
home  to  (ho  lu^art. 


uary  3^ 


date  and  A.  D.  KK).  though  he  pr«d,ir«j" 


Thurman  put  up  hour-  thirty. 
in  defense  of  trine  innnerMon, 


was  pulled  down  by  the  arguniem  of  T  *'^"^ 


neiit.     Some  of  tli 

were  excellent  and  well  put,    Thel 

of  him,  some  months  ago.  he  \ 


"rgumcnt^Thurniau 


^  0M">. 


BURYING    THINGS. 

1  BKAMAil.  the  father  of  thof«ithfi,,  ,, 
1\     ed  a  buryiug-plaee,  that  liemiehtkl   ' 


lead  nut  i\f  his  si>//it.     However  ]• 


"''ghtbutj., 


lowever  J, 


his  heart,  when  once  dead  lie  wanted  tl 


icarff, 


"^J-  sliORi4 


TuK  editor  of  the  Church  Arlrocale,  publish- 
ed at  Han-ishurg.  Pa,,  is  wntiiig  up.  and  pul>- 
lishing  a  series  of  articles  in  detcnsje  of  single 
iinnietsioii.  endeavoring  to  prove  that  it  was  not 
invented  and  introduced  by  Eunomius.  nhen-tie 
of  the  fourth  century.  It  is  evident  that  the 
editor  luu*  a  very  difficult  task  of  it,  for  already 
two  orticle?  have  appeared,  yet  not  one  jot  uf 
proof  to  sustain  the  opinion,  that  single  im- 
mersion existed  beyond  the  middle  of  the  fourth 
century.  We  will  keep  an  eye  on  his  articles, 
and  wait  till  he  get.'i  through,  for  he  is  on  the 
right  track  if  single  immersion  is  to  be  »if»- 
tniucd. 


FAREWELL. 


iy  is  Haid  that  theix>  aro  \i>\},W\>  colored  chil- 
drtf'u  at  the  .South  under  the  cuntri)]  of  Koniun 
Cfit^olic  private.      It  in   time  that   Protestant 
iruhcs  wore  wakening  up  to  a  seuae  of  their 

/liitv. 


Wk  have  put  iu  a  tiret-class  engine  of  Ibui- 
horne  power,  and  used  it  in  running  ofi'  this  is- 
sue of  the  paper,  and  must  scy,  that  stf  far  ive 
well  pleased  with  its  working,  a'*  it  enables 
us  to  do  our  prc53  work  in  half  the  time  with 
low  with'iii- 1  tuuoh  less  hard  work."  While  running  the 
;'n*ss  by  hund  it  took  two  men  from  three  to 
'■iir  dnys  steady  running  to  do  what  one  man 
<'an  now  do  in  less  than  half  the  time.  Uur 
agents  can  now  send  in  sulKcribL'rs,  just  as  fu.>ft 
as  they  can;  we  iire  ready  for  several  tlloiisaiid 
more,  the  more  thehftti'r.  The  printing  on  our 
pi'per  this  week  may  not  be  as  good  as  usual  on 
:„...MUiit  .,f.-.urf-.-a.,-nM!  ],..;■,>.:■  n  r,I  fo  l,;.,„1i;-.i,- 


THE  following  Iwautiful  lines,  suited  to  long 
ni'-astire.  and  handed  to  ns  by  a  brother, 
aro  said  to  have  been  >u]ig  at  thefuneral  of  Eld. 
■lolin  Kline: 

"  Ktu-ewell,  farewell  to  all  below, 
My  .Ie.su8  calls  aiul  I  must  go; 
1  launch  my  boat  upon  the  sea,. 
This  huid  in  not  the  laud  for  me, 

rarewcll  dear  friends,  I  may  not  stay. 
The  home  T  seek  is  far  away. 
Where  (>hrist  is  not.  I  cannot  be. 
This  laud  i;^  nut  the  land  for  me." 


M" 


■.:.  nho  send  us  |»ai    ■ 
nrticles  to  which  they  wifh  to  >-a\\  tn\ 
Hon.  will  |»Ieii*:e   mark  nueh  arlielojt,  i\» 
-'Muany  papers  that  we   eaniint    read 
'  '•-  is  in  thiUQ. 


Ui:oTitKH  ^Inivhall  Knnis,  of  Coming,  Clay 
'  .  .  Arkan^ils,■  wishes  lo  know  if  we  have  luiy 
i I. nil. stern  living  in,  oriiear  that  State.  Perhaps 
some  of  the  Brethren  in  Soulh-weal  Mo., 
I  mild  give  liim  the  de.sired  inloruLitiou. 

Kk\i.  i).  B.  Meutiser's  "New  Vtar's  Gift," 
utid  prolit  by  imitating  a  good  example.  "It  is 
more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive."  "  .\a 
much  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  those,  the 
len-st  of  uiy  breliii-en,  ye  have  done  it  unto  lue." 

)Vf.  have  received  quite  an  interesting  |)iece 
of  t  orres]>ondonce  from  Bro.  Jiiushor,  butitt:!ime 
a  little  too  late  for  insertiow  in  this  issue.  It 
will  ap[ieiir  next  week.  When  bust  heard  from, 
he  Wiis  preaching  in  Cumberland  (.'o.,  Pa.,  wils 
well  and  enjoying  himself  finely. 

An  exchange  says:  "  It  is  figured  that  the 
Christians  of  .America  pay  at  least  twenty-five 
million  dollars  a  year  lor  tobacco,  and  less  than 
seven  millions  for  religion." 

Plow  is  thisy  Do  our  readei-s  pay  more  for 
tobacco  than  for  religious  purposes? 


fnuL^TiAXs  are  much  like  tin  vessels:  if  not 
u>L'd  and  kept  from  the  dampening  inHuence  of 
the  world,  they  will  soon  become  rusty  and  use- 
less. They  need  to  be  kept  constantly  employ- 
ed at  .something  uw>ful  in  onier  to  keep  bright. 
"It  is  far  better  to  wear  out  than  to  rust  out, 
says  a  woil-imt  proverb. 


Wk  learn  that  Eld.  Joseph  UendricU  is  con- 
,'t(V<  ting  a  successful  series  of  meeting!*  in  hin 
)lOH.^  congregation,  near  Ccrro  Cordo,  Illinois, 
.and  i^  to  January  23rd,  nine,  mostly  young 
people.  |yd  come  out  on  the  Lord's  hide.  That 
■is  right  ^thren:  go  to  work  in  your  lionu* 
.congregation,^  and  the  Lord  only  knows  wluit 
tfOod.iiiay  be  ju^-tmplishod. 


Bhothhr  G.  W.  Oish.  in  a  sh 

'  article  on  first  page  of  (his  isnit. ,  ...   ,,  ,  ..i 

to  an  important  subject  that  is  too  much  over- 
looked, not  only  by  the  world,  but  even  among 
our  people.  Too  much  caution  cannot  be  had 
when  employing  teacheni  to  take  charge  of  the 
common  stdiools,  and  the  training  of  the  rising 
generation.  As  the  twig  is  bent  in  early  life,  so 
may  we  expect  to  find  it  wlu  -i  i.I.li  r.  Teachers 
ought  to  be  standing  m  ■  ■, .  and 

the  brightest  example*  iitesy 

and  politeness.  The  yebimi-jnini  «;niis  to  be 
not  only  the  place  of  Ie.^rning.  but  of  good  umn- 
ners — the  place  where  childn-n  are  fitted  for  the 
responsible  duties  of  after-life.  Most  of  our 
teachers  have  plenty  of  learning,  but  many  of 
them  lack  a  little  good  common  sense — lack  the 
judgment  necessary  to  use  what  learning  they 

have, 

■  ♦  . . 

In  response  to  a  letter  writteu  Bro.  Bala- 
baugh,  iu  regards  to  the  use  of  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  the  following  is  a  part  of  his  re- 
ply: "I  have,  for  many  years,  been  tontem- 
pJating  a  series  of  articles  on  that  wonderful 
l)ortion  of  Scripture,  but  it  is  so  uniqtir,  so  nml, 
so  r-oiiiprchcnsh-e,  so  Kofeiiin,  that  I  shrink  from 
the  task.  No  highest  finite  miml  can  fully  take 
iu  the  meaning  of  those  devotional  utterances. 
To  rcheai-se  that  prayer  aright,  is  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian, and  that  meaus  a  relation  to  the  Eternal 
above  the  angels.  Brief  aa  it  is  the  saint.'*'  st<>. 
reotyi>ed  prayer,  is  the  concentration  of  every 
syllable  and  letter  of  both  Testament.s.  Yea, 
two  eternities  are  included  in  it.  If  the  Lord 
will  give  me  strength  and  light,  I  will  essay  to 
write  on  the  subject  at  inteiTnIs  during  the  pres- 
ent year.  May  the  j'enr  1878  be  a  year  of  high 
aims,  noble  efiorts  aild  fjlorious  achievementii 
for  us  all." 


ONE    GREAT   STEP. 

It.  S,  W.  Brown,  a  Disciple  niini-'terol'  Bed- 
ford, Ohio,  h;is  publicly  renounced  Frei^ 
niasonvy  from  his  pulpit.  He  was  led  to  see  the 
position  in  which  he  ■•^tood  bc-fore  his  people,  by 
listening  to  n  course  of  three  lecture?,  in  which 
the  first  three  degrees  of  Masonry  were  expos- 
ed befoiv  large  crowds  of  people.  It  is  time 
that  every  minister,  connected  with  any  secret 
ler,  was  ibllowiug  the  good  example,  mid  re- 
fuse to  be  unequally  yoked  together  with  unbe- 
lievers, riie  Go.speI  being  perfect  and  complete 
m  all  it.s  parta,  contains  sufficient  to  meet  all 
Die  spiritual  wants  of  the  race,  and  ther.'fore 
'  r  ■  '  ■  '■  tinothcr-oi-der  isnotonlyuunec- 
.'  >  ilisret^peet  to  the  adequatenes^ 
III  of  salvation  to  care  for.  and 
.i.in-  L.it  iiuiuitu  family. 

"After  listening  to  the  lecturer,  who  argiied 
from  a  Christian  stsinilpoint,  and  showed  the 
false  and  double  po.^ition  in  which  u  miui-ster  of 
the  Goypel  placed  him^ielf  by  being  a  Mason, 
since  he  wa;^  bound  to  one  pait  of  his  flock  by 
diti'erent  tiejf  than  those  \vhich  boimd  liim  to  the 
R'st,  juul  coiupelleil  to  uiu-ry  in  his  heart  a  bur- 
den which  he  dared  not  reveal,  Mr.  Brovvu  re- 
solved to  w:Lih  his  hands  of  it  forever.  He 
confesHcd  that  lie  bait  &inned  in  taking  the  Ma- 
sonic oaths,  and  permitting  himself  to  be  led 
through  the  sbametiil,  num-degrading  rites  of 
initiation,  and  prayed  to  his  heavenly  Father  for 
mercy.  He  thanked  God  for  sending  a  man, 
who,  in  the  face  of  so  much  opposition,  could 
tear  the  musk  from  Masonry,  and  the  hoodwink 
fi-om  his  own  eyes,  so  that  he  could  see  it  as  it  is, 
and  declared  that  from  henceforth  he  wjw  free 
from  its  galling  chains."  ,i.  ii.  m. 


of  his  sight.  When  things  lu-o  ifeml  tbej 
be  buried  out  of  sight.  Dead  people,  ho 
good  and  lovely  they  may  have  boon,  arc  "J  ' 
use  to  the  living,  and  tlieix'I'oi-e,  w.int  to  b.i"'^ 
ricd,  and  should  not  hi;  dug  up  and  e\f(^  !'" 
public  gaze  every  lew  days.  " 

What  would  you  think  of  the  man  wlm  a 
burying  a  Inend,  or  even  an  enemy,  should  fl 
up  the  body  luid  drag  it  around  thn,!,.),  .,* 
street.s.  and  even  into  private  houses  to  h,  .     ^ 


noyanceof  people genendly?     You 


wouliltbint 


TllK  Bible,  especially  the  New  Te.'itament 
liart,  contains  the  simplest  known  niethwl  uf 
pleaching  luid  te.iching,  iu  existenw.  No  oth- 
er volume  of  the  same  size  contains  so  y^ich, 
and  yet  it  is  simple  throughout.  Th«  sentunces 
are  gcnerjilly  short,  the  proposition-!  well  stated, 
the  ftrguui«niB  and  appeals  pointed.     Ministers, 


THE    THURMAN    AND    GRANT 
DISCUSSION. 

J)mr  Urolha-:— 

I  CUT  the  following  Blip  out  of  the  Wofh/\i 
Criifh,  of  Wednesday,  Sep.  3rd,  1874.  Will 
yon  be  so  kind  ns  to  let  me  know  through  your 
valuable  jiaper.  if  said  discussion,  Ijctweeii  Wm. 
C.  Thurman  and  Miles  Grant  ever  caniG  off? 
Walpemau  MKYt^l. 
"  ASOTuku  DiBcrssios.— Wc  have  also  eonsentcil  lo  ile- 
biito  Ihc  liildcet  of  Trine  Bftptism  with  Uro,  W,  C.  Thiir- 
niftn,  in  CliuHcslown,  Mw».,  Myaiic  Hull,  No.  70  Mnin  St., 
commencing  Tuti-hy  evening,  Sept,  22nii.  h.  ay 

Rkmakks.— Th(?  discussion  came  off  at  the 
appointed  time,  lasting  .s;everal  evenings.  Thur- 
nnm,  at  that  time  wa-s  pnblishing  a  monthly  in 
(Jharle.stown,  MiiftS.,  and  Wrant  was  publishing  a 
large  weekly,  ciil led  the  Worhi's  Crhis,  in  Bos- 
ton.   Grant  was  on  Advent.     . 

Thurman  waa  in  the  affiiinative,  aiul  made 
some  good  points,  though  both  parties  clainu-d 
the  victory.  At  that  discnssiou,  fJivrntadmitted 
that  trine  immersion  was  practiced  as  early  m 
A.  D.   i:jri,  nnd  hence  concliided  tliat  it  must 


have  been  introduced  sometime  betw. 


■mn  that 


him  very  inii)rndent  ;  yet  the  world  is  fall 
just  such  e;iBGS,  mid  people  having  become  us^ 
to  it  look  upon  such  trnnsai'tions  with  indifli, 
enco. 

The  "old  man,"  with  all  his  evil  decilg  is* 
be  buried  iii  baptism,  and  when  he  conies  fortli 
as  a  "new  creature,"  is  to  leave  all  his  old  itiI 
deeds  behind  him.  and  buried  forever.  Tlir 
never  want  to  be  rcsnrrected  again.  Sg  ua. 
has  the  right  to  go  down  into  the  watery  §1-,^^ 
and  bring  up  the  sins  of  tin?  old  man  aa^  pj. 
rade  them  before  the  public.  Yet  how  oflend,) 
v.-e  ;(ee  it.donc. 

It  is  a  eommou  thing  to  bear  even  t'oavMlel 
people  tell  of  their  evil  deeds  before  leeomijju 
niemboiii  of  the  eliuadi.  A  man  ivill  toll  wliai 
n  bad  boy  he  wil>,  how  he  u.sed  to  revel  iasiuof 
the  darkest  dye,  and  that  too  bel'oa>  cliildrtn, 
He  thu.'*  imprcs'ics  the  young  nund  with  tlie ides 
that  even  they  may  speml  a  few  yeai-s  in  m  nA 
crime,  and  yet  turn  out  to  be-  good  ami  useful. 
Much  of  the  sin  planted  lu  the  hearts  of  cliil- 
dron  is  due  this  unholy  practice  of  draggiiii/ the 
(/(■«(/ oi  (he  post  before  the  public,  auci  wijus- 
ing  them,  with  nil  their  tlisagrecableni>s^,  totbe 
world  at  large.  It  would  be  a  bl&ssiu!;  !o  the 
cause  of  the  Matter,  if  people  would  Itamto 
leave  their  dead  buried.  Nor,  is  it  right,  nfier 
a  man  has  forsaken  sin  .ind  the  woiM.  uuitfs 
witli  (he  chureli,  iml  endeavors  to  live  faitlilu!, 
for  othoi-s  todragliis  piist  deeds  out  of  th'- grave 
and  expose  them  to  the  public.  HewhofkN-- 
80,  is  guilty  of  nd)bing  the  grave  of  its  deinl, 
Sin,  once  buried,  should  be  hid  from  siirtit  for- 
ever, and  no  one  hits  a  right  to  disturb  the- - 
cred  spot. 

One  man  hat  a  ditliculty  with  another;  it !« 
finally  settled;  both  parties  agree  to  ImnjWit 
troubles  of  the  past,  and  endeavor  to  live  ia  ^em 
vvith  encli  other.  Soon  wo  hear  one  of  fbein  saj, 
'I  cnn  forgive,  but  not  forget.''  Herein  where 
the  trouble  comes  in;  men  are  willin.i,' toH' 
trouble,  but  not  hnnj  it;  they  want  to  dnit;  thi^ 
[lead  thing  around  from  house  to  house,  uiul  tbiis 
annoy  the  people.  Not  unfrequently  do  tliej 
exhibit  it  at  fvery  hou^^e  at  which  they  call,  and 
thereby  disgnst  the  more  sensible  class  of  peo- 
l)le. 

Hut  then  (onie  of  them  are  like  the  Jeffsof 
old ;  they  white-wash  their  dead,  unburicd  things. 
in  order  to  make  them  take  better  and  Iwk 
more  respectable.  Then  thoro  are  otlxTS  ivbo 
will  embalm  tlieir  dead  trouhloa  nn-l  preserve 
them  for  years.  Of  coui-sc  they  nw^^  ''•'^^^ 
1-liem  to  everybody  who  comes  along.  I  U"™ 
known  men  who  took  pleasui'e  in  drawing  souif 
ohi.  dead  carcass  out  of  the  grave  every  ti™'- 
.sonieljody  would  come  to  see  them,  Ooewouw 
iuf«r  that  it  was  thcii*  delight  to  hnu'lb- ^f«'l 
carcasMs  to  the  annoyanco  of  visitor^.  M:i) 
God  siwed  the  day  when  peopfe  vilUean'tw''"' 
ry  their  ^od  ftut  of  their  sight,  auJ  then  lea^ 
them  l)urit?tl'.> 

Thcreare  ilU'  ffhnrch  difficultie.'^  that  M' 
been  settled  and  burirtl,  and  that  too  to  Hi''  P^ 
of  the  vhole  congi-ef^ation.  But  not  u"*'^'' 
fjueutlydoes  somebody  dig  thenmp  ''"il'li".- 
them  iHfore  the  church  again,  endeavoring  *" 
render  tin-  living  house  of  Gixi  the  abode  of  ti"' 
dead.  B.mietimes  these  dead  carcasses  ore  ■" 
'lisiigrtitablo,  lus  to  disgust  the  whole  Ix"')'-  ^'^^ 
«t  tinKs    completely  destroys  the  licnltb  ftH' 


vitnlit]  of  the  entire  congregation. 


Whuniuil- 


Joti-aary 


31. 


■here  Ihcy  nrp  c-onliniiall,  distarbel  hy 


j„  !,,v  »"-^  "-^  ....  ..-..V ..,.«„ J.  disturbed  h^ 

(I,e  ,.iii.len9ant  odor  of  partly  dc«»ye<l  .-nt^asM-s** 
„■  ,„u  w<uU  to  keep  the  church  of  God  pure,  .lo 
,,our  utmost  to  k.ep  <k..id  niattnr  out  of  n  ,^„^ 
;^.  ,|„.t  1.11  difficult;.--,  are  hum-d  down  d,.^p 
„,.VL>r  to  bo  resurr.!cti--d  ngiiin. 
There  iir«  also  tl.ingv  th«t  ought  to  bebnritHl 

„thc  r  .-vil  tliat  is  of  no  use  to  either  God  or  man 
Tb.-  V"'^^'^'  .^o"  '^""   g*^*   t'leni  into  the  enu-. 


uci  woaorman. 

Tb.-  T''^''*''"  .^«"  '^""  get  them  into  the  gnwe 
,b.  i>ottei-;  l>«rjtIi«»<li-*op,stHrap  the  dirt  down 
well. 

\s  iitiiouHRof  "in'J'ovi'mput.wownuttnlhiiilc 
^,,,1  lulk  J.iort-  nljoul  llie  living  ami  go^j  ^f  ^^^ 
future,  nnd  Ic-''-'*  aliout  thedeudof  the  past.  Let 
,.„n(  d.'iMi  remain  buried  out  of  your  aight,  Gud 
„i!l  (ivia-  can-  of  them.  Look  to  the  future  for 
iitl-  iind  liiippiness.  ,  ^  ^ 


SOMETHING  BREWING. 

ONLY  n  few  years  iigo.  the  civilized  world 
Wiis  slnrtlod  hy  what  was  Itnown  as  the 
H,.,.,!u'r  itiul  Tiltoii  ycmidiil,  until  the  more  pi- 
r,iisl»*ciime  disgusted,  infidels  «Iionted  lor  joy, 
■1,1,1  thuusiinds  lost  what  little  conlidence  they 
pvci-  hiid  in  thesvcRt(l'}  American  preacher. 
Tlu-  ffvci-.  however,  cooli'd  ofl'.  ii,„l  luuttei-a  j«,.t- 
t!*(i  down  pretty  (juictly.  leaving  iieeeher  mid 
l,l,s  Plymouth  pongn-gntion  to  enjoy  themselves 
;is  i,.-^t  lh.*y  riMild,  and  tilings  seemed  to  have 
Wn  working  along  pretty  smoothly,  mfh  tlu- 
.,s..|-i.Hoii  of  ail  .i.r^  ;,,n,ii  rn.p!-  ..v.-r  the  wiir 
ter>n!'  i,..M. 

liir— lix-^  Jew  (.'iiKiii-  js  ,uj  oL.tlur,  ;md  posseanes 
,ji  ii  iiijili  degree,  the  peculiiir  f:u:nlty  of  draw- 
ii.c;  and  entertaining  im  audience.  Wbeve  hi» 
]>mver  lays  has  been  a  (luestion  of  much  dispute 
,,m-.iiu:  his  admirora.  nnd  not  a  little  hw  it  Wn 
,lmrii>-i-d  by  tho^e  who  do  not  admire  liini. 
SiMiii'.  I'f  vnuTSf,  have  attempted  tn  imitate  him 
aii'I  :.''!'  '■.  '  ■ '' '  ■  ly  i>r^.'icher  e.in  no  more  ht-  u 
Bl.   '  "litor  can  be  u  Brick  Poni- 

tn.  I    tliat  uKrtt  of  Uiem  would 

uitt  h\-.'-  "> -VfTi  if  they  could. 

It  liii.^  b.?en  the  imprcsaion  of  ncit  a  few.  that 
lir^ilu  r  Itns  not  l)f'-»n  very  siuntd  in  the  faith, 
re.illy  i"  "".v  kind  of  n  ftiith,  Few  menchange 
mn:v  tliiui  U'-,  being  constantly  blown  .-tm.ufc  l.y 
•.vin<l  of  doctrine;  ever  learning,  bvit  nev- 
M  to  come  iv  a  full  knowkvlfje  of  the  truth. 
:.  .  h.ird  for  either  liini.  or  anylmdy  else  to  tell 
yite.liiy,  what  the  man  will  believe  the  nifxt, 
Ur  tyn  hf  I'i-lieves  in  the  Trinity,  but  dtni't 
know  wliy  lie  l.flii-v>'s  that  Way,  Of  conrse  he 
[■^  l.Ki  iiii'  ,:d-;i:u.- ;  in  the  litcratnreof  thedrty 
t'j  ^'ivi-  :iii  au-;;v.-r  oi  the  liopi;  Untt  ii  iu  him.  i. 
*■.  iii-'uidcd  he  has  luiy  luipe;  for,  from  the  fol- 
low iiij,'.  it  would  seem  that  either  his  hope,  faith, 
or  sDinething  el«o  is  rather  shalty: 

"  Ihe  numbers  of  the  liumwi  race  were  actu- 

ully  b.-yond  computation,  and  for  thonsandif  and 

tii'iiMaiids    of     ye;u"s    they     had     been     boni 

intii    Ihi;    world,    had    lived,    aad   struggled. 

ami  liuiiily  died,  and  gone— where?     If  you  tell 

mi-  thai:  they  have  all  gone  to  heaven,  luy  ans- 

wiT  w ill  bu  that  such  a  sweeping  of  mud  into 

lio;tv.'ii  would  defile  its  purity,  and  I  eaunot  ac- 

ce|.t  that.    If  you  tell  me  thnt  they  have  gone 

to  Ih-11.  then  I  swear  by   the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

"Iiuiii  1  have  sworn  to  worship  forever,  that  you 

will  iiMkf  an  intidid  of  me.     The  doctrine  that 

Goil  hits  been  for  thousands  of  yciirs  peopling 

till,  .-ui'th  with  human  beingrf,  during  a  period, 

thiL\'- fourths  of  which  wrui  not  illiiminatvd  by 

nn  iijt  ir  or  ii  cliureh.  and  in  places  where  a  viut 

pniiidatioii  i»f  thosf  pt-ople  are  yet  without  tlint 

i-tn  ti.i,i-!Miiii  Hi.' Almighty  into  a  mon- 

I  ■'■'■  111. linn     lliiiii    Satan  himself,  and  1 

I'v  all   ill. It    L- .sacred,  that  I  mil  never 

'11'  Hataii,  thougli  he  should  app^ardressed 

^  il  robes,  and  seated  on  the  throne  of  -le- 

li.    Men  may  .say,  *You  will  not  goto  heav- 

"^^     A  heaven  presided  over  by  siu-h  a  demon 

as  thii(.  ^vho  hiis  been  peopling  this  world  with 

■'"IIS  of  human  beings,  anil  then  sweeping 

■if  into  ludl,  not  like  dead  llie-i.  but  with- 

■  ''>iug  the  trouhk'  even  to  kill  lhi>ui.  and 

-  '  ''nig  and  laughing  over  their  eternal  mittery, 

' '  ^iich  a  heaven  as  1  want  to  go  to.    The 

''"'liincis  too  horrible.    I  can  not  bidieve  it 
and  I  won't." 

'''I'le  is  nothing  uncertain  about  this;  the 
!  'iiky  out  plain;  there  is  no  uncertain  sound 
'  iliat;  every  retulercanundei-staudit.  The 
I  ■  "iier  HhowHhis  colors  and  spreads  them  to 
the  breeze.  Tread  cautiously,  render;  there  i* 
dinger  of  making  ( ?)  an  infidel  of  the  num.  If 
yo'i  insist  too  strongly  on  some  parts  of  the 
Moly  Scriptures,  he  threatens  to  become  an  iiifi- 


<1el;  and  even  tht^at^nf  to  invear  about  it  t.. 
"  swear  by  th-  Loni .!«.«,  Cbri»L" 

What  carei.  he  for  what  the  G(wpnl  teacher 
when  ,t  says,  "s^ear  «„t  at  all?"  Ho  claim, 
lo  be  a  preacher  after  Oods  own  heart,  vet 
threatens  to  "  wear  by  the  Lotxl  .Tc'.u,.  Christ  " 

Paul  did  not  talk  that  way.  say,  he.  "know- 
mg  the  terror,  of  the  Lonl,  we  iH-^uade  men." 
Hod  used  to  ^virik  at  the  ignorance  of  people. 

but  now  commandeth  all  men  eveo^vhere  to 
repent.    "'  for  except  ye  repent,"  8,y-»  inspiration 

ye  shrdl  all  likewise  pcridi."  Of  course  it 
wont  do  to  preach  .uch  doctrine  to  Heccher,for 
It  may  make  an  infidel  ..f  him;  and  by  the  way 
he  IS  not  far  from  that  j.niut  jnst  now.  It  is 
evident  that  he  has  b.Tn  thijiking  ovorthemat- 
ter.  tor  he  lays  down  th-  exact  tnms  on  which 
he  I.S  wdlmg  to  become  one;  that  is  rotting 
pretty  cIo«e-not  far  from  the  "iumping  off 
place:  "  I  mean  jumping  off  of  the  liibie.  He 
hiia  pick.-d  hi.*  gi-ound  on  which  to  alight. 

Bat  in^pir,■ll^on  speaks  of  '•indignation  mi 
\Yrath.  tribabdioH  and  in)guish.  upon  every  soul 
of  miiu  that  doeth  evil "  (Horn.  2: !»).  "  These." 
^'ays'thel.urd.  "shall  go  aw.iy  into  overln-sting 
pumshmeut:  but  tb.-  rigtilt-ous  into  life  eternal " 
(Matt,  -i.^:  46).  "Hold."  say«  one,  "  vou  will 
malce  .ui  intidel  of  Jieecher."  Not  much;  there 
w  no  daiigrr  of  making  au  infidel  of  him:  he  ix 
too  near  one  already,  or  rather  of  his  own  fW*<^ 
will,  is  m-tting  ne.ir  the  tiiming  point.  Hut 
moi-e  .'^.■riptun;  on  this  jtubjeet. 

"Marvidnotatthi^:  for  the  hour  i«  coming, 
in  the  which  all  that  ar.,  in  the  graves  shall 
hear  hi*  voice,  and  shall  come  forth:  they  that 
have  done  good,  unto  the  i-esiirrection  of  life; 
and  they  that  have  done  evil,  unto  the  resniToc- 
tion  nf  damnation  "  (John  ,'):  -2^,  20).  "  Who 
shall  be  punished  with  everlasting  deatructi.m 
irom  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and  the  glory  of 
his  power"  (2  The..vs.  1 :  •>).  -  Tlie  wicked  shall 
be  tuni'-d  into  hell,  and  all  the  nations  that  for- 
get Ciod'"  (Psalm  i»:  IT). 

If  this  is  not  proof  against  Kepcher's  theorj-.. 
then  we  know  of  nnie.  What  car-*  h.-  for  the 
ftict  that  all  the  wicked  and  the  nations  that  for- 
get  God  being  turned  into  helli'  He  don't  b^^ 
lievc  it.  If  he  did,  he  !.ay»  it  wrmld  make  him 
an  infidel.  Bat,  by  the  way,  twt  believing  the 
Scriptniei*  is  just  what  makes  men  infideht.  If 
the  Plymouth  preacher  ilo.>s  not  lu-licve  that 
the  wicked,  and  all  the  nations  that  tbrgel  «od 
shall  be  turned  into  hell,  then  our  roiulors  know 
just  what  he  is.  and  if  he  does  believe  it.  he  ha-* 
sworn  that  ii  will  make  him  an  infidel  anj*  how. 
The  man  is  iu  a  dilemma.  .r,  n.  u. 


1.  Paul,  Sylvauus  and  Timotheu-  felt  boiimi 
to  give  thanki. 

■J.  Beemne  the  faith  of  the  The«.aioDians 
grew,  not  only  irom*-  nor  a  //«/*  but  rrrndingly. 

3.  And  the  rea-son  their  faith  grew  exceed- 
ingly was.  becR.iw  the  charity,  not  simply  of  rj 
f^r,  nor  of  the  mijorihj,  but  of  rrrnj  one  of 
them  aboundi-Ki  toward  each  other. 

—Now  we  exhort,  you.  brethren,  warn  them 
that  are  unmly.  comfort  the  feeble-minded.sup- 
port  the  wciU{,  be  patient  towanls  all  men  (I 
Thess.  5;U). 

This  exhortjition  teaches: 

1.  That  there  are  some  who  are  »HrM/^,  hence 
need  to  be  warned. 

2.  That  some  are  ftfb^e-mwdtti  and  should 
be  comforted. 

3.  That  Kome  are  irmt  and  mnat  be  support- 
ed. 

■*.  ThatitisjitstftudproiKT  to  bo  p.itient 
towai-da  all  men.  u.  u.  k 


CONCEHNING   MAN. 

BUT  who.!o  keepelh  hia  word,  in  Ilim  is  Hie 
love  of  God  perfected;  hereby  know  we 
that  we  are  iu  him  (1  .John  2:  5). 
The  '■  whoso"  is  »  Christian  and  knows: 

1.  That  it  is  right  to  keep  (olwy)  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

2.  That  if  he  keejis  the  wonl  of  the  Lord, 
something  is  perfected  iu  him. 

3.  That  something  is  the  hie  of  (hid. 

4.  That  if  the  love  of  God  be  perfectt'd  in 
him.  he  is  in  Christ,  which  is  joy.  peace  and  life 
ctenml. 

— Take  heed  that  ye  do  not  your  alms  before 
mcu,  to  be  neen  of  them.  •  •  •  p,,  n(,t 
sound  a  trumpet  before  thee  (Matt.  tJ;  1.  2). 

This  teaches: 

1.  Thnt  the  Christian  .should  do  alms. 

2.  Not  to  do  them  before  men  to  be  seen  of 
them. 

3.  Xot  sound  a  trumpet  to  be  heard. 

4.  He  sliould  keep  his  good  work  to  him- 
self; otherwise  he  shall  have  no  reward  of  hi.*i 
Father  in  heaven. 

5.  That  the  man  who  gei-s  hi.i  reward  from 
any  other  simree  than  from  heaven,  is  mineraldy 
poor. 

-By  this  shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are  my 
disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  for  another  (John 
13:  35). 
All  men  shall  know: 

1.  That  the  Savior  has  disciples. 

2.  That  the  disciples  do  not  belong  to  the 
Lord  in  part,  but  altogether. 

3.  That  all  they  are  his  disciples,  because 
they  Uaye  love  one  for  another. 

— We  are  bound  to  thank  God  always  for 
you.  brethren,  as  it  is  meet,  because  that  your 
faith  groweth  exceedingly,  and  the  charity  of 
every  one  of  you  all,  toward  eaehotherabound- 
oth(2Thess.  1:3). 


TOTT    CAN   WORK. 

YOU  an-  called*  "the  chosen  of  tlu>  Ud; 
"di.sciple»  of  .Imis  Christ."  and  thus, 
"bought  with  n  price."  You  an-  at  liberty,  fac- 
ing made  five  through  the  abundant  grace  of 
our  Father.  In  his  vineyard  you  may  labor, 
building  with  God's  material,  and  strengthen- 
ing with  His  ati-ength.  You  profe^*  to  love 
Him,  to  serve  Him,  to  follow  Him.  This  is  a 
noble  profc-iaion,  and  you  are  permit(e<l  to  pos- 
wss  just  what  you  profess.  Wondvrful  liberty 
indeed! 

But  are  you  laboring  for  the  honor  of  God, 
and  the  salvation  of  .wuls?  Have  you  the 
deei)  humility,  the  heartfelt  yearnings  for  oth- 
era  thai  you  would  have  for  yourself  ?  Do  y„ 
feel  that  your  fellow-men  out  of  Christ  should 
have  1.11  tUat  you  hnvo  in  Christ?  If  so, 
you  willing  to  help  them,  lu  somebody  helped 
you?  You -uight  to  be  able  to  say  "yea"  to 
all  these  questions,  and  if  you  cannot,  you  have 
reasons  for  deeper  hnmili.ition  than  .vi-r.  Yoa 
xay  you  are  not  able,  have  not  the  means,  no 
talent,  no  money,  nothing  wherewith  to  labor. 
Not  precisely.  You  have  f  ,'  ,  ■  I,,  ,,.i,' 
or  live  it  matters  not.     1'...  , .  \^i 

he  concerned  about  this.      l\  |,-ut 

bei:ause  yim  have  not  five,  U  to    U-   .i-shimied  of 
your  Maker's  good  work* 

Do  you  any  you  have  no  opimrtiinities  to 
lead  sinners  to  (:hri.^t  >  That  is  not  the  exact 
truth:  for  oppocluuities  an?  abundant  every 
day.  Were  the  opporlumtics  gold  dcdlars, 
none  would  fifil  to  Iind  them.  Are  yon  waiting 
for  a  revival:'  That  i.i  not  wisdom.  A  revival 
is  nothing  mure  than  earnest,  pnutical  fell.iw- 
ship  with  om-  imofher  and  with  your  God.  — 
Have  a  revival  eveiy  day,  get  nearer  the  great, 
white  throne,  and  induce  others  to  get  up  to  it 
also. 

Self-denying  labor  to  save  soulu  as  well  as 
your  own  is  true  piety  without  any  husks.  — 
Talk  not  of  humility  and  then  manifect  cold- 
ness towards  your  fellow-men.  Meekness  and 
hmnility  that  have  in  them  the  Alpha  and 
Omega,  never  nudte  cages  for  themselve-f.  You 
may  wrap  them  iu  stupidity  but  that  don't  alt- 
er the  law  of  God  and  its  elfects  one  |;iLrticle.— 
To  starve  and  rust  out  religion  for  the  men- 
sake  of  oddity  and  self-will,  is  only  deluding 
the  soul  and  preparing  it  for  wailing  and  huaen- 
tation.  If  you  love  heartily,  you  will  work  to 
save  men  from  the  burning,  nor  will  you  be 
a^hanled  to  go  where  sin  abounds  and  rebuke 
it.  Wait  not  for  some  one  to  say.  "  Go."  A 
God  and  Father  long  ago  said  that.  It  needs 
not  the  "go,"  of  man  to  make  it  effectual;  it 
needs  man's  rfaUiij.  There  is  such  a  thing  as 
blood  on  the  skirts  of  those  who  eim  but  will 
not  work  to  lead  thinners  to  the  great  Fountain 
to  be  cleansed.  m.  m.  e. 


.bouldwe.     H.giv«,that   Hi,  goodnar.  m.v 
lewl  us  to  rei.ent*nce  and  to  Him.    Our  givir,  ■ 
diould  be  the  expresflon.  not   tr,   fh«   w',r!!      ■ 
poMible.butioHim.of  onr  : 
His  cauw.  and  "the  Lonl  I.. 

"  Freely  ye  linTe  recvr.     . 

Give .lollan,  for  Utb  „r  u«.     «,d  ^ 

companion  and  -Islor  in  th-  Ix,H.  when  the 
mntt*r  was  considervd  in  His  fear.     '     '  I 

with  the  confident  hope  and  ■ 
prayer  that  it  may   contribute  to  tb. 
of  Ibesiunts  and  the  spread  of  the  j.ur-,.  ■un- 
compromising Qoiiivl  on  the  #hu(«it  of  (hi.  Zu 
World, 

0,  brethren  and  sistere  let  u«  j., 
work  over  thi-rw.     We  have  pray*, I 
Ijegianiug.  but  let  us  still  pray.     K- 
er  avails  much.     In  our  own  ftv- 
ooimtry  our  ministering  brethwn  tr 
tfibliuhedcnngn-gationswithoHt  raon. 
food  and  fftn\  (h<i  it  uw-,1  U)  Ik-)  but  i 
tions  of  the  country,  nion.v    -   m 
cc-*sary  cxpt-nv?'.  and  no  hf 
hftiitule,— n:iy  they  should  I  . 
Ucvcni  on  old  Pcutecost  to  ev.  „    -. 
the   preaching   of   the   pure,    fiill    ' 
Irine  may   nut   be   hindered.      Bu- 
preacliing  i«  faulty,  and  the  preachers  yn^„ 
uiu.atisfactory.  there  may  be  the  hr-t  .,f  rea- 
sons lora  "hfand-still."    Oi;     ■  ,)^ 
brethren  an- well-known  I- 
the  entin?  doctrine  of  the- li  ,i 
in  the  exemplification  of  it,  aud  hciiw-  ««  hav-- 
every  reajon  to  believe  the  tWc  will  be  in  ev- 
i-rj-  particular  identical  with  the  mo^t  ..rlerly 
and  established  congregations  in  Am-  n,  ,l  .Vnd 
it  !<trdie^  me  that  the  church  in  Dema^.vk  has 
an  eu\iiibte  advantage  over  m.my   b.u  k.bding 
congregations  iu  America  which  an-  I  ut  ..  step 
behind  the  so-calU-d  churches  of  perv.  iU,\  and 
di%-idod    ClirLstianity.      Brethren    an-l    .i.-tera, 
don't  wait  too  long.    The  work  is  now  iveil  bo- 
gun,  and  we  have  no  good  re.-w}n   to   wiffihold 
our  sympathy,  our  prayer,  or  our  fiiMn,  id   as- 
sistance, as  it  is  nwled.     Don't  wait    t-.  make 
lip    a  large,  congregational  contribution,  but 
let  families  consult  togethvr  and  wnd  ^■m\\^ 
handsome  offering  in  the  love  of  Chrl-;  .ual  lost 
soiil.^  and  then  follow  it  up  w.th  y..iir    i.r-.yent, 
■'  let  your  retjuests  be  mnde  known  unto  God." 
So  shall  ili.<  bK*-ingd   he   upon   y-i.r.      ,,,!    :he 
bonlers  of  Zion  widely  extended. 

Yours  for  the  furthenuice  of  the  ii<r.i-;]. 
I>.  B.  Mestzer. 


A    NEW   YEARS    GIFT 

M.iY  He  who  called  you  into  the  fellowship 
td'  His  Son,  Christ  Jesus  be  with  you  in 
all  that  ye  do  for  the  spread  of  "the  truth  as  it 
is  in  Jesus." 

In  the  nitme  of  Jesus  of  Naxareth  who  is 
now  seated  at  the  right  handof  God.  and  plemis 
that  all  men  may  come  to  the  knowledge  of 
the  truth  and  be  savwl,  I  enclose  to  you  our 
own  family  New  Year  offering  to  the  Danish 
Mission.  We  have  neither  riches  nor  poverty, 
thimks  be  to  God!  But  as  the  Lonl  giveth,  so 
He  enabled  us  to  give.     He  gives  wisely,  so 


BEADING   AND   BATING. 

I    VilllV    pr.iclical  and  :  •  >  ,- is 

ii.    touehud  upon  by  tln'  >  ,  y,^_ 

rr  rw  follows:  Kverj-  famih  ,i., 

magazines  and  new.tpapcrs.  ■.^-  w.il  ,,■  f.jod 
and  clothing.  We  have  ju>t  Iwen  r-  iiugtlie 
life  of  the  famous"  iind  iisefid  Rev.  Win.  Amot 
He  made  his  breakfast  of  oat-raeal  and  milk,  his 
dinner  of  brea/1  and  milk,  that  he  might  sara 
money  to  K'  expended  in  in'orming  tmd  cultiv*. 
ting  his  mind.  For  doing  mi,  he  was  jiraise- 
worthy.  Oal-meal  and  milk  is  by  nn  nie.'msto 
lie  despjrcd  U8  nutritious  food.  For  n  yearpast, 
on  many  Hays,  such  has  been  our  principal  meal. 
And  we  have  the  recommendation  of  no  less  a 
man  than  Mr.  Wm.  Cull.-n  Bryant  in  favor  of 
bread  and  milk.  Far  too  much  attention  is  paid 
b,\  the  people  of  these  States  to  wluit  they  will 
eat.  and  ilrink.  and  w«ir.  There  b  a  nwdless 
and  unwholesome  expenditure  for  these  things. 
There  is  no  virtue  in  turning  away  from  a  good 
book,  or  in  stopping  a  nen-spaper  in  onler  to 
gratify  a  carpal  appetite  or  to  maint.-!ia  a  fair 
and  vain  show  in  the  fle.^b.— (rw/f/t-n  Censer. 


Eastkrs  -iCFAiEs.— The  prospects  for  a  speedj- 
ttrmination  of  the  wiir  are  good.  Ru.-^ia  hs 
presentwl  her  terms  to  Turk.-y.  .-uid  it  is  import- 
ed that  the  latter  has  accepted  them.  The  fol- 
lowing is  a  synoi»sis  of  the  terms  agrw-d  upon. 

Bulgaria  to  acquin?  someterntorr south ofthe 
Balkins.  Ba^nia  and  Hentegovina  to  be  assor- 
ed  of  protection  and  refonus.  and  have  a  Chri^ 
tian  Governor.  Security  to  be  given  for  the 
K-tter  government  of  the  other  Turki-ih  prov- 
inces. The  independence  ui  Roumania.  Ser- 
via  to  be  indeiwndent  without  comix-nsatiana. 
Monteuegn*  to  accquin'  .-Vntiviiri.  Nicsies  and 
Spuz.  and  a  portion  of  the  shore  of  L:ike  Scu- 
tari. The  session  of  jwirt  o:  Bessar.i'i-iii.  iuid  of 
Batoum.  K'livaud  Knt-inv.m.  with  adjao-ntter- 
ritorj"  to  Itu.-*si.i.  (ndemnily  to  Ru'^iit  for  ei- 
jjenses  of  war,  to  be  paid  in  money,  t--rritory 
or  otherwiite.  The  nuestion«.f  the  UiinbuicUw 
to  be  rest-r\ed  for  the  consideration  of  the 
Eitropeau  powvis. 


TiTT-:   inn'm-u<i-:>r  ^vr   wo3<k. 


gfiti  f)omc  §irc!e. 

BSiD  AKD  OSEr. 

■■  HiitbftnJi,  !"•  yiu'  wiT*«." 
"  \tiv,-     otioj    juur    hu>biUi<U-" 

nol  your  oblUrcn  lo  i»f»»h." 
'  lur    pftTcnU    in    all    iblap-" 

Kdited  by  M.  M.  Eshelrna/i. 


\^thecoW.  iik-rcing  fiMst-"  irf  WinUrr  sock 

I     i-netratc  our  \n>divj>.  so  «iow  sin  aim  tomich 

'  -ouIb.  Then  ifyouwouM  kft-i.  out  siu,  throw 

iiid.  anJcIotlit-yoiirHoiil   well  with  divine 

.:  n.     Lot  the  warm  love  of  God  protect  yonr 

^,.,^UIln(l   th>    tW   *      •    ■■■'■    ■■■!'    ^- - 

prcs^ion  ou  you. 

This  wet-k  aunt  KuIk*  wnmrs  out  iiiul  Uilk.-'  t» 
the  children;  and  she  kiKiWB  how  to  write  so 
that  you  tan  all  undointiind  whut  she?  uieaiin. 
Thi.i  will  no  doubt,  plrivt*!  you.  and  we  hope  ithe 
will  write  some  more.  Tlipn-  iir-j  miiiiy  kind 
fothcni  and  molhei-a  who  love  to  do  all  theycnn 
to  make  every  little  boy  and  girl  happy. 

We  must  ask  our  little  writers  to  change  theie 

writing  a  little.     You  know  if  you  all  t^^ll  wliure 

II  goto  school  and  what  ycm  study,  it  will 

,,  lire  you.     V>\-  tliiiil;,  llitiv-fore,  you  should 

I  .some  about  thiug"  in  thf  Bible.    Therey.m 

will  find  nice  matter  ab'.ut  preat  aud  frood  men, 

what  they  did.  or  "wiiat  tiod  dal  by  them.     Do 

....I  lie  disconraRfd,  but  writv  about  all  the  good 

I .  -s  found  in  the  Bible,  about  meetings,  aud 

I  works. 


MTEii  J.  S.  Thomiia  of  Philadelphia,  writes: 
i.ji-tle  Iva  hna  written  yon  quite  a  letter,  being 
very  much  in  fympiithy  with  the  Hllle  boy 
■whose  Ihther  is  too  poor  Ui  tal<e  the  BretUKKN' 
AT  Work.  She  iv  ishe,i  mv  to  sulwcribe  for  him 
for  one  year,  hcKiiuiiiig  with  ihis  wei?k's  i»siie. 
•  •  *  I  try  to  fUt:ourztBe  11  working  spirit  with- 
in iny  little  ones,  and  1  think  my  efforts  arc  not 
fruitless." 

We  are  gliid  to  learn  that  you  are  trvini;  to 
inBtil  into  jnur  offspring,'  the  idea  of  use/uhifss 
in  this  life.  "  To  do  yood.  and  to  comnnnnca»e, 
V  -:!"t  not." 


ISRAEL    IN    CANAAN. 

OUIl  young  readers  who  rejid  the  BibU-.  no 
doubt  have  k-iinicd  much  uboui  the  jouniey 
of  the  Israelites  from  Kgypt  to  Canaan.  You 
have  learned  that  throngli  miith  sufferiug  tliey 
finally  entered  the  promised  land  under  the  lead- 
pi-ship  of  .lo^hua.  Though  they  had  many 
triali^  ujj  to  that  time,  they  were  slow  to  learn 
from  the  Lord.  Even  wlu-n  in  tlic  land  of  Ca- 
naan, they  did  not  hehavo  a-s  God's  chihhvn 
should,  henci  He  had  to  puniah  them  often. 
They  got  proud  and  wanted  to  do  things  their 
own  way.  God  in  many  ways  tried  to  provv 
them,  whether  they  would  "  k«ep  the  way  of  the 
Lord  to  walk  therein."  For  this  rfiLsoit  the 
Loi-d  would  not  drive  out  haatily,  the  nations 
wlio  posscsaed  the  land  of  Canaan.  He  took  His 
tinip  to  that.  In  order  to  try  His  children,  lie 
left  in  the  laud  of  Canaan,  the  Caniuinites,  Hitt- 
ites.  Amonites,  Porimte.-i,  llivite.s.und  Jebusites. 
Soon  thf  Israelites  k-gan  to  min.?le  with  them 
in  their  idolatry,  and  forgot  the  eomniandmeiits 
uf  the  Lord.  Thin  wiw  evil  in  the  sight  of  (Jotl, 
hence  He  sold  them  to  tliekingof  Mesopotamia, 
whieh  king  they  .sorvwl  eight  years.  This  wilh 
their  first  punishment  and  took  place  about  fif- 
ty ycQis  after  tlicy  had  entered  ihe  land  of  Ca- 
naan. 

They  soon  felt  their  bondage  to  he' severe, 
bence  cried  unto  the  Lord  to  deliver  them.  The 
liord  heard  their  cries,  and  riiised  up  Othniel, 
who  brought  them  out  safijy  and  judged  them 
forty  year*.  But  no  sooner  was  Othniel,  their 
good  ruler  dead,  thiui  they  did  evil  ag.iiu:  ho  the 
Lonl  striiUgthened  Eglin,  king  of  Moub,  who 
smote  the  children  of  Urael.  aud  they  had  to 
serve  this  king  eighteen  years.  You  see.  the 
Lord  made  their  first  punishment  light,  only 
eight  years  in  bondage,  hut  the  second  time  they 
forgot  Him,  He  made  the  punishment  longei 
eightecii  year^  instead  of  eight. 

I  have  given  you  this  sketch  of  Israel's  troul)- 
les,  that  you  may  learn  a  useful  le-sson  for  your- 
selves. Uemember  that  the  tiret  sin  opens  the 
way  to  another,  and  that  it  is  not  safe  to  tiunper 
with  the  goodness  aud  mercy  of  the  Lord.  Kev 
er  think  that  since  He  was  easy  with  you  in 
your  first  error,  that  He  will  be  just  as  easy  with 
yoa  in  the  second  aud  tliinl,  God  is  just,  aud 
makes  no  allowance  ior  i*in,  but  does  for  your 
weukness.  The  safer  way,  then  is,  to  keep  near 
the  Lord,  and  He  will  never  fonsake  you. 


TO  BOYS  AND  GIRLS. 

1WILL  here  relati-  to  you  how  naughty  a  boy 
wax  oue  time.  Hi-t  name  waa  Alfred.  ^Yhen 
he  l^eaiiie  a  man  he  toM  the  fidbtwing  story  to 
h:-s  bov!..  how  he  ubLi>e.l  hi-,  inulher  when  a 
boy.  He  diii  not  want  to  go  to  hcbooi,  so  he 
went  doivn  town  and  hi»  mother  c-tme  after 
him  and  called  him  home;  he  n,'fiiJ.ed  to  come 
at  firwt.  but  at  last  he  followed  her  home.  Now 
she  cntreatii  him  once  more  to  go  to  school,  but 
.\lfred'»  reply  wilt.  "  No  I  won't  go."  She  took 
him  by  the  hand  and  told  him  he  must  do  one 
of  two  things;  be  lockwl  np  in  his  room,  or  go 
to  school.  What  do  you  think  the  answer  was 
to  hi.t  mother?  -  Mother.  I  will  kick  you  if  you 
1„^V  n,p  „ii."  and  he  raised  his  foot  and  lacked 
i  ,  Vl.  mother  staggered  back,  as  she  wa.s 

I  Hither.  Jui*t  then  a  man  passe<l  by 
iiiifd  him  in  and  told  him  to  take  Al- 
ii..! ;iii(i  liK-k  him  up.  So  Alfred  found  himself 
II  priMoucr,  but  he  soon  fell  iL-deep,  and  at  twi- 
light he  heai-d  a  footstep  at  the  door.  His  sist^-r 
had  coiHC  to  ask  Liui  what  she  should  tell  his 
mother  for  him. 

"Nothing,"  replied  Alfred. 

Hoou  his  mother  came  to  tho  door  and  said, 
•■  Alfreil,  luy  son."  The  voice  of  a  gentle  moth- 
er thrilled  him,  but  he  said  he  was  not  sorry  for 
what  he  had  done;  so  he  fell  atleep  again.  He 
was  ayain  awakeued  from  sleep  by  his  sister. 

"  Alfred,  get  up,"  she  said,  "  mother  is  dying 
with  palpitation  of  the  heart." 

Now  .\lfred  wa.^  willing  to  ask  his  mother  to 
forgive  him.  but  mother  could  not  speak  any 
more,  but  took  his  hand  and  pressed  it  as  a  to- 
ken of  forgiveness. 

I  know  there  is  not  one  so  had  that  writes  for 
the  Home  Cii-cle,  sw  this  boy  was.  i  have  re- 
lated this  for  a  w;;rning  to  boys  mid  girls. 

UxcLE  Jobs. 


DO  ALL  THJ-:  GOOD  YOU  CAN. 

nmrCliiUbit,:— 

IHAVi;  road  your  nice  little  letters.  I  like 
to  i-eud  them  and  hear  you  tell  that  you  love 
your  pa  and  ma,  and  Jesus.  And  if  yon  love 
them.yoM  d(»not  «aut  to  do  iiiiy thing  that  would 
diNpleusp  them,  so  you  want  to  be  obedient  aild 
kind  to  pa  and  ma,  and  be  kind  to  brothers,  sis- 
ti-n*.  friends  and  playmates  whether  richer  or 
poorer  thim  you  are.  If  your  paWrtti  love  Jesus 
aud  obey  Him  as  they  slmuld,  and  I  hope  they 
lo.  tlii.^  vilii  pleiLHivtheiu.  and  I  know  it  will 
please  Jesus,  for  He  is  no  respecter  of  pei-sons; 
He  loves  the  poor  little  boy.s  and  yirls  iis  well  as 
the  rieh  ones,  Now  if  any  little  boy  or  giil  who 
thinks  they  are  poor,  should  read  this,  if  they 
love  Jesus,  I  hope  they  will  tr.ust  Him,  and  1 
hope  your  parents  have  taught  you  that  He 
brings  no  soitow  upon  us  but  for  nur  ovm  good. 
If  you  do  not  love  Him,  (  hope  you  soon  will, 
:uid  reiid  the  Bible  :us  soon  as  you  can  read,  then 
you  will  learn  how  rich  those  are  who  love  Je- 
sus, and  luy  up  treasures  in  heaven. 

I  thought  as  Grandpa  and  Uncle  Thoma.s 
wrote  a  letter,  perhaps  one  from  Aunt  Katie 
would  be  welcome.  1  am  glad  to  see  tlie  little 
folks  all  trying  to  do  n  little.  I  have  selected  a 
little  piece  for  tlie  Bketkuk.v  at  Wobk:  the  ti- 
tle is  '■  Do  a  Little,"  and  I  thought  I  would  try 
and  do  a  little  by  writing  you  this  letter,  and 
some  more  self'ctioiis.  A^  I  cannot  write  much, 
i  am  willing  toselectliuid  Ihope  I  euu  do  a  little 
to  help  the  brethren  make  their  good  paper  in- 
teresting. I  will  tell  yon  the  title  of  one  of  my 
sniectiohs:  it  is  "  I  Don't  Love  You  now  Moth- 
er." If  the  brethren  think  it  suitable  for  their 
paper,  and  print  it,  I  want  you  all  to  read  it.  But 
I  hope  none  of  you  will  do  &.<■  little  Henry  did. 
You  will  learn  what  he  did  if,  you  read  the  article 
I  spoke  of.  .\rNT  Katie. 

Shannon,  III. 


TO    EMMA    A.    GILLER,    OF 
PL.YMOUTH,  IND. 

1AM  peraonally  a  perfect  atrangcr  to  you. 
Know  only  what  1  leiurncd  from  your  good, 
little  letter,  which  occurred  in  No.  49  of  the 
BiumiREX  AT  Work.  You  have  truly  w^ritten 
a  very  good  letter  for  oiU'  of  your  age,  it  being 
your  fir-st  letter.  There  were  ^e^■eral  pluiises 
(piu'ts  of  sentences)  whieh  greatly  attnictod  my 
attention,  and  for  this  reason  I  write  this. 

That  you  are  hut  "  ten  yeare  old,"  and  with 
"  pleasvire  write"  these  lines  you  sent.  In  this 
yuu  have  taken  the  right  sU-p.  If  you  improve 
your  time  in  a  good  and  noble  cause  while  you 
are  young,  you  may  expect,  if  you  live,  to  grow 
up  a  good  and  virtuous  wonuui.  It  must  surely 
be  a  great  comfort  to  your  piirent»  to  have  such 
a  good,  little  girl  that  takes  pleasure  in  writing 
for  our  good  paper. 

Since  Bro.  Eshelmmi  has  taken  charge  of  the 
"  Home  Circle"  department,  aud  has  a  special 


culuuiu  for  the  children,  I  am  positive  he  wul  i 
velcomc  more  of  your  little  letters,  if  you  wnte  | 
them  as  good  as  the  one  you  sent.  You  exi>i'ct  j 
to  sometime  belong  to  the  church  of  the  Breth- 
nm,  if  the  Lord  spares  you.  I  hoiie,  dear  Emma, 
that  the  Lord  td!l  apart  your  life  until  you  are 
numbered  vr.tii  His  people;  but  do  not  make 
your  "  sometime  "  toa  lomj.  There  are  numy  1'*-* 
tie  girln,  even  at  the  age  you  aa-  now.  that  have 
given  their  hcirts  to  Jesus,  and  followed  His 
footstep:'  by  being  baptized  *'  in  the  name  of  \\\a 
Kather.  mid  of  the  Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost" 
(Matt.  2ft:  I!)).  But  there  aiv  a  great  numy  men 
and  women,  as  well  as  boys  mid  girls,  who  make 
their  mnvtiine  too  far  distant,  so  that  God  calls 
them  from  this  world  ere  they  have  repented  of 
their  sins,  and  th'us  they  stand  before  a  just  and 
avenging  God  unprepared  for  the  great  and  aw- 
ful change.  Hope  your  sometime  will  be  soon, 
that  voa  are  a  lamb  of  Jesus'  fold.  Hope  tosee 
more  ofyour  good,  little  letters  iu  the  Bueth- 
RKS  ,VT  Work.  I  msij'  then  write  to  you  some- 
time again.  I  always  love  to  write  to.  and  for 
the  children,  » 

Affectionately, 

Emily  B.  Stiflkr. 
HuUi'htysliurfj,  Pit. 


cbilduejY  at 


January   :j-j^ 


^yOHic^ 


A  WARNING  TO  THE  YOUNG. 

Ihiir  lii-ith-m:— 

AS  I  read  in  the  Bueturkn  at  WoitK,  tliat  you 
would  like  to  have  all  little  giris  ami  boys 
write  letter*!  to  you,  so  1  will  try  to  write  one. 
though  1  am  quite  young.  I  will  be  thirteen 
yem-sofagein  this  month.  (Dec.)  I  will  now 
begin  my  subject. 

At  the  same  tune  came  the  disciples  unto 
Jesus,  saying.  Who  i-t  the  greatest  in  the  king- 
dom of  heaven':'  And  Jesus  culled  a  little  child 
unto  him.  and  set  him  in  the  midst  of  them,  mid 
said,  Veril>'  I  say  unto  you.  Except  ye  be  con- 
\  erted  and  become  as  little  children,  ye  shall  not 
eut^r  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven"  (Matt.  18: 
l-S).  Perhaps  some  think  it  will  be  hurd  to 
become  as  a  little  child. 

Jesus.Ruys.  "  Come  unto  me.  all  ye  (hat  labor 
and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I  will  sive  yon  i^st. 
Take  my  yoke  upon  you,  and  leani  of  me,  for  I 
am  meek  and  lowly  in  heart:  and  ye  shall  find 
rest  unto  your  souls.  I''or  my  yoke  is  ea-sy  and 
my  burden  is  light"  (Jlatt.  U:2S-ao).  0,  there 
ore  thousands  that  come  to  get  rest  for  their 
souls,  and  there  are  yet  millions  who  can  get 
rest,  but  they  don't  think  alumt  re^t  for  their 
souls  as  long  as  they  are  well:  hut  sorrowful  is 
tlie  citse  to  those  who  put  the  easy  yoke  oti  too 
long,  and  then  the  burden  is  heavy.  Jesus  is 
always  calling  siimei-s  to  Him.  He  is  calling, 
calling  UmUiij. 

Let  us  attend  to  His  cries  before  we  become 
old  men  aud  women,  as  it  is  the  ciu-^e  with  a  poor 
old  neighbor  of  ours,  who  did  not  attend  to  our 
dear  Savior's  cries  while  young:  now  he  is  about 
sixty  years  of  age,  and  he  lies  on  hin  bed  of  pain, 
groaning  and  saying,  "  Don't  put  it  off  too  long." 
Don't  put  it  off  too  long,  is  a  warning,  and  now 
he  is  trying  to  take  the  easy  yoke  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  upon  him,  and  I  hope  the  Lord 
will  help  him  even  in  death.  Let  us  work  while 
it  is  called  to-day;  tomorrow  it  may  be  too  late. 
I  write  this  as  a  warning  to  the  young. 

1'3liz.vueth  CinioMX. 

BrmWord,  Ohio. 


From  Mary  J.Hyler,— Iamyou,,(,i^ 
but  have  come  out  from  the  world  .im'j  „^^  .*"■ 
Iiig  to  serve  the  Lonl.     And  I  shall  iiI,o  trvT 
obey  my  parents  wiieneverl  can.     Igotowk    , 
jmd  to  meeting.     We  have  no  Suiiduy^jj?^ , 
go  to  Bro.  Gliclis,  where  we  reitd  the  B 
id  he  teaches  ns,     Wa.s  baptized  A„     '' 
3nd,  and  love  my  Isavior  and  my  bnjthr^.n 
sistei-s.     I  want  to  be  a  good  girl  so  they  Jl 
love  mc.    0,  I  hope  some  of  my  dejir ' ,  i    , 
mates  who  are  yet  away  from  Jtsus  v,,; 
their  hearts  to  Him!     I  was  once  in  ll„  , 
ditiun,  but  God  g.;ve  megrucctochangi.    ^  | 
my  sehooi-miiley.  my  teacher,  and  you  too  n" 
dear  editors.      Pray  for  me,  that  !   ^..^  ,' 
faithful. 

Flag  Spring,  Mo, 

l''i-mu  Iva  M.  Thomas.— /;?».)■  /,r/,v,._. 

am  nine  yeara  old.  I  go  to  school,  nm  jm, 
lourth  division,  secondiu-y.  I  study  k^i^ 
writing,  spelling,  geography,  and  arithnityc 
We  will  have  esaminatinn  soon,  and  I  (l,ij,tj 
will  be  proiufitcd.  Our  Sunday-school  i*  on 
Mai-shall  street,  below  Givard  Avenue.  Panj  j, 
Superintendent.  We  have  one  sc««iou  com. 
mencing  at !( o'clock  A.  M.  Sabbath  aftornonn, 
we  go  to  a  Mission  Sunday-school,  next  door 
but  one  to  our  own  home.  Every  SiitHri^yj, 
8:3(1  1'.  M.  we  go  to  Missionary  School.  %• 
soeieiv 


DON'T,     GIRLS. 

Dt)\  T  think  that  yards  aud  yards  of  ribbons^ 
rullles  .and  lace  will  add  one  particle  to 
your  real  value.  Don't  make  a  walking  milli- 
ner-shop, or  jewelrj-  store  of  yourselves,  cover- 
ing all  that  is  of  true  merit  within  you,  with 
that  which  will  attract  only  the  shallow  brained. 
Don't  think  sensible  people  are  to  be  deceived 
by  vain  show;  they  look  for  beauty  of  heart  and 
iniud.  Don't  give  the  subject  of  matrimony  a 
thought  white  in  your  teens,  except  to  qu.ilily 
youwelves  for  the  responsible  position  in  which 
it  places  you.  You  need  nil  that  time  of  your 
life  to  lit  yourselves  for  it.  Don't  give  your 
time  and  talents  to  the  world,  or  to  seeking  the 
things  of  time  and  sense  that  perish  with  their 
using.  God  has  created  yuu  for  a  nobler  pur- 
pose, and  made  you  accountable  for  what  He 
has  given  you.  Don't  sell  your  birthright  for  u 
mess  of  pottage. 

Selected  by  JkntsHe  Myers, 
GwUni,  Iml. 


have  some  very  pleilsant  meetings.  Onrj 
is  trying  to  Hupport  and  educate  a  little  heufin-n 
girl.  Sister  Lilla  is  one  of  tlie  Managersand  I 
am  Tivjwurer.  The  officers  take  tunw  in  \^. 
ing  the  meetings. 

5Iis.s  Cora  B.  Emmert:  In  nnsw.  t-,  .,,,„ 
question  I  will  iiay.  the  little  boy's  n  i:  ,„ 
Samuel,  and  we  reai!  about  him  in  fitM  >,iiiiii„i 
third  chapter.  To  A.  J.  Robinson's  qm^tjon.  I 
would  say.  Ihiriil  ^vould  Vie  the  eori'pct  amwor 
And  ill  turn  will  a^k.  What  name  in  the  flibl, 
is  precisely  the  same  backivanl  and  fonvunl;' 
Enclosed  please  tind  ?  1.50  for  which  s^n^  tin 
Bhkthkkn  at  Work  to  A.  J.  K.,  Miser's  Stnfon, 
Tenn..  and  greatly  oblige  your  little  frieui 

■4-402  :Y.  :i2wl  St,Ph>h,(lelj.hiu. 

From  llortoiue  XxAV.—Dmr  Kiliio,-^  \ 
will  try  and  write  a  few  lines  for  yoarvalnaliV 
paper.  It  is  the  fii-st  letter  I  have  written  k 
the  Bukehickn  at  Work.  I  luu  iicqtuiinW 
with  one  of  the  editors.  My  pai'onts  hAuiij^i,, 
the  Brethren  church.  We  live  about  acveurailt- 
from  the  church,  and  the  roads  have  bfca  so b,i;| 
this  Fall  that  we  have  not  been  to  meeting  tut 
some  time.  I  like  to  go  to  meeting  ver.v  muil). 
I  went  to  Suridiiy-sehool  hist  Sumnu-r.  I  go  t^i 
day-school  also;  am  learning  very  fust.  I  m 
twelve  year^f  old.  I  will  close  fortius  tiaie.  Il 
this  letter  escape  the  waste  basket,  I  will  writr 
again. 

Urliiina,  Hi 

From  Nancy  E.  Hornish.— I  anitenyrir 
old.  1  go  to  school  ;md  my  studies  nie  mrtiii^'. 
writing,  .spelling,  aud  arithmetic.  On  tluMtli 
of  December  in  the  evening  I  went  to  W 
About  eleven  o'clock  I  woke  up;  there  layni;. 
sweet  sister  Ida  on  a  board,  dressed  iu  tihu. 
and  my  father,  mother,  brothere  and  si8^«r^ 
standing  amund  her  and  crying.  Slu'Wai^w 
.\ged  1  year.  8  months  and  28  days,  hi-t  nii\\' 
try  to  meet  her. 

"Dearest  Ida,  thou  hast  left  "■>. 

Here  thy  loss  we  deeply  fcl 

But  'tis  God  that  hath  bereft  n-, 

Ho  can  all  our  sorrows  heJil." 

From  Henry  K.  Dale.— A'»-  K'Htor:-' 
have  been  reading  iu  your  paper,  ami  tMiif: 
is  very  good  to  read.  I  am  young  in  y 
have  come  out  from  among  the  worKI  MiJ"'" 
trying  lo  serve  the  Lord.  I  want  you  all'" 
pray  lor  me  that  I  may  hold  out  faithtui  tott- 
end.  lam  glad  to  read  so  many  f;oinliiif> 
from  the  little  folks.  I  am  not  takiug  tlif  F 
per,  butniy  brother  does,  lean  hiinilv  "■i'' 
till  it  comes  so  i  can  read  your  letter*.  I*'' 
paper  that  all  should  read;  it  will  teach j^i 
more  than  newspapers  or  novels.  Wi; 
meeting  here  every  week.  Our  preachers  mr 
are  Daniel  Mast  and  J.  W.  (Jcphart.  I  I'l^^'" 
go  to  meeting  and  hear  them  prencli-  ^ 
young  readers,  go  to  meeting  wheu  you  cau'"'', 
hear  the  Gospel  preached.  Let  us  all  tO'^' 
be  faithful  the  few  uiore  days  wc  1'"^'^" 
here  in  this  world,  and  when  the  tunc  wilic^  ^^ 
that  we  must  leave,  we  may  meet  each  o'  '' 
heaven,  where  partmg  is  known  iioai""' 

Cantell,  IU. 


bui 


It  is  our  philosophical  •curiosity  or  imperti- 
nence that  runs  forward  and  undertakes  to  say 
that  God's  providence  works  in  this  way  or 
that  way,  or  the  other  way.  It  is  the  attempt 
ing  to  arrive  at  an  explanation  of  the  providenc- 
es of  God  that  brings  us  to  grief  in  our  reason- 


I).^' 


If  you  would  be  kind,  good,  useful  '""1  I^J,,, 
control  Tour  temper.  Never  «"""' >''!"'^„u.t 
be  disturbed  by  mere  trifles,  hut  ^""'  """jj^j  ;. 
in  your  Master,  leap  over  them  all.  ^^^^ 
strength  to  those  who  trust  Hiui:  '^^J'^^^j^ji 
uear  Him  at  all  times,  and  joy  and  f^' 
'  ke  youra.. 


,jan-^^^'y 


31. 


Tin-:   HKi; 


i  i  1 ;  ;■; 


\'V    WORK. 


.^OHRESFONDENCE, 

MOME    MISSION  LABOR   IN    EAS^ 
"  ERN  OHIO. 

.  (^coKDlNO  to  previoiui  Brrnngeim-nts.  unA 
\  |„|,i()iiiicenieut.  Bro.  G.  V.  KoUar.ofNew 
pl,il;i,li-i|«!ii!i.  Ohio,  arrived  iit  Waruock,  Ohio, 
,,  tiK-  ev.-iiing  of  Jftn.  9th,  imd  comniena'd  a 
,^i,.,  of  iin-etings  on  the  evening  of  tho  liith; 
j„tiii"'"fc'  f*"*^'"  '''*J'  ^"^  '^"y'  closing ou  thi'  even- 
ly, „t  tlie  I-'»lj.  having  five  occessious  during 
thy  ti'""^'  occ"P'«*l-  1'*>*=  Wurd  was  pveiiched 
with  i»i»vt'r.  While  siiiiits  were  uiatle  to  rt-joiw; 
,  til.-  i)ri<!o"s  prftmiwB  of  the  Gospel,  sinners 
,,.,r  ]n-My'  to  tremble  under  its  fearful  umidem- 
iiiitiuii-'.  There  were  many  tilmost  persinuUd  to 
\,f.  (■||1■i^tianR:  may  God  help  them  to  speedily 
n  tniiri  their  pernicimis  ways,  anil  come  to 
,|i.,ui,  Ihi't  they  may  be  tiaved  upon  the  easy 
",,,.,„i  of  tliL- Gospel,  without  money  and  with- 
,i,t  j.rice;  that  they  may  choose  that  good  part 
tliat  will  be  for  their  present  peace  and  eternal 
liui.viiH'S"- 
Oiif.  of  those  that  united  with  the  church. 

,^i iliout  twenty  miles,  through  the  stoi-ni. 

luiviiiii;  ii*"'f'' teard  tlie  Brethven  preach  until 
ntonr  M-ries  of  meetings  in  November  last;  there 
Ik'  heui'l  the  Truth  as  he  never  heard  it  l)efore. 
iuiil  "<•"■  '■■*  *"  *^'^  t'hurch  with  us. 

\\r  have  a  large  field  here  for  laborers,  and 
tlii'iv  I.-*  now  a  base,  or  center  formed,  around 
wliiili  iii;iy  be  gathered  many  precious  souls. 
'Pl,,-  ti''M  i^  now  open;  come  brethren,  labor 
,ntli  Li-^m  Iniildiugnpthe  blessed  Master's  cause. 
'I'll,'  lin't.hren  and  sisters  here  are  all  in  earnest,  ' 
fniiii  tiiilt^st  to  youngest,  and  ranging  from  fifteen 
t„  sf V  -iity-nine  years  of  age;  our  oldest  brother 
hi'iriu'  -ivi'iity-nine.  and  never  learned  so  much 
11,  th-  Kiiglish  alphabet,  will  get  up  in  onr.social 
mettint;  and  beai-  testimony  for  the  blessed  Miiii- 
t^r  aii'l  tlie  religion  for  which  he  endured  por- 
jicuti'Hi.  died  and  was  buried,  and  rose  again  to 
(.4;(i4isli:  and  all  the  membere  are  full  of  faith 
iiriil  /.I'iil.  Miiy  tlif  L'Ji'd  increase  their  faith,  and 
(uiitiiiii  tlieir  hope,  and  perfect  them  in  love. 

W.'  will  now  make  our  desire  known  to  the 
Bivtiirfn.  and  I  Speak  the  sentiments  of  every 
oil"  il'.mr  brethren  and  sisters  at  this  place,  and 
w.is  I'arnostly  requested  to  do  so  by  Bro.  Kollar, 
t.i  s;iy  to  the  church,  and  the  committee  of  ar- 
raii^iiiiLiits  for  Home  Mission  labor,  of  the  N. 
E.  Utstrict  of  Ohio,  that,  through  the  labors  of 
Oh- iTi'tlirt-u  that  have  been  .*eut  to  this  jxiint, 
;iiipi  Ha-  blessing  of  God  upon  their  labors  in 
tlir  -talvation  of  tv/enty-one  preciius  ^ouls  at 
t!ii-  ]'l;ice  of  mission  labor,  that  the  nunil)er  re- 
4uiiv>,  and  the  time  has  arrived,  that  there  be 
;ia  in-g animation  effected  tit  the  next  appointment 
which  is  announced  to  be  Feb.  8th.  We  think 
it  i,s  necessary  to  organize  at  this  place,  in  order 
tea  belter  discipline  and  course  of  instruction 
uiiiKii;;  lis,  as  many  of  our  members  are  young, 
aiiil  iiet'd  iiistnu^tion,  that  they  rany  grow  in 
gr;ii.c.  ;ind  in  the  light  and  knowleilge  of  the 
Tnitli  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

D.  SXYIIEII. 
H'-iriiofk,  Ohio. 


FROM    GRANT,    PA. 


mon_-  fre«xuent.  until  n^w  we  fe.-l  very  much  vu- 
oouraged  with  our  number  of  about  ninety,  of 
which  three  a^.  ministers,  and  fonr  dencons. 
We  have  no  onlainwl  elder.  We  are  nither 
scattered,  and  poor;  notwithstanding,  all  »ecm 
iutereste.1  in  the  cauw  they  have  espoused,  and 
press  forwaid  in  the  good  work  they  havelwRiin. 
The  greater  part  of  tlie  members  I  believe,  take 
the  church  papers.  The  body  of  our  congn-ga- 
tiou  lives  about  twenty  miles  from  the  nearest 
railroail  point.  On  this  account,  wo  arc  not  so 
otleu  favored  with  visits  from  traveling  brethren, 
aa  those  who  live  along  the  main  lines  of  mil- 
road  travel. 

Our  ministerti  have  been  obly  helped  tluw  Fall, 
by  brethren  J.  W.  Beer,  J.  B.  Wampler  mid  .1. 
A.  Sell,  i-eviving  us.  and  directing  us  in  the  good 
work  we  have  begun.  If  our  home  ministers 
are  not  always  able  to  give  us  scholarly  discours- 
es, they  are  always  able  to  tell  the  story  of  the 
Cross,  and  teach  us  great  and  good  Icssona  by 
their  exemplary  lives,  convei-sation.  their  inter- 
course with  their  neighbors,  and  otheis  with 
whom  they  conio  in  contact.  I  sonietinie-i  feel 
that  we  do  not  discharge  our  d\ity  toward  our 
miuiaters,  giving  them  the  necessary  encourage- 
ment they  so  richly  de>erve,  in  doing  so  well  as 
(hey  do:  so  many  ..f  them  having  such  a  limited 
education,  and  fighting  the  enemy  at  such  gn^at 
odds,  lirethreri.  it  wjis  our  voice  that  put  them 
where  they  are,  now  let  us.  with  one  accord,  take 
them  by  tlie  arm  and  help  them  over  the  rugged 
steps  fliey  have  to  climb.  May  that  Power  that 
ruleth  over  all.  help  U9  to  see  and  reidiae  their 
position. 

I  am.a  reader  of  all  the  papers  published  by 
the  Brethren,  niiETHREN  at  Woiik.  Primifire 
Christi'iii,  Vhutiiiitin-,  Younij  Dixi-ipk,  and  The 
ChUdtrn's  Papvr,  edited  by  Bro.  Kurtz.  We 
welcome  them  all  to  our  home.  Time  always 
seems  so  long  awaiting  the  weekly  viait.s  of  the 
BuirrHHjiN  AT  Work  imd  Primitirr  Chrhtian, 
for  I  know,  with  them  will  come  afeaatof  good 
things  for  the  soul,  and  a  season  of  ri^joicing 
coming  out  of  the  news  of  the  prosperity  of  Zi- 
on.  Oh,  how  I  do  love  to  hcai-  of  the  many 
souls  that  are  brought  to  Jesus  through  the  en- 
terprise of  the  church  papers,  and  the  energetic 
ministers,  who  are  placed  on  the  walls  of  Zion, 
proclaiming  glad  tidings  of  good  new.s  to  per- 
ishing creatures,  famishing  for  the  Bread  of 
Life! 

God  bless  you  dear  brethren,  and  humbly  con- 
tinue in  the  great  work  you  have  l>egun.  is  my 
prayer.  The  cliildnn's  papers  are  dujngagixid 
work  too — a  noble  work  I  dare  say.  They 
should  be  taken  in  every  family,  and  placed  in 
the  hands  of  eveiy  child  of  the  cliurch,  and  as 
many  children  out  of  the  church  a.i  possible.  If 
members  uf  the  church  me  not  able  tfi  t;il;e  the 
papers,  I  believe  it  is  the  impri-ntiiY  iluty  of 
those  brethren  who  are  more  favored  \rith  this 
world's  goods,  to  supply  such.  Brethren,  apply 
the  golden  rule;  place  the  poor  in  your  stead, 
and  you  in  theii-s,  then  think  what  you  would 
liave  them  do. 

With  my  best  wiahe-*  and  prayew  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  enterprise  in  which  you  aiv  engaged, 
I  reuinin, 

Fraternally  Yours, 

K.  Bkaij.ikr. 


elsewherp.  People  listen  with  gn-at  int«r*-st.a« 
the  doctrine  to  them  i«  new,  though  eighteen 
hundred  years  of  age. 

Went  from  there  to  the  southeni  part  of 
Neoaho  Co.,  where  we  held  nonie  meetings. 
There  wiw  not  a  verj-  good  inten.*t.  some  seem 
to  he  iwleep.  I  um  now  in  Labett*  Co.. 
writing  from  the  house  of  Bro.  WeiU.  Have 
had  three  meetings.  Brother  D.  Harader  is 
with  me  here.  The  prospect-*  rm>  not  very  en- 
couraging, bad  roads  and  bad  weather  work 
agninst  ns,  here  aa  well  as  elsewhere. 

We  expi'ct  to  commence  »  Heries  of  meeting* 
in  Bourbon  Co..  on  the  8th  in*t.  Hope  our  la- 
bors will  be  blesMd  with  succew.  There  is  call 
after  call  for  prvaching  here  in  aouthem  Kan- 
sas, aiuch  good  could  Iw  done,  if  the  brethren 
would  show  more  of  a  missionaryapirit.  Other 
denominiitions  have  not  the  money  to  hire  sal- 
aried preachers;  now  is  the  time  to  work, 

D.  HonODEN. 
J<in.  1-J,  1H7S. 


CtlURCH     NE"WS. 


Ii^.tr  Brelhnn:- 


,  the- 


'^pilIUTV  years  ago  or  more. 
i  Hrcthren,  who  moved  from  other  congiv- 
L;;itl  'tis  into  the  pines,  about  where  our  cluirdi 
now  >taiids,  which  formed  the  HHr/ci(ji  around" 
whicli  others  gathered  afterwards,  from  time  to 
time  by  immigrutiou  and  annexation,  until,  at 
leriijfcli,  it  w!w  thought  prudent  to  orgmiize  this 
little  band  into  a  regular  church  organ ixation. 
Tli.'se  (dd  pioneer  brethren  worked  hard  and 
/Aiilniisiy  in  the  good  Master's  cause,  again.st 
i;r'';d  ndds.  by  precept  and  example,  until  at  hist 
Hh  y  brought  about  what  they  so  devotedly  de- 
i^iiiii  Some  of  them  are  yet  with  us,  as  living 
aim!:-  of  tempenuicc.  in>lustry,  and  economy. 

The  number  of  the  faithful,  little  band,  still 
eriubiully.  but  slowly  intrei>s-d,  until  they  felt 
'■'■  :.:-."m-;i  hoiwe  to  w.    '  ',■  '        '  ■  '■""'"t 
ill  ami  H  begi"  '"" 

.,■ u    nl-M,,.  ■     th 


..rthe 

■;  .  -ed. 

<■""  ^iDaiidoned  the  erection  ui  the  house  until 

au'-tlur  iind  succos^iful  effort  was  made  about 

'^    '      '     w  we  have  a  good,  suhstsmtial.  com- 

.iise.  dedicat.Hl  to  the  service  of  Christ, 

'!.:e  of  building  ui>  and  enl;irging  ilis 

Wo  m-e  living  in  harmony  with  each- 

!    '  dieve  all  are  striving  together  in  the 

..uise  of  redeeming  those  on  thedown- 

^"> 'i  iMd  („  destruction  ami  death,  and  elevate 

'""■  'lv<s  to  a  higher  degree  of  usefulness  in^his 

'''^■.  :tud  immortal  glory  in  the  unseen  world. 

^'ucc  the  erection  of  our  house  of  worship,  the 
="!^iiti..ji  of  mcmhei^  in  the  church  hius  been 


FROM    KANSAS. 


1LEF1'  my  home  in  Huntingdon  Co,,  Ind. 
the  U'tii  of  December  for  Kansas.  As  the 
calls  for  preaching  seem  to  be  very  numerous,  I 
concluded  to  throw  in  my  mite.  I  (ir*t  went 
to  Neosho  county.  Landed  there  the  llith  and 
was  soon  under  the  parental  roof,  having  been 
absent  nearly  three  years.  "Be  it  ever  30  humble, 
there  is  no  phice  like  home."  We  comnioneed 
meeting  soon  after.  Hiul  good  attendance  most 
of  the  time  ;  presiched  eight  diacoursea  in  all. 

The  ehnrch  seemed  revived  and  .sinnerii  im- 
pressed with  the  duty  they  owe  to  the  heaven- 
ly p;uvnt.  From  llteie.  in  company  with  fath- 
er, we  went  to  the  Brethren  in  Montgomery 
Co.,  found  them  alive  in  the  work.     The  \M 

weather  at    this    p' ■■■  ■    "■  ■-    ■ !< .  ..M.' .>^' :J 

hindrance,  and 
what  blit,'ht^-!      '' 

ments  th.u  ''      '  i-ii^iH'  r- 

^Uoint'i.  ...aid  we  have 

staidluuLj  .   ,d  have  bIe-«- 

ed  our  lnb..i»  Ixianu.uUy.  it;^i.s  tlovred  freely 
from  all  iiud  we  felt  that  the  Lord  was  with  us. 
Felt  very  loath  f..'-'^'  l"'  <""■  engagements 
had  l>cen  made  al.  '  'b-'ut^  thirty 

members  her*-,      i  I'ilk  Co..  has 

ivcently  moved  in  iii.  u- 1,.]  i;.  1  U>pe  his  labors 
will  be  of  K!^»t'  benefit.  Bretlin-n.  tniveling, 
will  plfikse  remember  them;  ihey  live  south  of 
Independence. 

A  great  nvany  brethren  conio  to  Kansas  to 
pi-eacli.  but  it  neems  the  most  of  them  stay  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  State.  Go  .and  come 
to  the  southern  part  of  the  State  as  well  as 


From  Sliiloh  Church,  Va.— On  the  27th  of 
Dee.,  we  started  to  Shiloh  church.  Barbour  Co., 
W.  Va.,  to  attend  a  series  of  meetings  which 
had  comnmnted  on  the  25th;  arrived  at  place  of 
meeting  in  the  evening,  found  brethren  M. 
Fike  and  James  Liller  of  German  Settlement 
there.  The  meeting  contiiuied,  and  on  the 
29th,  brethren  Z.  mid  G.  W.  Annou  from  Thorn- 
ton Station  came.  They  remained  until  the 
31sl.  Brethren  Fike  and  Liller  had  left  the 
day  previous.  During  thw  time  one  precious 
soul  wiLs  added  to  the  church,  and  one  i-eclnim- 
ed.bL'ingaminister  in  the  first  degree.  Therc&t 
of  the  brethren  having  left,  we  remained  and 
labored  with  them  until  the  sixth  of  January. 
Eleven  move  were  added  by  biiptism,  and  there 
are  eleven  more  applicimtji. 

The  meeting,  upon  the  whole,  was  one  of  the 
most  interesting  I  ever  attended.  Many  of 
those  who  came  out  were  young;  may  the  Lord 
help  them  to  put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God. 
id  nmy  tjiey  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lonl  val- 
iantly and  endure  hardne.**  as  good  soldiers  of 
Jesus  Christ.  The  brethren  and  sisters  have 
my  thanks  for  their  kindness  to  me  while  with 
tliem. 

W.  A.  Gadnt. 

From  Kiiglish  Prairie,  Ind.  —  Brethren 
Jeremiah  Giiiiip  and  Sjunuel  Fields  came  here 
and  held  a  series  of  meetings  at  our  church. 
and  also  at  the  M.  K.  church.  fournule.s  North- 
west of  our  church.  They  coniraeneed  meet- 
ing on  the  evening  of  th»  fi)urth  inst..  and  con- 
tinued until  the  evening  of  the  tenth.  The  re- 
sult of  tlieir  labors  was.  one  soul  made  willing 
to  unite  with  the  people  of  God.  and  we  believe 
many  more  were  almost  persuaded  to  come  to 
Christ,  May  the  Loi-d  help  them,  so  they  do 
not  pnt  it  off.  till  it  is  too  late.  Tlie  chureh. 
we  trust.  ha.«  been  built  up  in  that  most  holy 
faith.  May  their  labors  be  as  bn-'ad  ciwt  upon 
the  water,  that  it  may  be  .Ncen  many  days  hence. 
May  tJio  Lord  bless  them  Ibrtheir  earnest  labon* 
while  with  us. 

E.  HORNKS. 

Hrhjhitm,  Ind.,  Jan.  i."*.  ^Ji. 

From  Pine  ('reek  Congregation.— We  are 

still  trying  to  labor  in  the  cause  of  our  Mast*>r. 
and  while  we  see  fi-oni  time  sinners  turning  lo 
God,  we  are  made  to  thank  God  and  take  cour- 
age. 

We  commenced  a  series  of  meetingii  on  Sun- 
day, the  Hth  inst,.  at  the  Center  meeting-house. 
Brother  Thurston  Miller  from  Portage,  and 
Bro.  .lobn  Knisley  from  the  Mnion distsict  were 
with  u.s  and  labored  faithful,  sparing  no  pains 
in  dealing  out  the  brejid  of  life  to  hungry  souls. 
Continued  until  Thnrt/inv  "Vi-nine.  then  ehang-. 

ed  to  another  n '  '    ■■miles 

North.     Being  u.  ■  'lou-ie, 

the  congr  u  ifi'>"  ■  tin' 

best  of 

immer-'' 


lirintr  ther«,  were  much  t-ikt-n  up  with  tK. 
prtjBching  and  thought  thrittliere  vaA  a  fo-jn- 
dntion  kid  for  good   r.^>alt,s   in   the   future. 

Then  we  came  home  «m  th.-  IJth  ,ind  on  th. 
lOth  Bro  Troxel  coinni«nced  preacbiog  in  «or 
cimrch  in  Greene.  Continiiod  every  evening 
until  Sunday  night.  Congregation  not  so  large 
but  the  interest  very  good,  and  we  think  good 
mpr.wions  were  made  on  the  part  of  our  mem- 
bers in  their  holy  calling,  w  well  as  those  thak 
•tiind  outside,  waiting  for  the  moving  of  the 
Water. 

J.  F.  ElSBKBKBBT. 

Orfnif,  la.,  Jan.  22,  mS. 
From  Dunkirk,  0.— I  will  now  give  you  a 
few  ilenw  of  church  news,  which    may  he  of 
some  interest  to  your  many  reivtcrs. 

The  IjOixI  has  blessed  an  in  the  past,  and  bj 
thia  we  feel  greatly  encouraged.  On  the  Sth 
LnsL,  Bro.  John  Wi.se  of  Pa.,  came  lo  m  and 
remained  with  us  until  the  fourteenth  jmit, 
during  which  time  he  held  forth  the  Gospel  in 
Us  great  beauty  and  strength,  not  shunning  to 
declare  tlie  whole  eounsel  of  God.  Though  do 
immediate  manifcstatioiiH  were  expTe«sed  to  em- 
bark with  ns  in  the  good  cause  yet  the  inler^ 
incnsuied  a*  the  meeting  progressed  and  w* 
think  lusting  imprewdons  were  made. 

Just  as  the  rock  wujt  ready  to  break,  the  meet- 
ings broke  up,  a  circumstance  which  too  olten 
occuni.  and  our  beloved  Elder  went  on  his  mift- 
sion  to  another  field.  But  the  good  ¥<«1  was 
sown  and  to  our  joy,  on  the  J6inst..  while  we 
in  the  sanctuary,  attending  toourFather'a 
business,  a  worthy  young  man.  Mr.  J.  Whe«Ier 
came  forward  and  desired  to  enter  the  church, 
and  now  we  congratulate  ourwelvea  that  anoth- 
er brother  in  Christ  is  bom  into  the  kingdom 
of  God.  We  hope  that  many  more  will  raoa 
come  and  labor  in  the  good  cau.*e  of  our  bless-, 
cd  Mimter. 

S.  T.  BOSSERMJLX. 

Dunkirk,  0.,  Jan.  30.  lfi7H. 

From  the  Woodbury  District.— At  a  late 

i:ouiK-iI  meeting  held  in  the  Woodbury  Dis- 
trict. BL-dlord  Co.,  Pa.,  the  Brethren  agreed  to 
build  another  new  meeting-house,  35  by  40 
feet,  located  on  the  north  end  of  said  district. 
Love  and  union  seem  to  prevail  among  us  here. 
Souls  are  coming  to  Cbrl-it.  but  many  are  yet 
out  of  Christ.  May  God  help  us  to  let  oar 
light  so  shine,  that  many  may  be  conetntined 
to  follow  our  example. 

D.  S.  HXPUMJLE. 

M.n-iu,  P„. 


From  Maple  tirore^  Ohio. — Our  church  ia 

in  a  healthy  condition  at  present.  We  com- 
menced a  series  of  meetings  on  the  evening  of 
the  .'Sth  of  Jan.,  and  continued  meeting  twice  a 
day,  until  the  evening  of  the  14th.  Brethren 
Uenry  Jacolw  and  Wm.  Keifcr  of  Congress,  0., 
came  at  the  commencement  luid  remained  till 
the  close;  having  the  a-vsistancc  of  D.X.  Work- 
man on  the  evening  of  the  12th,  andduring  the 
I^tli,  accompanied  by  the  general  attendance  of 
our  own  laborers,  luid  the  presence  of  many  of 
our  brethren  imd  sisters,  who  were  ver)'  active 
in  siugiug  song^  of  prAiaw,  and  oSeriug  prayers 
to  the  great  "I  Am."  while  the  zeal  manifested 
by  the  speakers,  held  the  audience  in  a  chain  of 
attention,  evidently  apprecL-iting  a  good  and 
Duccessftil  meeting.  The  occasion  waa  one  of 
-solemnity  and  rejoicing:  solemn,  because  vcaaj 
nuula  were  not  in  a  nafe  C(  nditlon:  rejoicing,  be- 
cause the  brethren  ;md  sisters  were  much  built 
up;  rind  when  Gnd  "ent  a  visitation  of  His  pow- 
"^  r  juy.    to    see 

-.     :>Li(.h  are- 
1,.  rr  \i\  .uir  nieet- 

ing-huUi^-.     V»  luii  v-e  w.  jj;  .u  the  water,  a  large 
number  of  people  nltvndetl.  to  witness  the  bap- 
tism ;  although  it  mined  all  the  time,  nearly  all 
remained  till  the  cloe«.     AH  the  c;iiiilid.ites,  ex- 
cept one,  were  young  [-■eople.  siid  -<m  !«!  quite 
young,  one  only  ten  years  of  age.    Many  teare 
were  shed  ou  the  uccanon:  all  of  the  i.audidatea 
w.Ti'  r.  rv  Mn'rin-i*.  air'.  c^vM  scarcely  w:dt  till 
'     T  vcty 
ral  of 
that 


'•iJ  members,  have  four  guuii  meeiiini- 1 
J.  N.  Bakshart.     I 

Wuikrrion,  Ind. 

Prom  Iowa.— Bro.  Eli  Troxel  from  Vinton 

low*  arrived  nt  Greene  on  the  thinl  in' 
on  the  fourth,  i,  in  comiNiny  with  hv  < 
to  Franklin  Co.,  on  the  outskirts  uf  our  . 
district,  where  there  are  ii  few   members  iun.^. 
Commenced  a  series  of  meetings  the  same  uiglit. 
and  continued  until   the  foatteenth.     Tb-n -■!. 
the  success  vma  not  what  it  miglit  have 
other  localities,  yet  th<nj  was  a  gvod 
taken  by  the  people  in  that  place.    Then-    «.i- 
one  a|>pliciuit  for  ailmission   into  the  chui-eh. 
while  tlierc  were  others  that  are  countiug  the 
cost.    What  the  result  will  he  in  the  future,  re- 
mains yet  to  be  seen.    But  the  dear  members 


tiyn  for  some   i 


ihe 


;au«e  t 


eiuauato  from  ytmr  heart.'i  to 
mar  l>e  yours  iu  this  lite,  and  j 
the  kiugdom  of  God.  ^ 

SuHliii,  Ohio. 


I'llK    iiKETHKEIN"    ^T    "SVOIUC. 


Januai-y    -.^^ 


GLE-A.>rilSrGS. 


From  J.  E.  Kea?J'.— Our  »priw  of  meoting* 
have  rli***!  willi  one  ndrfition.  Brother  Jeremiah 
Giim;p  ari'I  Saniinl  Fields.  lal>oiv(l  f[>r  iw  liurinp 
our  inwling"  ;  long  will  they  bf  renicmljorccl  for 
their  wiw  ndmonitions.  May  OoJ  still  xpnrp  thtini, 
to  po  on  with  that  noble  work,  turning  ainncm  to 
God.  Wf  r)wc  a  (Iclit  of  gratilii'lc  to  our  mici*- 
tera  who  arc  ftriving  ao  manftilly,  an'i  giving  ua 
cttiiiiHcl,  lliat  we  may  likewiiic-  diacliarfe'c  the  work 
that  iM  allotted  t')Ji9. 

Al  thi'  prcKCiit  writing,  ecarlft  fovw  u  raging 
at  an  alarming  exttnt  in  this  locality.  Home  ft 
dcnihs  Imvi-  .>ccHro<l.  Oh!  how  neo««ary  it  is  for 
01  to  prriHirt-  for  fiflaih,  that  we  mny  die  with  the 
nrc^t  awurtntv  of  ctwrnn!  life. — Brighton,  lutl. 
•  From  JehHV  Calvert.— AVc  commenced  a 
aertis  of  mwlinj.'-'i  here  Jan,  3r(l,  closoi  my  Jahirs 
here  lo-ni({Iit  with  twenty  additioiiH  Ijy  Ijaptijim. 
and  a  lurgc  uumher  wetc  almost  pomuiulivj  to 
eomr.  I  w/w  compelled  to  lenvo  to  meet  my  ap- 
poinlmcni  nt  A-ohliind,  left  brother  A.  J.  Clement 
10  eh-ir^"'  <pf  the  meeting.  I  Iiopcand  pray  many 
morL-  «i)I  yet  C4iitie.  Tho  church  w»>  mu<  h  rc- 
viV'd  (ind  hiiilt  up.  and  all  t>aid,  blond  and  ho- 
ly hf  the  niinio  of  the  Lord  for  t-vcr  and  cvor. 
Tim  chiiffh  hiu  two  tlder»  bolli  in  the  deeliui'  of 
life,  hut  vi:fy  gocd  a»d  faithful  hibnrcni,  and  fine 
miiiiater  in  tin;  m rond  dei.'rci!.  KMirt,  Joliu  Swi- 
hftrt  aiid  Courad  Kfthler;  mininter.  Koah  Long- 
ao  colter.  . 
Fniin  Henry  Tro)Le\.—I)cnr  RnUtren  .-—In 

tiie  Jir-t  [ihic  I  -.end  gr*ttihj,'.  May  the  Lord 
blwi-  you  i>ll  iu  your  work,  an<l  pubiitaiiou  of  the 
lilci.TiiKD.S'  AT  \VoiiK.  It  has  made  itswelaiUK- 
Vuit>  t<)  II-  here  in  Tvxa^  ;  niid  we  do  ii«L  know 
,hDw  >v<'  i:iri  piir^  the  lime  tvidioul  iti«  viaiL^to  us 
ID  our  i;j..l.kli-d  condition  iiwi>y  from  thu  brother- 
hood. Wl'  f>r»  ijuitc  h>iiely  hi^rc  in  llii»  new  cotiu- 
try ;  w«  hiivo  nioved  about  Lwi>nty  mile*  West 
fro:ii     '  '  '■  :       We  like  this 

phi  I  luud,  aud 

art'  II  ■\^^■  hopL- 

Mint'  nf  i.iir  linu  l.ii'ifi-  i.  V,,,  .  v,i-li  to^Lt  i-hea/i 
Slid  ;,'oiid  luiid,  \v)J!  fine  hcii.'.  I  think  ihis  is  a 
bciiUl.y  (ouiil.y  iini!  iheiliniate  i.-i  niilJ  and  plt^iis- 
ant.     'liu'  M.I  .1.  and    the  face  of  tlic  couu- 

try  1 .1  i_\  :  :il  ■  no;  prairie  and  timber.  We 
ore  uhuUL  liim  u.ilu--  South  of  Ittitltilo  Springs, 
Ea4  ul  the  Wiro  Ki>ad.— /Ac  ;!0.  1S77. 

Fi'uni  I'i.  i".  l*ntiier.— T:.c  iwirlv  of  wlicitiag 
for  till  .\>liliiii<I  vohoul,  goe^  ^tudih*  oii,  niid  the 
proupi'i'N  ;iri'  (hut  Spring  will  ste  noinc  inipoitnnt 
Work  duuw.  I  will  try  and  ;;et  linii>to  Write  out 
a  niurcltitl  ncruuut  of  the  work  done  &ooii,  und 
send  to  you  inr  puhlicfllion.  I  thinU  your  puper 
is  improving  laxt.     May  it  coniiuuc  lo  improve. 

Ffoill  J.  t\  (lisli.— I  rca-ivtd  ii  lullor  fmm 
brother  Jainn'  K.  Gish,  iiifoniiiDg  me  tlirtl  you 
wns  publishing  a  paper.  How  priati*d  in  III.  I 
wirili  to  take  it,  and  heiuwiih  hc-nd  you  the  muucy. 
I  \\\A\  rome  one  would  tend  us  a  Jircaeher  to 
preach  liun;  in  Hcndersou  (.'o.,  Ky. — Hcnilmou, 
Jo».  I'i,  1S78. 

[Oeciu-iouidly  we  learn  that  tlure  are  *oniewho 
Jiave  not  yet  heard  nf  our  puper.  Hope  lome  of 
our  ririiders  will  eend  us  the  uuniu  of  some  ouc  iu 
every  family  of  members  wheie  our  piiper  is  not 
read,  and  wo  will  take  pleaatirc  In  iicndin<;  sauipli 
cojiiea.] 

From  J.  irviii.— The  Brothrcu  of  Uccch 
GruVL'.  havu  hiid  a  series  of  jueetingis.  Brothcr 
Bidvnhour  of  Va.,  and  brother  C.  Ijoiig  of  la., 
pitrached  the  won!  with  puwcr.  Twelve  souli 
believed  iind  won-  baptiwd,  mid  one  made  appli- 
cation. The  brclhteii  and  .MBters  wtro  made  to 
rejoice  iu  the  God  and  Hoek  of  our  aalvfttion, 
Pray  lor  us- — GoMcn  Cornem,  Ohio,  Jan.  15. 

From  J,  S.  Mohlei*.— /Jeor  breihrtn  .-—I  no- 
lice  an  error  in  my  ariielo  on  the  covering,  infii-st 
column  fitici'nth  line  from  hott'.im  up,  where  tlie 
term  "iromad'n  hmd  "  occurs  ;  it  ought  lo  be 
"  men'a  head." 


Umr  through  Worth  Co.,  the  latter  part  of  Febru- 
ary, provided  the  weather  ia  tavorable,  and  hcolth 
will  ndmiL  Will  Bro.  Koniey  or  eomo  one  give 
mu  the  address  of  iK»mc  of  the  brethren,  residing 
in  Worth,  especially  the  Xorth-cast  corner? 

Again  your  weleomc  paper  has  made  il^  &]>- 
peurunoe.  FreiiuaitJy  wo  hear  the  remark  :  "  O, 
bow  wo  miia  it,"  which  caut^ee  quite  a  sod  coun- 
tenance. When  it  was  laid  on  the  titble,  there 
wod  quite  a  change,  such  as  mnkes  all  feel  good, 
plcTsant  and  fcftppy.     We  wish   you  God's  bleas- 

iag. 

"()  he  hopeful,  be  joyful, 

Bo  faithful  till  tlien. 
And  a  crown  v{  bright  glory  we'll  vvear." 
ffarrU'iiivillc,  Mo. 

From  S.  Briiinlmiit;h.— Thenrkof  the  Lord 
ia  (fiill  moving  ou  slowly  with  us,  we  have  had  uo 
seiies  of  mwtings  lor  some  time.  Wc  have  regu- 
lar meetings  nearly  every  Sabbath.  Our  minis- 
la-ial  fort*  coosi«ts  of  Bm.  Jacob  Miller,  elder  ; 
brethren  Kmanucl  Miller  and  Jonathan  Wourick 
in  the  secoud  degree.  The  number  ot  accessions 
by  buptUm  since  March,  about  eighteen.  Hope 
thegood  L"i*d  mny  bit^sall. 


From  R.  K.  Berfceybile.— Our  meetings  iu 
the  Swan  Creel:  District,  and  nojir  Delta  and 
Swuuton  have  closed,  with  an  lutditioii  of  eleven 
precious  souls  made  willing  to  tullow  the  Savior  to 
the  lt(|aid  gnivc  to  ri£e  iu  newness  of  life.  Thoy 
wcrt- mostly  all  young;  five  we  tiiink,  were  be- 
tween the  ngi^  of  twelve  and  fitVen  ;  nil  girls,  one 
my  own  daughter.  Many  more  were  almost  per^ 
Buadcd  ;  they  neui  a?  far  as  the  door,  did  look  in, 
but  stopped  there ;  hojNi  they  may  soon  enter  in. 

Brotlo-r  J.  Nicholson  was  with  us  dnrins  the 
meclingH  and  labored  with  great  xcal  uml  power. 
May  ho  long  be  remembered  hei-e,  and  hi  heavcu 
be  rcwurdKil. —  Tokdo,  0.,  Jan.  G,  1878. 

From  Kl)Ii*r  W.  B.  Sell.— Siuco  we  arc  hav- 
ing Very  fine  weather,  and  roads  are  good,  the  va- 
rious deiioiuiualionh  are  putting  forth  all  their  cii- 
ergitn  to  make  pryaclytcs.  Tiic  M.  K,  church  has 
been  at  it  over  three  week^,  and  intend  to  continue 
for  several  wci'ks  yet.      I   t-ntemplute   taking   n! 


DIED. 


VANDYKK. — ia  Liberty,  Keokuk  Co.,  Iowa, 
Jan.  l»tli.  H47.S.  Utvina  B.  Van.Iyke,  wife  of 
friend  Uemi-Iriuit  Vaudyke,  and  only  dnii-,'hler 
of  Bro.  Feter,  and  sister  Anna  Wolf  lJiscA.«e, 
coiMumption;  age  27  years,'  10  moutli<:i  and  17 
days. 

tihe  had  not  united  with  tlie  church  only  by 
making  ihogood  e*>ufcis'<ion,  that  assoon  usnhe  tva« 
able  in  btHly,  she  would  do  so ;  bat  ere  tli  is  oppor- 
tunity was  ,:;ranted,  lier  spirit  took  its  llight,  and  \» 
now  r'iitirg  in  the  hiinds  of  Him  who  will  deal 
justly  with  all.  Oh,  ihat  we  would  all  obey  the 
Lord  while  in  the  vigor  of  bcilth.  The  funeral 
services  were  conducted  by  the  Brethren  to  a  large 
assembly  of  mouinei's.  B.  F.  T 

^sHinLEH. — Bciijamia  Shidler,  aged -fS  years  lu» 
nine  days.  Hl-  leaves  a  wife,  a  sister  iu  the 
church,  four  sons  and  two  danghleis,  three  ol 
which  are  also  meinberj  of  thechureli,  to  mouin 
the  loss  of  a  deai  hu.'jbaud  aiul  father.  He  liv- 
vA  in  the  Klkburc  cojigiegaliun,  aud  died  of 
oonsumjilion,  January  20,  I87H.  Ftinerol  serv- 
ices were  conducted  by  Eld,  Andrew  Bigler  and 
Moses  IIw«,  from  the  words,  "If  a  man  die, 
shall  he  live  ajj.-siu?  "  J.  C.  LEHMAN. 

FOKNEY.— On  January   6tV  1878,  i a  the  Sol- 
omus  Creek  cougregatiou,  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind. 
Little  Wiuna  Forney,  ouly  daughter  of  Ilintui 
and  Chloc  Forucy,  aged  3  years  4  muntbit  aud 
17  dayg.     Discjwc,   croup. 
Winna  waa  a  child  that  was  noticed  and  loved 
by  every  one  that  knew  her.    She  was  the  most 
intelligent  little   child  I  ever  saw.     She  would 
sing  ■■  come  to  Jesus. "    She  would  get  ou  her  lit- 
tle kncea  aud  try  to  pray.    But  she  h  gone  to 
dncll   with   the  angels  in   the  paradise  of  God. 
Aud  not  only  do  the  parent?  and   relatives  mourn 
the  loss  of  Wiuna,  but  ail  who  knew  her.     Fuu- 
eral  disourxeby  J.  U.  Miller  and  D.  Shivt'ly,  from 
John  II:  28.  Lkwis  Ml'Stz. 

TOOTHMAN.— In  the  Rock  Grove  cburch.FIoyd 
Co.,  Iowa,  Dec.  21,  1877,  Mary  Ellen,  daughter 
of  sister  Toolhmnn,  (widowj  a/^td  HI  years,  6 
mouths  aiul  21  days.     Funeral  by  the  writer- 

J.  A.  MUKR.IY. 


was  a  loving  wife  and  an  uRectionntc  mother.,  ^he 
leaves  a  husbaud  and  littloEou  to  mourn  her  death. 
Funeral  services  by  Bro.  G.  K.  Studebuker,  accom- 
panied by  Bro.  Marcus  Fowler  aud  Bro.  Jacob 
Uelp.  from  Rev.  14: 13.  Maby  J.  Stees. 


-A-NNOXJISr  CEMENTS. 


Notice*  of  Lovc-fcnsts,    Dihirii;!    Meetings,   cK".,  shniiW 

he  brief.  Bad  "n-ritien  on  iinper  aepamiu 

from   uthur   busiiiesa- 


Plcase  anaonnce  that  the  Brethren  al  Hudson 
intend,  the  Lonl  willing,  to  hidd  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, commencinpim  the  Hth  of  February.  Come 
on,  brethren,  iind  help  us, 

T.  D.  LvoN. 

Please  aunouuee  that  the  District  Meeting  of 
Northern  lud..  will  beheld  the  Lord  willing  iu 
the  English  Prairie  congregation,  May  0,  1S7S, 
commeueiug  at  f)  o'clock.  Those  comiug  from 
the  South,  slop  al  Lagrange  Ceuter,  and  thoae 
from  the  North,  stop  at  Lium,  where  tlie  br<:thren 
wit!  meet  ihem, 

Jcesi:  Caj-vebt,  Clerk. 


BOOKS,   PAMPHLETS,    ETC, 

FOIt   SAI.K 

AT    THIS    OFFICE. 

Penjilly's  Qulfte  to  Cbrlstian  BaptiBin.  —  J"''"  .'>" 

Quinter  and  Snyder's  3)ebatB  oa  Imaieraloa.-  I'c'ci-. 

Crudec'i  Oonowdanoa  to  the  Bible.— u-js'  *Mii'i'>ii.  im- 
pwinl  »iu,  (.'liiiti.  &>,7') ;  l^iUrmj-  ^jlioep,  i-'.iM. 

HUtery  of  Palsitlna,  «  tiip  Holy  l^nd.  lly  M,  lliuMcli. '  Biblical  AntioaitUs.- 
Lh.    v..     ]t:iinjwi»g«.  18  ij.o..01o[L.  75cetil..  •  -■■    ---'-'■   - 


Cne  Sajtisai— A  .linloniic  -howinn  'bn  in^p  :_, 

i.  tW  .iiilv  Ri-mniJ  uf  iiuion.  Iliul  cnn  be  coniJi  '"^"a 
nccupieil  t>y  Ibo  luniliug  ilviiomluhLioiis  nf  («r'^""<"itlj 
llv  J.  It.  MoorP,  One  copv.  Ifl  cent*  ■  10  «/'  *"'!•* 
■2r.  copii-^.  52  00.  *"""»•■  «  tt,; 

Truth  Triuaipiant-     In  six  Hiinitiem  r.r  four  h. 

li,.l.U«m.  'G.ACO  M..I  Ti-uU,.  ['wi.«Mhi^^,'««k 
iTlv  liinilt.VM.  N-iii-rwi-lwice,  Son.R?"  ^^'^• 
Mwiaurivi.  and  Foun-l  loo  Sbovl.     IVmi  l  Jhr^'f"* 

Wl  iionis  per  hiiuJrvJ,  •*•''.  or 

The  Throno  of  David.-    from  ihe  orjnEitcraiinB    . 
.-<l,tp1,..r.l  !.!■  Bi'iblthom  Ig  lb,-  Mbcllion  of  t^,"'  ">. 

»«l IS.v  IJiv  Hi-v.  .1.  li.  luKrabnm.  LL,  r.     '^'k'  ^''■ 

■■  Tl,c  Piincp  L>r  llio  llouh^.  of  Diivi,!.-    ^d',^"'"**  of 

l„r«rii.-<."  Will.  li...  -,,l,«,lft  ill,t«rwit,o,  I'^^'- 
l-i  III".  Ciuili.  Si.iJO  ■    'lit 

GitmplielliEiQ  Weigbed  In  the  Balance,  imi  FtMnj  ». 

.1.11.  Moore.  It  Ui.  ttcH  prinudlhiclorsuttfn  **' 
SlKnil.l  he  cirtiiliitnl  t.y  tl.c  hundvcds  in  atn,u.^**E* 
loivilily.   Price.  •!  oopi.-..  Ul  CMiI^  ;  0  copic»  267^'  .***'' 

SaWatiBm.  — By  M.  M.  lWidiiir>ii.  lO  p„„5j,  . 
«o>,..,  ].-.  .«,],lo8  SI  nil.  '[■vyM»  tiio  SrTblTath  Ju«- ^^ 
bricflj-  shoiviiig  ibfti  il.o  obsei-vniiORor  ihc  sc.ir.Tj"' 
.SjibbntUpiuL-c'l  riwuy  wiib  nil  oIIim  Jewijh  iIm.  ' 
Hint  Ibo  "  first  any  ot  Ibe  w«Bk."  ia  the  praroA„'t  ?•* 
for  Chmtiims  lo  Mse.nble  in  woisbip.        ^"""^-^  *.j 

EuBobiua'  EooleiiiMtleal  Hifitory,— Thi»  nnihor  ii..,.! . 


y  of  llii- 

■nli-nleiiiljli'  Vji 


Campbell  and  Owen  Debate.  — CfDiuiniog  an  e.,mi.. 

icism,  nHcient  nnd  inoilei'ii.     Conipkic  in  one  vn! 
TliJB  will  alwityj  ruinuiii  ii  IvitiliuK  \iMrltuu  tbcovi.i.H.'''*" 
of  Chrwliauiiy.     &l.Ti.  "''«vijen«, 

Brethren's  EDTelepes.-  " 

«l    .-ur    leupliT.        -VU, 

rl.u  Imek.   ..  c.,H.vl.-l.-'. 

piuiiH  lnjJy.     I'riii-  I"  it-     I 

ngp— iirOU  tU.  pel'  laiii.hf.i,  ■    ■■ 

Brethren'e  Hymn  Booi:a.--1  i''iijTiii-i:nT.M,,r,,^.,.       , 
p,.i,i.M.oo..  ......  ,i^,..,L.  ,„..,.p„i.i.  »ii.,^.  ,,  /    ;;i- 


STRl-rrCH.— Al  Platuburg,  Mo.,  Dec.  2%  1877, 

Jennie,  daughter  of  sister  Sallie  C.  StJetch,  ajfed 

S  year.^,  5  mouths  nud  6  days. 

Before  dcalli,  the  dear  child  said,  "I  want  to 

go  to  heaven,  whore  papa  is.     I^ay  me  cltwe  to 

papa,  aud  plant  flowers  on  luy  grave." 

Sallie  C,  Stubtch. 

LEHMAN. — Coru  May,  a  sweet  and  intelligent 
little  daughter  of  Bro.  Adam  aud  sister  Sarah 
Lebniau,  went  to  her  last  home  Nov.  13,  1877; 
aged  8  years,  6  mouths  ami  28  dayii.  Diaea-se: 
Typhoid  fevw,  of  which  nearly  (ho  whole  fam- 
ily suffered.  Eld.  John  Murray. 

GIIOVE.— Sister  Sarah  Grove,  ofShuuuou,  III., 
wafi  on  a  visit  to  lud.,  for  her  hwdth.  when  her 
liiile  daughter  Lula  E.,  took  sick  of  the  crouji. 
aud  died.  ■  Ilcr  husband,  Solomon,  was  tele- 
graphed fur,  but  did  not  reach  the  place  till  two 
houre  after  the  child's  death.  Aged  1  year  9 
months  uud  2(i  days.  Funeral  services  at  Shan- 
uou.  111.,  by  Lkmukl  1Iii,i,ekv. 

ANDREWS.— lii  Lhe  Yellow  Creek  church  dis- 
trict, Stephenson  Co.,  111.,  .Jan.  17,  1S78,  sister 
Ervillft  Andrews,  wife  of  Bro.  Waller  Andrews. 
Age,  '2i  yuars,  10  mouths  and  7  days, 

iloretlian  a  year  previous  to  her  death  she 

was  coiivcittd,  anti  iiiiited  with  the  Brcthnin.  She 


Christian  B&ptism.~-^^itU  i(«  Antefeilenta  iind   Conso- 
(|intucen.     liy  Ali'^iiiiilcr  (.'niupbcll.     Clocb,  SI, ^5. 

Ancient  and  Modorn  Eeyet,  —  View  of  Ancieiii  and 

.Molcru  r^y;.!.     Hy  M  .     RiiMcll.  LL.  B.     EDginvings. 

IS  int..  (.'iorh.  "''i  <i'nt». 

Noad's  TheelopcsJ  Weria,  or  i  I'tndlcAilon  of  I'rimiilvo 

l'hri»iiiir>iiy.  -lly  UIiUt  I'ctcr  Xuail.     Bound  in   viotb  ; 
472piige>;  pneo,  Sl.'JJ. 

Season  and  Bevelatien—^ty  R.  Millignti.     This  worlc 

Bli-iiild  iinl  iirily  tii'ie'i'l.  Iiiil  coicr'ully  BluOirit  by  vYCry 
niimsleriii  ibe  bruiboilio...].     T>M*. 

Christianity  Utterly  Ic^r^ritialo  w:-h  War.    u*'"?  ""« 

of  Twunty  Iteiifii.  .        l,,   my  chinvli    rebi. 

laoiis     Uy  J,  U  .    it'uw;   25  eopica. 

$5  DO. 


A  Setmos  en  Baptism.  -   >-■•■'"■ 

lhe  Klk  l.ii'l,  t^imgrfyaijii 


■    !»'■" 


.-.I  p,. 


i.lik-l    . 


21)  CMItS. 

Family  Ilules  and  Regulations.  ■ 

fiillv  printcl   ii>  tbtcv'  •:'^\in 
inleiKk-.l 


I'r; 


c2Jl- 


:  -1  r,r  Bro.  S.  H.  Itjwtor 
,  som^raoi  county.  To.  A 
lbirly-l«o  psgo).    IMce. 


-ByJ.W.RtiM'n.  Itonull- 
ju  guild  cai-d  boiird.  Is 
lould  be  in  every  fnmily. 


Voice  of  the  Seven  Thundore;  Or,  Lociuros  on  the 
Btiok  of  KeveliuiuiiB.  liy  J.  I..  Martia.  Amongniodcrn 
boKk^tbis  is  really  a  oiiriunity.  I'ou  can't  liulp  but 
nnUcrsliinJ  il.     51.50. 

PMEOver  and  Lord's  Snpoer.— By  J.  ff.  Uoor.    An  iiiiie 

\sui'k  ot  %ti:\\\    iiin-il,  mill  sboulil  be  in   the   hands  of 
every  peraon,    wbo   wj»be«  tp   tborouglily  unJerstiinil 
iliiu  subjcoi.     Bouuil    iu  good  oluth ;  26S.pnge(i.   I'l-.' 
75  cents. 

Bttei'5  Theological  Dictioaary.—Coninining  Defmitiom  t.f 

ull  relii;iui>i  l<:ri.i» :  il  c(lll.[Irl^beIUlivc  viow  of  cvei-y 
tide  ill  ibe  aj-leni  of  lUvmily ;  nccounl  of  Jill  the 
priiieipul  <IeiiuiMii.iiii«n»;  iind  nn  ncciinile  >liUcinent  of 
ilie  iinisl  rfiiiiirkiiUlc  traiisnctiun!!  nud  ovcntN  recdvileil 
iu  veclesiiiMliciil  liiMory.     Mto.,  Sheop,  g2.o0. 

The  Pillar  of  PIro;  ^r.  Ismel  in  liondnge.— Hcing  iin  nc 
coiim  .>)■  the  Wijiiiir-.-rnl  Scenes  in  Ibe  Life  i.t  tin-  Sun  a 

Pharaoh's  I»aii!;l.teriMi.iie.»).  'r.>gc'ib(.r  witli  riL-tiirvciiii 
Rkctcbe*  of  il.t'  Hv'.r^w*  ii.ulcr  their  Tii«k-n»a*iei-..  ll> 
Kev..l.  II.  h,i-.ml,..ri..  1,1,.  1)..  i.iUhor  of  ■•  i'linee  ol  [1.; 
House   of    Daviil."     Large  ]2iiii),  Cbib.  flMJO. 

Triae  Immersion  Traced  to  the  Apostles.  —  Heinu'  n  eollec 
lioutifhiMuilv-.!  .,t...ir.tu.i,.  ii'i,  iiioiloni   ,in;i  uneien 

niiihor>.,  I........   LI. ,-  .;.M    i:,.i„e,_.iuii    waa  ibi 

only  ni. . 
antl  ibei 
64  imgen. 
52  00. 

The  Lost  Sunner.- 


cnHtmiM.  ei....  ibat  *.,■  w'l  -■  .  .,i.i„.-,„i  ,,,  ^|[  ^^^^^^ 
em  woic  iUu>-il.illy  lb«n  liii,*  v.jiiin.c.  k  shuiiM 
every  Ubn.ry.     I'.'.im,  t^oib,  |."'j. 

Union  Bible  Bist!ona;y.  i 

acciiniie  acooiiix  an-l     I 
well  n»  n  hixlnrv  of  iili  , 

iu  Ibc  Uiblu.     l"[  «i!l  f 

1.11  IliWe  ^mdoni.s.  ]l!0[...,v.  ■,.,d,i„.,T„  ;,,„|  , 
,in«  ilhuiniliuiiii.    Cloth.  gl.-iO. 

BeynoldGbOTS  DebBt"*,    -An    nml    dnlmle  lM.lnvrii 

jaii.in  I'l'aiii;!' '  ■-     ■.  (   y.'  :,    ■,     ■ 

soni>r  Ibo  Uii]. 

furnintion  froir. 

working  of  il.     J  .      . 

of  the  smnc  M. , ,-;,;,,, 

The  Prince  of  the  Houdo  of  Davifi,  or  Three  Ye;ii 

lloly'Cily,  hting  >■  nenes  of  loiters,    giviuit  n   (|' 


.   of    1-'I,AVIUS  JOSEPIiril.  llw 


i...'.i  bv  ibeui..,:.llei 
ny  J.  H.  Moore 
.  &1  10;  tou  ooiiiej. 


Iinner.— .^  bwintiftil,  colored  ]>i<;lui'c,  iliowiug 
lliiN  ili^ijile^  at  Uio  i.ible,  with  the  snppcr 
(tjirenil  beforo  fbcin  ;  Ho  bait  jum  iinnounccil  thiit  oi 
of  Ihem  should  betray  liim.  ID^ich  of  the  twelve  ]»■ 
sent  is  jioiuiod  out  by  name  iu  thonnivgin  of  iho  pic- 
ture. Prioo,  one  eopy,  16  couls  ;  2  ounies,  25  ecnis  -  IU 
copies  ;gl  00. 

True  BTangelical  Obedience-  iis  nature  ond  neoMsity,  n* 
iLughi  !i„i]  iii»ftioe.l  among  Iho  Hrelbran  ov  German 
Uapti9t!i.  by  .(.  \V,  Sttrin.  being  ono  of  his  twenty  leii- 
«on>r  frjiacbango  in  chmvh  relnlious.  Tbia  in  an  oxcel- 
k,  uud  slioulil  bo  uireiiliited  by  lhe  lllOll^andtj  ull 


r  ibo 


ocoiinliy,     I'rioe,  20  oonls ;  7   coiiies,   ?1    OIJ ; 


The  Ori^n  of  Single  Immersion— Showing  tbnt  «inglc  im- 
mii-Mi.n  Mu»  Invi'imd  by  Kununiins  nnd  iw  a  practice 
caanol  be  traced  beyond  the  middle  of  rbe  fourth  cent- 
ury. By  mder  .Inmei  Quiuier.  It  i^  a  tract  of  lixtceu 
piigeaand  ihi>  Brelliien  hliould  take  an  nctivo  piu-l  in 
giving  11  uneiiensii-o  eireubition.  Price.  2  copies  lo 
cenla;    8  no[aci.  ti-i  cnt!  ;  30  copici!  $1  00. 

CertjEcatea  of  Memherahip  ia  Book  rora— They  are  wcjii- 

ly  piintcd  OH  good  imjiei-.  rendj- lo  Kll  oiil,  with  dup- 
lic«ic  llIll■cb.^d  and  all  well  bound  together  in  neat  book 
foriii.  Boiuuivbal  nlier  the  iilyle  of  blank  note  books 
One  of  ibcHo  book*  should  he  in  the  bands  of  oitcb  con- 
giegaiion:  then,  when  a  member  calls  for  ii  coviitlcaie 
one  of  Ihe&u  cua  bo  filled  out.  signed  by  lliooflleer«' 
cut  off  from  lhe  duplicate  and  handed  to  the  n.end^er" 
The  dujdicBie  ha<i  ou  it,  in  sub^inticc,  what  i.  in  ibe 
certificate  ;  llii,.  remnUis  in  the  book,  thu,  ouabliuK 
enohcougiepitiontokeopartcordof  this  pari  of  her 
lm»ine«,  \U-  jnU  up  two  .im  of  booU  :  No.  1.  con- 
luiningono  hundred  ccrlirteote*.  price  T5  cent*-  .Vo  ■> 
coniflinmg  lilly  ccrlineateg,  pn,„,  -^  cmU.'  'niQ^v 
wonting  hook.,  contttlalng  two  Imndred  ccrllflcmw 
can  obluiu  tlivm  fur  jl.20.  "■""w, 


ed.  ■■ 


JOJOphttS.  —  The 

learned    and     aii-o.  iiio      .^oal   n    i,i..|-,i-,.,ii,    ...udiniQ- 
iwonty  boijk"  .  i   r '       '  ■      ,  , , 

theJcwin).    V  . 
ion  by  liiiuBn: 

ings.     The  v<  ,  i    .  ,,       ,  ,.. 

ed   Iind  well  Imiri  t  v.hIi    u  :<.  <:Uii-      >ciii  !<,,  i-,,,,,! 

for    SS.fiO. 

The  Dsctrine  of  the  Brethren  Defeadel-Tlii*  aiiorkor 
over  •luu  payes,  lately  puWiibcd  in  defence  of  At 
faith  and  pi-aetiec  .if  the  llrethren  on  Ihf  r.illi.iiiag 
points:  The  Divinity  of  Christ  and  lhe  Holy  Spirii. 
linnicreion  vs.  Affiwion.  Tiine  IninitT»ion.  I.Ti-Hwh. 
ing,  iba  Holy  Kiss.  Nuu-tonfornii(y  or  I'laimu-s  of 
Uri'aiB.  and  AnliSoereiiHoi.  The  work  iscunii'lfi'',  nn.l 
is  no  arranged  that  the  ai'Runieut*  on  coeh  iiilnni  m^j 
be  oaaily  found  and  understood.  Il  sliouhl  Iihk'  i>  hkIc 
circii>ilion,  boili  aiiioug  members  and  Iliu  nurlil.  Tin 
work  i.t  primed  in  large,  plain  type,  is  neatly  bound  in 
clolh,  and  noils  ul  the  low  priin  of  ?  i.fiO  per  copy  by 
mail.  When  ordered  by  lliu  doiuu,  a  rediiolioii  Df  HI 
per  cent,  and  the  express  churgcs  will  he  made.  ^^^^ 
work  may  be  bod  ill  tbiHoOicn  or  fromlbeauilior,  It,  U. 
Miller.  Ladoga.  Ind. 

The  Eoly  Land.— Thio  ■>.  ibe  name  of  II  bcauiiful  UUic- 
griihie  miiji,  giving  a  eomplelo  Bird's  ]?yc  lii-woflhf 
lloly  Land,  nnd  enablus  ttic  observer,  al  a  gluace  lo  bt- 
bold  .nil  (be  oilicj.  loivuN,  rivem,  hrouka,  lakM,  valiif' 
and  luouuluinii.  In  shorl.  il  in  uporfcct  pietiircaf  iht 
whole  country  from  llamivciiH  lo  (he  deaeri  of  (i'lci.  Ii 
is  the  inosl  complete  ihing  of  ibo  kiuil  we  everwn.Vj 
a  few  hours  ciueful  .■:liidy.  the  different  plmes  iiiialioa- 
ed  in  tho  Bible  about  t'alvoline,  mny  bo  firmly  fiiwt  ia 
the  mind,  making  the  reader  as  familiar  with  ttir  iva- 
tioD  of  these  dillorenf  places,  as  llic  county  in  wliidili* 
live.*;  thus  nidinv-  blm  iu  Miidersionding  itie  HiWi- 
Tho-iO  who  Ihirl     '  •    ■    ■.Icr  enough  ia   Vtftr 

lint-loimmei-.  ■  Mlly  siuily  ltii»ui»p. 

It  i*  primed  11.  ■  n   jiendud   on   rolkrt 

ready  forbaiivn.  u.  lie*  in  siic,  amlwiH 

botCUlby    Okpi'''--   mr  ,^i,,iii. 

tt^-Any  of  Lba  iibo¥i«  work«  sent  po.il-paid  ou  recwjit 
of  the  annexed  price.     AdJre««  : 

MOOES,  B.\:H0R  i  ESHELilAK. 

LANA2E.  varrell  Co..  K. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Tabic. 

Day  passenger  train  going  cnst  leaves  Lanark  M  IS- 
1".  M.,  and  arrives  in  Unoinu  at  0:43  1'.  M.  _^      _ 

Day  pjicsongcr  train  going  west  leave.i  Lanark  at -^  i" 
M,,  and  arriTos  nt  Itock  Island  nl  6:60  l".  M.  , 

Night  passenger  irainii.  going  oasl  and  west,  m**'  " 
loavft  Lanark  at  2:21  A,  .M,.  arriting  in  Raaup"  ""'" 
A.    M.,   nnd    al   Kock  hland  at  IS:0U  A.  M.  ^ 

Freight  and  Aocoinmoilation    'I'ruiiiB    will  run   WMI  ■» 
12:  &5P.  M.,     Hi:  Ml  A.  M,.   and  12:  20  V.iU  """ 
oaat  at  4:  lOA,  M.,  1  P.  M.  and  J:  M'  P-  M.  _ 
Tickotii  ure  bold    for  above   trains  only- 


giwff' 


ralud  make  close  conncelion  at  Wcslcm  Union  Juai- 
Q.  A.  SmiiHi  A^W- 
raBseugers  for  Chicago  should  learc  Lamvit  at  Ij^ 
I'.  M,;  runlotbe  Wwlcrn  Uuion  J""''""" ■  ,,  ,  .uW 
icod  wail  bul  livo  minules  for  iho  Chicago.  ',""'., 
uid  St.  Paul  paasenger  iriiin,  and  Ihus  reoeh  '^J''"* 
<  :  Vi  Ibo  same  evoninK.  To  reach  Lanark frow  "'  'X^'^ 
go  to  ibc  ft.  Wayne  .IwpOI.  Uihe  lhe  CbleftB"-  ".,1^  in 
-"  '  "■     PftuI  train  ul  five  in  the     ctcuing;  run  ■'"       ,( 

D.  Junction,  cbango  curs  for  Lanark,  »nl  a. 
hero  nt  'i:'l\  ia  iho  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'  Belivld  I  Brinn 


You  Good  Tidimj><  of  Great  Joy,  whirl,  ShaU  he  unto  All  Peopled  ~Lvk^ 


Vol.  in. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  7, 1878. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H- Moore,  S.H.Bashor,  M.a.Esht'Imaii. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


J.  w.  RTi;ix.     - 

D.  B.  MKSTZKK, 
jIATTlK  A.  I.riAli 


LADOQA,  HO). 
~      KEWTOKIA,  Mo. 

-  -  VIRDEN,  ILL. 
-  WAYKESBOHO,  PA, 

-  mtllANA,    II,1„ 


THE  HEAVET.LY  LAND. 


in    ISAUKLLA  F.  KRI-SO, 

1>;:Y0Xr>  tlur  InmiKU  of  time, 
)     A<-in,..  Hr-  .<-a  (if  life, 
WlifiL-  passion's  Ijiilows  form  and  toss 
lu  augry  strife — 

Tliere  is  ii  land  m   bright, 

That  mortals  cannot  guze, 
IJut  wondering  slimd  upon  the  verge 

In  lost  iiiuiiw. 

Tlio  hilla  ol"  glory  tower, 

JIajt'stic  nnd  sublime, 
Abovt?  the  snow-cappfd  pe^ilis  of  c-rirth, 

TIr-  Alps  of  time. 

I'lnir  scjuave  the  city  stands, 

The  jasper  walla  that  rise, 
Areganii:shed  blight  with  precious  stones 

Of  Paradise. 

No  storm  cloud  ever  throws 

Its  shutlows  on  that  shor^, 
No  lightings  flash  along  the  sky, 

Or  thunders  roar. 

The  air  is  pure  and  bright, 

All  is  serene  and  calm. 
Naught  ever  enters  there  that  can 

The  huly  liai-m. 

But  from  the  throne  of  Grod 
There  flows  a  crystid  stream, 

And  heuveu's  pure  light  upon  its  cleai- 
Bright  wtitei-s  beam. 

And  where  that  river  flows, 

The  tre['  of  life  appears. 
Yielding  its  monthly  fruits  throughout 

Eternal  years. 

r>L-neufh  the  shadowy  bowers, 

Robed  in  immortal  green, 
Grow  fairer  flowui-s  than  mortal  eye 

Hath  ever  seen. 

There  night  shall  never  come, 
Nov  heaven's  long  day  be  o'er; 

God  and  the  Lamb  shall  be  their  light 
Forever  more. 

Tiiroughout  that  wide  domain 

■)oy  beams  iu  every  eye, 
\VhiIe  angel  voiess  join  iu  praise 

To  God  most  high. 

There  white-rohcd  spirits  bow 

Before  tlie  great  I  Am, 
And  wortiliip  Llim  who  pardoned  them 

Through  Christ,  the  Lamb. 

A  LEAF  FROM  THE  TREE  OF  LIFE. 


liY  i:.  U.  BAL.s[!AlT.lI. 

UO  Wounds  are  too  deep  for  the  healing  of 
^*  Jesus.  The  -Anti-type  of  the  good  Siuu- 
"intJiu  has  oil  and  wine  for  every  bleeding  heart. 
Altluiugh  He  ui  constantly  pouring  out  iiis 
Sariatives  for  the  relief  of  the  millions  who  sup- 
plicate His  aid,  His  vessel  of  grace  is  as  full  a.s 
oyer.  "  In  Uhn  (hn-Udh  all  the/nlhiesso/th 
(iwlltmd  bodily,"  and  the  oftener  wc  conic,  the 
^aore  wo  need  juid  iwk.  (he  more  is  He  gladden- 
ed mid  gloriiied.  Neither  the  Universe  nor  Eter- 
"i^ycan  empty  the  lu0nite.  He  gives  with- 
""l  diminution;  but  Ht  gives  not  His  best 
IJtliscriraJuately.  He  liiw  gifts  for  all,  hut  not 
«'9  rarest  and  sweetest  (Matt.  5:45).    If  we 


would  ba-.e  the  Gift  ..f  nifts,  >ve  must  »>o  made 
coufurmiible  to  His  death,  and  know  the  fellow- 
ship of  His  sntTcrings,  imd  the  power  of  His 
resurrection  (Philp.  ;J:  10).  Blessed  elect.  To 
snob  all  things  work  together  for  good,  because 
ailed  iiLeording  to  the  Divine  purpose  (Rom. 
8;  US).  Hftviug  died  and  risen  with  Christ.  His 
security  is  theire.  They  can  perish  only  when 
He  becomes  bankrupt  in  power  and  mercy. 
They  can  boldly  take  up  the  clmllenge  of  R^jm. 
8:  31,  31).  Not  only  suffering  and  then  gloiT, 
but  glory  in  sufferiiig. 

Aflliel«d  aaint^  your  sorrows  are  in  form  not 
ordinary.  U  is  seldom  that  on  heir  of  Heaven 
is  so  outrageously  treated.  But  in  i*ubatance 
we  all  sorrow  alike.  Causes  vary,  but  grief 
one  in  its  ultimate  analysis.  The  child  that 
weeps  over  it»  shuttered  doll,  brings  into  ac- 
tivity the  same  constitutional  soul-elements  as 
the  person  who  agonizes  over  the  coffin  of  the 
most  cherished  idol  of  conjugal  affection.  You 
arc  mourning  the  living  dead.  You  ai-e  a  wid- 
ow without  n  shroud  or  grave.  Your  sepul- 
chre is  within,  and  entombs  the  dead  hopes  and 
joys  of  the  past.  These  ore  crushing  misfor- 
tunes. .But  Jesus  lives,  and  L0VE3.  For  all 
your  unutterable  heart-throes.  He  has  a  "far 
more  exceeding  and  etenial  weight  of  glory." 
Yonr  racking  woes  and  irreparable  Iwreiive- 
nient  have  bound  up  in  them  untold  blessings, 
if  yon  allow  Jesus  to  take  the  place  of  the  vi- 
olater  of  your  confidence.  You  have  a  mighty 
struggle  to  maintain,  but  you  are  on  the  way 
to  victory  and  iu  due  time  it  will  be  yours. 
Turn  to  Matt.  12:  20  and  press  meiuiing  enough 
into  the  word  "  /(7/ "  to  include  all  God's  inten- 
tions and  all  your  utmost  endeavors  to  meet 
them. 

Remember,  Christ  is  risen  ;  He  reigns  in  the 
flesh  and  om-  it.  Col.  3: 1,  2,  3  is  the  key  of 
your  triumph  and  joy.  You  will  yet  be  able  to 
rise  so  high  above  all  human  attachments  and 
human  desertions,  that  with  a  gliul  liojirt  and 
responsive  conscience  yon  can  pray  Matt,  fi:  12. 
Have  faith,  ami  enlist  all  the  energies  of  yom- 
soul  in  the  great  crisis.  May  the  apjironching 
Christmas  be  to  you  u  blessed  ante-past  of  the 
coming  glory  of  Rom.  8:  IS,  May  the  Kver- 
lasting  Kristkindlein  comfort  you  out  of  the 
f.ithdmless  depths  of  His  changeless  Heart, 


ON  ELECTING  MINISTERS. 


I  PRESUME  that  it  is  generally  known  that 
there  are  brethren  who  have  douhtjs  of  the 
Scriptural  authority  for  electing  brethren  &c.. 
to  the  ministry  in  the  order  of  our  church. 
Some  have  spoken,  and  some  Imve  written  on 
the  subject,  yet  the  minds  of  some  seem  not  to 
be  fully  enlightened;  and  I  presume  will  not 
l)e  from  what  I  may  say,  but  I  give  my  mite 
free.  I  have  given  this  subject  much  thuupht, 
not  beuause  I  ever  doubted  the  legality  of  my 
cnll.  Some  holding  that  a  majority  of  all  the 
raemhei-s  in  the  church,  i«  necessary  to  make 
tlie  call  ley-''-  '  was  told  that  I  have  even  msmy 
more  thiui  lhe.se;  but  I  have  given  the  subjeot 
;i  serious  thought  to  know  whether  the  order  is 
the  order  God's  Woi-d  will  justify.  Again  I 
have  been  in  the  ministry  a  long  time,  imd  soon 
will  be  twenty-eight  years  that  I  have  served 
in  the  capacity  of  an  Elder.  It  lias  been  my  lot 
to  serve  at  elections,  and  inBtallotions,  the  sub- 
ject to  me  huo  always  been  a  serious  one.  I  am 
however  fully  satislied  tliat  the  order  of  the 
church  is  ieasible  and  ScriptunU. 

The  harvest  being  plcuteons  ruid  the  laborers 
iiR'few,  i.s  iLs  true  now  as  it  W)is  wlienthe  Sav- 
ior so  declared  it  to  be;  and  it  is  just  as  necessary 
that  we  pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  to  send 
labori-i*s  into  His  haiTcst  now  as  it  was  then. 
White  the  Savior  wa-son  earth,  He  did  this  per- 
sonally. Me  did  not  have  men  elect  themselves 
to  go.  but  He  appoint**!,  and  sent  them,  first 
the  twelve,  and  atlerwai"ds  the  seventy  (Matt. 


Lake  U»:  -J).  Now  Paul  says  t,he  church 
is  the  body  of  Christ,  in  which  wc  are  mcmbeni. 
and  each  member  mu^t  perform  its  piirt  in  the 
body,  the  churrh.  And  as  the  Lord  while  on 
earth  pemoniilly  chose,  and  sent  forth  in  the 
mini-itrj-,  it  follows  that  He  now  does  the  same 
through  the  member*  of  Hin  body,  tlm  church, 
which  in  aLio  the  ground  and  pillm-  of  tlie  truth. 
And  as  the  body  is  not  one  member,  hut  many, 
the  foot  doc«  not  say,  Beeauiie  I  am  nol  the 
hand.  I  am  not  of  the  body.  Even  so  in  the 
church,  one  member  cannot  say,  becnus*  I  am 
Ihig  or  tlttit,  and  you  are  iueumpetout  to  decide 
who  shall  Ih;  called,  I  will  du-l.ite  to  you  kc. 
No  brethren,  this  is  not  Christ's  order  in  Uis 
ehureh.  In  Christ  there  is  neither  Jew  nor 
Greek,  there  is  neither  bond  nor  frce,neithermal« 
nor  female,  but  are  all  one  in  Christ  Jesus. 

I  am  fully  convinced  that  God  in  Christ 
through  the  church  calU  the  ministry:  and  ab 
though  in  the  church  tliere  ia  diversity  of 
:itl.i,  nml  those  members  we  may  Ibink  less 
honorable,  ui)on  thene  God  may  bestow  more 
abundant  honor;  for  while  He  gives  authority 
to  His  aervmita.  He  givea  to  every  man  his 
work,  and  wo  have  no  right  to  doubt  the  com- 
petency of  any  member  of  the  body  doing  its 
part.  I  know  that  some  mcmlwrs  think  that 
certain  brethren  should  he  named,  or  nominat- 
ed, and  from  the.se  the  memlx-rH  should  select 
iic,  and  for  a  precedent  refer  to  Acts  23.  I 
have  considered  this  suggestion,  but  as  it  does 
not  apply  to  the  selection  of  the  common  min- 
istry, it  is  not  feasible.  In  that  caw  one  waa  to 
be  chosen  to  the  apostleship  to  fill  the  place  of 
Judiis  who  by  transgression  fell;  and  the  one 
eligible  to  fill  this  place,  mnut  hnva  some  pe- 
culiar ((naliJic-itions  which  ajjidy  tothat  position 
only.  "  Wherefore  of  these  men  which  have 
companied  with  us  all  the  time  that  the  Lord 
Jesus  went  in  and  out  among  us,  beginning 
from  the  baptism  of  John,  unto  that  same  day 
that  He  was  taken  up  from  us;  must  one  be 
onluined  to  be  a  witness  with  us  of  His  resur- 
rection.    And  they  appointed  two." 

We  would  say, they  nominated  two.for  whiun 
they  gave  forth  their  lots  {rul^ti  us  wesiiy).  In  thai 
case  thU  order  was  feitsible^  for  when  we  con- 
sider the  unpopularity  attached  to  a  follower  of 
Jesus,  who  wussetforasign  to  bespoken  ugninst, 
the  ^vould-be-voluuteer  when  lie  heard  Jesus 
tell  him  that  the  foxes  have  holes,  and  the  birds 
have  nests,  but  He  has  not  where  to  lay  His 
heatl,  his  ardor  soon  abated;  and  when  His  fol- 
lowers heard  that  His  fle«h  must  be  eaten  &c., 
hi'Came  oflended,  went  back  ami  followed  no 
more  after  Him.  it  is  very  presumable  that  Bar- 
naba-s  and  Matthias  were  the  only  two  who  had 
tiie  rrfpiired  qmilifications.  If  so,  they  coulil 
reiulily  be  nominated.  But  the  election  of  breth- 
ren to  serve  in  the  ministry  in  our  age  of  the 
church  is  a  difi'erent  matter.  Who  can  judge  n 
brothel's  ability  to  preiurh  ?  This  can  be  known 
by  trial  only.  Whi»  sliall,  who  will  dare  to 
nanu*.  appoint,  or  nominate  brethren  to  lie  vot- 
ed for?  Surely  the  elders  'vill  not,  who  then 
will?  Why  every  member  of  the  body  of  Christ, 
the  church  forthemselveswillsay.  whoisittobi.* 
called.  The  idea  that  dilfen-nt  brethren  may  be 
voted  tor,  amounts  to  ncllhing.  It  is  not  cer- 
tain that  all  cast  their  lots  for  Matthias,  yet  he 
wo.*  numbered  with  the  eleven.  Neither  is  it 
:it  all  certain  that  one  of  a  half  down  nominat- 
ed brethren  for  whom  all  the  membere  would 
be  obliged  to  vote  for,  would  coimuand  a  ma- 
jority of  thu  whole  vot«  ea»t,  au>'  mOK  than  bi 
in  the  church'^  order  otluu  done.  At  the 
elections  I  have  been  present,  ^very  &equentl.v 
when  the  elected  brother  hml  u  majority  of  ;Ul 
the  votes  cast.  On  sevend  occasions  there  bt^ 
ing  a  tie  vote  between  two  hn'threu,  the  church 
wa.s  called  together  and  informed  that  twd 
bndhren  had  a  tie  vote,  mid  that  under  thecir- 
eumstanees  it  would  be  for  the  membeis  to  de- 
cide whether  both  should  l>e  declared  elected,  or 
the  election  to  be  void.  In  every  such  a  case 
when  I  was  pi'esent  the  uuauimons  vote  was 


No.  6. 


both  elccle.1.  In  a  few  ca^w  wh-re  I  wm  pnw- 
ent,  it  happened  that  one  brother  had  but  a/^u- 
more  vote*  than  the  other,  and  in  thes.-  ca«?» 
the  church  was  informed  of  the  condition  of 
thmg».,md  asked  nfj.iiu  to  rot*  whether  she  trill 
have  both,  or  only  the  one  who  Kad  a  few  m.-r*  " 
vote-,  than  the  other.  I  believe  I  have  -.v  ...^ 
dthn-e  such  casea,  and  in  twoof  th...  ib- 
ummimoHs  voicea  of  the  church  w.ts.  /.,,'.  . 
fit.  Brethren,  I  feel  awun-d  there  can  ,  „■, 
improvement  on  the  church  order  ol"  .i, ,  :,„.. 
olfieers.  '  * 

StipiHJse  we  admit  the  ide.  that  some  mem- 
Ixrs  are  incompetent  to  decide  who  l«  v  ,■    r„. 

andinMichcasesallowacertttinsortnf.: '. 

i.-rring  ;  that  is.  some  competent  m-r 
the  incompetent  ones  who  to  ■,    , 
this  insure    ummimity  of  tli 
was  but  one  memWr  .so  to  i|. 
Lompetont  flouting  vote  might  be  com 
bat  would  that  be  the  voice  of  the  ,, 

Might  not  the  member  ai  well  com- 
and  ciLst  BO  many  votcn  hiuiself,  as  t.i 
ward  so  many  of  his    proxies  to  do 
iupiH),-"e  there  are  several  members  in  1 1 . 
that  feelthemselves    compeltnt  toiii- 
incompetent    membent  for  whom  to  >.,,,-;  .j-m 
each  one  of  these  competenU  ha.s    :i   favirit- 
neptiew  or  fnend  to  vote  for,  then  h-iw  nil!  it 
bi?     May  not  this  floating  vote  as  wtl.  ■-    ,    •_ 
tered  among  a  dozen  brethren  as  to  1..     .i 
wtiy  eoucentrated  upon  half  that  numb,  i .-  IJut, 
who  are  the  incompetent  mcmliera?     ]  fiml  il* 
much  division  among  the  officials  in  the  church 
a.s  among  the  laity. 

On  several  occasiomi  I  remember  when  the 
Klder  wan  nesrly  alonein  bin  choice,  anil  in  each 
ciise  the  election  was  u  success.  In  one  of  the 
ciutcs  the  Elder  Intssince  said  to  me,  /  «■««  irrona 
ht  viij  rlmce.  Who  then  should  dictate?  The 
only  electioneering  that  is  admissible  is  PRAY- 
ER. Plead  with  God  for  guidance,  not  for  mj- 
sdf  only,  but  for  all  the  members,  and  the  rr- 
hult  we  can  rely  upon. 


A  BEAUTIFUL  SYNONYM. 

nv  E.  BmOTLgLZ^ 

ii    4  ND  a  superscription  also  was  written  ov- 
j\    er  him.  in  letters  of  Greek,  and   Latin 
:id  Hebrew:  THIS  IS  THE  KIKG  OF  THE 
KWS  "  (Luke  23:  SS). 

Wc  have  all  doubtless  many  times  read  the 
story  of  the  crucifixion.  Wewish  heretosho.v 
how  metaphorically  the  inscriptions,  or  tin- 
number  of  languages  contained  therein,  wiib 
the  names  given  in  the  command  for  baptiffu  . 
Could  Pilate  write  three  ditferent  languages  at 
the  name  time?  We  would  not  suppose  he 
could.  We  would  infer,  from  the  different  lan- 
guages us«d,  that  to  write  in  Greek  and  Latin 
and  Hebrew,  that  it  would  have  to  be  written 
at  three  different  times,  and  we  learn  that  the 
object  of  this  was  that  none  might  be  unappriz- 
ed  of  its  content's. 

It  was  wTitten  in  Greek,  which  was  the  gen- 
end  language  of  commerce  in  Western  .Xsia,  and 
which  would  be  familiar  to  many  Jevps  fnv-i 
Europe,  Egypt  and  elsewhere:  it  was  alsowr 
t-H  in  the  Syriac.  called  '*  Hebrew,"  the  vera  .  - 
ubu-  hmguage  of  Palestine:  and  it  was  written 
in  Latin,  probably  for  the  use  of  the  lUtnians, 
inaiiy  of  whom  would  assemble  at  .K-ru>aleni 
d'iringthe"  paschid week."  or  Jewish  I*,L-vv0Ter. 
It'  I'ilate  wa.*  so  exact  in  writing  the  super- 
cription,  so  that  none  who  came,  should  be  de- 
prived of  its  meiuuug,  do  we  not  suppose  that 
God  was  equally  as  exact  iu  expre^^iing  His  lan- 
guage concerning  His  mode  of  baptism,  .is  giv- 
en  in  Matt  28:  VX  And  then  not  ;is  mmy  ac- 
tions eoutuined  in  this  holy  and  essential  com* 
mand,  as  there  ore  buiguages  used  in  the  sup- 
erscriptions? Alii  yet  how  many  reail.  prifich, 
mid  practice  it  as  one  action,  omitting  the  first 
luid  seco'id,  and  applying  the  third  action  of  the 
GiHlhetul  only,  for  the  "  remission  of  niBa," 
and  thenby  expecting  to  receive  the  {rift  of 
fne  HOLY  GHOST. 


TtIK    liliKTHRE^C    AT    AVOKKI. 


Febru, 


THE  HOLY  BIBLE. 

(^  OD'S  holy  Bible,  pn.i-ious  Rouk. 
X    On  whicb  I  oft  witli  rupture  look! 
■  Twas  that  wliich  hA  luy  roving  fc-ot 
To  the  dear  houM-  where  Christi.in«  meet. 
Eng.'isw'  '"J"  thuusht-H  in  early  tinx-. 
WwriH-d  me  tigainrt  all  sin  niid  crime. 
And  biwie  me  through  the  comiiifr  "liiy« 
To  wiilk  with  joy  in  wisdom's  wiiys. 
In  chiKlhoml  yearn,  so  fiiir  iUid  bright, 
VVr  rK-aii  Ciod'-i  Word  by  morning  light; 
With  plt-asure  keen  I  now  recall 
The  household  gathered  one  and  all, 
Around  the  clieerful  eveuiuK  lire, 
Before  the  tijne  we  should  retire. 
And  sweet  it  was  to  list^-n  tiien 
Am  that  dear  Book  wn*  rtml  again. 

In  the  t/ld  i-cbool-room  evcrj-  day 
TImt  snored  Volume  near  me  by; 
*  Twas    studied  by  the  youthful  crowd, 
And  twice  a  day  w(w  reiid  aloud. 
Then?,  too,  upon  the  wonteil  ecat, 
This  Word  by  heart  did  we  repeat; 
And  olt  it  save  us  niucli  delight. 
To  see  how  well  wc  could  recite. 

But  now  fcome  men  have  grown  so  wise, 
That  they  the  beriptures  liyhtly  prj/.e. 
What  inuit  wc  think  of  thone  divine.^ 
Art  i'reoly  (vtth  they  speak  their  mind-*. 
And  othei-sjoin,  in  words  «o  cool, 
"  iio  Uike  the  Bible  out  of  tieh.wl; 
Head  it  no  more,  ivifh  offered  pntyer. 
.It  some  dislike  to  have  it  there  ?" 

Sometimes  I  question  if  iiidued 
TlK>.-e  holy  men  delight  to  rciwl 
The  suered  Scriptures  every  day. 
At  seasoUH  ;vhen  they  kneel  to  pray. 
CiUi  goiid  men  ever  lightly  prize, 
Or  will  they  ever  dare  despi-e. 
The  "  Holy  liiblc  Book  divine" 
So  full  of  truth  in  every  line:-* 

Let  others  take  the  cotiiiie  they  will. 
I  .shall  esteem  the  Bible  still; 
In  all  its  truths  I  will  delight, 
lu  ii  dark  world  walk  by  ila  light. 
Anil  wiien  I  near  tb.-  other . '■lion;. 
Still  will  I  love  the  Bible  more, 
Will  then  in  all  its  truths  confide, 
Die  with  the  Bible  at  my  side. 

— lieliijiiiu^  Ueiaitl. 


THE    LITERAL   MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN  RELIGIOUS 

FAITH   AND   PRACTICE. 

BY  J.  W.  KTEUt. 

"  Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  lliy  couuad." — 
(INiilnw  73:  24) 

NUMBER  II. 

4.  The  depraved  liumun  conm-ience  in 
7wt  ail  infallible  guide  in  matters  of  relig- 
ionti  faith  and pra<-{ic€.  Xo  one  can  be  i\ 
Cliristiiin  nud  not  he  conscientious. 
The  want  of  sincerity  is  ]iypoer«cv,aiKl 
yet  the  sinijile  f'iiet  of  beJngsincero  makes 
no  on*.'  a  Christian.  Conscienee  is  biiLs- 
ed  by  eihication,  it  may  be  good  or  bad, 
enlightened  or  darkened.  Teach  a  child 
from  infancy  to  manhood,  tJiat  there  is  no 
evil  attached  to  a  life  of  profligacy  and 
crime  and  without  the  counteracting  in- 
fluence of  holy  precept  or  example,  he 
^vill  do  wrong  without  remor.se.  Con- 
science will  be  so  "  seared"  or  perverted 
that  ita  power  to  reprove  will  be  gone, 
but  "  train  uj)  a  child  in  the  way  he 
should  go,"  and  conscience  will  reprove 
its  slightest  deviations  from  the  path  of 
rectitude.  This  peculiarity  of  conscience 
appeal's  again,  iu  that,  some  regard  with 
great  eotnposureantl  approbation  of  con- 
science the  observance  of  rites  and  or- 
dinances, which  to  other  sincere  and 
equally  pious  minds  involve  the  most  ar- 
rogant bla-spheray  and  wicked  idolatry. 
The  rea.son  is  obvious;  one  believes  them 
to  be  of  God,  while  the  other  believe-S 
them  to  be  "the  commandment.^  of  men," 
tending  to  supplant  and  ^it  aside  the 
commandments  of  God.  Thus  we  see 
men's  consciences  vary  as  theii-  religious 
and  moral  culture  has  varied,  and  hence 
conscience  is  subject  to  one's  religion, 
and  not  the  religion  to  conscience  as 


some  falsely  plefl'l.  We  ean  tbt-n  by  no 
means  accept  the  pojiular  doctrine  of  the 
world  "  it  makes  no  difference  what  a 
man  believes  if  he  is  only  sincere, 
Were  this  true,  it  made  no  difference 
whether  Paul  was  a  Jew  or  Christian, 
and  when  he  persecuted  the  Christiau 
church,  he  did  right  for  he  testified  that 
he  h.ad  "lived  in  all  good  conscience  be- 
fore God"  (Act'.  2:i:  1),  and  thought 
he  "ought  to  do  many  things  contrary 
to  the  name  of  Jeinis"  w-hieh  he  also  did, 
and  which  in  connection  witii  persecu- 
tions inflicted  by  other  Jews,  as  well  as 
Pagans  and  the  impiisitions  of  the  Pa- 
pal hierarchy,  only  fulfilled  the  Savior's 
prophecy,  wht-nlle  said  to  His  disciiiles, 
"The  lime  cometh  that  whosoever  kill- 


,'th  ^ 


will  think  that  he  doeth  God 


service"  (1  John  1(1:  2).  Had  Paul 
jH-rsisted  iu  his  Judaism,  notwithstand- 
ing his  sincerity,  he  woidd  doubtless 
have  been  a  lost  man.  AVhen  he  came 
to  the  light  and   repented  he  "  obtained 

mercy"  becaus  he  did  it  it  ignorantly  in 
unbelief"(l  Tim.  l:i;J).  Unt  had  he 
neglected  the  trnth  when  presented,  and 

pei>iisted  in  his  disobedient  course  he 
describes  what  his  own  destiny  would 

have  been,  and  what  that  of  every  other 
such  an  one  must  be  when  he  said,  "  if 
we  sin  wilfully  after  that  we  have  re- 
ceived the  hnowledge  of  the  truth,  there 
remaineth  no  more  sacrifice  for  sins,  but 
a  certain  fearful  looking  for  of  judgment 
and  fiery  indigmition,  which  shall  devour 
llie  adversaries"  (Ileb.  10;  30,  27).  If 
the  proposition  that  "  it  makes  no  dit- 
lerence  what  we  believe,  if  we  are  only 
sincere,"  be  true,  then  the  pagan  mother, 
wdio  presses  her  darling  child  to  her  bo^- 
om,  imprints  upon  its  lii)8  the  last  kiss 
of  juaternal  love,  and  commits  it  to  the 
rude  waves  in  the  Ganges,  in  hope  that 
the  saciifice  of  her  firat  boi-n  will  atone 
for  the  sin  of  her  soul,  does  right  for 
she  is  sincere.     And  all  who  become  the 

ictims  of  himian  penance  in  order  to 
appease  the  wrath  of  some  imagined 
fod  that  can  neither  see,  nor  hear,  nor 
act,  nor  think,  liave  all  done  right,  be- 
cause they  were  sincei**;;  for  nothing  but 
the  deepest  sincerity  and  honesty  of  pur- 
pose, could  prompt  to  such  a  sacrifice. 
Only  accept  suth  a  principle  once  and 
you  have  a  precedent  that  makes  an  ap- 
ology for  every  species  of  vice,  and  every 

norniity  of  crime.  lint  the  theory  is 
not  true.  Though  proclaimed  loudly 
the  popular  pulpits  of  the  day,  taught 
in  many  religious  pei'iodicals,  consum- 
mated freely  iu  the  social  circle,  and  con- 
sidered an  ample  apology  for  that  false 
liberalism  which  has  .so  extensively  sup- 
planted true  Christian  charity  which 
'joices  in  the  truth,"  1  regard  it  as  one 
of  the  most  mischievous  principles  ever 
invented  by  the  enemy  of  God  and  man, 
for  the  accomplishment  of  )ns  fell  pur- 
poses. 

Once  a  friend  of  mine,  who  had  been 
tutored  in  the  faith  of  aft'usiou  for  bap- 
tism, but  because  persuadc-d  that  the 
Soriptiu'es  contained  no  precept  or  ex- 
ample for  any  mode,  but  immersion, 
consoled  himself  with  the  thought  that 
the  apostle  Peter  permitted  the  other, 
wlien  he  said;  "  Baptism  is  the  auH^ver 
of  a  good  conscience"  (1  Pet.  3:  21). 
"  May  I  not  conclude"  said  he, "  fi-om 
this, that  if  I  am  conscientious,  that  will 
make  whatever  mode  I  prefer  baptism 
to  me."  Such  an  impression  was  the 
very  natural  consequence  of  the  teach- 
ing he  had  received.  But  the  apostle 
says,  "  Baptism  is  the  answer  of,  what 
kind  of  conscience?  a  ijood  cun^ciencc,^ 
i.  ('.,  enlightened,  not  darkened  by  eiTor 
But  what  does  he  say  is  the  answer  of 
a"  good  conscience  i  "  "  Baptism."  Then 


if  anything  instead  of  the  baptism  au- 
'  thorized  by  Christ  and  taught  iu  his  Di- 
vine Law,  be  administered  to  those, 
who.se  consciences  have  been  duped  to 
aeceptthetraditionsof  men  in  lieu  of  the 
commands  of  Jesus;  they  may  be  ever 
so  conscientious,  and  yet  it  will  not  be 
true  tlitit  '*  Jiapt ism"  vnl]  have  been 
the  "  answer  of  a  fjood  conscience  "  to 
them.  If  conscience  can  legalize  a  new- 
mode  of  baptism,  it  can  also  legalize  a 
new  element  with  which  to  administer 
it,  and  if  it  can  dispose  at  option  of  a 
law,  it  can  also  dispose  of  the  Law- 
giver. If  it  possesses  the  prerogative  to 
legalize  or  make  valid  the  slightest 
change  in  the  arrangement  of  an  immu- 
table God,  aud  create  its  own  deities, 
rite.s,  i'eliu;iou  and  destiny,  and  becomes 
itself  a  god,  the  sole  arbiter  of  life  and 
death,  elevating  its  professor  though  an 
atheist,  infidel,  Jew,  Polytheist,  Moham- 
medan, or  even  an  adulterer,  murderer, 
or  what  not,  to  the  felicitiesof  Paradise, 
such  a  Paradise  ;is  it  is  capable  of  award- 
ing. 

Such  is  the  horrid  and  blasphemous.' 
though  legitimate  conclusion  of  the  doc- 
trine that  "  nmkes  no  diti'erence  what  a 
man  believes,  if  he  is  only  sincere." 
Tiie  proper  office  of  conscience,  then,  is 
to  ajiprove  right  and  disapprove  wrong, 
from  the  prendses  of  divine  truth,  hold- 
ing itt*elf  amenable  to  that  law  to  which 
it  is  subject,  and  at  the  tribunal  of 
which  with  every  kindred  faculty  of  re- 
sponsible int^dligenee,  it  must  account 
for  its  work  and  their  result.  But  again: 

5.  Human  tradition  is  not  an  infalli- 
Me  (jnide,  in  matters  of  religioii^'i  faith 
and  practice. 

Tradition  means  "  handed  dow^n," 
hence  I  allude  to  it  m  the  medium 
through  wdiieh  any  thing  is  transmitted 
from  one  t«  another.  Tradition  may  be 
a  good  thing  or  a  bad  thing.  AVe  are 
commanded  to  observe  the  traditions  of 
the  apostles  whether  eomnmnicated  by 
w^ord  or  epistle  (2  Thes.  2:  15;  3:  6). 
If  the  traditions  of  our  fathers  were 
correct,  we  have  been  blessed  to  the  ex- 
tent, we  have  been  brought  under  their 
influence,  if  incorrect,  wehave  beeninjur- 
ed  to  the  same  extent.  The  simple  fact  that 
a  doctrine  or  practice  has  come  down  to 
us,  though  it  may  have  been  from  time 
immemorial,  does  not  make  it  infallibly 
safe.  It  nuLst  be  in  harmony  \vith  the 
standard  of  truth,  and  thus  prove  itself 
to  be  from  the  same  source.  The  doc- 
trine of  the  cro.s.s  was  no  sooner  prop- 
agated, than  its  counterfeits  began  to 
make  their  appearance,  the  mere  age  of 
a  practice  or  institution,  is  no  proof  that 
it  is  of  divine  authority.  There  is 
nothing  old  that  has  not  been  new,  and 
there  is  nothing  new  that  will  not  be- 
come old.  Time  and  circumstances  may 
assi-st  much  in  determining  the  source 
and  value  of  a  tradition,  but  can  make 
it  neither  good  nor  bad.  The  young 
man  who  carried  a  stone  in  one  end  of 
his  sack  to  balance  the  corn  in  the  other 
end,  .simply  because  his  father  did  it,  ex- 
hibited as  much  wisdom,  and  a.s.sumed 
nothing  like  so  much  ri>k  as  the  man 
WH>muu,  who,  neglecting  the  exercise  of 
their  own  niinds  in  apprehending  truth 
maintain  a  doctrine  or  practice,  simply 
because  their  parents  did.  Whatever 
our  parents  may,  or  nmy  not  have  been, 
to  God  they  stand  or  fall.  We  can  but 
leave  them  in  His  hands,  but  whenever 
we  neglect  plain  truth  or  duty  upon  the 
plea,  that  pious  and  sincere  parents  came 
short  of  it,  we  not  <mly  occupy  ground 
from  which  most  likely  they  would  ear- 
nestly try  to  dissuade  us,  were  they  able 
and  enjoying  the  light  which  we  pro- 
fess, but  we  entail   upon   oni-selves   the 


ary  7, 


bitter   displeasure    of  God  whieb  aw  ' 
all  who  sin  against  light  and  knowlJ" 
The  way  of  ignorance  may   Ijp  ^jj     7  ' 
(if  death,  but  the   result  of  known   ^*i 
deliberate  transgression  is  inevitalil 
in  (Jas.   4:17;   Matt.  11:  2.^i,  oo.  r  *?' 
12;  47,48).     While  we  sluml.llov'e.C 
or,  and  obey  our  pareut<»,  our  rc'liei 
faith  and   practice  should  imitate  tl    ^ 
only  so  far  as  they  imitate  Christ.        " 


LAND  MARKS. 


BY  S.  S.  MOHLKR. 


^^  TIOR  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  Go 
^      pel  of  Christ:  for  it  is  the  v,2. 


that  believeth  "  (Rom.  1:.1G). 


'.V  "He 


This 


the  languas-e  of 


experienci;. 


Paul  before  this  writing  had  realist 
much  of  the  prediction  concerning  liinr 
self  recorded  in  Acts  0: 16.  "  For  I  will 
shew  him  how  great  things  he  must  Mif 
for  for  my  name's  sake."  He  had  alrt>a.ly 
sulfored  much,  so  that  he  said,  "If  :,, 
this  life  only  we  have  hope  in  Christ,  \ve 
are  of  all  men  most  misiiable."  p.^! 
"suiVered  as  an  evil  doer,"  not  m 
having  done  evil,  but  as  a  faithful  \rit. 
ne.ss  of  the  truth,  as  f'ln'f'f'ing  existino 
popular  evils,idoiaters,  vain  philo.HopJii(,^ 
and  false  brethren.  The  experience  gf 
Paul  hits  been,  and  is  the  experience  of 
faithful  ministers,  and  faithful  Christians 
the  ministry  of  life  is  always  opposed  by 
the  ministry  of  death.  So  are  the  luJn. 
isters  of  life  ojjposed,  by  tlie  uiiuistm 
of  death.  These  transformed  as  niin. 
isters  of  righteousness,  prosecute  tbeir 
work  under  the  garb  of  truth  all  the 
more  successfully  in  leading  the  multi- 
tudes away  from  the  truth,  and  thus  fos- 
ter the  spirit  of  opposition  to,  audju^r- 
seeution  of,  those  who  are  obedient  U 
the  AVord;  compassing  sea  aud  land  t" 
nnike  proselytes — children  of  hell.  Asu 
nnitter  then  of  practical  nffleelieii,  it 
maybe  in(piired,  how,  in  thnjjresentuou 
fused  state  of  Christendom,  are  we  to 
know  the  truth ;  and  liow  the  tnie  min- 
istry: popularly  speaking,  it  may  be 
even  thought  almost  presumption  to  sug- 
gest such  an  iiupnry,  since  men  have  de- 
clared, that  they  thanked  God  for  the 
many  phases  of  religious  ideas,  and  for 
an  eiiual  number  of  church  denomina- 
tion, so  that  all  may  be  acconimodatcii 
somewhere  among  these  cliurch  tbrms, 
The  inquiry  however,  reflects  the  pop- 
ular mind  on  the  subject,  and  the  mul- 
titudinous denominational  efi'orts,  are 
just  that  many  eflbrts  to  meet  the  ini|uir)*; 
hence  while  .some,  taking  the  autboriQ' 
of  the  Gospel,  lu'ge  baptism  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins,  others  object,  aud  say, 
baptism  is  in  nowise  an  essential  condi 
tion  of  pardon,  but  is  simply  to  repre- 
sent the  death,  burial  and  resurrectiou 
of  Christ.  Others  oppose  this,  and  say, 
baptism  is  not  analogous  to  a  burial,  but 
is  symbolical  of  the  pouring  out  of  tne 
Holy  Spirit  and  of  its  cleansing  power. 
Others  ojjpose  here  and  urge  itastlie 
seal  of  covenant-mercies  as  was  circiun- 
eision,  and  hence  infant  consecration  bj 
the  use  of  a  few  drops  of  water;  but  aU 
this  is  again  opposed  and  ftffij'i"  ^^ 
precepts  and  doctrines,  are  spuitualin 
their  use,  as  opposed  to  all  forms,  ffhil« 
this  with  all  tiie  preceding  is  oppos^^. 
by  affirming  that  all  will  be  saved,  irre^ 
speetive  of  their  character.  Tbroug 
the  virtue  of  the  atonement  tlms  lu  f« ' 
aloguing  the  many  forms  in  which  men 
propose  to  their  fellows  the  ti-ueway^^^ 
find  beginning  with  the  proper  readin^:, 
of  the  Word  and  ending  through  a  [V 
ular  series  of  detractions  and  mutilatio 
:  of  the  Gospel,  with  an  emphatic  de 


i-bruary   T. 


THK  i^heth:uk>j  ^v^r  AvoTn<. 


1  of  ft^l  >*^  conaitions  of  promis,-,  j,tn\ 
go  far,  (tl'^  ^^"^^  except(^(l)  are  all  th.-sc- 
^vooates  from  meeting  tbe  (lenian.U  of 
the  i»"l'"0''  '•  '^■'  ^^"^^^  "'"V  ^'^^  ^»»w  tlu- 
ti-ntli,  tluit  tlie  only  tiling  rtcc(nupli>;lK.,l, 
jg  ftsort  of  n  general  confession,  after  all 
^obf  efforts,  tliat  "  we  are  not  cc-i-tain  af- 
ter nil'  t^"^^  *^"'*  ^"''^  ^*'' J"'**  exn(;tly  tli< 


3 


thiii(f^ 


and   I   am  entin-ly  wi7/i 


in^  to 


yrvihc'  ?/««  '/  y*'"  '"'^^  /'/■orAti;-  7fte,  and 
tlioiii?!'  "'^  occasionally  Lave  between 
UP  a  tbeologicftl  skirmish  about  our  pt- 
culiitr  doctrinal  j^cts;  and  tliough  we 
guprcincly  admire  our  own  altars,  and 
theories,  still  others  seem  ec^ually  mncere 
with  ourselves. 

These  doctrinal  tenets,  neither  yourji 
iior  ours  after  all,  are  in  any  wise  essential 
to  sab'a*>*^"  only  a  kintl  of  a  land  mark, 
miite  liarmless,  whieh  sliouldnot  be  pur- 
niitted  to  debar  wise  men,  and  good 
nien  too,  from  a  common  communion 
gerviciS  therefore  we  will  occupy  an  en- 
larticd,  Iil)crul,  Christian  pl.-itform, broad 
,t\\    for  us    all    vo  fttaiid  upon,  and 

i-uiit  all  God's  jieuple,  wliether  bap 


euoug 


per 


tizcd  or  not,  (our  Univer^alist  brother 
tou,)  «o  pfirticipate  with  us  at  the  Lord's 
t'dili'".  and  shall  hold  those  opposed  to 
this  liberal  Christian  spirit  as  self-right- 
eous, bigoted  to  expose  as  such,  and  hold 
th.-iii  (in  their  simple  way)  as  proper 
objects  of  our  amusement.  "  So  pecul- 
iar," pretty  good  sort  of  a  people,  who 
jrenerally  pay  their  honest  debts,  but  so 
iiinorant^  haWngno  erpcninmial  Chrh- 
tianUij,  but  iu  some  way  think  they  can 
work  their  way  to  heaven;  with  right 
gnuirt  of  tht  old.  law-working  Jews  in 
the  make-up  of  their  ideas. 

Now  I  submit  iu  all  seriousness  the 
correctness  of  the  character,  and  the  re- 
sult i^'i  the  existing  popular  religious 
scutinu'nt.  In  its  review,  it  is  proper  to 
remark,  that  is  a  matter  of  j)ositive 
pronnse  by  Christ  to  the  disciples.  "  }> 
><htiU  know  the  tvutlC  (John  S:  ;J3). 
Such  cannot  concede  the  same  degree  of 
ri'dit  to  those  who  <^lifler  from  them  doc- 
trinally,  as  they  hold  for  themselves. 
It  follows  further  therefore,  that  no  peo- 
ple will  concede  to  others  dlHering  from 
theiri,  the  same  degree  of  right  with 
tlicmselves,  except  it  be  either,  tirst  that 
such  do  it  (as  they  may  suppose)  from 
Hsense  of  politeness,  or  secondly,  jieeause 
tliey  are  not  positively  establisiied  in 
the  correctuess  of  their  own  sense.  If  for 
t!ic  tirst  reason,  and  believing  at  the 
time,  without  a  doubt  that  tlieir  \news 
are  correct,  then  they  act  hypocritical- 
ly. If  from  the  latter,  tlu-n  it  necessa- 
rily follows  that  they  (iiaviug  no  pos- 
itive connections  of  their  own)  believe 
and  practice  as  they  do,  simply  because 
some  one  else  professes  to  Ijclieve  and 
practiee  that  way.  The  prevalence  of 
lliis  fact  makes  our  pojnilar  Christianity 
n  series  of  mimicries,  if  not  lihisphcmy; 
for  in  tlie  life  of  such  it  is  seen  tliat  they 
liavi..  iin  delined  rule  of  Christian  life, 
but  are  controlled  by  the  ever  changing 
whims  of  acorrui>t  ag<';  whatever  tliere^ 
fore  l)ecomes  pojmlar,  they  adopt,  let  it 
''c  style  in  dress.  Fairs,  Shows.  M:ison 
ry,  Odd-fellowship,  Grange,  Sons  of  Tern 
pevance,  Murphyism,  I'icnics,  Sociabhy^i 
Ma-Mjueradesorauy  other  things  that  min 
it^terto  the  carnal  ta,stes;  aTid  politically 
^vhen  tlieir  party  is  the  peace  party,  they 
ire  peace  men;  when  for  war,so  are  the; 

And  if  fashion  would  demand  tl: 
practice  of  the  principles  of  self-denial, 
this  Would  even  Iieeouie  palatable;  niak- 
'iig  obeisance  always  tothepopularwill, 
which  ot  eo\u-se  not  only  gives  tolerance 
to  the  idea,  l>ut  gives  the  idea  its  sane- 
and  respectability  of  Ch-i-^tiau 
-S  Sheritls,  Constables,  Politicians, 


pew  rcsjiectability  to  hard-hearted  e.\- 
tortioners,  oppressors  of  widows  and  or- 
phans, despoilers  of  houses,  gallow.s- 
crindnals,  and  fellow -partners  with  un- 
fruitful workei-s  of  darkness,  courting 
the  friendship  of  the  world,  although  the 
Gospel  says  i".  f.,  "the  frieudslup  of  the 
world,  is  the  enemy  of  God."  Now 
why  all  this?  men  need  the  truth,  has  it 
been  given  them  *  The  apostle  says,  the 
Gospel  "  is  the  power  of  God  unto  aab 
vation;"  has  the  preaching  of  it  led  to 
such  demoralization?  Aye  rather,  have 
not  men  preached  themselves,  instead  of 
preaching  the  Gospel?  And  for  con- 
seipience,  like  priests,  like  people.  Pro- 
'  pie  manacled  by  those  who  preach  for 
hire,  and  deceive  for  money,  taking 
l»ril>es  and  perverting.judgmcnt.  When 
considering  the  character  of  the  popular 
churches  at  this  time,  their  power  to 
mould  public  sentiment,  there  is  little  to 
hope  for  from  that  source  towards  cor- 
recting the  licentiousne->is  of  the  times, 
thougli  we  have  reform  movements,  em- 
bracing temperance,  dress,  women  vot- 
ing, politics,  finance,  and  public  morals, 
yet  all  this  affects  comparatively  noth- 
ing, while  the  popular  religious  .sense  is 
demoralized,  for  this  impairs  to  an 
alarming  extent  the  power  of  the  home 
circle  in  which  the  domestic,  social,  and 
religious  xirtues,  make  their  tirst  impress- 
ions on  the  youthful  nunds.  When  tin-re- 
fore  the  religious  sense  is  so  lilunted 
here,  through  its  public  aspect,  and  pul)- 
lic  inconsistencies  and  public  prostration 
to  the  demands  of  the  popular  will,  we 
may  expect  the  home  influences  to  be  i 
like  manner  prostrated,  so  that  parents 
liy  thousands,  consult  in  tlie  guardian- 
ship of  their  children,  not  the  will  of 
God,  neither  His  feai',  but  consult  the 
popular  tastes.  These  are  trained  up  un- 
der these  influences  which  in  turn  be- 
come theii"  Alpha  .and  Omega,  socially, 
and  religiously.  It  is  with  a  sense  of 
relief  that  we  turn  away  from  consider- 
ing the  confused  state  of  the  religious 
world,  and  the  couseipienees  of  this  con- 
'fusion  to  the  simple  outlies  of  the 
Christian  system  in  tlie  Gospel ;  Paul  de- 
clares it  to  be  the  power  of  (lod  unto 
salvation.  This  is  an  easy  solution  of 
the  whole  diflficulty.  lie  thanked  God 
that  the  Roman  brethren  lia^l  obeyi'd 
from  the  heart  that/o/v/i  of  doctrine  de- 
livered unto  thera,  by  which  they  were 
made  ft"i'e,  holy  and  heirs  of  eternal 
life.  To  adhere  therefore  to  the  Go-spel 
is  safe — to  omit  obedience  to  any  of  its 
precepts  or  ordinances,  is  hazardt»us  and 
demoralising,  and  leads  to  further  neg- 
lect of  its  provisions.  Since  it  is  seen 
that  to  the  extent  that  persons  neglect 
to  practice  the  precepts  of  tiie  Gospel, 
to  that  extent  tliey  l>ec<nne  the  advocate 
of  such  neglect,  which  is  the  germ  of 
;dl  apostasies;  and  one  of  the  clear  testi- 
monies of  the  Gospel  church,  is  therefore 
not  its  popularity,  l)utit»  unpopularity. 


PEOPLE  WILL  TALK. 


BT  n.  8.  snutK. 


^  ou  may  gftin  the  victory,  but  sorry  micl  slow, 
If  VOH  lHt«n  to  uU  tlint  is  xiud  aa  you  go, 
You'll  be  worri'M  and  frottt-d  and   kept  out  of 

the  way, 
For  nicddlesomp  tougiie!i  innst  have  BonieUiiiijt 

to  sny, 

.\ud   thirn    if  you   show    tho   luuat  LolduvMi  of 

iioiirt. 
Or  a  slight  iucliuation  to  take  a  good  piu*t, 
Tiipy  will  cull  vou  an upatart.  conceited  iindviun 
But  ktfcp  straight  fthe.-ul,  don't  «tup  to  coinpliiin. 

If  you  work  for  the  LoiJ,  aiiddo  whtit  you  can, 
Tliey'll  sny  your'o  ahead  of  your  position,  vcrj' 

odd  man, 
Now  the  l>ost  way  to  do,  is  the  good  Lord  to 

plciuc. 
And  then  your  mind  will  be  coutiumiUy  at  ease. 
Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  I  fear  that 
it  is  too  much  the  ease,  that  while  m 
stop  and  tVet  at  what  othera  say,  we  loi 
sight  of  the  promise  of  (lod.     He  Inw 
promised  to  he  with  us,  and  if  tlie  Lord 
be  for  us,  who  can  be  against  us?     Yet 
we  sometimes  become  discom-aged  when 
clouds  arise,  but  let  us  rely  on  the  prom- 
ise of  God  .and  faithfully   work  on;  for 
if  we   hindei'  instead  of  encourage,  we 
will  likely   receive  a  black  mark  in  the 
book   of   account ;  for   hindrances    are 
Satjin's  means  to  rob  us  of  heaven. 

A  fewnights  ago  while  seeking  repose, 
amid  grief  and  discouragements,  1 
dreamed  that  I  saw  a  chariot  ascending 
the  skies,  bearing,  as  it  were,  some  per- 
sons away  to  another  world.  This  vis- 
ion made  a  deep  impression  on  my  mind. 
Suppose  a  chariot  from  God  should  stop 
at  our  door  to  bear  us  away  to  our  home, 
which  will  soon  be  the  case  with  some 
of  us,  are  we  ready?  When  we  wish  to 
take  a  short  journey  even,  how  earefnl 
we  are  to  make  a  complete  preparation 
so  that  nothing  shall  mar  our  enjoyment 
when  we  reach  the  place. 

Why  not  ])repare  as  well  anil  as  ftdly 
for  the  journey  of  Life?  O  let  each  be 
ready!  The  Lord  has  promised  to  keep 
us,  and  we  need  llis  help.  Here  and 
there  an  old  pilgrim  l)rother  or  sister  is 
going  to  rest.     Those  who  have  labored 


th..wi.  tilings,  that  .lesun  has  doii^  for  our 
salvation.  As  long  a-  you  are  not  truly 
humble  and  in  evi-rything  deiwl  u,  the 
world;  you  are  not  wi-H  prepared  to  (wek 
atU-r  those  things  that  are  abuv<-.  What- 
ever does  not  make  you  more  humble, 
and  whatever  is  not  done  in  obwlience 
to  God,  that  you  should  not  denire  to  do. 
The  saints  of  (lod  have  said  many 
gii^t  things, and  written  in  various  ways, 
as  it  was  given  to  them.  Yet  they  nev- 
er  couhl  say  as  much  as  is  contained  in 
the  Word  itself.  Therefore  we  should 
not  be  contented  with  simply  hearing 
the  outward  speech,  nor  be  delighted  at 
the  beauty  of  the  sentence  uttered;  but 
shouhl  at  all  times  turn  to  God  and  s<-ek 
those  things  that  are  ab<.ve— the  high 
and  eternal  riches  in  Christ  Jesn-*. 


tio: 


monej' 


shavers,    ftiul  church 


"  If  the  world  love  me,  says  Christ 
it  also  would  love  you,"  but  ye  are 
not  of  of  the  world,  therefore  the 
world  hateth  you"  and  "  ye  shall  be 
hated  of  all  men  for  my  name's  sake." 
To  h'arii  the  way  of  salvation,  must 
necessarily  embrace  this  fact.  And  the 
whole  matter  as  it  addresses  its(df  to 
tlie  inquirer  resolves  itself  into  the  sim- 
ple fact,  whether  such  are  prepared  to 
choose  the  way  of  sutleriug  for  Christ's 
sake;  instead  of  drifting  in  ease  with  the 
popular  current?  An  unwillingness  to 
choose,  is  as  the  sin  of  witchcraft.  "  I 
am  eoine  a  light  unto  the  world;  that 
whosoever  believeth  on  me,  should  not 
abide  in  darkness  "  (John  1^:   4(.i). 

{To  he  continued). 


hard  to  keep  ihemselves  and  the  church 
pure,  ai'e  no  longer  present  to  give  ns 
warning.  Are  we  prepared  to  do  the 
kind  of-  work  they  did  \  Mtich  remains 
to  be  done,  and  the  time  is  very  short. 
Let  us  therefore  pray,  lest  having  a 
promise,  we  should  come  short  of  it. 
Your  sister  in  Clirist. 


DO  WE  LOVE  JESUS? 
BT  LIZZIE  0.  SOUTHWOOn. 

"^yE  may  say  that  we  love  Jesu-  and 
'*  are  witnesses  for  Him;  but  do 
we  show  by  our  action*  that  we  luv<' 
Ilim?  Are  we  willing  to  prove  ourh>ve 
for  Him  by  doing  what  He  hjis  command- 
as  t*i  do?  It  is  vain  for  us  to  say,  we 
love  Jesus  when  we  do  not  obey  His 
wor.ls.  For  He  says:  "If  a  man  love 
me  He  will  keep  iny  wonls."  If  we 
truly  love  Jesus  we  will  be  willing  to 
do  whatever  He  has  commanded  us  to 
do;  then  will  we  prove  that  we  h.v,- 
Him. 

How  often  do  we  hear  church  mem- 
bers say,  that  they  know  theyluve  Jcsiis; 
i)ut  oh,  how  many  of  the  Divine  com- 
m.inds  they  leave  unobserved  I  If  we 
\vere  to  ask  them  wliy  they  did  n*it  do  as 
our  dear  Lord  commands,  they  would 
perhaps  say  they  were  not  intended  f'ir 
us;  we  can  lie  saved,  without  obeying 
aU. 

Now  my  dear  friends,  do  you  think 
God  will  hold  ns  guiltless  if  \vc  reject 
the  means  of  salvation?  Let  us  ever 
search  for  His  commands,  and  resolv  ■ 
with  God's  help  to  do  them,  and  then 
will  we  prove  to  all  that  we  t/olove  -b  ■ 

8U8. 

Liiicolnvilk,  Iml. 


THE  CROSS  AND  THE  LIFE. 

liY  J.  \\.  UUTKLE. 

rrillK  way  of  the  cross  is  our  life.  The 
-^  way  of  God's  cliosen  people  is  the 
way  of  but  few.  The  better  way  is  the 
way  of  life  and  sanctitication.  The  way 
of  labor  is  the  way  of  perfeetiun.  As 
in  the  life  of  Christ  tln-re  wjis  a  cri>.s.s,  so 
there  must  be  a  cross  in  the  life  of  every 
Christian,  especially  in  those  that  want 
to  be  a  peculiar  people  and  spiritually- 
minded. 

To  be  master  of  your  will,  that  is  the 
right  cro.ss,  and  perhajis  the  greatest. 
The  world  honors  tho^e  jiresent,  forgets 
those  absent,  and  neglect.s  tlie  dying. 
Therefore  it  is  more  blessed  to  despise 
this  vain  world,  and  to  follow  the  truth. 
Too  much  care  for  the  thifigs  of  this 
world  makes  us  cold  anfl  inditiVrent  to 
our  soul's  salvation,  and  is  a  great  hin- 
drance iu  our  spiritual  life.  The  more 
we  free  our  minds  from  the  cares  of  the 
world,  the  more  we  arc  united  to  (u>d, 
and  partake  of  His  divine  nature.  Shun 
those  things  whicli  have  for  their  pur- 
pose human  praise  and  human  knowl- 
edge, but  with  all  diligence  seek  after 


RULES  FOR  THE  CHURCH. 

TK  the  following  simple  rules  are  fol- 
-*-  lowed,  they  will  promote  harmonv 
;ind  secuie  a  healthy  state  of  things 
aiiiong  uhiux'h  members: 

Jui-st.  To  War  with  and  not  ma-j- 
iiify  each  others intirniities  (Gal.  0:  t,  -2 ). 

•Second.  To  pray  for  one  another  iu 
our  social  meetings,  and  also  in  private 
(Kph.  ti:  18). 

Third.    To  avoid  going  from  hoi  - 
to  house  for  the  purpo.se  of  hearing  -  . 
telling  ue\vs,  secrets,  and  etc.,  or  in  nuy 
w.iy  interfering  with  the  atiaira  of  others 
0  Tim.  5:  13). 

Fourth.  Always  turn  a  deaf  ear  to 
slanderous  reports,  and  to  believe  no 
charge  which  may  be  brought  against 
any  person  imtil  proven  (1  Cor.  lo:  4, 
T). 

F'fftJt-  If  a  member  be  at  fiaolt^  go 
and  tell  him  of  it  between  thee  .ind  him 
alone  (Matt.  IS:  15). 

Sixth.  Kemember  aud  regard  the 
mseruleof  Solomon, to  "leave  off  coc- 
tention  beforeit  be  meddletl  \rith"(Prov. 
17:  14). — liilli  Banner. 


Prktty  STKF.r. — The  intoxicating  liq- 
uor annually  drank  in  the  rnitnt  State*. 
when  eipially  dividnl.  furnishes  each 
male  member  with  thirty  dollars  w  orth. 
If  only  one-half  of  them  drink,  they 
will  h.ive  si.xty  dollars  worth  apiece. 
Kuotigli  to  heat  thorn  pretty  hot. 


TI-IB    BTlETHEE^r    ^T    AVOKK. 


Feb: 


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PCBLI8HBD   WB8KLY, 


J.  H,  MOOBE. 
S.  H.  BASHOB, 
H.  U.  SSUBLMAN, 


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ndcfl  for   ttic   pr 

iccKr'lwiib  the  of 


cawBc  all  iovors  of  the  Danish  to  rejoiw, 
for  tiiey  can  see  that  fheir  united  efforts  in  con- 
tributing to  the  support  of  the  mission  has  not 
been  in  vain.  The  church  is  now  fully  orgim- 
ized,  and  no  doubt  in  a  good,  healthy,  working 
condition.  This  is  certainly  encouraging  to  the 
missionary  cau^e. 


UOOBE,  BA3H0B  le  E:H£LUA1T, 

lisui,  Carroll  Cs.,  Ill- 


U1TA3E,  ILL,, 


FSBSU&S?  7, 1878, 


The  city  of  London  n-nv  covers  122  square 
miles,  and  contsiins  a  populatiou  of  S.^SJi.iaR, 
among  whom  are  322,9^6  more  women  than 

lilE  Brethren  at  Aslihintl,  Ohio,  have  been 
iiig  ii  glorions  meeting.     Forty-sis  were  aJd- 
,  il  t'j  the  chuich  by  baptism,  and  severtil  appli- 
cants besides. 

Brothkr  Lemuel  Hillcry  is  engaged  in  his 
missionary  work  in  the  Central  Illinois  raission- 
arj-  field.  His  family  remains  at  their  home  in 
Shanuon,  III.  

It  is  said  that  thirty  thousand  people  liavi^ 
emigrated  from  Georgia  to  Tfxos  au«l  the  ^Vc^l- 
em  States  during  the-  last  year        "' 
the  star  of  empire  takra  its  way.' 


BnOTHEB  Benjamin  Miller,  of  Ced.ir  Co.,  Iowa, 
pulled  our  latch  siring  one  day  last  week.  He 
always  meets  us  with  n  warm ,  grasp  and  is  full 
of  cheer.  He  contemplates  returning  to  this 
part  of  the  county.  Lanark  (or  Jerusalem  as 
some  call  it)  possesses  strong  attractive  proper- 
ties, and  those  wlio  once  lived  here,  and  have 
moved  away,  find  it  pleasant  to  return  audwor 
sliip  with  the  Brethren  on  Mt.  Zion,  (for  oui 
meeting-house  stands  on  Zion's  Hill. 


Ax  ingenions  minister  brings  out  the  follow- 
ijig  a^  a  new  revision  of  the  five  points  of  Cal- 
vini.sm.  He  conclnded  that  the  ism  was  old 
enough  to  be  revised;  at  least  the  new  vei-siou 
is  not  much  less  logical  than  the  fii-st: 

1.  A  man  gets  religion  when  he  don't  want  it. 

2.  When  he  has  got  it  he  don't  kilow  it. 

3.  If  he  knows  it,  he  hasn't  got  it. 

4.  If  he  has  it,  he  c-tn't  lose  it. 

5.  If  he  loses  it,  he  uever  had  it. 


"Westward 


Wr  want  the  name  and  address  of  someone 
in  eveiy  family  of  members  where  the  Breth- 
UEN  AT  WoiiK  is  not  taken,  so  that  we  can  send 
them  sample  copies.    Send  the  namen  along. 


Ax  exchange  says,  that  among  the  curiosities 
owni'd  by  Dr.  Douglas  of  Pluenixville,  Pa.,  are 
bricks  mtide  by  the  children  of  Israel  in  tbe 
day.  o*"  Pharaoh,  and  a  mummy  4,000  ytare  old. 


Tiioi'on  the  famine  in  India  is  over,  yet  the 
eSecis  of  it  are  still  felt  in  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. About  130,001)  cliilJreii  have  been  mside 
orijhaus  by  the  caUunity.  Famines  and  pe.-iti- 
Icnccs  Tvill  come. 


It  is  said  that  the  President  and  lli-s.  Hayes, 
though  frequently  invited  to  attend  the  Wash- 
ington theatres,  have  so  fur  declined  them. 
This  is  certainly  a  good  example,  whatever  eUe 
may  l)e  said  against  them. 


The  Baptists  of  England  propose  to  take  care 
of  their  aged  and  infirm  ministers,  and  have  al- 
ready raised  a  considerable  sum  for  timt  purpose. 
It  is  a  disgrace  to  tbe  common  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity the  way  some  denominations  are  neglects 
iug  their  poorand  infirm.  Not  only  the  disabled 
ministers,  but  the  poor  of  other  classes  need  the 
spfcial  care  of  the  church.  No  church  should 
allow  her  miuistei-s  to  sutler,  after  liaviug  work- 
ed hard  and  spent  all  their  means  in  defense  of 
the  truth.  We  have  but  little  faith  iu  any  con- 
gregation or  church  that  will  allow  a  worthy, 
disabled  minister  to  sufier  for  the  wants  of  tlae 
comforts  of  life,  especially  when  possessed  by 
the  church  iu  abundance. 


"  It  would  -seem,"  says  a  certain  writer,  "  as 
though  ministers  of  the  Gospel  might  find 
enough  to  preach  about  without  dragging  fhesil- 
ver  question  into  the  domain  of  theology.  What 
extraordinary  knowledge  have  thej*  of  the  cur- 
rency question  that  they  should  presume  to  put 
men  down  a.s  thieves  who  interpret  the  provis- 
ions of  a  bond  somewhat  differently  froiu  tlicm- 
selvea?  What  chapter  and  verse  of  the  Bible 
gives  thera  warrant  to  arraign  the  intention  and 
honesty  of  financiers  and  stat«sracu  as  a  prob- 
lem of  economics  or  finance?  If  these  men 
knew  how  much  discredit  they  reflect  on  their 
candor  and  good  sense  iu  the  treatment  of  relig- 
ious doctrines  by  their  dogmatic  and  vitupera- 
tive handling  of  purely  seculary  qiiestions.  they 
might  be  more  slow  tu  use  their  ministerial 
standing  qnitie  so  dogmatically  in  support  of 
positions  which,  to  say  the  least,  are  questioned 
bj'  men  as  devoted  to  public  morality  as  them- 
selves." Ministei-s  should  learn  to  hold  the 
pulpit  too  sacred  to  discuss  purely  secular  sub- 
jects, having  no  hearing  whatever  on  religion. 
Above  all  things  do  keep  God's  things  seiiavate 
from  those  belonging  to  Caesar.  If  preachera 
mil  see  to  it  that  they  shun  not  to  declare  the 
whole  counsel  of  God,  they  ivili  have  enough  to 
keep  them  at  work  one  life-time  at  least. 


BOOKS. 


JcsT  at  this  time  some  of  the  Americans  are 
doing  all  in  their  power  to  throw  tbe  Bible  out 
of  public  schools,  hut  in  England  there  is  beini 
issued,  in  detached  parts,  an  annotated  edition 
of  the  Bible  for  the  use  of  schools. 


Wk  ai"e  about  out  of  some  back  numbers, 
mid  tlierefore  cannot  funiish  complete  sets  of 
the  present  volume.  New  subscribers  will  com- 
mence with  the  present  number.  The  price  of 
the  paper  from  now  till  the  end  of  the  year 
will  be  ^1.40. 


.4  CABD  just  received  from  the  Pnmilh'e  CliHs- 
tiaii  oflice  informs  us  that  they  are  out  of  the 
Brethren's  Almanacs,  and  hence  we  can  fill  no 
more  orders  for  them.  Those  who  have  sent 
money  for  Almanacs  will  please  iuform  us  what 
they  want  done  with  it. 


As  excellent  way  to  follow  up  revival  efforts, 
is  to  place  u  copy  of  the  Brethren  at  Work 
for  one  year,  in  the  hands  of  all  new  converts. 
A  chanjie  of  hesu-t  demands  a  change  of  mental 
food.  If  you  want  to  save  young  converts,  and 
make  of  them  useful  members  of  the  cliurch, 
see  that  they  are  well  supplied  mth  good,  whole- 
some ivading  matter. 


It  ig  more  than  likely  that  the  brethren  sent 
to  Denmark,  are  now  in  England  on  their  way 
home.  If  a  good  opening  presents  itself,  they 
may  spend  a  few  weeks  preaching  on  the  island, 
procluming  the  same  Gospel  that  tradition  says 
was  preached  there  by  the  apo.-'tle  Paul  more 
than  eighteen  huudied  yeaj-s  ago. 


DrKiXothe  past  week  we  were  favored  with  an 
unusual  amount  of  visitors,  and  among  them 
brelhix'u  Dierdijrli  and  J.  L.  Meyera  of  Lee  Co.. 
III.  They  had  been  west  preaching  in  atljoin- 
ing  churches,  and  were  on  their  way  to  Pine 
Creek,  thinking  of  --pending  considerable  time 
preaching  during  the  remainder  of  tbe  Winter. 


Tuis  week  we  publish  an  interesting  letter 
from    Enoch   Eby,  the   reading  of  M-hicli  will 


Elder  D.  B.  Ray,  editor  of  the  Baptist  Buttle 
Flag,  is  writing  up  and  jjublishing  a  series  of 
articles  on  Baptist  succession,  claiming  that  Je- 
sus Christ  is  the  head  and  founder  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  to  make  good  their  claims,  endeav- 
ors to  prove  a  line  of  Baptist  churches  from  the 
apostolic  churches  to  the  present  time.  There 
is  one  thing  we  would  like  some  one  to  clearup, 
and  if  possible,  make  plain.  We  h.ive  read  a 
niimber  of  works  on  Baptist  succession,  and  ev- 
ery one  of  them,  in  tracing  the  Baptist  clmrches 
to  the  times  of  the  apostles,  run  the  line  through 
churches  practicing  trine  immersion.  Why  is 
this?  Why  do  they  not  run  the  line  tlirough 
churches  practicing  single  immersion?  Will 
some  one  explain  ? 


AMONG  the  valuable  books  just  received  at 
this  oflice  are  the  following: 
Josephus  Complete  Works,  in  one  large  volune, 

bound  in  leather, 8  3.50 

Cruden's  Complete  Concordance,  large  size,  well 

bound  in  leather.     Jtist  the  thing  for  every 

Bible  student - 3.50 

The  same  in  cloth  binding, 2.75 

Prince  of  the  House  of  David.     Every  family 

ought  to  have  this  book 2.00 

Pillar  of  Fire, 2.00 

Biblical  Antiquities, 1.50 

Campbell  and  Owen's  Debate, 1,.50 

Campbell  on  Baptism, 1.20 

Reason  and  Revelation, 2,00 

Voice  of  Seven  Thunders, 1.50 

The  Philosopliy  of  the  Plan  of  Salvation,.  - 1.50 

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Some  months  ago  the  whole  country  was 
startled  by  the  discovery  of  what  was  supposed 
to  be  a  petrified  giant  of  huge  proportions.  The 
stone  man  was  examined  by  the  learned,  and 
pronounced  a  petrified  human  being,  and  sup- 
posed to  have  belonged  to  some  extinct  race  that 
existed  thousands  of  yeai-s  before  the  creation  of 
Adam,  the  first  man  of  the  Bible.  As  the  giant 
was  in  possession  of  a  tail  about  two  inches  long 
this  was  regarded  sis  proof  that  man  descended 
from  the  monkey,  and  hence  showed  the  Bible 
a  fable  and  of  courae  not  true.  But  it  hiia  now 
turned  uj)  that  the  Cardiil"  Giant  is  one  of  P.T. 
Baraum's  humbugs,  wits  made  by  a  man  whose 
name  is  Hull,  who  has  deceived  the  people  more 
than  once.  Thus  auother  efl'ort  tu  find  man 
beyond  the  date  the  Bible  assigns  to  his  origin, 
has  proved  itself  false. 


L.WT  week  we  enjoyed  a  pleasant  visit  from 
Eld.  John  Wise,  of  Pa.,  accompanied  by  his 
ife  and  their  two  sons.  We  were  pleased  to 
find  them  in  good  health  and  cnjoyiag  them- 
selves in  sweet  fellowship  with  the  children  of 
God.  Bro.  Wise  preached  for  us,  several  times 
at  Georgetown,  and  three  telling  discoui-ses  in 
Lanark.  From  here  he  went  to  the  Arnold's 
Grove  congregation,  where  he  will  remain  a  lew 
days  and  then  to  Waterloo,  Iowa  where  he  will 
locate  for  the  time  being.  As  a  preacher  of  abil- 
ity, Bro,  Wise  is  extensively  known  among  our 
people;  small  of  stature,  yet  an  excellent  voice; 
a.s  favored  with  a  good  education  iu  early  life; 
applied  himself  diligently  to  the  study  of  the 
Scriptures  and  hence  has  done  much  iu  the 
furtherance  of  the  cause.  He  was  elected  to  the 
ministry  at  the  ago  of  twenty-two,  and  has  serv- 
ed in  the  office  thirty-four  years,  twenty-two  of 
which  he  has  been  an  Elder.  His  travels  have 
been  extensive,  amounting  to  as  much  as  fifteen 
thousand  miles  m  one  year.     He  left  his  homo 

Pa.,  five  weeks  ago,  and  has  filled  sixty-two 
appointments  since.  God  bless  him  in  his  labors, 
thathe  may  be  spared  to  accomplish  still  more 
good  in  the  world. 


THE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 

JUST  now  there  is  much  interest  manifesting 
itself  over  the  Eastern  Question,  and  not  a 
few  are  carefully  examining  the  subject  in  the 
light  of  prophecy.  Some  days  ago  we  listened 
to  a  discourse  by  Eld.  J.  M.  Stephenson,  of  Chi- 
cago, in  which  the  spealier  presented  his  views, 
of  which  the  following  is  a  sunimaiy: 

According  to  prophecy  there  were  to  be  two 
invasions  of  Turkej'  by  Russia  before  the  final 
move.  The  fii-st  to  fail,  the  second  to  succeed; 
but  neither  to  result  in  the  last  "great  battle  of 
God  Almiffhty,"  and  that  before  the  last  great 
conflict  '■  the  land  of  Canaan"  must  be  brought 
back  ti-om  the  sword  and  re-settled  by  the  Jews, 
who  will  have  been  gathered  from  all  nations; 
and  that  this  grand  result  may  grow  out  of  the 
present  wai' — that  at  all  events,  the  present  diffi- 
culties will  be  amicably  adjusted.  He  also  stated 
that  England  would  be  the  leading  nation  to  re- 
store the  Jews,  and  to  protect  them  in  their  own 
land;  that  it  would  be  a  masterstroke  of  policy 
to  restore  the  nationality  of  Israel;  that  they 
would  do  more  toward  maintaining  the  equilib- 
rium between  the  Orient  jmd  Occident,  than  a 
standing  army  from  Europe  and  Asia;  that,  if 
England  ever  gets  her  pay  from  Turkey,  she 
must  take  it  in  landed  estate;  that  the  only  part 
of  Turkey's  domain  that  can  be  sold  for  money 
is  Palestine;  and  that  the  rich  Jews  having  a 
mortgage  on  that  land  for  money  loaned  the 
Sultan,  would  gladly  purchase  England's  title. 

The  speaker  said,  that  there  would  be  a  time 
of  peace  and  prosperity  for  the  Jews,  after  their 
restoration,  as  evidenced  by  the  declaration  of 
the  proi)het  that  when  Gog,  the  emperor  of  Rus- 
sia,— shall  send  his  armies  to  rob  the  rich  bank- 
ers and  merchant  princes  of  the  Jews,  they  will 
find  them  dwelling  in  imwalled  villages  or  cities, 
showing  that  being  at  peace  with  the  worid, 
they  will  have  nuide  no  preparations  of  defense. 

He  also  stated,  that  no  national  policy  will 
prompt  the  proud  autocrat  to  become  the  imper- 
ial robber  of  the  Jews— that  no  interest,  except 
a  sordid  love  of  gold,  will  prompt  him  to  say  to 
his  cabinet,  '■  Come,  lot  us  go  to  the  land  of  un- 
waUed  villages  that  has  been  always  waste,  but 
is  now  brought  back  from  the  sword,  and 
agiiinst  the  people  who  are  giithered  out  of  tlie 
nations  to  take  a  spoil,  to  carry  away  gold  and 
silver,  and  to  take  a  great  spoil." 


11-  — •s'"uq  to 

be  his  great  contestant,  who,  to  oppose  him 


The   speaker  also  stated  that  Englayj 

form  an  alliance  with  half  the  world  "Z- 
which  the  other  half  will  l,e  anayed.  lieSt* 
great  Gog  in  alliance  with  whom  will  be  Pn    • 
Germany  mid  Italy.     That  in  the  midst  of  n"^ 
conflict  for  the  supremacy  of  the  world  Vh  ^ 
will  come  to  overthrow  tlie  a&sembled  nat 
organize  His  kingdom,  and  rule  the  wnvi  i  "^ 
righteousness. 


ONE    BAPTISM. 


BfollifK  Moore : — 

WHAT  does  Paul  mean  in  Eph.  h  3^  ,^,]j^ 
he  soys,  "one  baptism?"    Afewevej! 
ings  ago  I  heard  a  preacher  read  it  "  oue  imm 
siou,"  and  tried  to  prove  that  was  what  Pa''i 
meant.     Give  us  your  views  through  tlip  Brbtr 
RE.N-  AT  Work.  A  BaoTaEB 

Remarks.— By  the  term  one  haptism,  pmi 
did  not  refer  to  the  number  of  actions  requi[pj 
to  constitute  Christian  baptism.  There  is  not 
one  particle  of  evidence  in  all  antiquity  favoiin 
the  idea  that  the  apostio  is  referring  to  sinp] 
immei-siou.  whiltf  on  the  other  hand,  every  an 
cient  Greek  scholar,  without  one  known  ctceiv 
tion,  who  has  written  on  the  subject,  says  thatit 
refers  to  the  tliree-fold  immersion.  Everv 
known  Greek  witness  from  the  early  ages  of  the 
church  is  on  the  side  of  trine  immersion. 

As  before  remarked,  Paul  in  this  case  in  not 
writing  about  theniimber  oi  actions  in  baptigm, 
he  is  speaking  of  the  ordinance  itself,  and  if  ive 
want  to  leai-n  the  number  of  actions  that  are 
required  to  constitute  Christian  baptism  m 
must  go  to  Matt.  28:  19,  where  it  is  taught  in 
full.  Had  Paul  meant  to  teach  single  immer- 
sion he  would  have  said,  "one  Lord,  one  faith 
and  one  dq)"  (bapfo),  but  he  did  not  say  so.  In 
the  place  of  hapto  in  the  Greek,  he  has  baptima 
which,  when  properly  rendered  into  our  Ian- 
guage,  is  dippiiuj,  hence  arte  dipping,  malring  it 
admis,sible  of  more  than  one  actibn,  and  with 
this  agree  all  records  of  antiquity, 

Chrysostom,  one  of  the  ablest  Greek  scholars 
of  antiquity,  a  man  who  is  said  to  have  been 
able  to  repeat  the  Bible  iu  Greek,  from  betrin. 
ning  to  end,  and  who  lived  and  preached  in  a 
church  that  was  established  by  the  apostles  them- 
selves, when  speaking  of  this  passage  says: 
"  Christ  delivered  to  his  disciples  oue  baptism 
in  three  immei-sions  of  the  body,  when  he  said, 
'go  teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  into  tlie 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  tke 
Holy  Ghost.' "  Here  Chrysostom connectsPaul's 
one  baptism  with  the  great  commis,sion,  making 
them  both  refer  to  trine  immersion. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  mode  of 
baptism  was  not  a  matter  of  dispute  at  that  time, 
therefore  to  use  Paul's  language  as  evidence 
jigainst  the  three-fold  practice  is  not  logical. 
Christian^baptism  is  one  in  the  same  sense  that 
the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit  are  one,  that  b, 
one  in  the  sense  of  these  being  one.  The  apos- 
tle was  reasoning  on  unity,  shomng  the  oneness 
of  different  characteristics  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment revelation — showing  that  in  all  itspai'tsit 
was  the  same  for  both  Jew  and  Gentile,  both 
bond  and  free,  never  once  alluding  to  the  differ- 
ent parts  of  which  certain  things  consisted. 

To  render  the  term  one  immersion  does  not 
better  the  ciise,  for  im}mrslon  is  anglicized  Lat- 
in, and  no  better  than  baptism,  and  when  we  go 
to  Latin  scholars  of  antiquity,  theysay  Christian 
baptism  consists  of  three  actions.  Men  who 
mix  up  the  English  and  Latin  in  cmier  to  get 
the  phrase  o>ie  immersiott  before  tlie  people,  and 
thereby  deceive  them,  instead  of  giving  the  pure 
English  rendering,  one  dipping,  deserve  to  have 
their  logic  exposed.  Immcrnion,  ail  scholara 
will  admit,  is  anglicized  Latin,  and  therefore 
must  mean  whatever  the  pure  Latin  term,  from 
which  it  is  derived  means.  If  it,  when  prefixed 
by  the  numerical  adjective  one  means  but  a  sin- 
gle dip,  how  does  it  come  that  the  whole  Latin 
church,  composed  of  members  who  spoke  and 
■end  the  Latin,  practiced  trine  immei-sion  from 
the  earliest  ages?  Did  they  not  underetimd 
their  own  native  tongue?  I  do  not  object  m£- 
terially  to  the  rendering  of  the  term  Uyonehif 
timi,  provided  men  will  tell  the  truth  of  what 
lays  behind  it.  But  for  men,  who  claim  to  be 
scholars,  to  attempt  to  pass  off  .such  erroneous 
doctrine  as  truth  when  it  is  directly  o|)posite  to 
all  evidence  on  the  subject,  is  going  considerably 
farther  than  they  have  papere  for. 

The  best  Greek  authority  in  existence  says. 


one  baptism  refers  to  trine  immei-sion, 


and  the 


ojie  uapii sin  veievs  to   tnne  immeioiu"i  — 

united  practice  of  the  Latin  world  shows  tlia 


■p£.bi-vu^ry_ 


THE   -RTiETITRK^r    AT    AVOKIC. 


lioit  :i 


,  if  wiM'  ■'■'*''  ""'^  spoke  tliiitkngriage  as  their 
L^  toiii;»H'.  bclU'ved  that  thy  t«>rnio(iPimiMo-- 
""  '  ,,i...  referred  to  the  same  method  of  baptiz- 
„  .Jill  wlu-n  it  conies  to  a  niodiTii  scholar,  who 
J%vs  h"t  l'**'''^  "''*'"*'  *''^''  ^"''i".  stsinding  wp 
liii^'  the  united  practice  of  inilUons  of  com- 
%,'i\i  i'l'lgc".  it  nmoimts  to  bwt  little  in  the 
^-ili-  "I*  evidence.  .t.  n.  si. 

EPITOEIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

.A  X  the  iiiglit  ol'  -J""-  '^tli,  at  12:3i>  A.  M.,  in 
(I  tonipauy  with  brethren  Ymmce  nnd  Esh- 
.  jijjii,  myself  niid  lady  took  the  train  at  Wtiter- 
\  ,  I,,\va.  f* '""'^  f*"^ '^'l-'  ^"'1-'  '"iJ  tbe  East. 
./.(A.M.  we  imived  at  Freeport,  111,,  where 
li  ,)  K-li**Io>fi"  separated  from  «».  He  to  return 
,  ^,,1^,  t(>  comfort  the  little  ones,  imd  pen  glad 
jiii^s  tor  onr  niimeroua  renders,  and  we  to 
,,11-iifV  Eiist-ward.  Aa-nved  in  Chicago,  and 
ft,.r  11  di-lay  ot  fi^*'  hours,  entered  one  of  the 
el/giuit  coiichea  of  the  H.  &  0.  U.  R.  Co.,  and 
■ioon  steaming  out  of  Chicago,  the  Garden 
Cilyi.fthe  West,  into  the  darkness,  and  over 
iiiiiiric  and  \YOodlands  of  hid.,  among  whose 
i;  _-:peut  so  many  seasons  of  refreshi 


,,,«ii!e  we  M" 

Tiiil  'm\  weeks  and  mouths  before.  At  three  in 
iiiorniii?.  as  we  neared  Syracuse  where  Bro. 
Yoiuicf  lesidea,  the  appro:ich  whistle  from  the 
l„r(iin"tive  sounding  through  the  stilhicsa 
iii.'lit,  brought  from  liiin  the  exclamation. 
L.'j'|i,.io.  my  wife  heard  that,"  and  then  we 
thoiiL'lit  of  tl>e  bappy  meeting  at  home,  and  the 
■■(luil  l)h'ss  yon,"  as  he  told  of  his  labors  at 
\Viil''ili»o.  and  of  sinners  turning  to  God — then 
i^aiif  Ihc  old,  old  reverie  of  absent  loved  onea 
JQ  the  liome  of  repose,  and  wondered  if,  when 
th,-  iiutlings  of  life's  train  grew  more  hoarse  and 
s.|o\v  and  the  bugle  sounds  near  the  station  of 
(Lath,  it'  then  we  could  look  as  happy  as  Bro. 
Vmuiti?  did.  neaving  hi^  earthly  home,  and 
eni'erly  '""'^  beyond  and  say,  there,  they  hear 
tlr.it  in  bi'aven  and  I'll  soon  be  at  home?  God 
<.i:iiit  lis  all  in  death,  this  eager,  anxious  long- 
in^'.  aiid  this  blissful  end. 

Witlioivt  giving  in  detail  all  the  incidents  of 
oiu'  journey,  will  only  add  that  sister  Kate  Say- 
W.  wh";e  name  we  tailed  to  mention  before. 
nu-i  in  our  company,  adding  much  to  its  elieer- 
fiiliic^s,  until  near  W.  Vfi.  line  in  Ohio,  where 
Uio 'topped  oft"  to  visit  her  brother,  who  is  at- 
teiiiHiig  school  there,  preparing  for  usefulne.-<« 
iu  liil.nre  life;  trust  it  may  resnlt  in  good  to  not 
only  this  world,  but  to  the  enlarging  of  God's 
liuU'i.-  also. 

We  arrived  at  Greenville  in  the  afternoon  of 
!'2t!i,  where  we  were  met  by  Bro.  Dr.  Boteler 
iiiid  ii  son  of  Eld.  J.  P.  Oiler,  who  convej'ed  us, 
witli  some  friends  from  Tuniberlajid  Co.,  Pa.,  to 
Bra,  Oiler's  house  in  Wji^'nesboro.  After  the 
greetings  and  supper  were  over,  we  held  a  sea- 
sou  of  prayer  ivith  quite  a  number  ot"  visitors, 
expmencing  what  really  comforts  the  heart  in 
any  stage  of  Christian  life— gratitude  to  God 
im-  life  i)reserved,  hospitable  mid  entertaining 
frifuds  along  with  a  pleasant  home  and  place  to 
rest. 

Next  morning,  in  company  with  Bro.  Oiler, 
ive  attended  services  at  the  "Hade"  church; 
lurge  audience  and  good  interest.  In  the  even- 
ing, back  to  Waynesboro,  where  an  overflowing 
house  greeted  us,  and  by  request,  our  efforts  in 
the  interest  of  Truth  were  continued  for  a  few 
eveninjrs:  preaching  principally,  on  Christian 
-  ^uty  and  doctrine.  Found  the  church  general- 
ly in  union,  and  much  interest  uianiiested  in  the 
discourses  preached.  This  being  more  of  a  mect- 
inf;  for  the  membei-s  and  building  up  of  the  fait): 
of  those  already  in  Christ,  we  did  not  anticipate 
any  results,  yet  we  leel  confident,  had  our  meet- 
ings continued  longer,  many  would  have  accejit 
•^1  the  Truth.  During  the  day-time  we  spent 
the-  time  iu  visiting  friends,  among  them  the 
'iinily  of  our  "special  coutrihutor,"  Bro.  D.  B. 
ML-iit/er.  The  only  regret  we  could  express  on 
'"having  them  was:  Our  visit  wiis  like  a  glorioti* 
«;niion  or  a  powerful  prayer,— "Too  short.' 
!5rr'.  Mentzer  has  a  pleasant  home,  good  libiar 
•"I'l  ^  love  for  the  chureli,  and  has  promised  t 
"till  L'oatiuue  liis  oi-ticles  for  our  columns,  and 
"  itb  this  promise  our  readera  can  look  for  sonie- 
'liiiig  good  occasionally  from  his  pen.  '^^^  "*■" 
''■"'  'He  pleasure  of  meeting  our  esteemed  old 
'""tlier  Eld.  Henry  Koontz.  now  in  hit  eighty- 
'''^h  year.  His  eyes  are  growing  dim  ^'^  ""' 
^'^•ps  fevble,  though  not  sufliciently  so  sw  I*' 
^^"'"'e  him  to  remain  away  from  the  solemn  ii-<- 
^^■"ihly  ojid  the  house  of  ijraj'cr.    His  last  days 


here,  imd  soon  all  will  be  numbered,  and 
then— Ah,  what!  A  home  inheaven?  Yesin- 
ilued.  and  amid  the  shades  of  the  Celeitial  para- 
dise, and  beside  the  cr>'»tal  river,  uud  the  grout 
white  throne,  perpetual  day,  eternal  spring,  ov- 
crhisting  youth,  and  the  songs  of  redeeming 
love  with  the  nmon  of  the  sanctified,  worship- 
ing and  praising  God  forever  and  evermore. 
Will  we  meet  him  there?  Yea,  by  God'sgrace, 
aud  the  patience  and  blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 

On  Saturday  lUth  in»t,  Bro.  Oiler,  wife  and 
daughter  Annte,  acconipimied  us  to  this  "Man- 
or "  church.  On  the  way  we  stopped  in  Hagens- 
towu  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  E.  S.  Miller;  spent 
an  hour  pleasantly  and  then  passed  on.  Were 
kindly  rnet-ivedhy  the  members  here,  and  up  till 
to-thiy  have  had  but  two  meetings,  rain  and 
mud  hindering.  Of  our  vi:.it  here,  will  have 
more  to  s^ay  in  futiu-e.  Saturday  I  go  to  Browns- 
ville to  remain  a  few  days,  leaving  my  compan- 
ion here. 

May  God,  in  His  infinite  mercy',  bless  His 
people  imd  church  every-where.  All  our  coi-- 
respondents  can  addres'^  us  at  Dunkirk,  Ohio,  as 
we  will  reach  there  Feb.  12th.  Smnll-pox  is 
ragiuft  in  Huntingdon,  Vn.^—Priinifirp  home. 
Bro.  E.  I>.  Kindig's  mfe  died  with  the  disease. 
Trust  all  our  Primitire  friends  will  be  spared, 
s.  H.  B. 
F(i}q>hnj,  M'l.,  Jati.  '33,  /S7,V. 


0 


CULBERTSON    AGAIN. 
UU  readers  will  remember  that  in  Vol.  2 


C.  L.  Culbertson,  followed  by  some  comments 
on  his  theoiy  of  the  "  invisible  church."  In  re- 
ply to  my  observations,  Cornelius  L.  Culbertson 
has  sent  in  an  article  about  six  feet  in  leMRlh, 
the  first  half  of  which  he  addresses  "  Mr.  K,"  at 
least  seventeen  times.  Just  why  he  should  get 
so  much  "  Mr.  E."  in  his  article,  and  so  little 
Lord  and  Master,  I  fail  to  see;  for  "  Mr.  E."  is 
not  salvation  nor  tho  way  of  salvation,  but  is 
himself  a  maji  of  "  like  passions"  with  others, 
(Acts  14:  15),  A  portion  of  the  remainder  ol 
his  article  is  here  given,  not  simply  to  reply  to 
him,  but  to  set  some  things  right  in  reference 
to  baptism  and  regeneration,  two  things  that 
oni'  opponents  frequently  confound,  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  belief  we  maintain  on  those  questions. 
Now  hear  him: 

"  The  particular  tests  are  John  3:  5,  and  Titus 

5,  on  which  much  of  the  stress  of  this  con- 
troversy is  hiid.  But  in  coiisiderinK  them  atten- 
tively. I  find  nothing  in  either  of  tlu^m  to  lead 
us  to  think  baptism  is  the  regeneration  spoken 
of  there.  As  to  the  fonner  of  them  (John  3: 5), 
when  our  Lord  says.  "Except  a  man  be  born  of 
water  and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  God."  It  is  (after  all  the  eon- 
tempt  with  which  that  interpretation  has  been 
treated)  very  possibly  he  may  mean  by  a  well- 
known  figure,  to  express  one  idea  by  both  those 
clauses,  that  is,  the  puriiying  influences  of  the 
Spirit  cleansing  the  mind  as  water  does  the 
body:  as  elsewhere  to  be  baptized  with  the  Ho- 
ly tjliost  and  with  fire,  (Matt.  3)  signifies  to  be 
bapti/ed  by  the  Spirit  operating  like  fire;  but 
if  thrif  tli'Te  !■<  iiiileed  a  reference  to  baptism 
these  W'jpK,  (whiili  I  own  I  am  much  inclined 
to  believe)  it  will  by  no  means  follow  that  baj] 
tism  is  regeneration." 

"  It  by  no  means  follows  that  baptism  is  re- 
generation." Not  at  all!  If  baptism  be  rfgni- 
eration,  then  regeneration  must  be  baptiam. 
There  is  no  eviuling  this.  "Then  cometh  Jesus 
to  John  to  be  rrt/eneraled  of  him."  Did  Jesus 
need  regeneration?  "Know  ye  not,  that  so 
many  of  us  as  were  reijeneraled  into  Jesus  Christ, 
were  legenfrakd  ih^o  his  death?"  How  doe 
that  sound?  and  this?  "  Buried  with  him  in 
irijcnmitioii."  Was  Christ  regenerated?  "John 
preached  the  reijeiieralim  of  repentance, 
want  the  reader  to  note  this,  for  farther  on, 
friend  C.  comes  to  the  defense  of  the  opinions  of 
mtiHij  hnrned  divines  on  this  subject,  imd  seems 
to  cross  his  own  path  in  this  matter. 

Baptism  is  one  of  the  means  on  man's  part,  of 
attcuuing  a  regenerate  state,  and  is  not  the  re- 
generate state  itself.  Baptism  is  one  of  the 
causes,  and  the  regenerate  state  the  ijftd.  Tail h, 
repentance  and  baptism  must  be  attended  to  by 
man,  then  God  pardons,  gives  the  gift  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  the  hope  of  eternal  life;  and  when 
man  has  all  these,  he  ia  in  a  regenerate  state. 
We  must  not  confound  God's  work,  and  the 
work  assigned  to  niiui  to  attain  regeneration. 
The  things  to  Iw  done  to  the  hodij,  the  outward 
acts  are  given  to  man  to  perform,  while  the  nefds 
of  the  soul  God  supplies.  God  promises  to  do 
certain  tilings  for  us,  if  we  do  certain  things  for 
ourselves.  He  always  telling  us  what  to  do,  and 
T^hat  ho/ to  do. 


But  friend  Culliertson  inaiMta  that  "Mr.  E. 
must  acknowledge  (hat  many  learned  and  pious 
divines  have  taught  and  conteudetl.  that  regen- 
eration does,  in  the  strictest  propriety  of  wpeoch. 
signify   baptism."     He  says  1  "  miint  .leknowl- 
edge  "  this.    There  is  no  dodging;  I  muM,  houcc 
I  do;  but  what  of  it?    The  question  is  not  what 
"  many  ktinied  and  pious  divines  havJ  tavight," 
nor  what  aomr  Uanird  divines  have  taujiht,  and 
do  teach,  but  uhni  (Utn  Otxi  teach  ?     This  is  the 
important  query,  and  the  only  one  that  can  bo 
answered  with  safety,  and  that  is  icnrth  aiwwer- 
ing.    "According  to  his  mercy  he  saved  us,  by 
the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renewing  of 
the  Holy  Ghost"  (Titus  3:  5).     Here  we  have 
God's  answer,  which  is  regeneration's  wnslnng. 
i.  p.,  the  regeneration  that  comes  by  baptism— 
not  by  baptism  (done,  but  by  faith,  repentanc- 
and  baptism.     In  the  same  connection  we  read 
of  the  "  renewing  n/  Hie  Uohj  Glmt."  meaning 
not  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  reneiird,  but  that 
man  is  renewed  hi/  the  Holy  Ghost.     All  those 
perform  an  important  part  in  tho  induction  of 
a  man  into  Christ,  and  he  who  attempts  todrop 
one,  or  suK-ititntc  something  else  in  place  of 
them,  launches  his  vessel  on  the  great  sea  of 
douht«  and  perplexities  and  sails  he  knows  not 
whither. 

Fncnd  C.  next  attempti  to  prove  that  the  pen- 
itent on  the  cross  was  no  preacher!  Well,  who 
lid  he  was?  These  are  the  words  I  used  in  my 
former  argument  on  this  subject:  The  poor 
penitent  wa*  baptized  and  a  preacher.  "  Hold 
where  did  you  learn  that?"  says  one.  Learn 
it?  Well  iu  the  same  chapter  that  Mr.  C.  findi 
evidence  that  the  poor  penitent  was  first  in  tho 
"  invisible"  church.  It  is  called  the  chapter  of 
supposition.  Does  he  not  sec  tho  point?  If 
not,  let  him  reail  the  first  chapter  of  .tiiyj/josi- 
finn  again.      But  hear  him  a  little  further: 


SATURDAY  NIGHT. 

Sweet  Home. 

■\T  ix  home?     A  pUice  of  r.-«t  from  the 

tods  of  (he  day.    A  sweet  r*«(iiiK  pUce 

wheru  we  can  meet  the  loved  ona  who  dwell 

there.    Long  year»  ago,  a  man  who  ncv.T  had  a 

home,  wrote  the  beautiful  words, "  Swet-t  home.'' 

iweethome.    The  bent  place  on  earth.    The 


"  God  is  no  respecter  of  persons;  consiequenti 
ly  He  will  not  talte  some  to  glory  on  an  excep- 
tion, and  require  r)thei"a  to  observe  all  the  duties 
pertaining  to  this  life.  If  He  did,  Hp  would  be 
a  respecter  of  persons," 

Well,  but  you  say  the  penitent  on  the  cross 
did  go  to  gloiy  leithnuf  baptism,  and  thi-n  turn 
round  and  say,  if  so,  God  is  a  respecter  of  per- 
sons. You  insist  that  a  man  must  be  baptized 
in  order  to  get  into  the  Baptist  chnrch,  but  still 
he  can  get  into  the  "  invisible  church  "  without 
it.  Then  a  man  can  get  into  the  invisible 
church  with  less  conditions  than  into  the  BajK 
tist  church.  Hils  the  Baptist  church  added 
anything  to  the  conditions  of  salvation? 

True,  God  is  no  respecter  of  persons,  but  then 
He  is  a  respecter  of  ehitraeter  and  prineiple^mii 
thin  is  just  what  He  respected  in  the  poor  peni- 
tent on  the  cross.  He  did  not  sare  his  body 
there  and  then,  but  then  I'edid  respect  the  poor 
penitent's  soul,  and  remembered  him.  One 
more  point.  Jesus  wius  not  yet  dead, — had  not 
died  for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world — hence  had 
not  sealed  His  Will  with  His  blood;  and  so 
long  as  the  Testator  Hveth  He  has  perfect  right 
to  change  His  Will.  When  personally  present, 
He  had  power  to  say,  "  Thy  sins  be  forgiven 
thee,"  luid  it  was  so,  but  when  He  ascended  and 
left  His  Will.  His  Word  and  Truth,  this  was 
frt»m  that  time  forth  the  only  "  power  of  God 
unto  salvation,"  and  this  same  .power  remains 
with  us  unto  this  day.  By  the  New  Testament, 
therefore,  wo  must  In-govei-ned.  It  contains  all 
the  rules  of  faith  and  practice,  and  God's  man- 
ner of  dealing  with  His  people,  that  are  neces- 
sary. There  is  no  other  revelation  from  God, 
that  shows  how  aud  what  we  must  do  to  be 
saved.  M.  u.  e. 


Vehuont  has  a  new  law  by  which  criminals 
convicted  of  murder  and  worthy  of  capital  pun- 
ishment, shall  be  imprisoned  for  two  years  be- 
fore execution  shidl  take  place,  so  that  if  the 
innocence  of  the  prisoner  can  be  established,  he 
may  have  the  beiielit  of  it." 


paradise  of  this  world.  What  woold  we  do 
without  a  home?  No  place  at  which  1-,  rest 
from  the  cares  and  toils  of  the  day.  U  would 
be  miserable.  Yet  bow  many  are  there  wh^ 
have  no  home?  There  are  thou,*and.H  who  nev- 
er knew  what  a  home  is.  They  have  \)-^n  cast 
out  uilo  the  world  with  no  one  to  care  for  ihcm. 
Have  not  even  a  place  where  to  lay  their  head. 
What  a  pity  it  is,  to  have  no  home:  no  kind 
mother;  no  go6d  father  to  provide  for  the  w^mta 
of  the  helpless;  no  brothers  and  sisten  to  help 
bear  the  burdens  of  life. 

To-night  it  is  cold.  The  ground  is  covend 
with  snow,  but  I  am  at  home,  ye*,  sweet  home 
—where  all  is  bright  luid  cheerful.  Nfjtbing  l» 
mar  the  feelings  of  any  one.  It  is  pk-asanf. 
Have  Inen  hard  ut  work  all  week,  from  early 
dawn  to  near  the  small  hours  of  the  night 
Working  ban!  to  feed  hungry  souls  with  suitar- 
ble  healthy  food.  This  is  not  a  task,  it  is  a  plea». 
lire.  It  makes  one  feel  good  to  think  he  has 
spout  the  week  doing  his  duty.  Then  when  the 
week's  work  is  over,  to  have  a  cheerful  home 
where  ho  ciui  rest  and  be  refreshed. 

While  silting  here  at  the  desk,  we  think  of 
even  the  many  mul  homes  in  the  land.     May  be 
at  this  very  minute  there  are  thonsjuidii  of  homes 
where  all  i*  sail.     Not  one  ray  of  clu-rrfulnessto 
brighten  up  the  thorny  pathway  of  life,    A 
mother  may  be  weeping  over  her  little  infant 
that  has  just  dosed  its  eyes  in  death.    Poor 
mother!     It  is  hard  for  her  to  give  up  the  pre- 
cious little  object,  yet  she  must.    Then  we  think 
of  the  broken-hearted  young  wife.     Her  head  is 
buried  in  her  hands,  and  her  heart  almost  ready 
to  break.     What  is  the  matter?     Enough  to 
bleak  a  woman's  heart.    She  moved  in  n-spectr 
able  society,  is  from  a  well-ttwlo  family.    She 
gave  her  heart  to  the  man  she  loved.    She  gave 
all  into  his  hands.    She  was  happy,  with  bright 
prospects  before.     But  alas!  she  w:tR  betrayed. 
She  knew  not  that  she  was  marrying  a  tippler. 
She  trembles,  is  in  constant  dread.     Don't  biow 
where  be  is.    Poor  girl!    God  pity  the  drunk- 
ard's wife.     But  we  think  of  other  places,  can't 
call  them  homes,  they  are  not— where  a  poor, 
broken-down  mother  is  struggling  with  i>overty» 
Herclothesare  thin;  no  food  in  the  house.    The 
fire  is  getting  low;  the  children  are  crj-ing  for 
food;  they  draw  near  mother  and  bury  their 
heads  in  her  bosom,  but  f^he  is  only  wr-eping.  she 
cannot  help  them.     Where  is  tlieir  father?  Ask 
the  saloon  keeper.     How  thankful  we  ought  to 
be  that  we  have  good  comfortable  homes. 

How  many  sweet  homes  are  there  to-night? 
How  many  places  where  all  is  sunshine?  where 
the  family  love  each  other,  and  take  pleasure  in 
each  other's  society?  where  there  are  no  an- 
gr^'  words,  no  quarreling,  naught  to  mar  the 
beauty  of  the  home  circle.  God  bless  the  sweet 
homes  to-night,  and  help  the  inmates  to  live 
happy,  and  do  all  iu  their  power  to  make  each 
other  happy.  How  I  wish  1  could  impress  on  the 
mind  of  all,  the  necessity  of  making  home  a  lit- 
tle paradise;  a  happy  little  Eden  here  on  earth, 
here  all  the  family  can  meet  aud  enjoy  the 
closing  of  the  week.  Clouds  may  come  and  go, 
and  even  dark,  gloomy  hours  may  pass,  yet  all 
should  labor  to  make  the  best  of  it,  and  if  pcs- 
sible  have  a  happy  home. 

Not  all  wealthy  homes  are  happy  homes. 
Some  of  the  finest  palaces  of  the  land  are  the 
abodes  of  broken-hearted  people.  There  is  a 
ptacein  the  heart  that  wealth  cannot  fill.  There 
are  many  neat  homes  inside  of  rude  hats. 
Around  the  large  fire-place  the  fiunily  can  at 
and  sing 

"  Home,  hom?  sweet  home."  - 


"  With  more  truth  than  poetry,  an  old  sage 
has  divided  the  wortd  into  two  great  parties: 
One  goes  ahead  and  works  for  the  public  good 
in  the  best  way  they  know  how.  The  others 
stand  otf  with  their  hands  in  their  pockets,  and 
with  the  heartlcssuess  of  true  grumblers,  ask- 
why  things  were  not  done  in  a  different  way." 
That  is  like  some  men  waiting  for  something  to 
turn  up,  while  others  go  to  work  )md  turn 
something  np. 


But  think  of  the  thousands  who  this  night  u« 
shivering  in  the  cold — they  have  no  home,  hut 
little  clothing,  no  food,  alt  isdrear>*,  God  blcGS 
the  homvlet^i.  There  is  a  happy  home  in  the 
Great  Beyond,  in  the  other  world— where  all  k 
sunshine.  We  hope  to  meet  thousands  there,. 
Maiij'  of  them  ha\-e  no  home  on  eaiih.  but  the 
givat  and  gooil  Spirit  can  give  them  one 
above.  Let  us  hasten  on.  we  will  soon  be  at 
home.— J.  H.  iiooKE. 


Nkws  from  the  Eastern  w.ir  seem  badly  mix- 
ed. Peace  negotiations  going  on.  yet  the  KnS' 
sians,  with  victorious  armies  closing  in  on  all 
the  roads  leading  out  of  Constantinople. 


'•  NoTBlSO  con  be  niop>  absurd  than  the  ide* 
of 'looking  guilty'  proves  guilt.  An  honest 
man  chargi^l  with  crime,  is  much  more  likely  to 
blush  at  the  accusation  than  the  r\'.-d  offe-nder, 
who  is  generally  pn'pared  for  such  an  eveDt, 
and  has  his  fine' ready  ma»le.'  Theverj  thought 
of  being  suspected  of  anything  criminal  wiU 
bring  the  Mood  into  an  innocent  man's  che^ 
nine  times  out  of  ten." 


THE    BRETHCREiST    -A.T    AV^ORIC. 


§he    S<""{  §i''(^'' 


READ  AKD  OBEY. 
■■  lUubuJt.  loTc  jour  wi»M.' 
"  WliM.    ob«7    your    bu»biuidi 
•  ■  Fitih«rt,  protohe  doI  your  cbiMi 
"  ChilJreD,    Obty    your    pftrenU    ii 


lo  wrmtli." 
ftll    tbinga.' 


Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshelman. 

Ip  you  woiiM  be  truly  great  and  good,  choose 
\n  spL-iik  (Old  to  do  right  ut  nil  times. 


I»fFKKi>L-i'  knowledge  is  proud  that  he  has 
]..«nK-d  ^-oincthing.  while  wi>j<Ioiii  is  humhie  that 
he  knows  Iiow  lo  behave  himself. 


Rowland  Hill,  calmly  observing  a  boy  amii»- 
himmdf  OH  arocknig-liorse, remarked:  "Like 
Chrialians;  motion  enoiigli,  but  no  pro- 


iiig 

some 

gross. 

TilK  anaconda  is  caught  by  throwing  to  it  a 
live  dog.  When  it  has  Bwallowcd  the  dog  it 
goi-s  to  Hlcep.  and  then  it  is  eiLiily  trapped.  So 
with  nieii  and  women;  many  of  them  have  been 
cnptured  by  Satsm  thrmigli  their  appetites. 


Si'L-KOKON,  not  long  since,  ho-l  occasion  to  ad- 
dresHSome  young  men  who  had  prepared  tliem- 
nelvua  for  the  minittrj-.  and  gave  them  this 
Meimbleiulviee:  "Let  yonr  sermons  he  full  of 
sound  matter.  You  do  not  need  to  give  acorn- 
field  every  time:  hut  you  con  give  a  loaf  of 
bread." 

CwiumBN,  if  you  do  not  wiBh  to  bnrn  your 
Iiaiids,  keep  theni  out  of  your  neighbor's  lire, 
[f  you  find  fault  with  others,  you  may  real  as- 
sured tliitl  other.-*  will  find  occasion  to  find  fault 
with  yuu,  and  tliis  is  the  fire  that  burns.  Be  sure 
to  never  kindle  it,  and  you  will  find  wisdom 
pt'nhiiig  over  your  roof  iti  well  as  peace. 


ands  around  you  Jed  liati,  then  chew  and  smoke 
the  filthy  weed.  If  you  can  honor  God  with  a 
chunk  of  tobacco  in  your  mouth,  or  if  you  can 
make  people  happy  by  spitting  and  puffing,  you 
would  better  go  on.  But  be  sure  that  you  can 
honor  God.  If  you  can  place  the  words  "  holi- 
ness to  the  Lord  "  over  a  Quid  of  tobacco,  ami 
look  at  It  with  an  undisturbed  conscience,  j'ou 
certainlyarewellengrafted  in  the  weed.  "Well," 
say  you.  "  there  are  other  things  ju.st  as  bad  as 
using  tobacco."  Don't  deny  that,  but  how  can 
they  help  tobacco?  One  empty  sack  cannot 
prop  up  another  empty  suck.  One  evil  cannot 
make  another  evil  stand  up  straight  so  that  God 
can  call  them  both  good.  You  are  perfectly 
sound  and  safe  without  using  tobiicco.  Let  it 
alone,  and  then  you  may  be  sure  it  will  leuvi 
you  alone.  This  is  written  to  yon  young  man- 
not  to  old  men.     Now  do  not  give  it  all  away. 


PUNCTUALITY. 


,  Do  you  objwt  to  any  part  of  God's  "  perfect 
law  of  lilierty?"  What  on  civrth  is  the  good 
of  your  objecting  i'  (iod  mode  every  part,  and 
you  may  stand  and  object  until  you  go  down  in- 
to your  grave,  and  the  liiw  will  still  be  perfect. 
Qod  can  do  with  His  own  us  He  please.-i.  and 
your  objections  will  never  turn  Him  fi-om  His 
junpose.  

'  At  the  beginning  of  the  prcsentyeJir,  abriglit 
little  girl  said  to  her  father:  "  Papa,  I  am  going 
to  give  yon  a  New  Year's  gift?  "  ""Hnrnt  is  it, 
my  dear  child?*'  asked  her  papa.  "I  am  going 
to  give  yiiu  a  good  girl,"  Haid  she.  The  dear 
child  mcjuit  that  she  would  he  a  good  giid  the 
whole  year.  How  many  of  our  little  readers 
gftvo  their  parents  such  gilts?  Itisiiottoo  late 
to  give  them  now. 


Not  one  person  in  all  this  univei-se  ever  felt 
the  i>aug«  of  remorse  for  doing  his  duty.  One 
good  action,  one  sacrifice  of  desircfor  conscience' 
sake,  one  feniptution  overcome  and  cast  dowTi, 
will  prove  a  bleitfsiiig  and  raise  the  low  spirlt-s 
above  the  vain  mid  showj'  things  of  life.  Be 
cheerful.  In- Tiiitiitt'd.  hediligout,  be  active  in 
good  works  ti'i  IIhisi-  around  you  and  your  rest 
will  be  peatrful.  yuur  joy  complete. 


\  i.iTTLE  boy  was  asked  what  he  would  give 
to  Je:HH.i,  and  he  promptly  ivplied:  "I  think  I 
will  give  myself  to  Him  first,"  That  was  a  good 
thought,  juid  we  hope  he  put  it  into  practice. 
Will  not  every  hoy  and  girl  wlio  reads  this,  and 
18  yet  out  of  Christ,  at  once  resolve  to  give  them- 
selves to  .)esu.s?  Go,  read  the  Testament  and 
learu  what  He  did  for  you,  and  what  He  wants 
you  to  do,  then  fh  it,  and  be  happy. 


In  number  four,  present  volume,  we  gave  six 
subjects  to  as  many  children,  to  write  upon,  and 
we  aiv  happy  to  present  the  one  on  Abel  in  this 
iwuc.  Hope  the  othei-s  will  also  respond,  and 
in  nest  number  shall  call  upon  some  othere  to 
write  upon  Bible  subjects.  Dear  children,  the 
most  of  you  are  doing  well.  Do  not  feel  badly 
if  your  letters  should  not  appear;  try  again,  and 
if  you  put  in  something  found  In  the  Bible,  it  is 
almost  sure  to  iind  room  in  the  paper.  Those 
letter*  containing  Bible  matter,  stand  at  the 
door  knocking,  and  knocking,  and  will  not  give 
up  until  they  get  in.  And  it  is  a  pleasure  to 
let  them  in. 

Vousr.  man.  [  want  your  rar  a  moment.  I 
want  t^)  put  a  litt  le  iithttcco  in  it.  No.  not  tobac- 
co exactly,  but  a  few  icoriU  about  tobacco.  If 
you  love  your  mouth,  teeth, stomsich,  your  whole 
self,  tiieu  never  use  tobacco.     But  if  you  want 


LETTER  FROM  THE  EAST. 

^fij  Dear  Youu/j  Ilratlers: — 

HERE  are  my  first  lines  to  you,  and  I  will  try 
to  make  them  so  easy  that  you  all  can 
know  just  what  I  menu  in  all  I  say.    If  you  can 
to  sincH  bad,  want  to  make  hundreds  and  thou.'t-   rend  in  the  First  Header  at  school,  you  can  read 


WHICH  means  doing  at  the  proper,  precis?, 
and  exact  time;  to  be  prompt  and  ener- 
getic; and  in  most  cases,  upon  this  depends  suc- 
cess in  our  undertakings  or  pursuits,  the  contrary 
of  which  means  sluggishness,  slowness,  lateness, 
inactivity,  and  no  success.  It  is  so  in  what  our 
minds  act  upon,  and  what  our  hands  find  to  do. 
In  all  the  pursuits  of  life,  not  being  punctual 
or  timely  in  doing  what  is  essential,  produces 
much  ignorance,  superstition  and  mbery,  deceiv 
ing  the  fond  anticipations,  blasting  the  bright 
hopes  we  cherish  and  entertain  for  doing  that 
which  makes  us  better  and  iviser,  luid  diverts 
our  attention  from  the  pursuits  of  many  lawful, 
useful  and  beneficial  contriv.ances,  :md  thereby 
causing  us  to  come  short  of  the  crown  of  success, 
n  reaching  the  summit  of  many  little  Iiills  of 
science.  While  on  the  other  hand,  being  on 
time,  or  punctual,  make^our  be.-Jt,  happiest,  and 
most  esteemed  pei-aons,  most  useful  men  and 
women,  most  noble  aaid  thriving  boj's  and  girls; 
and  as  you  grow  older  you  will  only  see  the 
plainer,  and  know  the  better,  how"  important  it 
was.  Then  how  glad  you  are  if  you  have  tried 
to  be  punctual,  and  made  it  a  habit  in  you.  On 
the  other  Inmd,  if  you  become  older,  then  sad, 
sorr3'.  ami  even  angry  will  you  become  at  your- 
selves, if  you  have  not  tried,  when  young,  to  be 
punctual,  to  be  the  iii-st  in  school,  the  first  in 
the  class,  the  lii'st  lo  obey  your  teacher,  your 
parents,  and  to  take  atlncc. 

Remember  also,  while  we  ore  little  hoys  and 
girls  wc  form  habits.  We  either  leai'u  to  be  at 
our  post  where  duty  requires,  to  go  where. we 
are  sent,  and  that  quickly  and  manfully,  or  we 
become  careless,  slow,  and  often  late  to  school 
without  a  good  cause.  From  the  want  of  being 
punctual  and  in  earnest,  we  leave  iniuiy  thin^ 
undone  and  unlearned,  whiuli  would  be  nece.ssa- 
rj' to  have  and  make  us  so  happy  to  know.  01)- 
seiTstion  teaches,  that  scholars  in  Sabhath-school 
or  any  other  school,  who  watoh  the  closest,  and 
are  ever  readj"  for  any  duty  or  worlt  given  them, 
and  then  do  that  work  quickest,  therefore  cftj- 
serving  punctuality,  are  the  ones  who  please 
their  teacher  mo.st,  who  are  flked  most  by  their 
parents,  imd  without  any  doubt,  are  making  tlio 
most  progress  in  learuingourdutlestooui-selvos 
and  to  God  whom  wo  should  try  ever  to  please 
and  love. 

Then  childi'en,  never  be  late, 
But  always  be  in  due  time; 
This  even  tell  to  your  mate. 
And  the  same  I  will  to  mine. 

Please  be  in  school  every  day, 
And  of  good,  learu  what  you  can; 

In  the  future  you  can  6ay, 
How  very  glad  now  I  am. 

For  I  have  tried  to  be  first, 

Learning  my  duty  to  do; 
Thereby  never  was  I  worst. 

Neither  thoughtless  nor  late  too. 

Pray,  this  motto  always  keep, 
And  do  please  bear  it  in  mind. 

Neither  do  forget  by  sleep, 
It  leads,  treasures  to  find. 

First  of  all.  do  not  forget, 
Eacli  day  your  prayers  to  say, 

Asldng  God  your  mind  to  set, 
On  things  that  pass  not  away. 

Here,  some  day  will  be  our  last, 
Then  wc  he  placed  'ueath  the  sod, 

All  things  then  on  eartli  are  past, 
And  we  must  be  meeting  God. 

J.  R.  LlCHTY. 


my  letters,  for  I  shall  try  hard  to  use  only  word;, 
of  one — syliatile.  Now  there  is  a  big  word, 
what  does  that  mean?  Well,  I  will  tell  vou. 
and  then  I  wdl  go  on.  "  Big  "  is  one  si/lhb!r; 
;  "  big-ger"  is  liiv  syllables.  And  so  on.  I  will 
try  to  use  not  more  than  two  syllables  or  word 
parts. 

SJfALL    WORDS. 

Just  now  I  think  of  two  men — the  only  ones 
I  ever  heard  of  who  tried  to  write  in  words  of 
one  "syUable."  (Don't  let  that  big  word  slip.) 
One  wiLs  a  general  in  the  army,  and  he  was  lik- 
ed for  his  easy  words.  The  other  num  has  been 
called  "  the  learned  blacksmith."  You  know 
what  a  blacksmith  is.  Well,  his  school  was  in 
the  blacksmith  shop.  Here,  It  issaid,  he  leiu'n- 
ed  many  languages,  that  is,  many  kinds  of 
speech  or  talk  among  people  over  the  world,  as 
Dutch,  French,  Scotch,  Ac.  After  awhile  he 
gave  up  the  shop,  and  went  to  study  more  and 
more,  and  went  about  talking  to  people  in  lect- 
ures. He  has  become  a  useful  man.  A  few 
years  ago  I  saw  a  small  paper  whose  name  was 
the  Aiifffl  of'  Pfttve.  It  was  in  this  paper  that  I 
saw  some  pieces  written  in  words  of  one  syllable 
for  the  little  ones.  "  The  learned  blacksmith  " 
wrote  them.  Now  do  you  know  his  name?  I 
will  tell  you — it  was  Eti/iii  Jiiirritt. 
LITTLE  I'EOI'LK. 

You  are  small  now.  but  after  while  you  will 
be  men  and  women — big  people.  1  iioiJe  you 
will  learn  a  useful  lesson  from  what  I  liave  told 
you — that  jou  may  grow  up  to  be  good,  an<l 
true,  and  useful.  Try  to  learn  little  by  little 
like  Ktihu  Burritt  did.  Learn  at  home  to  love 
and  obey,  and  at  school  to  improve.  This  is  the 
work  of  little  people.  Next  time  I  will  tell  you 
more. 

Your  Ltrotlier. 

D.  B.  Mknt/rr. 


FROM  ELLA  HECKMAN. 

Dear  Editor: — 

SKKINli  the  ehildren  are  at  work  ho  eariii'=U 
ly,  and  the  ministering  brethren  are  trav- 
eling to  and  fro  over  the  great  deep,  spreading 
the  Go.'*pel,  organizing  churches,  how  thankful 
we  ought  to  be  to  our  heavenly  Father  for  the 
privileges  we  enjoy.  A  nd  how  earnest  we  should 
be  in  prayer  to  God  for  each  otlui',  tli(iu;^li  we 
are  a  great  disiance  apart  and  strangei-a,  though 
not  strangers  in  tlic  faith;  we  should  all  be  of 
one  mind  and  speak  the  same  thing. 

Our  church  is  in  a  prosperous  condition  at 
present.  We  have  about  sixty  niembew.  We 
do  not  get  to  meeting  very  often  on  account  of 
bad  roads,  as  we  have  a  good  ways  to  go,  have 
no  cliurch-honse,  but  hope  it  will  be  butter  in 
the  future, 

I  ri'joice  to  hear  of  so  many  y(uing  people 
coming  to  Christ,  in  youth  returning  to  their 
Father's  house  before  tlioy  stray  very  far  away, 
I  am  young  in  the  cause,  but  have  no  desire  to 
turn  hack  to  the  world  agaia,  but  want  to  go  on 
through  this  unfriendly  world  to  the  end  of  the 
journey  of  life.  Lot  us  hear  from  some  more  of; 
the  young  membei-s. 

Conidl,  III. 


FROM  ADINA  ARNOLD. 

Dear  Editor: — 

I  HAVE  been  to  meeting  to-day.  1  am  amem- 
her  of  the  church;  wiuiljaptizod  four  weeks 
ago  yesterday.  While  I  was  ouUide  of  the 
church  I  had  a  great  nmny  friends,  but  since  I 
joined  thev  have  all  forsaken  me:  but  I  have 
nnule  new  ones,  which  makes  me  feel  \{:Yy  good; 
old  ones  point  the  linger  of  seoni  at  me  and  cry, 
"Old  Duiikanl.  .>ld  Diinkard,"  but  I  don't  mind 
that,  I  can  sniler  all  such  mockings  and  scorn. 
The  Methodists  were  sure  of  getling  me  in  their 
chnrch.  I  attended  their  Sahbatli-school  hwt 
Summer;  tliey  took  a  great  deal  of  interest  in 
teaching  nie  their  doctrine;  thoughtthey  would 
win  me  that  way,  but  I  thought  I  would  reiul 
the  Testament  for  myself.  I  soon  found  thai 
their  doctrine  would  not  stand  the  test.  I  told 
them  they  did  not  follow  the  commandments—' 
did  not  baptize  according  to  the  commission. 
They  said  they  would  baptize  me  with  a"Dunk- 
ard  baptism."  I  told  them  they  did  not  wiwh 
feet,  and  attend  to  many  other  things  found  in 
the  Bible,  so  I  thought  I  woultl  come  into  tlie 
church  where  there  is  .safe  ground.  I  felt  that 
I  was  a  sinner,  and  must  do  something.  Now 
I  wimt  all  other  children  to  follow  ,Iesus  ami 
seek  Him  while  He  may  be  found.  I  am  eleven 
years  old, 

Morrisoneitlf,  HI. 


It  is  as  wrong-to  repel  a  chlld.s.pipstions  with 
"  Don't  bother  me! "  a.i  to  whip  a  kitten  for  dilut- 
ing mice.  It  is  by  questioning  that  they  acquire 
the  knowledge  they  crave  and  need. 


C  H I LD  REX~^It~W^^ 

From  Ida  E.  Snavely.— z>ff^/^^^^p~~~- 
the  fourth  chapter  of  Genesis  we  reJ'^T'" 
Abel.  He  wiw  a  keeper  of  sheep;  was  "* 
aan  and  did  what  the  Lord  biulehim  R^*^ 
uc  brother  whose  name  was  Cain.     h«  .^^  ''**' 


Hew 


pleasing  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  as  l.i-  i* 


er  Abel,  and  that  made  him 


'r'>th. 


very  ani^rv  ti 
fore  he  slew  his  brother  Abel.  From  tl  ■  '^ 
should  learn  to  be  kind  to  eiich  other  aud  l*" 
our  parents  in  all  things.  This  is  the  fiKi  ^^ 
mandment  to  little  children;  if  ,ve  obe  ?"' 
then  it  is  that  the  Lord  will  love  iis  ,^^j' 
Abel.  "'■'"'id 

Hiidmn.IV. 

From  Mary  (.'.  Boun^r.— We  Inul 

here  last  week.     Brn.  Fields  mid  Gi 


niectii 


"88 


lis  foin-tli  torn,      , 
WelostoneofourbS: 
■ver.     My  pu  Wiw  at  the  l',,,,,.!.. 


here  ami  held  forth  the  woi-ds  of  lift.  ,,.ia  ^^"'^ 
er.     I  go  to  school  and  love  my  teacher,  p'-^"-^' 
Gilbert,  very  well.     This  Is  his 
we  all  like  him. 

are  by  scarlet  fever.     My  pu  Wiw  at  the  fm,77 
yesterday,  and  he  said  it  was  oneof  tlien 
solemn  fimerats  he  ever  attended.     I  du  j.  .'*'?' 
read  the  young  folk's  lettere. 
BriffJiton,  Ltd. 

From  Anna  H.  Liiigeufolter.— i  ,,1,1  t,T„i 
yeai-3  old;  go  to  school  every  daj-,  juni  t„  ^'  !^ 
bath-school  every  Sunday.     My  tcuehei"    ' 
is  Edward  Fisher.      My  stuil  es 


*  uanie 


writing,  spelling,  arithmetic,  and  g. 
love  to  read  the  Bkrthrex  at  W 


from   the   cliildrei 


[  have  fivi 


"'^  reading. 
:'''>griipli_v.  J 
'<^"K  aiul'hear 

tour  sisters  Imng.  My  papa  and  mammnbe- 
long  to  the  church  of  the  Brethien.  I  loypi 
go  to  meeting:  we  have  meeting  at  our  scliool' 
bouse  every  four  weeks.  Uncle  .lacob  Ncg|" 
l)reaehes  to  us.  Tliis  is  my  first  letter  imd  | 
must  not  make  ii  t^io  long. 
Fidton  Co.,  Ill 

From  Z.  Ammeii  Mnhoriiey.— /jf„j  i,,,/, 

Cliildnit;—!  too.  am  a  little  boy.     1  Imve 
all  your  lettei-s  in  tlio  lost  paper.     W 


e  jiiat  not 


beginning  to  learn  to  write.  I  Imvt.  „„|y  ^^^^ 
to  school  about  three  we^-ks;  nmmnia  feaclK's  ine 
at  home.  Have  been  through  the  Secojid  RcuJ- 
er  three  times.  1  w.tnt  to  learn  to  read  well,  so 
I  can  read  the  Bible,  as  it  is  God's  Book,  and  it 
teaches  us  how  to  be  good.  It,  is  sad  to  iY>nd 
how  those  wicked  men  nailed  J<su»  on tlie cross. 
Let  us  all  try  and  be  good  fo  God  will  take  usto 
heaven  wlien  we  die.  I  have  a  dear  httle  sister 
in  heaven.  Klie  went  one  night  while  brother 
and  1  were  iLsleep.  I  have  one  l.rother  and  a 
(U'LU-  lit  tie  .sJKter.  ten  months  old.  Her  name  a 
Mary  Jacob.  I  love  her  so  much,  cim  biii-dly 
keep  away  from  her.  I  came  near  kilhug  lier 
]ai<t  Satui-day.  I  will  tell  you  how,  so  y-m  all 
can  bo  more  careful  and  not  do  as  I  did.  She 
was  playing  on  tbe  door.  1  sat  her  on  the  Iwl, 
did  not  watch  her  closely  enough,  and  let  lier 
fall;  she  struck  so  near  the  t4'mple  thatahe  teem- 
ed  to  be  dead  for  awhile;  we  were  afraid  she 
w<„,l,l  .,..r  ...■.I- to  life  again.  Itwossosadto 
■  Hs  so  sorry.  We  live- ten  uiilw 
:idence. 


From  Frances  \.  H&rher. —Dear  Editor:- 
I  am  in  my  twelfth  year,  am  a  daughter  of  Levi 
Garber.  Father  and  mother  are  meiubei-siif  the 
church.  Father  is  a  minister,  and  is  away  from 
home  a  great  deal  attending  to  ministerial  ilutiw. 
I  have  tlnee  brothei-s  and  four  sistei-s,  all  inm- 
bera  of  the  church  esce|)t  my  si-ft^-r  next  elder 
than  me,  and  myself.  Two  of  my  brotliera  are- 
deacons.  I  love  to  see  people  follow  Je-sas.  iiud 
I  hope  to  follow  Him  too,  for  wlien  I  read  how 
much  He  loved  us  all,  how  can  we  help  loviug 
Him?  I  wish  all  tlie  little  folks  would  lewnto 
Ibve  Jesus,  imd  then  we  would  love  each  other 
too;  tliio  would  be  so  nice  to  dwell  togethwiu 
the  love  of  Jesus.    May  God  bless  us  all. 

Mf.  Sidnci/,  Va. 

From  Cicorge  W.  Wrightsiiiaii.  — /^wr 

E'/ifor: — 1  am  nine  years  old,  and  go  to  Hrhont; 
i  ]iever  went  very  much.  I  can  read  tlie  i>'i|*r 
and  like  it  very  well.  I  also  read  a  chiipt<'r  in 
the  Bible  nearly  every  evening.  I  love  to  gu  Jo 
meeting,  but  do  not  g"et  to  go  as  often  iis  I  would 
like,  for  mother  Is  sick  a  great  deal,  and  I  stfl)' 
with  her  wlien  father  goes.  1  have  no  brother 
or  sister.  I  love  to  read  letters  from  GriHiiIp". 
and  hope  he  will  write  some  more.  IwouMhke 
to  hear  from  some  more  of  the  little  folk*,  iui" 
hope  they  will  road  the  si.\th  chapter,  iirst  and 
second  vei-ses  of  Ephesiims,  imd  ouey  that  part 
of  the  Scriptures. 

Loicder,  III. 

From  Lydia  Shivoly.— /Jchi-  Edilor:-i^J 
|)apa  takes  the  Biikthhen  at  Wokk.  and  I  jiK^ 
to  read  it.  This  Is  my  first  letter.  I^vt"'*); 
^'nod  girl,  and  go  to  school.  I  read  m  the  F '>'"'"' 
Header,  ^tudy  s|p<-Iliiig  and  arithmetic.  I  !';['' 
to  hear  fr-.m'the  little  folks.  1  have  two  bri't'i- 
the  otherisacnpi-e. 


Hoijo  (;od  will  ble,. 
Ccno  (iord-K  IK. 


him.     I  am  nine  years 


old 


'cOKRESFOmjBNCE. 

TO  GEORGE  BUCHER. 

IWllOTK  vou  two  umatirfartory  letter,  on 
11,1.  subject  of  iiileriirclnlioii,  ami   I  now 
,i,e  a  thirf,  which  may  prore  equally  „„,alis- 
„rv.      When  I  referred  to  the  estnbli.he<l 
,r;mi['l«  "'  intiTprctatloii,  I  had  no  thought 
ule»  aulhoriwrt  hy  man.  hut  that  which 
(,f  mhiil  and  of  rfrehtion  ueeefwitate. 


THK    7?TlKTH]iE>f    .VT    AVOlllC. 


fjol 
prl. 
of  «!'>■  ' 


-yiie  riilf  is  iiiissfil  by  most  readei-s,  and  tlu' 
nlirittinii  is  ilifficult.     Sin  lias  so  tlerangcd 


i'»I>. 


ity  to  us. 


hilt  is  plrtin  to  a  sinless  being,  is  obsoii 


jv J''st  in  the  degree  that  wo  have  the 

,,ii„l  of  Guil.  will  oHrmiiul  think  with  Him. 

The  principU-s  I  had  ref^Ti-ed  to,  ni^e  these: 

1_    WUnt  is  the  object  of  revelation? 

o  Wliat  lUf  its  relutions  to  nature,  which 
aei'vfs  a-'*  it^  nicrlinm  ? 

:l_     What  is  its  relation  to  vciuion.  whieh  is 


rifite  it? 


i„  iippropr 

4.  What  laitaeorreapondence  to  tlm  com- 
"nlix  constitution  of  Christ  ivs  God  and  luaii? 

This  eowrs  every  difficulty  in  the  Hiblu.  — 
ThesL'  principles  are  established,  essential ;  with- 
^,„t  tliciu  there  would  he  neither  God,  nor 
,naii.  nor  iiatiin!.  nor  revelutiou.-  If  wc  uuder- 
st.irid  iiii'l  ■M>ply  tln-ni.  (h.-re  will  he  no  two 
clu'bi"'-'  npiiiiniis  tbroiiylirtut  the  whole  church. 
>;;iliin'.  ibi-  iiiiddl'-  L-nn  bftwoen  the  Kwflator 
j^nd  Uis  rational,  ruined  crciitnies,  is  too  much 
;«iiiiivil  by  the  brethren.  MoH  of  us  want  to 
lo„li  {inly  to  the  Spirit  for  the  uutblding  of  the 
liolyOriicles.  So  did  not  Jesus.  Hu  was  ul- 
\vi.\s  (bmling  with  the  visible  n«  the  fioger  board 
to  tlip  invisible. 

In  the  i-ntistitiithii  of  Clirlsf  we  have  the  nat^ 
Hill!  an<l  snpernatiUMl  com])lonieutiiig  and  in- 
t^.1■^ll'lin^  e;ich  other.  Tti  know  Iltiii  in  to  uii- 
di>rrt:;ud  the  true  principles  of  ixegesis. 

C.  H,  RAi-'^HAnm. 


IN     MEMORIAM. 

OlR  heloved  aistfir,  Sophia  Wiincre  of  Mid- 
die  Creek,  Iowa,  departed  this  life  Jan.  S. 
IsT^,  She  tt"i3  thirty-five  yei^ra  and  some 
uiimtli^  ol'l  at  the  time  of  her  death,  imil  tin- 
glilist  daughter  of  Bro.  Peter  Pfoutz. 

Sister  Sophia  wua  one  that  was  loved  by  all 
ivli.i  kin-w  hiT.  She  leaviis  a  kind  Inisbjind  ,in<l 
ttii  children,  mostly  smiill,  to  mourn  her  loss. 
It  i>i  a  loss  to  them  indeed.  No  more  will  lier 
I'jui  inl  hands  provide  for  their  daily  wants  and 
li'i  umre  will  her  motherly  voice  bo  heard;  bnt 
w.-  hope  while  they  are  mourning  the  loss  of 
tlii.  lU'.-ir  ti-iend,  fhe  is  reaping  hi-r  rich  reward 
ill  luaven. 

Sister  Sophia  was  ever  ready  tn  delend  the 
CM'.'-  of  her  Miiutcr,  and  her  loss  is  felt  in  the 
clnirch  as  well  as  by  her  mimcrous  friends.  — 
Si/^ter  Sophia  hore  her  nllliction  with  groat  par 
til  lice,  anil  always  secmnl  to  bn  of  goi;d  coiir- 
ayi'.  She  came  into  the  church  wheu  young. 
;uid  ii>  loiiy  :ls  1  have  beeit  acipisiinted  with  her, 
she  h'x-.  hvvn  an  example  for  all.  Her  husband 
is  not  yet  within  the  fold;  we  hope  while  he  Is 
now  mrnirning  the  loa.s  yf  his  dear  conipnuion, 
111-  will  have  great  cause  to  ponder  over  the 
("osjilI  inxths  and  seek  his  Savior  while  it  Is 
yet  called  to-day,  so  that  when  death  shall 
claim  him,  he  may  be  prepared  to  go  and  strike 
gl;id  hands  with  the  dear  ones  that  have  gone 
before. 

Tlio  funeral  services  were  conducted  by  the 
hrethren  from  words  found  in  Amos:  "  Prepare 
tu  meet  thv  God." 

L.  Hn.i.F^KY. 

Xnr  Shanm,  hnta. 


termined  tn  make  the  Lord's  prayer  a  practical 
one:  not  moreiy  lo  say:  "  Thy  kingdom  come," 
but  to  work  for  it  M  well,  that  it  may  indeed 
come,  first  to  onntelrea  iiml  families,  then  to  our 
neik'hbors  and  lastly  to  dtnuigers. 

Never  bpfore.  do  we  think,  the  prospect  for 
our  people,  and  for  thf  truth  us  thev  hold  it. 
fw  bright  oa  it  is  now.  Never  before  could 
we  sny,  that  the  church  w.ns  so  fuUv  alive  to  iU 
own  work,  and  that  the  church  wiw  at  work.  — 
"  But  it  Is  gocKl  to  he  zealously  affeeled  idwa\'). 
m  a  L'ood  thing  "  (Qui.  \:  18).  This  work  is 
most  certainly  a  good  thing,  both  for  ourselves, 
our  nation,  and  for  the  world,  because  it  cannot 
be  for  the  injury  of  any  one;  therefore  we 
think  the  wal  so  marked  for  the  time,  is  most 
commendable.  May  it  continue  to  spread,  and 
may  all  the  efforts  he  made  in  love  and  union.is 
my  prayer. 

Such  is  the  dose  of  the  present  year,  and 
juch  is  the  opoauig  of  the  next  one.  The  \a»i 
hiL-i  hccn  an  eventful  one,  not  only  to  us  as  a 
people,  hut  to  the  worid  an  well,  and  what  other 
great  evfiits  may  eome  even  in  the  next  year, 
none  but  God  can  tell.  But  that  the  truth 
,  may  previul  will,  »n  i„ui  i,i  ^n,  is  our  constant 
\  nnpe. 

Lanmion  Wkst. 


THE    CHURCH    AT    WORK. 

Drur  liiitlncii ; — 

11  clcs?  of  the  year  1S77  seems  to  foretell 
.  a  glorious  future  for  our  brotherhood.  — 
Pea  e  at  home,  with  a  growing  interest  in  the 
subject  of  religion  a.s  presented  by  our  people, 
and  a  commendable  zeal  for  still  greater  effort 
by  the  church  itself,  is  a  prospect  most  encour- 
aging. 

Letters  from  brethren,  at  work  in  new  fields. 
North,  South,  East  ami  West,  show  that  the 
flume  is  spreading.  The  weekly  report  of  scores; 
of  accessions  is  a  living  witness  that  the  worl* 
w  well  appreciated  by  those  out-side,  and  the 
field  is  really  mdcning.  Miuistei-s  at  work  ni 
States  of  our  own  happy  country,  hitherto  un- 
touched by  us;  some  also  at  work  in  Canada: 
one  in  Old  England,  with  four  in  Denmark,  i- 
we  think  the  most  glorious  prospect  our  people 
have  ever  had.  It  is  certain  at  least,  that  it  i^ 
what  We  have  never  had  before.  Wc  know 
that  many  will  say:  " Thank  the  Lonl  for  it- 
Aiid  it  would  seem  that  our  people  are  now  de- 


FROM    GRUNDY    CO..    IOWA. 
Dnir  Birthrttt:— 

WE  feel  to  send  yon  a  a-port  of  the  meet^ 
ing.s,  lately  lieldat  our  meeting-house,  ten 
miles  West  of  this  place  (Grundy  Center).  On 
the  evening  of  the  fifth  of  January  our  dear 
brother  W.  J.  H.  Haiiman  arrived  at  our  meet- 
ing-house and  preached  for  us  that  evening,  lie 
continnpd  until  Thui-sday,  Jan.  17,  having 
all  twenty  meetings.  During  this  time,  twelve 
precious  souls  were  ninilo  to  feel  the  heaviness 
of  sin  and  hence  united  with  the  church  by 
baptism. 

We  are  just  now  impressed  n-ilh  a  few  woitls. 
spoken  by  one  of  these  young  siiid  tender  lambs 
to  some  of  his  young  comrades:  "  God  is  work- 
ing here,  thei-e  is  power  in  this  thing." 

Again  we  think  of  what  one  of  the  young 
sijtters  said:  "1  once  enjoyed  myself  in  sitting 
back,  and  ever>-  now  and  then  whisper  a  little 
to  my  young  comrades;  hut  now  I  want  to  hear 
every  word  that  is  said  by  the  minister.  My 
delight  i.s  now  in  that  direction." 

This  is  certainly  a  change  of  heart,  and  oh, 
liow  glad  we  are  to  hear  sueh  wonls.  they  are 
cheering  to  onr  poor  souls. 

On  the  evening  of  the  Hth  of  Jan.,  brother 
Uauman  eanie  to  Grundy  Center  and  preached 
five  sermons  for  us;  having  our  last  meeting  on 
Sunday,  the  'idth.  At  this  meeting  liro.  Wetz- 
el opened  in  the  German,  and  Bro.  Hauman  fol- 
lowed in  English,  and  in  the  closing  remarkt 
there  were  but  few  in  the  hou-'^e  hut  what  had 
to  shed  tears.  0,  what  a  feast  this  was  to  our 
poor  sonls!  We  could  look  forward  to  the  time 
when  Christ  shall  com*;  agiun  and  take  his 
faithful  children  home  to  glory,  where  we  can 
sing  the  sweet  song  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

Hro.  Bauman  goes  from  hereto  Marshall  Co., 
into  a  new  Held  of  labor.  May  the  good  Lord 
ever  be  with  and  help  him  to  preach  the  Word, 
so  that  many  ^innei-s  may  bo  called  home  to 
.Ie>iLis,  is  our  prayer.  Two  precious  souls  came 
out  on  the  Lord's  side  here,  making  in  all  four- 
teen, and  otheis  are  counting  the  cost.  May 
fhey  soon  come  and  drink  of  the  riches  of  God's 
grace. 

J.  M.  SmrnEB. 

aniii'lij  Cnik,:  Inini,  Jan.  ??.  ;W8. 


with  poles  and  sod.  This  mokes  the  stable.  — 
Pile  a  few  sod-,  around  in  a  square,  this  forms 
the  pig  jwn.  Then  the  chicken  house,  aUo 
made  of  mother  earth. 

Now  conies  the  dwelling  house,  not  marble, 
nor  frame,  nor  slaU,  nor  logs,  hut  earth,  moth- 
er earth,  primitive  mother  earth  makes  the  par- 
lor,  the  kitchen,  the  dining  hall,  the  bed  chiim- 
ber.  the  walls,  the  floors,  the  purlitiouw,  the 
foundation  and  the  roof. 

Now.  brethren,  when  you  smile  as  you  rearl 
this,  remember,  that  though  this  may  be  fun 
to  you.  yet  it  is  sti-rn  reality  with  thousandji  of 
us  on  the  frontier. 

But  our  Father  sends  us  this  message,  "  If 
we  love  Him,  He  will  come  and  make  His  abode 
with  us,"  and  no  ivservations  with  regard  to 
the  kind  of  houses  we  live  iji. 

But  death  also  finds  his  way  into  our  primi- 
tive dwellings. 

Scene:  A  little  house,  ten  feet  square,  a  little 
bedstead  of  poles  and  ropes,  a  bench,  aatove, 
an  earth  cupboani,  shelves  of  earth,  ceiling  of 
sun  flower  weeds,  poles  and  haj-,  earth  roof, 
earth  walls,  earth  floor.  For  toilet,  a  few  emp- 
ty bottles,  for  clothes  press  some  pegs  [driven 
nito  the  wall,  for  light  ii  few  pimes  in  "an  old 
sash. 

Hencftth  this  is  the  coffin,  covered  all  over 
with  mourning,  inside  the  remains  of  a  young 
man,  eighteen  yeara  of  age. 

Day  before  je.stenhiy  that  young  m;ui  was 
slightly  unwell.  Yestvrday  morning  he  rented 
across  the  bed  with  the  feet  to  the  stove,  nd^ed 
up  his  hea.1,  and  asked  hi.-*  father  for  mediei 
fell  back  and  was  instantly  dead. 

To-day  Bro.  G.irniim  preached  over  the  re- 
mains in  a  sod  achool-house  and  the  r.temper.i- 
ture  oitt,side,  standing  only  a  little  above  zero. 
But  inside  the  house  was  psu-kcd  with  wiu-ni 
hctu-ts,  symjiathetic  neighbore  and  eager  listen- 
ers. There  was  no  sleeping  in  church,  no  list- 
lessnoRS,  no  cold  indilferenee,  hut  eyex  that  gaz- 
ed anxiously  at  the  preacher,  ears  that  heanl. 
souls  that  seemed  huugrj-,  every  word  seemed 
to  strike  n  responsive  chord  in  the  cnngrega- 
lional  heart. 

After  iill.  Is  n't'lniiV prvfenible  to'  ea.sy7[aflliil 
ent.  rtdigioii-s  sloth. 

An; 


DIED. 

Ob.liurica  ihoQliI  b*  bri«f,  i „. 

paper,  and  it«pani«  from  &II  <i 

HAbI)KRMAN.-In  the  Lower  Trim  diMrirt 
ot  church,  Jan.  S.  1878,  brother  L^wi;.  HaU 
lermim.  companion  of  sist«r  KlizaMb  Hal- 
'Jerman. 

DecesiM-d  was  a  worthy  brother  ft>r  ni>. 
wards  of  forty  year.,  was  a  contii*t-ut  UK-tnlwr, 
kind  husband,  and  alTectionatfl  father  to  his 
hildren.  His  age  at  his  death  was  70  y.-un*,  9 
months,  and  one  day.  His  spirit  t.x»k  it.  flight 
to  God  who  gave  it,  and  his  binly  was  burinl  ia 
the  cold  grave  to  rest,  till  Christ  comes  to  raL-ie 
it^  and  fashion  it  like  his  own  glorious  b-cly. 

Brother  Halderman  was  afflicted  et-vrpily, 
but  boro  all  with  Christian  fortitude  to  lh»-  lagtl 
He  h;ul  no  desire  to  get  well,  uud  leaves  ji  kind 
companion  and  seven  children  livinK:  two 
daughters  and  one  sou  havuig  precede.1  him.  — 
His  remains  were  taken -to  the  nrethren'^-  meet- 
ing-house on  the  tenth  of  January,  followM  by 
a  very  large  number  of  sympathiring  friends 
and  neighbors  where  a  funeral  discoorw  was 
delivered  by  the  writer  from  Rcrelatiom.  U:  12, 
^^-  A.  YofscE. 

KUNYON. -Died    in    the    Hickory    Grove 
church.  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  2Jth.  1^7^.  sis- 
ter Lydia  Knnynn.  wife  of  Bro.   Heiir\   Itun- 
yon.  aged  nearly  .51  vears.     Diseiw.  droiwy 
I'uneral  services  bv  Bro.  Georee  D.  Z-dlai^ 
Text:  2nd  Cor.  1:  5. 
She  leaves  a  sorely  beavived  hiisljcm'!  and 
larnc  family  of  children  to  mourn  their  IosSl  — 
But  the  life  ;md  conduct  of  sbt.T  Lv.Iia  was  so 
that  we  have  reason  to  believe  that 'our  lom  is 
her  great  gain.  .].  Y.  Hwkleb. 

WESTI-'ALL.— On  .Ian.  13.  at  Mechanicsburg, 
Pa.,  at  house  of  Bro.  David  Neiswanger, 
Henry  Westfall.  aged  84  years.  7  months  and 
14  days.  Funeral  discouiwc  by  brother  Graj- 
hill  Myers. 

J.  B.  GXK^-KB. 


'ctionately  Your.-*, 

J.IMES  L.  Swir.(KB. 
Jeiirllf  A'l/HSrtjf,  Jiiii.  i;,  JS7M. 


CHURCH    NEWS. 


LIFE    IN    THE    WEST, 

/l,„r  lUrthrai:— 
U  rpilKiJK  shall  he  a  resurrection  of  the 
1     dead,  both  of  the  just   and  unjust" 
Acts  24:  15. 

This  was  the  text  to-day,  but  God  preached 
the  sermon. 

It  was  in  this  wise:  In  this  far  West  there 
wa"*  a  father  and  s(  n  They  lived  together  in 
a  sod-house. 

Did  any  of  my  eastern  brethren  ever  see  a 
^lod-house!'  Did  you  ever  see  a  "dug-out?" — 
Well,  "  necessity  is  the  mother  of  invention," 
and  poverty  sharpens  our  wits." 

1  remember  an  expression  made  by  my  father, 
wheu  he  first  landed  in  Iowa,  twenty-one  years 
ago.  He  raised  his  eyes,  looked  over  the  broad 
Ijrairie,  stretching  away  as  far  as  the  eye  could 
reach,  not  a  house  in  sight.  "  It's  no  wonder," 
said  he,  "  that  land  is  cheap  here,  there  is  so 
much  of  it." 

Now,  when  we  have  lots  of  land  and  nothing 
else,  we  must  put  forth  all  the  ingenuity  we 
can  muster  to  make  that  land  go  as  far  as  pos- 
sible. 

We  go  to  a  hill  side  and  "drift  in,"  cover 


CHRISTIAN^INFLUENCE. 

THIS  subject  has  been  brought  very  fori-ibly 
to  my  mind  lately  by  readin^r  one  of  Bro, 
Enoch  Rby's  letters  from  Europe,  in  which  he 
.stali-d  several  ohji'cfioiLs,  which  some  of  onr 
biethivn  have  to  the  DmiLsh  minion.  Wiiat 
■jreat  pity  that  some  brethren  seem  to  lie  so 
much  inclined  to  use  their  influence  rather 
to  hinder  than  lo  promote  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity. 

The  last  and  one  of  the  most  important  com- 
mands that  onr  Lord  gave  to  those  who  should 
proclaim  the  Gospel,  we  find  to  he:  "  Go  ve 
therefore  and  teach  all  nations."  In  this 
world  we  must  expect  to  meet  with  some  op- 
position,  when  we  undertake  to  hold  forth  the 
doctrine  of  our  blessed  Lonl.  But  we  iiix-some- 
tiuies.  may  I  not  say  many  times,  saddened  to 
find  that  tlnie  are  those  among  our  own  breth- 
ren who  are  more  ineliiU'd  to  discourage  thtui 
encourage  such  a  high  and  holy  undertaking. — 
It  is  probable  that  brethren  do  not  always 
think  beforehand  of  the  evil  influence  such  a 
couiNe  might  exercise. 

Our  brethren  who  are  expected  to  preach 
God's  Word,  need  all  the  encunragement  which 
a  sympathizing  and  devout  church  can  give,  in 
order  tltat  they  may  be  enabled  rightly  to  di- 
vide the  word  of  Truth  and  work  much  good. — 
It  is  not  likely  tliat  there  are  many  who  fully 
realize  the  amount  of  good  or  eril,  that  they 
may  accomplish  through  words  of  encourage- 
ment and  comfort;  or  words  of  censure  and 
disapproval  I  mean,  not  many  who  have  not 
learned  through  experience  the  important  les- 
son. 

How  much  better  if  our  brethren  in  Den- 
mark and  at  home  were  enconroged  by  a  sym- 
pathetic and  pitying  brotherhood,  than  that 
they  should  be  greeted  with  words  of  distnist, 
if  not  of  open  censure.  Let  ns  all  trj'  to  learn 
that  we  exercise  an  iufiuence  for  thcgood  of  mau' 
kind.  Let  us  study  well  that  we  may  intiuenci 
our  bi-ethren  and  the  world  around  us  to  do 
good  works:  we  are  responsible  cn.'aturcs  for 
every  deed,  thought  and  wonl  while  we  live  in 
this  world. 

J.  C.  Ul-KRY. 


ForR  things  are  grievously  empty;  they 
ore  a  hcml  without  Imiins,  a  wit  without  judg- 
ment, a  heart  without  liouesty,  imd  a  pui-se 
without  money. 


From  North  Coventry,  Pa.— I  have  some 
good  news  to  tell  you.  Bro.  Hetric  held  a  ser- 
ies of  meetings  in  our  chupch  at  LawrencerilJe, 
and  du-^ing  the  meetings  more  than  3i>  express- 
ed a  desire  to  unite  with  the  church.  They  are 
nearly  uU  young  people,  and  some  of  them  an 
very  young.  Tlieiv  was  nmih  infen'>f  mani- 
fested during  the  meetings  uud  I  think  there 
luv  some  more  that  are  almo-'t  persmulnl. 

The  meetings  clot^eil  list  Friday,  I  think  w 
will  soon  have  reries  of  meetings  in  our  chorch 
here  at  Coventr)-,  and  I  hope  that  the  interest 
which  has  lieen  awakened  \nll  increas*.-  from 
day  to  day.  Many  of  those  that  have  just  come 
into  the  church,  are  members  of  our  Sabbath 

liool.  and  I  think  the  Bible  class  of  which  I 
told  you  in  my  lust  letter,  nitl  be  the  means  of 
bringing  many  more  into  the  church.  May 
God  still  bless  and  prosper  you  in  your  sacred 

filing,  and  may  the  Hand  that  has  ted  you  in 
the  past,  lead  and  guide  you  still,  and  bring  yoa 
safely  to  the  end  of  the  race. 

Katib  H.  Steh. 

From  Watei-side,  Pa.— Elder  James  Qmn- 

ter  c.iine  to  labor  for  us  on  the  13th  of  Jan.  — 
Libon-d  on  the  evening  of  the  12th.  and  next 
morning,  at  10  o'clock,  in  the  Waterside  meet- 
ing-house, with  his  u*uiil  ze;il  and  warmth  of 
fwling.  Evenuig  went  to  the  Suowberget 
meeting-house,  where  he  labored  as  a  skillfal 
workman  in  the  Master's  cau^.  twice  a  day,  un- 
til noon  of  the  'iOth.  when  he  went  over  into 
Snake  Spring  Valley  to  vi«il  Eld.  Henry  Hersh- 
berger.  who  has  been  sick  for  some  time.  Wo 
had  a  time  of  refreshing.  Were  much  eneour- 
it^i-d  and  found  grace  to  help  ia  time  of  need. 
Nine  souls  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and 
were  planted  in  Gwl's  vineyard.  Many  more 
were  awakened  to  their  eternal  interest,  and 
Tire  now  counting  the  co*t  May  God  help 
them  to  dedicate  themselves  to  the  service  of 
the  LTd.  J  Z.  KkfI-oolb. 

From  New  Paris,  Iiid.— Though  I  am  bat 
an  imperfect  writer.  I  thought  of  penning  a 
few  thoughts  for  encouragement  of  the  saints. 
Myself  imd  Brv<.  Xlunt/.,  my  fellow-lubvirer,  so 
place<l  by  the  church  to  take  turn  with  brethren 
Vouncc  and  Neff,  to  avoid  di^ppointments  at 
home,  did,  as  we  frequently  doi.  a  little  prvack- 
iug  for  the  Loixl  and  to  the  people  in  our  spar* 
time,  outside  of  our  chureh  district.  According 
to  promise  we  went  to  Wiikarus:\,  an  inland 
town  of  about  thrve  or  five  hundred  inhabitant&. 
Four  or  five  different  churches  have  preach- 
ing here.  Held  a  few  meetings  mth  a  full 
house  and  the  best  of  order,  Bro.  Mettler,  a 
worthy  German  imd  English  siK-aker  .>i"  this 
district  being  with  us.  One  was  made  witlinf 
to  take  tho  cross  and  easy  yoke  of  Jesus. 

Dasisl  Suitklt. 


TliJ^    HRETIiKEiSr    ^T    ^^OKK. 


Febr 


nuiy 


From    Pinp  (  roi-k   (  hiirch.   Iiid.  — We 

agftiii  ukt  the  pleftsiirc  to  iriftrm  ibe  nadcra  of 
your  pnpcr  (hat  on  the  IClh  of  January,  IJr.>- 
Thiirnton  Miller  returnwl  In  the  C;eotcr  meeting- 
hou^p  in  rompany  wilh  Bro.  Dmiiel  'WbilnKT 
ftwm  the  South  Bend  cy>ng^rcgi»lion.  On  Friday 
Bro.  iMnitI  Rotlienhprjfcr  joinwi  in  with  us.— 
The  bn-thmn  continued  the  meeliiijrs  till  Sunday 
evenintj.  The  result  of  their  Inborn  were,  iiine 
biipti»:tl,  msking  fifteen  in  all.  This  jrives  iis 
ooumgc  and  we  hope  that  our  denr  brethren  will 
cverywlKro  eaniwlly  contend  for  the  faitli  once 
delivered  to  the  KoinU.  •!.  N.  1Jaknil4Iit. 

From  Pottstown,  Fa.  —  Thirty-one  men 
bom  were  added  to  th*>  Coventry  diurcli  in 
Chwl'T  Co.,  Pa.,  by  bftptimn,  on  the  third  and 
fourth  dnj-B  of  this  month,  fJaniiary)  and  six 
more  pmtponcd  bnptijim  for  the  prt-wut  on  nr- 
count  of  ill  health,  ctfl.  The  old  Oonpel  sbip  is 
stilt  n(li\it,  and  wc  trust  it  niny  Iidp  many  more 
ocn>'-*  the  oet-an  of  time  and  land  them  safely  in 
tlie  Ciddcn  Harbor.  .lonjr  Harlkv. 

Frmii  Lower  CiimlierlaiMl,  Pa.— jVs  church 
new*  M.  msd«inible,  I  tbouf'lit  a  few  worJsmijrlit 
bo  a'cj  jituble.  The  good  L/>ni  put  it  into  the 
heart  of  a.  feu-  dear  brethren  to  come  and  prendi 
for  u*.  The  roads  being  good  and  the  weather 
plwwnnt,  m'wt  of  the  time  tho  cougrOKations  were 
large,  attention  good,  and  we  think  the  brethren 
rewanlwl  for  their  kbont  of  love.  Twenty-four 
jirceion^  souls  were  mado  willing  to  fonafec  their 
Hinflil  wave,  turn  their  bnckn  t"  tlie  world  and 
their  faciTS  Zion-ward.  May  tliP  good  I^ord  belp 
them  t'<  K"  o".  n"<l  would  to  God  that  many  more 
miglit  be  pensuadcd.  H.  E.  M. 

Troni  Bcllti  Cre«k,  Nebraska.— As  I  have 
not  eeon  anything  from  here  lalcly,  I  thought  of 
penning  a  few  lines.  The  members  swm  to  be  all 
ill  love  and  union,  as  far  as  I  know.  We  have 
meeting  ever)-  iiccood  and  fourth  Sunday  of  each 
month,  by  A.  Taylor,  and  .1.  Eikcubcrry  is  willi 
UH  whenever  he  lia*  no  nppDintiiieuts  In  Oodgc  Co. 
One  preci'HiB  soul  baa  aecepltd  Chriat  since  lost 
Fall,  and  I  think  there  are  more  counting  the 
tost,  trusting  they  will  come  soon. 

C.  J.  Baiter. 

From  ('«liimbiftCit.v,  Iml.— On  the  evening 

of  .Ian.  12lli,  lirother  Jeseph  Lcedy  nf  Antiorh, 
Ind.,  met  with  tho  bretliivn  and  sinttTs  of  Culuni- 
bift  City  district,  nnd  eoninienced  meeting,  and 
continued  preaching  the  Word  with  power,  until 
the  evening  of  the  20tli;  when  be  preached  his 
farewell  xermon  lo  a  large  audience.  One  pre- 
cious Suul  wiu  made  willtiig  to  put  on  (Christ  by 
baplifin,  iind  niHoy  more  are  iilmo^l  ready  to  be- 
come Cliristinns.  Mny  God  speed  the  dny  when 
Uiey  will  be  made  willing  to  make  nn  ajipticalinn 
of  the  blood  of  Chriat  to  their  iireciotis  suuls. 
1).  A.  Workman. 


meeting.  We  believe  many  more  good  inipres- 
(ioaa  were  made.  It  has  caused  some  to  search 
the  Scriptuna,  that  were  careless  end  unconcerned 
before.  Urn.  Ixiehr'a  abilities  for  speaking,  were 
beyond  "ur  expectations.  He  is  a  very  zealous 
old  brother,  apparently,  nothing  but  the  love  of 
Ood  at  heart.  This  I  say,  because  a  fireside  chat 
genwaily  tells  where  a  brother  or  sifter '»  treas- 
ures are,  and  where  the  treasure  is  the  heart  will 
be  also. 

May  the  Lord  bless  him  with  health  and 
Ntrength  to  go  on  in  the  good  work  ;  warning  sin- 
nere  t-j  fl^v  the  wrath  lo  come,  and  gather  many 
into  the  told  of  Christ.  And  when  hia  labors  are 
ended  here  on  earth,  that  it  may  be  said  :  "  Well 
done  good  and  faithful  servant,  enter  thou  into 
the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 

Sarah  J.  Miller. 
Jan.  2S,  1878. 

Ffoin  Miami  Co.,  Oliio.— This  district  (Mid- 
dle; WHS  < 'igaiiiiEi-d  one  year  ngo  last  August.  At 
the  time  of  ilsorgauisialion  it  numbered  forty-four; 
since  that  lime  thirteen  have  been  added  by  bap- 
tism. There  were  officials  when  orgjiuized  ;  \h, 
fNimucl  Coppoek  an  minister,  and  Eli  Shearer  as 
ih-jicon.  Lust  Spring  we  held  nn  election  for  two 
more  derteons ;  the  lot  fell  on  Jncob  Etter  and 
David  i>"iknbiiri,'tr.  Last  fall  we  erected  a  nieet- 
ing-liou^i3  40x<'i(>  witli  boscnicuU  Although  with 
our  jn-osperity,  we  have  our  trials,  for  wc  are  sur- 
rounddl  by  almuiit  every  denoniinatiun. 

Sometimes  we  almxKit  feel  discourag<:d  while  we 
are  battling  against  sin,  fur  there  nre  so  many 
lliingi}  to  contend  with,  and  the  world  is  so  slow  to 
ncwpt  the  himple  plan  of  salvation  of  which  Je- 
dun  liiLH  given  to  us.  Brethren  pruy  for  us,  for  if 
we  knowoursiclvcii  we  will  walk  in  that  narrow 
way  that  Icada  to  eternal  glory.  13ro.  G.  V,  Siler 
wiw  with  ns  on  the  Ilth  and  preached  four  very 
interewting  sermons.  There  were  none  added  to 
church,  hut  wc  think  some  good  impressions  were 
made,  Mny  the  Lord  bless  him  in  his  ellbrta  in 
spreading  the  Gospel. 


O.  F.  YOITNT. 
Jan.  28,  1S7«. 

From  MarNliiill  Co.,  lowii.— Bro.  J.  W.  H. 

Jlaunmn  is  with  us  laboring  with  might  and  pow- 
er. May  Gild  crown  his  efforts  with  glorious  re- 
sults. The  Brethren  are  in  good  spirits,  feeling 
much  revived.  Health  gi'od,  weather  delightful. 
A.  M.  F.  Miller. 
Jan.  26,  I'^T.S. 


the  servanU  of  Goti.  Mny  she  be  kept  in  the 
hour  of  temptation  and  not  become  lukewarm, 
and  have  a  name  that  she  is  living  and  yet  is 
dead,  and  though  her  tribulation  and  poverty 
may  be  great,  and  the  devil  cast  some  of  y"  "J- 
to  prison  that  ye  may  be  tried  ;  yet  be  thou  faith- 
ful unto  death  and  thou  shalt  receive  a  crown  of 
life.    Amen. 

Our  tri])  to  Germany,  for  ecrlain  reasons,  has 
been  deferred  to  some  indefinite  time  in  the  luture. 
Circumstances  will  determine  the  time.  We 
have  receive*!  (juite  a  number  of  letters  of  late, 
fill!  of  encourageniout  to  perform  our  duly  in  the 
fiice  of  ail  opposition,  and  especially  to  go  to 
Germany  and  England,  giving  us  several  points 
they  wish  us  to  stop  lit,  with  all  needful  instruc- 
tions, for  which  we  feel  thankful  and  in  due  time 
will  comply,  if  the  Lord  will. 

If  our  dear  brethren  and  slaters  who  have  writ- 
ten lo  us,  do  not  all  receive  nn  answer  immediate- 
ly, we  hope  they  will  bear  with  us,  Some  do  not 
demand  an  answer,  yet  we  would  like  to  treat  all 
alike,  but  it  requires  considerable  time  to  give  all 
the  satisfaction  desired,  and  if  any  do  not  receive 
direct  reply,  rest  assured  it  is  not  for  tlie  want  of 
love  and  rcjipecl. 

Tho.<e  who  desire  ns  fo  stop  with  them  on  our 
return,  wishing  to  know  the  time,  clc,  will  be 
answcreil  as  aoon  as  we  decide  that  mnller. 

Our  health  still  continues  to  hcgooil.  fur  which 
we  try  to  be  thankful.  Winter  has  been  ndid  so 
far. 

youi-s  in  Much  Love, 

Enoch  Ehy 


those  blood-bought  souls  in  Tcx; 


praying   the  Lord  of  the  harvest   to 


;'^.»hohuv.u.^ 


"^"-i  tl,„ 


help,  that  they  might  In- rceoived  into  f-n  "" 
with  the  Father's  children.  And  I  ,  'H 
sUirt  for  this  new  field  of  labor  on  the  f  '"'  '*' 
February  if  God  pLTinit.  """^  df 

I  hope  that  I  will  have  the  prayew  of  all  /. 
people,  for  this  is  an  important  work      N     t"^' 
many  anxious  hearts  have  been  lifted  to     v""''* 
of  grace  already,  when  ihoy  read  the  apL)L|  '""* 
in  our  papers,  by  J.   W.  Chamber  of   "P     ""^^ 
would  say  again,  ^J"  "ot  cease  to  pruy,  dpj^?*'    ^ 
reu  and  sisters,  that  your  hnnible  and  weak  1 
er  may  have  strength  and  wisdom  to  nerfoh  ""?■ 
work  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  uplifli,j^  "f 
Master's  cause  in  that  new  country.  "  **' 

Any  wishing  to  correspond  with  me  vi\,-,  . 
Te-xas,  will  address  mo  at  Queen  Peak  M  *  '" 
Co.,  lesns.-^ Centrcvicw,  Mo.  '     '"""eue 

From  H.  Lillidis.— Subscribers  are  all    t 
cd  with  your  paper,  us  far  as  I  know.    Ti, , 
bers  hen;  are  iu  love  and  union,  thank  the  j  *"" 
We  have  been    bountifully  blessed  in  i]„. 
that  is  past,   both  spiritually  and  teniimra]|/*" 
There  were  nbont  thirty-five  member?  rcZ"  ^ 
liisL  year,  mostly  Sabhalb-scliool  scbolnri,  l  ,i-  . 
if  there  was   a    well-dirceted    efibrt    mudp   , 


az.E^]srijsrGS. 


Fi'om  Htiutlugdoii,  Intl.— We  had  a  very 
plea^iint  meeting  in  the  western  part  oftur  Dis- 
trict, which  continued  one  week.  As  a  reward 
of  nur  luhora,  seventeen  were  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism  on  the  20lh  Inst.  We  feel  encouraged 
lo  still  press  on  for  that  prixe  at  the  end  of  the 
race.  Viiu  have  our  prayers  for  your  success. 
A-sk  yours  in  return,  that  wo  may  hold  out  faith- 
ful  unto  ihu  end.  Yours  iu  hope  of  blissful  im- 
mortality. 

H.  K,  BiNKLEV. 

Jan.  2S,  1S7S. 

From  New  Enteriirisy,  Pa.— According  to 
previous  nnangcmcnls,  brother  James  Quintcr 
came  to  our  church  district  lo  lu.ld  a  series  of 
nicctlngg.  He  preached  at  WntiT.Mde  on  the 
evening  of  tho  12th,  and  on  the  l.'Jth  at  10  A.  M. 
Ou  the  evening  of  the  l^th  he  commenced  to 
preach  at  Enterprise,  (Snowherger  church)  and 
continueil  day  and  night  till  the  20th. 

During  ihiso  meetings  there  was  a  good  attend- 
ance, uud  I  do  no  injustice  in  saying,  that  we  had 
powerful  preaching,  and  wc,  brethren  and  sisters, 
all  felt  good  nnd  revived.  During  thwc  meet- 
ing* nino  precious  souls  came  to  Christ,  and  wc 
liavo  rea*on  to  btlieve  that  many  more  are  count- 
ing the  ciist, 

NOAU  B.  B1J3U0H. 

J'.n.  21.  i«7t;. 

From  Turkey  Creok  (iiiirch,  Ind.— W> 

number  ahmit  one  hundred  nnd  twenty-eight. 
Three  ministers  and  seven  deacons.  Received 
Bcventce-ti  by  baptism  liut  year.  Hope  we  can  re- 
cord many  more  than  that  number  during  this 
present  year.  Uro.  F.  Lochr  of  liloomiugdale, 
Mich,  came  lo  us  on  the  Sth  inst ;  next  day  (Sun- 
day) wc  t'">k  him  to  our  regular  meeting.  Preach- 
ing also  in  the  evening.  Continued  meeting  un- 
til the  'ioth.  On  the  2()th  he  bade  us  adieu  and 
went  to  fill  apiKiinlmets  in  another  district. 

We  have  no  raeeting-hou.se  here.  Held  our 
meeting  in  school-house*,  which  was  very  incon- 
venient, as  wc  could  only  have  meeting  at  night 
aud  on  Sunday.  Good  attention,  good  congrega- 
tions considering  the  inclemency  of  the  weather. 
Two  made  application  for  baptism  during  the 


FROM    ENOCH    EBY. 

IhiirBrrUimi.— 

OUli  second  (-'(inimunion  season  with   our   dear 
brelh; 


iren  and  sisters  in  Denmark  took  place 
on  the  sixth  day  of  Jauuarj',  and  hence  is  now 
among  the  things  of  the  past,  but  trust  not  soon 
t*i  be  forgotten. 

The  members  were  all  present  except  three,  who 
on  account  of  age,  bodily  infirmity  and  wet 
weather,  were  prevented.  The  day  being  rainy, 
not  very  many  people  assembled,  bu«  though  few 
in  number,  tlierc  were  still  more  than  on  the  oc- 
ciiiiiou  wlitre  Peler  siiid  :  "  It  is  good  to  be  here." 
So  we  wiire  made  to  feel,  and  althougii  we  did  not 
sliftro  the  same  halo  of  light  nnd  glory  and  the 
miuiifftitation  of  the  kingdom  of  God  in  tho  fut- 
ure, as  Peter  did,  we  think  all  present  saw, 
and  some  experienced,  something  that  directed 
their  minds  to  that  glorious  event  awaiting  the 
children  of  God, 

How  solemn  was  the  occasion  on  which  tlieSav- 
iorsald,  "I  will  no  more  drinU  of  the  fruit  of 
the  vine  until  I  drink  it  anew  with  you  in  my 
Fiither's  kingilom."  Sorrow  filled  their  hearts 
when  they  rciuenibcrcd  that  Jesus  was  going  to 
leave  them  and  that  their  next  meeting  would  be 
in  the  kingdom  to  come. 

Our  dciir  brethren  and  sistere  iu  Denmark 
seemed  to  be  Impressed  with  a  similar  thought 
aud  feeling,  our  attachment  to  each  other  having 
grown  strong,  and  the  thought  that  we  shall  no 
more  bo  permitted  to  cat  together,  till  it  he  (ul- 
tilU-d  in  tho  kingdom  of  Jeaus,  caused  a  solemnity 
to  jiervadc  our  evening  services,  which  can  be 
more  easily  imagined  than  expressed. 

Another  feature  which  added  much  to  the  sol- 
emnity of  the  occasion,  was  the  ordination  of  Bro. 
C.  Hope  to  the  eldership.  The  tears  were  shed  as 
freely  as  is  usual  in  the  chamber  of  death,  when 
some  kind  friend  is  about  breathing  forth  the  laal 
sigh  of  lil'c.  But  such  tears,  we  tliiub,  are  not  so 
much  the  result  of  sorrow  or  joy,  as  of  responsi- 
bility, and,  truly,  the  whole  scene  seemed  to  say 
to  us,  "  Wc  will  hear  one  another's  burden,  and 
ihu:,  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ," 

Tho  church  iu  Denmark,  in  answer  to  many 
prayers  of  tiie  snints  in  Amerlrn,  is  now  fully  or- 
ganized according  to  the  Gospel,  nnd  hence  prt- 
paretl  to  cany  on  the  work  of  the  salvation  of 
U.  and  the  |)erfecting  of  the  saints,  and  our 
pniyer  is,  they  may  never  lose  their  first  love,  nor 
ever  allow  the  doctrine  of  the  Nicolaltaug,  or  of 
Balaam,  or  suBer  the  woman  Jezebel   to  seduce  I 


From  D.  B.  NttU'gis.  —  I  will  iufcrm  you 
that  we  are  also  at  work  iu  tlie  Master's  vineyard, 
We  were  urged  ti  aid  the  Brethren  of  the  IJIuo 
River  Ditlritt,  Whitley,  Co.,  Ind,  lo  which 
assented,  nnd  commenced  on  Sunday  night,  the 
13th  of  January,  1»7S.  ContinUL^d  every  night 
'  until  Monday,  the  SIst.  On  Sunday,  the  2(lth, 
the  ice  being  cut,  we  baptized  twelve,  moslly 
young  people  and  children  of  the  Brethren,  this 
being  the  first  addition  to  that  arm  of  the  church 
in  three  years.  The  best  of  order  prevalleil 
throughout  the  meeting,  and  many  tears  ran 
down  the  clieeks  of  fathers  and  uiotheis,  to  sec 
their  guns  aud  daughters,  by  the  grace  of  God 
walk  into  Cedar  Lake,  led  by  an  old  gray-headed 
elder  sixty-seven  yeans  old,  and  tliere  bo  immers- 
ed. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  of  Blue  River  District 
are  industrious,  kind-hearted  and  zealous  in  the 
holy  religion'of  Christ  Jesus,  and  will,  no  doubt, 
feed  the  tender  Iambs  as  well  as  the  sheep,  and 
thereby  prove  that  they  love  Jesus.  I  promised 
them,  that  if  the  Lord  will,  I  will  visit  them 
again  the  third  of  March. 

To-morrow  I  go  to  Llgonier,  Noble  Co.,  to  hold 
a  series  of  meetings  with  the  Brethicu  there.  May 
the  grac-  of  God  abide  with  all  the  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  Christ  Jesus,  is  our  prayer.  — 
South  Bend,  Ind.,  Jan.  2«,  1S77. 

From  S.  C.  Meyer.s.— Seeing  in  your  paper 
that  elder  David  Keller,  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa., 
contemplates  locating  a  colony  in  Kansas  on  the 
lands  belonging  to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  R.  R..  we  would  like  to  know  if  ho  extends 
the  invitation  to  those  who  have  contemplated  go- 
ing west.  If  so,  there  are  more  brethren  who 
might  join  their  happy  hand.  We  write  these 
few  Hues  by  way  of  inquiry,  thinking  we  miglit 
get  more  information  and  particulars  of  the  brotli 
er,  as  lo  the  country.  — i?ojw6i(rj,  0,,  Jait  23 
1S78. 

From  B.  F.  3Iooma\v.— I  have  just  returned 
fr<im  the  vicinity  of  Chi  istiausburg,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Va.,  where,  in  company  witli  brother  Moses 
E.  Bruhaker,  I  held  a  short  series  of  meetings. 
We  had  meeting  Saturday  night,  Sunday  morn- 
ing and  night.  Monday  and  Monday  niglu  tho 
weather  was  very  inclement  and  the  roads  ex- 
tremely bad,  but  we  had  good  congregations  not- 
withstanding, anil  considerable  interest. 

It  was  announced  on  Sunday,  that  we  would 
discoui'se  on  the  form  of  Christian  baptism,  aud 
although  the  evening  was  ^uite  unpleasant,  we 
had  a  crowded  house,  and  interested  attention 
during  the  whole  time  of  lengthy  elioit,  aud  when 
dismissed,  the  fullest  demonstrations  of  approval 
were  exhibited.  Neariy  the  whole  congregation 
came  forward  aud  bid  us  farewell   with  a  hearty 


more  might  not  alnioiit,  but  altogether  ho 
ed  to  be  Christians. 


iilatiy 


[The  following,  mailed  at  ^Yawaka,  In^ 
plains  itself.     Ko  name  nor  post  ollice,  hL'ii(.n' 
not  be  attended  to.     Writers  should  be  cnrdiil 
attend  to  these  esscutials. — Eds.] 


Brother  EKbelnmu,  I  would  like  if 


you  ffouij 


just  send  ttie  pa])cr  on,  for  we  think  it  ven- 
e-tting,  but  wo  have  not  the  money  now.    A,  j^^ 
we  as  get  it,  wc  will  send  it  to  you,  and  will  ,i 
helbre  May. 


NOTICE! 

A  Panii.hlet  of  eighty-eight  pages,  provin,- 
that  the  Scriptures  do  not  teach  tlie  doctrine^ 
Universal  Restoration. 

The  price  is  reduced  to  only  nine  cenis,— 
Any  one  sending  three  3-cent  stamps,  ivill  receive 
the  above-named  pamphlet.  The  reduced  price 
will  not  inst  long;  therefore  scud  on  your  oMm 
xow,  if  you  want  them  filled  at  the  above,  kit 
rates.     Address : 

O.  F.  YOUNT, 
TippKCANOE  City,  Miaiii  Co,,0. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


shake  of  bands,  and 


many   eyes  were  moist  willi 


Mars,  aiKl  the  enpict-siou  of  a  number  show  us, 
thot  they  intentl  to  serve  the  Lonl. 

To  linve  remnincil  longer,  woiiUl  nnrbmbtcclly 
have  been  attended  willi  good  results,  but  eircuni. 
stances  did  not  i)ennit  us  to  do  so.  May  the  Lord 
ordain  all  fur  good. 

From  A.Hutthiiisou.-Byycu.  permission 
1  will  inform  your  readers  thai  by  the  aid  of  the 
f:iithful  brethren  and  sisters  in  Colorado,  I  am 
noiv  enabled  to  set  out  ou  a  mission  of  love  to 


A  Florida  paper  remarks  with  nstonlshiuent 
that  frost  was  yi!>ible  in  every  part  of  the  fjlal« 
during  the  week. 

A  Special  from  Norfolk,  Va.,  saj-s  tliot  the 
whole  Roanoke  River  country  is  laid  waste  by 
the  recent  floods,  and  presents  a  startling  (cene  of 
devastation-  Those  who  have  been  up  uud  down 
the  river,  say,  the  farms  along  Its  course  for  one 
or  two  miles  back  are  nearly  destroyed,  Fann 
houses,  barns  and  stables  are  swept  away,  and 
fences  destoyed. 

A  most  noted  monk.  Alcoin,  occupied  himself 
twenty-two  years  in  transcrihing  a  copy  of  the  fa- 
cicd  Scriptures  for  the  Emperor  Charlemagne. 
This  interesting  relic  is  now  In  the  British  Mu- 
seum, and  is  valued  at  £750. 

A  mile  long  petition,  containing  BO.OOO  signa- 
tures, has  been  sent  to  Parliament  from  Ireland, 
asking  that  the  Ihjuor  saloons  be  closed  on  Sun- 
day ill  that  country. 

ToEMayor  of  Pittiil)u:-gli,  Pa.,  who  ImpriMU- 
ed  the  crusading  ladies  a  few  years  ag-j  for  img- 
ing  Christian  hymns  on  the  sidewalks  before  liquot 
saloons,  is  now  serving'  a  long  terra  in  a  W'tsim 
penitentiary. 

A  correspondent  of  thi'  Dailij  Xcm.\f\w\t^ 
Erzeroum  just  before  its  investment,  telci'iaph* 
that  the  town  is  now  a  little  better  than  a  liugs 
hoapitol.  About  a  hundred  soldiers  dlcdBily.nu'' 
two  or  three  are  frozen  to  death  every  ni;:lit.  Ty- 
phus lever  ia  raging. 

A  rich  discovery  was  made  on  the  12lh  lusl,  " 
the  Ranta  mines,  a  short  distance  West  of  I'eubH 
Colorado.  Mr,  Mann,  an  old  prospector,  striicka 
lode,  the  ore  from  which  as-^ays  the  enoruiou*  sum 
of  812,600  in  gold  and  8  LlOO  iu  silver  pir  loa. 
There  is  a  great  excitement  in  the  camp. nud many 
are  ruahing  to  the  scene  of  the  neiv  discovery. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

IMy  pussengpr  train   going  oust  Ipbvm  LaLsrli    el  1— 
v.  M.,  iinii  arrives  iu  Kiiduoal  tl:«  I'.  ^-  ,      „  ,,» 

Uiiy  passt-ngcr  truiii  going  ivput  loiivos  LnnnrB  nl  J-  '"  *■ 
M.,  mid  itrrivps  i>I  Itook  lal«nrf  al  !>:50  P-  M.  ^^ 

Niulit  passenger  iruiiin,  guing  oiwl  anJ  wmI.  u)'       „ 
lcu»c  Liiuoik  al  ^:21  A.  M  ,  nrriTing  in  HociuC  »'  ■'• 
A.    M.,    nnd  at    Itook  lalnnd  al  0:00  A.  M.  ( 

"■■roight  and  Acoommodulion    Trnius    "ill   run   ««' 
1^  :  S6  v.  M..     10:  60  A.  M..   «nJ  12-  -i\^-  -"• 
cust  nl  4 ;  10  A.  M..  1  1'.  M.  anil  4 :  W  I"  ^^  ......netr 

TiokeW  oro  sold  for  above   Iraine  only.    ^»    ,j°n. 

iruins  loftho  close  ooaiieclioa  at  WoBtera  l'u."U  J"""' 

Q.  A.  Bmrn.  *«""• 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


-B,l,oU  I  Brhuj   Y.m  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy^  which  S/uiU  be  unt4>  Alt  People."  ~^Lvk^  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  14,  1878. 


No.  7. 


The  Brethren  at  Work,  bretuukn  at  wouk  of  dcc,  hu.. 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


J.H.Moore,  S.  H.  Bashor,  M.M.Eslieliuaii. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


n.  VANIUA 


,.  jieXTZEK. 


JIATTIK 


LA.DOQA,  ISTl, 

-  SF.WTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  VIIIIJEN,  ILL. 

-  WAYSESliORO,  PA. 

-  URB.VJJA.    ILL, 


laiSSIONARY    CAI^li    FSOM    DEN- 
MAKK  AND  OTHEit  CO  JNTRIES. 


HAHK!    I  hi-ur  a  wail  of  anguish. 
'  Tis  the  iiiissioiiiiry  crj-; 
Conit*  ye  bvethven,  sUtere  beli)  us 

Is  the  burthen  of  the  sigh, 
"  Must  we  perish, 
When  salvation  is  so  rfgli  ■'" 

Lo, '  tis  Deiimiirk'.'*  sous  mid  duughtei-s, 

Lift  to  us  this  jjluiutive  cry; 
Thii«  w*'  ^^'"^  iicross  the  waters, 

Mini-itci-s  of  the  Most  High: 
'  Tis  tlie  (ioppel 

That  can  all  their  wants  su|tply. 

And  from  Norway's  worldly    boundaries, 
WhispL'rinij  brt-pzes  wuft  the  sigh; 

Haiti;,  ye  lierjkls  of  salvation, 
Lo!  to  you  M'e  lift  our  eye; 

Must  we  languisli — 
Perish  '  neath  this  barren  sky? 

Tlins  from  foreign  land  resonudeth, 

Calls  we  must  notdisobey; 
Since  the  Lord  to  every  nation, 

Wilis  the  light  of  Gospel  day; 
Free  salvation, 

Shall  they  still  in  bondage  stay? 

Fathers,  have  you  not  an  Isaac? 

Pay  unto  the  Lord  your  vow: 
He  who  gave — forever  faithful — 

Wills  that  you  restore  him  now; 
At  His  altar. 

Freely  to  the  mandates  bow. 

Mothers,  bring  that  cherished  daughter, 

(Ah,  what  liquid  pearls  I  see). 
She  mny  win  a  sou  to  Jesu3, 

Feeble  though  her  efforts  be; 
Whnt  a  jirivilego 

Then  to  labor  Lord  for  thee. 

Haste,  though  neither  son  nor  daughter 

(Jewels  of  the  heart  that  be). 
Still  He  calls-oil,  hear  Him  gladly, 

"  With  your  treasures  honor  me; 
Ope  your  eoffere 

Li-t  your  'golden  eagles'  free." 

'  'iMvard,  onward,  speed  them  onward. 

t  I'l-r  the  land  and  o'er  the  sea: 
''lirist  and  dying  heathen  need  them— 

Givi'  and  your  reward  will  be 
By  tin;  viver 

Of  «iUvation.  full  and  free. 

laft  your  eyes,  behold  the  harvest, 
Kipeiiiiig  in  each  heathen  cUme; 

Strengthen  thou  the  weary  laborers. 
They  hiive  clninis  on  thee  and  thine; 

yiicn  together 
Stars  m  glory,  ye  shall  shint-. 

CHRISTOLOGY    VS     CREED- 
WORSHIP. 

liY  r.  II.  IIALMIAIOH. 

A  WELL-BELOVED  ambassador  of  Christ 
■tV.  has  called  mv  atU'ntiuu  to  an  article  in 
tlie"/^r/?/,./,7„y"*  of  January  2nd,  ISVS,  en- 
titled "  Ihiiihuul  Theohfjij."  The  writer  has 
withheld  his  name,  which  in  view  of  the  char- 
acter of  the  article",  is  significant.  Its  falsity 
"nd  shallowness  are  no  conspieuous.  that  it  is  a 
Plenftnn-  to  jwcribe  it  lo  soik.1)Y.  It  i»  meant 
'«  wi-rhaul  my  exposition  of  John  10:  3,  in  the 


., ,  The  wriU-r  ,  sense  thrust  upon   the  world  as  the  New  Tes- 

smus  terribly  n«use.ded  at  the  thought  that  tmnent  If  that  act  was  the  expression  of  feal- 
John  the  Harbmger  admitted  "  the  Incarnate  ty  to  a  Father,  I  submit  the  awful  cuestion  to 
Ood  p.n|onally  »Uo  the  inclosur.  of  Grace."  any  «ane  mind,  whether  Jesu«  Christ  could  have 
lie  nwH  lo  such  a  pitch  of  holy  horror  that  ho  |  been  saved  without  it; 
Us  in  the  aid  of  an  oxchtmation  point  to  em- 


phiLsi/o  his  deep  sense  of  mortification.  He 
asks  in  child-like  iLstonishment,  what  is  intend- 
ed by  the  "inclosuro  of  Grace?"  Has  he  ever 
heard  uf  the  Church  of  Christ?— of  «  Divine 
coriioration  on  earth  into  which  weenter  by  baj)- 
lism  ?  Has  he  forgotU-n  that  the  great  Kxpnund- 
er  of  the  Divine  Mind  was  speaking  of  a  Fold 
wliich  //r  eonalracted,  and  into  which  }!<■  ni. 
U-ir,l>     Will  he  cavil  witli  the  arranguuu-nt  of  ]  in. 

Ilim  who  '•  .pake  .Ls  nc.v.r  man  spakeV    The  ,  bunkard  exposition,  the  blessed  Lord  was  mis- 
'-nurcn   IS  not  salvation,    but  its  inslrumeut. ' 


God's  wll  luid  right- 
eou»ne.ss  are  synonymous,  and  His  security  rests 
on  fidelity  to  obligation  no  less  tUun  the  mean- 
est of  His  intelligent  creatures.  The  return  of 
the  Son  to  the  I'ather  was  as  much  dependent 
on  obedience  as  ours.  There  is  not  one  way  for 
the  Head,  and  another  for  the  body. 

Because  I  spoke  of  Baptism  ns  the  entrance 
to  the  enclosure  of  Grace,  this  critic  dechires 
that  Christ  is  degraded  fvom  the  dignity  of  be- 
tlie  Door  Himself.     He  sa>- 


sny  ye-s,  or  no.     Either  forever  sil«ice  Paul,  ig- 
noa-  ChrUt,  and  s.iy.  the  Bible  w  amyth.  orel*r 
be  a  follower  of  Paul;  because  he  was  a  follow- 
er of  ChriBt. 
Longtnoni,  Colo. 


A  PUZZLED  DUTCHMAM. 

A\\1S(M)N.SIN  paiKT  contiiinB  the  foiloi 


"  1>  are  the  Hffhl  uf  thf  tiorUI.  ye  are  the  mlf 
'f  Ihf  cnrth."  Not  in  anij  position,  but  in  (hat 
position  wliicb  God  has  or\hiined.  Christ  came 
not  to  set  aside  His  own  provisions,  but  to  hon- 
or and  e.valt  them.  Because  the  AU-lioly  wils 
outsde  the  visibly  institution  to  which  baptism 
is  the  induction,  this  critic  takes  a  long,  blind 
stride  to  (ho  silly  conclusion  that  He  must  have 
been  j(c«'Wcj(8(lrior  to  that  entrance.  Here  is 
logic  that  shows  the  moral  lunacy  engtMidered 
by  mau-woi-shii)  and  self-idolatry. 

Bei:iiu-ie  lins^st^^'d  on  Huptisni  in  the  case  of 
Christ  in  order  to  sanction  an  objective  rite  of 
Di\iue  iippoiJitnicul,  and  reveal  his  relation 
both  to  God  and  man,  this  critic  at  once  infei-s 
"that  He  was  baptized  in  tmtcr  to  eiijuij  i\w 
(iracp  '>/  Ond."  Is  this  only  ignonmce,  or  is  it 
delil)in-ate  pervoraion?  Christ  wils  the  Son  of 
God  bifn-t:  his  assumption  of  Human  nature. 
Did  thii  do  away  fhe  necessity  of  the  Incar- 
nation? Christ  was  the  Liinib  ofGod  hefuir  His 
baptism.  Does  this  render  baptism  nugatory 
in  relation  to  His  pror.pective  ministry?  If 
the  Church  is  not  the  iuclosureof  Grace,  what 
kind  of  an  inclosnre  is  it?  .X'o^  of  Grace?  Is 
it  a  human  shanty,  s«-parating  the  elect  from 
the  wolves  of  eiu-th  and  hell,  into  which  wi 
may  enter  or  not,  as  self-will  inclineji  us,  or  in- 
to which  We  can  climb  some  other  way,  and 
not  by  the  Door?  He  continues:  *'  Hiul  Chi-ist 
either  faihd  or  refused  to  have  been  baptized, 
notwithstiuiding  His  Divinity.  He  could  not 
liavf  been  saved."  -  This  is  to  be  a  clinching 
negative  of  the  intimation  that  He  could  nut. 
What  language  this  for  a  man  who  not  on- 
ly claims  iiitelliyence  enough  to  act  the  critic, 
but  assume.^  the  high  function  of  spokesman 
for  Jehovah.  Uud  Cluist  failed  or  refused  to 
support  and  confirm  His  own  onlinnnces,  He 
would  have  belied  all  His  pretensions  to  Di- 
vinity. A  more  outrageous  violation  of  com- 
mon sense  1  never  met  with  than  the  affirma- 
tion of  a  Divine  Being  neglecting  or  refusing 
the  enactment  of  Divinity.  Such  a  contradic- 
tion would  not  only  oxehide  Christ  from  salva- 
tion, but  wiiuM  tumble  the  Ktermd  Throne  and 
its  .'VugiiM  Oceujiunt  into  Hell,  \\s  it  would 
leave  not  a  particle  of  Hightcousuess  iu  the 
Uiiiverae.  In  tiiis  very  act,  which  this  sorry 
critic  suppose!*  has  notliing  to  do  with  the  pres- 
ervation of  "  the  Mn»  Christ  Jeitu-s'  the  God- 
man  HiuLself  announces  tin'  ground-principle 
of  safety  for  all  moral  being,  God  included; 
"  TBI'S  (V  bfometh  u»  to  fulfill  all  RIOBTBOI'S- 
SKSS."  "  There  wan  a  man  ^etttfrom  God  whose 
name  wa*  John."  Here  is  authority  which 
nooe  can  gainsay  with  impunity. 


taken  when  He  said,  lam  the  Door."  This 
man  is  not  only  blind  us  to  the  .S/<i>i(  of'tbe 
truth,  biit  he  oven  abuses  tmd  falsifi'-s  the  dead 
lett»?r.  Let  Christ  speak.  He  not  ijnly  says. 
"  /  am  (hf  Ihio',"  but  with  equal  pei-spicmty 
and  emphiusis.  "  He  that  entbrkth  is  hy  the 

DOOR  IS  THBanKl-HKItliOF  THK  SHEEP."      "I  AM 

THKGOOD  SHKPHEHD."  If  this  will  not 
satisfy  any  candid  critic,  even  God  speaks  in 
vain.  Christ  enters  through  Himself,  being 
both  Door  and  Shepherd. 

In  couclusiuu,  my  monitor  ultcsrs  His  horta- 
tory ejaculation:  "  May  the  Lobw  ijeijvf.h  the 

WORLD  FROM  SITU  EXPOSITION  OK  GOd's  Woill)— 

81'CH  BLASPHKMIES."  The  underscoring  is 
mine.  I  have  testified  of  .Jesus.  I  have  refer- 
red to  principles  that  form  the  foundation  of 
the  Divine  Throne,  and  constitute  the  essence 
of  the  Divine  character,  and  without  wliicli  Je- 
sus had  come  in  the  flesh  for  naught,  or  having 
come  cfinld  not  have  "  ascended  to  where  He 
was  before:"  and  yi-t  a  poor._self-*iullicieut.  Gos- 
pel-mangling mortal  dares  tocry  out— ''SUCH 
BLASPHEMIES." 

My  inmost  soul  weeps  at  the  necessity  of  ad- 
ministering such  severe  correction  to  a  fellow- 
mortal;  but  this  poor,  deluded  man  needs  help, 
tis  do  thousands  of  others  who  grope  in  the 
same  darkness.  I  humbly  lioiie  he  will  meek- 
ly and  prayerfidly  re-consider  his  rash,  ignorant 
criticisms  and  his  foul,  unchristian  epithet  iu 
relation  to  Christ  and  his  incarnate  nnnisfiy. 
and  be  heartily  ashamed  of  himself,  and  never 
repeat  his  oflense  against  "  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel."  May  we  all  look  to  Jesus  only,  then 
we  may  be  Brethren. 

PENCIL  MUSINGS. 


KUMKEU  IV. 

PAUL  says,  "he  ye  followers  of  me  even  iw 
I  aho  am  of  Christ."  It  doesn't  take  any 
argument  to  prove  Paul's  upostU-ship.  but  it 
does  take  considerable  argument  to  prove  what 
Paul  said,  is  a  thus  saith  the  Lord.  Some  peo- 
ple seem  to  be  great  reasoners.  for  they  say.  that 
Paul  meant  that  the  hair  on  the  woman's  hejid, 
is  tile  only  covering  that  is  meant  by  Paul. 
Their  argument  is  this:  ''But  every  woman  that 
prayc'th  or  propheweth  with  her  luiir  oa  Im- 
hi'nl  di*honoreth  her  head,  for  that  is  even  alt 
ime  as  if  she  liud  her  linir  nff  hrr  ktad;  for  if 
the  woman  have  no  hair  on  her  head,  let  her 
have  it  taken  off  of  her  head  (1  Cor.  U:  5,  6). 
This  is  the  way  they  batcher  it  up,  and  yet  still 
worse  when  thev  contend  for  the  natural  cov- 


iM  to  UAITIZF.  <'^c"  Here  is  an  lulmiuistrar 
tion  that  God  it<  bound  ih  honor.  Is  man 
privileged  to  neglect  or  refuse?  Did  Jesus 
requfit  this  Divine  symbol  at  the  hand  of  the 
M:ijor  prophet  as  an  idle,  unnecessary  ceruinouy 
in  His  ciw.  or  .-is  u  niatter  of  obedience  in  His 
Father's  will?  Ponder  and  tremble  before  you 
answer.  If  the  "  man  sent  from  (lod."  who 
ImptimHt  by  God's  direction,  adniinisl.-red  to  the 
Eternal  Wurd  what  that  Word  had  \'njoincd, 
without  expre**  refurene*;  to  the  V^ither's  will, 
there  never  wa&  aucli  n  volume  of  cruel  uou- 


Thi»    same    John    says.    "  He    that    sent    ering  which  is  given    to  the  woman,  but  to  fol- 


low tlie  dictates  of  nature.  Paid  says,  "  we 
\\aYQ  no  such  custom,  neither  the  churcheii  of 
God." 

Well  we  will  lejtve  the  subject  with  you;  for 
Paul  is  not  much  with  some  people  anywi^-,uo 
more  than  the  singing  of  Tom  Thumb  is  with 
a  two  year  old  babv.  and  if  w«  were  to  wear  onr 
IK-neil  out.  iR-nciling  the  sayings  oi  "old  fogj' "' 
I'.ml.  some  would  cry,  i'jnxrnnrf,  iijHomnrf.  But 
who  is  that  faithful  and  wise  servant  whomthe 
Lord  shall  find  m>  doing?  Jesus  says,  the  Lord 
will  make  him  ruler  over  all  he  katb.    Never 


ng  good  story: 

One  who  does  not  believe  in  immenion  for 
baptism  wun  holding  a  protracted  meeting,  and 
one  night  prea.;hed  on  the  !.ubj.vt  of  l«pti«m 
In  the  course  of  hU  rvraurks  he  said,  wme  be- 
nling  to  1  licve  it  lucessarv  to  go  down  into  the  water. 
and  come  up  out  of  i(,  to  be  baptizM.  But 
this  he  flairaed  to  be  a  fallacy,  for  the  [.f-pan- 
tiim  '•  into"  of  the  Scriptures  should  be  render- 
ed differently,  as  it  does  not  mean  into  at  lUl 
times.  "  Moses,"  he  said.  "  we  arc  lold.  went 
up  into  the  mouutuin.  and  the  Savior  wtw  tak- 
en into  a  high  mountain,  etc.  Now  we  do  ui>t 
suppose  that  either  went  into  the  roonntwin, 
but  upon  it.  So  with  going  into  the  water,  it 
meaus  simply  going  down  close  by  or  near  t,> 
the  water,  and  being  baptized  itt  the  onlinar^- 
way— bv  sprinkling." 

He  carried  this  idea  out  fully,  and  in  due  sea- 
son and  style  closedhis  discourse,  when  an  in- 
vitation was  given  to  imy  one  who  felt  dispusp-1 
to  rise  and  express  their  thoughts.  Quit«  a 
numlier  of  the  brethren  arose  and  said  thai 
they  were  glad  that  they  had  been  prt-sent  on 
the  occasion,  that  they  were  well  pleased  with 
the  sound  sermon  they  had  just  heard,  and  felt 
their  souls  greatly  blessed.  Finally  a  corpulent 
gentleman  of  Teutonic  extraction,  a  stranger 
to  all.  arose  and  broke  a  silence,  that  was  most 
prunful.  as  follows: 

"Mister  Breather,  I  ish  so  glad  I  vash  her.- 
to-nig!it.  for  I  has  had  explained  to  my  mind 
solne  things  I  never  could  beleif  before.  We 
nwl.  Mister  Breacher.  that  Taniel  vas  cast  into 
the  den  of  lions,  and  came  out  ulife  !  Now  I 
never  couhl  pelief  dat,  for  de  wilt  peasts  would 
ahust  eat  him  up  right  off:  put  now  it  ish  ferrj- 
clear  to  my  mind,  be  was  shust  close  py  or  near 
to,  and  tid  not  get  into  de  den  at  all.  0.  I  vash 
so  gl,-id  I  vas  here  to-night  I 

Again  we  read  dat  de  Hebrew  children  vas 
cast  into  de.firish  funiacp,  and  dat  air  always 
lookeil  like  a  big  story  too,  for  they  would  have 
been  purut  up;  put  it  ish  all  plain  to  my  mind 
now,  for  they  werv  shust  cist  close  py  or  near 
to  de  firish  furnace.  0,  I  vash  so  glat  I  va.-. 
here  to  night! 

And  den.  Mister  Breacher.  it  is  siaid  dat  Jona 
vitsh  cast  into  de  sea  and  into  de  whalish  pellv. 
Now  I  never  could  pelief  dat.  It  seems  like  a 
peek  feesh  storj-.  put  it  is  all  pltun  to  ray  mind 
now,  he  vash  not  taken  into  de  wh;ileish  i^Aly 
at  all.  put  shust  shumpedouto  his  p,ick  and  rode 
ashore.     0.  I  vash  so  glut  I  vash  here  to-night  I 

And  now.  Mister  Breacher  if  yon  will  shust 
explain  two  more  bassoges  of  Scripture.  I  shall 
pe,  0  happy,  dat  1  vash  here  to-nightl  One  of 
them  is  vei-e  it  saish  de  vieked  shall  be  cast  in- 
to a  lake  dat  burns  mit  Sre  and  pr.mshtone  al- 
vaj-s,  0!  Mister  Brejicher,  sh.'ill  I  ije  cast  into 
that  lake,  if  I  am  vieked.  or  shust  near  enough 
to  be  comfortable?  0  I  hope  you  tell  me,  I 
^hall  pe  cast  shnst  py  a  good  Vay  off,  uud  I  rill 
p.-  so  gWl  I  vasli  hen*  to-night. 

The  other  bassage  is  that  which  sauah.  Blessed 
are  dey  who  do  these  commandments,  dat  dey 
may  have  a  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  ent«r 
in  through  the  gates  into  the  city.  0!  tell  mv 
I  shall  get  into  the  eit>-  and  not  shust  cla»e  py 
or  near  to.  shust  near  enough  to  s««  vat  I  hare 
hist,  and  I  shall  be  so  glat  I  vas  heiv  to-night." 

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Matv>-  human  creeds  have  been  uievnted,  yet 
God.  and  His  Word,  lurrr  ohtmge*.  He  is  the 
same  urslntlnff^To-mx,  mid  KOKKVKR.  RmJ- 
er.  feil  not  to  obey  in  all  jioinhs.  for  if  you  iKiii* 
thi.'  fuliilling  of  the  L.'tw  iu  onr  fxtint.  yoii  i> . 
be  held  accountable  for  the  whole. 


BRETHREJ^    ^T    M-'OHKl. 


Febp 


«iith  their  Ixials  iiwiiy. 


A«  tlii-v Jimiith  their 

n  y<m  ^i<'  U>o  wi'nk  to 


L^  ilia  lauiiuLu 


joiiriii'V 


Viri  laii  -tMiKl  within  llio  valley 

W'diWHt"  nrrtWilm()«"ff(iby:  ' 

V-<iu«iin  clmliMli  Jwiipy  liiHWifrM  I  ' 
-il'.i  lAa.ftliey: wlowiy  (lii^'albngr'  '■'■"■ 
Though  Ih.-y   may  forgoi  theaiagar,! 
Thpy  will  iiot  lorgot  the  wmg.  '. 

It  yo\i  liitvr  nrrt  Kttid  (Trsilvor 

IKv'fti'TaalyUo  (wviidniinil,  '    -   ' 
If  you  cannot  towtirtl  llu-  needy 
,  ri,  '  Hftucii  au  owrwopen  Imml, 
You  can  vmi  tht'  afHjcbeJ. 

O'er  the  crrinff  you  can  wii  i>: 
"You  can  be  a  frue  discijilo 
Silting  at  flie  Miistor's  iV-et. 

If  you  cannot  hi  the  conflict 
Prove  yourself  a  aoldifr  true, 
I     If,  where  Hiv  and  suiolce  niV'  thickest, 
I     ■  THeiVa  no  work  for  you  to  do, 
■  When  the  battle  lield  is  fiilpiit 
You  can  go  with  careful  tread, 
You  can  bear  away  tho  wnnmiwl. 
You  can  covor  up  tho  (leiul. 

Bo  jiot  tlieii  stand  idlj-  waitiii;^ 

For  soiufl  greater  work  to  do: 
Fortaue^is  a  lazy  gtMUtesfi, 

Sliu  will  never  coine  to  you. 
Qo  and  toil  in  any  vineyiird, 

Do  not  fc-ur  to  do  or  dure; 
If  yoti  want  a  field  of  labor, 

Vnu  can  find  it  anywhere. 

Selctited  by  J.Hf  Nbff, 


THE    LITERAL    MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN  RELIGIOUS 

FAITH    AND    PRACTICE. 


■  TIioij  slialt  fjuido  me  witlilliy  couus<.d,"-r- 

(iVidms'':?:^)   \,''J    [  \    '     \    .  ■  \  , 

__,_^^  ,      .     j  ...^Jfuj^iucu  ui.    ;|  ._ 

i  '-G^'.  I^(}puli1(r<-(f2nn'iOti  is  not  a^trnfal- 

^f^fhfc  fivktfi  htvnWfn-s-  nf  YcVirjimiA  fa)ih 
ai»l  /'furfi.',-.      I..KMl.-]Miiii.ii  ni;(y  M.iiu- 

tim-'r^  111'  nil   ihr  sh1<.  i.r  I'l-ll'.  I,U1,  ill.'   |inp. 

iilaropiiiidn  of  the'Wov!<!  m-wv  ha-i  ln-rii 
ami  uoyc'f,  will 'bo    in  t;n  wr  i.l'  [niili  nii- 

iil  (lie  "  kiujtrduiiisot'  this  worlil  "  l"Ti.inc 
"llic  kiiigiioniH  of  our  Loi-ii  uml  llj^ 
('lirl-.-!.^'  The  irrt'at  mnjority  nt'  niaii- 
kiiul  iM-'l,'iy  .'in'  IV'jnis  ami  itifi.k-ls, 
wliuse  .-•(■iit.iiiK-iit.s  are  ;!.■*  contnicy  to 
Chaistimi  trutji,  ^as  diu-kness  is  to  light, 
aaiilj  if,  we  tuUt  aa  impartial  survey  of 
'prAfeawid  Chritntt-HKiotii^  we  find  the  ijrent 
'mn*s  "  hare  it  nrtinp  to  live  "  wliile  tiiey 
ufr  ''dead  iu  ti-espn's-^i-s  .■nn!  >iiis.''  Tht^y 
ha\e  ''a.  form  oC  -(idliiicss."  Imt  the 
powiH-  whieh  tninslornis  tlu^  life  and 
ohai-iu-ter,  and  sul)ii^ets  the  thono-hts  "to 
the  o))edi«iiC(^  of  (-'hrist "  is  "wantino-. 
Professing  to  be  tlie  servants  of  Gotl, 
tiiey  are  tlie  slaves  of  publie  prejudiee. 
M'oishipiiii;  Jit  thft  shrint  of  worldly 
popularity,  they  regard  whatever  divim; 
truths  and  precepts  array  themselves 
against  it,  with  feelings  of  derision  ami 
contempt.  Overawed  at  the  frivolous 
pretenses  of  stupid  clay,  they  jest  at  the 
arrangements  of  iniinite  wisdom,  and 
ta'iimple  in  the  dust  the  mandatp.s  of  the 
UnJvei-sal  Sovereign  and  following 
popular  opinion  they  ham  rcaUij  710 
guide  at  all.  Ficlvle  as  the  whirlwind 
and  unstable  as  the  froth  upou  the  crest 
of  the  wave,  its  existence,  character,  and 
destiny,  are  subject  to  a  thousand  vary- 
ing intluenees  and  eireumstanees.  It  will 
apphiuil  to-day  and  censure  to-morrow. 
It  will  bless  t«-day  and  to-juorrow  will 
curse  the  very  object  of  its  blessing. 

Astonished  and  overpowered  by  the 
wisdom   of  Him   who  spake  as  "  never 


;ian  spjilaS  ■  It    ^BUUl{n^,  one 

take  l{ia  l)«i>rce\  and  luaki^^lii; 
j  King,"  Imt  an  on  I  el-  day  when  that 
wisdom  and  uncomi)ronii^ing  holiness 
ind  intrjrrity,  expose  and-reprove  ffs  vrl- 
Ia.iny'.^nd*?eceft,  iffiUi  Hy  e.\'  htii'ts  "^vi^h- 
out  a  cause,"  Away  >  '  i  luify 

ilTin,  Cmcify-Hinr.'' 

7.  The  ^n^^^^m^fi  'rmij"(t^ 

do  not  co)t.y(ilHfe  an  inf\iJl'ible  tjnidc  in 
■  m/tttt?rMl7f~i  'di^/U  u4fn  Uhr  -mid'  practicr-. 
I  aini  waving  uothiutj  against  knoNV'ied^e. 
DamfJioth  a  lover  and  advocate  of  truo 
Rfluchtion.  '■  "  Knonvl«d^e  ib power,?' -and 
like  wealth,  may  lie  eonwecrated  to  pm- 
poses  of  holiness  and  heeohie  emlnerttlj* 
useful  in  proiimting  \'ii-hie,  or  profstitnt- 
ed  to   the   indulgences  of  .vice  may  be- 
come the  prolilie    source   of   misehief. 
Knowledge  is  a  goojl  thing  in  itself  and 
111  its   true  scientiiic  de-veJopment   and 
progress,  only  proves  to  betheJiaudmaid 
of  the  Bible;  irtsoinueh  that  the  most 
eriKlite  student  after  years  of  anxious 
study  and  laborious  re'seai-ch,  must  yield 
the  palnrtothe  simphst  Ivliever  in  rev- 
elatioTi.     An  i>ld   selioul  of  pagan  phil- 
osojdvy  taught    tliat  miv  cartli    was  flat, 
and  located  on    the  baek  of  a  huge  iiui- 
mal,  aud   that   when  the   aninial  shook 
itself  the  earth   quaked,   (World   dis- 
played). Thus  they  accounted  tbrearth- 
(piakes,  and  this  the  world  called  *'Xr/(f;>- 
vf/Hy,"  (Science  falsely  so  called.")   Cen- 
turies .after  when  the  cirrl<*  of  the  earth 
was    discovered    and    denioiistrated    by 
circumnavigafioii,  the  world    \\"o~  rrad_t 
toexchiini,  "Six'  ^^dlat  liuiiiali  la'nT  and 
re.s(uU"ch    have   accomplished,"    )jut,Ji;id 
-they  oulj^  gone  k>  suhool  qenturie?  liet'prc 
t'>  Isaiali  oueiof  tlie  most  despised  and 
persci-ntecl     of    Isarel's  projilieta,     they 
would  have   heard   him   talkintr  nboni 
^^the'rirole  of  the  earth  "{I>-.   !iO:  _'i!). 
'  AVlieii  Sir'tsaacNewton  discovered  the 
,lja>vi  _  of  universfJ  grflyit.^tiou  by  which 
the  earth  was  understood  to  be  -support- 
ed and  controlled  in,  si^ace,  amid  the-  sis- 
terhood, oi  revolving,   orbs^    the   wihole 
\Vorld    wondered'  after    thei   thoughtful 
dirtCoverer,  and  3"et  many   centuries   Iic- 


>,  %  tt  (|i-^oi%ali  f^vi^^'W'  \ 
•iiiiiit^shr^vd^s^fjit^c'^ 


Iphi 
ual  vigor  which  at  I 
for  God  overlooking 


st  must  fail  at  last, 
the  wise.jJiighty, 


and  noble  to  a  great  extent,  has  chosen    ,„,,.,.  ..  -.., 

hk'  foMisii,'  w<.fit,'%ak>'A,<S'^c.sl«V.c\\  '"  *.M*al  mtnprolationof  tl„  ,,;, 

precepte,  regarding  iiietaiilioi-s,  iMr.,!^^'- 
i-fc.,  as  so  many  iirusliiifions  neslbjij,j3' 
iiuprcss  as  by  object  teJi^Cingf ^ Ja J^ 
tivK  ilootvine  of  revelation.     Ben,,, 
wmrtbpm  in  tTnsT?.spec{,  it  WrSnaTOra^ 

felbjwshij,,  i  ust  as  kiuiliVAl  (■Ij.nian'jS 
each  otuer  by  a  common  affinily     w 

net!H  of  fhw  »(J5(//on,  antT  AVe  i"-" .' ■'' 
because 

1.  7fmmM;i\iy ) 

Jation  lii  <!'>>}   >hiimnds  U. 
commuiucatc 


fore, 

Jul. 


ofTd 

■  r 


a.thepn 
■aNMV.M 
I.-    and 


cut 


thnigH  to  conftHiud-them,  and  "  things 
tliatarenot,  to  bring  to  naught  tbings 
Ait  (a^(i,ithaJ  hftfl^^hould  glory  in 
his  presence"  (Cor.  1 :  olj}.  Ilaving 
now  sluiwn  you  dear  reatlcrs,  th;it  the 
heart,  the  iinderst(h>din(f,iiii;  rr(ts-dri\  tli^ 
cori>ii^h}ur,  fradilinii.  pa'pidaV  op'n)u'n 
and  \h>^  nmrlLloH^  of  h ., r.n  .1  n„  n  ^  arc 
allfdUble  and  iieed  thru, ..Mlxr.  tlir  tiiure 
reliable,  guidance  ^f  ^^murihing  superior. 
We  cpme  »gaiu  to  ini[uiiT  \\iiai  that  in,-^ 
fallihh  (juidt^m?  The  i'.salmist  ans\vers 
it  in  the  language  of  our  text.  Addrf-ss- 
ing  liiu'.Mdf  tndod  he  says,  "  y/^wshalt 
guide  \\\i-  "-Ifh  thij  roi'n.st'f."  O  what 
an  iiu'^jirrssidh'  cuusolallon  to  know 
that  amid, the  opposition.^,  pcr.srculiiiu.-^, 
bereavements,  afflictlaus  ami  prriU  of 
lite,  a  Father's  .faithful  hand  vouchsafes 
us  help.  If  abaudoned'to  the  weakness 
and  follies  of  our  carnal  natui-e.^,  what 
could  we  do?  Kut  at  every  turn  in  the 
pilgrinuige  of  life,  may  be  seen  a  heavr 
enly  guide-post.  In  every  fiery  tempest  j 
that  lashes  our  frail  bark  on  the  surging, 
billows  of  life''s  dark  sea,  may  be  heard  i 
the  voice  of  an  Omniitotent  passenger; 
bringing  peace  to  the  troubled,  land.  In 
the  diu  and  confusion  of  every  battle,' 
we  may  hear  the  .>vell  known  voice  of 
the  "Captain  ofiom-  salvation,"  cry- 
ing '"  Follow  m&.i'^  ,  YeS,  God  will  be 
our  guides  but  /iow  ^V^ill  He  guide  usS? 
Our  ti^yt  saj^   "  thou,  shf fit '  f/uide' jm 

n-i!h  tJni  rnUN>=ri:'  AA'c  Ixdi.'Ve  the  old 
and  Xrw  Tr;-tainrnt  Snipliur^,  bnih  (o; 
ha\r  Itrcii  gi,vcii  by  inspiration,  tli(' di- 
vine  authenticity  of  which  is  clearly; 
evinced  by,  the  chnractei'  and  claiuis  of| 
their  \vriters  and  by.  signs  and  wondera,! 
Tio  involving  the  expei'ience  and  observa-; 
tion  of  the  peojjle  to  tvhom  they  were] 
given,'H^  to  admit' of  no  mistake,  beingi 


:vth  tlu- 


ilh 


U" 


noth 


^aid*-lb 

hig"(J.ib  -'fi:  7).  Iwjiiu.  alniu.-l  i:\-yv\ 
trtie  .f^ci(?m;e  ^y'll  tij,i,d|  tjie  ,.^um-):^)tai  pi"  ,its 
practically  legitimate  cwitlljfgons, on  the' 
pages  of  inspiration,  showing  that  God' 
luis  adapted  Himself  to  the  interests  of 
His  dependent  creatures,  and  though  of 
ten  unlearned  in  the  technicalities  of 
human  science,  they  have  that  which  tho 

world   does     not      Jms'^css.     the     \vi.-;diiiii 

which  Cometh  from  above.  "\V.-II  might 
the  psalmist  exelaini,  "I  have  iii..rr  un- 
dtrstauding  than  all  my  tracln-rs;  fm' 
thy  testimonies  are  iny  meditation,  1  un- 
derstand more  than  the  ancients,  because 
I  keep  thy  precepts"  (Pa.  11S>:  l)i),  KiO). 
Pardon  this  digres.sion.  I  have  only  .said 
this  niueh  by  way  of  caution,  that  my 
position  here  be  not  misunderstood.  We 
take  no  position  then  you  perceive  against 
the  proper  acipnsitions  of  knowled^ie, 
but  only  maintain  that  the  fact  of  bi-ing 
versed  in  human  lore,  is  by  no  means 
an  evidence  of  religious  Jnf!tlli]>Uity. 
But  we  need  nut  dwell  upon  this  thought. 
Facts  abundantly  sustain  our  position, 
Jews,  Mohannuedams,  Pagans,  Inlidels 
and  Christians  arealike  often  celebrated 
for  exten.<nve  learning.  And  the  learned 
men  of  Christendom  maintain  as  many 
0])posites  as  are  involved  to-day  in  the 
contradictory  faith  and  practice  of  their 
peojde.  Every  false  theory  depends  up- 
on the  efforts  of  its  learned  advocates 
for  subsistence- 
Truth  otW  triumphs  in  the  hands  of 


if  stirh  a  character  as  io  challenge  iin-l 
(ati-'U  ■  fVoni  !Mnhainmedaus,  Pagan.4,1 
^[ilniu[i]l-->t.s  or  ^Mormons,  and  so  eom-j 
i:- iijoc-itrd  li)'  living,  nioiiujncnts  and' 
i>idiuaurc>,  instituted  at  the  time  of  thfiij 
.!'■.  ui'iviii-e,  wiili  wuch,  inscriptions,  o^ 
iheii'  nwii  histiJi'v,  ap  to  utteidy  prevent 
imposition!  up<i»n  anbaequent,  generations. 
Attiested'  by  the^  very  accurate  fuliilluien 


of    ,, 

ami  > 
wlii,-' 
Jlasti 


it  l„w 
11,1, ],ln'. 


iv>])l,,','y.  tl,e  jiatisfaction  of  tyjH's^ 
Iiadnw  -■.  t},,'  s,,r,.'re  ordi!als  tbroni^ii 
,:,-^-,-,l  and  ovpr  wlii'ch  iC 
,  its  ti'aiisionnii,^  influence 
upuu  liiiiuaii  cl,av;HtiT  an,!  society,  and 
its  „ila|,t:,:i,„i  to  the  ,is]il|-:,ti, Ills  an,!  sUs- 
c,-|jt,l.iliii,s  i.f  n,,ui'.s  liigli.r  hitidligeni'e 
and  niuiiil  natiu'C,. -wllich  is  luisatisfie^ 
witii  anytliiiig short  of  'i  life  and  immor-' 
lality,"tb('  Bible  is  pre-eminently  thq 
Book  of  books,  proving  the  Christiari 
Scriptures,  the  last  will  aud  testament 
ofCliri.st,  sealed  with  His  own  blood, to 
lie  "  God's  couiLsel  "  to  us,  tho  "  Magna 
Vlim-tii  "  and  pillar  of  truth  to  guide  us 
iu  faith  and  practice  by  Jay  and 
night  to  the  end  of  our  race.  But  we 
are  not  here,  to  iUscoui'se  upon  the  aui 
thenticity  of  the  Bible  nor  the  fact  of 
its  containing  the  divine  will.  On  that 
point  professed  CliristiMi,loni  is  n.  uniti 
The' question  n.■^^■  is,  //„„,  „,.^,  ,„g  ;„  ^_ 
dentuml  tht  dichi.e  .Munaeh?  Many 
will  say,  what  you  have  said  is  very 
giio.l,  but  since  all  Jenouiinations  of  pro- 
fe.sslug  Christians  ,-laii„  tli,.  Bible,  and 
each  puts  its  o«n  u.t.ipivtatiou  upon  it, 
what  are  the  people  to  „  do  ii  one  says 
"  this  is  the  way  to  uudorstand  it,  auoth-' 
er  says,  '  that  is  the  way.'  "  I  answer 
dear  reader,  we  have  m  rkjU  to  put  an,j 
maris  inlfrprflat;,.,-,  apon  God'a  Word. 


MY  FIRST  REASON 


for  a  c/iapge  h^  mychureh  rdulion. 
loTiii-d^ie'Bi-etTiren  bee  '^" 


«"W|,.      ( 


.„     .  Wlift.^n, 

uiir  wills  to  our  chill],;,, 
Wt:  ,use  "great  plaiuuess  of  speech'' 
pcciiilly  if  the  subject  is  one  of  \L-^^, 
tance,  and  can  we  suppose  that  an  Om, 
nipotftnt/  aud  OniniscieutUod  lof  infini*,, 
goodiiWs  and  love  Would  conrnnhiijjjp 
Hiswdll,  the  helpless  aud  dependent  suh 
ject's  of  His  creation,  providence  aiij 
grace,  \vhose  supreme  interests  and  (1,.^ 
tinies  hang  on  His  Word,  in  sucli  i  l-,,y 
as  to  be  incGulpreheusible  ?  to  give  \^y. 
only  to  iiggravate  .and  ,corifu,se  '  tli^  sji,. 
ject  in  ability .  to  understauH  it?  ifli  vet 
hold  him  amenable  to  it?  to  give  a  {ru,,,,,. 
et  "  au  uncertain  sound,"  and  yetreoiiii,. 
the  people  to  be  in  battle?  Such, my 
readers,  is  not  the  character  o£  Goi 
Such  an  inference  would  be  preposttr. 
OILS.  His  voice  eVtn  in  the  most  imiie- 
rious  iuetihctive  creation,  is  uuuiistii;. 
able  and  if  Hiau  -ft-ith  his  higher  rttaij- 
inents,  fails  to  discover  '  it  iu  I'evelaHon 
it  is  because  his  sin  has  so  perverted  Lis 
faculties  and  alienatsd  ,hiin  fi'nin,  GoJ, 
ihat  h,' r.'ally  docs  not  want  to,  or  else 
is  ati-iilV  to,  see.  'I  like  an  '  eisjjtfe'siou 
once  made  l)y  Spurgeon,  of,  LonAoa,  on 
plaiuuess,  ,pf  speecJi.  "If  I  should  sec 
that  house  on  tire  over  there'' 8ai(B he, 
"  do  youthihli'l"'iWlllU'staiidWeaii(i 
say,  I  believe  the  operation  of  ctiwbus- 
tion  is  proceeding  yniiiler?  No  I^oiilJ 
cry  tire!  lii'e!'  ami  then  every  'hbdy 
would  know  "what  I  meant.''  ^p  with 
God  to  us.  Are  we  to  suppose  t]ie|iiutes 
of  alarm  an,l  calls  i,f  duty  froniGuil.to 
the  p,-rishing  nr,lli,>us'  of  iiiankijul,  aie 
mere  theologicali  enigmas  to'  cntctain 
the  eurio.sijyjof  speculiitiveminds;  iSllie- 
ly  not.  God  Ints  throuljh  tlieiSoipd 
adapted  His  triitlj  to  ■  eveiy  condition  of 
our  lotit  race,  :aud  the  Scriptures  cviires* 
the  will  ,,f  (-Jod  in  language  tilat  iHpliii, 
and  easy  to  1,('  nn,lcrsl,,otl  or  all  i> 
shrouded'iii  ,!,iiki,,-s,  il,,i,l,i-  ainl  ,iu,,'r' 
tainty.  God  lias  iv\-cal,s,l  cv,ay  pai't  of 
His  di\li,,>  will,  all  ,,f  wliich  Is  i„ii„>V' 
taut,  til  theiinilcistamliiig.if  alln'lioare 
child'like,  euough  ty  believe  wltatHe 
has  taught  watl  obey  wliat  He  has,com- 
manded,  so  that  there  is  no  neell  tint 
His  people  be'fost'  amid"  the  confusion 
of  tongues,"  ^vitli  their  various  .aud  ton- 
flicting  nieth.„ls  -.f  liif.i'pr'etatioii,  orsf- 
duced  an|l  h',1  asliay  '■  by  every  winil"' 
doe'trine,byth,sl,'i,4l,t,,rui"u'sliaiulsaw 
cunning  craftiness  \\l„-ia-by  tli,')  H'' "' 
wait  to  deceive."-  Supjioseoneof  youivir' 
is  a.paipentislioujil  send  your  little  .''in''' 
on  some  important  mission.  You  stat,* 
its  duty  in  plain  language.  It  UQ'"'^' 
stands,  lint  as  soon  as;  it  is  a  little ui-*' 
tauce  on  the  way,  .some  designing  '"''^' 
strips  and  interro,,;ntes  it  respectin,?  tl"' 
cl,aract,-r  of  its.Tiaml,  It  np-al^V""'- 
ii,structi,,iis  sle.Hing  th.'y  "cv  »"'  "'| 
dersto^d,,  but  the  man  iutefferes  hys'}' 
ing,"Your  fatlier  did  not  mean  )'«» 
should  do  e.taetly  that,  but  he  «»';; 
to  teach  you  Ruch  and  such  a  le^*™. 
Perhaps  he  states  just  enough  ti-utn  » 


j-pbi- 


uary   14- 


■iH.E   BRETtlliEM    AT   WORK. 

■  — '• i •■ LJ.L- .■ 


S 


utldi^UCu: 


^f^eive  Uoiitsl  hcm-U  wjlllQiit  60ijie  Uutli 
yet  llie  buy  l-ei)li<»  by,  i-i|i)entiug  yniu-l 
j.,i„„ii!ii"b  Huttilu!  !Unn;pMvisto  by  say.  | 
■•  Vi.u  <»■'■  only  11  Ulllu  lioy;  I  mil  in 
,  ,  ,ri.  nmi  imdcrstimd  nil  aboitt  siMi 
t!,iu-<-  I  ■""  i^"'"'  f-'tbi-v's  fripiid  anil 
];„„»•  cxaVlly  wlial  h.'  xvirht^.  lIi- meant 
c(,  jiiul 


''•V^'ii'^'I.Wi'*'  M>'n    Wat  ishonci     Hop,. 


•.■X1..T 


uV 


niijiiMllliv  1  ^lu.w  yon  ami 

,'11  'ilo  viaUlii.yVU'  olt'lit  to  lie  'tlmni. 

'^1  J  foiiml  yM"!  1  see  you  were  about 

1 1„  witk''  quite  a  mistake.''    AuJ  so,  be 

„fiBists  until  tlio  little  boy  is  ppvauaded 

I  j|„,i  subniitsJ  agi*eing  to,  aud  lesecuting, 

,|.l,;i]is,  tb''  ^'fT  wsbnnie  designed  to 

tliMMl'l  yoHt  nn'niiwi'mciltii  and  iiltbi-eats. 

I  pi.tuvnius  tli6  child  •claiffis' to  have  i»v- 

C.niied  bis   I'nwul,  and  state*  what  Iif 

.  ],.,i  floiif-     Yob  Sit't'listHnlsKcd',  ebagrin': 

t-ib  ilisi'iiiioiu'i'il.  You  aidi'liimtoVepeat 

slnK-lioii-^.,  .lln'does'bb  Svithoii 


''  ,)itlic"lty- 
"(,1.1-v  ibui 


,,a~tl,i 

A  I.. 


,ivliylp'dirl  iu^t 
-■vins  liffw  .youk' 


.■,clii!iMy,':iiid  liismailc,  l|,i||i  )je,,ie\v(;  ,\yli; 
,  1,0  ili.l  ^iii"  I'i^jiil;  wteu.ftliniii,i((  tjia.lfiie 
-  to  i-em'^iily  till'  *r.YiiL.   i^  \viih   qur,  d^iity 
ihi«  fii.i'i'li'i  iih'  Ore  «b>«ii'cl;"  iJbkijiUiaaiiil 

-■  ail-i  •  ■  '•"  ''"■  '■'  '■'  ■"'"•illApU-J.blll  tll]e 
■  uloilem  t-lieol(|- 

\ '  ill'  ai'ranyii-nioniM 

■.ohii'ii'V  !(.'■.  ■■l-,".l,"ailra,lb.^;nh-.-Ms 
'o^' (rWlb   jHiMj;'\l,  ;uid   lii;yi^e,un>lijni''|l 

,„tw«llis|W.*\ll^'l':flWJ':-  ..,   c 'I  -:,,,   .  I 

';,  :i\\n  liiaiijvii, mil- UwrnejllX,]?!)):!!?!' lids 
^.v..„.(.Ki(nl  llimselt'.tirJlis  dcair  fhiUli-rfi, 

,  ,,„|,h]n'irftb>liii-Jl4lll|'Iieity  l\ilbalr'atu 

el's;  t*iiith5lhi('-'''^,tiflidflUneKiaud  cuiti,  and 

I  tbiit'  \Wt'!Vii'  rely*  <>ii  iv^'WitiHo  has  said 

:  witliout  Ibi*"  m'lfTpOJiiiis^'1'i^oTif.-tm'etiiiii 

'  of  hfiinan  wiwjoni  rv>ijardiii^  tli"j>8«,inetb- 

6ils  as*  fitily  'dt't'cjitii^n  'wbii-h  reject  di-, 

'  vine  rreei'lits.'blKUi  the' plea^  that  it  jn 

euoui^di   to   I'oiAjVreb'end'tlle   prbieiples 

tlu-y  involve;  believini;  that  such  pel-Siius 

ev^l\'  fail  to  I'ealizp  their  fi^iiritvittl-forcp, 

and  are  miiiistevs   of  th<'  ;.'ri'iit  deeeivur. 

,fraii-'."nu'd    iul"    ■' liiiii'-tris    of   rijjht- 

eoUJ-lie'-. 

TRIBULATION.  I 


bi 


(Acts   li 


Itbl 


l^irll  Tliueb  tribulriti'lll 

lo  the  kiiiirdi'iii  oJ 
(iud"(Aet,s  li:  S:!).  Wh.d  Istiibnlli- 
tioni  " 'flifit,  which  occiwioiw  Jistri-f^, 
or  vitxiLtiou :  iseviirc  iitllictiou.'' '  It  .lceIll^ 
that  (ribulaliun  <ir  alUictiou  is  nec^'isary 
tor  tile  Chinatiau — ^UMeHsiPy  for  thilii 
it'  i-ual  hapii-insssi'tlmta  by  'it'  theyiu  •» 
i;i|<'d  ami  prt'iilire'(1"f(ii'"tbC'  ftiH  ffijoy" 


III,  nt  of  llieir  heAveiily  illh^'ritatief.  Xow 
1.'  iislu.l-  for  the  proof,  and  a- nothali; 
slioit  of  Divine  (ctiniony  will  satM'y 
flSp  wi'.will  hear,  -ivhut  thi;  apoiUe  Paiil 
says  ill  wi'iliiig  to  his  |liret|^lTM  at  C'oj-, 
iiith,  '•  For'  our ,  li^ht  aillietioll,  iWbii  Ii 
■isbut  full  ii  utouiont,  woi'kollr'M'oi'Wii- 
nilrnr  noi '  -noc  fwi'  «8  <  U'e  Chrii^timn)  '^  a 
f4i"Ao»i?fei;celliii<»riiJd"('tPninHi'i'f!rh(  * 
glory"  (3  Cor.  4:  17^.""IiMtiibe!(i'(lii' 
tWirles?  l>i'(>th<'i'''ns}ain"Who-'9lifiolt  (b'' 

f.llrld;!fi6l,'i,^l^1llg'A!!l'!lli*,'s■1ld■*;ll■lHo^f ,  ^ 

I'TsiiKiled'  Inlu    to'lVe  S'  (,'hfettaA"(-'\"'i  A>;:'>liiill  ci'yo.v  llijii  lor-ver.  1  ro, 
-"■:  •-'-•''    if.    s-:lvi',"i':ibyv'iAM.'ulfi-''  !"■  -'i:..'    "Ml  niia  we   shall  als. 


taliou  ami  desire.  We  all  desire  the  glo- 
rioua  crown  promised  in  God's  Word  to 
the  faithful,  hut  before  we  can  em-et  it, 
we  must  comply  with   the  cuuditions  of 
the  Gospel     Aud  whew  we  like   the 
aiiostli!  l^ial,  become  willing  to,  count  »11 
thinirs    but  dlijBS  for  the  icxcellenoylpf 
of  Jesus   mir   Savior,   and    oruiiify    th4 
world  with  the  lasit  awl  atop  down  into 
the  valley  of  humility,  and  walk  blame, 
li^iwly  before  (iod  in  all  Ui.s  eoiiiniands'. 
then  we  can  enjoy  that  blessed  hope     ' 
heaven  and  immortal  glory  which  alone 
can  be  I'UJoyed   by  a   faithful  olipdipliec 
tothc    11  m?  of  God,     Beloved, breth- 
ren ami  sisteis,  what  could  we  do  wiih- 
pnuhalglwlifusluipci  which  hope, .says 
thciiLpoftUi 'f>ve   havens  an  anchor  "i 
»h..  soul,  both  sure  and  stu'mlfasti  wnhjch  . 
I  Mltereth  into  that  within  the  vnil;  ,wliilil.J 
or  the  forei.niiiSi.r  is  for  iis.cnteredi  even  ' 
'.bsu,'-    (Meb.   II;  11.1,20;).      Alid    hnvi., 
■  ilii.  Ii.  |ie  we  eaiJ  look  fotTviird  into  ' 
ui.iii'l  future  state,   when   fhe     -' 
crown   hoped   fgr   whib-    piU 
ttryu^.-rs  Iicre — wdlbe  nor^st — 
cil.,  jiud  i.iyoved ;  then  wy  can  join 
with  every  nation,  kiildred  and  toii^i 
in  .-.iuiiing  the  song  of  redemption,  xyhieb 
ille  angels  eatinut  ;SLny.  ^Vhy  Miveiiuse 
they  have  uiiver  been  redeemed  from  the 
earth.     But  those  who  have  come  oift 
of'great  tribulation,  and  -have  wa-'lavl 
llH.ir  Voltes  and  maile  them  whito  in  the 
bl-H»d   of  the  Liinib.   can  mingle  their 
Voices  together  in  singing   the  gloi'iiSiiiis 
song  of  redeeming    love  to  Ood  aluVtlio 
Ilahib  foreve>  liiito   Him  'tlnll  Ibreil  lis, 
and  \-\ashed  us  t^'oid  onr^lns  in  His^  liWn 
bloorl,  andhas  made  us  kin!.'s  and  )triest» 
lliito  flod  aiv'l  iTis    Father:   t.i' him'  ie 
glory   and  doniinion  for  ever  luel  eveiy,' 
(^l^cv.  n;  (1).    But  iiiiw  [art.' we  \afnuiit- 
ed  by  tribulation?  Answer;"  And  one  o' 
the    elders   answerci.!,  saying  unto    me 
who  are  these    which  are  arrayed   in 
whitii  rolios(  aud  whence  came  they? 
And  I  said  tiutu    him,  sir  thou  kuo\y 
e.it;    And  he  said  unto  me,  these  al'e 
liiey  which' ctmic  out  of  gi'cat  trtlmlu- 
ri'iii,'and  have  washed'  their  i-obes  and 
iii.irle  Iheiii   white    in   the  blood   of  tile 
l.anib."      '' Th.-refor..."    whi.'li     incurs 
lor  thisor'that  reason,  rct-rriiig  to  smnc- 
tiling  previoni^ly  stated;  for  the  rca^'in 
of  coming  out  of  gi'«it,tribuli(tiou,,iuiii 
auxVwa-shiug  tljeir  i  a'qberf  and   uiukutg' 
therrt  white  .in  the  -blood;  of  thu  Lnmh. 
'1  Therefoix^ ''  or  for  that  reosun^' "  ni'C 
thV-y befol'l.  thi-  tlirhiK'u'f  God,  and  serje 
HiMday  aiid'  night  in  ni>ttanple;'alld 
he  th.^it  ,sifteth  oil  the  throne  >hall    dWell 
anii.iig  ilhiii.     'I'hey  .shall    liungi-r  ilo 
niMii',  ueitliei'  thirst  any  more;  neifher 
,sli_;iil  |t|u:  ,;,uu  llglilrontlie(|i,  or  any  iifii  t. 
FuHithcii/aiirb,  which  is  iu  .tW- niidat  Id' 
Ihe;  tliroiui  shall  feed  .tliaiu,  uiid,  shall 
I  ihcni  lutitollviiji  foilintoili!)  of  ^vaJl.i■; 


al'le  to  se^iaratc  us  from  the  love  of  God, 
which isiji  Christ Jcsiwour Lord"  (Itoin. 
8:  li,  IS,  as,  30). 

('),  may  Gild  help  Qfi  nil 'in  mU-trihuU- 
tion,  to  e-xpreise  tbHt  pfttienc<%  '  which 
characterized  the  true  ilillower  of  ChriM. 
Fur,  patie^ice,  is  one  of  tin*  Christian 
graces  which  we.tio  lliuell  need  in  this 
World  of  .sorTO'iT^--that  we  may  ever 
have  a.  rieli  experience  which  the  world 
(Cajinot  recei\c;  no,  whicJi.the  world  can 
neither  give  nor  take  away;  tihereby  en- 
joy that  hope  which  makes  us  nutiwhaiii- 


the  t.-xt  saffieieat  ( Knh.  .1;  Is  J.  The 
volU|.ohie.sU6w»,ftnmkknii/<4|jrf4,n.,, 
it  is  a  mocker,  »ho,o  is  dcceivol  tlnre- 
by,  U  not  wise,  the  risk  is  too  fearful, 
it  is  desired  by.the  Lord  to  let  it   alone, 

I  am  nttertyfaJitoniKfaed  to  hear  min- 
isters of  Christpn-aehiiigaboiitthe  right 

kitld'of  liquor  at  the  right  time,  and  iji 
the  rijjhf  wiiy.  There  i«  one  right  way 
to  deal  with  an  mltler,  that  is  lo  smanh 
il-i  luiad.  Who  never  drinks  i-  ,  ;.. 
Your  purpose  to  drink  only 


I  cd,''iSr  in  rtbluT  wtirds  ,  give,*  us  courafte      ' 

,pi-viu-li  tilt'  throne  ul"  giiie«  liuMlj-  V.     ' 
loVi*    lliiii,  and  IniiiiT.ly   l>i:fyn:  "Iik-u 
iikU  His  help  ill'  time   ttf  iU-e<t.    AM, 


is  W:illi.\s-i 


Tt.:. 


■  liM|..' inahUMis  todi>tliiKi  I'smlu-lU 
11^  -  l>r.;nisi-.' tlVt;  lt>vi!  nf  Gufl  is  sIin! 
,u,lii't|i!i|  ill  lovir  Ut-tttti^;  i'u),,Iii  our  lieu  i 
\jy  tlic  ll,uly  Gho.it  wbidi  in  jrivL-ii  u: 


-Wlw^dcH-i 

(iMt    Ki,..v»   .11.    u.tTiii.    i.i  iuUjujM'juincef 
"  ^l  liuhihiiin  <cil!  lu/t  hiu-t  aufflio'J.f/,it 

li  •lilinl  i-'l-  >!'..:,    h'fUl,.."         I.ill    1.:,   w.lir 


t'OI'lli.tO  uieuit'tUti  l»vi,rii;gvooiii.  i      j 

'    fflio  npostloitj  Wrifiiug  to  till'-  bl-eUiOuu 
)it  ■  VhitJppi  siuj'S:  ''  Fw  inir  ^oiiveraBtiMri' 
\^'\i\  lif'av^Ti;  fi't^iH  -(vhi^Ae**  nlt^o  ^wlffiik 
ioV  fH{''  t<fl<*ifii^"'VlK'  Loril'.Ti'sni^Ohnstf 
who'sliiiU  MiA'n^f^oiir  \\\^  I'mdy,  tliat  lit 
limy  I'c,  tushiuuiil  llkf  uiit»'  lli-^  •;1oi.uhib 
li.xly  "  ( IMill. ;'.:  L'li).    GLriuiis  thoiii^'lit, 
tlu'  Sjiviiiv  is  ^-oruiiig  tu  lih'.-*-^  this  fiil-tli 
with  His  piea$m-('^«n(lfur«  I'or  th«  \iv\\- 
ry  j/ilgnins  wbohavvhwV  fiiVilIiin  uiul 
h^lyp,,^y|alti!lV  ft'i'  ilia  Vuturn.     Lj  tht-re 
any  uumtbrt  an  looking  Ibr  tin;  Sayiyr? 
Thu  apo8tle«ay«imi;  "  Fovthi!  Lord.k*8»s 
Iliiiir^fli"    shall    ili'sci'inl   iVum    luravtm;' 
and   in    conclusioii    say«:    "  M'hert-fbr 
mmt'ort  onn  tanothpi'  mth  tht'se  words  " 
(l  Thf'SM.  '4:  IB-ia).     Having  thv!»e{'X- 
fwtliiig  great  and  procious  i)ronii»<'S  st^t 
bi'foi'p  iis,  let  IIS  not  grow  weavy — Ibt 
pTiimiscd  reward  is  for  those  that  endvivvi 
to  the  end.     Je^us  «ays,  "  Be  thyu  faith- 
fill    unto  (h'ath,   and  I  will   give  tjieea 
iTowii  of  Uff"  (Rfv.2:  10)."  <>  tV-ulU 
\\.--  !ti>  lively  wurkiTs for  tlie  caUse  of  oor 
MiUiUr;  j^o  on  to  j)«rfei:ti'>u  by  adding 
to,<?uv  iv^xSx  theChi>tijm,[j;racw,audgive 
diiii;iim:b  to  make  our  talUilK  nu'l  t^h'e 
liiiUi  suf t'. .    For  the   lioolf  of  liuid  says: 
"if  yudu  these  thin^,  v.*  whall  never 
fall,  ffirsrt  ftn'  etiti'anve  -shall  he  minij'tt-r- 
M'llntoTon  aV)/tliiiantly"itito"ihi*  erer* 

^,:^It,^^k^l:^n.^^     or^U't-uT^    ,lT|.lS;iV. 


.■hiKh'i'U  n!'i>hiiu- ;  it  crruj't,-'  mi(;i>n:-rs 
of  relij;ion,  detilw.  lh»;  piu'ily  of'tte 
cbnveh,'  eatises  spiritual,-  ?OTn|Kirat,'  and 
et«-nal  't^'Jith'.'^'hi!*'  U'  fht''  "nature 'And 
fruit  of  it;"'ahd  tlii^  is  notdbneiu  {t cor- 
ner. Away  with  your  Ihiuors.  If  the 
tuQutain'i6  )hipUi-e  thii  »»(T?nn'imi**  he 
NO.     He  tl/at  i-ee^-i^es  I,  U  ,^ 

i*ct  to  his  seal.ihar  C^oil  : 
with  liiiuor  traffii-.s. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS  ON  TIME  AND 
ETERNITY. 


T)"^'^!' '■■'"■■■; > :-.'  — 

-^-^  upon  the  iiiiportanm  oi  time,  and 
the  never  ending  i-teruity?  If  youliave 
not,  let  us  give  it  a  piLssini;  jrhmcc. "  We 
might  say  a  great  deaJ  about  the  differ- 
ents  parts  of  time,  but' will  speak  of  the 
part  that  inostly  concerns  lis.  (nid  gave 
a  ei'rt.lin  part  to  man 'wdiile  he  dwells 
here  on  earth,  to  prepare  his  soul  tor 
God's  service,  au<i  Uc  earnestly  vi^eats 
him  to  perform  thework.  He  ha.s .given 
him  a  law  to  show  to  him  that  he''is  a 
.'iinni'i.  ii/ 'the  slight  of  God;  .also  ioilhe 
same  Boiik  a  l.-iu  liv  which  he  can  be 
saviirt,    ,-     I    ,,,    ■  ,       "        '     .  ■       ' 

work. 

In lUv  A'Ui ;h  ui  John  >v,-  ii^oil,  .'Liim 
the  .wav.  iJin  Inuh   and  the  lii^-,  anilTio 


Ie; 

i,nJl  iiorl  shidl  ■A'ipc  awa«  all  tearM  froiii 

!,     ,     ,  ,"         -.•'•'         '■'    tli.lll 


by'saying,  let  us  patiently  endure  aal 
lbin;,'s  for  Iho  glori'ius  cause  of  V\v\f- 
tiauity,  ami  try  to  recoj^nizc  in  all  por 
tribubitiiui  the  j;uodness  and  wisdom  of 
<>od.  1 1,  liidieviuj!  that  whattwcr  lie  dot's 
i.-i.fdr  Hia glory  mid  for  out'  eternal't.'ood: 
thatwe'Titniy  ever  be  flllwl'tKi  JiT«11i«y- 
iu._'''M«i^h  thp'«t*b'it  fltl'l  Irtvi.  'Af  lioil,  re. 


: :..ci[c 

110  thti  world,  tliat  whiteo- 

.'1.  ll'iit.  sh..nl.l  n.'*  "iwr- 


ish,  1.1 
lie  li:i. 
so  much. 


i.u;  U,;  Ji. 


ifcr  \vm1>  l.lin 


riii 

ill  it 
tli,ii,t,  wc ,  may 


^ici^loli: 


fA'  '■'•:■  ■■■'■'■  -'T~--:-y-<  (,'■='■ 'i' 
j;i'4  titgctlicr.  iNo  4wM,bt  bat,  wliat  rte, 
fi(|o«th.  ,watiKiiii|.«ri'igJii»  lii{ht  alHif tiilii 
lltillii.tht!  ;4liirioli«  l'o«'4»'il  in  l-esorvulj'm 
ti.r  <he'fairbftll,'  when  wri'i'"'  '"  i'-" 
'Ui'iTtlireyi,  'wlien  hi»  says;  "  !■ 

(i,.tn!i<J>'AW'iit,''.:r  fiiU',:; 

,:,,f"\V,'irtliy   '  ' 
Jory  w;liieli 

J^mf  |lie '  f'u.i'ili.  1  ^lyj: ::,  llVf ,1 .,;'";  ('«; 
ideil  that  neither  life,  nor  dea,tli,  utif 


'  A\'hy"I'aiii ;  "  ICiioNyinir  tl 
,,  Hui    iiiliulatioii,  w,orK,«tli  |,;l'»t,'''J,irf"i 

,.,>Vhi>t,|,(3,||lllie,llcc;      l'attcjlc^,.iii(,llC|F|lB|, 

."  ft'Vini(,,of  iijUictioa','  ,,»',lvursiti>'  ,,di(iU'«i|s. 
I'  iujivriess  oa'ejfciH  pil'm,  t<)il,'and'  otlil-r. 
'■  'evils,  sv-ilh'Sinii(lt  »nd  unrltt^led'1ctnpl^^ 
"•  ate^iiJ,.  <vl(ieli  mhUf  'bcni'*  n"  tbinj.'s 
•'"M'ifluiiit  «iiii-iViiii'ill!j'<w'']ti't'iVillln!>iint'i'|;! 

"  so  Weent'i  |il'ii:hiys«''fl/i(t  wV'!'-"  ' '''' 

■    Uei'd  ,,(■  paiienci'.    '  '    ,  ' 

l''ol'    palii  nee    works  .".)  '  '■ 
■  ■l^'Viuice    h.jpj'.      AVllIi.'U!  tril'u)aii(.li|, 

*"-couWii,itbaV(.'pati>-nir,,»;ibnm,i'|i-|  ,        ,  ,1  ;„„.!,     L 


"iWTrMPERANCF 


Jt*\V  <nd  and   hinn 


leniahh*  tliT 

IiAyti  'th(^-- 


Now.tiiui^ia.tht'  |iat\ 


.ivi*«ii,Wt  u»   »rt.n:  hjw  ■^\^,^   ;ire --^cmUi.i; 
mi-  rtifle^sK'^ihelhev'Wtf'  ifAn  have  hoj>e 


thu  Lauh 


eat  who  h; 


'  '"^^Uhont,  i(Kj)oriolH;ef  yfv>'^co\ 


M  .nat.Jitti«ItJ<*we,.ii<.r  why-  uthta> '  ur*a«ui«,  I  sluUl^  U^ 


l;4.  \)jhieU  lit 

m>iuf«*»tbti  ,do9m,.<rf«l)«'lijw*iiSi  '.UiiiM 


THCK    HnETHKE^s'    ^T    AVOriK. 


Fel..: 


ruary   v^^ 


§h^  brethren  ni  ^orh. 

PUBMBHBD  WEEKLr. 


i.  H.  MOORK, 
9.  II.  BASIIOH. 
H.  M.  ESIIRLHAK, 


Tni  ItBimiBCi  AT  WonK  will  be  Mnt  pow-pniJ.  lo  any 
■/tdm"  In  ih»  Unlwd  8l*i«»  or  Civnada,  for  $1  -W  per 
Bonuin.  Tliow  nmJing  Icn  nnmM  ivnd  815.00.  vriU  rc- 
wi»«  an  mm  copy  frro  if  cliarpe.  For  nil  otcr  rlii» 
Dumber  (he  naenl  will  ho  nllowcJ  10  c*nl8  tat  enoh  rid-li- 
llonul  nnnic,  "blch  ninount  can  he  JeJucWd  from  \M 
inon»7,  Wfort  efn-Iing  ir  to  ii».  Money  OtAon,  Urjft". 
ftD'l  lUirl»I»re<l  I^Ht*  Oiay  h»  tenl  «I  our  risk.  They 
»htj»U  li'  iiiaiU  piiy«bl»  lo  Moore,  Biwhr.r  ft  Enlielnimi.  — 
gulMcnplionii,  and  i-omrniinicnljoni  iiiiendcd  for  the  pn- 
WT.  M  nell  M  "II  Im-iuMi.  nuiltem  Mnnccifl  »ilh  the  of 
fioe  ihouM  be  atldreoeil 

IfOOBE,  BASSOQ  &  ZSL'ELMAN, 
Lanark,  Carroll  Ce..  Ill- 


rzBaaiBY  i4,  i87S. 


OxE  liny  loft  week  two  persons  were  baptizt'il 
II  the  strottm  one  hnlf  mile  nortli  oi'  Lanurk, 


TnB  bretlirfii  iit  Yellow  Creek,  III.,  recently 
FLTciveil  two  pfi-soiiH  into  the  church  by  \y.\\i 
fi.4m.  iiii'l  gofifl  proniu'cts  for  more  soon. 


Hho.  Duiiiel  Longimucker  requests  us  to  nii- 
noiince  hiHfuidreM  at  Plain  View.  Adiuns  Co., 
I'll.     Hi»  corroBponilents  will  pit-use  tnke  notice. 

The  lulclress  of  brother  T.  Y).  Monroe,  is 
chiiii^toil  from  Orcentowii.  Inrl.,  to  Sla-sh,  Grant 
Co.,  Intl.  Hit  correspondents  will  make  u  note 
of  thit, 

An  appiilling  fiuuine  is  said  to  be  raging 
throughout  North  Cliinii.  Nine  mission  people 
are  reported  destitute,  and  children  are  daily 
aold  in  the  markets  for  food. 


Bro.  L.  S.  Snyder  of  -Mo.  Vslley,  In.,  stai-ted 

for  Texif  on  the  fourth  iuHt.     Any  one  wishing 

to  Porrea[)ond  with  him  within  the  next  three 

or  four  weekw,  will  pleiwe  address  him  atDallu.>*. 

Texiw. 

— ■  ♦  ■ 

FopR  Pius  IX,  nt  thenge  of  eighty-five  ywii-s. 

closed  his  eyes  in  deutli   at   Rome,  on  the  7th 

inst.     The  lom-lave  of  Cardinals,  it  is  announe- 

ed.  wjw  «umnioiied   ininiediutely  to  choose  hi: 

succeiwor. 


l«r.  aud  like  it  Ihe  best  kind.  It  would  be  a 
great  help  to  me  in  the  ministry.  Now  breth- 
ren, send  me  the  BitETniiBN  at  Wouk  for  one 
yeiir  and  I  will  |)ay  for  it  before  tile  yetir  is  out." 
Certainly  we  will  9i*nd  the  paper,  aud  are  glnil 
that  the  brother  appreciates  it.  But  we  have 
plenty  of  goo<l  brethren  and  sitsters  wlio  will 
pay  for  it.  Let  u.'*  hare  a  few  more  contribu- 
tion* to  the  ChftrHij  Fnuil. 

Thkkk  in  perhaps  no  one  in  our  fraternity 
c:dled  upiin  to  do  more  writing  for  the  public 
than  Bro.  C.  H.  B.ilsbangh,  yet  he  is  a  poor 
man  and  ill  pr<.-pftr*:'d  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
writing  the  iraraenae  amount  of  letters  and  ar- 
titky  thiit  he  iw  required  to  prepare.  In  this 
respect  he  is  required  to  depend  upon  the  char- 
ities of  othei-s,  and  when  that  drops  oft",  lie  will 
of  necessity  be  compelled  to  eeiwe  his  writing 
for  thi*  publie  goo/1.  Therefore  let  all  those 
who  wrilv  Bro.  Balsbaugh,  requesting  an  ans- 
wer or  article,  enclose  enough  to  defray  all  ex- 
penses. Dtm't  fail  to  do  this,  brethren  and  sis- 
t<Ts.  And  fiirthi-niiore  we  would  like  if  all 
thoxp  who  read  this  notice,  send  the  afflicted 
brother  a  little  gift  in  the  "name  of  ft  disciple." 
His  address  is  Union  Deposit.  Pa. 


CHOOSING  CHURCH  OFFICERS. 


M^ 


On  the  third  inst.,  two  persons  were  received 
into  ('hristinn  fellowship  at  New  Berlin  0. 
Tlius.the  gathering  of  .souls  into  communion 
with  Clirisf  goes  on,  and  there  is  joy  in  heaven 
uuil  on  eai'th. 

HitoTiiEU  .1.  B.  Wampler  recently  assisted  the 
brethren  of  tlie  Manor  church,  Indiana  Co..l'a., 
to  hold  a  series  of  nii-etiiige  and  ten  precious 
souls  were  brought  into  fellowship  by  their  la- 
hoi-s.     Thanks  be  to  God  for  the  result. 


^Vatch  the  date  opposite  your  name,  for  that 
tells  when  your  )UibBcrii>tion  expires.  There 
are  some  that  expire  during  this  month,  hence 
we  call  their  attention  to  it.  If  you  wish  to 
continue  right  alnuf..  renew  in  good  time. 

Biio. .).  I).  Tn^tle  of  linganow,  Md..  w.vs 
with  the  brethren  in  Augusta  Co.,  Va.,  during 
the  hitter  i)art  f)f  Junuary,  and  labored  for  them 
eU'ectually.  There  were  a  number  of  additions 
to  the  church.  He  expected  to  Iclive  home 
again  Feb,  2nd  for  Kphrata,  I*a, 

CoxvEitsiNo  witli  Bro.  .lohn  Wise  regarding 
his  niiniHterial  lahora  we  learn  that  since  hi.s 
election  to  the  ministry,  thirty  fonryeai-s  ago, 
his  travels  have  been  quite  ext^-nsive,  iiinoimt- 
ing  to  about  ICO.iluu  mih-s  in  all,  or  eqiial  tothe 
distance  anmnd  the  globe  mon-  than  six  times. 
In  one  ycai-,  I?*(iS,  he  traveled  I.'»,000  miles. 


Y  view.s  on  the  Gospel  order  of  electing, 
or  setting  apart,  church  officei-s,  having 
been  called  for,  I  will,  the  Lord  willing,  prepare 
and  publish  n  series  of  articles  before  long,  on 
that  subject,  not  in  reply  to  any  one  else,  but 
simidy  my  conceptions  of  the  Apostolic  onler. 

It  is  not  reasonable  that  the  Lord  would  es- 
tablish a  church  on  earth,  giving  commands  aud 
ordinances  lo  be  obeyed  and  perpetuated,  and 
yet  not  provide  for  the  setting  apart  of  suitable 
ones  to  perform  special  dvities  pcrtiiining  to  that 
body.  The  subject  is  one  of  more  than  ordina- 
ry iinporlan(*,  and  is  entitled  to  the  careful  con- 
sideration of  all  tlio«e  who  love  and  desire  the- 
purity  of  the  church. 

Much  deiiends  on  the  holy  and  upright  lives 
of  church  officials,  They  should  be  men  who 
are  models  of  pure  Cliristianily;  nion  who  are 
living  epistles  known  and  read  of  all  men;  men 
to  whom  the  church  can  look  with  iinwaverins 
confidence,  for  advice  and  holy  examples;  nieu 
who  nxe  Christians  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the 
term.  It  is  evident  that  most,  If  not  noavly  all 
the  errors  have  crept  in  the  church  through  the 
instrumentality  of  miuistei-s  not  sound  iil  the 
faith,  and  therefore,  the  best  -sufegmtrd  against 
error  and  impiety  is,  for  the  churcli  to  hce  to  it 
that  her  ministers  are  qualified  to  fill  the  posi- 
tions they  are  chosen  to;  see  that  they  are  mod- 
els of  holiness  in  the  Lord. 

It  is  clear  that  tlierc  is  a  great  decline  in  true. 
vital  iiiety  among  the  ministers  all  over  the  laud, 
and  there  is  not  that  deep-seated  aud  indwelling 
lioIinetiB  that  existed  in  days  of  yore.  Preach- 
ing is  now  looked  at  from  a  secular  stand  point, 
and  viewed  a»  a  money  making  busiues*.  Com- 
paratively few  preach  for  souls  as  i\\Ky  ought: 
and  in  many  instances  their  own  impious  con- 
duct uuises  them  to  lose  their  influence  among 
the  people  who  look  upon  even  tiaie  minislerj 
with  suspicion.  May  heaven  speed  the  day 
when  there  will  be  more  real  lioline.ss  among 
the  ministei-H  of  tiie  huul.  j.  r.  m 


We  call  attention  to  the  article  on  first  page, 
entitled:  "A  Puzzled  Dutchman,"  as  ilhistrat- 
ive  of  a  few  points  on  immei-sion.  It  is  an  ac- 
count of  an  actual  occurrence,  imd  demonstrates 
the  great  fact  that  truth  cannot  be  overthrown. 
Hy  request  we  liave  i)nt  it  in  tract  form  for 
distribution,  and  will  be  sent  to  any  part  of  the 
United  Stales  or  Canada  at  the  following 
rates:  50  copies,  2,t  cents;  100  copies,  -10  centi*. 


Bho.  J,  W.  Beer,  formerly  a&sistant  Editor 
of  the  Priiiiih'if  Cliristidii  dcsii-es  a  situation  in 
the  West:  will  teach  school,  clerk,  or,  if  neces- 
sary, work  on  a  farm,  anything  to  make  an  hon- 
est living  and  be  useful  to  the  chuivh.  Bro. 
Beer  is  a  speaker  of  excellent  abili^*  and  can  be 
of  great  service  to  a  church,  needing  miuister- 
jitl  aid.  Brethren  look  lu-ouud  and  find  a  place 
for  him.  Let  tho.se  work  who  will  work.  Ad- 
dress him  at  Huntingdon.  Pa. 


A  I'GOH,  ministering  brother,  who  lias  but  one 
arm  thjit  he  can  use  says:  "  I  have  seen  yoiu"  pa- 


THB  ORIGINAL  GROUND. 

IT  will  be  not  only  profitable,  but  pleasant  to 
examine  and  learn  more  of  tihe  pasition  oc- 
eni)ied  by  our  ancient  Brethren,  who'  were  first 
in  the  grand  reforuuitory  movement,  with  which 
we  arc  now  identified.  The  carefuyl  irtudant  can 
always  learn  from  the  history  of  the  past. 

To  uie  it  has.  at  times,  been  a  matter  of  some 
astonishment  how  those  ancient  Brethren,  amid 
the  error  and  dlseoi-ds  of  that  age,  could  settle 
down  npoii  such  true  and  noble  principles,  and 
py  a  Imsis  that  has  succes-sfully  witlistood 
the  opposition  luul  criticism  of  over  one  huu^ 
dred  and  fifty  yeai-s.  That  the  position  (JccupietJ 
by  them  was  Ijoth  safe  and  Scriptural,  I  have 
never  had  the  least  reason  to  donht,  and  the 
mo«!  f  examine  the  subject,  aud  compare  it  with 
my  understanding  of  the  Scriptures,  the  better 
am  I  satisfied  with  it,  believing  it  to  have  been 
predicated  upon  the  practice  of  the  old  Apostolic 
church.  The  ground  selected  by  them,  is  fully 
sustained  by  the  Scriptures,  if  properly  inter- 
preted. Some,  however,  have  fallen  into  an 
error  regarding  the  position  occupied  by 
those  Brethren,  believing  their  examples,  set 
in  the  early  stage  of  the  reformatory  movement, 


should  !)e  regarded  as  obligatonr  upon  all  those 
who  should  follow  after,  nor  is  it  an  easy  t.isk  to 
dislodge  these  convictions  from  luinds  that  have 
once  entertained  them.  But  more  of  this  anon. 
It  is  my  candid  convietion  that  if  we.  as  a 
bo<iy,  would  come  to  the  r;«y;W  fjro'in'l  and  Ji'*- 
fiitioii  occupied  by  our  forefathers,  and  emlenvor 
to  live  up  to  the  principles  embodied  therein, 
that  we  would  have  but  few  severe  difficulties 
with  which  to  contend,  and  what  few  might 
cliance  to  arise  could  be  adjusted  in  a  very  sutis- 
factorj'  iiuinuer. 

There  ai-e  two  prolific  sources  of  diiTicultics 
imd  schisms:  1st.  Meddling  with,  and  trying  to 
settle  questions  about  which  the  Bible  is  as  si- 
lent as  the  grave.  2nd.  Evading  or  attempting 
to  alter  the  plain,  positive  commands  of  the 
Gospel.  On  these  points  our  ancient  Brethren 
were  very  strict,  and  mutually  labored  to  avoid 
all  questions  calculated  to  leiul  to  contention  and 
disunion.  They  were  not  content  with  things 
just  a  few  huudred  yeai-s  old,  nor  were  they  will- 
ing to  settle  down  u|)on  the  platform  occupied 
by  any  known  clas-s  oi  people.  They  took  tlie 
Bible  lui  tlieir  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  aud 
practice,  and  for  their  order  went  right  back  to 
the  Apostolic  age,  imd  aimed,  in  all  their  delib- 
erations, to  build  upon  the  foundation  of  Christ 
and  the  apostles.  They  did  not  attempt  to  lay 
a  new  foundation,  nor  to  introduce  a  new  sys- 
tem of  ivligion,  but  their  fii-st  and  grand  object 
wiLs  to  get  back  to  the  ancient  order  of  things, 
and  continue  therein.  They  labored  to  settle 
everything  by  the  Gosi>el,  appealing  to  it  as  their 
only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice,  the  on- 
ly existing  bond  of  union,  and  their  hearts  were 
so  wrapped  up  in  the  teachings  of  the  good  Book, 
the  spreading  of  the  Truth  and  the  salvation  of 
souls,  that  they  had  no  time  to  stop  and  meddle 
with  questions  that  God.  in  His  wisdom,  thought 
not  worthy  of  notice. 

Then,  when  we  slop  to  imiuire  for  tbe  jwsj- 
tion  occupied  by  them,  we  are  referred  directly 
to  the  Apostolic  order,  and  the  practice  of  the 
Apostolic  churches,  and  when  we  go  back  to  the 
Apostles,  to  the  first  century,  to  the  Golden  Age 
of  the  Christian  churcli,  then,  and  not  till  then 
do  we  occupy  the  same  ground  and  position  tlinl 
was  advocated  by  our  ancient  Brethren  who 
were  first  in  this  grand  refomintory  movement. 
The  great  difierence  bi'tween  them  and  the 
popular  denominations  of  that  period,  laid  in 
tin-  fact  tliat  these  "popular  ehuvclies  were  not 
willlnii  to  ailopfc  the  Aiwstulic  order  of  things, 
they  were  not  willing  to  go,  for  their  faith  ami 
practice,  hacU  to  the  fii-st  centmy,  to  the  Gold- 
en Age  of  the  Christian  church:  they  were  un- 
willing to  uonforwto  the  order  laid  down  by  the 
ApONtles;  while  ou  tlHrother  hand,  our  Brethren 
strongly  contendodforCftft  Apostolic  order,  the  old 
orderiLsrecordedinthc  New  Testament.  Thiswas 
tlie  order  that  they  so  ardeirfly  labored  («  re- 
produce, and  this  is  the  ground  and  [wsition  oc- 
cupied by  the  Brrthhen  at  Wobk.  We  want 
to  build  upon  no  other  foundation  s8r»«  that  of 
Chiist  and  the  Apostles.  For  this  foundation 
our  ancient  Brethren  contended,  and  in  all  their 
lahore  and  deliberations  they  pointed  to  this 
foundation,  to  thU,  the  Apostolic  order  of  things, 
imd  the  great  ideal  of  their  hearts  was.  to  build 
up  a  congregation  of  i)eople  precisely  like  those 
tlmt  comjTOsed  the  churches  planted  by  the 
Apostles  themselves.  They  did  not  iiattern  af- 
ter each  other;  they  took  no  man  for  their  mod- 
el. They  looked  to  a  higlicr  aud  more  perfect 
source  for  a  pattern— one  that  was  nnule  by  the 
Lonl  Himself,  one  tluit  was  originated  by  the 
Father,  established  on  earth  hy  the  Son,  and 
siuictified  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  us  such  has 
been  handed  to  the  worid  aa  the  only  perfect 
model  on  the  globe,  and  is  the  only  one  that  we 
ai'e  justified  in  patterning  after. 

To  make  all  things  according  to  the  i.attern 
shown  in  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  is  not  such 
an  easy  task  as  some  lanatics  have  supposed, 
yet  the  model  is  plain  and  simple,  and  if  care- 
fully studied,  may  be  imitated  to  the  letter. 
The  worlfl  a.s  well  as  tlie  church,  is  too  full  of 
those  who  are  patterning  after  each  other,  ever 
learning,  but  never  able  to  come  to  a  full  knowl- 
edge of  the  Truth  as  it  is  in  Clirist  Jesus,  and 
m  it  was  put  into  practice  hy  those  who  were 
His  pei-sonal  followers.  The  inevitable  tenden- 
cy of  modem  Christendom  in  patterning  after 
each  otlier  ha3  been  to  grow  woi-se  instead  of 
better. 

They  forcibly  remind  me  of  my  early  school 
(lays.  1  wanted  to  learn  to  write.  A  copy-book 
was  ivirnished  me,  and  my  teacher  wrote  a  beau- 


tiful copy  on  the  firet  line  at  the  top  f 
page,  felling  me  to  make  my  letters  ju^t  iji,  , . 
Of  course  I  did  my  best,  and  miule  n  pretlv  '*^ 
stagger  at  it  in  the  firet  line.  The  secondT^ 
was  still  better,  and  so  on  for  several  lint-  ^^ 
when  I  got  down  to  about  the  middle  of  t^ 
p.age  it  was  too  troublesome  to  look 


teacher's  copy,  so  I  looked  at  my  own  -J^,:  ^ 


and  Went  ou  till  tlie  page 


when  I  look  over  my  old  copy-books,  IfiuQ.i  ' 
the  last  line  is  the  worst  on  the  page.  ]j  ."j 
soon  came  across  a  teacher  who  worked  th" 
quite  diflcrently.  He  wrote  the  copy  on  a  sn^, 
strip  of  paper,  telling  me  to  wrilo  just  likgii 
on  the  fii-st  line  of  my  book.  1  did  so.  The  "*! 
must  lay  the  striji  containing  the  copy,  on  .i, 
line  1  had  written,  and  write  another  Ihie  1,^1  " 
and  so  on  till  the  page  was  full.  This  ft.,  I 
learned  to  write. 

How  many  churches  are  there  that  have  Iw. 
imitating  each  other  in  succession  till  there 
scarcely  any  resemblance  between  them  and  th- 
original  copy?  Right  here  is  the  trouble  with 
our  people;  we  have  been  looking  too  much  at 
each  other,  and  not  enough  at  the  original  cq. 
set  by  Christ  and  the  Apostles.  When  ou 
Brethren  commenced  their  work  in  Germanyin 
the  year  1T(I8,  they  procured  a  genuine  copy. 
plate,  and  did  their  best  to  imitate  it,  tobuiHi,, 
a  church  just  like  it.  and  in  all  their  laboKnsT. 
er  thought  of  imitating  each  other,  nor  did 
they  intend  that  their  actions  should  he  an  in. 
fallible  model  to  rising  generatiims.  Of  couro 
in  their  attempts  at  following  copy  they  made 
some  mistakes — and  who  has  not? — but  after- 
wai"ds  labored  to  amend.  They  did  not  look 
(hi-oi'f/h  two  or  three  generations  at  the  Rjhlp 
but  laid  the  good  Book  right  over  all  their  pmi 
actions,  and  endeavored  to  mou'd  their  fiihire 
conduct  accordingly.  Just  as  fast  as  they  pas. 
ed  down  the  page  of  time  the  copy  followed 
right  along,  covering  uy  the  thi 


of  tht'p,i?t, 
but  pt'epai^lug  tlieui  for  the  future.  Biniiew  m\ 
iii8ali&>lien'  members  were  always  pointedlolbc 
Bible  ai  tlift  great  standard  and  umpire  of  all 
disputes.  By  tliiS  I'eri^i't  Law  they  settled  all 
questions. 

Now  the  question  m-iscs,  What  visa  the  posi- 
tion  occupied  by  our  ancient  Brethren?  Wlul 
was  their  platfonn?  We  unhesitatingly  nut. 
wer  that,  having  cut  loose  from  the  worlil.  tbe 
conflicting:  and  discordant  theories  of  the  tlim 
existing  Christendom,  they  ciiiue  out  before  the 
world,  advocating  the  Bible  as  the  only  infalli- 
ble rule  of  faith  aud  practice,  the  oiily  God 
authorized  bond  of  union  on  eavth,  and  heuce 
in  all  things  appealed  to  its  teachings.  The  Bi- 
ble, and  lh«  Bible  only  was  their  plei^  for  this 
they  lahoi-ed,  and  upon  this  foundation  the)" 
stood,  detying  ihn  wisdom  of  the  world,  mt 
contending  for  the  faith  once  delivered  uutn  the 
saints,  the  re-prodi(«>Bg  of  Christianity  in  all 
its  primitive  purity.  TViwy  did  not  stop  at  Siu 
Augsburg  Confession  of  Vaith,  neither  did  (hey 
linger  at  the  council  of  Nice  4.  D.  325.  Thsy 
did  not  pause  tr)  wrangle  ove*'  t.he  disputes  aiid! 
debates  of  -the  Greeks  and  LatinS-.  but  left  them' 
in  the  rcar.laying  hold  of  the  olil  Apostolic  or- 
der, the  practice  and  teachings  of  tli«e  wholiv- 
ed  in  the  first  century — here  they  foand  their 
model  Christians,  their  model  church,  and  then 
went  to  work  patterning  after  it.  They  did  not 
compare  themselves  among  themselves,  batlaid 
the  old  Apostolic  copy  right  before  them  ami 
went  to  work.  Their  eflbrts  were  crowned  irith 
marked  success,  and  God  bless  them  for  their 
zeal  and  good  works. 

I  would,  brethren,  that  we  were  as  zealous  as 
they,  as  willing  to  go  back  to  the  fiiTft  centurj' 
for  mil-  model  us  they  were  in  days  of  yore. 
We  may  boa.st  of  learning  and  privi!egts.butif 
there  is  anything  that  we  ought  to  covet,  iti* 
the  zeal  and  honesty  of  those  who  were  tirst  m 
the  grand  reformatory  movement.  They  1«' 
the  man-made  confessions  of  faith  behind  them, 
paid  no  attention  to  the  corrupt  decrees  of  men. 
but  laid  hold  nn  the  old  Apostolic  order,  aad 
endeavored  to  walk  in  their  footsteps.  Ami'' 
we  want  to  imitate  those  ancient  Brethren  Vf 
must  go  to  the  fountain  he.id,  where  they  wen'i 
for  our  copy.  We  must  lay  the  Bible  right  m 
front  of  us,  and  learn  directly  from  its  pa$^- 
We  must  not  look  at  the  Perfect  Law  of  Liber- 
ty through  them,  if  we  do,  we  will  not  be  fol- 
lowing their  examide,  for  they  never  all<'«'^ 
any  object  to  get  between  them  and  the  BiW*-- 
The  example  they  set  us  to  follow,  is  'If ' 
They  went  for  their  faith  and  practice  to  the 
Apostles,  to  the  fii>t  churches  establisln^  on 


jTebruary^ 


14. 


THE   BRKTIIKE>.-^    AT    AVOKlv. 


^rt„.    Th.t  .-.IS  tV  ex.mple  .Wj.  ^t  f„  ,„.    ^..^^  ,,„,         ,„  y„„  „„,,  ^„^,^  I        . 

,a  .  b.t.er  example  w»»  „„„  «t  Ace  fte  !  „ft„  „„H1  ,1„  „,„,,  »'„  eongn^g.lio^  incre,^ 

c<l  till  nil  could  not  got  seats.  In  nil.  we  tried 
to  i<Tiw)i  six  sermon*:  being  mostly  on  snbjecla 
of  iltictrine,  nnd  our  hpulth  not  admitting  of 
mucli  hard  Inlior  and  exhortation,  we  did 
tvnj*  tvsults  or  inimwliutp  anci'«»ions. 
though  the  prospects  hid  fsiir  for  sinucra  turn- 
ing to  God,  could  wi.'  have  remained  longer. 
One  or  nioro  i-xprosscd  a  desire  to  be  received 


<3oldP»  Ago  of  the  <:hrisHnn  church.  Now,  will 
y,e  follow  it  J-  Will  wo  go  back  to  the  Apostles 
for  our  rule  of  fail  h  nnd  practice,  or  will  we 
yield  to  the  dictates  of  some  uninspired  men? 
jf  we  wftnt  *o  ^^^"^  t'od  aright,  and  drink  from  I  not 
tlie  jmre  fountain  of  unadulterated  knowledge. 
„.e  don't  want  to  stop  this  side  the  very  fountain 
^f  eteniid  Truth. 

It  is  right  and  prudent  that  we  should  respect 
ftjjd  honor  our  forefnthers-for  the  good  they  have 
done.  Many  of  them  endured  ranch  morethan 
we  will  ever  stand,  and  God  bless  them  for  their 


labors.  I  wtmld  that  we  had  some  more  such 
good,  pious  workei-s  among  us,  biit  they  have 
cone  to  their    rest,  and  if  we  do    proportional- 


prinkled  into  wat*r— not  a  word    slime  and  filth  of  the  world,  with  th«-  *-X|.<^rU- 
about  tliis.    Or  doe.<»  he  refer  lo  the  learned  |  tii^n  of  rtaking  the  world  V*tt#r  by  being  filthy 

11  the 


Christians     of    the    second,    and  third    ten-    too,  you  simply  extingnixh  thp  flitk^r 

(uries,  who  took  up  the  Apostolic   practice-  and  !  of  light  that  may  have  l»*n  in  vou.        .,  .„^ 

ftbly  dv'fended  it  against  all  innovations  nnd  itulv  |  lifjlit  that  i»  in  tW  be  .Iarkn«..'  h<*w  gr^Tit  is 


stitut^'s?  If  so,  let  us  hear  a  few  of  th..... 
First,  .lustin  Martyr,  who  wrote  sometime  bc- 
tw<?en  the  years  100  and  I6.^. 

"Then  we  bring  them  to  some  place  where 
there  is  water,  and  they  are  bapti7/?d  by  the 


into  the  fold  soon,  which  was  promised  to  be  at-   same  way  of  baptism  hy  which  we  were  bapti?.- 


tendcd  too. 

On  Saturday  moniing,  leaving  ourcompanion 


il:  for  they  ;ire  washetl  in  the  water   in  the 
name  of  God  the  Father,  Lord  of  all  things; 


and  started  for  this  place  to  hold  a  few  meetinga 

with  the  Brethren  here.    May  Goil  bless  IJro. 

Long  and  family,  and  all  the  dear  ones  who  so 

iy,^s  well  «sthoj^we  ought  to  be  thankful.  Hut  j  kindly  received  aud  cared  for  us  while  there. 

Trust  that  the  one  lea  behind  among  them,  may, 
on  a  "loi-e  thorough  acquaintance,  incrciLse  the 


nt  the  home  of  Bro.  Long,  we  bade  all  farewell    an.l  of  our  Savior  Jeans  Christ,  and  of  the  Huiy 


I  do  not  believe  in  making  gods  of  those  an- 
cient Brethren:  they  were  not  infallible.  Wc 
should    not  regard  their  ophiims  os  hiir  ami  I  confidei 


msi'tl  Tliey  never  intended  that  we  should 
<lo  that.  They  never  intended  that  the  chvircU 
shoul'l  be  referred  to  them  for  their  rule  of  faith 
and  practice.  They  went  for  wisdom  to-  the 
Fountain  Head,  and  want  us  to  do  the  same 
They  wiiut  "^  to  \itLVG  knowledge  from  the  very 
place  from  whence  they  got  theirs.  Wo  must 
jilso  make  a  distinction  ht-hweeu  their  hand  writ- 
jig  and  the  copy  they  followed.  It  would  do 
well  £'nnugh  to  copy  after  them  for  ^  few  gener- 
ations, but  to  make  a  regular  business  of  it  will 
be  just  like  my  fii-st  lessons  at  school— the  more 
T  «-rot*,  the  woi-se  I  got.  We  want  to  imitate 
the  copy  they  tried  to  imitate,  and  make  thin; 
according  to  the  sa;He^jM/icni  they  endeavored 
lo  follow.  Don't  take  what  they  did  for  a  pat^ 
tern,  but  get  the  old  Apostolic  pattern  and  fol- 
low that,  then,  and  not  till  then  will  we  be  like 
those  ancient  ones  fii-st  in  this  our  movement. 
"VVe  have  been  imitating  each  otlier  till  some  of 
us  are  nearly  .spoiled  by  it.  It  is  time  we  were 
seeking  for  the  old  paths,  and  endeavoring  to 
walk  therein.     .i.  n,  m. 

EDITORIAL  CORRiESPONDENCE. 


nee  so  mutually  begun  on  all  sides.    We 


ON  iSuuday.  Jan.  20th,  at  10  A.  M.,  we  met 
in  the  old  Manor  church.  Washington  Co.. 
Md.,  for  worship,  but  owing  to  the  inclemeucy 
of  the  weather.many  were  not  permitted  tov.ll- 
tend,  yet  our  congregation  wius  large  for  the  day. 
Met  many  with  whom  we  bad  formed  acquuiht- 
anop  one  year  ago  while  there.  The  meeting  to 
us.  Wits  one  of  pleasant  reunion  associated  with 
joyful  reeullfctluiifl^— gluriou?  meetings  in  by- 
goni-  days,  when  siDUcrs  turned  to  God.  Dur- 
ing our  series  of  services  tuOlI,  tlflij  'lifiw,-  np  tiH 
now.  wo  Were  informed  that  near  eighty  iil  (ill.' 
have  united  with  God's  people.  Tliis  is  what 
infuses  courage — that  when  we  look  back  over 
the  pa.'^t  thirty  months  of  our  ministerial  labor. 
in  every  (or  with  few  exceptions)  congregation 
where  God  called  ns  to  labor,  a  steady  increase 
hoa  been  the  result.  No  spasmodic  revivals  and 
then  a  general  backsliding,  but  a  continued  iu- 
crciLse  and  a  warming  up  that,  to-day  tells  that 
God  was  in  the  work.  We  don't  often  like  to 
M'.'  men  disappointed,  but  thank  God  those  who 
Uorand  so  positively  prophesied  '"It  will  end 
■  vil,"  have  been  disappointed,  and  to-day,  in 
iliis  brnad  land,  near  twenty-five  hundred  souls 
^tand  in  full  union  with  the  church  througli  mw 
humble  etlbrts,  and  not  overascore  of  this  vast 
number  have  failed  mid  fallen.  It  isGod'swork, 
though  in  the  eyes  of  men  it  be  marvelous. 
Wu  hope  to  meet  all  in  heaven,  and  feel  that,  by 
Gud's  grace  we  will.  Men  may  oppose,  may 
circulate  false  reports,  nniy  grow  jealous  and 
pull  down,  hut  against  allthis  God's  work  will 
go  on  and  Hi.s  cause  prosper.  We  have  shed 
many  tears  at  the  prophecies  nnule  concerning 
the  work,  at  the  misrepresentations  made,  and 
mithirness  of  men's  work,  but  the  knowledge  of 
tlie  permanency  of  the  work,  explodes  all  the 
niittjnetic  hootiiigs  and  excited  declai-ations. 
an.l  imparts  joy  enough  for  past  sorrows,  and 
idVordsa  grand  incentive  to  future  work:  and 
•■lay  heaven  si)eed  the  day  when  thousands m.u-e 
will  come  out  frotii  the  world  and  walk  in  the 
life-giving  road  of  .Jesus  Christ. 

Again  in  the  evening  we  met  for  worship 
>till  rauiiiig.lmtnndience large.  Mondayeven- 
niiiiained  so  we  did  not  go  to  church:  remain 
••'l  at  Bro.  Pavid  Long's,  where  our  home  r 
when  in  this  church.  It  seems  so  much  like 
father  an<l  mother's  house,  we  always  w.mt  to 
Ko  there,  and  nmny  timo«  when  far  away, 
think  ,.f  it  a.s  home.     Tuesday  evening 


are  more  and  more  convinced  that,  where  God's 
people  show  their  love  to  God  by  loving  one  an- 
other, and  treating  others  courteous,  that  stran- 
gers will  bo  won  over  to  a  love  for  the  church, 
if  not  altogether  to  its  communion,  where  oth- 
erwise their  confidence  would  be  lost.  Why  w 
it  that  in  one  locality  an  unconverted  nuni  or 
woman  will  exclaim, ''  Christianity  is  all  a  farce  " 
and  "  church  members  look  down  on  those  out 
of  tlie  churcli,  and  freeze  us  to  death  and  drive 
usfrom  the  Truth,"  while  in  other  places.and, 
among  those  of  the  same  profe.'ision  they  say. 
"  The  people  are  all  so  good,  we  cannot  help 
but  love  them  nnd  admire  the  church,"  Who 
of  the  readers  of  the  Brethhen  at  Work  can 
tell?  Will  Bro.  Mentzer  or  some  one  of  our 
special  contributoi-s  tell  us?  The  secret  is  some- 
where, and  now  where  is  it?  Let  every  one  try 
to  find  the  gem  and  possess  it,  and  what  a  glo- 
rious revival  we  will  have. 

Our  meetings  here  are  said  to  be  more  largely 
attended  than  any  of  the  kind  ever  held  in 
Brownsville,  and  up  till  to-day  the  waters  iire 
being  troubled,  and  sinnere  culling  for  the  way 
of  Life.  Will  give  a  full  report  of  the  church, 
its  past  and  present  spiritual  condition,  and  the 
results  of  our  meetings  next  week.  Our  health 
is  still  improving,  and  we  begin  to  feel  like  of 
old.  able  to  labor  each  day  for  the  cause,  and 
work  for  the  great  harvest  beyond. 

Thursday  evening  we  preach  at  Fiuikstowii. 
Friday  join  our  companion,  Bro.  J.  F.  Oiler  and 
wife,  goto  Bailey's  Springs,  Cuinberhuid  Co..  Pa. 
for  a  few  days'  meetings,  then  to  Ohio.  Feb.  14. 
All  lottei-s  from  this  on,  to  reach  us.  should  be 
addressed  to  Dunkirk,  Hardm  Co.,  Ohio,  in  care 
of  S.  T.  Roii'serman.    Find  our  paperie  Increas- 

gin  lavor  here  in  the  East,  and  In  the  Ik 
nf  very  many  more  of  our  Brethren  tliail  Wc 
expected  to  soe  it. 

Love  to  Bro.  E.  K.  Buechly  and  all  the  dear 
Brethren  at  Lanark  and  Waterloo,  and  may 
God's  gract?  bo  with  all  His  people  every  where 
now  and  forevermoie.  s.  B.  H. 

Jiro-nisrilh;  Mil..  J'»i.  y.'/,  }>^7^, 


Spirit."      Next.  Clement  of   Alexandria  who 
wrote  sometime  between  the  year*  171  and  104. 
"  Ye  were  conducted  to  a  bath  just  as  Christ 
was  carried  to  the  grave,  and  wore  thric*  im- 
mersed to  signify  the  three  days  of  his  burial." 
Then  comes  Tcrtullian,  sometime  Iietwccn  IflO 
and  220:  "After  the  resurrection,  promising  He 
would  send  the  promise  of  the  Father:  nndla.it^ 
Iv,  commanding  that  they  should  immerse  into 
the  Father,  and  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Spirit: 
not  into  one  name,  for  we  are  immenHed  for  each  I 
name,  into  each  person,  not  once,  but  thrice." 
These  are  some  of  the  erifieiices  he  dow  not 
want  us  to  reatl,  because  they  have  not  in  them 
the  sound  of  sprinkling  a  little  water  on  a  iier- 
8on,  but  like  the  holy  Scriptures,  invariably 
speak  of  immersion.     Wc  do  not  read  and  pre- 
sent them,  Iwcause  they   are  the  "  history  of 
men,"  but  because  they  are  faithful  witnesses  of 
the  continuation  of  that  immei'sion  which  Christ 
and  the  Apostles  set  up  in  the  land  of  Falcs- 
tine.  I 

"Sprhikluifj,  the  Ti-m  Mwle  of  Baptism." 
The  author  does  not  say  here,  that  aprhikfiiuj  is 
niif  of  the  modes  of  haptkm^  nor  that  It  is  bap- 
tism, but  that  it  is  "  thr  true  mnih."  One  would 
conclude  from  the  title,  that  the  "  Rev.  Green- 
widd,"  is  not  contending  for  baptism,  but  only 
the  mixlv,  but  when  the  W/f/ Is  brought  out,  you 
will  see  that  the  same  kind  of  blood  don't  run 
through  the  head  and  body,  for  he  stoutly  in- 
sists that  sprinkling  is  baptism.  We  shall 
therefore,  iu  a  series  of  articles,  let  the  rays  ol 


that  darknew"  (Matt.  6:23).  Murt young  men 
be  make  the  vietiuu  of  a  lottery  conduct*-!  V»y 
Chriatian  (?)  heads  and  hands,  iikd  that  t<H>.  in 
oi-dcr  to  raisL-  brwwi  and  butt«r  for  wjm*r  hiuigiy, 
idle  profesMorof  n-ligion?  And  tflin  is  progress- 
ion! Yes,  pTotrn-s-iion  in  worldlini-ss  in  sin.  in 
iniquity  and  corruption.  For  once  thoHr  gam- 
blers are  correct :  but  then  do  not  add  unto  yoar 
condemnation  the  idea  that  it  is  progmsion  in 
true,  vitftl  piety,  in  pertoction  of  tlie  holy  relig- 
ion of  a  crucified  Lord. 


Lives  there  a  man  or  woman  who  has  '"  put 
on  Christ,"  been  "burie<l  with  him  in  baptism," 
■■  rencived  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  changed  and  made 
partakers  of  Christ's  sufferings."  that  will  go 
down  into  the  pits  of  .tin  and  folly  ax  di:>tribed 
by  the  article  quoted?  Will  a  pious,  devoted 
Christian  permit  himself  to  be  fettered  and 
bound  again  by  Satan  in  that  manner?  God 
help  professors  of  religion  to  act  Uhe  Christiana 
and  to  shun  the  evils  of  this  world. 

God,  m  His  great  goodness,  and  luving-kind- 
ness,  saw  fit  to  enjoin  upon   His  followers,  to 
"Greet  one  another  with  a  holy  km."    Though 
this  be  a  fact,  yet  thousand.s  of  persons  may  he 
found  who  declare  that  it  is  not  necessary  to  do 
just  as  God  says  in  this  matter,  but  th'-n  many 
of  them  can  be  found,  who  see  the  necessity  -of 
setting  up  young  ladies  at  chnrch  fairs,  for  men 
to  kiss,  at  five  cents  each.    It  is  needful,  you  see, 
to  the  extent  of /re  rf»t».    .ludns  received  'AiV- 
tij  pifces  of  sitcfr  for  his  dirty  work,  but  some 
of  our  modem,  fa.'^bionable  Chrisblans  ( ?)  will 
do  dirty  work  for  tinirklr!    You  see  that  to  ful- 
fill the  injunction  of  the  Savior,  requires  some 
Helf-tlenial  and  considerable  love,  while  on  the 
other  hand,  u  fivr-ccnt  hiss  is  so  tenderand  pleas- 
ant to  the  flesh,  and  requires  no  self-denial. 
Sin  lies  in  the  root,  trunk  and  branches  of  such 
unholy  actions. 

So  marked  has  the  majority  of  professors  be- 


divine  light  shine  on  the  pamphlet,  according  to    come  in  imitating  the  world,  that  even  Moody 


the  ability  which  God  givcth,  until  itssophistry 
liit)  been  laid  entirely  baro.  If  "iiprinkling  be 
the  true  mode  of  baptism,"  the  tays  of  divine 
light  will  only  makt'  it  the  brighter,  but  if  it  be 
a  miserable  s'uhstltule  fur  huptisui,  its  falsity 
will  only  he  the  more  apparent  when  held  up  to 
the  light.  We  hope,  therefore,  that  some  good 
may  follow  our  investigation  and  review,  and  in 
next  issue  shall  endeavor  to  hear  our  first  Ic-ison 
from  the  Dr.  Greenwald.  m.  m.  e. 


mH 


NOT  PROGRESSION. 

EKE  are  ^OiilC  tliinjis  transpiring  which  a 
popular  Christian  world  considers  evidcncct^ 


enters  his  objections.  Hear  him:  '"How  can  a. 
church  prwper  when  turned  into  a  theatre,  with 
its  members  for  amattur  actors?  Or  how  pros- 
per by  getting  up  fairs,  oj-ster  suppers,  with 
grub-boxes  and  such  things,  or  perhaps  the  sale 
of  the  privilege  to  kisii  the  handsomest  womaii 
in  the  room,  or  some  such  iniquity?"  In  ihis 
manner  he  recently  dcnomiced  sacred  concerts 
in  churches;  and  now  we  don't  want  spasmodic 
hearts  to  get  hurt  or  wounded,  for  he  who  is 
guilty  of  inaugurating  and  participating  in  th^ 
abominable  things  herein  enumerated,  is  al- 
ready badly  hurt— witli  sin.  Give  us  ever  the 
old-fashioned  religion  of  Apostolic  origin. 

X.  U.  E. 


"SPRINKLING. 


B"= 


TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 

INTltCIH'CTlOX. 

FFOUK  me  is  a  pamphlet  of  sixty-eight 
pages,  with  the  above  title,  by  "  Ilev.  F. 
Greenwald,  D.  D-,  Pastor  of  the  Evangelical 
church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Lancaster,  I'a." 
The  work  wn.s  sent  to  the  writer  with  the  fol- 
lowing lines  neatly  written  and  pasted  on  oue 
of  the  fly  leaves: 

"  Skakcii  the  Scrim-ures;  mf  the  histonj  of 
uirii,  for  in  them  you  will  find  hi'l'lni  tiMx- 

HffS." 

I  presume  the  "  ihem  "  refei-s  to  "  Scriptures  " 
—at  lesist  1  shall  so  receive  it,  and  look  at  the 
inscription  accordingly.  "Search  the  Script- 
ures; "  so  says  our  Lord  and  Master,  hence  good. 
"  Not  the  history  of  men."  What  has  this  to 
do  with  "  sprinkling,  the  true  mode  of  baptism? 
The  historj'  of  hnplism  has  much  to  do  with 
nfvealing  the  or.V/'"  of  "  sprinkling  for  bap- 
tism," but  tlie  history  of  m^n,  in  general,  does 
not  enter  into  this  subject,  t'erliaps  the  sender 
of  the  pamphlet  meant  the  history  of  Impliem 
as  given  by  men. 

The  Scriptures,  which  he  invites  ustoseiurch, 

were    nrittt-n    by    max,  and  they    tell    about 

persons  being  Iniptized  "  m  Jordan,"  going  down 

"  ;,i/o  the  water."  nnd  coming  "ftp  o"l  of  the 

cold  mid  '  water."  but  nothing  about  any  oue  being  sprink- 


of  religious  progression,  hut  when  these  evi- 
dences are  turned  over,  looked  into  and  careful- 
ly scrutinized,  they  are  found  to  be  evidences  of 
injiYKnim  into  the  world.  The  following,  from 
the  Aiiin-icuii  Chrisliaii  /^ivVvc,  telU  how  church 
progres-sion  (?)  is  leading  out  In  some  places: 
■■  The  latest  absurdity  for  church  fairs  is  the  plan 
of  aui:tioning  off  the  young  ladles  of  the  con- 
gregation. The  ladies,  being  veiled  in  sheets 
from  heiul  to  foot,  are  sold  oue  alU-r  another, 
and  are  tlie  partners  for  the  evening,  of  those 
who  bid  them  in.  Almost  any  young  man 
wouM  rather  select  with  his  eyes  open,  than  to 
pa>  tliree  or  four  dolliu^  for  a  choice,  with  them 
practically  shut.  Young  la-lies  would,  perhaps, 
rather  be  auctioned  thim  stand  up  to  be  kissi-d 
at  five  cents  a  kiss,  as  is  sometimes  done.  Most 
young  ladies  would  find  either  plan  of  raising 
money  distasteful." 

This  is  not  a  boul-reviving  text.  It  Is  not  I 
such  iLs  brings  joy  and  peace  to  a  Christiiui. 
though  it  may  add  a  little  to  the  flesh  of  a  sin- 
ner. Is  it  any  wonder  that  infidels  are  being 
miidei'  Call  such  nonsense  imd  beggariy-ele- 
ment  work.  Christian  progre;**!  And  wlthl  all 
such  folly,  the  popular  professor  will  assert  that 
"  the  world  is  getting  better."  Perhaps  they 
mean  that  since  the  world  is  ever  ready  to  help 
"bid  in  "the  darlings  and  thus  replenish  tb 
depleted  exchequer,  the  worid  is  yettiiuj  h-lter. 
.lesus  does  not  say  anything  about  making  the 
world  Kdter  by  aiming  to  excel  it  in  revelry  and 
nonsense.  Xo.  Jesus  did  not  go  that  way;  nor 
do  His  obedient  children  want  to  go  that 
wftj-  eitlier. 
Professing  CTiristiim,  when  you  step  into  the 


"A  REVIEW  OF  THE   MODERN    TOSKER. 
BY  ULRIC  VON  HOTTEN." 

THE  above  Is  the  title  of  a  malicious,  slander- 
ous imd  abusive  tract  against  the  Brethren, 
by  one  Mr.  Wilson,  of  New  Market,  Va.,  who, 
true  to  his  rhnrnrlrt;  falsely  styles  himself  "  VU 
lie  Von  lliittcti."  The  author  has  (or  had  a  few- 
years  ago)  quite  a  surplus' stock  of  these  tracts 
on  hand,  and  I  see  he  is  adopting  a  phm  to  rid 
liimself  of  them  for  the  Brethren's  money,  by 
sending  private  circulars  to  the  Brethren  over 
the  country,  who  are  ignomut  of  the  character 
of  his  work.  A  Bro.  HarshWrger.  of  Va.,  (I 
forget  his  fiill  name  luid  post  ofliee)  made  a  short 
imd  able  refutation  ot  this  attack,  a  few  years 
ago.  Will  Bro.  Harshbcrger  please  furnish  the 
Brethren's  papere  with  his  full  address,  also  the 
name  and  priCv  of  his  tract  ? 
Fnitfrnally. 

J.  W.  Steis. 
(7iW*.  mill  Vitiihaitor  please  mpg.) 


(I'ri 


Some  temptations  come  to  the  industrious, 
but  idl  temptations  attack  the  idle.  Idle  Chris- 
tians are  not  tempted  of  the  devil  so  much  m 
they  do  prompt  the  devil  to  tempt  them.  Idle- 
ness sets  the  door  of  the  heart  ajar,  and  asks 
Satan  to  come  in.  but  if  we  are  ixxupicd  from 
morning  till  night,  should  Sadm  get  in.  he  must 
break  through  the  door.  I'uder  sovereign 
grace,  and  next  to  fiiith.  there  is  no  better 
shield  i^-iiust  temptation  tlian  obe<Uence  to  lh« 
precept  that  ye  be  "  Not  slothful  in  bmun«aB; 
serving  the  Lord." 


TMl-J   li«ETmtE>r    :A.T    T\'0KK:. 


Feb: 


Tuaryj^^ 


^/tc  ^autii  ^irch. 


RBAD  AMD  OBKy. 

"  llMbsml*.  I'lie  your  fri,»f«." 

"  WiT»",    pbtj    jour  |^u"h»njii," 

■   I  .(I.pfn,  |irovak«  noi  /our  clillUr^n  ro  wrntli," 

•' tJhirdron.    ofifj    your    pitctU    Id    all    Iblngi." 

Edilcd.  by  M:  M.  Eshelman. 


I  AM  FOUND  AGAIN. 


I F  you  wbli  to  be  t*een  througli  a  ijiicryscopt', 
jiijtt  jjcTiait  yourself  to  get  into  a  jiassiou. 


Lv  i'onr  swoot,  nilpiit  uietlitotiond.  ,iWPiezijliir 
niw  blr-iw<.'(l  to  Ik'  siivi-ili  gw:  to  htJivea  unddwc-il 
.itli  jL-i.iH(iiid:ill  tlienrigclic  throng;)!  etorjiity. 


Taoi;Bi-Bi»  Jwrtvyvjroi  venevipmo  willing  to 

y  dowu  into  tJu;  groat  pea  ot  i  ■ 

J  niiglil  hv  diokfiii'  ,, 


C" 


TsTiii  ive  ccoi«*fwiiiiOiir-(>wn  HiMlom  wltidi 


li'i3<m,I]ilVg   I 


Til.-  t.rt[.T 

''t  -,    '-  .„.])   . 

■■„;•; 

;u.|ii.iintf(l   witU 

■KIlMW. 

■^1.    AVLilrc 

(lid  Luvi  (lie-*           1 

J:I.>w . 

H'lVils   lliV  wllUll.Il 

■.li„l}'       ,  .,    ,, 

WljtH 

t  gnjii<ll'uth<n 

W'.v, 

iy-y 

Wl..m 

llKU^>llll.<"l 

U..n 

lli..»<il(lw:t>|lie? 

WJicu 

di.l,.S.'tll.iM' 

I 

il   ^vllat  jj^o? 

.*  ,1  ,- 

, 

f  IIIUIM  lAN^.  J  .-iuiou  t}iy  jtnirncj, 

Kn;  I  fL-aoli  tljL' narrow  ^a,.       , 
1  wmlii  tell  tlif  wonilrwut*^tyry,  ,     .       . 

Wliiit  tlii-  LurJ  hi^f  (Jf>..c  for  m^. 

Caoiifs,       ,       „.,,ii- 
Gloi;v.  glory,  liallehyiih,  ,ji 

Tbfnigh  a  stranger  Ii^re  I  I'ouiu, 
I  iim  on  my  w.iy  to  Zion,     , 
I'jn  li  j)ilgnin, going  liome. 

I  iciiA  Inni,  l>ut  .Teiiuisit'uujid  IQQ,i..   I..  !.. 

Tiuighl  my  Imart  to»sing  His  pri^iae;;. 
From  u  wild  njiyl  lontJy  d^ertj,,,,    .),.,„ 

IhoHgbt  luc  to  ilis  iV^i  of  gritoe.  Y  . 

Now  mr  ioul  with  raptVii-ft  t^Iowiiig, 
Sings  idond  ilii  f>nriliMmi(<  iovtf,    , 

I.oijkn  beyond  a  world  (tfnurrow, 
T"  tbt)  iiijgfiin"*  l^Ojnu  ul^wvi'. 

I    li!'ll  yf t  bi'liold  iny  Sfivi(»r. 

V\'b*w  tWe  day  nfiliCc'  in  oVr;  > 
I  Tsiiil'oasI  Jiiy  griimi  licSiiro  Him.      ■  .' ' 

1  bIiuU  nriiiw  Jliin  rVKirnHiru. 

UTTUE  FOLKS  IN  THE.SASTv 


^V':;: 


W'H  "wniit' the  ibIlhWing  iiiimrid :  ijeraofa*  to 
''  U'nt«  n])(m  fhp  iujbjurts  0]){;6Hit[' tIiL<ir>name8: 
I    Cliriwtiziiiitf.  (;rii»e„(;J«wo  Uordo,  yi... -l^stbt-r. 

Muiciifi  MishbT.  Yellow  f.'refIi,,IiL,.  .,,:,,.;.J<;^ns. 

_K(igur  Simmons.  Uniim  City.  Iiid ...  Diivid;  ■■ 

'  'Ro:(a  VTorkilliiu',  0iiilvil1(*.'()hi()I  *.'. . .  .Bitmm-l. 

\  i'0(U{  dinner  siiy-''.  "I  fjiiijiril  l"' In  .I,.mi^;  1 
liiK  too  unworthy."  Tli-jn  yim  mv  jii.st  ivady  to 
let  J'Mdd  come  into  yoiir  himx-t.  "Hpjinld  I 
'  Stfiud  nt  the  dom-  :ind  !mi*al(,"  sitys  th('  Lovely 
One.  When  yougft'totlie  "ivnwwthy  ■"  point, 
the  -floor  is  [n-dtty  weHopiJucdi— thpu  let  y 
fTivjor  ill.        ■     i' 


r.-  !,'■ 


'i  ..VKit  wuU'li  the  niuttilAi 

't.-.s  in  orijcr  lo  sliiijii'  y. 
jici[)io,  though  vdii  I'.'     Il 
.Ifsn^on  Oaiviiry.     I'nlh' 
for  n  pi'g  to  lifin-,'  its  hd  on 


!■  to  .SIM'  whivli  way 
iir  .-rids.  Stiojt  tn 
ik'ii  and  sniiffi-n 
]  .iKvays  idftlcijig 
wlidi."  iirinuiplo  is 


content  to  Iny  bison  the  t!d)le.     Haft  mini  from 
God's  hide,  mid  .Voii  arc  thoii  a  inan  uidet-d. 


I  ,\'nnyt,  Diolbcr  do  yon  tuke  yoiir  grown  u}) 

hikI  diiugJit'ci-sby  thc!iiih%  t.^11  tlipin"tb:it 

16vos  them— thiit  'the^'  th'e  sinners  ilnd 

1 1  to  turn  tn  the  Lord  ?     Do  yon  tench  tlu-iii 

1 11-  wiiy  of  the  Lord.  liWihrnce  them  nnd  «iiy.  *'  0 

liiy  dear  tliild.  foniL-  follow  yimr  bittd  .Siiviori' " 

'  Do  you  ask  Ci'mL  to  b'llji  ytui  to  ln'iug  your  rhii- 

drpn  into  li.'llow-vliiji  with  tho  .s.-jitib?    Are  you 

uUvuy«  o-iiiu-viK-d  for  th-'ui,  their  BnlvuUon?     0 

ivr.".t!('.  (iriiy  nud-fiitrciit  lor  tlu-ni!  j 


nnvRY  AND  ITS  ANSWER, 


J),(irJin'/nr„:-  ,,     ■ 

\  i"TPvUjo,i^,ni.ulc  iW  lli>'  i.-UMvi;i  in 
>oiir  j'iii'i-i":  tliii'ils  il,  i';>  u  y'ltoil  Way"  tii  iiii|)fovi'' 
Llvir  niimls;  imd'  cau^.-  Ilicm  to  fhinli.  '  TliL-y' 
.should  M'ri^'  on  Scf ipturn!  snbjcrty,  f^ivini?  qiiej*- 
tini^s  trt  he'ftnswfivd.  '  I  libe  the  hmtluT'sfeiigH 
ffeMtioni  tb^t'tiliry  give  tlie  Hfriiithre  iKiird  m 
chiircb:  that  will  eiin^ii!  tlicin  to  jiay  itttfutioji. 
Om-  chihU''''V'lii\ve  ham  wi-itin^.  hut  thyivtittllc 
lutt'-rsdn  not,  ajijuiar.  Tii'-y  tVrl  diM.uin'ag-(l. 
iilid  \>ill  w\  wril-  uy^ni.  I  U>i.'l  llicju'  i-vvhu].,. 
j,m  .Vu{  iiy'l.  I  air  i„  hriir  li.mi  fhe  liltk- Y...lli,  ji, 
"tV*  ICiust.  ■     ■■■''     ■    ■  ■'•'    "  ! 

'  '  ■I  ''■'■■  ■■A'^feHwiii'V'htiTOia., 
Itr.iTAHKs.— You'  Imve  iiia(le  'NOiUe  '  good'  Siiig- 
f.'<■^^  inns' tn  iiuv  iniiuy  ynnil^  Ifntelv,  dWiv  sivti-:', 
aud'  we  hu|ir-  tlic  rhi|ili-cil  wlio'  wi-ite;'  Tvlll  y.iy' 
ioine  heed  to  your  kiiid  words.  Yimrcbildr^'y's 
letter;*  liavt'  not  l»wn  renahBd'iyet;.  Wa  halve' 
iil)out  l(mc  lumdrod  iUid  fifty  i  letters,  on  ,liand 
f'romthe  little  writers;,  and  thry,  will  all  be  reaoh- 
M  in  due  tini«?.  W.-  my  just,  a.-^  wiiiitij,'  f  u  pn')- 
li-ji  the  letUjra  fnim  tht  childien  m  tbu  l-JiL^t  :u; 
iVom  aiO"  oilier  ]jart  of  the  conntry.  .Tln.- 
IlltiiTiijtiiK  \T  Woiui  is  lis  muji  open  to  con- 
trihidiniis  fi-niii  11k-  Kxst  ax  from  the  West;  iUid 
■ondm-ting  it,  mx-  bjok  at  the  \^'.^IltSa^d  wijll- 
t'iire  of  tlu>  general  bi-othcvbood,  si)  that  iilhmy 
be  edilied  and  encouraged  in  'the  home  life. 
Mope  your  children  wiU  not  be  discttii raged,  bnt 
iiuitiiiuo  to  (/wHt  aud  «;»■//(!  iihout  our  ble^Sed 
Mastw. — Ej).  i  , ,     r 


■■  It  i»  our  home,"  iiuil  in  tlu.-)  iht  ored  laud  it  can 
be  had  by  ,tb«  well-diiecU-d  e*jrts  of  ulmost  any 
tjMuily.  The,  ejiief  essential  of  a  piodfl  home  is 
LOVK^it  is  t\)t:  golden  link  tliat  unites  all  the 
uiemhei-s,  snb.lues  ,all  discords  and  siH'l'lies  all 
%pmts  under  the  couir^>l  of  wi[lliig  bands. 

No  home  am  be  truly  happy  withrtut  a  family 
atfar.  As  well  might  the  traveler  h6pe  to  fur- 
'sue  bis  Journey  joyftiUV  and  suecessfnlly  without 
'daily  bread  foi-  his  body;  as  the  Cbnstijm  pilgrim  ' 
without  spiritual  food  for  his  soul,  A  portion 
of  Scripture,  a  phort  hynui  and  a.  short  prt^j'er 
in  the  nioruiug,  makes  the  bead  clearer,  the 
bencf  warmej  and  the  nerve*  moresfceady  for  the 
work  of  the  day.  0,  hpw  much  those  loae,  even 
ip  this  world,  who  bavi?  no  fauiily  aUai". 
,  ,|Next,'to,religinii  i„  .i  t'imiily  i.-.  ijiL-lliLii'ii''". 
h  jiot  only  afionK  i.Il.l-iih'I.v  it^  v,mt  ^M-litur. 
hut  it  opL-ns  a  llious.uiil  avi'uues  through  whitli 
plciL-*iir'es  flow  to  Us.'  The  ignorant  live  in  n 
small  tvll.  while  thi>'edticaied  mind  Hies  over  the 
lii-n.td  e!(i-lii,  brddillg  iiiteivinuse  with  evt-ry  na- 
tinii,  and  sweet  conn^r^'-  with  kiudi-ed  niiudN. 
\nt  only  this  w*(rld.  but  nther  Worhb*  <;onli'ih- 
uto  ab^:  to  thi-l  vdi-iwuiv  (»f  tlw  ivliui-'d.,  'J^hc 
tu<H'-s;  Hxjwiiivi  ami ,  roek-i  of  former ;  yges,  rcvfiU 
Uwir  U'.eifsuws.to  the,edi,icJit>d  uiilyi 
;,  Wu|^e,iio)Hii,«,tt>aciivcy  'I'liL-Jog  ijabin.  \yith 
yr'>j}i*r  rare, b,c&t|nyed,  ttiii  atl'ord  inoye  ple:i.sufe 
tliaii  n):niy  n  ._;.,f-rM.t-i  ivaUw.      I'diui.fl^c.V-rs  in,' 

tll.Vy.ird,  li.iir,  r,;.  -in  I  iMkT.V.  'wliiUViU^Il  'tile 
IViiriVI'iit   llir  ,    i1m;,    ;irl'i'.     'LlWt/hutOot  lefist, 

'ji.'l"*on;l  licok-'!  and  i.mn.lii'.uU' m  whieMbe 
i-MllliWiiKvil'I  lieluttv.wtcdj  siti'i  ktfl>t.  fviim  eeelciiig 
plwB'nrinK'kwWiyTe.-  ilSo  buttflu'iiuviistiUdntitmi 
be  juildeifur  uliUdreuitbaii  ioi  'iiuLuhlti  bgpkr).. 

I     f,„UU.:    :'.     ,b^...;    >,:     \l.    'n  ■   B.^'4>■  fi^l^^^\ 

7       '■  ,1.,   ,,rJ MiT    .;^m.>    I.   ^ 


CHILDllKJ^.   AT 


^roii.1- 


A  GOOD    SUGGESTION. 


W 


iijo.v  vr;.,liiii.-  Ill, 


Irl    , 


f  III 


■  ii.it; 

].ri 


;il,-. 


rt  Hint  I 
i,r  i... 


i.lit 


rllllrlr, 
■    IllllV. 


LOVELY  WORDS. 

U'OK. 


IAMgla.l  I 
imd'gii'Iti  will 


w 


\mA  I 

fiif 


:;nd   Eve's 
■iiiYc  fl^iilii 

i''MT  IV. 1,1  (if  theii-'iie- 
in  fin  Until  they  died 

rC.iTi,:  .\.  Sn\\Vi'.v. 


'     I'nlili  In.  liaud. 

a-iidoatj  mid  live 

■  i  -fiiT   liini  forth 

'     li-n-  thai 

■;    (ti  !:u'iir 

"evil,  for 

i:o<J  Sent' 
i.is  hand, 
I   -at,  alld 

'bom  'iuf 
I  or  not, 

I  llO  hl<«s- 

>pii«.  that 


are  80  many  little  boys 
their'  littUJ  b^tfia^  for 
the  IJit»THURN[.lT  Work;  it  iloojc8  sw  tlloH^h 
they  were  trying  to  work  too.  That)  is  right: 
do  all  thw  gond  ynu  cm;  iievu-r  be  afraid  uf  be- 
ing too  good.  ,  I 

1  often  gntnin<-t,,.-;.lld  ..■.•  liitlc  childten 
running  out  and  iu  diuiu;;  preacliirtg;,  it  makes 
me  feel  worry  for  theni  and  Ibeir  plirenta 'fjoo. 
1  hope  uwie  'M  th't-  children  who  write  tilvise 
;,'0od' little  letti'i-s  av6 'ev(*r  gniiV  "l"  tlit  like. 
1  think  ttinfc'wonid  be  disobeying  yohr  paVeijts, 
fni-  T  hopi'-  th-s-  have  alltbhl  you  betfir.  Nnv, 
if  theeditorbbiyik!'  this  worthy  la  pbit^  in  tin  ■■ 
ijoud  pLiper,  I  will  wl'ite  again.     tj!'o<id  Bye, 

Ml    ,   AUNt^.liAUlUL. 


„,l    [..   |i    \    im-  f  lin  n;j|,.ii-.       NoW 
i  pi-,.lin-|,  tli;if  tMch  littli-  t,ny   :!Uil   l:iv1  ;i'-nd  nm' 

onjit  nr  niniV  t'o  the  "  (_'lifirity'{''iindr  I  then,-- 
IVii-e  send'  fwo  tent^'  for  pfipaj  two'c'en'ts  for'miim- 
ma.  and  one' '  c^nt  each  ifor  dur  fed*  little  boys. 
Who  cbmesaiejft?  luii  ■:.,;.,!  ^'.  B.  Sijittf, 
'  BEJTAH'Ke.—Brot.bei'  Shirk's  |S(igeeBtion,:  fol- 
lowed op  by  contributions  from  his  lauiily.  i-; 
worthy  of  our  attention.  We  !ia\,  c  iM-  .Inly 
t'rou)  DOor  peVf^ou-s  tor  the  paper, 
let  tlirui  :i\l  !iav<.'it,  yr\  tl„^b,ir 
be;.vily  ii[„ui  us.  II,.!  I, I,..-  \\u-  ,!,■! 
iL'iuumbi'r  the  puorl — Ed. 


id   ^^. ■].■,■!  In 
falUpMfj' 


FRORJ  C.  A.  MOORE. 

I  AM  very  niUeli'  pleased  witli  the  "HoiJie  (lir- 
cle.  Its  heading  is  a 'grand  inottO;  ami 
tlioughiti^  intended  for  the  children,  yet  hns- 
baiidsi  aud  wives,  pavent-S  and  idiildiien,  ar?  iin^ 
clud.,d,     I  love   to   rea.: 


hilrli-rn'?  lett(frg, 
H„y  l,-,n-.,ed'iu 
ni,i,-r,a.Ift.hat 
llu-.instnutjve 
laront.^'  to'  read 
■11   b(^fV)it- ivtii- 


Froni  3iinta  SwM).— r  go  to  sehooUn,,,.. 

my  loacher  and  my  sehool-i nates.     I  g^  |.   .    ** 
nearly  every  SDndny..read  in  ny    Uibie  uud  b 
to  oboy  what  the  Savipr  Ima  comniaudj.^    y 
do.     I  aiu;uot  ble.fa(i^lj,  with,  n  father,  lik,.', 
children  arp.    My ,f«tha'  died  when  I  w,« ,T 
small;  1  CJm't  iremejiiber   anvlbiiig  abniiL  {'! 
Myn,olli,..,-Wki„B»l"tlK.|.lu,,.ck    r|,|„™''- 
sistui^  living,  mill  l^iit  uni-  liropK-r.    i  joiiieil ti*  ' 
cliiirch  tliis  M},  and'  loVe  J*te.   'tm  lii," 

yenrs  nf  age.  • ,'  i,,,  " 

GtnriJrlm'n.tH:  '"     ''   '"  m   U       „„/ 

From  .lacoll  Jfti'in^.—Trtrti  going  iij.jpj^^^ 

.■viiy  flay,  iinil  tiy  to  Ifai-n,'  l<>ving  hiiyit^fti,!! 
iii,.l  .  liocil-mUw.     VVC!,|.,iml  nn.iiyluiWl,    " 
II*  M..|,nol,«lth,liiijli  till'  WinlM-i,dmir3r,.lu„"| 
),lant.s  nor  Hnwciv.,  liiiutiUtiJjut  iei;  sntlsnow  ^ 
iiirits  ill  (111.  l?Hl il  ^s  ibOiWHl^     Yijt  i 
lAiiil,  wlicri-  tlmviTsJuivi-f  laii,-,  tlit-i 
nil-.     .1  liavi.  tiv.i  HI 
tliat  Iiai.py  liiii.l,  r. 

Sl„nui„u.  III. 

Flom  l-'ulDlfc  S.  K,t,)llPr.-i-SfW  JJ,;,,„,, 
r  am  slaO  Unit  )iiu'  li.aV' irM.W  Hi' Udd.  f„||,  ~ 
],la,-,.ilija,ul'].:lV.t.r.'    HiKf  <lli.  |.iii>«-vcrt  («i„|,' 
My  (laiiri  iHiil'ninilifrtil i(W'  livilij;  iiinillfli, |„,|,|^' 
licra  1)1' Hie iihinvli:    Sly. .ol.l^jib . iiiitmT  iijaij^, 
:|ll^■ll  «'ni.',tlli(rf  tin^tlin'iJ  years,.  hnilil.Jmvy] 
a  nnimlmii  iiir  tistht  ^I'eii&B,.,!  lioinj.tjjiui..,.  luiji. 
i:6l!ies"i«l,  f'l'l' Dill  l.i.'.l  il '.'......  I  .    1'....,  .. 

Istler  will  ilii  ;: 
Loril.    I  liiv. 


iitlnillifU,,, 

.^H'lV  III.,  ]„,.,,(„, 

'';:-;"'i",W>B„'i„ 

Hill  ■lesHs,(;o,ji,-._,_ 


.,Mr  ("in.!. 

r.r,u.>   I'.rhhjr.Mil. 

From  .Inst'phnv  Hj'ilanan.— I  -aui  tti[i;v\i 
vea.rs  obi,  ['  dou't  •.'o',|.,vrifh.lo!:  'I'liMVtt'OWrtvIi 
Tbe  llrel!br,'UhnV|.noS;d.Iiht.h^chony.Hi,e^,l,„,' 

lwn;,ld  litt.'.toi(oiif-tl^-i'i'bail/one.  ■■Duuiwtt, 

llie  i-hui-cil.thwfil'ifUnthidbyiofi,.),i|ilyj,)j.it|j,4„o 
utlieji  boys  ji.ud  ii.'lvoflUiniJ.baL,wpnldj-i,yt,wuiL;ii| 
lioiir  ilongwr.  ,  Ii'..otbqr  ihi^'.s  \\k>\\}\\  kiio\v,,tlip 
enjoyment  thi^JV  ''!;i'i,  Wif;  ebnreh,  Ihey'wtmlilV 
like  the  woi,aau,,,lIiev^  would  'eyme  at  uikk.  \ 
was  at  luu-  eoiMiuiunon'  and  a  nnuille'fof  mepj. 
inf,'s.  0  boys!  there  is  where  we  ihid'  tVuecn- 
juyiueiit,.  t:.ime  oil.  bnys.  and  let  us  .h'i'vp  tliy 
Lnrd.  I  h.ivf  l\v,ibrolh^i-s,'  not  Tnemliers  (niah 
t!u-y  weic),  and  three  sisterH  wlio  me  uiumlxirs,' 
tme  is  two  years  younger  than  myi^elf.'  P,Uiik« 
the  ISR'fiTH'uftsl  AT  WtSRit,'  aftid'ttiBia  wal^miif 
meKsenger  tid  Kie.  I  ]ik«i  to  lead  it-becWe  il 
gives  me  dews  frcln  clijildfen  iu  diliereat  ipaits 
of  the  world,  aud  I  likt-  to.readthe  k-tteist  llmt 
Hro.  Enoch  Eby  \vi,-ites  from  Deumurk.  ,  lirL'tii- 
reu,  !<!sters,  aud  i;liildren,  keep  on  wi-iting', 
Vnn„  II.  III.  '        ■ 


Fr 


l,V(li. 


I" 


N  o:a,'.»,.., 


*''  '.  iil»i|.  nmlj  W- lie  iMj^fti'iiin- 

iii.iiijiii  bj  .llit  I.ui-il  I9  jjuiljl  ,l(Hi<vl^|  jiViil 
llir-J.inil  miiil  lifrtu  Nyili,  "Cpnie.  ilioij'  au,il!all 
lliy  him.iit  into  tin:  ark:  an/l  oi'  i-ver^- (..ii'.an  hijast 
(iiin  slnilt  tiike.to  th^L'  liysevi-ns.  aii'rfii't"l'okvjs 
III  lit  llle  iiii'W'iii'Vt'ii!*,  tlip  Timlo  iihA'  IiiH  ief 
11111!'"    'f  -  "■    ifrl.  ■•|flir7(ilisiA-,.nil!lyii,jiilii 

•  V..'  ..  ii|,Aii  tlIcpartll!('OTl.y.,jaV!!' 

anil  .  -VoallAv.nsiRixiJutliilirjdiyfal-k. 

olrtu'li..!!  111..  ti,..,l  iiftln.'matiihiiw.iijupoiiitlhi. 
Kh-tlil    K,Bik  iiiid.liinnwjiiilt  i1iiiuUy,,wniit,  lih,. 

tilt'  i.vliiiLudwt.r,,  .llM.;  iix.jii  til.    wati.rj-.grllVli; 

''•''l»tlll<t»'i'HwWi"  .ol,!)yCT{tl(«, 

ligl)t<:Q|<»-.„,.  ,    ;  i-fJItirsL,., 

■  I  li/-lncailisf//hjrti.  "  : ''"  I  '.^, 


■n^rr. 


'■I' 


•iiiuJciitu.iir.,1 

iliv  whole. wmli 


MAKE  HOME  (PLRASANiT. 

.  „[/(.  -/.i  1    i;.,.)  Ill,,,,,   ,    ,[.,., 

. 'f ,  ».*>i71(er  |>^i.^ij.jl.  ycf  re- ' 

laitli,    tl|,-v,(;..iii    (UO.itJilti.J>i    be 

11  r,.giiial,.,niolmi^     \^oultti'i|  ncii' 

..'    (Iief.unllj.  musfU.  iiillf  ■(i.isay,' 


iftg  Lo  i-L'st.  TIti'i  is  vely  good  advice;  ini)i:li 
good  (lould  be' dbiie  tHese  long  "pvwiing'^  Imt'if 
parents  elioDSG  to  read  with  their  ciiildreii  lint, 
iinee  a  (h>.V,l.'  tSi*  'lilOEuing::  hour  Keems  to !  lie 
preferred;  children  are  brigllti-st  iu  the  niot-jii 
ingatwl.^i' lUe^  iy:y  iui-tructed  in.tlie  niornilig, 
lliey  may  think  of'tli'iil  often  il'iirmi!  <lie  day. 

We  read  in  tl„.  M.<tluhapl,.r  i,r  Matt.,  "  stsk 
,..  lii.l  ill..  MiiL-iiiin,  ,.f  tlod,  ,111,1  Ills  righleiiis- 
ii-  .;  i.iiil  iiirHir.; 'tilings  shall  "he 'aMi<llnliti> 
.l.iii,".  Clii!ihen,'il'''yOli  will'  ivail  thel.|ljoie 
eliai*i',  yoii  windlivn'il  whhHyillillc.a(Mciil;iint9 
lyo'li;  'The'Wi.itbrw'illa'eiWeniJier^.iwlIeui  fattier 
ffi^iiUlrpnditihjByeiiiiriureli.l'or  'ii»;,»tiitij;e;iii;ir  I., 
iiH  lul.oouJ^l  Ireail  hetter  lUiiuinuy  fowy  el.e,  II 
wiLs  that  time  we  lieeanie.  Iii:;,t  Ultifreiited  in  111.. 
Sf'';(l!tW-'^,,,.We»l!iill,ever'lie'tiiankl'i,iri'iir  (the 
i.,\,,iin|(le.^  lyi.  .jiiyi'  i'n  I'lUr  yo)il'ir.  'iiliililren  iiile 
like  a  hi.x;  'it  can'  lie  iilled"\Vit(i!;KeIlabrl.nll'lilni- 
halls.  yet  one  can  put  in  a  great  maliylitlllets; 
■.Mfti\:ll,'Mem\"imli' in a/ISron*  .m^iiy  ,sLt. 
Ni>V.j'TOi.41iiuit  it/is  entin.ly  lluil,  Inililiilfe  .s  inil 
..•itt.l  ylii  *(iiild;  h,.  iislioitiBUvil  Iiin»,inw;hi0nf  I'liii 
liUiililofilJi,*,  liuidMstijl.ianri.  isn  )„■  ^„Xur, 
tike  ,w)ittii-,?vrl  it  .will  I'v  ■ 
ti||it,il  Jiil;,t,MO  ly^thflhil'li 
t)|iiw"((M,fiiill)!vateil,;it'  

■...^Y°!;ff'irf//,r„,.'..  ,;■,  ,.',„  i 


on,  piiivirl'iil  Lo  o.iiiLaro...-  ..in  ai„l  -wnl.jioiila  to 
(.)lr»l»tli    Abons-ioil)  «liuinj  %.  lt,l)|i  iJihlQ.nnif  be 


Jilokadd.  ,  .1!^ 


.i'i"l.^y.     j     ■ 

wiK  iletlinsi; 


Fttlniestocli.— I  m  ten 

■..ai>  I.I.I,  i.iii  -.hiu-  L.-eliiiolaudlikeiilytrati- 
r  and  Mli....l-niat,.s.  I  also  take  ies,.lons  iji 
ing^hEf  tWi<.i-  a  wee!?,  i  do  not  have  tliii  privi- 
ege  off  atjiending  Sahhath-sohool.  as  inuny  o( 
the  little  folks  Imve.  I  Wlieie  Hive,  Ule.HBlli- 
n-n  have  no  rialibiiUi-aeUijol;  ,  J  W'ould  sitj.  Iw  nil 
the  htth;  hoyi,  and  girls  l.liaL  have  Llie  priviliHu 

of  iiLLeluliug,  do  Jivt  get  tire  I  ami  ,4:i.v  al  I ., 

for  there  jou  will  leam  ni.iii,)  g....l  I.'m.ii..  Il 
1  roiililgo'lo  Salihalii-seluiol,  I  Uiiiik  it  iwiiH 
be  ever  so  nice.  Witli  this  h.tli,.r  T  will  winl 
twent,y-iive  ceiit.s  Lo  .llelp  jiay  lor  the  piipor  for 
tin;  poor.  '    " 

ConkfffMj',  Ohin.  "' 

Ji'i'dili  (';iiIliiri''rico.-;i.„,  /.,..';■,., .—Ili.«. 
kiild  y.Vn  '..ire'lo  t'.ii'MislI  sH'inany  nice  lettMV  in 
.Vonr'go'otl  papi'i'.  fi'oiiif  li,.  little  hoy^'Alifl  girl". 
1  .'im  alWiVif.  )tiii(",voavt,.i>hl,«ainrt)i-I;isoiiiij.  1 
hiivploil  .^en.cowM  .iieanly.e+ei'y  aiioriliiig  litis 
.Winter,  i  go  to'lschyoliimid,  llavoi  lenrneil '« 
read  Smno  in  llie.lSiljIe,  and,  lovn.tui  liskutcH" 
stul-y  ahmill  tliyimMi,|iill(iigthe,li(iii,i>ml,»i«»)' 
ol.hera.  VVjII  .sonii-i.r  (lie  liLlli;'lfoys.  aliiUirll 
"■11  II    \,.|,i  ,..  Ill  il,.    11,1  [,.|  ,1  i,,iiyhi.foo'ml,»nil 

-.| .,  ,.    i!,    '  k.ll.-.l.ij..,.  |,..„'pl..  iit'bis'Jnilli 

lli.iu  h.j  ili'il  in  1.,.,  llr..'^ 
,  WeWi';/".' 

t*i-,,o,-n!:rii.i>'..;'i ;.■...   I  .  ..  '.  I."" 


lillA'T'llrvpilo  lio.wdllli  *hem'»o  muotiiif.  iiWI«» 

tlpTow  h.l',.|  *mlt  IrelUelii  (MirintdMH  OJjd.  S»'  •" 

I  »itli  iny  fcu'  frjoidJs.l  l.luvetowJ 

.s.sand,pay6re..u  .   /,,,  ,-ii,.;,ui  I  .  ■ 

'  Vf.J'/IC".*,.!- i    1 -f;    a  -f S- 

t'lHim  *fti'ji  A .,  'iUMXU  iwuiiuTrJ .«« laW"'" 

"f  (lii..,elinr«l|,iiil'„ri)„i,i,,  „nil.  bclon.ctii;** 
'    ' '  '">;  <ir(M'i.vM""i'  '  '    '  '     ' 

..i.a.lftollhli 
,.,.,lav';f  you'll. 

'..'.nr'lii.avts.''  .(Heli.  S;!?;  s.  I.M.     It.  ""  "" 

ni<iie:it.|(,tiii|'.ltf  do  wluitlB.iittUt.itlw,  mere  ><'" 

■'"3*;sSl■■is?^;;:rIK!;^'il.Si^:p'^ 

'•.iftd'tdthenl  tha*'d,-H(liUfrtllv  W*  lll>.'«"«  """' 
III ililly,  to,  liiioWiTOnK,  »t  i'nif <i  in  tiuicnill  W™' 


■  Atl.Monrii^JII. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Bring    You  Good  Tiduujs  of  Great  Joy.  which  Shall  be  unto  All  People.' 


-LoKX  2:  10. 


III. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  21, 1878. 


fbe  Brethren  at  "Work. 

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DIVINE  MYSTERIES. 


llY  r.  H.  B.VLSIIAUGH. 

To  Brolliey  Pff^i'  '*''•  Oarmun,  of  California. 
U  T\OK  ifhom  He  did  foreknow,  He  also  did 
I  pirdestiiiate  to  be  conformed  to  the  im- 
fuf  Ids  Son,  that  He  might  be  the  Firstborn 
uiom  »""'!/  brethren:  moreover  whom  He  did 
rdlfstiiiate,  than  He  also  called:  and  whom  He 
ffllhl  them  He  id.io  Justified:  and  whom  He  Jks- 
tif^^l^  Ihan  He  also  ylorlfied  "  (Rom.  8:  29,  30), 
l(j(>jje  jn-egnaiit  passages  are  the  great  hobby 
of  Cnlviiii*"'-  111  these  it  is  claimed  God's  par 
tjfllity  is  imnouuced,  and  the  limitations  of  the 
iitoiifmfut  to  the  aeluiUly  saved.  That  the  facts 
iui'liiiled  transcend  our  finite  capitcity  to  com- 
prehend, mlmits  of  no  questioii.  But  while  they 
balBe  the  miglitiest  iutellect,  they  stags^r  not 
thi-  weakest  faith.  Knowledge  is  not  the  limit 
of  fiiilh.  but  faith  is  the  nui-se  of  knowledgi 
A  (iimI  without  foreknowledge  is  no  more  fit  to 
tuk  Ihe  Uiiivi'i-Hu  than  Calvin  or  Edwards.  I 
QiKiE  fit  iutellectuallv.  The  intuitire  for 
boffleilfie  of  all  future  events  is  wholly  beyond 
(iiir  conception,  but  easy  to  our  faith.  The  God 
who  iu»[)ires  Prophets  must  h*'e  a  perfect 
knofflifilgc'  of  every  minute  particular  to  which 
thepraliction  relates.  The  words  "  hh/(7  67ii- 
fo/(  r(F»rf,"  took  in  all  the  manifold  historical 
cpBiiitiuiis  that  combined  to  take  the  Virgin 
niotlKT  tiom  Nazareth  to  BL-thlehem  to  givi 
birth  t(i  Emmainu-l  at  the  precise  time  and  in 
the  f xact  moment  foreknown  and  predwt  ined 
by  tilt'  Omnisci-nt  (Gen.  49: 10).  This  is  but 
awiuple  of  (lU  that  in.  To  foreknow  the  com- 
ing Eternity,  with  Time  included,  is  not  a  Di- 
me etlurt,  but  a  Divine  intuition,  a  Diviue  nec- 
*«ity.  Without  itj  God  would  not  be  God.  Wt 
necdeatei'tain  no  feai-s  that  the  foreknowledge 
nf  vvil  is  a  derogation  of  the  Divine  cbai'ncter. 
He  tiitdd  not  have  foretold  the  bruise  of  His 
IWiing's  heel  without  foreknowing  it.  The 
nuii-aimuuciation  of  tlie  tragedy  of  Calvary 
"ouM  hiive  been  no  proof  that  Deity  was  ig- 
nofnut  .il'  it  until  it  had  transpired,  or  wiis 
it^nit  to  occur. 

Neilher  doe.s  the  non-nredictiou  of  the  apos- 
'a\vtif  uar  primeval  ancestors  furnish  an  ar 
g'luieiit  that  God  wits  kept  in  the  dark  by 
'he  iiea-s-sity  of  His  constitution,  or  that  Ht 
li^l't  Himself  in  the  dark  by  a  self-regulating 
^r«u.  withholding  from  Himself  a  knowledgi 
wW  H(.-  emld  not  help  having  without  voUiu- 
^•^'^J>'flf ■blindness.  If  there  is  anything  true 
aWit(iodit  is  His  aft.TO/»fe  foreknowledge.  Ig- 
ar'taace  of  a  single  eviyit  would  baffle  all  ar- 
f^ngeineuts  in  relation  to  what  ('.*  known.  The 
'^^I'g  sparrow,  and  the  stray  ass,  enter  the  Ui- 
'JQ*' Periscope  no  k-ss  than  the  rise  nnd  fall  of 
'J'' Smit  iiionarchs  and  dynasties  of  History. 
"'wthui  istho  ditlicuity  of  accepting  the 
p '^'"">"'ledge  ami  prede-stination  of  the  ai)i»sflc 
'^*'J'  I'l  relation  to  those  who  an-  ultimately 
**^«1-  God  need  not  force  Events  to  falfili  His 
I'fttiidi.,iis;  neither  does  His  foreknowledge  of 
""^  sjilvation  necessitate  the  coercion  of  our 
1"l.  or  th<-  weight  of  a  breath  to  turn  any- 
^'"K  out  of  iu  natural  coni-se.  The  prt-desti- 
,  ""  '^  '>i'-'*ed  on  the  foreknowledge,  and  the 
^'aimvlfdge  is  wholly  determined  by  the  «f/- 

""*/(Wr<.g.«n(,.y  condition  of  thimjf.  Our  vol- 
""■y  acts,  and  their  power  to  affect  the  course 


of  tilings,  .ire  not  tlie  product  of  lui  arbitrary 
decree;  but  the  decnre  lies  buck  of  all  pheuom- 
«nii,  in  the  Eternal  All-knowledge,  and  suits 
itself  to  the  foreknown,  and  is  limited  by  it. 
None  but  a  blinded  theorist  cotdd  have  any  i-e- 
pect  for  a  God  who  saves  many  or  few  only  lie- 
■aiw  Hf  win.  The  Divine  will  ha.H  reason  and 
justice  iu  it  as  well  as  Omniscience  and  Ommi>- 
otence. 

It  would  be  wonderful  indeed  if  God  did  not 
foreknow  His  own  acta,  and  the  results  thereof. 
With  God'B  rea-sona  or  purpoae.s  a.-!  related  to 
Himself,  it  is  not  our  business  to  meddle.  He 
who  sees  the  end  from  the  beginning,  is  able  to 
take  care  of  His  own  honor  and  His  own  glorj* 
The  foreknowledge  and  predestination  hjis  its 
objective  n-oson  in  what  will  actually  be;  the 
calling  and  justification,  in  that  trhich 
God  does  not  foredetermine  independent  of 
foreknowledge;  neither  does  He  call  or  justify 
independent  of  existing  necessities  and  condi- 
tions. As  Christ  is  to  be  "  the  Firstborn  among 
many  In-ethren,"  there  must  be  an  agreement 
iathe  manner  of  birth,  or  calling,  between  His 
and  theiiti.  His  burth  was  not  arbitrary.  It 
was  foreknown,  predestined,  and  consummated 
in  the  view  of,  and  by  the  help  of.  the  human 
instrumentalities  which  were  wholly  at  the  dis- 
posal of  powers  alien  to  God. 

Ueibre  the  foundation  of  the  world  my  fate 
and  youi-s  was  foreknottTi,  or  God  could  have 
neither  thought  or  done  anything  for  us  in  His 
purpose  in  His  Son.  That  foreknowledge  took 
in  all  the  facts  and  circumstances  by  which  our 
lot  is  determined.  And  on  this  rests  the  predes- 
tination, the  call,  the  justification,  the  glorify- 
ing, and  all  that  follows. 


SAYING  AND  DOING. 

BY  n.  B.  MENTZEll. 

OHR  PIIOMISES  TO  OTHERS. 

NOW  and  then  we  are  reminded  of  that  ex- 
cellent modem  precept:  malre  few  promis- 
c*.  If  1  could  jutt  persuade  you.  my  dear  n'ader 
to  think  of  its  great  excellence,  many  of  us 
would  doubtless  cause  less  disap[>ointment  and 
grievance  urnons  those  ivitli  whom  our  Mociety 
in  lite. is  connected.  If  therw  is  any  one  great 
reiisoii  why  this  h.is  gone  forth  as  an  appropri- 
ate precept  among  the  people,it  must  be  because 
so  many  people- fiiil  to  iimke  goodtlieir  promis- 
es. Ii  few  promise.^  are  made  it  follows  as  a  se- 
quence, that  few  disappoiutment-s  mil  occur 

AVo  are  prone  t«  make  many  promise*! — 
quick,  thoughtless  promises.  Thus  we  acquire 
a  hfdiit  of  promising,  moi-e  or  less  losing  the 
senst?  of  the  importance  and  the  responsibility 
of  making  a  promise.  But  there  is  another 
stiiad-point  from  which  to  make  this  observa- 
tion, and  Uiatis, — wc  are  inclined  to  exact  prom- 
ises—unconditional, unconsideratc  promises. 
Tiiere  is  fault  on  both  sides,  and  it  is  because 
we  are  human,  and  mode  weak  through  the 
transgression.  But  we  must  rise  above  this 
plane  of  fallen  humiinity,  or  sink  deeper  and 
deeper  still.  Ble.vs.-d  is  he  that  can  keep  Kis 
promises  and  fulfil  them  well.  That  is  the  di- 
rection in  which  we  should  be  trained.  But  we 
are  fm-  tiioa-  easily  tiiiined  the  other  way— the 
wrong  way.  It  requires  no  etmall  amount  of 
care,  watchfulness  and  nelt-possession  now-a- 
days  to  act  prudently  in  our  promises  and  in 
our  asking. 

I  have  knoim  men  who  have  never  yet  "  put 
on  Christ"  who. are  exceedingly  guarded  in 
then- promises.  This  makes  me  think  that  in 
one  thing  nt  least  they  would  make  good  Chris- 
tians. A  ■true  Christian  lias  to  be  so  miuiy 
things  that  n  perfect  man  can  ruady  he  found. 
,nv  man  have  one  specially  admirable  trait 
of  character,  it  is  this:  promising  rightly  and 
carrying  out  the  same  wisely.  Tliecoinuninity 
needs  such  men;  the  nation  needs  hosts  of  such 
men;  and  the  church  wants  her  wenk  places  re- 


plenished with  believers  of  the  same  sterling 
characU-r.  God  wants  such  men.  The  prom- 
ise-maker ought  to  be  the  promiiw-fulfiUcr. 
When  he  says  definitely,  "  I'll  pay,"  he  does  pay. 
When  he  promises,  whatever  it  be,  he 'can  be 
depended  upon.  If  he  fails,  he  learns  to  be 
more  careful,  and  particular,  more  guarded. 
This  J8  wisdom,  and  as  Solomon  would  say. 
"  Therefore,  get  wisdom."  Many  a  miui  who 
is  loose  in  his  prominefl.  would  be  very  strict  to 
fulfil  even  the  least,  if  failing  to  do  so  would 
take  his  possessions  from  him.  A  broken  prom- 
ise is  generally  a  loss— a  moral  loss.  The  loose 
promise-maker  forgets,  or  is  not  aware,  that  he 
loses  theconlidence  of  those  whom  hedisappoints, 
and  finally  hLs  moral  value  is  set  so  low.  that  if 
he  realized  it  hewould  be  greatly  ashamed.  But 
let  us  turn  to  the  most  serious  side  of  our 
thoughts — 

OCK  PU0U16P.S  TO  QOl). 
To  man  we  may  say.  "yes,  yes,"  and  exercine 
our  own  selfish  will  in  meeting  our  obligations 
or  disappointing  those  whoconfidein  our  prom- 
ises. We  still  live  and  may  seek  the  confidence 
of  other*.  But  not  so  with  our  promises  to 
God,  If  we  pay  mir  vows  to  the  Lord,  an<l  dis- 
appoint Him,  then  unto  whom  shidl  we  go  for 
salvation.  His  conditions  arc  laid  down,  we 
jiromLse  to  comply  with  them,  but  this  is  not 
salvation.  Saying  is  not  doing,  but  doin;i  is 
both  saying  and  doing.  "Why  call  ye  Me, 
'  Loi-d.  Lord,'  imd  do  not  the  tilings  that  I  say?" 
It  takes  Jesus  to  ask  a  close  question,  and  stop 
all  mouths  from  quibbling.  But  Mjitthew  on 
eye-witness  and  hearer,  learning  at  the  feet  of 
Jesus,  has  recorded  iivery  simple  thought  of 
the  Savior:  "  Not  eveiy  one  that  says  unto  Me, 
'  Lonl,  Lord,"  shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  but  he  that  doeth  the  will  of  My  Fath- 
er  which  is  in  heaven."  This  makejs  the  pro- 
fession of  the  Christian  religion  u  most  solemn 
condition.  It  is  of  tliehigheat  moment,— fii-st, 
to  knijw  the  will,  and  last  to  do  the  will.  We 
may  feel  tin-  necessity  of  religion,  and  be  tired 
of  sin.  We  may  promise  God  to  serve  Him, 
and  then,  after  all,  keep  "the  command- 
ments of  men,"  because  somebody  persuaded  us 
by  his  learning,  or  "  flattering  words,"  or  "fair 
speeches,"  to  embrace  the  religion  he  has.  Bnt 
if  we  would  come '-'  into  Clirist,"  we  must  "know 
no  man  after  the  flesh'"  or  iinytliing  else. 

He  is  in  error  whose  religion  is  not  plainly 
taught  by  the  Holy  Scripturct.  No  matter 
how  solemn  and  well-meant  hid  promises  are, 
"  the  wonl  of  the  Lord  standeth  sure."  Je.^n» 
is  the  "One  Lord,"  His  doctrme  is  the  "One 
Faith."  and  the  Church  is  the  "  One  Body."  He 
i.4  the  Head  mid  His  church  is  Hih  Body.  It  i,s 
one  Hi-'ad  with  one  Body,  and  He  that  makes  it 
otherwise  rejects  the  Word  of  God.  0  that  men 
would  wek  Jesus  and  hear  His  voice!  His  gra- 
cious word.'i  ure  the  beauty  and  sweetness  and 
life  of  every  page  from  Matthew  to  Hevelation. 
Nowhere  does  He  teach  men  to  believe  on  Him 
as  they  pleiu^e.  and  live  ils  they  desire.  All 
creeds  and  systems  of  n  worlilly  religion  mu<t 
be  abandoned,  and  the  one  truth  received  nith 
firm  fiiith  and  through  deep  repentance.  Then 
the  work  Iwginson  the  only  imd  true  foundation. 
But  even  ttieii,  we  must  not  only  xay  we  are  in 
the  Tnith,  in  ChrUt,  in  the  Church.  The  work 
must  be  done,  or  we  nrv  not  changed.  Jesus 
said,  "  Ye  mu^t  be  boru  again."  Our  estimate 
of  self  mnst  be  "  los.«,"  imd  of  Christ,  "  gain." 
The  lips  must  not  only  say,  "I  oiler  saerifiee,"* 
but  the  heart,  and  theheiul,  and  the  body  must 
be  pi-esented  a  changed  and  "  living  sacrifice" 
to  God  continually.  Not  only  saijituj  but  DO- 
ING is  the  all-needfal  ivquisite  for  citizenship 
in  the  "  Kiugibmiwhich  cannot  Iwmoveil." 

0  brother.  >i!«ter.  let  us  look  invvaitl.  What 
a  sad  end,  that  we  should  foil  of  the  gnioe  of 
God  "(neb.  12:15).  Let  us  take  heed  how 
while  titue  i^.  The  Holy  Scriptua-s  declare 
that  some  will  be  disappointed.  Let  us  be  con- 
cerned about  so  important  a  matter,  like  the 
primitive  dis^ciplcs  were — "  Lord,  is  it  I?"    We 


No.  8. 


an  know  .t  now.  "Examine  youn^elv^  and 
see  whe  her  ye  be  in  the  faith."  Ut  u.  ding 
^  the  old  standard,  though  we  be  d«,pi«P.l  and 
ftccount^^d  Ignorant  among  men.  Th^  d«yi» 
r.«t  ha..tening  when  our  work  shall  be  tried  "a» 
by  fire.      0»r  icork.  not  our  saying.     After  we 

'rTHFv'^i  .""'  "'  '""  '"''  —-led  to 
rfoTHE^N  let  us  .,«,-..  We  are  unprofitable 


BEGINNINQ  OP  THfi  DAT 

BY  SILVIA  mSAMoRE. 

WE  all  knotv  how  hard  it  is  to  go  on  pleas- 
J  T  antly  if  we  have  made  a  bad  beginmug. 
Breakfast  time  gives  the  turn  to  the  whol^  d«- 
If  father  Is  stem  and  mother  i«  crow;  if  the  big 
brother  give*  a  short  nn.wer.  the  little  children 
catch  the  feeling  and  the  infection;  .,ne  dlm^r- 
dant  note,  sets  the  whole  household  choir  jar- 
ring;  one  cross  face  repeats  itself  in  v^iy  many 
vanations:  one  angrj-  wonl  challenges  another. 
Let  us  be  caa-ful  to  Wgiu  right  in  the  mor- 
iimg.  Art-,  we  careftil  to  pniy?  Do  wc  open  the 
day  with  a  p..titiou  to  the  mighty  One  who 
guards  them  in  life  and  in  death?  Sunny  faces 
at  the  breakfast  table,  and  cheerful  good  mor- 
ning to  each  other,  are  blessed  missionaries- 
they  start  everything  right,  and  all  hoasekeepl 
en.  know  the  value  of  that.  Others  who  are 
not  housekeepers  know  it  too.  and  benedictions 


follow    the 


man  or  woman    who  goes  down 


the  street  in  the  morning  with  a  bright  look 
and  a  word  of  cheer  for  every  one  he  meets  on 
the  way. 

Vanlue,  Ohio. 


BREVITY  OF  TIME. 


nv  E.  U.  sriPLER. 

**  POR  here  we  have  no  continuing  city,  bu 
i.  we  seek  one  to  come"(Heb.  13;  U). 
A  thousand  yours  with  Clirist  is  as  a  day  with 
us.  Time  is  fieeting,  and  pjisses  quickly  into 
eternity.  Then  sinner  delay  not  in  giving  your 
heart  to  Clirist  in  your  youthful  daj-s.  for  your 
life  at  greatest  length  is  bnt  a  span.  And  re- 
member that  we  have  no  continuing,  no  abiding 
city  in  this  our  dwelling  place,  but  should  seek 
one  to  come,  beyond  the  bright  Elysian  skies. 
Let  nothing  of  this  world's  good-s,  vanities  or 
vain  delusions  attract  you  or  rivet  your  faith  to 
them,  but  consider  your  faith  iu  Christ  Jesas 
and  flee  the  wnith  to  come.  0!  sinner,  seek  that 
golden  city,  that  heavenly  mansion,  whose  streets 
lire  paved  with  gold,  and  whose  builder  and 
nmker  is  God.  Seek  it  now,  for  your  life  mav 
be  but  for  a  diy.    Remember, 

Life  is  short  and  time  is  fleeting. 

.\iid  We  may  not  long  be  here. 
May  we  then  to  Him  surrender. 

All  our  labor,  toil,  and  care. 

He  who  gave  His  lifr  a  ransom. 

For  us  all  that  we  might  live. 
Why  not  then  ye  wretvhed  sinmrv 

Turn  to  Jesus  Christ  and  live? 

Live  above  the  sky  ill  glory, 
Dwell  among  the  saints  of  Light. 

Wait  not  then  until  to-moirow 
Come.  01  come  to  Christ  to-utght. 

To-night  you  have  Hi*  promise,  for  many  of 
us  nmy  not  behold  the  light  of  to-mom>w. 
Many  a  poor  fidleu  mortal  is  bruught  to  inteii:« 
agony  and  grief,  by  watting  for  re|>entjmce  until 
a  more  conveuieut  seoAou.  -Then  n'meni1<er. 
deiu-  reader,  that  death-bed  ivpentance  is  h\.:\i\ 
improbable.  Then  the  sinner  has  no  t>i\-iti:v' 
of  a  pridoiigwl  life;  for  the  Lord  n»j"s,  "The 
fear  of  the  Lonl  prolongeth  da^'N;  but  the  years 
of  the  wicked  shall  U*  .;.... -.>...^i "  i  r»r...    i,,. 


Hollidaijshurg,  Pn. 


THE    BRKTHlPlElSr    ^T    AVOXiKl. 


Februa: 


ry  o^ 


THE  DYING  WIFE. 

HUB  JULIA  B.  BLAXCHXKlJ. 

RAISK  my  pillow,  IiuHband  dearest, 
Faint  and  fmntcr  comes  my  breath; 
And  the  sIuuJows  Htt-aling  tdowly 

Must,  I  now.  be  Hear  to  death. 
Sit  down  cl(>«'  beside  me.  darliiig. 

Lof  nir<l;i.''pyour  warm,  strong  hand, 
Youre  that  has  ever  iiurt«ined  me, 

To  the  Iwrder  of  this  land. 
I've  had  visionH  and  been  dreaming 

OVr  the  piwt  of  joy  and  pain; 
Year  by  year  I've^wandert-d  backward 

Until  i  wa«  M  child  again. 
Dreams  of  tlic«  and  all  the  eartlwords 

Firmly  *wiri<>  about  my  heart; 
Oh.  the  bitt.-r,  btiniing  anguish. 

When  I  know  that  we  must  parti 

It  Ua«  pasNfd,  and  God  ha«  promised 

AH  tliy  footsteps  to  att^-nd; 
He  is  more  than  fticnd  or  brother. 

Hr-'ll  he  with  you  to  the  end. 
Tliere's  no  »iiiulow  on  tlm  portal 

Leiuliny  to  my  heavi-nly  liuuie. 
Christ  has  promised  life  immortal. 

It  in  He  who  bids  me  come. 

Do.not  weep  so.  mother  denresf. 

Wipe  tlio-te  monniful  tears  awny: 
I  am  going  lionip  to  lu-nvcn— 

I'll  be  tin-re  (it  dawn  of  day. 
Tell  my  huKband  to  love  Je-sus, 

And  when  the  toils  of  life  are  o'er 
He  may  have  ii  home  in  heaven 

With  the  l)leH  forovermore. 

Do  not  mourn  so,  father— mother. 

Wipe,  oh,  wii)e  those  tears  awayl 
I  will  soon  be  with  the  angels. 

You  will  come  some  other  day, 
Father,  scenes  of  life  are  fading: 

Mother,  I  am  almost  o'er: 
Brother,  give  your  heart  to  Je^ns; 

Sister,  we  3bull  meet  once  more. 

Cla-^p,  my  hand  still  closer,  dearest 

'  Tia  the  last  night  of  my  life: 
For  to-morrow  I  shall  never 

Answer  when  you  call  ine  wife. 
Fare  thee  well,  niy  noble  husband! 

Yoii  may  not  wait  so  very  long 
llclorf  you  i-omt^  to  meet  your  darling 

In  that  bright  home  where  she  has  gone. 

Farewell  parents,  brother,  sister, 

I  can  see  the  other  shore — 
1  can  see  the  great  white  mansion — 

Farewell  all,  I  am  almost  o'er. 

—Sdected. 
Oxford,  Mirh. 

THE    LITERAL   MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN  RELIGIOUS 

FAITH   AND    PRACTICE.) 

nr  J.  w.  6TEIN. 

"  Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy  counsel." — 
(Psalms  73:  24) 

Nl'MBEll  IV. 

But  agaiu  we  urge  our  position  be- 
cause 

2.  It  u  the  mily  altei^ruttive  by 
which  to  wvoid  the  evils  of  of  hu- 
man pnestcraft  ami  superstition.  Much 
lin.s  betni  said  about  Papal  intolerance. 
Protestants  have  deeply  roni miser ated 
tbe  spiritual  sei'filoni  of  her  priest-rid- 
den .subjects,  becjinse  they  were  depriv- 
ed o*'  the  Bible.  But  if  Papists  actual- 
ly took  the  Bible  fi'om  tlie  people  for 
many  centuries,  it  is  only  what  Protest- 
ants jire  i'ir^««//)/ doing  now.  They  ex- 
hort the  peoph;  to  read  the  Bible.but  if  they 
presume  to  believe  and  obey  many  of  its 
liliiln  iirecf-pt-^,  at  once  the  clergy  labors 
hard  to  make  tliem  believe  something 
else,  .nnd  thus  many  are  jiersuaded  to 
tliiuk  they  cannot  understand  the  Word 
without  an  inti-rpreter.  and  beingdestitute 
of  any  personal  reason  for  their  faith  and 
practice,  are  only  thedupes  of  wily  priest- 
craft, neither  knowing  tlie  truth  nor 
walking  therein.  Between  the  po.-^ition 
of  the  liretiireu  and,  that  of  the  Papist 
who  denies  that  the  P-ible  is  adapted  to 
the  understanding  of  the  people,  and 
hence  pleads  a  necessity  for  the  spiritual- 
izing system  of  the  priesthood,  there  is 


no  alternative,  no    tenable  intermediate 
ground. 

Jf  you  fjrant  that  one  plain  precept 
mwt  he  taken  literally,  you  grant  all  we 
ai<h,f0r  it  ix  a preriylent.  which  unllforce 
on/}'  conclusion^  rmd  when  you  strip  one 
Jiihle  2>recept  of  its  literal  force,  and 
mliniilate  yotir  own  tjheory,  you  have 
udoptM  the  controlling  princijtle  of  the 
Papal  hierarchy  and  granted  all  the, 
Papiftt  asks,  ior  s\w\\  A  precedent  will 
ineWtably  result  soimer  or  later  in  priest- 
ciaft,  and  surely  Protestant  priestcraft 
is  no  better  than  l*apal  priestcraft.  De- 
ny a  Christian  church  the  right  to  be- 
liVve  they  "ought to  wash  one  another's 
feet"  (John  13:  14,15),  observe  the 
"  holy  kis-s  "  (R«"'-  16:1*!;  9  Cor.  VM 
12;  1  Thess.  o:20;l  Pet.  1;  14),  tin- 
'  anointing"  of  the  sick  (Jas.  5:  14, 15) 
thi-  prohibition  of  oaths  (Jlatt-SiSS-.-JT; 
(Ja-s.  5:  12),  to  baptize  into  each  of  the 
three  names  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spir- 
it (Matt.  2S:r.O. 'Ji'  ^".V  o^^'*"'"  P^*^'- 
New  Testament  couiniand,  and  substi- 
tute a  tlieory  wliieh  \^-ill  exi>lain  the«e 
away,  and  with  the  same  arguments  you 
can  go  further  and  make  an  onslaught 
upon  the  duty  of  baptism,  communion, 
preaching  the  AVord,  praying,  singing, 
etc.,  until  you  have  nothing  left,  and  the 
Bible  is  supplanted  by  a  priestcraft 
which  "  makes  the  eommands  of  God  of 
none  eftect  by  its  traditions,"  and  if  we 
depend  on  human  priests,  to  those  of 
which,  of  all  the  varying  and  conflict- 
ing systems  shall  we  apply?  for  if  de- 
pendent upon  the  interpretation  of  <me. 
why  not  upon  another?  and  who  shall 
decide  which  is  right? — and  if  the  Bi- 
ble is  a  sealed  Book  and  its  interpreters 
are  not  agreed,  wliat  are  the  poor  mass- 
es, who  are  thirsting  for  truth,  and  for 
whom  Christ  died,  to  do  \  Surely  if  any 
man,  or  set  of  men,  has  a  right  to  put 
private  interpretation  upon,  or  ojiinion 
in  lieu,  of  any  part  of  (ituVs  Law,  then 
all  others  have,  and  the  plain  statements 
<tf  truth  may  be  supplanted  by  the  opin- 
ions of  men,  who  instead  of  obeying  the 
Law  presume  to  be  its  judges  from  all 
their  varying  stand-points. 

Yon  must  then,  dear  reader,  to,  be  con- 
sistent, either  to  accept  every  divine 
precept,  wv7A  I'fe  oa^n  Scriptural  modi- 
p'ers  literally,  or  you  are  compelled  to 
virtually  surrender  the  Word  of  God, 
and  endorse  the  policy  of  Papal  Rome. 
Which  will  you  do?  There  is  no  half 
Bible  and  half  priest  here.  Adhering 
to  the  same  principle  by  which  mill- 
ions to-day  disregard  many  of  the  plain 
commands  of  Christ  and  His  apostles. 
I  could  if  the  principle  were  correct, 
disprove  the  authority  of  the  entire  Gos- 
pel. leaWng  it  no  spiritual  vitality,  nor 
practical  power,  but  since  it  is  God's 
message  to  man,  every  precept  demands 
our  faith  and  obedience,  regardless  of 
hunmn  opposition.  AV'hil?  then  we  dis- 
claim, as  I  have  already  endeavored  to 
show,  the  right  of  judgment,  reason,  con- 
science or  any  otlicr  human  faculty  to 
substitute  their  creations  for  the  Word 
of  God,  we  do  most  earnestly  maintain 
that  the  common  mind,  under  the  con- 
trolling influences  of  tlie  Holy  Spirit,  h» 
adapted  to  the  thorough  uudei-stauding 
of  every  divine  command.  But  agaiu 
we  urge  the  literal  interpretation  of  the 
divine  precepts  because 

;{.  The  vei-y  accurate  and  literal 
fuljillment  of  prophecy  (Gen,  tJ:  17), 
proves  it.  Both  tlie  prediction  and 
fullfilment  of  the  flood  were  literal  (Gen, 
7:).  The  same  is  true  of  the  prophecy 
respecting  the  sojourning  and  affliction 
of  Abraham's  po.sterity  and  God's  judg- 
ments on  their  oppressors  (Gen.  15:  13- 
Ifi;  Exod  7:  14),  oi'  their  promised  iu- 


heritance  (Gen.  17:  8;  2ii:  :i,  4;   2S:  l:i. 
14;  Josh.  1:3,  4,  4),  of  the  desti'uction 
of  Sodom  (Gen.  1!>:  12-2fi),  of  the  sev- 
en years  of  plenty  and  famine  in  Kgypt 
(Gen.  41:29-57),  of  the  cui-se  upon  him 
who  would   attempt  to  rebuild  Jericoh 
(Josh.  IJ:  2G;  1  Kings    IG:  34).     Of  the 
destruction  of  Eli's  sons  (1  Sam.  '2;  27- 
34;  4:  17),  of  Elijah's  prophecy  to  Ahab 
of  famine  (1  Kings  17:  1),  of  the  doom 
of  Abab  and  Jesebel  (Kings  21 :  17-24 
•22:  38),  of  Elisha's  prophecy  to  Hazael 
of  his  royalty  and  crimes  (2  Kings  2:  8 
11-13;  13  22;  2Chron.  11:  21),  of  Dan- 
iel's explanation  of  the  rise,  progress,  and 
fall    of  earth's    \iniversal    empires   viz., 
the  Chaldean  or  Babylonian,  the  Medo- 
Persian,  the  Grecian,  the   Roman  with 
its  divisons  and  subdivisions  as  exhibit- 
ed   in    Nebuchadnezzar's    great  image 
(Dan.  7:  S-IH),  of  the  desolation  of  Bab- 
ylon, Assyria,  Moab,  Kgypt,  Ethiopia, 
j\rabia,  Tyre,  Israel  and  Jerusalem   (Is. 
8:  !l,  13,  14,  15,  10,    17,  18,   20,   23,  29, 
Jer.  19:  49,  50,  51;Ezek.  25,31,32).  Of 
the   prophecies  concerning  Christ;   He 
was  born  of  a   virgin  (Is.   7:    14;  Matt 
1 ;  18-23;  Luke  1 :  20-35)  in  Bethlehem 
of  Judea  (Mich.  5:  2;  Luke  2:  4-7),  call- 
ed .mt  of  Egypt   (Hos.   11:  1;  Matt  2: 
15),  called  a  Xazarene  (Matt  11:  23), 
rode  into  Jerusalem  upon  an  ass(Zech. 
11:  12,  13;  John  12:  14,15),  oftered  rest 
totheweary(Is.50:-l;Matt9:  28,  30,), 
preached  the  Gospel  to  the  poor  (Is.  01: 
1-3;  Luke  4:  17-21),  was  despised  and 
rejected  of  men  ( Is.  53 :  3 ;  John  19:  15), 
suflered   not  for  Himself,  but  for  others 
(Is. 53:  40;  Luke  23:  14),  was  beU-ayed 
for  thirty  pieces  of  silver  (Zecli  11 :  12, 
13;  Matt  20:  15),  was   delivered  to  the 
Gentiles(Lu.  18:32),  contrary  to  the  laws 
according  to  their  charge  (Lev.  24:  13- 
10)  which  they  attempted,  but  failed  to 
execute  (John is:  59).     He  was  mocked, 
spit   upon   and    crucified  (Matt.  20:  19; 
Mark    10:   33;     Luke   18:  32).     They 
gave  Him  gall  and  vinegar  (Ps.  09:  21; 
Matt  27:  34).     They    parted  His   gar- 
ments and  casts  lots  for  His  vesture  (Ps. 
22:18;  Matt  27:35).     They   laughed 
Him  to  scorn,  shooting  out  the  lip,  shak- 
ino'  the  head  and  saying,  "  He  trusted  in 
the  Lord  that  He   would   deliver  Him; 
let  Him  deliver  Him,  seeing  He  delight- 
ed in  Him"  (Ps.  22:   7,  8;  Matt.  27:  39, 
40).     He  was  nimibered  with  the  trans- 
gressors (Is.  53;  12;  Matt.  27:  38;  Mark 
15:27).     He  was  with  the  rich  in  His 
death  (Is.  53:  9;  Matt  27:  57-60).  Not 
a  bone  of  Him  was  broken  (John  19: 33) 
which  corresponds  exactly  with  the  pas- 
chal type  (Exod.   12:4(J;Nura.  9:12). 
They  pierced  his  hands  and  feet(Ps.  22: 
10).     They  looked  on  Him  whom  they 
had  pierced  (Zech.  12:  10;  John  19:  24 
37).     He  rose  from   the  dead  the  thii'd 
day  (Matt  28:    0;  Luke   18:   32).   The 
same    is    true   respecting  New  Testa- 
ment prophecies. 


if  you  hear  His  voice,  harden  not  yon- 
hearts.  Now  is  the  time  to  work.  If  tij^j. 


a  good  deed  before  you  to  be  don^ 
:ind  do  it,  do  not  wait  until  to-morrow" 
or  next  week;  for  Satan  always  has  some 
mischief  for  idle  hands  to  do. 

AVork  while  it  is  called  to-day,  fop 
ch  day  luis  its  duties,  and  if  you  defer 
this  day's  work  for  to-morrow,  there  \\\\\ 
be  certain  duties  for  that  day  also(ify(,g 
should  live  to  see  it)  and  you  must  crowd 
two  days  work  in  one  or  be  constantly 
falling  behind,  each  duty  should  be  fiU. 
ed  as  they  present  themselves,  j^^ 
again  if  we  ever  intend  to  become  foj. 
lowers  of  our  Savior,  now  is  the  time 
to  begin  as  we  have  lost  much  time  al- 
ready,  and  should  we  employ  every  mo- 
ment of  our  future  time  in  His  service 
it  is  no  more  than  oiir  reasonable  service 
and  cannwt  make  up  the  time  we  have 
lost.  Let  us  therefore  begin  to-day  an^ 
work  diligently;  for  no  man  knows  what 
a  day  may  bring  forth.  To-morrow 
our  friends  may  be  preparing  these  ten- 
ements* of  clay  for  their  last  restingplace, 
or  these  mental  powers  that  we  can  ex. 
ise  to-day  with  so  much  delicacy  aud 
precision,  to-morrow  may  be  paralyKeil 
and  obscured  and  we  may  be  a  howling 
maniac.  Such  is  om-  mental  and  pliya- 
ical  construction,  that  at  any  moment 
all  can  be  destroyed.  Why,  then  plan 
for  the  future?  Let  us  live  for  to-tUy, 
casting  all  our  care  on  Jesus,  and  trust- 
ing in  God  for  His  blessings,  receiving 
them  with  thankful  hearts  as  they  come; 
never  harassing  ourselves  with  imagiu- 
ary  e\als  yet  to  come;  "  Sufficient  to  the 
day  is  the  evil  thereof."  Surely  we  can 
trust  the  One,  that  has  given  us  life  and 
health  iu  the  past,  for  the  future.  He 
has  blessed  eacli  day  as  it  passed,  and 
to-day  He  is  sending  numberless  bless- 
ings upon  us. 

The  future  is  before  us,  we  know  not 
what  "it  is  to  bring  forth.  But  the  same 
Hand  that  guided  our  weary  footsteps 
thus  far,  and  »he  same  protecting  Arm 
that  is  over  us  to-day,  is  able  to  conduct 
usthroughtherestof  our  journey,  wheth- 
er it  be  long  or  short.  When  the  end 
comes  He  has  promised  to  go  with  us 
through  the  dark  valley  and  gloomy 
shadow  of  death,  and  finally  receive  ns 
into  His  own  Divine  presence,  where 
there  will  be  one  eternal  day. 
ArcaJium-,  Ohio. 


THOUGHTS. 


UY  W.  HERTZI-ER. 


WORK  WHILE  IT  IS  CALLED 
TO-DAY. 

KY  CUAKLOTTE  T.  BOND. 

TT  is  natural  for  us  to  defer  matters 
■^  and  imagine  it  will  be  more  conven- 
ient to  attend  to  such  and  such  things 
at  some  future  time.  To-day  only  is 
ours,  we  know  not  what  a  day  may 
bring  forth,  if  we  have  a  duty  to  per- 
form, now  is  the  time  to  attend  to  it,  if 
we  should  wait  until  to-morrow,  we  may 
lose  the  opportunity,  and  we  are  anion*' 
the  slothful  servants.  There  arc  very 
few  persons  living,  but  have  it  In  their 
miuthi  to  serve  God  and  prepare  for  death 
before  it  comes  upon  them,  but  alas! 
they  put  the  matter  olf  until  it  ia  too 
late  and  they  are  forever  lu.it.     To-day 


SELF-GOVERNMENT  is  a  great,  aud 
good  work;  especially  if  well  per- 
formed, in  two  ways;  temporally  and 
spii'itually.  Temporal  government  in- 
cludes among  others,  temperance;  uot 
merely  in  di-inking.  but  also  eatingniod- 
erately,  working,  sleeping,  and  thinking; 
all  of  these  functions  well  governea, 
brings  happiness  and  cheerful  days  to 
the  one  engaged  iu  it.  in  the  present  life- 
It  also  cpialifies  the  individual  for  duty 
whatever  his  calling  may  be.  But^vhen 
this  government  is  wanting,  it  seems  to 
have  a  drawback,  and  ,a  downward  tenj 
deiicy  in  every  case.  But  in  spu-ituat 
life,  good  government  brings  "  I'c'ig"^"'^ 
undefUed,"  religion  that  rules  eveutH^' 
mlml,  the  heart,'aml  brings  into  m^. 
tion  the  inner  and  outer  man,  so  tHa 
the  image  of  Christ  is  readily  seen  in 
man,  in  all  his  callings  and  nioveraen^ 
among  men.  Is  not  religion  the  cau-^ 
of  the  family  altar,  whence  tl^^f  ^ 
smdlings  m'ise  unto  the  I.urti  1  .. 
i«.  Does  not  religion  trmi^iform  Hi» 
on  into  a  slicep?  Yos,  if  relig»"  "" 
govern,  It  lias  that  eil'ect.  So"""" 
tlie  dUciples  got  tbe  idea,  tlifj'  »« ' 


JTebr 


m^tii'V   ^-il. 


TFLl-:    TiltKTT^RK>J    j\V    AVORK. 


3 


out  power,  tliey  cannot  work  unless  m-g- 
etl  (.D  by  th'-  Spirit  uf  the  Lortl.  Not 
quite  so;  wIh-Tc  wouUl.free  agency  be  if 
yfP  could  not  work?  God  wants  fi-ec* 
flgeuts,  men  and  woniun  that  disphiy  a 
-ivilliiiguessto  do  what  little  they  can  for 
tlie  cause  of  the  Master,  which  in  every 
case  will  meet  \rith  the  approbation  of 
God,  and  draws  from  above  the  smiles  of 
the  Savior  and  opens  His  store-houBe  for 
the  ueedy;  whence  they  draw  a  daily 
gupply-  God's  children  must  he  mind- 
ed, lil^t^  our  obedient  ones.  An  obedi- 
ent child  does  not  want  to  be  pushed  on 
the  work;  no,  that  disposition  or  nature 
they  abhor;  but  lazy  ones  look  for  it  ev- 
ery time  they  work. 

Now,  dear  brethren,  let  us  not  imitate 
idlers  and  laziness.  But  religion 
moulds  and  fashions  our  deportment 
among  men,  that  a  new  creature  may  be 
visible.  In  the  morning  lift  up  your 
hands  to  God  in  fervent  prayer.  At  the 
table  show  in  a  few  words  that  meat  and 
drink  *'  comes  from  above,  the  Father  of 
lights"  to  whom  honor  is  due.  Also  let 
us  bridle  our  tongues,  since  we  have  to 
"  give  an  account  for  every  idle  word  we 
Religion  also  brings  kindness  in- 


say. 


to  existence,  kind  talk  in  the  family,  be- 
tween husband    and    wife,  parents  and 
children,    masters  and   servants.     Even 
the  creatures  on  the   yard  find  it  out. 
Proper  treatment  is  given,  in  feeding  and 
working.  Solomon  says, "  A  righteous 
man    regiirdeth   the   life   of  his  beast." 
The  neighbors  will  find  tokens  of  love, 
and  in    all   the  necessary  duties;    the 
ciuu'ch  will  have  affectionate  membeis, 
attending  meetings   with  joy  and  long- 
ing; not  merely  jus  a  duty.    When  there, 
engaged  in  prayer  for  the  church,  for  the 
preachers,  and  the  welfare  of  mankind 
in  general.    No  sleepers,  nor  head-heavy  I 
individuals,  who  must  prop,  or  if  not 
engaged  in  that  business,  every  time  the 
door  moves  there  goes  the  face.     No,  re- 
ligion keeps   awake,  creates  attention, 
desiring  to  catch  every  word  spoken,  in 
singing,  prayer,  or  preaching.     Christ's 
religion  stamps  a  "  peculiar  people,  zeal- 
ous of  good  works,"  at  home  and  abroad. 
Another  thought.     Some  years  ago  it 
struck  me  .sensibly  as  if  the  Brethren  are 
rather  fast  in   multiplying  papers;   and 
wished  they  would  consolidate  all  those 
in  existence,   and  then  I  would  be  siitis- 
fied.     Now  a  partial  consolidation  has 
been  accomplished,  and  another  si)rung 
up.     And  so  I  went  to  work  to  examine 
them  all,  :ind  finally   came  to  the  con- 
clusion to  make  choice  of  the  youngest, 
being  the  nicest  type,  the  easiest  read, 
if  eyes  commence  to   fail  like  mine  for 
years   already.     Also  find  it  brimful  of 
wholesome  matter  every  time  it  comes. 
May  God  speed  the  work,   and   give   a 
special  blessing  to  the  beloved  editors, 
and  grant  that  their  labors  may   be  the 
means  of  doing  much  good  among  men. 
Elizahethtown,  Lanvmter  Co.,  Pa. 


they  that  fear  Him.     But  what  i; 
by   the   term  "  fear   Hun  f"     There  are 
twt.  kinds  of  fear  spoken  of  in  the  Scrip- 1  and  teachable, 
turcs,  the  former   is  the  kind  of  fear  re-  ! 
ferred  to  in  our  text.     This  fear  of  God ' 
is  a  holy  attectioii  wrought  in  the  soul,  I 
incliinng  the  individual  to  obey  all  God's 
commandments,  no  matter  how  difficult, 
self-sacrificing  they  may  be. 
To  fear  God  then  in  this  sense,  is  syn- 
onymous with  the  term  love  Him,  and 
obedience  is  the  expression,  or    divinely 
appointed    manifestation  of    love.       It 
would  still  further  elucidate  our  text  to 
give  it  this  reading;  "  The  secrets  of  the 
Lord  are  ^v^th   then\  that   obey    Him." 
This  explanation  is  still  further  borne 
out  by  the  language  of  our  Savior  to  his 
disciples.     "  Ye  are  my  friends,  if  ye  do 
whatsoever    I    command  you.      Hence- 
forth 1  call  yon  not  servants;  tor  the  ser- 
vant knoweth  not  what  his  Lord  doeth; 
but  I  have   called  you   friends;  for  all 
things  that  1  have  heard  of  my  Father, 
I  have  made  known  unto  you."  A  friend 
is  one  to  Vhom    we  impart   our   minds 
more  freely  than  to  others.     This  is  what 
our  Savior  does  to   his  follower,  he  ad- 
mits them  into  a  very  close  intimacy  with 
himself,  and   unfolds  unto  them  myste- 
ries of  his  love,  his  grace,  and  his  prov- 
idence (see  Lamentations  5:  1). 

But  says  one,  this  title  of  friend  was 
only   applicable  to   the  apostles,  or  at 
most  to  some  high  official, or  dignitary  of 
the  church.     The  papist  would  say,  the 
clerical  orders  alone  possess  this  superior 
wisdom,  it  is  never  vouchsafed  to  the 
laity.    But  what  says  Christ?     Upon 
one  occasion  after  commanding  John  the 
Baptist,  he  added,  "  But  he  that  is  least 
in  the  kingdom  of  God,  is  greater  than 
he."     That  is  the   mo.st  lowly,  the  most 
humble,  the  one  who  has  the  least  of  self, 
and  the  most  of  Christ.     Again  om-  Sav- 
1  ior  addresses  his  Fatiier  thus,  "  I  thank 
theii  OFather,  Lord  ofheavcu  and  earth, 
because  thou  hast  hid  these  things  from 
the  wise  and  prudent,  and  hast  revealed 
them  unto  babes.     Even  so,  Father;  for 
it  seemed  good  in  thy  sight."     It  is  then 
to  the  humble,   the  poor  in  spirit,  irre- 
spective of  his  office,  or  position  in  this 
worhl,   that  God    particularly    reveals 
himself. 

We  will   next  try   to   notice  some  of 

these  secrets  of  the  Lord  which  our  text 

says,    are   with    those  that    fear    hi 

Though  these  purposes  are  all  revealed 

his  Word,   yet  they  may  very  prop- 


meant  ,  to  us  their   true   and   spiritual    import. 
And  this  will  he  do  if  we  anr  humlile 


That  human  knowledge  is  not  neces- 
sary to  enable  us  to  undei'stami  God's 
holy    Wood,  18  still    further   deducible, 
from  the  fact  that   nearly,  if  not  quite 
all.  the  erroi-s  that  have  soilefonned  the 
church,  all  the  departures  from  the  plain 
and  obvious  meaning  of  the  sacred  Scrip- 
tures, have  originated  with  the  learned. 
Had     mankind     only     gone      to     the 
Scriptures  for  knowledge  in  divine  things, 
and    had    they  only   sought    the    illu- 
minations of  the  Holy  Spirit,  the  church 
would  not,    as    it   now  is,    be  rent   into 
fragments.     But  blessed  be  God,  there 
have  always  been  somewhohave refused 
to  olVer  incense  with  strange  iire  in  thi 
censei-s.     They  would  take  their  coj 
from  the  altar  of  burnt-ofl'ering,  no  mat- 
ter at  what  cost.     Even   iu   the  darkest 
days    of  that  overshadowing  evil,  the 
great  apostasy,  there  was  not  wonting  a 
period  in  which  there  were  not  some   to 
offer  a  pure  testimony  tor  Jesus.  In  Ui 
7:1,  John  saw  "  four  angles  standing 
the  four  corners  of  the  earth,  holding 
the  four  winds  of  the  earth,  that    thi 
wind  should  not  blow  on  the  earth,  nor 
(m  the  sea,  nor  on  any  tree."     Now  why 
this  suspension  of  judgment?     Why  not 
let  the  trumpets  immediately  proclaim 
the    vengeance  of  God.     Ah!  these  re- 
straining angels  are  to  keep  in  check  the 
impemling  devastations,  until  the  ser- 
vants of  God  are  sealed  on  their  fore- 
heads. 

A  fierce  and  prolonged  con  test  between 
truth  and  error,  was  now  about  to  be  in 
augurated.  That  dreadful  colossus,  the 
hierarchy  of  Rome  was  being  rapidly 
developed.  Ignorance,  superatition,  and 
wickedness  were  about  to  sprcatl  them- 
j  selves  like  a  dark  pall  over  the  earth. 
But  God  was  preparing  a  noble  ai'iuy  of 
torch -bearers  to  hold  forth  the  true  light 
during  these  degenerate  tinu's.  There 
must  be  a  pause,  a  rejjpite,  during  which 
j>eriod  the  apostasy  might  have  an  op- 
portunity for  repentance  and  reforma- 
tion, and  the  true  followere  of  the  Lamb 
might  become  established  and  confirm- 
ed in  the  truth.  They  were  sealed  in 
their  foreheads.  God  wrote,  as  it  were. 
Ids  Law  on  the  tablets  of  their  minds, 
to  tliem  the  promise  was  verified.  "Then 
shall  we  know,  if  we  follow  on  to  know 
tlie  Lord."  And  in  tht  others  was  ful- 
filled the  saying,  "  But  evil  men  and  se- 


between  the  Chf-rubim,  saying  to  Uh, 
"  Behold,  I  have  refined  the**,  but  not 
with  silver;  1  have  chosen  thet-  in  the 
famace  of  affliction."  "  As  many  as  I 
love  I  rebuke  and  chasten." 

Now  we  see  that  there  was  "  a  ne«(U 
be  "  in  all  that  we  have  suffered,  wheth- 
er it  wiiH  mental  or  physical  wuffi-ririg, 
yea,  nec^wsary,  that  we  should  know  that 
bitterest  sorrows,  the  insincerity  of  friends 
and  we  donV>tif  greater  pang^  can  b** 
experienced  by  human  hearts,  than  t«> 
be  wounded  in  the  house  of  our  friends." 
BlcAscd  indeed  are  they  who  have  Vam 
ed  sufficiently  in  the  school  of  Christ,  to 
know  that  allthe.'ve  things  are  mo^wary. 
And  so  it  is,  when  the  outer  darknem  is 
thickest  and  densest,  the  inner  light  is 
most  bright  and  trlorious. 


A  HIGH  CALLING. 


BTS.  U.  MLVSIIH. 

«T  THEREFORE,  the  prisoner  of  th, 
-*-     Lord,  beseech   you    that  ye  wall 


alk 


erly  be  called  secrets,  first  because  of  the  |  ducers  shall  wax  worse  and  ^  wor.e,  de 
many,  and  deep  mysteries  in  them,  .sec- 
ondly, becaviee  they  are  said  to  be  hid 
from  many,  because  of  their  carnality.  (1 


THE  SECRETS  OF  THE  LORD. 


BT  MATTIE  h.  LE.Ui. 


am 


timt  fearllim;  and  He  will  shew 
tht-m  His  covenant "  (Psabiis  25:14). 
Great  men  of  the  eavth  sueh  as  kings, 
or  rulers  have  their  intimate  or  confiden- 
tial friends  to  whom  they  reveal  then- 
plans,  pnriioses  or  designs.  To  he  thus 
taken  into  the  hidden  or  secret  counsel 
of  some  yreat  earthly  potentate,  is  con- 
sidered an  honor  that  most  persons  wouhl 
earnestly  covet.  Jehovah  has  His  dear 
and  intimate  friends,  to  whom  He  reveals 
His  secrets  cu-  hidden  purposes.  Who  are 
they  who  are  accounted  worthy  of  such 
distinguished  honor?     Our  te.\t  says. 


ceinng,  and  being  deceived. 

The  secrets  of  the  Lord,  or  His  deep 
mysteries,  then  are  with  his  people,  with 


W(»rthy  of  the  vocation  wherewith  ye 
arc  (were)  called "  (Eph.  4:1).  To 
walk  worthy  is  to  conduct  ones  self  in 
a  proper  manner.  The  AVord  e.^horts 
us  "  to  walk  by  fuith,  to  walk  in  hn-t, 
to  walk  fwntMly,  to  walk  in  the  tnilh,'^ 
and  "  to  walk  in  \visdom  towanl  them 
that  are  without."  Some  profe...sons 
conduct  themselves  very  circumspectly 
in  the  presence  of  their  brethren,  but 
very  unbeeominKly  in  the  prudence  of 
"  them  without."  "  Worthy  of  the  vo. 
cation,"  wortliy  of  your  calling,  profess- 
ion or  business.  A  man  may  honor  or  dtJt- 
honovy  the  humblest  profession  or  l)Usi. 
ness  in  life;  may  be  an  honorable  tinker 
or  a  dishonorable  artisan. 

The  called  will  honor  the  labor,  or 
business  to  which  he  is  called,  more 
readily  when  called  by  the  honorable. 
Reader,  has  father  and  mother  called 
you-?  The  church  has  called  you.  The 
Spirit  calls;  the  Son  calls;  the  Father 
calls. 

Called  "  to  be  saints,  called  to  fellow- 
ship with  the  Son;  called  to  be  chililreu 
of  God ;  called  to  share  the  life  of  Christ" 
(Eph.  2:  5).  Who  is  able  for  these 
things?  A\Tio  can  comprehend  thtshii;h 
calling?  Who  can  w-alk  w-orthy  of  »itrh 
a  call  and.'iucA  a  calling? 

Only  the  spiritually  minded  can  hon- 
or this  calling,  that  calls  us  from  death 
uuto  life.  "  For  to  be  carnally  minded 
is  death,  but  to.  be  spiritually. minded, 
is  life  and  peace  "(Rom.  S:  (>). 
Anlioch,  J ml. 


Cor.  2:  14). 

A  closeand  patient  application,  is  nec- 
essary to  the  full  understanding  of  any 
department  of  knowledge.  This  applies 
to  the  science  of  religion.  One  person 
cannot  be  prolicient  in  more  than  one 
branch  of  knowledge.  Paul  knew  this, 
lu-nce  when  he  chose  the  religion  of 
Christ,  we  hear  him  exclaim:  "  1  deter 
mined  not  to  know  .anything  among,  you 
save  Jesus  Christ  and  him  crucified." 
liut  the  teachings  of  Clirist  are  uniipie. 
The  principles  and  maxims  which  he  in- 
culcated are  nowhere  else  taught.  The 
utmost  stretch  of  human  reason  could 
nevi.r  approximate  its  loftiness  and  pu- 
rity. Humau  science  was  far,  i-'.vii  too 
weak  to  e.\plore  this  domain  of  knowl- 
edge.  So  now,  since  life  and  immortal, 
itj'have  been  brought  to  light  through 
(lie  Gospel,  neither  do  we  now  need  the 
aid  of  human  science,  or  human  bear- 
ing ill  anv  of  its  department  to  enable 
us' to  understand  these  gl-eat,  and  heav- 
en-born truths.  They  emanated  solely 
from  God,  and  he  alone  can  unfold  un 


"WHAT  NEXT. 


those  who  love,  serve,  and  obey  him; 
to  such    are  constantly  unfolded  new 
beauties,  new  wonders,  and  new  grand- 
cure.     The  depth   of  divine  h)ve  is  un- 
fathomable, but  the  nearer  we  live  to  the 
cross,  the  more  perfectly  obedient,  and 
sulimissive  we  are,  the  more  we  shall  be 
enabled  to  compreheml  of  this  wonder- 
ful mystery.  So  with  the  providence  of 
God.     His   dealings    with    individuals 
often  seem  strangely  inexplicable,  and 
sometimes  arbitrary.     We  see  the  wick- 
ed and  thenominal  professors,  "  iu  great 
power,  and  spreading  themselves  like  a 
green  bay  tree."     We  sec  them  in  thi 
enjoyment  of  everything  that  this  world 
can    bestow,     having    health,    friends, 
wealth  «'ver)thing.     We  see  the  devout 
and   humble  Christian  deprived  of  all 
these,   "  plagued   all  the  day  long,  and 
chasteueil  every  morning,"  and  iu  a  mo- 
ment of  despondency,  we  e.vclaini,  "  ^  er- 
ily  1  have  cleansed  my  heart  in  vain,  and 
washed  my  hands  iu  innocency."    But 
when  we  draw  uear  to   the  .sacred   Ora- 
cles, we  hear,   as  it  were,  a  voice  from 


AGEXTLE>L\S,ridingnearthecity 
overtook  a  well-ilress-sed  young 
man,  and  invited  him  to  a  seat  in  his 
carriage. 

"  ^\'hat,"  said  the  gentleman  to  the 
yoimg  stranger,  "are  your  plans  for  the 
friture  ?" 

•■  I  am  a  cleric,"  replied  th«  young 
man, "  and  my  hojie  is  to  succee<l.  and 
get  into  business  tor  myself." 

"And  what  next!"  said  the  gentle- 
man. 

"Why,  I  intend  to  marry  and  set  up  I 
an  estiblishment  of  my  own,"  said  the  | 
youth. 

"And  what  next  ?" 
Why,  continue  in  business,  and  i 
cumulate  w-ealth." 
"  And  w-hat  next?" 

"  It  IS  the  lot  of  all  to  die,  and  I,  ofl 
connse  cannot  escape."  replied  theyoungl 
man. 

•  And  what  next  >"  onee  more  askedl 
the  gentleman;  but  the  young  man  had| 
no  answer  to  make;  he  hiul  no  pur^ 
that  reaeh«l  beyond    the    pi-esi-nt 
How  many  young  men  .arc  iu  ppecisd^ 
the  .siune'conditiou?  What   i>ertaiiu  t~ 
the  world  to  come  h,is  no  plitfbe  in 
their  plans. — Eilli  Banntr. 


TMi':  7^r!i-:THKE>r  jVT  ^vol^IC. 


Febr 


uary 


TBI  BBinsra  AT  WOBX. 


J.   H.  MOORB,  . 

8.  H.  BA8H0B. 
H.  H.  B8HBLHAR, 


TirK  nnminih  *r  WnnK  will  !>•  neDl  poil'PAi<t.  U>  any 
•JiifMs  in  lliD  Uuilol  8lal(«  or  Cansil*.  for  fl  fjO  p»r 
•nnuiD.  Tb»»  >endin|tUn  ounn  an'l  $1S.IH).  will  r«- 
ceite  an  Piint  cop;  fre«  of  ebarttc,  For  ai\  o*or  thin 
number  llii  agctit  irill  he  nlloned  10  cciila  for  CAcb  iKlJi* 
tional    itftRif,    nfaich   nmoiint  can   bn  tlcltictfd   fWtm   iLe 

M.I  Regi-i«f<.d  Leir*™  m.y  bettai  «  o„r  ri«k.    The;    overlooked  m  tlie  make  up  of  the  p;ti>cr. 

abniilJ  b*  miulfl  p*7abIo  lo  Moor«.  Uuhor  A  Eitbclinnn.  — 
8ub««ripibni,  and  om  muni  oat  ion*  inicndvd  for  the  pn- 
ppr.  OJi  woll  ma  all  liiulncM  maUem  connecud  with  tlic  of- 
fice Kfaoiiid  l><.al<lrpx<r<l 


Wk  Certainly  liavo  good  reason  to  admtrv  (he 
cotimifiudutilp  degree  of  covirtt-sy  niaiiitested  by 
our  contributors  toward  ench  other.  We  receive 
very  few  artielen  calculated  to  produce  conten- 
tion. Thpy,  like  us,  want  peace  iu  the  church; 
want  loveimd  harmony  to  pervade  every  part  of 
the  body.     "  Blessed  are  the  peace  raakere," 


U0O&5,  BASEOS  k  ESBBUtAK, 
Linuk,  Curell  Co..  HI' 


UKA3Z,  IZI.., 


FESBUAB7  21, 1S7S. 


Hmithfm  H:L->lior'.s  a'Idress,  until  furtht-r  no- 
tice, will  be  Gilhoa,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  care  of 
I.  J.  Rosenberger. 


Bkothkk  I).  0.  Hnnlmnn.  of  Polo,  Mo.,  under 
.i;iteof  Feb,  i:»h  say^:  "The  wi-iithcr  i«  mild, 
Itiit  the  roiul!*  are  muddy.  Health  is  very  good. 
Ti'ii  came  out  on  the  Lord's  aide,  during  the  past 
vi'iir,  and  wore  baptized."        ' 


Thk  time  for  the  conimeucement  of  the  pub- 
lic oral  diHcuKsion  between  Hro.  Stein  and  D.  B, 
Ray,  of  the  Baptists,  has  not  yet  been  made 
known  to  u«.  It  is  left  for  Mr.  Ray  to  set  the 
time  when  the  debate  sluill  commence. 

I.v  this  issue  we  expected  to  hearntirfirst  les- 
-'•n  from  Dr.  (ireenwidd  on  Sprinkling,  but  ow- 
iiiii;  to  the  fact  tlmt  tfo  much  other  iiiatter  was 
^tmiiling  ami  knocking  for  admittance,  we  are 
obliged  to  withhold  it  until  next  week. 

Hbothbii  JeHse  Y,  I'eckler,  of  Hickory  Grove, 
preached  in  the  Brethrens  meetiug-house  in 
thin  city,  on  Saturday  evening,  Suuday  foi-enoon 
and  evening.  We  always  rejoice  iu  being  able 
to  listen  to  good,  sound  Gospel  preaching. 

BitoTflER  Jacob  Beeghly,  of  the  Sandy  Creek 
church,  Fayette  (,'o.,  Pa.,  says,  the chureli  there 
is  ill  a  healthy  condition,  and  that  ninety  per- 
sons liave  been  received  into  fellowship  since 
liwt  December,  among  the  number,  one  who  is 
ei{rhty-one  years  old. 


Hoi'K  the  Brethren  at  Awhland.  Ohio,  will 
panion  us  for  not  getting  the  notice  of  their 
iIH'cial  school  meeting  in  last  issue.  The  notice 
was  hung  on  the  hook  at  the  proper  place,  but 
We 
would  insert  tliia  week,  but  it  Is  now  too  Inte  to 
get  the  notice  before  the  public  in  time.  Will 
try  and  do  better  next  time. 

Eldkr  R.  H.  Miller,  of  Ladoga.  Ind..  has 
again  been  confined  to  his  room  with  sickness, 
having  caught  cold  while  out  preaching,  and  it 
settled  on  Ins  lungs.  He  jw  now  better,  and 
hopes  to  be  ready  for  duty  soon.  May  the  Lord 
pare  Iiim  for  still  greater  usi-fulncss  in  the  fii- 
m-e.  thoutrh  he  lins  already  done  mucli  in  de- 
fense of  the  Brethren  in  their  faith  and  practice. 


Brother  Henry  Strictler,  of  Swan.  Ind.,  says: 
"Our  series  of  meetings  have  clased  without 
any  additions,  but  we  hope  that  some  good  im- 
preHsions  have  been  made  that  never  will  be- 
forgotten.  BrethR-u  G.  W.  Studebaker  and  W. 
R.  Deet-er  were  with  us  fi-om  the  evening  of  the 
2nd  of  Jan.,  t<j  the  '.iTth.  Good  attention  was 
paid  to  the  woi-d  pi-eacbed.  While  these  breth- 
ren were  with  us  they  preached  the  funeral  of 
sister  Andrews,  aged  58  years  and  ten  month: 
Her  conversation,  during  her  sickness,  was  alto- 
gether of  the  eternal  world." 


OcR  agents,  geuernlly,  have  been  doing  re- 
markably well,  and  are  still  at  work  aendjng  in 
new  subscribers.  Some  have  ah-eady  sent  in 
nearly  seventy-five  names,  and  "  still  more  to 
come"  they  say.  Hope  they  will  keep  tliegood 
work  going  till  not  one  family  in  the  church 
will  be  without  it.  Those  wishing  prospectus  and 
sample  copies  will  notify  us  and  we  will  send 
them  by  return  mail. 


This  is  the  way  Bro.  Levi  Hoflert.  of  Carle- 
ton,  Neb.,  tells  of  their  rejoicing:  "We  are  hav- 
ing glorious  meetings.  Brethren  Brubidierand 
Price  from  Beatriee,  and  Reed  and  Fadely  from 
Kansas  are  here,  declaring  the  words  of  eternal 
life.  We  have  meeting  in  day-time  and  in  the 
evening.  Hve  souls  were  buried  with  Christ  in 
baptism,  yesterday  and  to-dny.  A  few  weeks 
ago,  two  were  baptized,  also  two  reclaimed.  We 
trust  that  many  more  are  near  the  kingdom. 
May  the  Lord  continue  to  shower  His  grace  up- 
on His  servants,  is  my  prayer." 


Ix  reply  to  the  brother  wlio  wants  au  expla- 
nation of  what  is  said  regarding  Melchesidec's 
genealogy,  we  remark  tliiit,  the  subject  was  pret^ 
ty  fully  explained  in  No.  51,  of  last  volume. 
We  will  soon  publish  an  article  by  Bro,,  Bals- 
baugh  relating  to  the  same  question,  though 
his  views  are  somewhat  dilfereut  from  oui-s. 
Our  readers  will,  tlierefore,  have  a  chance  of  see- 
ing both  sides. 


Do  not  let  the  length  o*"  Hro.  Stein's  series  of 
articles,  now  bein?  published  in  our  paper,  keep 
any  one  from  giving  them  a  careful  reading. 
Tlicy  are  not  only  worth  reading,  but  well  worth 
preserving,  and  ai-e  calculated  to  instruct  even 
the  best  informed. 


Hope  our  correspondents  will  not  tliink 
strange  of  it  if  their  articles  do  not  appear  with- 
in a  few  weeks  .ifter  being  sent  in.  During  the 
Winter  we  are  usually  over-run  with  matter, 
but  it  comes  good  in  the  Summer  when  people 
do  not  have  time  to  write.  We  make  room  for 
articles  as  fast  as  we  can,  and  in  due  time,  all 
will  be  accomniodiited.  so  far  as  their  matter 
may  be  adapted  to  the"  wants  or  needs  of  our 
readers. 


As  an  experiment,  some  have  introduced  the 
paper  among  outsiders,  and  find  that  it  takes 
well.  One  agent  persuaded  his  neighbor  to  fake 
itjust  six  months,  but  when  the  six  months 
were  up,  the  man  would  not  consent  to  do  with- 
out the  paper.  Readers,  give  it  a  trial  among 
your  neighbors. 


BiioTRER  Daniel  V'animan.  of  Virden,  III.,  has 
in  contemplation  another  prospecting  tour  to 
Texas.  His  knowledge  tf  farming  and  good 
business  qualities  genci-ally,  amply  qualify  him 
to  give  u  correct  report  of  tlie  country.  Hope 
he  will  take  his  time  to  it,  and  let  our  readers 
know  the  results  of  his  visit. 

^  Thomas  D.  Lyou,  of  Hudson,  III.,  writes: 
"Our  meetings  are  very  interesting.  Wo  con- 
tinue right  along,  notwithstanding  the  condition 
of  the  weather  ami  roads."  We  know  how  that 
goes,  for  we  have  imd  mud  here  too,  nevertheless 
we  cannot  do  without  meetings— dare  not  neg- 
lect the  assembling  of  ourselves  together. 

JcsT  belbre  going  to  press  we  received  an  in- 
teresting letter  from  Bro.  Enoch  Eby,  dated  Jaii. 
auth.  He  and  Bro,  Fry  had  speut'several  days 
in  Germany,  and  ivhen  he  wrote,  they  were  at 
David  Giock's,  at  Hohenek,  on  their  way  to 
Hamburg  wliere  their  wives  would  join  them, 
and  then  all  would  proceed  to  England. 

Brothkr  J.  S.  Flory.  of  Greeley,  Colorado,  in 
a  recent  letter  to  tliis  office  says:  "  Our  Winter 
has  been  a  most  delightful  one,  but  little  snow, 
no  rain— mud  a  rare  thing— health  good.  On 
last  Sunday  evening,  tlie  Baptists  of  this  town 
had  four  :idditions  to  their  number  by  baptism. 
The  ordinance  WiLs  administeivd  in  the  baptist- 
ry in  the  church— the  water  made  tianii  by  the 
use  f>f  hit  hvns.  Tonlay  we  were  present  where 
iviQ  more  were  l^aptized  in  the  clear,  flowing 
river.  The  administrator  said.  '  I  baptize  you 
in  the  name  of  the  Father,'  (but  he  didn't)  'and 
into^lie  name  of  the  Sou,'  (but  he  did  no  such 
thing)  'and  into  the  name  ol  the  Holy  Gliost,' 
and  then  threw  them  biwkwai-d." 


Mek  who  have  good  homes,  and  are  prosper- 
ing well,  would  better  keep  them.  The  Amer- 
ican people  move  too  much.  Let  those  go  West 
ho  need  homes,  and  build  up  the  country  there. 
But  those  who  have  good  farms,  are  out  of  debt 
aud  getting  i)retty  well  up  in  years,  ought  not 
to  face  tlie  hardships  of  a  froutier  life.  We  need 
strong,  healthy  men  for  this  purpose,  young  aud 
middle  aged  men  who  can  work  and  endure  the 
toils  and  privations  of  a  new  country. 


Wanted.  Not  the  love  of  money,  not  rich- 
es, lands,  honor,  worldly  pleasure,  but  more  real 
honesty,  more  of  the  priiiriph  that  comes  by 
eating  of  the  Bread  of  Life,  and  drinking  of  the 
Fountain  opened  for  sin  and  unclemmess.  The 
immense  amount  of  corruption,  the  dishonesty, 
the  bickoiings  and  strifes  that  ai-e  continually 
running  to  the  surface,  not  only  out  of  the 
church,  but  even  in  it,  nuikes  those  who  desire 
to  live  right,  maintain  pure  and  undefiled  relig- 
ion, sad  and  troubled.  Often  our  confidence  is 
shaken  by  men  who  Imve  long  been  regarded 
as  examples  and  models  of  piety  and  holy  prin- 
ciples, because  they  have  broken  out  with  cor- 
ruption aud  dishonesty.  God  help  all  such  to 
stop  short,  confess  their  faults,  reform,  do  good, 
and  die  hapi)y. 

I  From  the  Primitive  Clnisttan,  ns  well  as  a 
letter  received  from  the  P.  C.  brethren,  we  are 
informed  that  the  small-pox  malady,  iu  Hunt- 
ingdon, was  not  so  bad  as  was  at  first  supposed. 
It  seems  that  wJien  the  disease  broke  out,  some 
of  the  city  authorities  acted  a  little  imprudent- 
ly, as  also  did  some  (onif  pnpera,  publishing  es- 
agerated  stories,  and  thus  causing  a  panic.  But 
two,  we  are  informed,  died  with  the  disease,  and 
sevenil  others  had  it  in  a  mJld  form.  In  liehalf 
of  the  P.  C.  we  remark,  that  the  readei-s  of  that 
periodical  need  not  tear  the  disease  through  the 
handling  of  the  [laper,  ns  the  editors  state  th.it 
every  needful  precaution  was  used  to  keep  their 
office  clear  of  the  disease.  The  malady  hiw  en- 
tirely abated,  and  things  are  going  on  in  the 
even  tenor  of  their  way. 


to  in  due  time,  and  therefore  all  are  re  ^" 
exercise  a  little  patience  towaid  us  'i'*'^' 
conclude  that  because  we  fail  torejipondt  "'" 
letters  immediaU'ly,  that  we  are  lum  "■■^^"' 
the  gn;at  ;Lssistance  you  have  reiide,^'"**"' '" 
per.  We  are  always  glad  to  hear  frorn""*^ ''' 
who  have  taken  much  interest  in  oiu  w  i^"^ 
are  doing  all  in  their  power  to  Help  it  i'""' 
though  we  do  not,  and  cannot  answer  «ii  .  " 
letters.  ^"  ^K 

Having  been  holding  meetings  and  pR,,  .. 
daily  for  nearly  two  weeks,  our  private 
pondence  has  been  entirely  neglected  '^?'^'^ 
be  foratleastone  week  yet,  until  woce'tt}, 
with  present  meeting  engagementH.  W  i""*'' 
fore  bust  we  commenced  meeting  with  the  It 
reii  in  Mt.  Carroll,  and  continued  until  T 
evening  the  13th,  when  our  meetings  "]  "' 
with  no  ailditions  however,  though  we  h^' 
tentive  congregations.  On  Wednesday  ev'" 
had  meeting  iu  Lanark,  large  congregatio'"'"^ 
an  interesting  time  of  it.  Meeting  on  Tl  *"'' 
day  evening,  congregation  still  larger,  and  ■'!!'^ 
est  greatly  increased.  On  Friday,  at  I  p'lf/" 
meeting  again.  Went  down  to  the  water  M 
and  baptiz-ed  three  young  men,  one  of  then 
:ently  from  North  Manchester,  Ind.  \f  '^ 
others  seemed  near  the  kingdom.  Meel""'^ 
again  in  the  evening;  roads  very  muddy  ""^ 
good  congregation.  Very  much  regret  Hiat^*^' 
have  to  leave  for  other  parts.  Working  jn  .^ 
office  all  day,  and  preaching  at  night,  is  mti. ' 
laborious,  but  being  blessed  witji  good  he.il« 
can  stand  it.  Saturday  morning,  went  to  tl ' 
Georgetown  church  to  preach  the  timer  *' 
sister  Clara  H.  Eby,  who  died  in  this 
residence  of  brother  D.  F.  Eby,  on  tlie  ijth  j  . 
Addressed  a  large  congregation  iroin  JohiiH^ 
20-35.  Immediately  after  the  last  sad  respects 
were  shown  the  departed,  we  returned  home  anJ 
now  in  a  few  minutes  shall  leave  for  Chelwd. 
Stephenson  Co.,  this  State,  to  labor  with  tlw 
brethren  and  aistera  in  our  Master's  eaiup 
God  gr.int  us  .ill  a  profitable  sejison.    ,i.  b  j,    ' 

ARROGANCE. 


f  city,  at  the 


Sister  Mary  C.  Dale  truthfully  says:  "If 
Christians,  when  they  have  a  matter  of  differ- 
ence, would  graciously  agree  to  meet  with  each 
otiier  m  prayer,  and  pray  together  kindly  for 
each  other,  their  contention  would  soon  end,  but 
one  will  not  stop,  neither  will  the  other.  They 
are  not  so  wise  as  Luther's  two  goats,  which  met 
upon  a  narrow  plank  over  a  deep  water;  they 
would  not  go  back  and  dare  not  fight;  at  length 
one  of  them  lay  down  while  the  other  walked 
over  him;  so  peace  and  safety  attended  both. 
Why  should  not  Christians  try  this  method?  " 


J.  H.  EsnELMAN,  of  LibertyviMe,  Iowa,  after 
sending  in  more  subscribers,  saj-s:  "  Your  wel- 
come paper  still  comes  with  its  usual  weekly 
visits  of  good  news  to  Zion,  bearing  throughout 
the  length  and  breadth  of  our  land,  which  is 
read  with  interest  to  hotli  old  and  young,  and 
great  many  othei-s  that  get  to  read  them.  I 
send  mine  out  to  those  that  liave  not  the  means 
to  get  the  paper  otherwwe.  An  old  gentleman, 
one  of  my  neighbor  says,  there  are  some  of  the 
strongest  articles  in  them,  that  he  ever  read. 
May  God  bless  you  aud  yours  in  the  efforts  of 
spreading  the  Gospel." 


The  Advent  Publishing  Society,  in  one  week, 
sent  out  ¥  1206.27  worth  of  books.  This  shows 
gi-eat  zeal  in  spreading  their  doctrine.  They 
know  that  their  doctrine  ciui  be  very  successful- 
ly spread  by  that  means.  Why  cannot  the  doe- 
trine  of  complete  obedience  to  Christ  in  "  all 
things  "  be  extensively  disseminated  m  the  same 
niannerV  It  can.  Let  us  then,  brethren  and 
sisters,  fully  awake  to  the  importance  of  the 
work,  and  earnestly  take  hold  of  the  good  cause. 
The  Gospel  Tract  As.sociation  affords  an  excel- 
lent opportunity  to  thus  spread  the  truth. 
Read  again,  the  article  on  this  subject  in  No  3, 
Vol.  3.  Already  much  hiLs  been  done  in  that 
direction,  but  the  field  is  yet  large.  Will  we 
occupy  it?  or  will  we  leave  it  to  others?  What 
answer  shall  we  have? 


Brother  David  Norcross,  of  Shoals,  Ind., 
writes  !is  follows:  "Bro.CriiJe  came  to  us  on  the 
I'^th  of  January,  and  expected  to  remain  two 
weeks,  but  we  had  the  pleaxure  of  hearing  him 
only  twice,  as  he  took  sick  and  had  to  return 
home.  We  feel  that  our  disappointments  are 
great,  yet  we  console  ourselves  through  the  pn- 
cious  word  of  God,  that  "  all  things  work  to- 
gether for  good  to  them  that  love  the  Lord." 
\\  e  make  the  best  of  our  troubles,  and  try  to 
iidd  laitience.  so  that  we  may  have  that  rich  and 
ahtnmding  experience  which  brings  the  blessed 
hope  of  etennil  life." 


Wr  have  received  im  article  of  some 
length,  on  the  heard  question,  which  we  have 
not  yet  had  time  to  carefully  examine.  Will 
say  to  those  who  had  the  article  prepared  and 
sent  in,  that  we  are  very  careful  what  we  pub- 
lish on  that  subject,  not  that  the  editors  have 
ly  conscientious  scruples  about  the  wearing  of 
the  beard,— just  so  it  is  plain  and  respectable— 
but  it  is  a  question,  over  which  some  people 
bother  their  minds  a  great  deal  more  than  over 
the  salvation  of  sinners,  and  hence  should  be 
treated  sparingly.  .Our  motto  is  peace,  union 
and  general  hanuony.  and  hope  that  all  our 
readers  will  lielp  us  to  Uve  up  to  it.  Of  the  two 
editors  here  in  the  office,  one  wears  a  full  beju-d 
and  the  otlier  does  not.  Of  course,  some  want 
to  know  if  we  ever  argue  the  question?  No 
for  the  simple  reason  that  we  liave  more  import^ 
unt  matteiT,  to  attend  to.  The  article  will  be 
examined  the  first  o]. port  unit  \-.' 


EDITORIAL  NOTES. 


WE  have  on  hand  a  number 
rie-s  and  articles 


t  leUei-s,  quo- 
..  ,.  u  .  ,.  ,  '■*'^""''"K  niy  special 
attention,  all  of  which  will  be  attended  to  the 
first  opportunity.  Having  fallen  behind  with 
my  part  of  the  work,  it  will  take  a  few  weeks  to 
atch  fully  up,  yet  all  will  be  promptly  attended 


HE  spreads  himself  wherever  he  can.  E^ 
tliinks  himself  the  blanket,  the  overcoat 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  othei-s  must  fieeze  if 
he  chooses  not  to  cover  them,  and  there  cim  be 
no  good  government  unless  he  turns  the  ernnit, 
Arrogance  assumes  what  belongs  to  otbcw! 
If  he  be  engaged  in  business  \vith  others,  the 
[teople  must /.noir  that /(c  is  top,  bottomandsides, 
whether  he  is  or  not.  The  people  must  bi'lieve 
this,  whether  he  is  or  not.  He  swuigs  and 
sweeps  to  his  satisfaction,  whether  any  mau 
or  woman  is  made  richer  in  Christ  or  not.  At 
home  he  is  miller,  wuterwheel,  engineer, graiii- 
inspector,  proprietor— everything,  and  if  he 
chances  to  go  from  home  a  few  days,  lie  foils 
not  to  tell  all  the  people  that  tlie  chief  milh 
is  gone,  that  the  clear  white  flour  will  uotcoiiie 
rolling  out  as  usual,  but  that  the  dear  people 
must  for  a  while  live  on  unbolted  meal  imtil  liB 
returns  to  refresh  them.  And  he  will  even  go 
further.  If  the  dear  people  will  not  believe 
this  arrogant  story,  to  have  things  him  icaij,  lie 
ivill  not  hesitate  to  break  the  kneading  troiiglis 
and  batter  down  the  ovens,  though  multitudes 
starve  for  good  bread.  Nc//,  self  is  the  out- 
side and  inside  of  arrogance  and  no  chips  of 
truth  dare  fall  from  other's  hewing  unless  ho 
sroresjirst.  No  indeed;  they  would  not  hejirsi 
class  chips  unless  his  oxejirst  went  throtigli 
them.  If  he  chances  to  be  an  officer  iu  Ihi- 
church,  he  cares  not  for  the  injunction,  "  in  hou- 
or  prefemng  one  another,"  hut  gets  up  a  little 
injunction  for  himself  which  reads,  "  in  honor 
pi-eferring  tliyself."  Now  don't  say  that  I  have 
been  shooting  at  yo» ;  I  aimed  all  the  time  at 
-Arrogance,  and  if  I  hit  him.  he'll  speak  out 
^^^^^^^^^         jr.  M.  E. 

WHISPERING. 

THIS  week,  while  Bro.  Moore  is  absent  hold- 
ing forth  the  Word  of  life,  urging  sinners 
to  turn  to  God  and  live,  exhorting  the  children 
of  God  to  greater  steadfastness  imd  holiness.  I 
want  to  tell  our  readers  something  about  him. 
He  is  my  text  just  now,  and  I  shall  use  him  for 
our  edification.  Do  you  know  that  Bro.  Moore 
cannot  hear  a  whisper?  The  man  that  whispers 
to  him,  labors  in  vain.  He  will  not  hear  yoii; 
he  cannot.  He  can  hear  you  in  any  ordiniirj' 
low  tone  of  voice,  but  it  is  useless  to  whisper  to 
him.  either  low  or  loud.  What  a  blessing  ij 
would  be  if  more  of  us  were  thus  favored!  I 
say  favored,  for  in  these  times  of  secretism 
whisperings  and  behind-the-back  work  it  n'OuU 
be  a  blessing  if  many  could  not  hear  whisp^'^ 
ing. 

But  brother  Moore  possesses  another  lul^oif- 
tage.    While  he  cannot  hcur  a  whisper,  lie  is 


fortunate  also  in  that  hr  ramiof  ivhis}>f. 


This 


I  is  still  a  greater  blessing.    Too  often  heflfk  S" 


;F'ebruary   '2 1 . 

t^pether  mA  eDgage  in  whispering  to  the  detri 
„ent  of  church,  neighborhood  «„a  nation  It 
,B„y  be  right  «t  tmu..s  to  «hi.,«r.  bnt  bec-mweit 
'^nghttodosouttlionght  time  ..nd  „l„c«.  it 
,,y  „o  menus  fo^lo^^^  th«t  ,t  i.  right  to  run  tr;,„, 
house  to  house  mid  whisper  nbout  a  brother 
sister  or  neighbor  There  would  bo  more  peac«' 
more  love,  more  holy  7*al.  more  real  pietv  if 
there  were  fewer  whisiiering,  in  n,„tt,.„  t^at 
concern  the  church  mA  neighborhoods  Mv 
object  in  writing  tliis  article  is.  to  a,,prise  yoi, 
of  brother  Moores  inability  to  eitherwhisperor 
henr  whispering  luid  thus  avoid  some  uiipleajt- 
antness  at  timea.  Aiid  then,  too,  I  think  we 
niftV  !ill  g'ltliei-  something  for  onr  clification 
from  these  facts,  and  thus  become  still  better  in 
our  li'ji.v  pnilV-isioii.  J,   j^_  ^^ 

WANTED  !-A    LITTLE    MORE 
PRUDENCE. 

WHAT  do  you  suppose-  a  geiipml  would  think 
of  his  soldiers,  were  they,  while  in  the 
midst  of  battle,  to  cease  fighting  and  go  to  kill- 
ing insects?  He  would  certainly  conchidethat 
they  were  afoolish  set  of  warriors.  Well,  there 
are  scores  of  just  such  inconsistent  soldiei-s 
claiming  to  belong  to  the  army  of  the  Lord.  In 
the  midst  of  the  most  important  conflicts,  they 
wiU  pause  and  triHe  with  minor  questions  that 
lue  of  no  vital  consequence  to  either  God  or 
man.  They  will  spend  more  time  and  money 
to  settle  something  the  Creator  never  wimted 
settled  thiui  in  the  salvation  of  souls.  To  set 
a  little  supposed  wrong,  right,  they  will  do  more 
i-eal  harm  than  forty  such  imaginary  wrongs 
would  amount  to.  Such  a  course  is  about  as 
logical  as  a  man  buraiug  down  his  barn,  with 
all  the  contents,  just  to  get  rid  of  the  rats. 

People  want  to  leoru  to  be  consistent,  and  see 
that  in  their  attempts  iit  reforming,  they  don't 
do  more  harm  than  good.  Thei'e  are  men  who 
will  run  the  risk  of  ruining  the  peace  and  pros- 
perity of  a  whole  cougregatiou,  just  to  have  a 
member  corrected  of  a  fault  that  is  not  half  so 
bad  as  some  of  their  own.  Then  there  are  \ko- 
ple  who,  when  trouble  comes  up  about  their 
brother  or  sister,  are  wonderfully  active  gather- 
ing up  evidence  and  helping  (?)  the  case  abng, 
yet.  when  a  project  is  on  foot,  tojiuild  up  the 
kingdom  and  advance  the  cause,  tliey  areasciui- 
et  and  unconcerned  about  it  as  ademl  forest  tree. 
Their  zeal,  tike  the  ocean  tide,  seems  to  ebb  and 
flow  as  the  case  may  demand.  Their  running, 
like  a  stationary  windmill,  depends  upon  which 
way  the  wind  blows. 

It  is  a  good  thing  to  be  zealously  effected  in  a 
good  work,  but  a  zeal  without  either  knowledge 
or  prudence,  is  tletrimeiital  to  the  prosperity  of 
any  cause.  Men  want  to  leani  the  art  of  tuk- 
mg  hold  of  difficulties  in  the  rie/ht  way  and  for 
a  good  puqiose;  and  then  learn  when  to  take 
hold  of  them.  Never  allow  an  important  ciise 
to  go  neglected  for  the  sake  of  a  few  minor  mat^ 
ters.  Sometimes  we  may  see  a  brother  or  sister 
do  something  about  which  the  Bible  is  as  silent 
as  the  grave,  yet  think  it  a  sin  of  the  first  mag- 
nitude, and  \vill  almost  ruin  the  church,  jnst  to 
get  that  brother  or  sister  set  right.  Such  a 
course  does  not  display  the  wisdom  that  should 
characterize  the  children  of  Ood.  A  skillful 
physician  will  not  ruin  theliealthof  his  patient 
just  to  save  one  fiMgcr,  neither  will  he  torture 
the  whole  body  beyond  endurance,  just  to  cure 
a  3iaall  bruise  on  one  of  the  limbs. 

If  the  children  of  the  kingdom,  in  their  gen- 
eration, would  display  half  the  wisdom  that  is 
)»racticed  hy  the  children  of  the  ^vorhl,  the 
ehurch  of  God  to-day  would  be  better  olf.  There 
IS  too  much  beating  against  the  wind:  too  nuicli 
time  spent  over  uninsti-uctive  questions,  and  not 
enough  interest  taken  lu  the  vital  questions  of 
t-'hristianity.  The  man  who  runs  his  wagon 
"gainst  a  tree,  just  to  avoid  a  little  stump,  needs 
*o learn  another  lesson.  Some  one  says,  "Little 
*oxes  spoil  the  vines."  Yee.  tluit  is  true,  but 
then  remember  that  the  %  foxes  catch  the 
chickens.  It  is  good  to  tratdi  tlic  little  foxes. 
■Jut  don't  become  so  absorbed  as  to  allow  the 
evolves  to  enter  the  fold  unmolested,  and  destroy 
the  sheej). 

There  are  ministers  who  will  lose  uU  their  in- 
*'»ence,  and  endanger  the  internal  peace  of  the 
("hurch,  just  to  retain  mid  panide  before  the  pub- 
lie 
ed 


TMK    irUKTHl^E^T    ^T    AN-OIUnI. 


two  pe«oim  in  the  congn-gation  a  going 
over.  U  w  di«g„,Hng  to  hear  a  minister,  ^i 
public,  hmting  at  the  faults  and  defect,  of  .some 
pennon  and  not  instruct  his  congregation  as  it 
ought  to  be.  A  ministers  bu«ne«.  i,. to  preach 
the  Gospel-tell  the  old  Bible  story  .«  it  w,u 
wnnt  to  botoldindaysof  yor^  by  inspirt-d  men. 
This  they  should  do.  and  not  cond.^c..nd  U.  u^ 
mgthe«acr«ide.k,  from  whence  to  deal  out 
liHlo.  low  perBounI  trash.  I^ave  that  for  the 
enemies  of  the  Cross  to  do.  To  every  minister, 
Chnst  would  say,  "  Feed  my  sheep."  and  I  don't 
believe  m  a  mbiistcr  letting  the  "  sheep  "  starve 
while  he  ,s  annoying  the  "goab,."  Take  good 
care  of  the  Ma«f^rs  (lock  and  He  will  reward 
you  abundantly.  Christian.,  like  ..lioep.  are  eas- 
ily managed,  if  properly  handled,  but  if  abused 
become  troublesome. 

Use  consistency  and  j,u|gment  in  vcHgioiK 
matters  as  well  as  those  belonging  to  the  world. 
U  IS  not  enough  to  be  as  "harmle*.  as  doves" 
hut  we  must  be  as  ■'  wise  as  serpents,"  using  ev- 
ery lawhil  means  subservient  to  the  Master's 
cause.  See  that  your  efforts  are  calculated  to 
accomplish  good.  Don't  throw  till  you  know 
what  you  are  going  to  hit.  Never  shoot  till  you 
get  something  to  shoot  at.  Don't  make  a  fuM 
till  you  are  sure  thatyour  reason  is  good.  Don't 
cross  a  stream  before  you  get  to  it.  and  above 
all  tlungs.  do  not  tell  a  thing  until  you  kmir  it 
IS  true.  Let  us  remember  that  the  church  "»t 
along  before  we  came  into  the  ^vorld,  and  I  i»-e- 
surae  can  get  through  all  right  after  we  m-e  gone 
Let  us  labor  diligently  to  do  our  duty-keep 
oui-selves  pure,  unspotted  from  the  worid,  and 
God  will  take  care  of  the  church.  We  don'l, 
want  to  fi-et  so  much  about  the  church  audit. 
condition,  hut  more  about  ourselves  and  our 
own  liearts.  If  each  member  will  keep  his  omi 
heart  right,  he  will  not  have  much  time  loft  to 
meddle  with  things  belonging  exclusively  to  his 
neighbor.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  watch  overeach 
other  for  good,  but  there  Is  sncli  »  thing  jus  a 
farmer  bothering  himself  sj  much  about  his 
neighbor's  neglected  farm,  ,'ls  to  entirely  neglect 
his  own.  Let  us  first  set  our  own  mattere  right, 
and  afterwards  see  to  those  belonging  toothers, 
"  Cast  out  fii^t,  the  beam  out  of  thine  own  eye. 
und  then  shalt  thou  see  clearly  to  pull  out  the 
mote  that  is  in  thy  brothers  eye,"  was  not  spo- 
ken for  naught.  t  „  „ 


some  iinprolitable  hobby  they  have  aiiccectl- 
'n  raising.  They  have  their  peculiar  ideas 
"^rtut  things,  and  think  as  they  are  preachers, 
the  congregation  must  be  content  with  whatev- 
^^  '*  given,  whether  it  is  appropriate  or  not. 
Sometimes  the  wants  of  a  few  hundred  people 
^'1  go  iui-uppli<j,l.  just  for  the  s;ike  of  giving 


EDITORIAL  COERESPOWDENCE. 

Dcfir  Pitpry: — 

ON  Saturday,  Jmi.  20th,  was  conveyed  to  the 
depot  by  Bro.  Da\nd  Wolf,  where  we  were 
met  by  Bro.  David  Eiumert,  one  of  the  teachers 
of  Huntingdon  Normal  School,  who  accompa- 
nied us  to  Brownsville.  Md..  to  attend  the  series 
of  meetings  there.  On  the  way  down,  were  met 
by  several  other  brethren  and  sisten*  m  route  for 
the  same  place.    Arrived  in  good  time,  and  were 

met  by  Eld. Cassel,  who  conveyed  us  to  his 

home,  where  we  were  kindly  cored  for  until 
services.  This  congregation,  at  one  time,  be- 
longed to  what  is  known  as  the  Grossnickle  arm 
of  the  church,  but  in  latter  years,  when  the 
membership  increased  in  the  valley,  each  side  of 
the  mountain,  a  division  was  made,  forming  two 
distinct  congregations.  Bro.  Emanuel  Slifer 
has  presided  as  Bishop,  since  its  organization; 
though  quite  advanced  in  yeant,  is  still  enjoying 
good  health,  and  retains  the  full  powers  of  mind. 
Brethren  Cassel  and  Yourtee  are  his  co-hiborere 
in  the  cause  of  Christ,  workers  of  righteousness 
laboring  for  the  kingdom  of  peace,  and  the 
crown  of  iiu  mortality.  For  some  years  the 
cause  si-emed  to  wane,  but  witliiu  the  past  few 
months,  they  have  experienced  refreshing  show- 
ers front  the  gracious  Lord;  adding  over  fifty 
in  all,  to  the  church,  by  confession  und  baptism. 
Our  meeting  begun  and  continued  with  an  un- 
usual attendance,  increasing  in  numbers  each 
meeting,  until  the  snow  storm  of  Thunwlay,  Jim. 
3Ist,  interiered,  when,  our  time  being  up.  we 
closed,  and  bidding  adieu  to  all,  parted,  perhaps 
forever  in  this  land  of  sorrow.  During  our 
meetings,  a  number  made  the  good  confession 
and  were  baptized  into  the  Body  of  Christ;  oth- 
era  confessed,  but  owing  to  the  severe  storm  on 
tlie  liLst  day  of  meeting,  could  not  be  inimei-sed. 
Wo  were  informed  their  number  is  seven.  A 
meeting  was  announced  for  the  following  Lord's 
day,  when,  it  is  presumable,  they  were  received 
into  the  church. 

We  return  our  thanks  to  the  church  here,  for 
the  liberality  and  hospitality  shown  us  while 
among  them.  May  the  Lord  reward  and  ble.ss 
them  all,  to  joy  in  Christ,  in  life,  trnd  salvation 


through  Him  in  the  woHd  to  come.  Preached 
at  Funkstown  in  the  evening  to  a  very  att<rn- 
tivr.  audience.  Spent  the  night  with  Brxj.  E.  S. 
Miller  and  family.  Feb.  Ist,  took  the  train  at 
Hagei-stown,  for  lloUing  Springs,  Cumberland 
Co,,  I'a.  At  Orwncastle,  Bro.  Oiler  and  wife 
joined  u«.  Hnd  their  daughter,  sister  Annie,  who 
had  l)een  mth  us  in  Maryland.  separaU-d  from 
our  company,  to  return  home  ,and  to  scIkioI. 
We  trust  the  Spirit  of  God  may  and  will  ever 
guide  thi*  fair  daughter  in  the  path  of  purity 
till  it  ends  beyond  the  pearly  gates  in  the  eity  of 
gold. 

Arrived  at  Boiling  Springs  in  time  for  church; 
good  congregation  luid  good  attention.  Hare 
h<-M  services  each  evening  since  here,  with  large 
audiences  in  attendance,  and  an  cneouraging  in- 
terest manifested.  Expect,  to-morrow,  to  see 
the  grave  opened  in  the  beautiful  stream  near 
here,  and  the  dead  buried  and  raised  to  new  life 
in  Gbriftt. 

While  we  see  the  Lord's  cause  prospering  at 
this  place,  other  churches  in  the  valley  are  wit- 
nessing the  troubling  of  the  waters.  Just  ten 
uiili-sfrom  hero.  Bro.  Mohler,  of  Lewistown,  Pa , 
and  Kid.  J.  F.  Oiler,  of  Waynecboro,  are  con- 
ducting  a  successful  meeting.  Wlien  lastheanl 
from,  eleven  had  been  added  by  confession  and 
baptism.  Ten  miles  below  here,  Bro.  .lames  A. 
■Sell  is  doing  a  good  work.  Farther  up,  a  Bro 
Baker  of  Shady  Grove,  ia  meeting  with  success; 
seven  had  been  added  when  last  heard  from,  luid 
among  them,  a  State  Senator'sson.  Bro.  Gray- 
hill  Meyers  recently  closed  a  meeting  (lot  far 
from  here,  with  twelve  additions;  and  in  other 
loiiihtii's  equal  succes.s  is  attending  the  efforts  of 
thf  eluirche.s  in  the  interest  of  the  cause. 

One  thing  is  apparent  now,  and  that  is,  that 
notwithstanding  the  fears  of  some,  that,  under 
our  jtresont  system  of  church  government  and 
labor,  the  church  will  be  a  thing  of  history  on- 
ly  fifty  or  one  hundred  years  from  hence,  uev- 
or  has  it  been  known  among  us,  to  see  our 
numbers  increasing  as  fast  and  surely  lui  now. 
Churches,  which  one  and  two  years  ago,  opi)o&- 
ed  aeriesof  meetings,  are  now  holding  them,  and 
hundreds  are  floclting  home  to  Clirist.  Wh. 
tlpen  there  was  coldness  and  weariness,  now  there 
is  life,  warmth  and  general  activity.  Where 
formality  riileil  the  day,  true  religion  now  swings 
aloof  over  the  fort  of  iniquity,  and  as  time  moves 
on,  we  look  and  pray  for  greater  achievements, 
and  brighter  work.  May  Heaven  lend  a  help- 
ing  hand,  imd  the  old  Gospel  banner  unfiu-l  her 
folds  to  the  breeze,  and  sjian  this  entire  dommn, 
and  over  the  broad  land  of  America  be  heard  the 
shout  of  victory  in  and  through  the  blood  of 
Christ,  and  unit*;d  be  the  followers  of  Jehovah 
rushing  on  to  victory  over  the  consohdated  iorc- 
^s  of  hell.  More  of  our  meeting,  and  the  church 
iie.xt  week.  May  God  bleas  all,  now  and  for- 
ever, s.  H.  B. 

{i')l!iii>t  Sj>n'ii;is„  P(f.  Frb.  .;//,,  ;,S7,S. 


SATURDAY  NIGHT 
The  Preacher  and  His  Family 


'  xw  all  one 


A    GOOD    EXAMPLE. 

riAHIS  is  the  way  Bro.  Daniel  Vanimau,  of 
X  Virden,  III.,  approves  of  Westward  mission- 
ary work:  "  I  presume  you  have  noticed  ia  No. 
5  of  PrimifiiY  Chnstitnt,  the  noble  example  of 
the  little  church  in  Boulder  Co.,  Col.,  in  respond- 
ing so  manfully  to  the  call  for  help  in  Texas. 
This  church,  though  yet  in  itsinfimcy,  and  bat- 
tling against  the  poverty  and  hardships  of  the 
frontiers  of  Col.,  and  without  a  meeting-house, 
and  mimy  other  conveniences  enjoyed  in  older 
churches,  was  yet  rich  enough,  when  the  earn- 
est call  for  the  Gospel  came,  to  rtuse  the  means 
and  send  a  minister  from  Mo.,  at  once  to  see 
after  it.  What  a  noble  example  for  older 
churches  to  copy  after!  "     - 

What  other  congregations  will  now  volunteer 
to  send  some  minister  West,  or  wherever  he  may 
be  needed  to  work  in  the  vineyard  of  the  LonlV 
We  have  plenty  of  preachers,  but  they  want  to 
he  scattered  a  little  more.  When  sending 
preachers,  however,  fancy  not  that  they  should 
bear  tlie  cross  alone  and  all  the  church  go  free. 
Not  only  say  "  go,"  hut  hkiv  them  go. 


The  Greek  Anaximander  being  told  that  the 
very  boys  laughed  at  his  singing,  remarked. 
"  Then  I  must  learn  to  sing  better."  Here  is  a 
text  from  which  we  may  all  learn  a  useful  les- 
son. LeiU'n  to  do  things  better,  ought  to  be  the 
motto  of  every  devoted  follower  of  the  Master. 
Do  not  hecome  despondent  when  people  chance 
to  laugh  at  your  mistakes,  but  resolve  to  learn 
to  do  better.  If  people  would  cultivate  this 
trait  of  excelling,  the  ^orld  wouM  bebetteroff, 
luid  schohii"s  of  every  grade  mnl  order  have  less 
reason  to  criticise  each  other. 


rrilK  week's  work  U  over. 
1  week  nrawr  the  tomb;  one  wwirne^"tj^ 
time  when  we  Hhall  |«y  our  armor  by.  and  be  «t 
rwt  among  thoac  who  have  gone  before  The 
preacher's  work  is  not  yrt  ovi^r.  T-vmorrow  i» 
an  iuixiotis  day.  not  only  for  him.  but  furh« 
family  also.  He  fe..-U  gr.-at  rwp,m«biliti-.  r,^ 
ing  upon  him.  and  must  be  pri-pared  for  th^m. 
May  be  he  has  been  working  hard,  hiw  had 
but  httle  time  for  either  reading  or  meditating 
upon  a  subject.  He  is  too  tired  to  study  mnch 
to-uight— needs  rest,  yet  it  will  not  do  to  hvn 
the  cause  of  God  dishonored,  and  so  it  Wome. 
him  to  apply  himself  diligently.  Perhap.  h^  a 
away  from  home,  on  a  raitoion  of  ii^.fnln««, 
proclaiming  the  eternal  truths  of  Go.i  to  a  !«t 
ajid  nioied  worid.  Though  he  may  be  among 
the  best  of  friends,  and  well  provided  for.  yet  he 
feels  and  thinks.  "  there  is  no  place  like  home  " 
The  dear  ones  are  at  home,  he  left  them  in  God'g 
care,  who  watehes  them  as  a  mother  would  her 
children.  But  gentle  reader,  will  you  pause  and 
ponder  a  few  moments,  the  condition  of  many 
ministers  and  their  families  to-uighty  Do  vou 
know  bow  miuiv  of  them  sutler  in  executing 
heir  mission  w^ile  vou  are  at  home  enjrm^ 
thelriiitsot  their  lahors?  Do  you  know  tlS 
WL-  have  poor  mimMters.  who  do  more  for  the 
uiuse  of  Uinst.  and  keeping  up  the  church,  than 
many  oJ  those  who  posses*  tliis  worid's  goodi 
m  abundimce?  ^ 

Nearly  all  our  minister*  are  working  men; 
most  of  them  farmers,  many  iire  m^hanica^ 
home  are  poor  yes.  very-  poor,  and  hav^-  a  hard 
time  of  it.  working  by  the  day  U,  make  a  livine- 
have  a  large  aimly  to  support,  and  must  lose^ 
greatdealof  tune  preaching  funerals  &c  Ifear 
that  111  some  instances  thivv  bear  this  cros  alone 
and  a  1  the  rest  go  free.  Not  lone  since,  a  poor 
minister  told  me  that,  during  tiie  first  eight 
veaw  ol  his  ministerial  labors,  he  spent  five 
Uundrcd  dollar.*  out  of  his  own  pocket.  Then 
•ays  he,  "  I  had  to  quit  traveling.  "  Hut  "  savs 
one.  "that  niinister  will  get  his  n-waH  'in  the 
home  Iwyond.  Ye.s,  thank  God.  such  noble 
actions  are  too  good  to  1»  rewanled  bv  auMhine 
of  an  eartmy  character.  But  what  'will  be  the 
rewanl  of  those  wealthy  ones,  who  stand  by  and 
see  the  poor  minister,  his  fmnily  and  the  cause 
suffer?  Ah!  that  is  where  the  trouble  cornea 
in,  not  so  much  in  this  world  as  in  that  which 
is  to  come. 

There  are  many  men,  who  want  to  see  tlie 
cause  prosper,  yet  refuse  to  help  bear  the  burden 
1  hey  can  see  poor,  useful  mfnistere  suffer  yet 
refuse  to  sutler  with  them.  But  it  is  not  the 
preacher  that  suffers  so  much  as  it  Ls  his  familv 
God  bles.**  the  families  of  poor,  hard-working 
ministers  to-night,  for  many  of  them  have  a 
hanl  time  of  it;  the  wife  especiallv.  has  more 
than  her  portion  of  the  bimlen  to  bear,  and 
therefore  needs  the  sympathies,  pravers  and  as- 
sistance of  God's  children.  Her  husband  may 
be  an  nblo  preacher,  honored  and  res|>eeted  by 
all,  and  of  course  has  to  be  away  from  home  a 
great  deal.  Wliile  on  his  preaching  tour^,  fe 
well  cared  for.  imd  wants  for  nothing,  but  think 
of  a  iJoor,  hard-working  wife  at  home — she  is 
alone  with  a  family  of  children.  They  are  poor, 
she  must  work  hard  with  but  few  bnght  pros^ 
pect-s  before.  Her  husbuud  U  reouired  to  sj^od 
his  time  and  means,  building  up  the  church,  and 
she  fears  that  soon  they  will  be  left  in  want, 
with  no  home  on  earth.  God  bless  the  poor 
hard-working  preacher  and  his  family  to-nigh^ 
who  have  no  home.  To  the  wife,  home  is  not 
hiii)])y  under  these  cireumstancesi  she  spenfc 
mSny  gloomy  hours,  while  others  enjov  life 
with  bright  praspects  before  them. 

Some,  who  know  not  what  it  is  to  be  in  want, 
may  say,  the  picture  is  too  dark,  it  cannot  he 
true,  but  the  writer  knows  just  what  he  is  writ- 
ing about,  and  there  are  ministers  and  their  fam- 
ilies who  know  the  trathftilness  of  this.  I  am 
not  writing  about  wealthy  ministers  and  their 
well-to-do  families,  but  about  those  who  are  poor, 
or  in  very  limited  circumstances.  Gentle  re^- 
er,  have  you  a  jioor  minister  in  your  congrega- 
tion? Do  you  help  him  bear  his  burdeuiCordo 
you  let  him  bear  them  alone?  \\"heu  he  b 
away  i)reachin",  do  you  see  to  it  that  his  family 
is  well  pro\ided  for?  Sbters,  do  you  visit  hk 
hard-working  wile  imd  help  h<-r  idoug  with  her 
work?  Do  you  now  and  thou  make  her  a  pres- 
ent of  a  dress?  or  do  you  use  that  money  for 
buying  luxuries  for  your  family?  Do  you  occa- 
sionally give  thi.'chiidrvn  =iiits"of  clothes?  ordo 
you  UM.-  that  money  to  buy  toys /or  your  chil- 
dren? 

Sa>'s  one,  "  W  e  pray  for  our  preacher,  and  en- 
courage him."  Do  you  know  how  much  good 
your  einiitij  pravers  do?  Can  your  poor  nunis- 
ters  live  ou  sum  prayers  as  your^?  Vou  swr, 
God  will  help  the  poor  niinister  and  supplv  ha, 
wants.  That  is  it:  you  want  God  to  do  it  all, 
imd  you  nothing.  The  best  way  to  pray  far 
such  poor  iKTsons  is,  to  wrap  a  sack  of  Sour,  or 
sonietliiiig  useful,  up  in  ynur  [u-.wers  and  send 
it  to  the  preacher's  family.  S.>uie  gixwl,  beoer- 
oleut  splints'  prayers  ai-e  iniw  enough  to  wnq» 
wp  a  whole  Iiiad'of  i-on:  ard  wh- .it  in.  These 
HIV  the  pr;i>  ■  ;  . '  . 
ascend  up  t  < 
pravt-rs  be  !, 

Th.".^ 

mill 

aii.l  ■ 

to  '- 

e?i>et.'i;ilU  iii>  Liutuy.     lu.i.> 

thosi',  who  arv  thus  [kkt  . 

not  Christ  and  His  cause.— 


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and 

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^"^IK  iinKTHKK:>r  ^x  "WORic. 


Feb 


i-uai'v 


f //f  |;<77wr  C'''^^'- 


BKAD  AKD  OBEY. 

■•  Hn.UnJB,  loTB  jour  witm." 

"WiTei,    oli*y    joor    hu»b«ndB." 

•'  FtXbtn.  pfwfoko  not  jout  cbildrcn  10  wi»Ui.'" 

"Children,    ob«y    joar    p»rwilii    in    ■"    tiinp." 


Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshehnan. 


"  GiVK  me  your  heart."  Bays  Jesiis.  "and  I'll 
ninke  you  rich  and  bappy.  I  am  your  friend, 
will  you  be  mine?  "  Comcdeoryoutli,  and  say. 
Yw. 

Seek  not  the  riches  of  thix  world,  for  thpy 
bring  sorrow,  trouble  and  often  destruction,  but 
ever  swk  the  richea  of  Christ— riches  that  an- 
full  of  joy  and  peace. 


Mv  young  friuuds,  the  Winter  is  passing  away 
very  fast;  and  soon  many  oi  you,  if  you  live. 
must  quit  school  and  go  to  work  with  your  hands. 
Study  well,  and  do  not  idle  away  your  time  if 
yoH  would  be  good  men  and  women. 


Veuy  Hati.— Itis  himl  lo  distinguish  some 
Christian  churchi'-i  from  aiiiiittur  theatrical  i\»- 
8ociations  uow-a-day».  It  Lt  beyond  the  power 
of  a  microscope,  magnifying  one  thousand  times, 
to  hliow  the  lino  where  the  world  ends  and  the 
rhurcli  begins.— 6'AriV/iVnj  Imhr. 


Wnn,E  you  are  reading  the  Home  Circle, 
learning  how  pU-asant  many  homes  are,  fuid  en- 
joying yourselvi's  with  all  of  the  comfort*  of 
life,  think  of  the  thousands  and  millions  wlio 
lire  pour,  and  wretched,  full  of  misery  and  sufler- 
ing.  Ves,  think  of  these,  and  then  go  and  do 
all  the  good  you  can. 


What  an  unhappy  place  that  must  be,  where 
tiitlier  and  mother  scold  ofich  other,  scold  their 
I  iiildrun  frum  the  time  thi-y  I'is^  until  they  go  to 
lied.  And  we  have  heard  jiarcnts  even  scold  tiie 
|iigri  beeause  they  Went  through  the  fence  where 
-<>me  carele-'is  ivnce-builder  left  a  hole,  scold  the 
thickens,  the  wind,  the  rain,  the  garden  seeds 
because  they  did  not  grow  fast  enough.  Ah!  a 
scolder  is  a  poor,  sad  creature.  God  pities  him; 
so  do  we.  ^^^^^^^^^^ 

HOW  THEY  LOVE  IT. 

Dmr  Brother:— 

ITl  I  IN  K  your  youth's  department  a<lds  agood 
deal  to  tli<!  ui<efulnesH  of  your  paper.  It 
gives  the  youth  an  eagerness  to  peruse  your 
pages,  and  thereby  lead  the  gentle  lambs  along 
the  line  of  duty,  then  those  that  will,  tan  easily 
step  into  the  fold.  1  pniy  that  your  paper  may 
be  kept  clean  and  unspotted  from  the  world; 
yea,  when  the  projier  means  are  used,  it  brings 
food  to  many  a  hungiy  soul.  I  believe  that 
there  are  thousands  that  feed  on  the  husks  of 
carnality,  iind  they  do  it  with  a  clear  conscience 
thinking  they  are  fcjisting  on  the  Lord  Jesus. 
H.  li.  Lehman. 
(Itirri^m.  Jom>. 


HAPPY  HOME. 


nOMK.  0  hiippy  hnm.-!     Wlmt  makes  lu-nu- 
so  happy  tlii«  evening?     Why,  it  is  hap- 
py because  all  the  people  in  the  house  try  to 

make  each  other  happy.  The  little  folks  are 
kind  and  gentle  to  each  other;  they  don't  scold 

and  push  each  other,  not  one  is  pouting,  not  one 

crying — all  busy,  trying  to  do  eacli  other  good. 

I'allier  and  mother  are  so  kind  to  their  dear 
rhildrcn,  and  thi-ir  dear  children  are  so  kind  to 
ihi-m— and  home  is  so  happy! 
Now,  here  comes  sister  Mary.     She  wants  to 

iiig  the  pretty  songs  abuut  Jesus,  His  love  and 
grace,  how  He  tails,  and  calls  for  people  to  quit 
doing  bad  deeds,  and  come  to  Him  and  live. 
Little  sisters,  brothers,  fatlier  and  mother  all 
join  iu  singing,  smiles  are  on  each  face,  no  un- 
kind words  are  heard — home  is  happy.  When 
they  have  sung  many  pretty  words,  nil  kneel 
down,  and  father  or  mother  or  one  of  the  loving 
children  leads  in  a  good,  heartfelt  prayer,  while 
the  others'  heiirts  silently  send  up  their  thanks 
and  petitions  for  themselves  iind  others — and 
home  is  happy. 

When  the  last  united  "Amen"  is  heard,  all 
arise  and  iigain  sing,  "  Take  it  to  the  Lord  in 
Prayer,"  or  some  other  pretty  hymn,  then  the 
happy  children  kiss  their  happy  father  and  moth- 
er, and  each  other  "<niiid  night,"  and  then  qui- 
etly go  away  to  rest  their  tender  bodies— and 
home  is  happy.  Father  and  mother  also  go  to 
resl,  feeling  so  good  that  the  evening  was  spent 
^o  pleasuntly.  Their  lienrts  utter  praise  alU-r 
pniise  to  God  for  such  good,  kijid  children— 
and  home  is  happy. 


TO  THE  CHILDREN. 

LITTLE  children,  love  your  father, 
Kor  he  has  been  kind  to  you; 
And  be  ready  to  obey  him, 
What  he  telleth  you  to  do. 

Little  children,  love  your  mother. 
For  she  is  your  kindest  friend; 

She  doth  care  for  you  in  childhood, 
And  will  care  till  life  shidl  end. 

Little  childn-n,  hear  the  Savior — 
All  His  words  arc  full-of  light; 

Childri-n,  now  obey  your  parents 
hi  the  Lord,  for  this  is  right. 

Honor  father  and  your  mother. 
That  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 

And  your  days  be  long  and  happy. 
On  this  earth  where  e'r  you  be. 

Little  child]-en.  hear  the  Savior, 
When  He  speaks  iu  tones  of  love; 

Let  them  come,  oh  hear  Him  saying 
For  of  such  are  those  above. 

Little  children,  do  your  duty. 

Love  your  brothers,  sisters,  all; 

Let  me  say  to  you,  dear  children, 

Always  heed  the  Savior's  call. 

Uncle  3oils. 
LinrnhirlUf,  hiil. 


\w  can't  do  something  great,  he  won't  do  any- 
thing. If  all  wert  wUling  to  add  a  little  to  a 
praver-meeting,  a  Sunday-school,  or  to  the 
strength  and  influence  of  the  church,  there 
would  not  be  so  many  praying  to  be  excused. 
If  we  were  willing  to  be  weak,  make  simple 
prayers  and  speeches  when  we  can  do  no  better, 
we  should  pray  oflener,  better,  and  in  every  way 
ilo  more  good.  Happy  is  the  man  who  is  will- 
ing to  do  a  little,  to  be  the  servant  of  all,  a  door- 
keeper, bell-ringer,  tire-builder,  lamp-lighter, 
imything  that  will  serve  Christ  iu  the  house  of 
God. — Selertrtl. 


CBILDIiEX  AT    TI 


ORj^ 


A  TALK  WITH  THE  CHILDEN. 

IharChildrai:— 

BEING  much  interested  in  the  Home  Circle, 
I  will  also  try  to  mid  ray  mite.  I  will  try 
to  give  you  an  interesting  little  Bible  incident. 
Our  story  is  about  a  little  maid  of  the  land  of 
Lsrael. 

This  little  girl,  no  doubt,  hod  a  pleasant  home 
in  her  native  country,  surrounded  by  vineyard; 
and  olive  gardens.  We  may  imagine  she  was 
one  of  a  happy  home  circle,  having  a  kind  fath- 
er, im  affectionate  mother,  fond  brothers  and 
sisters,  but  oh,  how  war.  cruel,  bloody  w 
chnnged  this  bright  scene  into  wretchedness  and 
woe.  This  dear  little  dark-eyed  nmiden,  all  un 
suspecting  and  innocent,  wad,  perhaps,  rambling 
over  her  native  valleys  or  hills,  when  lo!  sud- 
denly she  was  seized  by  some  rough,  fierce  look- 
ing men  (these  uifu  were  soldiers  in  the  service 
of  Syria)  and  taken  i'lu-  from  her  home,  her 
kindred,  her  playmates,  and  everything  dear  to 
her.  into  a  strange  country.  Here  she  was  per^ 
Itaps  sold  into  slavery,  this  is  not  expressly  stat- 
ed, but  that  is  what  they  generally  did  with 
captives  in  those  days. 

Dear  children,  think  of  this  little  girl,  imag- 
ine yourselves  in  her  painful  circumstances,  and 
then  say,  if  you  haven't  much  to  be  grateful  for. 
Instead  of  receiving  the  loving  caresses  of  fath- 
er, mother,  brothers  and  sistoi-s,  she  is  now  a 
little  .servant,  having  to  wait  on,  and  attend  a 
haughty  mistress.  And  what  mode  it  still  worse, 
this  mistress  viss  a  heathen,  a  woi"shiperof  idols; 
she  knew  nothing  of  the  great  Jehovah,  whom 
this  little  girl  had  been  taught  to  worship. 

Now.  perhaps  some  of  our  dear  little  readers 
think,  if  they  were  so  painfully  situated,  they 
could  do  nothing  but  weep,  and  reyiue;  no 
(iuubt  this  maiden's  little  heart  wiis  nearly  bro- 
kvn.  but  her  conduct  shows  she  was  a  good  lit^ 
tlf  girl.  She,  no  doubt,  had  been  blessed  with 
pious  parents,  who  had  taken  her  to  Jerusalem, 
where  she  had  seen  the  solemn  and  gorgeous 
worship  of  the  temple;  she  had  also  known  a 
vt-ry  good,  aged  man  whose  name  wiis  Elisha; 
tliis  man  was  a  prophet.  She  hud  learned  that 
this  prophet  could  do  wonderful  things.  Now, 
this  little  girl's  master,  though  a  very  rich  man, 
wiia  nfllicted  with  a  most  dreadful  disease.  Tliis 
little  maid,  though  her  master  hail  been  the 
meiuis  of  so  much  misery  to  her,  yet  she  bore 
him  no  hatred,  but  desired  hLs  good,  so  she  said 
to  her  mistress,  "  Would  to  God  my  lord  were 
with  the  prophet  that  is  in  Samaria!  for  he 
would  recover  him  of  his  leprosy."  Her  master 
went,  at  her  suggestion,  and  the  happy  result 
was,  a  cure  from  his  leprosy  and  his  conversion 
from  idolatry,  to  be  a  worshiper  of  the  true  God, 

Now  you  see.  dear  children,  how  much  good 
a  little  girl  was  inKtrumeutal  in  bringing  about. 
It  all  WHS  the  result  of  her  fiuthfulness,  and 
Icindness  of  heart.  She,  no  doubt,  also  indirect^ 
iy  .reaped  the  benefit  of  her  piety,  for  her  mas- 
ter having  been  converted,  perhaps  returned  her 
to  her  native  home;  if  not  that,  we  may  well 
suppose,  in  gratitude  to  her,  for  liaving  directed 
him  to  such  great  blessings,  he  ever  alter  treat- 
ed her  with  marked  kindness. 

AuKT  Mattie. 


DO    A    LITTLE. 

MANY  a  Christian  destroys  his  peace  and 
usefulness,  because  he  is  not  willing  to  do 
little  things.  He  wants  to  speak  and  pray  well, 
elo<iuentIy,  edilyingly,  or  not  at  all.    Because 


CHRISTMAS    NIGHT. 

I  WOULD  like  to  add  my  mite  to  the  Home 
Circle.  I  am  eleven  yeai-a  old  and  attend 
school  regularly.  We  hiul  a  nice  time  on  Christ- 
mas night.  We  had  pieces  to  speak  and  sing, 
and  the  teacher  gave  us  all  presents,  I  gave  the 
opening  address  which  was  prepared  by  my  sis- 
ter. It  run  as  follows:  Kind  friends:  A  happy 
Christmas  to  you  all.  We  invite  you  to  listen  to 
our  childish  efforts  to-night.  It  gives  us  pleasure 
to  know  that  we  have  the  privilege  to  entertain 
you,  making  our  parents  happy  and  our  hearts 
lcai»  with  joy,  as  we  look  su-ound  the  room  and 
see  so  many  kind  faces  helping  us  to  celebrate 
the  birthday  of  our  Savior,  who  came  into  the 
world  to  bless  little  children,  and  teach  men  the 
way  to  heaven.  Little  children,  our  Savior  was 
once  a  little  child  like  you  and  1;  and  1878 years 
ago  to-night,  there  was  great  joy  in  the  land  of 
Judea.  because  a  Savior  was  born.  The  glad 
tidings  wea'  made  known  to  the  world  by  the 
heavenly  host,  and  the  star  in  the  East  guided' 
the  good  men  to  where  the  Savior  lay.  What  a 
time  of  rejoicing!  They  took  presents  to  the 
humble  place  and  worshipped  Him.  He  taught 
peace,  love  and  good  will  to  all. 

Deli-a  Lierle. 
Liberty,  III. 


ABOUT  SOME  QUESTIONS. 

SEEING  A.  J.  Robinson's  question,  asking 
what  name  in  the  Bible  spells  the  same 
backwards  as  forwards,  by  placing  the  fourth 
letter  before  the  fifth.  I  answer,  Nathan.  But 
instead  of  plnciug  the  fourth  before  the  fifth,  it 
is  the  third  before  the  fourth.  Now  am  I  right? 
We  read  of  Nathan  iu  '1  Sam.  12:  1,  and  the 
same  of  Najiman.  Now,  I  have  a  question: 
Who  wa.'  the  oldest  man  that  ever  lived,  yet 
died  before  his  father? 

My  grandmother  is  here  .at  our  house,  very 
sick.  She  was  anointed  hist  Thursday.  She  is 
now  getting  better.  Our  Sunday-school  has 
closed  for  this  Winter. 

Mary  J.  Bowers. 

Wiif/daw's  Grovr.  III. 


FROM  MELISSA  FORNEY. 

OH,  what  thoughts  and  tender  emotions  clus- 
ter in  those  few  words,  "  The  Home  Circle.' 
How  eagerly  we  love  to  peruse  the  page  devot- 
ed to  tidings  from  the  loved  ones  of  that  circle. 
It  is  delightful  to  commune  with  our  dear  fellow- 
pilgrims,  even  at  the  distance  of  many  miles, 
and  to  feel  that  the  bond  which  unites  us  togeth- 
er iu  a  home  circle,  is  our  fellowship  with  heav- 
en. To  love  in  Christ,  is  the  happiest  earthly 
feeling,  and  I  do  trust  that  each  true  member  of 
"  The  Home  Cii'cle,"  tlius  love  each  other.  It 
seems  a  preparation  f<ir  another  state  of  being, 
where  "  God  will  be  all  in  all; "  for  the  love  that 
bflongs  to  the  soul,  cannot  die.  But  in  our 
Father's  house,  pnrified  and  made  one  in  Jesus, 
we  still  will  love  and  not  the  less,  for  remember- 
ing, that  in  this  earth's  pilgrimage  we  held  sweet 
converse  and  often  met  in  spirit  before  the 
'  Lord. 

Gentle  reader,  have  you  not  often  looked  with 
the  eye  of  faith  to  yonder  home,  and  the  many 
loved  ones  that  help  form  that  circle?  What 
innocent  faith  and  love  I  see  displayed  in  those 
letters  from  the  little  folks;  and  I  think  of  many 
little  jewels  that  embellish  the  coronet  of  our 
Muster,  and  are  happy  in  that  bright  circle 
above.  I  often  tell  my  little  boys  and  girls  that, 
if  they  are  obedient  to  their  parents,  that  God 
will  take  them  to  the  bright  world  above,  if 
called  away  in  their  young  yeai-s ;  for,  little  ones, 
the  promise  is  to  you.  "  Suffer  little  children 
to  come  unto  me,  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of 
heaven." 

When  you  speak  lo  any  person  look  him  in 
the  face. 

Good  company  and  good  conversation  are  the 
very  sineww  of  virtue. 

Good  character  is  above  all  things  else. 

Never  listen  to  idle  or  loose  conversation. 

Your  character  cannot  be  essentially  injured 
except  by  your  own  acts. 


From  Charles  IHoomaw. — Dft,, 
I  rtui  ever  so  glad  to  re.ul  Icttei-s  from  littlefcl" 
and  girls.  I  have  not  the  chances  to  1 .  ^"^ 
some  other  boys  have.  I  am  the  oldest  bo  '  *' 
as  father  has  lo  be  away  preaching  vmoft  *"'* 
must  stay  at  home  and  attend  to  IhingB  u  ' 
to  go  to  meeting.  Was  ivith  pa  imj  mn^^ 
Love-feast  last  Fall  and  felt  good  there.  T  i  ' 
go  to  school  whenever  I  can,  but  in  th..  s  ■ 
I  must  stftv  at  home  all  the  tiiuf,  to  plow""' 
harrow.     I  imi  ten  years  old.  '""' 

Purple  Cane,  Neb. 

From  Sharon  U.  Bosserman.— /jg^^  fij 

or: — I  wish  to  become  a  member  of  tho  "{%' 
dren  at  Work."  I  live  m  the  town  of  Dunl^  f 
Ohio.  Like  to  go  to  meeting.  My  fatligj 
minister  and  I  often  go  with  him  to  meetin 
I  am  nine  years  old,  and  do  some  work  for  ^ 
parents.  We  live  six  miles  from  thi-  uw'^ , 
meeting.  We  talk  some  of  building  a  meetin' 
house  in  town.  ^ 

From  litinie  C.  Hickey.— iJ^r  EdHf,r-^\ 
am  a  little  girl,  eleven  years  old,  and  go  to  icbo(,i 
I  read  in  the  sixth  reader,  study  geogranh  ■ 
spelling,  mental  and  written  arithmetic.  I  Jj 
lusk  the  little  folks  a  question:  Which  is  n 
shortest  chapter  in  the  Bible?  I  want  to  t 
who  can  nuawe'r  this  first. 

Whiiesnllr,  Mo. 

From  S.  H.  Claar.— A'f/r  Eflitor:~Si,\\ii 
little  boyi  and  girls  tuu  writing  letten,  » 
guess  I  must  write  one  too.  I  am  sixteen  yea., 
old.  luid  am  going  to  school;  am  not  gifled ,, 
learning  as  some  boys  are.  Went  to  Sumlai 
school  last  Summer  and  to  a  Bible  ck«s  it 
Winter.  Have  one  sister  and  two  brothm;  or, 
is  a  member  of  the  church.  My  papuand  man  - 
are  members  too.  We  have  preiitkiiig (jvtr, 
two  weeks.  This  is  the  fii-st  year  that  we  s>- 
your  worthy  paper,  and  we  all  like  to  teaiy 
We  have  received  four  copies;  we  have  not  tli 
time  to  read  very  much.  My  morning  nnileven 
ing  work  is,  to  feed  and  chop  wood.  Iiinijouii 
in  yeiu"s,  but  have  come  out  from  anion!;  tl 
w<n'ld.  and  am  now  trying  to  serve  the  Lonl. 

}V<uvllmrij,  P(t. 

From  Ulilton  J.  Ke isor. —iJwr  Bivthn:~\ 
have  been  reading  your  paper,  and  I  tiiiil  niiu.. 
good  little  letters.  Wehave  had  agood  protri;!-: 
meeting  this  Winter;  there  were  nineteen  hj- 
tizeil  and  four  more  have  applied,  and  I  caii^. 
tliat  I  am  one  of  them.,  I  like  to  go  to  m^;- 
iug.  Have  two  brothei-s  and  three  sisters  livin: 
and  one  sister 'dead;  and  I  have  a  father  whicl 
I  have  reasons  to  believe,  is  in  the  paradi>f 
God.  He  tried  to  teach  u.s  the  Will  of  fth: 
Only  one  of  my  sistere  belongs  to  the  clmrili 
and  my  mother  belongs  too.  1  would  liketo^" 
all  you  little  boys  and  girls  and  talk  with  p' 
I  am  thirteen  years  old. 
Viiltei/  Furnace,  W.  Va. 

From  Micliael  Overlioltzer.— i^^r  i'' 
oj-:— I  have  five  brothei-s  and  three  sisters. 
urn  thiik-on  yeare  old.  My  father  and  muth 
belong  to  tlie  church.  We  havemeetiugmm 
school-house  every  two  weeks;  it  is  three -iiiii' 
tera  of  a  mile  from  our  house.  I  love  torn' 
meeting  and  heoi-  them  talk  of  the  Scripiur'^ 
I  WHS  in  Illinois  last  Fall  a  year  ago,  vi'itl  n. 
father  and  mother,  to  see  my  grandpa  and  jirJH'^ 
ma  Harnish,  and  my  uncles,  aunts,  audcou^m 
It  is  too  cold  to  live  there;  I  would  soouer  h 
in  California,  where  we  have  a  pleasant  eliiu.' 
and  plenty  of  all  kinds  of  fruit.  Wehavetiv 
here  thirteen  years. 

Dantas,  Cnl. 

From  Flora  Stoiier.— /Atn-  K(litor-\ 
so  many  nice  lettere  in  your  paper,  ^vritteu ' 
little  boys  and  girls.  I  am  neai-ly  twelve  y" 
old.  I  iive  with  my  aunt,  near  Columbn'-i' 
lowii  my  father  lives  in  JiU(perCo.,Iofffl- 
mother  is  dead.  I  don't  go  to  school  ut  prj* 
I  like  to  read  the  paper.    There  aiv  "'>  "^' 


ren  here.     We  would  like  to  have  some 


Br^' 


ren  come  here  and  preach  for  ns-  "'^' 
Toms  lives  with  us.  I  hope  the  Uttle  boj^  ^ 
girls  will  read  this  with  pleasure. 

From  Joliii  II.  NoivIaii.-Z>«n-  £</''<"■■' 
am  a  little  boy,  U-n  years  old,  mid  go  ''•  "  ' 
to  Mr.  George  Grigg.     I  like  to  go  to  sfho"' -^ 
meeting  too.    The  church  is  on  one  co"f^ 
our  farm,  mid  about  a  quarter  "^  "  "j!  jij^! 
our  house.     I'a  and  ma  belong  to  *''*  ""^.y  , 
church.     Pa  (my  step-father,  J.  I'-  ^'"f  ',]„ 
to  know  Mr.  Eshelnian  iu  Penusylvflii"'-    ^ 
tliey  were  boys.    Brethren  Met/ger  anji  ^^^  ^ 
ricks  come  here  sometimes  and  l""^*'"     „|„i 
They  were  both  here  this  Fall  and  "'"Jji,,. 
had  meeting.    Pa  takes  your  pape""-  ^ 
to  read  it. 

Mtdbvrnj  drove,  III. 


jTobruary^ 


"^  FROM    DENMARK. 


THE   T?RETB[T?KISr    AT    "WOKKl. 


Iff"- 


and:- 


W' 


A^  you  desire  to  boar  from  us  every  week,  we 
"  will  i)en  you  a  i>w  thoughts  ;  hut  have 
olhiiig  of  unusual  intere-st  to  chrouicle  for 
lur  |t"P^'''  '*'^  *^^'^  ■****  relfttive  to  the  prosper- 
•tv  of  t''«  Mission,  aud  littlu  church  iu  Den- 
'  ark.  No  additions  since  the  niicWle  of  De- 
"'Bibf'"  '^"^  '''°"'  ^'fi'o'^it  inanifeatations  we 
%  mnde  to  beli..-ve  there  arc  some  Ihut  are  not 
firtVoni  *^"^^''''S'''""'""^  ciiIIh  for  preaching 
"^  sout  in  from  time  to  time,  wliich  will,  in 
tinio.  enlarge  the  Mission  field.  It  now  ex- 
ti-iuls  about  forty  English  or  ten  Danish  miles 
Wrtli  ii»<l  South,  and  about  fitkon  Bust  aud 
\-ii:  and  North  of  this  from  sea  to  H'a. 
[)„rde;n-  ministering  bri^fhren  were  about 
livtnty  miles  North  a  I'uw  wocks  ago;  bud  six  or 
ei.rht  upptiintments  at  different  places;  wore  ab- 
j,e»t  four  days,  and  in  that  time  walked  over  «f- 
(,y  luil'^i!.  and  part  of  the  time  but  little  comfortable 
slei1>-  T'l^y  I'spoi'*^  ""'<^''  eiicoiiragpment,  good 
ntti'ution  paid  to  the  Word  i)re«chpd,  imd 
stronir  desires  for  more  preaching,  hence  lea 
JixietTn  or  eighteen  appointments  to  be  filled, 
coiii""^n'^'"S  oi"  the  9th  of  February. 

The  brethren  seenred  to  be  much  pleased 
with  the  inhiibitauta  of  that  part  of  the  couu- 
Irv,  although  most  of  them  make  their  living 
by  lisli""S;  ^^^  ^  ^^^  omen  for  missionary  suc- 
f e>>.  when  we  t  ake  into  consideration  that  the 
tir>t  heralds  of  the  Gospel  were  fishermen; 
the  riiivior  calling,  they  gladly  and  willingly  left 
iill,  t'ven  their  father,  Zebedee,  and  followed 
llim,  and  they  became  fishers  of  men.  Would 
to  God  the  same  joyful  story  could  be  told  of 
Xorth  Denmark  before  many  yeai-s. 

They  have  great  success  in  fishing,  as  they 
eujoy  advantages  rai'ely  to  be  found;  the  coun- 
try being  only  about  eight  miles  wide  from  sea 
to  sea-  As  the  nature  of  those  fish  is  to  follow  the 
current  of  the  wind,  when  the  wind  is  from 
thv  Eii^t.  they  come  to  the  Bajstern  shore,  aud 
n'lv  (■('*■.''«,  on  the  Western.  The  fishermi 
having  only  eight  miles  across  the  land,  it  is  a 
small  matter  to  haul  their  boats  across,  and  thus 
have  the  benefit  of  both  shores.  Thousands 
are  brought  into  our  markets  daily,  and  can  he 
hail  on  much  cheaper  terms  than  beef,  pork  or 
even  horse  flesh;  it  being  the  cheapest,  and  hence 
mitile  use  of  by  many  of  the  poorer  inhabitants. 
Thev  use  it  generally  dried  and  smoked;  but  in 
thi^  I  c;m  ^ay  like  I'eter,  nothing  common  or 
imcleau  has  entered  my  mouth  (knowingly),  and 
the  lish"  we  think  are  not  quite  so  palatable  as 
fresh  water  fish  in  America,  yet  are  considered 
esi:ellent  by  the  native?. 

One  thought  more  in  reference  to  the  fish  and 
the  Mission  in  North  Denmark,  and  I  am  done 
with  that.  I  entertain  strong  hopes  for  the 
Brethren's  success  up  North,  from  what  I  have 
learned  of  them,  and  what  little  we  have  learn- 
ed of  human  nature.  In  spiritual  thiugs  man 
is  so  much  like  those  fish,  inclined  to  go  the 
way  the  wind  blows;  and  in  this  the  apostle 
warned  his  brethren  that  they  should  not  bi 
blown  about  with  every  wind  of  doctrine;  and 
in  consequence  of  the  people  being  priest>-ridden 
by  a  proud,  hired  ministry,  they  have  become 
dissatisfied,  and  the  yoke  being  too  galling,  they 
have  thrown  it  off.  and  consequently  no  more 
preaching  by  the  Bribes  and  Phai'isees  audhyp- 
ocrites,  which  bind  heavy  bnrdens  and  lay  them 
on  men's  shoulders,  while  they  will  not  touch 
them  with  one  of  their  fingers;  who  love  to  sit 
iu  Moses'  seat,  and  choose  the  uppermost  rooms 
at  feasts,  and  the  chief  seats  in  the  synagogues. 
and  to  be  called  of  men,  Rabbi,  Uabbi.  As  a  mat- 
ter, of  course,  that  religious  tide  is  so  low  that 
their  ship  is  stuck,  and  when  they  ?ee  the  Breth- 
ren  steer  the  good  old  ship  Ziou,  all  built  good 
and  strong  with  Gospel  material,  able  to  sail 
amidst  the  rocks  and  quicloand  without  austain- 
iug  .any  injury  to  herself  or  passengere,  and  of- 
fers a  free  pa.ssage  mthout  price;methinksmany 
will  heed  the  call  and  set  sail.  Let  us  pray  for 
it  dear  brethren. 

If  I  rightly  remember  I  ivrote  yon  in  a  for- 

■■  li-tterof  the  full  orgaiiiiiation  of  the  church. 

V  are  now  offiuially,  and  we  think  mentally. 

iitied  t(»  carry  out  the  ordinance.-i  and  dutu^s 

I.  cted  with  the  church  aa  introduced  by  f-ur 

nr.  and  handed  down  by  the  apostles.      All 

'     membera.  and  especilly  the    ministering 

'hreu,  manifest  a  commendable  /*al  m  the 

ter'^  cause;  willing  to  do  all  in  their  power, 

'.   and   beyond  their  power  to  spread  the 

•h,  and  save  perishmg  souls:  hut  Satan   is 

^dy  busy  scheming   for  their  full.  »"d  to 

•  hem  its  wheat.     Already  a  «.-<t<T  wiw  heani 

.  ■'  Brethren  I  fear  I  must  leave  the  church. 

-  the  treatment  of  my  hu-'band  towiirds  me 

Wcause  of  my  connection  with  the  church,  H 

nliiiost  intolerable."    H»t  vrc  have  frequently 


met  with  similar  cases,  «nd  not  unfrequently  ' 
were  thoy  brought  to  see  their  wickedness  in 
due  timf.  and  hope  and  pray  it  may  be  so  in 
this  case. 

To-morrow,  if  (he  Lord  will,    Bro.    Fry   and 
myself  intend  to  start  for  Germany,  and  leave 
our  wives  her*  until  "We  nscerlian  whether  our 
labors  will  be  appreciated,  and  whether  wc  can 
secure  a  suitable  place  for  their  abode  while  in 
Germany  without  additional  expense.    If  so,  we 
shall  send  for  Ihcm  and  ivmain  several    weeks: 
but  if  uot.  go  to  England  and  spend  sometime 
there.    And  the  success  we  uu-ct  with  in  those 
two  places,  will  determine  the  time  of  our  d&- 
parture  for  America,  if   no  other  unforeseen 
events  transpire  to  frustrate  our  designs,  hence 
cannot  give  a  satisfactory  answer  to  those  of 
our  correspondents  who  would  like  to  know, 
and  say.  "  We  wish  you  to  come  as  soon  as  you 
can,"  while  others  say,  "  Do  not  be  too  much 
in  a  hurry;  since  you  .ire  over  there,  spend 
some  time  in  Germany  imd  England;  there  will 
he  sufficient  means  forth-coming."  If  nuch  who 
think  sj,  will  suit  the  action  to  the  word,  we 
can  venture,  but  so  far  we  do  not  feel  to  ven- 
ture too  far.    Our  last  information  wiw,  "  not 
much  in  the  treasury,"  and  a  treasury  without 
anything  in  it,  in  more  of  a  nuisance  than  an  ad- 
vimtage;  but  it  may  be  quite  otherwi.se  by   this 
time,  as  our  remoteness  givcsi  ample  time  for 
great  revolutions  to  tidte  place  before  we  can  be 
apprized  of  it. 

Sometimes  our  conversation  runs  like  this, 
relative  to  crossing  the  ocean.  Well,  if  we  can 
get  around  satisfuctorily  so  we  think  we  have 
done  our  duty,  we  would  like  to  cross  about 
the  last  of  February  or  first  of  March;  but  tf 
Dot,  then  we  would  rather  wait  till  between  the 
fir-^t  and  middle  of  April.  That  is  about 
near  as  we  can  tell  you  at  thb  time  when  we 
will  start  for  America.  But  all  such  temporary 
decisions  are  like  the  door  on  its  hinges. 


they   can    tlwir"?    only    to    the    Reformation. 
Much  love  to  all  the  !iaint«. 
Hjorring,  Dnwnvk,  Jan.  21,  l>f3S. 


TROyi    INDIANA. 


Our  health  still  continues  to  be  good,  for 
which  we  truly  try  to  be  t.hankful;though  sick- 
ness and  death  is  prevalent.  For  almost  every 
day  for  at  least  a  week,  the  bells  in  the  village 
have  been  ringing  to  signal  the  death  of  some 
loved  one.  I  say  ringing  instead  of  tolling,  be- 
cause their  method  of  ringing  to  an  Amercan 
would  be  the  signal  of  fire.  The  three  bells  all 
commence  a  vigorous  ringing  (I  am  told)  when 
the  grave  is  ready,  and  continue  till  the  corpse 
is  in  the  grave  and  the  ceremony  is  performed, 
which  consists  in  singing  a  few  verses,  and 
brief  remarks,  then  a  short  prayer  and  a  short 
ceremony  over  the  dead,  and  then  the  Doxology 
is  sung  and  the  congregation  is  dismissed;  then 
the  grave  is  left  in  the  chjrge  of  the  sexton. 

The  weather  still  eontnues  to  be  mild,  mostly 
damp  aud  foggy,  and  sometimes  rain.  Had 
three  or  four  little  snows,  but  soon  nielta  away; 
does  not  le.ave  the  roads  quite  as  deep  with  mud 
as  in  the  Western  Stat^  in  America,  (from 
what  we  can  learn  from  papers  and  letters);  the 
soil  being  uiore  sandy  and  heavey,  yet  the  walk- 
ing is  unpleasant;  hence  adds  to  the  labor  of 
our  ministering  brethren. 

Some  of  our  correspondents  say,  "Let 
have  a  piece  in  the  Brethren  .vt  Work  every 
week.  Whatever  you  write,  whether  about 
the  church  or  country,  will  be  read  with  inter- 
est." The  face  of  the  country,  the  nature  and 
quality  of  the  soil  with  the  staple  article?  of 
produce,  all  have  been  promiscuously  itemized 
in  my  former  communications.  Mattei-s  of 
more  profound  interest,  such  as  the  true  state 
of  national  affairs,  the  progress  of  education, 
feelings  and  opinions  of  the  people  in  matters 
of  religion,  &c,  are  items  pretty  diflicult  to  as- 
certain, not  being  able  to  converse  with  but  a 
few,  and  with  those  we  cannot  associate  much. 
being  tflo  tW  apart.  But  the  country  with  its 
!ow,°straw-roofed  buildings,  the  customs  and 
habit'*  of  the  people,  with  their  farming  imple- 
ments and  household  funiture,  their  looms  and 
spinning  wheels,  wool  and  tiax.  manner  of  cook- 
and  eating,  all  combine  to  carry  our  minds 
hack  to  our  boyhood,  but  more  especially  back 
to  our  father's  boyhood,  nearly  one  century 
a^o,  when  our  grandfather's  carried  the  Euro- 
peiui  customs  and  habits  across  the  ocean,  and 
introduced  them  into  America;  hut  soon  lost 
them  or  exdianged  them  for  better  ones,  hav- 
ing become  wealthy,  henc-  more  energetic  than 
those  they  h'lt  behind  in  their  native  country. 
The  Americans  have  out-»tripped  every  na- 
tion under  heaven,  in  point  of  wealth  and  ini- 
provement.  education,  government  and  relig- 
ion, (counting  true  and  false,  or  pure  and  undc- 
filed).  The  Kuropcans  havo  in  a  great  meas- 
ure stood  still;  they  arc  satisfi-d  with  the  old. 
want  nothing  new.  So  in  matti-rs  of  rehgion; 
many  of  tliem  arc  aatislicd  with  what  their 
fathers  taught  them.  They  are  afraid  of  our 
new  religion,  (as  they  stijtpose  it  to  be)  uutd 
they  see  that  our'rt  is  much  older  thanlheir's. 
for  we  trace  our'»  to  Christ  imd  the  Apostles; 


Ikiir  litfthrrn : — 

I  FELT  somewhat  grieved  when  you  started 
the  Hkktiirks  at  Work,  just  at  the  time 
when  we  thought  to  have  gained  our  object, — 
the  consolidation  of  the  two,  or  rather  three 
periodicals,  expecting  now  to  get  all  the  new.H 
and  good  counsels  of  the  whole  brotherhood  for 
a  small  amount  of  money.  You  know  it  is  a 
fixed  principle  in  man,  to  ^et  the  most  for  the 
least  return.  But  your  move  disappointed  us; 
nevertheless  I  now  feel  reconciled,  not  that  I 
think  your  pajwr  bettor  than  others;  but  the 
title  stirred  up  some  brethren  that  lay  dormant, 
and  some  that  were  prcjudio-d  against  the  other 
publicalionn.  I  look  forward  with  fond  antici- 
pations to  the  lime  that  tl)JR  mounhiin  of  pre- 
judice will  gradually  mtdt  away  before  the  ih 
luminating  rays  of  light  until  every  family  of 
our  dear  brotherhood  i.*  supplied  with  reading 
matter,  brought  forth  by  those  whom  we  dear- 
ly lore. 

I  will  here  remark  that  I  think  it  is  an  un- 
called for  modesty  to  withhold  one's  name  from 
the  public  when  it  would  have  the  effect  to 
bring  us  in  sympathy  with  each  other,  besides 
encouraging  us  in  perseverance  when   we  see 
the  improvement-*  made  in  or  by  the  writers. 
For  instance,  tlu-re  appeaiN  a  number  of  names 
of  persons  formerly  oppo^tei's  to  church   litera- 
ture, now  zealous  workers  in  that  field.     Names 
are  on  the  list,  \Vho  formerly  opposed  church 
extension  and  wont  so  lar  iu>  to  forbid  continu- 
ous preaching  in  one  and  the  same  place.     Now 
they  arc  earnest  advocates  in  the  missionarj' 
movement.     I  acknowledge  myself  one   of  the 
class.    Aa  early  as  183i  brother  H.  Kurt?,,  sol- 
Spited  my  co-operation  to  publish  a  Brethren's 
paper.     But  my  objections  then  were  that  other 
brethren  would  rise  to  publish  papers,  aud  a  pa- 
per war  would  be  the  result.     He  desisted  until 
the  year  1851.     My  objections  appesvred  in  the 
two  first  volumes  !is  well  iw  other  brethren's. — 
The  third  volume  presented  my  conversion  on 
the  first  page  and   first  number.      I  procured 
dozens  of  subscribers  in  consequence, 


they  ntnnot  tw?  wpoilnl  worse  than  egotistir  U/ 
nifiiik-re,  and  they  are  not  only  found  among 
the  young,  but— rod  to  t«il— in  equal  propor- 
tion lUDong  Hn({«! 

Now.  brethn-n  Bditon,  M»n  I  b^g»n  tft 
write  I  ask.-'l  my---lf  the  question.  Will  it  pay? 
The  answer  was,  Try.  My  (-gotii-m  dfjw  not 
insist  on  you  that  you  must  publwh  what  I 
have  written.  When  yon  have  lookwl  it  orirr, 
and  think  it  will  not  pay,  throw  it  in  the  wwite 
basket.     Farewell! 

F.  P.  Lmn. 


FROM  GRUNDY  CENTER,  IOWA. 

Jkar  Brethren:— 

ON  the  2:)th  of  Jan.,  Bro.  Bsuman  r^tamed 
from  Mamhall  Co,,  to  oar  town,  and 
ppcachod  nine  iiennons  for  us.  During  this 
time  six  souls  were  made  willing  to  fors,i)cp  sin 
and  join  in  with  the  children  of  God.  During 
nil  of  our  meetings,  lately  held,  Bro.  Buuman 
being  the  speaker,  twenty-one  have  come  oat 
on  the  Lord's  side, 

I  feel  like  giving  the  way  and  manner  that 
the  meetings  were  condncted,  but  for  the  pre- 
sent will  not  do  so.  I  will  however  give  a  little 
hint  to  my  brethren  by  !t.iying  to  them:  Aim 
right  nt  the  sinner  with  the  Word  of  Go«l  and 
tell  him  that  you  mean  Mm,  etc.  Again,  let  all 
hidiflerence  among  believers  be  pnt  away  and 
all  watch  and  work  more  with  the  ministorv.  — 
We  all  have  an  influence,  and  that  influence  is 
either  for  good  or  bad.* 

Jesus  snya:  "  Let  your  light  shine,  etc.  This 
means,  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  wc  ought  to 
always  lie  careful  what  we  say  and  do.  Some- 
times aftiT  preaching  I  think  this  was  a  good 
meeting,  and  that  we  have  been  all  made  strong- 
er; but  in  a  few  days  we  hear  some  outsider 
complain  about  a  member  which  muki.-s  oar 
heart  bleed.  Then  the  thought  presents  itself^ 
there  it  is  again,  it  will  take  aeveml  meetings  to 
heal  that  over. 

Right  here  comes  in  the  great  necesaty  of  os, 
who  have  made  a  profession,  to  always  be  oo 
our  guard,  not  only  when  brethren  and  sLilera 
are  around  us,  but  always.  Reraeml>er,  dear 
Christians,  that  out^iident  notice  all  these  things 
and  then  make  capital  of  them.  Oh  how  care- 
ful we  ought  to  live!  If  we  would  live,  as  we 
Thusbrethrenlikomysolfpregtessedsloadily   ""Blit  to  live,  ome-tenths  of  the  preathing 


until  opposition  to  Brethren's  periodicals 
held  hut  by  a  few,  comparitively  speaking.  Yet 
there  are  still  too  many  of  that  class  who  stand 
in  theirown  light. 

I  objected  to  the  building  of  churches;  others 
did  the  same.  I  repented,  and  others  followed 
my  e-tauiple.  There  are  still  some  of  the  kind, 
even  where  I  am  laboring,  we  can  have  but  ev- 
ening meetings.  Outsider*  urge  the  Brethren 
to  build  a  meeting-house.  Some  will  give  $1"0, 
otliei-s  $50,  $25  and  so  on.  Yet  a  few  of  the 
wealthiest  brethren  are  conscientious  (?)  about 
it,  so  the  majority  must  yield  to  the  minority. 

Church  extensitm,  missionary  work,  Sunday 
Schools,  meetings  like  those  that  the  first  Chris- 
tians held  when  Peter  knocked  at  the  door,  all 
are  opposed  by  a  few  for  tlie  want  of  better  edu- 
cation; for  I  hear  them  testimony  that  they 
have  a  zeal  in  the  Master's  cause,  only  lack 
li 


would  be  done. 


J.  M.  SSTtEB. 


lit  and  a  little  less  self-will.  Conscience 
would  feel  much  easier  and  the  purse-string  a 
great  deal  looser,  the  heart  would  expand  wider, 
tlie  blond,  (I  mean  love)  would  flow  easier 
throughout  the  whole  body,  (church)  health 
and  peace  and  joy  and  comfort  would  be  extend- 
ed from  shore  to  shore.  Glory  to  God  in  the 
highest,  peace  on  earth,  and  good  will  to  man 
would  echo  throughout  the  universe. 

I  would  not  wish  to  bo  understood  that  t 
slander  my  beloved  brethren,  that  see  difiervntly 
from  me.  1  was  once  on  that  side  "in  most  of 
those  things  which  I  named  above,  and  even-an 
opponent  to  education,  yet  all  the  time  studying 
with  all  my  might  in  any  and  every  way  to  be- 
come a  worker  approved  of  God  and  men;  and 
no  small  satisfaction  was  it  to  me,  when  ad- 
versities reiu-'hed  their  hight.  and  a  smile  or  a 
word  of  approval  was  tendered,  i  don't  frown 
at  you,  Im-thri'ii  wlieu  you  still  think  it  wrong 
to  givH  money  to  your  brethren  when  they  la- 
bor for  you  and  the  worjd.  While  you  think 
it  might  make  them  pi-oud,  1  luaurc  you  of  i 
dirtereiit  feeling  when  they  have  left  their  fam- 
ilies, spent  their  scimty  dimes,  and  h.ive  wept 
and  pra>ed  on  the  road  to  you.  I  say,  1  don't 
frown  at  you,  but  it  freezes  my  heart  and  closes 
the  avenues  of  the  mind,  because  you  cannot 
sympathi/.e  with  your  brethren, 

1  wish  you  could  have  a  peep  into  the  heart 
of  abrntluT  when  liLsneed  is  supplied  by  mi 
open  hiunl  luid  a  smiling  face,  i  wish  your  ear 
vould  hear  the  wonls,  issuing  from  the  inmost 
of  his;  soul,  you  would  perhaps  stand  amaaevt 
and.  smite  your  brvfwt. 
It  is  true  there  iir«  egotistic  ministens  but 


FROM    CENTREVIEW,    MO. 

I  AM  a  new  member,  formerly  a  member  of    * 
the  Campbellite  church.      We,  my  hus- 
band imd  1,  joined  about  three  months  ago.  W« 
have  been  living  very  happy  ever  since,  as  we 
are  both  in  the  same  church. 

We  have  a  very  intelligent  congregatioa 
here.  We  number  about  forty  or  more,  mem.- 
bers,  and  are  in  a  very  prosperous  condition, 
though  we  have  a  great  many  oppositions  to 
endure  from  various  sources,  and  our  town,  al- 
though it  is  but  small,  is  very  much  divided  in. 
matters  of  religion. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  are  all  in  love  and 
union.  It  appears  to  me  that  they  go  to  church, 
to  worship  God,  as  Christ's  followers  will  do. — 
This  is  the  church  I  have  had  in  my  mind  be- 
fore I  knew  of  the  Brethren,  and  thanks  be  to 
God,  I  have  found  it. 

We  had  a  series  of  meetings  in  January  with 
no  accessions,  but  we  felt  that  our  labors  were 
not  in  vain,  for  1  feel  that  some  were  almoet 
persuaded,  .attendance  good,  considering  the 
had  Toiu]».  The  meeting  only  continue*)  a  few- 
days.  Bro,  Bowman  from  near  Versailles,  Mor- 
gan Co.,  preached  for  us.  Bro.  Andrew  Hotdi- 
iuson  ami  Bro.  Weaver  have  goneou  a  missioit- 
ary  tour  to  Texas.  Bro.  Reese  of  Warrens- 
burg,  and  others,  will  preach  tor  us  while  Brou 
Hutchinson  is  gone. 


K.VTIS  £.  ROTEB. 


FROM    PRIMROSE.    OHIO. 

Drar  Brtthren^ — 

E  can  reAd  in  God's  Word,  that  there  is 
moiv  rejoicing  in  heaven  over  i>ne  sinner 
that  n'i)enteth,  than  there  is  over  iiniriv  and 
nine  ju'.t  twi-*>Mi«  thn'-  nn-l  i--.  reiv-yif  .'  ■  We 
Miev.-tli  -is 

at  all  tilii  'b 

thiireyi-  -'b 

the  power  ol  tin- 
forsake  their  sins 


W^ 


he 


idoue.     Uro.  Fonuy  oi  111.,  ale j  uurc  uirun^al 


riiK    KRKTPI3?E]Sr    ^T    A^^OKIv. 


K'ebruary   iji 


u*.  ( )ur  rti.irlinKM  oinimcncwl  <»n  the  24th  of  Jan-  {  papir.  In  regard  to  the  Stole  of  KftBsas  I  would 
uiirj- and  oiidwl  "n  ihe  11th  of  Kcbninrjr.  Wo  (ir>.t  oav.  that  I  «Iid  not  only  take  nolic*  of  the 
had  preaching  *very  evening  and  meet  of  the  lund  nJong  tlit  different  roads,  but  stopped  off  at 
timi;  in  the  forenoon  of  each  day.  The  Gospel  many  place*  aud  amdv  search  through  the  coun- 
was  preached  •"  pure  and  simple,  that  no  hoofflt  try.  After  having  spent  about  two  niontlw,  being 
peiwin  could  help  but  iindemtand  it     Our  home  J  at  work  all  the  time,  I  concliideJ  that   Kaneaa  i^i. 


iM(-n>  nnd  in  fact  all  the  members,  tended  the 
meetint,'»  wcfJ,  done  their  part  nobly,  everybody 
•eerard  to  enjoy  ]itni»i>lf.  It  woh  truly  a  time 
of  rcji'icing  for  both  «aitit  and  sinner.  One 
the  convfrU said:  "  I  am  sorry  1  did  not  start 
mi  year*  ago."  Another  eaid  :  "Twenty  yeara  of 
the  I>c«t  of  my  life  were  »i>ent  in  sin  t-*  no  prt^fit. 

Wu  hope  tu  soon  utart  mwtings  in  other  porta 
<if  tlio  districl,  and  we  have  gof«l  Teanoiia  to  cx- 
|»ot  a  large  inKathcriug,  as  the  doctrine  of  the 
Biblo  u  preached  in  ito  purity,  many  eecni  to  be 
willing  lo  aoocpi  it. 

Through  our  seriea  of  meeting*  twenty-five  have 
been  made  willing  t"  accept  Christ  and  enter  the 
krmy  of  the  Lord.  Now,  brethren  and  nielcn,  let 
tu  pray  that  they  may  put  on  the  whole  armor  of 
God  that  they  may  withstaud  the  }iltaclu  of  tlio 
evil  one.  Of  tJie  number  that  joined,  eighteen 
were  Brethren '8  children,  seventeen  of  them  iiu- 
der  twenty  yean  of  age.  Seven  were  pcnons  be- 
IWDcn  forty  ami  iiliy  years  old.  Wo  hope  and 
trust  llicy  may  all  prove  faithful  and  fight  the 
gCMid  liji^'lit  of  faith,  that  in  the  end  they  may  say 
with  the  ajtoHlle;  '"  I  have  fouyht  a  pood  fight,  I 
havo  lini'ihe^  my  courae,  I  liavo  kept  the  faith  ; 
faonoe  there  is  laid  up  for  inc  a  ciown  of  righl- 
eousncffs,  which  the  Lord,  tlie  righteous  Judge 
ahali  give  mo  nt  that  day,  and  not  to  nieouly,  but 
onto  ail  them  ulso  that  lovo  his  appearing." 

May  the  good  Lonl  help  lis  uud  keep  us  all  in 
that  Jttrait  and  narrow  wny,  that  we  may  finally 
eiili-'r  in  through  the  gati*  into  the  city,  in  the 
proyer  of  your  unworthy  brother. 

J.  StlANEOUR. 

NOTES    OF    TRAVEL. 

IN  company  with  my  wife  nnd  two  sons,  I  left 
Pemisylvaniu  on  Dec.  18,  1878,  nnd  arrived 
Bt  Maii8(lflil,  Ohio,  nt  7  A.  -M.  Here  I  put  my 
family  on  board  the  tniia  n.r  Tiffin,  Ohio.  I  re- 
turned to  Tu:>cnmwiu  Co.,  Ohio,  and  remained 
with  the  brctliroii  ont-  week,  and  jireachcd  for 
thorn.  Had  a  very  pkai^nut  sojouru  among  them. , 
On  the  27th  I  piwsed  on  to  Seneca  Co.,  Ohio, 
where  I  again  joined  my  family  ;  and  remained 
uuiil  the  liltli  of  Janiuiry,  lS7fi, 

In  comi»any  with  Uro.  S.  T.  BosLiermnn  went  to  | 
the  Eiigk-  Croek  eongregntioii,  where  we  remained 
until  the  I-Hh.  Then  went  to  J.  P.  Kborstdc's 
clntr^e.  Ucmniiied  until  the  2Ist.  Then  went  tu 
AlU-n  Co.,  where  I  remnincd  until  the  24th.  Then 
to  Marahall'Co.,  lud.,  where  I  stayed  until  the 
SOth. 

My  next  point  was  Lnnnrlt,  Illinois.  Hei'o  1 
remained  nntil  the  fourth  of  FcbruKry.  Theuce 
to  the  AnioldV  (iiove  congregation,  where  wa  i-e- 
maincd  until  the  sixth.  In  the  evening  of  the 
•ixlh,  1  Hpoke  in  Ml.  Carroll,  III.,  to  a  very  ntteu- 
live  audience,  Aftvr  realing  nt  the  Iioumo  of  my 
old  Ae(|uaiutJiRei-,  Bro.  W.  Cleinmcr,  wo  hoarded 
the  tmiii  for  Wnti'iloo,  whero  wc  arrived  safely 
on  the  seventh,  iibuut  noon. 

We  hud  u  very  jilea^uut  journey.  Enjoyed 
good  heniri)  nnd  pteuniuit  weather  miut  of  tho 
time  all  along  our  Jonruey,  Wc  hud  very  piuu- 
nut  nu-elings  wherever  I  utoppcd  with  the  Brt'th- 
reu.  Now  I  will  »uy  lo  my  many  frieudo  in  tiie 
EiLst,  who  weiii  90  mueh  concerned  lor  us,  we  are 
now  at  the  homo  of  our  dear  lii\).  Mii-lmel  and 
BiBtcr  Susan  Heber.  Tlioy  ninko  us  tccl  lu  mucli 
at  liomu  o.^  poodiblc. 

W«  had  thu  ploasuru  of  seeing  some  ]>rcciou.i 
KAlls  come  to  tlie  church.  Among  them  I  will 
DSmo  tho  wiftt  of  Uro.  Urins  Fiuk  of  Orccn 
Spriops  Sducca  Co.,  O.  Jlay  tioj  bless  the  dear 
ones  wjicro  we  jitojiped,  who  cjii-ed  for  us  like 
brethren. 

John  Wisk. 


without  controversy,  a  great  State.  The  eoil  is 
deep  and  rich,  the  land  in  slightly  rolling.  There 
are  DO  sloughs  to  be  found,  no  stagnant  water  and 
no  underdraining  uwded.  Good  roads  through- 
out the  country,  and  particularly  along  the  K.  P. 
11.  R.  In  my  judgment,  three-fourths  of  the 
country  is  better  adapted  to  the  raising  of  wheat, 
while  one  fourth  is  better  adapted  to  the  raising 
of  corn.  Vegetables  grow  in  abundance;  also 
fruit,  if  properly  cultivated,  and  timber  of  differ- 
ent kinds. 

If  any  intend  moving  out  there,  and  wieh 
to  get  to  plowing,  they  can  get  at  it  right  away. 
The  water  is  generally  good  through  the  parts  I 
ma<le  investigation  of;  the  dei)th  of  digging  wells 
varies  from  twenty  to  forty  feot.  Along  the  A. 
T.  &  Santa  Fe  R.  R.  they  use  driving  pumps  be- 
cause of  quicksand.  But  along  the  K.  F.  R.  R., 
they  dig  welU  like  they  do  in  Pa.  They  wall 
them,  6o  there  is  no  danger  of  caving  in.  I  bought 
three  farms,  six  miles  tiouth-we:it  of  Wilson  thr 
two  of  my  sous  nnd  one  son-in-law.  They  intend 
to  move  on  those  farms  in  the  Spring.  Wilson  is 
situated  230  miles  West  of  Kansas  Oily.  The 
exact  place  for  the  colony  to  locate  is  not  yet  ful- 
ly decided.  Most  of  our  members  iuleud  moving 
somcwiiere  in  the  neighborhood  where  I  have 
bought.  There  are  seven  mcmbere  in  that  part  of 
the  country  now,  and  with  those  who  intend  to 
go  there,  there  will  be  about  twenty-five  or  thirty. 
No  church  organized  there  yet;  but,  hope  when 
we  arrive  there  will  be  a  sufficient  number  to  or- 
ganize a  church.  The  nearest  organized  church 
is  about  forty  miles  Norili  of  Wilson. 

I  will  now,  irj  a  brief  way,  answer  some  of  the 
more  partit-ular  questious  I  have  been  asked  to 
answer.  In  tho  first  place  I  will  say  that  there  is 
no  government  land  worth  while  along  the  line 
of  the  first-named  railroad.  Railroad  land  can 
be  bought  from  three  to  ten  dollars  per  acre  be- 
tween Ellsworth  and  Ellis,  depending  how  near  it 
U  to  the  railroad  and  how  it  lays.  School-houses 
are  built  ns  fast  as  they  are  needed.  At  most  of 
the  towns  tliey  have  built  good,  twostory  school- 
liouses;  have  graded  schools,  and  use  these 
school-housfs  for  religious  services.  Somechurch- 
huve  built  themselved  places  for  worship,  and  I 
,  think  the  lirelhreu  ought  to  do  the  same. 
I  Coal  may  be  found  nt  many  different  points  in 
the  State.  About  three  miles  from  Wilson  is  a 
cont  mine,  and  eighteen  miles  North  of  same 
place  is  another  one.  Wood  costs  from  two  to 
live  dollars  ft  cord,  coal  three  dollars  a  ton  at  the 
miao.  The  climate  is  very  good  and  healthy  ;  the 
lowus  and  countrj-  fast  improving. 

In  answer  to  ttia  colony  plan  I  would  say,  that 
the  colony  started  ou  a  ngular  colony  course, 
elected  officers,  at  least  as  far  as  circumstances  re- 
quired, before  and  until  they  have  moved.  Wheth- 
er the  colony  intends  to  buy  laud  and  lay  out  a 
town,  and  then  cast  lois  whose  that  shall  be,  I 
know  not,  but  I  think  that  would  be  doing  justly. 
The  colony  meets  every  AVe^ln^.•^duy  evening  near 
Ilentsville,  Ciimbi'riaud  Co..  Pa.  I  have  ihus  far 
answered  your  que-^tious.  If  anything  more  is 
necessary,  no  doubt  those  interested  will  ask. 

We  have  a  series  of  meetings  in  progress  at  our 
meeting-house  in  Milltown.  Bro.  John  Jlohler 
of  Milllin  Co.,  is  with  u*.  Last  Lord's  day  we 
baptized  five  precious  souls,  and  lo-morrow  at 
Icuwt  eight  more  have  given  their  consent  to  be 
baptized. 

Da.NIEL  IvELLJilt. 

/V6.  I,  I87«. 


for  better  accommodations  for  funerals,  and  also 
that  ihvso  burial  places  might  not  go  to  ruin.  Had 
consultations  among  themselves  in  regard  to  build- 
ing a  meeliug-house  between  the  two  places,  but 
not  being  able  lo  come  to  a  satisfactory  agreement 
among  themselves,  as  regarding  the  pro{>osed  sit- 
uation for  the  bouse,  the  two  parties  concluded 
to  build  a  house  to  themselves ;  (but  all  on  friend- 
ly terms — no  ill  feeling  existing  between  the  two 
parties  as  far  as  I  know.) 

The  bouses  have  been  built  as  "  Union  meeting- 
houses," by  the  community  to  the  service  of  the 
Brethren,  Mennonites,  Lutheran  and  Reformed 
churches;  but  giving  the  Brethren  the  pre-emi- 
nence. The  Brethren  opened  the  two  houses  (ded- 
icated as  some  tyiy)  by  public  worship.  While  at 
these  meetings,  my  mind  was  made  to  wander 
back  through  the  dark  ages  of  jiost  centuries  wheji 
the  followei-s  of  Christ  had  to  meet  in  secluded 
places  to  wiii^liip,  aud  wereoAen  molested  while 
thus  engaged,  and  by  the  enemy  of  our  holy  re- 
ligion. I  had  to  think,  What  a  contrast !  Our 
Christian  ancestors  met  in  caves  and  clefts  to  wor- 
ship together,  clothed  with  fears  and  anguish  of 
soul.  We  come  together  to  worship,  not  in  caves 
aud  dens,  but  in  comfortable  houses. 

The  hand  of  a  civilized  Slate  law,  holds  to  our 
view  the  words,  "  Fear  no  molestation,  but  wor- 
shi]i  your  God  at  all  times,  according  to  the  dic- 
tates of  your  own  conscience,  in  a  hind  of  peace 
aud  plenty.  I  am  your  guardian — I  will  let  no 
molestations  come  upon  you,"  I  would  say  in  con- 
clusion, lei  us  be  thankful,  and  pray  the  Lord 
to  give  His  iuerease  Ui  the  ingathering  of  many 
souls. 

L.  AtiDES. 
Lindon,  Pa.,  Dec.   23,  1877. 


several 


be  in  a  prosperous   condition.     They  had  i 
additions  this  winter. 

On  Monday,  the  21st,  Bro.  Jonathan  IJn, 
took  us  some  twenty  miles  to  the  Beaver  n 
congregation.       Here  I   met  my   only  brother   ' 


the  flesh  that  I  have  living.     Had  three 


meeting, 


FROM    INDIANA. 


FROM    PENNSYLVANIA. 


THE    KANSAS    COLONY. 

M.VVlNt.;  hisM  n.'fpitaled  by  a  colony  to  hunt 
a  placf  fur  its  location  in  KauMiis,  I  did 
I  was  divirt^'d  tu  do.  It  n-<|uired  cuneidcrablo 
eearching,  for  some  wanted  (Jovt-rumcnt  land, 
peciiilly  the  jHiorer  class.  I  examined  the  coun- 
txy  along  llie  Audiison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fo  R. 
R.  as  far  as  Kinsley.  Also  along  the  Union  Pa- 
cific and  the  Kansas  Paeific.  Al<)ng  the  latter  I 
ielectcd  Government  land  lor  a  colony. 

I  was  M'est  -M  far  a*  Kllis.  302  miles  from  Kan- 
tax  fily.  Along  thi.^  railroad  the  ol.iny  is  going 
to  loeato,  and  not  along  the  Atchison,  Topcka  A 
Santa  Fe  R,  U  ,  as  inserted  in  your  |iapcr.  My 
name  also,  h  not  Uavid  Keller,  but  IJaniel  Kel- 
ler. 

I  am  getting-  many  letters  from  bretliren  aud 
walcTf,  asking nic  many  quwtions,  sol  thought  it 
proper  tw  give  some  satbfaoUoo  through  yi.ur 


[The. following  should  have  uppearod  sooner, 
Imt  was  unintcutiouly  mislaid,  and  henee  is  insert- 
el  DOW. — Eu8.] 

L.VST  Sunday  the  23rd  inst,  we  had  meeting 
for  the  first  time  in  a  new  and  commodious 
meeting-house  near  Union  Station,  a  small  village 
in  Lanciiater  Co.,  Pa.  On  Sunday,  December  6th, 
we  had  meeting  for  the  first  time  in  a  new  meet- 
ing-house, about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  from  the 
former.  We  had  good  attendance  during  the 
mcotiug.  Good  attention  paid  to  the  Word 
preached.  Tho  congregation  seemed  to  take  more 
interest  in  this  meeting,  than  in  the  center  part  of 
our  own  district  whore  wc  arc  better  known. 

I  will  heresjiy,  lliat  thesetwo  mcettng-houses  were 
built  under  somewhat  jwculiar  circumstances.— 
The  llrclhreti  did  not  build  them,  but  the  commu- 
nity rather  built  them  for  the  Brethren.  The  peo- 
ple about  Union  Station  had  iu  contemplation  for 
some  time  to  build  a  mcvting-hoiise.  There  are 
two  grave-yards  uenr  the  village  ;  one,  one  and 
one-fourth  mile  Eaat  of  town,  and  the  other  a 
little  North  of  the  place.  The  people  wore  anx- 
ious to  havo  a  meetiug-hotisc  erected  near  these 


ACCORDING  to  previous  arrangements,  breth- 
ren Lewis  Kinsey  and    Lewis  W.   Teeter 
were  to  go  to  Fulton  and  Marshall  counties  to 
hold  some  meelinfrs,  and  in  order  to  enjoy  these 
meetings  and   visit  relatives   and  friends,    I  con- 
cluded to  accompany  them,  the  time  being  set  t*.* 
start  on  Friday,  the  1 1th  of  January.      The  day 
previous  to  starting  we  got  the  sad  news  that  Bro. 
Teeter  was   sick  and   consequently   could  not   go 
with  us.     Not  to  disappoint  the  brethren  entirely 
Bro.  Kinsey  and  I  went,  and  were  met  at  Logans- 
port  by  Bro.  Aaron  Brower  (my  tather-in-law) 
who  look  us  to  his  home  eixteeu  miles  uorth-west 
of  Logousport,  where  there  are  no  membere  Hv' 
ing  but  himself  and  sister  Brower.    Saturday  at 
ten  o'clock,  we  met  at  Brower's  school  house  for 
worslii)!.     The  weather  being  disagreeable,  and  in 
a    Catholic    community,    the  congregation   was 
small,  but  in  the  evening  the  house  was  pretty 
veil  tilled.     On  Sunday  morning  aud  evening  we 
had  mccliog  about  four  miles  further  north  in  a 
little  town  culled  Piea.*ant  Grove,  prejiching  in 
the  Disciple's  meeting-house.     Here  we  had  large 
congregations.     The.  subject  in  the  morning  was 
tjiken  from  Acta  'J  :  G,  and  in  the  evening  from 
Luke    17 ;     26.       Many    expressed     themselves 
pk-osed  with  the  doclrine  and  said  it  was  the  first 
preaching  they  ever  heard  from  the  Brethren. — 
They  seemed  anxious  to  have  the  meetings  con- 
tinued  longer,  but  the  aiipoiutment,i  were  made 
ivhcad  and  wc  could  not  stay.     Ou  Monday  even- 
ing we  were  back  at  the  school  house  again  ;  had 
a  full  house  and  the  best  of  order  and  attention. 
This  was  our  last  nit-etiiig  in   this  ncighhoriiood. 
Bro.  Kinsey  held  the  word  and  will  of  God  forci- 
bly and  iilainly  boi;..re  his  hearei^,  and  I  believe 
by  the  power  oi'  the  ^''ord  preached  there   were 
many  good  and  solemn  itupre^ious  made.     There 
waa  tlie  same  trouble  here  that  is  frequently  com- 
plained of,  just  when  a  good  interest  was  awaken- 
ed aud  the  congregation   uarmcd  up,   we  liad   to 
leave  them.     Now,  brethren,  here  is  a  misislonnry 
field  .)pen  close  at  home,  and  one  in  whicli  there 
might  be  much  good  done.     On  Tucsday.the  I5th, 
wc  were  taken  into  Marehall  county,  about  twen- 
ty-five miles  north-east,  near  Argos,  ou  the  Michi- 
gan and  Indiauftijolis  road.     Here  wc  met  with  a 
number  of  brethren  and  sisters  and  it  made 
fuel  like  getting  home  to  assemble  with  tliem. 
This  church  numbers  about  seventy  members 
Brethren  Henry  Deardorff,  Aaron  IIulTman  and 
Aaron  Swihart  are  their  minislc-rs.    Bro.  Abra- 
ham Miller  is  their  elder  but  does  not  live  in  this 
congregation.     Here  Bro.   Kinsey  commenced  a 
series  of  mectmgs^on  Tuesday  evening  continuing 
the  evening  meetings  through  the  week  and  on 
Sunday  had  two  meetings.     On  Sunday  out-  made 
It  her  choice  to  tbUow  her  blessed  Savior  into  the 
stream  aud  bo  baptized  according  to  his  Word 
The  scene  at  the   water  was  truly  solemn,  aud 
tears  rolled  down  Uie  chetks  of  many.    Some 
wcrotcaw  of  joy,  while  we  believe  sJme  wei-e 
tears  of  conviction.    Some  said  they  knew  it  was 
their  duty  to  come  out  upon  tlio  Lord's  side  but  it 
seems  they  could  not  quite  get  the  consent  of  their 
mm.k     Oh,  may  God  help  them  to  come  while 
they  have  the  ble*^ed  opportunitv  and  while  they 
liavc  hcjilth  and  strength.    This  church  seems  to 


at  the  Nichols'  meeting-house  with  good  con>r-. 
gallons  and  good  order.  In  this  church  is  whe 
Elder  David  Becblelhimi.-r  lives.  He  met  wiiU 
us  at  two  of  the  meetings.  The  last  meetini; 
Tuesday  evening,  ended  Bro.  Kinsey's  labors  o 
this  mission,  making  fifteen  seimons  while  he  »-, 
out.  Hope  there  may  much  fruit  grow  out  of  hi 
labors  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  goui. 
We  thank  the  Brethren  and  friends  for  their 
kindness  toward  us.  Got  home  the  2.3rd  j^nA 
found  all  well,  for  which  we  feel  to  thank  th 
Lord.  Abraham  Bowmak 

HuffCTstown ,  Iiul. 


DIED. 

Ob.timrios  should  bo  brief,  wriUoo  on  but  one  aido  of  a 
pupcr,  aoil  scparuiv  frou]  all  other  buaincsg. 


EBY. — In  the  city  of  Lanark,  Carroll  Co  ni 
Feb.  14,  1878,  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  b.  p' 
Eby,  sister  Ciai-a  H.  Eby,  aged  27  yeat«  j 
monllis  and  20  days.  ' 

HOLSINGEU.— In  Bethel  church,  Fillmore  Co 
Nebraska,  November  26th,  1S77,  Nelson  Hoi' 
siuger,  aged  7  yeai«,  4  mouths  and  2'J  days. 

HOLSINGER. — In  same  congregation,  Dee.  1 
1877,  Henry  Holsiuger,  aged  0  years,  1  month 
and  7  days. 

HOLSINGER. — In  same  congregation,  Dec.  22 
ISi7,  Sylvia  Holsmger,  aged  5  years,  1  month 
and  7  days.  A.  Hoi^ingur. 

WILLIA.MS.— In  the  Nettle  Creek  church,  Ind. 
on  Feb.  7lh,  1878,  sister  Su.sannn  Williams,  ag' 
ed  76  years,  11  months  and  5  days.  ' 

A.  Boiv.\tAN. 

SPITZER.— In  Ray  Co.,  Mo.,  February  6th  78 
J(;el  Spitzer,  in  his  73rd  year  of  age.  ' 

BOWM.'VN. — In  the  same  place,  January  23  78 
Anna  Bowman,  aged  about  57  years.  '  ' 

A.  IUrpeh. 

STEPHENS.— In  Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  February 
6th,  1878,  Adaline  Stephens,  aged  28  veare  6 
months  and  25  days.  W.'K.  s! 

BASHORE.— In  the  Oakland  church,  Darke  Co 
Ohio,  February  4th,  1878.  Mary  Bashor,  aged 
24  years,  0  months  and  8  days.' 

M.  C.  Hardiu.v. 

STOPPER.— In  the  Sandy  church.  Columbiana 
Co.,  Ohio.,  Jan.  25lli,  1878,  John  Arthur,  a^ed 
1  year,  3  months  and  11  days.  " 

A.  SmvELY. 

CRILL.— In  the  North  Manchester  church,  Wa- 
bash  Co.,  Ind.,  January,  17,  1878,  sister  Lydja 
Crill,  aged  47  years,  ."J  months  aud  28  days.* 
D.  Nefp. 

SWIHART.— In  Butler,  Richland  Co.,  0..  Jau. 
2.5th,  1878,  Martha  Ellen  Swihart,  aged  3  vijare] 
7  months  and  27  ilays.  W.  A.  Muriuy. 

COVER.— In  the  Indian  Creek  Branch,  Fayette 
Co,,  Pa.,  December  23rd,  1877,  sister  Elizabeth 
Cover  aged  72  years,  3  months,  and  27  days. 

D.  D.  HORNKR. 


^iisrisroiJisr  CEMENTS. 


NoTicrj  of    Lovc-rcMls,    DUlriol    Meetings,    «<.■.. 
be  brittf,  and  written  ou  paper  separate 
from  ollior  business. 


The  Brethren  of  Northern  Iowa  and  Minnesota 
will  hold  their  District  Meeting,  in  the  Root  Riv- 
er congregation,  Fillmore  Co.,  Minn.,  on  March 
15, 1878.  J.  OcG. 


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^iglil  pasHcnger  trains,  going  eiwt  nud  west,  meet  anJ 
Iwive  Unark  at  2:2\  A.  M  ,  arriving  in  Huoiiio  at  0;00 
A.    M..   and  at    Bock  Island  nt  fiiOO  A.  M. 

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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'BehoU  I  Bring    You  Good  Tidhigs  of  Gvml  Jo,j,  which   Shall  be  unto  All  Feopkr-hvKV.  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  February  28, 1878. 


No.  9. 


Tb6  Brethren  at  Work,  pnucipi*^  which  jt>stifi..sUK-exim'ssi, 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

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SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

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THE  CROSS  OF  CHRIST. 

in   .!AMt:s  Y.  HECKLER. 

In  love  Submitted,  to  Bro.  L.  HiUery  of  Shannon,  111. 
I.  H.  E,  I. 

TUe  cross  ufClirisl. 

My    broelii-T    itcnr. 

la   much    despised, 

By    DJuriaU    here. 

But   ir   we    would 

Its   gloriea    share, 

'Tis    uuJcrsIood. — 

Tbat  we  muBt  hear 
IH  I'lilTleH  ""  O'T  flesli  iind  CMidfy, 
In  lift  our  onriiol  man,  who  would  deny, 
Iguore  nud  niilliry  tlie  work  of  gmce, 
WjlU  means  upproprinted  to  our  case, 
(jf  leprosy  williin.  Oo,  preach  tiio  erosB, 
Live  under  ihc  cross,  show  ainner;  the  loss 

Tliey   will  suBliiiii, 

If     they      reinniD 

SlniDgi-'ra  to  grace, 

Ti>  truth  and  faith. 

They    will    not  aee 

The    Lord,    Dor    be 

Likelliu;  but  they 

Who      disohey,    — 

Will     all     receive. 

By   BeDloncc  hard, 

A      just      rewjird, 

Of    puniahnieni,  — 

And        lianishmeut 

From  ceaaetcs»b1iE8 

To  the  greut  obyas 

Of    dart      despair. 

To      welter      there 

Eternally       whore, 

The    devil     reigns. 

In  lire  nnd  uhiiius, 

.\nd  ainiiers  groan, 

Lament    nn<I  monn. 

Dear  brother  thou. 

Hast   k-unu'd    how 

To    Btoup  anil  how 

I'nder      the     cross 

Of    Christ    because 

The  cross  withtrials 

Of       self  ■  deniiih, 

On  you    wflH    Inid, 

And     you     obeyed, 

Those  who   believe 

The    truth,    receive 

ETEllNAL     LIFli! 


to  his  fellowMliscipley,  "  It  is  the  Loi-il."     If  w. 

tleliWratc-ty  thrust  onr  hund  into  th«  lir,-,  there  I  hi>oh  pi-ecopt."     Irftus  Uke  honiPinto  otir  heart 


the  Loi-J  both  in  our  Ijlcssinys  ami  oiir  tribiili 
tioiw.     We  idl   need  "  linp  upon  Uiie.   precept 


IT  IS  THE  LOKD. 

Iir  C,  H,  BALiJBADOH. 

ToBvothci'  Sv  H.  BathOt:—     i 

YOUR  welcome  missive,  written  from  the 
Mauor  Cluuch,  MiiryUnd,  was  duly  re- 
ceived. As  you  gave  no  specific  directious 
where  to  address  you,  I  venture  to  rt;ach  you 
through  this  public  mediuoi. 

take  care  of  your  health.  It  is  the  gift  of 
Qod,  and  a  priceless  oiie.  The  effectiveness  of 
Jour  ministry  is  hugely  dependent  on  its  pre^ 
wrvation.  Heed  the  principle  of  Paul's  advice 
to  Timothy,  without  adopting  it  literally  (1 
Tim.  5:  2.1).  Haul's  prestriptiou  wa-s  in  accord- 
ance with  the  current  therapeutic  notion,  but 
itshowed  his  coiicei-ii  for  bis  Ijtothor,  aud  his 
MUceplion  of  the  relation  of  heiilth  to  public 
Gospel  woik. 

-ill  that  wo  do  ha«  rct'ereuce  to  law,  and  the 
■^ieucy  of  law  is  the  presence  of  God.  Not 
•^''ly  is  "sin  the  sting  of  death,  and  law  the 
strength  of  sin,"  but  God  is  the  strength  of  the 
W.  Thia  truth  unravels  many  mysU-ries  in 
*t-  Sucrcd  Record.  Nothing  occurs,  no  matter 
'"Jw  wicked  the  immediate  agency  through 
^'•'Kli  it  originat.'s,  which  does  not  involve  a 


could  be  no  suflering  as  the  penalty  of  our  fol- 
ly, if  the  act  did  not  interfere  with  a  law  in 
which  De'ity  is  active,  and  which  is  the  basis  of 
auffering.  If  we  commit  sin.  and  suffer  tlie 
hidden  horrors  of  damnation,  or  repeat  sin  un- 
til we  are  petrified  beyond  compunction,  both 
results  lire;  the  mllictions  of  Divine  Righteous- 
ness through  the  ministry  of  law.  In  its  ulti- 
mate analysis  all  joy  and  all  sorrow  t-entres  in 
the  being  c^"  God,  in  the  law  of  whose  essential 
self-existenfie  all  effects  are  determined.  Tliere 
is  no  escape  fi-om  suflering,  and  aa  little  from 
biippiness  in  the  relation  to  law  whence  these 
diverse  eflects  issue. 

When  some  walous,  Christ-loving,  sinner- 
pitying  herald  of  th  Cross  becomes  xealous  be- 
yond his  orguuic  capucitj',  and  imposes  a  strain 
upon  his  powers,  exceeding  bis  recuperative 
capital,  God  soon  "  takes  off  bis  chariot  wheels 
and  makes  him  drive  heavily."  Many  n  Sam- 
son becomes  his  own  Delilah,  and  applies  the 
fatnl  sheaj:8  to  the  locks  that  have  their  roots 
in  the  inflexible  law  of  Jehovah.  I  liave 
seen  many  a  giant  in  Israel  "  griud  in  the  pri- 
son-house, eyeless  and  lockless,  with  no  hope  of 
a  second  growth  of  their  pristine  vigor,  and  no 
possibility  of  a  great  final  crowning  victory 
over  the  Philistine  of  wickedness.  I  recall  to 
mind  some  of  the  noblest  workers  in  the  vine- 
yard who  sank  in  middle  life  to  the  stroke  of 
avenging  law,  whom  God  had  endowed  with 
the  vital  resources  of  four-score.  When  a  false 
relation  to  law  becomes  sccouduaturo.it  requires 
a  fearful  wrench  to  get  back  into  banuony 
with  God  in  His  authoritative  behests  of  or- 
ganic law.  If  there  is  any  thing  which  I  wuiiUl 
represent  with  all  the  energy  of  God-bead,  with 
all  the  glory  and  beatitude  of  true  jieace,  and 
all  the  agony  of  self-condemnation,  aud  all  the 
terroi-^  of  Divine  wrath,  it  is  this:  "  I  KHEI' 
MY  BODY  UNDER,  AND  BRING  IT  INTO 
SUBJECTION:    lest  that  by  -vxy    means, 

WHEN  1  HAVE    PREACHED  10    OTHERS,    I  MYSELF 

SHOULD  BE  A  rASTAWAY"(l  Cor.  9:  27).  Some 
of  the  most  fatal  violations  belong  to  ouv  high- 
er nature,  originating  in  the  conscio»sne.*s  of 
moral  power,  and  work  their  way  down,  some- 
times slowly  and  sometimes  rapidly,  into  the 
baser  elements,  until  the  man  becomes  an  open 
castaway.  "'It  is  fhf  Lord."  His  retributive 
presence  accompanied  every  wrong  thought,  as- 
piration, and  act;  and  in  the  fiiuU  wrei'k  when 
soul  iind  body  are  quivering  in  the  hell  of  self- 
inflicted  woe,  He  is  asserting  His  Eternal  Law 
of  Righteousness.  Sinbelougsto  man,  but  "the 
t'ltr  of  sin  and  death  "  belong  to  God.  Hell  is 
His,  and  all  iLs  horrors,  but'  not  the  link  tbat 
connects  His  law  with  the  effect  of  its  infringe- 
ment. This  link  is  our  choice  of  a  self-plea.s- 
mg  to  ft  self-sacrificing  life.  The  controlling 
thought  of  God,  will  put  sanctity  into  the  more 
retired  relations  and  acts  of  life,  and  put  the 
most  ardent  and  unmanageahle  elements  of  our 
being  at  the  command  uf  the  Holy  Ghost.  We 
will  have  a  living  sonse  of  the  Divine  presence 
in  the  food  and  drink  which  is  to  sustain  the 
temple  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  in  our  sleep  luid 
our  labor  we  \vill  recogni/.e  forces  which  are  no 
other  than  the  benign  or  blasting  presence  of 
the  Omnipre-^^ent,  according  as  we  honor  or  di- 
ivgard  Hi=!  arrangements.  This  is  THE  Law 
which  binds  not  only  body  ami  soul,  men  and 
devils  and  angels,  but  God  Himself.  Instead  of 
being  Iawles.i  He  is  the  es.sence  of  Law.  All 
our  living  and  all  our  preaching,  is  summed  up 
in  this.  All  is  under  law,  and  whether  we  are 
to  have  Heaven  or  Hell  here  or  hereafter,  is  de- 
cided by  our  relation  to  law.  If  we  do  well,  ami 
bask  in  the  smile  of  righteousness,  "Jt  in  the 
hird."  If  we  do  evil,  and  writhe  in  the  coils 
jind  torments  of  the  worm  that  never  dies.  "  U 
is  th-  tunl"  Conscience  is  God  in  minature. 
Hell  is  His  final  and  highest  expression  of  re- 
tributive holiness.    How  proue  wc  are  to.disown 


of  bearti  the  great  trtitb  that  john  is  always 
the  lirst  to  recognize  the  Divine  presence  (John 
21:7). 

Love  finds  Jesus  when  fiiitb  is  dead  (John  20; 
1 1-H).  Self-keeping  means  harmony  with  God 
in  all  His  laws,  where  we  are  completely  be- 
yond the  reach  of  Satan  as  God  Himself  (1  John 
5;  2S).  Infraction  on  our  part  menus  victory 
for  the  devil.  "  These  things  command  and 
tench"  (I  Tim.  4:  11-16).  Forget  not  that  to 
labor  more  than  six  days  consecutively  is  a 
breach  of  the  Divide  order.  God  has  given  you 
many  great  draughts  of  fishes,  in"  dragging 
which  to  the  shore  some  threads  in  your  seine 
broke.  Sun  yourself  awhile  on  the  hank  of 
Gennesiu-et,  mending  your  net:  and  when  you 
again  "  launch  out  into  the  deep,"  and  the  bless- 
ed Jesus  fills  your  net  with  precious  souls,  may 
your  heart  break  forth  in  the  joyous  recognition. 

It  is  the  Loud," 


THE  FRUIT  OF  THE  SPIRIT. 


HY  I'HEHK  WKAKLtV. 


BUT  the  fruit  ot  the  Spirit  is,  love,  iov, 


peace,  and  long-suffering,  gentleness, 
goodness,  faith  meekness,  temperance:  against 
such  there  is  no  law  "  (Gal.  o:  22,  28).  Draw 
aside  the  misty  curtain  of  the  past, and  in  imag- 
atiou  let  us  traverse  the  fruitful  garden  of 
Eden.  Here,  dwelling  in  a  bower  of  bloom  and 
beauty,  we  see  a  mim  made  in  the  image  of  God, 
after  His  likeness.  Careful  study  of  the  mys- 
terious parts,  which,  taken  together,  form  this 
complete  whole,  reveals  to  us  tbat  this  human 
being  is  composed  of  mind  and  matter — the  lat^ 
ter  material  substance,  visible  to  the  eye — the 
former  we  become  acciuainted  with  only  by  an- 
^Uyzing  its  phenomena  a»  presented  toourol)- 
servation  and  consciousness. 

The  first  man,  Adam,  is  a  type  of  uU  our 
race.  The  mind  of  man  is  not  complex,  iis  is 
frequently  lusserted,  but  is,  in  reality  one  and 
indivisible.  However,  its  activity  can  be  exer- 
cisetl  in  different  ways,  aud  the  three  general 
divisions  given  by  metaphysicians  are  these; 
Intellect,  Sensibilities  and  Will.  We  shall  con- 
sider only  one  department  of  the  Sensibilities 
at  present.  The  heart  is  the  seat  of  affection, 
both  benevolent  and  malevolent.  Belonging  to 
the  former  class,  is  Une,  which,  Paul  tells  us,  i 
a  fruit  of  the  Spirit.  Gloomy  indeed  would  thi 
world  be  without  its  purilying  influence.  The 
heart  craves  some  object  upon  whopi  to  lavish 
the  wealth  of  it**  affection.  Deeply  to  l>e  com- 
miserated is  the  man  who  can  call  no  human 
being  his  friend.  Imagination  refuses  to  paint 
such  n  gloomy  picture.  Parents  love  theirohi!- 
(Ireu  with  a  deep,  intense  affection;  tho  laugh- 
ing huls  aud  lightr-hearteil  losses  return  the  sen- 
timent; we  till  love  our  kindred,  friends,  liomts, 
and  country.  But  arc  we  satisfled  with  these 
objeets  of  affcctioni'  No,  we  long  for  some- 
thing nobler,  purer,  holier.  We  look  arouud 
us,  and  behold  the  world  as  a  vast, picture  gal- 
lery, whose  Wauties  are  presented  to  our  vision 
in  kaleidoscopic  splendor;  and  we  are  lost  in  a 
transport  of  wonder  aiul  admiration.  Or  "Moth- 
er earth."  with  a  beautiful  hand,  lavishes  rich 
gifts  upon  us— golden  treasures  mid  ebon  dia- 
monda  from  the  mine — amlwr  grain,  luscious 
truits  and  fragrant  flowers  from  her  inexhausti- 
ble storo-house—drapery  of  velvet  soltuess  and 
silken  texture,  a  mossy  cari)et  andstarii"  canopy, 
what  can  tlie  heart  desire  now?  Are  we  un- 
grateful sons  and  daughters-'  Ohl  uo;  for  God 
has  endowed  us  with  an  immortality  that  saves 
beyond  this  perbhable  earth,  folding  not  its 
snowy  wings  until  it  searches  a  region'of  per- 
fect bliss— oven  the  Paradise  of  God. 
When  earthly  affection  fails  to  satisfy.  He 


ndsdown  llin  Holy  Spirit  to  teach  na  of  a 
love  greater  than  that  ever  felt  by  fallen  hu- 
anity.  even  that  which  led  to  an  ignomiuions 
death  on  the  cnwB— the  innocent  for  the  RuiUy. 
the  holy  for  the  uuholy.  We  listen  to  itM  gen- 
tle pleadings,  and  Mitre.  We  look  aloft  and 
behold  the  radiant  star  of  faith  in  shining,  and 
we  fancy  the  golden  gatei  ajar,  and  Jesus,  with 
a  halo  of  glory  encircling  His  blessed  brow, 
smiles  sweetly  upon  us.  Our  hearts  glow  with 
a  new  and  purer  atTection,  inspired  by  Him  who 
loveji  as  nmn  never  loved.  Everything  s.wma  to 
have  undergone  a  magical  cbauge,  "  Old  things 
have  passed  away,  and  all  tbingn  havo  becono- 
new." 

This  fruit  of  the  Spirit,  which  now  animates 
every  fibre  of  our  being,  developea  all  the  best 
antl  holiest  impulses  of  our  nature.      "  How 
s-vcet  the  name  of  Jesus  aounclt,"  now  that  we 
luv  trying  to  walk  in  His  footsteps.     But  if  we 
His  disciples,  we  must  obey  His  command- 
ments.   "  Little  children,  love  one  another." 
Jesus  "  went  about  doing  good  "  and  we  must 
imitate  His  holy    example.      Thickly   strewn 
along  life's  pathway,  are  precious  souls  expos- 
ed to  the  poiaoneil  arrow  of  the  enemy.     Let  us 
biiaten  to  their  rescue,  and  hide  them  under  tho 
shadow  of  the  wings  of  the   Most  High.     Our 
heavenly  Father  loved  the  humim  family  with 
such  a  depth  of  affection  that  He  sacrificed  His 
only  and  well-beloved  Son  that   we   might  re- 
ceive the  precious  gift  of  salvation.     "  We  love 
Him  because   He  first  loved  us;  buttbi.t  is  not 
enough;  we  must  cherish  an   affection  for «// 
nianklml  and  labor,  earnestly  lielp  them  to  be- 
come partakers  with   us  of  this  uevur-faiUng 
fountain  of  bliss  whose  soiircn    \*  in  regions  c*^ 
lestial,  and  whose   crj.ttjJ    waters   are   for   the 
cleansing  of  all  nations.     Thus,  if  we  endeavor 
faithfully  to  discharge  all   the  duties  devolving 
upon  us,  we  shall  be  happy   in  this  life,  and 
when  we    get    up    yonder,  in  our  "  Father's 
house  of  many    mousions,"  we  shall  evermore 
enjoy  unalloyeduffectioOi    "  For  love  is  heaven, 
ami  heaven  is  love." 

Brethren  and  sisters,  are  we  all  bearing  tins 
"  f'nut  of  the  Spirit?"  The  ajiostle  says,  "Love 
not  the  world,  neither  the  things  thiit  ore  in 
the  world.  If  any  man  lore  the  world,  the  love 
of  the  Father  is  not  in  him  "  (1  John  2:  15). 
Let  us  strive  earnestly^trusting  in  our  Divine 
Helper  for  strength  and  a.ssistunce.  to  "  set  our 
ullectiouH  on  things  above  rather  than  things 
on  the  earth."  Let  us  labor  mort'  eneiegetical- 
ly  in  the  Master's  vineyard,  luid  endeavor  to 
guide  many  wandering  feet  into  the  straight 
)U)d  narrow  path  thatteadeth  unto  life  eternal." 
And  you  dear  friend,  who  are  as  yet  outside 
the  lu'k  of  safety — fly  to  the  shelter  of  the 
Rock  of  ages  ere  the  whirlpool  of  sin  engulfe 


Delay  not  this  important  matter — comr 

tlarthly  friends  ofttiraes  deceive  u»; 
Those  we  love  forsake  and  leave  us; 
Con  we  find  true  friendship  never? 
Jesus'  love  abideth  ever; 

Seek,  oh  seek  this  precious  treasure; 
Stay  not  for  the  world's  vain  pleasure: 
Jesus  loves  you — oh,  receive  Him! 
He  will  save  you — oh,  believe  Him! 

Scoff  not.  His  commandments  hating^ 
Love  His  heart  is  auimating; 
Light  His  burden,  pearly  portal, 
Ojieu!  See!— a  crown  immort^U. 


What  ft  magnificent  gift  the  Creator  makes  to 
man  each  successive  Springl  What  re&esb- 
ment  of  mind  and  body,  what  conscious  or  ub- 
conscious  revivals  of  hope  in  dull  hearts,  what 
profusion  of  things  of  beauty  which  ok  a  joy 
forever,  come  with  every  Spring!  0.  for  the 
thankful  heart,  to  acknowletlge  that  ancient 
promise  so  ffuthfully  kept— "While  the  earth 
remaineth,  seed-time  imd  harvest,  cold  aud 
bent,  Stimmer  and  Winter,  day  imd  night,  shall 
not  cease," — Dt,  (iuthrit: 


THE    KRKXMRE^r    AT    AVOUKl. 


Eebruar 


"THE    NIGHT    IS    FAR    SPENT, 
THE  DAY  IS  AT  HAND.' 

IiY  UKliiflK  D.  ZOLI.KK.S. 

Tin-  night  is  ilark.  thf  i^haile*  arf  growing dt-eiwr. 
Am  the  (In-arj-  hours  are  rolling  on. 

Ami  lo!  in  Zion  thert-  is  ninny  n  hIwiht. 
Who  faiU  in  waU-h  till  the  nioming  dawn. 

The  'III)-  of  our  wilvntion  now  is  nearer, 
Than  when  it.i  joyful  hcwm  we  fintt  believwi: 

And  thoiigKour  triiilK  v«t  ™ay  '«•  severer. 
■  Tin  joy  to  hojie  we  Mjon  whail  Jk'  n-lirvwl. 

O  hn-thn-n  hwj  the  Mastrr'x  solemn  warning. 

To  wntch  amid  temptation's  gloomy  hour. 
Until  th.'  iIbwu  of  the  r«plendent  morning, 

When  He  will  come  with  glory  ;iud  with  power. 

Sweet  day  of  rent,  for  /-ion's  mourners 
When  all  their  t^arn  of  norrow  shall    l>e  wip- 
ed away, 

Who  now  muitt l)ear  the  vile  reproath  of  acornera 
Shall  wear  a  crown  of  Iwiinty  in  that  day. 

But  they  who  now  will  live  in  ease  and  pleasure 
Who  love  tfi  make   the  flesh  their  daily 

And  titore  upon  the  earth  a  fading  treasure 
To  sink  tliem  into  ruin  and  despair. 

Who  wily  avoid  the  wlf-^lenitils 

And  shun  the  diiily  cros«  whieh  they  should 
l>etir. 
Ah!  if  they  fear  to  share  the  Christian's  trials. 

How  fan  they  hope  the  robe-^of  light  to  wear. 

Their  stat«  issiul  heyond  imagination. 

Who  do  not  in  the  love  of  God  abide, 
Who  reject  the  liiw«  of  heaven's  great  salvation 

The  nolenin  warning  of  the  crucified. 

0  I  wiwh  with  one  of  old  my  head  were  watei-s. 

And  mine  eyes  were  n  fountain  too.  of  teari, 
Then  for  Zion  pi-ccious  slain,  sons  and  daughters 

1  would  weep  day  and  night  in  my  fears. 

Would  we  heed  the  counsels  of  our  Heavenly 
Teacher, 

And  follow  Him  upon  the  narrow  way, 
And  shun  the  fictions  of  the  human  creature, 

Which  only  tend  to  lead  the  soul  astray. 

Naught  will  Jit  iw  for  the  day  of  full  salvation, 
IJut  olHMlienee  to  the  Savior's  perlect  Word, 

And  constant,  meek  and  humble  resigniition, 
In  the  triab  wo  must  suffer  for  the  Lord. 

This  will  yield  to  u«  the  hope  of  con-tolation 
And  cnim   the  struggling   conscience  in  our 
hn'aat, 

Tluui  with  Christian  in  the  night  of  tribulaton, 
We'll  be  louging  for  the  day  of  promised  rest. 

Li-t  U8  bring  the  Lord  a  pure  oblation. 
And  ser'k  the  good  old  path  our  fathers  trod. 

Iir'st  we  hear  the  dreiid  dennuciation, 
And  sink  beneiitli  the  (iwful  frown  of  (-tod. 


THE    LITERAL  MEANING  OF  THE 

INSPIRED  PRECEPTS  OUR  ONLY 

SAFE  GUIDE  IN  RELIGIOUS 

FAITH   AND    PRACTICE. 

HT  .r.  w.  STRIN, 

"Thou  shall  guide  me  with  thy  counsel." — 
(Paalma  73:  M) 

NUUDEB  V. 

Christ's  prediction  of  JeruMalem,  the 
dcMtruction  of  tlie  temple,  leaving  not 
one  Htone  upon  another,  the  long  captiv- 
ity, I'.xile  and  opj)re9si()n  of  the  Jew.s, 
nAsnring  Hisdisciple.'i'  safety,  and  direct- 
ing tlieni  wlicn  toescajie,  (Mark  i;t:  '2; 
Luke  Ifl:  43,  44;  21:  18-21),  are  sti-ik- 
ing  illustrationH  of  the  literal  meaning 
of  prophecy.  Jost'phun  in  liis  account  of 
the  (le^iti-uction  of  Jerusalem  by  Titus, 
t'-lLs  UH  tlmtTurnus  Rufus  ploughed  up 
llie  grouTid  on  which  the  temple  stooil 
(Wars  of  the  Jews,  Bk.  0;  Bk.  C;  Bk. 
7, chap.  1,  2,  WhuHton'stranslation,  com- 
jmre  with  (Jer.  26:  IS;  and  Micah  .S:  12). 
The  flight  of  the  chuich  from  Jerusalem, 
.supjiosed  to  have  taken  place  during  the 
unaccountahlc  \nthdrawal  of  Cestius' 
army,  prior  to  the  Inst  siege  liy  Titus 
(Wars  of  the  Jews  Bk.  2:  Ch.  20:sec.  1), 
is  thu.s  described  by  the  historian  Eu.se- 
Itius,  "  Tlie  whole  body  of  the  church 
at  Jerusalem  having  been  comnmnded  by 
a  divine  revelation,  given  to  men  of  ap- 
]>roved  piety,  these  before  the  war  re- 
moved from  the  city  and  dwelt  at  a  cer- 
tain town  beyond  Jordan  called  Pilla  " 
(Kusebius'   Eccl.   Hist.   p.   til};  Cruse'sl 


translation).  Thedi.spei-sed  condition  of 
AbrahamV  seed  for  eighteen  centuries, 
without  a  king,  a  prince,  a  sc»'l)tre,  a 
sanctuaA'.  af»neritice,  an  altar,  an  ephod 
or  divine  communications;  oppressed  and 
pen*ecnte<l  by  all  nati()ns,  with  no  rest 
for  the  «ole.s  of  their  feet;  no  right  of 
franchise  or  property  until  the  last  few 
decades,  except  in  the  I'nited  Statc.«,  their 
interests  tVwterwl  by  no  benign  sovereign, 
notxvithstnnding  the  .'fuperior  intellectual 
attraction  of  their  men,  and  the  umsur- 
passc^d  beauty  of  their  women;  the 
lonely  exil&s  of  earth  though  the  chil- 
dren '*of  the  father  of  the  faitliftil,"  is  a 
subject  too  familiar  to  need  comment. 
The  sympathetic  heart  may  heave  the 
pensive  sigh  and  a-sk,  "  Why  was  all 
this?"  I  t<-ll  you  they  have  been  living 
witnesses  to  all  men  of  the  ^7/'7*rtUrutli- 
fulncAs  of  /i  ix  doctrine  whom  they  reject- 
ed, and  who  told  them  even  weep- 
ing, "Behold  your  house  is  left  unto  you 
desolate."  Their  present  co!idition  and 
restoration  with  their  thousands  attend- 
ant circumstances  and  events,  fraught 
with  momentous  interest  and  destiny  to 
Christian,  Jew,  Mohammedan,  and  Pa- 
gan, and  the  whole  moral  and  physical 
world  around  us,  is  a  subject  of  rntense 
and  thrilling  interest,  to  the  student  of 
prophecy  who  l)elieves  what  he  reads, 
and  observes  elosely  the  striking  pro- 
jihetic  coincidents  of  the  present  century, 
And  now,  dear  reader,  I  pause  to  ask 
you,  suppose  the  prophecies  alluded  to 
iuul  lleen  received,  understood  and  pre- 
jmred  for  according  to  the  spiritualizing 
theory  of  the  schools  of  modern  divinity, 
what  disappointments,  chagrin  and  helj; 
less  ruin  would  have  been  the  result^ 
But  those  who  believed  the  Word  of  God 
found  it  certain  and  its  own  interpreta- 
tion sure. 

I  have  read  some  spiillualizing  works 
on  propliecy,  but  could  never  derive 
much  .satisfaction  from  them,  they  were 
so  couti'adictory,  until  finally  conclud- 
ing I  could  understand  the  Bible  be.stby 
believing  just  what  it  (>aid,  and  compil- 
ing and  classifying  its  own  statements. 
Since  then  my  short  insight  into  proph- 
ecy has  been  at  least  intelligent  and  ed- 
ifying to  my  own  mind,  furnishing  me  a 
standard  by  which  I  can  test  the  pro- 
ductions of  men.  I  have  al.so  found 
much  comfort  in  associating  mth  breth- 
ren to  find  many  here  and  there  strangers 
in  the  flesh,  to  myself  and  one  another, 
having  never  read  any  book  on  prophecy 
but  the  Bible,  holding  clearly  the  same 
outlines  of  prophecy  with  myself,  which 
has  often  made  me  feel  that  we  had  lieen 
fellow-. students  at  the  same  school,  and 
learned  of  Jesus  together. 

Peter  says,  we  have  a  more  sure  word 
of  prophecy;  whereuuto  ye  do  well  that 
ye  take  heed  as  unto  a  light  that  shiueth 
iu  a  dark  jdace,  until  the  day  dawn  and 
the  day  star  arise  in  your  hearts;  kru/ir- 
thiftjirst,  Oiat  naj>mplmytj  of  the  Scrip- 
ture ix  of  any  private  interjiretation. 
For  prophecy  came  not  in  olden  time 
by  the  will  of  man:  but  holy  men  of 
God  spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the 
Holy  Ghost"  (Pet.  2:  lit-21).  Paid 
says,  "  Whatsoever  things  were  wi'itten 
aforetime,  were  written  for  (mr  Uann7></ 
that  we  through  patience  and  comfort  of 
the  Scriptures  might  have  hope  "  (Rom. 
15:4).  Notice  then,  we  have  a  "  swe 
word  of  prophecy."  Is  it  not  therefore 
certain  and  leliable?  We  have  a  Word 
'  imto  which  we  do  well  to  tale  heed'' 
and  these  things  were  "  irritten  for  our 
learniiuj.'"  May  we  not  therefore  under- 
stand themi  We  have  a  "Word  that 
"  shineth  fw  a  light  in  a  dark  plai-ey 

Need  we  therefore   abide   in  darkness?    and  i)raycifully  seek   the  wisdom  which 
We  have  a  Word  thi-ough  the  Zcrt/vtm^  |  coiueth  from   above,   relying   upon   the 


of  u^hielt  we  may  have  a  patient  and 
comfortable  ho]ie  of  the  things  of  which 
we  have  been  assured.  May  we  not 
then-fore  depend  ujion  it?  We  have 
what  holy  men  of  Gud  "  sj>ake  :i-s  they 
were  moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit."  There- 
fore they  spake  what  the  Holy  Spirit 
meant,  not  some  human  speculation. 

We  have  prophecy,  no  part  of  which 
is  of  any  "  yjr/t'ff/*  intery>?'t?tntlon,^'  there- 
fore we  need  not  the  spiritualizing  in- 
ventions of  man,  nor  his  logical  deduc- 
tions fi-om  human  premises  which  antag- 
onize the  divine  Word.  We  have  a  giv- 
en method  by  which  to  prosecute  our 
Scriptural  investigations,  with  accui'acy, 
comfort  and  profit,  and  God's  Word  may 
indeed  be  "  a  lamp  to  our  feet  and  a 
light  to  our  path."  But  again  we  urge 
our  position,  because 

4.  The  l\'ord  itsiJf  dedare-i  it.  The 
apostle  Paul  say.s,  "  All  Scripture  is  giv- 
en by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profit- 
able for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correc- 
tion, for  instruction  in  righteousness,  that 
the  man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thor- 
oughly furnished  unto  all  good  works  " 
(2  Tim.  3:  10,  17)  But  if  any  part  is 
of  doubtful  interpretation  when  taken 
in  connection  witli  the  whole,  "  compar- 
ingspiritual  things  with  spiritual "  the 
whole  cannot  be  adapted  to  the  thor- 
ough preparation  and  perfection  of  the 
child  of  God.  But  since  it  is  "  profit- 
able for  doctrine,"  it  maybe  understood; 
since  "  for  reproof,"  no  sin  need  go  un- 
rebuked;  since  '*  for  correction,"  all  error 
may  be  exjiosed  and  abandoned;  and 
since  "  for  iustruction  in  righteousness," 
we  need  not  remain  ignorant  of  any  part 
of  our  whole  duty;  all,  is  suited  to  fui-- 
nish  the  *'  man  of  God,"  not  partially 
in  things  of  doubtful  character,  but 
"  thoron^fhhf  unto  all  f/ood  works.''  "The 
Law  of  tlie  Lord  is  perfect,  converting 
the  soul:  the  testimony  of  the  Lord  is 
sure,  making  wise  the  simple.  The  stat- 
utes of  the  Lord  are  ritjht,  rejoicing  the 
heart:  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
is  pure,  enlightening  tlie  et/es"  (Ps.  19: 
7,8).  "The  words  of  the  Lord  are 
pu7'e  words:  as  silver  tried  in  a  furnace 
of  earth,  purified  i<even  times"  (Ps.  12: 
C).  "-_-!//  His  commandments  are  fnt/re" 
(Ps.  111:7).  "His  Word  is  inie  ^om 
the  beginning"  (Ps.  119:  160  ).  ''All 
the  words  of  His  mouth  are  in  right- 
eousnesx;  there  is  nothing  froward  or 
perverse  in  them.  They  a?-e  plain  to 
him.  that  v/nderst<jndeth,  and  riglit  to 
them  that  seek  knowledge  "  (Prov.  8:  8, 
V)).  Their  writers  have  used  "great 
plainness  of  speech  "  (2  Cor.  3:  12),  «nd 
to  distort  them  by  sophistical  reasoning, 
ormisi-epresentthem  by  injudicious  spir- 
itualizijig  comments,  is  to  pervert  the 
divine  Law  and  utterly  destroy  the 
foundation  of  man's  present  hope,  or  fu- 
ture fruition,  leaving  the  reader  iu  aw- 
ful suspense,  respecting  the  Lord's  will, 
and  his  own  duty  or  destiny. 

Hence,  I  maintain  that  the  semi-infi- 
delity that  accepts  just  so  much  of  the 
Word  as  suits  it,  and  rejects  the  rest, 
converts  "  the  truth  of  God  into  a  lie,"  is 
one  of  the  most  treacherous  foes  with 
which  true  Christianity  has  to  contend. 
Paul  commended  the  Bereans  because 
they  tested  the  preaching  of  his  day  by 
Scriptural  examiuation,  "  They  received 
the  Word  with  all  readiness  of  mind  and 
searcheil  the  Scriptures  daily,  whether 
these  things  were  so  "  (Acts  17:  10). 
They  could  decide  the  chai-acter  even  of 
the  apostolic  teachings  by  comparing 
them  with  what  had  been  written,  which 
was  jjlain  enough  for  them  to  understand. 
So  let  it   be   with    us.     Let  us  humbly 


y  Qh 

influences  of  the  "  Spii-it  of  truth.*»  TtT 
many  who  profess  to  be  influenced  /" 
the  Holy  Sjiirit,  m-e  influence<l  bv  ^.i*' 
spirits,  appears  not  only  trom  tlie  i,  ■ 
ciples  which  they  propagate,  but  tl" 
their  teaching,  not  only  contradict  ir 
Word,  but  each  other. 

May  the  Lord  guide  us  with  HU  com, 
sel,  for   His  "  counsels  of  old  are  JVn 
fulness  and  truth  "  (Is.  25: 1),  that  ^K■\ 
our  conflicts  here  are  over,  we  may  ' 
the    victor's   "  song    of  Moses   and  ^v 
Lamb,  sayi"g,  great  and   niarveloi,.,  ^  " 
thy   works,    Lord   God  Almighty  ■ 
and  true  are  tJi/y  vjai,St   thou  Kini, 
saints"  (Rev.  1.5:  3).  May  the  Urd  „2i 
Hin  hl€ftsi7igs. 

{Concluded.) 


•NO  HELL." 


■T.  S.    FLORY. 


ToD.M:— 
\EAR  FRIEND: 


lui 


"TVEak  iauJi-i\JJ:  lu  response  to  your 
-L'  rerpiest,  I  will  pen  a  few  thoughts 
upon  the  subject  of  "  no  hell "  which  i 
the  all-absorbing  topic  at  present  amone 
many  religionists.  Why  this  great  sfir 
all  at  once?  Why  this  great  conimotioti 
about  a  matter  so  plainly  taught  in  %, 
Scriptures?  Do  not  these  convulsions 
in  the  religious  world,  clearly  demon. 
strate  to  every  right-thinking  mind,  that 
the  masses  instead  of  thinking  for  them. 
selves,  have  a  few  men  to  do  their  think- 
ing for  them,  especially  in  religions 
matters?  How  else  could  we  account 
for  so  many  running  pell-mell  fliiie  a 
flock  of  sheep),  the  way  a  Beecher  m 
a  Farrar  leads? 

People  talk  of  liberty  and  freedon 
while  slaves  to  the  wild  views  of  sen^ 
sationalists,  who  are  ever  studying  hoiv 
to  keep  in  the  way  of  the  popular  cur- 
rent, no  matter  how  adverse  that  may 
be  to  the  divine  Scriptures.  Let  us  look 
this  matter  squarely  in  the  face.  Sup- 
pose you  were  passing  along  the  high- 
way,  surrounded  by  the  light  and  warmth 
of  the  noonday  sun,  and  you  meet  a  man 
and  he  says  to  you,  "  Do  you  believe  in 
there  being  a  sun  \ "  You  say  of  course, 
"  yes."  He  laughs  at  you  and  aays, 
"  My  friend,  you  are  mistaken,  your  lie- 
lief  is  a  matter  of  wrong  education,  yom' 
views  are  imaginary,  figuratively  speak- 
ing there  is  a  sun,  but  really  there  is  no 
such  thing,"  you  would  consider  themau 
an  idiot  or  a  man  wanting  in  conmon 
sense.  So  when  a  man  says  there  is  no 
future  hell  you  may  set  it  down  he  is  a 
monomaniac  or  a  hypocrite  in  the  super- 
lative degree.  If  there  be  any  one  thing 
prominent  and  emphatic  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, ic  is  the  fact  set  forth  there  is  a 
hell  for  the  wicked.  How  any  man  cftn 
be  so  inconsistent  as  to  profess  to  beheve 
in  the  "  blood  of  Christ "  and  at  the 
same  time  deny  the  existence  of  a  future 
punishment,  is  something  we  can't  un- 
derstand. 

The  same  authority  that  said  Christ 
shed  His  blood  that  the  world  might  be 
saved,  also  says,  "  the  wicked  shall  M 
turned  into  hell."  He  that  sinneth 
against  the  Holy  Ghost,  is  "  in  (i"Dgfr 
of  eternal  damnation."  That  there  is  a 
sin  that  shall  not  be  forgiven  in  this  woi'lu 
"neither  in  the  world  to  come,"  an« 
many  other  like  passages,  prove  uiof' 
conclusively  there  is  a  terrible  doom 
awaiting  the  wicked.  But,  snys  on''. 
those  terms  that  speak  of  future  punish- 
ment, do  not  mean  what  they  say—'"'* 
miHtranslat'xoixs.  If  so,  then  what  assur- 
ance have  we  for  endless  or  eternal  hap- 
piness? The  term  given  to  jiorti-ayto 
the  mind  the  beauties  of  heaven,  way"' 
like  manner  mean  something  ^l'^^-  -^^  .'; 
with  this  infidelity   that   would  modU) 


tTebruary   '-iH. 


^^^;:^^;;^  of  hdl  to  suit  the  ideas  of 
,u,ii:  •i"'3  tlieorifs  fli"t  ol>jeet  not  totlu- 
„ooJ  <1''''  '"  '"  **"■  ^""SP'-I.  l<ut  woulj 
i,„kc  Oo'l  ^  ''■"■  '"  r'-si'si^t  to  all  the 
,,,,.ult  as|«its  of  the  free  law  of  liberty. 
■  Hecchei-  ayd  men  of  his  mold  of  niiud, 
Jon't  J?"  '"  *''"  •"^a^en  of  such  a  (ioci 
^  «-ill  "  cren**'  millions  of  hunnin  beings 
a„d  tlK'B  sweep  them  off  like  flies  into 
^ijery  auJ  ruin."  What  blasphemy, 
,vhiit  terrible  words  eoming  from  men 
„f  such  iufluenee!  Is  a  judge  a  mean 
^an  because  he  sentences  the  prisoner  at 
(lie  bar,  to  death  or  to  a  life  of  mbevy 
licliiuJ  irou  '""^'  No,  justice  demandi 
tliat  he  thus  pass  sentence.  It  is  not  the 
jjidge  that  is  to  blame  for  passing  sen- 
tence; it  is  the  law  that  does  it.  The 
:„,l(/e  gives  decision  according  to  law, 
and  execution  follows  as  a  matter  of  jus- 
iice.  There  is  an  inexorable  law  as  fix. 
cJ  anil  unalterable  as  God  Himself  that 


THE    BRETHKEN    A^T    ^V-onK. 


stolu-,"  the  slightest  conception  of  the 
niisery  and  woe  of  souls  alienated  from 
(iod  in  the  spiritmil  state. 

You,  ray  frienil,  fear  or  intimate  that 
you  think  it  a  bail  state  of  affairs  for 
men  of  such  iufluenee  to  give  vent  to 
such  thoughts  as  Beecher  did.  It  may 
be  all  for  the  better.  It  will  open  the 
eyes  of  some,  we  trust,  to  see  where  hu- 
man theories  will  lead  and  what  folly  to 
accept  of  opinions  that  savor  of  the  slime 
of  the  So-pent.  If  Satan  woidd  come 
out  from  under  the  sacerdotal   robes  so 


dignation."  As  this  was  to  be  the  great 
monarchy  power  represented  by  the  im- 
age that  WfLs  to  he  broken  liy  the  stone 
(since  it  was  It.une),  it  is  evident  tl'nt 
its  head  must  be  in  Europe,  and  uuist 
be  the  empire  represented  by  the-  septi- 
mo-octuve  head  of  the  beast  in  Revela- 
tion. Now,  the  great  power  which  tills 
half  of  Kurope  and  overshadows  and 
controls  the  re.«t,  is  the  rising  colossus, 
Russia;  Uns.sla,  therefore,  nuist  be  the 
power  intended  as  falling  in  the  holy 
mountain.     Now,  as  Kzekiel,  almost  lit- 


shapes 


the    destiny    of  all   men.     God'; 


pjcitv  has  intervened  to  save  men,  and 
ly  His  mercy  all  may  be  saved.  But 
just  so  certain  as  men  transgress  the  Law 
of  trod,  that  Law  th.at  raises  men  on  a 
pl.me  with  Divinity,  upward  toward 
lieaven  and  eternal  glory — I  say  all  that 
ti-aiisgress  that  Law  must  sink  down  on 
a  level  with  devils;  there  is  no  power 
can  or  will  save  them ;  God  wonld  have 
them  saved ,  but  they  w-ould  not  be  sav- 
ed, hence  they  cannot  nor  \vill  not  be  sav- 
ed, to  hell  they  must  go.  Who  can  blame 
God  for  the  separation  when  He  done 
all  in  the  bounds  of  justice  to  have  them 
come  to  Him  in  union  and  love? 

Let  us  rea-son  a  little  on  the  subject. 
If  you  know  that  to  thrust  your  hand 
into  the  fire,  l)urns  it,  can  you  blame 
the  fire  for  doing  that  which  according 
to  natural  laws  it  will  do  ?  If  a  man 
walk,  against  knowledge  and  reason,  ov- 
er a  precipice  and  meets  death  at  the 
bottom,  who  can  blame  the  precipice 
the  law  of  gravitation  for  the  catastr 
phe?  the  man  alone  is  to  blame.  If 
man  throws  hira.self  into  the  sea  and  is 
drowned,  is  the  water  to  blame?  No  the 
man  is  to  blame  and  he  alone.  So  with 
men  and  women  who  in  the  very  face  of 
what  is  God's  Law,  choose  to  walk  into 
the  tire,  walk  over  the  precipice,  or  are 
drowned  in  the  sea  of  iniquity,  can  they 
blame  God  for  their  folly  i  they  and  they 
alone  are  to  Wame. 

As  regards  blir  views  upon  the  subject 
under  consideration,  I  hope  I  have  none 
other  than  Seriptiu-al  views — they  are 
the  best.  Better  believe  what  God  says, 
about  everlasting  punishment,  than  te 
even  hope  the  views  of  men  may  be  cor- 
rect. The  New  Testament  Scriptuies 
tell  us  there  is  a  heaven  for  the  just,  let 
us  beli&vc  that  with  all  our  heart.  They 
alsb  tell  us  there  is  a  hell  for  the  wicked 
and  luijust,  let  wTFpJieve  thot  with  all 
otir  soul.  ^So'  bielievibg^  let  us  wxirship 
God  with  our  body,  soul,  and  spirit,  thjit 
all  may  be  sanctified,  purified  and  fitted 
for  comniuuion  with  God  here  and  here- 
after we  need  not  be  peri)lexed  about 
.whether  there  is  hell  or  not.  It  will  be 
Enough  fur  us  to  know  tliere  is  a  heaven. 
The  devils  know  there  is  a  hell  and  the 
wicked  shall  most  certainly  find  it  out 
iu  due  time. 

What  else  hell  may  mean,  it  means 
iqianitim,  ftom  God  and  thi-i  to  all  tier- 
"'ly-  Take  away  all  the  literal  fire  and 
Winistonc  from  the  lake  and  it  will  be 
airfJeven  then  beyond  our  finite  con- 
ception. My  idea  is  that  heaven  and  the 
joys  of  heaven,  are  far  beyond  our  com- 
lU'chensiou  in  what  God  has  laid  up  for 
"■crighteotis;  in  like  manner  the  hor- 
'or*  of  the  doomed  soulsin  eternity,  are 
far  beyond  our  comprehension — we  have 
"ot,  even  in  the  iScriptural  illustintion 
"a  lake   burning  with  fire  and   brim- 


,  ■,  .  -  -    _,    I  ...  ..^.  .,  ,    ua   «jnv.iviti,    Ullliuai.    Ill,- 

tdat  we  might  see  him  from  his  hoins  to    erally,  ih>>vvi\n'»  Uusmu  .us falling,  on  the 


his  cloven  feet,  we  could  see  better  where 
to  throw  tho  spear,  and  how  to  tight  him. 
This  fightiug  him  in  anihnsh,  clothed  in 
the  "  being  of  lieaven  "  and  with  the 
7iamc  of  Jesus  on  his  banner,  is  what  is 
doing  ao  much  mischief,  and  en- 
ables  him  to  lead  so  many  captive  at  his 
will.  If  he  mil  come  forth  and  show 
his  true  coloi-s,  bow  long  suppose  you  he 
could  stand  the  glare  of  the  Gospel  I'ays? 
Not  long,  Populuropiniou  invites  him 
out~he  now  shirks  the  responsibility  of 
eternal  punishment.  Ere  long,  (we  have 
an  idea)  he  will  come  out  and  through 
the  medium  of  some  high-minded  trump- 
ets, startle  the  world  with  the  theory 
that  the  doctrine  of  atanement  "  is  all 
farce!"  Startle  not,  reader,  that  day  is 
not  far  off.  Just  so  soon  as  the  popular 
mind  is  ready  for  it,  it  will  come. 

But  we  are  growing  too  lengthy.  We 
close  by  saying,  we  have  of  late  been 
reminded  (while  reading  those  extracts 
of  sermons  which  modifies  hell  ao  beau- 
tifully!) of  the  anecdote  of  a  certain 
man,  who,  when  even  he  went  to  his 
prayers  he  would  speak  well  of  both 
God  and  Satan;  not  knowing  into  which 
one's  hands  he  would  fall,  he  wanted  to 
keep  on  friendly  terms  with  both  God 
and  Satan.  So  with  some  men  these 
days,  they  would  hare  a  soft,  pleasant 
bed  made  for  them  in  Hades,  it  being 
possible  they  may  take  up  lodging  there. 

BALDWIN'S  PROPHECY. 

CONSIDERABLE  interest  has  been 
manifested  in  S.  D.  Baldwin's  proph- 
ecy, made  in  1854.  AVe  therefore  print 
his  remarkable  exposition  of  the  proph- 
ecy of  Daniel.  According  to  Mr.  Bald- 
win\s  views  of  Daniel,  Ru.ssia  was  to 
overthrow  Turkey  within  eighteen 
months  after  the  conimeueement  of  the 
struggle,  and  this  seema  to  have  already 
been  fulfilled.  We  look  with  interest 
to  hi«  future  predictions — Eds. 

A  book  out  of  print,  entitled  "■Arma- 
geddon, or  the  United  States  in  Proph- 
ecy," written  by  the  Rev.  S.  D.  Bald- 
win, a  Presliyterian  minister  of  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  thuii  President  of  Simb- 
Female  CuUoge,  but  long  d^cea;>eij,  wa^ 
publih-sed  in  1854.  AVTien  the  work  ap- 
peai'ed  it  attracted  very  wide. attention. 
Among  the  predictions  was  a  blood^ 
and  furious  war  to  begin  in  1801,  and 
end  on  the  U'th  day  of  18fio— a  war 
whic^i  exactly  fulfills  the  teim  of  the 
late  rebellion,  Johnston  having  surien 
dt-red  to  Sherman  April  511,  lfS(>5,aud 
thus  terminated  the  array  of  arms-.  From 
the  exposition  of  the  prophetic  part*  of 
the  Bible  wu  copy  as  follows: 

"  At  the  time  of  the  end."  This  pe- 
riod was  to  be  that  between  the  first  and 
\ast  endings  of  the  three  and  a  half  times, 
or  between  177(5  and  187S,  or  between 
the  l.-'i)(i,  and  l,.'!;i5  days.  During 
this  period  this  willful  king  was  to  come 
to  his  end:  but  before  his  end,  he  wad  to 
engage  in  war  for  some  outlying  conn 
tries,  and  was  to  be  interrupted  by  two 
great  powers,    but  •was  to  conquer  aiid 


prospe] 


till  the  *'  last    end  of  the   iu- 


mountains  of  Israel,  in  the  latt^^-r  day  he 
furnishes  further  evidence  that  the  fourth 
kingdom,  iu  the  time  of  the  end,  Wius  to 
be  resurrected  in  or  by  Russia.  The 
willful  kingdom  was  an  autocrat  among 
nations,  and  so  is  the  Russian  kingdom. 
"  The  king  of  the  south  shall  push  or 
butt  at  him,  and  the  king  of  the  north 
shall  come  against  him  like  a  whirlwind, 
with  chariots,  and  with  hoi-semen,  and 
with  many  sliips." 

The  two  kingdoms*,  under  the  nainea 
north  and  south,  are  to  be  identified  by 
their  relative  positions  to  the  Russian 
power,  or  to  each  other.  The  king  or 
kiugdoni  of  the  south  would,  very  natur- 
ally, .apply  to  Turkey,  on  the  south  of 
Russia;  butiu*  Turkey  exists  by  the  suf- 
ferance of  France  and  England,  it  Ls  pos- 
sible that  the  two  great  Western  powers, 
which  hold  to  each  other  the  relation  of 
north  and  south,  may  be  intended.  At 
any  rate,  the  southern  king  makes  a  short 
flight  of  it,  if  anything  is  to  be  under- 
stood by  the  butting  at  the  willful  king, 
or  he  brings  on  the  flight.  The  king- 
doms of  Syria  aad  Egypt,  called  tlie 
kingdoms  of  the  north  and  south,  held 
about  the  same  close  relation  to  each 
other  and  to  Rome  that  England  and 
France  do  to  each  othei-  aud  to  Russia; 
only  on  the  eiist  of  Rome,  and  the  case 
is  just  now  reversed.  The  king  of  the 
north  is  Great  Britain.  This  is  evident 
from  its  northern  position  as  a  great 
power,  and  from  the  immense  uaval  as 
well  as  land  forces  it  possesses.  No  na- 
tion but  a  very  great  one  would  attack 
the  autocratic  king,  and  no  nation  has 
such  a  navy  as  Britain.  This  north  na- 
tion was  to  come  like  a  whirlwind,  with 
his  great  naval  aud  land  forces,  which 
arc  indicated  by  "  many  ships "  and 
"  chariots  "  and  "  horsemen."  The  at' 
tack  was  to  be  gi'eat  aud  furious,  but 
finally  unsuccessful:  for  the  autocrat 
moves  right  on  to  his  purpose,  and  more 
than  gains  it,  according  to  the  prophet. 
"  lie  shall  enter  into  the  countries,  and 
shall  ovei-flow,  aud  pass  over 

His  entering  the  countries  intimates 
thatthis  wa-s  his  original  design,  in  which 
he  had  been  interrupted  l)y  the  two 
great  (wwers  that  confederated  against 
him.  England  und  France,  or  England 
and  Turkey,  will  unit«  against  Russia. 
And  it  seems  that  a  considerable  effort 
was  to  be  made  to  check  Russia's  designs; 
yet  Russia  is  to  take  the  countries  this 
side  of  the  crossings,  and  then  to  pass 
over  into  Asia,  it  would  seem.  The 
word  "  ovei-flow  "  signifies  the  great  in- 
crease of  his  armies  and  triumphs.  To 
"  pass  over  "  implies  the  advancement  of 
comiuest,  by  some  gi'eat  crossing,  Into  a 
new  scene  of  wai'fare. 

"He  shall  enter  the  glorious  land." 
This  at  cmce  reveals  his  advancement 
into  Palestine,  and  shows  that  the  pass- 
ing over  related  to  the  conquest  of  Asia 
minor,  and  the  Turkish  Empire  geueral- 

"  Many  couiuries  shall  be  overthrown: 
but  these  shall  escape  o\it  of  his  hand, 
even  Edom  and  Moab,  and  the  chief  of 
the  children  of  Ammou."     This  would 


litenilly  imply  the  conqaest  of  a  great 
portion  of  Asiatic  Turkey,  with  some 
excejitions.  These  were  conr^uewtw  in 
Asia. 

"  He  shall  stret<.-h  forth  .his  hand  also 
upon  the  countries,  and  the  land  of 
Egvpt  shall  not  escape."  This  express- 
ion implies  the  exertion  of  severe  sov- 
ereignty. African  countries  are  here  re- 
ferred  to,  oh  Egypt  is  used  as  specific  for 
a  generic  term  or  a  part  of  the  whole." 
"  lie  shall  have  power  over  the  treasures 
of  gold  and  silver,  and  over  all  the  pre- 
cious things  of  Kgypt." 

"  The  Libyans  and  Ethiopian.^  shall 
at  his  stei)s."    This  still  further  teach- 


1 

es  the  unlimited  dominion  over  Africa 
in  the  west  and  south.  Thus  ha^-ing 
obtained  nearly  all  Europe.  Asia,  and 
Afiica,  he  becomes  indomitable,  and  his 
empire  aluKist  limitle-ss:  it  emulates  old 
Rome,  as  the  possessor  of  three  conti- 
nents.—  Inter  Ocean,  Oci.'l^,  1876. 


HURRY!  HURRYIl 


TTURRY  to  be  in  time  f.-r  the  train, 
^^  thought  I  on  my  way  to  the 
railroad.  Of  course  the  time  for  the 
train's  arrival  was  nearly  up,  and  I  hatl 
no  time  to  spend  carelessly.  You  who 
travel  by  railroad  understand  the  impor- 
tance of  being  on  time.  The  railroad 
companies  furnish  us  with  maps  and 
time  tables,  so  that  We  may  know  when 
to  arrive  at  the  depot.  Their  maps  .show 
us  every  crook  and  turn  of  their  rtwubt, 
give  name  of  stations  and  all  needful  in- 
formation. 

Supposes  a  traveler  should  request  a 
conductqr  t«)  wait  five  minutes  or  an  hour 
until  he  could  prepare  himself  for  his 
journey,  wliat  reply  wuuld  the  conduct- 
or make?  Would  he  not  say,  "  Sir  we 
furnish  you  maps  and  time  tables,  and 
by  these  you  must  be  governed ;  we  can- 
not wait  on  you.  You  knew  we  would 
arrive  and  depart  as  we  gave  notice,  but 
you  have  been  careless;  we  must  be  off." 
Precisely  so  with  Jesus,  our  great  Con- 
ductor. His  train  is  here  waiting.  Soon 
the  signal  will  be  given,  and  it  «ill  then 
spfied  away,  leaving  us  behind  if  we 
have  not  prepared  oui-selves,  and  gone 
forth  with  Him.  He  has  given  us  this 
great  Map — the  New  Testament,  and  if 
we  will  not  heed  that,  stay  behind  w« 
must.  Paul  says,  '■  liehold  /ww  is  the 
accept^'d  time;  behold  now  is  the  lUiy  of 
salvation."  He  says  Aofo;  not  to-mor- 
row or  next  year.         '    " 

God  tells  us  how  and  wliere  to  start. 
Repentance  is  the  first  station.  There 
we  get  on  board  the  train.  Faith,  bap- 
tism and  full  obedience  all  follow  in  reg- 
ular order.  All  ah)ng  we  must  follow 
the  Guide-bo<.>k,  aud  hold  fast  that  which 
we  have  Jirocured.  O  htiw  necessary 
to  hurry  up  and  get  aboard"  the  Lord's 
gieat  train !  O  what  a  glorious  thought, 
to  be  reatiy  when  God  calls!  Then  when 
He  comes  with  His  immense  train  to 
gather  His  elect,  oh  think  of  those  who 
are  unprepared!  Dear  sinner,  Christ 
calls  you,  ami  you  ai'e  not  hiuTpng  to 
the  heavenly  depot.  Come  quickly  or 
you  will  mi.ss  the  ti'tun. 

Lowjmoniy,  Col-     j 


Wo  unto  you  \vhen  men  shall  speak 
well  of  you!  A  imui  whom  nobody 
traduces  amounts  to  but  little  iu  this 
world.  _  _ 

See  to  it  that  each  hour*s  feelings, 
thoughts  and  actions  are  pure  aud  true, 
then  will  your  life  be  such. 


THI-:  i?nt:TiriKK:N^  ^vt  avoj^k. 


F'ebriiar 


y  *^8. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PURLISRED    TTBIKLT. 


J.  fl.  MOORE, 
8.  II.  BASHOB. 
H.  M.  E8BBI.HAII, 


Tilt  URvrniii 
■.IJrcM  id  <li«  llnH*<l  ttuiM 
kaniim.  Tho««  Mnrllnit  leo  rnmip.  fttid  JJftfXi,  will  "- 
MiT*  an  Mir*  oopf  trt*  of  cb«rf:«.  For  »11  OTcr  lhi» 
rniinWr  ihr  tt(t»nt  will  »■»  nllnwvd  10  ccnU  for  cjwh  mlJi- 
lloBil  nnme,  which  »moanl  can  1*  Jodiicle'J  tram  tlio 
monej.  I-tf'jr»«*niliin  It  lo  u*.  Monej  Or.l»r»,  Ur«n». 
Mit  n«Klii«r«(l  Utuir*  moy  b»  wnl  »t  our  ri"V.  Thry 
■bould  h»  m»J*  p«7*'''*  '<•  Moof*.  BMho'  *  E«hplm«n.  — 
l*uh«CTipiioii».  an'!  commiinlwiitoni  intcni^d  for  the  p»- 
I>fr,  M  well  n*  nil  biuinrM  mstlen  coDDVCtn]  wilb  iho  of- 
fic*  »bi>util  b*  ■'I'Irca**'! 

XOOBE,  BASHOB  &  ESHELUAN, 
Uurk.  CtrroU  Co..  111- 


LAVASE,  m., 


FEB3UAB7  38,  1B78. 


Uito.  lJiwhoi'«  aiiilrcHH,  until  fnrtliiT  notice 
will  bo  FoHtorin,  Seneca  Co..  O.,  care  of  J.  P. 
Ebrxolff.  

CoKRKSfONDBNTS  of  brother    K.    Hecknmn 

will  jiIpusp  notin«?  Ihnt  his  nHdrcss  in  now  Cor- 

tti-ll.  Livingnlon  Co.,   III..  inHteiid  of  Tuscoln, 

iiiiR-  Stntc 

I  *  ■ ■ — 

TiiKHK  in  quit*"  a  demand  for  the  "  Philosophy 

of  the  I'hm  <jf  Sftlviition."     It  is  ftu  excellent 

book—Khniild  \n\  rend  by  every   preacher  and 

uWwn.     Vtice.  *1.5y. 

Wuhnveon  hand  aquantity  of  Xo.'*.  1  and  2, 
current  volume,  which  we  desire  our  rnulers  to 
dintribiite  whnruver  tlipy  tliiiik  th^y  will  do 
good.    Send  for  a  lot  and  put  them  to  work. 

On  the  Slat  we  received  a  telegram  from  Bro. 
Enoch  Ebv,  dat^d  at  London,  stating  that'thc-y 
would  start  for  New  York,  on  the  steamer 
Klysia.  Feb.  27.  May  God  grant  them  a  safe 
and   pleswint  voyage. 


Ox  the  2<>th  inst..  CiirdinnI  Vwc'i  wa»  elect<>d 
Pupe,  and  «iniioi«]  the  title  of  Ij**o  XIII.  He  is 
cUinii;<l  aft  h  liberal,  but  luuiouuc^^  Ihnt  be  will 
poreue  thi!  «ttnie  coume  towunis  the  Ituliau  Gov- 
ermoent  &s  did  Piux  IX,  so  that  unity  of  action 
between  the  two  in  ai«  far  off  ai«  ever.  Th"?  new 
Pope  is  fiS  yenrn  of  nge,  quite  tall  and  ver>-  dig- 
nifled.  ^ 

Wk  ure  alwaytt  g\aA  to  receive  clear  and 
IMjink-d  articif-*.  and  to  do  good  and  reach  many 
raind-t,  ahonld  be  brief,  unless  the  subject  really 
n-quir^Ti  it.  But  wp  (eel  sad  when  we  have  to 
puy  fiODi  six  to  twelve  CL-iits  postage  ou  an  ar 
tide,  that,  after  careful  examination  cannot  es- 
cape the  wa-'te-bftsket.  But  we  will  endnre  all 
this,  only  send  on  your  words  of  comfort,  words 
of  conviction  in  a  brief  way.  and  we  chall  all 
try  to  let  patience  Irnve  her  perfect  work. 


to  fidsome  flatter?-,  hut  write  these  words  out 
of  the  fullness  of  my  heart.— Yours  Fnit«ruftl- 
ly,  D.  L.  MiLLKR." 


We  are  now  supplied  with  a  full  stoi.Jt  of  the 
Brethren's  Hymn  Books,  and  all  orders  up  to 
the  present  time  have  been  tilled.  Should  any 
who  have  ordered,  not  receive  the  books  in  due 
time,  they  will  inform  us  at  once.  We  would 
apologize  for  not  filling  orders  sooner,  but  have 
been  doing  all  in  our  power  to  get  the  book; 


having  ordered    them  six   months  ago. 


Our 
terms  for  Hymn  Books  are  strictly  cash,  as  the 
profit  for  handling  tliem  is  so  small  that  we 
cannot  afford  to  sell  them  on  credit.  Those 
who  send  the  cash  for  books,  will  have  their 
orders  filled  immediafelj-. 


P.  T.  Bar.vum,  in  a  la(«  speech  in  Denver. 
Colorado,  discussed  the  right  of  saloon  keepers 
to  sell  liquor,  even  if  possessed  of  license.  He 
says,  "If  i  had  a  license  to  show  in  Denver,  and 
sliould  release  a  lot  of  rattlesnakes  in  the  pul>- 
Hc  streets  wliere  school  children  passed,  would 
my  license  save  me  from  action  for  murder  or 
criminal  carelessness?  No.  Neither  does  a 
licenHc  justifv  a  man  in  selling  a  poison  which 
robs  men  of  that  intellect  sufficient  to  keep 
them  from  deeds  of  violence." 


Ol'h  trade  in  the  book  businesa  is  becoming 
ijiiite  extensive,  thus  enabling  ti.i  to  handle  a 
great  many  publications.  Don't  fail  to  .send 
for  our  book  catalogue  giving  price  of  the  pub- 
licntions  kept  at  this  ofhre. 

Asn  the  ark  of  the  Lord  is  still  moving  on 
in  Falls  City.  Nebraska,  Bro.  .1.  J.  l,ichtyheld 
a  deries  of  meetingti  there,  and  six  precious 
Mouls  were  brouglit  into  fellowship.  "  Praise 
God  from  whom  all  blessings  flow." 

Thk  weather  in  this  part  of  the  Stat*'  still 
continues  warm,  more  like  April  than  Febru- 
arj'.  In  fact  we  have  hiwi  no  Winter  of  any 
consequence  yet.  Considenible  rain  has  fallen. 
And  mud  abounds,  thus  rendering  it  very  dis- 
Bgreeahle  for  holding  meetings. 


God  must  have  His  sledge-hammermen  — 
His  Peters  who  feel  the  need  of  reformation  in 
themselves  and  others,  and  then  are  fearless  to 
take  hold  imd  work.  The  nnmby  pamby  men, 
nicely  dressed  in  satin,  and  scented  with  laven- 
der water,  may  do  as  dolls,  but  they  are  mere 
liphers  in  the  work  of  reformation.  A  good, 
warm  house,  though  made  of  roughly  hewn 
logs,  should  not  be  despised  simjdy  because  it 
looks  rough.  It  shelters  from  the  cold  as  well 
as  the  smooth  and  fancy  painted  house. 


From  the  Hupiist  Baflh  Flmj  we  learn  that 
the  discussion  between  D.  B.  Hiiy  and  Bro.  J. 
W.  Stein,  is  to  ho  held  at  Newtonia,  Mo,,  com- 
mencing Wednesday,  Miu-ch  the  6th.  at  10 
o'clock.  The  notice  is  rather  short,  but  will 
likely  reach  most  of  our  reader?  in  time. 

A  TRRRiBLE  famine  is  raging  in  North  China. 
70,000,000  of  persons  are  now  starving.  The 
imapnation  fails  to  cope  with  so  great  a  calam- 
ity. Famine  is  one  of  the  signs  of  Christ's 
second  coming.  Let  us  be  watchful  and  prayer- 
ful that  we  be  fully  prepared  at  His  coming. 


CoRREfTiON. — In  No.  ^1,  Vol.  II,  I  presented 
some  strictures  on  a  sermon  by  Chsirles  E.  His- 
cox,  of  Greenport.  N.  Y.  In  number  51,  same 
volume,  C.  L.  Culbertson  came  to  the  support  of 
0.  E.  Hiscox.  and  I  replied  to  him.  In  No.  fi. 
current  volume,  we  had  another  hearing,  and 
now  ftiend  Culbertson  informs  me  that  he  is 
not  a  Baptist,  but  "  hopes  to  get  to  heaven  by 
Methodist  faith,"  I  make  this  correction  which 
is  due  him,  having  been  erroneously  led  to  be- 
lieve him  a  Baptist,  by  hia  defense  of  Baptist 
theory.  m.  m.  r. 

President  J.  F.  Cook  of  La  Grange,  Mo.,  of- 
fers the  sura  of  $25  for  the  best  tract  on  the 
Lord's  Supjier.  Of  course.it  is  understood  that 
the  Slipper  is  to  be  before  dinner.  Those  pro- 
posing to  write  a  tract  on  that  subject  for  Pres. 
Cook  will  keep  this  in  view.  If  they  attempt 
to  prove  that  the  Lord  Jesus,  in  the  same  niyht 
in  which  He  was  betrayed,  took  bread,  they  cer- 
tainly will  not  get  the  §25.  If  Paul  were  here, 
he  could  not  get  it  either. 


Some  months  ago  we  published  a  commenda- 
tory notice  of  the  proposed  Histoiy  of  Carroll 
county,  thinking  that  the  parties  having  the 
work  in  charge  would  render  satisfaction.  The 
book  is  now  out  and  being  delivered,  but  fails 
to  give  anything  like  satisfaction,  and  has  ex- 
cited a  general  feeling  of  indignation  against 
the  publishers,  hundreds  refusing  to  accept  the 
work.  Some  names  in  this  part  of  the  coun- 
try were  obtained  by  very  unfair  means,  We 
say  this  in  justice  to  the  welfare  of  brethren  in 
other  coiintie."  where  the  same  parties  are  gel> 
ting  up  other  books.  If  any  of  thera  get  de- 
ceived after  reading  this  notice,  they  must  not 
blame  us,  as  we  say  once  for  all  that  the  histo- 
ry of  Carroll  Co.,  is  not  what  the  people  had 
reason  to  expect  it  would  be.  Many  of  them 
e  refusing  to  take  the  hook,  and  every  secular 
paper  in  the  county  is  denouncing  it.  Reader, 
keep  your  eyes  open. 


OTTR   CHELSEA  MEETINGS. 


wr 


Bro,  Daniel  Vaniman  of  Virden,  111.,  is  now 
traveling  in  Texas  imd  finds  the  climate  delight- 
fuL  With  other  flowers  he  sends  us  peach 
blossoms,  showing  the  advanced  state  of  the 
flpnaon  there.  Don't  fail  to  read  his  sliort  letter 
on  last  page,  and  then,  like  us,  wonder,  if  sev- 
eral colonies  of  Brethren  cannot  he  jdanted  in 
that  State,  and  thus  spread  the  Gospel  and 
build  up  churches? 

There  is  a  talk  of  holding  an  Anti-secret 
Methodist  Convention,  looking  towards  concert 
of  action  on  the  p.irt  of  all  those  who  are  op- 
posed to  secret  societies.  It  is  a  sad  comment 
on  a  religious  body,  when  a  convention  must  be 
called  to  root  out  an  evil.  Why  not  strictly 
follow  the  good  Master  and  avoid  all  such 
breakers? 

— •— — - — - 

As  the  result  of  a  series  of  meetings  at  Carle- 
ton,  Neb.,  Bro.  Levi  Hotlert  writes:  "This  in- 
forms you  that  ten  souls  have  been  wedded  to 
Christ  by  adoption,  during  our  meetings.  Six 
of  the  number  were  married  persons  and  in  the 
prime  of  life.  Tlie  other  four  are  quite  young. 
May  the  good  Lord  enable  them  to  hold  out 
faithful  unto  death.  And  I  pray  the  Lord  will 
bless  our  dear  brethren  that  labored  faithfully 
while  with  us.  Truly  we  had  a  soul-cheering 
meeting,  both  for  saint  and  sinner.  Blessed  be 
the  Lord  for  his  goodness." 


In  reply  to  a  sister  who  gets  her  mail  at 
Philadelphia,  and  wants  to  know  why  the 
figures  telling  when  lu-r  subscription  expires 
are  not  stamped  to  the  right  of  her  name  on 
the  paper,  we  remark,  that  sometimes  the  name 
and  number  of  street  take  up  all  the  room  in 
the  width  of  the  mailing  galley,  and  hence 
there  is  not  room  enough  to  put  in  the  figure; 
This  is  the  way  with  most  of  our  subscriber 
in  Philadelphia  and  other  large  cities  where  it 
is  necessary  to  give  the  numWr  of  street. 


The  world  is  passing  through  a  terrible  crisis. 
Governments  in  Europe  seem  to  be  agitated, 
those  in  Asia  are  no  less  disturbed,  and  even  on 
jOur  continent,  corruption,  distrust  and  uneasi- 
ness seem  to  prevail.  No  doubt  the  present  age 
is  fulfilling  some  of  the  predictions  of  the  proph- 
ets of  long  time  ago.  Everjthing  point,s  to 
strife  and  contt^'ntion  in  the  political  wr>r]d, 
while  popular  Christianity  is  running  wild  over 
the  sayings  of  men  who  seek  the  applause  of 
the  multitude  rather  than  the  pleasure  of  God. 
With  these  facts  before  us,  brethren  and  sisters, 
we  need  to  constantly  watch  and  pray  that  we 
he  not  overtaken  and  carried  away  into  the 
whirlpool  of  destruction. 


A  BROTHER  who  appreciates  our  paper  verj* 
highly,  says:  "Dear  lirnflifr.  have  jnat  read 
your  Editorial  in  No.  8:  "Wanted!  A  Little 
More  Prudence,"  and  I  must  thank  you  hearti- 
ly for  writing  it.  If  the  old  proverb  be  true, 
that  'Words,  fitly  spoken,  are  like  apples  of 
gold  in  pictures  of  silver.'  then  this  article 
should  be  printed  on  silver,  framed  in  gold,  and 
hung  where  every  <me  of  our  members  could 
read  it  at  least  once  a  week.  Or  better  still,  if 
it  could  be  graven  on  the  tablets  of  the  hearts 
of  a  cla.'^s  of  imprudent,  meddling  persons,  it 
would  effect  incalculable  good.    I  am  not  given 


ft  Lanark  about  noon,  Saturday  16th, 
and  reached  Nora,  some  thirty  miles 
North  of  here,  about  five  in  the  evening.  Were 
met  at  the  depot  by  Bro.  Wm.  Moore  and  taken 
to  his  home,  some  two  miles  out  in  the  country. 
Had  meeting  in  the  evening  at  what  is  known 
as  the  Clielseo  meeting-house.  This  is  a  part  of 
the  Waddam's  Grove  district,  and  is  under  the 
ovei-sight  of  Bro.  Enoch  Eby. 

Meeting  the  next  day  at  ten  and  also  in  the 
evening.  The  congregations  were  good,  and  at- 
tention excellent.  Had  meeting  t\vice  each  day 
Monday  and  Tuesday,  but  had  to  contend  with 
considerable  mud  which  finally  became  so  had 
as  to  render  roads  almost  impassable.  Our  last 
nieeting  was  on  Thursday  evening.  It  rained 
all  next  day,  hence  no  meeting.  Left  for  home 
Friday  afternoon;  arrived  safe  at  midnight  and 
found  all  well.  Very  much  regret  that  the 
meetings  could  not  be  continued,  as  they  had 
just  i-eached  the  point  of  real  interest. 

Our  stay  among  the  members  was  a  plea-sant 
one,  as  it  always  is  with  the  faithful,  and  trust 
that  our  mutual  labors  together  were  not  en- 
tirely in  vain,  though  there  were  no  immediate 
accessions  to  the  church.  The  members  here 
attend  meeting  well,  and  take  great  interest  in 
the  prosperity  of  the  church.  We  made  our 
home  with  Bro.  Moore  and  family,  and  found  it 
a  pleasant  stopping  place.  Many  thanks  for  the 
kind  treatment  received  at  the  hands  of  all, 
however,  vei-y  much  regretting  that  we  could 
not  visit  around  more,  and  attend  the  proposed 
meetings  at  Waddam's  Grove  church,  at  which 
place  we  were  to  have  preached  a  few  sermons 
before  leaving.  j.  h.  m 


inent  into  crooked  lanes;  p.; 
"  old  paths,"  that  have  along  il'''" 
markti  of  the  Lord  Je.sua."     Pojj         ^^ 


turns  judgi 

follows  the 

thi 

for  itself  only;  Principle  hunts  for 


Policy  works  slow,  to  kill  time;  i' 


oihcTs 


»eel[. 
aliir. 


"nc'piestrilc,.; 


out  right  and  left,  and  does  a  good  dav't     ""^ 
Policy  visits  if  its  poUaj;  Principle  goeT"'"'," 
comforts,  and  is  happy.     Principle  is  alivg 
green  from  the  roots  to  the  top;  Policy  ii,  a" 
at  the  top,  and  a  little  at  the  roots.  Policy  » 


to  know  how  the  muUitittie  will 


go;     Prii 


Licipip 


PRINCIPLE  AND  POLICT. 

I^OLICY  puts  the  l>est  dress  on  the  ontside; 
Principle  is  content  to  have  all  of  one 
piece.  Policy  leans  on  men  for  houses,  lands, 
money;  Principle  goes  about  his  business  daily 
and  lets  God  aild  these.  Policy  puts  the  best 
wheat  at  the  mouth  of  the  sack:  Principle  lets 
the  good  and  bad  run  together,  and  shows  it  all 
before  selling.  Principle  tells  the  whole  truth 
whether  men  will  hear  or  whether  they  will 
forbear;  Policy  will  tell  a  little  of  it,  and  keep 
back  the  rest.  Policy  goes  no  fiirther  than 
breml  and  butter;  Principle  goes  straight  ahead 
whether  there  be  bread  and  butter  or  not.  Pol- 
icy bows,  scrapes  and  covers;  Principle  stands 
up  without  show  and  lets  the  light  shine  all  over 
him.  Principle  is  always  easy,  never  disturbed ; 
Policy  is  restless,  and  dreams  considerably,  — 
Principle  has  nerve;  Policy  is  easily  scared,  and 
dodges. 

Policy  carries  a  twisty  grindstone  to  sharpen 
axes  to  hew  for  it;  Principle  hews  a  straight 
line,  no  diflerence  about  the  grindstone.    Policy 


does  not  concern  herself  about  that,  p  i- 
wants  somebody  else  to  admonish  him  wh  '^^ 
in  fault;  Principle  goes  and  tells  the  f^y^n  '^ 
him  who  is  faulty.  Policy  is  a  poor  follow  oni 
if  he  could  only  see  hinmlf,  he  would  be  stiuLJ 
way  ashamed,  and  repent. 

Now  let  ns  have  less  policy  and  more  pr{n  ■ 
pie,  both  in  and  out  of  the  church.  A  litti' 
policy  may  be  good  at  times  for  principle  tn 
work  with,  but  it  is  a  poor  thing  to  putin  nri 
ciple's  place.  There  is  too  much  shirkino  i 
duty  in  matters  that  are  clear  and  plain--_i^ 
much  evasion  when  there  should  he  distinct  ut 
terance.  The  load  is  often  divided  for  poUf,  • 
mh\  and  the  innocent  made  to  carry  a  hea\ 
load,  when  the  guilty  alone  should  have  bom 
the  whole  burden.  "  Bear  ye  one  another's  bur 
den's "  don't  mean  that  one  of  the  imio&?iit 
shall  carry  a  part  of  the  guilty  one's  load  ft 
policy's  sake,  but  means  that  if  there  is  toK» 
any  hearing,  the  whole  body  shall  do  it.  If  th 
ear  is  guilty,  it  is  not  right  that  simply  the  lit- 
tle finger  should  suffer,  but  let  the  whole  banii 
take  its  part.  Now  let  Policy  step  buhiiid  ami 
permit  Principle  to  lead  iis  God  doth  niosttnilv 
direct.  ^^^__^_  "-  M.  E. 

A  PEACEFUL  FAMILY. 

ADE.AR  brother  who  is  active  and  zealous  in 
his  Master's  work  writes:  "  I  read,  with 
tears.  Bro.  Moore's  article  on  '  Sweet  Home ' 
My  heart  rejoiced  that  God  has  blesseil  me  with 
a  little  home  and  a  pleasant  family,  I  have  a 
kind  companion  who  is  mlling  to  share  my  joys 
and  sorrows,  and  a  dear  little  one  who  is  laree 
enough  to  help  me  sing  the  sweet  songs  of  Zi- 
on.  And  in  place  of  being  scolded,  as  many 
weary  husbands  are,  I  am  met  \vith  a  smile  and 
words  of  comfort  I  can  sympathize  with  the 
homeless  and  the  tippler,  I  have  traveled  thiit 
road,  and  you  do  not  know  how  thankful  I  am 
that  God  gave  me  the  strength  and  moral  cour- 
age to  get  my  feet  out  of  the  broad  road  that 
leads  to  destruction.  Ah !  we  can  all  do  wonders 
by  making  u.se  of  the  means  of  grace." 

How  many  husbands  can,  with  this  dear  broth- 
er, aay,  "  My  companion  is  willing  to  share  my 
joys  and  my  sorrows?  Instead  of  hebig  scold- 
ed,  I  am  met  with  a  smile?  "  Ah!  there  are 
too  many  unhappy  homes — homes  that  shoulil, 
for  father's  sake,  for  mother's  sake,  for  the  sake 
of  the  children,  and  the  blessed  Master,  be  made 
happy.  If  yon  bring  up  your  children  in  a 
peevish,  fretful  manner,  0,  think  of  the  miaeiy 
they  must  endure  in  this  life,  and  perhaps,  also 
in  the  life  to  come.  Y'ou  should  make  home 
pleasant,  because  God  requires  it,  because  your 
duty  to  your  children  requires  it.  Let  love 
through  every  action  run,  and  there  will  le 
mu;h  sunshine  in  your  home.  Then  be  pleas- 
ant, be  kind,  and  your  children  will  soon  leani 
to  go  that  way.  m.  m.  b. 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

Dear  Paper: — 

OUR  meeting.s  in  the  yicinity  of  Boiling 
Springs,  Pa.,  continued  some  over  a  week 
at  different  places,  only  a  few  meetings  at  one 
place  and  that,  too,  sometimes  interchangeabKi 
thus  lessening  the  power  of  our  labors  forgowi 
especially  in  theconveraion  of  sinners.  Though 
it  would  have  been  preferable  to  us  to  have  cou- 
centratwl  our  efforts  while  in  this  church,  jet 
we  felt  it  our  duty  to  submit  to  the  wishes  of 
the  brethren,  and  thus  labor  together  in  harmo- 
ny and  good  will. 

This  is  one  of  the  oldest  organizations  of  our 
fraternity  in  Pennsylvania,  having  been  esta>- 
lished  in  1791.  The  first  speaker  was  elected  m 
1823,  and  since  that  time  has  been  feeding  the 
West  with  emigrants  of  our  faith,  wlio,  in  theit 
work,  have  caused  the  Gospel  lo  sound  in  inore 
than  one  corner  of  the  Western  States.  I"^ 
church   now  numbers  several  hundred;  al 

able 


lerfect  order  and  union,  as  far  as  we  were 


to  see.     Bro.  Moses  Miller  is  the  Bishop 


of  thf 


■p'ebruary   128. 

fl..,-V.  "i"'!  has  the  hearty  con^peration  of  a||  th^ 
„aiI«"^'iion^  th.-m.  It  is  ,,^1^^  j^  ^^^^^j^ 
much  upon  thi-  Ufc  andlabonrnf  Urn,  Miller  its 
bis  nnmc  anrf  historj-  me  too  well  kiiomiamont: 
oor  peopIP-  '""l  *"«  position  ^  «  membfr,  ....r 
Anniiul  CoHiiL-il  and  c^mmittws  8^^,^  out  the 
g(.„eral  cmifi.l.'nco  of  tin*  brotK-rhoo-l  at  large 
ana  the  special  respect  of  his  own  district  whei-J 
*],i«  L'fery  day  life  is  best  known. 

Ili-o.MiUer  i-eceived  as  with  a  Chrintiau  wel- 
come, iiud  the  kindness  and  courti'sy  shown  to- 
„.ard  «3  while  there,  will  ever  command  our 
,«gpect  nnd  esteem.  At  Boiling  Springs,  con- 
fession wfts  made  by  the  alien  unto  salvation- 
alsont  Baker's,  four  miles  from  tho  Springs,  some' 
turned  to  God.  Preached  two  sermons  in  Me- 
cbftiiics'^ui'g'  a  neat  little  town  of  3.000  inlml)- 
itauti*.  Also  had  the  pleasure  of  again  meeting 
j3ro,  J.  M.  Mohler,  of  Lewistowii.  !>((.,  and  hear- 
ing hin»  preach  one  discourae.  At  the  close  of 
our  meetings  here,  some  who  believed,  request- 
ed to  be  baptized,  which  was  attended  to  aller 
we  left- 

On  the  12th.  we  bid  Bro.  Oiler  and  compan- 
■  ioii  farewell,  as  tliey  left  our  company  forborne, 
and  on  the  13th,  in  company  with  Bro.  Mohler 
we  were  coaveyed  to  Harrisburg;  took  the  fiist 
train  West  at  4:30  A.  M.,  and  soon  left  the  East. 
Here  we  bad  some  trouble  in  having  our  baggage 
checked,  as  the  evening  before  it  was  sent  to 
Hanisburg,  in  care  of  C.  V.  U.  R.  Co,,  and  when 
we  called  for  it,  their  agent  was  absent,  and  the 
other  company  would  uotexchangeehecks;  but 
through  the  kindness  of  the  night  ticket  agent 
of  P.  C.  R.  R.,  we  were  made  all  right,  and  thus 
lost  no  time.  This  work,  probably,  is  synony 
Dious  with  the  workings  of  the  great  through 
trail!  to  Heaven,  She  does  not  stop  to  exchange 
baggage  or  checks  mth  the  world  or  the  devil, 
and  this  too.  probably,  is  why  so  many  fail  to 
make  connection.  They  stop  to  parley  with  the 
world  too  long,  and  ere  their  pleasures  and 
merchandising  is  over,  the  Gospel  train  passes 
on  and  they  are  left  Ijehind.  At  Lewistown  w 
bade  Bro.  Mohler  farewell,  in  hopes  of  a  union 
above,  when  our  labors  end  below,  and  we  pass 
through  the  gloom  and  silent  shadows  of  the 
grave-land  or  death-world,  to  receive  our  reward 
for  labors  below.  Passed  on  through  Hunting- 
don and  learned  that  the  small-pox  scare  w 
over,  and  business  was  resumed  in  every  way  as 
naual.  The  disease  was  not  as  bad,  some  say,  as 
was  first  reported.  At  Johnstown  we  exchang- 
ed greetings  with  Bro.  Mahlon  Keim  and  others, 
thence  to  Pittsburg  and  the  West.  Arrived  at 
Dunkirk  the  14th  inst.,  at  t):30  A,  M.  Was  met 
at  the  station  by  Bro.  S.  T.  Bosserman.  Spent 
a  few  houre  in  resting,  at  his  home;  were  then 
conveyed  to  Eld.  E,  Bosserman's,  sLx  miles  out 
in  the  country,  where  we  have  been  conducting 
meetings  each  evening  since.  The  roads  are  ex- 
tremely muddy  and  going  about  is  rendered  very 
vmpleasant,  yet  our  congregations  are  good  and 
the  attention  and  interest  increasing.  We  hope 
to  be  able  to  report  a  profitable  meeting  at  the 
close,  yet  the  work  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord, 
and  His  will  be  done. 

Many  letters  come  to  our  address,  soliciting 
assistance  in  revival  work,  but  full  an-angenients 
are  completed  until  A.  M.,  and  after.  Will  not 
be  able  to  reach  New  Philadelphia,  O,.  before  A. 
M.  Bro.  E.  L.  Yoder's  call  could  be  filled  bet- 
ter, one  month  later.  Wm.  Hertzler's,  in  Au- 
gust. May  the  blessings  of  Gnd  attend  the 
efforts  of  His  people  everywhere  now  and  for- 
everraore.  s.  h.  b. 

•'SPRINKLING, 

THK 

TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 

KUMBEH  I. 
;'l.  TPf  rmd  of  the  liajjtism  of  Jesus. ■— 
lIVis  ,7c,sKs  immersed:^  Let  us  examine  what 
the  Seripturei  say  about  it.  The  account  is  giv- 
en us  in  Matthew  3:  13-17.  and  reads  as  foiI()WH: 
'  Then  Cometh  Jesus  from  Gidilee  to  Jordan,  to 
John,  to  be  baptized  of  him.  But  Jolin  forbaile 
liiiii,  saying:  '1  have  need  to  be  baptizi'd  of  thee, 
?nd  comest  thou  to  me  'i  '  And  Jesus  answer- 
'iig,  said  unto  him:  'Suffer  it  to  be  so  now,  for 
thus  it  hecometh  us  to  fulfil  all  righteousness. 
Then  he  suffered  him.  And  Jesus,  when  ho  was 
baptized,  went  up  straightway  out  of  Mie  water 
(or,  as  the  Greek  may  be  equally  correctly  ren- 
dered,'/rowi  the  water'),  luid  lo.  the  heavens 
were  opened  unto  liim,  and  lie  saw  the  Spirit  ot 
Jiod  di'scemling  like  a  dove  and  lighting  upon 
nim,' 

,  2.  Jesus  stood  at  the  edge  of  the  bank,  whilst 
■John  stooped  down,  and  dipping  up  m  his  hand 
fome  of  its  clear  water,  he  sprinkled  it  ujion  the 

bead  of  Jesus,  bent  forward  to  receive  it.  By 
t*"!"  ceremony,  the  law  which  said,  'Take  Mie 


_^^^^    T^TIKTITRKN^    AST   AVOTilv. 


priests  aiidspnnkle  wat4*r  of  puri^ine  upon 
hem,  that  they  may  execute  the  «rViw  of  the 
.onf,  ."■')*  Jvlhlled.  The  law  said  whUt  m««l 
he  NpnnKU-d,  and  .t  w.-l'*  sprinkled  upon  Him. 
Hi^  B;.pt.wm  w^.  nquin-d  by  thf  law.  and  it 
must  1,0  ,loue  as  the  Inw  dm-ctwl.  No  other 
torm  ot  adimnistnition  would  havw  be«u  acconi- 
ing  to  the  law.  Thrwe  who  came  to  fuUil  th« 
aw,  would  not  violate  the  law  by  acting  con- 
trary to  Its  provisions,  ii,.  ,,„„„■  to  John  to  be 
baptized,  because  thns  it '  becanu-  Him  to  fulfil 
all  nebteou.new.*  ixrvA  that  rightoousnr*.  could 
only  be  lulfilied  by  doing  pn>cV.lv  -.^s  it  din-, t^ 
ed.  Iti-eqiured  Him  to  he  spiinkl.ii  mxA  His 
immersion  would  not  have  U-ni  th..  iViliiiniriit" 
but  the  violation  of  that  law.  II.^  «;is  witliout 
doubt,  sprinkled  as  that  law  re<juired.  Thuswia 
the  one  |)art  of  His  consecraHon  to  Hia  work 
ell  ec  ted. 

Here  Or.  Greeuwald  wants  us  to  believe  that 
"  went  up  straightway  outof  the  water,"  moans 
Vcrj-  well  if   "  uji  out  of" 


"from  the  water. 

means  ''/mm,"  does  not  "frf>m  "  mean  up  „„f 
of?  If  the  Doctor  were  in  the  water  and  would 
go  out  of  it.  how  would  he  tell  a  man  that  he 
went  out  of  the  water?  Would  he  say  he  went 
"down  outof  the  water?"  Not  at  all!  But 
he  would  say.  if  he  hrnl  been  in  the  water,  "  I 
went  up  out  of  tlie  water."  In  the  original  it 
reads  thus:  "And  having  been  dipped  (Jiml- 
tidzeia)  he  went  up  immediately  from  fapo)  or 
out  of  the  water."  Of  course  He  went  up  from 
the  water,  from  the  river  Ijecause  the  river  did 
not  go  with  Him.  Infallible  inspinition  says 
not  one  word  about  Jews  going  down  lo  the  wa- 
ter and  there  being  sprinklvd.  Had  He  been 
sprinkled,  the  translators  would  have  rendered 
it  sjiriitkkd.  But  not  finding  rUaniho  in  the 
original,  but  hnptizo,  they  were  compelled  to 
render  it  baptize,  dipping. 

Tho  man  who  looks  into  the  "  perfect  law  of 
liberty,"  wants  not  simply  a  mnde  of  baptism, 
but  baptism  itself;  not  something  marhj  like 
baptism,  but  BAPTISM.  The  holy  Oracles  do 
not  say  that  John's  hand  was  dipped,  baptiwd, 
and  Jesus  sprinkled.  That  idea  has  a  scope  on- 
ly in  the  mind  of  him  who  seeks  for  a  substitute, 
souietliiiuj  else,  and  not  the  real  thing  itself. 
Jesus  was  not  sprinkled,  nor  poured  willi  water, 
but  baptized  in  water.  Jesus  w.is  the  subject  of 
the  action.  He  came  to  John  to  he  baptized  in 
Jordtin,  not  to  be  poured  or  sprinkled  into  Jor- 
dan. Nor  did  John  sprinkle  Jordan  on  Him, 
nor  pour  Jordan  on  Him,  nor  sprinkle  a  little 
water  on  Him,  nor  jiour  water  on  Him,  but  to 
baptize  Him  in  Jordan,  in  water. 

"  Thus  it  hecometh  us  to  fulfil  all  righteous- 
ness," Thus  Hnii'?  What  was  done  to  fulfil 
righteousness?  Baptized  in  Jordan.  In  view 
of  this  fact,  how  can  those  fulfil  (dl  righteous- 
ness who  refuse  to  thus  fulfil  it? 

"  His  baptism  was  by  sprinkling."  This  is 
the  same  old  story:  a  thing  by  the  same  thint;. 
A  man  ran  by  crawling,  would  bo  just  as  sensi- 
ble. Or  if  creeping  be  running  then  it  would 
be  proper  to  say  a  man  crawled  by  running. 
But  if  sprinkling  be  baptism,  then  it  would  be 
just  as  sensible  to  say  a  man  crawled  by  crawl- 
ing, as  to  say  a  man  was  sprinkled  by  spnnkling. 
If  Christ  was  sprinkled,  why  not  say  He  was 
sprinkled?  Why  say  He  was  sprinkled  6y 
sprinkling?  The  Doctor  well  knows  that 
leaiTiing.  his  scholarship  would  be  called  into 
question  by  every  well  read  man,  were  he  to  aaj 
"  Sprinkled  by  sprinkling,"  and  yet  he  virtually 
does  that,  when  he  asserts  that  Jesus'  "  Baptism 
was  bij  sj)r inkling,"  i.  e.,  if  baptism  means 
sprinkling. 

When  we  learn  from  God's  holy  Book  that 
persons  are  t«  be  haptiztd  "  into  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost," 
"  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ,"  it  becomes  a  mat- 
ter of  great  importance  to  every  one  to  know 
whether  he  has  l>een  biiptizfd,  or  only  received 
a  miserable  mdisHtutf  for  baptism.  It  is  impor- 
tant for  him  to  know  whether  he  has  himsflf 
obeyed  the  Lord's  commandment,  or  simply  hud 
imposed  on  him,  when  an  infant,  before  he  had 
any  faith,  any  volition  in  the  matter,  a  some- 
thing instead  of  baptism. 

The  Holy  Spirit  commanded  the  first  persons 
who  inquired  the  way  of  salvation  after  Christ's 
ascension,  to  "  Repent  nnd  be  baptized,"  not 
sprinkled,  "in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the 
remission  of  sins"  (Acts  2:38).  Dr.  Clarke 
would  not  allow  his  scholarship  to  be  questioned 
by  sayiug.  Jesus  was  sprinkled  nt  Jordan,  but 
plainly  remarks.  "  That  three  distinct  jwrsons 
are  here  represented."  (Matt.  3: 16).  1.  The 
IHi-soii  of  Jrsua  Christ  baptized  by  John  in  Jor- 
dan.    2.  The  person  of  the  Hntij  Ghost  in  a  hoili- 


that  Jemit  WHS  sprinkVd  in  J.mlan.  but  "^i/>- 
Hiy  Johuiii  Jitnlan."  Luther. Calvin. Mac- 
ninlit.  Doddridge,  Goo.  amipbtU.  Wat-nn.  and 
nearly  nil  critics,  espoxitor*.  translat"r*.  com- 
nicnlator*.  luid  R'fonneni.  take  the  ground  that 
Ji'sii'i  wm  htfitiznl  in  Jordan— not  ?iprinkled  ii/ 
Jordan.  Dr.  firwnwaldstands  out  almost  alone, 
evading  the  force  of  the  clearest  language  of 
tin-  Word  of  God,  and  trying  to  justify  some- 
thing not  commanded  of  the  Lord.  Such  work 
can  only  misleiui,  and  confound  such  as  trust  in 
mere  assertions  and  the  arm  of  llesh.  The  only 
true  way.  safe  way.  is  to  set  forth  the  way  nf 
salvation  as  the  Lord  and  Apostles  set  it  forth— 
show  what  tho  inquiring  penitent  must  do  to  be 
saved,  to  inherit  eternal  life.     More  next  week, 


ORIGIN    OF    BAPTISM. 

rilHE  following,  clipped  from  a  monthly,  pub- 
■I-     lished  in  North  Carolina,  shows  how 
Well-read  gentleman  looks  at  the  hi.storj-of  l)ii|>- 
tism,  though  he  belongs  to  no  church.     It  is 
the  history  of  baptism  in  a  nut-ahell: 

The  New  Testament  statements  indicate  that 
three  distinct  kinds  of  places  were  reooitvd  to 
by  Christ's  apostles  for  the  performmicu  of  bap- 
tism: Uivcrs,  pools  and  baths. 

The  earliest  known  writer  after  Luke,  was 
Clement  of  Koine;  ho  says,  baptism  may  be 
performed  in  a  river,  in  the  sea,  or  in  a  lake,  so 
it  is  done  in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity.  — 
Clement  died  in  the  year  A.  D,,  Itio. 

Tertullian  describes  tho  ordiuance  of  baptism 
n.s  being  three  actions,  lie  says  it  is  uuimport- 
aut  at  what  place  one  is  baptized,  whether  in  a 
river,  sea,  or  lake,  in  standing  or  running  water, 
so  it  is  done  in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity. 
Tertullian  died  in  the  year  A.  D.  220. 

Ambrose  established  an  order  of  Scripture 
reading,  singing  and  prayers,  in  the  language 
of  the  people.  He  baptized  in  the' name  of  the 
Father,  and  the  Son  and  the  Holy  Spirit.  He 
says  this  was  the  primitive  mode  prior  to  the 
year  A.  D.,  360. 

Paseulin  baptized  by  immersion  up  to  the 
year  A.  D.,  444. 

Cyril  bnpti'/.ed  by  three  actions,  having  a 
mystic  reference  by  figure  to  the  three  days  bu- 
rial of  Christ.  Cyril  died  in  the  year  A.  D. 
444. 

Strabo  says,  trine  immersion  was  the  ancient 
mode.     Strabo  died  in  the  eigth  century. 

Sprinkling  was  granted  by  Pope  Stephen  II, 
of  France,  in  the  eighth  century,  by  pouring 
water  on  the  head  of  the  person  in  the  name  of 
the  Holy  Trinity. 

Luther,  Stephens  and  Calvin  baptized  by 
pouring  three  times  on  the  head  of  the  person 
in  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  A.  D.,  lo^'i. 

It  appears  that  there  are  three  actions  re- 
quired in  baptism,  according  to  the  ancient 
mode. 

Enuomius  invented  single  immersion  in  the 
year  A.  D.  360. 


/;/  shape  Hke  a  dove.  3.  The  jtfrson  of  the 
Father:  a  mce  came  out  of  heaven  saying, "  This 
is  my  beloved  Son."    Dr.  Clarke  does  uot  say 


Brotiieb  Stein's  series  of  articles  on  "  Thi 
Literal  Meaning  of  the  Inspired  Precepts  ou 
Only  Safe  Guide  in  Religious  Faith  and  Prac- 
tice," closes  with  this  issue.  Hope  all  our  read 
ers  have  carefully  read  them.  We  have  on  hand 
another  series  from  his  pen.  These  will  be  pul; 
liahed  sometime  during  the  Spring  months. 

In  an  Autograph  Album  I  fiad  the  following 
truthful  sayiug:  "No  man  is  wise  at  all  times." 
This  is  the  experience  of  every  man  and  woman 
of  observation.  The  wisest  of  men  have  their 
foolish  spells,  and  do  that  of  which  they  would 
be  ashamed  in  their  delil)erat4)  moments.  It  is 
important  that  we  learn  how  to  take  people. 


Though  you  may  not  be  able  to  accomplish 
great  things  the  world  is  full  of  small  ones  de- 
manding your  attention.  Leani  to  exeeute  lit- 
tle things  well  and  thereby  qualify  yourself  for 
a  more  extensive  sphere  of  usefulness.  He  that 
was  found  faithful  over  a  few  things  was  count- 
ed worthy  to  become  ruler  over  many  things  and 
enter  into  the  joy  of  his  Lord.  Go  thou  and  do 
likewise.  

Q.  W.  Feslkb,  of  Andereon,  lud.,  says:  "At 
the  District  Meeting  in  IS77.  we  asked  for  aid 
to  pay  our  church  debt.  We  have  received 
twenty-five  dollars  and  fifteen  cents  from  the 
Four  Mile  church,  and  four  dollars  from  the 
Nettle  Creek  church.  We  arc  very  thaukiVil 
for  this  and  would  be  very  glad  for  any  more 
that  the  Brethren  will  be  so  kind  as  to  give  us." 


We  have  received  another  lot  of  Bro.  Miller's 
defense  of  the  Brethren's  doctrine,  and  arc 
again  prepared  to  fill  orders.     Price,  $1.60. 


SATURDAY  NIGHT. 

I  .Sad   Hemes, 

1MIERE  an-  m.my  sail  humw  tivnight,  nob 
Wauiu- the  inmat*'.  are  not  kind  to  each 
other,  but  becaunc  of  bereavement*  over  which 
human  skill  haa  no  power. 

I  have  been  preaching  moat  of  the  week,  but 
omitted  one  mfeting  to  attend  the  funeral  of  a 
young  lady  who  died  away  from  home.  Kleven 
months  ago.  there  wan  a  happy  family  e^mpo*. 
ed  of  hns>mn.i.  wife,  daughter  and  two  wjn-*;  bat 
in  an  unexpecti^  moment  thr;  wife  vm»  t«kt?a 
away  by  death.  The  heavy  stroke  idmost  bmka 
the  Inishand's  heart.  He.  however,  hod  a  kind 
daughter  b-ft  to  guide  and  take  charge  of  hi*, 
household  labors,  and  thus  became  reconciled  to.  * 
his  sod  stat.-.  Hi.s  daughter  goes  on  a  visit  to 
relatives,  but  returns  a  corpse  after  the  absence 
of  a  few  weeks.  The  unhea!e«l  wounds  of  th« 
father  were  broken  afresh,  and  he  felt  the  keen 
dart  pierciuy  to  his  heart. 

While  viewing  the  fricuda  taking  a  last  far^. 
well  look  at  their  departed  friend  I  thought  of 
the  many  nad  homes  thus  occasiom-d.  and  of  the 
painful  situatiou  of  those  who  are  bereft  of  the 
loved  one*.  The  husband  and  wife  set  out  on 
lit".''s  uneven  voyage,  thinking  only  of  the  joya 
imd  pleaaun-»  awaiting.  They  little  dream  of 
the  piu-ting  hour,  little  do  they  think  of  tbeiwd 
years  to  come,  of  the  bcroavementa  and  suffer- 
ingB  to  which  they  must  be  subjected.  This 
world  is  not  all  sunshine,  not  all  bright  and 
pleiLsaiit.  Those  who  glide  through  life  oit 
"rtow'ry  bedn  of  piuse "  are  seldom  founi. 
Though  our  pathway  may  be  strewn  with  rosea 
of  the  most  delightful  fragrance,  yet  there  iu« 
fields  of  thorns  ahead,  and  often  where  we  leasb 
expect  them.  A  calm  aft4-r  a  storm  is  no  leaa. 
true  of  nature  than  grief  after  jo>-8. 

So  far  many  of  us  may  have  been  fortunate, 
but  still  we  know  not  what  awaits  mt— we  kno*» 
not  what  is  coming,  and  it  is  well  we  do  not 
The  Lord  knows  what  is  best  for  all.  Afflictioit 
may  seem  severe,  yet  it  is  often  an  excellent 
remedy.  None  are  entirely  exempt  from  theeft 
sore  afflictions— they  will  come  sooner  or  later;^ 
it  therefore  l)ecome«  all  to  prepare  for  them. 

Gentle  reader,  think  of  the  many  sad  bomea 
thus  caused  to-night,  not  only  among  thepoor, 
but  even  among  the  wealthy  nnd  learned.  Strong 
hearts  are  bowed  down  in  grief,  and  many  ft. 
poor,  broken-hearted  wife  or  mother  (toes  aboui 
mourning.  We  think  of  the  sod  mother  who 
hnx  jnHt  buried  her  tender  lamb;  she  aharea  her 
grief  alone,  none  can  weep  as  she  does,  the  dait 
comes  home  to  her  heart  keenly.  But  whafe 
must  be  the  secret  feelings  of  the  wife— the  lasi 
ray  of  light  aeems  gone— she  goes  from  th« 
church-yard  alone,  with  trembling  stepssheea- 
ters  the  lonely  dwelling— there  is  one  missing—*' 
the  side  companion  of  life,  the  joy  and  comfori 
of  her  tender  heart  lies  cold  in  death's  embrace. 
There  is  none  on  earth  to  comfort  lier.  God 
pity  the  poor,  broken-hearted  to-night.  I  often 
think  of  the  lonely,  frontier  settler— the  wifeia. 
leil  with  a  group  of  helpless  children  depending 
on  her  for  support.  She  is  alone  with  but  few 
neighbors  and  little  substance.  Such  person* 
nectl  comforting. 

There  are  husbands  and  fathers  in  grinf. 
Though  men's  hearts  may  eeem  stronger  than 
those  of  finer  feelings,  yet  they  can  be  melted 
by  bereavements,  and  softened  by  afflictions. 
They  feel  the  dart — it  pierces  home  to  th^ 
hearts,  and  not  unfrequently  follows  them  to> 
the  grave.  To  return  home  from  the  little  hii» 
rj'ing  city — enter  the  lonely  cottage  and  find  n(k 
wife — no  tender  mate — no  welcome  smiles  front 
a  loving  companion,  is  enough  to  break  an  iroft 
heart.  But  such  things  must  come,  may  God 
help  us  prepare  for  them. 

In  view  of  these  coming  afflictions  that  Areift 
waiting  for  the  rich  as  well  as  the  poor,  hoa^ 
bands  and  wive^  should  put  forth  greater  effbrtv 
to  make  each  other  happy,  and  thus  render  th« 
thorny  pathway  of  life  as  pleasant  as  possible... 
The  world  is  full  of  thorns  and  thistle^,  som, 
alHictions  and  temptations  which  causes  maDj^' 
homes  to  be  dreary  and  uninviting.  Butmudk 
of  this  may  be  nlleviateil  by  due  kindness  and 
conjugal  afi'ection  upon  the  part  of  the  compaiK 
ions  of  life.  Foi^tting  their  "first  love,"  has 
rendered  the  lives  of  millions  miserable  in  th% 
extreme. 

Beyond  this  vale  of  tears  we  look  for  a  bettet^ 
clime,  where  the  sad  ones  who  have  lived  faitb:« 
fully,  shall  meet  and  be  forever  at  rest.  On  yo» 
beautiful  shore,  amid  the  delightful  scenery  la 
the  Paradise  of  God,  we  cim  walk  and  talk  of 
the  blessedness  of  the  rwleemed.  Husband  and 
wife,  tather  aud  mother,  brothers  and  sisters  uaik 
greet  each  other  beyond  the  stormy  wateiSv 
where  sickness  and  bereavements  never  come; 
there  they  can  walk  aud  sing  the  song  of  thft 
saved  evemiore.  Gentle  reader,  ore  you  ready 
to-uight  to  leave  earth  with  all  its  sorrows  and 
join  the  happy  and  immortal  throng  that  standi 
ready  to  welcome  you  home? — J.  H.  Moor*. 


TllK    l^KKXHREiSr    JS^'^r    ^VOKlv. 


February  *>q 


§h^  Jgamti  §irch. 


RBAO  AKU  OBEY. 

■•  nu«I«adii.  lof  jour  witm." 

"  fflTW,    olMj    yjur    hu»l*iid»." 

"  Pfttbtn,  prwToke  ool  jonr  chiUreo  lo  wimth." 

"  ChUdrtD,    obey    JOut    puenU    In   all    IhlBp . ' 


JEdited  by  M.  M.  Eshelrdan. 

Ik  yoa  find  you  are  gcltinff  angry,  just  begin 
to  count,  and  don't  stop  until  the  (uiger  i»  all 
^np.     It  is  a  euro  cuw;  try  it  and  be  buppy. 


Tow  week  we  (fire  up  tlie  Home  Circle  to  our 
\mien,  'for  thej-  liftvc  bwn  vcr)-  kind  in  sending 
«a  much  good  nuitU-r.  Il--iul  all  with  care,  and 
pr«>-  the  Lord  that  it  miiy  do  you  much  good. 


Amhwkiih  to  John  II.  Snavely'n  queries  in 
No.  7. 

1.  Uvi  died  in  Kgypt. 

2.  He  WHJt  one  Ininilred  and  thirty-seveu  years 
old. 

8.  Mewni)  the  ((randfnther  of  Libni,  Shimi, 
Amram.  Izhar.  Hebron.  UzzicI,  Mahali.  and 
Mu»hi.     (Kxodu-.tf:lT.  1ft). 

4.  l-ihmael  died  1773  years  B.  C,  at  the  age 
of  li'i"  yean<. 

5.  Seth  died  Hm'i  years  H.  C..  at  the  age  of 

ma. 

Firnt,  aerniid,  third  and  fifth,  answered  by  a 
Friend.  Firjri,  Herond,  fourth  and  fiftli.  correct- 
ly anHwered  by  John  L.  Knintz.  Same  by  Clara 
K.  Lutz. 

In  luiHwer  to  Iva  Thomaa'  query,  in  No.  5, 
J.  II.  of  Va.  says.  Aau. 


QuRKiKS.  by  John  L,  Frantz:  1  Who  was  the 
first  blacksmith  ?  2.  Who  caused  iron  to  swim? 
S.  What  king  reigned  only  one  mouth?  4.  Who 
wroU-  with  a  pen  of  iron  and  the  point  of  a  dia- 
nioud?  5.  Uow  many  iiiiraclea  did  Jesus  per- 
form ? 

By  A  Frioud:  How  miuiy  knives  did  thochil- 
dn'U  of  IsriK'l  take  out  of  Kgyptr' 

By  Clara  K.  Lutz:  1.  How  miuiy  years  after 
the  (lepartun;  of  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
Egypt  did  Solomon  lay  the  foundation  of  the 
tt-mpU'V  2.  Whom  did  the  Li)rd  appoint  to 
tfucoeed  Mosok? 

By  Michael  V.  Snnvely:  1.  How  old  was  Noah 
when  the  Hood  came  upon  the  earth  ?  2.  Who 
wa-*  the  fiM  nuin  that  died  a  naturaldeuth,  and 
how  old  wa!<  hn? 


IN  THE  GRAVE-YARD  SOFTLY 
SLEEPING. 

IN  the  gnive-y«rd  softly  sleeping. 
When?  the  cyjire-s-s  branches  wave. 
Lies  our  little  .school-mate,  keeping 

Silence  in  the  narrow  grave. 
Tliere  she  sleeps,  and  no  to-morrow 

Wakes  her  in  that  silent  home; 
There  she  rests,  no  sign  of  sorrow 
Clouds  with  grief,  her  rural  home. 

There  the  daisies  and  tlie  rosea, 

Hour  their  incense  at  her  feet. 
On  the  spot  where  she  reposes, 

WliL-re  the  gnus  is  green  and  sweet. 
There  the  wood-lark,  sweetly  singing. 

With  her  music  cliarms  the  air. 
And  the  busy  wild  bee  winging 

Hum  a  hymn  for  flow'rets  fair. 

But  they  cannot  wake  our  sister, 

On  her  bed  within  the  tomb; 
Angels  up  in  heaven  missed  her. 

So  they  came  and  took  her  home. 
Took  her  where  the  woud'runs  glory, 

Fills  her  happy  soul  with  love. 
Where  her  heiirt  cau  feel  no  sorrow 

In  her  blessed  home  above. 

Selected  by  Claka  E.  Lltz. 
Wimhu;  in. 


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FROM  GRANDPA. 

/'iKANDPAluu  coucludedto.wri  te  to  the  chil- 
VI     do'u  at  work  in  the  Home  Circle  again. 

Youth  is  the  time  to  serve  the  Lord, 
The  time  to  insure  the  great  reward: 

I  would  advise  the  cliildren  to  do  all  tlie  good 
they  citu,  aiid  fbraako  all  evil  that  is  termed  cai-- 
jial  plea.iunfs,  suoh  iw  prido,  BUpcrfluity  of  ap- 
parel, all  tiiiecies  of  gambling,  revoliug,  church 
au])|«r8,  mid  all  vanities.  XJie  earlier  in  lifoyou 
come  out  of  the  kingdom  of  this  world  uud 
come  into  CUvist\  kiugdom.  (church)  aud  be- 
come spirituailj'  miudmi,  the  bettor.  The  Sav- 
ior Huyt<,  "Cuuiu  unto  me  all  ye  that  labor  and 
are  liuavy  htdtfu,  and  I  will  givu  you  rest."  I 
duu't  thijik  ^b«rc  i^  out  of  our  little  renders  but 
wluit  wants  w»t.  You  ciuiuot  get  spiritual  rest 
<»ut*ide  of  tlie  church,  and  you  will  have  to  make 
a  uhoici-  of  u  church  tliat  will  condemn  th«- 
iibovi-  named  raveling  uud  cuvuui  pleu.sures,  and 
preach  luid  pruclnoe  noiKunibnuiti}-  to  the 
world.  I  aui  old  now,  and  livt^l  in  u  fu.sh' 
ionabh-  church  fur  niuuy  ycare,  lUid  ,in  reading 
what  Taul  wiyi,  "come  out  liom  amimg  thcju," 
aud  also  to  "  hikve  uo  fellowship  with  them,"  I 
finally  took  brother  Paul's  advice,  obeyed  liis 
teacliings,  and  joined  wiih  the  Brethren.  1  re- 
joice to-day,  that  I  mode  this  step,  So  I  would 
say,  make  the  right  titurt  for  glory. 

The  Wst  news  1  see  in  the  Home  Circle  is, 
that  so  many  cliildren  c(uue  out  on  tho  Lord's 
side  and  are  baptiKed.  and  come  into  the  church. 
It  is  glad  tidings  of  gi-eat  joy  to  us.  Be  faith- 
ful, for  you  have  made  the  right  start.  There  is 
one  thing  that  I  will  vouch  for,  if  you  live  to 
be  as  old  a"!  gnmdpa,  yon  will  never  regret  that 
yoH  came  into  the  church  while  young.  When 
you  hear  men  preach  their  opinion  against  the 
inspired  Word  of  God.  (which  is  done  in  many 
places)  don't  heed  it,  but  take  the  Bible  foryour 
counsel,  and  if  vou  or  voiir  parents  can  raise 
%l.m.  get  llro.  \\.  H.  Miller's  book.  "The  Doc- 
trine of  the  Brethren  Uetended."  and  read  aud 
re-read  it,  iind  lend  it  to  your  noighbore,  and  re- 
solve to  serve  the  Lord. 

Cmud.  III. 


THE  CITY  OF  JERUSALEM. 

Ikar  Younfj  Rnidrrs  iif  (hr  Noiirr  Cirrh: — 
0  doubt  some  of  you  have  rend  of  the  wis- 
dom oi  Solomon,  and  that  beftutiful  city-:- 
Jerusalem. 

Solomon  was  the  flower  of  all  the  king?>  of 
the  earth,  and  an  ornament  to  Israel.  For  or 
der  and  perfection  noneexcelledhim.  He  made 
Jerusalem  the  dwelling  place  of  holiness  and 
queen  of  aJl  the  earth.  In  the  city  on  Mount 
Moriah,  he  built  one  of  the  most  splendid  tem- 
ples that  ever  was  erected;  adorned  and  orna- 
mented the  marble  stones,  of  which  it  was 
composed,  with  gold  and  silver,  shining  in  splen- 
dor like  the  majestic  sun.  Many  thousand 
workmen  were  employed  in  this  structure  for 
SL'veral  years.  All  manner  of  carved  work,  lin- 
ens of  various  colors  covered  the  sanctum  sanc- 
torum, the  holy  of  holies.  In  it  Were  the  altar 
for  barningincense,  and  the  ark  of  the  covenant. 
There  was  no  city,  but  the  city  of  Jerusalem, 
where  the  Almighty  could  be  thus  pubUcly 
worshipped. 

Jesus,  in  order  to  fulfil  the  prophecy,  entered 
the  city  on  an  ass.  and  therefore  he  sent  two  of 
his  disciples  to  fetch  it;  and  they  placed  the 
Lord  of  lords  thereon.  A  great  many  people 
assembled  themselves  and  came  out  of  the  city, 
not  armed  with  weapons,  but  Avith  green  branch- 
es, in  order  to  escort  their  King  in  trinmph  into 
the  city.  All  were  full  of  joy;  every  one  look- 
ed on  ,Tesus,  who  conld  be  seen  above  all  the 
rest,  riding,  surrounded  by  a  host  of  bis  disci- 
ples who  cried,  "  Hosanna  tothe  son  of  David!" 
"  Blessed  is  he  who  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord!"  The  ciy  wiia  so- great  t^at  the  Phari- 
sees became  very  much  displeased  and  went  to 
Jesus,  entreating  him  to  command  his  disciples 
to  be  quieL  But  Jc^uii  told  tliem  that  it  was 
impus^iblu  uo\T  tu  be  silent  ajid  not  pRiiiie  God, 
and  that  otherwise,  the  stones  would  cry  out. 

When  he  saw  the  city  plainly,  which  was  very 
liandsomc  uud  splendid,  and  also  the  beautiful 
temple  with  its  golden  roof  glittering  in  the 
sunshine,  together  with  the  white  aud  preciyus 
stones  of,  its  walls,  and  at  the  .same  time,  consid- 
ering its  future  condition  that  would  befall  this 
great  city  on  acconnt  of  its  sins,  of  wliich  they 
would  not  repent,  but  continued  to  be  impeni- 
tent, he  wept  bittiTly.  When  he  came  into  the" 
city  the  cry  was,  "  Who  is  this?  "  but  the  host 
that  followed  answered.  "This  \i  Jesus  the 
prophet  of  Nazareth,  of  GAUlee." 

SCBAlf  Wtnqeht. 
I'ni,tt.lh,  (7r>,rf.  lU. 


of  the  world  anrl  eat  the  fruits  that  the  Lord 
forbids.  No.  no.  We  are  here  to  do  what  God 
says.  He  has  told  men  and  women  many  things 
to  do  as  we  read  ia  the  Bible,  and  if  they  do 
them  because  they  love  the  Lord,  they  become 
good  men  and  good  women.  This  is  why  we 
are  in  the  world — to 

no  god's  will. 
He  says  in  the  Scripture,  that  boys  and  girls 
should  love  and  hear  their  parents.  "  Honor 
thy  father  and  thy  mother."  This  is  what  God 
says.  It  Ls  His  will  that  you  should  do  so.  And 
now  here  is  what  He  promises  you:  "  That  thy 
days  may  be  long  in  the  land."  Now,  look  at 
it!  long  life  He  promises  to  obedient  children, 
and  how  sweet  life  is!  How  good  it  is  to  live 
long  in  this  world  to  do  right  and  help  others  to 
do  right.  This  is  what  we  should  live  for. 
While  we  are  at  home  with  mamma  aud  jiapa, 
we  ought  to  be  good  children,  aud  to  do  this  we 
must  do  what  a  great  and  ^ood  preacher  c 
said:  "  Children,  obey  your  parents  in  the  Lord, 
for  this  is  right."  See,  He  gives  us  the  reason 
it  is  riijhf  to  do  so,  and  of  course  wrong  to  not 
obey  them.     We  ought 

ALWAYB  DO  nlQHT. 

If  you  do  wrong  because  you  can't  help  it, 
you  must  watch  that  point  and  do  so  no  more, 
and  so  step  by  step  you  may  come  up  to  a  good 
and  great  life  when  you  are  men  and  women. 
The  time  mil  soon  be  when  father  and  mother 
will  sleep  to  wake  no  more  in  this  world,  then 
you  must  take  cai-e  of  yourselves,  and  do  for 
yourselves.  How  good  it  will  then  be  to  look 
back  and  say,  "  I  tried  to  do  right."  Such  a  boy 
or  girl  can  go  through  this  life  and  always 
find  friends  and  homes  to  bid  them  WfU-om> 
Love  inily  what  is  good,  and  true  and  beautiful. 
Scom  to  do  a  mean  act.  Don't  say  bad  word; 
Be  kind  to  all.  If  some  one  treats  you  badly, 
trij,  0  try  hard,  to  do  good  to  them.  If  they 
have  any  good  at  all  about  their  hearts,  they 
will  be  ashamed  and  come  back,  aud  love  you  all 
the  more.  Uncle  Thomas  mil  say  too,  this  is 
true.  Do  right  always  toward  othei-s,  and  a 
you  learn,  and  grow  older,  may  you  also  learn 
to  give  your  hearts  early  to  the  Lord.  X  am  still, 
Y'our  Brother,  ' 

D.  B.  Mentzer. 


FROM  IDA  CLEMMER. 

EVE  was  the  first  woman,  aud  with  Adam 
was  put  in  the  garden  of  Eden.  Eve  was 
also  told  that  she  might  eat  of  the  fruit  of  all 
the  trees  in  the  garden  except  the  tree  of  the 
knowledge  of  good  and  evil.  But  Satan  came 
along  and  told  them  to  eat,  and  Eve  listened  to 
the  lying  words  and  took  of  the  fruit.  She  not 
only  ate  of  the  forbidden  fruit  herself,  but  gav 
some  to  Adam,  and  he  too  sinned.  When  God 
saw  what  they  had  done.  He  was  angrj-  at  them, 
and  as  He  walked  in  the  garden  in  the  cool  of 
the  day,  they  heard  His  voice  which  made  them 
afraid.  God  asked  them  whether  they  had  eat- 
en of  the  foi'bidden  fruit,  and  Adam  answered, 
"The  woman  ga?e  it  to  me  and  I  did  eat.*'  He 
did  not  humbly  confess  his  fault,  nor  did  Eve, 
so  both  were  driven  out  of  their  he.iutiful  home. 
Mt.  Carroll,  III. 


LETTERS  FROM  THE  EAST. 

.S'llIliKH   II. 

Mij  Dear  Yuuuij  Headen: — 

IT  gives  me  much  pleasure  to  find  "  Children 
at  Work  "  among  tlutpages  of  the  Brethren 
AT  Work.  I  see  brother  Eshelraau  is  ju  true 
earnest  and  doing  fluelj'.  So  it  becomes  ns  to 
help  him.  Boys  and  girls  are  known  to  ask 
what  we  are  put  in  thw  world  for.  They  are 
not  old  enough  to  think  much  ahoiit  it,  and  so 
this  seenis  dark  to  them.  If  yon  were  asked 
this  que-sfion,  Wh^  utf  irr  hire  In  fhis  u-orhl? 
what  would  you  say?  I  think  many  of  you 
could  give  a  good  answer.  It  is  one  of  the  greaf- 
t  questions  that  can  be  as^ed,  hut  the  answer 
so  easy  and  simple  that  many  good  hoys  and 
girls  can  answer  it.  We  are  not  here  only  to 
live  awhile  and  then  die.  like  the  birdsand  beasts. 
Oh  no.     We  are  not  here  to  drink  the  pleasures 


FROM  KATIE  A.  SNAVELY. 

D^r  Editor: — 

I  SAW  an  article  in  the  Home  (Jircle,  Dei 
No.  51,  written  by  Daniel  Brubaker,  about 
the  foolish  boy.  and  he  a.sked  several  questions 
about  it,  and  ^vished  the  little  boys  imd  girls  to 
answer  his  questions.  I  will  tell  you  what  I 
think  abdAt  it.  H^  wfshes  us  to  tell  liim  who 
told  it  and  wKat  he  wAnted  them  t)i  learn  from 
t.  I  think  it  wa't  Jesus  told  it,  and  He  wanted 
us  to  learn  that  when  we  come  to  the  years  of 
understanding  wo  should  not  do  as  the  foolish 
boy,  which,  means  the  prodigal  son,  and  not 
wander  away  from  our  Fat  hcr's  house,  and  go  on 
in  sin  aud  foll^-  until  we  come  to  want.  We 
then  see  our  condition  as  the  prodigid,  son  did, 
and  are  glad  to  go  back  to  our  Father's  house 
and  ask  Him  only  to  use  us  as  one  of  His  hired 
servants.  We  would  not  think  of  asking  God 
to  let  us  be  heirs  of  His  and  joint  heirs  with  Je- 
sas  Christ,  but  God  has  said,  if  we  return  to  Him. 
we  shall  bo  heirs  of  Hia  and  joint  heirs  with 
Jesus,  As  there>  was  joy  when  the  prodigal  sou 
returned,  so  I  think  there  will  be  joy  when  we 
return;  for  Christ  says,  "  There  is  more  joy  over 
one  sinner  that  repenteth,  than  over  ninety  and 
nine  juat  persons  which  need  no  repentance." 
I  think  Jesus  is  the  elder  son,  for  He  never  wan- 
dered away  from  His,  Father's  house.  If  this  is 
not  correct,  will, some  one  please  tell  mo  who 
the  elder  son  Ls? 
Hudson,  III. 


Thk  soul  is  a  soil  which  requires  to  he  dug 
and  stirred  deeply,  otherwise  nothing  will  grow 
in  it  but  weeds. 


CHILDREN  AT    WORK 


From  Annie  C.  Long. — Dmr  E'iUor; \^^ 

so  many  letters  written  by  little  folks  that  I 
thought  I  would  try  and  write  one  too;  thoaeh 
it  may  not  be  as  good  ii*  some  of  them.  J 
to  school  everj-  day.  and  mamma  and  pai>a  sav-, 
I  am  learning  very  fast.  I  like  my  teacher,  b&.  • 
cause  she  is  so  kind,  aud  try  to  obi-y  her.  I  a^. 
eight  years  old.  I  mean  to  be  a  good  girl,  but 
often  come  short.  I  pray  to  God  to  help  me  ^ 
do  better,  so  when  I  get  older,  I  can  be  His  child 
and  do  all  His  commandments.  I  read  the  good 
Book  every  day.     I  love  to  read  the  little  letters 

iMnark,  III. 

From  Klla  Lehman.— Since  the  first  of  1877 
I  lost  two  dear  sisters.  Sister  Ida,  the  first  of 
Feb.  1877,  and  sister  Cora  the  thirteenth  of  Not. 
Five  of  us  children  had  the  typhoid  fever  this 
Fall  for  three  mouths.  Sister  Cora  May  died 
with  the  diphtheria.  Since  my  health  has  bo 
failed  in  the  last  ten  months,  I  do  not  go  to 
school.  I  visited  the  school  which  my  two 
brothei-s  attend,  last  Friday.  The  scholare  are 
making  rapid  progress.  Since  the  Summer 
Sabbath-school  has  closed,  they  have  it  twice  a  ' 
mouth.  We  are  eight  miles  from  the  church. 
On  account  of  bad  weather  and  muddy  roads 
our  attendimce  is  very  irregular.  I  am  thirteen 
years  old. 

Marsliiilllomi,  loim. 

From  Ira  Miller.— 7uh(^  Editor :~l  am 
twelve  yeai-s  old.  I  like  to  reafl  the  Brfthrei,- 
AT  Work  and  the  young  folks'  letters;  and  abo 
the  lettei-s  from  the  missionaries  in  Dcnmai-k. 
Hope  they  will  return  safely. 

Freepoi:!,  III. 

From  Mary  C-  E.  E.  Sider.— .Vr.  EdUov. 

— I  thought  I  would  let  you  know  what  we  ar? 
doing  in  Canada.  I  am  ten  years  old.  I  have 
taken  the  "Children's  Paper"  for  four  yeare; 
but  now  my  father  takes  the  Brethren  at 
Work  andl  like  it  better,  because  it  contaiiu 
more  reading  and  comes  oftcner.  I  like  to  read 
good  books  and  papers.  Aunt  Nancy  Uvea  with 
us  now;  She  camo  from  Dupage  County,  111,, 
la:*t  Oct..  and  is  a  member  of  the  church,  AVheu 
Michael  Forney  was  in  Canada  last  Nov.,  he 
paid  us  a  visit  and  preached  one  evenmg  in  our 
house.  My  parents  are  members  of  the  Kiver 
Brethren.  We  have  meeting  here  every  Sab- 
bath. I  love  to  go  to  meeting  and  hear  the 
Word  preached.  I  ha%'e  one  sister  and  three 
brothei-s;  they  are  all  living  yet.  I  like  to  read 
letters  sent  to  you  by  other  children. 
Stevensville,  Old. 

From  Annie  Raffensperger.— Pmc  Edit- 
or:—I  am  fifteen  yeai-s  old.  Went  to  school 
last  Winter  until  I  took  sick,  and  have  been  sick 
ten  months.  I  was  able  to  go  to  church  and 
Sabbath-school  about  three  months  ago.  when 
brethren  Bushor  and  Gibson  were  holding  meet- 
ing here,  and  I  was  then  baptized,  and  am  now 
one  of  God's  little  lambs.  I  wish  you  wouldall 
know  what  a  friend  we  have  in  Jesus,  if  we  be- 
lieve in  Him,  when  we  aie  sick. 

Kovk  Run  District,  Lui. 

From  Jennt'ty  Buck.— I  attended  Sa'obatli- 
school  last  Summer,  at  our  meeting-house;  only 
missed  one  tiabliath.  fily  teaclier  was  Mrs.  Hatr 
tie  A.  Ha/tMi.  I  have  one  sister  juid  one  broth- 
er. I  love  to  go  aiijl  see  my  grandma  and 
grandpa;  they  live  at  Fremont.  Mamma  is 
taking  this  paper  and  we  like  it  real  well.  \ 
wish  all  the  little  girls  would  write  a  letter  for 
this  paper.    I  am  twelve  yew's  old,  ^ 

Fwtoria,  Iiid. 

I 

From  Dora  Simmons. — Dear  Editor^ 
am  nearly  ten  years  old.  T  never  wrote  a  letter, 
but  will  write  a  little  letttirfor  the  Home  Circle. 
We  have  no  Sunday-School  here  that  I  can  so 
to,  but  I  go  to  meeting  nearly  -  every  Sunday 
with  pa  and  ma,  in  the  carriage.  I  like  to  goto 
meeting  and  hear  them  sing  and  preach  about 
Jesus.  I  go  to  school  and  read  in  the  third 
reader.  1  live  in  the  country  and  lair  school- 
hou.se  is  only  three-fourths  of  a  mile  from  our 
house.  Mr.  Editor,  tell  Miss  Vinnie  Eslielman 
that  I  thank  her  for  inviting  me  to  come  and 
see  her.  I  cannbt  come  to  see  her  for  awhile 
yet,_ 

I'uiiiti  Cilij,  lud. 

From  Leora  C.  Lyon.— Kw  Editor:— I  ^0 
ten  years  old.  I  went  to  Sabbath-school  last 
Summer.  ReWcca  Snavely  was  my  teacher. 
I  hare  three  brothers  and  foursistew  liviug-onj 
one  sister  dead.  One  of  my  sistei-s  is  in  WesJ 
Viry.uia;  she  went  away  last  March;  I  would 
like  vtry  much  to  see  her.  We  live  three  ando 
half  miles  from  the  church.  My  father,  motliM 
and  sister  Alice  are  members  of  the  ehiucu.  j 
am  going  to  school  this  Winter,  and  have  not 
missed  a  day  yet. 

Iliidsoii,  III. 


February   2H. 

'coKHEsipoisri>KNcE7 

FROM  GERMANY. 

WE  left  Denmark  on  the  aSud  imt..  where 
and  when  my  hi«t  conitnuniciition  wa^ 
v-ritti-n-  Clime  to  Keichi-n  Sftchseu  on  l-Vidav 
eveuiug  ^cr  (luck:  went  to  the  hotel  and  next 
inoriiiiig  started  out  in  search  of  the  fripmis  we 
were  rt- quested  to  vii>it  in  that  place,  and  preach 
to  them. 

As  a  matter  of  course  in  this  country,  the 
minister  in  charge  has  to  he  consulted  first,  as 
lie  has  the  entire  control  of  <rh»reh  matters!  — 
Hence  we.  in  company  with  two  of  his  mem- 
Iwrs.  paid  him  ii  fiiendly  visit,  and  as  a  natural 
result,  our  Mission  «nd  its  success  and  proapeota, 
aoon  became  the  topic  of  conversation,  and 
^vith  the  plainest  hints  possihle,  given,  he  nev- 
ertheless seemed  dull  of  comprehension  to 
understand  its,  hence  did  not  even  invite  m  to 
come  to  meeting  next  day,  much  less  oflered  us 
the  church  for  services.  And  as  we  did  not 
like  to  leave  before  Monday  morning,  we  viaited 
some  six  or  eight  families  and  spuke  to  them 
from  iiouse  to  house.  We  went  to  meeting  on 
Sunday  and  heard  a  polished  but  saltless  ser- 
jnou  of  twenty-five  minutes,  and  as  the  minis- 
ter lords  over  his  flock  in  this  country,  all  felt 
a  timidity  in  saying.  You  may  preach  in  our 
house:  but  on  Sunday  evening  quite  a  number 
of  friends  met  to  bid  us  farewell.  "We  availed 
ourselves  of  the  opportunity  and  Bro.  Fry 
spent  about  an  hour  iu  speaking  to  them  with 
good  effect,  seemingly,  and  1  feel  persuaded 
they  heard  some  things  thoy  never  heard  before 
and  will  most  likely  not  soon  forget. 

Although  liberty  of  conscience  in  Germany 
has,  of  late  years,  been  much  improved,  yet  the 
cluirches  and  schools  are  both  under  the  control 
of  the  clergy;  lience  both  closed  against  stran- 
gers, especiiilly  when  tliey  think  their  craft  is 
in  danger;  we  then  hear  them  siiy  mth  one 
voice;  "  Great  is  the  Diiina  of  the  Ephesians." 
We  think  however  in  places  good  might  be 
done  if  the  brethren  could  live  among  them  a 
length  of  time  and  live  out  what  they  preach, 
associate  with  the  people,  so  they  will  open 
their  doors. 

But  we  proceeded  further  and  came  to  this 
place,  and  imi  now  writing  in  the  house  of 
David  Clock,  brother  of  John  Glock  of  Augh- 
wick  Mills,  Huntingdon  Co.,  Pa.,  who  is  exten- 
sively known  in  our  brotherhood.  Here  we 
found  11  similar  state  of  things,  The  minister 
said,  he  had  not  the  privilege  of  offering  the 
use  of  the  church,  being  emploj'ed  by  the  gov- 
ernment, and  obliged  to  go  according  to  law. — 
So  we  will  shake  the  dust  from  our  feet  and  re- 
turn to  Hamburg  where  we  expect  to  meet  our 
companion,  and  go  to  England. 

The  country  in  Germany  is  more  hilly  than 
we  expected  to  find  it.  Between  Hanover  and 
Frankl'ort  we  passed  through  five  tunnels,  one 
of  several  miles;  and  between  Heidelberg  and 
Lnd%vigsburg  we  passed  through  some  smaller 
ones.  We  passed  thnnigh  some  excellent  coun- 
try on  our  way  here;  Imt  the  most  indescribable 
sight  I  ever  saw,  in  an  agricultural  point  of 
view  is  the  vine-yard  here  in  Hoheneck  on  a 
hill  side. 

The  weather  is  still  pleasant,  yet  the  temper- 
ature is  cold  enough  to  render  traveling  pleas- 
ant. There  is  from  one  to  three  inches  of 
snow  on  the  ground.  Our  health  is  still  very 
good,  and  hope  our  companions  are  enjoying 
good  health  also. 

Our  privileges  for  writing  are  very  limited  in 
traveling  around;  hence  please  excuse  for  short 
and  imperfect  notes. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

Enoch  Ebt. 
Hiiheiieck,  LtuUngshitrg,  Wurtnnhmj,  Eurirjie, 
Jan.  30th,  If^S. 


'r\iv\  i^RETFmE:N^  ^t  -woinc. 


and  the  sheop  Iwing  short  of  the  lif.-giving 
fluid,  and  MndoHbt4'dly  al^o  of  the  hwiid  of  lifo 
which  Cometh  down  from  iiIwvp:  thev  includ- 
ed to  get  up  an  old-fash ion.-d  party.  '  The  shwp 
wvre  to  dn.i»  phnn  and  in  the  good,  old  *tyle  of 
one  hundred  years  ago.  Some  were  to  rcpn-- 
sent  Gcorgo  Washington  and  Lady,  and  other 
noted  chiiracters  of  that  day.  The  host  of  till 
wiis.  however,  they  were  to  have  an  old-fashion- 
ed siipiwr  of  baked  pork  luul  beans.  They  hail 
old  music  such  v»  Yankee  Doodle  and  tho  like; 
Psalms  and  spiritual  songs  were  counted  out  of 
order.  Those  things  being  such  a  novelty,  they 
took  amazingly.  The  goats  flocked  in  from  all 
quarters;  they  were  patted,  coaxed  and  seated 
around  the  tables  with  the  sheep,  ami  they  all 
partook  of  their  repast  without  asking  a  bless- 
ing or  returning  thanks  to  the  Giver  of  everv 
good  and  perfect  gift.  And  while  they  were 
around  the  table,  some  of  the  most  fnacinating 
lambs  milked  them  to  their  heart's  content.  The 
needed  cash  was  raised,  and  now  they  ore  living 
under  the  kind  and  pretecting  care  of  a  world- 
ly organization. 

There  are  a  few  members  of  this  society 
dissatisfied  with  such  things  and  we  have  the 
above  from  them.  We  passed  around  among 
some  of  them  the  paper,  containing  Bro.  Esh- 
elman's  comments  on  Prov.  27:  27,  "And  thou 
shalt  have  goat's  milk  enough  lor  thy  food,  for 
the  food  of  thy  household,  and  for  the  main- 
tainance  of  thy  maidens."  They  were  liighly 
exiisperated,  and  said  they  had  as  good  a  right 
to  the  goata'  money,  as  saloon-keepers  and  the 
like. 

In  this  expression  we  think  all  the  humble 
follo^vers  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Lamb  will  con- 
:  but  that  don't  make  either  right.  We 
pass  your  paper  among  those,  that  we  think 
will  he  benefited  by  it;  and  it  seems  to  be  caus- 
ing the  scales  to  full  from  their  eyes.  We 
hope  the  day  is  not  fiu-  distant  when  they  will 
see  as  they  are  seen,  and  that  they  will  conform 
to  the  pure  and  unadulterated  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

Frank  Allen. 
Vicksburg,  Mich. 


] 


and  sister*  pray  for  us,  that  we  may  live  faith- 
ful, that  ntheni.  w-eing  our  earnestneas  in  the 
ciiusp  of  the  Lord,  may  eomp  and  join  with  us 
in  serving  the  true  and  living  Gm).  Pray  that 
there  may  1*  a  gn-at  and  mighty  church  of  Jp- 
8US  rhrist  reared  tip  here  in  Heliunnt  Co.,  Ohio, 
here  in  the  midat  of  sectarians  of  most  all 
kinds.  Ood  is  working  in  the  hearts  of  many 
for  the  good  of  thtir  souls. 

,     „  A  SiSTEIl. 

It  urnwk,  0. 


GLEA.NI1S"GS. 


wi: 


THE  WAY  SOME  GOATS  WERE 
MILKED. 

WHILE  reading  Bro.  M.  M.Eshelman'sart- 
cle  on  "Goat's  Milk  Enough."  I  thought 
I  would  give  you  a  plan  that  was  concocted  in 
this  vicinity  for  milking  goats.  They  have  been 
milked  80  long  and  oft^n,  they  are  getting  pret- 
ty shy.  It  is  getting  rather  difficult  to  decoy 
them  into  the  fold  when  milk  is  wanted.  But 
the  fertile  brain  of  the  milkmen  seems  to  be 
equal  to  the  occasion. 

There  is  a  temple  in  Vicksburg,  Mich.,  said 
to  have  been  dedicated  to  God.  The  worshi].- 
Pers  of  said  temple  seem  to  be  rather  faithless 
Vfith  regard  to  God's  power  to  provide  for  His 
own,  or  protect  them  against  dauger  and  loss. 
So  they  concluded  to  take  it  from  under  hia 
kind  care,  and  put  it  under  the  fostering  care  of 
a  worldly  institution.  The  protection  of  such 
"in  one  cannot  be  had  without  money  and  price, 


FROM    KANSAS. 

Drar  Jirethivn:— 

have  seen  in  your  worthy  pai>er  that 
brethren  from  tho  East  wor«  out  West, 
looking  for  U.  H.  land  to  locate  a  colony  on.  — 
Now,  why  pay  from  4  to  8  dollars  per  acre  fi 
snch  laud,  when  you  can  come  here  and  get  just 
Osgood  laud  for  one  dollar  and  a  quarteri'  This 
land  is  for  actual  settlers,  nud  no  one  can  get  it 
without  liring  on  it. 

We  have  a  beautiful  climate  with  good  wati 
and  good  health,  live  in  Sumner  Co.,  on  fitiite 
Creek,  thirteen  miles  North-West  of  Welling- 
ton and  thirty  miles  South-west  of  Vichita.  — 
There  lu-e  sixteen  inembera  here  imd  all  willing 
and  ready  to  do  their  part  iw  far  na  they  are 
able. 

Well,  we  cannot  close  without  repeating  the 
same  call;  "  Come  and  help  us."  Have  but  one 
speaker  here  and  there  are  more  culls  than  two 
or  three  can  fill.  Now,  dear  brethren  do  not 
slop  and  make  first  one  excuse  and  then  an- 
other, hut  coine  along  and  do  your  part,  and 
the  rest  will  be  done.  The  Lord  will  provide 
for  those  who  trust  hiin! 

Yours  in  the  One  Faith, 

A.  Holloway. 


FROM    IOWA. 


Dmr  Iirefhrcn>-r- 

THE  church  is  in  a  prosperous  condition.- 
Since  the  first  of  January,  eight  precious  I  swiudlings  in  Texas  lam 
bouIb  have  united  with  us  and  have  been  re-    ber  of  bogus  deeds  have  been  is.sued. 
ceived  into  the  church  by  baptism.     They  have 
enlisted  under  the  banner  of  King  Emmanuel. 

To  the  comfort  and  encouragement  of  many, 
we  would  say  that  they  are  no  more  strangers 
and  foreigners,  but  fellow-citizens  with  the 
saints  and  of  the  household  of  God.  They  are 
building  upon  the  loundation  of  the  apostles 
and  prophets.  Jesus  Christ  himself  being  the 
chief  corner  stone. 

0  what  a  joyful  thought,  that  we  are  building 
upon  that  good  foundation  that  even  the  gates 
of  hell  cannot  prevail  against  us.  If  God  be 
for  us  who  can  be  against  us.  "  For  I  am  jwr- 
suaded  that  neither  death  nor  life,  nor  angels, 
nor  principalities  nor  powers,  nor  things  pre- 
sent nor  things  to  come,  nor  height  nor  depth, 
nor  any  other  creature  shall  be  able  to  separate 
us  from  the  love  of  God  which  is  in  Christ  Je- 
sus, our  Lord  "'  (Rom.  8:  3!)).  The  eyes  of  the 
Lord  are  over  the  righteous  and  his  ears  are  oi>- 
en  unto  their  prayers. 

Five  more  have  become  vrilling  to  unite  with 
us  soon.  May  God  guide  them  with  His  holy 
Spirit  into  all  truth,  is  my  prayer. 

Baldirln,  Iowa, 


P.  Hetl. 


HOME    MISSION. 

Drar  Brftkrrji: — 

ON  Friday,  the  eighth  of  Febmarj-,  Elder 
George  Irvin  came  to  us  and  remained 
over  Sunday.  He  preached  six  discourses  in  all^ 
and  while  he  was  with  us,  the  Word  of  God 
was  preached  in  its  purity.  No  accessions  to 
the  church,  yet  we  hope  that  his  labors  of  love 
\vill  be  as  bread  cost  upon  the  water,  to  be 
gathered  not  many  days  hence. 

May  God  help  us,  dear  brethren  and  sisters, 
that  we  may  liecome  more  earnest  in  prayer,  as 
we  believe  it  is  prayer  that  makes  the  Chris- 
tian's armor  bright,  and  without  prayer  we  can- 
not enter  into  the  rest  that  remains  for  the 
children  of  God.  We  are  commanded  to  watch 
and  pray,  lest  we  enter  into  temptation. 

May  God  help  us  to  do  all  we  can  to  persuade 
sinncB  to  come  to  Christ  and  seek  an  interest 
in  the  saving  blood  of  Him  who  died  on  the 
cross  to  redeem  sinful  mankind  from  their  sins. 

We  nunilwr  twenty-one  members  here.  We 
have  prayer-meeting  three  times  u  week,  for  we 
know  it  is  good  to  wait  on  the  Lord  and  to 
mingle  our  voices  together  iu  singing  and  pray- 
ing to  God  as  did   Paul   and  Silas.      Brethren 


TEXAS   LAND    SWINDLERS. 

AS  many  brethren  are  now  looking  at  Texas 
as  ii  place  to  locate,  it  is  needful  that  they 
he  ciuitious  iu  the  matter  of  fraudulent  deeds. 
We  clip  the  following  from  one  of  ourexchimg- 
63,  and  those  gqiiig  to  Texa:)  should  cut  this  out 
and  carry  it  with  them  for  reference. 

"  .\  few  months  ago  a  numl>er  of  men  were  ar- 
rested at  Kansas  City,  implicated  in  enormous 
An  immense  nuni- 
Through 
n  special  agent  of  the  United  States  Postal  ser- 
vice, the  names  of  niont  of  those  who  issued 
these  fraudulent  deeds  have  bi^en  ascertained, 
and  we  give  their  names  below.  The  publica- 
tion of  the  names  is  niaile  for  the  reason  that 
large  quautaties  of  land  were  sold  or  transferred 
by  members  of  the  gang  in  most  of  the  Wes- 
tern and  Southern  States,  and  it  is  pretty  near- 
ly certain  that  all  the  titles  which  have  emana- 
ted for  the  pa.tt  eight  or  ten  years  from  any  of 
these  itarties  are  fraudulent,  and  of  no  value 
whatever.     The  names  are  as  follows: 

E.  R  Atwell,  E.  B.  Bates,  Job  D.  Barry. 
John  Bart,  George  D.  Brown,  John  R.  Davis, 
Thos.  Dalton,  H.  A.  Edwards,  J.  F.  Goodman, 
J.  R.  Hammil,  Aaron  Hughes,  John  Jones,  D. 
K.  Jackson,  H.  C.  Brown,  Herman  Brandt, 
John  Hall,  J.  B.  Hughes,  A.  G.  Ha7.elton,  Jo- 
nas Cheek,  Job  M,  Davis,  (ieorge  Dawson,  W. 
H.  Gibbs,  J.  R.  Hamilton,  John  R.  Hall.  Bart^ 
lett  Heekmau,  John  L.  Hudson,  James  A.  Haws, 
A.  M.  Jones,  N.  G.  Kelley,  Jolin  M.  Mercer, 
John  M.  Martin,  Orlando  Kiger,  Alexander  Kel- 
ley, John  T.  Martin,  D.  A.  Newberry,  Zero 
Cakes,  Allen  Oakley,  Luke  0.  Bannon,  John 
Ryan,  Uriah  P.  Smith,  W.  L.  Stephens,  Geo. 
W.  Smith,  Robt.  W.  Teasdall,  B.  F.  Williams, 
Jacob  J.  Bates,  George  Arnsby,  J.  T.  Ogden, 
S.  A.  Oliver  &  Co,.  Sylvester  Oppice,  E.  L.  Rock- 
well k  Co.,  D.  R.  Stein,  A.  J.  Smith.  Geo.  A. 
Stevens  and  Geo.  H.  Thomson." 


From  Jesse  CaWert.— I  went  to  Nfwton, 
Miami  Co..  Ohio.  Fob.  7tli.  Bro.  D.ivi.  Vouqc^ 
was  there  nnd  hod  held  two  m«H;ting*  Ijefore  I 
arrival  Wc  continued  our  lalir.rH  then-  until 
Feb.  II,  having  two  meetings  a  day.  The  lar- 
gent  congregations  we  have  seen  this  Winter, 
and  mneh  oppn»ition,  probably  the  most  from 
the  Cadwalmler  fraternity;  but  amidst  nil  IL'.- 
oppoaition  thirty-four  wore  led  down  iritii  tho 
water  and  took  upon  them  the  name  of  J«tii.s. 
One  more  made  her  wants  known,  and  we  think 
will  soon  unit*'  with  the  bond;  two  made  »[nili- 
cation  to  lie  re«lon-d.  and  many  more  said  they 
would  come  soon.  Several  of  the  Cadwidivl^V 
people  said  they  were  di*«ati!-R.-il.  and  I  think 
they  will  return  back  to  the  fold  again. 

I  won  in  Ohio  about  eight  week*  on  this  trip. 
Had  seventy-ono  meetings,  bcttiden  two  coiu- 
munion  meetings.  One  hundred  and  fifty-sHv- 
en  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism.  «itii 
the  promise  of  twenty-one  more.  May  th- 
Lord  bless  all  the  brethren,  sistera  and  friend- 
Came  home  on  the  12th.  Found  all  well  with 
the  Gxccptiona  of  bad  colds.    Thanks  be  to  U'4. 

From  0.  W.  Crlpe.  —  Bro.  Samuel  CIcit 
held  several  meetings  in  the  Northern  part  of 
the  congregation  and  as  the  result  of  bis  labojra 
twelve  were  ailded  to  the  church,  and  prospects 
are  good  for  more.  Have  meeting  here  now, 
Bro.  Murray  doing  the  preaching.  Thn>e  have 
made  application  to  Iw  ri'ceived  into  the  church. 
The  roivda  are  so  bad  that  we  think  of  slopping 
lor  the  present.  Yet  we  have  much  to  be 
thankful  for.  God  bless  tho  lab<irs  of  all  the 
Brethren  to  the  convereion  of  many  »ouU  tn 
ChrislI— iViV.  Iiiil,  Ft(,.,  10, 1K7». 

From  Jacob  Hle-staml.—  Bro.  Samuel  Bo»- 
sermim  of  Dunkirk  wils  with  us,  preached  ia 
the  evening  and  on  Sabbath  at  10:  30.  The 
church  was  luade  to  rejoice  when  four  precious 
souls  were  made  to  forsake  sin  and  follow  their 
Master.  In  tho  oflernoun  a  large  crowd  of  pecK 
plo  lutscmhled  on  the  banks  of  the  Sanduskr 
River,  where  theordinance  of  baptism  was  per- 
formed by  Bro.  Boaaerman.  Those  that  were, 
received  were  all  sisters,  the  youngest  lieing 
eleven,  the  oldest  about  eighteen  years  of  age. 
The  weather  was  cold  aiul  snowy,  but  we  never 
saw  us  much  fortitude.  The  ordinance  pasted, 
otY  quiet  and  orderly.  May  God  bless  them  and 
nia,v  they  keep  clow  to  the  foot  of  the  CrossI — 
Littlr  York,  0.,  Feb.  11.  lti7H. 


DIED. 


Ob.tuftries  Nhould  he  brief,  written  en 
]>Kp«r,  And  sepirale  from  all  o 


BOWMAN,— In  theWakenda  Branch,  Mo.,  on 
the  23rd  of  Jan. '78:  sister  Annie  Bowman  ; 
wife  of  brother  D.B.  Bowman;  aged  56  years. 
10  mouths  and  25  days.  Occasion  improved 
from  Rev.  7: 13, 14,  by  A.  Harper. 

S.  B.  SmRKT. 

BLILER.--At  South  Bend,  Ind.,  Feb.  12, 1878, 
sister  Nancy  Bliler,  aged  77  years.  Text: 
Numbers  20:  23. 

J.  B.  Wriortsman. 

RERR.— On  tho  31st  day  of  January,  1S78, 
our  old  and  respected  sister  Sarah  Rerr.  wife 
of  brother  John  Rerr.  aged  TO  years,  1  month 
and  111  days.  Funeral  services  conducted  by 
the  writer,  from  2  Tim.  4:6,7,8. 

J.  L.  Frantz. 


From  ('.  Forney.— Elder  J.  J.  Liehty  (roni 
Brown  Co.,  Kansas  came  to  us  Feb.  2nd.  Com- 
menced a  series  of  nieetiugs  which  closed  oa 
the  lOth.  Six  accessions  to  the  church.  Bad 
weather  and  bad  muds  on  account  of  mad^ 
greatlj*  interfered  with  the  sueceiw  of  the  meel> 
ing.     We  think   more  are  counting  the  cost. 

As  one,  we  feel  that  the  benefit  of  such  meet- 
ings need  not  ueceMsarily  deiHtnd  only  on  the 
uuml)er  of  ncce.ssions.  The  Master  says  to  Pe> 
ter,  "  Feed  my  sheep"  which  was  not  forgotten 
at  our  meetings,  and  the  amount  of  good  accom- 
plished by  our  brother's  labors,  m  hard  to  teU. 
The  memtxTs  here  seem  to  be  in  union,  and 
growing  more  zealous  in  the  good  cause. — FaUi 
Cihj,  A'eA..  Feb.  13,  1S7H. 

From  Bella  A.  Bolln.— In  this  neigb" 
horhood  most  of  the  brethren  take  the  Bheto- 
UEN  AT  Work.  Last  Sunday  after  meeting,  X 
wont  to  brother  Shelins',  and  there  lay  your 
paper  on  the  stand,  full  of  good  news  ae  usual. 
One  poor  old  sister  ftoid  she  wished  she  could 
have  the  paper,  as  it  has  such  plain  print;  bat 
she  is  too  poor  to  pay  for  it.  If  you  have  a 
p<ior  fund,  please  send  the  paper  to  her.  Mny 
God  bleas  you  in  your  labors  of  love;  and  mvtj 
Ziou  prosper,  that  when  the  labors  of  life  aie 
o'er,  may  we  find  sweet  rest  in  our  heavenlj 
home. — jViVfS,  Mirh. 

From  J.  M.  Replogle.— There  are  fifteen 
members  living  here,  nnd  no  one  to  preach  for 
us,  only  when  we  can  get  some  one  from  other 
I  arms  of  the  church.  Bro.  Samuel  C.  Stump 
just  closed  a  series  of  meetings  here.  We  hope 
the  Lord  will  bless  his  labors  here  and  elsewhertw 
Would  be  glad  if  some  of  our  ministering 
brethren  would  stop  here  and  give  us  a  few 
meetings,  or  if  some  one  would  wish  to  moTa 
to  a  good  countrj',  we  would  invite  them  to 
come  and  see  our  countrii-.  Remember,  Fam^ 
gut  is  our  Station.— F(irr(73M/,  la..  Jnn.  :?^,  7^ 

From  Isaac  Wampler.— Snow  at  pt«sent 

three  or  four  inches  deep,  and  roads  almost  iD»> 
pa.ssal>le;  however  our  meetings  are  well  attend 
e<i.  Have  no  minister  living  in  this  part  of  the 
district.  This  would  be  a  good  place  for  one  to 
locate,  as  the  harvest  is  abundant.  We  have  ■ 
brick  meeting-house,  40  hy  60  with  hasement, 
and  prospects  for  doing  good  aiv  all  that  con  be 
desired.— A'riofrHosffr,  Mo.,  iV6. 13,  iOTJi. 


8 


TI-IP:    BKETiIRE:^r    ^T    A\  OKlv, 


Feb: 


ruax'v  52  H 


From  Danft'l  Vaillman.— I  hp-re«itbeiicl-j^    Mc«tiog  wae  we«k.     Bapliatwl  i^ijil't  at  that  place. 


•omc  poach  blowmnn  taken  from  a  tree  in  Lawrcooc 
and  a  variety  of  flowcre  which  I  gathrrc'l  cut  on 
the  open  prairie  while  walkiog  from  I^wreiif«  lo 
our  itopping  plat-e,  ontr  mile  irom  JjAvcrencc. — 
ilj  brother  George  and  I,  arrived  here  Wt  Fri- 
day, and  BpcDl  vMterday  pleasantly  prw-iMJCling 
over  rich  and  beiiwlifiit  prairie;  t'>-dny  BjKsnt  the 
day  in  Lawrence.  Preached  in  the  Methodist 
Oburch  U>  a  large  and  otltntivc  audience  at  11  A. 
JL  At  ri  P.  M.  wfiit  U>  Sabl.fttli--*chi><.l.  Law- 
nnoe  ij  a  newly  «tllcd  plac«,  containing  two 
eburcheK,  one  grist  mill,  and  a  number  of  atorcs. 

The  citiwn»  of  both  town  and  vicinity  so 
far  ft*  we  have  leariicd,  arc  all  from  the  North, 
und  «crn  »o  kind  and  w>riable,  that  we  can  acarce- 
ly  rcalizi:  that  we  are  in  Texai..  Tliey  eecm  very 
nnxioiin  for  the  Brethren  lo  selllc  among  them, 
»nd  help  build  up  the  country.  The  weather  is 
very  piiiwanl  and  warm  ;  road*  a  little  diiBty. — 
people  have  been  (wwjng  o»t#,  making  garden  &c. 
The  right  thinking  ond  entcrprigiu.^  people  here, 
are  Itatlling  agaiiint  the  tale  of  apirituous  liquors, 
and  are  milking  gnod  progress. 

The  Methodisl  rainiater  at  this  place  gave 
me  a  liHt  of  cniinticfl  in  Texiw  that  had  aiicceeded 
in  baui.Hhing  eVLry  liquor  hhoji  from  their  counly, 
and  oUicm  will  noon  reach  the  snmo  important  end 
wliich  isuccomiilifhed  by  a  majority  of  the  votea 
of  tlic  perji)le  nf  n  county  or  iucf.rporoted  town. 

I  brought  with  me  a  bundle  of  the  BKJrrnRES 
AT  WoJtK  and  I'rimiiive  C'hrUtinn.  At  the  cIoec 
of  the  moeting  J  announced  what  they  were,  and 
tbnt  I  would  didtribute  them  free,  which  I 
did.  I-'ifty  mnre  would  not  have  eupplied  the 
demand.  In  this  way  people  will  get  bettei 
quniuted  witli  tlie  Brelhrcn,  and  thereby  may  be 
brought  to  know  und  embrace  the  truth. 

We  leave  here  tti-morrow  to  prospect  further  in 
other  counties. — iMurrcnce,  Term,  Feb.  17,  1878. 

From  Jolin  lidcliard.— I  um  Imppy  that  I 
fftu  send  ytm  a  few  mibserihers  for  the  Brethren 
AT  Work.  ThtiM' thai  arc  already  getting  the 
paper,  Mcern  to  read  it  with  great  interest,  and  ap- 
preciate it  very  mnch  for  Itfl  plainnea-H  and  sound 
diHlrinc.  Seeing  that  Mcn  iippreeialc  the  Truth 
for  \lA  simplicity  und  plainness,  we  ought  to  be 
the  more  encouraged  to  »In>w  forth  the  Gospel 
Truth  in  all  its  pnrity,  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus. — 
And  ngair),  when  wo  see  men  going  forth  claim- 
ing to  be  the  serviinta  of  God,  perverting  tlie 
Truth  as  much  as  possible,  and  ecc  the  inJIuence 
they  have  over  stJtue  people,  we  are  made  to  feel 
the  great  need  of  true  and  faithful  workers  for 
JeauH.  Therefore  I  wouM  say  dear  brethren,  be 
sot  afraid  to  give  pointed  (counsel  to  both  i?iiint 
and  fiiiuor.  May  (^"d  add  Hie  blessings  to  all. — 
J''ordiMi,  Out. 

From  <l0Kt*ph  Zo»k. — Grace,  mercy  and  peace 
he  iiiutliplie<l  to  you  in  your  heavenly  calling  in 
preaching  the  Wnrd  of  Life  to  thousands  of  anx- 
iou.i  liHleuera  or  readers  each  week.  Slay  your 
columns  continue  to  bo  filled  with  the  wholesome 
nunix  lor  tiie  »oul,  to  tlie  eiicouragemoDt  of  thoise 
that  have  Htartod  in  the  Divine  Life,  that  we  may 
all  go  fiirth  ns  un  army  with  baunerN,  and  not 
faint  by  the  way.  Wo  feel  to  pray  with  you  and 
for  you  in  your  trials,  and  rejoice  with  yon  in 
your  proBperily.  The  health  here  in  geuei'al  is 
gnod.  Th^  work  tif  ibe  I-ord  ii>  prospering  bens ; 
over  fifty  have  been  added  to  the  church  by  bap- 
tism since  last  April.  Wcatlic-r  continues  to  be 
'W'urm,  aud  roads  very  muddy,  —  Vnioiiv'Ult,  Iowa, 
Ft:h.  16,  1878. 


There  are  tJiirteen  membere  Hying  there. 

Tbeark  of  the  f^rd  iaatill  moving  in  our  church 
at  borne ;  twelve  were  recently  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism.  Bad  election  in  our  church  for  two 
deacooe;  the  lot  fell  on  Brn.  John  Ulickcnstaif  and 
Leonard  Blickcii^taST.  Hope  they  will  be  faithful 
in  their  office.— Oi-ro  6'orJo.  ///.,  Ftb.  18,  1878. 


^NIsrOXJJSrCEMENTS. 


NoTiCK*  of   [jOT«-f«««iB.    Dislrict   Me«Iing;>.  etc., 

be  brier,  and  wrillen  on  tiii{)er  iGparnle 

from   oiher  1 


Please  announce  through  your  paper  that  the 
brethren  and  sisters  of  the  North  end  of  the  Ver- 
million cliurch  intend  holding  a  series  of  meetings 
commencing  on  the  20th  of  March  next,  1878. 
A  cordial  invitation  is  given  to  all,  and  especially 
ministering  brethren.  The  meeting  to  be  held  in 
Cornell,  Livingston  Co.,  III. 

J.  W.  Gephabt. 

Notice. — I  expect  to   make   arrangements   on 
the  Toledo.  Wabash  and  Great   Western    R.    R. 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Brethren    traveling   to   and 
from  the  Annual  Meeting  at  a  reduced  rate, 
hope  no  one  will  interfere. 

.Joa.v  Bkjxhly. 


serving  the  changes,  unless  by  comparison.  They 
would  have  EubelaDtially  the  same  text,  and  the 
same  translation. 

The  Milwaukee  Common  Council  recently 
adopted  a  resolution  prolesliug  against  public  Bi- 
ble-reading or  prayer  or  hymns  in  the  State  I  ni- 
vcrsity  and  normal  schools,  and  also  instructed  tlie 
representatives  of  Milwaukee  to  present  this  pro- 
test to  the  Legislature.  Vigorous  counter-protests 
have  followed  from  many  quarters. 

JuDr.E  Westbrook.  at  Utica,  New  York,  the 
other  day  charged  the  grand  jury,  that  lottery  is 
a  lottery  whether  conducted  at  a  church  fair  or 
some  other  place,  and  lotteries  are  prohibited  by 
law.  This  is  unhappy  news  at  a  season  of  the 
year  when  cliurch  fairs  are  doing  a  ren^onbly 
good  business. 


INTEBESTINB    ITEMS. 


Friilti  J.  K.  rri|t(>. — Your  paper  conies  regu- 
lar. It  is  Ihc  only  preaching  we  have  here.  We 
live  40  mileH  from  the  church.  My  wife  and  I 
have  been  the  only  membi-nii  bore  for  a  long  time; 
but  itome  of  our  children  have  now  come  lu  the 
«liurch,  and  some  have  moved  here.  In  all  now 
we  nurabir  nnie.— ZA>rc/t(a/(T,  Neb.  Fab.  18,  1878. 

From  W.  McWIiorter.— I  am  well  pleased 
with  the  Brltiirex  at  Work.  Its  pages  ftimish 
tw  with  good  wholesome  inslructiou,  and  we  con- 
sider it  worthy  of  a  plac«  in  ;evury  ftmily  of  the 
broiliorhi>od.  May  the  good  Master  grant  you 
abundant  suuceee. 

From  Levi  li.  LimdU.—Uro.  Jesse  Calvert 
held  m.etinjr  here  for  two  weeks ;  tliirty-tliree 
nddcd  by  bjiplism.  He  is  uow  at  Newton.  Good 
attention  jiaid  u  the  Word  i)reached.  One  bap- 
tized yesterday.  May  the  hon\  ble«  his  labore 
here  und  elsewhere. — Vovinglon,  O. 

All  Impostor.— Tbo  Bretboren  aud  fiieuds 

arc  hweby  caulioued  iu  regard  to  a  man  about 

bixty  yeai-s  of  age,  somewhat   gray.     He   ride;*   a 

Bmall  bay  animal,  has  au  army  saddle.    Saj-s  his 

name  is  McGlochlin  ;  aud  never  tells  the  same 

tale  twice.     He  will  bear  watching. 

8.  C.  Ulehy. 
Ltbcrl>,  Millt.  Ind. 

From  John  Metzger.— .MyBi.'lf  and  son  mot 
at  West  LebaiiuL  about  the  middle  of  January. 
Had  some  meetings,  and  bapliaed  two.  From 
here  went  to  Vermillion  Co.,  III.,  near  Mariesville 


Stay  as  the  Farm. — This  is  the  advice  I 
nuld  give  every  one  who  has  lived  for  any  con- 
siderable length  of  time  on  a  farm.  There  seems 
to  be  a  great  disposition  among  farmers  to  leave 
their  farms  and  move  to  town  when  they  and  their 
wives  begin  to  get  old,  and  work  begins  to  go  hard 
with  them.  Farmers  get  the  impresijioo  that  it 
much  easier  to  live  in  lown  tlmn  in  the  country. 
This  is  a  great  mistake  aa  far  as  the  wife  is  con- 
corned.  It  is  nearly  as  much  work  to  keep 
house  iu  town  as  it  is  in  the  country.  If  the  ioen 
will  milk  the  cows  and  make  the  "-arden  on  the 
farm,  which  they  should  do,  and  make  things  as 
aoiiveiiieut  about  the  farm  house  as  they  generally 
are  iu  town,  which  may  be  done  at  a  very  trifling 
expense,  the  wile  will  find  the  difference  very 
small.  The  farmer  will  also  find  it  much  cheap- 
er to  make  grurdeu  and  do  the  milking  thau  to 
buv  tiie  vegetables,  butter  aud  milk.  He  will  al- 
so find  a  great  diHerence  between  having  market- 
ing to  sell  aud  having  everything  to  buy.  This  is 
much  more  noticeable  to  persons  who  come  from 
the  country  to  town,  than  it  is  to  persons  who 
were  raised  in  town.  If  you  have  children  you 
would  better  raise  them  on  the  farm  than  iu  town 
— more  especially  boys. 

Country  people,  while  living  on  their  forms,  on- 
ly see  the  sunny  side  of  town  life.  When  they 
come  to  tywn  and  see  jieisoos  in  the  Btreet,  they 
genernJly  see  them  well  dressed,  especially  the  la- 
dies; but  it  is  often  very  different  if  you  were  to 
!-ee  lliem  in  (heir  jioorly  supplied  kitchens,  but- 
teries, etc. — The  Farmer. 


At  thk  foot  of  Mount  Gargano,  a  buried  town 
has  been  laid  bare,  the  houses  being  twenty  feet 
below  the  surface.  A  temple  of  Diana  was  first 
brought  lo  light,  theu  a  portico  composed  of  col- 
umns without  capitals,  and,  finally,  a  necropolis 
covering  nearly  four  acres.  The  Italian  govern- 
ment has  taken  measures  to  continue  the  excava- 
tions on  a  large  scale,  and  has  already  discovered 
R  monument  erected  in  honor  of  Pompey  after  his 
victory  over  the  pirates.  The  town  is  the  ancient 
Hipontum,  of  which  Strabo  and  Livy  speak,  and 
which  wafl  buried  by  au  earthquake. 

The  American  Bible-revisiou  committee  report 
that  tlio  Old  Testament  company  have  nearly  fin- 
ished their  first  revision  of  Jeremiah,  and  wiU 
next  take  up  Ezekiel.  They  had  previously 
vised  the  Pentateuch,  Psalajs  and  Isaiah,  The 
NewTestamentcompany  Imvercached  the  eleventh 
chapter  of  the  second  epistle  to  the  Corinthiuns. 
The  gospel,  Acts,  and  two-thirds  of  the  epistlel 
have  also  had  a  first  revision.  The  American 
committee  are  but  little  behind  their  co-operatiu« 
revisers  iu  Kugland. 

Mt6sCiK>k,n  teacher  in  Miaouri,  lectured  hei 
gla&i  of  girle  on  the  evils  of  tight  lacing,  aud  gave 
them  a  lesson  iu  auntomy  and  physiology.  The 
girls,  at  home  repeated  portions  of  the  lecture  to 
their  motbei-a,  who  decided  that  it  was  improiter, 
and  forthwith  combined  agaiust  the  teacher,  and 
did  not  rest  until  she  was  dismissed  from  school. 
Miss  Cook  has  bn>ught  suit  for  damages  against 
the  directors. 

Dh.  Angl's,  Baptist,  and  one  of  the  Bible  Re- 
vision Committee,  preaching  in  Glasgow  recentlv, 
reassured  those  who  are  not  without  anxiety  as  to 
the  changes  that  may  be  made.  He  aai<l  thut, 
wbeu  the  work  was  done,  they  would  fiind  the 
i^ame  Testaiaeut  they  had  been  using  from  child- 
hood, though  there  bad  been  many  changes.  Chap- 
ter after  chajiter  would  be  read  without  their  oh- 


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and  4:  4.5  P.  M. 
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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Belwld  I  Jiriny   You  Goad  Tidmys  of 


Vol.  III. 


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Lanark,  111.,  March  7, 1878. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITED  A»D  PUBLISHED  WEEKLr 

J.  H.  Moore,  S.H.Bashor,  M.M.Eshelman. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS; 

B-»    '""'^"' LADOGA,  OT. 

1.  Vi.  STEI.V, -VEWIONIA,  UO. 

j.VAXMAK, -  Vmira,  ILL. 

p.  B.  MEKTZEH, WAYMSBOKO,  PA 

HiTTIE  A.  LEAB UBBA.VA,    ILL 


No.  10. 


OUR  SISTER  IS  GONE. 

iiy  LVMAN  EBV. 

ONE  dear  sister  has  left  us. 
To  receive  her  blest  reward. 
To  be  with  her  blessed  Savior, 
Ajod  the  angels  of  the  Lord. 

She  was  patient  in  affliction. 
But  the  Lord  her  help  was  near. 

Pouring  oil  of  consolation 
Aud  in  speaking  words  of  cheer. 

She  wa.s  dear  and  kind  toward  us. 
Helping  us  with  heart-felt  glee; 

But  in  heaven  she  now  rejoices, 

,  Singing  aonga  of  jubilee. 

Her  de.ir  sisters  left  behind  her, 

Mourn  her  loss  with  heart-felt  grief. 
But  in  Jesus  our  dear  Savior, 

They  do  trust  with  strong  belief. 
Her  dear  brothers  now  heart-broken, 

Are  bereft  of  one  they  loved. 
For  she  was  to  them  a  token. 

Of  tile  love  which  she  adored. 

We  no  more  can  bow  together, 
Hound  the  altar  here  below; 

For  thou  art  removed  up  higher, 
Up  where  heavenly  anthems  flow, 

But  in  faith  we  can  look  forward. 
To  the  time  when  we  shall  meet; 

Before  .lehovah's  unsheathed  sword, 
At  the  throne,  the  mercy-seat. 

Where  we  then  can  join  in  singing. 
Songs  of  joy  and  songs  of  praise; 

With  the  saints  of  heaven  joining. 
In  the  chorus  and  the  lays. 
Lauark,  III. 


I,  TET  NOT  I. 


PY  C.  H.  BALSBAfOH. 


To  Eliler  D.  p.  Sai/Jer:— 

GRACE  and  peace   be  multiplied.     I  am  too 
weak  to   write,  and  in  constant  suffering, 

not  violent  as  sometimes,  but  a  kind  of  dumb 

agony  that  gnaws  at  the  rootlets  of  life.    All 

day  something  is  wlTispering  deep  down  in  my 

soul,  write  to  Brother  Stiijlfr.    Yesterd.ay  two 

angels  entered  my  hermitage,  in  the  persons  of 

dear  brethren  Troatle,  of  Liiigimore,  and  George 

Bucher,  of  Coruwall.    Trofltle  tendered  me  the 

greeting  you  committed  to  him,   which  I  lov- 

iagly  accept.  I  perceive  I)}'  ynm'  eulltviUtions 
tliatyoustiU  write  witlithBt?htVgyoftwentyyeari 
"go.  I  am  glad  it  ie  eo.  You  seem  to  carry  the 
heart  of  youth  under  your  hoary  locks.  A 
young  old  num  in  the  best  seii-se,  is  a  blessed 
demonstratiou  of  the  rejuvenating,  sustaining 
Potfel;  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  supremacy  of 
Jmus  in  us  iirolongs,  freshens,  sweetens    life. 

Ihe  wisdom  of  experience  gathered  from  a  long 
life  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  soul  and  the 
glory  of  God,  is  most  valuable,  and  when  scat- 
tered like  leaves  from  the  Tree  of  Life  through 
''ar  papers,  is  lui  inestimable  Godsend  to  the 
Church.  If  we  have  dove's  eyes,  such  eyes  as 
the  Holy  Ghost  alone  can  give,  we  cannot  fail 
to  discover  that  many  of  the  leaves  which  are 
"Itered  for  the  healing  of  the  nations,  are  pliick- 
"1  from  the  Tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and 
^^»-  It  requires  a  wonderful  iuwrapping  of  the 
""J  in  God  to  gain  such  acquaintance  with  self  I  with  the  Oiilj--begotlen. 


OS  to  make  it  a  facile  vehicle  of  His  Holy  Spirit. 

This  is  the  urgent  and  solemn  lesson  for 
all   to  learn.     Preaching,    praying,    writing, 
conversing,  are  often  so  heavily  charged  with 
self,  that  to  a  Spirit-taught  soul  it  is  sickening. 
"Pure  religion   and  undefiled   before  Bod  aud 
the  Father."  i,  i„  many  instances  so  lost  in  ,ig,„ 
and  symbols,  and  so  overlaid  by  the  tangible 
and  natund,  that  "the  powers  of  the  world  to 
come"  are  missed  in  the  commanding,  einquen' 
outguslung  of  a  richly  giOed  carnalism.     To  b. 
bom  of  God,  and  grow  up  in  Him,  taking  our 
childhood  into  our  manhood,  is  indeed  a  gl, 
ous  attainment,  and     rare  as    glorious.     To 
hm  Christ,  to  apmk  as  "  the  omclrs  of  Goil,"  to 
m-ile  as  "of  theo4««rfa,„T  that  Oorf giveth  " to 
wait  ever  at  "  the  gate  of  Righteousness  "  for 
the  coramunicatiou  of  the  Divine  Mind,  to  keep 
the    moon  beneath  our  feet,  and  the  smi 
our    vestur^O    this  is    a  work     which 
very  de^d  requires   the  indwelling  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  the  inweaving  of  the  very  life  of  God 
with  our  life,  the  blending  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
with  our  spirit,  the  Miginatiou  of  all  the  soul 
activities  under  the  Divinely  natural  influence 
ol  a    veritable  incarnation   of  the  All-Holy. 

What  shall  I  write,  what  shall  I  speak,  how 
shall  I  give  the  most  force  to  my  orguiuents, 
the  most  loftiness  and  originality  to  ray  ideas] 
often  engage  mind  and  heart  more  inleusely 
than  the  far  moresolemn  and  practical  question- 
What  AM  I?  How  am  I  related  to  God?  How 
deeply  and  really  are  the  expressions  of  my  life 
the  uufoldings  of  the  indwelUng  Christ?  (Gal. 
2:  20),  is  the  only/iMifanienta/  qualiflcation  for 
the  ministry  of  the  Word  of  God,  whether  with 
tongue  or  pen,  because  it  is  the  one  central  roii- 
dition  of  Divine  illummation  and  iiower.  "  The 
end  of  all  things  is  at  hand,"  the  seventh  angel 
is  preparing  to  put  the  trumpet  to  his  lips  for 
the  final  peal,  and  all  things  in  and  out  of  the 
church  call  upon  us  for  the  most  thorough,  soul- 
investigating  scrutiny  of  the  real  ehamrter  of 
Christianity,  the  cardimi  terms  of  salvation, 
and  onrown  peiaonol  relation  to  AInjighly  God. 
0  Brother  Sayler,  let  your  sanctified  wisdom, 
your  Spirit-impelled  pen,  break  forth  mightly 
in  vour  closing  ministry  in  behalf  of  the  higher 
themes  of  the  Gospel,  and  the  deeper  necessities 
of  our  nature.  The  Brotherhood  is  as  impreg- 
nable a  bulwark  of  the  sacramental  side  of 
Christhini'ty,  as  were  the  .lews  of  the  ancient 
dispensation.  But  have  not  we.  like  they,  to 
an  alarming  extent  overiooked  and  denied 
the  deep  cementing  bond  that  constitutes  our 
saving  fellowship  with  God.  in  the  attention  we 
bestow  on  "  the  outside  of  the  cup  and  of  the 
platter?"  This  teiif/enri/is  an  inei'itulite  aceim- 
jmnmenl  of  all  religion,  and  how  easily  is  it  de- 
veloped into  a  fixed,  ruling,  soul-destroying 
idolatry.  I  know  that  your  Christ-loving  heart 
has  often  bled  over  the  sad  evidences  of  ti/t. 
of  godhness  covering  up,  as  with  a  fig  leaf 
apron,  a  ftfc  which  denies  that  .lesus  Christ  is 
come  in  t!ic  fiesh. 

Tilessed  he  the  Most  High,  tliei'e  are  yet  many 
in  Zioa  who  ar«  in  very  truth  the  children  of 
God,  who  have  beell  crucified  with  Christ,  who 
"  k-ml^  Him  and  the  jHiirer  of  His  rfsilrrfrlioii." 
to  whom  the  outward  is  nothing  save  as  It  is 
the  sincet^  expression  of  the  life  of  Him  to 
whose  presence  it  owes  its  validity.  To  fill  the 
symbols  of  grace  with  the  life  of  their  .Author 
is  to  put  them  to  Christian  service,  and  make 
tliem  both  exhibitions  .and  chaunels  of  salvation. 
■'  For  me  to  LIVE  is  CHRIST."  This  only  is  re- 
demption. All  else  is  deception,  hypocrisy, 
mid  perdition.  0  the  grandeur  and  glory  of  a 
true  life — a  reproduction  hi  human  mould  of  the 
life  of  God.  0  how  prone  is  every  soul  to  live 
itself.  .\  self-centered,  self-reposing,  self- 
governed  soul  is  loyt,  LOST.  "  Our  life  is  hiil 
'III  Clirist  in  <JikI."  "  Christ  is  oik  liee." 
These  are  the   Gisl-born.     These  are  joint-heirs 


WATOHINO  JE8US. 

BY  O.  B.  MKNTZKR. 
THE  WOBLIl   WATCm.VO. 

JU"0  paa^ge  f„,„  H.^  „ii;„g,  ^f  t,,,.  ^^^^_ 
.!•'  gelists  is  so  full  of  mingled  interest  (o  the 
believer  as  that  recording  the  arrest,  mock-trial 
and  crucifixion  of  Jesus  of  Narjireth,  our  Ador- 
able Redeemer.  It  i,  not  my  purpose  to  de- 
scribe this  w.mderful  «.rie.  of  events  happen- 
ing within  a  night  and  a  day,  for  I  should  fail 
to  be  satisfied  with  my  insignifioiuit  eflbrt. 

But  come  with  me,  dear  mid  dying  reader,  let 
us  go  near,  and  look  upon  the  scene  and  gath- 
ersoine  lessons  for  our  profit  and  pleasure  in 
(vhrist. 

It  is  ahill  on  the  north-east  side  of  Jerusalem 
and  a  phuie  8],ecially  appropriated  to  the  cruci- 
fixion of  malefactoi-8,  or  transgn.ssoni  of  the 
civil  laws  of  that  immediate  country.  Matthew 
Mark  and  John  call  it  Golgotha,  but  Luke  writi 
ing  about  tweiity-ttve  years  alter  Matthew,  calls 
it  Calvary.  Both  words  mean  the  same  thing 
—"The  place  of  a  skull"—  in  two  different 
languages.  The  idea  is,  Ihe  phuie  where  crim- 
inals are  put  to  death. 

Here  sin  was  mialc  to  appear  in  its  most  hiil. 
eons  form,  for  nothing  could  be  more  so  than 
the  lingering  death  of  the  crucifixion,  bringing 
upon  the  victims  the  most  painful  and  shame- 
ful death.  Here  death  gained  its  victory  in  thf 
most  cruel  way  possible.  Hero  man  was  de- 
graded to  the  uttermost  degree,  and  m  that  con- 
dition severed  forever  from  this  life. 

To  this  desecrated  spot  was  brought  the  Lamb 
of  God,  our  Savior,  to  be  crucified.  Here  the 
"Good  Shepherd  "  was  brought  to  lay  down  His 
life  for  His  sheep-His  lost  sheep.  Here  is  the 
place  we  see  Jesus  saving  His  jieople  from  thi 
BUisby  the  oficring  up  of  Him.self,  the  Only 
Sacrifice  to  the  insulted  and  burred  Heaven.s. 
Grand  and  glorious  "suftering  and  death!" 
But  0  the  pain,  the  agony!  Three  hours  of  un- 
utterable anguish!!  My  heart  sinks  within 
me.  Our  nature  pities  and  sorrows,  hut  our 
spirits  leap  for  the  joy  of  .salvation.  So  we 
watch  and  ale  comfortecL  But  the  worid  is 
watching  too.  .le-sus  is  crucified  and  enduring 
the  death  agonies.  The  Roman  soldieis  are 
watching.  They  put  the  vinegar  and  gall  to 
His  innocent  lips.  They  took  charge  of  His 
outer  garment,  and  cast  their  lots  or  votes  for 
the  soldier  whose  it  should  be;  then 
down,  then  watched  Him  there, 
to  them 


sittmg 
0  the  sight 
Never  did  they  sec  such  a  striking 
object.  Many  were  here  executed  hut  all  were 
criminals.  No  one  professed  what  Jesus  did. 
He  taught  that  He  wius  the  Messiah,  the  Son  of 
God,  the  Savior  of  the  world.  So  correct  was 
His  deportment  in  life  that  even  I'ilate,  His 
judge  was  maiie  to  say,  •'  I  find  in  Him  no  fault 
at  all."  He  did  justice,  loved  mercy,  and  walk- 
ed humbly.  Condemned  though  acknowledg- 
ed guiltless;  delivered  to  a  base  people  to  die  a 
cruel  aud  ignominious  death,  andyot  pronounc- 
ed innocent.  How  singular  this  conduct!  He 
pities  His  foes.  He  pi^ays  for  His  murderers. 
He  comfortji  tile  mourners.  He  was  greatly 
misrepresented.  Few  took  of  Him  a  right  view 
of  His  character,  or  speak  of  Him  as  He  truly 
deserved.  But  such  is  the  world's  reproach  of 
.lesna  and  His  true  disciples,  then  and  mw. 
Wherever  the  worldly  spirit  is  found  it  sits  down 
on  the  stool  of  depravity  and  watches  for  ad- 
vantages. 

THE  rHRlBTlAK  WATCHIKQ. 

The  more  our  eyes  arc  anointed  with  the  oye- 
Ive  of  Heaven  (Rev.  S:  18),  the  more  Ave  love 
to  watch  Jesus,  "  The  king  in  in  His  beauty." 
Nothing  is  more  precious  than  the  story  of  re- 
deeming grace.  Our  feeble  sight  traces  the 
lines  of  the  inspired  Word  of  God,  ami  it  be- 
'omes  a  mirror  of  wonder  and  Tielight. 

Let  me  illustrate;  say  yon  stiuid  on  the  bank 
of  a  jMire  stream  of  water-  <*J  a  clear  day  when 
the  S4U1  shines  in  its  spteujer.    Vou  look  dow-n 


into  the  water,  and  you  think  you  see  the  sun 
down  there  in  its  beaut,  and  brightn™.  It 
IS  only  a  reflection.  So  it  is  with  the  written 
Word.  We  look  into  it  and  we  think  we  .see 
Jesus,  bat  it  isonly  His  beautiful,  wonderful 
reflection.  Yet,  a  little  while,  my  faithful  breth- 
ren, sisters,  and  we  shall  l„„l,  „p  i„t<,  •• ,),, 
Heaven  of  Heaven."  and  "  see  Him  a.  He  is  " 
If  so  Wautiful,  and  lovely,  and  interesting  noic 
what  must  it  be  when  we  shall  behold  Him  on 
His  WhiK  Throne,  and  surrounded  by  all  the 
hosts  of  His  Heavenly  Kingdom! 

But  let  u.  commune  together  of  His  relation, 
to  our  pre,sent  life  that  we  may  prepa„.  ,md  be 
111  waiting  for  "  His  glorious  appearing."  May 
the  menoryof  His  life  and  death  l«  so  impress- 
.-d  upon  the  tablet,  of  our  hearts  that  we  may 
carefully  go  through  life  and  society  a. 
'■living  epistles,  known  and  reial  of  all  men." 
Should  we  be  so  wise  and  fortunate  as  to  attain 
to  this,  we  will  doubtless  sec  and  feel  the  pro- 
pnety  of  non-conformity  to  the  world  in  our 
doctrinal  views,  our  penional  dress,  conduct,  in- 
dulgence and  association.  In  any  of  these 
things  we  may  be  condemned  with  the  wicked. 
If  then  we  are  not  to  be  conformed  to  the  world, 
let  us  by  any  means  Ix-  conformed  to  the  church', 
for  also  shall  we  lie  conformisl  to  Christ  the 
Head,  as  well  as  to  the  (Ihiirch  His  Body.  These 
self-denials  will  bring  us  awav  from  the  world, 
so  that  Christ,  imd  Christ  only,  will  have  our 
eves,  and  ears,  and  hands,  and  feet;  yea,  we  will 
"  glorify  Him  in  our  iorfj  and  sjimV  which  are 
His."  Then  shall  we  watch  Jesus  and  follow 
Him  wherever  He  leiub,,  through  prosperity  ,md 
ailversity,  through  joy  <tml  sorrow,  through 
health oiirf affliction.  Thesoldieniof  thcwoiid 
wat<;hed  the  expiring  Savior  that  no  one  should 
come  to  Him  and  take  Him  aw.ay.  Not  so  with 
the  soldier  of  the  Church.  (I  compare  the 
Church  imd  the  worid).  The  Christian  soldier 
watches  Jesus  that  He  may  learn  of  Hira.  im- 
itate Him,  and  partake  of  His  Divine  Natun., 
Again,  he  sits  at  Jesus'  feet  and  watches,  not  to 
guard  Him  as  the  Roman  soldiers  did.  but  that 
men  may  really  come  .to  Him  and  take  Bim 
with  them  into  life,  and  "  live  godly  in  Christ 
.lesus."  Every  view  of  Him  is  wonderful.  Ev- 
er}- tniit  of  character  is  lull  of  interest.  Every 
woni  has  a  meaning  to  invite  us  heavenward. 
0  to  watch  Him.  and  love  Him.  and  know  Him 
in  all  He  sufi'ered  for  me!  0  for  His  gracemore 
and  more  to  follow  Him  whenever  it  goes  ill  or 
well.  Soon  He'  will  come  to  gather  the  faith- 
ful to  His  Palace  above.     Let  us  be  faithfuh 


THE  FORCE  OP  BKEVlTr 

BE  brief  (Jome  to  the  point.  Begin  veiy 
near  wheire  you  intend  to  leave  off.  Brev- 
ity is  the  soul'of  wisdom  as  well  as  wit.  With- 
out if  you  can  seldom  obtain  currency.  Only 
the  gems  of  liferatur*  are  treasured  up  and 
quoted;  and  gems  are  not  reckoned  by  giflss 
weight. 

How  compact  all  thatcomes  doivu  to  us  from 
olden  times!  In  how  few  words  wehave  the 
cummimdments  and  the  history  of  creation — 
hardly  embracing  so  many  words  as  are  now 
employed  to  welcome  an  aldermim,  or  to  tajiit 
a  complimentary  present  of  a  spoon. 

rile  efficacy  and  value  of  compression  can 
scarcely  be  overrated.  The  common  air  w-e  beat 
aside  \vith  our  breath,  compi-esseil.  has  the  force 
of  gunpowder  ami  will  rend  the  solid  rta-k;  so 
it  is  with  our  hmguage.  Eloquence  will  never 
Sourish  in  a  country  where  the  public  tiiste  is 
infimtile  enough  to  measure  the  value  of  a 
speech  by  the  hours  it  occupies. 

A  gentle  stream  of  persuasiveness  may  flow 
through  the  mind,  aud  leave  no  setliment,  let  it 
come  at  a  blow,  as  a  cataract,  and  it  sweeps  all  . 
before  it.  It  is  by  this  magoiflieent  compicssitm 
that  Cicero  confounds  Cataline,  mid  Democ,tbe- 
nes  overwhelms  .-Eschines;  by  this  that  Mark 
Anthony,  as  Shakespeare  makes  him  speak,  car- 
ries the  heai-t  away  w-ith  a  "oad  cause.— iiiii 
Biiiiiier. 


TMK    l^T?ETH:TtP::N^    ^T'    AVOliK. 


March 


THE    SINNER. 

BT  .M<».  T.    nP^KI.KR. 

How  terribly  wickcJ  the  sioner  must  be. 
Carouaiiig  in  sin  ""'1  iniT'ib   f"**"' 
How  vik-  the  ungotllj-!  liow  wrot«hed  m  urn, 
Tho  iiiiui  who  rejects  reformation  within. 

Thv  iilfaxiinw  of  win  ontia-fl  him  nway 
Frominno<pn«whiWhew.,Myon«K  and  was  gay. 
To  wonrhip  the  devil  nntil  he  i«  »W. 
Hi.  lettlingn  ure  hiird,  hit  nifectionn  are  cold. 
Th«  winner  will  lie.  and  to  chent  is  not  loath, 
Bhuipheming  the  name  of  the  Loni  with  an  o«th. 
He  Heemefh  to  challenge  the  judgment  of  GwJ. 
Norfe.in.  Ui  endure  the  effect  of  Ili«rod. 
He  miulderis  J.i«  brain  with  the  fumesof  the  bowl. 
And  Hijw  of  the  fire  to  poiMon  his  »oul: 
Profanity  followi«:  uor  di-ttiuit  in  time. 
We  see  that  hin  hands  are  polIuM  with  cnme. 
Now  «(!liHhnc«i  reigns  in  the  whole  of  his  heart: 
He  cannot  repent,  nor  from  evil  d'-part. 
The  lust  of  Oil-  (Ic^h.  and  the  lust  of  the  eye. 
And  the  [.ridf  of  lii^  life,  hia  rei«-ntance  defy, 
il-  Hcorus  to  repent,  for  he-  seew  not  liia  sin; 
I'rT«-iv«"  not  his  moral  corruption  withm, 
Nor  rea-l^  in  hi»  Bilde  the  law  of  the  Lord, 
Or  rewls  It,  blindfolded,  to  reap  hi»  reward. 
Hrforo  him  arc-  rolling  the  flun)e!«  of  despair: 
And  blindly  he  anuiitpn  away  to  get  there: 
H.-hind  him  in  brandished  a  great  Haraingsword; 
Ketreat  there  hi  none  from  the  wrath  of  the  Lord. 
<).  rould  he  awak.-  frum  the  «leep  of  his  sin,' 
And  nee  his  corrnjjteii  condition  within, 
Mcthinks,  it  would  give  him  a  sensative  shock, 
And  cause  him  to  hide  in  the  cleft  of  the  Kock. 

Surrender.  Burrender: '  tis  ull  that  you  can  do: 
TJie  best  for  your  life  wliich  yon  never  will  rue-: 
Accept  the  Uedecnier  embraces  his  good  word. 
And  try  to  obey  the  commands  of  the  Lord. 

The  Cherubim  stand  in  the  presence  of  God; 
They  do  His  behe-ft^  when  they  smit*  with  His  rod, 
But  oinners  in  darkness  and  error  will  grope, 
Like  groveling  crenturea  without  any  hope. 

Though  siunersby  fliouaandsare  moral  and  kind. 
And  fftirto  each  other;  in  Scripture  not  blind; 
And  yet  they  neglect  or  refuse  to  repent, 
lt<^jerting  the  mcf^age  .Tclmvnh  hath  sent. 

Itut  what  will  their  kindness  and  fairness  avail, 
II  fiiith  and  obedience  be  lacking  or  fairr* 
Tliey  all  will  be  doomed  to  the  flames  of  despair, 
Tu  dwell,  iu  et^'Hiity,  eternally  there. 

THE  SEVENTH  DAY. 

UY  K.  II.  MILLKH. 

AKK  we  untli;r  obligation  to  keep  the 
seventh  duy  a  sabbath  unto  the 
Lord?  This  is  an  important  question, 
and  unsettled  in  the  minds  of  some  good 
people,  and  settled  WTong  in  the  minds 
of  others.  , 

-In  order  to  determine  this  question 
correctly,  it  is  neressary  to  know  what 
'.  the  law  on  that  sulijeet  waa,  by  whom  it 
was  given,  whom  it  waa  given  to,  and 
•what  it  was  given  for.  A\nien  we  have 
learned  all  these  tilings  eeueerning  the 
seventh  day,  we  may  know  whether  it  is 
to  be  kept  under  the  Cliristian  dispeusa- 
itiou.  All  these  questions  ai'e  settled  in 
■-the.lGth  chapter  of  Exodus,  where  the 
seveifl?h  iJay  is  for  the  first  time  given  as 
a  law.  Then  it  was  given  to  Israel,  and 
hound  upon  thejii  alone.  In  the  '2oth 
.-and  2Gth  verses,  God,  by  Moses,  commads 
ilsi-ael  to  gather  manna  fix  days, 
but  on  the  seventh  day  their  should  be 
.uuDe.  Then  he  says  in  the  21>th  verse, 
■  '*  Sea,  for  that  the  Lord  has  given  you 
.tiie 'Sabbath;  therfore  Ilegiveth  you  on 
"the  sixth  day  the  bread  of  two  days. 
Abide  ye  every  man  iu  his  plaee.  Let 
no  man  go  out  of  his  place  on  the 
seventh  day."  30th  verse,  "  So  the  peo- 
j)le  rested  on  the  seventh  day." 

These  Scripture.s  show  what  the  law 
i>T*i!ie  Sabbath  wius,  and  how  it  was  to 
be  kept  when  first  given  to  Israel.  They 
AVere  not  to  go  out  of  their  houses,  or 
tents,  on  that  day.  Surely  such  a  law 
is  uotltinding  ii|H>n  us  in  this  age:  it  on- 
ly could  apply  to  Israel  under  their  pe- 


culiar circuniHtanct^  at  tli<-  rime  it  w!i.*< 
given.  We  would  observe,  too,  that  this 
command  was  given  before  the  law  at 
Si,]fli_l,eforo  the  ten  commandments 
were  Hven  to  Israel,  but  when  they  were 
given,  it  was  inclmled  among  them.  The 
manner  in  which  it  was  given  at  Sinai 
show.s  that  it  had  been  given  before, 
(Exodus  -iO:  IS):  "  Kcnienibcr  the  Sab- 
bath  dav  to  keep  it  holy."  This  ].hrase, 
"Remember  the  Sabbath  day,"  shows 
that  it  i»  a  renewal  of  the  former  com- 
mand given  in  the  Kith  chapter. 

P^irther,  concerning  the  law  of  the 
Sabbath  given  to  Isiael,  (Ex.  3.5:  ;:), 
"  Six  days  shall  work  be  done,  but  on 
the  seventh  day  there  shall  be  to  you 
an  holy  day,  a  Sabbath  of  i-est  imto  the 
Loi'd;  whosoever  doeth  work  therein 
shall  be  i)nt  to  death."  ^rd  verse  "  Ye 
shall  kindle  no  fire  throughout  your  hab- 
itations upon  the  Sabbath  day."  This 
law  that  a  m.in  should  build  no  fire  on 
the  Sabbath  day,  surely  could  not  be  in- 
tended for  the  whole  earth.  How  covdd 
it  be  kept  in  the  colil  regions,  where  Chris  ■ 
tianity  has  spread,  in  countries  covered 
with  ice  for  months? 

Again,  in  Numbers  15:  3-2-36,  "And 
while  the  children  of  Israel  were  in  the 
wilderness,  they  found  a  man  gathering 
sticlts  on  the  Sabbath  day,  *  *  *  and  all 
the  congregation  brought  him  without 
the  carap,  and  stoned  him  with  stones, 
and  he  died;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses."  From  these  Scriptures  we  learn 
that  this  law  was  h  part  of  a  penal  code 
which  belong  to  Israel  alone,  and  could 
not  be  incorporated  into  the  church  now 
unless  it  was  changed.  But  we  have  not 
the  right  to  change  God's  law  so  as  to 
suit  us,  and  then  keep  it  in  our  own  way. 
If  we  were  under  that  law  now,  no  man 
could  build  afire  on  that  day.  If  he 
carries  a  bundle  of  sticks  to  build  a  fire, 
he  must  be  stoned  to  death.  Would  it 
not  be  terrible  thing  now  to  see  a  con- 
gregation of  professed  Clu'i.stians  stoning 
a  man  to  death  for  gathering  sticks  on 
the  Sabbath  day  ?  Yet  that  was  the  law- 
given  to  Israel,  to  teach  them  the  awful 
consequence  of  violating. the  commands 
of  Gotl. 

Surely  this  is  enough  to  convince  us 
that  the  law  is  not  in  force  now.  But 
the  Sabbatarian  says,  we  shall  keep  it 
in  a  difierent  way.  Then  if  we  change 
the  manner  of  keeping  it,  we  must  have 
divine  authority  for  the  change.  But  as 
we  have  no  divine  authority  for  chang- 
ing that  law  of  the  Sabbath,  adapting  it 
to  the  Christian  dispfusatiun,  we  cannot 
believe  that,  that  law  was  evt-r  changed, 
but  taken  out  of  the  way  and  nailed  to 
the  cross,  as  the  other  carnal  ordinances 
were.  We  know  nothing  of  any  way 
of  keeping  the  Sabbath,  or  seventh  day, 
by  divine  authority,  except  the  way  God 
gave  it  to  Israel;  and  as  none  will  con- 
tend for  keejiing  it  in  tliat  way,  we  now 
have  a  right  to  demand  of  those  who  ask 
us  to  keep  it,  to  give  the  law  teaching  it 
to  be  kept  in  a  way  diflerent  from  that 
given  to  Israel;  for  we  cannot  keep  it  in 
that  way.  Then  let  no  man  put  a  yoke 
upon  us  which  neither  we  nor  our  fath- 
ers were  able  to  bear.  Paul  gets  this 
subject  before  us  in  its  true  light,  in  Ejih 
'_':  14,  15,  "For  he  is  our  peace,  who 
hathmadebt»thone,and/<f/M  brukendown 
the  middle  wall  of  partition  between  us; 
ha\"ing  abolished  in  his  flesh  the  enmity-, 
even  the  law  of  couunandnients  contain- 
ed in  ordinances."  This  shows  that  the 
law  which  was  given  to  Israel  did  not 
survive  the  death  of  our  Savior;  and  for 
that  reason  is  not  binding  upon  us, 
I'aul  says  again,  "  We  are  free  from  the 
law,  that  being  dead  wherein  we  were 
held." 


"W'e  might  rest  the  whole  matter  here, 
and  call  up<»ii  the  Sabbatarian  to  find  a 
law  forkeepingthe  seventh  day,  different 
fioni  that  given  to  Israel;  for  until  that 
is  done,  we  are  under  no  obligation  to 
keep  it.  Not  only  that,  but  he  must 
find  a  law  teaching  us  how  it  is  to  be 
kept  un<h-r  the  Gospel;  and  still  further, 
he  must  show  that  keeping  the  law  in  a 
dilVerent  way  from  that  given  to  Israel, 
will  be  acceptable  in  the  sight  of  God. 
Until  this  is  done,  (and  we  are  confident 
it  never  will  be),  we  are  under  no  obli- 
gation to  keep  the  seventh  day  as  a  Sab- 
bath. 

AVe  w-ould  observe  further,  that  the 
world  was  more  than  two  thousand  years 
old  when  this  law  of  the  Sabbath  was 
given  in  Exodus;  and  since  it  was  taken 
out  the  way  by  the  Savior  when  He  died 
upon  the  cross,  the  Sabbatarian  must 
find  something  as  evidence  to  prove  his 
cause  besides  the  law  given  to  Israel. 
And  in  order  to  do  that,  he  takes  this 
position,  that  the  seventh  day  was  bless- 
ed and  sanctified  before  the  law  was  giv- 
en. From  this  fact,  he  argues  that  the 
seventh  day,  or  Sabbath,  should  be  kept 
after  the  law  was  taken  away.  But  that 
kind  of  reasoning  is  not  sufficient  to  sus- 
tain his  cause,  where  there  is  no  com- 
mand of  God  or  di\-ine  precedent  under 
the  Gospel  to  suppovt  it.  That  course 
of  reasoning,  if  admitted  as  an  argu- 
ment, would  bring  the  sacrifices  of  the 
patriarclis  over  into  the  Gospel  church; 
for  they,  too,  ex-isted  long  before  the  law 
was  given  and  never  accepted  of  God  in 
their  worship.  In  Gen.4 : 4, "  And  Abel  he 
also  brought  of  the  firstlings  of  his  flock, 
and  of  the  fat  thereof.  And  the  Loi'd 
had  respect  unto  Abel  and  to  his  ofier- 
ing."  Here  we  see  that  sacrifices  were 
accepted  of  God  from  the  very  beginning 
— long  before  the  law  was  given;  and 
when  the  law  was  made,  these  offerings 
were  incorporated  into  it  like  the  seventh 
day,  and  made  a  part  of  the  law.  Now 
we  might  argue,  like  these  Sabbatarians, 
that  the  sacrificial  offerings  should  con- 
tinue afterthelaw  was  taken,  away  and  as 
give  the  reason  that  they  were  accepted 
of  God  from  the  beginning— long  before 
the  law  was  given. 


congregations;  they  were  Jewish  a.ssem 
blies,  therefore,  not  a  precedent  for  us 
But  before  we  are  done,  we  will  findtli 
jjrecedent  of  the  apostles'  meeting  wjtv 
Christian  con^jregatious  on  the  fir..it  dav 
of  the  week. 


We  will    now   return    to    the 


secoml 


poinf  to  be  noted,  that  is,l)y  whom  was 
this  law  given?  We  would  not  notice 
this  point,  were  it  not  a  fact  that  the  Sab- 
batarian  makes  anT  unwarranted  distil^,, 
tion,  which  leads  him  into  error,  when 
he  says,  "  God  gave  the  decalogue  a.i\^ 
Moses  gave  the  law,"  when  the  truth  « 
clear  that  God  is  the  author  of  the  whole 
law;  as  the  apostle  says,  "  Holy  men  q^ 
old  spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the 
Holy  Ghost."  God  gave  the  law  throng), 
Moses.  The  error  in  making  a  distinc- 
tion  here,  as  Sabbatarian.s  do,  when  tliev 
say  the  law  of  Moses  pas.sed  away,  but 
left  the  ten  commandments  binding  up. 
on  us,  is  proved  to  be  a  dangerous  theo- 
rem, by  the  language  of  our  Savior  in 
Matt.  22 :  26-40.  A  lawyer  says  to  the 
Savior,  "Master,  which  is  the  great 
eomrnaudment  in  the  law?  Jesus  said 
unto  him.  Thou  sbalt  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy 
soul,  and  mth  all  thy  mind.  This  isthe 
first  andgreat  commandment.  And  the 
second  is  like  unto  it.  Thou  shalt  lore 
thy  neighbor  as  thyself.  On  these  two 
commandments  hang  all  the  law  and  the 
prophets.'^ 

Here  are  two  commandments,  on  which 
all  the  law  and  the  prophets  hang,  and 
neither  of  the  two  is  in  the  decalogue. 
As  the  ten  commandments  are  a  part  of 
the  law^,  and  all  the  law  and  ])ropht!ts 
hang  on  these  two  commandments,  ami 
they  have  passed  away,  according  to  this 
error  of  the  Sabbatarian,  then,  the  law 
and  the  prophets  went  with  them,  and 
the  decalogue  must  have  gone  too,  for 
it  would  have  nothing  to  stand  on.  As 
this  is  the  result  of  his  own  logic,  he  has 
nothing  to  hang  the  seventh  day  upon; 
and  it,  too,  is  gone.  We  refer  to  this 
for  the  purpose  of  showing  that  the  Sav- 
ior condemns  the  unwarranted  distinc- 
tion they  make  between  the  ten  com- 
mandments and  the  law  given  to  Moges, 
when  he  gives  us  two  eominandments 


If,  then,  the  seventh  day  miist  be  kept  ^liic^  lie  at  the   foundation  of  the  law, 

yet  not  in  the  decalogue.    . 

We  will  now  notice  the  third  point  in 
reference  to  this  law  of  the  Sabbath, 
that  is,  To  whom  ■Was  it  given?  We 
presume  none  will  deny  that  this  law 
was  given  to  Israel,  and  not  to  the  church 
under  the  Gospel.  All  its  ceremonies 
and  penalties  had  reference  to  Israel  alone. 
The  manner  of  keeping  it,  prescribed  in 
tlie  law,  applied  to  none  but  Israel 
And  that  law  to  Israel  did  not  bind  the 
Christian  any  more  than  it  did  the  Patri- 
arch. Then  we  have  several  important 
quetions  settled  in  regard  to  the  law;  1. 
It  was  given  to  Israel  aloue;  2.  It  wa^' 
not  binding  uptm  the  patriarchs,  for  it 
was  given  after  their  day;  3.  It  was  Dot 
given  to  the  Chi-istian,  therefore  hei* 
not  under  obligation  to  keep  it;  4.  It 
must  have  passed  away  when  the  Jew- 
i.sh  dispensation  wound  up,  for  they  were 
the  only  people  to  whom  it  was  given. 
But  the  Sabbatarian  says  the  seventh 
day  was  given  to  the  pati'iarchs  before 
the  law. 

We  say,  too,  the  sacrifice  were  gi^eu 
to  the  patriarchs  befor  the  law.  Then 
when  their  di.sppnsation  was  woimd 
up  and  ended,  like  the  Jewish  dis^ 
pensstion,  its  laws  ended  with  it,  tf^ 
are  not  binding  upon  the  Christian 
dispensation,  unle.'^s  made  so  by  the  com- 
mand of  God  and  precept  of  inspired  nien- 
We  will  now  notice  the  fourth  i>om, 
that  is,  the  object  for  which  it  was  giv- 


because  it  was  blessed  before  the  law, 
and  did  not  depend  upon  the  law  for  its 
existence,  so  the  ott'erings  of  Abel,  which 
God  accepted,  must  be  continued  under 
the  Gospel;  for  they,  too,  were  before 
the  law,  and  did  not  depend  upon  it  for 
existence.  Such  reasoning,  or  argument, 
founded  on  the  existence  and  acceptance 
of  either  the  sacrifices  or  the  seventh  day 
becausethey  were  sanctified  oraccepted  iu 
the  days  of  the  patriarchs,  cannot  with- 
out a  i)lain  command  of  God  be  made  a 
law  in  the  Christian  disjiensation.  It  re- 
quires a  command  and  precedent  to  en- 
join either  of  them  upon  the  Christian, 
just  as  much  as  it  required  the  command 
and  precept  to  enjoin  them  upon  Israel. 
The  command  to  Israel  does  not  enjoin 
them  upon  us;  and  the  command,  if 
thei-e  had  been  one,  to  the  Patriarchs 
would  not  bind  either  of  them  upon  the 
Christian,  in  the  absence  of  Gospel  com- 
mand and  precedent.  We  have  a  rii'ht 
to  demand  of  the  Sabbatarian  an  exam- 
ple or  command,  of  some  one  of  the  in- 
spired men,  for  the  church  lu  keep  the 
seventh  day  after  the  Je^vish  law  was 
abolished.  We  want  them  to  show 
one  Christian  assembly  meeting  to  wor- 
ship together  on  the  seventh  day;  then 
they  will  have  an  argument.  The  apos- 
tles met  u-ith  the  Jews  and  Greeks  on 
the  Sabbath,  because  they  there  had  an 
opportunity  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  them ; 
but  those  meetings  were  not   Christian 


Slnrch   7. 

^„(r,al.:i:l:').  "  Wh«vf,„.^  ,!,,.„  ^^,.^. 
ftbtbelawi  Itw.wad,U.d  Lerause  of 
trail"!,"'-'*'™*""  ""«  »e«l  sl,„ul,l  voinc." 
Then-  we  have  one  reaiion  wl,y  tUe  ]„«■ 
„iven— "  because  of  tvansf-ressiou ."  and 
^Iso  the  length  of  time  it  should  stand— 
„  till  the  seed  (Christ)  should  come  " 
I„  lioinaiis  7;  6,  7,  we  read,  "  H„t  now 
„e  are  delivered  from  the  law,  that  lie- 
lug  dead  wherein  we  were  held.  *  »  ♦ 
jfay,  I  had  not  known  sin,  but  by  the 
law:  for  I  had  not  known  lust,  except 
tiie  law  had  said,  Thou  shalt  not  covet, 
Paul  makes  three  points  here  worthy  of 
note:  1-  The  law  under  which  we  were 
),eld  lieing  (lead,  we  are  freed  from  it;  2. 
In  the  sixth  verse,  he  declares  tile  law  to 
),e  dead ;  .-'.  In  the  seventh  verse  he  con 
„ects  the  phrase,  "  thou  shalt  not  covet,' 
with  the  law  whic/i  he  tells  us  is  dead ;  and 
notice,  that  is  jiart  of  the  ten  command 
nients,  showing  again  the  Sabbatarian 
to  be  wrong,  when  he  makes  his  distinc 
lion  between  the  ten  commandments  and 
the  law,  saying  one  passes  away  and  the 
iither  is  perpetuated. 

When  (rod  gave  thelawof  the  Sabbath 
to  Israel,  he  said,  (Ex.  IC:  4),  "  And 
tlie  people  shall  go  out  and  gather  a  cer- 
tain rate  every  day,  that  I  may  prove 
them,  whether  they  will  walk  in  my  law, 
or  no."  Here  we  have  the  object  for 
which  the  Sabliath  law  was  given  to  Is- 
rael— "  l!l'il  I  may  prove  them,"  not  to 
the  Christians,  or  Gentiles,  or  Patriarchs, 
for  they  are  to  be  proved  by  a  different 
law.  It  was  given  to  see  if  Israel  would 
"wall:  in  it  or  no/"  not  to  see  if  the 
Christuin,  Gentile,  or  Patriarch  would 
"  walk  in  it  or  no." 

In  conclusion,  upon  this  point,  we 
would  observe  that  the  law  was  given  to 
Israel  to  fence  them  in — to  separate  them 
from  other  nations — constituting  them  a 
peculiar  people:  making  them  the  de- 
pository of  God's  law  until  Christ,  the 
promised  seed,  should  come.  "When 
Christ  came,  it  was  His  work  to  break 
ilowni  "  the  middk  wall  of  partition. 
iiifwem  "  the  Jew  and  Gentile,  "  to  make 
ill  himself  of  twain  one  new  man " — 
one  new  church ;  not  to  revise  the  old 
law  and  re-enact  it;  not  to  revise  or 
change  the  old  seventh  day  and  re-enact 
it;  but  to  take  it  out  of  the  way.  The 
Scriptures  do  not  teach  that  the  Jewish 
Sabbath  is  changed  to  a  Christian  Sab- 
hath;  but  that  it  is  taken  away  and  a 
new  one,  with  a  new  law,  made  for  the 
Christian.  Then  we  sljall  not  try  to 
jirove  that  the  Jewish  Sabbath  is  chang, 
ell.  but  taken  away,  and  kept  no  mort 
h}:  inspired  ineu  after  the  law  was  dead. 

Tin-:  FTKST  D.\Y  01'  THE  WEEK. 

We  ilow  come  to  consider  the  author- 
ity of  keeping  the  First  day  of  the  week, 
111  the  new  church,  its  a  sacred  and  holy 
'la.y.  In  this  investigation,  we  do  not 
contend  that  the  Je^vish  Salibath,  or 
si'venth  day,  is  changed  to  the  Christian 
Sabbath,  or  to  the  first  day;  but  the  old 
one  is  taken  away,  and  the  tii-st  day  is  a 
new  day  of  rest,  given  by  a  neW'  law,  in 
a  new  church,  to  be  kept  in  a  new  way, 
I'V  another  people,  where  there  is  neith- 
ci-  Jew  nor  Greek.  Wheu  we  come 
t"  the  new  church,  we  ask  for  a 
I'ommand  to  keep  the  .lewi.sli  Sabbath ; 
lait  We  ask  in  vain,  for  tJiere  is  none  giv- 
™  to  the  new  church.  We  n.sk  for  an 
raaniple  of  the  apostles  in  the  primitive 
''liiirch,  keeping  the  seventh  day  as  a 
''»)•  of  nieetingtogether,  a  day  of  rest;  but 
''■ea.sk  in  vain,  for  there  is  no  such  ex- 
"'"I'l-  ill  the  Gospel. 

■Tlien,  as  the  Christians  in  the  apostles' 
'"ly  must  havi'  some  set  time— some  set 
'lay— on  which  to  meet  as  a  congregation 
•"  Worship  God.  we  ask  wheirthat  day 
"■«s-  on  whicli  day  of  the  week  did  they 


_™ET3RETHEEN    u\.'r    WOltK. 


If  the 


a-sscmble  for  that  imrposei 
seinble.1  for  that  purpose,  and  kept  the 
Jewish  Sabbath,  then  we  know  the 
Christian  should  do  so  now;  but  if  they 
assembled  on  the  first  day,  and  k-:-pt  it 
as  a  day  of  worsliij.,  th>-ii  wc  are  n.ssured, 
by  their  example,  that  the  church  should 
tollow  their  divine  precedent  at  this  time. 
To  determine  this  ([uestion.  wc  must  go 
to  the  inspu-ed  men— to  those  who  were 
led  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 

The  first  case  which  has  a  bearing  as 
evidence  on  the  subject  of  the  fii'st  day 
as  a  day  of  peculiar,  special,  and  great 
importance  to  the  Christian,  is  predicat- 
ed on  the  firat  that  occurred  after 
Jewish  law  was  taken  away.  The 
urrection  of  our  Savior  was  on  the 
Jay  of  the  week. 


the 


first 
Ou  that  dav,  while 
the  disciples  were  assembled  together, 
the  Saviormet  with  them,  and  gave  theni 
His  ble-ssing,  saying,  "Peace  be  with 
you;"  and  talked  with  them,  teaching 
them  the  truth  concerning  the  resurrec- 
tion. That  Orst  Lord's  day  was  spent  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  consecrate  it  in  the 
mind  of  the  fir.st  Christian.s,  l,y  their 
meeting  together  atone  place,  and  Christ's 
meeting  with  them;  the  teaching  on  the 
gieat  subject  of  the  resurrection;  the 
blessing  of  the  Lord  tbere  given,  as  re- 
corded in  John  2(1:  19-23,  "Then  the 
same  day,  at  evening,  being  the  first  day 
of  the  week,  when  the  doors  were  shut, 
where  the  disciples  were  assembled  for 
fear  of  the  Jews,  came  Jesus,  and  stood 
in  the  midst,' and  aaith  unto  them.  Peace 
be  with  you."  Here  is  the  first  Lord's 
ilay,  the  first  Christian  assemljly,  and  thi 
Lord  Jesus  meeting  with  theii'i  after  th 
law  is  taken  aw.ay. 

Now  these  same  disciples  must  soon 
pass  a  Jewish  Sabbath,  while  the  Sav 
is  yet  on  earth.  If  tley  meet  on  the 
Jewish- Sabbath,  to  keep  it  in  the  \vor 
ship  of  God,  it  will  then  be  good  evi 
dence  that  it  should  be  kept  now.  Dc 
they?  No;  they  pass  the  .Jewi.sli  .<^ab 
bath,  and  say  not  a  word  about  it.  Then 
was  no  meeting  with  the  Lord  on  that 
Jay,  which  must  have  left  the  first  day 
of  the  week — the  resurrection  day — the 
day  when  the  Lord  met  with  them 
theii-  assembly,  and  blessed  them,  iind 
breathed  on  them  the  Holy  Spirit  that 
they  might  understaml  the  Scriptures 
impressed  deeply  upon  their  minds  and 
hearts.  The  resun-eetion,  the  meeting 
of  the  disciples,  the  presence  of  the  Lord, 
His  ble.wing  and  teaching  consecrated  it 
in  their  hearts  in  such  a  manner  that 
they,  by  the  Spirit,  have  given  it  to  us 
as  set  apart  for  Christians  to  meet  am" 
worship  God;  and  it  was  contiuued  ir 
the  church  as  a  meeting  tlay,  during  the 
apostolic  age,  as  we  .shall  hereafter  prove. 

The  second  case  of  evidence  is  in  John 
20:  2(i,  couched  in  the  following  lan- 
guage: "  And  after  eight  Jays,  again  His 
disciples  were  within,  and  Thomas  witli 
them.  Then  came  Jesus,  the  door  being 
shut,  aud  stood  in  the  midst,  and  said. 
Peace  be  unto  you."  Here  it  is  most 
likely  the  phrfLSe  "  after  eight  days  "  al- 
luded to  the  same  day  of  the  week  on 
which  they  had  met  before,  for  the  apos- 
tle says,  "  ..Viid  again  Ilisdiseiples  were 
within."  aud  adds,  "the'door  beingshut.'" 
And  Jesus  again  meets  with  them,  and 
IJesses  them,  showing  the  same  kind  of 
a  meeting,  ou  a  stated  time.  As  the  time 
included  by  both  meetings  would  be 
cigiit  days,  it  seems  the  apostles  had  the 
first  day  ajs  a  stated  time  to  meet.  One 
thing  is  evident  in  regard  to  the^e  meet- 

gs.  that  is,  neither  of  them  was  on  the 
Jewish  Sabbath;  for  tiiey  pass  over  that 
period  without  making  any  reference  to 
it  ^vhatever.  The  (luestion  then  is  set- 
tled, that  when  the  disciples  met  on  the 


tir.st  day  for  the  woi-ship  of  God,  and 
pass  the  seventh  without  sneh  meeting, 
or  in  any  way  keeping  it,  they  are  ac- 
cepted of  llim;  for  when  they  did  so, 
Jesiis  met  with  them  and    blessed  them. 

The  third  ease  which  has  a  bearing  on 
the  subject  is  in  Acts  2;  l,  rending  as 
follows:  "  And  when  the  day  of  Pente- 
cost was  fully  come,  they  were  all  with 
one  accord  in  one  place."  Here  is  anoth- 
er example  of  the  disciples  being  assem- 
bled together  on  the  flrat  day  of  the 
week.  Pentecost  being  fifty  days  after 
the  Passover  Sabbath,  it  liardly  leaves 
room  for  doubt  that  this  Pentecost  was 
just  seven  weeks  from  the  resurrection 
of  our  Lord.  Then  it  was  that  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit  descended  upon  them,  marking 
the  Brst  day  of  the  week  in  their  mindsi 
with  still  more  of  the  important  wonders 
of  the  new  ilispensation.  All  the  great 
miracles  of  the  Christian  religion  being 
wrought  on  the  first  day  of  the  week— 
the  resurrection,  the  baptism  of  the  ilo- 
ly  Spirit — shows  that  day  as  n  prop- 
er time  toeommcmornte,  in  solemn  wor- 
sliiii,  the  great  work  of  man's  redemp- 
tion. The  seventh  day  to  the  .lew  did 
commemorate  thecreation  of  the  world; 
but  these  solemn  meetings  of  the  disci- 
ples, when  Jesus  met  with  them  and 
these  greatest  events  ever  witnessed  by 
man,  do  fitly  commeinoratt.  the  new  cre- 
ation in  Christ  Jesus,  when  he  "  led  cap- 
tivity captive  and gave giltsunto  men;" 
when  he  was  declared  to  iie  the  Son  of  God 
with  power  by  the  resurrection  from  the 
dead.  These  three  witnesses — the  apos- 
tles three  times  assembling  together  on 
the  first  day  and  the  Lord  blessing  them 
on  that  day— stand  up  in  the  church  as 
sacred  examples,  ever  couimeiuorating 
the  resurrection  of  our  Lord,  and  giv- 
ing us  assurance  of  divine  appr<ibation, 
when  we  after  their  example,  meet  on 
the  first  day  of  the  week  to  wait  upon 
the  Lord ;  while  our  meetings  like  theirs, 
keep  in  memory  the  wonders  of  His  res- 
urrection. Then  since  the  Lord  bless- 
ed the  disciples  in  three  meetings  with- 
in fifty  days  after  the  resurrection,  and 
all  these  meetings  were  on  the  fiiwt  day 
of  the  week,  and  in  that  period  there 
was  no  resting  on  tile  seventh  day — no 
mention  of  keeping  it  in  any  manner — 
these  facts  make  tlie  way  of  the  Chris- 
tian so  plain,  clear,  and  safe,  that  we 
need  not  hesitate  a  moment  on  this  sub- 
ject. But  we  have  more  evidence  tban 
this. 

The  fourth  ease  as  evidence  is  in  Acts 
211:  7,  where  we  read:  "  Aud  upon  the 
til^t  day  of  the  week,  when  the  disci 
jiles  came  together  to  break  bread.' 
Here  is  important  evidence  on  this  sub 
ject.  The  apostles  came  to  Troas,  and 
abode  seven  days.  Tiieu  they  must  have 
passed  over  the  Jewish  Sabbath  again  as 
though  there  hail  been  no  sudi  thing 
known  among  them;  for  they  say  ni>th- 
ing  about  it:  but  when  came  to  the  fii-st 
day  of  the  week,  then  they  came  togeth- 
er as  the  Lord's  people,  in  the  Lord's 
name.  Now  if  we  follow  the  example 
of  the  apostle  and  the  church  at  Troas. 
we  must  have  the  first  day  set  apart  f-or 
the  worship  of  (iod.  And  this  is  anoth- 
er example  of  importance,  because  it  is 
by  tile  apostolic  church  and  the  apostle 
led  by  the  Spirit  of  Truth. 

Tilt!  fiftb  cose  of  evidence  is  in  1.  Cor.  16 :  2, 
where  Paul  says:  "  Upon  Uie  first  tlay  of  the  week! 
let  every  one  of-  yon  lay  by  him  in  siore,  as  God 
has  prospered  tiim,  that  there  be  no  gatherings 
when  I  come."  Notice  this  passage  closely.  The 
apostle  does  not  tell  them  to  come  together  on  the 
first  day  of  the  week,  but  he  commands  tliein  to 
do  a  certain  work  of  charity  ou  that  day :  and  the 
way  be  commauds  it.  shows  conclusively  that  they 
were  in  the  ba'  it  ol"  a-sembliug  ou  ihat  day.  lie 
says,  "That  there  be  no  gathering  whea  I  come ;" 


anil  the  .»ntril,nt,on  n.«ie  in  the  awanhly  is  the 
only  way  tbat  eool.l  prevent  the  «thering  when 
he  came.  If  they  had  not  kept  the  fi,„  ,|ay  of 
the  week,  and  a«emhlcd  on  thai  dav,  how  could 
tbo,e  direction.  ,„„k,  anything  „.jy  .j^„,  ,h, 
lime  of  hm  coming.  Then,  i,  „„  &«  n,.,r,.  clear 
than  Uiis.  If  wo  would  writ,  u,  a  church  in  the 
habit  of  meeting  on  the  fint  day  of  the  w»ek, 
that  wo  wished  them  to  do  Kjmelhing  on  that  day] 
■  -  would  ui>.  jnst  such  language  as  Paul  did  :  Irat 
wo  cauuc.l  SCO  how  writing  in  tliat  manner  o,  a 
ehurch  which  kept  Jewish  time  culd  pre.enlthc 
galbering.  That  would  ho  telling  them  to  lay  hy 
their  contributi.in  the  day  alUr  their  meeting ;  and 
how  that  eould  save  gathering  when  Paul  eame. 
is  something  that  cannot  be  explained  :  therefore 
we  believe  it  is  not  true. 

The  sixth  evidence  is  in  Kev.  1:  10.  John  say.. 
'  I  was  in  the  Spirit  on  the  Lord's  day."  Here' 
is  a  day  distinguished  from  the  .lewish  Sabbath; 
because  Uie  Jewish  Sabbath  is  not  called  the  L..rd-. 
day.  This  phrase,  and  this  .lay.  ar«  peculiarlj 
Gi»pcl  in  their  appointment  and  importaa™.  And 
what  other  day  could  be  so  well  called  the  l...rd'« 
day  as  that  of  Hi.  resurrection?  for  tbat  day -m 
the  Christian  Scriptures  is  potent  with  great  event., 
the  mo.l  sacred  and  holy,  and  must  ever  be  con- 
secrated in  tho  heart  of  the  new  chun-b.  built  on 
the  death,  burial,  and  resurrection  of  our  adota- 
blo  Rwlccmer.  as  it.  great  cwnlial  truths. 

MISTOatCAL   EvlDKSCE. 

We  will  give  another  cliu»  of  evidence  before 
We  close  our  arguments  in  favor  of  theSm  day.- 
This  becomes  necessary,  because  some  have  said. 
that  tho  first  day  was  establi»be<l  as  a  day  of  wor- 
ihip  by  the  authority  of  Consuuitiuc.  But  this  is 
a  great  mistake,  as  we  will  show.  Long  bet-|>r« 
the  time  of  (.'onstantiue.  Ignatios.  who  was  made 
bishop  of  Antioch  about  the  year  A.  D.  70.  apart 
of  his  life  being  contemporary  with  the  the  apos- 
tles, was  sent  liy  the  Emperor  Trajan  to  Rome,  iu 
the  year  A.  D.  107.  a  captive  for  his  laitb  as  • 
Cbrislinn,  to  be  devoured  by  wild  beasts.  He  re- 
ceived bis  sentence  with  joy.  eaclairaing.  "  I  thank 
thee,  O  Lord,  that  thou  hast  eondegcnde*!  to  hoo- 
or  me  with  thy  love,  and  has  thought  me  worthy, 
with  tby  apostle  Paul,  to  be  hound  in  iron  chains." 
On  bis  way  to  Rome,  he  wrote  from  Smyrna  to 
the  church  at  Magnesia  in  these  words,  "  Where- 
lore,  if  they  wlio  were  bruught  up  in  these  ancient 
laws  came  nevertheless  to  newness  of  hope,  no- 
Imiga  obnrma}  Sabballu,  but  keeping  the  LonJ't 
dny.  iu  which  our  life  is  sprung  up  by  Him,  and 
through  His  death,  whom  yet  s-fmc  deny."  He 
lurther  says,  "  It  is  absurd  to  name  Jesus  Chiiat 
and  to  Judaize ;  Cor  the  Christian  religion  did  not 
embrace  the  Jewish,  hut  the  Jewish,  the  Christian,, 
that  so  every  tongue  tbat  believeth  might  be  gath- 
ered together  in  God."  Epis.  to  Mag.  chapter  3L 
How  similar  this  to  the  language  of  Paul,  (CoL  2: 
16).  "  Let  no  man  therefore  judge  you  in  meat  or 
iu  drink,  or  in  respect  of  an  holy  day,  or  of  the 
new  moon,  or  of  the  Sabbath  days." 

We  would  observe  further  that  Pliny.  Justin- 
Martyr,  Tertultinn.  Ireneus.  Origen.and  the  leara- 
ed  Bengal,  all  unite  to  prove  that  the  first  day  ofT 
tbo  week  was  kept  instead  of  the  Jewish  SabbatS. 
from  the  time  of  the  apostle-s.  There  is  no  fact  in 
the  Christian  religion  that  can  be  traced  back  to 
the  apostles  with  more  certainty  than  that  of  keep- 
ing the  Lottl's  day  as  consecrated  to  public  woi«- 
sbip.  .\nd  the  Uiril's  day  was  .kept  fftm-  tiiif 
very  first  in  ooiitradistiuetiun  from  the  Jemala. 
Sabbath. 

onJEtTTlOSS  AXSWEKED. 

We  will  DOW  speak  of  some  dijeotioBS  that  ape 
brought  against  the  first  day.  then  we  are  done  t'or 
the  present. 

We  will  first  note  that  tho  Irabbotnrian  demands 
of  u$  to  prove  that  the  seventh  day  has  been  i»- 
peideil  or  ehangeiL  No  need  of  proving  thai,  it 
has  been  repeslei).  until  it  is  first  pieved  to  bi  m 
law  giveu  to  tho  church.  We  deny  its  being  n 
law  giveu  to  the  Christian.  It  was  given  to  lltc 
Jewish  church,  but  that  has  pasiie«l  away  with  the- 
law.  Then  it  is  evident  tfint  wc  need  not.  and' 
could  not,  pt^TC  the  repeal  of  a  law  until  the  law 
is  proved  to  exist.  So  far  as  the  Jewish  ehunji 
is  concerned,  we  c:tii  easily  [irove  the  law  to  have 
exisutl,  and  jnst  as  easily  can  we  prove  the  de«lb 
nf  the  law,  and  the  end  of  the  ohureh ;  but  so  C*i: 
us  the  Christian  is  concerned,  it  is  not.  and  can- 
not bo  proved  a  law,  therefbiv  \ve  could  not  prove 
the  rejieal  of  a  'aw  that  did  not  exist.  iHi  fiir  SB 
the  Patriarchs  are  c  mcerued.  it  might  have  bccA 
a  law  to  them :  like  the  sacrifices  of  that  tge 
it  might  even  constitute  a  port  of  their  religioo- 

(Gmc-'ui-if  oil  SiA^nje.) 


THK    BREXtiKE>^    ^OT    WOKK. 


MarcH 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PIIBI.1SHKU    WEBKLY. 


J.  B.  MOOHE.  ) 

8.  II,  BASHOB.  /  EIHTOES. 

M.  M.  BSnELHAH,  ) 


Tub  Bsnitua  *«  ff«mK  will  h%  Mnt  pMi-p*iJ.  to  loy 
•ddren  in  ihs  United  Si*<«»  or  0«ii»J«.  for  |1  --O  p*r 
•onufl).  Thwe  Mndtnuwn  niimw  sn.!  ?ll5.fW.  will  re- 
MlTfl  an  eilrB  c«p7  tf»  of  cliWRO.  For  w)  c'  " 
number  ih.  nRont  «ill  li»  .llowtd  I'l  coc-  fur  weh  "J  •■ 
lional  n«mf,  which  omniioi  cm  h*  de-luct*.!  from  ibe 
•noney.  before  .rn.liftg  ll  lo  u«.  Moofj  OrJfrt.  I'm™. 
ud  neipBlPrc'l  UlUni  mny  1>#  .cnl  bi  oiir  n«lt.  They 
■faould  b«  nuule  p.ynhU  to  Moore,  llrulior  &  E»hclro»n.— 
flub.criplion..  anJ  eomu..muoUoo-  ini-u^lo'l  for  lb*  py 
p»r,  u  wfll  «  »ll  bu»it.r..  mnicn.  ronrK^cl-.l  «llli  lb»  of- 
(Im  shoulU  br  sJdroFr'J 

KOOSE,  BASHOB  i  ESEELUAlf, 
Ziuurk.  CunW  Co,.  131- 


LAtlASS,  ILL., 


UABCE  7,  I87S. 


"Over  1.2'HJ  citizens  of  New  Haven,  Conn., 
hiivf  nipncd  ii  jietition.  linking  thi*  boiinl  of  edu- 
cation to  reconsidpr  their  vol*r,  excliuliiig  the 
Bible  from  the  public  schools." 

Kxi'BitiHBMTH  have  Inttdy  been  miule  with 
fleetririty  to  light  up  synogogiipa  Jind  «treets. 
The  li(i[ht  is  not  only  much  better,  but  a  great 
ileal  cheaper.     Some  cities  talk  of  trying  it. 

TliRBK  is  no  lack  of  work  (or  those  who  wish 
to  ilo  Horaething  personally,  to  extend  tho  Gos- 
pel. If  the  laity  will  unitedly  engage  in  fht 
groat  work,  they  can  accomplish  an  untold 
amount  of  good. 

PRuac.NS,  having  No.  1  of  Vol.  I  of  the 
BurrniiES  at  Work  luul  do  not  wish  to  pre- 
serve it.  will  confer  a  favor  by  fonvanling  to 
tbi(»  office.  We  would  like  to  have  several 
eopieB.  _ 

Dko.  .1.  S.  FI017  has  clinnged  hin  uddreasfrom 
Oreely.  Colo,,  to  Longiuont,  Colorado.  The 
chnngi"  i«  niJuIe  in  order  to  locate"  in  the  niidsst 
of  the  members  in  Honlder  Co.,  and  idso  to 
facilitate  hiH  business. 


A  MINISTER  who  knows  how  to  gbulden  poor 
heart*  write.*  thus:  "  Please  find  enclosed  two 
dollan*  (half  the  amount  rewntly  rereivcd  for  a 
little  matter  of  my  service,  the  other  half  sent 
to  the  P.  C.)  towards  sending  the  paper*  to 
brpthreii  who  are  unable  to  pay  for  them."  "Go 
thou  and  do  likewise"  on  the  pjirt  of  many 
othent,  might  result  in  great  good  to  those  who 
hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness. 

On  another  page  will  be  found  an  able  article 
on  the  Sabbath  question  from  tlic  pen  of  Bro. 
R.  H.  Miller.  It  was  published  in  the  I'riinithr 
Christian  some  yc&n  ago,  but  as  many  of  our 
roailers  need  some  a-i-sistance  ou  this  subject,  we 
give  them  the  article  entire,  trusting  that  from 
it  they  will  be  able  to  glean  something  of  great 
worth  in  defending  the  doctrine  of  the  Breth- 


thi«  life,  and  tberelore  for  u  more  thorough 
k-nowkilge  of  that  pertaining  to  our  duty  to- 
ward (Jod  and  man.  it  Ijecomes  us  to  appeal  di- 
rectly to  the  Scriptu«>3.  If  in  all  tbiugs  «« 
will  hearken  unto  "that  prophet"  we  need  not 
i>e  alarmed  about  either  dreams  or  anything 
therewith  connected. 


Biiu.  Bashor  clotted  his  Iiibont  in  Eagle  Creek 
church,  ().,  the  27th  ult.  The  immediate  result 
of  his  labors  were  ten  additions  by  baptism  and 
one  more  applicant.  Among  tlie  number  re- 
ceived into  fellowBhip  was  u  Methodist  preat^her. 

A  POOR  brotlier  writ^-s:  "Some  days  ago  Bro. 

ncnt  his  little  son  to  my  hermitage  with 

a  baflket  of  provisions."  This  is  the  kind  of 
praying  that  niakr's  the  heart  rejoice  and  God 
mil  bless  all  sueli  for  their  acts  of  kindness. — 
Henieuiber  the  poor  and  do  them  good. 

By  request  it  is  re-announced  that  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting  of  Northern  Indiana,  will  be 
held  iu  the  English  Prairie  congregation,  May 
9, 1878,  coraniencing  at  H  o'clock.  Those  com- 
ing from  the  South  will  stop  at  La  Grange 
Center,  and  those  from  the  North  at  Lima, 
where  they  will  be  met  by  the  bretliren. 

All  our  readers  are  anxious  to  know  some- 
thing about  the  Stein  and  Hay  debate,  and  we 
are  going  to  do  our  best  to  accomniudat*'  tltem. 
Hemembcr  that  the  paper  will  be  sent  from  the 
beginning  of  the  debate  to  the  end  of  the  pres- 
ent yeor  for  ?l.at».  Now  let  each  of  our  present 
subscribera  endeavor  to  send  us  at  least  one 
new  subscriber. 


Cards  are  in  circulation  containing  the  fol- 
lowing which  persons  sign  as  a  pledge: 

"  I,  the  undersigned,  do  pledge  my  word  and 
honor,  God  helinng  me,  to  abstain  from  the  use 
of  profane  language,  and  that  I  will  by  all  hon- 
orable means,  encourage  others  to  abstain." 

This  is  a  good  thing  among  those  not  profes- 
sors, but  evidently  not  needed  among  Christians, 
for  they  have  already  signed  a  pledge  which 
reads,  "  Swear  not  at  all." 

In  writing  to  thi-s  office,  please  he  kind 
enough  to  give  nuiiie,  po^t  uffife,  nmntij  and 
Stuff  plnhihi  viriiXen.  We  are  generally  able 
to  read  everything  in  a  letter,  but  the  way 
nnmex  are  sometimes  written,  is  too  bad.  There 
are  some  people,  it  would  seem,  just  try  how 
ciire'ess  they  can  write  their  address.  This  is 
one  reason  why  so  many  fail  to  get  what  they 
order — their  Mlers  are  easily  rend,  but  when  it 
comes  to  deciphering  the  address,  it  is  terribli 
A  hint  to  the  wise  is  sufiicient. 


A  MiNiSTEii  being  a.sked  why  he  made  his 
sermons  so  long,  remarked:  "I  haven't  time  to 
make  them  short."  This  means  more  than 
some  people  have  an  idea.  It  takes  work  to 
compress  a  long  sermon  into  a  short  space,  just 
like  it  takes  time  to  analyze  and  rewrite  an  ai-ti- 
cle,  making  it  occupy  but  half  its  former  space. 
The  abiJitv  to  condense  matter  is  as  rare  as  it  is 
needful.  Ministers,  instead  of  studying  how 
to  string  out  their  discourses,  ought  to  be  culti- 
vating the  habit  of  abridging  them. 


Bno.  D.  D.  Gibson  of  Perrin,Mo..  says:  "The 
more  I  read  your  pajwr.  the  better  I  like  it.  — 
Your  "Saturday  Night"  in  last  number,  is  a 
gem,  and  I  am  glad  that  there  is  one  preacher 
that  has  the  humble  boldness  to  speak  it  right 
out.  and  appeal  direct  to  the  hearts  of  the 
brotherhood.  Go  on  in  the  way  you  have  be- 
gun, and  the  Lonl  will  bless  you." 


"O.VB  Sabbath,  while  at  church  with  her 
mother,  a  little  girl,  about  five  years  old.  heard 
the  preacher  praying  very  loud.  Turning  to 
her  mother,  and  beckoning  the  maternal  ear  to 
a  speaking  distance,  she  whispen'd:  'Mother, 
don't  you  think,  that  if  he  lived  nearer  to  God, 
he  wouldn't  have  to  talk  so  loud?'  Such  a 
question  is  worth  a  volume  of  elocution  in 
prayer." 

SisAN  W.  Denton  of  Sulphur  Springs. 
,Te»(»,  though  not  «  member,  speaks  very  high- 
ly of  the  paper,  pamphiefa  and  tracts,  the  nieni- 
l>ei-n  have  been  sending  her.  She  says:  "  t  am 
a  Baptist,  hut  esteem  your  church  very  highly. 
a»  I  learn  its  tenets  from  the  iiteniture  which 
has  been  kindly  sent  me  for  ilistribution.  1 
have  given  it  out  to  my  neighbors  luid  sent  it 
off  by  mail  and  other  ways  to  parties  at  a  dis- 
tance, and  almost  every  one  seems  to  be  well 
pleased   with  it," 


LizziB  K.  Hon"E,  formerly  from  Waddam's 
Grove,  111.,  writes  from  Texas,  under  date  of 
Feb.  20th  as  follows:  "We  are  within  nine 
miles  of  our  destination.  Although  we  are  in 
a  'strange  land,'  we  do  not  feel  like  'strangers  ' 
at  present,  as  we  are  stopping  ivith  Bro.  Wng- 
raan.  We  can  hardly  realize  that  we  are  so  far 
from  loved  ones;  these  large  and  beautiful  prai- 
ries remind  us  of  Northern  Illinois.  What  a 
l}eautiful  consolation  in  the  thought  that  God 
dwells  here  as  well  as  elsewhere,  and  has  the 
;ame  care  for  His  children  in  this  place  aswhere 
they  aie  more  numerous." 


The  Ashland  (Ohio)  Tinm  of  Feb.  21  reports 
u  successful  meeting  by  the  Brethren  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  Ashlimd  school.  We  would  judge 
from  present  indications  that  their  prospects 
are  good,  and  ere  long  they  will  have  things  on 
a  good  working  basis.  The  quiet  and  steady 
manner  in  which  they  have  been  working  up 
the  enterprise,  is  quite  commendable,  and  shows 
what  can  be  done  by  a  carefnl,  steady  aim.  The 
Board  of  Incorporators  have  .already  secured 
the  charter  of  the  institution,  under  the  name 
of  "The  Ashland  College."  The  election  of 
twenty-one  trustees  was  to  have  takou  place  on 
the  23rd.  _ 

Thehe  is  in  Constantinople  an  old  church 
building,  erected  by  Justinian  in  the  year  53^, 
and  called  St.  Sophia.  It  was  the  most  magni- 
ficent building  of  the  age,  and  was  to  the  old 
Greek  church,  what  "St.  Peter's,"  is  to  Home. 
For  nearly  a  thousand  years  it  stood  as  the  ad- 
miration of  the  Greek  or  Eastern  church,  and 
then  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Mohammedans 
and  was  made  by  them  a  mosque.  But  now 
since  the  "  king  ot  the  North,"  has  marched 
down  and  conquered  Turkey,  it  is  supposed 
that  Russia  vnW  demand  the  restoration  of  St. 
Sophia  to  the  Greek  church,  thus  giving  her  a 
strong  hold  in  the  great  capital  of  the  East. 


In  reply  to  a  correspondent  who  wants  an 
ex|>liuiatiou  of  liis  dream,  we  remark  that  we 
are  not  skilled  in  that  kind  of  luisiness.  In  fact 
we  never  had  very  much  confidence  iu  the  gen- 
erality of  modern  dreams.  We  are  not  requir- 
ed to  believe  iu  the  dreams  of  these  times,  nor 
is  it  needful  that  wc  know  the  interpretation 
therefor.  God  has  given  ns  the  perfect  law  of 
liberty,  containing  all  about  heaven,  and  divine 
things,  that  He  intended   we  should    know   iu 


Amono  the  Gleanings,  will  be  found  a  scrap 
from  Bro.  Enoch  Eby.  It  appears  that  instead 
of  meeting  their  wives  at  Hamburg,  they  re- 
turned to  Hjorring  and  expect  to  leave  there 
for  England  soon  after  tlie  fifth  of  February.— 
The  telegram  received,  shows  that  they  reacTi- 
ed  London  iu  safety,  and  that  they  are  now  on 
the  ocean;  hence  by  the  time  this  reaches  our 
readers,  they  will  be  nearing  the  port  of  New 
York,  if  the  Lord  gave  them  a  successful  voy- 
age. They  earnestly  request  the  prayers  of  the 
brethren  and  sistei-s,  that  they  may  return  in 
safety  to  those  of  like  precious  faith,  and  loved 
ones  at  home.  Bro.  Eby  says:  "We  think 
we  have  experienced  since  we  left,  that  the 
prayers  of  the  faithful  are  of  great  advantage. 
Will  He  not  avenge  His  elect,  which  cry  unto 
Him  day  and  night?     Yea,  speedily." 

There  are,  at  the  present  time  about  fifteen 
or  twenty  members  in  Chicago,  but  living  in 
different  parts  of  the  city.  These,  including 
the  members'  children  living  there,  might,  if 
collected,  make  up  a  pretty  fair  congregation. 
The  Brethren  have  held  no  meetings  in  the 
city  of  late,  though  they  did  some  years  ago.  It 
seems  however,  that  no  special  effort  was  made 
tu  build  up  a  church,  as  there  were  but  a  few 
members  in  the  place  at  the  time,  and  the  en- 
couragement not  very  good.  The  house  in 
which  the  Brethren  preached  is  still  standing, 
and  belongs  to  the  Wiuebreunarians.  We 
think  that  some  eflbrts  should  he  made  to  hold 
some  meetings  in  the  city.  We  would  tike  to 
have  sent  us  tlie  names  of  all  the  members  in 
the  city,  and  ou  what  street  they  live.  As  we 
visit  Chicago  quite  ft-equeutly,  it  would  afJord 
us  much  pleai>ure  to  call  on  them  and  become 
acquainted.     Brethren,  let  us  heai-  from  you. 


THE  JEWS  OF  JERUSALEM. 

THE  crowded  state  of  Jerusalem  is  becoming 
quite  unpleasant  of  late,  and  is  materially 
affecting  the  present  condition  of  the  sacred 
spot.     The  country  is  flooded  mth  paupers  of 

ery  grade  depending  ou  the  charities  of  oth- 
ei-s  for  support:  while  the  agricultural  resources 
of  the  land  in  its  present  state  of  cultivation  are 
not  sufiicient  to  supply  the  wants  of  all.  Un- 
less something  is  done  to  prevent  the  present 
rapid  flow,  of  emigration  into  the  city,  its  suffer- 
ing condition  will  become  alarming. 

A  late  writer  says:  "The  heads  of  the  differ- 
ent communities,  especially  of  the  Polish  and 
German  Minhagim  should  adopt  the  most  strin- 
gent measures  to  stop  immigration  altogether. 
I'ersons  arriving  at  Jerusalem  without  means  of 
existence  should  not  be  received  into  any  of  the 
congregations.  Circulars  should  be  forwarded 
to  the  principal  congregations  of  Poland,  whence 
pauperism  is  mostly  recruited,  informing  them 
that  after  a  certain  date,  destitute  strangers  ar- 
riving would  not  be  helped  by  any  existing  char- 
ity or  private  individual.  Of  course,  all  harsh- 
ness, even  in  appearance,  should  be  avoided  in 
dealing  with  persons  whose  misfortunes  may  be 
attributed  to  the  faults  of  a  system  rather  than 
tu  their  own.  When  the  countries  and  classes 
supplying  the  flood  of  poverty  flowing  toward.-' 
Palestine  become  convinced  that  the  pretence  of 
studying  the  law  no  longer  suffices  to  secure  the 
free  maintainance,  even  of  the  poorest  descrip- 
tion, we  may  expect  to  see  an  amelioration  in 
the  state  of  the  Jews  in  the  Holy  Land.  Some 
scheme  for  the  emigration  of  those  who  are 
physically  competent  to  work,  but  are  unable  to 
find  employment,  might  perhaps  be  devised. 
Several  countries  might  be  selected  to  form  ex- 
periments of  this  nature." 


THE   STEIN— RAY  DISCUSSION. 

ON  March  .sixth  the  discussion  between 
Bro.  J.  W.  Stein  and  Elder  D.  B.  Ray  of 
the  Baptist  church,  will  commence  in  Newtonia 
Mo.,  and  continue  several  days.  Qur  readers 
may  look  for  an  interesting  synopsis  of  the  de- 
bate, OS  Bro.  Moore  left  here  on  the  afternoon 
of  the  fourth  to  attend  the  discussion  through- 
out. The  main  arguments  of  both  parties  will 
be  presented  in  our  pajier,  thus  affording  our 
brethren  not  only  an  excellent  opportunity  of 
noticing  the  difference  between  the  Brethren 
and  the  Bai)tists,  but  the  world  also  can  glean 
matter  for  serious  reflection. 


Would  not  this  be  a  good  opportunity  to  d;^ 
scminate  the  Truth  as  we  believe  and  |iracti 
it?  The  discussion  is  entered  on  the  p^,^  , 
Bro.  Stein,  in  order  to  do  good,  —that  person 
in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  debate  taay  \^ 
induced  to  obey  the  Lord  in  "all  tbinga,"  ft."),^i 
soever  He  has  commanded.  If  it  should  reach 
hearte  and  convert  them  when  hearing  itorulK- 
why  not  also  reach  some  writtenly?  Webelifv' 
it  will;  therefore  suggest  and  kindly  requpji 
that  each  of  our  readers  make  an  effort  to  send 
us  subscribers.  Have  you  a  neighbor  or  a  friej,^ 
who  would  likely  be  benefited  b^  reading  om- 
paper  the  balance  of  the  year?  Then  extend  to 
him  the  privilege,  and  if  he  refuse,  or  is  hqi 
able  to  pay  for  it,  then  do  the  next  best  thing  jf 
you  can— pay  for  it  yourself  and  send  it  to  him 
Do  not  wait  for  a  prospectus,  but  at  once  re^ 
solve  yourself  into  an  agent,  go  to  work  and  let 
us  see  how  active  the  army  of  Brtihren  at  Work 
can  be — how  many  new  readers  we  shall  have 
commencing  with  the  Newtonia  Discussion 
From  that,  until  Jan.  Ist,  1879,  the  paper  will 
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We  \vill  not  publish  a  full  report,  but  a  aj-uon. 
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NAAMAN. 


IN  the  fifth  chapter  of  second  Kings  wo  have 
au  account  of  Naaman,  the  captain  of  the 
host  of  Syria,  and  how  he  was  cured  of  a  loath. 
some  disease. 

Naaman  was  a  captain,  or  commander  of  the 
army  of  Syria.  A  man  not  only  of  rank,  but 
evidently  of  great  wealth.  He  wielded  auinflu- 
ence  of  no  small  moment,  not  only  with  the 
king,  but  over  the  army  of  which  he  was  com. 
mander.  He  had  a  loathsome  disease  known  as 
the  white  leprosy,  said  in  that  couatry  to  be  in- 
curable. 

With  all  his  wealth,  rank,  learning  and  influ- 
ence he  was  of  no  real  enjoyment  to  either  him- 
self or  any  one  else,  because  of  his  unpleasant 
and  disagreeable  disea.se.  He  had  in  his  family 
a  Hebrew  maiden  that  was  captured  and  carried 
from  her  native  land,  and  became  a  servant  in 
his  family.  This  little  maiden  one  day  remark- 
ed that  she  wished  her  lord  were  with  the  proph- 
et in  Samaria,  that  he  might  be  cured  of  his 
disease.  Then  the  king  of  Syria  gave  Nmunan 
letters,  aud  sent  him  over  to  the  king  of  Israel. 
But  when  Naamau  presented  his  letters  to  the 
king  of  Israel,  the  king  became  exceedingly  an- 
gry  and  said,  "  Am  1  God  to  kill  aud  makenlive? 
Why  send  such  a  man  to  me  with  a  disease  that 
is  incurable?  Does  not  the  king  of  Syria  know 
that  the  white  leprosy  cannot  be  cured?  and 
now  sends  a  case  to  me  which  I  take  as  an  in- 
sult." 

But  there  was  an  old  prophet,  by  thenameof 
Elisha,  in  the  land  of  Israel,  and  whenhelieanl 
how  the  king  of  Israel  had  rent  his  clothes  in 
anguish,  he  sent  word  for  Naaman  to  come  to 
him  and  he  would  show  him  there  was  yet  a 
prophet  in  Israel.  Naaman  made  his  way  to 
the  humble  dwelling  'where  the  prophet  was, 
and  halted  with  his  splendid  outfit  and  dazzling 
array  in  front  of  the  prophet's  house,  expect- 
ing that  something  remarkable  would  occur. 
He  was  a  man  of  rank  and  wealth,  and  there- 
fore, as  he  thought,  should  be  treated  according- 
ly. When  the  prophet  sent  him  word  to  goand 
wash  himself  seven  times  in  Jordan  and  he 
should  bo  cleansed,  he  was  completely  unnerved. 
He  did  not  suppose  that  the  prophet  of  God 
would  tell  him  to  do  such  a  little  iusignificaiit 
work.  He  expected  him  to  come  out,  strike  his 
hand  over  him  iu  some  grand  style,  call  on  the 
name  of  his  God  aud  thus  cure  liira. 

Naamau  wanted  to  be.  cured— had  no  desire 
to  remain  in  tho  coudition  he  wos,  and  willing 
to  do  any  great  thing  that  the  i)rophet  migbt 
demand  of  him.  He  was  like  some  people  are 
now.  They  are  sinners,  away  from  God,  and 
without  hope.  They  want  to  be  saved,  but  ffisli 
to  have  their  own  way  about  it— are  willing  *« 
do  any  great  thing  that  God  may  askorrei)"""' 
of  them.  Naaman  became  disgusted  at  the 
prophet,  not  because  the  prophet  told  hinito"" 
something,  but  because  he  did  uot  tell  him  t^^" 


some  great  thing.    Iu  short  he  wi 


■anted  to  hi- 


jsXai-^^ 


(uri-J.  ^'"*  ^'^^^'^  ^"^  '""'^  **"  ''^^n  w«y  about  it 
jl,  l„.pins  to  reason:  Are  »ot  tho  rivers  of 
Xbiinr.  ami  Fharpar-beautiful  streams  of  clear 
;^nuT'l*ett«'-  thuu  all  the  waters  of  Isriielv 
tbus  tryiug  to  evade  God's  positive  command  to 
J,,,  to  Jordan.  But  if  Naaniaii  did  not  have 
'aood  judgment  he  had  servants  vrith  him  who 
^ij.  They  told  him  if  the  prophet  had  bid  thee 
,10  some  great  thing,  wouldst  thou  not  have  done 
;ty  Nivi""""  conid  not  answer  a  word.  If  do- 
ing sniiic  great  thing  according  to  tlip  comnmnd 
/the  prophet  would  euro  jou.  how  much  ratli- 
grlhen  when  he  sayeth  to  thee,  wash  and  bo 
cleiui.  Niuiman  consented  to  go  down  to  the 
^vcr  Jordan,  and  dips  himself  seven  times  ac- 
cording to  the  sayings  of  the  miui  of  God,  and 
came  fortli  fi  cured  man. 

But  the  question  comes  up,  what  cured  Naa- 
„,an?  He  goes  down  into  the  water  a  diseased 
niiui  and  comes  up  cured.  Was  it  the  water 
that  cured  him  ?  I  say  nay,  for  there  can  be  no 
pjiil  virtue  in  water.  Was  it  the  prophet  that 
tured  him?  Not  at  all.  for  man  has  no  power 
over  such  a  disease  as  that.  Was  it  the  seven 
aips  that  cured  himr'  We  answer#nay,  for  he 
mightJiftve  dipped  himself  forty  times  in  some 
other  plufe  and  would  not  have  been  benefited 
in  the  least.  Then  again,  what  was  it  that  cur- 
ed him?  We  answer,  it  was  God.  The  proph- 
et of  the  Lord  had  told  him  if  he  would  dip 
liimself  seven  times  in  Jordan  he  should  be 
^.Ifftnsed  of  the  leprosy.  He  went  and  did  just 
what  God  told  him  tO  do,  and  then  God,  accord- 
ing tn  promise,  cleansed  him  of  his  leprosy.  A 
parallel  ca.se  to  this  may  be  found  where,  the 
Savior  told  the  blind  man  to  go  wash  in  the  pool 
of  Siloam,  and  he  should  come  seeing.  The 
bliud  man  did  so  and  his  sight  was  restored  im- 
mediately. It  was  a  divine  power  that  restored 
his  eyes  and  not  the  water  in  which  he  washed. 
From  these,  we  may  learn  valuable  lessons 
regarding  other  divine  commands.  The  truly 
penitent  believer  is  told  to  be  baptized  in  the 
niune  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  remission  of  sin. 
Paul  was  told  to  "  arise  and  be  baptized  and 
wash  away  thy  sin,  calling  on  the  name  of  the 
Lord."  Was  it  'water  that  washed  away  the 
sins  of  the  three  thousand  Pentecostians  ?  That 
could  not  he,  for  there  is  no  sin-pardoning  vir- 
tue in  the  simple  element  of  water.  Water  has 
no  power  to  wash  away  sin — the  virtue  does  not 
lie  in  the  water,  but  in  the  power  of  God.  No 
power,  but  divine  power,  can  cleanse  the  sinner 
of  his  sin.  Nothing  but  a  super-human  power 
can  remove  from  the  transgressor,  the  great 
burden  of  sin  resting  on  him.  We  are  told 
that,  without  the  shedding  of  blond  there  is  no 
remission  of  sin;  and  also,  that  Christ's  blood 
cleanseth  us  from  all  sin.  The  sinner  is  told  to 
believe,  repent  and  be  baptized.  These  three 
things  constitute  the  human  part  for  the  sin- 
ner to  perform,  or  duties  enjoined  upon  him. 
On  condition  he  does  these  three  things,  God 
promises  to  pardon  his  sins.  The  virtue  then  is 
not  at  the  beginning  of  the  command,  not  in 
the  middle,  but  at  the  end.  God  places  the  vir- 
tue at  the  end  of  the  commandment.  Then 
those  who  obey  Him,  come  in  contact  with  that 
virtue  and  are  cleansed  of  their  sins.  Thus  it 
was  in  Naaman's  case.  The  virtue  was  placed 
at  the  end  of  the  seven  dips,  and  when  he  came 
to  the  end  of  the  seventh  dip  he  came  in  contact 
with  that  virtue,  or  power  of  God,  and  became 
a  cured  man.  So  with  the  bliud  man  at  the 
pool  of  Siloam.  He  too  came  in  contact  with 
that  virtue  at  the  end  of  the  command.  Like- 
wise do  we  in  obeying  the  commands  which  God 
las  enjoined  upon  us. 

Our  divine  Law-giver  has  told  us  just  what  to 
do  in  order  that  we  raay  he  pardoned;  then, 
^hen  we  do  that.  He  fulfills  His  promise  and 
remits  our  sins.  Then  friendly  reader,  you  per- 
ceive that  it  is  not  man  that  pardons  our  sins, 
it  is  not  the  water  in  which  we  are  immersed, 
hut  it  is  God  who  gave  us  these  commandments, 
that  does  the  pardoning.  To  Him.  and  Him 
"lone,  be  all  the  honor  and  the  glory  for  our 
salvation  from  sin.  ■'•  h.  m. 


THE    BKETHltIv>s:    ^VX    WomC. 


■,  atul  Daptim  uith  fhf  Holy  Ghost.     »'„,, 


water, 

either  of  thete'  h 


ij  imiiirr 


almost  idwayg  united,     ^v■ 
water,  and.  at  the  same  tim. 
lihost,   also.     In  Hii 
demus.  Hi 


These  two  an- 

wna  baptiz*'d  with 

f.  with  tbe  Holv 

lonversation  with  Nici^ 


"SPRINKLING, 

THE 

TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 


NTUliKR  II. 

DI^CTOR,  if  you  are  ready,  we  will  he.ir  you 
recite  again.    There  is  so  much  repetition 
"» your  lessons  that  we  shall  simply  hear  from 
you  on  piige,^  13,  le,  17,  32.  33,  24  and  25,  this 
time, 
"2.    Tlir  Scrijitures  speak  of  Baptism  with 


of  th^'HoVofet^  '^"'"^  ''"''''''  ^-'*''  --> 
In  Art^  1:5,  we  am  informed  that  our  Lonl 
utfeml  to  Hi.  d.scinle,.  ton  d.-.v.  before  the 
pounugout  ol  the  flojy  «hr.st  at  PeuLU  t 
hese  words:  '.uhn  tndy  b«ptr..d  witb  wat.-,' 
hu  ye  shal  be  haptimi  wilb  the  Holv  Ghost! 
not  many  days  he„ee.'  We  not^  hero'that  the 
same  wonl;  baptized,'  both  in  English  ,md  in 
the  Greek,  is  rn.p bed  to  water  and  to  tbe  Holy 

the  Ho  y  (.1  .Ml  As  tb.-  ^auR■  word  is  used  in 
conneciiuu,  b,.  b  w.tb  w.t.-r  and  with  the  Holv 
Ghost,  thr  ULode  of  tbe  ,>ae  n.ust  b,.  the  mode 
of  the  other.  If  to  baj-ti/,,.  witb  w;,tvr  ti,'.,.  s 
to  dipmto  water,  then  ti.  Impli/i.  witl,  11,,.  H,.lv 
Ghost  must  mean  to  dip  into  tbe  Holv  Oh.M 
The  word  must  of  eoui^e.  have  a  meanmg.  and 
If  It  means,  to  dip.  then  it  must  meim,  to  din 
111  the  one  connection  as  well  as  in  the  other' 
If  Its  meaning  ,s  to  dip,  and  as  it  is  used  in  con- 
nection,  both  with  water  and  the  Holv  Gliost 

lv.fH*i"p?*r'^'J^;  H'^'*'  "'*<*  wat^.r-undinto 
the  Holy  Ghost.  To  dip  into  the  Holy  Ghost 
13,  01  course,  absurd. 

How  they  were  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
we  mil  ascertmn  presently,  hut  I  ma\\.  now.  to 
have  tbe  attention  H.-ied  upon  the  fact  that  the 
same  word '  baptized,'  in  tbe  origmal,  and  in  (air 
translation.  IS  used  with  water  and  with  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost.  If..therefore,  to 'baptize with  water' 
means  to  dm  mto  water,  to  '  baptize  with  the 
Holy  Ghost,  must  mean  to  dip  into  the  Holv 
Ghost.  •* 

On  the  very  simie  day,  Peter  addressed  the 
Jews  who  were,  in  great  numbers,  attracted  to 
the  place  where  the  disciples  were  speaking  the 
W  ord  ot  God  to  the  people  in  every  known  lan- 
guage, and  referring  to  the  Holy  Ghost  as  the 
divme  cause  of  it,  quotes  the  Prophet  Joel,  say- 
ing: 'But  this  IS  that  which  was  spoken  by  the 
I  rophet  Joel.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the 
liLst  days,  snith  God,  1  will  ponr  out  my  Spirit 
WT  n\  *^^°-  *^^^^'  *'''^  application  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  to  the  disciples  of  Pentecost,  is 
called  pounng.  Of  course,  it  was  not  dipping. 
In  the  33rd  verse  of  the  same  chapter,  he  says 
of  the  same  event:  'This  Jesus,  being  by  the 
right  hand  of  God  exalted,  and  having  received 
ot  the  Father,  tbe  promise  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
he  hath  shed  forth  this  which  ye  now  see  and 
hear.  ^  Here  it  is  described  by  the  words  'shed 
lorth.  We  speak  of  shedding  blood,  when  it 
squirts  out  of  the  veins  and  arteries  in  streams; 
of  the  trees  shedding  their  leaves,  and  of  ani- 
mals shedding  their  hair,  meaning  that  they  full 
or  drop  down,  or  are  spriukled  upon  the  ground. 
It,  of  course,  does  not  mean  dipping, 

If  we  turn  to  the  lOtb  chapter  of  the  Acts  of 
the  Apostles,  .^nd  J4th  and  45th  verses,  we  read 
the  account  of  the  '  Baptism  with  tbe  Holy 
Ghost,'  as  applied  to  Cornelius  and  his  family. 
Peter  was  called  from  Joppa  to  the  house  of 
Centurian  Cornelius,  and  he  preaelied  Chriet  un- 
to thein.  Let  us  read  the  verses:  '  While  Peter 
yet  spake  these  words,  the  Holy  Ghost  fell 
all  them  which  heard  the  word.'  Here  the  mode 
of  the  Holy  Ghost's  application  is  stated  by  the 
words  'fell  on.'  We  proceed  to  read:  'And 
thej-  of  tbe  circumcision,  which  believed,  were 
astonished,  as  many  as  came  with  Peter,  because 
that  on  the  Gentiles,  also,  was  poured  out  the 
gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost.'  Here  itis  described  by 
the  words  '  i)oured  out.'  When  Peter  saw  them 
thus  visibly  baptized  with  the  Holy  Gliost.  he 
said,  '  Can  any  man  forbid  water  that  tnese 
should  not  be  baptized  who  have  received  the 
Holy  Ghost  as  well  as  "we?  '  And  he  baptized 
with  water  those  who  had  been  baptized  with 
the  Holy  Ghost.  As  he  had  the  pattern  of  the 
'  Baptism  with  the  Holy  Ghost'  Wore  him,  be 
no  doubt  adhiinistered  the  '  Baptism  with  wa- 
ter,' then  and  there,  according  to  that  pattern. 
When  Peter  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  was  called 
to  account  for  going  into  the  house  of  a  Gentile, 
imd  baptizing  them,  he  defended  himself  in  these 
words  fActs  11:  15):  '  And  as  I  began  to  speak, 
the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them,  as  on  us  at  the  be- 
ginning. Then  remembered  I  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  how  that  he  said,  John  indeed  baptized 
with  water,  but  ye  shall  be  baptized  witli  the 
Holy  Ghost.'  Here  he  expressly  calls  the  fall- 
ing of  tbe  Holy  Ghost  'as  on  us  at  the  begin- 
ning,' ('.  e.,  with  the  same  luminous  tongues 
descending  from  tbe  ceiling  uoon  the  inmates 
of  the  room,  *  Baptism  with  tne  Holy  Ghost.' 
How  was  this  their  '  Baptism  with  the  Holy 
Ghost' efl'ectedi'  Was  it  by  dipping?  Every 
one  perceives  the  contrary.  The  Holy  Ghost 
fell  on  them — was  poured  upon  them — and  this 
mode  of  application  is  called  their  '  Baptism 
mth  the  Holy  Ghost.'  This  mode  was  sprink- 
ling. Does  not  this  case  settle,  beyond  all  con- 
troversy, the  meaning  and  use  of  the  words 
'  Baptized  '  and  '  Baptism?  '  And  .is  the  '  Bap- 
tism with  the  Holy  Ghost '  and  '  Baptism  with 
water '  are  so  uniformly  used  together,  and  are 
described  by  the  same  word  botn  in  Greek  and 
m  English,  does  it  not  mean  the  same  mode  in 
both  cases? 

If  the  Holy  Ghost  falling  on  them  was  '  Bai>- 
tism  with  the  Holy  Ghost,'  was  not  water  falling 
un  them  "Baptism  with  water?'  If  the  Holv 
Ghost  poured  out  upon  tlieni  was 'Baptism  with 
tbe  Holy  Ghost,'  was  not  water  ^loured  out  uu- 
oii  them  'Baptism  with  water?  If  the  Holy 
Ghost  rained  down  upon  tliem  in  a  shower  of 
luminous  flame  was  '  Ba|jti.Hm  with  water,'  was 
not  water  sprinkled  down  upon  them  in  the 
same  manner  'Baptism  with  water?'  If  the 
word  'baptized,'  in  Greek,  described  that  mode 
of  application  to  the  person,  on  the  part  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  does  it  not  settle  the  meaning  of 
the  word,  and  must  it  not  necessarily  he  under- 
stood in  the  same  way,  when  it  is  used  in  the 


person,  of  wattT? 

"  B\1TISII  WITH  WATBR." 
We  will  bring  the  Divine  record  and  look 
fttthi»"ir,>A."  Hew  it.  "  John  indeed  dipped 
(1  water"  (Act*  1:5).  The  Greek  «i  meaiu 
I",  and  i»  so  trunslated  by  Wilson.  Je»ua 
does  not  say  anything  about  baptism  trilh 
wat-T,  but  bapti7.ed  iu  wat^r;  and  the  man 
who  insists  on  saying  it  diffcrt^ntly  from 
Jesu«i,  is  not  particular  about  the  exact  truth 
—is  a  httle  i-eckless  in  his  a-wi^rtions.  Do  not 
marvel,  ye  sprinklen  at  the  words  "dip, 
'lipped,  dipping."  forin  using  them  I  simply  fol- 
low tho  usages  of  comineutatora,  expositors,  an- 
iiotators,  and  scholars  of  the  Greek  language. 

The  geutlemuii'a  methoil  of  reasoning  is  not 
altogether  logical.  He  assumes  that  the  Greek 
preposition  en,  which,  in  King  James'  transla- 
tion is  sometimes  rendered  with,  hmt  the  mean- 
ing of  with.  In  the  triinsbition  alluded  to  it  is, 
"  I  indeed  baptize  you  with  water,"  but  this  is 
evidently  incorrect,  for  rn  in  tbe  Greek  is  tho 
same  as  in  in  the  English,  hence  John  baptized 
in  water.  The  reason  we  say  dipped  is  because 
that  is  the  precise  meaning  of  the  original  word 
f>apHzo,  and  is  so  understood  by  tbe  beat  Greek 
lexicographere  in  the  worhl.  The  people  were 
dipped  by  John  in  Jonhin.  We  reiwl  thatNuiw 
man  dipptd  himself  seven  times  in  Jordan. 
Dipped,  in  Naaman's  case,  is  from  the  same 
original  word  as  ftn/j^V.  where  it  speaks  of  John 
haptizing  in  Jordan,  hence  both  have  the  same 
meaning  in  English.  Hail  John  sprinkled  with 
water  it  would  stand  in  the  original,  "  John  in- 
deed rAaM(i;crf  with  water,"  but  fortunately  itis 
baptized,  "  dipped  i»  water." 

"with  thb  hoi.y  ohost." 
This  "  with  "  seems  to  be  tlie  Doctor's  enter- 
ing wvdtje.  But  it  happens  not  to  be  the  Lord'* 
with.  Hear  the  Lord  (Jhrist:  "John  indeed 
dipped  in  water,  but  you  shall  be  dipped  in  the 
Holy  Gliost,  after  a  few  days  "  (Act-i  1 : 5).  This 
is  God's  side.  He  positively  says,  "  you  shall  be 
dipped  in  the  Holy  Ghost."  Now  here  is  the 
point:  The  Doctor  says,  "  If  to  baptize  with 
water  means  to  dip  into  water.then  to  baptize 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  must  mean  to  dip  into  the 
Holy  Ghost,"  and  then  adds,  "  To  dip  into  the 
Holy  Ghost  is.  of  coui-se,  absurd."  Since  the 
Lord  said,  "dipped  into  the  Holy  Ghost,"  it  is. 
"of  course,"  not  absurd,  for  our  Lord  never  ut- 
tered absurd  things. 

We  have  now  shown  that  God  positively  says, 
baptize  or  dip  in  water— in  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
the  Doctor  himself  admits  that  if  "baptized 
with  "(in)  "water"  moans  "dip  into  water," 
then  to  "  baptize  with  "  (in)  "  the  Holy  Ghost 
must  mean  to  dip  into  the  Holy  Ghost." 

But  there  is  another  idea  connected  with  this 
question  which  sprinklers  are  always  sure  to 
overlook.  Suppose  the  Lord  had  said.  "  with 
water — with  the  Holy  Ghost,"  what  should  we 
undei-stand  by  this?  Should  we  not  understand 
by  the  word  with  is  meant  the  thing  which  the 
Lord  used,  rather  than  the  manner  in  which  it 
was  done?  When  we  say,  The  woman  washed 
the  clothes  with  water,  we  undei-stund  the  term 
with  simply  shows  relationship  Ijetween  the 
things  washed  and  the  wat«r  employed  in  wash- 
ing. John  baptized  with  water, — not  with  sand 
or  dust.  God  baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost — 
not  with  earth.  Thus  we  see  that  even  if  we 
should  concede  to  them  the  word  "  with"  they 
gain  nothing.  But  the  Lord  wisely  says,  "in 
water — in  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and  that  stops  all 
caviling. 

Our  attention  is  next  called  to  the  prophet 
Joel.  We  must  comgdain  of  your  finding  some- 
thing that  is  not  in  the  Bible.  The  prophet 
Joel  says  nothing  about  "  hajitizing  by  pouring, 
baptizing  by  sprinkling."  We  should  be  slow 
to  question  what  is  as.serted  by  a  "  Doctor  of 
Divinity,"  hut  if  he  will  show  where  Joel  or 
Isaiah  or  Ezekiel  predicted  "  baptizing  by  sprink- 
ling," or  that  Christ  and  His  disciples  taught 
men  and  women  should  be  bajitized  into  Christ 
by  sprinkling,  we  should  feel  under  the  necessi- 
ty of  making  a  trip  to  Lanciister  to  be  "baptiz- 
ed by  sprinkling."  No  divinely  inspired  writer 
or  preiu;her  ever  used  such  unmeaning  terms  us 
"  baptism  by  sprinkling." 

Now  look  at  the  language  of  Peter:  "  And  as 
!  began  to  speak,  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them, 
even  as  on  us  in  the  Iwginuijig.  And  I  remem- 
bered the  word  of  the  Lord,  how  he  said,  John 
indeed  dipped  in  water,  hut  you  shall  be  dippml 
in  the  Holy  Ghost "  (Acts  11 :  1  j,  lU).  Not  one 
woi-d  about  being  "sprinkled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost."    The  I'oly  Ghost  falling  ou  them  as  on 


the  apostles  at  tbe  beginning,  mean*  that  the 
room,  in  which  were  IVt^-r,  Cornelitw  and  houaft- 
hold,  wiw  filled  jiiat  f»  the  r.«m  wa«  where  the 
ai)OHtles  were  on  the  day  of  Pentecost.  And 
here,  as  on  the  day  of  Pentecont.  not  one  worf 
in  said  about  the  holy  Holy  Ghost  being  «/^«t. 
M  on  jmy  one.  Is  the  Holy  Gh<«t  so  littk-that 
in  falling  on  a  man,  it  cannot  envelop  him? 
cannot  wholly  rorrr  hira? 

But  Dr.  Greenwald  inHi.^t«  that  Uie  Holy  Ghosi 
not  only  J>ll  upon  the  dliiciph-s,  wan  not  siraplj 
jmiirrd  uut  upon  them,  but  that  it  raiwd  down 
(down  simply  means  at  or  to.  Doctor,  benoe 
rained  at  or  to  them)  "  sprinkled  down  "  (at, 
Doutor.)  '■  upon  them."  You  have  the  Holy 
host  falling,  pouring,  raining,  sprinkling,  bap- 
tising on  them.  Come  now.  Doctor,  we  c^not 
get  along  with  such  higgling  as  this.  Take 
yourstaud  and  do  not  get  so  many  things  mix- 
When  shall  the  people  believe  you?  You 
want  them  to  believe  that  baptism  is  by  sprink- 
ling, hy  pouring,  by  mining,  by  shMding,  by 
falling,  when  the  Lord  says  not  one  word  about 
water  baptism  by  any  of  those  methods.  If 
sprinkling  a  little  water  on  a  person  ia  baptiMn, 
Hay  so.  Don't  have  it  by  raining,  by  pouring, 
falling,  shedding,  and  by  sprinkling.  Chooee 
what  you  mean  and  stand  by  it. 

Why  attempt  to  mix  God's  part  of  the  work 
with  man's  part?  Man  is  required  to  Ik- bap. 
tizcd  in  water  by  man.  When  man  has  thus 
complied  ,  then  God  does  His  part;  pardons  his 
sins,  and  gives  him  the  "  gift  of  the  Holy  (iliost." 
and  if  faithful,  saves  him  in  heaven.  In  the  in- 
troduction of  the  "  New  Covenant,"  there  were 
visible  manifestations  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  as  ab 
Christ's  baptism  and  on  Pentecost  &e.,  but  who 
has  seen  the  Holy  Ghost  manifested  in  form 
since  then?  Has  Dr.  Grcenwald?  Our  eais 
are  open  to  hear,  our  hearts  to  conversion  in  this 
matter  if  it  can  be  shown.  Dr.  Grcenwald  well 
knows  that  at  Christ's  baptism,  on  the  day  of 
Pentecost,  and  at  Cornelius'  conversion,  the 
"New  Covenant"  was  not  yet  written;  the 
words  of  the  Lord  wen.'  not  yet  put  in  form, 
lience  tho  visible  manifestation  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  but  since  we  have  tho  words  of  the  Holy 
Ghost— God's  Truth  always  with  us,  there  is  no 
longer  any  such  manifestations  ot  the  Divine 
Spirit. 

Again,  it  was  not  the  Holy  Ghost  that  waa 
baptized;  it  wils  the  people.  Jordan  was  not 
baiitized  on  the  people,  hut  the  people  m  Jordan. 
The  Holy  Ghost  was  not  baptized  on  the  i>eople» 
but  the  jtcople  in  the  Holy  Ghost  The  Holy 
Ghost  fell  on  the  people,  but  that  does  not  prove 
that  Jordan  fell  on  them.  If  the  Holy  Ghoat 
was  poured  out  on  the  people,  that  by  no  means 
proves  that  the  people  of  Judea  and  Jerusalem 
and  all  the  regions  round  about,  had  Jordan 
poured  on  them.  "  The  application  of  waterto 
a  person,"  is  not  the  language  of  God,  nor  an  iI^. 
spired  child  of  God.  Thus  far,  therefore,  we 
have  not  found  a  man  or  woman  on  whom  Jor- 
dan was  rained,  sprinkled,  poured,  shed,  or  bap- 
tized; henco  we  dismiss  you,  Doctor,  until 
another  sitting.  m.  m.  «. 


A  RATIONAUST'S  LOGIC. 

A  RATIONALIST,  sure  of  his  logic,  accosted 
Mr.  Moody  the  other  day  with  "  Mr. 
MoiHly,  will  you  meet  me  on  this  whole  ques- 
tion ?" 

"  No,"  said  Moody;  "  I  will  not." 

"  Just  as  I  expected.  You  can  dogmatize  (Ki- 
HbUum  at  the  Tabernacle,  but  you  dare  not  meei 
the  tests  of  reason." 

"Look  here,  my  friend,"  said  Moody;  "yoa 
are  an  educated  man,  and  have  a  wide  range  ot 
learning;  now,  do  you  suppose  that  you  could 
make  a  fly  understand  all  that  you  know?** 

"  No;  of  course  I  could  not." 

"  Welt,  the  diff'erence  between  you  and  God 
is  a  million  times  greater  than  the  diflerence 
between  you  and  a  fly.  Would  it  not  be  mora 
in  keeping  if  you  would  not  deny  what  yoM 
know  that  God  has  said  to  you  thivwjh  your 
own  conscience-'  Settle  the  quarrel  of  yours 
with  God,  and  you'll  have  enough  to  do." 

There  was  no  answer  to  this,  because  the  man 
knew  that  he  w;is  having  just  that  battle  on 
hand. — Selected. 


CoRX-PL.\XTiNO  is  progressing  in  Texas.,  and 
the  wheat  tieUU  present  a  grand  appeanuioe. 
Good  reports  from  the  growing  wheat  come 
from  all  the  sections  heard  from. 

March  ciune  in  tike  a  lamb;  may  go  out  like 
u  lion. 


TIIK    HRETHKE>7   .A-T    AVOKIC. 


Marcb  7. 


£■//?  So'iil  £'"'*• 


READ  AltD  OBET. 

••  llaibMDili.  loT*  juur  wi*«a." 

•■  WliM,    obcj    your    hufbsii<l«." 

••  Fuhon.  pMfokc  nol  your  ohlUrtn  to  *T«b." 

"ClillJrtn,    obty    joat    jnu-enu    in    »Il    Ibinp-' 


Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshobnan. 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

The  Poor  Mother. 

IT  w  Suiitlay  morning.  Lu<>kiiig  uround.  there 
iit  not  much  differenc*  t.ctwwn  this  imd 
other  moraingn  oiily  it  ia  Simd>nj  morning. 
The  family  rise  iw  uiiiml.  Fnther  nnd  sons  go 
oat  to  attend  tfl  the  w(mt»  of  the  hogs,  homes 
and  fiitUe.  Mother  goen  down  to  the  kitchen. 
mnVf»  firw  ftiid  piits  tilings  in  order  for  the 
morning  ineai.  Pretty  noon  Nnniii..-,  the  dar- 
ling/:hild  of  eix  months,  calls  mother,^  and  she 
goo«  iind  bringf  llu-swett  inn«ci-nt  undsit-sit  on 
achuir  in  Uie  kitchen. 

Ahout  thin  tiiiii'AIary.theonlygrowB  daugh- 
ter, lumM.  goes  ti»  the  kitchen,  wasiies  her  riice. 
comlw  her  hiiir  imd  then  withdraws  to  the  par- 
lor, (hrowa  hack  the  great  piuno  lid,  nrnmges 
her  book,  and  is  Koon  lost  in  the  sweetnesi  of 
the  munic.  But  when-  i-ipoornioflier?  In  the 
kitffhen  doing  nil  »the  cfin  to  arrange  a  good 
brenkfast.  Slie  n«T«.  "  I  must  hnn-y;  I  wmit  to 
go  to  meeting  tonlny."  While  she  ia  thus  eon- 
soling  hersi'li",  fondly  looking  forward  to  the 
hleMRcd  epjoynu-ntH  in  the  iisflenibly  of  the 
8ai)il.H.  her  lovely  Nannie  liilU  from  the  chiiii- 
and  iit  badly  hurt.  Poor  eliild!  It  ia  badly  hurt, 
and  MereaniH,  but  the  luud  and  prolonged  tones 
of  the  piano  do  not  allow  JInry  to  hear  the 
child  and  come  to  mother's  aid.  Poor  mother! 
Sail  and  worried  she  carries  lier  child,  in  vain 
trying  to  qniet  it.  Soon  another  trouble  arises. 
The  vietunls  on  the  stove  begin  to  bum.  "Oh 
dear,"  nays  nhe,  "  what  shall  I  do!  My  poor 
baby  ia  hurt,  the  victuals  are  buruiiig,  the  table 
is  not  prepared,  ami  I  wanted  to  go  to  meeting 
— wheR'  is  iliiry?  "  "In  the  parlor,  at  the  pi- 
ano," come-*  tlie  answer.  God  bless  poor  moth- 
er! Her  troubles  come  not  singly.  Slia  wanted 
to  go  to  meeting  to-day,  but  lovely  Nannie  is 
hurt,  and  "  I  must  stay  lit  home."  With  this 
thought,  she  takes  Nannie  in  one  arm  and  witli 
the  other  hand  residues  her  morning  meal.  In 
ConiC'8  Levi  fresh  and  rosy  from  his  morning 
work,  and  iLsks,  "  Where  is  Mary?"  Eehoans- 
w«W,  "  In  the  parlor  nt  the  piiiiio.''  Finally  the 
baby  ia  tiomewhnt  quiet<'d,  and  breakfast  is 
ready. 

Father  comes  to  the  kitchen  ;iud  say.s,  "  Dear 
wife,  are  you  going  tn  uu-i-ting  tu-iluy?  "  "  Oli 
I  wan  m  anxious  to  go.  but  Nautiie  fell  from 
t!iu  clmir — thu  poor  cliild  m  hurt;  I  must  stay  at 
home;  and  tlieii  it  is  too  hite;  I  liave  the  dishes 
to  wiuilit  beds  to  make  up  and  tilings  liero  and 
there  to  set  in  order.  No  husband,  I  cannot 
go."  Poor  dear  wonmn.  she  is  almost  ready  to 
sink  down  with  care  and  trouble.  It  is  Sunday 
morning,  and  Oh  how  she  would  like  to  go  to 
meeting  io-day! 

Mar>-,  father  and  sons  enjoy  the  nionl.  The 
repast  over.  Mm-y  says,  "It  is  nine  o'clock  and 
I  must  get  n>aily  for  meeting."  Awnj-  to  her 
room  she  speeds.  spemU  a  half  hour  in  arrang- 
ing her  uurla  lUid  cluthe^  iu  lunXw  the  be^t  ap- 
IM'aranee.  And  where  is  poor  niutlier?  In  the 
kitchen  cleaning  tlie  di-shes,  and  caring  for  her 
hahy.,  God  bless  her  for  lier  patiin^ee.  Slie^ 
■wanted  to  go  to  meeting  this  morninj;.  but  now 
cannot.     This  is  hci-  Sunihiy  morning. 

Soon  the  sons  bring  out  the  hiuidsome  car- 
riage and  horses,  father  and  Ifaiy  take  their 
seats,  and  (iivay  rolls  the'  conveyance  with  the 
foift"  eheerftil  faces.  ■  And  Aft'wwherL'ismotherV 
At  home  making  up  the  lieils,  sweeping  the 
rooms,  lUid  preparing  somelliing  for  dinner. 
Oh  poor  mother!  thcra  she  is  alone  with  her 
sweot  child,  and  fo  lonely.  No  one  to  drop  u 
U^ar  for  her.  none  to  tiyjnpathi/e  with  liur.  She 
wuntcd  ti>  go  to  meeting  this  Sunday  morning. 
but  too  much  work,  too  much  trouble. 

''  Oh  1  wish  niother  was  with  U'*."  eschiinis 
llarv  iL«  the  wind  drives  a  liugi>  curl  into  hn- 
fuee."  Witb  yoii?  The  answer  to  that  lies  near 
the  uiiUKi,  neiir  yuur  sellish  ple.Lsures.  How  ghid 
inotlier  would  have  been,  hiul  you  guiu'  to  the 
kitchen  luid  doiu-  your  part,  to  the  hed-roomt 
and  pnt  them  in  onler.  Tlien  she  could  have 
cnjovcfl  thu  Icllowj^hip  uf  the  siiiiit^,  the  musie 
of  the  birds  and  tlii-  bi-auties  of  nature.  Hut 
this  enjoyment  is  ui>L  hers.  At  luinie  stie  must 
sUiy,  bowed  duwn  with  xorniw  and  cure.  Gnd 
bless  poor  mother!  "  What  would  we  do  with- 
out motherV  "  (lueries  Mary.  Ah!  yes.  "irilh- 
ont  mother."  How  you  could  have  made  her 
hupjiv,  butyini  would  not.  I'li  in  heaven,  when 
ier  toils  are  all  over,  when  the  bell  tolls  the  sad 
news  of  her  death,  when  she  has  crossed  over 
the  dark  river,  slie  shall  have  joy,  communion, 
eternal  glorv.  God  bless  mother  this  Sunday 
moniing! — Ku. 


ABOUT  BREAKING  DOWN  THE 
GIRLS. 

A  GREAT  deal  of  talk  is  heard  now-iMlays 
about  the  idleness  and  general  good-lbr- 
notbingnesa  of  girls.  Such  talk  is  all  very  well, 
in  it«  right  place;  and  it  seems  to  me  that  the 
place  for  it  iB  u  pretty  large  one.  Some  girls 
art  too  lazy  lor  anything;  and  they  sit  around 
the  bou>*e.  and  loll  in  rocking-chairs,  and  read 
n<ivel».  and  putter  at  bits  of  lancy-work,  and 
talk  scandal  about  their  neighbors,  till  it  needs 
a  great  amount  of  charity  to  believe  they  are 
really  of  any  use  in  this  world. 

The  dear  girls  themselves  are  not  always  so 
much  to  blame  as  their  parents,  who  encourage 
such  idleness  and  gossiping  in  their  children. 
Parent*)  should  have  right  notions  themselves, 
and  undewtand  that  it  is  a  harm  to  a  girl  to  be 
brought  up  todo  nothing.  It  gives  her  fhlse  no- 
tions about  herself,  scornful  to  the  poor  and  de- 
ceitful to  the  rich,  and  fills  her  with  nervousness 
and  other  diseases.  If  giils  have  enough  mon- 
ey to  stand  in  no  need  of  right  hard  work,  their 
riches  mil  only  make  tliem  miserable  if  they 
grow  up  to  do  nothing  at  all.  God  has  ordiiin- 
ed  that  all  should  be  busied  at  something  use- 
ful: and  any  family  that  gets  above  Hia  ways, 
will  sntfer  for  it  sometime. 

But  our  country  has  a  great  many  girls  that 
are  worked  loo  haixl.  Among  mechanics  and 
farmers  and  many  other  families  of  moderate 
means,  the  giris  ami  "  women  folks"  have  too 
much  to  do.  Strong  and  heiixty  fathei-s  are  apt 
to  measure  by  their  own  strength  and  endur- 
ance, ^he  strength  and  endurance  of  their  wife 
and  daughter?.  And  for  that  matter,  mothers 
who  never  knew  sickness  for  a  day,  may  mea- 
sure their  daughters'  strength  by  their  own.  — 
The  fathers  work  hiird,  and  the  family  are  all 
anxious  to  get  on  in  the  world;  and  so  the  girls 
are  twitted  about  "  playing  lady,"  and  told  they 
mustn't  be  "  idling  around,"  and  reminded  that 
the  mother  used  to  work  so  and  so.  "  when  she 
WHS  a  girl."  All  through  the  family,  it  is  work 
and  hurry  and  drive,  from  early  morning  till 
night,  just  as  if  women  were  like  saw  mills  and 
ould  run  all  the  time. 
If  a  girl  has  only  small  ambition,  she  gets 
disheartened  and  unliappy;  and  then  she  grows 
obstinate  and  don't  want  to  do  luiything,  be- 
cause she  never  gets  any  credit  for  what  she 
does,  and  the  harder  she  works,  the  harder  she 
luLS  to  do  it.  Or  she  contrives  to  get  away 
from  home  into  dress-making  or  something  of 
the  kind  that  is  light.  Or  else  she  marries  the 
iii-st  stick  of  a  man  that-  comes  along,  for  the 
sake  of  escaping  from  the  drive  and  drudgery  of 
her  father's  house.  So  it  is  that  many  a  home 
has  brought  misery  into  it. 

But  if  the  girl  is  ambitious,  she  determines 
to  do  her  .^^hare.  and  not  give  up  to  anything. — 
And  the  willing  uiu^s  are  always  made  to  bear 
the  burden  of  the  lazy  ones,  and  so  have  tlieir 
load  of  hard  work  doubled.  With  the  energy 
of  a  steam  engine  such  girls  work  on  — sweep- 
ing; cooking,  wjishing,  scrubbing,  churning, 
and  doing  a  thousand  other  things  about  the 
house.  Not  a  moment  do  they  rest,  ironi  ear- 
ly rising  til!  late  bed-time;  but  every  minute 
their  hands,  bodies  and  brains  are  going  ou  the 
jump  and  stretch. 

Now  such  kind  of  work  mil  break  any  wo- 
man. If  the  constitution  is  very  strong,  it  will 
stand  a  good  many  yeais;  but  at  last  it  will  give 
way  all  at  once,  and  the  woman  will  die  sudden- 
ly, and  tlie  people  will  wonder  that  su^h  astrong 
person  couldn't  f  taud  sickiiess  any  better.  Poor 
thing !  She  hiid  stood  burdens  and  taxations  all 
her  life,  and  had  no  strength  left  to  endure  dis- 
ease, hut  snapped  under  it  as  an  old  harness 
would  snap  at  a  moderate  pull.  But  if  it  is  a 
youngish  woman  who  has  to  do  siich  constant 
and  lieavy  work,  and  she  is  small  in  frame  ami 
not  o\'erly  tough,  slie  breaksearly.  Man}-,  many 
girls  and  young  wives  are  taxed  and  ruined  by 
work,  and  the  parents  or  Uusbandtio  not  under- 
stand why  it  should  be  so.  They  want  as  much 
lifting  and  toiling  from  u  slender  woman  as 
would  lire  out  the  stoutest  man;  and  they  want 
her  to  begin  it  in  the  morning  as  soon  a.s  they 
do,  and  to  finisli  up  in  the  evening  two  or  three 
liKui-s  after  the  men-folks  have  quit  and  are  gos- 
siping with  their  neighboi-s  or  snoozmg  ou  the 
lounge. 

A  wonnin's  work  should  be  graded  by  her 
itrengfh,  and  no  woman  sliouhl  ever  be  put  to 
her  full  utmost.  If  parents  and  husbands  want 
til  break  down  daughters  and  mfe,  they  can  do 
it  surely  by  straining  work  kept  up  day  after 
day.  .\ud  then  they  will  sjjend  the  rest  of  their 
lives  in  trying  to  get  back  what  was  lost  through 
a  broom  or  in  a  wash-tub.  But  if  parents  and 
husbands  want  wife  and  daughters  comfortable, 
healthy,  and  models  of  cheerfulness,  they  will 
watch  that  the  burdens  do  not  become  too  heavy, 
and  regulate  the  work  to  the  strength  according 
to  reason.    No  woman  of  the  least  ambition 


will  ever  idle  if  she  feels  well;  and  young  wo- 
men of  spirit  need  to  be  stopped  long  belore 
they  tire  and  lag.  This  is  the  only  way  to  save 
their  constitutions;  and  dollars  saved  by  being 
penurious  about  hiring  enough  help  in  the  house, 
will  coat  hundreds  of  dollars  afterwai-ds  in  doc- 
tors'bills  and  misery  .—PA  f/,*(O-itfc</»«'/i?'^'^0''''^''- 


HINTS  FOR  HUSBANDS. 

11HERE  i.s  an  article  afloat  in  the  papere,  en- 
titled "  Golden  Rules  for  Wives,"  which 
enjoins  upon  the  ladies  a  rather  abject  submis- 
sion to  their  husband's  will  and  whims.  Iron 
rules,  not  golden  ones,  we  should  call  them. 
But  the  art  of  living  together  in  harmony  is  a 
very  difficult  art;  and  instead  of  confuting  the 
positions  of  the  author  of  the  rules  aforesaid, 
we  otier  the  following,  as  a  substance  of  what  a 
wife  likes  in  a  husband. 

Fidelity  is  her  heart's  first  and  most  just  de- 
mand, the  act  of  infidelity  a  true  wife  cannot 
forgive.  It  breaks  the  tie  that  bound  her  heart 
to  his.  and  that  tie  can  nevermore  exist. 

The  first  place  in  her  husband's  affections  no 
true  wife  cim  do  without.  When  she  loses  that 
she  has  lost  her  husband;  she  is  a  widow,  and 
hiLS  to  endure  the  pangs  of  bereavement  intens- 
ified by  the  person  she  no  longer  possesses. 
There  isn living  memoryinthehouse.  reminding 
her  of  her  loss  in  the  most  painful  manner. 

A  woman  likes  her  husband  to  excel  in  those 
qualities  which  distinguish  the  masculine  from 
the  feminine  being,  such  as  strength,  courage, 
fortitude  and  judgment.  She  wants  her  husband 
to  be  a  holy  man.  A  wife  dewly  likes  to  have 
her  husband  stand  high  in  the  estimation  of  the 
community  in  which  they  live.  She  likes  to  be 
thought,  by  her  own  sex.  a  fortunate  woman  in 
having  such  a  husbimd  as  she  has.  She  has  a 
a  taste  for  the  respectable,  desires  to  have  a  good 
looking  front  door;  and  keep  np  a  good  appear- 
ance generally.  Some  wives,  it  is  said,  carry 
this  too  far;  and  some  husbands,  we  know,  are 
too  ready  in  yielding  to  the  front  dooriunbition 
of  their  mves.  But  a  good  husband  will  like  to 
gratify  his  mfe  in  that  respect,  aa  far  as  he  can, 
without  sacrificing  more  important  objects. 

Perfect  sincerity  a  wife  expects,  or  at  least  has 
a  right  to  expect  from  her  husband.  She  de- 
sires to  know  the  real  state  of  the  ea-^e. 
however  it  may  be  concealed  ft-om  the  world. 
It  WTUigs  her  heart  and  wounds  her  [iride  to 
discover  that  her  husband  has  not  wholly  citnlid 
ed  in  her.  A  man  may  profitably  consult  his 
■wife  on  almost  any  project;  it  is  due  to  her  that 
he  should  do  so,  and  she  is  glad  to  be  consulted. 

Above  most  other  things,  a  wife  craves  froih 
her  husband  appreciations.  The  majority  of 
wives  lead  lives  of  severe  and  anxious  toil. 
With  unimaginable  iingnish  and  peril  to  their 
own  lives,  they  become  mothers.  Their  chil- 
dren reijuire  incessant  care.  Only  the  eye  of 
God  Watches  like  a  mother's,  says  Fannie  Fern, 
in  that  chapter  of  "  Rnth  Hall,"  which  depicts 
with  such  power  and  truth  a  mother's  agoni/.- 
ing  anxieties.  And  besides  her  maternal  caves, 
a  wife.is  the  cineen  regent  of  a  household  king- 
dom. She  has  to  think  and  plan  for  everybody. 
If.  in  all  her  labor  and  cares,  she  feels  that  she 
has  her  husband's  sympathy  and  gratitude,  if  be 
helps  her  when  a  man  can  help  a  woman,  if  he 
notices  her  etforts,  applauds  her  skill,  and  allows 
for  deficiencies,  all  is  well;  but  to  endure  .illthis, 
and  meet  no  appreciating  word  or  glance  from 
him  for  whom  she  toils  and  bears,  is  very  bitter. 

A  wife  likes  her  husband  to  show  her  all  due 
respect  in  the  presence  of  others;  she  cannot 
endure  to  be  reproved  or  criticised  by  hiin  when 
others  can  hear  it.  Indeed,  it  is  most  wrong  in 
a  huabiuid  thujt  to  put  his  wile  to  shame;  and 
we  cannot  help  secretly  admiring  the  spirit  of 
that  French  woman  who,  when  her  husband  had 
so  wronged  her,  refused  even  for  twenty  yeais  to 
utter  a  word,  and  lived  in  the  house  a  dumb 
woman.  We  atlniire  her  spirit,  but  not  her 
mode  of  manifesting  it.  Husbands  owe  the 
most  profound  respect  to  their  wives,  for  thei 
wives  are  the  mothoi-s  of  their  children.  No 
m;ui  has  the  slightest  claim  to  the  character  of 
a  gentleman,  who  is  not  more  scrupulously  po- 
lite to  his  wife  than  to  any  other  woman.  We 
refer  to  the  essentials  of  politeness,  not  it.s  forms; 
we  mean  kindness  and  justice  in  little  things, 

A  wife  likes  her  husband  to  be  considerate. 
Unexiiecte<l  kindness  and  unsolicited  favors 
tduch  her  heart.  She  appreciates  the  softening 
tread  M'hen  she  is  siek;  she  enjoys  the  gift 
brought  from  a  dLstauce,  and  everything  which 
proves  to  her  tliat  husband  thinks  of  her  coin- 
fort  and  her  good. 

Husbands,  retlei-t  upon  these  thuigs.  Your 
wife  has  confided  her  hapoiness  to  you.  You 
can  make  her  life  pnuuUy  happy  it  yi.u  are  kind 
and  wise,  Vou  can  make  if  iiii-[i(Mk;ii,|y  wretch- 
ed, if  you  are  ign.dde  and  -linit-M^.l,",,,.|_  j^^.^ 
the  contest  bet  Ween  husb.ni'l-  and  wive.^.  be  this- 
\Vhich  shuU  rlo  the  most  happiness  for  the  oth- 
er? Selected  by  a  young  husband 

Mt.  Morris,  JU. 


CHILDREJ^  AT    WORj^ 


From  John  B.  Glock,— ZtmrAVi/or.-,,! 

your  last  paper  a  note,  that  Enoch  Eby  anJ 
Daniel  Fry  were  at  David  Clocks  in  Hohoneck 
That  is  my  papa's  brother.  And  also  a  \f.\^^ 
from  Mary  .1.  Bowers,  stating  that  her  grand,- 
was  very  sick,  but  is  getting  better.  Qig^  ^ 
hear  of  that.  She  in  my  papa's  sister. ,  Now  to 
her  question,  "  Who  was  the  oldest  man?"    i 

111  say  it  was  Methuselah;  he  lived  l}(i&  y^^^ 
and  died  and  Enoch,  his  father,  walked  with  Qal 
and  he  was  not;  for  God  took  him.  Where  can 
the  passage  be  found  which  says,  the  chiLJ 
sneezed  t^eveu  times? 

Aufjinvick  Mills,  Pa. 

From  F.  E.  Estorly.— I  had  to  lay  m  (^ 

eleven  weeks,  and  nut  until  Christmas  raoraiajr 
could  I  walk  a  step.  I  then  got  up  and  wnlkej 
out  of  the  bed-room  on  crutches.  0,  how  g|^^ 
I  was!  But  1  must  tell  you  what  happened.  I 
wiis  cutting  off  corn,  and  cut  my  knee.  Ihada 
hard  time  of  it,  and  suffered  nuieh  pain.  Ino^ 
know  what  it  is  to  be  in  bed,  sick;  and  now  lit. 
tie  boys  and  girls  yon  do  not  know  what  yon 
are  enjoying  when  you  are  well.  I  go  to  Sim. 
day-school.  We  have  Sunday-schoo]  all  Wiu- 
ter. 

Ci)Ui»ib'miia,  Ohio. 

From  tora  I.  Swab.— I  also  attend  school 
and  try  to  learn.  My  father,  mother  imd  grand- 
ma are  members  of  the  church,  and  1  hope  1 
may  be  a  good  girl  and  join  too  someliiue.  \ 
like  to  go  to  meeting  and  hear  preaching.  I  am 
thirteen  yeai-s  old. 

Chvrnj  Grocr.  III. 

From  Alice  Price.— All  the  other  littlefolks 
are  writing;  why  not  I?  My  mother  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church,  and  tries  to  do  right.  I  love 
to  go  to  church  and  hear  the  truth  preached.  I 
hope  we  may  all  belong  to  the  church  soon.  ( 
think  the  children's  lettei-s  are  so  nice.  I  go  to 
Sunday-school,  and  there  learn  God's  words. 
When  you  come  to  Lexington,  come  to  see  me, 

Leximjlon^  Iinl. 

Fi'om  Clinton  Eisenbise. —  I  am  twelve 
years  old.  I  go  to  school  and  like  my  teacher 
very  well.  I  try  to  obey  my  teacher,  imd  try  to 
be  kind  to  my  school-mates.  I  "go  to  meeting 
neiu'ly  every  Sunday,  and  I  love  our  Savior. 
We  have  no  Sunday-school  here.  I  lilte  your 
l>aper  very  much,  and  I  think  there  is  a  great 
deal  of  good  in  it  for  both  old  and  young.  I  am 
always  waiting  anxiously  for  the  nest  paper. 

I'oh,  III. 

From  Clara  E.  Swibart. — Pa  and  I  went 
nine  miles  to  council  meeting  to-day.  Came 
home,  and  then  pu  and  ma  went  six  miles  to 
meeting  to-night.  1  am  a  memberof  the  church, 
was  baptized  six  months  ago.  I  have  four  broth- 
ers and  one  sister  living.  I  think  I  have  a  great 
interest  in  the  better  world,  as  I  have  three  sis- 
tere  and  two  brothers  in  the  promised  land. 
Jesus  says, '"  Sutler  little  children  to  come  unto 
me  and  forbid  them  not.  for  of  such  la  the  king- 
dom of  heaven." 

Llyonitr,  hid. 

From  Harah  F.  Yoder.— /<■//»/  K'litm-:-} 
am  going  to  school  and  like  it  very  much.  I 
would  like  to  attend  Snndiiy-school,  butthereis 
none  here  now.  I  hope  we  will  have  one  nest 
Summer.  We  don't  get  to  meeting  veiy  often. 
I  would  like  to  attend  meeting.  I  love  to  hear 
the  Brethren  preach.  I  am  so  glad  that  you 
have  given  us  little  folks  a  column  in  your  good 
paiier.  My  father,  mother  and  one  of  my  sis- 
ters belong  to  the  church.  I  am  eleven  yeaw 
old.  ■...■■ 

From  Annie  Viola  Hiestautl.— iJfur  Edit- 
or:— I  read  deal"  grandpa's  letters,  imd  was  so 
ghid.  I  am  plea^ied  that  there  is  a  grandpaiu 
the  church  that  cares  fur  us  little  folks.  Breth- 
ren Levi  Dickey  and  Isaac  Ro.'^enberger  were 
with  us  and  held  meetings.  Grandpa.  I  ivisji 
you  could  have  been  liere  and  enjoyed  the  meet-  * 
ings  with  \\^.  O,  they  '  pro.iched  so  good!  I 
went  to  Sundiiy-schrtol  last  Summer,  but  it  has 
closed  this  tViuter.  I  love  to  read  this  goodpn- 
per.  Goo'l  bye  grandpa;  hope  you  willl-eineni- 
ber  all  of  us  little  folks. 

Sial,  (Hi in. 

From  Knmin  Sand  rock.— /Jfw  EtUtor^-^ 
am  a  little  girl  who  hiw  scG\l  twelve  SummeR. 
We  often  go  to  meeting,  and  I  like  to  hear  the 
Brethren  preach  the  true  Gospel.  The  year 
has  gone,  and  where  is  the  church  in  the  broth- 
erhood that  has  not  laid  some  loved  one  in  the 
grave?  There  were  three  laid  in  their  resting 
places  here,  and  one  of  them  wfis  my  dear  grand- 
ma.    God  took  her  to  rest. 

Wmhhm's  Grow,  HI. 


Thk  Hkkthren  at  Work,  from  March  1st, 
to  Jan.  1st,  1870  only  ^1.20. 


-\Xarch   T- 


OORRESPONDElsrcE. 

From  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa 
l),^,r  Btrllitrn: — 
,1TE  wW'  '»  say  lor  the  cncouragcuont  of 
yy  the  saints,  that  throngl,  the  mcrciss  of 
Goa«<'t"'™,'"'="P<;""'"«''i'»™io)-  a  season 
„f  groM  at  U'"  I'VankUn  cliureh.  Bro.  J.  H 
Sifihart  of  Dorby,  Iowa,  was  with  lu.  and  he 
laboreii  faithfully  nearly  two  week.,  presenting 
„d  iiuliressing  favorably  the  claims  of  Jesus 
^  the  iinmeilialo  result  of  his  effort  we  record 
llie  edifying  of  our  Father's  faithful  children, 
,.ilh  five  iulditioM  to  the  praying  army  by  the 
solemn  rite  of  Christian  baptism.  There  are 
fet  two  more  applicants  for  membership. 

Our  heart  rejoices  in  our  Savior  and  our  God, 
to  liear  from  all  parts  of  the  success  of  the 
Muster's  cause,  and  of  sinners  turning  to  the 
lord.  Our  prayer  is,  that  the  grace  of  God 
jioy  be  sufficient  for  all,  so  that  ultimately  we 
rtiay  meet  on  the  other  shore, 

•'  Where  congregations  ne'er  break  up. 
And  Sabbaths  never  end." 

L.  M.  Kou 
fraiiUln,  /«.,  Feb.  32,  IffTH. 


TIIK    TtKETITREyr    A.T    AVOKIv. 


From    Madison  Co..    Ind. 

Pi'ar  Brethren: — 

WE  have  jnat  closed  a  series  of  meetings 
here.  Tliey  were  well  attended.  Al- 
though there  were  no  additions.  I  think  many 
good  impressions  were  made.  Saints  were  made 
to  rejoice  on  seeing  our  old  father  in  Israel  con- 
tend so  earnestly  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to 
the  saints. 

Brethren  F.  P.  Lrehr  of  Michigan,  and 
Kosenberger  of  Korthem  Indiana  were  our 
miuist^rs.  Our  prayer  is,  that  they  may  be 
faithful  till  death  and  then  pass  into  the  better 
world. 

We  expect  to  commence  another  series  of 
meetings  soon.     May  the  good  Lord  bless  us  all. 

Cx.  W.  l^SSLER. 


prayers  in  our  bt;balf.      " 
■ghteous  nvnilcth  mvich." 

nipm,  Cal.,  Feb.  9,  1878. 


The  prayer  of  the 
J.  Fink. 


From    Christine.    California. 

I  WILL  drop  you  a  few  lines  to  let  you  know 
how  we  are  getting  alon^  in  the  far  VVe«t. 

In  t,-mporal  things,  thanks  lie  to  God,  \n- 
are  blest.  1  still  think  we  are  on  the  Urd's 
side,  arc  striving  to  serve  Him.  .■Vlthough  it  is 
hard,  as  we  are  alone— only  three  of  us.  my 
wife,  a  sister  from  Ohio  and  myself.  Sometimes 
we  (eel  lonesome,  but  the  Lord  hiw  told  us  iu 
His  Word,  that  if  we  would  draw  nigh  to  Him, 
He  would  draw  nigh  to  us.  Then  when  the 
Lord  draws  nigh,  we  are  not  alone,  but  we  feel 
happy  and  can  help  to  make  others  happy,  and 
this  is  one  way  to  serve  the  Lord.  Paul  says, 
we  should  rejoice,  and  weep  with  them  that 
weep.  This  is  Christ-like.  Wc  are  trj-ing  to 
live  right,  as  action.^  speak  louder  than  word; 
Good  actions  speak  powerfully  to  the  world. 

In  a  few  meetings  which  we  have  bad,  w 
tried  in  our  weakness  to  hold  forth  the  Word 
in  its  purity.  We  have  a  great  many  rough 
people  here,  a  great  many  infidels.  I  think 
more  than  in  any  other  place.  If  it  were  not 
fur  the  beauty  of  the  climate,  its  healthfniness, 
the  rich  land  and  good  markets,  I  would  move 
away.  Ilove  to  he  among  the  brethren.  I  still 
think  some  will  come  here.  There  is  some 
very  good  government  land  here  yet,  but  will 
not  be  very  long,  as  the  country  is  settling 
very  fast.  D.  &  N.  Sti'debakkb. 

Feb.  n,  ms. 


tbrougl,  that  part  of  the  country,  and  wish  to 
stop  with  the  Bn-thron,  should  inc|uire  for  Bro 
Evi-ret.  I  f,.vl  to  thauk  the  Brotbr^n  in  Kan- 
sas for  their  kindiu-**  shown  towards  me,  wbil.. 
with  them. 

Mysi-lf  and  mf^  arrived  here  (where  we  os- 
|Hct  to  reside)  on  the  12th  inst.     Found  all  well. 

ilioitifigfon,  7nrf.,  Feb.  2ht,  ms. 


From   the    Almena    Congregation. 

llnir  Bre/hnn:— 

WE  are  still  trying  to  labor  in  the  cause  of 
our  Master.  Our  annual  visit  is  a  thinj 
of  the  past.  We  did  not  find  all  things  as  w 
iTonld  like  to  have  them,  but  still  our  church 
la  ui  a  healthy  working  condition,  for  which  we 
are  tJiaakl'ul  to  Him  from  whom  all  blessings 
flow. 

Elder  Moses  Z.  Baer.  a  very  worthy  and  self- 
sacriticiug  brother,  has  the  oversight  of  this 
arm  of  the  church.  Six  years  ago  he  com- 
menced his  labors  of  love  among  us.  We  had 
never  heard  the  Gospel  preached  in  its  primi- 
tive purity  before;  but  by  his  unceasing  label's, 
holding  forth  the  Gospel  in  its  great  beauty  and 
strength  he  has  built  up  a  chnrch. 

On  the  13th  iust..  Bro.  "Walter  Clark  of' 
Cass  Co..  Michigan  came  among  us  and  remain- 
ed until  the  18th.  Through  his  earnest  labors, 
combined  with  that  of  our  Elder,  three  souls 
Were  made  willing  to  unite  with  the  people  of 
God,  and  others  almost  persuaded  to  come.  — 
May  the  Lord  help  them  so  they  do  not  put  it 
off  until  it  is  too  late. 

May  peace  be  yours  in  this  life,  and  eternal 
joy  in  the  world  to  come. 

F.  Allen. 

Vi.hburff.  Miih. 


From    California. 

SINCE  I  last  wrote  you,  we  have  been  having 
a  great  deal  of  rain.  Since  the  15th.  ult., 
it  has  rained  so  much  that  the  ground  is  thor- 
oughly soaked.  The  prospects  for  a  crop,  I 
think,  were  never  better.  The  farmers  are  all 
ia  good  courage.  Work  is  progressing  finely; 
nearly  all  are  done  seeding.      Grain   and  gra.ss 

•■Ue  growing  very  rapidly.     Health  in  general  is 

•Swi     All  fears  of  another  dry  year  have  fled. 

'0  Vjw  thankful  we  ought  to  be  to  the  Giver  of 
allgtfod.     Truly  His  ways  are   not  our  way-s. 

meithoj-  are  His  thoughts  our  thoughts.  O  that 
men.ivould  praise  the  Lord  for  His  loving-kiiid- 

'Hes-s  to  Uie  children  of  men. 

Your   paper  continues  its  weekly  visit-*!  as 

'^»al,    Lringiug  "  glad  tidings  of  great  joy  "  to 

'the  -ciiildren  of  God  in  this  remote  part  of 
Cod's  vineyard.  I  am  so  fortunate  as  to  receive 
two  copies  of  your  very  welcome  paper.  ^  on 
may  continue  sending  an  before,  and  I  will  pay 

■for  the  extra  copy  as  soon  as  I  can  get  the 
change,  and  I  shall  press  it  into  the  service  of 
the  ministry-;  as  we  need  mini.itcrial  help  here 
**'"7  niucb.     Isolat^l  as  we  are  from  the  body 

•oftbe  In-otherhood, 'lirethren,   we  need  your 


From    Valton,    Wis. 

IhyirJUrthn;,.— 
T  THOlKiHT  that  some  news  from  the  few 
1  branches  that  are  planted  into  the  Vine  at 
tliw  plaee,  would  be  encouraging  to  the  church. 
There  are  mx  at  this  place  that  have  been  re- 
ceived into  the  church  by  baptism.  On  Satur- 
day the  KJth  of  Febniarj-,  brother  Caleb  FogI, 
of  West  Limiv,  Wis.,  came  to  viiit  ii».  He 
preached  two  sermons  for  wt,  on«  one  on  Satiir- 
day  evening,  choosing  for  bw  subject,  "  Foras- 
much an  j-e  know  that 
with  corruptible  thing 


From  Tuscola,    Illinois. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

INASMUCH  as  we  expect  to  change  our  jdace 
of  residence  from  Tuscola,  Illinois  to  Cor- 
nell, Illinois,  we  send  you  the  following  church 
news. 

The  members  are  in  union  and  love,  but 
somewhat  lonesome.  Eleven  of  our  members 
have  moved  away  since  last  Fall,  reducing  our 
number  from  nineteen  to  eight.  Our  prayer  is 
that  the  few  remaining  may  hold  out  faithfully 
and  the  Lord  bless  them', 

We  left  home  on  Saturday,  Feb.,  9th  for  La 
Place,  where  we  held  meeting  on  Sunday  morn- 
ing and  night,  Monday  and  Tuesday  night.  — 
Had  council  meeting  and  all  went  off  in  love 
and  union.  After  meeting  we  went  to  the 
water  side,  where  prayer  was  offered  and  five 
precious  souls  buried  by  baptism  to  rise  and 
walk  in  newness  of  life.  May  they  be  faithful 
until  death,  that  they  might  obtain  that  crown 
of  life  whereof  the  apostle  speaks,  that  faAeth 
not  away.  Had  meeting  again  at  night,  after 
which  we  had  to  bid  farewell  to  the  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters.  May  God  bless  them  all,  and 
if  we  meet  no  morS  on  earth,  may  we  meet  iu 
heaven,  is  my  prayer. 

K.  Hecsm.vn. 


Report    of   Travel. 

I  WILL  now.  according  to  promise,  drop  you 
a  few  words  for  the  beneiit  of  the  cause.  — 
1  left  the  Brethren  in  Kansas  on  the  2Sth  of 
December.  The  last  church  I  visited  was  Paint 
Creek.  Found  ttic  brethren  alive  to  the  work, 
though  they  have  a  strong  opposition  by  Bap- 
tists and  Methodists;  but  we  would  say,  breth- 
ren stand  firm,  and  the  Lord  will  give  you  a 
crown  of  life  in  the  end. 

We  read  and  understand  there  are  many  spir- 
its gone  out  into  the  world,  but  we  are  to  try 
them  l)y  the  Word  of  Eternal  Truth— see 
whether  they  are  on  the  rock  Christ  Jesus.  We 
stayed  with  the  brethren  at  this  place  until 
there  were  ninetei-n  sermons  preached  in  all; 
uieeting  in  the  school-houses  in  the  evening  and 
in  dwelling  houses  in  the  day  time.  They  have 
no  meeting-house  here,  but  will  have  one  soon. 
During  our  stay  with  them,  four  precious  souls 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  were  buried  in 
Lajitism,  and  arose,  we  hope  and  trust,  to  walk 
in  newness  of  life 

They  were  young  people;  hope  they  will  be  a 
light  to  the  world.  Brethren  care  for  the 
young  members,  for  they  will  he  the  bone  and 
sinew  of  the  church  when  we  are  gone.  We 
think  sometimes  the  young  members  are  not 
treated  with  that  degree  of  lenity  that  they 
should  he,  and  are  discouraged  and  driven  back 
into  the  world.  Then  some  say  that  is  where 
your  series  of  meetings  runs  to.  By  saying 
tliis,  1  do  not  iuU-ud  to  eiii-ourage  pride,  not  by 
liny  means;  but  there  is  a  growth  of  grace. 

Brethren  traveling  through  here  will  pleii.-*e 
remember  the  brethren  of  Faint  Creek  church. 
There  are  also  some  brethren  living  in  Ft.  Scott. 
I  preached  one  sermon  there.    Those  traveling 


■e  Were  not  redeemed 
as  silver  and  gold,  from 
your  vain  conversation  received  by  tradition 
from  your  fathers"  1  Peter  1: 18.  The  brother 
treated  largely  upon  the  trinity  of  Christ. 

On  Sunday  Iw  preached  from  Jainos  2:lfi. 
givmg  a  good  discourse  on  the  otUinancea  of 
God's  house.  The  few  branches  here  were  war 
t«red  with  the  dews  of  heaven.  The  meeting 
on  Sunday  was  held  at  a  neighbor'^  house;  it 
was  well  filled.  There  were  two  ministers  pres- 
ent of  other  denominations,  one  of  the  United 
Brethren,  and  the  other  of  the  Methodists.— 
The  discourse  did  not  suit  them,  so  on  Sunday 
evening  after  Bro.  Fogle  had  taken  leave  for 
home,  they  endeavored  to  pick  IJro.  Fogies  dis- 
cjjuTse  to  piece.".  But  the  Lonl  was  with  some 
one  in  the  congregation,  and  they  met  with  oi>- 
position.  There  was  one  that  was  not  afraid  to 
stand  for  Jeans. 

May  the  Lord  bless  Bro.  Fogle  in  his  labors 
wlierever  he  may  be.  Hope  the  brethren  of  111 
will  remember  us.  Would  be  glad  if  Bro.  S.  I  \ 
Bushor  could  make  us  a  visit  sometime;  also 
would  be  much  rejoiced  if  Bro.  Enoch  Eby 
could  come  this  way  sometime  after  he  retnrna 
from  Denmark.  Hope  the  good  Lord  will  grant 
the  brethren  and  sisters  a  safe  return  home 
from  Denmark. 

J.  E.  D.  SiioitT. 
Feb.  ISIh,  W8. 


and  that  it  mii-t  l>o  by  remembering  their  Cn^ 
ator.notby  forgetting  Him.  People  become 
wicked  when  they  forget  Ood. 

5.  He  pr««ed  the  thought  of  the  Bible  being 
a  lamp  to  our  feet,  and  wnuld  only  U-n.fit  ua 
when  we  nsed  it  for  the  purpose  of  tK^-ing  wh^re 
to  go  and  what  to  do.  the  same  as  the  lamps  are 
used  in  these  dark  nlght.'f  to  enable  the-  jx-ople 
to  SCO  how  to  keep  their  feet  out  of  the  muiiimd 
other  difficulties  they  meet  on  the  strw-b*  of 
Sh*rmftn. 

SKEKIXO  A  DESIRABLE  HOMt. 

It  is  fiuile  instructive  to  se«  people  coming  in 
here  by  hundreds  from  many  different  Stiites 
seeking  for  de.ir«ble  homoa.  Many  will  find 
theniBelves  disappointed,  when  they  get  here 
because  they  expect  to  find  good.  plejLsant  homw 
here  without  the  necMsary  exertion  on  their 
part  to  secun-  and  improve  them.  Eva  so  it 
la  to  Iw  feared  that  thousands  will  fail  to  secure 
a  home  in  heaven,  simply  because  they  will  not 
make  the  necessary  effort  to  secure  a  title  for  it. 

We  visited  Bro.  LaRiic's  family,  and  there 
met  the  brother  and  sisUr,  and  brother  P.  R. 
WltU.  AVe  Warned  from  them  that  a  brother 
Snyder  from  Iowa  would  preach  some  thre^  or 
four  miles  North,  on  Saturday  night.  Sunday, 
and  Sunday  night.  Though  quite  anxious  to 
meet  bim  and  otlier  brethren  and  siatera,  and 
jmn  with  them  in  the  worship  of  Go-l.  in  this 
land  of  flowers,  our  anxiety  to  prosecute  speed- 
ily, the  business  for  which  we  principally  carae 
here,  in  order  to  reach  our  absent  families 
again  ra  soon  as  pos-sililc,  prevent**!  us  from  go- 
ing over,  as  that  would  have  delayed  Us  several 
days.  The  members  her^  are  well  and  seem  to 
be  well  pleased  with  the  countrj-  and  are  very 
desirous  to  have  more  brethren  to  settle  in,  and 
especially  a  minister,  no  that  they  might  also 
have  regular  preaching. 

DaMIEL  VAinMAJT. 
Shnmn,  Tr.ras,  Ffb.  :>-///,,  lH?fi 


From    Missouri. 


Dfar  Brethren: — 

I  WISH  to  say  through  the  Bekthben  at 
Work  to  my  numerous  correspondents  in 
regard  to  the  land  in  this  part  of  the  countrj*. 
Bro.  Henry  Wyland  of  Bloomingdale,  Mich., 
moved  here  and  appears  very  well  satisfied  with 
the  description  that  i  gave  him.  ALio  brother 
Michael  Herman  of  Victor,  Iowa.  Bro.  Her- 
man made  a  pretty  thorough  examination  of 
the  soil  here.  If  I  undei-stood  biin  correctly 
ho  is  quite  favorable  toourcoimtry.  Land  is  bi-- 
ing  taken  up  fast  within  the  last  six  months; 
yet  there  arc  several  thousand  acres  of  raw  land 
for  sale  from  5  to  7  dollars  per  acre. 

Also  several  farms  of  160  acres  with  about 
100  acres  under  cultivation.  Good  houses,  or- 
'chards  and  water  for  2.000  dollars.  Brethren 
wshing  to  purchase  some  of  this  raw  land  had 
better  do  so  before  Spring.  Land  is  rolling. 
plenty  of  timber  and  rock.  Any  desiring  to 
know  more  can  address  the  undersigned.  En- 
close stamp. 

W.  B.  Sell. 

MartinsvilU;  Mo.,  Feb.  18th,  W8. 


From    Lower    Cumberland,    Pa. 

Ikar  Brtthren:— 

IF  some  of  us  do  complain  of  hard  timea  fi- 
mmcially,  yet  we  have  certainly  had  a 
fea-st  spiritually.  Thatis,  we  have  had  the  bread 
1^  Life  richly  lulmiuistered  amongst  us.  About 
the  fii-st  of  December  liLst,  brother  SUmffer  of 
Md.,  was  vrith  us  about  a  week.  On  the  25th, 
(Christmas  day)  brethren  H.  Saylor  and  Wm. 
Franklin  also  commenced  a  series  of  meetings 
continuing  over  a  week  with  good  results. 

About  middle  of  January  Bm.  Grabill  Myers 
and  Christan  Myers  came  and  labored  faithful- 
ly for  about  one  week.  On  the  tii«t  of  Febru- 
ary Bro.  S.  H.  Bashor  arrived  here,  preached  at_ 
Boiling  Springs,  at  Bakers  and  at  Mechanics- 
burg.  He  was  \vith  us  twelve  days.  Had 
good  congregations  most  of  the  time,  and  taking 
all  together,  the  labors  of  the  brethren  wer« 
not  in  vain.  Since  the  first  of  December  twen- 
ty-seven have  been  added  to  the  chureh  by  bap- 
tism. 

Hope  those  who  have  puton  Christ  may  walk 
in  Him,  and  those  of  us  who  have  been  longer 
in  His  service  be  the  more  faithful,  knowing  that 
our  salvation  is  nearer  than  when  we  firat  be- 
lieved. 

H.  Bekluas. 
Dilhburrf,  Pfi.,  F.:b.  2r>th,  ms. 


From    Texas. 

Jhar  Bretlirett.— 

LIKE  hundreds  of  others,  we  are  still  in  Tex- 
as, learning  all  we  can  with  a  view  of  fi- 
nidly  turning  the  knowledge  we  thus  obtain  to 
practical  use.  Arriving  here  at  a  late  hour  in 
the  night,  we  put  up  at  the  hotel.  Next  day 
enjoyed  the  privilege  of  listening  to  a  well  di- 
rected discourse  to  the  children  and  youth  of 
this  place.  Text,  "  Remember  now  thy  Crea^ 
tor  in  the  days  of  thy  youth."  (Eccl.  12: 1). 

Tlie  preacher  first  explained  the  meaning  of 
the  word  Ecclesiastcs  to  he  the  preiicher. 

2.  That  Solomon  was  the  preaclier  who  wrote 
it;  and  that  the  meaning  of  Solomon  is  "the 
peaceful  one." 

'■i.  That  Solomon  was  wise  and  received  his 
wisdom  fnun  (iod;  that  God  gave  it  to  him  be- 
cause he  a^ki'd  Him  for  it. 

4.  He  remindeil  the  children  and  youth  that 
h;ul  a  desire  to  become  wist>,  and  the  time  to  be- 
gin to  be  wi.se  is  now.  in  the  days  of  thy  youth, 
and  especially  pressed  the  thought,  that  "  the 
fear  of  the  Loi^  is  the   beginning  of  wisdom," 


From    Fortville,    Indiana. 

J)ftir  Brrthrtn:— 

THIS  church  formerly  belonged  to  the  Stony 
Creek  church;  but  recently  there  was  a 
division  made,  and  the  Eastern  part  is  now  call- 
ed Beech  Grove.  We  number  near  fil\v  mem- 
bers— still  under  the  care  of  J.  W.  Caylor,  the 
Elder  of  Stony  Creek  church.  Our  regular 
meetings  are  twice  a  month,  and  occasionaUj* 
some  brother  comes  in  and  holds  a  series  ^ 
meetings.  Bro.  Jacob  Rife  came  here  on  the  8^ 
of  Februarj-,  mid  preached  seven  sermons. 

There  were  none  added  to  the  church,  but  we 
hope  his  preaching  may  be  as  bread  cast  upoa 
the  waters,  for  we  think  many  crumbs  fell  from 
the  Master's  table.  Our  prayer  Is  that  "  noth- 
ing be  wa-sted."  Bro.  Rite  went  Irom  here  to 
the  District  meeting  at  Honey  Crvek.  He  gxn 
us  a  partial  promise  to  come  again  next  sum'^ 
mer.  if  spared.  May  God  be  with  him  is  mj 
prayer. 

We  expect  Bro.  Geo.  Studehaker  here  the  Ist 
of  March.  He  has  preachetl  here  occ  isionallj 
for  several  years,  and  has  been  the  means  of 
much  good  being  done  at  this  place.  Mt^  Qo^ 
bless  him  in  his  labors. 

C.  A.  Savask. 

Feb.  2Ul,  ms. 


Thb  BREriHREX  AT  WoRs  from  Mareh  lak 
to  Jan.  1st  1S7;>  only  ?  1.30. 


•i 


thp:  i^rethre^j  ^t  avokiv. 


M. 


arch 


'■ToEHEVKNTn  Day."— Concluded  from  pnge 
tbrw,  jireKiit  number. 

Dut  that  could  not  make  eitht^r  of  them  a  law 
to  Ihc  CliriiUAii :  and  the  SahbaUriao  only  lia^ 
Uie  force  of  inftreiice  to  give  a«  his  ria*ini  dtr 
that  as  a  law  biiidiiiK  u[>iiii  the  C'hrialiiiii,  The 
ij)ferGi)c«  would  bring  over  ihc  wicrifiwa  upon  llie 
same  iiriucipie  it  would  bring  the  Snbbath  ;  ami 
we  deny  the  right  c.f  inference  to  make  a  law  in 
the  absence  of  divioe  command  and  exomple. 

When  tliey  demand  of  ii«  tu  prove  «  change 
fl-om  the  nevenih  day,  or  Sabbath,  to  the  Bret  day. 
Uiat  is  lln!  very  thing  we  <lo  not  believe.  The 
Sabbath  wa»  not  changed  ;  but  it  and  the  law  that 
bound  it  upon  larael  were  token  away,  and  a  new 
day,  a  new  law.  far  a  new  purpose,  was  given  Ut  a 
new  jieople,  under  a  new  disi>en«ition.  Old  things 
pawed  uway  and  behold  all  things  are  become 
new. 

It  i«  said  that  the  Savior  did  not  abrogate,  but 
ktpt  the  Habbath.  IJut  we  reply  that  He  kept 
the  whole  law.  The  Savior  came  Ui  lalfill  the  law 
and  He  did  it,  and  then  took  it  out  of  the  way, 
nailing  it  to  the  cross  ;  just  like  a  piece  of  wiiHi 
between  two  parties,  no  part  of  it  can  be  abrogat- 
ed by  cither,  but  must  be  fulfilled  by  both  parties; 
then  it,  like  the  Jcwinh  law,  pasit(a<  away,  because 
it  ill  dead,  a8  Paul  bays,  that  being  dead  undc^r 
which  we  wore  held,  we  are  made  free  from  it 
It  in  evident  tlml  Jenua  kept  tlie  law  until  He  ful- 
filled  it :  then  He  tiiketh  away  tbc  fir^t  that  He 
may  ca(abli><h  the  second. 

It  hna  been  said,  a$  argunieni,  that  ibe  apostles 
preucbed  in  eynagngues  ou  the  Sabbath  ilay,  (Actd 
13;  14-^4j.  Thia  we  readily  admit;  Vul  i"  the 
Jews  and  Gentiles  were  in  the  habit  of  .asserabliDg 
on  that  day,  Paul  took  occssion  whenever  circum- 
Rtuncoi  would  permit  to  preach  the  Gospel  tnboth 
.Tews  and  Ocniilett.  There  arc  many  other  occa- 
sions on  which  tbo  apostle  preached  in  the  syna- 
gogue on  the  Sabbath  day.  He  ubo  Htood  in  the 
Areopagus  at  Athens  i>rcacliing  the  unknown  God 
U)  them  i  but  the  n^embly  at  Athens  were  nut 
Christians,  neither  were  these  syuogogues  asseni' 
blics  6n  the  Habbath,  Christian  cougregatinns. — 
They  wore  Jews,  and  they  were  held  under  Jew- 
ish authority.  The  ClirislinDs  could  not  keep 
thne  HabbKtbfl  with  the  Jews.  There  was  the 
evening  sacrifice  offered  sbuut  two  o'clock. 

This  would  bo  mockery  in  Christians,  for  they 
were  preaching  agninsl  such  sacrifices  —  tlint  Ibe 
blood  of  bulls  and  goats  could  not  take  awuy  sin. 
Paul  met  with  the  Jews  on  llie  Sabbath  U>  preach 
to  them,  but  be  met  with  tbe  Christians  uu  the 
first  day  of  the  week,  as  we  have  proved.  Then 
OS  we  cannot  find  in  the  Gospel  one  time,  one  ex- 
ample of  n  Chrislian  .congregation  meeting  on  the 
seventh  day  to  worship  God,  but  a  number  of 
limes  where  they  met  and  the  Lord  blessed  them 
on  the  firal  day  of  the  week,  we  have  assurance 
tliftt  God  will  iiccept  and  bless  the  same  practice 
now.  And  us  the  inspired  apostles  and  the  primi- 
tive cbui-ch  nre  the  pattern  God  lias  given,  we  will 
not  agree  tn  Dccepf  this  .lewish  Sabbath,  or  sev- 
enth day,  until  the  Sabbatarian  can  find  oue  ex- 
ample, one  precedent  of  tbe  apostolic  congrega- 
tions meeting  on  tlial  day.  Until  he  does  that, 
ftU  his  inference  and  far-fetched  reeeoning  on 
something  nut  iu  tbe  Gospel,  amount  to  notliii 
OS  argument. 

The  jilain  example  of  the  primitive  Christiana 
luid  the  inspired  nj)  atles  meeting  on  the  first  day 
of  tlic  week  to  worship  God,  imtweigli  a  thousand 
Tolumee  of  human  opinions  and  Judaized  notions 
concerning  tins  matter.  These  can  only  divide 
the  cburcb,  and  lead  it  away  from  tlie  example 
which  God  has  set  before  us  in  tbi?  priraitiv 
church.  The  example  of  these  first  day  meetings 
Vim  iicceptjible  then,  it  is  acceptable  now ;  it  is 
fouudeil  on  the  rock  of  God's  truth,  tried,  proved 
and  accepted.  Then  let  us  keep  it  as  tliey  left  it, 
and  we,  too,  are  built  ou  the  same  rock. 

/Mtloga,  I  nil. 


GLEj^NIISrGS. 


From  Enoch  El»y.— We  have  just  returned 
from  a  tour  of  two  weeks  through  Germany,  in 
ilifferent  places.  Met  with  but  little  success,  a» 
the  privileges  for  tniesionaries  are  very  limited  at 
best,  and  the  only  eucceseful  way  b  to  live  among 
them  and  live  prejudice  down,  and  Christianity 
up.  IJut  that  is  not  the  work  of  a  day  or  two. 
but  of  years,  but  more  of  this  sometime  in  the 
future. 

Our  health  a  still  geod,  and  the  prospects  for 
doing  good  as  favorable  as  ever.  Bro.  Hope 
starts  North  on  the  ninth  inet.,  to  attend  some  18 
or  20  appointment*.  May  the  Lord  give  the  in- 
crease. 

Weather  is  still  mild  and  pleasant,  just  cold 
enough  to  keep  tbe  roads  in  a  good  condition,  yet 
melts  what  little  snow  we  receive  occasionally. 

Hjorring.  Denviark,  Feb.,  6,  1878. 

From  H.  K.  Meyers. —  The  Ashland  College 
is  now  chartered  and  the  following  brethren  have 
been  appointed  Trustees,  to  meet  at  Ashland, 
Ohio,  on  Thursday.  March  7th,  1878,  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M. 

Austin    Moherman Ashland  County,  Ohio. 

JohnShidler " 

H.  K.  Meyere, " 

Richard  Arnold "  "  " 

J.  D.Parker 

A.  M.  Dickey, 

Wra.  Sadler .  .        "  " 

J.  N.  lioop " 

Wm.  Workman, "  " 

A.  J.  Hijcon, Highland 

E.  L.  Yoder,. Wayne  " 

G.  Irvin "  " 

Jacob  Mishler Summit         " 

J.  A.  Clement, Col.  " 

Josiah  Keim, Stark  " 

From  D.  J.  JMeyers. — Bro.  A.  M.  Dickey  of 
Maple  Gii>ve  church,  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings on  tlie  uintb  inst.,  and  closed  ou  the  seven- 
teeuth.  He  preached  seventeen  sermom  for  us. 
The  attention  was  good,  all  unite  in  saying  the 
meetings  were  good.  Many  undoubtedly  felt  that 
all  was  not  well  with  them.  Rut  Satan  tells 
them  not  to  get  excited,  that  they  are  young  and 
have  plenty  of  time  yet.  Some  who  attended 
these  meetin(,'s,  confessed  they  were  doing  wrong, 
and  that  the  Brethren  are  right,  but  they  are  not 
quite  willing  to  give  up.  Que  young  sister  of 
thirteen  Summers  was  made  willing  to  come  out 
on  the  side  of  the  Lord. 

Homcrnnlic.  O.,  Feb.  21,  187^. 

From  Jolm  Nicholson.— Our  series  of  meel^ 
iuga  closed  last  evening  with  ten  accessions,  I 
now  in  the  house  of  Bro.  C.  Newcomer,  near 
Bryan.  Our  series  of  meetings  here  will  com- 
mence this  evening  and  perhaps  continue  a  week 
or  more  if  the  weather  is  favorable. 

Bryant,    0.,  Feb.  25,  1878; 


From  \V.  B.  Sell.— We  have  had.  so  far.  the 
most  pleasant  Winter  I  ever  saw;  had  muddy 
roads  for  six  or  eight  days,  this  was  about  all. 
Some  of  our  farmers  have  sown  their  wheat  We 
cliteed  our  meetings  last  night  with  tbe  best  of  in- 
terest and  jfood  feelings.  Bro.  Herman  preached 
six  discourses  for  ua;  we  appreciated  his  labors 
much.  Would  be  glod  if  some  more  would  come 
and  labor  for  us,  as  we  believe  there  could  be  good 
accomplished.  We  have  many  calls  to  come  and 
preach,  but  my  health  is  not  good  at  present. 
Peace,  love  and  union  U>  all  from  our  Lord  and 
Master. 

MartinfKille,  Mo.,  Feb.  18,  1878. 

From  D.  A.  Lichty.— Will  you  soy  to  those 

who  feel  to  rejoice  with  us,  and  with  the  angeli 
that  during  our  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by 
our  dearly  beloved  bnitber  D.  D.  Sell  from  Mo., 
seveji  have  already  been  initiated  into  the  house- 
hold of  faith,  and  several  others  have  openly  and 
fearlessly  expressed  their  convictions  on  the  subject 
of  their  known  duty  ?  And  now,  may  the  good 
Lord  grant  them  grace  and  resolution  to  put  their 
litith  iuto  practice,  "  before  the  evil  day  come  "  m 
which  the  fowls  of  the  air,  the  cures  of  this  life, 
or  the  deceitfulness  of  riclies,  rob  tbe  heart  and 
the  mind  of  thosesucred  impressions  made  tbj-ougb 
the  preaching  of  the  word  of  life.  And,  as  is 
customary  on  such  occasions,  tbe  result  was  a  gen- 
eral revival  among  the  memhershi]) — an  occasion, 
I  trust,  which  will  afford  matter  to  many,  laden 
with  kindly  feelings  and  happy  reminiscence 
through  all  the  ceaseless  ages  of  eternity. 
Hamlin.  Kan.,  Feb..  22,  1878. 


Beaaon  and  Xevelatton— Uy  R.  MilUgan  -pi.-  ~~~ 
sl,.>aM  not  „ulj-  liv  rcftd.  bul  Mrcfully  .ludui  ,!!  •'nl 
imnislcriDilicbrotbMhood.     nj,0  '*'»I*Tt2 


A  TREE  THAT  RAINS. 

THE  Consul  for  the  United  States  of  Columbia 
in  the  department  of  Lereto,  Peru,  has  re- 
cently called  the  attention  of  President  Pradu  to 
a  remarkable  tree  which  exists  in  the  forests  ad- 
joining the  village  of  Moyobamba,  This  tree, 
known  to  the  natives  as  Tamai-Caspi  (rain  tree), 
is  about  fifty-eight  feet  in  height  at  full  growth, 
aud  the  diameter  of  its  trunk  is  about  thirty-nine 
inches. 

It  absorbs  and  condenses  the  moisture  in  the 
atmosphere  with  astonishing  energy,  and  it  is  said 
that  water  constantly  exudes  from  its  trunk  aud 
])ours  tike  rain  from  its  branches.  So  abundant 
is  the  water  supply  that  the  soil  near  by  is"  lurtied 
in  a  marsh.  The  tree  gives  forth  must  water 
when  the  rivers  are  dry  durnig  the  Summer  sea- 
and  when  water  is  generally  scarce.  Its  cul- 
tivation is  proposed  throughout  the  arid  regions 
of  Peru. 


DIED. 


0b.luarl«8  alioulil  )ie  brief,  uritlen  on  bi 
|uip«r,  aiidHopikriiti<  Trum  all  utlic 


From  I),  B.  Sturgis.— I  attended  a  series  of 
meetings  at  the  Hawpach  meeting-house  in  La 
Grange  Co..  where  1  preached  twenty-one  times. 
Seven  were  ba])tized  and  one  more  application.  — 
The  bouse  was  crowded  at  every  night  meeting ;  in 
duy-time  not  so  many.  Good  order  and  deep  in- 
terest prevailed  all  tbe  tiiue  and  it  is  believed 
there  will  be  many  more  added  to  the  church. 

Feb.  21,  187S.  " 


From  John  Pool.  - 

was  with  us  one   week 


CASSEL —In  the  Indian  Creek  church,  Mont- 
gomery Co..  Pa..  Feb.  18,  sister  Catharine,  wife 
of  Bro.  David  Cosscl,  in  the  62iid  year  of  her 
age. 

BUSTARD.— In  the  same  church,  Feb.  2Jith,  sis- 
ter I.,eah,  wife  <,f  Bro.  James  Bustard,  in  the 
64lh  year  of  her  age, 

GAKBEIt.— hi  Hichland  Co.,  O.,  February  24, 
1S78,  Lewerleu,  infant  daughter  of  brother 
Simon  and  eiiitcr  Anna  (iarber,  aged  one  year 
and  eleven  days.  \V.  A.  Mcrray. 

KAUB.— On  February  Idth,  1878,  in  the  English 
Prairie  district,  Lagnuige  Co.,  Indiana,  Julin. 
son  of  Bro.  Daniel  and  -ister  Sarali  Kaub,  ac- 
ed  G  years,  .5  months  and  12  days. 

A,  E.  Keagv. 


Bro.  Daniel  Vaniman 
December,  Although 
the  roads  aud  weather  were  bad,  our  meetings 
were  well  attended.  Two  souls  came  out  ou  the 
Lord's  side,  and  others  felt  tbe  need  of  a  Savior's 
love.  May  they  heed  the  call  before  it  is  eternal- 
ly too  late.  Brother  A.  S.  Leer  of  Christian  Co.. 
was  with  us  from  the  ninth  to  the  seveuteenlh  nf 
this  month.  The  weather  and  the  roads  were  still 
bail..  Oue  more  was  added  by  baptism.  The  in- 
terest increased  with  the  meetings.  The  Brethren 
here  had  never  held  a  series  of  meetings  before. 
I'rairie  CUy,  III. 

From  Allen  Ives.— I  am  in  receipt  almost 
daily  of  letters  culling  for  mimistcrial  aid,  and 
Gosjiel  food.  Have  been  in  the  field  for  the  past 
four  weeks  Held  meetings  in  the  evening  auti  I 
visited  fiimities  during  the  day.  The  meetings 
were  all  well  attoiuled,  the  members  stren-^hened; 
bul  our  field  is  entirely  too  large,  atid  the  dear 
members  too  much  scattered  for  nie  to  reach  them 
all  and  do  justice,  Our  territory  extends  North 
and  S.)uth  from  the  U.  P,  It.  R.  to  the  K.  P.  R.  R. 
j  and  west  at  least  180  miles. 

Burr  Oah,  Kan.,  Feb.  2$,  187S. 

From  John  Wise.— As  an  item  of  news  I  will 
suy,  I  closed  a  meeting  ..f  fifteen  days  in  the 
Brethrnu'g  meeting  place,  the  Hall,  in  Waterloo, 
on  the  evening  of  the  24th  inst.  >'o  additions  to 
the  church,  but  the  membere  seemed  u>  he  built  uj) 
and  encouraged.  May  God  bless  us  and  save  us 
all.    Amen. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


Notices  of  Love-fcaslii,    Dialrict  Meetings,    etc.,  should 

le  brief,  nnd  written  on  pajJiT  separate 

from   oilier   business. 


The  Brethren  of  the  Beaver  Dam  congregation, 
Kosciusco  Co.,  Ind.,  contemplate,  the  Lord  willing, 
to  hold  our  Communion  meeting  ou  Thursday, 
the  6ih  of  June  next,  at  ray  house,  two  miles 
South  of  Sevastopol,  to  cotunieuce  at  4  .o'clock  in 
the  afternoon.  Those  coming  from  Korth  or 
South  on  the  C.  W.  &  M,  R.  R.,  will  stop  at  Sil- 
ver Lake  the  day  before  tbe  meeting.  Those 
coming  from  Chicago  on  the  P.  Ft,  W,  &  C.  R. 
R.,  will  inform  me,  and  we  will  meet  them  at 
Warsaw.  Those  coming  on  the  Indianapolis, 
Peru  &  Michigan  City  R.R.,  plea.ae  inform  me, 
and  we  will  meet  them  at  Rocficster,  Fulton  C<i., 
Ind.,  on  day  before  meeting.  A  hearty  iuvitation 
is  given  to  all.  D.  Bechtelhimer. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Ind.,  will  be 
held  in  English  Prairie  church,  the  Lord  willing, 
Tbui?<lay,  May  9lh,  1S78,  commencing  at  tl 
o'clock  A.  M.,  and  all  those,  traveling  by  rail- 
road,  will  please  stop  at  Lima. 

Jek.sk  Calvert,  Clerk. 


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Day  passenger  inu'n  going  west  leaves  Lanark  at  2:  H  ?■ 
M..  and  arrives  al  Hock  Island  at  6:50  1'.  M. 

Kiglit  passenger  trains,  going  east  and  west,  meet  nfj' 
leave  Lanark  at  IJilM  A.  M  ,  arriving  in  llacineoi  'JW 
■A.    M.,    and    ot    Hook  Island  al  (1:01)  A.  M. 

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12:  10  A.  M„  10:  60  A.  M„  and  oast  at  12:  10  A.M. 
and  4;  45  p.  u. 

Tiokeie  are  sold  for  ahoTO  trains  only.    Fajao'ig'f 
trains  make  close  couaoctiou  at  Westoru  Union  Junclwti' 
G.  A,  SmfB.AgW*- 


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Vol.  III. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBETSHED  WEEKLY 

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SPECIAL  CONTHIBDTOBS: 


Lanark,  111.,  March  14,  1878. 


B,  H.  MILLEK. 
J,  W.  STEIN,       - 

D,  TA^^MA^■.      - 

D,  H.  URNTZEll, 
MATTiE  A.  LEAR. 


EADOOA,  INU. 
-       NKWTOMA,  HO. 

-  -  VmDE.\-,  ILL. 
-WAYNESBORO,  I'A. 

-  URBANA,    ll.r 


LOVE. 
BY  .L  W.  SOrTHWOUO. 

I  (IVK  should  be  oiili,oui-mg, 
Jj     From  the  lifsut  iiud  soul, 
,\s  we  jouniey  onward. 
From  the  Christjan  goal. 

We  shouUI  ne'er  be  iiiltering, 
In  this  Christian  Iimd: 

For  the  eause  is  noble. 
■R'ork  then  hand  in  hand. 

Let  us  love  onr  neiglibor 

Kveii  as  ourself: 
.\nd  it'  we  have  money, 

Use  it  not  as  pelf. 

We  should    love  tlie  Savior, 
.\nd   His   words  obey; 
•  Be  baptized  in  water. 
And  iviish  our  sins  away. 

Thi-y   that  love  the  Savior, 

All  His  sayings  keep; 
-Vlwjiys  working  for  Him, 

Never  found  asleep. 

He  then  ahvaj's  loving. 
Always  kind  and  true; 

Live  for  heaven  and  glory, 
And  your  work  pursue. 


No.  11. 


sole(en,,onedi,pule.      Th„t  r|,ri„  ,„„l„.d  Hi,  I  ,,„  ,      ,.    , 

rti.e.,.les  l«l„e„oallyi„c„a-u.„vertible.  There  1     „„T|"     r""  .r"'  °"  ""•  """"■  '■™"*- 
IS  not  a  symbol  found  in   both  Testaments  rat  '  .        '    '°  '"'"""'tances,  the  lan- 

ihoJ  by  more  positive  and  aolenrn  sanction  than    '"7"',  ™'"'"""  *"  "-Part  peonliar  solemnity 
this.     ■■I/I,ca.M.,„„_  «,„„  *„.,!»?, I      '  rt  """'""'>■  '»  ""  "■»'  --  a™  in  .hat  „i^ 
-."    Wh.,ea„be„,o..awf„Uh:,'::;.;l''°''^'"''™'    ^'     ' 
assertion  from  the  lips  of  Ood  m  the  flesh? 


THE  TRIPLE  SACRAMENT. 

BY  C.  H.  DALSBAUGH. 

T<<  hruthfi- Jtmth  SJtdiivoitr,  of  Mirlllf/aii  :— 
irii  are  to  give  a  reaton  for  the  hope  that  is 
"  in  us.  What  kind  of  reason?  Logical-' 
Philosophirall'  This  is  not  required  by  Scrip- 
ture, and  in  the  nnijority  of  instances  is  impos- 
sible. Tile  reason  of  the  saint  is  moral,  not  in- 
Iclleetnid;  it  is  lite,  not  the-uy.  Sectarians  of 
all  grades  ask  us  n  rea.son  for  Feet-washing  and 
Ik  Lord's  Supper,  and  over  that  nothing  will 
satisfy  t.liein  which  does  not  eiinv  the  precision 
mill  Ibiue  of  a  mathematical  demonstration. 
If  «e  are  unable  to  offer  iiroof  in  that  form, 
'ley  clap  their  himds,  wag  their  heads,  and 
Aout  aha,  aha!  (Ps.  40;  16). 

When  Wiry  are  pressed  by  intidels  to 
sue  llie  same  kind  of  proof  for  the  Incarna- 
*«,  and  the  ineseuce  of  the  Holy  Ghost  in  the 
«"'ld  as  the  Uepiesentotive  of  Father  and  ,Son. 
flPydenouneetheirantagonists  as  untwsoitable 
fornot  accepting  as  conclusive  the  kind  of  ar- 
S'mieut  that  «v  offer  in  support  of  what  Ihei/ 
.1.  Ine  best,  most  uTefragable  argument  in 
"upport  of  the  lHvine  InciU'nntion  is  the  ineon- 
"■'table  historical  fact  of  a  Doing  in  the  flesh 
"to  'lid  what  Deity  alone  can  do.  The  conccs- 
o»n  of  Nicodenius  is  the  most  ])hiloso]iliieal  ar- 
S'lniwit,  without  any  thought  of  philosofjh.v, 
Wouly  i;,r  the  mauifestatiim  of  God  as  the 
™  °'  •""»,  hut  eijually  for  Feet-washing  and 
„  '■"id's  Supper,  and  all  other  institutions  of 
^  'W: "  liabbi,  we  h.oif  that  Thou  art  a  Teach- 
..  ,  '"^'J'""!  i!u(l,  for  no  imm  can  do  these  mir- 
that    Tlmit   (loc)if,   EXrEl'T  Goli  BE   WITH 


ick 


■       When  this  same  Person  institutes  a 

^^itli  wholly  new  accompaniments,  jtreced- 

j"'"'"'  '"llowing,  and  excludes  from  His  King- 

y^     those  who  reject  thin  arningeinent,  we  need 

I    ''     "'■'  I'eason  for  the  hope  that  is  in  us  as 

I     jl!"'"'  "'"'  tl'™<^  ol«erv,inoes. 

'      '"t  the  original   Puschal  Institution  is  ob- 


wi,  ,         ,        '      "'  """  ™  t'u'   flesh? 

Wlial  can  be  more  presumptuous  and  fatal  than 
Its  ivjeclion';.  •■  If  I  ,j„„,  t„,j  „„^  ^  j__^^ 

™..V,«/ „»,,,./„,,  ,„  m,,jhlal,»to,„,l,„m  ,,„. 
°  '■'■■-'"'■ '.  "  I '"""Jirni  ,j,m  „n  E.NAMI'I.F, 
y"'"  "?'■■■■>  ""  AS  1   HAVE  DONE  TO 

V  ,'■■  LV"  "'"""'  '"""  9™'"'  "'""'"■» 
U,;.  What  can  be  more  imperative,  more 
ilalwith  the  hiflexible  righteousness  of  God 
than  tins  repetition  of  authoritative  coin.mmd'-' 
Christ  knew  what  treatment  this  symbol  would 
I'ccoive,  and  enforced  it  with  a  minuteness  and 
vigor  found  in  connection  with  no  other  insti- 
tution. "No  part  with  me-unles,,  you  ol> 
servo  it.  This  sounds  hard,  but  God  ha,  spoken 
■I.  The  argument  of  Nicodemus  eome.  inhere 
with  overwhelming  force.  ■•  We  il-,i„„.  that 
Thou  art  a  .Teacher  eome  from  God"  "We 
Avioir  that  Thou  art  the  Chrisl  of  God  We 
<:ii».o  that  Thou  art  &W,  and  that  Ihj  irorrf 
IS  "without  variableness  and  shadow  of  turn- 
ing." Here  human  lore  is  nothing.  Hero  the- 
ological science  is  nonsense.  Here  Doeloi-s  of 
Divinity  are  "foolsnndslowof  heart  to  Wiooe." 
When  the  God-man  speaks,  what  need  of  the 
twisty,  diluting  logic  of  the  Seminary.  Is 
not  Mill  alUnfHeient'i'  When  .lebovah  pro- 
claims, I  am  God,  He  does  not  condescend  to 
cypher  out  the  proof  of  His  claims.  His  proof 
lies  in  the  lightning  and  thunder  and  quaking 
of  Mount  Sinai,  and  in  the  impressive  evidences 
of  flower  and  wLsdoiu  in  all  fliat  meets  eye  and 
ear.  ^  When  Ho  says,  "  wash  ye  one  another's 
feel,"  He  has  already  established  His  right  to 
command.  The  lowly,  towel-girded  Nuznrene 
(■'arpeuler  who  stoops  to  wash  His  disciples'  feet, 
is  the  God  of  Sinai.  In  the  gently  spoken  in- 
junction, "  wash  ,ve  one  imother's  feet."  were 
hid  the  terrific  stores  of  Omnipotence  that  bias- 
ed forth  in  suoh  awful  majesty  on  the  Mount  of 
Revelation.  The  Christ  of  Moriah  is  the  Law- 
giver of  Sinai.  "  Wa-<h  ye  one  another's  feet," 
has  the  same  authority  as  "Thou  shalt  have  no 
other  God's  before  me."  The  6od,Christ  who 
ill  bring  every  idle  word  into  judgment:,  -speaks 
no  idle  words  Himself.  "  If  I  wash  Ihee  not, 
thou  hast  no  part  with  me."  Awful  words,  and 
true  as  awful.  Noono  eanslight  them  with  ini- 
pun.ty.  "  If  ye  kimc  these  things,  happy  are  ye 
if  you  (III  them. "  "  He  that  helieveth  not  shall 
he  damned." 

This  is  the  pi-eparatoiy  to  the  Supper;  its  se- 
qual  is  the  Eucharist,    All  churches  accept  this 
as  obligatory.    Let  them  show  what  authority 
attaches  to  this  that  Christ  does  not  with  equal 
weight  iinjiress  on  the  nnteeedent  two.    If  Feet- 
washing  is  non-essential,  so  is  the  Communion 
.lesus  laid  less  .stress  on  the  latter  than  on  the 
former.    To  retain  one  and  reject  the  other,  is 
the  boldest  kind  of  arrogance.    It  is  setting  the 
disciple  above  his  Lord,  and  reconstructing  the 
|)liiii  of  redemption.     Were  we   to   urge  argu- 
lueuts  against  the  Eaeharist  such    as  sectarian 
tinkers  urge  against  reet-wushingandthe  Lord's 
Supper,  they  would  laugh  us  to  scorn,  and  just- 
l.v.    There  never  was  a  plea  advanced  against 
these  institutions  which  has  not  been  employed 
with  equal  validity  ngainst  the  existence  of  God. 
and  the  authenticity  of  the   Bible.    The  pofi- 
ular  Petrine  remonstrance.  "  thou  shalt  no 
wash  my  feet,"  is  only  infidelity  a  little  narrow- 
ed. To  disown  the  requisitions  of  Eternal  Truth 
is  us  really  skepticism  so  far  as  it  goes,  as  the 
baldest  wholesale  atheism  that  ever  cursed  man- 
kind.   To  admit  the  principle  that  fritters  into 
nothing  this  ordinance  of  God,  leaves  not  an 
inch  of  ground  on  which  to  rest  an  argument 
tlie  Eternal  Heiiig.    This  brings  me  back  to 
starting  point.    The  proof  of  the  Divine 
ExistA'uee  is  pat^'lit  in  manifold  evidence  aftart 
from  all  logic.     The  proof  of  Feet-washing  and 


--"  ./■"<•'  of  Feet-wasfiing  as 
™  act  nf  Christ  is  „„t  disputed;  only  it.  ,ig. 
nihcunce  imd  perpetuity. 

Its  validity  for  all  the  Christian  age  ha.  been 
shown  to  rest  on  the  same  ground  as  that  of 
the  Enchanst.  The  firinciple  that  demands  the 
acceptance  of  the  one,  ohligalej  the  other  Be- 
tween these  two  comes  the  Supper.  And  here 
«  question  spnngs  up  sponlanooiwly,  which  any 
one  who  is  not  wholly  blinded  and  seared  by 
sectarianism  would  lai  ashamed  to  miswor  in  the 
afhrmative.     


Did  Christ  insert  the  .lewish  Pasi^  j  is  not  of  Chri.'l.  th.fm"ek 


over  between  these  two  Christian  Symbols,  in 
llatconti-adiction  of  His  own  leaching.,  that 
no  man  putteth  a  piece  of  new  cloth  upon  an 
old  garmenfi'  If  the  meal  eaten  with  His  dis- 
ciple,  on  the  night  of  His  ap|,relieu»ion,  was 
the  Paschal  Ordinance,  He  even  eommilted  a 
SrossiV  blunder  than  He  exposed  in  Hisavowed 
doelaration  of  the  Mind  of  God;  Ih  Imk  a 
nig  from  mi  olil  mm  oul  ijunmiil,  ,„„/  vaMial 
itm  -a  ,mv  one.  Can  we,  in  such  a  supposition 
rely  on  the  conviction  of  Nicodemus,  "we  k-mm 
that  Thou  ait  a  Teacher  come  from  God."  What 
has  that  lime-woni,  antiquated  Jewi.li  wedge 
to  do  between  these  two  Christian  Ordinances? 
Whyuot  disjoin  Hie  Bread  and  Wine  with  a 
wave-breast,  or  lieavc--sliouliler?  (Lev.  7:  .10,  .12). 
Who  would  pleail  for  such  an  innovation  'And 
yet  those  who  would  be  the  Brst  to  ilenohnce 
such  iulringoniont,  ci.nt«ul  that  Christ  mixed 
a  central  .lewkh  ceremony  with  insfitiilions 
ch«rnct«ristically  Chiisliiiii.  To  tear  away 
_Feet.w,B.hiiig  is  to  tear  the  Eucharist  with  ii. 
io  defend  the  Commiiniou  is  to  rely  on  prin- 
eifiles  that  Christ  Himself  applies  with  equal 
stringency  to  Feot-w.ashing. 

To  admit  the  perpetuity  of  Feel-wishing  is 
to  allow  the  inconsistent  insertion  of  an  effete 
ceremony  as  a  disconnective  between  two  Chris- 
tian synbols,  or  else  iidniit  that  the  Supper  is 
on  institution  that  concerns  us  as  much  iis  it  did 
the  original  group  who  fin,t  partook  of  it.  1 
repeat  the  question,  if  Feet-washing  has  the 
signiScauce  that  Christ  has  given  it  with  such 
marked  emphasis,  what  has  the  Paschal  intru- 
sion to  do  between  twoordinances  that  deuiaml 
the  practical  faith  of  every  follower  of  Jesus 
until  He  "  comes  the  second  time  without  sin 
unto  salvation'?"  Lot  those  answer  who  tram- 
file  on  the  authority  of  .le-sns.  If  Feet-washing 
is  not  a  Christian  symbol  of  perpotuid  obliga- 
tion,  exhibit  your  proof  that  the  Eucharist  has 
that  character.  If  neitlicr  has,  then  tlie  Suji- 
lier  is  also  void.  If  one  has,  both  have,  and  if 
both,  one  introducing  and  the  other  eonsunimat- 
ing  the  meal  authorized  by  Christ,  then  the  liiivf 
ore  OS  truly  .symbolical  and  obligatory,  as  the 
Holy  Trinity  is  Yea  and  Amen.  If  Christ  may 
be  gagged  here.and  His  authority  set  at  naught. 
He  is  not  the  Word  that  was  with  God,  and 
was  God,  aiid-liveth  and  abideth  forever.  When 
He  says  Feet-washing,  He  docs  not  mean  bliiek- 
iiig  boots  as  some  affirm.  When  He  institute, 
a  Supper,  guarding  it  on  both  sides  with  cor- 
responding Clirisliiui  syrabois.  lie  does  not  por- 
potuate  the  S|irinkling  of  the  blood  of  lamljs 
and  kids.  First  the  symbolical  washing,  then 
the  rite  of  fruternol  fellowship,  mid  lastly  the 
higher  communion  with  God. 


oT'n,; ''■•'^'-  'T  '•"■■  •■■"■r'''"i™  ■•  (LnV, 
^i-  *.>,  M).  Now  do  we  think  we  stand'  If 
wodo,lelu,„.l.h„„dp„,,..l,.,t„,f,||;„j 
when  we  pray,  w,  should  pray  earnestlv.  Think 
how  oar  dear  Savior,  when  He  was  in  Uethi.v 
mane.H„,„„.tw,„,„„„„.^„,„j  , 

blod  falling  down  to  the  gruuad;  being  i„  „. 
ony.  He  prayed  more  earnestly. 

0.  it  is  truly  heart-rending  to  rea.1  of  Him. 
how  righ  ,■<„„,  how  calm  „„,!  miid  He  wa^and 
yt  bow  He  snllered.  for  the  heavy  sin,  thrt 
were  ,M,„„  Him.  I  have  hea,^  .ome  pe,™., 
say,  that  thei-e  was  „„  ,„,  „f  |„„j,,^.  j.^^  ,^^ 
who  wm-  born  to  he  saved,  would  be  saval  any- 
how.    >Jol,o.„w,y„i,l,,„,b,l„,|ri„,..   That 

,   ,  -  nud  lowly  .lesiis.  who 

commanded  ii,  to  pray.  If  such  stiifl'  be  true  we 
have  no  ,i.,e  for  the  Bible.  What  a  world  this' 
would  1«.  if  we  hail  to  follow  .he  doctrine,  „■ 
men  But  thank  Ood  the  Giver  of  „n  gooil-,,,. 
He  hii.  give  u,  abetter  plan  .whereby  we ',„»> 
l»>  saved.  I  fear  some  of  tho«,  perams  who  do 
not  behove  ,n  pr,iyer,  will  r^ciro  the  reward 
of  the  wicked.  Upon  the  wicked  He  shall  rain 
snaifs.  fire  and  brimstone,  an.l  a  horrible  tem- 
pest; tin,  shall  be  the  portion  of  their  cup(P,. 

0  let  US  watch  and  pray,  lest  we  oulcriol.i 
emphfion;  fake  heed  lest  we  faU,  and  mar  we 
bo  made  to  exclaim,  let  the  word,  of  my  month, 
and  11,0  meditations  of  my  heart,  be  miceptable 
111  thy  sight.  0,  Lord  my  strength  imd  mv 
Kedeemer  {Ps.  1!);  14) 
.Vl..l.„l,,„„,  I-,,. 

SECRET  WR0NO8. 

aV  L.  p.  PKLEllAX. 

WE  have  no  right  to  hold  within  our  hearts 
iisecretthoudit.  of  awrong  done  to  us 
by  a  brother.  "Thou  shalt  not  hate  thy 
brother  in  thine  heart:  thou  shall  in  any  WJK 
rebuke  thy  neighbor,  and  not  sulT,  r  sin  upon 
him"  (Lev.  1!):  17).  Take  heed  to  yourselves: 
If  tliy  brother  trespass  against  thee,  rebuke  him; 
.ind  if  be  repent,  forgive  him  "  (Luke  17:  3). 

These  directions  nreimpiTalive  in  lliem:both 
law  and  Gospel  unite  their  sanctions.  Christ 
and  Muses  alike  condemns  the  hiding  of  wrongs 
committed  by  brethren  within  the  heart,  and 
imJ  require  us  to  rebuke  the  wrong  doers.  The 
word  is  not  counsel,  it  is  command,  not  advice, 
bnl  authority;  it  must  be  obeyed.  Be  reconcfl. 
ed,  heaven  .veurns  with  infinil*  eomp.Tviinii  over 
a  warring  and  tumultuous  wortd.  God  is  the 
only  siuiree  of  calm  repose:  ucquaint  thj-scif 
with  Him.  and  beat  peace;  and  lei  His  peace 
not  only  fill  your  heart,  but  mould  yout  lite  in 
Jesus.  "  Blessed  are  the  peacemakers;  for  they 
shall  be  culled  the  sons  of  (usl." 


"WATCH  AND  PRAY. 

BY  EMMA  C.  .VKWLASn. 

ii  UTHKIiEFOKB  let  him  that  thinkcth  he 
IT  standclh,  take  heed  lest  ho  fall  "(I 
lfl:12).  Do  we  take  hecsl  lest  we  fall?  Do  we 
think  of  this?  If  we  think  we  stand,  how 
shall  we  lake  heed?  Watch  and  pray.  Our 
ble.s.sed  Savior  eomnialided  His  diseifiles  to  pray 
that  they  might  not  enter  into  temiitation.  Did 
they  obey?  He  found  them  sleeping  for  sor- 
row, and  said  unto  them,  "  Why  sleeji  ye?  rise 


A 


MOT  AFRAID  TO  DIE. 

iiKLOVED  triuiid.  ii  yovviig  wife,  lay  dying. 
Surtl-ring  [mu  for  a  few  moments,  .she 
siud.  "It  is  itll  viisy  now;  it  is  iJl  glorj-  and 
briglituoss!  Oh,  such  hrightness!  I  never 
dreamed  of  such  brightness.  Let  nie  go!  F  wjuit 
to  go!"  iind  in  a  little  while,  ia  a  lone  of  per- 
fect iissurancfl,  "  Every  sin,  is  forgiven;  Jesus  a 
with  me  now!"  To  the  doctor  who  took  hw' 
hiind.  she  siiid,  "  Don't  call  me  Uick;  don't  call 
me  back."  After  whith.  her  lips  movedin  pray- 
er, and  the  word  "  Jesns"  was  the  last  spuken. 
A  Christian  woman  who  hu«l  all  her  life  heeu 
afraid  of  the  eold  waters  of  the  river  of  death 
said,  when  dying.  "  Wonderful!  wonderful!  it  is 
only  a  rivulet!" 

A  young  disrii.k-  jusf  before  dying  said.  "  I 
now  know  what  the  martyr  in  the  flames  meant, 
^vho  said,  "  1  livl  no  more  p.uii  thmi  if  on  a  bed 
of  roses."  I  bless  Uo.1,  I  uni  w»  swalloweil  up 
if  joy  IIS  nut  to  regard  ni.v  outward  imins.  'Thy 
■od  Hnd  stiili",  they  comfort  me.'  I  am  ifoing  to 
my  dear  Je;*us,'"  wen-  her  lust  wonU. 
■  Anolher  dyiui;  sister  said.  -  Hle^-tt  be  the 
Lord,  the  stin^  of  death  is  gone.  I  wish  for 
death.  I  think  every  dav.  when  it  is  ni«ht  I 
am  a  day  neiin-i"  my  b!osse<l  home.  The  hU- J 
ol  .)esn8  cleanses  fiiom  nil  sin.  and  has  cleansed 
me.    Jesiie  is  my  »!!." 


Ttii-:  ivHKTr-JRE>r  at  TV'oitK:. 


March   14_ 


OOINO  TO  CHURCH. 

II"  I  wiu.  rich.  1  don't  Ulievp, 
I'd  KO  to  churcli  to  »how  it. 
Be  ■■■txi'*-  till'  MiiloT  of  iiH  nil 

Moxt  wirtiiily  would  know  it. 
I  wouM'iit  imt  on  sliowy  i.'i-;ir. 

or  fiwliionn  ^rantl  nrrayin 
And  think  tbiit  w.vf  tht-  kintlof  K:irl> 
To  fit   thu  niiiid  for  pniyiii'. 

I  uevcr  thuunht  thu  hokue  of  Go^l, 

Wiw  jiiit  tiio  \Aaie  for  showiii 
Allthcfiiwy  fugdy  dudn.  ^ 

Of  nil  th"  fiwliiojw  gnin'. 
Tor  tniw  np  eno't"'*  «"*'  P"'''^ 

And  kooj)  tlif'  mind  n  fttrayiii' 
From  Iioly  thonKht»<  iind  holy  thi»p:« 

In  pn-iidiin'  iind  in  pruyiii*. 

A  hon*c  of  wor»hi|>  nifwle  for  GoA. 

Don't  mean  b  pliue  for  wpnrin" 
•Of  rich  and  costly  showy  gear, 

Witli  colorn  all  «  Hyin'. 
T<'r  Irinliti'ii  till'  diHtressi'd  aud  poor. 

Away  from  goodly  t^acbiii' 
Whf)  want  to  come,  ypt  dure  uot  conn;, 

To  lirtten  to  th«  preiichiu'. 

TliKV  ftiind  iiwiiy  with  hnng^ry  hearts, 

AVith  Konls  like  Lazarus'  pleadiii' 
For  trunilw  of  lirciwl,  yt-t  li-ar  to  como 

Ilowvfr  much  thoy'er  needin'. 
FVIiion  and  show,  and  lolly  prido. 

Shut  out  thr  ni'filicr  nriglibor. 
Who  have  a  right  to  reap  a  share 

Fnini  riiristinii   work  and  labor. 

Tlie  right  to  conic  and  womliip  God, 

Unmockfd  by  «lmwy  .splendor. 
And  caliiiiy  «it  at  .Iesu«  trat 

Vov  rest  and  jtity  tL-iidor. 
And  guthur  tonilort  for  the  strife 

111  daily  toil  and  trial, 
III  all  thu  cTOKSCs  thoy  must  bear. 

And  all  tlie  s(^lf-<lenial. 

—S.lfrif,!. 

THE    CHRISTIAN. 


rnilK  Irnn  Cliristiuii  istonn-l  l.iit  tlim- 
-■-  times  ill  the  UihU:  (Jnee  in  the 
j>lurn]aiul  twiee  sin^ilar,"  Ami  tlie  dis- 
vipleii  wen'  ealleil  Cliristiiiii.s  first  at  An- 
tioc-ir'  (Acts  11:'J(J).  "Alimist  thou 
persuailest  me  to  l>e  a  Chrlstiiui  "  (Acty 
2G:  28).  "Yet  if  any  man  sntter  as  a 
Clii-istian,  let  him  imt  lie  ashamed,  but 
let  him  i;lo]-ify  <iod  on  tliis  behalf"  (1. 
IVt.  4:li)).  Tlie  Christian  is  sincere, 
tnithful  ami  just.  He  believes  that  Je- 
sus Christ  is  tlie  Sun  of  (Jod,  and  that 
lie  biought  from  heaven  a  saving  Gospel. 
He  has  renouneed  Satan  witli  all  his  perni- 
cious ways,  and  the  sinful  pleasures  of 
this  world,  lie  has  covenanted  with 
God  in  Christ  Je-sns  to  live  faithful  un- 
til death.  He  lias  been  baptized  into 
■Christ.  1 1<'  lia-s  taken  the  yoke  of  Christ 
upon  him.  He  leads  a  ipiiet  and  peace- 
able life  in  all  iiodlincss  and  honesty. 
He  is  good  and  acceptable  in  the  sight 
■of  God.  He  is  steadfast  and  ininiovabh* 
And  always  abounds  in  the  work  of  the 
I^iird.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  over 
him  and  His  eai-s  are  open  unto  his  pray- 
ei-s.  He  lets  his  light  shine  like  a  city 
that  is  set  upon  iihill  tlnit  cannot  be  hid, 
and  does  not  put  the  candle  under  the 
l)ushel. 

Ue  presents  Ids  body  a  living  sacrifice 
Uolv  and  .lecejitnble  unto  God.  He  is 
not  asliamed  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 
Neither  is  he  conformed  to  the  world,  but 
.transformed  by  the  renewing  of  his  mind, 
\thiit  he  may  prove  what  is  tliat  good  and 
acceptalde,  and  jterfcct  will  of  God.  He 
is  the  salt  of  the  earth,  and  his  righteous- 
ness exceeds  the  righteousness  of  the 
j^eribes  and  Phai-isees.  He  lives  in  a 
fliunner  bei-oming  a  disciple  of  Christ 
InWeniug  to  eternity.  He  woi-ships  Gott 
in  spirit  and  in  truth,  and  live.s  by  every 
word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth 
of  God.  He  loves  (iod  with  all  his  heart, 
soul,  mind,  and  strength.  He  obeys  the 
Ilible.  He  knows  tins  liook  is  right 
wLethei"  other  books  arc  right  or  not. 


.Suppose  the  hifidel  and  atheis*  could 
i>rove  their  doctrine  right,  an<l  the  Chris- 
tian find  the  Bible  to  be  no  revelation 
from  God  i  even  then  he  is  safe;  for  athe- 
ists and  inJidels  we  bound  to  admit  the 
niornJH  of  the  Bible  to  be  tjood.  .■uulthost; 
who  obey  it  are  as  happy  as  they  in  this 
wtu-ld,  and  stand  (u*  good  a  chance  for 
imiijjiness  hereafter.  Then  if  it  were 
jiossible  for  them  to  prove  their  docti-ine 
right,  they  gain  nothing,  and  the  Chris- 
tian loses  nothing  here  ov  hereafter. 
But  should  they  be  found  mistaken,  as 
they  most  certainly  will,  eternal  conse- 
quences are  involved.  Ileic  the  Chris- 
tian is  safe. 

The  Christian  is  complete  in  Christ 
and  jiossesses  a  Christian  character.  And 
this  Christian  character  is  mide  up  of 
various  elements  or  parts.  As  the  l>ody 
is  formed  of  various  parts  which  we  call 
members,  so  is  the  Christian  character 
formed  of  various  elements  or  principles. 
In  the  following  expressive  language  the 
ajjostle  Peter  mentions  the  variety  of 
parts  in  the  Christi:iu  eharactei'.  "  Add 
to  y<mr  faith,  virlue;nnd  to  virtue,  knowl- 
edge; and  to  knowledge,  teinpi'iance ; 
and  to  temperance,  patience;  and  to  pa- 
tience godliness';  and  to  godliness,  broth- 
erly kindness;  and  to  brotherly  kind- 
ness, charity  "  (2  Pet.  1:  o-O).  In  ref- 
ei-enee  to  tlie  absolute  necessity  of  these 
parte,  Peter  declares  that  "he  that  Incketh 
these  things  is  blind  an<l  cannot  see  afar 
off  and  liath  forgotten  that  he  was  purg- 
d  fi'om  his  old  sins  '\verse  i)).  From 
this  we  see  that  if  the  Christian  would 
!»e  "neither barren  nor  unfruitful  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ," 
the-se  things  must  abovmd  in  him.  Fur- 
ther the  apostle  says,  if  the  Christian  does 
these  things'"  he  "  slmll  never  fall." 
Hence  we  see  that  the  Christian  cliarac- 
ter  is  a  comjdete  character,  having  all 
the  parts  the  Divine  Law  reipiires. 

We  have  said  the  Christian  is  complete 
in  Christ  and  possesses  a  Christian  char- 
acter. This  character  is  an  ornament. 
It  is  •'  the  ornament  of  a  meek  and  ipiict 
spirit,  which  is  in  the  sight  of  God  of 
great  price."  Christ  was  of  a  meek  and 
ipiiet  spirit.  "  AVhen  He  was  reviled 
He  reviled  not  again;  when  He  suffered 
He  threatened  Hot,"  but  Itft  us  an  e.v- 
anijile  that  we  should  follow  His  steps. 
"  Let  this  mind  be  in  you,  which  also 
wji-s  in  Christ  Jesus."  "Forasmuch  then 
as  Christ  hath  suffered  for  ns  in  the  flesh, 
arm  yourselves  likewise  w  ith  the  same 
mind."  A\'hen  danger  and  persecution 
and  even  death  itself,  appeared  betore 
Paul  he  said,  "  None  of  these  things 
move  me."  And  why  was  he  not  mov- 
ed i  Because  he  jiossesscd  a  meek  and 
(piiet  spii-it,  the  Christian  ornament. 
"  Blessed  are  the  meek;  for  they  shall 
inheiit  the  earth." 
J/arlfjoro,   Ohio. 

WORDS  OF  COMFORT. 
liV  MARY  ItOWl.ANl). 

To  unj  thai-  iiisier  JElizuljeth  Hay; — 
lAEAK  sister,  oh  how  sad  our  poor 
^  hearts  felt  when  ^ve  read  the  news 
our  sister's  letter  contained,  of  the  <leath 
of  your  ilear  Sadie.  Our  liearts  are  in 
sympathy  with  you  for  your  dear  depart- 
ed (diild.  and  how  we  wishe<i  to  be  with 
vou  in  that  lunir  oi  affliction,  could  we 
have  done  so,  and  beheld  the  counte- 
nance of  our  dear  niece  and  sister  once 
unue.  How  little  did  I  think  when  we 
la.st  parted  with  her,  that  we  would  no 
more  greet  her  in  this  Kte:  and  as  we 
could  uot  sit  with  you  in  the  congrega- 
tion, as  a  mourner,  we  tried  to  remem- 
ber you  at  a  throne  of  grace,  for  death 
is  no   stranger   at  our  threshold,    and 


well  do  we  remember  the  hitter  cup  we 
drank  at  that  time.  <.)h  dear  parents, 
you  are  now  bereft'  of  your  only  daiight- 
er  so  young  in  years,  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen; you  can  no  more  see  her  smiling 
face  or  hear  her  sweet  voice  utter  kind 
words  of  love  and  affection  in  this  world, 
but  you  have  a  sti-ong  Ijope  of  meeting 
her  beyond  the  river,  '*  nevermore  to 
sever.''  Methinks  she  heard  the  Sav- 
ior's voice  telling  her  she  had  no  contin- 
uing city  liere,  therefore  she  sought  one 
to  come.  We  hear  she  suffered  much, 
but  hope  she  is  gone  where  there  is  no 
suffering.  "  Ye.s,  Sa<lie  is  gone,"  she  can 
no  more  press  the  kisses  on  her  mother's 
clieek  nor  entwine  her  with  her  loving 
arms, 

AVe  think  it  almost  impossible  for  so 
sweet  and  loving  a  ruse  to  wither  and 
die  in  so  ^^hort  a  time.  She  sprang  up 
and  budded  on  earth;  and  we  trust  she 
is  blooming  in  heaven.  Oh,  dear  par- 
ents, methinks  if  Sadie  could  tell  of  her 
glorious  new  home,  freed  from  all  her 
pain  and  sutt'cring,  she  wouldsay,  oh  par- 
ents haste!  O  brothers  come  and  don't 
delay  in  the  pleasures  of  this  world, 
which  must  all  vanish  away;  but  lay  up 
treasures  in  hea\en  which  shall  forever 
stand. 

This  is  a  loud  call  to  the  young  and 
unconvcrt^'d  associates:  we  trust  it  may  be 
the  means  of  bringing  some  to  Christ. 
AVe  hope  her  dear  brothers  who  are  in 
the  far  West  may  become  willing  to  be 
the  Lord's  children,  and  obey  all  His 
coumianils,  and  tiy  to  meet  their  dear, 
pious  father  who  was  called  home  to 
heaven  in  their  early  childhood.  Oh, 
dear  sister,  while  your  eyes  are  overflow- 
ing with  tears,  and  your  hearts  are 
wouuded  with  sorrow  and  disappoint- 
ment, "  look  up  to  Jesus,"  for  no  other 
help  we  know.  Try  to  be  submissive  to 
the  will  of  the  Lord,  for  His  w<iys  are 
not  our  ways:  and  they  are  past  finding 
out.  AVe  are  often  made  to  wonder  why 
death  eomc-s  so  often  to  the  young  and 
useful:  and  leaves  the  old  and  feeble; 
but  the  Lord  has  an  object  in  it,  and  we 
may  see  it  stuue  time.  I  am  one,  too, 
that  is  disappointed,  for  I  always  looked 
up  to  her  as  one  that  would  be  a  help  to 
her  mother  in  her  <dd  age.  AVe  trust  she 
is  resting 

"Safe  ill  the  aruis  of  Jesus 
Safe  on  His  gentle  breast;" 
for  He  thought  it  wise  to  call  her  home, 
fo'r  she  was  not  ashamed  to  confess  Clirist 
liefore  a  multitude;  she  was  young  and 
innocent,  and  has  escaped  many  trials, 
troubles  and  sorrows  of  tins  life.  Dear 
sister  look  to  the  Lord  ft)r  grace  to  sus- 
tain you  in  your  sad  bereavement.  Me- 
thinks without  the  aid  of  Jesus,  it  would 
be  impossible  to  bear  a  bereavement  so 
great.  Your  afflictions  have  been  severe, 
and  your  troubles  hard  to  bear,  but  the 
Lord  is  able  ami  willing  to  deliver  you 
out  of  trouble.  He  has  piomisedtobe 
with  ns  and  not  forsake  us,  if  we  live 
faithful  and  put  our  trust  in  Him.  Jesus 
can  turn  weeping  into  joy;  Jesus  can 
comfort  the  broken-hearted.  He  will 
wipe  all  tears  fi-om  our  eyes.  May  you 
say  as  David  said,  "  Hope  thou  in  God, 
for  I  shall  yet  jn-aise  Him."  Oh  that  we 
were  all  freed  from  trials,  sorrows,  teniii- 
tation,  and  could  join  the  angels  prais- 
ing God;  but  we  are  not  there  yet.  No 
one  knows  of  our  troubles  and  trials, 
save  Jesus  alone;  but  if  we  trust  Hini 
aud  obey  His  commands,  He  will  do  all 
things  for  our  eternal  welfare.  Let  lis 
all  take  courage  anew  and  when  our 
weary  feet  have  wandered  away  from  the 
Lord's  connnands,  let  us  retrace  them 
aud  uot  stray  fi-om  the  fold,  but  cling 
near  to  Jesus. 


Dear  sister  it  won't  l>e  long  until  w 
will  be  called  to  pass  over  the  i-ol(i  ^^ . 
icy  stream  of  death,  to  meet  our  lov^^ 
ones  gone  before;  for  if  we  live  rigU 
we  shall  die  right.  Then  what  joy  u^' 
speakable  to  know  as  we  are  known- 
and  while  we  mourn  let  us  not  forget  t ' 
pray:  and  pray  often  for  ourselves  and 
our  children,  for  there  are  so  many  tiiiugj. 
to  lead  tis  asti-ay,  if  we  are  not  \vntcli 
fill  and  prayerful.  It  h  hai'd  to  Ym 
with  our  ehildren,  but  we  lu-lieve  it  hf^^ 
been  for  our  good. 

Poh,  in. 


THE  SIN  UNTO  DEATH 


n\-  KNorn  khv. 


J-      1 


his   lirother   sin 


which  is  unto  deutii,  he  shall  as]. 
and  he  shall  gi\e  him  life  for  them  that 
sin  not  unto  death.  There  is  a  sin  nuto 
death:  I  do  not  say  that  he  shall  pray 
for  it"  (1  John  5:  IIJ).  "All  unright. 
eousness  is  sin,  and  there  is  a  sin  (orsev. 
eral  sins,  German), not  untodeath"(ntij 
verse). 

In  the  above  te,\t  of  Scripturewe  have 
a  sin  set  forth  much  to  be  dreaded,  nioi-e 
than  any  other  sin ;  hence  the  ([uestiou 
is  often  asked,  what  is  that  sini  AVe 
simply  answer,  any  willful  sin  against 
better  light  and  knowledge.  It  is  not  the 
crime  we  commit,  but  the  knowledge  of 
the  crime,  that  makes  it  a  sin  unto  death, 
A  man  may  commit  a  crime  aud  not 
have  a  Bible  knowledge  of  the  sin,  or  if 
he  hiis  and  does  not  consent  to  it  with 
his  mind  (Rom.  7:  25),  but  is  overtakeu 
in  the  temptatit-n,  hence,  if  prayed  for 
can  be  forgiven,  for  it  was  not  done  mil. 
fully,  while  another  may  commit  the 
same  crime  with  a  jiertect  knowledoe  of 
its  sinfulness,  but  yet  with  a  less  decree 
of  temptation,  but  willfully  and  eveu 
willingly  commits  the  crime  and  coiise- 
(juently  becomes  to  be  the  sin  unto  death 
for  which  there  is  no  use  in  praying,  for 
there  is  no  sacrifice  for  willful  sin  after 
we  receive  a  knowledge  of  the  truth 
aud  have  been  enlightened  ( Ileb.  in;  i>r.; 
6:4). 

The  Jews  in  searching  the  Old  Testa- 
ment Scriptures  and  prophecies,  had  ob- 
tained a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  char- 
acter of  Clirist,  and  when  He  appeared 
many  of  them  believed  on  Him,  Init 
would  not  confess  Him  lest  they  would 
be  turned  out  of  the  synagogue,  lovtiig 
the  praise  of  men  more  than  the  praise 
of  God  (John  12:  42,  43).  But  in  the 
face  of  all  theii*  knowledge  and  strong' 
convictions  of  His  Mcsslahsliip,  anil  of 
the  fact  of  Him  ea.stiiig  out  devils  hj 
the  Spirit  of  God,  they  nevertheless 
charge  Him  with  having  an  unclenn 
spirit,  and  casting  out  devils  by  Beel- 
zebub the  prince  of  devils;  whereupon 
He  replies,  "all  manner  of  sin  and  blas- 
phemy .shall  be  forgiven  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  men,  but  the  bbispheiny  against 
the  Holy  (ihost,  shall  never  be  forgiven 
neither  in  this  world  nor  the  world  to 
come."'  It  is  a  sin  unto  death,  and  thr 
apostle  John  would  say,  there  isiionsf 
in  praying  for  such  a  willful  ivjectioiu't 
the  Son  of  G.td,  and  iiresuiuptuoiis  blas- 
phemy against  the  operation  of  the  "u 
ly  Si>irit. 

I  do  not  believe  that  they  pos^'s-^f'' 
the  Holy  Spirit,  but  they  evidently  pos- 
sessed sufficient  knowledge  to  know  thot 
their  charge  against  Him  was  alic,  iindtha 


he  did  not  cast  out  devils  by  tliepow 
1  unclean  spirit,  but  by  the  Holy  SpU' 


.shmeiit 


But  of  how  much  sorer  puni: 
supjiose  ye  he  shall  be  thought  M-ortHjj 
who,  after  he  has  been  ^-nligM^'^y"' 
tasted  the  good  word  of  Go^l  fln'l  ■>*  jj 
powers  of  the  world  to  coii  ;.  '*  "'^  ^ 


>Iaroh    t  i. 

fall  a«ny  ugaiu,  aad  u-ucily  the  Sou  of 
(;„a  :.frcsli,  liy  trampling  Hi,,,  ,„„,^,. 
foot  null  oo.mting  tl,(.  blooj  of  tlie  cov- 
enant wlii-rewitli  h,.  Wiissaiietifitil  mi  un. 
l,„ly  tbiuy,  ami  doing  ilrajiUi- to  the 
sjiiril  of  grace  (IIut>.  lu;  3;,)^ 

Aiul  as  a  soleiM,,  waning  „,„i  ,„^„„^ 
,0  escape  this  much  di-cmle.l  condition 
i„  wliicl.  it  is  po.wil)le  for  the  l,cli,.verto 
fall  into,  be  says,  verse  o,,^  j,,  ^■^^^  ^^^^^^ 
cliiipti'i-,  not  to  forsake  the  assembling  of 
„ni-selvcs  together  as  the  manner  of  some 
is,  but  exhorting  one  nnotlier  and  so 
niiich  the  n,ore  as  ye  see  the  day  ap- 
|,i-<Ki,hiML;. 

We  should  however  use  great  ciiution 
i„-  discerning  between  a  willful  and  in- 
vuluntarysin;  for  while  some  hove  been 
critical  in  their  investigations  in  comimr- 
ing  their  own  expcieni*  with  the  Sc'ip. 
tures.  have  concluded  that  many  of  the 
sins  which  they  have  committed  have 
been  willful,  sim)))y  because  to  some 
small  degree  tliey  h.t,!  obtained  the  eon- 
sent  nf  tlieii'  mind,  hence  become  de- 
sponding, and  Satan  gets  the  advantage 
of  tlu-ni  iu  that  way.  While  on  the 
other  hand,  some  may  b<-  too  lenient  in 
their  investigntions  and  attribute  all  their 
sins  to  the  weakness  of  their  flesh,  and 
do  not  make  use  of  the  means  of  gi'ace 
offered  them  (prayer  and  fasting)  to 
overcome,  and  henoe  by  degrees  lose 
strength  and  fall  back  to  such  an  extent 
tliat  Satan  may  get  the  advantage  of 
then,  in  th.1l  way,  and  finally  cause  them 
to  commit  the  sin  unto  death. 

But  I  rejoice,  that  1  can  entertain  tlie 
hope  that  few  fall  into  this  lamentable 
condition.  Nevertheless  let  him  that 
tliinketh  he  standeth  take  heed  lest  he 
fslb     Written  by  reipiest. 

IIjM-i-imi,  J'nimiifk,  Dee,  '2-2,  bsTT. 


WOHK. 


VISITING  THE  SICK. 

BY  .\.  .1.  liLUfOH. 

TTISITING  the  sick  is  a  divine  injunc- 
'  ti<in  enjoiued  on  the  believer.  lint 
Iiowtodo  this  (ind  doit  right  istiie  point. 
Is  it  to  see  that  they  have  the  necessa- 
ries of  life,  ,or  to  speak  a  word  of  clieer 
and  comfort  to  them  I  Or  do  we  go  there 
out  of  curiosity,  or  to  taste  the  medicine, 
and  interfere  with  the  iloctor?  If  yon 
do.  better  not  go  near  the  sick.  Some 
show  very  good  sense  in  the  siek-roon,, 
while  others  do  not.  If  you  enter  the 
sick-room  rememljer  the  follow'ing:  En- 
ter the  room  pleasantly,  kindly,  speak 
cheeringly,  and  speak  no  more  than  wiiat 
,  is  necessary.  Don't  stay  all  day  uule-ss 
you  are  asked  to  do  so,  as  the  cook  h.is 
enough  t^)  do^without  preparing  an  e.v- 
ti'a  dinner  for  you.  If  y*>u  are  asked  to 
stay,  do  so;  if  not,  call  again.  Make 
your  \-isits  short  and  pleasant  and  they 
will  do  the  patient    good. 

If  yoii  go  in  a  sick-room,  don't  go  in 
cr}ing.  If  you  do  you  will  injure  the 
patient  evei'v  time.  Better  not  go  neai-. 
Don't  go  in  and  take  a  long  breatli  and 
then  commence,  my  dear,  Mrs.  A.  tohl 
nil'  that  you  were  very  sick,  but  did  not 
expect  to  find  you  so  very  bad:  oh  how 
deathly  pale  you  are,  and  that  cough. 
I  suppo..^(.  you  have  no  appetite.  Ne.vt 
comes  in  No.  2 ;  she  was  here  before. 
"  t)Ii  how  much  worse  you  look  this 
moi'uing."  Turns  around  to  No.  1, 
"  Don't  you  think  .she  is  going  with  the 
'iniik  consumption;  Mrs.  B.  was  just  so, 
and  she  did  not  last  si-t  weeks.  And 
tliat  lai'ge  family  of  children.  I  think 
Von  could  not  take  that  medicine—  bad 
totake,  andsomuch  ot  it.  1  thinkyou 
"ould  better  change  doc-tors.  Dr.  O.  is 
""I'll  a  nice  nuin,  and  his  medicine  is  so 
"ii'''  to  take.  I  know  a  case  just  like 
vuius  that  he  cured  in  two  weeks."  This 


caUur  does  more  ha, m  than  good;  the! 
sooner  you  get  rid  ol'  her  the  better;  shl.  1 
don  t  caie  as  n,uch  about  the  patient  .vs 
she  does  about  the  doctiir. 

Ne.tt  comes  No.  .1,  not  much  to  say, 
but  her  counttmmce  speaks  louder  than 
wo,-.ls,  which  a  sick  pei-son  reads  very 
read,  ly.  As  a  rule  now  No.  •_>  introducivs 
the  subject  and  thethi-ee  hold  a  council, 
if  not  in  the  presence  of  the  jwtient' 
they  go  mto  the  ne.\t  room  and  speak 
loud  enough  for  the  patient  to  hear  them. 
And  right  here  if  they  can't  all  three 
agree  on  one  doctor  there  will  be  some 
blackmailing  done;  if  not  directly,  iu- 
directly.  The  doctor  put  the  patient  on 
a  diet  of  beaf  tea  and  toast,  but  these 
good  meaning  callei-s  say  t  he  paticnj  will 
starve  on  that.  One  proposes  chicken, 
another  biscuit,  the  other  something  else. 

^\  hen  the  doctor  comes  in  the  evening 
his  i,atient  is  nearer  i-cady  for  the  coffin 
than  for  a  night's  rest.  And  all  through 
these  good  meaning  callers  tin-  patient 
dies,  and  the  doctor  has  the  blame  of 
killing  the  jjatient.  If  you  visit  the 
.sick,  use  your  common  sense;  cheer  thein 
up  all  yon  cmi.  It  doe-s  uot  concern  you 
wdio  is  doctoring,  wdiat  medicine  he 
gives.  Don't  pass  your  opinion  on  some, 
tiling  you  know  nothing  about.  If  yon 
t.a.ste  the  medicine  you  don't  know  what 
it  is,  or  what  ctl'cct  it  has.  Don't  set 
your  judgment  against  that  of  the  iloc 
tor.  A  sick-room  is  gloouiy  enough  at 
best.  If  apersou  needs  a  word  of  cheer 
in  this  world  it  is  on  a  bed  of  sickne-ss. 
Scores  of  patients  are  yearly  talked  or 
scared  to  a  premature  gra\e  by  these 
good-meaning  call 

Lfniarh,  IIL 

A  LAYMAN  TAKES  HIS  PREACHER 
TO  TASK 


"  said  enough  "  then-  Now 
(taking  out  his  memorandum)  .jou  gave 
lifly  cent.s  for  missions  then,  and  one 
dollar  yesterday.  It  costs,  y.iu  say,  «f. 
teen  doUai-s  to  keep  you  in  tobacco. 
Now  I  reckon  it  will  take  just  five  more 
repetitions  of  that  sermon'  to  you,  pi'o- 1 
vided  you  double  your  coiitribiition  ui. 


use  of  the  filthy  weed  and  nihl  th. 


yoii   say  I    creasing  in  u  wdom  un<l  Htature,  and  in 
U-t   Hs  see  ;  favor  with  God  and  man. 

Thii«  we  see  when  diihiren  are  obedi- 
ent til  their  father  and  moth-r,  tli.-y  fol- 
low their  Savior  in  th'w  respect  .„„(  ,]»> 
that  which  is  right  and  have  the  |ironi- 
ise  of  enjoying  good  day^  and  lon^  life. 
Before  Christ  euteml  upon  Mis  niinwte- 
I  rial  laboi>  He  worked  at  the 
give  up  the   trade  and  hy  this 


liiean-s    He    no  doubt 


U  T  *  >OK  here,  brother  B.,  haven't  you 
-*-*  been  idling  away  n  good  deal 
of  your  time  lately?"  Brother  A.  was 
standing  by  a  large  knotty  oak  log,  up> 
on  which  he  had  bestowed  no  little  la. 
lior  with  no  great  result.  Ilis  piwtor 
Bro.  B.,  wtus  thus  saluted  by  way  of  in- 
vitation to  get  down  from  his  horse  and 
enter  into  conversation.  The  invitation 
was  emphaj^ized  l>v  Mr.  A.  sitting  down 
upon  the  log  holding  the  handle  of  his 
beetle  with  one  hand  and  a  piece  of  to 
baceo  in  the  other.  Not  that  he  expect 
ed  to  entice  the  preacher  with  tohaeco, 
but  taking  a  generous  supply  of  the 
weed  to  fortify  himself  for  his  argument, 
A.  was  strong  iu  argument.  While  B. 
wasseeuriug  his  horse  to  a  neighboring 
sapling,  there  was  a  merry  twinkle  ii 
his  eye  and  a  half-concealed  smile  play 
ing  about  the  corners  of  his  mouth,  cans 
ed  by  an  amusing  train  of  thought.  He 
was  thinking  how  much  like  the  knotty 
log  wa.s  his  parishoner,  who  sat  on  it; 
and  thus  unconsciously  fortifying  himself 
against  the  attack  which  he  was  about  to 
encounter. 

"  Why  do  you  ask  me  that  iiuestiou, 
my  brother  r*  said  B.  as  he  ajjproached 
the  log  and  the  man.  "  O,  I  ju-nt  sup- 
posed you  had  taken  no  time  to  make 
new  sermons  lately  as  you  gave  me  an 
old  one  yesterday,"  said  A.,  and  slowly 
he  rolled  the  great  mass  of  "  the  weed" 
across  his  mouth,  bringing  it  to  rest  as 
he  watched  the  cHect  of  his  heaviest  shot. 
B.  replied,*"  I  am  really  glad  you  re- 
inembcied  that  sermon  a  whole  year. 
Do  you  rememlier  all  sermons  so  well!" 
"  No,  indeed,"  said  A.  a  little  disconcert- 
1  by  the  manner  of  his  pastor.  "  No, 
Ijut  you  preached  abo\it  missions  last  year, 
you  said  enough  about  tobacco  costing 
more  than  we  give  to  missions.    And  one 


ov  •„.^A  *  ,  ,  ^  "^"""    ^''""^'"'^  "  livelihood  for  Hiniv-lf  and  oth 

ey  ^a^  od  to  your    benevolent   contribu- ' 

tions, 


I  Ui.l  say  enough  lait  year  to  induce 
brother  C.  and  1).  to  give  up  the  "  wcvd" 
nnd  give  liberally  for  mi..*si(,ns,  but  tlie 
facts  brother  A.  are  proof  positive  I  did 
not  say  enongh  for  you.  Now  if  you 
are  ready  to  give  up  a  foolisli  habit  iuid 
enlarge  your  ability  and  disposition  to 
give  money  for  the  cause  of  Christ  in 
the  world,  I  will  confess  that  enough 
has  been  said  to  you  upon  that  thenm." 
The  tobacco  goes  across  his  mouth  and 
settles  down  on  the  other  side,  and  it 
does  not  need  tliat  A.  should  speak  the 
negative,  it  was  apparent  from  the  whole 
man.  ''Now  I  wish,"  said  B.  '-to  ask 
you  the  same  question  you  i)ut  to  me. 
Haven't  yon  been  idling  away  great 
deal  of  time  lately !"  A.  is  relieved, 
surely  he  will  get  the  best  of  it  now', , 
imd  he  replies  with  spirit,  •"  No,  sir!  I 
am  a  hard- working  man.  Look  at  my 
farm,  (rising  to  Im  feet),  b.ok  at  my 
fence  and  barns.  Best  in  tlie  country. 
Look  at  the  new  rails  all  split  by  these 
hands.  Look  at  these  hands  hardened 
sir,  by  honest  toil."  And  liy  wayofem- 
jdinsis  he  caught  up  his  beetle,  and  with 
all  his  force, stnuik  the  half-driven  wed"e 
two  ringing  blows.  Tlie  per.spinnii)n 
was  standing  on  his  llushc-d  face  as  he 
turned  to  his  piwtor.  demanding  why  he 
sht)uld  ask  such  a  rpiestion.  "  Me,  idle, 
indeed,  why  ask  me  thati"  "  I  only 
tiiought  you  had  not  put  your  wetlge  in 
anew  log  lately,  but "  kept  jionuding 
away  on  the  same  old  jiiece."  You  juKt 
now  fmote  tliat  wedge  twice  and  then 
complain  of  m<'  for  striking  a  wedge 
once  a  year.  I)o  you  not  know  I  have 
some  tough  old  oaks  *o  split,  as  well  as 
the  straight  sajdings,  my  brother^  fn- 
deed  I  am  only  imitating  your  wis<Iom 
in  pounding  away  at  tough  customers 
till  the  wedge  goes  through." — Mtthwl- 
i»t  Timei. 


THE  EXAMPLES  OF  CHRIST. 
BY  .HMKS  wniT. 

fTlHPlUK  are  many  incentives  held  forth 
-^  in  the  Scrij"tin-es  to  induce  the 
humble  follower  of  Jesus  to  imitate  His 
actions,  and  the  actions  of  good  and  vir- 
tuous charactci-s,  who  endeavor  to  nmin- 
tain  a  high  standard  of  moral  integrity. 
The  Savior  hassetthe  brightest  example 
of  all  that  is  lovely  and  right  in  the  na- 
ture of  things  ft))-  us  to  copy,  aud  he 
says  to  us  in  regard  t(»  those  who  do  well, 
"  (iu  thou  and  do  likewise."  During 
His  youth  He  gave  us  a  noble  example 
of  implicit  obedience  to  His  earthly  par- 
ents. 

When  at  the  age  of  twelve  having  ac- 
companied them  to  the  temple  in  Jeru- 
salem where  tliey  hail  gone  to  worship, 
and  afterwards  on  leaving  the  city  they 
found  that  Jesus  hml  remained  behind, 
they  then  turned  back  seeking  Him.  and 
to  their  astonishment  fouml  Him  protit- 
nbly  engaged  in  au  interesting  conver- 
sation in  the  temple,  iu  the  midst  of  the 
doctors,  those  who  were  well  versed  in 


ers,  at  least  encouraged  industry,  and 
that  too,  to  some  profitable  pui-piwe,  and 
our  own  impre-ssion  received  from  the 
study  of  the  Sacrei!  Pftge.q,  is  that  the 
more  we  imitnte  His  actions  the  nn.r.- 
happy  and  useful  we  may  be,  ruid  b.- 
come  au  ornament  to  ourselves,  to  wci^ty, 
and  tinallv  t^>  our  (Creator,  into  who-- 
hands  We  commit  the  keeping  of  out 
sonls. 

There  is  plentj-  of  Jabor  to  be  found 
in  God's  moral  vineyartl,  and  no  excu- 
to  be  found  for  idleness:  if  we  areentru-,1 
ed  with  any  talent  the  command  i-.  ■().- 
eupy  till  I  come,"  and  then  r  .  ,  , 

ited  rewards. 

Aft«r  Christ  entered  upon  Hivmissiuu 
of  redeeming  tlie  world,  his  meat  wa^ 
to  liniMh  the  work  the  Father  gave  him 
to  do.  The  apostle  in  writing  lo  believ- 
ers iu  Christ,  calls  them  workera  togeth- 
er with  him.  The  principle  of  co-oper- 
ation is  a  grand  one,  imd  if  all  the  mem- 
bei-s  of  the  mystieal  body  of  Christ 
Would  unitedly  put  forth  their  Lest  ff- 
iovXs  in  the  cause  of  our  bles.sed  Master, 
Zion's  border.*!  would'be  extendeil.  It 
is  a  hopeful  sign  that  the  brotherhood 
sees  and  feels  the  uewl  of  a  unity  or 
concentration  of  action  in  the  greuvwork. 
for  the  salvation  of  immortnlsouhi.  WTien 
JcMis  called  [he  diM-iplcs  they  willingly 
left  all  and  followed  him,  and  he  com- 
manded those  who  sat  at  his  feet  list«;n- 
ing  to  the  truths  which  he  proclaimed; 
and  no  wonder  tor  they  were  such  as 
would  make  them  wise  unto  salvation, 
if  they  heeded  them.  Those  who  ren- 
der implicit  obedience  to  the  examples 
aud  teachings  of  (.'hrist,  will  be  made 
free  from  the  law  of  sin  and  death.  The 
apostle  writes  tlius:  "  Christ  also  sutlered 
for  us,  leaving  us  an  example  that  we 
should  follow  his  steps."  Christ  himself 
says,  "I  have  given  you  an  example  that 
ye  should  do  as  I  have  done."  'Whatso- 
ever things  were  written  aforetime  were 
written  for  our  learning." 

May  we  tis  the  followers  of  ('hrist 
hinubly  go  forth  In  the  clischarge  of  the 
duties  of  our  high  and  holy  callings 
looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  aud  tiuisk- 
er  of  our  faith,  and  not  become  weary. 
in  well-doing;  for  we  know  if  we  do  our- 
work  well,  oui'  givat  Kxamplar  ivill  «iy 
to  us,  "  Well  done  thou  good  and  faith- 
ful Servant  thou  hast  been  faithful  over 
a  few  things;  I  will  make  thee  rulep  ov- 
er many  things,  enter  thim  into  the  jo«a 
of  thy  Lord."  Christ's  examples  in  do- 
ing good  to  the  children  of  men — to  al- 
leviate their  sntferings.  and  pivclaim 
such  good  news  to  poor  humanity,  are 
worthy  of  our  imitation;  for  our  acts  of 
kindness  to  the  faithfid  in  the  Lord,  are 
the  same  as  though  done  for  hira.  and 
will  be  reganied  as  such  when  he  comes 
to  gather  the  redeemed  home  to-  iImvII  i 
in  those  mansions  in  our  Father's  Hoiwtf 
prepared  for  all  who  are  ivady  to  awake 
in  the  likeue-ss  of  their  Reileemer. 
I'irtifii,  Iff. 


The  soul  into   which   {.ind  [tut>giad 
uess  can  never  be  enipt}"  of  all  joy. 


THK    BriETH:Rli::N^    ^T    AVOKK. 


IVXarch 


H. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

Pl'BLISHEO    WKEKI.Y. 


J.  U.  MOOKK. 
S.  If.  BASHOn, 
M.  M.  ESHKLMAH. 


Tti«  BiiCTiiBW  »T  WoUK  will  b.  ■«!  pMi-p»id.  lo  MJ 
•A4nm  tn  ih*  Unli*l  8uu»  «r  C«ii«/I«.  for  II  ■>0  p*r 
MUum.  Th(«e  »*niIinjE  i*n  n«m*«  mJ  tlO.liO.  will  fe- 
oeiTB  an  Mir.  M.py  fr-«  of  ch.rfir.  For  «II  *..«  Ihls 
Diimhfr  111-  •«»"'  "'"  '"  •""""'  '"  *•"'"  ^"'  .'*f  *■  "  I'" 
tinnal  nanii-  wl)i<-Ti  miount  c»n  ht  de.iucUd  from  Ihe 
laoDe^.  l>.for»«a<ltD((  U  K.  «•-  Mon«y  Order..  Vnfl: 
ftDit  Rpffi-trrrJ  L«Il*r»  irniy  be  »«ni  »i  our  rink,  iney 
ihmilJ  b.  m*.lB  p»y»M.  W  yiooTt.  HwI.ot  *  B.hrlm«n.  — 
8oWflpli"n».  ""*  c^mrnunicntion.  ln.cn.l<-J  for  ll.j.  pn- 
p«r.  ~.  wpU  a,  «l!  hn.ino..  mntlon.  cc.niot.J  will,  ib^  of- 
fice fhoul'l  li»  uJiJrrMC'l 

UOOSE,  SASBOB  k  SS&SLUAK, 
Liurk.  CuTOU  Cc.ni 


LAlfAHS,  ILL,, 


IfABCB  H.  1878. 


IJii  not  fail  to  rvuA  l)ro.  Enoch  EVy's  artioln 
(liif.  w.ri-li.  t-ntiflnd  "Krom  Europe"  and  giith- 
.>r  till-  licmeh  •>{  truth  that  nru  in  if.  It  ought 
to  find  lodgenifnt  in  evpry  hi-art. 


Is  current  Vol.  No.  9,  there  apjieared  iinRrtic-k- 
from  Hi'o.  A.  Hidlowiiy  of  Kan.,  iind  by  some 
ineanBhisHddrf.-i.H  wiw  oiuitt«d.  Weciiiiiiot  now 
llnd  it.  nnd  as  IJro.  Geo.  Hnrdin  of  Rutsonvillo, 
HI.,  dcnire*- his  luldroiis,  we  tnlte  this  means  of 
].rocimng  it.  _ 

BitoTirKa  Jiihn  Mi-tzKei-  liit^Iy  held  Hevcriil 
nieetintis  nt  Marysville.  Ind,,  and  tive  were  i)er- 
Huftded  to  enroll  themselves  on  Iht;  side  of  ChriMt. 
There  iirc  now  eighteen  membere  at  thiit  place, 
mid  it  w  Iiopcil  others  will  soon  put  on  Christ 
and  widk  in  the  narrow  way. 

HitoTHKit  .T.  M.  HppIoRle  of  Knrragiit,  Iowa, 
writ.e.*:  "  Bro.  .1.  H,  Killniore  came  to  lis  on  the 
inoniiiig  of  the  I^th  of  Feb.;  preached  at  night 
for  ten  cJayti;  had  large  congreRalion.'*,  good  or- 
der and  attention,  and  six  souls  were  made  will- 
ing to  put  on  thij  yoke  of  Chri.st." 

Mit.  Wheeler,  Vice  President  of  theU.  S.,  has 
luinouiiced  that  ncf  li<iuor  will  be  sold  in  the 
Capital  building.  This  will  bo  good  news  to 
those  wlio  want  to  live  in  a  cominnnity  where 
the  lawn  are  framed  by  sober  men.  We  liope  it 
may  also  not  be  ijirm  away  in  the  same  build- 
ing and  thus  try  and  keep  all  our  law-makers 
sober. 

Mfw.  Nicholas  Weiss  of  Fort  Wayne,  died  in 

that  city  ten   years  ago.    She  was  a   woman 

weighing  200  pounds.     Ileceiitly  the  body  was 

disintered  to  remove  to  another  cemetery,  and 

it  was  found  til   be   petrified,  weighing   nearly 

2,000  pounds.     The  features  were  iis  natural  as 

at  the  time  of  buriftl.    The  body  is  an  rigid  us 

n  stone. 

.- -»  ♦  ■ 

A  I'lriiuc  discussion  on  the  subjects  of  nai>- 

tism,    Feel^washing  and   Lord's  Snpper,    will 

likely  occur  sometime  this  Spring  at  Waynes- 

)>oro,  Pu.,  between   Eld.  P.  Bergstresser  of  the 

Lutheran  church  and  Bio.  Biwhor.    Will  give 

our  readers  a  report,  slionhl  the  discussion  come 

otV,     All  that  remains  is  to  decide  the  wording 

ol  the  propositions. 

"  Who  ever  hesird  of  a  Jew  being  anested  for 
drunlienJiess  or  wife-beatingr*  "  i«ks  the  Jrn'isli 
Tiiiirif.  Iff  never  have,  luid  it  is  a  credit  to 
that  people  that  tliey  know  how  to  behave 
themselves.  We  in  turn  ask;  Who  ever  heard 
of  a  Christian  being  arrested  for  drunkenness  or 
wife-beatiugi*  Th«  mou  that  docs  such  things 
is  no  ChrisHnu. 


to  bini  ev.-n  among  memb(r<  of  his  own  church, 
They  uTv  wvAdt^  to  tlieir  serret  idolf,  and  do  not 
want  the  tniffie  of  Ibcir  gfKldewi  Diiinainlerfer- 
iil  with.  Even  religimia  puiM-rs.  thitt  onght  to 
be  in  better  business,  oppose  hira  on  the  groui 
that  lie  prea*-he3  iigainst  secret  order>.  and  it  i- 
evident  that  these  works  of  darkness  have  a  w 
derfiil  influence  over  the  modem  clergy,  and 
those  who  dfti-e  lift  their  voice  against  them  mav 
espect  to  have  not  only  the  secular,  hntiUsotln: 
religious  press  arrayed  against  them. 

A  i.nTKR  i-eceived  from  Bro.  Moore  just  as 
we  go  to  press,  informs  us  that  he  arnve<l  at 
Xewtonia  on  the  aft«monn  of  the  iSth  and  the 
debiittf  was  then  in  progress.  Our  readers  may 
Tvsl  a.i.sured  the  report  will  be  interesting.  Bro. 
Stein  performs  his  part  in  a  cool.  Christiim-like 
manner,  pouring  in  the.  solid  argument*  with 
good  effect  while  Eld.  Kay  presnuiest.)  carry  the 
fort  by  (itorm.  However,  the  old  Gospel  (not 
"Bnttle")Flag  still  waves  triumphantly  over  the 
fortiKewtionsandin  the  Imnds  of  able  defeudej-s, 
victory  willperch  upon  the  bimner  of  Truth. 

Bkethbf.v  and  sisters,  pleajie  do  not  forget 
your  dear  brother  and  sister  Hope.  They  have 
a[K'nt  even  their  own  earnijiga  in  trying  to  es- 
tablish the  good,  old  apostolic  doctrine  in  their 
native  country,  and  are  unable  to  earn  anything. 
If  you  love  them,  yon  will  pray  for  them.  If 
you  pray  for  them,  let  it  be  a  real  practical 
prayer.  God  ble-ss  them  for  they  have  endured 
much.  Send  your  contributions  cither  to  this 
otSce  or  C.  P.  Rowland,  Lanark,  111.,  and  they 
will  be  forwanled.  Or  if  you  prefer  to  send  to 
him  direct,  :iddress  your  lettei-s.  C.  Hnpe.  Hjor- 
riug.  Wensyssel,  Denmark,  Europe,  and  look  to 
God  for  your  reward. 


Wk  are  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  Bro.  Enoch 
Ehy  dated  London,  Feb.  18th,  in  wliich  hesays. 
"To-morrow  wo  ai'e  going  out  to  Bath  to  see 
Hro.  Brinkworth,  and  see  what  the  prospects 
are.  If  nothing  unusual  turns  up  to  make  it 
necesaarj-  to  stay  longer,  we  will  leave  for  New 
York  on  the  steamer  Klysia,  the  27th.  Our 
health  is  still  good,  and  the  weather,  since  hen-, 
feels  like  May. 

Tier  treaty  of  peace  between  Hiissiaand  Tur- 
key was  signed  at  Constantinople  on  Satunhiy, 
March  2ud.  On  the  announcement  of  this, 
there  was  great  rejoicing  at  St.  Pet*'rsburg,  and 
the  opinion  prevails  that  England  has  ro  long- 
er luiy  pretext  to  engage  in  war.  We  fomUy 
hope  that  peace  may  perch  upon  tiie  biiuui'i-sof 
nil  nations,  for  war  is  u  fearful  thing.  In  our 
solemn  refiective  moments  we  wonder  how  in- 
telligent being.s  can  deliberately  shoot,  mutilate 
and  destroy  each  other.  But  thou  when  we  ri-- 
memher  that  sin  lies  at  the  root  of  all  of  it,  we 
get  an  answer  to  our  wondering. 


It  is  *aid  that  the  lirm  stand  taken  by  Moody 
against  secret  societies,  while  in  Cliictgo  one 
year  ago,  has  produced  considerable  opposition 


We  have  received  a  communication  entitled 
Look,  Before  Vou  Leaii."  in  which  the  writer 
gives  his  experience  and  observations  in  Kansas. 
His  conclusions  are,  that  it  is  best  to  fii-st  go 
and  look  at  the  countrj*.  and  we  think  this 
good  advice,  for  no  pei-son  should  go  head-long 
into  a  thing  or  place  without  due  consideration. 
Just  at  present  there  is  an  immense  rush  of  peo- 
ple to  Kansas,  Texas  and  Nebraska,  and  we  hope 
that  all  will  enjoy  health  and  prosperity,  but 
work  as  they  wiM,  there  will  be  more  or  less 
disappointment.  We  hope  the  writer  of  "  Look, 
Before  You  Leap"  will  pardon  us  for  not  pub- 
lishing his  article  as  it  would  likely  occasion 
considerable  ill-feeliug,  and  create  much  need- 
less and  uiiedifj'ing  cmitention. 


BlioTUim  Abraham  Bowman  says  he  is  pleas- 
ed with  our  manner  of  keeping  accounts  with 
agents.  We  hope  all  are  plea.sed  with  it.  By 
our  present  manner  of  doing  business,  we  save 
much  space  for  more  interesting  matter;  and 
we  have  in  contemplation  some  improvements 
in  our  olRce  business  which  will  be  of  vast  ad- 
vantage to  us  and  all  our  patrons.  We  wish  to 
avoid  all  mistakes,  if  possible,  and  do  all  we  can 
to  liave  every  sub.^(friber  to  receive  his  paper 
regularly.  It  is  no  advantage  to  us  to  withhold 
a  single  paper  even  if  we  wished  to  do  so;  hence 
a  system  of  business  that  will  enable  us  to  faith- 
fully perfonii  oiir  part  was  apparent,  and  we  set 
our.selves  to  work  to  find  it,  and  think  we  have. 
Write  plainly,  all  names  and  addres.'^e.s,  and  we 
shall  follow  your  orders  with  pleasure. 


The  subject  of  dancing  is  now  being  agitated 
New  York  by  popuhir  ministers.  The  "  no 
hell  "  theory  being  nearly  worn  out,  of  course 
jmntlier  "  sensation,"  another  "  agitation  "  must 
come  forth.  Dr.  Theodore  G.  Thomas  says,  he 
"  considered  dancing  a  capital  exercise."  He 
thinks  that  the  exercise  that  comes  by  a  "tread- 
mill would  be  absolute  drudgery,"  while  dancing 
would  bo  "  pleasant  companionship  and  amuse- 
ment." One  church  in  Chicago  has  also  com- 
menced an  inquiring  into  the  subject  with  a 
view  of  recommending  it;  and  of  coui-se  when 
a  church  once  begins  to  Imle  that  way,  they  are 
pretty  sure  to  go  that  way.  It  seems  proper 
that  ihnrinff  should  follow  the  introduction  of 
the  "fiddle"  and  "horn  "  into  the  choir.  Ere 
long  the  preacher  can  arise  and  say,  "Let  us 
fiddle,  sing  and  d;mco  the  fortieth  Psalm." 


TllR  Chnslinn  Stiuulan/  of  March  'iud.says: 
'So  far  us  is  known  to  ns,  there  is  not  another 
religious  weekly  jmblished  which  exercises  the 
same  care  to  keep  its  advertising  columns  per- 
fectly clean  as  it  does  the  literary."  In  looking 
over  its  advertisements,  we  find  notices  of  pia- 
no.s,  cooking  stoves,  gold  and  silver  thimbles, 
mattresses,  fasliicmable  hats  and  caps,  baptismal 
uits.  bells,  engines,  yarns,  vegetine,  pills,  silver 
poiins,  tobacco,  lounges,  A-c.  We  present  a 
paper  thatis  cleaner  than  all  that,  for  we  are 
determined  to  hiave  the  secular  field  to  whom  it 
jtroperly  belongs,  the  secular  press  and  the 
world.  Of  late  the  Chirmp  Trilnmr  and  the 
Dailij  Xrns  have  been   dealing  out  some  hard 


arguments  to  certain  "  i-eligious  pnpers  '  for  ad- 
mitting swindling  notices.  And  it  is  astonish- 
ing to  see  what  even  professors  of  religion  will 
do  for  "  filthy  lucre."  Many  of  them  do  not 
hesitate  to  assure  their  readere  that  those  for 
whom  they  tulvertiNe  are  doing  a  legitimate  busi- 
ness, when  at  the  same  time  it  ought  to  be  ob- 
vious to  them  that  the  men  who  offer  to  sell 
gold-plated  watches  for  ?3.  or  to  reveal  how  a 
man  can  make  from  S5  to  $'20  )M?r  day  at  home, 
are  swindlers,  top,  bottom  and  all.  We  have 
Iweii  approached  and  ollered  "  rare  chances 
for  just  r>Hc  itiscrtioti  in  the  Bttvn-nREK  at  Work, 
but  by  the  grace  of  God  we  intend  to  have  noth- 
ing to  do  Willi  a  kind  of  business  that  reflects 
nothing  but  disgrace  upon  the  Christian  relig- 
ion when  mi.\ed  with  it.  "Ye  are  not  of  the 
world  "  still  has  the  same  old  sound  in  it  as  in 
iipostolic  limes. 


OTJR  MISSOURI  TRIP, 

KNOWING  the  anxiety  of  our  readei-s  to 
learn  the  particulai-s  of  the  Stein  and  Ray 
debate,  we  concluded  to  do  our  part  toward  giv- 
ing them  a  synopsis  of  the  discussion  through- 
out, hence  left  Lanark  at  2:1 6  Monday  afternoon, 
March  the  4th,  and  reached  Rock  Island  at  5:50 
in  the  evening.  We  left  on  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  U. 
R.,  at  8  o'clock  for  St.  Louis,  where  we  arrived 
at  7:30  the  next  morning,  to  find  that  we  could 
not  get  a  train  till  9 :40  at  night.  This,  of  course, 
did  not  suit  our  arrangements  exactly,  but 
thought  no  use  to  borrow  trouble  over  it,  but 
make  the  best  of  it. 

Most  of  the  day  was  spent  looking  over  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  city,  and  especially  at  the  large 
iron  bridge  across  the  Mississippi  at  this  i»lace. 
I  cjinnot  describe  the  huge  structure:  its  com- 
plications are  beyond  all  I  know  about  bridge 
building;  suflSce  it  to  say  that  it  is  a  masterly 
piece  of  work,  crossing  the  entire  river  with 
three  spans,  the  ends  of  which  are  firmly  held 
by  huge  abutments  of  well  executed  masonry. 
There  are  two  tracks,  the  lower  for  the  cai-s,  and 
the  upper  for  wagons,  street  cars  and  foot  p.is- 
sengere.  The  heaviest  trains  moving  over  the 
bridge  do  not  seem  to  jar  it  in  the  least. 

I  spent  considerable  time  at  the  wharf  watch- 
ing the  men  unloading  the  boats.  They  were  a 
ough  looking  set,  yet  each  one  seemed  to  know 
his  place  and  business.  Some  of  them  I  pitied, 
,nd  in  short  had,  perhaps,  good  reason  for  pity- 
ing all  of  them.  Doubtless  the  most  of  them 
were  unfamiliar  with  the  Gospel  plan  of  salva- 
tion, not  because  they  had  no  opportunity  of 
learning,  but  because  they  made  no  effort  to  add 
to  "  virtue,  knowledge."  I  do  not  believe  that 
the  great  Father  will  condemn  any  one  for  not 
doing  that  which  he  does  not  know,  but  it  is 
evident  and  reasonable  that  some  ivill  have  to 
give  an  account  for  not  applying  themselves 
more  diligently,  and  not  embracing  the  oppor- 
tunities they  have  of  learning  tlie  Truth, 

This  is  an  old  city,  having  been  settled  by  the 
French  in  the  year  1764,  and  is  consequently 
over  one  hundred  years  old.  Kaskaskia,  in  Illin- 
ois, was  also  settled  by  the  French  in  1720,  mak- 
ing it  considerably  older  than  St,  Louis.  St. 
Louis  is  nicely  located  on  the  Western  bank  of 
the  Mississippi,  but  very  poorly  laid  out.  The 
streets  are  crooked  and  in  some  places  very  nar- 
row, though  generally  clean.  The  city  was  first 
laid  out  by  the  French  when  it  wjis  thought 
imprudent  to  appropriate  much  land  to  the  use 
of  streets.  The  streets  here  forcibly  remind  me 
of  some  people  we  occasionally  meet  in  the 
woHd.  They  want  everything  to  go  with  the 
popular  current,  and  as  the  river  is  crooked  so 
must  the  streets  be,  and  when  once  crooked  there 
is  no  getting  them  straight  again.  And  then 
there  are  others  whose  minds  ai-e  so  narrow  that 
there  is  no  getting  a  good  share  of  divine  light 
into  them.  They  prefer  gro|)ing  their  way 
through  the  narrow  cells  of  darkness  when  the 
Lord  has  made  light  enough  for  them  and  a^ 
many  more  like  them.  Hut  we  learn  another 
lesson  from  these  crooke4  -streets.  They  were 
laid  out  without  the  use  of  the  compass,  and 
now  since  the  city  is  built  up  it  will  not  do  to 
change  them,  hence  all  whoerectJ)uildings  here 
in  this  part  of  the  city  must  conform  to  this 
croolfed  habit,  and  help  keep  the  crooked  thing 
crooked.  That  Is  just  the  way  with  some  of 
these  modem  churches;  they  were  formed  and 
laid  out.  not  ai-cordingjto  the  divine  compiLss  ot 
Truth,  but  in  harmony  with  somebody's  con- 
science, and  when  they  are  shown  tlieir  enor  it 
will  not  do  to  change,  for  that  would  spoil  the 
whole  church,  and  prove  that  the  uninspired 
founders  did  not  know  what  they  were  about, 


We  have  churches  that  were  supposed  to  hav 
been  made  according  to  the  pattern  uf  the  LqrI 
but  on  n  little  closer  investigation  of  late,  it  ■' 
discovered  that  some  of  them  practice  a  methort 
of  baptizing  not  yet  four  hundred  ypa,,  qu 
Some  even  went  so  far  as  to  take  the  bitjuj  and 
wine  before  tlhiiin;  and  then  call  it  the  Lord's 
supper,  just  as  though  supper  came  before  dm, 
ner:  but  on  looking  at  the  old  Gospel  compas, 
it  is  found  that  "the  Lonl  Jesus,  in  the  awne 
night  in  which  he  was  betrayed  took  breBd." 
As  they  have  all  their  churches  built  up  along 
the  crooked  line,  it  vnW  not  do  to  change,  for  it 
will  destroy  them  entirely.  I  presume  the  bet- 
ter  way  would  bo  to  consume  them  in  the  fij^ 
of  the  holy  Truth,  and  lay  out  and  start  tliem 
aright,  and.  if  possible  get  them  on  the  old  Uos- 
pel  track. 

I  will  leave  St.  Louis  nt  9:40  to-night  auij 
soon  be  at  the  place  of  discussion,  from  which 
the  readers  will  hear  nmre  in  the  future. 


SOME  PLAIN  TALKING. 

rilllERE  arc  a  class  of  people,  and  the  number 
J.  is  not  very  small  either,  who  pretend  tnbe 
great  lovoi-s  of  the  Truth,  their  plea  is  the  thus 
saiih  the  Lord,  "  we  will  go  where  He  command- 
ed, but  no  farther."  The  plea  is  a  good  one,  but 
most  woefully  abused  by  them.  It  seems  to  be 
a  kind  of  sacred  curtain  behind  which  theytian 
commit  their  dark  deeds.  They,  in  fact,  careas 
little  about  the  Bible  and  its  sacred  teachings  as 
the  drunkard  does  about  temperance.  Tliej 
have  their  heart  set  on  sin,  there  are  certain 
things  they  want  to  do  and  must  have  some  ex- 
cuse  for  sinning  against  better  light  and  kuonl- 
edge. 

They  can  do  this  and  that  just  because  the 
Bible  does  not  in  sn  many  words  prohiliit  it.  I 
tell  the  people  that  it  is  supposed  that  Christiiins 
would  have  a  little  good  common  sense  at  least, 
and  therefore,  they  would  know  some  things 
without  being  told.  The  man  who  claims  that 
he  can  play  cards  and  not  sin,  on  the  ground 
that  the  Bible  is  silent  on  it,  lacks  a  few  of  tli* 
essential  elements  required  to  constitute  hira  a 
fit  subject  of  conversion.  I  once  met  agister 
who  spent  much  of  her  time  reading  novels,  and 
undertook  to  justify  herself  in  the  habit,  for  the 
simple  reason  that  the  Bible  said  nothuig 
against  it.  I  told  her  that  sbters,  who  claimed 
to  be  guided  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  ought  to  know 
that  much  without  being  told. 

Just  so  it  is  with  many  other  pernicious  hab- 
its that  have  crept  into  the  world,  and  I  fear,  in 
some  instances,  are  finding  their  way  into  the 
church.  We  have  people  who  will  ruffle  and 
trim  their  clothes  from  head  to  foot,  trim  them- 
selves out  in  all  the  modern  styles,  and  go  to 
church  that  way,  claiming  that  they  do  not  feel 
condemned,  for  God  has  said  notliing  against 
ruffles  and  ornamental  trimmings.  They  call 
for  a  thus  saith  the  Lord.  When  we  refer  them 
to  the  "  plain  apparel "  of  the  Scripture,  and 
"  not  of  costly  array  "  then  they  want  to  know 
what  "  plain  apparel "  is  and  what  is  under- 
stood by  "costly  array."  Such  people  caw 
vei-y  little  about  the  Bible,  or  the  thussaiththe 
Lord  either.  Their  heart  is  set  on  the  world 
and  they  are  determined  to  walk  with  it.  There 
are  people  outside  of  the  church,  making  no 
profession  at  all,  who  knuw  better  than  that.  I 
have  seen  men  and  women  who  belong  to  no 
church,  yet  seemed  to  be  a  good,  moral  kind  of 
people,  who  would  not  be  found  guilty  of  doing 
some  things  that  some  membei-s  try  to  jastiiy 
themselves  in.  I  think  it  high  time  for  refor- 
mation in  some  things  when  worldly  peopkar^' 
in  (ulvauce  of  professing  Christians. 

Our  people  started  out  as  a  plain  jieople,  re- 
pudiating and  opposing  everj'tliing  that  tendp)' 
toward  pride.  This  divine  feature  they  learnt^. 
not  from  the  decrees  of  men.  but  from  the  Word 
of  the  Lord.  They  stood  aloof  from  tlie  fooHsl' 
fa-shions  and  vain  customs  of  the  world,  and  en- 
deavored to  hand  the  same  principle  of  plainness 
and  non-conformity  down  to  coming  generations 
This  peculiarity  did  not  belong  exclusively  to 
the  Brethren,  but  was  a  leading  feature  among 
other  denominations,  but  they  got  to  pleaduig 
the  Bible  is  silent  on  fine  dressing.  "  we  wiuit » 
thus  saith  the  Lord  before  we  can  cousenj  " 
depart  from  th6  fashions  of  the  world."  ""' 
they  prayed  for  i'ashions  and  costly  ariay  " 
now  they  have  got  thera,  ami  I  fear  that  anioii.t; 
most  of  them  there  is  but  little  genuine  religio" 
left. 


Those  who  are  acquainti'd  with  our 


peoplf 


coh. 


J 


jj:»r 


^o„-  thiit  i>Iiuniies3  in  drcjw  is  one  of  our  dis- 
^ctive  fontures,  oud  for  it  our  people  Imve  Pvor 
Iftbi"-'''^.  »'"'  *'»P'^*"°'^  '"'••'»  t^hey  unit*  with  th, 
(luircl      ■"*""■   "    ""'""    "       '• 

they 


THK    BltKTllHKX    JVr    WOJUC. 


■li,  inst«u.l  of  going  to  work  and  doing  all 
can  to  pnH  tlow"  what  our  micicnt  bt^th- 
„  liftve  labored  so  hard  to  maintain,  lliey  ought 
J]|'J,,.lp  build  np  the  cause.    If  they  have  no 

pect  for  themselves  finil  their  salvation,  they 
ougl'l  to  have  some  for  the  church,  and  not  try 
y  destroy  it.  There  are  congregations  which 
hflvi^  been  lUiuoycd  for  years  by  these  attempts 
y,  introduce  pride  into  the  church.     If  making 

„l)le  and  causing  dissensions  contrary  to  tht 
VVoid  is  their  object,  and  all  they  Imve  in  view, 
lliew  wo"'"^  ^^  nothing  \Yrong  in  the  church 
oliiL'ly  informing  such  chnractei-s  thut  there  is 
plenty  of  room  outside,  thnt  the  church  of  God 
,viis  not  u»f"le  ^'o'"  ""converted  people.  The  best 
thing  the  church  can  do  is  to  withdraw  herself 
froni  '^^■^''y  l*''"^^**^"^  *-'"^''  ^i^l'^'tl'  disorderly. 

Then  there  is  another  clu.ss  that  opposes  the 
,„/r("'  "1  tlie  church,  do  not  want  to  be  subject 
to  tlif  church,  but  are  glad  to  have  the  church  to 
gybniit  to  them.  Of  course,  when  it  comes  to 
„li«i(m  they  know  more  than  the  entire  church 


nnt  t(»gether,  and  are  not  particularly  smart  eith- 
gr     They  are  ever  ready  to  give  advice,  but  nev- 
er ready  to  take  it  without  athus  saith  the  Lord. 
Siniif  of  these  persons  can  dress  just  as  fine  as 
ti,e  world  dare  dress,  engage  in  their  amusements 
lUid  lUD  after  them  in  their  sin  and  folly  gener- 
ally.   They  can  and  are  willing  to  learn  from 
tlie  world,  want  worldly  ways,  and  all  this  too 
,vitlioLit  a  thus  saith  the  Lord,  but  are  neither 
ihsposed  nor  willing  to  learn  of  those  older  than 
tliey  lire.     They  can  enjoy  themselves  with  dis- 
obedient members  rigged  out  in  all  the  gewgaws 
iind  flubdubs  of  fashion,  without  the  first  parti- 
cle of  thus  saith  the  Lord,  and  then  turn  right 
round  and  make  fun  of  and  laugh  at  those  who 
are  dressed  plainly.     What  do  such  people  care 
for  either  the  Bible  or  the  church?     Compara- 
tively nothing  aside  from  selt-interest.     It  makes 
little  ditterence  with  them  what  the  Bible  says. 
Some  maj  think   this   is  too   plain   talking. 
Well  I  mean  it,  we  need  something  that  rings 
out  clear  and  distinct,  and  the  time  is  here  that 
joni''  plain  talking  should  be  done.    We  don't 
ivaut  to  walk  so  close  tu  the  world  that  it  takes 
a  niai^nitying   glass  to  tell  which  side  of  the 
line  we  are  on.     The  church  and   the  world 
should  walk  far  apart,  not  only  in  dress,  but  in 
abstaining  from   every  appearance  of  evil.     If 
aay  find  that  in  which  they  would  like  to  en- 
eago.  and  the  Bible  is  silent  on  it.  I  advise  them 
to  iii-st  go  into  their  closet  and  ask  Ciod  in  earn- 
est prayer  to  bless  them  in  the  act.     If  there  are 
auy  who  can  ask  God  to  bless  them  in  playing 
L!ir(ls,  dancing,  at  the  billiard  table,  following 
the  t'liofish  fashions  i)f  the  world  and  a  host  of 
other  similar  things  they  have  a  diflerent  con- 
science from  what  I  think  they  have. 

J.  H.  M. 

TEMPERANCE. 

fpHE  word  temperance,  from  temprr,  which  is 
1  derived  from  the  Greek  word  Temwin. 
meiiuiug  "  to  cut  off,"  is  a  word  now  used  toes- 
press  abstinence  from  strong  drink.  To  be  tem- 
perate, therefore,  is  to  cut  off  all  that  is  evil,  not 
only  in  the  matter  of  drinking,  but  in  all  things 
else.  Felix  said,  "  Go  for  the  present,"  when 
Paul  discoursed  concerning  temperance  or  self- 
gnvurumcnt.  Ah,  what  a  strong  advocate  of 
temperance  was  that  eminent  apostle!  >iO 
ihimkeuness,  no  slave  to  strong  di-ijik  was  Paul. 
He  UHule  no  npologies,  no  excuses  lor  tippling 
nud  intemperance.  God  blessed  him  for  his  faitb- 
fuhu-ss  ton. 

"For  those  who  sleep,  sleep  by  night;  and 
the  drunkards  drink  by  night"  (1  Tliess.  5:  7), 
Drunkards  drink  by  night,  that  is  they  hide 
wheni'ver  they  want  to  drink;  are  iwhamed  to 
iwia.'  nut  Imldly  and  can-y  on  their  brntish  busi- 
ness liefore  the  public,  but  as  soon  as  the  strong 
•Iriuk  brings  them  into  subjection,  makes  them 
■slaves  and  helpless  creatures,  they  will  show 
tlieiusi-lvcs  to  those  around  them.  l'"or  fellnw-sl 
t'iwt  they  Himply  tinted  it;  after  awhile,  they 
tiistt'd  a  little  more,  then  it  went  so  nice  that 
tli'-y  could  drink  more  ft-eely,  and  finally  tluy 
'"-■■■aiup  so  fully  overcome  that  they  could  not 
"Void  drinking  more  luid  more  until  they  went 
'^•^liiig  through  the  streets,  cursing,  swearing, 
"bij- leering  and  degraded. 

^<»l  says,  that  unrighteous  peraons,  formca- 
t"i-s,  idolaters,  ndulterei-s,  ofi'eminatoi-s,  Sodom- 
ites, thieves,  covetous  persons,  drnnkards,  revel- 


xtortituiprs,  shnH  mt  inherit  the  kinfidom 
of  God.  Ah:  what  terrible  company.  When.- 
is  there  ji»v  among  auch?  Where  is  there  com- 
fort in  such  a  company?  Kone.  none.  I'oor 
drunkiird!  There  he  goes,  ragged,  poor,  filthy, 
disgraced,  all  becaus*-  be  thought  ho  could  take 
his  drikms  and  continue  temperut*. 

I  hope  no  brother  will  try  to  apologise  for 
tiiipling.  Is  tlipre  one  who  hiw  "  put  on  Chiist" 
that  has  the  boldness  to  stand  up  and  make 
excuses  for  the  tniftic  in  strong  drink?  If 
read  1  Cor.  6:  !»,  10,  then  read  it  again,  and  look 
at  the  result. 

Self-government  don't  mean  to  loiter  around 
saloons,  nor  even  to  go  in  them  for  drinks.    To- 
day the  world  is  moving  against  this  great  evil, 
and  why  should  a  professional  follower  of  Jesus 
fall  behind  the  world  in  good  works?     It  is  the 
appearance  of  evil  to  go  luto  saloons,  to  drink 
where  drunkards  revel  and  curse.     Why  thi 
not  avoid   the  verj'  appem-ance  of  evil,  as  the 
Book  enjoins?    Do  you  know  that  when  you 
join  hands  in  the  support  of  liquor  traflic,  you 
are  virtually  helping  thniLsands  on  to  ruin?  Do 
you  know   that  somi-  of  the  cries  of  the  poor 
orphan  for  bread  may  come  up  at  the  judgment. 
because  you  vu-tually  helped  his  poor  father  to 
drink  rum  and  go  down  into  adrunkard's  grave? 
Do  you  kniow  that  by  either  morally,  socially  or 
otherwise  helping  the  saloon  keeper  to  scatter 
death,  woe,  misery  and  want  in  many  families, 
that  you  are  in  the  same  boat  with  him?     Do 
you  know  that  the  rum-seller's  and  runwlrink- 
er's  army  Is  a  poor,  miserable  lot  of  hunumity 
that  brings  no  comfort  to  the  homes  of  the 
friendle.ss,  the  orphan,  the  widow?     And  you'll 
stand  in  this  wretched  looking  army  and  say  you 
are  (I  Chni^tian?    A  Christian  in  favor  of  ruin? 
No  Clnistiun  is  in  favor  of  strong  drinks  as 
vended  and  poured  out  over  this  land.     The  man 
who  ai)ologizes  for  saloons  and  rum  holes,  has 
set  himself  up  against  the  Bible  standard  of  a 
C/ir».s7/(ui,  and  the  man  that  runs  against  the 
Stmufard,  has  lost  his  pfrfect  title  to  Christian 
possession.     Stand  therefore  on  the  Bible  doc- 
trine of  temperance.     Be  a  man,  not  only  for 
yourself,  but  for  your  neighborhood,  the  church 
and  all  around.    Let  your  light  shine,  and  nev- 
put  it  out  with  strong  drink.     .And  ahove  all 
stay  out  of  those  sinks  of  vice  and  misery — 
saloons. 

And  now,  brethren,  why  not  lay  this  matter 
before  candidates  for  baptism  and  fellowship? 
The  doctrmc  of  temperance  is  as  clearly  and  ils 
forcibly  taught  by  the  Lord  as  non-aweari)ig, 
anti-secretism,  non-conformity  to  the  world, 
non-resistance  or  any  other  vital  principle. 
Why  insist  on  these  »n  the  part  of  applicants 
and  not  on  that?  Why  be  so  particular  as  to 
II  part  of  the  requirements  and  not  iiU?  Would 
not  a  step  /onviinl  here  redound  to  the  honor 
and  glory  of  God  ?  Would  not  a  little  proijreitn- 
iim  right  here  be  a  healthy  step  for  the  church? 
I  am  inclined  to  think  that  the  fact  that  the 
doctrine  of  temperance  is  not  presented  to  ap- 
plicants in  every  case  is  simply  because  of  neg- 
lect, or  want  of  thought.  And  I  shall  be  happy 
if  this  suggestion  puts  many  hearts  to  work  in 
this  neglected  matter,  and  thus  prove  to  the 
worid  and  the  Lord  that  we  are  in  real  earnest 
t*;mperance,  and  mean  to  shun  the  intoxicat- 
ing cup,  teaching  all  that  we  are  strictly  for 
Bible  temperance.  I  do  not  wish  to  be  under- 
stood as  asserting  that  the  church  has  not 
believed,  and  to  a  certain  extent,  practiced  tem- 
perance, but  I  do  as.sert  that  more  good  can  be 
done,  more  homes  made  hajipy,  Bible  temper- 
ance more  vividly  imiiressed  u|)on  the  miml  by 
teaching  it  publicly  to  penitents.  And  on  the 
other  hand  I  see  no  good  reiwon  why  we  should 
not  do  so.  God  grant  grace  that  all  may  look 
to  Jesus,  stand  firm  against  intemperance  and 
at  last  give  us  sweet  rest  in  heaven. 


and  night  to  pretent  them  jw  n  chaste  viritin  to 
Chrlit.  But  there  is  no  nee«l  to  send  such  an 
epistle  to  nU  the  cluirchen.  Paul  did  no  such 
thing. 

To  you.  Uierefore,  who  have  fallen  into  the 
habit  (for  it  is  simply  a  habit,  I  think),  of  re- 
porting your  own  work  in  such  a  manner  ax  to 
leave  the  impreraion  on  the  mind  of  the  reader 
that  you  are  seeking  undue  notice,  I  commend 
you  to  the  noble  example  of  Christ  mid  the 
Apostles.  Remember  that  Paul's  U-tter^  were 
private  for  some  time,  and  that  tht-y  were  not 


SATURDAY  NIGHT 

The  Country   Home. 

1  ALWAYS  enjoyed  the  country  home,  for  if 
given  a  little  atU-ntion  it  id  u  home  indeed. 
Th<>  man  who  ban  a  goo<l  wife.  a.  fow  happy  chiU 
kXtvw,  and  a  farm  luuply  improved,  uud  out  of 
debt,  ought  to  1*  happy  so  fur  as  thiti  world  i* 
conctrned.  Hf  ha.'*  the  little  pr.-miBeB  all  to 
himself  aud  the  dear  fiunily.  Of  courxc  nr)rent 
to  pay,  can  raise  bis  own  prmluce  and  enjoy  life 
generally.     He  ottijht  to  be  buppy. 

Not  every  one  known  how  tu  make  the  coua- 


iustantly  spread  abroad  before  all  the  churches    try   home  happy ;  don't  know  how  to  moke 


and  the  world.  I  can  see  the  wisdom  of  that. 
It  in,  no  doubt,  well  that  the  prognw  of  the 
Lord's  work  be  given  to  the  brethren  and  sisters, 
for  it  seems  to  atrengthen  and  enliven  mimy  a 
poor,  weai7  saint— especially  if  he  lip  away  off 
from  the  main  body  of  the  church,  but  for  the 
good  of  the  minist«'r,  the  good  of  the  general 
brotherhood,  let  some  other  person  do  it. 

Somt  one  in  each  congregation  should,  in  a 
brief  and  simple  manner,  state  that  such  or  such 
a  brother  labored  with  them,  and  give  the  re- 
sults, I  think  a  minist^jrshould  be  encouraged; 
and  .lames  says,  "  Brethren,  if  any  of  you  do  err 
from  the  truth,  and  one  convert  him,  let  him 
know  that  he  which  convcrtcth  the  sinner  from 
the  error  of  his  way  shall  save  a  soul  and  hide  a 
multitude  of  Shis."  Right  that/icsbouldknow 
it,*l)ut  hardly  prudent  that  he  should  tell  it 
abroad.  Ijct  others  do  that,  and  in  doing  »o, 
please  let  the  Lonl  do  the  commending.  It  is 
one  thing  to  tell  what  was  done,  aud  another 
thing  to  commend  it.  "  For  not  he  that  com- 
mendcth  himself  is  approved,  but  whom  the 
Lord  commendeth."  He  does  not  even  say  that 
another  shall  commend  publicly,  but  the  Lord 
does  the  commendiim. 

Now  let  us  all,  while  we  are  trying  to  refonu, 
become  better,  seeking  unity  and  oneness,  en- 
deavor to  always  hold  up  the  old  Palestine  Glass, 
and  if  we  should  see  any  spots  on  ourselves, 
straightway  endeavor  to  get  them  off.  "0  well,' 
says  one,  "  if  I  am  not  to  writi'  up  my '  own  Iti^ 
bors  in  my  own  way,  I'll  say  nothing."  Well, 
if  you  cannot  leave  out  all  of  your  oirn,  and  put 
in  nil  iif  J'-suH,  you  would  better  not  write. 
Neither  you  nor  the  worid,  nur  the  brotherhood 
will  become  any  the  richer  by  so  much  of  ijoiir 
oirn.  I  can  see  no  apostolic  order  in  crying 
"reform!  reform!!"  and  at  the  same  time  press- 
ing .'(c//' into  every  article  of  ministerial  labor, 
that  the  Pattern  and  the  thing  miule  have  no 
resemblance  whatever.  Come,  therefore,  and 
let  us  have  a  real  reform  right  here,  and  the 
world  will  take  notice  that  we  have  been,  and 
still  are,  with  Christ.  M.  M, 


WITNESSES. 


'BUT  WHOM  THE  LORD  COM- 
MENDETH." 

PAl'L.  in  2  Corinthians  10:  IH,  has  set  a  stake 
iigainst  self-commendation  —  solf-praise. 
He  stretched  not  hiiuself  beyond  his  measure, 
but  as  a  true  niau  of  God  constiuitly  sought  to 
glorify  liis  L'Jrd.  True,  he  sometimes  had  to 
remind  his  brethren  with  whom  belabored,  that 
he  too  was  an  apostle  and  ihiul  somewhat  to 
boast;  l)iit  mark  you.  he  sent  the  letter  to  the 
church  which  he  wished  to  remind.  And  there 
can  be  no  just  objection  to  any  brother  sending 
a  letter  to  any  church  which  he  has  helped  to 
build  up,  reminding  them  huw  he  labored  day 


SUCH  were  the  apostles,   the  disciple-s  of  out 
Master.     God  does  not  bring  men  luid  wo- 
men to  Himself  with  argument,  but  with  testi- 
mony.   He  nmkes  no  apologies,  no  display  of 
logic,  but  gives  us  testimony  that  we  nuiy  be- 
lieve.    Jesus  left  a  host   of  witnesses  that    H 
wft.s  the  Christ.     These  said  to  the  stift-necked 
Jews:  "But  ye  denied  the  Holy  One  and  the 
.lust,  luid  desired  a  murderer  to  be  granted  unto 
you;  and  killed  the  Prince  of  life,  whom  God 
hath  raised  from  the  dead;  whereof  c^ 'iiv  uH- 
nessen"  (Acts  3:  14,  15).     Are  not  many  deny- 
iiuj  the  Holy  One  to-dayV     Do  they  not  desire 
unuthi-i; — one  that  makes  no  demands  of  them? 
Look  at  the  Prince  of  life;  look  at  thewitnesses. 
They  believed  and  pmctJced  alike.    They  had 
one  faith,  iine  practice,  otir  hope.    God  loved 
them  for  that.     There  are  no  witnc'sses  to  testi- 
fy that  God  requires  differently  of  us.    The  plan 
for  those  of  the  first  century  must  bt  the  plan 
for  those  of  all  centuries  to  the  end.    The  Gos- 
pel then   proiluced  people   that  were  alike  in 
faith  aud  practice.     The  same  Gospel  produces 
nothing  different  now.     Then,  all  spake  the 
"same  thing."    Similar  people  produced  in  a 
similar  manner  apeak  the  came  thing  to-day. 
The  witncMse.'f  nf  primitive  times,  speak    the 
same  testimony  now,  and  we  know  that  they 
are  true,  for  they  nil  speak  alike. 

You  may  deliver  lecture,  after  lecture  ou  the 
harmony  of  science  and  religion,  but  that  does 
not  save  the  soul.  It  is  Irntittioiuj  that  produces 
faith.  There  are  many  things  in  the  Wonl  of 
Truth  that  seem  illogical  to  the  worldly  man, 
but  faith  is  the  Clmstian's  weapon,  not  logic. 
It  takes  a  Christ  to  put  forth  testimony  that 
cannot  be  shaken  to  pieces.  Will  you  believe 
the  witnesses?  *•■  *<■  K. 


tbingsclieprful,  imd  soim-  of  these  who  do  know, 
make  no  effort  to  put  their  knowledge  into  prac- 
tice. There  arc  plenty  who  know  how  to  work, 
how  to  save  money  and  accumulate  wealth,  but 
when  it  comes  to  making  a  UttW  (Hu-ailise  of 
theii-  homes  they  know  not  how  to  do  it,  and 
often  care  lesa.  How  nece»nar>'  it  is  that  coun- 
try homes  be  made  happy,  for  it  is  the  best  place 
on  eitfth  to  raise  a  family  luid  enjoy  the  good 
gifts  of  life, 

1  am  ju«t  now  reminded  that  once  on  u  time  a 
well-to-do  farmer  met  me  at  the  depot,  gave  me  a 
itt  in  his  buggy  and  soon  bad  me  to  his  plea»< 
ant  home  some  distance  out  in  the  country.  I 
soon  discovered  that  it  was  a  pleasant  abode. 
The  farmer  wn.s  not  rich,  but  bad  what  he  need- 
ed, and  timt  is  about  all  that  any  of  un  ought  to 
have.  They  were  not  loo  rich  and  proud  to 
wink,  nor  too  aristocruti*:  to  be  kind  to  their 
neigbboi-it  and  strangers.  There  wikt  no  quar- 
reling and  jarring  in  tlie  fimiily.  each  seamed 
delighted  in  pleasing  the  other.  The^-  all  work- 
ed; no  idlers  were  idlowed  in  that  hive.  and  it 
would  be  a  good  thing  if  none  were  idlowed  any- 
where. It  IS  siiid  that  "Idleness  is  the  devil's 
workshop."  and  it  is  evident  that  he  knows  ju»t 
how  to  nmke  use  of  it  to  advance  his  own  in- 
U*rest. 

On  looking  around,  1  saw  that  things  wen 
neat  and  tidy,  imd  well  arranged.     Kvery  thing 
was  in  its  place.     Nothiug.however.extraTagaQt 
<)r  gaudy,  but  conveniently  arranged.     VVhen 
the  men  folks  came  into  the  house,  they  first 
cleaned  ofi'  their  boots  wvli,  »ud  tbiw  did  not 
carry  dirt  into  the  rooms.    Thjit  was  right,  for 
dirt  was  not  nuule  to  be  carried  into  houses;  ita 
idaco  is  out  of  doors,  and  there  it  will  accom- 
plish some  good.     It  is  very  perplexing  to  moth- 
ers and  sisters  when  the  men  carry  great  loads 
of  mud  on   their  biiots  into  the  lioiise.     Boys 
want  to  learn  a  lesson  liere.     la  the  rooms  were 
a  number  of  deci>-meauing  attractions;  none  of 
these  pictures  tilut  are  a  di.ignice   to  a  well  reg- 
nlateti  home.     1  allude  to  Uie  picture  of  |»er- 
soiis  in  a  half  nude  state.     When  I  go  into  a 
family  and  see  their  walls  covered  with  such 
tempting  things,  I  feel  like  delivering  a  lecture 
on  the  "  Proper  culture  ot  the  human  heart." 
Few  are  aware  of  the  direful  evils  resulting  from 
such  pictures.     If  poreut-s  raise  sons  and  daugh- 
tei's  around  things  of  tliia  kind  they  need  not 
expect  but  that  tney  will  fall  intobome  disgrace- 
ful sin.    Of  course, -tuch  j)ictures  are  regiirded 
as  a  skillful  exhibition  o(  the  works  of  art,  but 
their  final  tendency  i»  evil  in  the  extreme. 

Hanging  ou  the  wall  were  some  WfU  selected 
mottoes  neatly  executed  in  needle  work.  One 
reads,  "Thou  God  sei-st  me."  Aoother,  "The 
Lord  will  provide.'"  Hut  lying  on  the  tloorwas 
a  small  foot-carpet  on  which  were  workeil  these 
beautiful  words:  "  Home,  sweet  Home."  I  won- 
der how  many  sweet  homes  there  are  to-njght. 
I  would  that  these  words  were  inscribed  in  every 
room,  and  on  every  heart.  Near  the  entrance  I 
found  this  beautiful  prayer:  "God  bless  our 
Home; "  yes,  may  God  bless  all  sweet  homes  to- 
night, and  help  the  inmat<.'s  of  ever>-  home  in 
the  limd  to  make  their  abode  a,  happy  one. 

There  are  no  homes  so  capable  of  bt-ing  ren- 
dered pleasant  as  those  in  the  nind  districts,  and 
vet  how  sadly  are  many  of  them  neglected, 
'riiere  are  thousands  of  such  to-night  where  the 
family  is  discontented,  tliey  are  not  following 
the  avocations  of  life  in  whiih  they  would  seem 
to  delight.  They  imagine  that  they  are  out  of 
their  juace.  The  boys  must  be  iiut  through  col- 
lege and  prepare<l  for  i)rofetesionid  life;  the  girls 
nftist  be  trained  to  accommodate  the  ways  and 
shades  belonging  to  the  upper  classes  of  society. 
Home  in  the  country,  to  them,  becomes  a  pur- 
gatory; they  visit  it  only  :ls  a  matter  of  neces- 
sity. The  old  people  are  forsaken,  or  urged  to 
enter  some  mercantile  bu'^iuess  for  which  they 
are  in  no  wuy  fitteil,  ami  the  consequence  13 
bankruptcy.  Not  one  in  this  once  happy  group 
can  truthtullv  sing  "  sweet  home."  They  haTe 
no  home.  Tlie  country  home  has  passed  into 
iither  hands.  They  go  to  their  graves  in  sad- 
ness because  they  did  not  labor  to  make  their 
rural  home  pleasant. 

Fathers  and  mothers,  make  your  country 
homes  lia|>py  that  von  may  keep  your  sons  ana 
daughters  tliere.  Do  not  run  them  off  into  city 
avocations,  for  these  are  becoming  tlooded  from 
the  ranks  in  the  countrv.  Pivpiuv  your  sons 
for  farmers  and  your  daughters  for  fanner's 
wives.  For  real  enjoyment  there  is  uo  place 
like  a  well  regulat^^^l  country  home.  Learn  to 
W  content  with  your  position  in  life  and  make 
the  be.-*t  of  it,  knowing  that  the  farmer  is  the 
bone  aud  sinew  of  our  country.  The  lime  is 
coming  when  their  positions  will  W  envii-d  by 
the  i>eople  of  our  cities.  StiUidiug  Ivhind  ifce 
plow  is  of  more  real  worth  thiUl  standing  I*- 
tiiud  the  counter.  Instwid  ol  the  farmer  emT-- 
iug  the  luerchiuit's  position  the  da\*  is  not  ni 
distant  when  the  mercli;iot  will  ghwlly  exohiUlge 
with  the  faviuer.  UememlH>rtlu-sethintrs:.<tayoa 
the  faim  mid  make  home  happy,— .1.  li  M<h>hi, 


UKKTIIl^K^C    ^Va^    ^VOKIC. 


M. 


RKAD  AKD  OBEY. 

"  UuibofKU.  ](>»•  joar  »ir«»  " 

■•  Win*,    ohij    your    bu#hKCid«." 

"Falhera,  (irorok*  not  you'  chilJrto  lo  wrmlh." 

"Cbil<]m),    obey    your    pareoU    In    •!!    ihingB." 

Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshelman. 


rcH 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Going  To  Meeting. 
ii  mHAKK  the  Lonl  wt-raii  all  gotomcctiiiK 
J  tfwliiy."  tays  I'uthpr.  as  he  enters  the 
room  hIVt  looking  to  tlie  wantt  of  his  ani- 
mals. "  Ves  we  ciiii  all  go,"  sayi*  motht-r;  *'  and 
I?"  "iindltoo?"  chime  the  little  folks,  and 
oven  little  thnv  year  old  Cora,  who  corner  run- 
uinK  ami  ■<ay:«.  "  Mt-  too.  niaminaf'"  "  Vea  Co- 
ra too,"  rejilie*  the  good  mother,  niul  the  dnrliiis 
chi Id's  heart  runi«  over  with  joy  lu*  she  i-xclaims, 
'•doodle,  doodie!" 

Now  why  arc  all  no  anxious,  from  piirents 
I'.wn.  lo  Ko  to  niL-ctuig J*  I«  it  becanse  they 
want  to  nhwc  tliemselveH?  liecanie  there  in  to  lie 
fuu  thi-rrV  or  o  atrnal  exhibition  ?  No  not  be- 
cause ol  these,  but  bcciiiise  thalfiimily  has  been 
taujrht  that  going  to  nieetinK  is  a  duty  we  nil 
owe  to  oiimelvet  iind  to  God— that  it  is  wisdom 
U>  fear  Hod  and  obey  Hin  coiimmndments.  The 
father  and  mothf-r  early  sought  the  Lord,  and 
from  that,  time  forth  have  tried  to  live  under  the 
croH^,  ieiirhing  tlieir  children  that  to  a«-)emltli- 
with  the  Nuiiit^s  JH  joy  and  eomfort  in  thi-  Holy 
(ihosf,  In  prayer  they  liav.-  pointed  tlieir  eliil- 
dren  to  Hod,  and  a--ked  iUA  to  Idess  tlieni  and 
their  children.     God  hi«  done  so. 

The  Uilile  was  tlie  chief  study  in  tliat  family, 
.lysiw  iD  the  moniin{T,  Jesiis  at  noon,  Jesus  in 
the  evening— JesuH  all  the  day  long.  They  nev- 
er tire  of  the  "  old,  old  story."  When  the  old 
family  Bible  in  brought  out,  silence  takes  hold 
i»f  that  family,  and  wliih-  one  reads  all  art-  at- 
tentive. It  is  a  iJible  family.  The  seeiU  of 
Divine  Truth  are  all  the  time  being  plauled  in 
that  family,  and  tlie  fnii^t  is  clear,  rich  and  di- 
lieioUB. 

Uut  Hually  all  im-  ready,  nnd  they  start  to 
meeting.  Does  the  father  benin  to  tell  souu' 
■ftinny  8t*ry  jnst  to  aniuK'  the  children:'  No, 
not  that.  iJoes  he  tell  how  he  will  "  bcaf  thif* 
or  thai  neighbor  in  a  tnule  which  lie  \\ns  about 
consummated  l-*  Not  at  all.  X^nea  ho  talk  about 
this  iieiKiiliorV  wojikness — his  faults,  that  broth- 
er orsisU'r,  how  shi- or  he  acted,  what  they  wore, 
or  how  their  liour.e  and  grounds  are  arraugedV 
Ko.  nut  tiueli  talk.  Does  he  praifte  his  own 
goodue»»  and  belittle  that  of  othei-s?  Ko.  Is 
hu  bu&y  telling  how  much  wheat  and  oats  he 
will  sow  thi^  Spring,  how  nviieh  corn  he  M'ill 
Dlant?  Not  by  any  means.  Is  his  wife  scold- 
ing' the  children  for  their  cheerfulness?     No,  no, 

I>  .sho  telling  how  sisti-r  IS M Jius  her 

dii-SH  made,  the  kind  of  strinys  to  hei-  bwinet 
tor  eoverinpi'  No.  she  is  not.  Is  she  telling 
thles,  linding  fault  with  this  member,  that  dea- 
con, or  such  and  such  a  brother?  0  no,  she  is 
not  siKindine  her  time  thus.  How  then  are 
they  eiignged?     List^-ii! 

As  the  f)itlier  fjoe*  drivinp  alriii';  in  the  re- 
1'reshiiig  liri'e/e  and  ji!i';»;aiit  .luii'^hniF',  be  savs, 
•■  Wife,  1  am  si.  tlc.nldul  that  we  can  thu^  en- 
joy life.  We  shall  have  a  goiid  meeting  tii-day. 
for  I  feel  that  1  love  everybody."  '■  0  yes," 
Sayn  she,  "  i  think  we  shall  have  a  fenst  to-day, 
for  I  rcjul  the  twelfth  of  Hoinnns  this  morning 
irad  it  gave  mo  so  much  to  thiulc  about.  It 
told  me  to  ahhor  tfuit  wbieh  is  evil.  cUurr  to 
that  which  is  good;  to  be  kindly  atii'ilioned  to 
one  anothiT,  and  to  have  love  without  d: 
lution.  And  then  1  learned  that  we  should  w-- 
joice  with  those  that  rejoice,  and  weep  with 
those  that  weep,  and  many  other  very  useful 
lessons.  1  want  to  remember  ail  Ihesi-.  for  I 
fear  1  too  ofl*'n  think  '■'//  ol  Nonie  of  my  breth- 
ren and  sisteiN.  and  the  Bible sHVsr/(f(r/^»///irt(/.- 
rthiiorrii  I  lovo  all  my  brethren  aiul  sistei'*. 
henoe  do  not  even  want  to  th'nik  evil  of  them, 
much  less  talk  evil."  "  Yes,"  responds  the  iius- 
band,  "you  have  spoken  good  things,  and  your 
lesson  this  morniiiR  wjw  a  godly  lessim.  l-rom 
it  wo  learn  the  necessity  of  lieing  of  the  same 
mind,  and  dan?  not  to  be  wise  in  uur  own  unn- 
wits.  Neither  should  we  avenge  ourselves,  but 
live  in  peace.  0.  I  know  we  will  have  a  good 
meeting  to-day,  for  our  morning  lesson  was  so 
good ! " 

Thus  the  parents  spend  the  time  on  the  way 
to  meeting,  and  the  children,  too,  have  been 
listening,  and  have  learned  some  good  lessons. 
Soon  they  arrive  at  the  place  of  meeting,  and 
in  they  go  with  plea'^ant  laces  and  wonls  iif  love 
to  all  who  meet  them.  They  enjoyed  their  go- 
ing to  meeting,  and  yon  can  see  it  in  their  faces. 
They  are  now  in  the  iL-v-embly  ready  tu  pick  up 
the  grains  of  truth  a^  tlu'v  fall  fioiu  the  lips  of 
the  preacher,  and  if  in  bis  di-cnui-se  he  should 
throw  out  any  eliatf.  this  happy  family  pays  no 
attention  to  it,  but  are  much  concerned  for  the 
pure  wheat.  In  our  next  we  sluill  tell  you  how 
this  godly  family  behaved  at  meftiiic;,  and  how 
they  were  blessed.  (lod  bless  their  going  to 
meeting!  They  went  with  God  before  them, 
aud  all  around  them.— Ed. 


TtlE 


CRXJCIKIXIONT. 


''FHE  following  is  a  curious  piece  of  (uitiquity. 


rv „^..,„ , ,_-,-       --  -- 

1      those  on  either  side  the  two  thieves,  and  on  the  toji  and  down  the  cross  are  our  Lord 


The  middle  cross  represents  our  Saviour, 
"  ex- 
I^wions:  "  My  God!  My  Gf»cl!  why  hast  thou  forsaken  m«,"  and  on  the  top  of  the  cross  is  the 
Latin  inscription:  "  IXHI."  Jegm  Xazarrnus.  Iter  Jii/ltmum.  meaning  .Tesus  of  Nazaietb' 
King  of  the  .lews.  Upon  the  crosii  on  the  left  hand  is  the  prayer  of  one  of  the  thieves:  "  Lord 
rvmeoiber  mo  wlion  Thoa  coniest  into  Thy  Kingdom."  On  the  right  hand  cross  is  the  reproach 
of  the  other:  "  If  thou  beest  the  Christ,  save  Thyself  and  us."  The  whole  comprised  together 
makes  an  excellent  piece  of  poetry,  which  is  to  be  read  across  all  the  columus.  and  make  as 
many  lines  as  there  are  letter*  in  the  alphabet.  It  is  perhaps  one  of  the  most  curious  pieces 
of  composition  to  be  found  on  record. 


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•■  TOO    YOUNG.  ' 

i*  r  ASl  a  Utile  boy,  ten  years  aid.  and  go  to 
X  M'hoi)!  every  day.  My  fatijier  is  dead.  I 
live  with  my  mother.  I  waiit  to  join  the  Breth- 
ren church,  but  my  grandpa  thinks  I  am  too 
young.  AVhat  do  you  say  deai-  Editor':'  I 
want  to  know  in  the  next  paper.  I  have  a 
brother  and  fiister,  both  older  than  m.rself.  — 
They  joined  the  church  at  the  age  of  eleven.  I 
wish  aiiccess  to  your  pajier. 

C4ko.  D.  Triumkk. 
Hrldhsbur,,,  I'n. 

MyDrarLlUUFrttml:^ 

Do  you  know  that  ytju  ateti  sinner? 
If  you  are  old  enough  to  know  that,  then  you 
are  old  enough  to  turn  to  Jesus.  Jnst  as  foon 
ii3  a  person  knows  that  lie  is  a  sinner,  he  is  old 
enough  to  look  to  the  l{«<leemer  for  salvation. 
You  are  not  tuo  young  lo  love  Jesus,  are  you? 
If  you  can  Uirr  Him,  and  know  that  you  aie  a 
sinner,  there  is  no  reason  why  you  should  not 
hf.  received  into  'ellowship  wJtli  God's  people. 

I'm  not  tuo  young  tg  sin,     i 

I'm  not  too  young  to  die; 
I'm  not  too  little  to  begin,     ^ 
A  life  oV  fjitli  and  joy. 
Let  this  be  your  sentiment;  and  may  God 
bless  you  in    ymr    wish    to    love  and   serve 
Him.  — Ed. 


WHJI.I-: 

VV    "Child 


TO    SHARON. 

looking  over  the  letters  in  the 
'hildren  at  Work,"  I  saw  one  from  my 
little  friend,  Sharon  H.  iiosserraan  of  Dun- 
kirk, Ohio.  It  did  me  good  to  rend  your  little 
letter,  and  that  you  wish  to  become  a  member 
of  the  "Chiidreu  at  Work."  Of  all  the  writei-s 
in  that  column  your  name  is  the  only  one  I 
know,  Uut  go  un.  for  you  are  doing  well  for  a 
little  boy.  I  have  two  little  children,  and  they 
arc  so  anxious  to  have  their  mamma  read  the 
letteiti  written  by  the  little  folks.  Your  papa 
and  I  used  to  be  well  acquainted  when  he  firat 
came  to  Dunkirk-  Your  uncles,  James  and 
.loseph  were  then  little  boy.s.  And  how  glad 
they  were,  when  your  [mpa  brought  eacli  of 
them  a  little  axe  with  him  from  the  East.  Uut 
now  they  have  become  members  of  the  churcli. 
1  often  think  of  them  and  hope  that  tlie  time 
may  come  that  you  will  become  a  inemher  too. 
Our  Saviour  loves  little  children  and  says:  "Suf- 
fer little  children  to  come  unto  me;  for  of  such 
is  the  kingdom  of  God." 

J.  J.  Hoover. 

MnrUm-u,  Ohio. 


Be  Earnest. — "  Each  breath  is  burned  with 
a  bidding,  and  every  minute  hath  (ts  mission." 
Are  we  living  .limless,  useless  lives,  tn.ssiug 
golden  opportunities  fi'om  our  hnnds.  as  so 
much  worthless  dust?  Yet  let  iis  pause — 
these  souls  of  ours  are  iinmoifitl.  How  reg 
fully  may  we  exclaim  mth  the  heathen  prince, 
"  I've  lost  a  day!"  "Last  night  died  its  day: 
and  the  deeds  thereof  wei-e  judged."  Is  it  not 
the  duty  of  each  heart  to  a.sk  it-self  the  ques- 
tion. "  For  what  purpose  do  I  live?*'  k.  noble 
iiini  alone  can  give  dignity  ami  beauty  to  a  life, 
and 

"  There  is  a  time,  we  know  not  when, 
A  point  we  Iniow  not  where, 

That  marks  the  destiny  of  men, 
"Twixt  glory  .ind  despair." 


Idea  of  Death. — That  death  and  sleep  aie 
very  much  alike,  the  sftfjes  all  tell  us;  but  see 
how  uttractivelj-  Leigh  Hunt  desribes  thejatter. 
■'  It  is  a  delicious  moment,  certainly,  that  of  be- 
ing well  nestled  in  bed,  and  feeling  that  you 
shall  di'op  gently  to  sleep,  Tlie  good  is  to 
come— not  past;  the  limbs  have  been  just  tired 
enough  to  render  the  remaining  in  one  position 
delightful:  the  labor  of  the  day  is  done.  Agon- 
tie  failure  of  the  percei>tions  come  creeping  over 
one:  the  sinrit  of  consciousness  disengages  it- 
.self  more  with  slow  and  hushing  degrees,  like 
a  mother  detaching  her  hand  from  that  of  her 
s]ee])ing  child;  the  mind  seems  to  have  a  balmy 
lid  closing  over  it,  tike  the  eye;  'tis  closing,  'tis 
closing,— 'tis  closed.  The  mysterious  spirit 
has  gone  to  take  its  airy  round." 


The  Brcthkex  at  Work,  from  March  1st, 
to  Jan.  1st,  lS7!)only  §1.2l>. 


Old  Aoe.— Old  age  is  blessed  time  when, 
looking  l)ack  over  the  follies,  sins  and  mistakes 
of  pa.st  life— too  late,  indeed,  to  remedy,  but  nnt 
too  late  to  repent— we  may  put  off  earthly  gar- 
ments, one  by  one,  and  dress  ourselves  for  heav- 
en. Griefs  that  are  heavy  to  the  young,  are  to 
the  old  calm  and  almost  joyful,  as  tokens  of  the 
near  and  evGi-uearing  time  when  there  shall  be 
no  more  death,  neither  sorrow  and  crying,  neith- 
er any  more  pain.  Even  though  walking  in 
darkness  for  a  while,  the  aged  have  the  sure 
promise  ;  "  At  eventide  it  shall  be  light." 


CHILDREN  AT    JVor^ 


Ci.i-STERiNo.- You  have  neen  the  ivy  and  the 
woodiiiue  clustering  around  our  walls.  Well, 
that  is  just  sometimes  the  sweetest  Christian 
graces  cling  to  rough  and  hard  natures.  Jesus 
sometimes  takes  us  as  stones  in  the  walls  of  His 
church,  but  He  has  to  trim  us  off  pretty  well  to 
make  us  fit.  By  nature  we  don't  harmonize 
with  goodness,  and  purity,   and  devotion. 

I'rayer,  if  it  be  done  aa  a  task,  is  no  prayer 


From  Emma  M atnou.—Dmr  iCdiit,r7^ 

had  one  of  the  most  able  sermons  prtod~i 
us.  Tuesday  eve.  Dec.  ISth,  from  the  1{   j;  /"' 
mon.  we  ever  had  the  pleasure  of  list^ni'' 
It  was  delivei-ed   by  Mr.  Groc,  of  the  I)"^**' 
church,   from   R;uidolph   Co..  thU  Stuu'^" 
preaches  here  once  a  month.     When  here  f 
weeks  t^o,  I  gave  him  the  R.  Il.Hcriubuto 
After  reading  it,  he  remarked,  "  I  would  gij^ 
cental  for  that  sermon."     1  gave  him  the  n* 
he  thanked  me,  took  it  luuue  and  studied  it"'""' 
it  out  of  the  paper  and  pasted  it  in  «  lu  l"' 
scrap  book.  The  other  evening  he  preaclu-d  f 
it  to  quite  an  audience,  saying  it  is  too  gociT'" 
pass  unnoticed;  commended  the  brother     ^ 
highly  for  the  ideas  presented  and  the  Konl^^ 
son  was  very  appropriate.     If  you  have  not 
published  the  sermon  in  pamphlet  form   J^' 
you  will  do  so;  for  certainly  good  woulil")  .  ^' 
complished  by  it.     Shall  still  try  and  do    n' 
can  for  your  paper. 

G'-tin-tt,  lu'l. 

From  Lizzie  May  Johnson.— /^ri-,,- /,,/, 
—I  am  now  twelve  years  old.  1  was  bftntilj 
when  nine,  and  I  liave  neverfelt  likegaingjjr? 
into  the  worid  again,  but  am  deteniiiucd.byt}. 
grace  of  God,  to  live  iiChristimi.  .\ndyou  m* 
dear  young  brethren  and  sisters,  1  pray  yL  i 
so  live  that  when  you  are  called  to  leuvg  fi 
sinful  world,  you.  with  me,  can  be  laid  to  rcsi 
in  peace  with  God  and  all  mankind,  and  theai 
the  morning  t)f  the  first  resurrection  we  mavan 
meet  on  the  beautiful  shore  of  the  crysful  rii- 
and  forever  sing  praises  td  God.  Let  ug  jjp  fiy|i 
ftil  and  a  crown  of  life  shall  be  oni-s. 

Wiii'mic,  Iml. 

From  Lizzie  Millor.—I  want  togetngo^ 
education,  and  be  useful  when  I  grow  to  ben 
woman.  I  have  been  trying  to  labor  in  \y.. 
Master's  cause  for  one  year,  and  hay.?  eiijoyft) 
myself  well.  We  have  preaching  every  two 
weeks,  and  a  good  Sunday-school  m  the  Sum 
mer,  which  is  largely  attended, 

Plijmuulh,  [ml. 

From  S.  Miirdie  Baker.- />«c  Ediiort—i 
am  only  nine  yeare  old;  go  to  school,  and  study 
my  lessons  in  tlic  evening  also.  When  we  all 
have  our  lesions,  we  read  in  tiie  Testament  be- 
fore we  go  to  bed.  We  read  by  turns,  sonietiiiie 
pa.  sometimes  lua,  and  sometimes  the  teacher 
(fur  lie  boards  with  \\?\  and  so  lu  roimd.  I 
have  three  brothei-s  older  than  I,  and  two  little 
sisters  who  cannot  rend  in  the  Testament.  Af- 
t^-r  prayer  we  all  sing,  and  I  thiiikidl  little  boys 
and  girls  ought  to  learn  to  sing. 

Buhrs  Mill,  }  «.  l    ■ 

From  Sarah  R.  Brown.- DMj-  Edilor:~l 
have  three  brothers  that  have  gone  to  rfSt  in 
Jesus,  1  want  to  bo  n  good  girl  so  that  if  I 
grow  up  I  may  be  a  good  woman.  I  am  thir- 
teen yeju*s  old  tins  morning.  So  far  iu  life  I 
liuve  been  very  happy.  The  sun  has  come  up, 
making  all  things  look  bright.  Thisuiiikesuie 
think  of  my  bless.;d  Master,  how  He^gladdens 
our  hearts.  I  went  to  preaching  last  Sundoy 
and  heard  our  dear  uncle  John  Harshey.preacb. 
I  love  him  very  much.  I  think  lie  is  ii  good 
man.  We  are  taught  of  God  to  loveoueiuioH:- 
er,  and  I  hope  we,  all  do. 
IVnrrnislfjtrf/,  Ufa.  ^  " 

From  Charlie  Itt.  Mohltr.—DiarEdihr;- 
I  like  the  "  Home  Circle."  I  am  iiiiie  joiirs  Olil, 
and  attend  school.  My  pa  and  ma' go  to  church, 
and  1  like  to  go  too.  [  used  to  go  to  Sunday- 
school,  but  it  is  now  close(l.  1  like  tobcagnod 
boy,  and  obey  God's  commandments.  This  is 
the  first  letter  I  ever  wrote  by  myself,  but  1  linv? 
written  four  more  that  my  ma  helped  me  to 
write. 
Covinijloii,  (). 

From  Sarah  L.Ellis.— /J«n-A'f/iYor.-— lam 
quite  a  little  girl  eight  yeai-s  old.  1  gotomwt- 
ing  with  father  and  mother.  I  have  no  brother 
or  sister,  so  I  have  to  make  company  of  ray 
books,  toys  and  kittens.  Some  eveniDgs  I  road 
a  chapter  in  the  Testament  to  my  father,  motb- 
;r,  great  grandmother  and  aunt;  this  is  all  "' 
iiir  family.  This  evening  I  sat  on  father's 
knee  and  ivad  the  seventh  ciiapter  of  Mark.  I 
hope  I  shiill  learn  to  he  a  good  little  girl. 
Jliiitiiiit/ton  Co.,  Ind. 

From  <Jeor«e  W.  Wrightsm  an.— /'*■"'■  ^''' 
il<>r:—\  think  it  must  tire  you  to  publish  nil  the 
h-ttei-s  from  the  little  folks.  But  I  love  you  for 
it.  Now  I  come  to  tell  the  little  folks  who  it 
WHS  that  killed  more  people  at  his  death  thainii 
bis  life.  It  was  Samson.  You  wJl  lii"l '''" 
Judges  Ui:  30.  I  read  it.  Now  wiU  some  o 
the  little  folks  tell  us  whose  rod  baJd.-d  iin<i 
br-.u-rht  f'.rth  bu.U.  and  bln.mied  blossomsBflrt 
yi.dd.d  atimrnds?  In  this  letter  I  will  f"!  « 
Lu,t<lm-the  pap,.r  for  the  poor,  l'" '"^'" '"■/! 
mother  send  twenty-five  cents  f«n-  the  s""" 
purpose. 
Li)iv(ln;  III. 


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M  'I  n--,  i  u !  1  ■.  I  •  1 1 1  i  I :  X  . VT  Avoinc. 


"  FROM    EUROPE. 

O^yll  lieniilif"!  vi'ssci,  /W»,  coniincW  hy  01)1- 
laiu  WittiiigliMi,  liiis  anchored  iit  or  nmr 
He  mouth  of  the  river  Klhr.  where  it  enters  in- 
to thP  S"'"'  *""'  ti""ne  »e5  snil  nl  Hiunbnrg 
tor  loniion  yestorjoy  evening  ut  11  o'clock  mul 
^choretl  this  morning  at  2  A.  M.  In  conse- 
■UPiice  "f  "  '*°"''°  '""■  '°  ^'"'*'  "°  """  scMcoly 
'  the  "»'"■  '"'"  ""-'  ''='•■''•  "'"1  notwithstainl- 
l„B  the  inipnticnce  and  anxiety  manifMlcJ  on 
Ijir  jinrt  of  many  of  the  passengers,  the  captain 
^1  not  go  till  he  can  see  hi,i  way  clear.  Some 
of  the  paw'engei'3  say,  "  Captain,  can't  yon  rnn 

l1.  .,  «r»milM_<S  V 


'  i,Pl  cares  Ufeo  a  wild  deluge  come. 

And  storms  of  sorrow  litlK 
Si-  1  Imt  saiclj  n-iich  my  home. 

My  God.  my  hciiven.  my  all. 


Point  till  the  lath  of  December.  We  have  no 
I  w<ml»  ol'  cheer  to  jjive  you  from  this  plac«.— 
I  We  met  with  ten  members  m  council  the  llth. 
I  inst.     Tliey  said  they  held  no  fellowship  with  \w. 


4fi  yeaw;  ho*  never  been  called  on  to  au-twer  to  a 
ehivrge  prefrrred  Against  him  iinc*  he  iji  in   the 
church. 
The  old  lirother  was  horn  in    Ky.      Kaptized 


What  uuhuppy  creatures  we  would  otVm  I>e  ha<\    had  joined  the  C-iigreyiitional  Bn-thn-n.      Two  '  by  .lacob  Ohm.-rl  in  Ble  Miami    Itiver    Shplbv 


we  iiot  that  blessed  hope  which,  being  connect-  I  had  been  expelled  from  the  church  for  ndultery 
ed  witu  the  enhlt-ropL-  of  fiuth.  veaehos  fur  out  I  but  were  received  by  them  in  their  sin.  Five 
of  siplit  ;in(\  hohts  tmr  vessel  firm  amid  the  I  were  absent,  but  lind  expressed  by  letter  that 
stornix  of  persecution,  repi-onches  lemptations,  would  po  with  them.  One  siator  still  renmins. 
losses  nnd  crosses  of  every  k'ind.  and  often  our  I  May  Uod  Icocp  her  n»  His  chosen.  December 
little  boat  seems  ready  to  aiuk  when  the  waves  I  Tith.  went  twelve  mile«  South  to  Bro.  H.  W. 
are  high,  but  faith  looks  to  the  promiaw.  which  \  Stricklor's.       Had     thi-ee    meetings— baptized 


f  the  compass?  '  "  No,  wc  may  run  iato  some 
otlici"  vessel  and  oixe  or  both  of  us  suffer  sliip- 
ffreclt-"  _ 

We  can  learn  several  important  lessons  from 
jliiscireunistiLnce;  as  our  journey  through  lift 
cnii  l**"-  '^"'^  ''**^"  '^'  ^^'^  iippropriately  compar- 
ed to  11  vtiytige  ou  the  sen.  If  thousauds  in  the 
world  ffcmld  act  ns  cnutious  as  our  captain,  they 
would  uofc  so  liltely  make  shipwreck.  Men 
jiiinucially  often  get  into  the  fog,  and  cannot  sec 
fur  iiliead,  and  how  they  shall  or  can  make  their 
ends  ni«et>  yet  they  will  drive  ahead,  make  prom- 
ises an<l  contracts,  one  after  another,  and  all 
on  a  1''^^'  ■"*'*  '""  l'^'^'*lo"g  into  some  other 
npreoii's  interest  \vith  his  good  credit  and 
pioniises,  that  he  himself  suffers  shipwreck  imd 
severely  injures  his  neighbor.  My  brethren, 
these  things  ought  not  so  to  be  among  us,  I 
When  we  get  into  the  fog,  cast  anchor  and  watch 
for  the  day,  and  nine  ciwes  out  of  ten,  you  will 
lie  the  gainer,  and  your  religion  won't  sulier. 

But  we  can  also  learn  a  profitable  Ic-^son  in 
our  spiritual  voyage.  We  often  get  into  the  fog 
and  can't  see  our  way  clearly;  then  we  would 
better  cast  auclior,  if  it  does  require  some 
patience,  like  in  our  peculiar  position  at  pres- 
ent. Some  uf  the  passeugere  say,  "Captain, 
I  think  you  might  move  on  slowly  without 
much  danger."  but  all  to  no  avail;  he  cannot  be 
prevailed  upon;  he  understands  his  business  and 
cannot  be  influenced  to  do  differently,  though 
he  desires  to  go  as  much  iis  any,  but  he  is  more 
judicious  than  the  rest,  and  says,  like  the  Lord 
to  Moses,  or  Moses  to  the  people,  "  Stand  still 
and  see  the  salvation  of  the  Lord."  There  is 
frequently  more  salvation  in  standing  still,  than 
in  moving  forward,  but  when  the  way  is  clear. 
the  w!itei*s  divided,  then  the  conuiiand,  go  tbr- 
vfiud,  should  be  obeyed. 

1  learn  a  lesson  of  firmness  from  the  conduct 
of  our  captain— a  trait  taught  by  the  apo^iUu: 
"  Be  not  carried  about  with  every  wind  of  doc- 
trine." It  is  easy  to  be  a  Christian  while  the 
current  or  influence  is  favorable,  but  when  this 
sect  is  everywhere  spoken  nguinst,  and  strong 
op])ositiori  to  meet  with,  it  requires  firmness. 
"  Be  steadfa.st,  immovable,  always  abounding  in 
the  work  of  the  Lord,"  i.s  the  apostle's  injunc- 
tion. 

IVc  also  learn  to  liavo  forbearance  with  each 
other,  anothev  apostolic  injunction.  While  we, 
in  our  impatience,  must  bear  with  the  seeming 
stubbornness  of  our  captain,  he  must  exercise 
still  more  forbearance  with  our  impatience  and 
annoyance.  So  we  oft  must  do  as  Christians. 
Even  in  the  church  the  membei's  often  think 
they  know  better  than  the  minister  or  elder,  or 
even  the  church,  and  would  like  to  have  it  differ- 
ent, but  cannot,  so  they  must  hear.  On  the 
other  hand  the  elders  de.sire  the  purity  of  the 
idunch,  and  hence  must  keep  house  in  the 
church  according  to  the  Gospel;  he  often  must 
bear  much  with,  and  from  unruly  members  who 
would  like  to  (b-ive  ahead.  When  those  of  ex- 
perience say  no,  we  must  cast  anchor  and  wait 
till  the  fog  passes  away;  it  is  dangerous  to  move 
now.  There  is  one  difficulty  comes  up  right 
here,  and  that  is,  we  always  think  the  brother 
or  sister  or  neighbor,  as  the  case  may  be,  is 
much  more  in  the  log  than  we.  For  instance, 
in  a  foggy  day  you  see  a  man  stand  a  piece  away 
from  you,  you  think  the  fog  is  much  thicker 
where  he  is  than  where  you  are.  So  with  us,  if 
we  are  not  very  cautious  in  sclf-«xamination. 
luid  drive  against  each  other  with  such 
force  as  both  to  sustain  injury,  and  the  reason 
often  is,  we  are  both  in  the  fog,  and  henw 
should  have  forbearance  with  each  other:  and  if 
you  sec  your  way  clearly  and  another  one  comes 
towards,  iind  will  likely  run  iigainst  you.  turn 
to  one  side  a  little  and  let  him  come  up  along 
side,  then  say,  come  let  us  reason  together,  luid 
Hi.-  fog  may  vanish  mul  both  see  their  way 
'  l.-.,rly. 

-Vl^ain,  when  we  see  them  drop  the  anciioi 
tiir  out  of  sight  we  arc  made  to  think  ol  our 
"Piiitual  anchor,  hope,  which  is  both  sure  and 
fteadfiu^t,  and  which  entereth  into  that  within 
tlie  veil,  whither  the  forerunner  is  for  us  enter- 
•^d,  even  Jesus.  Oh,  blcs^^ed  hope!  how  hrm  it 
ludds  our  vessels  when  storms  prevail.  Itcaus- 
' "  !'-<  to  sing, 


arc  more  firm  than  the  mountains  and  hills,  and 
hope  firmly  grasps  the  cable-rope  of  faith  and 
begins  to  sing, 

"  When  floating  ou  life's  troubled  sea, 

By  storms  and  tempests  driven, 
Hope,  with  her  nuliant  finger,  points 

To  brighter  scenes  in  heaven : 
She  bids  the  storms  of  life  to  eeiLse, 

The  troubled  breii.-*l  be  calm. 
And  in  the  wounded  heart  she  pours 
Heligion's  healing  balm. 
The  fog  having  nearly  all  piutscd  away,  our 
vessel  stiivted  this  morning  about  four  o'clock, 
having  lost  about  twenty-four  hoiirs.  We  are  now 
out  on  the  North  sea,  getting  along  quite  plea-s- 
antly.     It  shajce-i  rather  much  to  write  legible, 
so  I  will  stop  and  finish  in   Loudon,  if  we  ar- 
rive safely. 

London.  Had  a  tedious  trip;  instead  of  cross- 


four.    On  the    nth  started  home— found  our 
family  in  reasnnblc  health. 

Church  council  nest  day;  all  the  members 
love  nnd  union.  Held  an  election  for  one  speak- 
er and  two  deacons;  the  lot  fell  on  Bro.  H.  W. 
Strickler  for  siwiiker,  and  Bni.  .lo-^epb  llife  and 
(ico.  W.  Miller  for  deacons.  Preaching  same 
evening,  also  next  day  and  eveniag.  On  Mon- 
day. (17tb)  Uru.  lUndricka  w;is  taken  by  Hro. 
John  Wolfe,  to  I'lki'  Co.,  to  hold  some  rawt^ 
iugs  with  (he  bvetlnvn  there.  We  were  to  go 
the  next  day  to  the  same  place,  but  rain  and 
mud  prevented.  Bro.  Hendrieks  staid  one  week, 
and  baptized  one. 

We  had  nu\de  au  appointment  for  a  church 

council  10  miles ■North-eB«t  from  our  place,  on 

the  25th  where  our  meetings  first  began  on  the 

7tb.    liro.  Clingingsmith  took  Bro,   Hendricks 

on  the  24th,  twenty-five  miles  through  thciuud 

ing  in  30  or  40  hnui-s,  we  were  75.    Our  clear    ""'' '™°  '^•*  *''"  l'^'"^'-'-    '^''"^  weather  was  so  iu- 

sky  did  not  hist  long;  in  the  afternoon   the  fog    flement  thea- was  no  meeting.     Bi-o.  Hendricks 

became  so  dense  that  they  were  obliged  to  stop 


awhile  in  mid  sea,  could  not  anchor;  but  the 
sea  being  very  calm  they  laid  still  awhile,  but 
soon  began  to  move  along  slowly  till  sometime 
in  the  night  it  cleared  off,  and  we  arrived  at  St. 
Katharine's  wharf  in  London  at  2  A.  M.,  Sun- 
day. And  by  the  time  we  got  to  the  Adelphim 
hotel  and  everything  in  order,  it  was  too  late  to 
attend  any  place  of  .worship.  We  spent  the 
day  in  reading,  writing  and  meditating,  won- 
dering what  per  cent,  of  the  moving  mass  of 
human  beings  that  daily  crowd  the  streets  of 
this  exceeding  great  city  would  stand  at  the 
right  hand  of  the  judge  in  the  judgment  day. 
Wliat  a  pity  it  should  prove  to  be  a,s  siuaU  as  in 
Sodom  and  Gomon-ah.  We  do  not  feel  inclin- 
ed to  judge  in  the  matter,  but  if  we  are  permit- 
ted to  know  the  tree  by  its  fiiiit,  we  would  be 
forced  to  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  salt  is 
very  scarce. 

E.N-lJCM  Env. 
Lmilm,  Kiiijlmul,  Frh.  If^fh,  1H7K. 


May 


tarted  home  same  day— found  all    well 
the  Lord  ble.w  the  mission  work. 

Lilinii/,  III.  Jan.  I'tst.  ms. 

ItEMAiiKS:  We  regret  that  any  mistaki 
curred  in  the  former  article  sent  in  by  brother 
Wolfe.  We  instruct  our  workmen  to  follow 
copy  closely,  making  no  corrections  only  where 
the  laws  of  language  demand  it.  We  remem- 
ber reading  the  manuscript  and  punctuating  it, 
supposed  it  was  all  right.  We  endeavor  to  do 
the  best  we  can,  and  lutk  pardon  for  such  mis- 
takes upon  our  part.  While  on  this  subject  we 
at  times  experience  considerable  difficulty  in 
getting  church  news  set  up  just  right  in  con^ 
sequence  of  the  careless  manner  in  which 
names  are  written.  Ens. 


Co.,  0.     He  wa*  able  to  atV-nd  all  the  meeting* 
we  held   near  Marble  Rock,  la.     Also  .iat*r 
Barbara  Hitler,  sister  of  th'-  above.    Sh<-  i»  Sg 
years  old:  wa'«  Imptiz-^d  by    Eld.   .lacob    Miller, 
grnndfatherof  Kid.  .facob  Miller  late   of  Ina., 
72  years  ago  in  Bear  Creek  church.  Moulgom- 
erv  Co.,  0.    This  old  sist^-r  said  to  me.  "  Brt.. 
Troxel.  I  have  never  been   cb.argeil   with   any- 
thing before  the  church,  neither  did   1   rharge 
any  one.     I  alw,iys  trie'd  to  do  right.     I  do  not 
believe  in  making  the  church  trouble  by  bring- 
ing every  little  thing  to  the  ehvirch  to  ^tlleior 
me.     I  done  that  myself,  I  never  faiUil.      Now 
1  am  too   near   the   River   to   stop   and    make 
trouble."    Goil  help  us  to  do  as  she  hti.^  don**! 
She  in  the  mother  uf  nine  children,  all  living. 
The  youngest  one  is  52  years  old.    Sht-  did  not 
attend  our  meetings  this   time.     She   attended 
our  meetingii  last  March.     The   above   an-   son 
nd  daughter  of  Eld.  JohnOarber  of  Vil     Eld. 
.luhn  Garbcr  waa  the  first  brother  that   pr.-ach- 
il  in  Ohio.     He  organized  the   first  church   of 
the  Brethren  in  Ohio.  (Stone  Lick)  and  also 
UouiUd's  Creek  church.     It  is  a  great  pli-a.-mrw 
to  converse  with  these  aged  followers  of  ('hri«t 
We  can  hardly  do  without  the  BaEriutEX  at 
Work,  but  we  are  not  able  to  pay  for  it.      I 
hope  the  Lord  will  bless  you  in  yonr  work. 

E.  Troxkl. 
Feb.  'n,  1N7H. 


iSwe 
A    kir 


From    Blackwatcr    Church,    Va. 


FRAN 
old, 


From    Seneca    Church,    Ohio. 

i)nu-B,rfli>rn:— 
U /*^  RACE  be  unto  you  and  peace  from  God 

\J  our  Father  and  from  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  Let  us  thank  God  alway.s  for  the  mer- 
cies and  blessings  which  He  bestows  upon  ns 
from  day  to  day.  Hi".  McMuUen  of  Richland 
Co.,  was  with  us  four  days.  His  first  sermon 
wa-s  from  Matt,  fi:  33,  "But  seek  ye  first  the 
kingdom  of  God  and  His  righteousness;  and  all 
these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you." 

During  his  several  discourses,  he  told  us  what 
the  kingdom  was.  how  to  seek  it.  and  how  to 
enter  in.  It  was  surely  good  seed  sown;  but  it 
remains  to  be  seen  yet,  whether  it  fell  on  good 
ground  or  among  thorns.  He  left  us  the  morn- 
Tng  of  20th  inst.  and  the  language  of  our  heart 
is.  come  again  brother,  come  again.  Apply  the 
trifle  enclosed  to  the  poor  ministering  brother 
that  has  the  use  of  but  one  arm,  spoken  of  No. 
7.  present  volume  of  the  Bretiires  \t  Work, 

A  SiSTEU. 

From    David    Wolfe. 

IN  No.  7,  present  volume,  I  sec  over  my  name 
a  communication  that  makes  me  say  things 
that  were  not  in  my  letter— neither  did  they  oc- 
My  brethren  will  think  it  strange  when 
they  see  it:  and  that  1  i"«y  he  set  right,  you 
will  please  publish  this.  I  do  not  complain  of 
the  raistiike  made,  but  am  sorry  to  make  this 
correction.  I  have  uo  copy  of  my  letter;  but 
can  give  the  sense  of  the  original. 

J>etir  lin-thren:— 

We  send  you  our  best  wishes  for  yonr  happi- 
ness and  jirospcrity  in  all  your  obligations,  as 
members  of  Christ's  body,  ministers  of  the  Gos- 
pel;  and  as  Editors,  you  may  be  able  to  copy 
the  Divine  Master;  that  your  pens  may  be  dii)- 
ped  in  the  fountain  ol  Truth;  and  you  be  able 
to  send  forth  to  your  many  readers  the  pure 
Word  uf  God. 

We  will  give  you  a  continued  report  of  our 
mission  work  with  Brn.  Hendricks  and  Vani- 
man,  beginning  where  Bro.  Yaniman  left  oR 
when  we  were  at  West  Point,  McDonough  Co., 
Bro.  Vanimau  going  from  this  place  to  Tenne.*- 
sec,  McDonough  Co.,   we  remaining  at  West 


IhorJiiYtlimi.— 

NKLIN  Co,,  \'irgiiiiii  IS  one  among  the 
ttlemeiits  of  Brethren  in  Va.— 
Brethren  and  sistei"*  have  moved  from  here  to 
nearly  all  of  the  Western  States.  When  I  uni- 
ted with  the  church,  in  ISOf,  there  was  but  one 
church  of  the  Brethren  in  this  county.  There 
were  seven  ministers,  of  which  five  were  Eldera. 
They  have  now  all  passed  away,  and  otherH  are 
in  their  stead.  There  are  four  congregations 
of  Brethren— four  meeting-houses  suitable  for 
communion  purposes.  We  received  fifteen  in- 
to the  church  by  bapti-im  liLst  Summer  and  Fall. 

The  Brethren  are  taking  an  active  |)art  in 
the  home  mission.  They  have  regular  appoint- 
ments in  Bedford  and  Pittsylvania  counties.— 
Have  received  some  by  baptism,  prospects  good 
for  more  in  Pittsylvania  county.  Hope  they 
may  build  up  a  church  there.  May  the  Lord 
bless  their  labors. 

JoEI,  H.  Fl.oH.v, 


From    Vinton,    Iowa. 


JkarlinUim,.— 
rrilROUGH  the  help  of  God.  I  am  again  per- 
J.  mitted  to  .send  good  news  to  the  remh-rs  uf 
your  paper.  1  have  just  returned  home  from 
Marble  Rock,  and  Greene,  Iowa,  where  by  God's 
aid  1  have  been  holding  a  series  of  meetings.— 
Our  meetings  were  well  attended— interest  very 
good.  Bight  souls  came  out  and  demanded  bai>- 
tiam  at  the  first  named  place.  Five  were  bai>- 
tiiied  while  wo  were  with  them;  three  to  be 
baptized  soon.  Some  of  these  were  membei-s 
of  the  Campbellite  church,  and  are  leailing  per- 
sons of  the  neighborhood;  one  a  Free  Mason 
for  many  years.  Many  others  said  they  would 
unite  if  we  would  continue  the  meetings,  but 
our  health  and  appointments,  prevented  us  from 
staying  longer. 

While  holding  these  meetings  two  others 
were  baptized  and  one  reclaimed  at  other  point* 
in  this  church.  From  this  place  we  went  to 
Greene,  (same  church).  Held  three  meetings. 
One  demanded  baptism  at  the  lust  meeting.— 
Our  health  was  so  very  poor  that  we  had  to 
close  the  meetinga:  though  much  could  hav. 
been  done  by  continuing.  We  have  concluded 
after  filling  one  hundred  and  fifty-three  appoint- 
ments in  four  months,  not  to  jireach  again  un- 
til our  health  improves.  At  Marble  Kock  we 
met  and  worshiped  with  brother  Joseph  Gar- 
ber.  He  is  SI  years  old;  has  been  a  member 
of  the  church  over  50  years,  and  a  deacon  for 


From    Dayton,    Kansas. 

Dear  liirtfirni.— 

we  are  desirous   to   luive   the    Ibdeemer's 
ngdoiu  prosper,  we  idso  are  mail'*  to  re- 
joice, when  wo  hear  of  soula  made   willing  to 
forsidtc  sin,  and  turn  their  faces  heavenward. — 
As  it  was  requested  of  me  to  visit  Cediu-  Creek 
church  in  Anderson  Co..  Kansas,  I  did  ^o,  and 
found  the  brethren  and  sisters  in  health,  gen- 
erally.    I  mean  in  spiritual  health,  also  in  tem- 
poral health,  except  one  brother  who  will  have 
gone  to  the  spirit  world  l»efore  this  reachea  the 
readei"s  of  your  excellent  paper.     When    I  ar- 
rived at  our  Elder's  house,   viz;  Jesse  Studebb- 
ker.  to  my  joy    I   fouinl  our  much  respected 
brother  Sydney  Hodgdon  at  the  same  place;  and 
while  in  that  church  we  held  six  meetings,  three 
iu  one  school-house,   and   tea  miles  Suuth    of 
this  we  had  two  meetings,  and  from  tliis  place 
we  went  about  14  milo«  North-west   to  hold  a 
little  service  by  the  way  of  exhortation,  sing- 
ing and  prayer,  and  to  anoint  brother  I/evi  Lil- 
ly.    At  this  meeting,    1    must  confess,  that  a 
more  impressive  occasion  I  never  witne^ed; 
every  eye  was  filled  with  tears.      Those  who 
endeavored  to  use  words  of  consolation   and 
comfort  of  the  Scriptures,  had  to  give  place  to 
tears  and  solemnity.      The  influence  of  the 
Spirit  of  God  wils  manifested  in  this  little  meet- 
ing, and  not  tioon  to  be  forgotten. 

This  arm  of  the  church   was  organized  five 
years  ago  with  nine  members;  several  were  added 
the  day  uf  its  organiuition  by   baptism.      At 
this  writing  it  numbers  about  sixty  members. 
During  our  stay   in  Cedar  Creek  chureh  two 
souls  wore  added  to  the  fold  of  Christ.     One  a 
son  of  brother  Jesse  Studebaker,  and  the  other 
a  young  sister  only  14  years  old.    0  how    the 
angels  do  rejoice  when  the  young  come  to  Jesua 
for  aid,  for  He  will  surely  guide  them  safe  home. 
Three  of  Bro.  Studebaker's    children  are  now 
members  of  the  Iwdy  of  Christ.  In  looking  at  the 
brotherhood,  its  lalwrs.  trials,  privations  and  in- 
equalities, and  at  the  cost  of  our  redemption,  I 
see  many  things  that  are   wanting:  and  some- 
times   a  surplus    of    some    things;    but     to 
remedy  the  deficiency  is  what  I  ardently  desire, 
I  believe  we  are  brethren,    Then  as  such,  let 
us  divide  the  labor.     Some  to  the  plow,  some 
to  the  mill,  some  mechanics,  and  some  to  the 
Word.     Now  these  all  receive  wages;  and  it  is 
right  that  they  should;  and  they   receive  it  m. 
the  present  time:  while  the  one  who  is  to  preacK 
the  Woi-d,  IS  he  to  tarry  for  his  support  till  the 
resurrection  moru?     Brethren  let  us   act    con- 
sistently and  md  the  brethren  who  labor  forthe 
good  of  all. 

Here  iu  Kansas  some  EldeK  have  the  over- 
sight of  six  counties  while  in  the  East  some- 
times you  have  six  Elders  in  one  countj-.  Kow 
brethren  look,  and  consider  our  condition  in 
Kansjis,  and  then  act  wisely,  consistently  and 
judiciously.  We  need  ministeriid  aid,  while  at 
the  same  time  we  are  poorl  O!  may  God  speed 
His  work  of  grace  so  that  both  sjunt  and  sin- 
ner may  have  their  portion  of  comforts  consoi»* 
tion  and  warning  while  it  is  called  to-thif.  Tinw 
is  speeding  to  us  on  a\vfHl  doy,  and  jirv  we  so 
little  preparing  for  the  realities  of  a  futon 
state':*  Oh!  think  before  thou  iliest 

William  Sto  kvtsb. 
Ftb.  -3,  WS. 


riiK  j3HEtiike:n^  at  avokk:. 


^arcli   1^ 


From    New   Jersey. 

ON  Fcl>niiu-y  1 1 lli.  brotlier  J.  T.  Mtyer* uf  Pa., 
cnmc  Ui  ih'u  (M^ngrpgation  aad  commeuceil  a 
M-rics  of  mroling*  wliioli  lantnl  until  the  Itltli. — 
He  prestiied  nine  pcrmonn  iu  all,  aud  tltey  were 
old-Jaahioned  (Josi-Ki,  icriimu-.  They  were  wil- 
ing ill  iheir  tflect  on  the  enemy's  ranks,  and  the 
"•lain  of  Ihc  Lonl"  four  in  oumbia-  now  rejuiw 
in  Uie  God  of  their  wlvatio".  The  Jl-wk  here  re- 
juioBi  ill  tlieir  ci»nvcntioii.  Hut  wbil«t  but  four 
wcM  made  willing  to  ground  the  wcaiwM  of  their 
rebellion,  we  trust  jiasv  more  are  wmndwi  by  tlio 
"Sword  ofUie  8i)irit."  Our  brollur  preached 
with  jiower— not  oniy  was  thi-  goixl  old  Jerusalem 
bhuic  turnwl  agaimt  tin  without  the  church,  bui 
HO  nkillfully  wiu)  it  handled  that  "  lovera  of  pka*- 
ure,"  ijrofc»»in|i  gwiiineje,  were  made  lo  howl ; 

(O  may  (iod  help  His  miniiters  to  have  the 
couruK*'  to  denounce  popular  nin,  whether  in  or 
out  of  the  diurchj. 

Our  nieclingH  were  well  ntltuded,  (.'ood  order 
and  gMinl  otlenlion.  Our  h(iu«.e  was  filled  most  of 
the  time  to  lit  utmost  cniint'ily.  The  interval 
twKiiiul  t'l  increuae  al  each  niocting.  I  oin  sorry 
that  our  meelint;!"  could  not  have  continued  long- 
g(ir;  for  we  believe  much  good  niiKht  bavo  been 
done.  But  our  brother  was  worn  out  and  had  to 
go  hiime,  I'ooplo  said  tlicy  never  «aw  s»  much 
iiiteroit  uwakcjied  in  a  meeting  in  si>  pliort  a  lime. 
We  hope  and  truat  thi«e  that  have  been  awkened 
and  are  «o  near  tlio  kingdom,  will  yet  come  and 
make  of  Christ  their  only  choice,  and  journey 
hand  in  hand  with  friends  that  are  on  the  heaven- 
ly road. 

l-'raternally, 

Amos  CriAsiMERi-iN, 
Crotou,  jV.  J..  Feb.  25. 1H7«. 


B 


From    La    Place.    III. 

f>nir  Birthrnt.— 

liOTMKK  Menno  SumHlc  from  tlie  Millrainc 
mgreguliitn  woa  with  lis,  and  preached  sev 
eriil  Hi-'riiion^^  the  lirat  of  this  month.  A^  the  re- 
MUll  of  liiH  luhom,  five  were  added  by  baptism,  und 
we  think  many  nioro  are  8eriou*.ly  counting  tlio 
co»l.  The  eliurch  is  iu  &  nourishing  cuuditiun, 
but  \vc  much  regret  the  rleparlure  of  so  many  of 
the  beloved  members  who  intcud  to  go  to  Kansas. 
I  hope  tboy  und  us  may  liold  out  faithful  :  and  if 
we  never  mcot  in  thi.t  world  again,  we  hope  to 
moot  in  tliat  betU:r  world  where  we  shall  pavt  no 
more. 

Bro,  Stouffer  uIsq  preached   one  week  at  the 
Ridge  Kcliool-bomne.     Hvc  came  out  on  the  Lor< 
lidfc     Mojie  the  good  work  may  go  on  here  as  well 
an  ciscwhoro. 

I'rcM  onward  siill,  dear  brethren 
The  can>f  of  ('lirixt  maintain, 
Add  iiiith  aud  virtue  lo  your  bouI;^, 
Christ's   approbation   gain. 

Pretis  forward,  forward  breUireu, 
Through  love  to  iiml  on  high, 
13c  nclivo  iu  the  work  of  Christ, 
X>et  not  religion   die. 

Liz/ir:  AnKOLit, 
l'<l>.  27,  1S7.-*. 


From  the  Woodbury  Church,  Pa. 

IWUL'Ll)  auy  I'>  the  n-atliins  of  the  BllETHUK.V 
AT  Work,  that  Brn.  (J.  W.  Brumbaugh  and 
Jowph  Hnowberger  from  the  I'lover  Creek  con- 
gregation cani3  lo  U8  on  the  24th  of  Feb,,  IS7S. 
They  preached  funrloen  sermons  in  the  m-w  nieet- 
ing-bouao  near  Woodbury.  A»  ii  result  of  their 
Inborn,  tour  precious  souls  wcve  niiule  to  live  a  new 
life,  and  were  buried  with  him  in  haptistn,  Aud 
wo  believe  that  some  more  are  cuimliug  the  cost. 
May  God  help  them  come  while  they  have  lime, 
])laco  and  ojiportunity. 

The- weather  being  rainy  and  nights  very  dark, 
our  meoliug  did  not  become  as  intoresin^  a$  it 
would  have  been  had  the  weather  been  nice. — 
Brethren  und  sistoi-s,  if  wewnulourmeetings  to  be- 
come inteivsting,  we  must  nil  take  an  active  part 
iu  tlivm.  If  there  is  a  cohlness  ou  the  part  of  the 
members  in  not  attending  them  regularly,  it  ^how6 
as  though  ilie  labor  was  not  united  as  it  sliuuhl  be. 
With  the  united  prayers  of  the  church,  much 
g'HKl  may  be  done. 

D.  S.  Repi.ogm:. 
.)/<iria,  I'a.,  March  3,  187S. 


kingdom.      They   bail    twelve    accejions   to   lb© 
church  in  one  year's  time. 

D^ylm.  Kan..  Feb.  17,  1878. 
Frum  P.  Heil.— We  held  a  scries  of  meelinga 
here,  and  iu>  the  rej-ult  seventeen  were  added  lo 
the  church  by  baptism.  Among  these  seventeen, 
seven  were  young  girls  from  twelve  t'l  sixteen 
years  c)ld.  We  have  bad  a  season  of  joy.  No 
doubl  the  aoj^ele  in  heaven  rejoice  over  these  per- 
ishing onus.  Mny  God  grant  ihem  His  holy  sjiir- 
it  to  guide  them  into  all  truth.  May  the  Gr>d  of 
truth,  of  peace,  love  aud  joy  continue  with  us, 
that  wc  may  go  on  in  the  service  of  the  Lord 
to  defend  the  Gojpel  plan  of  salvation  in  all  its 
purity  and  power. 
Baldwin,  low'i. 

From  F.  P.  Lwlir.— Bro.  R.  H.  Miller  ia  now 
eiigagC4l  in  preaching  at  Now  Paris,  Ind.  Crowd- 
ed houses  of  eager  hearers  asjeniblc  every  even- 
ing. And  no  wonder  such  demonstration*  of  the 
simple  Gospel  truth  must  find  a  lodging  place  in 
every  honest  heart.  I  have  long  ere  thi,"  seen  that 
God  always  prepared  His  instruments  to  suit 
times  and  occasions.  It  ia  therefore  no  wonder 
that  just  lit  this  time  where  such  a  strong  effort 
is  being  made  to  remove  the  devil  and  bell  ;  and 
conse<]uently  no  Divine  uud  human  Savior  is  need- 
ed,— I  say  no  wonder  that  a  man  hnth  come  Ibrth 
whose  arguments  on  the  divinity  of  Jesu»,  and 
triiuty  of  the  Godhead  arc  unanswerable.  Siuce 
it  is  impossible  for  him  to  appear  in  person  every- 
wbci'c,  brethren  ought  to  do  all  they  can  to  intro- 
duce his  work,  "The  Doctrine  of  the  Brethren 
Defended,"  and  thereby  set  up  a  bulwark  ugninst 
the  assaults  of  Biitionalism. 
ICaharl,  hid.,  March  Ut,  1875. 

From  Tliomiis  H.  Higgs. — A  lew  wetks 
ago,  four  were  received  into  the  church  by  con- 
fession and  baptism.  They  now,  we  tiust,  walk 
in  newness  of  life,  and  may  they  prove  faithful  by 
the  grace  of  GoJ.  i  am  poor  in  this  world'sgoods, 
but  like  to  work  lor  the  ingathering  of  souU, 
hence  send  (or  some  pampldets  to  distribute. — 
God  always  richly  puya  us.  What  is  better  than 
to  have  the  same  filled  with  love.  There  is  noth- 
ing equal  lo  it.  TJiank  Gwd  for  the  giti  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  words  of  liio. 

I'coria  CiUl.  Ia.,  March  Ut,  1878. 

From  J.  I).  Parker.— The  Brethren   ..f  the 

Ashland  church  have  lately  closed  another  series 
of  meetings.  It  was  held  in  the  West  end  of  the 
District,  nt  the  Oak  Grove  church.  Sixteeu  were 
baptized,  and  we  trust,  are  wolkng  iu  newness  of 
life.  May  God  receive  all  the  praise  forevermore. 
A^hlan.l,  Ohio,  March  Ut,  1878. 

From  Fidward  Tliom^O)). — I  am  happy  to 
inform  you  that  our  beloved  brotherSell  from  Mo,, 
canie  lo  us  Feb.  16th,  and  preached  here  one  week 
in  the  evening  only.  Six  persons  were  induced 
to  enroll  themselves  on  tlie  side  of  iT'esus  by  bap- 
tism, and  one  reclaimed.  God  bless  them,  and 
keep  them  faithful. 

lUk  City,  Neb. 

EmuTA. — In. an  article  eniitlel,  "A  Beauti- 
ful Syuonym,"  in  Xo,  G  of  your  paper,  on  (ii^t 
piigceigbth  liuefromlhebotlomplcaseread,  ".-Ire 
tiu'ie  not  UD  inuiuj  artitinf  "  HKC,  instead  oi' "Ami 
them"  etc.  E.  H.  SriKLEn. 


DIED. 


ftries  should  be  t.Hef.  writleu  on  but  oof  'i'l*  «'  "" 
pap»T.  and  BCp»r»te  from  alt  oilier  bu»in«»*. 


BUCK.— In  yew  Enterprise.  Bedford  Co..  Pa., 
Feb.  22.  1S78,  sisu-r  Mary  Buck,  aged  7JI  years, 
7  mnnihs  and  10  days.  Funeral  occasion  im- 
proved by  the  Brethren  from  iiev.  14  :  l-J. 

CARSON.— Near  New  Eutcrpriee,  Bedford  Co., 
Pa.,  Feb.  28,  1878,  Bn>.  Samuel  Ca.no».  aj;ed 
71  years,  7  months  and  4  days.  Funeral  ser- 
vices improved  fi-om  Hebrews  13  :  VS,  14,  by  the 
Brethren. 

ZIGLKR.— Near   Watci-side.  Bedford   Co.,   Pa., 
March  1,  l«r8,  sister  Mary  Zigler.     Age  about 
(i4  year^. 
These  three  were  among  the  oldest  members 

of  the  Yellow  Creek  church,  and  have  died  iuone 

week's  time.  J.  /.  Replogle. 

MORTON.  —  February  21,  ISrS,  friend  Mary 
Morton,  of  Fairview,  HI.,  aged  SO  years,  6 
months  and  9  days.  Funeral  attended  by  the 
writer.  Jacob  Nk<;i.y. 

NOAH.~In  Floyd  Co,,  Iowa,  iu  the  Rock  Grove 
church,  Harriet  L.  Noah,  aged  1  yeBr,8mo»lhs 
and  18  davs. 


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Tot  I' Ills. 

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GLEANIJNGS. 


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From  Williitiii  Stot-kmyer.— I  visited  the 
brethren  and  sisiera  in  Jusjier  Co.,  Mo.  While 
there  held  four  meetings;  interest  good.  At  the 
cloMj  of  three  sermons,  oue  t^oul  was  niade  willing 
(o  turn  his  f»ce  Ziouward,  uud  confessed  Jesus  in 
the  flowing  Mtream  of  ^?l>Iiug  Uiver,  aud  rose  to 
follow  the  fSiivior  in  spirit  aud  in  truth.  This  ami 
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At  Btav. 
Ind.,  June  !Hb,  1878. 

DISTRICT   MliLTISGS. 

Northern  Diatrict  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church.  May  9ili. 

Tne  District  Meeting  for  the  Southern  District 
of  Iowa,  will  he  Ltld  the  Lord  willing  iu  the 
Monroe  church,  Monroe  C'o.,  Iowa,  ou  Friday, 
April  12th,  1878,  commencing  at  10  o'clock  A. 
M.  Public  preaching  the  evening  previon."!.  — 
Those  oominp  from  the  Kast  or  Wej.1,  will  slop 
olf  at  Frederic  station  on  the  B.  &  M.  R.  It,  — 
Those  from  the  North  at  Coultield  .Station  ou  tbe 
Iowa  Central  R.  R.  Conveyuncis  will  be  at  the 
places  named  lo  convey  to  place  of  meeting. — 
TraiiiB  arrive  from  the  East  at  twdve  o'clock, 
noon,  froiu  the  West  ut  4  o'clock.  P.  M.,  from  the 
North  lit  5  o'clock.'P.  jM.  Addruss  ;  Elder  Dim- 
io!  Miller,  Frederic,  Monroe  Co,  Iowa. 

H.  R  Flory,  Clerk. 

The  DiMrict  Mcetlnji'  of  Northern  Illinoi,*  will 

be  held,  the  Lord  willing-,    with    tbe    Biethren  of 

liio   Shannon   cbiircb,   at   Shannon,    comineucing 

Tuesday  nioruing.  May  21,  at  eight  o'clcck,  .\.  .M, 

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jtATTlE  A.  LEAJl.        -      -      -     -      .      URbANA,    IIX. 

STAND  LIKE  AN  ANVIL. 

UQTAND  like  an  anvil,"  wlien  the  stroke 
iT     Of  stalwart  meti  falls  fierce  and  i'ltst: 
Storms  but  more  deeply  root  the  oak, 
WliOKu  Itrwwny  mius  emhrace  the  blast. 

"  Stand  nice  on  anvil,"  when  the  sparks 
Fly  far  and  wide,  a  fiery  shower: 
Virtue  and  truth. must  still  be  marks. 
Wlifre  malice  proves  its  wimt  of  power. 

■'  Shind  like  an  anvil,"  wheu  tho  bar 
Lii-s.  r«d  and  glowing,  on  his  breast; 
Uiity  shall  be  life's  lending  star, 
.^iid  conscious  iimocenge,  it.'i  rest. 

"St(md  likL*  an  auyil,"  when  the  sound 
or  ponderous  hammere  pains  the  ear; 
Tiiiue  bnt  the  still  ;iiul  stern  rehound 
Of  the  great  heart  thateanilot  fear. 

,  "Stand  lijto  an  anvil."  noise  and  heat 

Are  borti  of  earth,  and  die  with  time 
Tlje  soul,  like  God,  its  Source  and  seat, 
Us  solemn,  still,  serene,  sublime. 

—The  Goi.h: 


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MELCHISEDEC. 


II Y  C.  H.  BAI^iBAUQ 


ABROTHKR  of  Ohio  wishes  to  know  more 
about  this  mysterious  personage  than  thi* 
Siicred  Oracles  clearly  i-eveul.  I  am  too  weak 
to  write  niueh  at  present,  and  am  almost  cun- 
staurly  suffering,  except  when  asUe]).  On  tliis 
subject  I  write  reluctantly.  People  are  gener- 
ally most  anxious  about  those  points  whieli.are 
of  least  priii-tical  iniportiuice.  I  have  examin- 
ed every  exposition  within  my  reach,  bnt  have 
foinid  nothing  bhat  answers  to  the  portraiture 
diawn  by  the  Holy  Ghost.  I. will. not  nnder- 
take  to  decide  positively  aa  to  his  supernatural 
or  merely  hUuian  r.onsiritntion,bnt  1  donot  he.ti- 
tatp  tu  say  tliat  the  arguments  I  have  met  witli 
in  favor  of  his  purely  hamau  liueage,  arc  sin- 
gularly unsati^ftictoryt  ^        ,       . 

The  Ru,thor  of  ih,^  epistlo  tPttho-Hebrewa  in 
vest^  liim  with  a  juajeity,  and  sets  bini  in  a  dig- 
nity, out  of  all  proportion  .witli  a  merely  liuiu- 
miiu  Genealogy.  He  appears  and  vanishes,  jitl- 
ing  his  brief  atay  with  just  such  titles  and  fune- 
uons  as  became  a  character  after  whose  "  orif^i" 
the  programtne  of  the  Eternal  counsels  wsis  to 
W  modeled.  It  is 'inly  reasonable  to  expert 
that,  had  hu  btefa  simply  a  fellow-iialture  with 
Abraham,  so  tov  above  liim  as  the  Apostle  lep- 
i?sent«,h§wp^hl. figure  more  oonspicuon^iv  in 
^^  ancient, ,  naiTRitiye.  Elijah,  comes  upon  the 
scene  as  abruptly^  hut  he  staj's  Jong  enough. 
"id  betrays  characteristics,  that  clearly  indicate 


"is  human  lineage. 

The  Mosaic  account  is  occupied  chiefly  with 
Ihehistorical  aspect  of  tliesubject.  The  Psalms 
"nd  Hebrews  deal  with  the  character  of  this 
strange  being.  In  the  7th  of  Heb,.  the  Apos- 
*'p  makes  the  most  extraordinary  statements, 
^liich  are  wholly  doctrimi  He  avers  that  in 
*ho  Melchiaedec  who  received  tithes  of  A bra- 
•lam,  there  ia  a  Life  and  ciiuntrtrr  and  #■<■ 
^^fp  and  high  and  broad  enough  to  be  the  basis 
of  an  "  unlrr"  of  PrmthiHid  and  Kimjhooil  in 
which  the  Eternal  Son  of  God  can  find  scoj-e 
["f  all  His  work  on  earth  and  in  Heaven.  It  i< 
'"  '/'IS  furt  that  the  subject  culminates,  ami 
"'akes  the  merely  human  nature  of  the  ancient 


Melchisedec  ao  highly  improbable.  What  luid 
whom  he  r^prpmifs  seems  clear.  Who  },f  ir.i«- 
IS  H  problem  not  so  easily  settled.  That  he  re- 
ceives a  human  iippelliition  is  of  no  weight  in 
the  determination  of  the  question.  The  "  Son 
of  God  "  is  many  times  called  the  "  Son  of  Man," 
the  "  Man  Christ  .Josus."  and  the  Man  whom 
God  hath  ordained  to  judge  the  quick  and  dead. 

lieing  without  father  or  mother  in  an  express- 
ion so  deep  and  wonderful,  that  it  is  the  wuwt 
futile  of  all  attempts  to  cramp  it  into  the  fact 
that  his  name  was  not  found  in  the  genealogical 
record.  Whether  found  there  oruot,  if  a  de- 
scendant of  Abraham,  he  hnd  both  father  and 
mother,  and  the  sinijde  fact  that  his  birth  waa 
not  registered  could  not  by  any  atrettdi  or  in- 
genuity of  argument,  serve  as  an  "  oiv/pr  "  for 
the  everlasting  Priesthood  of  Jesua  Christ. 

I  have  astrong  and  gromng  conviction  that  if 
we  could  penetrate  deeper  into  the  lii-st  eighteen 
verses  in  the  fii-st  chapter  of  John's  Gospel,  we 
would  see  in  Melchisedec  a  link  in  the  chain  i>f 
Theanthropiam  which  stretches  from  Eden  to 
Gethsemane.  The  comprchensivenss  and  depth 
of  the  words,  "He  was  in  the  world,  and  thr 
u.„U  lias  midf  hij  Him."  "nm!  thr  uorld  hinr 
Uiiu  '"J/,"mc]udestheMelchisedec  which  bless- 
ed Abraham.  He  is  not  an  Incarnation  like 
Christ,  bnt  a  Theophany  like  the  Chief  of  the 
three  Angels,  or  Mi-n  at.  Abraham's  tent-door 
in  the  plain  of  Mamre,  or  the  "  Wondhrkul" 
who  appeared  to  Manoah  and  his  wife  in  the 
harvest  field  (Gen.  18;  .Judges  13).  In  the  first 
instance  it  is  said,  "  The  Lord  appeared  uuto 
Abraham."  He  "  sat  in  the  tent^door-  in  the 
heat  of  theday,  and  lifted  iiphiseyes.aiidlonked. 
and  hi,  three  men  stood  by  him."  After  deliver- 
ing their  message.  "  the  men  rose  up  from  thence, 
and  looked  towa.M  Sodom,  and  Abniham  went 
with  them  to  bring  them  on  the  way."  Two 
ol  them  came  to  Sodom,  still  iiien  in  form,  but 
angels  in  character  and  power.  One  of  the 
Three  remained  with  Abraham  to  reveal  to  him 
the  fate  of  Sodom  and  her  sister  cities,  and 
this  was  God  Himself  So  the  Record  declares. 
He  had  all  the  objective  characteristics  of  a 
hun)an  being,  washed  His  feet  at  the  Patriarch"j 
s<ilicitation,  partook  of  Abraham's  calf  and 
Sarah's  cake,  iuid  yet  wa*  the  Woui)  which 
maile  the  world  and  WHS  in  it  from  the  begin- 
nini;  ill  all  tlie  forms  and  ways  in  which  God 
revealed  Himself  to  man.  We  have  so  much 
lost  :jight  of  the  essential  J-Jvtr-jnrsnicc  of  the 
Second  Person  of  the  Holy  Three,  that  we  over- 
look both  the  fact  and  theaigni(icaneei*f  the  oc- 
tiusional  human  manifestations  of  Deity  prior 
to  the  permanent  lis.'iumption  of  humanity.  In 
the  Old  Testament  every  thing  is  so  intensely 
hnman  and  representative,  that  God  is  spoken 
of  lis  though  He  were  a  superior  kind  of  Hu- 
jiiHiiity. 

Such  languagi'  we  need,  and  it  should  not 
startle  us  to  find  facts  that  eorre.^pond.  ilel- 
ehisedec  still  lives.  So  Paul  affirms.  His  order 
is  ever  the  same,  ^xni*'  Kiny  of  Rightmumf^s, 
after  ihat  Kini}  of  Ptnve."  In  that  meeting, 
Abrafiani  saw  the  day  of  Christ,  and  was  glad 
tJnhnS:  66). 


THE  MILLENIUM. 

HX  JAMBS  WIBI.     ,;.     ,    .. 

THIS  is  a  subject  of  prophecy,  and  denotes 
the  thousand  years  mentioned  in  the 
twentieth  chapter  of  Revelation,  during  whieh 
period  Satan  will  be  bound  imd  holiness  become 
triumjdiaut  throughout  the  world.  The  signs 
and  events  which  are  prsdictcd  to  imnii«tliately 
precede  tide  grand  period  of  universal  peace  and 
rigliteousuess,  in  the  divine  economy  of  God's 
purpooes,  here  on  earth  tire  going  into  fulfill- 
ment; and  in  our  meditations  upon  these  events, 
and  also  those  which  axe  to  transpire,  during 
Christ's  personal  reign;  emotions  of  love  and 
ho|)e  with  ardent  desires  for  its  introduction  are 
•aised  in  the  soul,  causing  the  devout  Christian 


to  aspire  ton  proper  degree  of  attainment  in 
the  du-ine  hie;  i-xriaiming  with  emphwi*  from 
their  iniiiust  being,  "  Thj  kingdom  come."  as 
they  long  to  appreciate  the  result  of  iU  ac- 
complishment. 

There  are  some  very  important  evenU  yet  to 
take  place.  Wlbre  the  second  coming  of  Christ, 
That  day  «haU  not  come,  except  there  come  a 
falling  away  first  (3  Thes.  2:  3).  There  shall 
be  gn-at  tribulation,  «nch  as  \vas  not  nince  the 
beginning  of  the  world.  Ther,-  shall  arise  fuW 
Christs  and  faW  prophet^s,  ,„„i  ^i,„i!  «|,ew  ^reat 
signs  imd  wondem  (Matt  ^:  ai-2-1).  The  Jew.* 
will  return  to  their  promised  po»*e»Hi«ni.  in  the 
land  of  Palestine,  and  dwell  tiivn-  m  a  nation, 
and  budd  the  wav.e  cities  and  inherit  them.plant 
vmeyanUaiid  .Irink  the  wine  there.if.  idso  make 
gardens  and  eat  the  fruit  of  them,  and  they 
shall  no  more  be  pulled  up  out  of  their  land 
(Amos  f):  14.  l.-i).  These  long  foi-saken  and 
downtrodden  peojde.  will  n-buihl  .lerusaleoi. 
and  also  the  temple  close  to  the  city.  The 
prophet  Ezekiel  gives  n  concise  daseripUon  of 
this  temple  to  whichphu-eit  i»  prophesied  Christ 
will  repair,  after  thedead  in  Christ  m-e  re.urrect- 
ed;  and  all  His  true  follower  have  been  «hang-' 
ed  in  the  likeness  of  their  Redeemer,  preparatory 
to  meet  Him  in  the  air,  and  forever  be  His  con- 
stant guest^;. 

From  tilts  teni])le  shall  go  forth  Tlia  tonign 
law  of  equity  and  justice  regulating  tTie  gov- 
ernment of  His  moral  subject*,  who  will  con- 
tinue to  carry  on  all  the  purimsei  and  affairs 
in  relation  to  the  millenial  cominonweaUh. 
The  sninl»i  will  n-ign  with  Christ  aijd  anaUt  in 
the  a.hniuistration.  when  lie  Uiall  reign  in  Mt. 
Ziou  imd  in  Jerusalem  ajid  before  His  ancients 
gloriously.  This  honor,  have  all  the  saint.s  to 
reign  ili  kings  and  priests.  This  work  of  right- 
eousness shall  produce  peace,  (piietness.  and  a.'*- 
surance  among  all  the  nations  of  the  earth, 
they  shall  learn  war  no  more;  niid  their  weap- 
ons of  warfare  shall  be  converted  into  imple- 
mejits  of  usefulness. 

During  this  period  Sntau  will  not  be  pei-niit- 
led  lo  go  about  a»  n  roaring  lion  (nor  hl«  min- 
isters be  Iransfoi-med  as  mijrister*  of  Ught) 
tieekmg  whom  he  may  devour,  but  will  bo  shut 
up  in  the  bottomless  pit,  to  await  Ins  release  mid 
subsequent  final  frustration.  The  redeemed  and 
ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall  dwell  in  Zion  with 
praise  and  adoration  upon  their  tongue-',  and 
obtain  joy  and  gladness,  for  sorrow  and  sighing 
t-liall  be  among  the  things  of  rhe  past  for 
the  spwcofa  thousand  years,  Thefrarth-em-se 
will  b,'  repealed  and  will  then  produce  bounti- 
fully iu  quick  response  to  the  willing  liui^)and- 
mAn;and  all  nature  will  teem  with  cheerful 
animate  existence.  Also  tlie  cur-e  upon  man- 
kind mil  be  taken  away,  "There  shall  he  no 
more  thence,  infant  of  days"  {I'j.  (!5:  20) 

To\v^^^d  the  chise  of  this  period  the  numher 
of  tho^e  who  dwell  upon  the  earth  shall  be 
immense.  Many  nations  shall  bow  before  the 
scepter  of  King  Emannel  by  yielding  a  dutiful 
and  wUUug  submission  to  Hie  Law:  they  shall 
listentoHis  tejichinjpiancl  walkinjHispath.  The 
Jieliever  iu  Christ  louks  forward  iu  joyful  antic- 
ipation, when  he  may  realize  tJie  Iruitiou  of  the 
miUeiiiiiiu,  knowing  i«hat  God  has  spoken  by 
His  inspired  writers.  He  will  purforni,  and  can 
with  patience  wait  and  labor  in  the  Cliurch  Mil- 
itant; and  through  the  appointed  nie.ins  in  the 
economy  of  grace  receive  the  ciualificalion  to  be 
admitted  into  the('hnrchTriiimphiuit. and  there 
forever  dwell  witli  Chi-ist,  the  holy  angels  and 
redeemed  in  heaven. 


PENCIL  MUSINOS. 

BV  S.  C.  H.VSHoa. 
Nl'UBBR  V. 

IH.WE  been  musing   over  the  past,  present, 
and  future.    As  a  people,  wc  believe  that 
we  ore  the  "  chosen  of  God,"  have  tJiken   our 


No.  12. 


.Iun,l  „p„„  the  ..  pni„  „„j  g„„„,,  „j  n„„(j  »- 
following  .low,  i„..,|„  „genf ration.-  Onr 
"'"'*"  »"■  "Ji">8.  ""•  »re  the  church  of  the- 
mng  fl„a.  Viewing  „„r  Wove,!  Zion  from 
lh.»  .tamlpoiut,  wc  .ire  ni,»!c  to  hlu.h  when  we 
review  the  p„.,t;  ,eei„g  !,„„  .,„„  „„  ^^^^^ 
huve  1«„  ,„  evimgolizing  the  worl,i:  h„t  .t 
pre..e„t  the  pr„,pert  i.  more  cheering,  the  dawn- 
mi!  of  hnghler  <l«y,.  which  give,  fruitfij  bopc« 
ol  the  future.  ' 

lij-  the  c»n.u«  taken,  wc  niiiuber  about  >iity 
'"'""""'  "'■■»»e-  Thi.  give  ,„  on  idea  what 
ll.c  Corel,  could  d..  in  giving  to  the  Lord  of 
her  nlnnidancc  in  mrli  away  that  it  would  nev- 
er be  m.^cd.  Suppo»e  every  member  would 
Rive  mlo  the  treasury  of  the  Lord  one  cent  per 
week ;  m  one  year  we  would  have  31  «m  in  nwlv 
mean,  for  Ih,-  .prcadiug  of  IJo,|».l.  ThL,  amount 
would  support  one  hundnd  rai».ionime,  one 
year.  Every  State,  and  every  county  in  the  n,^ 
lion  could  be  eviuigeliiied  in  len  than  two  yean 
Why  cannot  thecbiirch  ,lo  thi.?  Each  manlier 
save  one  cent,  or  i»  Paul  „y,  i„  j^  c„^_ 
111:  I,  2.  I  verily  believe  that  much  good  could 
be  done  for  Jem,;  p„nder  thi«  quesKoij  well. 
By  the  blessing  of  Ood,  we  are  what  wc  art. 
near  brethren  and  siiters.  l,.t  u,  disjieiise  with 
mmie  of  the  lujurien  for  the  sake  of  truth,  md 
each  one  lay  by  in  .tore  tilly-twa  cents  in  one 
ycur.iind  the  chime  in  heaven  wiU  eejio  back  to 
earth  "  WrII  »/o»e." 

lyOiif/iHmit,  Oo/o. 

OUTSIDE  AND  INBIDB. 


\I7K  have  much  in  our  hind  of  th„  necessily 
n  of  having  the  kernel  of  religion  and  the 
uselcMuesnof  tin.  slioll  or  husk.  Does  not  even 
naluiv  leach  that  there  can  be  no  kernel  with- 
out 11  shell )  Why  then  insist  that  there  can  be 
an  ,n»,V/f  without  an  uulMr  in  the  matter  of 
religion?  If  ilia  neu.«»ary  in  uatuie  that  a 
shell  envelop  the  kernel,  then  why  not  allow  the 
fruit  of  the  spirit  to  have  its  outside  also? 
There  is  a  form  of  godliness— then;  is  a  form  of 
doctrine  which  is  an  evidence  of  the  kernel 
within. 

"Well,"  says  onc,"if.the  blood  of  Christ,. 
by  faith  will  invarialjlj  produce  the  propcf  shell, 
why  make  so  much  noise  about  itj"  Wbv  not 
preach  about  the  blooil  alone,  and  leave  the  rest 
to  come  itself?"  Simply  because  the  apostle 
never  advanced  such  « theory.  The  faith-alone 
pr  ailiers  do  this  in  onlc^ta keep  the  " One 
F.aith"  out.  and  make  the  people  helievein  them 
instead  of  believin,:;  on  Christ.  It  is  true  that 
faith  without  works  is  dead,  imd  this  accounts 
for  so  milch  d«id  matted  among  so-e.alle,ytliii»- 
liiuw.  .\i  the  kernel  and  sliell  of  any  Trail  or 
grain  dcvelojis together,  so  will  faith,  rejientauce, 
buiitism  and  obcliencc  to  all  the  conunandi  of 
Ginl,  fully  develop  a.);ernel  until  he  hecoQiea  a 
man  offull  stature  in  Clirisf  Jesus.  Gods  w^ 
of  eletmsing  lias  ever  been  ditferent  from  tie 
dinner's.  It  wU  not  bttter  the  ca.se  for  a  j'iWer 
to  stniHl  atid- argue  with  Goil:  to  accept  bf  re- 
ject is  all  ho  can  do. 

The  sins  of  the  world,  and  the  corruptions  of 
Christeudoni  nre  the  same  the  world  ov^r.  only 
here  considerable  iguonmce  prei-oils,  while  with 
you  people  know  just  enough  to  seemingly  t' u^ 
and  twist  and  bend  the  Truth  to  suit  them_g„'Y,g 
in  this  life.  But  if  they  would  know  i^^the 
Gospel  cannot  be  bent  or  twisted,  br  .-ti.^,0..^ 
minds  are  bent  .and  turned  even  *jy  strange  de- 
lusions. Wheu  men  know  *^na]t  lh>r-have 
ncillioc  couimiind  aor  cxa'aple  for  the  man.^ 
uuvle  imniei^ou  and  spcinklii^,  or  faith  » ilh- 
out  work,s  and  then  iivistimdtimi  toprvvelheir 
ownpos.tioii,tlieuitisi>rettycH;rt«iiilh«tansiieh 
will  he  laid  the  plagues  written  iu  the  Emkof 
God.    Let  us  all  take  lie«l,  obey  and  be  saved. 


Wk  rise  in  glory  as  we  sink  in  pride. 


Tl-dl^:    HTlKXHKK^r    AT    ^VOl^K. 


March   ^21 


TOBACCO  UNION. 

COAIE  o]A  mid  young  unJ  hear  me  U-11 
Howitrung  tohiuxsi  hhioIktm  "IDi'II. 
.  Whi'  lotf  »«  tJnokf  Urtir  iii|>«i ««  w»ll. 
Tliiil  for  toljikco  thfj-  would  8ell 
Thi-ir  right  W  sociiil  uniuii. 
Tln-v  ulwii.V!*  scflnt  (lip  iitiiiosphcrc, 
And  joii  iiiiiy  know  whcn.Miey  »irolHMir; 
Tliongh  lint  II  woM  from  thi-m  you  hrar; 
Th.-ir  hrraih  grows  strongfr  cveo'  ?«""• 
Within  U)i?  >"Jt^i"'  union. 
Tlif-y  rlcNin'tlicir  pi|..-sU-niN  witli  a  wire. 
Anil  till  tbc  bowl  and  put  in  fire, 
An'l  "luoke  until  it  doth  expire. 
Nor  lio  tliey  evpr  seem  to  lire 
In  tliid  Ifthorious  union. 
SoHiftimc"  from  three  to  six  you'll  *w 
Colk'cto'l  in  one  company 
And  f'v.'ry  ft-llow  in  great  ^\pe. 
And  iill  mii'^t  Imvc  a  smoiiing spree. 
A  lilted  MinoJcing  union. 
With  iinpndence  they  rifl  presume 
To  vex  idl  persons  in  the  room, 
Who  I  lui't  endure  tobaoeo  fume. 
And  they  muAt  hear  this  wretched  doom. 
Or  h*ave  thi*  smoking  union. 
Oh:  liow  the  fumes  of  «moke  will  rise, 
Like  nioriiiug  mist  toward  the  skies 
And  woe  to  him  that  lius  weak  eyes, 
Uiile<-  he  takes  hiw  leave  and  flies 
Away  from  such  a  union. 

Some  keel)  th--  money  from  the  jwor 
Aud  (tend  the  hungry  from  thctloor, 
And  liiwt*!  away  to  some  one's  store, 
And  spend  it  for  tohucco  more 
Tu  hum  in  smoking  union. 

Those  who  in  utter  darkness  lie. 
May  in  their  ermr  live  and  die, 
Hefore  those  persons  e'er  will  try 
Them  with  tlie  Gospel  to  su|)ply, 
To  teaeii  tliem  heavenly  union. 

I  wonder  how  such  folks  can  say 
Tliey  have  religion  every  diiy, 
And  love  the  JiOrd  aud  love  to  pray, 
When  they  His  money  smoke  nwny 
In  guilty  conscience  union. 

There  are  some,  who  tobncco  chew, 
And  though  it  often  niulce.s  tliem  spew, 
And  makes  them  drunk  as  fiacehus,  too, 
They  the  pnictice  will  pursue, 
At  the  expense  of  social  union. 

.Sometimes  within  their  neighbor's  door, 
They'll  cast  their  quid  some  three  or  four 
Aud  spit  on  eitrpet,  hearth  or  floor, 
Sometimes  a  gill  or  even  more, 
And  talk  of  social  union. 

Ofttiiues  within  the  church  you'll  view. 
That  pel-sons  there  will  sit  and  che-v. 
And  spit  upon  the  floor  or  pew, 
Until  it  spreads  a  foot  or  two, 
And  sing  tlie  heavenly  union. 

The  i|uid  is  oft  so  large  within; 
The  juice  nin?i  ont  and  stains  the  chin. 
And  then  I  always  have  to  grin 
.4nd  think  there  is  no  little  sin. 
In  this  tobacco  union. 

—Si'lfdnl. 


PERSEVERANCE. 


liY  MATTIK  A.  I.RAR. 


UlVrOTastiioiighlbadalre 
-'-'      I'd,  eitlnT   wen*  nlrcat 


Ireadyattiiiu- 
cady  perfect: 
but  I  follow  iitter,  if  tliat  1  may  ajipre- 
liend  that  for  wliicli  I  am  also  appre- 
hended of  Christ  Jesus.  Brethren,  I 
count  n<»t  myself  to  liuve  apprehended: 
hut  this  one  thing  I  do,  forgetting  those 
things  whicli  are  behind,  and  reaching 
f()rth  unto  those  things  whicli  are  hefore, 
I  \n\'s.<  toward  the  mark  for  the  ju'ize  of 
the  high  ealiiiigof  God  in  Christ  Jesus" 
,<Pliil.  ;l;  l-i-14). 

The  language emlmdied  in  this  text  ex- 
■l)resseiia  purjwse,  a  fixed  determination. 
41  firm  resolve.  The  apostle  had  made 
Christianity  his  choii-e.  Upon  investi- 
gating this  noble  system,  he  had  found 
it  worthy  of  his  highest  regards.  Ke 
had  tound  it  sufficient.  To  engross  all  tlie 
cftpac-ities  of  his  giant  mind,  to  engross 
.ill  the  capaeitii-s!  did  we  say?  oh!  the 
apostle  found  hei-e  an  inexaustihle  fiiinl 
of  knowledge.     lie  could  not  fathom  its 


,   hnv 
the 


■  I  taken 
i-nemy,  I 


depths,  he  could   not    explore  its  higbts,    achievements  in   th^  p:i.st 

or  measuiv  its  dimensions.     He  had  giv-    many   strong-holdn  from 

en  it  his  whole  attention,  he    had  inva.-    have  not   time    to     regale     layselt     too 

tigated  it  with    all  the   strength   uf  Jiis  |  long     over     this.     However 

dee].,  penetrating   mind,  but  he  had  not !  may   have  done, 

exhausted  it,  and  he    now  knr-w  that  he 


never  could  exhaust  it.  Hence  in  the 
language  of  our  ti?xt  he  says: "  Not  as 
though  I  had  already  attained,  either 
were  already  ])effeet;  hut  I  follow  after." 
The  more  I  learn,  the  more  I  exajnine, 
the  more  I  jienetrate,  the  more 
I  see.  New^  and  wondrous  stores  of 
knowledge  are  constantly  being  opened 
up  to  my  cnra])tured  eight.  My  mind 
is  ever  on  the  wing.  I  am  ever  follow- 
in"  after  this  knowledge  as  my  Master 
leads,  and  He  is  ever  opening  up  to  me 
new  and  grander  seenes  of  incttable  glo- 
ries. 

The  wondei-s  tliat  arc  embodied  in  the 
glorious  plan  of  salvation,  can  never  be 
fathomed  by  created  beings.  John  heard 
the  ransomed  in  heaven  sing:  "Thou 
wiwt  slain,  and  h;ist  redeemed  us  to  (lod 
by  tliy  blood,  out  of  every  kindred,  and 
tongue,  and  people,  and  nation,"  and 
this  he  calls  "  a  new  song."  And  why 
was  it  new?  Not  because  it  had  never 
been  sung  hefore,  hut  because  of  the 
new  beauties,  the  new  grandeurs  which 
it  was  ever  evolving. 

But  why  does  the  apostle  still  seek 
after  this  heavenly  knowledge?  Not 
merely  to  gratify  his  thirst  for  knowl- 
edge. He  has  anothei-  object  in  view, 
what  was  tliat  object?  That  he  might 
appreliend  that  for  which  also  he  was 
appi'chended  of  Clirist  Je.'ius." 

The  above  clause  is  rather  peculiar  and 
perhaps  needs  some  elucidation.  Ap- 
prehend means  to  seize,  to  take  prisoner. 
The  ajiostle  here  no  doubt  alludes  to 
the  time,  when  on  his  way  to  Damascus, 
full  of  hatred  aud  cruelty,  Christ  inter- 
jjosed  his  presence,  ari'ested  him,  when 
piu'suing  his  wayward,  misguided  course, 
and  thus  brought  him  to  a  sense  of  the 
enormity  of  his  crimes. 

The  meaning  of  Paul  is  this:  Since 
Christ  thus  seized,  or  laid  hold  uu  me 
when  I  wa-s  plunging  recklessly  into 
ruin,  in  order  that  I  might  l>c  guided 
into  the  way  of  h(dmess  and  Life  Etern- 
al, 1  am  determined  that  his  kind  inter- 
ference in  'my  lichalf  shall  not  lie  in 
vain;  hut  I  will  now  persevere,  and 
make  every  effort  to  api'rehend  or  seize 
the  prize  for  the  (d.taining  or  securing 
of  which  I  was  laid  hold  on  or  seized  by 
Jesus  Christ.  Since  he  has  done  so  much 
for  me,  his  gracious  purposes  in  my  he- 
half  shall  not  be  rendered  abortive 
through  my  neglect. 

Further  says  the  apostle:  "I  count 
not  myself  to  have  apprehended."  Paul 
did  not  feel  as  secure  as  some  have  felt 
since  his  day.  Though  he  had  started 
in  the  heavenly  race  and  had  made  many 
attainments,  yet  he  knew  that  he  was 
heset  on  every  side  Ijy  dangers,  and  that 
faithfulness,  embracing  energy  and  con- 
stant perseverance  were  necessary  to  se- 
cure the  prize.  Paul  knew  nothing  of 
the  doctrine:  Once  in  grace  always  in 
grace.  At  all  events  he  never  taught 
it.  "  But  this  one  thing,"  says  he,  "I  do, 
forgetting  those  things  that  are  behind, 
and  reaching  forth  unto  those  things  that 
are  before." 

A\*hat  a  noble  resolve!  My  time  is  so 
precious,  the  prize  for  which  I  am  com- 
peting is  so  inestimable,  the  dangers  by 
which  I  am  surrounded  are  so  many,  the 
difflculties  so  gi'eat,  that  I  have  no  lei- 
suie  for  dwelling  on  past  events,  have  I 
made  failures  in  the  past,  I  will  not 
brood  too  long  over  this,  but  will  press 
on  and  endeavor  to  he  more  successful 
in    the   future.      Have    I   made    great 


uch  1 
thei-e  remains  much, 
very  much  to  be  done.  That  portion  of 
my  journey  which  is  yet  before  me,  is 
Just  as  beseft  by  dangers,  as  that  over 
which  I  have  pa.-;sed.  Past  successes  will 
lint  guatantee  futui-e  successes.  My  fu- 
ture success  as.  the  past,  de})ends  wholly 
beauties  ;  on  my  faithfulness,  my  P"t*>'gy.  '»>'  V^^'' 
severance,  therefore  I  will  foi-get  the  past 
and  pass  over  it  as  unwortliy  of  my  at- 
tention; I  will  press  onward  to  new  cnn- 
(juests  and  new  achievements. 

"  I  press  towards  the  mark  for  the 
price  of  the  high  calling  of  God  in 
Christ  Jesus."  The  apostle  here  evi- 
dently alludes  to  the  ancient  games, 
which  were  instituted  liy  the  nations  of 
antiquity  in  honor  of  their  gods.  In 
these  games  persons  of  the  highest  ranks 
reckoned  it  glorious  to  share  and  meri- 
torious to  carry  away  the  prize.  In  the 
passage  above  (pioted,  I/Enfant  thinks 
the  apostle  alludes  to  those  who  stood  at 
the  elevated  place  at  the  end  of  the  course, 
calling  the  racers  by  their  names,  and 
encouraging  them  liy  holding  out  thi 
crown,  to  exert  themselves  with  vigor 
If  so,  the  allusion  is  most  grand.  The 
apostle  had  i:;  his  eye  Christ  standing  at 
the  end  of  the  race  course,  holding  out 
to  him  his  glittering  cro\vn,  and  encour- 
aging him  to  energy  and  perseverance, 
But  the  athlete  were  hound  to  contend 
for  the  prize  within  the  measured  and 
determinable  limits  of  the  stadium.  If 
they  deviated  ever  so  little  from  the  ap- 
pointed cour.se,  they  forfeited  their  prize, 
without  hope  or  recovery.  The  spirit- 
ual contest,  has  also  its  rules  and  regula- 
tions, demised  and  enacted  hy  infinite 
wisdom  and  goodness.  These  rules  re- 
quire implicit  aud  e.xact  siihmission, 
which  yield  neither  to  times  nor  circum- 
stances. In  all  ages,  in  all  climes,  these 
rules  must  he  adhered  to.  The  comViat- 
ant  who  violates  these  rules,  will  certain- 
ly forfeit  the  prize.  Oh  how  solemn  is 
this  thoTight!  especially  when  we  know 
tliat  thousands  who  are  running  on  this 
heavenly  race-course,  are  violating 
many  of  the  plain  and  obvious  rules 
laid  down  hy  the  great  Judge,  or  Awar- 
der of  prizes. 

Again,  the  victors  in  these  games,  were 
crowned  with  a  wreath  of  laurel,  which 
was  the  Stephanos,  or  victor's  crown,  not 
the  diadema  or  despot's  crown.  Sc) 
Christ's  gracious  and  encouraging  Ian  ■ 
guage  to  the  Christian  combatant  is, 
*'  Be  thou  faithful  unto  deatli,  and  I  will 
give  thee  a  crown  of  life."  If  thou  wilt 
persevere,  aud  run  successfully  thy  heav- 
enly race;  I  will  place  upon  thy  head 
the  Stephanos,  or  victor's  crown,  I  will 
encircle  thy  brow  wifcli  a  wreath  of  im- 
mortelles. 

Those  victors  returned  to  their  native 
city,  not  through  the  gate,  or  common 
place  of  ingress,  but  through  a  breach 
in  the  walls  which  were  broken  down  to 
give  them  admission.  The  seer  of  Pat- 
mos  saw  a  door,  or  an  opening  through 
the  walls  of  the  celestial  city,  and 
through  that  opening  he  sa^v  the  success- 
ful Christian  competitors,  in  all  the  glo- 
ry of  their  triumph.  He  saw  them  with 
the  victor's  crown,  and  the  victor's  palm, 
arrayed  and  radiant  in  their  celestial 
glory. 

The  successful  combatants  in  the 
Grecian  games,  were  celebrated,  praised 
or  extolled  in  the  rapturous  effusion  of 
their  poets.  John  heard  in  heaven  the 
eulogiums  of  the  Christian  victors. 
"  These  are  they  which  came  out  of  great 
tribulation,  ami  ha^■e  washed  their  robes 


and  made  them  white   in   the  blond  of 
the  Lamb.      Tlierefoiy    are   ihey    Vn-fy 
the  throne  of  ,God,  and   serlje  Hj^   . 
and  night  in  llis  temple."  i" 

FRUITS    OF  REPENTANCE. 


tRING  forth  therefore    fruits 


'"eet 
for    repentance       (Matt   .'1:  81 


Mucli  has  been  said  liy  tonw,  at  Aiinmi 
Meetings  in  reference  to  q__chin,. 
how,  wlien,  and  wliere  it  sLould  lie  »!>.'. 
onto  applicants  for  Ijaptium.  "Jifi, 
fiirlh  therefore  fridln  meet  for  ,.f^„„ 
lance;"  is  tlie  elmrge  John  trave  to  thaj^  . 
wlio  came  to  liira  for  baptism.  And  thi, 
charge  snrely  was  part  anil  jiarcel  of  1,|, 
preaching.  Aud  the  same  charge  Pete,, 
at  a  snbseqnent  time  gave  to  tho,se  who 
aslicd  what  they  must  do;  tu  Jc  ,„jjj 
in  implied.  With  him  it,  too,  seems  to 
be  ])art  of  his  preaching. 

When,  "John  did  liaptize  in  tlie  wil. 
derness,  and  preach  the  baptism  of  re. 
pentance  for  the  remission  of  sins"  ( Jlurk 
1:4)  it  seems  the  idea  took  hold  q,- 
the  people,  that  under  this  new  system 
all  that  was  reiiuired  to  obtain  the  re. 
mission  of  sins  was  to  go  to  John  and 
be  baptized;  imvierned,  Iji/  hirti  intke 
river  of  Jordan.  This  was  new,  anil 
t/ood  news  to  them ;  the  law  had  it.  The 
soul  that  sinneth  it  sliall  die.  But  when 
John  saw  many  of  the  Pharisees  anil 
.Sadducees  come  to  his  baptism,  he  calls 
them  a  generation  of  vipers,  and  aslteil 
them  who  bad  warned  them  to  flee  from 
the  wrath  to  come.  lie  ipiestioned  them 
what  their  objects  and  motives  were  fot 
coming  tQ  him  for  baptism.  And  right 
here  let  ns  note,  John  did  not  go  nmonff 
the  peojile  to  coa.^,  beg  and  persuade 
them  to  come  to  his  baptism,  but  he 
preached  repentance  and  baptism  for  the 
remission  of  .sins ;  and  when  the  nialti. 
titnilecame  (Luke  .S;  7)  he  demanded  of 
them  the  fruits  of  repentance  as  a  pre- 
reipiisiteuf  baptism.  Upon  this  it  is  man- 
ifest that  all  who  came  \vere  not  baptiz- 
e<l ;  for  while  the  people  who  heard  him, 
aud  the  publicans  justified  God,  and  be- 
ing baptized  with  the  baptism  of  John, 
But  the  Pharisees  and  the  lawyers  re- 
jected the  counsel  of  God  againsts  tbeai- 
selves,  being  not  baptized  of  him  (Luke 
2'.1 :  .SO).  No  doubt  these  all  would  have 
beeu  baptized  if  John  had  baptized  them 
without  any  fruits  of  repentance  (Luke 
:):  7).  It  appears  that  the  charge  tu 
bring  forth  fruit  meet  for  repentant? 
was  not  only  given  to  the  Pharisees  and 
Sadducees,  but  to  all  the  people.  "Then 
said  he  to  the  multitude  that  came  forth 
to  be  baptized  of  him,  O  generation  of 
vipers,  who  hath  warned  you  to  flee  from 
the  wrath  to  come?  Bring  forth  there- 
fore fruits  worthy  of  repentance."  1'ben 
the  people  (the  common  people)  nsW 
him  saying,  what  shall  we  do  tlien!  ^' 
profess  repentance,  but  whiit  mml  «"  *' 
for  the  fruit  of  it.  He  told  them,  I  w' 
it).  Then  came  also  publicans  (the  rev- 
enue collectors)  to  be  baptized,  and  sanl 
unto  him,  Ma,ster  what  shall  we  do!  He 
told  these,  and  the  soldiers  likewise  il^ 
manded  of  him,  saying,  and  what  shall 
we  do!  And  he  told  them.  All  tWse 
dilTerent  grades  of  applicants  must 'nmg 
forth  fruit  of  repentance  a]ipropriate  t» 
their  occupation  in  life.  I  sometims 
wondei-  whether  we,  in  our  hurried  vv») 
of  baptizing,  do  not  sometimes  takei"" 

if  fl'Ull" 

fession  of  repentance  instead  oi 
of  it. 

When  we  talk  of  our  ancient  bretbrf;'- 


,  not  of  the   tiu-tle,  hut 


of  oH 


the  voice, ^.  —-  ^.. 

fogies  &c.,  is  heard  in  the  laud:  '>"'  '"■ 
ertheless  our  fathers  built  the  chufvH 
America  on   a  sound  basis: 


ml  Ibv) 


>Ia: 


rcli   '- 1  • 


'rtiK   HIJKTllHKA'    ^VT    WO«K. 


liniulf'l  her  Jown  to  vi»,  l',„ii,  „„  (,,j. 
,-„„ii.latioii  uf  tbi.  npostl™  and  prophets 
j,,.„s  Christ  l)eing  tile  chief  corner  stone! 
■j-liey  wouia  t>e.|Ui-ntIy  di-taiu  applicnuts 
|-„r  l.aptisiu  iimouth  or  more.  This  un. 
,lcr  oraiuary  oircuiustaiu'es  perhaps  long- 
er tliiiu  ueeessary.  Whi-n  the  person, 
„,„1  manner  of  life  is  known,  delay  may 
„„t  lie  proper.  The  apostle  sometimes 
,lid  ipiick  work.  But  some  things  the 
„[tt.stlesdid,ivo  cannot  do;  and  othei-s 
iiiny  not  always  be  expedient  for  us  to  do. 
1  know  that  to  baptize  all  with  undue 
liiiiite,  is  not  always  proper.  John  will 
],iivi!  fiuit  meet  for  reiieutnncc  before  he 
will  baptize  his  applicnutij. 

Repent  as  defined  by  Webster,  is  1, 
To  feel  pain,  sorrow,  or  regret,  for  what 
„ae  has  done,  or  omitted  to  do.  2.  To 
change  the  mind  or  course  of  conduct 
1,11  account  of  regret  or  dissatisfaction 
icilh  what  has  oecnired.  3.  To  be  sor- 
ry for  sin  as  morally  evil,  and  to  seek 
foigivpuess;  to  reuounce  the  love  and 
practice  of  sin. 

Repentance,  is  the  relini[uishment  of 
any  practice  from  the  conviction  that  it 
has  ort'endi'd  God.  Sorrow,  fear,  and 
anxiety  are  properly  not  facts,  but  ad- 
jinicts  of  repentance,  yet  they  are  too 
closely  connected  with  it  to  be  ea-sily 
separated." 

As  ilefiued  by  Paul.  It  is  the  grace 
of  God  which  teaches  to  deny  ungodli- 
11CS.S,  .-md  worhily  lusts,  and  to  live  so- 
berly, righteously,  and  godly  in  this 
present  world.  And  as  defined  by  the 
prophets.  AVash  you,  make  you  clean, 
}>ut  away  the  evil  of  your  doings  li'om 
before  nieu'seyes;  cease  to  do  e\al;seek 
judgment,  relieve  the  oppressed,  judge 
the  fatherless,  plead  for  the  widow. 
C'ume  now  and  let  us  reason  together 
(Is.  1:  Hi,  U).  And  "Let  the  wicked 
forsake  his  way,  and  the  unrighteous 
num  his  thoughts:  and  let  him  return 
unto  the  Lord  "( Is.  ."lo;  7).  When  all 
these  evidences  or  fruits  of  repentance 
are  (Considered;  ^veconclud 
are  sonietiines  Itaptized  wdio  have  not 
prndiiced  them  iu  the  lives  they  lived 


which  perisheth,  but  for  that  meiit  which 
endnreth  unto  everliLsting  life.  ILiice 
when  we  spend  our  time  laying  up  that 
which  we  have  no  need,  we  are  living  in 
open  disobedience  to  the  express  com- 
mand of  onr  Divin.'  Uedcenn^r.  Nature 
itself  rebels  against  the  sweetTneats  and 
rich    dainties  we  very    often  spend  time 

to  prepare.     Plain,   nourishing   food   is ,  conflicts  will   cease.     It  has  Ions   b, 
much  better  for  the  health  ami  strength-'    '  ■  "  ^ 

enihg  of  the  body.  If  the  stonuich  is 
fuU  of  indigestible  food,  the  mind  is  oli 
scured  and  clouded,  ami  we  are  iu  n< 
couditiou  to  learn  the  mysterious  truths 
that  are  in  the  Scriptures. 


Let  us  fli 
his  insinuating  words;  stand  true  to  our 
immortal  Being;  love  G,id  with  all  the 
heart,  trusting  iu  all  His  promises,  for 
they  are  sure  and  steadfast,  ovir  treasures 
are  safe  in  His  hands  until  He  calks  us 
home  to  inherit  them,  and  then  all  mys- 
teries will  he  made  clear,  all  doubts  and 


These  things 
are  of  more  importance  t<.  us  than  all  of 
the  World.  Besides,  should  we  m>t  keep 
ourselves  in  a  condition  that  all  of  onr 
mental  powers  can  have  free  action?  We 
are  our  Master's  stewards,  and  woe  to  \is 
if  we  waste  our  Lord's  substance  in  riot- 
ous living.  Likewise  we  are  comnnmd- 
ed  to  lie  temperate  iu  all  things.  Now 
we  understand  all  things  to  nu-an  drink- 
ing, eating,  wearing,  together  with  every- 
thing that  pertains  to  the  comforts  of 
this  life;  and  riotous  living  means  ex- 
travagance and  waste. 


before.  The  theory  that  we  teach  them 
in  the  church,  to  bring  it  forth  is  anti- 
Scriptural.  The  fruits  of  repentance 
must  precede  Jtsft  prerequii^ite  to  baptism. 
.'<o  the  Savior  taught,  and  .so  the  npo,stIes 
}>reach<Hl, 

RepentiinoB  tttii'is  il'p'ersorial  work,  ev- 
ery one  foV  theihSolves  must  hriyi^  forth 
the  fruits  of  it;  we  cannot  plead  a  relig- 
ious parentage  in  lieu  of  it.     For  "  also  ' 


the  axe  is  laid  unto  tlve  root  of  the  trees: 
therefore  ev^ry  tree  which  bringeth  not 
forth  good  fruit  is  hewn  dtjwu  and  cast 
into  the  fire."  Dear  reader,  pajiise,  and 
piuider  well;  I-rlntT  not  thllow  the  sub- 


If  anything  should  hajipen,  \\  hich  is 
often  the  case,  that  we  shouhl  lose  our 
goods  or  property,  we  are  commatuled  to 
take  Joyfully  the  spoiling  of  our  goods; 
knowing  in  ourselves  that  we  have  in 
heaven  a  better  and  more  enduring  sub- 
stance. How  often  do  we,  instead  of 
rejoicing,  fret,  worry,  and  grieve  over 
these  nuitters;  ami  never  tmce  turn  onr 
thoughts  toward  the  treasure  in  heaven 
Keailer,  onr  life  is  as  a  vapor,  that  soon 
passes  away,  the  little  that  is  rapiircd 
to  sustain  this  mortal  e.vistence,  is  all  we 
really  need;  and  as  we  brought  nothing 
in  this  world  we  can  take  nothing  out  of 
it  when  we  go.  Therefore,  having  food 
and  raiment,  let  us  be  contentecf,  and 
raise  our  thoughts  to  heaveu  whei'e  our 
tj-easureis;audby  daily  practicing  good 
works  continue  to  enlarge  one  treasure 
that  persons  i  there.  A\'e  shcmld  also  bring  to  mind 
the  strait  gate  and  nan-ow  w.ay  that  the 
true  follower  of  our  Lord  atad  Master 
niusf  travel ;  we  must  strive  to  enter  in 
at  the  sti-ait  gate,  for  many  will  seek 
to  enter  iu  and  shall  not  be  able. 

^e  naturally  suppose  that  those, who 
have  gathered  for  themselves  great  earth- 
ly treasiu'es,  would  find  it  diliicidt  to 
travel  this  narrow  way.  or  p.Hss  through 
the  strait  gate;  but  if  the  treasure  is  laid 
up  beyond  the  gate,  the  possessor  enn 
easily     pn-ss     through     to    'his    'lu^"" 

told      tiKft   it   is  of     SO 


the  tempter,   listen  n..t  to  jselv,«  n».-ful,  »nd,  by  pr»,tiM-  and  per- 

!..._. ■ "everance  devehip  liieir  talents  and  thus 

bi'corne  good  prenchei-s  themselves. 

Again  there  are   plenty   of  Uv  [nem- 
bers  that  might  make  just   as  able   anil 
L'llicient   einbaasiulors   of    the   crow,   as 
those  already    in  the  field;  but  not  be- 
ing needed   in  the   districts  wher.-  they 
reside,  they  are  never  ealleil  out,  and  «r 
the  cry  must  continue,  oune  and  preach 
for  us,  come  and  preach  for  as,  but  no 
one  goes.     Now   I  propose  thot  every 
distinct    elect   a    minister   occasionally, 
even  though  he  is  not  needed  in  the  dis- 
trict; he  miiy    be  needed  elsewhere;  but 
says  one,  will  they  go?  I  don't  think  all 
would,  of  course   not;  lint   it  coiihl  do 
no  particiihir  harm  to  have  several  min- 
isters in  each    congregation  in  ca.se  none 
Would  m(.\euway;  but  I  feel  safe  to  say 
that  many  would  not  fe,-l  satisfied  to  re- 
main inacti\  e,'and  would  theref.ue  move 
to  places  where  they  would  be  of  sei-vice 
in  the  Master's  cause,  and   thus  many 
calls  would  be  fllhid,  many  able  minis- 
ters scattered  over  the  laud,  many  church- 
's built  up,  and  much  good  acconiplish- 
f  the    Lord.     I  submit 
Ihe   further  i-..i,-i,l..r:i- 


( 

gree 


given  up  by  man,  that  the  ways  of  God 
are  past  findingont;  lint  we  believe  wdien 
we  enter  the  etemol  world,  all  these 
mysteries  will  be  revealed  to  us,  and 
that  our  inheritance  will  be  .all  that  has 
been  promised,  and  that  our  facultii 
enjoyment  can  be  exalted  to  a  dei 
eijual  to  the    inheritance. 

Our  heavenly  treasure  is  a  free'  gift;  \ye 
arc  only  to  accept  it  and  livi'  iu  humble 
anbiuission  to  His  will;  He  will  do  all 
the  rest  for  us  in  spirit.  He  will  go  with 
na,  directing ourpath;  all  we  have  to  do 
is  to  heed  the  gentle  Monitor.  What  is 
1  earth  and  all  its  treasures,  when  we  con- 
template the  joys  of  a  vast  eternity  ? 
Why  worry  over  the  little  trivial  affairs 
of  earth  that  will  pass  away  like  a  shad- 
ow? A  few  more  days  or  year 
we  will  pass  away  and  soon  be  forgot- 
ten by  the  inhabitants  of  earth,  our 
places  will  be  supplied  by  new  forms. 
But  the  (plestion  arises,  where  will  We 
be?  A  question  of  very  gnait  impor- 
tance to  us.  Lay  up  your  treasures  in 
heaven  where  moth  or  rust  cannot  cor- 
rupt nor  thieves  break  through  and  steal. 
If  our  ti'easure  is  there  we  will  be  call- 
ed home  to  inherit,  not  for  a  day  or  year, 
but  through  a  vast  eternity. 
■ifcanum,  Ohio. 


at  most  I  eil  in  the  nann 
these  thoughts  t 
tion  of  other  mi 
Lrtiitirh,  111. 


COME    AND  PREACH. 


UY   J.  n.  PRCK. 


ject'furthe'i^'^l  have  already'  goWe'  be-^  small  sacrifice  to  give  up  the  insigniti 


yi'ud  the  limits  of  a  short  article. 

ARE    WE  LAYING  UP  TREASURES 
ON  EARTH,  OR  IN  HEAVEN? 


session,  and  We  are  told    tli;ft  it  is 
glorious  and   sublime  u    cliar;icter,     that 

eye  hath  not  seen  or  ear  hath  not  heanl, 
neither  Imth  it  catered  into  the  heart  of 
man  to   conceive  wdiat  it  will  be.    A 


lY,  t'H^MO.i 


fpHIS  is  ai|uest:..u  iiesliMuia  coiistaut- 
^  ly  keep  before  us.  Are  we  laying 
iqi  treasures  iu  heaven  or  on  earth?  It 
is  impossible  to,  do  botli  at  the  same 
time.  We  are  eommaniled  not  to  lay 
up  our  treasures  on  earth,  ivhere  moth 
and  rust  doth  corrupt;  but  to  lay  them 
up  in  heaven  where  they  are  not  corrupt- 
ed, nor  thieves  do  not  break  through  or 
"leal.  Header,  da  jvni  daily  consider 
"here  you  are  laying  up  your  treasures! 
^\'hi'rever  the  treasure  is  there  will  be 
till-  heart,  amlas<Jod  reciuires  the  wlude 
liearl,  it  is  imimssilile  to   live  near   God 


earthly  affairs, 
"ur  .'Mvicir  -says 


labor  not  for  meat 


cant  freiusiii-es  of  earth,  for  such  a  rewanU 
— tre.asnres  that  only  bring  sorrow  and 
'trouble  for  tile  glories  promised  In  the 
heavenly  kiugdom. 

Let  iis  consider  the,charact^r  by  wliom 
these  promises  were  made,  lie  to  wliom 
all  power  was  given  in  heaven  and  earth. 
He  is  not  only  able  (»  give  us  all  He 
promisc<l,  but  has  shown  Himself  will* 
ing  by  sacrificing  His  own  life  for  iifi. 
Wliy  will  we  grovel  after  earthly  treas- 
ures, when  we  can  raise  our  thoughts  to 
such  glorious  anticipations,  if  we  are 
just  faithful  to  lay  up  our  treasures 
above!  At  times  we  feel  that  irrepress- 
ible longing  for  something,  earth,  with 
all  its  treasures,  cannot  give  the  cravings 
of  an  ininiortal  spirit  for  eternal  rest. 
A  se<Tet  dreail  of  coming  judgment  will 
liaulit  us  at  times  when  our  treacherous  i  ter  preachers  in  the  same  congregation. 


T  t>(  IKING  over  our  periodicals  from 
-^  time  to  time  I  am  often  moved  by 
the  urgent  and  multiplied  callsof  "Come 
and  preach  for  ns."  It  must  be  appar- 
ent to  every  thinking  brother  and  sister 
that  there  are  hundreds  if  not  thousands 
of  places  even  in  our  own  country  (to 
say  nothing  about  foreign  countiles), 
where  the  everlasting  (jospel,  as  we  un- 
doi-stand  and  believe  it  is  unknown. 
Besides  this  there  are  many  places  where 
one,  or  a  few  members  are  isolated  from 
organized  churches,  deprivexl  of  the 
plea.sure  of  attending  (iod's  house,  anil  I 
appea.sing  their  hungering  and  thirsting 
souls,  with  the  bread  and  water  of  life: 
and  seeing  their  frieuds  and  neighbors 
around  thein  rushing  headlong  down  the 
broad  i-oad' that  leadeth  to  destruction, 
unwarned,  unconverted,  unsaved;  then 
it  is  no  wonder  that  they  cvy  "  Coirie  and 
preach  for  us."  ,; 

The  question  arises,  will  Ood  Luld  us 
giiiltle.*a  for  thus  neglecting  His'eaiise? 
"H'ill  He  s.ay  to  that  niinister  who  never 
goes  out  of  his  district  to  preach,  and 
never  preaches  in  it,  "  Well  dune  thou 
good  and  faithful  servant,  enter  thou  in- 
to the  joy  of' thy  Lord?"  There  is  no 
reB.son  why  all  these  calls  and  many 
more  should  not  be  responded  to;  and  lus 
the  church  has  the  means  available  to 
do  this,  and  that  without  the  expense  of 
a  dollar,  I  don't  believe  she  will  be  ex- 
cused for  this  palpable  neglect  of  her 
duty. 

But  how  can  it  be  douc!  As  before 
intimated  there  are  a  number  of  do-noth- 
ing preachers  in  nearly  every  large  con- 
gregation, who  scarcely  ever  preach  be- 
cause they  can't,  or  don't  want  to,  or  are 
afraid  to,  because  there  are  so  many  bet- 


RKAD   AND  BE  FAITHFUL. 

IIY  .vmiAM  IIOLLINQKR. 

T  UA\'  E  labored  iu  sivuriug  names  fo, 
-*•  the  BitETiinitx  at  Wonic,  for  I  do 
think  it,  in  eonnectiim  with  the  Script- 
ures, is  a  great  help  to  us  in  traveling 
that  narrow  road  of  which  we  read  in 
Matt.  7;  13,  U.  "  Knter  ye  iu  at  tlie 
strait  gate,  for  wide  is  the  gate  and  broad 
is  the  way  that  leadeth  to  destruction ; 
and  many  there  be  which  go  in  thereat. 
Because  strait  is  the  gate  and  narrow  is 
ihe  way  which  leadeth  unto  life,  and  few 
there  lie  that  Had  it." 

O  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  let  us 
see  that  we  are  traveling  on  that  narrow 
way,  that  wdien  we  cross  the  dark  river 
of  death  we  may  be  so  happy  as  to  hear 
it  said,  "  Come  ye  Wes.sed  of  my  Father 
inherit  the  kingdom  prepared  for  you 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world."  On 
the  other  haml  if  we  do  not  do  our  duty 
to  our  God  and  fcliow-nien,  it  will  be 
said,  "  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed  into 
everlasting  fire,  ]irepared  for  the  devil 
and  his  angels."  Sinner,  read  Matt.  3.5, 
and  reflect  upon  the  banishment  of  the 
wicked  from  the  i»reseuce  of  God  iuto 
everlastingpunishnieut.  Take  Jesus  for 
the  mall  of  counsel  and  obey  Him  in  all 
things,  then  you  h.ave  the  promise  of  rest 
beyond  the  grav^. 

Life  is  the  time  to  serve  ,tj^  l^ord. 
Then  we  should  labor  earnestly  in  otir 
Master's  cause  with  all  om-  strength  so 
that  wheti  we  make  the  solemn  chtoge- 
for  eternity,  that  it  will  be  for  a  home 
in  heaven ;  wheri;  there  is  no  sickness, 
sorrow,  pain  or  death,  and  parting  un- 
known; there  to*  -sing  praises  to  the 
Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit  in  » 
world  without  end. 


henrts  turn-  toward  the  beggarly  ele- 
ments of  earth,  and  begin  to  lay  plans 
for  accumulating  earthly  treasures. 


These  should  be  urged  to  go  where  good 
preachers  are  less  numerous  and  where 
they  would  have  a  chauce  to  make  thein- 


Meu  know  how  thunder  ami  lightning 
cmiie  from  the  clouds  in  Summer,  ami 
they  want  to  thunder  and  lightning 
sometimes  themselvi-s;  but  it  is  better 
that  the  contents  of  the  clouds  should 
droji  down  iu  gentle  rains,  anil  uinke 
something  grow,  than  that  theiv  shoidil 
be  flashing  and  resoundini;  in  the  heav- 
en.  and  that  the  oak  should  be  erusheil 
to  pieces  which  ha>  been  givwiieg  lor  a 
hmulred  years;  and  it  is  better,  not  that 
men  should  pivduce  a  great  racket  iu 
the  world,  and  work  destruetion  round 
about  them,  but  that  they  should  create 
happiness  jiinoug  their  fellow-men. 


Trn-:  n-nrrrHRE>r  ^x  avokk. 


March   21. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 


rUBLlSHBD   WH«I.r. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 
8.  H.  BASROR. 
H.  H. ESHBLHAH. 


Til.  ISnoMiKi  AT  Wo»B  •ni  b.  Mni  po«t-p*icl.  U.  -nj 

J,;u i.  ,1..  D.W  «u,.~  »r  <>■■-'■■.'<''•'';?,';:' 

.nn.im       Tll««  ••n'liflK  Wll   nSBlM    Mil    Hu.w,    *■"  " 
ZTin  I.^  c!,J,    *«   of  ch.r«.,     F«r   .11   o^.r  ...  - 

i„„„r7.lHrf.,r.«i-Jiu|(  It   to  «.     M""'  "'■^'T^:   "7h« 
p,r.  Ill  •.11  »  «n  t.u.lnpi.  mollow  conntcl*^  w.lh  the  of 

VOOSE,  EASEOS  &  SSHELUAIT, 

LMutfk.  CuTcU  Co.,  ni- 


LAIIABE.ILL.. 


UAB?S  21, 1873. 


Tun  Inliowiug  «ii:-piit«H  ')»*i  rewiveJ  (ikjou  ( 
l.;th)ox|.l>iinHiMf:    ^  ifi  1H7R 

Nkw  York.  Maiioi.  16,  ia(». 

|,:iml('(l  all  ri:;lit. 

ENO(  H  KBY. 

liny.  John  Nicholson  held  a  series  of  mceU 
i„gH  from  1-Vb.  10  to  24.  in^t..  with  Ihebrt-tbren 
at  D.-Ua,  Ohio,  rt^olting  i»  t.-ii  mlJ.ti"ii3  by 
bni.tihm  iUifl  two  rc'thiiiiu'd. 

"  The  iirk  of  the  lord  i»  still  moving  on 
;^)owl>'  lieiT,  two  more  have  come  out  on  the 
L..ni--  side  to  live  for  Hifl  glory,"  soys  Bro. 
Aluiiimm  Wolf  of  Wnshington.  la- 


()\-  the  Ihinl  of  March  three  persons  were  re- 
ceived into  the  Glude  llun  (Pu.)  church,  by 
ljai.ti.xni.  M-iy  they  continue  to  walk  m  "  new- 
ness of  life,"  ever  looking  to  Hira  who  .s  lull  of 
wisdom  nnd  strength. 

Si'CRGRKN  is  said  to  'je  completely  broken 
down  in  health,  and  lu;s  been  forced  to  abandon 
minisU'rial  labor.  He  has  said  many  good 
Ihingrt  in  hiit  time,  and  is  noU^d  for  his  depth  of 
thought  and  boldness  in  preachiug. 

The  house  of  brother  .Jonathan  Kimme!  of 
.fiomorict  Co.,  Pa.,  was  burned  w-ith  nearly  all  of 
ita  contenU.  on  the  night  of  the  6th  insL  His 
loss  is  between  twelve  and  fifteen  hundred  dol- 
lars.    Hod  blp^M  him  in  tliiw  bin  severe  triid. 

TiiK  brethren  and  sisters  comprising  the  Ma- 
riuoketiifhurcli,  la.,  recently  held  a  series  of 
meetings  at  ii.ildwin,  a.ssistcd  by  Bro.  Solomun 
Staniy,  and  they  rejoiced  to  see  seventeen 
precious  souls  turn  to  Jesus,  seeking  fellowship 
with  the  children  of  God. 

Bk  ye  holy;  for  I  am  holy,  says  our  Master. 
He  gives  an  excellent  reason  why  we  should  be 
li„ly_l,ecau«e //*■  is  holy.  Jesus  always  gives 
good  reaaons,  "  If  I  your  Lord  and  Master  have 
wiLshed  your  feet,  ye  also  tm/fit  to  wash  one  an- 
other's ftet."  Hero  He  gives  the  m's«»  again, 
nnd  the  man  who  says,  "not  I,"  is  hard  to  sat- 
isfy. _  ^  ^ 

On  the  8tli  inst,,  a  terrible  snowstorm  visited 
the  Western  piirt  of  Nebra.ska  and  Wyoming 
Territory.  The  Union  Pacific  railroad  was 
blockaded  for  a  distance  of  500  miles  and  it  re- 
•quireila  large  force  of  workmen  several  days  to 
■deal-  the  track.  The  weather  was  very  cold  ;  a 
number  of  persons  perished,  and  iu  many  places 
cattle  and  sheep  froze  to  death. 

3)ao.  Bashor  writes  that  his  health  is  again 
failiug.  He  will  return  to  Lanark  the  '23rd 
inst.,  hence  his  correspondents  will  note  this  in 
writing  him.  His  meetings  at  Gilboa,  Ohio,  re- 
sulted iu  six  additions  to  the  chnreh  by  bap- 
iism,  one  formerly  a  United  Brethren  minister. 
JLf  the  benefit  is  theirs,  may  God  be  glorified, 
and  file  clii'dren  of  God  everywhere    eucourag- 


El'ROVEAN  complications  continue  to  exist. 
Russia  maintains  a  firm  attitude,  being  disposed 
not  to  submit  to  Congress  all  the  articles  of 
peace,  while  England  insists  that  all  of  them 
must  be  Nubmitti'd  for  discussion.  In  the  mean- 
time (ictive  war  preparations  are  being  made  in 
Kngloud  and  Au<itria,  and  Kussia  is  strengthen- 
ing iier  posittous.  The  prospect*  for  peaw.'  ai'e 
mtit  very  elieourJiging. 

In  every  community,  in  every  society  thei-e 
nre  men  who  toil  nut,  neither  du  they  spin,  sav^ 
to  make  nets  to  ciiteh  other  people's  money.  — 
They  are  drones  and  deserve  to  be  stung  out  of 
the  hive.  They  art-  uevi-r  ready  to  do  a  good 
work  unless  there  is  t^n  or  more  per  c<*nt  in  it, 
cftsli  (hirii.  The  honey  of  other's  guthering 
they  delight  to  eat.  but  the  honey  that  conies 
l)y  hard  work  and  strict  lionesty  on  their  part, 


ia  always  wantJDg.    They  are  afraid  of  sunshine. 

henc<!  loiter  in  the  shade.  Tlieir  display  on  the 
streets  indicntw  millions-  The  facts  at  home 
show  they  are  boggare— poor.  hfcmf4>  too  lauy 
to  work.  Such  go  down  into  the  pit  which 
Satan  hoj*  dug  for  them.  You  may  want  to  help 
them  to  keep  out,  but  they  will  ?«  hi.  That  seems 
to  be  their  place. 

Thk  weather  in  this  part  of  the  country  is  { 
beautiful.  At  this  writing,  {13th)  the  rojids 
are  rapidly  getting  int^)  good  condition,  farm- 
ers and  gardener!  are  busy  pitltiug  in  seed;  all 
no  doubt  having  faith  and  hope  that  they  shall 
reap.  Children  of  Je<*os,  are  we  careful  to  plant 
God's  seed  —  (he  Word  of  Life  —  in  our  hearts 
day  by  day?  Plant  and  ye  shall  reap,  and  that 
abundantly. 

In  the  city  of  Pekin.  in  China  there  are 
lu.OOO  temples  dedicated  to  idols.  Here  mill- 
ions of  Chinese  worsliip,  and  men  in  this  coun- 
try bestir  themselves  to  Christiauize  those 
heathen,  but  it  is  a  sad  commentary  on  popular 
Ciiristianity  when  the  fact  sipp.'iu-s  that  the  se- 
cretism  of  this  land  is  carried  to  China  by  mis- 
sionariesnndmixedwitbtheirteaching.  "Preach 
the  Word,"  and  let  other  things  die  as  they 
should. 


which  the  rich  are  held  in  greater  e8t*em  than 
the  poor,  is  to  be  allowed.  All  contributions 
for  church  purposes  t«  be  voluntary  and  delin- 
quent subscribers  not  to  be  held  as  debtors. 


THKRKftremany  Jews  in  Russia.  During  the 
war  just  closed,  they  undertook  most  of  the  i-e- 
sponsibility  of  provisioning  Russian  troops,  and 
they  did  it  so  well  that  the  Czar  has  granted 
Hebrew  merchants  of  foreign  nationality,  visit- 
ing Russia  for  the  purpose  of  tr.iding,  permis- 
sion to  become  members  of  the  first  society. 
This  places  them  on  the  same  footing  with  Rus- 
-sian  merchants.  This  is  significant  of  the  rise 
of  the  Jews. 


On  the  night  of  the  10th  inst,  W.  Irving 
Bishop,  successfully  exposed  modern  spiritual- 
ism before  a  large  audience  in  Chicago.  He 
shows  how  slate  writing  is  done,  how  hands  can 
be  held  iu  the  fire  and  not  be  burned,  how  per- 
sons can  creep  out  of  a  tied  conihtion  and  all 
other  shams  that  go  about  under  the  name  of 
Spiritualism.  The  Spiritualists  seem  to  be  de- 
moraliwd  and  confounded.  Thus  one  after  the 
other  of  the  humbugs  come  to  grief  after  thous- 
ands have  been  deceivetl.  God  help  them  to  put 
on  Christ,  and  walk;  after  the  Spirit. 


Bkother,  sister,  do  you  not  see  some  one 
struggling  in  tlie  mirei'  Yes,  there  he  is,  poor 
sinner  !  Will  you  help  him  to  get  his  feet  on 
the  Rock?  Go,  help  to  lift  him  up;  do  him 
good;  pray  \vith  him;  tuni  his  thoughts  to  God 
and  show  him  the  riches  of  God's  grace.  Treat 
him  kindly;  for  he  will  like  it,  and  in  that  way 
his  heart  will  soften  for  the  Word  of  Truth.  — 
Tell  him  to  repent,  bear  fruit,  put  on  Christ, 
follow  Him,  seek  for  glory,  honor,  immortality, 
eternal  life.  Tell  him  this.  It  will  do  3  on 
good  too.  0  be  not  idle,  but  work,  tmrk,  that 
others  may  enjoy  God's  blessings  as  you  enjoy 
them. 

The  Lutheran  Conference  nf  the  Synod  of 
Northern  Illinois  was  held  in  this  city,  com- 
mencing the  12th  and  continuing  until  the  ev- 
ening of  the  14th.  Among  the  topics  discussed 
were,  "  How  to  hear  the  W^ord,"  "  How  to  as- 
sist the  Pastor,"  "  What  the  church  owes  the 
community,"  "  The  agreement  between  nature 
and  revelation,"  "  What  are  sensational  methods 
in  church  work?"  The  "Women's  Home  and 
Foreign  Missions,"  and  the  manner  of  manag- 
ing church  finances  were  also  discussed.  Har- 
mony of  action  and  zeal  for  their  faith  and 
practice  characterized  the  meeting.  Their  last 
session  was  devoted  to  children  who  were  ad- 
dressed in  words  of  kindness  by  a  number  of 
the  delegates. 

A  NEW  church  has  been  formed  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y..  and  named,  "'  The  Church."  There  are 
already  two  congi'egations  in  existence.  Their 
declaration  of  principles  is:  1,  One  faith,  and 
this  essentially  ou  the  death  and  resurrection  of 
Christ.  2.  Condition  of  membei-ship,  profound 
dependence  upon  the  grace  of  Jesus  ('lirist 
alone  for  salvation.  3,  No  article  of  faith  but 
the  Holy  Scriptures  (without  note  or  comment) 
and  ordination  of  ministers  without  human  in- 
tervention or  discrimination  of   sex.    4.  The 

'acher  a  survant  and  not  lord  over  God's 
heritage,  and  not  to  have  a  stated  salary,  for  if 
he  cimnot  trust  Christ  for  support,  he  is  un- 
worthy. All  meniWrs  of  the  church  are  to 
have  a  voice  iu  electing  their  minister.  5.  A 
board  of  elders,  noted  for  tlieir  godliness,  is  to 
take  charge  of  the  liuimces.  fi.  The  Passover, 
as  fixed  by  Christ's  authority  and  example 
'typical  of  His  death,  resurrection  and  coming 
ttgain.'  to  be  celebrated  on  the  fii-at  Sunday  in 
April  each  year.  No  other  ceremonies  to  be  ob- 
Eervvd.     No  renting  or  selling  of   pews,  by 


nnt  the  help  of  others,  hot  with  strong  tajth  m 
God  sounded  out  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

"  Well,"  says  one,  "  what  kind  of  h  j,^,^  ^^ 
favor?"     What^iWof  apian?     The«Rjp 


uo  kimfs  of  plan,  but  "  ;j/a»i— the  old 


"ipOBtolic 


APOSTOLIC   MISSIONARY   WORK. 

HAD  Jesus  chosen  men  called  apn.stles?  "Ves. 
He  had  apo.-.tles.  Did  His  apostles  obey 
Him?  Yes.  they  obeyed  Him.  Did  they  do 
missionary  work,  "go  into  all  the  world  and 
preach  the  Gosi>el  to  every  creature?"  They 
did';  for  "  they  went  forth  and  preached  f":fri/- 
irfiriv.  the  Lord  working  with  them  "  (Mark  16: 
201. 

Did  God  ever  cease  saying  to  His  ministers, 
"Go  and  preach?"  Never:  for  the  Guide  to 
the  apostles,  is  still  Guide  to  us.  .^bout  this 
there  can  be  no  caviling  nuleas  men  are  un- 
believers, of  whom  God  says  they  "shall  have 
their  part  in  the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone" 
(Kcv.  21:  S). 

God,  for  wise  reasons,  has  withheld  from  men 
the  power  to  dictate  to  His  miiiistei-s  when, 
where  and  ichal  to  preach.  "  Iu  season  imd  out 
of  season  "  is  the  ichen.  "  In  all  the  worid  "  is 
the  where.  "All  the  counsel  of  God  "—the 
whole  truth  is  the  what.  Any  other  arranae- 
ment  amounts  to  nothing;  has  not  ou  it  the  seal 
of  the  Lord,  nor  the  smiles  of  Jehovah.  God 
is  the  best  Planner;  not  only  the  best,  but  the 
only  true  One-  Since  God's  method  is  the  best 
and  only  true  one,  it  would  be  folly  for  any  man, 
or  number  of'  men  to  try  to  make  oue  like  it  or 
nearly  like  it.  If  God's  plan  is  the  best  thea 
none  can  be  made  belter;  and  to  make  one  near- 
ly  like  it  would  be  vaiu  also.  Our  only  recourse, 
then,  is  to  fall  back  on  God's  uhe»,  where  and 
irhnl.     These  are  definite  and  need  no  defining. 

We  look  with  admiration  upon  the  apostles' 
missionary  work.  They  went  forth  with  the 
lotc  of  Goii  in  their  hearts,  the  words  of  Truth 
in  their  minds.  Their  primary  objects  were  the 
salvation  of  souls,  and  their  own  eternal  welfare. 
What  they  should  eat  and  wear  was  of  so  little 
importance  to  them  that  they  halted  not  to  con- 
sider it.  In  fact  all  the  disciples  were  taught  to 
use  hospitality  one  towards  another  and  to  give 
not  grudgingly,  so  that  all  were  abundantly 
supplied.  But  in  James'  time  some  had  become 
rich  and  their  riches  "  corrupted  "  them.  Those 
who  thus  allpwed  themselves  to  become  entan- 
gled, were  told  to  "  weep  and  howl  for  their 
miseries  that  should  come  upon  them"  (James 
5:  1).  Distributing  to  the  necessities  of  the 
saints,  minister  or  no  minister,  was  one  of  their 
peculiarities:  and  "having  food  and  raiment" 
they  tried  to  be  "  content," 

Paul  stripped  some  churches  that  he  might 
do  service  in  others,  but  is  quite  silent  about 
stripping  churches  to  preach  to  the  heathen.  In 
fact  his  faith  and  zeal  forbade  him  to  wait  until 
.some  person  or  persons  told  him  to  go.  God 
bad  told  him  to  GO,  and  no  man  could  do  more. 
The  apostolic  method  of  spreading  the  Truth 
was  tree  from  all  webs,  intricacies  and  partiali- 
ties. No  Conference  could  tell  them  where  and 
when  to  go.  Gpd  had  already  said  that.  No 
body  of  men  could  send  Paul  to  Spain,  Peter  to 
Rome,  Thomas  to  Babylon,  Mark  to  Egypt, 
God  had  already  said,  "  in  all  the  world."  No 
man  nor  body  of  men  conld  say  more.  It  was 
not  a  question  of  saying,  nor  of  commanding, 
but  the  question  of  doing,  of  obeyinq.  It  was 
not  a  question  of  how  to  get  meat  and  drink,  for 
God  said,  "  I  am  with  you  alway."  There  was 
no  time  to  get  up  doubts, — with  them  it  was  a 
matter  of  faith. 

"  How  shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher? 
and  how  shall  they  preach  except  they  be  sent?" 
{Rom.  10:  14,  If))  is  the  voiceof  God.  No  hear- 
ing without  a  preacher,  and  the  preacher  must 
be  sent.  God  sends  him,  and  keeps  up  a  stand- 
ing GO  so  that  no  minister  can  say,  "  I  am  not 
sent."  And  here  is  another  point  in  our  apos- 
tolic lesson.  They  made  no  noise  about  their 
intentions,  but  like  men  of  God,  uvnt.  When 
the  work  was  done,  an  apostle  could  say  of  a 
certain  church:  "Prom  you  sounded  out  the 
word  of  the  Lord  not  only  in  Macedonia  and 
Achaia,  but  also  in  every  place  your  faith  to 
God-ward  is  sprernl  abroad"  (1  Thess.  1:8), 
Here  Paul  planted  a  church  and  from  this  church 
the  word  of  the  Lord  sntindnl  out,  not  only  in 
Macedonia  and  Achaia.  but  in  every  phice  their 
faith  towai-d  God  spreiid  abroad.  The  church  at 
Thessalonica  was  a  real  /(Vc  church,'— a  mission- 
ary church;  and  the  facts  show  that  she  sought 


plan.  Any  other  is  not  worth  thinking  about 
much  less  talking  and  writing  about.  I  am  fo^ 
the  plan  that  has  no  stain  upon  it,  the  plan  that 
is  more  than  eighteen  hundred  years  old,  the 
plan  that  makes  every  brother  and  sister  a  true 
worker,  makes  them  powerful  instruments  iu  the 
hamL";  of  God,  for  the  spread  of  His  Word. 
This  apostolic  plan  tells  who  shall  go,  whtrt 
they  shall  go.  when  to  preach  and  whit  to  preach. 
More  than  this  no  man  can  say;  and  to  say  legg 
is  avoiding  the  issue.  I  see  .nothing  but  sim- 
plicity in  the  apostolic  plan.  I  see  no  long  lanes 
with  little  crooka  in  them,  through  which  a 
minister  must  pass  to  reach  the  sinner.  I  ^^ 
every  member  in  the  apostolic  order  a/tceiMPi-. 
(•(-,  I  see  uo  drones  there.  I  see  none  getting 
fjit  on  the  food  of  others.  I  see  none  getting 
lean  through  the  fullness  of  others.  Idon'taee 
some  running  after  Peter's  plan,  another  after 
Paul's  and  a  third  after  James';  for  these  had 
no  plan  save  the  one  given  by  Jeaus.  In  fa^j 
they  worked  by  the  same  rule,  and  left  that  for 
us.  If  we  do  not  accept  that  rule,  that  plan,  we 
accept  something  else;  and  it  we  accept  some- 
tiling  else  we  let  go  the  apostolic  order  of  things, 
and  theu  we  are  wofully  entangled.  God  grant 
grace  to  avoid  the  entanglement. 

But  I  agaiu  turn  my  eyes  towards  Jerusalem 
and  see  no  concern  ou  the  part  of  the  goers  koto 
to  get  into  all  the  world,  where  to  go,  but  as 
meek  and  humble  children,  the  entire  body  look- 
ed up  to  God  and  He  provided  a  way  for  success- 
ful work.  I  see  no  cumbrous  machinery,  no 
expensive  forms  among  the  early  Christians  to 
spread  the  Gospel.  I  look  over  into  the  apostol- 
ic order  and  see  no  man,  no  number  of  men 
spending  a  penny  to  geta/nr^/iiMf;  for  missioa- 
ary  work.  I  look  into  the  world  now,  and  eee 
just  such  work  going  on.  I  look  back  again 
over  eighteen  hundred  years  and  fail  to  see 
the  mites  of  widows  appropriated  to  clothe  in- 
dolent men  in  "  costly  array  "  and  to  adorn  their 
houses,  I  see  no  minister  standing  to  be  told 
to  go  with  shekels  of  silver  or  talents  of  gold; 
but  I  see  them  going  aud  the  saints  everywhere 
administering  to  their  wants.  If  there  were 
any  poor,  the  more  able  were  commanded  to 
give  "  not  grudgingly,  or  of  necessity,"  but 
cheerfully.  I  see  none  burdened  and  others 
eased,  but  I  see  "equuUty"  (2  Cor.  8:  14).  Ida  / 
not  see  the  minister  toiling  and  laboring,  bear- 
ing the  whole  burden,  but  I  see  equality.  I  do 
not  see  tlie  apostles  first  laying  a  money  foun- 
dation and  working  according  to  this.  I  do  not 
see  them  under  the  necessity  of  telling  the  saints 
to  administer  to  their  w<tnt/i,  but  the  saints 
knew  this  by  the  Word  of  the  Lord.  In  fact, 
I  see  equality  all  along  the  apostolic  route,  hence 
fail  to  see  any  occasion  for  want  or  conceru 
about  money.  These  only  come  in  where  there 
is  inequality;  and  the  best  medicine  for  inequal- 
ity is  large  doses  of  the  only  true  Gospel.  Now 
reader,  by  this  time  you  are  ready  to  say  that 
you  are  iu  full  accord  with  the  apostolic  plan  of 
missionary  work:  if  not,  why  not?  It  is  the 
oldest,  purest,  best  and  most  successful.  Otheis 
may  be  nearly  as  good,  but  the  nearly-us-gml 
are  never  equal  to  the  best.  M.  M.  E. 


EDITORI.AL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

Dear  Paper: — 

OUR  meetings  at  Eagle  Creek,  near  Dunkirk 
continued  several  days  and  though  the 
roads  were  the  worst  we  ever  saw  during  any 
series  of  meetings  yet  the  attendance  wiut  good. 
Those  who  could,  came  on  horseback  and  in  bug- 
gies, others  came  each  time  afoot.  The  Presby- 
terians had  a  series  of  meetings  in  progress  oue 
mile  and  a  half  distant,  while  the  Methodists 
were  conducting  meetings  within  two  miles, 
making  it  rather  a  competition  religiously,  yet 
our  meetings  iLs  before  stated  were  well  attend- 
ed. During  its  progress  several  united  with  the 
church,  among  them  a  man  called  a  moralist 
who  had  by  his  iuHuencc  beeu  a  hindrance  to 
the  church  in  nmny  ways  for  yeai-s  bidore;  an- 
other wlio  still  exerted  a  greater  iutlucnce against 
the  church,  being  connected  with,  and  a  preJich- 
er  in  the  Methodist  church;  had  formerly  been 
only  an  exhortor,  hut  at  the  time  of  his  baptiiDi 
wiL-;  .1  regular  licensed  minister  among  them. 
His  brethren  seemed  much  surprised  and  de- 
pressed at  his  change,  and  ours  as  much  lift*" 
up  and  rejoiced. 


On  Tluirsdny  25th  we  bid  adieu  to  the  I,reth 
^.„  here  ;md  piissed  ria  of  Lima  to  Leipsic,  whew 
Qrc.  ^Ii'dler  '"f-t  find  conveyeH  us  to  the  church 
nearGilboa.  where  we  were  to  hold  meeting, 
for  some  days.  Bro.  Wm.  Workman  preceded 
u,  several  days  and  preached,  but  owing  to  the 
j^u  ,ind  mud  our  meeting  were  very  small  >it 
fi„t,  but  increased  until  the  close,  and  at  th« 
close  of  the  meetings  we  hud  the  pleasure  of 
seciug  a  number  willing  to  confess  Christ  and 
change  their  church  relations,  as  nearly  all  were 
from  other  churches.  Among  the  number  add- 
^  liere  was  a  minibter  of  tlw  United  Brethren 
tliurch,  making  a  rejoicing  among  God's  jwople. 
He  was  a  stranger  among  the  Hrethren  m  part 
hftviiig  i"s*  l"**!^  'noved  in  the  district.  Is  a 
juim  ot  intelligence  and  we  hope  will  be  an  ex- 
ninple  iiiid  instrument  for  good  in  the  church. 

]Vl(ivch  8th,  we  separated  from  our  brethren 
mid  friends  here  and  fame  to  this  place  (Fosto- 
jio)  where  we  will  remain  for  a  few  days  and 
then  return  home,  a3  we  need  rest  and  by  the 
advice  of  physiciaus  mil  labor  iu  the  ministry 
uo  more  for  an  indefinite  period,  at  least  not  till 
^r  A.  M.  and  probably  not  then  unless  our 
nervous  system  strengthens  and  health  fully 
returns.  When  we  look  back  over  our  labors 
in  the  past  we  see  many  acts  of  indiscretion 
which  may.  to  a  certain  extent,  be  the  prime 
cmise  of  present  worn  down  health.  Among 
tliem.  preaching  at  night  and  changing  beds  af- 
ter i-iding  several  miles  through  the  cold  or  rain 
instead  of  occupj-ing  the  same  bed  each  night, 
and  stopping  near  the  church.  Eating  of  every- 
thing good  without  reference  to  the  laws  of 
health,  and  incessant  talking  out  of  the  pulpit. 
I  used  to  think  that  men  would  not  wear  out 
prencliing,  but  God  will  take  care  of  no  man 
who  violates  an  established  law;  above  all,  that 
of  the  taws  of  health. 

During  our  stay  at  Dunkirk  we  met  Bro. 
Howard  Miller  and  heard  him  preach  his  church 
eitension  sermon.  Trust  his  work  will  end  in 
glory  to  God  and  the  cause  of  the  church.  As 
a  people  we  have  had  too  little  of  the  spirit  of 
uiisaions  and  now  tliat  our  brotherhood  is  awak- 
eniug  to  its  duty  on  the  subject,  we  feel  that 
the  utmost  care  should  be  used  in  furthering  it, 
an  iujuilicious  move  at  present  would  result  in 
injury,  and  no  doubt,  retard  the  progress  of  the 
church.  Trust,  however,  that  salvation  may 
arise  in  the  morning  of  our  missionary  day  and 
apreail  her  wings  over  forenoon  and  evening  un- 
til thousands  enter  the  ship  of  peace  and  puss 
to  ttie  other  shore,  arising  before  God  in  the  full 
triumph  of  redeeming  love. 

With  kind  regards  to  all  God's  people  every- 
where, and  a  prayer  for  those  who  sent  word 
that  we  had  not  their  prayers,  we  close  our  pres- 
ent letter,  promising  to  give  a  full  report  of 
objects  and  incidents  ol  interest  when  we  ar- 
rive at  home.  s,  h.  l>. 


THE  NEWTONIA  DEBATE. 

liniEN  I  last  wrote.  I  was  iu  St,  Louis,  spent 
f  T  the  most  of  the  afternoon  writing,  for 
ffbi'tt  traveling  every  spare  moment  must  be 
devoted  to  our  business.  Left  St.  Louis  at  9:30 
and  traveled  all  that  night  and  did  not  reach 
Ritchey,ourRtoppiug  place,  till  oneo'clock  P.M. 
Wednesday,  on  which  day  the  discussion  was  to 
have  commenced. 

After  leaving  St.  Louis  I  saw  but  little  coun- 
try that  I  admired  till  after  passing  Springfield. 
Iu  fact,  Springfield  is  located  in  an  excellent 
portion  of  the  Stat«,  and  the  condition  of  the 
Wins  show  that  it  is  capable  of  much  produc- 
tiveness, and  will  eventually  rank  among  the 
Wnltiiy  portions  of  the  West. 

At  Ritehey  I  was  met  by  Bro.  Peter  Fahrney 
^i  conveyed  by  him  direct  to  Newtonia,  some 
fourmilea  distant.  This  Is  a  neat  little  village 
^ffoiue  600  iuhabitauts  and  situated  in  the 
'I'iiist  ^of  im  excellent  farming  country.  Tin- 
<:n'ir(>h  here  is  yet  young,  but  in  a  healthy  and 
Browing  condition  with  excellent  prospects  be- 
'o^  it, 

It  Wits  about  three  o'clock  when  I  entered  the 
uoiiRt.  where  the  discus!?ion  wiu*  being  held. 
Mr.  Hay  ,v^  ^Y\en  on  the  floor  near  the  close  of 
^l"'  "f  his  speeches.  He  is  ft  umn  about  t'orty- 
'Pt  years  old.  heavy  set,  coaree  features  and 
1">'"-  liftld  in  appearance  and  action.  He  is  the 
"'^^t'itormy  man  in  speaking  I  ever  saw  ou  the 
"^cr.  imd  it  would  Ije  impossible,  in  print,  to 
^Prwent  his  words  as  he  emphnsi/es  them  while 
^'^'iig.  At  times  he  speaks  so  loud  that  it  is 
""!"i-vil,l^  for  rannv  to  distinctly  understan<l  Iris 


articulation,  and  hence  I   . 


arguments,  aai".  thertft 
as  1  V 


or.',  cannot  report  them 
wiMi.  He  is  »  mail  of  great  debat- 
ing Udent-of  good  ability-«nd  ha«  been  de- 
bating lor  twenty  year.-is  «n  old  debater, 
having  met  m  discussion  some  of  the  best  crit- 
ics of  the  land,  and  therefore  cnuies  iulo  Ihi. 
debate  with  all  the  exp..rie»ce  that  any  man 
could  ask  for.  thus  tendering  him  amply  and 
fully  qualified  to  do  all  for  the  B»pti*t  canse 
tliut  could  possibly  be  doneby  any  ono.  In  fact 
he  IS  recognized  as  the  ablest  debater  in  the 
West,  having  held  not  less  than  thirty  public 
discnssions.  He  ranks  very  high  in  the  literary 
circles  as  a  Baptist  historian,  having  written 
several  works  and  among  them  a  book  of  nearly 
500  p,iges  on  Baptist  Succession.  Two  of  hi.s 
pul>lic  discussions  have  been  reported  mid  pub- 
hshcd.  He  is  also  editor  of  the  Ii>,pti.sl  Bntfh 
Flmj,  a  weekly  paper  published  at  St.  Loui.s 
Mo. 

Brother  J.  W.  Stein  is  thirty-six  years  of  age. 
He  was  born  in  Roanoke  Co..  Va..  and  descends 
from  a.  respectable  line  of  Baptist  families  on 
his  mother's  side,  his  grand-father  having  been 
one  of  the  oldest  Baptist  ministers  of  the  timej 
His  father  was  from  Beriin,  Prussia;  he  came  to 
Va.  in  an  early  day.  The  war  prevented  Bro. 
Stein  finishinghis  regular  college  course,  though 
he  has  since  applied  himself  very  diligently  and 
thus  acfjuired  a  good  stock  of  knowledge.  He 
was  ordained  to  the  Baptist  ministry  when 
twenty-five  yeai-s  of  age  and  continued  to  preach 
for  the  Baptist  church  for  nine  yeara,  when  he 
came  to  the  Bmthren,  and  is  now  pretty  well 
known  among  our  people. 

He  enters  this  discussion  without  any  expe- 
rience lis  a  debater,  though  well  prepared  for  the 
work.  Some  of  the  Brethren  were  fearful  that 
Mr.  Ray's  great  experience  as  a  debater  would 
prove  too  much  for  Bro.  Stein,  but  he  proved 
himself  equal  to  the  ta.sk.  He  takes  things  cool- 
ly and  deliberately,  not  once  becoming  unduly 
excited.  During  the  entire  discussion  it  was 
plainly  visible  that  in  the  point  of  good  schol- 
arship Bro.  Stein  wa-i  far  in  advance  of  Ray, 
and  entered  departments  where  his  opponent 
dared  not  follow.  For  instance  when  Bro.  Stein 
took  up  the  commission  and  analyzed  it  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  of  language,  showing  that  it 
unquestionably  taught  the  three-fold  immersion. 
Ray  just  let  himself  down  and  positively  refus- 
ed to  grapple  with  the  question.  When  the 
congregation  saw  him  do  that,  they  lost  confi- 
dence in  his  ability  to  refute  Bro.  Stein's  argu- 
ment thus  drawn  from  the  commission. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  Baptists  lay  great 
claims  to  organic  succession,  claiming  that  the 
Baptist  churches  can  be  traced  by  an  unbroken 
line  to  the  apostles.  This  position  was  taken  by 
Ray  as  one  of  his  strongest  arguments,  and  on 
it  he  placed  much  reliance.  Bro.  Stein  repeat- 
eilly  urged  him  to  name  just  one  body  of  Bai>- 
tists,  like  his  church,  before  the  twelfth  century. 
This  he  refused  to  do  though  challenged  several 
times,  then  Bro.  Stein  took  up  the  Baptist  his- 
tory, which  Ray  had  written,  and  showed  con- 
clusively, by  the  best  Baptist  historians  in  the 
world,  that  the  very  class  of  people  through 
which  Ray  was  tracing  the  Baptist  church  were 
just  like  the  Brethren.  He  showed  that  they 
practiced  trine  immersion,  feet-washing,  Lord's 
supper,  the  holy  kiss,  anointing  the  sick  with 
oil,  non^wearing  and  were  opposed  to  war  and 
took  no  part  in  it.  This  was  simply  overwhelm- 
ing. He  simply  cut  1200  years  ofi'  of  the  other 
end  of  the  Baptist  church,  thus  proving,  that 
far  us  organic  succession  was  concermnl,  the 
Baptist  church  lacks  I'iW  years  of  being  old 
enough  to  reach  the  apostolic  age.  No  attempt 
was  made  to  refute  this  argument.  Bro.  Stein 
demonstrated  that  the  Baptist  histories,  instead 
of  proving  the  Baptist  claims,  actually  sustain- 
ed the  Brethren's  doctrine. 

On  Baptist  history  Ray  wua  driven  to  the  wall, 
and  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  day's  discussion 
declared  that  he  would  not  give  a  feather  for  the 
evidence  of  such  historians  as  Orchard,  Judson 
and  Robinson. 

This  discussion  has  been  in  contemplation  for 
■ioine  time,  and  therefore  the  parties  were  well 
prepared  for  it.  Mr.  Ray  affirmed  that  "The 
Baptist  churches  possess  Bible  characteristics 
■ntitling  them  to  be  regarded  as  churches  of  Je- 
sus Christ."  Bro,  Stein  denied.  The  discuss- 
ion commenced  at  U  o'clock  on  Wednesday, 
March  Utli,  each  party  making  four  half-hour 
Hfieeches  each  day.  Mr.  Ray  occupied  three 
ditvs  atltrming  Iiis  proposition.      It  was  clear  to 


nil  llml  ht  f„i|„l  t„  „„,„;„  ^j,  p^p^in^^^  ,^^ 
"lie  of  the  strongMt  proofs  be  l„ul  to  rely  on 
w««  orgiinic  MiccfNiion  »,„1  th„i  „,„  t„|(,„  ,„. 
lOTly  (iwny  from  him,  living  »  pip  of  !20(i 
yenr.  b,-tw«-„  hi,  ehurch  md  th,.  rhiirrh™  of 
■lrail«  Chmt.  Ho  miule  a  sn-nl  lulo  over  the  Hf- 
ly  million  Dnpti.t  mnrtyn  who  ,„(Vered  for  the 
oaiiw  of  Chri«t.  Tiro.  Stein  ,v«„M  hiin  to  1,11 
who  some  of  |h„„  „,„rtj.„  ,„„^  |„,^  ,_^  ^,j^^^ 
to  name  one,  for  if  Ue  Imd  Bro.  Stem  would 
hnvc  proven  thiil  they  were  like  the  lirethten 
md  not  like  the  IJoplisls.  Hi.  cloKy  m»,  the 
I'hnrch  m  the  wilderness,  iU  sulferingii  mid  trial, 
w«»  Bnind  indeed,  but  judge  of  the  ,v.to„i,h. 
ineiit  when  it  wm  proven  thut  nil  those  chnrth- 
e»  he  referred  to  ,,rncticed  trine  immei-sion,  mid 
were  o|i]>osed  to  oiikhs,  w»r  Se. 

On  Sutnrdny  morning  Bro.  Stein  eommenccd 
iiDiriniiig  the  following  propo.ition:  "The 
BreUiren  (or  Dunkurd)  churche,,  ]io.sses»  Bible 
chorMterislics  entitling  them  to  lie  regurded  iia 
churches  of  Christ,"  and  spent  the  most  of  hi, 
lime  on  trine  immersion  up  to  Mondn,  evening 
nl  which  time  I  finish  np  nnd  send  off  this  re- 
port. 

Up  to  the  present  time  Mr.  Uny  bus  positive- 
ly  refused  to  grnpple  with  Bro.  St,nn'»  analysis 
of  the  commission.  Bro.  Stein  produced  not 
less  than  live  ancient  Greek  scholars  who  say 
the  commi.s»iDn  tenches  trine  immersion,  and 
offered  to  give  them  all  up  if  his  opponent 
would  produce  ./ii»(  one  ancient  Urcok  scholar 
saying  it  tunght  single  immersion.  Hay  refus- 
es to  touch  the  question.  Bro.  Stoin  showed 
that  the  commission  taught  trino  immersion  so 
plainly  that  it  look  live  hundred  years  before  a 
man  could  \x  found  having  audacity  enough  to 
chiim  that  it  taught  single  immersion,  nnd  that 
that  man  was  a  pope,  belonging  lo  the  mother 
of  harlots  too  at  that,  and  then  challenged  Hay 
lo  produce  one  single  person,  lieforc  hOO  years 
after  Christ,  saying  to  the  contrarj'.  Ray  would 
not  touch  this  question. 

Bro.  Stein  cornered  Bay  completely  on  one 
thing.  Hay  in  his  book  on  Baptist  succeiaion 
said  tluit  trine  immersion  orii/imlid  with  the 
Catholics  ii/li'y  the  rise  of  the  Arian  controversy. 
Xliis  would  place  the  origin  of  trine  immersion 
near  the  beginning  of  thefourth  century.  But 
Hay  was  driven  to  admit  that  trine  immersion 
was  practiced  as  early  as  the  second  century, 
then  Bro.  Stoin  proved  by  good  Baptist  histo- 
rians that  there  was  no  change  made  in  the 
manner  of  administering  baptism  till  after  the 
close  of  the  third  century,  thus  showing  that 
trine  immersion  was  the  universal  mode  during 
the  first  three  centuries  of  Christianity,  and 
then  jisked  Ray  to  find  just  one  case  of  single 
immersion  during  that  lime.  The  great  Baptist 
historian  and  debater.would  not  touch  it. 

The  discussion  will  last  two  days  yet.  I  am 
feeling  quite  well,  and  enjoy  myself  with  the 
members  here.  They  are  a  xealous  and  wide 
awake  body  of  membem.  I  have  been  preach- 
ing every  night,  with  one  exception,  since  here. 
The  weather  is  delightful  and  Spring  coining  in 
beautifnlly.  The  Brethren  have  a  fine  country 
here.     More  anon,  j.  h,  m. 


something  like,  P„^„,  i„^j,    ^,(,,„^  , 
brukand  boldly:  l«t  «-n.«  and  sound  g„  togeth- 
er.   This  I  reg.-,rd  as  the  most  probable  m«»n- 
ing  of  the  term. 

™';i,  'm^m"^"  '"/'"■ ;',"  '°  '""'"•  coramentMon 
on  the  Bible,  or  should  we  take  the  Wonl^™. 

luyS'*  "'"'"''  •^■"'"■""fGod  loante! 
™ '"  Esqi-innL 

It  is  not  .,«fe  to  follow  conilnentnU.rs  in  all 
fh„uj,.  In  hirimiml  matter  they  are  perhu«i 
perfectly  reliable,  but  in  'WriV,  and  »7-,,.WeM, 
they  often  shoot  wido  of  the  mark.  In  matter^ 
of  doctrine,  commentators  generally  follow  their 
early  religious  training,  hence  their  work  i, 
more  or  !«»,  »  reflection  of  the  faith  and  p,»> 
lice  of  the  society  to  which  they  belong.  Here 
then  it  would  not  he  safe  to  follow  their  raaim. 
ing,  but  in  daU-s  and  events  they  are  not  inBu- 
enced  by  society  training,  hence  genenJlT 
reliable.  It  is  safe  to  follow  the  Word  alone. 
It  IS  nol  hanl  lo  understand,  and  "  if  any  man 
liKk  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  Go<l  who  giveth 
liberally."  But  there  is  only  one  way  of  asking 
for  wisdom.  We  are  taught  to  "  study  "  Mud 
search  the  Scriptures,  and  ask  forthe  inll.ienoe 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  that  wisdom  may  mark  all  of 
our  thoughts  and  acta.  A  man  may  have  great 
learning,  yet  be  very  foolish-have  no  wisiiom. 
Wisdom  in  man,  will  manifest  itself  in  the  mat- 
ter of  judgment,  discretion  and  skill.  So  we  are 
taught  lo  »lu,l,j  God's  Word,  and  then  .,»<•  Co<f « 
■■-inuence  to  apply  that  knowledge  in  a  tme 
Hloiltler. 

But  theis  is  an  error  afldat  that  it  would  be 
well  to  guard  against.  It  is  claimed  that  if  Wi 
ask  God  for  wisdom,  He  will  put  words  ,n  our 
mouth,  and  all  we  m«d  to  do  is  to  let  them  out 
Before  the  Word  was  icrilUn.  before  it  w,is  put 
in  /oral,  God  directly  inspired  men  and  gay* 
them  words  to  utter,  but  since  the  wonls  of  Ood 
were  put  in  /mm  so  that  all  men  can  si-e.  read 
and  obey,  God  does  not  send  words  some  other 
way.  The  words  of  the  Holy  Ghost  must  be 
pnl  in  our  mind  by  our  own  effort,  and  then  we 
have  a  perfect  right  lo  pray  for  wisdom— that  is, 
good  judgment,  skill  and  discrelioa  (o  apply 
them,  to  nsethem.  It  is  hnu-  to  apply  wisdom- 
words  Ihat  we  should  seek  the  Lord,  and  not  the 
wisdom-words  themselves.  These  are  always 
with  us  if  wc  learn  them. 


QUEBIES  AND  ANSWERS, 

1.  Please  give  your  views  on  Genesis  1:  26. 
To  whom  was  God  speaking  when  He  said: 
"  Let  us  make  man  in  our  own  image  and  after 
our  own  likeness?  "  J.  S,  Fair/. 

Genesis  was  first  written  in  Hebrew,  and  in 
this  language  we  read  it  thus:  "  In  the  liegin- 
ning  Gods  created  the  heaven  and  the  earth." 
In  the  original  it  is  Elohim,  meaning  more  than 
one,  hence  plural;  and  being  plural,  we  can 
readily  perceive  why  Elohim,  Gods,  said,  "  Let 
KM  make  man."  So  far  in  Divine  inspiration 
we  have  revealed  to  ns  Father,  Son  and  Holy 
Spirit— all  of  whom  have  the  title  God.  I  un- 
derstand therefore  that  the  Father  said  to  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit,  "  Let  h,s  make  man." 


2.  Will  you  please  tell  ns  through  the  col- 
umns of  the  BKKTnitBM  at  Wohk  tne  meaning 
of  the  wot^  "  Selah  "  which  occurs  so  frequent- 
ly in  the  Psalms?  ENyflKKU. 

The  Septuagint  always  translates  it(//(i;»*7i/Mi(( 
— a  pause  iu  a  Psalm.  The  Chaldee  sometimes 
gives  it  the  meaning,  fitrevee.  The  other  ver- 
sions leave  it  unnoticed.  By  some  commenta- 
tors it  is  said  to  have  the  signification  of  Amin 

so  be  it:  mark  well.  But  it  seems  to  come 
from  Sftl,  to  raise  the  voice,  or  Siilnli  to  scatter 
M-  spreiul  out,  meaning  that  the  subject  should 
be  attentively  considered.  The  most  reasonable 
iew  is,  that  it  is  a  direction  to  the  musicians. 


4.  Please  give  an  explanation  on  1  Peter  4: 
B.  W  ere  those  persons  or  characters  spoken  o£ 
dead  physically  or  spiritually? 

A.  Mors. 

B.  YoHN. 
The  Scripture  alluded  lo  by  those  brethren 

reads  thus:  "  For.  for  this  cause  was  tht  (ioapel 
preached  also  to  them  that  are  dead,  that  they 
might  lie  judged  according  to  meu  in  the  flesh, 
but  live  according  to  God  in  the  Spirit."  "  Thi» 
muse  "  means  that  .lesus  "  is  realty  to  judge  the 
quick  and  the  dead."  Note  therefore,  Jint: 
The  Gospel  was  preached  to  those  that  were 
dead,  phijskitUij.  Secoiul:  This  was  nect^sary 
for  two  purposes.  I.  That  those  dead  persona 
might  be  judged  according  to  men  irt  the  finh, 
2.  That  they  might  live  according  to  G'.W  inUta 
Spirit. 

They  were  dead  physically,  because  I  nowhere 
find  iu  the  Book  of  God,  that  the  spirit  of  man 
<liex.  We  read  of  aslumberingspiritlKom.  11: 
8),  of  a  foul  spirit  (Kev.  18:  2)  and  of  many 
other  kinds  of  spirits,  but  nothing  of  a  dtad 
spirit.  Dead  in  sin,  is  not  a  dead  spirit,  but  a 
spirit  in  a  sinful  state.  If  there  were  such  a 
thing  as  a  dead  spirit,  or  a  person  dead  spiritu- 
ally, it  would  appear  then  that  a  man  could  live 
without  a  spirit,  which  is  not  accotriing  to  Di- 
vine arrangements.  The  apostle  first  address- 
ed live  men,  and  next  told  them  something  about 
ilemi  men.  We  should  understand  by  tier  mat^ 
such  who  are  physically  able  to  know,  see,  moTe 
Sc.  Then  we  understand  by  deiirt  men,  snch 
whose  breath  of  life  has  departed.  Look  at  it 
as  we  will  the  apostle  seems  to  allude  to  those 
who  were  dead,  physically.  m.  h.  k. 


Brother,  if  you  would  be  happ.v,  let  God's 
sunshine  into  your  heart.  Do  not  be  under  the 
shadow  of  the  world,  nor  try  to  get  others  un- 
der. Let  the  peace  of  redeeming  love  rule  ia 
your  bouse:  and  while  that  peace  is  there  see 
thai  you  are  not  preparing  carnal  weapons  lor 
war.  Often  on  your  knees  in  secret,  will  help 
,vou  to  scatter  sunshine  to  others.  Do  not  be- 
dim its  ra.vs  by  the  corruptible  things  of  the 
world,  but  feed  them  with  grace  divine. 


M.MXTAIN  purity  by  yielding  np  nothing  that 
is  God's;  maintain  peace  by  yielding  up  all  that 


IS  vour  own. 


^X'ttE    liKETtJliKxS'^    ^Va^    AN^OKl^. 


IMarcli    *i,X. 


^h^  gam^  ^irch. 


READ  AKl)  OBEy. 

-•  ftu*tiMi(U.  lo»f  your  wi»M,'* 
"  Wi»e»,    obey    your    Iiu»b»Dd«.",'  m 
■■FaiiieM,  proTolie  ^191  your,  ohliarMi  10  ^;(»illi." 
iVCUUmi,    obey    70ur    purenu    in    »ll    tbiafll-,' 


Edited  hy  M.  M.  Eshebnan. 


ACROSTIC. 

M.'iiiy  jwoplt-  now  sim  marching, 

On  tilt!  path  the  wicked  are; 

Oil  thcy'ru  w.iriied,  but  still  tlioy  linger, 

liyuiid  the  i>y»i  of  dark  deapair, 

Kvil  still  is  to  thc-iii  clingiiigt 

Hut  they  do  not  seem  to  care, 

Ajwiiys  they  lire  sonietliing  cniving, 

SijiiieUniig  thut  m\i\\»  eiinnot  hear. 

Hear  now  wliat  the  Savior  siiyeth, 

Oh,  come  now  yourselves  prepare. 

IUnc  and  hear,  then  pnt  in  jirnctite, 

S  yon  will  Mis  IiteHNin^'s  sliniv. 

Kvery  "oul  Hi-  has  invi.led, 

Sinneiti  come  wliile  nil  Ih  lair. 

lie  liiut  given  us  cxainplea. 

Ijacli  to  nhow  our  love  wJiile  liora. 

Lord  now  help  us  to  live  luiihiul, 

Mriy  we  all  live  ill  Thy  fear,  ,  , 

Aad  at  It«t  ROt  home  to  liuavcn,      

Never  more  to  soiTdw  then;.  .    ,^ 

.Ikmima  Koi). 

TO  THE  CHILDREN  AT  WORK. 

\J O U  have  sent  us  maliy  Iptters,  and  iio douijf, 
1  yon  did  a.-?  well '  iis  you'  knew  how.  hnt 
many  of  you  (ell  the  same  story.  I  don't  uienn 
t^ie'old  story  of  tlie  eroHi^.  bnlthestorvof  jroing 
to^Hohool,  -wluit  yon  study,  your  tenehfr's  uiiiiie 
and  «o  on.  All.  this  in  evideneu  of  u  cliild-like 
hom-t,  hut  all  CJinnot  thus  we  it.,  You  must, 
th^refpTiS  excuse  us  '\S  we  leave  oHt,HU  such  niat- 
ter,jif}d  select  only  KUcha-spuiutR  dij-yctly  to  mir 
FatherV  spiritual  wort;.  WriU?  sluirt  iirtitles 
on  llihle  suhjeets.  '^  on  know  older  people  will 
remt your  lettei-s,  and  they  want  suljaUiitial  iood. 
N(iw'  try  your  hcst'  and  see  how  well  you  vwn 
write  of  .leeus  and  His  {riiml' Work.       M.  M,  E. 


QUERY  AND  ITS  ANSWER. 

Jhitr  yCfZ/Vrtr.-— Planlee  till  us  who  the  uiuety 
anil  liine  jnst  jiersons  ure  that  need  no  repeijt- 
nnci'i'  K.vTiK  A,  Ssavkly. 

Tl*  pnrulile  of  the  hlieeii  tlmt  were  not  lost 
and  'tlie  one  that  stra,vefl  itwny,  teaehes  us  a  goort 
IcSBom  '■  Tlio  jnst  shall  livi'  l>y  tidtli."  These 
ar«  they  that  neoil  no  i-epcutancu.  They  have 
heuii  honi  ii>(ain,  waslied  their  rubes  in  the  hlood 
of  the  Lauil),  and  diligently  follow  liiui.  Tlie.'^e, 
Hay.s  .lesins,  need  no  n'|;i'iiliMi'i';  I'm  tlu-y  wulk 
in^^]l  Ihe  stnUites  ju»l  .  imiriMM.luinil^  i.f  tlie 
Lord.Wlieve.iu  Iliii,,.n„t,..-  Ihiii  ,i;aiy.  liejiu^ 
are  justifird.  Hut  he  who  lunis  li;ick,-OL->  iiitn 
tho  be;;L'urly  elenienls  of  tin- wnrld.  g.-ts  intn 
tllP  wilderne^JS  of'fhe  wOrld,  teeds  ui)'ciu  the 
liu»ks  of  eaI■nality^!^ln^hli  oHt-rteeds  reiienfalice, 
aiidAvheii  he  in  ihund,  retnnis'tio  God,  even  tJie' 
unyels  ivjoice.  My  yonnp  friends,  when  yon. 
rearhfiheiioint  whr-rej'rtWr  Fatli'er'slove  isrehdij' 
toitiil  your  souls  with  joy,  0,  turn  not  into  tiW 
wjIlll'riiiiHs  of  sin.  but  wrraiien  yourselves  on  the 
siiluiuf  thi'  jiiet,  aud  then  wiijlc  lihimele»s  beforu' 
tlu-  Lord.    ,  ,    ,  ,  sj.  M.  E.  1' 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

'  At  Meeting,!  ''  ' 
rrnlOihinififcraros^.Wad  tlic  friin^tii  cWi.ter 
J-iM^f  l>et^l.\.  fii^t'lMtcii-;  Siiid  iK^^fth  to'tiilk 
plwisftiii^ly  fo  the  people,  pdmliilil  Mll>ni  to  tlu> 
woiils:  "  If  yo  be  repmaohed  fnr'ilie  name  of 
('Uriflti  happy  iltv  ye;  forthe  Spirit  of  ijlory  and 
of  (iod  restetli , upon  you;  on  their  part  he  is 
evil  spoken  of,  but  on  your  part  he  is  ylurilied." 
He  told  liovy  happy  tho,sei^T,who  urereproLtch- 
ed  for  the  unme  of  Christ.  On  such,  re.sts  the 
Spirit  ot  filory.  the  kind  fatlier.  mother  and 
children  who  came  to  meeting  with  a  'odly 
conversation  on  the  way,  now  sit  looking 
smilirtyly  and  pleasantly  ut  the  minister  and  are 
happy  in  lieariufr  the  words  of  (rulh  frniii  liini. 
Do  they  spend  tlieir  time  in  looking  at  otiters? 
Xo.  While  on  thoir  knees  at  prayer,  do  they 
peep  over  the  conga-gation  to  see  how  this  or 
thut  person  w  dres-'sedV  No,  not  at  all:  they 
ai-u  not  "bnsy-hodios  in  other  men's  nmttei-s." 
Then  they  are  not  looking  to  the  riglit  and  left 
as  if  they  came  out  of  mere  curiosity?  O  no, 
but  a.s  children  of  Qod  they  look  and  listen 
This  inspires  the  minister  to  work  pleasantly, 
and  he  feels  that  bis  work  is  not  in  vain. 

Tliis  happy  family  is  here  to  be  made  better. 
They  came  to  be  enriched  still  more  aud  more 


i|i  th«  truth  of  God,  Ood  blesses  them  for  their 
motives.  S«e  how  they  gather  the  rich  kernels 
of  truth;  What  care  they  for  the  i:hatfi'  It  is 
the  ck'uif,  jiure  graiu  they  arc  after,  uiid  they. 
have  no  time  to  spend  iii  raking  over  matter, 
that  can  do  them,  nor  any  one  else  any  good. 
Ood  blcsa  them  for  their  good  sense!  Grave, 
sober,  yet  kind  and  pleiLsaiit  to  all.  "  What 
made  brother  .lames  and  sister  Mao'  so  happy 
to-<lay?  "  fineries  sister  Cora  as  she  goes  home. 
Happy?  It  was  their  holy  living,  their  good 
conversation  on  the  way  to  meeting  and  their 
attention  while  at  meeting.  Their  hearts  were 
lilled  with  love  to  God  aud  man.  They  looked 
upon  others  m  their  equals  and  not  as  inferiors. 
They  Iiad  no  malice,  no  ill-will,  »o  l>ad  feeUmj 
towards  any  one.  lu  fact  they  di(l  their  duty  as 
tiiey  knew  it,  and  were  happy.  0  for  thousands 
and  millions  of  such  happy  peoplel  Misery, 
woe,  backbiting,  whisperings  aud  contentions 
never  originate  with  this  happy  family— this  Bi- 
ble family.  All  is  love  with  them.  True  they 
have  trials  and  temptations,  hut  they  arcrcotnc 
in'ih  faith:  The  preacher  preached  plain,  but 
they  were  not  hurt.  He  tidd  of  sili,  how  it  gets 
into  the  hcjut,  and  then  shows  itself,  makes  its 
mai-ks  on  our  boilics,  our  faces,  lips,  in  onr  hous- 
es find  all  our  possessions,  but  they  were  not 
liurt.  In  some  things  they  were  condenuied, 
but  they  jirofited  by  it.  They  did  not  tell  it 
abroad  how  the  preacher's  words  hiiniH  llin'r 
llriii-lg,  but  they  were  made  better  by  the  preach- 
ing. They  spoke  not  lightly  about  the  minis- 
ter's blunilers.  These  troubled  them  not.  They 
went  to  be  nnide  better,  .and  were.  God  blc^s 
all  8Ui;h  families  in  meeting  and  ont  of  it!  God 
is  glorified  by  such  happy,  sensible  people.  The 
Spirit  ivf  glory  rested  upon  them.  Happy,  hap- 
py, family  indeed.  Let  their  number  he  greatly 
increased,  M.  if.  B. 


TO  THE  DEAR  BOYS  AND  GIRLS  . 
WHO  WRITE  FOR  THE 
,  HOME  CIRCLE. 

IHA  VE  been  thinking  for  some  time  of  writ- 
ing' a  trw  lines,  tot),  for  the  Uuethhes  at 
WoUK.  Vnu  .see  I  lulilress  you  '/me  lx>ys  and 
girls.  So  yon  are,  dlthougb  stnuigei-s  to  me. 
What  make.-;  yon  doubly  dear  to  me  is,  to  learn 
tlmt  so  many  of  yon  have  already  come  out* 
from  amoTig  the  world  and  are  trying  to  serve 
the  Lord.  I  sincerely  hope  that  time  will  come 
Avliew  every  one  of  yon  wil]  be  numbored  with 
the  people  of  God.  A  good  man  pf  old  advises 
us  to  "  reinember  our  C'reator  in  the  days  of  our 
youth. "       ,  I II        I 

I  see  you  are  all  improving  in  letter  writing; 
your  lettei-s  are  getting  more  length.v  and  inter- 
esting everj'  week.  Tf  you  take  Bro.  Kshei- 
niiin's  advice  iind  write  upon  Bible  subjects,  yoU 
will  jniiirove  more  still.  Your  minds  will  be- 
come enlai'geU,aild  the  iliformation  you  gain 
will  be  valuable.  Letter. and  esshy  writing 
sliuuld  be  partieioated  in  by  every  young  per- 
sl^^.  Your  bryiuniug-s  nm  snntH,  but  continue 
on  aud  rtiiLT''^>  will  itowu  your  offort.s,  ByJni- 
pruviii-  tli<'f;ili'nt>  li.'d  iia.^  (iivni  u^.  ami  living 
ClirwtiiLii  livi^>.  \Kv.:m  l,r  ot  -nal  u~>.:  l-nlh  io 
the  .dnuTh  ail.!  th.  «nr!d.        ^     ,  ^ 

I  '        '    '  it.  F/lt»ftENUEUfl(;K. 


,;  g.,QPfflGTO.C^Ug,^|^^..^^, 

IITHKN  Cliristians  fail  to  attend  church  on  a 
\^     'Si^hiith,  they  usually  justify  tbeilW^Ive^ 

by  pl'DVJiTiiig'  a  MiitaLle  extil^e.  "piey  'iire  qot 
«vll,  tired,  ai'ruid  of  takiii-  cM,  »r  they.tiave  to 
remain  at  home  to  [vf  other.-;  go— -sumethiug  i^ 
found  ea-'^ily  at  hand  to  fran)'.'  into  yn  apology^ 
Xotmanv,  perhaps  are  ready  t"  iitknuwl-^^dge 
their  d.din.|U.-n.v    ;h   .T.d,ii    Qniiirv    Ad;im>  has 

dom.'  in    (111-   l.dlnVM,,;:  rWii„(    fr iii,  iliiUV: 

"U-,ni  ^'iv..  111.  ,v;i-Mi  -iiti-i'.irtun  tu  inVM^lf 
for  having  n<'-l.'rh,|  iiil.-inliiLc  uiuhi  the' relig- 
ious public  sn-viro  nt  ihi-'  dav. — Nevr^r  in  hiv 
life  have  1  mow  iiml..)  f,ifh  and  hope  in  fhe 
pnuiii.ses  of  the  (iowpel  for  ivlief  from  iilxieties 
from  wturcps  public  and  private;  nevermdre  fer- 
vent prayer  for  dii'ection  from  above  to  lead  nie 
in  the  sliort  remnant  of  the  path  before  me.  I 
have  wa.ste(l  tlie  duiV  without  being  aware,  ofre- 
niissuess  till  the  day  was  gone.  To  the  church 
of  which  I  am  a  member  there  are  no  religious 
holidays  save  the('liristian  Sabbath;  butpei'son- 
ally  I  sym]iathi/.e  with  those  who  solemnize  the 
two  anniversaries,  Ohristma's  and  Kastei- — tlie 
birth  and  the  resurrection  of  Jesus.'' 

Such  a  confession  is  good  for  the  soul.  If 
every  Christian,  when  feeling  tempted  to  neg- 
lect his  accustomed  woi-shii*,  would  go  to  Ood. 
iu>*king  a  blessing  on  his  excuse  and  on  himself 
for  making  it  and  carrying  it  out,  he  would  find 
hiuiseif  recalling  it  and  acknowledging  that  it 
was  framed,  in  the  first  place,  a  concession  to 
his  want  of  interest  in  the  Gospel.— .Vf7.(7('/. 


VOICE  FROM  THE  DEAD. 

MYy<uiUiful  mates,  both  small  and  great. 
Stand  here  and  you  shall  see 
A  eolenin  sight,  which  is  a  type 
Of  what  you  soon  must  be. 

I  did  appear  once  fresh  and  fair. 

Among  the  youthful  crowd; 
But  now  behold  me  dea<l  and  cold, 

Wrapped  in  a  sable  shroud. 

My  cheeks,  once  like  roses  spread. 

My  Sparkling  eye  so  gay; 
But  now  you  see  how  'tis  with  me, 

A  lifeless  lump  of  clay. 

When  you  are  dressed  in  all  your  best. 

In  fashion  so  complete. 
You  Jioon  must  be  as  you  see  nie, 

Wrapped  in  a  mnding-sheet. 

When  you  unto  your  frolics  go, 

Remember  that  I  say. 
In  a  short  time,  thougli  in  your  prime. 

You  may  be  called  away. 

Now  I  am  gone,  I  cant  return, 

And  me  no  more  you'll  see; 
But  it  is  true  that  all  of  you 

Must  shortly  follow  me. 

When  you  unto  my  grave  do  go. 

The  gloomy  place  to  see; 
I  say  to  you  who  stand  and  view. 

Prepare  to  follow  me. 

The  above  wns  sung  at  the  funeral  services  of 
one  of  my  scliool  scholars  and  I  thought  how 
much  the  last  line  should  engage  us  jJl;  especi- 
ally the  young.  Our  depai-ted  scholai-  was  only 
fifteen  yoai-s  old,  right  in  the  bloom  of  youtli. 
We  are  sometimes  made  to  think  the  young  do 
not  give  their  souls  to  God  as  soon  as  they 
slionld.  Some  pareiits  will  tell  their  children 
tJiey  are  too  young  to  serve  the  Lord,  eveli  if 
they  make  an  eflort. 

il  Wir.FKF.O  tilCR. 


king.  Hewiis  rmldv  .md  withal  of  a  \n^t>.ni\, 
ful  countenance  and  goodly  to  look  upon,  ^g 
was  a  cunning  player  on  a  harp  and  a  mighty 
valiant  man  and  a  man  of  war.  He  was  such  a 
gi-eat  man  ami  did  so  many  great  things  that  I 
am  at  a  loss  to  know  what  to  tell  first.  One 
time  there  went  out  a  champion  named  Goliatli 
who  was  six  cubits  and  a  span  high,  (Editor' 
how  many  feet  is  that?)  and  defied  the  army  t^l 
which  David  belonged,  but  David  was  not  afraid 
of  him.  He  did  not  know  how  to  fight  with  a 
swoi-d  so  he  took  his  staff  in  his  hand  and  chose 
five  smooth  stones  out  of  the  brook  aud  his  sling 
was  in  his  hand,  aud  he  went  out  and  met  this 
great  man  and  overcame  him.  This  was  the 
beginning  of  his  very  eventful  life.  He  iiasaed 
through  many  sorrows,  trials,  temptations  and 
troubles,  but  finally,  by  God's  direction,  he  go. 
eth  up  to  Hebron  where  he  is  made  king  over 
the  house  of  Jndah  and  reigned  seven  yeai-s;  then 
he  went  to  Jerusalem  and  reigned  over  all  Is^. 
el  thirty-tbree  years.  He  was  a  great  suiger 
and  wrote  many  of  the  Psalms.  He  died  at  a 
good  old  age,  and  Solomon,  his  son,  reign^(i  in 
his  stead.  Dora  Simmon-s. 

Vuion  Cilij.  fiul. 

[Goliali  was  about  nine  feet,  six  indies  iu 
higlit.— M.  M.  t;.1 


BEAUTIFUL    EXTRACT. 

I  SAW  a  temple  reai'cdby  the  hands  of  men, 
stamling  with  its  high  ijiniiacles  in  the  dis- 
tant plain.  The  storms  beat  upoji  it — the  God 
of  Nature  hurled  his  thunderbolts  against  it — 
yet  it  stood,  as  firm  as  adamant.  Revelry  Wiis 
in  itj>  halls — the  gay,  thebappy,  and  the  beau- 
tiful were  there;  T  returned,  and  the  temple  was 
no  niore.  its  high  walls  lay  scattered  in  ruins; 
ijios**  and'  wild  grass  grew  wildly  there.  The 
yonng  and  gay  whb  reveled  there  had  passed 
away.  I  saw  a  child  rejoicing  in  his  youth— the 
i(lol  of  bis  mother,  and  the  pride  of  his  father. 
I  returned  aud  the  child  had  become  old, — trem- 
bling with  till'  weight  of  years,  he  stood  the 
last  of  bis  generation — a  .^tranger  amidst  the 
desolation  unmnd  liim. 

Tsiiwan  old  oak  -t:vii.;  l:l  :tll  hi^'ri.!,',  on  the 
niount^ains  —  the  birrlv  wrr^  .  .imlini,'  ,,m  its 
branches-.  I  returned,  fhe  oak  was  lealles^  and 
saples.s,  the  winds  were  inlaying  lit  their  pastime 
tluougb  its  branches.  "  Who  is  the  destroy- 
er ii  "  ^aid  1  to  my  guardian  angel,  'litis  time," 
said  iiei  "  Whia  thejiiorningstfti-sfjaugtogeth- 
ler  in  joy,  over  tlv  n«>v  made  world,  he  com- 
nieiii  id  in-  iniii.-'^w,  and  wjien  he  shall  have 
di'^hi.vrd  ,ili  thai'  is  beautiful— plucked  the 
siiinr  troiu  Ik-  ■-i^hrn— v.-iird  til,,  inoun  int.. 
blni.d;  y;.,  whni  h,.  sli.ll  li.nv  ndk-d  heaven 
and  riirlh  away  ;l~  a  MTNil.  tli.'U  -h;,!]  i.n  angel 
froiTitheThrnn.-of  fiod  (.om-  turtli,  and  with 
one  foot  on  (he  sea,  and'  <^ne  ini  th.*-  land,  lift  up 
hi-*  head  toward  heaven,  and  ^.wearby  Heaven's 
JiternsU;  Time  isf  Time'wa^,  IWtt  Time  shall  be 
■no  more!'"  11    ..!.■- m'*  ,.i  ,i,.il  .  i-i  ,.i,,:t  ..rli   1  .  ],i 

The  above  IB  tiuly  a  beautiful  esiirnct,  and  I 
have  -selected  it,  thinking  nothing  so  good 
should  be  lost.  lujuder,  when  the  g.uai%Uaii  nnr 
gel  conies  t'urth  to  proidaim  tlie  ubove  exclama- 
fcion,  where  wilt  tli.iii  be  .slanding?  .  A,sk  your- 
self this  fpiestion  NOW,  and  hastily  "prepare  to 
meet  thy  God."  When  time  shall  bp  no  more 
lyith  US,  there  is  no  rooiii  for  repentance.  '  Just 
i^  life  leaves  vxs,  death  wiH  'find  vis.  MaJ-  deatji 
aotifind  us  unprepared,  l-'ijee  to'lhe  arm*!  of 
Jesus,  Hentands  pieailing  for  y6ii.  COMW 
N^>W.  '  .  B.  it.  Stipleu. 

IlolUduiphurg,  Pii. 


ABOUT    DAVID. 

Itriir  EiUlm-:— 
Y  OU  wanted  my  brother  Edgar  to  write  some- 
1     thine  about  David,  but  he  had  commenced 
writing  abtuit  somebody  else,  so  I  will  try  to  tell 
something  about  David.         '  1 

David  was  Jesse's  eighth  Eon.  He  was  the 
keeper  of  his  father's  sheep.  One  day  while  he 
was  watching  them  the  good  old  prophet  Sam- 
uel came  and  called  him  in  aud  anointed  him 


A  GOOD  sister  suggests  that  the  "aunts"  and 
"  uncles  "  come  out  and  give  our  readers  their 
real  names.  The  suggestion  is  a  good  one  in 
some  respects,  for  it  does  one  good  to  read  the 
lettei-s  of  Paul  and  Peter;  but  had  they  not 
cleai'b'  revealed  themselves,  we  would  be  worri- 
ed with  doubts  and  perplexities.  I  know  it  is 
not  the;«7WH  that  should  move  our  souls  tojoy 
and  love,  but  the  sentiments  of  the  writer. 
Nevertheless  it  is  good  to  kno\\'  who  penned  the 
thoughts.  ^ 

Sister  E.  Vaniman  writes:'  "  I  noticed  in  No. 
7,  Bro.  J.  B.  Shirk's  suggestion,  and  I  thought 
his  example  a  good  one;  therefore  our  cliildreii 
Elntl  myself  have  made  up  a  small  amount  to 
help  to  pay  for  the  paper  for  those  who  are  too 
poor  to  do  so.  I  hope  more  of  the  children ivill 
send  iu  their  mite.  The  children's  fafherisnot 
at  home.  Were  lie  here  I  an"!  sure  he  would 
join  with  'us  in  oiir  mite."  '  Thank  y(>ii,  dear 
sister,  fiod^vill  reward  your  rememhnnice  of 
the  poor.  We  have  many  oalls  ti-om  the  poor, 
and  the  willingness  of  the  ihildi^en,  lathei'^  and 
mothere  to  help  ns  is  highly  appreciated.  "The 
poory^  alwii^'s  have  with  you;  aud  ye  can  do 
them  good  whenever  you  will,"say50UrMii8ter. 
God  help  us  to  will  riijht. 


CHILDIlEJf  AT    WORK. 


From  Susan  E;  Koyer.— /Jmv  '&///hc.— I 
am  so  glad  that  the  Brethren  are  atwork.nndl 
teel  that  I  ought  to  help  all  !  can.  I  -go  (0 
ateeling  whenever  I  have  a  chance,  but  tho 
roads  have  been  so  muddy  this  Winter  that  we 
cauiuit  go  away  from  home  to  meeting.  We 
have  meeting  in  our  mectiiig-house  close  by  our 
house  every  fourth  Sunday.'  We  do  not  Iiitve 
Sunday-school  in  the  Winter,  but  it  will  soon 
begin  again.  '  Ilove'togh'to'Sunday-k'hoolnnfl 
i-eftd  the'  Bible.  I  Iftive  bet-n  '  a'  member'  of  tlie 
clliui-ch  for  ii  ye!il"rfhd  a  half;  Wid  want  to  ti-y  to 
get  t6  heaven.  Jtnd  ho|)e  everybody  else  will  try 
to  get  there  too.  il'havf  only  one  brother  uid 
he  bi  hniga  t.)  the  Vhna-ehitopi.bulj  myilittUai*> 
ttrsdo.jio.t  bi;ioug  yeti  ,,.}.  il  •'•^'■'w' ,  '■'>-' 

Mu,ir„y/h,,  In<l. 

Frmii  Will.  'Karing^r.— While  looking  over 
the  writings  of  those  little  "  lambs"  that  nve 
lUQw  iii  the  flock  of  Jcsiis,  I  ^Maamtideto  rejoice 
jis  do  tlLeiungelfl  in  htJaveniwlieniMiuiei-staratu 

serve  the|lising  God.  .And  I  (.■^pecinily  rejouW 
,whv-n  I  reati  a  letter  fn.in  -.i  Lonsm  ol  uniicii^iJ 


i  brother.     It  is  j 


;i.t 


my  lot  among  the  Brethren,  and  I  still  tfd  to 
press  on  and  on  to  glory,  for  this  world  is  not 
our  eteriial  hinrie.  0,  my  ilear  cousins,  tiiHli- 
1-eu  anil  sisters,  let  us  work  for  an  entrance  into 
our  Father's  hotise,  and  then  we  shall  roam  on 
tlio  banks  of  the  river  of  life,  and  bathe  in  if* 
blwsfnl  tlide. 

BmUd,  hid. 

From  John  W.  Moore.— A'/r  AV///r.r.— My 
liapa  died  when  I  was  three  years  old.  but 
h,.veevrr\  iLssiirauce  tluit  he  is  at  l-cst;  alsotffo 
hrilr  -i-t-'i  -  iji  heaven  above.  I  havcuo  brotli- 
er.  or  ..-tro  living,  but  I  have  a  dear  maimnj 
and  step-lather  who  treat  me  very  kindly, 
have  been  a  member  of  the  church  tor  a  me 
over  one  year,  and  am  trying  to  do  the  bes 


can.     Hope  to  hold  out  faithful  to  the 


end  and 


receive  the  crown  that  is  laid  up  in  hcaveii  for 
all    tliat  love   and  serve   the  Lord,    b""'^  '■ 
Hiekey:     The  shortest  chapter  in  the  Bib'e  » 
the  one  hundred  and  seventeenth  Psalm- 
TiJJin,  Ohio. 


CORREST>OKr)ENOE. 

FROM    DENMARK. 

[Tlio  following  cani^  too  late  (o  ai,p,„r  ;„  ^ 
c„lar  order,  au.l  as  there  niny  W  foM  i„  jt  f^^ 
tl,e  saints,  we  n<nv  seiul  it  on  it,  niiv-ion  _ 
Ei>s  1-  -  .    .  .      . 

/>.(/(-  Brrtfin-ii; — 

T  OOICING  out  of  oar  E>vst  wi„,l„w.  „„•  eyes 
|j  re-sts  ou  two  raeeting-liouse8  with  the  date 
„f  erection  on  the  ei»l.  fig,„-es  made  of  iron 
liisteiied  m  the  wall;  the  one  1767,  the  other 
1780.  uiid  yet  seemingly  a.s  firm  m  vrhvu  huilt 
And  while  thu3  viewing  thein,  it  caused  mi 
niiiid  to  run  (as  this  is  the  lust  diiy  we  e.xpeet 
to  occupy  our  Denuiiu-k  home),  iiud  tiiiuk'  how 
jiiuny  sermons  have  been  preached  in  the  one 
lor  111  years,  and  in  tlie  otiier  for  98  years-  1 
tliinlc  of  the  many  [nnyers  offered,  the  hymns 
simc.  and  the  many  dollars  spent  professedly 
in  the  service  of  God.  But  when  examined  in 
the  light  ol  the  Gospel,  it  bears  no  resemblance 
to  .•service  introduced  by  the  Savior  and  practic- 
ed by  His  apostles;  hence  must  be  a  service  of 
their  own;  and  I  fear  the  Savior  would  say 
"  This  people  drawetli  nigh  to  me  with  their 
mouth  and  with  their  lips  they  do  honor  me; 
but  their  heart  is  far  from  me;  in  vain  they  do 
woi-ship  me,  teaching  for  doctriue  tlic  com- 
niaiidments  of  men." 

It  is  a  lamentable  fact  that  there  is  much,  yea 
very  much  of  that  kind  of  worship  eiigiiged  in, 
at  thiy  n^e  of  the  world,  a  fact  that  must  he  ad- 
mitted by  every  honest  Bilile  student;  and  if 
that  diabolical  doctrine  were  correct  (which 
yo  prevalent  at  the  present  day),  that  it  don't 
matter,  only  so  we  are  sincere  and  act  conscien- 
tious in  our  faith,  it  would  not  be  so  impor- 
tant: but  when  the  Sayiour  himself  says,  that 
if  the  blind  lead  the  blind,  both  shall  fall  into 
the  ditch;  ajid  many  will  come  to  me  in  that 
day  and  say.  Lord  open  unto  us;  but  I  will  iiro- 
fess  unto  them,  I  never  knew  you.  Tlien  shall 
they  begin  to  plead  the  merits  of  their  fah 
ligion  and  say;  We  have  cast  out  devils  in  thy 
name,  and  have  done  many  ■  wonderfnl  works; 
but  all  to  no  avail.  Away  ye  cursed  into  ever- 
lasting fire,  prepared  for  the  devil  and  his  an- 
gels, (not  for  man,  but  if  man  will  heed  the  doc^ 
trine  of  devils  and  follow  his  miniHtei-s,  in  pre- 
ference to  the  humble  doctrine  of  Christ,  taught 
by  his  ministers,  they  necessarily  must  sh, 
the  same  fate,  and  go  with  him  whom  they  fol- 
lowed and  served  in  their  blind  zeal  into  thi 
hike  which  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone) 
mil  be  the  anathema  poured  from  the  lips  of 
Jehovah,  equal  to  the  thundering  upon  Mount 
Sinai,  against  all  such  fiesh-gratitying,  cross- 
dishonoring,  heaven-insulting,  devil-pleasing, 
God-pretending  service,  without  any  allowance 
for  good-meaning  ignorance  and  pure  motives 
and  honest  hearts,  in  thi.-i  enlightened  age  and 
country  of  America  e.-pecially,  where  willful 
ignorance  abounds,  where  the  truth  of  God 
changed  to  a  lie,  aud  a  lie  preached  for  truth. 
where  the  creature  is  worshipped  more  than 
the  Creator,  who  is  blessed  forevermore. 

The  above  thought  with  all  its  eternal  conse- 
quences is  stirring  up  our  beloved  brotherhood 
to  greater  efforts  in  opening  the  eyes  of  the 
blind,  and  turning  them  from  darkness  to  light, 
and  tliereby  milking  saints  and  angels  rejoice 
and  devils  tremble.  But  although  the  brother- 
hood has  bruised  Satan  under  its  feet  in  thi 
missionary  cause,  they  must  remember  he  will 
not  be  content  with  that;  when  he  loses  power 
in  one  place,  he  will  try  it  in  another;  and  il 
the  Brethren  in  their  great  missionary  spirit 
and  zeal  which  at  this  time  is  manifesting  itself 
throughout  almost  the  entire  brotherhood, 
are  not  extremely  cautious  in  adopting  plans 
and  measures  to  carry  out  the  much-desired  end, 
the  salvation  of  souls,  they  will  leave  some  door 
or  avenue  open  by  and  through  wliieh  Satan 
will  get  the  advantage  of  us;  for  we  are  not  ig- 
norant of  his  devices;  and  if  he  does  not  direct- 
ly corrupt  the  Word,  he  may  nevertheless  cor- 
rupt the  church  in  many  ways,  but  no  way  can 
he  be  more  successful  than  througli  the   minis 

try- 

But  if  the  Brethren  adhere  strictly  to  thi 
second  clause  of  the  duties  of  the  committee  of 
appomtmenta  and  disbunsements,  as  set  forth  in 
the  report  of  the  Meyersdale  convention,  there 
will  be  but  little  danger,  which  reads:  "This 
C'^mmittee  shall  send  out  only  such  men  as  min- 
isters, missionaries  or  laborers  in  the  church 
field,  as  shall  represent  the  teachings,  faith  and 
g'^'neral  order  of  the  Brethren  church." 

I  would  add  to  the  above:  "  Both  by  precept 
and  example,  for  we  have  many  talented  breth- 
ren among  us  who  are  able  exponents  of  the 
'^">'I>el  and  order  of  the  eliurch  in  dress  as  well 
as  uon-iesistauce  and  other  things,  in  in-ecept; 
•^ut  ill  example,  where  are  theyf  Vou  could 
""t  tell  to  what  church  they  belonged;  but  the 


mlmuiould^IIittl"''""*  '''-  '^^''^-  ^'^'•T"  *^  ^'"  -^  ^'^'^^If- ''-'  -  •"">■  >■- 

Clause  ot  his  sermon  requirt^l  hini  to  preach  on      i      ,  v  ««.. 

humility,  and  he  did  it   well,  but   at  th«  «iae       ,  „•    "         ;■    "     '         '        '  Ekotb  Bbt. 

1      Hjorfhtg.DmnthrK;  Frhnrnrti  tl.  l»7tt. 


time  he  had  »  gold  ring  on  one  ot  hi»  lingers 
jus  huir  did  not  look  much  liiko  u  Xaxaruuttand 
his  tiL^bionable  suit  would  havo  .uitcd  u  «lown 
iK'tter  than  a  iuinist<-r  of  the  Qo«pol.  Just  huoh 
preachiug  as  that,  the  dejil,  glorie*  in.  and 
through  it  will  corrupt  the  church.  True,  ynu 
may  say,  the  Savior  said  we  shall  do  as  they  tell 
us.  but  not  afl«r  their  works;  f<ir  they  nay  and 
do  not.  But  actions  s|>eak  loudoi-  than  wonls. 
Send  out  a  man  with  a  fashionable  suit,  and  his 
wile  with  a  fa^^hionable  dress,  mid  though  be 
may  speak  vvith  the  tongmwof  meo  mid  wigels. 
you  will  soon  see  a  cornipt,  liwhiomible  church 
as  the  result  of  his  pi-eaching.  What  I  say  un-" 
to  you,  I  say  nnto  all,  w.vTcn. 

This  ^vill  be  our  last  communication  from 
Denmark,  and  perhaps  you  may  say,  it  i«n  pret- 
ty rough  one.  Well,  if  it  is  not  true,  throw  it 
into  your  w.Tste  basket.  My  object  is,  by  no 
iiieans  to  throw  a  block  under  the  wheel,  but  to 
give  timely  warning,  prompted  by  a  love  to  the 
cause  and  desire  for  the  purity  in  the  church. 
When  the  train  runs  fast,  we  ought  to'  be  the 
Hioie  watchful  and  careful  to  keep  it  on  the 
track.  No  use  in  calling  out:  Fire,  fire,  when 
the  hou.se  is  burnt  down.  I  have  Iieen  written 
too,  to  give  my  opinion  of  the  missionary  move- 
ment, and  whether  I  think  it  mil  work  well 
hence  the  above,  brief  hints.  The  Lord  want* 
the  Gospel  preached  among  all  nations,  before 
the  end  \vill  come,  and  if  we  only  do  it  right, 
he  will  be  pleased. 

In  conclusion  let  me  remark,  do  not  plough 
more  ground  than  you  have  seed  to  sow,  or 
your  labor  will  be  in  vain. 

To-morrow,  if  the  Lord  will,  we  leave  here 
for  London,  via  Hamburg,  to  which  place  we 
travel  by  rail;  from  there  by  water  across  the 
North  or  German  Sea.  Have  purchased  tickets 
from  Hamburg  to  New  York  via  London,  with 
the  privilege  of  stopping  there  as  long  as  we 
wish,  and  to  take  any  line  from  there  to  New 
York  we  wish;  but  from  Hamburg  to  London 
we  must  take  a  smaller  class  of  boata  running 
between  these  two  Doints. 

Otir  miud  now  is,  not  to  stop  more  than  about 
two  weeks,  so  as  to  cross  the  ocean  liefore  the 
equinoctial  storms.  Our  stay  here  will  !«■  at- 
tended with  a  good  deal  of  expense,  as  it  will 
not  justify  to  commence  keeping  house  for  so 
short  a  time,  and  cannot  expect  to  do  much 
good,  unless  we  would  stay  all  Summer,  and 
that  we  could  not  do  according  to  the  nature  of 
our  mission  and  the  feelings  of  many,  if  not  all 
our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  in  Northern  Illi- 
nois, We  will  and  must  however  be' controlled 
by  circumstances,  and  are  willing  to  -say.  As 
the  Lord  will  and  not  we. 

We  received  your  very  welcome  letter  yester- 
day, which  was  so  long  desired  and  looked  for, 
hence  have  sufficient  means  to  take  us  on  our 
way.  We  rejoice  in  the  thought  that  the 
length  of  time  we  spent  in  Denmark,  was  not 
altogether  in  vain,  and  that  there  ia  now  a  lit- 
tle active  church  planted,  rejoicing  in  its  first 
love,  (oh,  that  it  may  never  lose  it)but  whcih  no 
doubt  will  be  tried  by  Satan,  that  he  may  sift 
them  as  wheat,  but,  brethren  pray  that  their 
faith  fail  not,  but  that  it  may  be  like  the  grain 
of  mu;tard  seed — become  a  great  tree  so  that 
the  fowls  of  the  air  (the  sinners),  may  come  and 
lodge  in  the  branches  thereof,  and  that  the 
Lord  may  get  to  Himself  a  great  name,  not  on- 
ly in  Denmark,  but  also  in  all  the  other  coun- 
tries of  Europe. 

Our  separation  from  the  church  here,  has  as- 
sociated with  it,  as  usually  is  the  case  under 
such  and  similar  circumstances,  a  degree  of  sor- 
row, mingled  with  joy.  The  ties  of  Christiim 
fellowship  are  strong,  and  creat*  a  desire  to  as- 
sociate with  each  other;  and  hence  the  pangs  of 
separation,  especially  when  we  can  use  the  lan- 
guage of  the  apostle,  that  many  of  you  among 
whom  we  have  gone,  shall  see  our  face  no  more. 
This  consequently  often  causes  weeping,  falling 
around  the  neck  and  kissing;  and  that  is  the 
very  kind  of  religion  we  need  in  such  a  wicked, 
cold-hearted  world  like  thin,  where  every  one 
is  seeking  his  or  her  own,  and  not  another's 
welfare. 

A  Christianity  that  will  not  sometimes  cause 
tears  of  both  sorrow  and  joy,  is  not  apostolic, 
and  hence  vain;  but  the  thought  that  Chris- 
tians will  meet  each  other  in  a  glorified  and  im- 
mortal statt,  gives  joys  inexpressible.  If  we 
must  wear  the  crown  of  thorns,  we  shall  wear 
the  crown  of  glory,  if  we  must  drink  vinegaj- 
mingled  with  gall,  we  shall  drink  of  the  waten* 
of  life  in  the  midst  of  the  paradise  of  God.  0. 
what  joy! 

If  this  reaches  you  in  due  time,  dear  brethren 
and  sistei-s,  will  you  strive   with   US  in  your 


From    Anderson.    Indiana. 
Itiiir  Hii-fhrrn:—' 

i  CCOUDING  to  previous  arrangement*.  Hm. 
V  William  Deetw  ciime  to  us,  to  commence 
series  of  meetings,  which  took  place  on  the 
'jard  of  l-'ebniary.  and  continued  until  the  3rd 
of  Miii-ch.  During  that  time  he  prvnched 
twelve  sermons.  Bro.  Deeter  is  not  oshitiu^l  to 
work  in  the  cause  of  his  Muat«r.  knowing  Ihnt 
it  is  his  duty  to  pei-siiiide  boUi  men  and  woman 
to  come  to  Christ. 

Seven  souls  niiwle  their  wants  known,  came 
out  on  the  Lonl'a  side  mid  were  bui)tixcd.  0th- 
ei-s  said  they  would  come  sunn.  Not  oiil^-  were 
siuniM-s  warned  of  the  wrath  to  come;  biUsainta 
were  comforted  and  mude  to  rejoice.  Oar 
meetuigs  were  well  attended,  and  the  bust  of 
order  prevailed.  Mii,v  the  good  Lord  bless  us 
all.  and  finally  bring  us  home,  where  we  may 
hear  the  welcome  words:  "Come  ye  hlesBed  of 
my  Father."  0  yi^H,  brethren  aiid  Bisters,  let 
us  80  live,  that  we  may  be  imiong  the  redeemed 
ones  around  the  great,  white  throne. 

G.  W,  Fkssi.kh. 


Progress   of    Education    Among  the 
Brethren. 


rpHE  idea  of   a   Hi-ethieu's 
1      aliuut  the  same  time   as 


liool  originated 
as  that  of  a  Bretti- 
i-cn*8  paper,  and  with  much  the  same  object  in 
view.  Both  enterprises  started  out  in  a  very 
modest  way,  with  a  good  deal  of  distrust  from 
the  great  body  of  the  brotherhood,  lest  evil 
might  result  from  such  enterprises. 

The  papers  agreeably  disappointed  all.  — 
Though  making  some  mistakes,  luid  shifting 
about  from  place  to  place,  every  move  was  for- 
ward, luid  uow  they  enjoy  the  confidence  of  thi 
brotherhood  at  large  and  are  nuiking  their 
weekly  visits  to  many  thousand  fuiiiiliai,  from 
ocean  to  ocean,  from  Canada  to  Texas,  di«penK- 
ing  blessings,  and  cheering  the  hoarta  of  more 
than  fifty  thousand  reodei-s. 

In  18:)1,  the  year  in  which  the  first  number 
of  the  Gnupel  Vmlur  a|)pearpd.  Brethren  also 
lent  their  aid  in  establishing  high  schools;  but 
to  Eld.  James  t^iinter  belongs  the  cn?dit  of  at- 
tempting to  eatHblish  a  school  under  the  exclu- 
sive control  of  Brethren  in  South-weatern 
Ohio;  but  the  minds  of  the  BruthaMi  not  hav- 
ing been  previously  prepared  for  such  lui  enter- 
prise, the  patronage  was  insufficient  and  the 
burden  too  great  to  be  borne  by  one  man  alone, 
hence  the  project  was  ubaudoiied.  The  foun- 
dation however,  was  laid,  and  the  attention  of 
our  church  culled  to  the  necessity  of  providing 
facilitie-s  for  the  educatirui  of  o^ir  own  children 
by  members  of  our  own  fraternity.  Impelled 
by  this  desire,  the  Brethren  iu  Northern  Indi- 
ana, favorable  to  such  amove,  held  a  conveiitiou 
which  resulted  in  the  purchase  of  Sak-m  (Col- 
lege. The  situation  being  badly  chomui  with 
reference  to  health,  and  no  provision  being 
made  for  endowing  the  institution,  it  wa.s  nat- 
urally involved  in  debt,  and  had  to  be  abandon- 
ed. 

The  movement,  however,  was  of  gn-at  value 
to  the  cause,  as  it  was  clearly  demonstrated 
that,  if  a  school  were  located  in  a  healthy  situa- 
tion and  had  a  aufiicieut  endowment,  it  would 
be  a  grand  success.  One  of  the  instructors  in- 
formed me  that  five  hundred  atudent<i  could 
have  been  secured  at  that  college,  if  tlie  neces- 
sary inducements  could  have  been  held  out. 

Scarcely  had  the  project  been  abandoned  in 
Indiana,  when  another  was  set  on  foot  in  Penn- 
sylvania. If  the  enterprise  in  Indiana  failed 
for  want  of  pecuniary  means,  the  one  in  Penn- 
sylvania failed  in  attempting  to  niise  too  mucli 
before  beginning  the  building,  lu  one  hundre<l 
thousand  dollars  was  the  least  sum  allowed  to 
begin  with,  acconiing  to  the  plan  adopttnl.  It 
is  a  notable  fact  that  the  Brethren  in  Somerset 
Co.,  raiseil  thirty  thousand  dollars  by  subscrip- 
tion. Although  the  college  was  never  built  at 
Berlin,  the  place  then  selected,  yet  the  lilierali- 
ty  of  the  Brethren  in  Somerset  Co.,  govc  the 
cause  such  an  impetus,  that  wherever  the  col- 
lege will  be  built,  a  large  amonntof  credit  must 
be  accorded  those  Brethren.  From  the  time 
the  attempt  wiku  made  in  Indiana,  one 
ment  followed  another  in  close  succession,  for 
Bro.  Lewis  Kimmel,  a-ssisted  by  Bro,  Howard 
Miller,  then  teaching  a  Normal  School,  mude  a 
noble  eHort  to  have  their  institution  eharteivd 
and  endo^ved,  but  some  legal  imiicdinicnts  be- 
ing in  the  way  and  the  distance  from  their 


school  to  any  railroaiTprpTent*^  a  consnmnu- 
Uon  of  their  plan. 

No  Boon«  wu  it  cerUiD  th«t  Bro.  Kimm«l*« 
school  could  not  be  chart..r.,d  and  ..-nd-jw«J. 
thnn  the  Brethron  m  North-a«t*-m  Ohio  con- 
ceived the  id^a  of  estal.b.hiMK  »  «  ho-,1  m  that 
section  and  np«ied  a  cones)H,ndence  with  the 
writer,  soliciting  his  aid  and  mHaentt-.  which 
were  then  withheld. 

About  the  «une  tiiuu  the  Kditors  of  the  FH- 
grim  rewW*.!  to  establish  a  school  for  Breth- 
ren's ehildti-o  at  Huntingdon,  Fa.,  and  called 
Bro.  .1.  M.  Zuok  to  tnke  charge  of  it.  H»  ap- 
plied  himself  to  the  task  under  circnn«lanc«« 
that  would  have  discouraged  most  ordinary 
men,  devoting  hi»  time,  ttdent*.  lab-ir  and 
means  to  tho  good  of  other*,  and  with  th«  fa«|p 
of  his  devoted  a&iiatants.  disp<?lled  raiu  h  ol  th* 
prejudice  atill  existing  and  gT.-uioally  mcn«i>ed 
the  numlier  of  his  pupils,  and  the  confidence  of 
the  Brothrwu  in  such  a  sclioal. 

The  Urethten  in  Ohio  repeating  their  solici- 
tations, the  writer  was  induced  to  give  their 
claims  a  careful  consideration,  and  found  moi« 
elements  of  success  than  had  be.m  existing  at 
imy  previous  place  or  at  any  previous  time.  — 
After  examining  the  numerous,  available  places 
for  locating  the  school,  and  coufiulting  with 
many  bi-ethren,  ministers  and  elders,  jwrsonal- 
ly  and  by  letter,  in  the  States  of  Pennsylvania, 
Ohio,  Indiana  and  Blinois,  it  was  thought  lul- 
visiible  to  call  a  convention  in  August  last,  at 
Beech  Grove  church,  Wayne  Co.,  Ohio,  when  it 
was  decided  to  locate  the  school  at  Ashlwid, 
and  trustee*  were  appointed  who  worked  up 
the  matt^'r  with  great  care  ami  ability,  taking 
pains  to  explain  the  subject  to  our  dear  breth- 
ri-n,  who  did  not  understand  the  movement,  or 
who  could  not  see  the  propriety  of  it. 

On  the  I9th  of  February  last,  another  meet- 
ing, large  and  harmonious,  was  held  .it  Maple 
Grove  meeting-house,  where  the  subject  was 
considered,  we  believe,  in  the  fear  of  the  LonI, 
and  it  was  uiumimously  agreed  that  the  work 
had  sufficiently  advanced  to  warrant  the  getting 
of  a  charter  for  the  school,  and  everything  be 
made  safe  financially. 

The  charter  was  obtained  on  the  20th.  ult, 
and  twenty-one  trustees  appointed  to  control 
the  school.  These  trustees  are  mostly  minis- 
ters and  elders,  to  whom  ia  entrusted  the  caw 
of  churches,  while  a  few  private  membew 
among  them  were  selected  for  their  prudence 
iind  wisdom  iu  managing  business. 

With  the  motto:  "  Whatsoever  ye  do.  do  all 
to  the  glory  of  God,"  the  Ashland  College  is 
presented  to  the  brotherhocKl  for  the  united 
prayers  of  all  his  children,  that  Gotl  would  add 
His  blessings  imd  make  it  an  asylum  where  the 
children  of  the  brotherhood  may  lie  .-(ccur*  (rom 
the  snares  of  a  wicked  world  and  where  they 
may  learn  to  walk  in  the  "  old  paths  "  as  they 
are  learning  wisdom's  ways. 

S.  Z.  Sharp. 


From    Virden,    Illinois. 

WE  arrived  safely  home  from  Texas.  After 
learning  all  we  could  in  every  way  during 
the  time  we  wei-e  there,  we  came  home,  regard- 
ing Northern  Texas  upon  the  whole  as  favor*, 
ble  for  brethren  to  locate,  to  build  up  honue 
and  churches. 

The  soil  ill  many  placea  is  very  rich,  lays 
high  and  rolling  enough  to  drain  well;  and 
seems  to  be  well  adapted  to  growing  wheat, 
oats,  barley,  cotton,  etc,  and  especially  to  stock- 
raising  because  of  its  mild  climate.  We  saw 
numbers  ot  cattle  that  had  no  feed  this  Winter 
excei)t  that  found  upon  the  range.  In  most 
localities  in  Northern  Texas  there  is  plenty  of 
timber  in  easy  reach  for  ftiel,  fencing  and  build- 
ing purposes.  Unimproved  land  is  remarkably 
cheap,  ranging  from  one  to  ten  dollars  per  acre, 
ttCconUng  to  quality  and  location. 

Our  conviction  is,  that  the  following  nould 
be  a  good  way  to  locate  in  Texas: 

1.  Ten  or  more  families  to  form  tbemselvea 
into  a  colony,  and  agree  to  emigrate  at  od« 
time. 

2.  Let  the  ten  colonists  meet  at  some  speci- 
fied time  and  place. 

3.  Let  them  organiw  themselves  into  a  col- 
ony by  electing  a  Pi'esideut,  Secrvtary  and 
Treasurer. 

4.  Let  each  of  the  ten  colonists  pay  into  the 
treasury,  say  900i">  dollars  to  purchai*  land. 

5.  Let  two  of  their  number  be  elected  by 
vote  to  locate  and  purchase  a  tract  of  ss^  six- 
teen sections  of  land  for  a  colony  and  make  all 
necessary  arrangements  for  transporting  and 
settling  fciuiilies  on  their  new  homes  to  the  best 
advantage:  the  colony  pajing  both  the  time 
and  expenses  of  the  two  sent  out  for  that  pur- 
p(.>8e. 


8 


TH;K    KKEXtiREjV    ^^T    AVOKK. 


March   ^1 


6.  I^  Iwi.is  be  surveyci  into  160  Rcre  tract., 
•ixly  ff^t  wide  along  ■!!  •erti-m  liiiea  b*iDK««erv- 
ed  fiw  r^«.K  and  ■  »ch«..l-houi.e  to  be  built  by  the 
colony  m'»r  the  center  of  iracl  f-T  a  plae«  for 
■chool  and  wonbip. 

7.  In  order  Uy  have  «  ihipkly-MttJed  neipli 
borhwMl,  each  one  of  tbw  colonislM  phould,  wx.n 
after  arrivHl  of  colony,  be  r»)uirwl  to  wiect  and 
occupy  ai-  his  own  home,  a  tra^l  not  excetil 
320  acrnt ;  the  rwmaiudcr  of  limil  to  be  kept  for 
8k1<-  by  colony  to  actual  Belllcra  only  in  tract* 
not  excmling  .'i20  acrwi  to  oao  jjewm. 

Tbtuilvaiitagea  gaincil  in  ibue  Coloniiiing would 
be: 

1.  A  Having  of  cxpni-'w  in  locating  land  and 
tmniipiirting  gooiln  and  fumiliw  nt  reiliii<-d  rateji. 

2.  Having  church  nnd  school  facililjpa  tiud  nc- 
(juaini^ncci  for  neighbors  at  the  stiirt. 

3.  It  would  form  a  nucleuo  around  wliicli 
Uicro  would  be  inducement*  for  others  to  settle, 
and  help  1"  build  up  the  church  and  countr>'. 

I  have  expressed  to  the  IJrelhrcn  n  willinffncss 
U>  ff>  with  ten  or  more  respomiiblc  persons  and  a»- 
NUt  Ihcm  in  erecting  the  gUndanl  of  Emmanuel 
in  Northern  Tcxiie  on  the  above  plan,  and  imi 
now  only  awaiting  further  developmenta. 

Daniel  Vasiman. 


A    Father's    Fullness    of    Heart. 

Dfur  Brother  J.  U.  Mmrc:~ 

I  NOTICE  in  No.8  of  JJBETnitiiSATWoKK.oD 
piij,'^  4,  in  your  editorial  iiotes,  you  fiay  you 
have  neglected  privutf  ccirriciiundencc.ond  asked 
[mlicucc.  Who  would  not  exercise  imtience 
while  you  are  engaged  in  bo  noble  a  cai^se?  You 
any  on  Friday  at  1  P.  M.  nict  again,  "  went  down 
to  the  water  side,  went  down  into  the  water  and 
Imptiml  tlirco  young  r.ien.  One  of  Ihcni  recently 
fn^rn  North  Mancliwtcr,  Ind." 

Till*  IB  my  beloved  80ii  in  whom  I  am  well 
pleaned.  \)tax  brethren,  I  cftunot  refraiii  from 
writing  you,  being  made  to  ri-joioe  in  the  God  of 
my  Balvation  on  hearing  of  my  eon  (11.  C  But- 
terbaugh)  making  the  good  confe^ion  ami  putting 
on  ChriNt  in  \\\*  yauthftil  days  by  bajitism  into 
the  chnrdi  of  the  living  God. 

Hrelhrcn,  I  love  him  ^  uu  earthly  jiarent 
should;  hence  the  following  clevotlon;^  to  GnJ  ; 
O  ali»it:hty  and  heavenly  Father,  Thou  hast  pi-ii- 
tccted  my  fon  from  his  infancy  unlir  now.  Thy 
hntidM  have  warded  oil" all  dangers  atid  shielded 
bim  fnini  the  great  miseries  of  the  world.  T  bless 
and  mnt.'n''y  Thy  holy  name  for  all  the  good  Thou 
hMt  done  unto  hiin  :  yea  for  hia  creation,  prcjor- 
vntion,  and  all  the  blesnings  of  this  life  ;  especial- 
ly for  his  redemption,  wliidi  has  been  wrought  by 
thy  H<in.  Je*u8('hri>(,  and  for  thy  heavenly  grace, 
vbieli  hnN  luuglit  him  to  ^ee  tlie  wundVous  things 
of  Thy  Law.  ()  merciful  Ood  \  1  boaeeeh  Thee 
to  not  forsuko  him  now,  stand  by  him  through  the 
eliiftleiut  scenes  of  mnrlftl  life:  do  not  withdraw 
Thy  fnthwly  jirotection  from  hini. 

Lord,  guide  and  divect  him  in  the  palhii  thou 
woulddt  hfive  hira  go.  Vw,  heia  obout  to  eutcr 
upon  the  world.  Give  him  grace  to  withstand 
the  wiles  and  templntionM  that  are  in  it,  and  give 
him  conrage  and  resolution  to  overcome  all  its  dif- 
fleulliw,  teach  Him  Thy  Laws,  and  grant,  ^lat, 
nmid  III)  hia  worMlT*  occupntioua,  he  may  never 
forget  Thoct!  Yes,  increiisc  in  him  true  religion, 
noiiri.'ih  Iiltn  with  all  gifodness  and  of  Thy  great 
mercy  keep  him  in  the  same,  that  he  may  continue 
Thine  foreviT,  and  daily  increase  in  thy  Holy  , 
Spirit  more  nud  more,  till  ho  curat  to  Thine  ever- 
lasting Kingdom,  and  1  beseech  thco  Lord  to  ex- 
tend thy  goodness  to  all  hia  relatives  iind  friends 
•bout  Lanark  nnd  clse-tvhere  the  wide  world  over. 
Protefl  llicm  tiom  all  harm.  i;iiplnnt  in  them  xww 
dceini",  send  thy  Holy  Spirit  that  Ihey  may  think 
uid  do  Iliat  which  is  pleaiiing  in  Thy  f-ight. 

What  we  have  asked  Top  ourselves,  w©  ask  far 
[ttl  mankind.  Yes,  Lord,  lead  nod  diiect  us  all 
iu  the  way  thou  woiildst  have  ih  go.  Grant  that 
we  may  bo  one  thick  under  oue  Shoplierd,  tbv 
son  Ji'^ns  Chriat,  our  Lord,  tn  nlmni,  with  Thee 
aud  tliu  Holy  Ghogt  be  all  houor  and  glory  in  a 
world  without  end, — Amen. 

Bhould  tbc  wutent*  of  tJie  foregoing  fail  to  io- 
atri*ci,  we  hoiJe  that  it  may  imluce  the  readers 
rightly  tn  think,  act  aud  PKAY. 

\>.  a.  T.  Clttebbauoh. 
KoTik  Mani-heiUr,  fml. 


We  rMfl  your  paper  and  like  it  very  much 
Some  of  our  ndghbor?!  read  it  that  never  heard  of 
the  Brethren  before,  but  like  the  paper,  and 
would  «ub»cribe  if  the  times  were  not  so  hard.  — 
Now,  if  you  know  of  any  brethren  living  in  Cow- 
ley Co.,  please  inform  us  through  your  valuable 
pajwr.  We  are  living  about  fourteen  milffl  North- 
EH»t  of  Winfield. 

L.  OWSBV. 

[We  know  of  no  members   living   in   Cowley 
Co, — Hm}. 


From    Duncansville,    Pa. 

!)mr  Brelhrm.— 

11HK  brethren  and  slstere  of  the  Duncansville 
congregation  met  for  church  council  on  Sat- 
urday moming,  Feb.  2nd.  Uro.  Joseph  f^now- 
berger  from  Jiear  M'illiamsburg,  Pa.,  was  present. 
After  earnest  prayers  for  many  years,  it  was  final- 
ly granted  that  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  this 
cfjiigrcgation  would  organize  a  Sabbath  School 
the  tfcming  Spring. 

We  were  much  rejoiced,  for  we  have  always 
fell  that  the  Snbhath-school  is  thegreatestnurserj- 
the  church  cnuhl  have.  "Train  up  a  child  in  the 
W!iv  he  should  go,"  and  we  fuel  assured  fpum 
Grid's  Word,  that  he  will  tloI  depart  fmm  this  re- 
ligious training  in  declining  age. 

In  connection  with  the  church  council,  Bro. 
Siii)wl)erger  delivered  three  able  sermons.  On 
Saiurdav  evening  he  spoke  from  the  words  found 
recorded  in  Heb.  4 :  i);  "There  rcmaincth  there- 
lore  a  rest  to  the  people  of  God."  He  beautifully 
portrayed  to  our  minds  that  glorious,  never-ending 
rest  that  awaits  us  away  over  yonder  in  God's 
ions  kingdom.  The  meeting  closed  with  re- 
marks by  Bro.  JJ.  Sell.  Did  not  hear  the  ser- 
mon on  Sabbatli  morn,  but  learned  that  it 
was  good.  On  Sabbath  evening  he  sjioke  from 
K\odus32:  2il ;  "  Who  is  on  the  Lord's  side?" 
Related  historical  facts  from  the  Bible  of  several 
who  were  <>n  the  Lord's  side,  and  what  favor  they 
found  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord.  Spoke  of  the  ■ 
goodness  af  Jo;eph  and  of  the  unkindness  of  his 
hrelhrcn  towards  him,  and  what  favor  he  found 
in  the  eyes  of  God.  Here  he  spoke  especially  to 
the  young  hearers  of  his  audience.  Concluded  by 
able  remarks  by  Bro.  Sell.  We  felt  like  Peter, 
that  "  it  was  good  to  be  there,"  and  sorry  that 
Bro.  Snowlwrger  could  not  remain  uiih  lis  any 
longer.  Thi^i  was  his  first  meeting  with  the  Breth- 
ren of  this  |>lace,  and  we  fell  sad,  at  the  cloae  of 
the  eveniug  services  lo  have  him  extend  to  us  thi 
parting  baud.  Hope  it  may  not  be  his  last  visit 
to  the  Duncauaville  brethren,  and  may  the  wor 
spnken  by  him  and  Bro,  Sell,  sink  deeply  into 
the  hearts  nf  tiiose  who  sat  beneath  the  sound  of 
their  voices,  and  may  the  good  deed  sown,  sink 
deejily  into  well-cultivated  soil,  spring  upward 
nnd  bear  fruit  a  hundred-fold. 

Ministering  brethren,  iu  your  travels  forget  not 
the  brethren  at  tins  ])Iace,  for  Satan  holds  out  his 
illuremeuts  here  as  well  us  elsewhere.  But  dear 
trcthren  and  sisters  be  faithful  to  the  end,  and  you 
liatl  obtain  a  crnwit  of  life  and  a  seat  at  God's 
rifjht  hand. 

Your  Sister  iu  Gospel  Faith, 

K.  n.  SrHLivR. 


Homesteads  can  be  hud  for  from  two  to  five  hun- 
dred dollars.  Chances  are  good  for  cheap  homes. 
There  are  thirty  memberB  of  the  Brethren  church 
here.  We  have  meeting  every  Sabbath  in  the 
month,  except  one  ;  but  to  accommoilate  all,  the 
place  of  meeting  is  not  always  reachable.  We 
want  more  ministering  brethren  in  the  West  to 
strengthen  us  by  the  Word  and  to  call  sinners  to 
repentance,  and  builif  up  the  church  generally.  I 
think  this  is  a  field  that  should  have  more  labor- 
ers, because  pride  and  vanity  of  the  older  aud 
richer  States,  have  not  reached  this  Western  coun- 
try yet.  I  think  the  time  has  come  that  the  Gos- 
pel should  be  preached  in  the  West,  as  the  people 
seom  to  bo  anxious  to  hear  the  Word  of  the  Lord. 
And,  Oh  may  God  grant  that  they  may  hear  it  m 
its  primitive  purity  first. 
Ionia,  Kan. 


From    Oregon. 

Ufur  Brethren: — 

Well,  tind  1  eiUh  is  good  i 


W:.. 


From    Winfield,    Kansas. 

Jhiir  Ihvthrvii: — 

FUK  ecme  time  I  have  been  thinking  of  writing 
yuu,  but  have  kept  putting  it  off  until  now. 
We  have  been  here  something  over  two  years,  aud 
have  been  trying  to  find  some  of  the  Bmthren, 
but  cannot  Iind  any  in  this  county.  I  do  not  be- 
long to  the  church,  having  put  it  oil'  until  a  more 
convenient  season.  Now  tbtre  is  no  church  here, 
that  I  can  learn  of.  I  think  if  some  of  the  min- 
istering brethren  were  to  come  here,  there  could 
be  quite  a  church  started  here. 


this  part  of 
■ountry,  The  cliinalc  of  our  country  ia 
pleasant,  Imve.good  wat«-r  end  beaulii'ul  springs. 
The  waur  is  soil  and  clear  a.-  crystal.  We  have 
beautiful  timber  aud  an  abundance  of  it.  Gur 
hilU  abound  in  game,  tuch  aa  deer  aud  bears.  The 
ground  is  very  productive,  will  grow  everything 
but  coru,<und  that  will  grow  in  S{)me  places. 

We  have  had  nn  abundance  of  lain  this  VVio- 
ter,  Spriug  ia  Dul  as  forward  this  eeaiiou  as  it  was 
last.  We  have  uot  had  any  snow  here  to  am<iunt 
to  unylhing. 

Brctliren  David  Brewer  and  Isaac  Huffman 
were  here  to  sec  us,  iu  November  I  think  it  wa*. 
(Jh,  we  were  soglud  to  see  them,  it  done  ua  so 
much  good  to  see  some  of  the  Brethren.  It  made 
UB  think  of  old  times  at  home.  We,  could  not 
have  any  meetings,  th(;  roada  being,  so  bud.  I 
have  uot  been  to  meeting  bince  we  came  liere,  but 
arc  going  to  have  ntecliug  as  soon  o^  we  can  get 
a  convenient  place  t,<  hold  them  iu.  May  the 
good  Lord  help  us,  i»  my  prayer. 

M.  L.  WOBKUA.V. 

habfl,  Orer/on. 


From    A.    W.    Austin. 

iMir  Jirefhrai.— 

I.LUW  me  to  make  a  little  explanation 
through  your  \ni\  er.  You  publiflbed  a  short 
piecv- from  me  a  short  time  ago,  that  caused  so 
many  to  write,  ai)d  so  many  ini|ulries  that  I  can't 
answer  all,  but  will  say  that  there  is  room  enough 
for  all  the  Brethren  that  want  to  come   West.  — 


A" 


From    Valton,    Wisconsin. 

Jkar  lirethroi: — 
rpiIERE  are  sis  members  living  at  this  place 
J[  and  no  preacher  nor  deacon  living  close 
here.  Bro.  Fogle  was  here  sometime  a.;o  ;  wi!  hud 
a  social  meeting  appointed  and  met  yesterday  at 
sister  Broa's  house,  five  miles  from  here.  Good 
attendance  from  other  denominations.  The  mem- 
bers uppointed  Bro.  Z.  Small  and  myself  to  take 
charge  of  the  meeting.  We  opened  the  meeting 
by  singing  aud  prayer,  then  read  the  fourth  chap- 
ter of  the  Lord's  Gospel  as  recorded  Uy  St.  John. 
We  gave  an  explanation  of  the  chapter  as  best 
we  could.  We  tried  to  explain  the  duly  of  man 
in  order  to  enter  in  at  the  strait  gate,  and  walk  on 
that  narrow  way  that  leads  to  life,  first  repeutancc, 
then  baptism,  then  the  holy  kiss,  then  feet-wash- 
ing, tlien  the  Lord's  Supper  nnd  Communiou.  — 
Good  attention  was  given  to  the  words  sj^ken, 
after  which  an  old  man,  nearly  seventy  yeai-s  old, 
belonging  to  the  dennminatiou  of  Friends  or 
Quakers,  rose  to  his  feet  aud  said  he  would  like 
to  say  a  few  words.  It  was  granted  him,  aud  he 
said,  that  this  was  the  first  time  he  had  ever  heard 
that  part  of  the  Scriptures  explained.  He  said, 
he  was  going  to  attend  the  nest  meeting,  whioh 
will  be  iu  two  weeks  at  my  house. 

We  pray  the  Lord  that  the  Word  spoken  may 
take  efleet  on  some  other  poor  heart.  The  meet- 
ing woi  held  in  a  neighborhood  where  the  Bvelli 
ren  never  were  heard  lo  speak  before. 

J.  E.  D.  Short. 


More    About    Texas. 

IARKIVEDut  Deniaon.Texas,  February  6th. 
Ki>a(U  were  bad,  and  a  cold  North  wind  was 
blowing.  It  is  generally  windy  here,  and  subject 
to  drouth  and  drying  up  of  all  waters,  except 
uevei^failing  wells  and  springs.  Timber  along 
the  sandy  bluHs  of  the  water,  and  plenty  for  fenc- 
ing. Uraysou  aud  Cook  counties  are  the  best  I 
3aw  or  heard  of.  Black  sand  aud  whitish  sand  or 
red  clay  and  also,  hard  pan  iu  many  places.  Can 
raise  wheat,  onti,  barley  aud  sweet  potatoes. 
Peaches,  a  good,  fair  crop.  Is'ot  so  good  for  corn 
aud  potatoes.  Can  raise  timothy,  clover,  apples, 
cherries  and  all  kinds  of  small  fruit.  Cotton  five 
to  eight  ceuts  pei'  pound.  They  ure  paying  fifty 
cents  per  bushel  for  Kansas  corn,  and  twenly-five 
cents  forlCausas  butter. 

Herds  are  leaving  for  Western  Texas,  for  tbe 
grasj  is  eat  out,  and  uittle  cannot  live  in  the  above 
couiitio.s.  Some  cattle  and  hogs  are  perishing 
for  want  of  &oil,  as  hay  and  grain  are  very 
scarce. 

Laud  sells  from  S2.50  up  to  $25.00  per  acre.  — 
About  fiiur  months  free  school  in  a  year.  The 
towns  are  built,  up  mostly  by  emigration.  The 
merchants  carry  a  heavy  stock  of  goods,  mostiv 
on  credit,  and  some  are  failing  to  p.iy. 

Texas  has  been  misrepresented  in  many  things. 
Some  luu  rich,  others  are  po<»r.  About  one  half 
that  go  to  Texas,  stay.  All  that  have  good  homes 
bad  belter  Iind  a  better  one  before  selling  and 
moving  hero.  I  was  in  Dalla/i.  Fort  Worth, 
Sherman  and  Deuison  counties.  Was  also  at 
Bro.  Laliue's.  Found  four  members,  held  five 
meetings.  Had  eood  attendance,  good  attention 
Vfm  paid  to  the  Word  preached.  We  thru  went 
North  to  Bro.  P.  K.  Werlz's,  Found  two  mem- 
bers and  held  four  meetings  in  the  Crow  school- 
house.  Hail  good  attentic.ti,  Wy  believe  there 
could  be  much  good  done  in  Texas.  We  learned 
that  a  Methudiet  preacher  did  not  like  to  bapti/.e 
iu  the  water.  He  said,  he  wished  to  God  the  next 
time  their  conference  met,  they  would  do  away 
with  baptizing. 

I  am  now  in  Fort  Scott  at  Bro.  J.  Emmert's. 
Found  eight  members  in  town.  Wu  hdi  a  series 
of  meetings  here.  Small  congre^:alion  on  account 
of  rainy  weather  and  bad  roads.  W^e  believe 
that  iiiauy  were  sincere,  hope  they  will  become 
true  ibllnwers  of  Jesue,  the  meek  and  lowly 
Lamb  of  God.  j 

To  my  knowledge  I  found  the  biht  country   for  I 


farming  between  Fort  Scott  and    Kansav  Citv 
Also  in  .Missouri  along  the  Kansas  line.     My  k"~^ 


thanks  to  the  Brethren  for  their  kin.loei^ 


Arriv. 


Thisi, 


ed  at  home  March  5th.     Found  all  well, 
the  best  place  I  have  found  yet. 

Mu.  Vallnj,  la.  ^"^ 

Educational    Notice. 

AS  announced  in  No.  10  of  your  pajier,  t]. 
Trustees  of  the  Ashland  College  met  Ma-^i 
7th.  All  but  two  were  present  or  represented  hy 
letter.  The  Board  was  organized  by  electing  tbg 
following  officers :  President,  Vice  I'reaidp,,, 
Secretary,  Treasurer,  Auditor  and  Begisipf  of 
scholarships.  A  few  By-Laws  were  adopted  afler 
which  three  committees  were  appointed  :  An  gj, 
ecutive  Cinninittee,  a  Financial  Committee  and  % 
Building  Committee- 


These  committees   are  instruct*  d  to 


fonsi,)er 


such  questions  as  come  in  their  line  of  duly,  and 
be  ready  to  report  when  called  upon  by  the  Trugt. 
ees.  A  united  sentiment  prevailed  am<iug  thoe* 
present  on  all  questions  of  vital  importance,  and 
a  genei'ul  view  expressed  thiit  the  time  is  not  fn, 
distant  when  the  work  of  building  should  he  com. 
menced. 

The  friends  of  the  project  from  various  ,]uart. 
ers  are  urging  the  trustees  to  move  onward  in 
building  aud  we  are  glad  that  the  interest  is  thus 
awakening  ;  but  we  would  say,  brethren  do  imt 
grow  too  impatient,  for  enthusiasm  iu  the  wroug 
direction  or  unguarded  by  prudence  will  termid. 
ate  in  bad  results.  We  desire  to  gratify  the  wish- 
es  of  our  brethren,  but  deem  it  prudent  to  exei- 
cise  great  care  in  this  important  enterprise. 

The  next  meeting  of  Trustees  mil  he  held  in 
.'Vshhind,  March  25th  nt  1  P.  M.     More  anon. 
By  Prder  of  Trustceii, 

J.  D.  Parker. 


GLEAiisriisras. 


From  Tlioiuas  McCiUlley.*-  Jesus  said :  '■  I 
know  you  not.  You  ilenied  me  on  earth  -.  I  deny 
you  now;  depart  from  nie."  How  beautifully  our 
Savior  warns  us  !  We  are  to  watch,  so  that  when 
He  comcth,  we  may  be  ready.  Will  we  refuse 
His  kind  invitation  to  be  ever  ready  to  luct^t  Him 
when  He  comes.  Lei  us  keep  our  lamps  filled 
with  oil,  60  that  we  may  be  prepared  to  meet  Him, 
and  go  with  Him  into  the  mansions  of  eternal 
bliss. 

Orfcnrjmillc.  III. 

From  Daniel  Whitmer.  — Health  iu  this 
section  of  country  is  good,  has  been  so  all  Winter. 
The  weather  also  is  very  mild,  for  which,  like  for 
all  other  blessings,  we  have  cause  to  thank  God. 
Our  church,  fc)r  a  few  years  has  not  incrensi-d  in 
number  as  we  desired  it  should,  yit  notwithstand- 
ing the  ordeal  through  which  we  have  passed,  a 
few  have  cfime  out  upon  the  Lord's  side,  we  shall 
trust  in  the  Lord  for  His  goodness  and  mercy. 

SntlhBnid,Ind.,March9. 

FroMl  (.'hirft  F,.  Bnir.— There  are  only  four 
members  of  the  Brethren  here,  one  brother  nnd 
two  sisters  beside  myself.  We  do  not  get  to  hear 
the  Brethren  preach  very  often.  I  am  uhvays 
glad  to  hear  the  Truth  preached.  May  the  lim 
Lord  bless  the  good  works  of  the  Brethren  every- 
where, that  many  precious  souls  may  he  saved; 
and  let  as  pray  to  God  that  He  will  bring  the 
dear  brethren  and  sisters  who  went  to  Dcunmrk, 
safely  across  the  deep  waters  to  tbeir  home  in  this 
State. 
'Florid,  III 


-A.N'NOTTJSr  CEMENTS. 


»  of  Love-foAS^, 
liO  liriu^,  uml  vvrl 


I  on  pnpcr  ai-iittriiic 


tOVE-FEASTB. 

At  Beaver Tiam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  nth,  1878. 

ItlSTRIOT   MEETINGS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  Englisb  Prairie 
church,  May  yth. 

Southern  Districtof  Iowa,  Monroe  Co.,  Friday, 
April  V2,  isrft,  at  4  o'cWk,  P.  M. 

Xorlhern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  Hay 
•21,  at?*  o'clock,  A.  M. 


W.  U-  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

D»y  posscDgcr  Imin   going  eruit  leaves  Lannrk    n' 
!■- M.,  niulfirrlvtsin  nndneQl6;43P.  M. 

Day  pnssenger  irtiln  going  west  leaves  Luniirk  M  '■': 
M.,  nnd  urriYOB  at  Uoolt  iBlftod  ot  6:60  P-  ■*'■  , 

ftigUt  {iiusongor  (raias.  going  oast  aati  weai,  i  ^^ 

lca»e  L:.ni.rk  itl  '2:18  A.  M  .  arriving  in  «i"^in«  ""    ' 
A.    M..    and  at    Rook  IslanJ  fllOiOO  A.  M.  ^^  ^^ 

Fri-iglit  and  Aocommodrtlion    Trains    wiU   !|"'' ,J!V  Ml 
12:]0A,  M,.    10:  50  A.  M..  nnd  east  Ql'-- '"'^' 
>iad4:«l'.  M.  „ 

Tickola  aro  Bold   for  nbofo   trains  only,     \''^^^^^a, 

Irains  make  close  conncclioii  nl  Weelorn  Uuiou  J 

0.  A.  SitiTJi.  Agwl- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


Vol.  III. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B.  H.  MILLER, LADOGA.  UfD. 

J.  W.  STEIN. NEWTOKIA,  MO. 

D.  VAKIMAX. VIRDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  UENTZER. WAYSESfiORO,  PA. 

HATTIE  A.  LEAR. ITRBAXA,    ILL. 


Lanark,  111.,  March  28, 1878. 


VAIN  GLORY. 

liV  OEOROE  D.  ZyLLBRS. 

OOIIE  persons  tovut  wealth. 
0     Some  stale  the  hill  of  fame, 
And  all  their  vital  powers  e.iert, 

To  circulate  theil'  name; 
They  boast  of  their  attainments, 

And  tell  what  tliey  have  done, 
How   many    were   converted, 

By  this  or  that  great  one. 

They  say  their  ehurrh  wns  formal, 

And   very  dull    and    slow 
Ere  they  assumed  thfir  stations. 

Their  trumpets  for  to  lilow; 
But  now  great  power  is  won 

And  thousands  are  converted; 
Since  they  have  gained  the  sway 

The  worhl  is  much  diverted. 

They  try  to  keep  a  record 

Of  all  the  new  born  throng; 
"'  So  many  are  that  man's, 

But  tlie  most  to  me  belong." 
They  keep  their  list  more  accurate 

Than  dear  old  brother  Paul; 
Por  he  was  undecided. 

And  could  not  name  them  all. 

So  now  they  sit  in  judgment. 

Anil  their  cases  they  decide; 
May  be  their  eyes  are  darkened, 

And  they  only  see  one  side; 
Hut  at  the  Lont's  tribunal  bar. 

We'll  gather  hy  ami   by, 
When  all  our  work  must  pass  beneath 

God's  scrutinizing  eye. 

Then  He  will  tell  iis  who  is  great, 

And  who  has  douethe  most 
And  we  will  phiiuly  umlerstaiul 

That  we  have  no  room  to  boast; 
Perhaps  some  poor  in  spirit, 

Called  formiU  and  unwise, 
Will  then  stand  in  the  forward  ranks. 

And  win  the  highest  prize. 

We  have  many  precious  brethren. 

Who  are  doing  much  for  God; 
Who  do  not  tell  whate'er  they  do, 

To  bluze  their  fame  abroad; 
And  God  knows  all  their  labors, 

And  will  keep  a  just  aicouut, 
They  may  not  all  their  converts  know; 

He  hius  the  full  account. 

.\  monarch  who  was  world-renowned — 

An  egotist  of  yore. 
Who  claimed  a  famous  city. 

Was  built  hj'  liis  own  power. 
His  pride  had  reached  its  climax. 

An  angel  spake  his  doom, 
"  Deicend  O  lofty  monarch. 

From  thy  exalted  tlnone." 

Not  he  who  doth  himself  commond 

Will  always  stand  approved, 
But  he  whom  Jesus  names  His  friend 

Will  of  tlie  Lord  be  loved; 
Then  if  we  cherish  lieiiven's  smile, 

And  heaven's  great  rewai-d; 
We'll  cherish  no  vain  glory 

We'll  glory  in  the  Lcu'd. 


God.  The  svibject  we  have  chosen  to  write  up- 
on, is  one  of  great  importance,  for  it  not  only 
nnphes  self,  but  our  neighbor  and  our  God. 

The  cMin  we  owe  to  ourselves  ar*  these:  we 
should  live  ind  act.  so  that  others  will  respect 
and  honor  us.  We  do  not  msh  to  infer  that 
we  should  pride  om-selves  npon  the  fact  (oven  if 
uevertrue)thatwe  are  better  than  our  fellow- 
bemgs.  for  that  would  not  only  be  contrary-  to 
nature,  but  also  to  the  laws  of  our  Creator  "We 
should  have  a  fixud  principle  withhi.  that  will 
ever  mark  and  guide  our  pathway  through  life, 
one  that  ^vill  teach  us  to  respect  self  and  keep 
us  from  evil  associates.  We  should  have  ri> 
apect  enough  to  keep  well  dressed,  well  read, 
not  only  in  literature  and  science,  but  also  in 
the  Word  of  Him  who  hath  created  imd  taught 
us  to  respect  self.  These  are  but  a  part  of  the 
manij  duties  we  owe  to  ourselves. 

The  duties  we  owe  to  our  neighbor,  are  vast. 
We«liouldina||  our  actions  endeavor  to  pro- 
mote their  interests.  We  should  love  and  re- 
spect them  as  oui-selves,  and  especially  reverence 
the  aged;  for  what  is  more  degriuling  than  to 
see  them  ridiculed  ami  dishonored  by  the  ifourtij. 
We  should  strive  to  make  them  happy,  and  their 
short  pilgrimage  on  earth  as  pleasant  as  possi- 
ble. If  we  do  this,  iu  one  word  the  law  will  be 
fulfilled,  which  is,  "Love  thy  neighbor  as  thy- 
self." 

God  being  our  Creator  .-md  Iledeemer,  we  owe 
all  we  have  to  Him.  The  first  duty  we  owe  to 
Him.  IS  to  give  Hira  our  hearts,  and  devote  our 
lives  to  His  service.  We  should  in  all  placR,s 
and  company,  strive  to  build  up  His  kingdom 
and  work  for  the  cau.se  of  Christ.  We  have 
more  encouragement  to  work  for  God.  than 
either  for  our  neighbor  or  ourselves;  for  we 
know  that  if  welive  and  work  lor  Him.  that  He 
will  love  and  honor  us.  It  is  our  duty.  a.s  well 
as  our  privilege,  to  love,  honor,  and  obey  Him, 
for  He  has  commanded  us  to  do  so,  for  He  says, 
"  If  ye  love  me  keep  my  commandments." 

Mt.  Sidtinj,  Pa. 


VyK  will  endeavor  to  give  jwir  rewlers  a  few 
M  limited  remarks,  pertaining  to  tire  duties 
^•■'p  owv  to  ourselves,  to  our  IvUow-nmu  and  to 


THE  DOUBLE  BROTHERHOOD  OF 

THE  CROSS,  TO  MAN  AS  MAN, 
AND  TO  MAN  IN  CHRIST. 

1!Y  C.  H.  BALSBAUOH. 

To  Brother  Datid  EHet;  mihii^ter  in  the  B'tij 
Sieiitara  Cfiiarh,  Dauphin  Co.  Penn:— 

WHAT  am  I  in  the  world  for?  Is  it  not  that 
you  and  othei-s  may  have  an  oi)portunity 
to  glorify  God  in  fulfilling  Mark  14:  7?. 
All  the  bread  aud  milk  and  eggc  and  potatoes 
which  you  send  to  Cheritli,  will  be  counted  in- 
to Matt,  i35!  -10.  To  be  God'.-i  raveii  is  no  mean 
office.  Whatever  brotherly  bounty  you  send 
after  me  into  the  wilderness,  you  sell  at  a  great 
price;  not  U'n  dollars  on  the  hundred,  but  ten 
thousand  talent.s  on  the  penny.  To  lend  to  the 
Lord  is  to  become  the  Lord's  heir.  Truly  "  it  is 
more  bles-sed  to  give  than  to  receive,"  because 
it  eatablishcs  a  community  with  Christ  which 
puts  us  iu  joinUheirship  with  Him.  Paul  un- 
derstood very  well  how  wide  are  the  obligation* 
wliieh  the  Cross  creates.  He  says.  "  1  am  a 
(leblor  both  to  the  Greeks,  aud  to  the  Barbar- 
ians; both  to  the  wi-fc  and  to  the  unwise  "  {Rom. 
1;  14)  This  is  the  very  reason  why  hesaj-s  in 
the  Ifith  verse  that  he  is  "not  csAc/mc'/ of  the 
Gospel  of  Chriat."  If  Christ  'vu»  not  ashanifd 
to  die  for  the  Greek  and  Barbariim  and  un- 
wise, neither  would  Paul  be  ashamed  to  preach 
these  glad  tidings  to  the  l{omfm.'<  as  well  ais  He- 
brews. Bear  this  in  mind.  It  would  have  been 
a  great  scandal  to  have  renounced  his  high  po- 
sition in  the  Jewish  church,  aud  proclaim  the 
crucifixion  of  a  Naznreiie  Carpenter,  unless  he 
could  furnish  the  credeutitils  that  there  was  thaf 
iuthe  Person  which  rendered  His  de^ith  co-ex- 
tensive with  human  sin  and  misery.  The  14th 
verse  tells  ns  how  the  C'rui'i'  makes  us  dehlorx  to 
o// mankind;  and  nt  the  same  time  elucidates 


the  Ifith  verso.  I  aui  n  debtor  to  you  and  you 
to  me.  and  both  are  debtors  to  every  sinner  we 
can  reach  by  our  influence,  whether  it  be  a 
crowned  moimrch.orapoor.wem-y.raggi'cl.  loath- 
some wanderer  on  the  highway.  \\\-  are  as 
truly  and  responsibly  debtors  to  the  Barbarians 
as  was  Paul,  and  yet  bow  we  twist  and  plead  and 
prevaricate  to  antiquatethe  missionary  character 
of  the  church.  "  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  iw 
it  IS  in  heaven."  The  auguls  fly  iw  reiulily  to 
escort  the  ulcerous  dog-licked.  Lazarui  to  glory. 
iL-<  to  burst  out  of  the  sky  over  Bethlehem  to 
chant  the  incarnation  of  Deity. 

When  n  loafer  comes  to  stay  all  night,  wo  are 
to  see  in  him  a  Html  for  whom  Christ  shed  His 
blood.  We  should  consider  well  how  we  may 
best  preach  unto  him  .lemis.  If  he  is  filthy  and 
disagreeable,  or  infested  with  vermin,  our  (iwt 
sermon  must  be  on  water  and  soap,  brush  ami 
comb.  A  good  text  in  such  a  case  is,  "  Wash 
and  be  chan.'  When  he  leaves  your  door,  in- 
vite him  to  come  iigain,  so  that  you  may  see 
whether  the  Gospel  of  Siloam  has  taken  effect. 
This  Is  one  of  the  obligatious  to  Barbariims 
which  the  Gospel  imposes.  To  recover  cannibals 
and  dirt-wallowers  from  their  bestiality,  is  a 
good  beginning  in  the  illumination  that  takes 
in  the  loftier  meanings  of  life  both  in  its  mun- 
dane and  eU'rnal  aspects.  We  are  apt  to  forget 
what  we  owe.  for  Christ's  sake,  to  beggars  and 
tramps,  harlots  and  social  pests.  Christ's 
relation  totlu'm  iu  the  assumption  of  their  na- 
ture, and  crucifixion  for  their  sins,  demands 
both  our  sympathy  and  endeavora  for  their  par- 
ticipation in  the  great  salvation.  Let  iw  show 
every  where  :nu\  ,m  uW  occiwious  that  we  an-  mt 
aahauu-d  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ.  There  is  only 
one  nnyofprori,,,/  ouv  Rdclity.and  tllatiHby*•/I^ 
iuff  the  little  hook  a-s  John  did,  and  then  going 
forth  to  "prophesy  before  many  people,  and  na- 
tions, andtongues,aud  Kings  "(Rev.  10:!t.  10. 11). 
Our  ll/e  must  be  the  GosiwI.  "  In  Him  was 
li/^,  and  the  life  wa»  the  li</ht  of  iwbh."  Hure 
IS  Christ's  own  philosophy  of  redemption. 
Christ  is  the  heart  of  God,  and  our  life  must  lie 
tlie  Iieiu-t  of  Christ,  or  the  Gospel  will  be  to  us 
the  power  of  God  to  deeper  damnation.  How 
maniluld  and  yet  how  singl-"  and  central  is  the 
Christian  life.  How  intensely  personal,  and  yet 
how  imperatively  relational.  '■  None  of  us  liv- 
eth  unto  himself,  and  no  man  dieth  to  himself" 
(Hum.  14:7).  "We /ire  aud  die  to  the  lord," 
and  //('  livetl  aud  died  for  the  raie. 

This  brings  us  round  again  to  the  CVo.i,^, 
which  bimbi  us  to  every  aoul  on  earth  in  the 
pre*eutalrun  of  the  Gospel,  even  as  it  bound 
Christ  to  the  same  extent  in  effecting  the  Atone- 
ment. The  manner  and  object  of  His  Death 
make  us  debtors  toGieeks  aud  Barbarians  in  all 
latitudes  and  longitude.*.  It  is  for  Jesls.  This 
uiidtM  it  ejViy  to  visit  the  sick,  (o  feed  the  hun- 
gry, clothe  the  naked,  carry  the  Cross  over 
oceans  and  continents,  make  sacrifict-a  for  en- 
emies, glorj-  in  reproaches  aud  necessities,  aud 
suffer  the  loss  of  all  things,  and  count  them 
but  dung,"  "  for  the  excellency  of  the  knowl- 
edge of  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord."  Is  our  Amen 
ready  for  these  cs-seutialities  of  a  God-accepled 
life?    "  Loud,  who  hatu  belibveu  oik  ee- 

roRT?  ANIi  TO  WHOM  HATH  THE  ARM  OF  TUB 
Lord  bkex  kevkaled?"  0  ye  blessed  few.  '%< 
not  weary  in  tvell  dainy"  '"  be  steadkast.  r.N- 

UOVAHLK.  always    ABOI'NDINO  LV  THE  WORK  01' 

THK  LORD,  furiixmurh  as  ye  hnoic  that  vorR 

L.^UOR  IS  XOT  IX  VAIN  IX  THK   LORD." 


PENCIL  MUSINGS. 

BY  S.  C.  B.\SBO»- 
XrUBRK  VI. 

|1HK  battle  with  self,  if  overcome,  is  one  of 
-     the  greatest  victories  ever  acchieved  by 
mitii.    The  aooiier  sell  is  brought  to  an  uncon- 
ditional surn-nder.  the  sooner  we  become  uew 
civatuix's,  or  regenerated.     This  is  reform.  This 


No.  13. 


««maM,rw,th  .elf.  Tho  „,„  i,  |„i,l  .t  n, 
rooUf  the  t,«..  and  the  awori  of  j,„ti«.  in  the 
hiuid.  of  niercv  mu.t  strike  th.  Wow-fatal  to 
wlf.  «in,  world.loring,  and  raortal-liin.ling 

■•  Hon,  aRain,"  ■■  Traii.planled  from  the  king- 
Joiaof  darknm,,"  new  suhJMt.,  new  „.-alut«- 
"ll  alta,ned  to  l,v  .elf.  "  p„,p„g  „„  ,„„„i^^ 
from  dwal  work,,  which  were  again.t  the  ,„„!  •• 
To  iH.  new  ermlnre,,  old  thing.  mn.l  pav,  away 
a  new  l,fe  begun,  it  i.  not  an  old  book  r>..print- 
e.l  w.th  the  .™,.e  ilIn,lration,  bearing  the,anie 
ol.  »ut hon.  nam...  0.  no!  „  „ew  book  threugh- 
o..  ,  w,  h  the  antho,,  name.  .le.,n,  Chri..l.  print- 
ed hy  the  Holy  Gho.t.  and  bonnrt  by  the  gr«» 
ol  God.  Everv  ehapler  i,  full  of  lore  The 
hi>t  engraving  i,  a  eros,-.  the  I»t  a  crown.  Tlie 
index  pouils  heavenward,  where  there  will  1,.  « 
■■evv  edition,  npon  who.^  pag,,  will  1,.  written 
■Vlernal  life."  Je,uspaid  it  all.  New  and  blew- 
ed  llook.  Thy  page,  are  my  life.  Thv  engrav- 
i.ig.i.a.vthey  in  my  heart?  May  the  inde«  of 
oiir  live.,  be  written  on  the  page,  of  etemiil 
life. 

A  new  Book  written,  should  be  our  life 
Kra.se  from  iLs  pages,  all  hatred  and  strife, 
Kngravings  should  be  humility  and  love. ' 
When  done  wriHng,  may  the  index  point  above. 
LoiKjmimi,  Colo. 

THE  VALUE  OF  WORDS. 

BY  CHARLOTTE  T.  BO.VD. 

T^O  one  can  tell  the  worth  of  a  word  fitly 
^  Kpokeu.  One  strong  decisive  word  spok- 
pu  at  the  right  time,  may  change  the  coar*-  of 
a  whole  lifetime,  and  arouse  new  energies  that 
were  thought  to  be  entirely  dormant.  Many  a 
poor  desponding  one.  just  on  the  verge  of  de- 
spair, has  been  roused  by  a  few  kind  generous 
words  of  encouragement. 

The  human  heart  is  so  sensitive,  that  one 
%vord  may  crush  all  hopes,  and  another  may  fill 
it  with  new  life  and  noble  purposes,  which  if 
carried  out  will  bring  blessings  upon  m^my,  and 
send  an  offering  of  sweet  incense  on  high. 
What  talent  is  more  to  be  desired  thau  to  be 
able  to  send  forth  words  of  truth  and  love  to 
every  one  that  we  meet  on  our  journey  through 
life,  words  that  will  carry  peiu:e  to  ev'erj-  troub- 
led heart,  words  that  can  stay  and  quiet  the 
conflicts  of  human  passion?  Such  words  can 
be  spoken  on  very  common  occasions,  and  by- 
very  humble  lips.  We  need  not  suppose  because 
we  do  not  belong  to  that  class  of  persons  that 
are  distinguished  for  their  knowledge  of  the 
vaiir)U8  sciences  of  the  world,  that  our  words 
me  of  no  value,  for  truth  Is  mighty  and  will 
prevail. 

We  may  form  some  idea  of  the  wor^.«  spoken, 
of  the  condition  of  the  heart,  frooi  whence  they 
came;  as  we  read. '"  From  the  abmidance  of  the 
h'';irt  the  mouth  speaketh."  If  the  words  are 
always  candid,  truthful  and  pure,  we  may  rest 
assured  they  proceed  from  a  truthful,  honest 
heart;  but  if  they  are  light-speaking  falsehoods^ 
indulging  in  all  sorts  of  foolish  jesting,  we- 
fully  decide  the  fountain  is  impure.  Onr  own. 
words  will  cither  justify  or  cou*iemn  us.  We 
may  i'cud  blcsj-iugs  upon  others  by  oar  words,- 
and  bring  happiness  upon  outs^Iw^.  Eiod 
words  will  bring  their  rewanl  as  th«jrarealiv«ys 
appreciated.  The  most  savage  ilispceitions  liate 
been  tamed  and  humbled  by  wonls  of  kiiulQess. 
Keeling  and  knowing  the  value  of  words  fitly 
spoken,  dear  reader,  let  us  alwaj"s  iu  our  inters 
coui>e  with  our  fellow-men.  endeavor  to  uf*  the 
right  w«rd.s  in  the  right  place.  Let  no  harsh' 
words  mar  the  good  we  might  do  here.  It  is; 
better  not  to  speak  nt  nil,  than  to  use  wxtnN  tlsMK 
will  wound  the  feelings  and  destroy  our  iufln- 
eiice  for  good. 

Airanum^  Ohio. 

k  person  is  not  worth  anything  that  h:ee  out 
had  trouble.  You  cannut  suKlue  selfishncsj, with- 
out a  struggle. 


THK    BRKTHIiE:N'    AT    AVOKKI. 


Miarch   *^g 


THE  SHINING  ONES. 

Far  away  in  tli"  I»n>I  of  thp  imiv  and  bright. 
]s  tli«  city  of  Ond  with  i^^  «oI'li'ii  light. 
Oh  thcrr  is  our  homf  nnd  we  ever  Aail  Httmti 
'Mid  thi>  cheering  on--*  of  that  better  luiid 
rHuKm: 
Oh  beniitiful  home:  Oh  Iwaiitiful  home 
When-  Ijeaiitiftil  «ainl»  mirmondthewhile 

throne. 
How  I  long  to  b*  th^FH  mu\  f..n-ver  to  xtainl 
■Mid  the  Hhipiiij.'  ones  of  thiit  Iwtttr  land. 

That  heaiitinil  lioiiie,  w«  iire  nedriilg  now, 
When-  atronri  ot  bright  glo^-  encircles  eiicb 

brow, 
Where  the  tree  of  Hft-  grow*  on  that  beautiful 

flfaore, 
Where  fluwent  hJihII  frethen  to  fade  iio  inoPG. 

Withi-;ilnis  niid  brightrrowns  androbeH  of  lit;ht 
We  shall  rnam  the  fair  fieldh  with  eternal  di-Iijiht, 
We  shall  join  in  the  mngji  of  the  ])iirified  bund, 
*Mid  the  Hhininp  onei  of  that  better  land. 
Then  coiiR-  brother  pilgrini,  let  Iovl-  freely  How, 
As  oil  to  that  hfatitifiil  home  we  sliull  go, 
For  .I(wu>  hiLH  said  «v   iiitintgn  liaiid  in  limid, 
If  ever  we  enter  that  briiiitifiil  land. 

Oh  my  Boul  is  uow  weary  of  toiling  below. 
To  the  home  of  tlie  puriHud  aaiuts  would  I  go. 
Ajid  there  with  my  Kavior  forever  to  stand, 
■Mid  (h.-  -lnFiniif  ..Tie-  ..f  (h-.t  better  land. 

LET  THEM  SLIP. 
iiY  .r.  nSK. 


iimilEUKFOKE  wc  ouglit  to  give  the 


irjp 


iiioi-e  cjiiiH-st  lived  tc;  llie  tliiiii? 
\^  liicb  Wf  have  lu-anl,  Irst  at  any  time 
wo  should  W.t  tliem  8]ij>  "  {Ileh.  2:  1). 
The  luntjmige  of  our  te.\t  tm  it  stands, 
(lisloeatcd  or  di-ijoiiited  from  the  Scrip- 
tures fn  which  it  sustains  its  relation- 
s]n\<,  implies  an  iniperntive  eommand  in 
the  aftiriiiative,  whieh  is  the  position 
ficnu-iitly  oceu))ii'd  liy  the  votaries  of 
pupulnr  Christianity,  particularly  in  tliis 
ag<'  of  Ni-ientist,-*  and  numifi-stations  i)f 
wisdom.  Nutwithstandiitg  this  i)ositioii 
is  antagoiiistie  to  the  Word  of  inspiration, 
as  deelniwl  hy  Pan),  and  sustains  the 
siiirie  relationship  to  t\iv  truth  tliat  dark- 
ness does  to  light :  yet  it  is  ehcrislu-d  and 
pl-aetieally  ailhered  to  as  tenaeiously  as 
though  it  Mere  one  of  the  fuildaruental 
principles  of  tlie  jihui  of  .salvation. 

Hutl*au]  to  the  IleltreWfusajs,  "There- 
fore we  (Hiijht  to  give  the  more  earnest 
hevd  to  the  things  whieh  we  have  heard, 
k*8t  atony  tinn-  wesliould  let  them  slip." 
(ii\  inga  woi'd  of  caution  to  the  Hebrew 
brethren,  that  there  is  danger  of  sustain- 
ing losses,  if  the  slip  is  sutfereil  to  l)e 
made.  Hut  we  wisli  to  nnike  a  few 
jiraetieal  renuu'ks  on  the  subject  as  it 
stands  in  tlie  heading  of  this  article. 

The  seiwe  oi-  meaning  of  words  oi' 
phrases  (as  every  school  boy  knows)  de- 
pendsupon  and  is  grounded  by  the  W(»rds 
and  phnises  to  which  they  sustain  their 
reJationshi]).  Hence  the  displacement 
ot  words  and  phrases  in  sentences  de- 
stroys the  ti'ue  Sense  of  the  compo.sition, 
in  the  sinne  relation  that  the  animate  l»ody 
would  be  rendered  unfit  for  service  witli 
it.s  li)nl)S  dislocated.  In  this  article  I 
shall  endeavor  to  show,  that  to  reject  a 
partof  the  Scriptures,  will  wrest  from  the 
Word  its  power  of  salviition,  and  it  will 
prove  unto  you  "  a  savoi-  of  death  unto 
death."  Jesussaid,"  Man  shall  not  live 
by  hread  alone,  hut  by  every  W(U"d  of 
-God"  (Luke  4:4).  AVheu  we  look 
around  us  over  the  world,  we  see  that, 
man  in  relation,  to  his  duties  which  he 
owes  to  his  Creator  and  to  his  fellow- 
man,  is  practically  prone  to  ''  let  thmi 
tslip."''  It  has  become  tlie  pass- wonl  of 
man  in  every  station  or  condition  in  life; 
every  de2>artment  of  business  or  indus- 
trial pursuit,  i'i|ually  sutlers  from  its 
withering  and  bliusting  eflects,  which 
like  the  echo  returns  and  has  its  final 
rest  upon  the  instigator  who  invariably 


i.-*  the  loser,  mechanically,  physically. 
iri<jr;dly,  or  religiously.  All  of  Adam's 
nice  in  all  ages  of  the  world  have  been 
briiuded  nioi-e  or  le*w  with  it;  liut  the 
j)rfsent  state  of  (Christendom  seems  to 
manifest  the  slippint/  /giirit  more  pre- 
dominant than  possible  (in  view  of  the 
introduction  of  every  considt-rable  means 
and  arrangement  to  facilitate  duty  and 
make  it  easy)  than  the  antcdeluvians. 

God  has  held  f.»rth  evei-y  in<luceinent 
to  man  that  His  Divine  attribute  of  jus- 
tict!  could  allow,  that  man  l)eing  with- 
out excuse  could  proinj>tly  act  in  the 
discharge  of  hisduties.  But  it  is  a  heart- 
rending fact,  which  observation  long 
miw  has  taught  us,  that  to  "  let  them 
slip,"  is  one  of  the  principal  constituents 
of  popular  religion;  ami  figures  largely 
in  the  presbytery  as  well  as  tlie  lajty. 
Olthe  awful  ponder<»us  soul-destroying 
meaning  of  thephnise,  "  let  them  slij);" 
it  is  the  real  of  the  bottomless  pit;  the 
key  to  hell !  the  inlet  to  the  lake  that 
burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone!  Never- 
theless, it  is  cherished  and  proclaimed 
from  the  pulpit,  ami  practiced  by  rhc 
laity.  Ye.s  we  hear  the  minister,  with 
outstretched  arms  and  uplifted  hands, 
and  eyes  directed  heavenward,  in  tones 
like  peals  of  thunder  crying,  we  have  no 
need  of  baptism  for  the  i-emission  of  sins, 
the  people  are  all  holy  "  let  them  slip, 
letthenislip!"Thc laity  responds,  Amen. 
Again,  he  cries,  we  won't  wash  one  an- 
other's feet,  if  Jesus  did  say  we  should, 
we  don't  believe  He  meant  us  high  Chris- 
tians, He  meant  prinutive  Christians,  we 
will  "  let  them  slip."  Again  you  hear 
a  sweet  and  solemn,  Amen.  And  again 
you  hear  him  raise  his  voice  to  a  some- 
what higher  key,  and  say,  we  will  dis- 
]>ense  with  this  Supper,  it  istlie  Jewisii 
I'assover,  "  This  is  not  to  eat  the  Lord's 
Slipper,  for  iu  eating  every  one  taketh 
befoi-e  another  his  own  supper;  and  one 
is  hungry,  and  another  is  di-unken."  We 
will  therefore  "  let  it  slip,"  and  to-mor- 
row about  noon  we  will  eat  a  morsel  of 
bread  and  drink  a  sup  of  wine,  or  you 
may  eat  the  wafer  and  I  will  drink  the 
wine,  and  the  Lttrd  wnll  Idess  it,  and  wc 
will  make  a  supper  out  of  it.  O  yes, 
by  all  means  we  will  "  let  it  slip,"  for 
the  apostle  disannulled  the  Stijiper. 
Amen,  say  the  congregation. 

He  elevates  his  brow,  and  lowers  his 
ghusses  (which  by  the  way  he  inherited 
from  his  grandfather),  and  reads  to  the 
congregation,  "  Be  ye  followers  of  me, 
even  !is  I  am  of  Christ.  Now  I  praise 
you  brethren  that  ye  remember  me  in 
all  things  and  keep  the  ordinances  as  I 
delivered  them  to  you."  His  eyes  all 
the  while  bent  upon  the  sacred  pages; 
anil  if  perchance  he  "  lets  them  slip " 
and  fall  upon  1st  Cor.  11th  chapter  uth 
verse,  he  suddenly  "  lets  them  slip  "  to 
the  last  clause  of  the  IHtli  vei-se,  and  re- 
marks with  emphasis,  "  for  her  Jiair  is 
given  to  her  for  a  covering."  In  Paul's 
days  when  the  women  came  to  worship 
(iod  without  any  hair  on  their  heads 
they  would  shear  or  shave  them ;  but  in 
these  days  of  light  and  wisdom,  the  sis- 
ters wear  liats  and  chignons,  hence  we 
will  "  let  them  slip."  Amen,  is  the  an- 
swer. And  if  by  accident  he  should  read 
to  the  congregation  the  iifth  chapter  of 
Paul's  first  letter  to  the  Thessalonians 
and  the  sixth  verse.  He  will  almost  in- 
variably spiritualize  the  inspired  lan- 
guage or  charge  the  apostles  with  being 
the  propagandist  of  nonsense,  and  say 
I  will  not  enjoin  the  holy  kiss  upon  you. 
Know  ye  not  that  Jud;is  rendered  it  un- 
holy by  betraying  the  blessed  Master 
with  a  kifis;  only  give  me  the  thirty 
pieces  of  silver,  or  more  if  yon  possibly 
can,  the  more  the  better;  the  Lord  lov- 


eth  a  cheerful  giver,  (and  Judas  has 
sanctified  the  silver),  give  to  your  pastor, 
give  freely  and  it  will  be  all  right  with 
you;  and  as  for  tlie  holy  kiss  or  kiss  ot 
charity  we'll  "  let  them  slip."  The  con- 
gregation, with  smiling  faces,  and  hearts 
filled  to  overflowing  with  admiration  and 
applause  bursts  forth  with.  Aniens,  and 
God  ble^s  the  pastor,  for  making  the 
ways  of  the  Lord  so  congenial  to  our 
feelings. 

We  need  not  give  the  more  earnest 
heed  to  these  little  things,  they  are  all 
non-essentials,  now-a-days;  we  need  not 
care  for  the  poor,  the  county  may  do 
that;  that  belongs  to  the  world,  we  will 


'  let  a 


em  sli] 


id    wi 


will  shout  and 


l)ray,  and  pray  and  shout  and  praise 
God  for  His  loviug-kindne&s,  and  thus 
show  our  love  to  Him.  The  pastor  joins 
with  the  (Htugregation  in  declaring  th.it 
they  will  be  peaceable  in  time  of  jieaee, 
and  in  time  of  war  they  will  enlist  in 
the  service  of  their  country,  and  under 
that  banner  they  will  gird  »m  their  whole 
!U-mor  of  the  world,  and  fight  the  good 
fight  of  destruction,  lay  hold  on  eternal 
death;  the  weapons  of  our  warfare  are 
carnal,  they  are  mighty  through  the 
world,  to  the  pulling  down  of  houses, 
and  even  cities,  and  governments,  mak- 
ing desolate  the  habitation  of  widows 
and  orphans,  and  the  raising  up  of  im- 
aginations and  every  low  thing  that 
luinibleth  itself  before  God.  If  my  ene- 
my hunger  I  will  let  him  .starve,  if  he 
thirst,  I  will  let  him  famish,  and  so  heap 
coals  of  fire  on  his  head,  and  bring  Inni 
to  terms.  If  any  man  sue  me  at  the  la^v 
and  take  away  my  coat,  I  will  shoot  his 
ox  also,  lU'  if  he  smite  me  on  the  one 
cheek,  I  will  turn  to  him  my  fist  also. 
I  believe  God  gave  nie  these  Lands  to 
defeiul  myself  with.  And  as  for  heal- 
ing the  sick,  we  will  send  for  the  doctor, 
that's  his  business;  he  will  dose  him  with 
colomel  and  salivate  him,  and  if  his  con- 
stitution is  strong  enough  to  endure  the 
etfeets  of  the  medicine  and  wear  out  the 
disease,  perhaps  or  probably  he  will 
raise  him  up.  And  if  there  be  any  oth- 
er thing,  such  as  visiting  the  sick,  the 
fatherless  and  the  widows  iu  their  atHic- 
tion;  feeding  the  hungry,  clothing  the 
naked,  <fec.,  we  will  just  "  let  them  slip." 
I  have  no  time  to  attend  to  such  trifles; 
and  besides  all  this,  it  causes  such  (jueer 
feelings  tt)  come  over  me,  and  such  a 
heavy  distressing  pressure  on  my  heart 
to  go  to  the  house  of  mourning,  I  don't 
like  it  one  bit.  I  will  just  let  neighbor 
NewTuan  attend  to  these  things,  he  is 
such  a  singular  man  anyhow.  He  thinks 
he  must  "give  unto  them  that  asketh 
him,"  no  matter  how  hard  he  hiis  work- 
ed for  what  he  has,  and  then  he  lielieves 
iu  non-conformity  to  the  world,  pulling 
the  beam  out  of  his  own  eye,  in  charity, 
in  going  forward  when  he  goes  to  work, 
and  all  such  little  things;  and  even  l)e- 
lieves  in  all  Jesus  taught  and  did.  He 
believes  that  Jesus  meant  what  He  said; 
but  I  can't  see  it  in  that  light;  but  neigh- 
bor Newman  if  you  think  you  ought  to 
observe  all  these  things,  "  according  to 
your  faitli  be  it  unto  you."  But  I  prefer 
the  theatre,  the  opera,  the  circus,  the  fes- 
tivals, the  celebrations,  the  picnics,  the 
Christmas  tree,  the  ball  room.  I  love 
them  all. 

I  love  the  fascinating  dramas.  Then 
thertare  their  duetts,  so  charming  so  be- 
witching. I  love  to  bask  my  soul 
in  those  elysian  fields  of  bliss,  and 
drink  iu  those  enchanting  pleasui'es  to 
my  hearts  content.  O!  how  I  love  the 
ball  room  with  its  enticing  allurements  • 
how  delightful  to  dance  to  the  sound  of 
the  fiddle  imtil  one  is  worn  out  by  the 
ostentatious  exercises;  and  then  to  Iio 


down  to  repose  ones  throbbing,  aehinp 
head  in  the  lap  of  Delilah  and  thinfe 
musingly  over  the  ordejil  of  pleasures 
which  you  have  happily  partieipated  it, 
Poor,  weak,  blind,  deluded  soul.  Would 
to  God,  that  you  could  hear  the  wary 
iTig  voice  of  the  Lord  saying  unto  yoy 
"  awake  thou  that  sleejiest  and  ariseiroin 
the  dead,  and  Christ  will  give  thee  light" 
You  are  yet  dead  in  sins  and  iu  tresmss. 
es;  your  heart  is  far  from  thevLord 
You  have  been  letting  the  command, 
ments  of  the  Lord  slip,  until  they  have 
slii>ped  beyond  the  power  of  your  \%. 
ion.  Or  perhaps  if  you  would  take  the 
advice  of  Paul  to  the  Corinthians,  "B^ 
let  a  man  examine  himself,"  very  likely 
you  would  find  that  it  was  you  that  was 
slil»ping  all  this  time,  .and  that  too  down 
the  broad  ro;id  until  you  have  gotthe 
world  between  you  and  the  Son  of  RigJit, 
eousness,  and  you  have  lost  sight  of  the 
true  light. 

If  you  would  have  come  to  the  light 
and  walked  in  the  light,  as  children  of 
the  light,  then  you  could  see.  Did  you 
ever  see  a  man  that  could  see  in  the  dark 
as  well  as  in  the  light?  It  is  true  it  is 
said  that  "  men  love  darkness  rather 
than  ligiit."  Tell  us  why  ?  "  Because  their 
deeds  are  evil,"  Jesus  says,  "  The  U»ht 
of  the  body  is  the  eye;  therefore  if  thine 
eye  be  single,  thy  wliole  body  shall  be 
full  of  light;  but  if  thine  eye  be  evil 
thy  whole  body  shall  be  full  of  dark- 
ness; therefore  if  the  light  that  is  in  thee 
be  darkness,  how  gi'eat  is  that  darkness?" 
Now  we  liave  come  to  the  end.  The 
whole  secret  is  revealed.  Standing  ar- 
raigned as  a  criminal  before  the  bar,  thy 
countenance  is  fallen,  thy  face  sheweth 
guilt,  thy  knees  knock  together;  thy 
heart  quaketh  with  fear,  and  thy  voice 
(piivereth.  ixs  thy  mouth  speaketh  the 
truth  in  broken  accents,  declaring  the 
awful,  solemn  fact  that  "  If  the  blind 
lead  the  blind  they  shall  both  fall  into 
the  ditch."  Yes,  you  have  been  hliuil- 
ed  with  the  untenipered  mortar,  by  those 
who  are  ti')Hng  to  get  to  themselves  a 
great  name,  or  to  empty  your  puree  and 
fill  their  j)ockets,  who  cry  out,  "  Non- 
essentials! Non-essentials!  Virtually  say- 
ing, that  God  is  the  author  and  Christ 
the  institutor  of  nonseu.se." 

(^h!  whathypocrisy!  wlnit foolishness! 
to  let  the  commandments  of  God  slip, 
until  you  be  begin  to  slip  into  perdition; 
and  in  hell  lift  up  your  eyes  being  in 
torment.  It  is  now  too  late.  You  have 
let  time  also  slip  and  you  have  slipped 
into  an  endless  eternity. 

May  God  help  us  all  to  think  of  these 
things. 

Iilp07l,  Cul. 


SAVE  ME  OR  I  PERISH. 

1;Y  KATE  KtdXKIl. 

WHEN  Peter  stepped  over  the  side 
of  the  ship  to  go  to  Jesus  upon 
the  water,  he  walked  well  enough  while 
he  kept  his  eyes  on  the  Divine  Master, 
but  when  he  looked  at  the  wild  waves, 
and  tiiougbt  of  the  danger  surrouinUng 
him  he  Ix^gan  to  sink;  and  if  he  hadiiot 
had  faith  enough  leftjto  cry  "  Lonl  save 
me,'^  he  wtmld  have  sunk  to  rise  no  more. 
:\Iany  iu  this  our  .lay  ti-y  to  walk  on 
the  treacherous  waves  of  a  worldly  htf. 
at  the  bidding  of  the  prince  of  the  pow- 
er of  the  air;  they  step  forth  cautiously 


into  da"' 
:rradual- 


at  fir.st,  not  meaning  to  go  tar 
ger;  but  they  give  themselves  grad 
ly  to  mirth  and  pleasure,2to  pride  aw^ 
the  accumulation  of  ^vealth,  to  care  n"^ 
ambition,  or  appetite  and  seltisliiif-|^j 
they  go  further  and  farther  from  tht'*" 
fegiuird  of  prayer  an.l    watchhines-s 


tl».  Hil)k-  and  the   sanctuaiy 


riiristiw 


coml'nn.V  ni"'  •'Ini-'tinn  influences  , 
„re  all  the  wl.ile  sinking  ,k.epe,.'  „„,, 
,leeper  m  tie  treacherons  wavts  of  a  sea 
that  they  are  trying  u,  walk  upon;  they 
are  becoming  more  worUUy,  more  al, 
jorbeil  in  the  things  that  can  never  sat 
isfy  the  soul.  By  an.l  l,y  ,1h.j.  i,^,,„,„^ 
sinrmed,  fear  comes  upon  them,  they  fiml 
that  they  are  sinking,  they  cry  for  hel,, 
for  they  see  they  have  exposed  them- 
selves to  a  storm  that  no  mortal  can  face- 
they  are  in  danger  of  being  overtaken 
by  anight  that  is  the  blackness  of  dnrk- 
jess;  yet  even  then  if  they  only  will  cry 
as  Peter  did,  "  Lord  save  me  or  I  per 
ish,"  they  will  find  the  hand  of  Jesus 
near  and  strong;  lie  will  lift  them  out 
of  the  stormy  sea  and  set  their  feet  on 
the  solid  shore. 

But  alas!  too  many  will  not  look  to 
Jesas  in  the  hour  of  gi-eat  peril  and  sor- 
row,  but  look  to  the  world  for  pleasure- 
and  grow  more  unhappy;  they  look tij 
the  world  for  light,  and  become  deeper 
involved  in  darkness;  they  look  to  the 
world  for  hope  and  are  answered  by 
groans  of  despair. 

Oh  I  have  often  thought  how  nuiny 
of  us  have  great  need  to  offer  the  pray- 
er once  offered  Tiy  the  sinking  disciple, 
"  Lord  save  me  from  sinking."  Save 
lue  from  sinking  in  this  sea  of  worldli- 
ness;  save  me  from  diso^vning  Christ  and 
denying  the  Rock  of  my  salvation;  save 
me  from  giving  up  my  heart,  my  life, 
my  soul,  to  the  unsatisfying,  and  perish- 
able things  of  e.irth;  save  me  from  liv- 
ing a  stranger  to  peace  and  pardon,  and 
ftoiu  sinking  at  last  in  the  deep  waters 
of  death  and  destruction,  ivith  a  hope 
that  is  an  anchor  to  the  soul,  l)oth  sure 
and   steadfast. 

Colfi,  Iowa. 


the  evening,  as  soon  as  the  tiv<-lve  hours 
of  the  thirteenth  day  were  full.  And 
that  was  the  time  thit  disciples  came  to 
JeMis  and  said,  "  Where  wilt  thou  that 
we  shall  prepare  for  thee  to  eat  the  pass- 
over  i"     This  was  at  least  twenty  hours 


AVOKIv. 


before  the  time  to  kill  the  Lamb  as  ap- 
pointed  by  the  Law.  .Tesus  ale  His 
passover  (or  supper)  as  near  as  we  can 
learn  from  tlie  Scripture.s,  twenty  himrs 
before  the  time  appointed  by  tlie  Law. 
For  the  preparation  dav  in  which  the 
lamb  was  to  be  killed,  was  never  called 


the  feast  of  the 


pa.ssover,  but  the  (sa 


THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

in-  .lOHN  FOnXEY. 
NI'MUER  r. 

T."^  the  supper  or  passover  Christ  ate 
-*-  with  His  disciples  the  pa.ssover  of 
the  Law  ?  And  if  so,  did  Christ  and  tlie 
Apostles  eat  if  at  t%e  day  and  hoin-ap- 
lioiutedbytheLaw(E.\.  12  :Num.if :  1-5)! 
I  say  no:  this  calinofbe  the  case  accord- 
ing tti  the  record  of  the  four  evangelists. 

AVe  see  that  the  Jews  themselves  agree, 
fljaf  tlicy  wouhl  not  take  Him  on  the 
feast  day,  lest  there  be  an  uproar  among 
tlie  people  (Matt.  iK'.i:  Mark  14:  L'). 
Again,  the  four  books  of  the  (io.spel, 
showing  plainly  that  it  was  on  the  prep, 
nration  day,Vheu  Jesus  .sent  one  of  His 
ilisciples  to  prepare,  that  they  might  eat 
flip pa-ssover  (Matt.  2r,;  17;  Mark  U:  12). 

Then  came  the  day  of  imleavened 
bread  when  the  passover  must  be  kill- 
*;d,  and  He  sent  Peter  and  John  saying, 
go  and  prepare  us  the  passover  that  we 
"lay  eat  (Luke  ■>■}:  T.s).  Now  before 
the  feast  of  the  passover,  when  Jesus 
knew  that]  His  hour  was  come  that  He 
rfiniild  depart  nut  of  this  world  unto  the 
'■"atlier  (John  13:1).  He  riseth  from 
sapper.  Here  John  tells  us  in  plain 
^vords,  that  Jesus  ate  His  supper  before 
o'e  feast  of  the  pas.sover,  Now  no  man 
«t  the  table  knew  for  what  intent  He 
'^pake  this  unto  liim.  for  some  of  them 
•lioiight  because  Judas  had  file  ling  that 
•'raus  said  unto  him,  Buy  those  things 
fuat  We  have  need  of  against  the  fea-st 
(verses  38,  29).  Here  Tt  is  again  jilain 
«iiil  beyond  all  dispute,  that  the  disci. 
P'm  did  not  think  at  the  time  tliey  hail 
"''■  it,  when  Judas  went  out  to  gather 
""■  hand  of  men  and  otBcers  to  take  Jc- 
'■'*■  Hilt  they  well  k::e\v  it  was  only 
""■  lieginning  of  tlie  preparation  day, 
"'"'•li  Was  always  the  fourteenth  day  of 
""fli't  month;' ami   the  day   began  in 


riflcing)  killing  of  tlie  lamb  at  the  going 
down  of  the  sun,  (or  between  two  evi° 
nings)  which  was  the  ninth  hour,  or  what 
we  would  call  the  middle  of  the  after- 
noon;  the  very  hour  Christ  died  upon 
the  cross.  And  it  was  to  be  eaten  that 
night,  which  was  the  beginning  of  the 
tifteenth  day,  called  the  day  of  holy 
convocation  unto  the  Lord. 

^  And  in  this  passover  feast  was  no  pro- 
viso made  in  the  Law  to  eat  it  one  day 
earliei-,  or  one  day  later,  but  for  tlio.se 
that  were  unclean  or  on  a  journey  from 
home,  they  were  to  w-ait  until  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  second  month,  and 
then  they  were  to  prepare  it  according 
to  the  Law,  and  were  to  eat  it  that  night 
after  the  manner  of  the  Law.  And  ev. 
ery  soul  that  would  not  keep  that  feast 
according  to  Law,  wius  to  be  cut  off  from 
among  His  people  (Num.  9;  14).  And 
no  man  was  to  go  out  of  his  house  until 
the  morning  (E.v.  12:22).  But  Christ 
ilid  not  only  send  one  man  out,  but  they 
all  went  out  when  they  had  sung  a  hymn 
into  the  Mount  of  Olives  (Mark  14:  2(1). 
The  Jews  also  were  in  .in  uproar,  and 
came  to  Jesus  in  the  garden  and  took 
Him  up  into  the  high  priest's  palace;  and 
there  they  mocked  Him  the  remainder 
of  the  night;  Imt  early  in  the  morn, 
ing  they  gave  him  over  to  Pilate.  Now 
the  Jews  did  not  so  much  as  go  into  the 
judgment  hall,  lest  thny  should  be  de- 
filed, but  that  they  might  eat  the  pass- 
over  (John  IK:  28). 

Here  we  have  another  witness  that 
they  had  not  yet  eaten  the  passover;  but 
Christ  ate  His  in  the  evening,  and  now 
it  was  morning.  They  liiul  Jesus  before 
Pilate  to  have  Him  condemned,  to  put 
Him  to  death  (Matt.  27:  l-:i).  Now 
when  Pilate  w.as  set  down  in  the  judg- 
ment seat  in  a  place  that  is  called  the 
pavement;  and  it  was  the  preparation 
of  the  passover,  and  about  the  si-vth  hour. 
(John  I'J:  i:),  14).  Wlen  Jesus  there- 
fore had  received  the  nnegar.  He  said  it 
is  finished:  and  He  bowed  His  head  and 
gave  up  tile  ghost.  It  was  still  the 
preparation,  as  we  sec  in  \erse  thirty 
and  thirty-one,  and  ill  verse  forty-two 
we  see  it  still  was  the  Jew-'s  preparation 
day,  when  Joseph  had  laid  Jesus  in  the 
sejmlchre.  To  this  all  the  evangelists 
bear  witnejis,  that  Jesus  w-as  taken  from 
the  cross  on  the  prejiaration  day,  that  is 
the  day  before  the  Sabbath  (Matt.  27: 
62;  Mark  lo:  42;  Luke  2:i:  .->4).  And 
Jcdiu  tells  us,  that  the  Jews,  liecause  it 
was  the  preparation  day,  that  the  bod- 
ies slitudd  not  remain  upon  the  cross  on 
the  Salibath  day  (for  that  Sabbath  day 
was  an  high  day),  besought  Pilate  that 
their  legs  might  be  broken,  and  that 
they  might  he  taken  away. 

Hence  we  have  a  clear  case  here  that 
Jesus  ate  a  passover  (sujiper)  of  which 
He  could  say  to  His  disciples,  ■'  With 
desire  I  have  desired  to  eat  this  passover 
with  you  before  I  suffer;  Kor  1  say  unto 
you  I  will  not  any  more  eat  thereof  un- 
til it  be  fulfilled  in  the  kingdom  of 
C5od."  In  my  ne.tt  I  will  give  the  de- 
sign of  Christ's  passover. 


sin.  of  the  world.     If  you  will  humbW 
yourself   under    His  mighty  liami,    by 


UTFtheSon  therefore  make  you  free 
■*-     then  are  yc  free  indeed  "  (John  8: 
.W). 

After  the  death  of  Joseph  and  his 
contemporary  king.the  Egyptians  began 
to  treat  the  Israelite's  very  cruelly,  bind- 
ing heavy  burdens  upon  them ;  requir- 
ing them  to  lalior  in  various  ways, some 
making  brick  of  mortar  and  straw.  So 
great  was  their  bondage  that  tlieir  cries 
reached  high  heaven,  and  CiodscntMos 
es  to  free  them.  'When  Moses  began  to 
show  favor  to  the  Israelites,  the  Egyptians 
then  began  the  more  rigoi-ous,  reipiiring 
them  to  make  the  same  tale  of  brii-k  and 
tiud  their  own  straw;  so  they  had  t« 
gather  stubbles  ft-om  the  fields,  and  la- 
bor  very  hard,  that,  too,  under  very  rig. 
orous  task  masters. 

At  last  the  time  arrived  for  Moses  to 
begin  his  work;  audit  was  only  after 
lie,  through  the  mighty  power  oi'  (iod, 
had  performed  many  miracles  and 
brought  many  sore  and  grievous  plagues 
upon  Pharoali  and  all  Egypt,  that  he 
succeeded  in  setting  them  free.  But 
when  they  were  free,  it  wius  only  freedom 
from  Egyjitian  bondage.  They  were 
not  free  indeed.  Whyi  because  the  Son 
had  not  made  tliem  free.  If  tlie  Son 
hiul  made  them  free,  then  w-ould  they 
have  been  free  indeed. 

Wien  sin  entered  the  world  it  fell  up. 
on  all;  so  all  were  under  the  bondage 
of  sin.  Then  as  much  more  sore  and 
gi-ievous  wiLs  our  bondage,  as  Satan's 
power  ctceeds  that  of  Pharoali.  It  is 
indeed  the  worst  Iiondage  in  which  mor- 
tal man  can  be  bound.  This,  like 
Egyptian  bondage,  caused  God  to  send 
a  deliverer.  But  He  did  not  send  Moses 
and  Aaron.  No.  There  was  no  need  of 
a  different  freedom.  There  was  need  of 
an  eternal  freedom;  a  freedom  not  of 
the  body  only,  but  of  the  fttnd;  a  free- 
dom from  every  variety  of  sin  and  woe. 
^Vho  is  able  to  free  this  people  ?  A\'ho 
does  (rod  send  to  make  us  free  I  We 
read  that  "  God  sent  His  only  begotten 
Son."  Why  did  He  send  His  Son  ^  Be- 
cause He  wanted  us  free  indeed,  "  If  the 
Son  therefore  make  you  free,  then  are 
you  free  indeed." 

Jesus  in  now  come  to  deliver  us  from 
the  bondage  of  sin,  and  He  is  willing 


olieyingall  His  commands  without  doubt 
or  murmui-ing,  and  cast  all  your  care 
on  Him,  He  will  exalt  you  in  due  time, 
and  save  y.m  with  His  everlasting  salva- 
tion. 

Lineolnvifh.  Wt/lin^f, 


,  Co.  /W. 
A  PLACE  FOR  YOU. 


BT    A.  HRARSM. 

a  T  GO  to  prepare  a  place  for  yon" 
■•-  (John  14:  2).  Our  Father  in 
heaven  has  a  place  for  all  His  children; 
then  of  course  we  must  become  IIi» 
children.  And  it  has  been  decreed  by 
His  Son  Jesus  that  none  shall  inherit 
that  place  without  licing  born  again. 
For  that  reason  Jesus  left  the  shining 
courts  of  heaven  and  came  down  to  this 
lower  world,  to  speak  words  of  eternal 
life  unto  the  people,  and  as  never  man 
spake,  the  glad  tidings  of  great  jov. 
which  shall  l.c  to  all  jieople.  The  .,'Ocid 
tidings  was  the  fulfilling  of  the  promise 
Moses  gave  to  the  children  of  Israel ;  that 
a  prophet  the  Lonl  your  God  would 
raise  up  from  among  your  brethren  like 
unto  me,  him  shall  you  hear.  So  the 
fii-st  news  concerning  the  new-  kingdom 
wiLs,  '•  Uepeiit  ye  and  believe  the  Gos. 
pel,"  that  it  might  bi-  fulHUed  which 
was  sjioken  by  the  prophet  Esaias,  "  The 
people  which  sat  in  darkness,  saw  gi-eat 
light;  and  to  them  which  sat  in  the  re- 
gion and  shadow  of  death,  light  w  spi-ung; 
up"  (Matt  4:  IC). 

So  after  impressing  upon  their  miiid- 
the  necessity  of  regeneration  and  admit- 
tance into  the  shee]i-fold,-  He  said  it  was 
expedient  for  Him  to  go  to  the  Father, 
for  the  express  pur^iose  of  preparing  a 
place  for  them;  and  to  comfort  His  ilis 
ciples  He  said  to  them,  "  Let  not  vurr 
heart  be  troubled, yc- believe  in  God.  be. 
lieve  also  in  me,  in  my  Father's  house 
are  many  mansions,  if  it  were  not  so  I 
would  have  told  you,  I  go  to  prepare  a 
place  for  you."  Before  He  could  go  to 
prepare  a  place  for  us.  He  had  to  fall 
into  the  hands  of  sinners,  and  spill  His 
])recioiis  Idood,  "  For  without  the  shed- 
ding of  blood  there  is  no  remission  of 
sins,"  thusfulfillning  His  own  prophecy. 
"  Except  a  corn  of  wheat  fall  into  the 
ground  and  die,  it  aljideth  alone."  So  He  liad  to 
full  inti)  the  liands  of  siuuere  and  die,  or  He  would 
-bo  alone  willi  the  Fattier,  but  by  submiuins  lo 
ana  aljle  to  lead  us  safely   turongn  the  i  ,i,„  ,„:ii  „,- ,i„  t?,,i,     ,       ,       -- „ 

•'  =  I  llio  will  01  llie  rallier  to  make  a  full  atooeiuent 

Wilderness  of  tins  world  to  that  lieaveu- ;  Hc  was  lilted  up  frum  tl>c  enrih.  not  tobe  «l,.ne. 

ly  CauUiUi.  and    Mc/v  give   us  an  eternal    but  to  ".Irnw  all  men  unto  Him.  that  «hcre  I  am 

freedtnu.  :  yo  muy     bo    also;  for  ia    my   Potlier's  house 

Brother,  do  we  not  want   the  Son  to   ('^•'"r'-'n 


nmke  vis  freir  i  Do  we  not  want  to  hi* 
free  indeed;  Do  we  not  want  to  gain 
that  Missful //f*w(',  and  rest  eternally  on 
that  glory-lit  Strand,  and  sing  ju-aises 
to  God  forever  and  ever?  If  we  do,  lyt 
us  follow  Jesus;  for  He  say^,  "I  am  the 


iimuy  mnnsinn?."  Yes  many  have 
tell  the  (lra\vin(,'.  uuil  lastly  the  knocking  n1  ibc 
door  of  their  hearts  (Kov.  3:  20),  and  have  opeo- 
ud  luiil  let  Him  in.  Then  Ue  has  an  iudwelliag 
plure  in  each  one,  "many  maosioiis"  until  thie 
earthly  hou^e  he  dissulved."  If  we  have  o|>«ttei] 
the  door  and  let  Hiiu  iu  dear  reader,  He  has  a. 
,  Riansiun  in  you,  He  hu^  a  niuiieiou  in  mc,  for  ^d-. 
way."  Then  let  us  follow  Him  iu  all  ,  He.  "  I  will  dwell  in  them  and  walk  in  them,  and 
llis  precept^!,  not  trying  tu  reason  away  i  1  will  ho  their  God.  and  they  shall  be  by  penple 
any  of  His  eonnuandnient.'^.  lait  take  (2  Cir.  6  :  16).  How  j^-ood  it  is  to  know  that  J<- 
llimatHi-s  word;  whatever  He  tells  us    *>is  has  an  indwellin-  plaw  in  onr  hearU.  this 

to  do.  let  UH  do  it  without  inunmmngi'^'^"'''>-  '«*'^'"«<-l<'-    »"''"-«    *">«"'    «<W^wd 

.         ii-ii,.i.        .>  i^"!    children  ol  Him,  and  as  Uavitl  savs.  "  will  ^twell 

as  Israel  din;  mit  let  xib"  press  toward   .     .     ,  „  .     .     ,  ^  „    ' ..  .u.  ^.^  «> 

'  I  in  the   house   of  tlie   Loni   forever     («.2o:6>,, 

the  mark  tor  the  prize  of  the  high  eall-   ^^^^  j^  ^^  i,,^g  ^,  n,.^,  ,^^_  ^„,i  j^  ^^^^^^^  ;„  ^ 
ing  of  God  in  C'hrist  Jesus."  li^,^  ^  ijn  ^n  g],gii  tt  di^olved.  we  shall  be  admi^ 

Then  when  our  pilgrimage  unearth   ■'<i  into  that  place  (uyi  many  places)  or  building 
is  brought  to  a   close,  we  shall  with  our  ;  ff  God  made  without  hands  eternally  in  the  heaT- 
deliverer  dwell  eternally  in  M-wc  hnijht ,  *■'''^  a"*^  '^^^^  ^  o"'  ""  '""'*  ^''^''^' 
mansions  He  has  gone  t.^  prepare  for  us.  |     ShcrUo.i,  0»U 

Sister,  do  you  not  want  to  he    made] 
free  indeed?     Do  you  not  want  to  lie  de- 
livered from  the  sins  and  woe^  of  thi-. 


world  ?     Do  you   not  want  to  enter  the 

sun-liright  elimes  of  eternal  glory,  ami  ,     u  v  it      .      w-.  i 

.    .       .  ,      .        i  .  -^    1  perforiuancosnouM  Iw  like  a  true  balanoe.  nlw.ivii 

ha-sk  m  thepariloningloveot  a  criieitiea  .,„,e,„  ,„,„,„„!  ailjuatment,    A  »r»n.i»  d-ls,-;..! 


A  promiic  should  be  given  with  csutiou  and 
kept  with  care.  A  pivmise  should  be  made  with 
the  heart,  aiid  rcniciiibcri.xl  with  the  head.  A 
promise  is  the  ofl<;riui;  "f  the  intention,  and  should 
be  nurtured  by  rwvlleotiou.     A  ph^miM)  and  ib 


pn.'sent  a  mutual  adjustment    A  proniim  d 
Then    let    me   point  you  to    jjju,jipe,i^.f^rnKl.    A  promise  neglected  is  »!i 
truth  lohl. 


Uedeeiuer 

the  Lamb  of  God  that  taketh  away  the 


n^in-:  Tr^rM^TtiRE:^  -va^  ^voKIv. 


Marc>i   lip 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLJSUBD    WIBKLT. 


J.  H.  MOORS, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


Bho  *"    n   B»«t"iBi»  ■I"'/  «»iliorii«l.  by  ui  «•  our 

W77«    .n.l    wilt   rrr^i..-  .i,l*rripliofi»  for  (t*  «i»in*  "t  our 
«c*.  "ill  bo  ih.  "mc  «  .r  .i.,[.i>  1.7  our-cJ.f.. 


Tim  BnrTNiii*  at  Wohk  will  !■«  •"<  l">M-i<iii'I,  to  aoy 
•ddr».  in  ih*  Oiili«]  8t.W  or  0«»"I»;, '"  *'  ■','?,  P"/ 
•DDitm.  Tb.-a«  Mn.llnBtrn  n.w<*  ■nd  Illi.Wt.  "iH  «- 
Mlt«  M    «»i™  copy    »"■*   "'  cLafgf.     For   nil    o»«r  lUi- 

Boncy.  t«f.'r.  «n.lln«  it  .0  u..  M«n*y  (Wm,  U^fK 
Ud  R«i»ier«l  UIMT*  in»y  !>•  mo'  "  ""f  "*«■  ^»*'J^ 
.houlJ  M  m.J<  p^jnM'  '■'  Moor*  i  F-lirhN«n 

8ub.cHptioB..  -ot  «nl-M»nl«noD»  ..,.«..l..l  fcr  thr  p»- 
p,r.  M  ..ell  «  all  Ui.i"'"  ""«"'"•  '^•""""■^'1  "'"'  "'*'  '^^■ 
tir<  •liouM  lie  •■Urra'dl 

IfOOSE  &  ESESUCAM, 

lanftrk,  CuTsU  Co.,  111- 


I  wont  tu  li«re  rewktlt  Uwi  I  *JtHil  labor  only 
fwr  the  uniuM  of  t!ic>  chmch  aW  th*"  success  of 
tlic  cKucc  of  CbrUl.  il'»n.*  uuion  i«  -wbat  we 
wont  iiixl  we  feel  it  will  be  mou^IiI  for  by  the 
Bn*thrcn  at  work  this  broivl  huxl  over. 

M;iy  Goii  h\v^  ull  find  in  licuveu  givo  to  e»ch 
a  ix-wiini  that  will  list  while  tho  etenml  iiges 
roll.  To  Him  who  loved  us.  Mvi\  nnd  redeemed 
iiB,  be  glory  now  and  forcverniore. 


S.  H.  Uasjioh. 


UXSSZ.III., 


VABCE  2S,  1878. 


KEPORT    OF  THE  DEBATE, 

WK  have  0!)  hand  n  Huflicient.  luuount,  taken 
down  whi!<'  iit  tho  discussion,   to  make 
out  n  pretty  fair  report  of  the  Bi-gumont.s  pre- 
«.nt4^I  during  th«  dfbiitc.      Hut  !ii«  there  are 
jn-ospfcLH  of  tt  written  diMcussion  througli  our 
pap'T,.  we  couelude  to   wuit  a  few  wwki).     If 
Mr.  iUy  will  stima  to  the  challeiige  he  mtide 
while  lit  the  Newtoiiia  debate,  and  agree  to  dis- 
cuss, in  an  itemiz-ed  form,  tlie  difference  between 
the  Baptist-^  and  tho  Brethren,  our  ri-iul^n*  can 
expect  to  have  the  pleiwure  of  reading  the  ar- 
gunii-nt^  in  full.     We  will  know  inside  of  nfew 
weelo*,  whether  the  written   debiile   will   come 
<.lf.  ________ 

VALEDICTORY. 

AS  unnounced  in  imother  column  of  this  issue, 
ii  change  takes  place  in  the  tnntrol  and 
inunHgenient  of  tho  editorial  of  this  paper,  giv 
ing  the  entire  busiuejia  of  the  ollice  into  the 
InuidM  of  brethren  Moore  and  Eshclmfin.  Our 
reiisonM  for  disposing  of  our  interest  iii  the  pul>- 
licution  of  the  paper,  are: 

Firnt,  That  our  mind  might  hn  entirely  fi 
of  buainew  cares,  and  thus  be  more  fully  quali- 
fied for  the  laboi-s  of  the  ministry,  feeling  tbnt 
liusiuc-is  caix's,  and  especially  the  vexations  oi  a 
hiwiness  like  this,  unfit-*  Huy  minister  for  evan- 
gelistic work.  When  a  minister  i»  away  labor- 
ing to  draw  souls  to  Christ,  and  the  dilliculties 
of  conducting  a  pupcr  eomo  up,  lie  U  ruffled  in 
mind  and  incapable  of  preaching  asermou  with 
a  mind  only  on  Jesus. 

Srruti'f,  I  desire  to  devote  my  entire  life  to 
the  work  of  an  evangelist  and  wish  to  be  free 
from  everj-  other  care  so  that  when  worn  out  I 
can  hv  at  liberty  to  rest  and  study,  without  any 
of  the  vexations  of  husinesB  and  when  rested 
will  be  at  liberty  to  go  at  will. 

Third,  1  wish  to  escape  the  slangs  and  abuses 
heapfd  upon  editors,  which  rendei-s  their  lives 
unph'iusiint  and  labors  disugreeahle;  iind  if  it 
would  not  be  thought  out  of  place,  let  me  ask 
all  who  read  this,  not  to  be  abusive  in  their 
nolen  to  puhlishen*.  Encourage  them  if  you 
can,  iind  fill  your  letlei-s  with  kind  words.  This 
will  pleiLse  tliem  and  show  you  to  be  a  gentle- 
man or  a  lady,  and  more  than  that,  po.«8essed  of 
a  Christiiui  heart.  This  I  wish  to  escape,  that 
my  life  n-ill  not  he  hiu'assed  with  these  troubles, 
and  thus  I  feel  that  I  can  labor  more  to  the  glo- 
ry of  God. 

Fotuth,  I  feel  that  under  the  management  of 
brethren  Miiore  and  Eshelman  the  paper  will 
moet  the  wants  of  our  fraternity  and  be  as  ably 
edited  OS  it  is  with  ni>'  assistance. 

Now  I  have  given  some  of  the  reasons  1  have 
for  a  change  in  my  public  life.  Hope  they  will 
be  satisfactory  to  all.  I  have  promised  to  still 
write  for  the  paper,  ginng  the  result  of  my  la- 
bors Id  tho  cause  from  time  to  time  as  circum- 
stances will  require  and  admit.  I  leave  the 
oflSue  with  kindly  feelings  for  all  eimnectprl  with 
it.  My  associations,  socially  with  the  members 
of  the  firm  have  heen  pleasant,  and  in  future 
years  I  .slmll  recall  the  past  as  pleasant  to  me. 
I  wish  the  paper  success  and  trust  the  blessings 
of  our  heavenly  Father  will  attend  it  in  time  to 
come.  I  am  woni  down  in  body  and  mind, 
but  Iiope  tliat  the  rest  I  propose  to  take  from 
now  till  A.  M.  will  renew  my  strength  so  tliat 
I  will  be  able  to  fill  my  i>reseDt  engagements^. 


THAT  WRITTEN  DISCUSSION. 

FROM  the  Bapiiti  Bitfle  F(a<j,  of  March  20tb. 
we  clip  the  following: 

"  As  Mr.  St«in  apoke  of  a  newspaper  discuss- 
ion, we  presented  the  following: 

Newtonia.  Mo..  Maroh  13th  1878. 

To  the  Jiretliren  a(  MV/:— We  respectively 
invit<;  you  to  the  discui^Muii  of  our  respective 
cliurcb  jiropositions,  ii«  debated  nt   Newtonia. 
Mo.,  in  yuur  columus  and  ouri'LAO. 
K..spcctfully, 

D.  ii.  !t.iY. 

The  impie«5(ion  has  already  gone  out  that  the 
Dunkurds  will  never  again  risk  the  discussion 
ol  tli'-'ir  church  clmins.     We  will  see." 

To  those  who  were  at  the  Newtonia  discuss- 
ion, and  h''ard  all  the  siiecches,  the  above  will 
seem  a  curious  evasion  of  the  facts  in  the  case. 
It  should  be  remember.-d  that  it  was  written  by 
Mr.  Hay  himself,  and  how  he  ever  got  the  idea 
lliat  Bro.  Steiu  I'ltorosEU  a  newspaper  discuss- 
ion is  a  little  mysterious.  The  otherwise  unin- 
formed reader  would  infer  from  the  B'ltlU  Fhnj 
that  Hro.  Stein  was  the  fii-st  of  the  disputants 
to  spfak  of  a  newspiipcr  discussion,  when  in  fact 
Mr.  Ray  hiin>-clf  knows  that  it  win  just  the 
other  way.  Mr.  Ray  was  the  first  man  to  say 
one  word  about  the  matter.  We  will  now  nar- 
rate the  thing  as  it  occurred. 

Mr.  Ray  in  his  la.st  forenoon  speech,  on  tlie 
filth  day  ut  the  discussion  threw  out  a  challenge 
for  a  written  debate,  saying  that  the  coluumsof 
his  paper  would  be  open  to  a  full  discussion  of 
the  claims  of  both  churches.  The  next  morn- 
ing Bio.  Stein  read  the  following,  and  then 
hiLiided  it  to  the  Moderator  for  safe  keeping: 
Newtonia.  Mo..  March  I'ith  1878. 

Mr.  Mo(U-rator: — 

I  have  for  years  desired  an  oppor- 
tunity to  discuss  the  doctrinal  diilereuces  be- 
tween the  Baptists  and  Brethren  before  the 
Baptist  leaders  of  America,  but  so  tar  have  been 
ret  used  space  in  the  Baptist  papei-s;  but  as  my 
friend  U.  B.  Ray,  in  his  hist  forenoon  speech 
yesterday,  threw  himself  open  for  a  written  dis- 
cussion through  the  papers  of  our  respective 
churches,  1  hereby  accept  the  offer  lor  awritteu 
discussion  with  any  man  of  the  Baptist  persua- 
sion the  Baptist  church  will  endoi-se,  on  condi- 
tion, however,  that  tlie  discussion  be  published 
in  a  Baptist  paper  having  a  circulation  equal  to 
the  paper  to  i>e  furnished  by  the  Brethren.  At 
the  close  of  the  present  discussion,  I  will  he 
prepared  to  enter  into  arrangements  regarding 
the  said  written  discussion. 

J,  W.  Stein. 

Mr.  Ray  made  no  move  toward  accepting  the 
proposal,  but  tried  to  turn  it  off  by  saying  that 
he  meant  me,  and  not  Bro.  Stein.  Tlien  the 
next  dni'  lie  read  his  proposal  to  our  paper,  re- 
garding a  newspaper  discussion.  Now  this  is 
the  way  the  whole  matter  came  up,  Mr.  Hay  be- 
ing the  first  one  to  mention  the  idea  of  havhig 
a  written  debate  and  Bro.  Stein  took  him  up. 

At  the  close  of  the  discussion  we  informed 
the  audience  that  we  were  not  in  any  way  in- 
volved in  the  discussion,  and  did  not  think  it 
according  to  the  rules  of  debate  for  Mr.  Ray  to- 
challenge  us,  especially  so  since  Bro.  Stein  had 
taken  him  up  at  his  ovm  offer,  and  that  we, 
therefore,  would  not  accept  the  challenge,  as  it 
would  enable  him  to  avoid  a  written  debate  with 
Bro.  Stein. 

This  is  just  the  way  the  matter  stands,  and 
we  therefore  give  it  to  the  public,  Mr.  Ray 
made  a  proposal  for  a  written  debute  and  Bro. 
Stein  took  him  up,  imd  he  must  now  either  de- 
hate  or  else  back  down  from  his  own  proposal. 
Let  it  be  borne  in  mind  that  Mr.  Ray  was  the 
fir-t  one  to  say  one  word  about  a  written  dis- 
cussion, and  we  will  now  see  if  he  will  stand  up 
to  his  proposal. 

Our  people  were  well  pleased  with  the  result 
of  the  Newtonia  discussion,  and  feel  much  con- 
firmed in  the  strength  of  their  position,  but 
since  an  opportunity  for  getting  the  matter  fully 
discussed  before  the  Baptist  readers  of  America 
ha.s  been  offered,  they  are  anxious  that  the  op- 
portunity be  at  once  embraced,  and  therefore  it 
now  hangs  on  what  the  Flaij  has  to  say.  If 
Mr.  Hay  will  stand  up  to  his  proposal  for  a 
written  debate  the  public  will  see  whether  we 
are  afraid  to  defend  our  position  before  the  read- 
ing people  of  America. 


That  the  di»teu«»ion  may  beftdr  on  both  sides, 
it  is  necesMirj'  that  the  pointa  of  differences  be- 
tween the  two  churches  be  discussed  wpsrately, 
allowing  each  disputant  thp  same  nnmberof  ar- 
ticles of  equal  length  on  each  proposition,  and 
the  discussion  be  published  in  the  Bbkthren  at 
\VonK  and  liapiht  lM(h-  Fhfj.     If  Mr.  Kay  is 
ready  for  this  he  will  please  suy  so.     Bro.  Stein 
is  prepared  to  arrange  the  propositions   with 
him.   '  ________  ■'■  "■  "■ 

THE  NEWTONIA  DEBATE. 

OURla-st  communication  regarding  the  dis- 
cussion closed  on  Monday  evening,  March 
nth,  at  which  time  the  debate  was  getting  quite 
lively  and  the  interest  becoming  very  intense. 
Slauy  of  tlie  hearers  were  in  earnest,  seeking  for 
the  truth  that  they  might  embrace  it.  There 
were  several  present  from  a  distance  and  had  a 
great  anxiety  to  learn  of  the  old  pathsand  walk 
therein. 

What  rendered  the  debate  of  great  interest 
was  that  quite  a  number  of  families  in  attend- 
ance h;ul  lett  the  Baptist,  .ind  united  with  the 
Brethrea,  and  it  remained  to  be  seen  how  the 
argnmenti  would  affect  them.  Wc  are  glad  to 
say  that  they  were  much  confirmed  in  their  faith 
and  practice,  and  now  feel  confident  that  they  oc- 
cupy the  old  apostolic  platform.  We  had  the 
pleasure  cf  being  with  tlieiu  ranch  during  tho 
di.«cu>-«i'>n  and  fouml  them,  well  posted  on  the 
doctrine  of  the  Bible.  Hopp?  others  will  follow 
their  example  before  it  is  too  late. 

Mr.  Ray  did  his  best  to  make  the  Brethren's 
doctrine  look  ridiculous,  and  find  contradictions 
in  their  writings.  When  Bro.  Stein  was  jne- 
senting  his  arguments  in  defense  of  the  three- 
fold immer.iion.  Ray  did  not  follow  him  very 
closely,  but  spent  much  of  his  time  trj'ing  to 
find  limit  with  feet-washing,  the  Lord's  Supper, 
the  kiss  and  our  manner  of  dres.sing.  It  seems 
he  could  not  wait  till  they  were  brought  up.  but 
must  bring  them  up  himself,  and  hence  did  not 
take  the  time  to  answer  the  arguments  present- 
ed in  favor  of  trine  iiuineiNion  as  was  desired 
that  he  should. 

Bro.  Stein  made  a  nice  point  against  the  Bap- 
tists in  favor  of  the  forward  motion  in  baptism, 
by  showing  that  the  Baptist  church  believed  in 
the  forward  action  so  strongly  that  they  actual- 
ly sung  it  in  their  hymns,  and  then  read  quite 
a  number  of  extracts  from  the  Baptist  Hymn 
Book  speaking  of  bowing  in  baptism,  and  the 
Savior  hoiriug  under  the  hand  of  John  the  Baii- 
tist.  They  will  have  to  either  change  their 
manner  of  baptizing  or  else  revise  their  Hymn 
Book.  People  ought  not  to  sing  a  thing  they 
do  not  practice. 

The  discussion  closed  on  Wednesday  evening, 
having  lasted  seven  days  in  all.  Things  gener- 
ally passed  oft"  very  quietly,  and  all  the  members 
telt  good  over  Bro.  Stein's  effort,  not  one  of 
them  regretting  that  the  discussion  was  held. 
Taken  altogether  it  was  an  instructive  inter- 
view, and  afforded  many  opportunities  of  learn- 
ing, and  we  are  confident  has  added  much  to  the 
credit  of  the  Brethren  in  and  around  Newtonia, 
as  well  as  greatly  confirmed  them  in  their  faith. 
The  two  disputants  parted  on  good  friendly 
terms,  in  short  a  good  feeling  seemed  to  pervade 
the  minds  of  nearly  all.  Of  course  the  future 
must  develop  the  result,  and  time  alone  will  tell 
the  effect  of  truth,  when  once  planted  in  the 
hearts  of  those  seeking  after  it. 

Bro.  Samuel  S.  Mohler  of  Johnson  Co.,  Mo. 
was  the  Brethren's  Moderator,  and  Mr.  D.  N. 
Hornc,  of  Winsor,  Mo.,  the  Baptists',  luid  Judge 
M.  H.  Ritchey  was  the  presiding  Moderator. 
He  discharged  his  duty  witli  impartial  ability, 
and  showed  hiaiself  fully  qualified  to  preside  in 
public  bodies.  He  is  a  man  of  ctcelleut  stand- 
ing in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  seems  to  be 
highly  respected  by  all.  Omng  to  the  busy 
season  of  the  year  the  attendance  was  not  so 
large  as  was  expected,  but  the  interest  was  ex- 
cellent and  the  order  good.  The  Brethren  kept 
up  tlieir  night  meetings  and  at  the  last  one  had 
quite  a  large  congregation  of  attentive  hearers. 

Tlie  Brethren  at  this  place  are  erecting  a 
commodious  meeting-house  which  the^  expect 
to  have  completed  at  on  early  day.  It  is  locat- 
ed near  the  edge  of  the  town,  and  will  be  quite 
a  convenient  place  for  meeting.  I  must  confess 
that  I  fell  somewhat  in  love  with  the  country 
around  Newtonia  and  believe  it  to  be  an  excel- 
lent place  to  live.  It  certainly  must  be  healthy, 
and  affords  truit  and  good  water  in  abundance. 
Members  desiring  a  suitable  location  in  the 
West,  should  visit  that  part  of  Mo.  Those 
desiring  information  should  address  Eld.  C.  Har- 
ader,  Newtonia,  Newton  Co.,  Mo.  We  made 
our  home  in  his  family  during  our  stay,  and 
found  it  a  pleasant  lodging  place.  Many  thanks 
for  their  kindness.  Bro.  J.  T,  MiLson  will  ren- 
re.sent  our  paper  at  Newtonia,  acting  as  our 
regular  agent  in  that  part  of  the  country. 


H#MEWARD    BOrXB. 

On  Thursday  moruiug.  iu  company  with  Bro 
S.  S.  Mohler,  we  started  by  private  couveyanJ 
to  Carthage  where  we  arrived  iu  the  aftvriioon 
in  time  for  the  evening  train.  I  much  desired 
to  pass  out  into  the  country  one  mile  and  visjt 
Bro.  Wampler,but  had  not  time  to  do  so.  1^^. 
der  to  reach  Kansas  City  without  delay  1  ^^ 
compelled  to  go  as  far  West  as  Oswego,  having 
separated  from  Bro.  Mohler  at  Columbus 
Reached  Kansas  City  the  next  day,  and  from 
there  made  my  way  to  Russolville,  Ray  Co.,  Mo 
to  visit  my  parents  whom  I  had  not  seen  fof 
seven  years.  Our  meeting  was  a  pleasant  one, 
though  unexpected  to  them. 

They  arc  getting  well  along  in  years  aiidl)e. 
coming  much  worn  down.  They  came  to  the 
far  West  iu  an  early  day  and  have  spent  \\\\xf^\ 
of  their  time  in  the  frontier  life,  having  enduf. 
ed  many  hardships  and  deprivations.  May  the 
Lord  bless  and  reward  them  for  their  labors  on 
earth.  While  here  we  held  three  meeting^:  oue 
in  the  Brethren's  moeting-house  and  the  other 
two  in  RusselviUe.  On  Sunday  night  we  hnd 
the  most  crowded  house  I  have  preached  to  inn 
long  time.  Bro.  Addison  Harper  is  the  Elder 
of  the  congregation  here.  He  is  a  man  of  good 
ability,  and  known  as  an  interesting  speoker. 
The  Brethren  here  have  as  good  farming  couu- 
try  a-s  I  saw  while  in  the  State.  The  siuata 
ought  to  go  u)>  and  possess  the  land. 

I  left  on  the  I'Jth  and  reached  home  on 
the  morning  of  the  21st,  found  all  well  and  mat- 
ters about  the  uHice  running  all  right.  Many 
thaiik.s  to  the  membei-s  for  our  kind  treatment 
while  traveling  among  them,  .i.  h.  y. 


SHALL    WE    HAVE    REFORM? 

THIS  is  the  time  of  the  year,  when  much 
of  the  "  council  work "  of  the  Brethren 
is  being  done.  In  addition  to  the  work  prepa- 
ratory  to  Love-feasts,  is  that  of  the  District 
Conftrence.  It  is  about  the  preparatory  work 
for  the  latter  that  I  desire  to  note  here  more 
particularly.  Will  we  labor  to  bring  as  little 
matter  before  our  District  Meetings  as  possible? 
If  a  church  is  in  love,  peace,  prosperity,  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  appoint  a  committee  to 
"  think  up  "  some  queries  for  the  District  MeeU 
iug,  simply  to  have  a  query  or  two.  The  elder 
who  called  a  special  meeting  in  order  to  get  up 
a  few  queries  for  D.  M,,  had  an  eye  to  work, 
whether  profitable  or  unprofitable.  Now,  this 
is  not  the  way  to  come  to  "  unity  of  action," 
oneness  of  mind.  When  I  find  delegates  stat- 
ing that  their  church  '•sends  no  query,  but  is  iu 
love  and  peace,"  it  makes  me  think  of  good,  old 
times  when  query-making  Avas  yet  unborn  — 
when  the  Brethren  lived  so  happily  together, 
studied  the  Word  so  carefully  and  diligently 
that  questions  of  policy  and  action  were  never 
raised,  or  if  raised,  at  once  settled  by  the  Oracles 
of  God.  The  question,  the  standing  question 
with  us  then,  should  be,  How  little  can  we 
bring  to  D.  M.? 

When  queries  are  presented  to  the  church, 
would  it  not  be  well  to  get  down  the  New  Tes- 
tament, the  "perfect  law  of  liberty,"  and  search 
it  diligently  for  an  answer?  Better  do  this,  if 
it  takes  two  or  three  days,  than  send  them  to 
the  D.  M. 

God  is  good  and  wise.  He  gave  us  a  book 
contamina  all  tlie  rules  of  action  necessary.— 
"Ah!"  says  one,  "how  about  those  who  are 
heady  (stubborn)  high-minded  and  walk  not 
worthy  of  the  vocation  whereunto  they  have 
been  called?"  How  about  such?  Does  not 
Paul  say,  "  warn  them  that  are  unruly,  disor- 
deriy?"  And  then  again,  if  they  will  not 
hear,  will  continue  to  be  stubborn,  continue  to 
be  high-minded,  does  not  the  apostle  command 
to  W'Wfrfraw  from  such?  Does  this  not  settle 
flint  question?  Thus  question  after  question 
may  be  disposed  of  by  the  Word  of  God,  savinji 
much  time,  labor  and  feelings  at  District  Meet- 
ings. Study  the  Word  of  God  more,  and  the 
world  less,  and  the  right  answers  will  always 
meet  the  right  queries.  If  every  church  woid<l 
thus  act,  give  no  room  to  those  who  are  puffed 
up  aud  seek  vain-glory,  the  praise  of  men  more 
than  the  praise  of  God,  there  would  be  no  occa- 
sion for  long  debates  over  queries  at  A.  M.  — 
And  if  there  are  those  who  are  hurt  when  que- 
ries on  the  doctrine  of  uon-eonformity,  ou  gen- 
eral deportment,  on  the  avocations  ot  lite  are 
brought  up,  will  strictly  confine  themselves  tjj 
the  simplicity  of  the  Gospel,  the  queries  wi' 
not  "  go  up." 

But  there  is  occasion  for  queries  at  ''"'^^jf' 
Men  of  pervei-se  minds  arise  and  draw  a  "-^ 
'  them  u  multitude.    By  smooth  words  lH»"'='' 


ies)  and  feir  speeches,  they  "  aeceivc  the  sbii.le  ■ 
(B«m.  16:  IS).  To  sut*  the  "  simpU,"  the  .in- 
^p,.  the  true,  the  Io,vIy  in  hmt  ar^  mored  to 
combiii''  their  labors  in  defonse  of  Ih^  Go^ik-I 
^Icr  »ntl  mt^gnty  ^U  D.  M.  >md  A.  M.  And  I 
such  ti'ieries  multiply  in  proportion  to  the  mis- 
cijicvoiis  nets  and  tcudcncios  of  the  uuuly  - 
Ltt  tliose  v|rho  cry,  "  Only  the  perfect  law  of  //. 
h('-i'j:'  g'^«  ""  occasion  for  queries,  mid  Uiere 
^11 1«  no  just  ones.  And  then  let  there  be  no 
effort  to  find  occiaion  where  there  is  none,  ,uid 
another  source  of  evil  will  be  closed.  Some 
gii-f  occasion,  while  others  seek  occasion,  mei-e- 
ly  for  wlfish  purposes.  Not  until  these  .iven- 
„es  iiro  closed  by  a  strict  compliance  to  God's 
ordtT.  will  there  be  a  Miminaation  of  tinerics.— 
Uiil  jast  oo  long  as  men  of  pervei-se  minds,  and 
i,„.u  who  love  to  find  fault,  are  permitted  to 
leai  away  soals  from  "  the  simplicity  that  is  in 
Cliri^  "  (2  Cor.  U:  3).  jnst  that  long  there  will 
le  OL-eiision  for  "godly  joalou-iy"  (2  Cor.  U:  3). 
on  tli<;  I""'t  o*'  t'"«*  to  whom  have  bcon  com- 
niittiil  the  oracles  of  (Jod.  "  Contend  rnrni-nllij 
fyr  (Ik-  faitli  once  delivered  to  the  saints"  (.lud'e 
3),  does  not  mean  to  sit  down  and  silently  listen 
tj,  suL-h  as  aie  murmurera.complaiuoi-s,  walking 
after  their  own  InsU;  speaking  great,  swellinR 
words,  having  men's  persons  in  admiration,  be- 
cause of  advantage  {Judo  16).  The  contemliiiR 
doe-i  nut  mean  submission  to  such,  and  if  there 
be  such  in  any  church,  fhut  church  has  wdl- 
nigli  lost  its  fii-st  love(llev,  2:  4). 

Tiicrefore  seeing  all  those  things,  what  can 
ivo  all  <lo  to  shorten  council  work?  Can  we 
not  tficL  walk  in  Gospel  simplicity  to  begin 
irith?  Then  can  we  not  bear  a  little  witht-ach 
otbiT  in  our  follies;  and  whenever  we  err,  mani- 
fest a  readiness  to  heed  good  advice,  looking  to 
the  Lord  in  prayer?  Will  we  study  the  Bible 
morte  and  lean  upon  the  counsels  of  the  Lordy 
0  my  brethren  why  should  any  root  of  bitter- 
ness, iuid  corrupting  influences  come  up  among 
a  people  possessing  such  liberties  in  Christ,  and 
such  liberties  in  a  free  country?  Shall  Satan 
getuii  advanti^o  of  us?  No,  not  if  we  live  at 
(he  foot  of  the  Cross,  not  if  our  morning  anil 
evening  incense  goes  up  to  God.  But  we  some- 
times let  it  go  down  to  Satan.  Our  voices  go 
out,  but  our  hearts  are  downward,  hence  the  in- 
ceiisfMH  loatand  we  not  benefited.  I  have  no 
apologies  to  make  for  these  sentiments.  It  i^ 
time  to  write  and  talk  30  that  old  and  young. 
simple  and  haughty  can  understand.  Milk  and 
water  is  not  Christian  food,  but  milk  and  meat 
are  rfi'Oiuraended  by  an  eminent  Apo-stle.  God 
bless  all  of  us  to  live,  act,  think  and  talk  as 
nieu  ;uid  woman  in  Christ  Jesus.         M.  M.  E. 


TKK  i^in-m-iKK>r  ^t  avokk. 


apostlr.  mrnt  boautifnlly  coun.iels  w  *lo  pat  on 
Jesus  Chrirt^  nnd  make  no  proviaioiw  for  the 
lust  of  thv  flesh."  " 

Uogurding  ear-ringM,  our  lenrned  tear  her  nayw. 
"Thf  Word  prohibit*  un  from  doing  violmiceto 
nature  by  boring  the  lobf*  of  the  onr>.  For 
why  not  the  nose  too?—- -o  that,  what  was  spo- 
ken, may  be  fnltilled:  '  A^  an  eAr-ring  in  a 
tuvme's  nose,  so  is  iHMiuty  to  n  woniiui  without 
discretion.'  For.  in  u  won!,  if  one  thmki  him- 
self made  beautiful  by  gold,  ho  in  inferior  to 
gold;  and  he  that  is  inferior  to  gold  is  not  lor.i 
of  it." 

Thus  writes  the  noted  pryfessor  of  the  cele- 
brated high  school  at  Alexandria,  from  whom 
some  of  our  modem  twiclier.,  .-«  well  iw  popu- 
lar Christians  can  leani  valuable  lessons.— J.  H 

MOORK. 

"SPRINKLING. 

Till; 

TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 


Ty  K  are  now  ready^  for  another  leaaon,  and 


llEitrAPTER  all  communications  intended  fur 
tills  uffice  shijuUl  be  ad»lie--:fi.d  Moore  i"i  V'shel- 
maa,  and  to  them  all  money  ordei-s  and  drafts 
should  be  made  payable. 


We  learn  that  No.  9  of  the  Brethhen  at 
WoKK  did  not  reach  a  number  of  ofBces  in  the 
East,  For  this  we  are  sorry,  as  we  very  much 
desitv  every  subscriber  to  receive  his  paper  n-g- 
ulurlv,  and  labor  to  have  them  leave  the  atfice 
iu  good  condition.  We  have  sent  No.  9  again 
to  all  who  have  notified  us,  but  are  now  out  of 
this  number. 


FuoM  a  letter  received  from  brother  K.  H. 
Miller,  we  learn  that  he  returned  the  14t]i  inst 
from  New  Paris,  Ind.,  whither  he  had  gone  to 
preach  a  number  of  doctriual  sermons.  While 
theru  was  taken  sick,  and  had  to  remain  until 
Well  L'liough  to  complete  his  labors.  On  account 
of  C(.>ntinucd  impaired  health,  he  is  unable  to 
attend  to  engagements  at  present,  but  hopes  to 
mpet  them  as  soon  as  possible.  We  exjicct  to 
give  our  readers  something  from  his  pen  soon. 

In-  this  issue  brother  S.  H.  Bashor  takes  his 
leave  uf  the  Bkkthken  at  Work  as  one  of  its 
editom  and  proprietoi-s.  Our  association  in 
buHiiiess  and  as  brethren  in  one  common  cause 
liiis  bteii  pleasant.  Looking  back  over  our  piist 
labors  together,  we  feel  grateful  that  God  gave 
«8  grace  to  walk  and  talk  together;  and  now  as 
our  work  in  an  editorial  capacity  has  been  dis- 
solv.d  by  mutual  con.sent  and  brotherly  kind- 
ne^<.  may  our  feelings  of  sadness  be  swallowed 
"P  in  the  anticipated  glory  of  the  coming  of  the 
^ord,  when  we  shall  meet  to  part  no  more. 
'If'J.  Hiishor  will  continue  to  work  for  the  uiter- 
esU  of  the  Bbethmen  at  Work,  and  contribute 
to  '^  columns  as  he  may  find  opportunity  in 
ttie  midst  of  his  evangelistic  labors.  May  his 
^ork  in  lift-  be  fruitful  to  the  honor  and  glory 
**  f'od.  and  may  his  and  our  end  be  complete- 
^  Uim  who  has  redeemed  us. 


iinptht 


those 


SATURDAY  NIOHT 

An  Evening  With  Clement, 

CLKMKNT  nf  Aloinndriii,  as  \w  is  generally 
calted,  flonrished  near  the  clow  of  the  sec- 
ond century,  hi  early  life  he  was  n  heatlien 
philosopiier  of  no  small  nttammenta.  He  wna 
born  about  the  middle  of  the  second  centurj-and 
did  A.  D.  2211.  having  spent  his  entire  life  in 
search  of,  and  teaching  what  he  conceived  to  be 
the  truth.  He  was  a  man  of  learning  when 
converted  to  Christianity,  but  being  anxious  to 
acquire  a  thorough  knowledge  of  it,  eagerly 
sought  instructions  of  the  most  eminent  teach- 
he  could  find,  and  for  that  pun)ose  traveled 
extensively  in  Hreeco,  Italy,  Egypt,  Palestine, 
and  other  parts  of  the  East.  In  this  ^vny  he 
acftuired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  teachings 
that  prevailed  in  the  second  century. 

It  may  be  well  to  observe,  in  this  connection. 
tliAt  the  divided  state  of  Christianity  was  not 
then  as  it  is  now.  The  church  as  a  great  body 
was  nnit«d,  and  stood  firm  to  the  doctrine  of  the 
primitive  churches.  A  few  factious  had  split 
off  and  set  up  for  themselves,  but  the  general 
church  of  all  countries  stood  firm.  Clement's 
travels  among  the  churches,  and  conversing 
with  their  eminent  teachers  were  of  great  nd- 
yantage,  thus  affording  opportunities  of  becom- 
ing better  acquainted  with  them  and  their 
doctrine,  and  at  the  same  time  assimilating  him- 
self to  them  and  their  customs. 

He  came  into  tho  church,  not  to  teach  and 
govern  it,  but  to  be  taught  ami  governed  by  the 
church.  His  first  step  was  to  attend  the  school 
of  Christ,  and  become  familiar  with  the  faith 
and  practice  of  the  great  Christian  body,  and 
acquire  a  thorough  knowledge  of  its  religion  as 
handed  down  from  the  earliest  times.  After  be- 
eomiiijt  familiar  with  its  teachings  and  princi- 
ples be  began  to  teach  and  publicly  defend  it, 
and  wrote  some  valuable  works  setting  forth 
some  of  the  leading  features  of  the  Christianity 
of  that  age. 

From  tradition  it  would  seem  that  Mark,  the 
evangelist,  traveled  down  into  Kgypt,  and  there 
in  the  city  of  Alexandria  establi.shcd  a  Christian 
school,  which  afterwards  became  noted  as  the 
leadmg  seat  of  learning  in  that  country.  Clem- 
ent finally  became  professor  of  this  school,  and 
added  much  to  its  reputation  as  a  Christian  iu- 
stitutioii.  Though  devoting  much  of  his  atten- 
tion to  teaching  and  preaching,  yet  he  found 
time  to  write  and  publish  some  valnahle  works. 
a  few  of  which  have  come  down  to  our  timc- 
His  writings  display  both  learning  aud  care, 
and  in  many  instances  show  commendable  feat- 
ures that  charaoterized  the  churches  of  early 
centuries.  1 1  would  seem  strange,  however,  that 
the  professor  of  the  leading  school  of  the  land 
would  condescend,  as  some  call  it,  to  teaching 
some  thuigs  that  we  find  in  his  books,  but  the 
church  at  that  age  had  not  become  corrupted  to 
the  extent  that  it  did  in  latter  years,  and  there- 
fore as  we  approach  the  fountain-head  from 
whence  issued  the  pure  watei-s  of  the  Christian 
faith,  we  may  expect  to  find  a  generality  of 
more  piety  than  in  these  modern  days  of  cor- 
mption. 

When  speaking  "against  embellishing  the 
body,"  Clement  says,  "The  god  of  the  Egyptians 
appears  a  beast  rolling  on  a  purple  couch.  So 
those  women  who  wear  gold,  occupy  themselves 
in  curling  at  their  locks,  and  engage  in  anoints 
ing  their  cheeks,  painting  their  eyes,  and  dyeing 
their  hair,  and  practicing  other  pernicious  arts 
of  luxury,  decking  the  covering  of  the  flesh— in 
truth,  imitate  the  Egyptians,  in  order  to  attract 
their  infatuated  lovers.  *  •  •  •  •  For  love  of 
display  is  not  for  a  lady,  but  a  courtesan.  Such 
women  care  little  for  keeping  at  home  with  their 
husbands;  but  loosing  their  husbands'  purse- 
strings,  tliey  spend  its  supplies  on  their  lusts, 
that  they  may  have  many  witnesses  of  their 
seemingly  fair  appearance;  and,  devoting  the 
whole  day  to  their  toilet,  they  spend  their  time 
with  their  bought  slaves." 

When  speaking  of  those  who  are  attracted  to 
places  of  amusement  the  same  writer  says,  "For 
those  that  glory  in  their  looks,  not  in  heart, 
dress  to  please  others.  For  as  the  brand  shows 
the  slave,  so  do  gaudy  colors  the  adulteress, 
•  For  though  thou  clothe  thyself  in  scarlet  and 
deck  thyself  with  ornaments  of  gold,  and  anoint 
thine  eyes  with  stibium,  in  vain  is  thy  beauty,' 
says  the  word  of  Jeremiah.  Is  it  not  monstrous, 
that  while  hoi-se.s,  birds,  and  the  rea^of  animals, 
spring  and  bound  from  the  grass  imd  meadows, 
rejoicing  in  ornament  that  is  their  own,  i" 
main,  and  natural  color,  and  varied  plumage; 
woman,  as  if  inferior  to  the  brute  creation 
should  think  herself  so  unlovely  as  to  need  for- 
eign,  and  bought,  and  painted  beauty." 

'^'  Let  the  woman  wear  a  plain  and  becoming 
dress,  but  softer  than  what  is  suitable  for  aman. 

vet  not  quite  immodest  or  entirely  gone  in  lux-  .  , ,  ,,     ^       .  ,,,..,    .       ■    .■  »  n 

urv      \ndletthe  garments  be  suited  to  age.    s/)riHW^f'     Does  infallible  inspiration  say.     Can 
person,  figure,  nature,  pursuits.    For  the  divine    any  man  forbid  water  that  these  should  not  bo 


hear  the  Doctor  first  recite  on  John 
the  Baptist. 

3.    "Dill  John  th, 
irhum  he  baptized?  " 

Just  OS  if  a  man  could  be  dipped  without  be- 
ing dipped.  The  question  by  tho  Doctor  falls  to 
pieces  of  its  own  accord,  for  there  is  no  ImpliNm 
in  water,  nor  with  water  without  immersion, 
without  dipping.     But  hoar  him  further: 

"  No  doubt  there  was  constantly,  for  weeks 
and  months,  a  large  ciHiiiii|i»ii-iit,  of  uien  wo- 
men and  children,  iit  the  jjlacc  hcf.lohti)  sojourn- 
ed. How  could  all  I  lice  |..-u]dr  mid  their 
animals  have  been  ke[>l.  aliv.-  in  i,  dry  mul  bur- 
i-en  region,  at  a  place  ivIutc  lIhmv  wiis  litlie  or 
no  water?  For  the  pin-|..>MM>l'  Milj^i.stmj-  these 
immense  multitudes  ol  uicii  and  animals,  and 
not  tor  the  purpose  of  dipping,  it  was  necessary 
that  John  should  invacli  and  baptize  on  the 
Jordmi,  at  Enon,  and  at  other  places  where  there 
was  much  water." 

Tliia  learned  man,  this  Doctor  of  Divinity 
can  see  "  a  largo  encampment  of  men,  women 
and  children  for  weeks,"— yes,  not  only  for 
"  weeks,"  but  for  "months,"  and  all  the 
mals  "  in  Judea  and  Jerusalem  up  and  down  the 
Jordan,  but  no  immersion.  He  can  xee  what  is 
nut  in  the  Book  of  God,  and  don'tsce  what  is  in. 
Where  is  there  one  word  of  evidence,  positive  or 
circumstantial,  that  will  prove  that'  men,  wo- 
men, children  and  animals  encamped  in  the 
wilderneHB  for  weeks  and  months?  And  even  if 
the  whole  worid  had  been  there  for  a  year,  doe; 
that  prove  that  (lippintj  is  .•'priitlding?  Not  by 
any  means' 

And  then  he  continues  to  insist  that  John 
"  baptized  on  the  Jordan."  Look  at  that  litti 
wt)rd,  "  m."  "  On  Jordan."  Does  God  say  that 
John,  Jesus  and  the  apostles  baptized  on  Joi 
dan?  Never.  Do  they  tell  about  baptiziii^ 
/teopte  on  Jordan  ?  Not  a  woiil  about  ba[itizing 
men,  women  and  children  o»  Jordan.  The  fact, 
the  old  Bible  fact,  still  remains  that  John  bap- 
tized the  people  of  Judea  and  Jerusalem  and  all 
the  regions  round  about,  in  Jordan,  in  the  river, 
in  the  water.  The  mim  that  says  on  Jordan,  on 
water  is  wresting  the  Scriptures  to  his  own- 
let  Peter  say  the  rest  (2  Peter  U:  10). 

■/,  "  Was  Cornelius  and  his  famHij  imniers- 
fd?  There  is  nothing  said  whatever  that  they 
were,  and  no  allusion  m  the  account  that  would 
favor  such  a  supposition  *  •  '.  Now,  what  i* 
the  idea  conveyed,  immediately,  to  the  mind  of 
the  reiuler  when  reading  the  words:  'Can  any 
one  forbid  water  that  tliesr  should  not  Im!  bap- 
tized?' Did  he  not  plainly  mean.  'Can  miy  one 
forbid  water  to  be  now  brought  into  the  room, 
in  order  to  baptize  them  without  delay.'  " 


sprinkled?"  No,  not  at  all;  and  Dr.  Graeii- 
wald  is  ttfrnid  V»  pW  the  vonl  -pnnklf  in  place 
of  the  wor.1  bapfiie.  He  kiio«s  that  a  transL*- 
tinu  with  the  word  sprinkle  inst/'iul  of  tb-  word 
i^iplizf  would  not  W  nc.tpte.1  by  any  man  who 
has  re-siK-ct  for  hu  Icorniug.  .Vjid  Vft  if  hap- 
tl:o  means  to  t-prinkU,  it  would  have  l>een  so 
rendered  long  ^»,  for  the  army  nf  ^prinklCTf.U 
indeed  large;  but  no  Om-k  whobir.  no  number 
of  Greek  ncholurs,  will  dar»  to  triuislat«  i-uptizo, 
"sprinkle."  There  is  a  reason  for  tbw.  It 
dousnot  raeau  to  •/w-i/iX/f,  rievw  dvl.  .ind  no 
twiat  of  huniau  hmguage *an  ev,-r  make  it  mean 
fprinklf.  The  (4rwV  Wonl  for  sprinkle  is  rha,^. 
Iiz4>,  and  rhantizo  is  never  rendered  baptize,  d», 
ping. 

'Hie  Doctor >  ncxtqucstion*  are:  "  Wat  p^tul 
immersed?  "  "  Wtre  the  jailer  awl  At,<  famUy 
immersed?"  Dndt-r  thww  two  heads  h--  wraply 
rebearw'S  bin  arguments  "  u-Hh  wati-r.'  '*  wilk 
tho  Holy  Gbojtt,"  which  we  hnveidready  .shown 
to  Iw  "in  water,"  "*n  the  Holy  Ghost."  and 
then  falls  into  tho  error  of  suppaiingthut  Paul, 
Silas  and  the  jailer  did  not  go  out  of  the  prison 
to  hunt  a  river.  But  we  go  to  the  record. 
"  Believe  in  tho  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  thou 
shall  be  saved,  aud  thy  house.  And  tbey  spoke 
to  him  tho  word  of  th-  Lonl,  and  all  those  in 
his  bouM?.  And  taking  them  in  that  hour  of 
tho  night,  he  washed  them  from  their  stripes, 
and  was  immersed  (di|»pcd)  heand  all  his.  And 
having  led  them  up  into  his  house,  he  set  a  ta- 
ble and  rejoiced  with  all  bis  house,  believing  in 
God"(AcU  IC:  31-:i4).  Tli.n  the  Doctor  in- 
sists that  if  the  JLtiler  hiwl  gone  out  of  the  pris- 
on all  tho  other  prisoners  would  have  escaped, 
but  lulmits  that  the  jailor  went  with  Paul  and 
Silas  into  wiotber  part  ot  the  prison.  Did  alt 
the  prisoners  Hue  then?  If  all  the  doors  were 
broken  open  and  the  "  walls  rent,"  how  could 
the  jailer  keep  them  in  by  going  to  "  his  own 
private  apiu-tmeiits?  "  H«-  could  keep  them  in 
by  going  and  hitting  down  in  another  room, 
doors  all  open,  walls  rent,  etc.,  but  then  if  he 
had  gone  out  to  a  river  to  be  baptized,  they 
would  all  have  fled.  That 
Ah 


You  say  there  is  no  allusion  in  the  account  of 
Cornelius'  baptism  that  "  would  favor "  the 
"supposition,"  that  he  wa.s  immersed.  The  Bi- 
ble doctrine  of  water  baptism  is  not  a  matter  of 
supposition, — is  not  so  indefinite,  not  so  vague 
that  it  needs  supposition.  It  is  a  matter  of  fact, 
a  matter  of  divine  appointment,  a  realeslahtinh- 
ed  ordinance.  There  is  no  use  of  supjiosition  in 
the  matter.  The  suppositions  are  all  on  the 
side  of  "baptism  by  sprinkling."  This  new  idea 
of  "sprinkling  6y  sprinkling"  is  in  need  of  all 
the  suppositions  in  the  universe,  and  tli 
will  not  stimd  up;  nor  can  it  bo  propped  up.  It 
takes  divine  inspiration,  divine  authority. 

Again  you  think  it  "plainly  means.  Can  imy 
one  forbid  water  to  be  brought  into  the  room, 
in  order  to  baptize  them  without  delay?"  It 
neither  means,  nor  pluinltj  means  that  water 
should  be  brought  into  the  room.  Why  do  you 
not  say  that  water  waa  brought  in  to  sprinkle 
them?      Why  say  baptize?     Why    not    say 


reasomng  u 
it  not?  Ah!  you  forget  that  Paul  said.  "Do 
thyself  no  harm,  for  ue  are  all  here."  God 
worked  there  that  night,  and  the  Power  that 
"  broke  down  the  doors,"  and  "  rent,  the  walla," 
could  (dso  restrain  guilty  prisonetv  trom  tieeing 
at  all. 

I  wish  to  note  one  more  point  in  this  lesson. 
Doctor  Greenwald,  on  page  12  of  his  pamphlet 
says: 

"And  thou  shatt  anoint  .\aron  and  his  sons, 
and  (i)u-''eiiit.'  them,  Hint  thev  may  minister 
untn  itir  ill  till'  |>M>"it"s  nliicc  .K'sus.  too,  as  our 
High  Pncft,  must  be  fully  consecrated.  •  •  • 
The  idea  of  a  person  being  consecrated  to  the 
oflice  of  u  priest,  or  minister,  by  b«ing  dipped 
into  oil  or  the  water,  or  the  Holy  Ghost,  by 
which  ho  is  consecrated,  is  absurd.' 

Here  tho  Doctor  would  have  us  believe  thftt 
,Tesus  was  u  Priest  after  the  order  of  Aaron; 
but  the  apostle,  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  says;  "  It  is 
vident  that  our  Lord  sprang  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Juda;  of  which  tribe  Moses  spake  nothing  con- 
cerning the  priesthood"  (Heb.  7:  14),  and  Jesus 
was  "  made  a  high  priest  forever  after  the  order 
of  Melchiaedec"  {Heb.  (i:  21).  Observe  that 
.fesus  sprang  out  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  not  of 
Levi.  That  Christ  was  a  priest  forever  after  tho 
order  of  Mflrhincdec,  and  not  after  the  order  of 
Aaron.  The  Doctor  cannot  teach  us  that  Christ 
came  of  the  tribe  of  Levi,  and  was  made  a  priest 
after  tho  order  of  Aaron.  God  does  not  so  ia- 
struct;  but  teaches  that  Jesus  came  of  the  tribe 
of  Juda  and  was  biipHzed  of  John  in  JordiUU 
This  ought  to  satisfy  any  truth-loving,  heaven- 
bom  soul.  And  it  will.  Only  such  as  see  what 
the  Lord  never  commanded,  and  don't  want  to 
see  what  He  did  command,  will  talk,  write  and 
act  ditlercntly.  We  write  plain.  We  want  to 
be  understood.  This  is  no  time  to  run  when 
the  smoke  of  error  arises.  The  time  has  artiT- 
ed  for  bold  and  fearless  words — the  whole  tnith 
of  Jesus,  all  He  spake  by  the  mouth  of  holj 
men.  _  u.  m,  b. 

Brothkr  Boshor's  retiring  from  the  office 
makes  it  necessary  that  we  balance  our  accoimta 
as  soon  as  possible,  and  therefore  suggest  to 
those  who  are  owing  us  the  propriety  of  remit- 
ting as  fast  as  they  can.  We  have  considerable 
standing  out  imd  are  anxious  that  it  be  paid  in 
as  soon  as  convenient.  Hope  all  who  ore  in- 
debted to  us  will  make  a  note  of  this. 


Brotbkr  Bivshor  and  wife  called  with  us  last 
week.  They  are  on  their  waj-  to  Waterloo, 
Iowa,  where  they  exi>ect  to  remain  some  months 
until  Bro.  Bashor's  health  impro\"es  sufficiently 
to  take  the  field  again.  Ue  expects  to  devote 
his  time  wholly  to  traveling  and  preaching. 
His  correspondents  will  luldivss  him  at  Wat«^ 
loo. 


THE    «RETHKEN    AT    "SVOKl-C. 


March 


§h^  §am^ 


^irch. 


RIAD  AKD  OBKY. 

■■  lIlut'M'I'l.  !<•»«  JOU»  "I'M  " 

"Wi»M.    obty    yoiir    buBb»Dd»." 

"  FMliM*.  pro»«k«  t»ol  yonf  ehlldwn  ro  wnth." 

■■CMWrtn,    obtj    jour    f*nat»    in    sll    things." 

Edited  by  M.  M.  Eshelman. 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Jesus  is  Risen. 

OTHE  Urriblu  Klonm  and  Horrow  that  cover- 
ed tlic  hi'ftrts  of  nil  the  dear  l»r<'thren  and 
risten*  on  Kri-iuy  and  Saturdny,  bccftuiw  Je»ii9 
had  been  crucified!  They  knew  not  where  to 
go:  jMJor  souIb.  they  were  lui  a  flock  without  a 
shepherd.  But  on  Sunday  morning  wht-n  it 
■WW  yet  d»rk,  Mary  Mugdjileiie  and  the  other 
Miiry  went  to  the  tomb  of  Je.siia  to  unoiut  hin 
body.  Poor,  dear  sittters;  they  "were  much 
perrdexed  "  and  Bcnrcely  knew  what  fo  do.  Who 
shoiibl  roll  away  the  stone  for  thorn?  Soon 
thi'V  reached  the  tomb  and  behold  their  joy 
on  weeinp  the  dtone  rolled  away.  Mary  wept, 
and  fitoopinK  down  lookt-d  into  the  sepulchre. 
She  wiint^-d  to  nee  JemiH.  How  ajixiouH  was  her 
heart.  It  in  her  Sunday  morning,  and  now 
about  daylight.  0  how  they  loved  .Je.fiis!  Noth- 
ing could  keep  them  from  going  miibj  to  the 
MfLstt-r's  tomb.  It  mthls  to  me  I  can  heiir  Ma- 
ry say  to.  Mary  Magdalene,  ou  Saturday  evening: 
"  0  (fear  Hi«ter,  our  Mimter,  our  Jc^um  Im  dead : 
let  UM  go  early  to-morrow  and  anoint  his  body. 
We  muHt  be  off  early,"  Then  with  ead  heart.s 
on  Sunday  morning  Ihey  ha-ftened  to  thesepul- 
chn'.  Mary  wept!  and  m  she  «-ept,  and  looked 
into  the  tomb  alie  Maw  two  angels  in  wh^^^',  one 
sitting  at  the  head  and  the  other  at  the  feet 
wliere  Josun'  body  liad  lain.  They  saw  her 
weepiug.anddaid,  "Woman,  why  weepest  thou  y" 

0  "  because  tliey  have  taken  away  my  Lord,  and 

1  know  not  where  they  have  laid  him,"  she  iui- 
swered.  Poor  woman!  dlie  still  loved  .lestiH. 
She  loved  the  dead  Jeans  just  a.s  she  loved  Him 
wiien  He  was  alive,  0  what  love!  This  is  di- 
vine love,  the  love  that  comes  down  from  heav- 
en. 

A?  she  stood  weciiing,  she  turned  around  and 
flaw  some  one  ntnnding  near.     Tliis  wns  Jesus, 
but»ho  knew  Llim  not.     He  snid,  "Woman, 
why  weejwat  thouy"     Her  heart  is  full  and  she 
says,  "  t<.'ll  un-  where  tlmii  liitst  biid  him."     She 
knew  not  Jesu.i;  her  heart  vnis  yet  sad  and  sor- 
rowful.    Presently  Jesus  said,  "  Maiy."     Then 
she  knew  Him  and  exclaimed,  ''  Muster! "     Yes. 
Muster!     Her  M[i.ster  was  alive  again.     Poor 
woman!    She  was  ready  to  embrace  Him.  but 
He  forbade  her  saying,  "Touch  me  not;  I  am 
not  yet  ascended  "to  my    Father;    go  tell  my 
bretbr^-n  that  I  aseend  unto  my  Father,  and 
your  Father;  and  to  my  God,  and  your  God." 
0  what  a  8ermou!     t)beying  Jesus  she  ran  to 
tell  her  brethren.     Her  heart  W!Ls  now  full  of 
joy.     What  a  bles,sed  Sunday  morning  now.     A 
little  while  ago  itll  wiu*  sorrow,  now  all  is  joy. 
The  sun  ii^  now  shining  in  its  splendor,  nature 
is  all  joy  and  life,  mid  Mary  hastens  to  \v\\  the 
good  news.     Soon  she  linds  fome  of  her  breth- 
ren.    Peter  donbti;  all  doubt,  and  her  words 
are  ili  "idle  tales  "to  them.     However  Peter 
wants  to  he  sure  about  the  matter  so  h<' tuid 
"  1  hat.  other  disciple  "  ran  to  the  tonib  to  see  for 
themselves.     Seeing  they  Ixdieved.  Jind  stood 
wondering.     Peter  is  amiizedl     l*oor  Peter.  lie 
hud  been  told  that  Je»u.-i  would  arit^e  again,  but 
he  euuld  hardly  realize  its  truth.    He  went  and 
told  the  other  disciples,  and   all  were  readj,-  to 
believe  except  Thomas,     i'oor,  donbtiug  Thom- 
as; he  must  thrust  in  his  fingers  before  he  can 
believe.     I)  what  a  happy  Sunday  morning  this 
to  the  brethi-en  and  sisters!     Never  befiue  was 
there  such  a  day  of  re^t.     Death  luid  the  grnve 
Inul  been  overcome,  and  mankind  wholly  re- 
deemed.    Joy,  joy,   beiuued  on  every  conute- 
nauce.     It  was  enough  to  make  them  sing  und 
ivjoice.  for  Jesus  had  risen.     Happy.  "  lirst  day 
of  the  Week."     Tlie  wicked  Jews  hud  put  .Tesus 
to  death,   but   God   brought  Him  out  of  that. 
Glory  to  God  in  the  highest!     Peace  and  good- 
will to  all  men  forever  if  they  believe.     The  sis- 
ter.* gloril'y  God  in  all  meekness  nnd  lowliness  of 
niiud.    The  brethren  joy  and  i-ejoice  also.    0 
what  a  blessed  Sunday  uioruiug  to  the  lireth- 
nu  iu  Palestine!    Who  would  not  enjoy  such  a 
S'lnday  moniiug?    The  same  Jesus  still  lives. 
H"  is  willing  to  arise  in  every  heart  this  Sunday 
ui.trning.     He  is  willing  to  take  up  His  abode 
tlt-re.     Shall  Hoi-     May  He?     Sinner,  do  yon 
love  JehUs  this   Sunday   morning?     Are  yon 
ivmly  to  let  Him  come  in  and  dwell  with  you? 
."j  JOli  He  will  come,  some  bright  Sunday  inoni- 
in}!;,  lo  gather  His  elect  from  the  four  corners  of 
UiX  wirth,  to  rest  with  Hiui  hi'ix'  one  thousand 
yvAii.     Come,  go  and  meet  Jesus  this  beautiful 
Sumlay  morning,  and  live  forever,      u.  m.  e. 


THE  LITTLE  CHILDREN. 


Gobble. 
Wen 


^  ou  h\mi  the  little  children, 
e  meet  them  everywhere; 
We  hear  their  voicea  round  the  hearth. 

Their  footetens  on  the  stair; 
Their  kindly  heart*  are  swelling  o'er 

With  mirthfuhiess  and  gteo; 
God  bless  the  little  children. 

Wherever  they  may  be. 

We  meet  them  'iieath  each  gipsy  tent. 

With  visage  swarth  and  dun, 
And  eyes  that  sparkle  as  they  glance, 

With  roguery  and  fun; 
We  find  them  fishing  in  a  brook 

For  minnows  with  a  pin. 
Or  creei)ing  through  the  hazel-bru^h 

The  linnet's  nest  to  win. 

We  meet  them  in  the  lordly  ball, 
Their  stately  father's  pride; 

We  meet  them  in  the  poor  man's  cot- 
He  has  no  wealth  beside; 

Along  the  city's  crowded  street 
Tliey  hurl  the  hoop  or  ball; 

We  find  them  "neuth  the  pauper's  roof— 
The  saddest  sight  of  all. 

For  there  they  win  no  father's  love. 

No  mother's  tender  core. 
Their  only  friend  the  God  above, 

Who  heai^  the  orphan's  prayer; 
But  di-essed  in  silk  or  draped  in  rags. 

In  childish  grief  or  glee, 
God  \>hs»  the  little  children, 

Wherever  tliev  niay  be. 

— .Sderted. 


THE    APOSTLES. 

DrnrChiidrni.— 

AS  I  am  much  intei-ested  in  the  "  Home  Cir- 
cle "  1  will  also  add  a  lew  thoughts  for  the 
little  folks. 

Did  you  ever  read  about  the  four  disciples, 
Andrew,  Simon,  James  and  John  whom  Jesus 
called  from  their  fishing-boats  to  follow  him? 
Do  you  think  these  men  ever  felt  sorry  that  they 
left  all  and  followed  Him?  I  am  sure  they  nev- 
er did;  no,  not  even  when  they  hud  to  suffer  ond 
die  for  hio  sake.  Would  you  like  to  know  what 
became  ol  themi'  Simon,  who  was  nfterwai-ds 
called  Peter,  perhaps  the  most  useful  of  all, 
was  crucified  ns  Jesus  was,  by  wicked  people 
who  hated  him.  But  he  felt  it  was  too  great  an 
honor  for  him  to  die  as  his  dear  Lord  did  and  so 
we  arc  told  he  begged  to  be  ci'ucified  with  his 
head  downward.  Andrew.it  is  supposed,  died 
on  the  cross  too.  James  was  killed  with  the 
sword.  John  lived  longer  than  all  the  rest.  He 
was  sent  by  the  king  to  live  alone  on  a  rocky 
island.  While  there  he  wrote  the  last  hook  of 
the  New  Testament.  He  lived  to  be  almost  a 
liundred  veai-s  old.  When  he  became  so  old 
tlmthe  eoidd  not  goto  the  meetings  of  the 
Christians  he  was  carried  by  some  of  his  fi-iends: 
and  when  he  could  no  longer  preach  sermons  he 
used  to  make  this  little  speech:  "  My  dear  little 
children,  love  one  another."  Some  of  them  at 
last  got  tired  of  heai-iiig  him  say  this.  But  he 
would  say,  "this  is  what  the  Loi*d  commanded, 
and  if  yon  do  this  it  is  sufficient."  He  knew 
they  could  not  love  one  another  unless  the  love 
of  God  was  shed  abroad  in  their  hearts.  But 
these  apostles  are  all  ii'iw  in  heaven  praising 
Jesus.  Let  us  all  try  and  live  as  Christians,  so 
we  may  also  reach  thathajjpy  place. 

Mattie  Uowl.vj;i), 


THE    LOST    SON. 

ii  riMlUS  his  father  wept  for  him"  (Gen.  37: 
X  35).  Joseph  was  one  of  the  twelve  sons 
of  Jacob.  Ue  was  a  kind,  obedient  und  dutiful 
son  to  his  father,  so  that  his  father  abundantly 
loved  him.  Although  Joseph  waa  a  kind  and 
loving  boy,  hif  brethren  still  hated  him.  .Jo- 
seph loved  and  obeyed  God  aiid  his  hretliren  did 
not.  consequently  they  did  not  love  .Joseph. 
One  day  his  father  sent  him  in  search  of  lii^ 
lirethren  where  they  were  feeding  their  flotks. 
But  when  his  brethren  saw  him  a  great  distance 
off  they  [tlanued  bow  they  might  kill  him. 
Was  this  not  very  wicked  for  them  to  want  to 
kill  their  brother?  liul  one  of  his  brethren 
(whose  name  was  Iteuben)  being  kinder  than  the 
rest,  suggested  that  they  would  not  kill  him. 
but  cast  him  into  a  pit  or  into  the  wilderness, 
for  he  (Heuben)  desired  in  his  heart  that  Joseph 
might  r«*tum  to  their  father,  for  this  reason  he 
desired  that  he  should  not  be  killeil.  Now  Jo- 
seph hod  a  "coat  of  many  colors  "  ot  which  tliey 

itnpped  him  when  he  came  to  them,  and  tlien 
they  ciist  him  into  this  large  empty  pit.     Tliey 

[itdown  to  eat  some  breail  when  they  beheld  a 
company  of  men  coming  toward  them  to  whom 
they  sold  .loseph.     Those  men  took  him  far  off 


into  Egvpt.  Just  think  of  those  brethren  sell- 
ing their  brother  for  a  slave.  They  took  his 
coat  of  many  colors  and  dip|)ed  it  in  blood  and 
brought  it  to  their  father,  that  be  might  judge 
if  it  were  bis  sou  Joseph's  coat.  Jacob  recog- 
nized the  coat  that  it  was  Joseph's  and  he  ex- 
claiiiietl,  "  It  is  myson'scoat;  an  evil  beast  hath 
devoured  him:  Joseph  is  without  doubt  rent  in 
pieces  "  (Gen.  37:  34).  Just  think  for  a  moment 
how  Jacob's  poor  heart  would  ache  at  the 
thought  of  his  dear  son  being  killed  and  devour- 
ed by  some  wild  beast.  He  would  not  possibly 
be  comforted  at  the  loss  of  his  son,  and  then  he 
wept  in  deep  agonizing  grief  for  his  dearly  be- 
loved child.  Just  imagine  his  heartaches  at  that 
moment,  and  then  think  of  the  wickeilness  of 
those  brethren  for  deceiving  their  almost  hearts 
broken  father.  Oh!  how  he  wept,  how  he  sigh- 
ed, how  he  moaned  over  his  great  loss. 

But.  dear  children,  if  God  were  to  lose  one  of 
yon,  his  dear  little  lambs.  He  would  sustain  a 
greater  loss  than  Jacob  by  the  loss  of  Joseph. 
If  you  are  not  good,  obedient  and  loving  chil- 
dren you  cannot  go  wliere  God  is,  and  then  He 
would  lose  your  souls,  which  he  says  of  one  that 
it  is  of  more  value  than  the  whole  world.  Just 
think  that  millions  of  dollars  would  not  hay  the 
world,  and  yet  one  soul  is  of  greater  value  in 
the  eyes  of  God  than  the  whole  of  it.  And  then 
just  think  that  God  suffered  His  only,  dearly  be- 
gotten Son  to  be  nailed  to  the  cross  to  redeem 
and  save  our  precious  souls  from  death.  How 
it  would  grieve  the  heart  of  our  dear,  loving 
Savior  to  know  that  one  of  those  precious  souls, 
for  which  He  sacrificed  His  life,  should  be  lost. 
Then,  dear  children,  give  j-our  hearts  to  God 
while  you  are  young,  so  that  in  death  you  may 
obtain  a  crown  of  life  that  fadeth  not  away. 
God  has  prepared  a  beautiful  home  up  in  the 
sky  for  all  good  children  when  they  die.  It  was 
to  this  beautiful  home  thot  Joseph  went  when 
he  had  finished  his  laboi-s  on  earth.  If  his 
brethren  did  hate  him,  he  had  both  an  eaithly 
and  a  heavenly  Father  that  loved  him. 

E.  R.  Stefleu. 


HEAR    YE    HIM. 

UTtrHILEhe  yet  spake,  behold,  a  bright 
VV  cloud  overshadowed  them:  and  hchohl 
a  voice  out  of  the  cloud,  which  said.  This  is  my 
beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased;  hear 
ye  him"  (Matt.  17:  5).  .    . 

And  Jesus  has  said,  "  Therefore  whosoever 
heareth  these  sayings  of  mine,  and  doeth  them, 
I  will  liken  him  unto  a  wise  man,  which  built 
his  house  upon  a  rock  "  (Matt.  7:  24).  And  on 
the  other  hand,  "  And  every  one  that  heareth 
these  sayings  of  mine,  and  doeth  them  not,  shall 
be  likened  unto  a  foolish  man,  which  built  his 
house  upon  the  sand  "  (Matt.  7:  2fi).  Just  list- 
en at  the  plain  language  spoken  by  our  blessed 
Savior;  and  yet  so  many  do  not  heed  it.  But 
beware  of  false  teachers.  Jesus  says.  "  Whoso- 
ever henreth  these  sayings  of /h/hc,"  not  every 
one's  s.iyingR,  for  in  the  same  chapter,  21st 
vei-se,  He  says.  "Not  every  one  that  sayeth  un- 
to ine,  Lord.  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the  kingdom 
of  heaven;  but  he  that  docfh  the  will  of  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven."  So  dear  brethren 
and  sisters,  young  and  old,  let  us  be  vei-j'  careful; 
and  you  too,  dear  young  friends,  who  are  still 
out  of  the  ark  of  safety,  and  know  good  from 
evil.  It  has  been  said, '"Therefore  to  him  that 
knoweth  to  do  good,  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it 
i.4  sin"  (James  4:  17).  So  dear  young  friends, 
come  to  Jesus.  I  am  young  in  years,  hut  have 
come  out  from  among  the  world,  and  can  say 
with  the  poet, 

"For  worldly  honor  I'd  nut  wiiste. 
Of  life  my  little  span. 

Far  better  is  the  love  of  God. 
Than  highest  praise  of  man." 

■h.Mi«\  Koj). 
Franklin.  Iowa. 


Tubal- 

Elisha. 


QfERiES  As,swEHEn.  Jtdin  L.  Frontz's  que- 
ries in  No.  9. 

1.  Who  was  the  HM   black-inith? 
Ciiin.  {Gen.  4;  22). 

2.  Who     i-aused     inm     f n     -.m  im  y 
(2  Kings  (i:  C). 

3.  What  king  reigned  only  i.ne  mouth? 
Sliallum.  (2  Kings  15:  131. 

4.  Who  wrote  with  a  pen  of  iron  and  a  point 
of  n  diamond?  The  language  is  figurative. 
(Jer.  17: 1). 

a.  How  many  miracles  did  Jesus  perform? 
Thirty-three. 

Answers  to  friend's  queries  in  No.  i*. 

1.  How  many  knives  did  the  children  of  Isr.i- 
el  take  out  of  Egypt?  I  do  not  find  a  record 
where  they  took  any.  The  first  time  they  used 
knives,  Joshua  was  commanded  to  make  sharp 
knives.  (See  Joshua  o:  3).  Wiien  Cyrus,  king 
of  Media  and  Pei-sia.  gave  the  captive  Jews  lib- 
erty to  return  to  Palestine,  and  n-stored  to  them 


the   vessels  of  thesanctuary  among  them  «■«» 
nine  and  twenty  knives.     (Ezra  1;  9), 
Answers  to  Clara  E.  Lutz's  queries  in  X„  « 

1.  How  many  years  after  the  departure  of  a 
children  of  Israel  out  of  Egyptdid  Solomon Uy 
the  foundation  of  the  temple?  Four  hundred 
and  eighty  years.     {1  Kings  fi:  1). 

2.  Whom  did  the  Lord  appoint  to  succeed 
Moses?    Joshua.    (Joshua  1:  1,  2,  3). 

Answers  to  Michael  F.  Snavely's  queries. 

1.  How  old  was  Noah  when  the  flood  came 
upon  the  earth  ?  Six  hundred  years,  (Gp^  ^. 
11). 

2.  Who  was  the  first  man  that  died  a  ualymi 
death,  and  how  old  was  he?  Adam,  anj  ),g 
was  nine  hundred  and  thirty  years  old.  (Qen 
5:  5).  EsTKLLA  J.  Ali.e.v. 

Vii'kubiirff,  Mirh. 


CHILDREJ^  AT    WORK. 


iSoinetiine:— I  do  not  belong  to  the  church 
but  hope  I  will  sometime.  I  read  my  Bible,  ffQ 
to  school,  and  to  meeting  every  two  weeks.  \ 
J.  Rosenberger  and  J.  P.  Ehersole  (ire  our  mm- 
istei-3.  My  oldest  brother  has  been  a  niemhfr 
for  two  years.— /(fo  Bourrs,  Gilhoa,  Ohin. 

[Dear  child,  put  your  trust  in  Jesus.  R^.^,] 
His  Word;  be  good,  obey  Him  and  you  shall 
have  a  crown  of  glory. — Ei».] 

Death  of  Jestis:— I  was  reading  this  even- 
ing  of  the  suffering  and  death  of  our  Saviur.  I 
think  it  was  a  terrible  thing  to  kill  Him  ^Vr* 
should  all  obey  Him.  To  Louie  C.  Hiekey  I 
would  s.iy  the  shortest  chapter  in  the  Bible  is 
theI17th  Psalm.  My  uncle  John  Wise  was 
here  this  Winter.  0  I  love  my  dear  uncle! 
.lesus  is  our  best  friend  —Clara  B.  Wisp.,  Tiffin, 
Ohio. 

What  Motlier  Does:  — My  dear  mother 
teaches  me  to  say  my  little  prayers  before  I  go 
to  bed. — Nniniic  M.  liouhmd,  tiliannoii,  111. 

Be  Good  CliiUIren: — I  love  to  go  to  meet- 
ing and  Sunday-school;  went  lost  Summer  and 
only  missed  one  day.  The  answer  to  John  B. 
Glock's  question  may  be  found  in  2nd  Kings  4; 
35.  Dear  little  readers,  I  do  not  expect  to  meet 
you  all  in  this  world,  but  let  us  all  be  goud 
children,  so  that  we  may  meet  iu  the  world  to 
come. — Ella  Bhiiifh.  Hiiiixuii,  III. 

They  That  Do:— Brother  John  Niclioliou 
was  here  twice;  the  first  time,  ten  days  and 
eleven  added  to  the  church,  the  second  tiuietwo 
weeks,  ten  received  by  baptism  and  two  reclaim- 
ed. Icameto  Jesus  on  New  Year's  day.  "Bless- 
ed are  they  that  do  his  commandments  Ihat 
they  may  have  a  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  aud 
enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the  city."— iV. 
E.  Berh-yhiie.  Delta,  Ohio. 

A  Warning :— May  God  help  those  who  write 
for  your  paper,  and  His  ministers  who  preach 
the  whole  Gospel.  "Suffer  little  childreu  to 
come  unto  me,"  says  Jesus.  "Enter  iu  at  the 
strait  gate;  for  wide  is  the  gate  and  broad  is  the 
way  th.it  leadeth  to  destruction."  Let  this  be  a 
woi-ning  lo  all,  that  when  their  time  comes  lo 
leave  this  world  they  may  die  happy. — Jji/diaE. 
Taylor,  WhUeavillc,  Mo. 

Came  to  Jesus :— I-'ather,  mother,  sis^r  uuil 
I  belong  to  the  church.  One  dear  sister  has 
gone  to  rest  in  Jesus,  and  I  want  to  try  to  meet 
her.  We  liad  meeting  here  that  lasted  two 
weeks;  three  precious  souls  came  to  the  church, 
and  we  think  much  good  seed  was  sown.— i^Hn 
N.  Shijfer,  Sciola,  loinr'. 

A  (jiiery:— The  text  this  morning  was  the 
thirty-fifth  vei-se  of  the  tenth  chapter  of 
Hebrews.  Can  any  of  the  little  readei-s  of  your 
|):iper  \>-\\  which  chapter  iu  the  Bible  lontaias 
all  the  letters  of  the  alphabet  except  one.  aud 
which  letU>r  that  is?— AV/r/  M.  Bod;  Qiiim-ih 
Pa. 

Who,  and  What  Kiiid;— I  read  all  the  chil- 
dren's lettei-s  with  profit,  and  I  want  to  be  a 
child  at  work  too.  What  man  climbed  « tree  to 
see  Jesus,  aud  what  kind  of  a  tree  was  it?— 
Leah  H.  Cloiver,   Uliiti-Ouk,  III. 

Very  Annoying:- Papa  and  mammaure  do- 
ing all  they  can  to  give  me  a  good  educatiou. 
I  go  to  meeting,  sometimes  in  the  city  and  some- 
times in  the  country.  It  is  very  annoying^ 
the  minister  and  liearer^  to  have  children  nm- 
ning  in  and  out  of  the  house  during  nieetnig. 
They  RJionld  not  do  that— //«W"/'  H'.""./,.!''. 
CarroU,  III. 

Do  Yourself  Good  :-So  admirably  hath  Go^ 
disposed  of  the  ways  of  man  that  even  thesigH 
of  vice  iu  othei-s  is  like  a  warning  arrow  sen 
for  us  totiike  heed.  Weshouldcorrectouroffn 
faults  by  seeing  how  uncomely  they  »Pt>e'»f' 
others.  Who  will  not  abhor  acholeric  p\s$iOU 
and  a  saucy  pride  in  himself,  that  sees 
ridiculous  and  contemptilde  they  render  tliose 
who  arc  infested  with  them.— >>/''''■''■ 


jSJarch    28. 


CORRESFONDENOE. 


TME    l«{KTHUKTs'    ^VT    WORIC. 


From  A.  S.  Leer. 


]}au-  Bitih-en.'— 
|"EW  days  ngo,    I 


nil  ho 


ir  and  »  hnlf,  I  was  imulo  tn   think,  h. 
it  thia  from  the  prpiichmg  of  Ji 


AI.-LJW  (lays  ago.  l  w.ia  calW  away  1mm 
i.mue  to  nuou.t  ,i  sick  sistor  who  lives 
about  twouty-two  miles  North  of  «s,  a„d  while 
there,  olitiiiiicd  thret-  suhscrihera  for  your  paper 
from  the  beginuiiig  of  Bro.  SU-ia's  debute  to 
the  end  of  the  year. 

Also  preiiched  one  sermon  while  there,  und 
.httdthi^priviletre  of  biiptizing  three  pereoiia. 
two  brethren  and  one  siater,  one  of  the  former 
being  tlie  husband  of  the  sick  sister  who  was 
,moiiit«d.  Also  had  tlie  privilege  of  liatening 
ton  sermon  delivered  by  a  United  Brethren 
ministor.  iibout  twenty  years  of  age.  from  the 
lungunge  of  the  Savior,  found  in  the  eighth 
verse  of  the  fifth  chapter  of  Matthew.  His 
theme  wns,  Purity  of  Heart  and  Sanctificat 
He  "nid.  tlm  chiipter  contains  n  part  of  the 
great  sermon  on  the  mountain,  delivered  by  the 
Savior.  That  all  men  are  not  pure  iu  heart,  no 
one  doubts.  Man  as  hu  eame  from  his  Miikt,, 
ispur.\  but  shortly  after  his  fall  it  i^said  of  him 
that  th«  thoughts  of  his  heart  are  wicked.  But 
that  *«  don't  put  all  the  impunity  upon  the 
ndult.  it  is  said  by  one  of  the  sacred  writei-s, 
that  wiuketlne^  is  wrapned  np  in  the  child's 
lie,irt,  The  natural  coodition  of  the  human 
lieai-t  is  impure;  but  after  all  there  is  yet  a  prin- 
ciple iu  the  human  heart,  that,  if  left  alone, 
mil  bring  hira  around,  so  that  he  will  finally 
become  a  child  of  God.  If  by  nature  man  is 
good,  why  is  it  that  we  have  our  government 
lniv«  and  institutions  for  reform? 

Why  is  it,  that  we  find  in  man  a  dispo-^ition 
to  dislike  that  which  is  good?  Is  it  not  because 
the  heart  of  man  iis  impure?  How  can  the  im- 
pure lu-art  be  changed  to  a  pure  heart?  '  It  is 
done  through  the  eflicacy  ol  the  blood  of 
Ohritt,  which  is  sutficient to  cleanse  from  all  sin. 
A  person  must  first  become  acquainted  witli  his 
condititm.  Before  you  send  for  a  physician,  you 
want  to  know  that  you  are  sick,  and  that  yon 
are  iu  need  of  a  physician.  Alter  feeling  that 
you  nei'd  a  phj'sician,  and  sending  for  one,  you 
will  nmlic  nse  of  the  remedy  prescribed  by 
liim. 

Leprosy  is  spoken  of  in  the  Scriptures  as  a 
repre^i'ntative  of  sin.  People  afilicted  with 
that  dis-ase,  made  use  of  the  means  ordained  In 
heal  them.  Here  he  spoke  of  the  chilitren  of 
Israel  and  their  afflictions.  The  brazen  serpent 
being  put  upon  a  pole  I)y  Moses,  he  compared 
it  with  the  language  of  the  apostle:  "  Aa  Moses 
lifted  up  the  serpent  in  the  wilderness,  even  so 
must  the  Son  of  man  be  lifted  np." 

In  due  time  the  Son  came,  and  with  His  life 
you  lu'c  all  acquainted  no  doubt,  and  with  His 
suttei'iugs  and  death  also.  And  now  we  are  not 
justified  by  the  works  of  the  Law,  but  the  apos- 
tle says:  "  Therefore  being  justified  by  faith,  we 
have  pi-acc  with  God."  The  apostle  says.  "  by 
faith."  not  of  works,  "  lest  any  man  should 
boast."  The  apostle  says:  "  Salvation  is  to  him 
that  worketh  not,  but  believeth."  Justification 
is  a  work  done  for  us.  regeneration  in  us. 

Sometimes  we  are  inclined  to  call  this,  reli 
gion;  but  that  is  not  correct,  —  it  is  salvation. 
But  wi'  must  go  higher.  This  fii-st  step  is  only 
the  beginning  of  snuctiHcation.  Wesometimes 
hear  people  say,  "  I  am  trying  to  serve  the  Lord 
in  my  weakness."  That  is  a  very  poor  way  to 
serve  Him.  God  demands  a  holy  life  of  His 
lieople.  "  Be  ye  holy,  for  I  am  holy."  "  Be  j' 
therefore  perfect,  even  as  your  Father,  which  is 
in  heaven  is  perfect."  Paul  thanked  God,  that 
he  had  been  freed  or  delivered  from  bondage. 
The  blood  of  Jesus  cleanses  from  all  sin.  "  He 
that  enmmitteth  sin  is  of  the  devil."  If  we 
coLimit  sin,  we  are  of  the  devil,  and  we  exclude 
Christ  from  the  heart. 

Now  saiietificationists  claim  that  we  do  reach 
u  state  of  purity  just  before  death.  Well  if  we 
reuch  that  point  just  one  moment  before  death, 
cannot  God  cleanse  our  hearts  and  keep  them 
pure  one  hour  before,  why  not  two,  etc.  We 
cannot  sanctify  ourselves,  that  is  the  work  of 
the  Holy  Spirit.  Here  some  one  may  ask:  "I>< 
you  e\pi-ct  to  attain  to  the  holiness  of  Adam  or 
of  mi 

Iu  answer  to  this,  the  speaker  gave  his  own 
wperience.  Ho  said,  that  while  wrestling  with 
God  tor  holiness  or  purity  of  heart  for  some 
d»ys,  and  spending  several  sleepless  nighta,  hut 
"11  in  vain,  he  remembered  that  some  one  hud 
^ooe  him  a  great  injury,  and  he  often  thought 
to  get  ivconciled  with  that  person.  He  knew 
'his  wiis  impossible,  because  of  the  great  dis- 
[fince.  So  he  finally  concluded  that  he  would 
"•fi'igthatand  lay  itupnu  the  altar  with  all 
the  rest.     He  did  so.  and  at  once  received  tli 


W.18  led  by  God's  Holy  Spirit,  and  spoko  an  he 
was  moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  imd  sivid:  "  See- 
ing ye  have  purified  your  souls  in  obeying  the 
truth  through  the  Spirit,  with  nnfeigm-d  love 
of  the  brethren,  see  that  ye  love  one  another 
with  a  pure  heart  fervently,  being  lK.rn  again 
not  of  corruptible  seed  but  of  ingorruptible  by 
the  Wonl  of  Go.1.  whicli  liv.-th  and  nbi.h-th  foi- 
over."  Also  the  language  of  the  Savior,  in  the 
prayer  for  His  discipW.  when  he  says;  '"Sanc- 
tify them  through  thy  truth,  thy  Word  is 
Truth."  We  may  pi-uj-.  and  wrestle  with  Gml 
all  our  life  for  holiness,  but  unless  we  make  use 
of  the  means  ordained  of  God  to  uiiike  u»  holy, 
it  will  all  be  in  vain. 

Jesus  says;  "Why  call  ye  me  Lord.Lonl.and 
do  not  the  things  which  I  say."  And  again, 
"He  that  lovelh  me.  keepoth  my  command- 
ments; he  it  is  that  loveth  me."  Again,  "He 
that  sayeth,  he  knoweth  me,  or  lovelh  me.  and 
keeiuth  not  my  commandments  in  a  liar  and 
the  truth  is  not  in  him."  Again.  "  He  that 
sayeth  he  abideth  in  him,  ought  himself  also  so 
to  walk,  even  as  he  walked.  And  agiun.  "Let 
this  mind  be  in  you  which  w;is  also  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

Mon-honvilk,  III. 


Bro.  .Jnmw  closed  his  series  of  ____ 
eaus,  who  i  u«  at  Bruah  Creek,  the  firat  day  of  March,   und 
in  the  evening  came  to  our  place,   Strait  Creek 
Vullev.  Kiviug  us  a  warm  and  ftffecti<uiBte  fftrt- 
well  addr^'s-s. 

J.  H.  G.iiuiAs. 
t^inktH{/  Sj/ritfjs,  (I. 


From  Sugar  Creek  Church 

Drar  liiYtliirn.-— 


bl. 


es.sing.     The   result  of  all   this  is,   that   we 


slinll  see  God,  etc. 
After  listening  to  the  young 


lan   for  about 


From    Norway,    Oregon. 
Ditir  Biflhreii : — 

WK  live  on  the  Weatem  slope  of  the  moun- 
tain, about  lifteen  miles  from  the  coast. 
Have  had  a  mild  Winter,  wheat  looks  well  and 
promises  a  good  yield.  The  health  is  generally 
good;  brethren  who  are  afflicted  with  lung  dis- 
eases might  find  a  remedy  by  settling  here.  1 
I  would  especially  urge  ministering  brethren 
who  have  almost  worn  out  their  lungs  in  pro- 
claiming the  glad  tidings  of  salvation,  to  come 
here,  recruit  their  health,  and  thas  enable  them- 
selves to  spend  a  long  life  of  usefulness  in  the 
Master's  cause.  We  need  miuisteriid  aid  here 
as  well  iis  elsewhere;  though  we  have  six  min- 
isters in  this  valley,  there  are  many  valleys  here 
where  they  have  none.  Wo  do  not  scatter  our 
forces  very  much,  believing  that  one  acre  well 
cultivated  is  better  than  two  poorly  cultivated. 
We  do  not  increase  in  numbers  very  rapidly, 
had  a  few  additions  by  baptism  hist  summer, 
and  a  few  by  tetter. 

We  heard  that  Bro.  Biushor  contemplates  vi- 
siting California  ue\t  Summer.  We  would  be 
much  pleased  to  have  him  visit  us  also;  but 
most  of  us  are  poor  in  this  world's  goods  and 
not  able  to  contribute  much  toward  defraying 
his  expenses,  luul  that  may  prevent  his  coming, 
unless  he  will  do  as  Paul  did  in  2nd  Cor.  11:  8. 
I  am  iu  fuv(ir  of  missionary  labors,  but  I 
don't  see  the  necessity  of  new  organinations  to 
effect  our  purpose.  I  believe  the  plan  given  us 
by  Christ  and  His  holy  apostles  is  amply  suf- 
ficient to  meet  every  case.  Let  us  therefore 
double  our  diligence  and  all  labor  together  as 
one  family,  built  upon  the  foundation  of  the 
apostles,  Jesus  Christ  Himself  being  the  chief 
Corner  Stone,  using  the  means  that  God  has 
given  us.  and  we  will  be  able  to  send  out  many 
faitliful  laboii'i-s  into  the  Lord's  vineyard,  who 
will  not  shun  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of 
God.  May  the  Lord  prosper  the  good  cause. 
Youit)  in  love, 

David  Harkluw 


B" 


From  Brush  Creek  Ctiurch,  Ohio. 

I)n,r  Br.'/lnrii :— 

RO.  James  A.  Ridenour  came  to  our  pli 
on  the  2fith  of  January,  ISTS,  commenced 
a  series  of  meetings  at  Strait  Valley,  and  closed 
on  the  fourth  of  February.  Eight  precioii; 
souls  made  the  good  confession,  and  were  re- 
ceivetl  into  the  church  of  the  living  God  {1 
Tim.  3:  15).  by  Christian  baptism,  and  rose  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life. 

From  here  he  went  to  Foirview,  Adams  Co.. 
held  a  few  meetings,  and  some  four  or  five  made 
application  to  join  the  church.  Next  to  Marble 
Fui-nace;  held  a  few  meetings.  The  few  mem- 
bers at  that  place  were  much  encouraged  and 
many  good  impressions  made.  Thence  to  Pleiir 
saiit  Grove:  held  a  few  meetings,  where  four 
more  precious  souls  made  application  for  bap- 
tism. On  the  22nd  of  February  those  at  Fair- 
\\ew  who  made  apiilication,  and  those  of  Plea- 
sant Grove  were  received  into  the  church,  nine 
in  all  and  threi«  restored,  two  received  by  letter. 
Went  to  Brush  Creek,  hail  a  few  meetiiigfi,  four 
made  ai)plication,  and  on  the  first  day  of  March 
were  received  by  (!hristian  Bai)tisin.  One  was 
restored  anil  received  at  the  edge  of  the  water 
by  salutation  with  the  others,  making  in  ail 
twenty-seven  added  to  the  church,  during  Bro. 
Ridenour's  stay  with  us. 


WHEN  I  think  back  a.  few  years  ago,  and 
see  the  pleasures  then  cujoy^id  and  the 
pleiLsure  I  am  now  permitted  to  enjoy  with  the 
children  of  the  Heavenly  King,  what  a  great 
change!  A  few  years  ago  I  wiw  in  the  bnbit  of 
going  to  all  the  worldly  amusement*,  such 
shows,  dances,  picnics,  political  meetings,  and. 
in  fact  all  things  that  1  could  get  to,  and 
thought  that  we  all  enjoyed  ounelves  very 
much.  Then  afterwanls  I  was  living  in  a  town 
and  helped  sing  in  a  choir  in  a  Presbyterian 
■hurcb,  and  here  I  began  to  take  some  interest 
n  my  soul's  salvation.  On  going  from  one  to 
the  other  denoniinations,  and  hearing  so  many 
different  doctrines  preached,  and  all  aiming  at 
the  same  center,  was  almost  persuaded  to  be  an 
infidel.  But  thanks  be  to  the  Goti  of  heaven 
and  earth,  that  I  did  not.  The  Friends  (or  so- 
called  Quakers)  suited  me  iu  all  things  but  bap- 
tism at  that  time.  But  on  reading  the  New 
Testament.  I  found  that  there  was  something 
more  to  be  done  than  liuptism  alone. 

On  April  fii-st  of  last  year,  I  came  to  this 
county  and  labored  in  Lima  for  .some  time, 
when  I  got  a  chance  to  go  to  the  country  to 
help  paint  our  present  meeting-house.  I  got 
somewhat  acipiainted  with  Bro.  Jacob  Wonvi 
and  convei^ed  some  with  him  upon  the  subjei 
and  was  invited  to  attend  a  Love-1'east  which 
was  to  be  soon. 

Upon  that  ocea-sion  I  witnessed  something 
that  was  never  seen  by  me  before,  and  which 
met  my  approbation  to  the  letter.  Although  1 
wa.s  out  in  the  world.  I  could  not  help  but 
think,  Ihat  my  heart  was  filled,  (iw  it  were)  with 
a  Gospel  feast.  There  was  Feet-washing,  the 
Lord's  Supper,  the  Communion,  the  Holy  Kiss, 
and  the  way  the  Scriptures  were  explained,  ful- 
ly convinced  me,  that  such  was  according  to 
the  law  of  our  heavenly  Father. 

Since  then,  in  July  last,  I  came  out  from  the 
worid,  and  enlisted  in  the  army  of  the  Lord.  1 
have  since  been  permitted  to  partake  in  a  Lovc- 
feost,  and  then,  and  not  till  then  did  fully  real- 
iw  the  above  lines  of  the  poet. 

Perhaps  some  would  like  to  know  why  I 
united  with  the  Brethren,  and  not  with  some 
popular  church.  My  reason  is  this:  first  I  never 
believed  in  such  doctrine;  second,  the  Brethren 
baptize  according  to  iny  mind;  third,  they  ob- 
serve the  ordinances  practiced  by  the  Savior 
when  on  earth;  fourth  and  last,  they  havu  no 
other  mode  or  creed  of  confession  than  the 
New  Testament  alone,  and  practice  what  in 
commanded  therein. 

Perhaps  I  am  becoming  somewhat  tedious,  t 
will  bring  my  letter  to  a  close  by  asking  you 
and  all  the  brotherhood  to  remember  me  in 
your  prayers,  that  1  may  not  go  back  into  the 
world  as  I  was  once,  but  go  onward  and  up- 
ward in  the  work  which  I  have  undertaken,  in 
serving  the  Lord  as  best  I  can. 

In  conclusion  would  say  that  our  congregii- 
tion  is  in  good  spirits  and  general  brotherly 
bive  continues  among  us,  I  will  endeavor  to 
write  more  aud  better  her^'after. 

Your  humble  brother  in  the  Lord. 

Wm.  BiiowN. 


tings  with  I  will  not  only  be  felt  to  the  conversion  of  nin- 
ners  here,  but  elsewhere.  We  hoiie  thiit  the 
Brethren  will  hewl  the  maoy  calU  of  "  Come 
over  and  help  ub."  for  there  is  a  great  field 
oiK-u  here.  Our  short  stay  in  Colorado,  thanks 
to  (iod.  ha«  not  been  altogether  iu  vain.  May 
the  seed  we  have  tried  to  sow.  wh^n  the  harresil 
is  come,  be  gathered,  precious  fruit  In  be  stored 
in  heaven. 

Frnternnlly, 

S.  C.  Bashor. 


From  the  Maple  Grove  Church,  Iowa. 

I>riii-  Jirelhfen: — 
ri^HK  work  of  the  Lord  atitl  moves  slowly  and 
1  steiulily  on.  Bro.  J.  H.  Fillmore  of'ShtU 
by  Co..  l.iwa,  came  to  us  on  Jan.  2lith,  con- 
meucetl  meeting  some  night,  continued  for  two 
weeks.  Then  he  went  to  Eureka,  Adams  Co., 
same  congregation  and  preached  one  w.ek.  — 
Then  he  went  to  F&nigut,  Fremont  Co., 
preaclu-d  nearly  two  weeks.  Then  back  toCol- 
iver'a  Grove  school-hotwe  iu  Adam's  Co..  and 
preached  one  week.  This  ended  his  bibor»  in 
the  Maple  (irove  church.  Heault  of  bis  lubom 
were  thirteen  bloofl-bought  soulu,  initiated  by 
baptism  into  the  family  of  God. 

These  meetings  were  all  well  atleuded,  imd 
the  very  best  of  order  prevailed.     Bro.    l-'iH- 
more  labors  apparently  with  much  zeal. 
Voiirs  Fraternally, 

N.  C.  Woi;km.\x. 
Sci'jh   loirn. 


GLEANINGS. 


From    Longmont, 
7/-  UivHirfii.' — 


o'^: 


the  evening  of  I'cb.  IS,  we  were  madi 
glad  by  a  visit  from  Bro.  M.  M.  Bashorof 
Pulaska,  Colo.  He  remained  with  the  Breth- 
ren until  the  20th.  Preached  in  all  four  ser- 
mons to  the  edification  of  both  saint  und  sin- 
ner. His  visit,  we  hope,  will  be  for  much  good, 
By  visiting  our  part  of  Colorado,  Bro.  B,  haj 
more  favorable  impre.^ions  as  regards  the  coun- 
try, people,  etc.  There  is.  I  think,  some  proba- 
bility of  him  moving  to  Boulder  Co. 

Bro.  Bashor  lives  in  a  wild  country;  some- 
times men  with  musket  in  hand,  forbade  him  to 
preach,  but  with  a  firm  trust  in  God,  and  i 
proper  use  of  the  swonl  of  the  Spirit,  has  madi 
friends  of  such.  He  has  had  a  hard  time  of  it 
since  in  Colorado;  hiLs  had  a  great  deal  of  sick- 
ness; hiis  buried  two  children,  has  had  a  sick 
companion  which  needed  hLsciire  and  attention, 
and  besides  all  tliis,  the  grasshopper  plague  and 
other  misfortunes  have  deprived  our  brother  of 
much  usefulness  in  the  ministry.  May  he  be 
remembered  in  the  prayei-s  of  God's  children. 

Our  infant  church,  though  small  in  number, 
is  yielding  a  powerful  influence,  which  we  hope 


From  A.  Taylor.— Our  church  here  con- 
tains about  thirty-five  members,  all  in  love  and 
union  ivs  far  as  I  know.  But  wo  are  scattered 
over  a  large  territory  and  have  only  two  minis- 
ters. Have  four  regular  appoiutmeuts.  which 
give  us  here  only  one  meeting  every  four 
weeks.  Our  ininistorial  force  is  too  small,  and 
it  is  rather  hiinl  for  Bro.  John  IkenWrry  to 
come  fifty  miles,  and  in  iny  wealcness  I  cannot 
go  so  far.  We  wish  some  ministers  to  come 
and  help  us.  TliQ  field  is  large  and  prosiwcts 
good.  God  grant  us  more  laborers. 
'IVI.ittiiiili,  A'ci. 

From  E.  F.  Ilurrow.— Your  valuable  paper 
hiLS  been  coming  to  me  regularly  since  January 
1st,  1878.  and  I  feel  very  thunkJul  for  it.  I  have 
had  my  mind  made  up  since  last  October  to 
join  the  Brethren.  I  think  they  are  the  near- 
est right  of  any  church  I  know  of,  but  as  there 
arc  no  members  here.  I  don't  know  how  I  could 
get  a  chance  to  join  them.  I  would  be  glad  to 
hear  from  you  or  some  of  the  brethren  on  the 
subject.  I  am  trying  to  live  a  Christian  life 
\vithout  baptism,  und  I  think  n  pei-snn  ought 
to  be  bajitized.  I  wish  some  of  the  brethren 
could  come  here  and  preach  to  us.  I  shall  nev- 
er give  up  joining  them  as  long  as  I  can  see  any 
prospect  of  doing  so.  Clifton  Hill  is  on  the  St. 
Louis,  Kansas  City  &  Northern  R,  R. 
Cli/ton  Uill,  Mo. 

From  U.  Hamilton.  —  At  this  time  our 
health  is  tiderably  good,  and  we  have  many  rea- 
sons to  be  thankful.  We  hope  that  you,  too, 
are  enjoying  health  and  prosperity.  Your  par 
per  is  still  a  welcome  messenger.  When  Bro. 
Eby  gets  home,  please  tell  him  to  give  us  all 
the  news. 

JCrvin,  hid. 

From  1).  A.  Workman.— I  think  if  all  the 
churches  in  the  brotherhood  would  consider  the 
riuestiou;  '' How  shall  the  poor  be  supplied  with 
good  mid  Gospel  reacting?  "  und  then  advise  all 
to  help  raise  a  little  amount,  there  would  be  a 
great  many  more  rejuling  and  learning  the  wny 
of  the  Lord,  as  many  a  poor  soul  is  uut  permit- 
ted to  hear  the  Word  preached,  and  in  sending 
out  the  paper  they  can  learn  the  plan  of  salta- 
tion. 

I  received  those  tracts  all  right:  they  are 
worth  twice  the  price.  I  think  I  can  sell  some 
as  the  Brethren  who  have  seen  them,  like  them 
very  much.  My  opinion  is,  that  if  the  Breth- 
ren would  spend  a  little  more  money  for  sach 
books  and  not  so  much  for  unnecessary  things, 
there  could  he  a  vast  amount  of  good  done,  and 
preachei's  would  not  have  to  talk  so  much. 

Cohiiiihiii  City.  Intl. 


Fi'om  C.  H.  Balsbaugh.- 0  what  digni^ 
and  glory  and  blessedness  in  being  children 
and  heirs  of  God.  In  the  Christian  life  thewis 
nothing  superficial,  or  selfish,  or  belittling.  To 
find  Christ,  or  be  found  of  Him,  is  to  ris*;  to  an 
altit»ide,  aud  swell  into  magnitude,  iu  Deific 
proportions.  There  are  so  many  stunted, 
dwarfed  ChrisUim  professors,  that  it  is  ena 
difficult  to  make  out  whether  is  imything  ntt- 
ly  Christian  iu  them!     Where  the  great  heart 


'I'llK    liRETKLKE^T    AT    AVOliK. 


of  Chmt  bemU.  «.'!  the  Holy  Gh«l  declrifi^. 
«rco-  fibre  of  our  bring,  the  glory  of  the  fro* 
will  bo  revealcl  iD  thf  !plcD.!ort  of  Koven  pudb. 
Cbri^l  nn.l  mi*i..i«  can  no  more  be  «Tcred  thnn 
Chri-t  ftu<l  wilvation.  The  Croas  menM  univennl 
bendiccnof.  .Solii»brK.«s  a\onv  thriuta  iu  bl«nU-d 
form  bctwwru  Clirwt  oik!  ihc  ext^mion  of  Hi« 
Kingdom.  He.  whew  gl.>r)-  i«  holincai,  will  not 
suck  )iii>  pijw  or  griii.i  his  quid  at  the  expenw  of 
CbTul'*  blood  mi.l  iHimorUiI  «.»!«.  Jwiu  wa.-.  ao 
iDC(»u>i>t  worker  fur  tht  Kingdum  of  Heaven.  — 
From  rhildhood  \m  motto  wm  :  "  I  mu«l  be  about 
my  Father'-  b.i«n.#"  May  the  great  Truth 
•Ink  into  our  inroont  fmh,  direct  all  our  cncrfie*. 
Md  make  u«  living  phoU^tiph.  of  Emn.anuei.- 
God  htt»  an  adverliscineDt,  .jiauning  Heaveo  and 
earth  in  Irtten.  of  blood  and  fire,  love  and  wralb, 
—  CHRISTIANS  WANTKI).  But  when  He 
ftpiK*l»  10  Ibc  UriJe  for  the  iironiulgalion  of  the 
power  of  the  Crow,  thouBftDdn  have  no  response 
but  a  utaro  of  indiflvrence,  or  a  frown  of  indigna- 
tion and  contempt,  or  apenilciiliul  whiff  of  lobot- 
oo  Binoke,  or  n  n..puibt'ul  of  blnck,  fetid  spittle,  or 
renewed  Jieal  in  the  nccumulnlion  of  wealth  for 
pcnoMRl  end..  Kodid  not  Chriet.  Self-aaorifice 
wn»  the  Iftw  of  Hi*.  life.  The  lo««s  of  the  Cross, 
areth.Tich(->.of  ICleniily.  To  savo  is  to  lose, 
and  to  hm-  In  U)  nave.  O  tlic  niadntw  and  blind- 
DOa  of  Ihi- carnal  mind!  O  the  exultation  find 
rtipturc  and  royiilty  of  the  re-born.  Let  each 
one  enter  into  the  depths  of  hi»  pewonnlity,  and 
propound  tliia  solemn  (jucstion  :  how  am  I  treaiiny 

From  N.  H.  Mtirray.— I  think  uti  should 

liecd  llic  admonitions  you  give  on  reporting  truv- 
olg  Olid  church  news.  And  since  you  have  given 
Iho  children  a  chance,  we  think  nuich  good  can  he 
done  to  them.  However  it  would  he  well  for  par- 
ents to  write,  whatever  Ihey  have  to  Hoy,  in  their 
own  name.  We  expect  a  discu.'wion  to  commence 
thifl  evening  in  our  neipbborhood  between  a  .Sah- 
batariBii  and  a  minister  of  the  Disciple  cluircb.— 
We  apiieciale  Bro,  Miller's  orlicleon  the  .Sabbath. 
Qxiarry.  hi.Mnrrh  11,1878. 

From  K.  II.  Slifler.— On  Sunday  niybt,  Feb. 
8nl,  lit  about  2  oVb-tk  A.  M.,  the  house  .>f  Hro. 
Samuel  Zinibnker  ol"  tliP  Duncau.Hville  uonprega- 
tion,  was  tntnlly  destroyed  by  fire  with  nearly  all 
its  contenlH.  The  I'limily,  cimsiuting  of  father, 
mother  and  eight  cliihUen.  were  all  lit  church  c.n 
that  evening  ul  the  JJrethrcn's  niueting-house,  two 
milei  distant.  There  iw  no  clue  as  to  bow  the  fire 
originated.  The  uhleat,  the  only  daughter,  w-na 
■Icepiny  up-Maiis.  She  was  aroused  by  the  noise 
of  Iho  fire  wliicli  seemed  to  have  origiuiited  whore 
the  main  building  and  n  shed  kitchen  came  in 
eontneU  The  kitchen  wft«  attached  to  the  end, 
not  to  the  bnck  part  of  tlie  Iniilding.  The  fiimily 
mn-Io  a  de*perntc  effort  to  cavo  the  home,  but 
finding  it  of  no  avail,  they  rescued  a  few  of  it-f 
COiileiilH,  Hueh  ne  bed  clothes,  cooking  stove,  table, 
(lough-troUBb,  Honic  meat  and  Bome  of  their  o«  n 
clothing.  Tliey  bud  six  beda.  and  some  provisions 
in  the  cellar,  which  were  saved.  Bro.  li.  saved 
Bome  of  his  clothing  which  cimtuincd  eomo 
church  money,  bu.  the  rest  of  ibe  family  were  left, 
nearly  destitute  of  clothing.  The  daughter  waa 
married  ebortly  beCnre,  so  she  and  her  hnsband 
lost  all  thoy  hud.  Thuu  this  poor  brother  and 
funiilv  were  driven  from  their  comfortiible  beds 
at  a  dead  hour  of  the  night,  almost  destitute  of 
cloiliiiig.  the  nis^ht  being  the  coldest  we  endured 
Uii»  Winter,  and  the  gix>und  covered  with  snow. 

Uro.  U.  and  wife  have  been  racmbers  of  the 
Brethren  church  here  tor  some  time,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  he  hue  bccu  a  worthy  deiuoii.  They 
were  tryinfi;  to  pay  for  a  home,  nud  were  in  limit- 
ed cireumstHnees.  lie  wns  unfortnnnic  enough  to 
lose  hi!"  valuable  pspem.  They  certainly  deserve 
ibc  Bympatliy  of  all  in  sustaininp  such  a  severe 
loss.  Bro.  li.  is  a  miin  of  industry,  and  has  a 
largo  family  to  support.  We  hope  that  he  may 
not  bo  lefl  to  sustain  the  whole  loss,  hut  that  those 
who  can,  will  help  him  bear  it. 

llolliiUy^burg,  Pa.,  Feb.  19,  ISTji. 

From  Sttiiuiel  Miirrtiy.— On  the  5tbof  Feb. 
I  visited  Eld.  Sliucly's  wife,  who  was  very  »ick.— 
Same  evening  had  mecliuB  in  Fuirview  meeting- 
house and  meetinpi  were  eoutinued  ;  but  bad 
roads  so  much  interfered  with  people's  atlendauec, 
that  we  eloR'd  alW  holding  ten  meetings,  Dur- 
ing these  asjemblings  wo  wciv  called  to  Kdnii 
Mills  to  auoiut  sister  Blickcustafl".  Tlireo  were 
added  to  the  eluivch  hy  hiipli*ni  and  faith.  On 
Saturday,  the  Ktb  preached  funeral  sermon  on 
the  death  of  Hi'iler  BlickcHstaflt  Same  day  com- 
menced meeting  in  Cliutnu  Co..  at  their  upper 
meeting-house.  Held  tni  meetings  ;  good  atten- 
dance and  prospect  for  some  additions.  Brethren 
and  sisters,  awake,  do  not  allow  any  one  to  find 
you  sleeping.  On  the  ■i4lb  m-'clioi,'  in  the  M.  K. 
church  in  Ito^ville.  Nest  had  a  little  meeting 
again  in  the  evening.  From  here  went  home,  nud 
on  the  2ud  iiisl.  had  council,  where  all  passed  off 
pleasantly,  thank  the  T^ord, 

Burnett's  Creel:,  Ind, 


DIED. 

Ob.iuiriM  »ho<M  »■•  >>"»'.  •ritiwi  on  bnl  0B«  tiJe  of  *•>• 
p,p»r.  mil  M|«vr»i»  from  »ll  other  biminew. 


STOFEK.— In  the  Sandy  church,  Columbiana 
Co.,  Ohio,  sister  Mary  L.  Stofer,  aged  U  yc«R, 
7   months   and    17   days.      Died  February  26, 

KELTNER.  —  I"  the  Yellow  Creek  church, 
Stephenson  Co.,  III.,  March  6th,  187S,  Malinda 
Keltner,  aged  3  years,  7  months  and  3  days. 

KELTNER.— In  the  same  congregation  March 
8lh,  1S78,  Effa  May  Keltner,  aged  &  years,  7 
months  and  10  days. 

M.  H.  Fowler. 

STOUFFER.— Near  Waynesboro  on  the  20th  of 
February,  Siienn,  infant  daughter  of  John  F. 
and  Ella  Stouffer,  aged  4  years  and  26  days. 

IC.  SrOlTKElt. 

COTNER.— I"  Eagle  Creek  church,  Hancock 
Co.,  Ohio..  Miireh  14th,  1878,  Mary  J.,  daughter 
of  Bro.  .J.  A„  and  sister  Mary  Cotuer.  aged  2 
yeare,  1  mouth  and  27  days.  Funeral  services 
by  the  writer  from  Job  1 :  21. 

S.  T.  BOWERMAN. 

I^jTsH.— Near  Georgetown,  Dark  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan. 
liith.  1878.  Joel  I.esh,  aged  01  years,  10  mouths 
and  4  days.  L.  A.  C. 

BEAL.— In  the  Meyeradale  congregntioo.  Somer- 
set Co.,  Pa.,  March  1  lib.  ia78,  Milton  Alleu 
Beul,  son  of  Bro.  Andrew  O.,  and  sister  liarbii- 
i-a  Beal,  aged  one  year,  eleven  mouths  and  sev- 
enteen days.  J-  ^^-  Beer. 

ALBAl'GH.— In  the  Bachelor's  Run  church, 
CarroIICo.,Ind..  March  8th,  1878,  sister  Re- 
becca Albflugh,  aged  76  years,  6  mouths  and 
17  days. 

FLORA. — In  the  same  church,  March  9th,  1S7S, 
Susannah  Flora,  aged  26  years,  7  months  and 
7  days.  II-  Lasdw- 

BAUER.— Sister  Mnry,  wife  of  Bro.  Stephen  G. 
Bauer  and  eister  to  Elder  John  G.  Glock  of 
Aughwiek  Mills,  Huntingdon  Co.,  Pu.,  was 
born  Dec.  oOtb,  1810  in  Hoheneck,  kingdom  of 
Wuertemberg.  Germany  ;  was  married  Feb.  2, 
1838,  and  came  to  America  iu  vVugust  1838.  — 
She  and  her  husband  wero  baptized  by  brother 
Ycnl  in  183!)  at  the  time  of  the  A.  M.  in  Augh- 
wick,  Pa.,  the  writer  being  un  eye-witne^;  lived 
in  Pennsylvania  until  April  lS4(i ;  moved  to 
Stephenson  Co.,  III.  She  was  confined  to  her 
bed  11  weeks,  died  March  5th,  1S78,  aged  07 
yeare,  2  months  and  5  days.  She  had  six  chil- 
(hen  ;  four  preceded  bi-r  to  the  grave,  leaviDg  a 
sorrowful  husbund  and  two  sons  (all  brethren) 
and  grandchtldreu  and  r.iany  friends  to  mourn 
her  rleparturc.  Funeral  occasion  improved 
from  Job  7  :  1—6,  (the  sister's  selection)  hy 
the  writer.  A.  H,  Lutz,  W.  K.  Moore  and  D. 
Eby  to  n  lar;'e  audience.  Alles  Boyer. 
( /'.  C,  ]ile<vie  copy.) 

LAMMEDEE.— Iu  South  Bend,  Indiana.  Dec. 
Sitli,  1877,  Charles  I.  Lamraedee,  aged  G  years, 
S  months  and  13  days.  D.  WnixjiEK. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


WnEN  writing  an  article  for  the  press. 
Whether  prose  or  vcj'se,  just  try 

To  utter  your  thoughts  in  the  fewest  words. 
And  let  them  be  crisp  and  spry. 

And  when  it  is  finished,  and  you  suppose 
It  is  done  exactly  brown, 

Just  look  it  over  again,  and  then — 
Boil  it  down. 

Mns.  Lucy  Sherek,  a  lecently-con verted  Jewets, 
was  received  into  membership  nf  the  Baptist  Church 
in  BnMiklyn  lust  week,  and  bii]>tiKed  under  the 
namenf  Rutli.  The  Rev.  J.  Schwab,  Jewish  rabbi 
referring  to  the  cn^e,  says,  be  knew  that  another 
daughter  had  let^  home  and  mamcd  a  Catlmlic  a 
few  years  ngo,  but  he  bad  never  seen  any  of  Mr, 
Sheivk'a  family,  because  they  do  not  attend  the 
synBg<.>gue.  So  he  said  to  him  frankly,  "  I  am 
afraid,  my  friend,  you  are  the  fault  of  this  If 
yitur  ciiild  had  been  properly  trained  she  would  not 
leave  you.  But  since  neither  you  uor  your  wifu 
ever  atteud  our  meetings  you  have  no  riglit  to 
blame  llie  child  for  growing  up  with  loose  ideas  of 
our  religion." 

A  Straxcie  Case. — An  interesting  casehasjust 
closed  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  this 
county,  at  Bryant.  Ohio.  The  case  involved  the 
question  of  the  authority  of  church  or  State. 

Joseph  Lichty  brought  suit  against  John  Hol- 
deman  ond  othcre  in  $10,000  damajccs  for  enticing 
his  wife  Ui  abstain  from  marital  relations  to  him. 
It  appeans  from  the  evidences  that  all  the  parties 
were  members  of  the  denomination  called  "church 
of  God,"  a  branch  of  the  Mcanonites.     In  ^tav, 


1875,  the  church  of  which  John  Lichty  ond  his 
wife  wet«  members,  for  divers  reasons  not  shown 
in  court,  excommunicated  him  and  placed  him  un- 
der the  ban  termed  "  avoidance."  This  means 
that  remaining  members  shall  shun  and  avoid  the 
erring  or  excommunicated  brother  until  be  repent, 
and  is  again  received  into  the  church.  It  makes 
it  the  duty  of  the  wife,  she  being  a  member,  to 
not  eat  at" the  same  table  with  her  husband;  nor 
talk  with  him,  under  penalty  of  being  expelled 
from  the  church  and  being  forever  lost  for  disobe- 
dience. She  could,  however,  keep  house  for  him 
and  family,  which  consisted  of  four  children.  — 
This  she  did  for  a  yeor.  he,  iu  the  meautime,  pa- 
tiently and  kindly  trying  to  induce  her  to  act  her 
wifely  part  with  him.  But  on  different  occasions, 
when  be  bad  nearly  succeeded  in  winning  her 
back  to  him.  these  priesU  or  teachers  would  step 
_Q  and  warn  her  that  she  could  not  take  such  a 
step  without  the  consent  of  the  church,  and  if  she 
did,  her  soul  would  be  forever  lost  He  then 
rented  his  farm  and  moved  away,  to  he  from  un- 
der this  influence,  thinking  his  wife  would  go 
with  him,  but  this  infiuenee  was  brought  to  bear 
upon  her,  and  she  would  not  leave  the  society. 

Thus  did  these  men  on  the  one  hand  seize  upon 
the  strongest  chord  of  the  human  heart,  religious 
real  and  faith,  to  keep  this  wife  from  her  husband, 
that  they  miG;ht,  on  the  other  hand  grasp  the 
cords  of  human  affection  and  love  to  make  a  man 
how  to  the  church  in  which  he  did  not  woi-ship.— 
Tbey  were  willing  to  break  up  a  family  which 
had  been  maintained  in  peace  and  love  lor  sixteen 
years,  to  compel  this  man  to  do  their  bidtlirig.  — 
They  made  their  own  defense  in  court,  not  believ- 
ing in  lawyers.  The  Bible  was  their  law  book, 
from  which  they  read  in  parts  from  Niimbei-s  and 
Revelations.  Simon  Menno  of  Holland,  who  liv- 
ed in  the  sixteenth  century,  was  their  commenta- 
tor. By  the  Bible  they  sought  to  justify  their 
course,  and,  under  the  plea  of  religious  tolerance, 
guaranteed  hy  the  constitution,  claimed  a  verdict 
in  their  favor.  ^ 

It  is  perhaps  safe  to  say  that  such  a  people  and 
such  a  delense  were  never  before  seen  or  heard  of 
in  the  courts  of  this  country.  It  was  the  sixteenth 
and  nineteenth  century  face  to  face.  The  testi- 
mony being  all  in.  and  the  arguments  having 
been  made,  the  case  went  to  the  jury,  who  soon 
brought  in  a  verdict,  giving  82,000  dan.agus  to  | 
the  plaintifi'.     The  case  has  excited  much  interest. 

Discouraging  to  Smokers.  —  Dr.  Lnwson, 
late  Surgeon  Central  of  the  United  States,  says 
he  often  observed  that  when  the  wolves  and  buz- 
zards came  upon  the  battle  fields  to  devour  the 
slain,  they  would  not  disturb  the  bodies  of  those 
who  had  chewed  or  smoked  tobacco,  until  they 
had  consumed  all  the  others  among  tbem.  And 
yet  there  are  thousands  of  presumptuous,  young 
chewers  and  smokers,  who  expect  that  refined 
young  ladies  will  be  willing  to  h>ve  and  cherish 
all  their  lives  what  even  bu/zards  will  reject  as 
nauseating  and  unwholesome. —  Selected  bij  Wm 
K.  Moore. 

Laudable  Effotit. —  Cigar  stumps  are  now 
utilized  in  Berlin,  Prussia.  There  is  a  society 
there  that  collects  all  the  pieces  of  cigars  and 
sells  them.  The  proceeds  are  devoted  to  the 
clothing  of  poor  children.  Last  Christinas  thirty 
children  were  rlothed  hy  this  society,  each  child 
being  provided  with  a  shirt,  a  pair  of  good  leath- 
er boots,  a  warm  dress,  a  pair  of  stockings  and  a 
pocket  handkerchief,-  Altogether  more  than  two 
hundred  children  have  been  clothed  by  this  socie- 
ty. It  is  now  proposed  to  build  an  orplino  house 
from  proceeiis  received  from  the  sale  of  eigar 
stunij)S.  This  however  does  not  prove  the  right 
of  boys  to  learn  U>  smoke,  but  simply  shows  the 
good  sense  of  turning  the  ellects  of  an  evil  into  a 
useful  channel.  There  is  a  lesson  in  this  worthy 
of  study. 

Mother  Siiipton.  —  We  clip  the  following' 
from  the  WceUij  hUcr  Ocean  for  the  beuelit  of 
those  who  have  taken  considerable  stock  in 
"  Mother  Sbipton."  The  deceivers  are  uut  all 
dcatl  yet : 

"  The  so-called  prophecy  of  Mother  Shiplon  is 
one  of  the  clever  frauds  perpetrated  a  few  vear.s 
ago.  In  1802  Charles  Ilindley.of  Brighton.  Eng- 
land, published  what  he  said  was  a  reprint  of  nn 
old  edition  of  Mother  Shipton's  pieces,  but  has 
since  acknowledged  that  the  wonderful  proplie- 
ey  and  some  other  pieces  in  the  book  were  written 
by  him  at  that  time.  This  prophecy,  which  ori- 
ginally was  claimed  to  have  been  written  iu  14S8, 
and  republished  in  1641,  was  first  wrought  nut  of 
the  brnin  of  Mr.  liindley  iu  1S62.  Who  Mother 
Sbipton  really  was,  is  not  known.  It  ig  pnibahle 
that  such  a  woman  lived  about  1488,  but  nuthiu" 
save  tradition  is  known  of  her,  The  prcphecy  is 
not  worth  reprinting,  as  it  runs  the  circuit  of  the 
press  every  year  or  two. 

Jkrusalem.— The  Iltbazeldh  says  rain  has  fal- 
len in  such  iiuantities  in  the  Holy  Land,  that  the 
oldest  inhabitants  can  hardly  remember  its  paral- 
lel.    The  streets  were  flooded  in  several   places 


^March 


s  of  life  resulted  from  the 
roads  are  in  a  very  bad  condition,  and  eommmii' 
cation  is  frequently  slopped  between  the  viljng^ 
Biid  the  city.  Notwithstanding  the  rainfall,  ii,^ 
price  of  provisions  is  steadily  increasing. 

Much  Readixo— During  the  i-ost  year.  ,^4.^_ 
000  pages  have  been  printed  at  the  Baptist  Sijj^ 
aion  Press  in  Japan,  including  Luke.  Galntia^ 
Ephesians,  Pbilippians,  Collosians,  Thefnaloniaua' 
part  of  Genesis,  catechism,  etc. 

Went  Down.— The  pew  rents  of  Mr.  Iiee<.>,, 
cr's  church  are  this  year  810,402  less  than  thowof 
the  last  year.  Whether  tliis  is  attributable  ^ 
the  decline  of  this  singular  man's  infiuenee,  or  to 
the  prevailing  financial  panic,  we  cannot  deicN 
..  but  are  inclined  to  think  it  ahould  be  eha». 
ed  to  the  former. 

PiuzE  EssAV.— The  International  Coufeijy,. 
tion,  for  tlie  observance  of  the  Christian  Snbbath 
has  ofl'ered  a  prize  of  2,000  francs  for  the  heat  esl 
Miyon  "The  Evils  of  Sunday  Railroad  Traffic." 
The  work  may  be  in  English,  French,  German 
or  Italian,  and  may  he  sent  to  the  Secrelnry  of 
tlie  Confederation  at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  by  iJij 
10th  of  Deceluber,  1870. 


^N'NOXJJS]"  CEMENTS. 


NoTiev.a  of  Love-fenils.   Disirict   Mcetingsi,   etc,,  shoHU 

ln3  briel",  nnJ  wrillun  on  pupcr  icpnratc 

frou   oilier   business. 


LOVE-FEA8T8. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Cb, 
Ind.,  June  6th,  1878. 

There  will  be  a  Commuuion  meeting  at  the 
meetiug-house  in'  South  Waterloo,  four  milw 
South  of  Waterloo  City,  on  Wednesday,  June  5. 
1878,  commencing  at  10  A.  M.  An  iuvitutiim  it 
extended  to  all  the  members  in  surrounding  con. 
gregations. 

By  Order, 

J.  Wise. 
^  district  meetings. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church.  May  9tb. 

S  ulheru  District  of  Iowa,  Monroe  Co,,  Friday, 
April  12,  isr8,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  Annual  Conference  of  the  Noith-eastera 
District  of  Ohio,  will  be  held  in  the  Malioniug 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio.  May  2l)th,  1878, 
commencing  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.  The  meeiiogwill 
be  held  two  miles  North  of  the  town  of  Coliiuibi- 
ana.  Delegates  coming  on  the  P.  Ft.  W,  A  C. 
R  R.  will  address  Samuel  Mellinger.  Columbiann, 
O.,  or  A.  W.  Louganecker,  East  Lewislowu,  Ma- 
honinp  Co.,  ().,  and  they  will  be  met  the  day  be- 
I'lire  the  meeting  at  Columbiana  Station.  Those 
coming  on  the  A.  tfe  G.  W.  R.  R.  will  address  J. 
W.  Kurtz,  Poland,  O.,  and  tbey  will  he  nict  iho 
day  before  thn  meeting  at  Strutlier'a  Station,  if 
due  notice  is  given. 

Noah  Lonoanecker,  Clerk. 


'    REPORT    OF    FUNDS. 

riAHE  following  sums  were  received  for  building 
1  the  Brethren's  meeting-house  in  Montgom- 
ery County,  Iowa : 

C.  Workman  and  family §1-00 

Hickory  Grove  Church,  Illinois,  by  Jesse  Y. 

Heckler, 1-00 

Macoupin  Church,  111.,  by  D.  Vaniman, 1-31 

Jackson  Hull,  Pa,  collected  by  S.  Benedict,.. 2.06 

Libertyville,  la,,  by  E.  E.  Garber. 25 

Moirisonville.  III.,  bv  J.  J.  Cart, 35 

Panther  Creek  Church,  HI.,  by  J.  B-  Tawzer,1.15 

Wm.  Ikunberry,  Waterloo 2.00 

Green  Mouniain,  .Va,,  by  B.  Miller, --^ 

Total:  812.12 
Silas  Morto.v, 
N.  C.  WoRKMiS. 
firlola.  Iowa,  March  13,  1878. 

(P.  C.,;)/c'aar-  copy.) 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


,1  m' 


iog  cost  leaTOS  Launrk    Bl  '■ 
Ruoiiic  ol  U:4a  P.M. 

Oav  ptwsongjr  train  gnlng  weal  leaves  I*""*" ,*'  *' 
.M,.  and  iirrives  at  Hock  Inlund  at  o:60  I .  W. 

Siahl  passt-necr  Iwiins,  going  """^^  .*"'*,  "SioTftl'BV 

..a   .it    Rook  IsUuJ  01  6-Wl  A-  M. 


10:  60  A.  M„  and  east  «» ' 


Fi'i-igtit  ai>J  A< 
Vi:  in  A,  M, 
undi:  'i;^  1'.  M. 

Ticilier.  we  sold   for   lAoie   lr«tn»  «'{■ 
U-iiins  lunke  close  coanoouoa  ul  Westeru  OQ'" 

a.A.SaiTM.'^e""'' 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


-BeMd  I  Brimj    You  Good  Tidin.j.  of  Great  Joy,  whuh  Shall  he  unto  All  Peopled -hvKy:  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  4, 1878. 


No.  14. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

g_  a.  MILLER,       ----._       LADOGA,  IND. 

J.  W.  STEIN, NKWTOXIA,  MO. 

jlVAXlMAN",  ---.._  -  VIRDEN,  ILL. 
P  B.  UESTZElt,  -  -  -  -  -WAYNKSliOKO,  PA. 
jIATTIE  A.  LEAR.        -      -      -      -      _      chuaSA,    ILL. 


WE    SHALL    BE    LIKE    HIM. 

■IITK  hIihII  be  like  Hiiu!  0  beautiful  thoiiglit, 
y\  Weshallbe  like  Him, and  like  Him  we'lttalk 
After  tlie  sorrowb.  the  «.>■;  aud  the  tears. 
We  shall  be  like  Uim  whea  Jesus  uppeare. 

ifter  the  couflict  in  peuce  to  sit  dowu, 
After  the  cross  to  be  wreathed  with  the  crowu, 
After  the  du3t  aud  the  soil  hy  tlie  way 
■With  him  and  like  liim  forever  to  stay. 

Kever  again  shall  the  thrubbiug  head  ache, 
Never  again  shall  the  beating  heart  break, 
JJever  the  task  drop  from  wearying  hands,' 
Nor  the  feet  ever  fail  in  the  brighteat  of  lauds. 

Never  shall  stu  with  the  trail  uf  ita  shame, 
Shadow  love's  suulight,  nor  chiil  its  clear  flame  ; 
Savior,  oft  grieved  lo  the  house  of  thy  frif^nds, 
Ne'er  will  we  wound  ihee  If  earth's  frail  life  euds. 

Death .'  this  dear  thought  does  away  wi  th  thy  sling. 
Makes  us  triumphant  tii  meet  thee  aud  sing, 
"Glory  to  God,"  when  the  Jordan  is  passed 
We  shall  go  home  aud  he  like  him  at  last. 

Master,  alas,  thee  we've  often  denied  ! 

When  the  world  scorned,  we  have  shrunk  from 

Thy  side, 
Yet  blessed  Jesus,  Thou  knowest  Thy  love, 
Pardon  and  help  us  with  grace  from  above. 

When  Thou  appefirest,  O,  rapturous  thought! 
Well  uiiiy  our  souls  into  rapture  be  wrought, 
We  ^hall  be  like  Uim  when  this  life  is  o'er, 
AVoand  Thee,  olTetid  Thee,  deny  Thee  no  more  ! 
Selected  hy  Ida  Kingery. 


CHURCH  ORDER. 


HmtluT  finshor:— 

MANY  of  the  brethren  who  havu  heard  you 
present  the  rules  of  the  church  to  those 
beuig  recfived  iuto  the  church,  have  it  desire  that 
yon  publish  the  formula  iu  the  columns  of  the 
BRjrrURES  AT  WoKK.  Will  you  do  so,  an  we 
think  it  might  be  of  benefit  to  others? 
Fratoruaily, 

D.  L.  Miller 

The  above  was  present<"d  to  our  notice  some- 
time ago,  but  as  time  aud  other  duties  forbinlei 
the  subject  has  beeli  neglected  until  now.  Ami 
even  nuw  the  matter  is  rather  lengthy  to  place 
before  our  readers;  but  as  it  is  of  general  interest, 
we  feel  that  it  will  at  least  cominaml  the  atten- 
tion of  many.  We  have  no  regular  formula, 
though  use  the  same  each  time,  and  to  all.  Af- 
ter inviting  those  who  are  to  be  immersed  for- 
ward on  the  front  seat,  before  the  entire  con- 
gregation, we  \ay  before  them  the  rules  of  the 
Gospel  oa  ihllows; 

You  olNj  here  to-day  dewiring  admission  mto, 
the  body  of  Christ,  aud  m  there  are  reciuisitions 
in  the  Gospel  with  which  you  will  be  expected 
to  comply,  we  deem  it  prudent  to  fully  ac- 
quaint you  of  them  now.  that  in  the  event  of 
your  unwillingness  to  bow  in  submission  to  the 
f'lll  Law  of  grace,  you  can  withdraw  until  such 
time  as  you  can  accept  the  Lord  in  ftli  things; 
humbly  iuid  meekly  bowing  to  His  Divine  will. 
Then,  as  servants  of  the  Lord  you  ore  to  give 
aadtake  counsel,  under  all  circumstfljices  accord- 
ing to  the  Gospel. 

We  learn  from  the  Gospel  that  we  are  not  to 
swear,  neither  by  heaven  for  it  is  God's  throne, 
nor  by  the  earth  for  it  is  His  footstool;  nor  by 
ow  heads  for  we  can  neither  make  one  hair 
white  or  black,  but  we  «w  to  let  our  convena- 


tion  be  yea  and  nay.  for  more  than  this  is  evil. 
What  othew  do  is  nothing  to  us,  only  to  follow 
our  great  Toucher  iu  all  things,  under  all  cir- 
cumstiuices.  Shunuing  all  oaths  before  courts 
of  justice  or  in  private.  When  as  it  sometimes 
occurs  we  are  called  before  the  tribunal  to  testi- 
fy, instead  of  swearing  we  simply  affirm,  which 
God  hath  placed  iu  the  hands  of  our  rulers  to 
allow.  If  we  cannot  speak  the  truth  without 
swearing,  we  ahould  not  talk  at  all.  You  will 
fiud  the  law  recorded  in  Matt.  6:  34,  35;  James 
5:  12. 

Again  we  hear  the  Master  say,  concerning 
the  character  of  His  foUowei-s,  "  My  kingdom 
is  not  of  thi.s  world,  if  it  wore,  then  would 
servants  fight."  And  "  If  a  man  smite  you  on 
one  cheek,  turn  the  other  also."  And  again, 
"  Pray  for  your  enemies,  do  good  to  those  who 
pei-secute  you  and  say  all  miinnor  of  evil  against 
yon."  And  if  we  do  this  we  certainly  cannot 
go  to  war  or  engage  in  muster  or  warfare.  I 
have  often  thought  if  two  contending  armies, 
came  together  to  battle, all  claiming  to  bo  (Chris- 
tians, and  each  kneel  down,  pray  to  God  forvic- 
tory;  then  prepare  for  action,  and  at  the  mo- 
niont  of  presenting  arms,  the  voice  of  Jehovah 
would  sound  as  of  old  iu  every  ear,  saying, 
Brethren  love  one  another."  What  would  be 
done  ?  Would  they  go  on  and  slay  one  anoth- 
er, or  drop  their  guns  and  clasp  hands,  pleading 
for  furgivness?  Don't  you  think  the  latter 
would  be  the  nearest  right';'  This  we  try  to  do, 
serve  God  and  kill  our  enemies  with  love  in- 
ste'nd  of  the  sword. 

Again,  we  hear  the  Master  say,  "  In  secret 
have  I  said  nothing,  aud  what  y^  hear  in  secret, 
that  declare  from  the  housetop,"  aud  we  are  to 
he  unspotted  from  the  world. 

In  doing  this,  we,  as  a  people,  do  not  belong 
to,  nor  encourage  secret  societies  of  any  kind, 
from  the  fact  that  all  the  good  found  in  any 
secret  order  is  contained  in  the  church.  And 
we  hold  it  as  wrong,  and  inconsistent  to  ^o  out 
of  the  church  for  good  that  we  have  there.  Sui>- 
pose  a  number  of  professing  Christians  come 
together  in  the  Lodge-room  and  initiate  a  mem- 
ber into  the  secrets  of  Masonry,  he  a  Christian 
too.  Then  ringing  through  the  hall  would 
come  the  command   anew,  as  of  old,  "Swear 

NOT  AT  all,  What  ye  hear  IX  SEr-RKX,  THAT 
UECLAHE  FllOJI   THE    HOVSETOl'S."      What  WOuhl 

the  result  be  ■*  Masonry  would  be  exposed  or 
Christ  disobeyed.  This  then  is  God's  Law,  and 
whatever  niau  may  say  aud  think,  itstill  stands 
unchanged,  and  will  till  time  is  no  more. 

And  again,  we  leai'U  from  Komans  12,  that 
we  are  not  to  be  eouformed  to  this  world,  hut 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  our  minds.  To 
do  this,  our  entire  life  must  be  changed.  W 
wilt  Jiot  talk  fvs  the  wyrld  does,  or  sweai-,  or 
blaspheme,  or  steal,  or  He.  or  backbite,  or  en- 
gage in  following  the  fashions  a.s  the  world  does, 
Following  the  apostle,  and  instead  of  ornanienU 
iug  the  body  with  gold  aud  costly  array,  we  or- 
nament the  character  with  holiness  and  good 
works.  The  characteristics  of  the  cliurch  are 
plainness  imd  non-conformity  in  ail  thing'^. 
Chrietians  cannot  dress  like  the  world  in  fash- 
iomible  attire  and  please  God,  neither  can  they 
appear  filthy  and  command  His  prai.-»es;  but 
dress  modest,  comfortable,  au'l  neat,  that  our 
appearance  will  be  a  light  and  encouragement 
to  the  world  to  love  and  serve  God. 

Agiun,  we  read  in  first  Corinthians,  chapter 
eleventh,  the  head  of  the  man  is  Christ,  and  the 
head  of  Christ  is  God.  Every  man  praying 
with  his  head  covered  dishonors  his  head,  that 
is  dishonors  God;  but  every  woman  who  prays 
or  prophesies  with  her  head  uncovered  dishon- 
ors her  head,  or  man.  and  indirectly  dishonor* 
Uo<L  The  act  that  man  doe-s  in  honor  to  U«d 
in  wurehip,  is  to  uncover  his  head.  Th«  act 
that  woman  does  is  to  cover  her  head.  Wh'-a 
man  uncovers  his  head  to  pray  the  woman  is  to 
do  the  reverse,  either  cover  the  head  or  leave 
the  covering  on.  But  remarks  some  one,  the 
hair  is  the  covering.     Thwi  evtrj  time  man 


E" 


prays  he  is  to  have  his  hair  shaved  off,  and  tho  | 
woman  is  to  let  hers  grow;  but  Paul  says,  "If 
she  be  not  covered,  let  her  atso  be  shaven, ^hiit 
is,  if  she  will  not  cover  hi;r  heiul  let  her  finish 
her  disobedience  and  shame  by  being  shorn,  for 
the  idea  is  that  it  is  just  as  much  shame  in  God's 
sight  for  a  woman  to  pray  to  God  uncovered,  aa 
it  is  in  the  sight  of  men  to  be  shorn  or  shnven. 
But  he  adds  that  nature  U>;iche»  the  hair  to  In- 
a  covering,  doubtle,ss  admitting  argumenta  of 
some  in  his  day,  who  took  advantage  of  the 
liberties  the  Gospel  gave  to  women  in  that  day, 
and  appeiired  before  men  unveiled,  and  as  an  ar- 
gument justifying  their  act  miid,  "  That  nature 
teiiches  that  the  hair  ia  given  for  a  covering." 
Paul  admits  that  tuitiire  teachoa  the  hair  to  be 
a  covering,  but  adds  if  any  man  is  contentious 
(about  what  nature  teaches),  the  church  of  God 
has  no  such  practice. 

The  practice  of  the  church  of  God  is,  that  the 
hair  is  not  the  covering  that  is  enjoined  on  wo- 
men to  wear  in  time  of  woi-sliip,  eappcially  as  a 
people  of  Christ,  we  practice  the  same.  Then 
sisters  when  you  come  before  God  in  prayer,  let 
it  be  at  noon-time,  morning  or  evening,  in  the 
public  assembly,  or  around  the  family  altar,  fol- 
low the  instructions  of  the  man  of  God,  hy  cov- 
ering the  head  in  honor  to  God  and  Him  alone, 
the  brethren  the  oppo-site;  aud  this  is  why  we 
sometimes  speak  against  professing  Chriilians 
cominginto  God's  house  with  their  hats  on,  The 
house  was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  the  Lord, 
and,  aa  such  should  be  treated  with  reverence. 
Then  when  you  enter  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
respectfully  uncover  your  head  at  the  door,  and 
keep  it  so  till  you  leave  the  place;  this  looks 
more  manly  if  not  Christian-like. 

One  more  thought,  and  then  wu  submit-all  to 
your  tonsideratiou.  We  do  not  go  to  law  with 
one  another  before  the  courts  of  the  unjust,  aa 
some  did  in  the  early  church,  hut  according  to 
the  instruction  of  the  aiiostle,  when  diiHcultii-s 
exist,  we  arrimge  them  in  the  church,  knowing 
it  to  be  a  ehame  for  brethren  to  go  to  law  one 
with  another.  Now  then  the  teachings  are  be- 
fore you,  what  have  you  to  say,  are  you  willing 
when  you  Iweonie  members  of  the  body  of 
Christ,  to  follow  them  out  as  far  nit  you  are  able 
aud  find  them  consistent  with  the  Word  of 
God?  (Each  reply  in  the  aflirmative).  You  each 
no  doubt  feel  to-day  that  life  is  bright  before 
you,  that  you  are  strong  in  the  faith  of  the  Gos- 
pel, and  a  holy  life  will  be  easy  to  live.  But  I 
want  to  tell  you  that  feel  as  you  mav.  there  are 
great  dithculties  ahead;  storms  and  trials  that 
will  be  hard  to  overcome,  troubles  await  you  in 
future  life  that  you  do  not  dream  of  now.  A 
life  of  righteousnes  is  not  all  flowers  or  peace 
here  it  takes  continual  watching  and  praying; 
but  beyond  all  these  trials,  are  great  joys, 
erlastiug  life  and  eternal  rest.  May  the  bless- 
ing of  tho  Fathei*  rest  upon  you,  the  grace  of 
the  Son  attend  you,  and  the  comforling  pres- 
ence of  the  Spirit  be  with  you  now  aud  in  all 
life  to  come.  To-day  we  meet  iu  the  congregit- 
tion  of  God's  people  on  earth  forming  this  cov- 
enant, imd  it  is  my  humble  prayer  that  it  may 
bo  followed  faithl'uUy  till  death,  and  then  when 
a//our  croises  are  over  here,  we  mil  meet  in 
the  union  of  dear  ones  above. 

Now  to  the  church  we  turn  and  say,  take 
thine,  I  give  them  to  you  to-day,  not  as  my 
converts,  but  the  Lord's,  for  they  are  His.  Treat 
them  kindly  and  gently,  aud  at  last  fathers, 
when  you  are  gone,  they  will  remember  you 
with  tender  drawingd  and  labor  on  till  the  wel- 
come will  come  to  them:  Servant,  it  is  enough, 
come  up  higher. 

May  God  bless  all,  ftttd  lulmiuister  to  us 
an  entrance  into  the  nilcUt  laud  in  peace,  and 
at  the  resurrection  morn  u  home  iu  the  mansions 
of  love,  among  the  redeemi-d  and  sanctified 
when  all  toil  and  tare  will  eud.  and  vanities 
cease,  free  from  *  World  of  sin  and  sorrow,  we 
come  Father  Soft  and  Holy  Spirit  forever  and  ev- 
er, Amen.  S.  H.  BAsnoR. 
Walerlo*,  imnu 


EFFECTS  OF  EDUCATION. 

UY   S.  Z.  SHARP. 

DUCATION  does  not  enable  the  true  min- 
iater  of  God  to  preach  a  new  faith  or  doc- 
trine, it  ouly  enables  him  to  prenont  that  doc- 
trine in  a  clearer  light  or  in  a  more  forcible 
manner.  If  the  Wonl  of  God  ix  the  "  sword  of 
the  spirit,"  then  education  gives  okill  to  the 
hiuid  that  wields  it,  and  makes  the  ntrokesjuore 
effective.  This  fact  is  recognixed  by  our  church, 
for  scarcely  is  a  young  man  of  considerable  lil- 
erarj-  ability  rea-ived  into  the  church,  and 
the  niemhent  natisfied  that  he  i«  Bound  in  the 
faith,  when  he  is  almost  invariably  called  to  the 
ministry,  aud  yet  tho  cry  is  everywhere.  "  Send 
us  ministers,"  "  Send  us  able  miuiaters." 

When  our  faith  is  iwsailed  by  our  enemies, 
we  always  send  for  our  beat  educated  ministers 
to  defend  us  iu  pubHc  debate,  even  if  we  have 
to  send  several  hundred  miles. 

When  some  ouu  assails  us  through  the  pres*. 
then  his  productions  arc  sent  lo  our  ablest  writ- 
ers to  bo  reviewea;  thus  showing  that  we  must 
have  educated  men  among  us.  Our  cause  suf- 
fers without  them. 

Education  does  not  create  new  powers,  but 
it  makes  those  we  have  more  available,  no  mat- 
tor  whether  wo  guide  the  plow,  wield  the  saw. 
cure  the  sick  or  preach  the  Goipel.  It  takes 
the  man  that  makes  the  most  out  of  him. 

COMMENDATORY. 

BY  E.  J.  ULOL'OH. 


1AM  glad  that  there  are  still  some  who  dare 
to  raise  an  alarm  imd  have  ctmrage  enough 
to  meet  that  treacherous  foe  on  the  open  field 
in  a  formidable  numner.  Oh!  how  very  true 
it  is  that  the  church  and  the  world  look  and  net 
80  much  alike,  that  from  all  the  evidence  men 
an  gather,  it  is  simply  impossible  to  distinguish 
to  which  a  good  many  belong,  of  both  sexes. 
In  some  localities  it  even  looks  as  if  the  church 
and  the  world  hud  etl'ected  a  compromise,  say- 
ing to  each  other  if  you  will  let  me  alone  I  will 
let  you  hiive  your  way,  while  the  Scriptures 
say,  "Come  out  from  among  them  and  be  ye 
separate."  Some  so-called  church  member* 
are  so  completely  swallowed  up  by  the  foolish 
and  ever  changing  fashions  of  the  world,  that 
if  kindly  told  about  these  inconsistencies,  will 
say,  if  [  would  exchange  my  clothes  for  those 
of  humbler  style,  would  that  make  me  any  bet- 
terat  heart?  would  1  not  be  just  as  I  nowjun?  In 
answer  to  such  we  say,  let  them  lay  off  incon- 
sistencies and  wear  only  becoming  apparel  and 
study  their  Bible  diligently,  and  above  all  else 
pray  like  David  did,  "  Lord  create  in  me  a  clean 
heart,  and  renew  a  right  spirit  within  me."  and 
they  will  soon  experience  such  achimge  of  heart 
\vill  bring  about  a  di-gnst  for  the  vimities 
and  superfluities  of  the  world. 

How  very  true  that  remark  made  by  a  brother 
a  few  years  ago  in  the  State  of  Colorado,  it  rt- 
maineth  forever  true,  that  the  outward  is  sig- 
nificant of  that  which  is  within.  Brethren  on. 
the  walls  of  Zion  stand  firm. 


You  coonot  easily  restrain  pride  without 
a  couflict.  You  cannot  expect  to  go  through 
life  without  bearing  burdens.  But  you  are  go- 
ing to  have  help  under  the  circumstances  thit 
redeem  you  from  these  things.  You  are 
going  to  experience  more  victories  than  defeats. 
Y'our  suffering  will  only  W  here  and  there— lit- 
tle spots  in  a  whole  field  of  peace  and  joy. 


Words  are  little  things,  but  they  strike  hard. 
We  utter  them  so  easily,  that  we  atv  apt  to 
forget  their  hidden  power.  Fitly  spoken,  they 
act  like  the  sunshine,  the  dew  aud  thefertiliaiug 
rain,  but  when  unfitly,  like  the  frost,  the  hail, 
and  deTastating  tempests. 


'ri^v:  m{KTHRi:>r  a.t  avoim<. 


BOOKS  OF  THE  BIBLE. 

OJ.V  TfSTAHKNT. 
Jii  fitnrMU  tlip  world  was    made   \ty  flol^^ 

tivoliiiml: 
In  f'joaiis  the   Hehrewa  mnrchod  to  gain  thi 

promiiied  land. 
Leeifiniii  c.nnitan»  the  law,  lioly  olid  jtut  and 

good; 
yumbrrn  Tt^imX*  the  tribe*  enrolled,  nil  sons  of 

Ahralnluf^K  blood. 
AfoiuM  in  DniUroiifniiij  procliiimn  God's  mighty 

(Ired^; 
IJniTi-  .hiithiin   into  Canaan's  land  the  host  of 

IfTiicI  lends 
In  J>ii{'jf»  thpir  n-bfllion  oft  provokes  the  Lord 

to  ttinite; 
Uut  iluth    recordi*   tlic  faith  of  oni-  well  |)li*iis- 

tiig  in  hin  Hight, 
In  FifBf  and  Secrmd  Samufl  of  Jesse's  son  we 

n*ad: 
Ton  trilw»  in   First  aixA  Second  /f/nj/s  revolted 

from  bin  ooed. 
Ill  Fiml  aiir)   Scrotid  C/ifOHirles  ««  Judnh  cn[>- 

tive  mn/le, 
lint  Kiifi  loiuls  aremniuit  b.irk  fliroiig)i  |)riHc<>- 

\y  Cjtlm'  aid. 
The  city  woIU  of  Zion,  Xehrminh  huild.t  iifjain; 
Wliili-   Fnffifr  mivcM  her  people  from  plots  of 

wii-lti'il  men. 
Ill  Jiifi  w('  reiid  bow  faith  will  live,  beneath  nf- 

Hifrt.ioMi  rod. 
.\rid     Diirid'a  J'nahm  are  precious  songs  for 

every  child  of  God. 
The  J'fui*rrl>.-<  like  a  Koodl^"  utring  of  tlioicest 

pearlii  uppcur; 
Errlcsiaiites  tcjicheji  man  how  vain  ;uv  all  things 

here 
TJie  nijiitic    .Siimjii  of    Sohmwn    «xalt.s  sweet 

Sharon '«  Horn-; 
_\nd  Chrint,  the  Savior  and  the  King,   the  rnpt 

ImuiIi  «hr>ws. 
The  warning  Jvirmuih   apostate  Israel  scorns, 
His  plaintive    fAiiiiciiMwns  their  nwfnl  down- 
full  niotiniK. 
Kzfkhl  k'II(*    in    wondrous  words  of  dazzliiifj 

iiiynleriiiH ; 
And  king!"  and  empire.^  yet   ti>conie  Jhiuirl 

vision  Nres. 
Of  jud^niejit  and  of  mercy  Uonm  loves  to  tell; 
.liM-l  dc-cribcs  \\\c  hlpjiu-d  (lays  when  God  with 

man  Mliall  dwt-II 
A  iiiong  Ti'koa's  herdsmen  Amos  received  his  call ; 
Anil  Olmiiiifi  proplieaied  of  Eiloin'a  final   fall. 
Jonah  ennhrines  a  wondrous  typo  of  Chriat  onr 

risen  Lurdj 
Jf/m/i  jirouonnces  Jiidah  lost,  in  Christ  to  be 

reatoii'd ; 
Nakuiii  declares  on  Ninevah  jiistjndgnientshall 

he  jmiircd. 
A  view  of  Clmldca'rt  coming  doom  Ilakikkuk's 

vision  give; 
And  Zrjtiianiah  warns  the  .lews to  turn,  repent 

mid  live. 
HiKiifdl  wmif  to  tlui'^e  who  saw  the  temple 

built  Mgain: 
A\\<\ /.(uUtir'uih  prophesied  of  Christ's  tnumph- 

unt  reign. 
Mfiliir/ti  wiw  the  btst  who  touched   the  high 

prophetic  chord, 
lU  final  n<>t>-»  sublimely  show  the  coming  of 
the  Lord. 


THE   CHRISTIAN    HOME. 


"•         1     , 


BT  J.  &.  1U)]I1.F,JC. 

my    Kftther's   house   are   many 

iiinnsi<)ns;   if  it  ivcre  not  so,  I 

would  Iiave  told  you.     I  gO  to  prepare 

ft  place  for  you  "  (John  14:  2). 

The  above  words  of  our  Savior  are 
full  of  conifoi't  and  consolation.  Christ 
had  been  with  His  disciples  about  three 
yenn*,  teaching  them  the  way  of  Life 
and  salvation:  but  the  tiiue  of  His  de- 
parture drew  near.  He  told  His  disei- 
pTn^i  that  it  was  e.\j)edien;  for  them  that 
He  should  go  away:  this  filled  tlieir 
hearts  with  sorrow.  They  wunted  to 
go  with  Christ  right  away;  eould  not 
endure  the  thought  of  being  sepa- 
rated from  Him  whom  they  dearly 
loved.  Christ,  in  order  to  comfort 
them,  uses  the  cheering  words  of 
our  te.\t.  ^\'hile  tlie  above  words 
wen-  cheei-iug  to  the  disciples,  they  .ire 
alf!0  cheering  to  us. 

Our  condition  in  life  is  such,  that  we 
imve  no  real  h()nic.  We  have  places 
we  call  our  homes,  but  we  cannot  enjoy 
them  long.  Our  homes  ou  eartii  may 
be  adorned  ^vitll  evei-ything  that  i.<  jdea-*- 
iug  to  the  eye,  and  our  tables  may  In- 
crowned  with  the  eiioieest  blessings  of 
earth,  and  like  the  ritdi  man,  we  may  lie 
"  clothed  in  fine  linen  and  purple,  and 
fare  suni]>tuonsly  every  day."  But  we 
niuat  Jeaveall  Iheseeomforts  of  earth  and 
pass  away.  In  the  above  words  Christ 
promi.s('s  us  a  home  that  is 

i:VKItI,ASTIX(i, 


NICW  TIWTA11E.\T. 

Miillliiir  and  Murk  and  Liilcr  and  John  the  ho- 
ly (io^pclfi  wrote 
Dciicribing  how  the  Savior  died,  His  life  and  all 

He  taught. 
Acts  show  how  God  the  Apostles  owned  with 

signs  in  every  place; 
St.  Paul  in  Jlohians  teaches    us  how  man    is 

saved  by  grace. 
The  Aptwtle  in  CoriH^AfVm.f  instructs,  exhorts, 

reproves, 
Galutiuus  sliows  that  faith  in   Christ  alone  the 

Father  loves. 
EpInsMna  and  J'hilijjpinns  tell  what  Christians 

ought  to  Imj; 
Volotsintig  bids  us  to  live  to  God,  and  for  eternity. 
In  Th^smlonians  we  ore  taught  the  Lord  mil 

come  from  heaven; 
In  Tiuiiilhi/  and    Titas  a  bishop's  nile  is  given. 
Philetmm  marks  u  Christian's  love,  which  only  a 

Chrijtt.an  kuows; 
//('i/Y w\s  reveals  the  Gospel,   prefigured  by  the 

kw. 
■Jntnes  teache-i  without  holiness,   faith  is  but 

Vain  and  dead; 
^nd  /V/crpoint-s  the  narrow  way  in  which  the 

saints  are  led. 
John  in  his  three  Epistles  on  love  delight!!  to 

-twell: 
And  Jiuit  gives  awful  warning   of  judgment. 

wrath  and  hell. 
The  Itereluiiona  prophesies  of  that  trenieiidons 

day, 
Wbpn   Clirist.  and  Christ  alone,  shall  he  the 
trembling  ainijer^fl  stay. 

-rJStUctecf. 


A  home  that  we  can  enjoy  forever.  "  A 
kingdom  which  cannot  be  moved"  (Heb- 
12:  2s).  "To  an  inheritance  inconupt- 
ible,  undefiled,  and  tlmtfadethnol  away  " 
(1  Peter  1:4).  "And  God  shall  wipe 
away  all  tears  from  their  eyes;  and  there 
shall  be  no  more  death,  neither  sorrow, 
nor  crying,  neither  shall  there  be  any 
more  pain:  for  the  former  things  have 
jiassed  away"  (Rev,  21:  4). 

To  obtain  a  mansion  in  this  life,  is 
more  than  most  i>eople  are  able  to  do. 
A  great  many  pei'.sons  are  too  poor  to 
obtain  even  an  ordinary  home.  But  not 
so  with  this  heavenly  mansion.  The 
pooie.st  man  or  woman  on  God's  foot- 
stool can  have  one  of  those  mansions  as 
well  as  the  rich.  In  fact  the  riches 
of  the  wealthy  will  do  no  good  in  ob- 
taining this  heavenly  mansion,  but  are 
rathel-  in  the  way.  "  How  hardly  shall 
they  that  have  riches,  enter  the  kingdom 
of  heaven,"  says  Christ,  from  the  fact 
that  their  hearts  and  affections  are  ujjon 
things  that  are  earthly,  to  the  almost  ut- 
ter neglect  of  the  true  rlcAe.'i,  In  this 
life  the  poor  are  generally  neglected  by 
a  pioud,  fashionable  world,  as  well  as  a 
popular  Christianity,  as  unworthy  | 
their  notice  or  association.  It  matters 
not  how  virtuous  the  character  of  the 
poor  may  be;  the  simple  fact  of  being 
poor  is  enough  to  disgi-ace  them  in  the 
eyes  of  an  unregenerated  people.  lu 
consequence  of  this,  they  ai-e  often  de- 
prived of  the  conveniences  of  life;  and 
sometimes  of  its  actual  necessities.  But 
while  the  poor  are  often  neglected,  if 
they  are  obedient  to  the  precepts  of  Je- 
sus, they  stand  higher  iu  favor  with  God, 
and  one  day  will  be  vastly  richer  than 
the  proudest  monarch  that  ever  reigned 
on  earth.  "  They  shall  shine  like  the 
sun  in  the  kingdom  of  their  Father." 
"  All  things  shall  be  their's,  and  they 
Ciirist's,  and  Christ  CJod's."  AVlien  the 
poor  beggar  was  in  Abi-aham's  bosom  he 
wius  ten  thousand  times  richer  than  the 
rich  m^u,  at  whose  gate  he  lay,  ever  wa.s 
in  this  life.     "  We  shall  be  heii-s  qf  God  I 


and  joint  heirs   with   the  Lord  Jeaus 

Christ." 

Xatur.tlly  when  persons  intend  jjur- 
chasing  a  home,  especially  a  mansion 
they  are  very  i>articulrtr  to  examine 

THE  TITLE 

to  see  whether  there  might  not  be  some 
incumbrance  on  it,  and  if  so,  to  have 
it  removed.  This  applies  well  spiritu- 
ally. "We  should  carefully  examine  our 
title  to  this  heavenly  mansion.  For  it 
is  only  by  complying  with  certain  im- 
porfmii  conditions  given  by  Christ  that 
we  obtain  a  good  title.  "  Blessed  are 
they  that  do  His  commandments  that 
they  may  have  a  rif//if  to  the  tree  of  life 
and  may  enter  in  through  the  gates  into 
the  city"  (^Kev.  21:  14).  Again,  "teach- 
ing them  to  ohfiervc  all  things  whatsoever 
I  have  commanded  ytm"  (Matt.  2S:  20) 
Again,  *'  And  hereby  we  do  know  that 
we  know  Him  if  we  keep  His  command- 
ments "  (1  Jt)hn  2:  .'!).  "  Not  every  one 
that  saith  unto  me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  en- 
ter tlie  kingdom  of  heaven;  but  he  that 
(loeth  tJtc  will  of  wij  Father  which  is  in 
heaven"  (Matt.  7:  21).  A  wilfull  neg- 
h'ct,  or  disobedience  to  any  of  the  pre- 
ceptiS  of  Jesus,  seriously  affects  our  title. 
Peter  tried  this  once  in  a  precept  that 
thousands  of  pi-ofessors  of  to-day  are  too 
proud  to  observe,  and  he  came  near  los- 
ing histitle  (John.  l;i:S).  Assoonas  Pet- 
saw  Avhat  he  would  lose  he  was  obedi- 
ent at  once.  AVouId  to  God  that  all 
professors  when  they  find  themselves  de- 
linquent, would  manifest  the  ready  ttbe- 
dienceof  Peter;  we  would  have  less  schism 
and  division  than  we  now  have.  It  is 
only  when  We  I'ender  a  ready  obedience 
to  the  commandments  of  Christ  that 

"We  can  read  our  title  clear, 
To  a  mansion  in  the  skies, 
And  bid  farewell  to  every  fear, 
And  wipe  our  weeping  eyes." 
Naturally  when  persons  cannot  pay 
in  full  for  their  homes  they  sometimes 
give 

A  DEKD  OF  TUIIST, 

as  security  for  future  payment.  This 
may  do  natm-ally,  but  it  will  not  do 
spiritually.  When  a  professor  of  relig- 
ion frequents  the  saloon  or  gambling  ta- 
ble, he  is  giving  the  devil  a  deed  of  trust 
on  his  heavenly  mansion.  Or  if  he  swears 
or  uses  filthy  language,  because  no  mem- 
bers of  the  church  are  present,  he  is  giv- 
ing the  devil  a  deed  of  trust.  Or  if  he 
neglects  prayer,  or  his  attendance  at 
church,  or  indulges  in  unholy  thoughts, 
he  is  simply  gi^'ing  the  devil  a  deed  of 
trust,  and  unless  he  redeems  his  charac- 
ter soon,  the  devil  will 


bei-s  of  a  family   to    meet  occasioniiT 
the  old  homfstead,  to  have  a  '^  " 

FAMILY    IlEl-NIOX, 

a  good  social  time,  when  the  bent  f 
new  dainties  of  earth   crown  the  h 
and  all  present    enjoy    themselves  j^'^' 
iu  each   other's  society.     Wp  ««„      '^^ 
^-         ■     .  ■    /,      ,^^«8ome 

times  m  fancy  cari-ied  back  to  the  d 

of  onr  childhood,  andiindginfe  wa*     v* 

Ol.n  IIOMESTKAU 

with  all  its  surroundings — the  orch   j 
the  meadow,   the  spring;   the  riDtiHr 
stream,  the  family  mansion,  its  doorl  '^ 
windows,  its  rooms — the   family  ciJ.) 
as  they  gathei-  around   the  family  alL^' 
our  kind  parents  reading;   from  th      ' 
cred pages  of  inspiration;  the  rich  ti' 
ureof  God's  AVord. 

Hnw  painfully  [^leasing  the  fond  recollection 
Of  youthful  connection  .and  innocent  Joy 
When  blessed  with  parental  adyice  and  aff 


Surrounded  with  mercy,  with  pence  from  o 
I  still  view  the  chairs  of  my  father  and  m 

Aiidthosc of  theiroifspriug ranged oni 


•u'gh 
loflier. 


Si:i,I,  ITIM  OI'T 

for  he  is  a  cruel,  unmerciful  tyrant,  and 
will  not  give  one  hour's  gi-jice, —  like  a 
roaring  lion  seeking  whom  he  may  de- 
vour. Judas  sold  Christ  secretly,  but 
the  devil  sold  Judas  out.  Ami  Ananias 
and  his  wife  sinned  secretly,  but  the  dev- 
il sold  them  out;  as  well  asiuany  thous- 
ands of  others  since  that  time.  It  has 
been  said,  "  Give  the  devil  his  dues," 
but  be  careful,  there  ain't  much  duehim. 
It  is  only  by  constant  vigilance  that  we 
can  Veep  our  title  free  from  the  denl's 
claim.  "Resist  the  devil  and  he  will  flee 
from  you  "  (James  4:  7).  "  What  I  say 
unto  you,  I  say  unto  a]\  wtilch''  (Mark 
la:  a7).  "Above  all,  taking  the  shiehl 
of  faith  whereby  we  may  be  able  to 
^umc/i  all  the  Jrei-y  dart.f  of  the  wicked'' 
( Eph.  ti:  161).  "  Bringing  intocaptiWty 
every  thought  unto  the  obedience  of 
Chri.st"(2  Cor.  10:5).  By  a  constant 
use  ot  the  weapons  of  our  holy  war- 
fare, wemay  become  more  than  conquerors 
through  Him  that  loved  us  and  gave 
IlHuself  for  ua. 
A^ttui  it  is  customary  fur  all  jhe  mem- 


each  Wj 
And  that  richest  of  books  wliieh  excellse 

The  family  Bible  that  lay  on  the  stand. 

But  alas!  those  hajjpy  scenes  of  chil,]. 
hood  have  passed  away,  never  to  rehin 
The  family  circle  is  broken.  Some  of 
its  members  have  passed  over  Jordau's 
stormy  river;  others  are  in  afar  distant 
land.  One  by  one  its  members  are 
passing  aw-ay.  How  appropriate  the 
following  lines; 

Yon  scenes  of  tranqnility,  long  siuce  have  we 

jmrtcd, 
My  hopes  almost  gone,  and  niy  parents  no  more 
In  sorrow,  and  sadness,  t  .live  broken-hearted 
And  wander  alone,  on  a  far  distant  shore. 

In  sorrow  we  turn  away  from  om- 
earthly  home.  We  think  of  the  cheer- 
ing words  of  Christ,  "  In  my  Father's 
house  are  many  mansions."  We  think 
of  that 

IJEAVKNI,V  KEUNIUN 

when  all  the  members  of  God's  family 
will  be  reunited.  In  fancy  we  also  pic- 
ture in  our  minds  our  f uture , home— 
our  heavenly  mansion,  the  holy  city,  the 
new  Jerusalem,  with  its  beautiful  foun- 
dations and  walls  adorned  with  all  man- 
ner of  precious  stones,  its  pearly  gates, 
its  golden  streets,  its  beautiful  river,  that 
maketh  glad  the  city  of  God.  Its  stately 
tree  of  life  that  stands  in  the  midst  of  the 
l)aradise  of  God,  its  beautiful  scenery 
adorned  with  Sharon's  lovely  rose,  that 
never  fades. 


Before  the  morning  stare  were  bom. 
It  bloomed  on  heavenly  ground. 
Its  fair  dimes  whei'e 
"  The  dripping  cloud  is  chased  away," 
whei-e  no  flashes  of  vivid  lightning  are 
seen,  where  no  fearful  thundei-s  roll, 
where  the  dark  and  threatening  clouds 
do  not  lower,  where  no  fearful  storms 
and  tornadoes  come,  where  uo  wintry 
winds  sweep  over  the  laud,  where 
darkness  is  forever  banished,  where  they 
need  not  the  light  of  the  sun,  stars  or 
of  the  moon,  nor  of  a  candle;  but  the 
the  Lord  God  and  the  Lamb  are  the  light 
thereof,  where  the  noon-tide  of  glory 
eternally  reigns.  We  think  of  the  hearth 
of  that  home;  where  there  is  no  sickaes. 
no  sorrow,  nocj-ylng,  no  pain,  nor  death, 
where  grave-yards  are  not  needed,  where 
we  can  say,  "  Oh  death  where  is  thy 
sting,  oh  grave  where  is  thyvictoryi^ 
Where  we  shall  bloom  in  the  vigoi'  of 
immortal  youth,  where  the  family  circle 
will  never  be  broken,  where  we see'OVX 
dear  Re.lf^emer,  "The  chiefest  among  ten 
thousand,  and  the  one  altogether  h^velj"- 
whose  head  is  as  the  most  fine  gold.  His 
cheeks  are  as  a  bed   of  spices, 


owers,  His  lips  like 
sweet-smelling  myrrh. 
Himself  and  welcome  us  all  homo  to  ^ 


lilies,  dropping 
who  will  gu-d 


joy 

iVl 


il    4. 


■rHK    HKKTHRKX    ^VT    A\C)1U<:. 


,li,.  mai-riagffeast    of  the    Laml,. 

flTfU  »-<■  ">"»  (tliougll  feebly)  c„„tem' 

,  our  fntui-e  home, — 


THE  TRULY  SAVED. 


r 

THE  ittonTKors 
j^iretobe  there.  Like  the  apostle, 
>fho  ilesired  to  be  nliaent  from  the  body 
^{t  l.ieseut  H-ith  the  I,oi-tl,  which  was 
far  better.  Pntieut  Job  after  experi. 
fDciiig  liinny  of  '!'«  troubles  and  disap- 
,,ointiiients  incident  to  this  life,  says,  "  I 
,„iil.l  not  live  always."  "Oh  that  I 
1,^1  the  wnngs  of  a  dove  I  woidd  Sy 
jivay  and  niy  soul  would  be  at  rest." 
yVgain,  "Looking  for,  andhasteningunto 
ik  <l"y  "''  ^"^^  ^^'"'  ^°  """"!  Lord  .le- 
5„s  quickly."  "  For  we  know  that  if 
ouj'  earthly  houseof  this  tabernacle  were 
jissolved,  we  have  a  building  of  God 
house  not  ina<lB  with  hands  eternal 
,l,elnMV.-"s"  (-J  Cor.  .5;  1 ).  In  our  s< 
,,(,„>  and  troubles  hel'e,  we  become  tired 
of  eiirlli,  and   often  feel  to  say  with  the 

U  bind  t>l  vest,  lor  thee  I  sigh, 

"Whi'ii  will  the  moments  come? 
When  I  Jihall  hiy  my  luniorhy, 
And  {Iwell  wiHi  Christ  iit  liome. 

TIIK    WiCKlCD 

•list)  lU'sire  ji  home  in  heaven,  but  arc 
constantly  going  farther  from  home.  The 
only  \v;iy  to  get  home  is  to  get  on  the 
sfny  tlint  leads  home.  We  may  desire 
ahmue  in  heaven;  we  nmy  talk  about 
it,  we  may  siug  aliout  it;  but  unless  we 
[irai.tii::dly  get  on  the  way  that  lends 
hVinie.  "■<■  will  never  get  there.  The 
i,iu>t  unfortunate  persons  in  this  life,  are 
tjioj^f  who  have  no  home.  There  are 
many  of  this  class  called  tramps,  wan- 
ilpriiiu' from  place  to  place,  begging  their 
wa\  through  the  world,  and  doubtless 
are  ufen  hungry  and  cold,  having  no  home 
itf  comfort  to  go  to.  "While  this  is  a  sad 
coiulition  in  this  life;  yet  the  wicked  L  e. 
tbe  lionitlcss  in  the  world  to  come,  will 
liire  iiiiinitely  worse,  than  in  this  life. 
li  is  not  only  a  want  of  comfort  they  will 
experience,  but  in  addition,  to  this,  in- 
tense sutl'ering  in  that  awful  world  of 
u'louai  and  despair,  "  Where  there  is 
wtieping  and  gnashing  of  teeth,  where 
the  worm  dieth  not  and  the  fire  is  not 
"[iieiR-iied,  where  the  snu)ke  of  their  tur 
ment  ascends  forever  audever,"  where  m 
saiu'tuary  jirivileges  are  enjoyed,  wherf 
the  liiljle  is  not  read,  where  the  songs  of 
Zion  are  not  heard,  wliere  no  kind  hands 
m  offvivd  to  minister  to  theu*  wants  and 
Mieve  tlieir  sufferings,  and  not  one  ray 
of  light  shines  from  Zion's  holy  hill, 
but 

''Oil  slippery  rocks,  I  see  them  stiiiid. 
While  Hery  billows  roll  beneath," 
There  Avith  the  damned  in  the  pit  of 
hell  to  Nuiier  eternally  with  all  the  filth 
niitl  scum  of  the  hunum  family — the 
liiiinkarrl.  tlu'  liar,  the  thief,  the  nuu"- 
^fVti\  the  swearer,  the  miser,  the  proud, 
the  whoremonger,  and  the  adulterers, — 
not  one  righteous  pel-son  among  tliem. 
l\T]o  would  want  to  gNi  there?  Not  one. 
»ft  thousands  are  on  their  way,  and  un- 
less they  return,  that  will  surely  be  their 
|lestinatiun.  Awful  to  think,  sine*  there 
■ssut'h  a  good  home  provided  for  all, 
«nil  on  such  easy  terms  that  all  can  get 
""f.  tLat  men  and  women  will  throw 
theniselv 
tlevil, 


away  in  the  serviee  of  the 
lor  the  sak«  of  a  little  earthly 
pleasure,  and  thus  foifelt  all  right,  title, 
^Qd  claim  to  that  glorious  mansion,  they 
|"igbt  so  easily  have  obtained.  Our  ob- 
J'^tt  in  penning  this  article,  is  to  stir  us 
up  to  gi-eater  diligence  in  securing  our 
'|tle  unimpaired  to  that  heavenly  man- 
"'on  We  need  so  much  when  we  depart 
^^  life.  May  God  help  us  all  to  do  so, 
"^aiy  prayer. 


UrpiIOU  Shalt  call  His  name  JESUS. 
^  for  He  shall  save  His  people  from 
their  sins  "  (Matt.  1 :  -Jl ).  The  angel  of 
the  Lord  appeared  to  Joseph  in  a  dream, 
tells  him  that  tlu-  child.  JIary  his  wiiV 
should  bring  forth,  was  of  '  the  Holy 
Ghost,  ami  that  he  should  call  his  name 
JKSUS,  because  he  should  save  his  peo- 
ple ft-om  their  sins.  Saving  from  sins, 
and  the  remkmon  of  sins,  are  two  dif- 
ferent things  (Acts  '2:  47).  It  is  said, 
"  And  the  Lord  added  to  the  chinx-h  dai- 
ly such  as  should  be  saved."  'J'/iOse  who 
arcmved,  is  the  reading  of  the  reviserl 
translation.  And  according  to  Clark  this 
is  the  true  rendering.  He  says,  ''Though 
luany  apjiroved  of  the  life  and  manner 
of  the  primitive  Christians,  yet  they  did 
not  become  members  of  this  iioly  church ; 
God  permitted  none  to  be  added,  but 
thoM;  who  were  saved  from  their  sins 
and  prejudices.  The  church  of  Christ 
was  made  up  of  mints;  sinners  were 
not  permitted  to  incorporate  themselves 
with  it."  Is  not  this  the  true  design  of 
the  churtdi '.  How  can  she  be  the  body  of 
Christ,  if  made  up  of  sinners  i  Hiit  was 
it  not  Christ's  mission  to  save  sinners? 
Yes,  to  save  them  from  thuir  sins,  and 
whenso  .saved,  addingthem  to  the  church 
is  an  easy  matter;  it  is  a  couse(iuence 
which  follows  being  .saved  from  sins.  A 
reformation  in  repentance  saves  from 
continuing  in  willful  sins.  Ceasing  to 
do  evil,  and  learning  to  do  well:  forsak- 
ing evil  ways,  and  unrighteous  thoughts, 
is  saviug  from  sins.  They  who  are  sav- 
ed  from  pride,  find  no  more  pleasure  in 
the  society  of  the  proud:  they  who  are 
saved  from  vanity,  have  no  pleasure  in 
the  society  of  the  vain.  If  saved  from 
unlteiief,  theyfV-el  it  nnetpial  to  be  yok- 
ed with  unbelievers;  and  so  through  all 
the  ramification  of  sins. 

The  saved  from  sin  are  no  more  of 
tile  world,  the  world  knows  them  not; 
they  seek  the  church,  the  soul's  asylum, 
and  are  added  by  baptism  in  the  name 
of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of  the 
sins  committed  before  they  were  saved 
from  .-^ins  or  Ninning.  Their  sins  are  a 
deatlbudyon  the  soul,  and  must  be,  and 
in  baptism  arc  remitted.  Tlic  chur< 
made  up  of  such,  is  holy,  and  Is  the  salt 
of  the  earth,  aud  the  light  of  the  world, 
all  will  speak  the  same  thing,  aud  there 
will  be  no  divisions  among  them,  but 
are  perfectly  joined  together  in  the  same 
mind,  and  in  the  eame  judgment.  And 
we  are  justified  in  saying  that  all  the 
saved  ti'oin  sins  are  to  he  added  to  her. 

The  great  eflort  of  the  age,  is  to  add 
nuuibei-s  to  the  church,  while  the  ell'ort 
to  save  from  sins  is  very  feeble.  The 
Savior  said,  of  some  that  they  compass- 
ed sea  and  land  to  nnike  one  proselyte, 
and  when  they  had  made  him,  they  made 
him  two-fold  worse  than  the  child  of 
hell  than  themselves.  Brethren,  1  trem- 
ble when  I  see  and  hear  how  things  are 
going  with  ns..  yumlera!  m-mders! 
seems  to  be  the  raging  mania  of  the  age 
in  which  we  live. 

To  save  His  people  from  their  sins; 
the  Lord  employs  hcljn^.  Among  these 
is,  preaching  the  Gospel.  It  is  the  pow- 
er oi  God  unto  salvation  to  all  them 
that  believe.  But  the  Go8])el  must  be 
preached  to  edification,  and  to  coinfoi-t. 
The  umlerstanding  must  be  iusti-ucted 
and  the  mind  enlightened.  The  people 
must  be  taught  that  God  is  holy,  and  to 
be  with  Him,  they  must  be  holy;  they 
must  be  taught  that  God  is  pure,  and 
that  the  pure  in  heait  only  will  see  God. 
They  must  know  that  they  must  follow 


peace  wuh  all  men  and  holincKs.  with- 
out which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord. 
To  preach  the  Gospel,  is  t«  prodaiiu  that 
every  tran9gressi<m  and  disobcdienci!  in 
sin,  and  that  no  sinner  can  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

Another  h«lp  is,  the  godly  parental 
instructions.  Parents  can  bring  up  their 
children  in  the  nurture  and  iulmouition 
of  the  Lord,  so  a-*  tobt  saved  from  many 
sins,  by  never  having  fallen  into  them. 
In  olden  times  parents  brought  up  their 
children  for  the  Lord,  and  when  they 
grew  up  they  were  readily  added  to  His 
church.  But'now  many  of  the  children 
of  Christian  parents  are  leaders  in  pride, 
fashion  and  e.vtravagance;  and  if  added 
to  the  church  at  all,  the  jiarentj*  plead 
for  them  to  be  received  as  they  are  in 
their  sins;  ami  hence  the  degeneracy  in 
holiness  and  the  grievou.sdepartures  from 
the  land-marks  of  the  holy  fathers  in 
the  church. 


PAPER  READING. 

iiv  .rouK  n.  PECK. 

TT  is  strange  imleed  that  in  this 
-■-  lightened  nineteenth  century  that 
any  should  oppose  the  publication  and 
circulation  of  a  religious  newspaper;  es' 
pecially  when  said  paper  is  devoted  to 
the  dissemination  of  the  precious  truths 
of  the  Gospel,  as  they  theiuselves  jirofess 
to  l)elieve  them.  Hut  I  am  sorry  to  note 
such  is  the  case,  and  that  among  tlie 
brethren,  yea  more,  among  those  who 
are  commanded  to  be  ensamples  to  the 
Hoek. 

Whenever  I  hear  those  who  profess  to 
be  the   followers    of   Jesus,    e.-^pressing 


themselves  in  antagonistic  terms  upu:: 
any  meixsure  that  has  a  tendency  to 
spread  the  story  of  the  ci-oss  far  and 
wide,  I  nm  abnost  constrained  to  believe 
that  they  are  afraid  heaven  will  get  too 
full,  that  no  room  will  be  left  for  them 
Not  long  ago  I  heard  a  preacher's  wife 
say,  "  We  don't  take  the  BitKTiiitEN  .\t 
WoKK,  nor  the  Prvmitia}  C'hrwtian, 
<lon't  believe  in  reading  the  uninsj)ired 
literatui-e  of  the  day;  think  folks  had 
better  be  reailing  the  Bible,  or  going  t{t 
meeting,  instead  of  reading  the  papers 
so  much."  Now  I  have  not  a  word  to 
say  against  reading  the  Bible,  for  I  am 
confident,  there  is  too  little  of  it  done 
among  the  Christ-prot'essing  peojile.  to 
Ray  nothing  aboutothers;  but  I  have  se- 
rious doubts  that  those  who  do  not  read 
the  religiou-1  perioilicals,  read  the  Bible 
any  more  than  those  who  do;  and  1  am 
satisfied  that  many  will  read  the  paper 
who  never  read  the  Bible,  and  thus  are, 
as  it  were  unconsciously  led  to  a  knowl- 
edge and  love  of  the  truth,  and  obedi- 
ence to  Christ;  amost  hajipy  result  that 
might  have  never  been  accomplished 
without  the  papers.  But,  say  the  pa- 
per oj)posers,  "Let  them  go  to  meeting, 
and  there  hear  the  tioriptures  e-tpluined." 
Yes  let  them!  I  am  willing  to  let  them, 
but  they  won't  do  it.  L'nhu-tunately, 
some  of  our  pulpits  are  occupied  by 
very  ileficient  preachers;  their  sermons, 
{if  sermons  they  might  be  called),  being 
neither  edifying   nor  eutei-taining. 

I  dou't  wish  to  be  understood 
as  Bpeaking  reproachfully  of  those 
who  are  called  upon  to  preach,  and  are 
not  able  to  do  so;  but  I  look  upon  them 
as  the  result  of  the  minority  system  of 
electing  ministers;  asystem  that  I  depre- 
cate in  the  strongest  possible  language, 
— aud  aa  long  as  fifteen  or  twentv, 
may  chance  to  elect  a  preacher,  in  a  dis- 
trict of  one  hunilred  or  more  members, 
this  state  of  affairs,  must  inevitably  con- 
tinue; aud  the  unfortunat*-  ones,  who  are 
thus  forced   to  undertake  what  they  are 


altogttthfr  untjualifieAl  to  do,  havia^f 
neither  the  education  nor  inclination, 
uecessttry  to  become  successful  ministers, 
should  enlist  our  most  ardent  sympathiea 
in  their  behalf,  inst^-ad  of  calling  forth, 
our  contempt  and  abuse. 

But  just  as  loay  !is  our  pulpits  are  aa 
iiiaderpiately  supplied,  so  long  our  pa- 
pei-s,  which  are  edited  by  those  who  are 
generally  able  to  discern  between  the 
chafl'  and  the  wheat,  and  give  to  the 
public  only  such  matter  asis  in  conso- 
nance with  the  Gospel,  and  inten<Ied  to- 
enligliten  the  honest  searcher  after  truth, 
must  and  will  rank  higher,  in  the  impor- 
tant work  of  expounding  and  promul- 
gating the  Word  of  God. 

Again,  if  all   our  preaching  were  un- 
excepti.uiably    good,  it  would  not  essen- 
tially lessen    the  necessity  for  a  good  re- 
ligious journal   in  every  familv.     There 
have  been  no    better  means  introduced 
for  the  instruction,  and  moral  elevation, 
of  our  children,  than   to  place   before 
them  an    interesting   jjaper  every  wcttk, 
tiUeil  with    new  aud  whoh-.some  matter, 
printed  in  a  simple  and  attractive  style, 
with  beautiful  large   type  jw  m  found  in 
the  Biiin-niEKN  at  Wokk.     The  chiMreii 
lind  much  in   the  papers  every  week  Uv 
interest  them,  and  draw  their  minds  into 
holy  chanmls;  and  the  imprc-tsious  thus 
madi',  often  f.trni  the  foundation  ro»-k  of 
a  future    life    of  usefulnej-s   and    piety. 
Ami  what   arc  the  articles  in  the  papers 
other  than  sermons,  written  sennons ;  aiul 
if  it  is  good  to  listen   to  oral  sermons, 
why  shonld  not  the  reading  of  written 
sermons  be  e(pially  as  beneficial  ?     Hut 
I  am  aware   that   those  who  oj^pose  the 
liublication  of  religious  papers,  belon" 
to  a  class  that   would  like  to  adhere  to. 
the  old  catholic  dogma,  that  the  interpre- 
tation of  the  Scriptures  belongs  only  to 
the  priesthood;  but  the  jiapersare  ojkmi 
to  all  who  feel  like  contributing  to  their 
l)ages;  and  the  articles  selected  fur  their 
.columns,  are  selected  upon  their  merits, 
regardless  of  who  wrote  them;  thus  -giv- 
ing us  of  the  laity  a   chance  to    e.\pre.><t 
our  sentiments  on  different  sulijects. 

Now  to  all  who  oppose  the  papei-s  up- 
on this,  or  any  other  hypothesis,  I  will 
say,  let  us  lay  aside  all  pn-judice,  ami 
lalousy,  and  work  together  for  the- 
advancement  of  the  Slsister's  causi-,  ami 
the  enlargement  of  Zion's  I)ordersiu  any 
way  that  we  can  accomplish  the  most 
good,  and  God  will  certainly  bless  us. 


A  TASK  FOR  A  SKEPTIC. 

A  SKEPTICAL  student  once  inform - 
-^  ed  Dr.  Wayland  that  he  had  been 
unable  to  discover  any  intemal  evideuee 
that  the  Old  Testament  was  insi»ired- 
''  For  instance,"  said  he,  *'  take  the  Iwok 
of  Proverbs;  certainly  it  needed  no  in- 
spiration to  write  that  portion  of  the  Bi- 
ble; a  man  not  inspired  could  have  done 
it  as  well;  indeed,  1  have  often  thought 
that  I  could  write  !is  fjood  proverl)B  my-- 
self." 

"  Yery  w;eU,  my  son,"  was  the  quiet 
rejoinder  of  the  professor;  "  perhaps  youi 
can.  Suppose  you  make  the  exi^erinieiit ; . 
prepare  a  few  proverbs,  and  bring  them 
to  the  class  to-morrow." 

It  is  unnecessary  to  i^ddtbat  theyoung 
man  felt  h-  needed  a  little  inspiration  to- 
accomplish  the  task  thus  challeuge<l  and 
imposed.  Such  gentle  repi-oof  j^rored 
tar  more  powerful  than  a  learned  argn- 
ment  on  the  evidences. — Ifif^le  Banntr. 


Nothing  is  more  plain  than  that  the 
happiness  and  prosperity  of  God's  peo- 
ple lie  in  whole-hearted  obedience  aud 
devotion  to  Him;  yet  nothing  is  so  dif- 
ficult for  them  to  learn.. 


TWK    nrjETHKElN^    >S.T    AVOEK. 


April  4, 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

rCBLISHBD   WBBKLT. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


(■  KD 


B«Q.  s   11.  D*.iton 

W()«ii  nnd  will  net 
ragulnrmioi  .(!!  Ui 
flr«.ifi]|  Uili*  uiu« 


•Jul;  nulbi>rit«J.  *>, 
Rill  sfrnt  for  ihe  I 
I  oibicrilKiDnsforllM 


ich  troiiblr  iiiid  gTP:il  difficiilti'-fl  tliut  but  )it- 
gvuuiiiv  lifvv  vilnU:  it  u-i'tuin]}'  iIihw  iiot 


Till:  IItiktku*:*  it  KniiK  will  be  tteot  poit-ptld.  t«  ah; 
aiMrn*  in  the  Unii*^!  8l»i*«i  or  CanixK  for  |l  (10  par 
utnum.  Tlio"  wnJlnit  "n  nant*  Mid  916.00.  will  nr- 
cel»e  no  eittn  copj  frrc  of  chBr|[«.  For  bII  oTor  tbii 
number  Hip  "Kent  will  b»  allnw^  lO  CMU  for  «*«h  »d<ll- 
lionnl  nninf,  which  •mout.l  mo  br  <I«<lucl*.l  from  the 
wonpy.  Iwfir*  wnding  ll  to  ii».  iMoMy  Onlor«,  Drnft*. 
kn-l  n»si«t»r«l  Uiicr»  m«j  he  ■eni  at  ciiir  ntk.  Thtjr 
dhoiiW  1>-  m*J»  p*7iilil«  'o  Moor*  A  &ihplt»aij. 
Hubaaripiloa*,  Rud  oiumiinicaiioiii  iuteiiiled  fur  the  po' 

flccihniilrl  )ia  lulilrRMcd 

HOOBB  Jt  fiSEELUAlT, 

Liurk,  Com}!  Co..  ti\- 


LAVABC,  ILL, 


AFBIL  i,  1878. 


TiKWK  (if  our  iwiHi-n*  who  hnve  cnllfl  for  tbe 
w-Idn-fw  of  H.  Hollowny  \vill,  tliin  week,  find  it 
nuioug  "tili'iinings." 


abound  iu»  it  should.  In  tiie  al»en<»  of  lovu — 
true  Chri»tiiin  love — there  is  no  true  rvligion, 
no  wJvntion,  no  jironiiite  of  lift*  everluHting. 
Wp  m-cd  not  fear  the  ocoffe  iiml  ridiculea  of  the 
world— tfii"  nnfaithtulnew  and  hypocriBy  of  pro- 
fcusing  Christinne  arc  the  mighty  wcaponM  of 
the  oneiiiy.  It  is  not  tliut  wlii<;li  is  from  witli- 
oiit  that  does  the  hunn,  hut  that  which  i*  fn>m 
within.  ^ 

David  Xeolet  of  Farmington,  III.,  Maya,  "  I 
iiwt  returned  home  from  a  vi»it  of  over  one  week 
in  our  own  chcrch  distn'ct.  My««lf  aud  Uro. 
Wni.  H,  Ciurierheld  thirteen  meetings  at  difler- 
mt  places,  with  good  order  and  attentive  iioar- 
en*.  One  applieunt  for  haptUun  and  a  desire  for 
more  preaching. 


It  is  aaid.  that  J. 50(1  olergy  of  the  Estahlirth- 
cd  Chitreh  of  Knghiiid  have  signed  a  protest 
n^aiuHt  war  with  Itn-inin. 


I'oii  the  wantof  fiiiif  the  (Querist's  Depart- 
iiiMit  hiw  hreii  neglected.  We  will  now  give  it 
more  attention,  and  hope  to  noou  get  throngh 
with  the  i»ile  of  tpierit-s  now  on  hand. 


lNi>Bit.sou,  once  remarked  to  a  lady,  that  he 
did  not  know  any  good  that  Christianity  had 
everdonw.  She  aptly  replied,  "  It  kept  you  from 
being  governor  of  thy  Stnte  of  Illinois." 

I N'  compliance  with  the  request  of  many.  Urn. 
MiL-liiir  iias  writt*?n  out  hi'*  method  of  laying  tli 
nrdtT  before  tlie  ai)|»lic:ants.  Our  reiulera  will 
find  the  article  oil  first  i)age  of  this  issue. 

'■  WiiiLK  in  tliis  ever-changing  scene  below, 
Wliere  thoni.x  and  rot*es  both  together  grow, 
lli>w  sweet  to  look  npou  the  precious  flower, 
And  thus  forget  the  llioru  with  all  its  power." 

Tub  price  of  the  Biikthken  at  Wokk  from 
now  till  the  end  of  tin?  year  is  $1.10.  Names 
ore  Htill  steadily  coming  in,  aud  we  hope  to  add 
connidenibly  to  our  list  yet,  See  your  neigli- 
hors— may  Im-  they  would  like  a  religious  paper. 


Thb  political  condition  of  things  in  Europe. 
i\]>  to  time  of  going  to  i>rej«,  i^  alarming.  Eng- 
land has  called  out  her  reserve  forces  and  Rus- 
sia is  seemingly  getting  reaily  lor  o  bloody 
conflict.  Sluiuld  ww  break  out  it  may  bo  ex- 
pi.et4td  to  be  a  long  and  bloody  one,  aud  may, 
Ijefore  ended,  involve  nearly  all  Kiii-ope.  Riis- 
and  Turkey  seem  to  he  on  good  terms,  hut 
England  is  not  satisfied. 


It  would  be  a  good  idea  for  the  clerk  of  each 
district  to  send  in  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  nuKxionaries  set  apiirt  for  mis.sionary  work. 
tliftt  those  isolated  from  the  churches  may  know 
wliom  to  nddrc'sa  when  writing  for  minist«riiil 

a'^Histimce. 

-^- 

In  answer  to  Bro.  Ownhy  in  No.  12  whether 
tliere  are  jiuy  hretlu-eu  in  Cowley  Co.,  Kansas, 
we  are  iufoiuied  that  L.  E.  Prickett,  T.  Hoover 
aud  James  Uoyd,  all  get  their  mail  at  Winfield, 
Kan.,  and  there  is  a  church  ten  miles  South-east 
of  the  same  pti\ce. 


The  late  Pope.  Pius  IX  left  property  to  the 
amount  of  V20,000.0(iO.  Tlionsand,  tens  of 
thoutimo?  of  pei-sous.  with  hunger  and  naked- 
ue.ts  staring  them  in  the  face,  sent  him  money 
while  he  lived  in  ea.-ie  and  sj)!endor.  Such  is 
the  work  of  poor,  deluded  mortals — work  th.it 
ia  lost,  uo  pereon  made  better  for  the  life  to 
come.  _ 

A  rBEArHKit  bv  the  name  of  Ellis  was  preach- 
ing in  the  Krieud's  church  at  Amboy,  Ind..  on  a 
recent  Sunday,  and  lost  the  thread  of  his  dis- 
course in  the  middle  of  it.  He  at  once  inform- 
ed the  congregation  of  his  dilemma,  and  fisked 
if  any  brother  or  sister  could  tell  him  what  lie 
lis  talking  about.  Some  one  in  the  house 
came  to  his  aid  and  put  him  on  the  ti*ack  again. 
This  must  have  been  a  ca-se  of  too  little  thought. 


ScHUYLKR  CoLKAX.  formerly  Vice  Presideut, 
is  «aid  to  he  not  only  opposed  to  war,  but  a 
tenipenince  nmu,  aud  one  who  never  used  to- 
bacco. If  all  the  leading  meu  of  our  nation 
would  set  that  good  an  example  it  would  i 
tuinly  be  of  lasting  beiu-flt  to  tho  rising  gener- 
ation. 

— »♦■' 

An"  immense  amount  of  rain  ha.s  lately  fallen 
in  Jenisniem,  thus  flooding  the  streets  witli 
water.  The  laud  seems  to  ha  returning  to  its 
former  beauty  aud  fertility,  for  it  was  once  "a 
land  of  brook.s  of  water,  of  fountains  and  deptLs 
that  spring  out  of  the  valleys  and  hills  "  (Deut. 
8:7). 


One  hardly  knows  what  will  turn  up  in  Chi- 
na yet,  for  it  has  heeu  shown  that  they  under- 
stood the  art  of  psiiutiug  long  before  it  was 
dreamed  of  in  Europe,  built  suspension 
bridges  centuries  ago,  aud  now  it  turns  out  that 
they  bored  artesian  wells  long  before  they  were 
thought  of  in  this  country. 


A  FA ITHTUL  servant  who  has  endured  much 
for  Christ's  sake  writes  as  follows:  "  We  have 
110  good  noft-s  to  writ^  you  this  time.  There  is 
not  that  love  aud  union  among  us  tliat  there 
should  be.  We  have  our  troubles  here  and 
many  difliculties  to  overcome.  I  don't  mind  the 
scofis  and  scorns  of  the  world,  for  this  we  may 
all  expect,  but  we  are  sometimes  made  to  weep 
by  the  unkind  words  and  actions  of  those  who 
profess  to  love  and  serve  the  Lord  .Jesus  Christ." 
Christ  says,  "  By  this  shall  all  men  know  that 
ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  to 
another,"  hut  it  i!5  evident  tliat  where  there  is 


The  Electric  Lights,  now  being  used  in  cer- 
tain ports  of  Paris,  are  causing  great  excitement 
in  tliat  city.  The  light  is  said  to  be  many  times 
greater  than  the  common  gas-liglit  and  much 
cheajjiir,  aud  will  therefore  do  away  with  the 
gas  lights  altogether.  Paris  has  decided  to 
a<lopt  its  use.  The  inventor  is  on  exile  from 
Ilu«sia.  and  has  spent  many  years  perfecting  his 
method. 

FoK  the  benefit  of  those  in  Southern  Illinois, 

who  live  isoloted  from  the  church,  and  want 

preaching,  we  give  below  the  names  of  the  four 

traveling  missionaries  in  that  district:  Joseph 

Hendricks,  Cerro  Gordo,  Piatt  Co.,  Ill;  Jos.  R, 

Gish,  Roanoke.  Woodford  Co..  111.;  David  Wolfe, 

Lilerty,  Adams  Co..  III.;  Daiiiel  Vaninifin,  Vir- 

den.  Macoupin  Co.,  111.     They  are  all  ordained 

Idei^. 

»  ♦  ■ 

I^'kou  all  accounts  it  would  seem  that  very 

few,  if  any,  of  No.  9  reached  our  siibsgribers  in 

Peiuisylvfuiia.     We  are  unable  to  accouut  fur 

this  mistake,  as  the  papere  left  the  office  in  good 

condition.     It  is  more  than  likely  that  the  sack 

containing  the  Pa,  mail  was  lost  somewhere  on 

the  road  aud  did  not  reach  that  State.    We  are 

now   out  of   that   No.,     therefore  cannot  fill 

any  further  calls. 


es.  Hope  to  be  able  to  lay  something  before 
our  readers  in  the  future,  concerning  "Ihe 
Brethren  "  at  Rome.  There  were  many  Breth- 
ren there  during  the  first  centiirj-,  but  persecu- 
tion soon  drove  them  to  the  mountain  fastnesses. 
We  would  rejoice  to  hear  that  the  primitive 
practice  and  simplicity  have  found  their  way  in- 
to Rome  during  the  last  few  years  of  religions 
liberty.        _      

An  exchange  aptly  says:  "All  things  are 
Iiossible  to  those  who  live  and  work  by  faith. 
'  One  shall  chase  a  thousand,  and  two  shall  put 
ten  thousimd  to  Hight.'  No  church  ought  to 
despiiir  of  success  because  of  the  smallness  of 
their  number.  If  they  are  one  in  spirit,  united 
in  love  and  labor,  and  forsake  not  the  assem- 
bling of  themselves  together  for  woi-ship  and 
the  study  ot  God's  Word,  the  Lord  i.s  with  them 
and  for  them,  mid  sometime  they  will  be  built 
up.  There  can  be  no  mistake  about  this,  for 
the  '  promise  of  God  remains  sure.'  His  word 
cannot  fail.  '  Fear  not,  little  flock,  for  it  is 
your  Father's  good  plea.sure  to  give  you  the 
kingdom.'  " 

BaETHREK  and  sistei-s,  read  the  touching  ap- 
peal of  Bro.  Hansen;  aud  may  the  Lord  graut 
you  all  grace  and  sympathy  to  extend 
practical  aid.  Truly  our  Danish  brethren  and 
sistei-s  have  many  severe  trials.  Perhaps  their 
utllictions  arc  means  to  try  our  love  and  devo- 
tion, for  God  knows  how  to  try  us  when  we 
prosper.  It  will  do  us  no  harm  to  take  this 
■w  of  their  trials,  aud  give  our  brethren  and 
tens  some  of  that  which  the  Lord  has  given 
us.  "  The  earth  is  the  Lord's  aud  the  fullness 
thereof."  Shall  His  jieedy  children  have  a  lit- 
tle of  the  "fullness"  with  which  all  of  us  are 
blessed  i*  Or  will  we  withhold  jmd  lose  in  the 
world  to  comeV  These  are  serious  matters,  and 
not  one  of  us  can  afford  to  jeopai-dize  our  chanc- 
es for  eternal  glory.  Hut  let  us  give  as  giving 
unto  the  Lord,  iuid  not  unto  men.  Then  our 
Father  leill  reward. 


Already  the  good  results  of  the  Stein-Ray 
debate  are  beginning  to  be  manifested,  thus 
showing  that  the  tiidre  doctrine  of  Christ,  when 
properly  set  forth,  must  end  in  good  to  the  sav- 
ing of  souls.  God  graut  that  while  we  have 
time  and  place  to  labor,  we  may  do  so  to  the 
honorawd  glory  of  God.  Follow  the  "  old  paths  " 
that  lead  on  and  on  to  eternal  rest,  and  the  ben- 
efit shall  be  ours  and  the  praise  and  honor  our 
P'athcr's. 

We  purpose  giving  more  special  attention  to 
the  productions  of  our  contributors,  and  allow 
them  more  room  in  the  paper  than  formerly. 
They  have  favored  us  with  a  number  of  good 
articles  which  shall  be  published  just  as  fast 
we  can  find  room  for  them.  They  come  in 
good  play  during  the  Summer  season,  when  our 
ontnbutors  do  not  have  time  to  prepare  many 
articles.  Those  whose  articles  have  not  yet  ap- 
peared will  have  patience;  we  will  commence  on 
the  pile  at  once. 


The  churches  at  Rome  are— the  Walden- 
sian,  tbe  Free  Church,  the  Methodist,  the  Epis- 
copal Methodist,  the  Bantist,  the  .American 
Southern  Baptist  and  "The  Brethren;'  in  all 
seven." 

We  clip  the  above  from  the  Chriafian  Index 
of  March  14th.  It  will  be  observed  that  there 
is  a  church  lu  Rome  entitled.  "The  Brethren." 
We  have  written  to  several  parties  in  Rome,  to 
learn  more  about  those  people  and  the  Waldens- 


WORK  AND  PREACH. 

I^HE  hard  times  seem  to  be  aflecfcing  the  min- 
ister's salary  materially  in  certain  localities, 
and  some  of  them  go  unsupported.  Of  course 
this  is  hard  on  that  class  of  people,  but  then 
why  can  they  not  leai'u  to  work  alittle.  Preach- 
ers were  madeto  work  as  well  as  other  people, 
and  thus  not  only  help  to  earn  their  own  living, 
but  set  a  good  example  for  others.  It  evidently 
is  not  right  that  preachers  should  bear  all  the 
burden  and  the  laity  go  free,  but  all  can  help 
aud  work  together.  The  man  who  won't  preach 
simply  because  he  is  not  paid  for  it  has  very  lit- 
tle of  the  old  apostolic  religion  left  in  his  heart. 
In  Older  to  pure  Christiimity  we  want  the  church 
composed  of  Korkimj  men  and  women,  and 
preachers  who  are  neither  afraid  nor  ashamed  to 
work.  Of  course  we  do  not  refer  to  those  who 
are  devoting  all  their  time  to  the  ministry,  but 
to  those  who  preach  but  two  or  three  times  a 
week.  The  idea,  that  it  takes  a  well  educated 
man  six  da^'s  to  get  up  matter  enough  for  two 
half  hour  sermons  is  rather  a  bad  comment  on 
the  ministerial  talent. 


has  sworn  you  not  even  to  reveal  its  -kq  t. 
your  own  flesh?     Ah!  sir,  you  make  her  J, 
bleed;  you   cause  the  shadow  of    sadne*. 
come  over  her:  you  do  to  her  what  you  ^ 
hardly  be  willing  to  tolerate  in  her.    si,   ' 
she  go  each  week  into  a  closed  room,  and  ntj 
ly  maintain  secrecy,  your  feelings  wonii 
aroused;  you  would  feel  that  due  respect     * 
not  shown  ijou;  ah!  you  will  feel  the  bitter    ^^ 
of  her  acts  and  the  sadness  of   death  w    u 
more  than  once  steal  over  you.     Turn  n 

....  1  15  .  '""w 

feelings  over  to  your  loved  companion  auj  .l 
know  that  they  are  in  her  breast  just  as  th?. 
were  in  yours. 

You  say  there  are  "benefits"  that  will  ac^j^ 
to  your  wife  in  the  event  she  outlives 
Present  benefits,  of  a  temporal  character 
much  better  than  the  prospective  ones.  Vh. 
money  yon  expend  in  the  Lodge,  if  piit  ai^^^ 
pound  interest,  would  go  far  towards  a  "bea 
fit"  in  future  years;  and  besides  this  your  wif 
would  have  the  pleasure  of  your  company  nt 
le.ist  once  a  week,  and  be  saved  the  pong,  nr 
sorrow  and  remoi*se. 

Will  you,  then,  husband,  enroll  yourself  oi 
the  side  of  freemen,  and  daretodo  right, i\xfy^„v 
all  men  would  enslave  you?  Aud'you  yomi„ 
man,  keep  your  feet  out  of  the  trap.  Be  a  uum. 
fear  God,  obey  Him,  follow  Him,  and  you  will 
be  sure  of  an  immortal  crown,  eternal  life.  (JqH 
bless  the  women  whose  husbands  have  bwu 
caught  ill  tho  meshes  of  secretism. 


THOSE    NINE   PROPOSITIONS. 

THE  following  nine  propositions, or  nsser/i'wiK 
are  clipped  from  the  Bupfisl  Battle  Flaii 
They  are  kept  as  standing  matter,  and  though 
they  do  to  fill  up  with,  yet  contain  very  little 
solid  truth.  They  were  written  by  Mr.  Ray. 
The  matter  in  fine  print  is  his,  and  the  answera' 
in  coarse  print  are  ours: 


As  wo  expcol  lo  commcnoe  our  series  of  letter*  on 
DimkitnliBiD  next  week,  we  will  only  repeal  llie  foltowiDg 
fuels.  \Tbicb  Mr.  Stoin  did  not  deny,  for  our  Tuuket  Memlj 
to  consider : 


is  n  fhct,  that  uo  exntuplo  in  elusio  Oroek  mq  be 
i;J  where  (lie  Greek  verb  liopiiio  mcaus  morothBu 


in  Bocrod  Greek  can  be 
1  means  more  Iban  one 


IN    SECRET. 


IITHY  do  men  desire  to  do  things  in  secret, — 
f  f  things  that  concern  mankind  in  general  ? 
The  answer  to  tbe  desire  will  no  doubt  be  the 
coiTeet  answer  to  their  doing  it.  Do  you  know 
that  ain  makes  a  man  selfish  •*  makes  him  con- 
tinually seek  his  own  welfare  in  preference  to 
others?     It  does. 

Do  those  who  believe  or  practice  Free-mason- 
ry get  more  in  this  life  than  a  real  Christian? 
Does  not  a  Christian  receive  food,  raiment,  bless- 
ings of  civil  government  and  the  benefits  of 
trade  and  commerce?  Does  a  Free  Mason  re- 
ceive more?  True  he  may  receive  more  wealth 
at  times,  but  does  he  receive  more  happiness? 
Not  at  all!  for  his  getting  may  not  be  of  the 
fairest  kind,  then  the  enjoyment  is  more  or  less 
marred. 

You,  my  friend,  wlio  belong  to  a  secret  order 
that  practices  things  that  should  not  even  be 
named  iu  public,  oi-e  you  doing  your  family  jus- 
tice? Why  should  you  leave  your  dear  wife, 
your  loving  companion  at  home  alone,  deprived 
of  your  company,  while  you  revel  in  the  secre- 
cies  of  the  lodge?  Is  not  your  cherished  com- 
panion entitled  to  your  evenings,  and  especially 
those  which  are  devoted  to  lodge  work?  Have 
you  no  sympathy  for  her  in  her  trying  moments? 
imd  do  you  know  that  one  of  her  severest  trials 
ia  the  fact  that  you  belong  to  a  society  which 


1.  II 


2.  Il  18  Q  fnot.  thnt  no  cxnmple 
producoit  where  the  word  baplij 
8uhmcr»ion, 


Why  did  Mr.  Ray  not  tell  his  readers  tliat 
Bro.  Stein  produced  uo  less  than  seven  Greek 
lexicographers  and  grammarians,  who  affirmed 
that  bajjtizo  was  a  frequentative  verb,  and  meant 
to  dip  rcjicatedli/,  and  that  he,  during  tlie  entire 
discussion  could  not  produce  one  saying  that  it 
was  not  a  frequi'ittatiir  verb?  It  was  simply 
seven  against  nothing.  Why  did  he  not  tell 
his  readers  that? 


8.  iti 


tL  taot,  (hnl  llicro  is  no  inuatioa  of  " 
in  tbe  Uiblo. 


Why  did  lie  not  tell  his  readers  that  Bro. 
Stein  proved  that  the  commission,  in  Matt.  28; 
19,  taught  trine  iinmei-siou  so  clearly  that  it 
took  501 1  years  before  a  man  couldV  found  say- 
ing that  it  taught  n  single  dip,  and  that  inim 
was  from  the  dark  regions  of  popery?  Why 
does  he  not  tell  his  readers  that  when  the  com- 
mission was  analyzed  according  to  the  laws  of 
language,  in  both  the  Greek  and  English,  aud 
shown  to  teach  trine  immersion,  that  he  (Kay) 
would  not  touch  the  argument  during  the  en- 
tire discussion?  Of  course  he  does  not  want  his 
readers  to  know  that. 

4.  It  is  a  fftcl,  that  not  one  of  tho  Tour  nposlolic  fnlhen 
nicnliona  "  Irlno  imaiemion," 

Why  does  he  not  tell  his  readers  that  it  was 
shown  conclusively  that  single  immersion  is  ho' 
mentioned  by  any  writer  till  after  the  middle  of 
the  lourth  century,  and  that  every  historian  of 
anticpiity,  without  one  single  known  exception, 
who  describe  the  first  and  primitive  method, 
state  that  it  was  the  three-fold  immersion? 

e.  h  is  a  fnot,  tbfit  there  Is  no  mention  of  Irine  im- 
iiioraion  in  Iho  literature  of  the  world,  whether  awred  or 
profonc,  till  about  the  conimeuceuieut  of  Iho  third  ceaiufj. 

Why  did  he  not  tell  his  readent,  that  Mr. 
Ray  in  his  book  on  Baptist  Succession  said, 
that  trine  immersion  oriyimtpd  with  the  Cath- 
olics in  the  third  century,  and  that  in  the  dis- 
cussion he  had  to  admit  tliat  it  was  practiced  as 


■arly  as  the  close  of  the   second  century, 


tbiia 


proving  tlmt  the  groundless  assertion  umde  m 
his  book  is  untrue?  Why  did  he  not  tell  hi* 
readers,  that  during  the  entire  seven  days  dis- 
cussion, he  failed  to  find  one  cose  of  single  im- 
niei-sinn  within  one  thousand   miles  of  Jerusa- 


A-P 


■il  4. 


,,,„,  l«.fore  one  tliou„„a  ,c»„-  ^(^,  q^  , 
„f  Chnsl,  ^•h.lc  Bro.  Stein  |,ro,rf  ft.t  d„ri„. 
,|,e  tlm-o  first  cenhmes  of  the  Clirislin,,  eri 
Irine  i.nmcrs.on  was  the  only  kxmvn  method  of 
b.,.ti-"e  in  "istence?  Why  do.,  ho  not  toll 
hi,  renders,  thnl  neither  he  nor  any  other  mm 
in  Anu-nco  cnn  find  one  cme  of  single  immer 
,ion  before  the  middle  of  the  fo„rlh  cenlnn- 
„hen  it  was  mvented  hy  Eunomiu.,  a  heretic?' 

„.  u  i.  .  I1..I,  .tat  rt.„  ..  ,r|„  ta.„„„., 
i,.,pp„,r»..,n.hL.,.ol,b,„<,rr,  i,  ,„  „,„.i„rf        ' 
,„,.„,  l..|.i..,n.mt.ntcomn,unl«„„a  .  „„„„,„,  „„,„ 
[niJiitoiH. 

Mr.  Ray  snys  that  Tertullian  was  Hie  firat 
writer  to  mention  trine  immersion,  hence  where 
it  "liret  made  its  appearance  in  church  hisloij  ■■ 
Will  ho  please  name  the  page  where  Tertnlli.an 
^«ociates  'Snfant  baptism  nnd  infant  com- 
Diuuinn"  with  trine  immersion?  Why  don't 
he  tell  his  readers  that  when  single  immersion 
(irst  made  ita  appearance  in  tlie  fonrlli  century 
it  was  lulmlnistercd  into  the  name  of  the  Lonl 
Jesus  only,  nnd  not  "into  tlic  name  of  the 
Palber,  and  of  the  Sou,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost." 
as  emmnmlcd  by  Jesus  Christ?  Why  does  he 
not  tell  his  readers  thai  his  /md-iff/rrf'sinsleim- 
mersion  is  not  yet  400  years  old,  and  that  the 
best  Baptist  historians  in  the  world  admit  it  to 
I,e  a  liunmn  invention?  Why  don't  he  tell  the 
people  that  bis  method  of  baptizing  with  one 
dip  in  the  three  names,  was  invented  by  a  pope, 
and  was  never  practiced  by  the  martyrs  of 
Jesus  in  the  early  centuries? 


THE    HT^KTHRK>r    AT    WOKlv. 


7.  Il  is  n  fiict,  Ihtit  "trine  i  in  mora  ion"  wn,  vognn 
Eorly  i-IiiiitIi  wrilora  as  only  aw  npoatolic  irnililion. 


oaby 


In>k'!td  of  telling  liis  reutlere  that  trint  im- 
mtr-Moii  rests  alone  on  npoatolic  traditiou.  why 
does  \\e  not  tell  them  thiit,  dunngtho  diacussion 
at  Xewtouia,  Bro.  Stein  prothiced  not  less  than 
five  ancient  Greek  writei-s  who  say  that  the 
Gra-k  commission  teaches  trine  immerion 
and  offered  to  give  them  all  up,  if  Mr.  Ray 
would  prodwce  just  one  ancient  Greek  writ- 
er who  said  the  Greek  commission  taught 
siiiglp  immersion?  Then  why  does  lie  not 
come  out  like  a  man  and  say  that  liu  did  not, 
and  could  not,  produce  one  single  author  of  an- 
tiquity saying  that  the  commission  sustains  his 
single  dip?  Why  dues  he  not  tell  his  readers, 
that,  in  the  point  of  authority  there  were  five 
sayine  that  the  Greek  commission  teaches  ti'ine 
imuHi-sion  and  not  one  against  it? 

fi.  Il  IS  n  Tiict,  tlirvt  "  Irincimtnorsion"  can  be  traced 
only  ilii'ougli  [lie  ttiimisli  fiml  Greek  Cnlkolio  cliurclica,  up 
lo  nboiK  the  lieginiiing  of  the  (liirU  uentury. 

In-tead  of  jnihlishing  to  the  world  that 
"trine  immersion  can  be  traced  imhj  through 
the  Homish  and  Greek  Catholic  churches,"  why 
does  he  not  tell  his  readers  that  during  the  de- 
bate Uro,  Stein  proved  by  the  beat  authority  in 
the  w(irld,  that  all  the  old  so-called  Baptist 
chiirrhes  prior  to  the  twelfth  century,  practiced 
the  Ihree-fold  immersion?  Why  don't  he  tell 
the  ptople  that  he  refused  to  name  one  Baptist 
church,  prior  to  the  twelfth  century,  that  prac- 
ticed single  immersion,  though  requested  to 
do  so?  Why  does  he  not  tell  his  readers 
that  neither  he  nor  any  other  man  in  America, 
can  name  a  Baptist  church,  beyoiid  the  twelfth 
century,  that  practiced  backward  single  immer- 
sion? And  why  does  he  not  publish  to  the 
world  that  neither  he  nor  anybody  else  ciui 
trace  tlie  Baptist  church  with  its  backward 
single  immersion,  beyond  the  twelfth  century? 

&■  It  ie  a,  fiict,  Ibal  no  Tunker  clnircli  ever  cxialcil  till 
the  jeiir  1706,  when  Mr.  Mnck  nnd  ecven  other  PeJo-bap- 
tuta  cMl  lota  for  au  mlminiHlrttlor  ;  nnd  baTingrcaciTcl 
thrro  ilips,  they  organited  tbemsclTes  into  (he  first  Diink- 
wd  church  Vaoirn  lo  (he  world. 

Why  does  he  not  tell  his  readers  that  those 
ancient  churches  whom  he  and  other  historians 
of  like  faith,  call  Baptist,  practiced  trine  im- 
mersion, feet-washing,  the  Lord's  Supper  and 
the  Holy  Kiss?  Why  don't  he  tell  them  that 
they  would  not  go  to  war,  and  would  not  take 
Oaths,  I, lit  were  in  their  faith  ami  practice  as 
much  like  the  Brethren  as  they  could  be?  Why 
Wt  he  tell  his  readers  that  Bro.  Steiu  proved, 
giviiiy  hook  and  page  in  every  instance,  that 
ttosf  ancient  martyrs,  whom  Baptist  historians 
**'J  Hitptist,  resembled  the  Brethren  through- 
out? 

Whi'n  he  publishes  these  things  to  the  world 
along  dide  of  his  propositions,  then  he  will  give 
^^  people  a  chance  of  seeing  how  little  solid 
w"th  tliere  ia  in  his  assertions. 


QUERISrs  DEPARTMENT. 


We  lind 


quite  a  SDOW  here  last  Saturday; 


^oni<-tIiing  unujiual  after  such  fine  weather. 


QuMtiont  louohlna  ibe  m<-Anii.g  of  Soripiur,,  wlfctlnK 
o  H»lory  rind  p,«,^i  .uijj^i.^,  rclipou.  tnU^i  wiU 
come  in  i.Wcp  Tho  <iHoriM's  nivui«  niu.t  ocoompnny  ill 
comniuiucfktiont.  Wo  .hnll  Ulwr  to  atoidgUing  nnyjud 
oec»«ion  f>.r  iirifv  ud  wnteuilon  orcr  unimpori»nl  quM- 


WILL  yon.  or  some  othor  brother  explain, 
through  your  paper.  1  Tim.  3- 2'  It 
r.ad8  as  follows:  "  A  bi«hop  then  must  be  Warn.- 
less,  the  huBband  of  one  wife."  Do  w^  under- 
stand by  the  Urm  "  husband  of  one  wife  "  that 
a  bishop  shotiM  not  get  a  second  wif^?  or  does 
It  mean  that  he  should  not  have  two  women 
I.vmgat  the  same  time?  I  know  some  who 
claim  that  a  man  who  has  his  second  wife  can- 
not be  an  Llder  If  it  does  »«t  mean  the  .second 
wife,  then  docs  it  not  follow  that  some  had  more 
than  one  mfe  when  Paul  wote  this  letter  to 

^'"'«^''y?.  A  BUOTIIEB. 

Many  different  interpretations  have  been  giv- 
en of  this  passage,  but  the  most  reasonable 
seems  to  be  the  following:  Among  the  Greeks 
and  Roraatis  divorces  were  allowed  for  very  tri- 
fling causes,  and  hence  multiplied  to  such  an 
exient  that  it  Wits  a  very  common  thing  to  find 
several  women  who  had  successively  been  the 
wives  of  one  man.  Men.  for  trifling  causes, 
obtained  divorces  from  their  wivea  and  married 
others.  No  doubt  some  of  these  characters 
came  to  the  church,  having  repented  of  their 
sins,  yet  were  not  qualified  to  till  the  position  of 
an  EltWr.  It  wils  needful  in  the  selection  of  Hld- 
ei-s  that  great  cant  ion  be  taken,  hence  Paul  lays 
down  to  Timothy  what  the  qualifications  of 
these  persons  muat  be,  and  among  them  is  "  the 
husband  of  one  wife."  1.  He  should  be  a  mar- 
ried man— a  man  of  experience  in  the  family. 
2.  Should  not  be  one  of  those  ppi-sons  having 
divorces  wives,  forthe  ehanyjiiiu  from  one  living 
wife  to  another  is  proof  that  the  man  has  no°t 
sufficient  depth  of  character  and  stability  to 
take  care  of  the  church. 

The  pa.'isage  evidently  does  not  prohibit  an 
Eldt-r  from  marryiug  a  nccaml  time,  provided  his 
wife  be  "  grave,  sober,  and  faithful  in  all  things," 
but  on  the  contrary,  we  ix>gard  itas  heiug  ratli- 
Hr  commendable  and  calculated  to  cut  otf  occa- 
sion of  reproach.  As  wo  have  in  course  of 
preparation  a  series  of  iirticlcs  on  the  election 
and  qualifications  of  church  officials,  we  make 
no  further  comment  at  present. 


toJwtwChriH  were  baptised  into  bin  death? 
For  if  we  have  W-en  plnnlfd  together  in  the 
likoneM  of  hisdeath"  &c(Uftm.fi:S,5).  Cbri-ifs 
death  took  place  upon  the  cross,  where  IK-  bow- 
ed His  head  and  gave  up  the  Ghost.  The  Kn- 
glish  Baptists  supposed  that  baptism  should  be 
performed  in  the  likeness  of  Christ's  hurinl, 
hence  thought  of  their  own  wny  of  burj-ingon 
the  b?.ck,  therefore  commenced  practicing  the 
backward  immersion  and  from  them  it  found 
its  way  to  the  Baptist  churches  of  America,  but 
from  the  beginning  it  w^aa  not  »o. 

In  Act^  5:  G  we  read,  "  And  the  voung  men 
aroso  wound  him,  and  carried  him  out,  and  bu- 
ried him.'  Also  vorse  10.  Who  wore  these 
voung  men  spoken  of  in  fliosu  two  verses? 

A  PllflKIM. 

It  is  not  distinctly  stated  iu!»t  who  they  were, 
but  I  am  of  the  impression  that  the  .Tews  had 
among  them  a  cla^s  tif*iinen  whose  bu^ines^  it 
was  to  bury  those  having  no  one  lo  look  afli- 
them.  These  young  men  l>eiug  present  when 
Ananias  dropped  dead,  took  immediate  charge  of 
him  and  attended  to  his  burial.  On  returning 
to  the  same  place  they  found  another  reatly  to 
be  carried  out  luid  buried.  From  the  narrative 
we  would  infer  that  they  were  well  acquainted 
with  the  business  and  knew  just  what  steps  to 
take  in  case  of  sudden  deaths.  In  climat.s  like 
that  of  Palestine  it  is  uecedsary  that  persons  be 
buried  iw  soon  after  death  la  possible,  and  hence 
the  necessity  of  men  to  attend  to  such  cares. 


Is  it  right  for  a  minister  to  settle  up  his  ac- 
counts on  the  Lord's  day?  Give  us  your  opin- 
ion on  the  subject.  J.  H.  B. 

We  object  to  ministers  settling  up  their  ac- 
counts on  the  Lord's  day  for  the  following 
reasons:  1.  It  does  not  show  that  respect  for 
the  Lord's  day  that  a  true  minister  ought  to 
have.  2.  He  who  does  so  is  not  "  blameless  "  as 
all  ministers  should  be.  3.  It  is  setting  deeds 
of  darkness  rather  than  light  before  the  world, 
4.  It  indicates  that  man  is  not  satisfied  ivith 
what  secular  business  he  can  do  in  six  days,  but 
must  use  part  of  the' seventh.  5.  It  is  calculat- 
ed to  lessen,  and  finally  destroy  the  religious 
solemnity  that  should  pervade  each  heart  during 
that  day.  G.  Its  tendency  is  to  render  those^ 
who  ilo  so  still  more  and  more  worldly-minded. 
7.  If  the  custom  should  once  become  prevalent 
it  will  cause  the  saints  to  neglect  the  assembling 
of  themselves  together,  and  8.  For  ministers  to 
do  so,  is  setting  a  bad  example  before  the  people. 
We  understand  that  they  should  be  ensamples 
to  the  flock,  but  if  the  tiock  follows  their  exara- 
l)le,  and  settle  accounts  on  the  Lord's  day,  in- 
stead of  it  becoming  a  day  of  worship  it  will 
finally  degenerate  into  aday  of  secular  business. 
I  have  known  worldly  men  to  think  too  much 
of  the  Lord's  day  to  transact  business  on  that 
day,  and  my  impression  is,  that  except  ^ur 
righteousness  exceed  the  rigliteousness  of  those 
outside  of  the  church  we  stand  a  very  poor 
chance  for  either  heaven  or  life  everlasting. 
Brethren,  especially  ministers,  should  not  settle 
up  accounts  on  the  resurrection  day.  Set  a 
good  example. 


linfkren,  Please  let  me  know  whether  there 
is  any  record  in  history,  by  which  we  may  prove 
that  Christ  was  buried  uoon  His  face,  as  a  crim- 
inal, by  his  friends  as  a  death-penalty?  Please 
answer  through  the  Bbethren  at  \Vukk. 

ENyriREii. 

I  know  of  no  such  record  in  any  work.  If 
any  of  onr  readers  do  they  will  greatly  obligt 
us  by  furnishing  us  with  the  evidence. 

The  question  is  intended  to  have  some  bear- 
ing on  the  mode  of  baptism  by  supposing  that 
baptism  ia  to  be  performed  in  the  likeness  oH 
Christ's  burial  instead  of  His  death.  "'  Know 
ve  not,  tliat  so  many  of  uh  a.-^  were  baptized  in- 


PleiLse  give  your  views  on  Gen.  -1:  15:  "  And 
the  Lord  set  a  mark  upon  Cain,  lest  any  fimhn" 
him  should  kill  him."     Was  that  mark  visible? 

A   PlI,01UM. 

Cain  was  the  first  murderer  on  eai-th,  and  the 
Lonl  determined  that  he  should  live,  and  bo  a 
living,  \Valking  monument  of  His  diiiapproval 
of  such  a  high  crime,  and  hence  "  set  n  mark 
upon  Cain,  lest  any  finding  him  should  kill  him." 
This  "  nmrk  "  to  Cain  wjli  a  sign  that  no  one 
should  kill  him,  and  was  to  others  a  token  of 
God's  abhorrence  of  mui-der.  It  is  fruitless  to 
endeavor  to  iLscertain  what  the  mark  was,  but 
doubtless  it  was  a  visible,  indelible  brand  of  in- 
fiimy,  which  would  make  him  known  to  all 
whom  he  chanced  to  meet.  He  was  a  walking, 
living  and  visible  advertisement  of  God's  ^vrath. 


Brother  James  tjuinter,  in  his  defense  of  trine 
inimeraion,  in  reply  to  Elder  Adam  son,  page  'M, 
mlmitfl  that  single  immersion  was  practiced  in 
the  latter  part  of  the  second  century,  but  in  his 
"  Origin  of  Single  Immei-sion  "  shows  that  it 
originated  in  the  latter  part  of  the  fourth  ceii 
tury.     Will  you  please  harmonize? 

Samuel  Sa  LA. 

It  has  been  sujiposed  by  some  that  single  im- 
mersion was  practiced  by  Praxeas,  a  heretic  who 
lived  near  the  close  of  the  second  century,  but 
the  conclusion  need  not  necessarily  be  inferred 
from  the  facts  in  the  case.  Those  who  contend 
so  strongly  for  single  immersion  do  not  like  to 
claim  Praxeas  as  their  brother,  imd  hence  never 
refer  to  him  as  proof  of  the  antiquity  of  their 
practice.  "Bishop  Beveridge  shows  that  Prax- 
eas and  his  followers,  in  the  close  of  the  second 
century,  baptized  into  on^  only,  viz.  Christ  who 
died  for  us  "  (Clergyman's  Vade-Mecum.  Vol.  2. 
p.  25).  His  baptizing  into  but  otie  name  is  what 
hiLs  caused  some  to  infer  that  he  practiced  sin- 
gle immersion,  but  it  is  not  regarded  as  a  fact, 
but  simply  an  inftrence.  Had  we  time  to  give 
the  evidence  in  the  case  it  could  be  shown  that 
Praxeas  and  his  followers  did  not  use  single  im- 
mersion unless  they  were,  by  the  force  of  argu- 
ment driven  to  it  to  sustain  their  theory  of  but 
one  person  in  the  Trinity.  This  might  have 
been  done,  though  there  ia  no  record  of  it. 

Regarding  the  origin  of  single  immersion,  all 
ancient  historians  who  have  written  on  the  sul)- 
ject,  state  that  it  was  invented  by  Eunomii 
near  the  middle  of  the  fourth  century.  Tliis  ia 
the  fact  in  the  cose  and  is  not  to  be  upset  by  an 
inference  to  be  drawn  from  a  theory  held  by 
the  heretics  of  the  second  century..  An  adnii»- 
sion  that  Praxeas  and  his  followers  did  practice 
the  one  dip  method  is  not  to  l>e  regarded  as  ev- 
idence in  the  case,  but  is  simply  an  iu/creitre 
that  not  even  the  lovers  of  the  one  dip  will  de- 
fend. Taking  the  facts  into  consideration  there 
is  no  contradiction  in  the  two  statements. 

J.  H.  M. 


SATtTRDAY  WIGHT. 
Hard  Times. 
i  MIXISTEU.  who  Jnrinx  im  ext-nsiie 
n.  travels.  he«rd  miK^h  ..f  the  hard  times,  ea- 
pecHilly  when  h*.  iwkM  people  to  «ul»crih«  for 
a  religious  journal,  relates  his  experience  about 
as  follows: 

"  Some  two  yearn  ngo  I  visited  ond  held  a  se. 
rips  of  meeting*  for  a  wdl-t(Mi<,  cmgregation. 
They  had  all  of  this  world's  good*  that  hearts 
could  wish  for  and  enjoyed  lif«  well.  While 
among  them  I  heard  not  one  word  iilmut  harf 
times— they  all  hod  plenty  to  oat  and  wear,  and 
with  their  good  possessions  and  commodioos 
homes  seemed  well  satisfied. 

Last  Winter,  by  request,  I  ciUled  on  them 
again  and  spent  pleasant  seasons  of  worship. 
But  things  were  somewhat  differt-nt,  th.-y  were 
not  so  well  contented,  but  talked  a  great  de»l 
about  hard  time*.  I  a.>ked  them  to  subscribe 
forareliginusjtmrnal,  but  they  plead  ban!  time*, 
and  the  aimio  when  nsked  to  aid  in  the  mission- 
ary work.  I  concluded  to  look  arouud  and  m« 
where  the  hanl  times  were.  I  »aw  their  forma 
were  in  us  good  condition  aa  two  years  ago,  and 
in  fact  some  of  them  much  better.  Their  houn- 
es  were  ju-^t  as  good,  imd  if  any  difference  a  lit- 
tle belter,     I  saw  no  hard  times  there. 

I  then  went  to  the  meeting.hou«e  and  watch- 
ed the  teams  iw  they  tlrovc  up.  The  honiM  • 
were  just  as  good  an  two  year*  ago.  Some  of 
them  that  used  to  have  plain  harness,  now  hod 
silver-mounted  ones.  Their  carriages  wet« 
much  better  than  two  years  ago.  many  of  them 
much  more  fashionable.  I  could  see  no  hanl 
times  there. 

Then  I  went  into  the  meeting-house  uid 
found  that  the  members  dreM.s(Hl  just  aa  good  w 
they  dill  two  years  ago,  and  in  fact  Home  of  them 
dressed  a  good  deal  finer.  I  saw  just  as  maoy 
rutlles,  feathera  and  ornaments  as  I  did  twoyeara 
ago.  I  could  see  no  hard  times  in  the  meeting- 
house. The  members  were  not  one  bit  plainer 
thmi  they  were  two  years  ago,  if  any  dilTerence 
they  were  a  little  finer. 

i  concluded  that  the  hard  times  must  be  at 
their  homes,  so  I  went  there.  I  noticed  tltat 
the  old  carpet  they  hiul  two  yearn  ago  was  re- 
moved and  new  costly  cariiet  in  its  \ilace.  The 
old  furniture  was  not  there  any  more.  Its  placo 
wan  filled  by  that  much  more  costly  and  beta- 
tiful,  and  even  the  [lictures  on  the  walls  were 
chfinged.  Thinks  1,  surely  there  lire  no  haul 
times  here. 

Then  I  went  into  the  dining  rooms.  The 
tables  were  furnished  just  as  well  as  two  yeara 
ago,  and  in  fact  with  more  expensive  diet.  There 
were  fine  cakes,  fine  pies,  sweetmeats,  and  ia 
short,  enough  to  kill  any  dyspeptic.  I  conclud- 
ed that  there  were  no  hard  times  in  tlie  diniDg 
rooms. 

I  walked  into  the  sitting  rooms  to  search  for 
hard  times.  On  the  table  I  found  '■  Harper's 
Weekly,"  "  Harper's  Bazaar,"  "  New  York 
Weekly,"  "The  Ledger  "  and'the  county  papers, 
but  not  one  religious  paper.  Here  was  the  hard 
times;  it  had  struck  the  religious  papers,  had 
effected  the  Master's  cimse.  They  had  no  mon- 
ey for  religious  reading,  but  plenty  of  it  for 
secular  papers.  No  money  for  the  spreading  of 
the  Gospel,  but  plenty  of  it  for  new  furniture, 
costly  pictures  and  silver-mounted  harneai 
Yes,  I  found  the  hard  times  at  last.  It  had 
struck  religion;  Christ's  cause  must  suffer  and 
sinners  go  to  destruction  because  of  hanl  times.** 

Thousands  will  reiul  the  above  ou  Saturday 
night,  We  ask  you  to  take  the  lesson  with  you 
to  the  meeting-house,  to  your  homes,  your  din- 
ing rooms  &c.',  and  see  whether  there  is  not  more 
truth  thim  poetry  in  it. — J,  H.  Moobe. 


A  MAN  who  was  taking  two  papers,  one  a  re- 
ligious paper,  and  the  other  political,  concluded 
that  times  were  too  hard  for  two  paper*,  so  he 
stopped  the  political  and  kept  on  with  the  relig- 
ious. That  man  knows  what  is  good  for  him- 
elf  and  family. 


TuE  Roman  Catholic  Church  has  purtrhased 
a  tract  of  7,W0  acres  of  land  within  nine  miles 
of  Chase  City  (Virginia),  and  propose  to 
colonize  and  educate  the  freedmen  on  the  ia- 
dustrial  farm  plan.  While  other  denomin*- 
tions  are  wrangling  over  their  differences  the 
Catholics  are  quietly  workiug  to  get  the  con- 
trol and  influence  of  the  four  million  blacks  in 
the  South,  and  thus  gain  a  stntnger  footing  in 
America.  Unless  Protestantism  makes  greater 
exertion  in  the  future  than  it  has  in  the  past,  it 
will  be  called  on  to  face  stem  realities  when  it 
is  too  late.  From  a  secular  stand-point  the 
Catholic  project  is  a  good  one  for  the  blacks,  but 
calculated  to  add  numerical  strength  to  the 
Catholic  church. 


In  some  of  the  New  England  States  Mr. 
Moody  is  called  "  John  the  baptist."  It  is  evi- 
dent that  he  b:is  very  tittle  use  for  the  .Jordan. 
It  is  said  that  -lohn  the  "  baptist  baptized  in 
Enon  beaiuse  there  was  much  water,"  but  mod- 
ern crities  say  he  went  there  that  the  people 
might  l)e  supplied  n-ith  water  for  their  hones 
and  to  drink.  Well,  the  crxiwd  that  Mr.  Moody 
draws  needs  water  for  animals  and  tn  drink; 
whi'  does  he  not  go  where  there  is  much  n-ater? 


TtIK    HKKTHREIS"    AT    A\  Ol^K. 


-A.pril   4 


§h^  §amq  §ircU. 


READ  IFD  OBEY- 

■'  FIii«l^'I«,  lo*t  your  wItw," 

"  WiTva.    obej    your    huibuida." 

■'  Fnihort.  pro»oli>  nol  jomt  obildrto  lo  wt»»h." 

"  Cbltilno,    oljf7    jroMT    jimreoW    in    »ll    tbioB*.' 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Looking  Into  the  Bible. 
lirHAT  agT.irHUiibj>ct  w.' have  this  mom- 
V\  iiiK !  H.-n-  i*  the  BihI.— thr  Holy  BiWe, 
the  Book  that  hrw  come  down  to  upt  through 
many  wntiirica— the  Book  that  hiw  Wen  kept 
sftfe  anil  pri-!*erv.-a  through  chirk  mid  bt-night^-d 
n^rfa.  Yw,  herr  i-  the  Holy  Bible.  How  we  nil 
love  this  good,  old  Book.  What  would  we  do 
without  ii:'  What  rmhl  wo  do  without  it? 
Coold  we  know  the  tiiiw!  of  O'mI  without  it? 
No.  (;ouI(I  we  know  irhfi  in  oiir  Savior?  No, 
not  nt  all.  Conid  we  know  of  joy«  and  the 
etflrnnl  lite  without  it?  No,  wo  could  not  know 
any  of  thene  things.  But  come,  let  »m  look  in 
this  wonderful  Book. 

The  fintt  wc  lonrn  is  about  thin  wondroua 
CJirth  uiM»i  which  we  live,  the  stjim.  miii.  nmon 
und  the  creafioii  of  this  viwt  glohe.  We  look 
again,  and  find  fiiat  we  ares^innem.  Then  once 
more  we  we  Ood  calling  a  faithful  old  iiiim  hikI 
ttdlinjr  him  fo  hitihl  o  mighty  ship.  Next  he- 
hold  the  waters  covering  the  earth,  men,  woiuen, 
children  and  aiiinialH  tosMcd  to  and  fro  by  the 
angry  billows,  and  linnlly  tliey  sink  iiniid  their 
crie^  and  «hriek«  never  more  to  see  the  beaiitie.* 
of  eiirth.  Sin  was  the  cniine  of  all  tliiw.  Noah 
and  hifidear  family  ciiinc  forth,  the  only  heing^t 
of  n  once  numerous  rnce.  Think  of  it:  only 
eight  poriions  on  thin  gn-at  globe. 

Wc  look  again  and  see,  in  tlie  eour-e  offline. 
a  nnnierou«  people.  Tliey  eoucludi-  to  huibl 
their  way  up  to  heaven,  hence  make  brick  and 
take  plime  for  inortjir,  and  go  to  building  a  low- 
er. Poor  people  I  tliey  were  of  one  htiigntige. 
and  highly  blessed,  but  they  wanted  "  <i  uttiiir," 
and  went,  about  building  their  way  up  into 
heaven.  God  wiuitw  us  all  to  build  a  house,  but 
not  that  way.  Je«U)i  must  be  tlie  chief  conier- 
fitoiie.  or  elne  wo  shall  be  confuspd.  Will  we  all 
build  with  Him  lUid  on  Him? 

Next  we  nee  good  old  Abraham  called,  then 
Iitrtue  and  Jaccdi  and  liiiully  reach  the  point 
where  poor  Josej)!!  was  sold,  0  what  cruel 
brothers,  yet  the  Ijonl  knew  how  to  turn  fbeir 
evil  in  good  clutniielN  lor  Hi^  people.  0  poor 
old  Jariib,  how  lie  liml  to  flulVer  ill  mind!  Du 
ynu  w-K  tlif  onee  pn-tty  coat  now  all  covered 
with  blouil?  Doyouoee  poor  Joseph  going  with 
the  nierchantu  down  to  Kgypt,  awny  from  hiff 
dear  old  father?  Ah!  how  he  feeln  and  longs  to 
see  his  good  old  father  once  move.  He  layH 
donn  to  ule^p  the  lirst  night,  but  eiiimot  .sleep. 
Me  lliinkw  of  father  and  niotlier,  and  longs  to 
m'fthom.  I'o'orboy!  Heounnnt  hlcep.  "When' 
am  I  going?"  he  asjt.t  "  Will  I  see  my  father 
and  my  mntlier  any  more?  0  father,  lather, 
ctmie  to  nie  to-nighl !  T  want  to  see  father  and 
mother.  Please  dear  sirs,  take  me  home,  O  take 
me  home  to  father  and  mother.  They  will  feel 
»o  Jnid,  BO  lonely,  so  HOrrowful  hecauKe  I  am  not 
there.  0  take  me  homo,  pleiuo."  Thus  poor 
Jiweph  plead  and  plead,  but  the  hard-hearted 
merchants  would  not  listen.  Tln'V  had  hitinjhf 
him  and  go  he  must.  \\\  \  think  I  ran  see  him 
gttinpalong  the  roncNiid,  ai]d  with  ahravy  hi'arl. 
He  almost  sinks  under  the  great  load,  the  great 
burden  of  never  seeing  his  parents  agnin.  Poor 
boy!  God  pitied  him  and  no  doubt  cojuforted 
Lis  heart,  for  he  never  forsook  him. 

M.  M.  E. 


THE    LOST   BOY. 

1  BOUT  eighteen  hundred  years  ago  a  child 
i\_  was  born,  Hik  name  was  Jesus.  We  tiud 
by  ruuling  the  Ti-4(ament.  that  a«  tliis  child 
griiw  up  he  had  much  wisdom,  was  very  smiU't. 
His  father  and  mother  :»tarted  to  a  large  city. 
This  little  boy  at  that  time  v;i\A  about  twelve 
years  old.  and  went  with  his  latliiy:  and  mother 
tu  tlie  city,  but  ou  returning  wiis  left  behind. 
Tliey  mit>scd  their  child,  and  iiller  searching 
three  day!<.  found  him  iu  the  tvmplu  with  the 
Doctors  hearing  and  iu>king  them  cjuestions. 
Tim  aaiue  Jesus  grew  to  be  a  utau.  luid  when  he 
wiu  about  thirty  yean  old,  lie  went  down  into 
the  river  mid  was  baptized.  When  he  wa^  bap- 
tized, went  "up  straightway  out  of  the  water: 
and,  lo.  the  heavens  were  opened  unto  him,  and 
he  saw  the  Spirit  of  (iod  descending  like  a  dove, 
and  lighting  upon  him:  and  lo  a  voice  from 
heaven,  saying,  This  is  my  lielovod  Son,  in  whom 
I  am  well  pleased."  llemember,  little  readers, 
that  tliis  is  the  same  Jesus  who  bilked  with  the 
Doctors.  Now  ai'ler  be  was  baptized  aud  re- 
ceived the  Spirit,  God  eaid:  "  This  is  my  Ijeloved 
Son,"  but  didn't  say  fio  until  the  Spirit  descend- 


ed and  lit  upon  him.  When  you  little  boys  and 
girU  become  old  enough  to  know  right  Irom 
wrong,  do  like  Jesus  did,  go  into  the  wat«r  and 
b<'  baptize*!  and  you  will  receive  the  Spirit. 
When  you  all  arrive  to  the  age  of  twelve  years, 
remember  the  story  of  Jesus,  about  being  left 
behind  in  that  large  city.  If  any  of  the  little 
readers  of  the  Bketiikrn  at  Work  go  with 
their  father  and  mother  to  a  large  city  and  get 
lost,  when  they  find  you.  tell  them  that  Jesus 
wftfl  left  once  and  was  iound  again.  Always 
obey  God's  Word  and  you  will  never  be  lost. 
JoHK  L.  Brown. 


JOSHUA. 

Il'l N  D  in  the  book  of  Joshua  so  much  good 
matter  for  a  subject,  and  so  many  good  ex- 
amples for  us  in  this  age  of  the  world,  that  I 
hardly  know  where  to  begin, 

Joshua  wius  one  of  the  two  who  found  grace 
and  favor  with  God,  through  obedience,  to  cross 
over  the  Jordan  into  the  land  of  Canaan.  Is  it 
not  mul  to  think  that  out  of  six  hundred  thou- 
sand, only  two  were  obedient,  and  when  tliey 
could  have  made  the  journey  in  forty  days,  it 
took  them  so  many  years?  I  hope  it  will  not 
be  so  with  us  who  have  been  baptized.  But  we 
wee  that  Joshua,  who  became  the  h-ader  after  the 
death  of  Mo9oa,  had  some  work  to  perform  after 
he  made  the  passage.  But  he  obeyed  to  the 
letter.  To  take  Jericho  lie  wa.s  told  what  course 
to  puiMie  (Josh.  4:3.  4, .').  He  did  not  say, 
once  will  do.  but  he  took  God  at  His  word.  But 
God  wiis  disjileased  with  one  who,  perhaps 
thought  like  we  sometimes  do,  that  God  would 
not  be  80  particular,  but  wc  see  that  diaobedi- 
■■nce  will  receive  its  rowaixl  as  well  ns  obedience, 
for  lie  had  to  suffer  the  penalty.  "Judgment 
will  1  lay  to  the  line,  and  righteousness  to  the 
plumuiet.'''  Joshua  was  obedient  to  the  end. 
He  says  to  his  peo|>le.  "  Choose  you  this  day 
whom  you  will  serve  "  (Jo.>*h.  24:  15). 

.\»  I  have  become  a  member  of  the  church 
since  my  former  letter  to  the  cliildreirs  columns. 
I  hupe  that  1  may,  as  w.dl  as  all  my  young  sis- 
ters who  came  in  the  (diureh  with  me,  be  found 
faithful,  like  good  old  Joshua,  t<)  theend.  1  am 
young,  only  a  little  past  thirteen,  and  have  per- 
haps more  to  contend  with,  here  alone  in  Toledo. 
flian  those  who  are  surrounded  with  fathers  and 
mothers  iu  Israel  and  with  le.ss  temptation, 
lint  1  am  not  alone.  Christ  said  He  would  be 
with  the  obedient  always.  Pray  for  me  my  dear 
fathei-s  and  imithei-s  in  Christ;  and  should  this 
be  found  worthy  a  place  in  the  paper  and  read 
by  my  young  brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ, 
may  tliey  also  try  to  be  as  obedient  as  Joshua, 
whose  age  wius  one  hundred  and  ten  years.  Let 
us  be  like  Paul  and  follow  Christ,  who  is  our 
example,  so  that  we  may  come  out  more  than 
conquerors  through  Him  who  loves  us. 

Ella  B.  Berkeybili:. 

ToJffh,  Ohio. 


IN    PRISON. 

DEA  H  little  readers:  This  Sabbath  day  I  open- 
ed the  Testament,  and  began  to  read  of  a 
man  that  had  been  shut  up  iu  prison;  and  how- 
he  had  been  bound  with  chains,  laying  between 
two  soldiers.  One  night  there  was  an  angel 
rame  to  him  and  told  him  to  ai'ise  and  follow 
him;  and  tin-  chains  fell  from  his  hands,  the 
prison  doDi-s  weiv  opened  and  they  departed  all 
unknown  to  the  keeper.  Now  you  will  find  the 
full  liistoiy  of  this  event  recorded  in  the  twelfth 
chapter  of"  the  Act-*  of  tlie  Apostles.  There  you 
will  also  find  out  who  it  was  that  put  him  iu 
prison,  and  what  his  name  was. 

I  think  tlie  short  piece  selected  by  Jennie 
Myei's  is  very  good.  Children,  reiul  it'  again; 
you  will  find  it  in  present  volume,  No.  5.  I  love 
to  read  the  children's  letters,  therefore  write 
this  to  you. 

Maby  Ebebsolr. 

MrComb,  Ohio. 

TRY  AND  CAN'T  DO  IT. 

/'lAX'T  du  it  sticks  in  the  mud,  but  Try  soon 
V..'  drays  the  wagon  out  of  the  rut.  Tlie  fox 
said  Try,  and  lie  got  away  from  the  hounds  when 
they  almost  t?napped  at  him.  The  liees  said 
Try,  and  turned  flowers  into  honey.  The  squir- 
rel said  Try,  and  up  he  went  to  the  top  of  a 
lieech  tree.  The  snow-drop  said  Try.  and  bloom- 
ed in  the  cold  snows  of  Winter.  The  sun  said 
Try,  and  the  Spring  soon  threw  Jack  Frost  out 
of  the  saddle.  The  young  lark  said  Try.  and  he 
found  that  his  new  wings  took  him  over  hedges 
and  dit<.'he3,  ami  up  where  his  father  was  sing- 
ing. The  ox  said  Try,  and  plowed  the  field 
from  end  to  end.  No  hill  too  steep  for  Try  to 
climb,  no  clay  too  stitf  for  Try  to  plow,  no  field 
too  wet  for  Try  to  drain,  no  hole  too  big  for 
Tr>-  to  mend.— .I^f /fffft/. 


MY    BIBLE. 


IITHAT  is  it  that  can  bring  delight 
\\      To  my  sick  heart  in  sorrow's  night. 
Making  the  darkness  all  shine  bright? 
My  Bible. 

What  is  it  that  can  yield  me  peace. 
When  trials,  toils  and  cares  increase, 
\nd  from  them  all  mv  soul  release? 
My  Bible. 

What  is  it  teaches  me  to  live, 
A  life  of  love  and  to  forgive. 
That  I  forgiveness  may  receive? 
My  Bible. 

What  is  it  that  directs  my  way 
To  heav'u's  high  joys  and  holy   day, 
Driving  the  fear  of  death  away? 
My  Bible. 

It  is  my  treasure,  wisdom,  light, 
0  may  I  in  it  learn  to  fight 
The  fight  of  faith  nor  ever  slight 
My  Bible. 
Selected  by  M.  J.  Eisbsbisb. 


kee|>s  the  wife  from  fretting  when  the  husband 
tracks  the  newly  washed  floor  with  bis  maajy 
boots,  and  makes  the  husband  mindful  of  the 
scraper  and  the  door-mat;  keeps  the  mother  p^. 
tient  when  the  baby  is  cross  and  amuses  the 
children  as  well  as  instructs  them;  cares  for  the 
servants  besides  paying  them  promptly,  projects 
the  houey-moou  into  the  haivest-noon,  uuj 
nmkes  the  happy  home  like  the  Eaatern  fig-tree 
bearing  in  its  bosom  at  once  the  beauty  of  the 
tender  blossom  aud  the  glory  of  the  ripened 
fniit.  We  want  a  religion  that  shall  interpose 
between  the  ruts  and  the  gullies  and  rocks  of 
the  liigbway  of  life  and  the  sensitive  souls  that 
are  traveling  over  them.— .SV^er/rt/. 


CEILDREX  AT    WORK. 


THINK  ON  YOUR  WAY. 

TIME,  ihe  most  fleet  of  idl  traveler*,  is  rapid- 
ly bearing  us  away  from  earth  to  our  home 
ou  the'  other  shore.  Have  any  of  us  foigntteu 
the  resolutions  we  formed  when  the  present 
year  Cimie  to  us  iu  its  snowy  whiteness?  Some 
of  us  said,  if  God  in  His  infinite  mercy  will 
spare  our  lives  a  little  longer,  we  will  be  more 
zealous  in  His  cause,  and  \vill  make  greater  ex- 
ertions to  lead  sinners  to  Christ,  and  will  live 
more  faithful  and  exemplary  lives,  letting  our 
light  shine  Sc.  Now  let  us  ask  ourselves  the 
qiiestion.  Have  we  done  nil  that  we  could:-' 
Alas!  too  many  of  us  will  have  to  acknowledge 
tliat  ve  have  often  neglected  our  duty,  afid  in- 
stead of  glorifying  God  wc  have  been  careful  to 
say  nothing  about  Him.  But  when  we  think 
on  our  way  serioii.sly,  we  know  that  this  is 
wrong.  Each  day  of  the  year  will  be  as  a  fresh 
patje.  pure  and  unsullied,  on  which  we  will  write 
our  deeds  in  charactei-s  which  time  can  never 
efface. 

Dear  young  Christians,  let  us  watch  and  pray 
earnestly  that  our  deeds  be  not  eril,  but  that  we 
may  do  some  good  in  the  Master's  cause.  May 
we  all  remember  that 

There  is  a  cross  in  every  lot, 

Aud  an  eai'uest  need  of  prayer; 
But  the  lowly  heart  that  leans  on  God, 
Is  happy  everywhere. 

Slstkr  E1.SIK. 
Netc  Windsor,  Md. 


THE  WAY  OF  THE  WORLD. 

HK'S  a  poor,  hard-working  man  trying  to 
pay  hia  honest  delit-i  andsui)port  his  fam- 
ily by  honest  toil,  but  "  ii«  for  him,"  because  he 
cannot  pay  you  a  tV'w  dtdlai-s  lie  owes.  He  is 
ptior  and  entitled  U>  no  eoiisideratien.  Keep 
him  down! 

Help  himi  He's  a  rich  man,  who  robbed  ii 
bank  or  made  an  assiguiiieiit,  lives  in  a  fine 
mansion  and  walks  leisurely,  enjoying  life,  while 
his  wife  and  childnu  are  deprived  of  none  of 
tne  luxuries  of  wealth  or  the  enjoyment  of  so- 
ciety. He's  smart — an  enterprising  business 
man,  and  it's  n  pity  he's  Vobbod  his  creditors. 
Don't  say  anything  to  hurt  his  lender  feelings 
iiur  expect  him  to  eoil  his  delicate  fingers  by  toil 
He  compounded  with  creditoi*s  at  twenty-five  or 
thirty  per  tent,  aud  now  lives  in  luxurious  ea*!e, 
au  honored,  respected  citi/eii,  and  a  prominent 
man  in  the  church! 

Go  for  him!  He's  poor — he  is  trying  to  pay 
cent  for  cent  with  iuterot  and  his  hands  are 
hardened  by  toil-:— his  wife  aud  children  feel  the 
pinchings  of  poverty  and  the  tightness  of  the 
times — he  lives  in  a  small  house  and  fiu-es  scan- 
tily, Iftit  it  is  im  good  as  he  deserves — iie  has  no 
business  to  be  poor  nor  honest.  He's  a  fool  for 
not  robbing  a  bank  or  stealing  from  those  who 
would  have  trusted  him  in  prosperous  days.  He 
ought  to  be  poor!  Go  for  him!  Keep  him 
down — pile  upon  him  such  a  weight  of  obloquy 
and  peeuniarj-  embarassment  that  lie  will  never 
be  able  to  rise.  This  is  the  way  the  world 
talks, — SeUctett. 


THE  KIND  OF  RELIGION  WE 
WANT. 

"IVTE  want  a  religion  that  softens  the  step, 
yy  and  tunes  the  vuice  to  melody  and  fills 
the  eye  with  sunshine,  and  checks  the  impatient 
exclamation  and  harsh  rebuke:  a  religion  that 
is  polite,  deferential  to  superiors,  courteous  to 
inferiors  and  considerate  to  friends;  a  reU" 
that  goes  into  the  family,  luid  keeps  the  hus- 
band from  being  cross  when  dinner  is  late  and 


Studying  the  Bible:— I  think  if  I  live  a  Ut. 
tie  longer  and  study  the  Holy  Bible  more,  and 
commit  more  verses  to  memory,  I  shall  be  able 
io  write  better  letters.  I  try  to  be  a  good  gitl 
and  obey  my  parents  and  teacher,  but  I  some- 
times forget  and  am  naughty.  I  hope  }is  I  grow 
older  I  will  also  grow  better.— A<7/*/  M.  Hrp/e,-, 
Chrn-ij  Grinr,  IU. 

Heniember  thy  Poor;— One  very  cold  day 

nianiuHi  looked  from  the  window,'  she  saw 
quite  an  old  woman,  poorly  clad,  wandering 
down  the  street  picking  up  bits  of  paper,  sticks, 
etc.  Thinking  she  must  be  very  cold  and  hun- 
gry, mother  sent  Maggie  to  call  her  in,  aricl 
while  some  food  and  hot  tea  were  being  prepar- 
ed for  her,  she  told  us  tihe  following  story:  "I 
am  a  poor  old  woman.  I  live  in  a  siuiill  room 
in  the  third  story  of  an  old  house,  in  Penn  Vil- 
lage.  My  husband  is  a  laboring  man,  but  ithna 
been  a  long  time  since  he  had  any  work.  We 
must  pay  our  rent  every  month,  or  be  turned 
out  on  the  strc'l.  I  thought  I  would  never  go 
out  to  beg,  but  I  wa-s  so  hungry  this  morning  I 
could  not  stay  in  any  longer.  There  was  a  wo- 
man told  me  to  come  to  her  house  to-day  aiid 
she  would  do  something  for  me.  I  went  to  see 
her  and  she  told  me  she  was  very  sorry  for  me 
and  gave  me  two  tracts,  but  dear,  0  dear  I  can- 
not eat  theiu!  They  will  do  for  people  who  are 
not  so  liungry  and  can  see  to  read." 

Ever  since  that  day  she  has  been  coining  to 
our  back  door  for  scraj)s  and  we  never  turu  lier 
away  without  being  warmed  and  fed.  Now  I 
want  all  who  read  this  to  do  something  for  poor, 
old  Mrs.  Lewis.  I  don't  exactly  mean  that  you 
shall  send  her  clothes  and  money,  but  send  up  a 
real  prayer  to  our  Father  and  ask  Him  to  siuid 
her  a  blessing,  and  I  am  sure  the  next  time  I 
write  1  can  tell  you  something  better.  Now 
idea-se  don't  forget,  and  I  know  some  good  will 
come,  for  Jesus  says,  "  Ask  and  ye  shall  receive." 
-Lillif  A.  rhoitm,  2(y23  K.  '^^nd  St..  Vhihdtl- 
phid,  I\i. 

A  (iood  Sugiiestion: — I  will  encounige  tie 
other  boys  and  girls  to  reml  this  paper.  There 
13  so  much  in  it  about  Jesus.  I  think  we  chil- 
dren ought  to  study  the  Bible  so  that  wc  can 
talk  together  about  the  Lord.— C.  T.  Ihiuitr, 
Astoria,  III 

Yes,  Thex'e  is  a  Gort; — I  want  to  be  good. 
My  parents  say  that  good  girls  and  boys  make 
good  women  and  men.  I  go  to  school.  Some  ' 
of  the  children  say  bad  words.  I  tell  them, 
God  don't  like  that;  theu  some  of  them  say  tlioy 
don't  know  that  there  is  a  God.  I  know  that 
Christ  is  the  Savior  of  the  world,  and  that  He 
likes  good  children,  good  people.  — -1^('7  ^. 
KepJer.  Kfir  Hampton,  loirti. 

Let  us  Love  Jesus:— This  beautiful  Satur- 
day as  I  am  free  from  school,  I  thought  I  would 
talk  a  little  to  the  other  children  about  Jcmis  and 
His  love.  Do  you  ever  think  of  the  love  He 
had  for  children  when  He  was  on  earth?  I  he- 
lievo  He  loves  us  just  as  well  its  He  did  llie  chil- 
dren then,  and  I  think  we  ought  to  love  Hini- 
We  ought  to  obey  Him  so  that  we  con  be  happy 
when  we  come  to  die.  T  am  ten  years  old,  find 
I  don't  think  I  am  too  young  to  love  Jesus.  I 
have  ft  little  sister  five  yeare  old  who  says  she 
likes  the  Good  Man,  and  is  glad  that  we  can  go 
to  a  good  place  when  we  die.— Jo/'"  Sliiilh\ 
Ldiiiirk,  III. 

Watfh  and  Vray:— I  have  come  out  from 
among  the  world,  and  given  my  heart  to  Jesus. 
We  have  social  meeting  Thursday  nnd  Sunday 
nights.  I  love  to  join  in  singing  niid  prayer. 
The  brethren  speak,  both  old  and  young.  I  !<'« 
all  the  brethren  and  sisters  and  want  you  oil  to 
l)ray  for  me,  that  I  may  hold  out  fuithlul. 
'■  Watch  and  pray  that  ye  enter  not  iuto  temp- 
tation." Jesus  says  this.  '■  Verily  I  say  unto 
you.  Whosoever  shall  not  receive  the  kingdom 
of  God  as  a  little  child  shall  in  no  wise  enter 
therein."— froHfi  Hickman,  ConieU,  Vl 


Almost  saved  is  altogether  lost. 


Api-il 


Ol-K  VOYJQB, 

e„,  w.  resortod  to  T.Jal  Ba,i„,  Vicloril  Dock, 

London,  on  Tuesday  evening,  iho  2tlth  of  vX' 

„h<T,  we  fo,j„d  all   hand,  b„„  l„^i       ,°J 

cleanmg  the  large  steamer  Elysia,  „„ay  ?„  ,^'^ 

,.,!  n..xt  mornmg  at  7  o'clock.     We  Jre  ho  " 

eTcr.eln.ved  nntil  ten  o'clock,   „he„  the  hn^e 

,e.»     w.th   .ts  2,01,0  ton.  of  cargo  and  o„h 

t„™t,v-twopa,sen8ei«,  (emigration  being  ,e4 

i"     ,"    ,  %    ""  ■"™'l'"'f  F-bruary  a,S 

March),  began  to  move  slo\vl.v. 

A  Iter  sailing  about  two  houi^  down  the  river 

.lowly,    they  stopped  to  repair  the  con„«m, 

which  detained  them  till  next  morning,     'fhen 


XHK    intKTHKKX    AT    AVOWC 

rlS-t'-rthT^di":^  t^^z^^'T'^^^^'-^^^^''-  "-^"^  ™ 

Millen.t.,„„,    p„,v    Co       1."     :ZL  '"■  "'"""'■  "»'•''"«  •"  ''»>■   '''™8l>  a 

think  of  .t„„,,i„;  \,t   Uwi't™.^^ -^  "°    '"""'  '"""  •"'""'    S»"a.y  evcn,n«  the  hou« 

withniyneidldiTh  Ji:.."'tor  .ttT    I  "''■""^  ""   """''"^  "™^"'"  "■'   '«'^ 
Liberty.  Ohio,  ten  mile.  We.l  of  Dayton.  ,o  a, 
to  arrive  theiv  about  the  thi.l  or  fourth  of  JDiy 


Thence  to  Lini.  to     he   l)i  tr  el   M    /        ^^'r   and  many  were  made  to  „.e  the  error  of  their 
Korthernlndlar^ai^^r  „":'r.,:!  ^'^i,  ..J"",?;"*'^^'"^-^*' ^"^  ™- «" 


Northern  InJnma,  and  it  convenient  to  the 
Uistrict  Meeting  in  Michigan,™  a,  to  b„  in 
Nor  hern  lUinoi,  by  the  16th,  r»dy  ,„  meet 


our  loved  OUC.S  in  UMou  the  ouTtLT        r"^"^  »"*•"""«. '"/"^  J***"' "^"^  ^'*  '^^'''^^^  "'"* 
we  do  if  the  Lonl  wiU  "       '  ''"r'\'^I''»'^'»  "'«"'  "vcr  tho.e  ten.  than 

oTer  nniP  hundred  mid  ninety  i«,,t  persons  who 
iiwded  no  rfr.entn,.rp.     Muy  thuy  liv(5  neru-  the 


SEVENTEEN  DAYS  ON  THE  WATER. 
Had  K«od  accoiuuioilalions  however,  paid  for 
secoD-l.  but  were  favored  with  first-class  pas- 
soge.  Arrived  at  New  York  the  evening  of  the 
loth  inst.,  having  endured  inilividimlly  about 
the  same  amount  of  sea-sickness  as  going  over. 
There  were  nine  first-class  passt-ngers,  and 
thirti.'1-n  fore-cabin  passengei-s,  until  the  tliir- 
leenth  day,  when  one  was  added  to  the  latter- 
uanifd  class,  which  was  christened  Elysia, 
(which  means  delightful  or  happiness)  liy  a 
Catiiolit:  priest  on  board.  Had  a  quiet,  moral 
crew,  wliich  added  much  to  our  satisfaction,  as 
ive  are  compelled  to  mingle  in  society  as  one 
family.     We  had  two* 

eKASONS  OF  WOn.SHIP 
the  second  Sunday,  (the  first  Sunday  we  were 
too  sick  and  weak)  at  10  A.  M.,  anil  ei^ht  F. 
M..  in  which  all  on  hoard  ol  the  dittcrenr  clas- 
ses, otiicers  and  hands  were  invited  to  partici- 
pate. Nearly  all  responded  to  the  invitation 
and  seemed  to  enjoy  the  services.  After  arriv- 
ing 

AT  NEW  YOIIK 

and  having  our  baggage  slightly  examined,  on 
Saturday  morning,  the  16th.  we,  for  the  first 
time  in  five  months  separated.  Bro.  D.  Fry 
and  wif<>  went  to  Philadelphia,  myself  and  wife 
to  Mfchanicsburg.  Cumberland  Co.,  via  Reading 
and  Harrisburg.  not  likely  to  meet  again  belore 
the  ATinual  Meeting,  if  the  Lord  will. 

We  remained  with  the  brethren  at  Mechan- 
icshurg  till  Wednesday,  met  with  tliem  three 
times  in  worship;  on  Sunday  morning  at 
Mohler's  meeting-hnuse;  and  Sunday  and  Mon- 
day evfiiings  in  Mechanicsburg.  It  is  needless 
to  sav  anything  about  our  enjoyment  at  thone 
meetings  and  among  our  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
tei-s  at  this  place,  aft«r  the  fatigues  of  so  tedious 
and  perilous  a  voyage:  that  can  more  easily  be 
imagined  than  expressed. 

MECOANU'SIintO 

with  its  rich  country  and  beautiful  scenery,  is 
densely  populated  by  sociable  people,  and  also 
iiiaiiy  loving  brethren  and  sistei-s  in  and  around 
it.  give  it  attractions  to  our  view,  and  taste 
■  rarely  found  in  any  other  country,  and  more  es- 
pecially because  we  formed  a-ssociations  at  this 
pUce  thirty  yeara  ago,  in  the  choice  of  my  first 
companion  in  life,  which  will  never  die  as  long 
as  that  generation  remains.  But,  alas!  what  a 
change;  many  of  them  are  already  gathered 
home  to  their  fathere,  and  their  children  in 
their  phicea.  Soon  those  loved  associations  on 
fft'Hi  will  cease,  but  a  happy  thought  presents 
itself  t(i  our  mind  at  tbia  period,  that  the  church 
IS  alive,  and  the  Lord  is  adding  almost  daily 
8Uch  as  should  l;e  saved.  Hence  the  people 
have  a  good  opportunity  of  preparing  for  the 
fissociatioiis  of  the  blessed  reign  of  Jesus  in  the 
future  k-ingdora. 
On  Wednesday  we  came  to  this  place, 

UII.i:,ERHTl)WN, 

where  we  expect  to  remain  for  ten  diiys  or  two 
^-*'K^.  and  visit  among  our  friends  in  the  Lost 
^^L'lt  cfuigregatiou;  then  go  to  the  upper  end 
«  Perry  Co.,  where  our  aged  Hro.  Feter  Long 
fttiaes.  i'j^uj  thence  to  Path  Valley,  to  thf 
'''ftcc  of  my  i,ovh„o(i.     l-'rom  thence  to  Tusca- 


we  do  if  the  Lonl  will, 

AIlorT  ENOI.AND. 

We  arrived  at  London  from  Hamburg,  on 
Sunday  morning.  On  Tuesday  Bro.  Fry  and 
inyse  f  went  to  Bath,  (leaving  the  sistei^  at  the 
hotel)  to  see  Bro.  Brinkworth.  who  then   w 


~  — . -.- -^i- ii.uMung.     Then  1 -*/•"■-«-■■;  j>ro.  onnKwortli.  who  then   \v».' 

,ve  s.t  sad  again,  at  MX  o  clock.  The  morning  «t«l'Pi"g  «-it»>  im  brother  near  Bath.  Hem.un- 
W.S  beautiful,  but  by  noon  the  heavens  we,?  «'>  there  two  days.  Had  so„„  conversation  ^o- 
Ijlauk  and  rain  began  to  fall.     The  South-west    '^''^'"'•'-  '■"'"*''"'  *"  *'' '  ^'"'     '      -  - 

wind  began  to  blow  furiotwiy,  nnd  by  two 
o'clock  P.  M..  tlie  fog  was  upon  us  so  dense 
that  they  were  again  obliged  to  stop  and  ciist 
uiiclu.r  for  two  hout^,  when  they  set  sail  a-ain 
being  at  this  time  near  Dover  Straits,  sevelity- 

five  miles  East  of  London,  and  as  sailing  was 

extremely  dangerous,   and  the   vc.'isel   heavily 

laden,  they  moved  very  slowly  for  two  days  till 

they  got  out  on  open  sea,  and  through  the  en- 
tire voyage  wo  were  strongly  opposed  by  Kuro- 

rlv.hin  and  high  sea  so  that,  instead  of  making 

111'-  tnp  in  ten  or  twelve  days,  we  were 


gether.  relative  to  the  MiMion  in  England,  iu 
prospcct»;  but  ,13  he  had  had  only  a  few  m«,t. 
"igs  111  dillerent  pl.^es  and  none  in  that  vicini- 
ty, and  no  place  convenient  to.  hold  meeting 
we  returned  again  to  London,  without  wo  or 
he  people  being  profited  .is  much  as  ive  would 
have  desired,  but  in  our  short  interview  with 
tiro.  Brinkworth  we  Icnrned  that  nceoriing  to 
hisjudgirient  there  are  several  places  where 
good  eonld  be  done;  and  that,  if  he  sta.ved  in 
England  during  the  Snmniei',  he  hoped'  to  be 
able  to  give  more  satisfaction,  as  he  thonohl  of 
making  still  further  efforts.  May  the"  Lord 
keep  him  in  the  hour  of  temptation. 

Haviiig  been  previously  recommended  by 
Bro.  Charles  Asquilh  of  South  -Waterloo 
church,  Iowa,  to  go  to  Bra.lfor.1,  about  ei"hly 
miles  ^ortb-Eu,t  of  Liverpcd,  I  accordingly 
set  out  for  that  place  (Bro.  Fiv  choosing  to  re- 
mam  at  London),  on  Friday  morning.  Arrived 
at  Liverpool  and  ueit  day  went  to  Bradford.  — 
Found  the  friends  according  to  directions,  who 
received  me  with  ineipressible  kindness,  and  as 
a  natural  conscipience  the  uucxpeeted  approach 
of  an  entire  stranger,  so  peculiar  in  op]iearance, 
being  recommended  by  one  uho  had  leB  that 
country  about  twenty  y,.ara  ago,  and  who  is 
held  in  good  repute  among  Ihem,  at  once  intrtt 
ducod  our  mission  and  its  probable  results 
among  them,  if  we  were  permitted  to  spend 
time;  but  it  will  be  remembered  that  our  ar- 
rangements were  made  by  this  time  to  set  sail 
ou  the  folloiving  Tuesday:  hence  had  only  Sun- 
day to  spend  with  them.     This  we  did;  going 


.....s.oeaLeiu  ,u   auuiiiou   10   tlic  scliool  bciug  When  all  His  childrcu  shall  be  free  in  glo 

assembled.    The  Superintendent  of  the  school  all  enemies  trampled  under  His  feet ;  fo 

Ifneiid  Butler)  being  also  an  Elder  in  the  Prim-  tiist  that  the  I.nnI  .,t«i,.f=  tl.«.,,  ™l,„  „fti:., 
itive  church,  introduced  me  to  the  ministe 


pointed  in  the  evening,  he  wished  ine  to  be  pre 
sent,  to  wliieh  I  readily  consented,  with  thr 
understanding  he  should  speak,  but  when  I  was 


o— , —  1..^..^.,     ,.,u,,     |,i»j,ci,    lie    uiifsi 

-_id  announced  that  I  would  speak  that  even- 
ing, and  that  they  should  turn  out  and  bring 
their  friends  with  them;  consequently  had  a 
full  house  and  extraordinary  attention.  I  nev- 
er had  a  closer  attiu;hraent  formed  in  the  same 
time  between  strangers  and  myself. 

My  convictions  from  my  short  experience  in 
England  are,  that  good  could  be  accomplished, 
in  course  of  time;  but  it  would  not  be  the  work 
of  a  few  da,vs  or  a  few  months,  but  of  years, 
and  that,  by  brethren  living  among  them,  and 
placing  the  light  on  a  candle  stick. 

There  are  many  in  the  world,  when  they 
hear  the  Brethren  preach,  must  say,  like  the 
Captain  on  board  the  vessel :  "  I  never  heard  the 
Scriptures  explained  in  that  way."  Hence  all 
such  must  have  a  little  time  to  think,  before 
they  cim  get  the  consent  of  their  mind  to  leave 
their  old  house  and  move  into  another,  even  if 
it  is  better. 
.Villrrshin,  Ph.,  Mrirrh  iS,ul,  JS77. 


The  luvthmi  spoke  the  Word  ivith  power, 
d  iinuiy  were  made  to  see  the  error  of  their 


laptizci.  We  were  made  to  rejoice  to  see  our 
neighbors  taking  the  yoke  upon  them,  and  we 
were  not  alone  in  our  joy,  but  we  believe  that 


cross,  and  finally  rec.uve  the  crown. 

Wo  believe  that  there  were  those,  who  are 
counting  the  cost,  hut  are  too  firmly  united  to 
the  pleasures  and  vanities  of  this  worid  to  .yield 
obedience  to  the  lowly  Nnzai-cne.  Oh  remem- 
ber, that  there  is  a  time  coming  when  every 
knee  shall  bow  and  every  tongue  confe.«.  BcU 
ter  do  it  now. 

We  lielieve  that  the  members  are  all  much 
revived.  While  the  brethren  were  rightly  di- 
nding  the  Word  of  Truth,  many  eyes  were 
miule  to  sparkle  and  many  hearts  beat  faster  in 
the  anticipation  of  the  crown  of  righteousness 
that  awaits  the  faithful.  We  were  sorry  to 
part  with  the  de.ar  ministering  brethren.  May 
the  Lord  strengthen  them  that  they  may  con- 
tinue to  tell  the  storj-  of  the  cross. 

Our  membership  is  now  upwards  of  lifly. 
We  have  four  ministers,  three  in  second  di- 
gree.  and  one  in  the  first.  We  also  have  four 
deacons. 

May  the  Lord  bless  your  efforLs  to  s|ircad  the 
Uospel  and  may  the  pajes  of  the  HnirriiaRS  .vT 
WoiiK  be  kept  pun-! 

.1.  K.  Ituv.iNT. 

From    Christian    Hansen. 

y*«r  lliMmi.-— 

GIl.'VCE,  mercy  and  peace  from    God   our 
Father,  and  His  beloved  Son,  our  Redeem- 
er, lie  multiplied  to  you  all, 

I  shall  try  to  write  you  n  few  lines  the  second 
time.  The  first  letter  sent  you  by  me,  was, 
when  I  was  in  prison,  where  my  enemies 
thought  to  punish  me,  hut  One  was  with  me, 
whom  they  did  not  see.  There  I  received  many 
rich  blessings  from  my  iicaveuly  Father.  My 
food  for  the  body  was  black  bread  and  water 
two  pounds  of  bread  each  day,  and  a  crock 


..,.».,,„,,,.  ,„™  mem.  inis  we  did;  going  two  pounds  of  bread  each  day,  and  a  crock  of 
itu  them  some  distance  ill  the  forenoon  to  a  water.  Sometimes  I  got  a  salt  herring  For 
esleyan  meetmg.    In  the  afternoon  at  one    tweiily  days  I  was  nbul  to  reci.e  H,«t  u,„l   .,. 


■  .™„ja,.  meeuug.     in  tJie  alteiTioon   atone  twenly  days  I  was  gbul  to  receive  that  kind   of 

o  clock  went  to  a  large  Sabbath-school.     liyri-  food,  and  the  time  did  not  seem  long,    because 

quest  talked  to   the  children.     At  two  o'clock  our  (I0.I  and  our  Savior  were  with  me  always 

crossed  the  street  to  place  of  worship,  a  good  My  thoughtswerecontinuallyonChrist'scoining 

congregation  m   addition   to   the  school  being  when  all  His  childreu  shall  be  free  in  glory  and 

t^lIDd'llltlinillillf    nf    ftii.      c..l.n..l  .ill    i...r.n.w.,=    t_n I..J I...     It'.       I.       . 


just  that  the  Lonl  artlicts  those  who  attlict  Hi... 

- —    —   -"-    "...«=vvi    0  my  beloved  brethren  and  sisters,  in  all  of  our 

with  a  request,  if  agreeable  to  allow  me  the  trials  and  aiHictions  here.  let  us  look  upon  the 
)nvilege  to  speak,  which  he  seemingly  granted  Rock  on  whom  we  build!  We  shall  then  soon 
nth  all  his  heart,  and  seldom  do  I  feel  the  lil)-  reach  the  end  of  our  faith  and  glory  shall  be 
erty  I  enjoyed  there,  and   meeting  being  ap-    "'"^ 


We  are  many  miles  from  you,  hut  we  cannot 
forbear  to  let  you  look  into  our  severe  trials  at 
this  time.     We  are,   on  account  of  hard  times 


unaers.taii(iing  lie  should  speak,  but  when  I  was  this  time.  We  are,  on  account  of  hard  times 
through,  and  he  closed  with  i)rayer,  he  arose  in  this  country,  without  work  and  without 
imd  announced  that  I  would  sdphIc  thnfc  ovon.    moncv_  niw)  n^i  liniiKu  in  wiiid.  i^n  i;...i    .-i,..u — 


From  Bethel  Church,  Kansas. 

JkarBntfirnt:— 

THE  Beth(d  cluirch  hiLt.jnst  enjoyed  a  season 
of  refrcMliing.  Bro.  Hiram  Fadely  from 
Burr  Oak,  Kiuisiu).  had  meeting  on  Sunday,  Sd 
of  February.  Bro.  Amos  Reed  from  Republic 
Co.,  arrived  on  Wednesday  following, biul  meet- 
aga  Thursday  and  Friday  evenings,  but  the 
.reather  being  ver>'  disagreeable,  we  had  no' 
more  meetings  until  Sunday,     Kid.  Henry  Bru- 


money,  and  no  house  in  which  to  Hiid  shelter. 
Soon  we  will  ho  without  food,  and  we  can  no 
longer  buy  on  credit,  for  the  Lord  reqiiire-i  us 
to  owe  no  man  anything,  but  to  love  him;  and 
this  we  want  to  obey,  hence  cannot  put  our- 
selves in  a  strait  so  that  our  holy  calling  and 
salvation  will  be  endangered. 

U,  Brethren,  what  shall  we  do?  la  there  any 
probability  of  a  helping  hand?  God  c<ni  help. 
But  will  He  perform  miracles  when  His  people 
are  full?  None  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sifters 
here,  can  lend  a  helping  hand  as  all  are  poor, 
and  can  barely  support  themselves.  My  dear 
companion  is  sick  aud  sutlers  much,  and  it  is 
needful  that  she  have  medicine;  yet,  no  money 
to  buy.  On  the  first  of  May  we  must  leave 
this  house,  and  where  shidl  we  go?  Itent  must 
be  paid  in  advance,  and  we  have  nothing  to  pay 
with,  and  no  work  to  bo  had  at  all. 

Here  in  Brouderslev  we  can  get  arooni,  if  we 
hod  the  money  to  pay  rent.  The  house  is  tol- 
erably dry  and  tight,  and  also  near  the  road, 
which  would  suit  my  business  if  I  can  get 
work — tailoring.  The  room  is  small.  A  bed, 
dove,  table  and  two  chairs  in  it,  will  leave  one 
and  a  half  squai-e  yards  of  space.  Yon  see  we 
are  in  hard  times. 

We  sigh  in  prayer  and  tears  and  look  to 
Jesus,  that  He  ni&y  put  it  into. the  hearts  of 
His.children,  to  lend  uh  a  helping  hand!  0, 
Brethren-,  I  wish  you  could  for  one  moment  see 
our  condition  in  thi«  country  \  There  un.>  many 
poor^  yet  there  is  no  help  from  the  government. 
0  how  glad  we  would  be  to  get  work,   that  we 


might  help  oarwiTM  an  yon  do!  Wf  have 
many  thouRhti.  about  our  deliverance.  I  al«> 
hmk  of  thP  time  I  wa«  in  America,  and  how 
luml  It  wa«  for  many  poor  there,  yet  thej-  were 
rich  compared  to  onr  present  condition.  We 
soniet.mes  think  it  would  be  hett^  for  m  to  go 
to  Ainmca,  hut  we  think  jtin  n.^f«l  to  r*m»in 
and  help  Innld  up  the  church,  hoping  that  bet- 
t^r  times  will  .-re  long  bW,  (hi,  land.  We  mnch 
prefer  to  n-main  here  hi  order  to  strengthen 
the  cause,  for  if  we  lenve,  tbos,.  who  are  now 
with  us.  will  have  a  h.»rd  time  to  battle  for 
the  cause  abme.  The  prn,,^cU  for  getting 
more  are  good,  and  we  fee]  for  all  who  want  to 
**ri!r^'  *"  **^''  '^""•*'*J""-  wbat  .hall  we  in? 
The  hOusei  in  this  country  are  built  too  near 
the  ground,  heiiee  there  i.*,  mnch  «iclEne*s.  It 
IS  almost  impos«ihle  in  these  vilhiges  to  get  a 
dry  house.  Booms  are  damp  so  much  that 
clothe,  wdl  mold  and  decay.  And  then  too  the 
flu.-^  or  ehimneyn  are  ao  poorly  built  that  in 
calm  weather  the  smoke  will  not  go  through 
them.     All  these  things  we  have  to  contend 

With. 

I  Imvt  not  had  any  work  since  Now  Year  — 
Our  food  since  that  time  ha«  Wn  mainly  bread 
and  water.  Heave  these  things  with  you  Per- 
hap.-<your  kind  hearts  will  pity  us  a  little  The 
Word  of  God  and  all  His  promise-  are  with  n^- 
otherwise  we  could  not  endure.  Our  daj-s  will 
j-oon  be  over,  and  then  we  go  in  peace  to  Jesus 
and  be  at  home  where  want  and  hunger  and 
^ulfering  will  m.  more  trouble  us.  .Jesus  him- 
self ivill  wipe  away  all  our  tears.  Our  anitvA 
love  to  yon  all  in  ("hrist  Je-sus! 

Your  Brother. 

lifrndernlev,  Denmark. 

IIkmauks.— God  bless  you  dear  brother  and 
sister.  And  that  yon  may  not  «utfer,  a  mite 
goes  out  by  next  imiil.  0  may  each  brother 
an.l  M>.ter,  who  reads  your  h-tter  f.)rthwith  wnd 
you  and  the  dear  one*  in  that  country  some  of 
their  abundance.  And  when  they  do  this,  may 
they  all  go  down  on  their  knees  and  a*k  God  to 
give  it  a  sale  and  speedy  journey  ao  that  your 
trials  and  suft'erinpi  may  be  in  a  measure  alle- 
viated. True  wome  may  think  if  each  of  ua 
should  give  a  mite,  you  would  get  too  much.  I 
am  not  afraid  of  that.  Cautiousness  among  u* 
in  a  money  sense,  ha«  become  the  eleventh 
commandment.  How  afraid  we  are  some  ono 
will  be^poiled!  Then  we  let  the  suffering  suf- 
fei  on,  and  at  last  we  fall  into  covefousness  and 
with  this  mill-«tone,  down  into  destiuction  we 
go! 

God  help  us  to  have  pity!  0  righteous  Fath- 
er touch  our  hearts,  and  make  them  tender  for 
works  of  love!  Some  one  may  aak.  "Where 
or  how  shall  I  send?"  If  a  small  amount,  put 
in  a  letter,  iseal  well  and  address:  C.  Hope, 
Hjorring,  Weusyssel,  Denmark,  Europe,  or  if  a 
large  amount,  get  exchange  at  any  banking- 
house  on  Copeuhageu.  Do  not  send  it  to  me, 
but  send  it  to  them  direct,  whether  silver,  gold 
or  paper  money.  "  It  is  mor.'  blessed  to  give 
than  to  receive."  This  is  the  v  luj  of  heaven. 
M,  V.  B. 


From    Wawaka,    Ind. 

Ikur  iirethren: — 
rilHK  Ark  of  the  Lord  is  still  moving  on  in 
1  our,  the  Pleasant  Mound  District.  Twenty- 
one  have  been  received  by  baptism  since  last 
Christmas.  My  aged  father.  D.  B.  Sturgis, 
held  up  the  cross  and  told  its  story  with  ability 
in  two  series  of  meetings,  in  which  he  labored 
for  us  and  the  conversion  of  sinners. 

The  result  of  these  meetings  were  fourteen 
additions  by  baptism.  Since  that  time  he  pass- 
ed through,  and  torryinp  for  a  short  time, 
baptized  two  more.  We  held  two  meetings  in 
an  isolated  point  of  our  district,  and  as  a  result 
our  elder  led  three  into  the  sti-eam  aud  baptized 
them.  Last  Satunlay  and  Sunday  Brethren 
James  Barton  aud  George  Roofuer  were  with 
u».  aud  two  more  were  made  willing  to  put  on 
the  armor  9f  Christ. 

Health  is  good;  roads  are  muddy;  members 
are  in  love  and  union.  May  the  Lord  be  prais- 
ed for  iUl  his  mercies. 

Db.  J.  Sn-RQis. 


From    Queen    Peak.    Texas. 

Ikav  liirthrcn: — 

BY  iiermission  of  the  Editors,  I  T\-ill  try  to 
answer  some  of  the  many  questions  that 
are  asked  me.  relative  to  Texas.  In  this  coun- 
ty (Montague)  there  are  some  very  nice  prairies 
though  they  ore  smaller  than  in  Cook,  Grayson, 
Dallas  and  other  comities  £ast.  Through  thk 
county  there  are  some  very  nice  streams  of 
wat«r,  yetin  the  hotaad  and  dry  part  of  the 
.season,  they  meivsurably  or  entirely  go  dry. — 


a'HK    liRETHREN    ^T    -VVOKKI. 


-^pril  4 


Th«Hi  arv  .oiDo  go«I  Sp"ng«.  b«il  «-  the  country 
m  quite  new,  there  are  not  many  welU  dug  yet.— 
Of  the  W6ll»  out  of  wliioli  I  u**"!  w»"f-  "  ""J**' 
fitj  liad  good  w»w.  TltOTe  are  mere  living 
Btrettin*  'uiCA,<>k  and  Gray*""  oounliat,  but  not  m 
much  limber.  Those  countic*  are  longer  •etllcl. 
ami  some  aavantagm  may  be  fjund  iu  ibem  that 
an  Lot  here,  iuch  as  •ch-.t  aatl  church  privileges. 
But  land  there,  U  hightr  than  here.  I"  w.y  of 
UicM  counties  land  is  Tcry  h-w,  ranging  in  price 
ftvED  one  to  t«n  dollar*  per  acre,  acwrdiug  t*>  lo- 
eation  and  improvementt. 

LumUr  rouge*  in  prite  from  about  $18  to  «28 
par  thousand.  A»  to  Uie  pricea  of  honw,  oow«, 
hogit.  etc.,  tbcrft  i«  but  ii.llo  diflerence  in  pricoi 
ben)  and  the  more  Northern  a.id  Eastern  State. 
that  m.  for  the  same  grade  and  .loalityof  animals. 
But  **%  general  thing,  hogs  and  horeea  Jiero  are 
of  an  inferior  grade  V>  those  North  and  East, 
hence  loweT  in  price.     . 

JiA  10  the  i'lca  that  laiul  here  U  hard  to  cuUi- 
Mte.  it  i»  ii'  the  main  a  raiatake.  Tlie  laud  here 
Moun  in  plowing  just  iw  nitely  ae  in  any  other 
oouutry.  unltas  you  get  the  regular  black,  waxy 
land,  that  dot>  not  work  fjuila  .0  will,  yet  the 
loud  io  as  gcjd  and  productive  ftfl  any  land  in  the 
country. 

The  Northern  part  of  Twin*  i»  certamly  a 
wheal-groKing  country.  Wheat  looks  very  well 
here  at  thii-  lime,  and  when  lliis  latid  is  brought 
under  the  Hwne  Bystcni  ol'  ngriculturc  that  your 
land*  are,  the  hnrvcal  will  be  immciisc.  Fruit 
Htenin  to  d"  well  here,  especially  peachc-i.  Vege- 
tahkd  of  almost  all  kinds  do  well.  It  i<.  siiid  how- 
ever that  ciibbngc  and  Iriiih  potatoes  do  not  keep 
nx  well  R8  in  more  Northern  climes.  Yet  I  think 
it  likely  that  time  and  experience  will  remove 
tliut  iuprc^dion. 

As  to  positiouit  an  clerk*  and  carringo  making 
und  trimming,  mimy  such  positions  cannot  be  ex- 
pected in  a  country  as  now  tu  this,  yet  in  some  of 
the  larger  townii,  ituch  ne  Deiiinon,  Sherman.  Dai- 
Ibr  or  Kort  Worth,  such  tradesmen  may  get  plen- 
ty of  work. 

Now,  dcnr  brethren,  if  you  want  to  come  to 
the  In.nt  and  Mllle  down  among  the  pioneers  of 
the  Lord's  cause  in  Texas,  there  are  broad  acres 
here,  only  awaiting  the  hand  of  industry  to  make 
this  one  of  the  finest  countries  in  the  Union.  Hut 
do  not  come  here,  expecting  to  see  big,  white 
hounes  like  you  have  in  your  native  land,  but 
come  and  buy  you  u  nice  piece  o*'  the  fertile  laud, 
niid  then  put  up  good  buildings  if  you  are  able. 
Go  to  work,  and  Ood  will  bless  you,  and  you  will 
And  yourself  in  a  country,  where  you  need  not  lay 
by,  waiting  for  a  day  that  is  fit  to  work  oiif,  fnr 
there  ore  more  nice  days  here  than  in  any  coun- 
try I  have  cvei-  been. 

And  ivLcu  you  eume,  throw  out  your  tobacco 
on  the  North  side  of  Ked  Ilivcr,  before  you  enter 
Donison,  the  Gate  City  into  this  groat  Stale, 
Bud  thereby  show  that  you  are  willing  to  help 
bring  about  that  great  reform  that  is  ko  much 
needed  in  this  t-ountry.  I  do  hope  and  pray  that 
if  our  BiHttra  come  to  this  sunny  clime,  they  will 
never  suflcr  Ihcmselves  to  be  defilefl  with  that 
loathsome  and  disgusting  habit  of  using  snuff.  — 
Thi- females  in  Texas  have  given  way  to.  or  in- 
dulged iu  that  abominable  piaclicc  till  they  hard- 
ly show  the  cdor  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  anymore. 
Hence  1  repeot.  do  not  give  way  to  any  Buch  filthy 
habit,  for  St.  Jauiea  says  plainly  :  "  Lay  apart  all 
fillbineas." 

Now  J  have  answered  n  few  of  the  inquiries 
about  the  country,  and  will  yet  say,  you  camiot 
help  but  be  pleased  with  the  climate  here.  The 
people  I  have  found  very  kind  and  stciable.  — 
Must  all  the  people  here  are  uew-c(jmi.i>.  ju*t  like 
you  will  bo  when  you  come.  What  I  have  writ- 
ten is  in  behalf  of  liro.  Cbambi-TS,  as  he  ia  very 
busy  fike  all  new  settlers.  February  and  March 
U  llieir  busy  season  for  sowing  and  planting. 

A.  Hutchinson. 


From    Lime    Springs,    Iowa. 

Urur  JiiYthmi : — 

IHKUEBY  wiib  to  say  to  my  numerous 
friends,  that  I  am  well,  thank  the  Lord.  I 
Riir]  my  wife  went  to  Liscomb,  Marshall  Co.,  Ia., 
on  the  'iCth  of  Feb.,  and  remained  until  the  ev- 
ening of  the  4th  of  March.  Preached  thirteen 
tcrmont  and  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  five  re- 
turn to  the  fold  of  Christ.  Returned  home  on 
the  Olh.  Attended  a  council  meeting  in  South 
Waterloo  on  the  6th  ;  also  another  council  in  the 
Hall  iu  Wotorluo  City  on  the  7th. 

The  8th,  in  company  with  Bro.  E.  K.  Bue^^hly, 
boarded  the  train  for  Benton  Co.,  Iowa.  Met  tho 
church  at  thoir  meeting-house  in  the  Big  Grovo 
oongregBlion  at  10  A.  M.  of  same  day.  Continu- 
al in  council  all  day.  Next  day  met  again  at 
9 :  80,  A.  M.,  and  continued  until  5  P.  U.  Then 
took  the  troiii  for  home.  Arrived  in  Waterloo 
the  morning  of  the  tenth,  and  attended  meeting 
in  th«  Hall  morning  and  evening. 

On  tha  morning  of  tha  13t^  took  the  train  for 


the  District  Meeting,  in  company  with  Bro.  K.  K. 
Buecblv,  and  arrived  nl  this  plnee  in  the  after- 
noon. We  are  now  at  the  home  of  Bro.  John 
Swldler,  one  of  the  ministere  of  the  K'»ot  River 
crtnyreg^tion  in  Howard  Co.,  Ia.  The  Uistrict 
Couiieil  will  ommencc  to-morrow  the  15th.  I 
will  tell  you  about  the  council  in  my  next. 
Fraternally  Youw, 

J.  Wise. 


Annual  Meeting    and  Church   Extension 
Union. 

iJcar  Brcihrm:— 

WE  want  the  following  instructions  respected. 
There  will  be  no  provision  mode  for  eiiter- 
uioinganyat  the  place,  nor  in  the  congregaUon 
where  the  \.  M.  is  to  be  hcld.until  on  Monday, 
the  tenth  of  June,  except  by  individuals  who 
may  invite  their  friends  at  their  own  exiieiiae.  — 
We  do  not  want  a  collection  of  people  here  until 
the  time.  We  are  making  arrangements  with  the 
companies  of  the  two  railroads  crossing  here,  for 
cxcurwon  rates  and  special  trains,  of  which  notice 
will  be  given  in  due  time. 

And  lis  to  the  meeting  of  the  friends  of  the 
Church  Extounion  Union,  the  following  explana- 
tion is  thought  to  bo  necessary.  The  friends  of 
thi."  meeting  will  be  at  all  the  necessary  expense, 
and  none  of  the  money,  appropriated  for  A.  M. 
puriMises  will  be  used. 

We  don't  want  an  outpouring  of  people  from 
all  (juarters  to  this  meeting  which  will  be  held  on 
Saturday  before  A.  M..  with  the  Ogan's  Creek, 
congregation,  six  miles  South-east  of  North  Mau- 
cliester.  Using  tb*.  language  of  Bro.  Howard 
Miller,  thia  meeting  is  more  for  private  consulta- 
tion, than  public  demonstration.  So  wo  will  re- 
gard it  until  other  nrrangementa  are  made.  A 
prominent  ministering  brother  told  me  that  he 
would  see  that  money  sufficient  was  raised  to  de- 
fray all  expenses,  with  llie  understanding  that 
other  missionary  workers  were  to  be  there  besides 
the  officers  and'  directors  of  the  Union.  Until 
other  arrangements  lire  made,  it  will  he  held  as 
jibove  staled. 

I  suggest  that  all  the  workers  of  this  meeting 
address  me  with  a  Postal  Card,  signifying  a  de- 
ire  to  be  here.  This  would  give  us  some  idea  of 
ihenecessaiy  arrangements  that  would  have  to  be 
made.  The  Brethren  will  be  met  at  the  trains  on 
Friday,  and  taken  to  their  lodgings.  Then  next 
morning  to  the  meeting,  then  in  the  evening  lo  ap- 
pointments for  preaching  throughout  the  country, 
where  they  will  remain  over  Sunday,  and  on  Mon- 
luy  morning  start  to  place  of  A.  M. 

A.  Leedy, 
Corresponding  Secretary, 


The  Bear  Creek  Church's  Bereavement. 

BHO.  Nicholas  Brubaker.  died  March  3rd, 
1»78.  aged  4(>  years,  6  months  and  U  days. 
His  remains  were  interred  in  the  Bear  Creek 
Cemetery,  attended  by  a  large  concourseof  people. 
He  was  an  able  minister  of  the  Gospel,  was  wide- 
ly known,  and  his  labors  highly  appreciated.  The 
occiisiiiu  was  improved  from  2  Timothy,  4:6.  — 
He  lalwred  in  thechuich  as  a  minister  upwards 
of  twenty-one  years. 

While  the  services  were  in  progress,  a  message 
came  to  one  of  the  ministering  brethren,  that 
other  brother  had  died.  This  ministoring  brother 
afterwards  addressed  the  congregation  and  made 
it  very  impressive.  The  brother  that  died,  was 
Isaac  Hyer,  of  Montgomery  Co.,  Ohio,  aged  f>'.» 
years,  6  months  and  3  days.  Disease,  luug  fever. 
The  church  feels  its  bereavement  very  deeply.  He 
was  a  faithful  laborer  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Lord  upwards  nf  twenty-four  years.  He  was 
elected  to  the  ministry  in  Pctor  Nead's  church. 

These  brethren  will  be  very  much  missed.  They 
have  not  shunned  to  declare  the  whole  Gospel, 
and  have  left  behind  them  many  good  impressions. 
To  thnse  who  have  been  under  their  ministry,  I 
would  say,  remember  their  counsel  and  put  it  in- 
to i»ractice. 

The  latter  funeral  occasion  was  improved  by 
Bro.  Georgt  Holler,  Abraham  Flory  and  John 
Smith  from  John  14:  13.  Since  tlie  death  of 
these  two  brethren,  we  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing 
five  precious,  young  souls  unite  with  the  church. 
Of  the  number,  two  were  sons  of  Bro.  Brubaker. 
May  wo  all  *o  live  that  we  can  meet  again,  and 
enjoy  the  rest  prepared  for  the  jieople  of  God,  is 
my  prayer! 

J.  R.  DeNLI!«OBR. 


GLEANINGS. 


town  here.  We  have  had  meetings  one  week 
here,  and  shall  continue  a  part  of  this  we^k.  — 
Many  dear  souls  are  still  getting  nearer  the  king- 
dom.' My  time  is  divided  as  folh-ws  :  One  week 
South  of  Hjorring  {pronounced  Yorring).  One 
week  in  and  around  town,  ten  or  twelve  days 
North,  and  two  or  three  days  at  home,  setting 
things  in  order.  Travel  on  toot  about  ninety  miles 
North  and  South  and  considerably  in  other  direc- 
tions. The  other  officials  cannot  go  along  to  help, 
but  help  here  at  home.  Denmark  is  a  truittul 
country  for  the  mission,  and  all  that  is  necessary 
b  to  aid  us  some  for  awhile  yet,  and  then  it  can 
goon  with  its  own  help,  and  carry  the  glad  tid- 
ings into  other  parts  of  Europe.  But  all  this  will 
depend  entirely  upon  the  action  of  the  Brethren 
in  America.  It  is  in  their  power  to  push  it  forward 
if  they  will  i  if  they  will  not  hold  the  ground,  the 
fault  is  not  onra.  God  be  with  you  all.  and  help 
each  of  U3  to  continually  seek  for  immortality  and 
eternal  life. 

Bjurriny,  Wtngnmel,  Dcniiiark,  March  IJ. 

From  A.  Holloway— My  address  is  Sumner, 
Sumner  Co..  Kansas.  We  will  just  say  to  ftU 
who  think  of  coming  W  Kansas,  you  need  have 
no  fear^  of  starving,  as  bread  and  meat  are  cheap, 
and  a  little  money,  judiciously  handled  goes  a 
great  ways.  The  prospects  for  wheat  were  never 
better  than  at  present.  We  wish  you  success, 
dear  brethren,  who  publish  the  Brethbe.v  at 
Work. 

Sumner,  Knn.,  March  21. 

From  Naperville,  Ill.—Our  church  is  small 
compared  with  some  others  ;  but  we  know  that  it 
cannot  hejudged  from  our  number,  whether  we 
are  in  the  faith  or  not.  We  have  bad  no  acces- 
sions by  baptism  Uiis  Winter.  I3io.  Samuel  Lab- 
man  of  Lee  Co.,  was  with  us  last  mouth,  intend- 
ing to  hold  a  series  of  meetings,  but  owing  to  the 
inclemency  of  the  weather  and  e.\tremely  muddy 
roads,  be  made  his  stay  very  short,  preaching  four 
very  iuterestiug  sermons.  We  know  that  there 
are  some  among  us  who  have  been  made  to  feel 
the  need  of  a  Savior,  O  may  they  not  procrasti- 
nate, Two  of  our  deacons  have  left  us.  Br...  H. 
C,  Martin  left  hist  October,  and  located  in  Neb. 
Aaron  Julius  left  the  12th  of  this  month  and 
located  in  Dallas  Co.,  Iowa.  By  the  ties  of  nat- 
ure we  were  loth  to  have  thera  leave  ua.  May 
we  all  be  abundatly  blessed  by  our  Father  iu 
heaven.  ^-  Eauly. 

March  16. 

From  the  Ogan's  Creek  Cougregation.— 

We  too  have  had  a  season  of  rejoicing  and  en- 
couragement. Bro.  G.  W.  CVipe  met  with  us  on 
the  evening  of  the  18tb  of  February,  preached 
thirteen  sermons.  As  the  immediate  result,  four- 
teen of  our  Hunday-scbool  scholars  were  baptized 
occording  to  the  Word.  They  are  all  young 
years,  but  realise  that : 

"  Youth  is  the  time  to  serve  the  Lord." 

We  hope  and  trust  that  this  will  encourage 
others  to  do  likewi^n.  G.  Leslie. 

Noiih  Manchester,  Ind. 

From  J.  S.  Flory.— Are  having  most  delight- 
ful weather.  Grass  is  coming  out  finely,'  the  ma- 
ple and  elm  are  in  bloom  ;  in  places  wild  flowers 
have  made  their  appearance.  The  Spring  birds 
have  come,  and  all  nature  stems  to  rejoice.  — 
Farmers  have  been  unusually  busy,  putting  in 
their  crops  for  the  last  month,  but  there  is  much 
yet  to  be  put  in.  The  eighth  and  ninth  of  this 
mijnth,  a  very  severe  st'irni  of  wind  and  snow 
passed  over  Colorado  and  further  North.  In  this 
locality  there  was  but  very  little  snow,  but  the 
wind  the  most  severe  I  ever  experienced.  Rail- 
roads were  all  blocked  up,  so  that  we  had  no 
Eastern  mail  for  nearly  a  week.  Many  head  of 
cattle  and  sheep  perished,  and  in  some  coses 
human  beings.  In  one  case  two  herders  got  lost 
on  the  plains,  and  when  found  were  sitting  on 
their  horses,  froze  to  death,  the  burses  being  iu 
the  same  condition.  They  had  tjiken  shelter  at 
the  base  of  a  perpendicular  bluH',  the  snow  piled 
over  on  them,  almost  covering  them  from  sight. — 
Two  days  aft^r  the  storm  the  weathi;r  was  spring- 
like again  and  has  so  continued. 

March  I'd. 

From  FalfTlew,  Ind.  —  I  will  send  more 
good  news  for  the  paper.  I  hnTc  just  closed  an- 
other series  of  meetings  at  Sa;jar  Creek,  Tippe- 
canoe Co.,  Ind.,  which  resuhfd  in  the  conversion 
of  six  more  precious  souls,  making  iu  all  eightoen 
during  the  two  meetings.  Others  are  almost  per- 
Kuaded  to  come.  May  the  good  Lord  bless  us  all. 
Samuel  Ulerv. 

Pyrmoni,  Ind.,  Mardi  19, 


the  church  in  Botetourt  Co.,  Vo.     Fuaeniltt.,^ 
from  KevelatioDfl  14  :  13. 

B.  F.  MoohAw. 
WHITMORE-— In  the  Welsh  Run  arm   ,,f   ^^ 
church.  Pa.,  February    23,    1878.   Bro.    David 
Whitmore.  aged  tiO  years,    10   mouths   uud  20 
days. 

\VHITMORE.— In  the  same  congregation.  March 
llth,  1878,   sister    Mary    Whitmore,   aged   37 


year*. 


10  months  and  1  day. 


^  congregition^ 


WHITMORE. —  In     the 

March  20.  I>i78,  sister  Polly   Whitmore,  ag^ 
G5  years,  9  mouths  and  23  days. 

The  above  were  all  out  of  one  family,  ti^ 
father,  mother  and  the  sister,  —  all  were  taken 
away  in  less  than  one  mdnib's  time.  Truly,  w^eo 
we  ore  in  the  midst  of  life,  we  are  in  deaili ! 

G.  W.  Brkker. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


— The  Chinese  seek  every  opportunity  to  emi- 
grate  to  thia  country,  notwithstanding  strong  and 
organized  eflbrts  are  being  made  to  dissuade 
them. 

—The  Oazdte  de  St.  Pelcmburf/,  cousideiB  im- 
mediate  war  with  England,  preferable  to  couc«. 
sions,  and  calls  for  the  occupation  of  tlie  Datdaa- 
ellesby  Russia. 

— Tho  drouth  is  causing  alorra  in  the  Hawaina 
Islands*  The  cane  crop  is  partially  destroyed  00 
the  Island  of  Maui,  and  stock  is  dying  for  mm 
of  feed. 

—The  Cholera  is  sweeping  off  tho  pilgrinig  to 
Mecca  by  the  hundreds.  It  is  feared  thai  on 
their  return  to  Constantinople  it  will  break  out  in 
that  city,  and  be  productive  of  much  misery, 

— Fully  one-fourth  of  the  Roman  Catholics  of 
the  world  are,  it  is  said,  iu  America,  —  Norlh, 
Central  and  South. 

—The  old  Charter  Oak  at  Hartford  was  declir- 
ed  to  be  at  least  950  yeara  old  at  the  time  of  ila 
destruction. 

— A  woman  has  just  died  iu  Switzeriand,  at 
the  age  of  114.  She  leaves  two  orphan  cliildreo, 
daughters,  aged  respectively  86  and  82. 


^NlSrOUJSrCEMENTS. 


i  of  Love-fcnsts,    District  Meetings,   do,, 

Lo  brief,  iinJ  wrillea  on  paper  Beporalo 

from   other  business. 


From  C.  Hope. — The  church  here  is  in  peace 
and  union  so  far  as  I  know.  I  iaw  several  of  the 
mtmhers  last  Sunday  in  meeting,  and  have  heard 
from  others.  All  that  troubles  them  is  hard 
timea,  and  the  wont  seems  not  at  hand.  I  expect 
to  see  the  noit  of  the  memben   next  Bunday    in 


DIED. 


Obttuuies  should  be  brief,  wrjitea  on  but  ddc  siile  of  th« 
paper,  anil  •epar»le  from  iiU  ylLer  bueiiiciie. 


LAYMAN. — On  March  Cth,   l.><78,   sister   Polly 
Layman,  consort  of  Bro.  Ge<\rge   Layman,  in 


LOVE-FEA8T8. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Koaciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  6tb,  1878. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wedues- 
day,  June  5tb,  1878,  at  10  A.  M. 

We,  the  members  of  the  Union  church,  Marali- 
all  Co.,  Ind.,  have  appointed  our  Coiiimuoion 
meeting  on  the  4th  of  June.  187S,  commeucing  at 
0  o'clock  in  the  evening.  Brethren  coming  011  the 
cars,  should  stop  at  Plymouth,  Ind,  where  they 
will  be  met  on  the  same  day  at  12  o'clock  and 
conveyed   to  place  of  meeting,   five  and  a  half 

miles  from  Plymouth. 

J.  KSb-^l-EY. 

The  Brethren  of  Winona  Co.,  Minn.,  intend  to 
hold   a   Love-feast  at  their   meeting-house,  two 

miles  South-east  of  Lewistown,  on  the  Wiiioaa 
&  St.  Peter  R.  R.,  wliere  all  those  that  are 
coming  by  R.  It.,  will  stop  ofi".  Meeting  will  be 
held  on  the  firet  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  Juue 
nest.  C.  F.  WiRT. 

DISTRIOT   MEETIN08. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Praino 
church.  May  9th. 

Southern  District  uf  Iowa.  Monroe  Co.,  Friday, 
April  12, 1878,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M, 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannnu.  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  In  Mahoning 
church.  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  29th,  comtoeac- 
ing  at  y  o'clock,  A.  M. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Dftj  pnasetiger  Irnin    going  eaal  IcnTes  lAaark 
P.  M.,  and  arrivDS  in  limine  nt  0:43  T,  M. 

train  going  west  Iett*e«  Unark  "l 
Team  Rook  Inland  at  6;&0  I .  M. 


Bi  12:'J6 
■2:  U  F- 


Da;  pnaaongi 

St.,  null  ttrriTea  ni  kook  mituiti  ••>  "' 

Niglit  pnHHengor  IrniDB.  going  eaet  and  »»«'.  "J*-     g.jjQ 
leave  Lnnnrk  at  2:18  A.M.,  orrivliig  ">  llMini 
A,    M,,   *nd   &l    Rock  lBl»nd«lO:OOA.  U-  ^^ 

Frdghl  and  Accommodftlion    Troins    **'" /,",°,  la a.  M. 
12    10  A    11,    10:  60  A.  M.,  MdeMiatl^-'" 

Md4:l',P.  M. 

Tiokeii  uro  lold    for  *boTe    trains   only.    [^''Jjgo, 
^pJni  make  clone  coanoolioa  ml  WMl«rn  Onion  Jua 

0.  A.  BaiiB.  A(tt»- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"  Behold  I  Bri 


mj 


Ymi  Good  Tidin^js  of  areal  Joy,  whieh  ShaU  he  unto  All  FeopU!:'  —  LvK 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  April  11,  1878. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLV 

— nt— 

J.  H.  MOORE   &  M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 

It.  n.  MILLER.        ----..       LADOGA,  IND. 

J.  W.  STEIN, NEWTONIA,  MO. 

D.  VANIMAN, TIRDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  MESTZER,        -      -     -      .      -  WAYNESBORO.  PA. 
UATTIE  A.  LEAK. URUANA,    ILL. 

THE  GOLDEN  STREET. 

WHEN  wc  go  ui)  the  golden  street, 
We'll  sing  tliL-  song^  of  Zion; 
As  we  meet  tliat  glorious  throng, 

Wlio'll  wiike  when  night  is  o'er; 

lu  joy  we  then  shall  meet 

Upon  the  golden  street, 

No  parting  will  he  Icnowii, 

Upon  that  bettor  shore. 

CHORUS. 

Don't  yon  see,  don't  you  aee, 
The  bftlcr  hind  befbrc  ns; 
Brighter  days  will  dawn. 
On  you  ns  well  as  me; 
For  soon  we  all  shall  meet 
Upon  the  golden  stre'.'t. 
We'll  time  our  harps  in  Zion. 
And  sound  the  jubilee. 

We  know  the  darkest  niglit 

Brings  sunshine  on  the  luorrow; 
And  alter  .lesus  comes 

Much  brighter  lights  appeal-, 
For  then  we  all  shidl  meet 

Upon  tho  golden  street. 
The  sweetest  heavenly  music. 

We  thf-n,  we  theu  shull  hear. 

If  trials  here  below. 

Bow  down  the  heart  in  sadne-ss, 
'Tis  only  i'or  the  night,  ' 

Soon  will  our  son'ow.s  flee; 
We  know  there's  ch^er  ahead, 

The  past  is  cold  and  dead, 
Better  days  will  dawn, 

A  welcome  sight  for  thee. 

SL-lected  by  John  H.  Peck. 


see  to  it  that  we  do  not  nmr  the  [.ictiire.  They 
witue.Hsed  in  "  sackcloth."  God  owns  no  other. 
This  represents  the  humiliation  and  solf-ancrifice 
of  which  the  Goilman  is  the  perK-ct  Type, 
Conformity  to  Him  is  the  standing  testimony  of 
sainthood.  Selfishness  is  the  rtevir:,  witness. 
It  is  the  mark  of  Apollyon  thul  brands  the  soul 
and  forehead  of  all  the  progeny  of  Beelxehub. 
Proud,  self-centered,  self-woi-shipiug,  Cros.s- 
shuuuiug,  flesh-pampering— this  is  the  testimo- 
ny of  Hell.  SavkclotU.  self^rrucifixion,  subjec- 
tion ut  bndy  nud  suul  to  the  Et«rniil,  Clirist- 
eml)o,lii'd  Son  of  Righteousness,  death  for  the 
ratificition  of  their  testimony— these  ure  the 
two.  and  all  the  holy  in  them,  that  live  though 
they  die.  They  nre  Gnd-ijlantod.  Go.l-mirfnred 
Christian  olives,  rooted  in  Gethsemniie.  "whose 
leaves  do  not  wither,"  and  they  "  bring  forth 
fruit  in  their  season."  Their  "power,"  is  of  God, 
their  testimony  is  "  the  beauty  of  Jioliness."  ev- 
er-burniug  lamps  "  stimdlng  before  the  God  of 
all  the  earth."  Is  it  you  .\Kn  I?  The  lire  of 
God  is  in  their  mouth,  their  words  are  His,  and 
Avill  be  seconded  by  His  final  judgment, 

"Our  God  is  a  consnming  fire,"  luid  all  His 
enemies  will  be  wrapped  in  the  flame--!,  aH  Ilin 
enemies  are  our  eucmies,  and  the  word  that 
siives  and  the  fire  that  devours  in  the  testimony 
of  our  lips  and  lives.  Is  it  so?  Is  our  testi- 
mony the  expression  of  the  Divine  heart?  lu- 
steatl  of  proceeding  us  a  Are  out  of  our  mouth 
to  devour  our  enemies,  will  it  not  turn  upon 
oui-selves  and  become  an  eternal  self-conaump- 
tion?  an  irrevocable  death-penalty  for  per- 
jury in  the  Name  of  Almighty  God?  Are 
there  not  multitudes  of  false  witnesses  in  the 
thtucli.who  "have  u  name  fo  live  nnd  a 
dead?"  Where  is  their  "sackcloth?"  Whe 
is  their  identity  with  the  Cross  which  maki-s 
it  their  glory  todie.and  fill  out  their  "thousand 
two  hundred  and  three-score  days  "  in  tlie  tes- 
timony of  the  daily  shedding  of  their  blood? 
God's  true  witnesses  are  the  media  of  Him 
that  is  True  and  Holy  and  Mighty.  They 
speak  not  of  themselves.  Their  "  power  to 
shut  heaven,"  and  "  turn  water  into  blood,  and 
smite  the  earth  with  plagues,"  is  but  tho  refli 
tion  of  Divine  power  in  them  upon  God. 


1  .lohu  1:3,    0  our  awful  responsibility, 
the  bottomless   perdition   of  the    religious  per- 
juror. 


EXHOETATION   TO  FAITHFUI#. 

NESS. 


UT  DAVID  A.  xonatoss. 


I  HAVE  anxiomdy  looked  for,    and  prayed 
to  SCO  the  day  come  when  our  neighbcira 


THE  T"WO  WITNESSES. 

liY  C.  H.  BALSEAUGH. 

To  limlher  Emm-nutrl    P.    Pvfflrij,   of  (inshni, 

Imllmw:— 
rrilE  Holy  of  Holies  is  not  for  any  one  to  eu- 
-I-  ter.  To  speculate  with  the  letter  in  which 
God  has  enveloped  His  awful  mysteries  is  pro- 
fiiiuititiu.  This  la-st  book  in  the  Sacred  Oracles 
is  the  Adytum  of  the  Divine  Economy.  Not 
with  curious  or  pi-esuny>tuous  hand  may  we 
knock  here.  Not  with  daring  or  adventurous 
step  may  we  cross  this  solemn  threshold.  The 
'holiness-blazing  Shekiuah  hovei-s  in  dread  maj- 
esty ill  thf  inner  Shrine.  The  Apocalypse  is  a 
Kaleidoscope  in  which  all  nations  and  chnrches 
a-id  individuals  may  see  them  selves.  The  "Two 
Witnesses"  concerning  which  you  in(iuire  are 
not  only  for  you  and  me,  but  if  practically  talc- 
en,  an:  ua,  or  ought  to  be.  Whether  they  were 
two  individuals,  two  monarchs.  or  two  epoch", 
or  two  disi)ensations,  will  not  msike  us  any  the 
wiser,  even  if  we  could  accurately  determine. 
Tl'/id/  u-ii!<  their  testimoiiij.  hoic  mis  if  nndfreJ, 
mill  hmv  ihrs  it  conesjmi'l  in'tli  the  tentimotnj  of 
the  rird  i)i  uUngps?  Here  is  the  lesson  for  us. 
Christ  said  to  His  Apostles,  "  othfr  men  lahored, 
o III/ ye  afe  entereil  iitln  theii-h/iorg"  (.fohn  i: 
3«).  So  here.  Other  men  testified,  and  y«  have 
taken  up  nud  prolong  their  t<*stimoay.  "  Bc- 
iug  dead,  they  yet  sp-ak"  in  their  Christ- gen 
erated  successoi-s. 

Whatever  two  persons  or  objects  or  event; 
were  selected  to  fill  the  Panorama  of  Patmos, 
they  represent  all  God-accepted  testimony.  If 
Chri-stians,  you  and  I  were  in  the  Heaven-enact- 
ed Dnuna  of  that  lonely  Isle,  and,  oh,  let  let  us 


Their  power  fiodward  is  the  Home  as  thi 
testimony  manward.  That  the  government 
and  chiLttisement  ofnntions  is  connectpd  Tith 
the  leslimony  and  supplications  of  God's  faith- 
ful witnesses,  there  can  be  no  doubt.  Their 
testimony  can  provoke  no  opposition  till  it  in 
rendered;  but  when  finished  or  uttered,  if  ut- 
tered as  the  Cross  prescribe-s,  the  bottomless  pit 
is  in  arms  against  it.  First  "  war  in  heaven," 
then  on  earth,  in  every  heart,  till  Devil  and 
Beast  and  false  proplict  and  all  their  adlieventa 
meet  the  all-decisive  Aranigeddon,  and  the  tes- 
timony is  confirmed  in  the  evcrlajding  danin;i- 
tiim  of  all  those  whose  lives  were  not  inwrout.'lit 
with  the  sackcloth  of  the  two  olive  trees  imd 
the  two  candlesticks. 

All  true  witnesses  must  die  for  the  truth. 
"  He  that  loseth  his  life  shall  find  it."  "  We 
are  killed  all  theday  long;  we  are  accounted  as 
sheep  for  the  slaughter."  Is  this  true  of  us  lus 
to  the  conflict  between  good  andcvil  in  ourselves, 
or  in  regard  to  our  relation  to  "  a  wicked  and 
adulterous  generation?"  We  nuiy  seem  to  bo 
vanquished  for  "  three  Aays  and  a  half,"  and 
the  world  may  "  rejoice  and  make  merry,  and 
send  gift"'."  but  no  body  who  has  been  a  pliw- 
tic  vehicle  of  "  the  Spirit  of  Life  from  God," 
will  be  in  the  dominion  of  death  long  enougli 
"  to  sec  corruption."  In  Christ  the  two  wit- 
nesses are  one.  He  that  is  able  to  receive  it,  let 
Him  receive  it."  Take  John  16:  20,  21,  22.  as 
a  Heaven-lettered  finger-boanl  on  the  narrow 
way  that  leads  through  the  "  thousand  two 
hundred  and  three-score  days." 

Christ  is  the  chief  witness  (.John  IS:  37).  The 
Holy  Ghost  corroborates  His  testimony  (.lohn 
15:26  and  16:  13.  It.  15).  Our  lives  and  words 
must  Terify  the  testimony  of  both  John  15:  27; 


and  friends  would  follow  in  love,  with  not  only 
a  part  of  Hie  truth,  but  with  the  whole  truth, 
and  become  willing  to  follow  alter  Christ  in  all 
things  whatsdever  He  hnit  commanded.     But  I 
now  feel  tike  giving  up  all  linpe*.     Our  meot- 
iugs  have  Iwon  discontinued   for  the  present. 
When  we  have  no  meetinga  I  go  to  hoar  others 
preach,  for  I  enjoy  a  good  discourse,  it  mattei-s 
not  by  whom  it  is  deliveivd.     I  never  heard  a 
sermon  preached,  but  what  I  heard  Homething 
that  was  beneficial  and   \»'orthy  to  be  treasured 
up  in  the  heart;  if  we  study  God's  Word  which 
is  able  to  make  us  wise  unto  salvation,  we  can 
tell  what  to  receive  and  what  to   reject.    May 
God  help  us  all  lo  livi-  aright  and  keep  our  bod- 
ies in  subjection  to  His  Divine  injunction,  that 
we  may  render  them  instrnnieuts  of  righteous- 
ness and  true  holiness,  thereby  keep  on  the  "now 
man  "  which  after  God  is  created  in  righteous- 
ness.    We  are  required  to  pos»es.s  the  disposition 
of  Christ.     "  If  auy  man.  have  not  the  Spirit  of 
Christ,  he  i»  none  of  His."     What  kind  of 
spirit  did  He  have?     He  loved  His  frieuti.4.  H; 
enemies,  and  »o  loved  tho  world,  that  He  gave 
His  life  for  tho  sins  of  the  world;  and  looked 
withcompa^isioii  rven  on  the  cruel   tormentors 
of  His  hist  agoniT-.ing   hours  on  the  crotia,  nnd 
prayed,  "  Father  forgive  them  for  they  know 
not  what  they  do."    0  let  us  pray  for  a  meek, 
quiet  and  forgiving  spirit  lika  unto  our  Lord 
and  Master.     We  must  realize  an   indwelling 
of  Gods  Spirit.     If  our  lives  would  meet  the 
divine  approbation  of  God,  we  must  become  tit 
temples  for  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  for  God  Himself  to  abide  in.    We  read,  "  I 
will  dwell  in   them   and  walk   in  them."     We 
cannot  be  made  (it  for  the  Miuster's  uce.  unless 
we  become  united    to  Him    by  a  living,  active, 
faith,  that  faith  whicli  works  by  love  nnd  puri- 
fies the  heart.     And  when  by  n  universal  and 
iiupai'tial  obedience  to  the  requirements  of  tin 
Gospel,  we  can  live  in    Hi:*   favor  and   receive 


No.  15. 


1  at  la.it  who  builds  bLi 
boiH'H  of  heaven  and  mdvntion  npon  u  sur*  and 
abiding  foundation,  notwithstanding  the  rains, 
wuidN  and  floods  of  persecution,  he  i«  found  im- 
movable, always  abounding  in  the  work  of  the 
Lord.  His  light  is  not  under  a  bushel,  bat  ' 
shines  out  prominently  like  unto  n  city  »ct  on 
a  hill  that  cannot  be  hid.  and  in  a  living  epistle 
known  and  read  of  nil  men  with  whom  be  a». 
sociates. 

0  nmy  we  daily  grow  in  grnco  an.l  in  th« 
knowledge  of  Him  wholovi-d  m  and  gave  Him- 
self for  us,  that  we  may  become  p.rmttnentlv 
settled  in  the  blessed  hope  tluit  our  a'.^urano; 
in  G<k1  may  he  confirmed  and  increased  in  the 
knnwlcige  of  divine  things,  and  lillei)  with  the 
fulness  nf  God,  nnd  may  be  rooted  and  groond- 
d  in  love. 

Brethren,  farewell;  remember  me  in  your 
prayers  and  many  others  that  are  near  and  dear 
to  me  by  the  ties  of  nature,  who  are  y^  out  of 
the  ark  of  safety.  To-morrow  is  tho  Lonl'.s  day; 
0  how  happy  I  would  be  if  I  could  hear  some 
of  our  dear  brethren  preach.  1  am  not  permit- 
ted to  enjoy  that  privilege,  but  must  be  recon- 
ciled to  my  lot.  Brother  .lohu  W.  Met/.gerand 
Jacob  UiiV.  are  appointed  on  the  Southern  Mis- 
sion of  Indiana.  Brethren,  will  you  come?  we 
trust  that  you  will  not  forget  ns. 


GENEBAL  GRANT  IN  JERUSA- 
LEM. 

GENERAL  Grant's  reception  at  Jerusalem 
was  aa  brilliant  in  ila  way  oa  the  other 
ovations  that  have  been  heaped  upon  him  ever 
since  the  beginning  of  his  exteniled  t<»ur.  Hi* 
cntr>'  into  the  holy  city  waa  sufiicieutly  cere- 
monious  to  suggest  nu  irreverent  comparison, 
perhaps,  with  acertain  other  triumphal  process- 
ion a  good  many  years  ago.  At  Koleniyeh, 
near  the  brook  where  David  found  the  stone* 
to  slay  Goliuh  with,  he  vrn,-*  met  by  a  large  com- 
pany of  cavalry  and  the  representatives  of  the 
pimha  and  the  consulates,  besides  the  delega- 
tions of  Americans,  Jews,  Greeks  and  Arme- 
ninns,  and  they  conducted  him  to  Zion  in  a  very 
worldly  manner,  somewhat  to  the  general's  dis- 
appointment, no  doubt,  for  he  would  rather 
have  gone  along  in  his  own  plain  way.  With 
bared  head  the  ex-president  rode  through  a»- 
.sembled  multitudes  and  between  ranks  ofwtl- 
'  diers  drawn  up  in  line,  while  bunds  were  play- 
nourishment  from   Christ  the   Vine;  for  Jesus    ing  and  coloi-s  flying.     Arrived  inside  the  city, 

which  yas  entered  by  the  gate  that  Zancr«d 
forced  with  his  erusuders.  tlie  pilgrim  wus  met 
by  the  pasha  in  state  and  the  consuls,  bishops 
and  iiatriarchs.  The  piwha  ofl'ercd  a  band  of  50 
pieces  nnd  a  guard  lo  be  in  eonstant  attendance, 
which  was  more  brass  than  even  a  veteran  sol- 
dier could  stand,  and  he  felt  obliged  to  decline 
the  proffered  fuvor  witli  compliments.  He  did 
accept  an  invitation  to  a  state  dinner,  however 
and  maile  out  to  get  through  with  it  very  pass- 
ably. His  entire  stay  in  Jerusalem  was  mark- 
ed by  the  kindest  hospitality,  and,  despite  the 
ceremonies,  he  found  time  to  visit  with  Mre. 
Grant,  the  various  places  of  interest,  including, 
of  course,  the  Mount  of  Olives  and  Gardeu  of 
Oethsemane.  The  party's  Holy  Land  tour, 
though  brief,  included  most  of  the  scenes  of 
Scripture  narratives. — Seliyious  UeruUi. 


is  the  Vine.  His  Father  is  the  vine  dresser, 
His  humble  followers  (individually)  are  the 
branches,  nnd  every  branch  thai  bears  not  good 
fruit,  the  Father  takes  it  away. 

We  must  boar  much  good  fruit  or  be  cut  oft' 
from  tho  Vine.  Jesus  boi-e  much  iniit  to  the 
honor  and  glory  of  the  Father.nnd  if  we  would 
be  like  Him  when  He  shall  appear,  we  must 
bear  much  fruit  to  His  luvme's  honor  and  glory. 
Our  Savior  said  on  one  occiwion,  that  He  must 
be  about  Uls  I'ather'a  buiiines!;.  Just  so  with 
us,  we  must  let  loose  the  things  that  are 
worldly  and  sinful,  and  make  it  our  business 
daily  try\odo  the  work  faithfully  that  is  resting 
upon  us,  that  the  worthy  name  of  our  blc-ssed 
Lord  and  Master  may  be  honored  both  in  our 
bodies  and  8pirit*i  which  are  His:  and  our  work 
and  labors  of  love  may  be  nceepted  by  the  God 
of  heaven. 

It  is  true  that  we  have  many  things  to  over- 
come, evil  habits  to  put  oH',  and  old  companions 
to  be  parted  with;  but  when  faith,  patience 
imd  obedience  have  once  smoothed  our  path- 
way, O.  what  a  comfort  it  is  to  serve  the  true 
and  living  God.  If  Jesuseouldso  humble  Him- 
self to  pass  through  the  shameful  death  of  the 
cross  that  He  might  bo  obedieot  unto  the  Fath- 
er, with  what  humility  and  patience  ought  we 
to  come  unto  Him  and  live  and  be  willing  to 
snfl'er  all  things  for  His  sake,  that  we  may  be 
partakers  of  Hi.-"  divine  nature  and  be  glorified 
with  Him  at  Uia  coming.    The  obedient  beliov- 


CHARITY. 

riMl.-VT  charity  alone  endures  which  flovre  from 
X  u  sense  of  duty  and  a  hope  in  God.  This 
is  the  charity  that  treads  in  secret,  those  paths 
from  which  all  but  the  lowestof  wretches,  have 
fled.  This  is  that  charity  which  no  labor  can 
weary,  no  ingratitude  detach,  no  horror,  dis- 
gust— that  toils,  that  pnrilons.  that  sufiVr^^ — 
that  is  seen  by  no  man  and  honored  by  no  cieu, 
but.  like  the  great  laws  of  nature,  does  the  work 
of  God  in  silence  and  looks  to  a  better  and  fu- 
ture world  for  its  reward. 


I'l-!  1 


Hiu-7Ti-riiK>s^  j-^i'  "vvomc. 


_j^^prU  Tl 


■IT  DOTH  NOT  YET  APPEAR. 

T  T  (loth  not  yrt  ap|x*iir  what  we  iih»ll  V»e. 
1     Wh.-ii  wchiivfllaidlifc'Hlant  «n<l  hiinlt-iidown 
Hilt  in  (nir  visioiw  we  may  ulmont  we 
Our  fiiir  tvtnU;  the  brightit««  "f  our  crnwn. 

Amid  tiM-  holy  (iiiintudc  of  praytT 
Life's  (jft-at  rmitiun  seempth  vei-y  near; 

W'f  ri*e  ahojc  the  lower  world  of  care. 
And  div.'II  III  i.nrer,  nohk-r  «tniosi»here. 

\liii(i."l  we  cjit<-h  the  echoes  from  iifar 
Of  that  n-fniin,  whose  mCMiire  fill"  the  sky; 

\nd  thr*)'  the  g«te«  of  day  Ihwt  utand  ajar 
We  view  the  many  raansioni'  built  on  high. 

And  like  the  exile  lone,  in  Putnios  IhIo, 
tVlexfial  Klorie^  greet  i-ur  wiidered  eyes; 

And  in  the  intervening  "little  while." 
We  uliuont  wize  the  everlasting  prize. 

1)  sweet  and  my»tic  coDsciousiiew*  divinel 
Indw.'lling  fount  of  all  onr  juy  and  peace! 

The  power  hath  miule  our  earthly  way  tn  shine. 
Till  evening  mIhuIowh  full  and  life  tif.tli  cease. 

O  pilgrim,  toiling  in  the  wildcrnefts, 
Sink  not  heneiith  thy  liurden  in  the  way; 

Let  comfort  mininl^'r  in  lliy  distress 
And  jtoint  to  realm  of  glad,  eternal  day. 

Ye  fainting  ones,  grown  weary  in  the  strife, 
Iteceive  the  Mi'M*ing  of  the  vault*-d  Mkies; 

H.juiee!  for  Christ,  the  author  of  your  life. 
Hath  given  you  a  kingly  place  in  i'aradise. 

II  doth  not  yet  apjwar  wbat  we  fhall  be 
When  we  with  tranwitory  things  have  done, 

Hut  when  from  win's  dread  blighting  we  are  free. 
We  shall  apiiear  in  brightness  as  the  sun. 

And  we  shall  be  like  Christ,  our  Savior  King, 
In  His  all-maleh less  character  comjilete; 

And  we  His  praises  evermore  shall  sing, 
And  kneel  Ji  adoration  at  Hi»  feet. 

A  fullness  of  eternal  recompense 
Reserve*!  for  us  in  the  eternal  years! 

Wr  wait  to  er.isp  thy  meed  in  sweetest  sense, 
Aiirlreiij)inbeaven  whritwehavesown  m  tears. 


THE   CHURCH  THE  BRIDE  OF 
CHRIST. 


liy  MATTIK  A.  LKAII. 

ii  T  AM  Iilnck,  Imt  comely, O  yedaugli 
-^     ttTN  of  Jenifialeiii ;  as  the  tents  of 


Kedftr,  as  the  tent*t  of  Solomon.  Look 
not  upon  niK  beciuiHe  I  am  black,  because 
the  sun  Inith  looked  upon  nie:  my  moth- 
er's children  were  angry  with  me;  they 
made  me  the  keeper  of  the  vineyards; 
but  mine  own  vineyard  have  I  not  kept" 
(Song  of  SoKmion  1 :  o,  (J). 

The  song  of  Solomon  is  an  epitlmla- 
miuni,  of  Chi'ist  and  I  lis  cinirch,  perhaps 
Tiu  [lortion  of  Saered  AN'ritis  more  gen- 
erally misundeiwtood,  than  this  truly  el- 
oquent production.  Because  of  the  dif- 
lleulty  of  properly  understanding  this 
spintual,  nujitial  jioem,  the  J*.'Wa,  it  is 
said,  would  not  jiermit  any  one  to  read 
it  under  thirty  years  of  age. 

It  was  written  by  Solomon,  probably 
on  the  occasion  of  Jiis  marriage  to  Pliar- 
oah's  daughter.  The  persons  introduced 
as  sjjeakers,  are  the  bridegroom  and 
bride,  and  their  attendants.  In  that  por- 
tion which  stands  at  the  head  of  this  es- 
say, the  bride  is  introduced  as  thespeak- 
er.  She  confesses  lier  outward  deform- 
ity, but  is  not  insensible  to  her  inward 
beauty.  In  her  outward  appearance  slie 
compares  herself  to  the  rougli,  coarse, 
black  tents  made  of  felt,  used  by  the 
Arabs.  If  we  take  a  retTosj)ective  view 
of  the  church,  if  we  follow  lier  down 
the  sti'eam  of  time,  and  note  the  re- 
proaches, pei-secutions,  dangei-s,  afflic- 
tions, and  conflicts  which  she  has  passed, 
when  we  see  the  great  fight  of  atHictions 
which  she  ha<  had  to  sustain,  the  di-ead- 
ful  opposition  which  she  has  had  to  re- 
sist, how  she  has  been  compelled  to  set 
her  face  as  blind  against  the  dominant, 
and  prevailing  customs  of  the  world  in 
all  ages,  how  persecution,  ridicule, 
flattery,  persuasion,  all  have  been  suc- 
cessively employed  to  draw  her  from  her 


ulieiriance,  and    sednce    her  into  sin,  we 
wonder  not  that  she  hiw  been  coinpelled 
i  to  envelop  herw-lf  in  n  strong  and  rigid 
patio])ly. 

And  howthe  world  hasevermisjudged 
her!  Hf^rfij-muessmKlJldeJlry  to  the  truth, 
haveljcen  construed  intr)  ul)sunancy,  or 
stubborunes.  Her  devotion  and  zeal  for 
the  truth  were  willed  a  bad  and  exti-av- 
agant  sujierstition.  (hu*i  have  the  fisith- 
ful  witnesses  of  Jesus  been  traduced. 
Hy  following  the  church  through  her 
clieckered  history,  we  can  understand 
the  languas^eof  our  Savior,  "If  ye  were 
of  the  world,  the  world  would  love  it-s 
own;  but  because  ye  are  not  of 
the  woi-ld,  but  I  have  chosen  you 
out  of  the  world,  therelore  the  world 
hateth  you."  And  how  often  with  pow- 
erful empliosis  comes  to  our  mind  our 
Lord's  words,  "  My  kingdom  is  not  of 
this  world."  Paul  sa}s,  "  ^ye  are  made 
as  th(^  filtli  of  the  earth,  and  are  the  ofl"- 
scouringofall  things  unto  this  day." 
By  referring  to  the  early  history  of 
tlie  church,  we  find  that  the  heathen  re- 
garded her  in  just  thi.s  light.  Tacitus, 
the  famous  Ronmn  historian,  thus  speaks 
of  those  Christians  whom  Nero  persecut- 
ed. '*  The  crime  of  setting  fire  to  Rome 
was  by  him  ascribed  to  those  jieople 
who  were  hated  for  their  wicked  prac- 
tices, and  called  by  tiie  vulgar  Christian; 
these  he  punished  extpiisitely;"  then  af- 
ter describing  the  horrid  tortures  to 
which  they  were  subjected,  he  says, 
"  Whenceacommiseration  arose,  though 
tlie  punishments  were  leveled  at  guilty 
persons,  and  such  as  reserved  to  be  made 
the  flagrant  examples,  as  if  these  people 
were  destroyed,  not  for  the  public  ad- 
vantage, but  to  satisfy  the  Iinrliarous  hu- 
mor of  one  man." 

The  early  Christians  generally  suffer- 
ed under  the  notion  of  the  worst  ofnml- 
efactoi-s  and  traitors,  and  ou  pretence 
that  by  their  wicked  and  execrable 
charms  they  hindered  the  prosperity 


f 

tlie  emperor.  Kveii  those  emperors,  wiio 
were  most  famed  for  their  singular  jus- 
tice and  moderation,  treated  their  Chris- 
tian snlyects  as  outlaws.  All  other  per- 
sons had  I'ights  that  must  be  resj^ecteil, 
and  were  entitled  to  the  protection  of 
tlie  law,  but  those  had  no  rights,  no  pro- 
tection of  the  law. 

There  entered  then,  upon  the  contest, 
another  class  of  men,  who  liave  never 
since  ceased  to  persecute  Christianity. 
These  are  those  who  hold  up  Christian- 
ity to  ridicule,  and  derision.  These  are 
persons  who  look  upon  this  holy  system 
with  cold  indifference,  and  the  profane, 
every-(biy  feelings  of  worldly  prudence. 
From  this  standpoint,  and  not  knowing 
anything  of  the  inner  workings  of  the 
system,  they  see,  or  imagine  they  see, 
much  which  serves  for  the  object  of  their 
sarcastic  raillery.  The  sacrifices  which 
the  true  Christian  is  ever  willing  to  make, 
his  zeal,  his  brotherly  love,  his  non-con- 
formity to  the  world,  his  strict  adher- 
ance  to  all  the  commands  and  t)rdinances 
of  the  Gospel,  are  regarded  by  this  class 
of  persons  as  the  very  clinmx  of  folly 
and  fanaticism.  But  does  not  the  scoffer 
draw  upon  himself  the  very  derision  he 
aims  at  others,  liy  venturing  to  pass  sen- 
tence on  the  phenonema  of  a  world  of 
which  lie  has  not  the  slightest  concep- 
tion, and  which  t<>  his  eyes,  buried,  ivs 
they  are,  In  the  films  of  the  earth,  is  en- 
tirely closed?  Though  blackened  by 
the  smoke  of  many  a  battle,  though 
scarred  and  marred  by  the  long  and 
fierce  contests  through  wliich  she  has 
passed,  though  outwardly  black  and 
honu'ly  as  the  tents  of  Kedar,  yet  in- 
wardly the  bride  isas  comely  as  the  cur- 
tains of  Solomon.    Beneath   the  rough 


armor,  with  which  she  must  needs  be 
equipped  to  prepare  her  for  her  arduous 
stnigsrles  with  the  world,  is  concealed 
a  beantj',  a  dignity,  a  grace,  u  loveliness 
that  surpasses  the  brightest  conception. 
David  says,  "  The  king's  daught<-r  is  all 
glorious  within."  How  does  this  royal 
bride  differ  in  this  respect  fi^oni  the 
daughters  of  tlie  w(u-ld  ?  It  is  not  so  much 
inwrird,  as  outward  elegance  that  the 
latter  seeks  after. 

But  what  does  this  inward  loveliness 
consist  of?  Christ  Jesus  is  presented  to 
us  OS  the  perfect  model  which  we  are  to 
imitate,  or  as  I*aul  has  it,  grow  up  into 
Chi-ist  which  is  the  head  in  all  things, 

1.  He  is  our  pattern  in  obedience, 
His  own  language  is,  "  Lo,  I  come  in  the 
volume  of  the  Book  it  is  written  of  me. 
to  do  thy  will,  O  God."  And  how  of- 
ten during  His  ministry  on  earth,  do  we 
hear  Him  say,  "I  come  not  to  do  my 
own  will,  but  the  will  of  Him  that  sent 
me."  In  the  time  of  His  greatest  agony, 
we  hear  Him  say,  "  Nevertheless  not  as 
I  will,  but  as  thou  wilt."  He  obeyed 
and  can-ied  out  the  precepts  of  the  law 
of  God  in  every  particular.  His  com- 
mand to  the  church  is,  "  follow  me." 

2.  He  is  our  example  in  meekness. 
To  His  followers  He  says,  "  Take  my 
yoke  upon  you,  and  learn  of  me;  for  I 
am  meek  and  lowly  in  heart."  ''  AVhen 
He  was  reviled.  He  reviled  not  again; 
wjien  He  suffered.  He  threatened  not; 
but  committed  Himself  to  Him  that 
judgeth  righteously.  He  was  oppressed, 
and  He  w^as  afflicted;  yet  He  opened  not 
His  mouth;  He  was  brought  as  a  lamb 
to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep  before 
his  shearers  is  dumb,  so  He  opened  not 
His  mouth,"  Meekness  is  a  ti'ait  of 
character  which  is  very  much  commend 
ed  by  the  sacred  writers.  Peter  recom 
mends  this  as  the  true  adorning,  that 
which  is  not  corruptible,  even  the  orna- 
ment of  a  meek  and  <|uiet  s[tirit,  which 
is  in  the  sight  of  God  of  great  jjrice." 

;i.  He  is  our  example  in  i>atience. 
John  tells  the  Christians  of  Asia  that  he 
is  their  brother  and  companion  in  trib- 
ulation, and  in  the  kingdom  and  patience 
of  Jesus  Christ.  Patience  is  that  grace 
which  enables  us  to  bear  afflictions  and 
calamities,  with  constancy  and  calmness 
of  mind,  and  with  a  ready  submission 
to  the  will  of  God.  All  who  are  con- 
versant with  the  history  of  Christ,  know 
how  eminently  He  possessed  this  grace. 
The  sacred  writers  very  much  recommend 
the  accpiisition  of  this  holy  principle. 
Paul  says,  "  Follow  after  righteousness, 
godliness,  faith,  love,  patience,  meekness," 
and  Peter  presents  us  with  another  neck- 
lace of  the  richest  gems,  "  Add,"  says 
he,  "  to  your  faith  virtue;  and  to  Tirtue 
knowledge;  and  to  knowledge  temper- 
ance; and  to  temperance  ])atieuce;  and 
to  patience  godliness;  and  to  godliness 
brotherly  kindness;  and  to  brotherly 
kindness  charity."  Tiiily  such  orna- 
ments are  priceless,  and  they  who  are 
adorned  with  them  are  all  glorious  with- 
in. These,  and  not  the  outward  tinsel 
of  the  world,  should  be  the  ornaments 
of  Christ's  glorious  bride. 

"  Look  not  upon  me,  because  I  am 
black,  because  the  sun  hath  looked  up- 
on me."  The  bride  begs  that  she  may 
not  be  scrutinized  too  closely,  her  fea- 
tures scanned  too  narrowly,  she  knows 
her  imperfections,  she  is  conscious  of  her 
deformities.  But  why  is  she  black?  Be- 
cause the  sun  hath  looked  upon  her  be- 
cause of  the  dreadful  sufferings,  perse- 
cutions, and  afflictions  through  which 
she  has  passed.  Job  when  he  descril)es 
his  awful  afflictions,  says;  "  My  skin  is 
black  upon  me,  and  my  bones  are  burnt 
with  heat."     And  the  weeping  prophet. 


whi-n    lamenting   the    desolation  of  b- 


country,  says:  '*  For  the   hurt 
dauiihter  of  my  people,  am  1  hurt 
black." 

"  My    mother's  children  were 


«f   th. 


angry 

,  ■      ,  '  'l"o. 

tation  portrays  the  attitude  of  the  worl  ] 
toward  the  chiu-ch.  From  the  eai-lif,,;, 
history  of  our  race,  we  learn  that  th 
righteous  and  faithful,  have  ever  be*, 
objects  of  hatred  to  the  ungodly,  a 
persecuting  spirit  was  very  soon  deve] 
oped.  The  first  death  was  that  of 
martyr.  And  the  .same  antagonietj, 
spirit  has  prevailed  from  that  timet 
this,  and  has  manifested  itself  at  differ 
ent  times  in  different  ways. 

The  history  of  the  righteous  is  a  con. 
firmation  of  the  apostle's  declaration 
"  All  that  will  live  godly  iu  Christ  Je.' 
sus  shall  suffer  ])erst!Cution."  "  Xhev 
made  me  the  keeper  of  the  vineyards" 
Another  declaration  which  shows  the 
unfairness,  the  injustice,  the  unkiudness 
which  the  world  bears  toward  the  churcli' 
The  world  can  mark  out  the  path  of  du. 
ty,  of  rectitude,  of  holiness  which  the 
Christian  should  tread  with  wonderful 
accuracy. 

We  often  hear  them  descant  eloquently 
on  the  shortcomings  and  imperfections 
of  the  Chi'istiau.  But  could  not  the  lan- 
guage of  Paul  be  aptly  applied  here? 
'■  Tlierefore  thou  art  inexcusable,  Oman 
whosoever  thou  art  that  judgest;  for 
wherein  thou  judgest  another,  thou  con- 
demnest  thyself;  for  thou  that  judgest 
doest  the  same  things.  And  thinkest 
thou  this,  O  man  that  judgest  them 
wdiich  do  such  things,  and  doest  the 
same,  that  thou  shalt  escape  thejudg. 
meut  of  God?"  (Rom.  2:  1-3.)  Surely 
those  who  know  so  well  how  othei-s 
ought  to  do,  should  know  how  they 
ought  to  do  tliemselves.  Such  persons 
are  their  own  accusers.  Let  such  know 
that  God  is  no  respecter  of  persons.  He 
exacts  no  duties  of  one  class  which  He 
does  not  exact  of  all,  all  are  equally  re- 
sponsible. 

But  how  common  it  is  for  persons  to 
"  bind  heavy  burdens  and  grievous  to 
be  borne,  and  lay  them  on  men's  shoul- 
ders; l)ut  they  themselves  will  not  move 
them  with  one  of  their  fingers."  The 
complaint  of  the  spouse,  "They  made 
me  the  keejier  of  the  vineyards,"  might 
still  be  the  complaint  of  the  church,  tor 
how  prone  is  the  world  to  shirk  their 
own  responsibilities,  by  pointing  out  and 
magnifying  the  failures  or  seeming  fail- 
ures of  the  professor. 

"  But  mine  own  vineyard  have  I  not 
kept."  One  of  the  moat  sti'iking  points 
of  contrast  between  the  world  and  the 
church,  is,  that  it  is  almost,  if  not  quite 
the  sole  object  of  the  former  to  main- 
tain a  fair  exterior,  while  it  it  the  chief 
concern  of  the  latter  to  cultivate  truth 
and  wisdom  in  the  iiiwai-d  parts,  to  h&n 
created  a  clean  heart  and  a  right  spiiit 
within.  Being  so  busied  with  this,  the 
spouse  has  but  little  time  to  com-t  the 
commendation,  applause,  or  flatteries  of 
a  fickle  world,  and  because  she  does  not 
change  with  the  ever-varying  standards 
of  an  inconstant  work,  she  is  denounced 
as  illiberal,  bigoted,  and  narrow-mind- 
ed; but  it  matters  little  what  epithets 
the  world  may  bestow  upon  her.  These 
accusations  can  do  her  no  harm,  but  the 
following  rebuke  is  applicable  to  her 
enemies:  "  Who  art  thou  that  judgest 
another  man's  servant?  to  his  own  mas- 
ter he  standeth  or  falleth  "  (Rom.  ^i- 
i). 

But  the  indications  are  that  this  mor- 
tal conflict  between  trutli  and  error  will 
soon  terminate  in  a  complete  and  periet 
triumph  of  the  truth.     Soon,  it  may '"' 


very  soo"'  *''^  ?'■*■''*  Bridegroom  will 
come  to  claim  Hi3  liride.  Surely  it  wiU 
^ot  be  long.  The  prophecies'  are  all 
pieeting  nnd  converging.  Soon  the  great 
cry  will  he  heard  echoing  and  re-pcho- 
ing  through  the  caverns  of  the  earth, 
u  Behold  the  bridegroom  conieth;  go  ye 
^,„t  to  meet  him."  Surely  theiT  the 
cliurch  shall  lay  aside  her  sable  robes, 
glie  shall  then  have  beauty  for  ashes,  the 
oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  the  garment  of 
praise  for  the  spirit  of  heaviness  (Isaiah 
,51:3).  "Then  shall  she  be  clothed  in 
royftl  i'o^'«^'  slie  shall  l)e  brought  unto 
the  king  in  raiment  of  needle-woi-k,  anil 
presented  unto  her  glorious  Lord  a.s  a 
chaste  virgin,  a  glorious  church,  not 
bftving  spot  or  wrinkle,  or  any  such 
thing;  but  holy  and  without  blemish." 

THE    TRIALS    AND    TRIUMPHS 
OF  FAITH. 

»Y  II.  NK'iT.KY. 

ik  1^**1^  y*^-  ^^^  y^^'  calling  brethren, 
-L  how  that  not  many  wise  men  af- 
t,.r  tin-  fleRh,  not  many  mighty,  not  many 
noble,  are  called"  fl  Cor.  l:t>6).  In 
the  history  of  king  David,  his  ti'ials  and 
peiRecntions,  we  have  tile  above  text  and 
subject  illustrated.  I  will  first  notice 
his  obscure  birth-place,  Bethlehem,  as 
lieing  little  among  the  thousands  of  Ju- 
dea,  being  too  insignificant  to  be  men- 
tioned among  the  other  cities  of  Judea 
(John  15).  It  was  here  that  Ving  Da- 
vid was  born,  and  is  still  more  sacred  as 
the  birth-place  of  the  King  of  kings, 
the  blessed  Savior  of  whom  lie,  David, 
was  an  eminent  type.  Such  was  the 
wonder-working  providence  of  God  at 
that  eventful  period  in  the  history  of  the 
Isi'aelites;  the  career  of  king  Saul  wa-s 
soon  to  end,  his  disobedience  to  the  di- 
vine commands,  has  caused  the  forfeiture 
of  his  crown.  "  I  have  rejected  him 
from  reigning  over  Israel,"  wivs  the  dec- 
laration of  God  to  the  prophet  Samuel, 
"  Pill  thy  horn  ■with  oil,  and  go.  I  will 
send  thee  to  Jesse  the  Rethlehemite;  for  I 
have  jirovided  me  a  king  among  his 
sons."  David  being  the  youngest  son 
itf  Jesse,  and  the  last  and  least  in  the  es- 
timation of  his  father,  and  the  prophet, 
to  1>e  made  king,  when  Samuel  saw 
Eliab,  he  said,  "  Surely  the  LordV 
anointed  ia  before  him."  But  the  Lord 
said,  look  not  on  his  countenance,  or  the 
heights  of  his  statue,  l)ecau9e  I  have  re- 
fused him,  for  the  Lord  seeth  not  as  man 
seeth,  for  man  looketh  on  the  owt\vard 
appearance,  but  the  Lord  looketh  on  the 
heart."  Again,  Jesse  made  seven  of  his 
sons  to  pa.ss  before  Samuel,  and  he  said 
the  Lord  hath  not  chosen  these ;  are  here 
all  thy  children?  and  he  said,  there  yet 
reniaiueth  tlie  youngest,  send  and  bring 
him,  and  when  he  came,  the  Lord 
avise,  anoint  him;  for  this  ishe.  And  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon  David  from 
that  day  forward  (1  Samuel  16:  1-14). 
Prom  this  time  on,  we  may  safely  infer 
from  the  sacred  narrative,  that  David  and 
Ilia  kingdom  began  to  increase  and  gath- 
er strength,  and  Saul  and  his  kingdom  to 
decrease  anil  get  weaker,  _  so  also  did 
flis  trials  and  afflictions  increase,  as  the 
opposition  and  persecution  increased  and 
vaged  through  Saul. 

^oon  after  Saul  was  engaged  in  war 
\\'ith  the  Philistines.  The  champion  Gol- 
iath, said,  '*I  defy  the  armies  of  Israel 
tliis  day,  give  me  a  man  that  we  may 
figlit  together.  When  Saul  and  all  Is- 
rael heard  these  words  of  the  Philisline, 
they  were  dismayed  and  grcjitly  afraid." 
OuDavid's  arnvul  at  the  cjunii,  he  learn- 
ed the  circumstancew  respecting  Goliath, 
l^nd  expressed  a  wish  to  engage  with  him 
in  contest.  "  And  David  said  to  Saul,  let 


no  man's  heart  fail    hecMUse  of  hirn,  thv 
servant  slew  both  the  Hon  and  the  hear; 
the  Lord  tliat  delivered  me  out  of  the  jaws 
of  the  lion  and  the  hear,  will  deliver  me 
out  of  the  hand  i.f  this  Philistine."  *'And 
David  said  to  the  Philistim,  thou   com- 
est  tomemthas\vord,  and    with  spear 
and  shield;  hut    1  come    to    th.-e   in  the , 
name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,    the    God  of 
the  armie^s  of  Israel,  whom  thou  defiest; 
for  the  battle  is   the  Lord's."     A  noble 
example  of  trust  and  faitli   in  God,  an<l 
a  beautiful  type  of  the  etticacy  and  tri- 
umph of  faith  over  all  spiritual  enemies, 
rience,  Paid  exhortsthe  Ephe>ians,toput 
on  the  whole   armor  of  God;   "  For  the 
weapons  of  our  warfare  are  not  carnal, 
but  mighty  through  God    to  the  pulling 
down  of  strong-holds."    Again  he  says, 
*'  For  we   wrestle  not   against  flesh  and 
blood,   but  against  principalities    and 
powers;  against  the   rulers  of  the  dark- 
ness of  this  world  anil  spiritual  wicked- 
ness in  high  places  "  (2  Cor.  Hi;  4;  Eph. 
6:  1-2).     So  David  through  faith  in  God 
triumphed  most  gloriouslv  over  his  ene- 
mies the  Philistines;  he  i.s  called  by  Saul 
to  give  an  account    of  his    family,,    and 
that  day  he  was  introduced    into  tlie  fa- 
vol-  and  friendship  of  Saul,  and  entered 
upon  all  the  dangers  and  perils  of  pub- 
lic life,  that  day  h.e  gjiined   much  fame, 
much  honor.    He  also  got  on'j  of  heav- 
en's best  blessings — a  true  friend,  Saul's 
son  Jonathan,  "  whose   soul   was  knit 
with  the  soul  of  David,    and    Jonathan 
loved  him  a.s  his  ovni  soul."     It  was  a 
heart-felt  sympathy  and  ardent  luve  that 
never  wavered,  but  grew  in  strength  day 
by  day,  till  death  separated  tiiem  from 
each  other  on  earth,  and  now   it  is  per- 
petuated in  richer  perfection  in  heaven. 
IVhat  a  blessing  to  earth  true  friend- 
ship is.     It  is  a  relic  of  Paradise,  come 
down  to  U8  from   amid  the  ruins  of  the 
fall.      It  is  a    treasure  possessed   wlien  it 
is  not  employed;  a  reserve   of  strength, 
ready  to  be  called  into  action  when  most 
needed.    Here  is  nothing  more  touchinjj 
in  poetry  or  elotpience,  than  David's  la 
ment  when  his  friend  died  (2  Samuel  1), 

nAVID,   TlIK    llOYAL    PIIOPIIKT    AND    TYP 
ICAI.  KTN(i. 

In  this  two-fold  relation  in  the  life 
and  history  of  king  David,  1  will  try 
and  illustrate  somewhat  ti'om  the  Scrip- 
tures and  brief  extracts  from  eminent 
authors.  From  the  Scriptures  we  hav 
it  clearly  revealed,  that,  David  and  his 
kingdom  bitterly,  to  which  he  was  call 
ed  and  chosen  by  the  Lord,  and  the  con 
si't[uent  trials  and  persecutions  that  fol 
lowed,  is  typical  of  Jesus  and  the  Spir 
itual  kingdom  He  came  to  establish  m 
the  hearts  of  His  followers,  and  the  con 
sequent  trials  and  persecution  that  gen 
(■rally  follow  (Luke  1:  32  3.1;  2  Samuel 
7:12.13).  We  come  now  to  consider 
David  as  in  adversity  (a.itate  generally 
more  secure  and  safe,  than  one  of  ease 
and  prosperity,  as  will  appear  from  the 
sequel),  and  passing  through  the  dee]! 
waters  of  affliction.  After  the  achiev- 
meut  of  tlie  overthrow  oi'  the  champion 
of  the  Philistines,  he  is  taken  into  Saul';^ 
household,  one  of  his  chief  captains. 
This  sti-ange  man  prophesied  greatfriend- 
shipfor  him,  but  it  proved  very  decep- 
tive. The  triumph  attended  the  armies 
of  David,  and  the  still  stronger  hold 
which  it  gave  him  on  the  affections  of 
the  peojde,  awakened  and  rekindled 
afresh  the  jealousy  and  malignant  pass, 
ion  of  Saul;  and  David  has  t*.  flee  from 
his  presence,  and  can  find  no  rest  from 
his  inveterate  enemy  any^vhere.  Well 
may  it  be  said,  "  jealousy  is  as  cruel  a» 
the  grave."  Alas!  how  uncertain  are 
earthly  honors.  The  great  deliverer  of 
Isratd,  has  now   to  flee  from  the  habita- 


tion of  men  and  hide  himself  in  caves 
of  the  earth.  How  dues  he  stand  these 
trials?  For  the  most  part  of  hi»  time  his 
trust  is  firm  in  God,  and  he  triumphs 
over  his  trials;  at  other  times  he  appears 


ON  TEMPERANCE. 


rro  he  temperate  in  all  things,  w-enis  a 
moral,  as  well  as  a   religious  duty. 


weaker  in  the  faith,  and  has  <h>ubts  and  i  1  fhuuld  say.  strictly  a  ChrlUian  duty, 
tears,  saying. "  I  shall  on.-  day  prrish  by  I  for,  can  (Christianity  exint  in  the  heart, 
the  hand  of  my  enemy."     liut  thus  it  is   wlu+e   sobriety    doej«   not   exist?      No. 


with  us  all;  there  is  a  constant  struggl 
going  on.  the  flesh  pulling  one  way  and 
the  spirit  of  truth  the  other;  now  faith 
prevailing  a::d  then  unbelief  till  we  seem 
lift'erent   person; 


Ilei 


like  two 
times. 

Acconling  to  the  influence  ])i-evailing, 
we  will  next  notice  David  in  his  fypi..al 
and  i)rophctical  relation  in   the  ditfercnt 
hooks  of  the  Bible,  and  tlu-  I'salms  in 
particular,  what  is  historical,  as  it  relates 
to  Daviil  andtheJewish  chmvh.  is  often 
typical,  and  so  prc.pheiical  n-i  it    relates! 
to  Jesus  Christ  and  to  His  church,  eitlier  I 
militant  or  triumpluint,  uhih*  David  is  j 
descril)ing  his  own   enemies' sufferings  I 
and  tfinmph.    The  Spirit  enlarges  his 
sentiments  and  swells  out  his  expression 
to  a  proi)rotion   adai>ted  to  tlu-   charac- 
ter of  the  Me-ssiah,  of  whom  David  was 
so  eminent  a  tj-jie,  tlmtour  Savior  is  often 
especially  described  in  the  Scrij^ture  by 
His   name    (Is.    o-'j:  :t;  Jer.  30;  H;  Ezek. 
34:  23;  llos.  3:  5). 

During  his  exile,  a  eircumslanee  occuin 
that  shows  the  forgiving  spirit  of  David. 
Saul  iscluising  him  among  the  mountains, 
hits  gone  into  a  cave  and  fallen  asleep. 
In  that  state  David  found  Inm  sind  had 
it  in  his  jjowei  to  take  his  life.  To 
this,  he  was  tempted  by  many  strong  in- 
ducements; but  he  nobly  resisted  them 
all,  and  only  cut  otV  a  portion  of  his 
enemy's  garment  that  he  might  know 
that  he  had  been  in  his  power  which 
happened  twice  (1  Samuel  24. 2H).  Thus 
of  the  power  and  triuuiiih  of  faith,  we 
have  many  illiLstrations  of  this,  atlbrded 
by  his  history.  Saul  had  finally  driven 
him  from  his  friends  and  country,  and 
the  I'hilistines  fi-om  their  camp;  the 
Amelekites  had  plundered  his  city;  his 
own  i)eople  spake  of  stoning  him;  but 
he  yet  encouraged  himself  in  the  Lord 
his  Goil  (I  Samuel  .'id;  (1).  Hutsoon  af- 
ter his  ^\■anlU•rings  for  the  present  are 
over,  and  tlu?  bright  sun  of  prosperity, 
coming  from  under  the  cloud,  shines  up- 
on his  head,  like  one  said,  that  always 
before  being  called  to  peribrm  any  high 
and  honorable  work  for  God,  he  is  made 
to  pass  through  severe  ti'ials  and  afflictions 
of  some  kind. 

David  now  oomes  forth  fmm  tlu-  hid- 
ing place,  to  the  throne  an{l  tlie   crown. 


ence  we  say  that  teniperatu-e  is  one 
great  primary  step  toward  Christianity. 
If  temperance  is  a  primary  element  of 
Christianity,  (and  no  one  doubts  the 
liflferent  fact),  does  it  not  denuMul  the  apjiroval 
of  all  Christians?  Now,  tlu-  antagonist 
of  t<'mperance  is  intemperance,  and  he 
exists  in  ov»-  land  as  large,  as  high  Ohjm 

This  hoary-headed  monster,  intem- 
perance, does  not  assail  the  poor  only; 
1  but   men  of    all   stages   of  sm-ietv    are 


swept  down  before  him.  Who  then 
should  C'AW.^^iff/i.f  endeavor  to  lead  aside 
from  Uiia  nioiul--r'a  embraciT  The  yomli*  of  our 
Inml.  Who,  tre  Iour,  will  be  callwl  lo  perform 
the  viirioiis  dulicjiof  thii  Hfi',  wliich  nrc  nove  muu- 
agi«i  b>- ultler  hiinde?  The  ymithii  of  America. 
If  llii!  yoiiiig  lucii  of  oiir  luiiil  iin;  vma  lo  occupy 
all  pfoceii  of  honiir,  liu»t,  and  uMfuIut*.  doa 
il  not  bitcoiiio  nil  men  nml  women  of  influence  lo 
provuil  ou  tbc  yOutli  to  ulisliiin  iVom  the  u.c  of  all 
iiiloxicating  liquors?  It  eerluiiily  doc*.  What 
in  a  State?  r)oc8  brood  posuirc^,  rich  oonl  bcd^ 
fertile  valleys,  vast  forcstd  nml  liir^c  cilice,  con- 
stitute ft  Suue  ?  No.'  Thcae  ar'-  only  frtiultiw, 
but  the  jiwiple  make  up  the  Kiulc.  Wlint  u  vast 
iiumbiT  can  reside  within  the  boundaries  of  s 
StAtc? 

The  riaiug  generation  will  booh  have  control  of 
the  State,  ntu'  should  not  parcntx  mrivo  to  have 
their  children  prow  up  in  sobriety  nnfl  nsefulneai, 
ratbcr  than  drunkennesf  and  debauchery  ?  You 
Imvo  seen  tbo  youth  reeling  in  llie  Btrcet*.  Moth- 
cm  hiivo  wept  bitter  tcara;Boaie  bave  breathed 
silent,  some  audible  prayi'm  for  reform.  Ucform 
ban  come  and  shaken  the  wbinky  tntlRc  almost  to 
totloring,  and  now  Cbrisliani  lay  bold  of  the 
monKtu^  and  prostrate  bim  while  be  is  tottering. 
Uou't  diacunrnge  t!ie  movena-ut,  hut  enibruce  it. 
PaUtUnt,  III. , 

SOUL-SLEEPING. 


IS  death  an  unconscious  slate?  No.  EW  all 
who  die  would  be  uiiconsciouti ;  but  Christ 
diud,  romuincd  three  dayu  la  the  state  of  tbe  dead, 
and  wa«  coDtcioUH  wbile  iu  timt  etate.  Froof :  -'  I 
have  power  to  lay  down  my  life,  and  I  bave  pow- 
er to  take  it  again  "  (.John  10  :  IS). 

Where  there  is  no  unconsciouEuedSi  there  is  no- 
voluntary  exercise  of  jKiwcr.  Chribt  did  exert 
power  iu  lukiuf;  His  life  wbicb  Lie  laid  down; 
and  thiif  Me  ilid  while  dead.  Therefore  He  wa» 
L'Ousi:iou:i  while  dead  ;  and  if  Christ  was  conscious 
while  io  the  state  of  the  dead,  then  death  is  not 
no  uacouacious  atate ;  heuce  those  who  enter  that 
Ktfltc  do  not  become  unconscious. 

This  one  argument  I  euuaider  decisive;  and 
until  it  is  net  a^de  l<y  logic  or  Scripture  teetimo- 


II,.  soon  lu.?nn  to  r.iiike  |.,vi>aratum9  for  ")".  •' '"  "«  ""■*•"'  '»  "'"'"P'y  """^  "1"°  "" 

,     .       .        .,  '       1        ,.  ,.     1     ^      T  1  I  subject. —  Cltritliati  Standard. 

bringing  the  ark    vi  dod    t*>  Jerusalem. 

It  was  a  solemn  procession  aud  had  a  most 


important  meaning.  It  was  God  takinii 
up  His  abode  among  them,  and  as  the 
ark  moved  oU  through  the  a.'^sembled 
throng,  amid  shouts  of  joy.  we  are  re- 
minded of  what  happened  ages  after, 
when  Ood  manifested  in  thertesh,  walk- 
eil  in  those  same  streets  amid  the  wav- 
ing of  palm  branches,  and  cries  of  "ho- 
sanna  tu  the  Son  of  David;"  about  this 
time  David  began  to  cherish  in  his  heart 
a  strong  desire  to  build  a  temple  to  the 
Lord.  Ilis  faith  seems  to  have  grown 
stronger  by  the  trials  through  which  he 
had  passed,  just  as  the  oak  grows  strong- 
er by  the  storm  that  beate  upon  it.  It 
wa.s  not  God's  design  that  he  should 
build  his  house,  that  honor  being  re- 
served for  his  son:  but  he  wiw  told  that 
in  as  far  as  it  was  in  his  heart  to  do  it, 
the  Lord  accepted  the  will  for  the  deed. 
"  Thou  didst  well  that  it  was  iu  thine 
hwirt  "  (2  Chroii.  (>:  S). 
J'^arnfiTu/lon,  III. 


GOOD  FOR  MAINE. 


thai  Uie 


low,  iu  a  letter  just  published,  shows 
assertiou  tlinl  liquor  is  freply  sold  in 
Maine  are  utterly  false.  Both  partire  now  sup- 
port the  llaiue  law.  There  never  was  a  lime 
when  ibc  prohibition  lotbe  liiiuortratbc  was  more 
lirmly  establiabed  in  the  public  opinion  of  Maine 
than  it  now  in.  The  original  Maine  law  was  pas»- 
ed  through  the  legiBlatun?  of  l^riol  by  »  Tote  of 
86  to  40  in  the  house,  aud  18  to  10  in  the  senate. 
At  the  lost  BCtteiou  of  the  legislature  January,  18. 
77,  ailer  an  experience  of  twenly-aix  yeara  of  the 
reeult  of  prohibition,  an  act  additional,  with 
greatly  increased  penalties,  passed  through  both 
bouses,  without  a  dissenting  vote.  In  Maine  there 
is  not  one  barkeeper  kmiwn  to  the  aulhoritice. 
In  New  Jersv  there  are  five  thousand.  In  Alaine 
there  is  not  a  restaurant  known  to  sell  liquor. 
In  New  Jersey  there  arcl.SSa  Iu  Maine  there  is 
not  a  dealer  iu  liquor,  unless  it  be  secretly  aod 
in  violation  of  law.  In  New  Jereey  there  aw 
66.5.  In  Maine  there  is  not  one  brewer.  In  Xew 
JcRey  there  are  bVi.  In  Maine  ibere  is  not  one 
dirtiller.  In  New  Jer»ey  there  are  4o.— /iw/qxTirf- 
nil. 


THTC    HRETHKE^T    -'S.T    ^VO^U<i. 


April   Ix. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 


J.  H    MOORE,  I, 

M.  ESHELMAN,  ) 


M 


Ban  H    M   B»»"n«  '•  J"'/   nuihoHie^,   by   u*  ■*  ""' 

ST-ui  '■•  '1"  •""• "  "  ■•'""  '•' """"" 

^rl^7ltu.n)B»»  *T  Work  -I"  h*  ••»'  po«-P»l'>.  <«  »"? 
^l^.".h.   Unl,.J   8...-  "'^"f'i  ''■J»»'.'^J'4' 

«,,  M  »ll  u  all  l..l.in»"  ■"•"•"  co-"""-^"^-"  «'"'  "■«  "^ 

UOOBE  A  ESESLUAN, 

lAurk,  Ctmll  Co.,Ill- 


LAHABE.  ILL. 


A7BIL  U,  18T8, 


A  iiunTUER  by  the  n^iiiie  ol"  Workman  at  No- 
ru  «prinK»,  Iowa,  wishes  us  to  send  him  the  pn- 
l«.r.  which  we  will  gliwlly  do  wlienever  he  sends 
u!"  hin  given  mime. 

Wk  have  just  remved  aii  interesting  letter 
from  Uro.  Hoi.if.  He  reporta  the  prospects  for 
building  lip  the  church  in  Denmark  greatly 
incretv-iiig.     Tlie  letter  will  appear  next   week. 

It  is  announced  that  the  Tenerable  Cyril, 
I'liiriiirch  of  Jcrusulem  is  deiid.  He  was  born 
on  the  Island  of  Siimos.  and  ))ccame  Patriarcli 
of  .lernwik-m  in  1K45,  being  at  the  time  of  Ins 
death  in  his  eiglity-seventh  year. 

A  MiioTHRit  who  is  very  earnest  concerning 
ollicn.  c^.ming  lo  the  knowledge  of  the  trutli. 
writen:  "  If  1  were  al)le,  I  would  supply  nmny 
pcrxona  with  tlie  Hkhthbbn  at  Woiik.  As  it 
is  I  get  a  little  enthusiastic  occasionally,  and 
become  determiaed  that  the  old  Goaiwl  Ship 
mu«t  move  n»  muuh  as  poshible  with  my  aid." 


Mil.  Moody  told  his  Springfield  audience  re- 
cently n  story  iibout  a  poor  woman,  who  hear- 
ing n  nip,  thought  the  landlord  had  come  to  de- 
mand the  rent.  She  refu!<od  to  answer,  and 
thus  turned  away  a  irieiid  wlio  wished  th  give 
her  money.  The  audience  laughed  at  this,  but 
Moody  Mtopped  them  abruptly  by.cryiiig:  "You 
laugh  lit  thiit  woman,  but  it  was  you  yourself, 
sinner."  ^ 

Wk  present  the  following  from  Bro.  J.  W. 
Stein  for  the  consideration  of  the  Brethren; 
"Allow  me  to  wiy  to  the  Brethren  iu  Indiana 
and  elsewhere,  who  have  been  asking  u  visit  by 
me,  that  I  intend,  if  the  Lord  will,  to  spend 
sovorul  weeks  from  home  about  the  time  of  the 
Annunl  Meeting,  so  as  to  include  its  attend- 
ance. I  therefore  hope  the  Brethren  will  write 
and  inform  mo  of  their  arrangements  in  good 
time."  

Aiihauam  Wolpk  of  Washington,  lowTiaays: 
"  Again  the  waters  have  been  troubled,  angels 
rejoiced,  tlie  church  nnide  glful  and  encouraged. 
Lost  Tuesday  there  were  live  souls  buried  with 
Christ  in  baptism,  and  rose  we  trust  to  walk  iu 
newness  of  life.  Three  of  them  were  from  thu 
Baptist  church,  two  were  quite  young  persons; 
one  not  quite  eighteen,  the  other  in  his  fif- 
teenth year.  Others  we  hope  are  counting  the 
cost.  There  are  now  seventeen  members  resid- 
ing here."      ^  

TnorsANDS  of  men  and  women  iu  cities,  vil- 
lages und  even  in  the  country,  who  are  without 
either  work  or  home,  will  do  well  to  study  the 
principles  of  industry,  economy  and  content- 
ment. There  is  work  and  brain  labor  for  all. 
The  great  difficulty  however,  is  knowing  how  to 
find  it  The  learning  of  these  things  is  gener- 
ally put  oH'  too  late  in  life.  They  should  be 
learneii  early  and  put  to  immediate  practice. 
The  real  secret  of  getting  work  is  the  good  hab- 
it of  constantly  sticking  at  it  when  you  do  get 
it. 

Those  who  purpose  attending  the  coming 
Annual  Meeting,  should  bear  in  mind  that  the 
congregation  in  which  the  meeting  is  to  be 
held,  is  making  no  preparations  whatever  to 
entertain  any  until  on  Monday,  the  tenth  of 
June.  To  hold  an  A.  M.  is  very  burdensome  on 
the  congregation  in  which  it  is  held,  and  there- 
fore every  effort  pos-sible  should  be  made  use  of 
to  lighten  the  burden  and  diminish  the  labors. 
This  precaution  has  been  too  frequently  ne- 
glected. '         ^ 

Most  of  our  rnaders  have  doubtless  heard  of 
Deacon  Giles  and  his  rum  work,  and  uIko  of  the 
famous  illustrated  article  concerning  him.    The 


urticlc  wjw  pohhj'hcd  ov<t  40  ywir.  ago  and  at 
that  tim<-cn-itt*d  gn.-:it  excit-iuent  in   diUerrnt 

'  partu  of  the  country,  nnd  has.  in  its  time  done 
niueli  tnww*"  creating  ft  teni|h-m«ee  sentiment 

I  in  various  localities..  It  was  «ritt.-n  by  a  min- 
ister, who  for  th.*  net  wiw  confined  in  jiiil  B  few 
d.-iyt.  He  refn-u-d  to  make  any  apologieii  and 
was  released.  The  .irticlo  though  rudely  illn»- 
tnited.  contiiins  tolumcs  of  truth  against  the 
liqnor   traffic. 

Op  Henry  Ward  Bweher  it  is  s.iid,  that  he 
"hiw  about  completrtl  the  hand-omest  country 
residence  at  Feekskill  on  the  Hudson.  It  has 
the  moflel  billiard-room  and  card  room  of  the 
State,  frc-cwd  in  a  sort  of  a  religious  lavender 
to  cushion  the  ragged  edge."  Th.w  startling 
facts  show  where  tjie  popular  preacher  with  his 
"  no-hell"  theory  is  driftiJig  to.  This  man  can 
go  to  church  and  hold  an  audience  spell-bound 
for  two  hours,  while  treating  some  deeply  inter- 
esting, reliffiou.'i  subject,  and  then  retnm  home 
and  play  billiards  or  cards  to  give  the  mind  rest. 
No  wonder  that  such  men  w^nt  to  dismiss  the 
idea  of  a  hell  from  their  minds. 

Ja  reply  to  a  brother  who  wishes  to  know 
why  we  do  not  publish  the  "  Memoriam"  of  a 
certain  sister,  we  remark,  that  it  would  he  very 
impnideut  for  us  to  publish  even  one  tenth  of 
that  kind  of  articles  sent  here.  Our  pajier 
would  soon  be  entirely  filled  up  with  them.  We 
think  it  generally  sufiicieiit  to  publish  an  obi- 
tuarj'  notice  and  use  the  paper  as  much  ns  pos- 
sible for  suitable  articles  on  other  subjects.  We 
know  the  friends  of  the  deceased  would  like  to 
have  us  give  a  column  for  expressing  their 
solemn  reflections  on  such  occasions,  hut  they 
should  bnu-  in  mind  that  there  are  scores  of 
others  making  similar  requests,  and  were  we  to 
give  way  to  them  they  would  soon  fill  the  en- 
tire paper  with  that  kind  of  matter. 


THE    POOR    SAINTS. 

J>r>ir  Ihrflnrn:— 

I  PROPOSE  that  you  act  as  treasurer  to  receive 
and    foi-ward    contributions  for  the   poor 
saints  in  Denmark,  or  if  not  convenient  £or 
you,  then  mmie  some  other  brotlier  whose   ad- 
dress is  also  Lauiirk.     It  is  not  convenient  for 
1  to  send  direct  to  Deumark. 

Jesse  Y.  HKCKXEa. 

While  we  were  away  from  home  a  few  days 
last  week,  our  hands  had  put  ud  iu  the  office  a 
neat  little  box,  having  on  it  a  card,  containi^ig 
the  following:  "Danish  Mission  Contribu- 
tion Box.  Droji  in  Yonr  Mitf."  Of  course 
the  members  drop  in  their  mites  pretty  freely; 
therefore  conclude  that  if  the  brethren  and 
sistei-s  wish  to,  they  can  send  their  contribu- 
tions to  us  and  we  will  forward  them  direct  to 
l)einuai-k,  as  we  will  have  to  forward  the  mon- 
ey paid  iu  here,  and  it  can  all  be  attended  to  at 
one  time. 

It  will  be  observed  that  we  take  charge  oi  the 
money  sent  to  the  poor  saints  iu  Denmark,  and 
not  the  regular  missionary  fund;  of  which 
C.  P.  Howland  is  treasurer.  This  we  will  do 
until  the  coming  District  Meeting,  sending  the 
money  off  to  Denmark  as  received  each  week. 


PHILIP  AT  SAMARIA, 

IN  the  eighth  chuiitcr  of  Acts, commencing  at 
the  fifth  verse,  wp  have  an  account  of  the 
first  protracted  meeting  that  Philip  ever  engag- 
ed in.  With  the  disciples  and  brethren  he  had 
spent  many  pleasant  seasons  in  and  around  Je- 
rusalem and  enjoyed  the  association  of  those 
jjossessing  the  same  faith.  The  miraculous 
manifestation  that  occurred  on  the  memorable 
day  of  Pentecost  confirmed  their  belief  in  the 
divinity  of  their  arisen  and  ascended  Master. 
Persecution,  however,  soon  arose  and  caused  the 
dispersion  of  the  disciples  to  ditferent  parts  of 
the  country. 

Philip  goes  down  to  the  city  of  Samaria  and 
there  commences  a  series  of  meetings.  The 
question  arises,  why  did  he  go  into  a  city  to  make 
his  first  efforts?  The  city  contained  a  great 
many  inhabitants  and  among  them  were  men 
of  learning  and  influence.  In  fact,  Samaria  was 
the  largest  and  most  magnificent  city  in  that 
part  of  the  country.  Philip  did  not  shun  the 
place  as  some  people  do  now.  He  did  not  pause 
to  lament  over  his  want  of  education — did  not 
fear  his  incapacity,  but  trusting  iu  God,  he 
walks  into  the  proud  city  and  preached  Christ 
unto  them,  showing  how  it  was  that  according 
to  the  prophets  and  what  was  foretold  of  Him, 
tliJtt  He  must  suffer  at  the  hands  of  enemies. 
He  showed  that  He  was  put  to  death,  was  se- 


curely buried,  and  around  His  sepulchre  was 
phite4  an  arracl  body  of  men  to  keep  it  secure, 
but  on  the  morning  of  the  thud  day.  He  arose 
in  sight  of  the  armed  guard,  and  afterwanl 
showed  Himself  to  His  disciplea  and  conversed 
with  them  fVom  tiuit-  to  time,  till  He  took  His 
ft'scent  into  heaven  and  is  now  sealed  at  the 
right  hand  of  God. 

He  showed  them  how.  hy  signs  and  wonders. 
Christ  proved  Himself  thft  Son  of  God,  and  that 
His  enemies  ho-l  done  the  deed  of  erucitying 
Him.  His  reasoning  was  so  logical  and  appeals 
so  forcible  that  the  city  with  one  accord  gave 
heed  unto  the  things  which  Philip  spake.  But 
as  a  confirmation  of  the  truth  of  his  preaching 
he  also  iK-rformed  miracles  in  their  presence. 
Then  we  read  that  when  they  believed  the  things 
concerning  the  kingdom  of  God  and  the  name 
of  Jesos  Christ,  they  were  baptized,  both  men 
and  women. 

There  is  a  peculiar  feature  about  the  apostles' 
manner  of  ,carr>-ing  on  missionary  work  that  is 
worthy  of  our  attention.  Even  the  careless 
reader  of  the  New  Testament  will  have  observ- 
ed that  they  did  the  most  of  their  preaching 
the  cities,  devoting  but  little  time  to  meet- 
ings in  the  country.  There  is  a  deeper  reason 
for  this  particular  feature  of  their  work  than  is 
by  many  supposed.  It  is  a  known  fact  that  the 
custom  and  manners  of  country  life  are  more  or 
less  moulded  and  affected  by  the  prevailing  hab- 
its of  cities.  If  the  enemy  wishes  to  introduce 
an  evil  in  the  land,  he  first  makes  an  effort  to 
obtain  for  it  a  strong-hold  in  the  cities,  thus 
paving  the  way  for  its  introduction  into  the  ru- 
ral districts.  We  obtain  all  our  foolish  and 
health-degrading  fashions  from  the  cities.  In 
short,  the  direful  evils  that  spread  over  our  land 
first  find  a  foothold  iu  cities  and  towns.  The 
apostles  in  introducing  the  noblest  system  of 
morals  the  worid  has  ever  heard  of,  worked  on 
this  well-known  principle.  They  made  vigor- 
ous efforts  to  plant  thestaudaid  of  truth  in  the 
large  aud  influential  cities  of  the  land,  and  that 
paved  their  way  for  the  introduction  of  Christi- 
anity into  the  villages,  towus  and  smaller  cities. 
The  mother  church  of  the  whole  world  was 
planted  in  Jerusalem,  a  large  city  composed  of 
■eral  hundred  thousand  inhabitants.  Philip 
planted  a  church  at  Samaria,  and  in  a  few  years 
another  was  planted  at  Antioch,  which  grew 
from  year  to  year  until  it  finally  consisted  of 
more  than  one  hundred  thousand  members.  At 
Corinth,  Philippi  and  Ephesus  and  even  at 
Rome  we  have  account  of  the  plantiug  of 
flourishing  congregations  which,  in  after  years, 
wielded  an  untold  amount  of  influence  in  the 
spreading  of  Christianity,  This  method,  adopt- 
ed and  practiced  by  the  apostles,  proved  itself 
eminently  successful,  for  at  the  end  of  the  first 
century,  no  less  than  one  million  converts  are 
said  to  have  been  the  fruits  of  the  apostolic  or- 
der of  conducting  missionary  work.  They  did 
not  go  into  a  city,  preach  just  a  few  sermons, 
and  then  leave  because  the  people  did  not  at  first 
give  heed  to  their  preaching,  but  labored  from 
day  to  day,  and  month  to  month,  defending  the 
evidences  of  Christianity.  Protracted  meetings 
continued  with  them  the  order  of  the  day. 
Their  object  was  to  convert  the  peoplc-^to  con- 
vince them  that  Jesus  Christ  was  the  Bon  of 
God,  that  in  His  name  and  that  alone  was  there 
the  promise  of  salvation.  Knowing  the  terror 
of  the  Lord  they  persuaded  men  to  repent — did 
all  in  their  power  to  cause  theiu  to  cease  to  do 
evil  and  learn  to  do  well. 

From  these  apostolic  precedents  you  and  I 
can  learn  lessous  of  great  value.  We  need  not 
fear  to  introduce  our  humble  order  of  religion 
into  large  and  influential  cities;  fur  the  apostles, 
the  old  primitive  preachers,  did  that  way  in  the 
golden  age  of  the  Christian  church  and  met  in 
their  labor  with  more  success  than  has  been 
known  since  that  period.  Another  reason  why 
they  preached  in  cities  is.  because  that  was  the 
place  to  which  the  people  resorted  in  those  days 
to  worship.  Their  object  being  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  the  people,  prompted  them  to  go 
where  the  people  were.  They  did  not  travel 
proportionally  as  much  as  we  do,  but  did  by  far 
more  preaching  for  the  same  amount  of  travel- 
ing. 

When  they  went  into  a  city  or  village  they 
stayed  there  long  enough  to  accomplish  some 
good— did  not  do  like  we — get  up  a  good  inter- 
est and  then  go  off  and  leave  their  little  good, 
alrea«ly  done,  to  perish  for  the  want  of  care. 
Then  brethren,  from  these  old  apostolic  prece- 


customs  and  habits  hive  changed  sinco  that  dm 
and  the  rural  districts  now  afford  the  must  p^^^j^ 
table  places  for  cvangotiring  and  building  up 


churches,  yet  this  is  no  reason  why  holtUi,™ 
leting  in  cities  should  be  avoided,  fur  in  g^m^ 
of  them  much  good  may  be  accomplished^^ 
pecially  if  the  members  are  exemplary  Chri>. 
tians  113  they  ought  tn  br>.  ,i_  g  ^ 

"WHT  NOTP 

ii  IITE  h«ve  juat  finished  reading  a  piece  j„ 
VV  No.  ",  of  the  BHETIUtliN  AT  WonK 
on  inlomperance,  and  the  question  ariws.  Why 
do  not  Christians  sign  jhe  tetnnoraiire  pledge? 
It  19  one  of  the  laws  ol  the  bible.  Christ  com. 
mauds  us  to  be  temperate,  and  we  ask  the  que^. 
tion  why  members  of  the  church  do  not  set  the 
example  before  the  world,  and  lend  their  infln. 
ence  in  the  cause.  Wu  know  laniihes  who  pro. 
fess  to  follow  Christ,  and  try  to  raise  their 
children  right,  yet  they  keep  their  wines  and 
brandy  (for  their  health,  they  say)  all  the  time 
before  their  children.  It  s.'ems  to  us,  if  church 
members  would  do  away  with  the  habit  it  would 
be  better  for  them  and  their  children." 

Temperani:e. 

We  are  inclined  to  believe  that "  Temperance" 
is  not  acquainted  with  the  Brethren's  teaching 
on  that  important  subject.  As  a  jieople  we  fail 
to  find  divine  warrant  for  any  of  us  to  become 
yoked  with  the  worid  in  any  organization  (John 
15:  19;  2  Cor.  6:  14-17).  The  church  of  ^vm 
Christ  has  not  within  itself  any  other  organiyjt. 
tion.  The  chiireh  is  itself  one  of  the  best 
temperance  organizations  in  existence,  hence 
no  need  for  any  of  its  members  to  become  iden- 
tified  with  any  other.  The  church  that  does 
uot  enforce  Bible  temperance  has  lost  apostolic 
ground,  and  when  this  is  gone,  they  resort  to 
something  else. 

Members  of  the  church  should  set  good  ex- 
amples before  their  children.  This  we  try  to 
teach.  Nor  can  any  one  let  his  light  shine  more 
brightly  by  joining  a  worldly  temperance  orgau- 
ization.  A  Christian's  light  shines  the  same 
everywhere.  It  does  not  shine  brightly  at  one 
place  and  dim  at  another;  it  is  the  same  at  all 
places.  Our  influence  on  the  street,  at  home, 
in  busmess.  at  meeting,  everywhere  should  be 
in  favor  of  temperance.  The  good  and  true 
disciple  thus  acts  and  feels,  hence  needs  no  oth- 
er fellowship. 

"VYe  have  not  one  word  to  say  against  worldly 
temperance  organizations,  that  is,  orgauizatioiis 
composed  of  non-professors  of  religion  who  are 
desirous  to  see  the  traffic  iu  rum  stopped.  They 
no  doubt  do  much  good,  and  have  a  periect  right 
to  labor  for  the  suppression  of  intoxicating 
drinks,  hut  when  it  comes  to  pressing  the  neces- 
sity and  propriety  of  the  disciples  of  Jesus  join- 
ing such  a  society,  the  question  is  one  by  itself. 
The  right  and  propriety  of  woridly  persons 
forming  themselves  into  a  temperance  society  is 
one  thing,  and  the  right  and  propriety  of  the 
disciples  of  Jesus  joining  that  society  is  qait« 
another  thing. 

It  may  be  said  that  unity  of  action  is  desira- 
ble, hence  professors  of  religion  should  join  the 
ivorldly  society.  If  that  be  a  fact,  let  the  world 
he  converted  and  come  over  to  the  disciples,  aud 
uot  the  disciples  go  over  to  the  world.  We 
think  the  world  can  form  themselves  into  and 
manage  a  temperance  society  without  Christians, 
hence  Christians  need  uot  concern  themselves 
on  that  score.  Looking  at  this  matter  from  a 
Bible  stand-point  we  can  join  nothing  save  Je- 
sus. This  ought  to  he  enough  for  us,  since  it 
was  enough  for  the  apostles  and  all  pmnitire 
Chri.itiau3.  Let  Christians  conduct  themselves 
according  to  the  apostolic  pattern;  lettheworld 
lo  their  best  in  their  way  to  think,  live  and  act 
temperately  aud  our  land  will  be  blessed  as  no 
other  land  is.  We  have  now  briefly  givensonie 
of  the  reasons  why  we  do  not  join  the  worldly 
temperance  societies.  *•■  ^'  ^' 


FAITH. 


rpHE  apostles  were  required  to  go  into  all  the 
1  worid  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  cr^ 
ture.  It  was  enjoined  that  they  teach  or  dis- 
ciple all  nations,  that  is,  make  learners  or  be- 
lievers of  them.  They  were  to  preach  "«- 
pentance  and  the  remission  of  sins,"  haptwing 
such  (IS  believed,  "  into  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Sou  and  of  the  Holy  Gtiost,"  a"J 
then  was  the  promise,  "  He  that  believcth  oDfl 
is  baptized  shall  be  saved."  On  the  other  hiui  . 
"  He  that  believeth  not,  shall  be  damned. 
But  why /.rearA  to  the  people?      That  they 


dents  let  us  learn  valuable  lessons.     Of  course  '  might  believe.     "  How  can  they  believe  in  l""" 


Ap: 


•il  11. 


s»' 


„f  »honi  thpy  have  not  heard?"  And  ••  fiUtli 
^„,ll.  V  brariag."  Why  Ao»W  p„pl,  k,„ 
,^,,,?  B«™.e  -"'"-oul  faith  it  i,i„,p„„iy, 
1^  ,,,,„.  God,  m,d  ho  that  Wievrth  not 
^^,11  bo  dan..,od.  Fmth  pvompls  people  to 
» teW  ''"'°  '"'  »'"' '»'™  lo  do  well."  This  ij 
„p,,„tauo«.  a  turning  from  evil  to  goml  ..  gj 
^p,  ye  rc-pmt,  ye  .hull  all  li|,e„i,e  perish," 
jnspirrition. 
3„t  wbnt  shall  the  [wople  believo  in  onler  to 
jalTiition  ?  Belicvo  in  the  Lord  Jeans  Christ.— 
-This  eiiihodi"'*  the  Christiim's  faith.  Believiii-^ 
■^  the  Lord  .Josus  Christ  embmced  nn  tmwaver- 
jpp  ci'iifi<lp"Ce  in  nil  that  He  has  said  and  done 
^  well  as  the  divinply  authorized  cireumstances 
coiuiected  with  His  lite.  Assiiming  as  we  do 
tbnt  His  teachings  are  not  only  holy,  but  just 
the  conclusion  is  inevitable  that  *'  he  that  be- 
yeveth  not,  shall  be  damnpd;'  "  because  he  be- 
lieceth  not  in  the  only  begotten  Son  of  God;" 
for "  without  faith  it  is  impos.sible  to  plea.se 
pod-" 

■«'e  do  not  belii-ve  that  God  will  condemn 
jiny  one  for  not  believujg,  provided  believing 
^tb  him  is  ft  matter  of  impossibUUy.  There 
gresome  living  in  remote  lands  who  never  had 
an  opportunity  to  believe,  never  heard  of  Jesus 
gaA  therefore  know  nothing  about  Him.  — 
Though  such  may  be  for  .some  cause  condemn- 
ed, yet  not  for  disbelieving  in  Christ.  "  For  how 
cftO  they  believe  in  him  of  whom  they  have  not 
beard."  "  Faith  cometh  by  hearing,"  and  it  is 
evident  that  they  cannot  hear  without  a  preach- 
er." If  they  are  lost,  it  cannot  be  in  conse- 
queuce  of  unbelief,  for  unbelief  is  not  a  sin  on- 
ly in  cases  where  belief  is  not  possible.  This 
ffe  tbink  is  so  rensoniible  that  no  logical  reason- 
er  will  squarcU'  dissent  from  it. 

Nations  that  are  without  a  knowledge  of 
God  and  His  laws,  will  be  judged  according  to 
Ihe  lipht  they  have,  and  not  according  to  that 
which  they  have  not,  for  "  these,  having  not 
the  law  are  a  law  unto  themselves."  The 
knowledge  they  have  of  good  and  evil  is  to  be 
their  law.  by  this  are  they  to  be  judged,  and  if 
condemned  it  will  be  because  they  have  not  done 
that  which  they  kjiew  to  be  right. 

FiiiUi  being  a  creature  of  education  is  materi- 
nlly  effected  by  surrounding  circumstances. 
The  training  received  in  early  age  has  much  to 
do  with  the  bent  of  the  mind  in  after  life.  Those 
who  are  born  and  raised  in  heathen  land?  where 
Christ  is  neither  preached  or  known,  have  no 
faith  in  Him,  though  they  may  firmly  believe 
in  other  objects.  Under  these  circumstances 
fiiith  in  Christ,  with  them  is  an  impossibility. 
They  never  heard  of  Him,  therefore  can  have 
no  Gospel  faith.  They  become  a  law  unto  them- 
selves. Those  born  and  educated  in  Christian 
lauds  are  different;  they  have  better  opportuni- 
ties, therefore  faith  is  not  an  impossibility.  Un- 
to them  it  is  said,  "  He  that  believeth  not  shall 
be  damned."  They  not  only  have  ample  oppor- 
tunities of  reading  the  Gospel,  but  can  hear  it 
preached,  hear  it  proclaimed,  then  if  they  believe 
not  it  is  their  own  fault,  and  on  them  the  con- 
demnation is  pronounced,  the  decree  has  gone 
forth  that  they  shall  be  condemned.  Not  one 
reader  of  these  lines  can,  in  the  great  day  of 
judgment,  escape  condemnation  in  unbelief, 
"fle  that  knoweth  to  do  good  and  doeth  it  not, 
to  him  it  is  a  sin."  And  "  he  that  heareth  these 
sajings  of  mine  and  doeth  them  not,  is  like  un- 
to a  foolish  man."  Furthermore,  "every  soul 
that  will  not  hear  that  prophet  shall  be  destroy- 
ed from  among  the  people."  J.  H.  m. 


THK   •nKl^TlIRE>r    AT    AVoin<. 


"SPRINKLING, 

TJIH 

TRUE  MODE  OF  BAPTISM." 

NUMBER  IV. 

WE  now  come  to  the  fourth  and  last  lesson 
on  this  subject  with  Doctor  Greenwald. 
His  first  question  at  thia  time  is: 
'  ^Vus  the  ntnuvh  immersed?  " 
"  The  eunuch  confessed  that  what  he  read  was 
not  clear  to  him.  and  he  invited  Philip  to  take  a 
seatbeside  him  in  the  chariot,  He  did  so;  and 
as  they  rode  along  he  explained  to  him  that  that 
propheev  pointed  out  Christ  as  the  Me-ssiah,  that 
Uirist  had  come  in  fultiilment  of  it.  and  that 
Jesus  of  Nazareth  wiw  the  Chri.st.  The  eunuch 
Wiw  so  tlioroughly  convinced  of  the  Uessiahship 
^f  Jesus,  that  he  was  ready  at  once  to  become  a 
''"ristian.  But  what  should  he  do?  He  was 
?0'D^away  from  .Jerusalem,  beyond  Egypt,  cpiite 
"ito  Ethiopia,  and  might  never  have  another 
?Pportunity  of  hearing  of  Jesus,  or  of  embrac- 
ing the  Grospel,  by  i-eceiving  Uaptism,  and  mak- 
ing a  profession  of  his  faith.  He  was  here  m 
'"e  nndst  of  the  desert,  with  no  house,  or  town. 
*'f  b^imlet  near  where  he  could  stop  to  haTC  the 


ordinnncc  of  Ha^.t«„,  «.g„I„Iy  ndmini.t^rx-,1  in 
aquR-l  room.     J-.v,.,,  .>tre.Vm-.  of  ^M|^c^  worv  of 

i-d  vr.th  l'h,bp«t  his  hido,b.-hold.  'tlRVcameto 
a  certu.u  wat.-r.  and.  wishing  to  cm'bnvcc  an 
opporlmutj-  whjoh  imght  n.ver  occur  to  him 

C  '      *   L  ?'■*'■  '"•""  "*  ^^»*"'''  ^^-'"^t  doth 

hmder  mo  to  be  bi.pt .w^?  '  PhiHp  said  U. him: 
It  thou  lR.h^ve.t  w,th  all  thine  heart,  Ibou 
majcst.  And  >c  an.wored  and  .aid,  I  Wlieve 
Uiat  ^i'^m  Uirist  is  tbt-  Son  of  Cod.  And  h,- 
commanded  the  chariot  to  stand  sJill-  and  tb.v 
went  down  Wth  into  tb^  witer.  both  Philip  and 
thecuimeh:  mid  he  baptized  him,'     " 


Dapt);'.. 

Wh,.re  i.  ibat  l 

kuid  -^iiid.     Thei 


Bv 


Uow  did  he 


.ippiiiff  him  into  the  wntt-r. 

y     llnii-  is  mithing  of  the 

-_  va.s  »o  luMi-.u  near,   no  con- 

, 'Hcs  of  any  kmd  at  hand,  and  both  "oin- 

'I'nvii  to  the  rivuk't.  could  not  Pliilipeasil/havr- 
sUwped  down.  Ds  the  streat  mmi  Iwnt  his  head 
over  tlie  cleiu-  rill  that  murmui-ed  before  him 
and  rai^mg  up  in  his  hand  some  of  the  water! 
pouml  ,u-  spnnklo.l  it.  n,,  hi,  bt-nd,  and  thu*  bap^ 
ti/rd  l„,»  with  wat..T  111  Hi,,  siinie  way  as  John 
I  .  '^siis,  and  its  tho  Hnly  Ghost  baptized 
ipli.s  on  tlie  day  of  IVntccost?" 


i\w 


Here  we  have  it.  not  from  Jesus,  not  from  an 
apostle,  but  from  the  Doctor  that  the  eunuch 
wiis  "  in  the  midst  of  the  desert,  with  no  house, 
or  town,  or  hamlet  near  where  he  could  stop  to 
have  the  onlinance  of  Baptism  regularly  admin- 
istered." Now  he  has  the  eunuch  in  the  midst 
of  a  desert,  and  yet  there  was  a  "  rivulet "  there. 
How  afraid  the  Doctor  is  of  "  much  water!  " 
"Dry  places"  suit  him  much  better.  Some- 
thing is  said  about  the  "unclean  spirit"  walk- 
ing through  "  dry  places  "  seeking  in  vain  for 
rest,  No  rest  in  dnj  places,  Doctor.  Come 
follow  Jesus.  Poor  eunuch  I  There  was  "  no 
house,  or  town,  or  hamlet  near"  for  him.  No 
gorgeously  decked  house  with  a  bowl  of  water 
for  Philip  to  sprinkle  him,  but  "down  into  the 
water  both  Philip  and  the  eunuch"  had  to  go, 
and  Philip  "iny^;(;e(;/,,wj."  Why  did  not  the 
translators  say  "sprinkled  him,"  Doctor?  If 
sprinkling  was  the  thing  done,  why  not  say  so? 
But  you  see  Phihp  baptized  the  eunuch:  he  did 
not  stoop  down  "  as  the  great  man  bent  his  head 
over  the  rill,"  and  "  sprinkle "  water  on  his 
head.  The  eunuch's  hiwl  alone  is  not  the  thmg 
to  be  acted  upon,  but  the  eunuch — the  matt. 

Whenever  the  Lord,  the  apostles  and  primi- 
tive Christians  speak  about  baptism,  they  do  not 
say  the  hends  of  the  people  were  sprinkled,  but 
the.  pcoiile  iren  baptised,  Jesus'  head  was  not 
sprinkled  with  a  little  water,  but  He  was  baptised 
in  Jordan — theriver.notarivulet.  Inevery  Bi- 
ble instance  of  water  baptism  the  whole  person, 
not  simply  a  part,  was  baptized,  dipped  in  water. 

And  the  learned  Doctor  wants  to  know 
"  where  it  is  said  "  that  Philip  dipped  the  eunuch 
in  water.  Turn  to  Acta  8:  38  and  read:  "And 
they  both  went  down  into  the  water;"  and  in 
order  that  no  man  might  deceive  the  "  very 
elect,"  the  Holy  Spirit  repeats,  "  both  Philip  and 
the  eunuch,  and  he  baptized  him."  Of  course 
if  the  Holy  Ghost  had  not  caused  Luke  to  write 
"  both  Philip  and  thf  eunuch,"  some  modern 
"  divine  "  would  have  discovered  that  "  both  the 
chariot  and  the  eunuch  went  down  into  the  riv- 
ulet, and  Philip  reaching  down  took  up  u  few 
drops  of  water  and  shed  them  on  the  head  of 
the  eunuch."  Is  not  this  tlie  way  it  was  done. 
Doctor?  Certainly  it  can  he  proven  from  the 
same  vei-se  and  chapter  that  the  chariot  went 
down  into  the  rivulet,  that  you  prove  tliat  the 
eunuch  'was  sprinkled.  Now  look  over  the 
chapter  of  Supposition,  Doctor,  and  see  wheth- 
er you  cannot  find  a  verse  to  prove  that  the 
chariot  wheels  were  sprinkled  too.  I  might 
here  give  the  reader  what  Clark,  Wetstein  and 
Schoetgen  say  relative  to  the  term  desert,  but 
for  the  wimt  of  space  omit  their  testimony. 

The  Doctor's  next  efforts  are  to  show  that  in 
immersion  we  are  not  buried  with  Christ,  that 
Noah  in  the  ark  is  no  figure  of  baptism,  and  that 
in  the  passage  of  the  Israelites  througlithelt«d 
Sea  they  were  sprinkled  unto  Moses.  He  thinks 
they  passed  over  on  "  dry  ground,"  did  not  get 
into  "  deep  mire  "  or  water,  but  were  sprinkled 
by  a  shower  of  rain.  You  see  the  ground  over 
which  they  passed  was  "  dry,"  though  it  rained 
on  them  all  the  time.  Doctor,  how  much  "dr>' 
ground"  is  there  on  the  surface  during  a  show- 
er? You  would  better  locate  your  showers  at 
some  other  point.  In  all  these  assertions  the 
error  crops  out  so  plainly  that  no  one  will  be- 
lieve them,  hence  pass  on  to  his  voice  on  Isaiah. 

"  The  t)rophet  Isaiah  has  a  prophetic  allusion 
t„  the  mode  of  baptbra :  Doex  he.  fwetell  immer- 
firm  't " 

In  Isaiah  5-2:15.  we  find  the  following  re- 
markable expression  concerning  the  future 
M^.'«iiah:  'So  shall  he  sprinkle  many  nations. 
This  pas.sage  is  found  in  connection  with  many 
other  predictions,  all  of  which  refer  directly  to 
Christ     Indeed,  so  plain  are  the  concluding 


yor^M  of  tho  .'■.2nd  cbnpt*  r.  and  the  whole  nf  tbi> 
*'..rd  chapter,  m  thwr  rr-feronce  to  Cbri^fx  chor- 
Mteraiid  work,  tbnt  th.-y.  mainly,  have  k-.l  bil>. 
iual  wnt.Tx  to  r4dl  UaiiJi  "the  evaiittplical 
■VT""'--  ,}^''^'"'  therelore.  it  is  wiid;  "He 
hall  sprink!.*  many  nations."  the  n-forencc  iit 
uuquesti.mably  to  Christ,  and  it  intends  to  say. 
thnst  shall  spnnklp  many  nations.'  An  it  is 
through  Huptwm  tbiU,  by  ChuiHt'i*  expr«^  cnm- 
aand  to  hi.x  muiist.-r*  to  go  and  maki-  di-sciplu, 
ii  a  1  nation*,  bapti^.inc  tlu-m  in  the  n anw  of 
the!-ath.'r.  tbeSon.nnd  tb.-  Holy  Ghost,  the 
t^-ople  of  all  nations  come  into  the  church  or 
Kingdom  of  Christ  which  he  hiu  set  up  in  thp 
world,  and  into  posse-wiun  of  tlic  rich  giai  of 
gnue  and  .^dvatiou  procua-d  for  tbem  by  the 
blood  t'f  sprinkling  which  he  shed  for  them  on 
the  cros-rtlim- IS  obvious  allusion  to  Christian 
uaptism  m  this  pafu,ig«. 

A  Jew  or  Gentile  haptixod.  is  no  longer  n  Jew 
**r  1^°*  1  '  ''"*  "  Christian.  Kvery  individual 
ol  all  the  nations  that  become  Christians,  is 
Oaptmxl.  NooueauyHlnT.'  .■liters  the  Chris- 
tian Church  ex.<-i.t  liy  bring  l.aptized.  Such  is 
the  caM-  now,  and  such  has  aluavs  been  tlie  case, 
bince  the  comm.-ntvnu'nt  of  tb.>  riiristmn 
Church,  untold  milliuiis  of  men.  in  .linu.^t 
tionsof  the  world,  have  i»vn  Imi.ti/.-d  in  tli 
ot  Christ.  Cliristhas,4,hcivfore,by  Uis  i.iiiusU-i-s 
and  in  His  name,  baptized  many  nations,  ils  this 
text  predicts.  And  Ho  h»»  baptized  tbem.  too 
not  by  immersion,  but  by  sprinkling.  Not 
single  nation  has  ever  been  immersed,  cither  i 
whole  or  by  a  majorilv,  but  very  uumeroua  no- 
tions have  been  s nrinklcHl.  Baptism  by  sprink- 
ling, or  pouring,  has  ever  liren.  and  iji  now  tlii 
prevailing  mode  of  adiuinivt.'riut;  Hiii.li^ia  ii 
the  Christian  Church,  'rnkiu-  tl,,'  wlmli.  I'mt 
estant  Church  together,  tlirouglK.ut  Kuropciuid 
America,  only  a  very  small  proportion,  compar- 
ed with  the  whole,  practice  immersion.  The 
great  mass  of  the  Protestant  (Churches  .iiid  nor 
tious  practice  sprinkling.  And  so,  too,  does  the 
noraan  Church." 

Turn  to  Isaiah  52: 15,  hunt  up  the  conuMtions, 
dear  render,  and  notice  hmv  [dtiinly  the  prophet 
had  no  allusion  to  sprinkling  a  little  water  on 
any  pei-son.  Neither  .Jesus  nor  any  of  His  fol- 
lowers ever  sprinkled  water  on  nations  and 
called  it  baptism.  Observe  the  assertion  that 
"  not  a  single  nation  hiw  ever  been  immorfled, 
cither  in  whole  or  by  a  majority,  but  VLiy  nu- 
merous nations  have  been  sprinkled."  Will  the 
Doctor  bring  just  one  nation,  wliieh  from  the 
first  to  the  thirteenth  centurj',  wei-o  sprinkled 
with  water?  At  the  conclusion  of  this  article  I 
ihall  give  him  some  evidences  all  along  the  line 
in  favor  of  inimeraion.  Will  he  bring  proof 
that  the  Ga-eks,  as  a  nation,  have  not,  from  the 
days  of  the  apostles,  practiced  immersion? 

"  Baptism  by  sprinkling,"  runs  through  the 
whole  of  Dr.  Greenwald's  work;  and  he  insists 
that  it  is  now  the  "prevailing  mode  of  atlminis- 
tering  Baptism  in  the  Christian  Church."  Thi 
is  a  broad  assertion,  and  savors  not  of  the  apos- 
tolic order.  Will  he  point  iKhen  the  Greek 
church  practiced  sprmkling  for  Chrislian  baii- 
tism?  The  Christians  who  came  forth  from  tho 
apostolic  model,  were  all  baptized,  not  sprinkled. 
The  teachers  sent  out  by  Jesus  were  told  to 
baptize  all  nations,  not  sprinkle  them.  Every- 
where men  and  women  repented,  believed  and 
were  baptized,  doing  precisely  as  the  Lord  di- 
rected them  in  His  Word. 

I  now  close  this  review  of  "Sprinkling,  the 
True  Mode  of  Baptism,"  with  some  evidences 
on  this  subject,  which  the  Doctor  may  put  on 
his  side  of  the  scales  if  he  can  find  profit  there- 
in. The  numbers  opposite  the  names  show 
about  what  time  they  wrote, 

BAJtNABAB,  A.  D.  50.  "Blessed  are  they,  who, 
putting  their  trust  in  the  cross,  descend  into  the 
water;  for  they  shall  have  their  reward  in  due 
time." 

Hebmas,  A.  D.  90.  This  person's  writings 
were  very  popular  during  the  first  and  second 
centuries.  Hear  him  on  baptism:  "Before  a 
man  receives  the  name  of  the  Son  of  God,  he  is 
ordained  unto  death;  but  when  he  receives  that 
seal,  he  is  freed  from  death,  and  assigned  unto 
life.  Now  that  seal  is  the  water  of  baptism, 
which  meti  go  down  under  the  obligation  unto 
death,  but  come  up  appointed  unto  life." 

Justin  MAiintR,  A.  D.  140.  "They  are  then 
washed  m  that  water  in  the  name  of  God,  the 
Father  and  Lord  of  the  universe,  and  of  our 
Savior  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  Holy  Spirit." 

Tebtulian,  A.  D.  200.  "  Therefore  all  who 
believed,  after  these  words  were  uttered,  were 
immersed.  Then  also,  when  Paul  believed  he 
was  immersed," 

Oriqkn,  a.  D.  240,  "  As  the  serpent  was  hid 
in  the  Egyptian  river,  so  doth  God  in  this  (the 
Jordan);  for  the  Father  is  in  the  Son." 

Ambrose,  A.  D.  350.  "Thou  wast  asked. 
Dost  thou  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty  ? 
Thou  said,  I  do  believe,  and  wast  dipped,  that 
is,  buried." 

St.  AuorsTiiTB,  A.  D.  480.  "The  Savior  willed 
to  Ije  baptized,  not  that  He  might  Himself  be 


elean«^,  but  W  cleanw-  the  water  for  lu.  From 
the  time  that  Himself  wa«  dippeil  in  the  w«t«r, 
fnnu  that  time  be  ban  wu»hed  away  ull  our  Hias 
in  water." 

Hahanus.  a.  D.  850.  "  As  by  the  immendon 
of  His  body  Hu  dedicated  the  Uver  of  buptiam." 

LcTHWi.  A.  U,  \:,\(\.  "  First,  tho  noun  bap- 
tism n  (hrek;  in  batm.  it  ran  b-  rendrnil  im- 
mersion, wbrn  W9  immerw  anything  in  wkUt, 
that  it  may  be  all  covea-d  with  water;  and  al- 
though that  custom  has  gmwu  out  of  wp  with 
most  persons  {for  they  do  not  wholly  submerge 
the  children,  Imt  only  pour  on  n  little  wnt.;r), 
yet  they  ouglit  to  be  entirely  iinmenH-d,  and 
inmiedinlely  drawn  out.  For  thia  the  etymolo- 
gy of  the  noun  scera-t  to  demand." 

Calvin.  A.  D.  1560.  "  The  word  baptizf,  it- 
self, signifies  immerse,  and  it  is  certain  that  tho 
ritfl  of  immersing  wan  observed  by  the  ancient 
church." 

nil.  BAttRow,s  A.  D.  IfiTO.  "The  action  i.s 
baptizing  or  immersing  inwatnr." 

Dr.  Whitby,  A.  D.  1725.  "We  are  buried 
with  Christ  in  baptism,  by  being  buried  under 
water  •  •  dying  to  sin,  being  taken  hence,  and 
this  immersion  being  religiously  observed  by  all 
{'hristians  for  thirteen  centuries." 

MAnKNioHT.  A.  D,  1775.  "  He  (Christ)  sub- 
mitted to  be  baptized;  that  is,  to  be  buried  un- 
der the  water  by  John,  and  to  be  out  of  it  again, 
as  an  emblem  of  his  future  death  and  resurrec- 
tion," 

Alkxandeb  Campbell,  A.  D.  1850.  "The 
facts  then  arc,  tho  whole  world  immersed,  with 
these  few  exceptions,  for  thirteen  centuries. 
The  eaat  half  of  Chriatendom  still  continues  the 
practice.  The  Greek  portion  of  the  church 
never  to  this  day  has  given  up  ihe  primitive 
practice." 

Dr.  LiQiiTpoor,  A.  D.  1857.  "  That  the  bap- 
tism of  John  was  by  plunging  tho  body  .teems 
to  appear  from  these  things  which  atv  n-lated  of 
him;  namely,  that  he />a;j/i;n/  in  Jordan;  that 
ho  baptized  in  Enon,  because  there  was  much 
water  there;  and  that  Christ  being  baptized 
came  up  out  of  the  water:  to  which  that  seema 
to  be  parallel,  Acts  8:  38,  Philip  and  the  eu- 
nuch wuiit  down  into  the  water." 

Biaiioi'  Jlbemv  Taylor.  "The  custom  of 
the  ancient  churches  was  not  sprinkling,  but 
immersion,  in  pursnance  of  the  sense  of  the 
word  in  the  commandment,  and  the  example  of 
our  ble-ssed  Savior." 

Here  is  testimony  from  a  number  of  the  most 
learned  men  in  the  wurid,  some  of  thetii  strong 
advocates  of  sprinkling,  and  they  alt  testify  that 
immersion  wua  the  primitive  practice.  The 
number  of  witnesses  to  this  fact  might  be  great- 
ly multiplied,  but  I  deem  this  sufficient.  Now 
Doctor,  if  sprinkling  is  the  true  mode,  and  "  nii- 
merous  nations"  have  all  along  the  line  been 
sprinkled  with  a  little  water,  why  do  all  these 
men,  with  a  host  of  others,  speak  iu  such  strong 
terms  in  favor  of  immersion?  Is  this  not  itself 
evidence  that  immep=ioa  was  the  prevailing  prac- 
tice for  more  than  thirteen  hundred  years?  Do- 
not  the  facts  before  us  show,  that  i»/)'i'ro  is  nev- 
er rendered  sprinkle,  that  the  primitive  Chris- 
tians resorted  to  where  there  was  "  much  water" 
when  they  wished  to  baptize,  and  that  coming 
up  "out  of  the  water"  does  not  imply  sprink- 
ling? God  grant  that  our  constant  aim  may 
be  to  follow  Jesus  in  all  things. 

U.  K.  E. 


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HUMANITT. 

UMANITY  has  its  two  sides: — one  side  ia 
the  strength  and  intellect  of  miuihood,  the 
other  in  the  tenderness,  and  laith,  and  submiss- 
ivenesa  of  womanhood;  Man  and  Woman,  not 
man  alone,  make  up  human  nature.  Iu  Christ, 
not  one  alone,  but  both  were  glorified.  Strength 
and  Grace,  Wisdom  aud  Love.  Courage  anji  Pa- 
rity,— Divine  Manliness,  Diviue  Womanliness. 
In  nil  noble  characters  you  find  the  two  blend- 
ed; in  Him — the  noblest — blended  into  one 
perfect  and  entire  Humanity, — Seltctai. 


'rilK    IJRETHKK^J^    AT    AVOKlv. 


-A^ril    11^ 


§h^  gcm^  Circle. 


READ  AHD  OBET. 

"  rluiUnJa.  lote  jour  wIt**." 

"WUm,    obey    your    bust«n'lii." 

"  Fstben,  pMTiik*  Bol  your  cfalMran  (o  wrtlh," 

■■Oiildwo,    obey    your    p«r«nt«    Id    alt    Ihing*.' 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

The  Afflicted. 

YES.  many  iin-  »ick  this  nmrniug.  Their 
bodiw  art-  full  "f  pain;  tbeir  streugth 
almost  gonp,  tlicir  nuiumiiw  wrVfrely  tried.  0 
how  yuu  would  like  to  go  to  meeting  to-tlay 
would  you  not.  dvnT  itick  brother?  Your  h<-Jirt 
in  full  of  love;  you  long  iiiid  long  fur  sweet  fcl- 
lowHhiji  with  thf  brethrf-n  and  sisterH  as  in  days 
gone  hv.  Pcrhnps  you  hiivi?  loriR  borne  the 
utorms  and  trialu  uf  life  in  the  church,  and  still 
dfsire  to  iissocint*'  n  little  longer  with  those  of 
*'  like  precious  fiiilh."  Or  nmy  be  you  haTC  just 
"put  on  Chri'<l."hiive  ju»tta»U'(lof  the  refresh- 
ing from  the  pre»«^n w  of  the  Lord,  and  you  long 
for  more  of  surli  MW.-efnoi^-(.  Hefon?  you  were 
thuM  ftfPlirtcil.  0  hnw  you  loved  to  meet,  sing 
Hnd  pniy  with  Tonr  denv  brethren!  And  now 
you  think  you  could  enjoy  tlicir  eumpnny  more 
than  ever.  Now  vou  *«■!  thfl  worth  of  their 
preacnco  more  ami  luort'.  f^V?  'j"*^  >""  '"^^^'^ 
their  prnycm.  Mynjpiithiej*.  Voiir  heart  is  full. 
The  Lord  ble.s«  you,  belovid brotlier.  You  hiive 
no)  the  privileitea  thtit  <itli.;i'«  Ijiive  tliis  Sundny 
morning,  but  you  have  the  simie  .Iiwus  to  love, 
the  same  riitlier  tu  protect  you.  You  can  have 
the  Jtiinie  hope  of  immortal  elor>',  the  same  vis- 
ion of  eternal  blit-rt.  tli*»!nme  loviug-kindne.-'s  of 
our  Father  il-<  when  you  were  well  and  strong. 
UutO!  you  iiiUBt  sutler  iii  the  body.  0  the 
piiinM,  the  Uuriiiugs,  tho  f-crrible  nicking  of  the 
body! 

You  look  over  "tin?  viilley  of  the  shadow  of 
death,"  and  nee  the  Mime  crown  for  you  as  when 
you  could  walk  and  talk  with  your  brethren  and 
sisters.  You  have  the  mime  preciouB  promises 
of  .leaua,  you  Ijohold  the  wime  home  in  heaven 
for  you  OS  when  in  good  health.  All  these  your 
faith  beholds.  Tliank  Uod  for  this  grand  priv- 
ilogu  whether  Hick  or  well. 

Bister,  you  loo  are  suil'eriiig  this  morning. 
LiLst  night  was  a  dark  Jind  stormy  one  to  you, 
and  tliis  morning  the  body  is  still  weak  nu'l 
worn.  Oft  have  you  jjrayed  to  be  released  from 
irickness,  and  longed  to  be  absent  from  the  body 
and  to  he  prescut  wit]i.k>.su>t.  iJeli^htful  wish! 
But  Je-su<t  says:  "  VViiit  u  little  lunger:  your 
mission  on  eiuUi  itt  uotyetentted:  soon  I'll  come 
and  take  thee  wliere  I  uni ;  be  patient,  the  cro 
shall  be  thine." 

Our  loving  JesUH  whi8i)ei-s  to  you  as  softly 
ever.    Hia  voice,  Hi«  comforter  is  jnst  a&  sweet 
and  conaoling  a.s  in  times  pa-^t.     Ah  how  well 
Jwimlov^  yoHHtill!     Trust  Him:  beencouras- 
ed.     And  you  who  are  thin  morning  iitteudiu« 
the  Kick,  be  kind  and  tender  to  tliem.     Thous- 
oiida  are  BulTcring  jubt  now  und  have  no  one  to 
administer  to  their  wants.     During  the  late  ter 
rible  war  in  tliis  country,  tliu  writiT,  wliile  mak- 
\ujS  a  loreed  nnirch  through   Miirylund,  beheld 
colored  persuus  lyiiif^  iiloiig  tlu'  highway,  rack- 
ed and  tortiiri'il  with  fi-ver,  willi   nothing  but  u 
niirrow  strip  of  muslin  over  them  and  no  one  to 
clircfortheiu.  TheKtern  discipline  of  war  allowed 
no  one  to  stop  and  give  them  so  much  as  a  cup 
of  cold  water.     And  even  tu-day,  in  thy  midst 
of  apparent  peace,  go  into  Inrge  cities  and  see 
the  miseries  of  thousands  of  aiek.     No  tongue 
cull  tall,  nt>  j>eu  describe  the  uwhil  suQVriugs  of 
tho  Bick  there.     Then  be  geutle  and  kind  to  the 
sick.     Uo  not  worry  and  fret  in  their  preseuee. 
Walk  lightly ;  be  culm  and  ph-iLfiiiit,  and  mis 
Jesus  with  your  coii  versa  (Ton.     They  have  no 
smiles,  for  tUi^  sidtiiess' has  driv^mi  thoin 
awiiy.    Then  let  them  have  some  of  your  sun- 
shine.    All  is  cloudy  and  dark  tu  Ihein,  and  you 
need  to  let  in  a  little  light.     Pleasimt  words  and 
cheerful  smiles  will  help   them   much.     There 
now,  lay   them  down   gently,    make  tlie   room 
neat  and  clean,  iuid  above  all  see  that  tho  tem- 
poi-atyft  is  even  and  the  uir  freMh.     Do  not  ask 
thera  too  maty  que«tioDs,  nor'  expect  them  to 
eiit  us  you  do  und  what  you  do.     In  fact  remem- 
ber they  are  iick\  luul  act-raccordingly.     (lod 
bless  rU  the  sick  tbi^fiuuday  morning  and  help 
them  to   look   lonyTugly  and  faithfully   to  our 
dear  Savior.— M.  M.  KsnKi.siAN. 


(.■iir.  to  M-e  her  sufffT  ho.  By  and  by  the  terri- 
ble cougli  oeaspd.  Henry  came  and  put  his 
armH  around  his  mother's  neck,  nestled  his  head 
in  her  bnsoni  and  itaid: 

"  Mother,  I  do  love  you,  I  wish  yon  wasn't 
sick." 

An  hour  later,  the  same  loving,  blue-eyed  boy 
came  in  all  aglow,  fltampiog  the  snow  off  hia 
feet, 

"Oh  mother,  may  I  go  a  skating?  it  is  so  nice 
—Ed  and  Charlie  are  going." 

"  Henry,"  feebly  said  the  mother,  *'  the  ice  is 
not  hard  enough  yet" 

"  But.  mother,"  very  pettishly  said  the  boy, 
"you  art-  sick  all  the  time— how  do  youknow?" 
"  My  child,  you  muwt  obey  me,"  gently  said 
tlie  mother. 

"  It  is  too  bad,"  angrily  sobbed  the  boy,  who, 
an  hour  ago  had  so  loved  his  mother. 

"  1  would  like  to  have  my  little  boy  go,  aaid 
his  mother,  looking  sadly  at  the  little  boy's  face, 
all  covered  with  frowns;  "you  said  you  loved 
me — be  good."' 

"  No  I  don't  love  you  now,  mother,"  said  the 
boy,  going  out  and  slamming  tlie  door. 

Again  the  dreadful  coughing  came  upon  her, 
and  iiv  thought  no  more  of  tlie  boy;  alter  tlie 
coughing  had  commenced  I  noticed  te.irs  falling 
thick  upon  her  pillow,  but  sKe  sank  from  ex- 
haustion into  a  light  sleep.  In  a  little  while 
mufiled  steps  of  men's  feet  were  heard  coming 
into  the  hou-e,  as  though  cBnr.ring  something; 
and  tliey  wen' — carrying  the  almost  lifeless  body 
of  Henry.  Angrily  had  he  left  bis  mother,  and' 
gone  to  skate—  disobeying  her;  lind  theu  bro- 
ken tbroiigh  the  ice.  sank  under  the  water,  and 
now,  saved  by  a  great  elforf.  was  brought  iiome, 
barely  alive,  to  his  sick  mother.  I  closed  the 
doors,  feeling  mnre  danger  for  her  life  than  the 
child's,  and  coming  softly  in,  drew  back  the  cur- 
tains from  the  bed.  She  spoke,  "JE  heard  them 
—it  is  Henry;  Oh  I  knew  he  went— is  be  dead  y"  . 
But  she  never  seemed  to  heiir  the  answer  I 
gave,  telling  her,  0  no.  She  commenced  cough- 
ing— !<he  died  in  agony — strangled  to  death, 
The  poor  mother!  the  boy's  disobedience  killed 
her.  After  a  couple  of  hours  I  sought  the  boy's 
room . 

"  Oh  I  wish  I  had  not  told  mother  I  did  not 
love  her.  Ti>-niorrow  I  will  tell  her  I  do,"  said 
the  boy  .sobbing  painfully.  My  heart  ached;  to- 
morrow I  knew  we  must  tell  him  she  was  dead. 
We  did  not  till  the  child  came  fully  into  the 
i-oom.  erying,  "Mother,  I  do  love  you."  0! 
may  I  never  see  agony  like  that  child's,  as,  the 
lips  he  kissed  gave  back  no  Inss — as  the  baud  lie 
took,  fell  lifeless  from  his  hand  instead  of  slmk- 
iug  his  hand  a^  it  .dways  had,  and  the  boy  kuew 
she  wiis  deail.  "Mother.  I  do  love  you  now," 
all  the  day  long  he  sobbed  and  cried.  "  0  moth- 
er, mother,  forgive  me."  Then  he  would  not 
leave  his  mother.  "  Speak  to  me,  mother! "  lint 
she  could  never  speiik  again,  and  he — the  last 
wends  she  had  ever  heard  him  sny,  were.  "  No. 
I  don't  love  you  iiow,  mother." 

That  boy's  whole  lifo  was  changed;  sober  and 
sad  be  was  ever  aft«-r.  He  is  now  a  gray-haired 
old  man,  with  one  sorrow  over  this  one  act  of 
disobedience,  one  wrong  word,  embittering  all 
his  life — with  those  words  ever  ringing  in  his 
ea]"s,  "  I  don't  love  yon  now,  inolher." 

Will  the  little  ones  who  i'e,id  this,  remember 
if  they  disobey  tlieir  mother,  if  they  are  cross 
and  naughty,  they  sny,  every  single  time  thej' 
do  so,  to  a  tender  mother's  heart,  by  their  ac- 
tions, if  not  in  the  words  of  Henry,  the  very 
same  thing,  "  1  don't  love  you  now,  mother."' 
Selected  by  AuNi  ICatie. 


ACROSTIC. 

(lo  ye  into  all  the  world. 
On  a  teaching  mission  tour; 
Do  as  Christ  has  plainly  taught. 
Bearing  Gospel  that  is  pure. 
Let  us  work  the  work  of  C  hristians. 
Even  in  the  mission  call. 
Sowing  seed  in  every  nation. 
Some  iu  good  hearts  sure  will  fall. 
Bear  the  Gos|)el  to  all  nations 
Bound  this  earth  where'er  they  be, 
Oh,  do  tell  them  of  the  Savior- 
Tell  His  death  upon  the  tree; 
How  He  died  for  fallen  creatures, 
Even  they  of  heathen  might. 
Baise  their  hearts  from  dark  delusion. 
Helping  them  to  see  the  light, 
Oh,  but  do  not  home  forget, 
Preach  the  Word  to  them  as  well. 
Even  till  time's  aun  shall  set. 

J.  W.  SorTHWOon. 
LiilcolnrHlr,  I  ml. 


GOD  WANTS  OUR  LOVE. 


GOD    is    pei-f 
enjoyniL-n' 


I    DON'T    LOVE    YOU    NOW, 
MOTHER ! 

A  GREAT  many  years  ago  I  knew  a  liidy  who 
had  been  sick  for  two  years,  all  tho  while 
slowly  dying  with  consumption.  She  had  one 
child — a  little  boy  named  Henry.  One  after- 
noon !  was  sitting  by  her  side,  and  it  lieemed  as 
if  she  would  cough  her  life  away.  Her  iittle 
Wy  etood  by  the  b«d,  biii  blu«  eyw  UUwd  with 


peifeetly  happy.  His  resources  of 
njoyniL-nt  are  infinite.  Can  wo,  His  poor 
ci^.'itures.  add  anything  to  his  happiness?  Yet. 
no  doubt  He  Is  pleased  with  our  aftecfions,  idse 
He  would  not  command  and  invite,  and  even  en- 
treatusto  loveHim.  Wonderful  condescension! 
Does  the  great  God,  the  Almighty  Sovereign  of 
heaven  and  earth,  the  everlasting  Jehovah,  real- 
ly want  our  love?  The  dignity)'  of  man  must 
be  exalted  if  God  wants  his  love.  Our  love  to 
God  must  he  very  precious,  if  God  desires  it  and 
paid  so  great  a  price,  even  Christ's  blood,  to 
purcha-si.-  it.  The  Holy  Spirit  is  intently  and 
constantly  at  work,  to  bring  as  into  such  a  state 
of  faith,  and  purity,  and  hoHness,  as  to  be  meet 
to  love  God.  Amazing  privilege,  most  enrapt- 
uring happiness  to  be  in  entire  fellowship  and 
love  with  God  Himself.  Whoever  fails  of  ihis. 
fails  of  the  high,  delightful  destinqtion  to  which 
God,  in  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  most  certainly-  ia 
calling  ub.  God  manifested  His  love  toward  us 
in  Christ,  that  He  might  win  our  love  to  Hiiu. 
Fellow-traveler  to  eternity,  do  the  trifles,  tbo 
fashions,  the  follies,  the  sport*,  the  groveling 
pleasures  of  earth  enslave  your  appetites?  or 
doL'S  your  love  tu  God  rise  supremely,  pure,  holy, 
unworldly,  ardent?    God  wants  your  love. 

— Selteted. 


CONGRATU  LATORY. 

lirrlhrrn.—ThQ  fotlowin-  letter   was  written 
by  one  of  my   former  school  teachers.     Please 
give  it  space  iu  the  '"  Home  CLicle." 
A.  E.  Kk-vgy: — 

Deaf  Friend: — 

I  was  glad  to  hear  that 
you  have  made  a  start  for  heaven.  It  was  the 
"best  thing  you  could  do.  I  hope  you  will  grow 
much  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord 
our  Savior  and  be  a  shining  light  in  the  church. 
Christ  is.  the  head  of  the  church,  and  we.  as 
different  denominations,  are  the  branches.  We 
believe  there  are  good  people  in  all  its  branches. 
All  ai-e  engaged  in  the  same  cause — work  for 
the  same  purpose  and  have  the  same  Father. 
So  you  see  wc  are  brethren  and  do  not  differ, 
because  we  belong  to  different  brimches  of  the 
church.  The  Lord  instituted  the  church  for  the 
good  of  His  people;  that  they  might  assemble 
together  iu  unity  and  love,  aid  and  instruct  each 
other  in  the  good  cause,  and  how  they  nmy 
make  advancement  and  grow  in  grace,  and  lay 
up  for  themselves  treasure.**  in  heaven.  We  be- 
lieve it  is  the  duty  of  all  persons  to  join  some 
branch  of  the  Christiim  church  and  be  regener- 
ated from  their  fallen  nature  by  the  power  nf 
the  Holy  Spirit,  received  through  faith  in  .Jesus 
Christ,  whereby  they  may  be  delivered  from  the 
power  of  sin,  which  reigns  over  all  the  uure- 
generated,  so  that  they  may  love  God  and 
through  grace  serve  Him  with  the  affections  of 
the  beart;  and  therefore  do  good  to  others 
around  them,  and  l)e  a  shining  light  to  the 
world  around  them,  "  As  a  city  that  is  set  on  a 
hill  cannot  be  hid." 

We  are  commanded  to  seek  fii-st  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  and  all  things  shall  be  added  unto  us. 
1  wish  you  well  in  your  Christian  life.  Hope 
you  may  enjoy  much  of  its  benefits  iu  thiii  lite, 
and  finally  a  home  iu  heaveu  is  the  prayer  of 
your  fijeud, 

Amos  HAHDArcR. 

Remauks. — The  above  needs  to  be  compared 
mth  the  apostolic  order,  the  Lord's  one  plan  of 
salvation.  That  word  "  denominations "  was 
unknown  in  apostolic  times  as  applied  to  the 
church  of  .lesus  Christ.  There  were  "sects" 
then,  such  as  Saddncee.s,  Pharisees,  Esseuee,  but 
none  of  these  were  called  "branches"  of  the 
one  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  Did  not  the  apos- 
tles and  all  theii-  followers,  all  their  lu'ethreu 
and  sisters  helitve  and  prudice  u(ikc^  They  did. 
TUey  worshipped  the  "  one  Lord,"  possessed  the 

one  faith,"  "  kept "  the  same  commandments, 
practiced  the  same  ordinances,  had  the  "  oui 
hope  "  in  all  climes  and  in  all  nations.  "  Differ 
ent  denominations"  have  their  origiu  along 
way  this  side  of  Christ,  and  bear  no  resemblance 
to  theold  Pattern.  "Good  people  in  all  branch- 
es." We  go  further,  and  say  there  are  (jooil 
people  in  the  world,  among  those  who  profess 
uot,  but  that  does  not  prove  that  they  are  fol- 
lowing Je-sus  in  "  all  things;"  and  tlie  writer  of 
the  above  can  find  uo  promise  of  eternal  salva- 
tion for  any  man  who  refuses  to  believe  and 
obey  the  whole  Book  of  Christ, 

True  "  the  Lord  instituteii  the  church  for  the 
good  of  His  people;  that  they  might  assemble 
together  in  unity  and  love;  "  but  then  He  did 
not  "institute  "  that  one  should  practice  n  imrt, 
or  a  little  of  His  teachings,  and  another  till  of 
them,  but  commands  that  they  be  of  one  mind, 
of  the  some  judgment,  abide  iu  the  same  vine, 
keep  the  same  commandments.  This  idea  of 
"different  denominations"  is  leading  thousauds 
to  ruin.  You  may  cry  "  dogmatic,"  "  illiberal," 
"narrow-minded,"  " ignorant,"  that  moves  us 
not  from  defending  the  uhuletnith.  Were  Paul 
Peter,  John,  James  and  the  long  list  of  Christ 
tiaus  who  all  taught  and  practiced  <ilike,~we 
day,  were  they  here  to  teach  precisely  as  they 
did  in  the  first  and  tecoud  centuries,  they  would 


Ije  regarded  as  "unjust."  "unfair."  and  -'im. 
row-minded  "  men;  but  all  that  kind  of  myy/ 
ing  would  uot  make  them  wrong,  would  not 
change  the  Truth  of  God.  nor  the  practice  of 
His  people.  We  are  not  quite  reaily  to  udnij, 
and  driukthe  "different^denomination"  theorv 
hence  raise  our  voice  against  it  here  and  every.! 
where.  u.  m.  z.' 

DEFACING    BOOKS. 

TAKE  up  almost  any  Sunday-school  songboofe 
in  your  neighborhood  or  iu  mine,  turn  the 
pages  carelessly  or  carefully  as  you  like,  and  tell 
me  what  you  see,— names  and  comments  with- 
out number  written  before  and  after  the  titles 
of  hymns.  Shall  I  instance  a  few  by  way  of 
illustration?  "Shall  we  go  Home?"  Mnttif 
"Come  To-night."  Mni;  "Wholly  Thiue." 
I,i::ie;  I  in'H  be  "  More  Faithful  to  Thee."  Ji,^ . 
"Coming  by  and  by."  ;/  withimj  happeni;  J^ 
"  \  Love  Thy  Charming  Name."  Tell  me,  gen! 
tlo  reader,  does  41ie  tell-tale  blush  inantln  youj 
cheek;  aud  do  you  hmk  luistily  around  fur  the 
"rubber"  to  erase  the  marks  from  your  bucks? 
Do  they  bear  the  unhallowed  thought,  and  are 
they  the  conunou-place  books  of  the  neighbor- 
hood  where  every  idler  may  leave  an  unworthy 
thought  or  a  trace  of  bis  or  her  idle  laoiji!? 
How  does  it  impress  a  righl^minded  person,— 
would  they  care  to  leave  a  clean-leaved  copy  on 
your  table  aud  expect  to  receive  it  again  uiisoiU 
ed?  Bwtk-marku  u'(  \.\v&  kind  ai'e  evidences  of 
a  slovenly  habit  of  mind,  ami  untidiness  of 
thought.  They  aro  rA«/-ac^fir-H;'ni-s  that  I  m^ 
sure  you  would  be  ashamed  to  have  any  onesee, 
whose  good  opinion  you  valued  and  wished  to 
gain.  Besides  the  injury  it  does  the  book,  it  ig  ' 
in-eligious,  aud  harms  more  than  you  are  aware. 
It  begets  the  habit  of  treating  sacred  j-ubjetts 
lightly  aud  irreverently,  aud  iu  tlio  end,  leads  to 
ridicule  aud  skepticism.  Beware  theu  of  these 
little  beginning — spider-webs  are  not  lighter, 
but  the  legend  says  they  imprisoned  a  princtas 
— and  so  mil  these  things  imprison  you. 

L.  H.  Mii.Li;n. 
Kaston,  W.  Va. 


CHILD REJ^'  AT    WORK. 


Ui'joiciiiK  in  Jesus :— There  are  many  breth- 
ren and  sisters  in  tliis  part  of  the  country,  and 
quite  a  unmber  of  ministers  have  been  here  this 
Winter.  Many  have  turned  to  Jesus.  I  was 
received  into  the  church  I^'eb.  2ith.  I  hopu  all 
the  little  boys  and  girls  will  read  this  with  jileiis- 
ure  and  Veraeiuber  the  Creator  iu  the  days  of 
their  youth.— HnrWc?  G.  Sprijitjcr,  Cuniherland 
C<j.,  Pa. 

The  First  Lesson :— I  go  to  Sunday-school 
in  the  Summer,  but  have  quite  a  distance  to  go, 
On  the  first  ticket  I  got,  were  these  words: 
*■  Then  spake  Jesus  unto  them  again,  I  ani  the 
light  of  the  world:  he  that  followeth  me  shall 
not  walk  in  darkness,  hut  shall  have  the  light 
of  life  "  (John  8:  12).— C.  E.  BnrhhU,  Turm; 
III. 

Miglit  Work  More:— I  think  we  ought  to 
work  too,  and  if  wo  obey  the  just  commands  of 
our  parents  we  will  be  working  for  Jesus.  And 
we  children  might  work  still  more  iu  Siuiday- 
school  if  the  old  pijople  would  help  us.  I  am 
afraid  we  can  have  no  school  this  Suuimeras 
some  are  opposed  to  it.  I  am  sure  I  lost  noth- 
ing by  going  to  Sunday-school  and  reading  my 
Testament  there.  My  teacher  was  a  yoang  sis- 
ter in  the  church.- vlf/iowf/d  Mork,  liiiijdstmi 
Mills.  ImL 

Sweeps  Them  Out:- 1  have  now  been  in 
the  church  one  year.  My  father  takes  care  of 
the  iuceting-house  and  iu-  has  to  sweep  oat  piles 
of  tobacco  quid's'  every  Sunday  morning.  I 
think  people  oiight  to  leave  ."*ueh  stud' in  the 
barn-yard.  I  knit,  sew  and  do  work  about  the 
hou.se,  for  I  want  to  be  uaeftU.— ^^^f^W"  ^■ 
CUtar,  Womlbanj,  Pa. 

The  New  Bible:— 1  have  been  to  mMias 
tn-day  at  nur  neW  meeting-house.  Gramlpi* 
(Daniel  Neher)  preached.  He  is  old  anti  .piit« 
gray.  My  father  bought  me  a  new  Bible,  in 
it  1  found  two  questions  that  I  wish  Nellie 
O'Neill  of  Pottstowu,  Pa,,  to  answer.  Hoff 
often  must  we  forgive  those  who  sin  against  h3- 
How  many  stripes  did  Paul  receive?  I  juso 
rea<l  in  my  Uible  that  cliildren  should  obey  their 
parents.  I  know  it  is  good  to  do  so.  butl 
sometimes  forget.— A'w/A  X.  Nehcr,  Salfi",  ^'  ■ 

I  Lovo  Jesus:— In  my  other  letter  I  ani^  ^ 
likeil  Jesus.  I  never  siiw  Him,  but  I  love  lliw 
because  He  first  loved  me.  When  He  wii-s  ou 
earth  He  wanted  children  t^  come  to  Hun.  an 
He  wants  them  yf  t.  I  know  that  Jesus  w>inw 
sinners  to  repent  ajid  be  baptized.— ^'"V 
Kfpliir,  AVuJ  Hampton,  loim. 


correspoistdenceT 

A  Sad  Accident. 
])nir  liffflirni: — 
,-vS  Friday  eveniug  the  8th  of  March  b^ 
\J  iweon  SIX  and  oovou  oVlock.  us  Yoty  HqU 
„yo....gl"-b-.Mxt<vuyoarH  old,  with  her  littlo 
broth-r.  tt-i.  years  old,  were  oa  their  wav  to 
singing,  ndmit  on  horseback,  their  road  k-ul 
iBg  through  the  timber,  about  a  mile  Irom 
^omo  n  tree  fell  across  the  road  at  fhcsanie  mo- 
ment they  were  piisamg.  and  the  young  huJy 
was  struck  on  the  head  and  killed  instantly 

Tlie  uccident  happened  only  a  littW  ways 
from  some  houses,  and  the  hoy,  who  had  a  very 
DOri-"^^  escape,  gave  the  alarm,  and  several  per- 
sons wore  soon  on  the  spot.  And  now,  who 
will  take  the  sad  news  t<.  her  parents?  What 
sad  news  it  was  to  carry  to  that  mother,  who 
was  so  much  attached  to  her  daughter!  The 
man  who  brought  the  sad  intelligence,  first  told 
the  parents  to  brace  up,  and  prepare  to  hear  s.\d 
news.  "  What  is  it?  "  exclaims  the  mother  — 
The  answer  was:  "  Your  Yety  is  dead;  a  tree 
fell  on  her  and  killed  her."  Such  a  heartrend- 
ing shock  can  be  better  imagined  than  express- 
ed. We  ought  to  all  sympathize  with  theui  in 
their  bereavement,  which  can  only  be  realized 
by  experience.  That  she  was  much  loved  and 
respected  was  phiinly  manifested  at  the  funeral. 
Never  have  I  seen  (ears  flow  more  freely  than 
they  did  on  that  occasion,  by  her  school-nuites 
and  associates  and  by  many  sympathizing 
friends.  One  reason  that  she  gained  the  love 
and  respects  of  so  many  was,  because  she  w;is 
so  good  and  obedient  to  her  parents. 

What  a  warning  to  all!  "Therefore  be  ye 
also  ready,"  for  in  such  an  hour  as  ye  think  not, 
the  messenger  of  death  cometh. 

J.  F.  Neheu. 

S'llriii,  III. 


Call    For    Preaching. 
Dnnlhrthen:- 

AS  I  am  living  where  there  is  none  of  our 
brethren  but  myself,  I  thought  I  would 
jaalie  a  call  for  some  of  our  missionaries  to 
come  here  and  preacli  at  this  little  town,  situat- 
ed on  the  Mississippi  river,  ten  miles  above 
Alton. 

Our  doctrine  has  never  been  preached  in  this 
part  of  the  country.  We  have  no  church  here 
but  the  Methodists;  they  will  let  us  occupy 
their  place  of  woi-ship.  There  are  many  very 
anxious  to  have  the  Brethren  visit  us.  May 
the  Lord  send  some  one  this  way.  ■ 

J.   BlXKLET. 

Ehak,  III. 

[Hope  some  of  the  brethren  in  Southen  Il- 
linois will  give  the  above  their  attention,  iis  the 

plate  is  not  very  fur  from  where  some  of  theui 
live.-Ens.J 

From    Lick    Creek    Church. 

liciir  Brethren: — 

BRO.  John  H.  Miller,  from  Indiana  came  to 
us.  the  loth  of  February  and  stayed  one 
Week.  Also  Bro.  Forney  from  Illinois,  stopped 
with  us  a  while.  The  result  of  the  meeting  was, 
one  added  to  Ihe  church.  May  the  blessings  of 
God  be  with  those  brethren. 

Oil  the  25th  Bro.  John  Nicholson  from  Knox 
Co.,  0.,  came  to  us.  Had  meetings  one  week, 
hut  no  additions.  From  thence  he  came  to  my 
place,  but  getting  sick,  he  was  not  able  to  fill 
his  first  appointment  here,  and  I,  in  my  weak- 
ness had  to  fill  it  as  Wt  I  could.  So  on  the 
aest  evening  lie  ])reached,  though  hardly  able  to 
do  stj.  But  he  was  filled  with  bo  many  good 
things  to  tell,  that  he  gave  us  four  wermons;  not 
feeling  able  to  give  two  discourses  in  one  day, 
just  preached  in  the  eveniug. 

Bro,  Isaac  Stockman,  from  adjoining  district, 
came  to  oiir  assistance,  and  preached  once  iu 
the  ilay-time,  and  was  with  us  two  evening 
meetings.  Bro.  Nicholson  not  being  very  well, 
^»1  the  roads  being  so  extremely  bad.  did  not 
aave  any  additions,  but  many  good  impres.sions 
•seemed  to  have  been  made.  I  am  inclined  to 
think,  if  the  meetings  had  been  kept  up  longer, 
wditli,.  roads  in  a  better  condition,  that  there 
woiijii  have  been  good  prospects.  He  is  now  in 
|te  ui^uiniug  (Silver  Creek)  district.  May  God 
■Wess  him  iu  his  labors! 

_  S.  Long. 

From    Longmont,    Colorado. 

iJrar  Brrthrifn.— 

¥E  will  aay,  that   we  are  now  locati-d  in 
iuMioulder  Co..  in  the  community  of  the 
^J'  of  members  here,  and  will'now  hold  more 


TTIK   I^I^ETTTTIKX'    .VT    AVOlUC 


fr,-quM:t  nnd  regular  meetings.  The  mcml>er^ 
are  alt  m  love  nnd  union,  and  seemingly  desir- 
OUH  ol  continuing  fnithfullv  in  every  eood 
wnrk.  Bro.  M.  M.  B...hur  fn.m  the  Southrn, 
part  of  the  SUte.  was  up  not  long  since  and 
preached  >evsral  excellent  discounts.  In  reply 
to  mnm-rousletfon..  uuiking  inquiry  about  Col- 
orado, how  to  get  bere,  etc..  we  wowld  s.^;  If 
heidth  IS  the  principid  consideiation  in  vi«w  by 
nil  nK.au>  try  this  renuukably  healthv  climate. 
Many  confirmed  invalids  come  here  yearly,  and 
80on  gel  tn  l,e  hale  and  hearty.  The  Spring  is 
theluM  time  to  erne. 

To  pel•^on9  ol  small  means,  seeking  homes  in 
a  new  country.  w«  will  say,  you  might  do  well 
by  comnig  here,  bnt  we  would  not  over-persuade 
such  to  risk  it. 

To  come  here,  take  the  best  and  cheapest 
route  to  Omaha.  There  get  a  through  ticket 
to  Denver  over  the  M.  P.  &  Colorado  Central  R. 
ji.  This  route  will  bring  you  to  or  through 
Longmont.  Sleepers  run  from  Omaha  to  Den- 
ver without  change. 

J.  S.  Floiit. 


From  the  Stanislaus  Church,  Cal. 
Dear  JSrethren.' — 
rnO  the  Brethren  of  Nortlieru  Illinois,  and  to 
1  whomsoever  this  may  concern,  send  greet- 
lug.  Having  assembled  together  in  a  quarterly 
council  on  Saturday,  Feb.  23rd,  1878,  among 
tlie  business  which  came  before  the  meeting  for 
consideration,  the  Dauibh  mission  question  ' 
again  presented.  The  members  unanimously 
and  heartily  asserted  their  willingness  to  co-op- 
eiatc'with  the  general  brotherhood  in  the  mis- 
sion cause.  Whereupon  wc  have  adopted  the 
following  resolutions: 

1.  Resolved,  that  we,  the  monibera  of  the 
Stanislaus  church  consider  the  missionary  cause 
(as  conducted  by  the  brethren)  of  divine  ap- 
pointment and  should  be  encouraged  and  sus- 
tained by  the  church. 

2.  That  we  hereby  express  our  willingness 
to  continue  our  pecuniary  contributions  to  the 
support  of  the  mission  as  soon  .'is  circumstaii' 
ces  will  permit.  Having  just  juissed  througl 
a  year  of  drouth  at  present,  we  can  only  offer 
aid  by  way  of  good  will  and  prayers  to  the  all- 
wi.'?e  and  ever-merciful  God,  petitioning  a  throne 
of  grace  iu  behalf  of  the  cause  and  particular 
ly  for  thosB  brethren  who  have  ijuit  tbemselve. 
like  men,  in  emb;u-kiug  iu  a  cause  ao  noble,  and 
a  work  so  holy  and  so  divine. 

3.  That  the  brethren  may  know  our  feelings 
on  the  missionary  cause  and  the  love  which  we 
entertain  for  the  brotherhood,  it  is  resolved, 
that  an  expression  of  the  same  be  sent  to  the 
oHices  of  the  Biiethren  at  Wokr  and  rriiiu 
the  Christian  for  publication,  committing  all 
into  the  hands  of  our  kind  and  merciful  Fath- 
er in  heaven,  to  whom  be  all  the  praise,  power 
dominion  and  glory,  forever,  Amen. 

In  Behalf  of  the  Church, 
John  Fi'xk. 

Jiipnii,  C'd. 

(P.  V.,plv,m-a>p.j.) 


Epistolary. 

IT  is  my  desire  to  write  a  few  lines  to  the 
many  sisters  I  saw  last  Winter,  which  I 
never  expect  to  see  any  more  on  earth;  but  if  1 
never  meet  you  iu  this  world  again,  I  hope  to 
meet  you  all  in  heaven. 

Well,  sisters.  I  have  not  forgotten  you.  No, 
I  often  think  bow  kind  you  were  to  me  and 
my  children  when  we  had  no  home.  I  often 
felt  sad.  when  the  sisters  were  so  kind  to  me.  — 
They  did  all  they  could  to  make  me  happy.  I 
promised  to  write  for  the  pajwr,  and  let  tli 
hear  how  we  get  along. 

A  great  many  may  read  this  letter  who  never 
•^aw  my  face.  To  such  I  will  say,  I  love  you  all. 
Many  thanks  to  those  who  were  so  kind  to  mo. 
i  have  not  words  to  express  my  thankfulness  to 
you.  We  have  been  spared  to  reach  our  new 
home.  We  have  a  nice  home.  We  have  all 
we  could  wish  for  to  make  us  happy,  for  which 
we  feel  thankful  to  our  heavenly  Father.  Wi 
feel  to  praise  His  holy  name  for  his  mercy  in 
sjjaring  us  as  He  did  through  all  our  long 
journey. 

Now  a  few  words  yet  to  my  dear  sisters  in 
the  East.  Dear  sisters,  I  am  far  from  you  this 
night.  I  am  all  alone  now,  John  i.'»  at  prayer- 
meeting.  I  think  of  you  until  I  go  to  sleep  at 
night,  and  when  I  awake  in  the  morniug,  I 
think  of  you  again.  I  think  that  I  shall  never 
see  you  again  in  this  world,  but  pray  that  we 
may  meet  in  heaven.  I  think  we  will  never 
meet  iu  this  world  again.  What  n  thought, 
that  we  can  never  see  nor  meet  those  we  love  so 
much.  Oh,  sisters.  I  want  you  to  think  of  me 
often.     Pray  for  me,  that  I  may  hold  out  to  the 

d.     Let  us  all   be  faithful   until   death,  and 


then  we  can  all  me.>t  lu  heav,n,  never  to  part 
any  mon>.  Then-  we  will  not  gat  lonesome.  - 
There  will  be  no  sorrow  there,  no  weeping  nor 
parting.  •  Tlierc  we  can  always  U-  with  Jeau». 

0.  Urd.  help  UK  all  no  to  live,  that  we  may 
all  meet  in  our  Father's  hoiwe.  l)e«r  M.t«rs, 
you  don't  know  how  much  we  long  to  iteo  those 
wc  love  so  much.  But  if  wo  love  Jo-suh  a«  we 
should,  w«  can  all  meet  again  wliorv  wo  «hall 
never  part  any  motv.  Qfi,  sisters,  wo  must 
kveJwus  If  we  would  reign  with  Him.  0, 
God.  fill  my  heart  with  love  to  all  my  dear 
fnends!  A  kind  fatvwell  to  all,  mid  many 
thanks  to  the  dear  ones  who  have  done  so  much 
for  us. 

Your  Sister, 

■ttr   ,     ,         ,  NANCnf  WiSR. 

H  nlrrloo,  hiun. 

From    Falls   City,    Nebraska. 
Ikar  Brtlhren: — 

THE  health  in  this  part  of  coinitry  in  good, 
and  the  weather  the  same  way.  March  su 
far  has  been  more  like  May.  Wo  saw  not  a 
flake  of  snow  to  my  knowledge  since  smuo 
time  in  February.  Peaches  are  in  full  bloom. 
Trees  are  leafing  out,  some  look  quite  green 
now. 

I  will  now  give  you  something  that  is  of 
more  importance  to  me  than  the  good  weather; 
that  is,  the  Christians  (called  CampelUtcs)  were 
told  by  their  preacher  the  other  night  that  bap- 
tism by  trine  immersion  w.as  not  right.  And 
how  do  you  think  he  proved  it?  Ho  did  it  by 
quoUng  from  the  6th  chapter  of  itomnns.  that 
we  are  to  be  baptized  in  the  likencM  of  Christ's 
burial  and  resurrection.  A  few  nights  before, 
he  showed  that  wo  must  be  baptized  in  tho 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  only,  and  that  Peti-r 
had  the  keys  of  the  kingdom,  and  he  opened  it 
for  the  Jews  at  the  day  of  Pentecost.  "  Now 
remember,"  said  he,  "that  Peter  alono  spoke 
to  them  at  that  time,  and  there  is  no  indication 
in  all  that  second  chapter  of  the  Acts,  that  any 
of  the  other  apostles  spoke." 

Now  how  a  man  can  put  on  boldnuss  enough 
to  speak  such  a  perversion,  I  cannot  see,  when 
the  testimony  is  so  clear  that  they  all  »poke,  as 
we  see  from  Acts  2;  6-U.  I  will  also  say,  we 
are  called  upon  by  the  Brethren  of  Holt  Co., 
Mo.,  to  meet  a  man  of  the  same  denomination 
iu  controvei-sy  on  baptism  luid  otlier  dillerences 
between  us  and  them.  C.  Forney  and  I,  will 
go  on  the  30th  inst.,  and  will  stay  one  week,  if 
necessary  to  do  so.  But  wo  want  to  go  like  a 
David,  in  the  name  and  strength  of  the  Loi-d, 
and  for  His  glory  only. 

John  Fornkv.  Sbn. 

From  Peabody,  Kansas. 

Dcarlirdhvni:— 
VOUR  paper,  still  maltes  its  weekly  visits  at 
X  oar  homes  and  gives  much  food  to  luing- 
ry  souls.  It  affords  us  much  joy  to  read  the 
wholesome  instnictions  by  our  dear  brethren, 
and  our  hearts  are  made  to  feel  glad  when  we 
read  of  the  progress  of  the  Master's  cause.  We 
hope  that  all  will  work  and  try  to  be  faithful  iu 
the  Ma.ster"s  vineyard. 

Our  churuh  at  this  place  ia  small  yet,  but '  is 
increasing  slowly.  Several  have  been  added  by 
baptism  through  the  Winter,  and  brethren 
from  dilierent  parts  are  continually  locating 
here.  There  is  still  room  for  many  more,  if 
any  of  the  brethren  contemplate  coming  to 
Kansas,  I  would  advise  them  to  come  soon,  as 
land  is  on  the  rise.  We  have  a  very  good  coun- 
try here;  farmers  are  mostly  done  sowing  oats 
aud  !-i)ring  wheat.  The  prospect  for  u  good 
crop  of  Fall  wheat  is  very  promising,  but  it  is 
to  the  Lord  that  we  must  look  for  the  harve.st. 

This  makes  mo  think  of  the  great  harvest  as 
spoken  of  in  Matthew  IS,  and  Rev.  14:  15. 
•p.hen  the  souls  will  Iw  gathered  together,  aud 
the  wicked  shall  be  separated  from  the  good 
and  righteous.  Dear  brethren  let  us  try  to 
stand  justified  on  that  day,  before  the  Lord,  our 
Maker,  that  we  might  nut  be  counted  as  tare-s, 
and  be  burnt  with  everlasting  fire. 

Brethren,  let  us  not  grow  weary  in  well-do- 
ing, but  let  us,  like  Paul,  "  thank  God  and  take 
courage." 

Your  Brother  in  Christ, 

H.  SUOMIIRR. 


you  are  doing  now.  Kot,„  fin  h„  and  mother 
Will  lip  gone.  Then  you  will  hav*.  i„  ,\„  all  the 
wnling.  and  all  the  praying  and  pmwh.ng. — 
We  tniHt  the  goo.1  Lord  will  blew  all  ftforts 
put  forth  for  the  advanc^^m-'nt  of  Hi»  (wme. 

We  have  not  hwl  any  addition*  to  thechnrch 
during  the  Winter.  «nd  ««■  not  in  a*  prmppwu, 
aeonditmn  as  we  might  wiwh  for;  yet  ihew  ur.- 
some  who  are  trying  to  do  all  they  can  lor  thr 
cause  of  Jesus.  And  I  think  ^^f.  ought  to  iUt 
try  to  crucify  onr  tie«h.  and  U-  dilig^-nt  ,n  our 
(.hrutittu  duUes.  Then  we  wiU  bo  ready  U»  go 
to  that  better  land  whyn  the  hour  of  death 
comes  upon  ns. 

Brethren,  pray  for  ua  that  wo  might  U^  tmly 
found  building  upon  the  foundation  of  the 
apoHlos  and  prophets,  imxw  ChristHim^-lf  b<v 
hig  the  Chief  Corner-stone,  in  whom  all  the 
'  -ildiug.  fitly  framed  together,  grow*tli  unto 
holy  temple  in  the  Lord,  in  whom  >.-  also 
are  builded  together  for  a  hnbitation'of  Qod 
through  the  Spirit. 

0,  Brethren,  what  a  building  we  can  hive! 

I'S  aud  we  all  can  have  a  place  in  this  build- 
ing. All  have  something  to  do.  Let  us  then 
love  our  brethren;  when  we  see  them  raotdowa 
let  iw  lift  them  up.  In  short,  let  us  all  work 
for  Jesus.  If  we  are  for  Jesus,  wo  will  have 
something  to  do  when  there  is  meeting.  If 
there  be  any  sick,  we  will  be  there,  vinjting 
them.     If  any  in  distress,  we  will   be  found 

■ady  to  help  them  all  we  can.     Truly,   breth- 

'U,  we  could  have  u  heaven  on  earth,  if  aU 
would  do  their  part. 

G.  M.  Noah. 

GLE-A^lSriNGSr 


From    Nora  Springs,    Iowa. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

WE  like  to  read  your  paper,  because  there 
so  much  good  news  in  it.  We  love  to 
read  the  children's  letters.  That  is  light,  chil- 
dren, go  on  in  your  work;  send  in  your  letters 
and  we  will  read  them.  The  time  will  soon 
come,  when  you  will   more  fully  realize  what 


From  L.  J.  Williams.  -  We  have  a  nice 
country,  and  it  is  building  up  rapidly.  Dug- 
outs and  MOtl-houscB  are  fast  going  out  of  dote, 
and  neat  frame  aud  stone  houses  are  built  in 
their  stead.  We  have  had  a  fine  Winter,  no 
cohi  weather  scarcely  and  bat  little  anow,  more 
rain  than  usual.  The  farmeni  are  all  a.-*  busy  u 
bees,  sowing  their  grain.  The  health  of  the 
country  is  pretty  good  at  this  time.  Your  pa- 
[inr  is  a  welcome  visitor  to  our  home.  I  am 
thankful  that  I  can  hear  the  true  Gospel  pro- 
claimed  through  the  silent  medium  of  the 
press,  if  am  deprived  of  hearing  it  preached  in 
p-'nion  by  the  Brethren.  I  hope  aud  long  for 
the  time  when  there  will  he  a  chuieh  h.-re  of 
the  Brethren,  and  every  place  where  flic  re  is 
none  now.  There  is  a  strong  emigration  to 
Kansas  this  year.  Hope  some  of  our  brethren 
will  come  and  look  at  our  country.  May  the 
good- Lord  bless  all  his  people  and  save  them  in 
His  kingdom,  is  my  prayer. 

Snindhiuvin,  Kintsu^. 

From  Itufus  E.  llillery.— You  who  are 

looking  for  homes  should  give  thin  country  a 
visit.  We  would  like  to  see  brethren  and  sis- 
ters move  here.  Good  land  can  be  bought  on 
long  or  short  time  or  for  ciL-ih,  quite  ch.'ap.  — 
Coal  aud  wo  id  are  cheap,  health  generally  good. 
Any  further  information  may  be  had  by  addres- 
sing me  at  Goitrie,  Webster  Co.,  la. 

From  Ohio.— This,  the  Grove  church,  ap. 
pears  to  be  in  a  healthy  and  prosperous  condi- 
tion. Seventeen  precious  souls  have  been  made 
to  feel  the  need  of  a  Savior,  and  made  wilting 
to  take  the  yoke  of  Jesus  upon  them,  and  were 
baptized  according  to  the  command  of  the 
Savior. 

Yesterday  brethren  George  Holler  and  Geo. 
Garver  came  to  us,  and  preached  for  us  iu  the 
evening  and  also  to-day  at  our  regular  meeting 
to  a  large  congregation.  To^ay  they  spoke 
from  the  fourteenth  chapter  of  Luke,  preach- 
ing the  Gospel  with  jiower  and  in  its  primitive 
purity.  We  think  many  good  impressions 
were  made  on  our  young  and  rising  generation. 
We  hope  that  the  labors  of  love  will  be  as 
breail  cast  upon  the  waters,  to  lie  gathered  not 
many  days  hence. 

H.  Fl.  Arnold. 

Dnifion,  Ohio. 

From  Springfield,  Ind.— The  members  are 
still  alive  lu  the  Master's  cause  imd  battling 
against  the  sinful  elements  of  this  world.  — 
Though  few  in  number,  with  here  and  there  a 
traveler  to  join  our  little  band,  we  had  a  time  of 
refreshing  of  a  few  dajV  duration  through  the 
instrumentality  of  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert, resuiting 
in  one  addition  to  the  church. 

John  Baldwut. 

From  John  P.  Young.— Five  years  ago  Bro. 
David  Bowman,  who  lives  eigliteen  miles  East 
of  this  place,  came  here,  held  a  few  meetings 
and  baptized  J.  F.  Goodman  and  wife  the  same 
Summer.  My  wife  luid  children  attended  the 
meetings.  I  had  falleu  intu  the  dirty  and  de- 
grading hole  of  infidelity,  though  I  had  hem 
brought  up  under  the  catechism  in  PrusNia,  and 
had  been  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  tu. 


•rap:    BRETHREiS^    ^T    AVOKK. 


-A-pril 


ll. 


in  thin  oiintfy.  but  I  wwil  d«»wn.  down  into  uri- 
belitf,  all  becftUBe  I  wem  after  tlio  doclrinc  mid 
eomiunndineota  of  niwi.  In  IS??.  Hro.  Hownmn 
and  hi*  little  band  cnme  again,  preached  Uia  Word 
of  the  Lord,  arid  at  tli«  cl.we  of  hix  fimt  seriw  of 
meotiiig  UptiiwI  six  ;  and  iu  8e}.t«mt>er  my  wife 
and  I  «Lr«  recuivod  aii'i  slill  lat^r  one  of  my 
daugbtcri".  There  arc  now  «)evcn  iiiembera  here, 
and  all  in  [xmck  bi»1  union,  thougb  the  eueiny 
has  tri«I  to  overcome  wnio  of  us, 
FloTcMC,  Mo.,  March  'i'.f. 


DIED. 

Ob.tuariM  .UoulJ  »<«  hritf.  wriilcn  on  bul  one  wd»  of  the 
jiBfior.  ttad  •cpikiule  from  all  olliM  businwa. 


Thi-n-  aro  about  tliirly  mile«  to  be  built,  after 
which  we  nhail  hav«  direct  commuuication  with 
Chicago,  being  distant  only  118  milea.  The  value 
of  the  road  to  this  city  and  community  will  per- 
hajf  bf  much  greater  than  many  of  U8  are  willing 
lo  admit  jUEt  now. 

—  A  gentleman  in  Texas  has  gone  into  the 
cnmel  business  and  proposes  supplying  that  State 
with  what  camels  may  be  needed.  They  are  said 
Uj  be  useful  09  travellers,  and  can  be  relied  upon 
for  one  hundred  miles  per  day.  The  climate  is 
said  to  be  well  adapted  to  them.  They  feed 
on  cactus  and  brush,  refueiDg  all  grasses  that 
horses  and  cotlle  eat. 


SIDERS— Xear  Ajtorio,  Fulton  Co.,  111.,  Cyrus 
Hidero,  aged  43  yearn  and  15  dayB. 

J.  C.  DkmY. 

CARNKY.— rn  the  Hickory  Grove  church,  Car- 
roll Co..  III.,  Bro.  Jacob  Carney,  aged  65  years 
and  4  inontba.  Jesse  Y.  Heckler. 

PAIITCII.— In  the  Falls  City  church,  Nebraska, 
March  3rd,  11*78,  Bro.  U.  D.  Partch,  age<l  15 
yoarx,  S  inonlliii  and  2  days. 
riX'K.— In  the  i>amo  place,  March  7th,  1878, 
Cliarliw  Cafttiun  I'cck,  infant  nun  of  Goorgo  Peck 
And  wife,  aged  2  months  and  1  day. 

John  KoRSi:y,  Sbm. 
STUTSMAN.— In  the  Elkhait  District,  Rlkhiirt 
(h.,  Iiid.,  March    'ind,    1878,  mibUt   Elizabeth 
Stut^uinii,  aged  88  yeara  and  14  diiya, 

p.  H.  Josia, 

GIBBKUT.— J«  the  Lower  Twin  district,  Preble 
Co,,  Ohio,  sister  Anna  L.  Gilibert,  on  March 
21i!t,  aged  21  years,  4monlh8  and  l-day. 

A.  YOUNCE. 

DOMER.— In  the  Sugar  Creek  cliurch,  Tuscara- 
wa«  Co..  Ohio,  Jan.  22,  1878,  Lydia  Ellen,  only 
child  of  Uro.  W.  M.  and  Snrah  Domer,  aged 
1  year,  2  months  and  six  days. 

M.  H.  SuuiT. 


jVNisroiJisrcEMEisrTS. 

NoTiow  of   U»e-fM*l8.   DUiriot  Meeiings,  etc.,  sUould 

be  brief,  nud  wriUon  on  pBper  8cparo(e 

from  oiicr  busincM. 


INTEBESTINfi    ITEMS. 


—  An  exploring  expedition  from  Sweden  will 
start  for  the  North  Polo  next  May.  It  seems 
that  man  cannot  be  Balisfad  until  every  spot  on 
the  globu  h  explored. 

—  It  ia  u  ciu-iou8  fact  Uint,  uotwithstanding  (lie 
Mire  dctHruction,   sooner   or    later  of  licuses  built 
near  the  base  of  Mount  Vesuvius,  the  Itjtiiuus 
not  ccii.Hi'  to  build  there.    The  town  of  Tcrre  del 
Givcu,  containing  ueitrly    lO.OUU  iulmbilauts, 
cunKtnicti'd  on  the  lava  streams  of  lOIil. 

—  It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  the 
Shakei's  not  only  avoid  all  stimulating  drinks, 
including  ten  and  cutt'ce,  as  well  as  alcoholic 
drinks,  but  iiave  for  thirty  yeara  abstained 
from  till?  use  of  pork,  which  may  account,  in  part, 
for  tlie  f.icl  llmt  they  aro  remarkably  free  from 
fevers  uikI  cousUEuption. 

— It  is  etatcd  on  authority  which  cannot  be 
(pualiont'd,  that  seventy  niillious  of  people  in 
NortJuTn  China  are  starving.  A  terrible  fire  has 
also  recently  destroyed  a  large  nundier  of  lives  in 
that  country. 

—  A  Sau  Francisco  parly  claim  lo  have  invent- 
ed a  new  battery  by  wincli  thry  can  atipj)ly  the 
city  with  a  beautiful  electric  light,  nnieU  superior 
to  the  present  gaslight,  ut  iiboni  one  tliird  the  eosL 
of  gaslight. 

—  Ciipt.  Knde  has  been  entirely  B»ecc*sful  at 
latt  witli  his  jetties,  by  means  of  which  he  has 
Uiade  tbo  Ikli-sdis.'iippi  River  deepen  'H!i  eliaunel 
from  eight  to  twenty-two  feet,  bu  thai  it  is  now 
open  lo  ocean  steiimors. 

—  An  inventor  has  incurred  the  eternal  dis- 
pleasure of  the  gns  monopolist*,  by  devising 
nu'Hits  of  making  illuniiniuing  gca  at  the  nominal 
.  .pPDse  of  thirty  ccnts  a  ton. 

— ^The  Bible  production  of  our  time  is  eiiual  lo 
fjve  every  niinule  of  working  time.  At  this  rale 
the  preas  is  producing  a  Bible  or  Xew  Testament 
every  twelve  seconds. 

—  It  haa  been  proposed  to  redeem  the  great 
diaerl  of  Western  Kansas  and  Nebraska  by  irri- 
giilion,  the  waler  to  be  obtained  by  damming  up 
the  Aikanaaa  and  Platte  rivers. 

—  The  soldiers  of  the  Mexican  army  have 
been  tel  to  work  by  the  government  in  draining 
the  Mexitttu  Valley,  and  iu  improving  the  roads ; 
which  is  better  than  making  raids  or  fighting. 

—  Stanley's  African  expedition  cost  tho  New 
York  Herald  and  Lundou  Teleyraph  nearly 
$100,0(W. 

'      • — An  iron  mine  formerly  worked   by   the  an- 
dent  Phenicians,  has  been  discovered  in  Syria. 

—  Strong  efforts  are  being  made  to  complete 
the  Chicago  and  Pacific  railroad  to  this  place.  — 


LOVE-FEABTB. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  (Jlh,  1878. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo.  Iowa,  Wodues- 
day,  June  5th,  187S,  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,  Marshall  Co..  Ind.,  June  4, 
1878,  commencing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Pour  miles  South  of  Lewlatown,  Winona  Co., 
Minn.,  fiist  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  June  next. 

The  Lord  willing  we  intend  to  organize  a 
cliureh,  hold  a  Communion  and  series  of  meetings 
in  Nodaway  Co..  Mo.,  at  the  house  of  Bro. 
Michael  Mowry,  four  miles  East  of  Graham  and 
eight  miles  North-west  of  Bernard,  commencing 
on  the  evening  of  the  10th  of  May. 

S.  A.  HONBEBGKR. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  in  this  arm  of  the 
church,  Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  rail^ 
North  of  Villisca,  on  the  B.  A  M.  R.  R.,  will 
have  a  Communion,  the  Lord  willing.  May  18, 
1878.  We  give  a  general  invitation  to  all.  All 
those  coming  on  the  B.  &  M.  R.  R.  will  stop  ofl' 
at  Villisca,  and  send  notice  to  N.  C.  or  G.  W. 
Workman,  Hciola,  Iowa. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Panther  Creek 

church,  Dallas  Co.,   Iowa,   inteud   to  bold  their 

Love-feast,  the  Lord  willing,  on   the  16th   and 

17th  of  May. commencing  on  the  16tb  at  1  o'clock. 

By  order  of  tlie  Church, 

T.  J.  Beaver. 

The  Lord  willing,  we,  the  brethren  of  the  Ma- 
(piokela  church  will  hold  our  Communion  meet- 
ing. May  25th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock,  in  our 
church,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation.  All 
persons  coming  to  our  meeting  from  the  West, 
must  come  to  Marion  and  there  take  the  train  in 
the  morning  about  seven  o'clock,  arriving  at  Lost 
Nation  at  ten  o'clock,  A.  M. 

By  ordtrof  the  cliurcli, 

Isaac  Bauto. 

There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  two  miles 
North  of  Hudson,  McLean  Co..   IU..  May  11th, 
1S78.  commenoiug  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 
By  Order, 
John  Y.  Snavf.ly. 
A  Communion  meeting  is  to  be  in  the  Stone 
church,  Mni-shall  Co,,  Iowa,  June  15th,   to  com- 
ment'c  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  and  continue  till  Sun- 
day noon.  J.  MuKRAY. 

IJISTRICr   UKETISGS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church,  May  9th. 

Scmthern  District  of  Iowa,  Monroe  Co.,  Piiday, 
April  12, 1S7S,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  iu  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  21Jtb,  commenc- 
ing at  9  o'clock.  A,  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  Diatriet  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Isaac  Barto. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Eastern  District  of 
Pennsylvania  will  be  hehl  in  the  Indian  Creek 
church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd.  Brethren 
will  be  met  with  conveyance  at  Salford  Station  on 
the  Perkiomeu  R.  R.,  and  at  Suudertou  on  the 
North  Peuu.,  R.  R.,  the  day  before  the  meeting. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

Jas.  Y.  Heckler. 

The  District  Meeting  of  the  Eastern  District  of 
West  Virginia  will  be  held,  the  Lord  willing,  on 
the  19th  and  20th  of  April,  in  the  Faircoat  con- 
gregation. East  of  Romney. 

The  District  Meeting  for  the  Northern  District 
of  Kansas  and  Southern  Nebraska,  will  be  held, 
tlie  Lord  willing  with  the  brethren  of  the  Bea- 
trice church,  eight  miles  South-east  of  Beatrice, 


commencing  Monday  morning.  May  13th,  at  ■'? 
oVl'ick,  A.  M.  Brethren  coming  by  R.  R . 
ehould  address  the  writer,  M.  L.  Spire,  Beatrice, 
Gage  Co.,  Neb. 


The  I*st  Sapper.— A  h^Jimifui.  i 

Jes,i?  nn'l  IAj   Jiaciplts   ol  llic 
spread  licfore  tliein;   He   bus  j 


Educational    Items. 

"ITITE  take  pleasur*  in  contributing  a  few  lines 
y  I  relative  to  the  progress  we  are  making  in 
an  educational  direction  nt  Ashland.  We  attend- 
ed the  meeting  of  the  trustees  April  lat,  and 
found  everything  moving  along  smoothly  but 
very  cautiously. 

The  idea  seems  to  pervade  in  the  minds  of  the 
leading  spirits  that  prudence  should  be  exercised, 
nud  that  nothing  should  be  done  contrary  to  the 
view  of  the  brotherhood.  Some  time  has  been 
spent  in  adjusting  the  subscription,  pledged  by 
the  town  of  Ashland,  which  at  present  is  entirely 
satisfactory,  and  the  locating  committee  has  been- 
instructed  to  receive  propositions  from  parlies  re- 
lative to  a  location.  Several  very  beautiful  views 
both  of  the  town  and  surrounding  country   are 


""'■1".  with  a,'«*      "s 

spread  iiBiuri;  mrm  .  .1%;  ■■■«>  jusl  nutiounccil  it'^'^l*' 
of  ibenj  sboiiM  belmy  him.  Eneli  of  u,^  [^-i  "if 
Bent  ia  pointed  out  by  aamo  tn  ihe  margin  or  iI*  ^'*- 
h,re,  rricc.  oue  eopj.  15  cents  ;  2  wplw,  2Sp^.?  I"^ 
copies  Si  00.  ■^'=*"lt;tU 

Tie  "One  Faith,"  VSn^catei  — By  m.  m   j-j,!  , 

40  pages,  prict-.  IT,  ccuts  ;  8copiea,fl  00.  Aihr-u  '^ 
"  ciirncsdy  conteiulB  for  lU«  fuilli  onoc  Joli*or,vl       **'' 


It  is  desired  that  twenty  acres  be  obtained  that 
may  brf  of  easy  access  and  satisfactory  to  the 
many  warm  friends  of  the  c.tllege  i"  the  town  ; 
and  April  twelfth  is  the  day  appointed  when  the 
decision  is  to  be  made,  as  to  where  the  building 
shall  be  erected.  The  building  committee  was 
also  instructed  to  draw  up  a  design  for  the  build- 
ing, and  also  present  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of 
the  same  at  the  next  meeting. 

The  available  means  at  the  disposal  of  the 
trustees  is  near  twenty-five  thousand  dollai-s, 
which  it  is  hoped,  will  soon  bo  increased  to  thirty- 
five  or  forty  thousand.  Everybody  in  Ashland 
seems  to  be  more  or  less  interested  in  the  enter- 
prise, but  are  a  little  disappointed  that  tlie  work 
is  not  .ilrejidy  commenced.  We  hope  that  they 
will  exercise  a  good  degree  of  patience,  aud  ere 
long  there  will  be  erected  in  their  midst  an  insti- 
tution of  which  they  may  well  be  proud,  aud 
which,  we  hope,  may  be  a  lasting  monument  to 
the  memory  of  its  projectors. 

We  would  add  a  few  thoughts  relative  to  the 
country.  It  is  beautifully  undulating  around  the 
town  and  from  the  most  elevated  points  presents 
magnificent  views.  The  water  is  excellent ;  the 
public  facilities  good,  and  considering  we  think 
everything,  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  ii  more 
desirable  locality  for  founding  an  institution 
the  education  of  our  children,  morally,  socially 
or  iutetlectually,  than  Ashland,  0. 

By  Order  of  the  Trustees  of 
Ashland  College. 


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HOME,  SWEET   HOME. 

IIT  ,1.   W.  t,uLTHVi<iiilJ. 

rilHERE  is  uo  place  like  home; 
I     No  place  on  this  earth  ao  sweet; 
For  it  is  a  place  of  conteatment  here, 

When  we  all  round  the  altar  meet. 
Home,  3weet  home;  home,  sweet  home; 

No  place  on  this  eai'th  so  sweet; 
Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sweet  home; 

When  we  all  round  the  altar  meet. 

Oh,  there  is  no  place  Uke  home; 

No  place  on  this  earth  ao  dear. 
For  thelove  that  d  welleth  within  this  home 

Casteth  out  all  earthly  fear; 
Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sweet  home; 

No  place  on  this  earth  so  dear; 
Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sweet  home; 

Casteth  out  all  earthly  fear. 

But  there's  a  home  above, 

Where  Christ  sits  npon  Hia  throne. 
Tliat  is  far  more  sweet — filled  perfect  love. 

Oh,  that  ia  the  sweetest  home 
Where  Christ  sits  upon  His  throne; 

Home,  sweet  home;  home,  sweet  home 
Oh,  that  is  the  sweetest  home. 

THE    TITLE    OF  HONOR. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSUACQH. 


To  Sister  L.  H.  MilUr,  of  Wed    Vlnjinln.— 

AMBITION  and  emulation  are  gifts  of  God. 
It  is  their  perversion  that  the  Scriptures 
condemn.  Ambitionless  means  fatuity.  Self- 
esteem,  as  implanted  by  God  in  our  pristine  con- 
stitution, is  one  of  the  most  dazzling  ^ems  in 
our  crown  of  glory.  To  think  highly  of  our- 
selves, as  God  means  we  shall,  and  as  He  does 
of  Himself,  is  salvation,  bi  sin  we  are  self- 
idolaters,  we  are  puffed  up  as  fools,  as  thoiigii 
alienation  from  God  were  Heaven.  When  tlie 
prodigal  "came  to  himself"  he  found  his  man- 
hood, and  in  it  he  found  God.  We  cannot  get 
Deity  out  of  our  wake,  even  if  we  have  identi- 
a-?d  ourselves  with  the  devil  in  rharader.  To 
sift  immortality  out  of  the  soul,  is  to  cut  off  the 
pissibility  of  both  Heaven  and  Hell.  The 
being  who  cannot  live  forever  in  sin,  cannot 
sui  at  all,  neither  can  he  be  holy.  To  sin  is  to 
have  a  moral  constitution  identical  mth  that  of 
God.  The  power  to  do  evil  is  the  same  with 
that  which  sustains  God  eternally  in  holy  char- 
acter. He  is  not  holy  because  He  must,  but  bL- 
cause  He  will.  Mmi  was  no  more  under  neces- 
sity to  sin  than  God.  This  equality  with  God 
i*  synonymous  with  immortality.  Sin  separates 
from  God  as  soul  and  body  are  divorced  in  death. 
To  sin  is  todie,  tliough  we  live.  To  live  as  God 
lives  is  Eternal  Life.  Death  is  the  perversion 
of  life.  Eternal  perversion  is  Eternal  Death. 
Sinners  aie  as  ?rii?i/ dead  and  damned  on  Mr.'* 
side  the  grave  as  hereafter— not  us  deeply  and 
hopelessly. 

To  be  U,»t  does  not  mean  going  to  hell,  but 
living  in  sin.  Christ  came  to  seek  and  save  the 
H  not  in  the  hike  of  fire,  but  on  earth.  His 
"  high-calling  is  to  minthood.  This  is  the  glo- 
rious title  of  the  God-bom— SAINTS.  In  this 
"Hour  constructional  elements  are  included, 
^otliing  is  defecated  but  sin.  Self-esteem,  self- 
^ill-  auger,  what  grand,  Heaven-lifting,  bliss- 
mfusing  powers  arc  these  when  once  they  are 


poases.scrd  and  exalted  audswayodby  the  iudwelU 
mg  of  God.  Then  it  is  even  Divinely -grand  to 
\>Q  "  trroth  "  on  l\ie  death~l>efl  (2  Kings  13:  14- 
20).  "  The  tmilh  of  man  worketh  not  the 
riijIitfOHstiess  of  God  (.Iimiea  1:  20).  But  to  be 
"  righteous  as  God  is  righteous,"  and  to  share 
His  indignation  against  sin,  agiuust  ourselves, 
i*  to  attain  to  the  highest  glory  of  sainthood. 
Such  a  beiug  is  love.  To  be  offt-nded  only  for 
righteousness'  sake,  is  the  dearest,  sweetest, 
moat  lovable  character  conceivable. 

Htiw  few  know  how  to  be  angry,  or  ambitious, 
or  self-appreciating  as  saints.  "  L(n'e  brnntk 
all  ih'uKjA."  "  Not  easily  provoked,"  runneth 
after  enemies  with  tears  of  entreaty,  and  is  so 
glad  to  win  a  mocker  and  persecutor  to  holiness, 
that  it  forgeUr  the  slime  ami  venom  that  have 
been  spit  into  it«  face.  These  beautiful,  God- 
eonfigured  souls  are  few.  Th^y  have  found  the 
strait  gate,  they  walk  in  the  narrow  way,  they 
are  saints.  With  great  power  they  give  witness 
of  the  resurrection  of  the  Lord  .lesius  (Acts  4 
33).  They  are  "risen  with  Clirist,  and  seek 
those  things  which  are  above."  They  are  dead 
and  they  live,  they  are  risen  and  yet  on  earth,  their 
treasure  is  in  heaveu,  and  tlieir  hearta  are  knit 
with  the  heart  of  Jesus,  they  are  the  joy  of  the 
angels,  the  salt  of  a  corrupt  generation,  and  the 
light  of  the  world. 

'If  we  had  as  many  saints  as  round  coats  and 
borderless  caps,  we  would  be  "  beautiful  as  Tir- 
zah,  comely  as  Jerusalem,  looking  forth  as  the 
morning,  fair  as  the  moon,  clear  as  the  sun,  and 
terrible  as  an  army  with  banners"  (Cant.  6:  4- 
10).  Many  suppose  that  they  win  be  saiuta  and 
fashion-worshipers  at  the  same  time.  They  go 
outside  the  sacred  circle  and  dally  with  the  har- 
lots of  the  world,  and  in  their  unhallowed  em- 
brace carry  the  Midianitish  Cosbi  into  the  tent 
of  holiness  (Num.  25:  0-15).  Some  day  the 
javelin  of  God's  Phenehas  will  rend  their  bellies, 
and  fill  them  with  the  fire  and  worms  of  Hin- 
nom.  Ohers  have  become  so  infatuated  with 
the  regimentals  of  God's  host,  that  they  under- 
take to  count  the  saints  by  the  number  of  round 
coats  and  broml  rims.  Would  to  God  we  all 
had  roimd  coats.  But  ten  thousand  times  more  do 
[msh  we  were  all  saints.  That  we  have  many 
unconverted  dandies  in  the  church  is  sadly  and 
shamefully  true.  And  that  we  have  many  tvith 
whom  the  round  coat  is  but  a  screen  of  corrup- 
tion, is  equally,  and  no  less  sadly  and  shamefully 
patent.  "  Bf  ye  hohj.  pOR  I  am  holt."  This  is 
saintship.  Here  unholy  pride  and  fashion  and 
foppishness  are  given  to  the  flames. 

Just  as  little  as  a  holy  heart  can  bring  forth 
the  paraphernalia  of  lust  and  self-idolatry,  can 
a  plain,  church-sanctioned  garb  cover  a  greedy, 
selfish,  world-loving.mammon-worshipiug  heart. 
I  feel  unutterably  sorrowful  to  write  thus.  But 
I  wish  to  awaken  in  you  and  othei-s,  or  to  deep- 
en and  confirm  if  already  awakened,  the  solemn, 
fearfully  solemn  conviction,  that  nothing  can 
substitute  holiness  in  the  Day  of  Judgment. 
Those  who  can  here  maintain  their  standing  by 
minute  conformity  to  the  order  of  the  church 
in  spite  of  tempers  and  dispositions  and  greed 
and  carQBlity  which  might  make  devils  blush, 
must  in  the  final  verdict  take  their  place  with 
the  openly  profane  and  godless,  and  will  per- 
haps sink  deeper  into  damnation  than  if  they 
had  been  as  gay  in  appearance  as  tlu-y  were  sel- 
fish and  worldly  in  spirit.  My  heart  is  far  more 
burdened  that  what  is  good  and  proper  in  its 
place  in  so  many  instances  usurps  the  place  of 
Christ,  as  that  fleshly,  unrenewed  hearts 
shoidd  express  theraaelves  in  appropriate  rai- 
ment. I  wish  all  the  unholy  were  arrayed  in 
true,  life-expressing  habiliments,  so  that  the 
round  coat  and  plain  cap  might  be  greater  pow- 
er for  good  in  the  world.  But  as  it  is,  they 
have  become  widely  distrusted.  0  the  beauti- 
ful. God-.waled,  Heaven  reflecting,  bliss-inherit- 
ing saints.  They  arc  known  everywhere. 
The  signature  of  God  is  on  their  foreheads. 
They  are  the  favorites  of  angels.  The  devil 
knows    them,   hated  them,   feant  tliem.     The 


world  knows  them  and  trusts  them.     And  they  cauBe  war  and  carmige  ever^-where;  they  have 

know  God.    Temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Rep-  been  a  blewmg  U)  none,  and  only   a  curw- to 

rescntativps  of  Jesus.     These   have   a  right   to  themselves.     H«»t«n    the   work   that    «o(m    we 
the  round  coat,  and   make   it  the  index  of  the 


Cross  and  Heaven.  0  God,  multiply  the  saints. 

COKE  BEHOLD  THE  WORKS  OF 
THE  LORD. 


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E  uiaketh  wars  to  cease  unto  the  end  of  the 
earth,  he  breaketh   the  bow  and   cutteth 
thespearin  sunder;he  buruuth  the  chariot  in  the 
fire  (Ps.  40;  !»).  In  Salem  (Jerusalem)  also  is  his 
taheruaclc;  there  brake  he   the  arrows  of  the 
bow,  the  shield  and  the  awonl  and  the  battle 
(I's.  70:  2i5).     I   will  break  the  bow   and  the 
sword  and  the  battle  out  of  the  earth  (Honea  2: 
18}.     And  he  shall  judge  among  the   nations, 
and  shall  rebuke  many  people;  and  they  shall 
bent  their  swords  into   ploughsharos  and  their 
spears  into  pruninghnoks;  nation  shall  not  lift 
up  sword  against  nation,  neither  shall  they 
learn  war  any  more.     Come  ye  mid  let  us  walk 
in  the  light  of  the  Lonl  (Is.  4:  5).     In  the  last 
days  it  shall  come  to  pa.ss  that  the  mountains  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord  shall   bo  established  in 
the  top  of  the  mountaina,  and  it  shall  be  exalt- 
ed above  the  hills;  and   people  shall  flow  unto 
it.     And  many  nations  shall  come,   and  say, 
Come  and  let  us  go  up  to  the   mouuttun   of  the 
Lord,  and  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob; 
and  he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  wo  wilt 
walk  in  hia  paths:  for  the  law  shall  go  forth  of 
Zion,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  from  .TerusalenL 
And  he  shall  judge  among  many  people,  imd 
rebuke  strong  nations  afar  otT,  and  they  shall 
heat  their  sworda  into  ploughshares,  and  their 
spears  into  pruniughooks:  nation  shall  not  lilt 
uj)  »  sword  against  nation,  neither  shall   they 
learn  war  any  more  (Micah  4;  1-3). 

When  did  that  law  go  out  from  Zion,  and 
the  word  here  spoken  of  from  Jerusalem? 

Did  not  the  perfect  Law  of  Liberty  and  the 
Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  begin  at  Jerusalem  ? 
Most  assuredly  it  did. 

Can  we  expect  any  other  Law  or  any  other 
word  to  go  out  from  there,  concerning  this  nmt- 
ter? 

Surely  not,  for  the  Lord  haa  in  those  liiat 
days  spoken  to  us  by  His  Son. 

Very  well,  then  the  Gospel  most  emphatically 
forbids  war;  for  the  prophet  claims  as  a  result 
of  the  teaching  of  the  Lord's  ways,  when  they 
walk  iu  His  paths,  that  the  above  shall  be  ful- 
filled. When  it  is  a  plain  fact  that  all  who  go 
to  war  or  teach  war,  teach  the  doctrine  of  the 
devil  and  walk  in  the  paths  of  thw  wicked,  and 
will  receive  the  promise  of  everlasting  destruc- 
tion, when  He  will  appear  to  take  veugance  on 
all  those  who  know  not  God,  and  have  not  obey- 
ed the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  (Thes.  1;  8). 

But  look  at  the  happiness  it  will  be  to  live 
where  peace  will  reign;  thank  God  He  has  said, 
it  will  come  to  pa«s;  hut  the  question  natural- 
ly arises:  When  will  it  be?  I  will  gather  all 
nations  and  will  bring  them  down  into  the  val- 
ley of  Jehoshaphat,  where  1  will  sit  and  judge 
all  the  nations  round  about,  and  speedily  will  I 
return  your  recompense  upon  your  own  head" 
(Joel  3:  2,  12,4).  "  And  I  saw  heaven  open- 
ed, and  behold  a  white  horiie,  and  he  that  sat 
upon  him  was  called  Faithful  and  True,  and  in 
righteousness  he  doth  judge  and  make  war. 
And  I  saw  thelwiLst,  and  the  kings  of  the  earth, 
and  the  armies  gathered  together  to  make  war 
against  him  that  sat  on  the  horae,  and  against 
his  array.  And  the  beast  was  taken,  and  with 
him  the  false  prophet  that  wrought  miracles 
before  him,  with  which  he  deceived  that  had  rts 
ceived  the  mark  of  the  beiLst,  and  them  that 
worshiped  his  image.  These  both  were  cast 
alive  into  a  lake  of  fire  burning  with  brimstone" 
(Kev.  lit:  11,  15),  20,  21). 

Amen,  yea  Lord  let  it  soon  be  done,  it  is  just 
kings  and  commanders,  and  powerful  men  who 


may  see  our  poor  blacksmithn  earn  their  br^ad 
by  fulfilling  thy  work. 

Times  are  hard,  no  money,  no  bread,  no  work; 
cver>-thinR  is  invested  in  implements  of  war. 
If  you  want  better  times,  repent  and  lielicve 
the  Gospel,  bocoraL-  children  of  peace,  and  the 
Lord  will  not  only  saveyou  in  the  coming  f.-ar- 
ful  combat,  but  mid  to  you  daily  breiul.  Sinner 
turn  now. 


MORE   PREACHERS    WANTED. 

IIY   l.AXllilS-   WK.-I. 

I  NOTICE  one  common  feature  in  letters.  e»- 
peeidUy  those  from  bn-thren  of  the  Wont.  It 
is,  that  they  in  their  part  do  not  have  t-nough 
ministers,  and  for  relief  they  look  Eastwnnlto 
have  one  sent  to  fill  the  want  ao  general  in  the 
West.  We  have  no  doubt  as  to  the  lack,  for 
that  is  common  both  East  and  West.  North 
and  South,  but  that- thesupply  should  always 
come  from  the  Ert»t  is  a.  mistake.  There  an-  no 
more  minist^-ra  in  the  older  States  than  are 
needed  here,  and  our  wish  is  that  there  were 
only  more  that  woulil  work.  I  am  well  awnre 
that  in  some  places  there  are  more  than  an-  at 
work,  in  preaching  tlte  Word,  but  no  irorkrrH 
that  wo  can  spare.  Those  who  mil  be  idle  here, 
will  be  idle  there.  Change  of  location  will  hard- 
ly change  the  disposition,  even  of  a  preacher. 
Those  preachers  that  wi^  could  spiire  and  would 
be  willing  to  see  go,  yon  would  not  want,  for 
when  you  iwk  for  harveslei-s.  you  wmit  nodrone-i, 
but  workers.  It  is  the  simie  everywhere.  We 
not  only  wiuit  those  who  ctin  work,  but  those 
who  tn'll  work. 

The  man  who  will  freely  work  for  a  cause, 
must  love  it,  and  those  who  will  not  work  for 
so  good  a  cause,  as  that  of  Christ,  cannot  love 
it  very  much.  Therefore  you  do  not  want  such. 
Our  advice  to  those  who  lack  preaeher>i,  is,  to 
come  together  and  choose  one  or  moa-  aa  you 
have  need,  and  that  too  of  your  own  flock. 
These  can  learn  to  preach  better  and  sooner,  if 
they  will,  where  speakers  lu-e  few  than  if  they 
are  plenty;  and  as  well  in  the  West  us  in  the 
East,  for  they  must  learn  it  somewhere.  Beside, 
you  will  find  that  home-bred  material  is  better 
than  imported.  A  dozen  members  without  a 
preacher  is  a  sad  mistake. 

The  primitive  church  at  its  dawn,  imd  with 
the  prince  of  Preachers  with  them  were  all 
ministers.  Then  brethren  do  not  sigh  for  a 
preacher,  but  choose  one,  and  then  do  not  let 
hira  do  it  all,  but  go  with  him  imd  work  too, 
imd  you  will  soon  be  surprised  to  see  what  you 
and  he  can  do.  Do  not  think  you  have  no  tim- 
ber, as  some  say,  to  make  them  out  of.  for  you 
only  want  one  who  can  tell  what  he  has  learn- 
ed, BO  that  you  can  understand  it.  The  Bible  is 
theFundof  Truth;  with  if  all  who  can  talk, 
can  preach.  Let  the  motto  be:  "  Take  core  of 
the  Truth  and  God  will  take  care  of  the  church." 


THE  LORD'S  POCKET  BOOK. 

U  Air  HOSE  pocket  book  is  that  which  you 
If       carry?"  said  a  friend  to  a  business 
man,  ns  he  drew  a  well-filled  wallet  from   hie 
pocket. 

"Why,  my  own  of  course;  whose  else  could 
it  bei*"  wa**  the  prompt  reply. 

'*  To  whom  the  jwcket  book  belongs  depends 
on  auother  question.  If  you  belong  to  the 
Lord,  I  guess  the  purse  is  His  also." 

"  Well,"  sa.d  the  man  thoughtfully,  "  I  hope 
I  do  belong  to  the  Lord,  but  your  remark 
throws  a  new  light  on  this  subject.  It  never 
iuipi"ea.sed  me  Wfore  a.-iit  does  just  now.  that  I 
am  to  carry  ami  use  tl  is  pocket  book  my  '  pock- 
et book,'  as  my  Lord  directs.  I  must  think  this 
matter  out.  for  I  confess  nonestly  T  never  haw 
looked  at  it  in  the  light  iu  which  you  place  it." 
—The  Christian  Giver. 


THK    EKKTHnK^C    AT    AVOHl-C. 


-April 


i>      Of  llr- 


r  no  hrll;  they  livt-  in  win, 
111  sin  |»rn.i)itcntly  lifie'ii  journey  run, 

TIioukIi.  wide  tiiegfitM  of  hell  Htillopcn  staiiri. 
Anrm  thp  williiiK  finncr  («  rpwive;    ' 
Am]  thouswiilNjiuthiit  wa>  inpluincandliride 
i:iipliiing«l  nnd  imn-frinnod.  to  *nt*r  thon-. 
S<}  h.-li.     Whut  <)muiiK  t<.iitra.liclion  this, 
^)(  {].i(!*i.  uhcliJriKtiiR  Wonl.  Hiio  puny  man 
111  hill  n-volt  ugainut  ('k-riial  truth, 
Aii/fiwrity  pnouph  to  contnidict 
■  His  Alakeri'  Who  in  he  thai  <i«res  dtny 
\\  hilt  God  ti^^ertJi?  How  wicked  in  that  man 
Tlii-r."  Mitf  n  h«ll.  «  {Awk  of  torment,  oiice. 
\ii(l  f.ni-  of  oWen  time  wiw  hanisJied  thor« 
Tm  t-iH-iid  ffteriiul  night,  in  woe  and  ijain 
Tontu-nU-d,  where  the  worm  that  never  dies 
Mu-it  weller  in  the  hottoraU'sx  ahyns 
or  fire  nn<|neneh(il>le.  fon-vormore. 
The  children  o!  thin  winfiil  world  Iwlong 
To  SatanV  kinRrlom,  and  tliey  all  are  out 
Ifjion  the  Kreat  highway  of  Hin  and  death, 
I  iitoxicatx'd  with  the  pride  of  life, 
W  ith  fleshly  hints  that  war  againwt  the  aoul. 
And  alxo  witli  idolatry  of  »elf. 
In  pleiuiure  and  in  sin  glides  on  tlieir  hark 
V\)nu  the  great  Niagaraof  time, 
Till  over  the  elernal  cataract 
Tliev  go  to  endle*.^  ruin  down — to  hell. 
No  iiell!  !*liall  all  tlii>.  iiopnioiis  Uahylon 
In  wickednes><  nnd  profanation  vile. 
Be  turned  to  heaven  to  make  hi'll  in  heaven? 
God  forbid.     Man  cannot  rever.'^e  the  law 
Imniutahly  onlained  of  God.    There  is 
A  hell,  a  tiery  deep,  a  retervoir 
Of  wicked nesH,  a  phue  of  woe  and  iniiu, 
Kt*'rnal  turment  for  undying.MOuls 
Who  diKhilieve,  nnd  will  not  Le  redeemed. 


UiliJe,    t»ul    by    tlicir-dcvolionB    to    the    ptn-tjiiit  move  to  retiac*'  to  tlie  oM  iii"'f- 
r-iiininiis  of  oupoltl  IjUPtlinii.  My  hret^  toIicTorder,  n  proi)ot)ition  I  ciuloi-st;  witli 

■■ 'a- th«*  ehurcli  ;i  ckwi- 

exi'oniroii  of  timtordt-r.     lie  procl.iim- 

v\1  m  till'  lii'vt  volunic  ..f  tin"  ifni-nnti  X 

AT  WoiiK,  '*  tlmt  it  is  as  clear  an  the  noon 

we  have  not   got  tlie    apostolic  order," 

and  J  have  been    solicitous  to  have  him 

comjjiete  liis  important   work.     Do  not 

ren."       When  we  miopt    any  person  »   be  intimidat<^(l,  dear  Itrother,  by  tears  ot 

views    or   opinions     wiiliout    injiUiring    opposition     fryni     brettiren    of    diverse 

whether  tliey    are    ji^Ii^  or^  wiviiitj,  wcU-i'eW.s,     "We,  ai*  h  ohiW'ch,^  owe  our  cele- 

blindly  assume  timt  -ihey  aie.  iuliillibltv  -biity  to  tht:  apostulical  chiu'jicter.of  oui- 


n  do  not  cry  out  ialistoni-hnieiit  at  die  all  my  heart, 
\i>res-'ion  of  sueli  M-ntinK-u's.  Insteii- 
I'.-i  can  be  ifftlltip^d  -rrfP  -injinitujit  aX^ 
tewtiwf^  the  tmth  of  the  fore^'oing  deela- 
ration.  As  brother  Moore  says  irith 
great  and  j<olemii  tnitli,  we  thus  substan- 
tially "  makeVo'^s  of  those  old  breth- 
e  jidopt  any  person's 
it    injili 


ake    them  equal 


THE  ORIGINAL  GROUND  AGAIN 


1  CANNOT  \vitliIioId  an  e.vpression 
of  commeuihition  wliich  I  coneeivei] 
U*  be  the  "  sound  doctrine  "  taught  in 
brother  Moure's*  article  on  "The  original 
gi'ound  "  in  Nn.  7  current  volume  of  the 
BjtJiTJiitEN  AT  WojtK.  It  if)  so  hriinful 
of  trutli  and  rightcousneHM  tlmt  it  should 
constitute  the  ke}-  note  fitr  all  the  legis- 
Itttion  ol'  the  irhureli,  and  should  hku-p 
fully  elaborated  lie  republished  in  tract 
form  and  si-nt  to  tlie  home  of  evt-ry 
brother  and  sinter  in  tlie  church. 

It  has  been  painfully  evident  to  i:\(:Yy 
reflecting  bi-othei-  that  thi;  upinious  of 
our  old  bruthreii  (bleswed  Ite  theii-  mem- 
ory) Were  being  held  u-s  sacred  and  in- 
violable as  the  doctrine  of  the  Bible,  and 
even  parnmount  to  known  apostolical 
vsages.  Indeed  instance.*  are  not  want- 
ting  in  niy  observation  and  bitter  exjie- 
rience  where  the  example  of  oui'  Savior 
Himself  wius  openly  ignored  in  defense 
to  what  is  affirnu'd  to  be  the  example  of 
the  brethren.  And  it  is  equally  appai' 
ent  that  our  legislation,  both  national 
and  local,  is  determined  mth  sole  and 
direct  reference  nnd  devotion  to  the 
opinious  o'i  X\\i'  brethren  who  lived  one 
hundred  (or  less)  yeara  ago. 

It  cannot  he  denied  that  we  are  fol- 
lowing in  the  boisterous  wako  of  the 
Oejiomi nations  surrounding  us,  in  thus 
choosing  tliem  for  our  ])uttern.  For  in- 
Btiincc,  Lutherans  believe,  and  practice 
eul>st.'nitiiilly  wliat  Luther  taught,  Meth- 
odists endorse  so  much  of  the  Bible  :is 
set  forth  by  Wesley,  Episcopalianism  is 
just  what  tlie  ancient  nuiu-made  cree(3s 
make  it,  Caiupbellites  are  orthodox  in 
propoi'tiou  to  their  devotion  to  the  opin- 
ioHM  of  the  great  Alexander,  and  so  on 
to  the  end  of  the  list;  audit  is  a  sad 
■commejitary  on  the  weakness  of  human 
naUTTe,  that  the  Itrethren  have  defiled 
themselves  mth  the  same  alfusive  slime, 
and,  to-day,  determine  a  member's  title 
to  the  privileges  of  religion  and  the 
bli-ssititj  of  Jwaren,  not  by  the  ui^right- 
ntss  of  their  lives,  neither  by  their  un- 
deviating  fealty  to  the  doctrine   of  the 


and  thus   practically 
\vith  God. 

It  is  apparent  from  jui  expression  of 
our  dear  brother  Kurt/,  (he  being  dead 
yet  speaketh),  on-  page  three  of  the 
Brethren's  Encyclopedia^" that  they 
thought  aofl  acted  for  themselves,  and' 
felt  free  to  pursue  any  course  when  it 
.seemed  in  consonance  with  the  Word  of 
God."  I  may  be  allowed  to  criticise 
our  dear  brethren  editors  for  their  sen- 
sitiveness in  dealing  with  sucli  inonien- 
t<)UH  questions.  Occupying  a  position 
that  enable-s  them  to  see  their  course  of 
events,  it  cannot  be  presumed  that  they 
are  not  cognizant  of  the  fatal  tendencies 
to  which  brother  Moore  adverts,  and  yet 
this  is  the  first  direct  trumpet  sound 
fi'i>m  that  quarter.  Their  attention  has 
been  directed  repeatedly  to  the  great 
wi-ongs  that  bretliren  have  suffered  who 
would  not  fall  down  and  pay  idolatrous 
honuige  to  our  .ancestors,  and  the  chains 
of  a  moral  servitude,  woi-se  than  papal 
are  heiug  riveted  on  the  minds  of  the 
brethren  (see  brother  Mentzer's  astound- 
ing proposition  to  abolish  the  empire  of 
the  mind  and  to  make  the  "  old  order  " 
.synonymous  with  the  doctrines  of  the 
Bible,  published  in  a  leading^  journal, 
the  Viiid'tcafor  No.  5). 

A  book  is  being  slowly  manufactured 
by  oup  annual  convention,  a  chapter  ad- 
ded thereto  each  year,  that  bids  fail- be- 
foi'e  the  lapse  of  one  hun<lred  years  to 
be  iLs  volaiiiinous  as  the  Bible,  and  al- 
ready its  teachings  are  to  us  what  the 
hateful  creeds  and  disciplines  of  other 
denominations  are  to  them,  a  supplement 
to  the  Bible,  and  yet  not  a  word  of  warn- 
ing cujuesfrom  thesanctum  of  our  beloved 
editors.  If  the  creation  of  that  wonder- 
ful book  continues  in  proportion  to  the 
growth  of  the  church,  the  coming  gener- 
lUions  will  have  an  heirloom  that  will 
plant  their  pillows  with  thorns.  Broth- 
r  Zuck  should  anticpate  their  necessities 
and  organize  a  department  in  his  school 
th  especial  reference  to  the  interpreta- 
tion of  its  hetereogeueous  precepts. 

It  seems  now  to  have  occurred  to  the 
brethren  who  are  molding  the  history  of 
the  church,  that  God  has  never  smiled, 
but  always  frcn^^led  on  the  productions 
of  annual  or  ecumenical  councils.  Where 
are  the  minutes  of  Annual  Meetings  of 
the  seventeenth  century?  (don't  tell  me 
that  Wiw  before  the  church  was  orgau- 
izeil).  Where  are  the  minutes  of  anti-Ni- 
cene  councils  as  supplemental  guides  to 
the  chiu-ch?  Where  are  the  apostolical 
canons  as  authority  in  church  govern- 
ment i!  God  has  destroyed  them,  and  I 
say  here  what  I  said  in  a  district  council 
three  years  ago  imder  the  protest  of  be- 
eil  biethren,  that  God  would  destroy 
our  council  minutes  if  they  everencroach- 
ed  on  the  supremacy  of  the  Bible,  and 
a  very  indifferent  observer  of  events  can 
see  that  in  all  matters  where  the  two 
conflict,  the  former  has  the  precedence, 
and  where  the  Bitde  is  silent,  it  raised 
its  supplemental  trumpet  voice  mth  all 
a.ssurance  and  authority  of  DiNnnity  and 
infallibility. 

It  behooves  brother  Moore  now,  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  he  has   initiated  the  im- 


ha>)its  and  our  worship,  and  if  we  hav 
failed  in  our  eflbrts  to  reproduce  the  j>u 
rjty  of  pi-imitive  Christianity,  it  is   in 
cumbent  on    those  who    are  capable  of 
doing  it,  to    lead   us   into    the  old   path 
from  which  we   have  swerved.     And  if 
there  are  men  in  our  association  who  will 
oppose  such  a  work,  (^vhich  may  be  un- 
fortunately the  case)  it  will  only  mani- 
fest more  clearly  the  truth  of  the  insjur- 
ed  ileclaration,  "  There  must  be  heresies 
amongst  us." 

My  reference  in  the  foregoing  to  the 
Annual  Meeting  and  its  work  is  not  dic- 
tated by  any  captious  hostility  to  our 
old  or  to  our  young  brtthren  who  have 
participated  in  its  deliberations.  1  have 
several  honest  objections  to  it,  ba-sed  on 
what  I  conceive  to  be  Gospel  grounds. 

1.  The  church  did  not  get  into  the 
pi-actice  of  a.ssembling  in  annual  ecum- 
enical council  for  several  liundred  years 
after  the  apostolic  age.  The  Acts  of  the 
apostles  and  their  epistolary  oft'usious 
which  we  revere  as  insjuration  afford,  as- 
tonishng  to  say,  not  a  single  instance  of 
such  a  council,  and  they  cover  a  period 
of  about  sixty  years.  The  council  refer- 
red to  in  Acts  1.5,  was  purely  local. 

2.  We  are  embodying  a  code  of  laws 
that  are  destined  to  be  revered  as  equiv- 
alent to  the  Bible  itself,  before  another 
generation  passes  away.  Indeed  already 
its  rulings  and  orders  are  held  \t.  almost 
idolatrous  veneration,  and  a  hundred 
years  hence,  if  God  does  not  mete  out  to 
it  the  same  fate  that  has  befallen  all  oth- 
er human  productions  that  arose  in  rival- 
ship  to  the  Bible,  its  decisions  vriW  be 
venerated  as  inspiration,  and  men  and 
women  irill  Ije  judged  by  it  as  they  now 
are  by  the  Bible. 

3.  Men  now  in  high  places  besiege 
it  yearly,  and  with  uiarvelous  insidious- 
ness,  for  decisions  to  enable  them  to  ob- 
tain some  personal  advantage  or  to  ruin 
some  hated  rival,  and  in  too  many  in- 
stances they  accomplisli  their  work,  and 
their  helpless  victims  have  no  other  re- 
source Imt  to  suffer  out  their  painful  ex- 
isteuc*?  under  the  calumny  and  reproach 
of  legalized  injustice. 

4.  It  encumbers  and  clogs  the  work 
of  an  hon^H  minister  of  the  Gospel  who 
thinks  he  should  preach  the  tnith,  the 
whole  truth  and  nothimj  Imf  the  truth. 
AVhen  we  tell  the  people  that  the  terms 
of  membership  and  communion  in  our 
association  are  solely  in  submission  to 
the  doctrine  of  the  Bible,  it  is  very  an- 
noying to  have  a  book  containing  more 
rules  and  regulations  than  the  New  Tes- 
tament, to  intrude  its  voluminous  pres- 
ence before  bur  face  as  a  spectre  to  tell 
us  that  our  declaration  is  not  true,  and 
that  we  know  it.  It  thus  places  our 
ministei-s  in  very  embarrassing  positions 
sometimes  which  will  greatly  impede 
our  triumphant  passage  through  the 
thrilling  scenes  of  the   final  judgment. 

There  are  other  causes  upon  which 
my  objections  are  based,  l>ut  the  forego- 
iug  shall  suffice  for  the  present.  J  have 
now  to  say  that  I  am  in  favor  of  coun- 
cil meetings  for  the  purpose  of  adjust- 
ing difficulties  and  of  maintaining  a  una- 
nimity of  sentiment  and  practice  on  the 


IR. 


cardinal  doctrines  of  the  Bible,  ami  n 

on  trivial  nuesrionfe    that    relal.-   t<.  ,... 
,  *"  our 

|TTivateainl  j)cr-'0nitl  fa(*tea  and  \\n\,\x^ 
luMioh  malteis,  the  tastes  of  one  broih^,! 
are  juTdear  to  him  as  those  of  ai^.the,. 
brother  are  to  him,  and  it  is  ridiculous 
nnd  tyrannical  of  any  combination  of  m>n 
to  arrogate  to  themselves  the  •^^^\\^.y  ( 
force  their  brethren  to  accept  their  tastes 
antl  habits. 

But  in  the  adjustment  of  difneukj^ 
theie  could  be  no  possible  co'nib^ifa*t]i^ 
of  circumstances-^at._TCould_i-euU(;t_it 
necessary^^  call  an  assembly  of  the 
whole  ch'uft'h.  ?fot  orif*  (-ase  in  rf  scui-p 
woidd  ever  cross  the  tbrp.shold  of  the 
district  council,  it  brethren  would  make 
a  pi-oper  uso  of  the  Bible,  and  were  mov- 
ed by  the  Holy  Spirit  that  permeates  its 
teachings.  And  ftuiaiutainauce  of  una- 
nimity of  sfutiment  and  practice  on  the 
cardinal  doeti'ines  of  the  Bible,  does  uot 
by  any  means  require  an  annual  council 
But  few  cases  of  disagi-eement  have  oc- 
curred in  the  last  century  and  it  has  not 
;iey  were 


appeared  in  the  evidence  that  tli 
prevented  by  the  iuterveHti'on  of  our  A. 
M.  Possibly  a  sole  reliance  on  the  di- 
^-ine  aid  through  the  mediun  of  prayer 
and  faith,  would  have  been  more  avail- 
ing  than  the  assistance  of  the  A.  M.  I 
Wc  h(qie  that  brother  Moore  will  re- 
spond at  his  earliest  convenience  to  the 
wishes  of  a  large  number  of  his  breth. 
ren. 
{See  another  page  for  editorialremarh.) 


THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 


BY  JOHX  FORSBY. 


"\XrE  hear  Christ  say  to  His  disciples, 
'  ^  I  say  unto,  yon  I  will  not  anv 
more  eat  thereof  until  it  be  fulfilled  in 
the  kingdom  of  God  (Luke  22:  Ifi).  And 
He  took  bread  and  gave  thanks,  and 
brake  it  and  gave  unto  them,  saying,  this 
is  my  body  which  is  given  for  you:  this 
do  in  remembrance  of  n*©.  Likewise 
also  the  cup  after  suppet,  saying,;  This 
cup  is  the  New  Testament  in  my  l)lood, 
which  is  shed  tor  you. 

There  is  no  record  in  the  Bible  of  any 
supper  or  passover  ever  commanded  or 
eaten  before  this  one  eaten  by  Jesus  aud  / 
His  disciples,  that  was  preceded  by  Feet- 
washingand  followed  by  the  Communion 
of  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ  (John 
i;i:  4-28;  Luke  32:  15-20).  And  we 
also  know  that  the  Law  was  very  sti-ict 
in  the  ob.servance  of  the  passover  to  the 
very  day,  or  death  was  the  result.  Mod- 
ern, great  and  wise  men  tell  us,  the  Jews 
had  lost  the  proper  day,  and  ate  it  on 
the  sixteenth  day  of  Nisin,  while  Christ 
ate  His  (passover)  supper  on  the  proper 
day.  They  must  also  prove  that  God 
also  had  forgotten  the  proper  day,  or 
else  the  Law  had  lost  its  power  to  cut 
off  (see  Ex.  12:  15;  9:  13). 

THE  I,0Kd's  .SUPPKR  COWTHASTED  WITH 
THK  PASSOVKIl  0^  THE  LAW. 

The  one  in  Mose.s'  Law,  had  no  Feet- 
washing,  no  bread  and  cup  of  Conimun- 
i<'n  connected  with  it  (Ex.  12).  While 
Christ's  (passover)  supper  had  it  all 
(John  ia;Luke  22).  In  the  Law  to 
Closes,  the  command  was  to  roast  it  vrith 
fire,  eat  it  with  bitter  herbs,  with  unleav- 


ened bread.     And  thus   shall   ye 


eat  it 
with  your  loins  girded,  your  shoes  on 
your  feet  anrl  your  staff  in  your  hand 
(Ex.  12:  S-ll).  And  none  of  you  shall 
go  out  at  the  door  of  his  house  until  the 
niorniug  (verse  22).  But  in  Christ's 
passover  we  read  nothing  of  the  kind. 
Modern  critics  tell  us  Christ  and  the 
apostles  had  no  shoes,  and  therefore  He 


^pril    18. 

ffft-lu-.l  their  fi-i>t.  Ux-msv  uf  tilth.  iJut 
Christ  said,ye  are  clr.,a  every  whit  (John 
13:11)).  .^Attbis  supper  they  were  all 
seated  at  a  tal>le,  aud  une  leanintr  un  .1^. 
sus  bosom  (veree  -'3-28;  :il :  2ii?  And 
they  all  went  out  before  morui.,-  (Matt 
2(i:30;Markl4::>,ij.  Ami  w.  read  not 
that  they  burned  anything  with  fire  in 
the  iiioroiug  as  coiunmnded  by  the  Law 
(Ex.  U>;10). 

The  Law  called  for  an  holy  eonvoea- 
tion,  and  an  oti'ering  made  by  fire  unto 
the  Lord  (Lev.  23:  7,  8).  At  the  time 
Moses  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  made 
such  offerings  by  tire;  they  were  to  wash 
their  hands  and  feet  lest,  they  die.  They 
washed  their  own  feet  (Kx.  ;i(i:  i7_o(). 
41):  30,  31).  But  Christ  wa,.hed  flis 
disciples  feet  and  wiped  them.  The  first 
was  eaten  by  Moses  and  his  people  the 
last  night  they  were  in  the  bondage  of 
Egypt.  The  Lord  ate  His  supper  with 
the  iliseiples  the  last  night  they  ^vere  in 
bondage  of  sin. 

OF  THE  BLOOD  OF  TIIK  l.AMB. 

Israel  spilt  the  blood  of  the  lanil)  and 
sprinkled  it  ou  the  door  post  of  the 
houses  (Ex.  12:  7),  before  the  eatintr 
of  the  passover  to  save  them  froni  the 
destroyer.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  ate 
His  passover  (supper)  with  His  diseiples 
before  He  spilt  Plis  blood,  and  He  stroke 
it  not  on  the  door  posts  of  houses;  but 
He  spilled  (sprinkled)  it  upon  all  nations 
to  save  them,  not  from  a  physical  death, 
but  from  the  death  uf  sin  under  whieh 
all  men  were  plunged  liy  the  fall  of  Ad- 
am's transgression  (Rom.  ;')).  And  tliis 
Christ  done  all  after  supper,  and  took 
the  power  of  Him  who  had  the  power 
of  death,  that  is  the  devil  (Heb.  2:  14), 
and  delivered  them,  who  through  fear  of 
death  were  all  their  life-time  subjects  to 
bondage  (verse  I.l).  In  the  first  pass- 
over,  the  first-born  was  slain  in  Egypt. 
But  after  Christ's  supper,  the  first  sin 
was  slain. 

Many  other  differences  |could  be  pro- 
duced; but  may  this  suifice  to  convince 
the  reader,  that  Christ  ate  not  a  passover 
to  fulfill  the  Law,  but  one  to  be  fulfill- 
ed in  His  kingdoni,']and  Christ  died  to 
fulfill  the  Law. 

ITS  CONTINl'.WCK. 

The  Israelites  were  to continueitthrough- 
out  their  generation,!  .and  had  its  fulfill- 
ment in  the  end  of  their  Law.  Christ 
is  theend  of  that  Law  (Rom.  H);  4). 

The  Lord  said,  I  have  given  you  an 
e.xample,  that  you  should  do  as  I  have 
done  to  you  (John  13:  15).'  If  ye  know 
these  things,  happy  are  ye  if  ye  do  them 
(verse  17).  Aud  the  Lord  said,  He  will 
not  any  more  eat  thereof  until  it  be  ful- 
filled in  the  kingdom  of  God  (Luke  2-2: 
ISy  Hence  we  see  that  it  is  to  be  kept 
throughout  the  churches.  Paul  says,  let 
US  keep  the  feast  (1  Cor.  5:8).  Paul 
taught  it,  and  established  it  in  the  church 
at  Corinth,  and  they  kept  the  ordinance 
as  He  delivered  it  unto  them,  and  he 
praised  them  for  it.  But  he  reproved 
them  sharply  for  the  disorder  that  crept 
in  among  them,  in  not  tarrying  one  for 
another,  but  one  ate  before  the  other 
Ms  own  sujiper,  and  one  was  hungry  and 
another  di-unken;  and  in  that  order  of 
things  some  had  to  take  the  Commun- 
ion without  the  supper.  Paul  tells  them 
he  received  it  of  the  Lord,  and  tells 
them  the  Lord  blessed  the  bread  and 
cup  when  He  had  supped  (I  Cor.  11). 
He  took  the  bread  and  the  cup,  after 
supper,  and  when  He  had  given  thanks 
He  brake  it  and  gave  it  to  them  (Luke 
22: 19,  20).  The  church  still  kept  the 
feast,  when  Peter  and  Jude  WTOte  their 
*ipistles  is  evident  from  2  Peter  2:  13; 
Jude  12. 


Hi{Kri[HK>r 


AVOHK. 


THE  TWO  VETERANS. 


A  N  aged  and    well   known  brother 

speaks  thus    of  the  experience   of 

hiinselfimd  brother  IVtvi-Nejid  in  break. 

ing  ot^'  fi-(.in  the    use    of  tiibacco.     It  is 

fVpril  No.  of  the  Vin- 


opied  from  th 
(licator: 

My  old  brother  Peter  Nead  and  my- 
self were  slaves  to  the  habit  of  using  to- 
bacco.     It  nuiy    have    li,.,.n    before 


l>efM  a  case  f<)r  trial.  Hut  it  now  ap- 
pears the  law  of  (Hum  hius  done  what  I 
pre^sumed  the  law  of  Maryland  would 
do. 


Any  system  of  religion  that  will  low- 
er, or  degrade  man  in  the  ej^timatlon  of 
his  fellow. man  as  not  to  be  eaten  with, 
or  to  so  demoralize  his  social  lelatious 
with  husband,  wif<-.  or  chihiren,  is  not 
the  religion  (iod  sent  into  the  world  by 
uere  acHuainted  with  him.     He  tohl  me    ^^''^'^^'^^-     Time   w,ts  when, 


what  led  him  to  put  it  away,  but  did 
say  how  hard  it  was  for  him  to  do  it. 
With  me  it  was  a  severe  trial— I  wa.>i 
years  in  gaining  the  conquest.  For 
twenty  years  I  used  it  only  in  private, 
and  possibly  would  have  done  so  until 
this  day,  only  for  the  reason  that  I  nev- 
er allowed  myself  to  have  a  particle  of 
tobacco  in  my  mouth  in  my  private  de- 
fo//f>H,  and  only  used  it  when  I  retired 
at  the  call  of  natiue  for  evacuation. 
Antl  I  remember  on  one  occasion,  twenty 
years  ago,  that  I  so  retired  in  a  grove  in 
Illinois.  Ithere  found  a  dear  old  broth- 
er smoking  his  pipe.  He  bluslied  (he 
did  not  know  my  habit),  and  he  apolo- 
gized. He  thought  it  needful  for  his 
health  and  comfort,  and  he  did  not  wish 
to  offend  any  one,  so  he  went  alone.  But 
it  was  soon  after  that  event  I  quit  it. 
The  question  came  to  my  mind,  Do  I 
love  Jesus,  and  is  this  practice  acceptable 
to  him?  As  I  said,  I  never  had  tobacco 
in  my  mouth  when  I  retired  for  devotion. 
My  mind  was  devotionally  engaged,  and 
it  was  under  aucli  circuiustances  I  asked 
myself,  "  Do  I  love  Jesus?"  A  solemn 
thought  followed.  I  threw  away  the 
nasty  w^eed,  and  said  audibly,  but  in  the 
hearing  only  of  God  and  the  holy  angels, 
"  Live  or  die,  I  will  never  use  that  thing 
any  longer."  And  I  kept  the  vow.  And 
to  mj  surprise  the  appetite  left  me,  and 
my  health  was  even  l)etter  than  when  I 
used  it.  My  head  is  more  clear,  though 
I  suppose  I  must  always  suffer  some  loss 
in  point  of  health,  for  my  long  indul- 
gence in  that  and  other  violations  of  the 
laws  of  nature." 


I  hi 


And  at  tlie  : 


buke  of  Peter,  Ananiius  and  Saph- 
wife  nniy  fall  dead  at  his  feet, 
ii-buke of  Paul,  Klymaa  may 
grope  in  blimhiesN;  but  now  God  com. 
mauds  all  men  everywhere  to  repent,  He 
hiis  wisely  withdrawn  the  e.\ereise  of 
this  power,  as  well  iw  the  power  itself. 
The  system,  if  practiced  in  the  name 
and  authority  of  Jesus  Christ,  is  a  libel 
on  Christ  Himself,  as  He  never  taught 
any  such  a  doctrine,  or  enjoined  atiy 
such  a  practice.  Then  while  John  IIol- 
deman  and  party  has  been  well  served, 
let  otliers  who  hold  similar  views  take 
timely  warning. 


SENSATIONAL  PREACHING. 


burning  all  around  us.  Great  men  in 
the  pulpit  an-  trying  to  make  pe»tple  be- 
lieve the  (to  the  cjuual  mind)  flallering 
doctrine,  tlmt  ih<-re  is  no  hell.  O  let  iw 
charge  upon  the  batteries  of  the  enemy 
with  all  the  power  we  can  command. 
Let  us  tell  sinners  the  exciting  and  sor- 
rowful story,  of  the  cross.  Letuspi.int 
them  to  the  bleeding  and  heart-n-ndinir 
scene  I(U  Calvary's  l>row.  If  they  do  get 
e.\eited  a  little,  don't  get  scared;  Imt 
continue  on  and  show  them  the  way  and 
urge  them  to  come  out  of  the  fire,  and 
rest  and  co(d  themselves  under  the  sooth- 
ing shadow  of  the  Tree  of  Life 

If  we  can  arouse  the  bereaved  par- 
rent  with  the  thought,  that  by  becoming 
converted  to  Christ  they  can  after  while 
meet  and  greet  loved  ones  gone  }>efore 
in  the  land  of  inunortal  bliss,  let  ii» 
:loso;  only  save  them  if  possible.  Point 
sinners  to  the  right  track;  get  theui  to 
understand  what  they  must  do  to  he 
saved.  Then  urge  them  with  all  the 
might  you  can  sunuuon  to  do  their  duty; 
you  can't  sacrifice  too  much,  for  one  soul 
is  worth  more  than  all  the  world.  Much 
luort^  might  be  said  on  the  abovesubjeet, 
but  we  forbear,  a  word  to  the  wise  is 
sufficient. 


AVOIDANCE. 


1(Y  I).  P.  ^AYI,UR. 


TNKo.l3,  page,4  BiiKTUKEN  at  Work 
-'-  1  see  what  is  called  a  strange  twsc, 
which  came  off  in  the  court  of  common 
pleas  at  Byrant,  Ohio,  in  which  Joseph 
Lichty  obtained  a  verdict  for  8  ^ODO, 
damages  against  John  Holdeman,  a  re- 
ligious zealot. 

I  presume  tlie  said  John  and  party 
will  construe  this  into  an  act  of  persecu- 
tion for  Christ's  sake,  or  to  suffer  for 
righteousness' sake.  But  some  will  hold 
to  the  opinion  that  the  Byrant,  Ohio  jury 
served  John  well.  The  book,  "  A  his- 
tory of  the  church  of  God,"  he  publish- 
ed, a  copy  of  which  I  received  by  mail 
(I  presume  he  sent  it)  is  a  libel  against 
the  Christian  religion  in  general,  and 
against  the  German  Baptist  church  of 
the  Brethren  in  particular. 

In  said  book,  John  liolds  in  avmdaru-e 
all  who  dare  difi'er  .with  him  in  matters 
of  religious  faith  and  practice,  and  all 
upon  whom  his  ecclesiastical  authority 
))e  meted  out,  are  committed  under  his 
law  of  avoidance  as  set  forth  in  the  case 
referred  to. 

I  have  on  difierent  occasions  said  to 
those  who  hold  and  practice  similar  prac- 
tices, fouudeil  ou  certain  ambiguous  pjis- 
sages  of  Scripture,  that  holding  a  mem- 
ber of  tlie  church  in  such  a  stat^^  of  avoid- 
auce  as  Johu  has  done,  would  be  action- 
aljle  fur  slander  and  damage  under  the 
laws  of  Maryland.  But  as  that  system 
is  not  practiced  here,   there   has   never  1  this  time. 


rrillERK  seems  to    be  considerable  ob 
-*-     jectiou  to  what  is  called  seusationu 
preaching.     But  we  fear  more  from  prej 
udice  than  proper  reflection.     To  be  sen 
sational,  is  to  excite  interest,  and  simiers 
must  become  interested    before  they  can 
be  converted.    "When  friends  are  in  dan- 
ger, we  are  apt  to  use  every  effin-t  in  our 
power  to  save   them.     We  care  but  lit- 
tle as  to  the  means   employetl,    so   they 
are  saved.     Suppose  father  or    mother, 
that  a  building   was  on   fire,  and  a  dear 
child  inside  of  that  building,  would  not 
youi-  (Sympathies   be   aroused?     Would 
you  not  become  e.xciteiH  If  telling  a  sor- 
rowful story  would  l)ring  that  ehihl  out 
of  the  flames,  would  you  not  tell  it  with 
all  the  tenderness  of  a  parent's   heart? 
Anything  that  would  save   that  child 
you  wouhl  consider  lawful. 

Have  you  ever  stood  by  the  dying 
bed  of  dear  ones?  If  so,  were  not  your 
symjiathies  aroused?  Were  you  not  emo- 
tioiial  ?  Did  not  your  bosom  heave  with 
tenderness?  Would  you  not  have  con 
sidered  any  remedy  lawful  that  wouhl 
have  saved  the  loved  one?  Ask  your 
physician,  and  he  will  tell  yon  that  rem- 
ediesmust  be  changed  fre([uently  accord- 
ing to  the  constitution  or  condition  of 
the  patient;  and  that  principle  will  hold 
good  in  persuading  sinners  to  be  healed. 
While  some  can  be  better  reached  by 
the  thunder  of  Mount  Sinai;  others  need 
nulder  inftuences. 

One  of  the  most  essential  qualities  in 
the  ministerial  chai-acter,  is  a  knowledge 
of  human  nature.  He  ought  to  be  well 
versed  in  mental  and  physical  anatomy, 
in  oriler  to  apply  the  proper  remedies; 
and  if  he  finds  that  a  sinner  can  be  best 
lirought  U)  a  sense  of  his  duty  by  an 
appeal  to  his  sympathies  aud  emotional 
nature,  he  ought  to  (yes  he  will)  act  and 
speak  accordingly,  if  he  has  the  gift  to 
do  it.  If  he  has  not  that  gitt,  he  should 
try  to  get  the  patient  under  the  treat- 
ment of  some  other  one;  to  save  sinners 
from  their  sins  ought  to  he  his  aim. 

Brethren  and  sistei-s,  hundreds  and 
thousantls  of  our  dear  friends,  yes,  of 
children,  our  brothers  and  sisters  and 
bosom  companions,  our  fathersaud  moth- 
ers and  <iur  fellow-men  in  general,  are 
enveloped  by  the  flames  of  the  bottom- 
less abyss  of  hell.  Hell  did  exist  ancient- 
ly, it  exists  yet.  O  let  us  do  all  we  can 
to  save  perishing  sinners.  It  is  highly 
necessary  to  be  excited  and  aroused  at 
The     fires  of  infidelity  are 


BENJ.  FRANKLIN'S  ADVICE  Ta 
TOM   PAINE, 

A  PTKIl  Paine  had  \vritten  a  part  of 
-^  his  book  against  the  Bible,  and 
before  publishing,  he  sent  it  to  Dr. 
Pranklin,  to  get  his  opinion  about  it- 
This  is  the  reply  he  got: 

"  I  have  read  your  nmnuseript  with 
some  attention.  By  the  argument  it 
contains  agaii\st  a  particular  Providence, 
you  strike  at  the  fovmdation  of  all  relig- 
ion. For  without  the  belief  of  a  Prov- 
idence, tiuit  takes  cognizance  of,  giiard.s 
and  guides,  and  may  favor  particular 
persims  there  is  no  motive  to  worehipa 
Deity,  to  fear  his  displeasure,  or  to  pray 
for  his  protectitm.  I  will  not  enter  into 
any  discussion  of  your  principles,  though 
you  Hcem  to  deaire  it.  I  shall  give  yoa 
only  my  opinion,  that  though  your  rea- 
sons are  mhtiU,  and  may  prevail  with 
some  readers,  you  will  not  succeed  so  as 
to  change  the  general  sentiment  of  man- 
kind on  that  subject,  and  theconse(pienoe 
of  printing  this  piece  will  be  a  great 
deal  of  odium  drawn  upon  yourself,  mis- 
chief to  you  and  no  benefits  to  othersu 
He  that  spits  against  the  winds,  spits 
in  his  own  face. 

You  might  easily  ilisplay  your  talents 
upon  a  less  hazardous  subject,  and  there- 
Iiy  obtain  a  rank  with  our  authors.  For 
among  us  it  is  not  necessary,  as  among 
Hottentots,  that  a  youth,  to  be  raised  in- 
to the  eoiupany  of  men,  should  prove 
his  numhood  by  beating  his  mother. 

I  would  advise  you  therefore  not  t(* 
attempt  unchaining  the  tiger,  but  to  bum 
this  piece  before  it  is  seen  by  any  other 
person ;  -whereby  you  will  save  yourself 
a  great  deal  of  mortification  by  the  ene- 
mies it  will  raise  against  you,  and  per- 
haps a  good  deal  of  regret  and  repent- 
ance. 

If  men  are  so  wicked  with  religion^, 
what  would  they  be  if  unthout  it?  " 

Paine  did  not  take  the  advice  of 
Franklin,  but  published  to  the  world 
the  "  Age  of  Reason,"  and  though  the 
author  is  dead,  yet  his  evil  deeds  still, 
follow  him. 


God  has  fixed  upon  earth  t\vo  gates 
which  lead  to  heaven.  He  has  placed 
them  at  the  two  extremities  of  life:  ooft 
at  the  beginning,  the  other  at  the  ead- 
The  fii-st  is  that  of  innocence,  the  swoud 
that  of  repentance. 


TT-TK    Tinpn^HRET^^    ^T    A\^OKI<:. 


-^Pril  iQ 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUHLISQEO    WESKLr. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Dbo.  1*.  H.  n»»in>"  i«  iJul/  •uilioH««l,  by  u»  ■« 
IrmicllBjt  vorre»p'»nd»ol  wiJ  ijcnl  for  lli«  li«*iim 
Woni;  ae-l  "ill  r-o^lff  iiib^rripliuni  for  llie  fame  ■' 
rcKxUrratM.  All  t.iniD»«»  tr»iiMcitd  '7  li't"  for  on 
flrr,  will  tHi  iLr  •>[iii>  w  ir  .loop  by  oukcItm. 


Tii»  lli>»TH«l'  *T  WnBR    will  b*  'fnt  poit-p*i'I,  to  "nj 

Kdtlrpu  In  (ho  i;nirM  »i«i*-  ^r  (:«tivJ«,  -for  «1  flO  par 
UDum      Thoiip  urniliniE  leo  nutin-    iirc)    flfi.OO,    will  re- 

«iT.  no  «il«  «.P7  fr«  o'  '»""■«'  *"<":  '"  °l"  '*'*.' 
nomUrll.tag*m-.llbc*llow»-110c«.U.  fcr  *«h  »dJl- 
lioml  nwti*.  whkh  wnouol  mo  h«  deJocWd  from  tbe 
monrr.  bof.>r»  ..ndmR  il  lo  u..  Mo""/  "'J'"'  ''""•■ 
kDd  IWiKlprrd  Uiw  m»y  U»™t  •!  oat  ri«k,  Tboy 
•hoiiM  br  rnrulo  paynbU  to  Moore  A  K^liclnion. 

8..Wri|,tlon..  mJ  commi.nkMloB.  iot.B.I^.I  for  Ibo  J..- 
ptr.  M  wHI  »•  •"  bmioM*  maltoTn  oonnfclM  Willi  Ihe  of- 
Hm  •lioiiM  b»  B-lilroMed 

Liauk,  Cftrroll  Co..  Dl- 


2.AXAU,ILL, 


ATSIL  IS,  IB7S. 


As  the  weaaon  for  hoWiiifr  ili-itrict  inwtings 
in  variors  part"  of  the  brothi-rliaod  is  at  baiid. 
we  Hugf^esl  that  symc  one  at  etv-h  lilncctake  the 
matter  iuto  liiiud  und  send  u^  u  it-port  of  such 
things  a.1  may  be  interesting  mid  profitable  to 
our  readnn«.  Do  iiot  foil  to  wnd  for  sample 
copips  of  the  Hkctiirkx  at  Work  to  use  in  so- 
liciting Bubscribeni  nt  those  meeting.  Some 
one  iu  the  vicinity  of  the  meeting* should  order 
Ham  pie  copieii. 


IJiioTiiBR  O.  K.  YocNT  n;qucsti»  U8  tosny  tliiit 
h.'  liiu*  no  more  pamphl'^t'*  for  (-ill-.',  .igiiinst  the 
duLtrine  of  '■  Univeranl  Rrstonition." 

OsB  wiwi  bi»i>ti7/"<l  in  the  Hickory  Grove 
church  liwt  wet'k.  Two  oth.-rw,  we  leiinied.  have 
made  iipiiliciitiuii  for  ndniinmion  into  tlieclmrch. 

1p  any  one  should  duuicn  tosppakevil  of  you, 
und  it  hn  true,  ondeas'or  to  corp-t-t your  conduct 
ujid  be  a  ht-tter  [reraon;  hutif  il  be  untrue,  then 
you  may  laugh  at  it. 

The  nii'inberfl  of  this  eoiipn'Kation  hiivo  tic- 
cidrd  to  hold  their  Love-fciwt  on  Wednesday, 
May  I''<1'.  commencing  at  ten  oVlocIt.  Tlit 
UKiml  invifjitinii  to  others.  Tlie  niweting  will 
likely  lust  but  one  day. 

BiKiTnint  I).  W.  Ghoikik,  Wiltiamsport,  W 
V.-i..  write-.:  •■  Weatlicr  delightful,  lir-alth  exa-I- 
lent.  church  in  |)rosi)cious  cori'lition.  Ten  ail- 
ditions  lo  (he  church  la^t  year.  Praise  Him  to 
wliom  all  praiiie  bclongK." 

SouB  one  at  Forest  City.  Mo.,  ordered  the  pa- 
per scut  tr»  .I«dni  H.  Miller,  Mound  City,  Mo., 
and  to  himself,  but  failed  to  give  his  name. 
Ni>w  we  cannot  set  tlijt  thing  right  until  wc 
have  the  name  of  the  in-iter. 


(JriTH  an  interest  i^  being  manife.«ted  over  the 
propriety  of  taxingehurch  property.  Itis  pro- 
powil  to  exempt  church  property  to  the  amount 
of  four  or  five  thoiiBand  dolia^.^,  but  all  over  and 
above  that  to  be  taxed  as  other  property.  This 
is  a  step  in  the  riglit  directimi.  and  if  it  does 
nothing  more,  may  stop  the  building  of  such 
costly  churches  as  are  burdening  most  city  con- 
gregations. If  j'tidgnient  anil  prudence  cannot 
keep  popular  profesHing  Christianity  within 
reasonable  bounds,  perhaps  law  ivill. 

Brotokk  II.  H.  Mn.i,F.ii  informs  us  that  he  is 
atirely  out  of  the  second  edition  of  the  "Doc- 
trine of  the  Brethren  Defended."  He  will  pub- 
Hull  another  edition  soon.  Those  willing  the 
book  Mill  send  in  their  orders  and  we  will  fill 
them  just  aa  soon  as  we  caii  get  the  books.  It 
is  worthy  of  remark  that  brother  Miller's  book 
is  the  best  defense  of  our  doctrine  yet  published, 
and  should  be  in  every  family-  in  tlie  brother- 
hood. It  should  he  iu  the  hands  of  every 
preacher,  and  if  the  preacher  is  too  poor  to  buy 
the  book,  let  some  one  who  is  able  buy  one  for 
him,  and  thus  help  him  to  defend  the  truth. 


"  In  the  namf  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  by  the 
Sjjirll  of  God." 

What!  you  don't  mean  to  tell  me  that  tht-se 
are  the  only  means  of  sanctification  ? 

"No,  not  the  only  means:  the  Lord  Himself 
asked  His    Father   to  sanctity   us  ihrumj^i    H 
truth— not  a  part  of  it.  but  through  ""  'if  »'■'" 

Is  that  all  you  know  about  sanctification'-' 

"  I  know  that  -leous  came  to  do  the  will  of 
God,  by  which  will  we  ares.inctified  through  the 
offering  of  the  body  ot  Jesus  Christ  once  for  all. 
I  know  that  by  one  offering  He  hath  perfected 
forever  them  that  are  sanctified;  that  this  same 
Je9u.s  loved  the  church  and  gave  himself  for  it; 
that  he  might  sanctify  and  cleanse  it  \vith  the 
washing  of  water  bj-  the  word." 

Why  do  thus,  brother  Paul? 

"That  he  might  |)resent  it  to  himself  a  ghri- 
0111  chnrch,  not  having  sjiot,  or  wrinkle,  or  any 
such   thing;  but  that  it  should  be  holy  and 
without  blemLsh." 
And  what  moreV 

"Follow  peace  wifli  all  men,  ami  hofhir.'is, 
^vithout  which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord.  God 
hath  not  called  us  to  uncleanness,  but  to  holi- 


etemal  peace  dwell  in  him  who  goes  »lin 

goes,    follows   Him.   believes  Him     tn  ^    r^^ 

This  is  snuctiHi'iition  complete.  '"i- 


SoME  one  who  feels  much  interested  in  the 
contents  of  our  jiaper  hiis  fjone  to  the  troubl 
of  hunting  up  and  sending  to  us  a  number  of 
interesting  items  to  fill  up  odd  places.  This  is 
right.  We  appreciate  such  efforts  very  much 
and  hope  otheM  will  do  likewise. 


BitoTiiFJi  R.  n.  MiLi.EU  writi's  that  his  health 
is  still  i)opr,  but  improving  some.  Hope  he  will 
soon  he  able  for  regular  duty.  He  has  been 
holding  a  very  successful  meeting  at  CerroGor- 
d".  111.  IJuito  a  number  of  accessions  were 
made  to  the  church  at  that  place. 

Wk  think  that  our  readers  will  find  the  Home 
Circle  unusuiilly  interesting  this  week.  The 
way  our  contributors  are  helping  us  fill  it  with 
goo^  wholesome  reading  matter  is  commendable 
indeed.  Hope  they  will  make  great  efforts  to 
render  that  depiu-tment  of  the  paper  of  grent 
worth.  ^^ 

O.NK  mull  comet)  up  and  sayti,  "  I  am  safe,  for 

here  is  brother  H ,  a  chuirh  member,  aud  I 

nm  lus  good  as  he."     That  may  all  be,  but  your 

brother  B may  not  be  so  good  after  all,  and 

niile-'is  you  repent  both  of  yon  may  he  lost. 
They  that  com])are  themselves  among  them- 
selves arc  not  wise,  but  fooli.vh.  and  all  know 
what  become  of  tlie  foolish  virgins.  Better  do 
right  and  aat  a  good  example  for  yonr  brother 

^ •  ^ 

RnoTHKii  B.  W.  Walton,  of  Four  Forks, 
Stokes  Co..  N.  C.  says:  "  I  want  you  to  send  me 
nn  nUe  minister  with  a  small  family.  W'e  are 
needing  one  very  much.  I  have  to  travel  some 
twenty-five  miles  to  hear  prencliiiig  by  our 
Brethren.  If  one  will  come  I  will  furnish  him 
with  a  house  as  soon  m^  he  arrives.  The  reiison 
I  ask  this  is  that  1  am  surrouuded  with  a  chtss 
of  people  who  need  preaching  oud  good  papers 
to  read," 


I  no  not  think  fiodisangry  withus,  when  we 
feel  how  rugg»d  the  road  is,  aud  even  stumble  a 
little  over  the  larger  stones  that  He  in  the  way 
of  our  feet.  We  are  but  children,  all  of  us,  aud 
our  feet  are  not  grown  enough  for  us  to  march 
along  the  stony  path  with  our  bends  upright  and 
our  eyes  always  lifted  up  to  the  sky  abo\e  us. 
Kven  when  n  child  is  clasping  his  fiither's  strong 
hand,  he  cannot  help  but  teel  that  his  footsteps 
are  among  sharp  and  loose  pebbles,  which  roll 
from  under  him  us  he  treads;  aud  the  father  is 
not  angry  when  the  small  feet  slip,  and  the  lit>- 
tie  fingers  close  with  a  tighter  gnisp  about  his 
hand.  How  much  more  the  heavenly  Father. 
—Hale's  Chm-itij. 

A  UBOTUKR  informs  us  that  some  of  our  breth- 
ren, have  been  very  badly  swindled  by  certain 
sharpers  traveling  around  over  the  country.  | 
Tlioy  are  induced  to  sign  an  order  for  goods,  and 
then  have  to  pay  more  than  what  they  bargain- 
ed for.  Farmers  want  to  be  very  cautious  about 
such  thiugs.  The  better  way  is  nut  to  deal  with 
traveling  agents  that  yon  are  not  in  some  way 
personally  acquaiuted  with.  If  you  "ivant  some- 
thing not  kept  in  stock  by  your  merchants,  the 
better  way  is  to  have  Oinn  order  it  for  you. 
Deal  with  men  whom  you  know  to  be  honest, 
aud  shun  traveling  sharpers  as  you  would  an 
adder.  If  they  want  to  sell  you  something,  let 
them  first  bring  it  ai'ound  that  you  may  see  it. 
Never  expect  to  get  a  good  thing  at  half  price. 
When  men  offer  ynu  things  for  ?'2.no  that  cost 
^6.01)  you  may  depend  upon  it  that  there  is 
something  wrong  souiewhere.  Deal  with  hon- 
est people,  act  ui)rightly  and  all  will  go  well. 


We  do  not  object  to  receiving  a  few  postage 
stamps  occasionally  where  change  cannot  be 
made  otlierwi.xe.  but  to  receive  no  ninny,  is  not 
at  all  encouraging.  We  caiuirH  boy  bread, 
clothing,  paper  nor  pay  our  hands  with  postage 
stamps.  They  circulate  quite  well  among  mail 
matter,  but  as  a  money  medium  for  other  busi- 
ness they  win  not  do  well.  We  prefer  that  ymi 
send  us  P.O.  oifh-r,  if  possible:  if  not.  send 
(IruJi  on  CJiitmga 


SANCTIFICATION. 

THIS  is  expressive  of  a  man's  condition  after 
God  has  h(ul  His  way  with  him.  None  of 
our  readers  can  atTord  to  do  without  it.  It  will 
do  you  goorl,  help  you  all  through  life.  But 
perh.ips  neither  you  nor  I  can  be  fully  i)ersuad- 
ed  to  come  up  to  this  point  without  some  evi- 
dence. Evidence  is  everything,  especially  right 
evidence,  true  evidence.  We  must,  therefore, 
look  about  for  mtme  evidence  so  that  our  confi- 
dence may  be  strong.  We  gn  along  and  meet 
our  elder  Brother,  Jcsnsi:  oIho  called  our  Savior, 
which  He  is.    Says  I: 

We  hear  much  about  winctification;  how  are 
we  sunctified? 

I  have  asked   my  Father  io  sauctiiy  you 
through  the  truth;  His  word  is  trnth." 
.Ai-e  we  sanctified  through  the  truth  (tlone'f 
"Not  simply  throngh   the  truth   alone:  My 
servants  will  tell  yon  the  rest." 

My  faith  begins  to  rest  more  firmly,    I  pass 
on  and  meet  brother  Paul,  and  I  iLsk: 
What  do  you  know  about  sanctification? 
"  I  know  something." 
Whaty 

"  I  know  that  ye  are  iraxhed.  that  l'j,  made 
clean;  yo  ai-e  miiffifi'ed,  are  now  holy:  ye  are 
JHsfi/iptt  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  by 
the  Spirit  of  Gwl." 
Sanctified  how? 


I  go  on  a  little  ways  aud  meet  brother  Peter. 
I  say:  Brother  Peter,  do  you  know  anything 
about  sanctification? 

■'  Certainly  I  do.  Sanctify  the  Lord  God  hi 
ifdiir  hrnrt.i.  Christ  is  made  unto  us  sanctifica- 
tion; not  only  sanctification,  but  also  wisdom, 
and  righteousness,  and  redemption." 

This  is  enough.  I  don't  want  any  more  evi- 
dence. I  am  fully  persuaded.  My  faith  is  firm- 
ly anchored  on  what  God  siys  about  sanctilica- 
tion.  lie  has  proven  His  position  correct,  and 
I  believe  it.  Deal'  friends,  none  of  us  need  go 
tossed  about  on  the  waves  of  doubt.  Sanctifi- 
cation does  not  come  of  ourselves,  nor  yet  ifi/h- 
oiit  ourselves.  Holiness,  which  19  only  another 
name  for  sanctification,  comes  not  from  great 
Icnowleilge;  Balaam  had  that.  Nor  does  it 
come  from  zeal  for  a  part  of  God's  law:  John 
had  that.  It  comes  not  simply  through  outward 
respectability, — for  the  young  man.  who  from 
youth  up,  kept  the  commandments,  bad  that. 
It  comes  not  alone  through  the  desire  to  hear 
preaching,  for  the  .lews  loved  that  even  iu  Eze- 
I  kiel's  time.  It  comes  not  by  keeping  company 
with  religious  people;  Joab  and  Demas  did  that. 
Nor  does  it  come  by  great  pretensions  and  loud 
professions:     Judas  Iscariot  did  all  that. 

But  it  comes  by  believing  aild  obeying  God; 
by  walking  in  all  the  commands  and  statutes  of 
Jesus,  blameless;  by  keeping  unspotted  from 
the  world,  doing  our  duty  to  God,  our  fellnw- 
men  and  ourselves.  A  man,  then,  is  sanctified, 
made  holy,  when  he  gives  himself,  every  hour  of 
his  life  to  God,  obeys  Hiin,  follows  where  Jesus 
leads,  doubts  not  a  particle  of  His  Word,  believes 
all  the  facts,  obeys  all  the  commands,  hopes  for 
all  the  promises.  He  is  not  sanctified  bypraj'er 
(dime.  God  never  said  so.  He  is  not  sanctified 
by  worh.  alone.  God  never  said  so.  He  is  not 
sanctified  simply  hy  hnptmn.  God  never  said 
so.  But  he  is  sanctified  tkrmpli  the  truth,  bi/ 
the  Spirit  of  God,  by  walking  blameless  before 
the  Lord,  by  yielding  himself  a  member  of  His 
body.  God  thus  declares,  and  what  God  declares 
is  true.  Do  you  believe  that  you  can  be  sancti- 
fied other  than  by  the  Lord's  way?  If  ho,  where 
does  your  belief  re-st?  Remember  you  and  I 
carry  about  with  us  "a  body  of  death."  Thii 
tells  us  not  to  rely  on  ournelvp«,  but  on  Jesus 
who  has  no  such  body.  The  "  old  man  "  often 
comes  Iwck  and  want-s  to  thrust  out  the  "  new 
man,"  and  here  we  want  to  guard  the  door  care- 
fully. 

Now  do  not  conclude  that  ve  srs  against 
sanctification.  We  are  for  practical  iftnetifico- 
tion,  the  Lowl's  sanctification.  Jesus  Hiinsi»lf 
was  meek  and  patient.  This  showed  horiflft^s. 
He  WHS  separate  from  worldly  people.  This  tells 
that  He  was  pure  and  would  not  defile  Himself 
He  wjis  bold  and  nncoinpromising  in  denounc- 
ing sin.  He  was  full  of  love  and  compassion. 
He  sought  to  help  othei-s  all  the  time.  Ht  look- 
ed not  at  the  appearance,  but  at  the  heart.  He 
thought  more  of  godly,  pio,H  people  than  of 
proud  and  haughty  kin^s.  He  was  hiuuble  and 
lowly  in  heart,  full  of  pity  and  sympathy  for 
the  poor  and  enslaved.  '■  [fe  that  saith  that  he 
abideth  in  Christ  ought  himself  so  to  walk  even 
as  He  r™lked  "  (1  John  -2;  fi).  "  Chri.t  suffered 
for  us,  leaving  an  exumi)lc  that  ve  should  follow 
hi.,  steps  "(1  Pet.  2:21).  This  ,s  the  Pattern 
(or  those  who  will  be  sanctified.  A  holy  man 
[  tries  to  remember  all  these  thing,,.     Love  and 


W 


FROM  J.  W.  STEIN. 

E  remain  well   for  which 


Lord.     Have  been  very  busy  "'""'  **" 


discussion.     Am  prep 

Lonl  ^vill,  about  the 

marks  in  the  Battle 

remember  h 

was  no  i. 

baptizo  meant  more  than   one  subnii 

ad     ■■    '  '   •'  ■        '    ■       - 


we  thank  t 
sine.  tl,,. 


Taring  to  leave  homo  if  r 
1st  ol  May.     !  „,„  1,  '  'he 

er  hia  statement  correctly)  that  m 
nstance  in  classic  or  sacred  Greek  wk 

ivinotit      iTinro  flint,      nn^     ^._»  .  "  Q( 


_p    .where 

admitted  no  such  thing,  biitmnintiiin^rA"!',;    I 
i.-^  no  instance  in    !fanvd  Greek  where  In    ■ 
means  one  dip  or  one  action.  ""pthu 

Fraternally, 

Remarks:— Yes,  and  he  (Ray)  ia  publi*i, 
in  his  paper  that  brother  Stein  admitted  tl"^ 
there  was  no  trine  immersion  in  the  conimi  '  " 
He  certainly  knows  better  than  that,  for  ]„  (l' 
er  Stein  produced  argument  after  argument  ■ 
to  the  contrary,  not  one  of  which  was  met  l'^ 
Ray.     If  the  gentleman   will  stand  up  to  1,^ 
own   challenge  for  a  written  discussion  wit] 
brother  Stein,  his  readei-s  will  see  wheth 
not  trine  immei-sion  is  taught  in  the 
ion.     He  persists  in  publishing  a  series  of  arr 
cles  against  the  Brethren  and  ooes  not  say  0 
word  about  the  discussion  that  he  hiniself  fi  * 
proposed  while  at  Newtonia.     Is  it  a  square  back 


leror 


■  "P  lo  his 


down  upon  his  part?    Will  he  stand  1 
own  proposition  i* 

We  have  been  waiting  for  some  time  to  hear 
from  him,  but  a.s  yet  not  one  word  is  published 
about  it.  Our  readers  are  looking  foi,-  jt  „,  1 
many  of  the  Baptist  renders  want  to  i^ndth 
discussion.  Mr.  Ray  was  the  first  man  tuniake 
the  proposal.  It  was  two  days  before  the  close 
of  the  Newtonia  discussion  that  he  olfertj  fo 
engage  in  a  written  debate  with  brother  Slein 
Brother  Stein  accepted  the  challenge  in  wriline- 
it  has  already  gone  to  the  public  and  itwmaiiu 
to  be  seen  whether  he  will  stand  to  it. 

I  know  that  he  tried  to  evade  the  written  de- 
bate with  brother  Stein  by  reading  a  challeuge 
to  me  on  the  hkst  day  of  the  discussion.  I  then 
and  there  refused  to  accept  the  challenge  iis  it 
would  enable  bim  to  evade  the  debate  with  brotli- 
er  Stein.  He  must  now  either  stand  to  bis  first 
challenge,  and  engage  in  a  written  discsissioa 
with  brother  Stein  or  else  back  squarely  down 
then  his  challenge  made  to  me  comes  next  in 
order,  and  we  may  see  what  he  will  do  in  that 
case.  The  gentleman  may  yet  have  twocliaiic- 
es  before  he  is  through.  j  ^  \, 


ORIGINAL  GROUND  AGAIN, 

ON  the  second  page  of  this  issue  will  be lounil 
an  article  entitled  the  "  Original  Grouuii," 
by  D.  C.  Moomaw  that  needs  some  notice  from 
us.  We  give  it  place  this  week  that  we  niuy 
have  occasion  to  offer  a  few  thoughts  tlmtut 
this  time  seem  necessary.  We  are  glad  to  heitr 
of  the  brother's  appreciation  of  what  we  wrote, 
and  hope  that  iis  we  more  fully  develop  the  .sub- 
ject in  future  articles  that  he,  as  well  as  others, 
will  have  a  better  opinion  of  our  general  broth- 
erhood. Since  We  have  commenced  busuic^s 
ac-veral  letters  of  a  similarcharaoter  have  been  re- 
ceived at  this  office,  hence  we  conclude  togiTi' 
this  one  a  special  notice  for  the  benefit  of  olh- 
era  who  have  not  the  cardinal  points  of  the  Uible 
so  fully  set  in  their  minds.  We,  before  proceeJ- 
ing,  however,  will  state  that  Bro.  Mooiaaws 
article  luw  been  iu  the  otficci  several  wefksi  but 
M'e  did  not  get  time  to  read  it  till  a  few  days 
ago. 

We  would  Hke  it  much  better  if  the  brotli«r 
had  manifested  a  little  milder  and  a  more  sub- 
missive sjurit  while  writing  on  the  points  of" 
difference  in  the  brotherhood.  We  should  be 
vpry  careful  not  to  abiiar  any  of  the  bretlireii, 
but  always  siwjik  of  them  with  kindness  anil 
becoming  Christian  courtesy.  It  should  be  re- 
membered that  we  ai-e  brethren/  ami  oiw  cans* 
is  a  common  one.  To  civll  Bro.  Ment^er's  orti-' 
cle  an  "  a.stonnding  proposition "  SH'^  wo  thia* 
is  not  speaking  as  kindly  of  our  liretbreu  as  "ff 
ought:  it  looks  a-^  though  we  did  not  love  carh 
other  and  therefore  harbored  some  ill  fei\iup- 
We  hope  that  our  people  will  not  become  iSke 
other  denominations  and  get  to  abusing  em 
other.  It  is  uot  letting  the  right  kind  of  light 
shine  before  the  world.  The  writing  m  oui' 
periodicals  should  be  so  contluctcd  that  whou 
strangers  get  hold  of  our  paper  they  la"  »P1'|^ 
priat*  to  US  the    Ungua^e  of  Chii")t:  "By  ""^ 


AP"' 


TTT-R    T^T^T^Tin^K>v'    AT    AVOKlv. 


t  >e  are  my  disciples  if 


ghiill  iiH  men  know  that 
,p  hiivf  love  one  for  the  othi 
■  o..r  former  article,  to  which  the  Bro  Mlua-s 
„,as  not  written  in  h.i8te,  but  h,is  been  the  sub^ 
ject  of  much  thought  for  aeveral  jeaw  Wo 
bftve  preached  on  thesubjectanumberof  times 
b„t  do  not  remember  of  having  written  much 
on  it  save  what  iscontnined  in  our  Perfect  Fhfi 
,/  S„lu.tio,i.  The  article  only  contains  the 
outlines  of  what  we  may  have  to  eay  in  the  fu- 
ture,  for  it  would  be  impossible  to  discuss  ho 
important  a  question  in  one  short  article.  !n 
our  judgment  it  contains  the  only  safe  method 
of  retaining  apostolic  purity  known  to  exist 
aud  if  ouce  thoroughly  ventilated  will  be  fullv 
eiuloDied  by  all  our  people. 

While  ^Yriting  on  this  subject  we  do  uot  want 
to  be  misunderstood  by  any  one,  but  desire  that 
what  we  may  offer  to  the  public  be  handled  with 
pi-oppv  care  and  not  miscoiistriied. 

Wf  are  for  progression,  hut  not  the  kind  of 
progression  that  many  are  now  working  for. 
The  kind  of  progression  that  we  are  contending 
for,  is  that  which  makes  «s  a  separate  and  a  di: 
tinct  people  from  the  world,  a  i>rogression  that 
is  continually  making  ns  better  uistead  of  wor^e, 
a  progression  that  leads  ns  back  to  the  old  Apos- 
tolic churcli  for  our  model  and  example.  We 
ai-e  not  in  for  that  which  is  mixing  the  church 
up  with  the  woHd.  and  assimilating  us  more  and 
more  to  tlie  connpt  ways  of  popular  religi 
Wlieii  it  comes  to  this  kind  of  piogressiou  you 
iiifiy  count  us  out;  yon  may  murk  us  down  as 
an  uuHinching  opponent.  Our  pleais  the  Biblu; 
the  old  Apostolic  order;  the  old  pattern  and 
primitive  model  that  our  ancient  Bretliren  la- 
bored so  hard  to  imitate.  For  this  we  shall 
contend,  believing  it  to  be  the  only  safe  course 
that  we  can  possibly  pursue. 

AVith  the  vain  speculations  and  conflicting 
theories  of  modern  Christendom  we  have  noth- 
ing to  do.  We  propose  to  stand  upon  the  foun- 
dation of  the  Apostles  and  prophets,  and  do  all 
in  our  power  to  direct  the  minds  of  our  readers 
to  the  same  point,  and  thus  assist  in  uniting  our 
people  btiU  more  and  more  in  all  things  that 
pertain  to  godliness.  It  is  worthy  of  remark  in 
this  connection,  that  there  is  no  class  of  people 
more  fully  united  in  faitli  than  we.  The  points 
of  difference  among  ua  ai-e  in  opinion  and  not 
feith."  We  do  not  differ  so  much  about  what  is 
in  the  Bible,  as  about  what  is  nnl  m  it,  and  if 
we,  in  our  deliberations,  would  adhere  a  little 
closer  to  the  Book  it  will  be  a  good  deal  better 
for  all  of  u9. 

Some  of  owe  brethren,  when  treating  this 
subject,  imagine  that  their  lontl  feelings  and 
condition  of  the  church,  determine  the  charac- 
ter of  the  entire  brotherhood.  This  they  should 
not  do.  in  our  work  at  this  office  we  are  lonk- 
ing  to  the  good  of  the  entire  body,  and  for  that 
reason  do  not  allow  purely  local  diOicultiea  to 
be  discussed,  and  if  possible  not  mentioned. 
We  have  a  pretty  good  idea  of  the  standing  of 
our  people,  and  know  that,  as  a  body,  they  are 
nitt  so  far  out  of  the  way  as  Bro.  M.  think'*. 
What  he  says  may  apply  locally,  but  should  not 
be  regarded  as  general. 

Sometimes  our  impressions  of  a  difficulty  de- 
pend upon  the  shape  in  which  the  story  is 
presented  to  us.  This  has  much -to  do  with  our 
impressions  of  church  government  also.  We, 
.  at  times,  may  imagine  some  very  peculiar  things, 
which,  if  properly  examined,  would  appear  quite 
differently.     This  I  know  by  experience. 

Brethren  should  also  he  careful  how  they 
write  of  these  things  in  our  periodicxils,  as  they 
have  an  extensive  circulation  in  the  world,  and 
arc  much  read  by  those  who  do  not  belong  to 
the  church.  Our  enemiea  seeing  these  things 
take  advautime  of  them  and  use  them  much  to 
our  injury.  This  is  a  point  they  should  watch 
with  great  care.  You  know  that  a  prudi-nt 
•cWId  mil  he  very  careful  what  it  tells  out  of  Iho 
-favnilv-  Let  us  not  fail  to  learn  a  lesson  from 
;thiH. 

iTBtey  that  the  "opinions  of  old  brethren" 
ftVe  "  being  held  as  sacred  and  inviolable  as  the 
doctrine  of  the  Bible "  may  be  true  of  some 
'Congregations,  but  is  not  true  of  the  brother- 
hood, nor  is  it  true  of  any  congregation  well 
drilled  in  churdi  govennuL-nt.  True,  some  con- 
gregations in  these  things,  have  not  acted  as 
■wiaely  as  they  should,  and  may  have  done  some 
very  imprudent  things,  but  to  conclude  that 
they  hold  the  opiniom  of  old  brethren  equal 
with  the  Bible  will  apply  to  but  a  few,  and 
ought  not  to  apply  to  any,  but  at  any  mte  should 
be  treated  locally.     It  is  a  local  and  not  a  gen- 


eral matter.  That  there  is  too  much  of  this 
kind  of  a  spirit  among  our  i)coplo  is  evident, 
but  it  cannot  be  removed  by  abusing  the  mem- 
bei-s;  it  should  be  treated  with  the  gn'nt««t  of 
"  re. 

What  Bro.  M.  snys  about  ur  patterning  after 
other  denominaUons  is  only  too  true,  but  we 
may  likely  speak  of  this  further  along,  but  wlu-ii 
he  accuses  our  people  of  things  like  the  follow- 
ing he  is  spreading  the  thing  on  a  little  too  thick 
to  hold  well: 

"  U  is  a  sad  commentary  on  the  weakness  of 
Inimnn  uatute.  that  the  brethivn  have  defiled 
themselves  With  the  same  atfusive  slime,  and  to- 
day, ik-t.-rmme  a  member's  title  to  the  privileK- 
es  of  religion  and  the  Wr,«,vnm..  ./  hfum,,  not 
by  theupnghtnes.H  of  their  lives,  neither  by  their 
jmdeviatuig  fealty  to  the  doctrme  of  the  Bible, 
,">  ,"^'  ,  ""^  devotions  to  the  opinions  of  out 
old  brethren.  My  brethren,  do  not  cry  out  in 
astonishment  at  the  expression  of  such  senti- 
ments. Instances  can  be  multiplied  ati  infini- 
tum attesting  the  truth  of  the  foregoing  deck- 
ra  ion.  As  Bro.  Moore  says  with  great  and 
solemn  truth,  we  thus  substantially  '  make  gods 
of  those  old  brethren.'  " 

lie  may  find  a  few  local  instances  of  the  kind, 
but  certainly  the  brotherhood  is  not  that  cor- 
rupt, or  if  it  ia,  I  have  failed  to  find  it  out,  mid 
I  am  as  much  opposed  to  that  kind  of  work  as 
any  brother  in  the  fraternity.  But  does  Bro. 
M.  think  it  profitable  to  publish  such  assertions  ? 
Does  he  really  think  it  for  the  good  of  the  cause 
to  do  so?  If  he  does,  he  thinks  less  of  our  rci)- 
utation  than  what  we  do.  We  think  brethren 
ought  not  to  write  such  things  for  the  world  to 
re;'d.  Seveml  of  just  such  things  have  come  to 
the  office,  but  this  is  the  first  one  that  has  yet 
found  its  way  into  the  paper,  and  hope  that 
those  who  are  so  opposed  to  certain  things 
among  our  people  will  use  a  liitle  laore  prudence 
about  what  they  want  us  to  put  before  the 
world. 

I  am  for  reform  too,  but  not  the  reform  that 
prompts  ns  to  abuse  each  oilier  ijy  making  out 
that  we  are  that  corrupt.  If  we  diller  from  our 
old  brethren  let  us  not  speak  so  unkindly  of 
them.  I  am  misrepresented  when  Bro.  M.  inti- 
mates tliat  I  said  we  niiike  gods  of  those  old 
brethren.  My  language  was  this:  "  I  du  not 
believe  in  making  gode  of  those  ancient  Breth- 
ren." 

The  brother  should  not  attempt  to  stretch  my 
writings  too  far  on  tliis  .suliject,  there  is  siicl. 
thing  as  over  doing  a  matter.  I  shall  likely 
write  considerably  on  this  question,  but  shnll 
handle  it  as  mildly  as  possible,  and  with  an  ey 
to  the  good  of  the  general  brotherhood,  and  do 
not  think  that  any  one  ought  to  make  of  it  an 
occasion  to  come  out  and  write  against  th 
whole  fraternity,  nor  should  it  be  so  construed 
as  to  apply  against  the  general  order  of  the 
church.  We  have  not  progressed  that  far  yet, 
nor  is  there  any  likelihood  of  us  doing  so.  Our 
progression  goes  the  other  way. 

The  brother  says  that  our  attention  has  been 
repeatedly  directed  to  this  matter.  That  is  true, 
but  the  articles  that  were  sent  \\a  were  of^en 
very  abusive  and  so  pei"sonal  that  it  would  not 
do  to  publish  them.  When  it  comes  to  defend- 
ing the  truth  we  arc  not  so  sensitive  aa  he  sup- 
poses. Our  paper  is  as  outspoken  ns  any 
re-pectable  sheet  in  America.  There  are  many 
questions  with  which  we  do  not  think  it  pru- 
dent to  graj)ple  for  the  sinijde  reason  that  they 
are  of  no  vital  importance.  We  have  no  time 
to  meddle  mth.  questions  about  which  Christ 
lUid  the  Apostles  are  as  silent  a.s  the  grave,  and 
then  certain  ones  nhould  not  expect  us  to  stand 
up  and  defend  their  peculiar  views  about  certain 
things.  It  should  be  remembered  that  we  Ik-- 
hmg  to  the  church  and  not  the  church  to  ua.  I 
united  with  the  church  because  I  thought  it 
wa.s  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  I  came  in 
with  the  full  intention  of  living  up  to  and  de- 
fending its  doctrine.  It  would  not  look  right 
for  me  to  tuni  round  and  try  to  upset  herentire 
order.  I  propose  to  have  respect  enough  for  the 
church  to  stand  up  in  her  defense  and  do  all  1 
can  to  promote  her  interest.  Doubtless  the 
cluirch  has  at  timos  mode  some  sa^  mistakes, 
and  1  presume  that  we  have  mode  some  too. 

I  deem  it  my  duty  to  do  my  utmost  to  keep 
the  church  pure,  and  shall  labor  to  my  best 
ability  to  get  her  to  return  as  much  as  possible 
Ui  the  original  ground  occupied  by  our  Bretln-en 
who  were  linit  in  this  grand  n-forrantory  move- 
ment, but  want  it  distinctly  understood  that  we 
shall  not  accuse  our  people  of  priest-crufl,  cor- 
ruptions and  many  other  things  of  like  eharac- 
tcr.  The  church,  as  a  body,  ought  to  be  respect- 
ed. When  we  look  wound  and  see  how  other 
churches  have  gone  into  the  ways  of  the  world, 


I  do  not  know  but  that  we  ought  to  bo  thank- 
ful that  it  is  US  well  with  us  as  it  is,  luid  God 
grant  that  wo  may  get  letter  insU-ad  of  won-e. 
What  Bro.  M.  snys  about  the  book  (Minutes) 
that  we  atv  slowly  manufacturing,  i»  too  true. 
What  ought  to  be  done  with  our  minutes  has 
with  me  been  a  matter  of  much  serious  thought 
for  several  yeam,  and  it  is  nlso  engaging  the 
thoughts  of  much  older  and  more  experienced 
heads,  but  whatever  in  done  in  the  ca«e  should 
be  done  with  the  greatest  prudence.  When  wc 
write  on  that  subject  wo  are  handling  a  very 
critical  question,  and  should  not  act  rashly. 
But  my  candid  opinion  is,  that  the  church  of 
to-day  would  W  better  off  if  then-  never  had 
been  a  minute  printed.  Our  old  Brethren  in 
the  early  history  of  the  church  hail  nothing  of 
the  kind,  and  I  do  not  know  but  that  they  got 
along  better  than  we.  1  am  satiafiBd  that  they 
had  more  of  this  real  heart  religion  thim  many 
;  of  us,  and  the  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice 


that  they  had  was  the  New  Testament.     That 
is  all  the  church  of  the  first  centurj-  bad. 

Brethren,  I  am  afraid  that  in  some  ri-apects 
we  Imve  missed  the  mark  a  little,  mid  nct-d  to 
go  back  about  on«  hnudrcd  years  and  got  upon 
the  old  Gospel  platform  that  our  ancient  Breth- 
ren lused  to  occupy.  They  started  right— their 
principle  was  truly  Apostolic,  and  their  motives 
pure.  But  some  of  us  have  been  a  little  too 
fast— we  have  been  progeressing  a  little  too  fast 
the  wrong  way,  and  to-day  our  A.  M.  is  not 
characterized  by  that  truly  deop-!*e[ited  piety 
that  ought  to  pervade  such  meetings.  I  would 
like  to  see  more  love  and  good  feeling  prevail 
in  our  deliberations. 

Aa  before  remarked,  to  mo  it  is  evident  that 
our  ancient  Brethren  started  out  right.  They 
laid  aside  the  man-made  confessions  of  faith,  re- 
pudiated the  decree."  of  uninspired  men  of  every 
grade  and  order,  and  agreed  upon  the  Bible  and 
that  alone  as  their  only  infallible  rule  of  faith 
and  practice.  For  their  modi-l  of  a  true  Chris- 
tiiui  and  church  government  they  went  bade  to 
the  first  century,  to  the  Apontolic  ago.iuid  there 
found  a  pattern  made  by  the  Lord  Himself. 
This  pattern  they  endeavored  to  imitate,  and 
though  they  may  have  made  some  mistakes  nt 
fii-st,  yet  the  principle  involved  in  their  move- 
ment was  a  noble  one,  and  1  would  to  God  that 
every  brother  and  sister  in  our  fraternity  had  in 
their  hearts  the  same  feelings  and  reverence  for 
the  Bible  tliat  was  possessed  by  those  ancient 
Brethren.  I  am  satisfied  that  if  we  were  in 
possession  of  as  much  love  for  each  other  as 
they  were,  that  we  would  have  far  les.s  difficul- 
ties mnong  us.  If  we  were  aa  /.ealous  for  the 
literal  observance  of  the  Bible  as  they,  wo  would 
have  less  time  to  spend  over  things  about  which 
the  Gospel  is  as  silent  a.%  the  grave.  It  is  at 
times,  painful  to  hear  how  some  would-be  re- 
formers abuse  the  iiged  veterans  that  have  stood 
up  80  nobly  in  defense  of  the  Master's  cause. 
If  they,  in  their  faith  and  practice,  were  an  good 
as  some  of  those  old  veterans  our  church  would 
be  better  off. 

The  great  commendable  feature  about  tluwe 
ancient  Brethren  was  their  going  to  the  Ai)os- 
tics  for  their  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  They 
took  the  unadulterated  truth  aa  tlie  man  of 
their  counsel,  and  did  their  utmost  to  walk  in 
all  the  commandment."!  and  statutes  of  the  Lord 
blameless.  They  never  thought  of  imitating 
either  each  other  or  any  body  else  this  side  the 
Apostolic  age;  their  whole  plea  was  the  Bible, 
and  for  its  teachings  nmuy  of  them  sacrificed 
their  all.  .\nd  as  we  walk  down  the  stream  of 
time  we  find  that  they  rcboined  this  di-^tinctive 
feature  for  a  number  of  yeans.  All  their  difli- 
cultiea  were  settled  by  the  Bible.  True,  many 
of  them  were  not  well  educated,  yet  they  were 
honest  and  threw  themselves  right  into  the 
spirit  of  the  Gospel,  and  I  don't  know  but  that 
they  decided  many  things  much  belter  than  wu 
with  our  boasted  superiority  of  intellectual  cul- 
ture. 

As  we  have  not  room  in  this  issue  to  finish 
our  comments  and  observations,  we  cut  the  ar- 
ticle off  here,  asking  our  remlers  to  suspend 
judgment  regarding  the  conectncss  of  our  posi- 
tion Qntil  they  hear  from  us  again  next  week. 


is  it  the  best  argument  you  can  bring?  Why 
not  say  that  they  bnng  want,  miwry,  niin  into 
scores  of  fanuliiw?  Why  not  loy  that  out  of 
them  come  inurdererH,  abiweni  of  wnmi-n  and 
children,  squalor  and  poverlyV  Say  not  thai 
cities  and  countrien  qtu  bh«»ed  by  granting  li- 
cense to  men,  women  and  children  to  pour  the 
burning,  cutting  fluid  down  their  throat*. 
Blessings  never  come  by  that  road.  You  want 
the  poor  drunkard,  the  tippler,  the  rei*|«ctft- 
blo  (?)  drinker  to  spend  fifty  dolhin  that  yo« 
may  get  live  to  build  sidewalks,  make  good  roads, 
and  meet  general  expenne.-*.  No  sir.  your  logic 
is  not  good.  Money  thus  rec*'ived  count*  noth- 
ing in  making  up  the  riches  of  heaven. 

You  tell  me  that  there  is  just  m  much  traffit 
in  strong  drinks  when  prohibited  oa  when  sold 
under  sanction  of  the  law.    To  the  Christian, 
that  ia  not  the  queation.    "./k*(  «s  much"  or 
'  more  "  is  not  the  question  with  the  man  of 
God.    The  question  of  pecuniary  gain,  of  eas- 
ing the  burden  of  taxation  by  legalizing  ( ?)  the 
sale  of  intoxicating  drinks,  arc;  not  entertained 
by  the  followers  of  Jesus.    To  him  the  question 
one  of  divim  pi-incipfr.    Temporal  giiin,  the 
saving  of  dollai-8  luid  ceuU  for  himself  at  the 
expense  of  rum  drinkent  imd  saloon  kis'pers  are 
notthe  important  questions  with  him.    He  looks 
at  the  ruin  wrought  by  the  degrading  business, 
the  evils  that  grow  out  of  strong  drink,  jind  ia 
ngain.it  its  traffic  in  any  form  whother  he  lost* 
or  gains  money.     How,  then,  can  any  one  who 
loves  Jesus,  who  profewce^  to  Iwliovc  and  obey 
Him,  for  one  moment  look  upon  the  ofl'ect  of 
rum  and  endorse  it?     Iloie  mil  hr?    Do  you 
suppose  Jesus  looks  upon  it  with  the  leiLst  de- 
grcoof  allowance?     I  am  glad  that  the  Lord 
does  not  require  us  to  decide  how  we  sliall  get 
the  greatest  benefit  by  iU  use,  but  has,  from  th« 
beginning,  declared  n  woe  agniiist  it.     Ik  haa 
laid  down  certain  principies  by  which  wo  are  to 
be  governed,  therefore  the  question  as  to  ita  le- 
galization  is  settled.    God  never  authorized  it, 
never  sanctioned  it,  hence  we  are  opposed  to  it 
being  dealt  out  to  poor,  frail  humanity  in  any 
form  for  the  sole  purpose  of  satisfying  a  deprav- 
ed appetite.    Principk  not  momtj  is  the  t^.'mi>er- 
aiice  issue.     Principle  is  everything  in  this 
question.    It  outweigha  every  argument  that 
ever  came  up,  or  ever  can  come  ui).  on  the  side 
of  whiskey,  secret  or  leguliwd.     I'-iint  out  one 
good  thing  that  a  saloon  does  and  I'll  point  out 
forty  ciLsca  of  misery  that  it  producea.     It  ia 
simply  forty  against  one  {or  nothing),  bappinos* 
against  misery,  heaven  ngriinst  hell.    Say  not 
that  this  article  was  called  out,  save  by  a  love 
of  truth— a  love  of  good  society,  good  works, 
peace  of  God,  and  the  blessings  of  heaven.     Pol- 
icy was  not  here.    Wo  are  free  in  Christ. 


SALOONS. 


C.\X  any  one  tell 
loons  arc  to 
"  They  bring  money 
necessary  expenses  " 
once.    Is  that  all? 


what  benefit  drinking  sii^ 
\  town,  city  or  country? 
into  the  treasury  to  nu'ot 
exolaim  a  dozen  voicw  at 
Is  that  argument?     If  so. 


We  were  informed  that  two  persons  were  to 
be  baptis^ed  at  Yellow  Creek,  111.,  last  Sunday. 
One  of  them  seventyn-ight  years  of  age  and  the 
other  twelve.  Quite  a  contrast,  hut  it  is  uccopU 
able  with  the  great  Master  of  the  vineyard. 

The  latest  news  from  the  East  show  that 
things  are  in  a  verj-  unsettled  condition— it  is 
neither  war  nor  peace,  but  may  Ix.'  either.  Both 
England  and  Russia  ore  making  great  nrepara- 
tions  for  war.  j'et  at  the  same  time  negotiating 
for  peace.  However  the  prospects  for  a  settle- 
ment  of  the  difficulties  are  better  than  one 
week  ago,  though  it  is  a  ten-ibly  mixed  up  af- 
fair. 

■  »  » 

Wk  are  one  day  behind  time  with  this  issae, 
but  hope  to  be  fully  up  next  week. 


The  Brkthrf.s  at  Wouk  will  be  sent  from 
now  to  the  end  of  the  year  for  one  dollar.  Send 
the  cash  with  the  name. 


People  who  complain  so  mucli  about  harf 
times,  and  hence  refuse  to  do  anything  to  ad- 
v.ince  the  cause  of  religion,  should  remember 
that  the  wages  of  sin  have  not  yet  been  cut 
down.  __^ 

EvEifi"  body  should  read  Rtttfon  aitd  .^W«- 
tioH.    It  is  a  grand  book.     Price,  812.50. 


We  are  putting  out  another  edition  of  the 
Prrffct  Plan  of  Salvfitinti,  and  will  soon  be 
ready  to  fill  onlers.  The  work  has  had  an  ex- 
tensive sale  in  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
and  is  extensively  read  in  Denmark. 

Wk  wonid  like  a  ffw  numl>ei*s  of  No.  13.  con- 
taining Bro.  .1.  S.  Mohler's  Koilroad  Sermon. 
Who  cim  send  them  to  us?  If  sent  we  cannot 
return  them.  The  sermon  is  to  be  puUished  la 
tjact  form  after  awhile. 


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ghe   Wfomc  £ircle. 


READ  AND  OBBY. 

•■  Hiirtwnilt.  loT*  ymir  wifW." 

••  Witca,    obej    four    buibuda." 

•■  Falbrn,  proTok*  n-jt  your  ehilJren  (o  wrwth" 

"ChilJrcn,    ob*/    yuiir    p»r*nl«    in    "1!    iblnp." 

SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Trusting, 

WE  all  Mc-m  to  know  \i-ry  much  about  truaU 
iiiK,— at  Inu*t  a  w-rtain  kind  of  trusting, 
Wt' triiHl  that  the  l.n<lK''  o*"''''  '*''''<=''  "^^  """^ 
will  not  fall  dovni.  Wi>  lifHr.wn  in  thoev^-ning, 
tra^tiriK  thnt  the  hou-«f  will  not  hum  down 
dorinK  th.?  night;  nnd  iit  the  Approaching  storm 
we  tru>t  to  th«  huilding  for  »hclUT  and  protec- 
tion. VVu  nit  down  to  the  tabic,  trusting  that 
then."  i-.  iii>  poiflon  in  tho  food  wi-  eat,  nor  in  the- 
wnU.-r  we  drink.  W.;  eiiUr  the  cars  or  the 
stt-aml.nat  truBtiiig  they  will  convi-y  iw  safely  to 
our  drslination.  W.-  entvr  tho  huggv  trusting 
that  tin-  liows  will  curry  u«  alontl  without 
harm;  iu  all  idai.x  wlii.h  duty  or  business  culls 
in  tliit*  lif'-,  we  ar.-  billing  to  place  our  trust  in 
fiomelioily  "■■  -"onielliiiiK-  You  hoc,  perhaps  we 
have  iii<m-  trust  fhun  wn.-<  at  fintt  supposed. 
We  Mirrr,  then  trust  that  our  faith  may  grow 
into  Htrong  Jiope.  We  heiicTe  the  can*  can  cur- 
ry UM  tt>  some  point,  and  then  trust  them  U)  do 
80.  IJut  unle.'^s  wc  </w  on  the  curs,  they  will  not 
carry  iis,  though  our  faith  in  their  ability  to  do 
80  be  tike  a  mountain.  Sinners,  lenni  a  lesson 
from  this.  You  may  believe  with  all  your  heart 
that  .lesiis  ii  aOle  to  save  you.  (which  is  a  fact) 
but  unles.-*  you  put  Him  on,  He  will  not  curry 
you  ovi;r  into  the  promised  land.  You  must 
trust  Him  practically.  Vou  believe  the  food 
before  you  lias  nourishment  in  it,  but  unless 
you  ni/  it  so  that  it  cun  perform  its  work,  you 
will  starve.  You  believe,  then  trust.  So  with 
Jesus  you  must  do.  Believe  that  He  ia  botli 
able  and  willing  to  save  you,  then  permit  Him 
to  come  intfj  your  heart,  and  dwell  there,  and 
He  will  be  your  Strength  and  your  Salvation. 
O  conn-  lo  .l<-us  just  now! 

In  I.iilvL-  rit;Ii(..'en  we  are  told  of  some  who 
trusted  in  tlimmelves.  0  reader,  self  is  a  poor 
pennon  til  trust!  Trust  Jesus.  On  another  oc- 
casion lliis  same  Jesus  said.  "Children,  how 
hard  js  it  for  them  that  tnist  in  riches  to  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God  "  (Mark  10: 24).  Ye^ 
how  hard  to  get  into  heaven  with  a  heart  set  on 
riches!  Hiches  have  wings  and  fly  away,  hence 
it  will  nut  do  to  trust  them  for  salvation.  Rich- 
es rust;  trust  them  nut.  Uiches  puff  up,  make 
men  intolerant,  covetous,  unhappy.  Trust  not 
in  the  riclies  of  this  world.  Trust  God  who 
owns  all  things.  Possess  its  if  ye  possessed  not. 
This  is  riches  sanctified  to  God.  0  trust  the 
Lord  in  all  things!  "  Charge  them  that  are  rich 
in  this  world,  that  they  be  uot  highminded.uor 
trust  in  uncertain  riches,  but  in  the  living  God, 
who  giveth  us  richly  nH  things  to  enjoy  "  (1 1'im. 
G:  17).  Yes,  God  "givetti  us  richly  all  things 
tn  enjoy."  Now  let  us  enjoy  in  meekness,  in 
peace,  in  love  to  one  another.  God  trusts  His 
Word  to  our  use  and  favor;  will  we  give  it  to 
others,  rightly  divide  it,  so  that  they  may  see 
and  live?  Come,  brother,  sister,  let  us  trust  our 
Father,  us  He  calls  us  to  trust  Him.  Let  uo 
doubts  enter  between  you  and  your  God.  Labor 
not  as  if  your  very  existence  depended  on  your 
nearly  killing  yourself  at  hard  labor.  He  mod- 
erate, trust  in  .Tesus— M.  M.  Emiki.iian. 


'  ought  to  do  who  get  the  paper  for  a  small  cost 
U'caUM-  they  are  poor— they  ought  to  lend  their 
piil^ere  it*  nviphlwrji  «nd  friends  and  try  to  get 
nubscriptions.  In  this  way  they  can  work  for 
;  the  paper  and  return  a  favor  for  the  favor  tht-y 
receive. 

But  boys  and  girls  I  want  to  say  something 
more  to  you  about  this.  If  you  try  to  get  suh- 
scribew,  don't  get  tired  for  all  kinds  of  excuses 
will  be  offered.  But  as  you  know  the  paper  is 
good  and  your  work  is  a  good  one.  try,  and  try 
again.  Some  will  give  you  their  names  without 
much  delay,— otheis  need  coaxing,  because  they 
like  a  dollar  and  a  half  more  than  they  do  good 
reading  for  them  and  tho*e  around  them.  But 
HO  it  is.  And  when  we  are  at  a  good  work,  wc 
ought  to  keep  right  on.     If  you  are  working. 

dok't  sTor. 
If  one  sayfi  *1.50  is  too  much,  U-ll  him  *1.0IJ  is 
too  little  unlcM  he  is  too  poor  to  pay  more.  If 
he  says,  he  cant  spare  ?I.»0,  say  you  will  take 
75  cents  for  six  months,  or  40  cents  for  three 
months.  Don't  stop.  There  are  tnauy  ways  to 
help  people  to  good  things,  I  have  subscribers 
who  pay  me  with  ajiples.  by  working,  and  other 
trade,  If  in  this  way  we  can  help  others  to  the 
paper,  who  cannot  well  pay  money,  let  us  do  it. 
It  cost«  a  great  amount  of  money  to  keep  the 
paper  going,  so  we  ought  to  work  for  it  and  not 
stop. 

One  word  more.  Let  us  still  write,  and  select 
good  piccts  and  send  them.  Don't  stop  writing. 
Nothing  should  be  so  dear  to  us  us  Jesus.  And 
every  work  for  Him  that  agrees  with  the  Holy 
Scriptures  we  ought  to  help  along.  So  shall 
we  be  happy, 

Your  Brother, 

D.  B.  Mestzeh. 

March  :iht.  1H7S. 


LETTERS  FROM  THE  EAST. 

KI'UIIKK  III. 

My  Jhar  Yiiuiiij  Ihadrr^: — 
1  LL  througli  the  month  of  March  you  no 
/V  doubt  missed  my  "  Letters  from  the  East." 
1  could  explain,  but  this  were  of  no  usi-.  This 
bright  page  wiLs  full  of  good  things  anyhow. 
And  now,  «t  this  writing.  I  might  say,  "I'll 
writ*  no  more" — "There  are  enough  othei"s  to 
write."  But  suppose  each  one  would  say  that, 
Wluit  theni'  Why  we  would  soon  have  no  pa- 
per at  all.  I  think  we  can  all  agree  that  we 
can't  well  do  without  the  paper.  We  feel  sure 
the  paper  does  us  a  great  deal  of  good  in  many 
ways.     So  we  ought  to 

WOltK  FOH  THK  I'.VPKK. 

How?  Well,  I  will  sftj'.  you  can  get  subscrib- 
ers. This  any  one  can  do'  who  can  talk.  Even 
hoys  and  girls  can  show  the  paper  to  neighbors 
and  friends  who  don't  take  it  yet,  and  get  them 
to  take  it  a  year.  But  says  one,  ''  One  dollar 
and  a  half  is  too  much  "  or  "  I  can't  spare  so 
much."  These  excuses  may  be  received  when 
persons  are  really  too  poor,  but  even  then  they 
should  be  able  to  raise  a  part  of  it,  and  if  thej 
say  how  much  they  will  pay,  you  can  write  to 
the  office  and  oH'er  so  much,  and  likely  the  pa- 
per will  be  sent.     I    will   yet  say   what   those 


TWO   FAMILIES. 

I  WANT  to  tell  all  the  little  cltildren  who 
read  the  Buethhen  at  Work,  what  I  have 
seen  this  week  while  away  from  home  on  mis- 
sionary work.  I  shall  have  to  give  you  a  dark, 
dark  picture  of  one  family  I  visited.  A  dear 
mother  who  had  three  bright  little  boys,  wrote 
me  a  letter  that  she  wanted  to  learn  more 
about  Jesus,  and  join  the  church.  She  had 
heard  some  i)reachii)g  when  she  was  a  girl. 
When  we  went  to  visit  this  poor  mother  and 
her  little  boys,  they  all  seemed  very  glad,  only 
the  boys  were  more  shy  than  other  little  boys. 
What  do  you  think  that  mother  told  us?  She 
said  that  since  she  had  written  me  the  letter,  she 
had  to  take  several  hanl  irhij'pinrjs,  just  because 
she  wanted  to  join  the  church.  Who  do  you 
think  whipped  the  little  boys' mother?  Do  you 
think  it  was  their  papa?  Some  of  you  that 
have  good  papas  ciui  hardly  think  it  was  him, 
but  it  was.  She  also  told  us  that  she  has  never 
hud  11  Bible  of  her  own  iu  the  house  until  last 
Suniiuer;  one  of  her  neighbors  had  three,  and 
let  her  have  one  for  some  nice  ripe  tomatoes; 
a  lew  of  the  leaves  were  torn  out,  but  she  ijaid 
it  was  better  than  no  Bible  at  all,  and  you  will 
all  agree  that  it  was.  One  day  when  these  little 
boys'  papa  came  into  tlie  house  and  saw  the  Bi- 
ble, he  wiw  very  mad  and  began  to  curse  and 
swear  and  threw  her  Bible  on  the  floor.  She 
says  when  she  wishes  to  read  that  good  Book 
she  biis  to  wait  till  he  goes  out  of  the  house. 
She  says  she  would  like  to  attend  meetings,  but 
if  she  does  she  will  get  more  ivhijtjtiiujs.  The 
oldest  boy  (seven  years  old)  sometimes  cries  to 
go  to  meeting,  l)ut  can't  go. 

Dear  children,  while  I  was  listening  to  this 
poor  mother's  jiitiful  story,  and  Wiis  looking  at 
the  little  boys,  the  teai-s  came  into  my  eyes,  and 
I  was  thinking  of  the  many  dear  little  children 
that  are  writing  such  good  letters  for  the  paper, 
and  who  have  such  good  parents  that  read  the 
Bible  for  you,  and  tell  you  about  Jesus,  and 
kneel  down  iu  the  morning  and  pray  for  you, 
and  get  you  good,  warm  clothing,  and  send  you 
to  school;  and  when  Sunday  morning  comes 
you  can  put  on  nice,  clean  clothes  and  your  papa 
will  take  yon  to  meeting  to  hear  the  minister 
preach  about  the  Love  of  Gml,  and  how  to  be 
good. 

Before  wo  left  this  family  I  promised  I  would 
visit  them  soon  again;  I  will  try  and  take  all 
my  children  and  their  mother  along,  and  we  will 
try  and  make  them  as  ha[>py  as  we  know  how. 
They  have  only  seen  the  dark  side  of  human 
life  and  need  a  little  sunshine  of  the  blessings  of 
religion.  I  have  felt  sad  since  I  was  there,  and 
I  want  to  tell  you  all  that  I  pray  more  than  ev- 
er that  the  little  boys  and  girls  and  their  parents 
write  for  and  circulate  the  Bbkthres  at  Work, 
and  all  try  to  be  good  wliile  we  have  such  good 
opportunities. 

Will  we  not  all  ask  that  our  good  Father  in 
heaven  may  overrule,  that  this  mother  may  love 
Jesus  and  join  the  church  without  being  iihip- 
pal.  Next  week  1  want  to  t«ll  you  of  the  other 
family.  D.  E.  BKl'nAKER. 

loan  Centre,  Juica. 


MAKE  YOUR  MOTHER  HAPPY. 

CHILDKKN,  make  your  mother  happy; 
Make  her  sing  instead  of  sigh; 
For  the  moui-nful  hour  of  parting. 

May  be  very,  very  nigh. 
Children,  make  your  mother  happy: 

Many  griefs  she  has  to  bear; 
And  she  wearies  'ueath  her  burdens — 
Can  you  not  those  burdens  share? 

Children,  make  your  mother  haopy: 
Prompt  obedience  cheers  the  heart; 

While  a  willful  disobedience, 
Rerces  like  a  poisoned  dart. 

Children,  make  your  mother  happy: 
On  her  brow  the  lines  of  care. 

Deepen  daily— don't  you  see  them? 
While  your  own  are  smooth  and  fair. 

Children,  make  your  mother  happy; 

For  beneath  the  coftin  lid, 
All  too  soon  her  face  so  saint-like, 

Shall  forevermore  be  hid. 

Bitter  tears  and  self-upbraidings, 
Cimnot  bring  her  back  again; 

And  remorseful  memories, 
Are  a  legacy  of  paiu. 

Oh  begin  to-day,  deai-  children, 
Listen  when  your  mother  speaks; 

Render  quick  and  sweet  obedience, 
For  your  highest  good  she  seeks. 

Loves  you  better  than  all  others — 

For  your  sake  hei-self  denies; 
She  is  patient,  prayerful,  tender. 

Gentle,  thoughtful,  true  and  wise. 

Never,  while  you  live,  dear  children. 
Though  you  search  the  world  around, 

Will  you  find  a  friend  more  faithful 
Thau  your  own,  your  loving  mother. 

Selected  by  Maiiy  Hillery. 


HINTS   TO    GIRLS. 

A  CORRESPONDENT  of  the  Ihshn  Cfm- 
greyftiionaf  has  been  taking  notes  which, 
having  direct  reference  to  one  of  the  great  re- 
forms of  the  age,  will  probably  be  interesting 
to  the  reader.  Giris,  although  his  remarks  nmy 
seem  to  be  a  little  sharp,  tbey  are  quite  too  true; 
and  the  timely  hints  here  given,  may  lead  you 
to  take  a  more  sensible  coui-se;  and  your  moth- 
ers will  doubtless  be  thankful  that  the  valuable 
suggestions  are  published  for  mutual  benefit. 
They  are  as  follows: 

1.  You  are  perfect  idiots  to  go  on  iu  this 
way.  Your  bodies  are  the  most  beautiful  of 
God's  creation.  In  the  continental  galleries  I 
always  saw  groups  of  people  gathered  about  the 
pictures  of  women.  It  was  not  a  passion;  the 
gazers  were  just  as  likely  to  be  women  as  men; 
it  was  because  of  the  wonderful  beauty  of  a 
woman's  body. 

Now,  stand  with  me  at  my  office  window  and 
see  a  lady  pass.  There  goes  one!  Now  isn't 
that  a  pretty  looking  object?  A  big  hump, 
three  big  lumps,  a  wilderness  of  crimps  and 
frills,  a  hauling  up  of  the  dress  here  and  there, 
an  erroneous,  hideous  mass  piled  on  top  of  the 
head,  surmounted  by  biti!  of  lace,  birds'  tails  etc. 
The  shop  windows  tell  you  all  day  long  of  the 
padding,  whalebones,  and  steel  springs  which 
occupy  most  of  the  space  of  the  outside  rig.  In 
the  name  of  all  the  simple,  sweet  sentiments 
which  cluster  about  a  home.  I  would  ask,  In 
is  a  man  to  fall  in  love  with  such  a  compound, 
double-twisted,  touch-me-not  artificiality  as  you 
sec  in  that  wriggling  curiosity? 

2.  With  the  wasp-waist,  squeezing  your 
lungs,  stomach,  liver,  and  other  vital  organs  in- 
to oue-half  their  natural  size,  how  can  any  man 
of  sense,  who  knows  that  life  is  made  up  of  use, 
of  sense,  of  service,  of  work,  take  to  such  a 
partner?  He  must  be  desperate  indeed,  to  unite 
himself  for  life,  to  auch  a  fettered,  half-breath- 
ing ornament. 

3.  Your  bad  dress  and  lack  of  exercise  lead 
to  bad  health,  and  men  wiselj'  fear,  that  iiistead 
of  a  helpmate,  tliey  would  get  an  invalid  to  talce 
care  of,  This  bad  health  in  you,  just  a^  in  men, 
makes  the  mind  a.s  well  as  tlie  body  effeminate, 
You  have  no  power,  nnd  use-  bij":  adjectives,  such 
as  "splendid,"  no  magneti-^ni!  I  know  you 
giggle  freely,  "  awful,"  but  then  this  doe*  not 
deceive  us;  we  can  see  through  it  all.  You  are 
superficial,  affected,  silly;  you  have  none  of  that 
womanly  strength  and  warmth  which  are  so 
assuring  and  attractive  to  man,  Whv.  vou  be- 
come so  childish  and  weak-miuded  that  you 
refuse  to  wear  decent  names  even,  and  insist 
upon  baby  names.  Instead  of  Holen.  Marga- 
ret and  Elizabeth,  you  affect  Nellie,  Maggie  ami 
Lizzie.  When  your  brothers  were  babies  y(m 
called  them  Bobbie,  Dickey  and  Johnnie;  but 
when  they  grow  to  manhood,  no  more  of  that 
silly  trash  if  you  please.    But  I  know  a  woman 


of  twenty-five  year*,  and  she  is  as  \,\^  ,^__  . 
of  my  grandmothers  put  together,  who 


upon  lieing  culled  Kitty,  nud  her  r^ni  niin,""^ 
Cjitharine;  and  although  her  brain  18  biRPn^J  1* 
to  conduct  affairs  of  state,  she  does  nothino  1 
giggle,  cover  her  fuc*-  with  her  fan,  and  ejcl  -"' 
once  in  four  minutes,  "  Don't  now!  youiuv^ 
mean."  ^ 

How  can  a  niau  propose  a  hfe-partuershii,  i. 
such  a  silly  goose?  My  dear  girls,  you  ^^7* 
if  you  get  li;isbands,  and  decent  ones,  dresa  ■ 
plain,  neat,  becoming  garments,  and  talk  Ik" 
earnest,  sensible  sisters.  Remember  that  i,i„ 
teen  times  in  twenty,  sensible  men  cho«si>  s^.,*" 
ible  women.  I  grant  you  that,  in  company 
they  are  very  likely  to  chat  and  toy  with  th/' 
over-dressed  and  forward  creatures,  but  th* 
don't  ask  them  to  go  to  the  altar  with  them  ^ 
Selected  by  T.  D.  Lyuv 

Ha.l^on,  III 


CEILBUEK   AT    WO^K, 


Aaron *s  Rod:— I  am  not  blessed  win, 
mother  like  many  of  you  are;  I  haveago^ 
home  though,  with  Samuel  Eiler,  I  can  tc||  ii 
little  folks  whose  rod  budded,  bloomed  hkissdj 
and  yielded  almonds.  It  was  Aaron's;  (lud  a 
account  of  it  may  be  found  in  Numbers  17.  0 
— Miinj  E.  Hrplot/le,  Hut/prsfotm,  Ind. 

Peter  ami  Nehemiah:— We  went  to  church 
last  Sunday.  H.  P.  Strickler  is  our  uiiniater 
His  text  was  1  Pet.  4:  17,  18.  We  have  ■axaC 
ing  every  two  weeks,  and  I  love  to  go  and  hear 
the  brethren  talk  about  Jesus.  I  am  trying  (^ 
be  a  good  girl.  Fii-st  letter  of  Peter  and  fourth 
chapter  contains  all  the  letters  of  the  al|)habel 
except  the  letter  z.  Tlie  seventh  chapter  of 
Nehemiah  contains  all  the  lettei-s  except  q,— 
Alda  Alhriijht,  Steamboat  Ilock,  loiva. 

About  Esther: — Ahasuerus  made  a  royal 
feast  on  the  seventh  day.  He  sent  for  queej, 
Vashti.  She  refused  to  come.  The  kiug  was 
angry;  so  he  resolved  to  take  her  royal  eslat* 
and  give  it  to  another  that  was  better  tlian  she. 
All  the  virgins  of  the  land  were  brouglit  togeth- 
er, and  Esther,  the  adopted  daughter  of  Mord&. 
cai,  the  Jew,  found  favor  in  the  sight  of  all  who 
looked  upon  her;  aud  the  king  loved  Ksthcr 
more  than  all  the  women.  When  her  people 
were  to  be  destroyed,  she  plead  tor  them  and 
saved  them  from  death,  while  Haman,  their  ac- 
cuser, and  his  ten  sons  were  hung.  We  mmt 
do  good  to  others  if  we  wish  to  prosper.— C.  Jlf. 
Cripe,  Cn-ro  Gordo,  IU. 

From  Cora  E.  Wales: — I  am  a  reader  of  the 
Bkethhen  at  Work  nnd  like  to  read  it.  I  like 
to  go  to  meeting  and  hear  the  true  Gospel 
preached.  The  tenth  chapter  of  Hebrews  iiou- 
tains  all  of  tho  letters  of  the  alphabet. 

The  Poor  Orphan : — My  father  (bed  wheu  1 

was  four  years  old  and  my  mother  when  I  vfas 
eight,  I  missed  my  mother  very  much  when 
she  died,  and  remember  some  about  my  deiir 
father,  but  they  are  both  at  rest  in  Jesus,  and  I 
want  to  get  there  too.  Four  brothers  and  a 
sister  are  also  dead.  My  dear  little  friends  who 
have  father  and  mother  living,  he  good  mid  kind 
to  them  and  your  brothers  and  sisters  too,  if  you 
have  any. — Belle  lliehard. 

Jesus  Criicifled:— My  mother  gave  me  the 
twenty-seventh  chapter  of  Matthew  aud  tuld 
me  to  see  what  I  could  write  about  it.  I  am  not 
able  to  write  much,  neither  will  you  expeutme 
to,  for  you  remember  I  am  but  a  little  boy.  It 
appears  that  Pilate  did  uot  want  Christ  crucifi- 
ed, but  when  he  saw  that  he  could  not  prevent 
it,  he  took  water  and  washed  his  hands.  When 
they  had  plaited  a  crown  of  thorns  and  put  it 
on  His  head,  they  spit  on  Him  and  took  a  reed 
and  smote  Him  on  the  head;  and  when  they 
had  come  to  a  place  called  Golgotha,  they  g«^e 
Him  vinegar  mingled  with  gall  to  drink,  nnd 
when  He  had  tasted  thereof  He  would  drink  no 
more.  When  He  was  crucified  there  wero  tivo 
thieves  crucified  with  Him,  one  on  the  rightand 
the  other  on  this  left.  They  that  passed  by  Him, 
reviled  Him,  wagging  their  heads,  sayiug,"Thou 
that  destroyest  the  temple  and  huildest  it  upm 
three  days,  save  thyself:  if  thou  be  the  Sonol 
God,  come  down  from  the  cross."— .V.  1'"'^" 
Baker,  IM-ern  Milh,  Va. 

(jiierv  Answered:— I  like  your  paper veiy 
much;  my  mother  takes  it.  When  itcouieswe 
all  want  to  read  it.  1  have  two  brothei^andno 
sister.  One  little  sister  is  dead  and  one  brotlier. 
I  saw  a  question  in  the  paper.  What  ehap'*''^ 
the  Bible  contains  all  the  letters  of  the  iiipl""^^ 
but  one,  and  which  one  is  left  out?  It  i^ 
third  chapter  of  Luke;  the  letter  q  is  If"  ""'■ 
NeUie  M.  Dafjtjett,  Athlon,  III. 

He  hath  riches  sufficient  who  hath  fi'O"? 
to  be  charitable. 


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Jireflir. 


J  <J,ri^  will  bf.  ho  wtcHti^  of  (he  Bi^rtiT^f, 
^p„„,r  to  ..s  tlmn  twouty  miles.  Think  of  ,,s 
br^.tliT"".  when  you  arc-  tn.vi;Ung,  and  »n«ke  it 
8U,),tustn|,.md])reiicTisoiiicforus,aiid  to  »s 
Our  pl't«'  of  worship  is  ,i  school-house,  but  it 
y  tt-ell  siiitod  for  holding  meetings  as  it  ia  well 
provided  with  seats  .mdhftsV  high  ccilin-. 
^hifh  makes  It  plfasant  and  easy  to  spenk  in 

Somo  have  been  with  us  this  piwt;  Winter 
and  wc.cnnnot  tpo  warmly  ^express  our  gr«U- 
t„j..  to  thera  for  tlii-ir  kindiioss  i^  «racuibering 
„s^  b,it  m  the  earth  takes  in  the  gentle  rain 
ffhicb  often  coifies  upon  it,  so  it  is  with  us.  we' 
l^el  aiixiuns  to  have  meeting  luore  often.  There 
jrebiiliiHewof  us  here,  and  the  evil  one  tries 
t^  make  invoaiis  among  us, 

Hretbft!"  pray  Iprus  that  we  hft  able  to  ward 
off  nil  the  darts  of  the  wicked  one.  He  is, full 
of  devices,  but  when  we  look  into  our  Bible 
gad  iirouud  us,  we  are  persuaded  that  He  who 
is  for  "S  i«  stronger,  than  he  who  is  against  us. 

Deal-  brethren  and  sisters  let  us  work  more 
and  liarder,  for  we  can  see  the  time  approacli- 
ing  when  the  elements  shall  melt  with  fervent 
beat:  the  earth  also,  and  the  woAs  which  are 
tberi'iii.  shall  be  burned  up.  Seeing  th  -u  that 
all  tl\e«e  things  shall  be  dissolved,  what  manner 
of  pel-sons  ought  ye  (we)  to  be,  in  all  holy  coii- 
jer^ntion  and  godli;iess. 

There  luus  been  a  little  stir  among  the  peopW 
of  the  country  about  here,  on  the  Sahbiitii 
question.  Bro.  Hall  delivered  two  lectures  at 
the  church  conceming  it,  whicli  were  vei'y  int- 
eresting and  instructive.  Auy  one  coniluding 
to  favor  iH  with  a  visit  will  please  drop  us  a 
chH.  ^it  we  may  have  time  to  make  au  appoint- 
ment. We  will  be  glad  to  meet  auy  such  at 
thetriiiu. 

Yo^rs  Fraternally, 

A.  M.  i.  .V  M.  C.  Miller, 


From    C.    Hope. 

jhiif  Hrethnu: — 

GOD  be  thanked  to-day.  I  feel  free  to  write 
a$  if  I  had  just  been  delivered  from  a  dark 
prison.  Often  Jaave  I  written  aud  then  torn  it 
1(1  pieciis;  and  what  little  I  have  seljt  you  was 
filled  with  Our  burdens,  which  mnst  he  endured 
on  all  sides. 

1  commenced  a  series  of  meeting.^  in  our 
bouse.  At  first  only  five  or  six  persons  came, 
but  as  tile  meetings'  were  continued,  the  num- 
ber increased  from  time  to  time,  until  we  had  a 
goodcongregation,  the  house  well  filled.  At 
first  we  were"  alone,  un  other  menihei-s  bein; 
present;  but  on  Saturday  evening  Bro.  Nielson, 
Bro.  Eskiida-en  and  two  sisters  came.  At  this 
meetin:^  I  spoke  on  the  blood  of  Christ,  and  it 
wiissoon  manifest  that  theichains  of  some  were 
beginmug  to  break.  0  how  the  tears  flowed 
from  their  eyea,  denoting  that  they  felt  their 
siiifulness.       , 

On  Suuday  was  onr  regular  appointment,  and 
an  hour  before  the  appointed  time  the  people 
began  to  assemble.  The  first  hour  was  spent 
in  setting  before  our  members  their  duties  and 
privileges  in  order  to  lielp  carry  on  the  work, 
and  when  the  time  came  to  declare  the  word  to 
the  people,  Bro.  Esktldsen  humbly  set  the  truth 
before  them  from  2  Cor.  5  :  10.  The  audience 
Was  much  affected  and  many  wept  long  and 
loud.  I  thought  when  Bro.  Eskildsen  had  fin- 
ished, I  would  say  nothing,  but  still  one  remark 
hy  our  brother  filled  my  soul  for  this  people. 
that  "  there  are  only  two  classes  of  people  in 
tbis  world,  good  and  bad,  saint  and  sinner."  I 
Wish  you  could  have  seen  and  heard  the  tears 
*nd  sobs  of  the  whole  congregation.  I  rejoiced 
w  hear  and  see,  for  it  denotes  conviction.  We 
appointed  prayer-meeting  at  seven  P.  M.,  and 
at  that  hour  the  house  was  again  nearly  full,  — 
oro.  Eskildsen  took  charge  of  the  meeting,  and 
*gam  the  sinners  felt  the  arrows  of  conviction 
penetrating  their  hearts.  Poor  people!  God 
bless  them  in  hearing.  We  closed  our  meeting 
*'  'en.  and  appointed  meeting  for  next  Wcdnes- 
%.  We  cannot  wtjrk  ns  rapidly  as  you  can  in 
America.  We  have  so  many  barriers  to  break 
"''wn.  so  many  ohRtaoles  to  overcome;  and  we 
"""St  lie  careful  to  remove  them  so  that  rcpent- 
*Qce  may  be  thorough. 

i  have  written  to  the  PrlmiHir  Christian  in 
^'^wet  to  several  requ  -sts  from  warm-hearted 
'■''three.     They  wish  to  know  how  long  we  in- 

m  to  stay  here,  and  whether  we  have  suflici- 
ent  means.  We  get  all  that  is  put  in  the  trea- 
^^  but  has  been  barely  sufficient.  Aud  as  to 
?""?'  ^^'e  will  remain  here  as  long  as  we  can. 

*^  wdl  conduct  the  mission  as  cheaply  as  we 
^''-    But  to  get  work  is  out  of  the  question. 


,       "r  MX  months  or  u  yoar  and  tli«u  work     Hro.      " 
on  buadav  ^,  well .«  other  days.      In  saeh 


If-aveajvork  could  ho  had, 

to  hire  f..r  six  months  or  a  year  ami  lUtn  work  ,  Hro^rer.  who  kindly  n-ceiv..! 

uuarofu;:.:V:"''"/^>'^  'vr^ «  ons..un.ay.iu!i«rrU-d.hro«ghtb. 

»o    l/Zvle^^^  r^'^l  r  P^'-'^    N^-''"    Mo-mtnins    containing' that 

hings  are  difTei-cnl  heiv  from  thoio  in   Ameri-    ii 


to  th; 

in  Xi 

T 

ca.     We  are  like  all  other  ^e4h^  wL  cnmiot 

get  along  without  food  and  TuftavM. 

I  trust  our  beloved  hrvthreu  and  *i^tcis  fron^ 
America  will  give  von  a  complr(<-  acco.mt,  oP 
matters  hem  We  nlso  trutit-the  Lord  tftatiHi" 
wUl  make  us  able  to  »t«y  han  if  ho  wills.  To 
make  missimiar^-  work  snceessfi.l,  mjuires  con- 
stant work,  night  imd  day,  and  it  is  beltflr  to 
work  mainly  in  one  place.  I  beliovo  flu-  time 
of  the  Gentiles  i^  nearly  fnlfilled.und  the  return 
of  the  Jews  near  at  hand.  The  pn!?ent  war 
does  not  atfect  our  work,  but  rather  promotes 
it  spiritually. 

Some  may  think  our  expense*  too  gr«at,  but 
1  am  anre.  their  kind,  tender  hearta  will  not  so 
believe  when  they  onre  learn  our  condition,  the 
conditmn  of  our  country  and  the  customs  of 
the  people.  It  is  customary  to  give  people  some- 
thing to  eat  when  they  come  to  see  and  ask  the 
way  of  life.  Strangers*  come  from  all  parts  of 
the  country  to  inquire  about  the  way  of  the 
Lonl.  aud  of  course  we  dare  not.  ought  not, 
cannot  turn  them  away  hungry.  Our  God 
says,  "  Feed  the  hungry,  clothe  tile  naked,"  and 
0  may  we  never  become  so  lost  to  love  as  to 
ftithhold  the  food  from  the  hungry!  lastSun- 
day  we  had  sixteen  persons  for  dinner;  all  were 
from  a  distance.  You  see,  therefore,  in  every 
way  we  have  cares  and  blii-dens  resting  upon 
iw.  But  I  shidl  at  this  time,  say  no  more.  — 
Look  to  those  whom  you  sent  to  help  us  and 
look  at  our  standing.  They  can  tell  you  better 
than  I  can  of  our  burdens,  uoceisitle-i  and  sew 
VL-re  trials,     God  bless  vou  all. 

HJorriiKj,  Drnmurk,  March  lUtli.  I^IS. 


snow  ^h^■d 

n  many  \A.n\-s  ^\\iW.^  about  ovor  thi-  ^herf,  and 
l>lmv  liroke  it  down,  -.o  tluit  we  wert;  de- 
tained about  twvi  hour?.,  >•«  hwim.,  hownrer.i 
was  done,  and  what  se^-iaed  tin-  innmK.'»*t  tu  «». 
whUv  we  lutV  thuM  su«v  dritka  abosL  nine  in 
the  mcrning.  we  were  by  uoon  iu  ihc  midat  of 
green  pastures  and  blooming  tlowtr*.  and  avtui 


Jjow  while  I  mn  writing,  tjiesc  lim-«,  the  '2-lth- 
the  pa-^tnres  aro  green  auA  (Wif-free^  blonbiln'g' 
iu  (V.gon.  The  weather  is  pleasant  and  the 
people  arc  busy  plowing  imd  sowing;  tiit;  wliite 
clover  in  our  door  yard  is  anklo-high. 

In  conclusion  we  would  r^-mark  that  we  can- 
not tvll  Jet  how  we  will  eiijoj-  our  new  home 
in  tlie  far  West.  ^lanv  would  like  to  know 
how  much  our  trip  cof't  us;  we  would  saj- it  cost 
ns.  fure  aud  boardiog  from  Lima, Ohio  to  Salem. 
Oregon,  about  ?r.;i(t.  We  paid  for  fix  whole, 
aud  two  half  tjckfts,  or  about  Tti  dolliii-s  to  the 
whole  ticlE^t.  But  I  would  say  that  those, 
wishing  to  come  to  Oregon  now,  could  not 
come  for  that  anioimt,  as  wo  bought  our  steami- 
er tickets  iu  February  for  eight  dollara  each 
cabin  passage,  but  now  the  rat*s  have  advanced 
to  twenty-five  dollars. 

Commending  ouraelvcs  to  Qod  <w  unto  an  all- 
wise  Creator,  we  bid  you  farewell  for  the  pres- 
ent. 

David  K.viti.v. 

Salem,  Oref/nn,  March  'M,  iS7«. 

To    Sister    Mary    Harding. 


Th»  ntf^  rtf-w««,.»l«,U-  ii»t  y4*«  i.v«»tt«Wr 
And  when  hoary  bair  Hhall  your  temples  odom 
bike  laml«  shall  you  «tni  in   His  bosom  bft 
home." 

Oh  theui.narer  ;be  diwmirjgwj  althougli 
friends  should  fowpko  you  ot  yoa  should  aieqfc 
vitJi  niiwy  difficulties  Uurog^gU  *h)#  life  /     j{  „  , 

"  And  if  yon  mept  with  trrmbW.  ana  Iriab  on  " 
the  way,  ■     .     I  J  .      .;   ,     ;.'  , .,:.     , 

Cast  all^our  cart'Oft  Jwm*-(irfd  d6ri*t  «frgc»  M 
prnj.*''-''    I    . ' '  .lit      *^t,.        It    ^, 

Now,  Icpt  ny  artioie  beco;«e  t4?Q  WngtJiy,  I 
will  flo.-ic  l.y  hoping  that  y«u  by  .your  Christian 
axamplo  wid  pjiou:^  wnlk,  may  mo^  tomitruia 
your  dean  family  anil  piwiy  of  jfoiu  kind  fricnda 
to  turn  in  with  the  ovcrtiii^  of  m«rcy  aod 
make  their  peace,  calling  imd  election  sure,  be- 
foTv  it  be  eternally  too  late,  "uT the  prayer  of 
your  unworthy  sistefr'teChrirt.   ' 


Viirlfhn,  Nrbmska. 


Cakrik  HoijpypKit. 


// 


Oregon    Letter. 


Dear  Jiirflnm:— 

WE  left  our  home  in  Ohio  on  the  afternoon 
of  the  seventh  of  March.  1S78.  Inas- 
much as  we  were  about  to  start  on  oni-  Journey 
to  the  Pacific  cortst,  feeling  quite  an  assurance 
that  we  should  nevermore  return  to  our  oW 
home  and  friends  in  Ohio,  we  felt  like  reading 
the  last  paragraph  of  the  20th  chapter  of  Acts. 
which  we  did  and  then  bowed  down  aud  engag- 
ed iu  prayer,  and  no  commended  our  souls  and 
bodies  unto  our  heavenly  Father,  trusting  that 
he  would  preside  over  us  whether  by  land  or 
sea. 

At  our  separation  we  all  wept  aloud  ,to  take 
the  parting  band  of  so  many  that  were  dear  to 
us  iis  parents,  children,  brethren,  sisters,  friends 
and  neighlwrs.  Then  that  evening  at  9  o'clock 
we  took  tbe  train*  in  Lima,  for  the  Wtst^  Ar- 
rived at  Chicago  on  the  ninth  at  10  A,  M. 
Here  we  met  Bro.  Isaac  N.  Huffman  oi'  La)ie 
Co.,  Oregon,  who  had  went  Ea.st  with  us 
December,  He  had  lormerly  lived  in  Page  Co., 
Va..  and  spent  the  Winter  there,  ou  business 
and  visiting  friend,s.  We  also  had  old  Bro*  J, 
Bashore  of  Dark  Co.,  Ohio  with  us;  he  was 
aiming  fur  the  Walla  Walla  Co.,  W.  T.  He 
stood  the. trip  remarkably  well  aud  coutinued 
with  us  to  Portland,  at  which  place  we  separat- 
ed and  left  him  to  travel  the  rest  of  bl^  jou^rney 
with  strangers. 

We  left  Omaha  at  4:  45  the  same  evening 
and  moved  slowly  ou  our  way  Westward,  till 
we  arrived  at  Nnrtb  Piatt  City  Sunday  even- 
ing. Here  we  received  orders  to  lay  over  in 
consequence  of  the  snow  storm  further  West, 
though  there  was  no  snow  at  this  place.  We 
remained  at  this  place  till  Tuesday,  and  arrived 
at  Ogden  on  Thursday  evening.  By  this  time 
there  were  sixteen  emigrant  cars  in  our  train, 
and  having  this  great  crowd  together,  we  were 
continued  through  at  the  same  rate,  and  were 
landed  in  San  Francisco  on  Saturday  evening, 
the  16th,  about  dark.  On  Sunday  raoi-ning  at 
111  o'clock  we  were  aboard  the  steamship  Idaho 
for  i'ortland,  and  though  it  was  in  the  stormy 
month  of  March,  we  had  an  extremely  smooth 
voyage  and  only  myself  and  some  of  theyoimg 
children  were  sea-sick  for  a  short  time,  while 
the  wife  and  the  older  children  didn't  miss  u 
meal. 

We  arrived  at  Portland,  Wednesday  evening, 
the  20th,  and  remained  here  till  the  next  after- 
noon, spending  the  day  in  prospecting  the  Hve- 
Jv  City  of  Portland.  Then  at  4  o'clock  P.  M., 
we  took  the  train  for  Salem  and  arrived  there 
about  7  o'clock,  a  distance  of  about  fifty  miles, 
where  we  were  met  by  Bro.  Ashenfelter,  and 
taken  to  his  house  in  the  city  and  entertained 
for  the  nigbt.  On  Friday  were  met  by  Marcus 
Bfower  and  F.  M.  Wade,  with  whom  we  con- 
tracted for  our  new  liomc  and  were  conveyed 
out  to  the  same.     Looked  around  a  few  mo- 


A    Strange    Dpath. 


Dear  Sistn-  in  Christ:— 

I  FEEL  like  addi\'ssing  a  few  lines  to  you, 
smce  wituessing  your  happy  conversion  to 
the  truth  as  it  h  in  Christ  Je.iits,  ami  that  your 
husband  too  huji  found  Kim.  Dear  sister  you 
told  me  that  you  had  studied  long  and  earnest- 
ly whether  "  t^ieae  thiag9,werc  so,"  before  ent- 
ering this  new  platiou  with  the  all-atoning 
Son  of  God,  aud  aUo  that  you  had  become  dis 
satisfied  several  years  ago  with  some  professed 
followers  of  Christ,  or  the  so-called  Christian 
church,  with  which  you  have  been  connected 
some  thirty  years. 

You  say  you  have  read  fclie  WArH  of  thi 
Lord' much,  and  with  anxious  prayer  and  that 
at  last  you  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
the.^e  proties-sed  Christians  do  not  observe  near 
all  of  (be  holy  eommandments  of  .lesuH,  but 
pass  them  over  in  a  light,  cai-eless  manner,  con- 
siderihg  them,  as  tfh*y  call  them.  "  non-essen- 
tial to  saWation,"  thoogh  the  Holy  Scriptures 
themselves  declare,  that  (he  way,  that  is,  the 
commandments  bf  Christ,  are  so  plain,  that 
the  wayfdt-ing  man,  though  u  fool,  need  not  err 
therein. 

You  also  saw  too  much  corruption  in  that 
body,  such  as  running  after  every  yajn  fashion 
aud  optoni  of  the  worid;  as  the  putting  on  of 
costly  array  and  of  gold  and  and  the  lustof  the 
eye  and  pride  of  life,  etc.,  all  of  which  we  are 
commanded  to  abstain  from.  We  are  plainly 
told  not  to  conform  to  the  world  but  to  be 
transformed. 

Now,  dear  sister,  ^  you  Imve  so  arduously 
studied  to  know  the  ways  of  the  Lord  more 
peri'ectly.  and  have  at  btst,  like  Mary  of  old 
chosen  that  good  part.  Oh,  bow  happy  should 
you  feel  when  you  imd  your  dear  husband  and 
family  join  in  singing  those  beautiful  songs  of 
Zion,  and  exercise  your  musical  talents,  with 
which  you  all  seem  so  highly  endowed,  can  you 
not  now  more  than  ever  before,  truly  sing  with 
the  spirit  and  with  the  understanding  also? 

Dear  sister,  I  truly  did  rejoice,  when  I  saw 
you  returning  from  the  cold  and  watery  grave, 
where  you  had  been  buried  with  Christ  by  bap- 
tism, and  as  you  came  forth,  praising  the  Lord. 
I  thought  within  myself,  surely, 

"  There's  a  crown  of  glory. 
And  a  spotless  robe  for  you, 

When  you  reach  that  Golden  City. 
In  the  land  beyond  the  blue." 

Now,  dear  sister,  sines  you  and  your  husband 
have,  by  the  grace  of  God  put  on  the  whole  ar- 
mor of  God,  in  Christ  Jesua.  0,  how  I  would 
love  to  say  a  word  of  encouragement  to  you 
both,  but  I  feel  ray  great  iuability  to  do  so,  for 
I  know  that  I  am  very  unworthy.  Yes,  I  oft*n 
feel  that  I  am  the  very  least  in  the  household 
of  faith,  and  that  I  come  for  short  iu  living  up 
to  the  requirements  of  the  Gosj>el,  but  yot  I 
uevt-r  feel  like  giving  up.  I  would  just  say  to 
you,  brother  and  sister,  put  your  trust  in  God. 
cast  your  caro  on  llim  from  whenco  all  your 
help  cometh,  aud  He  will  never,  never  forsake 
you;  for, 

"When   through   the  dark  waters  he  calls  you 
to  go, 


ONE  week  to-ilay,  ono  of  our  n';ighbor*a 
boya,  ftlinost  tliirtcen  years  old,  .loha 
Robinson  by  name,  was  sent  to  wat«r  the  hors- 

of  his  father.  A  short  time  after,  his  Ijroth- 
er  went  out,  and  saw  John's  hat  near  the  wood 
pile,  and  at  ona-  start^'d  out  in  search  of  .John. 
In  atew  muiutes  he  found  hiDi,ashortdi*UmcB 
from  the  bouse.— dead. 

It  sceui!*  he  hod  haltered  a  two-year  old  colt 
to  leiul  to  water,  and  by  some  means  th.-  ropa 
got  in  a  loop  around  his  neck,  and  the  colt 
drew  him  in  this  manner,  until  the  halter  came 
off. 

Memorial  s(BfYice»  in  i^half  of  him  were  held 
to-day  at  the  place  whcru  he  attended  Sabbath 
school.     He  was  a  good  boy;  peace  to  his  twhesl 


M.  Myers. 


Marhbiir</,  loica,  March  3ht,  ItffS. 


From    Texaa. 


BY  your  request  and  that  of  otheri',  we  will 
try  to  give  some  acoouiit  ol  ours«lves^ 
sbice  iu  this  sunny  land,  through  the  cclamna 
of  your  paper,  should  you  >leem  it  ,wortl»y  of 
publication,  and  hope  it  may  prove  of  Honua 
intere-st.  We  ask  forbearance  iirom  dir  many 
dear  friends  in  not  writing  to  them  jjentonally; 
were  we  to  write  to  all  that  requested  us  to  do 
so,  we  could  do  but  little  else.  RecLHved  no 
mail  with  the  exeeptiun  of  mu'  letter  till  firat 
of  la-st  week,  when  it  came  plentifully,  .\mong 
it  were  three  copies  of  BRRtllfiBM  .M  WoEK, 
and  card  from  your  office.  ' 

The  i)a|)er,  always  dear  to  us,  i.i  doubly  so 
now,  Wbile  we  rend  with  pleasure  the  good 
tiding*",  onr  eyes  are  darkened  with  tears  as  we  ■ 
read  of  the  deaths  of  those  with  whom  w» 
lormerly  associated.  We  think  we  are  settled 
for  a  while  at  least,  in  our  htnnble  log  cabin, 
and  extend  a  heafty  welcome  to  out  Northern 
friends. 

We  continue  to  like  the  counttry.  -The  peo- 
ple about  here,  are  kind,  obliging  and  ChriB- 
tiun-likf.  We  live  within  three  miles  uf  Bro.  J» 
Sowder,  a  minister  in  the  second  degree. 

Have  regular  ajipointments  the  fourth  Sun- 
day iu  ciicli  month.  Yesterday  we  luul  the 
pleasure  of  listening  to'  a  discoorse  from  Bro. 
Hutchinson  of  Mo.,  followed  by  Bro.  Sowder» 
Also  met  with  Bro.  J.  W.  Chambers  from  Mon- 
tague Co,,  Texas,  The  house  was  filled  toovep- 
flowing  and  good  order  prevailed. 

.\lthough  a  fair-looking  country,  excepting 
the  improvements,  to  those  contemplating  mov- 
ing here,  we  would  advise  to  first  come  and 
look  at  the  country.  It  is  not  always  wisdom 
to  be-guid«d  by  theo|«inions  and  judgment  of 
others. 

L.  K.  HowB. 

GaiueitviUf,  Texas,  March  2oth,  1S7S. 


From    G.    W.    Lindower. 

Dear  Brrthren : — 

y'OUIt  paper  bos  been  a  faithful  visitor  to  ub 
since  January  1st,  ISTT,  and  we  Like  to 
read  its  columns.  I  think  that  good  impres- 
sions are  produced  by  reading  the  paper  and 
comparing  the  same  with  the  Holy  ScriptuKB. 
I  fear  that  we  are  not  searcliing  the  Scripturas 
as  faithfully  as  we  should.  We  sometimes  for- 
get our  spiritual  welfare  and  think  too  much  of 
earthly  things.  This  should  not  be  thus;  foi 
we  may  be  called  away  at  any  time.  Then  if 
we  are  not  ready  aud  have  not  been  faithful  to 
our  Divine  Master, we  \vilt  not  hear  tbos*ch«r- 
ing  words:  "  Well  done,  tbou  good  and  faitli- 
ful  servaut,"  but  it  will  be,  "  Depart  from  m% 
ye  workers  of  iniquity;  1  never  knew  you."  — 


THK    BRETPIKEIS^    ^X    "VVOltK:. 


-^pril    1 


8. 


Ah,  we  should  watch  and  pray,  l»t  we  cnUr 
into  WnipUtion.  The  Savior  said  :  "  B«  7c  remJy 
«Iway»,  for  ye  know  not  »t  what  hour  the  S.n  of 
man  will  come.  O  what  a  pity,  if  He  would 
come  and  find  u«  pleeping.  Therefore  let  ui 
watch.  Wc  ihould  be  a  light  to  thf  world  aud 
aalt  to  the  tortJi ;  by  our  daily  walk  and  wioduct 
we  ahoiild  iibow  what  wo  prufcM. 

How  many  of  m  would  Ije  ready  t/>-nii.'hl  Ui 
leave  the  shorcd  of  timet  Ah.  I  ftor  that  wo 
would  aeo  a  i:reat  deal  yet  undone' :  I  think  there 
are  hut  few  that  could  tay  :  "I  am  ready  to  go." 

Thii  I  have  written  out  of  love  to  the  cauw  uf 
(Hjr  heavenly  MmUt.  May  the  L>rd  hl<«s  ub  all 
and  finally  gnther  m  around  HI*  throne,  there  to 
praise  Him  forever  and  ever. 

From    Ohio. 

!h,ir  lirflhrni:— 

WHKN  I  last  #roteyou,  I  waa  near  Brymi, 
Ohio.  I  remained  here  nearly  two  weeks, 
had  good  ineetingd.  From  hero  I  went  North- 
went  of  Bryan  into  the  Silver  Creek  chunh. 
preached  iwroe  tight  dayfl.  Had  very  gor«l  meet- 
ing*, though  thfly  were  not  very  well  ntteadcd  on 
uccount  of  had  roftds;  acveral  applicationa  for 
membemhip  were  made.  On  the  Iflth  arrived  at 
Eld,  John  110™!*!!'!!  near  Defiance.  Eld.  Ix»o8c 
had  preached  in  the  forentjon  ;  he  remained 
with  m  till  Siiturday  ;  then  retnrned  home.  Our 
moetiniTt  continued  ;  preaoliwl  twice  a  day  until 
the  31it ;  closed  with  twenty  addilions  to  the 
chwrch. 

This  clnirch  is  known  aa  the  Poplar  Ridge 
church  ;  Jacob  Lehman.'the  elder,  is  in  his  71»t 
year.  The  church  here  is  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion. At  this  point  I  received  a  clallenge  from 
an  older  of  the  United  Brethren  church. 

Phoi-.  1.  Does  the  New  Testament  tench  thnt 
wjitvr  baptism  \*  an  indiapeneahle  pre-requisite  to 
Ihc  jiordon  of  nins? 

J.  Nicholson  affirms. 
J.  K.  Alwood  denioe. 
Vrhv.  2.     Doe«  the  New  Testament  teach  thai 
JcsuB  Christ  inatituted  as  an  ordin&uce  in   Hi 
clnirch  two  literal  nuppert? 
J.  Nicholuon  affirmi. 
J.  K.  Alwciod  denied. 
I'liop.  :J.     Docs  tlie  New  TesUniout  teach  that 
tiiith,  repenlanco  uiiii  haptiini,   adminiBtercd 
the  name  of  iho  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  (Jliost,  are  for  the  remiuion  of  sins? 
J.  NichoUou  affirms. 
Will  J.  K.  Alwood  deny  ? 
pKor.  4-     Do^  tho  Now  Tostament  teach  that 
hread  and  wine  constitute  tho  Lord's  Supper? 
Will  J.  K.  Alwood  afflriM? 
J.  Nicholson  denica. 
I  will  now  say  to  our  brethren  and  iiistera  and 
kind  friends,  God  bleu  you  with  all  needed  good. 
Thanks  l*i  you  all  lor  your  act*  of  kindcess.     To 
thoae    who    have   recently   entered    the    fold    of 
Christ  with  UB,  wo  would  say,   many  of  you   are 
quite  younff,,  while  others  are  uau'  the  grave ; 
the  Lord  keoii  you  near  His  bleeding  side !    War 
a  gooil  warfare.     He  will  soon  come  to  bear  His 
children  across  the  darU  and   rapid   river,   which 
divides    us   from   our  joyful    inheritance.       But 
those  who  are  nut  of  Clirist  and  die  in  their   siua, 
deitli  will  hiivo  ita  sting,  the  grave  the  victory,  it 
will  be  deep  itnd  dark ;  the  form  of  death  will  lie 
terrible.     Hut  believers  in  Christ  have  found  the 
grave  a  resting-place,  and  death   their  kindest 
friend.    They  liave  gone  down  into  the  tomb,  say- 
ing, whe;]  Christ  who  is  our  lifi  shall  appear,  then 
ehnll  we  also  appear  with  him  in  glory.    They  do 
not  die,  they  only  sleep. 

I  arrived  home  ia  safety,  found  all  well. 

J.  Nicholson. 
liataviUe,  Imi. 


while  angeb  io  heaven  rcj"i<:e  more  over  one  sin- 
ner that  repcnteih,  than  ovgr  ninety  and  nine  just 
perxons  that  necl  no  repentance,  Daniel  Rupe 
of  Pine  Crwek  church  was  with  u§  alao  and  assist- 


-  TI\e  ark  of  tie 
One  more  added 


G  L  E  A.  N I N  G  S . 


From  Heury  Troxel.— I  see  there  is  a  mis- 
take in  giving  ray  addrei»3  through  your  pB|»er,  It 
is  Post  Oak,  Olaj' Co.,  Texas.  We  have  meet- 
ings once  a  month,  good  attendance,  excellent 
order  and  great  interest  are  heing  manifested  by 
the  people  gcnorally  and  prospects  of  doing  much 
good.  We  like  thb  couutry  well.  There  is  con- 
siderablc  corn  planted  and  up  already.  The 
weather  w  warm  and  dry,  and  a  shower  is  much 
needed.  Health  is  good  so  fur,  and  there  are 
good  chances  here  to  get  homes  with  hut  little 
capital.  But  the  honey  ponds  and  biscuit  trees 
are  not  founil  iu  Texas;  it  takes  industiy  and 
economy  to  live  happy  at  home. 

JtfbreA  25. 

From  U.  Wliiimer.— The  Brethren  of  the 
South  Bead  church  Imvejust  concluded  a  series  of 
meetings,  which  were  conducted  by  Thui^tln  Mil- 
ler of  Portage  church.  The  meeting  commenced 
March  17lh,  closin-,-  March  24t]i  with  one  addi- 
tion.    So  the  good   work  is  €*^ing  fi>nvard  here 


From  8.  T.  BoHNerman. 

Lord  is  still  moving  on  with  u 
to  the  fold  by  baptism,  making   twelve   additiona 
iince  Jan.  1st,  1878. 
Dunkirk,  O..  April  f>. 

From  James  Y.  Heckler.— I  will  say  that 

elder  Daniel  Fry  and  wife  were  hero  on  their  way 
home  from  Europe,  though  they  do  not  expect  to 
get  home  hefore  .July  next.  They  held  three 
meetings  with  tho  brethren  at  Hatfield,  and  five 
at  Indiau  Creek.  From  here  they  went  to  Nor- 
rietown  and  from  there  to  Ephrata  in  Lancaster 
Co.,  Pa.  He  also  preached  in  GermauUiwn  and 
Philadelphia  hefore  coming  here.  He  made  some 
very  good  imprcs-sions  and  the  brethren  were  verj- 
glad  for  the  visit  they  made  among  us,  as  the 
Brethren  here  are  interested  in  the  Danish  mis- 
sion.  When  they  heard  how  poor  the  Brethren 
there  must  live,  lliey  again  had  Bomething  to  give 
for  their  relief.  May  the  Lord  bless  our  Uttle  sis- 
ter church  in  Denmark,  and  those  who  labor 
there  to  sow  the  good  seed  of  truth.  Bro.  Daniel 
thinks  that  the  prospect  for  the  church  in  Den- 
mark id  good.  Bro.  Ehy  went  right  on  from  New 
York  to  the  interior  of  Pennsylvania. 
Mainland.  Pa. 

From  Mary  Hickery.  —  The  Whitesville 
church,  ilo.,  is  iirogresaing  slowly.  Some  of  our 
members  have  left  here,  some  have  goiie  to  Colo- 
rado for  their  liealth  ;  others  have  gone  where 
land  is  cheap,  to  get  homes.  We  have  only  two 
preachers,  Bro.  J.  Bashor  and  Bro.  D.  Click  in 
this  arm  of  the  church.  Have  preaching  twice  a 
month  here.  Elder  John  Forney  has  the  care  of 
the  church,  he  has  not  been  here  since  lost  Octo- 
ber. I  hope  Bro.  Stephen  will  give  us  a  call  as 
he  goes  to  tho  A.  M.,  and  preach  some  for  us.  We 
have  had  a  very  mild  Winter ;  scarcely  snow 
enough  to  coyer  the  ground,  but  plenty  of  rain 
tind  mud,  Had  nice  warm  weather  all  through 
Marcli,  everything  looks  nice,  peach  treea  are  in 
bloom. 

WhitwviUa,  ifo. 

From  F.  Teeter. —  Bro.  K.  Heckman  had 
beeu  our  preacher  for  the  past  year,  but  has  some 
time  since  moved  to  the  North  part  of  the  State, 
so  we  are  lef\  without  a  preacher.  There  are  on- 
ly eight  membertt  iu  our  neighborhood,  and  have 
not  the  privilege  of  meeting  with  tha  brethren 
and  listers  as  ohan  as  w»  would  like  to.  We  be> 
long  to  tho  Okew  church,  Piatt  Co.,  III.,  though 
about  twenty-four  miles  distant  from  the  main 
body  of  the  church.  Ministering  brethren  should 
not  forget  to  give  us  a  call  when  traveling  through 
Uiis  section  of  couutry. 

Timvla,  JIL,  April  7. 

From  I.  M.  Calvert.— The  work  of  die  Lord 
is  slowly  moving  on  here  in  Allisou  Prairie.  We 
have  just  closed  a  scries  of  meettugs  and  with  all 
tho  opposition  we  have  to  contend  with,  we  have 
had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  seven  persons  baptized, 
two  (jf  whom  were  prominent  members  of  the 
Cumpbellite  church.  Bro.  Jesae  Calvert  labored 
for  us,  with  the  ossistauce  of  Bro.  S.  51.  Forney ; 
hope  the  Lord  will  bless  their  label's  wherever 
tlioy  go. 

Apnl  4. 


From  E.  Hoover. — There  are  few  members 
here,  yet  all  seem  to  be  iu  a  healthy  condition,  — 
We  have  one  minister  in  the  firat  degree.  We 
would  luve  to  have  some  of  our  brotluen  to  come 
aud  hold  some  meetings  for  ua.  We  have  not  bad 
auy  brethren  to  visit  us  this  Winter.  There  are 
some  here  now  who  desire  to  unite  with  the 
church,  but  have  been  watting  for  some  one  to 
come  and  hold  a  aeries  of  meetiuge.  Who  will 
come  ?  Prospects  were  never  better  for  the  build- 
iug  up  of  a  church  here. 

Winjield.  Kan. 

From  A.  B.  Snyder. — Our  sei-ies  of  meetings 

ill  Cen-o  Gordo,  commenced  March  'ith  and  ended 
April  ith.  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller  came  to  the  aid  of 
jur  home  ministersMarch  28th,  The  result  of 
the  ofibrts  by  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  were  forty- 
two  Bcce^ious.  The  entire  resnlt  of  meetings  in 
('erro  Gordo  district,  is  sixty-one,  of  which  six 
were  reclaimed.  Unto  God  be  all  the  praise. 
Ccrro  Oordo,  Ui,  April  9(A. 

From  Josiali  Keim.— On  February  9th  tlie 
Brethren  of  the  Loudenville  church.  North-east- 
ern Ohio,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings,  which 
continued  nine  days.  The  result  was  that  four- 
teen precious  souls  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side 
and  were  baptized.  I  learned  that  two  more  were 
added  ^iuce,  making  sixteen  accessions  in  this 
church  this  Spring.  Love  and  union  characteriz- 
ed the  meeting  throughout  and  all  were  mode  to  , 
feel  glad  and  thankful  for  what  the  good  Lord  j 
did  for  tliem.  ' 


The  church  v  in  a  prfsperons  condition  under 
the  care  of  Bni.  Morgan  Workman,  whi-ae  chief 
concern  seema  to  be.  to  work  in  the  interest  of 
His  Master.  May  he  be  spared  to  watch  over  his 
little  flock,  and  enjoy  their  society.  We  were 
kindly  cared  for  while  laboring  with  them.  The 
brethren' ha%-e  our  warmest  thanks  for  their  kind- 
new. 

Ijoui4ville,  Ohio. 

From  Beatrice,  Neb.  —  The  brethren  of  the 
Beatrice  District,  Gage  Co.,  Nebraska,  are  looking 
forward  to  the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship-  — 
Prospects  for  a  good  crop  ore  very  encouraging 
hero  now.  There  will  be  great  abundance  of 
fruit,  if  frost  does  not  yet  cut  it  short-  The 
farmer*  are  very  much  encouraged,  and  emigra- 
tion is  flowing  in  verj-  rapidly.  The  church  here 
is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  all  is  well,  our  pray- 
er* ar«  for  your  prosperity  and  the  enterprise  you 
have  undertaken.  Your  paper  is  highly  valued 
in  this  neighborhood.  W,  B.  Pbice. 

From   Manor   Congregation,  Pa.  —  Our 

church  is  still  prospering.  Eighteen  accessions 
during  this  year  so  far,  and  more  to  follow.  Bap- 
tized two  sisters  that  belonged  to  the  Campbel- 
lites  for  several  years.  J.  HdiJiuPi'Lic. 


DIED. 


Ob.luarics  shouM  be  brief,  ivrincn  on  but  one  Bide  of  the 
poper.  and  sepurnlc  from  all  other  business. 


BRUNK.— In  the  Full  Creek  church,  April  6. 
1878,  Bro.  Jacob  Bruuk,  aged  79  years,  2 
months  and  24  days.  H.  Brunk. 

WARNER.— Near  Salem.  Montgomery  Co.  O.. 
March  31st,  1878,  Bro.  John  J.  Warner,  aged 
74  years,  5  months  and  4  days.  S.  D. 

FRISTOE.— In  Shelby  Co.,  Ohio,  March  21st, 
1S78,  Annie  M.  Fristoe,  daughter  of  friend 
Charles  and  sister  Maria  Fristoe,  aged  18  years, 
7  months  and  15  d&ye. 

Sauuel,  Mohlbr. 

STUDEBAKER.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  congre- 
gation, Stepheneon  Co.,  Ill,  April  2,  1S76, 
friend  George  Studebaker,  aged  47  years  and 
5  mouths.  M.  H.  Fowlbr. 

STROUP.— In  tho  Sandy   church,   Columbiana 
Co..  Ohio.  March  7th,    187S,  sister  Laura  E. 
Slroup,  daughter  uf  Bro.  E.  and  sister  Lucinda 
Stroup,  aged  14  years,  1  month  and  7  days. 
D.  S.  Bush. 

BARKLEY.  —  In  the  Quemahoniug  congrega- 
tion. Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  March  26th, 1878,  Noah 
Barkley,  son  of  George  and  Catharine  BarkJey, 
aged  Ifi  years,  and  11  months, 

E.  J.  Blough. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Now  iKD  Then, — Oue  huadrsd  years  ago  not 
a  pound  of  coal  or  cubic  fnot  of  illuminating  gas 
had  been  burned  in  thec<iuntry.  Nu  iron  stoves 
wero  used,  and  no  contrivances  for  economizing 
beat  were  employed  until  Dr.  Franklin  invented 
the  iron-framed  fire-place  which  still  bears  bis 
name.  All  the  cooking  and  warming  in  town 
and  country  were  done  by  the  aid  of  lire  kindled 
upon  the  brick  hearth  or  in  the  brick  ovon.  Pine 
knots  or  tallow  candles  furnished  the  light  for  the 
lung  winter  nightt,  and  sanded  floors  supplied  the 
place  of  rugs  and  carpets.  The  water  used  for 
household  purposes  was  drawn  from  deep  wells  by 
the  creaking  sweep. 

No  form  of  pump  was  used  in  this  country,  so 
far  OS  we  can  learn,  until  after  tliecommenceinent 
of  the  present  century.  There  were  no  friction 
matches  in  those  early  days,  by  the  aid  of  which 
a  fire  could  be  speedily  kindled  ;  and  if  the  fire 
went  out  upon  the  hearth  over  night,  aud  the 
timber  was  damp,  so  th'at  the  spark  would  not 
catch,  the  alternative  remained  of  wadiugthrough 
the  snow  a  mile  or  so,  to  borrow  a  brand  (if  a 
neighbor. 

Only  one  room  in  any  house  was  warm,  unless 
some  one  in  the  family  was  ill  ;  in  all  the  other 
rooms  the  temperature  was  nt  zero  dnrJn"  many 
nights  in  the  Winter.  The  men  and  women  of  a 
hundred  years  ago  undressed  and  went  to  their 
beds  in  a  tem})erature  colder  than  our  modern 
barns  and  wood-sheds,  and  they  never  complain- 
ed.— Home  Jounta/. 

—  French  Quakers  iire  not  numerous,  hut  a 
young  man  of  Sarthe,  named  Turean,  belonging 
to  the  sect,  was  lately  conscripted  to  the 
French  army,  and  refused  to  do  duty.  Ht  was 
stripped  of  bis  clothing  and  left  an  entire  day  in 
his  tent  in  his  shirt,  with  the  option  nf  sufllering 
the  cold  or  donning  the  uniform  presented  to  him. 
Towards  night  he  songht  warmth  by  wearing  it, 
but  no  efiorts  could  make  him  drill,  He  was  fin- 
ally court-martialed  and  sentenced  to  two  years' 
imprisonment  for  disobedience  of  orders.  His 
father  visited  him,   and  encouraged  him  to   per- 


fiUt  in  his  course,  telling  him  Hiat  he  hml  liim,^|. 
formerly  been  subject«d  to  the  very   same   pe^se 


^NNOUJSr  CEMENTS. 


»  of   LoTe-fe*»ti.    UiBtriot   M««iiDg,i,   ^i^ 

be  brief,  and  wriiieo  on  paper  sejiMftto 

from  otlior   biiaincBi. 


LOVE-PEABTS. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co 
Ind.,  June  6th,  I87«. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterioo,  Iowa.  Wodnes 
day.  June  5th,  1878.  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,  Marshall  Co.,  lud.,  June  4 
1878,  commencing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M.  ' 

Four  miles  South  of  L-Mvistown,  Winona  Co 
Minn.,  fiist  Saturday  and  Sunday  of  Jnne  next. ' 

Nodaway  Co.,  Mo.,  four  miles  East  of  Graham 
May  10. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  North  of 
Villisca,  May  IS, 

Puuther  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co,  Iowa,  Jtav 
lljth  and  17th.  commencing  at  1  o'clock. 

Macpioketo  church,  one  hall'  mile  Eust  of  Loat 
Nation,  commencing  May  25th  at  1  o'clock. 

Two  miles  North  of  Hudson,  McLean  Co.,  Ill 
May  1 1th,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  '      ' 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co,,  Iowa,  Jurif  15  gi 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  brethren  of  Cedar  Lake  congregation,  in 
Northern  Indiana  will  hold  a  Love-feast,  the 
Lord  willing,  at  the  church-house,  two  miles 
South-east  of  Corunua,  Dekalb  Co.,  on  Thui^day 
June  Gth,  1878,  meeting  to  commence  at  2  o'clock 
By  Order, 

G.  J.  Pattehsox, 

We  the  Middle  District  of  Miami  Co.,  Ohio 
have  appointed  a  Communion  on  the  15th  of  May 
commencing  at  2  P.  M.  Those  comiug  hy  ra^. 
rood  will  stop  off  at  Tippecanoe  City.  This  town 
w  on  the  Dayton  and  Michigan  road  ;  please  en- 
quire  tor  my  house,  as  I  live  in  the  town. 

O.  F.  You>rr. 

If  ih©  Lord  will,  our   Communion  meeting  in 
the  Silver  Creek  congregation.  Ogle  Co.,    Illinois, 
will  be  on  Thursday  and    Friday,    the   ItStli   and 
17th  of  May,  1878,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 
D.  E.  Price. 

The  brethren  of  the  State  Center  church,  Iowa, 
contemplate  holding  a  Commmuuion  meeting,  five 
miles  ond  a  half  South-eitst  of  State  Center  at  the 
premises  of  brother  Martins  on  the  29th  and  30th 
of  May,  1678,  commencing  at  1  P.  M.  Those 
coming  from  the  West,  will  be  met  at  the  train  on 
the  28th  at  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  those  from  the 
East  on  the  29th  at  10  A.  M,,  on  the  N.  W.  R. 
R.  D.  B.  Martis. 

The  Brethren  at  th«  Pleasant  Valley  church, 
Elkhart  C-o.,  Ind.,  have  appointed  a  Commuoioa 
meeting  itt  their  meeting-house  on  the  16lh  of 
May,  l'<7H,  commencing  at  4  o'clock  P.  M.  Those 
coming  by  railroad  will  stop  off  at  Vistula,  three 
miles  North  of  place  of  meeting. 

A.  A.  Wise. 

DISTRICT   MICETINOS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church.  May  9th. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  Hay 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  29th,coiiiiueuc- 
ing  at  9  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  Distrtct  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  ot  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Iniiiwi 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

Eastern  District  of  West  Virginia,  April  19ih 
and  20  in  the  Foircoat  congregation. 

Nnrlhcni  District  of  Kansas  and  Southern  Ne- 
braska, eight  miles  South-east  of  Beatntf,  May 
13th,  at  8  A.  M. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Tabic. 

Day  pfMsengor  truin  going  cmI  lenres  Unflrk    a'     ' 
P.  M,,  aud  arrives  ia  llncino  at  6:43  P.  M. 

Day  pMaonger  Irnin  gning  west  IcftTfia  Looark  »' -■ 
M.,  and  arriTea  at  Hook  Island  at  5:fiO  1'-  >I 

NigUl  pnescDger  trains,  goiog  cast  and  west,  nice 
ieatc  Lanark  at  2:18  A,  M  ,  arriving  in  B*cino  »' 
A.    M.,    aud   lit    Bflok  iMliiud  at  0:00  A.  M- 

Freight  and  Accommotliilion    Train§    will   r'ln    woi  ^ 
l:J:10A    M..    IU:  6(t  A.  M..  and  east  at  1.- ' 
aad  4:  45  r.  M. 

Tickela  are  Bold   for  above    Iraina  <>?'{■    r^ciioo ■ 
trains  make  close  connection  ul  WcBiern  Union 

0.  A.  Suau,  Age""- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"BehoU  I  B.-in,j   You  Good  mi,,,,  of  G,.,u  Joy,  ,.,Kich  Shall  be  .nto  All  PeopU. 


-Luke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  April  25, 1878. 


No.  17. 


The  Brethren  at  Work 


EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B.  H.  MILLER,        ------        LAUOOA,  INn, 

j_  W.  STEIN,       ------       NKWTOMA,  MO. 

D.  TASIMAN,         -      - VUtDEN,  ILL, 

B,  B.  UESTZER.        -      -      -      -      -WAYSESI10R0,  PA. 
jjATTIE  A.  LEAR. URIIANA,    ILL. 


EVENING  HTMN. 

»V   :?AliELLA  KKI.SO. 

1 VIIEN  the  liglit  of  tiny  is  closed, 
V)       And  ev'ry  ou«  hiis  sought  repose, 
Wlu-ii  the  mantle  of  sleep  is  throwu, 
l)\-rv  (.TiJtl's  creation  aloiie; 
Til.'  ijnict  angels  o'er  iis  bend, 
Telling  all,  Jesus  is  our  friend; 
He  w.atches  through  the  darkest  night, 
['reserves  our  life  till  morning  light. 
Then  we  slioiild  wake  with  joyous  hearts, 
To  work  or  pleasure  He  iuiparte. 
And  the  glorious  rays  of  sun. 
All  t'f  tiud's  children  shining  on, 
Keuewing  splendor  ev'ry  day. 
Blessing  the  Christinn  on  his  way; 
Sliowing  the  fuice  of  tiod  aljove. 
Teaching  morbds  that  He  is  love, 
To  needy  man  His  grace  bestows. 
Instructing  men  precepts  to  know, 
To  the  Redeemer  chanting  praise. 
Our  voices  in  submission  raise, 
T((  Him  from  the  throne  on  Iiigli 
L<i'j!;s  down  in  mercy  from  the  sky, 
Win  le  Hitting  angels  ever  roam, 
\Vlnl~t  they  are  pure  and  bright  at  home, 
Praising  the  Omnipotent  One, 
Heluting  all  to  Christ  His  Son; 
Flying  with  awe  around  His  throne, 
Kiidiantly  their  faces  shone. 
By  faith  we  see  them  from  afar, 
Sliining  elegant  as  a  star; 
To  fiiithful  foU'wers  He  ^^^ll  show, 
The  path  of  truth  we  are  to  know; 
He'll  guide  us  to  our  home  above, 
To  glorify  the  God  we  love. 
For  stai-s  are  but  the  shining  dust 
Of  saints  below  who  iu  Thee  trust; 
jVnd  if  the  sun  refuse  to  shine. 
The  lasting  promise  "  We  are  Thine," 
Shall  cheerus  through  this  world  of  gloom 
To  dwell  with  Christ  secure  at  home; 
When  all  the  saints  of  God  shall  raise 
A  song  of  universal  praise. 

THE  INNER  APOCALYPSE. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSUAUOK. 

i"  lirofhfr  B.  J'',   iiiump,  hia  wife,  brother,  anil 

"istrr,  of  Damiport  Nebraska:— 
VUOULD  to  God  I  could  run  the  nib  of  ray 
• '  pen  iiito  a  million  hearts,  and  effect  nn 
opening  for  the  ingress  of  Emmanuel.  To  see 
Mith  our  eyes,  and  handle  with  our  hands,  the 
"ord  of  Life,  is  not  enough.  The  objective 
aud  tangible  must  become  persomd  and  con- 
scious. "  Hereby  we  do  know  that  we  hujiv 
uim,  IP  WE  KEEP  niS  COMMANDUESTS''  (1  John 
2-3).  To  KNOW  that  we  know,  y/fis  is  "  the 
"lyatery  of  godliness."  All  the  saints  have  it 
^  their  blessed  experience,  without  being  able 
w  define  it.  To  know  our  kmiving  in  the 
JSEKi'iso  OF  HIS  sTATi'TES.  is  a  grievously  mis- 
"it^rpreted  passage.  To  keep  the  command- 
oit'aU  of  Jesus  reaches  to  the  fiuest,  deepest  el- 
''Qient  of  our  being.  The  Nawirene  Carpenter 
**ould  have  been  the  chief  of  iniitostures  hod  He 
"otbeen  GOD  in  human  moithl.  "The  flesh 
I'f'fiteth  nothing;  it  is  the  Spirit  that  fjuick- 
^neth."    Sectarians  and  blind   and  deaf  to  the 


outward  in  religion;  and  we  can  no  more  make 
redemption  actual  without  the  objective,  than 
He  could  make  it  possible  without  the  assump- 
tion of  a  veritable  human  body.  AndftsabHo- 
hite  fts  was  the  necessity  of  a  real  Deific  inbeing 
in  order  fo  make  the  human  the  vehicle  of 
Atonement,  soessential  also  isimmnnenceof  the 
Holy  Ghost  to  give  efficacy  to  the  outward  in- 
stitution  of  grfice.  The  incoming  and  indwell- 
ing nf  God  in  regeueration  and  sanctificatioH 
IS  not  a  mere  "think  so,"  or"  hope  so,"  or  loose 
presumption,  or  imaginary  confidence,  but 
"  hereby  we  do  know  that  we  know." 

'•  Born  of  God,"  not  simply  by  thiuking  and 
willing  and  believing,  but  by  doing  all  thi-se  in 
relnlioii  fo  nil  object  who  becomes  ^(*r/ n/  i(.i 
>n  thv.-ie  jisijchological  pracexses  through  thk  op- 
eration of  THE  HoLy   Ghost.     We  "  imri/ij 

OWr  «Oj(/s  in  OBEYING    THE    TIlL'TH    THROUGH 

THE  SPIRIT  "(lF.ter  1:22).  This  i«  the 
same  as  "  keeping  the  commandments"  in  the 
interior  sense  already  indicated— Christ  is  "God 
manifest  in  the  flesh."  and  the  Spirit  is  as  truly 
God  as  either  of  the  other  two  in  the  Holy 
Trinity,  and  it  is  the  experienced  reality  of  the 
Divine  Prei^ence  in  the  soul  "  through  the  Spir- 
it "  that  constitutes  religion.  Fearfully  is  this 
ignored  by  many  in  the  church,  bv  placing  the 
hope  of  salvation  on  obedience  in  the  external 
sense,  and  bearing  our  filial  relation  to  God  in 
the  region  of  fancy. 

If  we  must  rjuess  our  sonship  and  heii-ship. 
there  is  occasion  for  solemn,  searching,  radical 
questioning  as  to  the  reality  of  our  regenerntion. 
If  there  is  one  thing  on  earth  wh.ch  it  is  pre- 
eminently perilous  to  take  for  granted,  it  i.s  our 
saving  relation  to  God.  "  This  is  Eternal  Life. 
that  they  might  know  The  only  true  God,  and 
Jesus  Christ,  whom  Thou  hast  sent  "  (John  17: 
3).  It  is  a  personal  acquaintance,  a  new-ereat- 
ing,  trimsforming.  God-infusing,  Heaven-par- 
ticipating Apocalypse  of  Emnumuel.  Short  of 
this  there  is  no  salvation.  "  Whosoever  drink- 
ethof  the  water  that  /shall  give  him  shall 
never  thitst;  but  the  water  that  t  shall  give  him 
shall  BE  IN  Biit  a  weU  of  water  »prin(jimj  up 
into  everiastmg  life."  Couvei-siou  from  sin  to 
holiness,  from  enmity  to  friendship  with  God, 
is  a  deep  and  thorough  work.  As  the  Holy 
Ghost  must  originates©  must  He  perpetuately 
reside  over  and  sustain  it.  Temples  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  embodiments  of  God,  duplicates  of 
.lesus.  These  are  Christiims.  Who  can  claim 
the  title? 


togivt!  for  thiitpuri)oseafl  much  ng  thi-y  wished, 
a.  Themethod  of  church  government  in  the 
Macoupin  Creek  church,  doe.t  not  dilVer  much 
from  the  general  practice  of  other  congrega- 
tions, except  a  little  more  sy8t*>m  nml  a  striet«r 
iidherence  to  pariianicntary  rules  than  have 
been     adopte<l  in   niimy  other    congregations. 


r  instance,  evury  question   befoiv  being  dis- 


iie  significance  of  the  humanity  of  Jesus. 
J^nd  the  Brotherhood  is  imperiling  tlie   Deity 

y  the  overgrowth  of  the  humau.  In  the  flesh 
*"J  blood  of  the   Son  of  Man   lay  all   that  is 


CHURCH  GOVERNMENT. 

BY  DANIEL  VAXIMAN. 

IN  answer  to  your  request,  for  me  to  write  out 
for  you  the  method  the  Brethren  of  South- 
ern ill.,  have  adopted  for  defraying  the  District's 
expenses,  and  also  the  method  of  church  gov- 
ernment in  the  Macoui)in  Creek  congregation. 
I  will  say: 

1.  Each  congregation  in  Southern  III.,  re- 
ported to  the  treasurer  the  number  of  her  mem- 
bership. 

2.  The  trea-surer  is  instructed  by  District 
Meeting  to  estimate  what  the  probable  expenses 
will  be  for  the  next  year,  by  coneidering  the  No. 
of  delegates  sent,  and  the  distince  to  be  travel- 
ed &c..  and  proportion  the  amount  to  each 
church  according  to  her  membership.  When 
this  is  done  he  drops  a  card  to  each  church,  stat- 
ing the  amount  needed  from  said  church,  and  at 
what  time  it  will  be  expected  to  be  in  his  hands 
so  OS  to  have  it  in  time  to  pay  over  to  delegates 
before  starting  on  their  journey.  They  have  so 
far  responded  to  the  calls  of  the  treajsurer,  and 
since  this  plan  has  been  adopted,  we  always  have 
some  money  ahead,  which  works  well. 

The  means  for  the  support  of  our  home  mis- 
sionaries, were  raised  by  each  church  ajipoint- 
ing  a  committee  of  brethren  to  circulate  a  sub- 
scription through  the  church,  and  request  each 


F 

cussed,  must  come  in  a  written  form;  must  b. 
read  by  the  clerk  and  presented  to  the  cougre- 
gation  by  the  chairman  before  anything  is 
said  on  it.  No  member  hi  allowed  tojnakea 
statement  or  discuss  a  question  without  rising, 
and  thus  obtaining  the  right  to  the  floor  legal- 
ly;  unle.w  permission  i^t  obtained  to  upeak  in 
the  seat,  by  itsking  for  it. 

4.  The  clerk  is  required  to  keei>  a  faithful 
record,  in  a  book  (procured  by  the  church  for 
that  purpoM")  of  all  business  transacted  by  the 
church,  e.tuept  such  a^  ivlates  to  improper  con- 
duct of  membei-s  that  ha.-*  been  considered  by 
the  church,  and  pardon  granted. 

5.  All  items  found  by  the  brethivn  on  annu- 
al visit.-*  arc  brought  in  writing,  and  if  possible 
in  tho  form  of  questions.  Each  item  is  then 
in  its  urder  read  to  the  church  and  disposed  of 
by  the  church,  by  giving  it  a. written  imswer  or 
by  tabling  it,  the  same  :is  »t  Distrct  Mi-etinu's; 
if  answered  then  they  are  recorded. 

6.  Members  departing  from  the  order  of  tb  e 
church  by  wearing  gold  or  superfluity,  will  have 
aregularvisit  sent  them  by  the  official  brethren, 
and  if  they  refuse  to  conform  to  the  order,  they 
will  be  brought  before  the  church  and  dealt 
with  08  transgressoi's. 

7.  The  chaii-man  or  ovei-seer.  of  this  church 
never  takes  sides  or  discusses  any  quedtion  \vith 
any  of  the  membei-s  in  council;  but  allows  the 
church  to  dispose  of  her  own  business  in  her 
own  way;while  ho  simply conaideni his  business 
to  be:  to  present  business  in  its  onler;  to  pre- 
side over  the  assembly  and  see  that  memben* 
keep  inside  of  the  rules  of  order  adopted  by  the 
church;  to  see  that  the  voice  of  the  assembly  is 
fairly  taken  on  all  subjects  left  to  vote  and  stnl« 
the  result. 

I  have  now  given  you  some  general  outlines, 
supposing  that  this  will  probably  about  cover 
what  you  wanted  by  asking  for  our  method  ot 
church  government.  If  thi'*  does  not  cover 
what  you  wanted,  you  must  partieuhu-ize  and 
I  will  answer  more  minutely. 

Virden,  III. 

"MY  KINGDOM  IS  NOT  OF  THIS 
WORLD" 


IT  is  plainly  understood  by  all  niteiligent  be- 
ings that  there  aiv  two  kingdoms  or  ruling 
powers  by  which  the  masse.^  of  the  jieoplc  are 
wholy  influenced  or  rul^-d.  There  are  two 
cljis.tcs  of  people  in  existence,  and  always  have 
been  from  the  time  the  first  family  was  upon 
earth;  for  we  see  the  spirit  of  opposition  between 
the  fii-st  two  brothers  on  earth,  which  resulted 
in  sorrow,  disappointment  and  bloodshed.  By 
this  we  might  understand  that  there  lu-e  two 
great  powers  which  influence  the  miild  of  God's 
creatures. 

When  the  ga-at  King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of 
lords  came  to  this  lower  world.  His  birth  was 
announced  to  the  humble  shepherds,  while  on 
the  plains  of  Bethlehem  in  the  silent  watches 
of  the  uight,  by  the  heavenly  host,  saying: 
•Glory  to  God  in  the  highwt,  and  on  earth 
jieace,  good  will  toward  men."  This  of  course 
does  not  mean  trouble  on  earth  luid  bad  will 
toward  men;  so  we  see  that  the  disciples  of  Je- 
■5US  cannot,  or  will  not.  take  part  with  trie  king- 
dom of  this  world,  as  long  as  they  are  under  the 
guidance  of  King  Emmanuel.  We  have  a  plain 
figure  of  the  two  classes  of  subjects  .iscontrol- 
ed  by  the  two  powers  reconled  iu  the  fourth 
chapter  of  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  where  the 
authorities  of  the  kingdom  of  this  world  told 
Peter  and  John  to  sjwak  no  more   in  the  name 


of  .Jesus.  But  they  being  ruled  by  Kin^ 
Emmanuel  answered,  "  We  ought  to  obey  God 
rather  than  men." 

No  wonder  that  .Ie«u8  mid.  my  kingdom  in 
not  of  this  world.  When  "the  kings  of  the 
earth  stood  up  and  the  rulers  were  gatlierwl  to- 
gether against  the  Lord  and  his  Christ  "(Actii 
4:281,  for  to  destroy  this  great  King,  thatthc 
prophet  Daniel  spoke  of  m.u.y  hnndred  y«ira 
belorp:"He  should  break  in  piece*  and  con- 
sume all  other  kingdoms.  He  (Christ)  shall 
reign  over  the  house  of  Jacob  forever,  and  uf 
His  kingdom  there  shall  be  no  end."  That  it. 
first.  Hewmild  set  up  a  kingdom  in  men's 
hearts  that  would  consume  all  our  worldly 
pleasures  imd  enjoyments,  and  would  rule  ovpr 
us  forever:  for  said  he,  "Behold  the  kingdom 
of  God  IS  ivithin  yon." 

Our  Savior  said,  we  should  not  resist  evil. 
This  is  in  opposition  to  a  temporal  kingdom; 
•ind  in  carrying  out  His  object.  He  taught  Hi* 
little  family  how  to  make  peace  before  the  first 
battle  was  fought,  when  sim|.ly  ti^big  to  defend 
their  blessed  Master:  that  He  might  not  fall  in- 
to the  hands  of  sinnera  and  U-  crucifie.1  nccml- 
ing  to  His  own  prediction,  for  said  He.  "  If  my 
kiugdom  wure  of  this  world,  then  woubl  my 
servants  fight  that  I  should  not  be  deliv«n-d  im- 
to  the  Jews." 

AfUr  the  disciples  were  endowed  with  pow- 
er  from  on  high  by  the  outpouring  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost  on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  they  wen-  of 
one  heart  and  soul,  they  were  uo  more  aiVr 
that  desiring  fire  to  come  from  heaven  to  con- 
sume those  who  would  not  receive  their 
testimony,  neither  were  tliey  desirous  to 
know  who  should  he  the  greatest.  They  IukI 
then  that  same  mind  in  them  which  also  was  in 
Christ  Jesus.  Now,  then,  if  we  have  received 
that  Holy  Spirit  that  our  King  promised  to 
send  unto  us  when  He  went  to  the  Father  which 
reproves  the  world  of  sin  and  of  righteousnew 
and  of  judgment,  and  will  also  lead  us  into  all 
truth,  by  the  reception  of  that  Spirit  and  bt- 
ingledbyit.  we  are  subjects  of  His  kingdom, 
and  subject  to  His  laws  as  recorded  in  His  last 
will  and  testament:  and  by  reading  His  Word 
iu  the  right  mind  His  Spirit  will  bear  witucaa  - 
with  our  .spirit  that  we  iu'e  the  sons  of  God. 
We  should  be  very  caieful  iud^d  that  wt- do 
not  read  it  as  carnally-minded  and  only  as  the 
deiul  letter;  for  the  Apostle  John  says,  "  the 
letter  killeth.l.ut  the  Spirit  qiiickeneth,  and  the 
carnal  mind  cannot  discern  the  things  of  the 
Spirit,  for  they  are  spiritually  discerned."  Then 
if  we  want  to  understand  the  deep  things  of 
God  and  His  Word,  we  must  get  in  the  spirit 
like  those  that  wrote  it. 

Never  will  I  forget  the  expression  of  mj 
mother  when  in  my  boyhood  days,  she  gave  roe 
one  day,  while  deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of 
duty  by  the  convicting  spirit,  and  was  in  troub- 
le about  my  soul  and  was  searching  the  WoM 
of  God  for  what  I  could  not  M\,  every  move 
in  the  quiet  home  was  noticed  by  her;  so  she 
said  to  me,  "  Thee  can't  understand  the  Scrip- 
tures until  thee  gets  in  the  spirit  like  they  that 
wrote  them."  Thus  far  on  the  Christian  path 
I  have  experienced  the  truth  uf  this. 

PATIENCE.    * 

IF  a  robust  man.  after  a  stout  breakfast,  lays 
oft'  a  thick  overcoat  on  the  damask  pulpit 
sofa,  imd  preaches  from  the  text.  "  Let  patience 
have  her  perfect  work,"  it  seems  but  little.  Any- 
body CiUi  be  patient  when  he  has  about  everj-- 
thiug  he  wants.  But  when  auntie,  with  the 
aath^ul^  and  dropsy,  and  d.vspepsia,  white  as  it 
IS  possible  to  be.  and  not  having  lain  down  for 
three  nights,  talks  atout  the  goodoess  of  God 
and  iiow  she  has  been  sustained  in  all  her  suf- 
ferings, that  makes  an  impressisn  on  the  whole 
household  and  the  whole  neighborhood  as  fiir 
as  they  hear  of  it.  .  If  yuu  cannot  be  the  cu- 
pohi,  with  aloud-ringbig  bell, be«  pillarto  bear 
up  one  of  the  arches.  The  jieople  yon  do  not 
hear  of  often  are  more  useful  than  some  who 
make  a  great  racket— 7'Af  AilniHcr. 


TMH  >{Ui:'rMHi:x  at  avohk:. 


April   25 


WHO  WILL  MEET  ME  FIRST? 

IITMO  will  in.vt  m.-fir-t  m  hvaveny 
}\  Wlitii  that  bli^.ful  r«v!iii  !  gi.in: 
Wli.'ii  thr  h.iiiilK  Iinv.«  d'aAPfi  from  loilinj(. 

Anil  till-  li'iirt  hath  wiUtoH  Irom  paJn; 
Wlifii  the  liist  furewi-ll  U  aijoken, 

S-vt-n-il  till-  liwtt<?nilertii-. 
Ami  I  kiioH-  liow  nwL-ift,  how  Holomri, 
Ami  how  l.l.-«(  it  is  to  die! 

A"  my  bark  kIMch  o'er  the  waicnt 

Of  tbnt  coitl  ami  nik-iit  slrcam. 
1  ohall  lii'e  the  Aomc*  of  t^iiijiU'*. 

Ill  thiMli^AOt  brightly  hpam— 
Tf-mjikH  of  that  hpaiitfoui*  city 

Kmiii  alt  guilt  and  sorrow  free: 
VVlio,  ailorn  it-f  jtoW.ti  portaK 

I'irnt  will  li(iNt»*  t^  welcome  me? 

Who  will  greet  me  fintt  in  glory? 

0(1  the  enriimi  thonjilit  w'H  pi**'— 
iMn-iiHg  on  the  uiikiirtwji  wr)mler* 

Of  ilmt  hom«  beyoinl  the  skiei. 
\Vlio  will  !«■  my  lienvi-nly  mviifor? 

Will  it  l»-  Home  jieruijli  lJ'^sll^ 
Or  im  luigel  from  the  <.oinitle«.M 

MjrijulMuf  that  world  of  li«ht? 

N'fi,  not  thexe  for  they  have  never 

GluddoHcd,  here,  my  mortiil  view, 
Kilt  the  dear  one:*  fiont"  bi-ibre  me — 

They,  the  loved,  the  tried,  tlie  true— 
Tliey  who  Wiilked  with  mc  lifcV  patliway, 

Prom  my  kouI  by  death  wm  rim-n. 
They  who  loveil  me  bi-?it  ill  llii«  world,* 

Will  he  lirst  to  uri-vi  in  heaven. 

Silitiled  by  SrsiK  HiRT. 


!  tJi'-^i-  jMtMen*.     Wear**  not  only  nnlijects  •  not.tbat  is  one  point  of  (lirti-rence  between 
of  thirl   governmeut,   Imt  strangenj  and  j  I***'*""  a"<'  I^.V 
pilgrinis  on    the  eartli.    AVt-  obey  man 


wlit'ii   it    (lot-s    not  oonflift    with   God's 

teaching,  Imt  j)reffr  obeying  God  rath' 
than  mac.  We  pay  tribute,  and  in  this 
way  respyct  those  who  are  over  us,  but 
take  no  part  in  war.  AW  do  not  reHiHf, 
but  submit.  The  gentleman  has  been 
attempting  to  prove  that,  baptism  is  not 
a  condition  of  salvation,  but  Pcti-r,  who 
evidently 'knew  what  he  wn-s  doing,  told 
the  Pentecostiansto  "  repent  aud  ))e  bap- 
tized for  the  remission  of  sins."  Paul 
was  told,  "  Arise  and  be  baptized  and 
waj^h  away  thy  sins  calling  on  the  name 
of  the  Lord."  From  this,  it  is  clear  that 
Paul's  sins  were  not  pardoued  till  after 
baptism,  hence  niakinsr  baptism  a  condi-  i 
tion   of  .salv.ation.     The    water   did  not 


C'hri«t  says,  "  except  a  man  be  bom  of 
the  water  and  of  the  Spirit  he  cannot 
enter  the  king<lom  of  God,"  but  Kay 
says,  he  cau — can  get  into  the  kingdom 
without  being  "  born  of  water."  My 
friend's  method  is  an  ahortion,\i  is  get- 
ting people  into  the  kingdom  before  they 
are  legally  boru. 


Uav. — Being  horn  of  water  Aoqs  not 
I'efer  to  bajitisra.  I  will  not  say  what  it 
refers  to,  but  will  say  it  does  not  refer 
to  baptism.  I  leai-n  that  Jui  that  *'  lov- 
eth  is  born  of  God,"  this  don't  refer  to 
baptism.  A  man  love  liefore  he  is  bap- 
tized, and  when  he  loves  he  is  born  again 
— bom  of  God,  tliis  puts  being  born  be- 
fore bai)tisin.     All    who   mil  upon  till 


wa.sh  away  his  sins,   but   God  did,  and  !  "^i"^  ^'*"  t^"' I'"''*^  »^'i"   be  saved.     God 


THE  NEWTONIA  DEBATE. 


rilllK  following  is  a  brief  synopsis  of 
^  the  arguments  ]>resent<'<I  dui-ingthe 
diMcnwiion  at  Newtnnia,  M<».,  bctwirn  D. 
B.  Hay  of  tlie  Hai)tist,  and  d.  W.  Stein  of 
the  Hrelhren.  Asseveral  speeches  were 
made  befoiel  I'eaelied  the  i)lace,  my  rc- 
jiort  cannot  cttmnienee  with  tiie  lii'St 
speeches.  Suflice  it  to  say  as  aV'ommenee- 
nient  ih.ut  Mr.  Iljiy  affirmed  that '*  the 
Ba])tist  churches  jiosseweil  l!ible  chai'ae- 
tei-'iMlics  entitling  them  to  l)c  regnriled  as 
churches  of  Jesus  Christ."  This  Bro. 
Stein  denied. 

Itayiiiniiilaincd  that  the  Baptist  clnireh, 
like  Solomon's  Temple  was  composed  of 
tlie  proper  material,  churning  that  the 
pc(jj)le  were  fully  converted  and  pardon- 
ed of  sins  liefuje  being reeei\ed  by  baj)- 
tisin  into  the  clnn'ch.  lie  niaintaiued 
tlntt  persons  must  have  tlu'ir  sins  par- 
doned, ami  be  fully  eon\-crtcd  bcfon;  en- 
tering theehureh.  Mrother  Stein  main- 
tained that  Baptist  chuiclu's  were  not 
composed  of  propei- niaterial^that  their 
conversion  was  not  thorougli,  for  they 
dill  not  cea>ie  to  leant  war  m  command- 
ed in  the  Scriptures  which  was  proof 
that  the  Bajjtist  ehurches  were  not  com- 
posed of  jjiopcrly  prepareii  material — 
not  tully  converted.  lie  maintained 
that  their  rej)entanee  was  not  genuine, 
not  sufficiently  thorough  to  jirevent  them 
from  taking  oaths  of  ctmtirmatiou  in  di- 
rect violation  of  tin-  Scriptures,  when  it 
says,  thuii  shalt  not  swear. 

A\'hen  I  entered  tiienu'eting-houee,  Mr. 
Ray  was  near  thi*  elosp  of  liis  second 
speech,  hence  I  could  id)tain  no  direct 
Botes  of  it,  but  had  to  start  in  with  Bro, 
yteinV  second  speech  which  commenced 
about  tln-ee  minutes  after  I  entered. 

^TIMC  UKUAT!?. 

•^  1  i:rN.  God  does  things  that  we  dare 
not  do,  for  lie  kills  and  makes  alive. 
Hi«  making  oath  is  no  pmof  tliat  we  are 
to  do  likewise,  especially  .-^o  since  lie  has 
said  in  Ilis  AV'ord.  "Thou  shall  not 
swctti'."  God  forbid*  jiM^earing.  The  Bap- 
tist churches  do  not  heed  the  comtnand, 
but  virdate  it  by  taking  «*iths  of  confir- 
mation. Baptists  kill  each  other  in  bat- 
tle -they  go  t<i  w;ir  and  tight,  indming 
their  hands  in  each  other's  Idood:  this  I 
know  (0  bf  ft  fact.     Tile   (inspel  teaches 


will  damn  a  man  for  the  want  of  faith, 
but  uot  because  lie  is  not  baptized,  for 
he  that "  believcth  uot,  sh.iU  be  damned" 
so  says  Christ.  He  don't  say,  he  that  is 
not  BAPTIZKI)  shall  be  damned,  not 
one  word  of  it. 

I  maintain  that  Christians  have  a  right 
to  figlit  in  defense  of  their  country  when 

lied  on  to  do  so.     If  \VM  live  in  a  gov 


this  wa8  on  condition  that  he  would  "arise 
and  be 'baptized." 

People  do  not  become  members  of  tlip 
body  of  Clirist  until  they  publicly  })ut 
on  Christ  in  baptism:  this  is  to  be  "bora 
again  of  tlie  water  and  of  the  Spirit." 
To  illustrate:  a  foreigner  desires  to  be- 
come a  citizen  of  this  government.  He 
must  fdl  the  requirements  an<l    the  his^t '  ;,.j,„„.^j  .j„,|  p„,i^„.,,.  ^,.,j.^^  ^  j^^,,  ^hmigh 


act  upon  iiis  part  is  to  take  the  oath  of 
allegiance.  1  care  not  how  good  his  mo- 
tivc*  are,  nor  what  may  be  his  faith,  the 
oath  he  must  take  aud  is  not  recognized 
as  a  citizen  until  he  does.  The  simple 
oath  don't  inaJce  him  a  citizen,  but  he  can- 
not be  one  without  it.  Just  so  in  bap- 
tism, tliis  simple  act  does  not  make  man 
a  Christian,  but  Gotl  has  ordained  that 
man  must  be  baptized,  or  boi'n  of  the 
water  before  entering  the  kingdom. 
Nauman  was  told  to  dip  himself  seven 
times  in  Jordan  and  he  should  lie  cleans- 
ed. He.  became  clean,  not  by  the  water 
cleansing  him,  but  God  did  the  cleans- 
ing, however  on  condition,  and  that  cnii- 
t/it/o/i  was  that  he  should  dip  himself 
seven  times  in  Jordan.  My  friend  wants 
to  know  what  a  man  is  liefore  he  is  bap- 
tized ?  Is  lie  a  child  of  God  or  the  dev- 
il i  I  will  answer  by  a.sking  him  a  ques- 
tion :  What  is  a  foreigner  before  he  takes 
the  oath  of  allegiance?  Does  he  belong 
to  this  government  or  not?  I  want  him 
to  show  that  salvation  is  by  faith  imh- 
pi'mlcfit  of  baptism  w'here  baptism  is 
possible.  This  we  know  he  cannot  do. 
He  refers  to  the  thief  on  the  cross  and 
says  that  proves  salvation  without  bap- 
tism. But  it  evidently  does  uot  in  this 
case,  for  it  was  not  at  that  time  possible 
for  the  tliief  to  be  l)ftptized.  Let  him 
bring  forward  a  ease  where  it  vras  jtossi- 
/flet'ora  man  to  be  baptized,  and  saved 
without  it,  and  that  may  be  some  proof 
of  his  faith  alone  theory. 

But  while   Christ  was 


earth,  He 
could  do  ;us  He  thought  proper  regard- 
ing the  pardoning  of  sins — ^Ile  could  say, 
"  thy  sins  be  forgiven  thee,"  but  after 
His  death,  after  His  will  was  sealed  and 
made  valid  by  His  death,  no  one  on  earth 

lias  the  power  to   promise  pardon  on    wounded  and  helpless,  and  away  from 

home  and  friends  in  a  dying  condition, 
and  there  calls  upon  the  name  of  tile 
Lord;  must  he  be   damned   because    he 


^ve  do  not  help,  yet  it  is  the  same  as  if 
we  did  it  ourselves.  If  we  give  our 
voice  for  hanging  a  man  it  is  the  same 
with  us  as  if  we  ouraelves  liad  done  the 
hanging.  Our  giving  consent  also  im- 
plicates us. 

Cornelius  was  saved  before  baptism, 
for  Peter  says,  *'  wdio  can  forbid  water 
that  these  may  not  be  baptized  who  have 
received  the  Holy  Ghost  .as  well  as  we." 
Cornelius  received  the  Sjiirit  just  like  the 
apostles  at  the  beginning,  which  shows 
that  his  sins  were  piirdoncfl  btdore  Imp- 
tism,  for  the  Holy  Ghost  would  not  dwell 
in  a  heart  full  of  sin.  My  friend  -says, 
baptism  is  a  symbol.  AVell  the  thing 
symbolized  must  e.\ist  before  the  symbol, 
and  as  baptism  isas3"mboI  of  remisssion 
of  sins,  it  follows  that  sins  are  remitted 
before  baptism.  If  Paul's  sins  were 
washed  away  at  baptism  then  the  htkk- 
AL  WATEit  washed  them  away,  and  there- 
fore I  call  it  a  AVATEK  salvation.  ]?ut 
this  leaves  salvation  in  the  hands  of  men, 
and  hence  the  sinner  must  come  to  man 
to  have  his  sins  pardoned.  I  tell  you 
sirs  that  I  don't  believe  such  docti'ine — 
away  with  a  doctrine  that  puts  salvation 
in  the  hands  of  poor,  fallible  man.  Come 
unto  ME  all  ye  ends  of  the  earth  and  be 
saved,  is  the  language  of  the  Bible.  We 
learn  that  salvation  is  of  grace-  and  not 
of  wouKs  lest  any  man  .'^houlil  Ijoast,  for 
by  gi-ace  are  ye  saved  and  that  not  of 
yourselves,  it  is  the  gift  of  God.  We 
are  saved  by  grace  fhrow}h  faith,  then 
our  salvation  is  not  of  works,  but  FAITH. 
A  man  can  be  saved  without  coming  to 
me,  he  must  go  to  Christ,  ami  not  come 
to  me.  The  doctrine  of  salvation  by 
water  will  not  apply  to  the  poor,  wound- 
ed soldier  on   the  battle   field,     He   is 


any  other  condition  than  by  that  laid 
down  in  that  will.  That  ^\ill  says,  '■  he 
that  believeth  and  is   baptized  shall  be 


saved,  .and  he  that  bclieveth  not  shall.be   cannot  be   baptized?     I  say  no,   he   can 


damned."  This  is  the  will  and  Ij-oin  it 
not  one  dare  deviate.  The  law  has  been 
committed  to  earthen  vessels  and  they 
must  teach  and  administer  it  just  as  it 
stands.  Christ  commands  both  faith  and 
baptism  as  a  condition  of  salvation.  Mr. 
Ilay  don't  do  that;  he  will  not  teach  the 
Bible  doctrine  on  this  sulyeet.    Ht 


lie  saved  without  the  aid  of  man. 

Juds(m  tells  wf  three  noble  youno-men 
who  made  application  for  baptism,  bnt 
died  before  it  could  be  .attended  to.  Must 
they  be  damned  and  g<i  to  hell  jast  be- 
cause they  Iiad  no  chance  of  bciu"- bap- 
tized ?     Take  a  poor  sinner  who  is  down 


to  be  baptizefl?  This  water  Mlv.iii, 
doctrine  is  a  lioman  Catholic  doimij,  ■. 
came  from  the  mother  of  inu-lots  audi, 
from  God.  Peter's  language  to  the  Vv^. 
tccostians  'does  not  prove  that  baptjgiT, 
is  for  the  remission  of  sins,  but  teachea 
that  baptism  is  to  take  place  hevause  of 
the  remission  of  sins.  For  Solomon' 
Temple  they  had  the  material  fully  p^g_ 
jiared  before  it  w^ent  into  the  temjilt.  g 
with  the  clniich  of  Jesus  Christ;  peonle 
want  to  he  converted,  and  made  a  Chris, 
tian  before  put  into  the  church.  ]  aj^|^_ 
ed  my  friend,  what  a  man  is  before  he 
is  baptized,  whether  a  child  of  God  or 
the  DKViL?  He  says  he  will  answer  W 
a'iking  me  a  question.  That  is  the  \m- 
tlii-  yaiikee  does,  aud  I  guess  he  must  be 
one,  they 'answer  one  tpiestion  by  jiskiag 
another.  He  wants  to  kin»w  whether  a 
foreigner  is  a  citizen  before  he  takes  the 
oath '{  I  answer  he  ie  uot.  Now  I  wam 
to  know  of  him  what  a  man  is  before  he 
is  baptized  i  Is  he  a  child  of  God  or 
the  deviH 


that  e^■ery  soul  slioiild  be   subject   unto  I  He  and  Peter  ditier.     He  has  the  reuiis- 
the  higher  p<m'ers,   but   not  Mibjects  o/'l  sion  of  sins  without  b.ipti.m:  IVl-r  do..- 


lon't   sick  with  the  tpyhoid  fever.     Whila  on 

lu-h  like  Peter  on  Pentecost,  to  "  repent  his  death-bed  he  Ls  convinced  of  his  aias 

and  be  baptized  forthe  remUsion  of  sins."  |  and  wants  to  be  .saved.     \U  caiuiot  be 

immersed  for  he   is  not  able.     Must  he 
.ipti.m:  IVl.T  do..-    b'i''r.-v..rl.wtiustbecaiweheisnotablo 


S'ri:ix. — God  in  His   divine  arraiicre. 
nients  re(piires  no  impossibilities  of  any 
We  are   not  debating  about  the 


one. 


design  of  baptism  where  it  is  impossible 
Th(;  Baptist  church  holds  that  even 
wiicie  baptism  is  possible  it  is  not  a  cou- 
dition  of  salvation,  and  then  to  prove 
that  they  are  right,  bring  up  a  case  where 
baptism  is  h/ipoftsihle,  lience  the  thief  oa 
the  cross.  All  he  could  do  was  to  1,^. 
lieve  and  repent;  with  him  bapti-sin  u-as 
impossible,  hence  not  required.  Lethim 
bring  forward  a  case  whei-e  baptism  is 
l)ossible  and  then  not  a  Bible  coudition. 
He  thinks  salvation  is  not  turned  over  to 
human  hands,  in  agencies,  vet  he  preach- 
es, and  this  is  human  work,  in  order  that 
people  may  believe  and  be  saved.  Chi'ist 
says,  "  As  my  Father  lias  sent  me,  even 
so  send  I  you."  They  were  to  go  iuto 
all  the  world  and  preacli  the  Gospel  to 
every  creature,  in  order  that  "  He  that 
believeth  and  is  baptized  might  be  sav- 
ed, and  he  that  believeth  not,  be  daum* 
cd.  If  human  iustrumentaliries  have 
nothing  to  do  with  salvation,  why  have 
the  Gospel  preached?  He  virtually  ap- 
proves of  human  agencies  when  he  sends 
men  to  preach  to  the  heathen.  Paul 
.says,  we  are  saved  "  By  the  washing  of 
regeneration,  and  the  renewing  of  the 
Holy  Ghost "  (Tit.  3 :  5).  The  umfiiwj 
of  regeneration  here  refers  to  baptism, 
to  being  born  of  the  water.  A  man's 
faith  is  not  perfected  till  in  baptism, 
for  l)y  works  is  a  man's  faith  brought  to 
perfection.  Abraham's  faith  was  made 
perfect  by  works.  Faith  without  worb 
is  dead,  and  a  dead  faith  has  no  virtue 
in  it.  Jesus  Christ  is  the  author  of  sal- 
vation unto  all  who  obey  Him,  and  bap- 
tism is  one  of  his  commands,  but  the 
man  who  refuses  to  obey  Jesus  by  uot 
being  baptized,  has  not  Christ  as  the  au- 
thor of  his  salvation,  for  he  has  no  aal'' 
vation  unless  there  is  salvation  out  of 
Christ  in  disobedience.  We  teach  sal- 
vation T)y  both  grace  aud  faith,  bat  not 
independent  of  baptism,  nor  neither  do 
we  teach  salvation  by,  the  washing  of  re- 
generiition  ,  independent  of  grace  ftud 
faith.  WeoijcyGodandthcn  trust  mn 
lor  ^ialvation.  Peter  connects  baplisni 
with  salvation,  for  he  says,  when  ^I'ciik- 
ing  of  the  eight  souls  being  s^'i^'*'''  ''^ 
water,"  'I'lie  like  tignre  whcreunto  even 
baptisnvdoth  also  uo'w  save  us."  ThcI"iP' 
tist  Church  malik  baptism  a  condition 
of  nienibcrsliip,  fur  they  will  liut  receive 
a  member  into  the  church  without  hap- 
tisni,  but  maintain  tlmt  a  inau  can  be 
saved  without  it.  if  a  man  can  he  sav- 
ed witiiout  baptism  he  can  he  save 
without  getting  into  the  Baptist  chmvli 


AP'*il    -•^^■ 


TJril.:    T?UKTHUK>J    ^VT    AVOHlv. 


at  all;  an'l  if  tb.-  Baptist  t-lniivh  is  th.- 
chmch  of  Jfsus  Christ  th.-n  a  uinn  can 
be  saved  outside  of  tlie  clmn-h  of  Christ, 
and  if  that  U-thv  easel  da  not  secwbat 
use  the  church  is. 

You  see  Mr.  Kay  teaclies  that  a  man 
can  gt^t  t'^*  heaven  witout  baptisni,  but 
be  cannot  get  into  the  Baptist  ebureh 
^vithout  baptism,  therefore  it  follows 
thftt  a  man  has  to  Ije  better  to  get  in- 
to  the  Baptist  church  than  he  does  to  get 
into  lieaven.  According  to  this  loo'ic  a 
uijiu  without  baptism  is  good  enough  to 
commune  with  the  Father,  Son  and  Ho- 
ly Gliost,  but  not  good  enough  to  com- 
mune with  the  niemljers  of  the  Baptist 
cbuich.  Because  we  talk  about  baptism 
beuig  a  condition  of  salvation,  my  friend 
calls  it  water  salvation.  Why  does  he 
uot  talk  about  t^  faith  salvation?  Ac- 
cording to  his  logic  Naauum's  cleansing 
from  tlie  leprosy  was  a  water  salvation. 
■\Vhy  ilofs  he  uot  talk  about  a  s-erppiit 
salvaticm  In  the  wilderness  \v'here  Moses 
lifted  up  the  serpent?  AVhen  tlie  blind 
niau  wiw  told  to  go  and  wash  in  pool  of 
Si.loam,  why  not  call-  that  upooi  salva- 
tion? "Why  not  talk  about  a  spittle  sii[- 
vation  whvn  tin;  eyes  of  the  blind  man 
were  anointed?  He  says  baptism  for 
the  remission  of  .sins  is  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic doctrine,  and  is  from  the  mother  of 
harlots.  Both  Mosheim  and  Dr.  Cave, 
learned  historians,  say  the  primitive 
clinrelifs  held  baptism  for  the  remission 
of  ^ins.  TertuUian  who  wrote  at  the 
close  of  tlit^  second  century,  taught  the 
same  doctrine,  and  so  did  Justin  Martyr, 
who  wrote  about  the  middle  of  the  stic- 
ond  centisry.  The  Apostolic  Fathers^ 
whose  writings  I  have,  taught  the  same 
doctrine,  and  they  lived  in  the  first  cen- 
tury. B"th  Paul  and  Peter  taught  bap- 
tism a  condition  of  salvation;  and  so  did 
Christ,  yet  my  fi-iend  says  it  came  from 
the  mother  of  harlots. 


greatly  iufluenifd  by  the  conduct  and 
example  of  his  fellow  men. 

"  Xo  man  liveth  to  himself,  and  no 
man  dieth  to  himself  "—(Jod  planted 
these  instinct.s  in  th^  human  soul  for  great 
and  noble  purposes.  As  our  blessed 
and  a<lorable  Redeemer  wius  not  only 
Divine,  "God  manifest  in  the  flesh,"  but, 
also,  a  perfect  man.  He  could  sympa- 
thize with  the  common  wants  and  sym- 
pathies—the natural  aflVetions  and  feel- 
ings of  man.  Christ  needed  not  that 
any  should  instruct  Him  in  regard  to 
man,  and  knew  what  was  in  him.  "  For 
we  have  not  an  High  Priest  who  cannot 
be  touched  by  a  sense  of  our  infirmities, 
but  was  in  all  points  tempted  like  as  we 
are,  and  yet  without  sin."  In  our  wor- 
ship of  the  blessed  Redeemer,  we  often 
forget  this  precious  fact.  So  full  of  rev 
erence  and  awe  is  the  devout  soul,  in  its 
approaches  to  the  throne   of  grace,  that 


earth  for  the  ileeds  done  in  the  body,  to 
seek  fur  tho«e  things  that  are  perninnent, 
immutable, and  tternal,  but  it  is  supreme 
folly  tt>  do  otherwise.  Kvcry  source, 
then,  of  moral  power  should  be  earnest- 
ly and  diligently  sought  and  appreciated, 
with  a  view  to  our  growth  in  grace,  and 
in  "  the  knowledge  of  our  L<u'd  and 
Savior  Jesus  Christ." 

All  umlue  concern  about  the  perish- 
ing things  of  time  and  sense  must  be 
banished  from  the  mind  of  him  who 
would  set  out  to  win  the  prize  of  eternal 
life.  The  Christian  is  admonished  not 
to  by  conformed  to  this  world,  but  to  be 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  hi«  mind. 
The  world  runs  to  great  e.\ee*LS  in  adorn- 
ing tiu»  outward  man,  the  perishing  tab- 
ernacle of  clay,  which  shortly  must  be 
food  for  the  worms,  in  the  habiliment-s 
of  fashion  an(l,pride.  To  be  "clothed 
piu'ple  and  tine    linen,"  and  to  "  fare 


ften  fails  to  realize  that  Christ  is  our  sumptuously  every  day,"  is  the  ope  ab 


4  well  I 


This  closed  the  discussion  on  Wednes- 
day evening.  Our  next  will  contain 
what  was  said  on  Thursday. 

,1.  II.  Mooiti-:. 


PLAINNESS    IN    DRESS    A  SOURCE 

OF  MORAL    POWER  IN 

THE  CHURCH. 


KV  A  LUX  W.  REF.SR. 


"I 


N  like  manner  also  let  women  adorn 


with  shamefaeedness  and  sobriety;  not 
with  braided  haii-,  or  gold,  or  pearl,  or 
costly  array"  (1  Tim.  U:  '.)).  The 
Church  on  earth  was  estaldlshedby  our 
Lord  Jesus^Christ,  for  a  specific  purpose. 
Its  chief  object  being,  as  we  believe,  to 
Kfparafi:  His  followers  from  an  unbeliev- 
ing and  godless  world,  and  to  reclaim 
the  lost  and  ruined  race. 

It  pleased  (itid  by  "the  foolishness  of 
preaching  "  to  lead  men  out "  of  nature's 
darkness  into  the  marvelous  light  of  the 
Gospel."  Man  is  naturally  a  nodal  be- 
ing. His  sympathies  lead  him  to  affili- 
ate with  liis  kind.  Whatever  aftects 
men  as  a  class  affects  the  individual  nmn. 
An  old  \vriter  says,  "  One  touch  of  na- 
ture makes  the  woild  akiu."  These  in- 
stincts and  sympathies  are  us  universal 
as  the  race. 

History,  individuality,  repeats  itself 
fi'oni  age  to  age.  "  For  we  are  the  same 
that  our  fathers  have  l»eeu;  we  see  some 
sights  that  our  fathers  have  seen,  and  run 
the  same  course  our  fathers  have  run." 
One  r.f  the  noblest  sentiments  that  ever 
tell  from  mortal  lips,  is  that  meiuoraVde 
tJxj.ression  of  Cicero— a  [lagan  writer, 
attd  Vet  a  philosopher  aiulsage.  "  I  am 
»  man,  andconsider  nothing  foreign  to 
"ne  that  belongs  to  man."  Man  is,  also, 
'1  depedi-ut  and  imitative  creature.     He 


Killer  Brother  in  a  human, 
divine  point  of  view. 

The  church  is  the  light  of  the  world. 
It  is  the  great  moral  lever  that  moves 
the  world,  and  its  mission  is  to  save  the 
world  from  sin  in  this  present  life,  and 
fi'om  "  the  wages  of  sin  "  in  the  life  which 
is  yet  to  be.  But  the  church,  lus  a  body, 
is  just  what  the  individual  members  are. 
The  moral  power  of  the  church  can  rise 
no  higher  tlian  the  individual  character 
of  its  component  parts.  The  fountain 
can  rise  no  higher  than  its  source,  is  true 
in  a  spiritual  lUs  well  as  physical  sense. 

Speaking  to  His  disciples  the  Savior 
said,  ■'  Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth,  but 
if  the  salt  have  lost  its  savor,  wherewith 
shall  it  be  salted  ?"  Also,  "  Ye  are  the 
light  of  the  world,  but  if  that  light  be 
darkness,  how  great  is  that  darkness?" 
All  the  moral  power,  then,  the  church 
can  possibly  bring  to  bear  against  Satan 
and  the  powei's  of  darkness  depends,  uot 
on  the  church  as  a  whole,  but  upon  the 
individual  character  of  its  members. 

Then  whatever  aflects  the  individual 
character  of  its  members  affects  the 
chiu'ch  as  a  whole.  This  proposition, 
we  think,  no  one  "will  care  to  dispute. 
The  moral  character,  then,  of  the  church 
is  the  m7/i  of  the  moral  character  of  its 
memher><.  Whatever,  then,  tends  to  ho- 
liness of  lite  in  the  individual  members. 
tends  to  elevate  the  standard  of  purity 
and  holiness  in  the  church.  This  reason- 
ing l)eing  assumeil  as  coi'rect,  the  con- 
verse o'i  the  projtositiou  must  be  eiiually 
true. 

In  the  proportion,  therefore,  that  the 
church  is  ])ure  and  holy,  does  the  church 
exert  a  moral  power  over  the  world? 
AVe  are  commanded,  among  other  things, 
in  God's  blessed  Book,  not  to  aJiUate 
with  the  world — to  come  out  from  it, 
and  to  be  "  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of 
good  wo;-^v)."  "  Love  not  the  world 
neither  the  things  that  are  in  the  world,' 
say  the  Scriptures  of  divine  truth.  Why 
not?  Because, continues  the  Word,  "all 
that  is  in  the  world,  the  lust  of  the  eye, 
the  pride  of  life"  <Sic., '-is  not  of  the 
Father,  but  is  of  the  world."  "  Set  uot 
your  affections  on  the  things  of  the 
earth  C  Wliy  uot?  Because  "the  fash- 
ions of  this  earth  passeth  away."  The 
tilings  of  time  and  sense  are  ti-ansitory, 
evanescent,  jierishing,  mutable,  passing 
away,  is  written  by  the  finger  of  God 
Himself  upon  all  things  that  pertain  to 
earth. 

"  The  things  that  are  seen  are  tempo- 
ral, but  the  things  that  are  unseen  are 
eternal."  Tlie  world  cannot  sup|)ly  the 
wants  of  oui- imperishable  souls.  Then 
it  is  uot  t>nly  the  duty  of  man,  as  the 
intelligent,  rational  creature  of  God- 
accountable   luito  the  Judge  of  all  the 


sorbing  passitm  of  the  vast  body  of 
worldly  and  godless  men.  To  this  end 
all  tiieir  energies  are  bent,  and  like.  Dives 
of  old,  upon  this  unhalhiwed  shrine  all 
the  tender  and  sympathetic  impulses  of 
the  soul  are  offered  up.  The  rich  set 
up  a  princely  and  gorgeous  style  of  life, 
to  gratify  their  own  sensual  instinets,and 
to  operate  as  an  inseparable  barrier  be- 
tween them  and  the  poor,  whose  poverty 
condeniii.s  them  to  social  ostracism,  and 
bars,  as  with  triple  steel,  the  doora  into 
this  charmed  and  exclusive  circle. 

The  poor,  strivini^  to  attain  to  this 
envied  and  fascinating  position  in  life, 
are  led  into  extravagant,  profligate,  and 
and  vicious  habits,  which  ultimately, 
terminate  in  financial  luin,  and  not  un- 
freqently  end  at  the  penitentiary,  the 
gallows,  or  suicides'  graves.  We  need 
but  glance  over  the  columns  of  the  secu- 
lar prints,  to  see  this  sad  truth  abundant- 
ly verified  in  the  hnig,  black  catalogue 
of  crimes  set  forth  from  day  to  day 
therein.  In  fact  are  not  these  melan- 
choly details  the  chief  "stock  and  store" 
of  the  daily  prints  of  the  land?  Behohl 
the  ghastly  record  of  victims  offered  on 
the  pitiless  moloch  of  fashion,  extrav- 
agance and  pride. 

( 'J'o  be  continued  ne.vt  week, ) 

THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

UY  JOHN  roRSEY. 

NTMHE-.U  HI. 
Till".  I.OKD's  SriTEIt  AM)  TUK  CtiM.M fNlO.V 

eoNTU.vsrici). 

THE  Lord's  Supper  is  a  full  evening 
meal,  and  was  so  eaten  by  Christ 
and  the  ajjostles  just  before  the  Commun 
ion,  and  is  never  called  the  Communion 


was  befravftl,  i.jok  tuvail.  and  when  H* 
had  given  thanks  lb-  brake  it.  and  said, 
Take  eat;  this  isniy  body,  which  in  brok- 
en for  you:  this  do  in  n-nu-nibrauce  of 
me.  After  the  same  manner  He  al^tu 
took  the  cup,  when  He  liad  snppwi  (af- 
ter supper  Luke  2'i),  saying:  Thiseup, 
is  the  New  Testiimeut  in  my  bloorl  ifcc, 
(Cor.'2:t-2ll). 

TUK   COMMI'XION. 

How  men  can  call  it  the  Lord's  supper, 
and  tlierefiy  contrjidiet  Christ  awl  Paul, 
when     they  named  it,  the    CommnioD 
of  the  body    and  blood  of  Christ,  rm  if 
Christ  and  (he  apostles  knew  not  how  »«> 
name  it, and  men  knew  better, uikI  th'ii 
turn    riglit   around    and  take  it  in  the 
morning  and  at  noon,   and   call  it  the 
Lord's  Supper,  ami  what  is  still  worse, 
they    separate   God's  ordinances,    as  if 
ChrtMt  had  not  known  the  business  of  ILi» 
mission;  or  as  if  the  Father  had  notnn- 
tlerstood  His  business  when  He  sent  His 
Son  into  the  world  to  do  what  the  Fath- 
er ctunmanded  Him?     For  we  bear  J  r- 
sus  say,  the  Son  can  do  nothing  of  Him 
self,  but  what  He  seeth  the  Father  <lo: 
these  also  doeth  the  Son  likewise  (John 
5:  I'.i,   20),    For  I  have  not  spoken  of 
myself,  but  the  Father  that  sent  me,  He 
gave  me  a  commandment  what  Isho.ild 
say,  and  what  I  shouldspeak  (do,  G-ir' 
nuui),  and  I  know  that   His  command- 
ment islife  e%'erlasting  (John  12:4H,  oil). 
Then  surely  He  has  received  Feet-wash- 
ing, the  Supper  as  well  as  the  Commun- 
ion, all  from  the  great  Father  in  heaveD, 
and  can  poor,  wicked  men  disregard  and 
throw  aside,  and  put  asunder  that  which 
God  !nw  joined  together,  and  only  keep 
that  wliich   they   in   their   carnal  mind 
think  best,  and  pervert  and  abuse  it? 
How  long  will  God   forbear  judgment? 
Who  will   answer?   Who   will   be  able 
to  staiuH 


We  hear  Christ  say,  before  He  left 
the  supper  table  in  tliat  upper  room. 
"  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  he  that  believ- 
eth  on  me,  the  works  that  I  do  shall  he 
do  also;  and  greater  works  than  these 
shall  lie  do;  because  I  go  unto  the  Fath- 
er" (Jrdin  U:lti).  Here  Christ  had  just 
finished  tlie  work  of  Feet -washing,  the 
Supjier  and  Coumumion,  and  said.  He 
thiit  believeth  on  me,  the  works  that  I 
do  shall  he  do  also;  if  a  man  love  me, 
he  will  keep  my  words,  and  my  Fath- 
er will  love  him.  He  that  loveth  me 
notkeepeth  not  my  siiyings  (John  12: 
'i;i,  24).  He  that  Iwith  my  command- 
ments and  keepeth  them,  he  it  is  that 
loveth  me:  (verse  21 ).  For  this  is  the  . 
love  of  (Jod,  that  we  keep  His  command- 
nu-nts,  and  His  commandments  are  not 
grievous  (1  John  ">:  :J)-  Ami  hereby  we 
do  know  that  we  know  Him,  if  we  keep 
His  commandments.     He  that  saith,   I 


anywhere    in   the  New    Testament   by 
an  inspired  man,  and    points  us  to  the, 

r  tu^  r  .,,,,1,  ...    ti,^  know  Him,  and  keeiieth  not  His  com 
marriage  supper  of    the  l^uut)  in    the!"  .       ,....,. 

kingdom  of  God  (liev,  1S»;  7,  i);  Luke 
22:  :ii>),  while  the  Communion  is  em- 
blematical of  the  brtdveii  boily  and  shed 
blooilof  the  Lord,  by  which  wedoshewl 
forth  the  Lord's  dcatli,  antl  shall  do  it 
in  remembrance  of  Him  (Matt.  -Hi:  27- 
21);  iMark  14:  22-24;  Luke  22:  11),  20). 
Christ  ate  oi'  the  supper  with  His  disci- 1  P*'"*^' 
pies,  but  He  did  not  eat  of  the  bread, 
nor  drink  of  the  cup  of  the  Communion, 

but  said,  take  this  and  divide  it  among,         ,      -  n  »i,  ♦. 

'  '^   II  ..:...*!....*.,  t..i.. ,.-..„„.,«......  ,11.  nil  that 


maudmeuts,  is  a  liar  and  the  truth  is  not 
in  him  (1  John  2:  -'5,  4,  .").)  Whosoever 
transgiessethandabideth  not  in  thedoc- 
1  trine  of  Christ,  has  not  God.  He  that 
abidcth  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  he 
hath  both  the  Father  and  the  Son  (2 
John  '.t-ll).  I  marvel  at  ministers  who 
to  teach  men  the  doctrine  of 
Christ,  and  mi.sconstrue  imd  set  aside 
the  above  plain  teaching  of  Christ.  How 
will  they  stand  when  Christ  will  come  in 
flaming  tire  to  take  vengeance 


yovu'selves.     For  I  sav   unto  you  1  will 

notclvinkof  tI>evim.;w^(Mul•kU:23;,'''*n'"''^''■^^>'••'l^      ,.,,,. 

l',u,l  ,M.  t),e  bread  .  <-'l"'^"  C-i  ^l'™'. '  ■  ^>-     =«»>•  ''"'*  "I"'" 
their  l>liiul  eyes  ami  stop  the  error  ai 

save  the  worhl.  is  my  jirayer. 


Gospel   of  our  Loixi  Jesus. 


Luke  -ii:  17,1k). 

whieh  we    break,  is  it  not  the  Commuu- 

ion  of  the  body  of  Christ!   The  eup  of 

blessing,  is  it  not  the  Coninmnion  of  the 

blood  of  Christ*  (1  Cor.  10:111).    Paul  |      "  I'ray   without  eeasiug,"  is  an  «- 

said,  for  I  have  reeeived  of  tlw  Lord,  that  hortalion  of  the  iipo.-tle.     If  «•<■  live   a 

which  I  also  delivered  unto  you,  that  the  :  prayerful,  pious  life,  we  llavu  peaef  iji 

Lord  Jesus,  the  same  night  in  whieh  He  I  Uod  -.our  lives  will  be  a  continual  prayer. 


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PUBLISHED    WEBKLT.  ure  <liiipU>-«l  on  tlif  Cuinmunion  table, and  that 

ull  tJiore  is  of  it,     Iiiingitintioii  does  the  rv»f 


J.  H    MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Bnii  S  II.  Bmroni*  Jul/  muboriwJ.  bj  u»  •*  <"> 
tnTflitiit  ^TTvfoadeat  unJ  »)r»nt  for  th»  llBrriiwM  * 
WiiBK  ■oJ  "ill  r*««it«»ut'Mr)plion»f^Mh»"nn'"K'" 
TtfiiUrniin  All  tin. inc.-  imonclfl  l-j  liin 
ll«-.»IUb»  ih»  iuii'ie 


.  if  .1on«  liy  0Tir»eI**». 


Thk  Urrrnpx*  »t  Wohk  "ill  U  "-nt  poiit-p«IJ.  U>  «n/ 
«rfdreM  in  il<«  (Jniiwl  8wi«  or  OnruU,  fur  «1  M  l-*r 
M„um.  Tl.<.«  TnilinK  ten  n™m«  «ml  flGW.  -.11  r^ 
«iT.  U)  •!!«  MP7  fw  of  chMue.  For  all  o«r  Ibi- 
ni.n,b»r  tL*  .g.ni  -.11  hf  .H^-*'"  1"  «">«  f"  "'l"  ^f'- 
tjonal  nwn..  -Iileh  .n.o»W  »b  b.  d«Jurt,d  from  ibe 
Zn.j.  Wor<>.cn.llns  It  to  u-.  Mon.y  Or-Im.  D^H-. 
Ud  ne|ti»l«i*'l  I^IWM  ni«y  b*  wnl 
•hoald  b»  ma-lr  p^JiMn  to  H< 

Subtfirintlnin.  n.nl  Minmiiiii 
p,r.  M  »cll  M  till  b...i[."«  nmiiert  eoDHi-oici  «...,  ...r  v 
fic«tboul'l  I'S  a.MrMic'I 

UOOBE  ft  ESHELUAK. 

Lfturk,  Cftmll  Co.,  HI 


e  k  &lhv\n 


■J  for  Ok 


tlie.v  parialce  like  a  htiii^jry  ninn  in  hifl  drennis 
and  presume  to  call  it  fuith.  Their  apirituali- 
yjition  gow  u  st^p  further  baci:  than  do  the 
Catholics  beforv  the  prieat  beginn  his  formality 
of  tran^Kubatantiation." 

There  ia  not  a  little  of  the  imaginary  faith 
extant  now.  tSome  imncine  a  little  water 
spriiikli-d  on  a  person  is  baptism;  others,  that 
if  they  fliitil-  that  they  are  willing  to  wash  one 
another's  feet,  the  Lord  will  take  the  thought 
for  the  act;  or  if  they  imagine  they  salute  one 
lumther  with  a  holy  kiss,  it  will  lie  approved  of 
God.     Verily,  imagination  IiM  abont  all  it  can 


LAMAfiS,  ILL, 


AFBIL  26,  1878. 


Fob  report  of  the  Itiiy  ftuti   St._-iii   ih'bate  at 
Xitttouift.  see  second  page  of  thisisBUe. 


TiiK  boy  who  amnsi-H  himself  on  a  rocking- 
hor^e.  forcibly  reminds  one  of  some  Christians, 
—a  terrible  Higlit  of  mofioii  bnt  notliing  done. 

A  fAui)  iroiii  Hro.  linahor  informs  us  that  ho 
IN  still  iinubl-  tn  .io  much    preiichingowiug  to 
the  fevered  cmidition  of  hin  lungs, 
nt  his  home  in  Waterloo,  Iowa. 


He  is  now 


TuK  Jitiiitixt  iif'tllr  Ffn'J  Iia«  finally  come  out 

and  said   something  about  the  eontemplated 

written  discuwion.  to  which   we  will   respond 

next  week,  not  having  room  to  say  much  this    fieate  of  gonil  standing 

imue. .  I  - 

But).  S.  Z.  Sharp  of  Tennessee  writes  that 
everything  in  that  part  of  the  heavenly  king- 
dom is  in  love  and  harmony,  and  that  wheat 
iDid  rjc,  on  tlie  lotli  of  April  were  out  in  head, 
and  as  proof  sent  us  a  rye  head  in  hloom. 


Mkmisicbs  moving  from  one  congregation  to 
ani.tber  should  not  fail  to  carry  with  them  eer- 
titic-iites  of  membetuhip.  especially  when  moving 
some  distence.  Pei"8ons  fre^juently  move  to  the 
West  and  settle  down  in  small  congregations, 
but  make  no  effort  t«  procure  fi  certificate  of 
membership  till  sometime  afterwards.  atW 
causing  a  good  deal  of  troulje  and  giving  room 
for  inueh  suspicion.  Things  of  this  kind  are 
quite  emharassing  to  weak  congregations.  — 
There'  is  another  feature  however,  .somewhat 
woi-se  tlian  this.  There  is  a  class  of  persons 
who  sometimes  gi;t  into  trouhle  and  move  to 
small  congregations  before  settling  the  difficul- 
ty, and  thus  cause  a  stigma  to  rest  upon  the 
church  to  which  they  move.  Those  small 
churches,  especially  in  the  We.it,  have  a  hard 
time  of  it  to  keej)  a  good  light  before  the  wm-ld. 
and  when  annoyed  by  unfaithful  membt-rs  mov- 
ing among  them,  it  mak.'s  it  that  much  worse. 
Those  who  move  to  other  congi-egations  should 
go  in  the  proper  light,  and  carry  along  a  certi- 


HinTBit  he  humble  with  one  talent,  than 
proud  with  t^-n.  auys  a  sen.sible  writer.  "  Pride 
goelh  Wlorc  a  fall,"  and  if  the  full  be  with  the 
ten  talents  in  Imiid.  great  may  be  the  fall.  Act 
wisely,  use  prudence,  do  not  be  too  fn.it;  deep 
watei-s  run  slow,  {ytjjecially  if  useful. 


Bbo.  John  Y.  Suavely  of  Hudson,  III,,  wishes 
us  to  publish  an  article  on  Uow  the  lihoif  of 
Chiht  clcfiiisfth  UM  fiftiii  <il!  Kill.  It  is  a  good 
subject  to  write  upon.  We  take  the  liberty  of 
inviting  Uru.  Dani.d  Vaninum  to  give  ns  an 
article  on  it.  The  inicstion  comes  in  his  line  of 
thinking. ^ 

W>:  do  not  report  the  money  sent  here  for 
IJro.  Hansen,  but  drop  it  in  the  contribution 
box,  and  furwanl  it  to  him  once  a  week.  Most 
of  those  who  send,  request  us  not  to  re- 
port, they  want  to  wait  till  they  reach  lieaven 
Bnd  then  hear  a  gouil  report.  They  want  to 
obey  Matt.  4:  1-4. 

TiiRUB  is  considerable  talk  regarding  the 
propriety  of  Northern  Illinois  purcha-sing  and 
fitting  up  a  farm  to  be  used  as  a  charitable  in- 
stitution, at  which  to  keep  and  cure  for  the  poor 
of  the  district.  The  enterprise  we  think,  i 
commendable  one,  at  least  it  is-  worthy  of 
thought,  for  the  poor  we  have  always  with  us, 
luid  it  is  in  our  place  to  do  them  good. 

Bro.  David  L.  Williams  writes  us  a  long  let- 
ter soliciting  ministerial  aid  in  Saline  Co.,  Mn. 
He  has  moie  culls  than  he  knows  how  to  fill. 
having  to  meet  about  six  in  each  month.  Up 
describes  the  country  as  being  on  excellent 
place  to  live;  good  land,  good  water  and  an  ex- 
cellent climate,  Ministering  brethren  thinking 
of  going  West,  would  no  doubt  do  well  to  cor- 
respond with  Bro.  Williams.  His  address  is, 
Brownsville.  Saline  Co.,  Mo.  They  want  breth- 
ren who  let  their  light  shine  in  their  daily  walk 
and  conversation. 


ORIGINAL  GROUND  AGAIN. 


0^ 


Reqahdinq  the  Eastern  question  a  late  writ- 
er Siiys:  "  Russia  seems  to  be  turning  her  eyes 
to  Palesiine;  of  this  there  have  been  several  in- 
dications lately.  A  Russiiui  newspaper  says, 
'  the  hour  is  cotm*  to  complete  crusades  by  de- 
livering the  holy  places  forever.  A  free  Chris- 
tian and  internatiiuia!  province  must  be  mude 
from  Jerusalem  to  the  banks  of  the  Jordan,  and 
independent  and  international  institutioiKuiust 
be  given  to  it'  Students  of  prophecy  will  do 
well  to  watch  the  course  of  events  in  this  di- 
rection." _ 

Tut.  Chrixfian  Ci/tiotiirc  snys:  "A  new  Uni- 
.tariau  congregation  in  Boston,  the  South  Free 


.Na'MllKR  II. 

UR  last  closed  with  the  observation,  that 
our  ancient  Brethren  took  the  unadulter- 
ated truth  OS  the  man  of  their  coun,<iel,  and  in 
all  things  wei-e  governed  exclusively  by  it.  But 
finally  they  commenced  holding,  what  we  call. 
Annual  Meetings,  for  the  purpose  of  assisting 
eacli  otlier  in  arriving  at  abetter  understanding 
of  tliB  Apostolic  order  of  church  government. 
Tlicy  never  thought  of  any  other  method,  save 
tliat  practiced  in  the  firet  centurj'.  Those  meet- 
ings were  of  the  simplest  ch.tracter,  having 
neither  clerk  uor  moderator  chosen.  They  kept 
no  minut^^s  of  their  proceedings.  When  an  im- 
portant case  was  presented  it  was  answered  by 
letter  to  the  church  or  churches  that  had  pre- 
sented it.  This  was  the  Apostolic  order  as  laid 
down  in  Acts  15:  23. 

They  settled  everything  by  the  Bible,  referring 
us  much  as  possible,  to  chapter  ajid  verse.  They 
luul  notliing  else  to  settle  things  by,  for  they 
kept  no  minutes  of  their  proceedings;  and  as  for 
tile  decisions  and  decrees  of  other  churches  they 
'ejecti'd  them.  Stern  necessity  threw  them 
back  on  the  inspired  Word  as  their  only  rule  of 
faith  imd  practice,  luid  that  was  the  rea,son  why 
they  reproduced  the  church  in  its  primitive  pu- 
rity. Had  they  selected  any  other  model,  save 
the  Apostolic  churches,  then'  efforts  would  have 
been  a  failure. 

It  was  some  time  before  the  Brethren  com- 
menced printing  their  minutes,  and  for  that 
reason  it  is  difBcult  to  get  hold  of  any  early  rec- 
ords of  their  business.  It  is  our  impression,  that 
when  they  commenced  printing  the  minutes 
they  did  not  see  what  it  would  finally  lead  to. 
nor  what  would  be  the  inevitable  consequences 
ai'ising  from  their  improper  use.  From  year  to 
year  they  have  come  down  to  us,  and  now  fill  a 
book  of  considerable  sr/,e,  and  owing  to  a  few 
conflicting  decisions  in  it  some  of  our  ene- 
mies take  delight  in  using  it  against  us.  The 
import  of  the  book,  however,  is  badly  miscon- 
strued, not  by  outsidoi-s  only,  but  frequently  by 
members  who  do  not  act  as  prudently  as  they 
might. 

Of  those  who  use  the  minutes  improperly 
there  are  two  classes:  One  class  takes  the  book 
to  council  meetings,  and  decide  every  case  by  it, 
never  once  referring  to  the  Bible.  They  can 
tell  what  the  uiiuutes  say  on  most  everj'  ques- 
tion that  comes  before  the  church,  but  when 
lusked  for  Bibleauthority  fail  to  give  it.  Church- 
es that  pui-sue  this  course  cannot  prosper  as 
they  ought,  for  tliey  do  not  search  the  Seript- 
uix's  to  see  whether  these  things  be  so.  They 
ore  not  on  the  original  ground  occupied  by  our 
ancient  Hrethreu,  and  their  toui-se,  if  persisted 


in,  will  cause  one  part  of  the  church  to  more  or 
less  disrespect  the  Bible,  and  in  the  other,  cre- 
ate hwtile  feelings  against  the  minutes,  the 
Annual  Meeting  and  the  counsels  of  the  old 
brethren  generally.  The  intentions,  though 
seemingly  good,  will  lead  to  evil  in  the  end. 

The  other  class  shun  the  minutes  as  they 
would  a  viper;  they  will  not  allow  it  in  their 
houses,  and  lose  no  opportunity  of  speaking 
evil  of  it.  often  saying  verj-  bard  things  about 
it,  and  sometimes  before  the  world  too  at  that. 
U  would  seem  that  they  can  never  get  done 
censuring  it.  They  speak  against  the  Annual 
Meeting  in  a  very  unbecoming  manner,  often 
saying  hai-d  things  about  the  old  brethren. 
They  make  more  fuss  and  trouble  over  the  min- 
utes than  they  would  over  a  false  prophet,  and 
are  so  intent  on  its  destruction  that  they  cannot 
keep  still  about  it.  Of  this  class  we  have  met 
hut  few,  yet  know  that  they  exist.  We  see  no 
reason  why  they  should  be  materially  alarmed. 
God  will  take  cai-e  of  the  church  if  we  only  take 
care  of  oui-selves.  If  it  should  so  happen  that 
the  minutes  will  become  an  injury  to  the  church, 
we  feel  confident  that  He  will  have  a  way  of 
removing  them.  The  brazen  -serpent  wasa  good 
thing  in  it"  day  and  place,  but  when  the  Lord 
saw  that  it  was  being  improperly  used  He  pro- 
vided a  way  for  its  removal,  and  it  was  no  more 
a  source  of  trouble  (2  Kings  18:  4).  Let  us  have 
a  little  more  confidence  in  the  Lord,  and  labor 
a  little  more  earnestly  in  the  performance  of  our 
duty,  and  it  will  be  better  for  both  us  .ind  the 
church. 

There  is  a  third  class  wlio  look  at  things  quite 
differently,  and  constitute  tlie  main  strength  of 
tlie  church.  They  look  upon  tlte  Bible  as  their 
only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice,  but 
have  great  respect  for  the  sentiments  of  the 
general  brotherhood,  desiring,  as  much  as  pos- 
sible, to  act  in  concord  with  the  entire  body, 
and  for  that  reason  respect  the  decisions  of  the 
Annual  .Meeting.  They  know  that  man  is  fal- 
lible and  liable  to  make  mistakes,  but  never  fail 
to  remember  that  they  themselves  are  notinfal-, 
lible.  They  do  not  all  approve  of  the  general 
course  of  the  A.  M..  but  do  not  think  it 
prudent  to  abuse  and  reject  it.  They  consult 
the  minutes  to  learn  the  general  sentiments  of 
nur  people  on  certain  questions,  and  then  fol- 
low the  best  light  they  can  obtain.  They  know 
that  the  A.  M.  is  not  a  law-making  jjower,  jind 
that  her  decisions  are  not  law,  but  arivive,  and 
have  been  so  decided  by  that  body. 

If  all  the  ministei's  and  churches  would  pur- 
sue a  coui-se  of  this  kind  they  would  not  be 
troubled  so  much  about  the  uiiuutes,  neither 
would  the  A.  M.  be  annoyed  by  them.  It  is 
presumed  that  we  have  hundreds  of  ministers 
who  never  read  the  minutes,  yet  they  are  in  per- 
fect harmony  with  tlie  general  order  and  prac- 
tice of  the  church.  They  say  very  little  about. 
the  minutes,  but  a  good  deal  about  the  Bible, 
and  are  in  their  faith  and  i>ractice  like  the 
Apostles  and  our  ancient  Brctliren. 

It  is  painful  to  see  the  course  taken  by  the 
two  first  classes  named  above:  one  party  making 
the  minutes  a  Bible,  virtually  so  to  speak.  We 
have  never  had  the  misfortune  to  meet  one  of 
this  class,  though  we  have  heard  of  them,  but 
do  hope  that  the  report  is  false.  The  other 
class,  if  they  had  it  in  their  power,  would,  at 
one  sweep,  send  the  minutes  and  A.  M,  entirely 
out  of  existence,  and  thus  jeopardize  the  present 
existing  unity  of  the  brotherhood.  If  the  first 
party  had  its  way,  and  would  jiersist  in  that 
coui-se,  it  would  finally  run  the  church  into  tlie 
worst  of  superstition,  and  ultimately  and  inev- 
itably into  priestcraft.  History  of  past  ages 
has  demonstrated  this  fact.  But  if  the  other 
class  should  prevail,  it  would,  under  the  present 
existing  circumstances,  sever  the  church  into  a 
liundred  fragments  bleeding  at  every  wound. 
The  church  would  soon  be  so  mixed  up  with  the 
world  that  no  one  could  distinguisli  saint  from 
sinner.  Its  members  would  join  secret  societies, 
foUtw  the  fashions  of  a  corrupt  world,  and 
finally  degenerate  into  a  church  void  of  the  true 
l)iety  that  Bhould  characterize  the  people  of  God. 
These  are  not  fni-fetched  conclusions,  but  found- 
ed upon  logical  deductions. 

It  is  to  the  third,  or  conservative  cla-ss,  that 
we  must  look  for  the  strength  and  disposition 
to  sustain  and  defend  before  the  world,  the  dis- 
tinctive characteristics  of  our  people.  They  are 
not  led  about  by  every  wind  of  doctrine,,  nor  are 
they  easily  persuaded  to  take  hold  of  and  en- 
doi'iie  that  which  they  know  to  be  contrary  to 
the  gefioral  principles  of  the  church.    Among 


us  they  are  the  ground  and  pillar  of  ihp  truti, 
and  when  it  comes  to  our  distinctive  BiUf.  ^.j  ' 
acteristics  they  arc  one,  Iwjug  perfectly  join»j 
together  iu  the  same  mind  and  in  the  sam 
judgment,  but  sometimes  differ  about  OMsin„ 
but  not  about /rt(V/i.  The  conservative  jmrt  i 
the  church,  since  the  day  it  was  orgnjij,.,^  j 
Germiuiy,  down  to  the  present  time,  has  Rtood 
together  jw  a  body.  She  has  passed  throuph 
several  wars,  but  wa-s  not  affected,  and  cam 
through  the  late  rebellion  as  much  united ,  if  ,,^1 
more  so  than  before.  But  she  has  hnd  he 
troubles.  Small  partie8  have  sloughed  off  on  eith. 
er  side,  and  at  times  disturbed  her  trantiuiUj.. 
yet  to-day  the  church,  as  a  body,  stands  firm' 
but  where  are  those  factions  that  split  off  frj,  ' 
her?     We  ask  again,  where  are  they? 

The  church  has  stood  and  trill  nfnmf,  though 
her  trials  and  troubles  may  increase.  There 
may  be  some  drawing  oft'  from  the  two  extrtineg 
but  the  boflf/,  the  chnrch  will  remain  iind  the 
gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it.  while 
those  who  depart  from  the  faith  will  either 
dwindle  down  to  nothing  or  else  drift  off  into 
the  corruptions  of  the  world,  and  popular  re- 
ligion. 

Thus  it  was  with  the  old  Apostolic  church  of 
the  fii-st  century.  There  were  schisms,  but  the 
main  body  stood  firm;  rejecting  the  decrees  and 
discipline  of  uninspired  men  it  adhered  firmly 
to  the  unadulterated  Gospel,  and  labored  to  keep 
the  church  pure,  while  the  schisms  either  dwin- 
dled down  to  nothing  or  else  drifted  off  into  the 
vile  corruptions  and  idolatry  of  a  pagan  world. 

If  the  gentle  reader  will  now  follow  us,  we 
shall  drift  off  into  a  series  of  reflections,  relating 
to  the  prosperity  and  good  of  the  church  in  the 
future.  Doubtless  some  will  not  fully  .igree 
'vith  us,  especially  those  occupying  the  extremes 
yet  we  desire  a  candid  consideration  of  the  con- 
clusions before  passing  judgment. 

The  church  of  Jesus  Christ  has  but  one  head 
and  that  is  Christ.  He  is  its  law-giver,  and  has 
given  to  the  church  a  pcr/erJ  law,  to  which  we 
can  neither  add  thereto  nor  subtract  thereft'oni. 
This  law  is  perfectly  adapted  to  the  wants  of 
every  nation  and  people  in  every  age  of  the 
Christian  dispensation,  and  for  that  purpose 
needs  neither  addition  nor  subtraction;  and  to 
prevent  such  a  crime,  the  closing  cliapter  of  the 
New  Testament  sets  forth  a  woeful  penalty  up- 
on any  who  would  dure  tamper  with  the  reveal- 
ed law  of  the  Lord.  This  law  has  been  recorded 
by  inspiration,  contains  all  respecting  revelation 
God  designed  that  man  should  know,  and  woe 
be  unto  him  who  dare  add  thereto. 

This  perfect  Law-giver,  while  on  earth,  organ- 
ized a  church  that  was  to  be  the  model  of  all 
churches.  He  also  inspired  men  who  were  to 
travel  in  different  lands,  and  organize  model 
churches  for  different  countries.  The  firat 
church  at  Jerusalem  was  the  model  for  these 
model  churches,  and  when  all  were  once  imt  in- 
to good  working  order  they  resembled  each  oth- 
er, for  they  were  all  made  from  the  some  model. 
The  New  Testament  was  then  placed  in  tlieir 
hanils  as  their  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice, 
their  only  divinely  authorized  bond  of  unioD, 
This  was  their  creed,  and  by  it  all  were  to  siiaare 
their  lives  and  conduct.  God  designed  that  the 
church  should  have  but  one  rule  of  faith  aad 
practice,  for  by  that  means  they  could  be  one 
body,  having  the  same  practice  throughout. 

During  the  early  age  of  the  church  some  men, 
who  held  their  membership  at  Jerusalem,  for 
they  lived  in  Judea,  went  up  to  Antiocli  and 
taught  false  doctrine  in  the  church  at  that  place. 
Itcreated  considerable  disturbance  in  thechurch, 
hence  they  concluded  to  send  the  matter,  in  the 
hands  of  two  delegates,  to  Jerusalem,  where 
these  men  were  from,  to  consult  the  Apostles 
and  elders  aijout  it.  Now,  here  comes  the  mod- 
el council  for  tlie  whole  world.  When  this 
matter  was  brought  up,  speeches  were  made 
over  it,  and  they  were  5//^/^  speeches  too  iitthftt. 
James  made  the  best  Bible  speech  at  that  meet- 
ing that  I  ever  read  of  at  any  council  meeting. 
And  when  the  question  was  settled,  it  was  set- 
tled by  the  Bible.  But  who  settled  it?  The 
Apostles  and  elders?  Not  quite,  for  it  is  3^^ 
that  it  pleased  "  the  Apostles  and  eldei-s,  with 
the  whole  church,  to  send  chosen  men  of  tlieir 
own  company  to  Antioch  with  Paul  and  Bania- 
,"  the  two  delegates  from  Antioch.  So  ^^ 
see  that  the  irhole  rhurch  hiul  a  hand  in  it.  Tlieu 
they  wi-ote  letters  to  the  church  at  Antioch  and 
such  other  points  as  they  thought  prudent. 
This  is  the  only  council  of  which  we  Imre  an)' 
account  during  the  Apostolic  age,  and  shoid 


April 


25. 


I,  ,1.0  modd  cm„i»l  of  the  cliurcU  iu  ercry  „,, 
^Vc  tv-ill  have  more  use  for  Hi,  „«„  „^|,.|^ 

S„,„.;  of  the  immitiw  church™  were  not  con- 
^t  »ilh  the  simple  Gospel  „|,ip|,  ^^^  jj^ 
Spirit  had  left  them,  hut  dttring  the  «co,ul  ceu- 
l„r.v.  and  especially  the  third  luid  fourth  ceutu 
^„.  ihey  commenced  meddling  with  question, 
„hith  neither  Christ  nor  the  Apostles  hud  set- 
tled, hence  the  necessity  of  councils  to  setti, 
them.  But  their  councils  were  not  after  the 
model  council  held  at  Jerusalem  in  the  days  of 
insi.inition.  but  partook  more  of  a  ^,,V^,/,- 
clmmctcr.  They  published  their  deerees  and 
confessions  of  faith,  which,  in  the  course  of 
time,  actually  took  the  place  of  the  Oospel  in 
many  i-espects.  Then  commenced  Iheirscliis.us 
„ot  so  much  about  what  was  in  the  Bible  us 
what  w;is  not  in  it. 

But  they  ran  into  another  evil.  They  soon 
began  to  have  what  was  known  as  Metropolitan 
churches.  These  were  to  be  the  models  of  the 
jurrounding  churches,  and  hence  they  com- 
nelieed  inlilating  each  other  instead  of  follow- 
ing the  New  Testament.  The  consequence  was 
that  they  grew  worse  and  worae.  not  so  much 
in  the  external  acts  of  worship  as  in  real  Chris- 
tian I)ict.v.  Had  all  those  churches  let  their  de- 
crees ond  confessions  alone,  and  clung  to  the 
New  Testament  a^i  their  only  rule  of  faith  and 
practice  they  would  have  preserved  their  primi- 
tive purity.  They,  in  their  church  goverument. 
departed  from  the  Apostolic  order,  and  the  oni- 
lequcnce  was  that  many  of  them  went  into 
comiplion.  From  these  things  let  us  learn  val- 
uable lessons. 

When  our  people  started  up  in  Germany  they 
hit  right  upon  the  old  Apostolic  order,  and  set- 
tled down  upon  that  old  primitive  foundation. 
They  took  the  churches  organized  by  the  Apos- 
tles themselves  as  their  model,  and  for  their 
creed  or  confession  of  faith  took  the  same  book 
that  the  Apostles  had,  and  that  is  the  reason 
why  they  occupied  Apostolic  ground,  let 
tell  you,  gentle  reader,  that  there  was  something 
mon  than  human  power  in  that  little  movi^ 
ment. 

But  one  step  farther:  When  difficulties  aro.se 
how  did  they  attempt  to  settle  Ihera  ?  Like  the 
world?  By  making  decrees  and  passing  laws? 
Not  one  bit  of  it.  They  held  their  council 
meetings  just  like  the  old  mother  church  at 
Jerusalem.  And  why  did  they  do  that?  They 
had  to  have  a  model  and  were  not  willing  to  go 
to  the  world  for  one,  hence  went  to  the  New 
Testament  ivhcre  they  could  find  but  one.  This 
Ihcy  imitated  to  the  letter  and  spirit  too  at  that. 
The  "  whole  church  "  took  part  in  it.  They 
kept  no  minuleii,  but  like  the  old  model  council 
at  Jerusalem,  wnite  lettei-s  where  it  was  neces- 
sary. Was  not  that  Apostolic?  Who  dure  say 
that  that  little  church  was  not  the  church  of 
Jesus  Christ?  She  took  the  New  Testament 
teachings  as  her  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice. 
Did  the  Apostolic  churches  have  anything 
more?  They  held  their  first  councils  just  like 
the  old  and  divinely  inspired  model  council  at 
Jenisulem.  Could  either  reason  or  revelation 
Dsk  anything  more  of  them? 

Before  closing  this  part  of  our  article,  we  turn 
to  page  ten  of  brother  Kurtz's  Encyclopedia  and 
copy  the  following  account  of  the  "origin  of 
Annual  meetings"  among  the  Brethren,  and 
how  they  were  held  hy  our  people  in  days  of 
yore: 

THE  OHIOIN  OP  ANNU-VL  SIEETINGS. 


TTTK    T^rtETTTT^-£,>r    ^T    AVOTiK. 


yearly  mw-ting  overhe],!  in  thi.coimfrv  >mA  it  '  • 
H^pr^sninnbl,  that  th«  lor.  W.ts  w.r..oo„,u.... 
ed  and  pivc^ed  by  M.ch  council  meotinp.  ih. 
day  bofon.  love  fe«.,t.  „nd  that  tW  ronncil 
meet.ug.  bomg  .ttrmlea  W  mmbev*  and  min- 
i^t^Ts  from  every  chim-h.  wt-r*  sufficient  for  ev- 
ery pHrpose  during  the  fir.t  thirty  or  fortv 
yean.,  wh.Ie  the  chnnho.  were  confined  at  fir^t 
within  a  territory  bordcm!  only  by  the  Dehi- 
wnre  nvor  on  the  east  and  the  SchnylkiU  on  the 
ve.t,  „„d  at  a  Inter  date  by  the  Susqneh.nna  on 
the  we5t  But  as  the  churclies  multiplied,  and 
estendnd  into  New  Je„oy  on  the  east  and  be- 
yond tlie  Susquehanna  on  the  we<  mid  even 
into  Maryland,  Sc.,  and  it  thus  beconiinR  im- 
practicable for  all  tho  ehurchos  to  be  rc-pre«ent- 
fd  at  every  ordinary  love  feast,  it  became . 
necessity  to  set  apart  every  yerir  a  certain  time 
and  appoint  from  year  to  year  a  place  for  such 
a  general  council.  This  wi«  done,  as  far  as  we 
can  learn,  a  little  after  the  middle  of  last  centu- 
ry, and  consequently  a  little  over  a  lumdred 
years  ago.  The  firat  council  meeting  had  bc« 
held,  a-s  we  have  seen,  abont  Christmas,  the  pre- 
sumed bn-thday  of  the  Savior,  but  now  a  more 
proper  time  v^a.^  chosen  in  fixing  Pentecost  of 
every  year,  the  birthday  of  the  church,  for  the 
big  meeting,  as  it  was  called  even  to  a  recent 
day  of  our  own  recollection.  With  regard  to 
thb  place,  it  was  concluded  at  a  late  day,  tliat 
the  big  meetings  should  be  held  alternately,  one 
year  east  of  the  Susquehanna,  and  the  next 
year  west  of  that  river.  The  churches  spread- 
ing further  west  and  south,  the  Allegheny 
mountains  were  considered  as  the  dividing  line 
for  a  time  in  this  respect,  and  still  more  recent^ 
ly  the-  Ohio  river  was  named  as  such  line. 

now  THK  YE.\RLV  MEKTINGS  WERB  HKLD. 

That  they  were  at  first  held  in  the  mostsimph 
manner,  even  as  our  ordinary  council  meetings 
liave  been  held  up  to  our  own  times,  m  evident 
from  all  the  testimony  we  could  gather.  Breth- 
ren met  on  Friday  morning  before  Pentecost, 
and  opened  as  usual  by  singing,  exhortotioni 
prayer,  and.  perhaps,  reading  the  Scriptures. 
Having  met  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  invited 
him  to  preside  over  the  m.eting.  and  prayed  for 
ihe  Holy  Spirit  to  guide  and  direct  all  hearts, 
they  consiilered  the  meeting  ready  for  business! 
Cases  were  presented  and  decided,  questiona  ask- 
ed and  answered,  all  by  word  of  mouth,  as  in 
ordinary  council  meetings;  there  was  no  clerk 
chosen  nor  minute  taken,  and  hence  it  is  that 
our  records  are  so  meagre  for  the  fii-st  twenty 
five  or  thirty  yearly  Peiitecostial  meetings.  Hut 
as  will  be  made  to  appear  more  at  largo  iu  our 
forthcoming  '  History  of  the  Brethren,'  when 
any  important  case  or  cases  hjid  been  ilresented, 
it  was  answered  afterward  by  letter  to  the  church 
or  churches  that  had  presented  them.  Of  these 
manuscript  letters  a  goodly  number  yet  extant 
have  been  collected  with  great  care,  aaid  are 
embodied  in  this  present  work."' 

Let  each  reader  study  brother  Kurtz's  remarks 
well,  then  turn  to  Acts  fifteen  and  compare  the 
practice  of  our  ancient  Brethren  with  the  old 
,\postolic  order.  Do  this  till  next  week,  and 
then,  if  the  Lord  willing,  we  shall  commence 

here  we  now  leave  off,  and  carry  the  subject 
up  to  the  present  time.  j.  h.  m. 


HEAVEN  AND  HELL. 


WHAT  are  they?     Simply  states  of  mind— 
this,  and   nothing  more,   nothing  \i 


"  From  our  forthcoming  History  of  the  Breth- 
ren in  America,  wliieh  shall  be  published  as  soon 
fis  possible,  if  the  Lord  will  spare  us  yet  so  long, 
we  will  find  that  the  first  company  of  our  Bieth- 
^,  having  arrived  in  1719.  almost  150  yeai-s 
ago,  held  their  first  love  feast  in  Germantown, 
Pa-,  on  Christmas-dny.  December  25,  1723,  and 
previous  to  this,  we  are  informed,  '  they  hod  im- 
Porfant  work.'  Tlit-y  remembered  difficulties, 
ivhiah  had  occurred  in  Crefeld  (Germany)  al- 
ready. They  were  indeed  a  branch  of  a  church, 
but  not  yet  a  church  (sufficiently  organized  and 
established)  that  could  a.ssume  (the  authority)  to 
administer  the  sacraments  (ordinances).  But 
tof  chief  difficulty  was,  that  there  were  still 
aiffTKnces  among  themselves,  and  they  only  of 
'atp  Iiiul  cnnimeuced  to  come  tofjether.  After 
[*"  these  difficulties  had  been  worked  through 
I"  the  spirit,  they  at  last  agreed  to  gratify  them 
(the  new  converts,  who  desired  baptism  and  be- 
'ig  received  into  fellowship,  and  and  also  to 
^old  Hie  love  feast).'  So  then  we  have  a  record 
!'ot  only  of  the  firat  church  visit,  the  fii-st  meet^ 
"*?  tbr  public  woi-ship.  the  first  baptism  and  the 


Heaven  is  a  happy,  and  hell  an  unhappy  state  of 
mind.  Happiness,  that  results  from  the  con- 
sciousness of  right-doing,  is  heaven;  unhappi- 
ness,  that  results  from  the  consciousness  of 
wrong-doing,  is  hell.  Conscious  innocence  is 
conscious  heaven;  con.scious  guilt  is  conscious 
hell.  Self-ap[iroval  is  heaven;  and  heaven  can- 
not be  in  the  soul  without  it.  Self-condemna- 
tion is  hell,  and  without  it  there  is  no  hell,  Thi 
man  who  is  self-approved  is  self-sustained,  hai 
heaven  iu  him;  but  self-condemned,  he  has  no 
sustaining  power  within;  he  has  no  courage,  no 
inward  support;  he  sinks  in  his  own  esteem;  he 
falls,  and  is  in  a  moral  paralysis — he  is  in  hell 
— no;  he  is  not  in  hell,  but  htll  is  in  htm. 

Heaven,  or  hell,  then,  is  a  state  of  mind,  and 
exists  nowhere  iu  the  universe  for  us  but  in  our 
own  souls.  As  is  our  state  of  mind,  so  is  our 
heaven  or  our  hell.  They  exist  only  in  the  hu- 
mim  soul.  G . 

We  clip  the  above  from  The  Misshnanj  pub- 
lished at  Towanda,   Pa.     The   conclusion  of 

a is,  that  heaven  and  hell  are  not  places, 

but  a  condition  of  something — the  state  of  the 
soul.  It  is  said  of  Ai,  that  "  the  smoke  of  the 
city  ascL-uded  up  to  heaven  "  (Josh.  8:  2ft)- 
Did  the  smoke  of  the  city  only  ascend  up  to  the 
dition  of  the  mind?    To  the  condition  of 


n."  Mmply  lin  up  Hi«  eyes  to  the  condition  of 
His  mind?  When  .lesus  went  to  His  Father. 
His  di.sciplos  stood  looking  "  st^idfa-stly  txjwanl' 
heaven  "  as  tho  Loni  "  wont  up."  Looked  "  to- 
wanJ"  the  condition  of  their  mind,  did  they? 
Did  Jesus  go  up  in  the  condition  of  their  minds, 
and  then  they  stood  ga/.ing  up  into  the  state  of 
their  own  minds?  What  absunlity !  And  yet. 
thi.^  is  the  only  conclusion  that  can  be  drawn 

from  the  position  assumed  by  0 .    Heaven 

IS  a  ph>-r,  not  the  condition  of  a  place.  Heav- 
en is  not  timf,  ma»mr,  nor  tonditian,  but  a  real 
pUtfp. 

David  declares  that  "the  wicked  shall  b<! 
turned  into  hell."  Does  the  tCTifl  "  hell  "  here 
mean  that  the  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  a 
"  state  of  mind?  "  !f  hell  "  exists  nowhere  in 
Ihe  univei-se  for  us  but  in  our  «ouls."  then  the 
wicked,  whose  state  of  mind  is  already  evil,  shall 
be  turned  into  u  wicked  condition  of  the  mind. 
They  will  not  he  lurnvfl  into  hell,  but  being  evil 
will  be  turned  into  the  condition  of  thewickwl! 
Ah.  how  your  rope  of  sand  melts  away  before 
the  nword  of  the  Siiirit! 

Again,  we  are  taught  that  "death  and  hell 
delivered  up  the  dead  which  were  in  them" 
(Kev.  20: 14).  Were  the  dead  iu  the  condition 
of  the  mind?  If  so,  whose  mind?  Here  it  is 
expressly  stated  that  hell,  n  ylnre,  delivered  up 
something,  "  the  dead."  It  is  not  said  that  a 
condition  of  the  mind  delivered  up  the  dead, 
but  hpll  did  the  delivering.  m.  u.  b. 


l«ve  feast,  but  also  of  the  first  council    whose  mind?    Again   we  read  in  God's  Book 
meeting,  and  in  fact  the  first  genera!  council  or  '  that  "  Jesus  lilted  up  his  eyes  to  heaven."    Did 


HOW    IS    THISP 

THIS  is  the  way  one  of  our  snbscriheiN 
writes:  "  I  was  at  the  post  oflice  one  day, 
and  there  was  a  ministering  brotliei  there  also. 
I  received  my  paper,  the  IJukthren  at  Work, 

and  he  the i<UtU  Jouninl  and  two  other 

political  papers.  I  tried  to  sliow  him  the  Bueth- 
RKN  AT  WoUK,  and  asked  him  why  he  did  not 
take  it?  He  replied  that  he  did  not  patronize 
church  papers,  neither  did  he  think  it  was 
right  for  any  one  else  to  do  so.  I  asked  him, 
why?  He  said  it  was  making  merchandise  of 
the  Word  of  God,  and  when  brethren  published 
their  talents  in  book-s  and  pampiilet  form  and 
then  sell  it  (if  it  was  the  truth)  it  was  selling 
the  Word  of  God,  and  the  Word,'  Bays  he, 
'shall  be  bought  without  money  and  without 
price.' " 

We  wonder  if  that  preacher  ever  bought  a 
Bible?  Did  he  get  it  without  money  and  with- 
out price?  Supposing  a  brother  were  to  print 
a  number  of.  Bibles,  must  he  (jive  them  all 
away?  Have  those  who  print  Bibles  a  right  to 
sell  them?  If  not,  then  tlioae  who  patronize 
them  do  wrong.  Does  that  preacher  patronix.e 
them  when  he  buys  u  Bible.  He  has  no  money 
for  a  religious  paper  for  his  family,  but  plenty 
of  it  for  political  journals;  no  money  for  those 
who  are  working  hard  to  disseminate  the  prin- 
ciples of  truth,  but  plenty  of  it  for  unconvert- 
ed politicians,  who  are  spreiuling  their  corrup- 
tion and  discord  over  the  country.  He  has  a 
conscience  that  allows  him  to  patronize  world- 
ly institutions,  but  not  a  religious  enterprise; 
he  has  uo  taste  for  tlie  good,  religious  matter 
written  by  his  brethren,  but  relishes  that,  writ- 
ten by  unconverted  and  corrupt  men.  Straws 
show  which  way  the  wind  blows.  If  that 
preacher  would  spend  liis  time  reading  the 
good  books  and  pamphlets  published  by  the 
brethren  instead  of  reoding  secular  papers,  he 
would  doubtless  be  setting  a  better  exami)le,  if 
it  would  not  make  a  better  preacher  of  him.  — 
If  any  of  our  readers  can  find  that  preacher, 
they  will  please  let  him  read  this  article. 


HARSH    WORDS. 

nAUSH  words  are  like  hail  stones  in  Sum- 
mer, —  beating  down  and  destroying 
what  they  would  nourish  if  they  were  melted 
into  drops. — Enoch  Khy. 

And  iu  hai'mony  with  the  idea  of  our  dear 
lirotlier,  Solomon  says  that  "  A  soft  answer 
tnrneth  away  wrath;  but  grievous  words  stir 
up  anger,"  and  "  a  soft  tongue  broaketh  a 
bone."  How  many  there  are  who  delight  iu 
sending  forth  the  hail  stones  that  beat  down 
and  destroy.  Better  far  to  let  them  melt  in  the 
mouth,  and  then  they  will  run  out  in  a  gentle 
shower,  nourishing  and  building  up.  Harsh 
words  have  not  in  them  any  soul-cheering, 
aoul-iuspiriiig  power.  They  tear  down,  over- 
throw and  mutilate  to  no  good  purpose.  A 
sofl  tongue  breaketh  many  a  bouy  heart.   Kind 


ror-N  never  die.  Their  effects  grow  and  grow, 
until  eternity  rereab  them  in  all  their  grand- 
eur. 

How  oll«n  do  those  who  arc  supponed  to  be 
■mpowered  to  "  n-buke."  do  m.  in  a  ha.l-like 
manner  instead  of  rain-likel  Instead  of  dmng 
so  with  "  all  long-sufffring,"  it  in  done  with 
harsh  words,  and  an  air  of  authority  ax  if  the 
rebuker  were,  incapable  of  doing  ok  the  Lorf 
directs.  How  many  tender  lamlm,  full  of  lore 
and  zeal  for  the  cause,  are  driven  away  out  on 
the  barren  hills  by  harsh  words?  How  many 
who  are  able  to  "eat  meat,"  are  made  to  weep 
and  sorrow  because  some  brother  used  hail  stone 
wonls?  Ah,  the  bitter  pangs,  the  heart-rend- 
lugs  that  fill  many  places.  —  all  because  some 
poreon  in  authority  used  not  m/l  words. 

Sofl  words,  tender  words.  —  words  of  sym- 
pathy are  noble  and  divine-  like,  luid  those  who 
use  th.m  ore  silently  but  surely  doing  a  work 
that  will  stjuid  to  their  honor  in  eternity.  — 
When  I  hear  a  man  use  hureh  words  just  b*. 
cause  he  can,  I  Iwgin  to  conclude  that  he  is 
proud  and  wants  to  show  himself,  and  he  doea. 
He  shows  how  ill  he  ia  qualified  to  speak  to 
any  one,  and  he  himself  becomes  an  object  of 
I»^y-  ^«_^___  «-  M.  B. 

BuoTHKR  T.  J.  AI.I.KN-.  of  Storkton.  Mo., 
writes  that  they  have  now  organized  n  church 
in  Cedar  county,  with  eighteen  memlwrK.  This 
sounds  like  news  from  home,  for  we  spent  five 
years  of  our  boyhood  life  In  the  northern  part 
of  that  county  and  have  always  had  a  liking  for 
that  part  of  the  State.  Before  the  war  there 
was  a  church  there  of  some  thirty  or  forty  mem- 
bera,  of  which  brother  Wm.  Gish,  who  now 
lives  in  Kansas,  was  elder.  As  we  left  soon  af- 
ter the  commencement  of  the  war,  we  have 
heard  but  littl,-  of  the  workings  of  the  church 
till  now.  Hope  the  Brethren  will  prosper,  and 
succeed  in  building  up  a  fjood  congregation  in 
that  part  of  the  West.  Wc  have  many  fond 
recollections  of  life  in  that  country.  If  we  are 
not  mistaken,  there  ia  a  simdl  congregation  a 
short  distance  South  of  Osceola,  in  the  beautiful 
and  fertile  bottoms  of  Sack  river,  and  not  very 
far  from  the  North  line  of  Cedar  county.  Will 
some  one  please  write  lis  regarding  this? 

^^_^ J.  H.  X. 

The  third  edition  of  brother  Miller's  defense 
of  the  Brethren's  doctrine  is  now  out,  and  hav- 
ing just  received  another  lot  we  are  now  ready 
to  fill  orders.  Price  81.60  by  mail,  post  paid, 
and  may  be  ordered  of  us,  or  R.  H.  Miller,  La- 
doga, Ind, 


UNANSWERED  QUESTIONS. 

Having  on  hnnU  n  number  of  ([iivries  wliicli  wo  have  not 
lime  to  nTianer,  wo  giTe  some  of  ihem  below,  hoping  our 
corrMiioiiJonl»  will  Bi4  w  in  ihU  ileparimeul.  Let  your 
anawcra  lie  short  and  Iu  ihc  point. 


Did  Christ  die  n  Qod-forauhon  man  according  to  the  fol- 
lowing Scriplurc?  •■MyQod.  my  God,  why  haat  tboa 
fursnlioii  me  7  "     Mnrk  15  :  114.  J.  J.  Huovkb. 


Will  Kome  of  you  plcnae 
Icciilli  Terse,  third  chaplei 


Sto  an  explnnntion  oi 
of  lut  CorinlbinnsT 


1  wish  to  know,  through  your  piiper,  lb«  meaning  of  Uie 
fifth  verse  of  the  tbirJ  cliupier  Tilu», 


M.  D.  Qoouim. 


Would  you  nr  gamo  other  brother  please  give  ui  your 
views  oD  the  third  Terse  of  the  iOTenih  chapter  of  H*> 
brews?  "  Wilhuui  father,  without  mother,  without  <Ie< 
Bccnt.  hn*iDg  neither  be^noing  of  days  nor  end  of  life, 
but  mmle  like  unro  the  Son  of  God  abidelh  &  priest  coa< 
linufllly."  Mabi*  B.  Hsibtaxp. 


A  man  claiming  to  bo  a  minister  ef  tlie  Gospel,  in  % 
HcrnioQ  ngainsl  feot-wuhiog,  defied  the  world  to  show, 
from  sacred  or  profane  hiitory.  that  the  Gentile  cbunb 
ever  practiced  the  ordinnQcc  of  feei-muhingi  and  W.  C, 
Tburmnn,  in  hiH  book  on  feol-wasbing.  pngeoO,  00,  says  it 
might  be  shown  frotn  church  himory,  that  fcot-wnaldBc 
has,  from  Ihe  night  of  its  institution,  down  to  the  pr«a«at 
day,  always  bcoa  obserrcd  u  an  onlinuncc  of  the  chuich. 
Now  which  is  true?     Pleoae  inform  mc  through  your  p>> 

per.  SAKCKLSiLi. 


I  V 


uld  like  n 


u  of  Itotnai 


I  4 :  4,  6. 
Jons  Stxokx. 


rie.MO  give  mo  an  explanation  of  the  second  chapter  of 
second  ThcsMnloninns,  tttm  the  firat  to  the  twelfth  rerw 
inclnsive.  D.  Lkatuekmas. 

I'leosc  explain,  through  the  paper,  the  Stripture  buad 
in  .\cts2:  17,  18,  concerning  Ihe  prophesying  uf  daugH* 
ler».    Also  reconcile  what  I'nul  says  iu  1  Cor.  1-t ;  34. 

5.  11kV!4BAC0B. 

Did  the  apostle  Tnut  roceiie  the  Holy  Ghost  befbn  k« 
was  bapliied  ?     Tloase  answer  through  the  paper, 

J.  E.B. 


TllK    13UKTHKK>4^    ^T    AVOKl^. 


-A-pi-il   ;>.-» 


7(f  §am^  §ircU. 


READ  AMD  OBEY. 
"  Huiti«ndi,  lo«  your  wirw" 
•  •WiTM,    obey    yonr    hrub^nJ* 
■■FBtb«n,  proioV«  nol  your  children 
'•  Cblldroo,    oUj    your    pmrenw 


i*ih." 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Cannot  Go  to  Meeting. 

I  THINK  oi  tlio  many  tins  nioniinK  who  ur*- 
awiiy  from  the  niuin  Iwdy  of  the  church— 
*r*  iHoliitiHi  and  ainnot  go  to  worshii-  with  th.ir 
brethren  and  twU-T*.  There  ^re  many  ""ch! 
Perhiijis  you  once  lived  in  a  large  and  flounsh- 
ing  congregation  wher«  the  mcmbera  can  all  go 
\a>  a  larg..'  houKP,  comfortably  warmed  and  scat- 
ty, and  there  enjoyed  the  words  of  truth  as  they 
were  n-jul  or  spoken.  Ves.  brother,  si«t<T,  you 
once  lived  where  you  saw  your  brethren  oltt'ii. 
but  because  of  poverty  you  were  compelled  to 
go  to  Home  country  where  land  is  cheap,  that 
you  minht  have  a  pla«?  called  "home."  How 
you  would  have  liked  to  stay  where  you  could 
go  to  meeting  eveo'  Sun.lay,  hut  you  could  not. 
Go  away  you  mut^l,  and  you  went;  and  now  you 
CAnnot  go  to  meeting  this  moruing.  0  how 
your  heart  would  leap  for  joy  if  you  couWgo  to 
meeting  once  more!  You  iiro  very  hungry  for 
the  hnfud  of  life,  and  the  fellowship  of  the  samLs. 
O  how  you  long  for  u  f.w  brethren  and  sisteiTt 
to  ccmie  aud  fling  and  pi-ay  flith  you!  If  a  few 
would  jii4  now  come  in,  how  full  of  rejoicing 
you  wouldbe.  You  would  not  care  for  the  brok- 
en remark?!,  the  feeble  voice,  the  ha-nhful  look— 
you  are  hungry,  and  the  words  of  comfort  would 
be  gold  to  you  now.  Ah  how  hapi>y  you  would 
he,  ij'  ft  poor,  "  unlearned  "  brother  or  sister 
should,  Ihis  morning,  walk  into  your  lonely 
cottage  find  talk  of  Jeaus  to  you!  What  full- 
ncsH  of  joy  would  be  in  that  house. 

Hut  1  waut  to  encourage  you  this  beautiful 
morning  with  the  words  of  Jesus.  "  I  have 
choM'U  you  outoi  the  world,"  therefore  "let 
your  liglit  shine,"  that  others  may  b--  construiii- 
t-d  to  follow  Jeaus.  First,  lire  rUjhi;  this  will 
have  ft  powerful  effect  on  your  neighbor!*.  Sec- 
ond, when  you  hnve  thus  giiined  their  love  nuti 
reipecl,  ftsk  them  to  come  to  your  house,  and 
there  try  to  instruct  them.  Do  not  suy  you  can- 
not. A  num  that  can  toll  how  he  plows,  can 
tell  how  he  is  saved;  and  he  that  can  tell  how 
1h!  was  saved,  can  f^dl  how  others  ma}'  be  saved, 
for  all  men  are  saved  alike— are  saved  by  the 
same  Savior,  have  the  same  Hook,  the  same 
Spirit  to  leiwl  and  guide  them.  Ah,  but  you  say 
you  are  no  preacher- have  not  been  called.  Uo 
not  mistake.  He  who  shall  be  king  aud  priest 
of  Got!  in  yonder  world,  is  certainly  lit  to  tell 
sinners  to  come  to  Jesus.  Work  for  sinners: 
work  to  build  up  the  church,  not  only  in  num- 
bers but,  in  piety  and  goJlincas.  Yes,  you  would 
like  to  sit  in  a  comfortable  meeting-house,  with 
brethren  to  your  right  uud  left,  and  listen  to 
nonie  one  preach,  but  you  cannot.  The  Lord 
hle.ss  you  in  your  loneliness. 

Ami  then  you  aie  exposed  to  the  jeei-s  aud 
taunts  of  the  world  much  more  thim  those  who 
ulmoHt  wholly  nuike  up  a  community.  Your 
[)luiunes.s  is  a  subject  of  remark  by  both  the 
popular  professor  and  the  wiu-ldly  person.  Your 
mode  of  worshii),  your  plain  habits,  your  devo- 
tion to  Bible  ])riueiple3  are  talked  about  in  a 
light  mminer.  But  be  patieut,  beloved  in  the 
Lord,  ami  never  give  up  the  old  ship.  Hold  to 
the  helm,  keep  the  sails  up  tuid  you  will  sail 
through  in  safety.  To  speak  evil  of  God's  ways, 
God's  people,  is  to  speak  evil  of  God  Himself, 
and  all  such  naughtiness  God  will  avenge.  0. 
never  leave  Jesus!  Cling  to  Jesus!  How  He 
loves  you!  You  were  baptized  info  His  death, 
therefore  abide  in  Him.  Look  up  and  behold 
His  care,  His  love.  Uead  the  Bible,  pray  much 
in  secret,  talk  Jesus  to  your  neighbors  and  be- 
hcjld  the  work  of  the  Lord  in  your  midst.  For 
every  liUlr  that  you  do,  God  willdoHKu/i.  Hut 
He  wmits  you  to  do  your  part.  True,  your  bur- 
dens are  gi-^at,  the  cross  heavy,  but  0,  what  is 
more  pleiusant  and  prolilable  than  working  in 
God's  vineyard?  God  pity  the  poor,  isolated 
brother  and  sister  this  morning!  They  have 
many  trials,  many  temptations  to  overcome. 
We  who  Imve  all  things  convenient  know  but 
little  of  your  hardships.  But  I  would  encour- 
age you  to  overcome  them  by  tcorkinij  forsouls. 
You  want  those  around  you  of  the  same  tiaith. 
Work  for  them.  Take  God's  tools  and  work 
with  them. 

But  I  now  think  of  some  poor  sistere  whose 
husbands  are  not  yet  in  Christ.  They  live  finite 
a  distance  Iroui  the  regular  places  of  meeting. 
They  waut  to  go  to  meeting  this  morning,  but 
the  husband  says,  "  0  no,  we  cannot  go  to-^lay; 
1  want  to  rest."  Ah !  my  friend,  were  you  at 
rest  in  Jesus,  you  could  not  stay  away  from 
meeting  to-day.     Poor  sister!  she  has  not  been 


to  meeting  for  six  months,  aud  0  how  she  longs 
to  go  to-day.  God  bles.s  you,  dear  sislvr.  in 
your  iiiolated  condition.  Brethren,  seek  such. 
and  «ing  and  pray  with  them.  Do  them  good 
whenever  you  can.  Their  lot  is  truly  a  hanl 
one.  They  need  sympathy  and  cucourage- 
,it,— M.  M.  EsiiKi.UA.v. 


A    TALK    WITH    MY    YOUNG 
FRrENDS. 

ILOA'K  to  iiic-'t  imd  talk  with  young  people, 
and  take  gr-'at  pleasure  in  lu-aring  them 
tiilk.  That  you  may  know  1  do.  1  will  tell  you 
how  lonesome  I  have  Wen  the  i)ast  week,  for  I 
waa  not  jwrmitted  to  meet  with  my  young  folks 
(my  scholars)  because  the  directors  thought  it 
proper  to  close  school  for  a  short  time,  to  pre- 
vent the  spreiul  of  that  loathsome  disease,  diph- 
theria, whicli  has  been  raging  for  some  time  in 
this  place. 

About  four  weeks  ago.  n  little  gnl  in  this 
neighborhood  took  the  dreadful  disease  and  died. 
About  the  siuue  time  one  of  my  pupils  was  kept 
from  school,  and  on  leaniiilg  the  cause  of  her 
absence.  I  found  that  she  ton  had  taken  the  dis- 
ease. She  had  a  sweet  little  brother,  Willie, 
who  came  with  her  to  school  every  day.  After 
(iht  took  sick,  he  came  alone,  bringing  me  word 
from  her  every  moruing  until  finally  he  took 
the  disease  too.  and  it  wiu.  not  long  until  anoth- 
er of  luy  pujiiis  whom  I  will  call  little  Alfred, 
took  it,  and  then  imotlu-r.  Alfred's  little  brother 
Sidney.  The  next  lime  I  saw  Willie,  he  was  in 
his  coilin.  He  did  not  look  like  one  dead,  but 
like  one  sleeping  and  dreaming  an  angel  dream 
for  on  his  face  wii.s  a  smile  of  joy.  A<  I  watch- 
ed them  filling  up  the  grave  I  thiuight, 

"One  more  buried  beneath  the  sod. 
One  more  stauiling  before  his  God; 

We  should  not  weep  that  he  has  gone. 
With  us  'tis  night,  with  him  'tis  morn." 

The  morning  after  Willie  was  buried,  and  my 
pupils  and  I  had  again  met  at  school  and  were 
busily  engaged  in  our  daily  work,  some  one  rap- 
ped. On  going  to  the  door  to  learn  who  was 
there,  i  met  a  gentleman  wlio  had  come  to  tell 
us  that  little  Alfred  was  dead.  0,  how  sad  it 
was!  He  was  to  he  buried  the  next  day.  I  did 
not  attend  the  funeral,  but  went  home  to  see 
the  dear  om.-s  there.  On  Sunday  eveniug  when 
I  returned  again,  they  (the  people  ivith  whom  I 
boai-d),  told  me  that  Sidney  was  quite  sick  and 
could  not  get  well,  hut  must  follow  his  little 
brother  Alireil.  They  took  me  to  see  him,  but 
we  were  too  late:  he  was  gone.  We  found  the 
bereaved  father,  mother,  sister  and  brother 
weeping  for  the  dear  one,  who  but  a  short  time 
ago,  was  a  laugliing,  joyful  member  of  the  cir- 
cle. The  baby  brother  was  sleeping,  unaware 
of  what  had  taken  place, 

Liist  Monday  these  three  remaining  childiien 
were  well,  but  to-day  the  sister  and  brother  are 
very  sick.  The  baby  brother  too  was  sick,  but 
is  bettw  now.  I  hoped  they  would  escape  the 
dreadful  disease,  but  ere  long  my  hope  faded 
away. 

"  Thus  youth  and  beauty  for  awhile 
The  cheek  aud  eye  will  show, 

But  scarce  they  tlatm  the  tribute  smile 
Ere  death  vnW  lay  them  low." 

To-morrow  I  will  opeu  school  again.  0  what 
a  change  there  will  be  from  the  scene  in  the 
same  school-room!  How  we  will  miss  the  dear 
little  ones  who  have  left  us  here  and  joined  the 
heavenly  school.  1  will  miss  them  sadly,  for  I 
loved  them  dearly.  They  were  beautiful,  and 
more  than  beautiful,  they  were  good.  Their 
Bi-ats  will  be  vacant,  aud  I  will  miss  them  in 
their  classes,  those  bright  face-s  and  sparkliug 
eyes  and  sweet  little  voices  that  would  sound  so 
wfll  when  reciting.  My  pupils  will  miss  them 
on  the  play-ground  and  school-room.  And  the 
vacancies  they  leave  at  their  homes  are  too  nn- 
•lerous  to  tell,  for  they  were  aem  ark  ably  studi- 
ous and  ambitious,  also  obliging  aud  obedient, 
both  at  home  and  at  school.'  Wllie  wa,s  very 
amiable  witli  his  little  sister;  he  would  help  her 
to  put  on  her  wrappings  before  leaving  tlie 
school-room  and  always  carried  the  dinner  pail. 

Little  sisters  and  brothers  are  you  kind  to 
each  other?  1  tell  you  this  story  so  that  those 
of  you  who  have  brothers  and  sisters  will  love 
them  and  be  kiiul  to  them,  for  you  do  not  know 
how  soon  they  tcHi  may  be  called  to  leave  you. 
.\nd.  dear  readers,  those  of  you  who  have  kind 
parents  to  provide  food  and  raiment  for  you,  do 
you  appreciate  them  ?  Do  you  love  and  obey 
them?  Iteniember  that  they  too  may  die  and 
leave  you  alone  in  this  world.  Then  will 
thoughts  of  the  lost  ones  crowd  themselves  upon 
your  mind;  then  will  you  he  forced  to  acknowl- 
edge that  their  t<'achings  and  prayers  for  you 
were  earnest  and  right,  yet  you  heeded  them  not; 
then  will  arise  in  your  mind  the  many  slight 
acts  of  disobedience,  and  sometimes  open  rehell 
ion,  by  which  you  have  grieved  your  ever  too 


indulgent  pnreut.-^.  But  on  the  other  hand  il 
you  will  be  olwdient  and  kind,  it  will  not  i>e  a 
final  iKirting.  but  will  seem  only  as  though  they 
had  gone  before  you  to  their  long,  last,  happy 
home,  where  you  can  hope,  when  your  work  on 
earth  is  finished,  t«  join  them  to  part  no  more. 

My  dear,  young  readers,  are  you  prepared  to 
meet  your  God?  If  not,  begin  "  while  it  is  yet 
called  to-day."  Does  not  even  reason  tell  us 
plainly,  that  note  is  the  only  time  we  can  call 
our  own?  We  are  snre  of  this  moment,  but 
the  next  may  never  be  ours.  Why.  then,  when 
life  is  so  uncertain,  not  attend  at  once,  to  so  im- 
portimt  n  matter?  It  is  your  heavenly  Father 
who  watches  over  you  and  cares  for  you  always. 
He  can  do  more  to  keep  you  from  evil  than  the 
most  wotchtiil  eye  of  a  loving  father  on  earth 
ever  could,  if  you  will  only  ask  Him.  Then 
come  to  Him  now,  while  you  are  youug.  God, 
in  His  holy  Word  says,  "  IJemember  now  thy 
Creator  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  while  the  evil 
days  come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh,  when 
thou  shalt  say,  1  have  no  pleasure  in  Jl'^j"- 
"  Tliey  that  seek  me  early,  shall  find  me."  Then 
why  put  off  so  important  a  subject  till  some 
more  convenient  season?  for  that  will  never 
come.  He  is  waiting  now  with  outstretched 
arms  to  receive  you,  if  you  will  but  give  up  all 
else  for  Him.  Christ  does  not  ask  you  to  pur- 
chase His  love:  He  makes  it  a  free  gift  to  all 
who  accept  it  upon  His  own  gracious  terms,  aud 
I  am  sure  they  are  eiLsy.  He  ouly  iviUits  us  to 
love  Him— to  give  our  whole  hearts  to  Him.  I 
wonder  how  I  could  live  so  long  without  Christ! 
How  ungrateful  and  wicked  I  have  been!  But 
I  hope  that  I  shall  always  love  Hiin  now.  I  am 
made  happy  by  the  presence  of  God's  Holy 
Spirit.  Often,  when  I  was  made  to  feel  uneasy, 
did  I  tiy  to  still  the  voice  within  me,  which  Wiis 
constantly  calling  me  to  come  to  Christ  and  live, 
by  going  more  and  more  into  the  ways  of  the 
worid;  but  I  could  not  help  seeing  the  empti- 
ness of  the  worid  aud  its  vanities,  upon  which 
I  depended  for  all  my  pleasures,  as  compared 
with  the  all-sufiieiency  of  the  great  Savior,  I 
was  then  forced  to  admit  that  the  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ  was  a  good  thing,  aud  that  some 
day  I  would  embrace  it.  Thank  God.  that  day 
came!  Oh  that  baptismal  day!  Never  was  there 
a  day  half  so  beautiful;  never  before  hatl  music 
sounded  so  sweet,  for  1  was  now  about  to  follow 
the  footsteps  of  Him  who  had  meekly  bowed 
His  li.-iid  lieiieatb  Jordan's  wave.  Never  before 
did  ivords  seem  half  so  expressive  as  those  which 
iell  from  the  lips  of  the  minister  on  that  day: 
and  when  it  was  nil  over— when  I  had  "  sought 
aud  found"  the  place  where  Jesus  lay,  how  hap- 
py I  felt  in  the  consciousness  of  doing  right! 
It  wiLs  a  day  of  gladness  and  joy. 

Let  me  now  entreat  you,  my  dear  friends,  to 
think  seriously  upon  what  Christ  has  done  for 
you,  and  what  He  offers  to  yon.  It  is  not  safe 
to  put  it  off  a  moment  longer.  This  moment  is 
yours;  God  in  His  infinite  mercy,  ha.s  given  it 
to  you;  but  the  next  may  be  withheld;  it  may 
never  be  yours;  then  before  I  close,  let  me  urge 
upon  you  once  more,  the  importance  of  at  once 
accepting  Chi-ist  Jesus  as  your  Friend  and 
Savior.     Much  love  to  all. 

Mary  J.  Stees. 
Ydlow  Cred;  TIL 


CHILDREJ^  AT   WORK. 


WHAT  CAN  I  DO  FOR  JESUS? 

WHAT  can  1  do  for  Jesus? 
I'm  such  a  little  child; 
Can  I  make  known  His  goodness, 

His  disposition  mild? 

What  would  I  do  for  Jesus 

If  I  hud  but  the  power? 

Alas!  I  feel  my  weakness^ 

I'm  such  a  little  flower. 

I  cannot  preach  the  GospeT, 

To  e!iger,  listening  ears. 
Nor  fight  His  glorious  battles^ 

Who  am  so  young  in  yeare. 
Can  1  do  naught  for  Jesus, 

For  His  kind  love  to  me? 
0  yes,  I'll  sing  His  praises, 

Who  died  upon  the  tree. 

Yes,  I  can  sing  for  Jesus, 

And  He  will  hear  my  song, 
Who  wishes  little  children 

Join  the  heavenly  throng; 
He  loves  to  hear  the  voices. 

Of  little  ones  like  me. 
And,  smiling,  say  His  kingdom. 

Shall  too  our  kingdom  be. 

rU  pray  and  sing  to  Jesus, 

The  little  children's  Friend, 
Who  gave  His  life  to  save  us, 

From  torment  without  end. 
The  sound  of  children's  voices 

His  willing  ear  doth  greet; 
Then  sing  aud  pray  to  Jesus, 

For  children's  prayers  are  sweet. 

Selected  by  WiLPftBn  Uke. 


From  Gi'iHiu  Fisher: — I  live  with  my  good, 
kind  mother  and  two  brothen;.  We  are  seven 
children  living;  three,  together  with  my  father, 
lie  buried  on  the  b.ink  of  the  Tippecanoe  river. 
Father  iind  little  Bettie  are  buried  iu  one  grave. 
0  how  sad  we  felt  when  they  died!  I  go  to 
school  and  want  to  learn  all  I  can.  My  broth- 
er-in-law takes  your  paper,  and  he  gives  it  to 
me  to  take  to  mother  to  read.  I  became  so  fond 
of  the  little  folks'  letters  that  I  wish  to  do  my 
part.    Let  us  try  to  be  good. 

Deer  Creek,  Ind. 

From  F.  D.  McKeever:— I  go  to  meeting 
and  like  to  hear  the  minister  preach  about  Jesus. 
"  Children  obey  your  parents  in  the  Lord;  for 
this  is  right.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy  moth- 
er, which  is  the  fii-st  command  with  promise." 

MMhbury,  Ind. 

From  Jacob  Bomaiurdner:— I  am  a  poor 
ori»hau  boy,  and  live  with  my  sister  Mary.  I 
have  a  little  blind  brother;  and  oh  how  thank- 
ful I  am  to  God  for  my  eyesight  when  !  see  my 
brother  read  liis  Bible  with  his  fingers.  1  am 
not  a  member  of  the  church,  but  I  like  to  go  to 
meeting.  1  hope  the  good  Lord  will  spare  me, 
so  that  when  1  am  older,  I  may  become  a  mem- 
ber.    Let  us  all  be  good  children. 

Middlebiinj,  hid. 


"  Upon  the  fii-st  day  of  the  week  let  every 
one  of  you  lay  by  him  in  store  as  God  hath 
prospered  him." — Paid. 


THE  OTHER  FAMILY. 

IM, r  Child, ■•■„:- 

I  AM  now  ready  to  tell  you  somethhig  about 
that  other  famiUj.  1  am  glad  I  don't  need 
to  i)ain  your  feelings  again  by  giving  you  such 
a  sad  picture  a.s  I  did  in  the  account  of  the  oth- 
er  family.  I  received  a  letter  from  a  motlier 
that  has  three  bright  little  bovs,  and  they  have 
a  sweet  little  sister  whom  they  love  very  much, 
In  the  letter  she  wished  me  to  nsitthem.  Igot 
there  in  the  evening  and  how  glad  we  all  were 
to  see  each  other  again,  for  since  we  had  imrled 
the  la-st  time,  these  children's  dear,  good  iiapa 
had  become  willing  to  love  Jesus  and  lielptheir 
dear  mamma  keep  up  the  family  prayer  ami 
read  the  Bible.  (Don't  you  just  now  think  of 
the  little  boya'  papa  iu  that  other  family,  who 
whipped   mamma   for   wanting   to  do  good?) 

When  I  got  to  this  family  instead  of  the  chil- 
dren being  shy  and  awkward,  they  came  right 
up  with  happy  smiles  beaming  on  their  fuces, 
and  shook  hands,  aud  what  intelligent  httle 
faces  they  had  too.  At  night  after  all  theehores 
were  done  the  little  boys  came  in  and  each  one 
seemed  to  know  just  where  to  put  his  hat,  ami 
just  bow  to  do  to  please  papa  and  mamma,  At 
the  table  each  one  seemed  to  know  just  how  lo 
behave  so  as  to  make  people  love  them.  And 
papa  and  mamma  seemed  also  to  know  how  to 
talk  kindly  and  politely  to  the  children  so  that 
they  will  love  them.  I  heard  no  harsh,  loud 
words  there.  After  supper  we  read  out  of  tlie 
blessed  Bible  .and  talked  about  our  duties  os 
Christians.  The  little  boys cautalk intelligent- 
ly about  many  things.  Their  papa  told  me  tliat 
the  boys  can  sit  up  late  of  nights  and  hear  the 
Bible  reiul.  After  the  reading  and  talking,  we 
all  bowed  before  God  aud  tried  to  a.sk  Him  to 
still  be  good  to  U3  as  iu  the  past,  and  keep  "s  all 
safe  through  the  dark  night.  I  heard  the^e  lit- 
tle children's  mamma  ask  our  good  Father  in 
heaven  to  bless  these  dear  little  ones  whom  He 
had  entrusted  in  their  oare.  You  will  now  tlunk. 
no  wonder  that  these  are  good,  happy  children. 
After  pruvcr,  when  the  little  boys  started  lo  go 
up  stairs  "to  bed.  I  heard  them  say,  "  go"d  uight, 
mamma."  0!  what  a  blessing,  thought  I.  to 
have  such  good  parents;  but,  dear  chihlreu.  1 
only  saw  it  tlie  more  when  I  was  in  that  other 
family  aud  saw  liow  it  is  when  a  family  docs  not 
obey  Jesus. 

The  next  day  was  Sunday,  and  we  Iwl  tiaj 
good  privilege  of  attending  meeting  and  hciim 
about  some  of  the  things  we  must  do  to  le-'"'- 
-./.  In  the  evening,  when  I  parted  with  thn 
nice  family.  I  just  felt  like  staying  all  night «« 
them  a^Niin.  . 

Now,  dear  children,  which  of  these  twofaiui- 
lies  w<.iild  you  rather  live  in?  (i  for?"^  "'  ' . 
you  that  tlie  good  family  reads  the  "'"^"J^;,^ 
AT  WoKK).  Now  if  this  poorly  written  m>  ^^^^ 
proves  acceptable  to  our  little  readers,  iU''^.^^^ 
editors  print  it,  you  may  hear,  after  n  ^  ^^ 
again  about  that  poor  mother  who  wi»ii*_  ,.,,. 
rnved,  or  something 

Your  Well-wishing  Brother, 

D.  E.  BlU-UAKKH. 

Centre,  htm. 


else  to  interest  and  e^"''J 


you. 


AP^ 


il  -35. 


TiiK  li^^^.TH^n^>^  a'p  avoiun:. 


COBBESFONDElsrcE. 


My    Visit    West. 


]),,„•  li'rthrtn. — 

I  WAS  requested  to  give  a  report  of  my  trav- 
..U  iiiiriiiK  the  Winter,  and  1  thought  I 
yfOiiU  'l'»  su,  but  I  frfl  that  a  brief  report  ouly 
is  jiecess'"T'  '^  *'»''  '"^'s^  of  my  meetings  have 
Iweii  rejtortcd  by  llie  brethren  where  they  were 

helib 

Oil  tlie  25Ui  of  October  last;  I  atarted  for  the 
State  of  Ohio:  I  first  stopped  in  Wnyne  Co., 
^th  Sro.  P.  J.  Brown,  where  we  had  a  few 
meetings.  From  her?  I  went  to  Sugar  Creek 
coiig'*''g'^*'°"*  *"  '^"'"^"^s  Co.,  where  we  hud  sev- 
ernl  Aays"  meetings,  resnlting  in  the  conversion 
of  some  twenty-two  pei-sous.  Here  I  baptized 
eighteen  before  coming  ont  of  the  water,  four- 
teen of  "'horn  were  yonng  ladies  under  the  iige 
of  twenty-one.  A  brother  who  timed  us,  said, 
it  tooli  thirty  minutes.  This  eongregutiou 
aeeiiis  to  be  in  n  good  condition. 

From  Sngar  Creek  I  visited  Bro.  Horn's  con- 
gregftlio".  in  Muskingum  Co..audtheJon«lh.in 
Creek  congregation  in  Perry  Co.  From  hero 
went  to  Wooster  coiigregiition,  in  Wayne  Co. 
ifter  laboring  there  a  few  ilays,  went  to  Medi- 
an Co.,  iu  the  Bliiek  Kiver  congregation,  where 
I  sjient  some  days  laboring  with  the  brethren. 
Here  I  hiid  the  pleasure  of  baptizing  seventeen, 
mostly  young  persons,  some  of  whom  were 
the  special  aubjects  of  my  prayei-s  for  the  piwt 
year.  I  Inbored  some  in  this  congregiition  hist 
Wintt'i'-  "'"1  formed  quite  an  agreeable  iicciusiin- 
tanoe  with  the  bi-etliren  and  others.  Some  who 
were  almost  persumlod  last  Winter,  lu-Lanic  ful- 
ly pprsuiideil  this  Winter,  au^  are  now  happily 
and  livi'lv  engaged  in  the  noble  cause  of  our 
bles.'ieil  Master.  Miiy  their  future  ever  grow 
brighter,  and  may  they  fully  realize  what  it  is 
to  walk  in  newness  of  life,  ever  striving  to  at- 
tain il  higher  type  of  Christian  perfection.  I 
think  the  Black  River  church  a  model  church. 
From  the  Black  River  congregation  I  went 
to  the  Beech  Grove,  in  Wayne  Co.,  where  I  la- 
bori'd  with  the  bretliren  for  several  days.  From 
here  1  went  to  the  Canton  church,  in  Stark  Co., 
where  wpre  held  some  meetings  and  some  addi- 
tious.  This  closed  our  labors  in  the  Norlh- 
ea.'ilern  district  of  Ohio. 

From  the  North-eastern  district  I  went  to  the 
Southern  district  ot"  Ohio,  where!  continued 
my  labors  until  my  time  had  expireil,  ami  1  rc- 
tunu'd  home.  Our  fii-st  meetings  in  the  North- 
eastern district  were  held  with  the  brethren  in 
Ross  Co,,  on  Twin  Creek.  From  here  I  went 
to  the  Brush  Creek  congregation.  Here  I  spent 
about  five  weeks,  at  diftereut  points,  laboring 
with  the.^io  much  neglected  but  faithful  breth- 
ren, i  must  say  that  I  was  much  pleased  with 
my  visit  to  Brush  Creek.  I  think  the  general 
impression  among  the  Brethren  at  large,  O'f 
thi«  churcii,  was  rery  unfavorable;  but  for  the 
infunuaiion  of  all,  I  would  just  say,  that  in  all 
my  triiv.-ls,  (1  have  Ijcen  traveling  eleven  months 
out  of  tile  last  fourteen)  I  have  not  found  a 
more  I'iiithful,  conscientious  and  zealous  cla; 
Brethren '  anywhere  than  the  Brethren  at 
Brush  Creek. 

Tlicy  have  their  Sabhuth-schools,  social  meet- 
ings, singing  schools,  and  their  regular  stated 
mei-tings  for  public  preaching,  and  though 
(piite  poor  when  conipai^ed  with  the  brethren 
in  other  parts  of  the  State,  they  have  built  two 
or  tliri'e  new  meeting-houses,  and  are  now  milk- 
ing; prepiirations  to  build  another.  They  liber- 
ally respond  to  the  culls  of  the  poor  and  needy, 
giving  more  than  ninny  of  the  wealthy;  they 
earnestly  contend  for  the  faith  that  was  deliv- 
ered to  the  saints;  they  strongly  oppose  all 
creds  and  formalitv.  accepting  the  truth,  the 
whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth. 

1  ^iiy  llii-se  things  not  to  flatter  them,  but  to 
correct  otliei-s.  The  result  of  our  meetings 
there  wL^re  twenty-five  ndditiens. 

From  Brush  Greek  I  went  to  Fall  Creek; 
i\mu:r  to  Lexington.  Spent  a  few  days  here; 
theiiue  to  Fairview  in  Fayette  Co.  At  the  two 
iii-it  Hi.nied  places  1  could  not  stay  as  long  as  ! 
W'liil.l  like  to  have  done.  This  closed  our  labora 
for  thi- present  in  Ohio.  Frjom  hero  I  started 
Tur  luy  home  in  W.  Va.,  where  I  tirrived  safely 
"II  111-  evening  of  the  21,st  of  March.  Ftmnd 
my  tiiiuily  just  in  inodtinite  health  and  anxious 
fur  Tiiy  n-turn  home. 

I  )<-■!  to-thnnlf  Ood'Ibv  Tlis'kMd  Vare  over 
"'.v^ill'  and  family  during  our  separation  of 
iieiu-ly  (i\e  months.  My  labors  were  heavy  and 
cwitiiiuons,  hut  I  stood  it,  well  till  the  last,  but 
1  ciiii  f,...|  its  L-ftcct*  ioraowhat  at  present.  I 
lWlhowev,T,t.hnt  theworkisanoble  ''"''i  f^/ 
undi-i'  111,,  clr.unfstane-s  surrounding  mv  lami- 
■>■•  t  i"iild  II  >t  have  remained  so  long  fi-oiu 
liodi.-  ill  iiiiy  other  work. 

'  preached  in  all  one  hundred  and  eighty 
tbrw-  disconnifis  antl  baptized  and  recuveid  into 
""■    flinr.h   sevenly-seven   precious  souls.      I 


hope  to  meet  them  in  htaven.  The  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters  will  ph,i,e  nccei-t  my  thanks, 
for  they  wen*  kind  to  aw  everywhere.  When 
it  goes  well  with  you,  remember  me.  Hope  wc 
all  shall  meet  in  heaven. 

J  AS.   A.   RiUBXorR. 


From    Graham, 


WE  have  seen,  in  reading  the  correspondence 
of  your  worthy  paper,  that  our  dear  Bro. 
Hansen  is  in  very  destitute  circumstances.  Our 
sympathy  w.is  considerably  aroused  and  on 
next  dav.  Iwing  Lord's  day.  wo  presented  the 
case  at  our  social  meeting.  Bro.  George  A. 
Sham berger  proposed  and  rend  the  tii-st  chapter 
of  second  Peter,  .\ppropriate  remarks  were 
made  in  regard  to  adding  those  beautiful  Chris- 
tian graces,  enumerated  in  vei-at^  5  to  7.  Among 
the  number  is  brotherly  kindne**.  During  the 
meeting  we  miwle  a  practical  application  which 
■esnlted  t,u  the  amount  of  enclosed  Postiil  Oi 
der.  The  usual  application  is  found  in  James 
2:  15. 

Dear  brethren  and  si-iteni,  how  can  we  turn  a 
deaf  car  to  the  urgent  call  of  loved  ones  across 
the  great  deep?  Tlie  tinio  was  when  they  were 
pleading  for  the  bread  and  water  of  life.  The 
church  nobly  came  to  their  relief.  Shall  they 
now  c.dl  in  vain  for  bread  to  Rnstain  their  mor- 
tal bodies,  wlien  there  is  enougli  and  to  spare  in 
this  hmd  of  plenty?  Uead  Matt.  2r):  31-lG."  In- 
aimncli  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the 
least  i>t  these  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  un- 
to me."  Ji'Sii-1  has  suffering  ones  in  Denmark, 
will  you  come  to  their  relief?  If  you  do  not, 
the  day  of  judgment  will  reveal  it.  Let  every 
brother,  having  charge  of  a  congregation,  pre- 
sent this  matter,  and  a  cheerful  response  will  be 
the  result. 

I  would  suggest  that  the  PrimStirf  Chrhtlati 
publish  Bro.  Hansen's  letter.  Let  all  mites  be 
sent  to  tlie  Brkthke.v  at  W{niK  oftice,  and  let 
them  fonvard  it,  accompanied  wltli  the  etTeetu- 
al.  fervent  prayer  of  every  di-voul  heart.  May 
the  richest  and  constant  blessings  of  our  kind 
Fatlier  abide  upon  the  Utile  band  of  brethren 
and  sisters  in  Denmark. 

Youi-s  in  hope  of  a  glorious  union, 

S.  A.  HoSDERGER. 


HeaUli,  in  general  i*  good  here  at  prcient.  — 
The  Central  and  Wi-^t^m  portionii  of  the  State 
are  considered  the  healthiest.  The  Northern 
portion  of  Texas  is  more  iulapt<-d  to  the  raising 
of  small  grain.  The  [M-ach  trees  are  fall  of 
peaches.  lM>ing  about  half  grown  at  this  dat*. — 
Corn  is  growing  fine,  mid  from  three  to  eight 
inches  high.  I  think  Texas  more  adapted  to 
stock  raising  than  to  fifrining. 

I  have  not  met  with  any  brethren  since  I 
haii-e  been  in  Texas.  \  think  this  would  he  ft 
vei7  good  place  to  come  and  preach  the  Wonl 
OS  taught  by  ('hrist  and  the  Apostles.  I  have 
been  to  meeting  in  different  churches  but  only 
heard  about  (wo  sermon?  preiiched,  nil  the  rest 
being  rend,  I  love  to  listen  to  a  sermon  that 
comes  from  the  heart  as  well  as  the  head. 
Yours  Fraternally, 

f<ENiiY  Probst. 


From    Oregon. 


Our    Texas    Letter. 


IJrar  BnihrKU:- 


BY  req. 
Ced. 


■equest  of  some  of  the    Brethren    in  the 
•dar  Creek  district,  Indiana,  I  shall  try 
to  give  yon  a  short  article  in  regard  to  Texas. 

I  arrived  at  Austin  the  26th  of  hist  Novem- 
bor.  Since  then  have  travelled  over  portions  of 
Travis,  Williams,  Hayes,  Blanco,  Gelishe  and 
Kerr  counties.  The  Eastern  part  of  Travis  Co., 
is  rolling  prairie,  the  soil,  excepting  along  the 
Colorado  River,  is  black,  waxy  iind  will  not 
scour  from  the  plow.  The  Western  portion  of 
Travis  Co.,  is  mountainous.  The  Western  part 
of  Williamson  Co.,  is  timbered,  hilly  and  stony, 
the  E;ustem  part  is  beautiful,  rolling  prairie.  — 
Hays  and  Blanco  counties  are  for  the  greatest 
part  mountainous. 

Qelisbe  Co.,  is  a  timbered  country  mth  sandy 
soil,  and  is  settled  mostly  by  Germans,  I  saw 
lictter  wheat  here  than  in  any  other  part  of  the 
Stiiti-.  K«-rr  Co.,  is  thinly  settled,  but  all  the 
hind  that  is  worth  iinything.  is  taken  up,  most- 
ly by  Northern  people. 

When  traveling  in  Kerr  Co.,  one  morning 
about  io'clock  we  were  awakened  by  drops  of 
rain  falling  on  our  faces,  so,  rising  from  our 
resting  place,  we  soon  had  our  wagon  cover 
stretched  over  some  poles  and  had  a  fire  started 
to  prepare  the  moniing  meal.  Daylight  ap- 
|)eariug.  we  soon  had  our  teams  to  the  wagons 
and  started  on  our  journey.  Tt  continued  rain- 
ing the  most  of  the  day,  and  the  roads  were 
very  bad.  After  traveling  eleven  miles,  and  it 
being  nearly  night,  we  felt  anxious  to  find  a 
hou.se  to  stay  in  during  the  night.  Seeing  a 
house  at  hist,  we  drove  up  and  learned  that  we 
could  stay.  Affor  tending  to  onr  teams,  we 
w.-re  3oon  in  the  house  by  a  good  fire.  The 
house  was  built  of  cedar  poles,  a  hole  being  cut 
in  the  side  Inr  a  window.  The  space  between 
(he  poles  was  fitun  one  to  three  inches.  The 
houso  described  is  ii  fair  sainide  of  the  mo-st  in 
that  section.  Spent  the  niglit  very  coniforta-' 
bly  ami  were  very  kindly  treated;  by  this  the 
reader  can  get  an  idea  how  n.  great  many  peo- 
ple live  in  this  coulitry. 

1  staid  three  weeks  in  Kerr  Co.,  then  return- 
ed to  Au.stin.  Found  the  tr*es,  and  bushes  all 
areen:  the  hilU  and  valleya  covered  with 
flowers.  That  wa-  about  iJn-  nii'ldle  of  M,uoli. 
As  to  climate.  I  think  Ti-xas.  is  eipial  to  m<X't 
anyplaceiu  the  United  States,  although  thei-e 
is  a  great  ^tVca-uct*  in  diflerunt  parts  of  the 
Stale. 


1  WOULD  say  to  your  many  roa-lers  that  thi 
members  of  the  Willamette  Valley  church 
are  generally  iu  uslial  health,  enjoying  the 
bounties  of  the  eart'i.  and  I  think  I  am  safe  in 
saying  that  there  i^  u  good  feeling  existing 
among  tho  members  genendly,  having  a  desire 
for  the  advancement  of  our  dear  Kedeemcr's 
kingdom  and  for  the  conversion  of  the  uncon- 
verted. 

We  still  have  our  regular,  and  soiim  special 
meetings.     People  seem  to  be  taking  more  in- 
terest in  our  meetings.  couse(inently   our  con- 
gregations are  becoming  larger.    The  attention 
and  order  at  our  ineetiugs  are  generally  good. 
Liust  Saturday  Jiud  Snudiiy,  tho  21ird  and  24th 
of  this  month,   we  hail   three  meetings  near 
Hamilton    (!n'idc,    Linn   (!o.,    about  S5  miles 
I  South-east  of  Salem  aud  some  20  miles  nearly 
I  Kast  of  Albany,  in  the  neighborhood  where  the 
Brethren  fii-at  settled  in  Oregon,  about  the  year 
18,50.    Since  that  time  some  have  pa-ssed  away, 
other*  moved  away  and  a  few   witlulrawn  from 
the  church.    The   Brethren  had  no  meetings 
there  for  a  number  of  years.      By  request  we 
made  a  visit  to  the  above  named   neighborhood 
and  held  three   meetings.      People  turned  out 
well,  and  the  attention  was  very  good  indeed 
Bro.  A,  H.  Baltimore  of  Albany  met   with  me 
there  and  assisted  me  in  the  work.     We  hope 
and  pray  that  this  dear  brother  will  baconie  use- 
ful iu  the  cause.    There  were  no  additions  by 
baptism  while  we  were  there,   but  there  were 
two  reclaimed;  and  we  hope  and  pray  that  they 
may  prove  faithful  until  death. 

W^e  have  reason  to  think  tho  Lord  operated 
upon  some  others  while  we  were  there.  Quite 
a  number  said  to  us  after  the  close  of  our  nieot^ 
ings;  Come  back  and  give  us  some  more  meet- 
ings. There  seemn  to  he  a  shaking  of  dry 
bones  out  here  in  the  far  West,  though  but  in 
a  small  degree.  Believing  that  if  we,  the  mem- 
bei"8  of  this  arm  of  the  church  would  revive 
more  and  more,  crucify  the  flesh  a  little  more, 
that  there  would  be  more  of  a  shaking  of  dry 
bones,  yes,  souls  saved  and  God's  name  honor- 
ed, may  God  grant  a  revival  to  na,  hero  in  the 
far  West. 

We  hope  our  dear  Brethren  in  the  .Atlantic 
States  will  |)ray  earnestly  for  us.  We  need 
ministerial  help:  cannot  some  of  our  ministei-s 
move  out  here  and  help  us?  Would  be  very 
glad  if  Hro.  S.  H.  Bashor  and  othere,  would 
make  us  a  visit.     Love  to  all. 

Yours  Fratenmlly, 

Davui  Browkr. 


the  same  time  ojid  \i\iux  and  \\\i\i  the  same 
pc'ople  AS  WHO  that  of  the  I^rd'a  Supij.-r  uid 
idso  the  Communion,  should  Ix-  Huffitient  evi- 
dence that  they  are  insep-irably  joined  t^igether, 
and  the  continued  obftervniicc  of  the  one  (!&• 
manded  the  perpetuation  of  the  otlier.  And 
unless  his  friemicould  Hhow  from  the  Word  of 
Qod,  that  foet-wiuihing  as  a  Ciiriotian  onlinuoce 
had  been  mode  null  and  vuid,  itrumuiiied  <-'|ual- 
ly  biudinu  with  that  of  tlie  Lord'H  SupjxT  and 
Cummuniim. 

He  further  showed  from  Christ'n  language  to 
Pel«r  in  John  13-17,  that  it»i  object  was  nol,  to 
cleanse  their  feet  from  contracted  filthin«M,  u 
was  supposed  by  bis  friend  Shulf,  but  that  its 
observance  did  then  and  dueii  now  impart  spirit 
Hftl  blessings  necessary  for  the  enjoyment  of 
that  happiness  which  Qod  designed  his  disciplM 
should  enjoy,  wliile  tabernacling  in  the  tiedh 
and  absolut^-ly  requi9it<!  to  entitle  tliirm  to  ft 
part  with  Christ  to  the  enjoyment  ol  undl«aB 
felicity  in  the  life  to  come. 

He  showed  conclusively  from  John  13: 10 
and  I  Tim.  5:  10,  that  it  was  not  un  ancient 
custom  lis  liis  friend  supposed,  and  that  Chriat 
was  only  the  Author  of  it  in  part,  (which,  Bro. 
Forney  said,  reminded  him  of  a  new  patch  sew- 
ed upon  an  old  garment,  having  a  tail  sticking 
bai-k  to  Kxodus  :iS:l!i).  Hut  ii«  lui  on.linane«  it 
was  strictly  confined  to  the  saintx  iw  is  seen 
from  Christ's  language  to  Peter  (.lohn  13:  10), 
"He  that  is  washed  (.ba|>tized),  needeth  not 
save  to  waJ-h  iiis  feet,  but  is  clean  every  whit." 

From  this  hmgusige  it  wa«  shown  that  a  pre- 
vious preparation  of  heart  waw  necessary  to  its 
proper  observance.  He  showed  that  it  was  in- 
stiiuted  by  Christ  himself  in  the  public  a»em> 
bly  of  the  .saints,  and  we  ha«l  no  authority  given 
either  by  precept  or  example  for  observing  it 
auywhen^  else  than  in  the  house  of  God. 

The  second  proposition  read  as  follows:  "The 
bread  aud  wine  constitute  the  Lord's  Supper." 
Mr.  Shuff  affirmed,  Bro.  Forney  denied. 
John  6:  31-.J8  aud  1  Cor.  10:  21,  were  refetw 
red  to  as  proof  texts  in  support  of  the   propo- 
sition.    Although  Mr.  Shuff  made  an  able  de- 
fense, yet  he  eould  hut  fail,  when  such  text*  u 
Matt. '26:  2fi,  27;  Luke  22:  It»,  20;  Mark   U: 
23,  24,  were  arrayed  against  him.      On    1    Cor. 
11:  21,  an  argument  wils  founded  on  tin;  suppo- 
sition that, Paul  condemned  the  Corinthians  for 
eating  a  full  meal  in  the  church.     But  Bro. 
Forney  showed  clearly  from  Paul'*  own  lazt- 
guiige  that  he  did  not  censure  them   for  eating 
a  meal  but  because  they  did  not  tarry  one  for 
another.     It  was  claimed   that  the  meal  which 
Christ  ate  with  his  disciples  the  night  in  which 
he  was  betrayed,  was  the   Passover.     But  this 
was  proven  not  to  be  true  from   Christ's  own 
language,  Luke  22:  16,  "  For  I  say  unto  you,  I 
will  no  more  eat  thereof  until  it  lie  fulfilled  in 
the  kingdom  of   God."     Bro.  Forney  showed 
that  while  the  legal  Passover  spimned   the  en- 
tire period  of  time  from  its  institution  in  Egypt 
to  the  crucifixion  of  Christ,  so  this  Passover  or 
Lord's  Supper  spanned  the  entire  time  of  the 
Christian  dispensation.     While    the   legal,  or 
Lord's  Passover  directed   the  mind  forward  to 
Calvary's  rugged  brow,  the  Lonl's  Supper  ca> 
ries  the  mind  forward  to   the  evening  of  this 
world,  when  we  shall  sit  do\vn  with    .\braham, 
Isaac  and  Jacob  at  the  marriage  sujiper  of  the 
Lamb,  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

P.  E.  Whither. 
(To  he  coiithiiicil  Mcxf  ireek.) 


Report    of   a    Discussion. 

Jkiir  Jiirfln-ai:— 
riHE  discussion  atS(]u:iwCreek  Valleyi 


chool- 


rpHE 

L    ho 

City,  Nebraska,  and  Mr.  Shiifi'  of  the  Christian 
church,  which  has  been  peiidi-ig  for  some  time, 
is  now  one  among  the  things  of  the  p:Lst. 

The  discussion  began  on  Mondui'  evening, 
April  Ist  at  7  P.  M..  and  closed  on  Suinhiy 
evening,  April  tth,  having  been  held  only  iu 
the  evening,  but  frequently  continuing  until 
11  o'clock,  P.  JI.  Friend  Miller  acted  as 
chief  Modeljitor, 

The  propositions  discussed  on  Monday  night 
were  as  foil. 

"  I'eel-wiishing  is  an  ordinance  in  ttie  house 
of  God  and  should  be  observed  in  the  public  as- 
sembly of  the  saint.s. 

Bro.  Forney  ntlirnnd,  Shutf  denied.  ' 

Bro.  Fornfy  showed,  that,  us  a  church  rnlin- 
sntce  it  hnd  ('hrist  as  its  Author;  that  it  had  a 
apirit'ial  design  from  the  fact  that  it  \TOs  insep- 
arably connected  with  spiritual  things;  proved 
cteariy  that  it  was  an  oidinanee  in  the  house  of 
God,  siuiilur  to  other  ordinwiccs  i|ist|^uled  l\v 


i  GOOD  and  well  selected  library  is  useflll 
i\  and  a  benefit  to  every  pennon  and  family 
seeking  after  intelligence.  But  ils  it  requires 
means  to  obtain  one,  there  is  seldom  one  of 
scarcely  any  size  found.  Every  one  who  haa 
given  reading  a  fair  trial,  knows  it  to  be  the 
best  way  for  a  person  to  pass  away  his  spara 
moments. 

"  Well,"  says  one,  "  if  I  want  to  read,  I  must 
have  .'(oiuething  to  read.  1  cannot  aflbrd  to 
pay  from  one  to  two  and  tlmv  dotUi-s  for  books. 
What  shall  I  readi'  I'olitical  pui'Crs,  dime 
novels,  love,  stories,  etc.?  " 

No.  time  is  too  precious  to  spend  in  filling  up 
our  minds  with  such  ti-ash.  If  you  wish  to 
read,  r«>ul  such  as,  "  Tho  Doctrine  ot"  tjje  Breth- 
ren Defended,"  "  IV^sover  and  Lonl's  Supper^" 
"Reasoa  and  Kt:vilalion."  the  1I;:i;hi;kn-  \t 
Work,  and  the  diiVeruiit  tr;u;ts  publis'.utt  by  the 
Brethren,  and  III!  ttorks  that  throw  light  on 
God's  truth. 

The  qu^iou  now  nrise^  haw  can  all  of  these 
or  so  many  books  he  obtained  without  pr(.-ssure 
ou  the  u^cosiarics  uf  life,  u£  those  that  uevd  »U 
that  the  times  ati'onl? 

Why  wuuld  it  not  be  easy  for  each  t:hurch 
to  have  ox  gel  a  library  V  Of  cours«  it  \rauld 
have  to  be  kept  right  iu  the  meetiug-house,«Dd 


■  ble.'wed  Savior;  that  as  it  was  instituted  at  i  every  mtjiubor  ought  to  give,  on  au  aveng*! 


8 


TMK    BKETHREN    -A.T    AVOKKl. 


-^Pril   ag 


from  Ipii  Uj  twuny-fivc  c©dU  h  yr»r  fir  the  sup- 
porl  of  it,  Thtf  monov  thus  nrisiog  Uf  1»  uwvi  for 
buying:  li(H)k«. 

TtitKC  l)o<>kf  could  be  takca  by  Buy  p«noti  wtih- 
ing  t'>  read  then),  by  complying  wilh  the  rul«  ne- 
oavary  In  kcpp  it  nit  itrttight  nnd  in  order. 

Tliin  tffoiiW  pccure  privilcfiw  to  mnny  of  nur 
minidUring  brethren  (mpedally  the  p(j«i«r  "nw 
who  cannot  offiinl  Ui  »pond  so  much  for  books)  in 
preparing  thcniMlvoi  bettor  ognin»tourupponeiitji. 
holding  viewi  ccnlrnry  to  oun.  Some  may  nay 
the  Ui1>I«  ia  aufficreut ;  but  we  can  be  vure,  it  will 
not  hurl  Uicm  in  itudying  Ciod"»  word,  by  having 
Bcca*  to  other  men's  views  baidn  tlieir  own  on 
(^rlnin  HubJ6ct«. 

And  next,  it  would  give  every  member,  rich  or 
pour,  young  or  old,  a  chance  to  road  on  different 
HuhjiMjtJi,  that  they  would  in  no  other  way  obtaiu. 
And  la«tly,  it  would  be  one  of  the  beat  plans  to 
diKtribiitf  the  many  tract*  published  by  the  breth- 
ren. MemberB  could  get  them,  give  them  to 
their  aeighbon,  and  when  read  through,  th«y 
could  be  returned  U)  the  library  again. 

O.  W'kstrick. 


on  the  tubject,  "  How  Does  (he  Blood  of  Chiist 
cleaoi'c  us  from  all  sin?"  to  ecalter  among  them, 
it  might  do  much  good.  Brethren,  write  on  the 
subject  soon. 

John  Y.  Ssavelev. 


KiiMAiiKM. — Tlie  plan  nuggiatt'd  by  our  brother 

JN  a  goini  one,  and  if  reduced  to  n   proper   Bystcm 

au<l  ])ut  to  prnctieo,   would,   no  <Iouhi,    result   in 

much  goiMl.     If  each  congregation  would  purchase 

ft  good  cdIIocIjoii  of  rvliablo  books,  keep  tlicm  at 

lomo  convenient  iHtiiit  nnd  lend,  for  a  alatetl  lime, 

to  Much  aji  would  want  to  read  them,  the  nicmben- 

couM  be  afforded    an    opporluniLj-  of  bci/ig 

postwi,  and  (lint,  too,  with'iUl  the  ondny  of  much 

iiKinry.     It   would   auiw   all    the   members  and 

th(  ir  childrf.'ii  to  read  more,  and  do  much  townrdit 

impniving  the  literary  attiiiumcnt«  of  our  people. 

There  nrc  bundjxdB  of  good   books,  which  if 

nehicled  will)  care  would  bo  a  credit   to   nuy  con- 

grr^'ation,  and  the   reading  of  tliem    bo   attended 

with  the  bwt  PHult.''.     We  all  will   rend,   in  fact 

wc  ought  to  ruad,  it  doe»  mi  good,  both  niontally 

and  phyvicnlly,  will  improve  the  mind,  and  if  the 

right  kind  of  rending,  will  improve  us  iipiritunlly, 

— niako  better  men  iind  women.     It  will  giv 

*  loiuctliing  UMsful  to   talk   about,   nnd    that   is  no 

aninll    conitidcrntion,      Miuiittcrx,   whose  limil^■d 

circumiitanccs  will  not  allow   thorn   (o  purchase 

booku,  will  be  much  h«neli(ert  by   having  auch  a 

library  coiivcnieut.      .\l  no  ccwt  to  thcrusolvcs 

tlicy  Clin  have  the   privilege  of  coiii«ultiiig   works 

tfant  othenviio  tlioy  oould  have  noftcceesto.  Mcm- 

bi'i>'  children  would  bo  much  bcnolited  by  such 

an  nrraugemcnt,  for  they  must  have  tumicthiug  (o 

pcnd,  nnd  why  not  furniiih  them  with  good,  wliole- 

wmc  rending  matlor. 

There  nrc  young  brethren  uud  siaters  too,  who 
Bpend  all  their  leisure  time  reading  borrowed 
book*,  nnd  if  they  cannot  burrow  a  good  book, 
llicy  will  borrow  a  bad  one.  Outsiders,  living  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  library,  might  derive  much 
good  from  t>uch  a  library,  fur  by  reading  work: 
treating  the  faith  and  practice  of  the  IJretliren 
they  would  in  many  insUinccfi  become  convinced 
of  the  truthfulness  of  our  position. 

Hope  our  readers  will  give  this  matter  some 
thought.  The  suggestion  made  by  the  brother  is 
cerlainly  n  good  oue,  and  may  be  made  practical 
]y  useful.  J,  It.  M. 


From    Marshall    Co.,    111. 

'\\Ti''  will  by  your  permission  give  a  little  hb- 
f  I  Uiry  of  the  branch  of  the  church  located  at 
this  place. 

We  belong  to  the  Northern  District  of  Illinoig. 
Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  came  to  labor  for  us  two 
year)!  ago.  We  had  only  three  members  then, 
but  eome  additions  since,  and  on  April  fourth  had 
seventeen  members.  Bro.  Hillery  commenced  a 
seri^  of  meetings  on  that  day,  and  preached  with 
BUch  power  that  tliree  precious  aouis  came  out  on 
the  Lord's  side  on  Sunday  the  7th,  and  were  bap- 
ti7.ed,  all  of  the  brethren  and  sisters  and  a  large 
congregation  being  present 

Bro.  Hillery  then  went  to  Woodfoid  Co.,  but 
returned  the  llth,  when  three  more  precious  souls 
were  added  to  the  church  the  same  day  by  bap- 
tiBm,  There  were,  we  Ihink",  others  that  are  al- 
most persuaded.  There  should  be  more  preach- 
ing here  and  our  house  is  opi'n  at  all  times  for 
this  purpose.  Wc  hope  the  Lord  will  reward  the 
brother  for  his  Inboi'S.  and  may  the  blessings  of 
God  rest  upon  those,  who  have  started  out  in  the 
service  of  their  Ma.stcr.  Brethren  of  Northern 
Illinois,  do  not  forget  us  in  your  District  Meeting. 
With  Much  Love, 

J.  .M.  FlKE. 


here  are  in  love  and  union  to  far  as  we  know-  I 
would  say  to  the  brethren  who  are  going  \^  c-st. 
come  and  sec  our  country  before  locating  else- 
where. We  have  a  beautiful  town  site  here,  and 
land  surrounding  it,  which  can  be  bought  cheap. 
The  weather  is  fine  and  health  is  good. 

Davmiyorl,  Sfb. 

From  John  Metzgpr. — I  came  toOgden,IlI., 
yesterday  evening.  Expect  to  stay  with  the  few 
brethren  here  this  week  ;  they  have  appointed 
meeting  in  Ogden  for  this  evening  in  the  Meth- 
odist church.  [  learn  a  Universaliit  minister  is 
coming  to  Ogden  to-day,  to  have  meeting  this 
evening  and  continue  awhile  here  at  this  place. 

A},rU  IC. 


i>iEr). 


GLEANINGS. 


A  Half-Day  at  a   Baptist  Conference. 

\l"rEI\  finging  nnd  prayer,  the  lirst  thing  was, 
What  does  the  word  "resurrecleil"  mean? 
This  was  answered  by  two  oidy;  that  it  means  to 
stiind  u]),  only  once,  not  again. 

The  next  was.  How  docs  the  blood  of  Christ 
clejuise  us  from  alt  siu  ?  "  Well,"  said  one,  "  by 
faith  in  Christ ;  if  we  believe  that  Christ  died 
and  shed  His  blood  for  us,  and  are  baptized  be- 
cause our  sins  are  remitted,  this  brings  us  down 
very  low,  as  low  as  wc  can  get,  and  have  our 
hearts  sprinkled  from  an  evil  conscience." 

Another  said  :  "  1  cauuot  see  it  in  that  light, 
how  can  we  have  our  hearta  sprinkled  with  the 
blood  of  Christ!"' 

"  Why,"  said  another,  "what  do  we  believe  in 
Christ  forr  Because  He  shed  His  blood  ibr  us; 
this  pay*  the  debt  for  us.  It  is  just  like  a  man 
paying  a  debt  at  the  bank  fur  another  man,  that 
man  is  now  free  from  that  debt  if  be  believes  the 
man  that  paid  llie  debt  for  him." 

Then  another  said;  "I  cauuot  see  how  that 
would  cleanse  us  frnm  all  sin," 

Another  read  u  ])art  of  1  Joliu  1  :  7,  "And  the 
blood  of  Jesus  Chria.  his  8on,  cleanses  ua  from 
all  sin."  "  Now,"  said  he,  "  in  this  lies  the  aIijIc 
matter.  Now,  if  we  believe  this,  we  need  have  no 
more  fears  of  condemnation  ;  we  are  as  free  from 
em  a«  Christ  was  free," 

S>)  they  Itft  it,  as  they  could  not  agree.  Kuch 
things  we  hear,  silting  under  the  sound  of  the 
voice  of  these  mistaken,  learned  men.  Xow, 
brethren,  I  thought  if  we  had  some  tract*  treating  I 


From  J.  S.  Florj". — We  have  nothing  special 
to  write  in  regard  to  church  matters,  only  all 
seems  to  be  moving  on  iu  perfect  union.  Have 
regular  appointments  and  good  attendance.  Had 
two  appointments  at  our  school-house  last  Sun- 
day. 

We  have  an   unusual  early  Spring.      Large 
crops  are  being  put  iu.    Health  seekei-s  are  begin- 
ning to  come  in,  iu  order  to  receive  Uie  benefit  of 
our  healthy  and  invigorating  climate. 
April  10. 

Fl'om  W.  C.  Milroj'.— Please  send  me  a  copy 
of  "Campbellisra  Weighed  in  the  Balance  and 
Found  Wanting."  I  heard  one  of  these  preachers 
preaching,  having  on  a  bier,  silver  watch  chain,  a 
gold  bi-caet-piu  and  a  fine  suit  af  broadcloth.  I 
could  not  helj.  but  think,  that  if  the  blind  lead 
the  blind,  they  wilt  both  fall  into  the  ditch.  He 
says,  they  take  the  Word  of  God  for  the  man  of 
their  counsel.  He  preached  from  Matt.  25,  dwell- 
ing considerably  on  the  word  "  oughtest,"  in  verse 
27.  If  it  had  been  in  the  13th  chapter  of  John, 
he  would  have  talked  differently. 

C'arUlon,  Neb.,  April  14. 

From  L.  Hyre.— The  health  is  good  among 
the  members  at  this  time.  The  cause  of  ihe 
Master  is  progressing  slowly;  had  twelve  addi- 
liiina  this  Winter.  Pray  for  us  that  we  may  hold 
out  faitliful  and  that  the  evil  oue  may  never  gain 
the  victory  over  ua. 

Merriam,  Ind. 


Ob.tuaries  slioul'l  be  brief,  ivrilfea  on  but  one  side  of  the 
paper,  and  »l^f»l^uTF  from  ull  oilier  busiaesti. 


HENDRICKS.— In  the  Nettle  Creek  churclu 
Indiana,  our  esteemed  brother,  Robert  A.  Hen- 
dricks. Departed  this  life  April  9th,  1S78,  ag- 
ed 48  years,  4  monllis  and  5  days.  He  had 
been  afflicted  with  that  dread  disease,  consump- 
tion and  not  been  able  to  perform  any  labor  for 
about  seven  years.  A.  Bowm.vn. 

YARGER.— In  the  Waddani's  Grove  congrega- 
tion, Stephenson  Co.,  III.,  April  2nd,  1S7S, 
William  Yarger,  aged  72  years,  G  months  and 
10  days.     Funeral  text :  Rev.  14:  13. 

I).  B.  Buy. 
SNELL. — In  .h.'  Cook's  Creek  district,  Va.,  sister 
Susannah  Snell,  on  April  3id,  1878.  aged   64 
years,  6  mouths  nnd  4  days. 

S.  F.  Sanger. 

MERTZ.— Near  Burnettsville,  Ind.,  April    4, 
1878,  sister  Kmah    Mertz.  wife  of    Peter  H. 
Mertz,  aged  3(>  years,  'J  months  and  7  days. 
J.  G.  ROYEB. 
BOWMAN. — In  Maggodee  congregation,  Frank- 
liu  Co.,  Va.,  April  7th,  187.S,  sister  Cathiiriue 
£owman,  aged  SI  years,  6  months  and  27  days. 
W.  A.  Peters. 


^NisroTjJsroEMEjsrTS. 


?  of   Love-fei 
be  briuf,  nnd  wiitl. 
from    ollii 


Districl    Meulings,   etc. 
fliipur  fcwpiiratt 


Kosciusco  Co., 

va,    Wednes- 

Ind.,  June  4, 


From  Amos  (' h am IjerUii.— There  was  bap- 
tism in  this  arm  of  the  church  on  the  first  Sunday 
in  .March.  Five  precious  souls  Cflvenauted  with 
God  in  baptism.  May  He  help  them  to  be  faith- 
ful !  The  waters  are  still  troubled  ;  for  on  last 
Sunday  one  more  was  baptized,  and  we  believe 
that  othi  rs  are  near  the  kingdom.  May  the  Lord 
help  them  to  come. 

We  are  having  meeting  and  Bible  class  every 
Sunday  when  the  weather  permits;  also  prayer- 
nieeliiig  every  Wednesday  evening.  Hope  t^i  be 
able  to  scud  more  good  news  soon.     Pray  for  us. 

CVoton,  New  Jcrney. 

From  S.  Murray.— I  have  been  in  what  I 
call  my  home  church,  the  Salamony  district,  one 
week.  Preached  every  evening,  also  on  lord's 
day  preached  at  three  different  places.  Yester- 
day preached  a  funeral  iijr  an  infant  child  of  Bro. 
Jacob  and  sisler  Lida  Hitches.  By  request  of 
sister  Hoover  we  had  a  little  meeting  at  the  house 
of  Bro.  Eli  Hoover  in  the  evening.  The  sister 
has  been  poorly  all  M'inter ;  O  may  the  good 
Ltird  comfort  her  iu  her  afflictions,  is  our  prayer  ! 
T<i-morrow  evening  we  expect  to  commence  a 
series  of  meetings  in  the  Huntington  district, 
and  think  of  continuing  ihem  some  ten  days. 

Huntington,  Ind. 

From  D.  Hitteilhoiise.— Since  our  meeting 
at  Primrose.  Bro.  Nicholson  from  Knox  Co.,  O., 
been  with  us,  and  ]ireached  a  few  sermons  at 
different  places,  and  four  have  been  added  to  the 
church  aud  others  are  counting  the  cost. 

I'ioiucr,  Ohio. 

From    II.    F.   Stump.  —  I    have    no   special 
church  news  to  write,  but  the  brethren  and  sisters 


i  Co.,  Ohio,  May  I5th, 


LOVE-FEASTS. 

At  Beaver  Dam   congregation 
Ind.,  June  6tb,  1S78. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  I 
day,  June  5th,  1878,  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,    Marshall   Co, 
1878,  commencing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M 

Four  miles  South  of  Ijewistown,  Wiuona  Co., 
Minn.,  fust  Saturday  aud  Suuday  of  June  next. 

Nodaway  Co.,  Mo.,  four  miles  East  of  Graham, 
May  10. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  Norlh  of 
Villisca,  May  IS. 

Panther  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co.  Iowa,  May 
16th  and  17th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock. 

Matjuoketa  church,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nation,  commencing  May  25th  at  1  o'clock. 

Two  miles  North  of  Hudson,  McLean  Co.,  Ill 
May  llth,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

Stone  church.  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  1.^,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M, 

Cedar  Lake  congregation,  in  Northern  Indiana, 
two  miles  South-east  of  Curunna,  Dekalb  Co. 
Thursday,  June  6th,  1878,  ot  '2  o'clock. 

Middle  district,  M' 
2  P.  M. 

Silver  Creek  congregation,  Ogle  Co.,  III.,  nc 
Thursday  and  Friday,  May  16th  and  17th,  com^ 
mencing  at  10  o'clock. 

State  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  miles  and  a 
half  South-east  of  Slate  Center,  May  29th  and 
30th,  commencing  at  1  P.  M. 

Pleasant  Valley,  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind,  Mav  16th 
at  4  P.  M.  ' 

Cherry  Grove,  CoitoU  Co.,  HI.,  May  15lh,com- 
mencing-at  10  A.  M. 

We,  the  brethren  of  the  Clear  River  district,  in- 
tend holding  a  Luve-fea-H  on  the  I8th  of  June.— 
Place  of  meeting  near  Merriam,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 
L.  Hyre. 
We,  the  brethren  of  the  (_«rro  Gordo  church, 
Macon  Co,,  III.,  will  hold  a  Communion  meeting, 
June  5th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock  1*.  .M.  .Ml 
coming  by  railroad  from  the  East  or  West,  will 
top  at  Cerro  Gordo  the  day  before. 

John  MErxiiEit. 
Jos.  Henkkicks. 
The  brethren  and  sia*ei-3  of  the  Lost  Creek 
church,  propose,  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  a  Love- 
feast  ou  Sunday  and  M..nday,  the  12th  and  13th 
of  May  at  the  Cod  Will  mecting.house,  eight 
miles  East  of  Miftiin  station.  A  heartv  invita- 
tion extended  to  all.  All  coming  by  railroad  to 
Mifflin,  will  be  met  with   conveyance  to  place  of 


meeting  by  dropping  a  card  lo  the  unilcrti,;,,   i 
MilHin,  i3ox  Hi,  Juniata  Co,,  Pa.  " 

JOHS   Zoos. 
The  Brethren  of  the  Smith  Fork  church,  Cl* 
ton  Co.,  Mo.,  will  hold  a   Love-feast,  the  liith  "" 
Juno  next,  commencing  at  2  o'clock,  p.  M    j>i 
of  meeting  one  mile  and  a  half  North   of  p|-,, 
burg  in  our  meeting- house. 

By  order  of  the  church. 

»■  O.  Sell. 

DISTRICT   MEETINGS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  P«.'  ■ 
church.  May  9th.  ^'"» 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon    M 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M.  '  "^"^ 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahonini- 
church.  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  20th,  commpnl 
ing  at  9  o'clocit,  A.  M.  "^"°- 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indi^j, 
CVeek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

Eastern  District  of  West  Virginia,  April  Iflti, 
and  20  in  the  Faircoat  congregation. 

Northern  District  of  Kansas  and  Southern  Ne- 
braska, eight  miles  SouUt-east  of  Beatrice  Mao 
13th,  at  8  A.M.  '     ^ 

The  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Indiana  will 
be  held  in  English  Pr.iirie  cliurch,  the  Lord  wiH. 
ing  on  Thursday,  May  9th,  1878,  commencing  at 
9  o'clock,  A.  M.  All  the  Brethren  coming  bv 
railroad  from  the  East  and  from  the  West,  must 
cimie  via  Koudallville  and  stop  off"  at  Lima 
where  the  Brethren  will  meet  them,  as  there  is  no 
connection  at  Stnrgis,  The  Brethren  cominn  (a 
that  place,  will  have  to  stay  over  night. 

By  Order  of  the  Church, 

D.  Kaub. 

The  District  Meeting  of  North-western  Ohio 
will  be  held  with  the  Brethren  at  the  Sugar  RiJire 
church,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  on  June  1st.  Thoae 
coming  from  llie  East  on  the  B.  A  O.  R,  R,^  ^ill 
bo  met  at  Haytavillo  by  notifying  the  undei^iim- 
ed.  Those  coming  from  other  points  will  stop  off 
at  Leipsic  on  the  D.  &  M.  R.  R.,  where  they  will 
be  met  with  conveyances.  We  suggest  that  each 
delegate  consult  his  church,  as  to  how  many  copies 
of  Minutes  aro  desired.     Address  me  at  Gilhoa 

Ohiu.  I.  J.  RoSKS-nERGER. 


INTEEESTIITG    ITEMS. 


■The  late  controvei-sy  has  completely  turned 
the  heads  of  our  Baptist  brethren.  They  discov- 
ered during  the  discussion,  that  apostolieity  was  a 
very  necessary,  if  not  an  essential  mark  of  the 
true  church,  and  then  went  straightway  to  work 
to  get  up  an  apostolic  pedigree  for  theirsect.  The 
Baptist  Baitfe  Flag,  of  this  city  has  gone  so  far 
that  the  Wiitchman  of  Boston,  calls  upon  it  to 
stop  ita  "suicidal  nonsense." — Si.  Loiiin  Lailij 
Globe. 

Yes.  they  are  contending  for  church  successioii, 
when  in  fact  there  is  not  a  man  among  them,  who 
can  (ind  a  Baptist  church,  practicing  backward, 
single  immersion,  beyond  the  twelfth  century.  Let 
them  bridge  those  1,200  years  with  their  metliod 
of  baplizing,  if  they  can.  Their  succession  is 
about  1.200  years  too  short. 

—  The  grand  doxology,  "Praise  God  from 
whom  all  blessings  flow,"  was  composed  by  bishop 
Ken.  aud  is  240  years  old, 

—  The  annual  income  of  the  church  of  Eng- 
land is  330,000,000.  The  Church  has  16.000 
religious  edifices,  iucluding  thirty  cathedrals. 

—  The  Superintendent  of  a  factory  in  Canada, 
which  manufactures  paper  from  wood  says,  that 
the  process  is  now  so  much  improved  that  the  pa- 
per can  be  made  ready  for  use  iu  six  hours  from 
the  cutting  of  the  tree. 

—  A  new  Pompeii  has  been  (discovered  in  Italy. 
At  the  foot  of  Mount  Gargono,  a  buried  town  has 
been  laid  bare,  the  houses  beiug  twenty  feel  belnw 
the  surface.  A  temple  of  Diana  was  first  brought 
to  light,  then  a  portico,  composed  of  columns 
without  capitals,  and  finally  a  necropolis,  cover- 
ing nearly  lour  acres. 

—  Eagles  havH  be^  carefully  timed  and  founil 
to  fly  often  at  the  rate  of  140  miles  in  an  hour, 
and  the  Imwk  exceeds  even  this  speed. 

W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Day  passenger  train  going  eost  leaves  Lanark  a'  "■•'" 
P.  M,.  niitl  arrives  in  Racine  al  6:43  P.  M- 

Day  pasoenger  train  gning  wesl  lon»ea  Lnoark  al  2:  1*  "■ 
M.,  and  urrive^j  al  Hock  lalnnd  al  5;60  P.  M. 

NigLt  pasaenger  Irains.  going  eoal  anJ  west,  meet  and 
leave  LuDiirk  al  2:18  A,  M  ,  arriving  in  Racine  at  v.w 
A.    M,,    aud  ^l    Hook  Island  alliiOO  A,  M, 

Freiglu  find  Accommodalion    Trains    will   run    «■«'  '' 
1L':10A     M,     10:   60  A,  M,  and  east  at  Ili:  If^-^- 
aud-l:  i:,  I'.  M. 
Tickeia  are  sold  for  above   iroins  oalj.    {'"'^'[f' 

imioB  make  cloae  connection  al  Wcslern  Union  June 

0.  A,  Smiib,  Ag""- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


!"•/«  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  unto  All  revjilt." —  Lvk}!.  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  May  2, 1878. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITED  ABD  PUBLISHED  WEESLY 
J.  H.  MOORE    &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS; 
^■n.mu.m, laiwoa,  mn. 

J.  W.  STEIK,       - XEWTOXIA,  MO 

„.  VAXISIAX, VIRIlEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  aESTZEn, WiVNESBOBO,  PA 

UATTIE  A,  LEAR, UKBASA,    ILL. 

GO,  FEEL  WHAT  I  HAVE  FELT. 

BY  EMILY  STEES. 

GO,  feel  what  I  have  felt, 
Go  hear  what  I  have  borne: 
Sink  'neath  a  blow,  a  (Ininkaril  dealt, 

And  the  cold,  proud  world's  scorn,' 
Thus  struggle  on  from  year  to  year,' 
Thy  sole  relief,  the  scalding  tear. 
Go  weep  as  I  have  wept. 

O'er  a  loved  husband's  fall; 
See  every  cherished  promise  swept. 

Youth's  sweetness  turned  to  gall; 
Hope's  fui(fd  flowers  strewed  all  the  way 
That  led  me  up  to  woman's  day. 

Go,  kneel  as  I  have  knelt, 

Imjiloro,  be.scecl  and  pray, 
Strive  the  besotted  heart  to  melt, 

The  downward  curse  to  stay; 
Be  cast  with  bitter  curse  aside — 
Thy  prayers  burlesqued,  thy  tears  defied. 

Go,  stand  where  I  have  stood. 
And  see  the  strong  man  bow. 

With  gnashing  teeth,  lips  bathed  in  blood 
And  cold  and  livid  brow. 

Go  catch  his  wanderiii'g  glance  and  see 

There  mirrored,  his  soul's  misery. 

Go,  hear  what  I  have  heard. 

The  sobs  of  sad  despair. 
As  memory's  feeling  fount  hath  stirred 

And  its  revealiugs  there. 
Have  told  him  what  he  might  have  been 
Had  he  the  drunkard's  fate  foreseen. 

Go,  heai"  and  see  and  feel  and  know 
All  that  my  soul  hath  felt  and  ioiown; 

Then  look  within  the  wine  cup's  glow. 
See  if  its  brightness  can  atone; 

Think  of  its  flavor  you  would  try, 

If  all  proclaimed— 'tis  drink  and  die. 

Tell  me  I  hate  the  bowl. 

Hate  is  a  feeble  word: 
1  hiath.  abhor,  my  very  soul, 

By  strong  disgust  is  stirred 
When'er  I  see,  or  hear,  or  tell 
Of  the  dm*k  beverage  of  hell ! 

LOCK  AND  KEY. 

BY  C.  H.  BAUillAUQH. 

'J"  dialer  Miirii   llucim;  nf  CImlhim    Vciilrr. 
Ohm:— 

Vv  '"^''  ''"  ^ebucliadneZ23ls,  and  need  some 
' '  Daniel  to  interpret  oui*  dreams  and  dis- 
solve our  doubts.  God  has  made  no  lock  to 
which  He  has  littod  no  key.  Both  lock  and 
«Py  may  be  too  intricate  for  onr  comprehension 
i"  this  life:  hut  this  life  Is  not  intended  to 
'liring  the  bolt  of  all  the  dark  texts  of  Hcvela- 
tlou.  Eternity  will  present  more  mysteries 
tnan  time.  Even  the  simplest  thinus  reach  in- 
to the  depth  of  the  Infinite.  While  penning 
these  lines  I  am  chewing  a  fragment  of  orange 
wild.  I  perceive  it  to  be  an  orange  and  not  a 
PeHch  or  fig  or  banana.  There  is  lus  inexplica- 
ble a  mystery  in  the  distinction  of  imte  as  in 
the  hmirmttitm,  or  the  pfrsomd  iiliitiniiy  of  the 
ntilij  tijiirit.  I  am  not  only  incapable  of  giv- 
'"g  a  full  solution  of  the  queries  yun  propound, 
^"t  can  give  you  no  guiiranty  that  yon  will  not 
"Ye  some  of  them  on  hand  in  the  world  to 
^ome.  Eternity  is  an  ever-nnfolding  Apocalypse 
»'  llie  Unknowable. 


Yonr  flist  lesson  is  Mark  4:  U,  I'2.  What- 
ever exegesis  is  given,  we  must  never  throw 
the  shadow  of  a  shade  of  suspicion  on  the  Di- 
vine integrity,  as  though  He  arbitnirily  vouch- 
safes or  withholds  the  treasures  of  His  grace 
to  or  from  any  one,  Christ's  conrae  was  a  puz- 
zle even  to  His  disciples.  They  ,rimM,j  inter- 
rogated Him.  This  was  not  the  disposition  of 
the  multihide.  For  reasons  into  which  the  in- 
ner life  of  the  apostolic  elect  entered  as  factoin, 
It  was  "  nhen  unto  them  to  kimn-  the  .«y»(e,i/ 
of  the  kingdom  of  God."  The  same  condition, 
would  have  brought  the  same  revelation  to 
twelve  thousand  instead  of  the  individual  twelve. 
The  word  halm  verse  12  is  not  the  representa- 
tive of  a  Divuie  decree,  but  of  human  prejudice 
judicial  stupor  and  petrifaction.  The  words  are 
as  applicable  to-<lay  as  eighU'en  centuries  ^«. 
Tins  principle  of  the  .apprehension  and  obscur- 
ation of  the  mystery  of  the  Cross  is  forcibly 
presented  in  verse  13,  where  it  is  declared  that 
the  know  ledge  of  rtol  pmable  is  the  passport 
to  all  others. 

Yonr  next  query  is  Mark  16;  17,  IS.  The 
life  in  the  winged  butterfly  is  the  same  as  that 
which  throbbed  in  the  chrysalis.  That  the 
ibly  extraordinary  has  pa.ssed  away  is  no  proof 
that  the  saints  have  lost  any  of  the  essential 
power  of  holy  character.  The  ocular  demon- 
strations requisite  for  the  inauguration  of  Chris- 
tianity arc  not  needed  for  its  perpetuation.  No 
Divine  Dispensation  can  be  changed  without 
Divine  authority,  and  the  authority  must  be 
supported  by  Divine  credentials.  To  nialimir 
these  would  be  to  destroy  their  efl'ect  by  making 
them  mmnmi.  Familiarity  with  variations  from 
the  ordinary  coni-se  of  things  wouldloworlhcmir- 
Bculous  to  the  sphere  of  daily  natural  pbeuom- 
eua.  The  perpetuation  of  miracles  wouhl  ut- 
terly derange  the  order  of  providence,  and  in- 
validate all  biblical  evidence  that.Icsus  Christ  was 
theSon  of  God.  Had  miracles  continued,  their 
(vssiition  would  now  be  the  miracle. 

Your  third  interrogation  refew  to  the  case  ot 
those  wno  are  immersed  without  conversion, 
and  arc  led  to  repentance  (i/ler  their  admission 
to  chnrch-fellowship.  This  is  a  serious  ques- 
tion. It  comes  home  to  our  individual  condition 
and  destiny.  I  have  ha.1  many  similar  problems 
presented  for  solution,  but  have  never  met  one 
that  really  needed  rebaptism.  That  many  are 
iinmei-scd  in  profsnnd  ignorance  of  the  import 
of  the  ordiiiunce,doesrfiot  necessitate  its  repeti- 
tion when  they  awake  to  "  theexceeding  sinful- 
ness of  sin."  The  unfitness  for  baptism  lies  in 
our  unbroken  relation  to  sin,  and  not  in  our 
lack  of  apprehending  its  depths  and  power  and 
heinousness.  The  inbred  taint  of  sin  may  ap- 
pear to  us  more  horrible  and  damning  at  four 
score  under  the  fullhlazcoftheSun  of  Righteous- 
ness, than  did  actual  sin  in  our  first  awakening 
prior  to  baptism.  Hoarj'-headed  ministering 
brethren  have  asked  whether  they  ought  not 
be  rebaptized  because  their  Kriisf  of  sin  was  so 
much  more  overwhelming  at  Seventy  than  at 
Twenty.  When  the  motive  is  hose,  or  selfish, 
and  the  consciousness  of  impenitence  jji-edom- 
iiiant,  aud  the  love  of  sin  unsnbdued,  the  ne- 
cessity of  going  back  to  the  Divine  order  and 
character  of  induction  is  imperative. 

Next  comes  the  awful "  ra.vstery  of  iniquity." 
blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghost.  What  is 
iff'  Whethei|  it  has  but  one  form  of  commis- 
sion we  are  not  told.  But  one  thing  is  logical- 
ly certain;  whoever  commits  it  must  he  schooled 
in  a  coui-se  of  nnrighti-onsness  which  crushes 
out  all  capacity  for  the  retention  or  readniissioii 
of  the  Holy  Ghost.  To  "  sin  willfully,"  accord- 
ing to  Paul's  solemn  averment  in  Heb.  10:  26, 
has  a  deeper  meaning  than  lies  on  the  surface  of 
the  letter.  It  is  not  a  single  act,  nor  a  dozen 
acts,  however  vile  and  damnable,  but  a  peniist- 
ence  that  converts  the  will-power  into  unmiti- 
gated devilism.  To  sin  once  wilfully  is  to  put 
our  souls  in  fearful  jeopardy.  To  sin  twice  is 
to  rivet  the  bonds  of  hell,  and  shrivel  our  spirit- 
ual cajtacity.    To  keep  on  sinning,  in  whatever 


form,  approximates  more  aud  more  to  the  com- 
idcte  transformution  of  every  souUdemenl  into 
the  hopeless  disposition  of  Salan.  To  peach 
Ills  climax  is  to  enelicate  all  possible  conditions 
br  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  "With- 
ait  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  God."  and 
ertain  psychologic  conditions  are  as  essential 
to  faith  as  certain  conditimi  of  the  eye  to  sight. 
Next  you  put  the  query  whether  there  are 
persons  now  pos,ses8cd  with  devils  in  the  same 
'ay  as  in  the  time  ot  Christ.  I  do  not  think 
0.  Wc  need  not  cuter  upon'  proof  that  the 
demoniacs  of  that  period  were  j«ir.<ono«j  occu- 
fk-i  by  the  Spirits  of  the  |ut.  The  instance  of 
the  Gadarene  is  irrefragable  evidence  of  this 
fact.  Hell  was  allowed  a  wider  sphere,  and  a 
more  extraordinary  regnuncy  over  human  ua- 
ture,  so  as  to  prepare  conditions  lor  the  most 
wonderful  and  convincing  exhibitions  of  the 
Omnipotence  of  the  Nnzarene  Carpenter.  The 
devil  and  bis  angels  arc  as  busy  now  as  ever, 
and  have  as  cmnplele  possession  of  souls  as  in 
any  former  period;  bnt  with  the  personal  min- 
istry of  Jesns,  and  the  miraculous  endowments 
of  the  immediate  successors,  the  jieiiional  in- 
being  of  evil  spirits  terniinated.  To  extend 
their  incarnation  beyond  that  period  would  have 
been  as  disastrous  to  the  cause  of  redemption 
as  the  perpetuity  of  miracles. 

Yonr  next  query  sweeps  a  wide  field,  and 
goes  to  the  very  core  of  the  principle  on  which 
rests  the  very  existence  of  the  church.  What 
is  the  nature  mid  extent  of  the  power  conferred 
in  Matt.  18:18,  and  111:  l»,aud,lohn2(l:2:!'i'  Here 
IS  room  indeed  for  misconception,  usurpation 
ot  authority,  and  misapplication  of  power. 
The  assumption  of  unauthorized  prerogatives, 
buttressed  by  these  passages,  has  been  the  cause 
of  incalculable  evil.  The  Henvcn-loathed, 
earth-and-hell-nstounding  corruptions  of  the 
Church  of  Rome,  are  the  outgrowth  of  unholy 
ambition  and  abused  authority.  There  is  noth- 
ing in  which  the  church  has  need  of  greater 
vigilance  and  humility  than  in  the  weight  she 
puts  upon  her  decisions  iu  relation  to  matters 
not  specified  in  the  inspired  record.  New  ap- 
plications of  principles  are  neces.sary,  but  it  is 
a  rare  thing  to  devise  an  application  so  jierfect- 
ly  accordant  with  the  principle  as  not  to  admit 
of  improvment.  Not  nnfreqnently  there  is  no 
reference  to  principle  whatever  in  the  exercise 
of  authority:  bnt  decisions  are  made  with  a  dog- 
matism as  repulsive  as  irrational.  Too  ollen 
theconntercheck  to  Iheforegoing passages  which 
the  Spirit  has  ailded  .^s  a  kind  of  Postscript  iu 
Rev.  22:  18,  is  ignored.  The  iloor  should  ever 
be  left  open  for  investigation  and  progress,  aud 
peremptorily  closed  against  all  cavilere  with  the 
principle  ou  which  onr  imperfect  decisions  rest. 
Tradition  and  cus'tom  are  only  human  mile- 
stones, and  should  not  be  exulled  into  equality 
with  lievelation.  To  ■■  lord  it  over  God's  her- 
itage "  is  as  culp;ible  a  violation  of  the  Divine 
lugenieut  as  insubordination  to  church  offi- 
cials in  the  exercise  of  their  God-given  author- 
ity. Tests  of  memberehip  cannot  be  based  on 
any  thing  save  the  oxpresMon  of  the  Divine  life 
ils  Divine  forms,  without  arrogating  Divine 
lirerogatives,  which  is  popery.  There  has  been 
enough  given  in  the  lite  of  Christ  in  relation  to 
humility  to  divorce  us  thoroughly  from  the 
vanities  and  frivolities  of  fashion,  so  that  the 
ibove  principle  cannot  be  claimed  in  defense  of 
departure  from  the  general  order  of  the  Broth- 
erhood. That  no  alteration  in  the  sanctioned 
order  of  dress  is  allowable  in  any  particular,  I 
would  not  aver.  Bnt  the  clamors  for  liberty 
generally  repudiate  the  central  truth  of  the 
Cross. 

You  ask,  in  the  next  place,  "  Whether  it  is 
according  to  the  Scriptures  to  have  our  likeness- 
es taken,  or  to  have  instrumental  music,  or  in- 
structive pictures-'"  Thousands  will  answer 
no.  and  thousands  yes,  God  never  employs 
what  is  intrinsically  wrong.  He  "  created  man 
in  His  own  image,  after  His  own  likeness,''  Has 
filled  the  many  mansions  of  His  vast   temple 


No.  18. 


with  photographs  of  Hi.  Infinile  Beauty  , 
goodness.  Whose  ey«  are  purged  may  see  ih^ 
face  of  the  Divine  Father  in  miniature  tra 
thnusau.l  lime,  a  .lay.  H,.  ,,  not  onlv  the  Cliirt 
'holographer,  but  the  great  Choir-leailer  in  the- 
Diapason  of  the  L'uiverse.  and  h.is  made  Heava. 
on  earth  a  nuignifieenl,  ravishing  picl„„.-g„l. 
lery.  The  h.u.],s  and  splendor,  of  the  l'|.|«- 
Itealm  will  do  the  saints  no  harm  on  earth  IxA 
the  samU  harm  themselves  bv  the  perven.« 
of  the  Divine  Goodni.s».  I„  relation  t„  all  ,(„. 
Qod-invenled,  God-arranged  concert  of  beauty 
and  harmony  for  the  culture  of  the  .soul,  nnuiy 
are  under  the  spell  of  1  Cor.  S:  7.  Their  e.B^ 
scientiousness  I  respect,  while  I  deplore  thar 
prejudices,  and  depreeale  their  denund»ti.,n«. 
There  are  many  others  who  are  unfit  to  h«.e 
pictures,  or  be  skilled  in  instrumental  mi«e. 
hocaiiae  of  the  vanity  and  .self-idolatry  of  th-ir- 
natures.  But  the  restrictions  of  cireumstanw.  . 
do  not  diminish  the  liencfieence  of  the  Divin,  . 
provisions,  or  our  natural  right  to  their  enioj-- 
nients. 

Laslly,  yon  impiire  "  why  was  .lesn,  thirty 
years  old  before  He  was  baptized,  being  He  im. 
our  example'/"'  The  ira,(,„,,  perid  of  HiK  life 
IS  the  rant  signifijant  and  instructive  of  iJL 
How  few  of  us,  with  the  stirring  consciousue™ 
ot  great  pent-up  powera  for  human  good,  know 
how  to  wail  under  the  vail  of  obscnrilv  and 
the  burden  of  toil,  for  the  best  eraplovmen--«f 
their  endowments  for  the  chureh  and  the  worM  . 
A  mighty  tnith  lies  buried  under  the  tools  aai* 
sharingsanddustuf  the  workshop  of  Nazareth, 
which  cim  come  to  poiNlable  resurrection  «ily 
by  the  power  of  Ihe  Holy  Ghost.  Theo^oT 
Jesus  at  haplisui  is  no  more  a  precedent  fw-i*, 
than  that  of  His  death.  Onr  sense  of  sin,  h..r^ 
ger  and  thirst  alter  righteousness,  and  our  re- 
covery to  holiness,  qualify  for  baptism  at  le» 
years  of  age  as  truly  us  at  thirty.  The  min* 
of  Christ  gives  a  right  relation  to  and  pereei.- 
tion  of  all  things.  We  grow  into  Him  eternal- 
ly 1  Cor.  13:  12. 


THE  OBLIOINO  ELEPHANT. 

QIR  Emerson  Tcnnciit.  tells  of  an  advenlui»- 
O  he  had  in  Ceylon  while  riding  on  a  OM- 
row  roiul through  the  forest.  He  heard  a  ram- 
bling sound  approaching,  aud  directly  tliac 
came  to  meet  him  an  elephmit  bearing  on  hi= 
tiisks  a  large  log  of  wood  which  he  hiul  l«i». 
direcled  to  carry   to  Ihe  place   where  it  <ne 

most  necdc<l.     Ten t's  horse,  unused  to  thwr. 

monsters,  wils  frightened,  and  refused  to  go  fi»v. 
ward.  The  cleidlant  .seeing  this,  evidently  d«-- 
cided  that  he  must  himself  get  out  of  the  way. 
Bnt  to  do  this  he  was  obliged  to  take  the  1^^ 
from  his  tusks  with  his  tnink  and  lay  it  on  tiw- 
ground,  which  he  did,  und  then  backed  out  e4" 
the  road  between  the  trees  till  only  liLs  Led 
wa,  visible.  But  the  home  w.ts  still  loo  tim- 
id to  go  by.  when  the  thoughtful  elephant 
pushdl  himself  farther  back,  till  all  his  body 
excejit  the  end  of  his  trunk  ha<I  disappearesl- 
Then  Sir  Emerson  succeeded  in  getting  bis 
horse  by,  bnt  stopptsl  to  witness  the  resiUt. 
The  elephant  came  out,  took  the  log  np  ag-,ua, 
laid  it  across  his  tusks,  and  went  on  his  way. 
This  story  shows  not  only  reasoning,  but  faith- 
fulness to  his  task,  luid  spirit  of  courtesy  to  • 
fellow-traveler  not  alwajTi  shown  by  mim. 

—Stinrinf 


The  old  .lemsalem  Wiis  laid  wiisfe  by  w;u-. 
and  the  ruins  are  overlaid  with  dirt  and  ievliZ 
tion.  But  the  New  Jerusalem  shall  never  tum- 
ble down.  The  jasper  battlements  shall  sHund 
mid  shine  forever.  .The  golden  gales  shall  n.T- 
er  lose  their  lustre  nor  rust  upon  their  portals. 
The  white  robes  shall  never  need  cleansinj.  few 
they  are  washed  in  the  Mo.»l  of  the  Lamb'  n». 
harp,  ot  heaven  shall  alwuvs  be  in  tune  aivd 
never  be  swept  hy  dirgc-s.  Xo  failing  eyesight, 
no  gray  lonii..  no  «eary  ♦imks  no  lirinVi,* 
brows,  no  hollow  chivks,  no  sickness,  no  i«<iu. 
nor  any  more  de.ith.  01  bless«l  prospect;  Bir- 
Inll  glory  draweth  nigh! 


THIO    BRKTHrSE^'    AT    AVOHIC. 


M 


ay 


EXPOSTULATION. 

SIXNEIIS.  pcTll«l>»  llli"  "«"'•  ^  JO" 
M-i.v  li«"-  nnwoighl  ■dtliuugh.olroe. 
Thp  cirnul  plea^iirra  of  thp  wirih 
Cn.t  oil  tlK-  thougliLH  uriil  ff«r»  of  death. 
rHOHVS, 
II  is  owful.  owful.  •wfol- 

Till.  Monmilig  jouth  nil  in  Hieif  P"""' 
Are  coimlinB  out  thrir  IniBlli  of  lime, 
Tho,v  oHlim™  «u.v  'li>  lo  ll"'i'  mte"'. 
Whm  tlicy  get  oM  Ihoy  n-ill  rc|iral. 

Tlie  ngfd  ("inner  will  not  turn, 

His  heart 's  »o  hnrd  he  caiinnl  monrn, 

Bnt  oh.  the  ml  «nd  «wf"l  "'"te 

0(  those  «ho  »ljiy  MicI  come  too  lute. 

Much  hauler  than  a  flinty  rotl, 
II,.  will  not  turn  though  .lesns  knocks, 
The  foolish  virgins  tliey  hcgan 
To  knijck  l)"l  coold  not  ent<--r  in. 
Then  parents  take  a  w.Iemn  view 
Of  yonr  dear  children,  dear  to  you, 
How  can  you  bear  to  hear  them  cry 
And  fault  you  with  their  misery? 
When  Christ  the  Lord  slinll  come  again, 
In  solemn  pomp  and  hurning  flame. 
Say.  fiahriel  go.  [.roclaim  the  souml, 
Awake  ye  mitioiis  under  ground. 

Oh  how  will  [mrents  tremble  there 
Who  raise  their  children  without  praycrl 
Methinks  the.v'll  hear  their  children  say, 
"  I  never  lu-ard  my  parontj*  pray." 
(food  Lord  what  groans,  what  hitter  cries, 
Wlint  thundir  rolling  through  the  skies. 
Poor  sinncm.  »iuk  in  dark  despair, 
Whilesaintsareshonling  through  the  an-. 
S„l.Tled  l,y  (1.  W,  Al>A>l». 

PLAINNESS   IN    DRESS    A  SOURCE 

OF  MORAL    POWER  IN 

THE  CHURCH. 

in   AI.HX.  W.  KEKSE. 


SEE  tlie  «us])en»iona,  the  aliscoiulinRS  of 
coiifiilciitiiil  elerltH,  cMliiei's  anil  tel- 
lers of  l)Hliks— rli«hone.sl  pill)lie  offieiivls, 
defmltcrs,  mill  swillillera  of  every  p-iule 
nnd  type;  men  wlio  have  betrayed  their 
tnists"  eiiiliezzled  the  fimda  of  other.s, 
and,  ill  niiTiiberle.^s  instances,  liave  fled 
to  foreign  lands  to  escape  the  vengeance 
of  the  law,  nnd  a  felon's  cell.  Look  at 
the  flightfid  list  of  imivdeis,  theft-s,  for- 
geries, robberies, lil'eaciles  of  trust,  bank- 
rupl^'ies,  betrayals  of  confidence,  both 
in  puldic  and  in  Jirivale  life,  and,  tu 
croivn  all,  Ihe.tenihle  list  of  suicides,  hu 
man  lives  rashly  nnd  recklessly  c.^st  away 
to  escape  rcinor.se,  exposure,  and  disgrace. 
Andw-hy  all  this!  Simply  because,  in 
a  col-rapt  and  venial  age  men  are  so 
infatuated  with  "  style,"  that  they  mill 
live  beyond  their  means,  and,  in  onler  to 
make  a  display,  to  keep  up  ,ip]iearance, 
to  juiiiiper  a  false  and  jieriiicious  pride, 
7/)i7/ accomplish  the  end  so  eagerly  sought, 
even  at  the  sacrifice  of  honor,  integrity, 
manhood,  self-respect  and  all  that  in- 
volves and  dignifies  the  charaeter  of  man. 
Yen,  they  will  imiu-ril  the  immortal  soul 
that  they  may  enjoy  tlie  "  pleasures  of 
sin  for  a  season." 

.Such  is  the  ghastly  ])icture  of  the  mor- 
als of  the  present  day,  and  it  is  enough 
to  cause  a  sii-keiiing  shudder  of  the  soul 
to  ctnitemplate  its  revolting  features. 
i\iul  this  results  from  the  sad  fact  that 
men,  as  well  as  women,  fritter  away  the 
brief  and  transitory  life,  that  (iod  Iin.s 
given  for  nobler  pnrjioses,  in  this  mad 
rush  after  display. 

While  oui  te.\t  conileiiiiis  tile  Wearing 
of  gohl,  of  jewels  and  tlie  jtutfing  on  of 
costly  array  by  the  females  pl-ofessiiig 
godliness,  it  by  no  means  confines  the  in- 
terdiction to  them.  Every  one  (both 
males  and  females  who  are  the  follow- 
ersof  Christ)  is  included  in  the  command. 
None  can  escape  its  obligations  without 
guilt.  The  doctl-ines  of  Christ  are  in 
startling  contrast  with  the  ma.xims  and 
habits  of  the  woi-lil.  lu  all  respects  the 
Christian  ilirters   from    the   man  of  the 


IS  as  appar- 
stian   is   lir- 


woi-ld.  And  this  (iiftVreiu- 
ent  as  it  is  ival.  The  Chi 
terally  "a  livingejiisfh- known  and  rea<l 
of  all  men."  What  moral  power  does 
the  worldly  and  fashionable  Cliristian(!) 
exert  upon  a  godless  woi-M?  Where  is 
the  crO'H  in  the  worldly  ami  fashionable 
church!  (unless  it  be  the  piHiirc  thereof, 
garlanded  with  roses,  and  hung  in  a  frame 
on  the  wall,  or  perhajis  the  w-ooden  rep- 
resentation of  it  on  the  siiiiiniit  of  the 
perched  church  spire). 

Where  is  the  self-denial  in  such  a 
church!  Where  the  image  of  Christ? 
Can  we  distinguish  the  fashionable  au- 
dience, at  the  fashionable  church,  from 
the  fiishionnlile  lusseinbly  at  the  fnshioii- 
able  watering  place,  or  the  fashionable 
theatre!  Ari^  not  vanity,  pride  and  dis- 
[ilay  the  ruling  passion  with  the  first  as 
well  as  the  latter!  Are  such  members 
noted  for  piety,  godliness  and  humility 
of  mind  such  as  the  Gospel  demands! 
Are  such  church  members  "  a  peculiar 
people,  y.<,alous  of  good  w-orks!"  No 
wonder  that  in  view  of  inconsistency 
like  this,  the  world  is  full  of  infiilelsand 
skeptiiw,  who'  openly  srolf  at  a  religion 
like  this!  No  wonder  that  such  Chris- 
tians as  these  excite  the  pity  and  con- 
U-iiipt  of  tin-  H-orld.  No  «-onder  that 
the  moral  jiower  of  such  a  eliureh  sinks 
below  zero,  and  it 

the  sun's  rays  reflected  from  the  icebergs 
of  the  Arctic  seas. 

J  list  .so  far,  then,  as  the  church  is  in 
nou-coiiforinity  to  the  world,  iu  that  de- 
gree will  its  moral  power  be  felt  and  ac- 
knowledged by  the  world.  If  the  Chris- 
tian su])poses  that  he  gains  anything  in 
the  estimation  of  the  world  by  concession 
of  principle,  a  sad  bid  for  its  favor,  he 
makes  a  sad  mistake.  The  world  is  a 
keen  critic.  It  detects  inconsistency  in 
the  Christian  character  with  the  quick 
jierceptioii  of  intention:  and  the  world 
gives  no  ipiarter  in  such  a  case.  While 
the  world  is  full  of  sophistical  reasoning 
and  plausible  argumentation,  in  sustain- 
ing its  innate  enmity  to  the  cross  of 
Christ,  it  yet  rigidly  holds  the  professor 
of  Christianity  to  both  the  spirit  and  let- 
ter of  the  Gospel  of  the  .Son  of  God. 

For  every  sacrifice  demanded  of  the 
sinner  unbelief  uprears  its  "horrid front," 
but  wliile  .specious  argument  is  now  at 
hand,  the  world  cannot  resist  a '  pure, 
consistent,     and    godly    life. 

"Truth  crushed  to  earth  will  rise  again; 
The  eternal  years  of  God  are  her'.-;: 

Bat  error,  wounded  writhes  in  pain, 
.\nd  dies  amidst  her  w-orshipei-s." 

The  example  of  a  pure  and  godly  life 
li.Ts  a  moral  jiower  upon  the  world  as  ir- 
resistible as  the  torrreut  of  the  Niagara, 
or  as  the  surge  of  the  nightly  ocean 
Every  source,  then,  of  moral  pow-ei 
should  be  utilized  by  the  church,  to  the 
end  that  tlie  Gospel  of  Christ  have  free 
cour.se  and  be  glorified  (.f  men.  "  Let 
your  light  shine,  so  that  others,  seeintj 
!/our(food  ii!o?-h,  may  glorify  your  Fath- 
er which  is  ill  heaven."  Simplicity  and 
plainne.ss  in  dre.ss  are  so  manifestly  iu 
accordance  with  both  the  letter  and  the 
sjiirit  of  the  Gospel,  and  so  diametrical- 
ly opposed  to  the  feelings  nnd  sentiments 
of  the  carnal  mind,  that  it  is  pas.sing 
strange  how  any  one,  professing  the  re- 
ligion of  "  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus," 
shouhl  hesitate  to  adopt  the.se  Gosi;)el 
principles,  and  to  iucorpm-ate  them  into 
their  daily  confession  of  Christ. 

We  are  not  surprised  at  this  defection 
among  the  members  of  the  various  fash- 
ionable and  worldly  sects'  of  the  present 
day,  for  we  expect  nothing  of  self-denial 
or  of  sacrifice  of  popular  favor,  on  the 
part  of  such  people.  What  indeed 
could  we  expect  from*  professing  Chris- 
tians who  distort  the  jdaiii  Word  to  suit 


the   personal    costume   of  its   members 

just  so  far  we  yield  to  the    carnal  app,.! 

tites  of  the  flash,  are  spiritually  dauiao. 

1  ourselves  and  lose  our  influence  upon 


the  world  w-ithout.     And   the 


their  own  peculiar  views-caprices,  con-  the  Brethren  church,  and  just  as  «-,. ,,, 
v«'ience,  or  whims;  but  the  sad  fruits  of  |  part  f^ora  this  principle,  as  expre«,„i ' 
disobedience  anil  schism  which  such  a 
source  inevitably  prpiluces.  But  that, 
in  the  membership  of  the  BrfMmi 
church,  which  especially  claims  to"obey" 
the  Gospel,  there  should  be  found  those 
in  open  rebellion  against  one  of  the 
plainest  and  most  jiositive  jn-iuciples 
f.iund  insiilc  the  lids  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament; or  if  not  actually  in  open  re- 
bellion, yet  in  secret  sympathy  with,  and 
eneimraging,  those  who  are,  surpasses 
While   such    men- 


all  comprehension 
bers  profess  humility,  and  approve,  (so 
they  say)  non-conforiuity  to  the  world, 
yet  how  plainly  do  we  sec  the  symptoms 


more  li. 


of  worldly  vanity  and   pride   croppiU! 
out  in  their  actions  and  niipearance. 

While  these  ostensibly  profess  to  have 
"  jint  away  the  old  man  and  his  deeds," 
do  they  not  secretly  pine  after  those 
liodforbiddcn  imlulgeuoes  which  the 
Word  condemns?  The  trouble  with 
such  members,  we  greatly  fear,  is  that 
they  are  trying  to  hold  on  to  the  church 
with  one  hand  and  to  the  world  with  the 
other.  This  Christ  Himself  has  declar- 
ed to  be  an  impossibility.  "  ^'e  cannot 
serve  God  and  nianinion."  "No  nian  can 
serve  two  masters;"  no  man  can  have  the 
spirit  of  the  lowly  Nazarene  in  his  bosom, 
al  for  Chri.st  like  |  and  forbidden  trappings  of  worldly  van- 
ity and  pride  on  his  back,  at  one  and  the 
same  time.  Ah,  but  says  ,one,  "  God 
looks  at  the /ift(rf,  and  not  at  the  out- 
ward appearance !"  So  He  does,  and  if 
the  heart  is  humble  the  outmU  appear- 
iince  will  correspond  with  the  state  of  the 
nd,  vUe  versa.  The  man  w-hose  soul 
is  filled  with  Holy  Ghost,  has  no  desire 
for  the  decorations  of  a  sinful,  God-hat- 
ing world.  No  abstract  virtue  can  e.xist 
without  its  corresponding  act,  for,  in  the 
absence  of  its  expression,  there  is  no  ev- 
idence of  its  existence.  The  humble  dis- 
ciple of  Christ  will  give  expression  to 
this  grace  in  his  conduct  and  in  his  e.x 
ternal  appearance.  The  jmiud  man  will 
show-,  by  the  reverse  of  this,  the  state  of 
his  heart.  AVe  firmly  believe  the  Breth- 
ren church  to  be  a  great  moral  pow-er  in 
the  world.  And  w-liy !  Because  of  its 
unflinching  and  steady  adherence  to  the 
plain  text  of  the  Word  of  God ;  and  be- 
cause the  church  in  its  membership  en- 
deavors to  carry  out  this  belief  in  the 
Word  of  God  by  strict  compliance  with 
its  divine  teachings  in  their  daily  walk 
and  conversation. 

Let  the  Brethren  church  drift  a\vay 
iu  the  smallest  degree,  from  this  sure  foun- 
dation— this  "  safe  plan  of  salvation," 
and  just  so  far  the  Brethren  church  ceas- 
es to  be  a  moral  pow-er  iu  the  world. 
Now  one  of  the  distinctive  features  of 
the  Brethren  clinrch,-is  its  opposition  to 
worldly  forms  of  dress,  and  its  adojjtion 
of  a  j'f^t'sonal  costume  representing  the 
Scriptural  doctrine  of  non-conformity  to 
the  world.  This,  the  Brethren  claim,  is 
essential  to  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 

We  are  taught  to  regard  this  peculiar 
costume  as  the  imiform  of  C/irUt  the 
great  Captain  of  our  salvation.  The 
Scriptures  represent  the  Christian  life  as 
a  warfare,  with  the  flesh,  the  world  and 
the  devil,  the  combined  and  deadly  en- 
emies of  the  human  sojil.  The  Chris- 
tian is  commanded  to,  put  on  the  whole 
armor  of  God,  the  details  of  which  are 
specially  set  forth  iu  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  our  Lord  and  Savicn-  Jesus 
Christ.  We  are,  also,  taught  to  put  on 
the  uniform  of  the  Christian  soldier,  so 
that  H-e  may  be  distinctly  and  certainly 
known  and  distinguished  from  the  sol- 
diers of  Christ's  enemies  and  our  own. 

We  earnestly  lielWve  that  this  is  one 
of  the  great  soul't**  of  moral  power  in 


cense  indulged,  or  granted,  in  this  dire, 
tion  the  more  the  church  assimilates  to 
the  pride  and  fashion  of  the  world,  un- 
til, finally  Christian  identity  is  lost,  and 
the  church  sinks  into  the  destrnctive 
vortex  of  worldliuess,  vanity  nnd  sin. 
AVf  have  but  to  look  at  the  history  of 
contemporaneous  churches,  to  behold  the 
inevitable  result  of  such  a  course.  Look 
at  the  Methodist  church  in  the  days  of 
AVhitfleld  and  John  AVesley!  With  all 
the  doctrinal  defects  of  the  organization 
which  we,  by  no  means  endorse;  they 
H-ere  right  as  to  their  principle  of  non- 
conformity to  the  world  in  dress  and  os- 
tentatious display. 

In  that  early  day  they  were  as  distinct." 
ively  and  severely  plain  as  the  Brethren 
church  ever  has  been.  Many  a  fiery  and 
withering  denunciation  against  pride 
and  its  inevitable  e.xpression  in  personal 
adornment,  as  the  wearing  of  gohl,  of 
pearls,  of  jewels,  of  gay  ribbons,  of  ar. 
tifieials,  flowers  and  of  "  costly  array," 
was  hurled  from  the  pulpit  of  the  prip. 
itive  Methodists  in  those  purer  Jays. 
And  this  Gospel  doctrine  is  part  and 
parcel  of  the  Methodist  '^Book  of  dis- 
cipline "  at  this  very  hour.  But,  alas, 
how  sadly  h.<is  the  Methodist  church  de- 
generated in  this  respect  since  the  days 
of  Whitfield  and  the  two  Wesleys.  How 
have  they  depiu-ted  ii-om  the  Gospel  of 
Christ,  until  to-day  their  church  bears 
oft*  the  palm  in  the  race  after  worldly 
fashion  and  display! 

Is  the  Methodist  church  the  moral 
power  in  the  world  that  it  was  in  the 
days  of  John  Wesley  and  that  "  sweet 
singer,"  his  brother  Charles!  The  most 
ardent  of  its  devotees  will  scarcely  do 
his  intelligence  justice  to  say  that  it 
is.  While  its  members  have  been  great- 
ly swelled,  yet  its  primitive  and  fiery 
zeal  for  Christ  has  become  so  diluted 
w-ith  the  spirit  of  worldly  fashion  and 
pride,  that  its  moral  power -has  visibly 
and  sensibly  declined.  And  othei*  de- 
nominations might  be  cited,  which  start- 
ing out  in  the  principles  of  plainness, 
have  so  drifted  away  from  the  ancient 
moorings  as  almost  to  defy  recognition 
by  human  eyes.  This  we  earnestly  be- 
lieve, will  be  the  sad,  inevitable  fate  of 
the  Brethren  church  w-henever  it  departs 
from  its  primitive  simplicity  of  dress, 
Avorship  and  practice  as  found  in  the 
Word  of  God;  for  it  is  a  well-knoffu 
saying  that  "  history  repeats  itself."  But 
it  seems  that  some  of  our  brethren  while 
assenting'  to  the  (jeneral  principles  of 
plainness,  yet  object  to  reducing  it  to  a 
personal  and  practical  application  by 
adopting  the  peculiai'  gnrb  of  the  chui'cli 
as  understood  among  oui'selves.  Tiiey 
are  impatient  of  the  restraints  of  the 
church;  they  will  not  come  into  the  or- 
der without  much  admonition  on  tie 
part  of  those  who  have  the  rale  over  us. 
They  declare  that  there  is  no  "  thiissaltl 
the  Lord  "  for  the  sister's  cap,  or  the 
brother's  round-cornered  coat,  or,  indeed 
any  of  the  other  specific  details  which 
go  to  make  up  the  costume  by  which  the 
Brethren  are  known  iu  a  peculiar  sense, 
as  the  followers  of  Christ. 

t  that,  in  the 


Now  we  fearlessly  assert 
consiVlcration  of  this   question, 


there  l< 
the 


inevltfthly  one  of  two  things,  either 

■esents  a  prineil''!^ 

If  it  rep- 

that 


Brethren's  costume  repre 
of  godliness,  or  it  does  not. 
resents   a   principle   of    godliness 
principle  is  found  in  the  Book,  for  theie 


Uay  ' 


'i-tiK  i3Ki5TtniKM  ^vi'  av^oi?k:. 


3 


i^  jti> principh  oi'  godIiurs«  in  tbf  wi.W 
univei-se  that  is  not  found  in  the  Hook. 
Then,  if  this  j>ropo>(ition  he  tnif,  how 
j.jin  the  siueere  aud  humble  tollower  of 
Christ  refuse  to  accept  its  ti-iith,  and  to 
lie  governed  bv  it  iu  his  practice  ?  On 
tl.f  other  hand,  if  the  Brethren's  cos- 
tume represents  no  principle  of  a  holy 
and  goOly  cliaracter,  then  it  is  as  worth- 
less  as  the  worldly  tb-ess  of  n  century 
Ago,  and  no  specific  benelit  can  come 
from  its  adoption  by  the  church. 

Tliese  are  the  two  palpable  horns  of 
the  dilemua,  one  or  the  other  of  which 
must  be  grasped  when  we  come  to  in- 
vestigate  the  moral  aspect  of  the  ques- 
tion. There  18  no  middle  ground.  Those 
^vho  contend  for  nou- conformity  and 
plainness  of  dress,  aud  yet  oppose  uni- 
formity in  T:ostume,  involve  themselves 
juul  the  church  in  endless  confusion,  im- 
pi-ai'ticable  theories,  aud  diverse  inter- 
,  pietations  of  the  Word. 

8orae  of  the  writers  of  our  church 
pai)ers,  who  assume  the  ground,  seem 
not  to  foresee  the  logical  results  of  the 
reasoning  employed.  In  a  recent  issue 
of  one  of  our  papers  an  article  of  this 
c-linracter  occupies  a  considerable  space. 
Its  author  (who,  by  the  way,  is  one  of 
the  ablest  writers  among  the  Brethren) 
in  his  review  of  the  suliject  which  ap- 
pears in  the  form  of  an  open  letter  ad- 
dressed to  another  brother — takes  what 
seems,  at  least  to  us,  objectionable 
grounds.  While  admitting  the  fjen^ral 
■principh  of  pkihmess,  he  strongly,  and 
in  his  (plaint  and  peculiar  style,  objects 
to  III)  if ormitf/,  in  that  respect,  among 
the  Brethren.  Our  dear  brother  says, 
"  Some  of  our  plainest  members  have 
fallen  the  deepest  into  scandal,"  because 
they  knew  without  kno\Wug. 

While  tliis  sentence  might  be  changed 
with  mhhi(ja)tij^  we  presume  tliat  the 
brother  means  that  the  meml)ers  alluded 
to  had  the  form  of  godliness  mthout  the 
spirit  thereof.  Granting  this,  for  argu- 
ment's sake,  might  not  the  result  lie  de- 
plores, be  due  UKU-e  to  the  ]atter,'thau  to 
the  former  caused  And  really  is  this  a 
sound  argument  against  the  principle  of 
plainness,  as  represented  in  the  peculiar 
garb  of  the  Brethren  church?  Again 
lie  says,  "  None  of  us  are  in  etjuipoise 
in  Chj-ist  as  He  is  in  Himself,  and  this 
issues  in  collisions  of  thought,  feeling 
and  action."  Tliis  statement  is  the 
ground-work  of  all  the  differences  of 
modern  Christendom.  Hundreds  of  dif- 
ferent sects,  all  claiming  the  Word  for 
their  various  and  specific  views,  have 
sprung  up  from  this  source.  Because 
we  cannot  nil  see  alike,  is  not  the  fault 
of  the  Word,  but  in  ourselves.  Because 
<if  a  want  of- e(|uipoise,  men  differ  about 
wliat  is  essential  in  the  AVurd,  and  what 
they  consider  is  not.  Hence  one  thinks 
we "  ought"  to  do  this,  aud  the  other 
tliat  we  "  ought  "  not. 

One  claims  to  be  of  Paul,  another  of 
Cephas,  and  a  third  of  Christ.  Men 
have  thus  differed  for  over  eighteen  hun- 
dred years,  and  perhaps  will  thff'er 
through  all  time  to  come.  But  the 
church  is  condemn-'d  for  this  very  thing. 
We  are  comnmnded  to  be  of  one  mind, 
and  that  there  be  no  divisions  among 
Us.  Now  the  presence  of  divisions  among 
us,  is  an  evidence  that  we  are  not  in  the 
order  the  Scriptures  prescribe  for   the 


temjit  in  this  already  prolonged  e.^-^ny. 
any  elaborate  review  of  the  brother's 
article,  but  will  simply  give  expression 
to  the  thouglit,  that  it  is  a  matter  of  re- 
gret that  anything  i-maiuiting  from  so 
influential  u  source,  should  seem  to  in- 
fluence mem bei-s  against  adopting  the  or- 
der of  the  church. 

This,  probably,  is  not  the  intention  of 
the  article,  but  we  fear  its  tendency  is 
in  that  direction.  Kinidly  if  the  Breth 
ren  church,  claiming  t<i  l)e  in  a  special 
and  peculiar  sense,  the  people  of  God—  i 
claiming  to  obey  all  the  commandments  ' 
of  Christ,  and  known  among  men  by  its 
unflinching  opposition  to  pride  and  van- 
ity as  expressed  in  worldly  forms  of, 
dress,  would  cease  to  exert  its  moral 
power  upon  tlie  world,  then  let  the  door 
be  opened  for  indulgence  in  this  respect. 
And  the  door  once  opened  will  never 
again  be  shut.  Brother,  wider,  deeper 
the  ousweeping  tide  of  worldliness  and 
fashioimhle  pride  will  flow,  until  the 
very  foundations  of  the  chun-h  will  be 
sapped  to  their  fall,  and  tlie  Brethren 
church,  its  identity  swallowed  up  and 
lost  in  the  resistless  torrent  of  fashion- 
able Christianity,  will  be  known  only  as 
a  thing  of  the  past. 
Wan-enshurg^  Mo. 


motlicr  church  will  be   savetl,    and  will 
constitute  the  bride,  the  Lamb's  wife. 

The  Scriptures  teach  that  except  ye 
repent  ye  shall  all  likewise  perish,  but 
if  according  to  my  friend,  tlu-y  will  idl 
go  to  the  tU'vil  if  not  immej-sed  thn-e 
times.  The  jailer  wantt-d  t"  know 
what  to  do  to  be  saved,  and  wiis  told  to 
believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  This 
is  what  Paul  and  Sihw  told  him. 


church  of  Christ— not  "iuetiuipoise's 


ith 


Christ  as  He  is  in  Himself,"  and  shows 
conclusively  that  there  is  something 
wrong  among  us,  and  that  these  divis- 
ions ought  to  cease.  Do  not  such  articles 
as  our  dear  brother  has  penned,  tend  to 
encourage  these  divisions,  rather  than 
otherwise,  by  stimulating  opposition  to 
tile   order  of  the   church?  I  cannot  at- 


THE  NEWTONIA  DEBATE. 

[Brief  synopsis  ol"  the  tlisciission  held  at  Ncw- 
tonia,  SIo.,  between  D.  B.  Hay,  of  the  Baptists 
and  J.  W.  Stein  of  the  Biethieu.  We  give  iw 
much  of  the  arguments  iis  we  could  correctly 
I'eport. — .1.  H.  MtiOBE-l 

Thwsday  morninfj  March  7th 
Ray. — If  baptism  is  a  condition  of 
salvation  then  that  places  salvation  in 
the  hands  of  men — I  tell  you  I  want  no 
salvation  in  my  hands  to  deal  out  to  peo- 
ple. I  point  them  to  Christ,  for  there 
is  no  other  name  given  under  heaven  or 
among  men  whereby  we  may  be  saved. 
The  salvation  is  all  in  Christ,  not  in  the 
hands  of  men.  We  preach  the  Gospel 
because  we  are  commanded  to  do  so.  The 
washing  of  regeneration  referred  to  in 
Titus  does  not  refer  to  the  pardoning  of 
the  sins,  but  the  cleansing  of  the  church. 
It  does  not  say  one  word  about  baptism. 
The  washing  of  regeneration  does  not 
refer  to  immersion,  but  alludes  to  moral 
cleansing.  We  are  not  justified  Ijy  wa- 
ter baptism,  but  in  I  Cor.  G;  11,  we  are 
told  that  we  are  justified  by  the  Spirit 
of  God.  Paul's  bajitism  was  emblem- 
atic of  the  washing  away  of  his  sins. 
My  fi'ieud  thinks  a  man  cannot  be  a 
Christian  without  baptism.  It  is  the 
blood  of  Christ  that  cleansetli  us  from 
all  sins. 

There  is  nothing  wrong  in  talking  of 
serpent  salvation — The  children  of  Israel 
had  Xolooh  upon  the  serpent  and  then 
they  were  healed  of  God  Himself.  Who- 
soever believeth  on  Christ  shall  be  sav- 
ed. From  Gal.  3:  20,  we  learn  that  we 
are  all  the  children  of  God  by  faith  in 
Christ  Jesus.  We  become  a  child  of 
God  l)y  faith,  but  get  into  the  church  or 
body  by  baptism.  We  are  baptized  in- 
to the  body.  The  church  mil  save  no 
one.  Salvation  is  not  locked  up  in  th 
church,  but  is  free  to  all  who  will  believe 
on  the  Lord. 

The  Baptist  church  is  the  true  church 
of  God,  yet  I  believe  that  there  will  be 
many  saved  out  of  other  churches.  Kven 
out  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  for 
the  Revelator  says,  come  out  of  her,  my 
people. 

My  friend's  theory  is  that  if  you  baj) 
tize  a  goat  it  makes  a  sheep  of  him.  He 
goes  into  the  water  a  goat  and  comes  out 
a  sheep.  I  hold  that  some  out  of  all 
denominations  will  be  saved.     The  old 


Stkin. — My  friend  just  keeps  repeat- 
ing the  same  arguments  over.  He  blames 
us  f(u-  teaching  baptism   a   eondition  of 
salvation,  yet  he  will  teach  faith  a  con- 
ilititui,  and  also  repentance.     He  teaches 
salvation  by  grace  alone,    yet    brings  in 
faith  as  a    condition.     Faith    alone  will 
not  save  men.     Christ  told  the  Jews  that 
believed  on  Him  that  if  they  would  con- 
tinue in  His  Word    they    shoidd  be  His  I  give  this  week, 
disciples  and  the  truth  sh(mld  make  them 
free.     Thougli  they   had  fditk,  yet  they 
were  not  free,  were  still   the   servants  of 
sin.     Th"Mi  faith  alone  will  not  save,  for 
faitli  without  works  is  dead,  being  alone. 
My  friend  refuses  to  tell  us  wlnvt  be- 
ing born  of  the  water  means,     If  it  does 
not  mean  baptism,  why  does  he  not  tell 
us  what  it  does  mean?     Let  him  answer 
the  argument  I  drew  from  the  language 
of  Peter  when  he  speaks  of  the  like  fig- 
ure whereunto   baptism  doth   also  now 
save  us.     Paul    says  as  many   of  us  as 
liave  been  baptized  into  Christ  have  put 
on  Clirist  (Gal.  .'1;  27).     It  is  not  repent 
into  Christ,  nor  believe  into  Him,  but  Ite 
baptized  into  Him.     We  believe  on  Jesus 
Christ,  repent   of  our  sins  aud  then  are 
baptized  into  Christ,  thus  we   get   into 
Christ  by  baptism,  and  not  by  faith  on- 
ly, as  my  friend  says. 

We  have  shown  you  that  Peter  told 
the  Pcntecoatians  to  repent  and  be  bap 
tized  for  the  remission  of  sins.  Here 
repentarLce  and  baptism  are  joined  to- 
gether for  the  same  purpose.  If  bap- 
tism is  bccdum  of  the  remission  of  sins, 
then  repentance  is  too,  and  therefore  put 
repentance  after  the  remission  of  sins  in- 
stead of  before.  I  want  my  friend  to 
tell  us  whether  Peter  answered  the  Pen- 
tecostiaus  right  when  he  told  them  tp 
repent  and  be  baptized  for  the  remission 
of  -sins^  The  Baptists  will  not  answer 
their  converts  that  way.  Thougli  Mr. 
Ray  takes  the  position  that  baptism  is 
not  a  condition  of  pardon,  yet  he  nmkes 
it  a  condition  of  membership  in  the  Bap- 
tist church,  and  will  not  commune  with 
any  one  without  it.  He  maintains  that 
a  man  becomes  a  child  of  God  by  faith, 
yet  he  is  not  good  enough  to  be  a  mem 
ber  of  the  Baptist  church.  According 
to  his  lotjic  people  can  be  members  of 
thecliurch  of  Christ  without  baptism, 
but  cannot  be  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  without  it;  therefore  the  Baptist 
church  is  not  the  church  of  Clirist. 

But  he  maintains  that  we  get  into 
Christ,  Me  head,  hy  faith  and  then  into 
the  church,  the  bodij  by  baptiffi/i.  I 
would  like  him  to  explain  how  one  gets 
into  tlu-  head  without  getting  into  tlie 
body,^  and  what  authority  he  has  for 
making  that  distinction. 

During  the  past  Winter  I  have  read 
about  If)!)  books  of  the  ancient  Fathei's, 
and  find  that  for  the  first  JlH)  years  bap- 
tism for  the  remission  of  sins  was  the 
doctrine  of  the  general  church,  yet  my 
friend  will  maintain  that  it  originated 
with  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He 
talks  about  the  doctriue  not  being  in  the 
Bible.  The  New  Testament  is  full  of  it. 
John  the  Baptist,  Christ,  Peter,  Ananias 
and  Paul  taught  it. 

The  primitive  Christians  did  not  go  to 
war  and  kill  each  other.  They  were  all 
opposed  to  war  aud   blood-shed.     W 


wa?*  opposed  by  On-giii  who  lived  in  the 
second  (■.-., rury.:in'!jd-o  by  Cyprian.  Ter- 
tulliauaud  Jnstiu  Martyr.  The  Baptist 
fhurch  is  not  opposed  to  war  am  wan  the 
primitive  church.  Even  their  preachers 
are  allowed  to  take  part  in  it,  go  to  war 
and  help  kill  their  l>n-thri-n  instead  of 
pleaching  the  Gospel  of  pence  as  they 
are  commanded  to  do  ]>y  the  Bilde,  The 
old  Anabaptists  and  Waldenses,  with 
which  they  claim  j)rou<l  connecli<m  took 
no  part  in  war  of  any  kind,  but  stood 
aloof  from  all  blood -shed  and  cruelty. 
Thus  we  see  that  the  Haptist  church  has 
departed  not  only  from  the  faith  of  the 
Hilde,  but  from  the  practice  of  the  an- 
cient churches. 


For  the  want  of  time  to  prepare  onr 
report  for  the  press  this  is  all  that  we  can 
n.  M. 

THE  MARCH  OF  DEATH. 


rpiIK  march  of  death  is  relentless,  uni- 
■*■  vei-sal;  none  can  escape  his  hau'l; 
no  place  is  safe  from  his  (piiet  footaleps 
behind.  Death  may  overtake  us  at  »ea 
— the  waters  receiving  the  cold,  still 
form,  that  left  the  shnr.'  full  of  lite,  and 
the  hope  of  meeting  frien<ls  ncross  the 
ocean.  The  angi-y  waves  close  over  the 
still  living  forms  that  cry  and  pray  as  the 
wi'ecked  vessel  sinks  down  to  destruction. 
He  may  visit  our  homes  and  take  us 
along  with  him  wlien  we  are  surroun<led 
by  loving  friends,  while  we  are  in  youth's 
bright  hour,  or  in  the  hles,sed  peace  <if 
old  age  following  a  well  spent  life. 

He  may  snatch  away  the  infant,  spar- 
ed of   all  life's  sorrow — innocent,  pure 
and   holy.     He  may  meet     his   victim 
when  abroad,  lonely  and  desolate.    The 
lad  nt'ws    is    carried  across   the    sea  to 
mourning  friends,  wlnt  are    made  to  feel 
tliat  they  too  must  meet  this  last  enemy 
of  man.     Whatever  of  evil  we  may  es- 
cape in  life,  whatever  of  good  we  may 
miss,  one  lot  awaits  all  mankind  that  we 
cannot  escape.     We  must  all  yield  to  the 
march  of  death.  We  cannot  Imr  the  way 
for  the  conquering  warrior  who  stead- 
ily advances  towards  us.  every  day  draw- 
ing vis  onward    to   the   inevitable  end. 
He  may  come  quickly,  snatching  us  from 
the  cradle.     He    may    come  in  houre  of 
deepest  joy — to   the    bridegroom   at  the 
altar,  to  the  mother  carressing  her  first- 
born, to  the  youth  who  has  attained  great 
renown.     He  may   come  in  our  deepest 
anguish — taking  the  widow    from    con- 
templating her    husband's  corpse;    the 
child  upon  its  dead  father's   bosom;  the 
wretch  who  is  confined   to   the  darkest 
dungeon.     He  may  claim  the  good  man 
who   is  distributing    merciful  gifts;   he 
may  strike   down   the  murderer  beside 
his  victim.     No  place  will  hide  us  when 
death  seeks  us. 

Let  us  then  so  live  that  the  grim  mon- 
arch will  be  greeted  as  our  best  friend, 
that  he  will  unbar  for  us  the  portals 
leading  to  a  glorious  immortality. 

"  Death  is  ii  path  that  must  he  trod, 
If  ever  man  would  p;iss  to  God." 


A  young  man  distinguished  for  his 
mathematical  attainments,  was  fond  of 
challenging  his  fellow  students  to  a  trial 
of  skill  in  solving  difficult  problems. 
Oneday  a  class-mate  came  in  to  his  study, 
and  laying  a  folded  paper  before  him 
said:  "  There  is  a  problem  I  wish  you  to 
help  me  solve,"  aud  immediately  left 
the  room.  The  paper  was  eagerly  un- 
folded, and  there  instead  of  a  question 
in  mathematics,  were  traee<l  the  lines. 
"  What  sliall  it  pi\»fiE  a  man  if  he  gain 
the  whole  world  and  lose  his  own  soul; 
or  what  shall  a  man  give  in  exchange 
i  for  his  souU" 


TT-TK    W^EXjHIKH:>r    ^VT    A\^01<I\:. 


^ay    3, 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

P II  B  1. 1  S  H  K  n    W  K  E  K  L  y . 


J    H    MOORE. 


», 


M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  | 


Bko.  S.  tl  Dunomli  ilril/  auihori»od,  hf  <»  m  oi.i 
>-(«<itlng(  «jrrnij>oni#nl  •nd  n|ieni  for  tlip  IJtmiBiis  «i 

M.rttic  •nrf  win  r#««l»o«iil>.criplion«f"rrlio««mp«l  oui 
.^iUrniU.       All  t.u.ii.r..  .rn.i.oct.J  l^r  liim  f..r  ourcf. 

r ..-.  will  U  Ihe  Mtiic  n*  if  iliini-  l<y  oi)n*lvM. 


f  IlKKTiiuirw  it  W(in«  will  he  «enl  poiii-p»i<l.  to  "oj 
w  In  tlm  Onlr^d  «iai™  or  Otniidii.  for  *1  fiW  P»' 
ni  Tlmiic  xonillDg  mn  numw  nnil  $I6.W.  will  re- 
art  «ilr»  copy  fr*-**  o'  olinrjtP.  For  •ll  OTor  tlim 
«r  (lio  ri«nt  will  ho  nllowc.l  HI  ccnln  for  eaoh  sdfli- 
I  iimiir  which  oiiioiinl  Ci»n  he  iieJiicWl  Trofn  ihc 
V  hef«rp»en'fiiig  it  to  ud.  Money  Order*.  Drnria, 
liraUlercd  Utier*  ni«y  \m  twt  nt  our  rl»k.    Thcj 

J*  Tn<ulp  p.y«hK.  to  M<".rp  &  Ohduian, 
.,  npti(in«,  ni..l  coi»minili:niiiiii»  inienrled  for  iho  pft- 
III  wdl  III  till  l.ii»ini-»*  miitlcr*  cunncolpil  with  the  of- 
l,„,ilj  l.r  ri.Mri— 0.1 

VOOSS  ft  EEEtELUAlT, 

Lturk,  cimii  co.,nr 


LAiUEE,  ILL.. 


Uil  t,  187r. 


TiiK  rffiiftintlc'r  of  the  report,  of  flu-  (liwcis- 
...11  ln-twfon  Hro.  Forney  and  Mr.  Slmft' reiicli- 
-1  til.'  oflioe  loo  lute  for  tluK  is.Mie.  H  will  ii|»- 
.,ir  next  week,  nml  will  bL'foiiml  fpiilp  intor- 
-liiiff,  citiK-ciiilly  tin-  closing  part. 

TiiK  recent  recciirilii'B  in  tlic  ruins  of  Hahy- 
Kni  deiiion^riite  tin-  tireutiii'M  of  Nehiiclimliiez- 
nr'n  power,  for  not  less  Ihiin  jiiiie-lcnlhs  of  all 
tht?  brick,  foiiiitl  iinioiiB  ilie  ruins,  are  stnniiied 
wiUi  liiN  nimie.  Haliylon  wiia  nt  one  time  tho 
moot  Kj.lendid  city  on  the  eiirtli. 

It  is  fljiid  tlint  tlie  New  Kii},'liint|  Metliodi.xt 
'Cdifcn-nce.  iit  Wustfield.  Moss,,  hiis  voU'd  not 
tu  iKlmit  ininiHt^rs  in  the  fntnro  «Iio  "se  tobac- 
co. It  i«i  well  for  niinist<Ts  to  set  «  good  ex»m- 
pl4>  for  the  risiiip  genenitioii.  Tliis-is  donbtless 
-the  lie-ttwiiy  tonboliwh   lui    unbecoming  hiibit. 

TllKseiisoii  in  thirt  part  of  Illinois  in  iiliont 
■  onp  month  iilieiid  of  its  usual  time.  Vegeta- 
tion is  growing  very  rapidly,  fruit-trees  out  in 
Uooni,  thns  giving  tlie  city  a  beautiful  nitjiear- 
ance.  So  far  the  prospects  for  abundant  crops 
jire  Kood,  Uiougli  we  still  hftve  some  cool 
•rnvtHOier.  __^ 

Fbom  J.  W.  Stkin.  —  Permit  uic  to  say 
■Uirough  your  colnnniK  in  reply  to  a  number  of 
Settnv  which  I  have  not  time  to  nnswer,  that  I 
kave  close  engiigciuenlii  uj)  to  time  of  A.  M.  — 
Urvtliren  will  try  to  have  their  letters  reach 
mv  nt  A.  M.,  or  eiirly  iu  May  in  cure  of  J.  !{. 
vGish,  KoBUoke,  III. 

■  ♦• 

TnitoroH  the  kindness  of  the  Central   Hook 

•  amvvTU,  OHkaloiisa,  Iowa,  we   have  received   a 

•  oH«y  of  ^''^^  Ooxprl  Erhovs,  coutaiuiiifr  a  choice 
•collection  of  song*  for  Sunday 'Schools,  etc..  by 

IL  G.  Staples.  We  are  not  sufficiently  versed 
IB  music,  to  pass  judgment  oil  the  merits  of  the 
■work.    The  appearance  of  the  book  is  very  at- 

'ijiicttve.  ^.l-_^_^ 

It  would  seem  that  we  are  to  have  another 
br«><'ze  from  the  Heeeherand  Tilton  scandal.  It 
in  ho|H-'d  that  the  good  sense  of  publisliei-s  will 
flrtt -tlhe  carnality  of  the  reiwling  public  have  a 
tlittic  >i<ei4.  A  lejiding  preacher  ot  Detroit  has 
■■•iao  fuHea  from  what  little  grace  he  ever  had. 
H(y  similiir  conduct.  What  is  most  neeiled 
.^inong  preachers  just  now,  is  a  thorough  sifting 
aud  maj-  God  hasten  the  day  wlien   it  will  be 

Thk  new  Poiw  astonished  a  crowd  of  Homan 

'li^giurs,  too  lazy  even  to  trump,  by  dispersing 

tiMwn  in  fi'oiit  of  the  Vaticim  witli   a  message, 

Uiat  "  it  is  God's  will  that  man  shall   earn    his 

'  bri'iwl  by  the  swent  of  his  brow."     If  he   would 

■  Mjforee  that  preee|it  on  the  atteiitiiui  of  the 
<Ji»lJiolic  church  in  this  counti-y.  it  might  niat- 
«rially  relieve  the  people  here  of  a  great  nuis- 
ance.    It  would  seem  that  a  majority    of  the 

•  tranips  are  Catholics. 

Is  Liincftstev  t'o.,  Pa.,  there  are  said  to  be 

■  about  two  thousinnl  menibei-s,  yet  wc  have  not 
oT«r  fifty  papers  going  to  that  county,  and  the 

•  Primithf  CiirMian  says  that  it  has  but   about 

■  two  dozen.     This  is  a  small    number  of  papers 

■  for  that  amount  of  inemlwrs;  we  therefore 
suggest  that  parties  living  in  that  county, 
A^jid  for  sample  copies  of  our  [taper,  and  distri- 
bul«*  them  among  the  members  there,  an'l  in 
tk«t  way  we  nmy  succeed  in  working  up  a  pret- 
ig  large  list  in  Lancaster  To. 

Bbo.  Eshelman  is  at  present  on  a  trip  East, 
3u»<i  may  likely  remain  a  few  weeks.  He  left 
Iwre  at  noon  the  '23nd,.  intending  to  spend  a 
iay  or  more  iu  Chicago.  Our  little  folks  will 
extreme  patience  till  his  return,  as  he  generally 


tiiU-y  ili:>rgr  nt  their  letters  luid  the  Homi*  Cir- 
cle. It  in  likely  that  Bro.  K.  may  have  some 
good  things  to  tell  you  on  hi-s  return  home.  In 
hi-H  a'rfwnce  »vi-  will  say  to  our  little  readers,  do 
not  be  discouraged  because  your  letters  do  not 
upp<.-ur  us  »o^n  as  you  think  they  ought,  as  we 
have  (luitv  a  uinnb«r  of  them  oil  hand,  and  can- 
not find  room  for  all  yet. 


of  the  i-iow  moving  black  spot  on  the  face  of  the 
great  luminary,  white  they  are  willing  to  leave 
the  delicate  obst?rvatii>ns  and  calculations  to 
practical  eyes  ami  iiKitbpmatiLiil  brains. 


"  At  Dallas,  Texa.s.  a  large  farm  has  been 
purcha.'<ed  by  the  city,  and  all  trumps  and  va- 
granl.4  arf  sent  there  to  work."  So  says  a  Chi- 
cago paper.  That  is  a  right  step  in  the  right 
direction.  The  country  is  full  of  men  who  are 
doing  on  unf«M  amount  of  mischief,  and  are  of 
no  benefit  to  either  themselves  or  anybody  else, 
but  if  j)ut  to  work,  may  be  reformed  and  be^ 
come  useful  and  enterprising.  Men  were  made 
to  work,  and  there  is  no  use  iu  any  one  being 
idle.  There  is  plenty  of  work  for  all  to  do, 
though  wages  may  be  low,  yet  a  little  is  far  bet- 
ter th.in  nothing.  It  is  said  that  there  is  an 
organized  botly  of  these  tramp*  and  they  have 
bound  themselves  together  by  oath,  not  to  work. 


OBIGINAL  GROUND. 

WK  have  been  su  busy  this  week  that  we 
c<iuidnot  find  time  to  write  our  third 
article  on  "Original  Ground,"  and  must  there- 
fore ask  our  readers  to  wait  on  us  a  little  while 
longer.  We  shall  finish  up  the  series  just  as 
soon  as  we  can  spare  the  time  to  prepare  them 
for  the  press.  With  us  the  subject  is  one  of 
importance,  a:id  needs  to  be  well  understood  if 
unity  and  purity  lie  retained  in  the  church. 

The  Gospel  is  jievfect  and  complete  in  all  its 
parts,  and  fully  adapted  to  our  wonts,  but  must 
be  studied  with  care  and  wisdom.  These  times 
of  deception  and  false  teaching  make  the  study 
of  tlie  Bible  absolutely  essential.  If  there  was 
ever  a  time  that  Christians  should  be  "  as  wise 
as  serjients"  it  is  now.  The  falling  away  from 
the  faith  once  delivered  unto  the  saints,  with 
the  general  dispositiou  upon  the  part  of  modern 
Christendom  to  pattern  after  the  vain  and  cor- 
rupt things  of  tlie  world,  make  it  necessary 
that  the  distinctive  features  of  our  religious 
claims  be  clearly  set,  not  only  before  the  world, 
but  bel'c^^our  people.  Otlier  deaomiuatious 
have  been  ruined  by  patterning  after  each  other, 
instead  of  using  the  primitive  churches  as  their 
only  model,  and  unless  we  repent  there  may  be 
danger  of  our  candlestick  being  removed,  and 
we  cease  to  he  the  light  of  the  world. 


RAILROAD  ARRANGEMENTS. 

WK  have  arranged  with  tlie  Western  Union 
Hailroad  company  to  carry  pei'sons  desir- 
ing to  attend  A.  M.,  from  Lanark,  Shannon  and 
Frccport  to  Warsaw,  Indiana  and  return  for 
SO.OO.  Warsaw  is  about  twenty  miles  from 
North  Manchester,  the  place  near  which  the 
meeting  is  to  be  held.  Persons  can  start  at  any 
time  between  thp  fifth  and  tenth  of  June  and 
return  by  the  twentieth.  Those  coming  from 
Ogle  and  Lee  counties,  this  State,  and  those 
from  northern  Iowa,  will  change  cars  at  Free- 
port.  Those  from  central  Iowa  and  other  pai-ts 
of  the  West,  who  wish  to  avail  themselves  of 
this  route,  can  reach  Lanark  bv  way  of  Rock 
Island,  111.,  or  Clinton,  Iowa.  Tickets  will  be 
for  sale  at  the  offices  above  named. 


THE  TRANSIT  OF  MERCURY. 

ATHANSIT  of  Mercurj'  will  occur  ou  the 
Rth  of  May,  which  is  anticipated  with 
much  interest  in  the  n.stronoraical  world.  It 
will  be  visible  all  over  the  United  States,  and 
will  occupy  about  seven  hours  and  a  half  in  its 
jmssage.  Transits  of  Mercury  are  inucl^  more 
frequent  than  those  of  Venus,  the  average  in- 
terval being  less  than  t.en  years.  Thus  the 
coming  transit  will  be  followed  by  otbei-s  in 
18S1  and  1891,  while  after  the  transit  of  Venus 
iu  1SS2  none  will  occur  until  2004. 

Mercury  is  the  name  of  a  small  planet  about 
37,WMi,lM)Omilesfrom  thesun,  and  3,000  miles 
iu  diameter.  It  revolves  about  the  sun  once  in 
every  eighty-eight  days,  and  so  happens  that  it 
gets  Wtween  the  earth  and  sun  quite  frequently, 
thus  causing  a  dark  spot  to  slowly  move  across 
the  disk  of  the  suu.  "  The  heavens  declare 
the  glory  of  God;  and  the  firmament  showeth 
liis  handiwork." 

Mercury  i.s  too  small  to  be  seen  by  the  nakeil 
eye  in  its  passage  across  the  sun,  but  unscientific 
observers,  who  have  access  to  good  telescoi>es, 
\vill  have  HO  difficulty  in  detecting  the  presence 


REASON  AND  REVELATION, 

BY  K.  Miliigan.  This  is  a  work  of  564  pages, 
printed  in  large  and  beautiful  type,  well 
bound  in  cloth.  Following  are  some  of  the 
subjects  handled  in  a  masterly  manner:  "Di- 
vine Origin  of  the  Bible:"  "Unity  and  harmo- 
ny;" "Simplicity  and  Incomprehensibility  of 
the  Bible;"  "Unparalleled  Theology  of  the 
Bible;"  "Superior  Morality  of  the  Bible;" 
"Supernatural  Character  of  Christ;"  "Exist- 
ence and  Prevalence  of  Christianity;  "  "  Fulfill- 
ed Prophecy;"  "Harmony  of  the  Bible  and 
Science; "  "  The  Canon  of  the  Holy  Scriptures;" 
"Integrity  of  the  Holy  Scriptures;"  "Scope 
of  Biblical  Criticisms;"  "Inspiration  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures;"  "Theories  of  Inspiration;  " 
"Sacred  Hermeneutics  and  Exegesis;"  "Last 
and  Highest  Function  of  Reason;"  "  Faith  and 
Infidelity;"  "The  Bible  as  a  means  of  Educa- 
tion;" "Qualifications  of  the  Bible  Student;" 
"i'eiienistic  Greek;"  "Scripture  Analysis." 
A  careful  perusal  of  this  work  cannot  fail  to 
give  the  reader  valuable  ideas  on  the  Divine  or- 
igin of  the  Bible,  its  inspiration  and  haruiouy. 
Price,  $2.50.     _^_^__^ 

GRAVES  AND  TRINE  IMMERSION 

ii  i^N  Baptist  history.  Ray  was  driven  to  the 
V/    wall:  and,  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  day's 
discussion,  declared  that  he  would  not  give  a 
feather  for  the  evidence  of  sucli   historians 
Orchard,  Judsou  and  Robinson." 

So  reports  one  of  the  editoi-s  of  the  Dunkavd 
paper,  who  attended  the  debate  between  Bro. 
Ray  and  Mr.  Stein,  who  was,  a  few  yeai-s  ago,  a 
Baptist  minister  of  the  Cold  Water  Association 
of  Mississippi.  We  do  not  believe  Bro.  Ray 
ever  disparaged   those  histories.      If  they   are 

alueless,  what  is  his  own  worth? 

"Bro.  Steinshowed  that  the  commission  taught 
trine  immersion  so  plainly  that  it  took  five  hun- 
dred yeara  before  a  mail  could  be  found  having 
audacity  enough  to  claim -that  it  taught  single 
immersion,  and  that  that  man  was  a  pope,  be- 
longing to  the  mother  of  harlots,  too,  at  that; 
and  then  challenged  Ray  to  produce  one  single 
person  bel'ore  five  hundred  yeai-s  after  Christ 
saying  to  the  contrary.  Ray  would  not  touch 
this  question." 

If  Mr.  Stein,  or  any  body  else,  will  find  a  pope, 
(.  e.,  bishop  of  all  bishops,  before  the  seventh 
centurj'.  we  will  give  them  the  pen  we  write 
with,  and  publicly  confess  our  ignorance  of  ec- 
clesia'^tical  history. 

Dunkai'd  Stein  misstates  the  matter  wholly. 
We  can  find  a  man  in  the  first  century  who  had 
the  audacity  to  s-iy  that  Christian  baptism  con- 
sisted of  but  one  single  immersion;  and  he  A'Hf  (/■ 
whereof  he  affirmed.  His  name  was  Paul,  who 
received  his  information  directly  from  Jesus 
Christ,  the  author  of  the  commission.  He  ile- 
clared,  in  a  letter  to  the  church  at  Ephesu.s,  that 
there  was  but  "  oue  immei-sion."  Trine  immer- 
sion destroys  the  symbolism  of  baptism.  We 
only  bury  a  dead  body  once;  and  therefpre,  as 
baptism  is  the  likeness  of  death,  we  can  dip  but 
once. 

hemauks. 

The  above  is  clipped  from  The  Baptist,  the 
leading  Baptist  paper  of  the  South.  It  is  edit- 
ed by  J.  R.  Graves,  the  most  prominent  Baptist 
minister  and  writer  in  the  United  States.  It 
needs  a  few  comments. 

Mr.  Raj'  disparaged  historians  ua  badly  as 
represented  bythe  quotation  taken  from  our 
paper.  We,  too,  would  like  to  know,  what  his 
own  history  is  worth?  What  is  any  Baptist 
history  worth  to  the  Baptist  church?  for  every 
one  of  them,  when  endeavoring  to  establish 
Baptist  succession,  run  the  chain  through 
churches  that  practiced  trine  immersion.  Why 
do  they  not  run  the  succession  through  church- 
es that  practiced  backward  single  immersion? 
When  they  find  a  man  who  can  do  this  then  we 
\vill  send  him  our  pen. 

Mr.  Graves  wants  some  one  to  find  a  "  pope  " 
before  the  seventh  centurj-.  That  is  not  the 
question.  The  question  is,  find  ii  man  before 
five  hundred  years  aft^r  Christ,  saying  that  the 
commission,  in  Matt.  2S:  10,  teaches  single  im- 
mersion. That  is  what  we  want  Mr.  Graves  or 
some  other  man  to  do.  We  can  find  plenty  be- 
fore that  time,  who  affirm  that  the  commission 
teaches  the  trine  immersion ;  this  Is  an  easy 
task,  but  to  find  one  w*hosays  otherwise  is  where 


the  troubli?  comes  in.  The  first  person  \,i,q 
taught  single  immersion  in  connection  withth 
three  names  of  the  Trinity,  was  Gregory  t),- 
Great,  sometimes  called  *'  Pope  Gregory."'  jj 
flourished  at  the  close  of  the  sixtli.  and  begin, 
ning  of  the  seventh  centuries.  If  Mr.  Graves 
can  find  a  man  before  this  saying  that  the  com. 
mission  teaches  single  immersion  he  will  please 
name  it. 

But,  he  says  Paul  taught  "  that  Christian 
baptism  consisted  of  one  shu/le  immersion " 
Will  he  please  name  the  chapter  and  verse  where 
Paul  says  that  Christian  baptism  consisted  of 
oue  shifflc  immei-sion?  In  Eph.  4:  5,  Paul  uses 
the  Greek  term  cii  briptistiia.  Does  the  geutle- 
man  maintain  ihai  en  baptisma  means  one  shiiilf 
immersion?  If  he  does,  theu  we  call  for  his 
proof.  It  is  certainly  evident  that  native  Greeks 
ought  to  underatand  their  own  language  best 
and  all  of  them  who  have  written  on  the  sub- 
ject say  that  en  bnptismti  refei-s  to  trine  immer- 
sion. Will  Graves  name  just  one  ancient  Greek- 
scholar  who  says  that  Paul's  ^h  biiptl.-iiiia  refers 
to  single  immei-sion?  Now  for  your  history  if 
you  please. 

But  he  violates  the  rules  of  logic,  by  asKum. 
iiiff  the  very  thing  to  be  proven.  He  ossunies 
that  en  biiptlsimi  (one  baptism)  means  owe  siW/e 
immersion.  We  have  just  as  good  a  right,  oa 
thi^  other  hand,  to  assume  that  it  refers  to  the 
Ihrei'-J'uhl  immersion.  But  to  the  law  and  tes- 
timony we  appeal.  We  want  some  proof  from 
proper  authority- 
He  further  says,  "Trine  immersion  destroys 
the  symbolism  of  baptism."  Does  he  mean  that 
the  symbol,  imd  the  thing  symbolized  must  agree 
in  number?  Does  he  teach  that  the  type  and 
ante-type  must  agree  in  number?  If  he  does, 
then  he  should  be  able  to  prove  that  it  is  a  Bi- 
ble rule  for  types  and  ante-types  to  agree  in 
number,  but  if  he  cannot  prove  this,  what  au- 
thority hiis  he  for  saying  that  "trine  immersion 
destroys  the  symbolism  of  baptism?"  It  will 
not  do  for  him  to  assume,  or  suppose  that  types 
and  antetypes  outside  of  baptism  need  not  a^i-ee 
in  number,  but  in  baptism  they  should,  for  that 
would  establish  premises  that  could  be  strongly 
urged  in  defense  of  sprinkling  and  pouring.  If 
Mr.  Graves  will  now  go  to  work,  and  prove  that 
it  is  a  Bible  rule  for  the  symbol,  and  the  thing 
symbolized  to  agree  in  number,  he  will  help  hia 
people  to  au  argument  that  would  bedifficultto 
refute. 

When  it  comes  to  Baptists  writing  against 
trine  immersion  they  need  to  tread  cautiously, 
for  if  they  take  the  position  that  trine  immer- 
sion is  not  Christian  baptism  the  theory  dis- 
proves their  claims  to  church  succession,  as  their 
books,  already  written,  when  tracing  up  the  line 
of  succession,  invariably  run  the  chain  through 
churches  that  practiced  the  three-fold  immer- 
sion. There  is  not  a  man  on  earth  who  can 
trace  church  succession  through  churches  that 
practiced  backward  single  immersion. 

J,  H.  M. 


A  STRANGE  CASE. 

rPHERE  was  a  young  man  at  meeting  that  had 
X  talked  for  some  time  of  coming  to  the 
church.  1  preached  one  of  my  old-fashioned 
sermons.  After  meeting  I  saw  that  he  evident- 
ly wanted  something,  but  he  said  nothing.  I- 
went  home  and  he  went  with  one  of  the  breth- 
ren for  dinner.  So  that  uight,  quite  awhile  af- 
ter dark,  lie  and  the  brother  and  sister  he  stop- 
ped with,  came  to  my  house  and  he  demainlcd 
baptism  that  night.  I  asked  him  if  he  would 
not  as  soon  wait  till  morning,  He  said  no,  it 
must  be  done  that  night;  said  he,  "  I  might 
uot  Hve  till  morning!"  So  we  sent  word  around 
to  the  nearest  neighbors  and  soon  had  quite  a 
little  meeting.  I  inquired  into  his  faith;  he 
seemed  very  strong.  I  laid  all  tho  duties  before 
him  as  plain  as  I  could,  and  he  answered  every- 
thing unhesitatingly;  theu  we  repaired  to  the 
water  and  I  baptized  him.  The  scene  was  n 
very  solemn  one,  which  could  be  seen  by  the 
light  of  the  luntcnis.  He  seemed  all  right  till, 
perhaps,  three  weeks  ago;  he  came  to  me  aim 
told  me  that  he  did  not  realize  any  benefit  from 
his  baptism,  he  hsid  no  more  evidence  of  his  fim 
being  pardoned  than  he  had  before.  I  showed 
him  many  evidences,  in  the  Gospel,  if  he  did. 
what  he  did  do,  in  faith.  He  said  he  had  m' 
vivid  manifestation  in  his  feelings  that  his  sins 
were  pardoned,  and  that  he  must  have;  nothing 
else  will  satisfy  him.  He  said  he  was  converted 
once  when  a  small  boy,  while  in  the  Held  »' 
work;  said  he  had  the  evidence  then  in  his  feel- 
ings, hut  it  did  not  hist  long,  and  he  has  tried 
for  year^  since  to  get  the  same  feeling  and  could 


Jtt^iV 


TtlK    HKETH;rtI..>r    ^T    AVOXtlC. 


uot- 


^  He  attended  Methodist  and  United  BretU 
^u's  meetings,  had  been  at  the  mourner's  bench 
„  „»mber  of  times,  and  had.  I  think,  joined  both 
tUese  f  iinrcbes  as  a  seeker,  but  has  ever  failed  to 
^et  tliat  Icehng  (he  was  raised  a  Methodiat) 
^„d  be  thought  if  he  would  be  baptized  he 
,vouM  then  instantly  get  thatfeeiinghesoniurh 
aesired,  and  be  said,  "  I  did  not  get  it.  and  now 
I  uiiow  that  baptism  is  not  for  the  remission  of 
gins,  aiid  I  wont  be  own«d  as  a  member." 

I  reasoned  with  him.  but  could  not  eiTect  any 
thing-  If  y°"  P"^^'«^  M  part  of  this  letter 
gi^e  lis  as  plain  an  article  on  the  subject  as  you 
can. 

REMARKS. 

The  trouble  with  tlie  young  man  is  a  lack  of 
jiillh  in  what  the  Gospel  teaches.  He  is  de- 
pending on  his  feelings  for  evidence  of  his  par- 
don, nud  does  not  rely  on  the  plain,  simph 
ffoi-a.  He  was  taught  wrong  in  the  first  place, 
and  still  entertains  those  wrong  impressions, 
and  will  not  likely  be  much  benefited  until  they 
^<f  removed. 

He  has  been  taught  that  when  his  sms  are 
pnvdoned  the  Holy  Spirit  will  fcU  hiui  so,  that 
]s,  put  that  idea  directlij  into  his  heart.  He  is 
jiot  depending  on  what  Christ  and  the  apostles 
say  about  conversion,  but  is  i-elying  on  what  he 
supposes  the  Spirit  will  put  in  his  heart.  He  is 
jiot  the  first  one  who  has  been  in  this  trouble, 
thoiigb  it,  under  different  circumstances,  assumes 
other  forms,  however,  the  theory  is  about  the 
same,  and  to  reach  one  will  be  to  reach  the 
other. 

The  whole  thing  is  predicated  npon  what  is 
Imown  as  the  "  abstract  Holy  Ghost  doctrine," 
a  doctrine  extensively  preached  by  the  popular 
denominations  of  the  day,  and  even  by  some 
that  are  not  so  popular.  It  supposes  that  the 
Holy  Ghost  works  or  acts  upon  the  human  heart 
independent  of  the  Bible,  and  at  times  tells  peo- 
ple things  thfit  are  not  recorded  in  the  Bible. 
A  better  undei-standing  of  the  work  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  ivill  speedily  remove  all  such  erroneous 
ideas. 

It  should  be  remembered,  that  all  you  and  I 
know  about  God  and  His  revealed  system  of  re- 
ligion is  what  we  have  learned  from  the  Bible. 
Whatever  the  office  of  the  Spirit  may  be,  it  is 
evident  that  it  never  reveals  to  us  anything 
about  the  Christian  religion  that  is  not  in  the 
Bible.  Among  those  who  believe  in  the  abstract 
Holy  Ghost  doctrine,  I  have  the  first  one  to  find 
who  can  name  a  single  idea,  not  in  the  Book, 
revealed  to  him  by  the  Holy  Spirit.  It  is  then 
upon  the  Word  that  we  must  depend  for  all  our 
Knowledge  of  conversion,  and  of  the  knowledge 
of  the  pardoning  of  our  sins.  It  is  by  the  Word 
that  we  know  when  our  sins  are  pardoned,  and 
to  rely  on  feelings,  moulded  by  erroneous  doc- 
trine is  dangerous  in  the  extreme. 

Paul  says,  "  Faith  cometh  by  hearing,"  and 
"without  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  God. 
"  He  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned."  But 
what  must  he  believe?  "Believe  the  Gospel'' 
—believe  in  Jesus  Christ  with  all  that  He  said 
find  did.  The  sinner  is  not  required  to  believe 
that  which  is  not  in  the  Book.  A  belief  in  such 
things  is  not  a  condition  of  salvation.  If  he 
belipves  in  Jesus  Christ  with  all  his  heart,  that 
is  "  Gospel  faith."  If  he  believes  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  come  to  him  i/irect,  and  tell  him  irlteii 
his  sins  are  pardoned  then  he  believes  something 
that  is  not  in  the  Book,  something  not  taught 
by  inspired  men.  something  that  has  a  tendency 
to  lead  wrong  instead  of  right.  His  faith  on 
lliat  subject  is  not  Gospel,  and  therefore  li 
while  in  that  condition,  cannot  get  the  Spirit  to 
bear  witness  with  his  spirit  that  he  is  the  child 
of  God.  The  Holy  Ghost  will  not  bear  witness 
"■ith  a  spirit  that?  is  not  accoi-ding  to  the  Gos- 
pel. The  young  man's  spirit  is  not  according 
to  the  Gospel,  for  he  believes  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  come  into  his  heart  direct  and  fell 
Wm  so  and  so.  This  being  anti-Gospel  he  can- 
not expect  to  have  the  Spirit  bearing  witness 
with  his  spirit.  Before  he  can  expect  the  Spirit 
to  bear  witness  with  his  spirit  that  he  is  a 
child  <.f  God  he  must  change  his  faith,  and  be 
^•illy  in  possession  of  a  truly  Gospel  faith. 

The  New  Testament  was  written  by  men  who 
wei-c  inspired  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  hence  when 
*''e  tmii  to  it  we  get  just  what  the  Spirit  has  to 
say  on  the  subject,  and  it  is  evident  that  the 
^I'irit  of  God  will  not  now  contradict  what  it 
bad  tu  say  years  ago.  We  now  turn  to  the 
Book.  The  young  man  wants  the  evidence  by 
^hich  he  can  know  that  he  has  passed  from 
''^ath  uuto  life.  Here  it  is:  "  We  know  that 
behave  pa8.sed  from  death  imto  life,  because  we 


lovf  the  brethren"  (1  John  3:  14).  Then  it 
follows  that  he  who  loves  the  fc;Y//ii en  has  pass- 
ed from  death  unto  life— has  had  his  sins  pai^ 
doned.  But  who  arc  the  hrethreii  here  spoken 
of?  and  how  shall  one  know  when  he  lores  the 
brethren?  Alt  will  agree  that  the  h>rfh-en  are 
the  chihlren  of  Ood.  No  one  will  call  this  in 
question.  Concerning  the  second  qnestioji  the 
Lord  has  not  left  us  iu  the  dark,  but  gave  us 
positive  proof  on  the  subject  that  we  may  know 
when  we  love  the  brethren.  I  know  some  want 
to  trust  to  feelings,  but  in  matters  of  this  kind 
feelings  are  a  verj-  poor  guide,  especially  so  when 
we  realize  that  they  oie  creatures  of  faith  and 
education,  and  are  turned  about  by  the  faith  at 
will. 

Says  John  {1.  5:  2),  "  By  this  we  know  that 
we  love  the  children  of  God,  when  we  love  God, 
and  keep  his  commandments.''  How  do  we 
know  that  wf  love  the  children  of  God?  "  Wlien 
we  love  God"— is  that  all?  No,  "and  keep  his 
commundments."  Then  it  turns  on  "loving 
God  and  keeping  his  commandments."  Now 
for  the  conclusion  of  the  argument:  The  man 
who  loves  the  brethren  knows  that  he  is  saved 
from  sin.  And  he  knows  that  he  loves  the 
hrelhreit  when  he  loves  God  and  keeps  His  com- 
mandments. Then  if  he  loves  God  and  keeps 
His  commandments  the  point  mth  him  is  set- 
tled. "  For  this  is  the  love  of  God,  that  we  keep 
his  commandments"  (1  John  5:  3). 

What  are  the  commandments  of  God  to  the 
unpardoned  sinner?  By  turning  to  the  second 
chapter  of  Acts  we  have  three  thousand  unpar- 
doned sinnei-3  inquiring  what  must  we  do? 
They  were  out  of  Christ,  unpardoned,  and  want- 
ed to  be  saved.  Peter,  by  the  authority  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  said  to  them,  "  Repent  and  be  bai>- 
tized  *  ■*  *  *  for  the  remission  of  sins."  This 
was  the  command  of  God.  They  believed  it 
with  all  their  hearts.  Then  they  were  baptized, 
and  feJt  in  their  hearts  that  their  sins  were  par- 
doned. Why  did  they /cp/ that  way?  Because 
they  believed  what  Peter  said.  Peter  told  them 
that  they  should  repent  and  be  baptized  for  the 
i-eraission  of  sins;  they  believed  him,  hence  had 
Gospel  faith;  then  the  Spirit  bore  mtness  ivith 
their  spirits  that  they  were  tiie  children  of  God, 
hence  felt  it  in  their  hearts.  God  tells  the  sin- 
ner that  "he  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damn- 
ed," and  to  "  repent  and  be  baptized."  The 
man  who  does  this  hwws  that  his  sins  are 
pardoned,  and  why?  because  he  6e/(Vrfs  it.  And 
why  does  he  believe  it?  because  God  says  so. 

If  the  young  man  has  Gospel  faith  and  does 
wliat  God  says,  he  hioiis  that  liis  sins  are  par- 
doned, because  the  Bible  says  so.  It  says  in 
positive  terms,  "  He  that  believeth  and  is  bap- 
tized shall  be  saved,"'  Any  man  who  has  Gos- 
pel faith  and  Gospel  baptism,  has  his  sins 
panloned  just  as  sure  as  there  is  a  God  in  heaven. 
And  that  is  not  all,  he  knoirs  it,  and  he  cannot 
help  hat  feel  it,  for  having  Gospel  faith,  which 
is  authorized  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  Spirit  of 
God  will  bear  witness  tcilh  his  spirit  to  that  ef- 
fect. And  when  a  man  knotrs  that  he  has  pass- 
ed from  death  unto  life,  he  is  bound  to  fee{  it; 
his  ftiilh  in  God's  Word  will  make  him  feel  it. 
If  he  has  been  baptized  and  does  notyVW  that 
his  sins  arc  panloned  it  is  evident  that  he  has 
not  faith  enough  in  what  the  Bible  says  about 
the  duty  of  unpardoned  sinners.  What  he 
wants  is  more  faith.  If  he  believed  with  all 
/lis  heart  that  "  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptiz- 
ed shall  be  saved,"  and  that  he  should  "  repent 
and  be  baptized  for  the  remission  of  sins,"  and 
then  does  as  it  says,  he  knows  that  he  is  pardon- 
ed, and  if  he  knows  it  he  will  feel  it.  If  he 
(Iws  not  feel  it,  it  is  evident  he  does  -aotknoirii, 
and  if  he  does  not  know  it,  it  is  for  the  want  of 
unbounded  confidence  and  faith  in  God's  M'ord. 
May  God  help  us  all  to  have  more  true,  genuine 
faith. 

His  saying  that  he  was  converted  while  a  lit- 
tle boy  out  in  the  field,  does  not  harmonize  with 
the  Bible  order.  Conversion  consists  in  the 
change  of  at  least  three  things:  1.  The  heart, 
2.  The  actions,  and  3.  The  relation.  These  can- 
not take  place  in  a  field  where  a  man  cannot 
fully  obey  all  that  God  has  enjoined  upon  him. 
What  is  the  evidence  of  his  conversion  ?  Sim- 
ply feelings.  Aside  from  his  feelings  he  has  no 
evidence.  He  puts  his  trust  in  his  feelings— in 
his  heart,  and  Solomon  says,  "  He  that  trusteth 
inhisoivn  heart  is  a  fool"  (Frov.  28:  26),  for 
the  heart  is  desperately  wicked.  Before  a  man 
is  safe  ui  trusting  his  heart,  he'must  have  some- 
thing by  which  he  can  try  his  heart.  Feelings 
:  being  governed  by  faith  it  is  needful  that  a  man 


first  examine  himself  to  see  whether  he  be  in 
the  faith. 

To  maintain  that  baptism  i«  not  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins,  just  because  one  person  did  not 
have  the  rightknnd  of  .feelings  after  his  baptism, 
would  b)it  array  fttUhte  human  feelings  aRiunst 
the  infallible  Word  of  God.  The  Oosjinl  on 
this  subject  is  true,  and  every  man  who  speaks- 
differently  is  simply  mistaken,  it  is  not  even 
possible  for  him  to  be  right,  i'eter  told  the 
Peutecoatians  to  "  repent  and  be  baptized  •  • 
•  *  for  the  remission  of  sins."  This  we  know 
is  right.  .1.  H.  M. 

WHO  SHOULD  BE  PLEASED? 

ANYTHING  relating  to  Gospel  facta  and 
commands  must  be  observed  to  please  God; 
for  "  our  God  is  in  the  heavens;  he  hath  done 
whatsoever  he  pleased"  (Psalm  115:  S).  When 
God  is  pleased,  He  fulfills  His  promises;  and 
He  is  fiiithlul  to  comply  mth  all  He  has  prom- 
ised. This  pleases  us.  "Christ  ploised  not 
Himself."  Had  He  pleased  Himself,  the  way  to 
the  tree  of  life  would  yet  be  closed;  but  denying 
Himself  of  comfort  and  pleasure.  He  came  to 
save  that  which  was  lost.  Ho  knew  that  there 
would  be  pain  and  death  in  His  pathway,  but 
He  hesitated  not — pleiwed  not  Himself. 

Now  it  often  turns  out  that  somebody  wants 
to  help  some  other  body  to  come  to  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth,  and  starts  out,  even  without 
any  concern  who  is  to  furnish  the  money  for 
railroad  fare,  food  and  lodging,  and  soon  finds 
men  and  women  hungry  and  waiting  to  be  fed. 
They  feed  them  the  bread  and  water  of  life,  and 
the  once  lean  multitude  grow  strong  and  healthy 
in  grace  and  truth.  True,  such  a  minister 
might  please  himself  by  waiting  for  some  one 
to  show  liim  an  easy  way,  but  he  pleases  not 
himself,  but  (joea.  Too  many  are  listening  to 
the  "  go  "  of  the  purse,  and  not  enough  to  the 
go  "  of  the  Lord.  Just  a  little  more  faith, 
both  on  the  part  of  the  working  minister  and 
among  those  who  ought  to  hetj)  bear  the  bur- 
dens might  increase  simplicity  and  Gospel  or- 
der among  us. 

Again  a  minister  comes  along,  reiidynnd  will- 
ing to  labor  for  the  turning  of  sinners  to  God. 
The  congregation  owns  two  or  three  meeting- 
houses. The  minister  can  only  remain  one 
week.  Now  to  please  all  the  brethren  and 
sisters,  he  must  preach  two  or  three  sermons  in 
each  place,  whether  sinners  are  made  saints  or 
not.  He  mast  please  the  brethren,  and  that  too 
when  he  knows  that  by  staying  at  one  place  and 
concentrating  his  efforts  he  might  induce  many 
to  turn  to  the  Lord.  Now  the  question  is,  Who 
should  be  pleased?  the  Lord  or  some  brethren 
and  sisters? 

We  should  remember  thilt  self-denial  is  a  part 
of  the  Christian  creed,  and  that  it  is  our  duty 
to  deny  ourselves  for  the  good  of  sinners.  We 
should  not  please  onraelves,  but  try  to  please  the 
Lord,  and  certainly  the  turning  of  men  and 
women  to  obey  Him  pleases  Him.  Do  not 
pect  yourselves  to  be  simply  gratified  by  hearing 
the  words  of  comfort,  but  forget  not  that  many 
are  yet  ser>'ing  sin,  and  for  them  you  should  be 
concerned.  Enoch,  before  his  translation,  had 
"  this  testimony,  that  he  plesLsed  God."  Excel- 
lent testimony  indeed!  God  help  us  to  please 
Him  in  all  things! 


tians  going  to  war  and  killing  their  fellow-men. 
If  neighbor  B.  goes  over  and  kilU  his  neighbor 
on  his  own.premises,  he  mu«t  be  punished  for  it, 
yet  one  nation  can  march  into  the  country  of 
another,  and  kill  a  couple  hundred  thousand 
men.  women  and  children  and  nothing  serious 
thought  of  it.    Take  this  as  another  lesson, 

Nkws  from  the  East  is  little  else  save  conject- 
ure. One  day  jieace  seems  to  \>e  the  leading 
feature,  the  next  all  is  war-like  and  gloomy.  Ger- 
many seems  to  be  acting  jm  a  kind  of  anu^lera- 
tor.  England,  in  certain  parta,  is  threatened 
with  some  trouble  resulting  from  a  strike  among 
her  cotton  operatives.  Thousands  have  quit 
work,  and  others  will  follow. 


At  the  present  time  four-fifths  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  earth  have  the  Bible  in  their  own 
native  tongue,  so  that  they  ran  reiid  and  obey 
the  Word  of  tho  Lord. 


RAILROAD  ARRANGEMENTS. 


THE 
Rai 


Pittsburg,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis 
.ailway  company  (Pan  Handle  Route)  will 
sell  to  Brethren  and  their  families  desiring  to 
attend  the  A.  M.  at  North  Manchester,  Indiana. 
Round  trip  excursion  tickets  at  low  rates.  Tick- 
ets will  be  sold  at  all  points  along  the  route,  by 
presenting  to  the  ticket  agent,  orders  from  the 
company  which  will  be  furnished  all,  by  writ- 
ing for  them.  Do  not  write  us  for  orders,  but 
send  to  W.  T.  O'Brien,  Gen'l  Pass'r  Agent, 
Columbus,  Ohio.  The  lines  of  this  company 
extend  from  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Washington,  Pa., 
and'Wheeling,  W.  Va..  connecting  through  to 
North  Manchester,  Indiana. 


THE  WRITTEN  DEBATE. 

THE  Baptist  Battle  Flag  says:  We  did  ook 
understand  the  Dunkards  as  accepting  our 
invitation.  But  now  the  editor  says;  Mr.  hay 
made  a  propnml  for  a  written  debute,  ant}  Bro. 
Stein  look  him  up,  and  he  must  now  either  tU- 
bate  orback  down  from  his  own  proposal!  (Ital- 
ics ours).  But  Mr.  Moore  finally  says:  "Bro. 
Stein  is  prepared  to  arrange  the  propositium  with 
him  ! ! !"  If  Mr.  Stein  acceptedour  "  proposal," 
then  the  propositions  are  already  arranged.  The 
same  "church  propositions  as  debated  at  New- 
tonia."  were  our  propositions.  Mr.  Moore  and 
Mr.  Stein  know  this.  Why  then  trj-  to  dodge 
out  into  an  open  field  and  quibble  over  forty 
abstract  propositions?  We  are  still  of  the 
opinion  that  the  Dunkards  will  not  again  risk 
the  discussion  of  tho.se  church  propositions. 

We  made  our  otfer  to  the  Brethren  at  Work, 
because  Mr  Stein  neither  edits  nor  controls  any 
paper.  Mr.  J.  H.  Moore,  the  leading  editor  of 
the  Diinkard  organ,  was  present,  assisting  Mr. 
Stein;  therefore,  we  made  our  invitation  to  the 
paper,  in  order  to  give  the  proper  weight  to  the 
written  discussion.  We  still  press  the  invita- 
tion for  the  written  discussion  of  our  respective 
church  propositions,  as  debated  at  Newtonia, 
upon  the  Brethren  at  Work.  The  editors  may 
conduct  the  discussion  themselves,  or  endoiSB 
Mr.  Stein  or  any  one  else  for  the  work.  Will 
the  editors  of  the  Brethren  at  H'^ork  open  their 
columns  for  the  discussion  of  the  church  propo- 
sitions as  debated  at  Newtonia?  If  they  re- 
fuse, they  confess,  by  actions  at  least,  that  the 
Newtonia  affair  did  not  please  them  too  well. 

nSMAKKS. 

The  above  from  the  Baptist  Battle  Flag  fully 
explains  Mr.  Ray's  feelings  in  regard  to  a  writ- 
ten debate.  We  will  endorse  brother  Stein  as  a 
man  competent  to  defend  our  side  of  the  ques- 
tion in  a  written  discussion  with  Mr.  Ray;  hence 
fliat  subject  is  settled.  Brother  Stein  is  the 
man  that  our  people  want  to  see  handle  the 
Baptist  doctrine.  It  would  be  better  and  more 
satisfactory  if  each  subject  were  discussed  under 
a  separate  and  distinct  proposition,  but  as  Mr. 
Ray  does  not  feel  disposed  to  debate  any  other 
propositions  only  those  used  at  Newtonia,  we 
accept  them,  in  the  order  as  follows: 

Tlte  Brethren  (Tunker)  chuirhes  possess  Bp. 
hie  characteristics  entitling  them  to  be  regarded 
as  churches  of  Jesus  Chnsf. 

J.  W.  Stein  affirms. 

D.  B.  Ray  denies. 

The  Baptist  churches  possess  Bible  character' 
istics  entitling  them  to  be  regarded  as  churches^ 
Jesus  Christ. 

D.  B.  Ray  affirms. 

J.  W.  Stein  denies. 

Each  disputant  will  be  expected  to  exchange 
an  agreed  to  number  of  articles  on  each  propo- 
sition,  the  articles  to  be  of  equal  length,  and  to 
appear  each  week  alternately  in  the  Brethiies 
AT  Work  and  Baptist  Battle  Flag,  i.  p.,  the 
entire  discussion  is  to  appear  in  both  papers, 
Bro.  Stein  one  week,  and  Mr.  Ray  the  next  till 
through  with  the  first  proposition,  and  then 
rice  versit  the  next  proposition. 

We  see  nothing  now  in  the  way  of  a  discuss- 
ion. Other  tilings  pertaining  to  the  numberof 
articles  &c.,  must  be  settled  between  the  paiiies 
and  publishers. 


A  sENsim,E  gentleman  down  in  Texas  wants 
to  know  "  why  it  is  such  a  wicked  thing  for 
people  to  amiise  themselves  with  a  bull-fight,  or 
a  Ijear-fight,  or  any  other  little  thing  like  that, 
and  quite  a  proper  and  Christian  thing  for  two 
or  three  great  nations  to  get  by  the  ears,  and 
kill  a  million  men,  and  leave  the  widows  and 
orphans  desolate?  "  This  will  serve  as  a  lesson 
for  some  modern  preachci^s  who  justify  Chris- 


THEtw 
arrai 


NOTICE. 

wo  railroad  companies  here  are  making 
irrangement*  with  other  connecting  lines 
running  East,  West,  North  and  South,  for  ex- 
cumon  rates  to  .'Vnnual  Meeting.  In  a  veir 
few  days  I  will  give  notice  of  theentire  arrange- 
ment. The  Pittsburg,  Columbus  &  St>  Loois 
Railroad  tickets  are  only  good  from  the  10th  to 
the  15th.  That  time  is  too  short.  "Who  will  see 
to  it?  A.  Lkkdt, 

Cor.  Sec 
Xorth  Manchester,  fnd. 


THK    liKETHHEISr    ^T    M^OKK- 


M; 


ay  a. 


g'Af  ^i»mr  §irch. 


RBAD  AKD  OBEY. 

■  ■  HuiImkU,  loT*  your  wi»«." 

"  Wi»»ii,    obey    your    hmUodi" 

'■  F>lb«ra,  proiok*  nol  your  obildreo  ro  wr»lh.' 

"Cbllilren.    ob«y    your    pwtnU    la    aU    Ihingf . " 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Fellowship. 

I)|{AISE  1}h;  Lord  for  fcliownhii)— for  roal 
Christimi  frllowMhip!  Hefore  tliere  can  be 
uiiy  fi'llownhip,  tlit-ro  niu«t  be  two  or  more  who 
profowi  "  like  i.recioun  ftiitb,"— who  believe  and 
pnictice  iilike.  God  luu.  given  uw  Jesus,  and  Je- 
VQI  tclld  ui>  how  two  or  more  of  ub  may  Iielieve 
and  practice  the  name  thing,  miiy  hiive  fellow- 

«^'l'-  ... 

OlMir  lirr^t  diNciplcs  of  JcsHH,  it  )H  wntU-n: 
"Tii--v  coiitiriiiiil  sU-iidfiwtly  in  tin- npostlc's  doc- 
triii.-  and  lrlli.M-.liip."  O  how  Imppy  tht-y  were 
in  (tweet  fellowship!  Oblw-ed  fellowship!  It 
ini'imH  loir,  pnur,  menmit.  We  iire  "  culled  to 
til*  fellowship  of  his  Son"  by  our  FiiHior. 
Think  of  Ihi!  feltowBhij),  the  ansotiufion  of  Hin 
Son.  onr  Savior!  Could  poor,  mortitl  mnn  de- 
«n>  more!'  Could  he  hiive  better  company  than 
JcBun?  No,  there  it*  none  better  tlinn  Jesus  and 
ourFn1her(l  John  1:8). 

If  we  wnlk  in  tly  light,  mid  the  light  be  in 
ai,  we  havi'  fellowship  with  each  other.  Do  not 
rrmri  in  the  light,  Imt  mtll—hv  n  nmii  of  God. 
Thnnk  God  for  Mich  n  privilecc! 

There  could  be  no  diurch,  no  one  body,  no 
unity  in  Christ  without  the  doctriiic  of  fellow- 
ship. To  be  togetliei-,  to  work  the  same  way. 
to  be  iilike  in  purpose.  Inllowing  the  siime  rule, 
biiving  one  divine  nature  is  ludy.  heiivenly  '■■*'- 
I.iwshiji.  Individual  ihnice,  self-will,  pride  and 
viinity  muKt  tiill  behind  if  we  would  reach  tnie. 
practical  Lllowsbip.  The  institution  of  the  ho- 
ly kiss  is  rU-si^'iH'd  tn  bring  us  nearer  each  other. 
Brother,  tins  inoniiiig  you  take  plcii-sure  in  sii- 
liiting  your  brother  of.  like  precious  fiiitli.  Sis- 
ter, you  meet  your  sislei-  with  a  kiss  of  charity, 
not  simply  becnune  Jesus  said  you  should,  but 
beciiuso  ijnit  hip  her.  Your  very  fictions  ipll 
tlmt  you  love  eneh  other.  Yon  wjoioe  in  fellow- 
ship, The  holy  kiss  prei)iireM  you  to  love  each 
.itlier,  to  speak  kiuiUy  of  each  other.  If  there  is 
a  spark  of  ill-feeling  between  brother  find  broth- 
er, sister  and  sister,  the  holy  kiss,  if  ])roperly 
considci-ed.  will  go  fur  towards  removing  the 
bad  sljife  of  the  heart.  Is  your  brother  or  sis- 
ter sick?  Go,  speak  words  of  kindness,  und 
Imv."  felhnv»hi|).     Both  ure  imide  stronger. 

You  go  forth  into  the  busy  world  and  meet 
your- brother  or  sister  in  your  Irftvela.  The 
moment  you  meet,  you  begin  to  rejoice,  fw\ 
iiave  fellowship  even  in  the  midst  of  the  bu^v. 
noisy  world.  How  yonr  lieart  is  lifted  up  with 
joy.  Perhaps  you  are  in  the  public  assembly 
having  fellowship  with  your  brethren  and  sis- 
ters. And  then  tliere  is  tlie  Love-feast;  v.\h 
does  not  enjoy  the  feHowship  at  the  feast:-'  Here 
an-  iLwociations  full  ol  love  and  kindness,— real 
bnitherly  kindness.  0  blessed  fellowship!  We 
uu-et,  sing,  pray,  are  exhorted,  liear  the  Woiil 
preached,  and  have  fellowship.  Take  away 
these  privileges  and  sweet  fellowship  loses  much 
of  its  brightness  to  us.  Then  brother,  sister, 
bom  of  God,  htay  ncit  from  meeting  if  poswible 
to  go.  Meet  those  of  the  same  mind,  sing  and 
pray  with  th.em.  This  way  you  will  grow  in 
knowledge,  faith  will  increiLse,  hopes  become 
brighU-r,  fellowship  sweeter.  Go  meet  each  oth- 
er with  Jesus  dwelling  in  ynurhenrte.  Go  with 
love-lhune  brightly  burning  iu  your  sonl.  Go 
with  self  down  and  brotherly  kindness  up,  and 
fellowship  will  ilwell  richly  wherever  you  go. 
Hoise  n  bonntiful  crop  of  fellowship  iiU  the 
year  nuind.  God  will  luirvest  it  in  the  rcsurrec- 
tJon.morning.  If  you  cnunutgo  and  have  fel- 
lowshi])  with  your  brethren  and  sisters,  invite 
them  to  come  to  you  if  they  neglect  their  duty; 
you  ciumot  get  along  well  without  fellowship. 
O  Lord,  enrich  all  of  us  with  holy  desire  for 
Chri-stinn  fellowship.— M.  M.  Esiielman. 


SEEK  JESUS  EARLY. 

I>i(ir  iiiiijs  and  Ghtu: — 

I  HOPE  you  will  continne  to  ivrite  about 
things  in  the  Bible.  We  all  sliould  try  to 
work  for  Jesus,  and  not  depend  on  our  uiinistere 
to  take  us  to  heaven.  I  rejoice  that  so  many  of 
you  have  started  to  serve  the  Lord.  I  am  sorry 
I  .speut  so  much  of  my  time*  in  sin  and  folly. 
It  is  hard  to  overcome  Satan  when  we  are  old. 
Then  come  to  Jesus  early.  Trust  in  the  Lord 
and  do  good:  "  So  shalt  thou  dwell  in  the  land, 
and  verily  thou  shalt  be  fed"  (Psalm  37:  3). 
Jake  Kaveh. 


Be  strict  in  the  performance  uf  family  devotion. 


SCRIPTURAL    ALPHABET. 

A  is  for  Adam  the  fir*t  of  his  race: 
!n  the  garden  of  Eden  God  gave  his  place: 
He  took  from  his  body  and  made  him  a  wife 
And  breathed  in  their  nostrils  the  breath  of  their 

life. 
B  is  for  Benjamin  the  father  of  his  tribe. 
The  brother  of  Joseph  whom  no  man  could  bribe; 
He  went  with  his  brethren  to  Egypt's  good  land 
And  returned  to  his  father  with  brea«l  in  bis  hand. 

(.'  is  for  Caleb  tlie  faithful  and  true 

Who  was  firm  in  his  faith  when  the  valiant 

were  few; 
He  followed  God  fully  to  the  end  of  his  days 
And  gained  the  assurance  that  God  loved  his 

ways. 

I)  is  for  David  the  poet  and  king: 
He  taught  the  whole  nation  to  pray  and  to  sing; 
Heled  forth  theirarmies.he  conquered  their  foes, 
TJien  laid  off  his  robes  to  rest  and  repose. 

E  is  for  Ezra  tliut  servant  of  God 

Who  rest^.red  the  old  paths,  where  the  fathers 

liiid  trod; 
Also  for  Esther  who  periled  her  life 
To  rescue  her  kindred  from  bloodshed  and  strife. 

F  is  for  Felix  who  quailed  before  Paul 
As  he  felt  that  the  wiekeU  and  drunken  must  fall. 
But  Satan  suggested  that  Paul  must  be  mod. 
That  one  in  his  station  no  need  to  be  sad. 

(i  is  for  Gideon  who  led  the  small  band 
Against  the  great  host  that  invaded  the  land; 
He  weut  forth  to  battle  with  pitcher  ami  bmip 
And  drove  in  confusion  the  foe  from  the  camp. 
H  stands  for  Haman.  that  treacherous  man 
Who  conceived  iu  his  malice  that  satauic  plan: 
He  built  ahigh  gallows  for  the  death  of  another. 
But  on  it  was  hung  the  son  of  his  mother. 

I  is  for  Isaac  the  pure  and  the  good. 

Who  was  laid  by  his  father  on  the  altar  of  blood; 

God  rescued  the  lad  and  accepted  the  goat, 

rfo  tlmt  no  stain  was  left  on  the  patriarch's  coat. 

J  stands  for  Jesus  the  Savior  of  men. 
Who  died  on  the  cross  to  save  us  from  sin; 
He  now  reigns  iu  glory  to  hear  our  complaints, 
God  over  all  and  king  over  saints. 

K  is  for  KisU  the  father  of  Saul, 
Whose  pel-son  and  stature  were  noble  and  tall; 
God  nmile  him  a  king  and  g'ave  him  a  crown, 
But  he  dishonored  God,  and  his  sun  weut  down. 

L  stands  for  Luke,  the  companion  of  Paul, 
A  doctor  beloved,  who  administered  to  all; 
He  gave  us  two  books  that  will  out-last  the  sun, 
Pertaining  to  mysteries  before  time  begun. 

M  stands  for  Moses,  a  type  of  the  Lord, 
He  gave  to  the  fathei-s  the  first  written  word, 
A  God  to  the  Hebrew,  he  delivered  from  death, 
He  finished  his  mission  and  gave  up  his  breath. 

S  was  for  Nathan  who  preached  at  the  heart; 
His  penwmal  preaching  made  consciences  smart; 
lie  rose  above  fear  of  the  king  on  his  throne. 
As  above  the  small  sparrow  on  the  house-top 
alone. 

0  stands  for  Obed,  the  son  of  that  Ruth, 
Who  left  her  own  kindred,  from  love  of  the  truth, 
The  father  of  Jesse,  whose  young  stripling  son 
Slew  the  great  champion  with  a  smooth  pebble- 
stone. 

P  stojids  for  Peter  the  apostle  of  truth. 

Who  was  called  from  his  nets  in  the  days  of  Ins 

youth; 
Though  acting  the  coward  in  the  judgment  hall. 
He  was  after  converted  and  restored  from  his  fall. 

((  is  for  Queen  who  came  from  the  South, 
To  hear  words  of  wisdom  from  Solomon'smouth; 
She  walked  in  his  gardens  and  drank  at  his  board 
And  saw  all  the  splendor  that  riches  afford.     ■ 

R  stands  for  Kachel,  Jacob's  loved  wife,         ^ 
Who  gave  him  a  son  at  the  cost  of  her  life; 
Also  for  Iteuben  the  chief  of  a  clan. 
A  merciful  brother  but  an  imperfect  niau. 

H  is  for  Simeon  who  waited  to  see 
The  dawn  of  that  Sun  that  makes  the  world  free: 
He  came  from  the  Temide  and  gave  the  embrace. 
And  with  great  satisfaction  returned  to  his  place. 

T  stands  for  Thomas  who  doubted  the  word 
t)f  those  who  had  seen  and  eonvei-sed  with  the 

Lord : 
He  must  feci  with  his  hands  the  wounds  iu  His 

side, 
Before  he  could  credit,  believe  and  confide. 

V  is  for  Uzziah  the  God-fearing  king. 

Of  whom  prophet*  did  write  and.poets  did  sing; 
But  in  the  last  of  his  days  he  fell  by  his  pride. 
Forsaken  by  his  people  and  of  God  cast  aside. 

V  is  for  Vishti  the  young  Persian  queen 
Whose  sense  of  dishonor  was  pungent  and  keen; 


idis- 


She  wa;i  thrust  from  the  palace  and  left 

grace,  . 

While  the  beautiful  Esther  was  raised  to  her 

place. 
W  was  invented  since  the  prophets  have  died, 
U  is  now  used  for  Water,  Winter  and  mde; 
It  Is  left  to  stand  here  for  artists  to  pamt. 
Too  large  for  a  king  and  too  small  for  a  saint. 
X  is  too  cross  to  fix  on  a  name. 
Of  one  who  is  saintiah,  a  king  or  a  dame: 
It  is  left  where  it  Stands  till  names  shall  bo 

changed, 
Or  thestructureoflanguageshall  be  re-arranged. 

Y  fits  the  Yankee,  a  New  England  lord, 
A  good  saint  at  home,  but  a  trimmer  abroad; 
To  every  opening  where  the  dollar  is  at  stake. 
At  home  or  abroad  he  is  ever  awake. 
Z  is  for  Zaccheus  who  was  anxious  to  see 
Th.it  wonderful  man  whose  words  maiie him  free; 
He  took  a  position  above  the  dense  throng, 
To  see  the  great  King  as  the  crowd  pressed  along. 
— Sckrfrd. 


to  keep  close  to  Jesus,  so  when  He  comes  to  cq). 
lect  His  j  ewels  home  that  none  will  W  left  ■\S_ 
hind,  but  all  can  happily  enter  the  good  shio 
"  Zion."  and  safely  ride  home  to  glory,  whereall 
can  join  in  to  sing  the  songs  of  redemptioQ 
with  Moses  and  the  Lamb  forever. 
There's  a  beautiful  land  far  beyond  the  sky, 

And  Jesus,  my  Savior  is  there; 
He  has  gone  to  prepare  me  a  home  on  high  — 

Oh  I  long,  oh  I  long  to  be  there! 

Mary  A.  Riqole. 

Chirl-shnrg,  C'll 


CBILDREJ^  AT    WOR^:. 


FROM  D.  D.  CLARK. 

Dear  Brother: — 

ICONGIIATULATK  you  on  the  successful 
management  of  the  "  Home  Circle."  You 
certainly  have  a  host  of  workers.  How  nice, 
and  how  encouraging  to  the  children,  to  have  a 
column  reserved  for  them.  I  like  your  pla"— 
to  have  them  write  on  Bible  subjects.  Tlmt  is 
certainly  a  good  plan,  and  will  encourage  them 
to  read  "for  themselves.  I  fear  paients  too  often 
neglect  their  duty  in  failing  to  getUie  young  to 
read  in  the  good  Book.  Try  and  get  them  in- 
terested and  they  will  read  it  with  pleasure.  A 
food  plan  to  get  the  young  to  read  the  Bible,  is 
to  read  it  mth  them.  This  I  know  from  my 
own  experience,  for  it  is  the  plan  my  dear  fath- 
er {who  is  now  asleep  in  Jesus),  piii-sued  with 
me.  and. it  proved  a  success. 

Another  excellent  plau  to  get  the  young  to 
read  the  good  Book  is,  tell  them  some  Bible  sto- 
ry, for  instance,  the  story  of  Joseph.  You  can 
tell  them  in  as  simple  words  as  you  are  able, 
then  try  and  teach  them  good  precepts.  You 
will  find  it  a  subject  from  which  you  can  gather 
mauy  good  and  profitable  lessons.  When  they 
get  old  enough  "to  read  and  take  care  of  a  book. 
let  them  read  the  story  themselvUfc:  They,  no 
doubt,  win  ask  you  a  great  many  questions 
which  you  should  answer  as  best  you  can.  Do 
not  get  in  a  flurry,  but  take  time  and  explain, 
for  it  is  a  commendable  spirit  and  should  be  en- 
couraged. By  following  this  second  plan,  you 
first  get  them  interested,  then  you  will  have  no 
trouble  to  get  them  to  read. 

Then  there  is  the  Sabbath-school  which,  if 
properly  conducted,  will  also  encourage  them  to 
read,  hut  this  will  not  interfere  with  what  I  have 
written,  and  all  the  children  do  not  have  the 
privilege  of  attending  Sabbath-schools. 

I  submit  the  above  for  the  consideration  of 
parents  and  guardians. 


MUSIC  BY  STEAM. 

Dmr  Utile  Friends: — 

WOULD  you  like  to  read  a  little  news  from 
the  far  West?  Of  the  wonders  of  Cali- 
fornia? I  see  by  your  kind,  little  letters  that 
you  can  say  something  good  about  that  One  who 
is  a  Friend  to  all,  both  old  and  young,  and  who 
loves  little  children — Jesus  who  is  love;  also 
anxious  to  hear  what  others  can  say  in  favor  of 
Hi.**  marvelous  kindness,  and  to  learn  of  the 
wonders  which  are  contrived  by  man  in  ditl'er- 
ent  parts  of  the  world. 

As  we  have  an  amusing  sight  which  passes  up 
and  down  the  great  Sacramento  river,  and  which 
draws  the  attention  of  all  the  little  folks,  and 
the  big  ones  too,  I  will  tell  you  what  it  is:  A 
large  steam-boat  named  "  Wliipple,"  which 
plays  music  by  steam,  and  can  be  heard  fiir 
miles.  Whenever  she  passes,  she  calls  out  all 
the  little  children  by  the  music,  who  clap  their 
hands  and  shout  for  joy  as  long  as  tUcy  can 
her;  hut  she  passes  on  with  her  songs,  leaving 
the  little  ones  behind,  anxiously  wishing  she 
would  stay  longer.  But  at  last  all  consent  to 
let  her  go  on  for  this  time  and  wait  till  to-mor- 
row to  come  back  and  give  us  another  song; 
but  she  comes  again  to  pass  on  as  hefore.  By 
this  I  am  otten  reminded  of  the  sweet  dreams  I 
used  to  have  when  I  was  a  little  girl,  that  I  saw 
and  heard  companies  of  angels  and  virgins  pass 
over  on  a  cloud,  singing  sweet  songs  of  praises 
to  God,  and  as  I  ran  to  meet  them,  waving  for 
them  to  stop  and  lot  me  join  in  with  them,  they 
would  pass  on  and  leave  me,  Iwckoning  me  to 
wait  till  they  came  hack,  which  made  me  feel 
sad. 

Oh,  dear  Httl©  friends,  I  want  to  tell  you,  n,s  I 
feel  that  I  love  you  all  and  wish  you  all  well, 


From  G.  W.  Asclienbrenneri-Weivereto 
meeting  last  Sumlny.  Elder  Peter  Forney 
preached.  His  t«xt  was  in  Ephesiaus,  second 
chapter.  He  read  from  the  first  to  the  aiytij 
vei-se.  I  love  to  go  to  meeting,  and  to  school 
too.     One  little  brother  has  gone  to  Jesus. 

Dij»iirt,  hum. 

From  WiUie  L-  Ikenherry:— I  am  trying 

to  read  my  Bible  through.  1  have  rend  to  tlie 
13th  chanter  of  Mark,  i  read  oneortwo  chiii). 
tei-s  every  day.  In  the  27ih  chapter  of  MnU 
thew  I  learned  how  our  Lord  was  mocked  and 
crucified.  1  also  learned  many  more  things 
about  Jesus;  bow  He  raised  the  de.id,  headed  tlio 
sick,  and  made  the  blind  to,  see.  When  1  get 
through  the  good  Hook,  I  can  tell  more  about 
Jesus.  I  also  read  in  the  Old  Testament,  how 
God  made  the  earth  and  all  things,  and  then 
how  soon  the  people  forgot  God  and  He  had  to 
punish  them.  Noah  was  a  good  man;  we  know 
he  was  good,  because  he  did  what  God  told  him 
to  do. 

Wntrrho,  louu. 

From  Myron  Beal:— I  read  this  paper  with 
much  pleasure.  I  must  write  some  tor  the  lit- 
tle folks  too.  The  brethren  do  not  come  here 
to  preach  any  more.  My  father,  mother,  sister 
and  brother-in-law  are  membei-s  of  the  church. 
I  love  to  read  the  Bible.  I  have  one  little  sister 
at  home  with  me.  I  want  thft  letter  to  luiss 
the  waste  basket. 

Shi'mitni,  Ohio. 

From  A.  J.  Uobiusou.— Dmr  Utlk  Ir,i:~ 
You  don't  know  how  your  kind  favor  made  my 
heart  throb  with  thanks.  The  moment  I  read 
your  letter  of  Jau.  31st  I  rejoiced.  May  our 
Father,  who  knows  the  secrets  of  all  hearts,  bless 
you  in  your  deeds  of  charity  (1  Cor.  13: 13). 
Ma  and  pa  will  give  me  some  ground  to  raise 
some  vegetables  this  Summev,  so  that  I  can  sell 
enough  to  return  your  gift;  then  you  can  cheer 
the  heart  of  some  other  boy  or  girl.  Iu  my 
next  I  mil  write  on  liev.  6:  IT. 

Misc/s  St(ilio7t,  Ten)}. 

From  Anna  Lehman:— I  have  two  little 
brothers  and  two  sisters, iu  heaven,  ami  I  waut 
to  be  a  good  girl  so  that  when  I  die  I  cim  go 
to  them.  I  like  to  go  to  meeting  and  koc|)  uiy 
seat  in  time  of  worship.  I  think  it  is  had  for 
boys  and  girls  to  nm  out  and  ui  during  raeetuig. 
Aud  1  think  all  little  boys  and  girls  ought  to 
kneel  at  prayer. 

Uinrisim,  [oini. 

From  Mary  E.  Kepler:— I  do  like  to  see  tlie 
letters  written  by  the  little  boys  and  girls.  I 
have  been  sick,  am  better  now.  1  want  to  be 
good;  my  parents  are  kind  tome.  I  know  some 
children  who  have  no  parents.  I  would  be  sor- 
ry if  my  parents  should  die;  I  want  to  nbey 
them.  Dear  girls  and  boys,  1  love  you;  let  us 
be  kind  aud  obedient  to  our  dear  parents,  for 
we  know  that  they  will  not  always  he  with  us. 
I  am  joiing,  but  I  know  that  we  must  all  die; 
my  parents  tell  me  that  the  old  must  die  uud 
the  young  can.  I  love  Jesus,  and  my  mother 
taught  me  to  pray. 

Noir  Hnutpton,  loira. 

From  Samuol  J.  Mooro:— I  am  alittleboy 
thirteen  years  old.  I  have  two  sisters  niid  a 
kind  pa  and  ma.  They  belong  to  the  ctniKlj. 
I  do  not  belong,  but  hope  I  nfay  sometime.  J. 
H.  Ebersole,  L.  Dickey,  C.  and  I.  Grayhill  "^^ 
our  ministers.  In  answer  to  Leah  H-  *^  '*''^'';|* 
question  I  would  say,  you  will  find  it  in  the  ' 
chapter  of  Lnke.  Zaccheus  is  the  man'j^  I'nm^ 
and  the  tree  wsis  a  sycamore  tree.  I  will  uoff 
ask  a  question:  What  man,  in  the  Bible,  leii 
backward  aud  broke  his  neck,  and  died,  and  liow 
old  was  he,  and  how  long  was  he  judge? 

FoMnrin,  Ohio. 

From    Barliara  A.  Frantzi-I  read  Ik' 
"  Home  Circle  "  nud  like  it  very  much.    1  n' 
to  rend  so  many  letters  ftflin  the  children.    ".^ 
lia,   ma  and  two  of  my  sisters  belong  to 
church.     Pa  is  a  minister  of  the  Gospel    w 
H.  Clowcr  nsked  who  the  man  was  ln9""|^^ 
ed  the  tree  to  see  Jesus,  and  what  kmd  »1  "  ^^ 
it  was?    I   would  say,  in  reply,  that  n 
Zaccheus,  and  it  was  a  sycamore  tree. 

Deijmff,  Ohio. 


]SlaV 


TtlK    1U^KTH^-nK>s"    AT    "\V01?K 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From    Enoch 


Eby. 


MY  wif.!  nnd  I  just  returned  to  tliis  place 
after  being  absent  nearly  two  weeks  on 
ft  tour  through  Perry  Co.,  and  I'atli  Valley 
FranUiu  Co..  to  my  native  home.  From  thence 
,vent  to  Tnscarora  Valley,  i„  Huntingdon  and 
juniiitft  counties.  Had  a  very  pleasant  visit 
ivith  many  old  assiciatcs,  and  also  many  dear 
brethrpn  and  sisters,  who  seemed  to  enjoy  good 
liealth  hotii  physically  and  spiritually.  Among 
them  w.ia  our  aged  brother  Peter  Long,  who, 
gh  in  his  S2nd  year,  traveled  and  preaehed 


than  oYi-r  for  poor  liiborinji  iH-op!*-,  1  tried  to 
prevail  on  Bro.  Christcnsen  to  stay  and  help 
work  for  the  Kood  cnnse.  but  he  answered:  "I 
cannot:  I  tan  get  no  work  of  any  kind,  and  it 
is  now  ov.^r  half  a  year,  since  I  am  oiit  of 
work."  May  God  help  us  all  to  work  for  good, 
and  to  tin-  salvation  of  souls. 

War  between  Knglnnd  and  Russia  nppcars  to 
be  near  iit  hand,  yea,  and  we  believe  it  will 
come  sure,  and  diTiulfiil  will  be  the  consequenc- 
es. We  know  not  how  loug  we  w;il  live  in  a 
land  of  peace;  know  but  little  how  soon  we 
\vill  havf  to  endure  severe  trials,  yet  the  Lord 
\rill  help.  Wo  dread  not  this;  we  are  not  fear- 
ing such  things. 

We  shall,  by  the  grace  of  God,  not  leave  our 


thoiiL  , ^.,  ..._ 

more  last  Winter  than  in  the  prime  of  his  lile;    ^'"^'^n  or  put  the  light  under  a  bushel  so  long 


even  baptized  thre.-.  Surely  he  has  many  rea- 
sons to  praise  the  Lord,  and  with  him  we  had 
several  intei-e.4inK  mid.  to  us,  prolitable  seasons 
of  worship.  Wliat  added  still  more  to  onr  en- 
joyment, vfns  the  sympathetic  feeling  and  liber- 
ality manifested  towards  the  poor  sainU  in 
Denmark.  W'e  hope  our  abundance  will  be  a 
full  supply  for  their  wants.  0.  that  many 
more  hearts  throughout  the  brotherhood  might 
be  touched  in  u  similar  manner. 

IS  IT  COilRKCT? 

That  is  the  query  revolving  in  the  minds  of 
many  of  our  dear  brethren  nnd  sistei-s,  and  not 
uniVequently  iisked  in  relation  to  Hro.  Hansen's 
slafement  of  his  circumstances,  which  appear- 
ed in  your  paper.  April  4th.  Having  a  knowl- 
edge ol  his  circuiustimces,  we  can  say,  for  the 
eatisfaction  of  any  who  may  have  any  doubts. 
it  is  correct  as  fai'  as  he  related  it.  but  did  not 
tell  all,  I  presume,  for  modesty's  sake.  He  told 
enough,  however,  to  give  ns  to  undei-stand  the 
necessity  of  liim  having  some  aid.         ' 

OUR  JOURNEY 

prospectively,  will  be  as  follows;  April  20th  to 
Dry  Valley  congregation,  Mif&in  Co.,  Pa.;  on 
the  24th  to  Spring  Run;  on  the  26th  to  Augli- 
wick.  Huntingdon  Co.;  on  the  30th  to  Hunting- 
don; May  1st  to  Altoona;  the  3rd  to  Bear 
Creek,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ohio;  the  6th  to  Gov 
ingtou.  Miami  Co.,  where  we  expect  to  meet 
Bro.  Henry  Smith  and  wife  from  Barry  Co.. 
Mich.;  hence  we  will  not  go  to  Michigan,  as 
previously  reported.  On  the  8th  we  intend  to 
be  at  Lima,  and  if  we  meet  with  conveyance  at 
this  point,  will  go  to  D.  M;  of  Northern  Indi- 
ana. On  the  lOth  we  intend  leaving  for  Lena. 
111.,  so  as  to  arrive  there  on  the  evening  of  the 

nth. 

And  to  many  others,  who  wished  us  to  stop 
with  them,  we  would  remark,  that  the  above 
arrangement  was  matured  before  many  of  your 
letters  reached  us.  hence  cannot  comply  with 
your  request,  though  it  would  be  a  great  plea- 
sure for  us  to  do  so;  furthermore  it  would  take 
us  until  harvest  or  even  longer  to  respond  to 
all. 

FIRE  IS  UILLERSTOW.V. 

The  night  of  the  IGtli  inst.,  about  midnight, 
fire  was  discovered  in  one  of  the  stores,  and  in 
a  few  minutes  the  building  with  its  contents 
was  consumed;  also  a  dwelling-house  aud  post 
office  building  connected,  was  burnt,  though 
most  of  the  contents  were  saved.  The  suppo- 
sition by  many  is,  that  those  buildings  were  set 
en  fire. 

Milln-sfoint,  Pii.,  April  18. 


the  church  says,  stay,  and  does  her  part, 
that  we  can  stay  and  help  along  the  now  well- 
begun  work.  I  traveled  yesterday  twelve  miles 
by  rail  and  sixteen  miles  on  foot,  in  a  rough 
snow  storm  and  deep  snow.  Had  two  small 
meetings  \\ath  good  interest;  kept  them  for  the 
Iwnelit  of  the  iuembei-3  living  on  places  too  far 
away  to  come  to  meeting  often.  They  however 
are  alive  to  the  cause  of  the  Master  and  happy 
in  Him 

Our  meetings  in  town  will  bo  continued  this 
week,  the  interest  is  increasing  and  those  meet 
ings,  how  I  love  them,  when  after  some  few 
i-cmarks.  sinners  will  not  only  weep,  but  pray 
Saints  and  sinnei-s  often  mingle  their  tears  and 
prayers,  and  I  believe  that  nt  the  same  the 
High  I*ricst  intercedes  for  sinners  at  the  great 
throni!  of  grace. 

Bro.  Kshelmiin,  do  you  remember  that  mem- 
orable meeting  at  Bro.  D.  Koyer'shouseV  If 
you  do,  you  may  have  an  idea  how  onr  town 
meetings  are  conducted.  Do  vou  have  such 
meetings  yet  in  Lanark?  Are  the  young  peo- 
ple cared  for  as  they  were  then  l-*  Well,  now. 
when  I  am  getting  so  close,  I  see  your  wife. 
your  dear,  loving  companion,'  a  good  wife  for 
you  she  is;  I  see  your  childr-n  and  yon,  work- 
ing us  ever,  and  yet  I  cannot  embrace  nor  kiss 
you,  I  cannot  hear  you  say,  God  bless  you, 
nor  speak  to  you  about  the  crimson  fountain  of 
life,  but  yet,  God  be  thanked,  we  can  drink  of  it 
together,  and  at  the  same  time. 

It  would  do  my  heart  good  if  I  could  see  you 
a  little  while.  I  would  appreciate  it  more  than 
ever,  l)ut  it  cannot  be.  We  thank  God  that 
you  go  ahead  so  well  with  your  paper,  we  long 
for  it  all  the  time.  No.  8  did  not  reach  Bro. 
Nielsen  nnd  me. 

Please  remember  then,  Bro.  Christensen  and 
his  wife  will  arrive  at  Lanark,  the  Lord  willing, 
the  last  part  of  this  month.  Please  help  them 
to  get  a  situation.  I  menu  places  to  work,  so 
that  they  can  help  themselves  along.  He  is  a 
young,  well-meaning  brother,  and  I  hope  you 
will  have  joy  when  he  commences  to  tell  you 
something  about  Denmark.  May  God  bless 
you  all  evermore.  Our  united  love  to  all. . 
Your  Brother, 

C.  Hoi'E. 


dignities  andt:nieUic:i  of  misapprehension,  mis- 
representation and  enmity,  and  aacriticcd  Hi» 
life  under  an  «giiregation  of  unspeakable  hor- 
rors to  nu'ot  the  necessities  ol  your  ruined, 
doomed,  damned  condition?  U  it  Christian  to 
profess  love  to  Jesus  and  tuni  the  hack  to  Hiii 
cliumsj'  Wlmt  right  have  you  in  thp  Christ  of 
God  that  docs  not  belong  to  the  most  idolatrous 
heathen  and  the  moat  revolting  barbarian  on 
the  face  «t  the  earth  ? 

The  life  of  Jesns  is  the  very  antithesis  of 
ielfishness.  Where  Jesus  reigns,  the  heart  ex- 
pands over  all  latitudes  and  longitudes.  The 
indwelling  of  tlie  Holy  Ghost  widens  and  ele- 
vates and  clarifies  onr  affections  so  iw  to  take  in 
the  whole  horizon  lif  Calvary-.  "  The  Jield  is 
the  WORLD."  So"says  Jesus.  Will  we  fence  in 
a  patch  for  our  cultivation,  and  consign  the 
rest  to  the  thorns  nnd  thistles  and  desolation 
of  sin,  and  to  the  blasting  and  burning,  wail- 
in?  imd  woes  of  perdition? 

Shall  the  devil  be  a  freeholder  and  Christ  a 
tenant?  .lesua  has  bought  every  soul,  and  to 
the  ehnrch  He  hits  comnuttwl  the  triumph  of 
His  blood.  Who  will  say  nay  lo  Jesus?  Hark 
all  ye.  who  in  very  deed  can  say  that  the  Son  of 
God  has  delivered  you  from  sin  and  hell,  hark 
to  the  pleadings  ot  your  bleeding,  dying,  living, 
loving  Redeemer.  Weigh  well  yimr  purposes 
and  dcCLHions  against  the  claims  ot  Jesus  and 
the  issues  of  Kteniity. 


sivm  to  lie  in  gooil  earne«t  to  OMist  in  the 
furtherance  of  the  caime.  An  u  sample  of  their 
metftl  1  would  say.  that  on  the  day  ol  the  mw»t- 
ing  at  noon,  we  reportwl  to  Mr.  Stobbs,  VAitnr 
of  the  Anhltiml  TimrK,  that  we  would  accept  a 
certain  lot,  provided  the  town  would  r&iM 
*H)HJ;  as  the  price  was  more  than  we  wi-thrd  to 
pay.  In  about  three  hours  \\v  reported  a  sub- 
ncription  of  ^m,  being  §.VI  more  than  we  (wW- 
ed  for.  All  this  wiw  done  aft(?r  tlie  town  had 
raised  *10,70()  for  the  school. 

By  Order  of  Tnisteea, 

Jacob  MisnteH. 
Mogadore,  Ohio,  April  16,  lff78. 


From  Arkansas. 


Ihar  linllm 


From    Denmark. 

DntrUn-lhfvH:— 

I  .HAVE  once  more  returned  home  from 
North  Denmark;  have  luid  ten  meetings 
with  good  interest  and  appointed  many  more, 
i'or  the  coming  mouth. 

Several  souls  are  coming  much  nearer  in  that 
neighborhood,  and  we  hope  will  come  out  soon 
on  the  Lord's  side.  Around  Hjorriug  there  are 
Bood  pro^^pects  for  im  ingathering  soon.  Let- 
ters reach  me  from  Bro.  Christenseu  that  some 
in  his  native  place  want  to  unite  with  the 
clmrch.  I  await  liim  here  erery  day,  us  he  in- 
tends starting  for  Lanai-k,  where  lie  expects  to 
arrive  by  the  latter  part  of  this  month.  Then 
I  will  lind  out  about  those  mentioned,  and  if 
necessary,  go  there  at  once. 

On  my  last  trip  I  sold  500  peace  envelopei 
ttud  calls,  for  them  still  continue.  I  alw  get 
interesting  lettcra  and  inquiries  about  the-peace 
cause  and  about  the  church.  I  liavc  written 
two  days  riglit  along  to  inform  and  e.'cplainand 
answer  lettei-a,  and  yon  know  1  write  not  so 
very  slow  when  I  get  hold  of  a  pen. 

I  know  of  aljout  twelve  pei-sons  whom  I  con- 
sider near  the  kingdom  and  earnestly  counting 
til'--  cost,  and  yet  I  have  not  counted  all.  I  am 
glad  it  is  so  and  rejoice,  that  many  of  the 
Bretliren  over  there,  are  glad  with  us.  So  far 
everything  is  all  right  and  good,  but  when  we 
look  at  the  signs  of  the  times,  they  are  darker 


WIC  are  living,  where  the  Gospel  has  never 
been  preached  in  its  purity  and  the  follow- 
ing words  have  often  come  to  my  mind:  "  And 
he  said:  How  can  I,  except  some  man  should 
guide  me?"  (Acts  8:  31). 

But  while  we  have  no  preaching  here,  we  arc 
c'omforted  by  the  weekly  visits  of  your  paper. 
We  are  much  built  up  by  the  perusal  of  its 
columns,  and  that  others  might  have  the  same 
benefit,  we  send  it  around  luuong  our  neighbors. 
All  seem  to  be  much  pleased  with  it.  and  right 
here  come  in  the  words  of  our  text:  "How  can 
I,  except  some  one  should  guide  me?  " 

Npt  long  since  while  convei'sing  with  our 
friends  about  the  ordinances  of  God's  people  as 
we  believe  and  practice  them,  a  young  lady 
said,  tliat  she  would  go  twenty  miles  to  hear 
the  Brethren  preach,  hut,  alas!  this  can  never 
he.  A  few  daj's  ago,  her  body  was  laid  in  the 
silent  grave. 

0,  how  sad  we.were  made  to  feel  that  bloom- 
ing youth  is  thus  snatched  away  by  the  resi-t^ 
less  hand  of  death.  Our  prayer  to  God  is,  that 
some  of  imr  dear  ministering  brethren  will 
come  in  and  preach  Jesus  Christ  and  HlmTru- 
cified.  We  think  much  good  could  he  done; 
there  is  not  one  ministering  brother  in  the 
State,  as  far  as  I  can  find  out. 

Mau-srall  Eun'is. 
Coniint/,  CAitij  Co.,  Arknii.-'ii:^. 


From    Bristol,    Indiana. 

Drar  Brethren: —  • 

OUR  annual  visit  in  the  Elkhart  congrega- 
tion came  oft'  last  week,  consequently 
yestenlay  we  had  a  council  meeting  to  report 
the  vi>it.  Everj'thiug  seemed  to  be  in  harmony 
with  the  Word  as  it  is  in  Christ ,  Ji-sn.*  our 
Lord,  and  the  membrs  seemed  to  be  in  love 
and  union.  One  memlK-r  wan  excluded  (rom 
tho  body,  which  nmde  us  feel  sad,  but  it  seem- 
ed he  would  nither  nerve  mammon  than  the  liv- 
ing God.  So  the  brethren  thought,  it  whs 
not  good  to  serve  two  masters,  and  act^nl  ac-' 
cordingly. 

The  cluireh  seems  to  W  alive  to  the  Master's 
CAUse.  and  we  have  had  about  fitly  acces-sions 
by  baptism  since  hist  Septenilwr.  The  members 
are  also  alive  in  the  missiumirv  cause  in  Dan- 
mark,  and  showed  the  same  by  raising  eighteen 
dollars  to  send  to  Bro.  Hope  for  the  Dmiiah 
Mis-iion.  We  have  six  speakers  in  our  district 
of  church,  four  elders,  and  two  in  the  second 
[legree.  Elder  Jacob  Studebaker  is  eighty-five 
years  old,  elder  Jacob  Leer  between  seventy-five 
and  eighty,  Elder  D.  B.  Stutsman  seventy-sev- 
ei\,  and  elder  A.  Higler  is  about  sixty.  So  our 
ministerial  force  is  not  verj'  strong  after  all,  hut 
much  '/.eal  is  manifested  for  the  Master's  cause. 
Yours  in  the  bonds  of  love, 

J.  C.  Lkhmax. 


From    C.    H.    Balsbaugh. 


Educational. 


Sinlfr  Eliza  Ih-andf:  — 

(1  UEETING  in  the  Crucified.  Your  fragrant 
J  Christian  missive  has  come.  Your  defec- 
tive orthography  is  a  thousand  times  compen- 
sated by  the  excellent  sentiments  and  saintly 
tenor  that  characterize  your  letter.  Your  de- 
votion to  Christ  and  His  cause,  your  earnest  de- 
sire for  the  extension  of  His  Kingdom,  and  the 
incre^ised  sanctification  of  those  who  are  to  ex- 
tend it.  have  taken  hold  of  my  inmost  soul.  — 
The  lethargy  of  at  least  one  half  of  the  churcli 
in  relation  to  the  progress  and  triumph  of  tht 
Cross,  is  absolutely  soul-harrowing.  No  per- 
son has  ever  been  slighted  and  snubbed  like  Je- 
sus. We  have  much  to  say  of  the  ordinances 
of  God,  while  we  show  but  superficial  appreci- 
ation of  the  God  of  the  ordinances.  "All  souls 
arc  mine,"  saith  the  Lord.  Practically  many 
respond,  the  Cross  and  salvation  arc  only  for 
America,  or  this  section  or  that 

What  u  Heaven-seconded  voice  just  now 
comes  across  the  Atlantic  from  Denmark.  How 
imploringly  the  nail-pierced  hands  of  Emman- 
uel reach  out  to  us  through  the  appeal  of  Bro. 
Hansen  in  No.  14,  Bkethuex  at  Work.  It  is 
hard  to  believe  that  siuy  reader  of  that  heart- 
melting  letter  can  love  Jesus  and  not  unclasp 
his  purse  and  contribute  his  mite.  Pinched  as 
I  am.  I  would  feel  like  a  murderer  to  close  my 
heart  against  such  a  God-endorsed  Macedonian 
cry.  The  vei-y  angels  are  poising  on  the  mys- 
tic lailder,  awaiting  our  response  to  the  warm, 
loving,  tearful  pleadings  of  the  God-man.  0, 
bretliren  nnd  sisters,  how  can  yon  act  so  coldly, 
selfishly  and  treacherously  toward  Him  who 
vacated  tlie  Throne  of  Glory  for  ijou,  veiled  His 
Eternal  Majesty  in  your  nature,  submitted  to 
all  the  limitations  of  the  finite,  to  all  the  in- 


Dnti-  Brelhren:- 


AT  a  meeting   of    the  Trustees  of   Aslilund 
College,  on  the  twelfth  inst,  the   follow- 
ing bu!.inns3  was  transacted: 

Till'  locating  committee  reported  on  the  vari- 
ous lots  ollcrt'd.  on  which  to  erect  the  College 
buildings  and  the  Trustees,  after  considering 
dift'erent  sites,  concluded  to  accept  a  lot  on 
Bank  street,  containing  twenty-seven  acres  of 
land.  The  land  is  high,  and  gently  sloping 
downward  on  all  sides.  ,  From  the  grounds  a 
beautiful  and  miignifieeiit  view  presents  itself 
of  the  town,  railroad,  nnd  surrounding  coun- 
try. On  the  grounds  is  a  beautiful  spring  of 
clear  water. 

Tlie  lot  is  on  till-  South  side  of  the  .town, 
above  and  away  from  tliL»obnoxious  and  mias- 
matic inlluences  of  the  town.  The  building 
committee  was  instructed  to  proceed  at  once  to 
purchase  the  lot,  imd  have  the  proper  paper 
executed  and  proceed  to  erect  ttie  main  part  of 
the  building. 

The  pre.'ent  plan  of  the  edifice  is,  112  feet 
front,  and  when  finished,  IHfi  feet  deep;  three 
stories  high  besides  the  bjisenient  In  the 
building  will  be  a  chapel  in  which  the  student.^ 
are  all  requested  to  meet  every  morning  for  de- 
votional exercises  and  preaching  on  the  Sab- 
bath. Bro.  S.  'A.  Shari>  of  Tennessee  has  been 
elected  President  of  the  institution.  Bro. 
Sliarp  is  an  ordained  Elder  of  the  Brethren,  of 
uusullic<l  character,  a  ripe  scholar,  and  standing 
in  the  foremost  ranks  of  the  brotherhood. 

Enough  money  has  been  subscribed  to  war- 
rant the  commencement  of  the  building.  It  is 
expected  that  the  buildings  will  advance  far 
enough  this  Summer,  so  us  to  commence  the 
school  next  Fall.    The  citizens  of  Ashland  all 


From    the    Missionary    Field. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

YOUR  worthy  paper  makes  its  weekly  visit 
to  our  home  and  with  pleasure  its  con- 
tents are  read.  May  (»od  abundantly  bless 
your  labore  and  give  you  a  glorious  rewiml  for 
them  in  the  end. 

As  an  item  of  church  news  I  would  say  that 
Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  has  just  closed  a  series  of 
meetings  at  this  place,  and  six  precious  souls 
have  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  making  four- 
teen that  have  yielded  to  the  commands  ,of  the 
blesused  Savior,  since  Bro,  Hillery  came  among 
us  a  few  months  ngo. 

I  think  that  there  are  those  among  us  who 
an-  counting  the  cost.  And  would  our  broth- 
er's health  have  permitted  him.  to  stay  with  us 
longer,  much  good  might  have  been  done  in 
building  up  the  cause  of  Zion.  May  the  Lord 
bless  his  labors  here  and  elsewhere  and  restore 
him  to  health  that  he  may  visit  us  again.  0 
may  we  feast  on  the  crumbs,  as  they  fall  from 
the  Muster's  table,  nnd  thus  enable  us  to  go  on 
our  way  rejoicing  in  hopes  of  the  glory  of  God. 
May  the  words  spoken  by  our  brother  sint 
deeply  into  the  hearts  of  those,  whoaat  beneath 
the  sound  of  his  voice.  And  may  the  good 
seed  sown,  spring  up  and  bear  fruit  an  hundred 
fold.  May  the  Lord  bless  us  all  and  guide  U3 
by  the  divine  Spirit  into  all  truth,  while  we 
live,  and  when  time  shall  be  with  us  no  more, 
save  us  all,  without  the  loss  of  one.  is  the  pray- 
er of  your  sister  in  t'hrist, 

Harriet  Buck, 
Lticoii,  lit. 


Ik 


From  the  California  Church, 
tr  lirtthrni:— 


HKKDING    the    Master's 
wo: 


command,  "  Go^ 
ork  in  my  vineyard,"  we  wont  over  to 
the  San  Joaquin  and  united  there  with  Bro. 
George  Wolte.  luid  J.  P.  Wolfe  in  holding  a 
series  of  meetings.  We  found  a  hard  road  be- 
fore us,  full  of  infidels,  free-lhinkers  imd  others 
who  love  darkness  rather  than  light.  But  God 
is  good;  His  Wonl  is  truth,  and  will  shine 
brightly  when  all  those  who  now  talk  and  write 
against  it.  will  be  gone  and  forgotten.  A  woe 
is  pronounced  against  such  alixnidy  in  the  word 
of  God  and  unless  they  repent,  it  "  will  surely 
come;  it  will  not  tarry  beyond  the  appointed 
time."  He  from '  Bozrah.  traveling  in  the 
greatness  of  his  strength,  who  is  red  ui  his  op- 
parel,  will  come  in  His  holy  providence  and  put 
ia  motion  the  wine' press  of  His  wnith.  His 
glittering  swonl  is  bathed  iu  henven.  he  hath 
bent  his  bow  and  made  it  ready  for  the  over* 


TfiK    liREXHKE^sT    AT    AVOKK. 


M 


»y  a. 


throw  aD(l   iJalruction  of  oil    who   abide   not  by    churchw  Eiwt  of  us  repnawDtal  in  district   coun- 


tfae  doctrlDP  rif  <'hritl. 


cil,  and  as  jcl  we  have  ntil  kiiwcwIwI.      But  as  I 


Goii  bIcMpri  mir  work  and  (r*ve  ui  iouU  for  our  .  havo  correeponded  with  them,  we  have  tiie   pronj- 


Ubfjr  Four  werr  bapli/.o!  in  Hin  own  appoinl«] 
way  nod  almiit  the  Mint' niiRiher  will  bi-,  in  the 
month  of  May. 

Our  church  in  in  love  and  union,  each  one  striv- 
ing to  entff  in  at  tlic  strait  gulc  into  the  golden 
city  of  our  Lord  and  King.  Our  heart*  are  with 
you  in  your  noble  work  and  with  those  acrow  the 
oixAa.  God  blww  IJro.  Mope  and  hi»  co'laborere 
and  his  work,  and  O'xl  willing  we  will  soon  send 
our  mite  Ui  help  the  Mission. 

WAI.nKMAB  MeYKBS. 

B,-i'jhton,  Oil,  April  17. 


G-LEANINOS. 


^om  Cornell,  III— Our  series  of  meetings 
in  Cornell  commenced  March  20lh,  and  ended 
April  12tli,  though  there  was  an  intcrmisHiou  of 
six  dnys-  Bro.  T.  D.  Lyon  and  Bro.  John  Metz- 
ger  were  with  ub  in  the  beginning.  Bro.  Mctzger ' 
Hlayed  only  a  few  days  on  account  of  the  ill  health 
of  his  conlpaniun.  On  Satunlay,  March  23rd, 
hrcthreu  Mowry  ami  Ilollinger  of  Will  Co.,  III., 
also  came  Ut  our  nssietance  ;  stayed  one  week.  The 
rwult  of  tife  efforts,  by  the  hieesingw  of  tlie  '[jotA, 
were  three  acccasions  and  one  reclaimed.  Since 
.  then,  two  more  have  Irten  hapliwd  aud  many 
more  strong  imprcwinns  made.  I'nio  flod  be  all 
the  praise.  I'.  Heckman. 

From  OrnrsP  Worst.— Correct  in  paper  No. 
4,  present  volume,  jmgc  s,  iirlioie  above  glennings 
twelflh  line  from  holtom,  omit  "  volunteered  to 
perliirni,"  and  rend  "  jKiribroied." 

From  I).  II.  Cliirk,— Your  paper  makes  its 
wwkly  visit*  regularly  and  is  a  welconio  guest.  — 
We  would  feel  lost,  if  it  would  cease  to  visit  us. 
It  ia  very  jileiMUut  to  get  news  from  the  whole 
brotherhood.  O,  how  ffe  rejoice  to  read  of  tlie 
ttuceess  of  the  church. 

On  the  Slat  of  March  we  were  much  plerfsed 
to  have  Bro.  Daniel  Huys  call,  and  jireai^b  two 
very  interesting  discounies.  We  were  much 
built  up,  even  amidst  our  severe  trial*.  Hope 
the  good  Master  will  abundantly  bless  Bro.  Hays 

for  his  labor  of  love  while  with  us. 
Your  "  Plain  Talk,"  is  certatidy  very  good, 

That  is  right,  brethren.     I  like  to  eec  our   editors 

unveil   the   luoiik   and  sjtejik  ]daiuly.      Now   let 

thorc  bo  a  general  recruiting  all   along  the  liuc. 

There  is  certainly  much  room   for  improvement. 

Rome  things  are  painful,  yet,  nevertholeas  true, — 

ycK,  too  truo. 

Gritut,  W.  Vii.,  April,  Ui. 

From  J.  T.  Mason.— The  debate  ia  still  the 
topic  of  fouver*Hliou  in  Newtouia,  and  is  result- 
ing favorably  to  the  Brethren. 

Kciufunia,  Mo. 

From  I'oiilur  IUiIko  Chiirrh,  0.  —  Bro. 

John  NichoI)^oD  from  Knox  Co.,  (>.,  came  to  us 
on  the  19th  of  March.  Had  two  meetings  every 
day,  mornings  and  cveniugs  ;  coulinusd  until  the 
30th  of  March,  and  the  result  was,  twenty  re- 
ceived by  baptism  and  a  good  many  moro  good 
imprciiBious  nrnde.  God  bless  Bro.  John,  and  here 
let  me  tell  you,  brethren  and  sisters.  Ond  bless 
you  also,  that  you  may  neffer  forget  to  contribute 
to  the  wants  of  those  who  need  our  help  and  aup- 
port.  JouN  Hahsish. 

From  Isaac  Dell.— As  an  item  of  news  from 
our  parts,  would  say  to  those  of  onr  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  coutempliiting  u  home  in  tlie  West 
at  some  future  time,  that  at  our  last  ijuarterly 
council  a  committee  was  chr>sen  to  i'clcct  suitable 
grounds  for  a  burying  place  and  meeting-house. 
Also  privilege  granted  to  that  part  of  our  cougre- 
galioii.  North-east  of  Beatricf,  to  nuike  au  eHbrt 
to  build  a  house  of  worship  this  Fall.  Our  pros- 
pects at  present  are  good,  both  spiritually  and 
temporally,  thank  the  I-ord  :  although  since  the 
planting  of  His  vineyard  at  this  place  it  has  been 
found  necessary  to  do  considerable  pruning,  us  we 
dcaire  a  healthy  vineyard,  bearing  good  fruit.  — 
Many  of  the  vines  planted  here,  have  been  im- 
ported aud  cnme  to  us  more  or  lees  damaged, 
hence  nee<i  pruning.  Some  are  wild  vines,  or 
branches  grafted  in,  aud  need  dressing,  neverthe- 
less we  all  need  the  pruuing  kuife  at  times.  May 
the  good  Husbaud-mun  give  wisdom  and  ekill  to 
know  when  and  where  to  apply. 
Beatrice,  Neb. 


iee  of  B"'ine  of  them  to  be  repre^nted  at  District 
Meeting,  which  is  to  In*  on  the  17th  and  18th  of 
May.  Now,  brethren,  we  want  you  to  come.  — 
True,  we  are  poor  and  corjsiderably  scattered,  yet 
we  will  do  all  we  can  to  make  you  feel  at  home, 
aud  we  do  hope,  by  having  the  District  Meeting 
here,  it  will  be  the  means  of  doing  much  good,  in 
aflvancing  and  enlarging  the  border  of  our  Mas- 
ter's kingdom.  We  have  also  in  contemplation  a 
Lovc-fcast  and  Communion  after  the  District 
Meeting. 


DIED. 


Ob.luAricK  ihoul'l  be  brief,  nriiicn  m  but  one  side  of  the 
pnjicr,  UDiJ  Bepnr&te  from  M  other  bugine«s. 


BOSSERMAN— In  Uu  upper  Stillwater  church, 
Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  February  llUh,  JS78,  lire. 
Solomon  Boseerman,  aged  80  years,  9  mouths 
and  17  days.  E.  Hoover. 

BOWMAN.— In  Franklin  C«.,  Va.,  sister  Cath- 
arine Bowmoij,  on  April  8,  1878,  aged  SI  years, 
G  months  and  27  days.  J.  H.  Flora. 

GOSHO.— In  the  Stony  Creek  chnrch,  Hamilton 
Co.,  lud.,  April  2nd,  sister  Anna  Gosho, 
daughter  of  friend  Tobiaa  and  Kate  Gosho,  ag- 
ed Hi  years,  7  months  and  2o  days. 

S.  Saunders. 

STUDKBAKER— In  the  Yellow  Creek  church, 
StejihenBou  Co.,  III.,  April  6th,  1S78,  sister 
Jamiiua  Sludebaker,  wife  of  Bro.  Joseph  Slude- 
baktr,  aged  M  years  and  12  days. 

M.  H.  Fowler. 

MILLKK.— Near  Crescent  Hill,  Bates  Co.,  Mo,. 
March  3rd,  friend  Joseph  Miller,  aged  2()  years, 
2  mouths  and  43  riays.  J.  Fansi.er. 

DULLINGER.— In  Boydston  Mills,  Kosciusco 
Co.,  lud,  Feb.  2>i,  Daniel  Dulliuger,  aged  62 
years,  3  motitba  and  24  days.  A.  Mock. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


(if   Ixno-fensi-", 


from   other  buain 


;t   McvlJDgs,   etc., 

n  pnper  ecparate 


LOVE-PEASTS. 


Kosciusco  Co, 


At  Beaver  Dam   congregatioi 
Ind.,  June  6th,  1878. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,   Wednes- 
day, June  6th,  1«7S.  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,    Marshall   C<>.,  Ind.,  June  4, 
1878,  commencing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  Lewistowo,    Winona    Co., 
Minn.,  fust  Saturday  aud  Sunday  of  June  next. 

Nodaway  Co.,  Mo.,  four  miles  East  of  Graham, 
May  10. 

Montgomery  Co,,  Iowa,  twelve  miles   North  of 
Villiaca,  .May  IS. 

Paullier  Creek  church.  Dallas  Co.    Iowa,   Mfty 
llitb  and  17th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock. 

Clear  Kiver  district,  Merriara,  Noble  Co.,    Ind., 
June  18th. 

Maqunketa  church,  one  half  mile  East  of  Lost 
Nation,  commeoeiug  May  2.'>th  at  1  o'clock. 

Two  miles  North  of  Hudson,  McLean  Co.,  Ill,, 
May  llth,at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,   June  15,  at 
10  o'clock.  A.  M. 

Middle  district,  Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  May  15lh,  at 
2  P.  M. 


From  W.  B.  Sell.— I  presume  that  it  is  gen- 
erally understood  that  the  District  Meeting  is  to 
be  held  with  the  brethren  aud  sisters  of  tlie  Long 
Branch  congregation,  Har.isou  Co.  I  do  hope 
that  we  shall  have  a  good  representation,  as  it  is 
desired,  and  the  clerk  gave  notice  to  this  e fleet  — 
Let  us  have  therefore  ii  good  and  full  representa- 
tion. I  have  understood  that  of  lute  some  have 
taken  exception  to  having  it  here,  on  the  ground 
that  it  wae  loo  much  one  side.  Now,  brethren, 
it  has  been  desired  for  several  years  to  have  the 


Silver  Creek  congregati(tu,  Ogle  Co.,  III.,  on 
Thursday  and  Friday,  May  10th  and  17th,  com- 
mencing at  10  o'clock. 

State  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  miles  and  a 
half  South-ea^t  of  Slate  Center  May  2yth  and 
SOtli,  commencing  at  1  P,  M. 

Pleasant  Valley,  Elkhart  C-o.,  Ind,  May  Ukh 
at  4  1*.  M. 

Cherry  Grove,  Carroll  Co,,  111.,  May  loth,  com- 
mencing at  lU  A.  M. 

t'edar  Lake  cnngrepation,  in  Northern  Indiana, 
two  miles  South-east  iff  Corunnu,  Dekalb  Co.,  on 
Thursday,  June  6ih,  1878,  at  2  o'clock. 

Cerro  Gonlo  church,  Macon  Co.,  III.,  June  5th, 
at  2  o'clock. 

L  if^t  Creek  church,  near  Mitflin,  Juniata  Co., 
Pa.,  May  12th  and  13. 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  June 
8th,  at  2  o'clock. 

There  will  be  u  Love-feast    held    in    the   Eagle 
Creek  church,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  on  the  l.'jth  of 
June,  1878,  beginning  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

S.  T.  BOSSERSIAS. 

Our  Lovt-feast  at  Hickory  Grove  III.,  will  be 
on  the  23rd  and  24th  of  May. 

Geo.  D.  Zollarh. 

There  will  lie  a  Communion  meeting  in  the 
Monticello  church.  White  Co.,  Ind,,  Juue  eighth, 
conimeiicing  at  10  o'clock  aud  last  over  Sunday. 
We  want  the  brethren  in  the  West  to  notice  this, 


and  come  to  us,  as  they  can  very  handy   go   "0"' 
here  W*  place  of  A.  M.  on  Monday  following. 

Monticello  is  the  station  to  slop  ofl;  an<i  amvey- 
ance  will  be  there  on  Friday  evening  and  Satur- 
day morning.  J-  S.  Snowbebukr. 

There  will  be  a  Love-feast  at  'Kptou,  Iowa,   on 
ThurBday  and  Friday,  tlie  6th  and  7th  of  .Tuue. 
B.  F.  MiiXF.B. 

Our  Communion  meeting  in  the  Panther  Creek 
church,  Woodford  Co.,  III.,  will  be  on   Thursday, 
May  16th,  1878,  commencing  at  one  o'clock. 
J.  B.  TaO»eb. 

We,  the  brethren  of  Middle  Fork,  Clinton 
Co.,  Ind,,  have  appointed  a  Communion  meeting 
on  the  8tb  of  Juue.  to  commence  at  2  o'clock,  P. 
M.  Brethren  coming  on  the  L.  M.  &  B.  It.  E-, 
will  stop  off  at  Mulberry,  and  those  coming  on 
the  T.  W.  W.  It.  K..  will  stop  off  at  Lafayette. 
AU  those  desiring  to  stop  with  us,  will  be  met  at 
the  above-named  places  on  the  day  before,  if  no- 
lice  be  given  to  the  undereigned,  or  J.  W.  Melz- 
ger,  at  Edna  Mills,  Clinton  Co.,  Ind. 

In  Behalf  of  the  Cluirch. 

I.    BlLLHIMER. 

The  Brethren  of  Naperville,  Dupage,  Co.,  III., 
contemplate  holding  a  Love-feast  on  the  lltbjind 
12th  of  May,  1878,  commencing  at  2  o'clock,  P. 
M.    By  Order,  N.  Karly. 

DISTRICT   MEETINGS. 

Northern  District  of  Indiana  in  English  Prairie 
church,  May  9th. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  2ilth,  commenc- 
ing at  9  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

Eastern  District  of  West  Virginia,  April  19th 
ond  20  in  the  Faircoat  congregation. 

Northern  District  of  Kansas  and  Southern  Ne- 
braska, eight  miles  South-east  of  Beatrice,  May 
13th,  at  8  A.  M. 

North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June  1st. 


Notice    to    Brethren. 

I  have  made  arrangements  on  the  Toledo,  Wa- 
bash A  Western  Railroad,  for  brethren  going 
to  the  Annual  Meeting,  at  one  and  one-fifth 
iare.  Tickets  will  be  placed  at  the  following  sta- 
tions :  Quincy,  Springfield,  Cerro  Gordo,  Dan- 
ville, Lafayette,  Delphi.  Peru,  Decatur,  Toledo, 
Ft.  Wayne,  St.  Louis,  Taylorvilie,  Warsaw,  Bur- 
lington and  Hannibal.  J.  Beechly. 


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SPRING. 

DX  OKOKOE  II.  ZOLLEHS. 

FAKl^WEIJi  to  Mil'  bU-alc  winds  of  Winter, 
[{(■joice  for  the  Spring  time  is  here, 
fflioii  iiiiture  presents  to  our  visiou — 
TIic  lovelieat  scenes  of  the  year. 

Then  the  dormant  receive  animation, 
And  emerge  from  their  caverns  of  gloom; 

Then  tlie  Spring  ever  gladdens  creation. 
And  the  welkin  is  vocal  with  song. 

The  trees,  too,  arrayed  in  tlipir  grandeur, 

Thij  kingdom  of  nature  adorn. 
Whih'  the  birds  sit  with  joy  in  the  branches. 

And  chant  in  the  blush  of  the  morn. 

I  long  fur  a  home  in  tliat  country, 

Wliere  the  bleak  Winter  storms  never  blow, 
But  the  bright  vernal  scones  are  immortal. 

And  our  rapture  no  respite  shall  know. 

HiTi-  our  joyful  sensations  are  transient, 
Aud  the  handsomest  tlowers  must  fade, 

And  the  friends  we  so  teuderly  cherish, 
All  vanish  in  death's  dismal  shade. 

But  the  Lord  in  that  cTay  shall  restore  them, 
And  bring  them  with  joy  from  the  grave, 

And  !il;ir  in  the  landscape  of  glory, 
TliL-ir  bright  palms  of  victory  shall  wave. 

EMMANUEL. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSbAL'OU. 

ToBiiillier  Isrtinh  Homer, nf  Briijhioii,  Itufiaii'i. 
ii  rilO  be  or  not  to  be;  this  is  the  question." 
X  So  says  the  world's  great  dramatist. 
This  is  no  question  at  all.  Moral  being  admits 
not  of  extinction.  Suicide  changes  life's  con- 
ditions, hut  changes  not  its  character,  nor  de- 
stroys its  essence.  To  be  thus,  or  to  be  oihei- 
ifi'sp— this  is  the  question  on  which  hinges  our 
eternal  destiny.  To  be  Emmanuel  or  Diabol 
us— this  is  the  supreme  choice  of  the  human 
will.  "God  with  us"  is  the  only  condition  of 
Eternal  Life,  but  not  of  etenitJ  being.  "  I  am 
the  LiPE."  Emmauuel  is  not  simply  lite,  but 
specific  Life,  being  untainted  by  sin.  In  the 
coniniunication  of  the  Divine  Nature,  we  are 
also  honored  mth  the  Divine  Name.  Christ 
is  tile  tniuinted  of  God,  aud  "ne  have  an  um-lion 
from  tlie  Holy  One."  "  Thou  shalt  call  His 
Name  EuMANt'EL,  which  is,  God  with  us." 
"God  is  in  t/oti  of  a  truth."  "  Christ  hi  you  the 
Iiope  of  glory"  (1  Cor.  14:  25,  and  Col.  1:  2T). 

All  the  Holy  Ghost  begotten  are  Emmanuels; 
Inciirnation,  living  Photographs  of  the  Eternal 
Wonderful— Father.  Mother.  Brother,  Sister. 
I'rieud.  all  in  One.  The  inbeing  of  God,  gives 
the  clinraeter,  the  pence,  and  the  glorv  of  God 
(John  U:  20.  1  Pet.  1:  16.  Philpp.  4:  7.  2  Cor. 
3:1S.  iind  4:6).  "I\vill  write  upon  him  mv 
Jiew  Name."  If  tlie  life  of  God  is  in  the  soul, 
ttie  name  of  God  will  be  on  the  forehead— 
Emmanuel.  "  God  with  us  "  is  the  central  fact 
f  religion;  not  only  God  iu  Clirist,  but  Christ 
■"  "H-  Christ  came  not  without  requisite  cre- 
dentials. We  cannot  be  Christians  without  the 
e^douces  of  Divine  paternity.  To  say  Lord, 
^rd.  is  not  the  criterion  of  sonaliip.  The  test 
for  the  Only  begotten  was,  "not  as  I  will,  but 
"»  Tkoit  win."  The  test  of  the  younger  breth- 
'eais,  "thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in 
Heaven."     "Holy,    harmless,     undrjikd,    sep- 


arafe/rmn  sinners:'  Tliis  was.  the  stuudiird  of 
Emmanuel  the  Great.  "  Evrrtj  man  fhut  hath 
this  hope  in  Him  puRinKTH  himselp,  EVEN 
AS  HE  IS  PURE."  This  is  the  Ideal  and  work 
aud  dignity  of  all  in  whose  bosom  beala  the 
pulse  of  the  Godman.  "  Ye  are  a  chm»n  gen- 
eniliMi,!!  royal  priesthood,  a  HOi.v  nation,  a  i-e- 
ci-i.iAR  people;  that  ye  should  show  forth  the 
I'KAISES  of  Him  who  hath  eallril  >jon  out  of  dark- 
ness INTO  His  MAitvELoiH  light"  (1  Pet,  2:  Ji). 
When  Elijah  restored  to  lite  the  son  of  the 
widow  of  Znrephath,  she  said,  "  by  this  I  know 
that  IhoH  firt  a  man  of  God"  (I  Kings  17:  34). 
"  liy  thix  shall  all   men  know  that  yc  are  mij 

disciples,  IP  YB  HAVE    LOVE    ONE    TO   ANOTHER." 

"  Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this,  that  a 
man  laij  down  his  life. for  his  friends."  "Love 
one  another  as  I  have  loved  vor."  "  By  this 
[  know  that  thou  art  a  uak  op  God;  by  this — 
EMMANUEL.  "The  love  of  God  shed  abroad 
in  our  hearts  by  the  Holy  Ghost."  and  "Hoi 
ness  to  the  Lord"  emblazoned  on  our  mitres- 
"hy  this  I  know  that  thou  art  a  man  op  God. 
"  Without  holine»>^  it  is  imvossiblr  to  see  THE 
Lord."  "  Blessed  are  tlxe  pure  in  hmrl.  for  they 
shall  see  God."  "  Beloved  let  us  love  one  amth- 
cr,  for  LOVE  IS  OF  God."  *' God  m  love,  and  he 
that  duelleth  in  love  dwelleth  in  God,  and 
GOD  IN  HIM."  Love  and  Holine-ss- this  is 
Jehovah.  This  is  "the  Divine  Nature"  of 
which  we  are  to  be  "  partakers."  "  By  this  I 
know  that  thou  art  a  mas  of  God  " — Emmanuel, 
God  with  us,  A  pharos  beaming  on  a  surging. 
perilous  ocean;  a  beacon  on  the  dizzy  edge  of 
a  soul-engulfing  precipice;  acity  set  upon  ahill; 
a  sweet,  fascinating  picture  of  Jehovah-Iesus;  a 
living,  loving  epitome  of  "  the  glory  that  excell- 
eth"  and  WS  "'jOy  unspeakable,"  and  the'heau- 
ty  inetl'able; — such,  in  some  measure,  is  the 
Christ^born  man  and  womau. 

"God  manifest  in  the  flesh" — Emmanuel — is 
the  character  aud  title  of  all  the  seed  royal. 
Our  lineage  is  not  in  the  Une  of  the  mighty 
princes  of  earth — these  are  insignificant — but 
we  are  sous  of  God,  "heirs  of  God,  and  joint- 
heirs  with  Christ."  Our  call  is  not  to  mount 
earthly  thrones,  possess  earthly  dominions,  and 
meld  earthly  sceptres.  Perishable  gewgaws 
are  all  these.  "The  hif/h-caUintf  lyCzf/rf"- 
this  is  ourglory,  our  boast,  our  bliss  unuttera- 
ble. "  A  crown  of  glory  that  fadeth  not  away 
a  throne  built  on  the  perfections  of  Deity,  a 
palm-sceptre  of  eternal  majesty,  a  garment 
woven  out  of  the  heart-strings  of  Jesus,  and 
dyed  iu  the  seven  coloi-a  of  the  "rainbow  round 
about  the  throne."  A  calling  so  high  implies 
a  corresponding  character.  None  but  Emman- 
uels can  share  the  beatitudes  of  the  All-holy 
and  A II- beautiful.  Where  there  is  to  be  an 
eternal  community  of  interests,  there  must  be 
an  eternal  intrusting  of  natures.  Herein  lies 
ourouly  true  hopeof  Heaven.  Salvation  means 
not  going  where  Jesus  is,  but  beinj  what  He  is. 
All  the  elements  of  Heaven  must  be  ours  in 
this  life. 

"  The  Holy  Ghost  shall  come  upon  thee,  and 
the  powerof  the  highest  shall  ovei-shiulow  thee; 
therefore  " — Emmani'eu  This  adumbrates  and 
includes  our  individual  regeneration.  The  On- 
ly-begotten and  the  many-begotten  have  one 
Life.  One  overshadowing,  fructifying  Agent 
has  made  them  brothers  and  fellow-heirs.  The 
Cross  of  the  One  is  the  glory  and  salvation  of 
the  many.  The  foot.steps  of  the  First-born 
must  be  trodden  by  all  the  after-born.  It  must 
ever  be  Emmanuel.  The  nails  that  crashed 
through  tlie  quivering  hands  and  feet  of  the 
Savior,  must  jiierce  the  hands  and  feet  of  all  the 
saints.  None  pass  through  the  glory-flashing 
Doors  of  Pearl  save  those  on  whose  bodies  are 
found  the  marks  of  "the  Lord  Jesus."  Self- 
please/s  and  world-worshipers,  money-hoarders, 
iind  Crosiwlespisers.  can  never  set  foot  on  tlie 
Golden  Gabbatha.  Only  Emmanuels  will  be 
acknowledged  as  the  seed  of  the  "Everiasting 
Father."  "  God  manitest  in  the  flesh  "  is  the 
mould  for  all  whom  God  will  own  when  He 


calls  His  family  together  to  celebnite  the  Gold- 
ing  VVeil.liug  of  the  co^t-tt-rnal.  Divinv-hunmn 
Son.  A  mystery  so  fraught  with  siu-rifico  and 
sufferiiig  to  the  cver-i-xi^teut  Trinity  denninds  a 
renovation  and  lustration  of  our  nature  in  order 
to  realize  a  genuine  fellowship  with  incarnate 
Deity  which  few  attain.  Kmmanuel  is  iimighty 
name,  representing  a  stupendous  fact.  "  If  any 
man  have  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  he  is  none 
of  His."  0  if  we  could  grasp  the  overpowering 
significance  of  these  woi'ds,  we  would  ilvop  on 
our  knees  and  wrestle  against  flesh  aud  blood, 
iigainst  the  principalities  and  powers  of  the  in- 
fernal realms,  and  wrestle  with  the  Jehovah- 
Angel  at  the  "ford  Jabbok."  uutil  the  deaert 
would  become  a  Peiiuel.  It  is  because  we  so 
inadequately  apprehend  John  3:  I*!,  that  we 
have  ao  little  experience  of  the  flesh -muccrating. 
sin-blastiug.  soul-liberating  reality  of  Philpp. 
2:  12. 

No  one  can  know  that  for  which  the  letl«r 
stands  save  through  the  aoul-and-spirit-rising 
energy  of  tlie  Evcriiviug  Word.  0  how  many 
are  fettered  and  choked  and  self-murdered  by 
the  letter.  How  tenaciously  they  adhere  to  the 
forms  of  sacred  realities,  while  they  are  "  in  the 
gallof  bitternesw,  aud  the  bond  of  iniquity." 
Where  is  the  Divinity  of  our  generation?  the 
royalty  of  our  priesthood  ?  the  aacrcdness  of  our 
citizenship ?  tlw  peculiarity  of  our  high  and  ho- 
ly relationship-'  Can  we.  in  the  honest  testi- 
mony of  our  conscience,  and  with  the  Divine 
approbation,  |)resent  ourselves  to  a  sin-smitten, 
hell-threatened  world  and  say — Emmanuel? 


THE  INCARNATION. 


IIY  JAMES  WIHT. 


have  been  nieau^i  provided  for  our  asaimilation 
to  the  holy  character  of  our  divine  Head,  and 
the  church  collectively  is  the  represt-ntatiw 
body  of  Christ  on  earth,  and  whatever  luiH-tinn 
or  work  ia  accompliHheti  by  the  church  will  b.? 
realized  iu  heaven,  if  the  course  taken  ih  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  written  Word.  He  hoM  com- 
mittvd  this  power  or  authority,  to  proiwrlyex- 
eroise,  until  Hecome-i  again  to  take  the  reignof 
His  govenimeiit  iu  His  own  person  during 
those  halcyon  days,  when  peace  aud  righteous 
ness  shall  prevail,  when:  ain  and  iniquity  nov 
abound. 

Now  a.-*  God  hiw  sent  His  Son  in  the  likcnm 
of  sinful   flesh,   to  open  up  a  new  and  living 
way   fi-om  earth   to  glory,  should    hi-  not  W 
earnestly  engaged  in  working  out  tmr  satvatiou. 
and  taking  .lesua  as   our  pattern,  who  lin.'^  said, 
"I  am  the  way  the  truth  and   the  life."  imd  L>- 
this  means  he  in  a  state  of  readiness  to  be  awak- 
ened or  changed  into  the  likeness  of  our  Ue- 
deemer?      The  writing*  of  holy   men   of  old 
plainly   intimated   that   the  aspirations  of  the 
soul,  will  only  be  satisfied  when   we  can  see  Je- 
sus as  He  is  and  he  like  Him.     To  the  believer 
in  Christ,  the   future   has  bright  prosjiects  of 
heavenly  blessedness  and  spiritual  felicity.    The 
teachings  of  the  Bible  require  purity,  chastity 
and  virtue,  us  the  ruling    disposition  of  our 
ch.iracter.  and  entire  subjection  of  the  ciirna) 
mind  to  the  law  of  the  spirit  of  life,  to  insure 
to  us  these  hnppy  ends.     May  we  implieity  con- 
fide  in  our  divine   Law-giver  and  be  as  plastic 
clay  in  the  Potter's   hand,  ready   at  all  times  to 
be  fa.'diioned  according  tn  His  own  likeness,  aud 
whether  living  or  dying  we  are  the  Lorxl's,  and 
claim  Him  as  our  bhwed    Redeemer.  He  being 
the  hope   of  glorj-. 


formed  within  ii 


DEFINITION:  The  act  of  clothing  with 
with  flesh;  the  act  of  assuming  flesh,  or 
of  taking  a  human  body  and  the  nature  of  man; 
as,  the  (nr/n(ia((o;i  of  the  Sou  of  God. —  Web- 
ster. God  was  manifest  in  the  flesh  (1  Tiiiu  3: 
16).  Christ  hath  sufi'ered  for  us  in  the  flesh  (1 
Pet.  4: 1).  And  the  Word  wjls  raa-le  flesh  and 
dwelt  among  us,  full  of  grace  and  truth  (John 
1:  14).  These  quotations  have  direct  reference 
to  the  Incurnntion  of  the  Sou  of  God.  The  in- 
spired apostle  states  that  they  were  permitted 
to  behold  His  glory,  the  glory  of  the  only  be- 
gotten of  the  Father.  When  Christ  says,  that 
He  and  the  Father  are  one,  He  is  speaking  of 
His  divipity,  but  when  He  says,  "  my  Father  is 
greater  than  I,"  it  is  respecting  His  humanity, 
and  cannot  he  applied    to    His  divine  nature. 

The  human  and  diviue  natures  completely 
harmouixe  in  the  person  and  character  of  Christ, 
and  it  is  the  union  of  these  two  natures  in 
which  the  incarnation  consists.  The  union  of 
these  two  natures  is  a  great  mystery,  and  will 
remain  a  mysterious  union  until  the  deep  things 
of  God  are  revealed.  The  object  of  this  union, 
is  plainly  revealed  in  the  New  Testament  Scrip- 
tures, which    is  the  salvation    of  the    world. 

What  great  things  the  Lord  has  done  for  us. 
and  it  is  jnst  and  proper  that  we  should  write 
fuid  speak  of  His  mighty  acts  to  our  kindred  of 
the  human  race — to  stir  up  their  pure  minds 
by  way  of  remembrance.  The  time  is  coming 
when  we  need  not  say  to  our  neighbor,  "know 
the  Lord,"  for  all  shall  know  Him  from  the 
least  to  the  greatest,  as  theknowledgeof  the  Lord 
shall  eventually  cover  tiie  earth  as  the  waters 
now  cover  the  sea.  This  will  be  the  state  of 
things  after  the  great  arch  enemy  of  souls  is 
bound  and  Christ's  personal  reign  on  earth  is 
introduced. 

By  the  death  and  resurrection  of  Christ  His 
hunuiuity  became  immortality,  and  with  this 
immortalized  body  He  ascended  to  heaven,  and 
is  at  present  at  the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of 
God,  interceding  for  the  saints  who  are  yet 
upon  the  earth,  bunlened  with  their  tabernacle 
of  day,  and  waiting  for  the  redemption  of  the 
body.     In    the  great  plan   of  salvatiou,  there 


DAY  OF  CRUCIFIXION. 

AND  while  they  abode  still  in  Galilee.  Je-^ut 
said  unto  them,  the  Sou  of  man  shall  be 
betrayed  into  the  hands  of  men,  and  they  shaH 
k-ill  Him.  and  the  third  day  He  shall  be  mised 
again  {Matt.  17:  22.  23).  Here  it  is  dofinft^ly 
stated  that  His  resurrection  is  to  be  ou  the  third 
day.  Again,  in  John  24:  21,  we  read  the  fol- 
lowing: "  To-day  is  the  third  day  since  these 
things  were  done;"  the  "things"  referred  to  are 
the  trial,  and  the  crucifixion  of  Christ.  Early 
in  the  morning  of  this  day,  the  women  canifl 
to  the  sepulchre  ;uid  found  not  the  body  of  Jft- 
sus.  In  the  first  ver^e  of  the  chapter,  we  ar« 
told  this  was  on  the  first  day,  this  wils  reckoned 
as  one  of  the  three  days;  the  day  before  was  the 
Sabbath,  thus  the  fii-st  day  and  the  Sabbath 
which  corresponds  to  Saturday,  makes  two  of 
the  days  which  Christ  was  to  remain  in  the 
grave.  On  the  day  which  He  was  crucified.  He 
died  before  the  close  of  the  day.  thus  this  day 
making  one  of  the  three  daj-s.  would  bring  the 
crucifixion  on  Friday.  The  objection  often  aris- 
es that  if  this  be  th^  case.  He  could  not  have 
remaiued  three  whole  days  in  the  grave.  In  ns 
place  iu  the  Bible  do  we  find  it  stateil  that  He 
should  remain  three  whole  days  in  the  grave, 
only  that  He  should  be  raised  on  the  thin!  day 
Had  the  crucifixion  taken  place  on  Thursday, 
and  the  resurrection  ou  the  first  day.  would  He 
have  risen  on  the  fourth  aud  not  ou  the  third 
day. — Bible  Banner. 


God's  goverumeut  is  one  of  personal  respon. 
sihility.  No  mau  can  perfonu  his  neighbor's 
duty  for  him.  and  no  mau  will  he  excused  for 
neglecting  his  own  duty  because  bis  neighbor 
has  failed  in  his. 


A  worthy  Quaker  thus  wrote:  "  I  expect  to 
pass  through  this  world  but  once.  If.  there- 
fore, there  be  any  kindnesses  I  can  show,  or  any 
good  that  I  can  do  to  any  luimiui  being,  let  me 
do  it  now.  Let  me  not  defer  or  in.>gU-ci  it,  for 
I  will  not  pass  this  way  again." 


THK    HTn^TPHTlK^r    AT    -VX^OT^K:. 


Ma 


V  n 


THE  ALTERED  MOTTO. 

On  ]  thv  bitter  "home  and  (orrow. 
That  a  liiiu-  could  vwr  lie. 
When  I  Ipt  my  Sovior's  pity 
Ph'ftil  in  vain— anil  prou'IIy  nrntwcred— 
"  All  of  self.  ftn<i  none  of  ThtW 
Yt't  he  found  me— I  I«di.-Id  Him, 
Bl(?i-dinB  on  thf  uccnr-ntl  tnTt-: 
lleurd  Himpruy:  "  Korgivc  th-m  Father!" 
And  my  wistful  hoart  fiiul  fnintly, 
"  Some  of  i*lf.  and  nonio  of  Thee." 

Diiy  l»y  day  His  tender  mercy, 

llealinB.  helping,  ffill  imd  free. 
Swivt  and  «tronji.  (uid  ohi  nn  p«lient! 

KrMiijrht  0111-  lowt-r.  while  I  whispered: 

■•  LeAM  of  self,  iind  more-  «f  Thee." 

Higher  than  the  highest  heaven-*. 

iJwper  than  the  dwiK*<l  wil 

L>rd!  Thy  love  iit  lti*t  h-A^i  ronqiiered; 

Onmt  me  now  my  soul's  deiire: 

■■  None  of  self,  and  all  of  Tliee.  ' 

^DLicelvrl  hy  KuMA  (-'.  JJoWmas. 


BE  HONEST  BE  TRUE. 

iiY  ciiAitr.orn;  t.  ikjmi. 

KONKSTY  ami  truth  art'  not  only 
tlie  most  luilile  prIiK-iplci  of  inor- 
nlitv,  Ifut  without  (Ik-iu  h  jtruti-.-'siiiii  of 
ri'Iigion  is  iii«tfki*i;v.  A  lift- of  (lecep- 
tioii  i8  11  lifi'  of  wiekpiltifwi.  I-i't  us  be  ^ 
true  ti>our><ph-cs,tru)'  to  our  fritfiuls,  true  , 
to  IdTtlimi  juhI  si.st('r.i,  trm>  to  Christ, 
nnd  tru(?  at  all  tnue.t,  ami  in  all  ])lacc*-s. 

Till*  j,'rcat  work  we  have  lo  Jo  for  God 
and  oMi-  own  salvatiou,  can  never  Ik' 
ilonc  unless  our  h<-nrt.s  are  trui*  and  lion- 
i'.Ht.  We  eaniiol  liavc^  the  lile.nsed  influ- 
eiKi-  vt'  the  divine  Sjiirit  uiiIcns  our  hearts 
itre  iiin-itu^d  from  all  deceitfullujits;  we 
may  deceive  oui"  fellow-men,  but  God 
oeeai  in  the  i-emotestrece.ises  of  our  hearts 
and  can  diNcern  every  thought.  God's 
Spirit  moves  upon  the  iiilnd  and  thought 
together,  the  ratluiiiil  tlioiiglil  and  riglit 
feeling;  the  sound  mlntl  and  pure  heart 
.  come  fi'om  the  same  source.  AH  must 
be  honeNt  nnd  true  to  do  the  work  of 
righteousnejw  required  at  our  hands.  The 
greatei'  part  of  the  religion  of  the  pres- 
ent day  has  becomtf  ho  much  n  matter  of 
taste  that  we  very  much  fear  the  truth, 
Alt  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus  is  lost  sight  of; 
the  ju'eaehing  and  praying  must  be  so 
jjolished,  the  language  so  elegant,  the 
hinging  so  stylish.  Sucli  fine  gems  of 
thoughtare expected  by  the  audience,  that 
the  main  object  of  the  (iospel  of  Christ 
is  entirely  overlooked, and  soulsin  searcli 
of  truth,  hungering  and  thiisting  after 
righteousness,  are  not  lilled.  and  wonder 
if  tliey  are  to  iind  Jesus  in  all  this  pomj) 
mill  display. 

The  humble  Niizaivne  is  not  to  be 
found  among  people  who  come  to  meet- 
ing to  ap]>Iuud  anything  that  is  lieauti- 
ful,  and  to  be  plejised  with  nothing  that 
is  not  done  up  in  good  tjiste.  We  learn 
His  people  and  followers  have  always 
been  an  humble,  true-hearted  class  of 
beings,  entirely  sejiarate  fi-om  the  worhl 
and  its  follies,  (io  to  our  large  cities, 
view  the  number  of  houses  dedicated  to 
the  worship  of  the  Creator  of  heaven 
and  earth;  walk  nround  on  Sabbatli 
-aiiorning  and  see  the  vast  numbers  wend- 
ing their  way  to  diHerent  places  of  wor- 
ship. How  many  of  this  number  are 
going  with  true,  honest  hearts?  How 
many  aj-e  going  to  worshiji  God  in  spirit 
and  in  truths  We  cannot  tell  the  num- 
ber but  God  knows  their  hearts,  and  will 
reward  them  according  to  their  works. 
"We  have  been  created  and  given  life  for 
a  purpose.  Was  it  to  spend  a  life  of 
hypocrisy  and  deceit.  Verily  no.  God 
is  true,  and  He  loves  the  truthful  and 
honest.  False  words,  false  heads  and 
false  hearts  are  an  abomination  in  His 
sight,  while  the  truthful,  honest  and 
upright  are  His  delight.     His  Word  is 


truth,  and  it  is  only  the  tniethat  can  un 
derstund  it,  and  if  we  si^reh  in  it  for 
truth  we  certainly  will  find  it,  nnd  if  our 
motives  be  honest  and  jmre,  we  can 
>.tand  firm  in  conscious  security  before 
all  mankind. 

The  man  who  stands  firm  in  the  de- 
fence of  truth  has  many  conflicts,  yet  he 
feels  nothing  is  more  worthy  of  hi*  great- 
est abilities  and  heh.as  a  sweet  conscious- 
ness that  the  great  Founder  of  truth  is 
ever  ready  to  brace  him  up  and  give 
strength  to  his  weakness,  and  in  every 
act  and  thought  the  divine  truth  is  por- 
trayed. New  desires  are  given  Inm, 
the  mind  will  flash  into  a  new  worUl  of 
thought.  Pride  and  nrroganee  will  (piail 
beneath  mighty  words  of  truth;  all  is 
weak  and  worthless  that  has  not  truth 
for  its  anchor. 

Tliose  that   are  true  followers  of  the 
blessed  Kudeemer  are  endowed  with  the 
spirit  of  truth,  and  when  we  see  profess- 
I  Cliri.-tians  diverting  froih  tlie  jiath  of 
•('tituile,  Iiaving  very   little  re.s]iect  for 
truth,  whose   honesty   we   cannot   help 
(juestioning;  we   can    but  say,  l)y  their 
fruits  shall  ye  know  them,  and  out  of  a 
I  tr.ue,  honest   heart,  true    and   honest  ac- 
I  tions  will    ]iroceed.     The  spirit  of  truth 
does  not  guide   into  false  actions,  but  it 
guides  into  all  truth.     Our  Savior  .says, 
I  am  the  true  Vine.     The  branch   must 
necessarily  be  true  and  faithful  or  it  can- 
not abide  in   the   Vine   or  bring  forth 
fruit,  but  will  be  cast  forth  as  a  worth- 
less l)i-anch. 

It  is  greatly  to  be  deplored  that  in  this 
enlightened  day  as  the  present  time  is 
generally  calleil,  that  there  are  fewer  true, 
honest,  noble  men  than  there  have  lieen 
for  ages  [tast.  Converse  with  old  men, 
iu)W  they  were  raised,  how  imrnest  their 
parents  were  to  instill  right  and  true 
priuciples  in  their  minds  while  young; 
now  that  thing  in  a  great  measure  is 
overlooked,  and  children  are  allowed  todo 
anything  that  will  make  them  popular 
in  the  world.  The  world  and  church 
have  joined  hands  too  much,  aud  arc  so 
near  together  in  the  manner  of  education 
that  the  dittercnce  can  scarcely  be  per- 
ceived. We  believe  education  to  be  very 
essential,  but  not  exactly  as  the  world 
has  it.  We  believe  we  should  instill  in- 
to the  minds  of  the  young  true,  honest 
principles,  and  that  which  mil  establish 
genuine  moral  worth,  and  by  this  means 
[)reparc  a  soil  for  the  seed  of  eternal 
tj-nth — a  soil  that  will  not  be  barren  or 
unfruitful;  for  an  education  that  tills  the 
heart  aud  head  with  vanity  and  pride, 
is  worse  than  useless. 

God  has  endowed  us  with  improv- 
able faculties,  and  it  is  our  duty  to 
strengthen  them  that  we  nmy  be  better 
able  to  wield  the  sword  of  the  spirit  and 
more  capable  of  learning  of  Christ;  for 
if  We  are  not  able  to  properly  under- 
stanil  His  Word,  it  would  be.  much  more 
dilticult  for  us  toget  into  the  strait  and 
narrow  way  of  truth.  God  gi'ant  that 
we  umy  all  be  able  to  walk  in  wisdom's 
ways  and  be  guided  by  the  Spirit  of 
truth. 

!  like  au  open  honest  heart, 

Where  frankness  loves  to  dwell, 
Which  has  no  place  for  bare  deceit 
Nor  hollow  words  can  tell. 

COME  TO  JESUS. 

ItV  J.  \V.  SOVTHWOUII. 

T  WISH  to  call  your  attention  to  a  few 
-*-  tho\ights  that  have  often  been 
brought  forcilily  to  my  mind  while  think- 
ing of  persons  at  the  so-called  mourner's 
bench.     While   they  are  kneeling  and 


seeking 


and  fill  his  heart  with  Thy  Holy  Siurit: 
come  down  just  now  tfcc. 

Now  let  me  ask.  is  this  the  way  to 
come  to  Jesus?  Is  this  coming  to  Jesus 
according  to  the  Gospel?  Is  this,  hum- 
bling one's  self  under  the  mighty  hand 
of  God?  Is  this  coming  to  Jesus  accord- 
ing to  His  plan,  or  is  it  trying  to  have 
Jpsus  come  to  men  according  to  f/ieir 
plans.     Tliey  often  sing: 

Come  to  the  Savior,  make  no  delay. 

Here  in  His  Word  He's  shown  us  tlie  way. 

Why  not  seairh  His  Word  and  find 
out  the  way;  that  is  find  out  Christ's 
way?  Why  not  find  out  how  Paid  caine 
to  Jesus?  Did  he  get  down  at  the 
mourner's  bench?  No.  When  he  fell  to 
the  ground  th(;  Lord  did  not  tell  him  to 
lay  tlierc  and  mourn,  but  sent  him  to 
Dama-^cus;  when  Ananias  came  to  liim 
he  did  not  siiy,  prjiy  on  brother,  but  he 
said,  "  W'hy  tarriest  thou?  Arise  and 
be  baptized  and  wash  away  thy  sins  " 
(Acts  2-J:  Hi)  How  did  the  Samaritans 
come  to  Jesus?  Did  thev  get  down  to  the 
mourner's  bench?  No,  Philip  preacliefl 
till  they  aud  many  others  believed,  then 
they  were  baptized  (Acts  fi:  V2,  i:t). 

Look  also  at  Crispus,  the  chief  ruler 
of  the  synagogue,  and  see  how  he  and 
m.-my  of  the  Christians  came  to  Jttsus. 
Did  Paul  tell  them  tocome  to  the  mourn- 
er's bench  and  get  religion?  No,  he 
preached  till  they  believed,  then  they 
were  baptized  (Acts  18:  8).  Did  Phil- 
ip get  down  to  the  mourner's  bench  with 
the  Jiiunuch  and  try  to  comfort  him  by 
saying,  i>ray  on  a  little  longer?  No, 
but  he  got  down  into  the  wnter  with  him, 
and  baptized  him  (Acts  8:  37,  38).  AVhy 
not  listen  to,  and  heed  what  Peter  said 
on  the  day  of  Pentecost  when  the  in- 
quirers asked  what  they  should  do? 
Docs  he  tell  the  Lord  to  come  to  theni 
and  till  their  hearts  with  His  Spirits  No, 
But  he  tells  them  tocome  to 'Jesus  by 
rejicuting  and  being  baptized  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins;  then  said  he,  "  ye  shall  re- 
ceive the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and 
thus  three  thousand  souls  came  to  Jesus 
in  one  day  (Acts  2:  37,  38-41). 

Is  this  not  the  way  to  come  to  Jesus? 
Is  it  not  the  way  that  all  must  coucede 
to  be  infallibly  safe!!  Is  it  not  the  only 
way  in  which  we  have  any  promise  of 
being  saved?  For  he  that  believeth 
and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved;  but  he 
that  believeth  not  (of  course  will  not  be 
baptized,  and  hence)  shall  be  damned 
(Mark  Ki:  lU).  It  is  not  every  one  th.at 
sayeth  unto  me  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter 
the  kingdom  of  heaven,  Ijut  he  that 
doeth  the  will  of  my  Father  wliich  is  in 
heaven  (Matt.  7:  21).  Now  we  see  that 
only  those  who  do  the  will  of  the  Fath- 
er have  any  promise;  and  as  the  Fath- 
er has  revealed  His  will  to  us  through 
His  Son,  why  not  accept  it,  and  arise  and 
he  baptized,  aud  come  to  Jesus  as  Christ 
and  the  apostles  command,  and  receive 
the  promise  and  not  try  to  climb  up  some 
other  way. 

Brethren,  let  us  ever  take  Gospel  plan 
for  all  we  do,  endeavoring  to  persuade 
otliers  to  come  to  Jesus  according  to  the 
Gospel  and  be  saved. 

IJncohmilU.  Ind. 


WHAT  IS    DEATH? 

HY  .inllN  FURXEV. 

TT  is  a  great  evil  in  the  world,  because 
J-  it  is  the  cllect  of  siii,  and  sin  was 
introduced  by  Satan;  and  hence  separat' 
ed  man  from  God,  by  the  death  of  sin, 
and  causetl  nakedness  and  fear,  and  a  fi- 
nal sei)aration  from  the  garden  of  Eden 


Jesus  as  they  call  it,  the  nunister   and  the  tree  of  life.     Death   is  an   e\-il 
is  saying,  come  Lord;   come  near;  come  I  because  it  separates  husband   and    wife 


\\-ithout  tlieir  wish  or  consent.  X,, 
how  much  they  love  each  oth 


'»alt«f 
'**'■»  or  how 
much  they   need  ea<-h  other  to  help  i-^j^ 
the    little    family    <»f  chihireu.       1>^.^,J 
comes,  and  the  father  or  mother  must 
and  leave  the  children  in  the  care  oft} 
other,  no    difference    how  unwillim,  th 
other  of  the    family  is,  to  see    father  q. 
mother  fall  into  the  cold  embrace  of  tii„, 
monster  death.     So  it  takes  the  chiMrpn 
from  the  parents   without   their  wish 
consent;  the  nunister  from   the  chm-el, 
without  the   counsel  or   consent  of  (,{,- 
ehurch.     Aud  oh!    what  sorrow,   what 
mourning,  and   shcd<ling  of  tears  ileat}, 
causes  daily  in  the  world,  in  the  clmrcli 
and  in  the  family.     Death  is  an  evil  l)e. 
cause  it  not  only  was  brought  about  br 
sin  and  Satan,  but  m\ist  also  be  east  in 
to  the  lake   of  fire,  which  ia  the  second 
death,  wherein  the  devil   is  to  be  c^at 
So  we  see  that  both  death  and  the  devil 
are  a  great  evil   in   the  world  and  must 
dwell  together  in    the   hereafter   (R^.^ 
•2(t:  10-U). 

We  know  that  sin  and  Satan  iuwe 
caused  all  this  great  evil  in  the  world 
and  it  will  not  stop  when  this  world  will 
end;  if  the  sinner  is  not  freed  from  sin 
in  this  life,  the  poet  says  sin  kills  bfyoud 
the  tomb  (John  .s:  '1\).  Jesus  says,  ''ye 
shall  die  in  your  sins,  wither  I  go  L 
cannot  come."  Then  I  will  say  to  you 
sinner,  why  will  you  go  one  step  further 
in  sin?  Do  you  not  know  that  you  are 
bearing  fruit  unto  death?  for  the  jva»».s 
of  sin  is  death,  Paul  tells  us  in  R()tii.  (J; 
23.  "  But  tlie  gift  of  God  is  eternal  life 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord."  Then 
it  is  only  through  Christ  Jesus  that  you 
aud  I  can  be  made  free  from  sin,  and  to 
make  our  escape  from  the  second  death 
and  to  lay  hold  on  eternal  life. 

Brethren  and  sisters  and  all  who  pro- 
fess  to  know  God  (2  John  S;  Si),  let  us 
look  well  to  ourselves,  that  we  lose  not 
those  things  which  we  have  wrouo-ht 
but  that  we  receive  at  full  re\vard.  Who* 
soever  cransgresseth  and  abideth  not  in 
the  doctrine  of  Christ,  has  not  Goii.  He 
that  al)ideth  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ, 
he  has  both  the  Father  and  the  8ou(l 
John  3:4).  "Whosoever  comuiittethsin 
transgresseth  also  the  Law,  for  sin  is  the 
transgression  of  the  Law  (8th  verse), 
He  that  eomniitteth  sin  is  of  the  devil. 
Then  let  no  one  violate  any  command' 
ment  of  God;  for  all  who  will,  do  love 
death  rather  than  life,  and  do  forfeit 
their  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  must 
take  their  part  outside  of  the  city  of  God, 
where  there  is  weeping  and  gnashing  of 
teeth.  Come  sinner,  eonsiiler  well  what 
you  are  doing,  and  whom  you  serve;  for 
God  surely  will  not  be  mocked  by  you, 
whatsoever  you  sow,  that  you  must  also 
reap,  then  sow  to  the  spirit;  and  from 
the  spirit  reap  life  everlasting,  is  my 
prayei-. 


A  LITTLE   CHARITY. 


T  HAVE  been  reading  your  paper  for 
-*-  some  time;  I  like  it  very  nmch. 
As  there  are  still  calls  for  help,  I  msli 
to  throw  in  a  small  mite  for  the  poor 
fund.  Charity  covers  a  multitude  of 
sins.  Though  you  have  angel's  tongues 
and  have  not  charity  it  will  profit  you 
nothing.  I  wish  we  were  all  engager 
in  the  work.  Oh  what  a  happy  time  if 
we  could  all  work  together  for  Jesus. 
All  things  work  together  for  good  to 
them  that  love  the  Lord.  But  there  are 
divi.sion8  which  ought  not  to  be.  Would 
to  God  we  could  all  .stand  firm  and  work 
together  in  one  band.  The  eiiemr  is 
going  about  seeking  whom  he  may  Q^' 
vour;  there  ai'o  many  temptations  flua 


>tav 


'J-\tlK    13KETH:iiK>:    ^VT    AVOlUv. 


1  this  life.     The 


trials  in  ttiis  me.      i  He   way  is  nan 
a  little  step  to  the  right  or  left,  and  we 
are  straying  away  from  Jesus. 

Oh  could  we  ever  be  near  to  Je^us— 
iufliiencea  by  His  Holy  Spirit,  so  we  may 
l,e  flble  to  withstand  the  wilea  of  the 
enemy.  Al>stain  from  every  appearance 
of  evil,  and  use  the  sword  of  the  Spirit, 
^hich  is  the  "Word  of  God.  Oh  remem- 
\,er  Jesus  wben  He  was  about  to  be  cru- 
citiwl;  His  enemies  were  nailing  Him  to 
the  cross.  He  says,  "Father  forgive 
them  for  they  know  not  what  they  do." 
Could  we  have  a  praying  heart  like 
Jesus,  that  we  could  love  our  enemies 
aad  piiiy  tor  those  that  despitefully  vise 
us;  for  God  halh  not  appointed  us  to 
^•ath,  but  to  obtain  salvation  by  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  who  died  for  us,  that 
whether  we  wake  or  sleep,  we  may 
live  together  with  Him.  Then  k-t  us 
pi-ess  onward  toward  the  mark  for  the 
prize  of  the  hii,di  calling  of  God  in  Christ 
Jesus. 

Often  when  I  retire  at  uight  do  I  med- 
itate and  think,  if  Jesws  would  come  to 
niftht,  would  I  be  ready;  for  the  day  of 
the  Lord  cometh  as  a  thief  in  tlie 
night.  Let  us  ever  stand  lirm,  putting 
on  the  breastplate,  of  faith,  and  liave  for 
a  helmet  the  -hope  of  salvation.  We 
have  the  promise  if  we  ask  in  prayer, 
believing  we  shall  receive.  Faith  is  the 
substance  of  tilings  hoped  for,  the  ev- 
idence of  things  not  seen.  The  evidences 
of  faith  are  love  to  Christ,  confidence, 
prayer,  attention  to  His  ordinance,  zeal 
in  promoting  His  glory,  and  holiness  of 
heart.  Oh  could  we  all  be  more  engag- 
ed in  the  great  work,  more  zealous  in 
the  cause  of  our  Ma.ster.  There  are 
many  precious  souls  that  we  would  re- 
joice to  see  come  into  the  fold ;  some  are 
almost  per.'iuaded  to  become  Christians. 
Oh  that  I  knew  uotliing  but  Christ  and 
Him  crucified,  Jind  couid  wel)e  prepareil 
ready  for  death  at  any  moment.  Our 
friends  are  passing  away  one  by  one,  and 
we  too  must  die. 


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idly  pjL-ised  before  ilifiii.  It  is  the  opin- 
ion  of  some  that  whatever  is  impressed 
ou  the  mind  can  never  be  erased.  For- 
gotten, but  not  blotted  out;  covered  up 
with  uew  thoughts  and  ideas,  but  not 
lost. 

As  a  witness  iu  a  juiUcal  court  stands 
waiting  to  be  called,  so  our  life  is  wTit^ 
ten  and  umpped  ready  to  witness  for  oi 
against  us.  Svhen  the  books  are  opened 
and  every  nmu  is  judged  according  to 
his  work,  the  inside  will  be  seen  as  clear- 
ly as  the  outside.  We  may  look  at  the 
whited  sepulchres  that  ajipear  beautiful 
"uw,  then  we  shall  see  the  dead  bouL-s 
and  uncleanness  that  these  sepulchres 
covered  up.  In  that  <hiy  wlien  every 
mau's  work  shall  l)e  nuule  manifest, 
no  broad  fringes  or  phylacteries  will 
conceal  the  evil  thoughts  of  the  heart, 
nor  of  the  flesh. 

The  wicked  shall  see  and  know  their 
evil  deeds  so  plainly  that  they  pMss  judg- 
nu'iit  upon  themselves — crying  out  for 
the  rocks  and  mountains  io  fall  upon 
them  and  hule  their  shame.  Reader, 
you  and  I  are  in  a  great  picture  gallery. 
Every  day  apictui-e  of  our  lives  is  map- 
ped, to  be  revealed  in  the  last  day. 

"  How  carofiil  then  ouijlit  I  to  live, 

Willi  whut  reliyiuiis  feftr! 
Who  such  a  strict  iiccuunt  must  give, 

Fur  my  beliuvior  here." 

THE  CHURCH. 


While  the  proplh't  wns  prophesying 
(preaching)  there  were  "a  shaking,  and 
the  bones  cami-  together  bone  to  his 
bone,  and  the  sinew  and  the  flesh  came 
upon  them,  and  the  skin  covered  them 
above,  but  there  was  no  breath  in  them. 
Then  said  he  unto  nie,  prophesy  unto  the 
winds,  prophesy  Son  of  man,  and  say 
unto  the  wind,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
come  from  the  four  winds,  O  breath,  and 
breathe  upon  these  shun   that  ihey  may 


ii  mHEN  shall  the 
-*-      be  likened 


PICTURES. 

iiY  s.  M.  MiNNnn. 

rpriAT  is  a  picture  gallery.  You  en- 
■'-  ter  and  you  will  see  perhaps  many 
pictures  on  the  walls  that  are  familiar  to 
you.  That  lady  before  the  glass  is  pre 
paring  to  sit  for  a  picture.  Seating  her- 
self before  the  Camera,  hands,  head, 
mouth  and  eyes  must  all  be  in  perfect 
position.  She  knows  that  the  jticture 
will  be  an  exact  likeness  of  her  person, 
hence  her  great  eftort  is  to  look  gi-ace- 
ful. 

How  wonderful  is  mau  that  he  can 
make  an  instrument  that  does  so  perfect- 
ly delineate  every  feature.  But  in  God's 
Book  of  remembrance,  not  only  the  fea- 
tures will  be  delineated,  but  the  life,  the 
thought  and  intent  of  the  heart,  will  be 
seen  and  known. 

Some  years  ago  I  saw  an  aveount  of 
a  girl  who  wius  laying  in  a  trance  for 
some  days.  AVhen  she  awoke  to  con- 
sciousness, she  said,  she  had  been  to  the 
place  of  "many  mansions,"  that  an  an- 
gel had  been  her  guide.  The  angel  took 
W  into  a  beautiful  mansion  and  said  to 
her,  "  I  will  leave  you  here  a  while,  you 
"^iin  interest  yoiu-self  examining  the 
paintings  that  are  hanging  on  the  walls." 
She  said  the  pictures  looked  familiar. 
Continuing  to  examine  them,  she  saw 
with  amazenu'ut,  and  read  with  astonish- 
•uent  her  life;  her  good  and  evil  deeds 
Were  spread  before  her. 

Persons  who  have  been  rescued  fnuu 
the  water  in  an  unconscious  state,  when 
hi'uught  to  consciousness,  have  saiJ  that 
a  punoramie  view  of  their  life  bad  viv- 


kingdom  of  heaven 
unto/ten  virgins" 
(Matt,  'lb:  1).  While  perusing  your 
valuable  paper,  we  see  how  many  vine- 
yards of  the  Lord  are  planted  over  this 
goodly  land  and  in  Europe;  and  the 
cause  of  God  and  His  dear  Son  being 
propagated  from  tlie  rising  of  the  sun  to 
the  going  down  thereof.  Sons  and 
daughtei-s  are  being  begotten  of  God, 
and  laboiers  brought  into  the  vineyard 
of  the  Lord  through  the  instrumentality 
of  the  Word  and  power  of  God,  by 
the  preaching  of  His  Word  through  men 
of  God.  Embassadors  in  Christ's  .stead, 
who  being  mindful  of,  and  obedient  to 
the  sacred  injunction,  "  (io  stand  in  the 
temple  and  speak  to  the  people  all  the 
words  of  this  life,"  and  through  the  fool- 
ishness of  preaching,  it  has  pleased  God 
to  save  men. 

As  water  falling  day  by  day  weai-s 
the  hardest  rock  away,  even  so  the  preach 
ed  Word  from  the  sacred  desk  and  the 
religious  literature.  Speaking  the  same 
thing  are  au  ebl)ing  and  n  flowing  tide 
up(m  the  ocean  of  God's  workings  with 
the  hearts  and  conscience  of  the  children 
of  men.  "  Paul  may  plant  and  Ajud- 
los  ^vater,  but  the  increase  must  come 
from  God."  "  No  man  cometh  unto  me 
except  the  Father  which  has  sent  me 
draw  him."  It  is  here  that  the  prophecy 
of  E/.ekicl  finds  a  connecting  link  of  ful- 
fillment when  he  speaks  of  the  '"dry 
bones."  "  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of 
man,  can  these  bones  live,  and  I  answered 
()  Lord  God  thou  ku'iwest.  .Again  he 
said  unto  me,  proiihesy  upon  these  bones, 
and  say  unto  tlicm,  O  ye  dry  bones  hear 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  thus  saith  the 
Lord  (lod  unto  these  bones.  Behold  I 
will  cause  breath  to  enter  into  you,  and 
ye  shall  live"  (Ezekiel  37:  3,  4,  5).  The 
dry  bones  may  well  be  regarded  as  a 
figure  emblematical  of  the  sinner,  the 
unconverted,  and  the  valley  the  prophet 
speaks  of, — the  entii'*  world.  These 
dry  bimes  had  been  very  dry,  and  they 
also  were  many.  The  scorching  rays  of 
the  sun  dried  them ;  the  winds  that  blew 
over  them  caused  them  to  wither,  and 
the  valley  was  full  of  them. 


d  the  breath  canu-  into  them  and 
they  lived  and  stood  upon  their  feet  an 
exceeding  great  army." 

Now  my  brethren,  an  exceeding  great 
army  brought  forth  by  the  Word  of  God 
aud  the  preaching  of  the  same  unto  yo\i, 
brought  from  the  dry  bones  of  sin   aud 
iniipiity  into  the  gloriims    liberty  of  the 
children    of  God.     Consider  a  ])arable. 
"  Then  shall  the  kingdom  of  heaven  be 
likene<l  unto  ten  virgins."     Thisparalde 
given  by     Christ    Himself,  is    the    most 
strikiuft  and  deepest  driven  of  all  the 
nniny    parables    He    has  used ;    in    the 
volunie  of  the  Book.     Most  of  the  par- 
ables He  used   in  the  present  tense,  but 
the  one  under  consideration,  He  used 
a  future  tense.     "  Then   shall  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  (the  clnn-ch)  be  likened 
unto  ten  virgins.     He  did  not  here  say, 
by  whom  it  shall  be  likened — who  shall 
use    the    legislative    or    administrative 
power  'i     Bvit  suffice"  it  to  have  us  under- 
stand that  it  shall  lie  likened.     This  be- 
ing a  settled  point,  it  ne.v't  follows  to  con- 
sider the  subject,  who  shall  be  likened? 
Not  the  dry  bones  shall   be  likened,  but 
those  into  whom  God  has  breathed  His 
Spirit  of  adoption  and  made    them  to 
stand  upon  their  feet;  those  whom  He 
has  "brought  out  of  the  horrid  pit  and  the 
miry   clay,    and  set  their  feet   upon     a 
rock  and  established  their  goings."  These 
virgins  who  have   set  out  to  nit«t  the 
Bridegroom,  members   of  His  mystical 
body  on  earth,  the   church.    Tliese  vir- 
gins   who   are  ti'avding  with    glowing 
hearts  in  the  prospect  before  theui,  and 
anticipating  in  their  minds  to  realize  a 
vision  and  full  enjoyment  of  what  Paul 
said  he  heard  in  the  spirit,  as  he  was 
caught  up  into   the  third  heaven,  which 
was  not  lawful  for   him  to  utter,  and 
though  he  had  heard  this  above  four- 
teen years  ago.     Even  now,  he  only  vv.- 
veales  this    much  unto  the  Corinthian 
church.      The    church    members    (vir- 
gins), who  gave  him  so  much  trouble  in 
that  they  were  so  much  inclined  t<»  get 
out  of  order,  and  to  whom  Paul  has  oc- 
casion to  say,   "  Truly  the  signs  of   an 
apostle  were  wrought  among  you,  in  all 
patience,    in    signs    and    wonders    and 
mighty  deeds"  (Cor.  1^:  12). 

And  furthernuu'e  he  also  said,  "  For  I 
fear  lest  when  I  come  I  shall  find  you 
such  as  I  would,  and  I  shall  be  found 
unto  you  such  as  I  would  not;"  and 
though  they  were  claiming  to  be  virgins, 
yet  they  needed  many  reproofs.  Their 
garments  of  an  undefiled  religion,  were 
so  easily  soiled,  they  oft  forgot  tluit  they 
were  purged  from  their  former  sins. 

*'Then  shall  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
be  likened  unto  ten  virgins."  This  ex- 
ceeding great  army  who  started  out  to 
meet  the  Bridegroom,  whose  aims  aud 
jiurposes  are  tixed  on  the  one  and  same 
object;  all  start  with  the  same  mind;  all 
will  come  to  the  end  of  the  journey  of 
life,  and  here  be  fully  desirous  of  meet- 
ing the  bridegroom.  But  alas,  unfortu- 
notely  five  were  wise  and  five  were  fool- 
ish, and  while  the  bridegroom  tarried, 
they  all  sbimbered  and  slept;  and  at 
midnight  there  was  a  cry,  behold  the 
bridegroom  cometh,  go  ye  out  to  meet 
him,  and  they  that  were  ready  (wise) 
went  in  with  him  to  the  marriage,  aud 


tlu'  door  was  .sinM."'     Sml,  irrevoeable 
truth,   on;-  hai:'  .»f  the  number  Having, 
"  Lord  Lord  open  unto  us."     Who  -haH 
be  able  for  these    things?      The    Son  of 
(iod  hasspoken  it,  "  and  my  words  «hall 
not  pass  away."     "  If  J   have  tohl   you 
earthly  things  and   ye  believe  imt,  how 
shall  ye  believe  if  I  tell  you  of  heaven- 
ly things."    Then  it  is   plainly  evident 
that  there  are  drones,  foolish  vir^inn  in 
the  church  to  be  revealed  in  the  last  day. 
When  we  use    the  term,   the  chureh,  we 
do  not  jjropose  to  allow    every  wind  of 
doctrine  to  be  the  church,  but  they  that 
have  *'  obeyeil  from  the  heart  that  form 
of  doctrine  delivered  to  the  saints;"  -'for 
if  ye  know  tliese  things,  happy  ai-e  ye 
if  ye  do  them." 

We  find  upon  record  a  time  when 
among  twelve  inspired  apostles,  one  was 
a  JudiLs.  Marvel  not,  "  the  time  will 
come  wlien  they  will  not  endure  sound 
doctrine."  "Finally  brethen  whatsoever 
things  are  true,  whatsoever  things  are 
honest,  whatsoever  things  are  jnst.  what-  ■ 
soever  things  are  pure,  whatsoever  things 
are  lovely,  whatsoever  things  are  of 
gootl  report,  and  if  then*  be  any  praise 
think  on  these  things."  David  says, 
"  while  I  was  musing  the  fire  burnecL** 
"  All  Scripture  is  given  by  iuspiratio* 
of  God,  and  is  profitable  for  doctrine, 
for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction 
in  righteousness"  (Tim.  .'i:  Hi). 


F 


READ  THE  BIBLE. 

NDOUBTEHLY  the  Bible,  ns  such, 
is  but  little  used  in  some  Suuday- 
.schools.  Lesson-leaves  and  kindred  heljw 
supersede  the  one  book.  Good  helps 
have  this  mission.  They  are  a  means  of 
opening  up  and  enforcing  the  Scriptures. 
But  they  should  never  supjilant  the  Bi- 
ble in  the  classes.  President  Chadboume, 
of  Williams  College,  reeeiitly  enunciat- 
ed this  sound  doctrine  upon  the  juiint. 

"  There  is  danger,  in  the  multitude  of 
books  and  studie.1,  thi^  the  Bible  will  be 
neglected.     It  is  neglected  sadly  even  in 
Christian  families.     When  the  Biblewas 
the  one  Book  of  the  family,  many  learn- 
ed its  trutlis  as  they   are  m)t  now  learn- 
ed by  the  young.     There    is  a  demand 
that  the  Bible  be  banished  from  our  pub- 
lic  schools.     All  these  ertbrts  and  thia* 
talk,  which  will  poison  the  minds  of  our 
children,  make  it  more   important  that 
the  Bible  l)e  exalted  in  every  Christiaa 
school  and   college.     And    especially  is 
it   necessary   that   the   Sabbath-schoola 
shoidd  do  their  work  in  the  niostefficieiit 
manner.     They  should  teach  the  Bible, 
and  not  merely  something  about  the  Bi- 
ble.    The  Bible   will   remain  when  the 
earth  aud    the  heavens    pass  away;  and 
when  the  great    white  throne  is  set.  it  U 
one  of  the   Books   that    will  be  opened- 
Cau  such  a  Book  be  igmu-ed  in  any  sys- 
tem of  education — a  Book  that  fits  men 
for  all  in  this   life — for  citizenship,   for 
social  life,  for  old   age,  for  sickness,  and 
for  death,   and   for  that  other   life  for 
which  tliis  wh(-le  life  is  simply  an  educa- 
tion i      Let   us  come  to   simple  Bible 
truth." — Selected. 


Goon  humor  is  always  relished.  Bat 
when  either  wit  or  humor  is  employed 
to  undermine  respect  for  the  truth,  or  to 
ridicule,  or  to  make  sport  of  what  all 
should  prize  as  most  valuable  to  the  in- 
dividual and  to  society,  then  it  lieci>me8 
the  thoughtful  to  utter  their  pn)tesL 
"  Great  laughter,"  the  reportei-s  tellua, 
followed  on  certain  occasions,  when  re- 
cently the  Bible  was  reviled,  ami  its 
most  vital  doctrines  ridiculed.  An  au- 
dience that  can  be  amused  with  witty 
blasphemy  is  nearly  ready  to  tolerate 
any  crime. — C'firUtian  InteUi^jeneer. 


TM7-:    l^nETHRE^C    ^T    AV^ORK. 


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The  Brethren  at  Work, 

PUBLISHED   WKSStiT. 

>j 

.  M.  ESHELMAN,  f 


Bbii,  !*,  II.  It*>iiOB  i»  ■Jul/  •uihi)ri««d.  by  Ui  oi 
tni*«lin|c  corroKpunilcoi  anil  A|tont  for  tlic  Bnirnni 
nnnK  an'l  will  rFC«i<ti<  ■ulnwriplloni  for  ibc  niiuio  n 
wpilBrnilK.  .Ml  LuiiuPM  tTivniMiet»d  by  Iiim  tat  oi 
lie*,  will  l.e  th»  Mmc  ai  if  ■loBP  (17  noriiiltM, 


Tim  llnt:TUBR>  IT  ViiitK  will  be  >eD(  po«i-p«i<t.  to  an; 
fMrru  in  iliB  UnitM  i»l«l*«  of  Cniiftila.  for  fl  ''"  I-"^ 
•nnUTn.  Tl.o"  ««fnJlnitwn  namw  and  JICW,  "ill  "■ 
C«l««  an  fiira  copj  trtr  of  ehars".  For  all  o'cr  Ihts 
Diimtxr  ilip  tg"-"!  "ill  l>f  "llow'l  I"  t*"'"  ^'""  ""^''  *•'"' 
tionol  name  whieli  nmoiinl  oan  be  ilrduelcJ  from  Uio 
inor.«T.  before  Bcn.lina  U  lo  «•.  Mon»?  Or.'""-  O^^-^ 
ftFMr  :>gi'|pn''l  Uti*!""  m^T  l>»  Mni  at  our  rl»k.  Tbey 
■b  I'M  b«  niaUn  pa/ahir  lo  Moore  ft  P.-hctman 

■..ii«ori|>tiona,  nnJ  Mm muii lotions  iiilrnJc'l 
por.  0*  wtll  K)  nil  biHiiii-"  mnltero  c'.iiiieelr.l  »i[|i  llie  o 
iM  ihoiili]  be  luliircMcd 

HOOBE  ft  ESHEUIAH, 

lAurk,  CaiTolI  Co.,  CI' 


1  f»r  lU 


utf  AaE,  :ll, 


HAT  9, 187S 


will  Hecn*a«i'  ii  hiimin^l  per  cpnt.  nrid  thousiiinN 
of  families  iiiiulr  Ii:ii>r>y  thpr-.lM-. 


\t  till-  dose  of  ft  c-jird  juttt  remvt'd  from  n 
inother,  wiis  the  following:  "  Pniy  without  ceiis- 
iiiK."  That  woiiM  be  an  excellent  subject  for 
suiiic  one  to  write  on.  There  are  those  who 
would  like  to  know  how  one  can  pruj  without 
ti'wing. 

"Thk  New  Testnnient  revision  conipniiv  held 
their  monthly  meetinn  nt  the  Uible  house  in 
New  York,  Iiwt  week,  imd  tinished  the  first  re- 
vidion  of  Epheaimm  mid  part  of  Colossitms. 
Tlie  Old  Te«t(imont  comimny  are  still  at  work 
in  Kzekiel."  _   

TiiHKK  were  bapti/A'd  at  Yellow  Creek,  (III.) 
Ai>ril  27th,  and  one  on  the  Sunday  followiiij:. 
There  wen.-  several  more  ai)pHcant5,  and  a  warm 
feeling Kenerallyumoiig  the  people.  Theehtircii 
hif  excellent  prosiiects  of  considerable  incieuse 
(he  proaent  season, 

.\n  exchange  say*,  that  Minnesota  is  a  Lu- 
theran Stjitc,  having  more  Lutherans  among  its 
population  than  of  any  other  name  or  confes- 
sion. They  number  75.000  Germans  and  Sean^ 
dinnvianfi.  There  is  but  one  English  Lutheran 
chnrch  in  llie  State. 

UiHiTliKit  Christian  lliinider,  of  Newtonia, 
Mo.,  writes  thot  he  receives  more  letters  of  in- 
quiry about  that  country  than  ho  can  answer. 
They  have  excellent  prospects  for  good  crops. 
Peaohen  are  iis  large  as  hulled  walnuts.  Will 
publish  a  description  of  the  country,  from  him, 
ju-xt  week.  _ 

ilnoTHKn  E.  C.  Parker,  formerly  of  Canton, 
Ohio,  wishes  us  to  announce  that  his  address  is 
now  changed  to  Ashlnnd,  Ohio.  Under  date  of 
April  30th  he  says;  "  Ground  was  broken  yes- 
tenlay  for  the  Ashland  college,  and  it  is  expect- 
ed to  push  the  work  right  along  now.  Brother 
Sharp  will  be  here  right  alU-r  the  A.  M.  to  help 
pufih  the  work  to  a  speedy  completion." 

.losBi'H  Cook  says,  aioiilos  is  used  sixty-six 
times  in  the  New  Testament.  In  fifty-one  cases 
it  is  used  to  express  the  hapjiiness  of  the  right- 
eous; twice  to  express  the  dnrntion  of  God's  at^ 
tribute;  six  where  it  certainly  denotes  eternul 
duration.  lu  tlie  remaining  seven  instances  it 
refers  to  the  death  of  the  wicked.  It  should  be 
interpreted  in  the  seven  instances  as  it  is  in  the 
fifty- nine. — ICr. 


SATAN'S    GROUND. 

rpEKTULLIAN.  in  his  writings,  tells  of  a 
i.  Christi.in  woiunn,  who-ongoiiag  lothethear- 
ire.  wn.""  there  possessed  of  the  devil,  and  when  the 
evil  spirit,  at  his  ca.'iting  out.  was  a-sked.  How  he 
durst  set  upon  a  Cliri-^timi?  he  jiresently  ans- 
wered, "  I  did  but  what  was  fit  and  ju^t.  for  I 
found  her  on  my  own  gi-onnd." 

How  many  Christiana  are  led  astray  by  get- 
ting on  Satan 'ji  ground?  The  narrow  path  of 
Christianity  is  not  wide  enough  for  them,  they 
must  walk  and  act  with  the  world,  not  for  the 
purpose  of  making  the  world  better,  but  for  the 
purpase  of  enjoying  its  sins,  and  patronizing 
the  evil  ways  of  the  world.  We  learn  most  of 
our  bad  habits  by  yetting  onto  ground  where 
we  ought  not  to  be.  Satan  claims  that  ground, 
and  us  loo,  if  he  cau  get  us  onto  it.  The  best 
way  to  keep  clear  of  being  captured,  is  to  keep 
of!"  of  Satnn's  ground,  and  walk  st«adily  in  the 
footsteps  of  Christ  and  the  Apostles.  If  we 
keep  near  to  God,  there  is  no  danger  of  Satiin 
overcoming  us.  If  you  go  onto  Satan's  ground 
he  luav  capture  you.  but  if  you  stay  on  the 
Lord's  side  and  he  comes  to  you,  then  resist  him 
and  he  will  flee  from  you.  Satan  will  not  stand 
a  liard  fight  when  on  the  Loiii's  ground.  The 
path  is  too  narrow  for  him. 


centered  on  the  eio«*.  On  either  side  of  .the 
narrow  path  that  leads  to  life  cttrUAl.  i*  dark- 
nes.'^.  and  those  who  walk  in  darkness  are  not 
the  children  of  the  light. 


QUIT  AT  LAST. 


WHILE  visiting  a  school,  some  years  ago, 
Mr.  li.  was  called  on  to  address  the  schol- 
ars. He  directed  his  remarks  against  the  use  of 
tobacco  by  boys  and  young  men,  telling  them 
that  as  a  hahit  it  was  useles,s.yct  very  expensive 
— was  a  continual  strain  on  their  financial  re- 
sources. Says  he. "'  If  you  will  save  up.ind  put 
on  interest  what  money  you  otherwise  would 
:i)eiid  for  tobacco,  if  you  used  it,  it  will,  by  the 
time  you  are  old,  be  sufficient  to  purchase  the 
best  farm  in  the  county."  Pointing  across  the 
room  to  an  Jiged  farmer  of  some  sixty  years,  lie 

continued,  "  Thei-e  is  old  father  S ,  I  exjiect 

he  has  spent  money  enough  tor  tobacco  to  pur- 
chase a  good  farm."    Old  father  S jiunped 

up  and  said,  "  Y'es,  I  have  spent  money  enough 
for  tobacco  to  purchase  the  best  farm  in  the 
county,  and  I  would  advise  boys  to  never  touch 
it." 

About  one  year  after  this,   old  father  S 

stepped  into  Mr.  B's  business  office,  looking  un- 
usually hale  aud  hearty  for  a  man  of  sixty-one. 
Says  he,  "  Mr.  B..  I  have  not  touched  tobacco 
for  one  year,  and  I  feel  better  than  ever  Iwfore. 
My  appetite  is  good  and  I  enjoy  the  best  of 
health."  This  is  a  good  lesson  for  boys  and 
young  men.  Learn  to  save  your  money  while 
young,  and  enjoy  good  health  when  well  up  in 
years.  ^^^^^^^^^ 

SHOT  AND  CHRISTIANS 


Wk  have  just  received  a  small  tract  from  Mr. 
JiMues  Crystal,  author  of  the  Modes  of  Ha)itisiu. 
letting  forth  his  intentions  to  inaugurate  a 
movement  looking  to  the  Itestoratiou  of  iirinii- 
tivc  Christianity.  The  basis  of  the  movement 
ia  pretty  fully  given  in  this  tract,  many  princi- 
ples of  which  we  conceive  to  lie  erroneous.  No 
preventing  providence  we  shall  notice  the  tract 
more  fully  next  week. 

Moony  advises  converts  to  avoid  Masonry. 
Odd-fellowship,  theatres,  card-playing,  lioi-ne- 
vacing,  novel-reading,  and  business  pai-tnei-ships, 
ruid  miu-riages  with  unbelievei-s.  Pii'tty  good 
■advice,  if  only  other  preoehers  would  preach 
and  defend  the  same  jn-inciples.  "  He  ye  not 
unecinally  yoked  together  with  unbelievei-s " 
should  be  carried  out,  as  near  us  possible,  in  ev- 
ery department  of  life. 


It  would  seem  that  the  Kentucky  drunkards 
will  have  a  liai-d  time  of  it  if  the  new  law  is 
btrictly  enforced.  It  prohibits  licensed  liquor 
dealers  from  selling,  giving  or  loaning  spiritu- 
ous or  malt  liquors  to  them.  Maine,  in  this 
work,  is  setting  a  noble  example,  and  therefore, 
iji  that  extreme  Northern  elinuite,  has  but  few 
drunkards.  Let  the  liquor  traffic  be  banished 
from  our  land  and  in  a  few  years  our  crime  list 


THERE  is  a  feature  in  religion  that  forcibly 
reminds  me  of  a  process  in  the  nionufae- 
turing  of  shot.  When  the  lead  is  melted,  it  is 
poured  through  a  sieve  of  the  proper  structure, 
from  a  lofty  tower,  and  while  passing  through 
the  air  as.sunies  a  globular  form,  thus  making 
shot,  which  fall  into  water  and  thereby  become 
cool  and  hard.  The  shot  are  then  taken  out  of 
the  water  and  dried.  Of  course  many  of  them 
are  imperfect. 

To  separate  the  round  sh'ot  from  those  that 
are  imperfect,  they  are  taken  into  a  room  hav- 
ing a  smooth  inclined  floor,  and  slowly  poured 
on  the  upper  side  of  the  floor.  The  round  shot 
will  roll  straight  down,  and  fall  into  a  vat  plac- 
ed there  for  that  purpose,  but  the  imperfect 
will  gradually  roll  either  to  the  right  or  left,  and 
thus  miss  the  vat,  so  that  none  but  the  best  are 
preserved. 

.lust  so  with  Chi-istiaiis.  they  must  be  tried, 
or  te.sted.  They  are  started  down  the  inclined 
plane  of  life  toward  the  paradise  of  God.  Some 
of  them  seemingly  describe  very  crooked  lines, 
othei-s  i)a.s3  straight  on  in  the  line  of  duty,  while 
many,  regardless  of  their  fate,  wander  off  to  the 
ight  or  left  and  are  lost.  When  yon  see  pro- 
fessing Christians,  instetul  of  walking  in  the 
footsteps  of  their  MiLster,  gliding  off  toward  the 
dance,  or  some  other  place  of  amusement,  you 
may  know  that  they  are  not  evenly  balanced. 
The  true  Christian  on  his  way  to  heaven  does 
not  wander  off  into  tlie  by  and  forbidden  piiths 
of  sin,  but  keepe  straight  ahead,  having  his  eye 


PRACTICAL  PRAYER. 

A  SCOTCH  paper  gives  the  following  account 
of  a  practical  piece  of  sympathy:  A  poor 
man  who  hsid  a  large  family  to  support,  broke 
his  leg.  and  as  he  would  for  some  time  be  desti- 
tute of  the  means  of  grace,  it  was  proposed  to 
liold  a  i>ruyer-meeting  at  his  house.  The  niem- 
bera  assembled  and  the  meeting  was  led  by 
Deacon  Brown.  Soon  a  loud  knock  on  the  door 
interrupted  the  services.  A  tall,  young  man 
stood  at  the  door  with  an  ox-goad  in  his  hand. 
Calling  for  Deacon  Brown  he  said:  "Father 
could  not  attend  the  meeting,  but  he  sent  his 
prayers,  and  they  are  out  here  in  the  cart." 
They  were  soon  brought  in.  in  the  shape  of  po- 
tatoes, beef,  pork  and  corn. 

This  is  a  specimen  of  the  kind  of  praying  that 
is  much  needed  just  now.  This  thing  of  a  man 
of  wealth  getting  down  ou  his  knees  imd  jn-ay- 
ing  the  Lord  to  *'  remember  the  poor,  clothe  the 
naked  luid  feed  the  hungry,"  and  then  won't  turn 
his  hand  over  to  help  the  poor  and  hungry,  is 
mockery.  Such  prayers  never  reach  heaven. 
A  cart-load  of  prayera  that  can  be  of  some  prac- 
tical use  to  the  poor,  is  worth  a  million  of  such 
hypocritical  actions.  How  cau  we  expect  the 
Lord  to  feed  the  poor,  if  we  don't  help  him  do 
ity  He  is  not  going  to  a  man's  crib  and  take 
out  grain  without  his  consent.  The  Loi-d  is  not 
going  to  come  into  your  house  while  you  are 
asleep,  take  your  clothing  and  give  it  to  the  des- 
titute, unless  you  assist  in  the  work.  When 
you  pray  tlie  Lord  to  clothe  the  naked,  and  then 
refuse  to  give  Him  anything  to  do  it  with,  how 
in  the  name  of  reason  do  you  exjicct  Him  to 
answer  j'our  prayei-s? 

Tliis  is  like  some  people  praying,  "  Thy  will 
be  done  ou  earth  as  it  is  done  in  heaven  "  and 
then  get  right  up  and  oppose  spreading  the 
Gospel,  just  as  thougli  faith  could  come  without 
hearing,  ami  we  could  hear  without  a  preacher. 
The  most  effectual  missionary  prayer  that  can 
be  offered  is.  to  go  or  put  brethren  to  work 
preaching  the  Gospel.  Prayers  of 'this  kind 
will  do  some  good.  If  you  want  to  pray  for 
some  poor,  destitute  sister,  just  put  your  prayers 
in  a  sack,  basket  or  cart,  and  send  them  direct 
to  her.  God  never  fails  to  hear  and  bless  such 
prayers  as  these,  and  then  they  are  of  some  prac- 
tical use  to  some  one.  The  fervent,  e/fectital 
prayer  of  the  righteous  av-iileth  much,  provid- 
ed it  is  done  in  faith;  but  we  should  remember 
that  faith  without  works  is  dead. 

Whenever  we  pray  the  Lord  to  do  a  good 
work  we  ought  to  do  all  in  our  power  to  enable 
Him  to  fully  answer  us.  If  a  man  gets  down 
on  his  knees  and  prays  the  Lord  to  make  a  bet- 
ter man  of  him,  he  is  in  duty  bound  to  help  the 
Lord  accomplish  the  work,  or  he  m.iy  rest  assur- 
ed that  it  will  never  be  done.  We  need  more 
practical  and  living  prayer,  |)rayer  that  people 
can  sometimes  see  and  be  benefited  by. 


terwanls  by  another  machine  are 


«  they  were  made  at  first.     But  th< 


81'...  og  j„,i 


which  this  opens  for  the  future,  make 


'*■  l'««'>ibilitie. 


'"'e  hoM 


his  breath  in  vfonder.     In  a  few  years,  d     u 
less,  these  machines  mil  be  as  common  us  t-i 
graphs  are  now.     Friends  will  send  phonogn  t 
letters  to  each  other,  and  instead  of  sitting  d 
and  reading  them,  will  put  them  into  the 
chine  and  have  their  frieuds'  very  voices  taliri 
to  them.     The  sweet  little  prattle  of  b.ibi(ja 
be  caught  and  saved  and   re-produced  in  aiu* 
years.     What  would  you  not  give  to  know  jugl 
what  your  father  and  mottier  said  when  tli 
were  childreu,  and  how  they  said  it!     Itism,-. 
likely  that  this  pletisuro  will  be  in  store  for  th 
children  of  the  next  generation. 

Our  singers  and  eloquent  speakers  will  si 
and  speak  through  the  ithonograph,  and  yean, 
hence,  when  they  are  dead,  perliap,s,  there  m 
lie  concerf-s  and  lectures  where  their  voices  ml 
be  lieard.  just  ;is  tbcy  wen^  in  life," 


DANCING. 


TELEPHONE  AND  PHONOGRAPH. 

BltOTHER  Kahelman  writes  us  that  he  has 
l)een  talking  througli  the  telephone,  and 
finds  its  construction  a  very  simple  contrivance. 
It  is  a  wonder  some  one  never  thought  of  it  be- 
fore. Perhaps  he  can  give  the  little  folks  a 
description  of  it  on*his  return. 

We  give  below,  an  account  of  a  still  later, 
and  more  remarkable  invention,  which  causes 
one  to  stand  in  awe,  thinking  of  the  world  of 
wondei-8  to  which  this  invention  will  open  tlie 
door. 

"  When  the  telephone  wna  invented  not  long 
ago,  by  which  two  persons  at  a  distance  could 
converse  with  each  other  as  well  as  if  they  were 
sitting  in  the  same  room  together,  it  really 
seemed  us  if  invention  had  gone  about  as  far  as 
it  could.  But  here  comes  a  man  with  some- 
thing more  wonderful  still,  a  phonograph.  It 
is  an  instrument  by  which  the  tones  of  the  hu- 
man voice,  either  in  speaking  or  singing,  or  in- 
deed any  other  sound  may  be  caught  and  kept 
as  long  ns  one  pleases,  and  then  given  out  again 
precisely  as  the  words  were  fii-st  uttered.  It  is 
a  kind  of  bottling  up  of  sounds  for  future  use. 

The  instrument  is  too  elaborate  for  descrip- 
tion here.  It  is  enough  to  say  in  general  that 
the  sounds  are  caught  and  recorded  upon  a  sheet 
of  tin-foil  or  some  other  such  substance,  and  af- 


THE  following,  clipi)ed  from  a  Baptist  paper 
coming  to  this  office,  is  worth  preservine 
The  fii-st  half  dozen  lines  afford  matterforsen 
Dus  thought: 

"The  churches  of  Christ  have  for  a  centurv 
been  free  from  persecution,  and  they  bav6relas, 
ed  the  old-time  practice  of  rigid  examiuations 
for  candidates  for  baptism;  imd,  under  the  mod- 
em  revival  system,  thousands  of  the  uiiregener 
ated  have  been  swept  into  tliB  churches,  and,  for ' 
lack  of  Scriptural  discipline,  they  are  allowed  to 
remain  in  the  church,  but  these  unrenewed 
members  cannot  be  kept  out  of  their  old  haunts 
of  sinful  pleasure,  the  ball-room  and  theatre 
any  more  than  the  'washed  sow'  can  be  kent 
out  of  a  mud-hole.  She  can  see  nothing  but  a 
pleasant  pastime  in  it,  and  they  can  see  notliiHg 
but  an  innocent  amusement  in  them.  Tliey  are 
the  only  places  where  they  can  find  ple.isure 
and  they  cannot  deprive  themselves  of  all  eniov- 
ment;  they  find  none  in  their  religion.  Our 
personal  conviction  is,  that  it  would  proves 
hard  matter  to  influence  a  child  of  God  to  fre- 
quent  the  ball-room,  and  that  it  is  a  very  diffi. 
cult  matter  to  keei)  an  unregenerated  church- 
member  away  from  them,  and  tlierefore,  it  is  a 
very  good  test  of  the  state  of  the  heart,  Auy 
church  can  very  well  spare  every  member  who 
can  enjoy  himself  or  hei-self  better  in  a  ball-room 
thanapra3'er-meeting.  The  light  of  that  church 
is  but  dim  and  its  influence  misleading  that  can 
fellowship  the  dancing  girl  a.s  a  witness  for  Je- 
sus, A  thousand  times  better  that  all  such 
bearing  the  Baptist  name  were  swept  from  the 
face  of  the  earth,  than  to  exist  to  encourage 
conformity  to  the  world  in  her  own  uieinbeK, 
and  to  shed  such  dangerous  light  alnond  to  the 
misleading  of  others. 

The  question  raised  is — 

Is  the  modern  dance  a  species  of  the  '  revelry' 
condemned  by  PaLily 

The  Greek  word  is  komox,  and  to  the  Greek 
we  must  go, 

Hedericus  defines  it: — 

'  Snlfa/ionen  in  comeasaiiovibiis,  ef  SdtfaUoiltt 
ti  II  ire  ma  I  —  iandngs  in  meriy  makings,  aod 
dancings  in  general.' 

Liddel  and  Scott,  (the  latest  and  standard  Lex- 
icon), '  Konios,  a  jovial  festivity  with  music  and 
dancing,  a  revel,  a  carousal,  a  ninTij-niaking, 
singing  and  dancing  and  playing  all  kinds  of 
t'rolirs  or  games.' 

—  Music  and  dancing,  eitlier  decoriously  or  las- 
civiously, was  denominated  /coims, '  revelry,' by 
the  Greeks  in  Paul's  day,  therefore  he  used  that 
term  to  denote  the  exercise  of  '  music  irith 
dances  '  as  belonging  to  the  '  works  of  Hie  flesh,' 
ivnd- wholly  unbecoming  Christians  who  had 
l)rofessedly  renounced  them  and  put  them 
away." 

EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

BUT  we  preach  Christ  crucified,  nnto  the  Jews 
a  stumbling  block,  and  unto  the  Greeks 
foolishness  (1  Cor,  I:  23).  This  was  the  theme 
of  brother  Snyder  of  Waynesboro,  I'a„  in  the 
Antietam  church,  this  forenoon.  The  niindaof 
tlie  hearere  were  enriched  with  the  idea  that 
unto  us  who  nie  saved,  Christ  crucified  is  neith- 
er a  stumbling  block  nor  foolishness,  but  "the 
pouH-r  of  God,  and  the  iri^dom  of  God."  With 
these  words  of  truth  fixed  in  the  heart,  the 
beauties  and  glories  of  the  eternal  mimsions 
were  portrayed,  so  that  our  hearts  were  refresh- 
ed and  joy  and  peace  beamed  forth  from  all  who 
love  the  Lord,  our  God.  After  meeting  ^«  re- 
inured  to  tlie  stream  near  by  and  witnessed  the 
-mmersion  of  one  who  had,  with  full  purposeof 
heart,  given  herself  to  Jesns.  God  grant  thflt 
peace  mid  everlasting  life  may  l>c  hers. 


>fny 


o. 


THE    liKKq^VrRK>s^    AT    AV-OUlv. 


In  the  aftenmon,  we  were  gl„d  to  mPet  witl. 
brethren  mA  sisters  uud  inauy  dear  cliildren  in 
Ite  Brethren's  meeting-house  ia  this  pine,. 
Here  the  Word  of  God  wns  read,  and  ma„y 
questions  iiskcd  and  answered.  Our  Master 
pnce  astonished  the  doctors  taid  lawyers  with 
IlU  <isking  and  answering  questions.  Here  the 
aesire  seemed  to  be,  to  know  God's  will  and 
^,j  it.  This  con  only  be  Hone  in  union  and 
lore.  Tlie  fjrst  method  of  so  doing  should  con 
ceni  every  brother  and  sister.  God  command^ 
^  to  ftssemble  and  worship  Him.  Just  ,rhe,v 
to  assemble  He  says  nothing,  hence  the  church 
^Hst  [t)ok  ior  the  »Arr.'— the  place.  Many 
things *nre  required  nfua  by  our  Father,  but 
,(,/,P,,'  and  hoir,  He  does  not  pre.'^cribe  in  every 
case.  Circnm stances  must  more  nr  less  deter- 
mine the36,  lience  He  wisely  leavct  the  where 
the  how  for  the  church  to  decide.  Now  this  be^ 
ing  the  ca-^e,  each  hrotlier  and  sister  should  la- 
l^r,  not  to  have  his  or  her  own  way,  but  corn- 
pure  icleiis  with  each  other  and  adopt  the  best, 
ever  remembering  that  the  most  simple,  and  that 
in  harmony  with  the  meek  and  humble  eharac- 
ttr  of  Jesus,  is  the  Iwst.  Brethren,  sisteis  and 
Childreu  should  not  come  together  to  simijly 
pass  tinte,  not  to  make  a  display  of  talent  or 
culture,  but  fo  do  (jood—to  make  themselves  and 
others  betfer.  The  motive  should  be  to  conform 
mure  and  more  to  the  image  of  Hini  whom  we 
bave  put  on— into  whom  we  have  been  baptized. 
I  would  rejoice  to  see  every  brother,  every  sister 
ond  all  the  children  assemble  once  each  week  to 
teach  and  admonish  each  other  in  love  and  to 
good  works.  The  early  Christians  came  togeth- 
er often  to  learn  of  Jesus.  There  were  no  sus- 
picions, no  fears  of  usurpation,  no  strivings  for 
pre-eminence  among  the  primitive  disciples,  but 
they  labored  in  union  and  love,  and  then  when 
any  one  became  disorderly  they  wittidrpw  from 
him.  But  they  did  not  mthdraw  until  he  did 
walk  disorderly.  I  wish  to  notice  liei-c  for  the 
encouragement  of  brethren  and  sistei-s  elsewhere, 
that  the  called  of  Christ  in  and  around  this 
place  are  not  ashamed  of  the  apostolic  order  in 
word,  deed  and  appearance.  In  love  they  are 
behind  none;  not  that  they  simply  love  those 
who  may  chance  to  visit  them,  but  one  soon 
finds  out  that  they  loir  ritrh  ofhir.  This  tells 
well.  The  standing  collar  on  the  coal,  is  no 
stumbling  block  here.  In  fact  the  plain  garb  of 
the  brethren  and  sistei-s  is  very  highly  respect- 
ed, as  ft  rule,  by  those  who  have  received  like 
precious  faith.  "  Holiness  and  dress,''  seem  to 
dwell  richly  here.  The  reader  will  pardon  this 
teemiiigly  "  small  subject "  here.  Hope  to  give 
our  readers  something  more  clear  on  this  sub- 
ject soon.  God  bless  all  who  hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness  and  true  holiness:  for  hero 
arc  many  veterans  in  God's  vineyard— many 
who  have  borne  the  heat,  tin-  burden  and  vexa- 
tions of  the  day.  Here  are  those  who,  full  of 
youthful  vigor,  are  willing  to  spend  and  be  spent 
for  God's  cause.  Here  are  scores  who,  with 
careful  training,  may  soon  adorn  the  House  of 
the  Lord  by  good  works  and  consistent  lives. 
God  grant  that  the  apostolic  order,  the  primitive 
purity  and  practice  may  be  held  sacred  in  every 
converted  soul. 

Yesterday  brother  Mentzer  kindly  showed  me 
the  extensive  boiler  manufactory  with  which  he 
is  identified.  I  noticed  the  strong  hand  of  man 
would  rapidly  change  the  shape  of  the  massive 
sheets  of  iron,  converting  them  into  a  useful 
machine  for  man's  service.  This  made  me  think 
of  God's  power.  His  Word  and  Spirit  is  able 
to  take  hold  of  a  man.  and  though  he  be  ever  so 
Tile,  will  turn  him  into  a  new  creature,  nmke 
Mm  a  man  of  God,  a  jewel  for  heaven.  What 
Wsons  we  learn  by  looking  at  these  wonderful 
works.  Next  visited  the  Geiser  Mamifactory 
Institution,  where  brother  J.  F.  Oiler  spends 
much  of  his  time.  Here  many  brethren  work 
from  day  to  day,  and  the  place  is  noted  for  the 
luietni'ss  and  steadines-s  of  the  hftnds.  Our 
winds  griusp  many  noble  thoughts  as  we  learn, 
that  i\\K"ie  threshing  machines  are  sent  to  all 
parts  of  the  United  States,  and  even  to  South 
America.  Behold  the  innumerable  precious 
grains  that  they  separate  from  the  chaEf  for  the 
fanner.  They  do  the  bidding  of  man  for  man. 
siiving  him  much  hard  labor.  God  has  a  great 
tlireshing  machine  too— His  Spirit.  It  is  abun- 
*la»tly  able  to  separate  the  chaff  from  the  wheat 
'•  We  only  allow  God  to  work  it.  We  must 
l^'rmit  Him  to  work  in  us  to  do  His  own  good 
^'11  and  pleasure. 

I  leave  yon  now.  and  by  God's  grace  and  care. 
='Ji!i!l  pass  on  to  Philadelphia  and  other  points 


Peace  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Oho« 
to  all  who  art)  not  ashamed  of  Jesus. 


Tl  *(((/«(■  .tftoro,  P,j., 


-i/w.v  iHth.  jx;s. 


FROM  BROTHER  BASHOR. 

Df,n-  Ihftheii  Mmn-  ,f-  Kshrhnnn:— 

GKACE.  mcn-y  and  peace  from  the  tri-person- 
al  God  be  with  vou  now  and  forever,  lend- 
ing lustre  to  your  life  and  labore  in  Christ,  and 
the  powor  to  fold  your  mantle  in  peace  at  death, 
and  Klija)i-like,  ascend  to  the  dwellinc-plaro  of 
the  iir^t  Begotten  of  God,  where  the  old  life 
vnl\  he  forgotten  in  the  felicities  of  the  new. 

I  have  for  several  days,  resolved  to  reply  to 
your  Christian  missive,  but  as  often  failed  in  the 
attempt,  through  a  feeling  of  mental  indigence 
and  physical  indifference,  brought  on,  probably, 
by  a  general  relaxation  of  the  system  after  niy 
incessant  mental  labor  and  preaching  in  the 
past:  but  to-day  I  feel  like  putting  something 
on  paper  for  you.  and  I  presume  something  of 
a  general  character  will  prove  of  more  interest 
to  you.  Not  being  acquainted  personally  in 
this  locality,  locals  would  be  monotonous  and 
neighborhood  gossip  (of  which  we  always  have 
a  full  stock  and  of  the  latest  styles  and  variety), 
would  prove  wearisome. 

As  a  church,  we  are  moving  along  toward  the 
city  of  final  union,  in  peace  and  brothVrly  love, 
with  the  exception  of  an  occasional  gos.sii>-cloud 
which  hovers  over  our  spiritual  plantation,  and 
stops  the  works  of  Jesus,  to  gaze  from  faith  and 
hope  backward  to  the  flesh-pots  of  Egypt. 
This,  however,  is  of  common  occurrence  every- 
where, and  the  more  deplorable  because  it  is  so 
prevalent.  We  have  extremely  large  congrega- 
tions at  all  points  of  preaching,  and  usually 
services  at  two  places  on  each  Lord's  day.  On: 
Sabbnth-schooL  will  reorganize,  probably  (at  thi 
"big  church")  next  Sabbath  with  a  full  corps 
of  teachers  and  pupils.  Of  former  years  the 
school  has  been  quite  flourishing,  and  it  is  pre- 
sumable it  will  continue  so. 

The  BitETHKEy  at  Work  finds  its  way  to  my 
address  each  week,  laden  with  good  things  from 
the  mental  kitchen  of  our  brotherhood,  and  is 
eageriy  rend  by  both  of  us  [wile  and  I),  especi- 
ally Ihe  local  squibs  and  editorials,  and  church 
news,  too,  forms  an  important  item  when  the 
writei-s  have  something  to  tell  outside  of  big 
dinnei-8  and  social  life  and  conversation.  I  am 
pleased  with  the  position  you  take  relative  to 
''  Original  Ground,"  as  it  is  the  only  position 
that  will  stand  in  the  light  of  the  Gospel  and 
bring  about  a  unanimity  of  sentiment  among 
our  people. 

Labor  to  make  the  Brethren  at  Work  a  link 
between  the  extremes — a  G,:)spel  trumpet — anil 
God  will  bless  your  labore  for  every  good  deed 
and  act  you  commit.  I  find  the  paper  very 
highly  esteemed  by  all  its  readere,  and  trust  it 
may  ever  command  the  respect  of  all. 

My  lungs  are  still  weak  and  I  fear  I  will  nev- 
er be  able  to  labor  as  continuously  in  the  future 
as  in  the  past;  but  to  whatever  is  the  will  of 
God,  I  \villingly  bow.  It  is  pleasant  to  remem- 
ber the  past  yeai-s  of  labor,  and  the  souls  gath- 
ered into  the  great  garner  of  God.  I  hear,  now 
and  then,  of  some  one  of  those  who,  I  am  led 
to  believe.  I  helped  into  the  kingdom  here,  have 
preceded  me  into  the  gates  of  glory.  It  will  be 
pleasant  to  meet  them  un  the  other  shore.  And 
0.  tlie  thousands  who  may  meet  you  there  and 
bless  God,  that  in  His  mercy  you  lived  to  work 
on  earth. 

n'tttcrlm,  lorai.  April  29ih,  1^7H. 


that  spoken  by  Stein  would  have  a  deeper  im- 
pression than  that  spoken  by  Kay.  While  we 
willing  to  agree  that  Ray  did  display  an  ei- 
truordinary  amount  of  voice,  we  cannot  iiccept 
thiit  lU)  being  the  reason  of  the  failure. 

:i  A  thinl  apologj-  is  that,  Ray  did  not  an- 
ticipate such  opi)oisition  or  lie  would  have  made 
different  arnmgements.  Of  the  validity  of  such 
reasoning  let  the  unbiased  mind  decide. 

4.     There  are  those  who  say  that  Kay  is  a 

very  («leuted  man.  a  goodscholm-,  Sic.,  that  they 

expected  him  to  set  up  the  claims  of  single  dip 

baptism,  especially  when  that  trunk   full  of 

books  was  exhibited,  but  seeing  that  he  mode 

such  a  complete  failure,  they  are  forced  to  the 

conclusion  that  he  has  no  foundation  to  build 

on.  and  that  he  did  perhaps  m  well  as  miy  one 

can  do.     With   the  latter  we  are  agreed.     It 

would  certainly  take  a  very  cxtraordinarj-  mind 

to  nnike  an  argument  in  favor  of  a  practice  that 

had  it^  origin  with  a  Eunomian  heretic,  and 

was  ratified  by  a  Spanish  Catholic  Pope  far  this 

side  of  the  Apostolic  age.     As  to  the  backwanl 

action  in  b.iptisni,  we  don't  know  whether  any 

one  would  attempt  to  defend  the  practice  or  not. 

We  will  await  ftirtlier  developments, 

J.  T.  Mason. 
Nriiiwiiii,  Mo. 

Brother  Mason,  the  writer  of  the  above,  was, 
for  a  number  of  years,  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  well  read  in  their  hist^rien, 
and  posted  on  their  doctrine,  but  when  became 
to  examine  the  Baptist  claims  to  church  succe-a- 
ion  and  Bible  characteristics,  he  found  them 
without  foundation.  He  at  once  cijme  out  from 
among  them  and  united  with  the  Brethren.  He 
attended  the  debate  throughout,  and  it  is  need- 
less to  say  that  he  enjoyed  it,  and  was  much 
confirmed  in  his  change.  His  living  in  the 
town,  and  mingling  much  with  the  i)eople  of 
that  place  afford  him  an  excellent  opportunity 
of  knowing  their  sentiments. — Ed. 


WHAT  THE  SINGLE  IMMERSION- 

ISTS  SAY  ABOUT  THE 

DEBATE. 

CON  laiCTI  NO  opinions  exist  relative  to  Dr. 
Ray's  failure  to  set  up  the  claims  of  single 
immei-siou  at  the  Ne^vtonia  discussion. 

1.  Tliere  are  those  who  say  that  Hay  is  only 
about  a  third-cliuss  nnin  in  point  of  talent,  which 
they  say,  accounts  for  his  failure  to  establish  the 
claims  of  single  immersion.  We  cannot  accept 
that  as  being  correct.  Kay's  long  experience 
lis  a  debater,  having  engaged  in  so  many  regu- 
lar debates  with  other  denominations,  and  the 
fact  that  he  stands  approved  by  the  Landmark 
Baptists  of  the  South-west,  as  one  able  to  defend 
their  doctrine,  certainly  nrgues  against  the  cor- 
rectness of  such  a  conclusion. 

2.  There  are  others  who  say,  that  Stein  is 
such  a  mild  speaker,  and  Ray  is  so  stormy  that 
they  might  utter  the  very  same  language,  and 


A  Bro.  hiw  ordered  the  BumiitK.y  at  Work 
sent  to  Jamen  James,  ,.f  T.-x,»s,  ^nyinf  that  he  is 
lU  year*  old.  and  wa.*  at  one  time  n>ighbor  lo 
George  Washington.  This  ripe  old  ag.-  is  reach- 
ed by  but  few.  though  it  might  In-  attained  by 
thousands  more  if  the  laws  of  health  were  more 
scrupulously  adhered  to. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 


ilY  C.  H.  IIAI.SUAfOH, 
"  Diilal  not  ihou  ngrec  ivilli  nio  fur  a  iioony  n  ilaj', 

CHRIST'S  penny  means  more  or  less,  as  the 
ciise  may  be.  It  means  an  equivalent, 
whether  it  be  a  dime  or  a  dollar.  It  is  God's 
ordination  that  "  the  laborer  is  worthy  of  his 
hire,"  whether  he  till  the  ground,  or  the  Gar- 
den of  grace.    Luke  if:  7;  1  Cor.  9:  14. 

Change  of  circumstances,  which  curtail  my 
personal  resources,  Kn<hr  it  imperative  that 
those  who  solicit  articles  for  their  special  benefit, 
whether  private  or  published,  defray  alt  expens- 
es, and  allow  ine  a  reasonable  compensation  for 
my  labor. 

A  dependent  invalid  for  twenty-five  years, 
speechless  fourteen  yeai-s,  too  feeble  for  any 
form  of  service  save  with  the  pen,  it  is  surely 
no  more  than  simple  justice  that  I  get  my  [jen- 
ny a  day.  It  is  only  Christ's  due-bill.  "  How 
much  owest  thou  unto  my  Lord  ?  "  If  it  be  "  a 
hundred  measures  of  oil,  or  wheat"  do  not 
write  "fifty,"  or  "eighty." 

Rf.marks. — The  above,  and  much  needed  no- 
tice, from  brother  Balsbaugh  should  not  be 
overlooked  by  those  who  admire  his  writings. 
*He  is  unable  to  labor  at  anything  else  save  writ- 
ing, and  when  we  take  into  consideration  the 
amount  of  writing  he  has  to  do,  answering  let- 
ters, queries,  and  writing  articles,  we  know  that 
his  expenses  must  be  considerable.  Those  who 
write  him  should  not  fail  to  send  the  brother 
something  that  can  l>e  used  to  defray  his  ex- 
penses.   


Wb  will  soon  have  more  time  to  devote  tooor 
series  of  articles  on  Original  Groand.  and  writ- 
ing out  the  remainder  of  the  Newtonia  discus- 
sion, which  report  has  Wt-ti  ktqit  back  on  the 
account  of  the  contemplated  written  debate, 
which  we  tliink  is  almost  sure  lo  cnme  off  be- 
fore long.  It  will  be  quite-a  treat  to  our  read- 
ers. 

Those  who  write  for  our  paper  «hould  n.-mem- 
ber  that  we  will  not,  under  any-circunulances, 
allow  mi.irellniieoiiH  controvercien  between  ron- 
Iribiitorg,  as  it  has  a  tendency  to  engender  strife 
andcontention.  Those  who  write  articles,  ubu»> 
ing  the  general  practice  of  the  Brotherhood, 
and  want  us  tn  publish  them,  will  sjive  postage 
by  keeping  them  at  home.  It  is  only  about 
two  feet  I'roui  our  writing  desk  to  the  waste 
basket,  and  it  does  not  take  abusive  articloa  very 
long  to  tniv('l  that  distance. 

Writers  who  know  the  principles  by  which 
our  paper  is  to  be  governed  should  not  tempt 
lis  to  violate  our  ndes.  Though  we  think  none 
of  them  have  yet  Ijeen  broken,  yet  it  is  evident 
that  in  n  few  instances  we  have  bent  some  con- 
siderably. Our  paper  is  intendoil  as  an  uncom- 
promising defender  of  Primitive  Christianity  an 
it  wtis  embraced  by  our  early  Hhethkr.v,  and 
those  who  want  to  drag  us  from  this  old  Apos- 
tolic platform,  should  know  that  we  are  not  for 
sale— we  do  not  propose  to  sell  what  little  hon- 
or Me  have  for  the  simple  sum  of  onedollarand 
fifty  cenia.  When  we  get  so  far  along  in  lierosy 
that  we  cannot  be  satisfied  with  the  t/orlrhif  of 
the  Brethren  Church  we  will  quit  it  like  a 
man.  We  do  not  propose  to  be  a  meml)er  of 
one  church  and  then  preach  and  defend  tliedoo- 
trine  of  another,  hence  want  it  distinctly   un- 

dei-stood.  Unit  this  ^.j I  i-t  imlili-linl  in  the  in- 

terestoftli..llil,lr,h,u.„t,.n-.i„.>,|-  the  BRirTH- 
KKN-.  and  will  lint  iijx'ii  it-in|iii,iii>  toafewwho 
want  to  engender  strife  imd  disccrd  among  our 
people.  We  embraced  the  Brethren's  doctrine, 
because  we  thought  it  was  right,  and  we  are  not 
ashamed  to  defend  it. 


UNANSWERED  QUESTIONS. 


Ilai  111)1  i»u  hnml  n  iLiiii.li»ruf  <|U(.th;3  hUicIi  Hchavenol 
lime  ID  uuHitor,  we  j;irc  suiuq  of  lU«iii  bvtow,  liojiiog  our 
cdrrCMpuDiluiitd  nill  aid  um  in  Ihis  duparlment.  Let  your 
itiiawcra  lie  abort  ami  lo  the  point. 


A  WKLL  I'lT  Reuuke.— "Mr.  Bright  was  re- 
cently asked  to  dine  with  the  Princess  Louise, 
and  n^mull  party  was  made  for  him,  mostly 
Duchesses.  One  of  these  great  ladie-s  presently 
Iwgan.  as  the  fashion  now  is.  to  abuse  Mr.  Ghul- 
sfone,  Mr.  Bright,  in  his  gnive  way,  asked  this 
personage:  '  Miidam,  have  you  any  children?  ' 
She  admitted  she  had.  'Then  permit  me.  Mad- 
am, to  advise  you  lo  take  them  on  the  first 
op|)ortunity  where  they  may  see  Mr.  Gladstone, 
and  when  they  are  in  his  presence,  say  to  them 
they  are  standing  before  one  of  the  greatest 
Englishmen  who  ever  lived,  and  who  hiis  done 
his  country  perhaps  the  greatest  service  it  wiw 
ever  permitted  an  Englishman  to  do.  by  pre- 
serving it  from  a  wanton  and  wicked  war.'  " 

Ai-L  those  who  c<mtempiate  going  to  the  A. 
M.  from  Northern  Illinois,  will  please  drop  us  a 
card.  The  round  trip  fare  from  Lanark,  Shan- 
non and  Freeport  will  !«■  about  8<10.W.  We  want 
to  know  the  number  that  is  going. 


Will  somo  brother  pIcMO  give  nccouul  uf  the  Rivw 
Itrethrvn  lu  lo  whore  Ihcy  ainrtcil,  Ibroiigh  the  Durruam 

AT  WnllK  T  J,  J.  Scilgi-UTBB, 

1  nixh  <in  •.'xphiiiiiliun  of  llam.  0:  17-33. 

Tunx.  U.  MuNDOI. 

Are  Ihorc  an;  Drellirou  living  in  flormnny  1  What  b»- 
cnmo  of  thoflc  members  bnplitcd  bjr  brotbvr  Kurti  whil« 
on  a  visit  in  Gormnny  gome  yenrs  ago  ?  S.  S, 

What  is  llio  soul?  niiat  is  the  Spirit?  and  wbitt  is  (1m 
difTcronoc  belwceit  the  soul  and  spirit?  Will  some  kind 
brother  plcue  onswer  through  the  pnpcr  ? 

S.  H.U.i1tHAS, 

Jiut!  M.  Bailit. 

Did  Cbrist  die  a  Qod-fortakeD  man  according  (o  tha  fol- 
lowing ScripluroT  "  Mj  Ooul,  taj  God.  nbj  hist  tboa 
forsaken  moT  "     Mnrk  15:  84.  J.J.  Hoovit. 

Will  some  of  you  plciuo  give  aa  explanation  on  Ui«  fif- 
Iccnlli  Tcno,  tliird  chapter  of  1st  CoriutbiaiisT 


1  wish  lo  know,  through  jour  paper,  tbe  meaniog  of  t]|« 
finh  Terse  of  lh«  (bird  cbnpler  Tilus. 

Wm.  B.  GooDwni. 

Would  you  or  Bonte  otber  brotber  please  give  us  yoar 
views  oit  the  third  vorae  of  tbe  seventh  chapter  of  H^ 
brews?  -' Without  fntbor,  without  mother,  vrilhould*- 
sceni,  having  neither  beginning  of  days  nur  end  of  tift, 
but  mndo  like  unlu  the  Sod  of  G^d  nbideth  a  priMl  coa- 
limirilly."  .MvRix  B.  Hkestaxd. 


A  man  claiming  lo  be  a  minister  of  ibo  Gospel,  in  ft 
sermon  ngaiust  feel-ivoshing,  defied  the  world  to  show, 
from  sacred  or  profane  history,  that  the  Gentile  cburdt 
ever  prucliccd  tbe  ordinance  of  foet-wosjjiug :  and  W.  C. 
Tbuniian,  in  hi>  book  on  rcct-washing,  {lago  59,  GO.  sajs  it 
might  bo  shown  f^oin  chnroti  history,  that  fert-wosluiig 
bas,  f^om  the  night  of  Its  insiiiulion,  •lon'o  to  the  prsmiM 
day,  always  been  observed  as  an  ordinance  of  the  chunh. 
Now  which  is  true?  Plciuo  inform  me  Ibrougb  your  pft- 
per.  SamielSaia, 

rieuo  explain,  through  the  paper,  the  Scripliir*  fbund 
in  Acls'i:  17,  18,  conceniiug  the  prophesying  of  daugh- 
ters.   Also  reconcile  uhal  Taiil  say;  in  1  Cor.  14 :  84. 

S.  Bki'MHaitoh^ 

Did  the  apostle  t'aul  receive  the  Holy  Ghoat  befon  k« 
was  baptliodT    Vlensc  uiswer  through  the  paper. 

J.  E.  B. 


TMK    HHKTHKEISJ^    ^T    ^VOKK 


M 


ay  0. 


§h^  §om^  §irch. 

BEAD  AKD  OBBT. 

•'  HlUbU<ll,  l0>«  JOUT  «i(M." 

"WiTM,    obey    your    bii>b«n<l*." 

"  V*iben,  proTok*  noi  jour  cliildr*n  to  wi»lh." 

"ChllJrcn,    obey    your    (■»r»nw    in    mil    thlnp.' 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

God's    Worlcs. 

Gft  KAT  mid  niurv.-l'jus  nre  thy  works,  0  Lonl, 
in  Ihr  Iau(;iiaKf  of  the  nmii  of  God.  They 
are  ntit  only  great,,  not  only  vuat  and  «tui.cn(l- 
ouft.  l)iit  marvelous  i>i  our  eyv*.  Who,  but  the 
Lord  loiild  make  tlic  huge  rock  ?  Who,  but  the 
tilmigbty  Father  could  rear  the  lofty  moinituin. 
or  shttpc  the  pU-asant  valley?  Who,  but  JelK>- 
vfth  could  form  man  and  nil  things  that  are? 
Gn;at  and  raarveloun  ure  thy  works! 

Now  behold  the  pretty  bud  breaking  its  little 
covering  at  the  approach  of  Si»niig:  Who,  but 
our  Lord  could  make  the  refreshing  blosMoni  find 
afterwards  the  ripe  I'niit?  Our  Ciod  can  cause 
the  t*-iider  blade  of  gni.«  to!*pring  up  to  delight 
the  herd-*  and  flock*.  The  gods  of  Egypt  nev- 
er did  ihii*.  Our  God  ereatird  the  pretty  birds 
which  King  for  u;-  now.  Li-tlt-u  how  they  war- 
ble their  sweet  notes!  Ilow  they  cheer  and 
enliven  the  drooping  «pirit^  of  men.  0,  thank 
the  Lurd  for  the  pretty,  iweful  birds!  Do  not 
hart  them,  dear  children,  for  our  Father  gave 
them  to  u»  for  company.  They  are  piirt  of  His 
great  works. 

Onr  God  makes  the  wed  yield  its  fruit  in  due 
80iwoii.aii(lgive-f  to  Mis  people  the  abundance 
of  the  earth's  increaie.  Tliu-t  comes  the  daily 
bread  which  keeps  our  bodies  strong.  "The 
earth  in  the  Lonl's  and  llie  fullness  thereof." 
Prais-.'  the  Lord  for  tlie  '"  fullness"  for  He  has 
given  that  into  our  keeping.  When  He  calU 
for  Home  oi'  it  for  the  j)oor.  0  let  us  hii^ten  (o 
return  it  to  Him!  Open  thy  luuid  totlie  ne<ily 
if  tiiou  wilt  be  rich  in  the  Lord.  HemeiubiT 
thv  fullness  is  the  Lord's,  iLH  well  as  the  eiiith 
itself.  Our  God  sends  the  early  and  the  latter 
rains;  these  gather  into  brooks  and  rivei-s,  and 
go  forth  to  Fcrve  man,  beasts  and  all  animated 
beinpt.  No  other  god  can  create  water.  W  itli- 
out  we  cannot  live;  hence  we  all  depi'iid  upon 
our  God  mid  our  Father  for  life.  Children,  nev- 
er forget  this.  Thank  our  Father  for  good,  pure 
water. 

Now  look  at  that  ntdjle  hoi-se  as  lie  draws  the 
wugon  through  the  streets,  or  on  the  farm.  All, 
liow  ll^eful  he  is  to  man.  God  made  the  horse: 
treat  him  well,  feed  him,  care  for  him,  for  he 
is  llie  LordV.  And  thero  is  the  useful  cow,  the 
innoci-iit  sheep,  flu-  dog,  and  all  other  ^l^.eful 
animals.  God  made  them  all.  Use  tlieni  ten- 
derly. Speak  kiiiilly  to  tliem,  and  notice  lunv 
tliey  understand  it.  God  made  them  to  under- 
stand kindness.  Now  jxHiit  to  any  kind  of  an- 
imal, vegetable  or  mineral  (bat  God  did  not 
crofile.  Our  God  made  them  all.  I  want  you 
to  see  how  dependent  we  nre  on  our  God.  We 
own  nothing.  The  earth  is  the  LordV.  The 
em-th's  fullness,  all  things  that  grow  on  the 
earth,  belong  to  the  Lord.  1  want  yon  to  see 
how  fiuor  we  all  aiv.  Nula-rl  came  we  into  the 
world,  and  naked  we  gt)  out.  Then  we  are  all 
alike  when  we  come  in  and  all  alike  when  we 
go  out.  We  art- a  part  of  God's  great  work. 
/jtthcHorldwe  are  prone  to  seek  variety — to 
Btek  to  excel  one  nnotlier  in  goods  mid  lands; 
but  then  we  should  not  forget  that  the  goods 
and  land  belong  to  the  Lord.  They  go  not 
with  lis  to  the  grave.  There  our  God  makes  ns 
all  alike  again.  We  have  no  pre-eminence  over 
each  other  there.  Marvelous  are  the  works  of 
the  Loi-d,  Thank  the  Lord  for  His  great  and 
marvelous  works.  The  flower.^  the  birds,  the 
friiit-s,  the  gniin,  all  things  belong  to  our  God. 
If  we  remember  this,  our  hearts  will  feel  vei7 
humble.  H"  we  look  at  GoiVs  vmtks  as  belong- 
ing to  us,  we  soon  become  lifted  up  with  pride. 
God  be  thanked  lor  tlie  earth  imd  the  fullness 
thereof.— M.  M.  Esiiklmas. 
Gr'fm<i.*tlf,  /''(. 


that  time,  the  neighbor  boys  came  to  our  house. 
We  were  busy  at  jday  in  the  yard  when  my  dear 
mother  told  me  to  put  the  cattle  in  the  pasture; 
but  we  were  so  busily  engaged  in  play  that  I 
put  it  off  till  we  would  get  through.  We  were 
MOD  in  the  woods  and  over  the  hills  when  it 
came  to  my  mind;  I  thought  we  would  soon  Iw 
at  home  fbpn  I  would  attend  to  it.  but  at  last  I 
forgot  it.  Night  came  on,  now  it  was  too  late. 
Mother  knew  nothing  of  it  till  father  came 
home:  when  she  found  it  out  she  burst  into 
tears.  You  can  imagine  my  teelings,  I  cimnot 
express  them.  O  if  I  could  only  do  my  dear 
mother's  command,  but  it  was  too  late. 

Thi.s  has  Iwen  a  warning  to  me  since;  for  if 
my  feelings  were  sueh  then,  what  will  they  be 
if  I,  through  neglect,  put  off  the  Savior's  com- 
raandsr'     Head  Luke  11*. 

Alfoona,  loica. 


THE  JEW. 


TOO    LATE. 


I)n,r  Youmj  Frim-ls:- 
Wfi"'  have  no  doubt  Imt  that  you  all  intenrl  to 
f  V  Ij*-'  goo^i  children  and  have  a  great  regard 
and  respect  for  your  parents;  then  when  yon  are 
commanded  to  do  anything,  let  me  warn  you  of 
the  great  danger  of  putting  it  ofl'  until  it  is  too 
late.  I  always  loved  my  parents,  but  did. 
through  neglect,  disobey  my  dear  mother  at  cue 
time.  Although  it  has  been  nearly  forty  years, 
it  seems  to  me  that  I  can  remember  it  as  if  it 
were  but  yesterday.  Would  you  like  to  know 
how  it  hapiiened? 

One  Sunday  morning,  meeting  being  ^  long 
way  off,  father  started  quite  e:irly.  There  being 
no  Sunday-school  in  that  country  (E.  Tenn.jat 


rpHE  Jew  still  walks  the  earth,  and  bpars  the 
1  stamp  of  his  race  uiton  his  foreliead.  He 
.s  still  the  same  Iwing  us  when  he  fii-st  wander- 
ed forth  from  the  hills  of  .ludea.  U  his  name 
is  .'Lssociated  with  avarice  and  extortion,  and 
spoken  in  bitterness  and  scorn,  yet,  inthemorn- 
ng  of  history,  it  gathers  around  it  recollections 
sacred  and  holy.  ' 

The  Jew  is  a  miracle  mnong  the  nations.  A 
wanderer  in  all  lands,  he  hiis  been  a  witness  of 
the  great  events  of  history  for  more  thaneiglit- 
___  hundred  yeaiu  He  saw  cla.'^sic  Greece  when 
crowned  with  intellectual  triumphs.  Helinger- 
ed  among  that  broken  but  beautiful  architecture 
tliat  rises  like  a  tombstone  over  the  grave  ot  her 
departed  splendor. 

The.rewsiiw  Rome,  the  *' mighty  heart "  of 
nations,  sending  its  own  ceaseless  life's  throb 
through  all  the  arteries  of  its  vfist  empire.  He, 
too,  hii5  seen  that  heart  cold  and  still  in  death. 
These  have  perished,  yet  the  Jew  lives  on— the 
same  silent,  mysterious,  indestructible  being. 
The  shadow  of  the  Cre.icent  rests  on  Palestine, 
the  signet  of  a  conqueror's  faith — still  the  Jew 
and  his  religion  survive.  He  wanders  a  captive 
in  the  streets  of  bis  own  once  queenly  Jerusa- 
lem, to  uieditato  sadly  and  gloomily  on  the  rel- 
ics of  ancient  power.  Above  him  shines  the 
clear  sky.  fair  as  wlien  it  looked  down  on  the 
towereof  Zion;  but  now,  alas!  it  beholds  only 
atlesolatc  city  mid  an  unhappy  land.  The  world 
is  his  home.  The  literature  of  the  ancient 
Hebrew  triumphs  over  all  creeds,  and  schools, 
and  sects.  Mankind  worship  in  the  sacred  songs 
of  David,  and  bow  to  the  divine  teachings  of 
.lesus  of  Nazareth,  who  also  was  a  son  of  Abra- 
ham. Such  is  the  Jew.  His  ancient  dreams  of 
empire  are  gone.  How  seMom  do  we  realize, 
OS  we  s^e  him  in  our  city  streets,  that  he  is  the 
creature  of  such  a  strange,  peculiar  destiny. 
Neither  age,  nor  country,  nor  climate,  have 
changed  him.  Such  is  the  Jew,  a  .-itrange  and 
solitary  being,  and  such  the  drama  of  his  long 
and  mournful  history. 

And  the  Jew  in  all  his  strange  characteristics 
is  a  liviiig  witness  of  the  truth  of  the  Old  Tes- 
tament which  he  cherishes,  which  ages  since 
foi-etold  his  wondrous  destiny;  and  also  of  the 
New  Testament  which  he  rejects,  but  whose 
prophecies  at  the  same  time  he  continually  ful- 
fills. Jerusalem  is  yet  trodden  under  foot— of 
the  Gentiles.  {Luke  21:24),  the  Jews  arc  yet 
wandei-crs  in  every  land,  (Luke  *il:24;  Dent.  4: 
27),  their  name  is  left  for  a  hissing  and  a  cui-se 
in  all  the  earth,  (Isa.  65:  15),  while  their  silent 
influence,  unineiisiiied  and  unuieasurable,  shapes 
the  destinies  of  nations,  leads  in  the  march  of 
intellect,  insinuates  itself  throughout  the  social 
and  political  system,  and  coutrols  the  financial 
destinies  of  the  world.  The  history  of  the 
cho-sen  people  is  full  of  solemn  interest  and  in- 
struction to  Gentiles.  Once  nourished  like 
branches  of  a  good  olive  tree  in  the  garden  of 
God,  "  Because  of  unbelief  they  were  broken  oB"; 
and  thou  standest  liy  faith.  Be  not  high-mind- 
ed, but  fear;  for  if  God  spai-ed  not  the  natural 
branches,  take  heed  lest  he  also  spaio  not  thee. 
Beliold,  therefore,  the  goodness  and  seventy  of 
God;  on  them  which  fell,  severity;  but  toward 
thee,  goodness,  if  thou  continue  in  his  goodness: 
othenvise  thou  also  shalt  be  cut  off.  And  they 
also,  if  they  abide  not  in  unbelief,  shall  be  graft- 
ed in:  for  God  is  able  to  graft  them  iu  again  " 
(Horn.  12).— 77if.'  ChrUli'Dt. 


TitocnLE  comes  to  us  all  iu  this  life;  we  set 
our  hearts  on  things  it  is' not  God's  will  for  us 
to  have  and  then  we  go  sorrowing;  the  people 
we  love  are  taken  from  us,  and  we  can  find  joy 
in  nothing,  because  they  aie  not  with  us;  sick- 
ness comes,  and  we  faint  under  the  burden  of 
our  feeble  bodies;  we  go  astray  and  do  wrong, 
and  bring  ourselves  into  trouble  with  our  fellow- 
men.  There  is  no  man  or  woman  born  into 
til  is  world  to  whom  some  of  these  trials  do  not 
fall. 


THE  FAMILY  BOOK. 

rpHK  family  is  like  a  book, 
1      Tiie  children  are  the  leaves; 
The  jiarents  are  the  cover  which 
Protecting  beauty  gives. 

At  fir^t  the  pages  of  the  book 
Are  blank  and  purely  fair, 

But  time  soon  writeth  memories 
And  pointeth  pictures  there. 

Love  is  the  little  golden  clasp 
Which  bindeth  up  the  trust, 

0  break  it  not  lest  all  the  leaves 
Should  scatter  and  be  lost. 

—.Sekcteil. 

FROM    CALVIN    ESHELMAN. 

I  HAVE  come  out  from  the  worid  and  am 
now  trying  to  serve  God  as  near  as  I  can, 
but  I  sometimes  forget  and  leave  undone  the 
things  I  ought  to  do  and  do  the  things  I  ought 
not,  I  live  in  Parmington  with  my  father  and 
three  sistei-s.  My  mother  died  wlien  I  was 
twelve  years  old;  I  miss  her  very  much.  Little 
children,  be  kind  to  your  mother,  for  you  can- 
not realise  how  kind  she  has  been  to  you  until 
she  is  called  away. 

Father  takes  the  paper  and  I  like  to  read  it. 
I  always  enjoy  reading  the  little  folk's'  letters. 
We  have  organized  a  Sunday-school  at  our 
church,  ajid  hope  to  have  a  large  attendance. 
We  have  meeting  every  Sunday  at  the  Cole 
Creek  church.  The  church  is  in  a  prosperous 
condition;  thirty  have  been  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism  since  last  August:  among  the  num- 
ber were  my  brother  and  two  sistere.  We  have 
many  trials  and  temptations  while  here  on  earth, 
yet  this  should  not  discourage  us,  but  when  we 
think  of  the  reward  that  is  laid  up  in  the  fu- 
ture for  the  faithful,  we  should  take  courage  and 
go  on  our  way  rejoicing;  for  the  crown  is  not  in 
the  beginning  nor  in  the  middle,  but  he  that 
endureth  to  the  end  shall  ho  saved. 

Can  any  of  the  little  folks  tell  how  old  the 
Savior  was  when  He  was  crucified?  also,  How 
old  was  He  when  He  was  baptized? 

HOW  TO  HELP  MOTHER. 

I.  Children  little  realize  the  anxious  care  of 
mother;  therefore  govern  youi-selves;  be  gentle 
and  patient. 

,  Guard  your  tempera,  especially  in  seasons 
of  ill  health. 

3.  Never  speak  or  act  toward  mother  iu  an- 
ger. 

4.  Do  not  expect  too  much  of  mother.  She 
is  often  weary  and  worn  by  care.  Seek  to  com- 
fort her, 

.  Remember,  she  will  serve  you  when  very 
weary,  therefore  do  not  needles.'tly  disturb  her. 
Some  children  never  think  "  mother  i.s  tired." 

6.  Never  retort  a  sharp  or  angry  word  to 
mother;  it  may  break  her  heart. 

.  Often  speak  kindly  and  lovingly  to  her, 
and  confess  your  faults  to  her. 

8.  Learn  to  speak  to  mother  in  a  gentle  tone 
and  kind  spirit. 

9.  Say  kind  and  pleasiint  things  whenever 
an  opportunity  offers. 

10.  Do  not  neglect  little  things  if  they  can 
efl'ect  her  comfort.  Do  many  little  things  for 
her.  to  save  her  steps. 

II.  Avoid  moods,  and  pets,  and  fits  of  sulki- 
ness,  and  saucy  words. 

12.  Remember  the  grave,  the  judgment-seat, 
and  the  scenes  ^f  eternity,  and  that  mother  may 
soon  be  gone.     Then  you  will  miss  her. 

—Seleclc'L 


.PEWS. 

riIHE  following  from  the  Clnrluml  Hfmhl, 
\_  gives  the  history  and  origin  of  pews  in 
churches,  and  shows  how  selfish  some  people 
used  to  he  in  trying  to  have  things  all  to  their 
own  comfort  regardless  of  the  welfare  of  others. 
The  sleeping  part,  however,  we  are  glad  to  say, 
is  rapidly  going  out  of  date,  and  well  it  may, 
The  Lord  does  not  want  to  find  any  of  His  -.eii- 
tinels  asleep  when  He  comes: 

"  A  writer  iu  the  Spriiitjjield  Ripiihlinnt  says 
The  lirst  seats  provided  iu  churches  are  seen  in 
those  of  some  Anglo-Saxon  ami  Norman  edifices 
still  standing  in  England.  They  consist  of  stone 
benches  which  project  from  the  wall,  running 
around  the  whole  interior  excepting  on  the  East 
end.  In  1319  the  congregations  are  represented 
as  sitting  on  the  ground  or  standing,  audit  was 
at  this  period  that  the  people  iutroduced  low, 
rude,  three-legged  stools  promiscuously  over  the 
church.  Not  till  after  the  Normau  conquest 
were  wooden  seats  brought  into  use.  In  12S7 
a  decree  wn-s  issued,  in  regard  to  the  wrangling 
for  seats  (which  had  become  a  decided  nuisance), 


-,  no  one  should  call  any  seat  Iu  the  church 
his  own  except  noblemen  and  patrons,  end,  j^^^ 
sou  taking  the  nearest  empty  seat  he  could  find" 
as  he  entered  the  church.     From  1530  to  I540' 
as  we  approach  nearer  to  the  reforuiatiou.  si^ta 

were  more  generally  appropriated,  their  entrance 
being  guarded  by  cross-bars,  and  the  initial  let, 
t^rs  of  their  owners  engraved  upon  them.  But 
directly  after  the  reformation  the  pew  system 
commenced,  for  there  is  extant  a  complaint  fro,^ 
the  poor  commons,  addressed  to  Henry  Vlli  ij, 
l.ii6,  referring  to  his  decree  that  a  Bible  shouM 
be  in  every  church  at  liberty  for  all  to  reaj_  \^ 
cause  they  feared  it  might  be  taken  into  thp 
'■  guyre  "  or  some  '■  pue."  Galleries  in  church- 
es were  not  known  till  160S. 

As  early  as  1011  luxurious  arrangements  wew 
considered  essential  in  church  pews,  lunl  they 
were  bai/ed  or  cushioned  all  over  their  sides,  and 
the  seats  furnished  with   comfoitable  cushioug 
while  foot-stools  were  also  iutroduced.     Next' 
the  sides  of  the  pews  were  msule  so  high  tlmt 
they  entirely  concealed  the  occupants  from  view 
This  is  said  to  have  been  a  device  of  those  who 
desired  not  to  be  seen  by  the    officers,  who  re- 
ported  all  who  did  not  stand   up  and  bow  low- 
when   the  name  of  .leans  was    spoken    by  thy 
clergyman.     Fire  places  were  also  built  in  the 
pews,  and  every   possible  convenience  added  for 
the  comfort  of  the  highly-favored  few.     Butthe 
services  were  often  so  long  and  tedious  that  the 
listenei-s  fell  asleep  and  frequently  nodded  their 
approbation   of  tlie   minister's  sennons.  while 
they   were   totally   oblivious   of  its  teachings. 
Swift's  lines,  which  we  quote,  allude  to  the  pre 
vailing  fashion  of  church  upholstery; 
'  A  bedstead  of  the  antique  mode. 
Compact  of  timber  many  a  load, 
Such  as  our  ancestoi-s  did  use. 
Was  metamorphosed  into  pews, 
Which  .still  their  ancient  nature  keep. 
By  lodging  folks  disnosed  to  sleep.' 
With  the  reign  of  Charles  T.  the  reasons  for 
the  heightening  of  the  sides  of  the  pews  disap- 
peared ;  and  from  the  civil  war  they  dcclined'to 
their  present  height. 


BE  GOOD  TO  MOTHER. 

DearChihlmi:— 
XroU  who  have  a  kind  mother,  do  you  ever 
X  think  of  the  many  children  in  the  world 
who  h.ive  no  mother?  Some,  perhaps,  have 
kind  friends  to  take  care  of  them,  but  no  friend 
on  earth  can  fill  the  place  of  a  mother. 

Twelve  yeai-s  ago  I  was  one  among  eight 
children  who  siyronnded  the  bed  of  our  dying 
mother  to  bid  her  a  lost  farewell.  Oh  what  a 
thought  must  this  be — the  last  time  I  shall  kiss 
the  lips  of  my  dear  mothev.  or  look  upon  \m 
face,  which  so  often  smiled  upon  us,  now  so  pale. 
She  turns  her  eyes  towards  me  ivn  if  to  speak; 
her  lips  move,  but  no  sound.  Oh,  can  this  bo 
real  ?  Shall  I  never  hear  my  dear  motlnir  spealt 
i^ain?  This  almost  crushed  my  heiut.  My 
father  said,  she  wishes  to  say,  be  a  good  girl. 
She  bowed  her  head,  —  that  was  it.  May  our 
heaveiilj'  Father  help  me  to  Iteep  in  remem- 
brance your  last  wish,  dear  mother. 

Children,  since  then,  I  have  had  many  trials 
to  pass  through.  All  the  trouble  and  anxiety! 
ever  caused  my  mother,  has  been  brought  forci- 
bly to  my  mind,  and  I  have  been  made  to  realiM 
what  a  blessing  it  is  to  have  a  kind  iuotlier. 
Dear  children,  now  while  your  mother  i-s  with 
you.  be  kind  to  her,  be  careful  not  to  cause  her 
unnecessary  care  and  trouble,  and  he  kind  to 
those  dear  children  who  have  no  mother  to  cars 
for  tliera.  If  you  know  of  any  such  now,  may 
the  Lord  help  you  in  your  work,  is  my  prayer. 
Eva  Sirur. 


SCRIPTURAL   ACROSTIC. 

1.  What  prophet  spake  of  Christ  the  most? 

2.  What  Wiis  joy  to  th'  angelic  host? 

3.  What  sacred  singer  can  you  name? 

4.  What  patriarch  of  priestly  fame? 

.5.  What  father  lost  his  household  gods? 

6.  Wliat  .son  left  home  for  husks  and  ptids? 

7.  Wliat  sweetly  cheers  the  Christian's  way. 

8.  What  weakness  did  old  Noah  display'"'     ^ 

9.  What  "mighty"  sportsman  can  you  bring. 
1(1.  What  mortal  slain  by  stone  and  shug^ 

11.  And  what  ingrate  reviled  his  king? 

12.  What  crown  awaits  the  Christian's  end. 

13.  In  what  state  will  all  mortals  blend? 

14.  What  must  you  add  to  "  I  am  the? 

15.  What  word  meaneth  to  entwine? 

Hi.  Which  of  the  "twelve"  was  unbelieving. 

17.  What  within  is  oft  deceiving?        ^ 

IS.  What  men  are  part  of  Israel's  race. 

19.  What  prophet  showed  thekingsdjsgn^a. 

20.  Whose  son  went  to  seek  the  asses.      ^ 

21.  Please  name  that  son  before  he  pass^- 
The  initials  will  give  a  Bible  cowmaijd- 


ANNOTJlSrCEMEXTsr 


THK  liKKTiriUsX   AT  ^valu<. 


M  Beaver  Dam  «oneregation,  Kosciusco  a. 
I„a.,  June  ()tli,  1878.  ^^•■ 

Fuiir  miles  Sontji  of  Waterlun.  Iowa.  Wwlues- 
jay,  -Tono  5ili,  1878,  at  10  A.  M.  "«'"es- 

Uiiioii  church,  Mftrehall  Co.,  in,|  j„ne  . 
1878.  commeucing  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M.  ' 

Four  iuUm  South  of  Uttisti)wn.  Winona  Co 
Jlimi..  fuat  Saluniuy  and  Sun.Iay  of  June  next.' 

Nodttway  Co.,  Mo.,  four  miles  Eaat  of  CJraham 

May  10- 

Mout4;omcry  Co.,  Iowa,  twtlvo  milea  North  of 
ViUisca,  May  18. 

PautluT  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co.  lown  Mny 
Ifillr  aiitl  IVlh,  coramcnciiig  at  1  o'clook.     ' 

Ck'arKivGr<lislrict.Merriam,  Noble  Co.,  Iiid 
Juue  18lh. 

UaquoUela  church,  one  half  milo  Ewt  of  Lost 
Nftiioui  comiueuciiig  May  2oth  at  1  o'clock. 

Tw.i  miles  North  of  Hudsou,  McLean  Co  III 
Msiy  1 1th,  at  10  o'olopk  A.  U.  '      '' 

Stouc  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15  at 
JO  o'clock,  A.  M. 

MiiMle  district,  Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  May  lotli  at 
2  P.  M. 

Silver  Ctcek  congrcgatitm,  Ogli;  Co.,  Ill  on 
Thursday  ami  Fridav,  May  IGth  au<l  I7th,  com- 
rriencingftt  10  o'clock. 

Stale  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  miles  and  a 
hfllf  Sjiitli-caat  of  State  Center,  May  29t]i  aud 
30lli.  comnuncing  at  1  P.  M. 

ri.nsant  Valley,  Elkhart  Co..  Iiid,  M„y  lllih 
at  4  1".  M. 

Cherry  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  May  Ljth.com- 
mcuciiig  at'lO  A.  M. 

Cedftr  Lake  congregation,  in  Nrti'lhcrn  Indiana, 
two  miles  South-eiist  of  Corunua,  Do-kalli  Co.,  on 
Thursdny,  June  6th,  18TS,  at  2  o'clock. 

Cerrd  Gordo  church,  Macou  Co..  Ill,,  June  5th, 
at  2  o'clock. 

L  si  Creek  church,  near  Mifflin,  Juuiatii  O 
Pa.,  May  12th  and  13.  . 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  Jui 
Sill,  at  2  o'clock. 

Eagle  Creek  Churehj  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio.  June 
15lh,  at  10  o'clock. 

Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  11!.,  May  23rd 
end  2-Uh. 

Moiiticello  church,  While  Co.,  Tud,,  June  Sth 
at  Ui  o'clock. 

TipioD,  Iowa,  June  6th  and  7th. 

Paniher  Creek  Church,  AVoodford  Co.,  III., 
May  16tli,  commencing  atone  o'clock. 

Mitldle  Fork,  Clinton  Co.,  InJ.,  June  Sth  at  2 
o'clock. 

Naperville,  Dupage  Co.,  Ill,,  May  lUh.aud 
12ih  at  2  o'clock. 

DISTRICT   MEETIXOS. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
churdi,  Mahoning  Co  ,  Ohio,  May  2'JiU,  conimeuc- 
ing  at  I)  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Nation. 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

Northern  District  of  Kansas  and  Southern  Ne- 
braska, eight  miles  South-east  of  Beatrice,  May 
13th,  at  S  A.  M. 

Nurth-westem  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June  1st. 

Tlie  District  Meeting  of  Michigan  will  he  held 
at  the  i-esideuce  of  Bro.  Hiram  Allen's,  four  and  a 
half  miles  North-west  of  Vicksburg,  Michigan, 
the  Lord  willing,  on  Thursday,  May  Hith.  All 
the  brethren  coming  from  the  East,  West,  North 
and  South  will  stop  ofi'  at  Vickshurg,  where  they 
will  h&conveyeil  to  place  of  meeting  by  the  un- 
dersigned. Frank  Ali.es. 


sister  S;ir.ih  Zeigler.  aged  IS  years,  2  moulhs 

luid  10  days. 

The  suhject  of  the  nbovo  notice  was  one 
like  many  other*,  put  off  serving  the  LorJ  until 
lately,  when  the  Lord  called  her  to  repentance. 
Said,  she  was  not  willing  to  die  tmtil  she  was 
baptized.  Tlic  cas-  seemed  to  be  a  critical  one, 
as  slic  Wits  Ter>-  weak  in  body.  But  since  she 
was  strong  in  the  Spirit,  we  r^-pflirod  to  the  wat- 
er about  It  mile  from  the  hoiisie,  carried  her  in- 
to the  stream,  and  through  the  gr;jci-  of  Ood 
baptized  her.  She  stood  it  well,  and  nfterward.s 
was  desirous  to  be  released  from  earth  and  be 
with  Christ,  and  .in  infant  brother  and  sister  in 
the  spirit  world  who  preceded  her  in  death,  in 
one  week  from  the  time  she  gave  her  heart  to 
Jesus.  She  had  her  desires  complied  with  and 
died  in  the  blessed  hope  ol  a  glorious  imniortal- 
ity.  Mny  the  Lord  comfort  the  iiarents,  broth- 
ers and  sisters  left  behind.  May  the  above  no- 
tice be  a  warning  to  others  to  prepare  for 
death.  Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  assisted 
by  A.  Stutzman  ond  D.  Berlccybile  from  Rev. 
'*■  '■■'  ^■*-  A.  BEBKEVnn.K. 

(P.  C.,  pleasf  cojiif.) 

ROLSTON.— In  Washington  Congregation,  of 
consumption.  April  26,  1S7S,  sister  Rachel  A, 
Rolston.  aged  2il  yciirs,  d  months  and  T  days. 
She  WHS  a  fmthlul  servant  of  Christ,  imd 
longed  to  be  with  Jliui  in  licavcn. 

Jbssr  Calveht. 

MOORIO,— IntheCold  Wat.-r  cliurtjh,  nutler 
Co.,  Iowa.  Ethan,  infint  son  of  Bro.  John 
an.l  sister  Barbara  Moore,  aged  6  months  and 
12  days.  N.  Tu.um'. 


Notice  to  Ministering  Brethren. 

I  have  made  arraneeinents  witli  the  Burling- 
ton and  Missouri  River  R.  R.,  in  Nehraskfi,  for 
half  fare  permits  over  their  road  for  our  mission- 
aries and  those  ministers  moving  West,  sent  there 
by  the  church. 

Bro.  H.  Miller  will  please  give  me  the  name 
and  address  of  that  minister,  and  what  point  he 
"  going,  and  I  will  send  the  half  fare  permit.  My 
address,  from  the  14  of  May  is.  Burr  Oak,  Jewell 
Co..  Kansas.  D.  E.  Fadely. 

Sfa(ri,-e,  Kcb. 


Bnrsard,  1  00;  J  C  M^.ys  I  10;  E  E  CoaU-.  I  .-,0 
K  Correlt,  .10;  S  T  Bos^irmnn. !» .■>0;  .1  T  Mil- 
ler. 1  00;  A  sistor.  3  INl;  J  M  Reploglc.  3  00;  1 
Cornell.  I  25»  J  S  Mohler.  2  <Kl;  J  Wise.  23  TiO; 
C  E  Long.  2  67:  J  J  Hoover.  .5  40;  L  Kctring. 
7  50; .!  p  Jennings,  .^  40;  D  E  Roivman.  1  45; 
S  M  Smith.  T  15;  S  .1  (iiffer.  1  Oi»:  J  Arnold, 
I  00;  F  Judy,  1  00;  W  C  Milroy,  .20;  S  U  Mil- 
ler. I  (K):  S  Groff.  tt  00;  D  Hcrsbey.  ..10;  J  0 
Miller.  2  50;  H  l-Yuitx.  10  35;  J  J  Cart.  5  SO; 
M  M:lK>r,  10  110;  .1  Krvuty^r.  I  00;  S  A  Over- 
holtzer.  2  00;  J  S  Mohler.  60  00;  G  Spnmy,.'i  00 
Two  si^lei-s.  2  OO;  M  Miller.  1  00:  «  B  Rf>>'er. 
1  50;  M  C  Czignnn.  1  OO;  D  Bock,  1  OO;  S  K 
Kepncr.  5  00;  S  (;ilbert,  1  .35;  J  T  Dickey.  .2^; 
M  Schrantz,  1  30;  J  Bennett,  .W:  J  H  Wilson. 
.35;  0  W  Limestone,  1  in-.  D  J  Hetric,  3  00;  D 
L  Fullnn.  1  00;  J  Wis.-.  1  Ott;  N  S  Gripe,  1  OO; 
d  H  M'irt.  1  (Xi;  D  S-iwcrs.  4  00;  N  T  Bnihak. 
K»  00;  I)  Hodgden,  1  OO;  M  Deardorff,  1  00;  I) 
A  Workman.  1  0.'.;  J  Shirk.  3  75:  E  TliompNoii 
It  OO;  W  B  Price.  1  00;  D  Bosserman.  12  00;  G 
W  Yost.  I  00;  S  Dubbin.  .1)0;  A  N  Hufl'mnn.  1 
50;  TT  Wolfe.  1  00;  H  »  Maysllles,  1  (K);  EJ 
Neher.  1  00;  J  Ncdeahirof,  1  50;  S  Bowmun.  I. 
00;  J  Lehman.  1  25;  L  Wallace,  1  20;  S  11 
BiL-lior.  3  40;  1,  Miller.  ■»  00. 


MONEY    LIST- 


X)IED. 

Oli.iiim-ics  Mhoulil  be  tricf,  writ 


^  miv-i,  .-...-.-..  vJi  but  one  iiiUe  of  lie 
tpiirule  from  ull  other  bii»iuew. 


ZEKiLER.— In  the  Swan  Creek  church.  Ful- 
to"  Co.,  Ohio,  April  18,  of  consumption,  sister 
Elizabeth  ZeiRlev,  daughter  of  Bro.  Silos  and 


/far  To  avoid  the  expenses  of  sending  ninny 
receipt  by  mail,  we  give  below  a  list  of  the 
money  received  through  the  mails  at  this  otlice 
during  the  month  of  April.  Parties  sending 
us  money  {in  amounts  over  15  cents.)  and  not 
seeing  it  acknowledged  here,  will  know  that  it 
hfis  mit  been  received. 

Noah  Clark,  1.00;  S  A  Xelier.  2.(H):  C  Fnintz, 
3.00;  J  Bennett,  1.20;  J  Forney.  I.OO;  H  Lil- 
ligh,2.50;  J  Wirt,  1.20;  S  Heed.  5.70;  TA 
Turner,  1.20;  J  Fisher.  .15;  D.  Whitmer.  1.40; 
■J  M  Whitmer,  6.00;  Mrs  N  A  Hoke,  .15;  E  B 
Shaver.  8.25;  J  D  Trostle.  7.45;  C  H  Strohm. 
S,7U;  E  W  Miller,  2.45;  D  Berkcybile,  .25;  H 
H  Arnold,  1,00;  E  Flack.l.OO;  G  W  Taylor.  .27; 
W  H  Ashmore.  1.20;  Geo  W  Cline,  .35;  J 
Beeghly,  1.50:  R  AriioH.  1.00;  S  Smith,  4.50; 
J  S  Berkey,  1.20;  W  Rice,  7.20;  J  R  Gisli.S.Ott: 
J  K  Hensel,  1.20;  L  A  Miller.  1.00;  M  M  K 
VanDyke.  2.00;  L  F  Condry,  1.40;  Mrs  M  D 
Benton  6.00;  A  Ives,  2.40;  J  Sadler,  1.60;  W 
Ikenberry,  10.00;  D  G  Viirner,  1.00;  S  Murray, 
2.00;  D  A  Norcross,  .25;  Z  Z  Mott,  1.10;  J  C 
Miller,  .75;  M  A  Byrd,  1.50;  S  Diehl.  1.50;  F 
J  Fnintz.  I  20;  J  L  Gooding.  .25:  T  M  Calvert, 
1  50;  S  S  Mohler,  1  2U;  L  B  Jones.  1  50;  M  C 
Czigans,  1  75;  D  Bowman,  8  25;  SB  Beechly, 

1  00;  J  Holsopple,  1  50:  J  N  Zigler,  1  50;  S 
Long.  3  00;  P  A  Brower,  2  00;  J  Lesh,  1  60;  W 
B  Price.  1  60;    J  V  Eiler,  fi  50;    H  A  Snyder, 

2  15;  A  B  Snydor,  1  75;  S  M  Markley,  1  20;  T 
C  Brindle,  1  20;  D  Wysong.  1  00;  S  Long.  1  00 
n  L  Miller,  14  10;  H  B  Lehman,  7  79;  P  Probst 
4  15;  J  R  Cripe,  2  10;  .1  M  Ridenour,  1  20;  H 
Biitterbtmgh.  1  50;  P  Bame,  1  40;  M  F  Petty, 
1  00;  TJ  Yeoman,  1  40;  K  Leonard,  1  00;  D  1' 
Fyc,  .75;  S  Flinn,  1  50;  J  S  Flory,  13  50;  S 
Wine,  1  12:  J  A  Ridenour.  3  00;  L  M  Kob.3  75 
.1  Crnmhaker,  2  40;  H  Stitzel, !»  00;  J  Hoover, 
1  (10;  M  W  Keim,  2  80;  J  D  Vanbureu,  .15;  A 
Met/.ger,  2  75;  A  MT  Miller,  200;  WDTyson 
4  15;  D  C  Wyand,  1  50;  J  J  Skiles,  3  50;  A  G 
Oiler.  13  50;  j  F  Oiler, .  -W;  N  Mitchell,  2  20; 
L  B  Howe,  I  00;  A  Faw,  1  10;  E  Crick,  1  .50; 
W  Leedv,  1  20;  D  Neher,  .10;  N  Harter,  75;  0 
W  Horn.  1  20;  C  Fitz.  2  30;  .(  Leathennan, 
I  .10;  A  Geyer,  1  50;  M  C  Baldwin,  2  40;  H  W 
Strickler,  5  00;  M  A  Ciisselberry.  2  00;  E  Wil- 
liams, 10  50;  D  S  .50;  A  ,J  Inglcriglit,  2  00; 
M  Milroy.  .20;  S  S  Ulery,  lo  50:  C  Holzer,  1  20 
D  1)  Wine,  .20;  S  Reber.  .50;  T  D  Lyon,  1  20; 
J  Mitchell,  5  40;  EStoner.  2  60;  J  H  Eshel- 
man.  3  00;  S  A  Daggett,  2  00;  0  Bechtelheim- 
cr.  .25:  J  B  Wrightsman,  16  35;  J  Y  Snavely 

1  (10;  C  L  Strong.  1  .50;  H  A  Snider,  1  50;  M 
Hiilery.  2  00;  C  Rowey  2  25;  L  Andes,  6  00;  J 
Hurt'.  3  00:  J  Hautle,  100;  H  L  Miller.  .61;  I 
Dell.  1  W;  J  H  Owuby,  3  00;  D  B  Clum,  3  50; 
D  N  Wengert,  7  00;  J  D  Speicher,  2  00;  J 
L..hner.  2  60;    W  G  Lint,  6  W;    J  F  Reeman, 

2  SO;  J  B  Wampler.  6  00;  W  J  .Tones,  1  00;  L 
Arnold,  6  00;  J  J  Cover.  10  50;  H  Jonea,  5  00 
A  H  Hanim.  2  00;  J  Hornish,  1  25;  S  P  Burn- 
ham,  .35;  DMIrvin,2  00;  S  Shult/,  1  50;  D 
Pcfley.  5  00:  D  Stump.  1  20;  L  M  Dickey,  U  (H) 
D  Vaniman.  4  .50;  B  Hinegardner.  1  50;  A  Bow- 
man. 4  50;  W  R  Pctei-son,  .25;  D  Ritteuhouse, 
1  oil;    A  Wolf,  10  00;  J  B  Tnwzer,  24  30;   P  S 


CORRKSPOKDENOE. 


Report    of  a    Discussion. 


(Contiinmi.)    . 
rilHE  proposition  dincusscd  read  lu  follows  : 
1    "  One  dip  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
of  the  Son,  and  of  tin-  Holy  Spirit,  etmstitnles 
(Christian  Baptism." 

Mr.  Sliutr  ailiiined. 
Bro.  Forney  denied. 

The  first  argument  wai  based  upon  tlic  wonl 
iHijttho,  claiming  that  iU  meaning  wiui  to  sub- 
merge but  once. 

Tlie  second  argument  was  drawn  from  the 
following  fiiiiircs:  Salvation  of  Noah  and  fami- 
ly, a  figure  of  baptism  (1  Pet.  3:  21).  Children 
of  Ismel  passing  through  the  Red  Sea  (1  Cor. 
10:  1,  2). 

The  third  argument  was  ba.sed  upon  the  fol- 
lowing figures.  Baptism  is  compared  to  a 
planting  (Rom.  6:  5).  Baptism  is  compared  to 
regeneration  (Mivtt.  19;  2S).  Baptism  ia  com- 
pared to  a  burial  (Rom.  6:  4). 

Mr.  Shuff  next  introduced  a  number  of  fig- 
ures to  establish  the  fact,  that  wherever  there 
wius  a  singular  number  on  one  side  of  a  Bible 
figure,  the  same  must  be  on  the  other.  And 
wherever  there  existed  plurality  on  one  side, 
there  must  be  plurality  on  the  other.  To  ex- 
plain this  m  ire  cleariy,  ho  took  the  figure  of 
the  ten  virgins,  claiming  that  there  were  two 
kingdoms,  aud  ten  virgins  in  each  kingdom, 
and  while  there  were  five  wise  in  one  kingdom 
there  were  five  wise  in  the  other;  and  whih 
there  were  five  foolish  in  one.  there  were  like- 
wise five  foolish  in  the  other;  consequently 
plurality  on  both  sides.  (Bro.  Forney  tliouglit 
a  lesson  on  the  kingdom  might  do  his  friend 
much  good.) 

Bro.  Forney  took  the  figure  of  the  Pashal 
Lamb,  and  showed  that  liis  friend's  itrgunients, 
in  reference  to  Bible  figures,  were  not  well 
founded,  showed  the  many  points  of  dissimilar- 
ity existing  between  it  and  that  which  it  pre- 
figured, showed  that  while  the  Laml),  slain 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world,  was  singular, 
the  lambs  slain  by  the  Israelites  were  many.  In 
reply  to  Shuff's  second  argument  it  was  clearly 
shown,  that  they  had  no  besiring  upon  the 
point  at  issue,  namely,  the  number  of  dips  in 
Christian  baptism.  That  as  figures  of  baptii^m 
they  were  given  long  after  the  commission 
Matt.  28:  19,  which  alone  does  determine  the 
number  of  actions  in  baptism;  as  figures,  the 
only  features  they  presented  were  those  of  sal- 
vation. 

In  reply  to  first  and  second  figures  of  the 
second  argument,  Bro.  Forney,  we  think,  prov- 
ed very  clearly  that  both  planting  and  regene- 
ration were  the  results  of  baptism  and  not  Imp- 
tism  itself,  showed  that  there  was  ciuite  a  differ- 
ence between  the  means  and  the  thing  accom- 
plished. Referring  to  Rom.  6;  4,  Bro.  Forney 
thought,  the  passiige  might  do  to  prove  immer- 
sion, but  could  not  see  that  it  luul  any  liearing 
upon  the  point  at  is-tue.  for  if  it  had  been  de- 
signed to  set  forth  the  action  in  baptism,  it 
would  not  have  been  necessary  to  do  the  sjime 
in  the  peculiar  phraseology  of  the  commission. 
Another  argument  WQS  founded  upon  Eph. 
4:  5,  claiming  that  Paul  here  alluded  to  the 
number  of  dips  in  baptism.  Bro.  Forney  show- 
ed from  the  Innguagi*  here  used  that  Paul  was 
exhorting  his  Ephe.'iinn  brethren  to  unity,  and 
hence  had  no  allusion  to  the  action  in  baptism; 
claimed  that  Paul  was  not  arguing  against  the 
doctrine  of  sprinkling  and  trine  immersion,  as 
his  friend  thought,  for  he  himself  would  not  ad- 
mit that    they  then  existed.      But  designed. 


bowing,  that  (w  there  was  but  one  Lord,  one 
faith.  80  there  was  but  one  baptism  for  .L-w  and 
fi^-ntilc;  bond  and  free,  barbarian  andScylbian. 
Having  thu«  given  the  principal  iiointa 
brought  forward  upon  the  affirmativ*.  in  f^vor 
of  one  dip  in  bitptium,  w©  shall  now  give  aa 
briefly  m  pojwiblc  BOim.-  of  those  produord  on 
the  affirmative  in  favor  of  thn-e  dips.  We 
shall  give  the  points  in  order  as  pn-wiit.-d; 

The  propoHJtion  read  aa  follows:  ■■  Tlir.-.-  dips 
—into  the  name  of  the  P'athcr.  and  of  tit.-  Son, 
and  of  the  Holv  Spirit, —.-onstitnt^  rhri,-.ti<ui 
Baptism." 

The  firxt  argument  in  favor  of  the  proposi- 
tion was  ba^^cd  upon  the  Trinity.  It  wiun  shown 
that  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit  wore  one  In  a 
certain  sense,  and  three  in  another.  .\Uo  while 
they  were  one  in  purpose,  they  were  thrte  in 
name  and  office. 

The  second  argument  wiw  based  npon  the 
fact  that  th^hu  three  were  fint  nwociated  to- 
gether lis  thni-  distinct  persons  at  Christ's  Ijap-  ' 
tism.  The  Son  was  baptized  and  not  the  Fath- 
er. The  Spirit  deiccnded  and  abode  upon 
Him. 

The  third  argument  was  based  upon  the  fact, 
that  the  Christian  is  represented  a8  lieing  in 
in  the  Father,  and  in  the  Son.  and  in  tlu-  Spir- 
it {Thess.  1:  1;  Gal.  5:  25).  Showwl  that  in 
baptism  this  change  of  relationship  is  ellected. 
The  fourth  argument  was  bused  upon  the 
fact  that  the  Ureek  Falherj  understood  the 
Scriptures  to  teach  trine  immersion.  For 
proof  referred  to  Chryso^tom,  Monulus  and 
Tertullian.  Shiiff  hero  defied  Bro.  Komey  to 
trace  trine  imniernion  beyond  Terlnllian.  claim- 
ing that  ill  hi»  time  the  change'  wa.!  mude  from 
single  to  trine  immersion. 

Bro.  Forney  hciv  brought  upon  the  witneaa 
stand.  Clement  ot  Alexandria,  who  was  bom 
only  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  aft.-r  Christ, 
and  stood  at  the  head  ol  the  first  ChriMlian  sem- 
inary in  the  world,  and  he  says  they  practiced 
trine  immersion  there.  Bro.  Forney  ulso  estab- 
lished tlie  fact  beyond  contradiction,  that  single 
immei-sion  could  not  be  tniced  beyond  the  mid- 
dle of  the  fourth  century,  when  it  was  invent. 
i;d  by  Eunoniius,  a  heretic. 

Forney  challenged  his  friend  to  show  wher? 
trine  immersion  wiw  ever  called  in  nuestion, 
while  on  the  hand  it  was  abundantly  proven, 
that  single  immersion  was  nn  innovation  and 
WM  not  considered  valid  baptism  until  legalized 
by  the  fourth  council  of  Toledo  in  tlie  year 
633,  acting  under  advice  of  Pope  Gregorj-.  — 
This  showing  that  it  was  human  and  not  divine, 
and  lacked  three  hundred  years  of  being  old 
enough  to  be  Christian  baptism;  was  fi/xt  prao 
ticed  in  Spain  over  one  thoiwand  miles  from  J». 
ruaalein,  the  birth-place  of  Christian  baptism. 

The  fourth  argument  was  based  upon  the 
grammatical  construction  of  the  conimisaiou 
as  recorded  in  Matt.  28:  10.  Forney  showed 
from  the  best  grammatical  authority  that  in  the 
English  language  there  existed  compound  el- 
liptical sentences  and  proved  the  commission  to 
be  such.  Showed  that  it  contained  a  repetition  ' 
of  certain  words,  wliich  could  not  be  properly 
dispensed  of  in  any  other  way.  Showed,  thak 
as  a  compound  sentence,  it  consisted  in  three 
propositions,  and  then  referred  to  Latham's 
"  Hand-book  of  the  English  Language."  for 
instructions  ils  to  how  the  second  and  third 
propositions  are  formed.  He  defied  his  friend 
ShuiV.  or  any  one  present  to  show  anything  to 
the  contrary. 

Shuff  liere  objected  to  a  repetition  of  the 
word  name  in  the  commission  upon  the  ground* 
that  it  was  equivalent  to  the  "  firm  name,"  and 
in  it  were  included  the  three  names.  Father, 
Son  and  Spirit,  claiming  that  they  were  a 
grand  unity. 

Bro.  Forney  here  proceeded  to  transpose  the 
commission,  so  as  to  have  it  read,  "into  the 
Father's  name,"  in  order  to  compel  his  friend 
to  admit  a  repetition  of  the  word  iiamr  in  the 
second  and  third  proposition,  and  then  refemd 
his  friend  to  Clark's  Grammar,  page  263,  as 
authority  for  doing  so.  Shufl'  seeing  that  Bro. 
Porney  had  sustained,  by  the  best  authority, 
his  position  with  regard  to  reiietition  of  the 
word  niiiiif,  he  referred  to  Dr.  Conant's  Critical 
Notes  on  Matt.  28:  IS,  rending  as  follows: 

"  The  practice  was  adopted  at  an  early  period, 
of  immei-sing  at  the  utterance  of  each  name. — 
But  this  is  clearly  contrary  to  the  terms  of  the 
commission.  To  justify  such  a  practice,  the 
form  should  have  been  either,  "in  the  names 
of,"  or  '  In  the  name  of  the  Father,  aud  in  the 
njme  of  the  Son,  and  in  the  nimie  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.' " 

In  reply  to  this.  Bro.  Forney  referred  to  A. 
Campbell,  Myers,  McConnell  and  others  who 
accepted  the  ivpetitiou  of  the  word  iinitu;  just 
as  Dr.  Conant  sjiys  it  ought  to  reiid  to  imply 
three  dips,  and  further  claimed  that  when  the 
ellipsis  is  properly  supplied,  it  is  the  way  the 
commission  does  read. 


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The  next  effort  mmle  upon  the  pnrt  of  Mr. 
Siiuff.  in  onier  I"  Bualnin  hU  posilioii,  wa*  to  fiia- 
mm  the  comini«ion  »..  o»  to  eiigulf  Uie  tbrw 
nuna  in  one.  and  ii«-.-MariIy  excluding  the  rep^ 
tiUoii  of  the  [>n?p«ition  of.  thuB  KJwtiog  %  i>art 
of  Uic  phraeeolog)-  of  the  propoaitiyn  sgreed  upon 
before  entering  upon  the  discuwion. 

To  sustiiin  hU  poBilion,  be  (Shuff,)qUolcd.  if  we 
misUke  n"t,  from  a  vrork,  enlilled  "  .McKene'* 
fireck  Grammur,"on  the  Genitive  in  Greek  or, 
authority  for  dropping  Uie  preponitioi.,  when  the 
three  nam««,  (an  he  claimed  in  ihie  caw)  arc  en- 
gulfenl  in  one.  In  this  wmc  connection  Ihc  »&me 
author  explained  the  Genitive  in  Greek  to  be 
equivalent  to  the  prepo»ition  of  in  Englinb  ;  con- 
necting ilB  iubacquenl  term  with  iU  nnlecwlcut 
term,  which  it  rawlifiee,  which  corresponded  with 
the  authorities  referred  to  in  Clark'ii  Grammar, 
for  traiMpoBing  the  lan^iage,  "  Into  the  name  of 
the  Fatlier,  and  ol  the  Son,  and  of  the  I  inly  Spir- 
it," bo  bj- to  rood,  "Intiitbe  Fathir's  name,  and 
into  the  Son'*,  and  into  the  Holy  Spirit\"  thus 
•bowing  that  in  the  Greek  as  well  a*  in  the  Eng- 
lish,  the  rciKlitlou  of  the  word  nnmr  wns  neces- 
larily  required,  a  fact  to  which  IJro,  Furncy  call- 
ed hii  friend's  attention,  asking  him  now  to  sup- 
ply the  preposition  of,  which  lie  refused  to  do, 
claiming  that  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit 
were  one. 

Hro.  Forney,  in  order  that  the  audience  might 
iiijirt-  fully  comprehend  tlic  idi-a  he  wished  to  bus- 
Uiin,  procct'de*!  to  pliicc  in  diagmni  the  comniia- 
sion.  supplying  the  ellipsis  in  the  second  and 
tliird  ])ropo*ition,  aflor  which  he  called  upon  his 
friend  to  parse  it  in  any  other  way  than  that  in 
which  ho  had  diagranu-d,  and  show  the  grammat- 
itjil  relation  of  words,  us  rcjjuirerl  by  tlie  rules  of 
grammar.  His  friend  Shuffnol  seeming  disposed 
to  undertake  the  task,  Bro.  Forney  tlien  prooeed- 
od  to  parse  it  liimself,  at  the  same  lime  extending 
the  liberty  to  any  one  prcnent  who  might  feel  dis- 
IMwed  to  ask  any  que«tion«  i>r  offer  any  criticisms  ; 
but  tlicro  were  none  offered.  Bro.  Forney  rei)cat. 
edly  called  upon  his  friend  Shuff  to  parse  tbepre- 
position  of  and  poiiil  out  its  Urrus  of  relation, 
which  he  refused  to  do.  Mr.  Shuff  here  denied 
the  verbatim  reading  of  the  commission  ;  but  aft- 
erwards said  that  Bro.  Forney's  analysis  was  cor- 
reet.  hut  siiid,  ho  would  not  risk  his  tjulvation  on 
(he  weak  pbrawolugy  of  the  EugliMh  eomniiision. 
\Vc  arc  sorry,  we  cannot  give  in  full  Bro. 
Forney's  closing  speech.  It  waa,  as  Mr.  Shuff 
himself  ucknowledged.  eloquent  inilecd,  and  while 
it  was  eloquent,  it  was  brimful  of  solid  argument, 
such  aa  riveted  oonviutious  in  the  hearts  of  all 
pre«nt.  and  will  ever  loom  up  in  the  minds  of 
those  who  heard  it,  ns  a  nionunicnl  in  defense  of 
(Jtisjiel  truth. 

Uro.  Forney  proved  himself  amply  able  for  the 
occasion,  and  ready  for  any  emergency  that  might 
prcHont  ilaelf.  Mr.  Sliuffmade  an  able  effort  in 
defence  of  the  fuilh  and  jiractice  of  his  brethren, 
nut' all  that  it  lacked,  was  the  "thus  sayeih  the 
I.onl,"  to  sustain  it.  The  diseussiuu  passed  off 
plcaeuully,  both  speakers  parting  with  the  best  of 
feelings.  Our  brethren  were  pleast-il  with  the  re- 
sultn,  being  much  BtrengllieuL-d  in  their  faith,  and 
looking  forward  with  bright  anticipations  to  the 
time  when  they  shflU  reap  a  bountiful  harvest  as 
the  result  of  the  "  bread  cast  upon  the  watere." 

1'.  E.  WlIllMKU. 

Crauj.  Mo. 

From    Lemuel    Hillery. 

Ihvr  linthm,:— 

IV  it  is  not  out  of  place,  I  would  write  a  few 
liuea.  I  feel  a  deep  sense  of  unworthiness,  iu 
occujiying  space  in  your  paper,  not  because  I 
think  the  sheet  is  any  too  good  to  give  bpace 
to  my  weak  and  imperfect  efforts.  The  rea- 
son 18,  I  fear,  that  I  might  be  the  means  of  hav- 
ing something  published,  which  wouhl  only  re- 
tard the  progress  of  truth,  for  already  we  have 
such  crippling  work  before  us  from  able  writers. 
Where  there  are  huntlreds  of  members  and  old, 
organized  churches,  the  cause  will  stand  a  pretty 
heavy  shock,  but  away,  on  the  outskirts,  where 
the  cause  is  only  weak,  we  leap  such  blunders.  If 
there  is  anything  wrong  iu  church  government, 
talk  about  it  at  home,  or  at  the  District  Meetings 
aud  tlie  A.  M. 

A  missionary  paper  should  devote  ita  pages  to 
th<salvatiou  of  eouls;  aud  what  belongs  to  the 
cougregatlons,  districts,  or  annual  meetings,  let 
that  be  discussed  where  it  belongs.  Whenever 
there  is  anything  wrong,  keep  on  working  until 
everything  is  arranged  according  to  the  Word  of 
God,  and  then  if  you  want  to  iiubliah  anything 
about  it,  it  will  be  enough  to  say,  thank  God,  we 
are  planted  upon  the  Gospel,  the  whole  (io^l, 
and  nothing  but  the  fJospel ;  otherwise  ytmr  lack 
of  using  proper  judgment  to  come  to  right  eonelu- 
sions,  will  only  end  in  useless  public  discussions, 
much  to  the  retarding  of  the  cause  of  Christ. 

The  time  is  soon  coming  when  the  Northern 
District  of  Illinois  will   consider  her  missionary 


work  of  the  past  year,  and  to  act  for  the  further- 
ance of  t])C  cause  during  the  coming  year.  Oh, 
may  Gi>d  help  the  brethren  and  sisters  to  meet 
anil  labor  in  the  name  of  Jcmni  for  the  purity  of 
the  church  and  the  salvation  of  ^uU.  We  have 
netd  to  be  cncoura^eil  for  the  succs**  that  the 
Brethren  have  had  on  ibis  field,  allbough  Uie 
work  wB«  not  gone  into,  according  to  the  true  or- 
der. With  a  brnlhcr  apiwioted  to  this  work, 
qualified  to  do  the  work  of  an  evangelist,  much 
more  can  he  accomplished  during  the  coming 
year. 

It  has  been  but  a  short  time  since  we  commenc- 
ii|  our  work  in  Central  Illinois.  We  had  but  six 
memhenn  in  all  this  country,  now  we  number  forty 
and  there  are  more  applicant"  for  membership.  — 
But  we  cannot  expect  to  accomplish  very  much 
towards  building  up  and  organizing  churches,  un- 
less some  brother  will  move  to  this  country,  who 
will  be  faithful  in  his  living,  true  to  the  cause  in 
character,  as  well  as  faithful  in  preaching;  then 
I  believe  we  could  do  much.  There  ought  to  be 
three  ministers  located  on  ibis  mission ;  with  such 
a  start  as  wh  now  have,  if  faithfully  maintained, 
in  ten  years  we  would  grow  up  a  powerful  district 
ill  (;entral  Illinois,  arf  much  so  as  the  one  North 
and  .South  of  us. 

One  of  our  dear  sisters  iu  Bureau  Co.,  has  left 
the  little  band  of  believers  here,  to  join  the  broth- 
erhood on  high,  namely  sister  Catharine  Kulp, 
the  daughter  of  Share  and  Elj^iabeth  Stoufer,  iu 
whose  barn  we  held  our  Love-Jeast  last  year.  Sister 
Kulj)  had  been  a  member,  of  the  Camphellite,  or 
Christian  church,  as  called  by  some.  She  united 
with  us  in  the  face  of  ilerisionand  opposition  from 
some.  Her  experience  iu  uniting  with  the  Breth- 
ren is  so  peculiar,  that  I  may  write  out  a  brief 
i^ketch  of  it  in  the  future,  and  have  it  published. 

I  receive  a  goodly  number  of  letters  from  dif- 
ferent iilnccs,  as  well  as  different  brethren,  to 
know  what  I  expect  to  do  when  my  time  is  out 
here.  I  cannot  tell,  but  want  to  do  what  is  right, 
and  I  believe  that  will  be  to  preach  and  labor 
with  ray  hands  as  I  am  able  and  have  opportuni- 
ty, which  I  try  to  do  wherever  I  go.  Some  ask 
the  question:  "Will  you  go  West?"  If  the 
I..ord  will,  I  expect  to  go  West  after  our  District 
Meeting;  how  far  I  don't  know,  but  want  to  go  to 
Western  Iowa,  and  also  to  Missouri,  Kansas  and 
Nebraska.  Cannot  tell  bow  long  I  will  remain 
West,  hut  think  about  eight  weeks,  and  I  would 
siiy  that  I  am  willing  to  stop  with  the  brethren, 
wherever  I  am  most  needed.  Would  like  to  at- 
tend some  Love-f.  asts  with  the  Brethren  in  the 
West;  but  wherever  you  expect  ten  or  twelve 
preachers,  you  will  have  enough.  There  may  be 
places  where  the  Brethren  will  not  have  much 
help,  there  my  effort  might  be  gladly  received. 

Aa  much  as  I  love  to  associate  with  the  brethren 
ill  large  congregations,  yet  I  feel  like  traveling 
through  the  West  to  visit  and  hold  meetings  in 
neighborhoods  of  isolated  members.  The  fact  is, 
in  what  little  I  can  do,  I  am  a  kind  of  a  frontier 
missionary  preacher,  I  cannot  help  it,  and  I  do 
IK  t  want  to  help  it  very  much. 

The  Lord  willing,  we  will  start  West  the  fifth 
of  June;  until  that  lime  you  can  address  your  let- 
ters to  me  at  Shannon,  Carroll  Co.,  III.  From 
the  fifth  to  the  fifteenth  of  June  I  want  to  put  in 
my  time  any  place  that  the  brethren  may  think 
best,  iu  the  Eastern  portion  of  Iowa.  By  the 
l.')th  we  want  to  be  in  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  un  our 
way  further  West  ;  my  wifi;  will  accompany  me. 
Brethren  wishing  to  write  me,  can  address 
their  letters  to  Quarry,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  care 
of  JlIiu  Murray, 
Nao  Bedford.  III. 


From    Southern    Illinois. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

BRO  T.  D.  Lyon  an  I  I  held  a  meeting  at  Se- 
cor,  in  the  C.  M.  church,  with  the  under- 
standing thai  we  were  to  have  the  use  of  the 
bouse  until  we  would  see  lit  to  close.  The  first 
evening  or  so.  the  congregation  was  rather  small  ; 
but  it  still  continued  to  increase  until  we  had 
about  a  full  houHe.  good  attention  and  good  order. 
Bro.  T.  I).  Lyiiu  had  been  requested  to  preach  on 
Trine  Immersion,  which  be  did.  After  meeting 
closed,  their  old  miniater  walked  up  into  the 
stand  aud  said  that  he  would  review  Trine  Im- 
mersion, Feet-washing  and  the  Lord's  Supper, 
when  we  got  through,  which  was  quite  a  damper 
"u  tlie  meeting,  inasmuch  as  it  said,  these  jieople 
have  not  preached  the  truth.  As  I  did  not  feel 
willing  to  continue  the  meeting  iu  this  fog,  I 
went  to  him  next  morning  and  asked  him  to  make 
his  review  the  coming  night,  aud  theu  we  could 
go  on  with  our  meeting  until  we  got  through.  — 
But  he  said  that  he  would  announce  it  that  even- 
ing, and  make  his  review  the  next.  So  we  agreed, 
and  that  night  I  spoke  from  the  full  Commission. 
After  meeting  he  announced  to  the  congregation, 
that  he  would  preach  on  the  subject  of  Trine 
Bnptism,  the  Fectrwathing  and  the  Lord's  Sup- 
per. 


When  the  evening  came,  he  said  nothing  about 
it,  but  reviewed  my  discourse,  and  that  the  next 
night  he  would  review  his  former  subject.  This 
he  did,  but  according  to  my  judgment  did  not  suc- 
ceed Very  well.  So.  uking  two  nights  out  of  our 
meeting,  and  destroying  the  interest,  we  thought 
beat  to  just  quiL  But  as  it  seemed  to  be  a  good 
lime  for  reviewing,  I  met  iheir  two  preachers  next 
morning   and    told    them,    that    there   had   been 

ougb  croee-firing  done,  and  that  I  would  now 
meet  either  of  them,  and  we  would  review  our 
differences,  until  we  were  through  ;  when  the  old 
man  excused  himself  on  account  of  age.  aud  said 
that  the  other  was  the  man.  So  we  let  it  re-st. 
telling  them,  that  they  must  father  all  that  they 
nuree  in  their  church,  and  we  would  do  the  same. 
So  in  a  few  days  we  went  back  and  offered  the 
following  proposition  : 

In  order  that  we  may  have  a  better  under- 
ilanding  between  our  respective  denominations, 
the  Uunkards  and  Campbellites,  we  agree  to 
meet  and  discuss  our  differences  of  doctrine  and 
practice;  each  to  defend  what  they  fellowship 
aud  tolerate  in  their  church  ;  each  to  afiirm  their 
own  doctrine  aud  practice.  We  also  otlered  as  a 
starting-point,  that  the  Dunkards  are  nearer 
right  than  the  Campbellites.  or  they  might  affirm. 
But  he  would  not  come  to  time,  backed  out  likea 
man,  saying,  with  this  proposition  we  would  dig 
down  towards  the  bard  pan, 

James  K.  Gish. 

liotinohf.  III. 


From  Jewell  Co.,    Kansas. 

Ikiir  li.rlhreu:- 

AFEW  lines  from  this  part  of  the  country,  will 
probably  prove  acceptable  to  you.  Our 
country  certainly  is  not  excelled  by  nuy  of  the 
great  Western  States,  and  has  some  advantages 
not  enjoyed  by  others. 

Our  soil  wo  consider  inexhaustible,  and  our 
climate  we  consider  as  good  as  can  be  found  in 
America.  It  is  generally  admitted  that  we  have  a 
better  climate  than  Nebraska,  and  a  better  soil 
than  Southern  Kansas  and  our  country  is  settling 
up  with  a  rn|iidity  that  is  astonishing.  We  have 
two  organized  churches  of  the  Brethren  iu  this 
county.  This,  (White  Rock)  and  Bewak.  num- 
bering altogether  about  130  members,  but  there 
is  still  a  demand  for  ministering  brethren  to  move 
here.  There  is  some  government  land  here  yet. 
and  some  very  cheap  farms  and  claims  for  sale, 
ud  I  would  just  add  that  for  a  healthy  country, 
we  can  compete  with  Colorado. 

I  will  cheerfully  correspond  with  Eastern  Breth- 
ren, who   want    information    about   this   country, 

111  a  view  of  emigrating  thither. 

Yours  Fraternally, 

J.  D.  SWITZER. 


From    Iowa. 

l>atr  lireflinn:— 
riIHE  Southern  District  council  of  Iowa,  hehl 
X  with  the  Monroe  Co.,  brethren,  passed  ofi 
very  pleasantly  the  12lh  and  llJth  of  April.  — 
Peace  aud  harmony  prevailed  throughout  the  en- 
tire proceedings  of  the  council.  But  four  queries 
were  under  consideration. 

The  Church  Extension  Union  was  taken  cogni- 
zance of,  and  disposed  of  as  follows  :  While  wt 
endorse  the  Church  E-xtensJon  Union  as  a  great 
and  glorious  work,  aud  wish  it  unbounded  sue 
in  extending  the  borders  of  Zion,  would  prefer  to 
keep  up  our  own  missionary  work,  commenced  by 
tliis  district  council,  held  at  Ml.  Edna,  Adams 
Co.,  in  1S;4. 

AVe  had  preaching  at  three  ditierent  places  at 
night  during  the  time.  The  church  iu  Monroe 
Co.,  is  under  the  care  of  Elder  Daniel  Miller,  as- 
sisted in  the  ministry  by  Hiram  Burkmau  and 
Daniel  Miller,  jun. 

We  found  many  young  members  iu  that  congre- 
gation, that  are  au  ornament  to  the  church.  May 
the  good  Master  help  them  to  be  faithful  to  the 
eud  1  .M.  Myeiw. 

MacJi-iburg,  la. 


OLE^Niiisras. 


From  Duiicaiisville  Coneresatioii.  —  God 

bless  the  abundant  efforts  you  are  putting  forth  to 
sow  the  seeds  of  truth  and  righteousness  in  the 
heartii  of  Hb  people.  Sabbath,  April  14th  was 
the  regular  day  for  services  here.  The  weather 
was  delightful.  The  house  was  well  filled  with 
auxious  listeners.  We  found  upon  reaching  the 
place  of  meeting  that,  much  to  our  suqirise.  Bro. 
Joseph  B.  Sell,  of  Elk  Lick,  Somerset  Co,,  Fa., 
would  address  tlie  meeting.  He  spoke  from 
James  1st  chapter,  latter  clause  of  the  23rd  verse 
"He  is  likea  man,  beholding  his  natural  face  in  a 
glass."  He  portrayed  the  subject  to  our  minds 
first  in  a  temporal,  then  in  a  spiritual  point  of 
view.     The  sermon  was  concluded  by  Bro.  James 


A.  Sell.  who.  it  is  known  by  nmoy  of  our  reader 
was  absent  from  home,  preaching  for  ahom  ,^' 
months.  It  is  also  known  by  many  that  B^ 
Joseph  B.  Sell  iu  former  years  was  one  .,f  ^  ' 
speakers  iu  this  congregation.  He  and  compaj. 
ion  were  here  on  a  farewell  visit  to  their  friend 
when  they  exjwct  to  start  for  a  field  of  labor  i 
Sbouls,  Ind.  God  bless  the  dear  brother  and 
family  in  their  mission  field,  so  that  their  lahoj, 
may  he  crowned  with  a  home  "^t  God's  right  hand 
is  the  prayer  of  your  sister  in  Christ,  ' 

E.  R.  Stifler. 
From  Cerro  Gordo,  III.  —Had  meetiug  ;„ 

the  Methodist  church  at  Ogden,  Champaigu  Co 
111.,  and  one  meeting  at  St.  Joseph,  where  we  ban! 
tized  three,  with  good  prospects  for  more,  fh 
Uuiversalist  minister  soon  left  Ogden,  as  he  cojU 
only  get  a  few  hearers  I  would  like  if  eome  of 
our  missionaries  would  stop  at  Ogden. 

John  Metzoeii. 

From  -ishlami  College.  —  Operatinoa  hate 
now  commenced  on  the  College  grounds,  nnd  tha 
Trustees  have  appointed  regular  meetings  to  ho 
held  during  the  Summer  and  Fall,  on  the  secouj 
Tuesday  of  each  mouth,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,aDd 
the  Building  Committee  to  meet  every  Saturdav 
at  one  o'clock  P.  -M.,  diiriug  the  Summer  and 
Fall.  All  correspondence  eouceming  soliciting 
funds  and  subscriptions,  should  be  addressed  to 
the  Secretary.     By  order  of  the  Trustees, 

H.  K.  MvERe,  Sec'y. 

From  (iriimly  (Vnter,  Iowa.— We  are  still 
in  a  prosperous  condition  here.  Bro.  Baslior  wnj 
with  us  aud  gave  us  four  meetings.  The  Word 
was  preached  with  power,  aud,  we  hope,  may 
bring  fruit  accordingly.  Our  town  is  growing 
very  fast ;  last  Spring,  when  I  came  here,  there 
were  only  two  meinbera  at  this  place.  Now  there 
are  eighteen  members  here,  and  we  have  one  of 
the  finest  counties  iu  the  State,  good  society,  ivat. 
er,  and  land  of  a  superior  quality.  To  hrelhreu 
and  sisters  who  are  thinking  of  making  a  move 
we  would  say.  Come  and  see  our  town  and  couu. 
try.  J.  M.  SxYDEtt, 

From.Alltioch,  i'lil.  —  Our  meetings  com- 
nieuced  the  first  of  March,  at,  what  ia  called  the 
East  Union,  on  the  sand  plains,  near  Eld.  George 
Wolfe's  place.  There  were  four  preachers  the 
most  of  the  time,'naniely  Eider  Wolfe,  S.  Broad- 
hurst,  J.  P.  Wolfe  and  Waldemar  Meyers.  Tliey 
preached  Christ  and  Him  crucified,  which  made 
sinners  tremble  and  saints  to  rejoice.  We  had 
rainy  weather  a  part  of  the  time,  but  not  enough 
to  stop  meetings.  I  stayed  here  one  month  and 
was  much  pleased  to  see  four  make  the  noble  con- 
fession, and  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side. 

Grain  looks  well  and  we  expect  big  crops  thU 
year.  Haying  will  commence  the  first  of  May, 
God  bless  you  and  your  work. 

Thomas  Morgax, 

From  A.  N.  Hlllfmail.— I  have  been  reading 
your  paper,  and  like  it  very  much.  I  think  it  ii 
just  the  paper  for  everybody  to  read,  and  I  wisli 
to  subscribe  for  it,  as  I  do  not  get  to  hear  the 
brethren  preach  very  often.  There  are  five  oiem. 
bei-s  here,  all  of  the  same  family,  those  are  all  the 
members  near  us.  We  moved  from  Oregon  here 
last  Fall,  and  I  hope  there  will  more  come,  and 
settle  close  hy,  so  we  could  have  preaching  more 
frequently.  This  is  a  new  country,  just  settling 
up.  There  is  good  land  here  to  be  taken  yet,  but 
there  is  a  big  immigration  to  this  country  now, 
they  are  coming  iu  every  day,  and  I  hope  there 
will  be  some  Brethren  among  them. 

Pine  Creek,  Whitman  Co..  W.  Ti/. 

Siinilay-School  Organized.  —  On  Sunday, 
April  the  7th,  the  members  belonging  lo  ths 
Greenville  meeting- bouse,  located  on  the  Eastern 
side  of  the  Allegheny  moimtains,  and  helouging 
to  the  Meyersdale  congregation,  met  t"  orgaiiiiiea 
Sunday-school.  Quite  a  number  of  the  member* 
and  friends  of  the  cause  having  convent,  Bro, 
Hady  was  calletl  Ut  the  chair,  who,  with  appropri- 
ate remarks  addressed  the  n.eeting,  followed  by 
C.  G.  Lint.  After  the  meeting,  officers  were  ap- 
pointed to  serve  for  one  month,  after  which  they 
will  be  elected  for  one  year.  The  prospects  fur  a 
good  school  are  rather  flattering;  hope  they  tuay 
succeed  in  having  good  attendance  and  the  good 
results,  ihey  are  laboring  for.  The  school  is  to 
oonveiie  every  Sundiy  at  !(  o'clock  during  tlie 
Summer  months.  May  God's  blessings  cro«n 
their  eirort,-'.  W,  G.  Likt, 


W.  U.  R.  R,  Time  Table. 


Day  passenger  train  going  eaat  leaves  Laaark  •!  I'i" 
P.  M..  find  arriYcs  in  Itacine  nt  6:48  P.  M. 

Day  paasengor  Irnin  goiug  west  leaves  Lonark  at  3:  I*  V. 
M..  nnil  arrives  at  Hook  iHland  at  6:60  P.  M, 

Nigbl  paaticnger  irainti.  going  cost  and  wpgt,  iii«l  ■•* 
leave  Lauark  ol  2:  IK  .\.  M  .  arriving  in  Kacine  at  V:W 
A.    M..    null   at    Rock  Islftnd  at  6:00  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Accomraodntion    Trains    will   run    ««'  •• 

l;i;10A     M.    10:   &0  A.  51.,  and  eobt  Ql  12:  l"^"- 

and  4:  46  P.  IM.  „        «, 

Ticbeia  are  floW   for   above   (rains   anly.     P"^'*' 

trains  make  close  conueclion  at  WeBlcrn  UnioQ  Jum-  ' 
G,  A.  SMira.  A|<ot 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Mow  1  Brhuj   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unio  All  People.^-LvKE  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  May  16, 1878. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J,  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


B.  H.  MILLER, 

J.  \\.  STKIX. 
n.  VANIM-VN, 

D.  B.  Mr.XTzru. 

MATTIT-:  A.  LF.X 


-  LADOOA,  imt. 

-  NKWTOKIA,  MO. 

-  -  VIRDEN.  ILL. 

-  WAYNTtsnoilO,  PA. 

-  tmiUN'A,    ILL. 


MISSIONARY  HYMN. 

HARK!  the  voice  of  Jesus  crying, — 
'■  Who  will  go  and  work  to-day? 
rkhU  aie  white  nnd  harvest  waiting; 
Who  will  hear  the  sheaves  away?" 
Louil  and  strong  the  Master  calleth, 

Rich  reward  He  offers  the": 
Who  will  answer,  gladly  saying, 
"  Here  am  I;  send  me,  send  nic!" 

If  yon  cannot  cross  the  ocean, 

Aud  the  heathen  lands  explorf, 
You  can  find  the  heathen  neai^er, 

You  can  help  them  at  your  door, 
If  you  cannot  give  your  thousands, 

Yaa  can  give  the  widow's  mite; 
And  the  leaat  von  do  for  .lesus. 

Will  he  precious  in  His  sight. 

If  yoii  cannot  speak  like  angels, 

If  you  cannot  preach  like  Paul, 
You  can  tell  the  love  of  Jesus, 

Yon  can  say  He  died  for  all. 
If  you  cannot  rouse  the  wicked 

With  the  judgment's  dread  alarms, 
You  can  lead  the  little  children 

To  the  Savior's  waiting  arms. 

If  you  cannot  he  the  watchman, 

Standing  high  on  Zion's  wall, 
Pointing  out  the  path  to  heaven, 

Offering  life  and  peace  to  all; — 
With  your  prayers  and  with  your  bounties 

You  can  do  what  heaven  demands; 
You  can  be  like  faithful  Aaron, 

Holding  up  the  prophet's  hands. 

If  among  the  older  people, 

Yon  may  not  be  apt  to  teach; 
"  Feed  my  Iambs,"  said  Christ  our  Shepherd, 

"  Place  the  food  within  their  reach." 
Aud  it  may  be  that  the  children 

You  have  led  with  trembling  hand. 
Will  be  found  among  your  jewels, 

When  you  reach  the  better  laud. 

Let  none  hear  you  idly  saying, 

"There  is  nothing  I  can  do," 
While  the  souls  of  men  are  dying, 

Aud  the  Master  calls  for  you. 
Take  the  task  He  gives  you  gladly, 

Let  Hia  work  your  pleasure  be; 
Answer  quickly  when  He  calleth, 

"  Here  am  I;  send  me,  send  me!" 

Selected  by  Mahv  Hillery. 


ONE  THING  IS  NEEDFUL. 

BY  C.  H.  BiUSnACGH. 

To  Brother  J.  C.  Horsh.  of  Illinois.— 

THANKS  for  your  Heaven-savoring  missive. 
I  could  not  satisfactorily  decipher  your  ad- 
ih-ess.  and  ao  my  reply  wjis  returned.  I  now 
send  it  to  press,  in  hope  of  its  reaching  you. 
Mary  chose  the  good  part,  which  was  promised 
her  as  everlasting  possession.  Sitting  at  the 
feet  of  Jesus  was  not  the  choice  which  Christ 
80  highly  commended.  The  complaint  of  Mar- 
tha against  her  sister  was  not  without  ground, 
even  in  Heaven's  Order.  God  is  a  Mighty  Work- 
er, and  80  is  His  Son.  "  My  Father  iwrketli 
h'thn-to,  and  I  itorh"  Christ  needed  a  good 
dinner  as  much  an  Martha  needed  Bread  from 
Heaven.  She  might  have  shared  Mary's  "good 
part"  even  while  busy  in  the  pantry  and  while 
preparing  a  meal  for  the  hungry  Savior  and  His 
Disciples.     Mary'a  station   at  the  feet  of  the 


No.  20. 


Godiuau  may  have  been  n  typical  act,  but  what 
it  represented  dhe  might  have  enjoyed  in  tlic 
kitchen  frying  meat  or  baking  bread.  Her 
choice  was  Ji-sus,  not  a  ppcuHar  physical  pos- 
ture. She  had  a  true  appreciation  of  His  In- 
carnation, and  a  perfect  reposeof  soul  in  it,  and 
this  f!0»  infiuiMy  better  than  Martha's  fii,«y 
tido  about  "  the  meat  that  pcrisheth."  My  mind 
tilli  out  the  uiilinished  Gosjiel  picture  by  bring- 
ing Mary  nith  a  bound  to  her  feet  to  a.'vsist  her 
fretting  sister  to  hasten  dmner.  The  "  one 
thing  needful "  will  not  bo  etherealiaa  us  a.s  to 
raise  us  above  food  and  raiment.  But  it  will 
unquestionably  so  acclimate  us  to  the  higher  cit- 
izenship as  to  leave  behind  the  follies  of  fikshinu. 
and  the  indulgence  of  artificial  appntites.  Mary'.-J 
choice  does  not  mean  a  goatee  and  dandy  lip 
for  the  Brethren,  and  hats  and  chignons  for  the 
sisters.  Christ's  whole  life  ^vas  a  preparation 
for  the  Cross;  nnd  in  accepting  Him  we  begin 
where  He  ended. 

To  take  Mary's  typical  position  is  to  welcome 
the  thorn-crown,  the  nails,  and  the  derision, 
and  the  death-agony.  The  prickly  coronet  of 
tho  world's'eon tempt  does  not  fit  the  head  that 
glories  in  fashionable  rigging;  nor  the  cup  of 
atoning  Divine-human  blood  the  lips  befouled 
with  carnal  mistiness. ,  The  Divine  sifter  is  fine 
enough  to  catch  the  most  infinitesimal  gnat,  aud 
our  throats  should  not  have  room  enough  for 
the  passage  of  a  camel.  No  one  can  sit  at  the  feH 
of  Jesus  who  has  not  found  the  Crucified,  and 
to  find  Him  is  to  lose  ail  else.  Here  is  the 
trouble  \vith  our  pleasure-loving,  flesh-humor- 
ing, world-worshiping  members.  They  know 
not  the  import  and  glory  of  having  "  fellow- 
ship with  Christ's  sufferings."  They  will  rath- 
er be  under  the  ban  of  the  Cliurch  and  the 
frown  of  the  Crucified,  than  break  with  tbe 
world. 

A  certain  Lutheran  fashion-worshiper  calls  our 
dressy  members  "  se/isii/p  Ckrlsfians."  Sense- 
less idolatry  rather.  When  the  soul  is  in  sym- 
pathy with  the  Cross,  we  "are  crucified  to  the 
world,  aud  the  world  unto  us."  There  is  no 
inconsistency  in  Lutherans  going  with  the 
world;  but  Christ  is  "  ho?  of  the  world,"  and 
Christians  are  like  Him.  The  life  of  Jesus  in 
us,  will  express  itself  in  the  mould  of  His  In- 
carnation. "One  thing  is  needful" — to  l)e 
what  Jesus  was  in  the  flesh,  "  holi/,  haruilpss, 
tnidejikil,  sepajiate  fkou  slnners  "'  IN  CHAIt- 
ACTER  AND  CONDUCT.  This  is  Christian: 
all  else  is  the  offspring  of  Anti-chriat, 


A  BEOINNING. 


lav  aside  every  weight-  Some  appear  to  a*:t  ils  ' 
tliough  thrre  were  no  line  of  demarcation  be- 
tween tho  church  and  the  world,  except  that 
which  is  made  at  the  table  of  the  Lord.  The 
great  question  which  every  one  \•^  bound  to  an- 
swer, is  uothow  far  he  mft>-HYe  away  from  God.  ^^  thelwgiiining  God  cruat«I°th»'  I»-area» 
andyotboa  Christian,  nor  bow  near  hf  may  I '"""^'^^'*'"'- '  ^"^  >"  t^hii.  U-ginuinR  Gudrre- 
imitate  the  world,  and  yet  maintain  hia  stand-  I  "'"''  nian— Adam  and  Eve.  and  from  (hem  all 
ng  in  tho  church,  but  how  ho  may   most  hon- p'"^  ""''*'I*''*^'' "''^''^ntt  of  human   beinK"  have 


4  LL  created  k-ings  have  a  begin,u„g,  ■•  Ip 
i\     the '--'-  '"    '  -     - 


THE  DANGERS  OF  WORLDLY 

PLEASURE. 

BY  JAMES  STONE. 

FROM  the  consideration  of  the  dangers  which 
beset  the  Christian  in  his  conduct  with 
the  world,  and  temptations  which  too  often 
draw  the  professed  child  of  God  aside  from  du- 
ty aud  true  happiness;  if  weare  truly  children 
of  God,  we  have  been  chosen  by  Him  in  His 
eternal  counsel,  to  a  life  of  usefulness,  as  well  an 
to  a  life  of  holiness.  Everything  iu  our  posi- 
tion in  the  age  in  which  we  live,  in  the  solemn 
duties  to  which  we  are  called  in  the  terms  of 
salvation,  and  the  price  paid  for  our  redemption, 
calls  on  us  to  aim  at  a  high  standard  of  piety, 
and  to  the  attainment  of  eminent  holiness.  If 
we  would  have  at  last  an  abundant  entrance  in- 
to the  kingdom  of  God,  we  must  make  religion 
the  business  of  life;  it  is  not  enough  to  proffss 
it,  we  must  be  so  permeated  with  the  Spirit  of 
Christ  that  it  shall  shine  forth  in  every  act  of 
life.  It  is  because  the  love  of  tho  world  and 
conformity  to  it,  hinder  the  prayers  of  the 
Christian,  prevent  his  usefulness,  destroy  his 
influence  and  miir  his  peace  of  heart,  that 
I  wish  to  present  to  us  the  dangers  nnd  evils  of 
seeking  after  worldly  pleasures  and  amusements, 
of  conforming  to  worldly  customs  and  tastes. 
and  the  vain  and  trifling  fashions. 
The  motto  of  the   Christian  should  bo,  let  us 


or  his  Savior  and  promote  the  interests  of  His 
cause  and  the  salvation  of  imuU:  ami  tho  pood 
rule  of  Christian  life  i.s.  whether  yo  eat  or  drink 
or  whatever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of  Goch 
Contormlty  to  thu  world,  renders  a  man  or  wo- 
man nsuless  as  a  memlH-r  of  the  church  of  Christ, 
the  object  for^vhidi  they  an-  placed  there,  in  to 
honor  ()od  and  advance  the  interests  of  His 
kingdom.  "Heroin."  saith  Clirist.  "is  my 
Father  glorified  that  ye  bear  much  fruit."  But 
he  who  allows  himself  to  be  drawn  aj<ide  from 
his  profession  and  to  become  conformed  to  the 
world  initssinful  tastes  and  fashions  ami  amuse- 
ments, loses  not  only  the  confidence  of  his 
brethren,  but  the  respect  of  the  world  us  a 
Christian;  his  influence  as  a  Christian  censes 
when  he  crosses  the  Hue  that  divides  the  church 
and  the  world 

Even  the  enemies  of  our  holy  religion  respect 
and  honor  the  man  who  leads  a  life  consistent 
with  hisCLristian  profession,  and  look  upon 
their  lives  as  a  more  convincing  argument  in 
favor  of  the  truth  of  Christianity,  than  all  the 
demonstrations  of  the  defenders  of  the  Gosp,-l. 
The  logic  of  the  life  often  succeeds,  while  other 
testimony  fails.  Hut  he  who  in  eft'ect  tells  the 
world  that  religion  has  no  pleasures,  and  who 
when  he  desires  them,  seeks  tbera,  amid  sceneB 
of  gayety  and  amusements  and  dissipation,  of 
what  use  is  ho  as  a  witness  for  Christr'  What 
new  lessons  does  he  give  of  the  value  and  pow- 
er of  religion?  What  proof  does  he  afford  that 
"wisdom's  ways  are  pleasantness,  and  ail  her 
paths  are  peace  V"  So  far  from  being  a  witness 
for  Christ,  he  is  leading  men  to  question  the 
reality  of  the  religion  he  professes,  and  to  de- 
spise the  Gospel  whose  effect  he  fearfully  mis- 
represents. His  example  so  far  as  it  extends,  is 
an  injury  to  the  cause  he  professes,  whenever 
he  passes  over  to  the  world,  and  is  led  ostay  by 
its  wiles.  He  cannot  stand  neutral.  If  he  is 
doing  no  good,  he  is  accomplishing  evil.  It 
the  fig  tree  is  barren,  it  is  acnmborer  of  the 
ground. 

The  cause  of  religion  suffera  whenever  its 
professors  fail  to  manifest  its  proper  results. 
And  Christ,  were  He  questioned.  What  are 
the.se  wounds  in  thy  hands  y  might  answer,  those 
with  which  I  was  wounded  in  the  house  of  my 
friends,  many  a  fair  and  flourishing  professor 
has  goue  back  to  the  world,  parleying  with 
temptations.  Our  own  age  and  times  have  pro- 
duced more  than  one  appalling  example  of  men 
who  once  stood  high  in  the  church,  but  who 
yielding  to  the  fa.scinations  of  pleasure  that  the 
world  called  innocent,  were  drawn  down  to  ruin. 

Tile  Gospel  admits  of  no  compromise  with 
the  wtirld,  it  requires  of  us  that  we  give  all  to 
Christ,  that  when  we  have  laid  our  poor  sinful 
hearts  at  the  foot  of  His  cross,  that  there  they 
might  be  washed  and  renewed;  we  consecrate 
their  entire  affections  and  impulses  to  the  ser- 
vice of  Him  who  died  that  we  might  live.  The 
sight  of  that  cross  should  forever  annihilate  all 
thoughts  of  self,  aud  all  desire  for  any  pleasures 
which  do  not  spring  from  the  love  aud  grace 
of  Christ.  lU'solve  then  in  His  strength  that 
you  will  forsake  nil  to  follow  Him,  and  that  you 
will  renounce  everything  tliat  may  interfere  with 
His  service.  Yon  have  a  glorious  vocation. 
Look  over  the  sacred  oracles  and  see  with  what 
dignity  and. honor  the  Christian  is  invested, 
linked  as  ho  is  with  the  sovereign  and  eternal 
purposes  of  God.  The  apostle  says,  "  ye  are  » 
a  chosen  generation,  a  royal  priesthood,  a  holy 
nation,  a  peculiar  people,  that  ye  should  shew 
forth  the  praise  of  Him  who  hath  called  yon  out 
of  darkness  into  His  marvelous  light." 


originated.  From  this  beginning  th*-  »..nrls  of 
heaven  are  made  to  sing  with  praise  to  the  Cre- 
ator, and  from  the  same  bcginninB,  iire  filM, 
th«  pit*  of  hell,  and  the  cries  -of  bimentotioB 
are  hf-ard  from  tho  regionx  of  thedamnwl. 

.  "  Little  begiuningH  sometimes  make  big  md- 
ings."  For  inntance,  a  atone  in  a  stream  smnu- 
tinies  is  the  cause  of  an  inland;  thentono  breaks 
tho  forc-e  of  the  current,  and  the  sand  bo^ins  to 
gather  Iwtween  iUnd  it  continues  to  Jiccumulatft 
until  on  island  i»  formed.  Tho  largo  Dunes  on 
tlio  Baltic  are  formed  in  this  way,  any  little  ob- 
ject that  is  placed  on  the  wavo-beat*n  shore 
may  cause  gn-at  dunea,  it  may  only  hold  a  Hninlt 
measure  of  sand  at  the  fii>it  wave,  but  each  suc- 
ceeding wave  leaves  its  portion  behind  tbe  small 
heaps,  and  though  it  may  t4vke  years  to  hnild  it, 
tho  finidnal  depo.iit  of  sand  there  by  tho  wavea, 
grows  higher  and  higher,  until  it  Iwomes  a 
mountain  of  sand,  and  the  fern,  sand  out*,  pin* 
and  Kpnice  take  hold,  and  the  consoqueuce  ia. 
that  the  one  Hat  wave-beaten  shore,  now  is  ■ 
mountain  covered  with  large  trees,  brush  and 
gras.ws.  So  little  beginnings  have  often  made 
mount.iina  that  are  able  to  breast  the  fierce 
storm  and  the  mighty  heating  waves, 

Just  so  with  the  seeker  after  truth,  at  first 
his  iniud  may  be  as  barren  as  the  wave-heat*a 
shore;  but  finally  he  lays  liold  of  one  of  Gt^d's 
promises,  this  holds  some  sand  or  proves  an  in- 
centive to  lay  hold  on  other  promises— every 
wave  leaves  its  portion,  or  every  thought  adds 
strength  to  tho  cause,  and  so  he  goes  on  grow- 
ing stronger  and  stronger,  until  ho  becomes  able 
to  resist  the  beating  waves  of  temptation,— t-r- 
ery  word  of  God's  truth  has  been  as  a  grain  of 
sand  to  add  to,  and  strengthen  the  now  ponder- 
ous mountain  that  is  able  to  resist  every  beset- 
ment  of  a  fierce  enemy. 

A  break  in  the  levee  of  the  Mississippi  widens 
and  grows  larger  until  a  great  volume  of  wa^ 
tor  is  let  out,  and  thousands  of  acres  are  over- 
flowed. Just  80  with  the  good  designed  per- 
sons, if  they  yield  to  one  temptation,  however 
small  it  may  seem,  it  is  a  break  in  men's  moral 
character,  and  one  temptation  will  succ«'ed 
another,  once  they  yield  onetime  ofU-r  another, 
until  they  become  engulfed  in  the  very  pit  of 
despair  before  thej-  are  aware  of  it.  Many 
other  little  beginnings  often  moke  great,  bad 
endings.  As  for  instance  one  sip  of  ardent 
spirits  sometimes  is  not  only  the  cause  of  pre- 
mature death,  but  sinks  the  soul  lower  than  the 
grave.  One  bad  word  sometimes  makes  a  very- 
great  swearer,  and  even  worse,  it  sometiuies  is 
the  introduction  of  blasphemy.  One  bad  act 
sometimes  takes  a  man  to  prison,  penetentiary, 
and  even  the  gallows.  Hence  we  s*;e  that  one 
drink,  one  haJl  word,  oroue  bad  act,  often  results 
in  the  worst  of  misery,  the  greatest  of  crimes, 
besides  sinking  the  soul  to  a  miserable  hell. 


GUIDES 

LEISURE  is  sweet  to  those  who  have  eiirned~ 
it,  but  burtheusome  to  those  who  get  it 
for  nothing. 

If  you  ever  promise  at  all,  take  care,  at  least, 
that  it  be  to  nobody   that  may  suffer  by  trust- • 
ing  you. 

He  who  wishes  to  reap  a  har^'ost  of  the  tears 
of  sincerity,  must  first  sow  the  troe  love  in  bis 
bosom. 

God  accepts  man's  hearty  desire,  and  tlio  will 
instead  of  the  deed,  when  tbey  have  not  the 
power  to  fulfill  it. 

lie  tliat  does  good  for  good's  sake,  srcks 
neither  praise  nor  reward,  thougLsun-  of  both. 


THK  Hia-:THrtK:N^  at  AyonK. 


May    IP, 


JEHOVAH'S  DWELLING  PLACE. 

^rilEKK  i"  «  triitti  so  great 
I      Natup--  lUriT  not  ilfny. 
Vvt  fottlisli  man  -it"  in  rtftiate. 
And  Jmilil"  o  Ood  cin  higli. 

"In  my  wimi)  rnyw  lie  ilwelW 

Siiith  tlte  ni»ri«ing  «u». 
Anrl  crim.rm  »k.v  at  Iwilielit  lell« 

Wliohalli  it»  linling  iloiip. 

O.ully  tlie  falUnc  lie" 

Fit-lien»  tlie  fliinliurnt  "otX, 
And  whi»pen  nweetly.  "  Unto  you 

I  ani  Jehovah.  God." 
"  In  me."  tlie  thunder  roars: 

"  In  me."  the  rain.4ln>ps  ery;  ^^ 

"  In  our  jiavillion  upward  soar*." 

The  gatlierinft  cIoud.s  rejdy. 

"  And  on  my  ajiceity  winB» 
Kideth."  the  wliirlwind  saitli; 

Tlie  iieri\im«l  iiir,  ole'vinj;.  hrings 
lli»  ever-(|iiiekening  lirealh. 

Tlie  Rarners  full  of  grain, 
The  leeniiue  earth  and  sea, 

Sing  evermoiv,  the  ghul  refrain, 
"  .Jehovah  dwellH  in  tiie." 

The  insect  chirps  his  thanks. 

And  drinks  liis  drop  of  dew- 
White  vicdetw  on  mossy  banks, 
Now  sweet  God  niaketh  you! 

An  "ld,oM  Unok-I  turn, 
riranning  its  leaves  all  o'er, 

.Idiovuh's dwellillB-plaee  I  leain. 
Is  lixed— tol'everiliore. 

Yet  a  more  powerful  voice 
Than  all  conihincsl  ean  he. 

Sings  me  this  sung,  and  I  rejoice, 
'Mohovnh 'dwells  in  me." 

— Scledril. 


INFIDELITY. 
UY  lu!.  rvmiNKy. 

AMlIS(:i;LAU-innn  mny  lioMtinsily 
lift  just  cine  oiinee  tnn  iiinch  jiiitl 
liccomc  disalilcd  fiii'  life.  An  intellrctu. 
nl  man,  religicnlsly  iiielincil,  mny  invest!- 
gnte  moi'e  tlinn  lie  ean  rninjireliend,  anil 
thus  get  Ills  imaginaticm  inflameil.  .Jeal- 
ousy is  reveraeil  love.  Infidelity  is  re- 
versed piety.  A  teai'leas  eye,  is  oft- 
lime.i  a  symptoni  or  indication  of  eon- 
gestion  of  tlie  brain.  When  a  promi- 
nent lawyer  of  tliis  eity  stood  liy  the 
deatL-lied  of  tlie  wife  lie-  jirofesseil  to 
love,  without  slleddini;  a  single  tear,  and 
afterward  issued  invitation  eards,  asking 
his  frieiiils  to  attend  the  funeral,  and 
'  como  with  a  elieerful  eountenauce,"  and 
then  read  to  them  a  discourse  written  liy 
himself,denouuc'ing  C-hrLstianityand  the 
clergy,  would  it  not  in  this  case  lie 
charitalile  to  suppose  him  to  be  the  vic- 
tim of  a  mental  delusion  or  hallucina- 
tion ? 

If  infidelity  is  a  disease,  then  it  is  acute 
and  chronic,  endemic  and  epidemic, 
mid  very  frciini-ntly  contagious.  The 
causes  are  various:  but  not  unfrequently 
petrous  meeting  with  church  troubles 
become  separated,  if  not  iu  fact  then 
ill  sympathy  from  the  body.  8uch 
charaetersnre  to  be  compared  to  a  meteor 
iu  space  attracted  by  nothing  else,  it 
gravitates  first  slowly,  tlicn  more  rapid- 
ly, and  finally  with  the  greatest  velocity 
strikes  the  center  of  attraction  in  the 
solar  sy.stem.  So  with  the  individual 
wdio  is  deprived  of  religious  society,  he 
will  eventually  land  in  a  moral  hell,  un- 
less attracted  as  he  pjisses  some  religious 
body  or  planet- 

That  kind  of  unbelief  which  is  con- 
tagious and  epidemic  is  only  met  with 
in  times  of  great  moral  commotion, 
and  among  the  people  more  than  one 
hundred  years  ago,  those  belonging  to 
the  American  colonies  became  restless 
and  the  spirit  of  insubordin,ation  had  full 
sway,  not  only  in  this  country,  but  in 
Prance  and  other  parts  of  the  woidd.  A 
very  small  tax  on  tea  was  grasped  as  a 


pieleM  and  revolt  against  the  king  caus- 
ing eight  years  of  revcdution.  Paine  the 
son  of  a  Quaker  who  had  cndcHled  him- 
self to  the  Aniericins,  went  to  Krance 
in  time  to  find  a  worse  state  of  society, 
here  he  witnessed  the  evils  of  ]iricst- 
craft.  The  constant  excitement  as  a  po- 
litical writer  in   America  dilated  and 


inor<linatc  self-esteem  is  reached.  Hence  terca.nc  to  His  own  and  His  own  receW, 
we  contend  that  "Every  one  that  is  |  ed  Him  not,  becaiuie  He  c.wie  not  i„  (),„ 
proud  at  heart  is  an  abomination  to  the  |  pmnp  and  spj«'d°"-  ™  <;'"'f' ""1  to  the 
Lord."  Humility  is  an  essential  trait  of 
the  Clin-stian  charticter. 


The  pious  of  every  age,  patriarchs  aiid 
prophets,  apostles  and  evangelists,  in 
w.alk  and  precept,  attest  the  truth  of  it. 
The  Master  Himself  in  His  grandest  cf- 


distorted  hisideas  loan  abnormal  degree;  |  ^^^^^  taught  the  importance  of  it,  for  it 
it  was  while-  intcvicateil  with  this  spirit, '  ^^..^^  jjj^  jrreatest  theme.  Witness  Him 
and  while  a  iiolitical  prisoner  without  a  ,  j.,,)|j„„  (j,,.  ,.j„imii  fioin  the  lowest  walks 
liible.  .-It  hnnil  that  he  wrote  a  iiortion  I  ^,,.  ,;,.,;.  i,,,,);;,,^,  Hinisrlf  of  no  reput.a- 
of  his  work  against  the  ]>r 


and  what 
he  supposed  to  be  their  religion  and  his 
"  Age  of  Rc,i.«on,"  is  one  n-lic  of  his  pro- 
ductions liming  the  political  cyclone 
througll  which  he  passed. 

A  hundred  yeai-s  have  pa-ssed  and 
wlint  do  we  see?  History  will  yet  re- 
cord the  events  of  the  last  t'ew  years  as 
the  most  remarkable  of  any  period  known 
to  the  world— the  .sjiirit  of  eoinliiunism 
radiating  from  Paris  in  ISTtl,  has  spread 
all  over  the  world,  the  cry  is  not,  down 
with  the  king,  but  down  with  the  (cap- 
ital and  the  capitalist— cities  and  cor- 
porations are  threatened  with  the  torch, 
insubordination  is  rampant  everywhere, 
business  has  become  prostrated  and  the 
suiiposed  rich  men  are  iliseovered  to  be 
poor.  The  honest  officials  arc  proven  to 
be  corrupt,  those  standing  high  in  the 
church  have  debarred  themselves  by  gross 
immoralities— our  whole  financial  sys- 
tem has  been  rotten,  and  men  mistrust 
and  fear  each  other.  AVhile  (he  Moody's 
of  Christendom  are  converting  infidels, 
the  Ingersol  of  America  and  Hradlauglis 
of  Europe  are  spreading  their  contagion 
among  Christians — surely  men's  hearts 
fail  thi'iii.  IIow  long  this  condition  of 
society  shall  continue  no  one  can  say,  but 
when  the  clouds  are  dispersed,  and  the 
dead  buried,  then  it  is  time  to  give  at- 
tention to  the  disabled,  and  Christ's 
method  of  teaching  should  be  adopted, 
when  He  says,  "  He  that  provideth  not 
for  his  own  household  is  worse  than  an 
infidel."  It  would  seem  that  this  cla.ss 
of  people  is  not  considered  hoiieless. 
Here  improvidence  is  a  greater  sin  than 
infidelity.  'When  Christ  drove  the  mon- 
ey changers  out  of  the  temple  He  han- 
dled them  rather  roughly;  tlie.y  doubt- 
less were  con.sidered  among  the  most  pi- 
ous of  the  Jews,  who  have  ever  counted 
aciiuisitiveness  a  virtue.  What  a  con- 
tra.st  in  His  treatment  of  Zaccheus  the 
skeptic,  he  wa-s  a  man  for  his  work.  So 
with  many  skeptics  of  this  generation, 
kind  and  winningwords  are  more  etfect- 
ual  than  abu.se  and  misrepresenation. 


PRIDE  AND  HUMILITY. 


IlY  B.  F.  MI.SS1.ER. 


at 
Mul. 


"H 


EAR  ye,  and  give  ear;  be  not 
proud:  for  the  Lord  hath  spok 
en  "  (.ler.  13:  15).  "  Be  not  highmind 
ed,  hut  fear  "(Rom.  11:  211).  Pride 
and  humility  are  correlative  or  opposite 
tei'ms;  and  the  Scriptures  as  forcibly 
condemns  the  one  as  they  commend  the 
other.  "  Pride  goeth  before  destruction," 
and  "  before  honor  is  humility."  And 
again  it  is  said,  "  God  resisteth  the  proud, 
and  giveth  grace  to  the  humble."  The 
jiopular  teaching,  that  a  man  to  heamon 
must  possess  some  degree  of  pride,  is  not 
stistamed  by  tlie  Word.  With  the  same 
logic,  as  well  contend  tliat,  to  lie  a  man, 
he  must  be  intemperate  to  some  degree. 
For  iiUempevitime  bears  the  same  relation 
to  temjferaiice,  or  .sobriety  that  pride 
bears  to  humility.  They  are  both  de- 
fined as  excesses;  the  term  inteiniierance 
not  being  applicable  to  the  w-se  of  any- 
thing until  the  point  of  €.vce.y8  is  reached, 
neither  the  term  pride  until  the  point  of 


tion  by  forbhiding  His  disciples  to  tell 
His  fame  abroad;  showing  them  in  the 
example  of  a  little  child  what  it  cost  to 
attain  to  honor  in  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
en ;  and  finally  bow'ing  down  to  the  low- 
est degree  of  humility  and  grn-sping,  as 
it  were,  in  one  embrace,  the  extreme 
height  an.l  depth  of  glory  and  humilia- 
tion, He  a-scends  to  the  right  band  of 
"  tlie  majesty  on  high,"  leaving  the  foot- 
jirints  ill  the  valley  of  humiliation,  and 
signifying  thereby  that  we,  too,  must 
tread  the  selfsame  road. 

Pride,  on  the  other  hand,  is  a  trait  of 
the  unregencrnte;  for  it  cannot  dwell  in 
the  heart  of  the  Christian.  It  is  the  sin- 
ner's vital  spirit,  the  main  sfiring  of  his 
actions.  Acknowledging  no  God,  but 
the  gratitication  of  his  carnal  apjietite, 
he  bows  at  every  shrine  that  promises 
perishing  wealth  or  worldlyjionor.  Pride 
w.as  Satan's  eondenination — tlie  weapon 
of  his  suicidal  action  when  he  fell  from 
his  exalted  iiosition.  He  thereforekuows 
its  power,  and  knows,  that  if  it  could 
drag  angels  down  to  hell,  haw  much 
more  effectually  it  can  be  used  Ui  hunt 
down  a  weak  and  already  fallen  race. 
Hence  he  is  so  eager  to  plant  the  seeds  of 
highmindedness.  early  in  the  hearts  of 
the  children  of  men  and  make  that  the 
leading  motive  of  their  lives,  that  it 
may  so  etlectually  occupy  the  ground  of 
the  mind  as  to  exclude  the  "  ffood  need" 
and  drag  his  victims  down  to  the  abode 
of  demons  and  spirits  damned. 

A  careful  observer  would  probably 
attriliute  the  eviLs  of  the  day  to  many 
causes  and  rightly  too.  But  the  most 
friglitfiil  smare  of  eviWs  pride.  It  is 
as  some  one  ^nid^the  fnthegotfen  of  the 
devil  and  was  implanted  in  tbe  heart  of 
our  ancient  mother  while  she  was  look- 
ing upon  tliat  fascinating  tvee  and  listen- 
ing to  the  unhallowed  suggestions  and 
false  rea-sonings  of  Satan.  Her  mind  be- 
coming inf-tited  with  the  idea  of  becom- 
ing a  fjoddens  in  wifidam,  she,  no  doubt, 
adopted  the  devil's  subterfuge  that, 
"  Whatever  is,  is  right,"  and  reasoning 
from  such  premises,  she  probably  con- 
cluded that  as  the  Lord  had  made  the 
fruit  good  to  the  taste  aud  pleasant  to 
the  eye,  and  had  placed  it  in  such  a  con- 
spicuous place,  he  intended  it  for  enjoy- 
ment. Having  silenced  her  conscience, 
she  raised  her  hand  and  plucked  the 
fi'uit.  The  rankling  poison  shot  through 
her  moral  system  and  brought  shame  and 
woe  upon  herself  and  the  myriads  of  her 
offspring- 

A\1iy  is  there  such  an  arra)^  of  o}ipo- 
sition  to  the  plain  teachings  of  the  Bi- 
ble f  Why  are  the  Scriptures  so  erimi- 
ually  wre-sted  from  their  true  meaning 
and  made  to  bend  to  the  whims  and  car- 
nal inclinations  of  so  many  of  the  ;?/'0- 
/,?^-^W  foUow^crs  of  the  meek  and  lowly 
Jesus?  Wliy  is  infidelity  raising  her 
ulcerous  form  and  swelling  her  blasphe- 
mous ranks  daily,  yea  hourly,  with  re 
eruits  from  the  rising  generation?  Are 
there  not  some  of  the  same  causes  work- 
ing to-day  that  operated  eighteen  liun- 
di-ed  years  ago  ?  Doejs  Satan  lay  aside 
a  weapon  because  it  has  become  old  with 
using?    Nay,  verily.    The  blessed  Mas- 


highniiiuled  Jews.  And  w-hen  convin,. 
cd  of  His  Messiahship,  many,  \\\f  ,j' 
young  man  whom  Jesus  loved,  turnel 
away  from  Him  w-heu  they  heanl  th 
"  hmnilitJj  was  the  price  of  gJortf^ 
titudes  ))rocrastinate  their  time  to-dny ), 
listening  to  the  wiles  of  Satan  which  h 
pl.-iys  upon  their  proud  hearts— i„„s,|,j. 
f'ying  every  sacrifice  to  double  proportiim, 
througll  the  instumeutality  of  prijp,  ^j^' 
that  instead  of  falling  iu  with  the  chil-' 
Iren  of  God,  they  turn  away  "  sorrow, 
ing,"  and  openly  oppose  the  messagi;  „f 
truth  or  flee  to  some  faith  in  wdiieh  the 
valley  of  Immility  is  bridged  over 
Many  churches  have  filled  U[i  that  vnb 
ley  which  abound  with  -so  many  bles,jj| 
promises  by  changing  or  discoiitiniiii,,; 
the  ordinances  of  the  house  of  God,  and 
rejecting  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity. 
Such  churches  have  become  leprous  witli 
sin  and  spotted  with  the  world.  Infidel, 
point  to  them  as  the  crowning  argiuiiem 
of  tlii^  falsity  of  Christianity.  The  Chris, 
tiau  world  stands  shocked,  and  the  fain 
of  many  is  shaken  by  the  impious  con. 
duct  of  leading  profes.sors  of  all  church, 
e.s.  Enslaved  by  fiushion  and  being 
"lovers  of  pleasure,"  they  seek  the 
haunts  of  wickedness  to  gratify  the  "Imt 
of  the  flesh,  the  lust  of  the  eye  and  the 
pride  Tif  life." 

Many  again,  bring  the  standard  of 
Christianity  so  lotv  that  they  can  the 
more  ea-sily  draw  in  the  multitudes  and 
swell  their  membership,  and  thus  gratify 
the  spiritual  pride  of  those  who  care  k^ 
for  souls  than  for  imposing  edifices  and 
thronged  congregations.  And  why  all 
this?  Vea,  and  more!  What  gnawine 
canker  has  eaten  to  the  hearts  of  many 
of  the  old  church  organizations  through, 
out  the  world,  and  made  them  wither  as 
under  some  blighting  curse,  so  that  they 
now  stand  only  as  monuments  of  humaD 
folly,  or  perhaps,  are  bearing  and  shed- 
ding the  deadly  fruits  of  Vjlasphemy  to 
the  destruction  of  many  precious  souls! 
What  is  it  th.at  renders  it  impossible  to 
recognize  many  professors  in  society,  on 
the  street  or  even  in  the  sacred  assembly, 
unless  it  be,  perhaps,  by  their  mocking 
efforts  to  have  the  world  believe  that 
they  have  a  shining  light  somewhere  by 
lifting  the  Iwihel  a  little,  or  throwing  a 
few  chips  into  the  fire  upon  the  hill  on 
Sabbath  days,  and  on  Monday  morning 
kicking  them  far  dowTi  iu  the  valley  that 
the  burning  and  smoking  faggots  may 
not  interfere  with  the  carnal  pursuits  of 
the  meek? 

Go  yonder  and  read  the  answer  to 
these  questions  in  those  gaudy  edifices, 
with  their  lofty  pinnacles,  their  flashy 
trappings,  their  gorgeous  pulpit  and 
five-thousaud-a-year  occupants.  Read 
it  in  the  rustling  silks,  the  downy  plumes 
and  the  jeweled  bosoms  that  gather 
around  their  polluted  altars.  Read  it  in 
the  unhallowed  walk,  the  haughty  hear- 
ing and  the  inordinate  ambition  of  the 
ministry  and  the  laity.  Ho,  read  ye,  as 
ye  run !  For  it  is  written  all  over,  with- 
in and  without,  with  the  devil's  own  Jien: 
Vied  of  hij/hmindedneas,  amhitiun  and 
pkide! 

But  fear,"  says   the   apostle.    Fe»' 


ef- 


says 
implies watchfulnessandan  unceasing 
fort  to  subdue  all  selfishness  and  vamty. 
Not  by  becoming  indifferent  to  all  tM  • 
needs  of  the  body  and  mind,  and  there- 
by inducing  .sloth  aud  slovenliness  to  the 
shame  of  the  church;  but  by  »  {'''''•'^J 
comprehension  of  the  precept,  "Be  n" 
conformed  to  this  world,"  and  "  I-*"  "' 
cleanse  our-selves  from  all  filthiueas  o^ 
the  flash  and   spirit.' 


an  t"^-—- 
We  should  floil 


our  tme  relation  and  dependence  i,n.>n 
(jod  in  the  dust  of  repentance,  and  then 
by  prayei-ful  vigilance,  maintain  that 
gtate  through  the  grace  of  God  promised 
■  --  Our  oyea  shall  then  see,  as  we 
.      Our  uothiugn&ss  will   then 


'rtlK    liKETttKElS^    .va^    AVOl^K. 


UDt«  1 


loom  up  «s  a  grc-at  mmethin^^  making 
yg  to  feel  humble,  shamefaced  and  de- 
pendent. Our  weaknesses  being  con- 
stantly before  our  eyes,  stimulate  us  to 
renewed  exertitms  to  become  strong  iu 
the  power  of  Chi-ist,  and  withdraw  all 
dependence  upon  self,  and  the  things 
that  weigh  us  down.  Being  thus  buried 
in  Christ,  we  are  able  to  fight  the  battle 

of  the  Lord  to   a  triumphant   endincr 

.  gave  our  souls  ami  gain  the  end  of  our 
being. 

THE  UNGRATEFUL  MAN. 

BY  JOHN  n.  PECK. 

TIIEKE  was  a  certain  poor  man,  who 
had  a  very  rich  neighbor;  unlike 
most  rich  men,  this  neiglibor  of  his  was 
very  good  and  kind;  so  much  so  that  he 
would  regularly  administer  to  the  wants 
of  this  poor  neighbor  of  his;  and  so  lib- 
eral and  profuse  was  he  in  his  adminis- 
ti-ations  that  the  poor  man  actually  grew 
rich.  Unlike  the  rich  man  however,  this 
poor  man  as  he  increased  in  riches  also 
grew  selfish;  he  would  look  around  him 
and  see  others  poor  like  he  once  was,  and 
wonder  why  they  are  not  better  oif ;  he 
forgot  that  had  it  not  been  for  his  gen 
erous  neighbor  he  would  not  be  where 
be  now  is;  he  even  went  as  far  as  to 
accuse  those  that  are  poor  of  beim 
through  their  own  bad  management,  and 
to  attribute  his  accumulations  to  his  own 
smartness,  instead  of  thanking  his  benev- 
olent neighlior  for  what  he  had.  He 
was  naturally  avaricious  and  began  to 
look  around  him  for  bargains,  and  h 
was  not  very  scrupulous  about  makinj^ 
just  bargains,  his  maiu  object  was  to 
make  paying  bargains;  even  if  in  his 
dealings  he  would  oppress  the  poor,  as 
long  as  he  did  not  make  himself  liable 
to  the  law,  he  elaimW  tliat  he  was  doing 
A  square  and  upright  business. 

He  would  employ  poor  men  to  labor 
for  him,  and  when  the  labor  was  done 
would  sit  up  half  a  night  trying  to  per- 
suaile  the  poor  laborer,  whose  wife  and 
children  were  dependent  on  the  lab^ 
Of  his  hands  and  the  blessings  of  God 
for  support,  that  he  did  not  owe  him  a.s 
much  as  he  claimed.  Though  his  rich 
neighbor  would  often  remind  him  how 
he  helped  him  along,  and  point  out  to 
him  how  he  should  now  treat  other  poor, 
he  would  make  all  kinds  of  excuses,  and 
utterly  ignore  the  advice  of  his  good 
friend.  He  would  not  even  loan  mon- 
ey to  a  poor  man  for  fear  he  might  break 
up  and  he  would  lose  it,  but  always 
had  money  to  loan  to  those  who  were 
lich  like  himself,  and  not  in  actual  need, 
but  simply  wanted  it  to  speculate  upon 
He  professed  to  be  a  Christian,  and  madt 
long  prayers,  but  brotherly  love  was  not 
one  of  hisraost  prominent  characteristics; 
lie  would  not  hesitate  to  rob  a  poor  man 
out  of  an  honest  contract  just  to  gratify 
one  of  his  own  peculiar  whims,  and  per- 
haps replenish  his  pocket  book  a  little. 
He  never  considered  it  his  duty  to  patron- 
ize a  brother  in  his  business  transactions, 
in  fact  he  preferred  to  deal  with  outsiders, 
l^iecause  he  could  take  the  advantage  of 
them  with  less  danger  of  being  exposed 
and  sulijected  to  reproof  He  was  al- 
ways needed  at  home  about  the  time  the 
brethren  began  to  talk  about  raising 
rnoney  for  missionary  or  other  charitalde 
purposes. 

He  had  a  great  deal  to  say  about  se- 
Met  societies,  and  was  loud  in  his  denun- 


ciations of  ministers  of  the  Gospel  ami 
ithei-s  who  belong  to  secret  onh-rs,  it 
never  even  occurred  to  him  that  he  is  ex- 
ercising a  gi-eater  influence  over  others 
to  induce  them  to  join  these  ordeiN  than 
any'preacher  ever  did  by  joining  him- 
self. It  just  takes  such  membe  rs  as  he 
in  the  church  to  drive  the  poorer  ones 
to  the  sad  alternative  of  joining  secret 
societies,  in  the  hope  of  procuring  sup- 
port  for  their  widows  antl  orphans  when 
they  have  passed  away. 

I  do  not  refer  to  any  particular  one  as 
representing  the  ungi-ateful  man  in  this 
narrative,  but  there  are  too  many  that 
would  fill  the  bill.  And  to  them  I  will 
say,  Jesus  Christ  is  your  rich  neighbor, 
thiough  His  goodness  and  mercy  you 
have  what  you  have;  don't  forget  that 
the  earth  is  the  Lord's  and  the  fulness 
thereof,  and  the  time  is  coming  when 
you  will  have  to  answer  for  the  disposi- 
tion you  made  of  your  wealth;  and 
please  don't  accuse  the  poor  of  being 
poor  through  tlieir  o\vn  bad  manage- 
ment, that  may  have  considerable  to  do 
with  it,  but  I  dare  say  most  people  do 
as  well  as  they  know  how,  but  all  can 
not  be  rich,  and  many  poor  people  might 
get  along  much  better  if  tlie  rich  wtire 
not  continually  keeping  them  down. 

And  you  wlio  have  been  blessed  with 
this  world's  goods,  though  your  superior 
judgment  and  judicious  management 
nmy  have  had  much  to  do  with  your 
prosperity,  for  God's  sake  do  not  attrib- 
ute it  wholly  to  tins  cause,  but  stop  and 
reflect.  May  God  help  each  of  us  to  see 
ourselves  as  others  see  us,  and  learn  to 
know  that  unto  whom  much  is  given,  of 
him  will  nmch  be  required. 


RELIGIOUS  LIVING. 


IIY  J.  S.  FLOUY. 


TT  is  said  the  only  way  to  reach  some 
-*-  men's  heai-ts,  is  through  their  stom- 
ach ;  likewise  is  the  broad  road  and  wide 
gate  through  which  Satan  makes  his  way 
to  many  precious  souls.  The  outside  of 
the  platter  may  be  clean,  and  the  breath- 
ings of  the  soul  long,  solemn  and  some- 
times while  the  stomach  is  full  of  rebell- 
ion and  transgression,  the  wardrobe  and 
altar  many  have  every  ap]iearance  and 
essential  becoming,  humility  an<l  genuine 
piety,  while  the  larder  and  table  are  full 
of  all  iniijuity ! 

Is  there  any  greater  sin  in  supeiHuity 
of  bodily  apparel  than  in  superfluity  of 
eating  and  drinking?  Tiie  unwhole 
some  tit-bits,  pastry  and  condiments  of 
the  table,  .stand  alongside  the  rib})ons, 
feathei's  and  fol-de-rols  worn  by  Miss 
Flora  McFlimsey. 

"  Every  disobedience  receives  a  just 
recompense  of  reward."  No  marvel 
then  if  to  disobey  the  laws  of  God  in 
eating  and  drinking,  one  has  to  endure 
punishment  iu  way  of  sickness,  aches 
and  pains.  God  hath  given  laws  and 
rcijuirements  necessary  for  the  growth 
and  health  of  the  body  as  well  as  for 
the  health  and  growth  of  our  spiritual 
natures.  To  disobey  in  either  case  is  to 
sin,  and  to  sin  is  to  die — in  part  or  total- 
ly. Intemperance  in  drinking  is  the 
theme  that  is  moving  the  world,  whilst 
intemperance  in  eating  lies  slumbering 
in  peace  and  quietness.  "  Be  temperate 
in  all  things,"  is  the  Alpha  and  Omega 
of  divine  Revelation.  Without  this  texc 
ingrafted  into  our  very  being — body, 
soul  and  spirit,  we  can  never  rise  to  the 
standard  of  true  morality  and  religion. 
To  be  temperate  in  all  things,  is  a  sulj- 
ject  requiring  our  most  sincere  and  ear- 
nest thoughts.  In  a  thorough  digest  of 
the  subject,  we  will   notice  it  rightfully 


beUtngs  to  our  .ictions  and  iiu>tiven  as 
well  aj*  our  eating  and  drinking.  In- 
temperate desires  lead  us  into  the  most 
absurd  inconsistencies.  Such  ^prmck- 
ng  temijernnce  and  praiticing intemper- 
ance, talking  loudly  of  the  things  up- 
on the  body  that  are  highly  esteemed 
among  men.  hence  an  abomination  in  the 
sight  of  God,  and  at  the  same  time  pos- 
sess table  ware  and  ornaments  that  are 
"  higlily  esteemed  among  men ;"  are  they 
any  less  al>onnnable  in  the  sight  of  God? 
Think  of  it  you  who  spend  your  money 
(which  the  Lord  loaned  you)  forthegild- 
ed  ornamentvS  so  common  to  a  gay  and 
proud  world.  Better,  yea,  a  thousand 
times  l)etter  spend  it  to  the  advancement 
of  Christ's  kingdom. 

Re  ye  temperate  in  all  things  and  thus 
fulfill  the  givat  design  of  God  in  giving 
us  o.\isteuce.  How  careful  many  are  of 
the  outward  adornment  of  the  body,  de- 
voting hours  of  care  and  thought  to  them, 
while  the  food  for  the  nourishment  and 
growth  of  the  temple  in  which  shouM 
dwell  thell(dy  Spirit,  is  a  matter  of  but 
little  concern,  other  than  to  satisfy  the 
cravings  of  a  morbid  or  pervertiKl  appe- 
tite. The  (piestion  is  not,  will  tliis  or 
that  do  me  good,  but  it  is,  does  it  taste 
good'i  Taste  is  the  governing  pi-inciple, 
most  generally,  in  what  wc  shall  eat,  and 
what  we  shall  wear.  This  principle 
would  be  all  right,  if  our  tiustes  were 
not  unnatural  or  contrary  to  God's  Laws. 
Taste  for  what  we  should  wear,  is  after 
the  outgrowth  of  a  sin-polluted  mind. 
Rules  necessary  to  our  health  and  com- 
fort are  ignored.  So  it  is  with  taste  for 
food  and  drink.  Not  being  satisfied 
with  the  dictates  of  simplicity  in  na- 
ture's laws  and  provisions,  we  are  inclin- 
ed to  be  led  and  governed  by  the  adul- 
terations of  men — virtually  acknowledg- 
ing that  men  are  superioi-  to  God  in  pro- 
viding for  the  wants  of  humanity,  so 
far  as  food  and  drink  are  concerned.  Just 
as  it  is  with  those  who  are  not  satis- 
fied with  the  simplicity  of  the  Gos- 
pel, but  clamor  for  a  better  religion — 
something  human  and  palatable  to  a  per- 
verted spiritual  appetite. 

AVe  hear  a  great  deal  about  religion 
in  business,  which  is  a  good  thing,  l)ut 
we  want  to  have  a  theology  brought  to 
the  notice  of  all  men  that  will  ingraft 
itself  into  what  we  shall  eat  and  what 
we  shall  ib'iuk,  and  what  we  shall  put 
on,  as  well  as  what  we  shall  do  in  busi 
ness,  and  how  we  .shall  live  mentally. 

The  Gospel  is  just  that  kind  of  a  re 
ligion.  It  lays  the  ax  at  the  root  of  the 
tree.  It  was  not  hung  in  the  branch* 
\vM\\  tlie  idea  that  the  fi'uit  only  has  to 
be  transformed  from  a  wild  fruit  to  a 
tame.  But  the  idea  is,  make  the  tret 
healthy  and  the  fruit  will  be  correspond 
ingly  healthy. 

The  soul  cannot  make  progress  in  di- 
vine life,  while  the  body  is  a  daily  sac- 
rifice to  sin  and  inordinate  de.sires.  Wliat! 
expect  the  Holy  Spirit  to  have  free  in- 
tercourse with  God,  while  it  is  hamper- 
ed on  every  side  by  the  clanking  chains 
of  carnal  propensities  reveling  in  all 
manner  of  sensual  pleasures?  No!  never 
Give  t^ne  and  temper  to  the  body  accord 
ing  to  the  retpiirements  of  religious  liv 
ing,  and  see  how  harmoniously  will  ev 
ery  incentive  of  the  whole  being  har 
monize  with  the"  inner  man,"  then  there 
will  be  fear  and  joy  in  tlie  Holy  Ghost. 


BEHIND  TIME. 


BY  J.  H.  arnESouR. 


TIM 
t 


IME  is  a  measured  portion  of  clura 
tion.  It  is  divided  into  hours,  min 
utes,  seconds,  and  on  up  to  centuries. 
It  is  always   paissing   away   before  you 


have  tijne    t<.    think    it    U   gone.      I>ear 
reader,  .(id  you  ev.-r  think  how  fa*it  it  is 
hurrying  yun  on  to  your    final  end,  and 
did  you  never  think  that  you  sometimes 
get  behind  it,  or  that   yoa  are  not  up  to 
time?      Yes,  such  is   very  ofU-n  the  cane. 
Let  us  illustrate:    "A  railroad  train  was 
rushing  along  at  almo.>.t  lightning  npeed. 
A  curve  was  just  ahead,  beyond  which 
was  a  station,  where  two  tiains  unually 
met.     The  comUictor    was   late,   so  late 
that  the    period    during   which   the  up- 
train  was   to    wait   had    nearly  elapsed; 
but  he  hoped  yet  to  pass  the  curve  safe- 
ly.    Suddenly  a  locomotive  dashed   into 
sight  right  ahead.     In  an   instant  there 
was  a   collision.     A  shriek,  a  shock  and 
numbers  of  human  souls  were  in  eterni- 
ty; and  all  because  an  engineer  was  he- 
hind  time:'     Just  so  it  is  with  all  of  us 
through  the  journey  of  life;  we  are  con- 
tinually getting  behind  time.     It  is  nat- 
ural for  man,  to  be   looking  into  the  fu 
ture  for  a  more  convenient    time   to  ac- 
complish what  he  might   do  at  the  pres- 
ent; hence  he  is  sumetimes  liehind  time. 
It  is  the  same  way    in   a  spiritual    point 
of  view.      We   put  off  serving  Christ 
from  time  to  time   until   it  is  too  late, 
and  we  are  bchimd   time;  behind  so  far 
that  we  are  forever  lost. 

O  sinner,  do  not  tlelay  any  longer,  but 
arouse  from  tlmtlethargic  sleep  and  come 
to  the  Savior,  and  find  peace  to  your  soul ; 
for  "  He  is  able  to  save,  and  willing  t.. 
deliver,  and  that  to  the  uttermost."  Do 
not  put  it  oft'  until  you  are  upon  the  bed 
of  affliction,  then  you  will  realize  when 
it  is  too  late  that  you  are  l)ehind  tini" 
and  forever  lost.  Do  not  delay,  for  now 
is  the  accepted  time!  God  will  accept 
thee  now;  He  nowhere  promised  to  ac- 
cept thee  to-morrow.  Think,  O,  think 
of  thy  soul  and  its  value;  think  of  Je- 
hovah .and  His  love;  think  of  Christ  and 
His  precious  blood;  think  of  heaven  and 
its  eternal  blessedness;  of  hell  and  it*) 
terrible  torments!  Upon  thy  present 
conduct  rests  thy  eternal  destiny.  AVhat 
art  thou  sowing?  What  art  thou  work- 
ing? What  art  thou  treasuring  up?  Let 
conscience  answer.  Think  of  the  past 
and  all  its  guilt — of  the  future,  and  its 
uncertainty — of  the  i)resent  as  thine. 
Now  is  the  day  of  salvation ;  now  thou 
may  est  wash  away  thy  sins,  calling  on 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  inspire  anew  life, 
rtjoice  in  the  glorious  hope,  enroll  your 
name  among  the  children  of  God,  and 
become  a  glorious  citizen  of  immortality 
in  heaven.  ,  Do  not  delay,  for  the  houi-s 
are  <piickly  passing.  Improve  the  pres- 
ent. Now  is  the  accepted  time.  The 
Gospel  car  is  starting,  step  on  before  it 
is  everlastingly  "  too  late,"  and  improve 
"  a  moment  you  may  wish  when  worUls 
want  wealth  to  buy." 

THE  SOULS  REST. 

"ITOU  want  contentment,  and  you  want 
-^  rest.  You  want  something  to  fill 
you  and  make  you  feel  that  it  is  well 
witii  you.  Money  won't  do  it;  praise 
from  friends  ^von't  do  it ;  high  standing 
won't  do  it.  There  \rill  be  a  turning  and 
sickening  of  the  soul,  and  if  you  do  not 
feel  it  this  moment  it  will  come.  It 
stands  to  the  law  of  truth  that  men 
made  like  God  cannot  be  satisfied  with 
less  than  God.  And  at  every  heart  of 
the  poorest  man  and  the  richest  man, 
God  is  standing  knocking  and  asking  to 
be  taken  in,  that  it  may  be  well  with 
them,  so  that  the  child  of  the  Divine 
shall  be  made  glorious  by  the  Divine, 
thatthe  child  of  the  Father  may  become, 
throughout  the  world,  the  sharer  of  the 
glory  of  the  Most  High.  What  & 
scheme  of  salvation  t  Less  than  this 
will  not  do.  Less  than  this  will  not 
call   you  to  glory. 


HRiirrxiKE:Nr  ^t  avohk. 


^^^y  IG* 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHKD    WEEKLY. 


J.  H,  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


i,..ri»»J.  by  ui  M  our 
.  for  tho  U»ri)i»i»    " 

i.,N»  for  ilio  •»mp  III  t 
icioJ  bj  him  for  oorof- 


,-«  wilihurnl  j>o»i-l>*H.  l"  "ny 

-iaU--«   or  dtiuulu,   for  $1  AO  (wr 

I   □   nsrnw   Md   »16-WJ.    mil  r<- 

-,,,■  of  chtric*.     For  •!!  <>»•«■  'l-l* 

., ,,.  »iil  !><•  i»1Idw*J  IUcoow  for  Mch   ft'lJi- 

wliicb  nmuunl  can  b«i  'ImlueM  from  tbo 

.■  Tnnilinil  U    U»  ii».     Moimj   Ordcni,   DnifU, 

,  1  i^.,,M.  m.y  be«ti>i    "  <■'"■  "sk.    Tlir/ 

>    o  Moore  Ai  KthftmMi, 

.NUiDicnlian*  liUMilp'l  for  the  pa- 

-  mftiior*  eoiinceiP'!  with  'li"  <>'■ 

UOOBE  ft  ZSEZUfAM, 

Uurk,  CkFTOll  Co..  ni- 


LAUAEE,  ILL. 


Mi7  16,  187  8 


TuKim<*«niic'IJiiBTiniKN  AT  WoitR    from 
now  till  till-  end  of  the  jpur.  will    be  f'O  ce„t^^ 
cr  any  «"t-  «i'"'linK  five  new  nann 
will  n-a-ive  (in  jiddilioiiftl  (:oi>y  iroe. 


\  nnd  ^.50 


IIijuthebE.  L.  Yodcr  8ay«:  "EWer  Gcorgis 
Irviii  is  confined  to  his  home  lit  preHeul,  waiting 
ou  his  Mick  wifi>  and  dinifihUr.  The  Lord  be 
pn-'y-nt  with  them  in  their  affliction  «a  well  iw 
with  nil  other*  who  are  Mimilnrly  iifllicted.  An 
a  chnrcli  we  arts  prospering  luid  feel  Ihiit  the 
Lord  is  with  us." 


.i:\  lili-r;.  .^wr-r  'ii'-  'lif.-l  •m*  of  tlie  Northern 

Detrkt  of  Illinois    (V.r  it  i-  cert.'.in  that  he  is 

well   ndapM   to   that    kind    oj  "ork.   undone 

nmn's  conliniifd  effort  in  u  nii'.-'inii  field  will  ac- 

couipH^h  Tastly  mor^than  the   jtopular  idea  of  -,.-,,  i    i   ittr 

continually  changing  prearrhi-isU.  .nit  the  l>eo-    the  knd  of   i'.Jesti»e  will,    in   .dl    probability. 


R»>w<ians.  It  L*  stated  that  secret  eoiiiiiiilt*'^-'' 
aru  at  work  at  DumR«;«H,  Beyroot  and  .I.rvisa- 
leni.  and  that  their  object  ia  the  annexation  of 
Syria  U)  Egyiit." 

Should  this  conleinphited  change  take  place. 


pic.  When  we  find  a  muu  is  adapted  to  a.  cer- 
tJiin  kind  of  awful  work,  it  is  wisdom  to  keep 
him  at  it,  __^^^^____ 

THE  WRITTEN  DISCUSSION. 

llf  K  are  now  pn-tty  certain  that  th--  written 
V\  discawiion  Ijotweeu  brother  Stein  and 
I>r.  Ray  will  come  ofT.  A  few  more  preliniina- 
ricw  to  be  arranged  yet,  and  thi-n  it  will  com- 
nienee.  It  will  likely  continue  thiongh  the  en- 
tire yoar,  thea-  beinji  but  one  spwch  each  week. 
The  entire  dificuwion,  that  is.  both  aidos— will 
be  published  in  the  UnKxmtKS  at  Wouk  and  the 
liaptinl  Biitth  Fhuj,  brother  Stein's  article  one 
week  and  Riiy'"  reply  the  next.  Tlie  discussion 
will  evidently  be  mi    interesting  one  and  the    |,y  tj. 


IJnptLst  tlai)HN  thoroughly  examined.  By  this 
arrangement  brother  Stein  will  be  able  to  reach 
n  hoHt  of  Baptist  readers  through  the  Baptist 
paper,  and  our  niembei-s  get  the  benefit  of  hie 
careful  researches  and  arguments.  No  member 
in  the  church,  we  think,  can  afl'ord  to  be  with- 
out the  BnsTHBEN  AT  WoitK  while  this  discuss- 
ion is  going  oil 


FEATHERS  VS.  HISTORY. 

ON  Baptist  history,  Ray  was  driven  to  the 
wail;  and,  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  day's 
discussion,  derljired  that   he   would   not  give  a 


It  ia  said  that  a  large  number  of  puli)its  are  ,    ,  .  .     . 

low  vacant  within  a  hundred  miles  ofChicago.  I  feather  for  the  evidence   of  such  Imfonans 


Thi«  «howB  the  result  of  the  non-working  inin- 
uiterlnl  syHtem.  Men  who  liave  to  preach  but 
one«  or  twice  a  wcfk  would  derive  much  benefit 
from  some  useful  eniiiloyment.  and  tlien  it 
w'.i.Id  relieve  a  heavily  taxed  jjooide  from  a  «e- 
liiirden. 

I  I  ■  ^TllKit  Chriittensen  and  wife,  from  Deii- 
jiiuik,  reached  Lanark,  May  Gth.  He  cannot 
tnlk  i';ny]i>i]i.  tliongli  he  can  write  it,  ht-nce  we 
bnv."  to  do  nur  talking  with  pencil  and  paper. 
He  is  a  good  book-binder,  and  \»  working  at  \m 
tnut'-'  here,  and  can  itccommiulute  those  who 
have  juiy  thing  to  be  done  iu  hi»  line.  Uis  work 
in  well  and  neatly  done.  He  fieems  well  posted 
on  the  Urt-tlnen'a  doctrine,  mid  is  iu  full  faith 
with  our  people. 


WKloarn  that  the  contemplated  discussion 
bi'tv  eed  Bro.  Biiwhor  and  the  Luthenui  miniator 
of  Wuyiusboio  bus  now  fulhn  tlirough  with, 
tin:  Luthunui  refuHing  to  affirm  propositions  in- 
volving his  own  practice.  He  seems  to  lack 
conffdenee  in  his  own  doctrine,  especially  on 
baptism,  as  that  wu*  the  subject  that  he  relusud 
to  affirm  a  propoMtion  on.  His  articles  iu  the 
Wiiiiiii'uhui-ii  Uvanii  do  not  display  that  fairness 
that  one  man  should  manifest  toward  another. 


■Some  one,  who  fails  to  give  lii»  nanin,  has  sent 
in  a  query,  asking  what  ought  to  he  done  with 
a  brother  who  faiU  to  take  his  wife  to  meeting. 
and  yet  ciui  always  find  a  tt-ain  and  time  to  go 
to  other  places?  We  do  not,  as  a  rule,  notice 
<juenes  oulen  accompanied  by  the  sender's  name. 
4Uid  then  in  regard  to  questions  of  this  kind  the 
-wi.-dum  of  any  vvell  trained  congregation  is  suf- 
ficient tuguarnntee  aGospel  decision  upon  their 
part,  ft  is  well  to  settthut  membei-s  walk  or- 
derly befori'  the  world,  letting  their  light  shine 
ill  a  becoming  manner. 

Kldeh  J.  H.  Waggoner,  au  Adventist,  in  a 
-series  of  articles  published  in  one  of  our  ex- 
changes, is  trying  his  hand  on  history  and  trine 
iniuiersion.  We  wonder  ii  he  will  agret;  with 
Miles  (irimt,  iUHillier  Adventist,  who  concluded 
that  trine  immersion  was  invented  by  Mareeion, 
about  thirty  years  ufler  the  close  of  the  Apos- 
tolic iige?  The  subject  is  just  now  receiving  a 
go'id  deal  ol  attention  among  the  learned,  and 
will  likely  bi>  pretty  thorouglUy  diKcuKsed  during 
till'  next  few  yeujv.  Single  immcrsioQisis  are 
working  hard  to  find  ;ui  iusttuicu  of  single  im- 
•nicrslon  bc-youd  the  time  of  Knnomius.  So  far 
their  eBbrts  have  proved  fruitless. 


Orchard,  .ludson  and  Robinson." 

So  reports  one  of  tlie  editors  of  the  Duukai'd 
pa|)er,  who  attended  the  debate  between  Bro. 
Hay  and  Mr.  Stein,  who  wa.-*,  a  few  yeara  ago,  a 
Baptist  minister  of  the  Cold  Water  Association 
of  Mississippi.  We  do  not  believe  Bro.  Ray 
ever  disparaged  those  histories.  If  they  are  val- 
ueless, what  is  his  own  worth? — The  Baptist. 

Mr.  Moore's  statement  is  without  foundation. 
He  was  evidently  .so  excited  that  he  could  not 
report  correctly.— y?(f;jf(s/  Buitk  FUkj. 

If  any  body  was  excited  it  wjis  Mr.  Ray  when 
he  made  Uu  assertion.  We  were  careful  iji  tak- 
ing it  down,  as  we  thought  he  would  one  day 
want  to  deny  it.  Excitement,  when  in  public, 
is  aoniothing  that  we  know  very  little  about. 
The  gontlemiui  should  not  judge  others  by  him- 
self. But  as  the  written  discussion  is  to  come 
off',  we  will  see  how  he  gets  along  with  his 
Baptist  Martyrs."  who  practiced  trine  immer- 
sion; would  not  go  to  war,  nor  takeoaths.  He 
ay  have  to  apologize  for  them  yet,  or  more, 
perhaps,  for  bis  own  church.  J.  H.  M. 


The  CentnJ  HIiuois  Mission  field  js  becoming 
quite  in te renting.  The  efforts  niade  there  have, 
BO  fiu-,  reunited  quiti'  enoour;igiiigly,  and  we  be- 
lieve will  be  more  so  if  the  work  w  propMy 
continued.  Wu  much  regret  that  there  are 
pptlnibilititw  of  brother  Hillcry  leavuig  the  field 
oji'l  going  to  otlicr  parts,  tor  it  i»  evident  tliiit 
he  has  \\xirked  hanl  and  done  a  goud  work,  that 
if  kept  moving,  may  rtsult  in  the  buibling  up 
of  ■^■veral  large  and  flourishing  cougregation.s 
in  that  part  of  the  State.  It  ia  therefore  hoped 
that  he  may  be  induced  to  continue  his  mi.ssion- 


CAUTION  TO  FATHERS. 

A  WRITER  tells  of  a  cool-lieaded  father  who 
was  one  day  climbing  a  daugeroiis  precipice, 
d  when  he  hod  reached  one  specially  perilous 
point,  liis  heart  grew  cold  when  lie  lieai*d  from 
below  the  voice  of  hia  little  son.  and  looking 
down,  saw  the  little  fellow  clambering  ahmg  the 
same  path.  The  purpose  which  Wiis  leading 
him  up  that  rugged  clifi'wns  not  so  important 
as  the  lile  of  his  son,  and  he  promptly  retraced 
his  steps,  and  his  heart  did  not  cease  to  throb 
with  alarm  until  he  had  led  his  little  one  back 
to  a  place  of  safety. 

How  many  parenfjt  are  there  to-day  who  are 
traveling  dangerous  roads,  and  their  children 
following  closely  in  their  foot-steps.  We  would 
to  God  that  they  pause  a  few  moments  and  be- 
holdthe  dimgors  to  which  they,  by  bad  examples, 
art-  subjecting  their  offspring.  Could  each  fath- 
er remember  that  the  footsteps  of  their  boys  are 
just  behind  them,  how  miuiy  a  sinful  habit 
would  be  foreaken,  and  how  much  better  it 
would  lie  I'r.r  the  risiua;  generation. 


i  YRIA. 


riMlE  continual  commotion  among  Eastern 
J.  powers  mid  provinces  indicate  a  coming 
eruption  of  some  kind.  "  According  to  trust- 
worthy news  from  Syria,  although  no  iusun-ec- 
tionury  movomeut  haa  lirakeniout,  mucli  cxcit&- 
mcnl  prevails  in  the  principal  cities.  Assemblies 
of  men  at  Danri'cin,  Alleppo,  and  Beyroot. 
have  protested  to  llie  local  atithorities  against 
the  signature  of  the  treaty  of  pence,  by  which 
all  Turkey  iu  Euroix-  is  lost;  and  the  Syrians 
express  their  inability  to  support  the  lieavy  ol>- 
ligations  which  the  Porte  has  ussumed  to  the 


fall  into  the  bands  of  England,  and  then   pa^s 
to  the  Rothchildfi  who  alrea<ly  hold  heavy  mort- 
gages ou  it     This  once  accomplLsbed,  the  land 
will  be  delivered  from  the  hands  of  the  Gentiles, 
and  nniy  then  be  repowessed  by  the  Jews.     At 
alt  events,  the  contemplation  of  the  subject  as  a 
fultilhnent  of  prophecy  is  interesting  and  prof- 
italile.  ______^^— 

FROM  JERUSALEM. 

WE  clip  the  following  from  the  Jnthh  Times, 
showing  the  present  and  piiiiiftil  con-^i- 
tion  of  things  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem: 

"  Herr  Luucz,  under  dateof  March  14th, gives 

a  most  deplorable  account  of  the  ravages  made 

:-ity,  almost  amounting  to  famine, 


(iumU-r  and  McOonnetrs  debate,  p.  12'.i),  i»  ly^^ 
Luther's  works;  ed.  Walch,  Part  10,  png,.  2^37 
It  was  translated  for  the  Disciples  by  C.  L.  Loot 
one  of  the  leading  preacher*  and  writers  of  the 
Campbellite  church.  If  there  is  anything  wrong 
about  the  passage,  it  lays  with  0.  L.  Loos,  & 
member  and  preacher  of  his  own  church,  and 
certainly  he  wdl  not  accuse  his  own  brother  aud 
preacher  of  telling  a  fal.seliood.  The  passage  in 
which  Luther  is  giving  directions  how  to  baptize 
a  converted  Jewess,  reads  as  follows; 

"  As  to  the  public  act  of  baptism,  let  her  be 
dressed  in  a  garment  usually  worn  by  fonialea 
in  baths,  and  be  placed  iu  a  bathing  tub.  up  to 
the  neck  in  water;  then  let  the  baptist  dip  her 
head  three  timca  in  the  water,  with  tin-  usual 
words:  '  I  baptize  you  in  the  name  of  the  Path- 
cr."  "  etc.  (Quinler  and  McConiieirs  Debute, 
p.  12^).  ^__^____.  ■'   '■■  M.   ' 


among  the  poor.  There  has  been  no  rain,  he 
writes,  for  the  last  throe  weeks.  The  roads  are 
dry.  yet  no  provisions  come  in.  Cereals  are  still 
rising  in  price,  and  there  is  now  no  chance  of  a 
fall  before  the  harvest.  The  harvest,  however, 
it  is  expected,  will  be  most  abundant.  There 
was  lately  a  meeting  of  the  heiuU  of  the  Ashken- 
azim  of  all  congregations  to  deliberate  on  the 
steps  to  be  taken  for  the  relief  of  the  poor.  Au 
appeal  was  issued  for  a  collection,  which  pro- 
duced about  14.000  piastres.  Two  delegates 
were  then  sent  to  Jaffa  to  purchase  flour,  rice 
and  beans.  The  flour  will  be  to  the  poor  two 
piasters  under  price.  But  only  half  a  measure 
will  be  sold  per  head.  Now  that  the  port  of 
Odessa  is  again  open,  souie  pei-sous  who  can  af- 
ford to  bear  the  expenses  will  go  to  that  town. 
Flour  jmportt'd  from  Russia,  we  learu,  wilUike- 
wise  be  dear.  Altogether,  the  prospects  ai-e 
most  distressing.     Help,  help  is  wanting." 


THE  CHINA  FAMINE. 

THE  effects  of  the  famine  in  Northern  China 
are  incrciLsing  to  an  alarming  extent.  Dr. 
Williams'  letter  to  the  Christian  Union  says: 
"Two  and  a  h:df  million  persons  requiring  re- 
lief: people  eating  the  sorghum  from  the  thatch 
of  their  houses,  and  othei-s  slate-stone  from  the 
hill-sides;  still  othei-s  digging  up  roots  and  strip- 
ping trees  of  their  bark  to  provide  themselves 
with  another  meal;  parents  selling  their  chil- 
dren to  eke  out  the  means  of  subsistence — these 
are  some  of  the  features  in  this  terrible  picture. 
In  the  single  city  of  Tsi-Nanfu  13.000  are  re- 
ported to  have  perished  from  hunger  and  disease, 
and  to  these  deaths  must  be  added  others  from 
suicide,"  An  American  missionary  in  Pekin 
writes  to  tlie  Indeprndent : 

"  The  accounts  iVoiw  the  Province  of  Shau&i 
are  horrible  beyond  the  iniiigination  of  those 
who  in  distant  hinds  only  hear  of  famine.  The 
stories  iu  the  Books  of  Kings  about  the  famine 
are  realized  in  that  province.  Children  boiled 
and  eaten  and  multitudes  dying  by  the  way-side. 
One  of  our  church  membere  told  me  that  out  of 
about  seventy  families  in  his  village  thirty  peo- 
ple had  starved,  although  there  is  a  relief-yard 
within  a  few  miles,  where,  however,  they  have 
far  more  applications  than  they  have  accommo- 
dations— some  1.^,000,  it  is  said,  A  subscription 
has  been  talcen  up  among  the  foreign  residents 
in  Tientsin  and  in  Peking  for  the  relief  of  Shan- 
si.  The  missionaries  are  making  tours — one  or 
two  together — with  u  view  to  relief;  but  means 
are  wanting  to  cany  on  the  work." 


LUTHER  AND  TRINE  IMMERSION. 

Brother  Mvorc: — 

WH ILE  holding  a  series  ot  meetings  in  Secor. 
Illinois.  I  met  with  an  ex-Lutheran  of 
the  old  stiunp,  but  now  a  Campbellite  preacher 
He  had  read  your  pamphlet  on  Tn'nr  Iwtncrsion 
Traced  to  the  Apo>^tles,  and  said  he  believed  you 
told  a  falsehood  on  the  lith  page,  where  you 
quote  Xiuther's  instructions  how  to  baptize  a 
converted  Jewess,.  He  said  he  hiulread  Luther 
works  and  thai  wiw  not  in  it.  Now  if  you  know 
which  of  his  works  it  is  in,  look  it  up.  and  let  us 
have  it.    Yours  for  the  truth.    J.\s.  R.  G18H. 

•KEMAIIKS. 

The  gentlennin  is  not  very  well  posted. 
Wh(>n  he  accuses  me  of  writing  a  falsehood  he 
■needs  to  be  a  little  careful,  or  the  charge  may 
Tall  back  onto  one  of  his  own  preachers,  as  the 
followuig  will  show: 
The  quotation  which   I  gave,  (as  found 


THE  GOOD  EXAMPLE. 

riIHE  commendable  conduct  of  Daniel  furnish- 
1  es  a  noble  example  for  young  men,  and 
some  older  ones  loo.  Wliile  away  from  the  land 
of  his  nativity,  and  in  a  strange  country  he  did 
not  forget  his  religious  principles,  nor  his  good 
training  of  earlier  daj'S.  He  was  carried  away 
captive,  and  placed  among  strangei-s.  He  was 
not  afraid  to  let  his  light  shine,  but  dared  to  do 
right  if  he  would  thereby  become  a  little  singu- 
lar. His  was  a  noble  charactei- — his  conduct 
even  gained  the  esteem  of  those  who  were  at 
first  his  enemies. 

We  would  that  all  professors  of  Christianity 
were  as  true  to  theii-  religion  as  Daniel  was  to 
his,  and  show  by  their  daily  walk  that  they  are 
not  ashamed  of  their  religion.  Act  right,  be- 
cause it  is  right,  and  stand  np  for  the  self-denial 
principles  of  the  Gospel.  Be  bright  examples 
to  others,  and  by  chaste  conversation  and  up- 
right  walk,  gain  the  esteem  of  all  around  you. 

Christians  ought  to  excel  the  world  iu  that 
which  is  good  and  useful,  and  show  the  effect  of 
their  superior  religious  claims.  If  members 
have  the  reputation  of  superior  honesty,  benev- 
olence and  industry  in  any  community  they 
wield  an  untold  amount  of  influence.  But  if, 
in  these  respects,  they  are  greatly  inferior  to 
those  around  them,  their  influence  is  small,  and 
there  is  no  likelihood  of  them  accomplishing 
much.  Christians  ought  to  be  more  manly  than 
the  world — more  charitable,  and  show  a  greater 
zeal  for  their  Master's  cause  than  the  world  doea 
for  worldly  iuterests.  They  should  be  more 
chaste  and  guarded  in  their  conversation,  and 
more  upright  iu  their  dealings.  The  object  of 
their  religion  is  to  place  tliem  above  the  world, 
not  below  it,  A  true  Christian  will  always  be 
better  than  the  world  in  that  which  is  to  elevate 
him  above  the  base  things  of  earth.  Let  Dan- 
iel, in  these  respects,  be  your  model,  and  dare  to 
do  right. 

BONNETS. 

rpHE  following  sensib!'_'  article  is  clipped  from 
X  one  of  our  exchanges,  and  was  written  by 
one  who  makes  no  pretensions  to  belonging  to 
a  church  that  advocates  plainness  in  dress,  yet 
there  are  members  belonging  ■  to  a  church  pro- 
fessing plainness,  who  actually  are  opposed  to 
the  use  of  plain  bonnets  as  advocated  by  the  tuv 
tide  below.  If  it  should  become  fashioUaUe  to 
wear  a  plain  Quaker  bonnet  to  meeting,  our 
people  will  have  no  more  trouble  about  fine  hats 
and  fashionable  bonnets  on  some  would-be  fash- 
ionable sisters.  It  will  no  more  be  a  cross 
to  wear  a  plain,  neat  bonnet.  There  are  some 
stniuge  things  in  tliis: 

"  If  the  vast  sisterhood  of  New  England  wo- 
men should  speak  what  they  know,  a  large  miv- 
jority  of  these  would  say  that  Sunday  bonilets 
Imve  given  them  more  pain  than  jdea-sure.  This 
would  be  the  testimony  of  many  who  live  in  the 
pursuit  of  plea.surc  as  their  chief  good.  But 
what  ia  true  in  the  case  of  those  wiio  arc  not 
Cliriijtiaus,  is  deplorable  in  the  case  of  tbosewho 
are,  because  a  new  bonnet  is  one  of  the  agents 
which  the  devil  makes  use  of  in  turning  Chris- 
tian women  awoj'  frouL  the  light  and  ji-y  and 
Lle.ssedness  of  communion  with  God.  into  the 
darkness  and  sorrow  and  euivedness  whiih  those 
who  depart  from  Him  must  encounter. 

Just  now  Spring  fashions  place  many  a  Chris- 
tian woman  in  a  condition  as  precarious  iis  was 
that  of  the  strongest  man  when  Delilah  smd  to 
liim, 'The  Philistines  be  upon  thee,  Samson. 
And  Ls  there  no  utrpngth  or  nkill  or  device  by 
which  the.se  seven  given  withe.s  can  be  brtiken'^ 
Are  we  90  enslaved  that  we  cannot  be  cmanci' 
pated? 


"^HK   HTtETMKP.>J 


AT     WORK. 


\f  ^.  n.»til<I  not  tolerate  soiltJ,  fn, 
^,„,i.l.'  t'"'^^  i"  '1"^  ''""«  "f  God  oii'HiTtir 
;,„,  M.i-i"««  tl"«t  the  ChrUlum  women  who  m' 
jj,-,.M..H-sof  refreshing  from  the  pre*,nec  of 
l,„.  1,..T.I.  mv  sitting  together  in  heavenly  places 
^^  ,.,,r„t  .Ic^us.  should  ailopt  a  fashion  iiotTery 

lj|<.- 11  liit"'f<'r  honnet? 
""l^,,  I  hi*  hi'  'lone  from  Christian  principle  as  a 
„,,a..^  <'f  iH-neliliug  others  iis  well  „s  thomselvca 

l-uif..ninty  m  shape  do«a  not  m-cessitrily  jn- 
^^Ive  luiifonnity  in  color  or  texture,  luid  Mi^ 
^.Iri:.!!  ivhose  means  aix>  amp!«,  might  consult 
^^^  ,,rete.once^.  and  Mrs.  Abrian  whoso  menus 
^,  ,„it  i.mple  might  wear  such  as  she  could  af- 
f^^l  witlio.it  looking  odd  or  old-ftuhioned.  or 
fiy)iiiL-  M).  po  long  as  the  shape  of  her  honnot  is 
„.n-  ii'arly  if  not  exactly  the  shiipe  of  the 
^^^.,jrlvv  Mi-8.  Adrian's. 

I,,,,  some  one  shape  hccome  a  permiuient  fash- 
l,„,  M  I'ounets  will  be  vastly  more  comfortahle. 
^,1  ,|rt  h-ss  becoming  than  the  fluctuating  fash- 
l,„is  tli;»t  Jire  tlie  occasion  of  bo  much  disquiets 
,i,ie.  Ill  forretiuK  out  the  reason  why  so  many 
woiiuii  ■'!'  mental  and  moral  worth  stay  away 
from  tlie  house  of  God,  we  find  it  closely  wraj)- 
j^a  „ii  uud  hidden  away  in  this  bonnet  question. 
Ijit  i^  tnii-  that  '  Women  may  as  well  be  out  of 
tin. I,  ..rill  i\s.  out  of  the  fasliiou,'  then  those  whose' 
p.iiitiL.11  in  the  community  gives  them  great  in- 
fliieuce.  cannot  fail  to  see  that  on  them  rest 
great  a^jionsibilities.  These  women  who  are 
leyt  itwiiy  from  the  house  of  God  need  (he  bless- 
ings which  othei-s  fiiultliei-e,  and  tlie  sooner 
this  hiiiiliance  is  taken  out  of  the  way  the  hct^ 


THE  NEW  MOVEMENT. 

I  HAVE  before  me  an  eiglit  page  document, 
wriltnn  uud  published  by  Janus  Ciystal, 
ictliug  forth  the  grounds  and  principles  of  the 
rcfoi  miitory  movement  that  lie  proposes  to  set 
oil  foul  The  world  has  seen  many  reformers  of 
almost  Kvery  grade  and  order,  yet  few  of  them 
have  taken  that  broad,  comprehensive  view  of 
the  n-orld's  wants  that  should  characterize  all 
siuiiliir  movements. 

.^luong  other  things,  Mr.  Crystal  proposes  to 
restore  the  ancient  practice  of  trine  immersion. 
cluiniin^  thht  he  has  the  successional  modt^ 
Ihroiis'b  one  of  the  Eastern  Churches,  he  hav- 
iDg  formerly  been  a  member  of  the  church  of 
Eiiglaud.  whose  early  practice  in  baptism  wa-s 
theiliiipiiig  of  the  candidate  three  times.  It  is 
due  Mr.  Crystal  to  say,  that  his  "  History  of  the 
Modes  of  Baptism"  is  the  most  scholarly  work 
yut  published  in  defense  of  the  primitive  prac- 
tice, and  ha.s  been  the  mesins  of  supplying  some 
of  our  brethren  with  no  small  amount  of  aid  in 
8iipp»rt  of  their  practice  in  baptism,  though  it, 
in  our  estimation,  contains  some  eiToneouy  doc- 
Iriiie— infant  baptism,  and  infant  communion — 
yet  as  a  treatise  on  trine  immereiou,  it  is  valu- 
able. 

He  proposes  that  the  government  of  the  soci- 
ety sliall  be  episcopal — '"the  church  to  be  gov- 
erned by  Synods  *  *  *  »  in  which  bishops 
aloue  may  sit  and  vote."  "Alt  elders  and  dca- 
cous  ttj  be  placed  and  removed  by  the  bishops 
uloue,"  and  the  bishops  to  have  "supreme  con- 
trol." This  virtually  places  the  jmuer  of  all 
thiiiLli  government  in  the  hands  of  a  few  bish- 
ops, who  can  deal  Out  liberties  as  their  inclina- 
tions ujay  dictate.  The  laity  to  he  the  nest 
Ibing  I II  paiwive  save  the  footing  of  the  bill. 
They  imi  have  no  say  so  us  to  who  shall  preach 
for  them,  for  this  little  tract  says,  that  all  the 
appoiiitmL-nts  iu-e  to  be  made  bj-  the  bishops. 

The  laity  will  be  expected  to  be  at  all  the  ex- 
peuses  when  it  comes  to  holding  the  "Synods," 
tot  imt  one  of  them  to  have  anything  to  say, 
Wey  will  lie  allowed  no  vote,  no  voice  in  the 
matter.  They  mtist,  in  all  iliiuga,  submit  to 
what  a  few .  bishops  may  have  to  say,  and  of 
«iir«M'  if  the  bishops  become  corrupt,  and  iutro- 
im  f;ds.>  doctrine,  tihe  laity  must  submit,  for 
"'«y  have  no  power  nor  say  so  in  the  govern- 

,  ment  ..f  the  church.     But   lieic  is  something 

I  Wrious: 

"Tlii're  will  betwodaSHPSof  membocs:  tliose 
"f  tlie  (irst  cjjLss  who  arc  baptiwd,  and  are  full 
•^mWn.  Those  of  the  vecoiifl  who  favor  the 
"noTtin.-nt.  Ijut  do  not  desire  to  become  full 
"»eioU-i-s.  They  are  called  "Well-wislKTs,  and 
"■V  Ix' members  of  otlier  denominations,  or  of 
"^  ^wiominutiou."  If  baptism  is  "a  "  sanng 
IJ"'  1'i.s  he  says  it  is),  where  is  thii  salviilion  of 
'jWew.-11-wiahers?  Won- there  "two  classes 
'Vmburs  "  in  the  ApontoUc  chuivh?  Who 
*<«tlio  "well-wishci-s"  in  the  firiit  century? 


V.  h«t  rvUt.o..  do  they  sustain  to  the  kingdom! 
They  must  come  under  the  head  of  "  Iuke-w«rm' 
mL-mbers— "  neither  cold  nor  hot."  A  truly  pi- 
ou^ftud  devotwt  Odristian  mil  not  unite  "«ith 
another  swiety  w  a  welt-wisher  or  anvthing  of 
the  kind:  it  requires  n  hike-warm  person  for 
that  purpose. 

^^  The  plan  provides  that  no  minister  cnn 
"  apend  moro  i  luu,  two  consecntive  years  in  any 
one  congregation,"  and  he  is  to  be  moved  b^ 
fore  the  congregation  gets  tired  of  him.  Our 
imprc-ssion  is.  that  the  longer  a  faithful  minister 
rcmainn  witli  n  congregation  the  more  iiiflueuce 
for  good  he  will  have,  uud  if  he  is  not  a  faithful 
minister,  he  is  in  the  wrong  husiaew.  This 
thing  of  changing  pivucbers  every  yeiir,  is  as 
niiuous  to  religion  as  the  habit  of  changing 
^aehei-H  is  detrimeiital  to  the  cause  of  education 
An  occasional  change  of  labor  may  he  advisable, 
but  a  change  hi  the  overseers  every  year  is  about 
as  logical  as  making  a  change  In  the  head  of  the 
family  that  often.  In  the  ministry  should  be 
none  but  faithful  men,  who  aio  able  to  teach 
others  also,  and  thc«e  as  they  contiune  to  reside 
with,  and  labor  for  a  congregation,  will  improve 
m  iullucnce  and  usefulness.  The  theory  is  of 
modern  invention,  and  evidently  unsnstained  by 
either  the  New  Testament  or  great  Christian 
antiquity.  Its  origin  is  human  and  its  tenden- 
cy evil. 

The  project  further  providps  that  "  All  bish- 
ops, ehlei-s  .ind  deacons  must  have  full  liberty, 
without  interference  from  the  people,  to  fulfill 
the  command  of  Christ  to  baptize  and  to  admin- 
ister all  the  other  rites  to  all  whom  they  deem 
fit." 

This  throws  all  the  power  of  receiving  mcm- 
bei-3  into  the  church,  into  the  hands  of  a  few 
officials,  while  the  laity  can  have  no  say  so  in 
the  matter.  It  makes  no  difference  how  well 
they  are  acquainted  with  the  a])plicant,  nor  how 
much  they  know  about  his  motives,  they  have 
no  say  so  in  it.  This  is  takiuy  the  power  out 
of  the  hands  of  the  people  and  putting  it  into 
the  Jiands  of  afew  officials, thus  virtually  taking 
away  the  religious  liberties  and  privileges  be- 
longing to  the  church  of  Christ. 

Tlie  position  on  Feet-washiug  seems  rather 
loose:  "  And  though  men  differ  as  to  the  per- 
nianent  obligation  nf  Feet-Wiuhiitg  and  anoint- 
ing  the  sick,  nevertheless  we  deem  it  safest  to 
retain  these  usages.  We  must  retain  them  for 
those  who  desire  to  observe  them,  though  we  do 
not  define  them."  The  reader  will  .uudei-staiid 
that  the  washing  of  the  saint's  leet  is  retained 
for  tlio^e  who  desire  to  observe  it.  Of  course 
whan  they,  some  of  the  members,  cmse  desir- 
ing to  observe  it,  it  will  be  nnneces.<iiiry  to  re- 
tain it  in  the  church  any  longer.  This  is  the 
legitimate  couclusion. 

The  movement  is  intended  to  o|)pose  the  jilain 
and  uniform  garb  usually  worn  by  our  members, 
and  give  them  full  liberty  to  drift  out  into  all 
till'  foolish  aud  vain  fashions  of  acorrupt  world, 
laying  no  restr;iint  whatever. 

This  movement  provides  that  all  infants  shall 
be  baptized  and  ever  after  addressed  and  treated 
as  Christians— full  members  of  tlic  church,  and 
also  to  partake  of  the  commuuiou,  Nothing  is 
said  about  them  taking  part  in  the  Lord's  Suij- 
per  and  the  wa.shing  of  the  saint's  feet,  but  if 
feet-washing  is  only  retained  in  the  church  for 
those  who  desire  it,  it  follows  that  it  is  not  for 
iufiuits,  for  they  do  not  desire  it.  This  is  an- 
other anti-Gospel  practice,  uusuatained  by  the 
•jtmrid  practice  of  antiquity.  The  Apostles 
confined  their  baptizing  to  believei-s  only — such. 
as  could  biing  forth  fruits  meet  for  repentsmce, 
and  mfants  can  neither  believe  nor  repent. 
Christ  commandeil  that  the  bread  and  wine 
should  be  taken  in  reineiiiltrance  of  Win,  and 
hinv  infants  can  do  this  is  a  little  mysterious. 

Taking  Mr.  Crystal's  movement  all  in  all,  it 
seems  a  kind  of  a  lodging  place  about  half  way 
between  Christianity  and  the  world — it  is  a  lit- 
tle of  both,  and  perhaps  not  much  o£  either.  It 
contains  just  about  enough  of  popular  roligion 
to  make  it  take  well  among  certtun  cla/jses,  and 
not  enough  of  the  Bible  onler  to  entitle  it  to 
muih,  if  imy  virtue.  Wo  think  it  will  gaJuvery 
little,  if  any  respect  from  our  people,  and  pi?r- 
haps  not  much  from  others.  As  for  the  good 
theiv  is  in  it,  we  have  all  of  that  in  our  church, 
while  the  errors  can  he  found  among  the  popn- 
lar  denoniinationi*  of  the  day.  j.  if.  li. 


DAUGHTEBS  PROPHESYING. 


Ih  you  prosper  in  business  do  not  boast  of  it 


I'lCMO  uplain.  il,rou([h  \U  paper,  tho  Ikiriplure  r«uc»l 
m  Acl*  2 :  17.  18.  casMnUng  iho  pwpiiMyinB  of  ilau(h> 
Kw.    Abo  i«oond1o  wh«t  Pml  nj*  1q  i  Cor.  H  ;  M. 

R.  BivMnAcm. 

PROPHESYING  has  considerable  latitude  of 
■meaiiiug.  The  Givek  for  propliMyingia 
i'rophiUfusuiif^in,  from  Prop/ialetiii,  {present  in- 
dicative) defined,  "  to  fnrehU  future  ertnts; 
prrdict;  to  !t}}ritk  from  Ihr  impahe  nf  ftiviw  ,«_ 
spirathn."  We  are  inclined  to  think  that  this 
last  meaning,  is  the  one  referred  to  by  the  apo*. 
tic  Paul. 

We  read  in  the  Oospcl  that  Philip,  the  evan- 
gelist, had  tour  daughters  who  did  prophesy- 
(being  virgins).  Ads  21:0.  But  the  Bi)08tle 
Paul  forbids  women  speaking  in  the  church 
1  Cor.  U:  84.  Now  thou,  the  difficulty  seems 
to  be:  How  cim  daughters  or  women,  propliei.y 
without  siwaking  in  the  church?  Some  take 
the  position  that  "  daiirjhtern  "  meanx  imimrri- 
ed  ironien.  Like  Philip's  virgins.  There  is  no 
doubt  but  the  term  daughtera  dof»  refer  to  un- 
married women,  hut  it  refers  with  equal  propri- 
ety to  married  ones.  Women  are  as  much  the 
daughters  of  their  p.irent8  alter  marriage  as  they 
were  previously.  Tlie  Prophet  expressly  says, 
their  sons  and  their  daughters,  not  their  virgins, 
shall  prophesy:  and  the  apostle  applies  it  to  the 
church.  Paul,  however,  admits  service  in  the 
church  by  Christian  women,  when  he  says,  "  I 
commend  unto  you  J'hcbe.  our  sister,  which  is  a 
sn-rant  of  the  church  "  Ac.  (Rom.  16: 1).  Again, 
"Greet  Priscilla  and  Aquilla  my  helpern  in 
Christ  Jesus"  (Horn.  1«:  3).  Here  the  apostle 
acknowledges  Priscillaaa being  a  Ac/;>(*rin  Christ, 
as  well  as  Aquilla.  Again,  "Greet  Mary,  who 
bestowed  much  hihor  on  us  "  (Rom.  16:  6).  Un- 
to women  the  joyful  news  of  Christ's  resurrec- 
tion was  firet  made  known,  and  they  were  com- 
manded to  tell  it  to  the  apostles.  It  was  evident 
that  in  the  apostolic  age  of  the  church,  women 
took  an  active  part  in  the  local  affaii-s  of  the 
church  in  some  way  or  other,  or  periiajia  in  va- 
rious ways.  They  were  mrkers—hdim-K.  They 
propheitied. 

To  reconcile  Paul's  language,  where  he  for- 
liids  women  speaking  in  the  churchea,  with  the 
liriviiege  dutujhtcrs  have  to  prophesy,  it  is  neces- 
eary;  to  understand  the  moaning  of  the  term 
church,  or  rather  Eccksia.  The  Greek  for 
church,  means,  "  To  convoke  any  public  assem- 
bly, a  congregation;  a  Christian  assembly;  a 
church."  Hence,  Eccksia  may  mean  an  assem- 
bly of  unheliovera,  as  well  us  believers,  or  a  mix- 
ed as-sembly  of  both;  this  is  doubtless  what  the 
apustle  h^d  in  ^lew  in  forbidding  women  to 
&pcak  in  the  church,  i.  e.,  in  those  largo,  pulilic 
assemblifwmade  up  of  all  classes  of  people,  where 
women,  in  attempting  to  speak  in  all  probabili- 
ty would  have  been  disrespectfully  treated.  We, 
however,  use  the  term  Erclcsin  in  its  restricted 
sense.  In  fact  the  term  church.is  but  one  of 
four  definitions  of  the  word  Eectesia. 

We  do  not  conceive  that  the  apostle  forbids 
women  speaking  in  the  church  strictly,  i.  e.,  an 
assembly  of  believers  only.  If  so,  no  woman 
would  have  the  rigjit  to  say  even  a  word  in 
church  council.  There  are  times  in  church 
council. especially  in  things  pertaining  to  eistcTN, 
when  women  can  speak  more  advisably  thiui 
men.  Again,  in  a  great  many  places,  especially 
in  the  West  where  the  members  are  scattered 
about  in  little  groups,  and  are  destitute  of  a 
minister,  sometimes  for  years,  under  such  cir- 
cumstances it  would,  we  think,  be  right  forsuch 
members  to  meet  in  a  religious  capacity,  read, 
sing,  pray,  and  exhort  one  another  to  steadfastv 
ness  in  the  faith.  If,  under  such  circumstances, 
a  sister  had  the  gift  to  exhort,  we  think  she 
would  have  Gospel  liberty  to  do  so,  when  the 
exercises  are,  in  the  main,  intended  only  for  be- 
lievers. In  this  way  they  would  be  helper/:,  as 
well  as  in  speaking  a  word  for  Christ,  more 
privately. 

We  further  believe  that  if  members  uf  the 
church  would  meet  oft*'u  in  a  moiy  private  ca- 
pacity, to  sing,  ipniy  and  exhort,  even  where 
they  have  regular,  public  preaching,  that  it 
would  result  in  advantage  to  the  church;  and 
in  such  meetings  sifters  might  participate  in 
prophesying,  as  well  as  in  praying  to  the  edifi- 
cation of  the  church,  AVe  hnow  that  we  are 
getting  on  delicate  ground,  ami  perhaps  have 
tramped  ou  Some  one's  toes  ijready,  hut  if  our 
cxpUnatiou  is  not  satisfactory,  we  ask.   What 


the  church?    How  did  th«y  help?    Ju  what 
wa>-  did  they  labor? 

We  do  not  bolieTtf  in  women  proph._-.ty  log  on 
wiy,  ami  every  oc«:a«on,  whithef  [.ublle  or  pri. 
vate.  but  we  do  think  there  an*  timm  wIkq  it 
might  be  done  to  edification.  For  this  n-aron, 
I  think  liberty  is  given  ulster*  to  pr;,y  at  our 
communions,  and  I  am  sorry  to  say.  i^  ^ddom 
engaged  in,  there  l^j-  them. 

J.  8.  Mniii.Eii. 

IN  BXIIEF. 

OUR  reiidei-»  are  beginning  to  roll  m  new 
subscribers  i»r«tty  lively.  Brother  J.  S, 
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nubscriber  to  U.  at  W.  I  got  you  one  i«  my 
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other brother  says,  he  wiw  not  well,  lu-n*:.- could 
not  get  around  much,  yet  he  sends  in  thre^  new 
names.  —  One  brother  writes,  he  eannnt  do 
much,  as  overj-body  there  takes  the  pap.  r.  He 
is  certainly  excusable.  —  One  agent  wits  (i-;ter- 
iniued  to  send  in  jiix  new  names,  imd  to  do  it 
paid  for  part  of  them  himseir.  —  Aud  another 
who  hiid  already  sent  in  a  large  list,  semla  in 
eight  more  new  subscribers.  That  is  good.  — 
Many  are  sending  in  for  sample  copies  and  pro». 
pectuscs  its  an  outfit  to  umvass  for  moiv  new 
names.  —  A  few  business  letters  must  go  unan- 
swered a  few  days.  —  Though  we  have  uourly 
one  hundred  papew  going  to  Goshen.  Ind,,  yet 
our  agent  sends  in  four  more  uew  names;  a  fovr 
more  and  there  will  be  one  hundred.  —  In  con- 
sequence of  his  written  discussion,  Uru.  atein 
will  not  take  his  contemplated  trip  among  the 
Brethren  this  season.  —  A  few  more  arning*. 
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cummcnce.  It  will  be  interesting.  Mow  let 
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book.  —  Those  who  have  sent  in  artiLk-s  for 
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ble.  —  Those  who  copy  Bro.  Balsbaugh'a  letters 
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hard  to  read,  and  worse  yet  for  the  compoiitors. 

—  Keep  us  posted  on  church  news.  As  the 
Love-feast  season  will  soon  bo  here  we  ought  to 
liave  a  number  of  reports.  —  The  entire  trip 
from  Lanark,  Shannon  and  Freeport,  to  North 
Manchester,  Ind.,  ami  return,  wilt  be  not  over 
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A  gentleman  of  this  town  has  shown  us  uew 
jieaches,  about  the  sine  of  hickory  nuts,  takea 
from  trees  in  Solomon  Valley,   Kan.,  M:iy  6th. 

—  For  some  time  we  have  been  out  of  "  Family 
Rules  and  Regulations."  Will  print  morw  as 
soon  us  we  can  get  time  tu  do  .so. 


to  your  friends;  they  may  envy  you.     Letcvory    did  those  women  do   who  he^i>td  Paul,  and  he- 
man  trust  in  God  and  keep  his  own  secrets.        '  stotrtd  much  tabor  on  them,  and  were  aermnU  to 


UNANSWERED  QUESTIONS. 

IlaviDi;  OD  bniiil  ti  miiiilioruf  i^ucrivs  wbich  ive  Imveoot 
liiuo  to  tinsiver,  uo  give-  aomi!  of  llicia  bcltin,  Iiopmg  our 
corrcxponJcDis  will  uiJ  u»  in  ihii  do  purlin  eot.  Utjoor 
answcra  b<i  short  and  tu  ilic  puiut. 


Will  somo  brother  pltnai;  give  accoiint  of  tho  Riw 
Urullircn  oi  lu  whore  iLoy  sUrtvd,  thruugh  the  llnicni»n 

AT  WuIlK  T  J.  J.  ScflBCUTSB. 

I  uish  an  (.•tplnnntiuii  of  Itoiu.  0:  M-H, 

Taos.  1>.  MuMMi, 

Arc  there  nnjr  Drotliron  liriog  in  CIcrinnnjrT  WhUb*- 
cniiiu  or  thouc  incnilitM-ii  baptitcJ  by  brutUur  Iviirti  wUle 
on  s  viiiit  in  Qermany  tome  yvnn  ago  T  S.  S. 

What  is  tho  soul!  Wbnt  b  the  Spirit:  and  nbai  ia  tha 
dilfi?roDCobGliieauih««i>ul  and  spirit  I  Will  sDinvkfiid 
brother  pli-nxc  onsiver  tlirough  the  paper! 

S.  H.  Qabma.1i. 

James  M.  Daiut. 

Did  Christ  tlie  a  OoJ>fonakea  man  aoconling  to  th«  U- 
lowing  Soripturu  7  "Mj^Goil,  mjr  God.  vrhj  lukst  thau 
fon.ikon  Di«?"   *Mark  Ig;  SJ.  J,  J.  Huovbe. 

Will  gome  of  yaii  plenM  give  an  csplaAatioa  on  th*  if- 
Iccolh  Irene,  Ihtnl  ebapterof  Ist  CVrintbiasar 

1>.  A.  W. 

IVould  yow  or  some  other  biMlhcr  pteaio  gUe  na  jgut 
Tjuws  on  the  third  vono  of  the  fcrenib  chapter  of  H»- 
brews?  "Without  fhlhcr,  viithout  mother,  mthout  d»- 
sceni.  having  neither  beginning  of  tlays  nor  end  of  lifkt 
but  made  like  onto  tho  Sob  of  God  abidelli'B  pnestoao- 
tinually."'  Maxia  B.  IIkutaxi*.. 


TPip:    liKETtlKlCi^^    ^a'    AVOKlsl. 


May    iQ. 


^hti  Wom^  §irch. 


READ  AND  OBEY. 

"  KuitaDilR,  loT*  your  wiTES." 

'■  WItm.    obey    your    biuib»od»." 

"  Fkthnr*.  proTok*  not  your  children  fo  tiT»th. 

"  ChiMrcn,    obty    your    pnr«nij    ia    »I1    tiinp  - 


GOD  BLESS  PAPA. 

/■(Oi)  hl.fsoiir.larliiiK  I'l'p:* 
\J  WliiTi-ver  hi-  niiiy  roam, 
I'rotrct  liirii  rrom  iitl  diinger, 

Anil  bring  him  Hafcly  home; 
Miiy  anKcl  guftH«  Ik*  near  him 

In  ilark  U-iiiptation's  hour. 
To  Ti-tcMe  him  from  fulling 

Within  tlie  U-mi)ler'«  power. 

Whr-n  faint  with  weary  toiling 

And  siwl  with  many  a  care, 
Givr  him  new  strength  and  counige 

Thiw  ln-avy  Imul  to  hear; 
Should  Bicknuas  come  or  soitow, 

To  cloiul  his  Iif<;  to-(!sy, 
Goil  Bend  u  bright  to-morrow 

To  drive  a  cloud  away. 

Hi«  arm  is  onr  jirotection, 

His  «mile  is  our  ri.'ward, 
And  limy  wo  never  forfeit 

HiH  kindnc^s  und  regard; 
And  ax  the  years  roll  o'er  him, 

And  his  bright  eyes  grow  dim, 
For  all  his  lovo  and  goodness 

Our  cure  shall  comfort  him. 

The  evening  meal  is  waiting, 

The  lights  are  all  aglow, 
Tile  bright  tea  urn  is  singing 

A  welcome,  soft  and  low; 
Wc  Iiear  hiu  «tei;s  approaching, 

We  sec  him  nearer  come, 
Thank  God,  ior  bringing  papa, 

Dear  psipri.  safely  home. 
Seletled  by  Oi.iVK  k  VlKKlE  EsHF.LMAS. 
Lomrl..  III.' 

SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Leaning. 
"\TKAK  .Sliiuly  tJrove,  I'li.,  is  a  small  piece  of 
JM  timber,  luid  there  1  saw  something  that 
8ugge.tt«d  our  lesson  this  morning.  This  grove 
consists  mainly  of  large  trees,  sparsely  scatter- 
ed over  about  twenty  acrea  of  ground.  Near 
the  road  is  a  tree,  fpiito  hirgc  ami  somewhat 
bent,  leaning  against  another  only  about  half  as 
large.  Now  it  wiw  evident  that  before  the  larg- 
er tree  began  to  lean  ou  the  smaller  one,  that 
the  smuUer  was  a  straight,  thrifty  tree,  but  now, 
witli  its  load,  it  too  liad  become  a  little  crooked. 
You  see  it  hiul  a  promising  future  before  it,  be- 
fore thv  largL-r  um-  threw  its  weight  upon  it, 
but  now  it  must  yield  more  or  less  to  the  weight 
of  the  larger. 

This  made  me  think,  and  think;  and  I  shall 
llt-re  let  you  have  a  little  of  the  thinking.  In 
the  L'liurch  are  some  who  ought  to  bear  their 
own  burdens,  ought  to  stand  erect  and  let  the 
dews  of  lieaven  water  them  thoroughly,  but  they 
will  lean  on  others,  and  that,  too,  upon  those 
who  are  smaller  than  themselves.  They  will 
ftsk  those  to  carry  a  load  for  them,  who  are  bare- 
ly able  to  carry  their  own.  They  will  lean  on 
some  one.  Jf  a  smaller  "  tree  "  has  about  all  it 
Can  do  to  «tand  erect,  the  larger  one,  to  keep 
himwlf  in  the  grove  (church),  will  lean  on  the 
smaller  one.  Of  course  such  work  must  more 
or  less  crook  the  smaller  one  too.  Better  lean 
OU  Jesus,  who  is  strong  and  able  to  bear  up  all 
our  griefs  and  sorrow. 

Then  it  sometimes  happens  that  we  lean  up- 
on each  other,  when  we  ought  to  be  leaning  ou 
Je.'JU!!.  0,  lean  upon  Jesus!  He  is  full  of  power 
to  bi'iir  ns  up.  To  lean  this  way,  then  that,  and 
have  no  "  lixedness,"  It  to  lall,  finally  as  utterly 
worthless  in  (lie  sight  of  God.  The  tree  re- 
minded me  of  those  who  want  to  lean  upon  the 
world — have  no  desire  to  grow  up  straight  in 
the  Master's  kingdom,  but  all  the  time  want  to 
rest  against  the  world.  Poor  mortals!  Come 
lean  upon  the  arm  of  Jesus.  Do  not  think  that 
the  devices  ;iik1  sins  of  the  world  will  bear  you 
up  and  tmry  you  into  eternal  bliss.  They  are 
unsafe.  Do  not  lean  against  them;  for  ere  you 
knr)w  it.  tht-y  will  give  way,  and  down  you  will 
go  w.th  them. 

And  you,  paj-ents,  do  not  lean^  upou  your 
children  and  t  rook  tiieni.  Do  not  press  them 
with  your  own  weight,  hut  first  let  them  grow 
ujt  strong,  and  then  when  you  get  old  and  feeble, 
you  limy  safi-ly  lean  on  them  for  help  and  com- 
fort tn  this  lile.  First  let  their  miuds  grow 
straight  mid  >tn>ng  in  the  truth.  Show  them 
liow  to  l-iin  iin  .lesus;  and  in  showing  them,  do 
not  forget  to  iejin  on  Him  yourself.  It  will  not 
do  to  lean  on  this  man  or  that  man,  but  it  will 
pay  t-o  lean  on  Jetus. 


Nor  must  we  forget  that,  the  tendency  of 
popular  religion  is  to  lean  on  the  sayings  of  this 
or  that  great  man.  The  great  mass  of  profess- 
om  are  prone  to  lean  upon  the  sensationalists  of 
the  day,  and  soon  both  trees  will  be  yielding, 
bending  under  the  displeasure  of  God.  Lean  on 
our  blessed  Mnflter  instead.  God  be  thanked 
that  we  have  One  who  is  strong  and  mighty  to 
uphold.  Vonng  man,  do  not  lean  upon  father 
and  mother  for  life  eternal,  but  lean  on  our 
Lord.  Lean  not  on  the  world,  lean  not  on  old 
aaociates,  lean  not  on  friends  for  the  water  of 
life,  but  on  Him  who  has  it  to  give  in  abundance. 
Young  woman.  lean  not  on  the  fa.sbions  of  the 
day,  lean  not  on  your  own  naughty  heart,  but 
lean  on  the  ever  precious  Jesus.  Lean  on  Jesus, 
Jeaus!  Children,  learn  to  lean  on  your  Savior, 
your  good  Friend.  Lean  on  Him  early,  lean  on 
Him  through  life,  and  you  shall  lean  on  Him 
in  eternity.    Lean  on  Jesus  uow  and  forever. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAK. 


TO  THE  CHILDREN. 

GOD  bless  you,  dear  little  friends.  I  know 
that  I'e  loves  you,  and  will  do  you  all  good, 
if  you  will  be  Hud  to  Him  and  all  of  those 
whom  you  meet.  I  am  so  far  from  home  that  I 
cannot  read  your  words  of  love  as  they  ai-e  sent 
in,  but  when  I  get  home,  I  hope  to  find  a  large 
pile  for  me  to  read.  And  then,  if  God  spares 
me  to  reach  home,  I  shall  have  so  much  to  fell 
you  of  what  I  saw.  I  think  you  all  want  to 
hear  of  the  great  things  of  God,  of  His  vast 
works,  of  the  host  of  things  which  are  His,  and 
of  the  works  of  man,  whom  He  has  made.  But 
when  you  read  these,  and'  learn  what  is  in  this 
great  world  which  God  made,  I  hope  it  will 
make  you  feel  to  thank  the  Lord  that  He  has 
thus  shown  how  good  He  i.-<  to  all  men,  and  even 
to  all  the  small  folks.  Be  good  and  kind  to  your 
pa  and  ma,  as  well  as  to  all  that  you  meet,  so 
that  God's  love  and  care  may  be  with  you  all 
through  life.  Read  God's  good  Book.  In  it 
you  will  find  the  way  of  life.  In  it  you  will 
learn  the  road  to  peace  and  joy.  I  writ«  this  to 
you,  so  that  you  may  know  that  I  still  think  of 
you.  Yes,  you  are  in  my  mind  ail  the  time.  I 
think  soon  you  must  take  the  place  of  those  who 
lU'e  uow  old,  and  1  want  you  to  be  fit  to  do  the 
great  work  that  will  fall  ou  you.  Then  be  good: 
read  what  God  has  put  in  your  bands — His 
Word  of  Truth;  and  then  pray  to  God  to  bless 

you.  M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

Line  Lexhif/tou,  Pa,,  Mnij  3n/,  1&78. , 


FROM  MARCUS  MISHLER. 

JESUS  was  born  at  Bethlehem,  about  six 
miles  from  Jerusalem-  The  same  night 
God  sent  an  angel  to  tell  the  shepherds,  who 
were  watching  their  sheep  iu  the  neighboring 
fields.  The  shepherds  were  afraid  at  first,  but 
the  angel  said,  "  Fear  not:  fur  behold  I  bring 
you  glad  tidings  of  great  joy,  which  shall  be 
unto  all  people,  for  unto  you  is  born,  this  day. 
in  the  city  of  David,  a  Savior."  And  the  angel 
said,  they  would  find  the  babe  wrapped  in  swad- 
dling clothes,  lying  in  a  miinger.  The  shei>- 
herds  went  and  found  the  child  as  the  angel  had 
told  them.  About  this  time  a  star  appeared  in 
the  East  and  the  wise  men  from  the  East  came 
in  seai'ch  of  Christ.  Herod  asked  the  wise  men 
to  inform  him  where  he  might  find  the  child,  so 
he  might  woi-ship  Him;  but  the  wise  men  were 
warned  iu  a  dream  and  went  home  without  let- 
ting Herod  know  where  Jesus  was.  Herod  be- 
came angr)'  when  he  saw  that  he  was  mocked 
by  the  wise  men,  and  sent  forth  and  slew  all  the 
children  under  the  age  of  two  years,  that  were 
in  Bethlehem.  Joseph  fled  to  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

While  Jesus  was  ou  the  earth,  he  spent  most 
of  His  time  preaching  and  performing  miracles, 
sucli  as  healing  the  sick,  giving  the  blind  their 
sight,  commanding  unclean  spirits  to  come  out, 
raising  the  dead,  feeding  the  hungry.  Finally 
He  was  taken  before  Pilate  to  be  tried,  but  He 
would  not  answer  the  questions  the  council  ask- 
ed, imd  they  could  not  prove  anything  against 
Him,  until  two  persons  said  that  He  had  said 
he  would  overthrow  the  the  temple  and  rebuild 
it  in  three  days.  To  this  He  made  no  direct 
answer,  but  when  asked,  "  Art  thou  the  Son  of 
GodV"  he  answered,  "  Ye  say  I  am,"  for  which 
they  said  He  should  be  put  to  death.  After  thLs 
they  spat  on  Him  and  a  crown  of  thorns  was 
put  on  His  head.  He  was  dressed  in  a  robe  like 
a  king,  and  the  king's  servants  mocked  Him; 
aftt-r  this,  He  wiia  compelled  to  carry  His  cross 
to  the  place  of  crucifixiou.  He  was  then  nailed 
to  the  cro.ss  with  two  men,  one  ou  each  aide  of 
Him.  After  He  was  nailed  to  the  crobs,  a  sponge 
wa-s  filled  with  vinegar  and  placed  to  His  lipa. 
He  said,  "  It  is  finished,"  bowed  His  head  and 
died. 

Ydlow  Crttk,  in. 


BOY  S    RIGHTS. 

I  WONDER  now  if  any  one 
In  this  broad  land  has  heard, 
In  favor  of  down-trodden  boys 

One  solitary  woi-d? 
We  hear  enough  of  '  women's  rights. 

And  'rights  of  working  men,' 
Of  '  equal  rights,'  and  '  nation's  rights, 

But  pray  just  tell  us  when 
Boy's  rights  were  ever  spoken  of? 

Why  we've  become  so  used 
To  being  snubbed  by  every  oue. 

And  slighted  and  abused. 
That  when  one  is  polite  to  us. 

We  open  wide  our  eyes, 
And  stretch  them  in  astonishment 

To  nearly  tmce  their  size! 
Boys  seldom  dare  to  ask  their  friends 

To  venture  in  the  house! 
It  don't  come  natural  at  all 

To  creep  round  like  a  mouse. 
And  if  we  should  forget  oui-selves 

And  make  a  little  noise! 
Then  ma  or  auntie  sure  would  say, 

'Oh,  my!  those  dreadful  hoys.' 
The  girls  bang  on  the  piano. 

In  peace,  but  if  the  boys 
Attempt  a  tune  with  fife  and  drum. 

It's  '  Stop  that  hoiTid  noise!' 
'  That  horrid  noise ! "  just  think  of  it; 

When  sister  never  fails 
To  make  a  noise  three  times  as  bad 

With  everlasting  '  scales.' 
Insulted  thus,  we  lose  no  time 

In  beating  a  retreat; 
So  off  we  go  to  lomp  aud  tear, 

And  scamper  in  the  street. 
No  wonder  that  so  many  boys 

Such  i,vicked  men  become, 
'Twere  better  far  to  let  them  have 

Their  games  aud  play  at  home. 
Perhaps  that  text  the  teacher  quotes 

Sometimes — '  Train  up  a  child  '— 
Means  ouly  train  the  girls. 

And  let  the  boys  run  wild. 
But  patience,  aud  the  time  shall  come 

Wheu  we  will  all  be  men, 
Aud  wheu  it  does,  I  rather  think 

Wrongs  will  be  made  right  then. 

—The  Shah  r. 


shape  of  dinlugiies,  speeches — things  to 


make 


THE  MYSTERIOUS  BEING. 

A  Pointed  Lesson  for  the  Old  as  well  as 
Young, 

ONE  of  the  best  writers  in  America  makes  a 
good  picture  of  a  popular  old  lady.  Will 
our  young  readers  tell  us  what  her  name  is? 

How  different  people  appear  at  different  times, 
as  when  we  are  sick  or  well,  rejoicing  or  mourn- 
ing, laughing  or  weeping.  A  few  days  since  I 
met  an  ohl  lady,  who  nodded  very  familiariy  to 
me,  aud  yet  I  hesitated  to  call  her  by  name,  lest 
I  should  miscall  it.  She  looked  old  aud  yet 
young,  soft  aud  smiling,  and  yet  wore  stern 
frpwus.  She  was  fair  in  face,  yet  her  hands  were 
iron.  It  seemed  as  if  the  wind  would  blow  her 
away,  and  yet  she  moved  with  the  strength  of 
an  elephant. 

"  Why,  sir,"  said  she,  "you  seem  to  stare  at 
me,  though  you  have  seen  me  a  thousand  times 
before." 

"That  may  be  madam;  but  I  never  saw  you 
loaded  dowu  with  all  sorts  of  things.  I  am  cu- 
rious to  kuow  about  them.  Would  it  be  rude 
to  ask  you  a  few  questions?  " 

"  Not  at  all.     Ask  away." 

"  Well,  what  are  you  going  to  do  with  those 
small,  thin,  ladies'  shoes?" 

"Why,  make  the  ladies  wear  them,  to  be 
sure." 

"Not  iu  the  cold,  wet  sea.son?  Why  I  can 
hardly  keep  my  feet  warm  in  these  thick,  doub- 
le-soled boots.  I  must  have  over-shoes.  How 
can  they  wear  such  thin,  cold-catching  shoes?" 

"Oh,  sir,  I  have  only  to  bring  them  to  them, 
aud  the  dear  creatures  put  them  ou,  and  never 
hesitate  a  moment.    They  know  me!" 

"  And  those  little  half-dressfs  hanging  on 
your  arm?" 

"  They  are  to  put  on  little  children  in  cold 
weather,  or  to  walk  out  iu — naked  at  the  knees, 
naked  at  the  neck,  aud  hardly  covering  half  the 
body.  You  can't  think  how  eager  parents  are 
for  these  dresses." 

"  What  have  you  in  that  little  tin  box?  " 

"  Lozenges,  sir;  troches,  hoarhound  candy — 
things  that  always  go  with  thin  shoes  and  thin 
dresses.  Aud  this  bright  red  box,  sir,  contains 
what  is  called  conscience  salve,  which  I  always 
keep  on  baud  to  rub  on  the  conscience  wheu 
any  oue  sees  he  has  done  wrong  in  obeyin"  me. 
It's  in  great  demand,  sir,  and  a  certain  cure." 

"What  have  you  in  that  bundle,  madam?  " 

"This?  Why  a  few  kuick-knaeks,  which  I 
sometimes  distribute  in  Sabbath-schools,  in  the 


people  laugh  aud  lo  prevent  the  schools  fro 
feeling  too  serious,  or  thinking  too  much  ahowf 
religion.    You  must  undei-stand,  sir,  that  l^o 
tinually  have  to  attend  church  to  regulate  thui 
there— to  see  that  the  bonnets  are  right  t? 
rings  are  bright,  and  the  dresses  complete;'  y  \ 
religion  itself  I  bate  as  poison!     And  here  U 
box  of  the  finest— what  shall  I  call  it?    i|.  ■  " 
sort  of  wit  and  smartness  which  I  deal  out  to 
preachers,  with  which  they  spice  their  sermon 
and  become  popular.     I  sell  them  by  the  gtoJ 
They  lu-e  growing  in  demand,  aud  they  area^aj 
saving  of  conscience  aud  headache.    Warranted 
to  keep  iu   all    climates— a  kind  of  sensation 
powder." 

"  Pray,  madam,  wliat  ave  those  screws  forj» 

"  Why,  to  pinch  the  feet  and  make  them  lonfc 
small,  without  regard  to  conis  or  bunions.  Thev 
can't  ivear  those  dear  little  shoes  excejjt  va. 
liave  innehei-s  to  go  with  them." 

And  that  great  heap  of  books  in  your  arms?" 
Those?  They  are  the  latest,  most  exciting 
and  the  weakest,  most  silly  novels.  But  I  hand 
them  out,  and  shake  my  head  with  a  sniile,  and 
crowds  read  them." 

"  Well,  madam,  I  am  very  inquisitive,  I  know 
but  I  do  want  to  kuow  what  you  have  in  that 
great  bag  thl■o^vn  over  your  shoulder?" 

"A  great  variety  of  valuables,  such  as  'lat^ 
suppei-s,'  in  great  demand,  and  which  send  peo. 
pie  to  the  grave  early,  aud  thus  make  room  for 
more.  Here  are  Mate  honi-s,' aud  'late  rising' 
aud  all  manner  of  hair-dressing,  and  expensive 
di-essiug— thiugs  that  ladies  must  have,  even  if 


their  husbands  fail.     Here 'are  diamond 


puis  ana 


rings— just  the  things  to  stir  up  envy  and  ere. 
ateextravagauce.  Here  are  gold  watches,  eioaj^ 
meerschaum  pipes,  gold-beaded  canes,  eye-glagsl 
es,  and  all  manner  of  things  to  suit  all  khnla  of 
people.  And  I  laugh  and  coax,  and  frown  and 
command,  till  I  get  them  to  wear  and  use  them 
and  do  just  what  I  please.  Now,  1  have  stop! 
ped  to  talk  with  you  a  few  moments;  don't  you 
see  what  a  crowd  have  gathered  round  nie— low 
necks,  thin  shoes,  muslin  dresses,  tight  boots; 
some  on  crutches,  some  coughing,  some  breath- 
ing short,  all  crowding  to  get  near  me;  and 
when  I  move  you  will  see  how  they  all  run  and 
rush  aud  crowd  after  me.  0,  sir,  I  am  the  great 
power  of  the  world.  I  rule  kings  and  queens 
beggars  aud  philosophers.     Don't  you  see?" 

"  Truly,  madam,  truly.  And  now  may  1  aak 
you  your  name?  " 

"Name?  Fashion,  sir;  my  name  is  Mrs. 
Prevailing  Fashion!  I  thought  everybody  knew 
me." 

We  wonder  if  any  of  our  readers  patronize 
this  Mi-s.  Prevailing  Fashion?  She  travels  ex- 
tensively, is  found  iu  every  city  and  village  in 
the  land,  aud  does  not  hesitate  to  visit  the  rural 
districts.  She  is  highly  esteemed  in  fashionable 
circles,  and  is  therefore  an  abomination  iu  the 
sight  of  the  Lord.  Do  not  patronize  her;  do 
not  even  admit  her  into  your  bouses;  she  is  a 
dangerous  tramp  of  world-wide  reputation — ac- 
quainted with  every  nation,  kindred  and  tongue, 
and  familiar  with  the  ways  of  public  aud  pri- 
vate life  of  every  grade  aud  order.  Her  business 
is  to  ruin  health,  squander  your  money,  ruin 
families  aud  churches,  and  people  the  regions  of 
despair  with  myriads  of  unhappy  aud  etcmally 
tormented  beings. 


CHILDBEJf  AT   WORK. 


From  Ida  Cripe: — 

Jesus,  cleanse  my  soul  from  siu, 
Let  Thj'  Spirit  dwell  within: 
Mould  me  to  TUy  will  diviue,— 
Miiy  I  in  Thy  likeness  shine. 

From  Kiltie  A.  W.  Keber.-ftoc  Eililor: 
—I  am  pleased  to  see  the  children  at  work.  I 
am  ouly  twelve  years  ohl.  Was  baptized  wb'H 
I  was  eleven,  and  I  am  trying  to  work  for  Jcsal, 
for  He  has  done  so  much  for  us.  He  gm  m 
life  for  us,  that  we,  through  Him,  can  be  the 
children  of  God.  Dear  young  workers,  us  we 
grow  in  days  and  years,  let  ns  try  and  grow  m 
grace  and  the  knowledge  of  Jesus.  In  this  let- 
ter I  will  send  twenty-live  cents  for  the  paper 
for  the  poor. 

Watevkso,  {own. 

From  Mary  A.  Tysoil.-I  was  just  reading 
the  eleventh  chapter  of  John,  about  l»ru« 
and  his  sisters.  How  sorrowful  they  must  W» 
felt  when  their  dear  brother  died!  1="',°'''  "Jj, 
joy  when  Jesus  came  and  called  him  o 
again.  My  little  brother  Willie,  *<;"8'"  " 
Jesus  had  been  here  three  years  ago  wt™  ' 
papa  died.  He  could  have  made  him  alive  ag  ■ 
1  read  in  the  Bl.ETKl.EN-  AT  WonK  '"^W'j'Jjj 
poor  brother  Hansen's  are.  It  made  my 
feel  sad,  and  I  hope  tliey  will  »oon  have  eno  b  ■ 

Hurleijsoilk,  Pa. 


M^y 


a^I-IK   l^T?T^7rFn^KTSr    AT   Avoinc 


^ISrNOTJJSrCEMElsrTS. 

>oT.cM  of  Lo«-f*«U.   DUlriot  M««ing,.  „^    j,     .. 
he  Ln«f,  nnd  wrlltcii  on  p»p„  mT^,^'  •^"'"' 
from  other   buaiuoa.     "^ 

LOVB-PEAST8, 

A,  Beaver  Dam  congregation.  Roiciubco  Co. 
Inil..  .June  Rlh,  lh(S.  ' 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo.  Iowa  W«ln«^ 
day.  Ju»e  5lh.  187S.  at  10  A.  m!  '    "**"'**• 

Union  chutL-h,  Marshtdl  Co..  Ind  j„ne  4 
lg7-i,  coniinenciug  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M.  '  ' 

poiir-'H'Ics  Somli  of  LcwigtowD,  Winoua  Co 
Miou-  li'St  Snluiduy  ami  Sundny  of  June  next." 

Clear  Kiver  district,  Murrinm,  NoUe  Co,,  iuG 
Juue  ISlli. 

Maiuokota  church,  oue  Imlf  mile  Enst  of  Lost 
JJntiiiu,  commencing  May  '25lh  ftt  1  o'clock. 

Sujno  church.  Marshall  Co..  Iowa,  June  15  nt 
lOo'i'locli,  A.  M. 

Stftte  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  milca  and  a 
half  South-e»5t  of  State  Center,  May  2!)th  and 
30[li.  f.imnutifiug  at  1  P.  M. 

Cetliir  LnUo  congregation,  in  Kurthern  Infiiana, 
two  miles  South-east  of  Coruiina,  Dekalh  Co.,  on 
Thureday,  June  6th,  18(8,  at  2  o"<;lock. 

Ccrio  Gordo  church,  Macon  Co.,  III.,  June  -5ih 
ot  2  o'clock. 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  June 
.glh,  nt  2  o'clock. 

Engle  Creek  Church,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio.  June 
15tb,  nt  10  o'clock. 

Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  May  '23rd 
and  24lh,  to  commence  at  1  o'clock. 

Mciuliceliy  church,  White  Co.,  Ind,,  June  Slh 
at  10  o'clock. 

Tipton,  Iowa,  Juue  6th  and  7th. 

Middle  Fork,  Clinton  Co.,  Ind.,  June  8th  iit  '2 
o'clock. 

Silver  Creek  congregation.  Ogle  Co..  III.,  on 
Thiii-s'lay  aud  Friday,  May  16th  and  17th.  com- 
nieiicing  ot  10  o'clock. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  North  of 
Villistii,  May  l'"*- 

Panther  Creek  church,  Dallas  Co.  Iowa,  May 
16tl)  and  17th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Grundy  church,  Grnndy 
Co.,  Iowa,  will  hold  a  Love-feast  the  fith  and  7th 
of  July  next,  commencing  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M.  — 
Place  of  meeting  10  miles  West  of  Grundy  Cen- 
ter, at  our  meeting -house. 

H.  P.  Stbickler. 

ThiTi!  will  be  a  Love-feast  the  2.5th  and  26th 
of  May  at  the  Richland  cluirch.  Uichlaod 
Co,,  Ohio,  to  be  held  atBro.  John  Kendall's,  near 
our  meeling-house.  Those  coming  by  railroad, 
will  he  met  ftt  Mansfield  if  notice  is  given. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

J.  C.  McMui-i.EN. 

Wc  the  Brethren  of  the  West  Niraishillpn 
diurcli,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  contemplate  holding  n 
Conininuiott  meeting,  eight  miles  North  of 
Canton  on  the  sixth  of  June.  The  brethren 
going  to  the  Annual  Meeting,  coming  from  the 
East,  wilt  please  stop  off  at  L'anton  on  the  fith 
of  June,  and  tliey  will  be  met  at  the  train  the 
day  before  the  meeting.  M.  Holt.. 

DISTRICT   MEETINGS. 

Northern  District  of  Illinois  at  Shannon,  May 
21,  flt  e  o'clock,  A.  M. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  in  Mahoning 
church,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio,  May  20th,  commenc- 
ing nt  (1  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  District  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
lowfl,  will  meet  Monday,  May  27th,  at  the  church 
■  one  and  a  half  mile  East  of  Lost  Kattun.   , 

Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd, 

North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June  Ist, 

In  Michigan,  at  Bro.  Hiram  Allen's,  four  and  a 
half  miles  North-west  of  Vickshurg,  Mich.,  Mav 
I6th. 


This  plrtoe  has  bo<>n  his  rcsidciicr  sinw 
US46.  with  the  vxcrption  of  thi-  fivi-  yoant  when 
ho  livwi  in  Ohio.  Just  (ifty-two  weekn  before 
he  -Itpd.  Iii.t  house  wiw  conH>im«l  hy  fir*  nn<l  he 
narrowly  CHcnpod;  having  Ixn-n  helpK-i«  and 
blind  for  wrend  years.  He  Icavei  ten  children 
living  HUil  lOI  belongins  to  the  church.  Had 
8ixty-ci(ibt  grind-chihWn.  fifty-eight  livinc; 
and  42  !:rp«t-Kn»nd-childr.'n.  of  whom  thirty 
an.*  living. 

Funond  occasion  improved  from  '2nd  Tim.  4; 
fi— *t,  by  Josi^ph  Holsopple  and  David  Ober. 

FRY.— In  the  name  pljttc.  April  24th.  ISTS. 
Rose  BIIb  May.  infant  dnughli-r  of  Bro. 
Joshua  C,  and  sister  Tillie  Fry,  oged  10 
months  and  2.5  .hij^g.  Funrral  diseoiirso  from 
Job  1:  :>!.  latter  chin.^e  by  .Ios.>ph  Holiopple. 


GORRESPON^DEN-CE. 


The    Last    Appeal. 


Diu,-  Hrrlhra 


DIED. 


Ob.luiiricB  shoulJ  be  brief,  wrilleu  on  but  one  side  of  the 
paper,  and  cieparDie  from  all  other  businesa. 


HOLDEMAN. — lu  the  Mohican  congregation, 
Feb.  24,  1878,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Bro.  Chris- 
tian and  sister  Suaan  Holdeman,  aged  9  years, 
3  months  and  3  days. 

H.  S.  Jatohs. 

(P.  C,  please  copy.) 

CLAHK.— In  the  bomids  of  the  Waterloo  con- 
Rregatiou,  Iowa,  July  28th,  1877,  friend  John 
tlark,  aged  74  years,  5  months  and  1  day.  — 
Funeral  by  J.  C.  Keppord  (Wiuebrenflrian)to 
a  large  company  of  relatives  and  sympathiz- 
iug  friends. 
The  subject  of  the  above  uotice  was  the 
Fathpr  of  our  esteemed  sister  E.  C.  Teeter.    He 
*as  not  a  member  of  the  churchy  but  always 
Juud  to  the  Brethren.  John  Wise. 

l^BWONGER.— In  the  Manor  congregation. 
Indiana,  Co..  Pa.,  April  8th,  ISi3,  l3ro.  John 
Niswonger,  aged  about  81  years. 


WE  will  make  one  more  appeal  to  the  breth- 
ren and  sisttiv  for  help  to  build  our 
Miectins-bou«'.  and  ««■  fwl  that  it  will  h-  our 
bst  apin-al  to  yon  fur  Ihiit  purpose.  Othi 
brethren  and  si-d.'r>  !i;.v.'  also  urged  upon  the 
Brethren  to  <-nn\  in  their  donations,  yet  the  do- 
nations hiivc  almost  ciMsed  coming  in. 

Lrist  Spring  we  postponed  building  until  Fall 
for  want  of  means.  Tall  came  and'we  were  yet 
without  I  hi- jicccswiry  rmnnis.  We  then  put 
off  buihliiig  until  Uiis  Spring,  hoping  then  to 
he  able  to  go  on  with  the  building.  We  got 
but  little  money  during  lh«  Winter,  conse- 
(piently  w.'  liad  to  abandon  the  idea  of  building 
thi«  Spring.  We  will  commence  the  building 
now  a'^  soon  as  wo  gi-t  the  nccesaan*  means.  — 
Unless  we  get  about  three  hundred  dollars  from 
the  church,  we  cannot  build.  That  will  be  less 
than  ono-half  the  amount  we  aski-d  for. 

Ono  >ister  in  Philadelphia,  alter  collecting 
Irom  the  members  whiii  they  were  willing  to 
give.  says,  that  the  amount  asked  for  was  so 
snndl,  that  many  did  not  think  it  worth  while 
noticing,  and  further  remarki  that  had  wo  ast 
ed  some  great  thing  or  amount  of  the  church, 
it  would  have  been  noticed  and  responded  to 
much  more  readily.  We,  in  ofi'ering  our  pen- 
ny proposition,  thought,  that  it  would  give  thi 
rich  and  poor  a  chance,  and  all  could  have  a 
share  in'the  enterprise.  So  fsu-  the  poor  church- 
ea,  composed  ol  but  few  membere  and  them 
poor,  hiive  been  leading  far  in  advance. 

By  rc<piest  I  wrote  to  one  brother  in  the 
East,  said  to  be  worth  about  a  half  a  million  of 
dolliirs,  making  a  special  request  of  liim  for  a 
little  help.  He  was  so  much  surprised  about  it, 
that  it  took  him  sometime  to  be  composed 
enough  to  answer,  and  when  he  answered,  how 
much  do  you  think  he  sent.  Instead  of  means 
to  help  us,  it  was  a  sharp  reproof  for  our  im- 
pudence. 

Such  a  rebuke  we  never  got  before,  intimat- 
ing very  plainly  that  he  did  not  use  his  money 
in  that  way.  We  had  the  addresses  of  several 
other  rich  brethren,  but  rest  assured  we  did  not 
write  to  them. 

In  Vol.  2,  No.  12  of  P.  C,  sister  A.  H.  of 
Marlboro,  Ohio,  makes  an  appeal  to  the  sisters 
to  make  an  effort  to  collect  means  under  the 
penny  proposition.  Will  yon  heed  the  call  to 
your  duty,  dear  sisters?  Rest  assured,  sistera, 
if  you  make  an  eftbrt  you  will  succeed.  Some 
have  collected  from  five  to  eight  dollars  from 
small  congregations;  none  refuse  to  give.  Dear 
sistei-s,  will  you  make  the  effort?  This  is  our 
la.st  call  to  the  church  for  means  to  help  to 
build  our  house. 

We  feel  much  discouraged  and  almost  asham- 
ed to  ask  so  many  times  for  so  little  and  yet 
that  little  would  be  of  so  much  help  to  us,  and 
no  one  would  be  any  poorer.  All  donations 
will  be  reported  in  the  Brethren's  papers.  — 
Money  may  be  sent  in  Registered  letters  to 
Sciola,  or  P.  0.  orders  on  Villisca  or  Red  Oak. 
We  hope  that  all  that  are  not  opposed  to 
helping  us,  will  send  in  their  donations  inside 
of  three  months.  As  soon  as  we  get  means  to 
buy  the  material,  we  will  go  to  work  and  put 
up  the  building.  Brethren  and  sisters,  shall 
we  have  the  meaus'i'     Time  will  tell. 

Silas  Mokton, 
N.  U.  Workman. 
Sciold,  I'jiru,  April  17,  lb7S. 


also.     At  la.<»t  it  reaehfd  me  on  the  15tli.      Yon 
will  therpfore  pardon  the  delay  of  my  answer. 

I  thank  the  Lord  who  haa  sent  you,  the  in- 
habitants of  a  State  of  the  New  World,  the 
tidings  of  our  testimony  in  Rome,  which  is  one 
of  pstivme  simplicity  in  fac<?  of  the  ••xtreme 
worldly  power  of  the  Papacy.  How  we  thank 
the  Lord  for  having  apprized  you  of  the  line  of 
conduct  followMl  by  many  here  for  the  manifcs- 
tnlion  of  their  failh  in  the  Gospel  of  odr 
Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ. 

In  Rome  we  are  as  yet  but  few.  because  Satan 
contenils  with  Christ  with  all  his  forces  gather- 
ed together  in  the  papacy,  suid  in  so  many  other 
enemic!*  of  the  Cross,  but  we  are  very  sui-c  that 
Christ  will  bruise  Satan  under  our  feet  shortlj- 
(Uom.  12:«iO. 

To  say  a  word  on  the  principle  expresj^ed  by 
yon  in  the  circular  of  your  periodical.  I  would 
inform  you  that  we  receive  the  teaching  of  the 
Woni  of  God  with  much  f-implicity  .ind  humil- 
ity in  suhmis.sion  to  the  Holy  Spirit,  seeking 
above  all  the  .siviufitication  of  our  spirit,  soul, 
hwirt,  mind  and  body  in  the  Lord,  and  therefore 
ivs  Paul  enjoins  us.  we  gladly  avoid  the  disputed 
ipie-stions  on  God's  Word,  commonly  raised  by 
men,  rather  Wseecliing  the  Lord  to  enlighten 
those  who  arc  of  a  contrary  mind.  In  those 
things  which  are  not  absolutely  necessary  to 
salvation,  we  act  in  the  liberty  and  charity  of 
Christ. 

I  hope  therefore  that  the  love  of  God  will 
move  you  to  pray  fervently  for  ui  here  in  Home, 
and  for  the  Brethren  scattered  in  all  Italy,  even 
as  we  pray  for  all  the  children  of  God  scattered 
thi'oughout  the  world,  and  now  w«  shall  make 
special  mention  of  yovi  all  before  the  throne  of 
Supreme  Grace  in  Jesus  Christ. 

Since  to  my  great  regret  I  have  not  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  knowledge  of  English,  our  d-ar 
brother  in  Christ.  J.  W.  Bell  has  translat- 
ed for  me  what  you  have  written,  and  now 
also  translated  this,  my  humble  letter. 

I  hope  that  some  other  brother  will  write  to 
you  in  English  more  at  length,  respecting  the 
work  of  God  in  Italy.  I  send  you  a  copy  of  our 
journal.     God  he  with  you  all  ! 

With  my  s,ilutations'  in  the  Lord  to  your- 
selves and  all  who  love  him  with  iiicorruptiblu 
purity  of  heart.  I  remain, 

Your  Servant, 

Carlo  Lanixi. 
•\pril  ISth,  IS7N. 


Another   Letter   from    Rome. 
Dear  Sir:— 


ryWE  congregation  at  Rome,  spoken  of  in  your 
L  periodical,  is,  1  believe  not  the  same  donoiU' 
iuation  as  youi^,  hut  they  belong  to  what  are 
called  the  "  Plymouth  Brethren,"  (See  Apple- 
ton's  Encyclopedia  imder  that  title)  of  whom 
there  is  a  small  church  here,  and  one  or  two  at 
Plucna,  I  cannot  state  the  name  of  any  mem- 
bers, but  if  you  choose  to  send  me  communica- 
tions or  pamphlets,  I  will  see  that  they  are  put 
in  the  right  hand. 

You  will  find  account  of  the  Vawlois  or 
Waldenses  in  Appleton's.  May  number  3(J,iHKI; 
more  in  the  valleys  near  the  source  of  the  Po; 
small  numbers  scattered  over  all  Italy.  Their 
congregation  in  Rome  numbers  about  one  hun- 
dred souls. 

Yours  Respectfully, 

Geo.  p.  Maksh. 

Ajivil  mil,  1878. 


From    the    City    of    Rome. 

Dear  Sirs.— 

YOUR  letter  of  the  18th  of  March  with  the 
accompanying  journal  arrived  at  Rome  on 
the  Hfth  of  April.  The  Post  Office  which  is 
ignorant  of  our  distinctions,  sent  your  letter 
and  paper  to  some  one  else,  there  being  here 
American  Baptists  and   Episcopal   Methodists 


Description  of  Oliver's  Prairie. 

Ikur  Brethren: — 

THIS  beautiful  prairie  is  lying  in  the  Eastern 
part  of  Newton  Co.,  Missouri.  Newtonia 
is  a  town  located  about  three  miles  from  the 
center  of  the  prairie. 

Now  about  the  size  of  the  prairie.  It  is 
from  four  to  eight  miles  wide  and  about  eight- 
een or  twenty  miles  long,  lying  somewhat  in  a 
circle. 

Newtonia  is  four  miles  South  of  Ritchey,  the 
nearest  railroad  point.  It  is  a  very  well  water- 
ed village  of  some  six  hundred  inhabitants,  and 
an  excellent  graded  school  and  good  school- 
house.  Grunby  is  a  considerable  mining  town, 
situated  on  the  North-  side  of  the  prairie.  It 
hu^  several  thousand  inhabitants  and  a  fair 
umrket.  The  prairie  lays  well,  about  as 
level  as  the  farmer  would  wish  it.  The  prairie 
is  principally  clear  ot  stone,  soil  fair,  well  wat- 
ered; though  mostly  well  water,  a  large  spring 
can  be  seen  in  Newtonia.  sufficient  to  water  a 
city.  The  Brethren  have  built  a  commodious 
meeting-house  quite  near  the  town,  nearly  com- 
pleteted;  for  the  payment  of  which  we  still  soli- 
cit some  more  aid  from  our  well-wishing  breth- 
ren, y 

The  price  of  the  land  on  this  prairie  is  from 
five  to  twelve  dollars  raw,  and  from  ten  to 


■enty  dollant  for  improvnl  land.  TimWr  is 
plenty,  handy  and  cheap,  ui  thi-  prairie  is  sur- 
roimded  with  timb.-r  mx  all  ^idw.  Ex.:..!Ient 
bnilding  rock  can  also  b-  fmind  herw,  plenty 
and  of  thu  brut  quality.  O00.I  »chool»  are  here 
iLs  well  a.s  plwwrhL>n>. 

The  pro«i»flct»  are  good  for  iibundiint  erop«  of 
verything  plimlpd  and  c^iH-ciiiMy  fruit.  At 
thi»  writing  we  have  jveaohM  nearly  .m^-  inch 
in  diameter.  WIk-:iI  »  wabt  high.  The  Spring 
so  far  ha«  been  »ca*on«bIe. 

Thi.*  ig  bInii  nil  .■xa-lh-nt  gniiw  ami  stock 
country,  ami  Iwlh  the  timlier  and  prairie  are 
well  adapted  to  stock  raixim;.  The  mo-l  copi- 
ousRpringH  in  great  iitiniher  i»«ae  luni  tin- 
earth  in  the  timber,  and  round  about  I  .  |.  li- 
ne.   The  country  i»  healthy,  gem-Kn,     | 

morals.     I  hope  what  1  have  writU;ii,  -    ' :    it  i  . 
fy  Humeroua  iucpiirie*. 

,     ..  C.  Haoaddl 

Snriontt,  Mo. 


Memoir  of  Elizabeth  Bowers. 

!)rar  Brrthrtn.-— 

TIIK  12th  of  April,  died  ElizAbcth   llowerx, 
consort  of  John  Uoweni,  aged  "2  yeart,  3 
months  and  27  days. 

She  waa  a  pioneer  veteran  of  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Sugar  Ridge  church.  Hancock 
Co.,  Ohio,  She  was  born,  raised  and  warmty 
attached  to  the  Lutheran  fiiith.  in  Liuiowtor 
Co.,  Prt.  About  thirty-fivo  years  ago.  the  above 
pair  identified  thcmBelvea  with  thu  people 
known  by  the  term  "  United  IJrethren,"  where 
our  dccciwed  Bister  continued  faithful  Jiud  active 
nearly  fifteen  years;  when  her  defective  practice 
became  apparent  to  her.  Her  doubts  became  bo 
great  that  she  could  no  longer  erase  them,  uor 
destroy  their  unhappy  ell'ects.  To  ihare  the 
Communion  service  in  tlii»  doubtJ'ul  frame  of 
mind,  she  remembered  that  the  apostle  sa)t,  in 
Rom.  14:  23,  "  lie  that  douhteth  is  damned  if 
he  eat,  because  he  eat^rth  not  of  faith."  Per- 
mit me  to  entpiire  here,  Mow  can  any  Bible 
readei-n  take  the  bread  and  wine  in  the  middle 
of  the  day,  calling  it  the  Lord's  Supper,  with- 
out doubting,  when  the  Bibe  emphatically  tells 
us  they  were  taken  after  Supper? 

.\fter  a  sevui-e  struggle  with  her  formor,  pn> 
lonceived  notiona,  »hc  gained  complete  victory, 
entered  the  church  of  the  Brethren,  living  as 
a  faithful  member  until  the  close  of  her  day.  — 
Her  siiflering  wils  great,  ilistressing  to  those 
that  stood  at  her  bed-.side:  but  she  bore  it  all 
with  the  patience  of  an  ancient  Christian  mar^ 
tyr. 

She  expressed  hei-aelf  anxious  and  impatient 
to  go  to  Him,  who  alone  can  give  relief  to 
those  who  have  miule  themseh'es  whit<-  in  the 
blood  of  the  Lamb.  By  the  energy  of  our  de- 
ceased sister,  and  the  few  members  living  there, 
especially  her  faithful  husband,  when  their 
numlwr  was  but  few  and  sc4ittered,  they  erect" 
ed  a  house  for  worhip,  at  which  time  we  came 
among  them.  When  she  came  to  leave,  she 
had  the  pleasure  of  witnessing  about  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  members  under  our  care; 
for  whom  she  felt  a  warm  attachment.  Many 
of  our  ministering  brethren  will  remember 
sharuig  their  hospitalities. 

Although  our  departed  sister  had  such  pleaa- 
out  enjoyment  in  the  church,  yet  her  joy  was 
much  alloyed  to  find  that  she  was  unable  to  in- 
duce but  two  out  of  ten  of  her  children  to  sit 
mth  her  at  the  Lord's  table,  they  having  found 
homes  in  different  branches  of  the  fashionable 
religion  of  the  day.  Many  parents  have  to 
mourn  the  same  unhappy  experience. 

Services  by  the  writer  from  Heb.  9;  27,  to  a 
very  large  assemblage. 

I.  J.  Ro^EXBEROSa. 

Gilboa,  0. 


Report    of    Funds. 

Catharine  Suplee $2.00 

Cleiu-  Branch  Church.  Pa., 8.00 

J.  H.  Lichty. .16 

M.  Minser 50 

Lower  Cumberland  Church, 5.00 

Ella  J.  Brumbaugh, 1.25 

G.  Hellman 9.00 

.'Vrnold's  Grove  church, S.50 

Panther  Creek  church,  III., 4.60 

Hnrrican  church 1.00 

Spring  Creek  congregation,  Ind. 1.50 

Plum  Creek  church.  Pa 2.00 

Total,  e2i.5l 
SaAS  MoRTOS', 
N.  C.  WOKKIUN, 
Sfioln.,  Iowa,  Miiy   1,  lH/S. 

(P.  i'.pltanecoptf.) 


\v  the  world  did  but  know  the  worth  of  good 
men,  they  would  hedge  them  about  with  i>e*rls. 


IIIK    HRKTIIl^EiX    AT    AVOliK. 


M 


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Take    Notice. 

Ikitr  lirelhrrn:— 

BRKTHREN  goinij  throtigli  Reading  to  th« 
iJii^trict  Meeting  of  EmUtd  PenMylvaiiiB, 
will  t«k^  the  KxpreM  train,  leaving  lichanon  at 
9:07  A.  M.,  and  arrive  at  Peri<iomcii  Junction 
at  11  :  ■»!,  A.M.  Tniiii  will  atop  on  that  day. 
May  "iind.cxprtMly  to  accommodate  the  Urelhren. 
They  *«ilUhaoKC<ar*andarriTeat  Salford  Sta- 
tion at  1  :  36  I*.  M. 

Thijr.'  giiing  through  Philadelphia  on  the  North 
Penn.  K.  K.,  will  leave  the  depot  at  2:10  P.  M., 
aud  arrive  at  Souderton  at  3 :  09. 

Ja*.  Y.  Heckler. 
Cortef  ponding  Secretary. 

To  the  Ministering  Brethren  in  Southern 
Illinois. 

Iknr  Hrrthrm:— 

MY  "iij(«v  in  writing  thcMU  lines,  ia  to  call  your 
uttcnlion  to  lb«  needy  and  almost  hclpl«« 
oonditioii  of  a  litlJe  bund  of  nieniber»,  living  in 
ncuclon«>»  Co.,  Ky,,  only  Bomc  three  or  four 
milo  S'.iith  of  the  City  of  Hend.jr'on  on  the 
Ohio  River.  Ilendtreou  is  about  ten  miles  hclow 
Evan.ville.  That  would  he  the  point  to  go  to, 
then  to  I!enderi*on.  There  are  some  fiHirteen  or 
fifteen  mpmhor^  there ;  all  yoirng  in  the  cause,  and 
when  liwl  heard  from,  the  young  hrother  that 
won  cK'Ctrtl  to  the  ministry,  was  sick  and  had  not 
heen  nhk-  to  preach  for  a  long  time. 

They  Iiftvc  now  been  two  years  without  any  n*- 
8i»tanc<-,  Brethren,  you  that  live  towards  the 
Soulhirn  part  of  the  District,  try  and  go  and  see 
ihem,  mill  nrrnngc  to  slay  two  or  three  weeks  and 
help  Ihcm,  and  have  a  Communion  with  them, 
and  I  think  thnt  the  .Southern  District  of  Illinois 
will  help  to  bejir  tin-  hurden.  However  I  can  say 
this  inntli.  if  it  will  not,  I  will.  So  yo,  and  the 
Lcjrd  be  with  you. 

You  may  ask,  Why  don't  you  go?  Uccause 
many  brethren  live  much  nearer  than  we  do,  so 
tliu  expcnHCH  will  be  much  leas.  1  don't  think 
that  the  IJretbren  from  the  Allison  Prairie  churcli 
can  be  over  fifty  or  sixty  miles  from  them.  Atl- 
drf«s ;  John  P.  Gish,  Henderson,  Ky. 

James  R.  Gisil 

lOmuokcltl. 


Thomas    Paine. 


Few  men  of  modern  times  have  done  more 
harm  thnn  Tom  Paine.  Having  endeared  himself 
to  the  American  people  hy  the  assistance  be  ren- 
dered during  the  Revolutionary  war,  gave  him 
much  influfnce  over  many  lovers  of  liberty,  and 
thus  enable]  him  to  reach  hearts  that  otherwise 
would  hiivo  remnlDOd  firm.  His  aina  etill  follow 
after  him. 

The  Lnmhdak  (Pa.)  Republican  thus  describes 
the  cliaract^T  and  closing  career  of  the  author  of 
the  "Age  of  Reason." 

Of  the  moral  character  of  Paine,  we  have 
said  Mjiecifically  little.  But  we  now  come  to  that 
jnni'Lure  of  his  hiatory,  where  no  amount  of  chari- 
ly u  able  to  cover  up  his  vices.  We  use  the  term 
virejt,  euii»ideredly,  because  the  evil  habits  of 
Paine  had  firmly  fixed  themselves  iu  Lis  charac- 
ter. 

Looking  at  him,  lu  he  was  during  the  last  years 
in  France,  when  he  wrote  also  part  of  his  "Age 
of  Keapou,"  we  find  that  a  long  habit  of  inteiuper- 
anco  l|nd  made  him  a  confirmed  drunkard.  Nor 
i^  tJiis  all,  hut  with  it  were  coupled  also  the 
kindred  vices  of  lewdness  and  adultery. 

We  are  told,  thnt  on  account  of  his  gross  im- 
moralitj*.  he  \\i\B  a  very  disagreeable  guest  at  the 
lioii»e  of  our  Minii'ter  iu  Paris,  to  which  he  had 
been  invited  out  of  conipossioo. 

But  Paine  played  his  roh  in  foreign  countries, 
ruid  having  finL-hed  tlml,  he  found  himself  alf  ne 
aod  aln)(#i  for-'ukcn.  He  had  accomplished  iiotli- 
iDg  to  iHiahlish  nn  attnchmcut  His  desire  was  to 
leave. 

In  Aiiierini  there  were  those  who  had  not  for- 
gotten the  servici'u  he  had  once  rendered,  and 
were  ready  to  acknowledge  them. 

IJy  letter  from  Jellersou,  he  was  invited  to  re- 
turn t»)  America.  In  1S02  he  came.  It  is  easy 
to  iaittgiue  wliitt  his  reception  and  remaining 
yearrt  Would  have  bc>  n,  if  the  man's  character 
«ii«l(l  not  h:ive  Ik-cii  uearly  blasted. 

Paine  l>t<-u^ht  with  him,  not  his  wife,  but  a  wo- 
mau  vilh  tlii-ee  eliiidren,  the  wife  of  one  of  his 
Pari-ian  rri.-iidi<.  Pour  woman!  whatever  became 
<if  h'-vaii-l  her  eliildreu,  iiislory  is  silent;  doubt- 
le-.- »)i.;  nut  ibe  (iitc  of  all  those  who  tread  the 
path  of  vUe. 

Tlie»iucirc  t-»uem  and  aflectiouate  friendship 
whieh  hiul  bf.ii  premised  in  Ibe  letter  from  Jef- 
fefton,  was  ilr(i<li(Ily  cooled  down,  when  Paine 
presented  himM  If,  and  was  found  to  be,  as  several 
coiitiiii|rjrnni"  us  accounts  tell  us,  a  revolting  com- 
p-iuiid  i<f  tilih  and  indecency." 

I'ttijie  pai*ud  from  Washington   to  New  York, 


iwhich  he  once  ^aid,  was  not  fit  for  a  geatleman 
to  Iiv«  in)  and  from  there  to  hij  farm  at  New 
Rochclia  As  he  pawed  along,  the  people  were 
ready  to  greet  the  author  of  "Common  Sense," 
but  every  domoofitration  soon  lost  its  enthusiasm 
and  finally  died  away.  Estimating  them  proiwr- 
ly,  they  were  more  sod  than  joyous. 

The  Hhort  time  he  yet  livcl,  he  passed  between 
hit!  place  ond  New  York.  During  this  time  he 
mat'e  several  appials  to  Congre^  for  money,  hut 
no  attention  was  given  them.  He  led  a  wretched 
life.  In  bis  peroon  he  was  raggwl,  unclean  and 
filthy.  He  drank  to  great  excess,  suflVred  great 
bodily  pain.  In  his  conduct  and  language  he 
was  so,  that  no  decent  jwnson  was  found  loug  in 
his  company. 

It  was  only  by  the  self-sacrificing  power  of 
Christian  charity,  that  a  few  kind  hands  minister- 
ed to  his  wants,  as  he  tittered  to  the  grave. 

Afl  to  his  lost  hours,  taking  the  only  account 
given,  they  were  shocking  indeed,  and  the  account 
fills  one  with  terror  and  pity.  He  is  to  have  said, 
"  If  ever  the  devil  had  an  ogent  on  earth,  I  have 
been  one."  He  would  call  out,  during  his  parox- 
ysms of  distress,  without  intermission,  "O  Lord, 
help  me,  God  help  me.  Jesus  Christ  help  me,  O 
Lord  help  me,  etc.,"  repeating  the  same  expres- 
sions without  the  least  variation,  in  a  tone  of 
voice  that  would  alarm  the  house.  (For  a  full 
description  of  this  dark,  dark  scene,  see  Chelt- 
ham's  Life  of  Paine;  Stephen  Grellet's  Autobio- 
graphy.) 


GLEA^STINOS. 


TrlnB  Immortion  TriMd  to  the  Apostlei.— Usin-  .  ^„ 

ti„H  of  liiM,.rKi.l  .juolHtion!,  from  modern  «nd  ,.  .' 
uii.lu.r,.  i.rv..i..g  llmt  »  rhiwfoM  jmnjenriou  v"" 
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cniuit  'if  ll"-  Won.U-iful  Si-<-tie8ili  tliu  Lift!  .,|  .. 
rl.,.r....U>  [.,>nt:l>...r  ,;  MnM'M.    TngNUer  wi,h  |  !, 
.skflciio^  o(  il...'  Il.-l.r^-w=  .iti.liT  llK-it  TMk-m,,.  . 
1U».  J,   11-   liii;iii'i'"'i.  Lt..  !>..  nutlior  of  "Pi-j,,,         ".' 
Ilimao    of    Ufiviil."      Largu  12uio.  Clolli.  t2,0lj."  ''  '^' 
ThoUBt  Sapper.— A  tn-nmifUl.  coloreil  piclurn  ,v,^  , 
Jtvui  rvnJ  111!   ■li«iil''*-a   It   Iho  tnhic,  „i,l,    ,1,^  „  "'"* 
sprcui  before  lliom;  Ilo  lias  jwit  atinounoc.l  ili,,'''*' 
'  Ihem  ohouM  K-irny    l.ini.     Kficli  of  ihe  n,^],"  """ 
HI  tlic  iiiar^n  „r  „    PJ^ 


From  Walnut,  III.— As  the  Lord  has  spared 
me.  I  tjike  the  privilege  to  inform  you,  how  our 
little  band  here  is  prospering.  M''e  all  feel  sorry 
to  say  that  Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  has  preached  his 
farewell  sermon  on  the  28th  of  April.  He  preach- 
ed ^vith  such  force,  that  he  had  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  two  more  sisters  return  to  the  fold  of  Christ. 
We  number  eleven  in  this  little  arm  of  the  church. 
Bro.  Lemuel  has  preached  here  about  a  year,  .and 
through  the  grace  of  God  has  accomplished  much 
good.  We  hope  the  Lord  will  bless  him  for  bis 
labors.  Much  good  could  be  done  here,  if  some 
minister  would  come  and  settle  among  us.  We 
feel  like  lost  sheep,  having  no  one  to  preach  for 
us;  but  hope  the  Brethren  will  not  forget  us. 

P.  VoiGHT. 

From  Washington,  Iowa.  —  We  have  one 
more  applicant  for  baptism,  so  that  we  still  have 
something  to  encourage  us.  Others  are  counting 
the  cost;  hope  they  will  come  soon.  Ou  the  14tb 
of  April  the  Brethren  organized  a  Sabbath- 
school  ;  this  being  the  firet  Sunday-school  ever 
conducted  by  the  Brethren  here.  Hope  it  may  be 
a  success,  although  we  organized  under  rather 
embarrassing  circumstances,  there  being  another 
Sunday-school  within  a  mile  of  ours,  which  had 
been  conducted  Summer  and  Winter  for  some 
years.  On  the  Sunday  that  we  organized,  there 
were  only  thirty-two  present,  the  following  Sun- 
day fifty-five,  the  last  Sunday  eighty.  The  pur- 
pose of  the  school  is  to  do  good,  and  we  hope  all 
will  labor  iu  that  direction.  A,  Wolf. 

From  N'ew  Bedford,  III. — By  request  of  the 
Brethren  in  this  branch  of  the  church,  I  will  give 
you  a  short  sketch  of  Bro.  Hillery's  labors  here. 
When  ho  commenced  preaching  in  Bureau  Co., 
there  was  but  one  member  here.  Now  a  great 
interest  has  been  awakened,  ten  have  beeu  bap- 
tized by  Bro.  Hillery,  and  one  by  Bro.  George 
Studebaker.  There  are  prospects  of  many  more 
uuiting  with  us,  if  we  are  not  forgotten. 

C.  R.  CoNANT. 

From  Daiibury,  Neb.— In  looking  over  the 
columns  of  your  paper,  we  are  made  to  rejoice  to 
hear  of  so  many  sinners  being  brought  back  to 
the  fold  of  God,  but  we  are  deprived  of  hearing 
the  Brethren  preach.  There  are  no  members 
here,  but  my.'ielf  and  wife ;  all  the  comfort  that 
we  have,  is  when  the  paper  comes  to  baud  ;  it  al- 
ways brings  glad  tidings  of  great  joy.  It  is  as  the 
b.ead  of  Life  to  the  hungry  soul.  It  is  a  source 
of  great  comfort  to  us  that  the  Lord  is  at  work 
among  the  brethren,  that  they  are  getting  more 
zealous  in  the  missionary  cause.  We  hope  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  that  we  will  be  permitted  to 
hear  the  Brethren  j)reach  again.  We  have  a 
very  good  country  btre,  plenty  of  vacant  land 
for  homesteads.  B.  R.  GsBnART. 

From  Bethi'l  ('hiirch,Neb.— The  Brethren 

of  the  Betliel  church  held  tlieir  quarterly  council, 
March  IGth.  Found  the  church  in  love  and  un- 
ion. Elected  two  delegates  to  the  District  Meet- 
ing, to  be  held  at  Beatrice,  Gage  Co.  On  Satur- 
day following  Bro.  Thomas  VanBuren  and  myself 
went  to  York  Co.,  to  hold  a  few  meetings,  but  on 
account  of  their  not  receiving  the  intelligence  of 
our  coming,  no  apjioiutments  were  made  for  us. — 
However  we  bad  meeting  Sunday  afternoon  at 
one  o'clock  and  also  at  five.     Had  council  at  half 


past  7  o'clock,  P.  M.    Found  aU  the  members  in 

harmouy.  I 

The  church  in  York  Co.,  is  known  as  the  Bea- 
ver Creek  church.  There  are  s«vcotecn  or  eight- 
een memhere  living  here,  with  an  imperfect  oi- 
ganization  ;  have  no  speakers,  have  two  deacon!, 
one  of  which  has  sold  out  lately,  and  wdl  thus 
Imve  them  with  but  one  deacon.  I  would  say  to 
any  ministering  brother  who  contemplates  comiug 
West,  that  he  would  do  well  to  visit  York  Co.  — 
The  church  is  much  in  need  of  a  minister  and 
the  members  much  desire  it.  True,  the  speakers 
of  Bethel  church  visit  them  once  in  a  month,  but 
sometimes  not  so  often.  J.  E.  BnvAST. 

From  Buffalo,  Mo.— We  have  asmall  church 
here,  with  but  one  preacher,  namely  Bro,  John 
Hoover.  He  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  on 
the  teuth  of  March  and  preached  five  sermons.— 
He  shunned  not  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of 
God.  We  had  no  additions  at  that  time,  but  the 
eleventh  of  this  monUi  at  our  regular  appoint- 
iient,  we  bad  the  pleasure  of  seeing  three  precious 
souls  unite  with  the  church.  Two  were  buried 
with  Christ  in  baptism,  and  one  reclaimed. 

S.  DU.N'CAN. 

From  BriMtoI,  0.— t  am  holding  a  meeting 
at  this  place  and  expect  to  remain  here  until  the 
20ih  inst.  Eld.  S.  S.  Stoockcy  aud  Bro.  J.  Hufi- 
man  were  with  us  a  few  days.  We  had  many 
pleasant  meetings,  good  attendance  ;  may  God's 
blessings  rest  upon  them.  The  Lord  willing.  I 
exjjcct,  according  to  previous  arrungemenls,  to 
commence  a  meeting  on  the  25th  of  May,  with 
tho  Brethren  in  the  Mawmee  church.  Defiance  Co., 
Ohio,  on  my  way  to  yearly  meeting.  Also  intend 
stopping  ft  few  days  near  Bryan,  where  Bro.  Si- 
mon Long  resides.  J.  NichOlsoS. 

Inquiry  from  S.  E.  Cornelius.  —  I  have 
seen  two  or  three  letters  written  by  Bro.  David 
Brower  of  the  Willamette  Valley  church,  Oregon, 
and  I  would  like  to  know  if  there  is  any  Corneli- 
us's living  near  there,  as  I  had  a  great-uncle  by 
the  name  of  Absolom  Cornelius,  who  moved  to 
the  Willamette  Valley  a  good  many  years  ago.— 
We  have  written  to  ihem  but  received  no  answer, 
so  we  don't  know  whether  he  is  living  or  not.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  church. 

Samxiel  E.  CoKSELrua 

Arcadia,  Jnd. 

From  J.  E.  Laycock.— Through  the  kindness 
of  some,  I  have  beeu  receiving  your  very  valuable 
paper,  aud  must  say  that  I  am  much  pleased  with 
it.  I  have  heard  some  of  your  raiuisters  preach 
in  that  State  near  Decatur,  Macon  Co.,  III.  I 
have  been  reading  your  paper  pretty  attentively, 
and  shown  it  to  some  neighbors,  among  the  num- 
ber to  a  Baptist  minbter.  He  did  not  know  the 
existence  of  such  a  denomination  ;  he  seems  to  be 
very  much  delighted  with  the  doctrine  set  forth  in 
the  paper.  Generally  he  wants  me  to  lend  him 
the  papers,  when  I  am  through  with  them. 

I  see  among  your  special  con-respondent.",  J. 
W.  Stein,  whom  I  once  knew  ivhile  in  this  State; 
be  being  at  that  time  a  Missourian  Baptist  minis- 
ter. I  would  like  to  get  this  written  debate  in 
full.  Please  inform  me  through  your  paper, 
where  I  can  obtain  it. 

Pa)Tana,  Cat, 

[If  the  debate  comes  off",  both  sides  of  it  will 
appear  in  the  BrethuiiN  at  Work.— Eds.] 


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Vol.  III. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work, 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN 

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Lanark,  111.,  May  23, 1878. 


No.  21. 


B.  H.  MIXLER, 
J.  W.  STEIN,       - 
P,  VANIMAN, 
p,  B,  MENTZER. 
^ATTIE  A.  LEAR, 


-  -      -       L-UiOOA,  IND. 

-  -       KRWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -      -     -  VmnBlf,  ILL, 

-  -  WAYh-Esnono,  i-a. 

-  -     -     URBANA, 


THE    CROSS. 


BY  CHAS.  SHALLHASB. 


Blest  they  who  seek 

While  iiitheiryouth, 

With  Bpirits  meek, 

The  way  of  truth. 
To  them  the  sacred  volume  cloth  diypliiy, 
Christ  as  the  only  true  and  living  way, 
gis  precious  Blood  ou  Calvary  given,  — 
To  luitke  them  heirs  of  endless  bliss  in  heaven. 
Au(le"enon  earth  the  child  of  God  can  trace 
The  glorious  blessings  of  His  sovereign  grace. 

For   them   He  bore 

His  Father's  frown. 

For    them  He  wore 

The  thorny   crown. 

Nailed  to  the  cross, 

Endured    its     pain, 

That  His  life's  loss 

Might  be  their  gain. 

Then  haste  to  choose 

The  better  part,  — 

Nor    dare  refuse  — 

The  Lord  your  lieart, 

Lest  He  declare;  — 

"I  know  you   not." 

Then    deep    despair 

Will  be  your  lot;— 

REFLECTION. 

The  past,  where  is  it?  It  basiled. 

The  future^   It  may  never  come 

Our  friends  departed?  Withthedead; 

Ourselves?  Fust  hastening  to  the  tomb. 

What  are  earth's  joys?  Thedews  of  morn. 

Its  honors?     Ocean's  wTeathing  foam  — 

Where's    peace?      In   trials  meekly  borne, 

And  Joy?      In  heaven  the  Christian's   home. 


•t  uiifulfilh-d  promises,  you  exclaim  in  siil>- 
dued  rapture  with  the  same  Apostle,  "  0  the 
i>Ki'TH  ••  Rom.  11:  3:i.  "  There /ailed  not  aught 
of  unij  ,jimHhing  ivhicfi  the  Ijord  had  sjmken 
unto  the  home  of  fsrwl;  all  cmne  to  jmss  "  Josh. 
21:15.     The  "  JKnovAii-JiiiKli  "  of  Abraham 

■till  t!ie  luotto  of  the  Iloaven-bnund  pilgrim. 
"0  .five  fhuHh  unfo  the  Lord;  for  He  Is  good: 
for  Uh  mfrrij  nidureth  forrrer."  is  a  jubelation 
of  faith  repeated  twenty-six  times  in  m  many 
successive  verses  Ps.  136.  Holinc-'i  nnd  faith 
and  joy  lire  God-born  triplets,  Nothing  dark  or 
mis.sbapen  or  ghastly  i-vci-  is,«ed  from  the  ma- 
trix uf  Deity.  He  generated  man  in  His  own 
image,  and  when  sin  drew  the  drapery  of  Hell 
over  the  glorious  Genesis  of  God,  a  new,  trans- 
cendent, all-echpsing  manifestation  of  grace 
broke  forth  in  the  veritable  Incarnation  of  the 
Uncreated.  After  smh  a  Heavcn-and-earlh-and- 
Hell  amazing  proof  of  Love,  what  soul  has  rea- 
son to  doubt  the  ability  and  readiness  of  God  to 
"  save  to  the  uttermost?"  If  any  problem  has 
ever  been  .solved  beyond  refutation,  it  is  the 
Divine  Fatherhood  and  Motherhood.  "  Like  as 
a  ¥X'£nER  pit  kth  hi-!  child  re  It,  so  th>:  Lord  pUieth 
them  thnf  fear  Him'  Vs.  103:  13.  " As  one 
whom  his  iiOTHmi  {•omfoiivth,  »o  trill  I  comfort 
ijoii"  Is.  m-.  13. 

The  past  is  a  pledge  for  the  future.  Jesus  is 
both  "  Firs t-sheaf  and  Harvest.  "  lie  that  spar- 
ed mt  His  own  Son,  hut  delivered  Him   up  for 

us  all,  HOW  Stt.\lL  HeKOTWITH  Hdi  Itho  FEtEE- 

LY  (jire  us  all  things"  Rom,  8:  32.  Tlie  whole 
heart  of  God  lies  open  to  the  saint,  and  Al- 
mighty Power  is  at  the  command  of  the  weak- 
est heirof  Heaven.  Omnipotent  Love  hsiaapent 
itself  for  our  eternal  security.  The  loving  Vi- 
car on  theCross  is  the  All-prevailing  Pleader  on 
the  Throne. 

I  heartily  wish  you  a  cloudless  Saturday  after- 
noon, and  a  golden  sunset,  and  an  "  abundant 
entrance  into  the  everlasting  kingdom  of  the 
Lord  and  Savior  .Jesus  Christ." 


THE   FAITHFULNESS  OF  GOD. 


BY  C.  H.  BALSBAUGH. 

To  Elder    David    Bossermaii,    of   Getti/slnirij, 
Pviiiia: — 

MAY  the  honey-dew  of  Heaven  lie  refresh- 
ingly on  your  almond-blossoms.  Ps.  133: 
3.Eci.l.  12:  3.  Once  you  were  "like  a  green  tir 
tree;"  now  you  are  like  a  tree  stripped  of  its 
foliage,  and  ready  to  yield  to  the  last  strokes  of 
the  "  holy  watchers  "  Hos.  14:  8.  Job.  14:7.Daii. 
1. 13,  14.  Mutation  is  written  on  everything 
eartlily.  God  in  "  Christ  is  the  same  yesterday, 
and  to-day  iind  forever."  But  for  the"inimnr 
tality  brought  to  light  in  the  Gospel  "  we"  would 
be  of  all  men  most  miserable."  "  He  is  paith- 
IPI,  THAT  PitOMiSKD."  To  kuow  tlijs  is  wisdom, 
md  to  this  the  most  illiterate  may  attain. 

"'And  ervn  to  i/oiir  old  age  {am  He; and  even 
foijoiir  hoar  hai's  uill  I  carry  you;  I  Have 
"Wrfp,  and  I  will bmr;  even  I  will  cairy  you,  and 
^citl  deliver  ijoii"  Is.  46:  4.  What  an  anchor  is 
tMs  for  the  tempest^tossed  soul !  What  an  as- 
Wrante  for  the  aged  saint  on  which  to  pillow 
nis  ilrtioping  head,  and  repose  his  aching  heart! 
""■eviewing  the  eighty  years  you  have  spent 
on  earth,  you  cannot  find  the  least  occasion  for 
^iispecting  the  Divine  faithfulness.  "  The  wings 
*f  the  Almighty  "  have  ever  overshadowed  you, 
^i  you  were  ever  encircled  and  upheld  by  "  the 
^^erlasting  Arms."  In  contemplating  the  In- 
^te  tenderness  of  God  in  the  past,  you  can 
«nke  your  harp  to  the  Te  Denm  of  the  ecstai^ 
'<=  Apostle,  0  "  the  riches  of  His  ijoodimn,  and 
Mi'uraiire,  ami  long-suffering"  Rom,  2:  4. 
Standing  on  the  brink  of  the  bottomless  Ocean 


MISSIONARY  WORK. 


TO  do  good  is  the  duty  of  all.  Those  who 
profess  to  be  followers  of  the  blessed  Mas- 
ter cannot  consistently  be  contented  simply  by 
being  membei-s  of  the  church,  (thinking  them- 
selves safe,  and  hence  care  nothing  for  the  safe- 
ty of  othei-s),  but  theyshouldhave  that  concern 
for  fallen  humanity,  which  will  prompt  them 
to  put  forth  all  reasonable  efforts  to  bring  others 
into  the  fold  of  Christ.  It  is  true  they  exert  a 
good  influence  by  their  examples — that  is  by 
coming  into  the  church,  and  by  their  godly 
walk  and  conversation,  but  there  are  various 
other  ways  in  which  they  may  be  instrumental 
in  doing  good. 

"  We  are  many  membei's  in  one  body,  and  all 
have  not  the  same  office."  It  follows  that  some 
can  do  good  in  one  way,  othere  in  a  different 
way.  One  verj*  efficient  way  of  promoting  the 
Mitster's  cause,  is  by  contributing  means  for 
supporting  home  and  foreign  missions.  The 
vices,  follies  and  evil  practices  of  this  sinful 
world,  may  be  seen  on  eveiy  hand.  Everywhere 
wickedness  abounds,  which  betokens  the  indil- 
ference  and  ignorance  of  the  masses,  concerning 
their  duties  to  themselves  and  to  God.  Here  a 
vast  field  of  labor  Is  open  to  all  who  would  work  for 
the  salvation  of  souls.  Much  has  alrea*ly  been 
done  by  those  who  have  entered  earnestly  into 
this  noble  work.  The  work  should  be  contin- 
ued; for  I  verily  Itelieve,  that  thousands  of  in- 
telligent men  and  women  residing  in  places  re- 
mote from  the  organized  churches  of  the  Breth- 
,  would  gladly  unite  with  the  church,  if  they 
could  only  l)e  mu<le  aequaint«d  with  its  practices. 
The  commaud  of  Him  who  came  to  save  sin- 
ners is  "  Go  TEACH."  This  seems  obligatory,  and 
we  liave  the  promise,  "  If  ye  keep  my  command- 
ments, ye  shall  abide  in  my  love  "  (John  15:  ID). 
It  is  necessary,  then,  that  ministering  brethren 


be  sent  out  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God, 
to  preach  the  Word  as  we  underainnd  it,  to  ijx- 
plain  all  the  practices  of  the  Biethrea.aud  gite 
the  Bible  rmisons  for  tlie  same;  and  to  receive 
such  as  may  be  induced  tolwcorae  true  followers 
of  the  Savior.  Books,  pamphlets  and  tract« 
flhould  also  bo  distributed.  These  may  exett  a 
noble  influence.  Would  it  not  bo  well  to  phice 
our  best  publications,  (book*,  pamphlets  ic.) 
in  various  public  librimcs  and  nmding  rooma 
throughout  the  United  Statws.  and  also  distrib- 
ute them  to  some  extent  in  foreign  lands?  To 
accomplish  these  ends,  funds  are  rcfiuii-ed.  In 
making  up  these,  all  con  aBsist:  each  can  give 
fiomething.  If  it  be  only  a  "mite  "  it  will  help 
to  increase  Ihe  amount.  Thus  by  n  united  effort 
large  sums  may  be  accumulate!:  and  these  if 
wisely  apportioned,  and  rightly  applied,  would 
undoubtedly  be  the  meous  of  accomplishing  an 
incalcuable  amount  of  good.  How  should  we 
give?  Answer.  "Every  man  according  a«  ho 
purposeth  in  his  own  heart,  so  let  him  give, 
not  grudgingly  or  of  necessity,  for  God  loveth 
a  cheerful  giver"  (3  Cor.  9:  7).  Again,  "He 
thatgiveth,  let  him  doit  with  simplicity  "  (Horn. 
13:  8). 

We  infer  from  this,  that  we  should  not  boast 
of  what  we  thus  bestow.  "  Do  not  sound  a 
trumpet  as  the  hypocrites  do;  for  they  have 
their  reward."  Surely  no  one  will  boast  of  the 
little  sacrifices  he  thus  makes,  when  he  remom- 
bei-s  the  great  sacrifice  made  by  our  Savior  on 
Calvary  to  atone  forour  sins.  We  should  rath- 
er deplore  our  weakness,  our  inability  to  do 
more  to  aid  in  the  good  cause.  Bear  in  mind 
that  a  little  sum,  that  one  may  donate,  may  be 
the  means  of  bringing  the  light  of  truth  to 
some  benighted  mortal,  "  save  a  soul  from  death 
and  hide  a  multitude  of  sins."  Who  can  esti- 
raate  the  value,  even  of  one  immortal  soul?  It 
is  beyond  price.  For  ought  we  know  its  worth 
is  infinitely  greaferthan  all  the  wealth  of  earth. 
"  For  what  is  a  man  profited  if  he  gain  the 
whole  world  and  lose  his  own  soul?"  (M.irk  I(i: 
26).  If  then  by  our  feeble  efforts,  we  cjin  be 
instrumental  in  saving  souls,  which  are  of  such 
great  value,  we  should  certainly  improve  our 
opportunities.  The  prophet  Dimiel  says.  "  they 
that  turn  many  to  righteousness,  shall  shine  as 
the  stars  forever  and  ever." 

WHAT  IS  THE  ORDER? 


t^.H.Bnshor:- 

IF  we  are  strangere  in  the  flesh,  i  think  we  arc 
one  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord.  Now  dear 
brother  as  j-ou  have  been  over  the  brotherhood  a 
greUt  deal,  it  is  the  request  of  .some  almost  fallen 
members  to  hear  from  you,  whether  it  is  the 
order  of  the  Brethren  for  sisti'tn  to  wear  plain 
bonnets  or  hats;  and  if  it  is  the  order  of  the 
church  for  sistei'a  to  wear  a  cap  or  vail?  Give 
it  througli  the  BiiETHRES  at  Work  and  Prim- 
itice  Christinn.  SfsAN  Fl'NK. 

lilpuH  Oil. 

Rerpoxse. 

Dear  Sister: — 

Amone  the  firet  churches  of  our 
Brethren  in  America  and  for  many  years,  even 
in  the  present  century,  it  was  customary  among 
the  sisters  to  wear  plain  fur  hats,  with  broad 
brims,  and  I  um  informed  that  some  of  them  were 
occasionally  worn  until  witliiu  the  last  fewyeur?. 
Though  I  have  never  seen  one  worn  by  a  sister, 
yet  have  oft*u  seen  the  hats,  and  judging  from 
their  appearance,  they  would  be  more  serviceor 
ble  than  tjoshionable,  if  worn  to-day. 

As  the  fashion  changes  todiflerent  styles,  the 
churches  in  a  few  places,  have  departed  from  the 
general  order  of  the  brotherhood,  and  wore 
plain  hats,  but  formed  after  the  order  of  the 
world,  that  is  shaped  like  fashionable  haU;  the 
kind  of  trimings  used,  I  believe  is  supposed  to 
make  the  hat  fashionable  or  plain.  In  76  at 
Annual  council  a  query  was  presented  as  to 
whether  it  was  admissible  for  sisters  to  wear 
fashionable  hats,  and  the  way  the  council  decid- 


ed Home  conceitwi  the  ide.»  of  it  granting  the 
wearing  of  luiti.  if  they  were  plain.  To  v..rrect 
this  error.  A.  M.  lost  year  decided,  sister. -houM 
wear  no  hats  at  all,  nnd  all  who  now  wear  haU. 
ilosoupon  their  own  respomtibility,  whether 
they  be  plain  or  o'-henviw,  and  throw  theniwl  v.-/ 
liable  to  the  ceucnre  of  the  church.  Xntwith- 
standing  thia  luUice,  aonie  Hill  pe^iat  iu  thi- 
weanug  of  hats,  and  con.sequently  have  l';dW,i 
into  the  judgment  of  the  church.  No  «Mer  ha» 
yet  to  my  knowledge  been  reproved  fm-  tlie 
wearing  of  a  phun  bonnet,  and  hence  it  follows 
that  it  must  be  the  geneml  onler  as  hild  forth 
by  our  old  Urethrwi. 

Some  of  the  bonnet*  now  worn  are  not  fiwh- 
ionable,  but  vury  imniode.st  and  foolishly  rrim- 
eil.  and  display  more  vanity  than  becometh  jiod- 
lines.s,  or  should  be  allowed  of  the  pure  in  lu-art. 
It  is  not  u  bonnet  simply  that  is  required,  but 
one  of  modest  appeaiance.  As  to  the  c<■v.■rin^ 
in  Paul's  day  I  preaome  a  viul  was  in  general 
use:  later  it  was  changed  by  all  ChrUtians  to  a 
cap,  which  was  discontinued  by  the  popular 
denomiuatious  within  sixty  yeani  post,  but  our 
chuixh,  with  some  others,  still  retain  the  plain 
cap.  especially  atchurch-mectings  and  Coimuun- 
ions.  Just  why  some  make  thes»  Reasons  a  spec- 
ial time  for  parading  their  cjips,  and  fail  to  hon- 
or God  at  other  seasons,  has  been  a  qucitiou  in 
my  mind  of  long  standing;  probably  »orae  of 
them  could  explain  satisfactory;  I  cannot.  The 
general  order  is  to  wear  caps.  Some  too.  in  this 
displiiy  a  certain  degree  of  vimity  by  using 
red,  blue  and  white  strings.  I  never  could  see 
the  virtue  or  honor  to  God  there  wa«  in  putting 
great  red  and  blue  strings  to  a  plmn  white  cap. 
Now  I  believe  I  have  answered  your  qunsfions 
in  full,  and  about  all  contained  in  your  lellir. 

If  all  our  people  could  see  and  practice  alike, 
it  would  do  away  witli  many  difficulties,  with 
which  we  now  have  to  contend.  Most  all  the 
churches  in  our  brotherhood  that  have  walked 
out  of  order  have  been  subjected  to  atlver>ities, 
and  mimy  have  gone  almost  entirely  to  nothing, 
being  reprimanded  by  A.  M.,  for  disobclience, 
and  by  the  world  for  professing  to  be  of  u»  when 
they  were  different  in  practice,  and  had  many  in- 
teruid  troubles,  but  thest-  we  have  evei-jwhi-re: 
Without  furtlier  remarks  I  leave  the  matter 
as  it  stands,  offering  the  editors  the  liberty  of 
making  any  corrections  or  remarks  they  may 
deem  prudent.  May  the  blessing  of  God  attend 
ail  His  people  on  the  Pacific  coast,  and  gnuit 
you  grace  to  overcome  all  obstacles,  and  finally 
save  you  above  with  all  the  washed  and  redeem- 
ed.   Yours  Fnitecnally. 

S.  H.  BAbiiini. 

THE  FIRST  APOSTLE. 

^jlHE  word  Apostle  has  the  same  meaning  as 
X  the  word  inissionarj',  a  jJerson  having  a 
message.  Like  the  word  missionary,  it  is  used 
generally  in  a  religious  sense:  and  is  commonly 
applied  (o  those  twelve  persons  whom  our  Lord 
selected  to  accompany  Him.  and  to  go  about 
J  udea,  imd  elsewhere,  to  preach  His  doctrine. 
These  apostles  were  gnnerally  poor  men.  At 
leiLst  four  of  them  were  fishermen. 

Je.sus  was  walking  by  the  sea  of  Galilee,  when 
Me  saw  two  brothers,  Sioiou  and  Andrew,  cast- 
ing their  nets  into  the  sea.  Simon  was  after- 
wards called  Peter,  and  the  same  who  wrote  the 
Epistles,  or  Letters,  which  bear  his  name.  The 
Savior  said  to  the  two  brothers,  "Follow  me, 
and  I  will  make  you  fishers  of  men."  Having 
heard  of  and  known  Jesus  before,  they  had  con- 
fidence in  Him.  and  and  immediately  lelt  their 
nets  and  went  with  Him. 

Going  a  little  farther  on.  Jesus  saw  two  sons 
of  Zebedee,  James  and  John,  in  a  vessel  with 
their  father,  mending  their  nets.  These  two 
brothers  were  also  acquainted  with  Him:  and 
when  He  had  called  them,  they  too,  left  their 
father  with  his  hired  men.  and  accomponiotl  Je- 
su!^.  This  James  is  not  he  who  wrote  the  Epis- 
tie  bearing  his  nanif;  but  the  .lohn  is  the  belov- 
ed disciple  who  wrote  all  the  books  ol  that 
name  iu  the  New  Testament,  as  also  the  Boob 
of  Itevelatiou. 


THE    BRETHREN    AT    AVORK. 


May 


SIGNS  OF  THE  TIMES. 

HT  jab.  T.    IIKTKI.KB. 

YES,  »»  w  ""^  twilight  coming. 
Of  lh»l  bright  inillciiial  "i"™, 
Sign"  of  l>romi«<-  drawing  nOTrtr, 

Ilay«  of  light  the  «li.v  «Jom. 
Many,  to  unci  fro  «rc  running, 

"  Bnt  the  M-i"!  'hall  nncleiKtnnd, 
That  Iho  limp  i«  f«»t  approacliing. 

Ami  the  Lord  i«  "igh  "'  '"""'■ 
Signs  He  told  m  would  betoken 

The  cTent«  that  piueu'd  before- 
Light  of  truth  and  Bible  Cnowledge 

Show  that  Chri«t  is  near  the  door. 
Faminej  rage  with  devastation. 

Where  the  heathen  temple"  «tand. 
)>c»lilence«  walk  in  darknew 

In  the  Moslem  pilgrim's  land. 

And  the  crj-  of  wiir  is  sounding, 

fJreat  commotions  wait  tlu-  earth. 
Thrones  will  tremble,  crowns  he  falling. 

Wonder*  soon  may  take  their  birth. 
See  the  fig  tree,  cnwed  and  withered, 

Putting  forth  ttgain  its  leaves; 
Summer  surely  must  be  coming. 

For  the  tree  new  strength  reauvcs. 
Hasten,  Lord,  the  church  extension; 

liless  the  missionary  cause; 
Gather  in  thy  congregation, 

Precious  souls  to  hear  the  cross. 
'  Ti»  a  sign  of  Thine  appearing. 

That  the  BrelliR'n  hasten  so. 
To  build  up  thy  precious  temple 

In   thy  Zion  here  bulow. 
Watchman  see,  tlie  morning  Cometh, 

.Sound  the  trumpet  through  the  hiiid, 
Preacli  the  (Jospel  to  tile  nations, 
Is  the  Savior's  great  command. 

Hoaten,  Lord,  Thy  coming  kiuBdoin, 
Whensoe'er  the  lime  may  he; 

Let  the  enrlli  be  full  of  knowledge. 
As  the  waters  of  the  sea. 


SALVATION.- ITS  AUTHOR  AND 
CONDITION. 

iiY  J.  w.  Mi;i.\. 

'•  He  became  the  author  of  eternal  salvation 
unto  all  them  that  obey  him  "  (Hell.  5:  0). 

IX  oiiv  last  we  fiilU'il  ycnir  attention  to 
tlui  litoinl  nionnini,'  of  tlie  iiiBp!™! 
mcc:cpl>  a-sduroiilv  snfe  ■;iii(\i'  in  our  re- 
ligious fiiitb  nnd  iirnclieu.  We  now  in- 
vite your  fieri<Mis  ntttmtion  to  anlvfttion, 
its  autliof  anil  conilitioiis  ns  set  fortli 
therein.  No  suliject  involves  questions 
of  I'reater  nionieut  to  eocll  of  u»,  tlLin 
tLis.  Our  text  clearly  intimates  tlint  liy 
nature  we  are  niirloiie.  The  iirojio.sition 
to  save  in(lieate.s  that  il.'iBulijeet.s  are  lost, 
which  soli'nin  truth  is  alnuulantly  taught 
in  the  Word.  "  Sin  entered  into  tlie 
world  and  death  liy  sin,  and  so  death 
■  passed  upon  all  men,  for  that  all  have 
sinned  "  (Rom.  5:  I'i).  Man's  lost  con- 
dition includes: 

J/is  present,  moral  and  sjnritutd 
alienation  from  Oorl.  His  understand- 
ing is  darkened ;  his  judgment  pervert- 
ed ;hiseonseieuce  "seared  "  and  jiolluted; 
his  ati'eetions  earthly,  sensual,  sordid  and 
grovellintr;  and  liis  will  insubordinate 
and  reheliious.  Every  faculty  of  his  in- 
telligent being  is  prostituted  to  tlic  p\ir- 
poses  of  sin,  and  all  have  continued  to 
render  him  obnti.vious  to  (lod  aiul  loath- 
some in  eye.s  of  ptfre  and  holy  intelli- 
genee.  lie  is  but  a  nm.s.s  of  spii-itnal 
putrefaction.  "  Every  imagination  of 
the  thoughts  of  his  lu-art,  is  only  evil 
continually  "  (Gen.  0:  ■>).  "  The  whole 
head  is  sick,  and  the  wliole  heart  faint. 
From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  unto  the 
head  there  is  no  soundne.ss  in  it;  but 
wounds  and  bruises,  and  putrifyingsorcs" 
(Is.  1 ;  5,  6).  llenee  man  is  a  stranger  to 
life  and  pe.u-e.  Uis  lost  condition  also 
includes: 

The  tenJem-i/  of  hi»  hoihj  to  diswltt- 
lion  ami  corruption.  However  unwel- 
come this  thought,  it  is  a  solemn  truth 


th,it  very  soon  we  i 
cupante  of  the  grave,  and  it  will  be  said 
of  us,  "  Eartli  t<i  earth,  ilust  to  dust  and 
ashes   to  ashes."   Every  falling  tree,  ev- 


ust   become  the  oc-  I  post  a  new  fact  became  apparent  to  him. 


and   overwhelmed  with  grief  he  sought 
his   father   e.\cl,liraing,  "  O  father,    the 
nails  are  all  gone,  but  Ihtprinli  are  there 
do 


ery  «-ithering  leaf,  every   fading  flower  yet."     So,  whatever  the  sinner  may 

repeals  the  story  of  human  destiny,  and  ;  to  reform  an  immoral   life   and  restore 

man  though  "  Lord  of  the  animal  and   himself  to  the  confidence  and  favor  ot 

society,  he  cannot  efl'ace   the  dark   and 

deep  and  damning  effects  of  sin  already 

._^^^  committed.     Its  early  impressions  upon 

"'"r"  ,     ,,     ,  .„,    , „.  „f  himself,  upon  society,   upon  the  church 

Ilia   ej:pomre  to  the   bitter  pangi  of  ^       ,  ^,  ,  i  i,  ,.„  ,,„„„  -,„„11  like 

'    ,     ,,      ,.,...    •  ,.,,,  land  the  world,  mav  havebeensmall  like 

the  first  impressions  of  the  falling  peu- 


inanimate  creation,"  must  bow  his  head 
and  die.  Again,  nian"s  lost  condition 
includes: 


the  second  death.  "It  it  is  apjiointed 
uifto  man  once  to  die,  but  after  this  the 
judgment  "  (Ileb.  9:  27).  "  There  shall 
be  a  resurrection  of  the  dead,  both  the 
just  and  unjust  "(Acts  24:  !.'>).  And 
while  the  subjects  of  salvation  shall 
"  awake  to  everlasting  life,"the  lost  must 
come  forth  "  to  shame  and  everlasting 
contempt"  (IXtn.  12:  2).  "  For  the 
hour  is  coming,  in  which  all  that  are  in 
the  gravesshall  heaillis  voice,  and  shall 
come  fortli ;  they  that  have  done  good 
unto  the  resurrection  of  life;  and   they 


ble  upon  the  bosom  of  the  placid  lake, 
but  in  its  communicative  influence  it  ex- 
tends until  it  lashes  the  distant  shores  of 
eternity,  and  none  bnt  Omnipotence  with 
tiie  blood  of  mercy  .shed  by  the  hand  of 
divine  justice,  can  wipe  it  out  and  coun- 
teract its  awftil  effects,  for  the  law  can- 
not repeal  a  solitary  decree  in  order  to 
spare  a  sinner. 

The  act  by  which  any  sovereign  would 
repeal  a  single  edict  in  order  to  exercise 


that  have  done  t-vil  unto  tlic  resuiTcction  c-k-mency  tow.ird  ii  tmiisgressor,  would 
of  (lamnatiuu"(J»l'»  5:28,29).  Sal-  at  once  impeach  hi.s  righteousness  m 
vation  then  involves  a  pre.sent,  thorough  '  making  the  law,his  puntyin  liatmg  the 
renovation  and  transform atioii  of  man's  trans.ECi-ession  and  his  truth  iu  the  adinm 
moral  and  spiritual  nature:  a  resuiTt'c- 


istratiou  of  justice.  He  would  forfeit  at 
once  the  confidence,  respect  and  obedi- 
ence of  every  subject  of  his  government, 


tion  from  death  in  the  likeness  of  Jesus 
(Phil.  3:  20,  21;  1    John  3:  2),  and  par- 
ticipation of    "life  and   immortality  "!  and  all  might  say,  "  If  this  man  has 
beyond  the  gi-ave.     Hut  how   in  thin  at- 
tmned?    Just  here  I  remark  tlmt: 

1     Man  cannot  he  the  author  of  Ms 
own  salvation.     This  appears  when  we 

fleet  upon  the  relation   of  man,   as  a 
transgi-essmg  subject,  to  God's  just  and 


good  and  holy  and  righteous  law,  and 
here  we  speak  not  of  the  law  of  the  Gos- 
pel, but  of  that  law  by  which  comes  "  a 
knowledge  of  sin,"  and  which  serves  a-s 
a  "  school-m sister  toljring  us  to  Christ." 
Death  is  tlie  penalty  of  its  ti-ansgression 
(Eiiek.  18:4).  Man  cannot  plead  guilt- 
less, for  he  has  sinned.  The  Law  re- 
q^uires  spotless  purity  of  character.  Mau 
does  not  possess  it.  It  ref^uires  perfect 
ol)edience  to  all  its  commands.  It  de- 
mands ample  satisfaction  and  atonement 
for  sins  committed.  Mau  cannot  make 
satisfaction  without  suHering  its  penalty. 
The  Law  makes  no  provision  for  repen- 
tance, it  is,  '*  do  and  live,  or  transgress 
and  die,"  which  certainly  harmoiuzes 
with  every  principle  of  justice.  See 
lliat  criminal  standing  at  the  bar  of  civ- 
il justice,  the  victim  of  condemnation. 
He  puiposes  to  be  a  better  man.  He 
prostrates  himself  before  the  court,  judge 
and  jury  and  impoi'tuues  their  clemency. 
He  melts  them,  and  the  spectators  into 
tears  of  .sympathy,  and  sighs  of  heavi- 
ness, but  what  can  they  do?  As  faitli- 
ful  administi'ators  of  justice,  they  are 
compelled  to  execute  its  penalties.  So 
no  repentance  \inderthe  Law  of  God 
can  evade  the  inexorable  demands  of  di- 
vine justice.  Some  have  been  so  blind 
even  as  to  suppose  that  they  can  keep  ac- 
counts with  God.  They  have  introduc- 
ed tlie  science  of  book-keeping  into  their 
religion  and  every  evil  deed  they  do, 
they  put  to  God's  credit  and  every  good 
deed  they  do,  they  put  lo  their  own  cred- 
it and  suppose  if  at  last  they  will  only 
have  done  a-s  much  good  as  evil,  that 
they  will  square  accounts  with  God  and 
bring  Him  underobligations  to  save  them, 
such  is  the  nuidness  of  sin.  "  It  first  in- 
fatuates and  then  destroys."  I  have 
somewhere  read  of  a  little  boy  whose 
father  once  said  to  him,  "  My  son  for  ev- 
ery bad  deed  you  do  I  am  going  to  drive 
a  nail  into  a  certain  post,  and  for  every 
good  deed  yon  ilo  I  will  draw  a  nail  out 
of  it."  At  length  the  post  was  full  of 
nails  and  the  boy  resolved  to  do  better. 
One  by  one  the  nails  disappeared  until 
the  last  was  out,  but  t>n    examinintr  his 


ned  with  impunity,  we  can  do  the  same, 
and  if  the  king  has  annulled  the  law  to 
spare  him,  he  will  probably  do  so  for  us." 
So  with  God.  Could  the  Sovereign  of 
the  universe  repeal  one  edict  of  divine 
justice  in  order  to  save  a  sinner,  that  one 
act  would  impeach  the  divine  righteous- 
ness, purity  and  truth;  would  thwart  the 
purposes  of  immutability,  subvert  the 
scepter  and  throne  of  Omnipotence  and 
involve  the  universe  in  hopeless  anarchy 
and  ruin.  But  not  so.  ''Heaven  and 
earth  shall  pass  away,"  but  "  not  one  jot 
or  tittle  shall  pass  from  the  law,  till  all 
be  fulfilled."  One  sin  then  committed, 
though  the  smallest,  of  word,  thought 
or  deed,  without  atonement,  is  enough  to 
desti'oy  a  soul.  Hence  it  is  clear  that, 
"  By  the  deeds  of  tlie  law  shall  no  flesh 
lie  justified  in  God's  sight,  for  by  the 
law  is  the  knowledge  of  sin  "  (Rom.  3: 
20).  "  For  as  many  as  are  of  the  works 
of  the  law,  are  under  the  curse:  for  it  is 
written,  cursed  is  every  one  that  contin- 
ueth  not  in  all  things  that  are  written 
in  the  liook  of  the  law  to  do  them " 
(Deut.  27:  36;  Gal.  3:  10). 

This  is  a  proposition  however  at  which 
the  carnaland  unrenewed  mind  often  stum- 
bles. "  What!"  says  one,  *'  destroy  me 
for  oue  sin  when  my  life  hasl)eeu  habit- 
ually good  and  upi-ightl"  Mr.  Leupolt, 
a  missionary  to  India,  was  once  preach- 
ing on  human  corruption,  when  one  of 
his  hearers  surpi-ised  at  his  assertions, 
exclaimed,  "  How  can  this  lie  true?  tlmt 
^^  whosoever  shallhcep  thewhoh  lau\  ami 
yet  offend  m  oncpoint,  is  ijulHy  of  all " 
(Jas.  2:  10).  How  can  this  be?  If  I 
keep  six  of  the  commandments  and  break 
four,  have  1  not  kept  the  majority?  And 
is  not  God  in  justice  bound  to  save  me 
because  I  have  kept  more  than  I  have 
broken?"  The  missionay  answered  him 
by  supposing  a  vessel  to  be  daalied  along 
in  the  midst  of  a  furious  storm  ujwn  the 
Ganges,  threatened  with  destruction. 
The  shrieks  of  the  passengers  attract  the 
attention  of  friends  on  shore,  who  im- 
mediately fasten  a  stone  to  one  end  of 
the  rope,  and  the  other  end  of  the  rope 
to  a  large  chain  and  succeed  in  cast- 
ing the  stone  on  board,  by  which  the 
chain  is  drawn  on,  one  end  of  which  is 
laid  hold  on  by  the  passengers,  and  the 
other  held  by  the  iViends  on  shore.  But 
now  while  they  are  drawing  the  vessel 
shoreward  where  they  hope   it  may  sur- 


vive tlie  storm,  when  it  is  only  yet 
few  yards  off,  justonc^iw^breaks.  Ther 
may  be  a  thousand  sound  liuks  left^  \  . 
one  is  gone.  Now  he  asks,  "  What  shall 
these  distressed  people  do?  Shall  they 
cling  to   the    unbroken    links?"     •*  j^^ 

"  exclaimed  one  of  the  hearers, "  over' 
board  with  the  chain,  or  it  will  8mk  them 
the  sooner  "  (Power  of  Illustration  pp 
.30—52),  then  unless  some  other  remedy 
is  available  it  is  a  gone  case.  So  helo/ 
ed  readers,  with  us. 

The  convict  of  civil  justice  may  ^i]y.^^ 
a  life  of  habitual  innocence  and  virtue 
to  exempt  him  from  the  awful  penalty 
of  one  ti'ausgression,  but  it  is  all  in  vain 
The  law  is  broken  and  he  is  undone.  So' 
if  we  have  broken  just  oue  command  of 
the  divine  Law,  we  need  not  cling  to  the 
unbroken  ones,  for  the  Law  is  violated 
and  by  it  we  cannot  be  justified  in  God's 
.light.  This  part  of  our  proposition,  then 
I  trust  is  clearly  understood.  That  man 
cannot  be  the  author  of  his  own  sab-a. 
tion,  appears  further  in  that,  no  human 
rite  or  penance  which  he  may  invent  oh- 
serve  or  suft'er,  and  no  offerings  which 
can  render  to  God,  vvho  professes  all  the 
essentials  of  happiness  and  glory  iude. 
pendent  of  human  service,  can  avail  to 
compensate  for  sin  or  secure  for  him  the 
divine  favor.  The  important  question 
then  arises  again,  whence  come  salvationj 
Our  text  answers  the  (piery.  Though 
man  is  lost  and  cannot  be  the  author  of 
his  own  salvation,  referring  to  the  au- 
thority and  efiiciency  of  Christ  as  our 
great  high  Priest,  it  declares  that,  "  ffg 
became  the  author  ofmlvatlon.''''  Taking 
our  law-place,  being  "  made  of  a  woman, 
made  under  the  law,"  He  came  "  to  re- 
deem them  that  were  under  the  law,  that 
we  might  receive  the  adopti-^n  of  sons" 
(Gal.  4:4).  He  "  came  not  to  destroy 
the  law  and  the  prophets,  but  to  fultill  " 
(Matt.  5:  17),  to  magnify  the  law  ami  as 
our  substitution,  in  our  sttad  to  8.itisfy 
whatever  claims  it  made  at  onr  Imnds. 
Did  it  demand  spotle.'«  purity  ?  lb-  pos- 
sej-sed  it.  Bid  it  require  perfect  obfdi- 
euee  ?  He  rendered  it.  Did  it  exact 
satisfaction  for  sin,  granting  no  repen- 
tance and  allowing  no  repeal  of  its 
righteous  claims?  He  made  satisfadion, 
unbosoming  Himself  to  receive  its  divine 
l)enalty,  and  "  bore  our  sins  in  Ili^  own 
body  "  upon  the  cro.ss."  He  sufl'ered  for 
sin, the  just  for  the  unjustthat  He  might 
bring  us  to  God"  (1  Pet.  3:  IS). 
"  Though  He  was  rich,  yet  for  our  sakes 
He  became  poor,  that  we  through  His  pov- 
ertymightberich"(20or.  8:9).  Though 
He  "  knew  no  sin,"  He  was  made  "  to  be 
sin  for  us,"  that  we  might  be  made  the 
righteousness  of  God  in  Him  (2  Cor. 
5:  21),  "  He  was  wounded  for  om*  trans- 
gressions," and  ''bruised  fur  our  iniquities, 
the  chastisement  ot  oiu-  peace  was  upon 
Him,  and  with  His  stripes  we  are  healed 
(Isaiah  53:  5).  Mau  was  an  insolvent 
debtor  to  the  claims  of  divine  justice. 
He  had  not  wherewith  to  pay,  but  Christ 
as  our  kind  surety  discharged  the  liflhil- 
ities,  and  took  the  law  into  His  own 
hands,  so  that  our  sins  might  be  imput- 
ed to  Him  and  His  righteousness  to  us, 
"  notHis  personal  righteousness  "  mm 
"  for  that  could  not  be  ti'aasmitted  to 
another,"  "  not  His  .  es.sential  righteous- 
ness" as  God,  for  that  could  not  be  trans- 
ferred to  man,  but  l\\& '' ^iirety-'^^f 
i-igliteousness,"  as  the  God-man,  Mi'cha- 
tor  between  God  and  man. 

When  a  debt  is  canceled  by  a  s»''^*y' 
the  original  creditor  ha-s  no  more  clauD'^ 
upon  the  principal  than  if  Ids  own  mon- 
ey had  paid  the  debt,  it  only  y^riie^^ 
for  the  principal  to  satisfy  the  surety, 
and  if  he  cliooses  to  make  the  P'"'f !? 
a  present  of  the   whole,   on  conditions 


j,lnv  23. 


•rilE    BMETHIiEN    ^T    \V'0KK:. 


fSSV,  honorable  and  safe.  „o  oiie  c1sp1i,,s 
grigUtto  complain.  So  Christ  as  oiu- 
Surety  has  taken  the  whole  thing  into 
jlis  own  hands.  Standingl,etween  us  and 
^e  law  which  has  no  more  demands  up. 
OB  us.  Ho  ha.s  become  the  sole  disposal 
of  life  and  death,  and  we  can  bo  saved 
by  becoming  reconciled  to  Him  on  con- 
ditions which  He  Himself  stipulates. 
..  Jle  hemirne  tim  autlmr  of  sahatlon," 
„„d  it  becomes  possible  for  God  to  be 
just,  and  yet  thejustifierof  the  believer 
in  Christ.  "But  asks"  one  "w/urein 
is  the  justice  of  all  this!"  I  answer, 
there  would  be  no  justice  in  laying  the 
jjfualty  line  the  transgressor  upon  the 


licad  of  another  innocent  subject,  but 
ivlien  the  king,  whose  will  is  the  law, 
tTjftU  which  there  is  no  higher  appeal  to 
justice  designs  to  humble  himself  and 
guffer  instead  of  his  subject,  no  one  else 
ean  complain. 

(7Vj  he  rortthued.) 

BLOWING  THE  TRUMPET. 

1)Y  M.  H.  KOlVLEll. 

BLOWING  the  trumpet  has  become 
the  watchward  of  the  day,  or  near- 
ly so,  not  altogether  the  Gospel  Trump- 
et, but  a  trumpet  of  our  own.  It  is  true 
the  Gospel  Trumpet  should  sound  out 
with  a  clearness  fi-om  the  door  of  every 
professor,  yea,  fi-om  every  corner  of  the 
sti-eet,  from  every  high  place,  and  in  ev- 
ery vale,  until  every  ear  is  saluted  with 
the  glorious  sound. 

The  clear  notes  of  the  trumpet  of  God 
is  uiusic  of  the  most  majestic  kind  to  the 
soul  of  the  saint,  and  a  warning  voice  to 
the  sinner.  The  true  trumpeter  of  God 
seeks  not  his  own  glory,  but  the  Lord's. 
He  blows  the  trumpet  in  Zion  and  sounds 
an  alarm  in  the  holy  mountain,  and 
when  the  inhabitants  of  the  Lord  are 
made  to  tremble  and  give  heed  to  the 
warning  sound,  and  seek  refuge  in  the 
ranks  of  the  army  of  the  Lord,  the 
faithful  trumpeter  of  God  bows  his  head 
iu  humble  reverence  and  and  gives  God 
the  glory,  and  rejoices  in  soul  that  sin- 
ners are  converted.  But  ah,  there  were 
those  in  ancient  days  who  had  a  ti'ump- 
et  of  their  own,  and  when  they  done  a 
charitable  act,  their  horn  was  brought 
into  use  and  blowed  a  terrible  blast, 
sounding  it  long  and  loud  that  all  could 
know  what  they  had  done,  that  they 
miglit  have  the  glory,  and  by  some 
means  the  old  pharisaic  trumpet  has 
found  its  way  down  to  the  present,  and 
it  is  brought  iuto  frequent  use;  we  hear 
the  sound  thereof  from  the  housetops 
and  in  the  market,  from  the  corner  of 
the  streets,  through  the  columns  of  re- 
ligious papers,  in  the  soeial  circle,  from 
iiill  and  dale  comes  the  sound,  kSee  what 
I  have  done.  iSee  what  I  have  done,  too 
often  precedes  what  the  Lord  has  done. 
We  have  heard  that  ugly  sound  so  much 
that  it  has  become  obnoxious.  Hardly  a 
week  passes,  we  hear  that  some  one  has 
to  give  the  old  trumpet  a  blast.  "I,"  held 
a  series  of  meetings,  and  three,  sis,  ten. 
twenty  were  added  to  the  church.  But 
"  I,"  precedes  the  Lonl.  Oh  that "  I  " 
could  in  some  way  be  killed,  that  the 
Lord  could  live  more  in  us,  and  be  in 
all  our  actions.  Then  we  will  find  no 
more  use  for  the  old  pharisaic  horn. 

Is  not  this  true  my  brethren?  The 
Lord  Jesus  did  not  blaze  abroad  His  do- 
ings Himself.  But  we  frequently  hear 
Him  say,  "  see  that  thou  tell  no  man." 
AltlioughHe  waa  Lord  of  all,  He  never 
sotiglit  to  make  Himself  conspicuous  in 
the  eyes  of  men.  Tlie  humbleness  and 
Di^ekness  of  His  character,  forbade  that 
He  should  blaze  abroad  His  doings  Him- 
^K  there  were    othere  that  done  that, 


neither  the  apostl.s.    In  vi.-w   of  the*,- 
fairfs,  can  we  do  it  and  be  blaineleswi 

I  do  not  think  that  it  i.s  required  of 
God's  ministers  to  keep  an  m-oount  of 
how  many  souls  were  brought  inio  the 
fhun-h  through  our  instrumentality,  and 
then  sound  the  tnmipet  to  the  world 
what  '♦  I  "  have  done;  God  is  to  have  the 
glory,  "I"am  not.  If  we  have  been  wdl- 
ing  instruments  in  the  Lord's  hands  to 
perform  a  good  work,  He  is  to  have  the 
glory,  not  man.  If  we  do  our  duty,  God 
will  keep  au  account  of  it;  He  is  not 
forgetful.  God's  people  do  not  need  th' 
praise  of  men  in  this  world  to  add  to 
their  glory  in  the  world  to  come.  Th. 
Lord  takes  notice  of  all  our  acts,  and 
there  is  no  danger  that  He  will  forget 
thL-m.  How  is  it,  if  we  do  anything  tliat 
is  not  so  commendable,  we  are  williu"  to 
keep  those  things  perfectly  quiet;  we 
are  not  very  apt  to  make  them  publicly 
known.  Why  not  2  Because  we  love 
the  praise  of  men.  Wliy  not  give  pub- 
licity to  both  good  and  bad  alike  i  I 
mean  why  do  not  we  ourselves  blaze 
abroad  our  own  evil  as  well  as  the  good. 

I  leave  this  question  for  each  one  to 
answer  for  himself.  How  natural,— 
(not  very  spiritual),  if  we  have  preached 
a  good  sermon,  or  written  a  spicy  article 
to  the  public,  or  done  any  good  act,  and 
some  one  is  presumptuous  enough  to  tell 
us  that  was  very  good;  we  want  every- 
liody  to  know  what  "  1 "  have  done, 
hence  the  old  horn  is  caught  up  and  we 
get  a  blast;  if  no  other  way,  it  comes 
through  the  newspapers.  Is  not  this 
true?  AVe  have  been  drawn  into  this  by 
degrees,  and  perhaps  do  not  think  how 
obnoxious  it  is  to  the  Lord.  Therefore 
let  us  all  wake  up  to  a  true  sense  of  our 
obligations  to  God,  and  seek  His  glory 
and  not  our  own. 

Then  the  Gospel  Trumpet  will  sound 
with  a  clearness,  and  mth  its  soul-stir- 
ring notes,  and  then  saints  will  rejoice, 
sinners  will  be  saved,  and  then  we  can 
rejoice  togethei'  in  a  full  hope  of  eternal 
life. 


hi(*  followers  love  to  do  his  will ;  they 
love  to  be  around  the  family  altar  in 
prayer,  in  the  sanetuaries  of  God,  where 
his  Word  is  preached  and  any  place 
where  any  good  can  he  accomplished. 

God  is  love;  and  he  that  dwelleth  in 
love  dwelleih  in  (iod,  and  G.»l  in  hini 
(I  John  4:  Hi).  True  and  holy  hn-e 
will  make  thi'  whole  heart  of  man  and 
his  soul  rejoice  and  delight  inGod  and 
obey  his  coninumdnienta;  such  a  love 
will  meet  and  fulfill  all  the  ends  of  the 
Divine  Law  (Matt.  22:  :i'-4l>). 

The  love  of  unrepent^td  hearts,  is  rai.x- 
ed  with  sin  and  lovi-s  that  whicli  is  for- 
bidden, and  ahorrs  that  which  it  should 
love,  we  must  be  "  born  again  "  in  ordei 
to  see  God  (John  W:  :i).  In  the  three 
Pel-sons  of  the  Godhead,  love  is  towards 
holy  angels  and  Christians,  unspeakably 
full,  perfect  and  blissful.  God's  love  is 
an  infinite  satisfaction  and  an  immeasur- 
able compassion  towards  sinners. 

The  love  that  can  be  enjoyed  is  almost 
incomprehensible.  The  lovely  scenes 
around  the  fireside,  in  liod's  sanctuaries, 
and  in  our  visitations  to  our  friends  and 
brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ,  and  at  the 
parting  hour  will  cause  the  tear  to  roll, 
and  j(»y  Vill  be  mingled  with  sorrow, 
and  at  the  time  of  interment  of  our  friends 
and  neighbors  will  be  around  the  silent 
tomb  of  the  departed  one,  take  the  last 
new  on  this  side  of  eternity,  will  mourn 
and  weep,  the  love  and  affections  so 
strong  sometimes  that  it  almost  causetj 
brokeu  hearts  (Matt.  22:  37-:tS).  Thou 
shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  and  with 
all  thy  mind,  and  thy  neighbor  as  thy- 
self (Matt  22;  4ti).  On  these  two  hangs 
all  the  law  and  the  prophets, 


dilemna,   for  he   will    neither    worship 
the  devil,  nor  beli.-ve  God  (the  Bible). 


PRAYER. 

HT  ASXIF.  P_  Itn-KKT. 


»Y  NOAH  n.  SBUTT. 

A  REGARD  for,  or  an  affection  to 
-^^  any  object  whether  real  or  imag- 
inary, is  the  substance  of  our  subject. 
How  easy  it  is  for  us  to  follow  that 
which  we  love,  and  have  an  affection  for. 
It  is  easy  for  a  follower  of  God  to  love 
him.  Love  is  a  cause  for  which  an  effect 
will  generally  follow.  Tiie  adversary  of 
souls  loves  to  ciist  his  snares  to  deceive 
the  nations  of  the  earth,  and  hie  snares 
are  many. 

With  all  his  pernicious  ways  he 
throws  his  heinous  and  satanic  snares 
around  like  the  spider  casts  his  web  to 
catch  the  fiy,  he  is  very  busy  going  about 
like  a  roaring  lion,  seeking  the  .souls 
whom  he  may  devom",  and  if  possible, 
will  deceive  the  very  elect;  this  is  what 
he  loves  to  do,  and  oh!  how  his  follow- 
ers love  to  follow  him  in  his  tread;  the 
fornicator,  idolators,  adulterei-s,  love 
to  follow  his  evil  vices  (1  Cor.  (>:  9,  10). 
What  will  lie  the  consequence  of  these? 
They  %vill  be  banished  from  the  presence 
of  God,  from  immortal  bliss,  from  th 
celestial  shores  of  ceaseless  ages,  where 
Christ  and  his  holy  angels  dwell  forever 
on  the  right  hand  of  the  eternal  Father, 
and  be  cast  into  outer  darkness,  there 
shall  be  wei-ping  and  gnashing  of  teeth 
where  the  worm  diethuot  and  the  fire  is 
not  quenched  (^Matt.  8:  12). 

God  so  loved  the  world  that  he  gavi 
his  only  begotten  Son,  for  a  ransom  for 
our  sins,  and  not  for  our  sins  only,  but 
for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world,  and  how 


LIFE  AND  DEATH. 


Mr.  Injidel:— 
rpAKE  away  Jesus  and  the   resurrec 


1 


tion  from  the  dead  through   him. 


and  what  have  you  left?  Thomas  Paine 
(a  kind  of  moilern  Jesus  to  you),  the 
declaration  of  independence  (as  you 
claim  he  wrote  that)  and  a  long  and  end- 
less .dai'k  future  in  which  not  even  the 
faintest  gleam  of  light  appears  to  cheer 
and  console  the  weary  and  troubled  soul. 
And  while  you  prefer  the  one  side  of  the 
picture,  we  take  the  other;  and  throw 
om'selves  into  the  hands  of  God  a  "  liv- 
ing sacrifice,"  and  resolve  with  Paul, 
"by  the  grace  of  God  I  am  what  I  am." 
For  to  me  the  burden  of  life  is  heavy 
enough  with  all  the  bright  prospects  of 
the  future,  let  alone  having  the  soul 
weighed  down  with  the  thought,  that  af- 
ter this  life,  all  is  done,  and  we  go  down 
into  the  crrave,  without  any  hope  of  com- 
ing forth  to  enjoy  those  who  have  gone 
before,  which  to  me  would  be  worth  ten 
thousand  worlds  like  this  to  again  em- 
brace those  three  little  ones  at  the  right 
hand  of  God. 

But  you  may  say,  we  believe  in  a  fu- 
ture state  of  existence.  But  if  you  de- 
ny Jesus  and  the  resurrection,  how  are 
you  to  prove  it  I  Who  made  you  so  wise  i 
For  this  is  something  I  have  yet  to  learn ; 
for  I  have  never  yet  beeu  able  to  even 
hope  in  life  beyond  the  grave  outside  of 
Jesus.  Neither  do  I  wish  to ;  for  it  seems 
as  if  those  who  have  ventured  to  disbe- 
lieve the  Bible,  have  got  themselves  in- 
to a  very  bad  condition.  For  even  the 
great  American  teacher,  although  a  very 
strongman  (or  weak  man  I  should  per- 
haps say,  for  he  has  '*  sworn  by  all  that 
is  sacred,  never  to  worship  the  de^dl, 
though  he  should  appear  dressed  in  roy- 
al robes,  and  seated  on  the  throne  of  Je- 
hovah,") has  gotten  himself  iuto  a  great 


Trow  delightful  ia  the  thmight.  that 
-*-*-  those  who  cannot  be  influenced  by 
ourexamj)le,  may  be  reached  by  our 
prayere.  Perhaps  there  are  friends  who 
are  separated  from  us  by  thousands  of 
miles,orsomedearoneinour  home.  Per- 
haiw  a  dear  father  or  mother,  brother, 
or  sister,  who  repels  every  effort  which 
we  make  to  arouse  him  or  her  to  a  sense 
of  danger. 

I  Mow  impossible  it  seems  to  <lo  such 
a  one  good.  But  is  it  really  impossible 
when  there  is  a  throne  of  grace,  where 
we  are  encouraged  to  ask  what  we  will 
in  the  name  of  Christ,  and  it  shall  be 
done  unto  usi  Impossible  when  we  know 
that  the  fervent  effectual  pi-ayer  of  a 
righteous  one  ayaileth  much  ?  We  have 
every  encouragement  to  hope  that  eai-- 
nest  and  persevering  prayers  will  be 
heard  and  answered. 

Call  to  mind  the  records  op  our  Sav- 
ior's ministry  upon  earth,  and  mark  the 
numerous  instances  in  which   his  favor 
was  besought,   and   never  besought   in 
vain  for  friends  and   relations.     TheSy- 
rophenician  women,  the  ruler  Jarius,  the 
centurion,  and  others  are  sufficient   proof 
that   prayer  was   not  unwelcome  in   a 
Savior's  ear.     Oh  let  us  intercede  \vith 
him  who  answera  prayer  for  dear  ones 
who  are  not  in  the  church   of  Christ; 
pray  for  the  heathen    at   home    and   for 
the  heathen  abroad;  pray  for  the  minis- 
ters of  Christ,  and  for  the  missionaries  of 
the  cross.     You  are  perhaps  timid,  you 
cannot  say  much  for  the  cause  of  Christ, 
that  Savior  whom  you  love  and   desire 
to  serve,  but  you  can  pray  that  his  king- 
dom may  come  and  tiiat    his    will   may 
be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven.  You 
can  remind  his  promises  which  he  has 
made  respecting  the  world,  being  tilled 
with  his  knowledge,  and  nations  being 
blessed  in  him. 

How  truly  nobh'  is  a  useful  life.  Let 
the  e.'iample  of  our  Savior  prove  a  pow- 
erful incentive  to  increase  exertion. 
Birth  and  elevated  rank  may  satisfy  the 
earthly  mind;  but  the  Christian  is  a 
co-worker  with  the  eternal  and  shall 
shine  as  the  stai-s  forever  and  ever. 


THE  COURAGE  TO  LIVE. 


WE  nee 
difr 


need  not  preach  the  ctmrage  to 
that  is  common  enough — 
but  the  courage  to  live,  to  be  honest  iu 
spite  of  poverty  and  neglect;  to  be  true, 
though  all  is  dark  except  where  God 
shines  in ;  to  be  faithful,  though  heavens 
fall  and  hearts  break,  and  friendships 
turn  to  gall.  Yes  we  must  teach  men 
to  dare  to  be  unpopular,  to  be  misap- 
prehended, to  be  ahead  of  the  times,  to 
follow  the  voice  of  God  though  it  leads 
into  the  wilderness,  to  tell  the  devil  to 
his  very  face  that  he  lies,  and  also  to 
give  him  his  dues — an  act  which  requires 
thesupremest  courage  at  times. 

I  wouldn't  give  a  farthing  for  the  tri- 
umphant faith  of  the  death  hour,  unless 
it  comes  from  that  triumphant  faith  that 
makes  our  life  full  of  noblest  daring, 
that  is  ready  to  fling  aside  honor,  wealth 
the  praise  of  friends,  rather  than  impair 
for  one  moment  the  soul's  integrity.  Oh, 
for  such  a  courage — the  courage  to  think, 
to  act,  to  tell  the  harsh  ti'uths,  to  over- 
throw splendid  falsehoods,  to  disow* 
sweet  lies  and  to  banish  tenderest  asso- 
ciations rather  than  cheek  the  least,  the 
free  movement  of  the  sovereign  soxd. 
W^e  all  must  die  with  more  or  less  equa^i- 
imity.  but  we  cannot  live  in  the  full 
splendor  of  our  being  except  by  courage 
and  determined  exertion. — Thi  Guide, 


THK  htieth:re>sT^  xVX  ^volil<:. 


May    33^ 


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UA7  23, 167S. 


Till?  forrpsj)(tniIeii(:'-  w;it  carriiMl  on  tlirotigli  tlie 
W'aymsfj'ir'i  Urt'trd^  iiiid  wtw  cjiiilo  intcn'-stiiig. 
Were  it  not  for  the  great  lenglh  of  tlio  corrps- 
pondcnw,  wc  would  like  to  r«i)ui>li»h   it  in  tlif 

BnETHHKN  AT  WoRK. 


It  wftB  a  Diensure  to  us  to  meet  anci  converse 
with  l)rother  Daniel  Fry  at  our  l/ovo-feast.  He 
seems  none  the  worw  by  his  trip  to  Denmark, 
hut  if  any  dilTerfDCC  is  iniprored  in  health.  He 
looks  hale  and  hearty,  though  n  man  of  seventy 
ycani  of  aj?e.  He  «tooil  the  trip  well — tlie  Iie^t 
of  any,  not  once  being  sick  while  on  the  ocean, 
llrother  Fry  Inw  great  hope?*  for  the  Dani,'»,  mid 
feels  confident  that  tiie mission,  if  projKTly  con- 
ducted, will  lie  a  siiccesM.  vi»  the  Brethn-nV 
humble  imd  self-doninl  doctrine  is  jtist  the  kind 
to  take  among  a  depressed  and  pries Uriddi-n 
people.  He  told  us  much  about  the  country 
and  the  peculiar  cu-itoms  and  ways  of  the  Danes 


to  turn  up,  go  to  work  and  /«nt  something  up. 
Better  do  a  little  than  nothing.  Every  lawful- 
ly infttulled  minifiter  i»  a  dviuely  appointed  mis- 
sionary, and  in  hi*  work  as  a  minister,  is  backed 
up  by  the  highest  nuthority  iu  the  uuiverse. 


l'i[<>«  the  I'rimithr  Christian  we  Ifiirn  that 
th<-  whool  building  at  Huntingdon.  Pa.,  is  now 
commenced;  the  ground  having  been  broken 
Miiy  (Itli.  They  expect  to  have  the  building 
ready  by  the  commencement  of  the  Winter 
term. ^ 

TiiK  feast  in  our  congregation  last  week — 
Mjiy  15th— wtw  an  enjoyable  one.  The  weath- 
er wiw  heautiful  and  the  congregation  large. 
Ab'iiit  400  uommuned— the  Uoukc  being  nearly 
full  of  meniben*.  The  feast  is  one  that  will 
long  be  remembered, 

"TifB  copy  of  the  Bible  which  Martin  Luther 
used  daily,  and  the  leaven  of  which  are  covered 
with  annotations  made  with  his  own  hand,  ie 
now  in  tlie  Brandenburg  nmacum.  which  gave 
for  it  about  $450.  The  Bible  was  printed  in 
Ha»Ie,  in  150i),  and  is  bound. in  leather,  and  isiu 
go'iil  |u'e-Hervation." 

\n'  Egyptian  impyrus,  twenty-eight  feet 
lu.iy  by  aevcnteen  inches  broad,  has  recently 
bt'-n  purcha.Ked  by  the  French  Director  of  Fine 
Art,«.  The  document  dates  back  to  the  year 
2.0<jn  H.  C,  and  relates  to  the  death  and  funeral 
of  the  queen  mother  of  Kor-Uor,  of  the  first 
Egyptian  dynaaty." 


Wk  hoiw  the  members  in  Lancaster  county 
Pa,,  will  pardon  us  for  making  mention  of  the 
small  number  of  papers  going  to  Ihat  county. 
We  have  since  learned  that  ne.',rly  all  of  them 
speak  the  German  language,  and  hence  cannot 
get  much  satiMfactioii  from  reading  English,  and 
for  that  reason  do  not  take  our  papfr.  They 
are  a-rtainly  excusable,  and  may  ttie  Loi-d  ble-^s 
them  in  their  ctforts  at  doing  good,  for  they  lue 
reported  worthy  of  brotlierly  i-espect.  Though 
we  cannot  use  the  same  language  here,  yet 
doubtless  when  we  meet  on  the  other  shore  wc 
will  be  able  to  converse  with  each  other  in  the 
same  tongue. 


I'uoM  «  (piotation,  tiJien  from  the  writings  of 
Eliler  Henry  Kurt/.,  and  published  some  weeks 
agii,  tlie  impre.ision  ha-*  gone  forth  tliatwehave 
in  ■:i>ntQ*nip]fttion  the  publishing  of  a  eomi)lete 
hi-f.ury  of  tlie  Bretiiien.  Wc  at  this  time  have 
no  pruji'ct  of  the  kind  in  view,  but  would  be 
gla^  to  see  Abram  Ciissel  and  a  lew  others  take 
hold  of  the  work. 


SoHK  years  ago  the  editor  of  the  fifii>tisl  lial- 
tlr  I'Uiig  wrote  that,  "  Unnkardism  is  a  local  dis- 
eaM>  and  must  be  treated  locally,"  but  now  he 
Hays  it  *'  is  a  growing  heresy  and  must  be  met." 
It  is  rapidly  becoming  the  "sect  cvery-where 
Bpdken  against,"  and  to  certain  worshipers  of 
t1i>-  goddess  Diana,  is  becoming  alarming  and 
cii'laiigoring  their  craft 


Tnouoii  WG  hnvo  never  been  opposed  to  using 
litjlituing  rods,  yet  we  must  confess  that  the 
following,  clippi-d  from  a  loading  journal,  does 
not  speak  verj'  encouragingly  for  them,  and  lias 
a  t^Midency  to  shake  one's  faith  in  the  virtue  of 
lightning  rods:  "'  Eight  out  of  every  ten  houses 
and  barns  in  lllinuis,  struck  by  lightning  last 
year,  hod  rods  on  thfm.*' 


"  During  the  past  thirty-seven  years  56  At- 
Iftiilic  vewels  have  been  lost.  Tlie  number  of 
British  vessels  was  42;  American,  ."i;  French, 
4;  (ieriunu,  4;  Belgiim,  1.  The  causes  of  disas- 
ters are  given  as  follows:  Wrecked.  30;  burned, 
4;  t:oUiBion  with  icebergs,  2;  foundered.  2;  lost 
iu  fog,  2;  uever  heard  from,  9.  No  less  than 
4.4'''>  poraous  lost  tlieir  lives  iu  consequence  of 
the'^o  disiLstera." 

SIbthodwt  preachers  are  much  perph-xed  and 
tiuuoyed  by  the  inci-easiug  demand  of  tlieir  con- 
%'erU  to  he  immersed.  It  is  generally  ascertain- 
ed that  this  class  of  converts  haVe  been  reatling 
the  New  Testament.  All  wlio  honestly  and 
fhirbfully  read  the  New  Testament  go  down  in- 
to tlic  wat«r.  When  the  Bible  is  intelligently 
iintb-nttood.  then  the  mourning  bench,  as  a 
physcliological  magnet,  has  lost  all  its  imnta- 
neut  Tirtue. — Vkrinfmn  Uen'eir. 

Tub  correspondence  between  Bro.  Bushor 
und  a  Lutheran  iire.icher  at  Waj-nesboro,  Pa., 
refeiii-ding  a  public  discussion,  has  resulted  ([uite 
favorably,  as  it  Jias  alreiuly  induced  one  mim  to 
teuvu  the  Lutherans  iind  to  come  out  a  uou-con- 
forniist  to  the  ways  and  costumes  of  the  world. 


From  the  following  it  would  seem  that  the 
Kefiirmed  Episcopal  church  is  learning  some- 
thing, for  this  is  what  they  have  been  doing, 
and  it  would  be  better  for  the  cause  of  our  holy 
religion  if  a  few  thousand  ProU-stant  congrega- 
tions would  follow  their  example:  "  The  com- 
mittee on  Popular  Amusement,  reported  against 
theatrical  amusements,  games  and  dancing  iu  idl 
entortiiinments  sanctioned  by  tht  Church  and 
discouraging  frivolous  and  worldly  modes  of 
j-nising  funds;  also,  requesting  communicauts 
to  abstiiin  from  such  entertainments," 

A  BROTiiKii  in    Philiidelphia  snun   after  his 

marriage,  said  to  his  wife:  "I  use  no  tobacco. 

lience  1  shall  claim   a  certain  sum  of  money 

each  year  for  books,     I  have  inquired  of  those 

who  use  it,  as  to  their  expenditure^  for  the  weed 

each  year.    Some  said  ^10,  some  §20,  some  i?25, 

and  one  said  it  cost  him  §500  a  yeav.     I  then 

thought  that  if  I  Mould  use  it,  I  should  perhaps 

Hjiend  $25  a  year,  hence  claimed  this  for  good 

books."     It  is  scarcely  needhil  to  say  that  that 

brother  has  a  large  collection  of  interesting 

works,  and  certainly  he  need  not  be  ashamed  of 

his  wise  and  prudent  course.     Will  our  young 

men   accept  this  as  an   important  lesion   for 

them  ? 

■  ♦  ■ 

Mt.  Cnrniel  is  said  to  be  the  nchest  and^nost 
diver>>ified  in  all  Palestine,  as  it  unites  the  prod- 
ucts of  the  mountain  with  those  of  the  valley 
and  sea-coast.  A  writer  enumerates  forty-seven 
diH'ei-ont  kinds  of  flowei"s  found  there,  and  then 
did  not  complete  the  list.     Says  Van  de  Velde. 

Tliere  is  not  a  tlower  that  I  have  seen  in  Gal- 
ilee, or  on  the  plains  along  the  coast,  that  I  do 
not  find  here  nn  Carniel."  When  the  glorious 
Millenial  period  shall  roll  on,  during  which 
time  Christ  shall  reign  on  earth  one  thousand 
years,  and  the  saints  go  up  to  Jerusalem  once  a 

ar  to  worship,  it  will  be  refif-shing  to  visit 
Mt.  Carniel,  and  jduck  from  her  brow  some 
beautiful  fragrant  flowers. 


It  ls  painful  to  hear  sister  Fry.  who  bos  just 
returned  from  Denmark,  relate  the  suO'erings 
and  privations  endured  by  the  people  there. 
Their  dwellings  are  rude,  mainly  covei^ed  with 
straw — though  they  do  not  leak — while  their 
diet  is  of  the  simplest  character — being  such  as 
the  American  people  would  not  use,  j-et  they 
are  a  good-hearted  luid  industrious  people.  The 
sister  has  great  sympathies  for  the  Danes,  and 
thinks  that  our  people  ought  to  deprive  them- 
selves of  a.  few  luxuries  for  the  benefit  of  the 
poor  saints  and  the  Master's  cause  in  Denmark, 
Christ  endured  mucli  for  us;  can  we  not  now 
make  som«  sai-rificc  for  Hiscausc?     HejidMatt. 

25:  40. 

■  ♦  ■         — 

SiNCK  Christ  has  said:  "  Go  into  all  the<world, 
and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature"  (Mark 
16:  15).  it  is  worae  than  useless  to  talk  or  write 
against  missionary  work.  Ciirist  himself  was 
a  missionary  sent  from  liuavcu  to  earth,  and  all 
hii>  apostleti  were  miMionarie^  sent  by  the  hcjul 
of  the  church  to  tcadi  all  nations.  If  there 
re  le-ss  parleying  over  misftionary  labor,,  and 
mere  work,  it  would  be  much  better  for  the 
ause.  "  Hut,"  says  one,  "  I  see  no  place  to 
take  hold."  Look  around  luid  Jind  a  place  to 
take  bold.      I  iisteiul  of  waiting  for  something 


GOOD    SUGGESTIONS. 

HEBE  i.s  something  that  every  young  man 
and  wom.in  should  cut  out,  preserve  and 
heed:  "  It  is  not  what  people  eat,  but  what 
they  digest  that  makes  them  strong.  It  is  not 
what  they  gain,  but  what  they  save,  that  makes 
them  rich.  It  is  not  what  they  read,  but  what 
tliey  remember,  that  makes  them  learned.  It  is 
not  what  they  profe&s,  but  what  they  practice, 
that  makes-  them  good.  It  is  not  what  they  ap- 
pear to  l>e,  but  what  they  really  are,  that  fits 
them  properly  for  life's  mission  and  destiny." 

The  pei-sou  that  strictly  follows  these  sugges- 
tions will  certainly  prosper  in  whatever  lawful 
calling  he  may  chance  to  eugnge. 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 

SPENT  two  days  in  Philadelphia;  met  with 
the  brethren  one  evening  iu  prayer-meet- 
ing. Here,  for  the  tirst  time  iu  my  life,  I  met  a 
colored  brother  and  sister.  They  are  very  zeal- 
ous in  the  work  of  the  Lord,  and  on  the  "  first 
day  of  the  week"  teach  a  number  of  colored 
pereons  the  Word  of  God,  iu  their  own  house. 
This  is  commendable,  and  hope  the  Lord,  who 
notices  even  the  sparrows,  will  not  fail  to  abun- 
dantly reward  them  for  their  concern  for  their 
fellow-men.  Also  visited  ouresteenied  and  aged 
brother,  Elder  Fox  who  is  now  upwards  of  nine- 
ty yeai-s  of  age.  What  changes  have  occurred 
on  this  vast  globe  in  e'^en  that  .slioi-t  period! 
Though  more  than  four  score  and  ten,  his  diges- 
tive organs  retain  their  youthful  activity,  and 
his  mind  quit«  well  preserved.  He  is  a  living 
witness  of  proper  care  of  the  digestive  organs 
and  m.iy  be  profitably  imitated  by  many  young 
persons.  He  is,  however,  confined  almost  en- 
tirely to  his  room  on  account  of  the  frailty  of 
his  limbs,  I  felt  the  solemnity  of  the  occasion 
as  we  bowed  in  prayer  with  one  who  had  seen 
so  many  years,  and  liad  been  intimate  with  those 
of  our  brethren  who  first  came  from  Europe. 
The  Lord  grant  his  last  days  to  be  peaceful  and 
full  of  liope  for  eternal  life. 

On  the  evening  of  the  -ith,  met  ^vith  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  of  the  Hatfield  church,  in  public 
woi-ship,  and  on  Sunday  with  those  of  the  In- 
dian Creek  church.  The  latter  is  among  the 
oldest  organizations  in  this  countiy.  I  am  now 
wTiting  in  the  library  of  brother  Abrm.  fl.  Cas- 
sel  who  is  closely  related  to  those  who  first  or- 
ganized the  church  in  America.  He  is  one  of 
the  foremost  antiquarians  of  this  country,  and 
his  vast  collection  of  rare  and  valuable  works 
strikes  one  with  wonder  and  amazement.  Nor 
has  he  brought  all  these  works  together  without 
trials  and  severe  struggles — many  of  which 
would  have  discouraged  and  prevented  most  men 
in  such  labor. 

Here  1  had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  read  the 
memoranda  of  brother  Christopher  Sanr,  some 
of  which  I  here  give,  simply  as  matter  of  histo- 
ry, which  shows  how  the  first  churches  in  Amer- 
ica carried  on  their  work:  "On  the  9th  of 
August  17.S0,  brother  Martin  Umer  and  I  visits 
ed  the  little  Swatara  church  on  the  Schuylkill. 
On  the  12th,  ordiiined  brethren  Martin  Gaby 
and  Miclmel  Frantz  to  the  bishopric  b}'  the  lay- 
ing on  of  bauds.  Also  confirmed  to  the  minis- 
try by  tlie  imposition  of  hands,  brethreu  David 
Kintzy,  Geo.  Ba&hore  and  Jacob  Moyer.  On 
the  t5tli  went  to  Big  Swatara,  where  brother 
Geo.  Miller  was  ordained  or  confirmed  to  the 
bishopric.  August  16th,  visited  the  White  Oak 
oluu'ch,  whore  brother  Jolm  Zug  was  ordained 
bishop  under  the  following  provisions:  He  is 
to  be  subordinate  to  elder  Christian  Longaneck- 
er,  except  in  the  absence,  sickness  or  death  of 
Elder  Longaneckor,  when  he  shall  exercise  full 
power  of  the  bishopric.  Otherwise  he  shall  do 
nothing  of  importance  without  the  consent  of 
Elder  Christian  Longauucker."  This  shows  the 
care  aud  concern  of  those  who  were  among  the 
first  in  the  grand  reformation. 

I  ab*o  give  as  nn  item  of  historical  interest, 
the  calling  of  C.  Saur  and  A.  Mack  to  the  min- 
istry. On  the  7th  of  June,  174S,  they  were 
called  to  the  work  and  the  church  given  into 
tlieir  charge.  This  was  at  Germantown,  aud 
on  the  3rd  of  November  they  did  their  first  bap- 
tizing.    They  conducted  the  work  assigned  them 


with  such  ability  that  on  the  10th  of  Juu^  i-., 
five  years  and  three  days    after    being   c  ||' 
ed  to  the  ministry,  they  received  theiuipositi 
of  hands.     On   the  same  day,  brother   H 
Slingluff,  who  had  been  chosen  overseer  of  fJi 
poor,  was  also  confirmed  by  the  laying  on 
hands.     This  brother   kept  the  records  of  th 
church,  which  are  now  in  the  hands  of  broth 
Cassel.     They  not  only  kept  an  accurate  account 
of  the  receipts  and   expenditures  of  the  chur  }, 
in  a  neat  and  simple   manner,   but  noted  tb 
proceedings  of  their  council-meetings  in  a  hr"  f 
way.     Here  may  be  seen    the  names  of  thosp 
who  contributed   to  the  church  treasury  anA 
amount  given  by  each.     It  seems  they  were  aoi 
afraid  of  hurting  each  other  by  keeping  a  cle 
recoi-d  of  their  business,  but  like  meu  of  nielhoH 
and  carefulness  were  cautious.    On  the  13th  f 
December,  1761,  Bro.  G.  Schriver  was  chosen,  ati. 
cording  to  the  apostolic  order,  as  overseer  of  tl 
poor,  or  deacon,  and  on  the  15th  of  May,  ixgg 
he  received  the  imposition  of  hands  m  confirm,! 
ation.     He  was  the  assistant  of  brother  Henn- 
Slinglufi",  already  mentioned,  and  as  such  hia 
name  appe.irs  on    the   record.     In   support  of 
their  practice  of  first  trying  a  man  in  office  be- 
fore  confirming  him,  they  cite  us  to  1  Timothv 
5:  22-25. 

I  here  give  an  extract  from  an  article  written 
by  brother  A.  H.  Cassel  and  published  m  the 
Christinn  Fnmihj  Cnmptnuon  of  Sep.  1st,  iggg 
showing  the  work  of  those  who  bravely  stood  iu 
defense  of  primitive  Christianity  in  the  early 
settlement  of  America. 

"  Their  first  meeting  was  published  to  be  on 
the  following  Sunday  in  October  1722,  at  the 
house  of  Peter  Becker.  The  next  Sunday  they 
had  it  at  brother  Johan  Gomery's,  and  thus 
they  continued  alternately  until  the  inclemency 
of  the  weather  obliged  them  to  stop.  But  early 
in  the  following  Spring  they  resumed  them 
again,  .ind  held  them  weekly  at  the  bouse  of 
Peter  Becker,  without  anything  of  note  occur- 
ring until  about  September,  when  a  revival  took 
place  along  the  banks  of  the  Schuylkill,  occtw 
sioned.  as  it  was  supposed,  by  the  Hermits  of 
the  Ridge,  (which  were  the  vpinains  of  a  defunct 
sect  called  the  "Woman  of  the  Wilderness"), 
They  heard  the  Brethren,  and  visited  their 
meetings  occasionally.  Several  of  them  were 
soon  so  deeply  impressed  with  the  truth  that 
they  heard,  that  they  applied  as  candidates  for 
baptism."  •  *  .*  *  pgter  Becker  bnplized 
them  "  in  the  stream  called  AVisahicon,  a  tribu- 
tary of  the  Schuylkill  and  not  far  from  its  banks. 
While  these  were  the  "Jirst  fruits"  of  the 
Brethren  in  America,  it  might,  perhaps,  be  a 
satisfaction,  (to  some  at  least),  to  know  their 
names.  They  were  Mai'tin  Urner  and  wife, 
Heinrith  Landcs  and  wife,  Friederieh  Long  and 
JohnMayle."  »  *  •  *  We  find  that  after 
the  Brethren  had  thus  united  themselves  their 
meetings  were  crowned  with  peculiar  blessings, 
and  tended  to  the  edification  of  many,  and  atill 
increa-sed  in  numbers  as  well  as  iu  power,  so 
that  the  whole  region  soon  became  alive — espec- 
ially the  young  aud  rising  generation,  who,  to 
the  great  joy  of  ^their  parents,  began  to  walk  in 
the  fear  of  the  Lonl,  aud  the  love  of  the  Breth- 


I  would  love  to  give  the  entire  article,  for  it 
tnily  interesting,  aud  to  many  who  have  re- 
cently been  added  to  the  flock,  uo  doubt  new. 
I  will  just  add  that  the  church  at  GermautowTi, 
Pa.,  was  tlie  fii-st  organized  cliurch  of  the  Bruth- 
reu  in  America.  Coventry  church  was  organiz- 
ed Nov.  7: 1724.  Ephrala,  Nov.  12th,  or  five 
days  later.  Then  followed  Oley  church  1732. 
Groat  Swamp,  1733.  Annvcll.  N,  J.,  1'33. 
Cocalico,  1735.  White  Oak,  1736.  Little  Cou- 
owago,  1738.  Big  Conowago,  1711,  For  oil 
these  interesting  facts  I  amliudebted  to  brotlier 
A.  H,  Cassel  whose  indefatigable  i-eaeurcht'sand 
collections  have  brought  to  light  facts  pertain- 
ing to  the  planting  of  the jpure  Gospel  in  Amer- 
ica. These  collections  m-e  truly  valuable,  and 
as  a  people  we  should  not  be  indiflerent  as  to 
tlieir  worth.  The  truthjof  God  sufiers  uoneby 
their  existence,  for  they  greatly  testify  to  tie 
holy  aiul  self-donying  principles  of  theChri-<Han 
religion.  And  I  believe  if  many  of  flip  n'enJ- 
bers  of  the  various  denominations  of  this  coun- 
try could  see  and  learn  how  some  of  those  prnc- 
ticed  whose  name  they  have  loved  to  revere  as 
reformers  and  U-achers,  tlmy  would  be  conipe  1" 
od  to  confess  that  there  is  vast  difference  m  the 
practices.     In  my  next  I  hope  to  be  able  togive 


our  roftilers  some  facts  concerning  ihe  printme 
biisi»'--s«  among  our  "old  brethren." 

M.  M.  EsDKLMAN. 
The  above  was  writUi.  in  ),rotW  Ca^^'s 
Libnuy.  Itiit  was  ..navoiaaWy  delayed.  Since 
^,i,.g  ,t  I  have  arrived  hom.  .afely  and  feel 
mmh  improved  m  health.  Thanks  to  our  Lor.! 
for  His  bles9iDg<..  ™ 


I^HK    Tir!ETHRK>T 


BAPTISM. 


nOU  E  one  hns  sent  ub  a  copy  of  the  Fonesh,, 
{5  Urrakl,  contai.img  an  article  on  baptism 
-phe  iirticle  contains  but  little  new  matter,  hut 
reitpnites  old  arguments  that  have  been  met  aad 
refuted  scoros  of  times.  The  following,  howev- 
er,  is  decidt'dly  new: 

■'  We  could  quot«  from  scores  of  distinguish, 
ed  scholars,  all  declaring  positively  that '  bap. 
tizo  '  means  to  sprinkle  as  well  as  to  immerse  ' 

"Scores"  means  not  less  than  forty,  and  m 
tliiulf  the  gentleman  wUl  have  a  lively  Hmt 
finding  forty  "  distinguished  schilara,  all  declar- 
ing positively  that  bapliso  means  to  sprinkle 
well  a.'t  to  immerse."  We  knew  that  there  were 
scores  of  distinguished  scholara  who  affirm  that 
Uipti^o  means  to  immerse,  and  also,  that  all  dis- 
tiDgni.-'hed  Greek  lexicographers  define  baptizo 
to  iimierse  or  dip,  but  never  before  did  we  know 
that  "scores  of  distinguished  scholars"  affirmed 
to  the  contrary,  and  we  are  »  little  doubtful 
whether  the  gentleman  k-nows  it.  If  he  does. 
lie  is  certainly  far  in  advance  of  the  champion 
Pedo-baptist  dehatei-8  and  writers  of  modern  and 
ancient  times. 

His  own  authors  are  against  him,  for  in  hi. 
article?  he  quotes  Schrevelliiis  and  Schleusnei- 
two  Greek  lexicographer  and  both  of  them  de- 
fiue  bapti^o  to  immerse,  not  once  giving  spiiuk- 
ling  as  the  first  definition,  but  our  Forreston 
writer  has  the^ audacity  to  place  sprinkling  be- 
fore immersion,  something  that  no  good  Greek 
schoKu-  of  reputation  in  the  worid  would  ventur 
to  do.     Here  is  something  that  is  remarkable: 

"  We  believe  that  sprinkling  or  pouring  wu.^ 
the  (ipiistolic  mode  of  baptLsm  for  this  further 
reasdii  viz— that,  in  all  the  caae.s  of  baptism 
nieiitinned  in  Scripture,  the  attendant  circum- 
stances accoi-d  perfectly  with  this  mode  fsprink- 
ling]  of  administering  this  ordinance— while  in 
many  cases,  they  utterly  preclude  the  idea  of 
iminei-siou." 

When  Philip  and  the  eunuch  both  went  down 
into  the  water  that  would  utterly  preclude  the 
idea  of  immersion,  would  it?  And  when  tlie 
Savior  i-ame  up  straightway  out  of  the  water 
that,  tiu),  would  preclude  the  idea  of  immersion 
WIi.'u  they  baptized  at  vEnou.  bectuse  there 
was  much  water  there,  would  that  preclude  the 
idea  of  immersion?  Would  that  favor  sprink- 
ling? When  the  peopln  were  ba|)ti7,edof  John 
in  Jordan,  would  that  also  prt-clude  the  idea  ol 
iinmoi>ion?  No  fjirther  comments  are  needed 
to  refine  such  illngiciil  and  far-fetclied  couclu- 
siuns. 

But  he  believes  "that  sprinkling  or  pourins 
Wiis  the  Apostolic  mode  of  baptism."  If  sprink- 
ling or  pouring  was  the  Apostolic  mode,  whert 
does  he  get  his  authority  for  immersion?  These 
men  will  preach  and  write  that  immersion,  sw 
baptism,  was  neither  taught  nor  practiced  by 
the  .\postlcs,  and  then  turn  right  around  and 
admiitister  it.  If  tliis  is  not  inconsistency  then 
we  do  not  know  the  nieauing  of  woi-ds. 


A  JEWISH  TRAVELER. 

HEH  it  Juda  Czerny.  a  learned  Jew  from  Wil- 
iiii,  in  Russian  Poland,  has  retunied  from 
his  journey  of  exploration  in  Cuuciisia,  on  which 
he  act  out  eight  yeare  ago.  The  principal  ob- 
ject of  this  jouruey  Wiis  archieological  and  eth- 
Dograpbical  inquii-ies;  further,  the  desire  to 
ascertain  the  origin  of  the  Jews  settled  in  Cau- 
wisia.  Herr  Czerny  inclines  in  his  investigation 
to  the  opinion  repeatedly  expressed,  that  we 
meet  here  with  the  ten  lost  tribes.  CaiTied 
away  from  their  country  Ijy  the  AssjTian  King 
Shulnninesser,  they  took  up  tlieir  abode  in  the 
Caucasus  about  700  years  before  Uic  common 
Wa.  llerr  Czerny  has  collected  numerous  in- 
tcresiiiig  dafaon  the  Ji^ws  in  Peniia  and  Bokha- 
f*  «iid  on  the  Assyrian  Nostorian»,  and  in  addi- 
tion also  historical  data  on  iiinny  ('micasian  and 
■Asiltic  tribes,  as  yet  little  known.— Jn/-/," A 
Time.i.  , 


Dkpescv  and  not  pride,  /.eal'aud  not  fanati- 
cism is  what  is  wanted. 


QVEIUST^S  DEPAUTMEXT. 


QiiMlion.  londiing  the  mining  of  8crlpiur*.  rpliiing 
to  Hulorr  una  pr»ell«l  i„bjecU  of  religioa*  InirreM  nUI 
wmo  in  pUce,  Tbe  qiicriM -.  munci  must  ii«H)mp«ny  Ji 
comm..uic«..on..  Wc  .li-ll  l»l«r  lo  .ToiJgiTing  .„,iusi 
ocuuitih  r.ir  ilrifc  and  ooDIc  ' 
ItODH. 


r  uniniportaui  quo*- 


1.  Give  .-uf  explanation  of  1  Tim.  5;  9,  S4. 
'■  Let  not  a  widow  be  taken  into  the  number" 
under  three  score  years  old,  having  been  the 
wife  of  one  man." 

2.  "  Some  men's  sins  aro  open  before  hand 
going  before  to  judgment;  and  some  men  tbev 
follow  after," 

Geo.  C.  Stump. 

1.  It  is  evident  from  1  Tiin.  5:  9,  that  there 
was  an  order  of  widows  among  the  apostles  aud 
early  Christians.  Weareinclined  to  the  follow- 
ing: 1.  They  were  ao  cla-ssed,  because  they 
were  widows  "  mdeed."  2.  The  young  females 
who  came  to  the  church,  both  Je^vB  and  Gen- 
tiles, needed  instruction  in  the  Gospel,  and  the 
widows  indeed  were  especially  qualified  for  this 
work.  We  here  quote  from  the  Apostolic  Con- 
stitution, showing  that  tliere  was  still  a  widow's 
order  among  the  Christians,  some  time  after 
the  Apostles  hud  all  departed: 

"  Choose  your  '  widows  not  under  sixty  years 
of  age.'  that  in  a  measure  (he  suspicion  of  a 
second  marriage  may  be  prevented.  But  if  you 
admit  one  younger  into  the  order  of  widows, 
and  she  cannot  bear  her  widowhood  in  her 
youth,  and  marries,  she  will  procure  indecent 
reflections  on  the  glory  of  the  order  of  mdows, 
and  shall  give  an  account  to  God;  not  because 
she  married  a  second  time,  but  because  she  wax- 
ed wanton  against  Christ  aud  not  kept  he 
promise.  *  *  *  But  the  tniG  widoivs  ar 
those  which  have  had  only  one  husband,  hannj 
a  good  report  among  the  genenility  for  good 
works;  widows  indeed,  sf)ber,  chiiate,  faithful, 
pious,  who  have  brought  up  children  well, 
and  have  entertained  strangei-s  uubiameably, 
which  are  to  be  supported  as  devoted  to  God.  — 
Besides  do  thou,  O  bishop,  be  mindful  of  the 
needy,  both  reaching  out  tiie  helping  hand  and 
mulcing  provisions  for  them  as  the  steward  of 
God,  distributing  seasonably  the  oblations  to 
every  one  of  them,  to  the  widows,  the  orphans, 
the  friendless  and  those  tried  with  application" 
K.  2,  pp.  93.  94. 

Among  the  early  Christians,  as  well  as  among 
the  heathen,  the  widow  who  had  had  but  one 
man,  was  hel^l  in  very  liigh  esteem.  It  was 
supposed  such  would  take  a  great  interest  in 
the  doctriuo  of  Christ,  and  more  especially  if 
she  had  arrived  at  the  age  of  sixty.  Such  a 
one  would  not  likely  "  wax  wanton,"  be  a  busy- 
body, nor  tattle;  but  sober,  grave,  well-estab- 
lished in  the  faith.  This  is  how  the  early  Christ 
tians  reasoned  with  respect  to  their  ividows. 

2.  Some  Mien's  sin's  are  open  before  hand, 
going  before  to  judgment."  We  incline  to  the 
opinion  that  Paul  has  reference  to  the  appoint- 
ment of  men  to  office  in  the  church.  He  form- 
ed three  cliLs^es  in  the  church.  1.  Those  of 
whom  he  knows  nothing,  except  that  they  pro- 
fessed Jesus.  2.  Some  he  knew  who  were  well 
established  in  the  doctrine.  3.  Those  whose 
lives  indicated  that  they  were  only  partially  re- 
formed. The  sins  of  these  were  open  to  all, 
going  before  to  judgment  —  condemnation.  — 
Such  could  not  deceive  the  church,  for  their 
lives  showed  just  where  they  stood:  such  they 
need  not  choose  to  office.  Those  of  the  firat 
class  would  be  more  difficult  to  handle.  — 
Under  the  disguise  of  piety,  they  might  creep 
into  office,  and  then  their  sius  would  follow 
after,  condemnation  would  come  afterwards.  — 
"  Lay  luuuU  suddenly  on  no  man,"  should  be 
well  heeded  liere.  We  draw  these  conclusious 
from  the  twenty-fifth  verse.  The  good  works 
of  all  true  followers  of  Jesus,  are  manifest  be- 
fore hand,  not  simply  mine.  You  thus  see  that 
these  two  vei'ses  can  have  no  allusion  to  be- 
lievers and  unbelievers  in  general,  but,  as  they 
evidently  have,  to  such  as  are  chosen  to  office. 
^Ve  would  then  conclude  that  the  good  works 
of  some  men  chosen  to  office,  are  manifest  be- 
fore hand,  "  and  tltey  that  are  otherwise,  can- 
not be  hid.'  Some  need  to  be  brought  forward, 
because  their  "good  works,"  are  well  known  — 
Others  who  iiave  done  much  in  a  private  way, 
yet  are  not  so  well  known,  cannot  be  hid,  and 
they,  too,  must  l>e  brought  forwai-d. 


The  clause  r^-ferred  to,  i*  nn  follows:  "For 
the  letter  killeth,  but  the  spirit  givoth  life."  — 
Paul  declares  that  "  our  sufficirncii  is  of  God." 
Our  comp4!U-ncy,  our  ability  to  uwk  comes 
alone  from  God.  With  this  view,  Paul  further 
declaivd  that  God  made  him  and  othen  not 
only  ministcn,  but  able  minist*>n!  of  the  Nevr 
Testament;  not  of  the  letter  of  the  New  Toafa- 
ment,  but  of  the  spirit  of  the  New  Tcstiunent 
Not  that  they  were  mi  to  use  the  U'ttcr,  for 
that  in  necesfiary  to  the  putting  olf  and  keeping 
off  the  "old  man  with  his  deeds,"  while  the 
ipirit  is  essential  to  the  new  man,  and  hisetcm- 
iU  welfare.  The  letter  destroy*  sin,  and  the 
spirit  gives  life.  It  is  a  fiu:t  that  every  inatitu- 
tion  in  God's  house,  is  of  an  humbling  nature. 
All  are  din-cted  against  the  carual  mind,  which 
is  not  subject  to  the  law  of  God,  hence  must  be 
crucified.  In  being  baptised  in  water,  we  deal 
with  the  letti^r;  and  while  this  act  in  the  letter 
denotes  death  to  sin,  the  spirit  givwt  life.  Bread 
;md  wine  cannot  give  life,  but  remind  us  that 
we  are  not  yet  in  the  land  of  promise;  but  the 
spirit  connected  with  the  bread  and  wine,  gives 
lite.  Fiuth,  hope,  charity— thew  ore  s|)irit,  lif. 
0  that  we  may  all  have  the  spirit  of  the  Now 
Testament  continually  dwelling  in  our  heart*. 
Let  no  man  build  his  hopes  ou  the  letti-r,  but  on 
the  spirit.  Obey  God  because  God  demands  it. 
Practice  all  His  teachings,  mt  because  others 
do,  but  because  God  requires  it.  Get  into  the 
spirit,  live  in  it. 


BREVITIES. 


Plea.He  explain   the  latter  clause  of  the 
6th  verse  of  the  third  chapter  of  2  Corinthians. 
J.VCOB  Bl,ICKBN9TAPF. 


WRITEBSshould  not  fail  tosign  theirnames 
to  articles  sent  hei-e  for  publication. 

Brother  David  A.  iJorcross  of  HhoaN.  Ind., 
says:  "  I  would  not  be  without  your  paper  for 
ten  dollars  a  year."    He  thinks  of  moving  to 

the  West. Brother  Daniel  Vaniman  says; 

"  1  have  not  been*  able  to  find  time  to  spare 
lately  to  write  for  the  paper,  neither  did-l  think 
it  necessary,  as  it  is  always  brimful  of  good 
matter  by  othera." The  Brethren  of  Cosh- 
octon county  district,  Ohio,  an-  building  a  meet- 
ing-house which  they  expect  to  have  finished 

by  the  first  of  July  next. Sister  Susan  H. 

Gittsays:  "Our  church,  the  Upper  Connwaga, 
Adams  Co.,  Pa.,  is  in  a  prosperous  condition." 

A  subscriber  writes:  "  I  am  not  a  membei 

of  your  church,  but  I  think  your  paper  isgoo<l, 

We  have  in  this  office  a  piece  of  Olive  wood 

taken  from  Mt.  Olives  near  Jerusalem. Bro. 

Stump  held  eight  meetings  with  the  Brethren 
in  Saline  Co..  Neb.    Three  were  added  to  the 

church  at  that  place. Wo  do  not  employ 

agents  to  sell  the  "  Prince  of  the  House  ot  Da- 
vid."    It  is  a  good  book.     Price,  $2.00. 

Brother  L.  Hillery  preached  his  farewell  sermon 
last  Sunday,  amid  the  regrets  of  his  tlock.  He 
leaves  for  a  niissionai-y  tour  in  the  West.  With- 
in n  year  he  has  baptized  into  the  Dunkaiil 
church  some  thirteen  or  fourteen  in  this  sec- 
tion. —  Miiy»haU  County   Democrat. The 

Love-feast  at  Milledgeville,  111.,  will  be  June  0th, 

commencing  at  ten  o'clock. Some  one.  who 

signs  himself  J.  R.  L.,  has  sent  us  an  article  for 
the  paper,  but  we  cannot  i)ublish  it  unless  we 
have  the  writer's  name.  Livery  person  should 
be  responsible  for  what  he  writes, Broth- 
er George  Wolfe  of  California,  writes:  "  My  son. 
J.  P.  Wolfe,  will  send  on  a  few  names  soon  for 
your  paper  which  we  prize  \cvy  much  in  the 
way  of  instruction  for  new  converts,  and  old 
ones  too.  — -  Brother  Enoch  Kby  and  wife 
reached  their  home  in  Stephenson  county,  111. 

week  before  last. At  a  series  of  meetings  m 

Pyrmont,  Iud„  fourteen  were  baptized. A 

sister  sends  in  a  bundle  of  queries  to  be  answer- 
ed, but  fails  to  give  her  name. Brother  E»- 

kildsen  has  been  holding  some  successful  meet- 
ings in  Denmark.    He  is  said  to  bo  a  minister 

of  good  ability. Who  will  volunteer  to  give 

us  a  good  article  on  close  communion?  Let  us 
have  good,  .solid   arguments  well   boiled  down. 

No  peace  yet  among  the  wrjuigling  nations 

in  the  East. One  bruther  writes  that  the 

"  railer  and  slanderer  have  been  at  work  "  in  their 
congregation.  It  is  some  consolation  to  kuow 
that  fliPi'i'  will  be  no  such  characters  in  heaven. 

The  Brethren  organized  a  Sunday-school 

at  Lanark  last  Sunday  with  excellent  prospects. 

The  att^'udance  will   be  very   large. It  is 

said  that  Darwin's  father  and  grandfather  were 
atheists.    No  wonder  Darwin  opposed  the  Bible. 

Tlie  Primitive  Christian  hfw  in  it  a  U'est- 

flni  Drpitrfment,  edited  by  Elder  John  Wise  of 

Waterloo,  Iowa. The  trouble  with  the  En- 

glisli  cotton  operatives  still  continues.  Thous- 
and-i  have  struck,  and  much  violenee  is  feared, 
(.'ougi-ess  is  grappling  with  some  threaten- 
ing difficulties,  an  eifort  being  made  to  remove 
President  Hays.  Much  corruption  alnmnds. 
Among  th"ose  lately  baptized  by  brother 


B.  F.  Stump,  in  Neb.,  were  two.  formerly  be- 
longing to  the  Methodist  church,  and  a  Camp- 
belhU-  elder.  Brother  S,  is  doijig  «  good  work. 
We  ha.!  a  pleiwant  little  Love-fi-jL-t  *ith 
Ciur  aged  sister  Long  of  tbi«  place.     Such  feasts 

are  evidently   promotive   of  true  piety. A 

severe  storm  lately  viaited  Hardy  Co.,  W.  Va. 
Much  damage  done  to  buildings,  pro['*rty  and 

grain. U  is  pU-asaut  when  Brethren  write. 

"We  are  all   in   peace  and  love;  thank   the 

Lord." The  sunshine  of  family  lore  is  what 

makes  h<mie   happy. Several   heavy  fronts 

have  lately  visit*-.!  this  part  of  the  State.  Not 
much  damage  done,  aside  from  liilling  some  ten- 
der varieties  of  fruit. New  subscriWrs  are 

coming  in  quite  encouragingly.    The  more  the 

better  for  the  cftum>. War  between  Kuwtia 

and  England  sccins  almost  inevitablo.  The 
Russians  have  moved  two  miles  nearer  Constan- 
tinople.   An  artesian  well  in  Hungary  has 

reached  a  .lepth  of  over  3,000  fe(>t. In  an 

artesiiui  well  ift  Paris  over  2,500  feet  deep,  the 
water  reachi-sateiuperature  of  ItiidcgreesFahr., 
and  increases  in  heat  with  the  depth  of  the  well' 

One  more  baa  been  baptized  in  Denmark! 

- —  I>o  not  send  any  more  money  to  Denmark 
till  you  hear  from  us  next  week,  lui  then-  hat 
been  a  law  passed  that  confiscat^-a  one  fifth  of 

idl  money  not  sent  in  the  right  way. A 

petrified  crocodile  forty  feet  long  has  lately  Ijeea 
found  at  Como,  on  tho  Union  Pacific  railroad. 
We  are  in  receipt  of  a  twenty  ])ago  pam- 
phlet on  Feet-washing,  by  J.  F.  Kbersule,  of 
McCorab  county,  Ohio,  but  have  not  yet  had 

time  to  read  it, The  boy  who  said  that  hell 

was  any  where  oubtide  of  heaven,  got  more  sol- 
id truth  in  a  few  words  than  is  found  in  many 

sermons, A  good-hearted  brother,  who  is  in 

much  sympathy  with  our  movement,  writes  u» 
"not  lo  burn  the  candle  of  life  at  bf)th  ends." 
Wo  fear  niimy  preacbow,  who  break  down  in 
the  prime  ol   age  have,  too,  been  burning  the 

candle  of  life  at  both  ends. Some  uf  our 

people,  who  utt/.iid  Annual  Meetings  are  not  . 
sufficiently  watchful  about  pickpockets.     Mimy 
brethren  have  had  their  pockets  picked  by  cun- 
ning wolves  in  sheep's  clothing. The  fam- 
ine in  North  China  is  expected  to  continue  six 

months  longer. The  note<l  "  B.  F.  Leon- 

ard "  who  has,  during  the  last  several  yean, 
written  HO  extensively  for  the  A.  C.  Rtrinv, aai 
is  noted  as  one  of  tho  ablest  CamphcUite  writers 
of  the  Eiwt,  is  said  to  beL.  Cf«(i'(/'/>  F.  Bittle, 
of  Somerset,  I'lu In  spite  of  nunipmuH  ac- 
cidents rosulting  therefrom.  ])eople  will  persist 
in  lighting  fires  with  coal  oil.  The  liDrrible 
burning  of  those  who  kindle  fires  in  this  way, 

should  be  a  warning  to  all. The  crops  in 

Texiw  are  reported  as  the  beat  since  tho  war. 

The  communists  have  strong  organizations 

in  different  parts  of  the  country.  Their  luovo- 
ment  is  threatening.  One  extrome  produces  an- 
other.   Pope  Leo  is  sick, The  city  of 

Dallas,  Texas,  has  bought  a  farm  near  Ijy,  and 
tramps  who  come  that  way,  imd  want  to  board 
a  few  days,  are  sent  out  there  and  put  to  work 
and  nia<lo  to  earn  their  bread  and  lodging. 


In  addition 'to  Henry  Ward  Beecher  being  a 
preacher,  and  almost  if  not  quite  a  Universaliat, 
he  is  also  a  chaplain  of  a  regiment  of  siJdien. 
This  is  the  way  ho  displayed  himself  one  Sunday 
night  in  his  church:  The  pew-holders  resign- 
ed their  pews  for  the  occiWion,iuid  theirgiment 
marched  in  full  uniform.  Mr.  Beecher  appeared 
in  his  dark  blue  chaplain's  uniform,  but  omitted  ' 
the  shoulderslraps  and  gilt  buttons.  He  preach- 
ed  from  the  text: — "Wherefore  tolte  unto  you 
the  whole  armor  of  God,  that  ye  may  be  able  to 
stand  in  the  evil  day,  and  having  done  ull,  to 
stand."  The  preacher  who  can  do  all  this,  has 
vefy  little  respect  for  the  Gospel  of  peace.  Hia 
text  ought  to  have  been  tins:  "  Lord  have  mer- 
cy on  lilt',  a  poor  sinner." 


UNANSWERED  QUESTIONS. 


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^nlinuUiiou 

i)((«ror  ■lueric 

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0  hav«  aot 

"jiing  oaf 

Lti  jouc 


A  mitn  ulaimlog  to  be  a  minister  of  the  Gotpal,  la  a 
^crnioQ  ngninsl  foel-itnabjng,  dc 6c I  the  uorlJ  t«  ahow, 
from  «iicr«4orprorikiie  historj,  that  rbo  GcDlilc  chanli 
ovrr  pracliccil  (lit  orJioiQcc  of  fcet-wnsbiDg:  aorl  W.  C. 
TkiirniuQ.  in  kin  bo<A  un  rect-triubiag,  puge  .'iO.  GO.  lajs  it 
might  bo  hIiowii  from  church  liislory,  iliul  fM-t-wnshing 
liM,  rrom  the  night  of  its  iiuUiution.  duwu  to  Iho  prraettt 
day.  aUftys  bMD  ohsvrit.'d  tt  an  onlinuicc  of  tli«  ghanh  . 
Now  nhicli  is  true?  Plciue  infono  rac  through  your  pa 
j-er.  Samisl  Sau, 

DiU  Chrint  <lie  a  Qo<l-fgr»a]i«B  miui  kwvniiiig  to  the  fill* 
Ioivtng£icriiiluro!  ■'MyOotl,  mjr  GoJ,  nby  hut  thou 
forsukcn  luc:  •     Hutk  15;  ii.  J.J.  Ho,.vj». 

Are  there  any  Drcthnn  living  in  Qcnunny  T  What  b^ 
caoio  of  those  iiicmben  Ktpiitet]  by  brother  Ktirtt  vUH 
on  n  tibIi  ia  Qermikny  some  jtun  ago !  S.  8, 


THE    BRETHREN    ^T    "Vi'^OKl^I. 


^ay    2:j^ 


ghq  $omq  ginle. 


BEAD  AHD  OBEY. 

"  lltubsDila.  lo*e  jcur  iriTfv." 

"  HItm,    otwj    70ur    hiubuxlJ." 

■'  FaUi*r*,  proToke  ool  your  ohilJrto  to  io»th." 

"CbildrcD,    oboy    youi-    |>ar«iiu    La    »11    ihiDp-" 


Hav 

"  Honi' 
Teaden 
ask  thr 
inipt  of 
Momin, 
humble 
for  thii 
and  till 


ISO  airivoahomc  too  lute  to  (fivO  tbo 
•Cirelc"  «iwciiii  attcution.  vie  iwk  our 
to  Iwar  with  u»  a  littlf,  and  wppcially 
cbildn-n  to  be  piiticnt.  By  tbo  blcsH- 
Ood  wf  hoi>c  to  n-«umo  our  Sundiiy 
ig  next  wtMjk.  Li-t  the  t*iidcr  hearbumd 
sjiirila  not  forgrt  to  indittf  good  iiiiitltT 
jiagp,  for  Wf  all  fiwd  words  of  comfort, 
HWfctiiewi  of  di\inc  truth.       u.  m.  e. 


BELIEVETH. 


MOST  of  thf  yoQiig  roadent  of  the  BiiKTiinRS 
AT  WoiiK  luivp  probably  lutard  or  rwid  of 
the  Httlo  fftinily  tliat  livwl  in  Ht-tlinny.— Mary. 
Martha  and  Liiwirus:  how  thiit  Lazarus  took 
nick  and  died.  Dvar  Martlm  and  Mary,  how  Had 
aud  loni'ly  thty  must  bav.;  Iwi-ii!  Hut  they  lov- 
ed .Ii-HUH.  mid  IK-  also  lovi-d  tlioni.  At  the  time 
of  Lazarus'  di  ath,  .It-mii  Ka»  beyond  .Jordan, 
but  when-Ill-  heard  of  it.  He  went  again  into 
Judea.  aijd  wli-n  Mmtba  heard  tliat  He  wils 
comiug.hhe  went  and  met  JJim  and  said  unto 
Him,  "  Lord,  if  thou  brtlst  been  hero,  my  broth- 
er had  not  died."  She  ^till  adds,  "lint  I  hmii; 
that  even  now,  whiitnoever  thou  wiltawlcof  God, 
Ood  will  give  it  thee."  .lesus  told  her  that  her 
Wrotlu'v  wbouhl  riwe  again.  Huysuhe,  "I  know 
tJmt  he  Khali  ri«e  again  iii  the  resurrection  .it 
the  liut  day." 

Juat  nee  what  great  faith  she  had.    JcflUH  said, 
"  I  am  tlie  resurrection,  and   the  life:  he  that 
believoth  in  ine,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall 
he  live:  and  wliottoever  liveth  and  belioveth  in 
me,  shall  never  die.    HelieveHt  thou  tliis?  "  She 
said,  "Yea  Lord:  I   believe  that  thou  ai't  the 
Christ,  tbo  Son  of  God,  which  should  come  into 
the  world  "  (John  1 1 ;  <i:  47).     Josus  soys.  "  Ver- 
ily, verily,  I  »ay  nnto  you,  lie  that  believeth  on 
me,  the  works  that  I  do  sliall  he  do  also;  aud 
greut*r  works  than  thcsi'  shall  be  do;  because  I 
go  to  my  Father."     How  strauye  it  seems  that 
some  people  will  say,  "  I  believe  on  the  Lord  Je- 
8U6  Christ."  and  not  do  the  works  that  He  has 
done,  fuid  counnauded  ua  to  do;  but  turu  round 
and  do  something  He  he  has  not  commimded  us 
to  do.     Ob!  that  each  and  evcy  une  wouhltake 
the  truth  tia  it  is  in  Chriat  Jesus,  for 
The  Savior  has  said  so  vei-y  plain, 
If  thou  wouldst  My  disciple  he, 
Repent,  believe,  be  born  ogain, 
"  Take  up  thy  cross  and  follow  me." 
Jkuima  Koh. 
Fraiifilhi,  loiru. 


TO  THE  CHILDREN. 

I  AM  very  gliid  to  ^w  (liat  you  keep  up  an  in- 
terest in  your  tiepurtmeut.  It  causes  us  old 
veterans  to  rejoice  to  henr  now  and  theu  one 
say,  "  I  expect  to  belong  to  the  church  some- 
time." Yon  sometimes  go  to  meeting  and  hear 
the  Gospel  preachid;  perhiips  you  soutetimes 
have  explained  to  you,  such  passages  as  Mark 
4;  28.  Last  Sunday,  a  week  ago,  we  used  that 
passugo  in  priseUL-e  of  some  children,  aud  older 
.  pei-aons,  and  at  tlie  close  of  services  we  sang  that 
beautiful  hymn.  No.  mil.  PleiLse  take  the 
Brethren's  liynni  Hook  and  wing  it.  After  dii;- 
uiissiug  tlie  meeting  wo  were  apprized  that  the 
thoughts  of  this  beautiful  hymn  were  treasured 
by  one  of  the  children  not  quite  ten  yeai-s  old, 
and  she  requistrd  to  be  baptized,  hut  was  n-jll- 
ing,  on  account  of  inconveniences,  to  postpone 
the  matter  one  week.  Slie  kept  her  purpose, 
and  the  good  Lord  favored  her  with  the  oppor- 
tunity to  iiccomplish  lier  desire.  Last  Sunday 
we  questioned  her  in  the  jjresence  of  a  large 
congregation,  aud  her  answers  were  far  beyond 
her  years.  She  wiut  bapti/.ed  and  submitted  so 
I)eautifully  that  it  called  forth  the  exclamation 
from  the  niotheni  iji  Israel,  "  What  a  beautiful 
baptism ! " 

Pope  the  Lord  will  enable  her  to  be  a  model, 
safe  for  many  of  my  young  friends  to  pattern 
after;  and  hope  that  you  will  give  this  subject  a 
thought  aud  sing  the  beautiful  lines  again. 

UXCI,E  JoSEl'H. 


HINTS  TO  YOUNG  CHRISTIANS. 

7  iOX'T  be  afraid  to  "show  your  colors."  A 
\J  cowardly  Christian  is  a  misnomer.  Shrink 
from  no  declaration,  from  no  duty  that  Christ 
desires  of  you.  The  timid,  vacillating  course,  ii 
the  hardest  and  most  barren.  The  brave,  out- 
spoken, faithful  life  is  the  happiest  ajid  most 
effective.     There  ore  many  things  you  do  not 


tiuder^tiind  us  yet;  but  let  no  doubU  or  uncer- 
tainties prevent  you  from  acting  on  what  you 
do  know.  There  are  some  spiritual  fact*  clear 
enough,  plenty  of  Christian  duties  plain  enough 
to  you;  act  immediately  on  those.  Do  faithful- 
ly all  you  know  you  ought  to  do.  and  the  larger 
knowledge  will  follow  in  due  lime.  Use  e.irn- 
estly every  means  that  will  enlarge  and  strength- 
en your  Chrtstian  life.  Study  the  Bible.  Pray 
without  ceasing.  Don't  neglect  the  prayer- 
meeting  or  the  Sunday-school.  Stir  up  your 
Sunday-school  teacher  and  get  youf  doubts  ex- 
plained. Go  to  the  minister  with  your  questions, 
and  find  out  the  Iwst  he  knows  on  things  that 
perplex  you.  Keep  your  heart  warm  by  doing 
yml.  Make  your  life  IwauHful  in  the  sight  of 
men,  and  show  them  the  sweetness  and  power 
of  Christianity.  Be  conscientious  in  little 
things.  Let  the  Master's  Spirit  shine  througli 
every  hour  of  your  life.  In  school,  in  shop,  or 
field,  in  society,  tile  young  Christi.an  ought  to 
be  the  most  fnitliful,  the  most  court€OU8,  the 
most  generous  and  kindly,  the  noblest  pei-son 
there. 

Follow  Christ.  Seek  to  reproduce  His  traits 
in  your  life.  Do  always  as  you  would  believe 
He  would  if  lie  were  in  your  plaw;  so  you  will 
have  a  growing,  joyfal,  successful,  Christian 
career.  —Selected. 


IS  THERE  ROOM  IN  ANGEL-LAND? 

A  SHORT  time  since,  the  author  of  the  fol- 
lowing linea  listened  to  an  interesting 
di.sconrse  by  a  jireacher,  in  which  he  related  the 
following  touching  incident:  A  mother  who 
was  preparing  some  flour  to  bake  into  bread, 
left  it  for  a  few  minutes  when  Uttlo  Mary— mth 
childish  curiositytosee  what  it  wiis— took  hold  of 
the  dish,  which  fell  to  the  floor,  spilling  its  con- 
tents. The  mother  struck  the  child  a  severe 
blow,  saying  that  she  was  always  in  the  way! 
Two  weeks  alter,  little  Mary  sickened  aud  died. 
On  her  death-bed,  while  delirious,  she  asked  her 
mother  if  there  would  be  room  for  her  among 
tlie  angels — "  1  was  always  in  your  way,  moth- 
er, you  had  no  room  for  little  Mary!  And  will 
I  be  in  the  angels'  way?  Will  they  have  no 
room  for  me?''  The  broken-hearted  mother 
then  felt  that  no  sacrifice  would  he  too  great, 
could  she  have  saved  her  child. 

Is  there  room  among  the  angels 

For  the  spirit  of  your  child? 

Will  they  take  your  little  Mary 

In  thfir  loving  arms  so  mild? 

Will  they  ever  love  me  fondly, 

As  my  story  books  have  said? 
Will  they  find  a  home  for  Mary — 
Mary  numbered  with  t'he  dead? 
Tell  me  truly,  darling  mother! 

Is  there  room  for  such  as  me? 
Will  I  gain  the  home  of  spirits. 
And  the  shining  angels  see? 

I  have  sorely  tried  you,  mother — 
Been  to  you  a  constant  care! 

And  you  will  not  miss  me,  mother. 
When  I  dwell  among  the  fair! 

For  you  have  no  room  for  Mary- 
She  wiLs  ever  in  your  way. 

And  she  fears  the  good  will  shun  her! 
Will  they,  darling  mother,  say? 

Tell  me— tell  me  truly,  mother! 
Ere  life's  closing  hour  doth  come! 

Do  you  think  that  they  will  keep  me, 
In  the  shining  angels'  home? 

I  was  not  so  wayward,  mother! 

Not  so  very — very  bad. 
But  that  tender  love  would  nourish, 

Aud  make  Mary's  heart  so  glad! 
Oh!  I  yearned  for  pure  affection, 

In  this  world  of  bitter  woe! 
And  I  long  for  bliss  immortal, 

In  that  land  where  I  must  go! 
Tell  me,  once  again,  dear  mother, 

Ere  you  take  the  parting  kiss! 
Will  the  angels  hid  me  welcome 

To  that  world  of  perfect  bliss? 

— Selected. 


TO  PARENTS, 

"  And  ;e  fiiilicrs,  pruvoko  not  jbur  chilUron  to  wrath, 
but  bring  llicui  up  in  tlie  nurluro  aa<l  aJmonition  of  the 
Lord,"— EpU,  (1  :  4. 

rpHESE  woi-ds  were  spoken  to  parents.  "  Pro- 
J.  voke  not  your  children  to  wrath."  Fath- 
era  and  mothers,  those  of  you  who  have  children 
under  your  control,  do  not  provoke  them.  No 
child  baa  a  temper  that  does.not  need  more  or 
less  cultivation;  and  instead  of  cultivating  that 
temper  in  the  proper  manner,  some  children  are 
teased  aud  i)rovoked  to  such  an  extent  that  they 
become  naturally  fretful  and  spiteful;  and  as 
they  grow  up  in  this  way,  being  provoked  from 
time  to  time,  home  is  unpleasant  to  them. 
They  are  not  taught  love,  peace  and  happiness; 


hence  they  become    quarrelsome    with  those 
around  them. 

"  Bring  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admoni- 
tion of  the  Lord,"  then  they  become  oniaments 
in  society..  This  places  a  great  responsibility 
upon  parents,  aud  at  this  age  of  the  world,  and 
in  these  perilous  times,  the  work  is  n  task,  hut 
should  be  commenced  when  childn-n  are  small. 
Pride  is  one  of  the  severest  things  we  bare  to 
overcome:  and  it  is  one  thing  that  is  too  much 
cultivated  in  children.  Innocent  little  children, 
those  of  whom  Jesus  siiid.  "Of  such  is  the  king- 
dom of  heaven,"  are  dre>sed  in  all  the  fashions 
of  the  world,  and  I  am  sorry  to  say.  by  our  dear 
bRrlhrcn  and  sisters.  Now  brethren,  if  we  put 
those  unnecessary  things  upon  children  when 
small,  what  will  be  the  consequence  when  they 
grow  up.  If  we  put  on  our  children,  things  we 
would  be  ashamed  to  wear,  who  will  have  to 
answer  for  it?  I  will  leave  that  for  the  reader 
to  judge. 

When  wp  give  children  the  meims  to  go  to 
woridly  nmUBemonts,  and  help  them  to  satisfy 
their  carnal  wishes,  lusts  luid  desires,  are  we  ful- 
filling the  commands  of  Jehovah?  Arc  we 
trying  to  gather  them  into  the  fold,  or  are  we 
enccuraging  them  on  the  dowuwald  road  to  ev- 
erlasting destruction?  Brethren,  I  wish  to  im- 
press it  upon  all  our  minds,  to  be  engaged  in 
bringing  up  the  children  in  the  nurture  aud 
admonition  of  the  Lonl,  for  when  they  once 
have  strayed  away,  how  many  tears  their  pareuts 
shed  for  them?  How  niimy  prayers  ascend  to 
heaven  iu  their  behalf?  Is  it  reasonable,  is  it 
consistent  for  parents  to  help  their  children  in- 
to the  degradations  of  sin  and  folly,  and  then 
try  to  get  them  hack  ?  I  assert  upon  the  truths 
of  heaven,  that  if  children  are  brought  up  in 
the  admonition  of  the  Lord,  uine  cases  out  of 
ten,  they  will  be  where  Jesus  wants  them,  and 
that  is  in  His  service. 

May  Ood  help  us  all  to  be  more  engaged  for 
the  conversion  of  sinuere,  aud  for  the  welfaie  of 
one  another.  May  we  live  so  that  when  the 
Master  says,  "  It  is  enough;  come  up  higher," 
we  may  gladly  drop  this  robe  of  flesh,  and 
mount  above  the  skies,  where  we  can  be  contin- 
ually engaged  iu  singing  praises  to  His  almighty 
name  throughout  all  eternity. 

D.  A.  Ro\\-L.i-Vi». 

Gn'cnc'txilr,  P<i- 

HOLD  ON! 

HOLD  on!  It  is  dark  and  you  are  weak!  but 
life  dei)ends  on  your  holding  fast  to  your 
religious  profession,  your  character,  and  your 
Christ.  Many  a  man  has  waited  for  the  Lord  ii 
little,  when  long  waiting  was  required.  He  de- 
spaired early,  when  he  should  not  have  despair- 
ed at  all.  The  trials  you  bear,  cut  iuto  your 
flesh.  You  say  you  could  stand  that,  but  they 
also  eat  into  your  resolution.  Hold  on!  Noth- 
ing else  will  answer.  It  is  a  time  of  trial. — Men 
lose  money,  and  there  is  danger  of  losiug  repu- 
tation with  it.  Men  defame  them,  cui-se  them, 
laugh  at  their  Christiiuiity.  Hold  on!  Pay  all 
you  can  now,  and  pay  the  rest  hereafter.  Be 
sweet,  patient,  forgiving.  You  want  men  to 
forgive  your  mistakes;  forgive  also  their  re- 
proaches.— Get  all  the  helps  you  can.  And 
where  can  you  get  the  most?  The  closet,  the 
prayer-meeting,  the  Sunday-school — all  these 
will  help  you  to  hold  on.  Increase  your  dili- 
gence, your  watchfulness,  your  zeal  for  God.  aud 
through  His  service  find  His  helping  hand.  It 
is  there;  bo  near  you  though  you  may  not  see 
it:  so  strong  and  willing,  though  Satan  may 
tempt  you  to  doubt  it.  It  is  only  a  little  longer. 
Hold  on  in  darkness,  doubt,  aflliction.  The  day 
will  dawn,  the  doubts  will  fly  away,  aud  your 
"  light  affliction  will  work  out  for  you  a  far  more 
exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glor>'." 

—Seleeteil. 


A    THRILLING    TEMPERANCE    AP- 
PEAL. 

AT  a  cerlaiu  town  meeting  in  Pennsylvania, 
the  question  came  u])  whether  any  pereon 
^huuld  be  licensed  to  sell  rum.  The  clergyman, 
the  deacon,  the  physician,  strange  as  it  may  now 
appear,  all  favored  it.  One  man  only  spoke 
against  it  because  of  the  mischief  it  did.  The 
question  was  about  to  be  put,  when  there  arose 
from  one  comer  of  the  room,  a  miserable  wo- 
man. She  was  thinly  clad,  and  her  appeiuance 
indicated  the  utmost  wretchedness,  and  that  her 
mortal  career  was  almost  closed.  After  a  mo- 
ment's silence,  and  all  eyes  being  fixed  on  her, 
she  stretched  her  attenuated  body  to  its  utmost 
height,  and  then  her  long  arms  to  their  greatest 
length,  and  then  raising  her  voice  to  a  shrill 
pitch,  she  called  all  to  look  upon  her. 

■'  Yes,"  she  said,  "  look  upon  me,  and  then, 
hear  me.  All  that  the  last  speaker  has  said  rel- 
ative to  temperate  drinking,  as  being  the  father 
of  drunkards,  is  true.     All  practice,  all  experi- 


ence declare  its  truth.  All  drinking  of  alcoholic 
poison,  OS  a  beverage  in  health,  is  ««■»,,  ^^, 
upon  me!  You  all  know  me,  or  once  did.  Yo„ 
all  know  that  I  was  once  mistress  of  the  beil 
farm  in  town;  you  all  know,  too,  I  had  one  of 
the  best — the  most  devoted  of  huabauds.  Yon 
all  know  that  I  had  five  noble-hearted,  industri 
ous  boys.  Where  are  they  uow?  Doctor,  whe:^ 
are  they  now?  You  all  know.  Y'ou  all  know 
they  lie  in  a  row,  side  by  side,  in  yonder  eh  urch. 
yard;  all— every  one  of  them,  filling  the  dnink] 
ard's  grave!  They  were  all  taught  to  Wlieve 
that  temperate  drinking  was  safe— that  excess 
alone  ought  to  he  avoided;  and  they  never  ac- 
knowledged  excess.  They  quot«d  you,  and  you 
and  you,"  pointing  with  her  shred  of  afinyej^^J 
the  minister,  deacon,  and  doctor,  "as  authority 
They  Ihought  themselves  safe  under  such  f4?ncij^ 
ers.  But  I  saw  the  gradual  change  coming  ovpf 
my  family  and  its  prospects,  with  dismay  an^ 
horror.  I  felt  we  were  all  to  be  overwhehnej 
in  one  common  ruin.  I  tried  to  ward  ufl'  the 
blow;  I  tried  to  break  the  spell,  in  which  the 
idea  of  the  benefits  of  temperate  drinking  had 
involved  my  husband  and  sons.  I  begged  I 
prayed;  but  the  odtls  were  against  me.  The 
minister  said  the  poison  that  was  destroying  my 
liu.>iband  imd  boys  was  a  good  creature  of  God- 
the  deacon  who  sits  under  the  pulpit  there,  and 
took  our  farm  to  pay  his  rum  bills,  sold  them 
the  poison ;  the  doctor  said  a  little  was  good  aud 
the  excess  only  ought  to  be  avoided.  My  poo, 
husband  aud  my  dear  boys  fell  into  the  suare 
and  they  could  not  escape;  and  one  after  anoth- 
er were  conveyed  to  the  8or^o^vfuI  grave  of  the 
drunkard. 

Now  look  at  me  again.  You  probably  see 
me  for  the  bist  time.  My  sands  have  aluiOiit 
rnu.  I  have  dragged  my  exhausted  frame  from 
my  present  home — your  poor-house — to  warn 
you  all,  to  warn  you,  deacon,  to  warn  you,  'false 
teacher  of  God's  Word!'"  and  with  her  aimg 
flung  high,  and  her  tall  form  stretched  to  ita 
utmost,  a>id  her  voice  raised  to  an  uneartldy 
pitch,  she  exclaimed,  "  I  shall  sogn  stand  before 
the  judgment  seat  of  God.  I  shall  meet  you 
there,  you  false  guides,  and  be  a  witness  against 
you  all!" 

The  miserable  woman  vanished.  A  dead  si- 
lence perva<led  the  assembly;  the  minisfi-r,  the 
deacon,  and  physician  hung  their  heads;  and 
when  the  president  of  the  meeting  put  the 
question,  "  Shall  any  licenses  be  granted  forthe 
sale  of  spirituous  liquors?"  the  unanimous  re- 
spouse  WHS  "NO!" — Selci-teiJ. 


ALPHABETIC  MAXIMS    FOR    BOYS. 

Ask  your  father,  mother  or  guardian  what  is 
best  for  you  to  do. 

Begin  active  life  ^vith  noble  purposes  to  direct 
you. 

Care  for  those  whose  lives  have  been  embittered 
by  oppression  aud  ill  treatment. 

Decide  to  take  a  firm  stand  iu  favor  of  truth. 

Endeavor  to  study  the  laws  of  life,  so  that  health 
may  be  your  constant  attendant. 

Fail  not  to  show  that  a  boy  can  have  honor. 

Gain  money  if  you  can  honestly;  otherwise  re- 
main in  penury. 

Have  respect  for  every  good  thing. 

Indulge  not  in  any  intemperance. 

Observe  justice  to  all. 

Pay  as  you  go;  or  if  you  do  not  conclude  to  go, 
pay  at  any  rate  all  you  agree  to  pay,  and  keep 
out  of  debt. 

Query  whether  your  old  coat  paid  for,  will  not 
set  better  and  appear  handsomer  than  u  uew 
one  if  owed  for? 

Kcsolve  that  you  will  never  speak  disrespectful- 
ly of  girls. 

Strive  to  help  your  kind  parents. 

Teach  all  with  whom  you  may  associate  that 
you  are  unable  to  do  a  mean  thing. 

Unite  with  all  for  the  promotion  of  good. 

Venture  not  to  take  a  cent  dishonestly- 

Welcome  your  kind  parents  to  your  home. 

Xpect  no  money,  but  that  which  you  get  by 
honest  labor. 

Yield  all  unimportant  considerations  rather thau 
have  u  row. 

Zealously  discharge  every  duty,  and  you  will 
have  nothing  to  fear,  either  now,  or  here- 
after. „ 

Selected  by  Uncle  Thomas. 


Mocking.— No  mocking  in  this  worid  ever 
sounds  to  me  so  hollow  as  that  of  being  told  to 
cultivate  happiness.  What  does  such  advice 
mean?  Happiness  is  not  a  potato  to  be  plant- 
ed in  mold  and  tilled  with  manure.-Happiness 
is  a  glorv  shining  far  down  upon  "f  «"*  j 
heaven.  She  is  a  divine  dew,  which  the  soul, 
on  certain  of  its  summer  evenings,  feels  dror 
ped  upon  it  from  the  amaranth  bloom  an 
golden  fruitage  of  Paradise.— Se'ef'*''' 


>Iay 


23. 


THE   TSTtETHTJKN    ^VT    ^VOTil<L. 


^ISriSrOXJNCKMENTS. 


from  other  buibH! 


paper  ttpar«ie 


At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co 
Iiid.,  -Tfoe  6tb,  18(8. 

Four  miles  South  of  Waterloo,  Iowa  Wedm*. 
jay,  June  5tb.  1878,  ^t  10  A.  m! 

Uniou  clmrch,  Marslinll  Co.,  Intl.,  June  4 
187S,  c'luimeuciug  iit  5.o't'look,  P.  M. 

Four  miles  South  of  Lewietflwn,  Winoun  Co 
Minn-,  fi'?t  Saturday  and  Simday  of  June  next.  " 

Clear  Kiver  district,  Merriam,  Noble  Co  Ind 
June  iSlh. 

[ila-iuokela  church,  one  half  mile  Enat  of  Lost 
JToticu,  commencing  iMay  25th  at  1  o'clock. 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M.  ' 

State  Center  church,  Iowa,  four  milea  and  a 
half  South-east  of  State  Center.  May  20th  and 
gOth,  commencing  nt  I  P.  M. 

Cvdor  Lake  congregation,  in  Northern  Indiana 
two  miles  South-caat  of  Corunna,  Dekulb  Co,,  on 
Tbur^Llny,  June  6ih,  1878,  at  2  o'clock. 

Cerio  Gordo  church,  Macon  Co.,  III.,  June  5th, 
at  2  o'clock. 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  June 
8tli,  ftt  2  o'clock. 

Eagle  Creek  Clmrch,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
15th,  at  10  o'clock. 

Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  May  23rd 
and  2-lth,  to  commence  at  1  o'clock, 

Monticello  church,  White  Co.,  Ind.,  June  St!i 
nt  10  o'clock. 

Tipton,  Iowa,  June  6th  and  7th. 

Middle  Fork,  Clinton  Co.,  Ind.,  June  Sth  at  2 
o'clock.  , 

Montgomery  Co.,  Iowa,  twelve  miles  North  of 
Villisca,  May  IS. 

Grundy  church,  Grundy  Co.,  Iowa,  July  Gth 
and  7lh,  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Richland  church,  Richland  Co.,  Ohio,  May 
2oth  and  26lh. 

Wt-st  Nimishillen  church,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  the 
6th  of  June. 

The  members  of  the  Sandy  church,  Columbiana 
Co.,  Ohio,  have  appointed  a  Communion  meeting' 
on  ihc  15th  of  June  next,  to  commence  at  five 
o'clock,  P.  M.,  and  meeting  next  day.  The 
meeting  will  be  two  miles  West  of  North  Gcorgv- 
town.  Biethren  coming  from  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing, will  change  cai-s  at  Alliance  on  Friday  and 
run  .South  ti  Homeworth,  where  they  will  he  met 
L,  Gi,A9S. 

TIr'  Bun-  Oak  chuvcli  mil  hold  a  Love-fexst 
the  liftcenth  and  sixteenth  of  June.  Meeting 
to  commence  at  five  o'clock,  P.  M..  and  close  on 
the  mom  of  the  17th.  Place  of  meeting  at  the 
residence  of  the  writer,  near  Burr  Oak,  Jewell 
Co.,  KuusiLs.  Allen  Ives. 

The  membci-s  of  the  Pony  Creek  church, 
Brown  Co.,  Kansas  will  liold  their  Love-feast 
on  tlip  25th  and  2t5t.li  of  M;iy,  commencing  nt 
10  A.  M.  Those  coming  by  raiU'oail  by  way  of 
St.  Joseph,  will  tiJit!  St.  Josspli  and  Denver 
City  train,  and  buy  tickets  for  Morrill,  at  which 
point  suitable  conveyance  will  be  found  to 
pluee  of  meeting,  distance  four  miles. 

J.  J.  LiCHTT. 

Tliere  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in  thi 
Hamilton  church,  Caldwell  Co.,  Mo.,  at  the  res- 
idence of  Bro.  John  Stubbs,  four  miles  South- 
Wcst  of  Hamilton,  commencing  June  Ist,  at  2 
o'clock,  P.  M.  Geo.  Witwer. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Eight  Miles 
church,  Franklin  Co..  Kansas,  have  appointed 
a  Communion  meeting  at  the  houne  of  Bro, 
Daniel  Harader,  four  miles  Westof  Centropolis, 
ou  June  Ist,  commencing  at  2  o'clock  P.  M, 
Meeting  also  next  day.  J.  S.  Keui. 

The  brethren  of  the  Green  Spring  District, 
Seneca  Co.,  Ohio,  will  holdaCommunitm  meet^ 
ing  cm  the  eleventh  of  June,  eonmienciiig  at  10 
o'clock,  A.  M.  A  hearty  invitation  is  extended 
to  all.  David  Wise. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Beaver  Dam  congrega- 
tion, Koscinsco  Co.,  Ind.,  will  hold  their  Love- 
feast  June  6t,b.  D.  Beohtelhimeu. 

The  Love-feast  for  the  Chippewa  congreg,v 
tion  is  appointed  for  June  4tli.  commencing  at 
3  o'clock,  P.  M,,  at  the  rc^deiice  of  Bro.  Wni, 
Lich  ten  waiter,  two  mil..'>  North  of  Smithvilli 
Station  on  the  P.  Ft.  W.  &  C.  II.  K.  Meeting. 
to  commence  Thursday  evening.  May  ^Oth,  at 
the  Beech  Grove  meeting-house,  iu  the  evening 
and  continue  until  the  beginning  of  the  Love- 
feast.  Uro.  Jesse  Calvert  is  expected  to  be  with 
us.  E.  I.  V0I>KB. 

The  Brethren  in  the  Eol  Itivor  district  have 
coudndeJ  to  appoint  meetings  on  Saturday  ev- 
eniug,  June  8th,  and  also  on  Sunday.  June  9th 
Bretlucn,  coming  from  a  distance  hy  rmlroad 
to  the  Eel  River  District.  ^N-ill  stui>  ^^  »*  "** 
fulhnviug  point-*;    Nortli  Manchester.   Liberty 


Mills  County  Line,  of  Silvor  Lake.  Our  meet- 
ing-house is  five  miles  North  of  Xorth  Man- 
chester, Ind.  J.  J,  iTi.RRY. 

There  «-ill  he  a  Communion  Meeting  in  the 
Cedar  Creek  church,  Anderson  Co.,  Kan.,  June 
13th  and  14th,  at  the  house  ofUro.  C.  RmW 
haugh,  eii;ht  miles  West  from  Garnett,  com- 
mencinc  at  2  o'clock.  P.  M.  All  art;  invited. 
J.  Stcdkuakkr. 

The  Brethren  of  the  M.icoupin  Crrck  church, 
Montgomery  Co.,  Ul..  intend  to  hold  our  Love- 
feast  at  C.  T.  Brown's,  about  nine  miles  South- 
east of  Oirard.  May  iSth.    I).  R,  Studehakbr. 

The  Pine  Creek  Love-feast  will  be  on  the  Sth 
and  Gth  of  June,  commencing  at  10  o'clock, 

■^'  ^^-  E.  FORSKY. 

DiarnicT  meetings. 

North-eastern  district  of  Ohio,  io  Mahonina 
church.  Mahoning  Co..  Ohio,  May  2flth,  commenc- 
mg  at !)  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  DUirict  meeting  for  the  Middle  District  of 
Iowa,  will  meet  Monday,  M.-iv  27th.  at  the  church 
one  and  a  half  mil«  Knst  of  Lost  Nation. 

Easteni  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Indian 
Creek  church,  Montgomery  Co.,  May  23rd. 

North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Ridge  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  Ohio.  Jnne  let. 


It 


DIED. 


ObLlMftrics  sbouM  ho  brief,  wiiitcn  on  but  ono  «idc  of  Ihv 
pikficr,  and  aopunilv  frum  (ill  olhpr  buainess. 


RILEY.  —  Died  at  the  residence  ot  her  son, 
Geo.  Riley,  sinter  Eiizaheth  Riley,  in  the 
86th  year  of  her  age.  Funeral  occasion  im- 
proved hy  the  bretlireu  of  the  Botetourt 
church  from  the  following  text:  "  To  die  is 
gain.  B.  F.  MoOMAW. 

HANAGAN.— In  the  Red  Bank  congregation, 
Armstrong  Co..  Pa,,  .\pril  2T.  Bro.  William 
Hanagan,  aged  70  years,  .S  mouths  and  19 
days.  Funeral  discourse  by  the  writer  from 
Job  14:  U.  J.  M.  SuousE. 

HARE.— In  the  Buffalo  Viilley  Branch,  Uhi 
Co.,  Pa.,  April  8th,   sister    .\ngeline,   wife  of 
friend  George  Hare,  aged  ."Jfi  yeni-s,  1   month 
and  2i  days.  J.  L.  Beweb. 


You  Cfui  have  the   Baptist  meeling-hi 
>viil  hold  4lXi  and  will  bo  fuii." 

Some  suih  calls  as  the  above  have  had  to 
l>e  negkctvd  by  our  brethren  here,  from  the 
simple  pa"8a\irc  of  home  necessities.  A  few  of 
US  here  alone,  amid  the  imploring  people  of  the 
surrounding  country  for  mnuy  miles,  are  utter- 
ly unahte  to  meet  the  demands  upon  our  ener- 
gies. We  need  lui  arrangement  in  South-west 
Mo.,  by  which  at  leiwt  two  brethren  nt  a  time 
can  ba  kept  moving.  The  interestii  of  the 
truth,  and  precious,  starving  aoula  demand  it. 
If  the  few  of  us  in  South-west  Mo.,  attempt  it, 
to  meet  these  cidls  unftsaiBted,  our  families  must 
go  without  the  comforts  of  life,  for  want  of 
home  providence.  Dear  Brethren,  our  country 
is  getting  to  be  one  vast  uuNsionary  field.  The 
fields  nr  white  for  the  harvest,  and  we  are  im- 
ploring Hod  to  send  forth  khorers.  Cim't  you 
help  m? 

"  Our  country's  voice  is  pleading. 
Ye  men  of  God  ftriso! 
His  providence  is  lea<iing. 

The  land  before  you  lie.*, 
Oay-gleauis  are  o'er  it  hrightning. 

Ami  promise  clothes  the  noil. 
White  fields,  for  harvest  whit'ning, 
Invite  the  reaper's  toil." 
It  seems  that  the  home  demroid  and  duties 
with  the  other  claims  upon  our  time  will  render 
our  contemplated  ,\unual  Meeting  trip,  (during 
whicli  I  had  hoped  to  spend  a  few  weeks  in 
Indiana)  an  entire  failure. 

Your  Brother, 

J.  W.  Stmn. 
Matj  8,  187S. 

(I\  C.  ami  Vindicninr,  please  copy.) 


CORRESPONDE^rCE- 


Railroad  Arrangements. 

Dear  Brethren : — 

I  HAVE  made  an-angements  with  the  Wa- 
bash railroad,  Toledo.  Wnba.sh  &  Western 
railroail  for  biethren  traveling  to  and  from  the 
Annual  Meeting  at  tlie  rates  of  one  and  one 
fifth  fare.  Tickets  will  not  be  on  sale  before 
June  Sth.  Good  until  June  17tli.  Tickets  will 
be  placed  at  the  following  stations;  Quincy, 
Springfield.  Cerro  Gordo,  Danville,  Lafayette, 
Delphi,  Peru,  Decatur,  St.  Louis,  Taylorville, 
Hannibal  and  Toledo.  John  Beeohlt. 


Railroad    Arrangements. 
Dear  Brdhrcn: —     ■ 


WE  call  the  attention  of 
W     theii"  families  who  thin 


if  our  brethren  and 
k  of  attending  the 
coming  Annual  Meeting,  to  the  arrangements 
that  have  been  made  by  the  Dayton  &  Union 
R,  R.  This  company  kindly  oilers  to  sell  to 
all  that  will  pass  over  their  road,  at  the  follow- 
ing rates:  Fare  from  Dayton  to  North  Man- 
chester, J0.4O.  At  other  stations  than  Day- 
ton, two  cents  per  mile. 

Tickets  will  be  placed  at  the  following  sta- 
tions: Diiytou,  'Trotwood,  Brookville,  Balti- 
more, Goitlon,  Arcanum,  Greenville.  At  sta- 
tions where  tickets  are  not  sold,  passengers  will 
be  funiished  by  the  conductor  on  the  train.  — 
Tickets  good,  going  from  June  5th,  and  return- 
ing to  June  ISth.  This  compimy  oiTers  special 
inducements  by  way  of  accommodating  parties 
of  a  hundn>J  or  more,  going  together,  will  go 
through  from  Dayton  to  North  Manchester 
without  change  of  cars.  When  the  number  is 
less  than  a  hundred,  the  fare  will  be  the  same 
iLS  named  above,  but  must  change  curs.  The 
above  named  ru'es  are  round  trip  tickets. 

By  order  of  J.  L.  Miller,  General  Ticket 
Agent  of  Diiyton  and  Union  Itailroad,  Dayton, 
Ohio.  ■        A.  W.  Pfout/.. 

Call    for    Labor. 


Report    of    Meetings. 

Dear  lirffhrcH: — 

I  COMMENCED  a  meeting  in  the  Hunliag- 
ton  district,  Huntingdon  Co.,  Ind.,  on  the 
evening  of  the  I3th  of  Ajiril;  preached  five  dis- 
coui-ses.  As  it  rained  two  evenings  in  course  of 
the  week,  we  could  not  get  to  church,  whicli 
checked  the  meeting  and  interest  to  some  ex- 
tent. Yet  the  interest  was  quite  good,  three 
precious  souls  rose  in  favor  of  Christ,  to  unito 
with  the  church. 

On  Sat\irday  forenoon,  the  20th,  wo  had  a 
church-meeting,  where  Bro.  Sumora  was  nd- 
vaiicfil  to  the  .Hccoiid  degree  of  the  ministry.  I 
tlnjii  left  for  the  Sidomony  district,  where  I 
preached  on  Lord's  day,  the  2Iat.  Bro.  Leedy 
remained  over  Lord's  day,  preached  three  dis- 
courses, but  hiul  no  more  additions,  so  thoiic 
three  who  had  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side, 
Were  baptized.  On  Monday  Bro.  Click  took  nu 
to  Huntington,  where  I  got  aboard  the  train 
for  Autioch.  Staid  ono  night  with  Bro.  Leedy, 
and  next  morning  took  the  train  for  Peru.  — 
Tlien  to  Bunker  Hill,  and  waa  met  hy  Bro.  J, 
Fox,  who  took  me  to  the  meeting-house,  where 
I  preached. 

Next  day  attended  the  District  Meeting  of 
the  l^Uddle  Dbtrict  ot  Ind.  Some  ten  queries 
were  presented,  as  usual  not  of  much  import- 
ance; hence  were  soon  decided.  Done  some 
visiting  at  Bunker  Hill,  then  went  to  Cass  Co., 
preached  Friday  evening,  Saturday  evening, 
Sunday  and  Sunday  evening.  Had  good  atten- 
dance and  attention,  and  quite  an  interesting 
meeting.  I  might  have  continued,  hut  as  none 
of  the  ministers  iu  that  arm  of  the  churcli  at' 
tended  tlie  meeting,  and  on  the  whole  are  not 
in  favor  of  protracted  meetings.  I  thought  best 
to  discontinue. 

Wc  expect  to  go  North  of  Logansport  day 
after  to-morrow  to  commence  meeting  on  Fri- 
day evening  and  to  continue  over  Lord's  day,  or 
perhaps  longer.  S.  MuiiltAV. 

liunirthfilh;  Iiul. 


If  ,yon  pre«  meaning  enough  into  Bro.  Han- 
sen's article,  to  realize  half  his  i*uirmngs  and 
deprivation,  you  cannot  help  but  loose  your 
purse-atrings  and  drop  a  mite  for  hi.i  benefit. 

Just  think  for  a  moment,  if  Ood  were  to 
withhoUl  His  blcasings  from  us.  .)\ui  tu  we 
deal  with  God's  saints,  either  t*'mporally  or 
spiritually,  so  will  He  deal  with  us.  As  we 
met*  to  others,  so  it  shall  be  meU-d  io  ux.  Do 
not  let  this  matter  pass  by  nnhet'ded.  Do  not 
say.  Let  the  dear  brother  be  warmed  and  filled, 
but  send  him  the  necessary  funds  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

"  Love  as  you  would  if  the  angeli. 

Wailed  for  it  at  the  door; 
Give  as  you  would  if  to-morrow. 

Found  you  where  all  alms  arv  o'er. 
Give  as  yon  would  to  the  Master, 
If  you  met  His  searching  look. 
Give  as  you  would  of  your  substance. 
If  His  hand  your  oftering  took." 
Now,  brethren  and  sisters,  send  your  mit«i 
along  at  once.     Do  not  delay  becauseyour  mite 
is  small.     If  you  have  hut  five  cents  to  give, 
do  so    with    a    willing    heart,    and  God  will 
abundantly  reward  you  for  it.     But  I  tniat  the 
one  who  give*  five  cents,  will  not  be  a  brother 
or  sister  blessed  with  an  nbiindimce  of  jwrish- 
(ible  material,  while  a  poor  brother  or  widowed 
sister,  cft.st  a  much  greater  amount  into  the 
Lord's  trcaaury  for  His  suffering  Baint*. 
God  bless  the  donors  to  this  noble  purpose! 
Your  well-wiahing  Sister, 

,,,,.,      ,         „  Emily  H.STipr.RR. 

HQtuaaijsburij,  Fa. 

DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 

Ono  who  is  striving  for  heaven, ?    1,75 

Daniel  Snowhnrger gQQ 

Indian  Creek  church,  Pa., 27,00 

Home  church,  Ohio, 1 IXX) 

Previously  reported 1546.89 


Total:  f  158!i.64 
C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
.  ///.,  April  2Sth.  1878. 
(P.  C,  please  copy.) 


QLEAisriisros. 


Jkar  Brfthren>— 
rilHEfollowi 


'PHE  following  is  one  ( 

X     calls  OS  We  have  received  during  the 


of  ft  number  of  kucIi 
I.ast 
A  friend  from  Bound  Grove.  Lawrence 
Co..  Mo.,  writes  me,  "The  people  have  request- 
ed me  to  invito  you  to  come  here,  and  preacli 
the  doctrine  of  your  church  clear  through.  — 


A  Good  and  Noble  Suggestion. 

Dmr  Brithrm.-— 

WE  find  a  very  good  example  and  suggestion 
in  No.  17  of  your  worthy  paper.  Bro. 
Ilar><libergvr  of  Mo.,  gives  an  example  which  it 
would  do  well  to  follow.  Some  good  and  zea- 
lous brethren  in  every  congregation  ought  to 
imitate  him,  Bro.  Hansen's  cireumstiuiees 
should  be  pre^^outed  to  the  congregation  and 
what  funds  et»uld  be  colleeted,  should  be  imnu'- 
diately  !=ent  to  tlie  Danish  Mission  Coutribution 
Box. 

I  have  oft«n  had  canKc  to  wonder  why  such 
a  move  is  not  adopted  in  cverj-  congregation, 
where  such  calls  aro  made,  and  immediately 
supply  the  ^Vftnt  of  the  needy.  Many  mites 
might  be  obtained  in  this  way  from  liberal 
hanibi  and  noble  heart*,  which  othei-wisc  are 
not  collected.  Dear  brethren  and  sisters  do  not 
fear  that  too  much  will  be  collected  for  our 
denr,  stiffering  brethren  and  sisters  iu  Denmark. 


From  Loat  Nation,  Xa.— Thu  brethren  and 
fislei-s  and  ili-leg*itos  coming  to  our  feitst  on  the 
2.'>th  of  May,  should  remember  that  the  time 
for  the  train  to  leave  Marion,  is  at  7  A.  M. — 
This  is  the  only  train  that  day  coming  EiLst  to 
our  place  of  meeting.  Brethren  pleane  notice 
the  time,  as  there  will  he  no  traiu  until  Mon- 
day morning  the  27th.  I.  Bahto. 

From  Maria,  Pa.— The  Woodbury  eongre- 
gation  is  still  prospering.  Bro.  Silas  Hoover 
conunenced  a  series  of  meetings  on  the  15th  of 
March,  and  preached  iu  all  fifteen  s-.-rmons  in 
thi.n  district.  Twenty-one  precious  souls  ciuae 
out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  were  baptized.  I 
learned  that  two  more  were  added  wince.  May 
God  receive  all  the  praise  forcvermnre. 

LoTTiR  Ketbino. 

Th»  Vanish  mission.— This  mission  is  as- 
suming a  uew  phase.  The  brotherhood  has 
just  been  taking  a  look  at  Denmark,  through 
the  eyes  of  elders  Fry  and  Eby.  These  breth- 
ren have  just  returned,  mid  are  spreading  that 
missionary  field  before  the  entire  church.  To 
some  this  is  not  necessary,  but  to  the  great  ma. 
jority  it  is  a  necessary  step.  Brethren  general- 
ly want  to  inspect  things  closely  and  now  since 
the  facts  are  made  so  plaui,  the  liberality  of  the 
brotherhood  will  be  largely  increased.  Read  1 
Jolin  3:  17.  S.  Z,  Sh.\rp. 

From  Geneva,  Ind.— The  cry  for  help  in 
Bro.  Hansen's  letter  is  too  bad  and  heart-melt- 
ing to  be  cast  aside  witliout  one  tear  of  sym- 
pathy. Hope  the  brethren  and  sisters  will 
cheerfully  respond  to  the  coll.  God  loves  a 
cheerful  giver,  one  who  gives  out  of  a  heart  of 
love  to  Him  and  his  fellow-men.  Satan  is  very- 
apt  to  whisper  in  our  ears:  *'  Vou  are  not  able 
to  give  but  a  small  mite,  so  don't  give  lUiy,  and 
let  others  give  who  are  able."  But  what  does 
Christ  say  about  a  certain  poor  widow  that  on- 
ly cast  in  two  miles.  O  let  us  ailhere  to  the  ia* 
jimi'tion  of  Christ,  to  watch  luid  pniy,  lest  vre 
enter  into  temptation.  I  am  glad  you  do  not 
publish  the  mites  given.  Jesus  says.  "Let  not 
thy  left  hand  know,  what  thy  right  hand  do- 

cth."  E.  W.VTSON. 

From  IJiiroluvnie,  Ind.  —  On  the  second 
Sunday  of  lost  month  at  Dora,  (Anttoch  dis- 
trict) three  were  baptized  acconliug  to  Christ*s 
commission  and  rose  to  walk  iu  newness  of  life, 
and,  we  trust,  to  earnestly  contend  for  the  feith 
once  delivered  to  the  saints. 

On  Ea--iter  Sunday,  at  the  above-named  place, 
the  brethren  and  friends  met  and  ro-organited  a 


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ay    28. 


SalibatliiH'h'Hi),  which  At  prewMit  bids  fiiir  for 
tuoct-iB.  I»  No.  IW  of  IJ.  AT  W.,  in  the  articlo, 
Cotuv  U>  .Imuh.  it  Khould  pwiil,  "  Many  of  tlie  Cor- 
inthiaiii  came  to  Jetuj,"  iDsteaii  of  "  mnny  uf  the 
ChriHliaiiK,  etc."  J.  W.  Southwood. 

Prom  Wfnfleld,  Kansas.— The  other  time  I 
wrote  j'ou,  I  could  give  no  news  from  lhi«,  the 
Silver  ('reek  congregation,  but  now  we  cBn.  Our 
elder,  Jncob  Buck,  gave  um  a  call,  preached  three 
di«cour.i>.  The  result  was,  that  one  was  made 
willing  ti?  foreakciin,  take  u|»  the  crosa  and  fol- 
low thi-  Savior.  E.  Hoover. 

From  Nldtiey,  OIilo.— Bro.  Oliver  Yount  hiw 
jtlit  cluf((!il  aMOHM  of  meetings  at  our  place,  eight 
mil«  \V«t  of  Sidney.  It  commenced  the  27lh 
of  April.  He  preached  ciglitoen  germons;  during 
that  time,  there  were  eighteen  precious  souls  that 
felt  it  llicir  duty  to  go  down  to  the  lifjuid  etrcam, 
and  there  be  baptized  for  the  rcmitmiou  of  their 
titu;  tile  youngest  being  about  twelve  years  olil, 
and  among  them  there  wa«  one  young  man  who 
In  deiirivtil  of  hearing  and  Hpjjikin^,  when  he  felt 
it  his  duly  to  obey  the  blcwcd  Savior,  why  ahrjuld 
not  thoM  who  are  bleved  with  hearing  end  the 
utl«raiKe  of  eiKt-ch,  feci  it  their  duly  to  obey  their 
bl(a«ed  .Mu-tcr  in  all  His  appointed  nays  ?  May 
the  l*ord  hltss  our  brother*!)  laliora  here  and  else- 
where, and  may  the  word*  wpoken  by  our  brother, 
tink  deujily  into  the  heartt  of  rhosie  who  eal  be- 
neath llu-  rtound  of  bin  voice.  May  the  good  seed 
•own,  Hjfring  up  and  bear  fruit  an  hundred-foM. — 
May  th(?  Lord  bless  um  all  and  guide  ns  by  the  di- 
vine Hpiril,  into  all  truth,  while  wc  live  and  when 
time  i>hall  be  with  ue  no  more,  vave  us  all,  with- 
out the  Io^^  <if  one,  is  the  prayer  of  your  siHtir  in 
Christ.  Marv  a.  WmtiiiT. 

From  Jnliii  H.  Miller.— I  would  say  to  the 
readem  of  your  worthy  paper,  that  we  the 
Jirellircn  of  the  Brooklyn  congregation  intend 
holding  a  I^ivc-feast,  June  ^th  and  9th,  commenc- 
ing at  10  o'clock,  at  Bro.  Absalom  Miller's,  three 
and  a  half  miW  North-cast  of  Brooklyn,  Iowa. 

J.  J.  MlLLIiR. 

From  Mllford,  Illd.— I  write  to  Jet  you  know 
of  a  »nd  occurrence.  On  the  7th  Inst.,  friend  J. 
Pinkerlon'i  hoy,  Wm.  Kilwnrd,  aged  4  years,  G 
Qionths  and  7  days  oid,  waa  struck  by  Jiglilning, 
while  tying  oo  the  floor,  and  killed  instantly.  The 
lightning  struck  the  mother  of  the  child,  and  at 
thin  time  is  suifering  much  by  the  effects  of  the 
lightning.  Her  clothes  were  on  fire,  but  not 
burnt  much  until  they  Kcre  lorn  oQ'.  The  hoy's 
olothc«  were  set  on  fire,  but  he  was  saved  from 
buruing  up,  by  taking  Ids  clothca  of.  The  light- 
ning struck  through  the  fliior  into  the  cellar  and 
Wt  some  fllraw  on  fire,  but  it  viae  discovered  in 
time  to  save  the  buihiiiig.  Funeral  by  the  Breth- 
ren from  Job  If:  21.  "Have  i>ity  upon  nic,  () 
ye  my  frieuds,  for  the  hand  of  God  has  touched 
me."  Surely  the  hand  of  God  liws  touched  this 
family.  J.  H.  Milleh. 


kingdom  of  God.  The  church  here  it  incn-osing 
very  fast  May  the  l^ord  go  on  with  the  good 
work  ! 

Yeliow  Oruk.  HI. 

From  C.  H.  nnlslmUKh.— There  ia  nothing 
in  the  world  without  relntions;  and  it  is  iu  the 
entire  circle  of  relatiuna  that  things  must  be  Judg- 
ed of.  The  majcrity  go  by  fragmfnt«  and  bcc- 
tions,  and  henco  reach  erroneous  c«>ncIusioDS.  It 
is  one  of  the  mont  lamentable  fact«  of  the  Church, 
that  [fcrsona  judge  hastily,  before  they  acquire  the 
data  for  reliable  conclusions.  Narrow-miodednce 
is  the  univental  i)eualty  of  sin.  Holiness  briug» 
divine  illumioaUon,  in  which  we  sec  the  right  po- 
sition and  relation  of  things.  Brain  work,  iso- 
lated from  the  indwelling  Christ,  \i  surface  work. 
The  greatest  unAanctificd  minds  sec  not  to  the 
depths  rcnched  by  the  shallowest  intellect  in 
which  the  Holy  Ghost  is  enshrined.  How  much 
is  given  to  the  pre$s,  which  is  uo  more  than  a 
placard,  flaunting  the  attainments  of  the  writer. 
Not  unfretjuently  it  ia  undisguised,  brazeu-fnced 
plagiarism.  Better  five  simple,  Spiril-begoltcu 
wonis,  than  ten  thousand  stolen,  unflB:sbiiig  gems 
from  another's  braia.  There  is  but  one  college 
courKC  that  makes  us  truly  wise,  and  that  is  the 
in-hcing  of  tlie  Great  Teacher.  "  in  whom  are  hid 
all  the  treasured  of  wisdom  and  of  knowledge." 

From  John  H.  Pcclt.  —  Wherea.*  the  article, 
entitled  "  The  Ungrateful  Man,"  published  iu  No. 
20,  has  caused  some  offence,  I  embrace  this  op- 
portunity of  saying  that  in  the  writing  of  that 
article  I  did  not  intend  to  cast  any  personal  reflec- 
tion ui!on  any  one  ;  but  since  it  has  caused  some 
oftence,  I  now  regret  that  it  waa  written,  for  in 
my  writings  1  do  not  wish  to  say  that  which  will 
in  nny  way  hurt  the  feelingsof  ray  brethren.  The 
motives  that  prompted  the  article,  on  my  part, 
were  pure  and  not  personal ;  but  since  it  has  caus- 
ed some  unpleasant  Iccliugs,  I  hereby  ask  the  for- 
giveness of  all  thofe  whose  feelings  have  been  af- 
fected and  hope  that  hereafter  I  may  use  that  cau- 
tion and  regard  for  the  welfare  of  ray  Master's 
cause,  that  beconieth  every  devoted  child  of  God. 


L-ialis- 


From  Maple  River  Junction.  —  The  Lonl 
willing  wc  intend  to  hold  a  Ijove-feast  nt  the  Ma- 
ple Itiver  Junction  in  Carroll  Co.,  Iowa,  on  the 
15th  Hud  lOth  of  June.  D.  \V.  Shirk. 

From  Lncon,  III.— I  feel  a  deep  interest  in 
the  cause  of  (.'hrist,  though  1  am,  a^  yet,  one  of 
the  weakest  mumbei"s.  I  love  the  cause  of  Christ, 
and  feel  to  ihouk  God  for  all  his  goodness  towards 
me.  I  luvc  to  see  the  good  work  prosper  aud  I 
think  if  (hero  were  a  ministering  brother  to  come 
here,  that  there  could  be  a  great  deul  of  good  done. 
It  is  the  rcjucst  of  all  the  members  that  Bro.  L. 
Hillery  should  come  back,  and  labor  with  us.  He 
is  well  liked  by  both  saint  and  sinner  aud  bus 
made  raiiny  good  irai)reaMion8  here.  If  he  is  ])fr- 
mittwi  to  come  back,  we  nro  sure  that  several 
oould  be  gained  for  the  kingdom  of  God.  O  may 
Lo  coini.'  back  to  help  poorsinneiis  to  Christ. 

We  still  hold  our  social  meeting*,  which  our 
dear  brother  started  for  us  before  leaving.  We 
enjoy  ourselves  very  much  iu  them  and  our  pray- 
er is  that  we  may  never  fall  from  grace,  but  stay 
close  to  the  cross  of  Christ  and  there  learn  of 
Him  who  is  able  to  save.  Now  if  I  am  not  a,sk- 
ing  too  much,  I  wonld  say,  send  us  back  our  dear 
Bro.  Leuiiicl,  We  are  poor  iu  this  world's  goods, 
but  will  do  all  we  can  for  the  spreading  of  the 
trutli.  H.  C.  LoxG. 

From  Orrville,  .0.  —  The  Brethren  of  the 
M'ooster  church  will  hold  a  Love-feast  the  aist  of 
May,  1^7s.  commencing  at  10  o'clock.  The  nieel- 
iug  will  be  held  near  Smithville  Summit,  and 
those  wishing  to  come  by  rail,  can  be  met  at  that 
place  or  at  Orrville,  by  giving  notice  to  D.  M. 
Irvin.  D.  M.  Ikvin. 

From  I;.  \i.  Andrews.— Your  paper  makes 
its  welcome  vitils  regularly,  and  i?  a  welcome 
guest.  I  would  feel  lost  if  it  would  cease  to  vi^il 
me.  It  is  very  pleasant  to  get  news  from  the 
whole  brotherhood.  O  how  I  rejoice  to  read  of 
the  succesa  of  the  different  churches.  We  had  a 
pleasant  meeting  on  Sumlay  ;  met  by  the  water'? 
aide,  and  saw  four  precious  souls  baptized  into  the 


Railroad    Arrangement. 


Arrangement.')  have  been  made  with  the  Balti- 
more &  Ohio  R,  U,,  to  carry  passengers  to  and 
from  the  A.  M,  at  the  following  rates. 

From  Hftgerslown,  Md $26,75 

"      Frederick,  Md 26.75 

■'     Harper's  Ferry,  W.  Va., 26.75 

"     Harrisonburg,  Va., 30.75 

"     Martinshurg,  W.  Va., 26.25 

"     Cumberland,  Md 22.76 

"     Mt  Jackson,  Va.,1 30,75 

"      Mansfield,  O., S,50 

"     Defiance,  O., 3.40 

Round  trip  tickets  will  be  for  sale  at  the  above 
named  offices  on  aud  after  June  5th,  and  be  good 
for  fifteen  days. 


of  production.     That  is  the  nbjoct  of  (Ii 
tic  party." 

This  conver^tion  took  place  in  the  presence  of 
a  well-known  local  contractor,  whom  the  Social- 
istic leader  was  not  ac<iuainted  with. 

The  leader  who  wits  interviewed  ateoslated  that 
the  Socialist  parly  was  working  now  imder  the 
ioBtnictioDs  of  the  National  Eiecuti%-e  Committee 
whose*  headquorters  are  at  Cincinnati.  A  circular 
issued  to  the  different  sections  of  the  country, 
some  four  months  ago,  advised  the  various  com- 
mittees to  organize  companies  in  each  city,  town 
and  hamlet,  where  it  was  possible,  throughout  the 
United  States.  In  this  Stale,  Wisconsin.  Michi- 
gan, I'ennsylvania,  New  York,  California  aud 
Massachusete,  this  has  been  canied  out  to  the  let- 
ter. To  every  company  there  is  app  tinted  a  Cap- 
tain by  the  Central  Section,  aud  the  two  Lieuten- 
ants are  elected  after  the  organization  is  effected. 
Every  ten  companies  constitute  a  battalion,  which 
is  in  command  of  a  colonel,  appointed  by  ibe  Ex- 
ecutive Comndltee.  It  is  claimed  that  in  New 
York  City  there  are  twenty  battalions  orgauiz<;d, 
having  an  enrolled  membership  of  over  16,000 
men,  largely  composed  of  Poles,  Bohemians,  Scau- 
diuavinns,  Frenchmen,  and  a  few  Irish,  under  the 
lead  of  the  notorious  M^y  and  Schwab. 

In  this  city  there  are  claimed  to  be  enrolled  up- 
wards of  14,000  men.  Of  tliesp,  it  has  been  stat- 
ed that  18,000  beloDg  to  the  military  organization. 
In  California  the  beet  organization  exists.  Pitta- 
burg  is  the  armory  for  the  party.  The  guns  and 
ararauuition  that  they  possess,  it  is  claimed,  arc 
stored  there,  because  the  leaders  bold,  "  that  the 
boys  there  know  how  to  use  them." 

It  is  still  claimed  that  the  riots  of  hist  Summer 
were  started  prematurely,  but  Inis  time  there  is  to 
be  no  iiiilure.  The  work  is  to  commence  in  Chi- 
cago at  a  given  signal,  when  simultaneously 
Schwab  and  Kearney  aud  the  other  leaders  will 
their  hosts  together,  and  the  work  of  car- 
nage and  destruction  commence.  —  Chicago 
Tribune. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Trouble    Brewing. 

Can  ye  not  ilioeru  the  Signs  of  llic  TimcH?"— Malt  Il»:8. 

A  DAY  or  two  ago  a  Tribune  reporter  bad  a 
long  talk  with  one  of  the  leaders  of  the 
Socialists  in  the  city  of  Chicago.  Said  he, 
"There  is  trouble  brewing." 

The  reporter  asked  why,  and  Le  replied  tlmt 
limes  are  not  improving.  "  You  will  see  sonie- 
thing  terrible  in  a  short  time;  some'thiDg  that 
will  open  your  eyes,  and  will  compel  you,  as  well 
as  all  wage-workew,  to  g'l  with  ub." 

"  Do  you  mean  to  say  that  you  will  attempt  a 
revolution?" 

I  mean  to  say,  sir,  that  a  hatred  has  been  en- 
gendered between  the  capitijists  aud  laboriug 
classes,  and  the  time  is  ripe  for  a  change.  The 
cAjtitalista  are  divided  against  themselves,  aud 
that  is  what  will  help  us.  I  hate  to  see  it  coming, 
but  there  are  going  to  be  terrible  times.  I  am 
afraid  we  can  get  reform  in  no  other  way." 

"  \\'hat  do  you  mean  ?"  asked  the  reporter. 

"  I  mean,  sir,  that  our  rights  are  denied  ue  at 
the  bftllot-box,  and  we  propose  to  have  them  by 
force  of  arms  ; — have  them  we  will." 

Do  you  mean  to  say  that  there  will  be  blood- 
ehed '/ " 

"I  say,  that  there  will  be  a  change  within  the 
uext  ninety  days,  and  we  will  bring  it  about." 

"  How  ?  " 

"  By  revolution.  The  mines  are  laid.  We  have 
the  trains  ready,  and  the  firing  will  be  commeuc- 
ed  all  along  the  line  at  once.  Capitalists  will 
meet  the  laborer  on  the  street,  aud  the  capiulists 
will  be  hanging  from  every  lam|>post.  The  lab- 
oring men  have  been  kept  down  long  enough.  — 
M'hat  we  want  is  a  co-oi)erative  Slate,  in  which 
all  rights  of  property  shall  be  vested,  and  each 
man  shall  be  recompeused  according  to  his  power 


A    Baptism    of    Hundreds. 

ON  Sunday  morning  the  roads  and  lanes  lead- 
ing across  ChimboraKO  Park,  were  filled 
with  persons,  white  and  black,  male  and  female, 
from  the  gray-haired  sire  to  the  infant  iu  arms, 
all  hurrying  in  the  direction  of  Gillie's  Creek  to 
witness  the  great  baptizing. 

By  10  o'clock  at  least  4,000  persons  had  assem- 
bled on  the  York  River  Railroad  and  the  aut- 
roundiTig  hills,  and  the  long  line  of  new  converts 
male  and  female,  in  twos,  arrived  on  i\\^^  ground 
aud  stood  iu  readiness  on  either  side  of  the 
stream — the  males  on  one  side  and  females  on  the 
other.  The  females  were  dressed  in  white,  with 
white  turbans  around  their  heads,  aud  the  men 
with  white  shirts  and  white  handkerchiefs  around 
their  heads,  awaited  patiently  under  the  burning 
sun  the  arrival  of  their  turn.  After  the  singing 
of  a  hymn  and  a  short  prayer,  the  Rev.  Scott 
Gwathmay,  accompanied  by  one  of  his  deacons, 
stepped  down  into  the  water  and  the  baptizing 
was  begun.  The  female.^  were  served  first,  aud 
they  were  quickly  disposed  of  to  make  room  for 
the  others  iu  waiting.  The  men  outnumbered  the 
women.  By  half  past  twelve  o'clock  the  ceremo- 
ny was  over,  and  233  persons  had  been  immersed 
by  one  man.  The  converts  for  the  most  were 
very  quiet  and  undemonstrative,  hut  occasionally 
some  manifestation  of  religious  fervor  would  break 
out. 

One  old  woman,  at  least  seventy  years  of  age, 
walking  on  crutch&s,.  hobbled  to  the  pool  and  was 
among  those  baptized.  She  was  taken  in  the 
arms  of  a  stalwart  deacon,  and  borne  out  to  the 
dressing  room.— 7?(c/imo7i(/  State  Jouninl. 

Here  is  proof  that  a  man,  in  a  little  over  two 
hours,  baptized  233  persons.  At  this  rate  of  bap- 
tizing, the  twelve  Apoales  could  have  baptized 
the  3,000  Pentecostians  in  less  than  three  hours, 
or  if  assisted  by  the  seventy  disciples,  in  less  thaii 
one  hour,  and  yet  modern  pedo-baptists  claim 
that  it  could  not  have  been  done  in  one  day. 
Those  who  think  of  meeting  opposition  on  this 
point,  will  cut  this  out  and  paste  it  iu  their  scrap- 
book.  Every  reader  ought  to  have  a  good  scrap- 
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Trine  Immersion  Traced  to  the  Apsitlee.  — Being , 


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.  proving  ihul  u  iLrvefold   imniursion 

olhoJ  o(  bnpli  ■"      "  ■ 


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Skolciics  of  (he  Hebrews  under  [heir  Tn,V-n,.,....^V*  ' 
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FLOWERS  THAT  NEVER  WITHER. 

rilMEIIE  lire  tlowi'is  thiit  never  wither, 
1      TliL-re  arc  skins  th.it  never  lade, 
Tlit-rc  iire  Htps  tliftt  av^t  forever, 

('iioliiitr  I>t)wers  of  k-aty  shade, 
Tlu'iv  iin-  silver  wiivclets  Howiiig 

With  ti  luiliiig  smmd  of  rest, 
Wliure  the  West  wiud,  softly  blowing, 

I-'iiiis  the  fiiir  landS  of  the  blest. 

TiiitiiLTwanl  our  steps  are  tending,     , 

Olt  through  dim,  (ipiiresMve  tears. 
Mine  of  giipf  thftu  pleiL'ive  blending 

III  the  darkening  woof  of  yeai-s, 
Ultcii  would  our  footi-K'iiB  weary, 

Sink  uiioii  the  windin;^  way. 
But  that  when  all  looks  most  dreary, 

OVr  us  heaiiis  a  cheering  ray. 

Thus  the  Father  who  hath  mside  us 

Tenants  of  this  world  of  care, 
Kiinwotli  how  to  kindly  aid  us 

With  the  burdens  we  mast  bear; 
Kiuiweth  how  to  cause  the  spirit 

HnpL-fully  to  raise  its  eyes, 
Toward  the  home  it  doth  inherit. 

Far  beyond  the  azure  skies. 

There  is  a  voice  that  whispers  slowly 

Down  within  this  heart  of  mine, 
Where  emotions  the  most  holy 

Ever  make  their  sacred  shrine, 
And  it  tells  a  thrilling  story 

Of  the  great  Redeemer's  love. 
And  the  all-bewildering  glorj- 

Of  the  better  laud  above. 

Oh,  this  life,  with  all  its  sorrows, 

Hii^teth  onward  to  a  close! 
hi  a  few  more  brief  to-morrows 

Will  have  ended  all  our  woes; 
Then  o'er  death  the  past  immortal 

Shall  sublimely  rise  and  soar. 
O'er  the  star-resplendent  portal. 

There  to  dwell  forevermore. 

Selevfed. 


"PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING." 


THK  Greek,  for  the;  above  phrase,  h"Adia- 
leiptos,  Profciikftftlie."  A(/i'itci/>/os,  means, 
HiKedniii'itii,  cijittiiinnlhi.  Pro»eiih»itai.  means 
to  come  or  go  to  any  one,  draw  nearer.  Hence 
tlie  phrase  "  Pmj/  witknui  ceasing"  means  to 
comet^>  God,  or  approach  God,  regulariy,  daily, 
•■ach  morning  and  evening,  as  well  as  to  give 
tliaaks  througli  day.  It  does  not  mean  that  we 
shall  occupy  a  jiraijiiuj  position,  and  keep  on 
wying  words  of  prof/er  and  never  stop,  nor 
move  out  of  a  piatjinij  position  till  we  die.  The 
phrase  without  ceasing,  or  iincetisiny,  does  not 
nitau  that  no  intermission  can  occur.  We  say 
of  some  persons,  "  They  are  unceasing  in  their 
efforts,"  I.  r.,  they  keep  on  trying, though  inter- 
niiasons  may  occur.  Again,  "  he  is  a  man  of 
"nctdsing  industry,"  this  does  not  mean  that, 
that  man  works  on  day,  and  night,  without  stoi)- 
("igtoeat  and  sleep;  but  that  he  works  regu- 
'^ly,  daily,  whenever  he  has  the  opportunity. 
™ine  persons  are  unceasing  talkers;  but  this 
"•ws  not  mean,  that  when  their  tongues  start, 
'hat  they  never  stop,  but  it  means,  that  when- 
^''er  opportunity  otters,  they  always  seem  to 
We  a  Nuperabuudance  of  talk. 

ui  this  sense  we  understand  the  phrase  "  u-Z/A- 
"W  ctasing/'  as  applied  to  prayer.     But  there  is 


a  sense  in  which  the  phrase  "  irithoal  cfasing." 
makes  closer  application  still.  Chrittian*  live 
iu  RU  eltmeni  or'  prayer.  They  con-tantly 
breath  a  spirit  of  prayer,  though  they  amy  not 
vocally  pray.  This  spirit  of  prayer  ismanifi-st 
wherever  they  go,  or  in  whuti.-verthevdo:wh.'th- 
er  in  the  disohnrge  of  fiunily,  or  neighborly 
duti.-s,  or  in  laboring  ou  the  farm,  or  shop,  or 
traveling  ubroad,  and  when  wo  liedownloiilcep. 
in  groan&  that  cannot  be  uttered.  In  this  weiise 
we  always  pray.  There  are  a  class  of  profosiow 
who  instead  of  liring  in  pntger,  siniply  live  af 
pra<jfr,  i.  *>.,  they  pray  occasionallj .  Thri/ftel 
if  Is  thdr  flttfg  to  pnig,  but  do  not  feel  very 
thankful  that  they  have  the  priril,-gr  h,  pnni. 
Prayer  is  a  tremendous  job  for  thorn.  The 
most  pleasingpartof  the  exercise,  in  the  AMEN; 
and  when  that  is  said,  they  feel  that  th.-y  have 
done  their  duty  any  way,  whether  willingly  or 
reluctantly,  and  are  very  gtad  the  jcdj  is  off  their 
hands,  Such  pmiji'y  does  not  amount  to  imy- 
thing.  For  our  encouragement  in  continued 
prttgcr,  Chriat  refers  to  an  unjust  judge,  who  at 
tirst  would  not  hear  the  petitions  of  a  certain 
poor  widow,  at  last  concluded  to  grant  her  re- 
quest in  order  to  get  rid  of  her  continued  com- 
ing. ■•  And  (say^  Christ)  shall  not  God  avenge 
His  own  eleet.  which  cry  Onij  mul  night  unto 
Him,  though  He  bear  tout;  with  them  "  (Luke 
IS:  7). 

It  is  a.s  impossible  for  a  Christian  to  live 
without  pragei;  as  for  a  fish  to  live  ou  dry  land. 
In  prayer  we  talk  with  God.  Piwjer  climbs  the 
ladder  Jacob  saw,  and  brings  heaven  and  earlli 
together.  Pmijer  is  the  medium  through  wliich 
the  comforting  and  cheering  iufluoncea  of  heav- 
en are  given  unto  us.  The  strong  man  in  bat 
tliug  \rith  the  powers  of  darkness,  is  ofteu  sore. 
ly  tempted;  but  prayer  gives  him  strength  and 
victory  over  his  enemy.  The  weaker  ones  and 
babes  in  Christ,  are  too  weak  to  walk  alone. 
Prayer  brings  tlieir  Savior  near,  who  will  not 
foi-sake  them,  lint  will  enable  them  to  stimd 
firm  against  our  common  foa. 

"  Satan  trembles  when  he  sees. 
The  weakest  saint  upon  his  kness.' 

Bereaved  parents  seek  comfort  in  pragei;  and 
a  prayerful  God.  heals  their  wounds.  The  be- 
reaved widow  prays  for  grace  and  strength,  that 
she  may  be  submissive;  and  the  mdow's  God 
hears  her.  Ministers  tremblingly  prog  that  God 
would  give  wisdom  and  courage,  that  His  cause 
be  properly  presented.  Elden*  prng  that  they 
may  fe^d  the  flock  with  the  rich  pastures  of 
God's  Word.  When  elders  pray,  when  minis- 
ters pray,  when  lay  members  pray,  all  pray,  the 
church  will  prosper,  and  he  in  peace,  and  sin- 
ners will  be  brought  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  In 
nine  cases  out  of  every  ten  the  troublesome 
members  are  those  who  do  little  or  no  praying. 
The  united  prsiyers  of  a  church,  will  prevent 
many  a  church-meeting;  will  prevent  many  a 
transgression.  If  we  ask  in  faith,  believing,  for 
things  that  are  needful,  God  will  grant  them, 
No  good  thing  will  He  withhold  from  ttiem  that 
walk  uprightly.  The  trouble  with  so  many 
professors  is,  they  do  not  pray  enough.  Every 
follower  of  Christ,  prays  in  secret.  All  follow- 
ers of  Christ  who  are  heads  of  families,  should 
by  all  means  have  family  prayer,  or  fiunily 
worship.  We  are  pained  to  learn,  that  some 
ministers,  and  even  eldera,  are  neglecting  this 
important  duty.  This  ought  not  so  to  be. 
Pray  without  ceasing,  and  in  all  things  give 
thanks,  for  this  is  the  will  of  God  iu  Christ 
Jesus  concerning  you,  says  Paul.  Those  who 
will  not  pray  now,  mav  see  the  time  when  they 
will  be  compelled  to  oKer  a  very  unwilling  pray- 
er, namely  for  the  rocks  and  mountains  to  fall 
upon  them,  and  hide  them  from  the  face  of  Him 
that  sitteth  on  the  throne,  and  the  wrath  of  the 
Lamb. 

May  God  help  us  all  to  pray  aright,  that  we 
may  obtatn  heaven's  choicest  blessings,  be 
faithful  until  dealli,  and  obtain  an  abundant 
entrance  into  His  everlasting  kingdom  above. 


FER'VENT  IN  BUSINESS. 


BY  D.  R.  UBNTXEK. 


My  Dear  Brethren:— 

MAY  the  ilame  of  s-icred  love  be  ever  burn- 
ing upon  the  nttan  of  your  hLnrt-s,  that 
neither  creature  nor  power,  life  nor  death,  shall 
be  able  to  sepanit*  you  from  Christ  or  His  Word. 

"  Diligent  in  busiueiia,  fervent  in  spirit,  serv- 
ing the  Loril."  What  an  iMlmimbIc  profile  of 
the  true  Christian  life  is  expn-nsed  iii  .those 
wovdw  of  the  dustingnished  ap'ostle!  True  to 
the  necessity  of  human  existcnci.',  and  tmo  Ui 
the  dwiivst  and  noblest  iii1eri*^ln  of  tlie  mml. 
Paul  was  hiniHclf  a  buxiness  man,  and  wiw 
known  to  work  at  his  trade,  notwilh^tandiug 
lie  was  a  minister  of  Christ.  This  enabled  him 
to  know  the  dennxudsof  a  business  pursuit,  (uid 
■ould  thus  svmpathi/e  and  Iridy  comfort  his 
fi-llow-disciph'.s  who  labored  to  maintain  n  live- 
lihood. So  it  is  with  us  to-duy.  Well  it  is  for 
many  of  us  that  we  are  "diligent  in  bu;»ine!W," 
li-st  we  too  might  be  running  to  and  fro  and 
making  ourselves  busy  in  matters  wherein  we 
should  learn  submission,  harmony  and  love — 
sanctified  lovo.  There  is  iloubtlcss  nothing  with- 
in the  range  of  our  undertaking  that  we  cannot 
overdo — drive  to  excess.  This  is  true  in  fcii- 
sinfss.  Wo  may  be  /«o  diligent  in  bii-iiies.?80 
as  to  liinder our  fervency  inspirit,  and  deprive 
us  often  from  "serving  the  Lord"  while  we 
ought  to  be  serving  Him  "  without  ceasing," 
thns  "growing  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge 
of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ."  It  must 
all  go  together.  He  that  don't  work,  (because 
he  cannot),  is  di-p'-ndeiii  upon  the  labor  of 'oth- 
er*, and  should  acknowledge  that  dependence, 
and  act  accordingly.  0  that  we  might  learn 
this  happy  sentiment  of  a  faithful  minister  of 
Christ,  iuul  know  in  very  deed  just  how  to  coup- 
le business  with  religion  and  religion  with  bu- 
siness. Labor  is  Iionor,ible,  but  let  religion 
sanctify  it,  that  religion  inaymay  always  be  best 
and  highest. 

OVR  ANNL'AL  JIKKTINO 
is  at  hand.  There  is  labor  to  bw  done— labor 
for  the  good  of  the  church  of  Christ.  This  we 
most  devoutly  hope  for  and  pray  for;  bat  0  the 
danger  of  work  being  done  which  would  not  be 
for  tire  welfare  of  Zion.  Wo  know  what  the 
past  has  been,  but  wlio  knoweth  what  the  fu- 
ture will  be?  Brethren  and  sisters  in  Christ; 
areyuu  awake  to  the  march  of  events  in  the 
church?  I  fear  that  many  are  better  actjuaint^ 
ed  with  the  march  of  events  in  the  natural  af- 
faii-s  of  the  world  than  those  of  the  Church. 
I  fear  many  are  so  "diligent  in  business"  that 
they  forget  the  "  perilous  times"  through  which 
Zion  is  moving.  To  say  notliing  of  the  great 
commotions  amongst  nations  and  so-called  re- 
ligious bodies,  let  us  consider  the  evidences  of 
uuprecedcnted  commotion  all  over  our  o\vn  be- 
loved, though  bleeding  Brotherhood.  These 
evidences  "the  wise  shall  undenitaud."  0  who 
that  loves  the  church  who.ie  most  worthy  and 
ever-glorioua  Head  is  "Christ,  the  Lonl," — 
who.  I  say,  can  be  at  ea.se?  I  appeal  to  everj- 
one  of  you  whose  eyes  trace  the.se  feeble  lines, 
shall  wew>tbe  a  little  less  "diligent  in  business" 
and  more  "  FEKVENT  IN  SFIRIT."  now  and 
especially  at  the  sitting  of  the  Annual  Council 
on  the  luth  of  June,  If  those  who  attend  the 
council  can  lag  aside  their  "  business  "  for  the 
time  being,  shall  not  we  who  remain  at  home 
be  there  too  m  spirit? — in  the  fervency  of  the 
•Spirit?  If  thousands  congregate  at  North 
Manchester  on  that  day  and  a  few  following 
days,  I  trust  most  sincerely  that  tens  of  thous- 
ands will  go  up  there  in  spirit  and  blend  their 
deepest  solicitude  with  all  the  faithful  who  stand 
up  and  labor  in  the  defense  of  the  church  and 
the  God-given,  tirae-tried  doctrines.  Many  si- 
lent, secret  workers  at  home  will  make  it  a  day 
of  fasting  and  of  prayer.  Such  workers  the 
Master  want«.    If  we  love  the  church,  we  may 


well  treniblL-  for  her  wolf.u-eaml  n-lire  to  a  pW** 
where  none  hoars  but  God,  and  pour  into  Hi* 
ever-hotringeorourlamentations.  If  we  wmild 
speak  a  goorl  word  for  the  Virgin  of  Christ  let 
<is  speak  it  in  the  manner  we  ought  to  utt»?r  if 
iooiir  F'llhtr  in  hmvtn.  [four  raoullia  would 
aing  praise,  let  a  part  k-  all  of  the  253nl  hymn. 
Youra  iu  faith,  hope  and  love. 


DRAWING  TO  A  CLOSE 

W.  .1.  H.  BAUMAN. 

EVERYTHING   but  that  which  isotemat  ih 
drawing  to  a  close.    Our  existence  in  thi« 
world  is  dramng  to  a  close. 

Soon,  borne  on  linii>'s  most  rapid  wing, 
Will  death  commaud  us  to  the  grave. 
Yes  soon  the  sublunary  cares  of  this  lifo  will 
be  at  an  end  as  far  as  we  are  concenied,     "  For 
uianthatisbornoFawoman  isof  fewdnys"  (Job. 
11).     Not  only  our  present  existence;  but  oo: 
troubles    ore  drawing  to    a  close.      Che*rinp 
thought;  aa  this  life  is  not  only  short,  but  fail 
of  trouble.     Troubles  in  this  Hfi-  are  continual- 
ly annoying  olir   souls;  but  when  we  enter  th<- 
piomised  land  ou  the  other  shore,  the  wick-'d 
(and  our  own  wickedness)  will  cease  from  tnuli- 
liiig.  and  the  weary  will  be  at  rest.     Were  it 
not  for  the  fact  that  the  trials  and  trouble*  of 
this  life,  soon  will  end,  there  would  be  but  (it-     ■ 
tie  inducement  in  living  at  all,  jus  many  are  beset 
with  trials  worse  than  death  itself.    Their  ho|»--« 
of  earthly  comfort  wrecked,  surrounded  by  tn- 
eniie-s  thirsting  for  their  destruction. 

But  thank  God.  Jesus  lives  the  wime,  to  sav.* 
from  troubles,  from  enemies.  The  object  ot 
His  mission  into  the  world  was  to  save,  (not 
to  destroy)  and  the  deeper  wo  aro  in  sin,  thi^ 
stronger  the  effort  to  save  us.  He  has  no  pleas- 
ure in  the  destruction  of  any;  but  wants  all  to 
he  saved.  He  is  not  vindictive,  but  labor* 
(though  we  despise  and  iwrsecute  Him)  for  th.- 
good  of  all. 

If  the  impenitent  arc  destroyed,  it  will  be 
their  own  liiult;  He  wants  to  save  them,  but 
they  mil  not  be  saved.  He  does  all  to  attract 
thpm  to  good,  spurns  and  abuses  noue.  Thus 
we  repeat,  Jesus  lives  to  save,  aud  it  won't  be- 
long till  the  ransomed,  the  saved  from  the  afflic- 
tions of  this  life  will  make  the  vault  of  heaven 
ring  with  the  shouts  of  triumph.  It  will  not 
be  long.  Joyful  thought,  that  the  time  ia  so . 
nigh.  Then  0  ye  alHieted,  be  faithful.  [KTsevere 
a  little  longer,  yes,  a  little  while.  The  time  of 
your  sorrowful  sojourn  on  earth  is  drawing  to- 
a  close;  soon  you  will  be  free;  soon  you  will  be 
at  re3t;8oonyou  will  join  the  Redeemer  on  high; 
soon  your  now,  stammering  tongue  will  be  iu- 
spiretl  to  sing  in  unison  with  the  heavenly 
choir,  the  songs  of  redeeming  love;  soon  you 
will  stand  among  the  redeemed,  clothed  in  white;- 
soon  you  will  meet  loved  ones  gone  before; 
soon  you  will  enjoy  an  eternity  of  inexpressible 
bliss.     Come  Lord  Jesus,  come  quickly.  Amen. 

HOW  TO  SAVE  TIME. 

^pHERE  are  many  ways  in  which  a  busy  wo^ 
X  man  can  save  that  which  is  more  valuable 
to  her  than  any  other  commodity,  Wz,  her  time. 
One  is,  by  never  leaving  a  room  in  confusion 
at  night  The  family  sitting-room  presents  an 
appearance  of  cheerful  disorder  when  the  circle 
breaks  up  for  the  evening.  Take  a  few  mi>- 
ments  then  to  lay  the  books  straight  on  the 
table,  set  the  chairs  in  their  places,  gather  up 
shreds  and  patches  from  the  floor,  and  put 
newspapers  into  tte  wall-pocket.  Every  living, 
room  should  be  prorideil  with  a  wostc-bosket 
for  odds  aud  ends  of  paper,  a  scrap-bag  for  bits 
of  threiul  and  ravelings,  and  a  wall-pocket  or 
two  of  them,  for  letters  and  papers.  It  is  much 
pleasanter  in  the  morning  to  come  down  to  a 
neat  and  tidy  room  than  one  which  reminds  us 
by  its  disorder  that  work  is  never  done. — StL. 


THK    rJUKTHTiK-N^    ^T    AVORK!. 


May    30. 


THE    LILIES. 

SV  J.t«.  T.  HECKLIB. 

ni)NSM)ERt!irlUtw,tlmt  grow  ill  the  field. 
Ij     Tlie  beauty  and  fnipniiioe  (lifir  blossoms 

may  yiflil, 
Tli'y  l«il  not.  tlii-y  Npinaot.tlio  warm  Summer 

day, 
But  ?ron  from  thc-mirih  in  a  mylicul  wny. 

Yet  Solomon,  king,  in  hi»  glory  ftiriiycd, 
Lik-  rtie  of  theie  Iili«  no  Iwauty  di«ploycd, 
2for  wfti  he  so  liftrnik-*«.  ho  iiinoc'-nt  there. 
As  thr-  lilies  that  grow  in  the  valley  ao  lair. 
Th<-  lilies  that  grow  in  the  howcnt  of  love, 
An-  I'-d  by  the  dew*  from  tlie  VAcn  above. 
TJi    ■■  iM-u'uty  excell«!th  the  flowt-nt  that  bloom 

liiially  wither  nwny  for  the  tomb. 
I  ,,     loiidH  that  eniromitn.'"  thi«  earthly  domain, 
ttii  i;id(--n  with  *f orms  iiiid  with  terrilde  niin 
Miiv  darken  liie  lilirs  that  grow  in  ihc  field, 
Who*.' Iieniity  and  fnignmie  the  earth  liuB  to  jiold. 

But  there  is  a  Lily  the  lili'-:^  Jiinong. 
Whom- beaiitj- and  frngntnce  the  ancel)"  have  siinfT 
Wli"".'  beauty  nurpiw^tw*  thy  lilicN  that  bloom 
Ar-I  waft  on  the  breezes  their  sweetest  iterfnme. 

And  now  are  the  lili«-x  of  childhood  and  love. 
Tn.iHjdantcd  to  bloom  iit  tin-  Kdeii  abovo; 
Tli<-y  toil  not.  thi-y  xiiiii  not,  Ih.-y  fa.!*-  not  away, 
But  bloom  in  th-'  r-^'ioii-  of  inlinite  day. 


SALVATION.- ITS  AUTHOR   AND 

CONDITION. 


lie  bfcame  the  author  of  elenml  tiuKation 
.11.;..  ill!  them  thatobey  him"  (Heb.  5: !'). 

I(  (XOE  read  of  tin  oriental  sovcrcigu 
who  made  a  decree,  and  affixed  as 
a  |i'iiftlty  for  its  violntiou,  tlie  pluekiiig 
on*  .»f  liotl)  tlie  eyes  of  the  oin-lid- 
er.  It  NO  happi-iied  tliat  the  (h-st  trans- 
g]-.-sor  wii»  tiie  kinjj's  own  heloved  son. 
Hi'Vf  was  u  hard  ease  foi'  an  affeetioimto 
father  and  faithful  sovereign.  He  want- 
e<1  t.i  maintain  tin*  integrity  of  his  gov- 

lit,  and  yet  save   liis  son 'n  sight. 

<  .ill  liotli  be  done?  Comimtting  the 
ca-'  to  theadvieeof  his  most  judieiou-s 
counsellors,  they  eoneluded  that  lie  eonld 
noi  lie  Justin  intlicting  the  jienalty  u|i- 
on  any  other  sultjei-t  nf  his  kingdom,  Imt 
thill  iniwinueh  as  lie  was  the  kiiiLi  and 
made  tlic  law,  that  lie  could  save  Ids 
souVcyesby  plucking  uiit  his  own  in 
th'-ir  ste(id,  and  jnstiee  would  be  main- 
tained. Conspipiently  the  king  had  one 
of  hiM  own  eyes  plueked  out  and  one  of 
•hi*  snu's  eyes,  and  thiw  the  integrity  of 
lii-'  government  was  sustainetl  and  vin- 
diejited,  and  meivy  also  exercised  toward 
hi*-  sun.  And  tlo  you  think  any  of  his 
subjects  would  now  presume  to  say, 
"  Our  king  is  so  good  and  mereiful  tliat 
w\-  '-an  transgress  without  punishment?" 
Would  they  not  rather  say,  "  If  In-  loves 
Justice  and  truth  so  mucli  tliat  he  will 
puni.-*h  his  own  si»n  and  sulTer  himself, 
rather  than  the  law  shall  go  unlnmoreil, 
li-t  us  take  heed  lest  he  spare  not  ils." 

So  the  vexy  suH'erings  of  the  Son  of 
God,  as  a  substitution  for  human  guilt 
i&  the  stiwngest  and  mo.st  overwhelming 
vindieation  of  divine  justice  the  world 
has  hud.  Here  "  merey  and  truth  are 
met  together;  righteousness  and  peace 
have  kissed  each  other.''  It  is  the  mad- 
ness of  men  that  makes  them  say,  "  (Jod 
18  too  good  ami  UK-reiful  to  punish  men." 
They  had  better  .say,  "  If  (iod  iso  bates 
»\u  that  he  spared  not  iiis  own  Son,  though 
HD  innocent  substitute  for  guilty  man,  let 
lis  take  heed  le<t  hesjiare  not  us."  Were 
it  not  for,  lllau'■^  spiritual  insanity  he 
could  easily  discern  that  "  (iod  "  out  of 
Cbiist,  "  is  aconsumingtire."  We  have 
now  called  your  attention  to  our  position 
respecting  Christ  ;ls  the  nuthor  of  salvo- 
lion.  Our  text  says,"  r/ej';«// salvation," 
but  we  deem  it  unnecessary  to  dwellujiou 
that  thought.  Tliia  brings  us  then  to 
our  final  projjosition  viz.,  the  limihilion 
m' cundiiiorm of  nalvutum.     Christ"  be- 


c.ime  the  author  of  etern.il  salvation  to 
whomT  I  Wg  yow^  l)eIovcd,  to  ponder 
this  cpiej^tion  well.  To  trhom  does  this 
salvution  pertain?  To  a  chosen  few,  in- 
dependent of  fharaeter  or  conduct?  Sure- 
ly not.  To  everybody  indiscriminately 
and  regardleas  of  faith  and  jn-actice  ?  By 
no  means.  Just'heretwoo]>positeaiidvery 
dangerous  errors  have  arisen.  Some  have 
concluded  that  because  comparatively 
few  accept  the  Gospel,  that  therefore 
Christ  did  not  die  for  all. 

This  is  one  specias  of  fatalism  that  con- 
tradiet'^Goil's  Word  which  teaches  us  he 
tasted  death  "  for  every  niiiu  "  (Ileb.  U: 
0).  "  We  have  seen  and  do  testify,  says 
John  "  that  the  Fatlu-r  sent  the  Son  to 
be  the  Savior  of  the  world  "  (1  John  4: 
14).  "And  he  is  the  propitiation  for 
our  sins:  and  not  for  our  sins  only,  but 
also  for  the  sins  of  tlie  whole  world" 
(I  John  2:  :i).  Others  have  concluded 
that  since  Christ  died  for  all,  that  there- 
fore all  will  be  paved  regardle.ss  of  life 
and  character,  and  that  there  is  no  pun- 
ishment for  sin  beyond  the  grave.  This 
is  another  species  of  fatalism,  equally 
opposed  to  the  Wor«l  which  affirms  the 
future  judgment  of  the  ungodly  (Rev. 
2i>:  1  '1- 1 .')).  Tlie  simi>le  fact  that  Christ 
died  for  sin  and  "  became  the  author  of 
salvation,"  save.s  no  actual  tran.^gressor. 
We  believe  it  saves  unccmscious  infants 
and  idiots,  and  th.at  they  arep.issive  sub- 
jects of  redeeming  mercy  independent 
of  anything  they  can  do,  or  cannot  do. 
God  does  not  ask  them  to  believe  the 
Gospel.  They  are  not  able  to  credit  its 
tej§timi>ny  nor  weigh  its  evidence,  neith- 
er will  he  condemn  them  for  unbelief. 
"  rnbelief  is  the  rejection  of  testimony 
sustained  by  evidence,"  and  they  are  not 
guilty,  (rod  does  not  require  tliem  to 
repent.  They  hav<'  nothing  to  repent  of, 
neither  will  lie  condemn  them  for  im- 
penitence. They  are  not  guilty,  God 
does  not  ask  them  to  obey  the  Gos])el, 
because  they  cannot. 

Obedience  is  avoluntary  principle  and 
must  proceed  from  tlie  heart.  If  you 
make  nie  do  what  I  don't  want  to  do, 
that  is  not  obedience  on  my  part,  but 
only  compulsion  on  yours.  One  may 
thus  seem  to  obey  and  be  only  a  tinsel 
professor  and  a  hypocrite.  Again  God 
will  not  condemn  them  for  disobedieni-e 
for  they  are  not  guilty.  Tims  it  apjiears 
that  what  was  lost  in  Adam  independent 
of  our  personal  responsiltility  and  uou- 
duct,  1ms  been  regained  in  Cluist,  but  the 
sufl'erings,  death  and  resurrection  of 
Christ  alone  saves  no  actual  sinner.  The 
fact  that  Ciirist  died  for  me,  don't  make 
my  sin  .i  small  matter.  I  am  condemned 
by  the  law  as  a  transgressor,  and  if  I 
have  not  accepted  the  provisions  of  sal- 
vation through  Christ,  I  am  condemned 
by  the  Gospel  for  insulting  the  overtures 
of  divine  goodness  and  truth,  and  count- 
ing the  blood  of  the  covenant  an  unholy 
thing.  The  provisions  of  the  Gospel 
tlien  must  be  accepted  in  order  to  salva- 
tion. 

The  fountain  may  be  ever  so  cool  and 
refreshing,  and  yet  if  a  man  will  not 
drink,  he  may  famish.  A  tabltj  maybe 
spread  befiu-e  him  with  the  richest  viands, 
and  yet  if  he  trill  not  eat  lie  may  starve. 
The  sun  may  sliiue  in  all  itd  meridian 
splendor  and  beauty,  and  yet  if  a  man 
will  go  blindfolded,  he  may  not  see.  The 
vicarious  sufferings  of  Christ  are  but  the 
opcniwj  of  the  fountain,  the ^j/(^m;y/^V>« 
of  the  fea-st,  the  risiinj  of  the  "  Sun  of 
RigliteousiR\ss,"  and  it  remains  for  man 
endo\ved  with  intelligent  faculties  and 
made  ivsponsibli*  to  accept  the  offers  of 
the  Gospel  and  be  saved,  or  reject  them 
and  l)e  lost.  Under  the  typical  dis[)cu- 
sation,  the  simple  shechling  of  the  blood 


of  animals,  atoned  ty])ically  for  no  one  s 
sins,  and  had  the  ceremony  stopped  there, 
the  typo  would  have  been  a  failure,  but 
after  tfie  blood  was  eheil,  the  high  priest 
took  the  Mood  and  entered  the  h^dy  phice 
once  a  year  where  he  made  atonement 
for  the  sins  of  the  people  (Ex.  »0:  10; 
Lev.  1(1:  ]l-li>;Heb.  9:  7,  8).  "With- 
out the  shedding  of  blood  is  no  remis- 
sion "  (Heb.  itTay),  but  had  nothing 
more  been  done  than  the  shedding  of 
Christ's  blood  upon  Calvary,  the  atone- 
ment could  not  have  been  complete.  Rut 
Ciirist,  at  once  our  sufficient  sacrifioe  and 
great,  Iligli  Priest,  with  his  own  blood 
entered  heaven,  once  tor  all,  when  he 
ratifies  the  covenant  relation  between  an 
ollended  (Jod  and  offending  man  (Heb. 
i);  13,24-26),  Buton  what  conditions? 
Ibegyouaguin  to})ondei-tIie  importance 
of  this  momentous  (piestion.  "  Ht^  be- 
came the  author  of  eternal  life "  to 
whom  ?  Our  text  says,  "  to  all  them  that 
ohcij  him."  Here  we  learn  that  salvation 
is  conditioned  upon  ohedience  to  Christ. 
We  also  learn  from  the  AVord  that  it  is 
conditioned  upon/rt^VA  in  Christ. 

Tlie  apostles  Paul  and  Silas,  said  to  the 
jailer  "  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
and  thou  shalt  be  saved  "  (Acts  21):  .'11). 
"  To  him  give  all  the  prophets  witness" 
said  Peter,  "  that  through  his  name  who- 
soever believethin  him  shall  receive  re- 
mission of  sins"  (Acts  HI:  4.^).  "By 
him  all  that  believe  "  said  Paul,"  "  are 
justified  from  all  things  from  which  ye 
could  not  be  justiiied  i>v  the  law  of  Mos- 
es" (Acts  i;U  ;ii)).  "He  that  believeth 
on  the  Son  hath  everhisting  life,"  (Jolin 
:i :  ;(f!)  said  Jesus.  Here  justification  and 
remission  of  sins  are  clearly  dependent 
upon  faith,  but  here  I  call  your  attention 
to  the  fact  that  none  of  these  testimonies 
teach  us  that  salvation  is  by  faith  onhj. 
While  we  do  helicve  and  teach  that  sal- 
vation is  conditioned  upon  faith  inChi-ist, 
we  also  teach  that  it  is  not  contingent 
on  faitJi  only,  and  should  we  teach  that 
it  was,  we  would  most  positively  contra- 
dict James,  an  apostle  of  Christ  (Matt. 
10;  3),  "  Our  Lord's  brother,"  (relative 
Psl.  1 :  1!);  Eusebius;  Eccl.  Hist,  p  131) 
ami  first  bishop  of  the  church  at  Jerusa- 
lem, (Eusebius  Eccl.  Hist.  pp.  49,  l;il) 
who  positively  teaches  that  justification 
is  '•  not  h;/  faith  i/nhj.''  Referring  to 
Abraham's  obedience,  whicli  preceded 
the  law,  and  hence  could  not  be  reckon- 
ed under  the  law,  which  perfected  his 
faith,  (James  *2:  22)  and  without  whieli 
he  could  have  no  living  faith,  he  says, 
"  ye  see  then  how  that  by  works  a  man 
is  justitieil  and  not  hy  faith  only'*''  (Jas. 
2:  24),  and  yet  isitnotan  unmistakable 
fact  that  almost  nine-tenths  of  the  pop- 
ular preaching  of  to-day,  ou  this  subject, 
all  over  the  land,  declares  salvation  by 
faith  only,  and  thus  palms  upon  the  cre- 
dulity of  the  people,  deception  and  im- 
position ?  It  is  proclaimed  from  the  pul- 
pits; it  is  published  in  the  journals;  it 
is  talked  around  the  social  circle;  it  is 
whispered,  and  shouted  and  sung  and  al- 
most beat  into  poor,  bewildered  mourn- 
ers, who  already  "  believe  and  tremble," 
but  who  like  Peter's  hearers  at  Pentecost, 
want  to  know  what  they  must  do.  Yet 
"  fW;'/ Je^/fi-ye,"  is  the  mystei-ious,  unin- 
telligible counsel  given  on  every  hand. 
They  need  to  "  repent  and  be  baptized" 
and  to  put  their  faith  into  lively  exercise, 
not  simply  to  believe,  but  to  have  a  faith 
which  "works  by  love,"  "purifies  the 
heart"aud"  overcomes  the  world."  Tiiey 
need  to  "  walk  by  faith,"  a  faith,  that 
accepts  Christ  as  a  King,  m  well  aa  a 
sacrifice,  and  "  counts  all  things  but  loss 
for  the  e.\cellency  of  the  knowledo-e" 
of  thetiuth. 

If  all  who  only  believe  "  on  Christ  are 


paved,  then  the  rulers  wjio  were  afihamed 
of  him  were  in  a  saved  condition,  for  tjj^ 
Wonl  most  emphatically  declares  that 
"  among  the  chief  nders  also  mmt),  J^. 
lifvcd  on  him''  (John  12:  42).  g^^ 
were  they  in  a  saved  .state?  I  apptra]  ^^ 
you  who  say,  to  the  tremlding  simipp 
"  only  believe  on  Jesus  and  your  siiis  are 
pardoned?"  Were  these  ruhrs  in  a,  poj.. 
dotird.justifedi^tate^.  If  you  insist  that 
faitli  in  Christ  alone  saves,  you  must  ad- 
mit that  they  were.  Your  theory  ^yjj| 
allow  nothing  else  for,  they  "  bt'lio-rndtyri 
him,''  but  because  of  the  Phaviaei-s  they 
did  not  confess  him,  lest  they  should  he 
put  out  of  the  synagogue;  for  th.;ylov. 
cd  the  praise  of  men  more  than  the  pra^g 
of  God  (John  12:  42,  4;i).  Cliristsay,^ 
"  whosoever  shall  be  ashamed  of  nie  and 
my  words,  in  this  adulterous  and  sinful 
generation,  of  him  also  shall  the  Son  of 
man  be  ashamed,  when  he  cometh  in  the 
glory  of  his  Father  with  the  holy  angels" 
(Mak  8:  38).  Surely  none  are  safe  of 
whom  Jesus  will  be  ashamed  when  be 
comes  in  his  glory.  It  may  seem  a  small 
thing  for  me  to  be  ashiuiu'd  of  hini  in 
his  humiliation,  ashamed  of  his  people 
his  words  and  ordinances  liere,  hut 
it  will  not  be  a  small  thing  for  him  to 
be  ashamed  of  me  when  he  "  shall  be 
revealed  from  heaven  with  his  mighty 
angels  in  flaming  fire  taking  vengeance 
upon  thein  that  know  not  God,  and  obey 
not  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ." 
To  believe  on  Christ  only  will  not  es- 
cape the  punishment  of  a  life  of  contiu- 
ucd  sin,  nor  .secure  his  api)r(diation  when 
ho  shall  say  to  "  the  faithful:"  "  M'ell 
(lone  good  and  faithful  servant."  Christ 
said  to  those  Jews  which  believed  on 
him.  "  If  ye  continue  in  my  word,  then 
are  ye  my  disciples  indeed;  and  ye  shall 
know  the  truth,  and  the  truth  shall  make 
you  free"  (John  :):  31,  32).  But  they 
claimed  that  they  were  Abrahain'sseed, 
and  were  never  in  l)ondage  and  that  God 
was  their  Father  (John- S:  3.'i-42,  but 
Christ  said  to  them,  "  ye  are  of  your 
father  the  devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your 
father  ye  will  do  "  (John  H:  54).  They 
believed  hira  as  the  devils  who  "  believe 
and  tremble,"  but  his  ti'uth  and  com- 
mandments and  pacific  principles  were 
all  hateful  to  tlieir  deceitful  and  murder- 
ous hcMrts,  which.  thoU'^h  tbey  may  have 
been  depressed  or  elatwd  under  religious 
influencK,  had  never  been  transformed 
"  by  the  law  of  the  spirit  of  life  in  Christ 
Jesus,"  So  with  thousands  and  tens  of 
thousands  to-day.  Though  believers  on 
Christ,  they  are  "  of  the  synagogue 
of  Satan,"  destitute  of  almost  every 
principle  and  trait  of  character  vvhicli 
distinguishes  the  saint  from  the  sinner; 
observing  and  preferring  the  opiuionsand 
ways  of  a  reliellious  world  to  those  of, 
C^hrist,  of  which  tbey  are  yet  ashamed.. 
(7*0  he  cmitinuad.') 


REASON  AND  REVELATION. 

BY  B.  1-.  MOOMAW. 

IN  uur  intercourse  with  the  intelligent 
world,  and  in  our  observation  upon 
the  conduct  of  tlu;  children  of  mengener- 
ally,  thetiuestion  has  often  arisen  in  oiu- 
uiind,  why  this  manifest  carelessness  and 
indifference  with  the  masses  upouthe 
tlie  subject  of  I'eligion,  considering  >t  a 


truth,  that  we  are   in   possession 


of  fin 


immortal  principle,, i^'J  t^^^  ^*^  ^^  '^?^'^"* 
ed  to  liv,e  with  God  in  infinite  hai>piiifss. 
or  to  sutler  the  tortures  of  the  iiu'|«- 
world  witli  the  lost  forever,  and  espeoml- 
ly  when  the  enjoyment  of  the  one,  or 
flu-  endurance  of  the  other  is  deppndent 
upon  our  acceptance  of,  and  compliance 
with  the  requirements  of  the  Ggspel,  or 


jXay 


:jO. 


our  nenlret  ..f  ll„»  g,v„t  snlv,iti„„  Du,. 
^g  thf  sboit  jjCTu,,!  of  oui-  llfc,  „,„  „,„ 
ftom  tuuf  to  tmw  be  call,,l  upon  to  wit- 
„fss  the  sceura  of  mortality  in  the  per 
SOB  uf  <«■■  nncestors,  our  friends  a„d  „„,. 
jeiglibors,  until  looking  ,u.ou,i,i  over  tlie 
community  in  vlaich  we  live,  „„j  j,,^ 
cougregatum  m  the  house  of  (io,l  «-hen 
we  meet  with  Hi,  worshipei-s,  „„j  ^ij. 
cover  that  we  now  stand  at  the  head  of 
the  column,  that  if  the  visitation  of  the 
cold  and  icy  messenger  be  diverted  by 
seniority  or  according  to  age,  we  would 
be  his  next  subject,  and  still  we  hesitate 
still  we  delay,  still  we  procrastinate' 
■m,.Vis  th.s?  -Why  take  this  fearful 
risk? 

In  contemplating  this  .piestion  my  an- 
swer is,  the  want  of  faith,  or  prejionder- 
flnce  of  reason,        


THK    mnOTHHEN    AT    AVOJ{K. 


not  willing  to  accept 
anything  that  is  supernatural,  or  that  is 
beyond  the  reach  of  our  reasoning  pow- 
ers, or  that  cannot  be  accounted  for  by 
the  principles  of  science,  more  inclinecf 
to  listen  to  the  voice  of  rationalism  than 
the  voice  of  Kevelation.     This  bein»  the 
case,  we  can  be  unconsciously,  and  imper- 
ceptibly   drawn  into  the  rarelstrom  of 
rationalism  and  infidelity;   and   I  very 
much  fear,  that  mnny_good  and  virtuous 
men  and  women  are   at  this  day  uncon- 
sciously in  the  fearful  condition ;  not  con- 
sidering that  the  I'eligion  of  which  God 
is  the  author,  is  a  religion  of  faith,  and 
in  many  respects  beyond  the   range  of 
science  or  human  reason.     We  would  not 
be  understood  to  say  that  religion  is  not 
reasonable,  fbritis  altogether  reasonable, 
that   Ciod  as   our  Creator,   Benefactor, 
Eedeemer,  Sanctifler  and  Savior  should 
give  us  such  a  code  of  laws— make  such 
requirements,   enforce  such  duties,  and 
throw  around  us  such   restraints,  as  He 
in  His  wisdom  sees  proper.     But  that  we 
should  by  the  exercise   of  oiu'   own  fac- 
ulties, be  able  to  comprehend  the  nature, 
essence,  motives  and  designs  of  the  Di- 
vinity, together  with  mysterious  work- 
ings of  His  Providence,  the  immortality 
of  our  spirits   <fcc.,  is   not  for  us  in  this 
sphere  to  comprehend.   "  Canst  thou  by 
searching  find  out  God,  canst  thou  find 
out  the  Almighty  unto  perfection  "  (Job. 
11:  7).  "  Which  doeth  great  things,  and 
unsearchably,  marvelous"  (Job.  5:  !)). 
He  is  almighty,  invisible  and  unsearch- 
able.    "  Foi'  after  that  in  the  wisdom  of 
God,   the  world    by  wisdom   knew   not 
(jod,  it  pleased  God   liy  the  foolishness 
ofpreaching  to  save  them  that  believed." 
If  left  to  follow  the  light  which  rea.son 
affords,  we  could  not  only  know  but  lit- 
tle of  the  being   and   attributes   of  the 
Triune  God,  but  we  could  know  but  lit- 
tle of  ourselves;  and  following  the  un- 
certain guide   of  science,  we  would  un- 
avoidably fall  into  the  idea   of  materi- 
ahsm,  and  into  the  cheerless  doctrine  of 
sinritual  unconsciousness,   and  final  an- 
nihilation.   Physiologists  admit  tliat  this 
Would  be  the  result  of  their  philosophy, 
aua  the  evidence  of  consciousness,  in  my 
juilgment  is  but  very  little   more  satis- 
factory; for  with  all  that  is  claimed  for 
tliis  class  of  testimony  apart  from  Rev- 
elation, the  idea   of  immateriality,  and 
immortality   of  the   soul,   would   never 
tave  occurred  to  the  human  miml  beyond 
what  may    have    been     communicated 
trough   the  fading  light  of  tradition- 
■-e  we  discover  from  these  premises  that 
all  religion  of  divine  origin,  is  a  religion 
"I  faith'  and  not  of  reason,  or  in  any  way 
Jependeut  upon  science,   and  hence  tlic 
"aportance    of  properly  understanding 
'tis  matter,  lest  we  fall  into  rationalism, 
aud  neglect  this  great  salvation. 

This  was  the  difficulty  with  ancient 
srael,  God's  peculiarly  favored  people, 
attended  with  such  fearful  con8e<iuencefl, 


not  willing  to  accept  Jesus  Christ  as  llieir 
Messiah,  because  .ihey  could  not  in  the 
exercise  of  their  reason  compreheml  the 
idea  of  a  Triune  God,  or  harmonize  it 
witli  the  Monotheism  of  their  Jehovah. 
And  so  at  this  day  a  large  proportion  of 
those  people  having  cultivated  a  deter- 
mined opposition  to  Chri.^tianity,  have 
organized  themselves  into  a  body.' and  in 
their  organized  system  of  opposition  to 
the  miracles  of  Christ  and  His  apostles; 
determined  not  to  believe  anything  that 
does  not  eonie  within  the  raiige  of  their 
rationality,  call  themselves  reform- 
ers, or  rationalists,  and  to  be  consistent 
ridicule  the  miracles  of  Moses  in  Egypt, 
at  the  Red  sea;  the  manna,  the  water 
from  the  rock,  and  all  the  miracles  of 
the  wihleruess,  and  the  Jordan,  declaring 
th.1t  these  are  simply  poetical  composi- 
tions, or  legends  to  delude  the  credulous; 
they  being  supernatural  and  ineonipre- 
licnsible,  and  therefore  not  to  be  believ- 
ed. 

I  opine  that  this  species  of  ]iliiIosophy 
is  not  confined  to  Jewish  reformers  or 
rationalists,  but  that  it  obtains  largely 
in  tlie  Christian  world,  and  among  pro- 
fessors of  the  Christian  name,  not  only 
"  to  the  Jews  a  stumbling-block,"  but  to 
professed  Christians,  foolishness;  if  not 
the  miracles,  the  pei-son  and  doctrine  of 
Christ  are  rejected,  because  it  does  not 
harmonize  with  the  progressive  and  lib 
eral  idea  of  the  age.  The  doctrine  of 
the  cross  and  the  humble  self  denying 
ordinances  as  instituted  and  practiced 
by  Christ  and  His  disciple-s  seem  to  be 
beneath  the  spirit  of  the  age,  and  though 
commanded  by  Chri.st,who  declared  thai 
"  all  power  in  heaven  and  earth  was 
given  to  Him."  Their  essentiality  is 
called  in  question  and  the  observance  of 
them,  ridiculed  or  neglected  as  being  too 
little  to  be  thought  of  as  requirements 
of  the  Omniscient.  To  illustrate,  per 
mit  me  to  refer  to  an  interview  between 
a  highly  cultivated  literary  gentleman, 
a  professor  of  religion.  Happening  to 
meet  together  on  a  visit  to  a  sick  man, 
we  soon  became  engaged  in  conver- 
sation on  questions  of  theology,  as  is 
gener.illy  the  c.ise  when  he  and  I  meet 
together.  After  discu,«)ing  other  subjects 
the  conversation  turned  upon  the  design 
of  baptism,  during  which,  we  quoted 
five  testimonies  from  the  Scriptures  in 
support  of  our  position.  He  replied 
ing,  that  "  the  verbal  te.xt  would  seem  to 
convey  the  idea  that  the  forgiveness  of 
sins  was  in  .some  way  depemlent  npon 
baptism,  but  looking  at  the  subject  from 
a  philosophical  standpoint,  /  caniwt  be- 
lieve that  my  salvation  is  in  any  way 
contingent  upon  a  third  pel-son."  This 
I  would  say  is  rationalism  in  the  most  &[ 
propriate  sense. 

The  Scriptures  teach  the  docti'ine,  but 
my  philosopher,  will  not  allow  me  to  be- 
lieve  it;  it  is  contrary  to  reason,  and 
doubtless  the  .same  spirit  would  indicate 
the  same  with  reference  to  other  duties 
imposed  by  the  Bible.  And  is  not  my 
surmising  correct  as  intimated  above,  that 
it  is  the  want  of  faith  in  di\'ine  Revela- 
tion, that  is  preventing  the  thousands 
from  accepting  Christ  on  the  terms  of 
the  Gospel,  and  thronging  the  broad 
road  leading  to  the  chambers  of  ever- 
lasting ruin  and  despair?  If  all  were 
willing  to  believe  and  take  the  Bible  as 
it  is,  it  being  the  A\'ord  of  God,  which  is 
the  power  of  God  unto  salvation,  all  the 
difficulties  which  bar  the  way  that  leads 
to  peace,  unity  and  happiness  here,  and 
to  a  glorious  immortality  in  heaven, 
would  soon  disappear.  But  unfortunate- 
ly as  we  travel  life's  journey,  the  relig- 
ious world   is   becoming  more  and  more 


inlerpi-eted  as  to  suit  their  respective 
vitiated  t.-istes- 

This  fact  is  forcibly  illustrated  by  the 
declaration  of  the  wandering  Jew.  This 
wantlering  Jew  be  it .  underslooil  is  a 
myth,  and  is  introduced  to  represent  the 
Jewish  family,  in  their  wandering  among 
the  nations  of  the  earth,  which  being 
prcsirved  alive,  so  to  speak,  by  the  prov- 
idence of  God,  is  a  living  miracle  to-day, 
as  are  beyond  the  reach  of  human  nn. 
derslanding,  as  any  other  miracle,  and 
an  infallible  testimony  of  God'n  prov. 
idence  and  the  truth  of  Revelation,  as 
any  other  miracle,  and  defies  the  pow- 
er of  human  volition  to  deny,  or  hunnin 
rea-son  to  comprehend. 

This  wandering  Jew  there  contrasts 
the  purer  ages  with  the  present  progrew. 
ive  state,  ile  says,  "  T  am  very  ranch 
troubled  about  the  pre»(!nl  method  of  us- 
ing  the  Bible.  Tlie  Bible  is  now  taken 
quite  ditlVrently  from  what  it  used  to  be. 
Tliey  used  to  take  it  as  it  is.  Now  the 
worid  is  advanced;  they  have  meat  ex- 
tract, and  milk  extract.  That  Bilile  ex- 
tract is  a  very  saleable  article;  our  pco 
pie  all  buy  it.  There  is  a  man  who  is  a 
spiritual  chemist.  By  chemistry  he  can 
make  almost  every  spiritual  thing,  and 
he  sells  it  for  genuine.  He  recommends 
tlie  extract  of  Bible  highly,  and  says  it 
agrees  with  science,  and  the  people  buy 
it  liberally,  and  wdien  asked  why  they 
ilo  not  buy  the  Bible  as  it  is,  they  say, 
the  Bible  is  out  of  fashion,  we  want  to 
be  fashionable  according  to  the  times. 
But  tlie  manufacturers  of  this  Bible  ex- 
tract liave  their  troubles.  If  he  has  a 
number  of  customers,  every  one  wants 
an  article  to  his  taste,  and  wlien  he  has 
it,  is  scarcely  ever  satisfied.  Vou  have 
no  idea  what  the  poor  extract  dealer  suf- 
fere  fiom  his  customers:  if  he  is  not  pli- 
able, but  sticks  to  a  principle,  then  he 
looses  his  patronage,  they  do  not  care  for 
an  honest  man,  but  he  must  please  them; 
the  dealer  in  turn  hates  his  custoniei-s, 
but  suffers  everything  as  long  as  they 
pnj-" 

The  wandering  Jew  after  saying  many 
things — e-xcellent  things,  thus  sums  up 
Ills  iliseourse.  "Look  at  the  Bible;  I  tes- 
tify to  its  genuineness  and  my  troubles, 
and  the  most  wonderful  preservation  of 
my  life,  and  the  unanswerable  evidence. 
Science  has  nothing  to  do  with  supernat- 
ural things.  I,  the  supernatural  man, 
have  received  the  Bible  direct  ft'om  the 
King,  and  the  world  got  it  through  my 
hands.  I  was  the  sole  agent  for  that  ar- 
ticle, use  it  and  think  of  me  and  the 
great  King." 

"  That  living  miracle,  wandering  Jew 
went  his  way.  I  noticed  that  his  road 
is  different  from  other  men's  roads.  He 
seems  to  be  led  by  something  invisible, 
for  such  roads  nobody  but  he  c(in  pass. 
He  even  overcomes  all  obstacles,  and 
leaps  over  precipices,  swims  through  riv- 
ers of  blood,  and  crosses  lakes  and  oceans. 
He  is  a  marvelous  man:  who  can  re- 
ject tile  Bible  after  looking  at  the  wan- 
dering Jew.  And  everybody  sees  the 
wonderful  man,  every  one  knows  him, 
his  way  is  marked  in  the  annals  of  his- 
tory, ever  since  history  began  its  record." 
The  Bible  should  be  our  motto, — the 
Bible,  the  whole  Bible,and  nothing  but 
the  Bible. 


THE  TWO   KINGDOMS. 

BT  C.  R.  JOIINS- 

"ITTE  are  informed  in  the   Scriptures, 

"  "       that  Satan  took   Jesus   upon  an 

exceeding  high    mountain   and  showed 

Him  all  the  kingdoms  of  this  world  and 


divided,  each  having  the  law  of  the  Loird,  I  the  glories  of  thejn,  and  said  unto  Him, 


"  All  thene  will  I  ui,  e  ihee,  if  thou  wilt 
foil  down  and  woi-hip  n,,.  "  (M.1I1.  I :  s, 
n).     Jesus  did  not  rebuke    him    bj  -ay 
ing,  thes.'  kingdoms   and  the   glori.-«  i.t 
tlieiii.  an-  not  thine  to  give  unto  me,  but 
rebuked  him  by  saying,  "  It  is  wiiilen 
thou  Shalt  worship  the   I,ord   tliy  (iod, 
andllira    only    shalt   thou  serve."      W- 
read  also  that,  when  Christ  wa.s  brought 
before  Pilate,  Ue  said,  "  my  kingd.uu  i, 
not  of  this  world  or  else   ray  servants 
Would  fight"  (John    IK:   !»;).     Here  it 
appears  plain    tliat     Christ   denies   the 
kingdoms   of  this   worid,  while   .Satan 
claims  the  kingdoms  of  this  worid  with 
the  glories  of  them,  therefore  the  king- 
doms of  this  world  with   the  glories  of 
them  belong  to  Satan.     Jesus  said  unt.. 
His  disciples,"  Yeare  not  of  this  worl.l, 
even  as  I  am  not  of  this  worid,  therefoiv 
the  worid  hateth  yon;  if  yon  were  of  this 
worhl,  the  world  would  love  its  own." 
Jesuscame  tosetup  Mis  kingdom,  not 
a  kiiigdi>m  of  this  world,  but  a  kingdom 
of  grace— in  a  direct  opposition  to  Sa- 
tan's  |irofane   kingdom    of  this  world- 
After  Christ's  kingdcnn  of  grace  wits  set 
up,  Satan    became  alarmed,  in    that  he 
felt  that  Christ's  kingdom    of  gi-m-e  was 
calculated  to  reduce  jiis  jwwer  anil  strip 
him  of  his  glory.     Salan  therefore  trie.l 
t '  destroy  Christ's  eliureh,  by  employ, 
ing  heathens   and   iuKdel   Jews,  as   in. 
struments  of  death  and  destroyed    the 
citizens  of  Christ's  ehiiieh  by  bloodslieil. 
By  and  by  he  learned  that  the  blood  of 
the  martyrs  were   the  seed   of  Christ's 
kingdom  of  grace,  and  to  destroy  that 
by  bloodshed,  was  impossible.     So  Sa- 
tan found  it  necessary  to  try  some  other 
way,  he  then  succeeded    by  introducing 
into  the  church,  by  some  proud,   high- 
minded  members,   easier  ways,  such  as 
-sprinkling,  infant  baptism,  do  away  with 
Feet-washing,  the   Lord's  Supper  >fcc. 
And  in  this  wfty  Satan  became  an  angel 
of  light,  or  as  a  minister  or  niinistei-s  of 
the    (iospel    of  Jesus   Christ-     lb-   had 
learned  already,  that  it  was  necessary  for 
his  insti'uments   to   assume  a  Christian 
profession,  in  order  to  destroy   Christ's 
kingdom  of  grace;  for  this  reason  I  be- 
lieve that  Christ  said,  unto  His  disciples, 
"  beware  of  wolves  in  sheep's  clothiin'." 
These  wolves  arc  explained   by   Paul 
as  "  grievous  wolves,  that  will  enter  in 
among  you,  not  sparing  the  flock;  even 
of  your  ownselves,  shall  men  arise  speak- 
ing perverse  things  to  draw  away  ilisci- 
ples  afterthem"(Act2«:2!),3(l).  Tluise- 
defendents  of  Satan's  kingdom,  throughi 
the  skill  of  their   master  have  proven, 
very  succes.sful ;  for  we  have   reason  to 
believe  that  they  have  the  world  full  of 
popular  churches   founded  on  worldly 
doctrines,    and   have  not  even   one  of 
Christ's   institutions.     But  Satan    with, 
all  his  boasting  instruments  of  defense, . 
will  meet  with  a  horrible  overthrow  be- 
fore long,  when  the  Lord  Jesus  shall  de- 
scend from  hea\  en  with  His   mighty  an- 
gels in  flaming  Hre,  to  take   vengeance- 
on  them  that  know  not  God,  and  obey 
not  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord   and  Savior 
Jesns  Christ,  who  sh.all  be  punished  with 
everlasting  destruction  from  the  presence- 
of  the  Lord  and  the  glory  of  His  pow- 
er (3  Thess.  1:  7,  a).     "  But  as  the  days 
of  Noah  were,  so  shall  also  the  coming 
of  the  Son  of  man  be."     "  For  as  in  the; 
days  that    were   before  the   floo<l,  they 
were  eating  and  drinking,  marrying  and 
given  in   marriage,  until  the   day  that 
Noah  entered  into  the  ark"  (Matt.  24:. 
37, 38).       .^_______ 

The  happiness  of  man  depends  ou  nu 
creed  and  no  book:  it  depends  ou  the 
dominion  of  truth,  which  isthe  Redeem, 
cr  and  Savior,  the  Messiah  and  King  ot 
glory. 


TFTl-:    l^nETHREX^    ^VT    AVORK. 


M 


ay  30. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

PlllfLISHEP    WKEKLY. 


J     H     MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Bbo.  S,  El,  D*«iioii  U  duly  •nthoriieJ,  \'J  "•  »  <""■ 
tmelioe  corwwpoinlenl  nnJ  ageoi  Tor  llio  Unminm  at 
WoBK  ami  will  rccfiti'i'iilwcriiilfoniifor  lliPMme  m  our 
rtmUm'M.  All  btJ»inc««»  inHUMHr'l  I'y  I'll 
.  »      ....     ... <!■  .(„-(  1,7 


a  if  Jon 


mncl*n. 


Tim  BBKTtTSM  AT  W.,nK  will  U  (cnt  pom-pni-l.  lo  ony 
•ddretw  in  ll>«  Cd1I»kI  SUIw  or  Cni«J».  for  |1  60  par 
aantim.  Tho«  Mnrllng  Wd  muno.  wl  »I6.i»".  "'»  J*" 
Mi*«  •!!  film  copy  frw  of  cli«riro.  For  iJl  OTer  thli 
numhrr  ti.e  «|[pnt  will  b.  allowed  lU  eeni*  for  ewh  uddi- 
Uonal  nnm«,  "lii''''  "muun'  <«»  t"*  tlcdocle-l  from  lb* 
nonc^y.  l.'fore  wn.Ilnit  ll  lo  "■.  M-n^J  'Wm.  Dwfta, 
•nl  itcgUierd  Leit»ri  in»y  I>c  Mnl  at  our  n»li,  They 
•buut'l  be  ra»d»  p«7»bl«  lo  Moor*  *  Ewhflmon 

.'■■i.i..<Tit.iioni.  Bn<l  communicalioDi  intended  for  the  pn- 
p»T,  M  well  lu  all  LuiiineM  msttcni  oonncolcd  willt  tlio  of- 
rtca'abould  bo  nddrouod 

IfOOBB  ft  ESEELMAH, 

Luuk.  CuToU  Co.,  nt 


DL-nnmrk.  but  now  are  fully  convinced  that  it 
wax  all  for  the  better.  Their  presence  ad^Jed 
much  to  the  fuvorable  iiiprt>&sion  nmong  the 
Dfiiies.  And  now  g'unx  tlicir  return  they 
nhle  t«  relate  ninny  things  concerning  the  mis- 
sion, and  manner  of  living  in  Penniark  that 
escajK'd  the  notice  of  the  brethren.  Theii 
mtrong  sympathies 'for  the  welfare  of  the  littli 
church,  and  the  heart-melting  circumstances 
they  relate,  stire  up  the  fonntoin  of  benevo- 
lence to  ita  ver>'  depth.  One  of  the  sisters  said, 
that  if  she  thought  it  her  duty  she  would 
freely  and  willingly  endure  the  hardships  of 
another  voyage  for  the  suite  of  the  little  church 
iu  Denmark. 


Tjik  HaltinioP'  and  Ohio  Railroad  will  carry 
pa*scngeri*  from  Foxtoria,  Ohio  to  Nortli  Man- 
chester, Ind.,  and  return  for  five  dollara  and 
twenty-five  centa. 

TnB  Northern  District  of  IlIinoiB  sends  two 
delegates  to  the  Annual  Meeting  this  year. 
Enoch  Eby  on  the  Standing  Conimitte,  and 
Duvid  E.  I'rice  w  delegate. 


I'koi'I.b  tdioiild  not  hUtmc  boyn  so  much  for 
doing  wrong  occasionally,  when  it  is  bo  hanl  for 
men  to  do  right.  If  the  men  of  our  land  would 
fct  a  bettor  example-  wf  might  look  for  better 
boy.-<.  

To  tha-ce  who  desire  the  addreas  of  brother  ,1. 
D.  Swit/,er,  we  will  hl-ro  say,  that  it  is  White 
Ilock,  Jewell  Co..  Ktmsart.  In  addn-ssing  him 
for  infonimlion  concerning  the  country,  do  not 
forget  to  enclose  ctainp. 

Those  going  to  A.  M.  from  Freeport,  Shan- 
non and  Lanark  can  start  any  time  after 
May  ;il^t.  Hound  trip  from  any  of  these 
points  to  War.-'aw.  Iml,  nine  dollars.  Tickets 
for  sale  at  the  (tbovc  niuncd  offices. 

UlWTllKll  Lomuel  llilleiy,  who  hiul  clmrge  of 
tlieCentml  Illinois  Mission  field  tlie  last  year, 
hojs  st-trled  on  his  iin-iiching^four  West.  He 
thinks  ol  *i|)ending  .--(mie  time  in  Iowa,  and  may 
travel  connidcnibly  elsewhere.  The  Lord  go 
with  him. 

.\\'  investigation  of  tlie  Jolict,  111.,  prison  af- 
fuir^  'Iisclo-.n  some  brutal  treatment  inflicted 
n]ion  helpless  inmates.  Tlie  whip,  sharp  gags, 
'  partial  starvation,  and  irons  have  been  resorted 
to  with  inhuman  recklessnesw.  Humanity  litu; 
Home  riglits  at  IciLst  that  ought  to  be  rcupected, 
■rveii  if  in  prison. 


We  are  informed  that  there  is  a  man  going 
through  certain  parts  of  this  Slate  selling  goods, 
and  representing  himself  as  our  agent,  and  has 
succeeded  in  collecting  names  and  money,  but 
fails  to  Bend  either,  lie  says  he  knows  us  well, 
and  lias  procured  many  subscriljers  for  us.  He 
may  know  us.  and  we  know  him  to  he  an  im- 
postor, for  we  have  no  such  agents.  People 
will  do  well  to  keep  an  open  eye  on  all  such. 
We  have  an  agent  in  almost  every  church  to 
whom  j)er*ons  can  entrust  their  subscriptions. 
In  luldition  tfl  these  we  have  a  number  of  trav- 
eling ngenta.  ministers  of  good  stimding,  who 
hn'-c  been  endorsed  by  n«  a»  proper  i>ersons  to 
sell  books  and  to  take  snb.seriptions  for  tlie 
BitKTHKKN  AT  WoBK.  Pay  no  money  designed 
for  us  to  any  one  you  do  not  know. 


0^ 


SPECIAL  NOTICE, 

W1X(>  to  a  law  in  Dt-nmark  iirohibitiug  the 
transmission  of  mnni\v  through  the  mail: 
nless  registered  or  by  draft,  under  penalty  of 
tlie  confiscation  of  one-fifth  of  tlie  money,  you 
are  li.reby  notified  not  to  scud  money  to  the 
Brethren  in  Denmark  except  by  draft  or  regis- 
tered li'fttTH.  The  better  way  is,  to  send  yimr 
contributions  to  C.  P.  Howland,  Limark  111., 
who  will  !-ee  that  the  mont-y  is  properly  for- 
warded. Brethren  Eby  and  Fry  estimate  that 
the  mission  will  require  about  ?  800  the  next 
twelve  months,  half  of  which  Northern  Illinois 
ha.-*  agreed  to  contributi-. 


AiiocT  three  o'clock  iu  the  allernoon,  on  the 
11th  of  May,  an  unsuccessful  attempt  was  made 
to'a.*siwsimite  Eni]>eror  William  of  I'russia.  He 
vtas.  in  comjiany  wilb  liis  daughter,  taking  hia 
itfiial  ride,  when  tlirre  shols  were  fin-d  at  him, 
neither  of  them  taking  eilect.  The  would-be 
osan-tsin  waa  immediately  arrest^'d. 


£Korn  EiiY  and  wife  gave  us  a  call  last  week, 
lecliii?  well  pleased  with  llieir  trip  to  Denmark. 
Brother  Eby  s]ienl:s  well  of  the  nnVsion,  and 
think*  it  a  success".  He  has  but  little  hope?  of 
miy  success  in  Gernnmy.  unless  a  better  ni)i>ning 
should  i>re«ent  itself.  Some  good  might  be 
done  in  England,  but  it  would  require  mucli  la- 
bor and  miuiy  protracted  eiforU^. 

Tub  people  of  Iceland  are  fearing  another 
Tolcanic  eruption,  similar  to  that  which  devas- 
tatt?il  the  island  it  inw  years  ago,  as  the  air  has 
bcv'ome  very  wai'ni  and  close,  luid  subtt.'rraneau 
ruiubliugs  have  been  heard,  aeeompanied  by 
sliowers  of  ashw.  Before  the  coming  of  the 
great  and  notoble  day  of  the  Lord,  "ilicre  shall 
he  famiuea,  oiid  pestilences,  and  eartliquakes  in 
divei's  plaeffl"  (Matt.  24:  7). 

Bbothbh  Ja.".  U.  Gish,  of  Woodford  Co. 
Thb^.  D.  Lyon  and  .lohn  Y.  Suavely  of  Mudsou, 
IILJ  ^pent  one  Any  « ith  us  hwt  week.  Tlio?.  D. 
Lyon  is  best  known  toouryoungreadei-s  as  Uii-« 
cle  TliQiuas.  Ikotbei- Uivh  spends  most  of  hU 
time  preadiiiig  luid  building  up  churches.  We 
were  pleaipd  wiHi  tlieir  call,  and  ^lJellt  a  p^eas- 
anf  ^ajioiii  with  them.  Tlioy  fot-l  adeep  interest' 
in  our  paper,  and  are  working  hard  to  extend 
its  circulation.  May  we  all  be  of  much  service 
iu  the  MuterV  catHft.  i 

Wswero  at  first,  and  all  ahmg  opfioswl  to 


FOR  HUSBANDS. 


Compiled. 

hen  you  have  won  a  wife  that 


DO  not  think  w. 
you  have  won  also  a  slave. 

Do  not  think  that  your  wife  has  less  feelings, 
since  marriage,  thim  wlicn  she  was  your  sweets 
heart.  Her  nature  is  not  changed,  only  her 
relation. 

Do  not  think  that  you  can  dispense  with  all 
the  little  acts  of  kindness  towards  her  just  be- 
cause you  are  married.  She  api>i-eciates  these 
things  quite  m  much  as  other  women. 

Do  not  be  grutl'  and  rude  at  home.  Had  you 
been  that  sort  of  a  person  before  marriage  it  is 
likely  that  you  would  have  remained  a  single 
man.  If  you  make  as  great  an  efl'ort  to  rrtaiu 
your  wife's  love  as  3'on  did  to  gain  it  you  will 
find  her  a  better  woman.  A  good  wife  is  worth 
making  some  sacrifice  for. 

Do  not  make  your  wife  feel  that  she  is  a  bur- 
den to  you.  and  that  you  must  give  to  her 
grudgingly.  What  she  needs  give  cheerfully, 
as  if  it  were  a  pleasure  to  do  so.  It  will  make 
her  fUel  better  and  you  too. 

Do  not  meddle  too  much  with  your  wife's  af- 
fairs; she  would  like  things  in  the  house  arrang- 
ed a  little  her  own  way,  and  it  is  right  that  she 
have  her  taste  consulted. 

Do  not  leave  your  wife  at  home  alone,  night 
after  night,  while  you  bolt  down  town  for  pleos^ 
ure's  sake.  Yon  did  not  do  tlmt  way  before 
marriage,  for  you  could  not  sijeud  enough  even- 
ings with  her  then. 

Do  not  think  that  the  woman  yon  promised 
to  love,  cherish  oud  protect,  has  become  your 
servant  just  because  you  mm-ricdhcr.  Remem- 
ber you  are  now  one  flesh. 

Do  not  conclude  that  board  aud  clothing  m*o 
a  liuflictent  compeusation  for  what  she  (toes  for 
you.  '  "        ' 

Do  not  expect  your  wife  to  love  arid  honor 
you  if  you  prove  a  brute,  unworthy  of  her  iove 
and  honor.  ^  „  ^ 

Do  not  caveii,s  ^oxxr  wife  in  .public,  aud  then 
snail  and  growl  ai  her  in  private.  Tliat  shows 
that  you  are  both  .1  hypocrite  uud  n  brute. 

Do  uol  wonder  that  your  wife  is  not  as  cheer- 
ful i\s  sUti  used  to  be,  whou  she  l>fts  so  much 
endure,  and  knows  that  you  do  not  Iwje  hi 
you  once  did. 

Bi'  as  good  to  your  wife  as  you  was  to  y<iui 


Mchld 
hei/nf 


tfCUding  the  two  sUtcrw   with    the   lirethren  to  i  sweetheart  ami  you  will  be  h; 


lappy. 


OUR  DISTRICT  MEETING. 

THROUGH  the  kindiwss  of  our  heavenly 
Father  were  again  permitted  to  meet  in  our 
yearly,  district  council  with  the  church  at  Shan- 
non. III.,  May  21st.  There  wei-e  delegates  pres- 
ent from  all  the  congregations  in  the  district, 
and  the  crowd  was  immense,  being  the  largest 
collection  of  members  we  have  seen  in  this  part 
of  the  State.  Nearly  all  the  elders  and  minis- 
ters in  the  district  were  present.  We  were  also 
favored  with  the  presence  and  aid  of  brother 
Jos.  11.  Gish,  of  Woodford  Co.,  and  Thomas  D. 
Lyon  and  John  Y.  Snavely,  of,  Hudson,  111. 
Their  presence  added  to  the  interest  of  the 
meeting. 

The  business  before  the  meeting  was  of  the 
most  intere-sting  character,  especially  the  mis- 
sionary department.  At  eight  o'clock  in  the 
morning  the  meeting  was  opened,  the  large, 
commodious  building  being  then  pretty  well 
filled.  It  was  concluded  to  take  up  the  mission- 
ary work  fii^st. 

The  Treasurer's  report  showed,  that  up  to  the 
present  time  $3325.38  has  been  contributed  to 
the  mission,  81329.00  of  which  Wiis  donated  by 
the  Northern  District  of  111.,  and  the  remaindei 
came  from  other  parts  of  the  britherhood. 

Then  brethren  Eby  and  Fry  declared  what 
Goil  had  done  among  the  people  in  Denmark, 
telling  the  success  of  the  mission,  the  skillful 
manner  in  which  it  was  being  conducted,  and 
the  great  prospects  of  its  future.  Their  report 
had  an  excellent  effect  upon  the  audience,  and 
when  it  was  told  what  hardships  brother  Hope 
endures,  how  extremely  economical  he  is,  and 
how  much  sacrifice  he  makes  just  to  les.sen  his 
expenses,  all  felt  that  they  could  willingly  and 
freely  contribute  still  more  to  the  support  of 
tlie  mission.  But  when  these  brethren  told  how 
devoted  the  Danes  were,  and  how  great  was 
their  love  for  the  brotherhood  in  America,  it 
brought  tears  to  hundreds  of  eyes.  We  never 
before  saw  a  better  impression  regarding  mis- 
sionarj'  work.  Brother  Fry  said  it  was  hard 
for  him  to  separate  from  his  people  in  America 
and  go  to  Denmark,  but  when  there  he  became 
so  attached  to  the  Danes  that  it  was  equally 
hard  to  leave  them. 

The  meeting  accepted  the  report  with  the  best 
of  feelings,  and  pledged  itself  to  continue  the 
good  work.  It  was  deemed  prudent  to  raise 
about  ¥1)00,00  for  the  sui)port  of  the  mission 
during  the  coming  year,  and  the  paying  of 
§137.00  debt,  which  amount  hiid  been  advanwd 
by  Eby  aud  Fry.  Of  this  8C0O.OO,  Northern 
Illinois  proposes  to  raise  8500.00,  hoping  that 
the  other  ^00.00  will  be  contributed  by  the 
general  brotherhood.  This  should  be  raised  and 
sent  in  as  soon  as  possible. 

In  addition  to  the  above  the  meeting  propos- 
ed to  raise  §700.00  for  home  missionary  work. 
Four  missionaries  were  set  apart  to  take  chiu'ge 
of  the  Central  Illinois  Mission  field  during  the 
present  year,  and  a  committee  of  three  deacons 
was  appointed  to  secure  the  services  of  min- 
isters for  the  Wi-iconsin  mission.  The  entire 
day  was  spent  on  missionary  work,  and  a  gond 
day's  work  it  was. 

At  five  the  meeting  adjourned  long  enough  to 
t.ike  some  refresh mi'nts,  after  which  the  mect- 
iug  proceeded  to  the  considerations  of  the  que- 
ries in  their  regular  order.  There  were  some 
twelve  queries  before  the  meeting,  some  of 
which  called  out  considerable  argument,  being 
confined  mostly  to  the  Bible  view  of  things, 
The«e  were  all  disposed  of  iu  the  most  harmo- 
nious manner,  and  in  the  languofe  of  brother 
Lyon  must  say,  "  that  not  an  unkind  word,  or 
personal  reflection  was  tluim-n  out  during  the 
meeting."  The  night  .session  was  both  intere.st- 
ing  and  profitable.  The  meeting  closed  at  oho 
o'clock  in  the  night,  nil  the  business  having 
been  satisfactorily  finished. 

It  iswfreahing  to  all  who  have  been  interests 
in  the  Lord's  work  in  Denmark,  to  know  that 
when  tl^e  call  came  from  that  country  to  send 
minister*  to  preach  to  them  the  whole  Oospcl, 
there  wiw  a  oueuc.ss  jus  to  the  necea,^ity  of  tlie 
work:  and,  when  those  who  were  chosen  to  go 
were  made  kiiowii  to  the  congregation,  the  sym- 
pathy and  prayers  of  the  whole  body  were  frer.-- 
ly  givennmidst  many  tears.  And  then,  when 
the  work  was  reported  from  lime  to  time  to  the 
Distidct  MedtingR,  nil  seemed  to  have  a  desire 
for  its  siwtess,  giving  every  evidence  of  a  wll- 
ingness  to  do  their  part.  Wlieo  the  time  came 
for  brethren  Eby  ajid  I-'ry  to  leave,  the  syiup-- 


thies  and  prayci-s  of  the  church 


^Yere  jigam 


deeidy  ipanifested  by  the  teai*  that  filled  every 


eye:  .and  now  when  they  retite   the  success 
the  mission,  the  /^al,  devotion  and  affection  °f 
our  brethren  and  sisters  in  r'eumark,  we  r^  11 
same  evidence  of  sympathy  all  over  the  conctr-! 
gation.     This  speaks  in  no  unmeaning  fp.-, 
and  the   Lord  be  praised  for  all  that  has  ben  ' 
done.  _^..^^^^— ^__ 

SOIIO:   OBSERVATIONS. 

IN  my  former  article.  I  promised  to  tell  vn 
more  about  those  who  were  first  in  th' 
country  to  set  up  the  plea  of  doing  all  thiueo 
whatsoever  God  demands  of  His  people.  The 
spared  neither  time  nor  money  in  spreading  tha 
glorious  Gospel,  aud  were  soon  filled  with  joy  in 
seeing  many  turn  from  error  to  truth.  Thp 
were  plain  and  simjde  in  their  habits,  and  not 
conformed  to  this  world  in  dress,  deception,  and 
carnal  display.  And  though  strict  in  raaintwn. 
ing  a  distinction  between  themselves  anj  thp 
world,  they  were  the  first  people  by  whom  thn 
first  printing  press  was  recognized  as  a  power 
fnr  good.  Brother  Saur  was  a  printer,  and  soon 
alter  his  arrival  in  this  country  went  to  print, 
ing  Bibles  and  other  good  books;  and  so  steadi- 
Jy  did  he  pui-sue  this  business,  tliat  in  about 
forty  yeai-s  he  printed  no  less  than  one  hun- 
dred  and  twenty-six  different  kinds  of  books 
some  of  which  were  quite  large,  and  about  sev- 
enty-five smaller  works,  such  as  pamphlets,  etc 
He  afeo  printed  the  first  semi-religious  paper  in 
this  country,  a  cojjy  of  which  is  in  theliandsof 
Bro.  Cassel,  being  perhaps  the  only  one  in  ei- 
istencc.  After  learnftig  of  the  vast  labors  of 
Bro.  Saur,  in  book-printing,  under  the  moat 
discouraging  circumstiuices,  we  of  this  late  day 
are  compelled  to  wonder  at  our  slowness  in  this 
respect,  especially  when  we  remember  that  our 
facilities  are  vastly  superior  to  what  liis  were. 
I  might  tell  yon  much  about  those  old  brethren 
but  leave  that  for  Bro.  A.  H.  Cassel  who  has  all 
the  reliable  data  at  hand  to  interest  us  for  some 
time  to  come. 

Attended  council  at  Indian  Creek  on  the  9tli. 
Here  saw  the  brethren  install  brother  Uooz  into 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  the  man- 
ner in  which  it  was  done  impressed,  me  as  emi- 
nently fitting,  and  1  give  it  to  you  for  your  joy 
as  well  as  mine. 

The  counsel  of  the  church  was  taken  in  the 
absence  of  brother  and  sister  Booz,  and  then  el- 
der Henry  Cassel  gave  them  the  charge  or  in- 
structions in  a  very  feeling  manner,  after  which 
the  church  received  them  with  the  rigbt  hand 
of  fellowship  aud  the  kiss  of  charity  amidst  con- 
siderable imprcssiveness.  It  seems  to  be  much 
encouragement  to  ministers  lo  be  thus  received 
into  more  responsible  duties,  for  at  best  they  get 
none  too  much  sympathy.  Their  pathway 
through  life  is  beset  with  cares  mid  anxieties, 
hence  to  be  received  by  the  memhen  of  the 
church  in  a  very  lovely  manner,  is  trulyencour- 
aging  to  them.  Perhaps  more  miuistere  suffer 
for  the  want  of  -sympathy  and  encourngement, 
than  arespoiled  through  words  of  love  and  "good 
^vill."  Let  ns  not  fear  to  hold  up  the  hands  of 
our  faithful  ministei-s,  God  bless  them  in  their 
work  of  love!  Pray  for  and  with  them.  No 
good  can  come  by  making  their  mistakes,  malr 
ter  for  general  conversation.  Much  good  might 
be  done  by  lovingly  telling  them  of  any  mis- 
lake  they  may  make,  A  braciiig-up  is  produc- 
tive of  good.  A  l)ulling  down  of  earnest, faith- 
ful labor,  tickles  the  devil  and  spoils  qien.  0, 
"be  pitiful,  he  courteous,"  be  wise! 

BREVITIES. 

A  MAN  has  lately  been  released  from  prison, 
wlio  for  twenty  long,  hopeless  years,  suf- 
fered through  false  witnesses; It  is  better 

to    suffer   mthout  a  cause  than  be  punished 

for    transgression.    Cath(U*in«    Buccher, 

one  of  the  ablest   female  writers  of  Amirica, 

died  Sunday.  May  12. There  was  quite  n 

snow  storm  at  Desiiioines,   Iowa,  May  ». 
The  first  book  pre.sentod  to  the  Ashlaiul  f'olhge 
Librai-y,  was  n  copy  of  WoTcester's  Unabridgeii 
Dictionary,  ami  the  second,  a  copy  of  Webstem 

Unabridged  Dietionai-y. The  Brethren  are 

building  a  brick  iiu-eting-housc  40  by  T^».  *>""•« 
LimeStonf  llidgc.  live  and  one  half  miW  N.irtli- 

wcst  of   Carey,   Wyandot  Co,,  Ohio.  ■ Two 

more  now  plauuts. have  Utt^ly   been  dii^i'oy^r^' 
—  Mortt  snow   fell   during  til'e  l'""'^  ^* '" 
along  the  sniiikV  sliores  of  the  ModiU*n-»iiffln 
seathau  for  many  previous  y<'ars.  -         i  ''f  ^ 
traffic  Htill  contiiiue.1  in  the  region  bordenng  0 
the  Congo  Iliver.    A  Briti.th  gunboat  recently 
captured  a  brig  which  con-ied  one  hundred  ue  - 


]Vlny 


30. 


^„s  who  bud  been  ci.ptun-rt  aim    l.upti,.-.)    an.} 

ireiK'  U-ing  trausporUsl  for  siik-.  . (,„,,  '     ,  ' 

inost  iiiterestiDg  monthlies  coming  to  thin  nffij 
.^TbrHmUh   ^r>r„«,r    published  at   Hatti; 

Creek  Mich. In  the  city  of  X.w  York  thert- 

^  said  to  be  over  one  hundred  saloons  toeverv 

church  or  place  for  religious  meeting  .  T],' 

church  of  Rock  River,  III.,  will  hold  their  IW 

June  Uth  and  lath. The  finai.c«  commit!!;' 

of  the  Ui»iiish  mission  will  report  through  tlie 

,oon.-— The  next  District  meeting 

for  Northern  Illinois  will  be  held  «-itl,  the  Ai 

noW's  Grove  congregation. Two  churches 

were  recently  organized  in  Nodaway  countv 
Mo. "  May  God  bless  you  and  help  you  ev- 
er to  keep  your  paper  filled  with  good  matter 
and  sulyects  of  great  interest."— E.  F  Good 
At  the  Internatiouul  Sunday-school  Con- 
vention held  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  recently,  one  of  the 
leiidtiig  colored  ministers  of  the  country  was  re- 
vised admission,  because  he  was  not  a  whit*; 

roau- The  Congregational   Association   of 

Michig.in  have  agreed  to  admit  women  as  dele- 
gates to  that  body  hereafter. Edison,  the 

jiiveutor  of  the  telephone  and  phonograph,'  has 
invented  a  new  machine  which  he  calls  "The 
.Auiaphone."     It  records  words  and  speaks  at 

the  same  time. It  is  refreshing  to  see  new 

aubscribers  coming  in.     They  come  seven  and 

eight  in  a  bunch. Moody  is  preaching  in 

New  Haven,  Conn. Difficulties  exist   in 

South   Africa;  so  far  several  English  officers 

have  been    killed. A  great  tornado  swept 

over  Canton,  China,  April  llth,  destroying 
thousands  of  houses,   and  killing  500  pei-sons. 

Over  1,500  communists  have  been  drilling 

in  Cincinnati. The  Hicksite  Friends,  who 

many  years  ago  carried  away  from  the  main 
body  of  the  Quaker  church,  more  than  four- 
fifth-^  of  their  whole  number  are  now  fast  d.-- 
clining,  so  that  the  old  orthodox  body  outnum- 

bei-s  them  four  to  one. Enoch  Eby,  Lemuel 

Hillery,  Marcus  Fowler  and  Joseph  Lehman 
were  appointed,  at  our  District  meeting,  to  take 
cliarge  of  the  Central  Illinois  Mission  field  the 

coming  year. Those  who  have  ordered  the 

"Family  Rules  and  Regulations,"  will  please  be 
a  little  patient.  We  have  been  so  crowded  with 
work  tliiit  we  have  yet  had  no  time  to  print  a 

new  edition. We   shall   have  good  times 

when  each  idle  man  in  this  land  cea-ses  standing 
around  with  his  hands  in  his  pockets,  and  sets 
himself  to  work  trying  to  make  a  support^to 

produce  more   thiiu    he  consumes. About 

20,0uO  Chinamen  annually  emigrate  to  tiiis  coun- 
try to  settle. There  is  a  factory  in  Daven- 
port. Iowa,  for  making  sugar  from  Indian  corn. 
The  iiroduct  somewhat  resembles  maple  supnr, 
and  sells  readily    in    the  neighborhood.     Tl;.' 

syrup  is  especially  liked. The  teast  at  Hi>  1,- 

ory  Grove  last  week,  we  learn  was  an  enjoyii'.|i_' 
one.  Tn'o  ministering  brethren  from  Iowa,  m 
addition  to  a  minibor  of  othera  were  in  attend- 
anoe. A  terrible  tornado  passed  over  a  por- 
tion of  Wisconsin  last  Thursday,  playing  havoc 
with  life  and  properly.  The  damages  were  im- 
mense and    the   loss  of  lilc  cnmiiderable. 

Last  v/eek  was  pretty  well  taken  up  with  inter- 
eating  incidents.  The  calls  at  the  office  were 
numerous  and  interesting.     God  be  praised  for 

the  mimy   words  of  encounigement. The 

news  from  the  East  deals  out  neither  war  nor 
peace,  but  preparations  are  going  on  for  either. 

Se\eral  female   trami)s  are  reported  from 

the  East.    They  are  said  to  be  quite  impudent 

aud  independent. Some  door  yards  look  iw 

though  they  had  been  visited  by  a  Western  tor- 
nado. 


THK    HKKTITKKy    ^T   AVOrtK. 


QUKRIST'S  DEP.mTMEXT. 


Qiivslions  (ouubiag  Uiu  iiiuuiiiug  of  Suriiiluro,  idulin^ 
lo  HiHlory  nnd  prftctioril  siibjvcU  vt  religious  iiHci-Mt  will 
coiii«  in  place.  Tho  iiiivrist's  nauic  must  ttccoiupanf  nil 
ooiuiminicnliouB.  IVo  sliiill  labor  lo  itvoid  giving  aiiyjiist 
oooMion  for  sirifo  and  coateution  over  unimporluut  qiioi- 
tlons. 


THE  MANKKIt  Op  JL'DAS  DEATH. 
Give  au  explanation  of  the  18tli  verse  of  the 
first  cliapter  of  Acts,  which  i-eads  as  follows: 
"Now  this  man  jjurchased  a  fiehl  with  the  re- 
ward of  iniquity;  and  faiiing  heiuUoiig,  he  burst 
asunder  in  tho  midst,  and  all  his  bowels  gushed 
out."  Also  the  oth  verse  of  t'oi-  lITlhrhapl.-r  of 
Matthew:  ''And  he  ctu^t  down  the  picu-s  of  sil- 
^r  \\x  the  temple  and  deparled,  and  went  and 
httngki  liiinself."  Did  he  full  down  after  he 
hojii^od  himself?  We  were  asked,  tlieollu-r  day. 
to  give  au  answer.  The  npostlo  tells  us  lobe 
I'twly  to  do  so,  and  we  i*ei'^  not  prepared  for 
ibis.  ■     "''  L.S. 

By  some  it  is  supposed  tiiat  the  narration  giv- 
en liy  Mfitt!  aud  the  writer  of  the  Acts  do  not 
fiilty  harmouiza  regarding  thcniannei-of  Jndas' 
death.  We  read  in  the  Jiist  dia[>ter  of  Acts, 
tliat  lie  f-11  li.jidloiiL',  burst  asunder  in  the  midst 


and  all  hi.  b.MveU  gushed  out.  But  <.»  turning 
to  Matt.  17:  5,  we  are  told  he  went  and  hanged 
himself.  A  cK-ar  underetandUig  of  these  two 
passitges  wiU  show  tlmt  there  is  a  well  detiucd 
harmony. 

Judas,  by  the  reward  of  his  iniquity,  which 
was  thirty  pieces  of  silver,  purchased  a  field,  af- 
terwards called  the  field  of  Mood  in  which 
strangers  were  to  be  buried.  He  agreed  to  Ih.- 
Iray  Christ  mto  the  hands  of  the  chief  prie..t« 
for  Uie  sum  of  thirty  pieces  of  silver.  Thi»  we 
(^all  the  reward  of  iniquity.  Judas  received  his 
money  aud  Christ  was  betrayed  into  the  hamU 
of  sinnei^.  This  took  place  near  midnight  on 
Thureday  evening.  Early  the  next  morning 
Judas  brought  back  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver 
to  the  chief  priests  imd  elders,  claiming  that  he 
had  betniyed  innocent  blood.  The  man  was 
weighed  down  in  remorse— he  felt  the  full  force 
of  the  crime  he  had  done,  reciting  upon  hiinand 
wiia  tlicrefore  unwilling  to  keep  tlie  money. 
He  threw  the  money  down  in  the  temple  and 
departed.  This  money,  the  reward  of  iniquity, 
was  taken  by  the  priesU  and  used  in  the  purchas- 
ing of  tlie  potter's  field,  which  we  call  the  field 
of  blood  in  which  to  bury  strangers. 

Judas,  after  he  hafl  thrown  down  the  money 
in  the  temple,  went  and  hanged  himself.  This 
took  place  sometime  Friday  morning.  Et  is 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  he  went  out  some- 
where to  the  top  of  one  of  the  lofty  blufia  near 
the  city,  and  finding  an  ovt-r-hauging  tree. 
jdaced  a  cord  around  his  neck  and  then  fastened 
It  to  the  tree  and  swung  out  over  the  bluff,  there 
hanging  two  hundred  feet  or  more  from  the 
ground,  mid  rocks  below.  He  hung  here  the 
remainder  of  that  day,  all  of  Friday  night,  all 
day  Saturday  and  tla'  entire  Saturday  night. 
We  lead  that,  early  on  Sunday  morning  there 
wa.s  a  great  earthquake.  Matt.  33:  2.  And 
therefore  it  is  hkely  that  this  earthquake  was  so 
great  that  it  shook  loose  large  portions  of  over 
hanging  rocks  along  the  blutt's,  and  among  them 
the  tree  on  which  Judas  had  hanged  him. 
self.  When  the  rock  fell,  down  went  Judas, 
tree  aud  all  to  the  bottom  of  the  bluff  below; 
and  the  distance  which  he  fell  was  so  great  that 
it  caused  him  to  burat  asunder  in  the  midst  and 
ail  his  boi\'el*  gu-^hi'd  out.  In  this  conditiun  he 
was  found,  and  it  became  noised  abroad  till  all 
the  dwellera  at  Jerusarem  heai-d  of  it.  Hence 
the  field,  the  very  field  that  the  chief  priests  had 
purchased  with  the  thirty  pieces  of  silver,  the 
reward  of  iniquity,  is  now  called  the  field  of 
blood,  Judas  being  found  on  it  in  that  con- 
dition. 


world  "  ought  to  be  allowed  to  reforn 
matter  tw  well  as  all  nthcm. 


What  should  we  understand  by  the  following 
Scrijiture:  "  Mnreover  when  ye  fast,  be  not  as 
the  liy|)0crites,  of  a  sad  countenance:  for  they 
disfigure  their  faces,  that  they  may  appear  unto 
men  to  fast:  verily  I  say  unto  you,  they  have 
their  reward.  But  then,  when  thou  fastest, 
anoint  thine  head,  and  wash  tliy  face  "  (Matt. 
Ifi:  IT).  G.  M.  No.ui. 

To  fast  means,  to  abstain  from  food  of  any 
kind.  And  to  insure  a  rich  blessing,  it  would 
be  well  to  give  what  is  saved  by  fuflhuj  to  tlie 
poor.  But  tho  Huinner  of  genuine  fasting  is 
worthy  of  notice.  "  .'Anoint  thine  head,  and 
w;ish  thy  face."  He  dmn,  and  dedicate  your- 
self to  God,  is  the  idea.  Do  not  even  put  on 
cm/X)  as  an  evidence  that  you  mourn  for  xin, 
but  be  bright  and  cheerful.  Yonder  are  the 
hypocrites,  theconnterleitei'i:  they  make  crook- 
ed faces,  affect  a  great  show.  They  have  a  hard 
task  of  it.  They  have  no  godly  sorrow  at  heai-t, 
hence  must  put  <m  a  fasting  itppfarance — must 
make  the  outside  look  gloomy.  This  is  a  hy[)- 
oerite's  style  of  fasting;  and  the  Lord  knows 
how  to  overturn  it.  Do  not  conclude  that  you 
<-an  i"ast  by  abstaining  from  Jleth  aud  eat  Jirth 
itnd  retjetahles.  This  would  only  be  a  clmityv  of 
diet — nol /astiiiij.  IIVieH.tu  fust,  is  left  ty  the 
discretion  of  him  who  fastis.  But  I  am  fuJly 
persuaded  that  if  there  wore  more  fasting  pre- 
vious to  council  meetings,  anointing  and  pray- 
ing over  the  !>ick,  uod  all  other  highly  iiuport;uit 
occasions,  we  would  see  better  results  than  >ve, 
often  do.  Tlioii  I  have  wondered  whetlittT  some, 
futiting  just  before  u  Love-feast,  even  to  tlie  ex- 
tent of  not  eating  any  other  meat  in  thv  hoiuje 
of  God  than  tho  Lord's  Supper,  would  not  en- 
rich all  of  us  in  tliought  and  deed.  Kut  a:*  n 
nation,  we  well-nigh  eat  ourselves  todeflth.  and 
those  of  us  who  have  been  eliosen  out  of  the 
world,  bring  about  all  of  that  habit  with  ns  in- 
to the  church.     "  He  not  conformed  to   this 


SMYRNA  AND  LAODICEA. 

BY  C.  11.  l!ALS».vriJH. 

To   Sixtfr   Alma   M.   Cromr,   of  Mt.    CnrroU 
Illinoi.^.— 

ii  T  KNOWthy  poverty,  but  thou  art  rich." 
3.  "  Bloaaed  are  ye  jmor."  How  many  can 
truthfully  claim  this  photograph  aa  their  own? 
Smyrna  and  Laodicea  are  twenty  billion  miles 
apart.  The  one  lia-s  its  tent  pitched  fiwt  by  the 
pearly  doors  of  the  goin-walled  ravillionof  glo- 
ry,  and  the  otlier  is  situated  in  the  Netherhuids 
of  selfishncHs  which  bonnd  the  melropoliB  of 
damnation.  "  J  ant  rirh,  ami  incrcasfd  with 
(jmh,  and  have  mrd  of  mthhtij"  Thus  speak 
the  haughty,  self-reliant,  money- worshiping. 
Cross-spurning  Laodiceaii»  both  of  the  fii-stand 
nineteenth  ceaturiea.  Here  cornea  the  thunder- 
ing, shattering,  blasting,  God-utlertil  contradic- 
tion: "THor  ART  WRKTCUKI),  ,\NI>  MISEHAIU-K, 
-VND  POOR,  ANn  ULINI),   AND    NAKE1>."      "  IJuy  of 

me  gold  tried  in  the  fire,  that  thou  niayest  be 
rich;  and  white  raiment,  that  thou  mayest  bo 
clothed,  and  that  the  shame  of  thy  nakedness 
do  not  apiH-av;  and  anoint  thine  eye.-*  with  eye- 
salve,  that  thou  mayest  see:  be  zealous  and  re- 
pent," or  "  I  will  spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth." 
What  tremendous  representations.  What  far- 
reaching,  suid-witliering,  hell- picturing  words. 
I  would  subscribe  them  all  into  capitals,  but  the 
wrath  of  God  alone  can  give  them  the  flaming 
color  of  their  direful  import,  aud  Eternity  alone 
is  high  and  deep  and  long  enough  to  giT«  tlie 
scope.  In  which  of  these  two  coiigiegalions 
are  we  at  home?  Do  we  lodge  in  the  world- 
crowded  Ina,  or  in  the  Qod-eradled,  angel-crowd- 
ed Stable?  Do  we  glory  in  the  Cross,  or  is 
sacrificeaheavyyoke,  agallingburden'i*  Philip. 
2:  5-S.  \s  the  Corner-stone  of  redemption, 
"  Madi-  liimsi'ifiif  no  repntnfion?"  This  ia  the 
most  wondrous  line  in  the  record  of  inspiration. 
How  dwarfed,  and  mean,  aud  monstrous  many 
professors  look  in  the  light  of  such  self-abnega- 
tion. " In  the  form  of  Gwl,  rquju,  w.oth  God, 
BUT  MADE  lIIMtfELF  OF  NO  REFUTA- 
TION." Who  can  stand  before  this  Divine- 
Human  Mirror  and  not  blush  crimson^and  hide 
his  head  lor  very  shame?  Thia  is  not  simply 
something  to  wonder  at,  but  to  imitate.  "  Lti 
THIS  mind  be  in  ijou.  which  was  also  ix  Christ 
Jmcs."  "  lie  mix  RICH,  yet  for  YOl'a  mhes  He 
heriime  fooR."  "  Tq  do  good  and  to  coMUi'xi- 
V \Ta  foriiet  not;  for  with  si;(,'H  sAcmmcES  GOD 
IS  WiaL  PLEASED."  Heb.  13:16.  "Let 
fhi>i  mind  \ie  in  voir,  which  wiw  also  in  Christ 
Jesi's."  "W\ioloi-rd  me,  and  (lAfE  Himski.p 
for  me."  Gal.  2:  20.  "  Love  one  another  as  \ 
HAVK  BOVED  YOU."  "  Freely  ye  have  reeeired 
FHEKLV  aiVE."  Math.  10:  8.  The  mind  of 
Christ  w  sacrijire,  and  "  if  any  man  have  not  the 
Spirit  of  Christ  he  is  none  of  His."  Rom.  .Si!l. 
Overwhelming  thought!  "  Xonf  of  His,"  and 
the  conditions  so  stringent,  soul-penetrative, 
flesh-crucifying. 

"  Straight  is  tho  gate,  narrow  is  the  way,  and 
few  there  be  that  find  it,"  Few.  few,  but  pre- 
cious to  God,  and  tlie  salt  of  the  earth,  aud  "tlie 
light  of  the  world."  They  have  the  mind  of 
Christ.  They  are  lustrous  with  holiness.  The 
dear  Name  Emmanuel  flameti  in  lleaven-traeed 
lettcirs  on  their  foreheads.  Matt.  5:  44,  and  2S: 
U\  and  Mark  Iti:  15,  is  the  bliss  and  ghiry  of 
their  character  and  conduct.  "  God  is  not  mouk- 
ed,"  His  Christ  is  "  the  Jimt-born  among  niuuy 
irrthreri."  He  sanctified  the  womb  of  Divine 
Generation  for  all  that-  follow.  "■  Ho  died  for 
all,"  and  His  "love  constrains"  us  to  carry  His 
blood  to  tlie  ends  of  the  eartli  for  the  cleausinj 
of  every  sin-polluted  ^oul.  All  wmls  are  His, 
all  the  gold  is  His,  all  the  glory  Is  His.  Wo 
and  our  substance  are  tho  inslruments  of  Ili.s 
mighty  working  for  His  mighty  ends.  The  two 
mites  belong  to  Him  us  well  itttlie  two  millions. 
No  invcstuieuta  *o  profitable  as  those  we  intrust 
to  Jesus.  With  what  alacrity  we  make  sacrific- 
es under  tbo  constraint  of  Divine  Love,a)id  tli 
rapture  of  aeisuriuicu  that  not  ii  cup  of  wi 
tor  shall  miss  the  approbation  of  the  loving 
Savior — God  in  the  final  reckoning.  If 
would  have  the  benediction  of  Heaven  Howing 
in  upon  ua  tn  tompoi-al  and  spiritual  trt'a'*un"i. 
we  must  not  forget  the  Lord's  tithes.  For  many 
souls  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  sell  all  that 
tliey  have  and  di-ttrihiite  to  tlie  poor,  as  the  on- 
ly means  of  eradicating  their  idolatry  of  wealth, 


and  making  r.H>m  for  the  occupancy  of  the  All- 
rich.  Ail-poor,   and  again   All-rich.     Th<Te  are 
thousands  in  the   church  to   whom    no  greater 
bleashigs  could   come   than    poverty   to   grind 
them  into  the  very  dunt  of  nothingness  enipti- 
new*  and  self-loathing.     Covetousnew  in  idola- 
try, and  cxalliug  tempond  possession,,  above  the 
Cross  is  coretouine.**.     The  Lord  lovet h  a  CroB*. 
assimilated  soul,  a   "cheerful  giver,"   on   ever- 
open  heart  and  hiuid  for  all  the  claim.-)  of  the 
Inearmition.    There  is  i»-r]m\.*  nothing  in  which 
"  llie  violent  must  take  th-  Kingdom  of  Heaven 
by  greater  force."  than  in  giving  the  Lonl  Hra 
share  of  their  substance.     We  are  impoverished 
by  richen.     By  cheating  Jesm  we  cheat  our  own 
souls,  and  lock  thr  doors  of  natnre,  so  that  mil- 
dew, drought,  grasshopiwrs,  bugs  and  ln-etles 
avenge  the  defrauded  AU-proprietor.    The  great 
UtKleemer  and  Mediator  needs  a  full  exchequer 
for  the  extension  and  support  of  His  Kingdom; 
and  of  uolhiup  may  His  people  be  more  confi- 
dent than   that  if  they   faithfully   uphold  His 
cause,  Ho  will  abundantly  bless  their  store,  and 
settle  them  in  the  very  heart  of  Goshen.     We 
need  another  Fonlecowt  to  learn  the  mfuningof 
thewondrous  monosylWde— FAITH.  -Inking 
unto  Jesus,  the  AuTHOKand  Finisher  of  faith," 
His  cross  our  cross,  His  joy  our  joy.  Hi,  Heaven 
our  Heaven.     "  Who  fer  the  joy  that  was  set 
before  Him,  endured   the  Cross,  dcdjiising  tho 
shame."    To  fellowship  .lesus  at  "  Cana  of  Gal- 
ilee "  any  sinner  can  do;  but  to  cling  to  Him  on 
Golgotha,  none  but  saint*.     Elect  of  G.>d,  crj- 
day  and  night  unto  Him,  and  He  mil   avenge 
you  speedily,  in  tho  overthrow  of  sin  in  your- 
selves, and  the  triumph  of  His  Kingdom  in  the 
world. 


Ql'lTB  a  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  left 
Lanark,  Mt.  Carroll  and  Hickory  Grove  lust 
Saturday  morning  to  attend  the  Love-feast  and 
District  meeting  at  Lost  Nation,  Iowa. 


The  Primitire  Chrittian  is  mistaken  about 
brother  Hansen  and  wifo  being  in  Lanark.  U 
was  brother  Christensen  luid  wife  tluit  we  said 
were  here,  and  not  brother  Hansen. 

In  hv^t  week's  issue  tho  round  trip  rate  on 
the  B.  &  O.  R,  R.  from  CumbeHaud  Md  to 
North  Manchester  was  given  at  $;i2.7.'>.  We 
are  authorized  to  -say  that  the  round  trip  rates 
on  the  above  named  road  from  Miiiera]  Point 
and  MeyerBdalo  Pa.,  and  Cumberland  Md  is 
20.95.  TickeLs  will  be  for  sale  at  any  of  the 
above  named  othce-s  and  good  from  the  5th  of 
June  to  the  L'dth. 


UNANSWERED  QUESTIONS. 

Iliivinn  on  hniirl  n  number  of  .lucric*  wl.kli  ivchnvenol 
litiH- 1(1  iuisinr.  we  jjiTw  tunm  oC  ibeoi  Lielow,  hoping  our 
corrMpunili'iiiM  will  iii.4  in  m  iliis  dvpnrtmcni.  Let  joor 
itnstvunt  bo  nliort  n,n'l  to  tliu  jiMnt. 


Please  answer  the  following  questions;  Matthew 
24 ;  34,  "  Verily  I  sav  uiit.i  you.  This  f^enenition 
shall  not  paas  till  all  L4.;^e  thiags  be  fulfilled." 
Now  what  generation  did  Christ  mean  was  not  to 
pass'  Michael  Fukk. 

I  want  an  explanation  on  the  17th  verse  of  the 
20th  chapter  of  John : "  Jesus  saith  unto  her.  touch 
me  not,  for  I  am  not  yet  aawnded  to  my  Father, 
but  go  to  my  brethren  and  my  UIl^l  them,  I  is- 
ccud  uuto  my  FalhiT.  and  your  Father ;  aoi]  to 
ray  God,  and  your  God."  Please  answer  this 
qu&itioo  through  your  jiajier.  I.  Myers. 

Will  some  broUier  or  e'latet  exphttu  verse  2'lth 
and  2-'ith  of  the  5lh  chapter  of  Sr^t  Timothy. 

Also  Rom.  the  7th  chapter  niid  24th  uud  25th 
vcrscij.  J.  S, 

Will  some  one  please  commeat  on  tho  following 
vene  found  in  the  New  Testament:  1st  Cor,  15tE 
chapter  '29lh,  verse.  "  Else  what  shall  they  do 
which  are  bapti/wl  for  the  dead,  if  the  dead  rise 
nut  at  all ;  why  are  ihiy  than  baptized  for  the 
dead  ?  "  Let  ub  hear  ok  the  subject  through  your 
aterestiug  journal.  Samcki-Petee, 

Will  some  brother  give  an  expliuiatiou  ou  the 
following  Scripture  :  1st  C*'r.  7  :  14.  "  Else  were 
your  children  miolenu  ;  bu:  uow  are  they  holy." 
l)u  wo  not  lliiuk  cbildtcn  of  u>d}eUevers  ai«  ssv- 
eJ  aa  well  ».■<  of  bclieveis.     K4.TU  McNamaara. 

I  wish  you  would  give  an  cxplaaalioQ  on  the 
2Dd  elmpter  of  Acts,  iu  regard  to  sp^akiug  "  with 
uther  toiigtie^."  i.  c,  whether  llie  apc.jtlis  spoke  in 
their  iiwu  tongues,  aud  it  was  miraiulously  tnuis> 
lated  into  these  oUior  17  tongues  in  passing  firom 
the  speaker  to  the  hearurt.  Answer  through  the 
Bkltiikijn  at  Work.  _J^  C  Bryant. 

Please  give  us  the  lue.iniog  oflst  Cor.  11 :  15, 
Tlie  hair  of  the  woman  is  given  to  her  for  a  cot- 
crine.     Why  do  they  wear  a  c»p? 

Also  ver^L-s  21, 122  of  the  same  cliapier  of  the 
•bove.  H.  L.  HlBNKR. 


•rwK  in^KTi-niE^c  ^t  avokk:. 


M 


ay    HO. 


ghc  ^om^  §irc!e. 


READ  ASD  OBEY. 

"  IlluNuidl.  lOTC  yOVT  WITM." 

"  WifM,    ob«7   joar    huibandf ." 

"  Ftklhcn,  |>n>tok«  nol  jour  ahitdrca  lo  wruh." 

"  Ckll<Jr«D,    ohtj    jour    paniiU    Id    M    Ihiog* . ' 


— Wf  should  always  low  eacli  other. 

— Believe  not  every  spirit,  hut  trj-  thom  with 
the  Word  of  God. 

— The  faiut  heart  would  like  to  take  up  the 
crosa,  but  feoni  reproueh  from  evil  pcmouH, 

—The  good  heart  desire*  ever  to  do  good.     It 
wiflhi-it  »tJ  ixtnoaa  well,  and  doco  nil  in  its  power 
to  miiko  othent  hfii>py. 
—The  tender  hcnrt  is  full  of  mercy  and  kind- 


LOOKING  OFF  UNTO  JESUS. 

OH  cvcM  that  art-  wenry,  and  heart*  that  are  sore. 
Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  I  sorrovr  no  mom 
The  light  of  Hin  counteaance  shineth  eo  bright 
That  on  earth,  ne  in  heaven,  there  need  be  no 
night. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesue,  my  eyes  cannot  see 
The  trouble  and  danger  that  throng  around  me; 
They  ciuinot  bt-  blinded  with  sorrowful  teant, 
They  caniiot  be  shadowed  with  imbelief  fear. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  ray  spirit  is  blest, 
In  the  world  I  have  turmoil,  in  Him  I  have  rest, 
The  pea  of  my  life  all  about  nie  may  roar. 
When  I  look  unto  Jesus,  I  hear  it  no  more. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  I  go  not  astraj'. 

My  eyes  are  on  I'im  and  Hi-  shows  me  the  way; 


It  is  free  of  envy,  and  seekn  only  to  do    The  path  may  seem  dark  as  He  leads  me  along. 


good.     0,  that  we  may  all  week  to  have  ati-nder 
heart,  full  of  love  and  pity 

— Children,  you  are  now  happy.  The  birdi* 
have  tome  again  and  sing  so  sweetly.  Thi 
Ieavf«  have  come  out,  the  flowers  are  full  of 
beauty  and  all  things  look  lovely,  fiwl  gives 
them  all  to  us.  Think  of  God,  and  let  your 
youtJiful  hearts  be  turned  to  Him.  His  works 
are  Idv.'Iv,  but  He  i»  utill  more  hively. 

— Sinter  Klla  M.  Bock  says,  that  there  was  a 
raiirtake  in  hertpiery  in  No.  ].1.  The  question 
JM  not.  whieh  chapter  in  Ihu  Hible  contains  all 
the  letteiH  of  the  alphabet  except  one,  but  whieh 
vcrac.  Now  who  among  the  little  lulkn  will 
answer  tbi;*  qnerj'J' 

SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Reading  Men. 

YOU    moy  think    this  a  strange  idea.     Not 
hi 


k( range  at  all;  for  it  is  pos^sible  to  reiul 
men  tu  well  as  to  read  books.  Hut  chiefly  sliould 
one  read  himself.  When  you  read  books  you 
gather  ideas, — thoughts  riisli  from  your  mind  in 
quick  suceession,  and  you  are  almost  as  quick 
in  3'our  coneluaions.  So  when  you  read  men, 
You  note  their  words  and  deeds  and  draw  your 
conclusions.  If  the  words  are  good,  your  con- 
clwuions  are  good:  if  the  words  are  bad  your 
conclusions  arc  that  the  man  is  bad.  So  with  a 
man's  deeds.  Good  deeds  impress  your  mind  as 
coming  trum  a  good  man,  evil  deeds  as  coming 
from  au  L'vil  man. 

But  then  you  connot  read  a  book  when  clos- 
cd.    To  read  it  you  must  open  it  and  look  into 
it  carefully.    Nor  can  you  read  the  book  by 
standing  a  long  distance  from  it.     If  you  try  to 
read  it  aiiir  off,  you  will  not  rejid  it  correctly, 
and  if  you  do  not  read  it  correctly,  you  are  not 
qualified  to  tell  anything  about  it.     Precisely  80 
in  rending  men.     If  the  man  keeps  himself  shut 
up  from  other  men,  you  cannot  read  him;  and 
if  you  attempt  to  read  liini  at  adistance  you  arc 
quite  certain  to  read  him  incon-ectly.     Then  if 
you  woulrl  be  read  correctly,  spread  each  page 
of  your  lite  out  so  that  your  actnol  condition 
may  be  read.    If  yon  are  incorrectly  read,  re- 
member that  perhaps  the  fault  is  your  own. 
Did  you  take  care  that  your  words,  your  actions 
and  dealings  were  such  as  to  enable  you  to  let 
tliem  go   before   men   so  that  no  shame  might 
come  upon  yon  V     Tlien  you  who  read,  be  sure 
that  you  are  near  enough  to  read  well.     Do  not 
stand  oft'  nt  a  gieat  distance  and  read  aman,  but 
go  np  to  him,  a.ssociute  witli  him,  deal  with  him, 
and  if  there  ai'e  any  black  lines  you  can  then  see 
them.    Then  if  you  see  any,  do  all  you  can  to 
help  him  to  wash  them  out.    It  is  a  good  thing 
to  read  men  when  you  do  so  with  the  intention 
of  makiiig   them   mid  yourself  hctlei:     Never 
read  u  umn   to  make  lihn   icorsv,   and    i/oumrl/ 
heitrr.     Such  reading  hat  in  it  not  the  Spirit  of 
Christ.     Head  men  for  good,  not  for  evil.     And 
if  you  would  do  this,  always  take  Jesus    with 
you.    It  is  good  to  go  to  your  neighbor  occa- 
sionally to  read  liitn.    But  unless  you  go  to  make 
both  of  you  better,  then  stay  at  home.     0,  that 
men  would  learn  the  power  and  the  beauty  of 
kindly  telling  each  other  of  their  faults,  and  al- 
lowing themselves  to   be  read   for  the  better! 
Only  those  who  are  willing  to  throw  aside  every 
fault,  and  get  better,  kiiow  the  value  of  being 
read  correctly.     And  when  you  read  a  man,  do 
not  turn  the  letters  wrong  side  up,  simply  to 
destroy  him.     If  he  himself  has  made  crooked 
lines,  it  is  his  fault,  but  it  is  your  privilege  and 
duty  to  help  him  to  re-adjust  them.     And  above 
all,  do  all   you   can    to  read  yourself.     Do  not 
read  too  fast,  but  be  sure  to  read  carefully  and 
prayerfully.     Read    with   the   mind  of    Jesus. 
Read  so  as  not  to  spare  sin;  but  read  that  in  all 
things  you    may  become  more  like   the  great 
-M.  M.  EsHKLll-lN. 


But  following  Jesus  1  cannot  go  wrong. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  my  heart  canpot  fear, 
iU  trembling  is  still  when  I  see  Jesus  wear; 
I  know  that  His  power  my  safeguard  nnll  bn. 
For  wiiy  are  ye  troubled,  He  saith  unto  nie. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus,  oh  may  I  be  found 
When  the  watere  of  Joiilan  encompass  me  round 
Let  them  bear  me  away  in  His  presence,  to  me 
'Tis  but  seeing  Mim  nearer,  whom  ahvays  I  see. 

Then,  then  I  shall  know  the  full  beauty  and  grace 
Of  Jfsiis,  my  Lord;  when  I  stand  face  to  face, 
I  shall  know  how  His  love  went  before  me  each 

day, 
And  wondering  that  ever  my  eyes  turned  away. 
Selected  by  Katie  S.  Harlev. 


FOR  THE    CHILDREN. 


Dtfir  Children:— 


IWANTyou  toget  your  Testaments  and  turn 
to  flic  sixth  chapter  of  Ephesians.  and  read 
the  first,  second  and  third  verses;  also  read  the 
twentieth  verse  of  the  third  chapter  of  Coh 
ans.  Be  sure  and  read,  for  you  will  find  some- 
thing good  in  these  verses;  something  about 
yourselves;  something  I  hope  you  all  obey:  but 
to  decide  for  yourselves  I  want  you  to  ask  your- 
selves, individually,  this  question:  Do  1  obey 
this  Scripture?  Do  I  do  as  it  teaches  me?  If 
I  do  not,  am  I  not  doing  MTongi' 

I  want  you  to  think  well  and  be  sure  and  no- 
tice particularly  the  words  "  ail  things"  found  in 
the  la.st  verse  you  have  read. 

Uncle  John. 
Lincohii-ilte,  hid. 


TRAINING    CHILDREN. 

IT  must  be  evident  to  every  observing  mind. 
that  in  the  training  of  children  there  is  a 
sad  failure.  Think  of  the  confusion  in  school, 
society  and  church.  Even  wlien  Christians  are 
engaged  in  the  solemn  worship  of  God,  reckless 
boys  mid  girls  disturb  the  harmony  of  the  ser- 
vices by  talking  and  laughing.  Tliink  of  the 
ruinous  life  so  many  meu  and  women  are  living 
— drunken,  ignorant,  profane,  obscene,  adulter- 
ous and  loathsome,  glorying  in  crimson  sin. 
(th,  look  upon  the  thousands  of  degenerated 
homes,  the  penniless  and  distressed  widows  and 


Teachei 


There  is  no  test  to  the  Christian  character 
90  severe  ax  prosi>erify,  Through  its  means 
many  fall  who  would  have  itood  proof  against 
all  the  direct  assaults  of  Satan, 


orphans!  Hang  the  line  of  imagination  upon 
the  glittering  star  of  God's  universal  empire, 
and  between  each  supporting  star  suspend  the 
crimes  committed  and  lo!  there  is  not  room  for 
all!  Oh  that  we  might  awake  to  the  importance 
of  our  subject! 

"  Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go. 
"  Bring  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition 
of  the  Loi-d."  How  i)UiJn.  how  jjointed  the  lan- 
guage! Who  obeys?  When,  how  often  and 
where  is  it  done?  Train— cultivate,  discipline, 
educate,  refine,  teach,  exercise  the  child.  Do! 
It  takes  pain.s,  patience,  intelligence,  persever- 
ance, determination  and  the  assistance  of  the 
Lord,  but  with  the  motto  "  By  the  grace  of  God 
I  iriU"  you  are  sure  of  success.  Train,  act,  stir, 
move,  strive,  pump  and  pour— do  something! 
Why  be  idle?  Idleness  is  the  mother  of  vice. 
Once  more,  look  at  the  myriads  pressing  forward 
on  the  way  to  ruin — everlasting  misery  and  woe. 
and  the  few  who  are  striving  for  the  realms  of 
bliss! 

But  what  are  children  to  be  trained  /or? 
Different  courses  of  training  are  i)ursued  for 
different  objects.  Soldiers  are  trained  to  kill; 
physicians,  to  heal;  lawyers,  to  argue;  teachers, 
to  instruct;  mechanics,  to  construct;  Christians 
to  serve  God.  Of  these  callings  the  one,  para- 
mount to  all  others,  is  the  last  naine<l— to  serve 
God,  and  whoever  fails  in  training  hia  children 
to  serve  God.  commits  one  of  the  grossest  sins  of 
wliich  I  can  conceive.  What  constitutes  train- 
ing for  the  service  of  God?  It  is  to  train  the 
child  to  do  whatever  God  commands  us  to  do. 
Children  are  to  be  brought  "  up  iji  the  nurture 
ojid  a/hnonition  of  tie  Lord."     Here  is  where 


many  of  us  seem  to  lie  stratigt'ly    incousbteut 
We  talk  of  the  pridi-  and  selfishne.ts  of  some  of 
our  brethren   with   very  littlf  charity.     If  we 
miderstofxl  what  their  training  had  been   we 
would  very  often  discover  that  it  is  just  such  as 
we  are  giving  our  children,  and  what  these 
brethren  and  sisteii*  aiv.  we  may  be  assured  our 
children  irilt  be.  Take,  for  instance,  the  subject 
of  dress.     The  church  requires  its  members  to 
conform  to  the  order  of  the  Brethren  which  is 
in  lion -conformity  to  the  world.     If  it  is  wrong 
for  us  to  conform  to  the  world  in  dress  it  is  also 
wrong  for  us  to  conform  our  children  to  the 
world   in   dress.     Now,   how  many  of  us  are 
guiltless?     "  But,"  pei^ists  one.  "  is  ita  fact  that 
what  is  ivTong  for  you  to  do,  would  be  wrong 
for  your  child  to  do?  "     That  misrepresents  the 
point  at  issue.     The  rfiild  does  nothing — it  mere- 
ly receives  the  act,  it  in  the  parent  who  (/op.fthe 
harm.     The  child  is  to  be  trained  for  the  service 
of  God,  to  be  a  Christian  like  you,  so  it  is  cer- 
tainly very  plain  that  you  would  not  be  training 
it  to  Hfl«-confonnity  when  you  arc  ffl/jforming 
it.     But  this  is  only   one  of  the  things  which 
distinguishes  the  child  of  God  from  the  stm  of 
perdition,  and  what  is  true  of  this  one,  is  true  of 
all.     Children  should  be  taught  the  Scrii)tui'es. 
I  presume  no  one  will  deny  that,  but  how  as- 
tonishingly little  of  it  is  done. 

Parents  can  train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he 
should  go  if  they  will,  and  "  when  he  is  old  he 
will  jiot  depart  from  it."  but  when,  if  ever,  will 
it  be  dime.     We  can  all  see  a 

I'ROPItlETY  IN"  THIS  LAW. 

The  church  is  composed  of  men  and  women  who 
were  once  children.  So  the  children  now  will 
be  the  church  in  the  near  future,  and  accoi-ding 
as  the  children  are  trained  so  will  the  church  be. 
Eldei-3  say  a  gi'eat  deal  to  the  preseut  members 
about  preserving  the  purity  and  integrity  of  tli 
church.  But  all  effort  will  avail  nothing  so 
long  as  it  is  directed  to  the  mere  blossoms  of  the 
evil,  the  root  lies  buried  deep  down  in  earl)' 
home  training.  If  we  desire  to  reform  or  leave 
a  church  where  the  complete  law  of  God  will 
be  obeyed  we  must  tnun  the  children  right; 
without  this,  it  will  only  be  continually  woree 
and  worse.    The 

ONLY  HOf'E  OF  THE  CHURrH 

is  in  the  children;  for  if  there  were  no  children 
there  would  soon  be  no  church,  as  those  of  us 
now  living  will  soou  be  dead  and  gone  and  none 
would  be  here  to  take  our  place.  Therefore, 
while  we  are  pondering  the  questions  of  church, 
let  us  ever  remember  that  its  very  existence  de- 
pends upon  the  children. 

I  was  very  seriously  impressed  not  long  ago. 
bv  a  convereation  between  two  men  raised  in 
Ohio,  knowing  each  other  well  when  there,  but 
had  not  seen  each  other  for  about  twenty-five 
years.  When  they  discovered,  they  had  once 
been  boys  together,  they  talked  over  the  affairs 
of  their  old  neighborhood.  Among  other  things 
was  a  family  of  whieh  the  parents  were  quite 
Malous  Ghristiaut..  But  when  the  iiai-ents  went 
to  church  they 

I.EFT  THEIR  CHILDREN  AT  HOME. 
When  the  parents  had  gone,  the  children  would 
plan  something  to  do.  Children  must  be  busy. 
They  would  hunt  and  fish,  build  swings,  play- 
houses, set  traps,  play  ball,  chess,  cards,  run 
horses  and  so  forth.  The  end  of  this  family  is 
briefly  this: 

THE  UOYS  ALL  RAX  AWAY  PItOM  HOME. 
One  worked  on  a  steamboat,  and  was  killed  at 
St.  Louis  by  an  explosion  of  the  boiler.     Anoth- 
er was  captured  by  the    Indians  on   the  plains. 
and  murdered,  each  one 


CBILDBEJf  AT    irojlj^ 


From  Charlie  E.  Ilarkdoll.  —  r  am 

young  vet.  but  I  like  to  go  to  school.  We]'** 
nine  miles  from  the  mefting-house.  W<*  ».'** 
Sunday-school  in  Summer,  but  it  is  so  Ur  iv'* 
we  have  to  start  very  early  in  the  niomin  » 
get  there  in  time.  On  the  first  ticket  ■ 
cd  were  these  words:  "Then  spake  Jesus  '^T" 
them,  saj-ing.  I  am  the  light  of  the  world"  ^ 
that  followeth  me  shall   not  walk   in  darki 


but  shall  have  the  light  of  life."— Tk, 


■na\  ni 


From  Harriet  E.  Springer.— 1  have  a  »  f^ 
kind  father  and  mother.  Many  brethi-en  bv  ■  ' 
this  part  of  the  couutiy;  and  last  Winter  n    "^ 

and 
serve 


a  number  of  ministere  came  through  here 


MEETIKK  A  HOItlUBLE  DEATH. 
And,  as  would  be  expected,  the  parents  died  of 
grief. 

We  now  reach  the  point  of  the  jneans  to  be 
used  in  training  children.  On  this  duty  as  well 
as  most  others,  people  are  not  ignorant  of  what 
they  ought  to  do,  but 

THKY  LACK  THE  SNAP 

to  do  it.  Children  are  told,  in  many  instances, 
what  they  should  do.  but  the  parents  do  not 
that  the  children  do  it.  The  fiither  or  mother's 
affection  for  the  darling  child  is  seldom  govern- 
ed by  good  judgment  The  child's  highest  in- 
terests  are  surrendered  by  the  too  indulgent 
parent  in  yielding  to  the  little  oneV  childish 
whims  and  fancies.  S,  J.  Harhisos. 


the  Lord,  jind  among  Iheni  was  the  writer  wL 
Jesus  loves.     I  hope  this  will  be  good  uews"*! 
all  the  hoys  andgii-Is.     Remember  your  Croat 
in  the  daj-s  of  your  youth. — CumhcrUuid  Co  p' 

From  Hainiali  A.  Wumpler.— Nearly 

ery  evening  we  all  read  in  the  Testament.  Jj " 
father,  mother  and  oldest  .sister  are  meiubeps  ^f 
the  chureli.  In  the  18tli  of  Luke  we  read  that 
Jesui?  said,  "  Suffer  little  children  to  come  imt 
uie,  and  forbid  them  not,  for  of  such  is  the  kin 
dom  of  heaven:"  so  we  see  that  if  weareeooit 
children,  God  will  always  love  m.~Ln  Plu^t  m 
From  Diivid  I).  Ueelninn.  —  Father  ia 
member  of  the  church.  I  like  to  go  to  meetiiio 
with  him.  I  sometimes  go  to  the  Mohlcr  meet 
ing-house  to  meeting:  also  to  Baker's,  to  SheJ 
herdstown  and  to  Boiling  Springs.  I.  hearH 
S.  H.  Biishor  preach  at  Boiling  Springs  last 
WintiT.  I  like  liis  preaching,  and  hope  it  will 
do  us  all  good. — Dillsfmr;/,  Pa, 

From  Li/zie  Hol.siiiger.— I  had  a  notion  to 
tell  you  that  I  think  very  much  of  this  paper. 

I  went  to  M Sunday-school  and  to  their 

meetings,  but  I  found  that  all  the  commauda 
of  God  were  not  taught  there.  God  says.  "  Pof 
if  any  be  a  hearer  of  the  word  and  not  a  doer 
he  is  like  unto  a  man  beholding  his  natural  face 
in  a  glass." — Carlefoii,  Npb. 

From  Carrie  B.  Gibson.— I  am  so  glad  you 
left  a  little  corner  for  us  little  folks.  I  have 
read  Matthew,  Mark  and  part  of  Luke.  I  want 
to  belong  to  the  church  when  I  get  oidenougli 
so  that  I  eau  go  to  heaven  as  an  obedient  child 
of  God.  I  want  to  meet  you  ,ill  in  heaven.  0 
I  like  to  read  the  '"Home  Circle!"  It  makes  us 
very  glad  every  ^\eek. 

From  Laura  Kabrioli.— I  have  three  sisters 
and  I  had  a  charming  little  brother,  but  he  is  uo 
more  here.  I  also  had  a  kind  father,  but  lie  is 
gone  too:  so  my  little  friends  who  have  fathers, 
when  you  read  this  just  think  of  me  for  a  mo- 
ment. I  once  had  a  father  and  good  little  broth- 
er, and  soon,  perhaps,  some  of  your  dear  friends 
may  go  the  >;ame  way.  I  pity  all  who  are  thus 
bereft;  but  I  hope  to  meet  those  dear  ones  in 
heaven,  never  more  to  be  separated.  My  moth- 
er and  two  sisters  belong  to  the  church,  and  I 
intend  to,  as  soon  as  I  am  a  little  oUer.— Plym- 
outh, Ind. 


Ip  one  should  give  me  a  dish  of  sand,  and 
tell  me  there  were  particles  of  iron  in  it,  I  might 
feel  for  them  with  the  finger  in  vaiiL  But^let 
me  take  a  magnet  and  sweep  through  it,  and 
aow  would  that  draw  to  iLself  the  most  invisible 
particles  by  the  mere  power  of  attraction '  The 
unthankful  heart,  like  my  finger  in  the  sand 
discovers  no  mercies.  But  let  the  thankful 
heart  sweep  through  the  day,  arid  tm  the  mag- 
net finds  the  iron,  «o  it  will  find,  in  ever>-  hour 
some  heavenly  blessingB^-only  the  iron  of  God'J 
sand  is  goli.— Ilol-fnes. 


From  Sarah  J.  Hariiisli.- 1  was  bapiiwid 
last  Fall.  I  enjoy  myself  much  better  thftii 
when  1  was  awaj'  from  God.  I  try  to  dress 
plainly,  and  obey  God  in  all  things.  It  is  good 
to  follow  the  meek  and  lowly  Savior.  I  often 
think  of  what  He  has  done  for  all  of  us.  He 
was  nailed  to  the  cross  that  we  might  live.  I 
thank  Him  that  He  has  kept  me  thus  fur;  per- 
haps I  may  not  live  to  see  the  end  of  this  year. 
I  am  so  happy  since  the  Savior  called  me;  and 
now  if  I  am  faithful  I  can  meet  Him  in  the 
promised  land. — TaijIornHe,  III. 

From  Emma  J.  Garljer.— For  two  years  I 
have  been  trying  to  wolk  as  Jesus  teaches,  and 
in  that  time  I  have  found  more  real  pleasure 
than  I  ever  did  before.  I  am  glad  that  so  many 
are  coming  out  from  the  world,  for  the  Bible 
teaches  us,  to  not  be  conformed  to  this  world, 
but  be  transformed  by  the  renewing  of  our 
minds  so  that  we  may  proce  what  is  that  good 
and  acceptable  and  perfect  will  of  God.  My 
father  and  mother  are  very  kind  to  me.  All  of 
my  sisters  are  members  of  the  church. — PttrsoiiB, 
Kail. 

From  Ida  C.  Berkeybile.— This  eveninj 

finds  me  blessed  of  the  Lord,  for  which  I  feel 
thankful  to  God  who  is  the  Giver  of  all  good. 
I  wish  you  editors  God's  blessings,  so  that  the 
paper  may  always  contain  good  and  wholesome 
matter  for  us  all.  May  the  Lord  still  enable 
you  to  send  out  more  and  more  sound  words  so 
that  many  hearts  may  be  made  glad.  Though 
only  thirteen,  1  have  come  out  from  the  world, 
and  am  trying  to  serve  the  Lord.  I  see  m 
many  calls  for  tlie  paper,  so  I  send  a  ra'te  """ 
the  poor  imiL— Delta,  Ohio. 


M«y 


30. 


THK    l^RKTtTOTilSr   AT    WOKKL 


Brotherly  Love  and  Kindness. 

Oini  blcML-d  Redeemer,  befoif  He  di^parlM 
from  tbe  world  and  oarended  to  mansioiiR 
on  hit'"'-  g'"*"  "^  foilowew  n  „ew  comm«i,d- 
^cnt:  "iJ  't  w«^  otie  that  He  wished  them  to 
^niprn'^r,  from  the  fact  that  ho  culled  it,  "  The 
Vptv  Commnndinent." 

pe«r  brethreu  and  siaters,  have  yon  ever  con- 
jidercd  how  much  is  embodied  in  these  few 
ffords.  utk-red  by  onr  Lord  and  Master,  possibly 
with  the  siiiiie  tenderness  that  we  would  plead 
„j(b  o.ir  chiWrMi  to  love  oud  be  kind  to  each 
otherV  "A  new  commandment  I  give  unto 
yon.  that  you  love  one  another."  And  to  give 
it  more  force.  He  says.  "  As  I  have  loved  you." 
Xheii  ng!»ia,  "Greater  love  has  no  man, 
thiiu  this,  that  a  mnu  lav  down  his  life  for 
liis friends."  "Ye  are  my  friends,  if  ye  do 
whatsoever  I  command  you." 

Here  we  wee  the  command  given  and  "the  re- 
wnnl  is  shown  if  we  obey.  The  question  arises, 
f^yc  we  living  in  daily  obedience  to  this  com- 
miiiid  ?  If  we  are  not,  of  course  we  are  not  the 
friends  of  Jesus.  The  dreadful  thought  that 
ffe  iiTd  not  his  friends,  professing  to  be  His  fol- 
lowers ami  yet  living  in  open  disobedience!  Je- 
gtis  siW'  "  ^*"  y^  '"^"^  '"^'  y^  "■'"  '=eep  "»y  com- 
mandments, and  my  Father  will  luve  you."  — 
■  Cim  ii"y  I'ei'sou  wrap  himself  up  in  a  cloak  of 
gellisliness,  professing  to  iove  jcsus,  and  yet 
(how  no  kindness  to  their  brethren?  Absurd 
incoii^isteni-y! 

Ijove  is  the  fulfilling  of  the  Law.  "  Ho  that 
jays,  he  loves  God,  iind  loves  not  his  brother, 
Iiow  dwells  the  love  of  God  in  him?  "  Brotlt- 
erly  hne  must  exist,  or  our  religion  is  vain.  — 
Que  will  a-nk,  "  111  what  way  must  we  love  our 
brethi'i'ii?"  The  answer  is,  from  the  heail: 
we  mii4  sympathize  with  all  in  theirearthly  tri- 
als. Tholr  sorrows  must  he  our  sorrows.  — 
Monrii  with  those  that  mourn,  weep  with  those 
that  w^-ep.  rtjoice  with  those  that  rejoice  iind 
iu  evt-rv  way  add  to  their  eartlily  comfort  as 
well  as  spiritual  welfare.  This  is  the  most  im- 
fortaat  pHJ-t  of  our  earthly  pilgrimage;  to  be 
constantly  engaged  in  doing  gooil  to  mankind 
u  the  purpose  of  life,  more  especially  in  the 
household  of  faith.  When  we  consider,  how 
little  we  really  need  ourselves  in  onr  passage 
througli  thi^f  lowly  vale  of  tears,  could  not  the 
weakest  and  poorest  do  much  for  the  cause  of 
Christ?  If  we  have  utithiug  else  to  give,  can 
we  m)t  give  kmd  nitd  loving  >Yords  and  thus 
add  tir.  atly  to  the  happiness  of  those,  by  v.-honi 
we  are  surrounded,  and  with  whom  we  come  in 
dftily  contact? 

Out  of  a  true  and  loving  heai-t,  born  "(' 
Christ,  can  always  proceed  something  g'  -1. 
something  to  cheer  the  despondent,  encoui:i:«; 
thosi-  who  have  many  temptations  to  resist.  A 
few  wokU  iu  such  cases  will  sonii'tiuie.5  ha\c  a 
wonJei'fnl  ellect,  elevate  and  strengthen  a  poor, 
heart-.' triekeu  one  beyond  the  tempter's  power, 
and  givr  him  new  inipul-^r  to  fight  the  good 
fight.  Yes,  we  should  bi-ar  one  another's  bur- 
den and  thus  fulJiU  the  law  of  Christ.  Never 
be  nl'niid  to  lend  a  helping  h:md  to  anything 
that  is  worthy,  and  though  it  may  not  be  ap- 
preciated, that  should  make  no  difference,  fur 
tlio  reward  will  be  -lO  much  the  greater  here- 
aller.  CnAULUTTE  T.  Bd.SIJ. 


stores  of  umtCTiftl.  (he  very  chnir.^t  ariicle^,  -h^ 
Ioct»-d,  rvjul.  re-n-ad.  put  in  type,  made  up  into 
pages,  sometime*  illuHnitod  with  great  Ulwr. 
care  mid  e..«t;  uml  thm  paper  is  punhnw.!. 
printing  i^  done,  sulwcriptiun  lists  are  kept,  pa- 
pers iin'  folded  luid  nniiU-d,  ptwtflge  is  propaid. 
and  the  r*^ult  and  I«.n.-fit  of  allthis  labor  is 
sent  to  your  door,  and  laid  down  bright,  fiwh 
and  clean  upon  your  table,  for  n  mi-re  trifle.— n 
dollar  or  two  a  year,  not  (he  tenth  of  the  cost 
perhaps  of  a  single  article,  which  can  be  r>I>- 
taincd  in  no  other  form,  and  which  in  i(s«lf  i.* 
worth  more  than  the  whole  price  of  the  sub- 
scription. 

Is  not  such  a  pnpt-r  worth  the  price?  Sure- 
ly no  competent  man  could  devote  n  year  to 
such  researches,  without  gathering  together  in- 
formation and  instruction  which  must  be  worth 
its  price  to  any  iutflligent  person. 

And  vet  people  begrudge  the  dollar  they  pay 
for  a  paper.  They  wa.ste  the  money  on  trifles, 
consnmeitnnappetites,  sfiuauder  it  in  luxui-- 
ies.  and  lose  it  iu  Rpeculations,  and  then  starve 
their  minds  for  lack  of  the  knowledge  which  is 
s.)  cheaply  brought  to  I  heir  hand.  Too  huisy, 
or  too  idle  to  study  themselves,  lacking  means 
and  opportunities  for  pei-sonal  investigations, 
they  arc  luuvilling  to  i)ay  a  lew  pence  that  ejich 
member  of  their  family  may  possess  themselves 
of  a  mrws  of  information  nowhere  else  to  he 
found,  and  which  careful  and  intelligent  stu- 
dents labor  continually  to  prepare  and  present 
to  their  minds.  Surely  the  work  of  the  con- 
scientious and  diligent  editor  should  be  appre- 
ciated by  every  intelligent  man,  mul  papers, 
wlieii  carefully  and  thoroughly  edited,  should 
have  the  iridest  possible  circulation.— AVMrt/. 


Luther    on    Feet-Washing. 

[rromll,PC|,„r,-li  A.lvocrili..] 

IllKREWITI]  furnish  a  copy  of  a  comment 
of  Martin  Luthei's  on  Feet-washing,  that 
r  do  nut  remember  to  have  seenhefore  in  print. 
It  is  copied  from  an  old  (Jerman  Bible  of  mon- 
strous size,  brought  from  Germany.  The  book 
claims  to  be  300  years  old.  U  is  full  of  plates 
of  all  the  scenes  in  the  Hible.  among  the  rest 
one  on  Feet- washing,  where  Christ  is  washing 
the  disciples's  foet. 

We  herewith  have  the  precept  wid  example 
ol  Christ,  that  he  through  his  love  and  humili- 
ty hath  given  us,  that  wc  should  follow  with 
the  highest  zeal,  not  only  in  word  and  will,  but 
should  also  obi^y  what  lie  hath  comnuuided,  so 
wc  shall  be  saved  as  Ho  hath  promised. 

Gko.  Garker. 


ChipiH. 
Sraithville  Sutit 


oongregntion,   iwo    milw   N.. 
-'"'-  Ohio,  June  -lib  at  3  I*. 


nb  of 
M. 

Eel  River  dirtrict.  5  mile*  North  of  Mnnrb«u 
cr,  will  have  ine«tiiig«  only  .June  sth  nnd  '.till. 

Cedar  (v'nwk  church.  Ander*on  Gi..  Kan.,  June 
Utb  and  14th,  at  2  1*.  M. 


Maroupiii  Creek  church,  Montcomorv  <Jo.. 
May  2Stb.  ^         ' 


III., 


The    Worth   of    a    Paper. 

FOR  a  whole  year  a  man  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary intelligence  and  penetration,  with  the 
aid  of  able  assistants,  devotes  his  time  and 
strength  to  the  work  of  gathering  together  in- 
teresting and  profitable  information.  He  ex- 
plores his  own  library  of  many  volumes,  select- 
ed with  special  refen-iice  to  his  work.  He  care- 
fully ehiborates  his  own  choicest  thoughts.  He 
reads  iliou.Minds  and  thousands  of  valuable  i)a- 
pers  iind  periodicals,  which  come  to  him  bv 
busheU  from  distant  cities  aud  countries,  mark- 
ing and  cutting  out  every  aiticle  and  item  of 
interest  which  meets  his  eye.  He  calls  to  liis 
aid  the  ablest  writers  ho  can  command,  and 
pays  them  liberally  for  their  best  productions. 
He  k'-pp4  his  eyes  open  continually  for  iniorma- 
tbn  from  whatever  source. 

Evt-vv  hook  that  falls  beneath  his  notice  is 
tcannerl:  every  piece  of  printed  paper  is  scrutin- 
iwd;  every  old  scrap  or  scr.lp-book  that  con- 
Iftins  anything  of  special  value,  is  borrowed, 
Ijeggwl  or  copied.  Scorea'of  books  are  bought 
that  a  single  page  may  lie  extracted  frorti  them. 
Heaps  of  iudiilereut  mat4.TiaI  are  selected,  rc.'id. 
llilUmwi'd  out,  an.t  Innililed  into  ''he  waste  hw^- 
ket  or  the  are. 

ArticleHfroin  !,  ■■  n  i' n.  ""  which  time 
M  liib.u-  have  been  spent,  ai«  laid  aside  if  not 
luite  up  to  the  mark.  Prosy  communications 
of  kind  friends  ai-e  kindly  received,  cari'fully 
^^  «nd  regretfully  rejected,  iw  not  the  best 
^lA  can  Iq  oUtuiijed,— and  then,  out  of  all  these 


Pine  Creek,  Ogle  Co..  III.,  June  5ih  and  6lh 
at  10  A.  M. 

Brooklyn  congregntiou.  three  and  ft  half  iuiIm 
^orlh-eIu.t  uf  Brooklyn,  Iowa,  Juuc  )<tb  and  9th 
at  10  A.  M, 

Maple  River  Junction,  Carroll  C«..,  Iowa.  June 
loth  and  IC. 

We,  tbe  Brethren  of  Linn  Co..  Iowa,  will  bold 
a  Love-foa»l  on  the  13th  and  14th  of  June,  to 
which  all  are  inviitd.  J.  c.  Mii.i.er. 

The  Communion  in  the  Pair  View  congrega- 
tion will  bo  held,  thff  Lord  willing  on   the   )ilh  of 
June,  commencing  at  2  P.  M.     Thow  coming  by 
mil  will  be  niut  at  Lafayette,  lud..  June  5th. 
G.  W.  Cnii-E. 


nlSTRier  MEITFINGS. 


North-western  Ohio  at  Sugar  Rid 
Hancock  Co..  Ohio,  .June  Ist. 


churt'h, 


Railroad  Arrangements. 


A-NisroiJisrcEMEisrTs. 


Nonces  of  Lore-fi'inla,    Iiitlrict  Meetings,   elc.,  should 

he  brief,  «u<l  wriiteu  on  pnper  scpurale 

fr»m  olUer  biisine»j. 


LOVB-FEASTS. 

At  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Koiciusco  Co., 
Ind.,  June  6tli,  IS78. 

Poui-  miles  Soutli  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Wednes- 
day, June  5lh,  1878,  at  10  A.  M. 

Union  church,  Marshall  Co.,  lud.,  June  4, 
IS7-S,  comiDoncing  at  6  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Four  miles*S"uth  of  I^ewistowD,  "Winona  Co., 
Minn.,  Btst  Saturday  aud  Sunday  of  June  nejtt. 

At  Milledgeville,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  June  tJth,  at 
10  o'clock. 

.  Clear  River  district,  Merriam,  Noblo  Co.,  Ind, 
June  ISlh. 

Stuuc  church,  Marsliall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15,  at 
10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Cedar  Lake  cuigregati'm,  in  Northern  Indiana, 
two  miles  Sonth-eiisl  i>t'  0>riinna,  Dekalb  <.'o.,  on 
Tiiuriiday,  June  0th,  187S,  at  2  o'clock. 

Cerro  Gordo  church,  Macon  Co.,  111.,  Juno  5th, 
at  2  o'clock. 

Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  June 
8th,  at  2  o'clock. 

Kagic  Creek  Church,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
15th,  at  10  o'clock. 

Monticello  church,  While  Co..  Ind.,  June  Sih 
at  10  o'clock. 

Tipton,  Iowa,  Juno  Cth  and  7th. 

Middle  Fork,  Clinton  Co.,  ind.,  June  Sth  at  2 
o'clock. 

Grundy  church,  Grundy  Co.,  Iowa,  July  (ith 
ami  7th,  al  I  o'ciut-k,  P.  M. 

West  Niiaishilleu  church,  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  the 
lith  of  June. 

Sandy  church,  Culuiubiana  Co.,  Ohio,  dune 
loih  at  5  o'clock  P.  M. 

Burr  Oak  church,  Jewell  Co.,  Kansas.  June 
15th  and  lOth  at  5  o'clock. 

Ilnmilton  church,  CaldwellCo.,  Mo.,  Tour  mUea 
Snuth-wcst  of  Hamilton,  June  Ist  at  2  o'clock.   ■ 

Eight  Miles  church,  Franklin  Co,,  Kansas, 
June  Ist  at  2  o'loek. 

Green  Spring  District,  Sencoa  Co.,  Ohio,  .Iimt 
1  Ith  at  10  o'clock.  J 

Bcftver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciusco  Co,,  Ind, 
June  Sth. 


Tbe  Br.'ihreii  going  to  Annual  Meeting  at 
North  Maiurbeater.  Indiana,  arc  lu-rcby  informed 
that  I  have  made  arrangemcnta  on  ibo  Piltsbarg, 
Ft.  Wayne,  &  Chicago  R.  R.,  to  g^t  cxcuraion 
rates.  Tbooo  wishing  to  avail  iheiuKclves  of  this 
privilege,  should  send  lo  me  at  Lima  for  onlcra. 
No  tickets  can  bo  had  without  an  order  ;  cost  of 
orders  5  CenU  each  ;  good  from  June  1st  to  20lh, 
Daxiki,  BnowKR. 


Irict  of  churrh  in  Denmark  a«  legally  Vdonga 
to  the  gf-nenil  brotherhood  as  any  legally  or- 
ganized ehurch  in  America;  it  v/in\u>  and  ex- 
pecta  to  In-  subject  to  our  Annual  Conference, 
aud  to  be  carml  for  by  it,  as  all  othor  branchw 
of  the  church.  Ksotm  Ebt. 

I^nti.  III. 


Notes    Prom    Pcnnaylvania. 
lUar  Brfthtfn: — 

WF.  Ijclong  tfl  the  Snake  Spring  Valley 
Church,  Bedford  Co.,  though  we  are  sep- 
arated twenty-live  or  thirty  mili-a  from  th« 
mjiin  body  of  the  congregation.  We  hold  meet- 
ing* ourselve;<  a»  beat  we  can.  Get  an  oecaeioB- 
al  visit  from  the  Brethren.  Some,  seemingly 
are  near  the  kingdom;  hope  and  pray  they  may 
be,  bd'ore  long,  not  only  almait,  but  altogether 
within  the  fold. 

We  aiv  jturrouuded  on  all  aides  by  the  dilfer- 
nt  popular  denominations,  and  many  who 
make  no  i»rofesAion  at  all;  hence  we  do  not 
wi>nt  for  opportunity  to  work  in  the  cause  of 
the  Master.  While  wo  have  plenty  of  work  at 
liome,  yet  wc  feel  to  encourage  every  lawful  ef-^ 
fort  put  forth  for  the  lulvanceinent  of  th-;  R». 
deonu-r's  kingdom.  Brethren,  let  all  ouretVorta 
he  lawful  and  made  with  proper  motives. 
.....      ...     ,^  John  Bk-vxett. 


DIED. 

Obituaries  should  lie  Itrief.  written  on  but  one  viJe  of  tbe 
pnpor,  nn  J  sepiirnto  ttata  all  other  Iitisine? 9. 


A^: 


EPARD.— On  Oct.  10,  1877,  after  a  lingering  ill- 
ness, Bro.  Samuef  Epard,  aged  li5  years,  8 
months  and  25  days. 
EPAHD.-Onthc  ISth  of  March,  1878,  the 
hiwband  of   the  above,    aged  HI)  ye;ira,    2 
months  and  24  day^. 
Samuel  Epard  was  married  to  Mary  Stoup 
June  nth,  1829.    They  moved  from  Clark  Co., 
Ohio    to   Tipton    Co.,    Ind.,    somo    ciglit«en 
ycai-s  ago.   when  tlu'y  di.l  not  know  of  imy 
brethren   near,  aud  did   not  get  to   hear  the 
brellin-n  preach  for  about  fourteen  ycarri.     For 
three  years  the    Brethren  have   been  holding 
meetings  occasionally  in  that  neighborhood  and 
have  baptized  several.      We  found   these  old 
members  strong  in  the  faith  of  the  Gospel,  and 
there  was  a  very  large   concourse  of  people   as- 
sembled, wlien   the  funeral  occa-sion   was  im- 
proved from  Iti-v.  U:  12,  13.  by  tin-  undersign- 
ed, assisted  by  Bro.  Dauiel  Bock. 

HlRI,  ILvitlLTOX. 

(P.  C,  pleane  copy.) 

HAKTDN.  —  In  the  Long  Bram-h  congivgur 
tioii,  Harrison  Co.,  Mo.,  ApriPiiJth,  Catharine 
M.  Harton,  aged  22  years,  I  mouth  and  10 
days.  W.  B.  Sell. 

LINDOWEll.— Near  Carey.  Wyandot  Co..  0.. 
April  Sth,  1S7S,  Clara  M.  Lindower,  daughter 
of  G.  W.  and  E.  Lindower,  aged  2  yeai-s,  1 
month  and  M  days.  Funeral  preached  from 
2  Kings  4:  2*1.  S.  W.  LrsnowER. 


CORRESPON"X>EN"O.E. 


From    Enoch    Eby. 
Dear  Ihrlhrcn:— 

I  NOTICE  in  the  P.  C.  No.  1!),  that  my  senti- 
ments in  relation  to  uniting  the  Church 
E-stension  Union  and  the  Danish  Mission  are 
to  some  extent  miii represented,  and  us  I  feel 
conlident  that  it  was  not  done  intention- 
idly,  but  meivly  the  result  of  a  misunderstand- 
ing, I  therefore  foci  tree  to  correct  it  if  per- 
mitted. 

i  said  I  wan  always  in  favor  of  n  combined 
eli'ort  in  spreading  the  Gonpel,  hence  made  an 
effort  to  get  the  Daui!*h  Mi<i-ion  into  the  haiidj 
of  the  Annual  Conference.  If  this  Annual 
Conference  accepts  the  plan  adopted  by  the 
Church  Extension  Union,  (a-i  it  surely  will,  if 
it  is  the  best  method  of  spreading  the  Gospel 
mid  retaining  purity  in  the  church)  I  have 
doubt  but  %vhat  the  Church  Extension  Union 
and  thi^  Danish  Mission  will  be  united;  luid  I 
.•iay  Anien.' 

But  to  unite  the  Danish  Mission  and  the 
Church  B;xten!«ion  Union,  imlependeut  of  the 
Annual  Meeting,  is  and  always  has  h^en  foreign 
to  Riy  seutimeuts,  and  even  if  I  were  favorable, 
1  caRHutiset  how  it  could  he  done:  fot  the  di5- 


From    Plymouth,    Indiana. 
Jhnr  Hittltivn: — 

I  could  not  go  to  meeting  to-day,  being 
about  six  miles  from  the  place  of  the 
meeting,  and  it  being  rainy,  I  thought  I  would 
neverthi-less  improve  the  time  to  the  best  ad- 
vantage. 

Just  now  I  am  thinking  of  the  many  dear 
raembci-s  in  the  United  States,  and  iu  traveling 
among  them,  we  fuid  them  to  be  very  kin-i,  but 
if  wc  ask  for  the  Brethren's  periodical;*  which 
we  love  to  read  so  well,  we  find  not  sls  many  as 
we  would  like, to  see.  I  do  think  that  every 
family  (*hould  take  at  least  one  of  the  papeni  80 
as  to  read  a  few  good  sermons  at  home,  if  we 
are  di-privcd  of  going  to  meeting. 

Some  say.  "  I  do  not  take  the  periodicals,  and 
if  I  do  not  go  to  meeting,  I  can  read  my  Biblo 
at  home."  0,  dear  membei-s,  this  we  can  do 
and  should  do.  and,  we  hope,  oil  will  do,  oven 
if  we  go  to  meeting  every  Sabbath,  and  if  it  is 
not  right  to  read  a  written  sermon  found'd  up- 
on the  IJible,  why  go  to  meeting  to  hear  a 
brother  preach?  A  written  sermon  is.  if  any- 
thing, more  profitable  iti  a  family  than  one 
spoki-n  in  public,  as  we  can  read  and  peruse  it 
an  often  as  we  wish,  and  dear  members,  our 
children  can  read  them.  It  would  :dso  do  the 
neiglihor*  a  great  deal  of  good  to  read  our  pa- 
pel's,  as  the  doctrine  contained  therein,  is  well 
I'.dcidated  to  enlighten  the  mind. 

A  few  weeks  ago    I   sent  with  one  of   my 

neighbors  for  my  mail,  and  he  got  the and 

read  it.  He  told  me  that  it  was  a  very  good  pa- 
per, and  his  wife  said,  "  Yea,  I  i-ead  it,  and  there 
are  good  sermons  in  it;  I  wish  you  would  take 
it."  I  tried  to  get  him  to  subscribe  for  one  of 
our  papci-s,  but  he  thoaght  he  could  not  at  that 
time. 

Dear  Brethren,  if  wc  would  take  the  papers 
more  generally,  thfi  price  for  them  could  be  re- 
duced 80  much,  that  evoa  the  poorest  could  af- 
ford to  take  the  paper.  We  could  then  supply 
every  poor  member  with  the  paper,  evcu  if  they 
were  too  poor  to  i)ay  for  it  themselves.  If  wa 
would  give  to  the  Lord  or  for  the  good  of  souls 
only  one  penny  out  of  one  hundred  dollaw,  we 
would  have  money  enough,  to  send  bn-thren  to 
preach  the  Gospel  to  -'very  nation  under  heav- 
en, and  if  we  would  dr'ny  ourselves  of  all  that 
is  injurious  to  us,  such  things  that  we  do  not 
actually  need,  —  we  could  save  much  nior«,  to 
give  to  a  better  purpose.  Wo  would  have  mou- 
ey  enough  in  our  trea-turies,  to  defray  the  ei- 
penses  of  all  missionary  (-uterprises  Ihroivghout 
the  brotlierhood. 

Dear  members,  I  do  hope  our  eyes  will  soon 
open  to  our  highest  interest,  that  we  may  have 
more  concern  for  suubi  than  for  anything  ou 
earth.  My  love  to  all  our  dear  brethren  and 
HL-itci's  iu  Christ,  hoping  that  we  will  meet  at 
home,  to  part  no  moa*  lorcver! 

JOHX  Ksi&LBT. 


Guides. 

He  who  is  false  to  i-re^ent  dutj-  bn'alcs  a 
thrciul  in  tJie  loom  and  will  see  the  defect  when 
the  weaving  of  a  lil'Mimo  is  qupoU^. 

Ho  who  freely  praises  what  ht  means  to  pur- 
chase, and  he  who  eiiniaeratw  the  faults  of 
what  he  meaus  to  si')'  "w  w^  ■•;i  a  partner- 
f  hip  with  honesty. 


tup;  iiKKriiRE:?s    a.t  avoj<iv. 


May    3o. 


OLEA-NINGS. 


From  Jacob  II.  Krb.— I  eee  a  roriue-t  in  Infit 
veek'8  nunibfr,  that  some  one  would  liko  to  know 
where  iho  Kivcr  Brethren  started.  I  was  bom 
and  raiiMsl  right  where  th<?y  PlartoJ,  so  1  knnw  the 
very  [ilacc,  mid  that  ii-  in  I^nneaster  Co.,  I*a.,  he- 
tween  MnvUiwn  and  Biiinbridge,  near  the  fiujrjtie- 
haoriM  Kivcr,  iu  which  tlicy  fin.t  hnpliw*! ;  and 
hcnct'  ihey  roeeivcd  the  name  of  River  Brethren. 
The  iiuniw  of  the  founders  of  Uie  church  are 
John  fltid  Jacob  Eigle. 
Lonr-  Tff,  In. 

From  HnMwIn,  lown.  —  Since  our  Iwt  re- 
port,  nine  prccidun  souls  have  united  with  tV 
church,  and  were  joyfully  rwcived  aeconJinj,'  lo 
the  cornniiMion  of  Chrisl.  Six  more  have  appli- 
ed to  be  received  into  the  fold  of  Cliriet.  May 
God  bhw  them  and  Rmnt  His  holy  Spirit  to  guiJv 
them  int'i  nil  Tnith,  that  they  may  ull  Iw  (airhful 
until  fk-ath  is  my  prnyer,  1'.  Heil, 

FVoni  IVtIt,  Inil.  —  A»  an  ilciu  of  church- 
newi  I  K'juhl  say,  that  KIder  Jacob  WagK"ncr'of 
lUiooin  and  myself,  held  a  ter'ta  of  meetings  al 
Pyrmont,  (Vmiinued  iiino  dnyti  and  bnpliiwd 
fourtci-n,  iind  one  since.  Had  bad,  rainy  wenlhcr 
about  nil  iholimc;  yet  tho  congregntionB  were 
good,  and  the  \k»1  of  order  prevailed  during  the 
meetinj^'K  fur  a  villuge  of  this  nho.  But  we  quit 
too  soon,  iLH  'juilc  a  number  more  woro  much  con- 
C('nipd  iibmil  their  b^juIs'  uilvnlion. 

G.  W.  CiiirE, 

Froiil  rotlstOHd,  1*11.— On  the  12th  of  May, 
Bcven  new  memhcrti  were  aildetl  to  tho  Coventry 
church,  ('hotter  C<».,  by  bapliam,  niakiuy  in  all 
thirty- t^JKlit  since  the  (iratof  this  year. 

John  Hakley. 

From  I'folmdy,  KaiiKas.— Wo,  the  IVnbody 
con^jrofiatiiiu,  a^-  not  making  as  rapid  stridca  iu 
the  increase  of  numbers,  aa  some  of  the  older 
ohurch&«,  Imt,  with  Gnd's  grnce.  wc  will  try  to 
move  sure  u«d  steiuly.  Wo  think  the  church 
generally  is  iu  a  healthy  conditiou,  and  [imspecl-t 
arc  promising.  G.  W.  Tuusias, 

From  HikImoii,  III,— I  will  try  and  give  yni 
a  brief  account  of  our  Love-feast  at  Iludsiou, 
which  pib-ziid  off  pleasaiilly  and  I  trust  profitably 
to  the  litlle  baud  here.  In  the  name  of  ICiup  .fe- 
HU8,  tho  blootl-btaiued  tiiinncr  wiu  unfurled  by  | 
brethren  llillery,  Giah,  Frantz  and  sister  Mntlie 
A.  Leiir.  God  sent  eonvicling  power  and  four 
precious  ^oiils  enlisted  to  work  in  the  Master's 
viueynrd.  Oh,  that  they  may  never  lose  their  first 
love,  but  work  for  Chri»t,  work  for  Gc»d,  work  for 
humanity ;  evor  learning  iu  tho  school  of  the 
blessed  .Mnstcr. 

IjCt  UK  remember,  that  lie  llmt  is  least  slinll  be 
greatcat.  Tliiwe  who  live  nearest  iu  buuiblc  peni- 
ttiuce,  and  love  to  their  benigu  Uedccuier  shall  be 
most  btcii»ed  among  the  enniptured  throng.  I3e 
this  our  ambition,  the  only  destination  we  aim  at, 
to  live  at  the  foot  of  the  cross,  abhorring  oiir- 
•elvcs  for  the  sins  that  made  the  Son  of  Gud  to 
suffer  and  die.  But  let  us  be  wise  unto  salvation, 
and  steadily  advance  in  those  pursuits  that  en- 
large the  mind,  and  Htrengtben  the  capacities,  liv- 
iug  as  the  children  of  the  Highest  ought  to  live 
al  oil  times. 

What  will  the  delight  be,  where  a  blaze  of  hea- 
venly light  discloses  to  us  the  couukcU  and  the 
character  of  the  Eternal.  O  let  us  fill  up  wisely 
our  time  here  below  ;  for  life,  at  beit,  is  but  very 
short.  To  those  dear  brethren  ami  sister  .Muttie 
Lear,  wlm  spoke  as  faithful,  unwearied  laborers 
in  the  viufvard,  —  we  can  uot  express  our  gmii- 
tude  in  wol^l9,  but  tlie  heart  cherished  your  visit 
of  love  and  Christian  fellowship  and  memory  will 
oft  open  her  portals  and  bring  back  visions  of  our 
happy  meeting  ;  reminding  us  of  our  meeting  ov- 
er yonder  wliere  the  notes  of  redeeming  love  will 
eweetly  tremble  on  the  harp  of  eternity  and  an- 
gels, who  reepiire  no  nloueniejit  will  learn  to  hear. 
Perhaps  I  nm  digressing,  but  thoughts  How  freely 
for  I  love  my  Master's  cause. 

Mklissa    FoRNliV 


of  God  that  we  are  daily  receiving,  with  every 
new  morning  that  dawns  ou  iin  in  thi*  land  of 
our«,  this  land  of  religious  libi-rtii;*,  I  ibink  we 
would  be  more  engaged  about  the  work  which 
Grxl  has  given  us  to  do.  Those  that  know  to  do 
good,  and  do  it  not,  V>  them  it  is  siu. 

Wc  al!  know  our  duty  well  enough.  None  of 
lis  can  plead  ignorance  at  that  great  day,  when 
all  mankind  shall  lie  judged.  There  is  much 
more  required  of  us,  than  of  the  poor  heathen 
tlml  never  knew  any  better.  It  appears  to  me,  if 
wc  were  as  eamMt  in  seeking  the  salvation  of 
soul*,  OS  to  accumulate  earthly  riches,  that  will 
noon  paa*  awoy,  we  could  do  a  great  work  iu  our 
Slaster'e  vineyard.  Wc  would  moat  surely  obey 
all  the  commondments  of  God,  which  we  must  do 
if  we  exi>ect  to  be  Iiiippy  in  eternity.  In  obeying 
the  comnmndment*  of  God,  we  would  uot  con- 
form ourselves  so  much  to  this  world,  provide  all 
things  h'lne:^!  in  the  sight  of  God  and  men.  Nev- 
er think  of  laking  the  ndvantagcof  any  one.  We 
should  be  humble  and  child-like,  yes,  and  loveone 
nnothcr,  Wc  could  bear  to  bo  persecuted  for  the 
sake  of  Christ  without  murmuring,  if  we  have  the 
Ijord's  spirit  in  ua. 

If  our  fellow'inen  harm  us,  never  harbor  the 
thought  of  retaliation.  Let  us  live  as  Peter  says, 
as  obedient  children,  not  fashioning  yourselves  ac- 
cording to  the  former  lusls  in  your  ignorance.  — 
IJnt  as  He,  which  has  called  you,  is  holy,  so  be  ye 
holy  in  all  manner  of  conversation.  Yes,  we  can 
all  ilo  Homciliing  for  Christ,  at  home  as  well  as 
abrtKtd.  We  all  hove  a  work  to  do,  our  talents  1 1 
to  improve.  Give  nil  you  can  to  advance  the 
cause  of  Cnrist.  Those  that  have  no  pennies  to 
give,  can  pray  God  to  bless  the  douationa  that 
hnvo  been  given,  and  hless  our  brethren  who  are 
laboring  in  tho  missionary  field.  "  For  what 
shall  it  profit  a  man.  if  he  should  gain  the  whole 
world  and  lose  his  o»'n  soul,  or  what  shall  a  man 
give  in  exchange  for  his  soul '!  Whoeoever  tlier 
i'lrc  .shall  he  ashamed  of  me  aud  my  words,  i 
this  adulterous  and  sinful  generation,  of  him  also 
shall  the  sou  of  man  be  ashame<l,  wlien  he  conieth 
in  the  glory  of  His  Father  with  the  holy  angols," 

"  Improve  thy  talents,  take  due  care, 
_     AgaiiLtt  that  greatest  Day  thyself  prepare, 
I.ei  not  thy  life,  which  God  has  lent. 
Alone  in  vanity  be  spent." 

.    Lizzie  Kawliss. 

From  South  BemI,  Iiid.— The  South  Bend 
chuieh  is  gradually  increasing  in  numbers,  which 
is  consiiling  indeed.  Our  Love-feast  came  off  the 
10th  of  May,  at  which  time  we  received  two  per- 
sons by  confession  and  baptism,  a  muii  and  wife. 
Give  Gud  all  the  praise  for  the  progress  of  the 
truth,  notwilbsianding  the  opposition  that  lias  to 
be  endured.  Our  Communion  passed  off  pleasant- 
ly and  with  much  enjoyment  to  the  edification  of 
tho  saints.  All  were  built  up,  for  the  Savior 
saj's,  "  Except  you  eat  ray  Hesh  and  drink  my 
blood,  you  have  no  life  iu  you." 

Danikl  Wuitmer. 


was  elected  Superintendent.  The  oflicers  and 
teachere  of  the  school  are  all  members  of  the 
Brethren,  which  maketi  it  very  pleasant  and  inter- 
esting. We  have  now  enrolled  over  one  hundred 
scholars,  and  the  school  is  increasing,  both  m  a^ 
tendance  aud  interest.  We  meet  every  Sunday 
morning  at  'J  o'clock. 

We  trust  that  all  the  brethren  and  tisiers  may 
send  their  united  petitions  to  God  in  behalf  of 
every  boy  and  girl  in  the  land,  that  they  may  be 
brought  into  the  Sabbatli-school  fold,  and  there 
taught  tlie  true  principles  of  Christianity.  May 
God  bless  the  Sabbath-school  cause  everywhere  ! 
E.  F.  Goiin. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


From  Parkersburi;,  111.  —The  weather 
this  part  of  the  country  is  wet  and  cool.  Our 
church  is  siill  iucreasiug  some  in  numbers.  We 
hod  a  visit  from  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert,  the  20th  of 
of  March,  which  resulted  in  tliirleen  additions.  — 
May  God  help  them  to  be  faithful  and  receive  a 
crown  of  life.  S.  M.  Forxey. 

From  Elk  Lick,  Pa.— It  seems  to  be  my  du- 
ty as  well  as  my  privilege,  to  say  a  few  words  in 
helping  to  advance  the  missionary  cause,  which  I 
think,  is  a  noble  work-  Much  has  already  been 
said  ;  enough,  I  think,  to  awaken  every  soul  to  a 
sense  of  their  duty.  The  missionary  subject  has 
been  handled  much  already,  and  belter  than  I 
could  do  ii.  yet  it  seems  to  me,  we  have  not  all 
done  what  wc  could  have  done.  For  mv  part,  I 
have  uot  done  all  I  could  in  Hays  tliat  are  Lum- 
bered with  the  pasL 
I  think,  if  we  could  all  appreciate  the  biasings 


From  the  Itvd  Bank  Church,  Pa. — On  the 

iJOtli  of  Feb.,  iiro.  Silas  Hoover  paid  us  a  visit 
and  preacheil  one  week.  He  held  forth  the  truth 
in  its  purity  and  primitive  simplicity,  und  as  a  re- 
sult of  His  labors,  two  precious  souls  were  made 
willing  to  forsake  their  sins  and  come  out  on  the 
I<ord's  side,  to  cuven&nL  with  God  to  live  faithful 
until  death.  May  God  bless  them, and  keep  them 
ever  at  the  fool  of  the  Cross. 

We  also  feel  a  deep  sympathy  for  Bro.  Hoover, 
who  jiad  the  sad  misfortune  of  losing  liis  entire 
jiroperty  by  fire.  Trust,  tliat  his  labor  of  love 
will  make  for  him  many  friends  on  earth,  and  a 
friend  in  heaven  that  sticketh  closer  than  a  broth- 
er. We  have  in  the  post  year  been  almost  desti- 
tute of  preaching.  This  year  Bro.  Smouse  of 
Smickshurg,    Pa.,    is    laboring   for   us  everj'  four 

■eeks.  He  is  young  in  the  ministry,  but  zealous 
in  the  cause,   aud   seems   to  labor  with    all    his 

ight  and  strength  fur  the  salvation  of  souls,  aud 
the  upbuilding  of  Zion.  We  pray  that  the  Lf)rd 
will  pro.'iper  him  and  work  mightily  through  him 
to  the  pulling  down  of  the  strong-holds  of  sin  and 
Satan,  and  the  building  up  of  Christ's  kingdom 
on  the  earth,  and  strengthening  the  walls  of  Zion, 
and  lengthening  her  streets,  so  that  the  heathen 
lands  may  hear  and  obey  the  Gospel.  .May  God 
help  aud  keep  us  all  faithful,  is  my  prayer. 

D.  A,  Hetrhk. 
Oakland,  Pa. 

From  Shelby.  Co.,  0.— On  the  27th  of  April, 
Bro.  O.  F.  Youut  met  with  us  in  what  is  called 
the  Landis  meeting-house,  remained  with  us  about 
ten  days,  during  which  lime  he  did  not  shun  to 
declare  the  whole  truth  of  the  Gospel.  We  think 
the  hoTtX  was  at  work  with  us  ;  there  were  added 
to  the  church  eighteen  by  baptism.  Mav  the 
Lord  bless  our  dear  brother,  who  labored  so  earn- 
estly while  with  us,  and  to  the  Lord  be  the  honor. 
A.  Whitjieh. 

F>om  Ashland,  Ohio.— The  brethren  of  the 
Ashland  church  met  on  April  7th.  and  again  or- 
ganized their  Sabbath-school.     Bro.  J.  U.  Parker 


Our    Church    Literature, 

niHE  fallowing,  publi-sbcd  in  a  late  number  of 
J.  the  Primitive  Chrietian,  was  written  by  Bio. 
Abraham  II.  Cossel,  and  contains  so  much  inter- 
esting history  of  our  people,  that  wo  thought  it 
well  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  BRirriiitKN  at 
Work.  We  give  our  readers  as  much  of  the 
article  as  will  likely  prove  interesting  to  tliem.  — 
Bro.  Cassel's  facilities  for  preparing  sucli  articles, 
arc  excellent,  as  be  hos  at  his  command  n  library 
if  over  ten  thoueaud  volumes,  saying  nothing 
about  the  thousands  of  pamphlels  and  papei's  in 
is  possession  ;     . 

It  is  a  (i»ct,  not  generally  known,  that  almost  jis 
soou  as  tho  Brethren  had  organi>;ed,  they  felt  the 
nece&sity  of  a  Printing  press  to  disseminate  Iheir 
peculiar  views  of  religion,  especially  while  free- 
dom of  speech  was  restricted.  Accordingly  a 
small  press  was  obtained  and  a  number  of  religi- 
ous tracts  and  small  books  were  issued  from  it. 

Among  ihem  was  Alexiuider  Mack's  "  Itechie 
und  Onlnungen  im  Hause  Gottes  ;"  "Gruber's 
Grundforscheude  Kragen,  Beantwortet  von  Alex- 
ander Mack ; "  Ernst  Christqph  Hncfcraan's 
"Ghiuben's  Bekenntniss,"  and  othera. 

But  soon  jifler,  the  pei-secutions  became  so  fierce 
tliat  the  little  flock  was  scattered;  they  fled  to 
dillerenl  places  to  find  an  asylum  of  safety,  until 
tliey  embarked  for  America,  and  settled  in  Gcr- 
mantowu.  Pa.  About  ITo."),  their  little  printin.; 
press  was  sent  over  too,  and  came  in  the  custody 
of  Christopher  Saur,  as  no  one  else  had   room  for 


Bro.  Saur  was  no  printer,  but  he  was  a  learned 
man  of  great  natural  genius.  So,  after  having 
the  press  iu  his  care,  he  would  olUn  try  bis  hand 
at  setting  type,  and  printed  a  number  of  small 
hand    bills,  hymns   and   other   broadsides.      He 

anufactured  his  own  ink,  and  witli  thea&sistnnce 
of  a  friend  he  cost  his  own  type,  aud  soon  after 
made  his  own  paper. 

As  there  was  but  little  printing  dune  in  Ameri- 
ca up  to  that  time,  and  none  at  all  with  German 
type,  there  was  such  a  necessity  fi)r  printing  that 
it  induced  him  to  open  a  printing  office  for  the 
public,  which  he  did  in  the  Full  of  1738.  Besides 
other  matters  he  printed  several  sch-'ol  books  and 
an  almanac  that  year  yet.  In  173iJ  he  printed  a 
large  collection  of  hymns  lor  the  Ephrata  Sev- 
enth-day Baptist  Brethren,  founded  by  Conrad 
fieissel.  It  was  quite  a  respectable  volume  for 
the  time,  of  over  eight  hundred  closely  printed 
double  column  pages.  But  no  sooner  was  the  of- 
fice established  till  he  was  requested' to  print  a 
newspaper. 

He  at  first  refused  by  the  plea  that  the  press 
was  procured'to  promote  the  honor  and  glory  of 
God,  and  he  would  therefore  not  profane  it  by 
publishing  a  newspaper,  neither  would  he  waste 
precious  time  by  hunting  up  lies  and  falsehoods, 
as  the  case  of  too  mauy  was.  But  as  he  had 
sometimes  issued  broad  sheets  of  remarkable 
events,  which  he  scattered  graciously  in  the  mar- 
kets aud  otber  public  places,  which  seemed  to 
have  a  good  effect,  he  changed  his  mind  and  re- 
solved to  publish  a  "Semi-Religious  Newspaper" 
of  current  events  of  the  kiugdom  of  nature  as 
well  as  of  grace,  "  because  memorable  facts,  when 
they  are  lieard  or  read  by  meu,  often  cause  a 
deeper  i  mpression  than  things  which  happen 
daily." 

He  therefore  made  a  hegiuning  and  issued  the 
first  number  on  the  20th  of  August,  17.30,  entitled 
"  Der  Geschicht^Schreiber,  oder  Summlung  Wicli- 
tiger  Nachrichten,  aus  deni  Naiur  and  Kircheu- 
Iteiche,"  at  three  shillings  per  year,  which  he  con- 
tinued till  1778,  when  the  Revolution  broke  up 
his  establishment  ou  the  charge  of  being  a  tory. 
It  was  at  first  only  quarterly,  but  soon  monthly, 
then  semi-monthly  and  at  lost  weekly,  and  while 
it  was  so  extensively  patronized,  he  could  afi'ord, 
and  did  publish  it  all  the  time  for  the  same  old 
price  of  three  shillings  per  vear. 

Nest  was  a  great  demand  for  Bibles  and  Testa- 
ments, aud  as  they  could  hardly  be  imported 
from  Germany,  uuder  the  then  existing  laws,  he 
felt  it  a  duty  to  attempt  the  publishing  of  an  edi- 
tion here;  he  accordingly  issued  a  prospectus  to 
that  effect,  and  immediately  set  to  work   upon  it 


with  an  edition  of  one  thousand  copies  in  i« 
4vo.  the  Ia«t  form  ^fi  which  was  conipUi^j  i,,  ^ 
gust,  174:t;  a  second  edition  of  two  thom-and  <^ 
pics  in  1776,  during  which  time  he  publiiiheil  sev 
en  editions  of  the  New  Testament  ond  at  le,,' 
four  editions  of  tho  Psalms  apart,  heeides  an  a|* 
most  innumerable  number  of  other  books  md 
tracts. 

After  tho  successful  issue  of  tho  Bible,  he  fpi, 
so  deeply  indebted  to  the  Lord  for  enabling  bin, 
to  complete  this  great  and  much  di  sired  undertak 
iug,  that  he  commenced  publishing  a  strictly  ^ 
ligious  periodical,  graciouslyas  a  "Thank  oHennp 
to  the  Lord,"  for  His  many  blessings,  the  fi^t 
number  of  which  appeared  early  in  17G4  uude* 
the  title  of  "  Ein  Geistlicbes  Magazin  oder  aua 
don  Schictzeu  der  Schriftgelehrten  zum  Hinimel, 
reich  geloseu,  dargereicbtes  Altes  und  Neue«'' 
which  wii8  continued  many  years  to  the  subscrih- 
era  of  his  newspaper,  and  whoever  else  wanted  it 
fo  which  the  old  brelhrcu  contributed  freely  „, 
der  amunicd  signatures,  being  too  modest  to  ai>. 
peaj'  before  the  public  with  their  proper  names. 

From  this  i  will  leave  you  to  jiulge   for  yoy,, 
self  Whelher  the  ifpi-aW  o/  Qonpd  lAberfy  \^^^^ 
juH  claim  to  being  tho  iii^t  i-eligious  newspaper 
ever  published. 

It  has  Kcvenil  times  been  assevted  that  in  tha 
year  lS-10,  chler  Henry  Kurt?,  first  conceived  tho 
idea  of  publishing  a  monthly  paper  iu  the  in^c^ 
est  of  tho  church  of  tlw  Brethren,  etc.,  which  ig 
an  error  even  so  far  as  brother  Kurtz  is  concern. 
cd  (to  say  nothing  of  tho  older  brethren  who  had 
not  only  cniiceived  the  idea,  but  did  actually  car- 
ry  it  out)  fur  he  had  eonc-'ived  that  idea  already 
almost  as  soon  as  ho  was  in  connection  with  tho 
Bretliren,  and  made  an  attempt  to  carry  u  om 
already  while  living  lit  Osiiaburgb,  Stark  Co.,  0. 
iu  1SU3-4  under  tlie  title  of  "  Daa  Wocheuhlatt " 
but  for  wanlof  patronngc  it  was  soon  suspended— 
am  not  sure  of  more  than  one   number  being  ig. 

SUCil. 

But  in  I'Sofi  he  made  a  more  persevering  at- 
tempt to  imblish  a  tweuty-four  page,  double  col- 
umu  monthly,  English  aud  German  iu  opposite 
columns  under  the  title  of  "  Zeuguissc  der  Wahr- 
heit,"  or  "  Testimonies  of  Truth,"  of  wliieh  I  havo  ' 
two  complete  numbers  before  me,  (don't  know 
how  many  more  were  published)  on  the  cover  of 
which  are  his  conditions  as  follows  :  "  Each  num- 
ber shall  contain  twenty-four  pages,  and  for 
twelve  sncli  numbers  which  make  a  volume,  thero 
shall  be  added  a  title  page  and  index.  The  price 
of  a  siugic  numlier  i.s  61  cents,  but  he  that  paya 
50  cents  at  the  receipt  of  the  first  number,  is  en- 
tied  to  a  wliole  volume,  etc." 
Tho  reason  that  he  so  soon  conceived  tho  idea 
of  publishing  a  periodical  may  be,  because  he 
idited  and  published  a  twenty-four  page  monthly, 
vhiUt  a  Lutheran  pastor  at  Pittsburgh,  uuder  the 
title  of  "  Das  Wiedergefimdene  Paradies,"  etc.  — 
The  first  number  l)cai-3  date  of  Sept.  1825.  In 
In  1827  he  changed  the  title  to  :  "  Der  Friedeog. 
bote  von  Concordia,"  aud  was  published  iu  Can- 
ton, Ohio  until  182S,  when  he  became  convinced 
of  the  truth  as  practiced  by  the  Brethren.  Price, 
SI.OO  per  volume.  This  last  volume  is  exceeding- 
ly interesting,  because  it  contains  so  much  of  big 
change  of  mind,  or  new  views  of  the  truth,  be- 
sides a  very  lengthy  address,  enutiuued  through 
two  numbers,  iu  which  he  explains  himself  very 
fully  and  pointedly  in  regard  to  his  relation  to 
them  as  pastor  and  to  the  Lord  as  a  faithful  ser- 
vant. 

Recent,  geographical  surveys  show  that  the 
Aconcagua  peak  is  the  highest  in  South  America, 
being  nearly  24,000  feet  above  the  level  of  the 
sea.  It  would  he  pretty  difficult  to  cook  at  such 
ail  altitude,  as  the  water  would  boil  at  ^2^  or 
40  degrees  below  the  boiling  point  at  the  level  of 
the  sea. 


An  ingenious  Western  man  has  invented  a  sail- 
ing railway  car,  in  which  a  speed  of  forty  miles 
an  hour  can  be  attained.  This  novel  vehicle  has 
already  been  in  use  for  three  years,  and  is  found 
to  be  eminently  useful  and  economical.  Saihng 
carriages  were  in  use  in  Holland  moro  than  two 
hundred  years  ago. 

Type-setting  iu  Japan  is  a  tedious  business.  — 
The  Jajianese  have  a  character  for  each  word,  in- 
stead of  using  alphabetic  characters;  consequent- 
ly instead  of  sitting  at  a  stand,  at  work  witli  his 
cbaraclei-s  all  within  reach,  the  coinjiositor  u 
obliged  to  wander  about  an  immense  room,  search- 
ing through  the  50,000  word  characters  for  tho 
one  required. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Tabic. 


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P.  M.,  ftuJ  an 

Dbj  pAg§engcr  (i 


iu    going  ciisl  Ien»ea  Lanark    al  12:00 
*ea  in  Undue  al  8:43  P.M. 
in  goiDg  west  lenvcg  Lanark  at  J:lto  r. 
ill.,  umi  arrives  ni  Hook  IslnnU  at  6:50  P   M. 
Nlglil  pnaaenger  IniiuB,  going  ca»l  anil  itobI,  nice'  «^ 
Icnve  Lanark  at  •2:\V-  A.  M  .  arriving  in  Knuii" 
A.    M,,    nn<)   at    Bock  iBlund  at  tl:«l  A.  M. 
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1-':  10  A,  M„    8:10  A.  M„  and  east    at  1 
anil  5:  1.-.  I',  M. 

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trains  make  close  connwjtion  at  Wesiern  Union  J"^'    "' 
Q.  A.  Skitb,  Agent. 


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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'^  Behold  I  Bring  You  Good  Tidings  of  (^real  Joy,  which  ShaU  he  unto  AH  PeopUr -I^vky. 


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No.  23. 


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HOPE. 

nOI'E  is  an  ever-chiring  star 
Tliiit  sliineso'er  life's  inconstant  aea, 
WliL'u  beat  by  winds,  when  toss'd  afar, 

It  lights  oiir  lone  adversity. 
Hi)|'L'  is  an  angel's  holy  smile* 

That  beckons  eacli  enlighten'd   race, 
iVijt  to  the  bard's  Hesperian  isle. 
But  to  the  Good  Man's  dwelling  place. 

Hope  is  a  song  the  heart  can  sing 

In  every  desert  eaiiip  of  rest; 
Hope  is  a  limpid,  wayside  spring, 

Above  all  earthly  waters  blest; 
A  fountain,  that  the  heat  of  noon, 

The  long,  the  lingering  summer  day, 
The  wild  eclipse  of  sun  or  moon. 

Ne'er  stole  from  human  hearts  away. 

Hope  is  a  mauna  sweeter  far 

Tlian  that  by  wandering  Israel  known; 
Hope  is  a  light,  no  bolt  no  bar 

Can  melt  the  sinner's  heart  of  stone. 
Hijpe  is  the  stafi  that  Mercy  gave 

When  Adam  left  his  Eden  shade; 
The  staff,  sustaining  to  the  grave, 

The  soul  by  tlie  Eternal  made. 

Selected  by  J.  F.  Kelso. 
\\',il,-rh,(i.  loii-fi. 

EXPEDIENCE  AND  TRUTH. 

HY  C.  H.  BALSBAL'OH. 

THE  "all  things"  which  were  '* hiir/ul"  for 
Paul,  but  "  not  expedient,"  were  not  so 
latitudenariim  as  some  contend.  Paul  was  no 
religious  fornicator  who  could  hug  all  factions 
■md  the  world  to  boot,  restrained  only  by  ex- 
ifticy.  He  was  an  out  and  out  radical,  but 
lih  locit  wasChrist.    He  saw  in  the  Incarnation 

1  the  Cross  a  comprehensiveness  that  covered 
all  Iifii  in  all  its  phases.  His  expediency  was 
aliTiivs  waiting  at  the  Orient  of  Calvary  for  a 
ray  (if  light  to  harmonize  it  with  what  is  fun- 
d:imfntal  in  religion.  This  is  a  lesson  we  great- 
ly need  to  learn,  lest  we  makethat  lawful  which 
i>  radicallj*  antichristian,  and  relegate  to  expe- 
liieijcy  what  is  cardinal. 

^Vith  your  "  Original  Ground,"  and  remarks 
'Jii "  .1  Strange  Case,"  I  was  pre-eminently  pleas- 
"^-  We  cannot  be  too  assiduous  in  guarding 
liie  clumps  of  Divine  authority,  and  of  fasten- 
ing our  own  with  caution.  Precedents  of  ex- 
pedii'iiee  are  so  apt  to  become  law,  that  cases 
which  are  disposed  of  on  this  ground,  should 
not  he  regarded  aa  irreversibly  settled.  Inves- 
tigation and  exiierience  may  reveal  its  connec- 
tion with  the  essential  idea  of  the  Christian  lite, 
«"  as  to  assure  adjustment  on  a  permanent  ba-sis. 
Holiness  is  not  in  forms,  but  it  demands  form 
'orits  manifestation.  The.''e  are  Divinely  es- 
'ablislied  iu  their  symbolical  character,  and 
*ouie  are  left  to  the  absolute,  unerring  ennscious- 
ness  of  the  indwelling  Christ.  Beyond  this  the 
Church  has  but  small  necessity  for  legislation. 
^^  none  for  penal  correction.  So  far  as  the 
'^'lurch  hiLs  a  right   to  institute   an   order,  no 

'"-'''-'begotten  soul  will  demur. 

"iilinances  by  man  must  always  be  kept  in 
""■  sphere  uf  the  uninspired,  so  that  the  expe- 
'  ""I't  be  neither  deified,  nor  the  e.ssential  low- 
"'■'1  into  the  plane  of  the  merely  human.  To 
'i"^n-fl  with  the  order  of  the  Brethren  hfcmm 
"'  "le  oril,;;  is  one  thing:  to  question  the  prin- 
■'['l'^  and  purpose  of  the  order  is  something 


wholly  ditVerent.  Here  wo  have  yt-t  much  to 
leEirn.  Holiness  necessitates  nil  order  of  its 
own,  and  the  less  we  int«rfei-u  the  better.  It 
needs  not  the  interdiction  of  what  is  foppish 
Vnd  worid-niimicking.  Dandies  and  saints  are 
never  found  in  the  stune  skin.  A  mild  regula- 
tive world-severing  regimen  in  relation  to  dn-.ts 
is  most  consonant  with  the  idea  of  Holiness, 
while  in  lehition  to  Holiness  iUtcIf  let  the  im- 
perative, inflexible  characteristics  of  the  Cross 
speak.  A  holy  Church,  burning  with  the  love 
of  Christ,  distinguished  by  a  general  uniformity, 
repelled  from  the  spirit  and  conduct  of  the 
world  by  the  inherent  force  of  tliu  Divine  Life, 
and  drawn  to  the  world  by  the  yearning  love 
that  courts  death  to  rescue  the  hell-doomed— 
what  could  we  not  accomplish  for  the  King- 
dorri  of  Grace  and  the  glory  of  God. 

LET  US  MEASURE  UP. 


^i   A  ND  I 

ri.    a  t 


same  old  Volume  or  reed  that  \»  to  meiisunj  ev- 
ery individual  of  the  whole  family  of  God  on 
■:uth— yet  it  tolls  iw  our  duty  to  God  and  one 
another;  it  tells  the  duty  of  one  neighbor  to 
another  neighbor;  it  tells  us  our  dutiea  ils  fath- 
ers and  mothers,  ivt  husbands  and  wive*,  nnd  as 
brothers  and  sisters,  yes  servants  of  the  church, 
it  tell  us  our  duty  as  elders,  as  ministers  and  oa 
deaconK.— in  u  word  it  tells  cverj-thing  thrtt  is 
measuring  to  fit  us  for  mannions  in  the  sky. 

Are  we  doing  all  w  cjui  ili  a  church,  do  we 
worship  according  to  measure,  arc  wc  as  indi- 
viduals measuring  and  comparing  ourselves  with 
the  precious  old  Heed,  or  .ire  we  measuring  our- 
selves by  ourselves,  and  comparing  ounielves? 
If  we  are  not.  it  in  time  to  l)e  about  the  work. 
For  heaven's  sake  let  us  measure  up,  that  wo  may 
all  be  measured  up  oad  found  fit  material  for 
the  Master's  use,  and  that  the  building  of  the 
Lord  may  go  up  without  a  sound  of  the  haii- 
nier,  is  the  prayer  of  your  unworthy  brother. 


BY  E.  A.  OP.R. 

there  was  given  me  a  reed  like  unto 
rod;  and  the  angel  -stood,  saying, 
"Rise  and  measure  the  temple  of  God,  and  the 
altar  and  them  that  worship  therein  "  {Rev.  11 : 
1).  This  subject  of  measuring  to  see  whether 
we  are  in  the  faith  or  not,  is  of  great  impor- 
tance in  this  our  day,  as  there  areso  many  meas- 
ures used,  and  not  the  '*  reed  "  that  John  used, 
straight  like  a  rod,  one  that  will  not  bend  and 
twist  to  suit  the  fancies  of  men. 

We  see  men  on  every  hand  making  sticks 
(creedsof  faith)  and  measuring  the  old  reed,  the 
Bible,  by  them  instead  of  measuring  by  the  reed 
as  .lohn  did.  But  all  claim  to  measure  by  the 
same  reed;  and  I  must  say,  with  due  respect  for 
all,  that  if  they  do,  it  is  o  reed  made  of  gum- 
lastic,  for  we  have  all  shapes  except  perfect 
squares  as  Ezekiel  saw,  when  he  saw  this  same 
building  measured  (Ezekiel  ith  chapter).  But 
what  did  the  angel  tell  John  to  measure?  He 
said  measure  the  temple,  or  church,  the  altar 
or  worship  and  the  worshipers.  Then  we  have 
to  measure  the  church,  for  Paul  says  the  church 
is  the  temple  {1  Cor.  3;  10,  17;  2  Cor.  6:  16). 
Yes  we  must  measure  the  church,  the  whole 
family  or  church  of  God,  must  not  fill  the  meas- 
ure any  more  than  each  congregation,  however 
small, and  such  congregations  must  fill  it  as  full 
as  the  whole  church.  Ezekiel's  temple  had 
numerous  rooms  or  chanibei-s.  and  yet  each  room 
was  as  large  as  the  whole  bnildiug.  When  ev- 
ery congregation  is  measured  by  the  reed,  there 
will  be  no  different  sects  as  as  we  now  have,  but 
all  will  observe  the  ordinances  of  God's  house 
as  He  has  given  them  to  us  iu  this  precious  old 
reed,  the  Bible. 

There  will  be  elders  or  bishops,  miuistei-s  and 
deacons,  in  the  church,  but  no  arch  bishops,  no 
D.  D.,  no  Rev.,  and  Right  Rev.,  nor  will  there 
be  an  archdeacon  found  iu  it,  for  they  are  not 
in  the  reed;  they  are  put  in  by  some  of  man's 
sticks,  and  measure  the  Jiltar  or  worship;  for 
Paul  used  "altar"  in  the  same  sense  that  John 
does,  and  evidently  meant  worshi|i(l  Cor.  Hi: 
18;  Heb.  13: 15).  He  does  not  mean  that  they 
actually  lived  of.  orate  of  the  altar,  but  he  uses 
"altar"  for  the  sacrifice  of  the  altar.  He  fur- 
ther says,  we  ofler  the  sacrifice  of  praise  to  Uoil, 
that  is  the  fruit  of  ourlife  (Heb.  13: 16).  There- 
fore we  conclude  that  John  was  to  measure  the 
worship — yes  measure  our  preaching,  measure 
our  singing,  and  measure  our  prayers  by  the 
faithful  old  reed,  then  we  will  all  preach  the 
same  things,  there  will  be  no  conflicting  theo- 
ries of  theology  advocated,  but  men  will  preach 
the  Gospel  in  simplicity  and  power.  We  will 
all  sing,  we  will  sing  psalms  and  spiritual 
songs  mth  the  spirit  and  with  undei-stonding. 
We  will  pray  by  measure,  and  we  mil  pray  for 
the  tilings  God  lias  promised— we  will  not  hear 
long,  boisterous  prayers  full  of  unlearned  imd 
silly  expressions  as  we  now  sometimes  hear.  U 
this  all  that  is  to  be  measured?  0  no,  the  an- 
gel   said,   measure  the   worshipers.      It  is  this 


MY  POSITION. 


HY  D.  r.  MOOMAW. 


I  HAVE  had  a  reply  to  the  afore  mentioned 
comments  reaily  lor  publication  for  several 
weeks,  but.  as  imporlaut  proceedings  were  pend- 
ing in  our  district,  I  deemed  it  prudent  to  with- 
hold it  till  further  developments.  Since  that 
period  our  D.  M.,  has  met  and  transacted  its  af- 
fairs and  among  the  results  thereof,  we  are 
pleased  to  note  a  healthful  modification  of  the 
views  of  our  brethren  iu  the  administration  of 
church  government.  The  spirit  of  proscription 
that  has  been  so  active  for  some  time  past  rel- 
ative to  matters  that  have  heretolbre  been  cou- 
sidered.very  properly  indifferent  and  unimportant 
as  they  boa'  on  the  future  welfare  of  the  church, 
or  the  personal  safety  of  members  concerned, 
has  given  place,  happily,  to  a  broad  and  com- 
prehensive policy;  such  as  is  taught  with  so 
much  force  by  the  apostle  Paul  in  the  lith 
chapter  of  Romans,  and  which  received  its 
most  thorough  illustration  iu  his  o^vn  pure  life, 
and  his  treatment  of  his  fellow-Christians. 

This  change  of  policy  has  rendered  it  improp- 
er to  continue  the  exposition  of  the  subject  of 
my  former  aiticle,  and  we  accept  it  as  an  omen 
of  happier  times  for  the  church,  trusting  that 
the  same  results  are  realized  by  other  districts 
that  were  agitated  as  ours  was. 

To  those  who  were  familiar  with  the  the  se- 
cret springs  that  set  to  work  the  machinery  of 
the  government  of  our  district,  (and  none  oc- 
cupied a  position  more  favorable  for  making 
coiTeet  observations  than  your  humble  essayist) 
my  seeming  severity  in  the  former  article  was 
nut  whitUg  unjust ijiuble,  but  I  cheerfully  ac- 
knowledge that  I  gave  to  a  local  trouble,  a  gen- 
eral chanicter,  which  was  positively  a  grievous 
fault,  and  for  which  I  iLnk  the  pardon  of  the 
dear  brethren  whose  feelings  were  wounded 
thereby.  It  is  my  purpose  and  the  sole  aspira- 
tion of  my  life  to  iLssist  in  the  preservation  of 
the  purity  and  peace  of  the  church,  but  at  the 
same  time,  I  hope  to  cherish  a  jealous  regai-d  for 
the  principles  that  were  transmitted  to  us  by 
our  honored  spiritual  progenitors,  notably  among 
whom,  are  the  Apostles  and  primitive  Christians; 
and  the  faintest  infraction  of  those  principles 
ttic  text  of  which  is,  unity  in  things  essential, 
that  is  where  there  is  a  "  thus  saith  the  Lord," 
and  lik-rty  and  toleration  in  things  mutable 
and  indifferent,  will  secure  inflexible  and  un- 
compromising opposition.  A  just  balance  ot 
power  munt  be  preserved,  at  every  hazard,  between 
the  various  branches  of  ourchurch.  Either  op- 
position by  the  laity  to  Gospel  anthority  wise- 
ly administered  by  our  rulers,  or  the  concentra- 
tion of  power  in  the  eldei-ship,  should  meet  with 
the  speediest  condumuation.  Our  Lord  has  del- 
egated His  power  to  thechurch,  audit  is  a  usur- 
pation for  any  branch  thereof,  to  absorb  that 
power.  The  effort  to  do  so  has  been,  and  is 
now,  the  fruitful  source  of  a  large  share  of  the 


trouble  that  has  diseres-sed  the  church  in   pre- 
ceding age-H  and  at  the  present  time. 

If  our  "  wise  nieu  "*  would  devote  a  share  uf  , 
tlu-irtirae  and  talents  to  the  elucidation  of  the 
principles  whicli  form  the  basis  of  church  gov- 
ernment, they  would  do  the  chureh  n  great  ser- 
vice, and  be  entitled  to  the  lasting  gratitude 
thereof. 

It  Mhould  hiinlly  be  expected  that  thow  »  b.. 
are  entrusted  with  the  government  of  our  cu- 
givgations,  many  of  whom  are  elevated  to  tlKit 
sacred  office,  in  painfiill>-  too  many  inHlances, 
hytheuccitlmt»  of  birth  or  age,  should  com- 
prehend the  delicate  machinery  thereof,  which 
can  only  be  comprehended  by  wAX  ditci^Ained 
faniUies,  formed  by  nature,  and  especially 
lulapted  thereto. 

Arising  from  such  a  Hource.hoa  been  the  fault 
of  many  of  our  people  choojring  onr  immediat.- 
fore-fathers  fur  models,  without  knowing  the 
chamcler  of  the  circumstances  that  gave  tone 
and  form  to  their  aetion.s.  Cireumstanceji  and 
times  are  constantly  varying  and  and  wiselyad- 
ministered  government  ia  baaed  on  the  odapSn- 
tion  of  principles  to  those  changes. 

The  failure  to  make  such  an  lulaptation  has 
give  the  world  the  Mennonite  folly  of  fiwtcninu 
their  clothes  with  the  hooks  mid  eyes  of  a  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  the  orthodox  drab  to  the 
Quaker  costume,  with  his  thee's  and  thou's  and 
and  90  on  to  the  end  of  a  long  mid  unhandsome 
list. 

An  apostolic  form  of  government  recogni/j3 
the  necessity  of  constant  modifications.  Our 
ancient  brethren  illustrated  this  idea  in  "  fol- 
lowing the  best  light  they  had  at  the  time."" 
We  should  never  fall  into  the  folly  of  suppos- 
ing that  weare  the  exclusive  depositories  of  that 
iufidlible  knowledge  that  would  render  us  inca- 
pable of  making  mistakes,  or  of  failing  to  reach 
perfection  in  the  comprehension  and  adminirf- 
ti-ation  of  church  government. 

Had  not  our  immediate  ancsstors  made  mod- 
ificatione,  such  as  were  rendered  imperative  by 
the  changing  of  circumstances,  our  houses  and 
farms  imd  wardrobes  would  be  remarkable  for 
their  mcagreness  of  appliances  which  we  con- 
sider now  to  be  essential  to  a  full  enjoyment 
of  God's  blessings.  With  the  uncurtained  win- 
dows, and  uncarpeted  floors,  and  unpainted  walls,, 
and  unpainted  and  undressed  furniture,  and* 
clockless  shelves,  and  bootless  feet  and  spring- 
less  wagons,  the  vicad  infinitum,  of  our  onces-- 
tors,  we  would  present  a  sad  spectacle  of  fossi- 
lized stupidity. 

Such  a  course  as  is  contemplated  in  the* 
foregoing  remarks  does  not  suffer  any  indul- 
gence in  the  lust-demandiug  frivolities  of  a 
crooked  and  perverse  generation.  Were  such 
the  case  I  would  commit  this  commuoicatioa- 
to  the  flames,  and  with  the  ascending  smoke  I 
would  send  a  prayer  to  heaven  for  power  to  for- 
bid the  faintest  variation  in  costume  in  our 
house  furnishing,  in  our  farmapphauces,  in  our 
forms  of  speech,  or  in  any  other  piirticular 
whatever.  On  the  coutrary.changes  iu  umtntti- 
tiut  details  have  mai-keil  the  history  of  the 
chureh  from  .ts  dawn,  down  to  the  present  time, 
and  no  policy  could  be  more  suicidal  to  the  best 
interests  of  the  church  than  the  "no  modifiofr^ 
tion  theory."  While  no  defeclion  would  cause 
me  more  poignant  sorrow  than  the  lai>sing  of 
the  church  into  a  state  undistinguishable  from 
the  world,  or  to  see  spotless  robes  befouled  with 
the  stench  and  mire  of  fashion-loving,  time- 
serving age,  I  would  not  consider  every  variar 
tion  in  our  costume  a  simple  conce^ion  to  the 
insatiable  leech  of  the  restless  soul  which  con- 
stantly cries,  "give, give." 

I  submit  the  foregoing  to  the  just  criticism- 
of  the  brotherhood  as  the  natural  reflection  pro- 
ci'ctUng  from  the  state  of  affairs  which  seem  to- 
have  called  for  the  article  entitled  "  The  Orisriu- 
al  Ground."  If  my  position  is  anti-Scriptural 
or  rtnli-apo?tolical.  the  brethren  will  do  uw  the 
kindness  to  point  it  out.  I  have  no  inleivst  in 
mlvocatiug  error,  but  I  have  a  vitid,  thrilling: 
interest  in  lulvocatiug  the  truth. 


a^HlO    KliETHREISr    A^T    ^VORKl. 


Jurii 


e    6. 


THEY  DO  COMFORT  ME." 

\\^  IIKN  varthly  f rituds dpccire  me, 
\ V      And  with  tlifir  coWnP8«  grieve  mo, 
With  bniken  pli-dBw  leave  mc; 

How  xwwl  to  find  in  thee 
A  trieiid  that  chuogo^t  never, 
Whow  ifrumise-"  jorcver 

Do  cointort  mc. 
When  lipavy  canw  oppress  me, 
And  eiirthly  ilU  dintreiW  me; 

ThoiiK'i  tn"'"  """'  '"'''**^  '"'^' 

Mow  Kweet  to  find  in  tlicc 
\  -ymputhizinB  Siivior, 
Whowaid  nud  kieidly  (iivor 

Do  comfort  me. 
When  Korrow'H  clmh  are  b.'ndin(,', 
The  heart  with  nn^:lli*h  n-ndiiif.', 
And  Higlis  and  tear*  nre  bli^nding: 

How  sweet  thy  (nee  to  eee, 
Hehinil  the  silvery  lininf,', 
Loik  out  with  riidiiina;  smiling 

To  comfort  me. 
Anil  when  my  heart  prows  weary 
With  gloomy  thought,  and  drt-iiry, 
I  en-,  and  tliou  dir*t  hear  me, 

As  to  tliy  side  I  tiee: 
And  on  thv  bosom  leaning, 
Tliy  ^oo)ifi  «o  full  of  meaning 
*Do  comfort  mc. 

And  \vlien  familiar  fitce^*, 
Prom  out  their  wonted  places, 
8!)])  from  my  wnnn  embraces; 

Thy  voice  of  sympathy, 
"  I  will  not  leave  you,"  precious 
Heals  ail  my  heart'it  diatresscM, 

And  comfort*  me. 

When  fades  all  earth  has  bore  nie. 

And  shadows  dark  before  me. 

From  death's  dark  vale  come  o'er  ?iie, 

I  rest  my  all  on  thee; 
Thine  nrniK.  they  do  enfold  me. 
Thy  rod  and  thy  staff  uphold  nie, 

And  contlurt  me. 

— SeleeUd. 

SALVATION,-  ITS  AUTHOR    AND 
CONDITION. 

liY  .1.  W.  STRIK. 

**  Ho  became  the  author  of  eternal  salvation 
nnU>  111!  them  that  obey  him"  (Heb.  5:  !')• 

W  ^'  ctfoud  rc'H80ii,for  a  chungH  in  my 
-"^      I'livircii  relation.     I   united    with 
tlie  Bretluvn  liecaustj   tbcy  believe  ancl. 
teach  that  obedience,  as  well  as   faith,  i>< 
a  enmlitioii  of  |)arJoii  to  the  sinner;  7iot 
th-it  itis   a  source   of  pardon,  for   the 
gra''c  of  God  is  its  source;  not  that  it  is 
Sie  price  of  pardon,  for  it  is   purehiused 
ynlU  the   pivi^ioiis  Mood  of  Christ,  but 
-like  faith  and  repentance,  is  an  unnieri- 
tiirioiis  acqtiieHcence  in,  and  accej)tanee 
of  -ialvation  from  God.     I  eannot   oH'er 
my  faith  to  God  as  the  price  of  my  sal- 
vation.    It  is  too    iuiperfeet,   Goii    \nll 
have  no  sueli   reeutiipense,   l>ut  through 
■faith  I  can  jdead  the  meritorious  works, 
and  vicarious  s\ilVerings  of  my  dear  Re- 
deemer.    May  I  therefore  conclude  that 
.1  may  be  saved  without   faith?     Verily 
nut,  for  uubelief  is  an  open  insult  to  the 
divine  veracity  and  every  attribute*  and 
perfection  of  Deity.     It  declares  God  to 
be  a  liar,  Christ   an  impostor,  thf  Ibdy 
Spirit  a  myth,  the  Bible  a  fiction,   and 
tbu!<  spurns  all    possibility  of  salvation. 
"  He  that  believeth  not  the   Sou  shall 
not  see  life;  but  the  wrath  of  God  abid- 
«th  ou  him"  (John  3  30).     Aj;aiu  I  dare 
not  ofler  my  repentance   to   God   as  a 
priee   of  pardon.     It  is  too  worthless  a 
tbim;,  but  tlirough  repentance  I  can   ac- 
cej^t  //w  gi'ace  to  whose  ^vill  I  conform. 
'1  we  therefore  concbide  that  repen- 
is  not  neces^sary  to  salvation  ?  Sure- 
^    ■■■'      ■''  MMpeuitenee  is  one 
niistGod.  Christ 
i>ehoi>ved  Christ 
to  suiiur,  to  rise  irom  tlie  dead  the  third 
day,   that  repentance  and  remissiou  of 
should  be  preached    in  Iiis  name 
1^'  all  nations"  (Luke  24:  4(5,  47), 
I  '  cei-taiii  otliei^,  *'  Except  ye  repent, 


ye  shall  all  likewise  perish  "  (Luke  13: 
.■J).  Again,  I  cannot  oiler  my  obedi- 
ence to  God  as  the  price  of  my  pardon. 
To  obey  him  is  only  my  "  reasonable 
service,  an<i  when  I  have  "  d»)ne  all  that 
is  commanded  "  me  I  have  still  to  say, 
I  'm  an  "  unprofitable  servant  "  and  have 
"  only  done  what  was  my  duty  to  do." 

"Thelwst  obedience  of  my  hands 
Dare  not  appear  before  His  throne" 

Its  a  meritorious  offering  or  rennmeration 
for  pardon.     Then  I  can  sing, 

"  Xothing  in  my  hands  I  bring. 
Simply  to  his  cross  I  cling." 

'•  I  'm  a  poor  sinner  and  nothing  flt  all. 

But  Jesus  Christ  i«  nil  in  all." 

"  A  wretehed,  poor  and  helpless  worm. 

On  Hin  kind  arms  I  fall, 
-He  IN  uiy  God,  my  rif^hteousneAs, 

My  Savior  and  uiy  all." 

Rut  if  Christ  is  my  "  all  and  in  all  " 
iie  is  not  only  the  ijrophet  whom  I  hear, 
and  the  pi-iest  on  whom  I  rely;  but  also, 
the  king  whom  I  obey,  and  if  I  disregard 
his  authority  in  neglecting  his  smallest 
ccmmiandment,  it  cannot  be  tni«'  that  he 
is  wi/  all  and  in  all.  Oh  how  I  tremble 
fortiie  infatuated  and  deluded  professor 
of  Christianity,  wlio  scott's  at  the  ordi- 
nances of  Christ,  and  e.venses  himself  in 
th.-ir  neglect  by  pleading  that  Christ  is 
iiis  all  in  all.  Because  grace  and  not 
obedience,  is  the  source  of  salvation,  be- 
cause Christ's  work,  and  not  obedience, 
is  the  price  of  salvation,  shall  we  there- 
fort-  conclude  tiiat  obedience  is  not  a  con- 
dition of  salvatiou '.  "Would  it  not  be 
as  reasonable  to  conclude  that/r/?/A  was 
not  a  condition  of  pardon  upon  the 
ground  that  it  was  neither  the  source 
norpriceof  redemption  as  obedience? 
A  state  of  disoliedienee  is  a  state  of  re- 
bellion and  condemnation,  and  the  sen- 
tence of  condemnation  can  only  be  avert- 
ed l)y  sulmiitting  to  the  divine  will.  "He 
thatsaith,  I  know  God,"  says  John  "and 
keeps  not  hie  commandments,  is  a  liar 
and  the  truth  is  not  in  him  "  (1  John  2: 
■1). 

Clement  in  his  letter  to  the  Corinthian 
l)rethren  says,  "If  we  do  the  will  of 
Christ,  we  shall  find  rest;  but  nothing 
shall  deliver  iLs  from  eternal  punishment 
if  we  ilis(d>ey  his  commandments.  For 
even  thus  saith  the  Scripture  in  the 
prophet  Ezekiel  (14: 14-20).  If  Noah, 
Job  and  Daniel  should  rise  up,  they 
shall  not  deliver  their  children  in  cap- 
tivity. A\lierefore,  if  such  righteous  men 
are  not  able  by  their  righteousness  to  de- 
livei-  their  children;  how  can  we  hojae  to 
enter  into  the  kigndom  of  God,  excej^t 
we  keep  our  baptism  holy  and  undefiled. 
Or  tp/iu  shall  be  our  advocate,  imless  we 
shall  he  found  to  have  done  what  is  ho- 
ly and  just  "  (Clement's  2.  Ej)istle  to  the 
Corinthians  3:  8,  9).  Charles  Coote  in 
adding  a  sketch  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury to  Mosheim's  Ecclesiastiaeal  history 
notoidygrosslymisrepresented  the  Breth- 
ren who  are  so  very  strict  about  the  mar- 
riage relation  by  falsely  accusing  them 
of  not  entertaining  a  high  opinion  of 
its  sanctity,  btit  savs  their  "  principle, 
U-not  is,  that  future  happiness  can  only 
be  secured  by  penance  and  ni  or  till  cation" 
McLaine's  Tran.  Cen.  IS:  4,  Foot  note), 
and  Buck,  who  in  his  theological  diction- 
ary confounds  the  Bretln-^en  with  the 
"  Ei>hratio  "  who  were  cut  off  from  the 
Bretlnon  for  observing  t)u^  Jewish  Sab- 
Itath  witli  a  number  of  other  things  near 
Fhilndelphla  about  A,  Y>.  1724,  says,  iu 
couuection  witli  a  number  of  other  in- 
coiTocb  statements,  that  the  Dunkers 
"atlmit  of  works  of  suiwrerogation,  and 
dwlai'othat  a  man  may  do  much  more 
than  he  is  in  justice  or  equity  obliged 
tu  do,  andthat  his  super-abundant  works 


may  therefore  be  applied  to  thesidvation 
of  others." 

I  do  not  impugn  the  motives  of  Messrs. 
Coote  and  Buck.  They  were  doubtless 
misinformed,  and  like  many,  stated  what 
they  did  not  know,  but  to  take  this  oc- 
casion to  say  in  behalf  of  the  church, 
that  these  statements  as  they  stand  as 
well  as  others  connected  witli  them  are 
slanderous  imputations  upon  our  foith. 
W'c  Jo  believe  and  teach  that  we  must 
"  through  the  spirit  mortify  the  deeds  of 
the  body "  and  keep  our  carnal  lusts 
subdued  (Rom.  8;  i:5;  Cob  S:'),  6),  in 
order  to  salvation,  but  I  offer  this,  much 
less  human  penance  and  works  of  su- 
pererogation, as  a  price  of  salvation,  or 
that  we  believe  in  penance  or  works  of 
supererogation  at  all,  we  do  utterly  dis- 
claim. Knowing  that  our  influence  has 
been  temporarily  hindered  by  enemies 
whose  only  successful  method  of  opposi- 
tion ha-1  been  to  misrepresent  us,  to  con- 
struct fjibrics  of  their  own.  and  falsely 
impute  them  to  the  Bi-ethi-en,  only  to 
have  the  privilege  of  demolishing  them, 
we  have  for  the  sake  of  truth,  taken 
pains  to  nmke  these  remarks. 

"We  put  obedience,  then  along  WMtli 
faith  and  repentance,  all  of  which  are 
re(piired  by  God  of  the  sinner,  are  all 
of  such  momentous  importance  that  the 
rejection  or  neglect  of  either,  is  the  re- 
jection or  neglect  of  salvation.  Some 
have  tried  to  opposeonri>]ea  for  the  im- 
portance of  obedience  by  quoting  the 
language  of  the  apostle,  "  By  grace  are 
ye  saved,  through  faith;  and  that  not  of 
yourselves,,  it  is  the  gift  of  God;  not  of 
works,  lest  any  man  shoiUd  boa.st  ( Eph.  2 : 
8,  9),  and  there  they  stop,  butthe  apostle 
continues  by  sa}Hng,  "  for  we  are  his 
workmanship,  created  iu  Christ  Jesus 
unto  good  works,  which  God  has  before 
ordained  that  we  should  walk  in  them  " 
(verse  10).  I  have  shown  you  om-  po- 
sition, that  salvation  is  not  of  man;  not 
by  works  of  the  law,  nor  of  man's  in- 
vention, but  that  it  is  by  grace,  that 
Christ  who  is  himself  the  gift  of  God 
has  become  its  author  and  that  faith,  re- 
pentance and  obedience,  which  are  the 
conditions  through  which  we  accept  it, 
are  not  meritorious.  Our  position  so  far 
then  is  in  harmony  with  this  tt^xt,  and  is 
the  same  as  the  apostle's,  but  those  who 
deny  the  necessity  of  obedience,  thereby 
deny  a  part  of  the  new  creation  formed 
in  tliem  who  are  "  created  in  Christ  Jq- 
■SUM  unto  good  works"  and  pervert  the 
foreordinationof  God  which  predeter- 
mined "  that  ve  ffhould  walk  in  them^ 

Christ  became  the  author  of  salvation 
unto  all  them  that  obey — 'not  the  law, 
and  its"  cai-nal  ordinanees,"uot  the  rites 
and  penances  of  pagan  priestcraft,  nor 
yet  the  traditions  of  men,  who  teach  for 
doctrines  their  own  commands  and  "make 
the  commandments  of  God  of  none  ef- 
fect "  by  human  tradition,  but  "  he  be- 
came the  author  of  etei'ual  salvation  to 
all  them  them  that  oheij  Mm.''''  He  is 
tile  end  of  the  law.  lie  holds  in  his 
hands  the  destinies  of  the  nations.  He 
is  the  sole  disposer  of  life  and  death,  the 
only  Savior  of  men,  and  will  "  judgethe 
quick  and  tbe  dead,"  and  he  demands 
that  the  subjects  whom  he  has  created, 
preserved  and  redeenu^d,  rendin-him  not 
only  their  grateful  homage,  but  their 
"reasonable  service."  It  is  true  when 
we  have  .accepted  the  divine  authority, 
ordinancesand  precept,  we  may  still  come 
short  of  duty  through  iufivmity.  "If 
we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we  deceive  our- 
selves," but  as  we  with  our  infirmities 
accept  the  conditions  of  pardon,  so  he 
who  is  our  great  "High  Priest"  and 
"  Advocate  "  accepts  tis  with  the  same, 
"istouchetl  with  the  feeliug  of  our  in- 


firmitic."  and  knows  bow  to  forWa 
and  succor;  but  to  despise  "rnegleoib" 
authority,  is  to  die  without  his  covenant 
mercy. 


The  necessity  of  faith  and  ob.-di 
ombined,  was  strikingly    illustri 


'♦■nc* 


■ated  i 


an  incident  of  which  I  have  heai-a  a^j 
very  graphically  sketched  by  the  author 
of  the  "Bible  Lookingglass"  (Religious 
Emblems  p.  01).     Two  men  were  ci-oss.' 


mg 


a  river  in   a  boat.     One 


conteiulett 


that  justification  was  by  faith  only,  Hj^ 
other  that  it  was  by  works  only,  tj^ 
boatman  said,  "  you  are  both  wrong,  j 
have  two  oars.  I  call  one  '  faith  '  aod 
the  other  '  works.  Let  us  try  '  p^j^j^ 
only,' when  dropping  one  oar,  hepli^j 
the  other  with  all  his  might,  but  the 
boat  only  turned  round  and  round  iu 
useless  circles,  and  made  no  prociesj 
"Faith  alone  won't  do  "  he  said,  "ng^y 
let  us  try  works  "  when  dropping  that 
oar  and  taking  the  other,  be  jdied  it  witli 
all  his  energy,  butthe  boat  only  turned 
round  and  round  in  useless  circle.^  ihe 
other  way,  and  nuide  no  progress, 
"  Works  alone  won't  do  "  be  said,  wheii 
taking  both  oars  he  plied  tbeni  together 
and  at  every  stroke,  off  shot  tlie  boat 
toward  its  destined  shore.  "Yousho" 
said  he,  "  it  requires  faith  and  works 
both."  This  then  sinqdy  is  our  position. 
AVe  shall  never  complete  our  Clu-istian 
voyage  without  lioth.  Just  here  how. 
ever  a  query  sometimes  arises  in  the  cu 


mind. 


'How  is  it"  asks  ! 


"that we  are  saved  by  faith,  and  by 
obedience,  and  by  repentance,  and  by 
calling  on  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
by  the  righteousness  of  Christ  and  by 
grace?"  It  takes  all  to  save  just  onesiu. 
ner. 

See  that  man  who  has  just  fallea  over 
yon  precipice.  He  catches  to  a  few 
shrubs  that  grow  from  the  crevices  of  the 
rocks,  and  succeeds  in  planting  hL<  feet 
on  a  small  projection  which  otters  him 
temporary  assistance.  But  as  he  looks 
up  at  the  overarching  preci]>ice,  he  sees 
that  it  is  imppssible  to  restore  himself. 
As  he  looks  downward  be  sees  nothing 
but  deatli,  and  if  he  lets  loose  hi«  hold, 
he  must  be  dashed  in  pieces  on  the  rocks 
beneath,  and  he  cannot  remain  wiiere  he 
is  for  be  is  holding  by  main  strength, 
and  soon  that  will  be  e.\ansted.  Fit  em- 
blem of  fallen  man.  He  cannot  restore 
himself  to  tlie  divine  favor,  the  future 
has  no  hope,  and  he  trannot  remain  where 
he  is,  for  the  brittle  thread  of  life  mil 
soon  be  cut,  and  he  must  meet  his  doom. 
But  this  man  remcimbers  that  a  little  way 
off  are  kind  ears  that  can  be  reached, _ 
and  friends  that  can  bring  relief  Here 
is  faith,  but  su]>pose  he  proceeds  uo  fur- 
ther, can  faith  alone  save?  But  he  calls 
aloud  for  "\\(A\^\h€lp! !  help!!  "  Help 
comes.  So  "Whosoever  shall  call  on 
the  name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  sav- 
ed. But  bow  shall  they  call  on  him 
in  whom  they  have  not  believed! 
(Rom.  10:  IM,  U).  His  friends  arriv- 
ing construct  a  noo.se  in  a  rope  and  let 
it  down  where  he  is  hanging,  bidding 
him  cast  himself  into  it  with  the  iissiir- 
ance  that  if  he  does,  they  will  save  huu. 
Mark  you  it  will  not  do  now  simply  to 
believe  them,  but  he  must  actually  obey 
them,  by  cjisting  himself  into  that  noose, 
and  now  off  he  swings  over  the  danger- 
our  chasm.  Is  he  saved?  I  answer  sav- 
ed prospectively,  not  finally.  1'  }^ 
abides  iu  the  rope,  however,  his  salvation 
is  coutingtfut  xqion  nothing  less  tiian  the 
etliciency  of  the  rope  and  the  abibt.v  and 
faithfulness  of  his  friends.  So  belovet 
in  Christ,  .after  we   have   believed  au- 


ibeyed  the  Gospel,   we  are 


sjivt'il  only 


>ro8ppctively.     Wo  are  not  in  gl^O'  J'*'*' 


I 
Betw- 


I    the   threshold  ef  oar 


Jtin< 


G. 


TjaK  i^iiKTHHK:N^  Ai^  -\vokk:. 


Fatlni's  house  int-rvenw  peix-bauc-c 
many  »  "'*"i"T  "t*'!'  "  '•f'^pt  with  crowds 
pf  siiii'^i's.  legions  uf  devils,  and  a  whcile 
^orhl  of  temptations."  Before  we  reach 
the  harbor  of  safety,  many  a  fiery  tern- 
ji^^t  may  lash  our  frail  bark  and  threat 
en 


with  destruction.  We  may  have  to 
bear.  "  the  burden  and  heat "  yet  through 
many  a  weary  hour  before  we  hear  the 
..  „.,.]1  done  "  and  on  the  battle  field  of 
truth,  many  a  long,  and  tierce  and  ter- 
jJIjU-  (-(mflict  may  await  us,  \vitli  numer- 
ous, poweiful  and  malignant  foes,  clad 
in  formidable  armor  ere  we  wear  the  vie- 
tor's  pnlni,  or  march  through  the  tri- 
umphnl  arches  of  the  celestial  city.  But 
if  wi'  Jit>ide  foithful  in  Jesus  as  the  liv- 
iijcr  branch  abides  in  the  vine,  om-  final 
salvation  is  contingent  on  nothing  less 
tJian  the  vicarious  suffering  of  Christ, 
]jis  nu*ritorious  work,  and  the  sovereign 
grace  of  God  which  brings  salvation 
down. 

But  some  one  who  has  witnessed  this 
man's  eondition  and  sahation  says,  "He 
iras  siived  \>y  trusting  his  friends."  True, 
and  we  are  saved  by  faith.  Another 
says,  *'  He  was  saved  by  calling  on  his 
frienils."  So  we  are  saved  by  calling 
"  on  ihe  name  of  the  Lord."  Another 
says,  *'  He  wa.ssaved  by  letting  loose  his 
former  hold."  True  also,  and  we  arr 
saved  by  repentance,  counting  our 
rigliteousness  as  filthy  rags."  Another 
says,  "  He  was  saved  by  obeying  his 
fiiends."  That  was  true,  and  we  are 
saved  by  obeying  Christ.  Another  says. 
"  He  was  saved  by  a  rope."  True  again, 
and  we  are  saved  by  the  righteousness 
of  Clu-ist.  Another  says,  "  He  was  sav- 
ed bj-  the  kinilness  of  his  friends."  That 
was  true,  and  we  are  saved  by  grace — 
saved  liy  grace  as  the  source — saved  by 
the  riLrhteonsness  of  Christ  as  tlie  price, 
and  saved  hy  faith,  repentance  and  obe- 
dience includincr  the  rest  as  conditions. 

Til  us  we  see  how  all  are  true,  and  neith- 
er tlie  source,  price,  nor  conditions  of 
pardon  can  be  dispensed  with,  without 
exposure  to  the  penalties  of  sin.  Vie 
might  dwell  hereupon  the  more  general 
outlines  of  evangelical  obedience,  but 
reserve  these  thoughts  for  future  dis- 
course upon  that  subject  in  a  more  ap- 
proplate  connection.  We  trust  then  be- 
loved, that  so  far  you  have  understood 
om-  position,  and  we  pause  to  entpiire  if 
it  is  not  at  least  safe  ground?  The  doc- 
trine I  had  l>een  trained  to  believe,  was 
that  one  is  saved  as  soon  as  he  believes, 
before  he  goes  a  step  further,  but  that 
he  cannot  lie  received  into  church  meii- 
bership  and  fellowship  without  baptism, 
thus  making  the  way  into  the  church 
more  difficult  to  the  sinner  than  the  way 
into  '^  life  and  immortality."  AVe  main- 
tain that  every  one  who  has  escaped  the 
condemnation  of  sin,  and  been  maile  an 
heir  of  life,  is  an  essential  element  and 
living  constituent  of  the  Lord's  ecclesia; 
there.sponsible,[made  so  by  discharging 
responsibilities,  and  the  irresponsible, 
without  any  conditions  whatever.  I  was 
taught  that  obedience  was  no  condition 
of  salvation  whatever,  but  onh/  follow- 
ed salvation  in  every  case. 

Now  suppose  this  position  to  be  true, 
I  ask  whether  I  havelostanything  here. 
If  faith  alone  saves,  then  of  course  we 
are  saved,  for  we  earnestly  contend  for 
for  its  nece.^sity  and  believe  on  Christ 
with  the  wh.de  heart.  If  faith  alone 
saves  them,  when  we  believe,  we  are 
"  uew  creatures  in  Christ  Jesus,"  and 
hence  entitled  to  all  the  immunities  of 
the  church  of  Christ  without  proceeding 
fui-ther;  and  those  who  teach  this  to  be 
consistent,  are  liound  to  bid  me  and  my 
^"ethreu  God  .speed,  and  otlVr  us  church 
fellowship  as    we  are,  though  ditt'ering 


with  them  in  doctrine,  because  (vccordmg 
tt>their  own  confession,  we  profess  all 
that  is  rciiuired  to  make  Christians.  On 
tht' otiier  hand,  suppose  "faith  only" 
Won't  vnvc'i  What  if  pr.ictical  obedi- 
ence is  a  condition  of  salvation,  I  xik  are 
they  safe  who  depend  on  "  faith  only?" 
If  this  is  correct,  then  we  are  safe,  but 
if  our  position  is  correct,  they  are  not 
safe.  Kind  reader,  how  how  stands  the 
I'lme  with  youi  Have  you  believed  and 
ohcijed  the  Gospel  I 


TO  A  FRIENDLY  BAPTIST  IN 
AMERICA. 


but  < 


~VrOU  state  you  are  sure  of  salvation 
-■-  that  faith  is  enough  to  assure  you 
of  salv.ition,  that  baptism  is  not  for  the 
forgiveness  of  sins,  and  that  Keet-wa-sh- 
ing,  means  to  polish  lioots,  split  wood, 
or  do  any  otiier  kind  deedtoyoursuffer- 
ing  brethren,  that  shaking  hands  fulfills 
the  requirements  of  saluting  one  another 
with  a  holy  kiss.  That  any  style  and 
fiishion  can  l»e  worn  provided  it  is  not 
the  adorning;  but  the  hidden  num  is 
present  in  the  secret  heart,  that  warfare 
is  even  commanded;  but  yet  if  it  were 
not  contrary,  yet  if  it  were  all  true,  the 
Brethren  claim  to  be  so.  Faith  alone 
would  save  you;  for'*  By  faith  are  you 
saved,  and  not  by  works,"  and  the  dec- 
laration is,  "  And  whosoever  will,  let 
him  take  of  the  water  of  life  fi-eely ' 
(Rev.  2^1  17). 

If  it  were  not,  thafc  I  know  you  are 
ensnared  by  the  craftiness  of  others,  that 
you,  like  the  poor  fly  in  the  spider-web, 
are  entangled  and  secured  to  the  Baptist 
body  of  modern  professors,  and  know 
not  yourself  really  what  you  are  about, 
I  should  not  attempt  to  answer  you,  yet 
I  have  but  little  hope  that  I  can  be  of 
any  help  to  you  whatever*. 

I  suppose  you  have  selected  no  better 
passage  that  more  fully  sets  forth  the 
freedom  of  salvation;  and  yet  you  are 
not  aware  that  you  took  a  sword,  sharp 
and  two-edged  which  cut  youi-  theory 
asunder  throngli  and  through. 

The  water  of  life  is  free  to  all,  'the 
good  and  bad,  saint  and  sinner,  and  it 
costs  no  money,  nor  price.  It  is  as  free 
as  the  air  you  breathe  and  the  sunshine 
you  enjoy,  tree  as  the  rain  that  falls  on 
the  ground,  and  the  great  water  of  the 
sea;  and  yet  to  be  had  only  on  condi- 
tions, and  this  condition  is  not  faith  alone. 
The  Lord  does  not  say,  "  And  whosoev- 
er will,  let  him  believe  on  the  water  of 
life  freely;"  but  he  did  say,  "let  him 
toA'tf."  Now  you  know  to  take  is  to  act. 
and  action  is  .what  you  dread — want  to 
cut  out  and  and  put  in  the  place  of  it, 
faith  without  works.  You  know  the 
public  water  pump  in  your  town,  is  free 
to  all,  and  tlie  water  that  climbs  up  on 
every  store,  in  every  handy  place  from 
the  waterworks,  on  the  shore  of  the 
great  Missisippi,  is  also  free  as  free  can 
be  unto  you,  and  yet  it  does  not  force  it- 
self upon  you,  nor  in  you.  So  it  is  witli 
the  water  of  life,  it  is  free,  and  yet  uses 
no  force  to  come  to  you;  this  it  cannot 
do,  from  the  fact  that  it  is  free;  if  it  did 
use  force,  it  is  no  longer  free  its  you 
claim  it  is,  and  want  it  to  be. 

Well,  you  say,  I  must  believe  it  is  for 
one,  and  that  is  all  that  is  needed.  Here 
is  where  you  fail  to  the  eternal  ruin  of 
yom-  poor  soul.  Is  it  sufficient  to  believe 
the  air  is  free  to  all  i  AVill  that  faith, 
en  though  it  is  a  true  one,  keep  you 
alive  ^     Must   you   not  taJce   into   your 


without  works  will  no  more  make  you 
partaker  of  the  water  of  life;  and  for 
this  very  reason  the  Lord  did  not  say, 
let  him  believe  on,"  but  "  let  him  take 
the  water  of  lift-  freely." 

Or  you  tjike  some  day  a  poor  fellow 
along  to  your  church  festival,  generally 
imyinghistwenty-fivecents  entitling  him 
to  tahf!  of  your  ice  cream,  pies,  cakes  or 
what  else  can  be  had  in  that  restaurant, 
freely  without  money  and  without  price. 
Will  he  nee<l  no  more  than  faith  alone 
to  be  partjikerof  all  there  is f<»und  tin-re? 
Will  his  earnest  believing  be  the  same 
to  him  as  to  take  it?  Surely  not.  Well 
my  friend,  just  so  absurd  and  foolish  is 
your  idea,  to  bo  partjiker  of  the  water 
of  life,  by  even  the  most  true  and  earnest 
faith ;  so  long  your  faith  is  not  united  to 
the  Lord's,  take  if. 

On  the  other  hand  if  you  take  it,  yon 
have  it,  and  it  cannot  be  y)t'«  veraa.  So 
you  see  already  that  faith  leaves  you 
empty  from  'the  things  that  are  free, 
even  from  the  water  of  life;  hence  it  is 
time  for  you  to  take  it.  I  know  when 
you  bring  this  to  your  preacher,  he  will 
nuike  you  indifferent  by  telling  you, 
"  When  you  believe  in  it,  you  possess  it 
in  your  faith,  and  that  is  suffiwent,  thai 
is  enough  for  salvation,  for  Paul  says 
'  Not  of  works,  lest  any  man  should 
boast.'  Beware  of  the  snares  of  Dnnk- 
erism." 

It  shall  1)6  admitted  readily,  that  it  is 
true  you  possess  it  in  faith,  by  faith,  but 
unlucky  for  you,  faith  is  not  eternal ;  and 
when  the  day  comes  that  faith  can  be 
yours  no  more,  then  all  that  you  pos- 
sessed in  faith  is  gone  forever,  and  you 
have  nothing  at  all,  not  even  so  much 
faith  alone. 

But  now  how  will  you  get  the  water 
of  life,  or  how  can  you  take  it  without 
following  or  complying  with  the  re(iuire- 
luents  necessary  or  ordained  from  the 
Lord  to  bring  it  in  your  possession  i  So 
get  water  from  your  town  pump,  still  it 
is  ft'ee,  i'ou  can't  get  it,  but  by  working 
the  pump,  to  get  it  from  the  waterworks, 
you  nmst  turn  the  stopper,  and  even 
those  things  that  comi>el  you  to  act  to 
get  it,  are  essential  to  bring  it  to  you; 
not  even  in  your  socials,  can  you  par- 
take of  the  joys  without  means.  You 
never  hesitate  to  drink  coffee  out  of  a 
cup,  or  eat  ice  cream  off  a  plate  with  a 
ipoon.  You  know  faith  without  works 
does  not  amount  to  anything  there.  Why 
then  do  you  reason  away  those  rei|uire- 
ments  to  which  the  many  precious  jirom- 
isea  are  riveted  by  the  Holy  Ghost 
that  .^ihould  make  you  partake  of  the  di 
vine  nature?  Surely  God  did  not  every 
time  rivet  a  promise  to  a  command,  if  it 
were  not  so  that  by  obeying  Him,  we 
would  be  possessors  of  the  promise ;  hence 
we  all  see  that  forgivene.'w  of  sins  was 
not  secured  for  the  30i)(i  thousand  souls 
by  faith  alone.  It  was  ready  for  them 
in  Christ  even  before  they  believed  it. 
By  faith  they  were  made  conscious  of 
where  their  soul's  desire  was  embodied; 
but  by  obeying  Him,  or  doing  the  nec- 
essary work,  they  plunged  through  the 
water  into  forgiveness  of  sins,  and  then 
they  had  it,  but  not  before.  And  so  it 
is  with  every  promise  by  obeying  the 
re([uiremeuts.  You  open  the  channel 
through  wdiich  the  graces  flow;  so  you 
tAke  it,  and  it  is  yours.  If  you  under- 
stand this,  surely  you  will  cease  yo\ir 
man-made  dipping  and  go  to  the  Lord's 
arrangements;  you  will  cease  polishing 
boots  and  splitting  wood  in  place  of 
washing  the  saint's  feet,  you  will  sweep 


■quip  yournelf  with  the   LordV  ai 
mor.  Yit  y«>u  will  uU  me,  "I  .-im  mv*-  I 
will  be   saved  if  I  die  as  I  am."     Triu 
immersion  will  give  me  no   better  w 
surance. 

How  do  you  know  since  you  did  !;• 
try  ?     We  are  eight  sonls  here  in  Eun  i|i»- 
who  have  said  so  too.  Imt  by  cotaplvinR 
with  the  Lord's  will,  all  have  found  that 
the  testimony  received,  were  far  beyond 
expectation.        May     be     in     Amerios 
you  can  find  many  testifying  to  the  wi^. 
truth;  but  yon   may   scorn   our  <-.\p.  , 
mental  testimony  and  rely  on  yonrscoi.  , 
of  mockei-8  that  do  not  know  what  th.-;. 
affirm,  or  ridicule  because  they  never  diil 
it,  hence  can  know  nothing  about  it. 


ONE    HUNDRED  YEARS   FROM 
NOW. 

UY  If.  A.  BOSS. 

AH  what  an  important  subject  has  e  we 
^  bi- fore  us  for  our  consider;itii.)i;  it 
is  the  one  by  v hich  we  can  ih-ieiinintf 
whert^  we  will  spend  eternity.  And 
what  interesting  interrogative  is,  On*^ 
hundred  years  from  to-day  (M*/-*' .hA.. '' 
we  bef  God  has  said,  that  "  the  wiok 
ed  .sludl  go  away  into  everlasting  pun- 
ishment; but  the  righteous  into  life  HtT- 
nal." 

Now  the  great  (question  to  be  <lecid.  i 
is,  which  do  we  prefer,  to  spend  the  t-v- 
erlasting  ages  of  eternity  in  the  sunlit 
pleasures  of  the  God  of  heaven,  sur- 
mounting the  throne,  wearing  a  crowa 
of  righteousness,  praising  the  God  of  oar 
salvation?  Or  be  with  the  damned  vart 
out  and  be  forever  lost?  May  God,  iu 
His  infinite  mercy^  help  us  to-day  to 
"  choose  that  good  part  that  shall  never 
be  taken  away  from  us." 

Who  can  resolve  the  doubt, 

That  teal's  our  anxious  breast? 
Shall  we  be  with  the  damned  cost  out 

Or  numbered  with  the  blest? 
We  must  from  God  be  driven. 

Or  «ith  our  Savior  dwell; 
Must  come  at  His  comuiaud  to  huavfir. 

Or  else  depart  to  hell. 


WHAT  IT  IS  TO  BEAR  THE  CROSS. 


LKT 


IT  us  h;tve  ii  true  understanding  of  whii 
bearing  the  cross  i^.  He  after  whum  Si- 
mon bore  the  cross  is  now  for  above  all  woe  aoi 
weariness  and  pain,  and  needs  no  help  or  com- 
fort of  ours.  We  cannot  even  follow  Him  ie. 
person,  as  He  calbil  th-  rich  young  man  to  dot 
it  is  iu  heart  and  spirit,  in  life  and  convt-rjion, 
that  wc  are  to  bear  the  cross,  not  iu  an  oulwurd 
or  bodily  way.  Trm-.t-veu  outwardly  the  cr^-i* 
is  a  Christian  symbol.  But  should  the  crv^s  be 
mode  an  ornament  of  the  person?  Should  the 
ayinbol  of  redemption,  the  likeness  of  the  cro» 
of  Calvary  on  which  the  Lord  of  glory  died  for 
our  souls,  be  put  on  just  as  a  brooch  or  bnu-eiet 
put  on,  and  dangle  from  the  neck  amid  >oug 
and  dance  and  light-hearted  mirth?  Is  thJl 
seemly  right?  Is  it  not  rather  apainful  parody 
ou  the  hearing  of  the  cross?  Is  not  the  cros* 
too  otWu  thus  borne  when  the  mind  of  the 
bearer  is  still  vain  and  frivolous,  imd  there  b 
no  bearing  ot"  the  cross  iu  the  heart  or  life? 
The  true  bearing  of  the  cross  after  Jesus  is  ttt 
follow  Him,  iu  faith  and  love,  through  all  that 
His  service  leads  us  to;  to  give  up  all  that  He 
requires  to  be  given  up:  to  undertake  chetrfullj- 
whatever  He  calls  us  to:  to  be  willing  for  Him 
to  suft'er  shame  and  los^,  to  be  mocke-l,  d>'>pised 
disliked,  persecuted;  to  submit  cheerfully  to  all 
His  dealings:  fo  surrender  our  will  to  His  will 
An  outward  and  formal  beimug  ol  the  cra-«  is 
easy  indeed;  such  a  bearing  of  it  o^  this  is  Dot 
easy;  nav,  not  possible  for  ns,  imhelped.  Ytl 
this  is  what  oiu:  Lord  ciiT.s  us  to,  imd  He  Uiii>> 
self  will  give  us  help  and  strength.  Ub  grac* 
is  sufficient  for  us. — Sel. 


lun.'scoutinuiiliy,  l.y  aetion  all  you  n«-cl  ?  I  out  on  the  Jun-  hill  your  worhlly  style 
Diifevei'  your  faith  without  works  hriug  ]  and  vanity,  nnil  ailorn  yourselfin  moilest 


water  from  the  toH-n  iiump,  or 


turn  the  apparel ;  you  will  sleep  no  longer  in  a 


stopper  ou  the  water  pipe  i     If  uot,  faith  '  bed  with  a  revolver  un.ler  your  pillow, 


Keep  the  horrors  at  arm's  length.  XeT««- 
turn  a  blessing  round,  to  see  whether  it  has  ». 
(lark  side  to  it. 


TMK  i^tiethre:n^  ^t  avoric. 


Juiii 


e  e. 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLY. 


J    H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Ban.  H.  II.  D**iii>B  ii  Jul/  ■iilhoriicil,  1 
tnitrlinR  oorrp-ponJenl  siiJ  •g»rl  tnr  Ihe 
WoiK  lod  will  rwfiTP  «uli»erii'ili)n«ror  th 
ruffular  ratt".  All  liu«;n««»  inoMCWtl  bjr  hi 
Dor.  Hill  he  Ihc  immc  *■  if  <lont  by  ourMlxc 


'J.:; 


Tin  BufTimn)!  AT  Won«  will  b*  •ent  posi-pW'l,  lo  Bny 
•.MrcM  in  Ibc  Unlte4  SUIw  or  Canadn,  for  H  M  psi" 
ftnnuin.  Tlioic  MrnlinK  loo  nnrac*  inJ  f  1J500,  will  re- 
C#lt*  i»n  MtM  copy  rrt*  ot  churRC.  For  nil  oTcr  lIUi 
nun.b«r  ihr  «•"!  will  U  illowtJ  lO  eenU  for  Mcb  ».I<li- 
tion«l  r..iiDC,  which  fcmount  e*n  be  dc<Jucl«'J  from  Ihc 
mftnrT,  h.forciiPD.IInK  U  lo  m.  Money  OMer..  Ilmfr*. 
M.l  i';.niiii*rwl  teller*  oiBy  he  *cni  nt  our  riik.  They 
■h'loi  I  t*  made  poyftliW  lo  Moore  A  R»hclnnin, 

8ul"rnriion".  •o'l  comrounirailions  inltmle-l  for  the  p** 
per,  M  w'U  ft*  nil  hii»ltie»ii  ni«Uer«  wnueflWJ  with  iho  of- 
flM  aboul'l  be  ad<tr<"u«I 

HOO&E  ft  ESHELUAtl, 

Lanirk,  CtrrcU  Ca..  Ill' 


LAVASE.  HI.. 


CHILDREN  AT  'WORK. 


F" 


As  fxclmiigf  »nys,  *'  Purents  slioiild  exercise 
;iiitioii,  und  select  good,  t-ntertainiiig  reading 
lor  Ihi-ir  cliildn-ii.  If  imraiiU  do  not  make  th^ 
fit'lection  tho  devil  will  cheerfully  do  it  for 
tiiuiii."  ^^,^^_^ 

Tub  price  of  the  BnBTiutBN  at  Work  from 
thf  Annual  Meeting  to  tho  end  of  the  iiresent 
year,  will  be  75  cents.  We  mention  this  that, 
thouc-  who  wish  to  send  in  »ix  months'  subscril>- 
ers  may  know  what  to  do. 

UnoTHKR  Geo.  W.  Thomas,  of  Peahody,  Kan., 
Hayn;  "  God  bless  you  in  your  labor.  Your  pa- 
per is  doing  a  noble  work  on  these  WeskTii 
prairies.  Two  more  precious  souls  united  with 
UH  yenterday,  by  baptism,  and  two  more  copies 
of  the  BitKTiinEK  at  Woiik  wanted  on  the  OV 
cent  Hulieitatiou."  That  is  the  way  to  treat 
new  converts.  Place  a  good  paper  in  their 
Imnds,  and  thus  induce  them  to  become  greatly 
iut^TiTtted  in  the  wollfaro  and  working*  of  the 
eliurcb.  

TiiR  publislier  of  a  weekly  newspaper  in  Ill- 
inois, prints  in  each  number  a  chapter  of  the 
Bible,  and,  upon  being  ridiculed  (or  it  by  his 
contemporaries,  remarks  editorially;  "  Wc  pul>- 
liifa  nothing  but  what  is  news  to  our  readers." 
It  LH  hoped  that  the  contents  of  the  Hible  are 
niit  new  to  our  rcadei's,  or  if  we  lliought  they 
were  we  nhouM  certainly  give  them  a  chapter 
cuch  week.  It  is  well  lo  get  into  the  habit  of 
reading  a  portion  of  Scripture  each  day.  Kvery 
boy  onglit  to  have  a  Testament  to  carry  in  liis 
po'tket.  , 


OR  Home  lime  we  have  felt  thnt  there  ii  a 
demand  for  a  jnveiiile  pi()H-r  among  us, 
adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  children  and  young 
people  of  the  brotherhood,  and  after  mature  de- 
liberation, and  much  consultation  with  others, 
in  various  partn  of  the  rountrj-,  we  have  con- 
cluded to  issue  a  semi-monthly  fheet  to  be  call- 
ed the  CniMJKK.v  AT  Work. 

Brother  Eshelman  will  take  charge  of  the 
paper,  giving  it  his  attention  and  tjilent,  and 
will  do  all  in  his  power  to  make  it  both  inter- 
esting and  instructive  to  the  young.  Since 
opening  the  Home  Circle  and  children's  denart- 
ent  in  the  Brethren  at  Work,  we  have 
learned  how  anxious  children  are  for  a  paper 
adapted  to  their  wants,  and  how  eagerly  they 
gnup  every  opportunity  for  reading  such  mat^ 
ter. 
It  is  believed  that  a  failure  upon  the  part  of 
Juas  6,  1871 1  many  parents  to  supply  their  children  with  suit- 
able veafiing  matter,  has  been  tho  cause  of  some 
growing  up  and  embracing  the  faith  and  prac- 
tice of  other  orders,  and  also  the  cause  of  much 
novel  reading.  About  the  only  way  to  keej) 
cliildren  from  reading  trashy  literature  is  to  put 
good  reading  matter  before  tliem  instead,  and 
thus  train  them  to  love  and  relish  strictly  moral 
reading.  This  brother  Eshelnnm  puvpcses  to 
do,  and  desires  I  he  united  support  of  every  lover 
of  the  truth  in  the  great  and  good  work. 

Our  little  folks  have  become  so  interested 
with  their  department  in  the  BitETintEJi  at 
Work  that  we  found  the  space  thus  allotted,  too 
inadequate  to  anything  like  meeting  their  wants, 
hence  this  little  sheet.  We  send  it  forth  upon 
its  mission  of  usefulness,  hoping  thfit  it  may  at- 
tain to  an  extensive  circulation,  and  thus  accom- 
plish a  vast  amount  of  good.  Just  pause  and 
calculate  for  one  moment.  Supposing  the 
Children  at  Work  should  reach  a  circulation 
of  ten  or  twelve  thousand,  and  the  children 
would  read  it  year  after  year  till  grown  up,  what 
nn  array  of  soldiers  would  we  have  to  strength- 
en the  cause  and  build  up  the  church.  Christ 
told  Peter  to  iml  his  lambs,  and  this  is  just  what 
this  little  paper  is  intended  to  do.  We  want  to 
put  the  feed  down  low  enough  so  that  the  lambs 
can  reach  it,  and  then  when  they  get  older  they 
can  reach  up  higher.  The  children  want  to  be 
taught  while  young,  so  that  when  they  get  old, 
they  will  not  deptirt  from  the  principles  of  the 


Wk  are  gliul  to  learn  that  a  number  of  Dis- 
trict of  churches  are  taking  their  missionary 
work  into  their  own  Imnds,  appoint  their  own 
evangelists,  and  appl^v  tlie  money  raised  ^dinrthj 
to  the  work.  It  is  hoped  that  every  district  will 
fall  in  line  and  adopt  tliia  method  of  carrying 
on  missionary  work,  for  they  will  then  have 
their  own  Held  under  their  direct  care,  and  will 
know  ju-it  what  kind  of  men  are  Iwing  put  into 
the  fit-dd.  Proper  eli'orts  in  this  dh-eetion  will 
enable  tliem  to  push  the  Gospel  intoevery  nook 
uiid  corner  of  the  land. 


TnoBH  who  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Mid- 
dle District  of  Iowa  last  week,  speak  well  of  tlie 
meeting.  The  meeting  was  held  with  the  Lost 
Nation  cougn?gation,  just  after  tlieir  feast,  and 
■wa-t  attended  by  some  thirty  or  forty  brethren 
oiul  MSters  from  tliis  part  of  tin*  country.  They 
hiul  a  pleasant  trip  of  it,  tho  W.  U.  H.  K.  Co., 
having  provided  them  with  a  car,  and  did  what 
they  could  to  make  the  trip  an  enjoyable  oni 
The  raili-oiul  men  wore  much  deliglited  with  the 
sitiging  by  the  membom.  The  District  Meeting 
piuised  oft"  harmoniously  and  seemed  to  give  gen- 
•  '    fitiiifitction. 


.  iuiother  page  will  be  found  a  compromise 
niiiKiiunication  from  Bro.  D.  C.  Mooiiiaw,  in 
which  lie  manifesttia  conciliatory  feeling,  lie, 
iu  a  private  eomniiinication,  thinks  our  reply  to 
him,  Wfts  a  little  too  severe.  That  may  Imve 
been,  lut  we  are  in  the  habit  of  handling  things 
without  gloves.  But,  lis  IJro.  M.  sa^-s,  this  ur- 
licle  is  to  be  his  last  on  that  subject,  wv  hope 
thnt  nil  unpleasant  (efdingfl  will  now  he  buried, 
and  that  the  old  ship  of  Zion  «*ill  continue  to 
glide  smoothly  a^on?  over  the  placid  wat*i-«  of 
*in».  We  earijfestly  Holicit  the  aid  of  all  our 
able  writei-s  in  keeping  peace  and  harmony  in 
the  church,  and  to  place  nothing  U-fore  our 
reaileis  but  what  is  calculatedtoedityiaud  build 
up  the  cause.  Let  the  Bkethbkn  at  Wokk  be- 
come a  medium  for  the  pubUshing  of  the  best 
thoughta,and  most  harmouiouii  communications 
that  Can  l»e  produced,  and  we  aa' satisfied  tliat 
our  efforU  will  result  in  much  good,  -md  redound 
*o  the  glory  and  honor  of  God. 


truth  thus  taught.  We  therefore  conclude  that 
every  family  having  children  large  ejfough  to 
read,  should  be  sure  to  send  for  tlie  Children 
AT  Work. 

1  n  your  neigh  borhood  there  may  be  some  poor 
Iwiys  and  girls  whose  surroundings  at  home  are 
not  very  favorable  to  religion.  They  are  liable 
to  be  led  still  farther  astray  and  perliaps  die  a 
disgraceful  death.  Now  do  you  not  think  that 
it  would  be  n  noble  idea  if  you  would  i)lace  a 
good,  little  i)aper  in  their  hands  (oread?  It 
might  be  the  means  of  rescuing  them  from 
eternal  ruin.  And  then  what  joy  would  you 
realize,  if  in  heaven  you  should  meet  some 
whom  you  had  thus  been  iustnimeutal  iu  lead- 
ing from  threatened  destruction  to  life  eternal  ? 
Then  there  aix'  thousands  of  little  boys  and  girls, 
in  the  lower  walks  of  life,  who  would  read  such 
11  paper  with  the  greatest  of  joy,  and  never 
cease  to  thnuk  the  person  who  sent  it  to  them. 
Then  friendly  reader,  do  all  in  your  power  to 
get  this  little  paper  into  the  hands  of  ^vary  lit- 
tle boy  and  giri  you  know  of,  especially  the  poor 
and  offcajit.  The  hardships  through  which  we 
have  passed  in  early  life,  compel  us  to  be  a 
friend  to  every  jioor  boy  we  meet.  We  know 
and  have  felt  wliat  it  is  to  be  a  jioor  bov,  and 
we  would  certainly  rejoice  to  know  that  the 
CiiiLmtEN  AT  Work  ii  going  to  thousands  of 
poor  boys  and  girls  who  are  looked  down  upon 
by  -society.  It  would  be  the  bight  of  our  ambi- 
tion to  be  instrumental  in  lifting  a  few  tliousand 
of  them  up  from  the  degraded  walks  of  life  and 
ma!;e  of  them  useful  men  and  women.  Breth- 
ren and  sisters  will  you  lend  a  hclpmg  hand  in 
HiiH  work?  We  want  your  aid,  your  prayers 
and  sympathies. 

The  Chtli>rkx  .\t  Work  is  intended  to  stick 
clo^e  tu  the  Bible  doctrine,  and  will  not  shun 
to  teach  the  faith  and  practice  of  tin-  Brethren. 
We  do  not  propose  to  shun  the  plain  Gospel 
truths  just  because  the  paper  w  for  children. 
We  want  to  so  teach  the  cliildren  that  when 
thiy  come  to  the  yeai-s  of  suflieient  Icnowledge 
they  will  come  to  the  church  and  become  useful  ' 
members.     In  fact,  we  want   all    th-  ' 


among  us  to  be  trained  up  in  the  doctrine  and 
practice  of  the  Brethren  church.  That  in  fact 
i«  the  primary  object  of  Hiis  little  paper — get 
the  children  to  "  fear  God  and  keep  his  com- 
mandmeuta."  It  is  needful  that  the  Iambs  be 
fed,  for  they  are  what  must  one  day  make  the 
sheep.  Just  so  with  your  children — they  must 
one  dav  take  your  place,  and  into  their  hands 
must  full  the  government  of  the  church,  and 
how  important  it  is  that  they  be  well  prepared 
for  it. 

As  before  remarked,  brother  Eshelman  will 
take  charge  of  the  children's  paper,  and  we 
want  eveiybody  to  assist  him  in  making  it  in- 
teresting and  giving  it  a  wide  circulation.  I 
shall  take  charge  of  the  Brethren  at  Work 
and  do  my  utmost  to  make  it  still  more  attract- 
ive and  useful.  By  the  help  of  the  Lord  we 
hope  to  make  the  paper  still  better  and  keep  its 
columns  free  from  objectional  matter.  And  in 
this  work  we  want  the  united  assistance  of  all 
our  readers.  We  want  tliem  to  watch  the  con- 
tents of  the  paper  carefully,  and  if  they  see 
tliat  which  is  calculated  to  injure  the  cause,  they 
will  confer  a  great  favor  by  being  free  to  inform 
us  of  it.  For  our  success  so  far,  we  are  greatly 
indebted  to  the  good  advice  received  fi'om  our 
readers.  When  we  make  mistakes  please  do  not 
talk  to  others  about  it,  but  write  us  and  let  us 
have  your  judgment  regarding  that  whicti  will 
be  for  the  good  of  the  cause.  We  are  still  young, 
perhaps  the  youngest  editor  in  the  brotherhood, 
but  willing  to  learu  and  be  convinced  by  our 
people.  We  have  been  vHry  fortunate  in  work- 
ing up  a  good  circulation  and  may  God  help  us 
to  so  conduct  the  paper,  that  it  may  prove  a 
credit  aud  a  blessing  to  our  holy  religion,  and 
be  instrumental  in  leading  many  from  darkness 
lo  the  true  and  marvelous  light.  Brethren,  in 
your  prayers  do  not  forget  the  Brethren  at 
Work,  nor  the  Children  at  Work  either. 
Pray  for  us  often,  and  may  God  bless  both  you 
and  us.  J.  H.  M. 


ALMOST  PERSUADED. 


To  a  Loted  One  on  Thr  Pacific  Coast  Who 
/wiofrs  t/iut  Jcaus  aim  Died  for  Him,  yd  is 
not  Altogether  Pei-sumled  to  Put  Him  On: — 

THE  man  of  God  says:  "Knowing  therefore 
the  terror  of  the  Lord,  we  persuade  men" 
{2  Cor.  5:11).  The  "  then-fore  "  refers  to  Paul's 
argument  and  declaration  previous  to  the  fore- 
going expression.  In  the  therefore  is  wrapped 
up  the  fact,  ''  For  we  must  ull  appear  before  the 
Jwigment-seat  of  Christ."    Whyi'     "That  er- 

•ij  one  may  receive  the  things  done  in  his  body, 
according  to  that  he  hath  done,  whether  it  be 
d  or  bad."  The  measure  is,  "  na'oriViHj;  fo 
that'  HE  HATH  DONE."  And  that  none 
miglit  escape,  he  says,  "  whether  //  he  good  o>- 
hud."  This  makes  known  the  rpiality  or  kind 
of  deeds:  and  it  is  clear  that  only  two  kinds 
will  be  noticed  by  the  Lord — good  and  bad. 

To  yon  it  must  be  evident,  that  to  believe  all 
the  facts  of  the  Gospel,  to  obey  all  the  com- 
mandments and  hope  for  all  the  promises,  is  to 
possess  GOOD  in  its  highest  sense.  Whatever 
God  has  declared,  is  good.  To  believe  this,  is 
to  believe  good.  Whatever  God  has  commanded, 
is  good.  Then  to  obey  all  His  commandment*, 
is  good.  All  that  God  liua  promised  is  good. 
Therefore  to  hope  for  or  enjoy  them,  is  also  good. 
On  God's  side  all  things  are  good,  and  to  be  on 
the  side  of  the  good  things  is  to  be  safe  beyond 
a  shadow  of  doubt.    God  cannot  lie. 

To  got  into  Christ  through  the  divinely  ap- 
pointed means,  is  not  enough.  To  remain  iu 
Him.  and  walk  as  He  walked,  is  no  less  impera- 
tive than  the  getting  into.  To  go  on  unto  per- 
fection (Heb.  C:  1),  is  indicative  of  something  to 
be  done  nn  the  way.  Simply  coming  io  Jesus 
brings  not  perfection  as  Ood  demands-  perfection. 
To  do  the  "all  things"  commanded  by  Christ, 
brings  the  realization  and  enjoyment  of  the 
things  hoped  for.  The  God  thatsayg,  "  be  bajv 
ti2cd,"  with  equal  force  says,  "  In  like  manner 
also,  that  women  adorn  themselves  in  modest 
appaieP'tl  Tim.  2:  ii).  /»  Uh  manner  aha 
implies  that  what  is  said  to  women  was  also 
said  to  men  by  the  Apostle.  But  the  apostle 
Peter  speaks  more  definitely  concerning  the 
wearing  of  gold.  "  Whose  Jidoming.  let  it  not 
be  the  outward  adorning  of  pbiiting  the  hair, 
aud  of  wearing  of  gold,  or  of  the  putting  on  of 
apparel"  (1  Pet.  3:3).  In  short,  let  not  the 
outward  appearance  be  that  of  a  vuiu  and  foolish 
person,  not  the  putHug  on  of  gold,  but  "a  meek 
and  rjuiet  spirit."  This  is  the  Lord's  definition 
of  tlje  Christian. 


But  Ton  are  not  altogether  persuiidi-il  <-,.^ 
ing  the  manner  of  our  dre&s.     Finst*  W 
gard  our  mode  of  dress   as   being   plaij,     fp, . 
the  Holy  Ghost  by  the  Word  requires.    S,i_-  j" 
We  regard  our  mode  of  dress  as  being  nan 
formed  to  the  world.     This  the  Lord  alao  term" 
"Who  is  to  give   the   PRtt«ru?"  queries  oT 
Let  me  explain:  You  know   that  the  Lords  ^ 
of  the  cup  of  the  communion  of  His  bl     i 
"Take  this  aud  divide  it  among  yourselve3"(I.  t ' 
22: 17).     Does  He  say  how,  in  what  manner  we 
shall  divide  it?     Does  He  say  each  person  shnM 
have  a  little  wine  in  a  cup  or  that  there  sK  II 
be  one  cup  for  all  ?     Not  at  all !     He  sayg  uojl 
ing  about  it.     Then    who   shall  say  in  ^i 
manner  the   cup  shall    be  divided?    EvideiiH 
the  church,  for  every  one  in  the  church  is  cqI 
cerned — "  divide  it  among  yourselves.''    To  (hi 
I  think  you  will  agree,  as  do  all  who  believe  in 
the  sacred  emblems  of  Christ's  sufferi 
death. 

Now  if  this  be  evident  to  all,  should  it  not 
be  equally  evident  that  the  church  can  safeK- 
give  the  manner  of  our  dress,  since  we  are  com 
manded  to  he  non-conformed  to  this  world— to 
be  a  separate  and  peculiar  people?  If  wo  admit 
the  privilege— the  right  of  the  church  htW 
down  the  manner  of  doing  one  thing  comncnd. 
[d  by  God,  then  we  must  admit  the  right  in  jm. 
other,  where  God  is  equally  silent  coueerniue 
the  manner  of  doing  it.  God  tells  us  in  even- 
instance  irhat  to  do,  but  in  a  number  of  cases 
does  not  tell  hoiv  to  jierform  it.  I  presume  He 
ordained  that  in  some  things  the  church  should 
exercise  judgment,  hence  so  arranged  the  plan 
of  salvation. 


't'nags  and 


To  accept  the  church's  method  in  one  thiiift 
in  the  absence  of  a  plain,  positive  "  thus  saitb 
the  Lord,"  pre-supposes  her  right  to  adopt  that 
method  aud  continue  it  until,  in  harmony  itnd 
brotherly  kindness,  it  can  be  supplanted  with 
something  better.  On.  the  doctrine  of  noa- 
conformity,  I  trust  we  are  generally  agreed,  but 
as  to  the  best  manner  of  observing  it,  a  differ- 
ence of  opinion  exists.  These  differences  of 
opinion  may,  in  general  council,  be  compared 
and  passed  upon  in  the  spii-it  of  love  and  for- 
bearauce;  aud  when  this  is  done,  no  one  will 
likely  lose  an  iota  of  holiness  by  complying 
with  the  conclusion.  But  the  root  of  the  m&ir 
ter  is  holiness  of  heart,  and  here  the  submission 
must  find  lodgment  or  the  doctrine  of  non- 
conformity will  be  such  only  in  name. 

Well,"  says  one,  "  I  am  glad  thatitdoesnot 
say.  You  must  be  non- conformed."  HolJ!  do 
not  be  too  fast.  It  does  virtually  say,  You 
must  be  non-conformed.  Turn  to  Horn.  12:1, 
2  and  learn  what  the  Holy  Ghost  by  the  mouth 
of  Paul,  says:  "  Be  not  conformed  to  tliis  world, 
but  he  ye  transformed  by  the  renewing  of  your 
mind."  Here  the  Lord  tells  bg  what  yon  shall 
be  non-conformed — "  by  the  renewing  of  the 
mind."  There,  now,  the  Lord  has  said  "  bijijour 
mind,"  aud  if  you  "  be  non-conformed  to  this 
world  "  "  by  your  mind  "  there  will  be  ubmiJaiit 
visible  evidence.  There  will  then  be  no  iipcd  of 
sending  a  detective,  or  special  agent,  to  learn 
whether  you  are  non-eonfonned  to  this  world,  or 
not.  But  this  evidence  of  a  non-conformed 
mind,  being  a  good  thing,  of  course  must  have 
its  counterfeit  and  abuse.  Wolves  run  miles  to 
get  the  mantle  in  order  to  devour  the  sheep- 
Some  prominent  branches  near  the  top  of  the 
tree,  with  the  non-conformed  garment  on,  ha^e 
laden  themselves  with  sins,  broken  oft'  and  I'lill- 
en  to  the  ground,  scratching  the  bark  a  little  in 
the  descent,  yet  the  tree  goes  on  bearing  its 
fruit  Its  before.  These  abuses  and  falliiigseuny 
no  argument  againut  the  mode  adopted  by  the 
church  for  apparelling  itH  members. 

"  BuJ  I  can  live  a  Christian  out  of  the  churrh." 
Not  precisely.  Why  then  iM  the  Lord  estab- 
lish a  church?  Why  speak  of  "the  church," 
one  body,  one  faith,  if  you  can  live  without  the 
one  body?  Suppose  all  would  adopt  your  |ilau, 
ivherc  would  the  ordinance.i  he?  The  Lind  or- 
dained the  church.  The  Bible  teaches  tho  ne- 
cessity of  the  church  being  of  one  iniiid— of 
one  faith.  Where  would  the  one  faith  bo  if  no 
two  believed  alike?  You  see  your  inclimi*io" 
leiuls  to  unsafe  ground.  A  wtone  lying  <>"  t"^ 
stre*;t  is  as  much  of  a  stone  as  the  om  m  the 
building;  bub  what  good  is  it  doing  theW  i" 
alone,  being  knocked  from  one  side  of  tho^twet 
to  tlie  other  by  every  old  cai't  that  comes  alon?, 
and  a  stumblingblock  to  othenfV  But  it  it  w 
taken  up  and  put  into  a  building  with  yth^r 
stones  it  is  valuable.  To  wash  the  stoia-  nu^ 
lay  it  dowu  in  the  stwet  again,  can  answer  no 


June 


c. 


THE    R]RKTiraK>r    AT    WORK. 


,,„ri"'se;  Init  let  it  W  preporpd  and  put  into  tlic 
hows.-  tuid  then  it  is  a  part  of  the  huiWing.  I 
l^.sr  of  you  to  come  to  .Iwns.  Accept  Him;  let 
Him  ilress  luid  polish  you.  Mny  the  Lord  help 
you  to  be  not  only  nlmost,  but  ftltogether  per- 
*s„nih'<l  ami  be  a  lively  stone  in  the  Uiistvr's 


SECRET  SOCIETIES  IN   HEAVEN. 

JT  is  not  uncommon  in  Masonic  literature  to 
_[  mid  of  the  "Grand  Lodge  above."  We 
woiulor  if  these  people  believe  there  is  a  secret 
gocifty  in  heaven,  and  that  they  have  regular 
oi-giiuized  lodges  in  the  paradise  of  God?  If 
uot.  why  talk  of  the  "  Grand  Lodge  above?" 

One  would  infer  from  their  writings  that 
tlieie  will  be  many  secret  lodges  in  heaven,  for 
one  party  talks  of  the  "  Grand  Lodge  above." 
iin<l  unother  of  the  "  Great  Grange  in  heaven." 
To  come  right  down  to  the  candid  truth;  Do 
they  actually  believe  there  will  be  a  Grange  in 
lienven?  Do  they  believe  there  will  be  a  Ma- 
sonic Lodge  amoDg  the  saints  in  heaven?  A 
Lodge  presupposes  the  existence  of  secrets,  pass- 
words and  signs.  What  do  they  want  with  sc- 
ci-ets,  pass-words  and  signs  in  lieavon?  and  it  is 
evident  that  there  can  he  no  "Grand  Lodge" 
without  them. 

1 1  is  worse  than  nonsense  to  talk  of  the  "Grand 
Loilge  above  "  or  the  "  Great  Grange  in  heaven." 
Who  supposes  there  will  be  a  "Grange"  in 
heiiveii?  What  in  the  name  of  reason  do  they 
niuit  with  a  secret  organization  against  monop- 
oly, railroads  and  middle-men  in  heaven?  Will 
heaven  be  so  corrupt  that  it  will  be  necessary  to 
organize  secret  societies  to  oppose  monopolies 
there? 

Men  who  are  supposed  to  understand  tlie  ob- 
ject of  secret  societies  say,  they  are  benevolent 
institutions,  and  intended  to  render  assistance 
to  the  poor  and  needy,  and  then  talk  about  the 
"  Grand  Lodge  above  "  just  as  though  fhey  need- 
ed a  charitable  institution  where  there  is  no  lack 
of  anything.  What  would  you  think  of  pohti- 
ciaiis  who  would  talk  about  their  brother  going 
to  the  Grand  Republican  party  above,  or  the 
Grand  Democratic  party  in  heaven?  and  yet  it 
would  be  no  more  absurd  and  ridiculous  than 
talking  of  the  "Grand  Lodf^e  above"  or  the 
"  Great  Grange  in  heaven."  The  idea  that  ther 
lire  iiecret  societies  in  heaven  is  too  ridiculous  to 
reason  about.  They  even  go  so  far  sis  to  say 
that  men  will  take  their  last  degree  in  heaven. 
If  it  costs  as  much  to  take  a  degree  there,  as  it 
doc-*  here,  there  will  he  but  few  degrees  taki-n 
But  is  this  not  talking  nonaense,  when  intim.i- 
liou  is  made  of  taking  Masonic  degrees  in  her.v- 
en  ?  Surely  everybody  knows  that  there  can  be 
no  secret  degrees  in  the  land  of  the  blessed. 

Were  this  true,  it  would  divide  the  mhabitanfs 
of  heaven  at  once,  for  all  would  not  join  the  se- 
cvi't  society,  and  if  they  did,  then  it  would  cease 
to  !)!■  a  secret  order. 

When  our  Masonic  people  talk  of  the  "  Grand 
Lodye  above  "  do  they,  for  a  moment,  suppose 
that  there  will  be  a  great  Masonic  Hall  in  heav- 
en, where  they,  with  barred  doors  and  covered 
w-iiiihiws,  can  teach  and  practice  their  secretin*:' 
Or  do  they  think  that  heavou  itself  will  be  the 
givat  secret  hall?  If  the  latter,  then  what  do 
thi'y  want  with  secrets?  Then,  how  about  the 
"Great  Grange  in  heaven?  "  Must  tliey  Inivea 
sepiuate  room  to  themselves,  where  they  ran 
ti-iKli  their  secret  working.^  against  monopoly 
and  lailroads?  Caii  those  who  talk  about  the 
"  Griiud  Lodge  above  "  and  the  "  Great  Gnmge 
ill  lifiivcn  '■  ttdl  us  )iow  tlu'se  things  are  to  be 
ti.v,l  up? 

\Vi-  think  that  in  order  to  be  at  h-iwt  a  iittl<.' 
coii>i^tcnt,  the  supporters  of  secret  orders  should 
ceit-ii-  using  such  unmeaning  phrases,  for  wc dare 
"ay.  Ihoro  is  not  one  of  them,  who,  ofterdue  re- 
flp'liim,  will  say,  there  are  secret  societies  in 
lii'av.  n,  and  yet  we  find  intimations  of  it  in 
thoir  writingM.  There  can  hcMio  Lodge  without. 
sciiits,  and  im  organisation  to  that  effect,  and 
•■i  lalk  of  the  Lodge  above  is  to  admit  the  ex- 
isti-iioj  of  an  organized  secret  society. 

li  iiny  one  should  t«-ach  that  secret  societies 
Ion, I  an  essential  feature  of  life  in  the  other  lo- 
ciiliiy  we  would  have  no  renaou  to  object,  (or 
tliitt  would  seem  a  little  reifonwble.  as  darkness 
iM-^..-i,tial  to  tlie  perjx'tnity  of  such  secret  or- 
''ii>.  white  liglit  is  calculated  to  bring  their 
'Win  to  light  that  all  may  see  them. 

i'' rhaps  there  may  hf-  those  who  can  throw 
■"'Mt'  light  on  the  subject.  If  tbei-s  is  a  "  ftrand 
^dge  above"  it  U  time  we  were  all  knowing  it 
for  it  wuuhl  induce  thousands  to  enter  the  Lodge 


liere  below,  that  they  might  have  the  ploasur*  of 
tnking  still  higher  degrees  in  the  world  to  come. 
If  there  is  a  Lodg»?  above,  then  it  must  tw  be- 
yond the  real  heaven,  perhaps  the  uppermost 
seat^.  hence  thousands  of  devoted  Christian* 
must  remain  in  the  ordinary  heaven,  while  the 
Masonic  peojde  pass  on  up  to  the  "  Grand  Lodge 
above."  This  is  the  mevitahle  conclusion  drawn 
from  some  absunl  expressions  found  in  their  lit- 
erature, Its  fallacv  is  so  easily  detected  that 
further  comment  is  unnecoasarv-  J.  n.  ii. 


CONFIDENCE    CRAFT. 


AWRITKU  sums  up  a  little  of  his  exiwri- 
enc 


THE  PREPOSITION  WITH, 

"  I  indeed  baptize  you  witlj  {«n)  water  unto 
repentance:  hut  he  that  couieth  after  me  is 
mightier  than  I,  whose  shoes  I  am  imt  worthy 
to  bear,  he  shall  baptize  you  with  (en)  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  trilh  (not  in  the  Greek)  fire."— Matt. 

rrilE  Greek  preposition  oi,  which  is  rendered 
±  with  in  the  verse  given,  is  found  not  less 
than  290  times  in  the  book  of  Matthew.  And 
out  of  these  290  times  it  is  rendered  in  215  times 
in  King  James'  translation.  Twelve  times  it  is 
rendered  among;  three  limes,  within;  once, 
/or;  once,  i(n(/#r;  once,  fArcH^A;  once,rt(;  once, 
into;  once,  upon;  twice,  trcniwc; seven  times,  n/ ,• 
four  times,  by  miscellaneous  terms;  twenty-six 
times,  Inj;  and  is  rendered  ciVA,  but  eleven  times, 
showing  that  our  authority  for  saying  that, 
John  baptized  with  water,  is  without  foundation. 
It  should  be  rendered,  "  I  indeed  baptize  you  in 
water."  "He  shall  baptize  ^-ou  im  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  (in)  fire." 

I'or  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  not  favored 
with  the  facilities  for  referring  to  the  Greek,  we 
give  below,  a  few  instances  where  the  preposi- 
tion CM  is  found  in  the  original: 
Matt.  3:  6.     Baptized  of  him  in  (ni)  Jordan. 

"     4:  21.     In  (en)  a  ship  with  Zehedee. 

"      4:  23.    Teacliing/«C('H^  their  synagogues. 

"     5: 12.     Your  reward  in  (en)  heaven. 

"     5: 15.    All  that  are  in  (en)  the  house. 

"     6;  9.    Our  Father  which  art  iJifcH^  heaven. 

"      9:  10.     Sat  at  meat  in  (en)  the  house. 

A  number  of  other  examples  might  be  given, 
but  these  will  suffice  for  the  present.  It  is  aa 
logical  to  talk  of  Christ  baptizing  in  the  Holy 
Ghost  as  to  s.iy  John  baptized  in  Jordan,  as 
the  same  Greek  preposition  is  used  in  both  in- 
stances. We  greatly  prefer  the  rendering  of  rn 
by  our  English  preposition  in,  as  it  makes  nmcli 
better  sense,  and  then  it  is  the  exact  mcimiug 
of  the  original.  j.  h.  m. 


I  HAVE  been  so  crowded  with  work  that  I  am 
compelled  to  defer  the  remainder  of  my  articles 
on  "Original  Ground"  till  after  the  Annual 
Meeting.  We  keep  im  clerk  in  this  office,  but 
attend  to  all  the  business  personally,  each  one 
taking  a  certain  portion,  hence  having  more 
work  to  do  than  is  generally  allotted  to  editoi's. 
This  we  do  in  order  to  give  our  readers  a  good, 
cheap  paper,  and  are  glad  to  know  that  our  el- 
forts  are  being  appreciated  by  thousands  of  read- 
ers. We  would  like  to  have  completed  the  series 
of  articles  before  the  A.  M.,  but  now  find  that 
it  cannot  be  done,  especially  so  since  we  want 
to  make  prciiavations  for  atlendijig  the  meeting. 
^ J.  H.  M. 

Bekoiie  our  next  issue,  the  Lord  willing,  we 
expect  to  be  with  the  Hrethren  at  the  coming 
Annual  Meeting.  There  may  be  some  uncer- 
tainty about  both  of  us  being  there,  yet  we  will 
come  if  it  is  possible  to  leave  home.  Brother 
Eshelman  M-ill  be  there  at  any  rate,  prepar- 
ed to  attend  to  whatever  business  may  be- 
long to  this  office.  It  is  pleasant  to  thus  meet 
and  mingle  with  those  of  the  same  faith,  and  of 
tlie  one  common  brotherhood.  It  seems  to  us 
that  mtvtings  of  this  kind  wo\ild  be  edifying, 
even  if  there  were  no  business  to  attend  to.  May 
the  ble.ssing  of  the  Lord  rest  upon  the  coming 
meeting,  that  wliat  is  done  may  redound  to  His 
glory  and  honor.  A  little  k-ss  of  self  and  mon.- 
of  the  grace  of  God  would  be  a  blessing  to  any 
meeting.  What  we  need  most,  is  to  encourage 
unity,  and  in  all  things  manifest  more  charity 

tow.udeach  other. 

— -«^- 

TnosK  who  have  sent  us  queries  on  the  Di- 
vorce question  will  please  excuse  us  for  not 
auHwering  them  through  the  paper,  as  we  do 
uot  wish  to  W'como  involved  in  a  discussion  on 
that  Bubjeet.  Our  people  arc  not  fully  agreed 
as  to  whether  the  innocent  pai-ty  has  a  Script- 
ural right  to  marry,  and  were  we  to  publish  our 
views  in  full,  and  defend  them,  that  would  pro- 
duce a  controversy  which  would  not  hi'  very  ed- 
ifying to  our  readers,  for  they  want  peace,  not 
contention.  Let  us  unitedly  work  together  for 
greater  unanimity  of  sentiment.  If  such  things 
must  he  discussed,  there  are  proper  places  for 
them,  but  let  us  try  and  keep  them  out  of  our 
papers. 


ence  as  foUows,  which  we  give  place,  that 
it  may  throw  others  on  their  guard.  The  bet- 
ter way  ia  not  to  trust  any  one  you  do  not 
know: 

"The  day  being  far  spent,  and  being  fatigued, 
I  set  out  for  the  Hudson,  purposing  to  continue 
my  journey  to  Albany. .  Walking  leisurely  and 
rather  slowly  along,  a  young  man  rushed  up  and 
stuck  a  bill  in  my  face,  which  announced  the 
sale  of  jewelry,  and  grcjit  bargain  to  be  had.  1 
paused  to  read,  and  then  told  the  nmn  I  did  not 
wish  to  purchoso  a&  I  never  wore  su(  K  things. 
At  this  juncture  another  came  up  apparently 
verj-  eager  to  learn  the  contents  of  the  bill  and 
was  also  very  anxious  to  make  a  purchase,  and 
the  two  urged  me  to  go  with  them.  Still  I  re- 
fused, telling  them  I  had  no  desire  whatever  to 
make  such  n  purchase.  At  length  they  said,  if 
I  did  not  Avish  to  purcha.se,  I  need  not  do  so,  but 
they  would  esteem  it  a  great  favor  to  have  me 
go  with  them.  1  still  hesitated,  and  only  con- 
sented to  go  as  a  mere  matter  of  aecommoda- 
tion  which  they  aiksured  me  would  be  greatly 
appreciated  by  them.  Yet  1  did  not  feel  that 
things  were  quite  right.  Another  thing  that 
made  mo  regret  my  having  consented  to  go  was, 
as  soon  as  we  lia<l  entered  the  room,  a  door  at^ 
tendant  locked  it  after  us.  As  for  the  jewelry, 
I  would  not  have  given  one  dollar  for  all  there 
was  displayed.  My  two  companions  purchased 
freely  and  one  dollar  drew  valuable  watches— all 
the  sales  were  in  purchasing  a  ticket,  and  the 
ticket  drew  whatever  the  number  upon  it  cor- 
resiwnded  with  in  the  show-case.  I  still  stood 
and  looked  on.  and  wa.s  not  at  all  anxious  to  in- 
vest. But  they  continued  to  urge  me  to  "try 
my  luck,"  and  I  as  stoutly  refused,  reminding 
them  of  their  promise. 

"  But  they  began  to  grow  more  vehement, 
and  almost  compelled  me  to  make  a  purchase. 
Finally  they  asked  me  if  I  had  any  money.  I 
told  them  I  had  enough  to  pay  my  expenses  to 
Albany.  Then  they  wanted  me  to  show  it  to 
them.  This  [  refused  to  do,  at  the  same  time 
feeling  anxious  for  my  safety.  They  then  grew 
angry  and  commenced  to  swear  at  me.  This 
made  me  feel  still  more  uncomfortable  and  I 
began  to  realize  that  I  must  be  in  some  of  the 
'  sharpers' '  trap. 

"Finally  I  told  them  if  they  would  let  me  out 
I  would  make  a  purchase.  To  this  they  agreed. 
I  paid  one  dollar,  and  drew  a  blank.  In  this  I 
was  not  disappointed,  for  I  considered  myself 
lucky  if  I  could  regain  my  freedom  at  the  ex- 
pense of  one  dollar.  They  urged  mo  several 
times  to  try  my  luck  again  as  I  would  have  bet- 
ter success.  But  I  kept  reminding  them  of 
their  promise,  constantly  telling  them  I  had 
no  use  for  jewelry. 

"  At  hist  they  unbarred  the  door  and  let  me 
out.  When  I  had  reached  the  street  1  took  a 
long  breath,  and  resolved  not  to  be  thus  caught 
again. 

"  I  continued  my  way  to  the  boat,  purch;k5cd 
a  ticket,  and  purposed  sitting  down  and  taking 
a  rest.  Having  gone  aboard,  and,  it  being  quite 
warm,  1  took  a  drink  of  water.  While  at  the 
tank,  a  well-dressed,  fine-looking  and  gentle- 
manly behaved  man  waited  his  turn  after  me  to 
take  a  drink.  While  I  was  drinking  he  asked 
me  where  I  was  going.  1  told  him.  He  want- 
ed to  know  if  I  lived  at  Albany.  I  replied  that 
I  did  uot.  U]}0n  this  I  poi^sed  along  to  a  sofa 
and  sat  down. 

"  Scarcely  had  I  seated  myself  than  the  man 
at  tlie  water  tank  took  a  Beat  by  my  side,  and 
continued  hia  conversation.  He  was  cleanly 
difswd,  had  aduster,  and  to  all  appearance  look- 
ed like  a  man  of  business.  He  said  he  was  a 
merchant  in  .Albany,  had  been  to  the  city  imd 
m:ule  a  purchtwe  of  goods,  and  there  wa.?  only 
an  hour  left  before  the  boat  ^taited,  and  he  hod 
to  see  about  the  -shipping  of  his  goods,  and 
wanted  to  know  if  I  would  do  him  so  great  a 
favor  as  to  go  vip  town  and  with  him,  and  ac- 
corajiany  his  wife  and  sister  to  the  boat  while 
he  attended  to  his  goods,  as  he  had  not  time  to 
do  both,  and  he  feared  they,  his  wife  and  Mister 
could  not  find  their  way  ta  the  boat  alone.  The 
request,  uttered  in  all  sincerity,  seemed  to  inc 
to  be  A  iva^onahh'  one,  and,  tired  as  !  waK,  1  told 
hiui  1  would  go  with  him  mid  do  as  he  had  re- 
quested. 

'■  I(«;  took  me  through  one  street  and  another, 
occupying  my  attention  by  prying  into  my  his- 
tory and  asking  very  personal  questions.  I  felt 
somewhat  distressed,  yet  poHtent-ss  to  him  foi> 


hade  my  .doing  otherwise  than  to  answer  them. 
"  We  had  traveled  some  two  mile»,  and  I  be- 
gan to  grow  anxious  about  getting  back  to  th« 
boat  in  time,  and  had  frequently  aaked  him  how 
much  farther  it  wax,   and  waa  on  the  iwint  of 
breaking  away  from  him  and  returning,  when  a 
man,  springing    out  from    some  unperceived 
nook,  in  an  angry  tone  demanded  pay  for  a  bill 
of  good*  shipiicd,  which  he  violently  shook  in 
the  flic*'  of  my  companion.     It  was  for  tlfaa 
amoiuit  of  §600.     The  merchant  pulled  out  his 
pocket-book  as  if  he  was  willing  and  rfady  to 
pay.     But  here  came  the  "tug  of  war."     He 
had  a  great  roll  of  hills,  but  all  ranging  from 
JoOO  to  ?2,)XH).     Ht'  could  not  make  change  so 
as  to  pay  the  ?600.     In  hm  perplexity  he  turn- 
ed to  mc  and  asked  me  if  I  hod  any  money.    I 
replied  that  I  had.    '  How  much  have  you?  '     I 
said,  about  850.     He  still  seemed  peridt-xed,  and 
took  out  another  pocket-book,  and,  Iwhold!  he 
found  ?.i(l  in  small  bills.     Now  if  I  would  lend 
him  my  nionoy  he  could  make  change.     The 
man  who  presented  the  bill  kept  urging  him  to 
hurry  up  as  his  time  was  valuable.    The  mer- 
chant asked  me  if  1  would  lend  him  my  ^50  un- 
til he  reached  the  boat,  when  he  would  repay 
me.     I  hesitated.     I  did  not  feel  quite  right  in 
the  matter.     He,  seeing  my  hesitancy,  offered 
me  a  ?500  bill  for  security  until  he  reached  the 
boat.     Still  I  hesitated.     He  as  promptly  offer- 
ed me  a  *1.000   bill   if  I  would   only   lend  him 
§50,  BO  that  he  could  pay  thi-  man.     1  had  never 
seen  govenimont  bills  of  the  denominations 
above  named,  and  I  feared  there  might  be  an- 
other 'sharper's'  catch  in  this,  so  I  declined. 

"  Upon  this  they  both  turned  upon  me  and 
urged  me  to  occommodate  them  in  a  matter 
of  HO  great  importance.  I  put  my  hand  into 
my  pocket,  and  had  hold  of  my  pocket-book, 
when  I  noticed  the  merchant  give  the  other  a 
wink  of  the  eye,  peculiar  and  similar  to  wiuks 
exchanged  at  the  jewelry  store  where  1  had  so 
recently  invested  one  dollar.  The  thought  fiaah- 
ed  into  my  mind  that  it  was  nothing  but  a  con- 
fidence game,  and,  without  saying  a  word,  I 
turned  and  ran,  leaving  the  merchant  to  pay  hia 
own  bills,  and  to  escort  hia  wife  and  sister."  — 
J.  Lfmlvj. 


Persons  desiring  to  take  the  train  at  Lanark, 
Shannon,  or  Freeport  for  Annual  Conference, 
\vill  observe  the  following  so  as  to  moke  good 
connections  at  Chicago  and  Warsaw: 

Leave  Lanark,  12  M.;  Shannon,  12:15  P.  M.; 
Freeport,  1:05  P.  M.  By  leaving  these  stations 
at  the  time  mentioned,  you  will  arrive  at  North 
Manchester  the  next  moniing  at  C:UT.  Call  for 
ticket.''  via  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago 
Railn)ad.  

BREVITIES. 

A  RECENT  earthquiik.-  at  Cuua,  in  Vi-neiu- 
ela,  destroyed  much  property,  and  c^-iused 

the  loss  of  600  lives. The  Turks  have  again 

attacked  the  Christians  iu  the  island  of  Crete^ 

Four  have  been   added  to  the  church  in 

Champaign  Co.,  111.,  thisSpring. A  church 

has  been  organized  a  few  miles  West  of  Mahom 
et.  111.     Bro.  John  Barnhart  has  the  oversight 

of  it. The  tornado  in  Wisconsin,  of  which 

mention  was  made  last  week,  was  tenitic.  A 
number  of  persons  wert;  kitletl,  and  the  loss  of 

prtqjcrty  is  beyond  estimate.  Two  weie 

added  to  the  church,  by  baptism,  at  Yellow 
Creek  (111.)  feast,  week  before  last.  The  meeting 

was  a  gooil  one,  and  very  largely  attended. 

Bro.  I).  B.  Gibson  of  Mo.,  does  not  expect  to  do 
much  traveling  till  after  harvest,  when  he  ex- 
pects to  take  the  field  Jigain. A  friend,  liv- 
ing in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  sends  for  a 
bunch  of  "Trine  Immersion  Traced  to  the 
Apostles "  to  circulate,  and  thereby  meet  the 
efforU  that  arc  being  nrnde  against  trixie  im- 

inerNion. Steps  are  being  taken  in  Gt-rmani' 

to  suppress  the  alarming  increase  of  soviLiIism. 

Till' cholera  h;i3  broken  out  in  riLMitL**, 

India.     Thirty   out  of  forty  have  d! 

disease. At  leiut  fifty  lives  have  !■ 

and  from  200  to  250  injured  by   the   ii 
that  passed  through  Wis..  May  *J4th.  - —  \V.- 
Would  like  to  have  a  few  copies  of  the  Brethren'? 
old  Hymn  Bot>k.     Who  con  furnish  them-' 

The  colored  B;tptists  of  Virginia  have 

built  imd  paid  lor  fifty  meeUng-house.s  during 

the  piLst  year. "  Sncce-ss  to  you  and  all  jon 

d»,  mid  in  all  you  saiy  and  write.  Your  paper 
ha.s  a  broad  field,  and  yet  a  wider  circulation  is 
in  store  for  it  if  you  only  carry  on  as  yi-i  do  at 

present" — C.  //<>/»•. "  Father  Cnnni'.Kker 

took  very  sick  on  the  first  evening  of  t'i>  Dis- 
trict meeting,  and  a  telegram  ju^t  received  an- 
nonnces  that  he  is  iu  a  dying  condition," — D. 
1  C  Moonmic. 


TIllO    HJ^P:T£J1^E>3^    ^VX    AVOl^lC. 


Ju 


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^Af   §ome  ^ircle. 


BEAD  AND  OBBV- 

'■  HutbaniN,  Icx'e  jout  wIvm." 

"Wi««»,    obpy    your    hoitAO'U." 

'■  F>Ui«n.  profoko  not  your  ohllilreo  1o  wniih." 

••CtilMrati,    oUjr    jour    piirfnl*    in    %\l    thingB.' 


SUNDAY  MORNING. 

Council   Meetings. 

COIIE,  brotluT,  sixUr  let  un  haven  little  tiJk 
iiboiit  council  meetings  thin  moruiug. 
You  know  auch  mwtinpa  are  of  the  church,  by 
Uif  cliiirch,  for  the  church,  Thuy  arc,  as  their 
namp  iiidjcates.  to  givo  and  accept  counsel,  oil' 
vico  from  each  other  ns  tr>  thr  hfmt  mode  of  do- 
injj  thinpt.  To  help  vnfh  other  nnd  to  receiv 
help,  are  the  motives.  To  bpronie  bett*r  and  to 
help  each  other  to  become  better,  are  tiie  results 
if  we  jiurniit  Jestu*  to  Iw  there  too.  Unless  we 
talk,  reoil,  act,  vot<>  aa  if  Jesnn  were  moderator 
of  the  iiieetinK,  the  council  will  be  of  a  worldly 
character  and  not  one  will  be  made  richer  in 
Chri-^t  Jesus.  The  clean  heart  should  have  full 
weight  and  influence  there,  for  this  i«  accepta- 
ble to  the  Lord.  The  i»ure  heart  must  have  its 
way  too,  or  impure  work  will  be  done.  "  Bless- 
ed arc  the  pure  in  heart."  The  upright  in  heart 
nro  mcftk  and  lowly  in  heart  too,  and  have  a 
rijjht  to  "«hout  for  joy  "{Psalm  :t2:  11).  Then 
there  are  the  tender  hearted.  These  munt  not 
be  hurt;  for  the  apoHtle  says,  "  Bo  kind  oue  to 
another,  tciider-Iieorted  "  (Eph.  4:  82).  0.  that  | 
we  may  Mcek  to  have  a  tender  heart!  A  tondi 
heart  has  pity  and  compaanion,  and  seeks  to  do 
others  good, 

It  would  do  no  good  to  go  to  couucil  with  nti 
evil  heart.  Sutdi  a  heart  can  add  nothing  to  Ji 
tender  heart  but  Borrow  and  grief.  The  harden- 
ed heart,  the  unclean  heart  would  better  yo  and 
bo  wftj^hed  first  in  the  precious  blood,  before  they 
go  to  council-meeting,  to  put  other  hearts  on 
tho  way  of  life.  Let  the  heart  be  bathed  in  the 
Fountain  of  life  before  theHC  precious  meetings. 
Nor  can  tho  faint-heart— the  heart  that  would 
do  its  duty,  but  fears  to  bear  the  burden,  do 
much  good  at  council. 

Council  work  is  perhapi^  the  most  important 
of  all  others  in  the  church.  On  this  depends 
the  unity  of  the  body,  tlie  peace  of  the 
body;  mid  on  the  peace  of  the  body,  the 
church,  depends  tho  church's  success.  A  word 
spoken  out  of  reason  in  council,  may  be  thi 
Bpark  tliat  endangers  the  whole  body.  Then 
are  some  members  of  the  body  that  can  be  am- 
putated and  the  body  will  go  on  and  succeed, 
while  on  the  other  hand,  if  some  are  "cut  oH','' 
the  body  aulTers.  For  instance,  tlie  tender  heart 
should  not  be  hastily  nor  severely  dealt  with, 
lest  the  judgment  be  too  severe. 

But  there  in  another  thing  I  wish  to  notice 
here.    When  a  member  is  disobedient,  will  not 
take  the  advice  of  the  church,   the  question  is 
not,  "  Will  we  cut  him  off?     Will  we  exeom- 
municiite  him?"  but  "  Will  we  withdraw   fel- 
lowship from  him?"     Paul  says,  "Withdraw 
yourselves  from  every  brother  that  walketh  dis- 
ortleriy  "  (2  Thcss.  3:  C).     This,  I  am  inclined  to 
believe,  will  have  a  better  cflect  on  the  disorder- 
ly, than  to  say  that  we  "  cut  them  off."     It  is 
so  much  better  to  use  the  words  of  the  Book. 
But  mure  about  our  uianuer  and  words  at  coun- 
cil meeting.     Our  words  should  be  seasoned  with 
grace,  filled  with  the  spirit  of  kindness.    Theit 
are  few  cases,  few   persons  iu   the  church    who 
cannot  be  touched  with  love  and  kind  wonls. 
And  above  all  should  oBicials  learn  to  speak  iu 
love.     Unless  they  give  evidence  of  brotherly 
kindness  and   loug-sufferitig,   and  learn  to  ad- 
moniili  in  love,  it  is  morally  certain  the  body 
will  not  be  held  together  in    harmony,  but  fac- 
tion.s  will  grow  up,  bitterness  will  charact*;rize 
the  work,  and  instead  of  glorytoGod.HisaTiger 
will  be  kindled  against  that  church.     God  help 
all  of  us  to  talk  and  act  kindly.     No  one  should 
go  there  to  enforce  Ais  will  against  any  one.    I 
think  we  should  all  act  and  speak   as  if  Jesus 
were  personally  present  and  our  very  existence 
depended  on  Mis  decision.     And  our  claims  to 
eternal  glory  do  depend  upon  His  will;    how 
aireful  tlien  should  we  be  in  our  council  work. 
A  little  bitterness,  a  little  selt-will  may  mar  the 
Ijeace  of  the  church,  and  if  the  peace  be  marred. 
0,  how  sad  the  condition !    Then  will  we  be  kind 
and  tender-hearted  towards  each  other?     Will 
we  talk  about  the  things  of  God's  house  in  rea- 
son and  and  for  each  other's  good?     Keep  cool, 
be  patient,  and  hold   Jesus  before  you  and  the 
work  will  be  well  done. 

Remember  that  we  do  not  come  together  to 
decide  what  commands  of  God  we  will  or  will 
not  obey.  We  all  agree  to  obey  all  the  com- 
mandments of  God.  Here  we  are  of  "  one  faith." 
God  does  not  allow  us  to  piiss  judgment  uuon 
these,  for  they  are  established;  but  then  He  has 
left  to  the  church  to  say  in  trhat  manner  some 


of  them  are  to  bo  observed,  for  instance,  He 
dtrectii  that  the  sick  shall  l>e  anointed  with  oil 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  but  He  has  not  said 
whether  this  ahull  be  done  in  astimdiog,  sitting 
or  knct-liug  paiture,  hence /Ac  wwnnfr  of  anoint- 
ing has  been  left  to  the  church  to  decide.  Thus 
many  inatauces  might  Iw  brought  forward  in 
support  of  this  theory,  but  I  leave  it  for  your 
mind  to  enjarge  uiion.  Then  in  matters  of 
judgmpnt,  each  church  should  aim  to  decide 
difKculties  in  harmony -with  the  spirit  of  mercy 
and  justice.  In  doing  thus,  aim  to  ever  speak 
in  a  kind,  pleading  tone.  This  will  win  the 
most  flinty  heart.— M.  M.  Esheijias. 


HARD  WORK. 


'.  have  no  secret,  madam,  but 


a  1 1  niAT  is  your  secret  of  success?  "  asked 

)  V      n  ''"•y  *^'  Turner,   the  distinguished 

painter. 

Ho  replied 
hard  work." 

Says  Dr.  Arnold,  "The  difference  between 
one  b<»y  and  another  is  not  so  much  in  talent  as 
in  energy." 

"  Nothing,"  says  Ileynolds,  "is  denied  well- 
directed  labor,  and  nothing  is  to  be  attained 
without  it" 

"Excellence  in  any  department,"  says  John- 
son,'"can  be  obtained  only  by  the  labor  of  a 
lifetime;  it  i.s  not  to  be  puivhased  at  a  le.s^er 
price." 

There  is  but  one  method."  said  Sydney 
I  Smith,  "and  that  is  hard  labor;  and  a  man  who 
will  not  pay  that  price  for  distinction  had  bet- 
ter at  once  dedicate  himself  to  the  pursuits  of 
the  fox." 

'*  St**p  by  step,"  reads  the  French  proverb, 
"one  goes  ver>'  lar." 

"  Nothing,"  says  Mirabeau,  "  is  impossible  to 
a  man  who  can  will.  'Is  that  necessary?' 
'  That  shall  be.' — This  is  the  only  law  ofsuc- 

CCflS,'  " 

"  Have  you  ever  entered  a  cottage,  ever  trav- 
eled ill  a  coach,  ever  talked  with  a  peasant  in 
the  field,  or  loitered  iWth  a  mechanic  at  the 
loom,"  asks  Sir  Edward  Bulwer  Lytton,  "and 
not  found  that  each  of  those  men  hod  a  tulent 
you  had  not,  knew  something  you  knew  not? 
The  most  useless  creature  that  ever  yawned  at  a 
club  or  counted  the  vermin  on  his  rags  under 
the  suns  of  Calabria,  has  no  excuse  for  want  of 
intellect.  What  men  want  is  not  talent,  it  is 
purpose;  in  other  words  not  the  power  to  achieve, 
but  the  will  to  labor.  I  am  no  believer  in  ge- 
nius, but  I  believe  that  labor  judiciously  and 
continuously  applied  becomes  genius. 

— Selected. 


llfHATisr 
}}    life?— h 


HOPE. 

man  without  the  hope  of  a  future 
how  feeble!  how  disconsolate!  how 
unsatisfied!  Earth,  it  is  true,  has  a  thousand 
allurements,  and  opens  to  our  taste  unnumber- 
ed sources  of  joy ;  but,  in  the  midst  of  them, 
there  is  a  certain  something  wanting  to  gratify 
the  soul,  if  the  hope  of  immortality  be  absent. 
Wo  saw  the  man  in  full  flow  of  health;  in  the 
prime  of  life;  in  the  prosperity  of  business; 
blessed  with  one  of  the  most  amiable  wives,  and 
with  a  circle  of  blooming  and  beloved  children; 
but,  alas!  he  was  melancholy.  This  earthly 
pro-*perity  he  knew  must  end;  and  he,  with  all 
that  he  held  dear,  must  descend  to  the  tomb  and 
peri-^h.  He  had  no  hope  extending  beyond  the 
grave;  and,  in  the  midst  of  worldly  splendor 
and  appm'ent  joy,  the  worm  of  sorrow  gnawed 
at  his  heart.  His  wife  sickened  and  died.  He 
followed  her  to  the  grave,  and  mourned  without 
hope.  Alas  for  him!  he  had  no  hope  of  a  re- 
union. And  when,  at  last,  he  was  stricken,  he 
laid  himself  down  to  ilie,  iis  the  beast dietli  with- 
out hope.  He  furnishes  a  mouraful  example  of 
the  very  important  hope  of  a  future  life,  and  a 
firm  belief  and  tru-it  iu  the  all-wise,  benignant 
and  overruling  Prnvidence,  wliich  qualifies  man 
to  pass  through  this  world.  In  all  the  circum- 
stances of  his  being,  be  feels  the  need  of  hope. 
Tell  me,  unbeliever,  is  not  your  case  here  de- 
scribed? You  have  rejected  religion,  you  have 
closed  your  eyes  upon  the  Bible — are  you  happy  ? 
Have  you  no  desires  in  regard  to  the  future  un- 
satisfied? When  your  friends  depart,  do  your 
views  give  you  comfort?  Does  your  soul  enjoy 
peace?  If,  after  all,  there  is  a  constant,  longing 
desire  unsatisfied,  apply  to  the  religion  of  Jesus 
for  comfort!  "Come  to  the  waters;"  "Buy 
wine  and  milk  without  money  and  without 
price."  If  you  drink  of  this  water,  you  shall 
never  thirst  again.  Your  joy  shall  be  full.  In 
prosperity  and  in  adversity;  iu  health  and  in 
sickness;  in  life  and  in  death,  you  will  cast  your 
cares  upon  the  Lord,  and  be  at  peace. 

— Selected. 


IT  ISN'T  ALL  IN  BRINGING  UP- 

IT  is'nt  all  iu  "  bringing  up," 
Let  folks  say  what  they  will; 
To  silver-scour  a  pewter  cup — 

It  will  be  pewter  still. 
E'en  of  old  Solomon, 

Who  said,  "  Train  up  a  child." 
If  I  mistake  not  bad  a  son 

Proved  rattle- brained  and  wild, 

A  man  of  mark  who  fain  would  pass 

Kor  lord  of  sea  and  land. 
May  have  the  training  of  a  sou. 

And  bring  him  up  full  grand: 
May  give  him  all  the  wealth  of  lore, 

Of  colle}»e,  and  of  school, 
Yet,  after  all,  make  him  no  more 

Than  just  a  decent  fool. 

Another,  raised  by  penury. 

Upon  his  bitter  bread. 
Whose  road  to  knowledge  is  Hketliat 

The  good  to  heaven  must  tread. 
He's  got  a  spark  of  nature's  light, 

He'll  fan  it  to  a  flame. 
Till  in  lis  burning  lettei-s  bright 

The  world  may  read  his  name. 

If  it  were  alt  in  "  bringing  up," 

In  counsel  and  re-itruint. 
Some  rascals  had  been  honest  men, 

I'd  been  myself  a  saint. 
Oh,  it  isn't  all  in  "  bringing  up," 

Let  folks  say  what  they  will. 
Neglect  may  dim  a  silver  cuji — 

It  will  be  silver  still, 

—Scln-fcd. 


Christ  is  not  valued  at  all 
ued  above  all. — Aiujmtine. 


unless  He  be  val- 


OUR  DEAR  CHILDREN. 

PARENTS  are  commanded  by  the  Gospel,  to 
provide  for  their  children.  We  are  also 
taught  to  bring  them  up  in  "  the  nurture  and 
admonition  of  the  Lord  " — not  in  the  nurture 
and  admonition  of  the  world.  The  Lord  does 
not  want  us  to  let  our  chiHrtu  do  what  we 
would  not  do  oui-selves.  If  we  are  ashamed  to 
go  to  a  place,  we  ought  to  be  ashamed  to  let  our 
children  go.  If  we  are  condemned  in  wearing 
gay  apparel,  will  we  not  be  condemned  if  we 
put  the  gayeties  on  our  children? 

Sometimes  parents  promise  children  things, 
and  then  do  not  fultill  the  promise.  This  bos  a 
bad  effect.  Then  again,  when  a  child  is  in  mis- 
chief, we  are  apt  to  say,  "don't!  quit!"  and  if 
it  will  not  hear,  we  again  scream,  "stop!  stop 
now!  or  I  shall  whip  you;"  but  the  child  is  us- 
ed to  that  kind  of  promise,  and  goes  on  as  un- 
concerned as  evei'.  By  this  time  the  child  hiis 
gained  its  eud,  and  we  say  no  more.  Such  a 
course  is  not  in  the  nurture  of  the  Lord.  The 
child  that  is  thus  raised  is  not  apt  to  honor  fath- 
er and  mother.  Parents,  have  you  ever  thought 
of  this?  How  careful  we  ought  to  be,  and  set 
good  examples  for  our  children.  You  see  chil- 
dren are  apt  to  think  that  they  have  a  right  to 
do  what  parents  do,  hence  let  all  the  examples 
be  good  ones.  We  should  often  ask  the  Lord 
to  help  us  raise  our  children  so  as  to  please  Him. 
E.  S.  Hahxish, 


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and  vain  fashions?  lusts  and  pleasurcR^  ,.„  .. 


SAMUEL. 

THE  history  of  Samuel  is  very  interesting, 
but  it  is  too  lengthy  for  me  to  give  many 
of  the  particulars  of  his  life.  His  father's  name 
was  Elkanah,  and  his  mother's  name,  Hannah, 
When  small,  his  mother  took  him  up  to  the 
temple  to  present  him  to  the  Lord,  and  he  staid 
there  with  Eli  who  was  High  Priest  at  that 
time.  When  with  Eli  he  bad  to  sleep  alone, 
and  one  night  he  thought  he  heard  Eli  call  him, 
no  he  arose  and  went  to  the  man  of  God  and 
asked  what  he  wanted.  Thrice  he  heard  a  voice 
call  him,  aud  each  time  went  to  Eli,  when  the 
good  man  perceived  that  it  was  the  Lord  calling. 
Eli  then  told  Samuel  what  to  do  and  he  did  as 
he  was  commanded. 

In  this  is  a  lesson  for  us  children.  We  should 
obey  those  who  ai'e  over  us,  Samuel  became  a 
prophet,  aud  the  Lord  told  him  what  would  be- 
come of  Eli,  and  it  came  to  pass  as  the  prophet 
declared.  He  also  told  king  Saul  to  destroy  the 
Amalekites,  but  Saul  obeyeil  not.  Look  at  the 
terrible  result  and  again  learn  a  lesson.  See 
what  disobedience  does,  Samuel  was  a  faithful 
prophet  of  the  Lord.  Ko^a  Workm.vn 

DanvHie.  Ohio. 


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TO  YOUNG  PEOPLE. 

HOW  much  better  it  would  be  iu  this  world, 
how  much  more  pleasant,  if  all  sons  and 
daughters  would  be  more  obedient  to  the  coun- 
sels of  their  parenti.  We  have  often  thought 
how  great  a  burden  and  heavy  care  children 
could  prevent,  if  they  would  be  obedient  to  fath- 
er and  mother.     But  how  is  it  in  a  general  way, 


broad  roatl  to  destruction?  "A  ivise  »(,„ 
gfti-ds  the  advice  imd  instruction  of  bis  piirfi,^ 
but  a  mocker  and  unruly  son  regards  uot  ik' 
advice  and  punishment  of  his  parents,"  'yv  ^ 
would  .^iooner  leave  their  parents,  and  thus  m  -^ 
their  affliction  and  heart-rending  greater  n-j 
you  ever  think,  children,  how  great  is  the  U 
of  a  father  and  mother?  You  ought,  with  th^ 
fiill  measure  of  gratitude,  rtiturn  their  aft'ection^ 
You  are  bound  to  them  by  tlie  stroug^xt  ti 
Treat  them  with  tenderness.  They  will  loT 
you  whatever  be  your  character,  but  let  then 
have  cause  to  be  proud  of  you.  Disappoint,  not 
their  hopes,  do  not  compel  them  to  wish  thnf 
God  would  hiile  you  in  the  grave.  Look  unto 
Jesus,  the  pattern  of  every  excellence.  Love 
your  pareuts  as  the  children  of  God,  obey  hon 
or,  clierish  and  protect  them,  its  Jesus  obuyM 
His  earthly  parents.  If  vou  do  this  in  respect 
you  will  resemble  the  Holy  Child  Jesus,  ' 

Listen  what  the  Bible  says:  "  He  that  is  obe- 
dient  uuto  the  Lord,  will  be  a  comfort  to  his 
mother."  "  My  son,  hear  tho  instruction  of  tliv 
father,  and  foi-sake  not  the  law  of  thy  mother' 
for  they  shall  be  an  ornament  of  grace  untu  thy 
heatl.  and  chains  about  thy  nock"(Prov.  1:8  f)) 
Read  Col.  3:  20;  Lev.  19:  32;  Deut.  37:  10.  ' 

How  many  an  aged  father  and  dear  mother 
could  proceed  on  their  journey  more  piMcefulu 
aud  haii|>ily  if  their  children  would  be  respect- 
ful aud  devoted  tn  them.  Hut,  oh,  how  often  it 
is  the  revei-sel  Children  who  are  kind,  w-spect- 
ful,  cheerful,  obey  their  parents,  take  the  way  to 
become  a  blessing  to  theuiselve.s,  their  parents 
the  church  of  God  and  the  world.  My  iidviee 
to  you,  my  young  friends,  is,  turn  ye  fium  \_\^ 
wrath  to  come,  and  from  the  broad  road  "which 
leads  to  death  and  hell.  "  Remember  now  thv 
Creator  in  the  (iays  of  thy  youth,  while  the  evil 
days  come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh,  when 
thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them." 
God  says.  "  Those  that  seek  me  early  shall  find 
"  You  see  that  you  are  not  too  young  to 
serve  God.  Search  the  Scriptures,  "which  are 
able  to  make  thee  wise  unto  ealvatiou  through 
faith  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus."  My  dear  young 
'eader,  flee  from  the  wTath  to  come  and  avoid 
the  terrible  calamities  that  might  befall  you, 

There  are  nmny  young  people  that  attend 
meeting  year  after  year,  but  thev  are  not  \<n\\~ 
ing  to  become  obedient  to  the  commandments 
of  God.  They  fear  the  world  will  laugh  at 
them;  they  fear  that  they  will  have  to  refrain 
from  pride,  and  things  pertaining  to  the  pleas- 
ures of  the  world.  To  love  the  world,  and  the 
things  that  are  in  the  world,  is  to  make  them 
our  treasures,  and  put  our  trust  in  themiiistond 
of  God.  The  sum  of  true  religion  and  our 
whole  duty  to  God  and  man  is,  "  Thou  shalt 
love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and 
with  all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind,  and 
thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself."  Dear 
young  friends,  we  hope  you  will  think  what  a 
terrible  thing  it  is  to  be  a  transgressor.  Those 
who  transgress  the  commandments  of  God,  have 
very  little  pleasure  or  happiness  in  this  world 
and  will  have  none  in  the  world  to  come.  We 
hope  you  will  not  associate  with  wicked  com- 
panions: keep  away  from  those  who  curse  and 
swear,  lie,  quarrel,  and  fight;  for  they  will  lead 
you  into  the  same  wicked  habits.  Oh!  how  aw- 
ful it  must  be  for  the  wicked  to  look  back  over 
their  past  lives,  and  think  how  wicked  they  have 
been,  and  that  Jesus  is  not  their  friend,  and  now 
must  die  and  go  into  everlasting  punishment 
prepared  for  the  devil  and  his  subjects. 

W.  W.  Waknes. 
Pli/inouth,  Iml. 


If  we  could  only  read  each  other's  hearts  we 
should  be  kinder  to  each  other.  If  we  knew 
the  woes  and  bitterness  and  physical  auuoyimces 
of  our  neighbors  we  should  make  allowaacea 
which  we  do  not  now.  We  go  about  masked, 
uttering  stereotyped  sentiments,  hiding  our 
hearts'  pangs  and  our  headaches  as  carefully  as 
we  can;  mid  yet  we  wonder  that  others  do  not 
discover  them  by  intuition.  We  cover  our  beat 
feelings  from  the  light;  we  do  not  so  eoucefll 
our  resentments  and  our  dislikes,  of  which  we 
are  prone  to  be  proud.  Often  two  peo])Ie  sit 
close  together  mth  "  I  love  you  "  in  either  heart 
and  neither  knows  it.  Each  thinks  "  I  could 
be  fond,  but  what  is  the  use  of  wiisting  fond- 
ness on  one  who  does  not  care  foi»it?"  itnJ  so 
they  pait  and  go  their  ways  alone.  Life  ia  a 
masquerade  at  which  few  unmask  even  to  their 
very  dearest. — Selected. 


If  you  would  have  your  children  respect  re- 
ligion and  grow  up  something  more  thim  mere 
thorns,  take  tliem  with  you  to  meeting,  and 
when  there,  see  that  they  behave  in  altecoming 
manner. 


June 


THE    Bl^KTHRElsr    AT    WORKL 


LOVE-FEASra. 

At  BcnvCT  D«m  congregntion,  Kosdusco  Co 
j„j,.  June  6tb,  18j»i. 

it  SliUecigeville,  Carroll  Co.,  111.,  Ju„c  6lh  at 
10  oW"fk- 

Clear  River  diBtrict,  Merriam,  Noblo  Co  In(l 
Jniie  ISlli- 

SU'iic  fliurch,  Marehall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15  at 
lOo'clock,  A-.  M. 

Ce<lar  Lake  congregation,  in  Niirllicrn  Indiana 
,„o  niil«»  South-east  of  Corunna,  DAiilb  Co  on' 
Xliui^'lny,  June  6lli,  18T8,  at  2  o'clock. 

Sinilli  Fork  church,  Clinton  Co.,  Mo.,  Juno 
jth,  at  2  o'clock. 

Eagle  Creek  Church,  anncock  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
13th.  at  111  o'clock. 

Montieello  church,  V,'Wae  Co.,  lu.i,,  ,Iuue  8ih 
,t  10  o'clock. 

I'ipton,  Iowa,  June  6th  and  7th. 

IHiJdlc  Fork,  Cliutoa  Co.,  lud.,  June  8tli  at  2 
o'clock. 

Grundy  church,  Grundy  Co.,  Iowa,  July  6th 
^d  1'tli.  »t  1  o'clock,  P.  M. 

West  Nimishillen  church,  Stftrk  Co..  Ohio,  the 
6ih  of  June. 

Saiulv  church,  Columbiana  Co.,  Ohio,  June 
16lh  al'5  o'clock  P.  M. 

Burr  Oak  cbnreli,  Jewell  Co.,  Kansas,  June 
15th  and  16th  at  5  o'clock. 

Green  Spring  District,  Seneca  Co..  Ohio,  June 
loth  at  10  o'clock. 

Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Kosciuaco  Co.,  Ind., 
June  I'lh. 

Eel  River  diMrict,  5  miles  North  of  .Mancbeat- 
er,  will  have  meetings  only  June  8tb  and  'Jth. 

Cedar  Creek  church,  Anderson  Co.,  Kan.,  June 
I3lh  and  14th,  at  2  P.  M. 

Pine  Creek,  Ogle  Co..  111.,  June  5th  and  6th 
at  10  A.  M. 

Brooklyn  congregntion,  three  aud  a  half  nulee 
North.east  of  Brooklyn,  Iowa,  June  8lh  and  9th 
at  10  A.  M. 

Manle  River  Junction,  Carroll  Co.,  Iowa,  June 
15lh  and  16. 

Lin"  Co.,  Iowa,  June  13th  and  14th. 

Fair  View  congregation,  near  Lafayette,  Ind., 
June  6ih,  at  2  P.  M. 

At  Rock  River,  111.,  June  14th  and  1.5th. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Swan  Creek  church,  Ful- 
ton Co.,  Ohio,  intend  to  hold  a  Love-fea^t  on  the 
15th  of  June,  commencing  at  4  o'clock,  P.  M.,  at 
the  residence  of  friend  Daniel  Eherly,  two  and  a 
half  miles  East  of  Warren,  [»]  Air  Line  R.  R.— 
Brethren  coming  from  the  West,  will  please  stoii 
at  Warren,  and  those  coming  from  tlie  East,  :.  I 
Delta,  on  the  evening  of  the  14th,  as  uoon-traiii- 
don't  stop  in  Delta  ;  there  will  be  conveyance  ii- 
both  plaecs.  It  is  expected  that  brethren  on  thtij 
return  from  A.  M.,  will  stop  with  us. 

A.  I3erki:ydile. 

The  Ilrethren  in  Osborn  Co.,  intend  to  hold 
their  I,ove-fe«st  on  the  Stb  aud  9tb  of  June,  at 
the  rc.'*idence  of  O.  Brumbaugh. 

Furtlier,  we  tlie  Brethreu  of  the  Burr  Oak 
church  intend  to  hold  onr  Love-feast  the  loth  aud 
16lh  of  June,  at  Burr  Oak,  commencing  at  5 
o'clock  in  the  evening.  H.  E.  F.vnEi,y, 

A  Love-feaat  has  been  appointed  in  the  Berlin 
congregation,  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  for  the   lljth  of 
June,  commencing  at  S  o'clock,  P.  M.      Minister- 
ial aid  from  abroad  earnestly  desired. 
By  Order, 

H.  R.  HOLSISOER. 

We,  the  Brethren  of  the  Rome  eliureh,  Han- 
cock Co.,  O.,  inteiul,  God  willing,  to  hold  our 
Love-fea£t  the  18th  of  Juno  in  our  meeting-house, 
five'miles  South-west  of  Fosloria,  commencing  at 

2  o'clock  P,  M.  J.  P.  EDEI1.SOLE. 


1  <»):  E  K  .Stiller,  1  7o;  I.  C  Saylor.  i  m-  John 
Crush,  1  IHi;  D  Bechlelheimer.  5  10;  L  Huff,  l- 
50;  J  Holsoiiple,  .25;  6  C  Stump.  1  (10;  N  tel- 
lers. 8  90;  A  Mock,  9  00;  E  C  P.irk«r.  .6";  J 
K  O.  1  OO;  D  Pippinger,  1  00;  I  Shaeffcr.  1  00; 
D  W  Stowder.  1  50;  M  Myers,  5  40;  G  T  Wei- 
gle,  2  SO;  H  Jono,  i  00:  H  A  Slabaugh,  1  50; 
M  Murray,  .1.'.;  J  C  Tinkle,  .90;  J  0  Eby,  5  32 
B  Horner,  2  40;   D  Shively,  4.05;    J  C  Licgler, 

4  3.5;  J  B  Hunan.  1  -'O;  li  J  Whilmer,  .35;  J 
Forney,  .80;  W  H  Heimer,  1  50;  S  Olick,  5  60; 
J  Hoover.  5  81;  MB  Wilson,  1  50;  R  CulberU 
son,  .90;  E  Neves.  160;  MQ  Good,  100;  1, 
WallMo,  2  00;  J  J  Worknnui,  1  00;  J  H  Good- 
man, 4  So;  D  Flora,  .90;  K  McNamara,  .25;  W 
A  Murray,  8  70;  P  S  Garman,  15  00;  J  S  Flory, 
1  00;  J  V  Eiler,  6  25;  S  Sala,  1  00;  H  Forney, 
.90;  J  H  Pilwr,  15  00;  M  L  Grulor,  1  00;  E  S 
Ellie,  1  20;  S  A  Norris.  1  00;  Fannie  Cisiin,  1- 
10;  S  Sain,  .15;  S  H  Miller,  14  44;  J  H  Zook, 
3  25;  S  Ream,  1  00;  D  Snyder,  1  00;  J  W  D, 
.90;  J  Murray,  1  25;  D  Eikenberry,  I  00;  E 
Pennington,  1  00;  H  Engcl,  1  00;  T  A  Turner, 
.90;  U  Boyer,  90;  0  A  Yost,  4  50;  WMcWhor- 
ter,  1  00;    J  F  KahlOT.  .20;   J  W  Zigler,  4  50; 

5  Glick,  SO;  G  W  Thomas,  2  00;  E  Hoover,  1- 
20;  D  Wysoilg.  7  00;  J  D  P;irker,  2S  00;  H 
Kepler,  1  00;  N  B  Murray,  1  00;  E  Watson  2 

J  J  Solomon,  1  00;  S  M  Mnrkley,  90;  U  J 
Becghly,  1  (16;  J  Rarick,  4  50;  M  Wampler,  4 
35;  J  J  Meyers,  1  00;  J  Dccghly,  6  77;  J  Olick 
90;  G  W  Cook,  7  00;.  S  Himgh,  25;  H  Tallbclm 

1  00;  Indian  Creek  church,  la,  5  02;  C  Work- 
man, 1  00;  A  BerkeybUe,  12  00;  S  B  Gitl,  2  00 
J  C  Horsh,  1  00;  D  Browcr,  10  00;  L  D  Brown, 

2  40;  J  Erlj.  3  00;  J  W  Fisher,  60;  A  W  Cle- 
mens, I  50;  J  Liiiderman,  1  00;  C  L  Buck,  8  40 
J  T  Kdler,80;  S  S,  1  00;  Mi-s  E  M  Kicbl,  1  00 
G  Sprang,  3  50;  S  Buck,  1  00;  W  Ikcnberry, 
20  00;  D  D  Steckley.  1  00;  S  P  We;wel,  2  35; 
W  Bovd,  1  00;  J  T  Couscr,  2  00;  C  Baker,  1  50 
S  Sala,  1  05;  S  Crist,  1  00;  M  J  Good,  1  00;  P 
Gai-sl,  2  00;  P  Bctrick,  90;  J  Frank,  1  00;  G  B 
Kuepper,  25;  E  Lane,  I  00;  B  Swingley,  1  60; 
C  Martin,  13  50;  L  W  Teeter,  11  35;  J  Rich- 
ard, 1  25;  S  Wagner,  1  00;  M  A  Voder,  20;  P 
J  Troslle,  1  00;  J  Ennis,  1  01);  C  0  Gibson,  2  50 
G  C  Stump,  76;  G  H  Graybill,  1  00;  P  PeeUer, 

1  50;  A  J  White,  1  00;  I  Stces,  3  00;  W  Mnllo- 
ry,  i  OO;'-^  .1  iJood,  3  75;  I  Heliricks,  90;  S  M 
Schuck,  90;  p  Vaninmn,  2  00;  D  Shively,  1  50; 
H  C  Louganecker,  1  40;  A  A  Munson,  7  61;  W 
Young,  1  00;  S  Pritlerson,  2  00;  A  E  McGloth- 
lin,  90;  M  Hull,  3  60;  S  M  Daugherty,  90;  A  R 
Smith,  S  50;  J  J  Cover,  1  00;  J.  M  Wliikdiend 
80;  T  S  Holsinger,  1  00;  G  Sprang,  90;  T  Har- 
misuu,  3  00;    W  R  Licrlie,  1  600;    D    Brower, 

2  50;  J  E  Klusey,  35;  L  Himes,  2  00;  D  Slick 
0  00. 


DIED. 


ObilimricB  shonld  be  brief,  wntleo  on  Inil  one  side  of  Ibe 
piipcr.  ntnl  sepimili?  fi'ooi  uU  olln-i-  l.iisincsa. 


DUBBS.— In  the  S.iKjiiion'8  CrcL-k  coiigrega- 
timi,  Kosciusco  Co.,  Iml,  of  Droiisj-,  sister 
Elizabeth  Dubbs,  aged  76  yeai-s,  11  mouths 
au-1 :,  dnya.  Jkssh  Calvert. 

DITMKK.—  In  the  Brookville  conttregatiDn. 
Montfionieiy  Co.,  Ohio.  May  4,  ISTS.  sistur 
SiJnino  Diimer.  aged  SO  years,  4  months  (ui<l 
12  .liiys.  M-  J-  PlTWElt. 

KOTIIKOCK.— lu  the  Big  Creek  congregation, 
'  unU  Co.,  in.,  Martin  Kothrocl;.  iiyed  (i-1 
iwmdlldayg.  »■  M.  Fouxkt, 

I  ■■  K'ouuey.  7  nOj  J  A  Spangk-,  .00:  S  Greeu- 
1   f5  ih;    A  Sloucr,   1 1»);    G  W  Lindower, 


I'rearliing  SabbaUi  fon-imon  by  »ro.  UilWy 
from  l»«ilmsS6:  U.  David's  de»ir«  to  know 
the  Lord's  will,  thnt  he  might  do  it,  wiwbcmiti- 
tiilly  aiul  torcibly  presented.  This  wiw  follow- 
ed by  an  (.-xhortjition  to  obedience.  Subbnth 
nft*riioon  ft  discourw  from  lt«v.  2:  1-7.  The 
i*ub]>ct  of  the  discourse  wna  Chriat's  iiii-Jo«iige  to 
the  church  at  Kpheaiis, 

Monday  morning  met  again  at  the  clmrch; 
Bcrviwa  conducted  by  IJro.  llillery,  after  which 
we  repaired  to  the  water,  where  four  pivcious 
souls  pvit  on  Christ  by  Iwing  baptized  into  the 
likeness  of  hiii  death.  One  of  the  numlx-r  was 
our  nephew,  William  Snavely,  son  of  Bro. 
John  Y.  and  sister  Simveley.  The  entire  fami- 
ly is  now  gathered  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  May 
they  all  be  faithful  unto  death,  that  unto  each 
may  be  awarded  the  crown  of  life. 

Momlay  evening  preaching  again  by  Bro. 
Hillery.  Subject,  "The  Kingdom  of  Christ." 
Many  of  the  ideas  advanced  were  new  to  ua, 
and  wo  received  much  instruction  and  wore 
deeply  interested.  Tuesday  evening  preaching 
again.  This  was  the  closing  meeting.  Text, 
Philippiaus  3:  12:  14, 

Wednesday  morning  we  were  compelled  to 
bid  hirewelt  to  our  dear  Hudson  friends.  Our 
sojourn  with  them  burl  been  extremely  pleasant, 
both  in  moetinij  our  old  friends  and  in  forming 
mw  acquaintances.  Here  we  first  met  Bro. 
and  »Uh'T  Hillerv,  and  formed  their  acquaint, 
anee,  which  to  us  at  least  was  very  pleasant, 
and  we  hopo  profitable. 

Tbe  churoh  at  HudBon,  which  i»  under  the 
ovoreight  of  Bro.  T.  D.  Lyon,  is  in  a  very 
(lourisliing  condition.  True,  they  sometimes 
have  painful  incidents,  but  we  trust  that  if  the 
church  administera  her  chastiseraeut-s  with  firm- 
ni-ss  and  discretion,  she  will  he  able  to  prej*crve 
her  purity.  This  church  is  very  much  in  oi-der, 
being,  we  think,  a  model  church  in  this  respect. 
We  were  also  highly  pleased  with  the  exhibi- 
tions of  love  ami  Christian  conrtcav  among  the 
memhera  of  this  chnrcli. 


"  Como,  welcome  death, 
I'll  gladly  go  with  thee."' 
Now  n  few  word-H  to  those  that  have  not  yet 
enlisl^d  In  the  g»K>d  cHU»e,  let  me  a»k  yoa  to 
come.  Come  and  0.  love  your  heavenly  Father 
for  He  says  in  St.  John'i  Gospel,  15:  1,2,3, 
■'  Let  not  your  hrart  be  troubled.  Ye  b^li«ve  in 
God;  Ix-'lieve  also  in  me.  In  my  Father's  houae 
are  many  mimsionn:  if  it  were  not  so.  1  would 
have  told  you.  I  go  to  prepare  a  plact  for  you, 
and  if  t  go  and  prepare  a  place  for  you;  I  will 
come  again  and  receive  you  unto  myself,  thai 
where  I  um,  there  ye  may  be  also." 

Now  you  see,  yonng  friends,  what  a  good 
home  onr  heavenly  Fath.-r  has  prepared  for  ni, 
if  we  will  only  follow  bis  laws,  which  Ho  hai 
laid  before  us  to  do.  Then  let  me  oav  again 
that  if  we  will  follow  our  heavenly  Father's  in- 
structions, we  have  the  sure  proniLse  of  a  home 
iibove,  where  all  is  joy,  peace  and  love. 

S.  I'.  Zook. 


W' 


corrkspomde:n^oe. 


From    Mattie    A.    Lear. 

Dtar  Brethren: — 

ON  the  10th  sister  Scott  and  I  took  tlie  train 
ut  Urbiuia  for  Bloomington,  arrived  there 
about  10  oVldck  P.  M..  where  we  were  met  by 
Bro.  J.  Y.  Snaveley,  and  taken  to  his  liome 
near  Hudson.  In  tlie  evening  attended  meeting 
at  tlie  Brethren's  church,  about  two  miles 
North  of  Hudson,  preaching  by  Uro.  James  II. 
Gish  of  Woodford  Co.  Text,  1  Cor.  15:  49.  A 
most  excellent  discourse  on  the  necessity  of  our 
lives  being  nnule  conformable  tu  the  life  of 
Christ  in  this  world,  or  bearing  ilia  earthly  im- 
age, l)eiiig  lik<>  Him  in  the  llesh,  that  we  mity 
bear  His  heavenly  image,  or  ho  like  Him  in  Hi.s 
glorified  state.  Bro.  Hillory  followed  Bro. 
Gish  with  some  most  eloquent  and  appropriate 
remarks. 

Saturday  morning  repaired  to  the  church 
again,  where  we  listened  to  u  most  touching 
.sermon  on  tlie  sufferings  of  our  dear  Savior  by 
Bro.  D.  Friuice  of  Macon  Co.  Text,  Is.  5:1;  4- 
7.  Meeting  chwed  by  Bro.  Hillery.  Saturday 
afternoon  preaching  by  Uro.  Hillery  from  Rom. 
12:  2.  We  were  treated  to  a  most  excellent 
and  practical  discourse  on  the  mutual  duties; 
and  oblig.'»tions  of  Christians,  Then,  after  a 
uliort  intermission,  examination  services  began. 
thoM-  services,  preparatory  to  our  engaging  in 
thosf  most  solemn  au<I  sacivd  ordiuancesof  the 
Lcrd's  honse,  Mie  Holy  Communiou  and  iU  ac- 


Jind  tender  *seiu  lii»  ri-iiirtift>.  litu.  Uillei*; 
made  the  closing  speech  to  tliem,  and  if  we 
were  to  judge  from  their  sparkling  eyes  und 
beaming  countenamvs,  we  would  «i(y  they  were 
well 


From    the    Skirmish    Line. 

Dcur  liirtkren: — 

E  commenced  holding  some  meetings  in 
the  South-western  part  of  Johnson  Co., 
Mo.,  aeveral  years  ago.  The  place  of  meeting 
wi^  about  eight  milea  South  ol  Holden.  TUor« 
was  not  a  single  member  there  then,  mid  the 
doctrine  entirely  new.  The  first  year  we  had 
some  accessions,  but  a  dark  cloud  seemed  to 
hang  over  that  part  of  God's  vineyard  until  re- 
cently. We  were  sent  for,  a  few  days  ago  to 
baptize  a  sister  there,  which  wius  attended  to 
after  morning  services,  [n  the  al'teriioon  her 
husband  made  application  for  membei^liip;  a 
meeting  was  appointed  early  Monday  morning 
for  his  baptism.  At  the  evening  meeting  an- 
other application  was  made,  after  meeting  still 
another;  so  that  on  Monday  morning  we  had 
the  pleasure  of  leading  tlin-e  precious  souls  in- 
to the  troubled  waters,  making  four  additions 
to  the  church.  The  membei-s  there  are  now  in 
peace,  and  are  very  affectionate  towardM  each 
other. 

At  the  baptismal  scene,  several  members  of 
the  United  Brethren  churrh  were  present;  who 
hud  never  heard  the  brethren  preach  before,  nor 
sfcn  our  mode  of  baptism.  They  were  so  af- 
fected, that  tears  flowed  fn-ely.  Others  were 
similarly  affected.  .'\n  excellent  door  is  now 
opened  there.  A  wide  fi  dd  seems  to  bo  ripe, 
ready  for  the  laborer  to  enter,  aud  it  is  hoped 
that  laborers  from  the  Centre  View  and  other 
churches  will  enter  the  field  promptly.  n.s  they 
are  now  much  more  convenient  to  that  field 
than  w'e  lu-e. 

May  the  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Chrlat,  and 
the  love  of  God,  and  the  Coramnnion  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  rest,  remain  and  abide  upon  nil  the 
dear  children  of  grace,  now  and  evermore. 
Amen.  Fniternally, 

J.  S.  MoHLKlt. 


From    Farragut,    Iowa. 

n«ir  litrtlimi:— 

OX  the  isth  of  May,  some  eighteen  of  us, 
went  from  Farragut  to  attend  a  Com- 
muniou nieetiog  in  Montgomery  ^  Co.,  Iowa, 
where  we  all  enjoyed  ourselves  exceedingly  well, 
[t  made  me  feel  good  to  i^eo  so  mauv  youug 
brethreu  aud  sisters  there.  I  felt  like  if  I  was 
■it  hnnie  among  them. 

-  ly  to  the  youni;  brethren  am!  sisters 
tartcd  in  the  c;iu*e  of  our  great  Ho- 
'■■oninthe  good  way.  It  has  not 
Ut-a  long  since  I  started  in  the  cause  of  Christ, 
but  thanks  he  to  God.  I  am  deteriniued  lu  fight 
my  way  through,  -^'^  *'■  ^  »'-  ■■  "ivtime  is  done 
here  on  earth,  th  ;  .  yo  iu  death, 

and  say, 


From    Northern    Missouri. 
Dmr  Hitthmi^- 

BY  request  of  the  Brethren  of  the  Northern 
District  of  Mo.,  I  will  give  you  a  sketch 
of  church  news,  as  the  working  of  the  Lorf 
revealed  itself  in  the  different  places  while  I 
wn.s  with  them. 

I  met  with  the  brethren  on  the  Uth  of  May, 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  Michael  Mowry,  South- 
west end  of  Nodaway  Co.,  Mo.,  in  church  coun- 
cil, with  elder  D.  D.  Sell  from  Clinton  Co.,  and 
a  number  of  other  brethren  and  sisters  from 
other  districts.  It  was  unanimously  agreed  to 
organize  a  new  church  here,  called  the  Whit« 
Cloud  Branch.  The  following  ofTicem  were 
chosen:  George  Shamberg-r  to  the  first  degree 
of  ministry;  C.  M.  Mowry  and  David  Keller  to 
the  dciicouship.  Samuel  Honberger  was  or- 
dained to  tlie  full  ministry. 

Here  the  Brethren  also  had  agreed  to  hold 
Love-fea.it;  had  arranged  a  beautiful  tent, 28  by 
111  feet.  Preaching  evening  before  by  Bro.  D. 
1).  Sell,  and  others.  Love-feast  services  took 
l>lace  in  regular  order  and  time  iu  the  evening, 
and  wiw  the  first  meeting  of  that  kind  keld  in 
Nodaway  Co.  It  was  largely,  and  by  all  ajv 
pearimces  solemnly  attended  by  spectators.  — 
Considering  the  cool,  rainy  weather  during  the 
services,  the  attendance  was  larger  than  could 
be  expcected.  All  seemed  to  enjoy  God's  blesfr 
iiigs.  Meeting  next  day  aud  night,  lasting  un- 
til Wednesday  evening. 

Bro.  Sell  and  I  then  went  to  the  North- 
east end  of  same  Co.  Meeting  on  the  ni<»bt  of 
the  Uth.  The  next  day  met  in  council  with 
the  members,  ten  in  number,  at  the  house  of 
Wm.  H.  Clark.  Hero  we  also  agreed  in  union, 
to  make  a  imrtial  organization,  called  the  Honey 
Creek  church.  Held  a  choice,  the  lot  fell  on 
Bro.  Wm.  H.  Clark  for  minister  and  Elijah 
Rcdich,  deacon.  Wra.  B.  Sell  of  ILirrison  Co.» 
w;i»  chosen  iis  their  overseer.  Mtvfing  that 
uight  with  two  applicants  for  baptism,  which 
were  attended  to  next  morning.  This  mak«s 
their  number  twelve. 

Could  not  some  gooil  brother  in  the  ministry 
that  is  n  good  example  to  the  flock,  move  ta 
this  place,  as  there  is  a  prospect  for  a  laree 
church  here,  if  not  neglected?  The  coimtry 
here  is  good  enough  for  any  one.  The  mem- 
bers are  kmd  and  so  are  their  neighbors,  of 
whom  quite  a  number  are  counting  the  cost, 
and  I  think  some  will  uiiit^'  ere  Ion?. 

On  the  morning  of  the  16th,  after  baptism, 
D.  D.  Sell  aud  I,  in  company  with  Bro.  Clark, 
Redick  and  Davis  wont  to  Harrison  Co..  to  Ihe 
place  of  District  Meeting,  Met  with  the 
Brethren  that  night  ftom  the  various  districts 
of  Northern  Mo.,  at  Long  Branch  school- 
house,  this  being  Wm.  B,  Sell's  district.  We 
met  at  a  rather  late  hour.  Meeting  hod  already 
commencetl,  when  we  entered  the  house.  Bro. 
Harrison  Palmer  from  the  Sonierbet  church, 
Mercer  Co.,  addressed  us  with  strong  api>eals  on 
Heb.  2.  and  why  we  should  not  h-t  slip  %vhat  we 
hear.  On  the  morning  of  the  l"th.  at  9  A.  SJ., 
met  agnin  at  the  same  school-house  with  the 
delegate*  of  eleven  districts  out  of  thirteen, 
compoMUR  the  Northern  District  of  Mo,  With 
some  of  them  we  never  met  befoiv.  The  morn- 
iin:  services  were  ojiened  iu  order  by  singing 
and  prayer. 

The  meeting  orgimijtcd  by  tho  appcuntment 
of  the  followinsr  ■-■i.v-  ii  u  ^.n  I'-^ding 
Clerk:  C.  C.  K<^-  i,.  bu- 

sin'*'^'!  Wiis  trail  , .  f^^ 


l-iery 


ilo.,  lor  \Uuch    i  <  t, 

tee  of  five  to  gi' 

dom,  and  pre*eu;  ..  .,■  i.  ..„,  ...  ,i  -.■  .li-  04 
idl  the  ileh'iiafe*  for  approval  orrvj>c:i  -i.  The 
meeting  then  close*!  at  5  P.  M.      reaching 


6 


THE    BHETHRElsr    AX    WOl^K. 


Jurii 


e    0. 


»^in  at  iiiglil,  hj-  tlip  writer.  foU'iwed  by  I>.  Sell. 
Mrt  again  "Mt  morning  it  9  A.  M.  The  com- 
mitlM-  iiiiariimouBiy  ngrowl  U>  ncnd  twoovangeliaU 
M  much  of  thp  time,  iw  the  committw  of  three 
brelhirn  m  directon.  in  corwulutioii  with  the 
ev«iiiffli-'«t»  n'«y  determine  to  l>e  BdvisBhle  in 
prc«rlting  Ihv  Gospel,  in  places  when:  the  breth- 
ren hftve  not  preached,  in  Iftngiiinhing  cburchw 
and  among  isolftted  memberB  ;  ihcwiiddirectora  to 
deH^rniine  the  actual  expense*  to  be  paid,  by  a 
chowm  trMwurcr,  out  of  the  common  contributiona 
of  the  unitnl  di«lrict. 

According  to  appointment,  the  above  plan  woa 
pr»cnted  to  the  meeting,  and  unanimously  adopt- 
ed, and  bMhrcn  \Vm.  IJ.  Sell  nnd  C.  C.  Root 
wort-  choKTi  cvangelintn.  Bro,  Dnvid  Bowman, 
Hardin,  Hay  Co.,  51-..:  P.  E,  Whitmcr,  Craig. 
H.-ll  Gn.,  Mo.;  J.  E.  Bowerman,  Polo,  Caldwell 
'  Co.,  Mo.;  at  Directom.  J.  R.  Ellcnberger,  Turu- 
•y,  Clinton  (>>.,  Mo.,  Trcaaurer. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Xorthern  Mo.,  closed 
it»  biuinws  by  electing  Daniel  U.Sell  delegate  for 
the  Hlnnding  Committee  of  A.  M. 

To  iho  brotberbood  at  lai^e  I  would  recommend 
this  meeting  a»  being  worthy  of  copying  after, 
in  regonl  ^>  HCtlllng  all  their  business  at  home,  aa 
well  an  the  great  r«»pou!iihility  nnd  intercut  felt 
and  manifwtetl  by  it  as  n  whole,  for  the  sjiread- 
ing  of  the  Gwipel ;  not  only  by  home  miRsiou,  but 
alKo  the  npiril  of  love  and  sympathy  cxpreasod  for 
mi*>ionarj-  labnn  generally. 

The  raei'ling  was  followed  by  a  pleasant  Com- 
munion Heantin  on  Satiirilny  night,  the  18lh  ;  al- 
m  meeting  ne.xt  day  at  10  A.  M.  This  closed  the 
bappy  raoetingd  with  our  dear  brethren  in  Ilnrri- 
son  Co.,  Mo.  Tlie  parting  scenes  were  solfnin, 
more  so  becaune  I  was  a  yoke-fellow  with  the 
Ni)rlherH  District  of  Mo.,  for  several  years.  As 
this  will  be  my  last  trip  to  Miasouri  to  serve  ihem 
aa  cider  over  those  districts,  namely  Bethel  church. 
Holt  Co,,  and  Whitesville  church,  Andrew  Co., 
with  the  membcru  of  the  Iwo  new  districts  now 
orgiuiir.ed  in  Nodawny  Co,,  and  the  little  flock  in 
Grand  River,  Gentry  Co.,  with  whom  1  have 
formerly  labored, —  I  would  eay  that  I  feci  n  deep 
interest  in  your  spiritual  welfare.  I  ofien  remem- 
ber you  all  in  my  prayers,  nnd  I  know  you  do 
the  same. 

It  was  bard  to  part  from  you,  my  dear  brethren 
and  Histen,  and  I  cannot  close  without  tendering 
you  my  liciirt-felt  thanks  and  best  wisliea  for  your 
kind  treatment  and  brotherly  respect  uhown  me, 
whilst  among  you.  I  coiniuend  you  to  the  grace 
of  Ood  and  the  word  of  His  power.  May  the 
Holy  Spirit  keep  us  in  the  siuue,  is  my  prayer. 

M'e  also  had  one  meeting  Sunday  aflernoon, 
Suuth-cast  of  Mnrtiusville,  in  friend  Funk's 
neighborhood.  Bro.  L>.  Glick  lell  an  appolut- 
mout  for  us,  when  he  went  to  I).  M.,  in  what  they 
coll  a  union  house.  Bro.  I).  Sell  and  I  addressed 
the  meeting.  Had  the  best  of  attention.  Thence 
to  Whitesville  church,  in  company  with  U.  Glick, 
and  E.  Orr.  On  Monday  the  20th  meeting  at 
night;  also  on  Tuesday  night.  Gave  them  my 
farewell,  with  another  appointment  for  brother 
Orr  to  fill  on  Wednesday  eve, 

I  came  homo  on  the  evening  of  the  '2'in\.  My 
address  will  be  after  the  fir^t  of  June,  Abilene, 
Dickenson  Co.,  Kansas. 

John  Forney,  Sk.v. 
FalU  City,  Neb. 


From    Knox    Co.,    Tcnn. 

lJtarJint/,rn,:~ 

ON  last  Saturday  evening  the  fu-st  Love-fcnst 
of  the  Brethren,  whs  held  in  Knox  Co. 
near  Bro.  Herljiler's,  about  eight  miles  from  here, 
Olid  about  twenty  miles  from  the  Oakland  church. 
Though  the  nearest  members  from  that  side  were 
about  twelve  miles  distant,  and  we  were  the  only 
ouee  from  this  side,  yet  twenty-five  communed 
(about  half  of  the  cliurcli). 

The  church  in  most  part  is  poor,  but  we  hope 
rich  in  faith  and  love.  Wc  have  reason  to  thank 
the  Giver  of  all  good,  that  it  has  been  our  lot,  at 
least  in  the  last  two  or  three  years  to  have  peace 
and  harmony  in  the  church.  "  Behold  how  good 
it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unitv."  We 
have  once  in  a  while  an  addition  or  two.  The 
last  were  two  of  elder  Crosswhite's  daughters, 
about  two  weeks  previous  to  the  Love-feiist,  The 
church  has  about  doubled  its  membership  in  the 
last  three  years,  FinanciuMy  we  ore  not  able  to 
have  a  general  meal  in  connection  with  the  Love- 
feast,  OS  the  kind,  old  brethren  use<l  to  have  and 
probably  have  yet  in  places. 

C.  F.  Deiwiler. 


From    Lancaster    Co .    Pa. 

DiurJinthnii:— 

I  WILL  try  to  drop  a  few  lines  for  your  wortliy 
paper,  and  thereby  tell  others  bow   the  ark 
of  the  Lord  is  moving  along  in  this  part  of  God's 
moral  vineyard. 
A  few  Sundays  ago,  some  eighteen  were  baptiz- 


ed near  Manhcim,  and  of  lali'  some  fourteen  or 
fifteen  were  baptixed  at  Middle  Creek,  two  and  a 
half  miles  from  Lincoln.  Nearly  every  week  we 
hear  the  weloume  news  of  sinners  turning  to  the 
I{«deemer. 

In  our  own,  the  Ephrata  ilistrict,  we  have  not 
increased  quite  so  largely  in  nunibem  yet,  as 
some  of  our  neighboring  congregations.  Wc  have 
however,  since  New  Year,  received  six  by  baptism 
and  two  reclaimed.  May  the  Lord  now  be  their 
Btren^h  and  comfort  tbnjugh  this  life  of  troubles 
and  triali,  so  that  when  done  with  earth  they  may 
rent  above  in  the  mansions  of  bliss. 

As  places  of  worship  and  calls  for  the  Breth- 
ren, to  preach,  arc  inrreasiug,  and  the  ministerial 
force  not  adequate,  it  was  proposed  and  resolved 
that  we  elect  a  brother  to  the  ministry,  3nd  one 
as  visiting  brother.  The  church  met  together  for 
that  purjioee  on  the  lllh,  itn'U,  and  the  lot  for 
minister  fell  on  Bro.  Israel  Wenger;  and  Isaac  B. 
Keller  for  deacon. 

.  May  the  spirit  of  the  Holy  One  rest  upon  those 
brethren,  so  they  may  walk  worthy  of  their  otRce, 
and  go  forth  in  the  Master's  cause,  ivith  such  a 
(ftrength  and  .seal  to  His  cause,  that  they  may  be 

ornament  to  His  house  here  below,  and  a  jewel 
to  His  Mansion  above,  and  be  a  means  by  which 
many  sin-defiled  souls  may  be  brought  back  aguJn 
to  the  fold  of  Christ  and  to  the  feast  of  His  sal- 
vation. L.  Andes. 
Liixcoln,  Pa. 

River    Brethren. 

N  the  Biu:tiiren  at  Work,  No.  20.  Vol.  3, 
page  5,  1  find  that  .1.  J.  Schechter  wishes,  that 
some  brother  would  give  an  account  of  the  start  of 
the  River  Brethren,  through  the  paper,  and  as  I 
am  one  of  the  oldest  inhabitants  in  Lancaster  Co. 
where  the  River  Brethren  started,  I  think  I  cau 
give  a  correct  account  of  their  origin. 

In  1752.  a  man  by  the  name  of  William  Otter- 
bein,  a  minister  of  the  German  Reformed  church, 
from  Dillinburg,  Germany,  come  to  this  countrj', 
and  settled  in  the  State  of  Maryland.  He 
that  his  old  church  was  not  in  possession  of  the 
life  and  Spirit  which  the  Gospel  requires.  Then 
Martin  Boehm  associated  with  Otterbeiu,  they 
started  a  church  under  the  appellation  of  "  The 
United  Brethr«-n  in  Christ."  In  1784,  this  Mar- 
tin Boehm  caine  to  Donigal  township,  Lancas- 
ter Co.,  Pa.,  and  commenced  preaching,  which 
resulted  in  a  great  revival,  and  among  these  reviv- 
al converts  were  six  men,  Jacob  Engel,  Hans  En- 
gel,  .lobn  Stern,  Samuel  Heigs,  C.  Rupp,  and  an- 
other man  whose  name  I  could  not  learn.  A  few 
of  them  were  members  of  the  old  Mcnnonites. 
These  six  met  together  to  examine  the  Scriptures, 
and  edifS'  tliemselve.s.  They  soon  found  that  ba])- 
tism  by  a  three-fold  immersion  is  the  only  legal  mode 
contained  in  the  Gospel ;  then  they  went  in  com- 
pany to  a  minister  of  the  old  Baptist  brethren,  by 
tlie  name  of  George  Miller,  and  requested  to  be 
baptized  by  the  Brethren,  but  afterward  stand 
aloof  and  act  for  themt.elves,  which  our  Brethren 
refused  to  do.  Then  they  cost  lots  which  of  them 
should  baptize  one  of  the  others,  and  he,  then  be- 
ing baptized,  shall  baptize  the  other  five,  which 
was  done  in  the  Susiiuehnnna  river.  Hence  the 
name  "  River  Brethren."  This  happened  about 
the  year  1787.  Such  was  the  origin  and  start  of 
them,  J.  E.  Pfautz. 

Ephrata,  Pa. 

DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 

Nettle  Creek  church,  Ind., g  11.3.3 

Rome  church,  Ohio 6.00 

Chos.  C.  GibaoD '  2..50 

Sarah  Myers,  Ind. .25 

John  Freidley,  .21} 

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(P.  C, pitase  roptj.) 


QLE^lSriNGS. 


From  Winchester,  Kan.— I  receive  your 
paper  regularly.  It  always  brings  glad  tidings  of 
great  joy.  In  looking  over  its  column.*,  we  are 
made  to  rejoice  to  hear  of  so  many  sinners  being 
brought  to  the  fold  of  God.  We  are  deprived  of 
hearing  the  Brethren  preach  ;  there  are  no  meti- 
bers  here  but  myself  and  wife.  All  the  comfort 
we  have,  is  when  the  paper  comes  to  hand.  The 
ministering  brethren  used  to  come  and  preach  for 
us  quite  often  last  Summer,  but  they  have  neglect- 


ed   us    so   far   this   season.     If  any   minisiering 
brethren  should  pas^  (his  way,  we  would  be  pie 
ed  to  have  them  give  u^  a  call.  S.  5Iii.lkr. 

From  Porrill,  Mo. — I  desire  to  say  to  those 
inquiring,  that  I  am  not  traveling  and  preaching 
at  this  lime,  and  will  not  until  after  harvest,  and 
if  the  way  opens,  will  give  due  notice  in  a  private 
way.  My  health  is  so  far  improved  that  I  am  able 
to  work  considerably  on  the  farm.  I  feel  very 
grateful  for  all  kind  words  of  sympathy  and  en- 
couragement received.  May  God  bless  you  n'l. 
D.  B.  Gibson. 

From  MogO(lore,01iiO.—W'e  want  the  Bieth- 

reu  to  donate  good  books  to  the  Ashland  College, 
especially  their  own  productions.  Any  books  you 
may  wish  to  donate  will  be  thankfully  received. 
Please  present  the  matter  to  those  you  meet.  Send 
by  express  to  Ashland  College,  Ashland,  Ohio,  or 
bring  to  A.  M.  We  would  like  the  name  of  the 
donors  ou  the  books  donated. 

Jacob  Mishlku. 

From  XentallU,  Kan,— We  are  living  where 
the  Gospel  has  never  been  preached  but  ones  or 
twice.  There  are  thirteen  members  here,  yet  wc 
have  no  preacher  nor  deacon  among  us.  We 
would  like  to  have  a*  speaker  move  here;  for  we 
need  one.  There  is  quite  a  number  of  Quakers 
here.  If  it  was  not  for  the  BKmnitENAT  Work 
I  do  not  know  what  we  would  do ;  for  wc  get  so 
much  good  food  from  its  columns.  We  read  the 
paper  through  .ind  then  let  our  neighbor*  liaveit 
to  read  ;  It  seems  to  take  vei-y  well.  If  any  of 
the  brethren  move  West,  we  would  like  to  have 
them  come  and  see  our  country. 

Wst.  EDGEfOMB. 

From  HarleySYille,  Pa.— Our  District  Meet- 
ing passed  ofl' very  pleasantly.  There  were  tliir- 
teen  queries  considered,  aud  all  the  deliberations 
were  kept  in  a  proper  manner — no  one  excited. 
Brethren  Samuel  Harley  of  Ephrata,  aud  S.  R. 
Zug  of  Masteraonville,  Lancaster  county,  are  to 
represent  the  Eastern  District  of  Pa.,  at  the  An- 
nual Meeting  ;  the  former  on  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee. Ou  Saturday  the  25th  there  was  an  elec- 
tion held  in  the  Hatfield  church.  TBrother  Frank 
Cassel  was  elected  to  the  ministry,  and  brethren 
Jonas  M.  Cassel  aud  Jacob  M.  Detweiler  to  the 
office  of  deacon.  Elder  C  Bucher  aud  elder 
Wm,  Hertzler  bein'g  present,  they  had  a  very  in- 
teresting meeting  on  Sunday. 

Jas.  Y.  Heckler. 

Prom  Galesbitrg    Kansas.- Our    council 

meeting  came  off  May  the  11th.  The  membei-s 
seemed  to  be  in  love  and  union  with  one  another, 
and  to  be  eucoursged  in  the  good  work  ;  where 
the  church  works,  the  Lord  works.  \Ve  have  a 
good  many  young  members  in  our  church  here. 
There  have  been  no  accessions  this  Spring.  We 
have  meeting  regularly  every  two  weeki  It  has 
been  very  wet  for  the  last  week,  so  much  so  that 
the  farmers  could  do  nothing.  Neosho  river  is 
said  to  Ije  the  hightst  it  ever  was  known  since  the 
country  has  been  settled.  I  would  like  to  see 
brc-threu  move  in  and  help  the  good  causi  along. 
Kansas  l'*  fast  filling  up  with  emigrants  from  oth- 
er states.  We  have  a  fine,  healthy  country.  Fruit 
will  be  plenty  this  year,  if  nothing  should  happen 
it.  M.  U.  HODGDEN. 

From  Lydia  Krise.— We  are  now  livine  in 
Little  Travers,  aud  are  surrounded  by  dillereut 
kinds  of  people,  excepting  our  members  ;  for 
which  we  feel  very  sorry.  There  are  seven  mem- 
bers tliat  I  know  of  in  this  neighborhood,  and 
they  live  about  eight  mites  from  town,  and  some 
of  them  have  been  here  for  two  years  and  have 
never  heard  a  sermon  preached  by  any  of  the 
Brethren.  Now  I  would  say  here,  don't  the  Scrip- 
tures say,  to  them  tbat.ask  it  shall  be  given.  We 
are  asking,  we  are  calling,  we  are  begging  and 
praying  for  some  of  the  brethren  to  come  and 
preach  for  us.  We  want  some  of  them  to  come 
and  settle  in  our  neighborhood. 

LiUle  Travers,  Eminert  Co,,Mith. 

From  Pony    Creek  Church,  Kan,— Our 

Love-feast  is  now  among  the  things  of  the  past. 
The  church  came  together  at  ten  o'clock  as  was 
flppointnd  ;  had  preaching  till  noon.  Then  broke 
up  to  meet  again  at  lour  o'clock.  The  church 
made  a  choice  for  two  deacons  lu  the  aflernoon, 
and  the  lot  felt  ou  our  dear  brethren  Daniel  A. 
Lichty  and  Levi  Wallace.  May  the  Lord  bleis 
th.  m  aud  guide  them  in  the  ways  of  truth  nnd 
righteousness.  The  brethren  were  installed  in 
their  office  before  the  eveniug  services  eoramenced. 
The  meeting  was  held  in  brother  Jonathan  Lich- 
ty's  large  barn.  The  crowd  was  f[uite  large  in 
the  evening  ;  the  members  could  u.Jt  all  be  seated 
at  the  table.  Considering  the  crowd  there  was 
pretty  good  order.  On  Sunday  the  crowd  was 
very  large  ;  had  preaching  at  two  o'clock.  Dear 
brethren  let  us  Iiold  out  faithful ;  it  will  uot  be 
very  long  till  we  meet  to  part  no  more. 

E.  TQOMP3')>f. 


Prayer,  if  it  be  done  as  a  task 


SK,  IS  no  prayer. 


STEIN    AND    BAY    DEBATE. 

I  NOTICED,  recently,  in  i\K  Primitive  ChrUia^ 
an  extract  from  the  Baptuit  Baltle  f/ay  ni,j  v 
referred  to  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  as  observed  h 
the  Brethren,  in  rather  disparaging  language.  Ths 
etlilors  of  the  P.  C.  stated  in  reply  that  if  ^^^ 
or  similar  language  were  used  in  the  proposeil  djj 
cuasion  between  Mr.  Ray,  aud  Bi-o.  Stein,  ihat 
tliey  would  not,  by  any  means  open  the  column, 
of  their  paper  for  the  publication  of  such  laa. 
guagc,  and  further  referred  to  the  neceseitv  nf 
restricting  Mr.  Ray  in  his  use  of  language,  before 
consenting  f  the  publication  of  said  diacussiou  iu 
the  Britfuren-  at  Work. 

No  doubt  the  editors  of  P.  C.  wrote  from  pm^ 


motives,  and  desire  that  the  pages  of  onr 


relig. 


ious  papera  be  kept  as  pure  and  free  fi-oni  filthy 
pei-sonalities  as  thi-y  possibly  can  be.  This  is 
right,  but  it  is  my  opinion,  that  in  the  pC'nJiu(> 
discussion  the  best  thing  that  can  be  douo,  is,  to 
let  Mr.  Ray  say,  what  he  lias  to  say,  ia  his  o'wn 
uur-'stricted  laugusige.  His  abusive  manner  of 
speiiking,  and  writing,  aud  the  disreapectfid  Ian. 
gunge  he  uses  towai-ds  other  churches,  will  go 
farther,  in  the  minds  of  sober,  thinking  people 
towards  defcMting  his  own  propositions  than  all 
the  arguments  he  can  produce  to  support  tlicni. 
Publish  every  word  he  writes,  and  let  the  worii 
rejid,  think,  and  judge  for  themselve!«. 

Several  years  ago  Mr.  Ray  delivered  several 
discourses  in  our  vicinity.  In  said  discourses  he 
referred  to  tlie  Brethren  chuvcli  in  very  disre- 
spectful language,  calling  our  baptism  "  filthy 
rags;"  ourmembei-s,  "silly  people;"  ourchurch 
organization,  "pulling  straws,"  etc.,  etc. 

Since  then,  the  Baptist  church  at  that  place 
ceased  to  prosper  and  began  to  diminish,  a,ni 
has  been  diminishing  ever  since,  and  if  it 
dwindles  a  few  more  years  there  will  be  noth- 
ing left. 

Truth  cannot  be  destroyed,  by  all  the  filthy 
language  men  may  cast  upon  it.  It  will  ba 
truth  still,  and  shiue  tlie  brighter,  by  coming 
in  contact  with  error. 

To  brother  Stein,  we  would  say,  go  on,  in  the 
even  tenor  of  your  way.  Use  soft  words,  but 
hard  arguments,  and  the  truth  will  not  suffer 
in  your  hands;  und  the  God  of  heaven  and 
earth  guide  your  pen,  to  write  only  what 
will  result  in  honor  to  His  great  name  and  the 
salvation  of  many  souls. 

Fraternally. 

J.  S.  MOHLER. 


EDITORIAL  REMAJtKS. 

The  above  came  to  hand  just  as  we  were  ready 
to  go  to  press,  hence  the  necessity  of  inserting  it 
here.  We  much  regretted  what  theP.  C.  said 
about  the  debate,  but  concluded  to  pass  it  all  by, 
We  know  jnst  what  we  are  doing  iu  tlie  case,  and 
can  say  amen  to  what  Bro.  Mohler  says.  If  Mr, 
Kay  wants  to  spend  his  time  abusing  the  Breth- 
ren, he  can  do  so.  The  more  of  it  he  does,  the 
better  it  will  be  for  our  cause.  He  found  that  out 
at  the  Newtonia  debale.  The  discussion  will  com- 
mence just  as  soon  as  a  few  more  arrangemeaU 
are  made,  and  as  proof  that  it  is  looked  to  with 
great  interest,  we  will  say,  that  hundreds  are  sub. 
scribing  for  the  paper  on    account  of  it. — Eds, 


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Tiekeia  are  sold    for  abo\v    —  -  , 

trains  make  close  connection  ni  WcBlern  Union  J""^"    ' 
Q.  A.  SMiTfl,  Agent. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'Behold  I  Bring    You  Good  Tidings  of  Grtal  Joy,  which  Shall  U  unio  All  Peopled ~hvK 


Vol.  Ill, 


Lanark,  111.,  June  13,  1878. 


No.  24. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS:  , 


a.  H.  MILLER, 

J.  W.  STEIN,       - 
D,  VANIM-VN, 

D.  B.  MENTZKR, 

MArriB  A.  LEAH, 


LADOGA.  IXD. 
NEWTOS-T,\,  110. 

-  -  VIHDEN,  ILL. 
tt'AYNESnORO,  PA. 

-  URBASA,    ILL. 


mooii  nor  star  nor  caniJle.  but  God  and  the 
Lanil)  are  the  light  thereof.  But  for  n\\  who 
are  in  the  DeviU's  order  of  crontion.  the  luorti- 
iiig  and  evening  are  the  fir^t  Any  and  the  last 
eternal  midniglit  "  the  l)lackiiess  ot  darkness 
forever." 


I  WISH  I  WERE  A  CHRISTIAN. 


BY  D.  r.  S.VYLOR. 


HOW  T  wit 
pressioi 


wish  I  svere  a  Christian,  was  the  ex- 


OUR  PRECIOUS  BIBLE. 

BY  LEMUEL  HILLERY. 

HOLY  Bible  how  Hove  thee. 
What  a  pleasure  to  my  soul; 
Naught  on  earth  shall  ever  move  me 

From  thy  pure  and  sacred  ibid. 

Not  in  all  the  realms  of  pleasure, 

Shall  there  be  sufficient  cause, 

Robbing  me  of  this  great  Treasure, 

And  of  heaven's  holy  Law.' 

Holy  Bible  let  me  clasp  thee — 

Ever  near  my  beating  heart; 
Oh  'tis  all  I  now  do  ask  thee, 

And  I'll  never  fi-om  thee  part. 
Soothe  my  pain,  lead  on  to  heaven — 

For  I  would  thy  truth  declare, 
Oh!  let  this  just  now  be  given, 

Soon  I  will  thy  glory  share. 

M        I        ■ 

THE  ORDER  OF  CREATION. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSBAU6H. 

IT  was  a  fatal  mistake  to  divorce  the  Supper 
and  Eucliariat,  Either  of  these  terms  stands 
for  the  etifire  ordinance.  They  are  connected 
as  vitally  as  our  love  to  Jesus  and  our  brethren. 
The  bread  of  1;he  Communion  was  taken  from 
the  Supper  thus  signiiyiu^  that  both  are  sec- 
tions of  one  whole. 

Your  second  question  is  a  perplexing  one,  and 
not  easily  settled  on  an  immutable  basis.  That 
there  was  double  diurnal  division  of  time  among 
the  .lews  seems  tolerably  cleai^one  including 
the  icarkhuj  day,  from  sunrise  to  sunset,  or 
from  six  in  the  morning  to  six  in  the  evening. 
The  other  including  both  day  and  night,  and 
beginning  in  the  evening  according  to  the  order 
of  the  creation.  Let  us  see  to  it  that  all  our 
time,  as  a  whole  and  in  fragments,  is  not  only 
in  the  order,  bnt  in  the  character  of  creation. 

Not  only  wa.s  the  evening  first,  but  man  was 
first  a  dead,  dark,  inanimate  lump  of  clay,  be- 
fore the  morning  of  life  and  consciousness  and 
intelligence  dawned.  All  things  came  out  of 
night  or  nothing.  God  is  a  Spirit.  There  is 
ao  ninteriality  in  His  constitution.  The  idea  of 
matter  was  in  Him,  but  matter  as  matter  had 
to  spring  from  nonentity.  The  six  days  work 
was  successively  on  tliis  plan.  God  did  not  ih- 
■  ttlop  the  second  days  work  out  of  the  fii-st  and 
BO  on.  Each  day  was  a  crmtim,  first  the  even- 
ing then  the  morning;  first  nonentity  then  ct- 
istence.  The  same  with  man.  He  was  taken 
from  the  dust,  but  as  man  he  was  a  creafim  no 
less  than  the  dust  itself.  Man  was  not  devel- 
oped out  of  a  monkey  as  some  filthy  dreamers 
aver,  but  was  the  product  and  image  of  the 
eternal.  And  the  saiut,  tlie  new  man  in  Christ 
is  just  as  little  a  development  out  of  the  sin- 
polluted  creature  as  the  first  man  was  the  pro- 
duct of  a  cultivated  ape. 

The  whole  creation  is  represented  in  man. 
"  The  things  that  are  made"  express  the  "  eter- 
nal power  and  Godhead."  But  man  is  a  gener- 
tiou  of  the  Divine  constitution.  He  is  the  last 
evening  and  morning  in  the  calendar  of  creation 
linking  matter  eternally  with  Deity,  finally 
bringing  down  the  very  God  Himself,  not  only 
13  Creator  but  Etedeemer.  making  the  last  morn- 
ing an  endless  day,  The  evening  and  morning 
f^  the  first  day  and  the  evening  and  morning 
w^  the  last  day,  when  they  need  no  sun  nor 


sometime  ago.  Since  then!  have  some  thoughts 
on  wish,  or  wiskin<i.  And  although  the  word 
wish  occni-s  a  few  times  iull*  Scriptures,  l*au! 
could  wish  himself  accursed  from  Christ  for 
his  brethren  (Rom.  9:  3).  "  This  also  we  vmh 
even  your  perfection  "  (2  Cor.  13  9).  And  John 
to  his  beloved  Gains,  "  I  wish  above  all  things 
thou  mightest  prosper."  And  the  shipwrecked, 
"they  cast  anchor,  and  wished  for  the  day." 

The  word  occurs  about  an  equaj  number  of 
times  in  the  Old  Testament  Scriptures.  Yet  I 
am  not  sure  but  to  ivish,  and  to  be  winhing  is  a 
useless  waste  of  time,  and  I  think  we  might  as 
well  discard  the  words.  As  a  thing  that  will 
surely  come  to  pass^  it  is  vain  tu  wish  for  ii  to 
come;  wait,  have  patience  till  it  comes.  After 
the  shipwrecked  had  cast  anchor  it  was  useless 
for  them  to  wish  for  the  day,  that  would  surely 
come  at  the  appointed  hour.  The  better  way 
would  be  for  them  to  do  all  for  their  comfort 
and  safety,  and  with  patience  wait  for  the  day, 
for  it  n-ill  most  assuredly  come.  Wishing  will 
only  pet  and  sorrow  the  mind,  wishing  for 
this  is  useless. 

Again,  wiiihing  for  that  which  never  can,  nor 
will  be,  surely  is  vain.  And  what  you  can  at- 
tain to,  or  obtain  by  your  own  proper  effort, 
why  wish  for  that?  Make  the  la\vfuleffort  and 
obtain  it.  The  man  who  wished  to  be  a  Chi 
tian,  will  never  be  one  by  wishing.  The  means 
by  which  he  may  become  one  are  sanctified  for 
him,  let  him  use  them  according  to  appointment 
and  he  will  soon  be  a  Christian.  But  it  seems 
some  men  are  willing  to  do  even  more  to  be  a 
Christian  than  God  requires  of  them,  if  they 
can  have  it  their  own  way. 

When  I  was  iji  public  business  I  kept  ray 
bank  accounts  in  the  bank  of  a  wealthy  bach- 
lor  banker.  He  heard  me  preach  on  the  advan- 
tages of  ChriRtiauity,  a  religion:  during  the 
week  I  made  a  business  call  at  his  banking 
house.  As  I  entered,  he  said,  "  give  me  the  re- 
ligion you  preached  lastSunda;-,  and  I  will  give 
you  uiy  best  farm."  Looking  him  in  the  face 
1  said,  "John,  it  is  not  mine  to  give;  Christ. 
whose  it  is  to  give,  has  appointed  the  means 
whereby  you  can  obtain  it  without  giving  your 
farm."  But  here  was  the  tug  of  battle;  that 
required  what  he  was  unwilling  to  do.  Rather 
buy,  or  wish,  than  believe  and  repent  for  it. 

Time  spent  wishing,  is  badly  spent.  I  be- 
lieve it  is,  Hs  Tupper  says,  "  of  all  employments, 
wishing  is  the  worst." 


We  learu  that  singing  imd  prayer  are  the 
two  main  mediums  by  which  we  can  reach  or 
communicate  with  our  Divine  Creator,  luid  we 
commanded  to  go  on  to  perfection.  "Bo  ye 
pcri'ect  as  your  Father  in  heaven  is  perfect." 
The  more  piirfect  we  can  oiler  our  tributes  of 
praise  and  present  our  humble  petitions,  the 
better  will  they  be  received.  We  are  warned 
against  being  heHtlmnish  in  om'  manner  of  ad- 
dressing the  Deity.  "  But  when  ye  pray  use 
not  vain  repetitinna  iw  the  heathen  do;  for  they 
think  they  shall  be  hoai-d  for  their  much  speak- 
ing." We  are  rational  beings,  and  have  im- 
provable faculties,  and  thcie  faculties  formed 
williin  UB  by  the  siuue  Being  that  breathed  into 
man  the  breath  of  life.  That  siuue  licing  re- 
quires us  to  be  perfect  as  He  in  perfect.  How 
can  we  attain  this  perfection, if  we  content  our- 
selves to  remain  inactive  and  not  improve  the 
talents  given  us?  Some  have  ten  tiUents,  some 
five.  Some  one,  each  is  required  to  improve 
the  talents  given. 

The  apostle  tells  us  there  is  a  diversity  of 
gifla,  and  that  one  member  is  not  to  believe  he 
is  of  no  use,  because  he  cannot  fill  the  place  of 
another.  He  speaks  of  the  gift  of  i>rophecy — 
of  miracles,  of  teachers,  of  healing,  of  interpre- 
tation and  80  on.  He  does  not  speak  of  a  gift 
of  musical  talent  especially,  but  we  all  know, 
some  persons  are  more  gifted  in  music  than  oth- 
ers, and  some  love  to  hear  and  practice  it  more 
than  others.  This  being  the  case,  should  we 
not  cultivate  music,  both  iu  our  families  and  in 
the  churches?  And  by  a  regular  systembring  it 
as  neai-  perfection  as  possible.  The  apostle  says, 
again,  *'  I  will  sing  with  the  spirit  and  I  will 
sing  with  the  uudei-standing."  We  believe  we 
should  understand  what  we  sing,  and  liuw  to 
sing  it,  and  the  Spirit  aids  our  infirmities.  I 
activity  is  the  bane  of  humau  life,  it  will  destroy 
thehealthofbothbudyandsoul,  while  auactive, 
indu.'itry  promotes  health  to  the  body,  enlivens 
the  mental  powers,  and  if  we  have  complied 
with  the  offered  terras  of  reconciliation  with 
God,  and  have  received  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  guide  and  direct  UH,  we  will  actively 
pursue  that  course  through  life  that  will  mostly 
bring  good  to  the  human  family,  and  work  to 
the  honor  and  glory  of  God. 

We  are  told  in  Holy  Writ  that  music  had 
power  to  soothe  the  troubled  spirit  of  the  wick- 
ed. Saul  otten  called  for  David  (thougli  he  wiu* 
treated  as  hts  worst  enemy)  he  would  desire  him 
to  come  and  soothe  him  with  his  sweet  songs. 
And  often,  very  often  do  we  see  tears  of  peni- 
tence roll  down  the  cheeks  of  the  listcnei's, 
when  some  sweetstrmilsof  music  are  sung  with 
such  spiritual  farce  as  to  make  us  feel  as  if  our 
souls  were  lifted  above  this  bwly  vale,  imd  that 
we  were  being  wafted  from  earth  to  our  ever 
bles.sed  and  happy  home  above.  And  the  most 
we  know  of  our  enjoyments,  there  is,  that 
are  to  sing  songs  of  eternal  praise  to  our  dear 
Redeemer. 


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MUSIC. 

BY  CH,UlLOTTE  T.  BOND. 

E  cannot  conceive  why  some  people  ai 
opposed  to  an  improvement  in  our  sy; 
tem  of  music.  We  believe  that  which  is  worth 
doing,  is  worth  doing  well,  and  why  cramp  our- 
selves down  to  an  imperfect  way  of  exercising 
our  voices  in  singing  praises  to  God:  Music  and 
singing  began  soon  after  the  creation  of  our 
first  jmrents  as  we  read  in  the  Scriptures.  And 
may  we  not  suppose  that  the  little  birds  of  the 
air,  soon  after  they  were  created,  began  to  war- 
ble forth  their  sweet  songs  in  their  Creator's 
praise?  The  sparkling  little  violets  went  sing- 
ing their  way  toward  the  ocean.  Can  we  doubt 
that  all  nature  filled  the  earth  with  harmonious 
sounds  as  an  olfering  of  gratitude  (as  it  were) 
to  the  great  Creator  and  Founder  of  the  uni- 
verse? 


new  impuUes  and  holy  deain-s.such  m  you  nev- 
er experienced  befort-.  The  worldly  may  mock 
and  the  unleanied  may  disapprove,  but  then-  n 
a  power  in  systematic  mH.Mc  for  gocnl  that  cannot 
be  equule<l  by  the  bc.it  oraU.ry  the  world  ha^  ev- 
er produced. 

Natural  oratory,  like  the  muaical  talent,  muitt 
he  improved,  aud  then  if  directed  by.  spiritiuil 
inspiration,  each  cmi  light  a  terrible  wartaz» 
with  the  wicked  one.     Wodo*not  meim  here  to- 
condemn  the  weaker  one»,  no  indeed;  or  hold  out 
the  idea  that  they  have  nothing  to  do,  where- 
much  is  given,  much  is  required,  imd  whert  lit- 
tle is  givim,  there  is  not  8o  much  required,  and 
a.f  we  said  before  tiiere  is  a  diversity  of  gift*. 
When?  one  can  domuchgoodinone  way,  anoth- 
er has  the  advantage  in  another.     Ever)-  one- 
of  should  do  all    ihey  can  to  make  the  moat 
their      abilities     and     circumstancea     having 
always  in  view,  in  every  action  or  thougbk,- 
the  honor  and  glory  of  God.  and  the  promotioB- 
of  His  caune.   And  afttr  we  have  done  all  wecaa. 
we  are   unprofitable  servaut-i;  but  tliimts  be  to- 
God,  we  have  an  Intercessor. 


REPENT  AND  BE  BAPTIZED. 

MY  WILFRED  RICE. 

«*  pETEIlsaid  unto  them.  repent,and  be  iia|>- 
X  tized  everj-  one  of  you  in  the  name  of 
Jesu»  Christ,  for  the  remiwion  of  sins,  and  y« 
shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost "  (Act* 
2:  38).  There  has  been  a  great  deal  said  about 
repentance,  baptism  and  tlie  Holy  Ghost,  that 
it  almost  mema  useless  to  say  onytUiog  more  on 
the  subject;  but  I  think  a  few  Bible  thoughts 
on  the  above,  occasionally  will  not  harm  any 
one,  but  to  practice  them  would  be  a  great  gain 
to  the  nevei--dying  soul,  which  is  of  more  val- 
than  this  world,  and  what  a  lamentable- 
thought  it  would  be  to  think  any  one  sho;Jd 
neglect  tu  feed  his  soul  on  the  Bread  of  Liftf. 

We  should  have  faith  iu  the  Word.  What 
word?  Why,  Christ's.  Not  some  poor,  weak 
mortal  man  who  will  teach  for.commandmeut» 
the  doctrine.'*  of  men.  "  My  word-s  they  ure 
truth  aud  they  arc  life,"  says  our  blessed  Savior- 
Repentimce,  which  makes  us  weep  for  our  Jinv 
and  that  we  have  disobeyed  our  blessed  Master's, 
will,  should  precede  baptism,  and  then  we  are- 
fit  subjects  for  baptism.  Then  we  are  to  W 
baptized  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  wl  iit 
for?  "For  the  remission  of  sins."  Whut 
does  remission  really  mean?  We  uiight  siiy, 
simply  to  pardon,  or  the  act  of  taking  away  or 
removing  our  sins  so  that  they  will  not  be  i»- 
membered  against  us  any  more.  Then  the. 
promiso  is,  we  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  ■ 
Ghost.  A  gift  that  we  all  should  strive  itx,.mit 
strive  lawfully;  then  more  men  and  iroirt^B 
would  have  that  gift,  and  others  could  see  the 
workings  without  being  told. 

There  are  manv.  yea  many,  who Ihiukand" say, 
they  have  this  great  Gift  and  have  not,  t)e<'ait9e 
they  do  not  obey  the  truth.  There  are  so  ntanv 
non-esaentials  ia  the  Scriptures  to  them.tluHt' 
keep  them  from  obe>  ing  the  Wonl,  aiultheiB-- 
fore  are  unbelievers,  because  Ihey  don't  believe 
Christ.  What  is  baptism,  and  how  is  iti  tv  lie 
performed?  Does  the  Savior  leave  a&  in  the 
dark?  No.  He  even  gave  us  an  example,  as. 
on  all  occasions.  Where  dM  He  go?  To  John.. 
Where  was  John  baptizing?  In  Jordan.  "And' 
there  went  out  unto  him  all  the  band  uC  Jndea, 
and  they  of  Jerusalem,  and  wen^  sil  KtiptiseJ  of 
him  iu  the  river  Jordan,  confessing  their  sins" 
(.Mark  1 :  5).  Could  not  John  have  gone  to  theirr 
houses  aud  sprinkled  them?  certainly;  bufc  rh.tf 
would  not  have  been  baptism.  This,  some 
might  think  rough  talk,  but  it  is  the  truth. 
John  baptized  as  he  was  commanded.  He  knew 
sprinkle  or  pour  did  not  mean  dip. 


Reader,  have  you  never  felt  when  you  were 
lif^teiiing  to  the  delightful  songs  of  Ziou,  that 
you  were  getting  a  foretaste  of  the  enjoyment 
of  that  blissful  home  beyond  the  tomb,  and  that 
your  souls  were  united  in  a  bond  of  eternal 
sprirtual  love  to  all  those  who  are  looking  for- 
ward to  the  coming  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Je- 
sus Christ? 

My  dear  reader,  if  you  never  were  exercised 
by  such  feelings  as  these,  you  are  losing  all 
the  enjoyments  of  the  life  of  a  true  Chris- 
tian, This  is  our  enjoyment  aud  repays  us  four- 
fold for  all  the  conflicts  we  have  to  encounter 
here.  Some  may  call  this  fanaticism,  be  that 
iLs  it  may,  it  is  worth  more  than  all  of  the  friv 
olties  and  foolish  pleasures  of  earth.  Goye  that 
delight  so  much  in  the  clownish  ditties  that 
sung  among  the  pleasure-seeking  throngs  of 
earth.  Go  listen  to  one  of  the  hymns  of  Zion 
sung  with  the  spirit  and  the  understanding,  and 
you  will  find  that  you  never  understood  the  pow-  Frbb  souls  freely  work;  whoever  fears  Goff 
er  of  music  before;  your  soul  will  be  filled  with  I  p;ars  to  sit  at  ease. 


TMK    BKETHRKTST    AT    AVOmC. 


Jur 


13. 


FALLING  LEAVES. 

rrilEY  an-fnlliiiK,  alowly  fiUling, 
I  Tiiirk  iipoii  the  fornwt  aid*; — 
S-v<T«J  from  th<?  noblo  Iirauchwt, 

Where  thi-y  WHveti  in  I>*-miteou8  pride, 
Tli'-y  are  fallins  in  the  vaU(■y^ 

Whpre  the  wtrly  violete  8|jring. 
And  thehirdNin   sunny  nimng-time, 

Fir^t  thr-ir  dulcet  munic  ring. 

They  are  falling,  widly  fulling, 

rioHi-  U'sidpour  cottage  door— 
I'ttlf  and  fad«d.  like  the  loved  oue« 

Tliiit  have  gone  forovennore. 
Th.*y  are  falling  and  the  rtun-Iwams 

Shine  in  beauty  soft  around; 
Yet  the  faded  lenvcn  are  fulling— 

Falling  on  the  grassy  mound. 

Tln'V  lu''^  falling  on  the  streamlet 

Whf-re  thc'nilvery  wttt«n<  flow, 
And  upon  it-*  placid  howom 

Onward  with  the  wat^-rs  go; 
They  are  fulling  in  the  church-yard. 

Where  our  kindred  sweetly  sleep; 
Where  the  idle  winds  of  «uninier 

Softly  o'er  the  luved  ouen  weep. 

Thev  are  falling,  ever  fulling, 

When  the  Autumn  breezci  sigh— 
When  the  atar«in  beauty  glisten, 

Bright  upon  the  mid-night  sky; 
Thi'y  are  falling  when  the  tcmpe.tt 

MoaiiN  like  ocean's  hollow  roar — 
When  the  tuneless  winds  and  billows 

Sadly  High  foreverraore. 

Thoy  are  falling,  they  are  falling, 
While  our  saddened  thoughts  still  go 

To  the  auuny  days  of  childhood, 
On  the  dreamy  long  ago; 

And!  heir  tii.I.'d  InicTL-mind  us 
Of  tlu'  I.lit,'lit<-(1  li"|)cs  and  dremun— 

Fadwl  like  the  tailing  leaflets, 
Cast  upon  the  icy  streams. 

Selected  by  H.  J.  Nkff. 


THE  TWO  WITNESSES.  THE  TWO 

OLIVE    TREES,    AND     THE 

TWO  CANDLESTICKS. 

BY  MATTIE  A.  LEAJl. 

"  And  1  will  give  power  unto  my  two  wit- 
Dcssea,  and  they  shall  prophesy  a  thousand  two 
hundred  and  three  f-core  days  clothed  in  sack- 
cloth. These  are  the  two  olive  trees,  and  the 
two  candlesticks  standing  before  the  God  of 
the  earth  "  {Rev.  U:  3,  •!) 

SEVERAL  yeai-s  ago  we  wrote  a  series 
of  nrticli's  on  the  above  subject,  and 
having  been  requestetl  to  write  on  it 
again,  we  will  try  to  do  so,  lioping  we 
may  be  euabled  to  tlirow  some  liglit  up- 
on it.  Since  writing  before  we  have  stud- 
ied the  subject  considerably,  and  have 
gained,  we  think  some  additional  knowl- 
edge. Our  vi.ews  now  are  in  the  main 
wliat  they  were  then. 

'i'he  aposth-  Peter  tells  U8  that  we  have 
a  more  sure  word  of  prophecy;  "where - 
unto  ye  do  well  that  ye  take  heed,  as  un- 
to a  light  that  shineth  in  a  dark  jdace  " 
(2  Peter  1:  14).  Inexplicable  anil  dark 
indeed  would  be  the  world's  histoi-y,  but 
for  the  gleam  of  light  that  is  thrown  up- 
on it  fi'om  the  sacred  pen  of  propheey. 
The  seer  of  Patmos  gives  us  an  epitome 
of  successive  ages,  beginning  with  the 
openingof  the  seals  and  ending  with  the 
pouring  out  of  the  last  or  seventh  vial; 
that  is  a  jieriod  commencing  near  tlie 
time  T*hen  John  wi'Ote,  and  ending  with 
the  second  advent  of  Christ.  Kut  that 
which  chiefly  engaged  the  attention  of 
the  holy  apostle,  was  the  rise  and  devel- 
opment of  a  colossal  power,  an  over- 
shadowing evil  in  the  chui'ch.  This  pow- 
er we  have  portrayed  in  chapter  l^th, 
under  the  similitude  of  a  terrific  beast. 
This  power  superseded  the  dragon  or 
pagan  power  (see  in  verse  2,  of  chapter 
la).  This  second  power  was  again  to 
be  jmrtly  subverted  by  another  power 
delineated  in  chapter  \a,  verse  11- IS. 

These  three  powers  were  to  be  the  suc- 
cessive antagonists  of  the  true  church, 
the  faithftil  witnesses  of  Christ.  We 
eauuotnow  howeverdwell  longer  on  this 
branch  of  the  subject. 


It  was  during  the  dnniinion  of  the  first'  meet,  and  under  whatever  circumstances 
beast,  when  the  two  witnesses  were  to  j  they  may  meet  Christ's  divine  presence 
proj)he-sy  clothed  in  sackcloth,  for  the  ;  will  ever  lie  Avith  them,  for  such  is  H: 
time  they  were    thus  to    prophesy,    was    comforting  jnomise. 


just  the  length  of  time  this  beast  wai 
e.xcercise  his  functions. 


to 


•    But  the  number  of  these  witnesses  are 
said  to  be  two.     What  can  be  meant  by 


AVc  understand  the  two  ^ntnesses,  the   this?     The  reason  why  the  number  two 


two  olive  tre*"^,  and  the  two  candlesticks 
are  only  difiereiit  foims  of  e.xpression, 
meaning  the  same  thing.  The  word  here 
translated  witnesses  comes  from  the 
Greek  word  marluM,  whence  our  English 
word  mariijr.  The  word  rnarius  sim- 
ply means  a  witness.  But  in  the  days  of 
pagan  and  pajial  pei*secution  t«  be  a  wit- 
ness for  Christ,  was  just  equivalent  to  be 
what  is  now  meant  by  the  term  marti/r 
Then  the  jirofession  of  Christ,  and  im 
plicit  faith  in  His  Word  preceded  to  the 
cro.<w,  the  i-ack  or  stake,  it  was  an  offense 
worth}'  of  death. 

We  will  now  try  to  ascertain  what  is 
meant  tiy  the  above  terms.     The  apostle 
Paul  calls  the   Old   Testament  believers 
(who  by  their   doing   and  suffering  for 
God,  gave  testimony  to  the  truth  of  our 
holy   religion)  "  a   cloud   of  intnesses." 
And  when  the  disciples  had  met  togeth- 
er with  their  resui-rect^^d  Lord,  they  again 
asked  Him  what  was  to  them  the  mo.st 
interesting  rjue.stion,  "  Lord  wilt  thou  at 
this  time  restore  again  the  kingdom  to 
Isi-ael?"     He  gave   them  to  uuderstaud 
that  the  e.xact  period  when  this  glorious 
event  was  to  l)e  brought  about,  was  not 
to  be  revealed  to  them.     "  But "  said  He, 
"  ye  shall  receive  power,  after  that  the 
Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon   you;   and  ye 
shall  be  witnesses  unto  me,  both  in  Je- 
rusalem, and  in  all  Judea,  and  in  Sama- 
ria unto  the  uttermost  part'!  of  the  earth ;" 
almost  the  e.Nact  language  of  the  Apoc- 
alypse, "  I  will  give  power  unto  my  two 
wiTNP.ssEs."     The  two   witnesses  then 
are  persons,  or  a  successions   of  persons, 
in  short  the  faithful  followers  of  Christ. 
We  will  next  try  to  show  that  the  two 
olive  trees  mean  the  same,   by  referring 
to  Zechariah  4:  11-14,  we  find  that  the 
angel  explains  the  two  olive  trees  to   be 
the  two  anointed  ours,  that  stand  by  the 
Lord   of  the   whole    earth.     Lender  the 
law  persons  and  things  set  apart   for  sa- 
cred purposes,  were  anointed  with   the 
holy  oil;  which  appears  to  have  been  a 
typical  representation  of  the   communi- 
cation of  the   Holy  Ghost  to  Christ  and 
to  His  church.     Hence  John  in  speaking 
to  the  true  believers  who  remained  faith- 
ful and  obedient,  says,  "  But  ye  have  an 
unction  from  the  Holy  One;"  "  But  the 
anointing  which  ye  have  received  of  Him 
abideth  in  you;  and  ye   need   not  that 
any  man  teach   you;  but  as  the  same 
anointing  teacheth  you  of  all  things,  and 
is  truth,  and   is  no   lie,  and   even   as  it 
hath  taught  you,  ye  shall  abide  in  Him." 
The  two  olive  trees,  or  the  two  anointed 
ones,  then  are  Christ's  faithful  disci[>les, 
those  who  are  led  by  the  Spirit,  *'  Who 
walk  not  after  the  flesh,   but   after  the 
Spirit." 

We  will  next  try  to  prove  our  posi- 
tion with  regard  to  the  two  candlesticks, 
and  this  we  can  easily  do  by  refeiTing  to 
Rev.  1:  12,  i;V20.  John  saw  His  glo- 
rified Mast<*r  in  the  midst  of  the  seven 
golden  candlesticks,  and  the  seven  can- 
ilesticks  are  explained  by  the  Lord  Him- 
self to  be  the  seven  churches  of  Asia. 
Now  when  We  speak  of  a  church,  we 
naturally  call  to  mind  some  edifice  or 
building,  but  tiie  word  was  not  so  under- 
stood formerly.  The  Greek  word  el~kle- 
iff  rendered  cliurch.  denotes  an  assembly 
u<'t  about  business,  whether  spiritual  or 
temporal.  Th(*  church  of  Christ  then 
Llenotes  an  assembly  of  believers,  met  to 
worship  and  adore  His  glorious  name. 
With  such  assemblies  wherever  they  may 


is  employed  may  be  that,  under  the  Mo 
saic  law  two  ■witnesses  were  necessary  to 
constitute  a  valid  testimony,  more  might 
be  employed,  but  two  were  essential, 
and  it  may  therefore  imply  that  dui-iug 
the  terrible  eclipse  which  enveloped 
Christendom  during  the  dark  ages,  the 
witnesses  of  Clirist  were  reduced  to  the 
fewest  number  that  could  render  a  valid 
testimony. 

By  referring  to  history  we  find  their 
number  was  numerically  two,  for  there 
were  two  contemporaneous  lines  of  wit- 
nesses protesting  against  the  j)opular  cor- 
ruptions, and  vindicating  the  blessed 
truths  of  the  Gospel.  These  were  the 
Paulicians  in  the  Eastern  division  of  the 
Roman  Empire,  and  the  Waldeuses  in 
the  Western  division.  These  messengers 
of  Jesus,  these  anointed  ones,  bore  aloft 
the  torch  of  truth  during  that  dark  and 
doleful  night  when  ignorance  and  super- 
stition were  spread  like  a  thick  pall  over 
men's  minds.  Christ  calls  these  two  wit- 
nesses, my  two  witnesses,  they  witness  of 
ME.  One  thiig  strikes  us  forcibly  in 
reading  the  Apocalypse,  it  is  this;  when- 
ever an  error  is  being  promulgated  and 
practiced  on  earth,  we  have  a  correspond- 
ing but  contrasting  scene  proclaimed 
from  heaven.  The  truth  that  He  is  re- 
vealed tousfromthe  Apocalypic  heaven, 
shows  forcibly  the  correlative  error  con- 
temporaneously held  below.  On  this  oc- 
casion, our  Savior  declares  that  His  wit- 
nesses, witness  of  Him.  They  bear  tes- 
timony to  His  truths,  they  proclaim  His 
laws,  they  vindicate  His  doctnne. 

Now  we  find  from  history  that  an  op- 
posite state  of  things  was  prevalent  with 
the  great  body  of  professed  Christians. 
Opposite,  and  conti'asting  errore  w^ere 
popular  at  the  time  when  the  testimony 
of  these  faithful  ones  was  given.  We 
will  now  give  a  few  quotations  from  his- 
torians, to  show  that  our  above  assertions 
are  correct.  Giblon  says,  ''  The  use  and 
even  worship  of  images  was  firmly  es- 
tablished before  the  end  of  the  sLxth  cen- 
tury." Again,  "The  Chiistian  of  the 
sixth  century  had  insensibly  relapsed  in- 
to a  semblance  of  paganism.  The  throne 
of  the  Almighty  was  darkened  by  a 
cloud  of  martyrs,  saints  and  angels,  the 
objects  of  popular  veneration."  Mos- 
heim  %vrites  of  this  very  period.  '*  At 
this  time  true  religion,  weighed  down 
by  a  heap  of  insane  superstition,  was 
unable  to  raise  its  head.  The  early 
Christians  were  wont  to  worship  God 
and  His  Son  only;  but  in  this  age  (sixth 
century)  they  who  were  called  Christians 
worshiped  the  wooded  cross,  the  images 
of  saints,  and  the  bones  of  men."  Col- 
eridge says,  "  The  pastors  of  the  church 
had  gradually  changed  the  life  and  light 
of  the  Gospel  into  the  very  superstition 
they  were  commissioned  to  disperse,  and 
thus  paganized  Christianity  in  order  to 
christen  jjaganism."  How  true  the  above 
strong  language,  for  we  learn  at  that  age 
of  fearful  declension,  the  ven'  temples 
of  idolatry  wei'e  without  any  violenee 
done  in  making  the  change  transfomed 
into  Christian  churches. 

In  the  year  604,  the  Pantheon  ntRome, 
which  contained  the  images  of  all  the 
gods  of  the  heathen,  was  thus  quietly 
transformed  into  a  Romish  temple,  and 
the  images  of  the  gods  Were  christened  by 
the  names  of  the  saints  of  papal  Rome. 
The  dragon  quietly  resigned  his  seat  to 
the  beast.     In  this  era,  that   is   in  the 


all  the  elements  of  the    predicted 
tasy.     The   most   fi'ivolous 


apofl. 
t^eremonit.« 
were  introduced,  and  a  strict  confunuif^ 
to  these  were  called  devotions,  in,  ^  r^ 
ter  how  profane,  licentious  or  wicked  th 
life  of  the  individual;  on  the  othei-hnn^ 

anon-compliancewithalltheinstitution 
,and  rites  of  Rome,  would  subject  the  of 
fender  to  proscription  and  death,  no  ma* 
ter  how  pure  and  spotless  his  life. 

Again  Christ  says,  I  will  give  power 
unto  my  two  witnesses  aud  they  shall 
prophesy.  The  word  propheuy  hascoa. 
siderable  extent  of  meaning,  sometimes 
it  means  to  foretell  future  events  and 
sometimes  it  signifies  to  be  inspired  to 
speak  from  God. 

The  Lord  said  to  Moses,  "  Aaron  thv 
brother  shall  be  thy  prophet,"  that  ia 
he  shall  explain  and  interpret  thy  senti' 
ments  and  commands  to  Pharoah  and  to 
his  people.  Now  Jesus  says,  "  /  -yij-n 
give  pmoer  unto  my  two  ^^tnesses,  and 
they  shall  prophesy."  Ah!  these  two 
witnesses  shall  do  a  great  and  mitrhtv 
work,  they  shall  speak  from  God,  they 
shall  explain  aud  interpret  thesentimenta 
and  commands  of  Jesus,  in  spite  of  all 
the  denunciations,  and  persecutiona  of 
Rome.  These  holy  ones  of  whom  the 
world  was  not  worthy,  who  waudered 
about  in  sheep  skins  and  goat  skins,  who 
retired  to  the  most  inaccessible  portions 
of  the  earth,  who  sought  refuge  amid  the 
fastnesses  of  the  Alps,  brought  down  the 
truth  pure  and  undefiled  from  the  apos- 
tles. The  following  is  a  testimony  of 
the  Waldenses  by  a  bigoted  Papist  and 
abitter  enemy.  "  They  are  sedate,  mod- 
est; they  have  no  pride  in  clothes;  they 
do  not  carry  on  commerce,  that  they  may 
avoid  falsehoods,  oaths  and  fraud;  they 
are  chaste,  and  abstain  from  lyinr'  and 
and  swearing,  only  they  blaspheme  the 
Roman  church  aud  clergy."  The  same 
wi'iter  also  speaks  of  their  desire  to 
propagate  the  truths  of  the  Bible,  he 
calls  them  "  the  sackcloth-wearing  her- 
etics." But  what  is  the  secret  of  theh- 
success,  whence  do  they  derive  their 
strength?  all  comes  from  Jesus,  "  I  will 
give  them  power,"  "  My  sheep  hear  my 
voice,  and  I  know  them,  and  they  fol- 
low me;  and  I  give  unto  them  eternal 
life;  and  they  shall  never  perish,  neither 
shall  any  man  pluck  them  out  of  my 
hands." 

The  length  of  time  that  they  shall 
prophesy,  is  next  given;  "a  thousand 
two  hundred  and  three-score  days,"  the 
same  period  that  the  woman  was  to  re- 
main in  the  wilderness  (Rev.  12:  6);  that 
the  first  beast  was  to  exercise  his  terrific 
functions;  that  the  little  horn  of  Daniel 
was  to  wear  out  the  saints  of  the  Most 
High  (Dan.  7:  25).  That  the  above 
dates  all  refer  to  the  same  period  we 
have  no  doubt.  It  is  a  period  of  1260 
literal  years,  duringwhich  thaf'niystery 
of  iniquity  "  which  had  already  mani- 
fested itself  in  Paul's  time  (2Thes3,  2: 
7),  should  have  become  developed.  This 
period  of  1200  years  was  to  be  the  time 
of  its  universal  and  almost  unchecked 
sway;  when  pride,  and  error,  and  vice 
and  ignorance  should  be  dominant;  a 
period  called  by  historians  "  dark  .iges. 
But  amid  all  this  darkness  and  pervere- 
ity,  Christ  sustains  His  faithful  follow- 
ers. The  gates  of  hell  cannot  pievail 
against  His  church.  They  are  the  two 
candlesticks  emitting  rays  of  light,  amid 
the  surrounding  glooraj 

( To  he  continued. 


Faith  and  the  cross  are  inseperable, 
The  cross  is  the  shi-ine  of  faith,  and  faith 
is  the  light  of  the  cross. 


.Tune 


13. 


THE    BHISTHKEN    ^VT    AVOKKL. 


A  GOSPEL  DRESS. 


UY  lUYII).  L.  WII.UAl 


j-viD  God  in  the  Gospel  anywhere  com- 
V  mnnd  how  we  shouUl  cut  and 
^„ke  our  apparel  ^fee. !  We  answer  not 
din'ftly,  but  indirectly  He  did.  Let  us 
sfenow  how  that  is.  AVell,  He  com- 
mands us  not  to  be  conformed  to  this 
world.  Just  let  us  try  this  command  on 
„  little  and  see  what  the  result  is.  Now 
suppose  one  of  the  present  popular 
churches  should  resolve  to  pay  due  re- 
gnrd  and  .strict  attention  to  this  com. 
iiaiul,  at  this  time  and  fromhence  forth. 
At  this  date  they  are  garbed  in  the  pres- 
ent fashions;  but  next  year  the  world 
changes  the  fashion  a  little;  still  aspiring 
for  something  a  little  more  showy  and 
stylish.  The  change  however,  is  hut  a 
.light  affair  the  first  year,  but  they  still 
continue  to  change  the  first,  second,  third 
and  on  for  years  to  come,  so  that  in  the 
course  of  time,  the  present  fashion  will 
become  very  odd;  yet  there  is  a  church 
that  does  follow  them.  They  knew  that 
God  was  e.taot  in  His  counsels  and  firm 
in  all  His  ways,  and  that  every  disobedi- 
ence and  transgression  would  receive  a 
just  recompense  of  reward;  consequent- 
ly they  could  not  change  as  the  world 
changes,  hence  would  be  obliged  to  re- 
tain the  same  identical  order  in  dress,  or 
do  violence  to  one  of  God's  plain  com- 
uiands.  Now  there  is  no  question  about 
this  matter:  one  or  the  other  is  positive- 
ly the  case.  "VVe  have  either  got  to  de- 
nounce the  world  and  cnt  loose  from  it, 
hence  crucify  it  nnto  ourselves  and  our- 
selves into  it,  or  court  its  favor,  its  fash- 
ions, and  thus  do  positive  violence  to 
one  of  God's  plain  commands,  and  be 
subject  to  a  just  retribution  in  the  day 
of  judgment. 

But  the  above  supposed  church  don't 
do  so;  they  don't  intend  to  run  any  risks, 
but  are  determined  to  purify  their  souls 
by  obeying  the  truth;  hence  they  are 
established  in  a  certain  order  of  dress. 
This  dress,  as  a  matter,  of  course  has  to 
be  cut  and  made  in  accordance  to  th 
order,  and  if  this  church  follows  and 
observes  this  order,  they  will  be  the  fa 
vored  of  God ;  for  God  is  a  God  of  or 
der.  As  above  seen,  this  church  has  an 
order  in  wearing  of  theii-  apparel,  and  it 
is  a  Gospel  order  too.  And  why  ?  Bi 
cause  the  Gospel  command  stopped  them 
from  following  the  fluctuations  and 
changes  of  a  fashionable  world.  God 
eaw  that  there  was  no  use  of  so  much 
changing,  that  the  order  of  the  present 
year  would  be  all  sufficient  for  the  ne.xt 
year,  and  also  for  all  time  to  come ;  that 
is,  if  the  order  is  what  is  truly  embrac- 
ed. The  word  order,  that  is,  decent  and 
in  order  truly ;  and  so  arranged  or  cut 
and  made  for  comfort's  sake.  To  bede- 
cent  and  protected  fi-om  the  inclemency 
of  the  weather.  God  saw  that  we  pos- 
itively needed  nothing  more,  and  that 
changes  of  fashion  tended  in  its  nature 
to  foster  pride,  that  would  damage  every 
one  that  would  become  its  participants. 
He  saw  it  strictly  important  to  give  the 
Command,  or  He  never  would  have  giv. 
en  it;  and  He  never  has  given  a  com- 
mand, but  that  He  intended  it  to  be  re- 
spected by  us,  and  it  is  highly  important 
for  us  to  oliev  it,  and  if  we  don't,  the 
Mnsequence  will  be  a  fearful  one  with 
M  in  the  dayj  of  judgment-  Then  on 
the  other  hand,  we  should  obey  the  order 
that  God  designed  when  He  gave  the 
command  in  regard  to  di'ess  as  in  every- 
thing else. 

We  have  an  established  order.  The 
shove  supposed  church  has  obtained  this 
^y  the  counsel  of  God,  an  in  the  Gospel. 
The  cut  and  make  of  this  order  of  di-ess, 


is  not  commanded  just  in  so  many  words, 
that  is  not  every  dimension  directly  giv. 
en,  yet  it  is  indirectly  given,  and  we  can- 
not, do  violence  t(j  it,  or  we  do  violence 
to  the  command.  The  present  fa.shion 
being  established  aa  an  order  by  this 
supposed  popular  church  which  has  re- 
solved to  strictly  regard  and  respect  this 
command,  must  and  will  stand  if  they 
ever  after  provas  faithful ;  none  of  its 
members  can  deviate— turn  to  the  right 
or  left  without  doing  violence  to  this 
order,  hence  become  transgressora. 

Now,  fi-iendly  reader,  the  above  is 
precisely  the  way  the  Brethren  obtained 
their  order  of  the  weanng  of  apparel. 
Reverential  respect  for  the  above  com- 
mand, and  a  resolve  to  fear  God  and  keep 
His  commandments  which  is  the  whole 
duty  of  man.  So  they  thus  establish  an 
order  or  rather  the  Word  of  God  did  it, 
and  we  should  prove  to  be  loyal  to  it,  if 
not  we  certainly  will  bring  God's  judg- 
ment upon  ourselves.  The  above  com- 
mand is  not  confined  to  dress  alone  by 
any  meaus;  it  has  reference  to  all  worldly 
affairs.  We  are  not  permitted  to  con. 
form  to  the  world  in  any  respect  as  per- 
tains to  its  own  affairs;  such  as  its  gath- 
erings and  societies,  wdiether  secret  or 
public;  anything  that  vain  manor  a 
set  of  men  has  desired  or  instituted  for 
amusements  or  to  draw  into  worldly  cir- 
cles  and  worldly  associations;  the  purity 
of  our  soul  and  the  perfection  of  our 
salvation,  demand  that  our  lives  be  cut 
loose  fi-oni  the  world,  and  our  time  be 
spent  in  the  strict  service  of  God ;  not 
amusing  ourselves  with  the  worldly  van 
ities  as  associated  with  worldly  cath 
erings,  for  God  is  not  there,  hence  if  we 
are  there,  we  are  not  in  fellowship  with 
God,  our  salvation  is  very  uncertain — 
very  doubtful ;  for  we  can  do  nothing 
except  God  be  with  us.  Did  anv  of  you, 
when  you  were  at  the  show,  fair  or  j: 
nic  tttf.,  feel  the  fellowship  of  God's  dear 
Son?  Did  you  ever  ask  yourself  this 
important  question  ?  "Is  God  with  me 
here ;  do  I  feel  His  Spirit  communing 
with  my  spirit  here  amid  all  this  revelry, 
laughing  and  sport  ?"  If  not,  something 
is  wrong,  and  it  is  all  youi-  own  fault, 
and  not  God's. 


HOW   TO    PRAY    WITHOUT 
CEASING. 

»Y  NOAH    \YISlUEn. 

/^ AN  a  person  pray  ivithout  ceasing? 
^  I  know  there  are  some  people  who 
think  aperson  oughtto  be  on  their  knees 
when  they  pray ;  therefore  think  it  is 
impossible  to  pray  without  ceasing. 

I  will  give  my  simple  views  on  it.  A 
person  may  begin  in  the  morning  of  his 
pilgrimage  in  life,  or  in  the  morning  of 
eai-h  day,  pray  when  you  wake  up  in  the 
morning.  "  I  praise  Thee  0  Lord  for 
thy  kind  protection  through  the  dark 
and  shady  hours  of  this  night;  and  as  I 
am  permitted  to  rise  and  put  on  my  earth- 
ly garments,  to  clothe  this  earthly  body 
of  mine,  O  Lord  wouldst  thou  also  clothe 
me  with  a  rolie  of  righteousness,  that  I 
may  abstain  from  nil  unrighteousness 
and  that  I  may  lead  a  peaceable  andquiet 
life  all  day".  Then  I  kindle  up  fire  in 
my  store  or  fire-place;  then  I  praise  the 
Lord  to  kindle  a  fianie  of  sacred  love  in 
this  cold,  benighted  heart  of  mine.  Oth- 
ers can  <lo  likewi.se  when  they  wash  their 
hands  aud  face,  they  pray  to  God  to 
wash  and  make  them  clean  in  the  blood 
of  the  Lamb,  and  cleanse  them  from  all 
evils  and  sinful  lust- 
Then  next,  as  we  are  heads  of  families, 
should  call  all  the  family  together 
round  the  family  altar,  read  a  chapter 
r  a  Psalm  and  then   admonish  them  to 


the  best  of  their  knowledge,  in  the  nur- 
ture and  admonition  of  the  Lord;  sing 
ami  pray  with  them  in  family  worship. 
When  we  go  to  the  table,  we  can  thank 
God  that  we  were  pi'iniitted  to  again 
Jiartuke  of  this  precious  food,  to  nourish 
our  fruil  bodies,  and  also  ask  Ilim  to  feed 
our  souls  with  tlle  Bread  of  Life,  that 
we  may  grow  strong  in  the  knowledge 
of  the  Lord.  When  we  go  outto  plough, 
\Ye  can  again  pray  to  God,  aa  we  plough 
U))  the  ground  to  plant  .)r  sow  our  tem- 
poral grain.  We  also  can  apply  it  in  a 
spiritual  point  of  view,  and  pray  God  to 
break  up  tlie  fallow  ground  of  our  hearts, 
and  make  deep  the  furrows  that  the  seed 
sown  may  root  down  and  spring  up  and 
bring  a  hundred,  sLxty  or  thirty-fold,  all 
to  his  name's  honor  and  to  the  benefit  of 
souls  immortal ;  and  so  on  in  all  our 
earthly  labors.  We  can  apjily  it  in  a 
a  spiritual  point  of  view,  and  thus  can 
haveoiu-  hearts  and  inimls  in  a  frame  of 
jirayer  all  the  time.  If  we  do  th 
we  can  pray  without  ceasing,  aud 
are  not  very  apt  to  gel  out  of  the 
path  of  duty.  Never  go  to  gather- 
ings where  the  Lord  can't  be  a  guest. 
Wlien  we  have  our  hearts  wholly  and 
solely  upon  God  and  His  goodne-ss,  we 
will  not  l)e  likely  to  go  or  walk  in  for- 
bidden paths-  "  Seek  ye  to  enter  in  at 
the  strait  gate  "  (Matt.  7:  13). 

It  is  when  we  get  out  of  the  path  of 
duty,  and  wander  away  in  forbidden 
paths,  that  we  get  into  trouble  with  Sa- 
tan;  for  he  claims  that  ground,  and 
when  we  get  on  it  he  a.s.sails  us,  and  if 
we  don't  get  oft"  of  it  he  m\\  overcome 
us,  and  claim  us  as  his  victims.  It  is  al- 
so when  we  are  out  of  the  element  of 
prayer  that  we  fall  into  divers  tempta- 
tions— then  we  get  into  hankering  after 
things  that  will  give  us  trouble  and  sor 
row.  Therefore  let  us  always  wat«h 
unto  prayer,  and  if  we  do  this,  we  ivill 
pray  without  ceasing.  Let  us  be  enofa: 
ed  in  whatever  occupation  we  may,  we 
should  remember  that  the  all-penetrat 
ing  eye  of  Jehovah  is  over  us.  Then 
why  not  heed  Him  when  He  can  look 
into  the  very  recass  of  our  hearts? 


takes  itlle  t.-lls  Ujein  in  Hi,  Word  what 
hall  beciinieof  them. 


ANOINTING  THE  SICK. 


ii  TS  any  sick  among  you?  let  him  call 
-•-  for  the  elders  of  the  ehiir.-h ;  .and 
let  them  pray  over  him,  anointing  him 
with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  " 
(Jiimes  4:  14).  Now  if  it  is  a  benefit 
for  the  sick  to  call  for  the  eldere  of  the 
church  to  be  nnointerl,  is  it  not  their 
duty  to  do  so,  without  asking  him  con: 
cerning  his  desires  whether  he  wants  U> 
get  well  or  not  ?  James  does  not  say,  lei 
him  ask  fii-st  the  question,  but  he  saith, 
"  let  tli<>m  pray  over  him,  anointing  him 
with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord."  Wa 
believe  then  that  it  reipiires  faith  that  it 
may  be  done, "  in  the  name  of  the  Lord." 
So  then  I  believe  the  sick  cannot  help 
himself,  if  all  done  in  faith,  he  shall  be 
raised  ft-om  his  sick-bed;  because  the 
"  prayer  of  faith  shall  save  the  sick,  and 
the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up" — not  may- 
be so;  but  shall  he  he  raised  up"  yes  he 
shall  be  raised  up  in  this  present  life; 
not  aa  some  have  it  at  the  resurrection 
day,  because  there  shall  be  no  sins  for- 
given then. 

I  understand  if  we  commit  sins  they 
must  be  forgiven  in  this  life.  Again 
James  says,  "  and  if  he  has  committed 
sins  they  shall  be  forgiven  him,"  if  it 
is  all  done  in  good  faith.  Brethren,  we 
must  believe;  if  not,  tlie  sick  I  suppose 
will  die  with  his  sins.  O  for  more  faitli. 
is  my  prayer;  for  "  the  fervent,  eft'ectu- 
al  prayer  of  the  lighteoiui  man  availeth 
much." 


ON  CLOSE  COMMUNION. 

IIY  ELIZABETH  TnUE.VX. 

ii  rjlHEN  said  they  unto  Him,  what 
-*-  shall  we  do  that  we  might  work 
the  works  of  God  "  (John  fi:  28).  Now 
I  claim  that  believing  His  works  is  do- 
ing it  also,  and  if  they  believe  and  do 
not  the  work,  have  they  a  right  to  eat 
of  that  bread  or  drink  of  that  cup?  For 
Christ  says,"  I  am  the  living  bread  which 
came  doYvn  fi'om  heaven."  Has  any  one 
a  right  to  take  of  that  bread,  unless  they 
come  in  the  way  that  Jesus  has  laid 
down  for  them  ?  Now  if  any  one  does 
not  the  word,  they  are  not  worthy 
Christ  does  not  tell  any  such  to  eat  of 
His  body,  or  to  drink  of  Ilis  blood.  It 
is  only  for  believers,  and  if  they  have 
faith  without  works,  it  will  profit  them 
nothing;  any  one  in  this  condition  is 
outside  the  church  of  God,  has  no  right 
to  commune ;  for  there  are  two  ways,  a 
right  way  and*  a  wrong  way,  and  we 
are  on  either  one  or  the  other.  There  is 
but  one  way  to  get  to  heaven,  aud  that 
is  the  way  Jesus  has  told  us  to  go  in  Hi 
Word.  But  there  are  agreat  many  wrong 
ways,  and  Christ's  Word  does  not  give 
any  one  a  right  to  commune  if  they  ar 
on  one  of  the  wrong  ways.  I  claim 
there  is  no  close  Communion;  for  th 
Conimuniou  was  given  to  the  followers 
of  Christ,  and  all  that  follow  Him  have 
a  right  to  that  bread  and  wine  that  Je 
sus  left  for  His  followers.  He  never 
gave  it  to  the   world,   and  if  the  world 


THE  POWER  OP  LOVE. 

i  BSENCK,  we  have  often  been  told, 
■^-^  cannot  conquer  love.  The  victory 
of  love  over  absence,  when  that  love  was 
grounded  in  presence,  is  no  strange  thing. 
It  is  part  of  every  family  history,  and 
consecrates  all  our  griefs.  But  to  love 
one  we  have  never  seen,  known  to  us 
only  by  the  biography  and  by  a  spiritu- 
al power  we  cannot  explain,  isone  of  the 
mysteries  of  the  grace  of  God-  And 
yet  it  is  a  fact. 

Children,  who  know  harilly  anything 
of  principles,  philosophers  weary  of 
theories  which  yielded  nothing  but  chaff 
under  the  flail  of  logic,  have  found  in 
the  love  of  a  personal  Lord  the  answer 
to  every  longing  of  their  hearts.  Here 
is  one  of  the  greatest  facts  of  human 
history;  there  once  lived  and  died  and 
ascended  from  earth  a  Man,  who.  though 
never  seen  on  eaith  again,  has  command- 
ed the  hearts  of  millions,  with  an  at- 
tachment whose  bonds,  like  those  of 
gravitation,  are  at  once  invisible  and 
almighty. — .S'^^. 


TiiEV  who  say  they  are  of  the  church, 
who  are  in  the  affection  of  truth  and 
not  in  the  good  of  truth, — .are  much  de- 
ceived. Every  one  who  lives  in  the 
good  of  charity  and  faith,  is  a  church 
and  kingdom  of  the  Lord ;  and  hence  al- 
so he  is  called  the  temple  and  likewise 
the  house  of  God.  The  chiii'ch  in  gen 
eral  is  constituted  of  those  who  are 
churches  in  particular,  however  remote 
they  are  from  each  other  as  to  their  place 
of  abode.  They  alone  .are  of  the  church 
in  whom  the  church  is;  and  the  chui-ch 
is  in  those  who  are  in  the  aflfection  of 
truth  for  the  sake  of  truth,  and  in  the 
affection  of  good  for  the  sake  of  good , 
who  are  therefore  in  love  towanl  the 
neighbor  and  in  love  to  God. 


TT^T:    UnETP-IKEi^    ^VT    AVORK. 


June    13^ 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

PDBLISHBD   WBBKLX. 


J.  H.  MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


D««  S  II.  B««iroBi«  Jill/  aiiilioriiwl.  hy  u"  •»  <>"' 
tT»»rlin(r  i">rr«p'.n4i'ni  snil  iircnt  for  ihe  Bmrriawi  *1 
VoMK  »pil  "ill  MoelTO  •ulmcrlpiioDPfor  rh«  Mjne  M  onr 
iwularraln-     All  liminM*  Iriiii-xtp-l  hy  him  for   oiiraf- 


Tim  Bbhiik"  *t  W«b«  "ill  he  ioni  p-ml-p^'d,  to  any 
•ddrM<  In  111*  Unii#d  8i*lw  »t  Diu«'U,  for  »1  fiO  par 
■■naBi  Tboie  (piiditif  i«n  n^me*  and  $15.00,  will  r»- 
Mi*r  fto  r»i™  copy  frw.  of  «b««r  For  -11  oftr  lbi» 
Bumhfr  tl.«  .p^ni  «lll  !■•  -Il«.-«l  l5  c«nM  for  ewh  add.- 
lionnl  n«n.t.  whleh  lunount  e«n  be  doduot*d  from  ihc 
mtm»j.  y^txrt  ,tn.\\T,f  It  1*  »«  Money  Or-lm,  Draflir. 
«i<l  lUniJiorcd  Uit«r«  fn»y  l)«  »cnt  at  ou 
^«>iM  lie  iL^lo  p»y«bt*  lo  Moor*  *  E-h*ln. 

Sul*.Tipliuni.  and  eomoiunicnIiuD*  inl«inl 


TLey 


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VOOBE  5;  ESBELUAlf, 

UOMlt.  CtTTOU   Co.,  Ill 


LAVABE,  ILL.. 


JVKE13.  1873. 


Wk  w/int  Ic«8  of  raan-iunHe  crmlH.  but  more 
confidpnco  nnd  trust  in  the  nil-sufficiency  of  the 
holy  Scriptures.  Lwit  uiimeaning  ceremouy, 
but  morr-  genuine  good  works.  Less  doctriue 
and  triulitiona  of  men,  but  more  love,  prayer 
And  uhnrilAble  actti. 

Within  the  last  quarter  of  a  century,  geolo- 
gists havi?  reduced  tho  age  of  the  world,  as  esti- 
mate/) from  geological  datm  from  2OO,UU0.0(J0,- 
O00,O(X»  t<i  iy),{tO(l,(XW  of  J'cura.  Yes,  nnd  a  few 
more  investigators,  in  the  interest  of  trutb, 
with  an  eye  looking  to  the  authenticity  of  the 
Bible,  may  compel  them  to  reduce  it  to  about 
6,0(10  years.     ^_^_____^ 

T«K  young  bee,  on  the  day  it  lirst  leaves  the 
hivtf,  goea  at  once  to  collecting  honey  and  form- 
ing wax,  and  builds  its  hexagonal  cell  with  per- 
fect Hkill,  an  ita  i)rosenitor«  have  done  for  ages 
pajt.  This  i«  a  good  example  for  young  Chris- 
tian converts.  We  cau  learu  «ome  noble  lemons 
even  from  bmw.  If  we  wcTe  iill  an  iiitluNtrious 
as  the  busy  bee,  there  would  be  far  less  mischief 
going  on.        


BEADING  SERMONS. 

THOUSANDS  of  well-meanine  people  are 
getting  dixgUKtiM)  with  lli<'  jiupular  style  of . 
reitdin^;  Jn»t<.-a<l  of  prea/rhing  «.Tmou8,  If  fine- 
ly educated  men  haven't  brainx  enough  to  preach 
without  writing,  and  then  reniliny  their  sermons 
before  the  congrecation  they  would  better  8t<-p 
down  and  out,  an  thcj*  are  in  the  wrong  calling. 
But  here  ia  the  way  a  Baptist,  who  attended 
church  in  Atlanta.  Ga..  writes  the  editor  of  a 
Baptist  paper  of  that  place: 

"  Dear  Iiulcx : — I  write  to  let  you  know  of  my 
(lisappoUitment.  Wh''n  this  Iwautiful  day  dawn- 
ed upon  UB,  I  got  up  feeling  that  a  rare  privilege 
was  before  rae — that  of  choosing  to  hear  who- 
ever I  pleased  of  all  the  preachei-sof  the  South- 
ern Baptist  Convention,  who  were  appointed  to 
preach  to-day.  Well,  a  friend  and  I  agreed  to 
select  the  minister  who  was  least  likely  to  read 
his  sermon,  and  hear  him.  So  we  passed  three 
other  churchct,  and  at  last  seated  ourselves  in 
the  desired  spot.  But  what  was  ourdisappniut- 
ment  to  discover  the  full  manuscript,  and  to  be 
bored  for  fifty  minutes  with  u  read  sermon.  The 
brother  gesticulated  vigorously,  ranted  at  his  pa- 
per on  the  Bible,  and  read  as  much  about  the 
slant,  the  flying  clouds,  the  blooming  flowers, 
tlie  singing  birds,  the  music  of  tbe  spheres,  the 
whispers  of  angels,  and  a  little  about  Jesus.  0, 
me!  when  will  our  smart,  big  preachers  learn 
that  it  is  more  acceptable  to  the  people  to  preach 
in  a  simple  style  about  Jesus  and  His  love?  I 
came  away  from  the  church  unprofited,  and  the 
first  preacher  I  met  who  was  to  preach  to-night, 
I  asked  him  if  he  was  going  to  read  his  sermon, 
and  he  said  "  no."  So  I  will  go  to  hear  him  to- 
night, nnd  more  than  that,  I  never  intend  to 
hear  another  read  sermon,  if  I  can  prevent  it 
without  being  rude." 


come  before  thi?  thronp  of  grace,  remember 
your  editors.  Do  not  forget  to  pniy  for  all  ouf 
contributors,  and  our  readers  too.  They  all 
need  more  grace  and  faith. 

'"What  A  friend  we  have  in  Jesus, 
All  our  <4ins  and  griefti  to  bear; 
What  a  privilege  to  carry 

Kvcrything  to  God  in  prayer. 
Oh.  what  peace  we  oft«n  forfeit. 

Oh,  what  needless  pain  we  bear — 
All  because  we  do  not  carry 
Everytliing  to  God  in  prayer." 


Soon  aft^r  Mr.  Stanley  completed  his  explo- 
ration ot  Africa,  a  gentleman  who  signed  him- 
self "  an  unprofitable  stirviint,"  donated  §25,000. 
■00,  for  tho  purpose  of  establishing  missionary 
post*  among  some  of  the  tribes  visited  by  Mr. 
Stanley,  but  owing  to  more  zeal  than  judgment 
Uio  mission  has  not  proven  successftil.  Zeal  is 
a  good  thing,  but  cannot  prosper  without  judg- 
ment.         

The  Phonograph,  it  would  seem,  is  destined 
to  accomplish  wonders.  It  will  likely  do  away 
with  the  greater  part  of  writing.  A  business 
firm  or  family  having  a  machine,  can  talk  into 
it  whatever  they  want,  take  out  a  little  tin  foil 
and  send  it  to  other  parties,  who  will  run  it 
through  another  machine,  which  will  give  out 
pT^'cisely  the  words  as  were  spoken  into  the 
Jirst  machine. 


PRAYING  FOR  EDITORS. 


The  Dead  Sea  is  about  fifty  miles  long  and 
twenty  broad,  surrounded  by  bare  mountains, 
and  the  ivuter  is  salt,  pungent,  and  deleterious 
Jbo  animal  life.  It  is  believed  that  it  was  once  a 
jforUIo  biuin,  absorbed  by  a  volcano  and  ciu'th- 
•qnaltA.  Heaps  of  salt  are  collected  on  its  shores. 
JJy  some,  it  is  supposed  (o  be  the  site  of  Sodom 
.and  Gomorrah,  which,  being  destroyed  by  fire, 
•tmk  into  the  eurth,  thus  forming  a  hiusin.  The 
sea  hua  uo  outlet,  and  is  several  hunrlred  feet 
lower  than  the  Mediterranean  sea,  though  the 
latt«r  is  not  over  fifty-five  miles  distant.  It; 
.history  is  remarkable. 


A  CuiCAQO  writer  tells  of  a  woman  who 
would  not  call  the  minister  of  her  church  to  her 
death-bed.  "  Evorj'  time  during  her  illness  that 
bfr  who  was  hor  pastor  entered  the  room  to  bring 
the  conaolatious  of  the  blessed  Gospel  of  love, 
peace,  and  purity,  Uieiv  came  also  with  him  the 
strong  and  vinmistakaUe  fumes  of  tobacco.  To 
wliisper  into  her  dying  oar  tha  words  of  Je.ius, 
the  Savior,  on  the  breath  of  tobacco  was  more 
tiian  the  dying  saint  could  complacently  bear. 
The  words  might  reacli  the  ear,  but  so  would 
'  ihe  breath  the  nostrils." 

EvMT  valuable  lessons  may  be  learned  from 
the  Phonograph.  It  is  a  machine  into  which 
if  you  talk,  ever>- word,  whether  good  or  bad, 
■will  be  correctly  recorded  and  preserved  on  tin 
foils,  which,  on  being  run  through  another  ma- 
chine, even  years  afterwards,  will  give  out  the 
aanie  words  spoken  into  it  in  the  first  place.  It 
fori;ete  nothing.  Every  word  spoken  by  us  here 
goes  into,  and  is  recorded  by  God's  great  Phon- 
ograph and  in  eternity  can  all  be  given  out  just 
as  spoken  while  here  below.  How  careful  ought 
W--  to  live  and  talk. 


THE  Con ffrerjathiia list  says:  "An  exchange 
makes  the  inquiry  whether  any  one  ever 
heard  a  minister  pray  publicly  for  editors,  or 
whether  any  one  ever  thinks  of  doing  so  pri- 
vately? We  have  certainly  heard  such  prayer; 
but  possibly  if  there  hud  been  more  of  it  in  the 
past,  there  would  have  beeu  less  occasion  in 
these  days  for  the  crying  necessity  of  reform  in 
the  secular  press,  and  for  more  stamina  in  some 
religious  journals  on  great  moral  and  doctrinal 
questions  of  the  hour.  The  growing  power  of 
journalism  reudei"s  the  family  paper  one  of  the 
most  iniluentia!  educators,  upon  all  subjects  that 
arise.  It  may  be  a  powerful  agency  for  moral 
uplifting,  or  the  whole  drift  of  its  influence  may 
be  downward.  A  great  responsibility  is  thus 
laid  upon  parents  to  see  to  it  that  only  such  pe- 
riodical literature  be  admitted  to  their  house- 
holds as  is  wholesome  and  pure.  And  if  any 
subject  be  worthy  of  earnest  and  constant  pray- 
er, it  is  that  those  who  conduct  the  public  pr 
may  be  men  of  high  integrity,  of  pure  personal 
ehuracter,  and  earnest  Christians;  and  that  they 
may  be  divinely  guided  in  the  dischaige  of  their 
great  and  solemn  trusts.  Of  one  thing  we  ven- 
ture to  make  sure — that  no  Christian  man  does 
well  to  censure  and   complain  of  editore,  who 

[  wholly  neglects  them  in  his  prayers." 

I  We  wonder  if  all  our  readers  pray  for  the  ed- 
itor of  the  Bketiiren  at  Work?    Do  they 

remember  us  when  they  approach  the  throne  of 

grace  l-*  or  are  they  leaving  us  to  battle  our  own 

way  through  the  world?  James  says,  "  the  ef- 
fectual, fervent   prayer  of  the   righteous  man 

availeth  much." 
Christians  often  pray  for  their  ministers  and 

cldei-s:  this  is  right.    But  did  you  ever  pause  to 

think  that  the  responsibilities  resting  upon  ed- 

itoi-s  are  far  greater  than  those  resting  on  either 

preachers  or  elders?     The  latter  count  their 

hearers  by  the   hundreds,   but  editors   by  the 

thousands.     And  then   their  wopk   is   not  only 

read,  but  re-read,  and  hiis  much  to  do  in  mould- 
ing the  sentiments  of  the  masses.  In  fact,  ed- 
itors are,  to  a  great  extent,  responsible  for  much 

of  the  existing  public  sentiment.     This  being 

the  case,  it  is  certainly  worth  while  to  pray  for 

them. '  It  would  do  our  hearts  good  to  know 

that  thousnnds  of  voices  were  going  up  to  the 

throne  of  grace  in  our  behalf. 
If  our  readers  want  to  make  the  BRirrrniEN 

AT   WoitK  a  power  for  good,  they  should  not 

neglect  to  resort  to  prayer  in  our  behalf.     We 

know  you  have  been  working   faithfully  for  us. 

but  work  alone  will  not  accomplish  the  desired 

object.     It  ia  the  earnest  prayers  of  the  faithful 

that  we  so  much  stand  in  need  of.     Wlien  you  '  must  be  treated  with  all  kindness,  all  love  all 


WHEN  IS  THE  CHURCH  PROS- 
PEROUS P 

IN  this  idea,  two  things  present  themselves: 
When  is  the  church  prosperous,  numerical- 
ly? and  when  is  it  prosperous  spiritually?  The 
church,  the  "  one  body  "  of  Christ  may  be  pros- 
perous in  numbers,  and  very  deficient  in  piety — 
in  holy  principles;  or  it  may  be  prosperous  in 
principle  as  well  as  in  number.  To  be  prosper- 
ous in  numbers  and  also  in  vital  piety,  is  "  like 
a  tree  planted  by  the  rivers  of  water,  that  bring- 
eth  forth  his  fruit  in  due  seasoli  "  (Psalm  1:  3). 
The  Jews,  were,  perhaps,  the  most  stubborn 
people  in  all  the  world,  to  bring  over  to  Christ. 
Ordinary  means  could  not  move  them  to  accept 
Jesus— to  believe  and  obey  Him.  Superhuman 
means,  not  only  while  Jesus  was  here  personal- 
ly, but  after  He  asceuded  to  His  Father,  had  to 
be  used  to  convince  Jew  and  Gentile.  In  the 
midst  of  all  difficulties  imf^inable,  Christ  and 
the  Apostles  succeeded  in  turning  many  to  the 
water  of  life.  About  three  thousand — more  than 
there  are  members  in  this  part  of  the  State, 
heard  and  obeyed  in  a  single  day.  Here  num- 
bei-s  frightened  not  the  Apostles;  for  this  great 
number  bad  been  moved  by  the  powerful  appeals 
of  Peter  and  others,  and  uo  doubt  truly  repent- 
ed. It  may  take  some  time  to  get  the  proper 
knowledge  to  arrive  at  a  proper  stage  to  repent, 
but  that  a  man  must  take  weeks  and  months  to 
repent  is  not  warranted  by  Apostolic  usage. 
Show  a  man  that  he  is  a  sinner,  get  him  to  be- 
lieve this,  and  the  fruits  of  repentance  will  soon 
show  themselves. 

As  already  noted,  the  church  may  increase  in 
numbers,  yet  not  in  "like  precious  faith,"  not 
m  piety  and  holy  zeal.  This  kind  of  progres- 
sion could  not  be  put  down  as  Bible  progression, 
and  not  being  Bible  progression,  the  church  is 
not  prosperous.  But  the  church  that  steadily 
increases  in  numbers  and  in  holiness,  is  pros- 
perous without  ashadow  of  doubt.  The  church 
that  is  at  peace,  is  zealous  in  trying  to  save  oth- 
ers, leaves  nothing  undone  to  become  rich  in 
love  and  good  works  is  truly  prosperous.  Such 
a  church  is  a  blessing  to  any  community,  is  an 
honor  to  God  and  greatly  to  be  admired. 

We  shall  now  look  at  some  of  the  elements 
necessary  to  a  prosperous  church.  A  church 
consists  of  a  number  of  members  of  the  body 
of  Christ,  united  together  by  faith,  for  two 
graud  purposes:  To  havecommuuioa  with  each 
other,  which  communion  shall  become  perfect 
in  eternal  glory,  and  second:  To  be  able  to 
spread  the  trutb,  planting  it  in  otlier  hearts  for 
the  same  noble  purpose.  This  union  of  mem- 
bers constitutes  the  Lord's  house,  the  one  body, 
in  which  Christ  dwells  (1  John  4:  16;  Eph.  3 
17).  To  carry  on  the  work  of  sowing  the  seed 
in  other  hearts,  and  to  take  care  of  the  things 
of  the  house,  members  are  chosen,  such  as  bish- 
ops, deacons  and  ministei-s.  Here  lies  the  great 
secret  of  a  prosperous  church.  If  those  who 
are  set  apart  to  look  after  the  welfare  of  the 
Lord's  house,  are  holy  men,  are  full  of  patience, 
love  and  sound  judgment,  the  church  will  be 
prosperous.  But  on  the  other  hand,  if  the  ser- 
vants lack  any  of  the  qualifications  noted  by 
the  Gospel,  then  there  will  be  confusion,  and 
confusion  brings  not  prosperity.  Should  the 
servants  or  any  of  them  be  proud  and  haughty, 
some  of  the  congregation  will  be  proud  and 
haughty  too;  "Like  priest,  like  people."  If 
auyof  the  servants  be  light-minded,  self-willed  or 
soon  angry,  the  church  cannot  prosper;  for  it 
not  receive  the  proper  instruction,  the  food 
that  strengthens,  the  words  that  edify. 

Then  to  prosper,  the  pure  Gospel  must  be 
|)re:iched,  the  apostolic  order  strictly  followed 
and  practiced  towards  those  without  and  within. 
The  doctrine  that  brings  men  and  women  into 
the  church  must  be  preached  with  God's  wis- 
d(Jm,  God's  power.  Then  when  they  have  beeu 
baptized  into  Christ— have  put  Him  on,  they 


patience  and  as  beings  possessing  equal  right* 
with  us.  The  hardest  lesson  for  any  servant  t 
learn,  is  the  lesson  of  equality — the  lesson  of 
equal  rights.  Everj-  act  concerning  the  church 
should  be  open  to  the  church.  Secrecy  hm 
well-nigh  ruined  the  country,  and  the  church 
should  jealously  guar^I  her  interests  from  this 
evil.  I  have  never  found  in  an  oflicial  capacity 
a  single  important  thing,  relative  to  church 
government,  brotherly  love,  unity  of  the  spirit 
peace  and  prosperity  of  the  church,  that  would 
have,  in  my  judgment,  been  in  the  least  injuri- 
ous to  lay  before  the  church.  The  servants  that 
aim  to  do  the  church's  work  in  secret,  to  with- 
hold from  the  church  the  work  that  properlv 
belongs  to  it,  cannot  count  on  prosperity,  go 
far  as  I  am  concerned,  I  have  neyer  found  occa- 
sion to  mistrust  the  church.  I  believe  the  "onp 
body  "  is  strictly  honest,  is  desirous  of  doini' 
right,  and  will  do  right  if  properly  instructed 
Many  of  us  have  yet  to  learn  the  power  of  kind- 
nes.s.  When  we  learn  this  lesson  thoroughly 
we  shall  find  prosperity  in  truth  and  in  deed 
Often  we  pine  and  lament  the  want  of  prosper- 
ity, lament  because  the  church  does  not  increase 
in  numbers,  in  piety,  in  holiness  and  good  works 
The  reason,  perhaps,  m.iy  be  found  within  our. 
selces.  Our  lives  may  not  be  after  the  apostol- 
ic  model,  may  not  be  consistent  and  fixed  upon 
the  truth.  Any  errors  in  the  body,  tolerated  by 
the  body,  will  prevent  prosperity.  Exact  justice 
by  tho  church,  for  the  good  of  the  church,  will 
make  the  church  prosperous.  It  is  not  so  much 
tbe  getting  into  the  church,  as  the  proper  living 
after  being  in,  that  makes  a  church  prosperous 
God  has  prescribed  the  method  of  getting  into 
the  church,  and  the  method  is  therefore  perfect 
To  work  by  this  perfect  rule  will  bring  prosper- 
ity so  far  as  members  are  concerned,  but  the 
proper  feediug,  nourishing  and  preservinp  must 
be  followed  by  the  servants  of  the  church  if 
the  prosperity  in  holiness  and  integrity  would 
be  maintained.  Divisions,  seeming  difference  of 
opiuion  must  be  avoided,  for  nothing  destroys 
the  hopes,  the  prospects,  the  brightness  of  young 
members,  of  bodies  in  Christ,  so  much  as  those 
little  strifes  concerning  judgment.  Then  if  you 
want  prosperity  in  the  body,  cling  to  the  Word 
of  God,  seek  the  Lord  often  in  prayer,  be  court- 
eous, be  kind,  be  earnest,  be  watchful,  be  pious. 
Act  not  as  superior  in  authority,  but  let  your 
actions  declare  that  you  have  become  a  man  in 
Christ  Jesus.  Here  is  prosperity.  In  the  next, 
the  relations  of  the  laity  and  the  servants  will 
be  more  particularly  noticed,  m.  m.  e. 


PROTRACTED  EFFORTS. 

"  Some  time  ago  I  was  talking  with  a  brother 
from  Illiuoia,  He  said  some  of  the  brethren  had 
been  holding  protracted  meetings  there,  and  re- 
ceived many  converts  during  the  excitemeul,  but 
in  a  short  time  they  had  to  expel  some  of  them. 
That  ia  the  result— making  the  latter  eud  worse 
than  the  first.  I  fear  these  protracted  meetings 
are  cnlcuIaU'd  to  open  the  door  a  little  too  wide, 
aud  so  let  the  wolves  come  in  and  destroy  the  flock. 
Why  is  it  that  the  brethren  caonotsee  wheo  Jesua 
so  warned  them  to  be  not  deceived  't  " 

rpHE  above,  clipped  from  one  of  the  Rreth- 
J  ren's  papers,  misrepresents  the  condition 
of  things  among  the  churches  in  Illinois,  We 
do  not  know  so  much  about  Southern  Illinois, 
but  we  do  know  it  to  be  untrue  of  the  North- 
ern district.  We  are  familiar  with  the  results 
of  every  protracted  meeting  held  among  the 
churches  here  during  the  last  few  years,  but  do 
not  know  an  instance  where  some  of  the  new 
converts  had  to  be  expelled  in  a  short  time. 

We  know  of  one  meeting  where  fifty-two 
were  added,  another  thirty,  some  others  twenty- 
five,  and  some  less,  and  not  one  of  those  church- 
es regret  the  protracted  efl'orts  made.  Aud  we 
believe  the  same  to  be  true  of  the  churches  m 
Southern  III.  They  have  four  missionarie.*!  in 
the  field,  and  have  been  putting  forth  great  ef- 
forts toward  converting  sinners,  aud  we  are  glad 
to  know  that  their  labors  were  not  in  vain. 

But  supposing  that  in  course  of  time  u  few 
should  be  found  unfaithful.  Would  that  prove 
protracted  efforts  wrong?  If  so,  then  that  pro- 
tract<'d  meeting  held  by  Philip  at  Samiiria  was 
all  out  of  order,  for  one  of  the  converts  was 
found  to  be  in  the  "gall  of  bitterness"  only  a 
few  days  after  being  baptized,  and  surely  no  one 
will  say  that  Philip  did  not  uiideratnnd  the 
Apostolic  order. 

That  some  are  received  into  the  church  too 
carelessly  we  admit,  but  that  does  not  prove 
protracted  meetings  injurious.  Churches  can 
be  just  as  strict  about  laying  tho  order  before 
applicants  received  at  protracted  meetings  as  at 


June 


13. 


THK    HRETIIRI!.:N^    ^T    AVOKK. 


^j  oiler  time.  W«  mwch  n-gret,  thnt  tin-  ol.l- 
tiiiif  p'^*»<^*  "'^  "S''l  '-■xjiniinutions  for  appH- 
taiit'  for  baptism  h  beginning  t„  fai|  jnto  a\h. 
^i,p  „,  uiauy  locAhties,  and  tlms  bring  reproach 
^^j,^n  the  cause  of  Christ.  It  b  right  that  can- 
ll,i;,(,s  should  "  bring  forth  fruit  meet  for  re 


luul  show  by  their  actions  that  they 


l^n'"'''''^'    '"'"  " "■'  ""'"   "'-"viiB  mai  iney 

jrv;  fully  resolved  to  formate  the  world  with  all 
its    '"      I*..  ^.— j.^--. 


iiHuremeuts.     It  is  expedient  thtit  the  order 
laid  before  them  fully,  and  that  they  kuow 


■,ist  what  they  are  doing. 
,\^  to  1">^''  *"'"'y  sliO"!*!  be  received  at  one 
leetii'g'  tl'^  hMe  precedents  show  not  over 
;ji>»'.  ""^"^  '^^^  *^''"  ''°®'  ^^  '^"8  as  we  do  not 
J^eive  ovpr  3.000  in  one  day  we  need  not  fear 
„f  tninscending  the  privileges  vouchsafed  to  the 
^.liureli  by  the  Apostolic  example  on  the  day  of 
n^nUTOst.  But  we  mean  that  thoy  must  come 
(.jghl.iUidshowihat  they  are  sincere.  Ofcouree 
souii!  may  be  lu  the  gall  of  bitterness,  which 
^yi  not  manifest  itsL-lf  till  after  baptism,  yet 
tint,  should  not  deter  any  iroui  pushing  the 
Loitl*  work  forward.  Let  ua  learn  to  do  our 
^ork  WL'll,  a»d  in  *'»e  name  of  the  Loi-d  for  the 
glory  and  honor  of  God,  and  then  we  will  not 
j^nret  having  taken  the  right  course.    J.  h.  m. 

"iTistiniost  wonderful  fact,  that  although 
III-.'  -lews  have  had  no  distinct  political  govern- 
ment for  more  than  eighteen  hundred  years,  and 
[,^vi'  mingled  with  the  citizens  of  every  nation- 
ality on  the  globe,  they  are  to-day  as  clearly 
marked  as  a  peculiar  and  separate  people,  as  in 
flie  Jiiys  of  Solomon." 


Jerusalem. —  Mr.  Simon  Stampfer  writes  to 
tlie  Jt-HiWi  Chronicle  from  the  Holy  City,  that 
the  turning-poiut  in  the  high  price  of  the  nec- 
essaries of  life,  which  had  prevailed  in  Jerusa- 
lem fL>r  some  months  past,  has  at  length  been 
Kached.  Prices  of  breadstuffs  are  drooping,  and 
sauguine  hopes  are  entertained  that  the  coming 
barvcst  will  be  bountiful.  The  Committee  of 
Rabbis  continue  to  import  from  Trieste  and 
elsewhere  cereals  which  are  sold  to  necessitous 
persons,  below  the  market  price. 


Fossil  fish  have  been  found  on  the  lofty 
heights  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  6,000  or  8,000 
feet  above  the  present  sea-level.  Of  coui-se,  this 
prove-;  that  the  water  at  one  time  covered  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  yet,  some  years  ago,  there 
wcie  those  who  maintained  that  the  flood  could 
not  hiive  covered  the  higher  mountains  as  there 
was  not  water  enough  on  the  earth  for  that 
purpose.  When  the  Bible  speaks  of  the  waters 
covering  the  whole  earth,  these  learned  skeptics 
ctiniiot  believe  it,  but  when  they  find  fossil  fi.-li 
ou  Hie  top  of  mountains  then  it  is  all  right, 
Thev  can  see  how  the  water  got  to  the  top  ul 
the  mountain,  and  how  those  tish  got  up  there, 
S.OOO  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  but  for 
their  lives  they  cannot  see  where  the  water  ciime 
from  to  cover  the  whole  earth. 


Lyuan  Abbott's  commentary  on  Luke,  pub- 
lished by  A.  S.  Barnes  &  Co.,  New  York,  is  the 
most  interesting  volume  yet  received  at  this  of- 
fice. The  mechanical  part  of  the  book  is  good, 
Wing  printed  on  good  paper  and  well  bound. 
The  arrangement  of  the  hook  is  the  best  we 
have  seen.  The  notes  are  short,  hut  to  the 
point,  and  in  the  main  correct,  though  we  can- 
not expoct  commentators,  whose  faith  partakes 
of  th..-  general  populai"  turn,  to  be  very  explicit 
on  the  doctrinal  practices  of  the  Bible.  The 
book-,  we  think,  will  supply  a  long-felt  want. 
We  iiro  exceedingly  anxious  to  examine  the 
comments  on  Matthew  and  Mark,  and  also  the 
volume  on  John,  and  then  may  have  something 
more  to  say  about  the  plan  of  the  work.  In 
our  opinion  it  is  well  adapted  to  the  use  of  Bi- 
ble classes.  Price  $1.50,  and  may  be  had  of  the 
IJubliahers.  _ 

Tde  hulependent,  a  religious  weekly,  publish- 
eJ  in  the  city  of  New  York,  is  disposed  to  throw 
fun  iit  the  plain  head-dress  usually  worn  by  our 
aistti-s,  and  even  stoops  to  ridiculing.  It  calls 
cue  of  our  leading  ministers  "  a  mighty  bull  of 
Baslian  among  the  people,"  just  because  he  ad- 
voeiit^s  plainness  and  simplicity  among  the  i)eo- 
|i!e  uf  (Jod.  We  think  the  Independent,  when 
it  resorts  to  such  slangs  as  that,  is  lowering  it- 
»!f  ^-lm^ide^able  in  the  estimation  of  good 
aii^aniug  people.  If  it  cannot  sanction  oui 
miJei.f  drfess,  it  certainly  can  use  respectable 
iau^iiaj-e  when  speaking  of  us.  We  could  not 
wpfit  any  thing  better  from  some  secular  par 
l*fs,  but  when  it  comes  from  a  high  toned  re- 
liijioiis  journal,  we  are  led  to  conclude  that  even 
Siiely  L-ducated  and  polished  editors,  will  some- 
times f„rget  that  Christian  courtesy  and  purity 
oi'  motives  that  should  characterize  the  molder 
»f  tlK'  opinions  and  conduct  of  the  reading  iieo- 
P'c  of  our  land. 


HAPPY  WOMEN. 

IMPATIENT  wom^n,  as  yon  wait 
In  cheerful  homes  to-night,  t«  hear 
The  sound  of  steps  that,  soon  or  late, 
Shall  cume  a»  music  to  your  ear! 

Forget  yourselves  a  little  while, 
And  thmk  in  pity  of  the  pain 

Of  women  who  will  never  smile 
To  bear  a  coming  stej)  again. 

With  babes  that  in  their  cradles  sleep. 
Or  cling  to  you  in  perfect  trust; 

Think  of  the  mothers  lefl  to  weep. 
Their  babies  lying  in  the  dust. 

And  when  the  step  you  wait  for  cornea, 
And  all  your  world  is  tiill  of  light, 

0  women,  safe  in  happy  homes. 

Pray  for  all  lonesome  souls  to-night! 

— Selected. 


BREVITIES. 


—John  Wolfe,  the  ballad  entitled  the  "  Rail- 
road to  Heaven,"  was  published  in  the  Brbth- 
AT  WoKK  hist  year. 

From  the  Vimlkaior,  we  learn  that  a  man 
ninety  yeai-s  old  was  lately  baptized  and  receiv- 
ed into  the  Blue  River  church,  Ind. 

—The  Free  Masons  in  France  have  fully 
adopted  the  atheistic  principles;  have  voted  God 
out  of  existence,  and  proceed  to  do  homage  to 
Voltaire. 

— The  health  of  Pope  Leo  ia  reported  as  de- 
clining daily.  He  will  soon  leave  the  Vatican 
for  his  health.  In  some  quarters  fear  is  enter- 
tained that  a  new  Pope  may  be  to  elect  before 
the  firet  year  of  Leo's  pontificate  is  ended. 

—Brother  S.  C.  Keim,  of  Elk  Lick,  Pa.,  is 
now  at  Dr.  Walter's  Mountain  home.  Berks  Co., 
Pa.,  under  treatment,  and  will  likely  remain 
some  time. 

—All  the  money  sent  to  Denmark  for  the 
poor,  is  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  deacon  of  that 
church  there  and  applied  by  him  as  directed  by 
the  church. 

-Spend  the  money  for  bread,  clothes  and 
home  comforts  that  is  now  spent  for  strong 
drink,  and  not  a  single  person  in  the  whole  land 
need  ever  sufl'er  want. 

—Of  neariy  $80,000,000  spent  yearly,  in  this 
country,  for  intoxicating  drinks  and  tobacco,  the 
larger  i)ortion  is  spent  by  our  employed  or  labor- 
ing class. 

— Another  attempt  has  been  made  to  assassin- 
ate Emperor  William.  Thirty  large  and  small 
shot  were  fired  into  his  head,  arms  and  body, 
but  none  of  them  seem  to  have  wounded  fatal- 
ly. The  old  man  is  quite  weak  from  the  loss  of 
blood.     He  may  yet  recover. 

— The  Postmaster  General  has  given  orders 
that  hereafter  postmasters  will  not  be  allowed 
to  attach  stamps  to  letters  for  any  one.  The 
order  is  given  so  that  no  blame  may  be  attached 
to  the  oSicials  in  case  letters  ?hould  miscarry. 

— The  committee  engaged  in  the  revision  of 
the  Old  Testament,  at  Westminster,  Englimd, 
have  concluded  their  fiftieth  session.  They  have 
revised  the  translation  of  the  historical  books 
from  Genesis  toNehemiah, inclusive;  the  Psalms, 
Isaiah,  Obadiah  and  Jonah,  The  work  is  thus 
making  slow  but  sure  and  steady  progress. 

— Some  articles  written  with  a  pencil  have  to 
be  rejected  on  the  accountof  being  too  illegible. 
The  best  and  safest  way,  is  to  use  good  black 
ink. 

— A  severe  storm  passed  over  Quincy,  111,,  on 
the  moniing  of  June  2nd,  doing  considerable 
damage  to  property. 

— Onr  correspondent,  who  does  not  give  his 
address,  but  has  written  a  short  article  entitled, 
"  Hints  to  Young  Ladies,"  will  please  try  his 
hand  on  another  subject.  With  proper  training 
he  may  become  a  good  writer.  This  is  tlie  on- 
ly way  we  have  of  reaching  him. 

— Some  of  our  correspondents  take  the  com- 
mon note  paper,  spread  it  out  and  write  the  lines 
clear  across  both  pages.  This  makes  it  very  in- 
convenient for  our  compositors.  The  common 
note  paper  page  is  sufficiently  wide  for  manu- 
script purposes  mthout  spreading  out. 

— The  Brethren  at  the  Waddam's  Grove  dis- 
trict, Stephenson  Co,,  III.,  will  hold  their  Love- 
feast  at  their  meeting-house,  two  miles  North 
of  Lena,  on  the  ^Oth  and  21st  of  June,  com- 
mencing at  one  o'clock.  A  general  invitation 
given. — E.  Ebtj. 

— In  answer  to  an  inquiry,  we  vnll  state  that 
Bro,  B.  R.  Gerhart's  address  is  Danbuiy.  Neb. 
It  will  be  found  among  the  gleanings  in  No.  20. 

— There  arc  now  good  hopes  for  England  and 
Russia  settling  their  difficulties  in  a  European 
Congress  which  will  likely  meet  some  time  i» 
June, 

— Ministers  who  travel  and   preach   where 


that  they  are  in  love  and  union  athomw.  This, 
the  order  of  the  church  \»  too  much  negleclwl. 
—The  Superintendent  of  Pohco  in  Chicago, 
unnounct^  that  000  saloons  have  been  closed  up 
in  that  city. 

— The  Catholics  of  Spain  have  imprisoned  an 
American  Baptist  Miasiunary  for  preaching  and 
eslabliahing  a  place  of  worship  in  Alcony. 

—At  a  meeting  of  the  Ashland  Coltegi-  Trunt- 
cLs,  Juno  4th,  Bro.  S.  Z.  Sharp  accept«;d  the 
office  of  Pi'esident  of  the  College,  and  ha»  Iwn 
appointed  Reucrul  agent  to  solicit  and  appoint 
canvassers  for  the  institution. 

— A  correspondent  of  Eel  River  township, 
sends  the  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  Sentinel,  an  account 
of  the  death  of  a  young  man,  named  Perry 
Koltz,  who  died  some  httle  timo  since  at  the  age 
of  iiO  years.  On  Friday  night  Koltz  had  at- 
tended a  dance.  On  Saturday  morning  ho  got 
up  and  while  putting  on  his  shoes,  one  of  his 
shoestrings  broke,  when  he  began  to  curse  and 
swear  in  a  t^jrrible  manner.  He  was  instantly 
stricken  with  a  fit,  and  died  vrithout  wpeaking 
another  word.  The  people  of  Eel  River  town- 
ship regard  this  strange  death  as  a  sudden  and 
awful  dispensation  of  Divine  Providence,  and  a 
terrible  warning  to  profane  sweaiei-s.  Truly 
God  is  not  mocked.  \Vhafcsoever  a  man  sowetJi 
that  shall  he  also  reayi.— Herald  of  Truth. 

—A  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  left  thiH 
part  of  the  State  last  week  for  the  purpose  of 
attending  the  Annual  Meeting, 

— The  brethren  at  Milledgeville,  ten  miles 
South  of  this  place,  held  their  feaat  Inst  Thurs- 
day and  Friday.  The  meeting  was  a  pleasant 
one,  though  the  rain,  on  both  days,  kept  many 
away.     Two  were  baptized. 

— Brother  Eshelman  left  Lanark  fn  route  for 
the  A.  M.,  on  Tuesday  night  the  4th  inst.,  in- 
tending to  spend  aouje  days  visiting  before  the 
meeting. 

— The  Brethren  of  the  Pine  Creek,  congregnr 
tion,South-eayt  of  here,  held  their  feast  the  mid- 
die  of  last  week.  The  attendance  was  very  good, 
and  the  meeting  said  to  have  been  a  good  one. 

— Brother  Stein,  Newtonia,  Mo.,  has  arrang- 
ed to  start  on  his  preaching  tour.  He  will  like- 
ly be  in  the  field  some  little  time. 

— There  will  be  a  Love-feast  in  the  Middle 
Creek  church,  near  New  Enterprise,  Somerset 
Co.,  Pa.,  on  the  19th  of  June.  The  notice 
reached  us  too  late  to  be  inserted  in  the  i)roper 
place. 

—The  article  on  the  "  Two  Witnesses,"  by 
Mattie  A.  Lear,  commenced  in  this  issue,  was 
written  in  answer  to  a  query  on  that  subject, 
handed  us  early  last  Spring. 

—In  addition  to  the  Pope  being  ill,  he  is  said 
to  be  very  distressed  in  mind,  and  thinks  strong- 
ly of  abdicating.  His  path,  in  this  enlighten- 
ed age  is  not  very  smooth. 

—Over  1,40U  women  and  children  were  lately 
burned  to  death  in  China.  They  were  refugees 
from  the  famine-stricken  district,  and  sheltered 
in  a  large  relief  depot,  surrounded  with  a  strong 
fence  of  reeds  and  millet  stalks  plastered  with 
mud,  and  bavins  but  one  place  of  exit.  This 
inllamable  stuil'  took  lire  one  cold  morning, 
literally  roasting  hundreds  of  the  unfortunate 
inmates.     The  scene  was  horrible. 


THE  GROWTH  OF  THE  ENGLISH 
LANGUAGE. 

FEW  Bcholars  even  are  aware  of  th«-  gr«at 
cliangeM  through  which  the  Engli.Hh  lan- 
guage has  pusMed  in  succesnive  centurit^.  Fol- 
lowing an-  specimens  of  the  Lord's  Prayer  u 
used  at  various  period*  in  English  hi8t')r)': 

A.  I).  USS,— Fader  ur  in  heune,  hale  weide 
Iwith  thi  neuni',  cumin  thi  kunerichp,  thi  wille 
bcoth  idon  in  heune  and  in  nrthe.  The  euryen 
dawe  bried,  gif  ous  thilk  dawe.  And  vorzif  uer 
dettes  as  vi  yorsifen  ure  dettoures.  And  lene 
V19  nought  into  temtation,  hot  dolyvor  eus  of 
evel.     Amen, 

A.  D.  130().— Fadiur  ure  in  hcvene,  Halewyd 
be  thi  name,  thi  kingdom  come,  thi  wille  be  doa 
as  in  hevene  and  en  erthe.  Our  urche  days  bred 
give  us  to  dayo.  And  forgive  oure  dettes  as  we 
foryive  oure  dettourea.  And  lead  us  not  in 
temptation,  bote  delyvor  ua  of  yvel.     Amen. 

A.  D.  13T0.— Oure  fa<lir  that  art  in  heunea 
hollowid  be  thi  name,  thi  kingdom  come  to,  be  ' 
thi  wille  done  in  erthe  as  in  heuue,  geve  to  as 
this  day  oure  breed  oun-  other  substance,  for- 
gene  to  us  oure  dettcs  as  wo  forgaune  to  our 
dettouris,  lede  not  into  temptation;  but  delyuer 
us  yvel.     Amen. 

A.  D.  1524. — 0  oure  father  which  arte  in  her- 
en,  hallowed  be  thy  name.  Let  thy  kingdom 
come.  Thy  wyoll  be  fulfilled  as  well  in  earth 
as  it  is  in  heven.  Give  us  this  daye  our  dayly 
brede.  And  forgive  us  our  trespace?!  even  as  we 
forgive  our  trespacers.  And  lead  us  not  into 
tempt4ition,  but  deliver  us  from  veil.  For  thyne 
is  the  kingdome  and  the  power  and  the  gtorye 
for  ever.     Amen, 

A,  D.  1581, — Our  father  which  ortinheauea, 
sanctified  by  thy  name.  Let  thy  kingdome 
come.  Thy  will  be  done,  aa  in  heauen,  in  earth 
also.  Give  us  to-day  our  superstantial  bread. 
And  forgive  us  our  dettes  as  we  forgive  our 
detters.  And  lead  ns  not  into  temptation.  But 
delivere  us  from  evil.     Amen. 

A.  D.  1011. — Our  father  which  art  in  heaven, 
hallowed  be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come. 
Thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in  heavea. 
Give  us  this  day  dayley  bread.  And  forgive  oa 
our  debts  as  we  forgive  our  debtors.  And  lede 
us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  tromeriL 
For  thyne  is  the  kingdome,  and  the  power,  and 
the  glory  for  ever.     Amen. 

The  above  is  worthy  of  preservation.  It 
shows  very  vividly  how  the  English  language, 
as  we  now  have  it,  has  changed  and  grown  in, 
700  yeai-s,  until  it  has  reached  its  present  form 
and  shape.  All  living  languages  are  subject  to 
slow  changes — hardly  noticed  by  one  geueratioa 
of  men,  but  plain  enough  when  we  institute  a 
comparison  l)et\veen  distant  times.  The  English 
language  is  not  yet  perfect,  and  will  probably 
undergo  as  great  changes  in  the  future  as  in  the 
past, — Brliyious  Telescope. 


— Some  startling  developments  regarding 
grave  robbing  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio  have  lately 
been  brought  to  light.  The  discovery  was  made 
in  the  Ohio  Medical  College. 

—The  Bbetujien  at  Work  will  be  sent  from 
now  to  the  end  of  the  year  for  scenty-five  cents. 
This  is  the  price  for  six  months  subscribers. 

— A  collision  between  two  iron-clad  vessels 
took  place  near  Dover,  England,  resulting  in 
sinking  one  of  the  vessels  instantly.  Out  of  4C0 
persons,  only  lb  escaped. 

— They  are  likely  to  have  serious  difficulties 
with  the  Indians  in  Idaho.  Numerous  large 
and  small  bands  are  raiding  the  country,  and 
committing  depradations  to  settlers  and  proper- 
ty in  the  vicinity  of  Boise  City.  Several  whites 
have  been  killed. 

— Sir  Moses  Montefiore,  the  Hebrew  philan- 
thropist, ninety-five  years  old,  is  still  laboring 
for  the  restoration  of  Jerusalem. 

—  The  Conlemporanj  News,  a  Russian  news- 
paper, says:  "The  hour  iacome  to  complete  the 
crusades  by  delivering  the  holy  places  forever. 
A  free  Christian  and  interuatiopal  province 
must  be  made  from  Jerusalem  to  the  banks  of 
the  Jordan,  and  international  institutions  must 
be  given  to  it." 

—Two  were  baptized  at  the  fea.st  in  Cedar  Co., 
Iowa  last  week.  Wm.  Harris  was  advanced  to 
the  second  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  John 
Eshelman  elected  deacon. 


"TirE  church  is  God's  jewelry — His  working 
house,  where  His  jewels  are  polisht'd  for  His 
palace;  and  those  He  especially  esteems  and 
means  to  make  most  resplendent  He  hath  oftes- 
est  His  tools  upon  them."  Let  none  of  them, 
shrink  from  the  Master's  touch,  though  it  be 
the  severest  affliction.  Those  whom  he  loveth 
he  chasteneth." 


A  CEnT.\,lN  writer  says:  "If  1  omit  praying 
and  reading  God's  Word  in  the  morning,  noth- 
ing goes  well  all  day."    How  many  of  us  may 
they  are  not  personally   knoivn,  should  carry  I  find  here  the  cause  of  many  of  our  failures,  and 
with  them  certificates  of  membership,  showing  '  consequnt  discontent  and  unhappiness. 


"  Truth  will  not  arrange  any  person's  oftia* 
ions  in  the  capacity  of  a  target  of  error,  for  somo 
other  erring  gunner  to  shoot  at.  It  will  simply, 
kindly  shine,  and  lovingly  enlighten  all  con* 
cerned  with  it.  However  rusty  any  may  be, 
few,  or  none  will  sit  willingly  still,  and  quietly 
he  rubbed  until  they  shine  brightly;  foT  they 
will  think,  and  with  some  good  reasons  too,  thl^ 
the  dust,  miule  in  the  process  of  scouring,  wiU 
so  blind  the  eyes  of  the  operators,  that  they 
\vill  never  see  the  sliining." 


The  Gorman  Baptist  Publication  Society  of 
America,  have  recently  completed  and  dedicated 
a  handsome  and  costly  building  in  the  interest 
of  the  Society.  The  organization  of  this  enter- 
prise took  place  in  1866,  and  it  has  enjoyed  a 
career  of  remarkable  prosperity  under  the  super- 
intendence of  P.  ,W.  Bicknell.  The  nuiiK 
her  of  German  Baptist  ministers  since  1S51  hu 
increfl-sed  from  5  to  134;  imd  the  number  of 
church  members  from  401  to  about  S,V>00.  So 
says  one  of  our  exchanges,  which  proves  that 
there  is  another  body  of  religious  people  known 
as  German  Baptist,  but  we.  who  have  been  form* 
eriy  culled  German  Baptists,  prefcr  to  be  known, 
by  the  endearing  appellation  of  Brethren. 


THK    BKprrH3<KN    ^T    AVOKli. 


June 


13. 


A  HOME. 

"IiniAT  18  a  home?     A  guflnled  BpBC4! 
\  \      Whpmn  a  few,  unfairly  blest, 
Shftii  "it  togptlior,  face  to  fticc. 
And  biisk  and  purr  and  be  at  rest? 

When>  cushioned  wall^  riw?  up  l>etweeii 
ItH  iumateHoiid  the  common  air. 

The  common  pain,  and  pad  and  screen 
From  blows  of  Fate  nr  winds  of  care? 

When-  art  may  blossom  ntrong  and  free. 

And  pleasure  furl  her  silken  wing, 
And  every  laden  moment  be 

A  preciouK  and  peculiar  tiling? 

And  print  and  future,  soflly  veiled 
111  hiding  mists  shall  float  and  lie. 

Forgotten  half,  and  unasaiiiled 
By  either  hope  or  memory. 

While  the  luxuriant  pn-seut  weftVM 
H'T  perfumed  Hpeils  untried,  untrue, 

BroiileD*  her  t'lirments,  heaps  her  sheaves, 
All  for  the  pk-iwure  of  a  few? 

Can  it  be  this— the  longed-for  thing 
Which  wandeni  on  the  restless  foam, 

Uuslicit^tred  beggars,  birds  on  wing, 
Aspirw  to,  druain  of,  C'hriHtian  "  home?  " 

No.     Art  may  bloom,  and  peace  and  bliss; 

Grii-f  may  refrain  and  Death  forget; 
But  if  there  be  no  more  ihnn  this. 

The  soul  of  home  is  wanting  yet. 

Dim  image  from  far  glory  eaught, 
Fair  type  of  fairer  thing"  to  be. 

Tlie  true  home  rises  in  our  thought 
As  beacon  ior  (ill  men  to  see. 

Uh  lamps  bum  freely  in  the  night; 

Us  fire-glows  unhidden  shed 
Their  cheering  and  abounding  light 

On  homeless  folk  im comforted. 

Each  sweet  and  secret  thing  within 
Gives  out  a  fragrance  on  the  air — 

A  thankful  breath,  sent  forth  to  win 
A  little  smile  from  olliers'  care. 

The  few.  lliey  busk  in  closer  heat'; 

The  many  ctitch  the  farther  rny. 
Life  higher  seems,  the  worid  more  sweet, 

And  hope  and  heaven  leas  far  away. 

So  the  old  miracle  anew 

h  wrought  on  earth  and  proved  good, 
And  crumbs  apportioned  for  a  lew, 

God  biwis,  suffice  a  multitude. 

—SfhHetJ. 


THE  CROSS  AND  CROWN. 

BY  K.  I,.  T.  WKNTZ. 

IN  reading  about  the  suflering  and  death  of 
our  Lord  and  Savior,  Jesus  Christ,  we  find 
ill  tile  U*th  chai)ter  of  St,  John,  these  words: 
"And  he  bearing  his  cro.ss,  went  forth  into  a 
place  called  the  place  of  a  skull,  which  is  called 
in  the  Hebrew,  Golgotha:  Where  they  crucified 
him,  and  two  otliei-s  with  Inm,  on  either  side 
one,  and  .Jesus  in  the  midst."  How  humiliating, 
thus  to  die!  Dear  readers,  when  we  think  of 
the  boundless  love  of  our  heavenly  Father,  who 
gave  His  only  hegutt*'n  Son  to  be  sacrificed  on 
the  Cross  as  au  ittonement  for  the  sins  of  a  lost 
and  ruine<l  world,  that  we,  through  Him,  might 
be  saved  from  everlasting  misery  and  woe;  and 
think  of  our  blessed  itedeemer — the  meek  and 
lowly  Jesus— who  for  love  of  us,  in  obedience  to 
Hia  Father's  will,  wils  willing  to  bear  the  Cross, 
to  bleed  and  die  upon  the  Cross — guilty  of  no 
crime,  that  we,  through  His  sutleriiig,  might  be 
made  free,  and  inherit  eterual  life.  Should  not 
our  hearUs  btn  filled  with  love  and  gratitude  to 
that  Supreme  Being  who  has  thus  opened  away 
whereby  sinners  may  be  saved  from  death  and 
destruction?  Should  not  we  he  willing  to  hear 
the  Cross,  to  give  up  the  vain  and  siiiful  pleas- 
urea  of  the  world  which  can  give  us  no  true 
happiness,  and  strive  to  obtain  that  perfect  joy 
thatTemaius  for  the  children  of  God?  Yes,  it 
is  our  duty,  as  well  as  privilege  to  accept  tliis 
kind  offer  of  salvation  before  it  is  forever  too 
late.  We  are  naturally  prone  to  wander,  and 
Satan  is  ever  ready  to  lead  the  wandering  feet 
astray.  Especially  does  he  try  those  who  have 
made  a  public  profession  of  religion,  to  get  them 
to  turn  aside  from  that  stmight  and  narrow  path 
that  leads  to  heaven.  But  we  should  stand  firm; 
ever  looking  forward  with  an  eye  of  faith  to 
that  beautiful  world  where  we  shall  be  free  from 
the  tempter's  snare.  Our  Savior  has  said:  "No 
man  having  put  his  hand  to  the  plough  and 
looking  back,  is  fit  for  the  Iflngdoni  of  God  " 
(Luke  9:  62).  It  therefore  becomes  necessary 
that  we  fight  valiantly  to  overcome  every  obsta- 
cle that  Satan  may  place  in  our  way.  We  must 
expect  trials  as  we  journey  through  life;  they 
are  sometimes  sent  to  check  us,  to  bring  us 


nearer  to  the  Cross,  and  help  m  more  plainly  to 
see  our  unworthineaa,  and  st-ek  help  from  on 
high.  Oh  that  we  could  tie  more  faithful  in  do- 
ing our  duty!  The  Savior  anys,  "  If  any  man 
wijl  come  after  me,  let  him  deny  himself  and 
take  up  his  cross  daily,  and  follow  me  "  (Luke 
9:23).  Again  He  says,  "Whosoever  doth  not 
bear  his  cross  and  come  aflcr  me,  cannot  be  my 
disciple"  (Luke  14:27).  What  is  to  be  our 
promised  reward,  if  we  prove  faithful  to  the 
end?  A  spotless  robe  and  a  crown  of  glory 
will  be  ours  eternally  in  heaven.  Jesus  has 
borne  the  Cross,  endured  the  pain,  and  is  now 
wearing  the  crorni,  sitting  at  the  right  hand  of 
God;  and  we  are  to  be  heirs  and  joint  heirs  with 
him  in  glorj-.  if  we  do  our  Father's  will. 

We  are  very  apt  to  complain,  and  think  our 
trials  verj-  great,  forgetting  that  Hithout  aeon- 
test  there  can  be  no  victory,  and  without  victo- 
ry there  will  be  no  crown.  May  we  ever  strive 
80  to  live,  that  we  may  have  a  right  to  the  tree 
of  life,  and  enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the 

EXCUSE-MAKING. 

liY  D.  M.  rUTERIlAL-OlI. 

'"pHE  subject  that  I  have  selected  to  vmte  ui>- 
X  on  is  a  very  important  one — one  thFit  is  of 
far  greater  importance  than  many  think.  Look 
nud  see  what  Luke  has  to  say  about  this  matter 
of  excuses  (Luke  14:  18-25).  Look  again  at 
Kom.  1:  20:  2:  15;  2  Cor.  V2: 19.  Read  and  see 
what  our  Lord  and  Savior  says  about  this  mat- 
ter of  excuse-making.  We  find  people  making 
a  great  many  excuses  in  this  day  and  age  of  the 
world,  as  well  as  in  Christ's  time,  that  do  not 
atnount  to  anything. 

1  find  that  in  getting  subscribers  for  the 
Brethre-n  at  Work,  those  brethren  who  are 
the  best  off  in  this  world's  goods,  make  more 
excuses  than  those  who  are  poor.  They  are 
aometimea,  like  this:  The  paper  costs  too  much, 
and  that  they  can  get  the  Post  and  Mail  of 
Chicago,  or  some  other  paper  for  half  the  mon- 
ey. Now,  those  pajjers  are  very  good  in  their 
place,  but  they  do  not  contain  reading  matter 
that  is  of  any  use  to  the  Christian,  or  the  build- 
ing up  of  his  soul's  welfare.  Tho.se  very  breth- 
ren have  large  families  growing  up  around  them. 
They  must  and  will  have  something  to  read;  if 
tliey  do  not  have  suitable  books  and  papers 
placed  at  their  disposal,  they  ivill  be  very  apt  to 
take  to  reading  novels  or  other  worthless  books; 
tor  this  world  is  full  of  such  books,  and  when 
children  once  get  their  minds  centered  on  these 
books  it  is  no  easy  matter  to  get  them  buck  into 
the  right  channel.  Brethren,  do  not  let  your 
children  rise  up  in  the  judgment,  on  that  great 
day  and  say.  that  "  You  did  not  provide  for  me 
suitable  books  and  papers,  and  encourage  me  to 
read  things  that  would  have  been  of  some  bene- 
fit to  me.  You  did  not  do  so,  and  now  I  must 
go  down  to  destruction."  0,  brethren,  there 
will  be  no  time  then  for  you  to  make  excuses. 

Let  us  do  what  we  can  in  this  world  for  the 
cause  of  our  Master,  and  then  we  will  have  noth- 
ing to  regret  of  in  the  world  to  come. 

The  Bhethhen  at  Wokk  makes  its  weekly 
visits  to  our  home,  and  is  read  with  great  pleas- 
ure by  alt  of  the  family.  May  God  bless  the 
dear  brethren  editors,  and  may  they  be  the  cause 
of  bringing  many  souls  to  Christ,  through  the 
medium  of  their  paper. 


ON  PRAYER. 

UY  I).  S,  T.  HL-TTERDAron. 

PRAYER  is  the  greatest  privilege  that  the 
Almighty  lias  granted  unto  us  creatures. 
By  ))rayer,  we  can  hold,  as  it  were,  sweet  con- 
verse with  our  heavenly  Father.  By  prayer,  we 
an  obtain  forgiveness,  through  Christ,  for  all 
our  sins.  By  prayer,  we  can  call  down  the 
grace  of  God  to  a-isist  us  in  time  of  need,  and  to 
prepare  us  for  eternity.  Prayer,  secures  the 
protection  of  heaven.  Prayer,  teaches  us  to  be 
dependent  and  submissive  to  higher  powers. 
Prayer  prospers  all  our  works,  and  invokes  the 
blessing  of  God  to  rest  upon  them.  Prayer  is 
the  greatest  consolation  in  danger,  necessity,  or 
tribulation.  Prayer  spiritualizes  the  mind,  pu- 
rifies the  affections,  enlightens  the  intellect,  and 
secures  for  us  the  assistance  of  God,  without 
which  we  can  do  nothing. 


CLOSE  COMMUNION. 
C.  H.  KIKOEEY. 

IT  is  often  asked  why  we  hold  close  commun- 
ion? One  reason  is,  this:  sometimes  there 
ore  members  excommunicated  from  the  church, 
and  then  join  other  denominations  without  even 
making  satisfaction  to  the  church,  and  then  to 
commune  with  such  members,  would  be  incon- 


sistent. And  how  could  we  avoid  it,  if  we  would 
hold  open  communion  with  all  that  wanted  tor 
Again,  there  are  hut  few  other  denominations 
that  believe  in  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  Feet- 
washing  as  we  do,  and  for  them  to  come  and 
engage  in  washing  feet,  and  partake  of  the 
Lord's  Supper  merely  to  commune  with  us,  and 
not  believe  iu  the  two  first  ordinances,  would 
be  to  commit  a  great  sin;  for  Paul  said  that 
'■work  without  faith  is  sin."  It  would  cause 
such  to  eat  and  drink  unworthily,  and  not  dis- 
cern the  Lord's  body,  therefore  would  eat  and 
drink  damnation  to  themselves,  and  we  do  not 
want  any  one  damned,  but  want  all  saved. 


THE  SAVIOR. 

Description  of  Jesus  by  Puhlius  Lenttilus,  Pres- 
ident of  Jiuka  in  the.  reign  of  Tiberius  Ca/sor. 
THERE  lives,  at  this  time,  in  Judea  a  man  of 
singular  virtue,  whose  name  is  Jesus  Christ, 
whom  the  barbarians  esieem  as  a  prophet,  but 
his  followers  love  and  adore  him  as  the  otTspring 
of  the  immortal  God.  He  calls  back  the  dead 
from  their  graves,  and  heals  all  sorts  of  diseases 
with  a  word  or  a  touch.  He  is  a  tall  man,  and 
well  shaped;  of  an  amiable  and  reverend  aspect; 
liis  hair  of  a  color  that  can  hardly  be  matched, 
falling  into  graceful  curis.  waving  about,  and 
parted  on  the  crown  of  the  head,  running  as  a 
stream  to  the  front  after  the  fashion  of  the  Naz- 
arites.  his  forehead  high,  large  and  imposing: 
his  cheeks  without  spot  or  wrinkle,  beautiful 
with  a  lovely  red;  his  nose  and  mouth  formed 
with  exquisite  symmetry ;  his  beard  thick,  and 
of  a  color  suitable  to  his  hair,  reaching  below 
his  chin,  and  parting  in  the  middle  like  a  fork; 
his  eyes  bright  blue,  clear  and  serene;  look,  in- 
nocent, dignified,  manly,  and  mature;  in  pro- 
portion of  body,  most  perfect  and  captivating; 
his  hands  and  arms  most  delectable  to  behold. 
He  rebukes  mth  majesty,  counsels  with  mild- 
ness, his  whole  address,  whether  in  word  or  deed, 
being  eloquent  and  grave.  No  man  has  seen 
him  laugh,  yet  his  manners  ai'e  exceedingly 
pleasant;  but  he  has  wept  frequently  in  the 
presence  of  men.  He  is  temperate,  modest,  and 
wise;  a  man,  for  his  extraordinary  beauty  and 
divine  perfection,  surpassing  the  children  of  men 
in  every  sense. 

The  Savior  is  so  seldom  recognized  in  profane 
history  that  this  confirmatory  contribution  to 
his  perfections  is  especially  valuable. 

— Sekctal. 


CHURCH-MEETINGS. 

BY  .1.  S.  SHELLY. 

IN  holding  church-meetings,  we  find  that  al- 
ways some  are  staying  at  home  and  seem  to 
be  careless  about  raattei-s  pertaining  to  the 
church.  I  have  been  a.^ked  what  we  should  do 
with  those  membei-s?  Our  old  brethren  answer- 
ed very  nicely,  working  under  the  Spirit  of 
God,  when  they  said:  "  Lay  the  matter  before 
such  members,  admonish  them  from  time  to 
time  to  be  more  faithful;  induce  them  to  come, 
tell  them  the  evils  that  might  be  derived  from 
such  conduct."  But  we  might  here  ask  our- 
selves two  questions: 

1.  "What  is  the  reason  for  them  staying  away? 

2.  How  should  we  induce  them  to  come? 

Is  not  the  reason  for  them  staying  away,  per- 
haps, because  we  do  not  regard  them  as  we 
should,  in  being  humble  enough  to  help  bear 
their  burdens?  Is  it  not  because  we  are  think- 
ing oui-selves  farther  advanced  than  our  breth- 
ren, and  give  no  heed  to  what  they  have  to  say  ? 
Or  if  they  say  something  that  does  not  just  suit 
us,  give  them  a  short  answer  and  give  no  heed 
to  the  proverb,  "  A  soft  answer  turnetli  away 
wrath,  but  harsh  words  stir  up  anger?  "  Is  it 
not  because  we  do  not  pray  aright  for  them,  that 
we  drive  them  away,  instead  of  drawing  them 
there?  Aie  not  thesesomeof  the  reasons?  It 
is  only  too  often  the  ca.se  that  members  are 
cai^eless  and  unconcerned,  hut  for  such  we  ought 
to  pray  to  God,  that  He  should  give  them  a  new 
heart,  a  willing,  helping  hand,  that  they  might 
help  to  work  in  the  cause  of  Christ.  Admonish 
them,  and  if  they  iu-e  not  willing,  God  has  His 
own  appointed  way.  But  what  shall  we  do 
with  those  that  are  drawn  away  by  these  reasons, 
mth  those  that,  instead  of  feeling  a  desire  to  go, 
would  rather  stay  at  home?  YoTthern  we  ought 
to  pray  that  God  might  give  them  an  obedient 
heart,  that  He  might  give  them  such  a  desire  to 
como  and  help,  that  they  could  not  stay  away; 
and  pray  Him  that  He  should  give  us  an  hum- 
ble, contrite  heart,  drive  away  all  self  in  every 
matter  pertaining  to  the  church  and  our  breth- 
ren. We  should  show  them  that  we  have  a 
loving  kindness  contained  in  us,  that  reaches 
noUonly  to  the  more  prominent  members,  but 
also  to  those  who  feel  that  tbey  are  not  stand- 
ing as  high  in  positions  in  the  •hurch  a.s  others, 
and  we  ought  to  give  them  to  feel,  and  feel  it 


ourselves,    that  God    has  cR-ated   us  all  alike  ' 
His  own  image,  and  that  we  have  all  an  equ") 
right  to  expres-t  ourselves. 

Although  He  gave  five  talents  to  one.  and 
two  to  another,  (for  He  gave  us  the  talents  a^ 
cording  to  our  ability).  He  gave  us  all  the  satno 
promise,  if  we  all  work  faithful  with  them-  f 
when  that  man  came  home  from  his  jouroe' 
and  found  that  the  one  with  the  five  talents  had 


1  five  more,  and  the  one  with  two,  two  n 


he  did  not  say  to  the  first,  go  and  rule 


over  the 


second,  but  he  said  to  them  both,  "Go  aai 
ter  into  the  joys  of  your  Lord;   for 


you  were 


faithful  over  a  few  things,  I  wil\  make 
er  over  many  things."  0,  brethren,  let  us  show 
love  towards  eiu;h  other,  that  we  work  unf 
against  the  will  of  our  Savior,  but  that  we  treat 
all  alike,  as  He  does.  Make  our  church-meet, 
ings  as  loving  and  attractive  as  posaible.  If  ^ 
all  had  a  love  in  our  heart  as  Christ  baa,  for  us 
we  would  all  bear  each  othei-s'  burdens,  hpi,' 
those  along  who  are  weak,  and  would  not  wi^t 
to  have  some  way  to  force  those  brethren  and 
sisters  to  come,  for  we  would  all  come,  out  qP 
love  for  each  other.  If  we  would  feel  hurt  bv 
some  brother  in  meeting,  we  would  forgive  him 
and  insteoQ  of  passing  by  him,  and  not  set;ing 
him,  would  clasp  hands,  administer  the  kiss 
of  brotherly  love,  and  so  work  together  diligent, 
ly,  that  we  might  receive  tha  reward  ia  these 
precious  words:  "0,  thou  good  and  faithful 
servant,  thou  wast  faithful  over  few  things.  I 
will  make  thee  i-uler  over  miuiy  things;  Enter 
thou  into  the  jov  of  thy  Lord."  But  to  those 
brethren  and  sistei-s  that  stay  away,  as  it  seema 
on  purpose,  to  keep  ignorant  of  the  rules  of  the 
church,  I  will  say,  trifle  not  vrith  the  Word  of  * 
God;  trifle  not  with  Christ's  church,  fortriflino 
with  them  is  trifling  with  God  and  His  Son 
and  the  punishment  of  such,  will  be  everlastuig 
destruction. 


WOMEN'S  RIGHTS. 
BY  SARAH  M.  SAUNDERS. 

WHILE  reflecting  on  the  church  and  ita 
many  privileges  and  duties,  we  are  luade 
to  ask.  Do  we,  as  a  church,  exhibit  to  the  world 
that  degree  of  holiness  that  we  should?  We 
profess  to  be  followers  of  the  Holy  One,  and  yet 
it  seems  that,  in  some  things  we  may  be  in  dan- 
ger  of  paying  "  tithe  of  mint  and  anise  and 
cumin,  and  yet  omit  weightier  matters."  We 
are  very  zealous  with  regard  to  plainness  iu 
dress,  especially  among  the  sisters,  (which  is 
right),  but  is  that  all  that  is  required  of  the  sis- 
tei-s?     We  think  not. 

We  meet  for  worship,  sing  hymns,  (which 
alone  the  sisters  engage  in),  read  a  portion  of 
Scripture,  unite  in  prayer,  but  I  have  never 
heard  a  sister's  voice  in  oral  supplication;  aud 
why  not?  Is  it  becauses  our  preacher's  or  dea- 
con's wives  are  not  competent  or  gifted  enough? 
or  is  it  because  the  Gospel  says,  "Let  the  wo. 
men  keep  silence?  "  If  the  latter,  then,  sistera, 
let  us  not  attend  church-meetings,  as  we  cau 
ask  our  husbands  at  home;  nor  engage  in  sing- 
ing in  church,  for  that  is  not  silence. 

But  as  it  is  right  for  women  to  pray  in  private, 
so  also  in  public,  provided  she  dishonoreth  not 
her  head  by  being  uncovered. '  Therefore  let  ua 
improve  our  talents,  though  we  possess  but  one, 
by  weekly  prayer-meetings  in  every  congrega- 
tion in  the  brotherhood;  thereby  increase  our 
faith,  confirm  our  hope,  and  perfect  us  in  love. 
Let  the  old  sisters,  minister's  and  deacon's  wives 
set  a  godly  example  for  the  weaker  ones. 


THE  HOLY  LAND  FAMINE. 

AT  the  last  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Deputies, 
the  periodical  repoi-t  of  the  Holy  Land 
Famine  Relief  Fund  was  presented  together 
with  a  large  number  of  letters  and  t«legraaiB 
received  from  Palestine  through  Sir  Moses  Mou- 
tefiore  and  the  Rev.  Chief  Riibbi.  The  lat. 
ter  described  a  state  of  misery  and  want  which 
is  truly  appalling.  When  we  are  told  that  the 
famine  is  so  severe  that  from  three  to  seven 
people  die  every  day,  we  cannot  but  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  a  calamity  has  fallen  upon  the 
Holy  Laud  which,  except  in  extent,  is  as  terri- 
ble as  that  which  rea-ntly  ravaged  India.  Mere 
wordy  appeals  may  now  cease,  urgent  ti'legrums 
full  of  the  imploring  pnraseoiogy  ^>f  anguish 
are  now  unnecessary;  the  Jewish  comi'nuities 
of  Eui-oi)e  are  face  to  face  with  au  awt-Uud 
terrible  fact— their  co-religionists  in  the  1« ''7 
Land  are  absolutely  dying  from  want. 

—London  Javish  H'orW. 


If  we  disobey  the  dictate'^  ..?  conscience  ftven 
in  the  most  trifling  pmii^utor,  or  allow  our- 
selves  to  do  what  we  have  some  fears  may  not 
be  quite  right,  we  shall  grow  more  and  more 
sleepy,  until  the  voice  of  conscience  has  no 
longer  the  power  to  awaken  us. 


June    13. 


A3SrN"OXJNCE  M  EM  TS. 


VoTJCW  of   Ix>T»-ftinl8,    Dittriot    Mreiin 
be  brief,  and  wr 


Clear  River  district,  Merriam,  Noble  Co     Ind 
June  18th. 

Stone  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  June  15  at 
JO  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Eagle  Creek  Church,  Hancock  Co,,  Ohio  June 
J5th,  at  10  0  clock. 

Sandy  chtircli,  Columbiana  Co..  Ohio,  June 
J6th  at  6  o  clock  P.  M. 

Burr  Oak  church,  Jewell  Co.,  Kansaa,  June 
16th  and  10th  at  5  o'clock. 

Green  Spring  District,  Seneca  Co.,  Ohio  June 
16th  at  10  o'clock. 

Cednr  Creek  church.  Anderson  Co.,  Kan  June 
l3th  and  14th,  at  2  P.  M. 

At  Ht'tk  River,  III.,  June  I4th  and  15th. 

Maple  River  J un.tion. Carroll  C->.,  Iowa,  June 
l6th  and  16. 

Linn  Co.,  Iowa,  June  13th  and  14th. 

Swan  Creok  church,  Fulton  Co.,  Ohio,  June  15 
at  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Berlin  congregation,  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.  June 
Ifith  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Rome  church,  Hancock  Co.,  0.,  June  18th  at 
3  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  Coldwat«r  congregation,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa, 
iDlend  to  have  their  Love-feast,  the  Lord  willing, 
June  29th  and  30th.  J.  P.  Eikenberry. 

There  will  be  a  Love-feaat  in  the  Southern 
dietrict  of  the  Naperville  congregation,  in  Will 
Co.,  III..  June  15th,  cummencing  at  10  A.  M,, 
eight  miles  South  of  Jotiet,  at  the  house  of  Brn. 
John  Hollinger.  N.  Early. 

The  brethren  of  West  Branch,  Ogle  Co.,  Ill, 
iutend  to  hold  their  Love-feaat,  the  Lord  willing, 
the  18th  aud  19th  of  June,  eommeneing  at  10 
o'clock.  W.  Davis. 

We,  the  Brethren  of  the  River  Falls  church, 
intend,  the  Lonl  wilting,  to  hold  our  Love-feast 
on  the  16tb  and  16th  of  June.  Those  cominjj  by 
railrond  will  please  stop  off  at  Hudson  Junction, 
where  there  will  be  conveyance  on  the  day  before 
the  meeting,  which  is  to  be  held  at  my  residence. 

W.  H.  ROBEY. 

Rioer  FaUt,  Wis. 


THE    TiTtKTHRE]Sr    ^T    AVORTC. 


DIED. 


Obituaries  should  bo  brief,  wrillen  on  hul  one  side  of  the 
paper,  und  separate  from  all  other  business. 


8NIVELY.— Near  Williarashurg,  Blair  Co.,  Pa., 
May  18th,  Christian  Snively,  son  of  Bro.  J, 
Snively  deceased.  Age,  62  years,  11  monilis, 
and  24  days,  E.  Shelly. 


COREESPOTSTDElSrCE. 


From    Plattsburg,    Mo. 

Ikav  Brethren:^ 

IT  having  been  requested  that  I  should  give  a 
r<i>ort  of  our  District  Meeting,  I  will  now 
proceed  to  do  so. 

The  meeting  for  the  Northern  district  of  Mo. 
Was  held  with  the  Brethren  in  Harrison  Co. 
this  Spring,  on  the  ITth  aud  18th  of  May.  — 
Moat  all  the  churches  throughout  the  District 
were  represented  by  delegation.  The  meetin] 
was  in  session  two  days,  and  some  important 
business  was  transacted;  a  number  of  queries 
Were  considered  and  disposed  of  by  the  meeting 
ill  a  very  satisfactory  manner  indeed,  there  was 
that  good  feeling  manifested  through  the  delib- 
erations, that  is  commendable  to  such  bodies. — 
There  seemed  to  be  auch  a  oneness  as  a  body, 
that  we  felt  to  say  as  Jacob  did  when  he  laid 
down  on  the  rocky  knoll,  "  The  Lord  has  been 
here." 

Among  the  most  important  business  that  was 
Up,  was  the  mission  work  of  Northern  Mo. 
For  a  number  of  years  this  matter  had  been 
considered,  but  nothing  could  be  accomplished 
to  get  the  mission  in  a  good  co-operation  with 
the  District.  At  this  meeting  there  was  such  a 
feetiu!;  in  favor  of  the  mission,  that  the  meet- 
ing thought  the  time  hiid  fully  come  to  open 
'he  door  for  the  work,  that  it  might  commeme 
in  a  way  that  all  could  assist  in  the  noble  work 
of  evangelizing  the  District  aud  preaching 
Inhere  the  Gospel  has  not  been  preached  by  the 
Brethren. 

There  were  two  set  apart  for  the  above  work, 
namely  Bro.  W.  B.  Sell  and  C.  C.  Boot  as 
"angelists,  and  also  a  board  of  directors  to 
inanage  and  control  the  mission.  Upon  tlie 
i^hole  the  meeting  was  a  pleasant  one,  and  the 
Brethren  at  Long  Branch  did  all  to  make  their 
guests  comfortable,  that  could  be  expected,  and 
8t  the  close  of  the  meeting  we  all  piirtook  of  a 


Love-feast  together,  which    mude   the   occasion 
one,  long  to  be  rvmemWred. 

Bro.  John  Forney  was  with  us.  and  gave  ii« 
his  experience  and  fatherly  advice  in  many 
things,  for  which  he  has  our  heart-felt  thanks. 
When  the  time  for  sepanition  had  arrived,  there 
seemed  to  be  such  a  feeling  of  sorrow  and  sad- 
ness, mingled  with  gladnesa  and  joy.  that  no 
tongue  can  tell  or  pen  describe.  We  all  left 
for  our  various  fields  of  labor  again,  trusting 
we  will  act  out  our  part  in  life,  and  finally  be 
happy  on  the  evergrwen  shores  of  eternity. 
Fraternally, 

D.  D.  Sell. 


Another    *■  Candlestick." 
Dear  lirrfliren.- — 

MAT  3i-d,  had  been  appointed  for  organizing 
a  church  iu  Bro.  John  Baruharfs  neigh- 
borhood, Piatt  Co.,  111.,  and  according  to  ap- 
pointment I  met  Bro.  John  Metzger  at  the 
house  of  Bro.  John  Barnhurt.  By  ten  o'clock 
the  brethren  and  sisters  ha<l  come  together,  and 
proceeded  to  hold  a  choice  for  a  deacon,  which 
choice  fell  on  Bro.  John  Horsh,  who  accepted 
the  position  and  was  duly  installed  into  the  of- 
fice of  deacon. 

The  organization  stands  aa  follows;  Johu 
Barnhart.  minister  in  the  second  degree;  Chris- 
tian Barubart  in  the  first  degree;  John  Horsh, 
deacon.  This  congregation  is  to  be  known  iis 
the  Blue  Ridge  church,  Piatt  Co.,  III.  May  the 
great  head  of  the  church  work  mightily  through 
those  instrumentalities  to  the  building  up  of 
lar^e  church  in  Piatt  aud  Champaign  counties! 
Take  courage,  brethren,  aud  not  only  preach, 
but  live  out  the  principles  of  our  holy  religion, 
and  God  will  bless  you. 

The  same  evening,  myself,  Bro.  John  Metz- 
ger,  John  Barnhart  and  Christian  Barnhart, 
went  to  the  Urbana  church,  aud  on  the  4th 
met  the  brethren  in  church  council.  Consider- 
able business  was  before  the  meeting,  which 
was  disposed  of  harmoniously.  One  Wiis  bap- 
tized. Myself  aud  Bro.  John  Barnhart  went 
to  Ogden,  while  Bro.  Metzger  and  C.  Barnhart 
stayed  at  the  Urbana  church,  conducting  the 
services  on  the  5th,  and  in  addition  anointing 
with  oil,  sister  Bishop,  who  was  very  low  at 
that  time,  but  has  since  recovered. 

We  found  large  congregations  at  Ogden,  who 
gave  due  attention  to  the  Word  preached.  Had 
lour  meetings  iu  town  and  one  iu  the  country 
nuide  some  acquaintances  and  were  pleased 
with  the  prospects  generally.  God  bless  the 
people;  may  they  take  Christ's  yoke  upon  them 
and  find  rest  for  their  souls.         T.  D,  Lyon. 


From    English    Prairie,    Ind. 

Dmr  Brethren: — 

WE  rejoice  to  say  that  the  good  cause  of  thi 
Muster  is  on  the  progress  here.  To-day 
one  more  soul  was  made  willing  to  be  regener- 
ated and  to  walk  iu  newness  of  life,  aud  gain  a 
mansion  vnt\\  the  blest.  We  have  also  organ- 
ized a  Sabbath-school,  which,  we  think,  if  pro|)- 
erly  conducted,  mil  result  iu  doing  some  good. 
It  is  truly  a  good  place  to  instruct  the  little 
children,  far  better  than  to  let  them  run  in  evil 
company. 

In  order  to  have  a  good  attendance  and  good 
interest,  the  parents  should  take  an  active  part; 
for  the  young  need  an  example,  they  need  ad- 
monition, more  especially  those  that  are  going 
on  in  all  the  wickedness  aud  folly  of  this  world. 
How  sad  it  is  to  hear  a  young  man  denounce 
the  religion  of  his  parents,  and  see  him  walk  in 
the  broad  road  that  leadeth  to  destruction.  Let 
us  think  of  death,  and  prepare  for  it;  and  after 
time's  changing  scenes  have  all  passed  away,  we 
shall  meet  in  the  presence  of  our  heavenly 
Benefactor,  —  our  joy  aud  happiness  shall  Iw 
eternal  aud  complete!  A.  E.  Keaoy. 

From    Liberty,    Illinois. 

Dear  BrHhren: — 

LAST  Saturday,  a  week  ago,  the  Uth,  inst., 
we  held  a  little  communion  meeting  near 
Loraine,  some  twenty  miles  North  of  here,  at 
the  house  of  Bro.  H.  W.  Striclder.  The  at- 
tendance was  not  very  large,  owing  to  the  un- 
favorable weather,  I  suppose;  as  it  ruined  most 
of  llie  time.  The  best  of  order  prevailed  dur- 
ing the  evening  services,  better  than  1  ever  wit- 
nessed before.  The  audienc*  was  so  verj- 
attentive  that  not  a  whisper  was  heard  during 
the  entire  evening. 

I  do  not  suppose  that  more  than  half  a  dozen 
of  the  entire  audience  ever  saw  the  like  before. 
Four  sat  at  the  Lord'-s  table  for  the  first  time 
in  their  lives.  I  hope  they  may  so  conduct 
themaelvea  that  they  may  live  to  enjoy  many 
many  such  communion  seasons.     May  we  all 


80  Uveas  to  he  counlwl  worthy  of  a  seat  at  the 
grent  Supper,  at  the  end  of  the  world. 

Th«  minifit^'ring  hr*>thrcn  pnient,  were,  D. 
Wolfe;  W.  R.  hierle;  John  Clingintrsmith  of 
Barr\-,  Pike  Co.;  aud  H.  W.  Rtrickler.  Breth- 
ren LieHe  andClingingsmith  did  nearly  all  the 
preaching,  as  Bro.  David's  health  was  too  poor 
to  labor  much.  None  joined  the  church,  but 
many  deep  impressions  were  made  among  the 
audience.  I  think  there  was  seed  sown,  that  in 
time  will  grow  aud  yield  much  fruit  for  th« 
Master's  use.  John  Woi,p«. 

From    Crete,    Neb. 
Drar  Brrthrrn.— 

ON  this  beautiful  Sabbath  morning  I  will  try 
to  let  you  know  how  Zion  is  prospering  ia 
this  part  of  the  brotherhood.  Though  we  are 
hut  few  in  number,  we  are  still  trying  to  live 
iu  such  a  manuiT  as  may  be  well-plea.sing  in 
the  sight  of  God,  and  a  light  to  the  children  of 
man. 

Bro.  S.  C.  Stump  from  Falls  City  came  to  us 
May  4th  and  held  some  meetings  at  Dorchester 
and  vicinity,  which  resulted  in  some  good,  as 
there  were  throe  made  willing  to  come  out  on 
the  side  of  the  Lord,  to  declare  by  the  act  of 
baptism,  that  they  were  tired  of  the  sinful  plea- 
sures of  the  worid.  This  gave  us  much  cause 
to  rejoice,  and  I  believe  that  not  only  we  were 
made  glad,  but  that  also  the  angels  in  heaven 
rejoiced  to  see  sinners  turn  to  Christ. 

Two  of  those  baptized  were  man  and  wife, 
aud  while  witnessing  their  baptism,  wo  were 
made  to  think  how  appropriate  imd  evmigelical 
it  is.  to  see  the  heads  of  a  family  enjoying  the 
same  privilege  of  worshiping,  and  engaging  in 
all  the  other  ordinances  of  God'a  house  in  thi 
same  manner.  Surely,  the  blessings  of  God 
will  rest  upon  every  family,  where  His  name  is 
honored. 

I  do  wish  that  our  Brethren  would  send  out 
more  missionaries  into  all  the  world  to  pro- 
claim the  Gospel  of  peace  to  every  creature,  for 
it  is  often  asked:  "  What  kind  of  people  are  the 
Brethren?  The  doctrine  is  so  strange;  we 
have  not  heard  such  preaching  before."  There 
is  a  great  anxiety  manifested  by  all,  to  hear 
the  Brethren  preach,  and  it  is  our  prayer  to 
God,  that  their  desire  may  be  satisfied  at  no 
distant  day.  L.  ScTPHlN. 


From    Jesse    Calvert. 

Deur  Brethren: — 

I  LEFT  homo  May  15th,  to  go  to  Ashland,  0. 
Arrived  safely  on  the  29th.  First,  after 
taking  a  little  rest,  went  to  visit  the  College 
building  that  is  now  being  erected  by  the 
Brethren  at  Ashland.  It  is  a  very  fine  location, 
elevated  above  the  city  and  surrounding  coun- 
try, and  can  be  seen  for  miles  around.  They 
have  twenty-seven  acres  of  land  for  college 
purposes,  with  an  excellent  spring  on  the  prem- 
ises, from  winch  water  can  easily  be  carried  to 
the  top  of  the  building.  I  feel  confident  that 
it  will  prove  a  success,  and  will  certainly  afford 
a  very  pleasant  place  to  attend  school. 

Then  went  four  miles  North  to  their  church- 
house  and  continued  meeting  until  June  2nd. 
The  Lord  blessed  the  labors,  and  fifteen  dear 
souls  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism,  and 
others  promised  that  they  would  come  soon.  — 
May  the  good  Lord  bless  them  and  may  they 
soon  come  to  Jesus. 

We  had  a  Communion  June  1st.  It  was  in- 
deed a  feast  of  rich  things.  May  the  Lord  bless 
all  the  brethren  and  sisters  for  their  kindness, 
administered  to  us  while  among  them.  On 
Sabbath  evening  we  bid  one  another  farewell; 
perhaps  never  to  meet  anymore  on  earth.  Ar- 
rived at  home  June  3rd  and  found  all  moderate- 
ly well,  thanks  to  God. 

Meditations. 

Dmr  Brethren  :t' 

AS  I  walked  through  the  Public  Park  of 
Quincy,  in  the  shade  of  the  evening,  aft«r 
the  great  lumiuary  of  the  day  had  drawn  around 
Iiim  his  evening  mantle,  and  sunk  to  rest  in  the 
far  West,  there  was  heard  a  mingling  of  voices 
and  tinkling  of  cimbals.  I  looked  and  beheld, 
like  one  of  old,  the  vanity  of  vanities. 

I  was  made  to  think  how  muuy  precious  mo- 
ments were  being  lost  forever  and  forever;  how 
many  pennies  or  widow's  mites  might  have 
been  cast  into  the  Lord's  treiwury,  iustead  of 
being  squandered  for  worse  than  useless  amuse- 
ments. Yes,  I  thought,  how  many  poor  aud 
helpless  creatures  were  hid  away  in  close  gar- 
rets, aud  other  dismal  places,  wanting  for  the 
necessaries  of  life.  Even  while  looking  down 
upon  the  scenes  of  mirth,  they  see  their  fellow- 
men  surrounded  by  all  the  luxuries,  wealth  af- 


fords; while  the   poor    have   to   suffer   for   th« 
want  of  the  iipceiwary  means  of  »ub«iij.t*iice. 

Then  I  wondered  how  long  thes**  things 
would  b.-  HuflV-rrd  thus  to  continue?  But  after 
a  prolonged  consideration.  I  was  forced  Ui  lea»e 
it  with  one.  who  is  able  to  solve  all  i>roblen)8* 
My  thotight*  were  carried  bock  to  my  youthful 
day.t  and  actions.  How  many  moment*,  houn, 
and  even  days  were  si»;nt  in  idlenew,  when  we 
might  have  studied?  How  many  rich  laurela 
and  bright  gems  might  have  crowned  our  age, 
if  we  had  only  put  the  spare  moments  to  the 
best  advantage. 

Can  we  ever  recall  the  lost  momenta,  can  W6 
ever  find  a  place  in  which  we  could  have  inwrt- 
ed  the  sparkling  gems,  which  are  to  form  onr 
crown  of  Life?  Let  us  not  neglect  our  -ippor- 
tunitica.  A  man  wakes  up  at  the  age  of  forty, 
and  finds  that  his  youth  has  tieen  wiwted.  He 
then  strives  to  get  back  his  early  advantngee. 
Does  he  get  back  the  days  of  his  bovho-nl,  his 
school-time,  and  the  time  for  the  acquirement 
of  useful  knowledge? 

Many  a  one  exclaims:  "  If  I  could  only  get 
them  back  again,  the  days  of  my  youth,  how  I 
would  improve  them."  Mv  dear  young  friends 
and  fellow-traveler«,  you  can  never  get  them 
back  again.  They  are  gone  forever,  though  you 
may  W  very  sorry  for  it,  and  God  may  forgive 
you,  so  that  you  may  at  tost  reach  heaven;  but 
you  will  never  get  over  some  of  your  mishaps 
that  have  come  to  your  soul  from  neglect  of 
early  duty.  You  may  try  to  undo  it,  but  yon 
cannot. 

When  you  hod  a  boy's  arms,  a  boy's  eye«,  & 
boy's  heart  and  mind,  you  ought  to  have  at^ 
tended  to  those  duties.  How  often  do  we  he«r 
a  man  at  the  age  of  fifty  yeumi  say:  "  I  do 
wish  I  could  shake  off  those  evil  habits  of 
indolence."  If  wo  ask  him,  when;  he  got  theni, 
he  will  inevitably  declare,  "  twenty-five  or  thir- 
ty years  ago."  If  we  urge  him  to  shake  them 
off,  since  he  haa  now  become  stronger,  he  will 
tell  you  he  cannot;  they  cleave  to  him  as  the 
skin  to  the  bone,  their  presence  will  continue 
to  the  verge  of  death. 

If  a  young  man,  through  a  long  course  of 
vil  conduct,  undermines  physical  health  aud 
treugth,  and  tlien  repents  of  it  iu  alter-life, 
the  Lord  may  pardon  him,  but  that  does  not 
bring  back  good  mental  and  physical  condition, 
so.that  he  may  enjoy  the  blias  of  a  well-spent 
life. 

Ask  some  of  our  ministering  brethren  to-day, 
why  they  are  so  early  disabled  from  performing 
the  precious  duties  to  which  they  were  colled, 
they  will  tell  you,  they  are  suffering  from  the 
physical  effects  of  early  sins;  "  I  cannot  preach 
now,  [  am  sick,  etc."  A  consecrated  man  he 
now  is,  but  moans  bitterly  over  early  sins,  — 
That  however  does  not  arrest  their  bodily  ef- 
fects, the  simple  i'act  is,  that  men  and  women 
often  take  twenty  years  of  their  life  to  build 
up  iufiuences  that  require  all  the  rest  of  their 
lives  to  brejik  down. 

Talk  about  a  man  beginning  life  when  he  is 
tweuty-one  years  of  age,  talk  about  a  women 
beginning  life  when  she  is  eighteen  years  of 
age:  from  my  observations  I  would  say.  not  so, 
for  in  mauy  instances  that  is  the  time  they 
close  it.  'In  very  many  cases  all  the  questions 
of  eternity  are  settled  before  that  date.  Talk 
about  men  losing  their  portions  between  thirty 
and  forty,  they  often  get  and  lose  their  por- 
tion between  ten  and  twenty. 

When  you  tell  me  a  certain  man  is  just  be- 
ginning life,  I  perceive  he  is  just  closing  it  The 
next  fifty  years  will  not  he  of  as  much  impoiw 
tance  to  him  as  the  first  twenty. 

Now  some  one  may  ask,  "  Why  do  you  s^ 
this?  Is  it  for  the  annoyance  of  those  who 
have  only  a  baleful  retrospective?  "  No,  that 
is  not  my  intention.  I  simply  say  it  for  the 
benefit  of  those  young  men  and  woman,  who 
are  so  recklessly  and  thoughtlessly  rushing 
headlong  into  the  deceits  of  vanity  and  idlenesa. 
My  desire  is,  that  tht'y  should  understand  thai 
eternity  is  wrapped  up  in  this  hour,  that  the 
sins  of  youth  will  leave  their  pangs,  even  in 
after-life,  that  you  are  now  fashioning  the 
mold  in  which  the  great  future  is  to  turn. 

You  see,  therefore,  what  dignity  and  impor- 
tance this  gives  to  the  life  of  all  our  young  men 
and  women!  In  the  light  of  this  understand* 
ing.  life  is  something,  not  to  be  idled  away,  not 
something  to  be  smirked  about,  not  something 
to  W  danced  or  flirted  out,  but  something 
to  be  weighed  out  in  the  balances  of  eternity* 
O  yoimg  man  and  young  woman,  the  sin  of 
yesterday,  the  sin  of  to-morrow  will  reach  orer 
ten  thousand  years,  will  reach  beyond  the 
grave,  yes,  will  reach  over  the  never^nding 
eternity. 

The  time  may  be  coming  when  you  will  say; 
"  I  am  verj'  sorry  that  I  was  not  a  better  man 
aud  woman  in  m^-  younger  days;  now  I  am  an 
old  man,  an  aged  woman,  I  do  wish  I  had  not 
committed  those  sins,  they  press  me  sore,  and 


IH^K    KRETlIRE:Nr    AT    AVOl^K. 


June    IR 


hang  horribly  over  me."  But  what  'i  ■  -  l^  '1:1 
uDoutit  lol'  True,  Ood  may  |mrd>'ii  >•  n,  I'-n  "n 
<lo  thtm  you  cannot ;  honcc  take  warniuj,'.  Go 
not  in  ihe  pulliji  of  the  evil  one.  ihun  the  pBtlw  of 
Tioo  and  f"Uy,  improve  your  time  while  you  mny  : 
foraoonyou  will  be  called  U|»  by  your  great 
Teacher  and  review  the  day*  of  your  pilgrimage, 
which  will  t)o»c  with  tlie  going  down  of  the  nun 
of  your  life  May  Gud  help  i»  all  to  spend  our 
time  to  the  goo<]  of  our  bouIh,  and  the  glory  of 
His  holy  name.  H.  W.  Stbicklkh. 

Ijibtrttf,  III. 


.tij'I  built  up.  Bro.  Joeeph  B.  &1I  and  family,  of 
lilk  Lick,  Soiner*et  Co.,  Pa.,  arrived  here  on  the 
21th  of  April  IS78.  He  e«n»  to  have  leaniid 
of  Cbriflt  oftcr  the  Apostolic  paltem,  ig  fnuik  and 
i-hearted.      Ilia   appearance   and   manner   of 


From    Kansas. 


/>«ir  Brethren : — 

nKRKitgow:  Tick!  Tick!  Tick!  — There 
arc  BOrnc  flic»  buzzing  at  the  window,  some 
hirda  nini^tng  outside,  but  how  calm  and  still,  how 
quiet  within. 

I  um  lulled  into  a  reverie.  Wc  have  been 
contending  for  thu  Sabbath-day,  hove  been  wield- 
ing ttie  nword  of  the  Spirit.  The  battle  is  fought 
and  the  nijnd  roposi*,  seeks  rest,  —  wonder*  what 
tbo  Lord's  reward  may  be.  Reel?  Yes,  rest. — 
"  There  rcraainctli  a  rest  for  the  people  of  God." 
It  sceinB  to  be  Klenling  over  me.  There!  One, 
two",  three,  and  dtill  the  wire  ringe.  O  how  sol- 
emn! My  pen  hojt  paused  till  the  reverberations 
have  crept  far  away  in  the  dim  difllauce.  Now  I 
only  hear  it  ringing  iu  my  ears.  The  hour  is  gone 
nevermore  to  return. 

Will  it  return  7  It  seemed  to  mo  that  I  would 
like  to  follow  it,  as  I  heard  it  Oficendiug,  (stealing 
•way.  But  the  Spirit  tecm»  to  say,  "  Not  yet." 
"  Y«t  II  little  while."  Aye,  'tis  po,  that  calm  (jui- 
et  hour  makes  way  for  another  and  another,  and 
that  brings  us  to  another  spiritual  conflict,  that  is 
to  be  fought  to-nigbt, — Sabbatisni,SabbiiariaDiam, 
Soul-sleeperism,  Judaism,  and  many  other  "isras," 
all  to  bo  met  lo-uight  by  our  brother,  "  Captain 
Valiant  fur  truth  ;"  weapons,  the  Word  of  God 
on  tlu!  om*  side  aud  tlie  steam  printing  press  at 
Boltk-  Cn^ek,  Michigan  on  the  other.  Seconda, 
the  Holy  spirit  and  the  cloven-foot.  Ground, 
right  at  the  margin  of  the  bpnutiful.  elear  Gospel- 
field,  where  Salau  lias  fiitrenclied  himself  in  the 
thick  ragfjed  jungles  of  sectnnanism.  This  af- 
fords ample  facilities  for  dodgiug  the  hnmo-lhrusts 
of  the  two-edged  sword. 

But  su  it  is.  We  wrestle  not  against  flesb  aiid 
blood,  but  Against  spiritual  wickeduess  every- 
where, in  high  places  and  in  low  place; 'ami 
while  wc  wrestle,  wc  pray  that  our  tliiyh  may  not 
be  put  out  of  joint 

Bro.  Miller  had  hie  ^\'alke^,  Quiuter  his  Mc- 
CoDucll  and  Snyder.  Stein  his  Riiy,  Poul  bis  Tyr- 
aoDus,  —  and  wc  have  some  of  his  scholars. 

To  Uro.  W,  Spanogle  I  would  say  we  desire  your 
ipiritual  labors,  and  have  much  need  of  your 
help.  Our  field  is  very  large,  and  many  points 
within  ten  or  twelve  miles  have  uo  preaching  at 
all.  We  thus  publicly  extend  to  you  a  hearty 
welcome  to  come  and  make  your  home  among  us. 
Wo  shall  do  oil  for  you,  temporally  and  spiriliial- 
ly,  thiit  wo  can  do.  M'e  are  still  limited  iu 
menus  and  have  to  be  contented  to  rank  with  poor 
cburcheti,  but  we  have  a  good  country,  a  good 
God  luid  a  good  will  to  do  good.  May  God  bless 
us !  Fraternally, 

JA9.  L,  SwiTZElt. 

[Tlie  above  ought  to  have  appeared  oue  mouth 
ago.  It  was  uuinteutioually  mislaid.  It  was 
wrilieu  Sunday  evening,  April  2Sth. — Eds.] 


GLEA-lSriNGS. 


From  LaGrnii^e,  Ind.— I  have  been  thiuk' 

ing  of  writing  you  for  some  lime  pu^I,  from  this 
part  of  God's  moral  heritage.  It  has  boeu  about 
a  year  since  I  counted  the  cost,  turned  from  my 
evil  ways,  and  ba%'e  now  found  the  peace  as  it  in 
Jesus.  There  are  a  few  of  us  (Brethren)  living 
on  the  dividing  line  between  the  Lupoid  church 
and  the  Hawpatch  church.  We  have  meetings 
here  every  two  weeks,  conducted  by  Uro.  Lair  ; 
aud  pi  ay  er- meeting  every  Tuesday  night  at  our 
scboot-bousc.  I  take  the  paper  aud  would  not  do 
without  it  in  my  family  for  double  the  cost. 

W.  A.  Payktkr. 

From  Iowa  Ceuter,  la.  —  The  good  cause 
here  in  Ibe  ludian  Creek  cburcb  is  still  advanc- 
ing. I  think  we  have  never,  in  the  history  of  our 
little  church,  had  brighter  prospects  for  a  largo 
ingathbriug  of  souls  than  at  present.  Since  la.st 
Christmas,  we  have  received  seven  into  fellowship, 
with  several  more  applicants  at  present.  Our 
members  all  seem  to  be  in  sympathy  with  the 
Daui^^h  Mission,  At  present  we  are  haviug  much 
rain,  though  crops  all  look  quite  promising.  Fruit 
somewhat  damaged  by  frost  on  the  l^th  of  May. 
Some  small  fruit  will  be  very  abundant. 

D,  E.  Brubakeji. 

From  David  Xorcross.— We  as  a  little  band 
of  brethren  aud  sisters  feel  somewhat  encouraged 


open' 

daily  walk  and  conversation  doea  not  give  any 
foundation  to  think  that  he  is  in  pneM»sion  of  a 
narrow  or  contracted  soul,  but  is  in  good  keeping 
with  the  Scriptures  which  sap.  "  Let  this  mind 
be  in  you  which  was  also  in  Christ  Jesus."  Our 
desires  arc  that  we  may  soon  have  the  privilege 
of  aeudiog  you  the  good  news  that  many  are  turn- 
ing from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the  power  of 
Saton  unto  God. 
SlioaU,  Ind. 

From  Henry  C.  Swank.  —  Bro.  John  Meiz- 
ger  has  been  here  several  times  preachin.;  to  the 
people.  It  has  a  good  effect.  He  baptized  two, 
which  makes  nineteen  members  here  now.  Myself 
and  wife  were  the  first  here.  Prospects  good  for 
more.     One  year  ago  there  were  no  members  here. 

MaryxHlU,  III. 

From  South  Benil,  Ind.—  Bro.  Robert  Mil- 
ler came  Uy  us  on  May  29th,  and  preached  one 
eermon.  One  applicant  came  forward  to  be  re- 
ceived into  the  church  of  the  living  God,  which 
was  attended  to  yesterday,  after  our  Sabbalh- 
scbool  closed.  We  lefl  the  meetiiig-house  aud 
met  at  the  liquid  stream,  with  almost  the  entire 
school  to  witness  our  young  sister  entering  into 
covenant  relationship,  by  faith,  repentance  and 
baptism.  What  a  grand  thought,  and  how  con- 
soling it  is  to  know  that  the  Savior  has  provide^l 
salvation,  and  says :  "  Come,  for  I  am  meek  aud 
wly  in  heart.  D,  Whitmer. 

Fi'om  0.  H.  Balshuiigh.  —  In  writing  of 
human  destiny  I  do  not  forget  that  what  suits 
man's  constitution,  does  not  always  suit  his  cou- 
dition.  Grace  is  slowly  preparing  bim  for  all  fclie 
objective  grandeur  and  beauty  which  symbolizes 
his  iuner  being  as  God  made  it.  Wliat  would 
have  only  fed  my  vanity  twenty  years  ago,  now 
nourishes  my  soul.  All  the  spleudurs  of  the  ce- 
lestial architecture,  all  the  gorgeousness  of  color 
that  floods  the  saints  and  thdr  everlasting  Home, 
are  in  perfect  harmony  with  what  grace  is  almost 
impei'ce])libly  making  now.  If  sin  had  not  cor- 
rupted our  moral  nature,  there  would  be  no  ne- 
cessity of  sackcloth  and  self- crucifix  ion.  Just  in 
proportion  as  we  can  enjoy  anything  iu  God,  wt 
bring  so  much  of  tlie  gold  and  gems  and  brillian- 
cy of  the  New  Jerusalem  into  the  present.  — 
No  Christian  is  permitted  to  covet  or  indulge 
what  is  iotriosically  wrong.  But  all  the  great 
and  glorious  items  of  our  original  inheritance  be- 
come a  bane  by  sin. 
Self -righteousness  was  the  glory  of  primeval 
an:  now  it  is  destruction.  He  was  originally  a 
universal  free-holder,  now  it  is  easier  for  a  camel 
to  pass  through  a  needle's  eye,  than  for  a  rich 
man  to  be  saved.  Aud  yet  there  are  rich  saiuts. 
Aud  all  saints  acquire  in  Christ  a  righteousness 
hicli  is  properly  their  own.  So  with  many  oth- 
er things.  As  we  grow  in  grace,  become  truly 
self-jiossessed  in  the  second  Adam,  we  return  to 
our  primitive  condition  and  privileges.  It  is  the 
most  difficult  thing  iu  Hie  to  get  all  our  tastes  and 
preferences  out  of  tlie  uew  crealura  Likenesses 
and  wall  pictures  are  iu  many  families  in  the 
brotherhood  an  unmitigated  curse.  There  is  noth- 
ing Christian  in  the  principle  of  their  selection  or 
exhibitiou.  But  the  pictorial  repreeeutiition  of  a 
sacred  fact  is  not  inherently  wrong,  but  rice  versa; 
only  it  is  generally  unsafe  to  indulge  this  central 
but  corrupted  element  in  our  nature,  this  side  ol 
the  great  Picture  Gnlleiy  of  the  Upper  Temple. 

From  E.  Slmi-k.— I  would  say  that  your  pa- 
per is  giviug  good  salisfaction  here  Ut  all  who 
read  it.  We  have  a  small  but  earnest  church 
here,  and  also  a  Sabbalb-eehool  which  is  doing 
well  and  growing  iu  favor.  The  season  is  very 
forward,  but  the  mnnlh.  so  far,  has  not  been  as 
April.  Crops  are  fiue  iu  appearance,  and  harvest 
will  be  very  early.  Fruit  will  he  iu  abundance 
if  not  yet  destroyed. 

Several  scores  of  preachers  are  needed  in  Kan- 
sas, aud  we  don't  tare  if  they  are  not  the  very 
best  of  orators.  If  they  only  preach  and  live 
Christ  and  Him  crucified,  they  can  do  much  good 
in  this  Stale.    Send  them  along. 

From  J.  \V.  Metzger.— I  went  to  West  Le- 
banon, Warren  Co..  Ind.,  May  lyth.  Met  Bro. 
It.  H.  Miller  and  father  there.  Had  several  meet- 
ings, aud  on  the  2Ist  met  iu  church  council ;  held 
an  election  for  two  deacons.  The  lot  fell  on 
brethren  William  B.  Goodrick  and  Jeremiah  Ran- 
som. Hope  they  may  be  taithful  iu  their  culling. 
There  was  also  one  added  by  baptism.  May  the 
good  Lord  bless  the  little  flock  and  bold  them  to- 
gether as  His  dear  lambs.  There  were  also  fir- 
rangemenls  made  to  give  them  monthly  meetings. 

Edna  MilU.  Ind. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Bible  Translations. 

The  following  is  abridged  from  a  sermon,  de- 
livered in  Chicago  by  Philip  Sohaff.  aud  is  given 
here  on  account  of  its  intci««titig  contents: 

"  As  long  as  the  true  relig'ion  was  confined  to 
the  Hebrew  race,  that  language  was  sufficient  as  a 
medium,  and  as  long  as  the  Ajiostles  made  them- 
selves understood  in  Greek,  that  was  sufficient: 
but  as  they  scattered,  it  became  nocessaryto  trans- 
late the  Hebrew  Scriptures  into  Greek,  which  was 
done  300  years  before  Christ. 

When  the  Christifto  religion  spread  among  the 
Romans,  a  translation  into  the  Latin  became  es- 
sential ;  and  when  Christianity  spread  iiuiong  the 
Northern  aud  Western  barbarians,  the  task  of  'he 
church  in  civilizing  them,  required  trauslfttions  in- 
to their  languages.  The  people  iu  the  daik  ages 
depended  for  much  of  their  knowledge  of  the  Bi- 
ble on  preaching,  as  copies  which  were  written 
out,  were  possessed  by  but  a  few,  on  account  of 
their  expensiveness.  The  translation  of  the  Bi 
ble  into  a  language,  was  generally  the  beginnin 
of  the  literature  of  the  nation  which  spoke  the 
language.  The  first  English  translation  was  made 
in  the  eighth  century  by  the  venerable  Bede. 

Those  of  the  sixteenth  century  were  greatly 
superior  to  the  previous  translations,  since  th 
■enderings  were  not  mechanical,  stiff,  starched 
and  heavy,  but  fresh  reproductions  of  the  spirit 
of  the  original.  The  English  version,  upon  the 
whole,  was  the  best  ever  made,  —  the  most  accur- 
ate, and  an  unspeakable  blessing  to  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  race. 

But  the  question  arose,  whether  Christians 
were  to  be  satisfied  with  a  version  coming  from 
single  denomination,  the  Church  of  England  ? 
Should  not  all  denominations  have  something  to 
say  in  the  version  to  be  used  in  the  churches  and 
families?  Could  the  old  Bible  bo  made  clearer 
and  stronger,  without  introducing  confusion  and 
strife?  The  language  had  sufficiently  changed 
within  the  last  2-50  years  to  justify  aud  necessitate 
slight  changes  in  the  present  traoslation  with  a 
view  to  make  the  Bible  generally  intelligible.  — 
The  idiom  aud  vernacular  wore  the  best  we  could 
have,  and  would  be  good  to  the  end  of  time.  Any 
change  in  them  would  grate  upon  the  cai-s  aud 
disturb  sacred  associations.  Some  attempts  had 
been  made  to  change  to  the  idiom  of  the  nine- 
teenth century  ;  but  substituting  "  a  certain  opu- 
lent gentleman,"  for  "  a  certain  rich  man,"  would 
not  do. 

What  was  needed,  was  simply  a  revision  of 
the  old  version.  Quite  a  number  of  tlie 
words  were  obsolete ;  others  had  so  changed 
their  meanings,  that  tbey  now  conveyed  the  very 
opposite  ideas  from  what  they  did  in  the  Bible.  — 
There  were  certain  errors  of  the  translators,  re- 
sulting from  imperfect  knowledge  of  the  original 
languages ;  and  there  were  also  printer's  error?, 
and  a  great  many  inconsistencies,  —  one  aud  the 
same  word  being  translated  iu  different  waya.thus 
giving  the  reader  the  impression,  that  differeut 
ideas  were  to  be  conveyed. 

Distinctions  between  the  Greek  and  Hebrew 
were  obliterated.  As  an  instance  could  be  men- 
tioned,  Hndea  and  Shcol.  The  former  meant  the 
unseen  world  —  the  world  of  the  departed  —  the 
spirit  world  ;  and  Gehenna  the  place  of  torment; 
yet  in  our  version  these  two  words  were  translated 
alike.  Sbeol  meant  hell,  grave,  death  and  should 
be  kept  distant  from  Hades.  The  words  devil  and 
demon  were  also  confounded.  There  were  also  a 
great  many  infelicities  and  inaccuracies  in  render- 
ing the  Greek  particles  and  tenses.  Intelligent 
people  believed  that  the  italicised  words  denoted 
emphasis,  whereas  they  were  interpolations  of  the 
translators  for  the  purpose  of  making  the  mean- 
ing clearer.  In  most  cases,  they  were  of  no 
earthly  use  whatever,  and  iu  many  weakened  the 
original  force  of  (he  language.  Another  .lefect 
was  the  obliteration  of  all  distinction  between 
poetry  and  prose.  There  viaa  room  for  a  great 
many  real  improvemenU  in  our  version,  which 
would  make  it  more  intelligible,  clear  and  forcible. 
and  bring  the  Word  of  God  nearer  to  the  heart 
and  mind.  The  only  question  then  is  how  to 
bring  this  about. 


Terrific    Storm    in    Ray  Co., 


Mo. 


Christ  is  Himself  the  one  unanswerable  pr-^of 
of  Christianity. 


A  terrific  cyclone  sli-utk  Richmond  at  3  -30 
o'clock  P.M.  June  2d,  1678,  It  swept  through 
the  central  portion,  leveling  everything  in  its  path 
a  breadth  of  300  yards,  demolishing  building  to 
their  foundations,  stripping  trees  of  their  bark  and 
foliage,  and  leveling  everything  as  it  swept  by  a 
torrent.  It  came  in  the  shape  of  funuel  and 
formed  about  two  miles  from  the  city  the  mom 
ing  having  been  intensely  warm,  and  approached 
slowly,  destroying  everything  by  its  whirl,  and 
was  at  least  five  minutes  sweeping  through  the 
town,  numbering  among  its  victims  some  of  the 
b«t  ctuens.    The  cj-clone  literally  destroyed  one- 


third  of  the  place,  embracing  the  pastoffioe_  ?««. 
byleriau  and  Baptist  churches,  and  at  leost'seven 
ty-five  private  risidences. 

The  cyclone  was   the  color  of  steam,  and  « 
times  the  funnel  shape  cloud  would  break  op^u  ; 
places  and  emit  what   looked   like  black   gtunV 
then  gather   together  again,   and    with   increns^i 
force  coulinue  ou  its   march    of  destruction.      . , 
firei  it   approached   slowly,— not   faster,   perhuu, 
than  a  man  could   walk.     Then   it  moved   fnat^ 
leveling  everything  iu  its  path    with  the  ground' 
and  producing  almost  complete  devastation.         * 

Debris  of  the  city  have  been  found  fourteen 
miles  away.  A  perfect  panic  i>revniled  for  a  time 
but  Older  aud  comparative  calm  was  restored,  and 
the  killed  and  wounded  provided  for.  AmidJt|i,g 
wails  of  women  and  children  and  the  groans  nP 
the  dying,  strong  men  shed  tears  to  witnejs  the 
general  destruction,  and  the  death  and  sufferinp 
of  relatives  aud  friends.  Some  fifteen  were  ki]U 
and  about  forty  wounded  more  or  less. 


Whooping    Cough, 


The  lUmld  oj  Triilh,  published  at  at  Elkhart 
Iud„  givs  the  following  simple  method  of  ciirintr 
Whooping  Cough: 

"Mnkea  tea  of  ththtads  of  rtd  clover  wheu  iu 
full  bloom,  sweeten  with  good  white  sugar,  and 
drink  fieely  of  it.  A  cure  will  be  effected  in  ^ 
few  days. 

This  simple  remedy  has  been  tried  by  a  tura. 
ber  tiere,  aud  in  every  case  it  proved  successful,^ 
As  the  clover  is  now  in  bloom  it  is  the  right  time 
to  gather  and  dry  them  for  a  time  of  need." 


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iluiL  Ibe  "  first  doy  of  tlio  week,"  is  Ibo  preferred  day 
for  Chrisliniis  to  iiDneiuble  in  wurnbip. 


Up  ^rsllpn  al  V^mi. 


:3-iOTJ'S  •r^n 


J.  H,  Moure    &    M.  M.  Esiielman. 


liE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  ts  an  tincompm- 
mising  ndvocati:  of  Pmnitive  Chrifitionity  In  all 
its  ancient  purity. 

It  recognizes  the  New  Testament  as  the  only  bifaltihle 
rule  of  laith  and  prnciicc. 

And  maintitins  that  the  ftovorcign,  unmerited,  unso- 
licited grace  of  God  is  the  only  source  of  pardon,  and 

That  the  vicarious  sufTerings  and  meritorious  works  of 
Christ  arc  the  only  price  of  redemption: 

That  Faith,  Repentance  and  Baptism  arc  conditions  of 
pardon,  and  hence  for  tlic  remission  of  sins: 

That  Tjine  Immei-sion  or  dippinc;  the  candidate  three 
limes  face- forward  is  Christian  Baptism: 

That  Fi-ct- Washing,  as  taught  in  John  13,  is  a  divine 
command  to  be  observed  in  the  church ; 

That  the  Lord's  Supper  is  a  full  meal,  and,  in  connec- 
tion w*th  the  Communion,  should  be  taken  in  the  even- 
ing, or  after  the  close  of  the  day : 

That  the  SaluLilion  of  the  Holy  Kiss  or  Kiss  of 
Cli.irily,  is  binding  upon  the  followers  of  Christ: 

That  War  and  Retaliation  are  contrary  to  the  spirit  and 
self-denying  principles  of  the  religion  of  Jcius  Cbrisl; 

Thata  Non-Conformity  to  the  world  In  dress,  cuiloms, 
daily  walk  and  conversation  U  e«sential  to  true  holineift 
and  Christian  piety. 

It  maintains  that  in  public  worship,  or  religious  citer- 
ciscs.  Christians  should  appear  as  directed  in  1  Cor.  nu.S- 

It  also  advocates  the  scriptural  duty  of  Anointing  the 
sick  with  nil  in  the  name  of^  the  Lord. 

In  short  it  is  a  vindicator  of  all  that  Clirist  and  the 
Apostles  have  enjoined  upon  us,  and  aims,  amid  tlic  con- 
flicting theories  and  discords  of  modern  Christendom,  to 
point  out  ground  that  all  must  concede  to  be  InfaUitJlJ 
safe.  pri„_  ^^^  Annum,  I1.50. 

Addr^-ss :  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN. 

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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Tabic. 


Day  prtesenger  irn 
P.  M,,  and  (irrji, 

Day  pii9srnger  inii 
M,, 


II    going  oaal  loiivos  Unark    ai  l-^ 
■sill  RftcinealH-IM  P.  M  „ 

1  going  west  leaves  Lannrk  al  'i:'"  *■ 
il  Itock  Island  al  5:50  P.  M. 
Night  passenger  Irnius,  going  cas(  and  west,  mod  »na 
leave  Lnnark  01  2:18  A.  M  .  arriving  in  Racine  at  "-W 
A,  M..  and  at  Itook  Island  at  tl;00  A.  M. 
Freigbl  and  Accoumiodalion  Trains  «-iII  run  «est  w 
l'^:10A  M,  K:10  A.  M.,  and  east  at  I2:H1A-W- 
and  6:  Ijp.  M.  „      _,, 

_  Tickets  are  sold    for  above    Iraina  only.     ^'^*|"^''q_ 
trains  make  close  connection  at  Western  L'cion  J""' 

0.  A.  Smiih.  AgeoL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


■'JJe/wfd  1  Bring   You  Good  TidijujH  of  Oreat.  Joy,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People."  —  Lvkk  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  June  20,  1878. 


No.  25. 


Xhe  Brethren  at  Work. 

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as  tlip  absolute  coii.lition  ol  s.ilv,itioii  so  ov«r- |  of  Eteriiiil  .lustici-  iiTovorsilily  atliwiirt  the  ev-  the  portTaitua-  of  luairiiate  II,iliui.-<s'  U  d 
\vlu-liinHgsolemii.tlmtiti3iwt<»ui.iiiigtliatHiiv  L-rliutinir  <»oora  of  Ht-U.  What  H.i  has  r«veaU-d  j  not  IW  most  shocking  aimt  aaihy  CI 
cuncUmibrothevhooamthi.smy.u-rynf»>y:v-jm,.tl.el.o,.o^^^  "  His  wo„l  will  not  return  ;  gnovu.g,  .oul-ruimuK  Ileiu.ioa  concJiv^bi-  • 
tfnos  while  th«  h.,i<iifo4utio.is  of  tlu;ir.Ul«  in-  ^  unto  Him  voi.!."  It  will  lifttu  Ui-Hvon  or  cnisb  Can  it  be  po«.il,lo  th..t  tW  uuming  -ncrilic^  - 
ihcflte  the  iiicurnation  of  solfislua'ss.  It  is  ft  j  into  thf  wnitli-Huniing  abj-ss.  FwiiJanicnt(il»  (Jod  ijtnnot  win  us  lo  liin  high  ciUliiii'— t' > 
(huing,  soul-blighting  mockt-ry  to  put  ourselves    with  Hint  must  be  fuudiinuMi tills   with  m.    In  '  hlisa  of  glory  of  ]\\* EtemilvV 

forlli  a.^  the  ri;pr&*entntives  of  Jesus  while  in    the  nnrevfjik-d  \iv  iillows  ns  our  own  judgment*.  1  _^      ^ 

sinrit.  aim,  conversation,  and  dn-SB.  we  dally    Hut  the  non-ii'vclntion  of  Iho  useof  our  scissoni 


THE    OLDEST  CHRISTIAN   HYMN. 

fplll:)  hymn  wivi  writteu  in  Greek.  It  is  re- 
J  irjirdi-d  as  tlie  niodt  ancient  hymn  of  the 
tavly  Cliri&titiii  chnioh.  The  eailiest  record  we 
hftve  of  it.  is  "'It'  hnmlred  tind  fifty  yesirs  after 
tlie  ni)05tlej',  by  Clement  of  Alpxiiiidrin.  It.  is 
stated  io  connection  with  it,  that  it  wiis  still  of 
luiich  Piivlier  origin.  It  may  have  been  sunR  by 
the  '■  beloved  dit^ciple  "  before  he  ascended  to  his 
ivward.  '-The  followins;  version 'vill  give  some 
li,i[,erfvct  ideii  of  (he  ^jiiiit  of  this  Christian 
lyrie; 

Shppherd  of  tciidpr  yonth, 
(tuidiny  in  love  ami  truth, 
Through  devious  ways; 
Chri-'t  our  triumphant  King 
\\'<-  riJiin.'  ihy  name  to  i^iug, 
And  hfVe  our  eliildrcn  bring 
T"  shout  thy  praise. 

Thou  art  our  holy  Lord! 
The  iill-^ubduing  Wm-d, 

Hnaler  of  strife! 
Thou  didst  thyself  abaael 
That  from  bill's  deep  disgraeo 
Thuii  mightest  save  our  race, 

Anil  give  us  life. 

Thou  art  wisdom's  High  Priest! 
Tiiuu  hast  prepared  the  feast 

Of  holy  love; 
And  in  onr  mortal  pftin, 
Xiuv  i-.ill  on  thee  in  vain; 
Help  thou  (lost  not  disdain. 

^elp  from  above. 

Ever  be  thou  our  Guide. 
Our  Shepherd  and  our  pride, 

Our  >talf  and  song. 
Jesus,  thou  Christ  of  God! 
Uy  the  perrennial  word, 
Lead  w-i  whi-re  thou  hast  trod, 

Make  our  faith  strong. 

—Si'hriM. 


ith  the  '■  Mother  of  harlots,"  mid  drink  of  the  and  needles.  diHfs  nut  pnt  the  flunkeyism.  Hum- 
filthiness  of  her  nbomimition.  Tho  purpli-,  the  j  mery.  and  Christ-sconting  gaud*  of  the  world 
scririet  color,  the  trappings  of  gold,  the  pre-  1  at  our  disposal.  Emmanuel  must  have  appro- 
*  stones  and  pemlp.  and  ull  other  sulf-pleas-  '  pnate  objective  atteHutions.  Without  these  Ho 
world-allurine,  soul-fornicating  gewgaws. ',  would  have  betm  an  imiio>lor.  Siimire  aiitag- 
are  seven  heads  of  self-idolatry,  and   ten    horns    onism  to  the  sinful  priietiees  of  I  he  wurld  is  tho 

f  defiance,  upWno  by  a  bluod-dvid  monsti-r  '  leading  characteristic  of  the  yreat  Ex<mphir. 
full  of  the  names  of  bhLspheuiy.  n-eendiug  out  \  Self-s;urifiee  and  humility  a*  expr(».«ive  of  the 
of  the  bottomless  pit,  luul  going  into  perdition  j  Divine  Mind  in  relation  Ui  the  want**  of  humim- 
llev.  17:  3-0.  It  is  of  no  avail  that  we  ransack  ity.  and  the  high  calling  that  viaila  it  in  the  In- 
history  furpleas  of  self-indulgence,  or  exhaust  carnatiou,  are  absolute  tests  for  every  aonl  as  to 
the  lexicons  of  fashionable  piely  for  terms  of  itii  fitness  for  the  fellowship  and  enjoyment  of 
justification   in  onr  lulultery  with  "the  great    God.    To  be  saved  h.v  the  blood  of  Jcbus  whilo 


OUR  HIGH  CALLING. 

BY  ''.  H.  llALSltAl'OH. 

U'llKN"  God  blows  the  trumpet.  He  gives  no 
1  ?  uncertain  sound.  When  He  undertakes 
In  nmlve  man.  it  iloe^  not  turn  out  an  ape.  His 
M^'ie*  are  not  botched  into  butterflies.  We 
ui'iv  created  iai  His  image,  and  created  anew  in 
1'iirir.t  Je*UA  to  higher  tliau  primeval  gloiy. 
Hf  is  to  he  eonei-iveil  of  by  His  works,  Rom. 
1;  1!',  *2n.  His  liighest  work  is  the  lucaruatiou 
-tlie  revelation  of  Hw  I'ei-sonaliiy  in  hnmmi 
iii'iiild.  •■  As  Hi?  i^.  ^0  are  we  in  this  world  "  1 
■li'iin  4:  17.  liora  of  God,  enshrining  God.  like 
'i>»!— this  is  our  high  calling. 

Kuimanuel  i>  not  only  "  God  iciHi  ns,''  but  in 
<■"•  miiin:  This  is  the  Conicr-stoxe  of  iU- 
'Inuption.  Not  only  in  our  nature,  but  in  us 
rn-midltfi:  this  is  the  intihUiuj.  The"liigh 
'■ilhng  of  God"  isacall  to  Divine  confraternity 
.  111!  ilie  ha-is  of  the  incarnation,  thn.iigh  the  in- 
•Iweliing  of  the  Holy  (ihost.  The  fii-st  inbreath- 
ing of  Deity  in  V:.h-n. although  theconimunica- 
'"'»  'if  an  immortal  essence,  wiw  no  incarnation 
"1  liie  Divine  Persoimlity.  The  inspiration  of  that 
''"l|^titntional  element  wiui  the  ground  or  pos- 
"''ality.if  the  wimd-Tliil.  permanent. redemptive 
""-•'.luiiig  of  Jehovah  through  the  Hesh  anil 
l'l'"'<l  of  the  Virgin  Mother.  The  real  ijihuma- 
'i'">  of  God  in  uur  uatnre  is  a  fact  so  tnuwend- 
^■"'b^ublimeundawlul.   and  it.-*   participation 


whore;"  the  Ci-om  rr/vtes  them  (til.  Whoever 
contx?mpiatvs  the  lite  of  Jesus,  and  gazes  on  His 
deiith-agonies,  and  mnintdins  that  in  either  can 
be  found  the  faintest  supjjort  for  a  lust-gratify- 
ing deportment,  or  a  world-mimicking  apparel, 
is  a  wrefehedoelf-dcceiver.  The  "high  catling  of 
God  in  Christ  Jesus  "  is  the  cverUutting  con- 
demnation of  "the  lust  of  the  eye,  the  lust  of 
the  flesh,  and  the  pride  of  life."  "These  are 
not  of  the  Father,  hut  of  the  world  "  1  John 
2: 15.  16.  17.  They  are  the  Devil's  Trinity— 
the  trident  of  Api»ollyon  with  whieli  he  drags 
his  millions  of  vicVinis  to  hell. 

"Behold  theLamhof  God,  which  taketh  away 
the  siE  of  the  world  "  not  only  the  condemn- 
ation, but  the  sin  it>e!f.  What  a  depurtation 
wjisthatl  Hold  your  breath,  ye  angels.  Be 
astonished,  ye  devils.  Be  amazed.  0  earth.  Be- 
hold a  groauing.  sin-bearing,  hfll-tasting,  wrath- 
smitten,  expiring  Godmanl  Well  may  Heaven 
and  earth  and  hell  stand  aghast,  extlaining, 
"ECCEHOMO."  To  choose,  defend,  and  ex- 
emplify what  caused  the  humiliation  of  Emman- 
uel's  life  and  the  horrors  of  His  death,  is  Deitide. 
0  ye  fiesh-pleaaers,  ye  mammon-worshipers,  ye 
cross-ile^pisers,  ye  lust-pampeiing  grovelers,  ye 
are  guilty  of  the  most  aggravated  first-degree 
murder.  Yon  are  spitting  in  tlie  face  of  Jesus, 
laying  the  lash  on  His  buck,  thrusting  the 
thorns  into  His  temples,  mercilessly  driving  the 
nails  through  His  hands  and  feet,  and  making 
the  bitterness  of  death  more  bitterwith  the  gail 
and  myrrh  of  your  derision  and  spiritual  cal- 
losity. To  "  confer  with  fie^ih  and  blood"  when 
we  have  God  humanized  for  imitation,  and  the 
Holy  Ghost  given  us  the  Inbringer  of  "all  the 
fullness  ol  God."  is  the  consnuimation  of  folly. 
The  same  Spirit  that  overshadowed  tl  e  virgin, 
superintended  the  ante-natal  developinentof  the 
Divine-liunian  embryo,  imparted  to  the  Boy  Je- 
sus His  "  inurejL-e  in  wisdom  and  stature."  kept 
Him  "  holy,  harmless,  uudefiled.  and  separate 
from  sinners,"  and  wrought  out  in  His  life  the 
perfect  Ideal  of  God,  is  vouchsafed  to  all  who 
are  born  into  Divine  IJrotherliood  iind  heirship, 
and  with  like  results  aevonling  to  the  mea*uie 
of  each.  As  in  Adam  all  were  seminated.  and 
in  him  all  fell,  so  all  the  saints  are  born  of  the 
virgin,  actuated  hy  the  Spirit  of  the  Allh-dy 
Generator,  and  eontormed  to  the  type  of  "  God 
manifest  in  tin:  llesh,"  this  is  tin- cycle  of  Ke- 
demption.  Onts.de  of  this  is  "  the  blacknci^ftot 
darkness  forever."  A  world-lover,  a  mont-v- 
idolator.  a  tim^-Nerver.a  flesh-pleaser,  a  fuahiun- 
abettor,  has  no  more  share  in  the  tharaeter  and 
glory  of  .lehovah-.lejius,  than  the  devil  has  a 
right  to  the  beatitudes  of  holiness. 

That  MiL-h  things  must  be  fought  against  in 
the  church  .d  God.  i-*  a  humihating  and  frighl- 
tul  coHNideratioii.  The  sigh  of  the  great  Apo*- 
tle  comes  float  Ml  g  down  the  ages:  "/  miulii 
tli^U  iffre  eirn  nit  '>{/"  tr/tiili  liwiblr  ymt  "  Gal.  5: 
i%  "Gyd  is  htve."  and  ■'afllictelh  not  w  illingly." 
■'  Love  suiferetli  i"ii^."  hut  wlieii  it  inu^t,  noth- 
ing strikes  so  1.1.  J.;l.■^^ly.  The  final  lo»e-bluw 
of  an  abused,  insuiu-.l  God.  will  drive  the  bolu 


contravene  His  life,  is  a.s  impossible  iw  for 
God  and  Satan  to  hold  co-e(]ual  umiiire  in  the 
pei"son  of  Emmanuel.  To  allow  regnancy  to 
the  ('orrui)t.  self-serving  clement"  of  our  nature 
in  the  Mvsticid  Body  is  a  dire  c.ilamitj*. 

Sardis  is  a  moral  cemetery,  ami  must  either 
slough  off.  or  be  revivified,  if  Smyrna  is  to  be 
saved  from  a  deluge  of  putivfaction.  The  rr- 
/Yrf/ff/ is  the  pabulum  of  life  and  theliiwisof 
unity.  The  ifiirrrm/rf/is  no  ground  of  estiung"- 
inent  or  dietatorship.  It  is  a  sad  mistidie  to 
shift  the  conditions  of  the  ix-venled  to  tho  un- 
revealed.  and  assume  prerogatives  which  God 
has  withheld.  But  to  contend  that  a  Christian 
can  vie  with  the  world  in  dnitsA  and  oquipogp, 
fiaiv  into  passion  when  his  will  is  crossed  or  his 
opinions  sifted,  indulge  his  lusts  under  legal 
cover  like  any  voluptuary,  and  grasp  as  greed- 
ily for  wealth,  and  cheat  God  of  His  tithes  as 
remo:-sele8.sly.  as  any  worldling,  is  a  total  niisni)- 
prehension  of  the  mitnre  and  purpose  of  "  the 
high  calling  of  God  in  Christ  Je-sus," 

It  is  enough  to  make  the  angePs  wring  their 
hands  to  witness  the  spectacles  (ironnd  the  Lord's 
Table  in  some  churelies.  What  an  army  of 
millinery  and  G<Kl-abhorred  vanity!  What  a 
contrast  tothe  manifestation  of  the  Divine  idea 
of  life  in  Christ  .lesns!  The  swells,  and  carnal 
fungi,  and  lust-flaunting  jdncards  that  charac- 
terize this  solemnity  in  some  localities,  are  at 
alien  to  the  symbolizing  of  the  Atoning  Death, 
as  the  w'histling  of  Yankee  Doodle  by  Christ 
while  hanging  on  the  Cross.  What  is  incou- 
gt'uous  iu  the  death  struggle  of  the  Godman,  is 
not  a  matter  of  immateriality  to  us.  To  i)ai- 
tiike  of  the  awful  emblems  of  a  sin-hearing,  sin- 
atoning  lU'deemerwith  our  pei-sons  loaded  with 
the  emblems  of  lust  and  seU-woi-ship,  is  hor- 
rible mockery.  The  fellowship  of  the  Cross 
does  not  mean  the  cononization  of  the  God-de- 
fying, fle'h-serving,  soul-blackening  customs  of 
the  world.  "  0  foolish  Galutians.  who  hath  be- 
witched you?"  The  hiijh  calling  ot  God  links  us 
IO  the  eonsuniunition  of  His  ends  according  to 
i)ie  Older  of  tlii;  Cros.s.  To  ignore  this,  we  fal- 
sify our  profesj-ioij.  disappoint  the  migels,  and 
cheat  the  world.  The  "prineipulities  and  pow- 
er- in  heavenly  places  "  are  the  puiiils  of  Divine 
Wistloni  through  the  evolution  of  His  purpose 
■.nthechurch  Eph.  3:  lit,  11.  What  an  eye- 
sore and  lieurt-ache  are  fashion-mongers  to  the 
angfls.  We  deal  treacherously  with  God  by 
niinrepreseiiting  Him  to  the  world.  Ue  usks 
exhibition  of  the  beauty  of  holiness  through  us. 
Our  high  calling  i^  to  minor  the  glory  of  God. 
the  niaje.tty  of  itigllteousiiess,  the  winning 
pathos  and  gramWur  of  self-sacrifice.  What 
are  some  of  usdoing  but  belying  ourprofexaion 
carricaturing  the  Uodnuui  ?  A  danily  Christian 
A  saint  in  ribbons  and  rulfles.  rigged  in  devil- 
invented,  van  ity- fostering,  fleslwxahing  par- 
aphernalia. The  elect  of  God  fluttering  in  the 
revolting  !-illine»s  of  frulf-iliNplay  at  pie-ntes  and 
world-aping  celebrations,  aiiu  Ciirisl-inoekiug 
cuU-rie^  U  liii»  our  high  calling?  U  thi^  ex- 
hibiting to  a  !■in-clll■^^d,   hell-tliivatenwl  world 


FORGIVENESS. 

IIY  S.VMIKL  lillf«li\f(il!. 

rrHE  most  glorious  and  hl«««oiI  of  all  the  .- 
1      tributes  of   God    is  that  of   forgiven.-. 
What  would   be  oar  condition   ti»-d»y,   were  ir 
not  forfuigivene>s  on  the  part  nf  our  lu-avmlv 
Father-'  When  tlieliuaianfiimilywiwdown.i^-p 
iu  nin  with  no  one  to  help,  God   in    His  morcv 
looked  down  upon   them   in  love  and  opened 
agiiin  the  way  to  the  tree  of  life;  all   throujih 
fiirgiveucss.    Oh  what  love  and  mercy  the  Fath- 
er hiwl  for  His  own,  sending   His  only  Son  to 
siiftcr  and  die  on  the  cross  that  we  might  be  for- 
given of  the  sin  that  rested  upon  us.     Oh  wUat 
an  example  of  forgiveness  the  Son  set  tV>rth 
when  He  wa^iaentbelotv;  when  He  was  insulted 
on  every  side,  mid  finally  wtm  captured,  and  af- 
ter being  bulfetcd  and  spit  upon  and  piini^hcJ 
iu  different  ways.  He  was  taken  by  those  w:elt- 
cd  persons  and  painfully  nailed  to  the  ciuss.  and 
while  there   writhing  in  ayony.  He  [miyed  io 
His  Father  to  "  forgive  them,  for  they  know 
not  what  they  do."     And  glory  be  to  God  for- 
giveness has  not  ceased,  hut  God  is  still  willing 
to  forgive  all  who   wish   to  be  forgiven.     And 
forgiveness  is  not  confined  to  God  alone,  hut  He 
wants  us  also  to  forgive  our  fellow-men.     "  If  vo 
forgive  ineiitheirtrespassesyour  heavenly  Fath- 
er will  also  forgive  you.     But  if  ye  forgive  not 
men  their  trespaasos.  neither  will   your   Father 
forgive  your  trespasses." 

Now  how  does  this  strike  us,  do  we  forgi.e 
men  their  trespasses?  If  not  let  us  be  .careful 
when  we  pmy,  "  forgive  ud  onr  tr-'spasses  as  wv 
forgive  tho!*  who  trespass  against  us" — likely 
we  would  rather  not  have  that  prayer  answered, 
'"as  we  forgive."  Has  your  neighbor  done  you 
a  wrong,  have  you  from  your  \\i-mt  forgiven 
hiiny  or  have  you  become  oftended  at  him  and 
given  him  a  biul  recommendation  to  other>  and 
likely  returned  evil  for  evil,  in  thought  if  not 
indeed?  Do  you  want  your  heavenly  Father 
Io  forgive  you  in  that  way  ?  If  not.  forgive  him 
jLs  you  wish  to  be  forgiven?  Do  yon  harbor 
any  unkind  feelings  toward  any  one,  imd  will 
not  grant  luni  forgivi'm-ss?  Hear  the  great 
and  awful  voice  thiit  comes  to  you,  "neither 
will  I  forgive  you!" 


Forgivenes  is  powerful  as  a  punishnien:.  If 
a  man  does  ymi  a  wrong,  forgive  him.  and  tun 
to  one  he  will  ever  afterward  be  a  firm,  true 
friend  to  you.  Some  h-'arti  have  become  so 
hardened  that  force  cuTino*  dissolve  them;  but 
love  and  forgivenes.s  will.  Let  us  not  do  as  th? 
servant  spoken  of  in  Matthew  18:S;}-35.  Gen- 
tle iv.ider,  look  down  dwp  into  your  h^rts  .ind 
see  if  there  is  miy  itl-feeting  existing  there 
against  a  fellow-mau,  and  if  there  i>,  cost 
it  oul,  because  if  you  hold  little  grudges  agaiust 
your  brother,  just  ho  sure  will  your  heavenly 
Fatlier  hold  them  against  you.  And  how  would 
you  fetd  if  God  would  not  forgiwyon?  "Put 
on  therefore  ils  the  elect  of  God  holy  and  belov- 
ed, bowels  of  mercies.  kindues,s.  hnmLleni'ss  of 
mind,  nieeknes«  and  loug-suHering;  forbenring 
one  another  and  forgiviug  one  another,  if  any  - 
man  have  a  ciuarrel  ag;iiu.-t  any:  even  as  Christ 
torgavH  yoH,so  uUodo  ye"  (Col.  3:  12.  13).  "He 
that  sailh  he  is  in  the  light  and  liateth  his  broth- 
er, is  in  durkn-ss  even  until  now"(l  Jvdin  11: 
!i).  •'  If  any  man  siiy  I  love  God  and  hateth  his 
brother,  he  is  11  liar"  (1  John  4;  iJ*').  "If  any 
man  shall  smite  thee  on  thy  right  cheek,  turn 
Io  him  the  otli-<r  mU».  und  if  he  tnke  tiwny  thv 
ciiat  givelinu  thv  i-loakulso,"  Sunifwill  [hmk 
ihift  a  hard  to  live  up  tu.  but  h'lW  l..ug  tuust 
you  live  heix*  compare*!  with  eternity. 


THK    BUETHTJKTsr    AT    AVOKK. 


•■  ECCE  HOMO" 
nr  JA».  Y.  )ir.CKi.nt. 

rrHAT  nit;Iit  when  Jf^iw  wiuj  betr«y«>d, 
X      Aii'l  in  11  purple  rob*-  iirruyeii. 
A  iiiiivii  of  Diorns  wm  on  Hi«  Iicad, 
Whfn  Flint*  to  tho  ppopW  "aUl. 
"  Errf  llnmo." 

Bphold  the  nut]  of  sorr.nvs  imw. 
In  jigoiiy  and  imtiong*  how 
Unto  His  holy  Kftther's  will. 
That  He  the  Scriptures  may  fulfill. 

Ecff  Ilmno! 
Then-  Pilate-  siud.  "  Behold  the  mnii!" 
IVrcj^iving  he  could  My  no  plnn. 
For  Hi'"  rclejwp  to  gain,  or  nifike, 
Hv  Ih.-R'forp  to  th'-  ijeopli-  «piike. 
"  Krcr  f/oiiin.'" 

To  ph-iiac  the  [Mtople  he  inust  try. 
And  he  must  hear  vnr  jxifiuU: 
He  hImo  would  ho  Ce^ftrV  friend. 
And  rourt  hi^  fiivor  to  the  end. 
Ecct-  Homo! 

There  .lenus  stood  amid  the  crowd 
Of  Jewish  prie-sLi  mid  HiiltI)iH  proud, 
Dwjii-^d,  iuftulted  and  necu^ed, 
IJeji]»it,  derided  and  ahuf^etl. 
A'lv/  llomoi 

How  piiliently  the  loving  I.nnib 
Endni'i-d  the  ac(;i>s«tio»s.  calm 
And  eiiol  Win  ti-mper,  not  a  word 
Of  luii-nh  resentment  once  wjw  heard. 
Kccc  ilfiinu! 

Thi-  Ji!W8  were  hent  to  liiiv.-  Him  slain, 
To  die  in  agony  and  puin 
Upon  the  cross;  the  Itnnian  (vny, 
f'otivirted  criminals  to  slay. 
A'ffe  Homo! 

II.'  hore  tlie  sinst  of  all  miinlviiul. 
Wa»  to  His  Fiitlier'fi  will  resigned, 
Kiidiired  it  all  without  runiplnint, 
\iirl  r(ini|uere(l  deatii  for  every  saint. 
KrcfUomo! 

He  trod  the  winejiressi  for  us  all, 
To    raisu   us   up  from   Adam's  fnll, 
Anil  paid  our  debt   by    His  own    blood, 
To  have  US  reconciled  to  Uod. 
Kcce  Homo'. 

0.  hardened  sinner,  could  yon  see 
\Vhat  .Jesu*  bore  for  you  luul  uie; 
Atid  how  He  .lutlered,   bled  and  died. 
Villi  \\\i»  for  our  sius  crucitied. 
Kcce  Hnmol 

Metliiulw,  if  you  could  see  your  sin. 
And  your  corrupted  state  within,  , 
Vou  could  not  rest  another  day, 
But  would  commenee  to   weep  and  pray. 
Ecce  Ilonio! 

Vour  sinn  that,  like  a  load  of  guilt, 
The  Savior's  precioUH  blood  had  spilt, 
If  you  rei^nt^  will  be  forgiveu. 
And  you  at  lust   mny   enter   heaven. 
Kerr  Homo! 

THE  TWO  WITNESSES.  THE  TWO 

OLIVE    TREES,    AND     THE 

TWO  CANDLESTICKS. 

IIY  H.VTTIK  A.  I.KAK. 

"  Ami  I  will  give  power  unto  luy  two  wit- 
nesses, and  they  shall  prophesy  a  thousand  two 
hundred  and  three  t-core  days  clothed  in  siick- 
cloth.  These  are  the  two  olive  trees,  aud  the 
two  camlleaticks  standing  before  the  God  of 
the  earth  "(H«v.  11:3,4) 

NUMUKi;  11. 
nHIK  ilevice  of  the  WaUlenscs,  it  is 
-^  ?aid,  in  their  chief  town,  Liu-prne 
ill  Switzerlaiiil,  i.^  a  rMniHe-ttiok  with  a 
lij;;hte(l  canilli'  on  it.  surrounded  by  this 
motto:*' The  light  shiueth  in  the  midst 
of  djirkiicss."  Tliis  deviee.  we  are  iu- 
foiiiieil  may  he  seen  to  this  day.  Paul 
tells  us  that,  that  wit-ked  one  which  he 
already  saw,  should  l»e  revealed  when 
that  wliieli  hindered  its  development 
should  l)e  taken  out  of  the  way;  accord- 
ingly we  find  tliat  when  the  uominal 
church  was  husking  heneath  the  sunshine 
of  royal  favor,  the  true  church  u  ith  her 
s])iritiial,  but  unseen  !»eauty,  was  retreat- 
ing into  tile  wilderness;  the  true  witness- 
es nf  Jesus  pniphesied,  clothed  in  sack- 
cloth. MiliuTs.iys,<.f  tliis  periorl,  "  (rod- 
liness  lived  obscure  in   hermitaijes,  .nnd 


abroad;  the  Gospel  \WnImoHt  buried  in 
faction  am!  ambition ;"  and  ^bMh-ini  say*. 

"(Jood  men  were  miXi'd  with  the  lift'l; 
but.  by  degrees  the  binl  so  unilttplied 
that  men  truly  holy  and  devoted  to  God 
appeared  more  rarely,  and  the  piona  few 
were  almo.st  hidden  by  the  vicious  mul- 
titude." 

It  is  said  in  verse  7,  "  Arnl  when  they 
had  finished  their  testimony,  the  beast 
that  ascendeth  out  of  the  bottomless  pit, 
shall  make  war  against  them,  and  shall 
overcome  and  kill  them."  After  they 
have  pro])hesied  1 2fiM  years  they  shall  be 
slain,  their  enemies  shall  have  a  short 
triumph.  "Well  we  find  by  a  reference 
to  history  that  after  the  ■\^^ddellses  of 
Piedmont  and  the  Lollards  of  England 
had,  by  the  great  council  of  the  Laterans, 
been  declared  exterminateil,  the  Bohe- 
mians, who  alone  remained,  were  sum- 
moned by  that  council  to  appear  on  the 
ruhofMay  1514  in  the  forum  or  market- 
place at  Rome,  aud  plead  theircaiisebefore 
the  representatives  of  all  people  and  na- 
tionsand  kindredsaud  tongues.  Did  they 
doso?  they  did  not.  Such  was  the  depres- 
sion of  the  witnesscji  of  Christ  at  that 
time,  that  not  one  witness  ajipcared  to 
testifv  for  Jesus  and  against  the  super- 
stitions of  the  Papacy.  The  testimony 
of  the  witne-sses  was  foi-  once  suppress- 
ed.  Error  had  triumphed  and  truth  was 
apparently  leveled  to  the  dust.  After 
the  heretics  had  been  thus  summoned,  and 
made  no  response  or  a[>peai-auce,  the 
council  ju'oceeded  to  write  their  epitaph, 
tlie  orator  of  the  council  arose  amid  the 
ai)[)lause  and  plaudits  of  the  as.sembled 
bishops,  and  said,  "  Not  one  protests;  not 
not  one  oppo.ses." 

The  above  date  May  .')th  1514  appears 
to  be  the  time  when  thetestimonyoftho.se 
witnesses  who  for  1 1"!'*  years,  had,  cloth- 
ed in  sackcloth,  opposed  the  errors  aud 
superstitions  of  the  papal  hierarchy,  was 
suppressed.  A  ne^v  era  was  soon  to  com- 
mence, different  and  ipiite  opposite  forms 
of  error  were  gradually  to  be  developed. 
An  era  of  ignorance  and  superstition 
was  to  be  succeeded  by  an  age  of  knowl- 
edge and  skepticism.  Men  from  believ- 
ing everything  without  iniiuiry  or  inves- 
tigation, have  gone  to  the  opposite  ex- 
treme and  refuse  to  accept  anything  that 
they  cannot  thoroughly  and  fully  com- 
prehend. It  would  be  indeed  difficult 
to  determine  ^vllich  of  the  above  e.\- 
ti'emes  were  most  productive   of  evil. 

Again,  it  is  said  in  vei-se '.',  "  And  they 
of  the  people  and  kindreds  aud  tongues 
and  nations  shall  see  their  dead  bodies 
three  days  and  a  half,  and  shall  not  suf- 
fer their  dead  bodies  to  be  put  in  graves;" 
and  in  verse  1 1th,  we  read,  "  And  after 
three  days  and  a  half  the  Spirit  of  life 
from  God  entered  into  them,  and  they 
stood  ujjon  their  feet."  Now  from  the 
time  heresy  ^vas  pronounced  e.\tiuguish- 
ed,  and  the  papacy  uttered  its  epitaph 
/.  c,  from  May  5th  1514  vintil  Martin 
Luther  posted  his  ninety-five  theses  up- 
on the  gates  of  the  churches  of  AVit- 
temberg  October,  .'ilst  l.j IT,  was  precise- 
ly tliree  and  a  half  litei-al  years.  And 
the  posting  of  those  theses  by  Martin 
Lutlier  is  generally,  if  not  universally, 
considered  the  commencement  of  the 
llt'lbi-mation.  The  ushering  in  of  that 
era  of  innovations,  of  the  insurrection 
of  human  intelligence ;  an  era  tliat  chang- 
ed the  whole  aspect  of  things  through- 
iMit  Christendom;  when  the  dead  calm 
of  men's  minds  was  smitten  by  some 
uuseen  mysterious  power ;  when  men 
aroused  from  the  slumber  of  ages,  and  a 
new  impetus  was  given  to  every  branch 
of  knowledge. 

The  superstitious  of  Rome  received  a 
terrific  shock  from  this   general   expan- 


'  sif'm  of  human  intelligence.  She  oould 
no  more  bear  the  light  of  science  than 
she  could  bear  the  light  of  the_  Gospel. 
I  This  ne%vcla.ss  of  witnesses  or  protestors 
shook  the  very  foundations  of  the  papacy. 
J  "We  will  next  notice  the  power  that 
is  ascribed  t^)  these  witnesses.  "  And  it 
I  any  man  will  hurt  them,  fire  proceedeth 
out  of  their  month,  and  devoiireth  their 
I  enemies;  and  if  any  man  will  hurt  them 
he  must  in  this  manner  be  killed."  Per- 
!  haps  the  best  explanation  of  the  above 
I  may  be  found  in-iCor.3:  15,10;  theapos- 
!  tie  says,  "  They,  the  faithful  messengers 
'  of  God  are  a  sweet  savor  to  God,  of  Clirist  | 
'  in  them  that  are  saved,  and  in  them  that 
!  perish."  That  is,  if  we  discharge  our 
j  duty  faithfully,  and  preach  tlie  Gospel 
in  its  purity  to  the  children  of  men,  our 
labors  are  acceptable  to  God,  whatever 
effect  it  may  have  upon  our  hearer;  for 
God  will  not  reward  according  to  our 
success,  ])ut  accordingto  our  faithfulness. 
The  same  jireaching  will  be  a  savor  of 
life  unto  life  to  some,  and  a  savor  of 
death  unto  death  to  others;  whether  the 
truth  presented  will  prove  a  blessing  or 
curse,  depends  entirely  the  hearers,  it 
willaccomplishsomething.  ''My  word." 
says  Jehovah,  "  shall  not  return  unto 
me  void;  but  il;  shall  accomplish  that 
which  I  please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in 
the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it"  So  the 
words  of  eternal  truth  which  are  pro- 
claimed by  these  fatihful  witnesses,  shall 
be  to  their  enemies,  to  those  who  despise 
and  reject  tliem.  a  withering,  blighting 
curse.  The  Savior  said,  "If  I  had  not 
come  and  .spoken  unto  them,  they  had 
not  had  sin;  hut  now  they  have  no  cloak 
for  their  sin."  So,  had  not  those  wit- 
ne^sses  borne  unequivocal  testimony  to  the 
truth,  there  might  have  been  some  ex- 
cuse for  error,  but  there  was  none. 
Verse  Gth, "  These  have  po\v:ei'  to  shut 
heaven,  that  it  rain  not  in  the  d.ays  of 
their  prophecy;  and  have  power  over 
waters  to  turn  them  into  blood,  aud  to 
smite  the  earth  -witli  all  [)lagU('S,  as  often 
as  they  wnll."  We  rind  the  saints  of  old 
literally  po.ssessed  this  power,  instances, 
Moses,  Aaron,  and  Elijah;  and  James 
tells  us  that  Elijah  was  a  man  suVtjectto 
like  passions  as  we  are,  and  that  he  pre- 
vailed through  earnest  prayer,  and  tells 
us  that  "  the  fervent  effectual  prayer  of 
the  righteous  man  availetli  much."  Our 
Savior  tells  us  th.at,  "  All  tilings  are  pos- 
silile  unto  him  that  Itelieveth."  The 
woi'ds  under  consideration  are  no  doubt 
figurati\e,  designed  to  show  the  great 
power  that  is  inherent  in  the  faithful  fol- 
lowers of  Jesus. 

The  world  has  often  telt  this  ptnver. 
Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  used  to  say  that 
she  feared  the  prayers  of  John  Knox 
more  than  she  feared  the  reipiirementfl 
of  England,  And  the  fervent  effectual 
prayer  of  Luther  made  the  pope  tremble 
on  his  throne.  The  power  that  is  wield- 
ed by  the  saints  of  (Jod,  is  indeed  the 
])ower  of  Omnipoteuce.  A  power  that 
the  world  can  neither  break  nor  over- 
throw. Ver.se  7,  "  And  when  they  shall 
iiave  finished  their  testimony,  the  beast 
that  ascendeth  out  of  the  bott(.mles8  pit 
shall  make  war  against  them,  and  shall 
overcome  them,  and  kill  them."  But 
not  until  they  had  finished  their  testimo- 
ny: not  until  they  had  accomplished  the 
specific  work  which  God  had  given  them 
to  tlo,  could  the  powers  of  dai'kness  for 
a  while  triumph  over  them.  But  when 
they  liad  accomplished  their  special  luis- 
sioii.  when  that  clia].ter  of  protests  which 
they  were  to  utter,  and  which  the  age  re- 
ijuired,  was  filled  up.  and  closed,  these 
standard  bearers  were  overcome  and  kill- 
ed, yes  the  powers  of  wickedness  for  a 
while  prevailed  over  them,  as  it  had  done 


June    20 

over  tlfeir  glorious  Master.  The  fact* 
collected  from  hist^iry  showing  that  at 
this  period  the  beast  did  indeed 'make 
war  against  thesaintsandovercometheni. 

Ac  the  close  of  the  fifteenth  and  com. 
mencementof  the  sixteenth  centuries  the 
crusades  and  pei-secutious  against  here- 
tics  were  peculiarly  sanguinary.  "We 
will  produce  a  few  testimonies,  Raya 
MUner,  "The  sixteenth  century  opened 
with  a  prospect,  of  all  others,  the  most 
gloomy  in  the  eyes  of  every  true  Chris- 
tian ;  corruption,  both  in  doctrine  and 
in  practice,  exceeded  all  bounds;  the 
Roman  pontiffs  were  the  uncontrolled 
patrons  of  impiety.  The  Waldenaes 
were  too  feeble  to  resist  the  popedom, 
and  the  Hussites  were  reduce<l  to  si- 
lence." Another  testimony,  "  At  the 
commencement  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
Europe  reposed  in  tiie  deep  sleep  of 
spiritual  death  under  the  yoke  of  the 
Papacy.  Tliat  haughty  power  like,  the 
Assyrians  of  tlie  prophet  said,  in  the 
plentitiide  of  insolence,  "  My  liaml  hath 
found  as  a  nest  the  riches  of  the  people, 
and  as  one  gathereth  eggs,  have  I  gath- 
ered all  the  earth,  and  there  was  none 
that  moved  the  wingor  opened  the  mouth, 
()]■  peeped.  "  Still  another,  "  At  the 
commencement  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
no  danger  seemed  to  threaten  the  Ro- 
man  pontiffs.  The  agitation  previously 
excited  by  the  Waldenses  and  the  Bohe- 
mians was  .suppressed  by  the  council  and 
the  sword,  andthesurvivingremuaut  was 
an  object  of  contempt  rather  than  fear." 

Verse  8,  "  And  their  dead  bodies 
shall  lie  in  the  street  of  the  great  city, 
which  is  spiritually  called  Sodom  and 
Egypt,  where  our  Lord  was  crucified." 
Now  what  is  meant  by  this  great  city? 
Rome  is  called  in  the  Apocalypse  Mys- 
tery Babylon,  and  it  was  common  for 
the  writers  of  the  sixteenth  century  to 
call  Rome,  Egypt  ar.d  Sodom;  and  the 
despotism  of  Rome,  Egyptian  bondage. 
Anil  these  names  were  applicable,  for 
Rome  possessed  all  the  worst  features  of 
eveiy  former  despotism  and  tyranny. 
Her  system  of  absolutism  was  indeed 
the  very  quintessence  of  injustice  and 
cruelty.  Such  a  monstrous  evil  had  nev- 
er before  been  concocted.  The  express- 
ion, "Where  also  our  Lord  was  crucifi- 
ed," is  perhaps  best  ■  explained  by  the 
parellel  passage,  "  Ve  have  crucified 
Christ  afresh  and  put  Him  to  an  open 
shame."  As  Christ  was  literally  cruci- 
fied in  the  capital  city  of  the  apostate 
Jewish  church,  so  he  is  spiritually  cru- 
cified in  the  capital  of  the  apostate  Chris- 
tian church.  Wh.at  is  meant  by  the  street 
of  the  great  city  i  AVe  are  informe  1  that 
the  word  here  translated  street  is  plateia 
in  the  original,  aud  the  meaning  is  mar- 
ket-place or  forum,  the  place  where  jus- 
tice was  administered.  It  was  the  tri- 
bunal of  the  judge,  the  place  in  which 
etpiity  was  dispensed.  As  the  Jews 
looked  to  Jerusalem  of  old  as  the  great 
centre  of  all  justice,  and  took  all  iheir 
disputes  tliere  for  final  settlement;  so 
Christendom  looked  in  the  Middle  Ages 
to  Rome  as  the  great  seat  of  all  power 
and  jiLstice,  and  took  their  dispute  there 
for  final  settlement  Verse  D,  "  And 
they  of  the  people,  and  kindreds,  and 
tongues,  and  nations  shall  see  their  dead 
boififs  three  days  and  a  half,  and  shall 
not  suffer  their  dead  bodies  to  be  put  in 
graves."  It  is  not  said,  "The  people, 
and  tongues,  and  kindreds,  and  nations 
shall  see  their  dead  bodies,"  but  "  They 
of  tlie  i>eoi)le,"  that  is  the  rejiresentatives 
or  deputies  of  the  people,  tongues,  anfl 
kindreds,  and  nations,  shall  see  then- 
dead  bodies.  We  have  here  the  idea  of 
representation,  and  we  are  inforuicd,  that 
the  otily  idea   of  reprrsentatioii    in 


the 


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TtlE    I311ETHKE>r    ^T    AVORK. 


3 


Middle  Ages  was  tLat  exliibitea  in  a! 
general  council.  Xuw  we  Warn  tluta' 
part  of  tbe  sent4'nce  i.ronouncea  on  the 
lieretiis  ill  the  third  aud  fourth  Lateniu, 
and  in  other  councils,  wiis  that  heretics 
should  he  denied  Christian  tmrial. 

The  hoJy  of  Wieliffe.  for  instance, 
uas  l)y  Older  of  the  council  of  Constance 
exhumed  and  hurned;  aud  the  ashes  of 
John  Muss  were  cast  into  the  Lake  of 
Constance.  During  the  three  and  a  half 
prophetical  days  that  Romo  swayed  an 
undisputed  .scepter;  we  may  well  imagine 
that  this  sentence,  as  well  as  all  others 
was  carried  out  to  its  fullest  extent,  no 
indignities  nor  insults  were  j^pared.  The 
prescriptions  of  Rome  extend  even  to  the 
dead;  she  will  not  allow  the  ashes  (»f  a 
hated  heretic  repose'  in  peace. 
(7'o  he  continued.) 

EARLY    CHRISTIAN    ASSEMBLIES. 


could  afford,  has  left  on  record    his  own 
atlecting  te.stimony  of  the  utter  incapnc- ; 


here   *>t 


MOSUEIM.— "The  places  in  which i 
the  first  Christians  assembled  to  I 
celebrate  divine  worship  were,  no  doubt, 
tlie  houses  of  private  -persons."  p.  vU. 
'•In  these  assemblies  the  holy  Scrip- 
tines  were  read,  and  for  that  purpose 
were  divided  into  certain  portions  or  les- 
sons. The  part  of  divine  service  was 
followed  hy  a  brief  exhortation  to  the 
peu[ile,  in  which  eloquence  and  art  gave 
plaee  to  the  natural  and  fervent  expres- 
sions (if  xeal  and  charity,"  pp.  1:>4:,  I'iu. 
Ilawies'  church  history,  vol.  i.  p.  150. 
"  Nothing  could  be  more  unadorned  than 
the  primitive  worship.  A  plain  man 
chosen  from  aintmg  his  fellows,  in  his 
(•ommou  gaid),  stood  up  to  speak,  or  sat 
down  to  read  the  Scriptures,  to  as  many 
aschosc  to  assemble  in  the  house  appoint- 
ed. A  back  room,  and  that  probably. 
(ifteLi  a  mean  one,  ur  a  garret,  tu  be  out 
of  the  way  of  oVjservation,  was  their 
temple." 

'•  As  pride  and  worhlly-mindedness 
must  go  hand  in  hand,  assumed  pomp 
and  dignity  rwpiireasort  of  maintenance 
very  dirterent  from  the  state  when  the 
j);istor  wrought  with  his  own  hands  to 
minister  to  his  necessities,  and  labored 
by  day  that  he  might  serve  the  church 
by  night.  The  idea  of  priesthood  hail 
yet  scarcely  entered  into  the  Christian 
sanctuary,  as  there  reumiiied  no  more  sac 
ritice  for  sin,  and  but  one  High  Priest  gf 
our  profession,  Jesus  Christ.  But  on  the 
dissolution  of  the  whole  Jewisli  e^-onomy 
under  Adrian,  when  the  power  of  the 
a-vsociated  clergy  hegan  to  ]iut  forth  its 
bud.  the  ambitious  and  designing  sug- 
gested, what  many  of  the  rest  received 
in  tlteir  simplicity,  that  the  succession 
lo  these  honors  now  developed  upon 
them,  and  that  the  bishop  stood  in  the 
place  of  the  Uigh  jiriest;  the  presbyters 
were  priests:  and  the  deacons,  Levites. 
and  so  a  train  of  consequences  followed. 
Thus  a  new^  tribe  ai-ose,  completely  sep- 
arated fVoiii  tlieir  brethren,  of  clergy 
distinct  from  laity — men  sacred  by  office. 
excUisive  of  a  divine  call  and  real  worth. 
The  altar,  indeed,  wjis  not  yet  erected, 
nor  the  unbloody  sacrifice  of  the  eucha- 
rist  perfected ;  but  it  approached,  by  has- 
ty strides,  to  add  greater  sanctity  to  tlie 
priesthood,  and  the  not  uni)leasant  ad- 
junct of  the  divine  right  of  tithes,  at- 
tached tothedivineright  of  episcopacy." 
pp.  181,  18:?.— -1.  Campbell 


ity  of  all  the  plea-sures  of  life  t<>  aflV>rd 
solid  comfort  to  the  soul,  and  written 
over  them, "  all  vanity  of  vanities."  They 
could  not  meet  the  exigencies  of  his  sj>ir-  ' 
itual  nature,  nor  fill  the  mind  with  that  I 
food  which  it  craves.  When  therefore  | 
towards  the  close  of  life,  lie  reviewed  its 
scenes  and  pleasures  in  the  light  whi<h 
eternity  Ijcgan  tushed  upon  his  path,  he 
gave  to  the  world  the  results  of  his  ex- 
perience, and  warned  the  young  of  the 
danger  which  wovdd  attend  them,  if  they 
gave  themselves  to  seek  after  worldly 
jileasure,  and  of  the  disappointment 
which  they  would  surely  meetin  its  pur- 
suits. 

Summoning  before  him  the  youth  in 
all  his  round  of  enjoyment,  he  uttered 
the  solenm  warning,  "  Rejoice  O  young 
man  inthyyonth,and  lettliy  heart  cheer 
thee  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  and  walk 
in  the  ways  of  thy  heart,  and  in  the  sight 
of  thine  eyes;*l)ut  know  thou  that  for 
all  these  things,  God  will  bring ilue  into  , 
judgment."  He  would  have  him  amid  all ' 
the  etijoymeiits  of  life,  use  the  good 
things  of  this  world  with  modcvation, 
and  remember  the  life  to  come,  and  the 
judgment  tg  which  we  are  all  hastening, 
wlien  every  act  of  life  must  be  distinctly 
recalled — strictly  scanned  and  justly  fin- 
ished or  rewarded.     Man   is  remindird 


existence.  God  has  not  placed  us  here] of  life.  Iltiw  t-irane*'  luuHt  appear  to 
that  we  may  say,  "  Let  \\f  eat  and  drink  them  the  conduct  of  him.  wh<i  while  po8- 
for  to-morrow  we  die."  He  has  formed  sessing  noble  spiritual  powew  and  fac- 
us  for  high  and  noble  purposes;  He  h;is  nlties  that  niakv  \\\%  nature  but  a  little 
breathed  into    ns  His  own  >*piritual  and    lower  than    their   own;    busies  himself 


intellectual  nature,  nutking  us  rational 
and  moral  beings,  giving  to  us  souls  that 
shall  live  when  tlie  heavens  are  no  more; 
and  He  has  fitted  us  to  perform  a  pari 
in  the  great  and  eventful  scenes  of  life; 
not  like  the  moving  images  of  a  pageant, 
but  like  living  and  sentient  beings  capa- 
ble of  thinking  and    acting    under   the 


with  bubldes  and  carelest*ly  wusts  the 
precious  hours  of  a  life  none  too  hiui:  to 
fuliill  its  great  puiposes  in  vain  and  fool- 
ish enjoyments  whivli  tend  to  wean  the 
soul  from  duty,  and  to  unfit  it  f<ir  the 
scenes  and  employments  of  heaven.  Go 
even  to  the  sickbed  and  sit  before  the 
sntferer,  the  gay  recreations  of  Ule,  and 
power  of  truth  and  motives,  and  He  has  I  how  utterly    iilappntpriate   are  they  to 

the  place.     Enter  the  room   where  he  ia 
trnggling  with  disease  ami   fearing  the 


■iven  US  atfections  and  powers  of  mind 
which  finds  their  noblest    fields  for   ex- 
ercise in  loving  and  serving  Him,  whom 
angels  love,  and   Ijefore    whom    s'-raphs 
bow  and  archangels    worship.     He    has 
given  u^  nature  that  can  reason,  and  think, 
and  love  andsoar  upward  in  their  search 
for  truth,  until  lliey  approach  His  throne 
and  draw  from  Him    exhaustless   stores 
I  of  knowledge  and  light  and    happincKs. 
,  He  has  given  us  souls   that    we  may  by 
I  His  grace  rise  to  gUn'y  unseen  liy  mortal 
eyes,  and  unconscious  by  the  heart  of  nnin 
or  that  if  neglected,  will  suffer   in  end- 
less misery  and  all  the  pains  of  the  sec- 
ond  death.     He  hius  given   us   affections 
which  should  fasten   upon    Him   as  tlu- 
supreme  object  of  love.      He  has  endow- 
1  US  with  talents  for  the  right  improve- 
leuts  oi  which  we    are    responsible    tu 


that,  though,  he  may  pass   through   life   Him,  an  infiuenee  which   is   to  be  used 


THE  WORLD  VIEWED  IN  THE 
LIGHT  OF  ETERNITY. 


HY  .lAMKS  MON'E. 


0 


can  n<nv  liope  to  attain,  who 
liiiuself  with   every  hixury 


who    enj<iyed    n 
pj.i 


,,P-    of    earthly 
than  any  man 


lio  sun'oiinded 


that  earth 


walking  in  the  ways  of  his  heart  deceiv 
ing  himself;  it  may  be  with  hopes  of  fu- 
ture happiness;  while  yet  a  slave  to  lust, 
he  must  be  compelled  at  last  to  look 
back  upon  every  act  and  scene  of  life, 
and  hear  the  irrevocable  decision  ils  to 
its  character  and  desert.  What  should 
this  thought  lie  to  sin,  and  to  every  pur- 
suit or  })leasure  that  may  possibly  inter- 
feiv  wifli'tlie  salvation  of  the  soul?  TIuw 
often  would  the  victim  of  appetite  dash 
the  bowl  from  his  lips,  could  he  but  have 
the  words  of  wisdom!  For  all  this  God 
will  biing  thee  into  judgment.  How  of- 
ten would  the  youth  turn  away  from  the 
haunts  of  dissipation  and  folly  and  vice; 
from  the  scenes  of  the  revel  and  the  re- 
sorts of  the  abandoned,  did  he  hear 
the  echo  of  these  words  upon  Jiis  heart 
and  conscience? 

It  IS  wise  to  look  at  all  the  actions  of 
life  in  this  light,  to  take  the  instructions 
of  Revelation;  and  with  them  anticipate 
that  solemn  day  when  the  Judge  of  the 
[uick  antl  dead  shall  descend  from  heav- 
en (m  nis  great  white  throne  and  sum- 
iui)n  us  to  His  bar.  We  ought  as  ration- 
al and  immortal  beings.thus  weigh  every 
object  of  life,  and  decide  in  reference  to 
our  coiuluct,  as  we  shall  wish  we  had 
done  when  we  shall  lie  deep  witliin  the 
secrets  of  the  eternal  world.  And  while 
we  are  permitted  to  rejoice  in  all  the 
goodness  that  a  lieneficient  Providence 
spreads  around  our  path,  ^vllile  we  may 
indulge  in  any  iunocent  and  healtlifnl 
i-ecreation  that  unbends  tlie  mind  and 
invigorates  the  body,  and  prepares  us 
the  better  to  resume  the  active  and  sti'rn 
duties  of  liftN  Let  the  Christian  who  is 
doubtful  as  to  the  propriety  of  certain 
courses  of  pleasure  for  which  he  finds 
neither  a  warrant  nor  prohibition  in  the 
Scriptures,  and  whose  heart  is,  or  may 
be  stronglyincllninghim  to  tread  on  un- 
certain ground;  carry  himself  forward 
to  that  solemn  event  to  which  all  are  hast- 
ening, when  he  shall  have  met  th.-  last 
euemy,  and  his  soul  has  tried  the  reali- 
ties of  eternity,  and  from  the  hushed  re- 
pose of  the  grave;  he  comes  fortii  with 
the  countless  hosts  of  the  ilead  to  look 
back  uiion  lif<-. 

Viewed  in  ihis  light,  he  will  find  tluit 
worldly  plea.>nie  is  not  the  great  end  of 


for  the  good  of  our  fellow-men,  and  tin- 
promotion  of  the  highest  interests  of  oi 
race.  Even  a  consideration  then,  of  what 
we  are  and  may  be,  aiul  of  what  we  may 
and  ought  to  accomplish,  is  enough  to 
indicate  the  propriety  of  the  great  rule 
that  assures  us  that  man's  chief  end  is  not 
to  seek  after  worldly  pleasure,  but  to 
glorify  God  and  enjoy  Him  forever. 
Wlieu  we  come  to  stand  and  look  back 
on  life  from  the  light  of  the  eternal 
world,  shall  we  not  acknowledge  that 
Worldly  pleasures  and  sellish  gratifica- 
tions, were  a  most  unworthy  part  of  ex- 
istence, and  that  he  who  lived  for  it 
alone,  or  who  allowed  it  to  interfere  with 
the  high  and  holy  duties  of  life,  falls  far 
short  of  the  station  for  which  God  de- 
signed him,  when  He  made  him  a  living 
soul. 

What  if  we  were  permitted  to  enjoy 
every  .sensual  delight  and  all  the  joyi 
that  earth  can  afford,  would  it  have  met 
the  aspirations  of  the  immortal  soul, 
and  fulfilled  its  glorious  destiny?  Who 
wouhl  not  prefer  the  noblecareer  of  Paul 
in  all  his  self-forgetfulness  and  self-sac- 
rifice as  he  walked  with  God  and  glori- 
fied Him  to  that  of  the  rich  man  clotlied 
in  purjde  and  faring  sumptuously  every 
(lav,  even  could  he  at  last  have  been 
saved  as  by  fire?  The  one  living  for 
eternity,  and  the  other  for  time;  the  one 
finding  his  pleasure  in  the  service  of  God, 
and  the  other  in  tlie  service  of  appetite 
and  of  self;  the  one  preparing  himself 
for  high  and  ghtrinUs  c<mimiinion  with 
his  Maker,  and  with  the  spirits  of  just 
men  made  perfect:  the  other  surround- 
ing himself  with  objects  which  at  the 
best  could  att'ord  but  a  shortliveil  grat- 
ification, and  winch  made  heavenly  things 
and  eternal  realities  distasteful  and  un- 
welcome to  histhouglits.  Oh  how  little 
does  he  ftdfiU  the  great  end  of  life,  who 
g(jes  with  the  mullilud'',  saying,  '■  who 
will  show  us  any  gond,  ami  who  in  the 
search  and  enjoyment  of  worldly  plejts 
ures,  rol 


approach  of  death;  draw  aside  the  cur- 
tains, look  upon  his  face  pallid  with  ex- 
haustion or  flnslu-d  with  fever,  and  while 
au.\iousfricud»  ari-sofily  treading  around 
his  couch  and    tenderly    ministering   to 
his   wants;  tell  him  of  his  gay   hours 
thai  have  been  spent  by  his  companions 
ill  the  place  of  W(u-ldly  mirth  and   joy; 
describe  to  him   the  si;jnal   triumphs   of 
the  lost,  new  competitor  for  llie  applaua 
of  the  fashionable  world,  the  wondt-rful 
power  of  her  v<iice,  the  a|iproprlatene88 
of  her  actions;  tell  him  of  tin    brill-.aot 
scenes  of  the  ball-rooni  or  the   exciting 
contents  of  the  card  table,  and  how  ut- 
terly    devoiil     -if  interest    is    all     thie, 
in  such  an    hour,  and   amid  such   dark 
scenes  of  suffering.     Oh  what  'an  utter  , 
and  appalling  contrast  doe.s  it  afford  tO  1 
that  darkened  chamber — that  sad  ciire- 
worn   countenance,  and    troubled  /ind 
beating  heart.     What  an  unwelcome  in- 
truder is  worldly  pleasure  in  such  scenes 
as  this.     And  yet  we  are   all   hastening 
to  the  same  sick  and  <lying   hour,  it  ill 
becomes  us  to   permit  our    hearts  to  be 
absorbed  in  that    which    will  make  tlie 
thought  of  death  and    eternity,    unwel- 
come to  us  or  which  shall   unfit   \x<   to 
meet  the  solemn  issue  of  lifi*,  and  to  en- 
ter upon  the  realities  of  the  future  world. 
It  should  be  then  a  serious  <piestion  with 
him  who  is  about  to  enter  upon  any  pur- 
suit cir  pleasure  in  regard  to   which  his 
conscience  is  not  fully  enlightened.  Will 
it  fit  me  for  a  dying  hour,  will  its  mem- 


'  be  a  source  of  happiness  to  me  in 
that  solemn  occasion  when  my  soul  shall 
stand  in  tlie  dawning  light  of  the  eter- 
nal world?  ^ 

Such  thought-*  while  they  will  not 
hinder  the  Christian  from  the  enjoyment 
of  any  rational  jilejisure,  will  temper 
his  relish  for  earlldy  things,  and  will  as- 
sist him  greatly,  when  tempted  by  :he 
w<u"ld  to  turn  aside  after  its  fullie>  ;iud 
vanities.  It  is  wise  for  us  to  act  as  we 
shall  wish  we  had  done  when  time  ^hall 
be  no  more,  and  when  we  shall  have  en- 
tered upon  tliat  state  of  existence  for 
which  this  world  is  but  the  pori.i1. 


God  has  a  great  enemy.  This  enemy 
is  also  man's  enemy.  God  hirers  .ill  who 
will,  to  work  fiir  him  in  His  vineyard. 
Here  this  gi-eat  enemy  also  works,  but 
what  does  he  tlo?  He  dewives.  He 
l(dd  our  luother  Eve  they  should  not 
surely  die.  He  only  ttdd  part  of  the 
truth,  and  what  did  thatdof  Ah,  it 
made  an  untruth.  See,  it  deceived.  WTiat 
trouble  then  followed.— T.  C.  Miller. 

CiinisTi.vNs  should  work  for  their  Cre- 
ator. Redeemer  and  Preserver,  anil  :or 
the  upbuilding  of  His  wiuse.    To  Ik 


Ids  soul  of  spiritual  food  and  1  g<»od  servant  does  not  mean   tor  one  to 
of  holy  enjoymentl"     With  what  won- 
der must  the  angels  look  upon  such  an 
one  who  has  tasted  that  the  Lord  is  gra 


'  do  merely  as  he  is  told,  but  he  must  al- 
so work  in  the  i  ight  spirit.     AVe  may  do 


everything  we  are  commanded  tmlw  lit- 
cious;  L'oing  from  the  sanctuary  ami  the  j  erally  speaking,  and  siill  i:oT  be  g.HHlsor. 
blessed\u-dinauces  to  mingle  in  the  vain  vantv*.  We  must  not  only  ,/».  b-it  we 
and  trifling  amus-ment*  and   pleasures  I  must /afd  to  do. 


THE    BriETH:RE>r    ^T    AVORK. 


June   20 


The  Brethren  at  Work 

pDBLIflHID   WEBKLT. 


J    H    MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


r«g)iUT  ml 


H.  IU»un«l»   Jul/    eulbori»e4.   bj 

I  wtll  rccoife  •ub»eripii'in«f"r  III' 
„.  All  l.u»in.'.»  inm«c...l  hy  hv 
p  (he   •nil*  •»  >t  -loitr  hj  rtiitp»Ur« 


URCTIinsn  AT 

iftme  at  our 
fi.r  oiif  or- 


tioDftl   nnint.    mliicli    »tni 
F.  hefoTt  nifn-Ung  if 


■  for  each    ailili- 

j  li»  deJuci«Ml  from  ih« 

Monej   Order*,   Un»n», 

I  M   »uT   mk.     1'btj 


,b....i-.  ..0  ...*l-  p»jnl.le  I"  Moore  A  M-h' 
Su.-cruwi.n»,  »nd  c«-«m«ni=-li"'.' H...n>l.d  for  Ibc  p*. 

per.  u  -'ll  "  •"  t'u.lne..  mnlle"  cuni.rcl.J  «.il.  Hk  or- 

Ac«ilini.|.(  l.eii.|i|r«««ed 

VOOBE  *  ESSEUtAM, 

LuArk,  OuTolI  Co..  ni> 


LAlfA&£,  :iL., 


Tiir  \imiiiil  MfL-tiiiR  for  next  year  will  be 
held  with  thf  l.rfthrGii  in  the  Sccon-1  District  of 
Viriiiiiiii.  ^.*— — 

TiIK  liretlirt-n  luid  si«t/Ts  from  this  pnrt  of 
tliL.  u..nntrv.  wlio  Mendvii  the  A.  M.,  hiivr  uaw 
n.ftch.*<l  hu'nuv  They  tW-l  highly  I'l'^;i«''<l  "■'»'■ 
tlii^ir  trip,  ami  mv  tlic  :n<-etiiig  was  th<;  Wst 
they  ever  ntt.'inled.  Their  confidence  in  th. 
Kem-rul  brollKThoixI  is  K'f^tly  »treM-tlieued. 

Do  not  full  ly  reiul  Hia  Biilsbaugh's m-ticle 
fuuiid  r>ii  the  lii-st  pagL'  of  this  ii-suP.  It  rings 
out  no  iincerlain  noniid,  imd  should  prompt  e 
,.ry  would-be  fiisliioiiablu  members  to  send  their 
(■hri*t-innrkery  fi^hion^  whore  thi-y  b.'U)ng, 
We  never  fould  bhinio  the  wolf  v.-iy  ninch  for 
«pj)nirir.K'  i"  «1"^^'1>'«  clothing,  but  why  h  slieep 
should  want  to  look  like  u  wolf,  and  with  the 
wolves  iicl.  hiw  uiway*  been  n  uiysloo-  to  us. 

TnK  lutu  A.  M.  appointed  brethren  Jmnes 
l^liIlter.  U.  U.  Miller  and  E.  K.  Baechley  a 
comniittei-  to  vixit  and  conferwith  the  Brethren 
iu  California.  It  is  hoped  thiit  the  visit  will  be 
u  protitnblo  one.  mid  aild  much  to  the  love  and 
f,dli.W(-liip  that  should  exist  between  our  belov- 
ed l.relhivii  on  the  Pacific  coftst  lilid  tlle^'C•ller- 
nl  brotherhood.  God  grant  that  we  may  Iw  of 
one  mind,  united  in  one  body  by  tlio  stronge>.t 
tii-s  of  Clirietian  love  and  fellowshij). 


BnoTHKit  Eshelman  reached  lioiue  from  the 
Annual  Meetinf;  last  Sai  urday  morning,  feelinf; 
«i-l!.  tlioii;,'h  mueh  fatijjnedliy  his  trip,  and  the 
J,' ii-ut  amount  of  business  he  hud  to  uttend  to. 
Iloexpn-s'-es  himself  highly  pleased  with  the 
meeting,  saying  that  the  br'st  of  ji-elings  pre- 
vailed, iuhI  that  to-day  the  brotherhood  is  more 
firmly  united  iu  faith,  love  ond  pnietiee  than 
it  ever  wiw  before.  Most  of  our  people  had 
looked  to  this  Annual  Meeting  with  anxiou;. 
tMliiiji"- l^f''"'i"!?  t''^'*^  ■'"'""'  tliinifs  might  come 
up  that  would  not  be  for  the  better,  but  thanks 
be  to  our  heavenly  Kather  things  went  oJf  gen- 
erally BUioothly,  and  we  nil  feel  much  eiicour- 
ii^ed.  ar.d  more  determined  to  press  on  in  the 
gieataiid  good  work  in  wliieli  we  are  engaged. 
Wlieu  Bro.  E'lielman  gets  rested  «p  a  little  he 
will  have  considerable  to  tell  our  renders  about 
Ihe  meeting.  What  we  publish  this  issue  was 
jovpmed  in  hiL,te  «hile  ut  the  A.  M. 


SOME  PRACTICAL  SUGGESTIONS 

A  SHOUT  lesson  on  practical  Christianity 
will  not  be  amiss  just  now.  There  lire 
siilijecl*  over  which  we  need  to  study  and  pray 
much. 

1.  Theiv  is  too  much  loose  living  among 
professing  Uhristiaiirt.  Theirlivca  areiiot  mark- 
ed by  that  true  viUil  piety  that  should  char- 
acterize the  saiuta  on  earth.  True  holiness 
ftiid  humility  do  not  always  coimtitnte  their 
adornment.  Of  many  it  can  be  truthfully  said, 
*'Tbey  are  not  shining  lights."  Prncticnlly 
aome  men  appear  no  better  after  conversion  than 
before.  If  religion  makes  people  no  K'tter,  it  \s 
praoticHlly  of  no  use  to  tliem. 

2.  Christians  aiv  not  Huflicieiitly  careful 
about  letting  their  light  shine  before  the  world. 
With  mauy  of  tliem,  tlieir  light  hlu^  turned  to 
darknejw.  They  let  the  world  see  niuny  of  their 
bad  deeds,  and  but  little  of  their  good  works.     I 

fear  that  we  do  not  fully  realiw  the  resjioii^ibil-  i  le  ted,  esi)ecially  by  the  oilicials. 
iiy  r.-^ling  on  us  u>  the  light  of  the  world.     Bet-  ^      {i.    Most  people  are  too  slow  to  leiini  that  ouv 
ter  ioise  a  few  dollars  than  have  our  conduct  evil  i  Mdier  has  endowed   e-.cli  of  us  with  different 
'8j»oken  of.    A  reSigioii  that  is  not  north  mak-  I  gifts  and  capacities,  and  that  there  is  n  special 
JDg  fiiime  sacrifice  for  i«  not  worth  having.     The  :  calling  for  each  of  us.     The  church  should 


...mforts  for  his  n'llgloJi  h  i*  «  p'J-fr  lonc-  ption 
of  iUi  rviil  value. 

,1,  Christians  ure  not  the  living  epistles 
known  oiid  read  n!  nil  men.  that  they  shoidd  W. 
Every  prof.«-ed  follower  of  Chrici  should  be  u 
credit  to  the  caOHC.  We  generally  deUtrdiine 
the  merits  of  a  mill  by  the  qu.tlity  of  tlour  it 
turn*  out,  but  were  we  to  judgf  of  the  meritsof 
the  Christirtn  religion  by  h  larjje  jtercentage  ol 
those  who  claim  convention,  wt*  would  certainly 
have  a  poor  opinion  of  it.  Every  Christian 
should  so  live  that  it  would  be  safe  to  point  him 
or  her  out  as  a  sample  of  the  eflV-cts  of  the 
Christian  religion. 

4,  In  many  iiislaiices  the  discipline  of  the 
church  is  too  loose.  Great  regard  should  be  paid 
to  the  character  and  reputation  of  the  church 
a.s  a  b(M)y.  (t  should  not  be  marred  by  the  con- 
duct of  unruly  members.  Th<!  church  wa.s  not 
intended  for  unholy  i>eoplp.  Unless  a  man  is  a 
credit  to  the  cause  his  claims  to  membership 
could  be  called  into  (juestion.  Tlie  church 
sh  .uld  hi-  comp-'scd  of  none  but  .■'hhiiii!/  lights, 
aa  no  others  will  ever  reach  heaven.  The  vir- 
gins who  had  no  oil  in  their  lamps  were  reject- 
ed. If  the  tares  can  be  pulled  up  without 
injuring  any  of  the  wlieat,  it  would  better  be 
done,  but  do  not  destroy  the  wheiit  just  to  get 
rid  of  the  tares. 

;>.  In  many  iustanws  cburclies  are  too  care- 
less regarding  the  selection  of  their  preachers. 
Ministers  should  be  men  of  exemplary  holiness. 
In  fact  they  want  to  be  ensamples  to  the  (lock. 
The  Holy  Ghost  had  recorded  in  the  Scriptures 
just  what  kind  of  men  are  wanted,  and  if  each 
member,  when  caiiting  his  vote,  would  see  to  it 
that  he  voted  for  one  having  Bible  qualifications, 
the  church  would  be  much  better  off.  The  Lord 
wants  ministers  who  preach  by  example  as  well 
as  word.  The  preacher  whose  conduct  does  not 
accord  with  his  preaching  is  not.  tlie  nmn  the 
Lord  wants.  There  are  too  many  in  ihe  world 
who  say  and  do  not.  No  man  should  be  kept 
•n  the  ministry  who  is  an  injurj'  to  tlie  cause. 
Better  have  a  good  man  who  cannot  talk,  than 
a  great  talker  wlio  is  impious.  The  church 
should  keep  a  careful  watch  over  her  ministt-rs 
and  i:ec  to  it  that  the  cause  does  not  suller  by 
their  misconduct.  Ministers,  who  fcecome  in- 
volved ill  a  difficulty  that  is  calcnlatod  to  injure 
the  cause  o-  religion,  should  be  relieved  of  their 
office  till  their  mattei^  are  properly  adjusted.  A 
course  of  this  kind  would  make  mini^tirs  nioix- 
CJiutioiis,  and  show  to  the  world  that  ihe  church 
is  zealous  of  her  good  name. 

C.  In  mauy  instances  mini.sters  are  too  loose 
with  what  little  piety  they  have.  They  do  not 
watch  their  conduct  as  they  should.  At  times 
they  will  allow  themselves  to  become  involved 
in  tnuible  without  taking  into  consideration  the 
ninount  of  reproach  they  may  thus  bring  upon 
the  church.  If  they  do  not  think  enough  of 
the  church's  reputation  to  make  some  sacrifice 
for  it  they  need  to  spend  more  time  at  the  foot 
of  the  cross. 

7.  Ministers  are  too  loose  about  their  preach- 
ing. Many  iirc  too  much  disposed  to  compro- 
mise with  the  ways  of  popular  religion  and  thus 
.teslroy  the  line  of  demarcation  that  should  exist 
between  the  church  and  the  world.  Ministers 
want  to  be  bold  euougli  to  preach  the  truth 
whether  people  like  it  or  not,  The  man  who 
will  shun  to  declare  tlie  whole  council  of  God 
is  not  worthy  of  his  position.  Most  ministers 
spend  too  much  time  over  knotty  questions,  and 
not  enough  with  the  plain,  simple,  practical 
trutlis  of  the  Bible.  About  tliree-fourths  of 
them  put  the  feed  up  too  higli;  the  lambs  can- 
not reach  it,  hence  the  little  creatures  go  to  oth- 
er churches  for  mental  and  spiritual  food.  The 
generality  of  ministers  do  not  study  enough. 
They  read  much  and  study  little.  Many  of 
them  spend  a  week  stiidi/in/j  up  a  sermon. 
They  would  better  take  the  Bible  and  /i»»/ up 
the  sermon.  A  goiwl  Hemion,  like  goM,  oflen 
requires  much  hard  labor  to  get  it.  Minister* 
sliould  be  careful  what  they  preach.  They 
should  never  tell  a  thing  til)  they  know  it  to  l>e 
correct.  God  never  requires  a  man  to  tell  a 
thing  that  he  does  not  know. 

8,  As  a  rule,  mijiistei's  do  not  visit  ^aowgh 
auiung  the  poorer  members.  The  ri?h  get  inu>t 
of  the  ci)mpany.    The  poor  should  not  he  neg- 


H'^ 


^Utui  Wl. 


NiMnRn  II. 
EUE  I  promised  to  notice  the  relations  of 
the  laity  and  the  servnnts  of  the  church. 
mbei-s  of  the  same  body  they  are  one- 
are  equal.  Their  rights  and  interests  are  the 
same.  They  drink  from  the  same  Fountain,  eat 
of  the  same  Bread,  shall  receive  the  same  re- 
ward. They  practice  the  same  ordinances,  enjoy 
the  same  rights  juid  privileges,  are  ma^le  partak- 
ers of  the  same  hope.  The  church  that  fails  to 
recognize  these  facts,  cannot  be  prosperous.  So 
fur,  then,  we  see  that  proBperity  will  come  if 
these  facts  are  duly  recognized.  There  is  but 
one  Go.'pel.  one  rule  of  faith  and  practice  for 
(he  church.  To  get  two  rules  of  faith  and  prac- 
tice into  the  church  would  cause  division,  and 
where  there  is  division  there  is  not  prosperity. 

The  servants  of  the  churcli  must  be  chosen 
in  the  church,  t.v  the  church.  Servants  Lliat 
are  not  chosen  by  the  church  are  not  the  chuivhs 
{servants;  and  the  Gospel  recognizes  no  servants 
not ')/  the  church,  hij  the  church.  When  the 
Loi-d  "ascended  upon  high,  he  led  captivity 
captive,  and  gave  gifts  unto  men,"  "  and  he  gave 
some,  apostles."  The  church  in  its  infancy.  He 
gave  apostles.  And  to  "some"  He  gave  proph- 
ets; others,  evangelists,  pastors  and  teachers. 
WhyV  "  For  the  perfecting  of  the  saints." 
This  is  one  reason.  A  second  reason  why  He 
gave  some  teachers,  pastors  and  evangelists  was, 
"for  the  work  of  the  ministry,"  ami  the  third 
reason  was,  "  for  the  edifying  of  the  body,  of 
Christ."  This  lust  reason  fouml^  iu  Kphesiaug 
4:  12,  is  applicable  here.  Those  given  ''for  tlie 
edifying  of  the  body  of  Christ"  are  such  who 
shall  be  blameless,  apt  to  teach,  grave,  sober, 
vigilant,  of  good  behavior,  not  greedy  of  filthy 
lucre,  not  self-willed,  not  soon  angry,  but  lovers 
of  hospitality,  lovers  of  good  men,  just,  temper- 
ate, holy,  patient.  Such  servants  Ihe  church 
shall  choose  for  the  edifying  of  itself.  And  the 
church  that  is  cautious  iu  this  respect,  the 
church  that  thinks  more  of  its  edification  and 
prosperity  than  it  docs  of  man,  inll  ever  seek 
such  as  are  in  full  possession  of  these  qualificar- 
tions.  It  is  not  safe  to  choose  a  servant  with 
tiie  hope  that  he  will  seek  and  find  thene  quali- 
fications wlieu  given  a  servant's  duties.  Such  is 
not,  I  think,  the  apostolic  order.  A  man  should 
be  found  posses-sing  these  qualifications,  and 
then  called  to  edify  the  church.  Happy  is  the 
church  that  follows  the  apostolic  order  in  all 
things, 

The  relation  that  exists  between  the  laity  and 
the  BervantiJ  is  that  of  brothers.  Servants  are 
to  flcrve  the  church— not  to  goveru  iu  the  sense 
ol  hiimau  government.  Christ  came  to  do  the 
will  of  His  Father — not  His  own.  In  thus 
eomiDg,  He  w;is  the  servant  of  God.  The  »evv- 
ants  of  the  church  in  like  manner  are  to  do  the 
will  of  tl»r  church — not  their  own  will,  for  if 
they  do  thi-i^y  own  will,  they  are  no  more  ser?- 
ant-*,  but  lords. 

The  servants  M'  the  i-hurch,  are  not  above  tin- 
church.     This  is  because  they  are  a  part  of  the 
clmrch,  and  a  part  can    never  rise  above  the 
whole.    Were  they  above  the  church,  greater 
will  uot  willingly  deny  hL-self  of  some  '  to  it  that  she  gets   the   right  man  in  the  rigbt  '  tl.uii  the  church  in  i»'«ver.  they  wouhl  no  lon-r- 


plact-.  if  the  church  Hiids  that  >he  lifls  miide  a 
mi^trtke  in  «;Iecting  a  «.  rvant  to  M-rve  in  nny 
capacity  she  nhotild  be  frep  to  correct  ber  error, 
and  not  Uy  the  blame  on  the  Holy  Ghost,  as  is 
the  manner  of  some.  If  a  man  has  been  chos- 
en to  fill  a  position,  and  it  iaatVirward  apparent 
that  he  is  not  adapted  to  that  calling,  bnt  can 
do  something  else  much  better,  prudence  would 
demand  a  change  at  once.  That  is  the  way  we 
do  in  temporal  matters,  and  certainly  religion  is 
vastly  more  important  than  woridly  things.  H 
the  church,  in  these  things,  would  be  as  "  wise 
as  serpents,"  it  would  add  much  to  her  prosr)ei- 
ity.  Every  thing  in  its  place  is  not  less  im- 
portant iu  religious  matters  than  i"  worldly 
tilings.  That  which  is  worth  doing  at  all  is 
worth  doing  right,  and  the  right  way  is  always 
the  best. 

10.  We  need  more  of  Christ  and  less  of  self 
behind  the  table.  Less  opinion  and  more  faith 
will  do  any  congregation  good.  Ministers  want 
to  show  to  the  congregation  that  they  respect 
each  other.  Like  priest,  like  people-  The  lack 
of  love  behind  the  table  is  enough  to  paralyze 
any  congregation.  More  love,  more  faith,  and 
much  more  pnn/er  are  indiapensible  elements  to 
all  true  holiness.  J-  H-  M. 

WHEN   IS  THE  CHtTRCH  PROS- 
PEROUS? 


er  be  servants  of  the  church,  but  lords  of  thp 
church,  and  lords  of  the  church  Imve  no  prom- 
ise of  the  peace  of  this  world,  nor  that  of  th^ 
world  to  come.  Thus  the  idea  of  equality,  nf 
equal  rinhts  and  privileges  between  thp  laity 
and  the  officials  is  a  Bible  idea;  and  the  churel, 
that  recognizes  this  idea  and  faithfully  adherex 
to  it  will  bf  prosperous.  But  if  u  church  should 
forget  this,  should  place  judgment,  and  execu- 
tion wholly  in  the  hands  of  its  servants,  or  li- 
the servants*  should  usurp  their  authority,  and 
assume  all  matters  of  judgment,  then  that 
church  would  not  be  prosperous  as  the  Bible 
teaches  prosperity.  Servants  or  officials  may 
sugge-it  to  the  church  what  they  think  for  iu 
best  interests,  but  in  no  case  should  they  assunii. 
to  do  the  work  of  the  church.  A  nmn  when 
called  to  perform  some  special  duty  for  the 
church  is  simply  the  church's  agent,  the  church\ 
servant  subject  to  the  bidding  ot  the  churcli. 
He  has  not  become  a  law-maker,  for  Christ  imrl 
the  apostles  made  all  the  law  the  church  needs. 
No  man  can  make  a  perlectlaw;  but  Christ  diti, 
and  the  perfect  law  is  far  better  aa  a  rule  of  faitli, 
practice  and  judgment  than  any  imperfect  laiv 
can  be. 

The  apostle  says,  "  Obey  your  guides,  and  I).- 
submissive;  for  they  keep  watch  on  yourbehall. 
as  going  to  render  account"  (Heb.  Vi:  17).  'f ^  ^ 
the  laity  of  the  church  are  commanded  to  do, 
providing  the  leaders  po.sse3S  all  the  qualiric;;- 
t ions  laid  down  in  the  Holy  Scriptures.  Btit 
that  they  shall  obey  leaders  who  possess  not  iht 
qualifications  given  by  the  Holy  Ghost  through 
the  apostles,  is  not  at  all  evident.  The  kind  l.i 
leadei-a  they  are  required  to  obey,  are  such  a.s 
are  humble,  and  themselves  entirely  submissive 
to  the  will  of  God. 

Leaders,  however,  sometimes  find  themselvcT. 
in  difficulties,  not  because  they  have  coiuhict^it 
themselves  in  a  disorderly  manner  at  home,  but 
because  they  mistrusted  the  church,  bccausu 
having  failed  in  gentleness,  hmg-suffering.  good- 
ness, meekness,  or  some  other  point.  Whenev- 
er le;«lei's,  the  servants  of  the  church,  lose  cou- 
fideuce  in  the  church,  mistrust  the  church,  aud 
resort  to  their  own  judgment  as  to  the  church's 
interests,  they  are  more  likely  to  throw  safe- 
guard-f  around  their  own  iutere.-*ts  than  arouml 
the  interests  of  the  church.  The  servants  and 
those  who  gave  them  authority  to  preside  over 
and  look  after  the  church's  interests,  must  lab^ir 
together,  must  be  gentle  to  each  other,  for  their 
interests  are  the  sauie.  Servants  lose  nuthiug 
by  consulting  the  church,  by  permitting  tbe 
church  to  do  its  own  work,  by  admonishing  to 
faithiulue-ss,  holiness  aud  good  works.  But  ou 
the  other  hand,  should  servants  so  far  ext.-l  llieu- 
powers  iiud  duties  as  to  attempt  to  control  ll  i; 
church,  to  assume  its  duties  and  priviK-ges.  thtn 
vexations  and  troubles  arise,  and  where  the  e 
are,  there  is  no  prosperity. 

The  relatiou  of  servants  and  laity  do  not  it- 
quire  th.it  cither  do  aught  iu  secret  that  pevtiiii;s 
to  the  other.  There  are  not  two  distinct  bodies 
inthochurth.  The  church  is  "one  body;"  and 
officials  are  simplj  persons  chosen  ty  the  church 
to  execute  the  will  of  the  church,  and  the  will 
of  the  church  must  be  iu  perfect  harmouy  with 
the  will  of  God.  The  church  that  recognizes 
this  fact  will  be  happy,  and  being  happy  will 
prosper. 

Again,  if  a  churcli  tt'blild  t>l'Osi)ei',  WDUld  s6fi 
little  trouble  iu  church  gWernment,  let  it  be 
cautious  in  the  selection  of  its  servants.  To 
choose  for  a  servant  one  who  had  flot  yet  learn- 
ed to  bo  patient,  who  had  not  yet  learned  to  Ise 
gentle,  kind  aud  forlieariiig,  and  willing'  *o  cot- 
fide  in  the  church,  would  not  be  choosing  in  the 
direction  of  prosperity.  .\s  before  stated,  tew 
persons  fully  learu  the  power  of  kindness.  The 
servant  who  has  learned  this  les.son  well,  is  ui 
po5."«3»ion  of  a  power  for  good  far  beyond  him 
who  rellr*  upon  the  rigor  of  law,  or  hia  own 
peculiar  adfantages.  Thui'e  is  one  thing  more 
that  I  wish  to  here  impreps  upon  the  minds  of 
all  who  have  been  *>Mweu  by  the  church  to  per- 
form it-s  duties.     Aim  to    maintain   the  respect 


of  the  church  for  the  |)(>r*ion  you  occupy 


Just 


lo  sure  as  you  attempt  Ur  override  the  church 


best  iutn-ests  in  order  to  sulnw-ve  your  own.j'ist 
that  sure  will  you  bring  division'  'Mio  thechurch. 
i'nd  division  being  there,  prot-peritj'  is  a  stvanger. 
IM  no  one  attempt  to  do  the  ehuieh's  bu*iaes.s 
UHl^-ssthe  church  says  so.  Let  utmtf  secret l.v 
selwnie  for  his  own  aggniudizemeiit.  nefaW'^Uil'' 
to  .lti*w  honor  to  liiniself  by  any  other  m-iw^ 
limii'love,  iHitlifulness  and  good  works.  I'^^'J 
noti»Hi>^.  you  shall  not  U-  counted  worthy 


June 


20. 


THK   HKETHCRKM   -A.T   •WOHK. 


either  sinslc  or  ivahU,  honor.  I.ut  p,Tf,.rm  the 
duties  "f  "  =«"'"»*  ftiilhfnlly,  wiJ  tW  church 
,vin  K'lt  he  utign.tvfiil.  Shouia  11  church  be  uii- 
grrttrtul  to  its  servunts  when  tU.-y  have  IWlhtul- 
ly  carried  out  the  will  of  the  Lord,  then  the 
Lo^a^vlll  speedily  avenge  IIw  eWt.  »nd  that 
church  will  ftiU  beneath  .  the  justic*  of  ^  inie 
God.  That6«rvftnts  sometimes  suflir  for  wrong- 
doing is  1  f"**^'  l"'*  it  i"  fan-  that  they  Mifler  for 
well-doing.  Keep  the  chnrch  in  the  front,  re- 
,[,fct  the  rights  iind  privileges  of  the  Uity,  my 
,i^.ar  brethren,  and  the  ehnrch  undpr  your  care 
will  prosper.  Should  ;my  step  aside  from  the 
old.  heiiten  pathway  to  glory,  go  plead  with 
them;  point  them  to  Jesus,  show  His  love,  your 
love,  the  crown  of  glory  in  the  end.  pray  with 
them.  aii<^  r'^='t  assured  prosperity  will  be  inscrib- 
^^1  on  the  bimni'is  of  that  cluircli.        ji.  ji.  E. 


TRIP  TO  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 


OX  111..-  iiioriiiiij;  .jf  the  «th, spv..-rjil  nf  ns  from 
J^oithern  Illinois  on  the  \v.iy  to  Aiiiiu*il 
lleetiiigi  were  safely  set  down  at  North  Man- 
chester, lud.  liro.  S.  S.  Ulery  took  cure  of  us 
ftud  iti  the  afternoon  conducted  us  to  the  Ogan's 
Creek  communion,  where  we  were  made  happy 
ill  meeting  many  loving  brethren  imd  sisters. 
It  does  one  good  to  meet  and  become  acquainted 
with  the  readers  of  the  BnETHRst.-  at  Work. 
We  are  not  only  ffla*i  to  meet  such,  but  nil  who 
have  obtained  "like  precious  faith,"  and  possess 
the  same  Gospel  hope  with  us.  But  our  readers 
are  somewhat  more  endeared  to  us,  because  of 
our  wi'ekly  talks. 

The  leaat  was  truly  nn  enjoyable  one,  and  by 
■ill  jippciirances  those  wlio  participated  in  it  were 
all  profited.  Only  those  who  throw  open  their  i 
hearts  to  the  Lord,  invite  Him  in  and  sup  with 
Him,  can  express  the  comforts  and  strength  of 
a  conimuiiion  meeting.  The  ministerial  force 
was  strong  nt  this  meeting,  and  the  simple,  ef- 
fective manner  of  their  working  is  well  worth 
rdmenibering.  When  old  brethren — those  who 
have  for  a  score  or  more  years  withstood  the 
trials,  temptations  and  vctations  of  life,  kindly 
and  earnestly  pleiid  for  unity,  love  and  hi  other- 
ly  kiiulnes-s, — for  vieal  in  spreading  the  truth  of 
Jesus,  one  is  made  to  thank  God  and  take  cour- 
age. And  raoiv:  when  they  declnro  that  they 
have  confidence  in  the  church — have  conlidence 
that  the  younger  brethren  and  sisfei-s  want  to 
do  rifht,  have  rouRdence  that  when  they  lay 
(liiwu  to  rest  in  their  graves,  the  younger  ones 
will  take  up  tl«e  mantle  and  battle  justn^  nobly 
■lor  the  distinctive  plea  of  the  church— yes  whi.i 
they  utter  such  confidence,  we  are  humbled  i;i 
spirit  and  more  firmly  resolve  to  hide  continu- 
ally under  tlie  cross.  These  old  veterans  not 
only  thus  speak,  but  net  and  appear  just  as  they 
.1  rlare  with  their  voices.'  They  believe  that  the 
.  i  iM  ii  (.■xi(.ted  and  tlourished  successfully  before 
it  W.I.-,  platted  in  iheir  care,  imd  that  It  will  go 
on  suict-SsfuUy  after  they  are  gone.  They  are 
only  coueerned  that  it  shall  go  out  of  their 
chiu'gt:'  in  good  order,  and  fall  into  well-prepared 
hand?;  and  that  it  may  go  on  uud  on  with  care, 
they  encourage  those  who  must  follow  after,  not 
hy  Buspitiouing  them,  not  ])y  questiojiing  their 
motives,  but  by  love  and  confidence.  God  bless 
all  the  biethreu  who  do  not  luisirust  their 
younger  brethren.  0,  brethren,  you  do  not  re- 
ttliw  how  much  good  your  kind  words,  your 
loving  actions  aro  doiug!  In  et^'rnity  ail  will 
he  clear. 

On  the  morning  of  the  Sth,  brethren  from  all 
parts  of  the  country  assembled  iu  the  Ogan  s 
V.:m\  uieeting-house  to  consult  iu  reference  to 
tiit>  best  method  of  spreading  the  Gospel,  of 
suwing  the  good  seed.  This  meeting  had  bten 
cidled  Ity  the  officers  of  the  "Church  Extension 
Union,"  and  aa  many  did  not  fully  understand 
its  aims  and  methods,  they  came  to  leaiui.  Bro. 
Wuiuter  explmned  the  object  of  the  meeting  to 
be  in  the  interests  of  mission  work,  and  to 
luor^'  iuUy  carry  o\»t  the  plan  lulopted  by  the 
A.  M.  of  1868.  This  plan  w.is  read  and  ap- 
proved as  being  gootl;  and  in  order  to  carry  it 
into  ex<-cution,  some  additional  resolutions  were 
(idoptt'd.  These  will  be  given  in  full  in  the 
tuture. 

Tlie  plixu  adopted  at  Mcyev-dale,  Pa.,  ami 
known  JUS  the  "  Church  Extension  Union,"  was 
^ukstituted  by  the  one  above  nieutioneil,  and 
*hall  be  known  jih  tlie  "  Brethren's  Work  of 
Evaugi-Hani."  Xhc  design  is  not  to  interfere 
"■'Ml  iho  organizations  now  existing  in  several 
.ills,  but  is  presented  tu^  an  effective  means 
■.tending  the  bordei-s  of  the  church. 


AT  AN'Sl'\l.  MKKTISO. 

On  Sunday  morning  .huie  9th.  the  people 
begun  to  pathfrnt  the  Urge  tent  two  miles  West 
of  North  Mmichester.  as  it  had  been  unnouncwl 
that  brother  S.  H.*Haslior  would  preach  in  the 
meeting-honne  near  by.  The  house  was  soon 
denwly  pncke.!  with  ansioas  hearers,  and  as 
mnny  could  not  get  into  the  mecting-honsp.  it 
W5S  thought  gowl  to  go  to  the  tent  and  hold 
meeting  then.-  also.  Hctl-  brother  Moses  Miller 
addressed  an  attentive  imdience,  and  iw  the  day 
was  cool  and  rainy,  the  people  were  slow  in  dis- 
[wraing.  Meetings  were  held  at  eight  or  ten 
different  point*  in  the  vicinity  during  the  day 
and  evening. 

Early  on  Monday  morning,  the  Urge  and 
commodious  tent  was  filled  with  persona  from 
all  parts  of  the  conntrj-.  and  as  the  Standing 
Committee  could  not  arrange  to  open  meeting 
until  Tuesday  morning,  it  was  deemed  good  and 
expedient  to  spend  the  time  in  preaching;  hence 
brother  3.  II.  Bashor  preached  at  10  A.  M..  on 
Uie  autheiiticily  of  the  Bible,  followed  by  S.  C. 
Stump.  .\t  a  P.  M..  brother  S.  Z.  Sharp  ad- 
dressed the  vast  multitude,  on  "  Rightly  divid- 
ing the  Word  of  Truth,"  followed  by  A.  J. 
Hixon,  Howard  Miller  and  J.  W.  Stein— the  liwt 
two  dwelling  upon  the  importance  of  mission 
work.  A  synopsis  of  some  of  those  discourses 
will  be  given  as  soon  a.s  possible. 

Tuesday  8;30  A.  M.  the  Standing  Committee 
entered  the  tent,  and  so  dense  was  the  congre- 
gation that  it  was  some  time  until  the  Comniit-- 
tee  could  be  seated  and  the  audience  auieted 
^ufficiently  to  proceed  to  business.  Bro.  Enoch 
Eby  announced  the  25.3nlhymn  which  the  audi- 
ence sung  with  great  warmth.  It  reminded  one 
of  the  great  meeting  promised  us  all  in  heaven, 
when  the  saints  shall,  with  one  voice,  sing  thi' 
song  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

The  Motlerator  then  snid  that,  no  doubt  we 
all  have  long  looked  forward  to  the  time  when 
we  could  meet  and  enjoy  each  other's  company. 
But  we  have  not  only  assembled  to  see  each 
other,  but  to  labor  for  the  good  of  the  church 
in  general.  Looking  at  Uu-  matter  thus,  we  wi 
feel  that  we  are  in  the  iiuinediate  presence  of 
Him  who  has  called  as  hero;  hence  I  trust  that 
evei7  brother  in  divine  i>resenee,  a»  well  as  your 
unworthy  servant,  will  feel  the  need  of  lusking 
God  to  be  in  our  midst.  In  view,  thin,  of  the 
importance  of  this  great  work  before  us,  let  us 
bow  before  God  ami  ask  His  bWsing  upon  ns. 
Prayer  by  brother  Eby,  after  which  the  fifteenth 
of  Acts  was  read  by  11.  II.  Miller.  The  organ- 
ization was  next  announced  to  be  aa  follows: 
Enoch  Eby,  Moderator;  U.  H.  Miller,  Heading 
Clerk;  Jame^  yuinter.  Writing  Clerk.  The 
Moderator  then  said,  that  wc  had  heard  the 
Scriptures  re;id,giving  an  account  of  u  difiiculty 
in  the  church  and  that  the  apostles,  and  elders 
,  with  the  church  met  to,  arrange  matters  satis- 
f-ictonly.  They  gave  a  deci.-'ion  and  sent  it  to 
the  church  from  whence  the  difiiculty  ciune; 
and  as  differences  of  opinion  prevailed  among 
those  tt.'jsembled  on  that  occiision,  it  could  not 
be  expected  that  we  should  arrange  matters 
without  some  differences  of  opinion  also;  but 
it  would  be  good  if  we  couid  present  our  views 
from  a  Scriptural  standpoint,  always  giving  the 
word  of  God  as  proof  of  our  position  rather  than 
the  Minutes  of  Annual  Meeting.  Be  kind  and 
courteous  in  your  remarks,  for  soft  words  turn 
away  wrath,  but  harsh  words  stir  up  miger. 

The  Clerk  then  read  the  programme  of  the 
meeting.  Paper  relative  to  a  change  in  the 
manner  of  holding  the  Annual  Meeting  Wi 
r-ud,  the  main  features  of  which  are,  thiit  each 
congregation  in  the  brotherhood  be  perihitted 
to  send  u  delegate  in  connection  with  the  pres- 
ent District  system,  which  delegates  shall  con- 
stitute the  Conference  in  rendering  decisions, 
but  questions  to  be  open  to  discussion  for  all. 
Subject  deferred  until  Wednesday  morning. 

Papers  relative  to  divorces  and  thi-  propriety 
of  innocent  parties  re-marrying  were  presented 
and  deferred  indefinitely.  The  question  of  ad- 
vancing ministers  outside  of  the  congregation 
in  which  they  reside,  was  considered  and  decid- 
ed to  be  unwarnuited  according  to  the  usages  of 
the  church. 

AKTEllNOON  »ESSIOS. 


iiti-yrity  nnd  purity  of  the  church  uliould  ovit 
Ix'  kept  in  view,  and  noone  should  even  presume 
to  go  beyond  good  order,  peace  and  harmony. 

The  justice  imd  propriety  of  first  presenting 
the  dfcisions  of  the  clmrch  to  n  member  why 
been  tried  for  disobedience,  before  iwkiiig 
him  whether  he  will  accept  it,  wi»  given  con- 
sideration, and  it  waa  agreed  that  by  all  means 
should  the  decision  ^»  made  known  Iw-fore  a.tk- 
ing  any  one  whether  ho  ivill  comply  with  it. 
The  wisdom  and  justice  of  this  decision  ia  so 
clear  that  it  will  be  generally  accepted.  From 
henceforth  the  deci.tion  of  the  church  mu»t  U- 
presented  to  the  aicused,  before  asking  him  to 
comply.  No  mtm  should  be  asked  to  consent  to 
a  thing  of  which  he  is  ignorant.  Tell  him  tlw 
demand  luid  then  ask  hink  whether  he  will 
cept.  The  third  subject  related  to  receiving 
pensions  from  the  government;  and  the  fourth 
struck  at  exiwnsive  feasting  at  funerals.  This 
was  a  timely  warning,  as  many  poor  tamilies  are 
burdened  in  the  vain  effort  to  keep  up  with  the 
times.  It  is  time  that  we,  ns  achurch,  raise  our 
voice  against  t^iis  growing  evil. 

North-western  Ohio  District  petitioned  A.M. 
to  change  Art,  16  of  1871  in  order  to  enable 
poor  brethren  to  obtftin  a  committw  from  A. 
M.  through  the  District  Meeting.  Often  those 
who  are  poor  cannot  afford  to  'go  to  A.  M.  for  a 
committee,  and  by  calling  for  one  through  the 
D.  M.  may  be  able  to  obtain  justice  more  retidi 
ly.     Request  not  granted. 

Several  churches  requested  permission  to  iLsk 
applicants  the  usual  questions  on  the  bank  of 
the  stream  instead  of  in  the  water.  This  8ul>- 
ject  elicited  n  lengthy  discussion  in  which  the 
Scriptures  and  tmcient  church  history  were 
brought  lorwai'd.  Tettnllian,  Chrysosteni  and 
other  notable  ancients  were  refenvd  to,  and  it  is 
worthy  of  note  that  in  doing  so,  the  idea  of  trine 
immersion  was  also  brought  before  the  vast  as- 
sembly. It  was  evident  that  as  to  the  matter  of 
asking  applicants  questions,  the  church  b*  of  one 
mind;  but  irlicre  to  11^  them  is  a  matter  of 
opinion.  Though  the  discussion  wa.s  quite  pro- 
tracted and  brought  oui  many  good  points,  it 
was  evident  that  the  snbJL'ct  required  con-^idero- 
ble  study  and  reflection  in  order  to  reach  just 
and  tnie  conclusions.  The  meeting  concluded 
to  make  no  ehange.  This  wa«  tin-  Ust  subject 
for  the  first  day's  gession,  and  the  multitmlc  dis- 
persed to  find  places  of  rest.  • 


THE  IINT. 

in  which  the  meeting  is  held,  together  wikh  the 
dining  room,  is  372  feet  long  and  SO  feet  wide. 
About  one  half,  or  136  feet  by  fiO,  is  used  for  the 
council.  This  was-completely  filled  and  Ihou- 
saiids  slood  outside.  IVreons  with  strongvocal 
orgiuts  could  be  heard  throughout  the  teDt,  but 
those  of  less  capacity  were  only  heard  iu,  their 
immeiliate  vicinity.  I'he  discussions  thus  far 
have  been  made  iu  a  Christian  spirit,  and,  not- 
withstanding the  immeDse  audience,  pretty  good 
order  has  been  maintained.     More  next  week. 


COMMUNISM, 


BVr 


The  first  subject  under  consideration  was  in 
regai'd  to  those  who  travel  among  churches  and 
teach  contrary  to  the  usages  mid  practice  of  the 
church.  It  WHS  unanimously  agreed  that  such 
work  is  not  in  harmony  with  Gospel  order,  and 
that  those  who  thus  persist  in  violating  good 
order  shall  not  bo  regarded  as  one  of  us.     The 


Corapiled. 
many  who  have  given  the  subjpct  con- 
siderable thought,  it  is  believed  that  oui 
ntry  is  to-day  on  the  very  crest  of  a  volcano, 
whichmay  burst  forth  any  moment.  And  from 
present  indications  it  is  safe  to  concludethatbe- 
fore  the  expiration  of  many  months,  this  pent 
up  subterranean  firv  will  burst  forth,  causing 
a  shock  from  one  end  of  the  land  to  the  other. 
Already  the  rumbiing  is  beginning  to  be  heard 
in  the  fai' off' Europe,  and  the  very  kings  upon 
their  thrones  are  becoming  alarmed. 

We  believe  tkeir  is  danger  ahead.  Here  we 
are  in  the  second  year  of  our  centennial  glory 
with  the  country  seething  like  a  caldron.  .\t 
Washington  the  political  parties  are  falling  to 
pieces  by  their  own  inherent  corruption.  The 
Presidential  chair  has  a  torpe^lo  under  it.  Ilep- 
resentatives  of  the  nations  come  into  the  halls 
of  Congress  drunk.  Druukl  Great  heavcnsl 
has  it  come  to  this,  that  drunkards  shall  sit  on 
the  throne  of  Christian  America';'  Represen- 
tatives! Yea,  so  they  ai'e;  to  our  disgrace  be  it 
said,  in  more  ways  than  one.  Infidelity  and 
Sabbath  desecration  are  growing.  Spirituality 
is  so  gaunt  and  attenuated  in  miuiy  of  our  cities 
thnt  it  cannot  even  i-cfiect  the  truth.  The  land 
is  ovei'^run  by  thieves  luid  vagrants,  labor  and 
capital  are  at  sword's  points,  and  beneuth  all 
this  cracked  crust  of  Republicanism,  there,  are 
smouldering  the  vofcauic  fires  of  Commnuism. 


Nodungerl    Have  the  signt  of  the  times  ao 
voici-  of  wnrningi' 

Their  number  nt  the  prewnt  in  not  known; 
it  is  supposed  to  b*r  two  or  three  hundred  thooft- 
and  They  are  all  oath-honnd  and  worked  by 
secret  wirw  that  the  matues  of  our  readMTi  know 
not  of.  Their  work  iit  done  in  the  profonndwit 
accn-cy.  and  the  Lord  only  know*  what  their 
strength  i«.  They  have  been  hard  at  work  dur- 
ing the  last  twelve  months,  and  now  huve  or- 
giuiizalioiis  in  nearly  nil  the  leading  cities  of 
the  bind.  They  drill  iu  st-cret.  They  are  said 
to  Ik-  orgimizing  armies,  and  in  Chicigo  have 
u  force  of  several  thousand.  At  that  plac«  they 
have  IM^en  seen  drilling  in  public 

They  arc  armeil  with  breech-loading  rifl», 
and  revolvers,  and  are  drilling,  they  say,  with 
a  view  to  aelf-protection  in  ca.*e  their  plans  an 
interfered  with.  In  Cincinnati  theCommuniats 
have  three  thousand  men  enrolled.  Lacge  num- 
l>er»  of  them  are  organized  into  miliUiry  com- 
panie-s,  whieh  meet  and  drill  in  seeret-  The 
Koights  of  Labor,  an  organisation  whowe object 
is  simihu-  to  that  of  the  Communist.^.  i.re  »Uo 
drilling  and  arming  in  preparation  for  an  im- 
|)ending  crisis.  In  St.  Louis  large  street  meet- 
ings are  held  and  inflammatory  speecUi!*  made, 
stirring  up  riot  and  sowing  the  seeds  of  .Uscoid 
and  o-itroge.  They  laugh  at  the  power  of  the 
police  to  coerce  thein.  In  New  Vork  the  same 
thing  i»  wen,  iuwl  revolutionary  memurea  are 
openly  avovyed. 

Can  w*  ataud  up  in  the  bold  presence  of  theae 
startling  facts  and  aay  there  is  no  danger?  What 
is  the  moiui'mg  of  all  this  organizing,  and  arm- 
ing, and  drilling  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  I'acif- 
ic?  There  is  no  foreign  army  appromhing. 
There  is  n*  «ai:  in  our  own  land.  The  Ptesi- 
dent  ha-H  not  culW  for  militia.  What  do«9  it 
mean?  It  means  revolution,  and  that  at  no 
distant  day.  It  means  the  upheaval  of  our  lib- 
erties and  hftuwit;  the  war  of  classes;  the  poor 
against  the  rich;  thelaborer  against  the  capital- 
ist,—anarchy,  ved-handed,  ghiistly  anarchy.  It 
means  riot,  aud  murder,  and  pillage,  and  sacked 
cities,  and  adiHinembered  government. 

But  what  »  the  cause  of  this  threatening 
trouble?  Wa  answer,  it  is  monopoly.  The 
working  class,  ha*  been  abused,  and  the  wealth 
of  the  land  is  lapidly  going  into  the  hands  o£  a 
few.  The  W(i«es  of  the  poorer  class  haye  been 
cut  down  that  the  rich  might  huve  more  money 
to  squander.  The  poor  and  their  families  hare 
been  almost  starving  while  the  rich  are  building 
fine  mansions  and  investing  their  wealth  in 
bonds.  We  Wlieve  the  whole  thbig  can  berem- 
edied  by  wbe  and  judicioua  legislation.  But 
how  can  we  expect  this  to  come  to  p;i.-is  when 
our  nation  is  reeling  from  the  effect  of  the  liq- 
uor traffic  and  pride  of  every  order  ?  Our  coun- 
try needs  a  tefonuution  whieh  may  yet  come 
after  it  is  too  late  to  avert  the  pending  evils  that 
are  now  awaiting  her. 

The  work  wants  to  be  brought  about  by  the 
Gospel  of  pe^e,  and  nut  by  comiU  weapons  as 
is  now  threatened.  We  are  satisfied  that  the 
Communists  will  not  succeed  in  overrunning 
this  eountrj',  but  they,  if  once  aroused,  will 
cause  irrepmrable  damages.  What  a  blessing  it 
would  be  if  all  men  would  learn  to  do  unto 
others  its  they  would  that  they  should  do  unto 
them!  There  would  be  no  trampling  of  the 
poor  under  foot  by  the  rich,  but  there  would  be 
work  iuid  plenty  to  eat  and  clothing  for  alL 

Just  take  the  money  that  is  squimdered  for 
itrong  drink  and  speud  it  for  food  and  clothing 
and  not  one  need  sufler.  There  would  be  plen- 
ty and  to  spare  for  all. 

These  are  perilous  times.  What  meaneth  the 
great  famines  of  earth  l-*  What  meaneth  this  of 
thousands  dying  daily?  What  meaneth  the 
great  subterranean  rumbling  of  socialism  iu 
Euro|)e?  and  Whatmeaneth  this  secret  rattling 
of  arms  and  secret  workings  all  over  our  land? 
Who  cannot  fail  to  read  the  signs  of  the  times? 
Watch  and  pray.    There  is  danger  ahead. 


J.  H.  M. 


Eu)Eii  S.  Z.  Sharp  has  been  appoiutetl  by  the 
trustees  of  Ashland  College,  Ohio,  as  general 
soliciter  for  that  institution.  E.  C.  Pucker,  of 
Ashhuid,  A.  .J.  Hixson  and  London  West  of 
Souihern  Ohio,  and  J.  G.  Rover  of  Monticello» 
Ind.,  have  also  been  appointed  to  solicit  funds 
for  that  institution. 


CoN'SUiERABLE  matter  prepared  for  this  issue 
has  been  crowded  out.  Will  appear  next  vreek. 
—  The  Minuter  and  Report  cim  be  had  at  this 
office.  Particulars_  next  week.  —  This  is  all  the 
room  we  have  left  to  say  anything  in  this  issue 


THE    BItETiiEE>J^    ^T    "VVOitiC. 


June 


POETICAL    ENIGMA. 

GOD  mude  Adiun  out  of  diwt. 
But  thought  it  b€»t  to  make  me  first; 

So  I  was  miidc  before  the  msn, 

To  answer  Hod's  most  holy  plan. 

My  body  He  did  make  coniplett*. 

But  without  legs,  or  hand*  or  feet. 

My  way*  imd  lu.-tion*'  did  control. 

And  I  wa«  mftde  without  a  soul. 

A  living  Ijfing  I  became; 
''Twaa  Aduin  thut  gave  me  my  name. 

Then  from  hi^  presence  I  withdrew, 

No  more  of  Adam  ever  knew. 

I  did  my  Miiki*r'«  laws  olx-y. 

From  them  I  never  went  astray. 

Thous.andN  of  miles  I  ran,  I  fear. 

But  seldom  upon  earth  appear. 

But  God  in  me  did  Homething  we. 

And  put  n  living  soul  in  me. 

A  Houl  of  me  my  (JfKl  did  elaim. 

And  took  from  me  my  soul  again. 

But  when  from  me  my  f-oul  had  tied, 

I  wan  the  i^aiiu'  its  when  fintt  moile; 

And  without  hands,  or  feet,  or  mouI, 

I  travel  now  from  pole  to  pole. 

I  labor  hard  both  day  and  night, 

To  fallen  man  I  give  great  light. 

Thousands  of  people,  young  and  old, 

Will  by  my  drath  great  light  behold. 

No  fear  of  death  can  trouble  me. 

For  happinc-HS  I  ne'er  can  sec. 

To  heaven  I  shall  never  go, 

Nor  to  the  grave,  nor  hell  below. 

The  Scriptures  I  cannot  believe; 

If  right  or  wrong  I  can't  couceive; 

Although  my  name  therein  is  found, 

TJiey  are  to  me  an  empty  sound. 

And  now  my  friends,  these  lines  you'll  read. 

And  search  the  Scriptures  with  all  speed, 

And  if  my  name  you  don't  find  tliere, 

I'll  think  it  strange,  I  do  declare. 

Selpflcd  by  N.  S.  Dalk. 

PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING. 

HAVING  noticed  in  No.  19  of  theBnETHKKX 
AT  Wokk;  that  the  above  was  suggested 
a-i  a  good  pubject  to  write  upon;  1  remembered 
seeing  an  article  iu  the  Gouppt  Vinifor  which  I 
will  present  to  the  readers; 

At  an  association  of  clergymen  on  a  certain 
occasion,  it  wiis  proposed  to  hold  a  meeting  for 
the  purpose  of  considering  the  words  of  the 
Al)OHtU',  "  Pray  without  ceasing."  The  meet- 
ing wiLH  to  be  held  in  a  month,  and  in  the  mean- 
time e(uh  clergyniau  was  to  write  down  his 
opinion  and  bring  it  to  be  rend.  A  religious 
servant  girl,  who  lived  in  the  houwe  of  one  of 
the  clergymen,  overheard  him  talking  about  the 
matter,  whereupon  she  exclaimed: 

"What!  A  month  wimtfd  to  tell  the  mean- 
ing of  that  text!*  It  is  one  of  the  easiest  and 
l>est  tcxtii  in  the  Bible." 

"  Well,  well,  Mary,"  said  tlie  old   minister, 

"  what  con  you  say  about  it?     Let  us  know  how 

you  understand  it.     Can  you  priiy  all  tlie  time  ?" 

"0  yes,  sir;  the  more  I  have  to  do,  the  more 

I  can  pniy." 

*'  Indeed!  Well  Mnry.  do  let  us  know  how  it 
is — for  most  people  think  otherwise." 

"  Well,  sir,"  said  the  girl,  "  when  I  first  open 
my  eyes  in  the  morniiig'l  pray.  Lord  open  the 
eyes  of  my  understanding;  and  while  I  am 
dressing  I  pray  that  I  may  be  clnthed  with  the 
robe  of  righteousness;  and  when  I  linve  washed 
me,  I  ajiik  for  the  washing  of  regeneration;  and 
as  I  begin  work  I  pray  that  I  niiiy  have  strength 
equal  to  my  day;  when  I  begin  to  kindle  up  the 
fire  I  pray  that  God's  work  may  revive  in  my 
soul;  and  ils  I  sweep  out  the  house  I  pray  that 
my  heart  may  be  cleansed  of  all  lis  impurities; 
and  while  preparing  and  partaking  of  breakfast 
I  dwire  to  be  led  with  tlie  hidden  manna  and 
the  sincere  milk  of  the  Word;  and  as  I  am  busy 
with  the  little  children  I  look  to  God  as  my 
Father,  and  pray  for  the  spirit  of  adoption,  that 
I  may  be  His  child.  So  on,  all  day;  everything 
I  do  furnishes  me  with  a  thought  of  prayer." 

"Enough,  enough,"  cried  the  old  divine, 
"  these  things  are  revealed  to  babes  and  liid  from 
the  wise  and  prudent.  Go  on  Mary,"  said  he. 
"  pray  without  ceasing — and  as  for  us.  my  breth- 
ren, let  us  bless  the  Loi'd  for  this  exposition,  luid 
remember  that  He  said  that  the  meek  will  He 
guide  in  jmlgmeut." 

So,  deiir  brethren  and  sisters,  you  can  see 
from  the  above,  that  the  Lord,  through  the 
Apostles,  has  not  required  of  His  followers  that 
which  we  cannot  iK-rforra;  that  if  we  act  con- 
sistently with  the  G(is]jel,  we  will  not  engage  in 
any  busines  whatever,  that  we  cannot  ask  the 
Lord  to  help  us. 

Selected  by  Hiel  Hahiltos. 


THE    TWO. 

IT  in  indeed  a  funny  and  ridiculous  sight  to 
tw  a  loTely  woman  stop  at  a  croesing,  give 
her  body  a  fearful  twist,  stoop  low  and  reach 
backward  and  downward  nearly  to  her  heels, 
and  grab  from  five  to  fortj-  pounds  of  dress-trail 
fuU  of  dirt  and  shake  it  tive  or  six  times, 
like  a  buzzard  fixing  its  wings  to  fly.  then 
hobble  acrojR  the  street  to  the  other  side, 
then  to  let  go,  turn  around  four  or  five 
times  and  start  off  like  a  stem-wheel  boat  in  a 
storm.  Such  fantastic  fashionable  freaks  of  fol- 
ly as  we  see  sometimes  upon  our  streets,  are 
certainly  very  unbecoming  in  all  that  is  modest, 
beautiful  and  lovely  in  women.  Look  at  that 
modestly-dressed.sweet-faced, humble  girl,  walks 
ing  homeward,  having  been  on  a  mission  for 
her  mother,  perhaps.  No  foolishness  about  her; 
(the  lives,  dres.ses,  acts,  and  looks  plain.  She 
and  fa.shion  are  straugera.  Loafers  do  not  stare 
at  and  after  her.  No!  She  commands  respect 
by  her  dress  and  conduct  upon  the  public  streets. 
See  her  in  spotless  white,  looking  like  an  angel, 
kneeling  at  her  bed-side  with  her  face  and  eye. 
lifted  heavenward,  and  in  accents  low  and  sweets 
breathing  from  her  pure  lips  the  language  of 
her  soul  in  humble  prayer,  "  Our  Father  who 
art  in  heaven."  Angels  put  their  ears  to  tlie 
twinkling  stain  and  listen  to  her  prayer. 

The  one,  ft  meek,  humble,  Cbristiau  youuj 
woman,  whose  aflections  are  fixed  upon  things 
above  the  foibles  and  follies  of  a  fashioniible 
world — whose  very  soul  pants  for  the  light  and 
love  of  a  "  home  over  there."  The  other,  a 
thin-visaged,  "  made  up  "  woman  of  a  fashiona- 
ble world,  whose  whole  heart  and  soul  is  engulf- 
ed in  the  greiit  whirlpool  of  mock  happiness  and 
folly;  who  never  looks  in  the  Bible  oue-hun- 
dredth  part  as  much  as  she  does  a  looking-glasa. 
The  one  breathes  her  prayer  and  lies  down  upon 
her  downy  bed  to  sleep  and  dream  of  heaven  and 
the  angels.  The  other  comes  out  of  the  parlor 
at  a  late  hour,  like  a  tired  and  hungry  couch 
horse,  rushes  to  the  pantry,  grabs  a  pickle  iu 
one  hand,  a  cold  ham  bone  iu  the  other,  then  to 
her  room.  She  swings  her  "  harness  "  over  the 
backs  of  half-n-dozen  chairs,  forgets  the  duty 
she  owes  to  God  and  herself,  and  then  retires  to 
rest. 

Now  which  of  the  two.  think  you,  God  and 
the  angels  smile  upon  the  most — the  beautiful 
woman  or  the  fiLshionable  young  lady? 

,  Selected  by  a  Sister. 


The  love  of  heaven  and  the  love  of  earth  art' 
like  the  scales  of  a  bulliuce — when  one  rises  the 
other  falls. 


.ABOUT   LITTLE    CHILDREN  IN 
THE  BIBLE. 

IIY  MATTIE  A.  LEAR. 

My  Dear  LizsU-  Hillrn/.— 

HAVING  promised,  ivlieu  I  was  with  you  at 
Hudson,  to  writ*  you  a  little  letter,  I  will 
now  redeem  my  promise.  And  as  your  dear 
mamma  said  you  were  very  fond  of  Bible  stories, 
I  will  give  you  one,  a  sweet,  touching,  little  sto- 
ry which  we  hope  will  deeply  interest  you.  And 
I  will  just  here  say.  dear  Lizzie,  when  I  hear  of 
a  child  who  loves  to  hear  Bible  stories,  my  in- 
terest in  that  child  is  immediately  aroused. 

Our  story  is  of  a  little  girl,  a  little  older  than 
our  little  Lizzie,  she  being  twelve  years  old. 
The  name  of  this  little  girl's  father  was  .Tairus, 
he  was  a  man  of  prominence,  and  distinction, 
bping  one  of  the  rulei-s  of  the  synagogue.  A 
synagogue  was  a  place  where  public  sciTices 
were  conducted,  all  the  exercises  of  veligion,  ex- 
cept the  offering  of  sacrifices,  could  be  conduct- 
ed in  synagogues.  Sacrifices  could  only  be 
offered  in  the  tabernacle  or  temple.  A  ruler  ot 
a  synagogue  was  one  who  presided  over  the  as- 
semblj'.  and  who  conducted  the  religious  servic- 
es.    A  sort  of  minister,  we  presume. 

Well,  this  little  girl  was  perhaps  nn  only 
child,  she  was  loved  and  petted  by  her  dear  papa 
and  mamma.  Methiuks  I  can  see  her  sitting  on 
her  papa's  knee,  her  arms  around  his  neck,  as  I 
saw  you,  dear  Lizzie,  I  can  see  him  imprint  on 
her  sweet  face  kisses  of  affection.  She  ivas  lier 
father's  joy,  her  mother's  pride.  But  this  d-ar 
child  was  stricken  down  with  disease.  She  lay 
moaning  on  lier  little  bed,  the  rose-s  had  Hi'il 
from  her  chrek.  her  bright  dark  eyes  were  gUs>y 
with  the  film  of  death,  her  little  thin  hands 
were  folded  languidly  over  her  heaving  bosom, 
her  fond  father  and  mother,  in  agony,  beheld 
their  drooping  flower,  physicians  could  do  noth- 
ng  for  her.  and  the  dreadful  agonizing  thought 
bur^t  upon  their  minds,  our  darling  must  die; 
but  oh,  one  ray  of  hope  penetrated  the  darkness 
by  which  they  were  enshrouded.  They  hear  of 
Jesus,  pcrliaps  He  can  save  our  child;  we  will 
a|ipeal  to  Him.  And  they  did  ■ipiieal;  how 
earnest  is  the  petition  of  thsit  grief- stricken 
father.  It  is  said  that  he  fell  at  the  feet  of  Je- 
sus, and  besought  Him  greatly,  saying,  "  My 
little  daughter  lielh'atthe  point  of  death:  I 
pray  thee  come  and  lay  thy  hands  on  her,  that 


she  may  be  healed,  aud  she  shall  live.  Itie 
dear  Jesus  heeded  this  earnest  call,  but  ere  He 
could  reach  her  nide.  she  was  cold  in  death:  her 
friends  were  weeping  around  her.  But  Jesus 
taking  with  Him  three  of  His  disciples  and  the 
parents  of  the  maiden,  entered  this  chamber  of 
death;  He  went  up  to  her,  took  her  cold,  lifeless 
baud  m  His,  bent  upon  her  His  pitying  gaze; 
then  we  hear  the  words.  "Damsel,  I  say  unto 
thee, arise."  Audwhatnow!  What  sight  meets 
the  gaze  of  her  astonished  parents.  Their  lit- 
tle girl,  whom  they  had  so  lately  seen  in  ihe 
iigony  of  death,  who  Iny  still  and  cold  before 
them,  now  rises  up  in  bed;  and  assisted  by  the 
hand  of  Jesus,  she  st«ps  upon  the  floor,  and 
walks  about,  and  at  the  direction  of  Jesus,  food 
is  given  her;  and  she  eats. 

This  was  one  of  the  acts  of  kindness,  dear 
Lizzie,  which  .Jesus  did  while  here  on  earth.  It 
is  said  of  Him,  that  He  went  about  doing  good. 
Oh  how  many  happy  hearts  did  He  midte;  how 
many  tcai-s  did  He  dry;  He  never  looked  upon 
suffering  without  sympathy.  He  is  the  same, 
sweet,  loving  .Jesus  yet.  though  we  cannot  see 
Him  with  our  natural  eyes.  He  loves  you,  dear 
Lizzie,  and  He  loves  all  children  now.  just  .ts 
He  did  when  He  was  here  on  earth. 


A  HOME  IN  HEAVEN. 

BY  UARBIF.T  DL'CK. 

WHAT  a  soul-cheering  thought!  to  know 
and  feel  that  if  this,  our  earthly  house 
or  tabernacle,  was  dissolved,  we  have  a  home,  a 
house  not  made  with  hands,  eternal  and  in  the 
heavens,  for  all  who  are  willing  to  accept  it. 
The  Lord  of  that  beautiful  mansion  has  shown 
us  the  way  and  the  terms  by  which  we  can  ob- 
tain a  permanent  home  without  money  and 
without  price.  Many  of  us.  yea.  very  many 
have  loved  ones  who  have  crossed  the  river  of 
death,  and  to-day,  may  be  exploring  that  heav- 
enly home,  and  singing  praises  to  God  and  the 
Lamb  that  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world. 
But  oh!  let  us  pause  a  moment  and  think  of  the 
many  poor,  benighted  souls  throughout  the 
world  who  never  hear  anything  about  that 
heavenly  land,  but  are  groping  their  way  in  sin 
and  darkness,  ignorant  as  to  whom  they  are  in- 
debted for  life,  health,  strength,  and  all  that 
they  have.  0,  may  the  time  soon  come  when 
the  true  Gospel  can  be  preached  unto  them,  that 
they  may  be  brought  from  darkness  into  light, 
and  from  sin  unto  salvation,  that  they  may  share 
the  bliss  of  that  beautiful  home. 

But,  dear  brethren  aod  sisters,  let  us  ask  our- 
selves, are  we  obeying  the  commands,  or  follow- 
ing the  examples  so  clearly  taught  us  in  the 
divine  Scriptures,  in  a  way  and  manner  that 
will  secure  for  us  a  share  in  that  blessed  abode 
whose  maker  and  builder  is  God?  0,  let  us  be 
up  and  doing,  for  the  night  of  death  draweth 
nigh.  May  we  be  enabled  by  His  Spirit  to 
obey,  and  we  shall  be  abundantly  blessed  in  this 
world  and  iu  the  Avorld  to  come.  Although 
clouds  and  storms  may  sometimes  obstruct  our 
journey  to  our  heavenly  home,  we  may  woi^k 
our  way  so  faithfully  through  all,  that  we  may 
at  last  gain  a  happy  entrance  there  and  join  the 
songs  of  the  redeemed,  and  possess  forever  one 
of  the  many  mansions  prepared  for  the  faithful 

May  the  Lord  send  some  brother  to  preach 
for  us  here.  Hear  the  Savior's  solemn  injunc- 
tion, "  Feed  my  sheep."  May  God  bless  us  all 
and  ftill  guide  us  by  the  divine  Spirit,  and  in 
the  end  may  we  find  that  rest  that  awaits  the 
people  of  God. 


WORKS  OF  RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

QUKKY   ANSWERED. 
1  wish  lo  kuow,  iLroiigh  your  pnper,  ibe  mcnoiog  of  thi" 
fiflli  scrsc  of  the  lliird  chapter  of  Tims. 

IVm.  B.  Goodwin. 
^IHE  verse  referred  to  above,  reads  as  follows: 
X  "  Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we 
have  done,  but  according  to  his  mercy  he  saved 
us.  by  the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renew- 
ing of  tlie  Holy  Ghost." 

The  "  works  of  righteousness  "  spoken  of  iu 
this  passage,  have  relereuie  to  the  old  Jewish  or 
Mosaic  dispensation.  I'l  itomann  3:  20,  Paul 
says,  ••  By  the  deeds  of  the  law  there  shall  be  no 
flesh  justified  in  his  sight:  for  by  the  law  is 
the  knowledge  of  sin."  He  speaks  of  the  deeds 
of  the  law,  which  has  reference  to  the  old  dis- 
pensation. God  had  given  them  a  work  to  do, 
viz:  the  ten  commandments  and  the  ordinances 
to  be  performed  literally,  and  for  the  faithful 
observance  thereof,  they  were  to  ent«r  the  prom- 
ised land.  We  have  to  perform  some  things 
spintitalfij.  They  could  not  do  it  i^juritualli/, 
Iwcause  Clirlst  had  not  maile  the  way  to  heaven 
as  plain  for  them  as  He  has  lor  us  since  His 
death  on  the  Cross.  Therefore  they  had  to  ex- 
ecute the  will  of  God  li!n:,l[,f,  while  we  do  it 
;ipint,<.ilhj .ihi).  Sincethedeathon  the  Cross,  we. 


^0. 

to  enter  the  "  promised  land,"  must  1    " 
again."     We  must  be  "  transformed  by  tl      " 
newing  of  our  mind  "  (Rom.  12:  2),  ^  '^'^ 

God  had  mercy  on  us;  He  pitied  poor    f  ii 
degraded  man.  aud  by  sending  His  Sou'i        ^" 
Id.  opened  the  way  to  heave: 


We  must  be  born  of  water  and  of  t 
The  new  birth  is  the  meaning  of  " 


"  '"to  til,. 
'-'  SiJiri, 


-baptism  of  water,  aud  baptism  of  \.], .  ji" 
Spirit.  Baptism  of  wuter  is  for  the  "ren  • 
of  sins,"  aud  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit^'"" 
bring  "all  things"  to  our  remembrance,  aud  ' 
keep  us  free  from  xin,  and  fit  us  for  the  I-'  ' 
dom  of  heaven.  D.  q.  W^^' 

WHY  A  WORKING-MAN  SHOtir 
NOT  ENLIST  IN  THE  ARMY 

1.  Because  pence  on  earth  is  the  highest  ■ 
of  Christian  civil ixution.  '" 

2.  Because  I  have  no  right  to  endaiy-e 
destroy  the  lives  of  others.  '" 

3.  Because  there  can  be  no  glory  in  u 
slaughter  of  men  or  in  the  destruction  of  th 
works  of  industry.  ''"^ 

4.  Because  barrack  and  camp  lift.  \^  j 
alizing. 

.5.     Because  it  is  a  folly  to  fight  at  q||  „, 
particularly  against  those  with  whom  Have  ' 
quarrel. 

6.  Because  I  should  have  to  quit  all  occiip 
tious  for  a  life  of  uselessness. 

7.  Because  the  poor  soldier  has  only  hi  nr 
pect  the  savage  work  of  the  battle-field;  and  -^ 
its  reward  mutilation,  penury  and  dependence' 

8.  Because  war  between  nations  is  prodmi 
ive  of  waste,  want,  and  woe;  and  thisenormoi  ■, 
waste,  both  of  men  aud  money,  ha.s  to  Ik>  hon 
chiefly  by  the  industrious  classes. 

9.  Because  war  does  not  decide  who  ia  riglii 
or  who  is  wrong,  but  simply  who  is  the  stroo" 
est.  "       "" 

10.  Because  war  very  seldom  settles  disput,., 
between  uatioua,  as  one  war  generally  Wet- 
another. 

1 1.  Because  if  working-men  refuse  to  eiilisl 
and  figlit  about  the  disputes  of  othi>rs  riilei- 
will  be  compelled  to  settle  their  disputes  In 
peaceful  means. 

12.  Because  in  time  of  war  soldiers  may  i,. 
flogged  or  shot  for  the  slightest,  act  of  disobeih- 
ence. 

13.  Because  nt  the  command  of  niy  superi- 
ors I  should  have  to  fight  even  iu  an  wo\m 
cause  against  my  conscience  and  my  relitn'on 
and  I  might  even  be  compelled  to  kill  latlipr, 
brother,  or  dearest  friend. 

14.  Because  by  the  "  R^'gimental  Exchange 
Act  "  officers  are  allowed  to  pay  othei-s  to  (iglit 
for  them,  but  the  poor  soldier  is  denied  thesaui> 
privilege. 

15.  Because  officers  can  marry  whenever  the^ 
please,  but  by  militai'y  law  the  private  soldici 
may  not  marry  without  the  officer's  consent. 

Itj.  Because  armies  are  generally  kept  up  In 
rulers  to  keep  down  the  liberties  of  the  pet>- 
ple. 

17,  Because  fighting  forces,  instead  of  pi>- 
serving  i)eace.  ai^e,  as  history  demoustratea,  em- 
inently calculated  to  provoke  war. 

IS.  Because  if  1  enlisted  I  shoulu  in  sonn 
degree  strengthen  the  army,  but  if  I  refusf  I 
shall,  by  withholding  that  strength,  hcdoio;; 
my  duty  aud  setting  au  example  to  otliew.— T/" 
Arhritraior. 


CAN  CHRISTIANS  FIGHT? 

MAY  God  hasten  the  time  wheii'war slmll  !«■ 
burie<l— that  grim  old  breaker  of  heart- 
Carr.v  hiiu  out  on  a  rusted  f^hield.  Put  liim 
down  in  the  most  desolate  part  of  all  the  fart" 
Bury  his  sword  with  him.  Heap  on  hi*  grav*- 
stone  broken  chariot  wheels.  Let  widiwIidiHi 
and  orphanage  clap  their  hands  over  lii>  I'lui'* 
and  the  winds  howl  for  requiem.— T'"/'"",'/''- 

War  is  the  fruitful  parent  of  crimes.  It  re- 
verses all  the  rules  of  morality.  It  is  notliii'j; 
less  than  a  temporary  repeal  of  the  priucil'Ie" "' 
virtue.  It  is  a  system  out  of  which  almost  all 
the  virtues  are  excluded,  and  in  which  neailyoU 
the  vices  are  included.  The  morality  of  i'ei«'^ 
ful  times  is  directly  opposite  to  the  uiasiffls ''I 
war.  The  fundamental  rule  of  the  first  isto(l^ 
good;  of  the  latter-  to  inflict  iujuries.-^ow' 
iluU. 

Whence  is  it  that  wars  still  disgrace  Ihew'lt- 
styled  Christian  world!  It  is  owing  to  (Ihmoj- 
triiie  of  expediency.  If  Christians  h«<I  ""-^^'^ 
looked  iu  the  face  of  their  duty,  osdeveloiied '" 
the  New  Testament,  this  senseless. inleruulO-- 
tem  of  wholesale  butchery  must  loug  "g"  "" 
ceased. — Itobert  So\itheij. 


True  zeal  is   a  sweet,   heavenly  ai'J  g**"^! 
flame,  which  maketh  us  active  for  God,  "" 
ways  within  the  sphere  of  love. 


June 


QO. 


THE    HTtKTHriE>J^    A.T    WOIilC 


"  The  Physical  Culture  of  Women.        I 

fiiHlB'l'^''^^^'^^^'*^''"'*"  Dr.  H«w,.s  ,,re- 

I      ^arfJ.  «»d  delivered  ou  a  riabUth-eveuing. 

jis^ou'^'-'-  wlii^;l"  be  wa^  [>lea««l   to   rail,    •■  A 

Lkliit'-tl'"-^  *"**'■  I^'e3."     it  contained  mimy 

i^.ticiil  imd  wise  suggestions  and  was  well  re- 

i^ed,  rrnduciiiK  at  the  time  most  haitpy  re- 

^a\ti.    ^^'*  ?'^^  '^'*"''  ""'"^^  ''®  ^*"^  "Pon  the 

''|,ysic»I  condition  of  women  at  that  time,  and 

^  .  ffmu'er  what  he  would  say  if  he  were  now 

u,u  jmd  should  walk  our  streets,  enter  our 

;^,l,ooK»"^  ^''''*"*"'''^'""*^'"8-'<*""s  with   tlie 

*  .ragf  girl  of  sixteen,  and  young  mother  of 

ity-Hve  as  a  subject  for  observation. 

l\o\r  the  virtuous  woman  strengthened  her 

irt  her  arms,  or  how  she  acquired  and 

leil  firm  and  vigorous  health,  we  can  be 


iu'ei>' 


IfUllS 

iiiiii"' 
«l  11" 


loss  to  know,  after  reading  what  i: 


ftid  of 


^,,  oceiipiitions  and  habits.  Though  evidently 
"f  a  hii,'b  rank  in  >ociety,  she  did  not  think  it 
lyiieatli  liei-  .statiiui  nor  iucoiisistent  witli  her 
(jow's  of  ib'licai-y  aHil  re'uieuiunt.  to  uccuio  hi'l- 
^IfiuduiiK'siiuallliii-s.  From  ili.-  wlu>l,.-  de- 
„.nptiiui  given  of  her,  we  are  warranted  to  say 
jl,,,  ,iu-  was  what  is  sometimes  called,  a  stir- 
ji„,r|iuily  :  one  who  had  always  something  to 
ii„,  ;unl  "'"s  always  doing  it;  not  wasting  her 
liiuf  and  strength  in  ease,  in  indolence  iintl  in- 
etficieiii'V.  but  busy,  active,  industrious;  rising 
eiirlv  i""l  seeing  tliat  all  concerns  of  the  house- 
hoM  "''jre  attended  to  at  the  right  time  and  in 
ihe  ng''f'  ni'"ii<"*;  an*!  "ot  unwilling  when 
tliere  \vii-s  need  to  put  a  helping  baud  to  wliat- 
j,yor  work  was  demanded  to  be  done.  This  se- 
^iiieil  her  health,  kept  her  froiu  ftmui,  and  the 
^jjiiiid  train  of  ills  included  in  nervous  affec- 
liiiiis.  made  her  strong,  vigorous  and  cheerful, 
,„i,i  qiiiililied  her  to  fill,  with  usefulne^  and 
l,(,[ior,  the  station  assigned  lier  iu  Providence. 

Till- virtue,  for  such  I  must  call  it,  here  re- 
I'l'rred  U\  is  sadly  neglected  in  the  training  of 
our  ibujixhters  at  tlie  present  day.  At  least  one 
ivoiild  tliiiik  so,  from  seeing  the  puny  forms. 
aiiJ  feeble  frames  and  sickly  faces  of  great  uuiu- 
bei-s  of  tmr  young  females,  especially  of  the 
lijjriirv  clfisses,  Account  for  it  as  we  may,  the 
f.ai  iijiist  be  admitted,  tlmt  the  muscular  vigor 
:iii(|  strength  of  our  fair  country-women  have 
fnr  ii  biii2  time  piwt  been  undergoing  a  melan- 
olioly  change. 

Oin-  j:  rand  mothers,  should  they  appear  among 
lis  HUH  Id  >carcely  recognize  many  of  descend- 
mit*  lus  bi'longing'  to  the  same  race  with  them- 
iflvi-s.  8u  diminished  are  they  in  size,  vigor  and 
jwrtly  g.iit.  Uut  a  small  proportion  of  our 
:iiliiU  frmales  enjoy  complete  health  for  the  sta- 
lum^  they  were  called  to  occupy.  Thet-vil  here 
,(iiii]'l;uried  of,  is  no  doubt,  to  be  traced  chiefly 
tu  liiui  Iraiiiing  in  the  nursery  and  iu  the  fumi- 
ty;  ti'  .'in  ignorimce  or  disregard  of  the  laws  of 
iiiir  [iliy^ical  system  iu  respeet  to  health.  But 
tiie  tiiiscliief  conimcncing  here,  is  often  aggra- 
vatrii  iu  schools  ai'd  higher  seminaries  of  learn- 
ing, itiid  recuives  its  finish  in  the  intevcoui-se 
;iiui  li^ibitsof  f.isliioniible  life.  The  mind,  or 
lifiiin,  It-;  the  physiologist  would  say,  is  too  se- 
u'R'ly  tasked,  is  overworked  in  it.^  tender  age; 
aiiiie  iittention  is  not  paid  to  air  and  exercise; 
,Tiiil  III  the  eagerness  to  have  the  pupils  compass 
thf  whole  curriculum  of  knowledge  in  a  given 
tliiR'.  It  IS  often  i'orgotten  by  parents  aiidteach- 
Tj,  liow  easily  the  health  may  be  impaired  by 
-uili  ;i  pioce.ss,  and  so  impaired,  that  the  mind, 
the  lit;iit,  the  whole  character  shall  shrink  and 
(livimtle  into  feebleness  and  inefficiency,  and  the 
life  Iji'Lonies  vapid  useless  and  miserable.  The 
evil  liere  suggested  is  an  appalling  one.  It  de- 
icrvfs  the  most  serious  attention  of  all  who 
ivi-li  well  to  the  rising  generation.  It  acts  not 
III!  (he  hiidy  alone,  hut  on  the  mind,  on  the  in- 
WI.i  liLil  and  moral  ch.araoter,  not  on  the  fair 
y-i  iditiie.  but  on  the  other  sex  also,  and  is  raif- 
i'lg  lip  u  race  of  feeble  and  sickly  beings,  as  un- 
fit Ibr  the  serious' duties  of  life,  a.s  they  are  to 
enjoy  the  blessings  of  full  and  vigorous  health. 

My  Secret  of   Success. 

\N  iiillueutial  minister,  being  jisked  for  the 
:-eerot  of  his  success  wrote  the  following: 

"  Tlie  (|UPstion  has  often  been  asked.  '^Vliat 
is  till'  seeret  of  the  success  attending  these 
luwtni-js''  .A,s  it  cannot  do  fuiy  injury  to  the 
MiLsl.  r'-i  cause,  and  might  result  in  much  good 
■"ii'iiiL-  nur  yiiung  ministers,  and  i)erha|>s  some 
"llier..  I  wish  to  make  known  what  I  believe  to 
I'i?  tile  groat  secret. 

l\i>t.  p  -rfect,  entire  consecrntion  to  the  ser- 
'in-ut  God.  Thi-t  divests  me  entirely  of  my 
'^ill,  iiiid  gives  me  to  cry  in  my  heart,  'Thy 
"■ill.'Mi,,,],  1„.  (lone; 

^|''>ndly.  I  very  often  ask  fiod  for  .Iesus"s«ake 
•"  i;  iiile  and  direct  me  in  everything:  and  I 
know  Hi-  will  do  it.  just  because  He  said  He 
■^'"iM:  and  it  is  wholly  impossible  for  Him  to 


Tliinily.  T  di>  not  pray  to  the  pfople,  but  to 
GM  in  the  name  of  ,Iesu»  and  for  His  sake;  and 
1  confidently  expect  to  get  what  I  aak  for  eith- 
er judt  as  I  ask  it,  or  in  n  much  better  wnj-.  —  | 
Same  reasons  as  above.,  1 

Fourthly.  I  measure  the  length  of  my  pray- 
ers by  my  faitli;  that  is.  when  I  get  to  the  end 
of  my  faith  I  stop.  This  causes  my  prayers  to 
be  very  short.  If  all  would  adopt  this  aa  a  rule 
and  never  violate  it,  a  great  deal  of  good  wind 
would  be  saved. 

Fifthly,  When  I  hick  wisdom,  and  this  is 
very  often,  I  do  not  go  to  St.  Peter,  St.  Paul, 
nor  St.  Mary;  neither  do  I  go  to  Adam  Clarke, 
John  Wesley.  C.  H.  Spnriieon,  nor  to  any  D. 
D.;  but  I  go  riRht  to  God,  lH?cause  He  has  com- 
manded me  to  do  so.  When  I  used  to  live  in 
the  country,  I  always  preferred  to  go  to  the 
spring  or  well,  rather  tlian  have  water  brought 
to  me  half  a  mile  through  the  sun  in  a  gourd. 
I  don't  object  to  reading  good  books;  but  I  nsk 
God  to  filter  them  well,  so  that  I  may  not  swal- 
low jmy  trash. 

Now  I  have  given  my  honest  convictions  ; 
imd  if  am  wrong,  I  pray  God,  in  Jesus'  name  to 
forgive  me  for  His  sake." 

The  article  breathes  a  commendable  spirit, 
showing  an  entire  submission  to  the  will  of  the 
Father.  We  need  more  of  such  submissive 
wills  among  the  ministry.  In  the  preaching  of 
the  Word  their  motto  should  be:  "  Not  my  will 
but  thine  be  done." 

We  tike  his  remarks  on  fuith  and  prayer,  but 
think  him  mistaken  about  not  going  to  "  St. 
Peter  and  St.  Paul,"  lor  knowledge.  They  were 
e;irthen  ve-isels  chosen  of  God,  and  wrote  as 
they  were  directed  by  the  Spirit.  They  were 
azents  uf  the  Spirit  to  record  and  tench  the 
Words  of  the  Spirit,  and  to  refuse  going  to 
them  for  knowledge,  would  be  refusing  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit's  direct  ogouts.  Chuk.  Wesley,  Spur- 
geon  or  the  D.  D.'s  may  he  wrong,  but  Petev 
and  Paul  cannot  be. 

Water,  taken  directly  from  the  well  is  always 
the  best,  but  1  see  no  use  iu  discarding  the 
pump,  just  because  it  is  not  the  well.  Thos( 
who  discard  Peter  and  Paul,  reject  God's  di' 
vinely  appointed  agen^-y  used  in  conveying  the 
Word  of  Life  to  mankind.  Faith,  prayec  and 
works  want  to  go  together. — lUn. 


Nearness    of    Death. 


WHEN  we  walk  near  powerful   niachmeiy 
we 


know  that  one  misstep  and  those 
ighty  engines  will  tear  us  to  ribbons  with 
lieir  flying  wheels  or  grind  ua  to  powder  in 
iieir  ponderous  jaws.  So  when  we  ar^  tbun- 
iering  across  the  land  in  a  railroad  carriage  and 
liere  is  nothing  but  an  inch  of  iron  flange  to 
hold  us  on  the  line.  So  when  we  are  iu  a  ship, 
and  there  is  nothing  but  tlie  thickness  of  a 
plank  between  us  and  eternity.  Whether  on 
the  sea  or  on  the  land,  the  partition  thatdivides 
lis  from  eternity  is  something  less  than  the  oak 
plank  or  a  half-inch  irou  flange. 

The  machinery  of  life  and  death  is  within  us. 
The  tissues  that  hold  Hie  beating  powers  iu 
their  places  are  often  not  thicker  than  a  sheet 
of  paper,  and  if  then  this  partition  be  ruptur- 
ed it  would  be  the  same  its  if  a  cannon-ball  had 
struck  us.  Death  is  inseparably  bound  up  with 
life  in  the  very  structure  of  our  bodies.  Strug- 
gle as  he  would  to  widen  the  space,  no  man  can 
at  any  time  go  further  from  death  than  the 
thickness  of  a  sheet  of  paper.  How  important 
then  that  we  be  ever  ready  to  meet  the  silent 
messenger. — Tfii'  ditidr. 


ISth,  ISTS.  Hfnry  Allen,  son  of  .Vndrew  and 
Cutharine  Whetstone,  aged  1  year,  7  months 
and  24  days. 
LKATHEKM.\N.-In  North  Liberty.  St.  Jo 
Co.,  Ind.,  Kinma  Leathorman,  May  tJTth,  ag- 
ed 5  yearn  and  IS  days.  J,  Hildkiieani*. 
FIKR.' — In  the  MiHedgeville congregation, Oiir- 
roll  Co..  Ml.,  of  Dipbtheriii,  sister  Mary  Kike, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Catharina  Ann  Fike, 
aged  15  }-ear«,  3  mouthn  and  3S  dnyit. 

Sister  Mary  died  in  the  very  bloom  of 
youth.  She  longed  to  leave  this  vale  of  woe, 
and  rest  forever  in  that  celestial  clime.  "  Ub- 
memlwr  now  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy 
youth"  (Eccl.  12:  1).  Gfo.  D.  /oli,ebs. 

WIKLE.— In  the  Bru^h  Creek  church,  Joy  Co., 
Ind..  Uro.  Wm.  J.  Wikle,  Jan.  17th,  aged  27 
yehrs.  H  months  and  Ht  days. 

WIKLE. — Also,  in  the  same  place,   April  2nd, 

187s,  sister  Caroline,  wife  of  the  above,  aged 

24  years,  U  months  and  13  days. 

WHITESRLL.-.Mwinthesame   place,  May 

13tb,  1«7S.  friend    Abigail   Whiteaell,  aged 

.54  years,  4  months  and  4  days. 

WARNICK.  —  In  the  same  place,  June  3rd. 
friend  Elias  Warniek,  aged  72  years,  6 
months  and  1 7  days.  O.  P.  Yol'NT. 

MILLER,— In  the  Middle  Creek  congregation. 
Somerset  Co,,  Pa,,  .Inne  2nd,  siiter  Annie 
Miller,  daughter  of  Brr*.  Joseph  and  Lydia 
Miller,  aged  21  years,  10  months  and  12  days. 
J,  H.  Meykus. 
BRUMBAUGH.— Near  New  Enterprise,  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Pa.,  Bro!  Martin  Brumbaugh,  aged 
48  years,  3  months  and  13  days.  Disea.se, 
Paralysis. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  wm  a  member  of 
the  church  for  a  number  of  years  and  in  hiw 
death  the  church  loses  an  exemplary  member. 
Among  his  Christian  virtues,  meekness  and 
kindness  were  prominent  traits.  He  would  sel- 
dom it  ever,  allow  a  harsh  or  unkind  word  to 
escape  his  lips.  Being  kind  and  sociable,  all 
who  knew  him,  (and  he  was  well-known 
throughout  our  county)  were  his  friends.  His 
wife  preceded  liiiu  about  twenty  years,  having 
lived  only  a  few  months  after  their  marriage. — 
He  lived  only  five  days  alter  he  was  stricken 
with  paralysis,  and  although  bin  raind  was  ve- 
ry much  confused,  we  have  the  hope  that  he 
has  met  a  reconciled  Qod.  His  remains  were 
followed  to  their  last  resting  jdat'e,  by  the 
largest  concoui'se  of  friends  and  relatives,  wu 
have  ever  witnessed  on  a  similar  occasion.  Fun- 
eral services  by  eldera  Daniel  Snowberger  and 
George  W.  Brumbaugh  from^  Heb.  9:  27. 

C.  L.  BiTK. 
HIXON. — Near  Blairstown,  Iowa,  Bro.  Isaiali 
Hixon,  March  3,  1S78,  aged  alxmt  50  years. 
Left  a  widow  and  five  children  to  mourn 
their  loss,  whicfi,  we  hope,  is  his  great  gftin. 
Funeral  services  by  Bro.  P.  Forney  I'rom  1 
Cor.  15:  22.  S.  Johnson. 


A.isrisroxjJsrcEMEisrTS. 


NoTiou  of  Love-feasls,    Uistrkt  Meetings,   etc.,  should 

be  brief,  and  writlcn  on  paper  separate 

from  other  buaineBS. 


ng  which  an  rjeclion  wm  held  for  a  speaker. 
The  lot  fell  on  Bro.  E.  Pricket;  ahw  ad- 
vanced Bro.  J.  .1.  Troxle  to  the  second  degr««; 
bapti/j-d  one  ninter. 

From  here  we  went  to  Sumner  Co,,  fifteen 
miles  North-west  of  Wilmington,  and  forty- 
five  miles  from  our  last  place  (ff  mw^ting.  W« 
met  here  with  Bro.  Bwhor  from  Mo.  Spent  a 
few  day«  with  the  Brethren,  organized  a  Aurch, 
elected  two  dpacom,  and  Bro.  J.  Troxel  to  the 
ministry  at  this  place.  There  seemed  to  be 
good  interest  manifested,  and  there  were  three 
applicantj*  for  baptism  to  be  attended  to  ou 
Sunday  following. 

From  here  we  went  to  Wickata,  diatance  for- 
ty miles.  Would  have  organized  here,  but  Bro. 
Reath  did  not  meet  us  as  we  expected  at  Sum- 
ner to  make  arrangement^.  We  h«d  only  a 
short  time  to  atop  at  this  point.  We  spent 
hat  little  time  we  had,  visiting  members 
among  whom  were  some  old  acquaintances. 

From  this  place  we  went  to  Reno  Co.;  di&- 
tflnce  fiHy-tive  miles.  Here  we  also  organized 
a  church,  elecU-d  two  deacons.  Here  quite  an 
interest  was  nmnileste<l,  and  we  felt  somewhat 
reluctant  to  leave.  We  felt  that  good  could  be 
done  here,  but  other  fields  of  labor  still  ahead, 
biule  us  take  the  parting  hand.  At  this  place 
Bro.  J.  H.  Fishel  ia  their  minister  in  the  second 
degree. 

From  this  place  went  to  Pcabody,  by  way  of 
Hutchinson  and  McPher»on  Co.;  distance  82 
miles.  At  this  place  met  with  the  Breth- 
ren in  church  council;  only  stopped  one  day.  — 
Left  Peabody  for  home,  a  distance  of  xixty-one 
miles.  Traveled  in  all  3S!'  miles;  got  home  on 
the  18th  of.  May.  Found  all  well,  thank  the 
Lord.  J,  BicK. 


From  Newton  Church,  Ohio. 

Deiir  Brfthrfii: — 

IT  nniy  not  be  amiss  to  give  a  little  descrip- 
tion of  this  arm  of  the  church,  situat«d  in 
Kliami  Co.,  Ohio.  We  number  about  two  hun- 
dreil  meml)ers,  and  are  apparently  in  a  healthy 
and  flourishing  condition  under  the  care  of  oox 
faithful  and  much  respected  elder  Samuel  Moh- 
ler  of  the  Covington  church  (of  which  district 
this  was  formerly  a  part).  We  had  our  yearly 
visit  several  weeks  ago,  and  found  the  members 
in  btve  imd  uniim,  Our  church  meeting  passed 
off  without  an  unpleasant  feeling;  excepting 
one  case,  ami  that  was  in  regard  to  a  young 
brother  who  was  so  blinded  by  the  god  of  this 
world,  that  he*  could  not  see  any  harm  in  be- 
longing to  a  secret  society,  and  so  was  mon 
willing  to  lose  his  meml)enihip  with  the  church 
of  the  living  God,  than  lose  his  (imaginary)  in- 
terest in  a  worldly  organization,  that,  (in  the 
judgment  of  the  church)  is  anti-Christian. 

Our  Love-feast  came  off  on  the  5th  and  6th 
of  June;  had  very  beautiful  weather  and  a  very 
large  congregation.  Between  three  and  four 
hundred  members  communed.  Most  of  the 
preaching  was  done  by  Bro.  James  Quinter  of 
Pa.;  Bro.  Z  Sharp  of  Tenn.;  and  Bro.  Jesse 
Stutsniau  of  Dark  Co.,  0.  The  house  was  much 
crowded  at  night,  but  the  order  was  good  inside, 
though  the  crowd  outside,  became  somewhat 
unruly  Iwfore  the  close  of  services. 

E.  Beerv. 


DIED. 


wiea  should  bo  brief,  written  on  but  one  side  of  Iht 
paper,  and  aepuntte  from  aU  other  busiDSBs. 


MUMERT.— In  the  Arnold's  Grove  district, 
June  Sth.  1S78,  Bro.  Samuel  Mumert,  aged 
72  year<,  *J  months  and  S>  days.  Funeral 
preached  from  Rev.  211,  latter  part. 

J,  Stitzel. 

JAMES.  —  In  the  Fairview  congregation,  Ap- 
panoose Co..  Iowa,  April   litth,   1S7S, 
Mary  E.  James,  daughter  of  friend    William 
and  sister  Eliza  James,  aged  IS  years  and  21 
days.     Funeral  discourse  from  John  14:  1- 
by  elder  Diniiel  and  Joseph  Zook. 

J.  M-  Le.vvell. 

FRAME— In  the  Elkhart  Valley  church.  Ind., 
on  the  23rd  of  M,iy.  1S7S,  Bro.  Gabriel  Frame, 
aged  40  years  and  four  monllis.  He  leaves  a 
kind  companion,  ^ix  children  anil  many  sym 
pathi/Jng  frienils  tt^kturn  their  lo: 
eraldiscoui-ic  by  th^Pri 


LOVE-FEAST9. 

The   ColdwatercoDKregatioa,    Butler   Co,,   Inwn, 

June  29th  ai;d  3U[b. 
Waddam's  Grove,  Stepheiwon  Co,,   III.,  June  20 

aud  21,  commeuciug  al  nne  o'clock. 

;^^"  The  brethren  of  the  ISeuliice  church, 
Gage  Co.,  Nebraska,  will  hold  a  Love-feaat  the 
7th  aud  Sth  of  Septenibijr,  commencing  at  2 
o'clock,  P.  M.  Place  of  meeting  seven  miles 
South-east  of  Beatrice,  ou  the  farm  and  residence 
of  Eld.  Henry  Bnibaker.  Those  coming  by  rail- 
road will  be  met  at  Beatrice,  if  notice  is  given. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

W.  B.  Price. 


CORRESPOlSTDElSrCE. 


WHETSTONE. - 


Fun- 
threu  from  Luke  23: 
S.  HETIlItK. 

At  Teagarden,  Ind.,  May 


Prom    Madison,    Kansas. 

Ihar  Brethren.* — 

I  LEFT  home  on  the  2.'>th  of  April  for  Cana 
church  in  Elk  Co,,  a  distance  of  sixty- 
eight  miles,  had  meeting  from  the  20th  to  the 
20th.  On  the  hist  named  date  met  with  the 
BretHiren  in  church  council  to  set  things  in  or- 
der. The  church  here,  has  been  for  some  time 
in  a  rather  dilapidated  condition,  but  every- 
thing now  seems  to  turn  out  more  favorable,  so 
that  some  thanked  (ml  and  to>ik  courage. 

From  here  we  went  to  the  Silver  Creek 
church,  Cowley  Co.;  distance  thirty-five  miles. 
Found  the  little  band  of  brethren  and  sisters  in 
!ovt>  and  union     Spent  a  short  time  here,  dur- 


From  Union  Church,  Ind. 

l>fiir  linihri'n- — 

WE  will  try  and  give  you  a  brief  account  of 
our  Love-feast  which  is  now  among  the 
things  of  the  past.  On  the  evening  of  the 
fourth,  at  an  early  hour  the  people  began  com- 
ing  in,  so  that  by  five  o'clock,  the  time  appoint- 
ed to  begin,  our  large  meeting-house  was  filled. 
There  were  present  with  us  five  ministering 
brethren.  Jesse  Calvert,  David  Rupel.  D.  Whit- 
mer.  D.  Freeman  and  another  brother  from  Il- 
linois, whose  name  I  have  forgotten.  Our 
brethren  labored  for  us  very  earnestly.  Six 
precious  souls  were  made  willing  to  forsake  sin 
and  follow  Jesus  and  were,  with  nine  more, 
baptized  next  morning.  0  how  i*  made  our 
hearts  rejoice  to  see  so  many  come  out  ou  the 
side  of  the  Lord!  Our  communion  was  the 
largest  ever  held  here  in  this  district;  it  is  said 
that  there  were  about  550  surroundiug  the  ta- 
ble of  the  Lord.  Our  mind  was  carried  back  to 
Calvary's  mount,  while  our  blessed  Savior  was 
suflfering  upon  the  Cross  for  the  sins  of  the 
world,  and  then  again  we  can  look  by  an  eye  of 
laith  to  the  evening  of  the  world  when  we 
shall  be  seated  around  the  table  of  the  Lord.  — 
Then  Christ  will  gird  himself  and  serve  us,  and 
dear  brethren  and  sisters,  what  a  glorious  timtt 
that  will  be.  when  we  shall  all  mj»t  around  the 
great  white  throne,  there  to  sing  the  praia« 
of  the  redet'uml  forever  aud  ever. 

J.  Al'PLRUAS. 


THE    BRETHRKIsr    ^VT    AVOKK. 


June    20. 


Read  and  Make  Notes  of. 

MY  eyp8  fell  IftUily  up""  »  «liI«I'''I«t«l  P•P«^ 
eotitle<l  Farmrr'M  HevUw.  which  had  bwii 
mjiUriwusly  piac«l  before  me.  My  atttuUon 
WM  at  ones  nttmcU-d  Ijy  the  alwve  t«xU  I  eaw  at 
»  tingle  glance  that  some  worldly  enterprise  waa 
being  impo«e.l  upon  or  being  W)uiit«feil«d.  The 
Ihoughi  like  lighuiing  flaahwl  through  my  miud  : 
how  many  mea  aud  noman  are  t/>day  sailing 
undrr  faUc  prettncca.  and  have,  ever  eincc  the 
days  "f  "ur  8ovi«r,  the  time  whin  Me  instituted 
that  fUTDal  enterprise  which  cannot  be  couoter- 
feilwl.  though  men  may  tamper  with  it  and  work 
it  over  and  over  in  every  conceivable  form  that 
their  devicca  can  nionld,  it  itill  retains  itfl  purity 
in  which  all  may  find  a  common  intcreit.  nnd  all 
may  be  entitloiTlfl  one  iudividual  and  ef|ual  eharfl 
and  become  stockholders  of  the  one  great  eiiter- 
priso  which  will  secure  for  all  a  fortune,  a  maii- 
sioD,  a  home  beyond  the  aklw.  There  will  he  no 
fipiiriou;-  and,defective  organiKations,  but  all  wdl 
be  governed  by  one  who  is  above  all.  Every- 
thing is  under  the  leadership  of  one,  who  has  be- 
fore U)hi  you  lliat  He  is  King  of  king',  and  Lord 
of  lordN  :  one  who  will  trample  under  foot  every 
building,  tliat  is  not  founded  on  the  everlasting 
Gospel. 

Uut  to  the  text.  Since  then,  there  have  from 
time  to  lime  appeared  numerous  compnoies,  unit- 
ing thtmiolven  in  strong  bands  to  tnkeupon  llicm- 
bpIvcs  thenume  of  Chri'!l:  but  attemi>l  to  build 
upon  aonie  other  (uundiition  than  the  one  given 
by  Him.  My  mind  is  now  wandering  over  this 
vaal  world,  from  East  to  West  and  from  North  to 
South,  in  the  liilly  country  ftn<l  in  the  Vi  ' 
the  citiw  of  the  old  ami  new  worlds,  in  the  public 
parks  and  in  the  plactB  of  worthip  :  how  many 
are  sailing  under  false  colors,  and  neem  to  be 
marching  under  the  bauner  of  Christianity.  They 
appear  to  be  beautiful  fur  a  while,  hut  when  the 
chilling  bift.'-la  of  teniptatiouB  overshadow  them, 
they  find  their  bands  becoming  loosed,  and  tJiey 
begin  to  fall  like  the  vtaisel,  now  standing  in  the 
sun  ;  once  it  contained  the  water  from  which  so 
many  (juencbcil  their  thirst,  now  it  ib  of  uo  use, 
Liko  the  flowers  of  the  field  that  once  so  beauli- 
fully  wist  forth  their  lustrous  huta,  but  when  the 
beat  of  the  suii  scorched  the  ground  and  nhsorhtd 
the  moisture,  the  beautilul  floivcrs  begun  to  droop 
and  fade  into  a  colorless  and  lifeless  hit  of  decom- 
posing matter. 

U  it  not  a  plain  fact  tluit  hundreds  aud  thou- 
Hands  of  professing  Christians  tn-day.  do  not 
ku()W  the  imporUiuce  of  the  Constitution  and  By- 
laws of  our  Lord  and  Saviour,  Jesus  OirJst,  and 
they  have  not  the  courage  to  examine  the  Statute 
for  theniBelvcB;  but  will  depend  on  a  counsellor 
that  will,  for  a  given  compensutiou,  agree  to  ex- 
pound the  law,  with  all  its  latest  additions  and 
amendments  up  to  a  given  time.  Kuch  is  llie  con- 
ftiscd  slate  of  Christianity  ut  this  present  time  nnd 
enlightened  (?)  age! 

Then,  my  Cliristiaii  iViend  nnd  kind  reader, 
when  wf  look  at  all  the  vain  allui-ement«,  the  fol- 
lies, the  evil  lemittalions,  the  fashionable  gew- 
gaws, the  places  of  amusement,  such  as  tlieaters, 
fair#,  bar-rooms,  hitU-rm)ms,  church-festivnU,  and 
things  iiertuiiiing  llierelo ;  we  feel  sad,  and  are 
made  to  compaie  them  with  such  sceues  as  that  ol 
Abraham  in  Gen.  22:  10. 

Yes,  there  is  a  great  difference  between  the 
worldly  amusemeutB  and  ihe  aolemu  sceues  depict- 
ed in  the  Bible,  Imagine  Christ,  staudiug  before 
Pilate;  call  to  your  remembrance  Hja  sufferings 
OD  the  cross,  where  he  atoucd  for  the  sins  of  the 
whole  world,  and  how  could  any  one  cling  to  the 
world  aud  its  vaniiie.-,  instead  of  accepting  this 
loving  Savior  1"  Let  us  turn  our  eyes  to  the 
blood-slaiued  banner,  ihu  bleciliug  form  ihat  wa^ 
pierced  and  nailed  to  the  cross;  let  us  behold  the 
crown  of  thorns  that  decorated  his  head,  aud  then 
tliink  of  the  precious  truih,  that  all  was  for  the 
love  of  bin  people,  and  that  it  was  for  the  >ake  of 
redeeming  fallen  man  from  eterual  perdition. 

Oureye^  often  sicken  in  beiioldiiig  tlie  vanities 
of  this  will  Id,  and  we  dive  deeply  into  the  sacred 
truth  of  tiie  great  Luw-^iver,  that  we  may  realize 
the  blc&siugs  with  all  those  that  keep  Hh  haws 
and  cuntiuue  therein. 

Now  the  article  above  referred  to,  (epeaking  of 
insurance  compauius)  says,  that  the  agents  uuder- 
Btaud  ihusc  tilings,  but  we  learu  of  some  who  en- 
deavor to  mislead  the  people;  so  say  we,  for  we 
fauve  been  told  by  one  before  us,  thai  there  shall 
grievous  wolves  enter  iu  among  you,  and  shall  not 
spare  the  llocka.  "  Even  of  yourselves  shall  men 
arise  si>cakiug  perverse  things  to  draw  away  dis- 
ciples after  ihem."  Therefore  watch,  and  remem- 
ber there  is  but  one  policy  and  insurance  company 
in  which  to  insure,  and  that  is  the  policy  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviour  Je»us  Christ,  all  others  arc 
spurious. 

Dear  brethren  ai^d  sisters  examine  your  policies 
carefully.  Are  you  sure  tliut  they  contain  all  the 
conditions  thul  are  in  the  original,  that  when  the 
storm  of  thib  lile  is  over,  aud  the  devouring  tlanie« 
of  deatli  shall  almost   overwhelm   you,   vou  may 


paw  safely  ihruugh  them.  Onler  all  your  traus- 
actioTiji  in  the  right  manner,  that  when  you  are 
called  before  the  great  .Judge,  to  show  your 
claims,  they  will  be  accepted  of  Him.  and  that 
you  may  receive  the  reward  of  eternal  Life  ;  for 
Kreaier  innuranee  than  this,  can  no  man  have.  — 
Then  beware  of  false  colore,  and  mike  oota",  is 
my  prayer.  H.  W.  ^TBicKLEB. 


GLE^NIZSTGS. 


From  Milledgerille,  III.— t)ur  Love-feast  is 
one  of  the  things  of  the  past.  It  was  a  feast  to 
our  souls,  more  so,  hecaune  two  souls  became  will- 
ing to  enter  into  covenant  relations  with  Christ,  to 
live  faithful  until  death.  One  dear,  young  sister 
on  the  morning  of  our  feast,  was  called  to  cross, 
the  l-iver  of  death,  to  meet  those  who  have  gone 
before.  She  left  many  friends  to  mourn  their  loss, 
hut  our  loss,  we  hope,  is  her  gain.  She  left  an 
evifience  that  all  was  well.  Oh,  may  God  help  us 
all  to  BO  live  that  we  uced  not  fear  death.  Whot 
is  life?  It  is  but  u  vapor,  soon  it  vanisheth 
away.  May  the  Lord  ever  keep  us  In  our  line 
of 'duly,  that  wc  may  be  able  to  say,  Come,  wel- 
come death!  J.  E.  SpRiN(;i:it. 

From  E.  A.  Orr.— Please  correct  the  follow- 
ing in  my  article,  eulillcd  :  "  I>el  us  measure  up." 
"  Fruit  of  our  lift',"  thould  read,  "  Fruit  of  our 
li]ia."  ■'  It  tells  everything  Ihat  i.^  uiciisuring," 
should  read,  "necessary  for  nieasurJug."  To 
".compariDg  our&elves,"  should  be  added  "  araoug 
oureelvi*." 

Fl'om  I.  F.  Kelso.— In  No.  26  of  your  paper 
my  name  is  printed  "  J.  F.  Kelao."  It  should  he 
"i.  F.  Kelso."  Also  iu  No.  13,  in  the  poetry,  en- 
titled cveniug  hymn,  the  name  should  read,  "  Isa- 
bella F.  Kelso,"  iuitead  of  *'  Sabella  Kelso." 

From  AV.  A.  Pettrs.— Our  church  w  iu  n 
prosjierous  condition;  moving  steadily  (mwurd  iu 
ihe  Master's  cause.  We  have  had  tweiity-four 
accessions  to  the  church  by  baptism  in  the  Inst 
Jour  weeks.  Two  thd  first  Sunday  in  May,  oue 
ihe  pecond,  one  the  fourth,  and  twenty  to-day. — 
Brri.  .lohu  Eller  and  John  Naff  were  with  us  to- 
day. The  Word  was  i)reaebed  in  its  purity  with 
great  power  to  a  large  audience  with  many  good 
iinpresaiuns,  which  we  believe  will  result  in  more 
additions  soon.  Wc  rejoice  to  see  that  there  are 
some  willhig  to  enlist  under  the  bminei-s  of  King 
Jeaus,  and  take  His  yoke  upon  tbem  and  learn  of 
Him  the  way  of  salvation  ;  for  it  is  promised  only 
ihrough  obedience  to  the  Gospel  of  Jesus; neith- 
er is  there  salvation  in  other ;  for  there  is  none 
other  name  under  heaven  given  among  men  where- 
by wc  must  be  saved.  Then  it  is  our  duly  to  obey 
the  Gospel  of  .lesue,  if  we  would  be  happy  with 
all  the  sanctified  and  redeemed  of  tlie  earth. — 
The  Brethren  here  are  attentive  to  the  borne  mis- 
sion. May  the  Lord  bless  tbem  iu  their  labors  in 
bringing  souls  to  Christ, 

Big  Creek.  V<u,  June  2,  187S. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


A    Mountain    Split    Apart. 

TuE  following  is  clipped  from  the  Ilei-ieir  and 
Ifcrald; 

A  great  excitement  prevail.-  througlmui  the 
Western  portion  of  this  Stiile,  i  X.  C.j  particular- 
ly along  the  ridge  of  Bald  Mountain.  Abnuttwo 
years  ago,  it  will  be  remembered,  gwflt  excite- 
ment was  created  on  account  of  the  wonderful 
and  explicable  noises  heard  in  the  bowels  of  Bald 
Mouutaiu.  Scienti-t*  from  all  sections  of  the 
country  visited  the  neighborhood  where  these 
strange  sounds  were  heani,  but  never  gave  any  in- 
telligible ix'asons  ftir  the  strange  phenomena.  On 
Saturday  the.*>e  i-nmbling  sounds  in  the  bowds  of 
the  mountain  were  agiiin  heard.  And  the  people 
along  the  mount«iu  side  and  in  the  villagfs  be- 
came excited,  hundreds  of  them  seeking  places  of 
safety,  Theae  sounds  resembling  thunder  ujijiar- 
ently  proceeded  from  the  inniu^t  depths  of  the 
mountain.  Ou  y^.-'terduy  the  mouutaiu  lunge  be- 
gan to  yield,  and  to-day  it  was  litiraliy  tjjiit  in 
twain,  leaving  a  clnism  thi-ee  huudre<l  leet  in  lengli 
and  twenty  feet  in  width,  the  depth  of  whiih 
seems  a  boltomless  abyss.  No  smoke  or  lava  has 
yel  been  thrown  from  the  crater.  IJald  Jlount- 
ain  bids  fare  tn  become  the  American  Vesuvius. 


Eighty  thousand  acres  of  the  Grand  Piairie  in 
Arkan.sas  have  been  sold  to  a  Canadian  colony. 

The  rivers  of  Noriliern  Mi*si*''''PP'  fre  being 
stocked  with  white  shad.  Louisiana  streams  are 
10  he  treated  in  a  simitar  manner. 


At  u  receut  uoonduy  prayer-meetlug  in  Chicago, 
the  follwiug  sialomenta  were  crayoned  on  a  black- 
board ;  Strong  drink  costii  81,OUO.OOU,OU()  a  year 
in  money  ;  it  makes  lifty  per  cent,  of  our  insane  ; 
it  makes  sixty  five  per  cent,   of  our    paiiper>  ;    it 


causes  directly  seventy-five  per  cenL  of  our  mur- 
dirs  ;  it  makes  eighty  per  cent,  of  our  criminals  ; 
it  sends  forth  ninety-five  per  cent,  of  our  vicious 
youth,  and  it  sends  one  everj-  six  minutes  into 
a  drunkards  grave,  or  nearly  100,000  a  year. 


—The  destructive  wind  storms  that  have  visit- 
ed various  quarters  of  our  own  country  have  been 
small  compared  with  one  which  occurred  in  April 
in  China,  which  proves  to  have  been  even  worse 
than  the  telegrams  reported  at  the  time.  Seven 
thousand  bodies  have  been  taken  from  the  ruius 
and  buried  and  many  yet  remain.  Besides  not 
less  than  one  thousand  perished  upon  the  water. 
The  force  of  the  wind  was  such  that  not  only 
houses  but  stone  walls  of  the  heaviest  character 
were   leveled. 


The  emperor  of  Germany  is  now  considered  out 
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regent. 

On  Saturday  one  week  ago,  Loudon  detectives 
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taut  events  were  imminent. 


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About  250  pci-sons  were  in  the  pit  ut  the  time, 
nearly  all  of  whom  were  cither  killed  or  wounded. 


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THE  COMFORTER. 

/ 

INT  fioil  let  all  Mis  saints  rejoice, 
\Vitli  tli:Mi!(l\il  lieartnnd  cbeerl'nl  voice; 
Thus  aaitli  His  Wovil.  so  kind,  so  true. 

■  I,  t'veit  I,  will  comfort  yuu." 

Sweet  words!  0,  let  us  bless  Hia  name, 
And  joyful  nil  His  pmse  proclaim, 
TlieMw  wonU  siiall  foes  iind  ieare  subdue, 
"  I,  eveu  I,  will  comfort  you." 

Are  yon  in  darkness  and  dlatvess? 
Does  Satan  voax  anil  break  your  ptace? 
Four  not,  but  still  tliis  truth  revifw, 
"  r,  even  I,  will  comfort  yon." 

Do  sore  ;tfllictioiis  on  you  ky? 
And  pnngpiit  sorrows  diiy  by  (lay? 
Look  totlii'^Wiird.lwillbeai-you  through, 
"  I  even  I,  \nil  comfort  you." 

I!'  deatli  in  gloomy  form  appenr, 
And  overwhelm  your  soul  with  fear, 
Let  this  sweet  word  your  iaith  renew,  ^ 

■  I,  eveu  I,  will  comfort  you." 

Tiius  wliitrt  you  sojourn  here  below. 
As  pilgrims  in  this  world  of  woe, 
MitliP  tliie  your  song  the  journey  through. 
"  I,  even  T,  will  comfort  you." 

SJL'lect'-'d  by  S.  K.  Phke. 
Mt.  M'»r>^,  VI 

THE  BEAUTY  OF  MORAL 
CULTURE. 

IIY  T.  1'.  HOLl.ESBElKfKlt. 

**  \l  ■■^^'  '*'  '"^  been-siiid,  "  is  the  noblest  of 
ill  God's  terre^tiul  works:"  uud  the  truth- 
fiiUiess  of  the  statement  strikes  us  more  foruibly 
when  he  is  viewed  in  ti  mornl  sense.  He  is  the 
only  being  tliut  possesses  moral  power;  the  only 
oiK>  tliat  possesses  a  cognizance  of  right  and 
wrong.  It  i.s  thi'?  that  distinguishes  him  from 
tlip  lower  specie  of  animals,  and  lifts  him  into 
a  sphere  iutinitely  more  exulted  than  that  oceu- 
\>w\  by  the  brute. 

\iewetl  as  a  .wrinl  being  he  is  interesting  and 
ummbli;;  kind  and  loving  to  all  who  are  related 
to  him  by  kindred  ties.  Willing,  at  anj"  time, 
t-j  sacrifice  hisw//,  health,  wealth,  honor,  pow 
i-r.  and,  if  heed  be,  his  life,  upon  the  altar  of 
lii^  afil-etions.  But  viewed  in  amoral  sense, 
how  lunch  brighter  does  he  shine!  Deprive 
man  of  his  moral  fiiculties,  and  he  will  be,  of 
ul! treatun-s,  the  most  miserable.  But  with 
tliMii  he-  becomes  related  to  Him.  who  is  tin 
<V:itor  of  all  minds;  becomes  akin  to  angels 
1«  He  made  them  but  a  little  lower. 

Seeing,  then,  the  beauty  and,  in  fact,  the  ne 
msity,  of  moral  culture,  how  assiduously  should 
«e  l.diov  to  attiun  to  that  moral  eminence 
^^■hi(■h  i.s  mo  marked  a  characteristic  of  the  tru 
"lani  The  moral  faculties  may  be  likened  unto 
i'  garden,  in  which  the  choicest  virtues  gerniin- 
"te,  grow,  and  yield  abundant  luscious  fruit. 
Heroin  grow  charity,  faith,  justice,  adoration, 
yuodness,  constancy,  hope,  and  if  tlteaebe  prop- 
erly cultivated,  what  a  noble  -  character  they 
will  produeel  TheirtJuits,howdelicious!  They 
Will  yield  a  harvest,  upon  which  tlie  hungiy 
^culnuiy  feast  throughout  the  ages  of  eternity, 
ftiid  yet  not  be  exhausted.  But  instead  of  these 
virtues  growing  in  this  garden,  how  often  is  it 
'W  vnvpta.  les  of  vice,  fraud,  envy,  malice,  de- 
'■■it.  jeidoiisy,  slander,  and  all   that  is  evil  and 


debiu^inji!  This  should  not  be.  It  wiw  not  the 
design  of  our  Creator  that  our  hearts  should  be 
so  corrupted.  He  created  us  pure,  with  not  a 
bl»mish  upon  our  infant  heart*,  and  it  was  His 
det*ign  that  we  should  remain  ao;  but  owing  to 
evil  surrounding-*  and  associates,  and  n  wimt  of 
proper  morij  training,  our  hearts  become  stain- 
ed, polluted  andlilthy,  which  the  blood  of  Christ 
only  could  purify. 

The  cause  of  so  much  innuoraUty  in  the 
world,  is  owing  to  parents  failing  to  see  the  im- 
portance of  Fiibjeeting  their  children  to  a  moi-e 
ri-.'id  moral  training.  The  moral  inflnence  of 
a  '^TPat  uiany  pan-nts  of  to-day  is  alarmingly 
di-ticient.  Were  it  otherwi.se,  many  of  the  sins 
and  vices  that  blacken  the  heart*  of  our  yoiub 
would  even  cease  to  exi^t.  The  mother  does 
not  seem  to  realize  that  the  sleeping  infant  in 
her  anus  enshrines  a  spirit  that  is  destined  to 
live  through  the  countless  ages  of  eternity,  eith- 
er fur  weal  or  woe;  aud  not  like  our  mighty 
works  of  art,  perish,  and  all  this  material  world. 
p!i5s  away.  If  parents  could  only  realize  this 
fact,  and  wlicn  the  child  begins  to  develop  self- 
will,  anger,  revenge,  apjdy  the  proper  moral  re- 
straint, that  seems  so  necessary  in  many  house- 
holds, h(»w  much  better  would  our  young  men 
and  women  become!  if  they  wore  properly 
trained,  they  would  grow  up  into  aflectionate, 
energetic,  splf-denying  men  and  women;  be  i 
blessing  to  their  associates,  loved  by  tliem  whili 
living,  and  when  the  fitful  dream  of  lift-  is  over 
be  remembered  long  iifter  the  ro-sos  on  theii 
graves  have  cen.ied  to  bloom.  How  despicabb 
is  the  wretch  who  defies  all  moral  influence,  mid 
cultivates jinly^  the  baser  ptrt  of  his  nature  I  He 
extirpate-^  ali  that  is  good  and  niibl.-.  Iik,>  the 
rank  weed  checks  the  growth  of  the  beautiful 
rose  by  its  side,  and  you  see  a  lite  far  woi-se  than 
worthless. 

T3ut  thi.-!  downward  course  is  not  abrupt.  It 
had  a  simple  beginning.  The  heart  of  the  de- 
bauchee or  murderer  was  once  as  pure  as  an  an- 
gel ;  but  the  first  approach  of  evil  was  not  stern- 
ly repulsed.  If  we  would  not  take  the  fii"st 
dram,  we  would  not  become  drunkards;  and  if 
We  would  never  commit  the  first  wrong,  we 
would  never  become  bad  men  aud  women.  It 
is  the  fii-st  stei)  in  crime  that  swings  us  from 
the  gallows.  Evil  is  generally  robed  in  splen- 
did attire.  ^Ve  embrace  it;  but  like  the  gor- 
geous monuments  that  visit  alone  the  departed, 
beneath  is  nothing  but  corruption  and  decay. 
It  comes  to  us  robed  in  glowing  colors,  and  woe 
be  to  him  who  yields.  How  truthfully  has  the 
gifted  poet  declared: 

We  aie  not  worse  at  once.  The  coni-se  of  evil 
Begins  so  slowly,  and  from  such  slight  s(nirce, 
.\ii  infant's  hai id  could  siem  its  breach  with  cla,\ 
But  let  the  stn-aumrov/ deeper,  and  jdiilosopliv. 
Aye.  and  religion,  too,  shall  strive  in  v.iin, 
To  stem  the  headlong  torrent. 

In  oi-der  to  attain  to  any  degive  of  morality, 
our  minds  mus^t  be  enlai-ged.  Intellect  must 
be  developed.  When  the  basiluv  region  of  the 
brain  is  very  large,  and  the  frontal  ileficient, 
physiologically  speaking,  yon  will  find  but  lit^ 
tie  morality  in  such  a  being.  To  develop  mus- 
cle, exercise  and  pniper  food  are  necessary;  to 
develop  inttdlect  it  must  be  exercised;  luul  to  de- 
velop the  moral  part  of  our  being,  it  must  be 
exercise<l  and  fed  with  nutritious  tbod.  As  our 
bodies  would  famish  without  food  that  would 
■uduce  tissue  and  fibre,  so  will   our  minds  be- 


1  the  .\V«     Ywk    Weekly,   thr 
T  some  <»ther  hell-begotten  pc- 


atory  contained 
SeiisrilioiiaHiit,  i 

nodical.  Such  mental  food  will  not  make  a 
moral  man.  It  produces  abnormal  nppoHten. 
The  more  they  devour,  the  morv  (hey  crave. 
They  devour  bloody  tales  and  romiuices  with 
apparent  relish, 'and  still  cry  for  mure.  With 
such  diet,  they  become  lean  and  wretched  vic- 
tims of  a  morbid  ajipetite.  whidi  no  gluttony 
can  iwtisfv,  and  if  they  do  not  lUc  at  an  earli- 
age  of  "  mental  dyspepsia,"  their  existence  will 
bi-  ended  in  the  State  prison,  or,  perhaps  guil- 
lotine. We  think  the  pictuiv  is  not  one  over- 
drawn. Thei-e  are  examples  around  us  that 
con-oborate  every  statement  we  have  made. 
This.  then,  being  the  case,  ho\v  a»siduou»ly 
should  WG  labor  to  bring  to  bear  upon  iw  ^1 
that  will  contribute  to  elevate  wii  in  character; 
for  character  is  everliiatiug.  It  should  be  our 
object  to  do  all  the  good  we  can.  Lot  U'.  never 
be  idle.  If  we  can't  make  ourselvea  happy,  let 
us  trj'to  malw  othei-s  happy.  There  are  many 
around  ns  who  need  sympathy. 
"  Count  that  day  lost,  whose  low  descending  sun 
Views  from  thy  baud  no  noble  actions  done." 

Let  that  be  our  motto.  And  while  we  are 
striving  to  educate  the  mind,  let  us  not  forget 
the  heart,  and  thns  widen  the  sphere  of  our  af- 
fections. While  We  are  endeavoring  to  amelio- 
rate oiu-  own  condition,  let  us  not  forget  the 
more  unfortunate  to  whom  we  can  always  lend 
a  helping  himd.  and  by  so  doing, 

"  Earn  names  that  win 
Haiipy  remembrance  from  the  great  and  good — 
Xames  that  shall  sink  not  in  oblivion's  Hood, " 
Brtt  with  olenr  music,  like  n  ehnrch-bcH  chims. 
Sound  through  the  rivers  sweep  of  on  ward-rush- 
ing time." 
Uaijevstown,  Mil. 


Dea 


FAITH. 


UY  OEOItUi;  \VOU!iT. 


proi 

come  debilitated,  unless  fed  with  material  that 
stimulates  «nd  strengthens.  According,  then, 
to  the  foregoing  premises,  to  develop  moral 
power,  oiU'  minds  must  be  fed  with  such  food 
a«  will  produce  morality,  and  we  have  nothing, 
just  now,  better  to  recommend  thiui  moral  lit- 
erature—literature that  elevates  and  refines,  iU' 
stead  of  that  which  debases.  But  this,  lanieii' 
table  as  it  may  be.  is  not  always  the  ca-H*.  Our 
youth  seem  to  seek  for  something  exciting  and 
of  a  sensational  character.  Instead  of  storing 
their  minds  with  rfcriptund  truths,  they  will 
indulge  in  somi-  exciting,  and,  [wrhaps  obscene 


(i  T^AITU  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped 
J  for.  the  evidence  of  things  not  seen '' 
(Heb.  Htl).  By  it  we  see  how  tlie  ancient 
worthies  performed  wonders.  Abraham  was 
willing  to  sacrifice  his  Fon;  looking  forward  at 
the  benefit  to  be  derived  therefrom;  because  God 
promised  and  Abraham  believed,  and  because 
of  hi.s  faith,  the  Lord  said,  "  In  blessing  I  will 
bless  thee,  and  in  multiplying,  I  will  multiply 
thy  seed,  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  as  sand  of 
the  sea." 

By  faith  Noah,  whpn  he  wiw  warned  of  things 
to  coHH.  yet  not  sei'U,  through  feai'  built  an 
ark  for  his  temporal  salvation,  according  to  the 
directions  God  gave,  and  by  that  means  was 
saveil.  while  the  tloodcame  and  swept  away  the 
ungodly  as  Goil  foretold;  srj  vVbraham  became 
the  father  of  the  faithful,  all  through  faith. 
Peter  .say.s, '"  The  like  figure  whercuuto  baptism 
doth  also  now  save  ns,"  Paul  says,  "  the  just 
shall  live  by  faith;"  but  Janiessays,"  faith  with- 
out works  is  dead,  beingalonc,  but  without  faith 
it  is  impossible  to  pleaue  God:  for  he  that  will 
come  to  Him  must  fii-st  believe  that  He  is. 
aud  that  He  is  a  rewimier  of  all  tbera  that  dil- 
igently seek  Him."  Nature  witliout  revelation 
it  «eems  to  me  would  prove  to  every  well  bal- 
anced mind,  the  existence  of  a  God;  an  evi.-i'- 
ruling  Providena-,  a  mighty  God  and  a  inercitui 
God.  Now  when  revelation  comes  up  luid  de- 
clares also  the  existence  of  u  God  who  cre.ited 
all  things,  visible  and  inmibie  as  inspiivl  men 
have  told  us;  who  placed  the  sun  in  the  fir- 
mament to  give  IIS  light  by  day,  the  moon  and 
stars  to  give  light  by  night;  caused  the  tMUth  to 
revolve  upiui  its  iixis.  so  all  tlie  uarth  will  re- 
ceive the  benefit  of  Ihe  sun  one**  a  dj\y.  The 
ell'ects  we  see,  hut  the  Author  we  do  not  see,  on- 
ly with  theeyeof  faith.  Xowiiithefaceamleyes 
of  all  tliece  evidences,  who  wtadd  not  give  rev- 
erence, honor  and  obey  such  a  supreme  Being? 
He  has  given  us  the  promise  of  eternal  life  upon 
the  conditions  of  the  Gospel. 


ader,  cast  not  away   your  roiifideii.  ■ 
which  bath  great  recomiwnscof  rmrnrf;  for  l^ 
have  need  of  patience  that  afU-r  we  bar.'  .doi 
the  will  of  Go<l,   we  may    receive   the  proujj- 
Mnses,  also  one  of  tlw  ancienU  who  rvUm-A  ' 
Ik-  calb-d  tliQHon  of  Pharoah's  daughter,  wm    , 
rather  suffer  afflifitionii  with  hisouii  . 
the  people  of  God,  than   be  ii  son  oi 
and  noble,  seeing  by  faith  n  Jand  out 
flo-vinji  with  milk  and  honey.    The  wumlcn.  Jw 
perfonuL-d  bef„p.  be  got  hi*  people   atarled,  are 
recorded  in  the  Bible,  esteeming  the  enjoymt-nt 
of  that  land  more  than  the  tTvasurw  of  Eg>-)  ■ 
When  the  proper  arrangements  weiv  III. ide,  h. 
left  the  land  of  Egypt,  not  fearing  the  king. 
With  rod  In  band  through  the  power  of  (!,>!.  he 
smote  the  waters  of  the  Ked  S#B.  im>  M,.-.  -v,.-. 
ted  to  make  a  highwiiy  for  him  tn  . 
of  the  laud  of  bondage  with  nil  hi-  i 

had  served  the  tyrant  Irin?  four  huu i   ;„,.! 

fifty  yeaw.  When  the  waters  obeyed,  the  ijwj- 
ple  pawed  tlmuigh  ox  by  dry  land.  wbi,;h  th- 
Kgyptians  essaying  to  do  were  drowiird.  the 
waters  closing  over  them.  Asongof  dclivrranu 
was  sung  when  they  all  arrived  safe  on  the  oth- 
er shore.  They  were  all  bapUaed  unto  M.)ws  in 
the  cloud  and  in  the  sea.  Then  the  j«-riloHi 
journey  through  thw  wilderness  \w^m\;  ifit 
were  not  for  the  faith  1  liey  h>ul  iu  Gud  luid  their 
leader.  Moh-s,  they  would  perhaps  have  turoM 
back;  but  seeing  the  land  of  prom i^.-  afur  off. 
they  journeyed  on  although  many  fell  iu  the 
wildi-rness;  as  we  see  many  fall  now,  who  start 
for  the  huidof  promise.  Thosethnt  wcw  faith- 
ful obtained  the  promise,  saw  the  laud  of  profflT 
iw,  enjoyed  iU  8weet»:  yet  in»t«Bd  of  u  forty 
journey,  it  rt(jnired  a  forty  year's  pilgrim- 
age, before  they  were  permitted  to  croN.  over 
the  Jordan.  And  why?  Answer,  because  of 
11  n  faith  fulness;  and  then  out  of  that  vast  num- 
ber that  left  Egypt,  only  two  got  acroew. 

0  dear  r>?adcr.  here  i*  a  picture  for  you  to 
ItHik  at.  Out  of  six  hundred  thous.iiiJ  that 
were  permitted  to  i^'c  the  miniruloii*  power  of 
God,  and  the  wondera  of  Moses  and  fhc  menry 
of  God,  all  along  their  pathway,— that  they 
should  fall  by  tlie  way,  is  indeed  astounding, 
but  the  Bible  narrative  gives  the  fact  and  *e 
have  confidence  in  iht  Word  and  iicw'|it  it  tia 
a  warning  to  us,  und  send  it  out  tit  you,  friend- 
ly reiuler,  ns  a  warning,  that,  after  we  have 
piwBcd  over  the  Itcd  Sen  (baptiam)  we  an-  only 
'tarliiig  through  the  wilderness,  this  world  of 
liii;  although  we  may  iv**  Hiui  «hn  i>*  iitvliille 
by  faith,  wt;  may  receive  manna  and  tiu..il*  W 
the  way;  we  sometimes  get  bitter  water  jis  w(fl. 
We  wlio  have  tried  to  scn-e  the  Lord  a  good 
bile.  know,  and  say  fm-  the  good  of  those,  who 
have  not  been  in  the  service  an  long,  bitter  with 
tbo  sweet  we  must  endure;  but  looklbrwaid  by 
faith  tu  Him  who  is  able  and  uUo  vrilling  to 
give  us  eternal  lifi^  Alter  we  get  through  the 
wilderness,  tmd  pass  over  the  Jordan  of  deatbt 
we  shall  bask  in  the  land  of  rest,  where  God 
shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  our  eyes,  and 
loiul  us  to  living  tbuntains.  that  uever  run  dry. 
where  the  wicked  cejisp  fi-om  troubling  and  the 
weary  are  at  rest. 


THE  TRUE    RESTING-PLACE. 

PKUHAPS  you  may  sometime*  have obserT*"! 
a  bird  in  a  heilge.  nrnptn  the  bough  of  a 
tree.  If  you  disturb  it,  it  will  mo%'e  a  little  far- 
ther, or  a  little  higher,  and  then  you  may  make 
it  change  its  place  thive  or  four  times;  but  if 
i!  finds.  aft«r  a  few  trials,  that  you  coutiuue  to 
follow  it,  aud  will  not  anS'er  it  to  rest  near  you» 
it  takes  wings  at  last  and  flie*  quite  away. 

Thus  it  is  wiih  us:  when  tlie  Lord  drives  as 
iVoiti  one  creature- rest,  we  pi-eseutly  perch  up- 
on another;  but  he  will  not  allow  ns  to  fix  lon^ 
upon  any:  at  length  like  the  bird,  we  ;u\*  sen- 
sible that  we  can  have  no  safety,  uo  stable  \ie%oi 
b.'luw;  then  our  hearts  take  fiight,  mid  soar 
heavenwanls.  and  we  are  taught  by  h*s  grace 
to  place  our  tivasures  and  aflfectiuus  out  of  the 
reach  of  changes. 


TMK    KlfKTI-niK:N^    AT    ^VOJi^<.. 


June   *J7 


IN  MEMORIAM    OF    CHARLEY 
BAUMAN. 

HIT  AKON   «■'-•*■ 

SVVBKT  Sjiring  will  visit,  hill  ftud  pin.n, 
And  summer  flowew  will  bloom; 
Hut.  ('hnrl.-y  will  not  come  agnin.— 

]h-  slumlMT*  in  thf  tomb. 
Ilfl   ba-ir  III"  dearest  friendH  fl<Jieu; 

No  more  we  hour  his  songs: 
His  littli-  gmvo  is  all    we   view, 
Sine*  he  ih  deiul  and  pone. 

No  more  at  home  or  school 

lliiianiilinB  iflc©  we  Bee; 
It  uirtken  UN  very  sorrowful 

Tf»  »ec  his  Tociint  seat. 

0.  where  in  Cliarley'ii  spirit  now? 

What  garments  does  he  wear? 
Doi-^  ho  with  lovely  nng^ls   bow. 

Ami  join   his  hands  in   prayer? 

S«>'.  i«  *"'  '"   ^''"t  hcttvenly  land? 

And  will  he^c'cr  kiow  old? 
And  is  there  in  his  little  hand 

A  hnrp  of  purest  gold? 

Is  there  riroiind  his  infnnt  brow, 
A  crown  of  diamonds  bright? 

Doex  he  k-hold  the  Savior  now, 
And  is  it.  iilwoya  light? 

Ik  hi>  where  living  waten*  How,— 

Where  lovely  flowers  hloora? 
No  pain  or  Morrow  doL-s  be   know? 

liive"  he  beyond  the  tornbi' 

The  Hible  telU  us  i>arenti  dear, 

There  is  u  land  above, 
Where  JcMis  dwells,  they  need  no  sun, 

All  there  in  light  and  love. 

Dear  little  ehildreii  he  did  bless. 

And  bade  them  come  to  Him; 
He  give.-i  them  robes  of  righteousness 

Ilia  blood  doth  cleanse  from  sin. 

The  Savior  spake  in  ncceiils  mil(l, 

To  sncli  the  kingdom's  given: 
Exi'e|.t  ye  come,  a  little  child, 

Ve  cannot  enter  heaven. 

Then  let  us  i)ri/,e  this  heavenly  friend, 

I'oi*  all  llif«  mercy  nbown; 

ilis  iiiigels  will  our  slepM  attend, 

And  bear  our  Hpirib*  home. 

He  leads  where  living  watei-s  flow. 

Ami  flnwerft  forever  bloom; 
No  pain  or  sorrow  do  they  know, 

Who  dwell  beyond  the  tomb. 

THE  TWO  WITNESSES,  THE  TWO 

OLIVE    TREES,    AND     THE 

TWO  CANDLESTICKS. 

IIY  M.VTTIK  A.  I.KAIt. 

"  Ami  I  will  give  power  unto  my  two  wit- 
ne-i^es.  and  they  shall  prophesy  n  thousimd  two 
liundn-d  and  tliree  score  days  clothed  in  sack- 
cloth. These  are  the  two  olive  trees,  and  the 
two  candle.'^ticks  standing  before  the  God  of 
the  earth  •*  (Kev.  11:3.4) 

N'CJIIIKI!  III". 

VKIiSK  111, "Ami  thry  tluit  (hv.'lhijmn 
the  eiii-tli  shall  ivjoice  itvt*r  them,  and 
iiiiikc  m«rry,  and  slmll  send  gifts  one  to 
ant>ltier;  liecause  tlie.se  two  prophets  tor- 
mented them  that  dwell  on  the  eaith." 
In  all  great  conflicts  the  victorious  party 
j7)aniiVsts  its  joy  l)y  similar  exhibitions 
as  that  de.scrilied  above;  the  Inngnage  is 
that  of  tiinmph — of  hilarity  and  joy. 
History  informs  vis  that  at  the  close  of 
the  very  ecmueil  of  the  Lateran,  which 
jirouonnced  the  epitaph  of  these  witne.s3- 
es,  every  e.vhibition  of  jny  and  gladness 
were  made.  The  reigning  pontift'  Le<> 
X,  ri'ceived  splendid  gifts  from  various 
realms,  and  e>pecially  from  the  king  of 
Portugal,  witlK'ongr:ituIat  ions  that  Rome 
was  now  supreme,  and  the  jiope  confer- 
red on  the  king  in  return  h;df  the  East- 
ern world,  Th*'  most  splendid  feasts, 
and  the  most  luxiu'ious  diiuiers  were  giv- 
en, toasts  were  drunk,  elegant  speeches 
were  made,  congratulations  the  most  fer- 
vent were  expressed,  and  the  special  sub- 
ject of  joy,  says  the  historians  was  tin* 
total  reduction  ot^  the  heretics,  and  the 
healing  of  the  French  schisni.  Dean 
Wad<lin'^'ton.  says."  At  this  monumt  the 


pillars  of  the  pai>al  strenglii  seemed-vif 
ible  and  palpable,  and  Rome  surveyed  , 
them  with  exultation  from  her  golden 
palaces.''  "  The  .■u'weTn>)led  princes  and 
prelate-s  separated  from  the  council  with 
complacency, confidence, and  mntual  con- 
gratulations on  the  peace,  unity,  and  pu- 
rity of  the  church." 

Verse  11,"  And  after  three  days  and 
a  half  the  Spirit  of  life  from  (Jod  enter- 
ed into  them,  and  they  stood  upon  their 
feet;  and  great  fear  fell  upon  them  which 
saw  them."  As  we  have  before  remark- 
ed, it  was  just  three  years  and  a  half 
from  the  time  the  fifth  Lateran  council 
proclaimed  the  death  of  the  witnesses, 
May  Jth  1514,  until  Martin  Luther  pos- 
ted his  nintey-five  theses  upon  the  gates 
ofthechurchat'Witteniburg.OctoberSlst 
1517.  The  posting  of  those  theses,  then, 
the  only  mode  of  public  advertisement, 
produced  a  wonderful  sensation  which 
was  powerfully  felt  to  the  remotest  bounds 
of  Christendom ;  it  wakened  Europe  from 
its  sleep  of  ages;  summoned,  as  it  \y(.'re, 
from  their  gi-aves  the  slain  witnesses,  and 
again  is  beard  louder  and  in  more  earnest 
tones  their  protestations  against  the  er- 
rors and  corruptions  of  the  papacy.  This 
voice,  so  suddenly,  so  powerfully,  so  mys- 
teriously raised,  awed,  and  amazed  the 
worsjiipers  of  tlie  beast.  They  had 
thought  all  oi)position  was  at  an  end,  and 
they  had  pronounced  the  words,  '*  There 
is  no  more  to  appear,"  or  to  oppose,  or 
as  it  might  be  e.vclaimed,  "  heresy  is  ex- 
tinguished." AVhat  then  must  have 
been  their  surprise,  their  chagrin,  when 
after  three  and  a  half  years  silence,  they 
are  opposed  more  earnestly,  more  elo- 
(juently,  more  powerfully  than  ever;  like 
the  guilty  Herod  they  no  doubt  felt  that 
their  slain  witnesses  had  arisen  from  the 
dead,  and  therefore  mighty  works  did 
-show  forth  thcmselve.s  in  them,  "  And 
in-eat  feiiv  fell  upon  them  that  saw 
them." 

The  history  of  the  Reformation  fully 
verities  the  above  words;  great  indeed 
was  the  consternation,  and  perplexity 
that  seized  the  votaries  of  Rome  when 
they  beheld  their  institutions  attached 
from  this  new  source,  and  how  the  lion 
of  Rome  exerted  all  his  strength  to  iiuell 
this  ex})anding  opjiositiou.  But  his 
thunders  were  now  comparatively  de- 
nuded of  their  terrors." 

Verse  12,  "  And  they  heard  q  great 
voice  from  heaven  saying  unto  them, 
"  come  up  hither.  And  they  ascended 
up  to  heaven  in  a  cloud;  and  their  ene- 
mies beheld  them."  That  the  heaven 
here  spoken  of  is  not  the  heaven,  the 
place  where  God's  throne  is,  is  evident 
from  the  fact  that  their  enemies  beheld 
these  witnesses  after  their  a.sceut.  The 
expression  is  no  doubt  figurative.  The 
best  explanation  of  it  will  perhajts  be 
found  in  Isaiah  lo:  i;i.  Here  the  jjroud 
king  of  Bab}lon  is  jircseuted  tons  in  all 
the  glory  and  haughtiness  of  his  power, 
he  declares  his  purpose  of  ascending  in- 
t6  heaven,  of  exalting  his  chrone  above 
the  stars  of  God.  That  is,  he  resolves 
to  occupy  the  very  highest  pinnacle  of 
political  honor,  and  power;  he  deter- 
mines to  establish  liis  throne  above  every 
other  throne.  He  will  possess  supreme 
power,  and  exercise  unlimited  despotism. 
By  the  expression,  "they  a-scended  up 
to  heaven,"  means,  we  think,  that  now 
the  church  wduch  had  so  long  prophesied 
clothed  in  sackcloth;  the  church  which 
hadforl'iOO  years  been  in  the  wililer- 
ne.ss — been  in  a  state  nf  obscurity,  whol- 
ly separated  from  the  world,  liad  in  an 
humble  and  lowly  capacity'  proclaimed 
the  trutli  unmixed  with  eiror,  w:is  now 
about  to  obtain  great  national  and  civil 
power.     She  was  now   about    to   enter 


the  political  arena;  she  w.as  about  to  oc- 
cupy royal  thrones,  and  be  clotheil  in 
kin"ly  purple;  her  eackcloth  was  now 
to  belaid  aside;  she  was  no  longer  to 
be  in  a  state  of  obscurity,  but  her  place 
was  hencefortli  to  be  in  the  cabinet  of 
princes,  and  in  the  halls  of  legislation. 
AVhat  a  change!  But  what  was  the  re- 
sult? Did  the  eliurch  retain  her  purity 
after  she  had  parted  with  her  simpbeity^ 
the  sequel  will  tell. 

The  language  used  in  Rev.  6:  12-li, 
is  somewhat  similar  U)  that  we  are  now 
considering.  This  language,  we  believe, 
is  generally  understood  to  imply  the  oc- 
currence of  a  va.st  revolution;  a  revolu- 
tion no  less  momentous  than  the  transi- 
tion from  paganism  to  Christianity.  The 
sun,  moon  and  stars  in  the  political  fir- 
manent  of  paganism  are  about  to  be  re- 
moved, and  their  place  filled  by  the  pro- 
fessors of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ. 
But  this  stupendous  revolution  boded 
no  good  to  Christianity.  The  purest 
hours  for  the  church,  are  her  hours  of 
persecution.  When  all  the  forces  of  the 
worid  were  arrayed  against  her,  she  drew 
her  beautiful  garments  closely  around 
her,  and  nestled  near  the  cross.  There  | 
in  that  hallo\ved  retreat,  she  gi'ew  more 
lovely,  more  unearthly  radiant.  But  oh 
when  the  woidd  took  her  beneath  its  fos- 
tering care,  when  she  basked  in  the  sun- 
shine of  royal  favor,  alas  how  soon  was 
her  beauty"  tarnished;  the  gtdd  how  it 
became  dim,  her  spotless  robes  how  they 
became  soiled  with  the  filth  of  the  world. 
James  says,  "  Know  ye  nttt  that  the 
fi-iendship  of  the  world  is  enmity  with 
God?  AVhosoever  therefore  will  be  a 
friend  to  the  world,  is  the  enemy  of 
God."  And  surely  the  history  of  the 
church  fully  verifies  this  declaration. 

AVe  find  that  when  pagan  persecution 
ceased,  and  the  church  enjoyed  royal  fa- 
vor and  protection,  she  gradually  lost 
her  distinctive  parity,  and  mergwl  into 
the  mere  semblance  of  Christianity.  So 
we  find  that  the  same  pernicious  effects 
followed,  after  papal  persecutions  ceased, 
and  the  protestant  church,  (that  is  the 
witnesses,  for  protestant  is  composed  of 
two  words,  2"'<'  before,  and  testarl  to  be 
a  witness  to  testify,  from  testis  a  witness. 
Protestant  then  means  a  witness),  and 
the  church  was  placed  beneath  royal 
patronage.  In  proportion  as  her  out- 
ward prosperity  increased,  so  her  inner 
purity  and  spirituality  diminished.  Soon 
the  cliurch  became  distracted  by  inter- 
nal broils  and  disputes,  factions  and  sects 
multiplied,  rancorous,  and  stormy  dis- 
cussions took  place.  Gross  errors  of 
doctrine  crept  in.  good  works  were  grad- 
ually ignored;  many  of  the  plain  com- 
mands of  God's  Word  were  subverted  or 
obscured,  and  the  whole  plan  of  salva- 
tion became  disjointed  and  disarranged, 
until  now,  w'hat  a  confused,  disconnect- 
ed si>ectacle  protestanism  presents,  a  very 
Babel! 

But  Christ  will  always  have  a  visible 
church,  a  church  that  will  not  shun  to 
declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God;  ac- 
cordingly when  the  protestant  church 
lost  her  distinctive  features,  when  she 
failed  to  bear  a  full  and  clear  testimony 
to  the  truth,  then  God  raised  up  other 
standard  bearers.  In  the  beginning  of 
the  eighteenth  century,  in  an  ob.scure 
town  in  Germany,  there  arose  a  little 
baud  of  Christians  deeply  imbued  with 
the  spirit  of  Christianity.  From  this 
little  church,  this  golden  candlestick,  the 
pure  undimmed  light  of  theglorious Gos- 
pel again  shone  torth.  And  we  Idess 
God,  this  little  rivulet  has  increased  and 
widened  until  now,  it  is  iu  volume  a 
deep  majestic  stream.  And  our  sincere 
prayer  is,  O  Lord  pre.servc  it  pure,    for- 


bid  that  it  should  lapse  into  the  condi- 
tion  of  theEphesianorLiiudicean  church- 
es,  or  become  like  the  cliurch  at  Sardjg 
having  but  a  name  to  live  while  she  is 
dead;  but  oh  may  she  belike  the  church 
at  Smyrna,  outwardly  poor,  but  inward- 
ly rich. 

"And  their  enemies  beheld  them." 
The  meaning  of  behold  is,  "  To  fix  the 
eyes  upon;  to  look  at;  to  see  with  atten- 
tion; to  observe  with  care."— IF^i.^^^;.^ 
It  expresses  emotion,  anxiety,  wonder 
astonishement.  Ami  welearii  that  when 
the  adherents  of  the  papacy  saw  the  as. 
cent  of  tlu'se  witnesses,  when  they  saw 
that  heresy,  which  they  had  so  long  tried 
to  crush,  and  which  they  had,  as  they 
had  thought  just  succeeded  iu  crushing, 
now  arise  from  its  deep  depression,  when 
they  saw  palaces  admit  it,  kings  listen- 
iug  to  those  who  proclaimed  it,  the  gceat 
ones  of  the  earth  protecting  it,  and  giv. 
in"- it  their  earnest  attention,  they  were 
filled  with  consternation  and  alarm. 
They  beheld  it  with  envy,  with  hatred, 
with  vexation. 

Verse  l-'J,  "  And  the  same  hour  there 
was  a  great  earth(iuake,  and  a  tenth  part 
of  the  city  fell  and  in  the  earthquake 
were  slain  of  men  seven  thousand:  and 
the  remnant  were  affrighted,  and  gave 
glory  to  the  God  of  heaven."  In  Rev. 
(5;  1-2,  it  is  said,  when  the  sixth  seal  was 
opened,  *'  lo  there  was  a  great  earth- 
quake." If  the  opening  of  the  sixth 
seal  portrays  the  overthrow  of  pagan- 
ism  and  the  establishment  of  Christian- 
ity on  its  ruins,  then  this  earthquake 
must  mean  a  moral  earthquake,  so  in 
the  verse  we  are  considering,  the  lan- 
guage is  no  doubt  figurative.  It  ex- 
presses some  great  moral  revolution, 
This  revolution  took  place  iu  the  fore- 
payt  of  the  sixteenth  ceutury.  Bopery 
was  in  several  countries  of  Europe  su- 
perseded by  protestantism. 

And  the  tenth  part  of  the  city  fell. 
The  word  city  docs  not  mean,  a  large 
corporate  town,  but  it  also  means  a  state, 
the  body  of  the  country,  a  community 
of  citizens,  etc.  A  tenth  part  of  the  city 
then  means,  a  tenth  part  of  the  domin- 
ions controlled  by  the  papal  hierarchy. 
Now  the  ten  jirincipal  divisions  of  the 
Western  half  of  the  Roman  empire,  con- 
trolled by  the  popish  infiuence,  are  the 
following:  the  Anglo-Sa.\on9;theFranb 
of  Central  France;  the ITllman  Franks 
of  Eastern  France;  the  Bm-gundic 
Franks  of  the  South-eastern  France;  the 
Visigoths;  the  Suevie;  the  Wandals;  the 
Ostrogoths  in  Italy;  the  Bavarians;  the 
Lombards.  These  divisions  are  gener- 
ally acknowledged  by  most  historians. 
The  Anglo-Saxons  now  comprise  Great 
Britian,  and  this  divisou  separated  from 
the  popedom  A.  D.  153.^.  The  cause  of 
this  was,  the  quarrel  of  Henry  VIII 
wdth  the  pope,  the  latter  refusing  to  grant 
him  a  divorce  from  Queen  Catharine. 
This  division  wjis  the  first  that  withdrew 
from  the  papacy  in  that  great  revolution, 
that  great  moral  earthquake  which  shook 
Europe  to  its  foundation,  in  the  fore- 
part of  the  sixteenth  century.  The  ppflce 
of  Pasau  1552,  established  protest  an  tism 
in  Germany,  which  was  the  next  sep- 
artion  caused  Ijy  this  great  earthqnake- 
Ag.ain  it  is  said,  "  in  the  earthquak*" 
were  slain  of -men  seven  thousand."  1' 
is  said  that  in  the  original  It  reads,  "  sev- 
en chiliafU;'  denoting  seven  princedoms, 
under  the  dominion  or  rule  of  princes. 
Now  we  find  by  referring  to  hwtory, 
that  in  the  year  lotlT  the  Netherlands 
which  were  then  subjects  to  Sp:iiu  vi" 
volted.  This  revolt  was  claused  hv^"'^ 
jterseoiitions,  and  cruelties  of  I'lniip  -»'  ■ 
After  a  long  Jind  bloody  war,  the  l>"t^' 
succeeded  iu  throwing   oft"  the  Spani'' ' 


June 

yoke.  Tlu-y  tlivu  f,„„,e,l  tli<.„.sclv<.s 
j„H,  „  ,-..nti->UT:ii:.v,  cnlUnl  the  Ki-pulilic 
„1-  Hulhuul.  This  RrytMK  C>,.u,„i8,.,l 
ll„.  following  province:  IlollMid  Xe«l. 
ancl.l'"'''^l»''''"''>'*'lM"l,(;TOiimgeii,Ovur. 
y..,-,-!.  M'd  tiucklevlnnd.  Thess  were  the 
spvcn  priiK-wldinB  or  ohiMnils,  which  i„ 
,l,e.veiirl37i>si>Iitoff  from  the  I'apal 
^cLlesiiistScal  tyranny.  Another  rent 
iiiusi-il  liy  tile  great  earthtjuake;  aimth- 
,,r  (lislueinlK-rnient  of  the  papal  domin- 
ion?- 

It  is  ue.xt Mid ,  and  the  ri-nniaut  atl'right- 
ed.  tliat  is  tliose  who  still  adhered  to 
Home  in  those  countries  which  hiul  se- 
ueded  from  her  dominions.  Ae<!ordin». 
ly  weifind  that  when  the  Romanists  rec- 
ollected their  former  crneltics  which  they 
had  perpetrated  on  the  protestants,  and 
„oW  when  they  say  tho.w  protestants 
raised  the  civil  and  political  poteer,  they 
were  allVighted.  As  they  were  now  the 
m-aker  party  they  e.xpceted  retaliation ; 
tliey  e.vpected  the  same  treatment  from 
the  protestants,  as  the  protettnuts  had 
lecenx-d  from  them,  and  we  are  sorry  to 
say  Iheir  fears  were  not  groundless, 
Priili'stantisin  lion-owed  too  many  of 
l!(ini.''»  weapons.  In  Kngland  particu- 
larly, during  the  reigns  of  Klizalieth  and 
the  Stewart  kings,  the  laws  and  enact- 
ments against  the  Roman  Catholics  were 
peculiarly  severe  and  unjust.  They 
were  indeed  made,  to  some  e.\teut,  to 
feci  the  rod,  whieb  they  tbeinselves  had 
used  so  cruelly. 

Again,  it  is  said,  "  and  gave  glory  to 
the  Ciod  of  heaven,"  The  sense  seems 
to  be,  they  the  papists  were  affrighted, 
and  they  the  witnesses  gave  glory  to  the 
God  of  heaven.  From  our  common  ver- 
sion, we  would  suppose  the  meaning  to 
he  the  papists  were  affrighted,  and  they, 
the  papists  gave  glory  to  God.  But  those 
^\■bo  are  acipiainted  with  the  origin.al, 
tell  us  that  kliiim  and  structure  of  the 
Greek  will  admit  of  the  former  signiii- 
cation,  and  this  is  a  historical  I'act.  When 
the  church  in  the  time  of  Constantino 
WHS  raised  to  unclouded  sunshine,  and 
paganism  was  crnshed;  the  trinmiihant 
Christians  in  liyiiins'and  songs  every 
where  e.vpressed  their  gratitude  to  God, 
Euseliius  a  contemporary  \\'riter  tlms  ex- 
presses himself;  "  Formerly  we  used  to 
sing,  we  have  beard  what  Tbou  didst 
in  our  fathers' ,  days,  but  uuw  we  have 
to  sing  a  new  song  of  victory,  oui^  eyes 
have  seeu  his  .salvation."  So  the  prot- 
estant  or  w'ituessiug  chnrcb  afU'r  their 
ti'innipb  over  popery  sang  joyful  songs 
«lid  gave  glory  to  (lorl  for  their  victory. 
Thus  Elizabeth  after  tbe  defeat  of  tie 
Spanish  armada,  which  came  to  pajialize 
Eiigbiml  again,  went  into  procession  to 
the  Cathedral  of  St.  Paul's,  and  gave 
glory  to,  (iud  for  this  victory.  But  oh 
now  banefiiil  in  both  oases  was  temporal 
prosperity,  and  tbe  fostering  care  .of 
princes,  in  both  cases  the  declension 
Irom  (fos[iel  purity  and  simplicity  was 
I'ftjiid  and  alarming. 

Now  ive  have  tried  to  e.Vjilain  this  dif- 
ficult chapter,  it  has  caused  us  much  k- 
bor  and  toil,  but  if  we  have  thrown  any 
light  ujKin  it,  we  feel  amply  repaid. 

IMPROVEMENT. 


THE    liKBTHHiiiSr    ^T    -\\'Oi{Ji. 


gr-a-sp   la  some  .it   its 


av  D.VVll)  lliEllS, 


that  takes 
and  one 


'pilK  suliject  before  us  is  onet 
-*■  in  a  ^•ast  field  of  thought, 
ibat  can  be  applie<l  to  every  huintin  be- 
ing over  this  wide  e.vtendetl  world ;  one 
flat  will  manifest  itself  m  all  of  its  out- 
lines; sooner  or  later  its  fruits  are  bound 
to  <levelop  and  manifest  themselves, 

liiiproveiuent  is  ailvancenient:  valua- 
ble additions  or  gaining  knowledge,  and 
^i'e  ways  of  aiiplylnir  it,  are  many  and 


always  within  our 

forms,  so  that  we  need  not  want  for  ma- 
terial to  work  with.  God  has  placed  us 
in  this  world  for  a  noble  piir|jose  and 
not  lor  the  wasting  of  our  mortal  career, 
which  would  be  to  our  utter  deslruetion, 
both  temporal  and  spiritual.  We  are 
such  beings  that  we  will  not  stand  still; 
we  will  either  advance  or  retreat;  eith. 
er  gain  knowledge  or  lose  it;  either  im- 
prove our  time  or  wiuste  it;  serve  God 
or  the  ilevil.  \Ve  who  profess  to  be 
Christians,  where  ai'e  we,  what  nr|u  we 
doing,  are  we  iniproviug  our  lime,  aiv 
we  living  as  God  would  have  us  live! 
or  are  we  wasting  those  golden  moments 
careless  and  unconcerned?  We  never 
shonhl  be  idle,  but  improvement  should 
always  be  uppermost  iu  our  minds, 
whether  in  the  family  circle  or  in  church, 
or  wherever  we  are  in  the  shifting  siajnes 
of  tills  mortal  life.  Wiati-ver' we  do, 
we  should  do  with  tbe  desiro  of  doili" 
It  right ;  anything  that  is  worth  doing,  is 
worth  doing  right-  When  we  go  to' the 
house  of  worshi|>,  wo  should  go  with  the 
desire  of  worshiping  God,  and  instilling 
into  our  minds  more  of  tlui  true  prinei^ 
pies  of  .lesus,  and  should  not  go  there 
to  talk  about  temporal  matters,  but  to 
serve  God,  pay  strict  attention  to  what 
is  read  and  preachi'd,  and  not  to  be  so 
careless  that  if  a  fiieud  would  even  ask 
us  what  tbe  minister's  te.vt  was  wo  coldd 
not  tell  but  we  should  remember  it  and 
read  it  at  the  first  opportunity,  which 
will  be  very  apt  to  freshen  the  .minister's 
discourse  and  make  it  more  lasting  on 
our  minds. 

Reading  we  think  is  one  of  the  best 
ways  to  improve  our  time,  w-heu  not  oth- 
erwise usefully  employed.  This  is  a 
world  of  reading,  and  it  is  very  impor- 
tant not  oujy  how  we  read,  but  what 
we  read,  as  some  books  cannot  lie  read 
with  profit,  noniatterhow  we  read  them. 
But  there  is  one  Book  that  can  be  read 
with  great  imdit,— the  Bible  which  is 
the  Rook  of  liooks,  which  we  should 
read  daily,  and  for  a  noble  design;  not 
for  pastime,  but  with  great  care  and  dil- 
igence. Home  of  its  precious  truths  ni-e 
buried  deep,  and  to  make  them  availa- 
ble we  must  search  diligently  and  pr,ay- 
eifnlly,  and  have  a  great  desil-e  to  un- 
derstand its  truths;  lye  should  feeUmd 
read  it,  asthougb  God  were  present  with 
us,  and  that  He  was  revealing  to  us  the 
great  plan  of  salvation.  If  our  minds 
are  iu  such  a  state,  we  will  undoubtedly 
realize  a  blessing,  if  we  put  in  practice; 
and  whatever  we  do  and  wherever  we 
are  through  the  journey  and  -iiifiing 
scenes  of  this  mortal  life,  we  should 
act  wHb 'that  .state  of  mind  that  God  was 
an  everywhere  pn-sent  God;  and  that 
all  our  acts  and  tloings  were  open  liefore 
Ilim,  so  that  we  miglit  live  a  God-fear- 
ing life,  that  peace  and  happiness  miglit 
be  the  result  in  this  \vorltI,  and  the  world 
to  come. 


BRETHREN,  BE  AT  WORK, 


TTAN'ING  for  sometime  felt  pressed, 
-"-  1  have  eoncbidetl  that  perhap.s  the 
enemy  of  the  cross  lia.s  something  to  do 
with  our  backwardness  iu  giving  our 
e.vpressions  in  favor  of  primitive  Chris- 
tianity and  the  vindication  of  true  God- 
liness in  the  church.  There  seems  to  be 
something  working  among  us  which 
works  very  much  like  leaven. 

Leaven,  you  know,  is  very  small  wlien 
first  put  into  tile  lump  of  dougli  which 
the  woman  has  in  her  tray,  but  it  ^vorks 
on  until  the  whole  lump  is  leavened  if 
not  removed.  So  it  seems  to  me  tiiere 
is  a  leaven-like  xrjnufthiju/  among  us  in 


the  chureh  and  should  be  removed.  Then  j 
1  say,  iMethieii,   l,e   at   wm-k,  »t<ind   at  I 
your  posts  as  valiant   .soldiers   of  .le>ua. 
Stand  without  fear  in  holding  up  for  hu- 
mility, for  "  God    giveth    grace    to   the ' 
humlile," 

Humility   Ls  one  of   tlic' prominent  I 
characteristics  of  the  faith  once  deliver-  ! 
ed,to  the  saints,  whieb  is  the  true  one,  ' 
and  whereby  wo  will  obtjiiu    a  good  ro- 
purt  at  the  last  day.     O,  you  who   have 
been  educated,  as  it  were  »t   thofeetofj 
Gamnliel,   let  your  influence  be  used 
against  such    a  grhwing  evil,— against 
pi'tde,  against  departures,  against  thihgs  ' 
which  oll'eud,orarea  barrier  against  the 
advancement  ami  increase  of  the  true 
church  of  God.     ,     ,  ,   , ,  /  1 

Thechurch  I  believe  coDsistsof  brntU- 
run  aiul  sisters  of  Jcsiia  Christ,  for  they 
shall  be  heirs  with  M  ira,  having  done  the 
will  of  their  heavenly  Father.     The  will 
of  God  is,  that  We  should  not  ort'end  our 
brother  or  sister,  but  shall  rather  suffer  ' 
self-denial  Ih.ln  to  have   our  brother  of- ' 
fended  at  us  for  aiiytbiiig   that  is  of  no  ] 
beni-fit  to  us  to  help  us  on  to   God,  and 
our  eternal  welfare.  1 

Let  us  then  remove  every  bearing] 
Weight  against  the  doctrine  and  theorder  ! 
of  the  Bi-ethron,  which  I  think  and  be- ' 
lieve  (rod  sanctions.  When  we  say,' 
Hrethren,  wi  riiam  followera  of  onv 
Lord  and  Savior  .Testis  Christ,  as  were 
our  fathers  iu  the  faith,  which  ground  1 
I  believe  our  church  was  built  upon  orig- 
inally. 

Admitting  tbe  above  I  think  it  woubl 
be  well  for  us  to  renew  our  thoughts  up- 
on the  promises  we  made  in  our  baptis. 
lual  vow.  Did  we  not  there  promise 
and  confess  that  we  would  subscribe  to 
the  doctrine  of  the  chnvchi  1  think  if 
we  all  remember  that  promise,  and  were 
sutHeieiitly  instructed  before  vowing, 
we  would  not  ilisobey  the  instructions  of 
UolyWrit!  'i'ou  will  find  in  Romans 
IU,  "  Now  I  beseech  you  brethren, 
mark  them  which  cause  divisions  and 
offenses  contrary  to  thedoctrine  which  ye 
have  learned  and  avoiillhem;  for  they 
that  are  such,  serve  not  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,'btlttheii-o«'u  belly,  and  by  good 
words  and  fair  speeches  deceive  thi 
hearts  of  the  simple." 

Also  1st  Cor.  1,"  Now  I  beseech  you 
bretlmmby  the  nameof  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  that  you  all  speak  the  same  thing, 
antl  that  tht-re  be  no  divisions  among 
you;  but  that  ye  be  peifei-tly  joined  to- 
gether in  the  sanii'  mind  and  in  the  saim- 
judgment:"  O'brethren  let  us  adopt  the 
instruction, pf  the  apo.sfle,  who  was  in. 
structed  in  the  school  of  Jesus!  Let  us 
keep  on  tbe  old  [latlia.  I  few  too  many 
are  seeking  m:(0  j/ftthn  wiiorevor  they 
can  take  little  paekag,-s  along  which 
really  belong  to  the  world,  and  are  a 
hinderaiice  to  ourselves  atel  tbe  ehuiTb. 

In  conelnsion,  I  would  say,  let  us  love 
one  another,  preferriiig  one  ahother;  es- 
r eein  others  more  than  ourselves,  aud  I 
think  tlin brethren  will  have  no  need  of 
correcting  its  so  often  as  to  give  some 
occasion  to  say  that  they  are  "  fault-find- 
ers."  God  help  us  to  be  of  one  luind, 
and  so  to  walk  that  His  name  may  be 
glorified. 

liinijijnhl,  Md. 


"^rr. 


euf  out  of  a  ^ietef,  fli-'-miJ.  crab  stitl 
with  which  h,.  guhlcd  hi,  sheep.  Any 
day  he  might  have  tlirow.i.it  aw,iy  aiid 
cut  a  better  one.  And  Uoil  .said,  what 
"that  in  thine  hand!  With  thi.  rod, 
with  this  stick,  thou  shalt  rave  l.rael. 
And  so  it  pnwed.  What  is  that  in  thine 
hand  stranger!  Anox-goaJ  with  whici 
I  urge  my  limy  beivt.,  V,^  -it  f..r  (J.^i, 
and  Shamgar'a  o.x-goad<lefeat»tli«  I'hil- 
istines.  What  is  that  iu  tliine  hand  Da- 
vid! My  sling  with  which  I  keep  tliB 
wolves  from  the  sheep.  Yet  nith  that 
sling  he  slow  Goliath,  whom  an  anuy 
dared  not  ui>:.;t.  What  Ls  that  iu  tUine 
hand,  di.seiple!  Nothing  but  five  bar- 
ley loaves  and  twoi  Jittle  fishes.  Bring 
themtome.gfvtrthemtoGod,  ami  the 
WultiHUl^js  fed.     What  is  that  iu  .thjps 

Iiiiud,  p'ooi  induKifialiUaaimiha^  Give 
them  to  God;  and  behold!  the  fame  of 
our  riches  fills  the  world.  What  liaat 
thou,  weeping  womiui!  Aju  alabiistep. 
box  of  ointment.  Give  itto  God.  Bre«k 
it  and  pour  it  on  thf  Savior's  hea.1,  and 
its  sweet  perfume  is  a  fragrance  in  the 
church  till  now. 

What  hast  thou,  Dorcas?  My  need- 
le. Use  it  for  God  and  those  coats  aud 
garments  keep  multiplying,  and  arf 
clothing  the  naked  slilL  You  are  a 
manufacturer,  or  a  merchant,  or  a  mo- 
chanic,  or  a  inau  of  leisure,  or  a  student, 
or  a  sewing  woman,  God  wants  each  of 
you  to  serve  Him  where  you  are,  you 
have  your  business;  use  it  for  Gail.  Or- 
der it  in  a  godly  manner,  I)o  not  al^ 
low  any  wickedness  in  it.  Give  godly 
wages;  preach  Jesus  to  your  clerks,  not 
by  a  long  face,  but  by  being  like  Him, 
doing  good.  Use  your  profits  for  God, 
feeding  the  hungry,  clothing  the  naked, 
visiting  the  sick,  comforting  the  wretch- 
ed, spreading  the  Gospel  far  and  wide. 
What  a  field  you  have  to  glorify  God 
in,  just  where  you  are!  If  you  have 
nothing  use  your  tools  for  Him;  lie  can 
glorify  Himself  with  them  as  ea.sily  as 
lie  could  with  a  shepherd's  stick  an  ox- 
goad,  a  sling  or  two  mites.  A  jnuir  girl 
who  had  nothing  hut  a  sewing  machine 
used  it  to  a  feeble  ohureh.  All  her 
earnings  above  her  needs,  were  given 
toward  building  a  house  of  woi-sliip,  and 
iu  a  year  slie  paul  mm-e  than  othera  a 
hundred  limes  richer  than  she.  So  yon 
can  do,  if  you  will.  Thmk  of  the  wid- 
ow with  her  two  niites,  tbe  wdiunn  witli 
the  alabaster-.boi',,  and  HoVcaa  and  her 
garments;  y»>ii  do  as  luueU,  au^l  have  as 
great  a  reward. 

Selectedln- W.  G.  Bl  .v,  x. 


ADMONITION  SHOULD  BE 
GENTLE. 


w 


EACH  IN  HIS  OWN  WAY. 

A  LL  great  ^\•()rk(^  iwv  douc  by  aervini^ 
-*^  Goil  w'\i\\  wiiHl  wc  liMVt;  in  hftiiil. 
Moses  was  keeping  slu't'p  in  Midian;  God 
sent  biiii  to  save  Uiai-l,  hut  ht-  slinink 
fVoiu  ihf  mulei'ttikiiig.  \V«  jiymijatliizi* 
u'ilii  Jftliro's  luM-lsiiiuii,  aluni',  a  strati- 
giT,  o«'iiii]g  not  a  laiiil)  that  In^  watflnnl. 
He  bad  nothing  bnt   a  shfpherd's   rod , 


B  mnst  ooiwult  thw  gratlesti  man 

lii-i'  and  softK^t '  seasons  6t' ad- 
ilre.-?t-;  our  advice  must  not  foil  like  a 
V  iulcnt  Atitrui,  liiinriii);  dgwji  und  luak- 
inir  thos(^>  dntnp  \vli(>cit  it  is  nu'mit  to 
i-luri^b  and  rtt'ivih.  It  niust  di-M-eud, 
a.s  the  dew  upon  tUfetelider  herit,  ur  like 
the  inelting  flaked  ofi''now — the  softer 
it  falls,  the  lougor  it  d  ^vt-Us  upon',  and 
and  the  ilceper  it  sinks  into  the  miud. 
Ii"  thrre  »!■«  \vw  who  v.avf  the  huinilicy 
III  r*'i-"ive  a  lvi'_*'  a-*  tbcv  "'.ight,  it  i*  ol- 
iin  bet-atise  there  are  fc.v  who  have  the 
iil-t-retion  to  convey  it  iu  a  proju-r  vidit- 
eh',  and  to  i^nalit'y  th<-  barsliurs^  aud 
hitleniess  of  reproof,  a;£aiu:it  which  cor- 
rupt nature  is  apt  to  !■*.■>.. •it,  by  an  artfiil 
mixture  oi  sweeteiiin;^  aud  agreeaMc  iu- 
grcdients.  To  pi\d>i'  rU'*  wound  to  the 
I'utioiu,  will]  all  tht>  iHiUuess  aud  i-ieso- 
luiiou  of  u  good  spiritual  surgeon,  and 
Vft  with  all  ibf  dvlicauy  and  tfudvrnt^^ 
(if  a  friend,  i-etpmvs  a  very  s^mvl  d^-xtcT- 
ous  aud  niasterlv  hand. —  Sthifto, 


^riii-:  jjnKxtiJ^K:N^  ^vt  "wokk. 


June    27. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work,  more  about  annual  meeting 

PUBLISHKI)    WBIKLY. 


J.  H.  HOORB, 

M.  M.  ESHBLMAN, 


Brno.  A.  n.  BxaiioB  ii  <lg1j  aDlhoriwd,  bj  ua  m 
IraTclinjt  porrMpooJenl  nail  ngeol  f«r  ihf  tlDrriiRR! 
Work  an-l  will  tvceirc  iiiUcriplloo*  for  ih«  aMii*  al 
RfuUrralM.  All  biiiinr>*  lr«n«(wlfd  bj  him  for  oui 
Bm.  will  b«  ihp  •■m«  M  if  'looB  by  ourwItM. 


Till  n«i!Tii«M  At  WoB»  will  b»  «nit  poit'paid.  to  my 
ftddrM*  in  Ibo  Unlled  Slal«a  ur  Canivlit.  fur  (1  M>  ji*r 
UBam-  Thf-*  ««n.lln|[Un  i)»m*«  and  |I5U),  will  re- 
mIt*  an  »xlr«  copy  fTM  of  abaT|[«.  For  all  ortr  Ihie 
BDinUrr  (Jjc  agont  will  be  ullownl  I'J  o«nM  for  cneh  aUdi- 
tJooal  nam*,  wbl^h  amouiil  can  ba  ileduclcl  from  the 
B0B«7,  h«f*r»  >MidiD|[  it  U>  ui.  MoDty  Order*,  Ur»ns. 
Wd  R»gi*u-fed  Uiur*  may  be  irni  at  our  rl«li,  They 
■hoiiM  be  niadr  payable  to  Moore  ti  Kabclmnn. 
8ul.t<TiplioiM.  and  comiiiiir.ic«llijni  tniended  for  Ibo  pa- 

rn,  m  well  lu  all  iiuainen*  iniiHrr«  connerled  with  Ibe  of- 
oe  thnnld  b*  iiddr«fi«d 

UOOBE  ft  ISaXLlUK, 

Uurk,  Ctrroll  Co.,  HI 


LANABE.  ILL., 


JUKE  27,  1878. 


\\y  Imveiiiiirli'ttrrunKfiiitntstliat  enable ns to 
fill  uiiit-n  for  the  Hfpnrl  and  Mhiufn*  of  tlie 
Anniml  Mei:ting.  Prici-  of  tlie  Ueport,25  cents; 
the  Miniitwi,  lOconts  each,  or  75  cents  per  doz- 
en.    They  will  not  be  ready  for  Bonic  week:*  yet. 

BnoTiiKU  IVter  Hullbnrg,  a  Swedish  brother 
from  Baldwin,  Iowh,  gave  us  a  call  last  week. 
He  is  .'in  earntvst,  devoted  brother,  and  is  dcsir- 
ooH  of  knowing  if  nny  of  his  countrymen  are 
members  of  tlie  cliiirch  in  the  Uiiifoil  States. 
If  any  of  our  readers  know  of  such,  they  will 
confer  a  ftivor  by  iiddiessing  him  at  tlie  nbttve 
mentioned  phicv. 

Wk  are  now  prepai'ed  to  innke  use  of  all  the 
postage  stamps  that  our  reudcrs  feel  disposed  to 
send  Mt  in  payment  for  either  the  papcrH,  books 
or  j>ani]>hlets.  However  we  would  advise  not 
to  Rend  over  ^11.50  iii  each  letter,  and  be  ^m-e 
that  (lie  stamps  arc  so  folded  as  not  to  stick  to- 
getlier.  This  arrangement  will  be  convenient 
fur  thtiNe  wi-4liing  lo  suud  75  cciit-s  for  the  paper 
the  remainder  of  the  year,  or  25  or  50  cents  for 
the  Chililren  at  Work. 

Wk  have  heard  of  wolves  dressing  in  sheep's 
clothing,  but  not  once  have  wo  ever  heard  of 
sheep  dressing  in  wolves'  elothiug.  Is  tliis  the 
way  with  Christians  and  the  world?  or  is  it  the 
revenue  i*  Should  not  Christians  learn  a  lesson 
from  the  sheep?  or  will  you  have  the  slieep  fol- 
low the  example  of  the  Christians!'  Farmers, 
what  have  you  to  nay?  you  are  interested  in  the 
sheep  busine-ss.  A  hint  to  the  mac  (virgins)  is 
Hulhcii^iit.     Let  them  study  this  item  well. 


TuK  way  subacribei-s  are  coming  in  for  the 
Cliilf/mi  (it  Work  is  tjuite  encouraging.  Ail 
the  children  want  it,  and  inuoy  of  the  older 
people  do  not  Hke  to  do  without  it.  The  paper 
will  be  issued  weekly  just  as  soon  as  we  get 
enough  subscribers  to  make  it  safe.  We  had 
intended  to  send  No.  3  out  with  this  issue,  hut 
brother  Kshelman,  on  the  account  of  being  ab- 
sent, could  not  get  it  ready  in  time.  No  jn^e- 
venting  providence,  all  our  readers  will  receive 
another  copy  next  week,  after  which  it  will  be 
sent  to  regular  subscribers  only. 

Mr.  Rav,  of  the  litilllr  Flag,  thinks  we  are 
trying  to  prejudice  our  readere  against  him  be- 
fore Uie  debate  opens.  In  this  he  ismistaken. 
We  have  no  such  an  object  in  view.  As  a  de- 
bater we  know  he  stands  well  among  his  peojde. 
Were  thi.s  not  true,  we  would  not  consent  to 
open  our  columns  to  the  discussion.  Of  cani-ee 
we  do  not  like  the  abusive  style  into  whicli  he 
sometimes  drifts,  but  that  is  his  own  business 
iiud  not  ours.  When  the  discussion  once  opens 
we  then  shall  deem  it  our  duty  to  keep  hands  off 
and  let.  each  party  liave  a  fair  chance. 


As  article  in  the  Jewish  Reformer  takes  Pro- 
testant preachers  to  task  pretty  severely,  for  de- 
nouncing certain  classes  of  sinners  for  tlieir 
mckedness,  and  then  when  it  comes  to  raising 
money  for  the  preachei-s  and  clitirch  purposes 
they  will  accept  money  from  the  worst  of  sin- 
ner* and  think  it  good  enough.  This  is  the 
way  the  writer  handles  the  subject:  "  In  our  own 
ei'unfy  a  gix-al  many  preachers,  when  in  the 
pulpit,  aiv  very  severe  on  "  stopk-pamhling." 
and  denounce  Wall  stivet  in  unmeasured  t*rnis. 
Hut  when  a  vel<-ran  operator,  who  Iulh  ruined 
jicorc^  of  men  ill  his  day.  yields  to  u  pious  whim 
nud  founds  a  theoltigicnl  seminary;  if  a  young- 
er operator  comes  forward  in  the  nick  of  time 
tt>  save  an  indebted  and  imperilled  ehureh— Is 
the  money  of  these  "sloek-ganihler'  rejected? 
When  a  fortune  matk>  in  the  other.  non-Ieg.'il- 
ixed.sorlot  gambling  is  bc(jueatlie<l  to  our  re- 
ligion; societies,  do  tlieV  ivfuse  thtir  legacies;-" 


THE  second  day's   meeting   was  opened  for 
businMS  at  H  A.  M.     The  first  subject  for 
discuMion  was  the  deferred  [M'tition  from  Fenn- 
syjvauia,  in  regard  to  changing  the  manner  of 
holding   the  Annual  Conference.     A  i»etition 
and  plan  from  Virginia  was  also  read,  when  the 
Mfxlerutor  declared  the  subject  open  for  diseas- 
sion.     The  plan  from  Va.,  suggested  that  since 
our  form  c/i  church  government  is  neither  whol- 
ly episcopal  nor  congregational,  hutapostolical, 
we  continue  as  now  practiced,  believing  that  it 
ix  the  wisest  and  U-st.     The  petition,  suggested 
a  lew  changes  \n  the  application  of  the  apostol- 
ic principle,  so  far  as  District  Conferences  are 
concerned.     It  looks  towards  delegating  to  Dis- 
tricts entire  supervision   of  affaira   within  its 
jurisdiction,  in    harmony   with  Annual  Confer- 
ence.    However,  all  work  of   District  Confer- 
ences to  be  submitted  to  Annual  Conference  for 
consideration.     Urged  that  the  present  method 
of  A.  M.  l>econtinued,  but  in  selecting  delegates 
to  A.  M.  the  Districts  should  aim  to  choose  the 
best  talent,  experience,  integrity  and  Christian 
character  to  represent  it.     It  was  further  urged 
as  a  means  of  good  government,  that  delegates 
shall  be  eligible  to  only  two  couf'ereuces  in  suc- 
cession, that  is,  a  delegate  may  be  sent  twice, 
hut  the  third  year  he  shall  not  be  eligible;  the 
fourth  and  fifth  he  may,  but  the  sixth,  another 
must  lie  sent. 

After  much  pre.sentation  of  thought  for  and 
against  a  change,  the  Council  agreed  to  contin- 
ue the  plan  of  18ti6,  and  appointed  the  following 
named  brethren  to  devise  measures  to  more  fully 
carry  it  out;  Enoch  Ehy,  R.  H.  Miller.  James 
tiuiuter,  Daniel  Brower,  C.  G.  Lint,  Samuel 
Mohler,  and  Samuel  Garber. 

The  second  subject  brought  up  for  considera- 
tion related  to  soliciting  aid  for  private  institu- 
tions among  Brethren.  It  was  urged  as  a  pre- 
cautionary measure  that  jiersons  traveliiig 
should  carry  a  certificate  of  good  standing  from 
the  institution  he  represents,  and  in  addition  to 
this,  first  obtain  the  counsel  of  the  church  in 
which  he  wishes  to  solicit.  No  objection  was 
made  to  a  certificate  of  good  standing,  but  a  num- 
ber of  si>eeches  were  made  against  the  idea  of 
first  counseling  the  church.  It  was  assumed 
that  the  institutions  being  private  no  church 
had  the  right  to  iiiteriere  until  it  could  be  shown 
that  the  institutions  were  found  to  be  fraudulent. 
This  subject  brought  out  a  number  of  points 
relative  to  the  rights  of  individuals,  and  the 
duty  and  power  of  the  church.  Deferred  in- 
definitely. 

The  "Church  Extension  Union"  being  next 
in  order,  the  protests  from  several  Districts 
were  read.  A  meeting  of  this  society  had  been 
held  in  the  Ogan's  Creek  congregation  on  the 
ftth  and  a  new  plan  adopted  which  rendered  the 
protests  entirely  ineffective.  After  some  dis- 
cussion a  motion  was  m.-ide  to  table  the  protests, 
which  motion  prevailed.  This  being  disposed 
of,  the  question  whether  persons  who  bad  been 
members  of  Masonic  societies  are  eligible  to 
offices  in  the  church,  was  introduced.  Agreed 
that  they  are,  providing  they  have  renounced  all 
connection  with  such  societies. 

Whether  ministers  should  be  fully  in  practice 
mth  the  church  in  manner  of  dress,  in  order 
to  officiate  at  Communions.  It  was  agreed  with- 
out discussion,  that  they  should.  In  regard  to 
better  and  cheajier  Hymn  Books,  the  publisher 
agreed  to  do  all  they  could  to  comply  with  this 
request,  but  so  long  as  they  sustain  losses  from 
those  who  purchase,  it  would  be  almost  impos- 


the  sick  for  any  other  purpose  than  the  restora- 
tion to  health.  This  called  forth  considerable 
discussion,  and  was  finally  disposed  of  by  defer- 
ring indefinitely,  and  the  right  of  one  ordained 
elder  ordaining  another  in  eases  where  it  is  dif- 
ficult to  procure  two,  was  taken  up.  This 
question,  like  most  others,  was  susceptible  ot 
two  tlieories,  hence  no  small  discussion  follow- 
ed. The  advocates  of  both  theories  appealed  to 
Scriptural  examples  in  proof  of  their  positions, 
and  was  finally  disposed  of  by  re-adopting  the 
present  practice,  that  of  always  having  two  or- 
dainetl  elders  to  perform  the  work. 

The   matter  of  procuring  a  committee  from 
A.  M.  for  a  poor  brother,  was  duly  considered. 
A  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to 
the  church  in  which  the  poor  brother  lives,  and 
investigate  the  matter. 

The  Clerk  then  announced  committees  as  fol- 
lows: Huntington  church,  Ind.,  J.  Wise,  J. 
Quinter,  J.  Gump,  G.  W.  Gripe.  Rock  Grove 
church,  Iowa,  R.  Badger,  J,  Wise,  J.  Murray. 
Lost  Creek  chm-ch,  Ohio,  R.  H.Miller,  D.  Brow- 
er,  E.  Eby,  C.  G.  Lint,  J.  Quinter.  Eel  River 
church,  Ind.,  R.  H.  Miller,  D.  Brower.  D.  Bech- 
tclheimer.  Cook's  Creek  church,  Va.,  D.  Long, 
C.  G.  Lint,  Moses  Miller.  California  churches, 
R.  H.  Miller,  J.  tjuinter,  E.  Buechlcy.  Luney's 
Creek  church,  W.  Va.,  C.  G.  Lint,  J.  D.  Trosfcle, 
Jacob  Wine,  E.  Auvil.  Lower  Deer  Creek 
church,  Ind.,  D.  Brower,  Jos.  Kauffman,  Geo. 
Holler.  Rock  Creek  church.  III.,  E.  Eby.  J.  \<. 
Gish,  John  J.  Eminert.  Beaver  Creek  church, 
Ohio,  same  as  Lost  Greek,  Ohio.  Painter  Creek 
church,  Ohio,  S.  Mohler,  S.  Garber,  Geo.  Holler. 
Huntington,  Ind.,  R.  H.  Miller,  S.  Mohler,  G. 
W.  Gripe,  J.  W.  Stein.  Meyersdale,  Pa.,  D. 
Long,  M.  Miller,  J.  H.  Hollinger.  J.  W.  Brum- 
baugh, 3.  A.  Fike. 

Bro.  (Quinter  presented  a  written  report  of 
committee  to  Upper  Dublin  church,  Pa.,  and 
their  report  was  accepted  by  the  meeting.  The 
same  committee  were  instructed  to  carry  out  the 
decision.  The  churches  in  California  agreed  to 
pay  two-thirds  of  the  expenses  of  the  commit- 
tee appointed  to  visit  them,  and  the  Annual 
Conference  agreed  to  bear  the  balance,  and 
suggested  that  each  congregation  in  the  broth- 
erhood contribute  one  dollar.  AH  churches 
East  of  the  Ohio  river  shall  send  their  amount 
to  Priiintite  Clmstian  office,  those  in  Ohio  to 
office  of  the  Vindicator  and  those  West  of  Ohio 
to  the  Brethren  at  Work  office,  money  to  be 
sent  in  by  September  first. 

It  was  agreed  to  hold  the  next  Conference 
in  the  second  District  of  Virginia.  Calls  being 
made  for  a  report  of  the  success  and  prospects 
of  the  Danish  Mission,  brother  Enoch  Eby  gave 
a  clear  and  affecting  account  of  it,  and  the  gen- 
eral expression  of  gladness  because  the  Lord's 
work  over  there  had  been  so  well  established, 
was  manifest  all  over  the  large  audience.  I  will 
add  here,  that  the  question  as  to  who  should 
look  after  the  wants  of  the  church  in  Deninark, 
having  been  before  the  meeting  in  regular  order, 
it  was  agreed  that  it  should  continue  under  the 
supervision  uf  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois, 
and  that  the  general  brotherhood  should  con- 
tribute its  part  towards  meeting  expenses.  All 
donations  should  he  sent  to  C.  P.  Rowland, 
Lanark.  111.  I  would  further  add,  that  sufficient 
has  been  contributed  for  the  poor  in  Denmark, 
but  some  will  be  needed  before  the  close  of  the 
present  year  for  brother  Hope's  work. 

The  meeting  closed  about  4  P.  M.,  with  sink- 
ing and  prayer,  and  after  partaking  of  our  lost 
meal  together  at  this  place,  the  great  multitude 


tells  us  anything  about  man,  and  philosophfr 
can  only  substantiate  their  claims  that 
came  from  an  ape.  by  putting  away  tlie  Bib!<* 
Parents  should  know,  thatby  drinkino  iQi^ 
icating  beverages,  they  bring  untold  misery  up. 
on  their  children.  Pride  lie*  at  the  bottom  of 
the  great  evil.  Children  are  brought  up  in 
fashion,  petted  and  indulged  until  their  hearba 
are  spoiled  and  then  their  parents  mourn  and 
lament  because  things  are  so  bad.  Mothers  Ul 
tie  know  how  they  are  laying  the  foundation  for 
this  great  sin  when  they  hasten  to  teach  their 
children  that  this  article  is  "  so  nice,"  that  "  sn 
pretty."  Why  you  stir  up  the  little  heart,  so 
that  as  it  grows  older,  it  trill  hiiiv  those  nice 
things;  and  you  have  been  the  cause.  You  put 
the  seed  in  its  little  heart,  and  now  when  if 
grows  and  buds,  blooms  and  ripens  into  perni. 
cious  fruit,  who  is  to  blame?  What  shall  we 
do?  Do  the  very  things  which  we  have  not 
been  doing.  Teach  children  to  love  that  which 
is  plain,  to  love  the  good  and  abhor  the  evil. 

Sister  Major  was  followed  by  brother  West 
who  gave  some  important  statistics  coucernintr 
strong  drinks.  Pennsylvania  spends  eighty 
millions  annually  for  drinks,  which  is  ten  times 
moi-e  than  she  spends  for  education.  In  1870it 
was  shown  that  there  were  286-1  distilleries  in 
the  U.  S.,  and  these  were  bringing  sorrow,  teaw 
and  death  upon  the  nation.  There  are  8,000 
saloons  in  New  York  city,  and  only  487  places 
of  religious  worship,  one  church  for  every  2  045 
persons,  while  on  the  other  hand  there  is  ouo 
saloon  for  each  125  inliabitants.  Sml  condition 
of  affairs  indeed !  Cut  off  the  maker  of  strong 
'nks,  and  the  evil  stops.  Cut  off  the  drinker 
and  it  will  cease  also.  Stop  the  middle  man  the 
retail  dealer,  and  the  ruin  and  sorrow  and  death 
from  strong  drinks  will  stop  also.  I  would  be 
pleased  to  give  the  arguments  in  full,  of  our 
beloved  brother  and  sister,  but  must  close.  We 
spent  until  midnight  at  the  depot  mth  many 
brethren  and  sisters,  and  then  left  for  home.  1 
had  tlie  pleasure  of  meeting  many  of  our  read- 
ei-s  at  this  very  pleasant  Conference.  Their 
words  of  encouragement,  their  desires  for  the 
chnrch,  tlieir  zeal  in  spreading  God'.s  truth,  gives 
us  new  life  in  the  work  before  us;  and  may  the 
kindly  attachments,  the  brotherly  feelings  foil- 
ed there  never  grow  leas.  Come,  then,  dear 
friends,  and  labor  with  us  for  the  extension  of 
the  precious  truth  of  Jesus,  and  for  the  contin- 
ued purity  of  the  church.  God  bless  you  for 
your  good  suggestions,  your  good  desires,  your 
interest  in  the  work  of  the  Lord.  m.  ji.  e. 


THE  BELL-SHEEP. 


A  BROTHER  relates  to  ns  that  his  fatlie 


sible  to  get  lower  rates.     It  was  suggested  that    Legan  to  disjici-se  in  every  direction,  going  honn 


the  treasurer  of  each  church  keep  Hymn  Books, 
and  sell  at  wholesale  prices.  This  would  enable 
all  to  purchase  a  little  cheaper.  Meeting  iid- 
journed  to  convene  on  the  morrow. 
THl'n.sr»AY's  SESSION. 
Owing  to  the  demand  for  committees  from 
various  parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  and  other  im- 
portant business,  the  Standing  Cnmmittee  did 
not  appear  in  the  council  room  until  lu  A,  M. 
The  time,  however,  was  well  sjient  in  singing, 
and  an  address  npou  the  subject  of  good  singing 
by  our  aged  brother,  F.  P.  Ltehr.  He  urged  the 
iiniwrtance  of  good  singing— of  the  proper  use 
of  the  various  parts  of  music— of  the  right  and 
necessity  of  singing  with  the  spirit  mid  with 
the  understanding.  He  could  see  no  "sound- 
ness "  in  choir  singing,  for  that  kind  of  singing 
is  not  recommended  in  G'jd's  Book,  but  making 
melody  in  the  heart  is  recommended. 

The  first  subject  under  consideration  was  in 
reference  to  ordHiiiin^'  tlin^j-  .v  hr,  v.t'd' ■  *-.  ;noint 


to  meet  loved  ones  again.  The  meeting  will 
long  bo  remembered  for  its  harmony— ita  care- 
ful deliberations  and  endeavors  to  maintain 
peace  and  brotherly  love.  On  all  sides  could  be 
heard,  expressions  of  gratitude  for  the  very  good 
meeting,  and  all  could  separate  feeling  that  it 
was  good  to  be  there.  No  doubt  the  workmen 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  could  go  home  with 
new  vigor,  new  resolves  to  live  nearer  to  God 
and  work  harder  for  Christian  union  and  vital 
piety.  Thanks  be  to  God  for  such  glorious 
meetings — such  good  effects! 

Attended  meeting  in  North  Manchester,  Ind., 
in  the  evening  and  listened  to  addresses  on 
temperance  by  sister  Major  and  brother  Landou 
West.  Sist«r  Major  read  Isaiah  28:  Tns  tlie  ba- 
sis of  her  remarks,  and  then  took  ground  that 
it  is  our  duty  to  t:ry  aloud  mid  spu,e  not,  God 
hiLS  declaa'd ii  woe aguinst  iutempermue.  Turn 
to  the  Bible,  and  learn  tlie  woes  declared  againufc 
strong  drink.     The  Bible  is  the  only  Book  that 


ne  time  owned  a  flock  of  sheep  which 
were  let  run  out  on  the  commons.  As  was  the 
general  custom,  one  of  the  largest  was  selected 
to  carry  the  bell.  Things  went  along  smoothly, 
the  betl-sheep  always  taking  the  lead,  and  the 
rest  following.  But  in  course  of  time  the  sheep 
were  taken  off  of  the  commons  and  placed  in  a 
well-fenced  pasture  prepared  for  that  purpose. 
The  farmer  removed  the  bell,  thinking  that 
it  would  be  of  no  use  while  the  sheep  were  in 
the  pasture.  This  insulted  the  old  shegp,  for  in 
the  absence  of  the  bell  the  flock  would  not  fol- 
low him,  so  he  went  off  to  himself,  and  never 
afterwards  would  mingle  with  the  flock.  He 
had  made  up  bis  mind  that  if  he  could  not  be 
hell-sheep  he  would  be  no  sheep  at  all. 

There  are  scores  of  people  in  the  world  who 
.ire  just  about  that  simple.  If  they  cannot  wear 
the  bell  they  will  do  nothing  at  all.  Such  sel- 
dom ever  accomplish  much.  They  never  make 
a  very  big  mark  in  the  world,  nor  are  they  much 
missed  when  gone.  A  man  wlio  hiu  judgment 
and  qualifications  sufliicient  to  become  a  good 
leader,  has  sense  enough  to  behave  himself 
when  not  chosen. 

It  has  always  been  a  wonder  to  me,  why  some 
people  cannot  see  this  point.  To  illustrate: 
Supposing  tt  brother  afspires  to  the  preacher's 
office,  and  a  fair,  square  election  has  been  held 
and  he  not  chosen.  Now  if  he  has  judgment 
enough  to  make  a  good,  substantial  preacher,  he 
wilt  keep  pretty  quiet  about  it.  But  supposing 
he  makes  a  fuss,  and  gets  the  church  into  troub- 
le, does  not  that  prove  that  the  man  has  not 
judgment  enough  to  become  a  useful  and  profit- 
able servant  in  the  house  of  the  Lord? 

Or,  supposing  a  minister  desires  the  office  of 
a  hwhop  and  cannot  keep  quiet  about ,  it,  but 
makes  every  possible  eflbrt  to  be  chosen  andor- 
lained.  does  not,   that  prove  that  the  man  ha-" 


June    '47. 

not  the  qanlificationa  to  govern  and  take  c«re  of 
the  .Imrch?  Uhe  hns  not  «elf.g„vern,nent 
«„ongh  to  keep  himself  within  the  bound,  of 
rensou  what  i«  he  «onig  to  do  with  the  church  ■■' 
I  never  did  think  there  w«.  anything  wrong 
rtbouta  man  'Icmri,,;,  «  poriition  of  u-efnlue^ 
(1  Tim.  3;  1),  provided  h.  h«,  the  q.mlifications 
to  fill  such  a  position  witli  credit  ,uh1  honor  to 
himself  and  the  church,  hut  when  I  see  a  man 
,0  feverish  over  the  question  that  ho  cannot  he- 
Ijflve  himself,  I  have  good  reasons  for  doubting 
that  man's  qualifications  for  filling  such  a  posi- 
tion. It  would  be  a  good  thing  if  some  people 
could  only  see  themselves  as  others  see-  them. 

But  why  should  a  man  shrink  from  duty  just 
because  he  cannot  get  the  position  in  life  he 
wouM  like?  People  who  cannot  do  as  they 
want  to  should  do  the  best  they  know  how  and 
ninke  the  best  of  it.  Children  must  lenm  to 
walk  before  attempting  to  climb  niountnina. 
The  uiau  who  expects  to  rule  ten  cities  must 
first  leurn  to  rule  five,  or  even  less.  He  who 
expect?  to  he  appointed  over  many  things  must 
fiist  If  am  to  be  faithful  over  a  few  thinga.  The 
niau  who  buries  his  talent  just  became  he  lias 
but  one,  will  finally  have  to  surrender  up  even 
Uiatone  and  be  without  any  at  last.  This  is 
about  the  Alpha  and  Omega  of  all  such  cases. 
It  is  like  the  man  who  will  lay  around  and 
squander  what  little  money  he  has,  just  because 
he  cannot  get  high  wages,  or  like  the  starving 
man  who  refused  a  bushel  of  corn  because  it 
was  not  shelled. 

The  world  is  full  of  work  for  willing  and  in- 
dustrious hands,  but  seldom  hunts  the  man,  the 
man  must  hunt  it.  And  then  as  he  labors,  al- 
ways being  found  at  his  post  he  will  gradually 
attain  to  the  position  for  which  he  is  fitted,  and 
if  worthy,  may  reach  a  sphere  of  great  useful- 
ness. Good  metal  will  always  stand  the  test, 
even  if  it  should  be  a  long  one. 

And  then  a  man  has  but  little  business  lead- 
ing people  who  do  not  want  to  follow  him.  If 
he  is  fjualified  to  lead,  the  people  will  find  it  out, 
and  if  they  do  not  it  Is  pretty  hard  to  make 
them  believe  it.  If  a  man  thinks  himself  qual- 
ified to  lead  and  his  people  think  otherwise,  the 
quieter  he  keeps  about  it,  the  more  sound" 
judgment  be  displays.  But  if  he  goes  off  and 
pouts,  and  just  because  he  cannot  l)e  bell-sheep 
won't  l)e  any  sheep  at  all,  he  at  once  shows  that 
he  is  not  the  man  for  the  place.  j.  h,  m. 


TtiK   TiRKTHKP,>r    AT    AVOKK. 


don't  know  wbm'tlmt  book  k"  whereupon  Hay 
opened  the  Bible.  Mt  lh«  litl<r  pngf-  and  shour^l 
the  Dr.  svhere  to  wnl*,  bi>t  of  ctmr*.-  what  tho 
Dr.  s:ud  took  all  the  (wtry  out  (rf  Ray's  pwt 
of  the  jwrlormaacf.  The  reader  can  imagine 
the  rest.  ,.  „   „ 


AN   INTERESTING  INCIDENT. 

DUItlNG  the  Newtonia  debate  a  little  in- 
cident took  place  that  is  too  good  to  bi- 
lost.  If  I  am  not  mistaken  it  was  about  the 
fourth  day  of  the  discussion.  The  question  un- 
der cousideration  was  the  meauing  of  the  com- 
mission. 

All  of  a  sudden,  and  quite  unassumingly,  Bro. 
Stein  picked  up  a  pocket  Bible  and  pencil,  hand- 
ed them  to  Dr. telling  him  to   write  hia 

name  in  the  book  of  Matthew.  The  Dr.  did  so. 
Bro.  Stein  then  told  him  to  write  his  name  in 
the  book  of  Mark.  This  being  done,  he  told 
the  Dr.  to  write  his  name  in  the  book  of  Luke. 
The  Dr.  did  so  and  returned  the  book  and  pen- 
cil   The  moment  was  an  interesting  one. 

Bro.  Stein  then  showed  that  as  the  Dr.  had 
lo  write  three  times  in  onler  to  write  his  name 
in  the  book  of  Matthew,  and  of  Mark,  and  of 
liuke.  it  followed  that  one  must  be  diiJped  three 
times  in  order  to  be  legally  baptized  into  tho 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  imd  of  the 
Holy  GliosL  This  was  a  clear  point,  and  made 
i|uite  an  impression.  But  Mr.  Kay,  in  his  re- 
ply saiil,  Bro.  Stein  did  not  reason  fairly,  for  in 
telling  the  Dr.  what  to  do  he  had  used  the  verb 
"write"  three  times,  while  in  the  commission 
the  ttrm  "  baptizing  "  was  used  but  once,  hence 
one  action. 

When  it  caiue  to  Bro.  Stein's  time  to  reply, 
lie  handed  the  Bible  and  pencil  to  the  Dr.,  say- 
ing; "  Will  you  please  write  your  name  in  the 
book  of  Matthew,  and  of  Mark,  and  of  Luke  ?  " 
(using  the  word  "  write  "  but  once).  The  Dr. 
wrote  his  name  in  each  book,  hence  wrote  three 
times,  showing  that  so  far  iw  tho  sense  was  con- 
cerned it  made  no  ditterence  whether  the  verb 
was  used  once  or  tliree  times.  This  clinched  the 
iwl  so  firmly  that  everj  attoiuiit  to  move  it 
proved  fruitless. 

Ray  Ihcii  concluded  to  try  his  hand  on  the 
liook  and  pencil  business,  so  he  handed  the  Bi- 
•>!«  and  pencil  to  the  Dr.,  telling  him  to  write 
liis  name  in  the  book  of  the  Kather,  and  of  the 
Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Tlw  Dr.  says,  "  I 


AN  ANCIENT  BAPTISTEHT. 

JB.  JEETEIl,  an  eminent  Baplist  minister. 
,  who  some  years  ago  visited  the  catacomb* 
in  Rome,  gives  the  following  description  of  a 
baptistery : 

"The  object  of  primary  interest  in  this  catji- 
comb  is  the  baptistery.  It  is  situated  near  the 
end  of  the  passage,  and  is  reached  by  a  descend- 
ing archway.  U  is  about  four  feet  long,  three 
feet  wide,  and  three  or  four  feet  deep,  and  is 
supplied  with  clear,  cool,  sweet  water  by  a  spring. 
Above  the  font  is  a  fresco  painting  of  the  bap- 
tism of  Christ  by  .John.  The  figures  are  about 
three  feet  in  length.  The  Savior  iw  represented 
as  standing  up  to  Hi»  middle  in  water,  and  the 
Baptist  with  his  right  hand  on  the  head  of  .Je- 
sus, in  the  act  of  bending  it  gently  forward  to 
immerse  llim,  in  the  only  manner  in  which  the 
ordinance  could  be  conveniently  performed  in  a 
baptistery  constructed  as  this  one  is.  On  the 
right  hand  an  angel  is  represented  as  holding 
the  clothes  of  Jesus.  At  the  bottom  of  the 
picture  a  small  hart  is  painted  as  drinking  the 
baptismal  water,  a  symbol,  it  is  supposed,  of  the 
longing  of  the  believer  for  baptism.  Below 
this  picture  and  reaching  down  into  the  water 
there  is  a  cross,  painted  a.s  if  ailorned  mth  gems 
and  candlesticks,  with  the  Greek  letters.  Alpha 
and  Omega  suspended  below  its  two  anns.  The 
cross  was  probably  designed  to  signify  that  the 
baptized  are  crucified  unto  sin.  The  wall  on 
one  side  of  the  font  has  the  pictures  of  the 
martyi-s  Abdon.  Sennen.  Miles,  luid  other',  rude- 
ly painted  near  them.  Of  the  age  of  the  font 
and  pictures,  we  have  no  certain  information. 
The  frescos  have  the  appearance  of  being  very 
old.  There  are  no  indications  that  they  have 
at  any  time  been  restored  or  changed.  The  bap- 
tistery probably  dates  back  to  the  second  centu- 
ry. '  These  paintings,'  says  Northcote,  '  are  all 
of  late  dat«,  perhaps  of  the  seventh  or  eighth 
ciutury;  hut  there  is  no  rpa.«on  to  doubt  that 
the  baptistery  h:id  been  so  veed  fi-om  the  earli- 
est times.  We  have  distinct  evidence  in  the 
acts  of  the  martyrs  that  the  sacrament  was  not 
unfrequently  administered  in  the  cemeteries.'  " 

The  above,  clipi»ed  from  the  Baptist  Union, 
of  March  18th,  1873,  shows  that  those  early 
paintings,  whatever  may  l>e  their  worth  as  evi- 
dence, are  on  the  side  of  the  forward  posture  in 
baptism.  They  are  usually  referred  to  in  sup- 
port of  immersion,  especially  by  Baptist  writers, 
but  instead  of  supporting  their  cauae  in  full,  the 
evidence  stands  against  them  regarding  the  pos- 
ture. On  this  subject,  however,  all  histories 
are  of  ^ane  voice.  j.  h.  m. 


QUERIST'S  DEPARTMEJ^T. 


Queaiiooa  lunching  the  mcaDiDg  or  Scripture,  relaling 
10  Hislnr;  nnil  prncliaiU  siihjtM:t3  i>f  religiouN  interest  will 
come  in  place.  The  iiiicriirs  name  must  accompany  nU 
ooniinunicuiionB.  We  ahull  Isbur  lo  tiToid  giving  anyjuat 
occiuion  for  slriTe  and  coolciition  over  uniiuporUQt  ques- 
tions. 


(\)  Were  the  Apfwlltt  baptized!  VD  And' 
wft*  Johii  the  Baptist  bapliied  ?  A  Scriptural 
au«wcr  desired.  J.  H.  Mili.kr. 

1.  We  ojK'n  at  John  third  chapter  and  quote 
verses  22  luid  211:  "  After  these  things  came  Je- 
i*u»  and  hia  disciples  into  tho  Inndaf  .Tudeu;  and 
there  he  tarried  with  them  and  bapti7.ed.  And 
.John  also  was  baptinng  in  Enon  near  to  SaHm, 
because  there  wa.-*  much  water  (here;  and  they 
(the  disciples)  came,  and  were  hapti-zed."  The 
p»>nional  pronoun  "they,"  in  verse  23.  refew  to 
the  "diaciples"  in  verse  22.  That  Paul  was 
baptized  we  learn  from  Uom.  (!;  3:  "  Know  ye 
not,  that  ao  many  of  us  as  were  bapiired  into 
.lesns  Christ  were  baptized  into  his  death."  The 
"us,"  of  course  includes  Paul. 

2.  We  have  no  account  that  .lohn  wan  ever 
baptiwd,  but  would  rather  infer  'rom  M»tt.  3: 
14,  that  he  was  not.  Whether  he  \\\a  baptiied 
or  not  he  was  divinely  authorized  to  both  teach 
and  b»i>ti»e,  and  if  the  Savior,  who  was  witlMxit 
sin,  dared  not  shun  baptism,  what  will  l»eco«e 
of  UB  who  reje^it  the  counsel  of  God  against 
ourselves  by  refusing  to  submit  to  lui  institu- 
tion  from  heaven? 


commencing  at  4  o'clock.  An  immenM  erowd 
bad  assembled,  a  large  numlm-  of  brethren  and 
iHten  commiinine.  Bro.  Daniel  M.  HobiiDger 
.llicinted.  We  had  a  splnndid  meetJDg,  all 
thniKs  piiwed  off  plewantly.  At  our  councU 
three  were  n>ceived  in  the  church  by  baptigm, 
and  one  reclaimed." 

Home  Mirror  \»  the  title  of  a  spicy  and  in- 
teresting little  monthly  edited  and  publmhed  by 
brother  J.  S.  Flor>-  of  Longmont.  Colorado,  and 
devoted  to  Home.  Health,  Happiu««.  and  gen- 
eral information.  Brother  Flory's  long,  staod- 
ng  reputation  aa  a  writer  among  ua,  is  a  rafi^ 
cient  guarantee  for  the  success  of  the  paper. 
\\  e  further  remark  that  the  pajier  is  not  int«Bd- 
ed  to  interfere  with  the  weekly  jwriodical-s  now 
published  among  the  Brethren,  but  rather  pro- 
poses to  assist  them  in  their  work.  Succesa  to 
the  Minor  and  its  readers. 


WiLi.  you  permit  me  to  ask,  Are  you  the  Mr. 
Moon"  reftrred  to  in  the  article  of  Mr.  Waggon- 
er  in  the  A.'lvFHtifl  (?)  Jteview,  of  May  23,78, 1 
think  on  trine  immenion?  If  so,  will  you  be; 
kind  as  tooorrect  his  mistake  in  supposing  that 
I  quoted  what  is  on  page  78  of  my  History  of 
the  Modes  from  Tlietxloret's  Eeclesia.stical  H 
tory.  The  mites  there  show  that  I  quoted  it 
from  his  H<rvet  F/ibnl.  If  he  will  examine  the 
work  quoted  by  me  he  will  find  it. 

James  Crystal. 

Remauks. —  I  am  the  person  referred  to  by 
Mr.  Waggoner  in  his  series  of  articles  against 
trine  immersion,  and  jnst  as  soon  as  I  can  spare 
the  time,  will  notice  some  things  he  has  said 
against  the  general  practice  of  all  antiquity. 
Were  his  assertions  facts,  he  might  do  wonders. 

He  as.serts  that  Theodoret  has  not  written  one 
word  about  Eunomius  having  subverted  the  ho- 
ly law  of  baptism  and  introduced  single  immers- 
ion as  quoted  by  Mr.  Crystal  on  the  7Sth  page 
of  his  History  of  the  Modes  of  Baptism,  when 
in  fact  Mr.  Crystal  gives  direct  authority,  and 
exact  reference  for  the  quotations  he  made  from 
the  writings  of  Theodoret.  It  is  a  pity  that 
men  of  such  reputed  learning  as  Mr.  Waggoner 
will  make  such  reckless  assertionsi.      ,i.  h.  m, 


Give  your  views  of  Matt.  9  :  17,  which  is  as  fol- 
lows :  "Neither  do  men  put  new  wiue  into  old 
bottles  ;  else  the  bottles  break,  and  the  wine  ruD- 
neth  out,  aod  the  buttles  perish:  but  they  put 
uew  wine  into  new  bottles,  and  both  are  preserv- 
ed;" J.  Gill. 

It  was  the  custom  in  the  Savior's  time,  and 
still  is,  in  the  eastern  countries,  to  make  bottles 
of  goat  skins.  If  such  bottles  were  old,  and 
new  wine  would  be  put  into  them,  the  force  of 
fermentation  would  break  them,  but  if  the  bot- 
tles were  new,  they  would  expand  during  fer- 
mentation and  the  wine  be  preserved. 

By  this  fact  the  Savior  taught  His  hearers 
that  th'-'  doctrine  which  He  brought  from  heav- 
en should  not  be  placed  in  the  Old  Covenant, 
but  being  new,  should  be  placed  in  the  New 
Covenant.  Just  a-s  little  as  men  would  think  of 
imtting  new  wine  into  old  bottles,  just  that  lit- 
tle should  any  one  think  of  putting  the  new 
promise  into  the  Old  Covenant.  If  that  be 
done,  hoth  will  be  ineffective,  for  the  Law  could 
not  make  the  comers  thereunto  perfect;  and 
now,  if  we  put  the  jH-rfect  into  the  imperfect, 
both  will  fail  to  uccomplish  the  proper  ends. 
"  Sacrifice "'  was  required  by  the  Law,  but  now 
"I  will  have  mercy  and  not  sacrifice." 


BILBVITIES. 


—Brother  Philip  Baltimore  says,  that  the  ad. 
dress  of  .\.  Comeliwa  is  Turner,  Marion  Co., 
Oregon. 

— Mr.  Shaw,  one  of  the  most  successful  evan^ 
gelista  in  the  Disciple  church,  was  killed  by  a 
railroad  accident  near  McKinney,  Texas,  J 
7th.  He  is  said  to  have  been  instniniental  in 
bringing  over  eleven  thousand  persons  into  that 
church. 

—Two  were  lately  baptized  one-half  mile 
North  of  Lanark. 

—One  more  has  been  baptized  in  Denmark. 

—  No.  2  of  the  Childmi  <it  Work  will  con- 
tain a  beautiful  engraving  and  description  of 
Solomon's  temple. 

—Two  were  baptized  at  West  Branch  last 
w^ek  at  their  Love-feast.  The  meeting  was  a 
good  one,  and  largely  attended. 

— The  Feast  at  Hock  Hiver,  Lee  Co.,  one  week 
ago  last  Saturday,  is  said  to  have  been  a  pleas- 
ant one.  Brother  Daniel  Dierdorff  was  ordain- 
ed to  the  eldership. 

— Sunday-school  workers  are  becoming  divid- 
ed regarding  the  u.sefuliiess  of  Lesson  Leaf 
Pajiers.  However  interesting  and  instructive 
they  may  he  to  some,  we  are  of  the  impression 
that  they  will  prove  an  injury  in  the  long  run. 
Better  take  the  Bible  and  leave  Lesson  Leaf  at 
home. 

— Next  week  wc  will  publish  a  report  of  the 
Dani.'^h  Mission  funds  and  work. 

— We  are  getting  things  ready  for  the  coining 
written  debate  as  fast  as  the  arrangements  can 
be  made.  We  think  a  few  more  letters  between 
us  and  Mr.  Kay  will  result  in  completing  the 
necessary  arrangements  pertaining  to  the  dis- 
cussion. 

— The  many  articles  on  "  Praying  Without 
Ceasing,"  that  have  lately  a[>pearcd  in  our  pa- 
per, have  brought  out  a  number  of  valuable 
lessons,  and  that  too,  without  controvei'sy.  An 
exchange  of  views  without  controverey  is  cer- 
tainly profitable. 

— Brethren  Jacob  Rife  and  J,  W.  Metz-ger,  of 
Ind..  intend  starting  on  their  mivsiouary  labors 
in  Southern  Ind.,  between  the  first  and  fifteenth 
of  August. 

— Bro.  C.  H.  Walker,  of  Berlin,  Pa.,  saj-s, 
"  We  held  our  Love-feast  on  last  Saturday, 


We  have  just  Revived  a  half  sheet  of  a  Rich- 
mond, Ray  Co.,  Mo.,  (wper  giving  some  appall- 
ing account*  of  the  great  Cyclone  that  paused 
through  and  nearly  demolished  that  place.  We 
felt  considerable  anxieiy  about  the  disaster,  aa 
my  father  (David  Moore)  wa><  living  in  a  direct 
line  of  its  r«port43d  cowiie,  but  after  the  Cyclone 
left  Richmond  it  divided,  leaving  the  portion  of 
country  where  the  Brethren  live,  l>etween.  The 
aaffering  is  horrible,  and  battles  description. 
One  person  writing  froQi  there  says,  the  sight 
was  sickening  and  trightfal.  In  places  the  air 
wiwfuUof  tree-tops  and  wrecks  of  buildings. 
IMief  is  coming  in  Irom  all  parts  of  the  country, 
and  everything  possible  is  being  done  to  relieTe 
the  unfortunate  sufferers. 

Is  A  Brother  a  Fkiend?— Not  seldom  are 
brethren  singled  out  and  called  our  friend*. 
One  might  infer  that  a  man  may  l>ea  hrotherin 
the  Lord  and  not  be  a  friend.  How  is  this? 
.\re  we  not  in  thuH  speaking  and  acting  follow- 
ing after  the  fashion  of  the  world?  Should  not 
— fii-f  not  really  all  Christians,  friends  as  well  as 
brethren?  Does  not  hrofhrr  isclude  friend? 
Is  it  not  broiuler  than  friend?  Perhaps  if  we 
could  remember  that  to  be  a  brother  truly  is  to 
be  the  best  of  friends,  we  might  see  how  wicked 
some  things  are  that  brethren  who  are  noe 
friends  do  to  each  other.  Perhaps  the  Lord  will 
not  own  these  unfriendly  brethrea,as  His  friends. 
It  might  be  well  to  inquire  seriously  about  the 
matter.— C7t« /(A  Ai/ntmle. 

O.VB  of  the  prime  conditions  of  the  durable 
success  of  a  congregation,  ia  the  exemplary 
standing  and  conduct  of  its  officials.  They 
should  be  men  of  blameless  character*,  and  in 
their  daily  walk  and  conversation,  show  forth 
the  true  elements  of  the  religion  they  profess. 
They  want  to  be  models  of  TOiidnct  in  the 
church,  and  ensamples  to  others,  and  foremost 
in  the  ranks  of  the  faithful,  Shovr  me  a  church 
whose  officials  are  such,  and  I  will  show  you  a 
church  that  is  successful,  if  not  innumber,  initt- 
riuence  and  true  piety. 


RiLioious  interest  is  rapidly  on  the  decline 
in  the  City  of  New  York.  Mjmyof  the  church* 
es  are  falling  off  in  number,  and  there  seems  a 
growing  tendency  to  glide  off  imto  infidelity  and 
skepticism.  Many  are  anxious  to  know  what 
is  the  matter?  What  is  the  cause  of  all  this? 
An  exchange  says,  the  chnrches  there  have 
turned  Christ  out  and  taken  the  world  in,  and 
we  believe  there  is  much  truth  in  the  statement^ 
which  will  apply  equally  well  bo  thousands  of 
other  churches  outside  of  New  York.  Th« 
Lord's  house  should  be  a  house  of  prayer,  hat 
too  many  ha\e  made  it  a  den  of  thieves  (spirit- 
ually) and  the  day  may  not  be  far  distant  when 
the  Master  will  find  it  necessary  to  use  chord 
again  in  order  to  cleanse  his  house  of  those 
who  make  merchandise  of  the  the  things  be- 
longing to  the  Lord. 


.\  GRAIN  of  wheat  will  not  do  much  good  if 
you  lay  it  on  the  shelf,  but  if  you  put  it  in  the 
warm  earth  it  will  bring  forth  fruit  in  due  sea> 
son.  So  with  msm's  heart.  Let  it  lie  on  the 
cold  shelf  of  thi?  world  and  it  does  no  one  any 
good,  but  let  it  be  bathed  in  the  precious  blood 
of  .lesua,  and  it  will  bring  forth  fruit  to  tha 
honor  and  glorj-  of  God.  Sinner,  stand  no 
longL-r  on  that  cold,  useless  ground,  but  hastea 
to  put  on  Christ  and  bear  fruit. 
— ■  ♦-■ 

\'krily  the  way  of  the  tnuisgressor  is  hard. 
Is  a  man  dishonest?  He  will  be  found  out  and 
puni.shed.  To  him  this  looks  hard,  but  from 
God's  st^nd-piiint,  the  punishment  is  just.  An- 
anias uinl  Sapphira  "  kept  hack  )Kurt "  and  by  so 
doing  sullea-d  ilealh.  The  man  who  will  do 
wrong,  will  find  that  way  hard.  Then  why  will 
any  "ne  choose  the  harvt  waj-?  There  is  neith- 
er  life,  joy  nor  peace  in  such  a  w^y.  On  tbe 
other  hand,  it  is  wisdom  to  take  the  road  to 
glory,  honor,  \^&ce,  and  eternal  life. 


Ti-r>:  TM^pm<KTO>i^  ^vt  A\'oiiic. 


June    '27 


"AS  IT  WAS  IN  NOAHS  DAY.' 

OTKLL  tne  how  t)ic  nationH  paMod 
Tlipday  b«f.)rRth#Ho«l; 
0,  did  tiicy  know  it  vras  the  tost? 
And  did  tbe>-  cull  oii  God? 

lu  merriment 
Their  time  is  siM?nt: 
They  fling  and  play, 
And  dunce  away: 
They  uRt  «nJ  drink. 
And  little  think 
They  atund  on  endlpM  ruin's  brink. 

Some  rear  the  wtillit 
or  sumptuuuK  holU; 
Some  joiu  their  hunds 
In  niarfLo^o  buiid»; 
Some  sell  nod  buy; 
Aii  vainly  try 
To  flee  from  God's  all-eeeing  fyc. 

I)nt  (iod  no  more  nnll  silence  keep; 

He  ponrft  His  wrath  from  high, 
Vnlock«  the  fountftins  of  the  dfep, 

And  windows  of  the  sky. 

The  cliitt«rin{;  rain 
DfScemU  luiiniii; 
The  rivonj  rour, 
The  tonviits  pour; 
The  watcrw  rise 
Till  piteouH  cries 
No  more  are  heurd  IxsnciitU  the  skies. 

At  firfii,  in  flocks, 
Men  climb  the  rocks; 
Kor  fear  to  creep 
Up  mountalus  sleep; 
Hut  watorM  flow 
Where'er  they  go, 
And  witfili  tliem  to  the  depths  below. 

Behold  just  Noah  Bafely  nde 

Upon  the  mighty  deep; 
While  all  who  once  God's  word  defied, 

Ijeneath  tho  wnt^^tti  sleep. 

Sudden  tiit  that  treiiieudous  day, 
The  judgment  hour  shall  come; 

Thousands  shall  then  be  swept  uway, 
And  meet  au  awful  doom. 

Let  uie  not  count  the-ne  words  a  dream, 

And  still  refuse  to  henr; 
However  hir  the  time  may  seem, 

Each  hour  it  draws  more  near. 

When  oncu  tho  fire  begins  to  burn, 

'Twill  bi-'  too  latu  to  pray: 
Now  from  my  cry  God  mil  not  turn 

Hitt  gracious  ear  away. 


PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING. 
IIY  1).  A.  HBTRICTC. 

THIS  t^xfciii  God's  di^ino  Word  iHucommnnd 
to  all,  and,  riodoubl,  ismoi^t  violate.  Some 
may  think  it  impossible  ti>  obey  if,  hut  there  are 
no  impossibilitiiM  retjuircd  of  ua  in  God's  holy 
Word.  Do  we  suppose  that  God,  all-wise,  ail- 
holy,  and  good  would  rofjfiiire  impossibilities  at 
the  hands  of  His  creatures? 

Some  one  may  inquire,  "Hqw  am  1  to  obey 
this  commaud?  1  can't  he  on  my  lini-e.s  all  the 
time;  it  is  impossible,  tor  1  would  not  get  any- 
tliing  else  done."  I  do  uot  believe  thai  we  must 
always  he  on  our  knees  when  we  pntv,  or  that 
we  cannot  pray  without  bciii^  in  a  Itneeliug 
posture,  but  I  believe  that  We  eau  pray  wliere- 
erer  we  are,  or  be  engaged  ill  what  we  may,  we 
uau.let  our  petititms  rise  like  RW(*et  ijicense  to 
the  Lord  God  of  heaven.  Cunuot,  the  plmvmau 
as  he  turns  up  the  ."oil,  pray  God  that  He 
would  turn  up  the  fallow  ground  nf  his  heart 
and  jirepare  it  by  (inue  divin.',  U,i-  lb,'  reception 
of  His  truth  ami  for  the  dwellin-  pl.io'  of  the 
Holy  Spirit?  Cun  he  not  pniy  that  God  would 
cultivate  bis  heart  us  he  cultivates  IJie  earth, 
that  it  may  bring  forth  fruit  to  God's  glory  as 
the  earth  briugs  forth  fruit  for  ouraubsistencer' 
Then  why  think  it  impossible  to  pray  without 
ceasing':' 

Cannot  the  potter,  as  lie  pre;*3e6  the  clay  and 
molds  it  into  Bbajies  of  vessels  and  makes  it  sub- 
missive to  his  will,  pray,  that  God  would  pi-o- 
pare  his  lu*art  and  make  it  submissive  to  His 
Willi'  Cannot  the  teacher,  as  he  imparts  in- 
struction to  the  youthful  mind  and  causes  it  to 
develop  and  gnisp  widely  forknowledire  of  things 
that  prrlsh,  i»niy  that  God's  holy  L.iw  may  be 
imprinted  in  tin*  niinils  of  all  His  creatures,  and 
that  they  may  expand  to  usefulness  and  grasp 
for  that  which  atteniLs  to  the  salvation  of  the 
soul?— that  immortal  princiide  which  lives, 
though  this  body  dies  and  decays,  yet  tho  soul 
lives,  either  to  L't<'rual  life  and  happiness  or  to 
everlaitiiig  woe  and  misery. 

Oh,   that  all    would    pniy    without   cea^ngl 


Denr  brother  and  Rist«r,  ow.iken  out  of  the 
dull  sleep  of  forgetfulne-«  aiiH  arise  from  the 
stool  of  do-nothing.  Do  not  forget  our  council- 
meetings,  our  social  meetings  which  tend  to 
keep  our  hcBrts  in  projier  tVame;  watch  and 
pr»y  without  ceasing.  Fray  that  sleejung  ajn- 
new  may  l>e  awakened  by  the  mighty  power  of 
God,  and  turn  from  the  error  of  their  wajs  and 
fly  to  the  outstn'ttfhed  aruu  of  Bleeding  Mercy, 
and  seek  an  interest  in  the  wounds  of  a  once 
crucified,  but  now  risen  Savior.  Oh,  watch  and 
pray  that  ye  enter  not  into  temptation.  Pray 
without  coasiug. 


THE  THREE  FRIENDS. 


A  CERTAIN  Jewish  writer  fells  an  instruct- 
ive story  of  a  man  who  had  three  friends, 
the  first  of  which  he  loved  exceedingly,  the  see- 
oud  he  thought  worthy  ot  his  esteem,  &D.&  the 
third  he  only  regarded  as  a  distant  friend  whom 
he  seldom  visited.     It  happened  that  this  mau 
was  suddenly  Muuimoned  to  stand  in    the  pres- 
ence of  the  kini;;  when  be  heanl  this,  he  became 
afraid  and   trembled.     He  goes  to  bis  dearest 
friend  and  asks  him  to  come  and  intercede  with 
the  king,  but  his  friend  shrank  away,  saying,  } 
dare  not  look   upon  the  king's  presence.     He 
ruslutd  to  his  next  friend  and  asked  him  to  go, 
but  his  friend   told  him,   T  cau  only  go  to  the 
king's  house,  but  I  dare  uot  open  my  mouth  in 
thepresenceof  the  king.     He  went  to  the  friend 
he  loved  leiwt  and  asked  him  to  go.     They  went. 
His  friend  made  intercession  for  liis  relief,  imd 
he  WiLs  made  the  second  niuu  in  the  kingdom. 
Mtui  has  three  special   friends.     The  friend 
loved  exceedingly,  is  wealth  or  pleiLsure.    Wealth 
will  procure  all  worldly  desires;  it  will  procure 
ihe  necessaries  as  well  a-s  the  elegancies  of  lile. 
It  is  a  good  friend  if  rightly  dealt  with,  but. 
when  we  are  called  to  stand  in   the  presence  of 
death  it  avails  us  nothing.     The  other  friend  is 
our  relations,   our  kind   friends   and  neighhoi-s, 
who  may  administer  to  our  wants,  give  us  cour 
age  and  consolation  during  affliction,  but  when 
we  come  down  to  the  hour  of  death,  they  can 
go  no  farther;  they  con  only  staud  silently 
watching  the  departure  of  that  father  or  mother, 
sister  or  brother. 

The  third  friend  is  Jesus.  He  it  is  that  CJiu 
heal  the  wounds  of  our  troubled  souls  through 
life.  He  it  is  who  can  be  with  us  in  life.  He  it 
is  who  is  not  afraid  to  t;dk  in  the  presence  of 
the  king.  iHe  it  is  only,  who  can  go  with  us 
across  the  mystic  river  of  death.  When  all 
other  friends  fail,  Jesus  is  ready  as  a  blessed 
convoy  to  carry  us  on  to  that  haven  of  eternal 
repose.  Yet  how  prone  we  are  to  make  Him 
our  third  friend.  We  forget  that  we  are  liable 
to  be  summoned  before  the  King  at  any  moment 
iu  our  lives.  How  sweet,  then,  to  have  such  a 
friend  as  Jesus  to  intercede  for  us.  He,  wants 
to  sjive  us,  though  in  our  wickedness  *we  may 
ix'giml  Him  only  as  the  thiid  friend.  Let  us 
then  learn  wisdom  while  it  is  called  to-day,  for 
"the  night  cometli  when  uo  mau  can  work." 


•THOU  SHALT  NOT  KILL.' 


fllH  IS  is  a  divine  injunction  delivered  ti)  man 
±  many  thousand  years  ago,  jmd  is  hant^ed 
to  us  to-day  with  the  saoie  force  of  meaning  it 
bad  with  the  children  of  Israel  to  whom  it  was 
first  given.  It  is  genenilly  conceded  by  all  who 
are  acquainted  with  the  divine  economy  that, 
this  does  not  allude  to  the  killing  of  such  lUii- 
njals  as  we  need  for  food,  but  that  it  refers  ]>ar 
ticul;u-ly  to  the  killing  of  human  beings;  but 
I  did  uot  start  out  to  give  a  dissertation  upon 
the  horroi's  uuil  cruelties  of  war,  and  bloody 
murders,  but  there  is  a  certain  killing  much  en- 
gaged in  at  the  present  day,  which,  thougli  it. 
may  not  have  any  relation  to  the  text,  does.  I 
think,  remain  far  frouL  meeting  the  appruva:  ui 
a  just  God. 

I  meau  killing  time!  Thousands  of  young 
men  and  women  are  aliiio'>t  daily  engaged  in, 
what  is  generally  termed,  killing  time;  that  is, 
they  don't  do  anything  to  make  good  use  of 
their  time.  Uoys  and  girls  go  to  school  because 
their  parentis  send  them,  and  it  the  teacher  i.s 
not  very  careful,  all  they  will  do  there  is  to  kill 
time;  they  do  not  realize  the  importance  of 
making  use  of  every  momeut,  and  every  ojjpor- 
tunity  to  treiwure  up  knowledge  for  future  use; 
and  alas!  bow  often  do  we  hear  older  people  say, 
"  If  I  could  only  live  my  school  days  over  again. 
1  would  make  a  diilereut  mark  iu  tiie  world." 
Again  we  see  young  men  loafing  about  the 
streets  seemingly  with  no  higher  Jispiration 
than  to  kill  time;  too  lazy  to  work,  too  la/y  ti> 
study;  they  are  continually  complaining  about 
their  hard  lot  in  life,  but  they  are  not  willing  to 
entertain  the  thought  that    the  prime  cause  of 


all  their  trouble  is.  their  not  making  good  use  of 
the  opportunities  affonled  them  to  better  their 
condition. 

Thougli  this  killing  of  time  always  turns  out 
to  our  disadvantage,  it  is  nothing,  compared 
with  the  wholesale  killing  of  time,  precious 
time,  that  has  Ireen  so  graciously  given  us  to 
prepare  for  a  coming  judgment.  Thousands  are 
eugafjtff  in  this,  our  time,  in  acciuuidat i ng 
wealth  and  procuriug  lor  themselves  the  tran- 
sient comforts  of  this  life,  putting  off  untilj  a 
mon)  con%-enient  season  the  preparation  tJiey 
Jtuow  to  be  necessary  to  secure  the  great  reward 
of  eternal  life  beyond  tlie  grave. 

liut  there  is  one  more  killing  of  time,  which 
I  hope  [  may  be  pardoned  for  naming.  I  mean 
preachers  killing  time  in  the  pulpit;  more  than 
ouee  have  1  seen  the  pre.-icher  take  out  his  watch 
to  note  the  time  aud  then  continue  iu  a  forced 
strain  as  f hough  he  were  obliged  to  preach  at 
least  one  hour,  whether  he  has  anything  more 
to  say  or  not;  I  believe  I  represent  the  ni.ajority 
of  the  hearei-s  when  I  say  to  such  preacher,  we 
would  all  he  very  well  satisfied  with  your  con- 
duct, if  you  would  stop  when  you  are  done,  if 
you  have  spoken  only  ten  minutes.  To  hear 
yousay,  you  w*ill  not  occupy  all  the  time,  but 
give  your  bii-threu  au  oi)portuuity  to  pay  souie- 
thiug.  and  then  continue  for  one  hour  and  a 
quarter  makes  it  irksome  for  the  congregatiini. 
No  one  is  to  blame  for  uot  preaching  a  good, 
toug  sermon  when  he  is  not  able.  God  never 
requires  a  man  to  do  that  which  he  cannot.  Let 
each  one  do  what  he  is  able  to  execute  well,  but 
be  careful  that  ynu  do  not  injure  the  canse.  It 
is  well  that  preachers  stop  when  they  get  dune 
with  the  Subject  and  not  try  to  put  in  just  so 
much  time.  Say  what  j'ou  have  to  say  iu  the 
be.'it  way  you  know  how.  but  do  not  attempt  to 
kill  time  by  preaching.  It  is  a  very  successful 
way  of  killing  a  man's  influence,  and  diminish- 
ing his  eongiegation,  aud  thus  prevent  him 
doing  good. 

SURPRISED. 

BY  J.  W.  SOl'THWOOn. 


llid 


U  I^ID  it  never  strike  you,  how   often   a 

Jy  the  many  genth'  words  of  Jesus,  'to 
watch '  is  over  aud  over  repeated,  like  a  succes- 
sion of  alarm  bells  breaking  ever  aud  anon,  amid 
chimes  of  heavenly  music,  to  rouse  a  sleeping 
Churoh,  and  a  slumbering  World?" 

These  words  of  Macduff,  bring  to  my  mind 
the  closing  scene  in  the  life  of  a  school-mate, 
who  at  the  early  age  of  eighteen,  closed  her 
eyes  in  the  sleep  of  death.  Her  home  was  amid 
the  mountains  of  Vermont;  the  oldest  of  a  fam- 
ily of  six,  and  at  the  ago  of  sixteen,  she  entered 
a  semiuary  in  au  adjoining  State,  to  fit  herself 
for  teaching.  She  was  not  long  in  winning 
friends,  both  among  her  teachers  and  associates, 
ior  to  beauty  of  person  and  au  amiable  disposi- 
tion, there  were  Jidiled  gifts  of  a  high  intellect- 
ual order.  And  when  before  the  tir.st  term  had 
closed,  she  with  many  others,  had  bowed  low  at 
the  i'aet  of  the  Cross,  it  seemeil  as  if  she  v^as  des- 
tintjijl  to  he  an  earnest  worker  in  the  Masters 
vineyard. 

St.-Paul,  in  writing  to  the  Galatians  saysT 
"Ye  did  ran  well,  what  did  hinder  you?"  In 
the  case  of  Jessie,  it  was  indecision  of  character, 
which  iucrea-sed  jis  her  closet  duties  were  neg- 
lected. The  half  hour  of  retirement  morning 
uil  evening,  which  at  first  had  seemed  like  the 
gate  of  heaven,  now  seenied  so  long  and  tire- 
.sonie,  that  she  began  to  while  away  the  time  by 
taking  her  Wayland,  or  Mental  Philosophy  in- 
stead of  God's  own  Word,  which  would  have 
l^eeu  as  a  "lamp  to  her  feet,"  Then  she  hegmi 
to  choose  her  intimate  friends  among  those  who 
were  not  only  careless,  but  triflers  on  the  sub- 
ject of  religion.  These  giris  had  made  it  their 
boa5t  that  they  could  win  her  over  to  their  cir- 
cle, which  they  did  most  .successlully. 

Manywere  the  loving  words  spoken  to  her, 
and  the  prayers  otiered  up  by  the  Christians  in 
that  school  in  her  behalf,  but  all  seemed  iu  vain. 
"  God  works  in  a  mysterious  way,"  aud  %vhile 
she  was  engaged  in  planning  a  scheme  that 
would  bring  ridicule  upon  all  the  devotional  ex- 
ercises of  the  school,  she  Wiis  taken  ill;  only  a 
slight  ilhies.?  it  seenied  to  be,  but  suflicient  to 
confine  her  to  her  room  for  a  few  days;  on  the 
evening  of  the  third  day  she  grew  so  much 
worse  that  a  physician  was  summoned.  To  the 
surprise  of  all,  he  said,  "  You  can  live  but  a  few 
honra."  Not  oiie  who  was  present  in  that  room 
will  forget  the  look  of  awe  and  terror  that  cov- 
ered Jessie's  face.  She  felt  that  she  hiul  a  great 
work  to  do  in  a  short  time.  "  0,  pray  for  me, 
pray  forme!"  was  her  agonized  request  of  all 
her  friends;  when  a.sked  if  she  hiid  any  message 
to  leave  for  the  school,  she  said  in  a  broken 
voia-.  "Tell  them  to  be  Christians,  for  they 
know  not  what  it  is  to  be  surprised  as  I  have 
been."     She  begun  to  repeat  tlie  hymn,  "Just 


as  I  am."     Her  voice  grew  weaker,  and  won',, 
the  second  verse   was  commenced   in  a  f jj.-  .' 
whisper; 

"  Just  as  I  atu  and  waiting  not, 
To  rid  my  soul  of  one  dark  blot, 

ToThoe" 

She  was  gone  to  tJie  world  of  spirits. 

Her  message  was  not  unheeded,  more  thiui 
score  of  young  women  who  are  now  living  ^^^^.^ 
lives  that  they  ai-e  a  continual  inspiration,  be- 
gan those  lives  in  tho  sad  days  of  the  Winter  of 
186—  that  followed  Jessie's  (Teatli. 

Brethren  and  friends,  let  lis  take  warnine 
from  the  case  of  Jessie;'  let  us  all  think  if  yfo 
had  been  in  her  place,  and  been  "snrprised"  qs 
she  was— let  us-call  to  mind  our  readJnes  to  die 
and  see  if  we  should  be  "  surprised  '"  jis  Jessie 
wjis,  whether  we  should  be  ready  to  go  now,  qi 
whether  wo  should  have  some  "  dark  blots]'  of 
which  "  to  rid  our  souls."  While  this  is  given 
as  a  warning,  it  is  given  iis  a  warning  uyt  ^^^ 
to  young  women,  but  to  j;oung  men,  and  in  fact 
all,  botji  young  and  old.  '      ' 

SincO  my  mind  has  been  profitably  impressed 
with  this  warning,  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  place  it 
before  your  many  readers,  with  hope  that  it  inti'v 
do  them  good.  While  we  are  sometimes  profit, 
ably  impreflsed  by  a  warning,  let  us  uot  sutl'i.r 
oui-selves  to  be  pressed  on  in  our  Christiun  jour- 
ney by  warnings,  but  let  us  push  forward  froui 
a  love  to  Christ  and  llis  cause.  1  fetl  tljHt 
while  we  work  for  the  Masttir,  through  love  we 
do  many  good  and  pi-jjftahle  tilings  that  we 
should  uot  do  if  we  were  working  through  fear. 
'■  There  is  no  fear  in  love;  but  perfect  love  crust- 
eth  out  fear;  because  fear  hath  torment.  He 
that  feareth  is  not  made  perfect  in  love"  (1  Jno. 
-1:  18).  Let  us  foid  that  Go(l  truly  and  sincerely 
loves  us,  and  has  a  great  and  kind  act  for  us  out 
of  pure  love  aud  pity,  aud  that  He  does  not 
want  to  punish  any. 

Cau  we  uot  pray  because  we  love  to,  and 
watch  because  it  is  a  command  of  our  btjit 
Friend?  Can  wejiot  both  watch  and  pray  out 
of  a  loving  heart,  and  through  love  be  always 
ready,  taking  heed  to  both  words  aijd  deeds? 
"Take  ye  heed,  wateli  and  pray:  for  ye  know 
not  when  the  time  is.  ''  For  the  Son  of  man  is 
as  uman  takingafar  journey,  who  left  his  house, 
nud  gave  authority  to  his  servants,  aud  toevei^- 
man  his  work;  and  commanded  his  porter  to 
watch.  Watch  ye  therefore:  for  ye  know  not 
when  the  master  of  the  house  conieth,  at  even, 
or  at  midnight,  or  at  the  cock-crowing,  or  in 
the  morning:  Lest  coming  aviddenly,  he  tind  you 
sleeping.  And  what  I  say  unto  you,  I  sayuuto 
you  all.  watch  "  (Mark  13:  32-37). 

Brethren  aud  sisters,  let  us  ever  be  ready, 


THINK  OF.  DEATH. 

liV  JO.SKl'U  J.  IIDOVBR. 

WHILE  attempting  to  write,  my  mind  is 
carried  back  to  my  youthful  days.  I  re- 
member of  reading  the  obituary  notice  of  a  httle 
girl  eleven  years  old  which  impressed  my  mind 
very  much.  On  the  morning  she  wa**  taken 
sick,  she  appealed  ver>'  merry  and  song  the  fol- 
lo)ving  lines  while  she  was  preparing  breakfast: 
Mjj'  Jesus  calls  me,  1  must  go, 

I  can  no  longer  .stay;.         _    . 
For  the  Gosp^-l  sounds  so  sw^et  to  me, 
I  can  no  longer  stay  away. 

In  about  two  hours  after  singing  these  lines 
so  men'il.>',  she  was  taken  sick- 'and  grew  worse 
very  fa^t^,  and  innlittlip  oyer'two  days  and^a 
half  she  wiw  a  lifeless  corpse. 

During  this  IsLst  Winter,  just  before  Christ- 
nuLS,  I  was  attending  a  meeting  near  Kiii<liiig, 
Ohio;  there  wa-s  quite  anumberof  persuns  bap: 
tiwd,  of  which  the  greater  number  was  young 
folks.  While  seeing  one  after  mioiher  come  for- 
ward to  be  received  into  the  ehurcli.  I  noticed  a 
piomisitig  looking  young  lady,' thirteen  yenrs 
old,  halting  between  two  opinions.  After  the 
applicants  had  withdrawn  and  the  minister  was 
about  fn  take  the  counsel  of  the  diur.;h.the 
immo  of  Jpsii^  sounded  so  sweet  to  her  that  she 
aroKe  and  made  her  wishes  know'U^  alter  which 
she  was  taken  into  the  number.  But  it  wa.s 
not  wry  long  until  she  took  the  diplheria,  aud 
on  the  7th  of  March  she  died.  She  told  her 
parents  uot  to  weep,  as  she  was  going  to  a  good 
home.  Her  parents  loved  her  deariy,  but  God 
loved  her  better.  She  now  i-ests  safely  in  the 
arms  of  Jesus. 


For  the  faithful  worker  rest  will  come  ere  long, 
though  he  may  have  to  pass  through  the  valley 
of  shadows  and  the  gloom  of  tho  grave  first; 
but  to  the  upright,  death  should  possess  uo  ter- 
ror. It  is  only  a  compassionate  Irieud  that 
opens  a  door  through  which  he  may  fass  to 
grander  work  and  sweeter  rest  than  he  ever 
dreams  of  here.  Then  lot  us  not  falter  in  our 
onward  march,  or  look  back,  having  l>"t  o\it 
hands  to  the  plough,  but  press  on  and  strive  to 
earn  n  sweet  rest  when  comes  the  eventide. 


June 


27. 


Ti  IK    RFcKTHRKN-    ^VT    AVOlllC. 


Few    Thoughts. 


l^'  first  Thessaloiiiuus.  2:  3,  we  rea.l  "for 
tlnit  day  shall  not  come,  excei.t,  there  come 
„  fulling  away  fir<t."  Tho  apoalle  Pi,»l  in  the 
clo^i"?  of  bis  first  Epistle  to  his  Thessaloniati 
bretln-'u.  very  earnestly  exhorts  them  to  be 
^^lirish^ius  in  the  true  3ense  of  the  word.  —  to 
Ijve  iu  Cliristian  love  aud  kindness.  He  tells 
tlu-m  that  the  day  of  the  Loni  so  cometli  as  a 
Ibief  1"  'lie  »'gl>t-  He  addresses  tliem  as  chil- 
,lren  of  the  day,  that  they  should  not  sleep  as 
Ao  oth.Ts,  but  watch  and  be  sober.  Lastly  he 
t,,Ih  tl.em  to  abstain  from  nil  appearance  of 
evil. 

Now  there  appeared  to  be  a  misunderstand- 
jug  of  the  first  epistle  by  the  Thessuloniaii 
bi-ethren,  who  had  gathered  from  it.  thut  tbe 
fiRcoud  coming  of  Christ  might  be  e.\pected 
during  the  life-time  of  those  then  living.  — 
Hence  the  second  epiatle  was  written  rather  as 
jt  supplement  to  the  lii-sl.  with  an  introductory 
and  concluding  tlnuiksgiviug  fur  llieir  iiiorea>e 
of  faitli  and  a  correction  of  their  error  as  to  the 
secoml  advent  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus 
Christ.  And  in  making  the  above  correction, 
lie  givL's  us  to  understand  that  there  shall  be  ii 
"  fulliug  away." 

The  above  language  seems  to  imply  an  apos- 
tacy,  ii  flefection  in  tho  professedly  Christian 
ehurcb,  from  the  pure  worship  of  God.  Paul, 
it  api'L^fti's.  liad  not  shunned  to  declare  the 
whole  counsel  of  God  to  the  several  churches 
wherein  he  labored.  Looking  into  tlie  future. 
he  saw  that  after  his  departure  grievous  wolves 
would  enter  in.  False,  hypocritical  aud  dan- 
gerous t'achers  would  speaJc  perverse  things, 
perverting  doctrine,  to  draw  away  disciples  aft- 
er them. 

Paul  also,  in  delivering  his  solemn  charge  to 
Timothy,  says,  "  That  the  time  will  come,  when 
tliey  will  not  endure  sound  doctrine,  but  after 
their  own  lusts  heap  to  themselves  teachers 
having  itching  ears.  And  they  shall  turn  away 
thi-ir  eiirs  from  the  truth  "  (2  Tim.  4:  3).  Now 
Paul  ^tiid.  "  The  time  will  come."  My  belief  is, 
the  time  is  being  fulfilled  at  this  present  hour. 
Hence  I  would  sny,  not  only  the  rise  of  aposta- 
cy,  i^  -ipoken  of  by  Paul,  hut  he  speaks  of  its 
jjrogress,  Deeeivere  shall  wax  worse  and 
wor^e.  deceiving  and  being  deceived.  I  believe 
that  its  rise  is  taking  place  with  at  least,  a  part 
of  file  true  church. 

We  will  now  notice  for  a  moment,  the  matter 
of  conforming  to  the  world  a.i  it  appeare  to  he 
the  first  step  taken  in  a, wrong  direction.  Tin' 
chuii.'li  hiis  adopted  on  order,  why  not  comply 
wiMi  itV  We  lind  some  that  do  not  regard  it 
in  that  light.  Ye.e,  even  ministei-s  who  should 
be  cxiiniples  to  the  flock,  have  gone  into  all  tlir 
pride  of  the  world  in  dress.  My  heart  ache-, 
when  I  see  brethren  stand  up  to  preach  the  tv- 
erla.-'tiag  Gospel,  while  they  are  saying  to  the 
world  by  their  actions,  that  they  do  not  them- 
selves, what  they  exhort  others  to  do. 

R,  F.  Mellott. 

I'lij.iivuth,  Ohio. 


Men    With  and  Without  Souls. 

THE  strangL-.st  thing  that  strikes  my  mind  is, 
that  men  barter  their  souls  and  pledge  theni- 
selv.s  ti)  all  Eternity  to  the  devil.  Ohl  can  it 
be  possible  that  men  have  sold,  and  do  yet  sell 
their  souls  to  the  devil  for  a  consideration  in 
money,  destruction,  long  life,  or  whatever  else 
seeni?%  to  them  most  desirable  or  gratifying  for 
the  time  being?  These  thoughts  cause  me  to 
reflect  daily,  and  of  that  eternity  yet  to  come, 
and  wonder  what  might  he  termed  a  fair  price 
for  a  soul?  Did  not  Christ,  at  a  single  instance, 
purtlinse  every  soul  upon  this  earth?  Did  he 
purchii.se  them  with  promises,  with  money,  or 
ivith  any  of  this  world's  goods?  Far  from  it. 
He  pave  his  life — died  bleeding  on  the  cross — 
that  we  poor  sinners  might  live  again.  In  our 
•even'  day  life  we  are  ej'e-witnesses  to  specimens 
of  humanity  that  yield  to  the  tempter  for  some 
trifling  petty  desire,  or  some  luxury  that  fadeth 
away.  What,  will  you  let  the  devil,  the 
swindler,  rob  you  of  your  sonl?  No,  in  the 
nauif  of  the  Redeemer,  who  purchased  it,  to 
whom  it  belonas,  let  this  not  be;  hut  tell  this 
to  the  dtvil  —"That  he  ia  not  rich  enough  to 
purchase  your  soul." 

Kxpcricnce  teaches  us  that  there  are  different 
kinds  of  souls— some  people  have  large  souls, 
some  have  small  souls,  and  if  the  truth  he  told, 
but  1  am  Korry  to  sav  it.  that  some  people  act 
as  th-nigh  they  had  no  souls  lit  all.  The  soul 
hiLs  liren  defined  l)y  diflVrcnt  learned  men.  and 
one  of  tlie  definitions  is.  «  rotioiuii,  imntorlul 
in-iuripk  in  man;  that  which  distinguishes  him 
from  tbu  brute,  and  constitutes  him  ii  pei-sou. 
But  what  if  this  princijile  is  allowed  to  lie  doi'^ 
niaiit— is  never  called  into  actiinty?  What  if 
■Uic  mnn  only  cats,  and  drinka  and  sleeps,  und 


live-,  for  himself— how  much  of  a  soul  will  he 
be  likely  to  get?  It  n-minds  me  of  the  acorn, 
as  all  the  posaibilities  of  the  oak  lie  in  the  acorn. 
Should  the  acorn  be  plni^d  on  tho  sht-lf.  or  hud 
away,  or  hung  on  the  widl.  and  thus  bo  deprived 
of  mother  earth,  it  would  have  no  chiuice  to 
luicken  and  grow— it  would  never  make  the 
sturdy  old  oak.  But  to  the  contrary,  if  it  is 
put  in  the  proper  place  it  will  quicken  and 
grow,  and  the  result  thereof  will  be  advimtnges 
almost  innumersblc.  It  i«  needless  to  describe 
the  benetits  derived  from  the  oak.  Just  as  the 
acorn  is  to  the  oak,  so  is  the  undeveloped  to  the 
dcveloi>ed  soul.  I  find  m  the  7th  ver.  and  2nd 
chap,  of  Genesis,  that  it  reads  thus:  "And  tho 
Lord  God  formed  man  of  the  dnst  of  the  ground, 
and  breathed  into  his  nostrils  the  breath  of  life, 
and  man  became  a  living  soul."  Tlie  breath  of 
life  is  still  the  indispensable  condition  of  the 
living  soul;  and  we  must  all  remember  that 
God  was  not  done  with  us  when  he  breathed 
the  breath  of  life  into  ns  that  we  might  l>e- 
come  living  souls.  But  in  order  for  us  to  be- 
come active  souls  we  must  provide  the  rational 
principle,  which  is  the  soul's  gem  with  the 
means  of  growth.  Are  you  slipping  along  from 
day  to  day,  more  intent  uiwn  having  a  good 
time  than  upon  looking  atler  the  most  sacred 
thiug  of  your  lives;  or  are  you  Mumherin 
sleeping  or  dead  in  your  thinking  aud  re;isou. 
ing  faculties?  if  so,  arise  thou  that  sleepetli. 
Come!  come!  wake  up.  and  let  it  not  be  said  of 
you  that  you  are  neither  God's  workera  nor  the 
worid's  ht-lpen*.  Come,  let  faces  brighten  at 
your  coming,  and  blessings  follow  you  when 
going.  Let  not  the  attraction  of  Satan  lie  so 
strong  that  he  can  buy  your  soul  for  a  small 
amount;  but  value  it  high,  play  extortion  on 
him— then  he  cannot  buy  it,  for  he  is  poor,  and 
consequently  can  give  but  a  small  amount  for 
a  soul.  Your  soul  will  then  be  beyond  his  reach, 
and  owing  to  his  financial  distress  he  n-ill  not 
bother  you  to  make  a  purchase.  Have  you  over 
thought  of  that,  dear  readers,  ils  regards  Satan'a 
situation?  He  is  decidedly  a  very  poor  master, 
and  after  you  have  labored  for  him  a  seiwoii, 
whether  it  he  long  or  short,  he  being  the  pos- 
sessor of  your  soul,  and  in  return  yun  will  re- 
ceive for  you  services,  trverUuthuf  puuhhwnt. 
What  poor  pay;  poor  indeed!  t)li!  horrible, 
horrible,  but  nevertheless  true— only  too  true, 
for  the  Bible  siiys  so.        Gf.oroe  W.  Miller. 

How  to  Utilize  Religious  Papers. 

I  HAVE  never  used  religious  papers  for  waste 
paper,  but  have  always  distributed  them 
someway.  When  I  left  Ohio  in  1871,  I  gave 
some  to  sHch  as  I  knew  would  read  them,  So 
when  I  left  Iowa  in  '76,  I  distributed  some 
among  my  ueiglibor.%  some  I  sent  off  to  poor 
members  by  mail,  and  also  a  box  to  Salem, 
Kansas  to  the  grasshopper  regions.  While  in 
California.  I  gave  some  to  my  'neighbora  and 
took  some  to  the  Christian  church,  where  I  laid 
them  on  the  table.  When  I  went  again,  they 
were  gone.  I  laid  more  there,  and  gave  some 
to  our  milk'iuan.  Put  also  some  papers  in  a 
drawer  of  each  piece  of  furniture  we  sold.  I 
left  papers  wherever  I  could,  and  then  loaded 
myself  with  some  of  all  the  different  periodicals 
published  by  the  Brethren,  which  I  distributed 
wherever  an  opportunity  presented  itself. 

While  at  Battle  Mountain,  Nevada,  one  Sab- 
bath afternoon,  a  great  many  people  were 
around  when  the  train  stopped.  First  I  threw 
them  out  a  paper,  aud  waited  tilt  it  was  picked 
up.  Then  I  threw  out  more,  when  the  people 
began  to  look  up  to  see  where  they  came  from. 
When  they  saw  such  an  odd-dressed  old  woman, 
they  picked  them  nj)  as  fast  as  I  threw  them.  I 
kept  back  some,  aud  was  sorry  I  did;  for  I  had 
no  more  chance  to  throw  out  any.  It  was  al- 
ways rainy,  windy  or  dark.  I  teared  they 
would  be  lost;  but  I  will  save  some  to  drop  on 
my  way  from  here  to  Illinois.  If  I  had  not 
read  about  brethren  distributing  papers,  while 
traveling,  I  would  not  have  thought  of  this. 
Hannah  Knaupf. 

i//.  Ayr,  In. 


mioii    meeiiug    nt    my    rcsideiioi-,  aluml 
milefl  East  of  Stal«m.   Marion   Co,,   Orcg-) 
lilh  of  July,  KTvicos  Ui  comtnoncv  on  Friday    e 
eniiig,  the  Slh  and  continue  over  Sunday. 

D.  Bkoitrr. 


DIED. 


ObaukrtM  ■lioiil'l  b«  hrif  r,  wHitoii  on  lint  one  ilde  ttt  Iht 
pkpcT,  Mill  mpKntle  from  kU  oik«r  buaineM. 


SPEICHER.— In  th»  South  Wntorioo  church. 
June  «th,  1S78,  aged  10  months,  and  l.^dayn. 
Funeral  by  the  writer.        Jouii  Si'KKmKR. 

WOItS FIELD.— Near  Marble  Rock,  Floyd  Co., 
Iowa,  June  12th,  sister  Nancy  K.  Worafield, 
wife  of  George  Worsfield  and  daughter  of 
friend  Ashbury  and  sister  Baltimore,  aged  45 
yean?.  Funeral  by  the  writer  and  others. 
W.  .1.  H.  Bavman. 


CORRESFONDENCE. 


E 


From  Mexico,    Indiana. 

Dnn-lirrthmi:— 

LEVEN  have  been  added  to  the  church  in  the 
year  just  closed.  The  cause  of  the  Master 
is  progressing  slowly,  but  surely.  One  of  them 
hiul  been  a  Free  Mamon  for  a  number  of  years. 
The  Baptists  have  sunpondcd  preaching  at  this 
place.  On  the  27tli  ult.  Bro.  Peter  Fisher  died 
at  tbe  advanced  age  of  8C  years  and  25  days. 
He  had  lived  in  this  country  4*2  years. 

In  reply  to  there  being  another  church  or- 
ganization, known  as  German  Baptists,  I  would 
sny  that  there  is  a  body  in  the  Eiist  known  by 
that  name,  who  practice  single  immersion, 
feet^washing  and  the  communion.  They  are  a 
plain  people,  zealous  of  good  works. 

Yours  fraternally, 

H.    F.    RoSENnEKOEIl. 

Jiuiv  i:,th. 


^■«ii    how  rapidly  is  the   church   gathering    t«jgeth« 
"^-    over  there!  Well,  there  will  be  joy  in  that  luu), 
when  we  all  crns*  over  and  hail  each  other  in 
the  Father's  home. 

After  the  wrvicH*  wc  wended  onr  way  to  the 
waterside,  where  prayer  was  made,  and  ayoung 
pilgrim  pa-Med  through  the  baptismal  portals. 
Thus  while  one  of  our  company  hiui  tranafeiw 
ed  her  meml)er>>bip  to  th«  church  of  the  ma- 
Bomed.  iinother  steps  forward  from  Satan 'sranki 
and  takes  her  plac^  in  God's  army. 

Yours  Frat^-mally. 

D.  C.  MOOMAW, 

From  Maple  Grove,  Ohio. 

Drmi- Bi'fthrrn:-- 

A  FEW  linra  from  this  part  of  God's  moral 
heritage  may  be  interesting  to  your  many 
readers.  Bro.  .Ie«ne  Calvert  was  with  us  from 
the  twenty-third  of  May  to  the  first  of  June, 
and  baptized  littccn.  Yest^-nlay,  June  16th, 
wa.s  our  regular  meeting  Any.  Just  Iwfore  lagt 
prayer,  while  the  congregation  was  pngaged  in 
singing,  a  young  lady  laid  off  her  hat  mid  came 
forward,  making  application  to  lie  received  into 
the  church.  After  the  Gospel  rules  were  laid 
before  her,  we  repaired  to  a  place  where  baptism 
was  adminiatered.  Hope  that  all  these  lambq 
may  be  nourished  in  the  church  in  a  proper 
manner!  May  they  become  ^  a  city  set  upon  a 
hill,  that  othera.  seeing  their  good  works  might 
glorify  their  Father  which  is  in  heaven  and  be 
onstrained  to  do  His  will,  S.  Bheohlt. 


In    Mentoriam. 


lyED 


From  Warsaw,    Indiana. 

Ikiir  lirethrvn : — 
'pHB  bordem  of  Zion  still  seem  to  be  expain 
i.  ing  somewhat  with  us.  There  have  been 
nine  added  to  the  church  iu  the  last  month.  It 
truly  makes  us  rejoice  to  see  the  sons  mid  daugh- 
ters of  Adam  come  out  and  covenant  with 
Christ  to  be  foUowei-s  of  him,  and  our  prayer 
is  that  those  who  have  recently  started,  may 
prove  faithful  to  the  cause,  aud  nin  with  par 
tienco  the  race  set  before  them,  that  when  they 
bid  farewell  to  this  world,  they  may,  with  us, 
be  prepared  to  enter  into  rest  with  the  Saints 
of  God  and  all  their  associates  that  prove  faith- 
ful where  they  shall  bid  farewell,  no  more  for- 
ever. 

Our  Lovefea.st  pa-'ssed  oft'  the  7th  of  June, 
which  was  a  feast  to  our  souls  indeed.  When 
thus  surrounding  the  table  of  oair  Lord  it  brings 
to  memory  the  great  marriage  supper  in  the 
evening  of  the  world,  around  which  all  the 
saints  of  God  will  be  permitted  to  seat  them- 
selves. 

Brother  David  Workman,  oi  Ohio,  has  been 
laboring  some  wi^h  us  the  last  week,  and  we  can 
say  that  his  labors  have  not  been  in  vain,  as 
live  souls  have  been  made  willing  to  confess 
Christ,  and  we  believe  that  others  have  al- 
most been  persuaded  to  become  Christians. 

Brother  Stein  is  laboring  with  us  at  present, 
and  we  hope  that  his  labors  may  not  be  in  vain, 
but  that  they  may  result  in  conviction  and  con- 
version. N.  B.  Heetek. 


^NNOUJSrCEMElSrTS. 


NoTicrs  of  Lo¥c-fcMl8.   Dislricl    MeL'tingfl,   etc.. 
be  brief,  uud  wrilluu  on  paper  sepurato 
from  other  buaineas. 


LOVE-FEA8T8. 

Tiie  Coldwnternintjrcgation,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa. 

June  29Eh  and  liOth. 
Bea.rice  church,  Gage  Co.,   Neb.,  September  7th 

and  Sth,  commeucing  at  2  o'clock. 

l^  A  l<ovc-fea9t  has  been  appniiiUd  in  the 
Sugar  Creek  congregation,  Sangamon  Co.,  Ill, 
October  3  and  4,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 

l^^  Tho  Lord  willing,  there   will  be  a  Com- 


From  McDonald.    Va. 

Ihar  Jirelhrat; — 

ACCORDING  to  previous  appointment,  the 
funeral  services  of  onr  dear  sister  Mary- 
Jane  John,  deceased,  were  held  at  the  Johns- 
ville  meeting-house  to-day.  ,\ppropriate  dis- 
courses were  delivered  by  the  ministering 
brethren  of  our  congregation  from  the  subject 
of  1  Thess.  4:  13,  14. 

The  commodious  lioiise  was  filled  tP  its  ut- 
most capacity  at  an  early  hour,  and  many  witc 
unable  to  get  seats.  A  most  unusual  solemnity 
pervaded  the  large  audience.  lUid  we  cherish  the 
hope  that  God  blessed  the  solemn  occasion  to 
the  success  of  His  cause.  Our  dear  sister  was 
greatly  beloved,  numbering  nmong  her  friends 
persons  of  every  religious  crced  and  every  rank 
of  society,  admired  by  everybody  for  the  sweet- 
ness of  her  spirit  and  the  godliness  of  her  life. 
She  wftf  a  jewel  of  the  church,  a  star  in  the 
erown  of  her  devot<.'»I  husband,  a  treasure  in 
the  hearts  of  her  children,  (ui  whom  she  lavisli- 
cd  the  wealth  of  a  mother's  love,  and  an  orna- 
meut  to  society.  We  mourn  her  absence  from 
our  devotions  and  our  society,  but  she  has  just 
pas.scd  oyer  the  noiseless  river  before  us.     Oh, 


ED  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  E.  P.  Fleah- 
an.  Monroe  Co.,  W.  Va.,  our  beloved 
brother  and  father,  Peter  Crumpacker,  aged  74 
years,  5  mouths  and  4  days. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  bom  in  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Va..  in  the  year  18(J4.  His  father's 
name  was  Abraham,  who  lived  to  the  matore 
age  of  ninety-ono.  His  anceatrj*.  as  far  back 
iLS  they  can  be  traced,  were  members  of  our  fra> 
ternity.  His  grandfather  died  at  the  age  of  40« 
wbileon  the  floor  preaching. 

Our  deceii.<ifd  fatlier  moved  with  hia  parents 
from  Bedford  to  Botetwirt  at  the  age  of  tweWft 
years,  and  came  to  this  country  seventeen  years 
later.  He  married  Rt'beccft,  the  daughter  of 
Eld.  Jacob  Peters,  iu  the  year  1831,  and  waa 
baptized  by  old  Bro.  John  Bowuum  of  Frank- 
lin Co.,  shortly  afterward.  Soon  after  hia  bap> 
tism  he  was  elected  to  the  otKce  of  deacon,  and 
through  his  devotion  to  the  work  of  the 
church,  he  rose  rapidly  through  the  intermedi* 
ate  ollicial  grades  to  the  othce  of  the  eldership. 
He  was  richly  endowed  vni\\  intellectual  gifts, 
aud  thereby  wielded  a  large  influence  over  tha 
chuches  of  the  district.  He  reared  to  matnri^ 
n  family  of  eight  children,  four  sons  and  four 
daughturs,  all  of  whom  are  members  of  the 
church.  Two  of  his  sons,  Abraham,  of  our 
congregation,  and  Samuel,  of  the  Botetooit 
congregation,  are  in  the  ministrj',  and  two  of 
his  sons-in-law  also  serve  in  that  office.  Bnk 
A.  Hutchinson  of  Mo.,  our  late  missionary  to 
Texas  is  one  of  them. 

He  sufl'ered  much  persecution  and  spoliatioa 
of  property  during  the  late  civil  war  on  account 
of  his  outspoken  opposition  to  the  war  party  of 
the  South,  and  narrowly  escaped  incarceratMUH 
in  the  Southern  prisons.  He  assisted  many 
poor  brethren  with  the  means  to  escape  con* 
Hcriptioa  in  the  m'my,  and  many  a  wanderer 
and  refugee  from  the  ranks  of  Jeff  Davis  foond 
a  ftieud  in  him,  who  has  now  passed  beyond  the 
reach  of  malice  and  hatred,  to  that  ble*je*l  land 
where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling  iind  the 
weary  are  at  rest. 

He  bore  his  great  sufferings  with  the  heroism 
of  a  Christian  philosopher,  and  died  as  only  a 
Christian  can  die.  He  ascertained  sis  days  be- 
fore his  death  that  the  time  of  his  departure 
was  inevitably  at  bond,  and  with  that  steady, 
calm  deliberation  that  ciui  only  proceed  from 
the  soul  that  has  miide  its  peace  with  its  Maker, 
he  proceeded  to  set  his  temporal  house  in  order, 
(his  s|)iritual  liouse  was  prepared  by  the  admin- 
i-ttralion  of  the  siicrament  of  Extreme  Vnction,) 
by  communicating  his  few  last  wishes  to  his 
son  Abraham,  who  attended  him  devotedly 
throughout  his  sickness. 

Then,  iivith  a  calm  serenity  of  soul,  he  plumed 
the  strong  pinions  of  faith  for  the  flight  to  the 
bright  world  of  ransomed  spirits.  Hm  rumains 
now  rest  in  peace  in  the  humble  burial  ground 
near  the  house  of  Bro.  iC.  P.  Ficshmau. 

It  will  be  a  consolation  to  his  many  friends 
iUid  relatives  to  know  that  every  thing  that 
niedieal  skill,  lilial  love,  brotherly  kindness,  and 
friendly  assistance  could  ;itionl,  was  lavishly  be- 
stowed to  arrest  the  work  of  death,  but  God's 
providence  had  decived  that  his  l>attk'S  were 
over,  luid  we  cmi  do  more  than  meeklj-  bow  to 


THP;    liJ^KTliRKX    A.'r    AVOIU-Z. 


June    27, 


the  rbasleniug  rod  i>f  no  »Iniigtity  ivnil  jusl  God, 
FiJiicrnl  Mrvic«  were  conJiicU-iI  "n  the  day  of 
h'lM  inlornxul,  at  tbc  koii*e  of  Dru.  FUvlimnu,  by 
tbe  brcthreii,  ami  similar  »ervi()ce  are  appoiutwl 
to  be  held  at  nur  niecliog  hou«  i  Johiiaville)  cii 
the  -Ith  Sunday  iu  July.  D.  C.  Moomaw. 

iIcD->naiJ\  Mont.    Co..    Va. 

From  Swedonia,  Kansas. 

Ih„r  Jirrlhrrn:— 

EM>KU  I.  Buck  paid  the  Southern  Churches 
a  \mt  this  Spring.  I  mot  Bro.  Buck  In  the 
Klvcr  Church,  on  llio  2»d  of  May.  where  I  fouml 
the  brethmi  «nd  nnttn  all  well  aiid  alive  lo  the 
caUK.  Thif  litUe  cbtirch  is  in  n  healthy  condi- 
tion  ;  all  nlivr  to  the  grrat  interen1«  of  the  Maaler. 
Bro.  J.  .1.  Tn-xcl  wn«  ndvanocd  to  the  second  de- 
gree of  oJRco  ;  held  a  choice  for  n  upeaker,  and 
the  lot  fell  on  L.  E.  I'rJckiH,  a  very  inleristiiig 
young  brother.  I  think  lh<y  arc  in  a  good  wurk- 
jog  ooodilion  ;  while  tberr^  one  wiu  added  by  Bup- 
tbm.  They  numhc-moine  18  or  20  members.  From 
tbo  Silver  Crwk  Cliurch.  in  Ctmk-y  county. 
Eldffr  Buck  c-nme  U>  Huniuer  county  on  Slal« 
Orark.  When  wc  arrived  we  heard  that  Jftfeph 
Bwbor  wmt  hci*;,  and  ha<l  preariud  there  on 
Thltwday  oveninp.  We  continiicl  the  nii-eting^ 
untal    Monday   evcninp.     On   Saturday   evening 


Reading  Clerk,  B.  H.  Milter ;  Door-kee|>er,  Sam- 
uel R,  Z\ig. 

Tbo  far  West  lias  a  ^ood  reprewntation  at  the 
meeting. 

Thuee  who  know,  apeak  of  the  meeting  a«  tbe 
largcut  of  ite  kind  ever  convened. 

Three  thousand,  six  hundred  perwiis  took 
breakfast  on  the  (rrounrU  r<«tflrday  morning,  and 
about  five  thousand  availed  tliei»w^ve«  of  a  fret' 
dinner. 

TiifRsDAY,  JuXE  I3th. — The  meeting  of  tbe 
M.  E.  Church  ls«t  night  waa  conducted  by  Elder 
Stephen  Bashor,  Tlip  house  was  filled  to  over- 
flowing with  earnest  workers  in  tliecauseol  ClirUt, 
and  all  went  away  feeling  that  it  was  gooil  lo  be 
til  ere. 

At  the  Lutheran  Church  laat  evening  Mrs. 
Surah  Major,  of  Ohio,  filled  the  pulpit.  She  is 
<)ui{4;  a  fluent  talker,  and  a  deep,  logical  reaf^oner. 
The  anxiety  to  hear  her  was  so  gre.it,  that  but  a 
small  numbi-r  of  the  vast  crowd  that  went  ci>uld 
get  into  the  church.  Khe  was  followed  by  Elder 
George  Holler  in  a  short  address,  after  which  the 
meeting  was  brought  to  a  cIobo. 

Hcliveen  4,o00  and  5,000  people  took  dinner  in 

(be  dining  room  of  the  taberuiick-.  on  the  grounds, 

yesterday, 

Fifleen  hundred  teams  is  the  estimate  placed 

Bro.Geor^;o  Thomna,  from  Mcl'henwn  Co.,  came  to    upon  tbc  aumbor  on  the  grouudb  adjacent  to  those 


our  Moiflanco,  and  the  rcxult  of  their  lahom  wua, 
tliat  three  Houlti  came  nut  on  the  Lord's  lidc,  mid 
«e^  baptized  on  the  Sunday  fallowing.  On  the 
6tli  wo  orpawixed  ii  church  and  elected  two  den- 
cons — IJio.  A.  Hollmva^  and  J.  R.  Rowel.  I 
think  both  are  worthy  members,  Wc  call  thia 
the  Slate  Creek  Church.  "VTc  nuinliL-r  twenty-five 
member",  with  lour  deacons  and  n  minister  iu  the 
•econd  digrcc  office  ;  wo  have  regular  nifOtings, 

"We  have  a  good  coimlry.  Wheat  i.^  all  ibat 
one  could  wich,  Corn  promiBca  to  be  good.  Outs 
an  BVerngL-  nop.  Wc  C'liniuciiccd  to  harvest  on 
the  2GIh  of  UTay.  .J.  Troxel. 

Annual  Meeting  Items. 

Duriui;  the  Annual  Mooting  there  was  publish- 
ed at  North  Maiicheeicr  n  email  daily  ehuet,  giv- 
ing cuii)<ideniblc  intcrc-xling  uewe  pertaining  to 
the  conference.  Having  obtained  three  Xw.  of 
the  paper,  dated  rt»]Kctivily  June  H,  June  12 
Olid  June  13,  \\t  give  hclow  a  uuiuIkt  of  iletue^ 
cliplietl  from  the  daily: 

Tt;iBSDAY,  JrNt-:  llTU. 
Every  train  brin^.i  in  large  delogutions  to  lh< 
■German  BnjttiHt  Conference, 

Fifty  six  enra  arrived  yostrrday,  bringing  to  the 
Conference  ncany  3,oOO  addilioual  ddcgat«& 

At  lO:3il  laiit  night  there  an-ivcd  three  coaches 
from  the  .South  and  three  from  the  ^Vtst  aud  sev- 
eral hox-curs  lillcd  with  dtlegnto*. 

Tlio  Conferenco  Standing  Committee  u  ooni- 
paHed  of  ns  iulclligcni  looking  body  of  men  as  we 
over  Buw. 

A  spi-cial  train,  ycstenlay  morning,  bmugbt  iu 
acinic  -lUO  persons  to  attend  the  Conference. 

It  is  rstimntcd  that  not  less  tbiui  1>^,000  of  tbe 
Btethrcn  arc  in  liic  imaicdinte  vicinity  of  the 
Conference  grounds,  while  from  three  to  five  thou- 
eaml  are  expected  to-day. 

Tlic  IJaiiieh  Mission  is  iu  n  flourishing  cundi- 
tiou. 

Altho  M.  E,  Cbiircli  Insl  evening,  Elder  John 
'Wi«',of  lowu,  delighted  a  very  large  audienw 
with  nu  able  Ki'iinoii,  whioli  will,  we  are  i^ure,  ro- 
8uU  iu  much  good. 

It  vaui  impossible  for  Ibe  convd  which  thronged 
tJie  sitiuwalk  in  front  ot' thf  Lutheran  Church 
last  evwiing  to  gain  admission,  llie  building  being 
full  to  ovfillowing.  Th(!  mteiing  was  nddRtsed 
by  Elder  John  FJory,  of  Biidgewftier,  Va, 

Wi;i.xE-i>AY,  Jixi;  12tii.— The  following  is 
a  correct  list  of  the  names  of  each  member  of  the 
Standing  Cymniilteeof  the  Gorman  JJapti&t  Con- 
ference, now  in  session  near  this  place : 

Samuel  Hai-Icy,  Eastern  Pennsylvania  ;  Moses 
Miller,  Middle  IVnuBvlvania  ;  C,  G.  Lint,  West- 
ern lVnn^ylvania  ;  I).  K.  Saylor,  Eastern  .Mary- 
laud  ;  Jgrcmiah  Beeghley.  Western  Maryland; 
Christian  Werli,  Virginia  No.  J  ;  JIartin  (iarbcr, 
Virginia  No.  2;  D.  li.  Arnold,  West  Virginia, 
Ko.  1  :  Etias  Auvil,  West  Virginia,  No.  2; 
George  Irviu,  Norlli-enstern  Ohio;  .1.  P,  Eber.solc, 
Korth-wcstom  Ohio ;  Samuel  (Jurber,  Southern  I 
Ohio;  .John  Kinsley,  Northern  Indiana;  Uavid  I 
Nefl;  Middle  Iiidinnn;  K.  11,  Miller,  Southern 
Indiana;  Enoch  Ehy,  Northern  Illinois;  J.  R. 
Gish  anil  Joseph  Hendricks,  Southern  Illinois  ;  J. 
F.  Eikvnbcry,  Northern  Iowa  and  Miniiesota; 
Robe riy  Badger,  Middle  Io,va;  Southern  Iowa 
represented  by  letter  ;  Tennessee,  not  represented  ; 
D.  D.  Sell.  Northern  Missouri ;  John  Heivhey. 
Soutlieru  ili^sonri;  Jonathan  Liclity,  Northern 
KEnsas,  Nebraska  and  Colorado ;  Southern  Kan- 
sas not  repreienied  ;  Isaac  Miller,  .Michigan. 

TJIK     9JPI(.KRS   ARE  AS    FOLLOWS  ; 

Moderator,  liuoch  Ehy ;  CKrk,  Jameg  (^uinter ; 


of  tbe  Conference  yesterday 

There  was  the  largest  croivd  on  tbe  grounds 
yesterday  ever  seen  in  tliis  neck-'o- the- woods. 

Services  were  held  yesterday  afternoon  on  tbe 
grounds,  in  the  woods  just  west  of  tbe  chapel 
building. 


GLE^NIKTGH. 


Froiii  A!iUedf;<'viIIo,  111.— Our  .hurch  is  in 

a  prosperous  condition.  On  last  Sitbbath  one  more 
precious  soul  became  willing  to  put  on  Christ 
through  baptiHU.  May  the  Lord  bless  the  young 
brother,  and  keep  him  faithful..  On  uestSnbbath 
We  expect  to  meet  to  tirganize  n  Sabbath  Selmiil  ; 
may  tlie  I-oid  be  with  us  in  this  gttoil  work, 
which  is  one  of  the  means  to  direct  our  children 
into  tlie  paths  of  righIe<iuBness.  I  am  glad  to  see 
that  Chrisl-like  sjiirit  manifested  in  the  cliurob. 
Pray  for  ns  brethren,  that  we  may  ever  be  lound 
faithful.  We  are  commanded  to  pray  without 
■cenBiug.  May  Uie  I.ord  help  us  to  piay  aright,  that 
we  may  meet  the  approbation  of  our  Father  in 
Heaven.  J.  E.  Si>hinger. 

From  Dunkirk,  0.— Our  Love-feast  is  now 
numbered  with  the  tbingaof  the  past.  We  had  a  re- 
freshing season,  large  attendance  and  gwA  atten- 
tion. One. mote  soul  was  added  to  our  church  by 
baptism,  also  one  soul  baptized  at  our  recent  couu- 
fil,  making  two  accessions  to  our  duirch  since  my 
lost  report.  Yours  Iraternaliy, 

S,    T.    B<»(viEIl.MAS, 


tbe  sky  becomes  clear  again.  We  have  bad  no 
preaching  here  since  laet  December.  IJro.  Solo- 
mon Storny  was  here,  and  my  prayers  are  that  the 
Lord  will  send  more  laborers  in  the  field,  for  the 
harvest  is  great  and  the  laborers  few. 

E.  P.  Armstbono. 
From  C.  Hope.— Brother  Eskildflen  is  learn- 
ing to  read  English,  aud  we  improve  the  time 
thus  whenever  we  can  get  together.  I  want  to 
have  him  qualiBed  in  every  way  to  do  this  work, 
as  my  strength  is  fast  failing  and  may  be  unable 
ere  lon^  to  do  much.  I  can  no  longer  be  up  late, 
nor  walk  more  than  eight  or  ten  miles  bvfore  X  nm 
tired  out.  I  used  to  be  able  to  preach  two  or  three 
times  each  day  aud  converse  until  <lny-hreak,  and 
then  be  satisfied  with  an  hour  or  two's  rest,  but 
can  no  longer  do  so.  I  have  answered  about  fifty 
letters  to  the  brethren  in  America  who  sent  ns 
money.  Besides  these  I  have  had  to  answer  many 
letters  the  past  tivo  weeks  received  for  jieace  en- 
velopes and  from  those  who  want  to  know  of  our 
doctrine.  Several  persons  are  corresponding  with 
me,  whose  attcniiou  has  been  called  to  us  by  ttie 
peace  envelopes,  and  they  want  to  know  more 
about  us.  The  prospects  for  their  coming  over  to 
us  are  good. 

The  government  has  notified  me  that  if  1  would  i 
permit  the  pnsl-moster  here  to  read  (he  lettei-s 
containing  money  sent  to  me,  and  certify  that  my  pe- 
tition is  correct,  the  money  cuuliscated  will  be  re- 
turned to  me.  This  I  did  and  tbe  money  Is  prom- 
ised rac  in  a  few  days.  We  are  daily  gaining  the 
rpfti)eet  of  all  clashes  of  people  here  as  wfll  as  the 
friendship  of  those  more  distant.  Wc  iiad  an  in- 
teresting meeting  eight  miles  East  of  this  place, 
ami  received  a  sister  hy  baptism.  Brother  Eskild- 
seii  did  the  baptising,  this  being  his  first.  All 
pajised  ot^'  pleasantly,  oud  the  spectator  seemed 
to  be  very  much  imprc'^ed.  The  work  was  done 
where  our  fii-st  Danish  sister  was  baptized,  and 
broth'>r  Enoch  Eby  and  I  also  baptizcl  one  there 
last  winter.  An  old  nmu,  eighty  years  of  age, 
also  applied,  but  failed  to  come,  no  doubt  on  ac- 
count of  feebleness,  as  ho  can  only  stagger  along 
(lowly  at  best.  I  do  not  see  how  we  can  get  along 
without  a  hail  for  meeting  here  in  town,  Onr 
house  is  too  small,  and  not  situated  at  tbe  right 
place  for  meeting.  \\'hal  shall  we  do?  A\'e  cnn 
get  none  thii'  summer,  and  to  Iiave  one  next  winter 
we  must  soon  apply  for  it.  I  believe  if  we  had  a 
fiuAll  hall  at  a  good  point.'thut  much  good  could 
be  done.  M.ay  the  Loiil  keep  you  sill.  Yours  j 
Icait  in  Christ.  | 


agers  and   Baptist   workers.     Those   who   buy  it* 
books,  should  buy  them  on  their  own   merits  am) 


not  from  any  representations  of  the   broad 


Bchol- 


arship  employed   on   them.     The   revision  of  [he 
New  Testament  is  a  work  of  decided  nier 


Curiosities  of  Earth. 

At  the  city  of  Medina,  in  Italy,  and  about  four 
miles  around  it,  wherever  the  earth  is  dug,  when 
the  workmen  arrive  at  a  distance  of  sixly-three 
feet,  lliey  come  to  a  bed  of  chalk,  which  they 
bore  with  an  augur  five  feet  deep.  They  tWn 
withdraw  from  the  pit  before  the  augur  is  nj. 
moved,  and  upon  its  extraction  the  water  bunh, 
through  the  aperture,  with  great  violence,  and 
(juickly  fills  tbe  ncwiy-made  well,  which  contin. 
ucs  full,  and  is  afl'ected  by  neither  rains  llo^ 
droughts.  But  what  is  the  most  remarkable  iu 
this  operation  is  the  layers  of  earth  as  we  descend 

At  the  depth  cf  fourteen  feet  are  found  the 
rniusof  an  ancient  city,  paved  streets,  houBes 
floors  and  pieces  of  mason  work.  Under  this  [1 
found  a  soil,  oozy  earth,  made  up  of  vegetables 
and  at  twenty-sis  feet  large  trees  entire,  such  a* 
walnut  trees,  with  the  walnuts  still  stuck  to  the 
stem,  and  the  leaves  and  brauches  in  a  perfect 
state  of  preservation.  At  twenty-eight  fott  deen 
a  soft  chalk  is  found,  mixed  with  a  vast  quantity 
of  shells,  and  the  be<l  is  eleven  fcot  thick.  Under 
this  vegetables  are  fonml  ii^fuin 

The    Hottest  Spot  on    Earth. 


iong 

->.    Al 
yet  a 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Bible  Union  Translation, 


From  BitKbnell,   III.- While  \miizug  here 

tor  a  train  going  homeward,  I  will  my,  l  arrived 

in  the  North-western  part  of  Fulton   Co.,  where 

there  is  n  small  band  of  faithful  mcmbei^.     On 

Snturday   nfternoon    we  met  at   Brother   Cook's 

barn  for  public  preaching,     Commuuion  services 

vwe  held  in  the  evening,  when  we  had  a  pleasant 

mooting.     On  Sucday  morning   Bro,  .robn   Pool 

was  forwarded  to  the  second  degree  of  th«  minis- 
try. Preaching  wa*  held  in  the lorenoon,  afternoon 

and  in  the  evening.     Two   souls    were   added    by 
hapti«u.  Dami:i,  Vanu/an. 

Vi^mi  O.  F.  YoilHt.— Bro.  D.  N,  Workman 
<:amL-  to  na  on  the  I.^lli  of  May,  and  remained  a 
few  daj-fl.  The  result  of  his  labors  were,  that 
tttcnt.y-onc  souls  were  udded  to  the  church.  May 
the  good  Lord  bless  ou^r  dt-ar  brother  in  his  ichors 
elsewhere.  Yesterday  (June  10)  Bro.  Qninter 
preached  a  very  enthusi/islic  sermon  IVom  Re*-.  ;j ; 
4.  AtW  the  ecrmou  we  went  to  the  river-aide, 
where  prayer  was  made  before  administering 
the  ordinance  of  baptism.  We  want  the  prayers 
of  the  chiircli.  We  also  want  tbe  brethren  lo 
visit  us  ofteji.  Wf  are  situated  among  all  deuoiui- 
uatiuns. 

From  David  A.  Norrross.— Oh,  keep  down 
in  the  valley  of  huiuilily  and  pre*cut  the  truth  in 
all  of  its  fullness,  hew  to  the  line,  know  no  nniu 
after  (he  fiesb  and  glory  in  nothing  but  the  Cross 
of  (Mirist.  I^et  nothing  go  before  tbe  public  that 
wouhl  injure  tbe  glorious  cause  of  Christianity. 
\  ou  fcball  ever  have  the  prayers  auJ  goi)d  wishes 
of  your  unworthy  brother. 

From  DelLi,  la.— As  I  am  isolated  some 
thirty-five  miles  from  any  arm  of  the  church,  I 
am  very  lonesome  here.  No  church  member  but 
my  daughter.  We  wait  anxiously  every  Thurs- 
day for  the  Bi!KTni!F.s  \r  M'ork.  We  can 
hardly  attend  to  our  household   affairs  until  the 

paper  is  rea<l.     Often  I  am  cast  down  with   trou-        wu.-  own  impression    is,  that  ori-inallv  it 
ble  and  aonow.     When  I  read  those  good   pieces    meant  to  he  undi  "'       ' 


riTHE  .\nierican  Bible  Union  translation  of  tlie 
1  Testament  is  regarded  as  a  work  of  decided 
merit,  though  the  translators  were  not  undeaom- 
inalioual.  The  following,  by  tbe  editor  of  tbe 
C/iti^tiiin  Stati'J'ii\{,  will  give  some  insight  into 
tbc  formation  an<l  workings  of  the  movement : 

Tbe  American  Bihle  Union  was  not  originally 
a  dononiiuulional  institution,  but  was  composed  of 
all  who  were  in  favor  of  faithful  translations  of 
the  Bible  and  paid  the  price  of  membership.  There 
was  nothing  iu  the  terms  of  memberabip  to  exclude 
even  an  Atheist,  if  he  desired  to  promote  this  ob- 
ject It  originated,  however,  with  Baptists,  and 
Ihey  always  had  in  it  a  prei)oaderatiag  influence. 
There  were  men  of  different  denomiualions  em- 
ployed in  the  work  of  revision;  but,  practically, 
it  came  to  this  at  last,  that  Drs.  Conantand  Hack- 
ett  gave  the  final  touches  to  tbe  work,  and  very 
largely  the  American  Bible  Union  was  a  publish- 
ing ho  uh-  Ibr  Dr.  Conant.  Some  years  ago,  in 
Chicago,  Mr.  Fulton  and  others  opeuly  proclaim- 
ed that  the  A.  B.  U,  was  a  BaptiH  institution  ; 
that  the  revision  issued  by  tbem  was  a  Baptist  re- 
vision ;  that  hitherto  they  had  acted  under  a  mask, 
but  it  was  now  time  to  throw  ofj'  fht-  mask  and 
appear  in  their  true  character.  We  are  Dot  aware 
that  this  was  ever  repudiated  by  the  speakers  or 
by  the  Uuion.  About  the  eame  time  it  was  af- 
firmed by  Dr,  Olmstead,  editor  of  the  Watchman 
am/  Ihfkctor,  that  an  effort  was  made  by  tlie 
American  Bible  Union  to  be  so  far  incorporated 
into  the  Baptist  innks  as  to  be  abl-  to  holdiis  an- 
niversaries along  with  other  Baptist  societies, 
Tki<  wa.  never  dented.  We  sought  in  vain  to  ob- 
tain a  denial  of  it  from  Dr.  Wyckoff:  While  the 
A,  B.  U.  never  did  secure  tbe  approval  of  the 
Bajitists  as  a  denomination,  it  is  still  true  that  its 
chief  maaagers  and  chief  workers  were  Baptists 
and  that  the  institution  came  more  and  more  un- 
der Baptist  influence,  until  we  were  compelled  to 
cease  to  work  in  it  or  for  it. 

Alexander  Caraphell  was  emploved   to   revise 
the  book  of  AeLs,  which  he  did.     iJut  he  was  not 
among  the  final  reviseis.     How  far  his  work  was 
approved  or  rejected,  we  are  unable  to  say. 
Our  own  impression    is,  that 


t.        .,      ,.,„  ,       ,  -  .  ,  -----    - -"^""'national  aud  uu'^eelarinii  ■ 

from  the  d.fierent  bi-ethren  ami   sisters,   they  en-    hut  that,  from  the  force  of  cireumsiauceT   r  ' 

courage  me  again,  so  the  cloud  passes  over  and  |  uIn,o,st  entirely  under  the  control  of  Baptist  mm- 


One  of  the  hottest  regions  of  the  earth  is  ah 
the  Persian  Gulf,  where  little  or  no  rain  falio.  j^, 
Bahriu  the  arid  shore  has  no  fresh  wate: 
comparatively  numerous  population  coufuves  ir, 
live  there,  tiianks  to  copious  springs  which  hurst 
forth  from  the  bottom  of  the  sea.  The  fresh  water 
is  got  by  diving.  The  diver  sitting  in  his  boat 
ivinds  a  givat  goal-skin  bag  around  his  lert  arm 
the  hand  gnisping  its  mouth  ;  then  be  takes  in  his 
right  hand  a  heavy  stone,  to  which  is  attached  a 
strong  line,  and  thus  efpiipped  he  plunges  in  and 
qnickly  i-eaches  the  bottom.  Instantly  openiue 
the  hag  over  the  strong  jet  of  fresh  water,  he 
springs  up  the  ascending  current,  at  the  same 
time  closing  tlie  bag,  and  is  helped  aboard.  The 
stone  is  then  hanled  up.  and  the  diver  after  taking 
breath  i)hiuges  in  agoin.  The  source  U'  these 
copious-submarine  epnngs  is  thought  to  be  the 
green  hill  of  Osnnin,  some  five  or  six  hundred 
miles  distant. 

Reports  from  various  parts  of  the  coiuitrvshow 
that  tbe  wheat  crop  will'be  a  good  yield.  In  some 
localities  the  crop  is  being  reaped  iu  good  coudi- 
tion, 

Tbe  electric  UghU,  wherever  tried,  seemed  lo 
be  giving  general  satisfaction.  A  test  has  been 
made  in  Cleveland,  O.,  by  which  a  large  building 
was  well  lighted  at  a  cost  of  30  cents  per  hour, 
while  the  same  light,  if  furnished  by  gas,  would 
cost  SS.OO  per  hour.  Tiie  light  is  said  to  bo 
steody,  uniform  and  soft  to  the  eve. 

The  Russian  army  has  lost  mure  soldiers  by 
typhus  wince  the  close  of  the  war,  than  by  battle 
during  the  whole  campaign  in  Asia  Minor. 

Since  the  beginning  of  modern  missions,  the 
Bible  has  been  translated  into  212  hiognages, 
spoken  by  ,S5,000,000  of  human  beings,  aud  dis- 
tributed at  the  rate  of  nearly  twelve  every  min- 
ute. All  this  has  been  done  by  mi^iouaries. 
Tliirty-nine  of  the  languages  referred  to,  never 
had  a  written  form  until  the  missionaries  creattd 
it. 

The  mysterious  disiiijpearance  of  Mi-s.  Maude 
E.  Lord,  a  noted  spiritualist  of  BosKm,  gives  the 
spirits  another  chance  to  show  their  information. 
The  woman  has  disai)peftred,  leaving  no  trace  he- 
hind,  and  of  all  the  spirits  tliat  were  at  her  beck 
there  is  not  one  to  tell  a  curious  public  of  her 
whereabouts.  Here  is  something  that  can  not  he 
done  by  jugglery,  and  the  spooks  are  as  helpless 
as  the  police. 

Never  in  modern  times  has  there  been  such  a 
period  of  famine  as  in  the  last  five  years.  First 
iu  Anatolia  (Turkey),  then  in  India,  and  now  iu 
China  aud  Brazil.  Tens  of  Ihonsauds  have  died 
from  sheer  starvation.  Last  month  the  deaths 
from  thiri  cause  in  Brazil  were  reported  to  he  as 
many  as  one  hundred  in  a  day-  Governmentand 
individuals  have  done  what  they  can.  hut  are 
powerless  l<.  deal  adequately  with  "the  calnmily. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

UaypiiMcagcrlrilin  going  ensl  lenves  Lanark  ol  12;00 
r.  M.,  and  urrivts  iu  Itagiue  nl  G:-13  1',  M. 

Day  piiHsengcrlniiii  going  west  knves  Lnunrk  al  2:0'(  P. 
M  ,  011(1  arrives  ni  Rock  1-iIfind  at  5:.")(i  P.  .M. 

Night  pttsaengor  Iriiins,  going  eiisl  onJ  west,  meet  and 
leave  Lanark  ai  i-AH  A.  M  ,  orriTing  in  Raoiue  al  9;00 
A.    M.,   and    ai   Hook  Island  nl  U:00  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Accoiiiiiu.Jaiiuu  Troins  will  ruti  west  al 
1^:  lU  A.  M.,  MO  A.  M,.  on.l  east  al  I'J;  10A.M. 
"ail  5;  1.3  I".  M. 

Tickets  arc  sold    for  above   trains   ooly.     I'ussengor 

Irnins  make  clo«e  conLeclion  oi  Wcsiem  Uniun  Junciiou. 
0.  A.  SMtni.  AgeoL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 

"^^''-  I  ^'-'"0   yo"  Goad  Tidings  of  Great  Jo;,,  which  Shall  he  unto  All  People."  ~  hv^,. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  July  4, 1878. 


No.  27. 


tjlie  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISUED  WEEKLY 

,   H.  MOORE    &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 


„.H.  MILI.EIt,        -      - 

-      -      -      -       L.\DOGA,  INI). 

jW.  STF.IN.       -      -      - 

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p,VANn.AN.         -      - 

TIRDEN,  ILI,. 

p  B,  ilKSTZi;it.        -      - 

-      -      -  WAYKE3B0R0,  PA. 

^4TTIK  A.  LKAK,        - 

-      -      -      -      URBANA,    ILL. 

THE  ONE  THAT  LOVES  JESUS. 

IIY  L.  K.  STUMP. 

riAUK  one  tliut  loves  Jesus, 
X     Will  do  as  He  says, 

Will  walk  in  His  foot3tep$ 
.\\\A  follow  His  wnys. 

He  will  show  by  his  acts. 

And  converse-  serene, 
To  the  world  by  faith, 

His  Savior  hi; *s  seen. 

The  one  that  lovea  Jesus, 

Never  will  acoru 
The  least  of  His  teachings. 

The  Scriptures  adorn. 

Does  not.  siiy  lie  loves  Him, 

And  then  Ipave  undone 
The  tilings  He's  coinnianded, 

Which  are  all  as  one. 

Tht  one  that  loves  Jesus, 

Need  not  to  tell 
To  those  oft  around  him, 

They  know  it  full  well. 

This  love  to  poor  mortals. 

Will  plainly  bespeak 
That  he  has  the  Spirit 

Of  the  lowly  and  the  meek. 

The  one  that  loves  Jesns, 

Tongue  cannot  express. 
The  joy  tliiit  he  feels; 

The  calm  and  sweet  rest. 

For  he  knows  wheujhe  dies, 

Whether  sooner  or  late, 
This  loved  One  will  meet  him, 

At  the  beautiful  gate. 

THE  NEW  AND  THE  OLD. 

IsY  C,  H.  BALSllAL'GK. 

ToBrollirrE.  L.   /■>(/( jjw'oc*,  f;/'  Lu  Due,  Mis- 
iOiiri: — 

(*  r  X  the  begiuiiiiie  SVas  the  Word."  This  sounds 
1  old.  Butiie"  isthe.«"Hc  yesterday,  to-day. 
and  IWfver."  There  is  no  wrinkle  on  the  brow 
of  Deity.  Our  idea  of  age  nieau*  aiti,  not  tiiiu: 
Wecallapei-son  oldatfimr  score  because  the 
marks  of  decay  and  decrepitude  ai-e  everywhere 
visible.  .\  sinless  being  at  eighty  would  have 
all  the  freshness  of  childhood.  We  perhaps  too 
much  overlook  how  entirely  we  are  dependent 
ou  the  infusion  of  the  ever-youth  of  God  into 
human  nature  in  the  Incarnation  for  the  exclu- 
aou  of  old  agL- from  the  mhI.  A  child-soul  in 
a  shriveled,  attenuated,  tottering  Octogenarian, 
» the  gift  of  Christianity.  The  God-born  nev- 
er grow  old.  The  Holy  Germ  of  Eternal  Life 
conserve.s  the  essential  elenit-nts  of  human  na- 
ture for  the  ever-glowing  bloom  and  beaaity  oi 
"erliisting  manhood.  A  Divine  i^eiieration 
Muiraunicates  a  Divine  life  sustained  hj- "Divine 
>liment.  All  dead  souls  are  self^tai'ved.  In 
our  Father's  House  is  bread  enough  and  to  ^pare. 
^<i  one  ever  goes  with  swine  to  the  trough  of 
'ust-surtciting,  soul-famishing  swill,  but  by 
choice.  There  are  no  husks  in  God's  garden, 
lobitter.  sapless  mullens  in  His  meadows,  nu 
«w-dust  bread  ou  His  tabi«.  "He  muketh  me 
'<»  lie  down  in  green  pastures.  He  lemleth  mt- 
t«Mde  the  still  waters."  .'til!  ihe  nourishment 
1  ^f  til.,  n^.w  creature  in  (Tl,y^*  Je"'-*  '3  drawn 


out  of  the  very  heart  of  the  God-unni,  and 
grows  us  into  the  imrity  and  beauty  and  glory 
and  bliss  of  the  Holy  Trinity. 

The  Loixl  is  my  Shepherd:  I  sh.ill  not  want." 
What  a  gnieioii.sprivilege:  what  a  glorious  con- 
Kdence.  Such  sheep  niav  well  gambol  in  the 
meadows  of  grace,  and  sun  themselves  on  the 
slopes  of  the  Tabors  and  Calvaries  and  Olivets 
of  holy  experience.  "  I  know  my  »heep,  and 
am  kuown  of  mine."'    Transporting  reciprocity. 

0  to  have  the  witness  hi  oiirschrs  that  we  are 
the  children  of  God!  Worids  are  too  poor  to 
guarantee  this  blessing,  or  compensate  ita  loss. 
What  an  unspeakable  rapture  to  stand  before 
the  mirror  of  Incarnate  Truth,  and  be  able  to 
say.  "My  Beloved  is  mine,  and  I  am  His."  One 
look  of  recognition  from  the  Good  3hei>herd, 
one  nibble  of  His  green  pastures,  one  sip  of  His 
still  waters,  one  hour's  repose  in  the  assurance 
of  His  approbation,  one  whisper  of  encour- 
agement from  His  honey-dropping  lips.  0  how 
the-ie  momentary  thrills  radiate  and  sweeten  a 
lifetime.  Nothing  can  keep  past  blisH  from 
rolling  its  tide  into  the  present  but  sin.  Those 
who  have  retained  their  first  love  and  those 
who  have  not,  will  accord  a  ready  amen.  Al- 
though you  live  in  Galilee,  remote  from  the 
more  central  part  of  the  Brotherhood,  Christ's 
picture  is  as  green  and  luac.ous,  and  His  springs 
as  crystal  and  fipesh  us  on  any  spot  .on  earth. 

The  ministry  of  the  Holy  Ghost  is  ecumeni- 
cal. While  on  earth,  the  Good  Shepherd  was 
never  in  two  places  at  once.  But  His  Viceger- 
ent can  be  at  all  places  at  the  same  time.  Christ 
through  the  Spirit  is  ever  fulfilling  the  precious 
promise,  "i>o,/«»)  «ji7A  you  always."  What 
a  savory  mouthful  this  is  from  the  green  pas- 
tures of  salvation:  what  a  refreshing  draught 
from  the  still  waters  of  Divine  peace.  Ho. 
ye  lambs  of  the  Eternal  Shepherd,  who  are 
•'  scattered  abroad  "  through  the  ends  of  the 
earth,  sighing  in  your  exile  and  loneliness,  take 
down  your  harp  from  the  willows,  and  play  the 
songs  of  Zion  in  your  isolation,  for  Jchovab- 
shammah  is  the  name  engraven  in  your  hearts 
and  imprinted  on  your  foreheads.  Hark!  Hush 
the  world  and  sense  and  self,  and  let  faith  hold 
her  ear  to  the  cardiphonia  of  the  Spirit,  and 
these  words  will  bring  green  pastures  and  still 
watere  to  yoursoul:  "tlir  Lord  is  my  Shepherd; 

1  slltiU  nol  inillt."      "  I  WILLKEVER  LEATK  THEE, 

N'oii  FimsAKE  TUKE."  "My  sheep  bear  my 
voice,  and  /  hiow  ihctn" — "  they  shall  never 
PEHisK,"  There  is  not  a  page  ia  the  Divine 
Directory  that  is  not  warning  and  rippling 
with  pastures  and  rills  of  Shepherd-love. 
Every  stalk  has  its  root  in  the  heart  of  Jesus, 
and  every  drop  wells  out  of  the  fathomless 
Fountain  Head  of  Uncreated  Benignity.  There 
is  no  Sahara,  nor  Frigid  Zone,  nor  parched 
Tropic,  where  theGod-owned,  God-owning  soul 
will  not  find  a  tuft  of  pasture  fresh  and  sweet 
with  the  verdure  of  the  Everlasting  Gardeni 
How  many  roiimiiig  members  are  bleating  for 
the  fiock,  and  sighing  to  lie  down  araid  green 
|)iistures  in  fellowship  with  the  elect.  Rest 
assured,  ye  drooping  wanderers  of  Babylon,  ye 
lonely  exiles  of  Patnios,  a  genuine  sheep-nature 
will  never  be  without  tokens  of  Shepherd  care, 
many  glimpses  of  the  Shepherd's  face,  many 
an  evidence  of  the  Shepherd's  guiding  voice, 
many  a  morsel  of  Heaven-provided  nutriment, 
«nd  many  an  overflowing  cup  in  the  de-nert 
Wonders  rt-ill  Ond  do  for  you  and  with  you,  if 
yousupply  the  necessary  conditions— HoLlSEft-s, 
Faith,  Love. 


EAINY  SABBATHS, 

IIV  SAJll'EL  MU  MJUKiU. 

RAINY  Sabbatus  seem  very  gloomy  to  some 
people,  but  1  think  we  nwd  them  snme- 
tiiiu's;  I  think  they  are  very  good  to  test  us  ;is 
to  our  Christianity.  When  we  have  a  beanti- 
ful  sunshiny  Sabbath,  we  of  course  desire  to 
■'.)  to  church  or  at   least  »■*  g«i»ralily  go,  Md 


we  spend  the  Sabbnth  very  well.  But  some- 
times wi!  have  a  nuny  Sabbath,  that  the  weath- 
er and  roads  are  almost  too  bad  for  us  to  go  to 
;liurch.  so  we  must  of  coui-sestay  at  home,  and 
howdo  we  spend  the  day?  Here  is  the  t«st.  On 
pleiLiont  Sabbaths,  we  go  to  cliurch  and  give 
the  time  to  thi?  service  of  Gud.  But  now  what 
will  we  do?  Do  wo  devote  some  of  the  time  to 
peraonal  communion  with  God?  Do  we  gath- 
er the  mcmlwra  of  the  family  together  and  de- 
vote some  time  to  the  study  of  the  Scriptures? 
Do  we  spend  some  time  in  singing  praijies  to 
the  Jehovah?  Do  we  spend  any  time  in  reading 
some  rcligiouH  book?  All  this  we  cah  do, 
and  will  of  course  be  acceptable  with  God.  Or 
do  we  spend  the  day  in  sleepy  idlenes-t,  or  gos- 
siping convemation?  Or  do  we  spend  the  day 
in  reading  the  newspaper,  examining  the  mar^ 
kets,  or  reading  some  kind  of  novels?  Do  we 
not  sometimes  see  pei-sons  spemhng  their  time 
in  this  way?  If  we  give  the  Sabbatli  to  the 
Lord,  let  us  give  it  to  Him,  whether  it  is 
rainy  or  not,  whether  we  are  at  church  or  at 
home.  If  you  want  to  find  a  real  Christian,  ex- 
amine liini  at  home,  on  .i  raitiy  Siibb.-itli. 

THE  DECLI]>(E  OF  PURE 
RELIGION. 

UV  .1.  .1.  UaaKNIUUKiKlt. 

IT  is  evident  to  all  observing  minds,  that  the 
present  religion  of  the  age  is  becoming 
much  diluted,  seriously  alloyed;  is  on  the  de- 
cline in  her  purity.  There  is  a  general  decline 
in  discipline;  and  there  are  practices  and  eu- 
terpises  being  introduced  which  tend  to  serious- 
ly alienate  their  iiffections,  and  lower  the  grade 
of  moral  standing. 

Such,  for  instance,  are  the  enterprise  of  the- 
aters, fairs,  lotteries  and  even  balls,  and  card- 
playing  in  the  midst  of,  what  is  called,  refined 
religious  society.  These  enterprises  would  have 
been  shocking  to  our  early  Cliristian  fathers. 
To  us,  they  should  prove  revolting.  This  tidal 
wave  of  decline  against  the  progi-eas  of  pure 
religion,  prevailed  very  eariy  in  the  Christian 
era.  Brother  Paul  warns  his  son  Timothy  that 
the  time  will  come  when  "  men  will  not  endure 
sound  doctrine;"  he  also  tells  the  Thessalonians 
that  that  "mystery  of  iniquity  doth  already 
work."  The  epistle  of  the  seer  upon  Pat- 
nios to  the  seven  churches  of  Asia,  constitutes 
a  doleful  message  of  warning  to  those  churches 
relative  to  their  decline. 

it  is  melancholy  to  know  that  the  vast  fruit- 
ful field  of  the  Savior  and  His  apostles,  is  wraji- 
ppd  in  dark  heathenism.  The  places  which 
knew  the  flourishing  churches  of  Ephesus.  Cor- 
inth, Philadelphia  and  Smyrnia,  with  many 
othei-s  are  now  the  scenes  of  ruin;  residences  of 
monks.  The  gods  of  Mahomet  and  pagans 
reign  supreme.  Oh !  how  sad  to  reflect  on  the 
history  of  the  past. 

This  move  of  decline  having  done  its  work, 
in  the  land  where  the  standard  bearers  of  pure 
religious  doctrines  once  flourished,  it  has  cross- 
ed the  great  deep,  and  yeai-s  since,  commenced 
its  unhappy  agre.ssive  war  in  our  own  favored 
laud.  And  with  what  alarming  speed  is  it 
making  conquests!  "  That  there  is  no  future 
hell,"  is  now  being  sown  brood-cast  from  the 
most  prominent  pulpits  of  the  land;  while  ail- 
lierents  to  this  corrujit  doctrine  are  daily  flock- 
ing to  their  standard;  where  Matthew  with  oth- 
er sacred  writers,  is  v^ry  explicit  in  stating  that 
at  a  future  day.  at  the  Inord's  final  coming, 
"  all  natiins  shall  be  gathered  liefore  Him,  and 
He  shall  divide  them  fts  a  shepherd  divideth 
the  sheep  from  the  gouts." 

ThelSavior  also  warned  certain  people,  who 
were  unfaithful,  that  the  cities  of  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  would  .>«taud  more  favorable  in  the  day 
i^f  judgment,  than  they;  thus  showing  that 
there  i'*  a  greirt  fiituiv  day  of  judgment, at  wliich 
we  must  all  appe«r. 

A  lady,  w-ho  vrtLi  raistd  in  Miwsachusetfcj,  re- 


Mutlv  ex,,ri.,«ed  to  me  her  morlificatioii.  at  the 
decline  of  religion  in  N.w  England;  especially 
in  the  vicmity  where  she  w««  raiwd.  On  vin- 
't'ugthe  home  uf  her  cbildh.K>d.  where  th. 
meek  religion  of  the  Puritan  fathew  once  flourl 
ish«la8agreen  tree,  infidelity  i„  it«  varionn 
torms  had  taken  possession  of  the  place 

A  noted  infidel  odvocit...  from  Europe,  on 
hmdmg  recently  at  one  of  their  porU.  was  m-t 
by  the  city  ofKciaht,  and  borne  by  them  and  tb.- 
cily  band  through  the  jirincipal  street,  of  their 
city  thus  showing  the  great  regard  that  many 
of  the  public  oflicers  entertain  for  tlie^  teach- 
ers of  corrupt  doetrine.  Not  only  in  New  En 
gland,  and  the  cities  Ea*t.  i«  this  decline  visibly 
going  on:  but  through  our  entire  religioua  cir- 
cle, its  visible  effect*  are  being  made  manif,..t 
Churches  whose  discipline  provides  f.,r  pbun- 
ncM.  feeUwiwhing,  non-con  form  it  v,  which  t)- 
Bible  so  plainly  teachoa.  are  totally  by  many 
disivgarded.  Pulpit*  which  were  onc«  fill.-.! 
^vlth  the  plain  and  meek  element  of  professing 
Christianity,  have  sunk  beneath  this  tidal  wave 
of  decline,  and  in  their  stead  has  arisen  a  king 
"that  knows  not  Joseph;"  but  in  turn  they 
persecute  and  even  vilify  the  meek,  Immble. 
grand  and  the  sublime  principles  of  their  own 
Christian  fathers  before  them. 

The  above  is  a  melancholy  truth!  Sad  to 
know  that  this  wave  of  decline.  i»  leaving  her 
footprints  in  our  own  dear  brotherhood  as  it 
rolls  ulong.  We  however  are  not  left  without 
repeated  warnings  of  the  above  progress  of  evil. 
Brother  Paul  tells  Tijuothy,  "  that  in  the  last 
days  perilous  times  shall  come;  men  shall  be 
loven.  of  their  ownselve*.  covetous.  boa.st*r., 
pnn»UVc;  also  that  the  time  will  com«  when 
men  will  not  endure  sound  doctrine."  And 
even  "  from  among  your  owiselves  shall  men 
arise,  speaking  perverse  things  and  shall  draw 
men  after  them."  While  Christ  in  Luke  IS:  k. 
sums  up  this  train  of  thought  by  enquiring^ 
"  When  the  Son  of  man  eomes  shall  he  find 
faith  on  earth  ?" 

Dear  reader,  "  let  us  examine  ourselves  wheth- 
er wo  he  in  the  faith:  let  Wi  prove  our  own- 
selves."  "Dig  deep  and  build  upon  the  rock 
Christ  Jesus,"  then  the  wave  that  has  swept 
cities,  kingdoms  and  empires  \vith  their  mighty 
rulere  from  the  land,  vnW  to  us  Ije  harmless;  for 
if  we  arc  but  faithful,  the  Scriptures  give  as 
the  assurance  that  nothing  "shall  separate  us 
from  the  love  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus. 

TO-MORROW. 

''rO-MORUOW  is  a  world  of  proidu-cies;  the 
1  place  where  human  fancy  most  delights 
to  dwell.  Silent  and  mute  it  lies  before  us 
gleaming  with  hope  and  happy  anticipations. 
It  has  been  said  that  the  two  great  pleasures  of 
living  are  in  having  something  to  love,  .ind 
someting  to  hope  for,  and  the  last  of  these  is 
ever  before  us  in  the  promise  of  "to-morrow." 
To-morrow  we  may  not  know,  and  it  is  well 
that  it  is  thus  ordained  to  be,  for  beyond  the 
invisible  veil  that  conceals  alike  its  coming 
joys  and  sorrows,  onr  fancy  may  revel  mily  in 
what  is  lieautiful  and  fair,  nor  see  thy  gloom  or 
nhiulows  of  coming  trials,  and  worldly  nftUction'^,, 
that,  could  we  anticipate  .-is  fixed  realities  that . 
were  certain  to  come,  would  mar  alt  onr  peaec- 
and  enjoyment  of  the  present. 

Truth  is  alwaj-s  consistent  with  it^lf,  mi 
nveds  nothing  to  help  it  out;  it  is  alwai's  near 
at  himd.  and  sits  upon  our  lips,  and  is  ready  to 
drop  out  before  we  an.'  aware:  whereas  a  lie  is 
troublesome,  sols  u  man's  invention  upon  the 
rack  and  needs  a  great  many  more  to  make  it 

glXKl. 

^     «     iw ■ 

"  Wisnou  is  good  with  an  inheritance:  and  by 
it  there  is  profit  to  them  that  see  the  son."* 
"  Beloved,  I  send  you  forth  as  sheep  in  the 
midst  of  wolves;  be  ye  therefore  as  wise  as  sei^ 
peuts,  and  as  harmless  as  doves." 


THK  Biiii:THRE:Nr  ^^r  w^okk:. 


July 


OUR  ERVILL.A. 

'^rilB  ■•olciiin  liour  of  iiiidmifrht, 
I       WiwsIow)y  passing  l)y; 
Tite  (rii'iiii"  stood  urouiifl  with  bated  Ijreatli 
VoT  Brviila  ttoon  niu«t  Aio. 

Til.'  Idvnthinn  cum*'  in  hiltored  ga»iw, 
Tlic  pnlMi  bent  Ciiiiit  «nd  »Iow; 

The  mother  sat  in  silent  ;iriel. 
For  KrvilI««oon  iiin.-t  go. 


The  fatlier  sat  in  drpad  Kiitpense, 

L'poii  liis  chair  in  pniu; 
For  ncVr  would  ho  behold  in  hetilth 

Ilii  daughter 'h  fiice  agitiii. 

Oi-piwe  had  laid  iU  fevered  hand— 

Upon  the  si^iterdear: 
iJrotJ  era  and  sii^ten*  could  not  stay — 

Tlie  icy  hand  so  near. 

Hill  of  Brvilla  h-t  iw  speak, 
ITer  ohurt,  iiright  life  in  done; 

Her  moniing  mm  rose  bright  and  clear, 
But  Kct  ero  it  wa<<  noon. 

Iler  hn^iband's  heart  beat  high  with  hope, 

Lift'Mfemed  a  cloudlesx  day; 
Hut  iilil  too  soon  the  angd  death, 

Culk'd  her  from  him  away. 

Farewell,  dear  wife,  ray  heart  t*  siul. 
That  thou  wa«t  culled  so  young; 
J)iil.  in  mihmission  we  will  say — 
CiocVa  Iioly  will  he  done. 

Compikxl  by  Mahv  Stldbiivkkk. 

MAN'S  DEPRAVITY. 


tuj-n-hicli  We  need  not  give  the"  thus  say- 
eth  the  Lord." 

Our  first  pHPent*!.  though  itl.iced  in 
ft  garden  of  (Jod's  own  phintiiig,  iind 
twilling  with    all    thnt   iJivine    wisdom 


and  doomed  to  care,  8om»v.8icknes.s  and  j  His  teachings  whirJi  we  shall  notice,  ai,a 
the  train   of  moral   and   physical   evils  j  that  is,  7rta».> //f>n-Wy  or  in  other  words 


esign 


'M- 


]1V  1-.  K  WirrTMER. 

A  ItVKL  not  that  Isaid  nnto  thee, 
Vc  must  lit'  horn  again  "  (Jolin 
.*J:  7).  We  purpose  noticing  in  this  con- 
nection, man's  depravity.  Wcshall  con 
sider  the  Muliject  under  the  following 
lieAds:  1.  Its  eausc;  2.  Its  totality;  -"l.  Its 
genenility;  and  4.  lU  peculiarities. 

1.  Our  lir-st  parents,  wlieu  tlicy  came 
from  llicidastichandof  God, their  Crea- 
tor, were  good,  tijn'iglit  and  holy  (CJcn. 
1:  32). 

Mnny   ideas  have   heen   advanced  in 
reference   to  man's    original  condition, 
iconic  liave  claimed   tluit   Adam  had  no 
moral  character,  from   the  fact,  that  he 
was  destitute   of  knowledge,   that   his 
jjiind  was   not   siisccptilde  of  devclo[)- 
luent  until  after  his  transgivssion.     Oth- 
•ers,  ng.nin,  have  claimed  that  Adam  was 
an  inminrtal  ln'ing,  and  in  this  particular 
like  G'lrl.     To  hranch  otf  on   tojncs  of 
this  kind    would   bo   greatly   deviating 
from  our  [nirpose.     Rut  it  does  not  seem 
reftsoniiMt;  that  God  would  have  given 
soiiu))(U-tftnt   commands   to  a  minU  not 
sufficiently  developed  to  carry   into  siu-- 
■cessful  e.vccution,  His]inrposcs   ami  dc- 
Jiigns:  as  for  instance,  the  naming  of  all 
the  animal  creation,  ((icn.  2:  2il)  and  to 
Lave  dotninion  over  all  God's  Works  (^Ps. 
8:  fi),  much   less    an    injunction    ujion 
the  obedience  or  violation  of  which  de- 
pended t!ie   weal  or  woe  of  all  the  hu- 
uinn  race.     From  these   inferences,    we 
i-eadily  conclude   tliat   Adam,  jirevious 
to  his  tirtusgretssion,  possessed   sufficient 
intelligence  to  do  all  that  God  ccunmand- 
ed  him   to   do;  to   concluile   otlierwise, 
would  be  accusing  God    of  exacting  of 
man  inipost^ibilitics. 

Tliat  man  was  created  upright  and  ho- 
ly, none  will  <piestion.  That  lie  was 
|daced.  by  God.  in  a  garden  Eastward 
in  Kden,  with  a  siiyple  coniniaud  to 
■drrsH  it,  is  also  a  fact.  That  he  was  cre- 
ated in  the  image  and  likeness  of  Goil; 
jiosisesscd  faculties  susceptible  of  de- 
velopment and  improvement-;  that  he 
M'as  capable  of  glorifying  God  his  Cre- 
ator, of  violating  Ills  holy  command- 
inents,  which  he  did  vtiluntarily,  and 
of  being  driven  out  of  that  beautifiil 
garden  in  which  (iod  had  jilaced  him, 
and   of   dying    the   death  wliic.h    God  | 


declared    he    should     die 
violated  His  coinmund, 


ar 


n     case   he 
Bible  facts 


1  -should  be  for  their  happiness 
iind  well-being,  were  not  beyond  the 
reach  of  temptation.  Man  having  been 
created  a  free  moral  agent,  must  neces- 
sarily come  in  contact  witb  temptations. 
It  pleased  Goil  in  His  infinite  wisdom  to 
try  man's  faithfulness,  ere  liis  moral 
state  should  be  eternally  secure.  In  that 
trial  he  failed,  by  listening  to  the  be- 
guiling voice  of  the  tempter,  and  eating 
of  that  fruit  of  which  God  said,  "  The 
day  thou  eatest  thereof  thou  shalt  surely 
die"  (Gen.  2;  17). 

Man  in  eonseijuence  of  this  transgres- 
sion was  plunged  into  a  state  of  deprav- 
ity from  which  self- resurrection  was  ab- 
solutely impossible,  liut  God  had  mer- 
cy, when  none  other  could  save,  He  de- 
termined to  help.  While  Justice  from 
one  side  of  the  battlements  of  heaven 
cried  aloud,  "  cut  iiim  down  why  cum- 
l)ereth  he  the  ground?"  mercy  steps  forth 
from  the  other,  crying,  "justice  justice, 
shenth  thy  s-word.  1  will  meet  the  de- 
mands of  the  law."  Thus  in  the  courts 
of  heaven  a  wonderful  plau  had  been 
conceived  from  the  beginning  whereby 
the  lost  might  be  recovered.  Jesus 
Christ  the  second  person  in  the  holy 
Trinity  oJters  Himself  a  sacrifice  for 
sin.  Tlie  Father  accepts,  and  consents 
to  receive  once  more  into  His  favor  as 
many  as  sliould  be  made  willing  to  ac- 
cept the  atonement  thusso  unmei'itorlous- 
ly  providetl  for  them. 

TUTAMTV  Ol'-   M.VX's  DlCIMJ.WrrY 

■2.  "  They  are  all  gone  aside,  they 
are  altogether  becomefilthy,  there isnone 
that  doeth  good,  no   not   one  "  (Ps.  14: 

From  this  Scripture,  we  learn  that 
man  was  once  good  and  holy,  or  he  nev- 
ei"  could  jiave  gone  astray  and  become 
iilthy,  tioing  only  that  which  was  dis- 
plejising  in  the  sight  of  God.  Man  in 
consequence  of  Ins  apostacy,  is  represen- 
ted in  Ejdi.  2:  I  as  being  ''  dead  in  tres- 
passes and  sins."  ]\bxn,  having  volun- 
tarily Wolated  God's  Law,  become  spir- 
itually dead,  "  for  tlie  wages  of  sin  is 
death  "  (Rom.  d: 'I'A).  Man's  heart  is 
so  completly  saturated  with  sin,  that  of 
liimsclf  he  is  incajiable  of  doing  good. 
And  were  it  not  for  the  constraining  in- 
fluence of  the  Holy  t>pirit  and  AVord 
which  God  in  His  infinite  mercy  and 
wisdiini  sent  into  tlie  world  to  "  reprove 
man  of  sin  and  of  I'ighteousness  and  of 
a  judgment  to  come,"  there  would  none 
be  constrained  to  come  unto  Christ  and 
obtain  remission  of  sins.  For  the  ua- 
tun^  of  man's  depravity  is  such,  that  not 
one  of  all  the  Jiuman  race  would  natur- 
ally l)e  willing  to  embrace  the  otfei'  of 
mercy.  Man's  de[iravity  is  so  great  that 
he  is  dead;  hence  not  capable  within 
himself  of  originating  one  good  thought, 
deed  or  action.  "  For  the  imagination 
of  man's  heart  is  evil  from  his  youth 
up  "  (Gen.  S:  21).  "  And  God  saw  that 
the  wickedness  of  man  was  great  in  the 
earth,  and  that  every  imagination  of  the 
thouglits  of  his  heart  was  only  evil  con- 
tinually "(Gen.  (J:")).  "Because  the 
carnal  mind  is  enmity  against  God;  for 
it  is  not  subject  to  the  Law  of  God, 
neither  indeed  can  be"  (Rom.  8:  7) 

OKNKRAI.ITV  OF  SIAn's  DKl'ItAVITY. 

;l.  "  By  one  man  sin  entered  into  tlie 
world,  and  death  by  sin,  and  so  death 
passed  upon  all  men,  for  all  have  sin- 
ned." From  this  Sciipture  the  univer- 
sality of  man's  depravity   is   apparent. 


In  cojiseiiuence  of  Ailam's  apostacy,  all 
his  pt)sterity  became  polluted  with  sin. 


which  have  followed.  O  how  man  is  to 
be  pitied  in  this  apostate  and  ruined 
condition!  O  what  a  dark  picture  com- 
pared with  that  while  he  yet  delighted 
in  the  Law  of  God!  Obeying  it  in  all 
it8  length  and  breadth,  and  in  conse- 
queuce  of  the  purity  of  his  heart  and 
conduct,  entitled  to  the  favor  of  God, 
the  enjoyment  of  His  counsels  and  asso 
ciations.  But  how  changed  his  condi- 
tion now  in  consequence  of  sin.  Thrust 
away  from  God  his  Creator,  he  presents 
only  a  stat*^  of  terrible,  moral  desolation 
And  were  it  not  for  the  plan  of  human 
redemption,  he  would  be  like  a  star  cut 
loose  from  its  center  of  attraction,  wan- 
dering  to  and  fro,  without  one  ray  of 
divine  Light,  to  foster  a  hope  of  escape 
fi-om  infinite  ^vrath,  and  death,  death, 
eternal  death. 

I'ECULIAUITIICS    OF  SIAX's    DKI'KA\'ITY. 

4.  Man  is  not  only  spiritually  asleep 
as  we  have  seen,  but  he  is  also  blind,  so 
tliat  he  cannot  see  afar  oft'  (Peter  1 :  ^). 
There  is  an  innate^uinciplcinman  which 
seemingly  Minds  his  eyes,  and  constrains 
him  to  grasp  at  a  shadow  and  miss  the  sub- 
.stances — a  principle  which  subjects  his 
better  nature  and  judgment,  and  carries 
him  forward  with  the  velocity  of  time, 
until  he  stands  upon  the  very  brink  of 
the  mysteries  of  a  boundless  eternity, 
disregardingall  thatpertains  tohis peace, 
comfort  and  well-being  in  life  and  end- 
less felicity  in  the  life  to  come.  Man  is 
not  only  spiritually  asleep  and  blind,  but 
also  deaf — deaf  to  the  Gospel  call  and 
otlVrs  of  mercy.  Although  living  in  a 
land  of  Bibles,  Suiday-schools.  and 
teeming  witii  all  the  religious  liberties 
requisite  to  worship  God  acceptably  '^  in 
spirit  and  in  truth,"  he  may  be  seen 
sitting  from  Lord's  day  to  Lord's  day 
beneath  the  Go.spel  sound  without  ex- 
hibiting the  slightest  signs  of  convic- 
tions. O  how  true  the  language  of  Is;uah 
42:  2i».  "Seeing  they  shall  notsee,  and 
hearing  they  shall  not  hear!" 

Man,  being  carnal,  hates  God;  this  is 
evident  from  Rom.  8:  7.  Yet  the  sinner 
would  have  us  believe  that  he  loves  God. 
But  on  investigation,  we  find  that  the 
God  which  he  loves,  is  not  the  God 
which  is  revealed  in  the  Bible.  For  we 
read  in  John  14:  21,  "He  that  hath  my 
commandments  and  keepeththem,  he  it 
is  that  loveth  me."  And  1st  John  2:  4, 
"  He  that  sayetli  I  know  Him,  and  keep- 
etli  not  His  commandments,  is  a  liar  and 
the  ti'uth  is  not  in  him."  And  as  the 
sinner  is  not  of  Christ,  unregenerated, 
and  hence  alienated  from  God,  we  can 
but  conclude  tliat  his  god  is  the  mammon 
of  this  sin-cursed  earth  and  the  God  of 
the  Bible  he  knoweth  not. 

The  Universalist,  too,  he  loves  (Jod, 
but  it  is  evident  that  his  is  not  the  God 
of  Abraham,  Isaac  and  of  Jacob,  for 
their  God  has  declared  that  the  wicked 
shall  be  turned  into  hell  ^vith  all  the  na- 
tions that  forget  God  (Ps.).  We  also 
read  in  Matthew  25:  4(1,  "And  these 
shall  go  away  into  everlasting  punish- 
ment, butthe  righteous  into  life  eternal." 
But  our  I'niversalian  friends  tell  us  that 
their  "  God  is  all  love,  and  that  lie  will 
not  cast  into  hell,  neither  will  he  doom 
any  to  everlasting  imnishment."  But 
while  such  teaching  does  not  harmonize 
with  God's  sacrcil  Word,  we  must  a^ain 
conclude  that  their  God  is  not  our  God 
for  our  God  has  declared  in  2ud  Thess. 
1 :  '.I,  "  Who  .shall  be  punished  with  ev- 
erlasting destruction  fr 


no  matter  what  a  person  believes,  just  « 
he  is  honest  and  sincere  in  it.  It  Y^^^ . 
something  like  this:  If  a  man  belifv,.s 
he  can  be  saved  without  baptism,  anj 
is  honest  and  sincere  in  his  belief,  then 
baptism  is  not  necessary,  because  in  that 
case  he  can  be  saved  without  it.  Or  jf 
he  believes  with  all  his  heart  that  sprink. 
ling  is  C'hriMianhaiitimi,  and  is  sprink- 
led,  then  sprinkling  becomes  valid  bap. 
tism. 

If  he  believes  .sincerely  that  he  can 
be  just  as  humble  without  engagino-  \^ 
the  humiliating  ordinance  of  feet-wash- 
ing,  as  he  possilily  could  be,  should  he 
participate  in  what  the  apostle  Paul 
in  Ist  Timothy  5:  10,  mentions,  as  one 
among  the  good  works  in  which  Chris. 
tians,in  his  day , did  not  consider  too  humil- 
iating  to  engage  in,  then  the  injunction  of 
our  blessed  Savior,  "  So  ought  ye  also  to 
wash  one  another's  feet,"  becomes  not 
obligatory  upon  him,  but  on  someone 
who  thinks  dift'erent  from  what  he  does. 
Again,  if  a  man  beli-n-es  with  all  hia 
might  that  he  can  salute  his  brother  in 
Christ  at  a  stone's  cast,  or  if  necessary 
across  the  mighty  deep  by  means  of  a 
telegram,  or  if  he  can  flatter  himself  in- 
to  the  belief  that  he  can  enjoy  its  spir- 
itual blessings  without  its  literal  obser. 
vance,  or  without  engaging  in  that,  up. 
on  the  proper  performance  of  which  the 
spiritual  is  promised,  then  the  literal 
salutation  of  the  Holy  Kiss,  l)ecoinesa 
non-essential,  and  he  is  entitled  to  the 
smiles  and  approbation  of  his  heavenly 
Father  equally  with  those  who  enjoy  the 
spiritual  by  observing  the  literal;  not. 
^vithstanding  the  Savior  said,  "  If  ye 
know  these  happy  are  ye  if  ye  do  tliem  " 
(John  l.-i:  17). 

Of  all  the  peculirlties  and  evil  fea- 
tures of  man's  depravity,  the  last  noticed 
the  most  dangerous,  and  calculated  to 
lead  more  souls  down  into  the  vortex  of 
endless  ruin,  than  all  the  manifold  oth- 
er evils  that  can  possibly  environ  the 
Christian's  pathway.  This  is  true,  1. 
because  it  has  liecome  a  popular  doctrine, 
and  in  this  the  nineteenth  century,  any 
doctrine  that  is  popular,  is  accejjted  with 
the  masses  whether  it  be  Bible  or  not. 
2.  It  is  true  because  it  is  congenial 
with  man's  tlepnived  and  carnal  nature, 
that  he  is  wafted  down  the  declivity  of 
time,  dead  iu  "  the  gall  of  bitterness 
and  bond  of  iniquity,"  trusting  to  a  faith 
founded  on  human  inference  and  not  on 
God's  word,  "  which  shall  judge  him  in 
the  last  day."  3.  It  is  true  because  man's 
opinion,  is  one  of  the  leading  evil  fea- 
tures in  man's  depravity,  seemingly  has 
more  weight  with  the  masses,  than  God's 
eternal  Word.  This  fact  must  be  potent 
to  every  oliser'^ng  mind;  this  is  not  on- 
ly true  in  this  our  day,  but  has  ever  been 
the  case.  Look  at  the  religious  world 
to-day.  While  all  agree  in  their  faith 
in  (lod's  Word,  how  widely  they  difl"er 
in  opinion  ?  While  some  practice  accord- 
ing to  their  faith  iu  God's  Word,  en- 
deavoring to  live  up  to  all  the  command- 
ments, doing  the  things  that  are  set  forth 
by  the  precei)t  and  e.\am]de  of  tlicir  Sa- 
vior, we  see  others  practicing  acconling 
to  their  opinions. 

To  illustrate,  more  fully,  this  feature 
of  man's  depravity,  we  will  take  the 
case  of  Naamauin2  Kingso:!*).  When 
the  man  of  (iod  told  him  to  go  and  wash 
seven  limes  in  Jordan,  and  he  should  be 
healed  he  was  lorothmiX    said,  are  not 


om   the   presence   Abanaand  Parphar,  rivers  of  Damascus 
ot  the  L<u-d  and  from   llie  glory  of  His    better  than  all  the  ^vaters  of  Israel?  May 


power."     Tliis  is  what  (iod  says. 

There  is  one   more   featm-e   of  man's 
dei)ravity  and  alienation    from  (lod  and 


I  not  wash  iu  them  and  be  clean?  Hw' 
w^as  faith  in  God's  word,  pointing  him 
ilowii   to   the   river  Jordan,   ^vllilc  his 


July 

opinion  woulil  point  liim  to  the  rivers 
„f  Dnninscns.  His  faith  <-oul<l  lead  hira 
,„  „o  otiier  river  than  Jonliin,  while  his 
,,[,iiiion  might  lead  hiui  to  any  river  his 
fancy  or  iningination  ,„ij,l,t  dictate. 
,\^',iiii,  we  uiiRht  take  the  case  of  Saul 
;„lSaniMel  l.-.th  chapter,  to  illustrate 
tlie  difference  iu  faith  in  (iod's  Word 
„„d  man's  opinion.  In  reudinj;  tins  we 
„,,,  that  faith  would  lead  Sanl  to  do  just 
„liat  God  commanded  him  to  do,  l)ut 
liis  opinion  leail  him  to  do  something 
flsp,  and  because  Saul  followed  his  opin- 
i^iii.  instead  of  the  command  of  God,  he 
could  not  Ije  king  over  Israel. 

And  now,  dear  reader,  let  us  think 
j„d  read  more  for  ourselves,  and  not  al- 
low a  few  l.rains  to  do  all  of  o>ir  reading 
„acl  thinking,  for  if  we  do,  we  shall 
■■  walk  as  blind  men  "  (Zep.  1:  17).  "  If 
tlie  Mind  lead  the  blind,  they  shall  botl 
fall  into  tlu-  ditch  "  (Luke  (i:  3!)).  Let 
„s  avoid  the  ditch  by  taking  (}od's  AVord 
as  the  man  of  our  counsel.  It  is  better 
thiut  sacrifice,  for  it  might  lead  us  wtouo- 
like  it  did  Saul.  For  we  read  in  Prov. 
lii:  2.5,  "There  is  a  w,<iy  that  seemeth 
right  to  a  man ;  but  the  end  thereof  are 
the  w.ays  of  death."  Faith,  iu  God's 
Word,  cannot  lea<l  us  wrong.  It  could 
not  lead  Naaman  wrong;  neither  Saul, 
neither  will  it  us.  The  only  danger  is 
in  following  the  dictates  of  our  deprav- 
ed nature,  or  clingiug  to  our  opinions 
instead  of  what  God  hath  commanded, 
that  will  cauat!  U3  to  be  rejected,  like 
Saul  was,  as  king  of  Israel. 


THV:    m!13THUE?<r    AT    AV'OHK. 


MORE  PREACHERS. 

BY  D.V.MKl,  F.  HIU.EK. 

TrA\'IXG  been  reading  brother  Lan 
-11  don  AVest's  article  about  more 
pieacbers  being  wanted,  and  how  to  get 
them,  I  thought  to  present  a  few 
thoughts.  The  cry  is  for  more  preach- 
ers, and  I  think  it  would  be  a  great  ble-ss 
ing  all  through  to  the  church,  and  also 
for  the  calling  of  niauy  from  darkness 
to  light,  if  we  would  have  a  better  or- 
der and  make  a  greater  effort  in  this  di 
rectiou,  for  life  is  the  time  to  serve  the 
Lord. 

If  we  keep  the  preaching  of  the  Go 
pel  in  one  or  two  hands  here  and  ther 
what  a  gi'eat  hinderance  it  will  be  to 
the  spreading  of  the  truth  as  it  ought  to 
be.  .Some  will  say,  we  have  enough 
preachers  for  the  present.  Hut  we  should 
look  ahead,  for  however  good  a  preach 
er  may  be.  a  change  at  times  will  be 
found  advisable,  and  then  these  will 
one  day  wear  out  and  there  should  be 
others  to  take  their  places.  And  then 
we  want  more  help  in  the  spreading  of 
the  everlasting  Gospel  to  a  dying  people. 
The  Master  has  said,  '•  the  harvest  is 
great  and  the  laborers  are  few."  Hence 
more  help  is  wanted  iu  the  great  and 
good  work. 

Say  for  instance,  that  in  some  locality 
in  the  AVest  or  elsewhere,  there  are  a 
few  members  calling  for  help  and  preach- 
ing- AV'hy  not,  iu  order  to  supidy  that 
want,  send  some  elders  there  and  have 
one  or  more  of  them  elected  to  to  the 
ministry  (if  the  qualitieatious  are  pos- 
sessed) and  iu  that  way  they  will  be 
ready  for  the  work,  and  nmy  grow  up 
Into  great  usefulness,  and  become  a 
strong  body  in  the  church. 

Now  I  will  speak  of  what  I  know  to 
be  true,  of  a  circumstance  that  occurred 
in  the  AVeslh  Run  district.  Pa.  Some 
twelve  years  ago  it  so  happened  that 
"ley  had  more  preachers  than  it  was 
'liought  they  had  use  for,  as  scune  of 
ttem  had  been  elected  at  home  and  oth- 
ers moved  in  from  elsewhere.  However 
some  of  them  have  sinjee  died,  and  gone 


to  Iheir  long  home-.  They  made  a  great 
change  in  the  appointnu'nts.  Tvv.'lve 
weeks  appointment  into  six;  si-t  into 
three,  and  so  on  down,  and  had  many 
nieetings  and  much  good  done.  They 
also  had  one  in  their  number  who  they 
thought  did  not  work  as, much  as  he 
should,  but  he  was  busy  in  bearing  mes- 
sages froiu  place  to  place,  hence  the  name 
mess,age-bearer,  and  in  the  course  of  time 
the  message  went  over  into  Fulton  county, 
the  AVestern  part  of  the  district,  where 
there  were  no  meudiers  at  all.  The 
preachers  being,  n-s  it  is  often  the  case, 
few  in  number,  never  went  out  into  those 
waters  to  fish,  however  the  message  came 
back  from  Fulton  county,  to  the  breth- 
ren, and  they  quickly  sent  the  word  over 
the  high  mountain,  and  there  it  fell  into 
good  ground  and  hath  brought  forth 
much  fruit,  till  at  this  tiuie  they  have 
their  own  preaehci-s,  deacons  and  not 
far  from  one  hundred  members. 

Our  Savior  had  but  few  preachers  at 
first;  but  he  sent  out  twelve  at  one  tinw, 
ne.\t  seventy,  and  from  that  to  the  or- 
daining of  elders  in  every  city,  and  we 
believe  they  had  plenty  of  help  in  every 
way,  and  it  woidil  certainly  be  wise  in 
us  if  we  would  follow  their  example, 
and  see  that  ministers  of  firm  principles 
were  established  in  every  corner  where 
they  are  needed.  AVe  have  plenty  of 
material,  let  us  make  good  use  of  it  to 
(tod's  glory  and  honor. 


FRUITS  MEET  FOR  REPENTANCE. 

ISV    H.    IIKKLMAX. 

ii  "DRINGforththereforefruits  worthy 
-^  of  repentance,  aud  begin  not  to 
say  within  yourselves,  AVe  have  Abra- 
ham to  our  Father:  fori  say  unto  you 
That  God  is  able  of  these  stones  to  raise 
up  children  unto  Abraham"  (LukeO:  S), 
The  language  above  (quoted,  was  .spok- 
en by  John  the  Baptist,  aud  was  address- 
ed to  those  who  came  to  be  Imptized  of 
him.  They  no  doubt  understood  the 
meaning  of  hislanguage,  when  they  said, 
"  AV'hat  .shall  we  do  then !"  That  is, 
they  knew  that  to  bring  ft'uits  meet  for 
repentance,  they  would  have  to  manifest 
by  their  actions  that  they  had  repented. 
But  to  what  e.vtent  they  would  have  to 
change  their  course  of  life,  they  did  not 
know.  So  their  (luestiou  was,  "  what 
shall  we  do  then  f  His  answers  were 
adapted  to  suit  each  ease  presented,  as 
will  be  noticed  by  referring  to  the  1 1 , 
12,  l;l,  and  ]4  verses  of  Luke  chapter  3, 
where  he  addressed  those  having  two 
coats,  and  those  having  none. 

The  publicans  which  came  to  be  bap 
ti/.ed,  and  the  soldiers  likewise  demand- 
ed of  him  saying,  "  And  what  shall  we 
dof  It  is  evident  that  they  were  interest 
ed  and  an.\ious  to  know  what  to  do  to 
bring  fruits  meet  for  repentance.  In  th( 
eleventh  verse,  John  answered  saying 
unto  them  all,  "  I  will  indeed  baptize 
you  Anth  water,  but  one  mightier  th; 
I  Cometh,  the  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I 
am  not  worthy  to  unloose:  he  shall  bap 
tize  you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with 
fire."  Here  .lohu's  language  was  ad- 
Iressed  to  all,  that  is  to  all  that  he  bap 
tized.  John  answered  saying  unto  them 
all,  "  I  indeed  baptize  you."  So  hi 
must  have  baptized  them  all,  that  is  all 
who  denminled  it  (not  those  who  reject- 
ed it).  "  And  all  the  people  that  heard 
him,  and  the  publicans,  justified  God, 
being  baptized  with  the  baptism  of  John. 
But  the  Pharisees  and  lawyers  rejected 
the  cotmsel  of  God  against  themselves, 
being  not  baptized  of  him  "  (Luke  li: 
2'.1,  ;ln).  .So  it  ajipears  evident  from  what 
can  gather  from  the  Word,  thjit  Joli 


the  Hnptist,  liaptizcil  all  who  demand- 
ed to  l)e  baptized  of  him,  even  those 
whom  he  addres.sed  saying,  "  O  genera- 
tion of  vipers!  who  hath  warned  you  to 
flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,"  were  bap- 
tized, he  himself  said,  "  I  indeed  bap- 
tize you  with  wat<;r  unto  repentance" 
(Matt.  :!:  111.  addressing  those  same 
persons.  He  did  not  tell  them  to  go  and 
wait  awhile,  then  come  and  demand  bap. 
tism.  No;but  hewantedthcm  to  bring 
fruits  meet  for  repentance.  He  .saw  they 
wen-  fleeing  from  the  wrath  to  come;  for 
he  said,  "  who  hath  warned  you  to  fleei" 
They  wauled  to  make  their  escape. 
"  And  now  the  a.\e  is  laid  at  the  root  of 
the  tree  "  (the  Gospel  axe). 

A^ou  have  ctunmenced  a  good  work 
continue  to  the  end.  "  Therefore  every 
tree  which  bringeth  not  forth  good  fruit 
is  hewn  down  and  cast  into  the  fire," 
He  did  not  advocate  thedoctrine  of  pro. 
Iiationism  iu  tho  least;  not  auy  more  so 
than  did  Jesus  and  His  disciidis,  and 
"there  were  added  unto  the  church 
the  same  day,"  "  and  he  took  them  tile 
same  hour  of  the  night  and  washed  their 
stripes  aud  w.as  baptized,  he  ami  all  his 
straightway."  The  important  matter  is, 
that  when  we  have  repented,  have  faith 
and  are  baptized,  tluit  we  bring  forth 
fruits  meet  for  repentance,  "  that  wc  do 
not  think  to  say  within  ourselves,  thatwc 
have  Abraham  to  our  father;"  that  i«, 
that  we  are  under  the  in-omise,  no  mat- 
ter wdiat  we  ilo;  thatss  we  are  now  mem- 
bers of  the  church,  we  can  walk  in  our 
former  lusts,  withcjut  hazarding  o\n-  sal- 
vation. The  injunction  of  John  the 
Baptist,  will  apply  to  us  to-day,  that  we 
"  bring  forth  therefore  fruits  meet  for 
repentance;"  which  we  can  only  do  by 
obeying  the  (iospel  of  Christ,  by  walk- 
ing in  the  light  as  He  is  in  the  light. 


r-arej-s,',  and    (vorldl/ 


LOOKING  UNTO  JESUS. 


IIY  LEVI  O.xanER. 


than  eurlhbotu  h 
honors  of  men. 

We  now   begin   to  look   to  Jesna  fur 
salvation,  we  look  to  the  efllea<-y   and 
viitueof  His  blood,   for   the  p»rd,.nof 
our  sins,  and  the  hope  of  our  sidvation. 
AVe  now  turn   from  our  simi,   we  hegio 
to  follow  His  example,  we  follow  Iliu, 
down  to  the  water,  are  baptized  accord- 
ing  to   nis  command   (Matt.  2s:    Iff), 
coming  forth  a  new  creature,  being  bora 
again,  "  not  of  blood,  nor  of  tlie  will  of 
the  flesh,  nor  of  the  will  of  man,  hut  of 
God  "  (John   1 :  l:l).     Having  unule  Je- 
sus  the  Author  of  ourfaith,  will  we  noiv 
let  Him  become  the  C'ompleteror  Finish- 
er of   our    faith'!    Laying    aside    every 
weight,  every  encmnlperance,   every  lit- 
tle idol  of  the  heart,  both  of  our  e.\t«r- 
nal  and  internal  nature,  which  WoulU.be 
calndated  to  keep  our  minds  exeroirorl 
'>n  things  which  are  not  coinjwtibh-  with 
the  Word  of  G.,d:  thus  freeing  ourselves 
from  the  slavish  and  hell-lmun.l   chaiis 
of  Satan.     Christ  says,  "  if  u,y    wipig 
shall  make  jou  free,  you  shall   be  free-   ' 
indeed."    This  freedom  can  only  be  ob- 
tained by  coming  to  Jesus,  not  only  as 
the  Author,  but  as  the   Finisher  of  our 
faith. 

The  sin  which  doth  so  easily  beset 
This  sin,  I  understand  to  be  the 
sin  of  unbelief,  or  a  non-confidence  iii 
God's  Word.  Tliis  was  the  sin  which 
caused  the  Israelites  to  fall  in  the  tvil- 
derness,  and  this  same  sin  will  cause  t» 
to  fall  iu  like  manner,  if  we  begin  tocon- 
sult  flesh  and  blood,  and  look  back  as 
did  Israel.  Israel,  you  know  lusted  af- 
ter the  things  of  Egypt,  after  they  cross- 
ed the  Red  Sea,  and  it  went  ill  with 
them.  So  if  we,  after  baring  come  out 
from  Siitan's  bondage,  begin  to  look 
back  aff.T  the  things  that  belong  to  Sa- 
tan's kingdom— lusting  after  them,  de- 
siring to  walk  in  the  ways  anil  customs 
of  his  subjects,  |)artaking  of  tlieir  offer- 
ings and  festivals,  such  as  Gospel  tab- 


ii  WHEREFORE,  seeing  we  also  are 
'  *  compassed  idtout  with  so  great 
a  cloud  of  witnesses,  let  us  lay  aside  ev- 
ery weight,  and  the  sin  which  doth  so 
easily  beset  us,  and  let  us  run  with  pa- 
tience the  race  that  is  set  before  us,  look- 
ing unto  Jesus  the  author  and  finisherof 
our  faith"  (Heb.  12:  1,2).  As  then 
has  been  a  great  deal  said  through  thi 
columns  of  the  BuKTiiaKN  .\t  AVouk,  in 
regard  to  coming  to  Jesus,  I  have 
thought  it  would  not  be  out  of  ])lace  to 
suggest  a  few  thoughts  on  the  propriety 
and  importance,  of  looking  unto  Jesus 
as  the  Author  and  Finisher  of  our  faith. 
Now  we  all  believe  that  no  one  can 
come  to  Jesus,  but  by  faith.  *' Faitii 
Cometh  by  hearing.  :ind  hearing  bv  the 
word  of  (jod."'  Having  then  read,  or 
heard  the  AVord  of  Goii,  this,  accepted 
in  the  heart  as  truth,  produces  what  we 
call  faith,  but  as  there  are  dirt'erent  kiiuls 
of  faith,  it  will  be  well  to  notice  them 
a  little. 

AVe  are  informed  by  the  apostle  James, 
that  there  is  a  dead  faith.  J)e<ul,  means 
inactive,  manifesting  no  life;  then  if  we 
profess  to  believe  any  theory  whatever, 
ami  do  not  reduce  that  faith  to  practice, 
it  is  dead,  or  inactive,  and  consequently 
will  do  us  no  good.  Again,  there  is  a 
theoretical,  a  speculative  faith.  We 
may  theorize,  or  speculate  a  great  deal 
through  faith,  and  yet  accomplish  but 
little.  But  when  we  get  in  posse-ssion 
of  the  faith  of  Christ,  this  is  then  nmde 
to  us  a  living,  practical,  evangelical  and 
saving  faith.  This  faith  produces  eS'ect, 
it  awakens  the  emctions  of  the  hi-art.  it 
kindles  a  flame  of  hc.-e,  aud  causes  our 
thoughts  and  aspirations  to  rise   higher 


leau-v,  and  a  host  of  other  abominations, 
which  in  this  fast  age  are  introduced  and 
consecrated  a>  sacred  aud  holy  things, 
(-.'hild  of  (Jod  beware,  "  be  not  ileceive.1 
for  (iod  will  not  be  mocked."  Remem- 
ber Lot's  wife-  A'ou  know  when  she  wtis 
told  to  leave  the  city  of  Sodom,  she  was 
not  to  look  back,  but  she  violated  that  - 
commimd,  aud  death  was  the  result- 
Again,  Jesus  say.s,  "no  man  having  put 
his  hands  to  the  plough,  and  looking^ 
back  is  fit  for  the  kingdom  oftJod'^ 
(Luke  !):fi2).  And  in  connection  with 
this,  the  apostle  Peter,  in  s|)eaking  of 
the  works  of  the  false  prophets  that  shall 
arise  in  the  last  days,  says,  "  For  when 
they  speak  great  swelling  words  of  van- 
ity, they  allure  through  the  lusts  of  the 
flesh,  through  much  wantonness,  thosp 
that  were  clean  escaped  from  them  who 
live  in  error-  While  they  promise  them 
liberty,  they  themselves  are  the  servants 
of  corruption:  for  of  whom  a  man  is 
overcome,  of  the  same  is  he  brought  in 
bondage.  For  if  after  they  have  escap- 
ed the  pollutions  of  the  world  through 
the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  aud  Savior 
Jesus  Christ,  they  are  again  entangled 
therein,  and  overcome,  the  Latter  end  is 
woree  with  them  than  the  bcginniug. 
For  it  had  been  better  for  them  not  Xo 
have  known  the  way  of  righteousness, 
than,  after  they  have  known  it,  to  turn 
from  the  holy  commandment  delivered 
unto  them.  But  it  hapjiened  unto  them 
according  to  the  true  proverb.  The  Aa^ 
is  turned  to  his  own.  vomit;  aud.  The 
sow  that  was  washed  to  her  wallowinw- 
in  the  mire." 
Mt.  Si,lm'</.  V„. 


'  The  tear  of  the  Loixl  makcth 


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Uwam.  Tho»c  iPii'ling  mn  nomea  BnJ  HSfH*,  will  rc- 
ccii«  an  i«iir»  copy  frw  of  oli«rge.  For  nil  0T»r  lbi« 
number  ilie  ■f«nt  will  b»  ttllowni  lO  wnU  for  ewh  ndJi- 
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■bnull  he  ins'le  pityithle  to  Moore  A  Kahelin»n. 

lIi]lrtrri|>iion»,  and  commiinicallonx  iDlcmle'l  for  the  pn- 
per,  M  well  lu  nil  bimiliMit  mntliTi  toiincclr-1  wilh  Ihc  of- 
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UOOBE  A  ESHELUAH, 

Luuk,  Cfcmll  Co.,  Til- 


triijimings  that  belong  to  the  world.  Leave 
tiDL'  divA;«ing  wlierv  it  belongs,  it  will  be  of  iio 
benelit  in  either  tb"  cliurch  or  heaven. 


J.  n.  II. 


THE  HOLY  SCRIPTURES. 


WOMEN'S  ADORNING. 


IN  answer  to  ft  (ii»t«r.  who  wishes  to  know 
whether  it  in  iiccording  to  the  fJuspel  for 
m»Wr*  to  lulorn  themselves  with  the  fashion; 
the  world  in  the  wearing  of  gold,  costly  array 
and  supiTflnities  generally,  we  remark,  that  the 
Scriptures  are  not  only  plain,  but  positive  re- 
garding the  oilorning  to  be  used  by  both  breth- 
ren and  jtisti'in,  and  there  ia  not  niucli  (lunger  of 
those  who  have  been  jiroperly  taught,  imd  have 
an  eye  single  to  GodV  glory,  departing  from  the 
simplicity  of  the  truth  in  this  resi)c'ct.  We 
never  could  understand  why  a  woman,  or  any- 
body el.ie,  should  want  to  wear  gold  as  an  orna- 
ment. Why  should  a  wonum  think  to  use,  for 
an  ornament  of  her  person,  that  which  is  of  less 
value  than  heraelf?  If  she  thinks  us  much  of 
herself  aa  a  true  woman  ought,  silie  will  certain- 
Iv  value  herself  above  nnytliiiig  of  a  perishable 
nature. 

If  women  would  spend  as  much  time  culti- 
vating their  minds  and  improving  their  health, 
w  nnmy  do  adorning  tiieir  boiiies  it  would  be 
fcir  better  for  theniHelves  and  the  rising  gener- 
ation. 

Paul,  who  wrote  by  innpiraiion,  when  .speak- 
ing of  the  deportment  of  Christians  says,  "  In 
like  manner  also,  that  women  adorn  themselves 
in  modest  apparel,  with  shamefacednew  and  so- 
briety ;  not  with  braided  hair,  or  gold,  or  peavlw, 
or  costly  array  '"  (1  Tim.  2:  V).  The  following  is 
the  bible  Union  translation.  We  give  the  con- 
nection: "  I  desire,  therefore,  tiiat  the  men  jmiy 
in  every  place,  lifting  up  holy  bauds,  without 
wrath  and  disputing;  in  like  manner  also  that 
women,  in  becoming  nppurel,  adorn  themselves 
with  modesty  and  sobriety;  not  in  braided  hair, 
or  gold,  or  iieavls,  or  costly  raiment;  Jjut,  which 
beeonieth  women  professinggodliness,  by  means 
of  good  works." 

Wilson,  in  hia  Emphatic  Diaglott,  give.s  the 
same  jjossoge  the  following  rendering:  "lap- 
point,  therefore,  the  men  to  pray  in  every  place, 
lifting  up  holy  hands  witlmut  wrath  and  dis- 
puting. Ill  like  niunner,  the  women,  also,  in 
becoming  attire,  wilh  nuidesty  and  soberness  of 
mind,  not  decorating  tliemselves  with  wreaths, 
or  gold,  or  pearls,  or  exi)ensive  clothing. 

The  apostio  gives  some  particular  directions 
regarding  the  duties  of  men  (verse  8)  iu  public 
woi-ship,  and  tln-n  proceeds  to  state  the  duties 
of  women  (verse  9),  showing  how  slie  should 
n^orn  herself  in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  He 
shows  that  they  should  appear  in  Buitable  ap- 
parel for  the  occa-sion,  and  not  attempt  to  intro- 
duce (he  vain  customs  of  tlie  world  iu  i)ubli(; 
worship  among  the  saints.  The  nptstle  well 
knew  that  if  he  could  prevail  ujion  the  females 
to  dress  [iroperly  in  meeting,  he  would  have  no 
trouble  with  them  at  tlieir  homes.  The  princi- 
ple* laid  down  regarding  dress  were  also  to  ai>- 
ply  t"  thom  in  other  situations  of  life.  People 
who  dresa  plainly  at  church  are  not  bothered 
with  pride  at  home. 

The  sisters*  clothing  is  lo  be  neat  luid  tidy, 
such  as  beeonieth  her.  God  never  int.-ndi'd  that 
women  hhould  dress  nnbecoming,  and  then-tor.' 
give  theiasclves  a  repulsive  appearaiu*.  Females 
cun  dress  neat  and  graceful  without  resorting  to 
either  gold  or  costly  raiment.  Such  things 
will  make  them  no  better,  nor  will  it  niidcc  good- 
meaning  people  think  any  tlip  more  of  them. 
It  is  encouraging  to  go  into  a  congregation 
where  all  the  bix-threii  and  sisters  da-ss  neatly, 
yet  plainly,  di^ipensing  with  the  ruffles  and 


Their  Integrity. 
rpiIEKE  ore  tive  sources  of  Hiblical  criticism. 
X      J-     The  most  ancient  versions. 

2.  Manui<cripts  of  Sacred  Text. 

3.  Parallel  passages, 

4.  (Juotationa  from  Sacred  Works, 
a.    The  evidence  that  arises  trom  the  context. 
1,     The  most   ancient  version   known  is  the 

Greek  translation  of  the  Old  Testament,  known 
as  the  Septuagint.  This  word  is  from  the  Lat- 
in StpliMffinta  which  means  seventy.  It  is 
BU]>posed  that  the  Jewish  Sanhedrim,  which 
consisted  of  seventy  members  besides  the  High 
Priest,  approved  of  the  translation.  It  was  also 
translated  by  Aquila  of  Pontius,  about  A,  D, 
150,  by  Theodosian  A.  D.  160,  by  Symmaibns 
A.  D.  200.  Origin  gathered  these  three  trans- 
lations and  the  Septuagint  and  printed  them  in 
parallel  columns,  which  work  was  called  Tre- 
trapla.  To  thesi-  he  then  added  the  original  in 
both  Greek  and  Hebrew,  which  eombiiiation  he 
named  Uexapla. 

2.  Next  in  order  of  translations  is  the  Tar- 
gums  or  Chaldee  Versions.  Of  these  there  are 
eleven  now  in  existence.  The  first  two  the 
"Targum  of  Oukelos  on  the  Law"  and  "Jon- 
athan Bon  Uzziel  on  the  Prophets"  are  the 
most  valuable  for  the  purposes  of  Biblical  crit- 
icism. 

H.  The  SfimariUin  Version  of  the  Pentnfeiirh, 
whose  author  is  unknown,  is  supposed  to  have 
been  written  about  twenty  years  before  Christ. 
Samaritans  saj'  it  was  prepared  by  Nathaniel,  a 
priest  of  that  people. 

4.  The  Syriiic  Vcrsmm.  The  most  valuable 
of  thein  is  the  Peshito,  or  old  Syriac.  It  con- 
tains all  the  canonical  books  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, and  all  of  the  New  exce]>t  Second  Epis- 
tle of  Peter,  Second  and  Third  John,  Epistle  of 
Jude,  and  Hevelation.  The  Syrians  believe  that 
the  Old  was  translated  by  Solomon,  or  by  Asa 
the  priest  who  was  sent  from  Assyria  to  Sama- 
ria, about  TOO  years  B.  C.  Some  of  them  be- 
lieve that  both  the  Old  and  New  were  translat- 
ed by  the  apostle  Thaddeus,  Tins  is  first  men- 
tioned by  Ephraem,  who  died  A.  D.  376.  But 
it  wiw  then  alreudy  an  unc'ient  version,  for 
many  of  its  words  had  gone  out  of  use  and  need- 
ed to  be  explained.  Besides  this,  Ejihraem  calls 
it  our  version,  which  proves  that  it  was  receiv- 
ed by  the  Syrians  as  the  correct  one 

."i.  Arahir  i'ershjis.  There  is  no  evidence 
that  any  port  of  the  Scriptures  were  translated 
into  the  Arabic  language  before  the  beginning 
of  the  Mohamedau  era,  A.  D,  627,  After  this 
dat<!  a  number  of  versions  were  made,  the  most 
celebrated  being  that  of  Rabbi  Saadias  Gaon,or 
Hagaon,  tiic  Jflifstrioiiti,  who  ivas  a  learned  Jew 
of  Babylon.  This  was  about  A.  D.  930.  An- 
other valuable  translation  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment is  that  of  Epen  or  Erpenius,  printed  in 
Ifilfl. 

fi.  Lntin  Versions.  When,  and  by  whom 
the  Old  and  New  Testaments  were  first  trans- 
lated in  the  Latin  language,  is  not  known. 
Tertulliaii  quoted  from  the  Itala.  near  the  close 
of  the  fiecond  century,  hence  it  is  a  very  ancient ' 
translation.  Davidson  fixes  its  date  at  about 
A.  D.  150,  In  ISS."}  all  the  fragments  of  tliis 
versioii  wi-re  collected  and  published  in  one  folio 
by  Pope  Sixtus,  In  382  Jerome  commenced  a 
version  of  this  old  Latin  version,  and  is  suppos- 
ed ho  completed  the  work.  But  most  all  of  his 
Old  Testament  manuscripts  were  destroyed; 
hence  only  the  book  of  Psalms,  Job,  and  his 
i-cviaed  New  Testament  are  now  in  existence. 
But  Jerome  thought  this  vereion  uot  satisfac- 
tory, heuce  even  before  its  completion  began  a 
new  one.  i''or  quite  awhile  this  new  vei-sion 
worf  very  unpopular,  hut  it  gradually  rose  in  fa- 
vor so  that  by  the  close  of  the  seventli  centu- 
ry, it  woH  generally  accepted  by  the  Latin 
churches.  I-'rom  thot  time  on  it  wtw  known  as 
the  Vulgate  or  Common  Vei-sion.  In  A.  D. 
^02  it  was  revised  by  Alcuiu.  and  having  passed 
tliruugh  a  number  of  changes  and  critical  re- 
visions it  was  finally  canonized  in  A.  D.  I54(; 
by  the  council  of  Trent. 

.Ucording  to  Davidson  tlie  New  Testament 
was  idso  translated  into  tlio  Coptic,  Sahndic,  and 
Hosnuiric  dialects  of  Egypt,  in  the  third  centu- 
rj":  into  the  Kthiopic  and  Gothic  in  the  fourth  j 


fifth;  into  the  Gregorian,  or  Iberic  in  the  sixth; 
and  into  the  Anglo-Saxon  in  the  eigth.  Thus 
we  have  the  various  versions  o!  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments  as  handed  down  to  us;  and  the 
reader  may  wonder  why  so  many  revisions. 
This  is  necessary  Iwcause  language  is  constant- 
ly changing,  and  the  Scriptures  must  be  put  in 
words  to  express  the  idea  to  people  of  all  ages. 
The  idea  is  never  lost;  but  different  words  in 
different  ages  are  used  to  express  the  same  idea. 
However  this  is  not  true  of  all  original  words. 
It  is  true  of  only  a  certain  class  of  words,  wliicli 
seem  lo  l>e  of  a  transient  character. 

Greek  manuscripts  are  divided  into  L'nicnl 
and  Cursive;  the  former  are  written  in  capital 
and  the  other  in  small  letters.  The  oldest  man- 
uscripts were  written  in  large,  round  or  square 
capitals,  and  had  no  accents  or  divisions  of 
words.  In  the  eighth  and  ninth  centuries  the 
letters  were  made  longer  and  narrower,  and 
were  more  or  less  inclined  either  to  the  rigbtor 
to  the  left,  .\bout  the  close  of  the  ninth  cen- 
tury the  cursive  letters  came  into  general  use. 
The  number  of  manuscripts  now  extant  are 
great,  being  found  in  many  private  and  public 
libraries,  and  are  written  on  both  paper  and 
parchment.  Critics  have  found  a  resemblance 
between  manuscripts  written  within  certain 
geographical  limits,  hence  have  classified  them 
under  certain  Faviiiiexor  Jieccnstons ;  such  sis  the 
Latin,  Asiatic,  Byzantine,  Alexandrine,  and 
Tischendorf.  The  Unical  manuscripts  are  com- 
monly represented  by  English  and  Greek  cap- 
itals, and  the  Cursive  by  Arabic  numerals. 

SI.  M.  ] 


r'« 


THE  FOURTH  OF  JULY. 

the  course  of  events  it  so  happens 
that  our  day  of  publication  this  week  falls 
on  the  Fourth  of  July;  the  great  anniversary  of 
the  Declaration  of  the  American  Independence 
— a  day  that  hns  long  been  celebrated  as  the 
birthday  of  the  nation,  and  as  such  >vill  be 
handed  to  posterity  for  generations  to  eoine. 

387  years  ago  this  continent  was  unknown  to 
the  civilized  world,  save  a  few  traditional  frag- 
ments of  knowledge  from  Iceland  that  may  have 
reached  a  lew  in  Norway,  and  perhaps  may 
have  been  heard  of  by  Columbus,  for  it  is  evi- 
dent that  the  North-eastern  part  of  tliis  conti- 
nent was  discovered  at  least  500  years  before  it 
was  publicly  made  known  iu  Europe.  Colum- 
bus, however,  is  entitled  to  the  honor  of  making 
known  the  first  important  discovery,  though  he 
was  uot  the  first  one  to  see  any  part  of  country 
now  embraced  in  the  United  States. 

When  first  explored,  this  country  was  inhal>- 
ited  by  the  Red  man.  who  reigned  supreme  in 
the  New  World.  To  all  students  of  .\ntiquity 
it  is  clear  that  at  least  the  South  and  Western 
portion  of  North  America  was  at  one  time  peo- 
pled with  a  race  of  some  intelligence  and  cul- 
ture in  the  arts.  The  now  existing  ruins  found 
in  New  Mexico  and  Central  America  of  what 
were  once  magnificent  cities  and  colossal  build- 
ings, temples  and  monuments  indicate  that  at 
one  time  there  was  considerable  advancement 
in  civilization  among  the  inhabitants  of  the 
West.  In  the  State  of  Ohio  there  are  indica- 
tions of  a  distinct  race  of  Mound-builders  whose 
secret  history  is  hid  in  the  ruins  of  the  past. 
But  where  are  those  people  now?  Of  thiscoun- 
try  it  may  be  almost  truthfully  said; 
Thou  canst  not  find  one  loniOy  spot 

Upon  this  Kind  below, 
Where  buildings  did  not  stand  and  rot, 
Or  people  lived  to  sow. 
The  oft  repeated  waves  of  time  have  swept 
them  into  oblivion,  and  naught  remains  to  tell 
the  history  ot  the  past  save  here  nnd  there  a 
mouumeut  from  the  hands  of  industry. 

The  laud  has  now  been  repcopled  by  a  race 
tliat,  in  the  point  of  intelligence  and  industry, 
stands  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  world.  Our 
land  is  the  home  of  the  free,  wheiv  we  ciui  live 
and  worship  God  according  to  the  dictates  of 
oiu-  conscience,  and  none  dare  harm  or  molest 
us.  If  there  is  anything  in  this  life  for  which 
we  ought  to  thank  God,  it  is  the  land  of  the 
free  where  persecution  is  unknown,  and  yet  how 
few  there  are  who  fully  reahze  a^id  appreciate 
the  liberties  we  enjoy. 

The  struggle  for  independence  was  long  and 
hard,  resulting  in  the  shedding  of  much  warm 
heart  blood  thiit  might  have  bceu  spmed  if  mv 
tions  had  been  taught  to  learn  war  no  more. 
The  Great  Rebellion,  too.  has  sent  rivers  of 


hearted  fathers,  husbands,  brothers  have  full 
on    the  battle-field  and  by  the  wayside.  I,. 
iug  a    long  train  of  broken-hearted  moth 
wives  and  sisters  to  struggle  along  life's  aiicv,. 
pathway.     Oh,  work  of  carnage  that  cruel 
has  done!    May  the  great  Millennial  period  n.li 
on,  and   hasten   in  the  era  of  peace  when  u 
shall  be  known  no  more. 

The  surface  of  society  is  ot  peace,  thou^i 
there  is  some  rumbling  beneath,  and  to-d- 
thousands,  all  over  the  land,  will  meet  to  ci-l,^ 
brate  the  great  day  of  the  American  Indepp,|,| 
ence,  and  after  it  is  all  over,  perhaps  none  ivih 
be  the  better  otF.  Millions  of  dollars  will  |,. 
worse  than  wasted,  thousands  will  reel  tt)  anil 
fro  under  the  influence  of  intoxicating  liquors 
thousands  of  dollars  will  be  puffed  into  the  air' 
some  lives  lost,  and  much  property  destroyed 

The  time  was  wlien  the  Fourth  of  July  y^^ 
honored  by  an  abundance  of  religious  services 
Peo|)le  met  in  religious  assemblies  to 

"  Praise  God  from  whom  all  blossiuga  flow" 
for  the  liberties  they  enjoyed,  but  now  it  is  any- 
thing else  but  religion  in  the  generality  of  cele- 
brations. This  ia  the  reason  the  Brethren,  asa 
body,  have  so  strongly  opposed  our  people  at- 
tending such  gatherings;  not  because  there  is 
anything  wrong  in  celebrating  the  day,  provitl, 
ed  it  is  done  as  becometh  a  nation  of  people 
professing  godliness,  but  because  it  has  been  so 
disgracefully  and  shamefully  abused.  The  day 
should  be  noted  for  the  simplicity  and  solemnj. 
ty  of  whatever  might  be  thought  appropriate 
to  the  occjision.  Instead  «f  our  people  attend- 
ing these  celebrations,  the  way  they  are  now 
held,  and  taking  part  in  some  of  the  unbecom- 
ing performances,  they  would  better  have 
religious  services  and  devote  the  day  to  praising 
God  for  the  liberties  we  enjoy.  j.  h.  m. 


blood  to  eternity  as  a  crimson  witness  against 
century;  into  the  Syriac  and  Armenian  in  the  '  those  who  take  the  sword.    Thousands  of  noblc- 


THE  TRINITY  IN  BAPTISM. 

THE  followhig  query  and  answer  is  clipped 
from  The  Chrialion,  a  CampbelHte  paper 
published  at  St,  Louis,  Mo.  It  \n\\  be  some  as- 
sistence  to  those  who  frequently  meet  the 
Campbellites  in  debate,  for  some  of  them,  when 
hard  jtushed  on  the  meaning  of  the  commission, 
will  deny  the  necessity  of  using  the  thr^e  names 
in  connection  with  baptism.  The  answer  is 
from  the  pen  of  one  of  the  editors  of  that  paper, 
and  is  to  the  point: 

'I  waut  you  to  prove  that  people  should  be 
baptized  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  aud  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  if  it  can  be  proven 
by  the  Bible,  and  if  you  caji  disprove  that  per- 
sons should  be  bapti/.ed  in  the  name  of  the  Lon! 
Jesue  alone.  I  would  like  for  you  to  do  so.  There 
is  some  division  in  the  church  about  it. 
Your  Bro.  in  Christ, 

D.  M.  Cotton." 
The  confusion  on  this  subject  arises  from  a 
lack  of  discrimination,  in  the  Common  Vei-sion, 
in  the  rendering  of  Greek  i)repositions.  In  his 
commission  to  the  Apostles,  Jesus  said:  "Go 
teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  info  (cis)  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  aud  of  the 
Holy  Spirit."  This  preposition  expresses  tran- 
sition, and  change  of  relationship  to  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit. 

Peter  commanded  the  Pentecostans  to  "  Re- 
pent aud  be  baptized  upon  ( ejn)  the,  uAme  o( 
Jeius  Christ."  This  preposition  indicates  the 
(jronnd  smi  somccc  of  these  commands,  which, 
as  seen  in  the  commission,  is  Jesus  Chsist.  It 
looks  not  to  the  emt  of  the  command,  but  to 
the  «OHrce, — the  end  or  design  being  indicated 
in  the  clause  following. 

In  the  account  of  Peter's  visit  to  the  house- 
h<dd  of  Cornelius,  it  issaidheconiiuonded  them 
to  be  baptized  in  (en  I  the  name  of  the  Lord  Je- 
sus; that  is,  by  tin-  authority  of  Christ,  Tliey 
were  however,  no  donlit,  baptized  into  thennme 
of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Sou,  and  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

Again,  persons  are  said  to  be  baptized  into 
(eisj  Chvlst,  {Rom.  6;  3;  Gal.  3:27),  beeane 
baptized  by  his  authority,  and  yielding  obed- 
ence  to  him  they  come  into  his  government,  and 
into  the  beuetits  of  his  death. 

It  is  proper,  then,  to  be  baptized  by  the  :  u- 
thority  of  Christ,  into  the  name  of  the  Fatlittf 
iind  the  Sou  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  bring 
the  persons  thus  bnptizcd  into  Chn'iit. 

The  objection  indicated  in  an  accompanying 
note,  that  this  Commission  was  given  before  the 
formal  establishment  of  the  kingdom,  is  entirt- 
ly  without  force,  as  it  was  given  in  dii'.^ct  view 
of  the  establishment  of  the  church,  and  is  the 
only  authority  wc  have  fnv  preaching  lUid  b-i]"- 
tizing. 


TiiH  Pedo-Baptist  idea  of  an  "invisible 
church"  compoasd  of  visible  men  aud  women, 
is  visible  ecclesiastical  nonsense.—/'.  H-  l^"!/- 


July  4- 


QUERIST'S  DEPARrMEjVT. 

,„  m.,.r,  «J  p™i,„l  .„bj„^„,  „„^„„,  ,^,_^^_  __»« 

r:,:;:.S':...'  «.T;;',r;':  sr""""  •" 


TKK    r»BETHHE,>J^    A^T    AVOKIC. 


,11     Did   Jolm  u,e.  form  of  rrord,  «ta  he 

,„ed  ■  i)  Ag».n,  when  iho  devil  ta*  .t<aS 
„p  on  tl.e  moum.,n  .„d  ,l,o»ed  Him  mZ 
kingdoms  of  the  world  .oH  the  glory  of  them  1  ,,,1 
he  the  power  to  give  these  thiugi  to  Jesus  ? 

H.  Talhklm. 

1.  We  think  he  did.  The  Bible  is  silent  re- 
specting the  formula  used  by  John,  but  it  is 
most  reasonable  to  conclude  that  he  used  the 
game  I'orrauiii  that  was  aaorwarxls  given  to  the 
disciples.  .John  bnptizod  vast  number  who 
were  recognized  as  lull  members  of  the  church 
without  reimptism.  and  certainly  there  would 
be  no  use  of  two  formulas  for  the  one  body. 
We  know  what  the  form  of  words  was  as  com- 
manded by  Christ,  and  can  certainly  infer  from 
it,  that  John  used  the  same,  since  both  receiv- 
ed the  command  from  the  same  source.  Some 
people  are  puzzled  to  know  how  Christ  could 
have  consistently  been  baptized  into- His  own 
name.  We  find  that  God  sware  by  His  own 
uame  when  none  greater  could  be  found,  and 
why  not  Christ  have  been  baptized  in  His  own 
name?  The  method  of  baptizing  we  concludt 
to  have  been  the  same,  and  the  forms  of  wordt 
identical. 

2.  It  was  in  Satan's  power  to  give  the  Sav- 
ior  that  which  he  promised— the  kingdoms  o; 
the  world  and  the  glory  of  them.  The  "ex- 
ceeding high  mountain"  may  have  been  near 
the  mouth  of  the  river  Jordan,  from  the  top  of 
which  coukl  be  seen  the  mountains  of  Arabia, 
the  country  of  Gilead,  the  country  of  the  Amo- 
lites,  the  plains  of  Moab,  the  plains  of  Jericho, 
the  river  Jordan,  the  whole  extent  of  the  Dead 
Sea.  aiul  also  much  of  the  land  of  Palestine, 
which  at  that  time  was  divided  into  three  parts, 
and  reigned  over  by  three  kings.  As  the  term 
Woi-hl  is  sometimes  used  in  a  limited  sense,  re- 
ferring to  Canaan  (Rom.  4:  IS),  or  Judea  (Luke 
2: 1)  only,  Barnes  kas  been  led  to  suppose  that 
Satan  knew  that  Jems  was  the  king  of  thi 
Jews,  and  being  poor  and  without  friends  or 
arms  would  readily  accept  help  in  reaching  the 
position  for  which  He  was  destined,  hence  he 
made  Him  the  offer  that  if  He  would  fall  down 
and  worship  liim  He  should  receive  for  Hi^ 
services,  the  laud  of  Palestine,  thesurrouudintjs 
ftod  the  glory  of  them.  Others  think  the  wholi- 
U'orlil  should  be  taken  in  its  extended  sense, 
and  that  Satan,  in  an  instant,  portrayed  to 
Christ  the  glnry  of  them  and  then  made  the 
offer  he  did.  Both  are  reasonable,  though  the 
former  is  more  easily  comprehended. 


DANISH  MISSION  FUNDS. 

llEfORT  I'F  lOJIMITTEE. 

A\T£,  thciindf^rsigned,  having  been  appointed 
}  }  a  committee  to  forward  contributions  for 
Danish  Mi.ssion,  present  the  following,  showinfi 
amount  of  receipts  and  expenditures,  and  con- 
dition of  the  Mission  so  far  as  relates  to  our 
work  or  care; 
Ueceipts  to  May  21st.  ISTS,  ?3356.03 

Expenditures         "        "  33-14.1(1 

Balance  ou  'ml  "  11.93 

Of  the  receipts,  Northern  Illinois  contributed 
$132!).  Of  the  amount  expended,  the  brethren 
sent  to  organize  a  church  in  Denmark,  used 
11500.  and  brother  Hope  1775.10.  The  amount 
used  by  brother  Hope  includes  preparatory  ex- 
penses before  leaving  America,  and  the  fare 
from  Lanark,  HI.,  to  his  foi-mer  home  in  Den- 
mark, and  the  cost  of  household  furniture  forms 
a  p;irt  of  the  expenses.  Seeing  all  these  things. 
as  widl  us  the  expenses  of  going  from  plate  to 
place  to  fill  the  calls  for  preaching,  we  find  that 
the  amount  expended  for  the  actual  necessaries 
of  lift!  is  not  very  lui-ge.  Brother  Hope  has  sent 
us  an  itemized  account  of  expenditures  which 
is  open  for  examination  to  any  who  may  be  in- 
terested. 

The  amount  estimated  for  thi^  year's  work  is 
*SOii.  Some  of  this  will  be  required  to  pay  for 
i»  room  in  Hjorring  in  which  to  hold  meetings. 

Brethren  Eby  and  Fry  informed  us  that  so 
far  as  they  were  able  to  ascertain,  the  money 
sent  for  missionary  work  in  Denmark  hud  been 
judiciously  applied,  and  that  any  one  seeing  the 
love,  zeal,  and  piety  of  the  Danish  hre+hren  and 


iisters,  could  not  fail  to  conclude  that  the  Lord 
had  bk'sswl  the  labors  of  the  brethren,  both  in 
America  and  in  Denmark. 

J.  H.  MOUHB. 

''.  I'.  ItoWL-tSI). 

yi.  M.  ESUHLMAN. 


TRINE  VS.  SINGLE  IMMERSION. 


HY  K.  rUllAUKH. 

1/rricir  of  „  Reply  fa  n»  Epistle  lo  ihe  Mrmbfrs 
of  fhr  Christian  Chitn-h  at  Dodgrftoim.  Imi. 

THIS  reply,  to  my  article  in  the  Brbthrkn  at 
WouK,  of  Nov.  15th,  1S77,  was  delivered 
at  Eel  Riverchureh,onSunday,Junel6th  lS7ti. 
The  speaker  made  an  entire  failure— failetl  to 
point  out  any  date  for  backward  baptism.  He 
did  not  attempt  to  deny  the  fact  that  backward 
baptism  originated  during  the  early  part  of  the 
sixteenth  century.  There  were  two  other  speak- 
ers present,  both  of  whom  spoke  at  the  same 
place  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day. 

The  discourse  of  one  of  these  speakers  was  a 
reply  to  a  sermon  delivered  by  brother  S.  Z. 
Sharp  at  the  Brethren's  church,  which  is  only 
a  short  distance  from  Eel  River  church.  The 
only  argument  brought  forward  in  favor  of 
backward  baptism,  was  that  Christ  could  not 
bow  backward  on  account  of  the  cross.  I  sup- 
pose the  speaker  thought  Paul  made  a  mistake! 
What  ft  pity  he  did  not  live  in  that  early  age, 
for  then  he  could  have  told  Paul  not  to  teach 
that  baptism  is  the  likeness  of  Christ's  death! 

In  his  reply  to  brother  Sharp,  the  speaker 
said  that  they  wanted  no  historical  evidence  in 
favor  of  trine  immersion.  They  did  not  object 
to  history  while  using  it  themselves  for  the 
purpose  of  condemning  sprinkling  and  pouring, 
but  they  want  nothing  but  the  Bible  in  favor  of 
trim-  immermu.  Well,  to  the  Bible  we  will  go, 
for  it  is  the  only  work  m  existence  in  which  the 
lejist  hint  of  the  origin  of  trine  immersion  is  re- 
corded. Sprinkling,  pouring  and  backward 
baptism  have  their  origin  recorded  in  history, 
but  history  fails  to  point  out  a  da>e  for  trine 
immersion;  hence  we  can  find  no  other  date 
than  tha:t  given  in  the  New  Testament,  for  the 
origin  of  ti-ine  imTuersion.  History  has  record- 
ed tlie  origin  of  all  the  modes  nf  baptism  except 
trine  imuiei-siou,  hence  if  it  is  not  recorded  in 
the  Bible  it  has  no  origin.  Can  it  be  without 
origin?  Will  our  friends  accept  this  Bible  ev- 
idence, and  abandon  every  mode  of  baptism 
which  has  originated  mth  men?  Will  they  re- 
fuse to  accept  that  mode  of  baptism  which  is 
without  human  origin,  and  depend  upon  that 
which  has  been  invented  by  men?  Would  this 
be  giving  God  the  glory? 

The  speaker  who  replied  to  brother  Sharp's 
sermon  said,  "  II  I  dip  a  candidate  in  the  nnme 
of  the  Father,  is  that  not  one  baptism?  If  I  dip 
him  again,  in  the  name  of  the  Son,  is  not  that 
another  baptism?  If  I  dip  him  again,  in  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  is  not  that  a  third 
baptism?"  No,  these  three  actions  constitute 
mu-  huptism.  When  we  arise  in  the  morning, 
"can  it  be  said  that  we  have  washed  ourselves  as 
many  times  as  we  have  dipped  our  hands  in  the 
water?  No.  The-se  rejjeated  actions  constitute 
one  washing.  Our  friends  say,  the  commission 
in  Matt.  2t<:iy,  does  ijot  teach  three  actions. 
Here  is  a  sentence  similar  to  that  of  the  com- 
mission: "Go  ye,  therefore,  and  teach  all  na- 
tions, instructing  them  in  the  brunch  of  Arith- 
metic, and  of  Grammar,  imd  of  Geography." 
Will  our  fri.'nds  undertake  to  instruct  in  these 
three  branches  by  one  action?  If  they  do,  it 
will  be  just  as  imperfectly  done  as  the  work  of 
baptizing  in  three  names  by  one  action. 


your  children  are  carried  faraway  into  Babylon, 
and  youmelve-i "  become  unfruitful  iu  the  knowl- 
edge of  our  Lord  Josub  Christ." 

But  what  have  they  aecn  in  your  house? 
Carefulness  about  many  thiugs,  and  the  one 
thing  needful  unmentioned  and  forgotten?  Du 
you  show  them  that  yon  are  concerged  about 
the  things  of  thi«  life,  that  they  are  firnt  aud 
foremost  iu  your  minds?  Then  you  dishonor 
your  holy  religion.  You  dishonor  Christ.  Your 
light  is  surely  bid.  Beware,  lest  tjoit  lx>  carried 
far  away  into  Babylon.  But  what  do  they  see 
in  your  house?  Do  they  see  conformity  to  the 
world,  or  to  Christ?  Do  they  see  you  striving 
to  clothe  the  minds  of  your  little  ones,  bring- 
ing "  them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of 
the  Lord?"  or  do  they  see  you  putting  much 
time  and  thought  in  their  mitwai-d  adornment? 
Which  treasure  is  the  precious  one?  Which 
the  moat  cared  for,  the  most  thought  of?  Do 
they  see  you  leading  them  onward  and  upward, 
or  do  they  see  you  teaching  them  the  ways  of 
pride  and  folly?  Do  they  see  you  toiling,  day 
aft«rdity,  iu  the  "putting  on  of  apparel"  while 
the  Bible  lies  on  the  shelf  unthought  of,  and 
uncared  for,  gathering  duat  for  a  tditimony 
against  you  ?  Do  they  see  these  things?  If  so, 
bewarel  Do  they  see  you  spending  your  mon- 
ey for  things  that  are  worse  than  useless,  mon- 
ey used  extravagantly,  while  you  see  the 
missionary  cause,  and  many  other  good  causes 
neglected? 

But  what  do  they  see  in  your  house?  Do 
they  see  love  and  peace  reigning  there?  Do 
they  see  you  engaged  in  prayer  and  thanksgiv 
ing?  Do  your  prayers  ascend  like  smoke  from 
a  well-fed  fire?  Can  it  be  that  clothing  and 
feasting  would  be  more  thought  of  iu  the  house 
of  a  Christian  than  prayer  and  praise?  No,  it 
ought  not.  We  cannot  sicrvf.  two  masters. 
"  Therefore,  I  say  unto  you,  take  no  thought 
for  your  life,  what  ye  shall  eat  or  what  ye  shall 
drink,  nor  yet  for  your  body,  what  ye  shall  put 
on;  for  after  all  tJieae  things  do  the  Gentiles 
seek.  For  your  heavenly  Father  knoweth  that 
ye  have  need  of  all  these  things.  But  seek  first 
the  kingdom  of  God  imd  his  righteousne^,  and 
all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you  "  (Matt. 
6:  25.  32,  33). 

But  what  have  they  seen  in  your  house? 
Have  they  seen  you  trying  to  escape  the  cor- 
ruption that  is  in  this  world?  Have  they  seen 
you  diligently  adding  "  to  your  faith  virtue,  and 
to  virtue  knowledge,  and  to  knowledge  temper- 
ance, and  to  temperance  patience,  and  to  pa- 
tience godliness,  and  to  godliness  brotherly 
kindness,  and  to  brotherly  kijulness  charity?  " 
If  they  have  seen  all  this,  if  you  are  diligent  in 
these  things,  fear  not,  for  you  have  the  promise 
that  you  shall  never  fall. 


lore,  and  unity  for  which  He  prayed.  (Acta  4: 
32).  And  if  the  profeswcd  followere  of  Chrirt, 
in  our  day.  would  but  atUnd  to  the  same  troth, 
and  the  sauti-  example  that  they  did.  they  would 
poRseM  the  same  spirit.  As  Christ  ix  one  in  and 
with  His  Fath4'r.  .o  He  prays  that  all  His  mem- 
bent  may  be  joined  in  one  body,  to  Himwlf,  aa 
their  head  (Eph.  1:  22,  ^iH).  Being  animated 
by  the  same  spirit,  all  who  are  joined  to  the 
Lord  become  one  spirit.    (1  Cor.  «:  ]7). 

When  all  of  God's  children  can  thus  be  unit- 
ed, and  become  oie  spirit  in  Christ,  then  can  be 
accomplished  that  for  which  the  Savior  prared, 
"  that  the  woHd  may  Wdieve  that  thou  hvi 
sent  me;"  for  if  we  wish  "the  world  to  helicre" 
that  Christianity  is  of  divine  origin,  we  most 
live  like  Chridtians;  we  must  let  its  benign  in- 
tluences  be  frit  in  all  our  dealings  with  it;  for 
"  He  that  saith  he  abideth  in  him,  ought  him- 
self also  so  to  walk,  even  as  he  hafl  walked" 
(1  John  2:fi). 

Since  our  mrelings  1  have  thought  that  if  we 
L-aii  so  highly  appreciate  our  associations  togeth- 
er here,  where  we  cannot  ex[>ect  to  realize  a  fall 
sense  of  the  enjoyments  God  has  in  reservation 
for  His  children,  O,  what  a  happy,  what  agl(K 
rious  meeting  that  will  be,  when  we  can  meet 
without  any  fears  of  uncharitable  words  and 
thoughts,  of  debate  and  contention;  but  whew 
we  can  realize  in  its  deepest  sense,  "  how  good 
and  how  pleasant  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  to- 
gether in  unity!"  When  this  happy  period 
will  arrive,  that  all  men  will  be  united  in  peace 
and  love,  we  cannot  tell;  but  the  word  of  in- 
spiration assures  us  that  it  will  come.  "  Watch 
therefore  and  be  ye  ready." 

"  0,  what  a  lonely  path  were  ours. 

Could  we,  0  Father,  see 
No  home  of  rest  beyond  it  all. 
No  guide  or  help  iu  Thee!" 


BREVITIES. 


THINE  HOUSE 


UY  MAUY  C.  JIILLKK. 


"  Whal  Iiitvv  ilioy  !>evii  iu  (liine  houirf" 

WHEN  Hc/ekiah  wiis  usked  by  the  prophet, 
what  the  men  fritm  Babylon  hiul  seen  in 
his  house,  he  said,  "  All  that  is  in  my  house.  I 
have  shown  them  all  my  treasures  which  I  have 
in  my  house."  God  was  displeased  with  what 
the  king  had  done,  and  sent  the  prophet  to  pay 
to  him,  that  all  his  treasures,  witli  his  sons, 
should  be  cairied  to  Babylon. 

Chribtian.  what  do  the  men  from  Babylon 
see  iu  yQur  house?  Earthly  treasures?  Gold, 
silver,  jewels,  mid  costly  array?  If  so,  fear  and 
tremble,  for  Christ  says,  "  Where  your  treasure 
is,  there  will  your  heart  be  also."  If  th«e  be 
your  most  precious  treasures,  do  Jiot  wonder  if 


IN  UNION  THERE  IS  STRENGTH. 

HY  LIDIUE  LEdLlR. 

•  *  TIEHOLD,  how  good,  and  how  pleasant  it 
Xj  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in 
unity!"  While  many  of  us  wore  so  richly  en- 
joying the  closing  portion  of  our  last  Annual 
Conference,  my  mind  wa.s  very  forcibly  impress- 
ed with  the  above  beautiful  pitssage.  How  good, 
how  very  pleasant  it  seemed,  when  we  all  as  one 
common  faniily-r"  the  children  of  God  by  faith  " 
— could  jissociate  together,  all  maintmning  the 
same  principles,  all  sharing  the  same  enjoyments, 
and  all  influenced,  we  trust,  by  the  same  motive, 
the  promotion  of  the  cause  of  Christ.  As  many 
anticipated  the  revenw,  we  feel  very  grateful  to 
our  Heavenly  Parent,  that  though  "  we  cannot 
all  see  alike  as  men,  we  can  all  love  alike  as 
Christians,"  and  that  this  principle  wtw  so  com- 
mendably  carried  out  by  our  ofiicial  brethren, 
in  nearly  all  their  delibenttirflis.  1  think  we  fully 
realized  that  if  there  is  enjoyment  on  earth,  it 
is  among  "  brethren  who  dwell  together  iu  uni- 
ty." This  "union  of  spirit"  not  only  lends  to 
augment  the  happiness  of  it«  possessors, — to 
give  strength  and  stability  to  the  Christian 
coui-w,  but  it  recommends  the  divine  truth  to 
all  ai-ound,  and  will  advance  the  cause  of  our 
dear  Iledcomer. 

Jesus,  when  about  tu  leavv  His  di.'icipleii, 
prayed  to  His  Father,  "  That  they  may  all  be 
one;  as  thou,  Father,  art  in  me.  and  1  in  thee, 
that  thoy  also  may  he  one  in  us;  that  tlie  world 
nmy  believe  that  thou  bust  sent  me"  (.lohn  17: 
21).  For  what  He  had  so  dearly  I'aid,  He  fer- 
vently prayed;  uor  did  He  pray  iu  vain;  for  the 


— OsE  more  has  been  baptized  into  the  little 
church  in  Denmark.  By  this  our  readers  can 
see  that  the  work  is  progressing. 

—Two  weeks  ago  the  Brethren  organized  a 
Sunday-school  at  Dutchtown,  ten  mileti  South 
of  Lanark.     Prospects  good. 

—A  Mr.  Player,  of  Wilcox  Co.,  Ga..  is  said  to 
have  revived  after  being  for  six  hours  supposed 
to  1)6  dead,  and  conversed  in  his  grave  clothw 
with  his  family  and  then  permanently  expired. 

— In  Bro.  John  Forney's  account  of  the  Dis- 
trict meeting,  the  name  of  George  Wlutmer  aa 
Moderator  of  the  meeting  was  unintentionally 
omitted.  How  it  came  we  cannot  now  tell.  It 
was  not  done  on  purpose. 

— Bro.  Allen  Boyer  reports  a  good  feast  at 
the  Waddam's  Grove  church.  Four  were  bap- 
tized.   Attendance  large. 

— Will  Irene  Davis  please  send  us  her  pott 
office  aildress?  We  cannot  forward  Children  at 
Work  uutil  we  have  address  in  full. 

—Two  were  baptiited  during  the  Love-feast  at 
Manor,  Indiana  Co.,  Pa.,  imd  three  others  ex* 
pected  soon. 

— Price  of  the  Brethren  at  Work  to  the 
end  of  the  year,  75  cents.  Do  not  send  silver 
in  letters,  but  we  can  make  use  of  all  the  post- 
age stamps  you  may  wish  to  send  us,  though  do 
not  send  over  ?1.5U  worth  in  one  letter.  We 
would  just  as  soon  have  75  cents  worth  of  three 
ceut  stamps  as  the  money  to  pay  for  the  paper 
from  now  to  the  end  of  the  year. 

— Bro.  Emanuel  Newcomer,  who  has  return- 
ed from  a  trij)  in  the  Wisconsin  mission  field, 
reports  good  meetings  with  the  Brethren  and 
people  iu  that  locality. 

— Persons  who  receive  the  BHETHRRy  atWoek 
yet  never  subscribed  for  it,  may  rest  assured 
t\v\i  their  paper  has  been  paid  for  by  some 
friend;  and  if  they  will  look  at  the  right  of 
their  name  either  on  the  paper  or  wrapper,  as 
the  case  may  be,  they  will  observe  when  th« 
subscription  expires.  We  aim  to  do  a  strictly 
honest  business,  hence  never  send  the  paper  to 
any  one  against  his  will  with  the  expectation  of 
sending  bill  for  collection.  If  you  did  not  order 
the  paper  sent,  somebody  else  did  and  paid  for 
it.  _         _ 

— Some  parlies,  with  the  best  of  motives  no 
doubt,  write  letters  to  their  friends  and  send 
them  to  us  for  publication.  We  suggest  that 
they  always  send  their  letters  to  the  parties  for 
whom  they  are  inteuded  aud  not  tons.  We  do 
not  publish  matter  of  that  kind  unless  it  is  of 
general  interest. 

—The  letter  from  Bro.  Hope  addressed  to 
.Vmasa  Lord  is  for  Th-  Informei\  of  which 
friend  LonI  is  editor.  He  is  fearless  in  defend- 
ing Gospel  peace  principles,  and  his  paprrshoold 
have  a  wide  circulation  among  all  advocates  of 


primitive  Christians  seemed  to  realize  that  peace,  I  peace.    The  paper  is  publisheil  at  Elgin,  111. 


l^tlK    li7iKTllHK]Sr    ^T    WOKK;. 


July    4. 


THE  FARMERS   WIFE. 

SINrE  the  busy  season  has  commcnc«i  how 
iippropriftU'  wre  the  foI!o«Hng  toiichiiiR 
linw.  Wv  arr  clud  to  know  that  in  not  tnif  of 
ftll  fmrnicrV  wivra.  hut  with  many  it  ia  only  too 
tnie.  Hiwbands.  reiul  this,  aud  then  do  what 
you  a»u  t«  luaku  your  wift-  happy: 

Up  Trith  the  hird«  in  the  oftrly  morning; 

The  dpw-drop  glows  likr  n  precious  gem; 
Benwtiful  tintj*  in  the  sltiefl  arc  dawTiing, 

But  nhe's  never  n  moment  to  look  at  them. 
The  meu  are  wanting  thrir  breakfast  «»rly; 

She  must  not  linger,  she  must  not  wait; 
For  wunU  that  are  sharp  and  looks  that  (ire  surly 

Are  what  men  give  whcji  meals  an?  late. 
Oh.  glorious  color*  the  clouds  an?  turning. 

If  nhe  would  hut  look  over  the  bills  and  treca; 
But  ht-re  are  the  dishes,  and  here  is  thechurning; 

Thow  things  must  always  yield  to  the«t;, 
The  world  is  filled  with  the  wine  of  beauty. 

If  she  could  hut  pause  and.drink  it  in; 
But  ph'iwure,  she  says,  must  wait  tor  duty; 

Neglcclfld  work  is  conimitt«^d  sin, 

The  day  grows  hot  and  her  hand  grows  weary: 

Oh,  for  an  hour  to  cool  her  heud, 
Out  with  tlie  birds  in  the  wind  so  cheery! 

But  she  must  get  dinner  and  buke  the  hrcail, 
The  busy  men  in  the  hiiyfield  working, 

Tf  they  saw  her  silting  with  idle  hand, 
Would  think  her  lazy  jind  call  it  shirking, 

And  she  never  eould  make  them  understand. 

They  do  not  know  that  the  heart  within  her 
Hungers  for  beauty  and  things  sublime; 

They  only  know  thoy  wiuil  their  dinner, 
Pleuly  i)f  it,  and  just  "  on  time." 

AndaJt4-rthe«weeping  and  churning  iind  baking. 
'  And  dinner  dishes  are  all  put  by, 

She  sit«  and  sows,  though  her  head  is  aching. 
Till  time  for  ^upper  and  "chures"drjiW8  nigh. 

Her  boys  at  school  must  look  like  others. 

She  says,  as  .she  piitchea  their  froik  and  hose; 
For  the  world  is  quick  to  censure  mothers 

For  the  least  neglect  of  children's  clothes. 
Her  husband  comes  from  the  field  of  labor; 

He  givea  no  jiraifle  to  hi.s  iveary  wife; 
She's  douc  no  more  than  does  her  neighbor; 

'Tis  the  lot  of  all  in  country  life. 

But  after  the  ntrife  and  weary  tussle 

With  life  is  done,  and  she  lie^  at  ivst, 
The  mition's  brain  and  heart  imd  muscle, 

Her  sons  and  daughters,  shall  call  her  blest. 
And  I  think  the  sweetest  joys  of  heiiveii, 

The  rarest  bliss  of  eternal  life, 
And  the  fairest  crown  of  all  will  be  given 

Unto  the  weary-worn  fanner's  wife. 

—SrUrtrd. 


LOVE. 


HY  GEOUGE  WOHST. 


THE  subject  of  love  is  spoken  of  throughout 
the  Scriptures  aud  highly  recommended  tu 
the  people  of  God.  It  is  a  principle  having  the 
nature  of  drawing  together,  while  its  ojjposite, 
which  is  hatred,  is  calculated  to  divide  or  sepa- 
rate. It  is  written,  that  "God  so  loved  the 
world  that  he  gave  his  only-begotten  Son,  that 
whosoever  believeth  in  bini  should  not  perish 
hut  have  everlasting  life."  Again,  "  If  I  he  lift- 
ed up,  I  will  draw  all  men  unto  me;"  showing 
us  that  the  love  of  God  wils  so  great  toward  us, 
that  he  was  willing  to  sacrifice  His  Sou  to  bring 
about  redemption  and  satisfy  the  difficulty  that 
enlisted  between  us  and  God  through  the  trans- 
gre.ssiou  of  our  first  parents.  Not  willing  to 
leave  us  in  that  separated  condition.  He,  out  of 
lore  toward  us,  came  from  lieaven,  brought  the 
mean*:  of  salvation  and  tendered  it  to  us.  The 
apostle  .John  says,  "  Behold,  what  manner  of 
love  the  Father  has  bestowed  upon  us,  that  we 
should  be  called  the  sons  of  God  "  (John  3:  1). 
When  we  were  not  worthy  of  the  respect  and 
love  of  God,  this  was  done, — purely  disinterest- 
ed love  from  God  to  us.  "  Behold,  now  are  we 
the  sons  of  God  by  redemption,  and  should  we 
all  not  be  sons  and  daughti'rs  of  God  by  lulop- 
tion?  "  Such  a  loving  God,  such  a  kind  Fath- 
er in  heaven,  with  love  beaming  upon  us  in  our 
pathway,  in  our  closet,  and  wherever  we  look 
we  see  the  love  of  God  shed  abroad. 

Natural  lore  is  develoi>ed  in  some  larger  than 
in  othei-s.  Methinks  John  the  Evangelist  had 
love  largely  developed  in  his  nature,  for  his 
writings  are  interspersed  with  the  subject  more 
than  any  other  of  the  inspired  writers,  and  we 
are  taught  that,  Jesus  loved  him,  he  sat  near 
Him  at  the  great  Supper  and  leaned  on  His 
breast  and  said,  "  Who  is  it  that  shall  betray 
thee?  "  He  loved  Jesus,  there  is  nodoubt.  Do 
you,  kind  reader?  If  so.  show  it  by  the  way 
Jesus  says,  "  If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  command- 
ments." This  is  the  token  by  wliich  vie  prove 
to  the  world,  that  we  love  Jesus,  and  if  we  love 


Him,  we  will  nUo  take  the  advice  Jesus  gave: 
"  A  new  comraandm»?nt  I  give  nnlo  you,  that 
yr  love  one  another.  By  this  shall  all  men 
know  that  ye  are  my  disci[jlp3.  if  ye  have  love 
one  for  another"  (John  IS:  U,  Z^).  If  we  say 
we  love  God  and  hate  our  brother,  we  are  denom- 
inated liars,  aiul  the  truth  is  not  in  us. 

Our  li)ve  must  go  out  toward  the  poor  siuner- 
0,  think  of  the  poor  sinner  who  is  groping  iu 
the  darkness  of  this  world,  grasping  at  the  fan- 
cy bubblw  that  hurst  and  float  away  from  bim, 
who  is  promenading  just  on  the  brink  of  eter- 
nal ruin,  unconscious  of  the  danger;  perhaps 
one  step  more  willlaud  him  in  hell,  while  we 
are  looking  on  and  not  making  the  proper  effort, 
not  making  the  sacrifice  we  should  to  reach  him. 
Perhaps  our  life  has  not  lu'en  as  consistent  as  it 
should  be  so  he  could  see  jilniuly  that  there  was 
reality  Jn  the  religion  of  Jeaua  Christ. 

Love  in  a  God-givBU  principle  and  never  had 
its  oppositt;  until  after  the  fall  of  man.  The 
first  exhibition  is  seen  in  Cain  taking  the  life  of 
his  brother.  Since  that  time  a  great  deal  of 
that  disposition  is  manifest  in  man,  but  th.mks 
be  to  God.  it  can  be  overcome  by  the  blood  of 
Christ.  Love  should  beam  ih  every  family.  It 
should  commence  nt  the  head  of  the  family  and 
ext^-nd  to  the  children,  and  the  principle  there- 
of acted  out  in  every  department  of  life  at  home, 
that  the  world  can  see  that  love  reit;ns  .supreme 
in  evt*ry  Chrisliau  family;  and  from  that  an  in- 
fluence will  go  far  towimls  bringing  the  pour, 
benighted  sinner  into  the  fold  of  Christ,  mak- 
ing hiiu  rejoico  in  the  hope  of  his  salvation. 
Dear  brother,  make  the  sinner  know  that  you 
love  him,  not  by  taking  the  advjmtage  of  him 
in  a  bargain,  not  by  turning  a  cold  shoulder  to 
him  as  though  you,  Pharisee-like,  were  better 
than  he;  not  by  withholding  from  him  the  nec- 
essaries of  life  when  you  see  he  needs  them  ami 
you  have  I  hem  to  spare,  but  by  real  acts  of  love, 
knowing  that  God  did  create.  "  Irom  one  blood 
all  nations  ol  men  to  dwell  upon  the  face  of  all 
the  earth,  and  hath  determined  the  times  before 
ajipointed,  aud  the  bounds  of  their  habitation; 
that  they  should  seek  the  Lord  if  haply  they 
might  feel  after  him  and  find  him,  though  he 
!«■  not  fur  from  every  one  of  us"  (Acts  17:  26, 
27). 

Love  not  the  world,  neither  the  things  of  the 
world,  for  it'  we  do,  the  love  of  the  Father  is  not 
in  us;  aud  the  world  will  pass  away  with  all  its 
ftmcies  and  foolery.  Let  us  seek  first  the  king- 
dom of  God  aud  its  righteousness  and  make  use 
of  as  much  of  the  world  as  is  necessary  and  not 
abuse  our  privileges,  nor  overstep  our  bounds, 
and  after  we  have  lived  out  our  time  we  will 
pass  from  the  stage  of  action — from  one  sphere 
to  another,  aud  an  love  is  developed  in  us  liere, 
we  will  love  on  to  all  eternity.  Faith.  Hope, 
and  Love  are  three  great  principles,  but  the 
greatest  nf  them  is  love,  because  faith  will  cease 
and  hope  will  cease  when  we  have  realized  what 
we  believed  and  what  we  hoped  for,  but  love 
only  will  continue  on,  and  on,  and  on;  but  un- 
less we  beget  the  principle  in  this  life,  we  will 
have  nothing  to  love  iu  the  future  world,  but 
like  the  rich  man,  we  will  be  praying  and  not 
even  be  gratified,  because  we  have  not  heeded 
Moses  and  the  prophets,  or  Jesus  and  the  apos- 
tles. Heaven  is  concerned  for  us,  God  is  con- 
cerned for  us,  the  preacher  is  concerned  for  us, 
the  church  is  concerned  for  us,  and  why  are  we 
so  unconcerned  for  ourselves,  as  though  tliere 
was  no  heaven  to  obtain,  or  no  hell  to  shun. 
Be  sure  the  promises  of  God  are  yen  and  Amen. 


THE  TWO  GATES. 

nV  E.  il.  rOVERT. 

GOD  has  placed  before  the  world  two  gates, 
one  leading  to  heaven,  and  the  other  to 
destruction.  But  oh,  how  many  of  the  human 
race,  even  in  this  enlightened  age,  delay  enter- 
ing the  gate  that  opens  onto  the  narrow  way 
until  it  is  forever  too  late. 

One  would  think  that  an  object  of  so  vast 
importance  would  he  the  first  and  only  desira^ 
ble  object  to  labor  for  in  this  short  and  uncer- 
tain life,  for  hath  not  God  said,  "  Seek  ye  first 
the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteousness,  and 
all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you?" 
TJiose  who  enter  in  at  the  gate  in  early  life,  find 
the  path  a  pleasant  one,  and  a  way  of  much  joy; 
but  how  different  it  is  with  those  who  defer  en- 
tering till  later  in  life,  and  falsely  say  to  their 
troubled  minds,  "  There  is  plenty  of  time  yet," 
and  no  doubt  feel  thankful  in  heart  for  another 
opportunity  that  they  may  have  a  hope  of  heav- 
en, and  yet  gain  access  to  the  life  beyond. 

But  oh.  how  veiy,  very  often  the  loiterer  is 
brought  to  an  untimely  end — an  end  never  he- 
fore  thought  of  seriously,  and.  if  accidentally 
thought  of,  the  thought  was  hurried  out  of  the 
mind  as  ijuiekly  as  possible.  Oh  I  heedless  wan- 
derer on  life's  narrow  and  uncertain  path,  pause 
a  moment  and  count  the  cost  of  the  journey 


you  are  pursuing,  if  you  do  not  speedily  reform 
your  steps,  and  enter  in  at  the  strait  gate;  and 
in  turn,  count  the  joys  of  those  who  walk  in  the 
path  of  the  righteous,  not  only  in  this  worid 
{for  they  are  indeed  supreme  even  in  this  world), 
but  tliink  of  the  joy  of  a  never  ending  eternity 
of  which  you  have  not  tlie  prnraise  if  you  go  on 
in  your  present  course.  You  may  think  that 
you  and  your  comrades  are  perfectly  safe  iu  the 
course  you  are  pursuing,  and  in  a  measure  you 
may  be  so  far  as  this  world's  frail  protection 
goes,  hut  pause  and  meditate  on  the  consequence 
of  such  a  course  when  you  come  to  answer  be- 
fore Him  in  whom  "  we  live,  move,  and  have 
our  being."  You  will  then  be  found  wanting; 
the  scales  will  turn  against  you,  and  you  will 
hear  that  just  but  terrible  deci-ee,  "  Depart  from 
me  ye  workers  of  iniquity,  for  I  never  knew 
yuu."  But  oh,  how  widely  diflereut  with  the 
good  and  faithful  of  all  ages,  who  have  not  hid 
their  light  under  a  bushel,  but  have  been  dili- 
gent and  self-denying  in  the  cause  of  our  Mas- 
ter 1  To  them  it  will  be  said  by  the  blessed 
Redeemer.  "Buter  into  my  kingdom,  ye  bless- 
ffll  of  my  Father."  That  we  may  all  live  a  life 
of  usefulness,  as  well  as  service  to  our  ble*sed 
Master,  and  finally  enter  in  through  the  gates 
into  tlie  city,  is  my  praj-er. 


DOMINION  OF  SIN. 

B\  I'ETKR  DEAUIIOKFF- 

IN  order  to  know  that  sin  holds  dominion  in 
the  e.irth,  it  is  not  necessary  to  go  back 
about  6,()00  years,  to  the  fall  of  man.  and  show 
that  through  hi*  fall,  all  mankind  have  become 
elfeetcd;  nor  is  it  importiuit  that  we  becouie 
largely  theoretical  ou  the  subject.  But  we  have 
only  to  open  our  eyes  and  look  around.  W'e  see 
that  tlu'ough  the  voice  of  a  few  leading  pereons 
in  the  kingdoms  of  the  world,  almost  countless 
multitudes  of  men  enlist  forth  to  the  field  of 
blood  and  c.Trnage.  and  all  for  what?  Why  to 
kill  and  be  killed,  aud  go  down!  down,  we  fear, 
to  a  hopeless  perdition  with  all  the  nations  that 
forget  God,  white  on  the  other  hand,  men  and 
angels  may  plead  and  cry  from  day  today, from 
year  to  year,  and  from  century  to  century,  to 
only  come  and  partake  "'of  the  waters  of  life 
and  live  forever,"  and  barely  few  (proportional- 
ly speaking),  will  accept  the  proffered  mercy. 
And  alas!  what  is  still  worse,  many  of  those 
who  come  aud  profess  themselves  to  be  the  ser- 
vants of  Jesus,  by  actions,  show  themselves  to 
be  of  such  charactei-s  as  the  apostle  spoke  to 
when  he  said:  "  I  preceive  that  thou  art  in  the 
gall  of  bitterness  and  the  bond  of  iniquity." 
They  toil,  strive  and  grasp  after  earthly  goods 
as  if  they  supposed  great  earthly  gain  was  god- 
liness. No  wonder  Jesus  said,  "  Wide  is  the 
gate,  and  broad  is  the  way  that  leadeth  to  de- 
struction, and  many  there  be  which  go  in  there- 
at: Because  strait  is  the  gate,  and  narrow  is  the 
way  which  leadeth  to  life,  and  few  there  be  that 
find  it." 

A  CHRISTIAN  MARTYR. 

]1V  iiVLlX  GRL'UH. 

AS  it  is  appointed  unto  all  men  to  die,  it  is  to 
us  of  great  importance  to  know  how  we 
may  die  well.  This  we  can  only  learn  at  the 
foot  of  the  Cross,  and  it  greatly  strengthens  our 
faith  to  see  those  who  have  been  there,  passing 
away  from  earth,  peaceful  as  the  going  down  of 
a  Summer's  sun. 

There  is  no  record  in  the  Bible,  of  a  death 
that  comes  so  near  resembling  the  death  of  our 
Lord,  iis  that  of  Stephen.  Of  course,  there  is 
no  death  really  like  that  of  Jesus,  His  life  aud 
death  stand  alone  without  a  parallel.  For  even 
an  infidel  had  to  say,  "  Socrates  died  like  a  phi- 
losopher, but  Jesus  Christ  like  a  God."  Only 
a  short  time  after  Jesus  died,  Stephen,  not  very 
far  from  the  same  spot,  was  called  to  lay  down 
his  life  for  the  truth.  Both  in  his  life  and  with 
his  lips  he  bore  testimony  to  the  truth,  and  then 
sealed  it  \vith  his  blood.  He  was  the  first  of  the 
Christian  church  who  fell  by  the  bloody  hand 
of  persecution,  and  thus  had  the  honor  of  lead- 
ing the  van  of  that  noble  army  of  martyi-s  who 
are  enrolled  for  heaven.  Stephen  was  one  of 
the  seven  set  apart  at  Jerusalem.  These  were 
to  be  men  of  honest  report,  and  full  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,  and  with  this  description  this  good 
man  fully  agreed. 

At  that  time  the  church  was  iu  a  prosperous 
condition.  Stephen  stood  in  the  front  of  the 
battle,  dealing  sturdy  and  vigorouH  blows  to 
Satan's  kingdom,  and  soon  became  the  object  of 
hatred  and  persecution.  We  are  told  that  full 
of  faith  and  power  he  did  great  wondei-s  and 
miracles  among  the  people.  The  enemies  of 
God  and  truth  felt  that  this  must  not  be  allow- 
ed, and  that  something  must  be  done  to  silence 
so  able  a  preacher.     Vile  wretches  were  hired  to 


utter  false  acciisations,  and  Stephen  was  drag, 
ged  to  the  great  council  of  Sanhedrin  that  n 
show  of  justice  might  be  made.  Aud  all  that 
sat  in  council  looking  steadfastly  on  him,  shw 
his  face,  as  it  had  been  the  fate  of  an  angtl 
Stephen's  hearers  were  filled  with  rage  agoiust 
their  best  friend,  because  he  told  them  the  truth 
Does  he  look  to  the  council  for  mercy  umi  pro, 
tection?  or  does  he  look  around  the  hull  for 
some  mode  of  escape?  No!  notbiug  of  that 
kind.  He  looked  steadfastly  up  to  heaven  and 
saw  the  glory  of  God,  aud  Jesus  standing  on  the 
right  hand  of  God.  Man,  by  nature,  hates  his 
enemies  and  seeks  to  return  blow  for  blow  to 
the  very  last  hour  of  his  life,  but  Stephen's 
words  were,  "Lord,  lay  not  this  siu  to  their 
charge."  In  our  Lord's  dying  moment,  Uv 
prayed,  "  Father,  forgive  them,  for  they  know 
not  what  they  do."  Aud  now  here  is  one  of 
His  servants  dying  with  the  same  spirit  of  for. 
giving  love  upon  hi.-i  Hps.  The  dying  saint  nt. 
tered  one  more  prayer  on  this  sad  occasion 
feeling  that  his  work  was  done,  he  cried,  "  Lord 
Jesus  ru-eive  my  spirit."  Stephen  paid  the 
same  hojuage  to  the  Redeemer  iu  his  last  mo- 
ments,  ^-hich  Jesus  did  to  His  Futhor  when  H^ 
was  deDnrling  from  eai'th. 

StepTun's  death,  then,  was  a  very  noble  one 
notwithsliindiog  the  violence  that  attended  it. 
Devout  moil  tarried  him  to  his  burial,  ami  timdy 
great  lamentation  over  hiui,  It  h  when  wc  have 
buried  our  friends  that  we  begin  to  I'cel  the 
greatness  of  our  \osi.  While"  the  body  is  yot 
with  us  and  we  can  go  to  the  room  where  it  lies 
and  gaze  on  the  familiar  features,  it  is  really 
hiud  to  realize  that  the  dear  one  is  really  gone. 
but  when  we  have  taken  the  Inst  look,  and  im- 
printed the  last  kiaa  ou  the  brow  of  the  dead. 
when  the  coffin  is  lowered  in  the  grave  and  we 
go  back  to  our  lonely,  desolate  home,  and  ste 
the  vacant  chair,  the  empty  bed,  the  books  the 
loved  one  usud  to  read,  and  many  little  things 
tell  us  that  the  object  of  onr  affection  has  really 
gone  to  return  no  more;  then  comes  upon  us 
the  bitterest  hour  of  our  bereavement.  Myiv 
iads  of  martyi-s  have  died  a  painful  death  rather 
than  deny  Christ. 


THE  FATAL  CUP. 


IT  was  a  bridal  scene.  The  wine>cup  passed 
from  lip  trf  lip.  One  gentleman  refused. 
"  Can't  you  pledge  friendship  in  a  social  glass?  " 
pleaded  the  bridegroom.  "  I  dare  not;  I  can- 
not." 

Then  the  beautiful  bride,  with  bewitching 
smiles,  aud  eyes  that  were  brighter  than  th& 
jewels  on  her  fingei-s,  held  out  the  poison  to  him» 
saying,  "Surely,  you  will  not  refuse  me?" 

The  color  mounted  hischeek;  he  faltered;  ha- 
yielded  to  the  Circe  of  the  banquet.  The  first 
taste  fired  his  lust,  and  he  ceased  not  till  he  was 
a  sot  again. 

A  few  years  after,  one  quiet  Summer's  even- 
ing, a  wretched  outcast  reeled  into  the  opea 
door  of  a  pleasant  home,  when  a.  lady  was  just 
drinking  a  glass  of  wine,  allowing  her  little  one 
to  sip.  The  vagabond  si)rang  forward  with  a 
maniac's  frenzy,  raised  his  arm,  dashed  the  ctip 
to  the  floor,  aud  shouted,  "  Murder  him,  if  you 
like,  but  not  with  that!  Look  at  me.  Yoti 
miide  me  what  I  am.  I  was  respected  aud  hon» 
ored.  You  tempted  me  at  your  wedding.  Now 
there  is  not  a  reptile  that  I  wonlcl  not  fjladly 
change  places  with.  I  must  soon  stand  before 
God's  bar.  On  your  head  rests  my  blood!"  A 
gurgling  sound  was  heard  in  his  throat.  He 
fell  at  her  feet  a  corpse.  He  sleeps  in  a  name- 
less grave,  the  victim  of  cruel,  though  thought- 
less seduction. 

The  above,  which  we  take  from  Professt)r 
Twing's  new  "Handbook  of  Illustrations,"  is  a 
telling  incident,  and  should  lead  every  one  to 
beware  how  they  tempt  their  weaker  neighbor, 
Above  all,  let  no  woman  use  her  wit,  her  beau- 
ty, or  her  social  position,  to  snare  the  feet  of 
her  associates,  but  rather  use  her  winning  grace 
to  guide,  and  guarcl,  aud  save. 

—Church  Vnion. 


Do  Everything}  Well. — If  you  have  some- 
thing to  attend  to,  go  about  it  coolly  and 
thoughtfully,  and  do  it  just  as  well  as  you  cau. 
Do  it  as  though  it  were  the  only  thing  you  bad 
ever  to  do  in  your  life,  and  as  if  everything  de- 
pended upon  it.  Then  your  work  will  he  well 
done,  and  it  w\\\  afford  you  genuine  satisfaction. 
Often  much  more  does  depend  upon  the  man- 
ner in  which  things,  seemingly  trivial,  are  per- 
formed than  one  would  suppose,  or  than  it  is 
possible  to  foresee.  Do  everything  well,  and 
you  will  find  it  conducive  to  your  hapinness, 
and  that  of  those  with  whom  you  come  in  con- 
tact. 

Write  your  name  in  kindness,  love  and  mer- 
cy on  the  hearts  of  those  you  come  in  contact 
with,  aud  you  will  never  be  forgotten. 


July 


ANisromsrcEMKisTTs 

be  brief,  ftud  iTrillen  on  i-htT,     ^'       '•  '*"^i^ 


L0VB-FEA8T8. 

|to.rice  church,  G»ge  Co.,  N,b.,  Seplembcr  7th 

and  Slh,  conimencmg  at  2  o'clock. 
SucnrCrcet   coogregmioo.   S«„g„„,„„   c;^,     „ 

October  3  and  4,  comnieiiciag  at  10  o'clock.     ' 

t^-  There  will  be  a  Con,mu„io„  Meeting  at 
loM  Center,  at  reiidence  of  Bro.  G.  W  Boit- 
,iotl«,  Sept.  7th  and  8th.  Place  of  meeting,  two 
iiad  a  half  milea  South  of  Iowa  Center. 

D.  E.  Brubaketi. 

2^-  A  Love-feast  ha.  been   appointed  in   the 
Paint  Creek  congregation,  Bourbon  Co.,   Kansa., 
October  3rd  and  4th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
By  Rpfinest, 

WlI.Ll,\«  STOCKMIiVER. 


^Mt.;    BRKTHUK^J    AT    WOKIC 


MONEY     LIST. 


A  B  dishing,  60;  J  Forney,  2  00;  C  Forn-y, 
12  00;  J  Bnrson,  3  00;  J  I  Smith.  1  00;  J  W 
Zigler,  .SO:  D  Bechtelheiraer,  2  30;  ,1  P  Wolfe 
2  00;  L  .\  Engle,  i  50;  D  W  W.igoncr,  50;  J 
Murray,  TO;  H  R  King,  1  00;  A  H  Hanim,  90; 
L  Sutpliin,  3  00;  Wm  L  Spanogle,  2  00;  Geo 
llarnhart,  2  00;  F  Judy,  1  50;  J  C  Osborne,  I- 
110;  P  P  Brumbaugh,  ]  50;  ,J  C  Osboru,  1  00; 
E  Eitenberry,  1  00;  G  Emrich,  88;  J  Kimraeli 
1  ,-,0;  B  F  Shade,  2  00;  ,J  H  Bnshore,  1  50;  E 
F  Good,  s.i;  M  C  Dolly,  1  00;  D  Stonor,  85;  ,1 
T  Workman,  1  10;    E  Samsline,  1  00;    C  Fitz, 

1  00;  J  D  Lahman,  3  50;  S  Long,^neeker,  .30. 
A  A  Munsoii,  1  00;  E  A  Orr,  2  00;  A  Burkct| 
100;  D  Bowersox,  7  40;  I  Gavber,  00;  WB 
Price,  2  00;  P  E  Whitmer,  !iO;  B  F  Glick,  1  00 
R  F  M;uibray,  75;  A  Harader,  1  DO;  R  Arnold, 
To;  M  A  Snyder,  1  50;  A  Kinsey,  40;  D  A 
Hctriok,  73;  N  B  Murray,  1  .55;  E  Sliowaller, 
■J  110;  S  M  Higgle,  .50;  H  H  Bean,  5  50;  AW 
VaniuLin.  60:  S  J  Neher.  1  00;  E  Wataon,!  70; 
E  1'  L  Dow,  IS  00;  D  S  Royer,  1  00;  L  A  Krise, 

2  (10;  G  W  Traxler,25;  0  Rupert.  35;  .1  Har- 
ve.v,  2  55;  J  .\  Landis,  1  50;  J  Arnold,  1  00; 
•J  Spindlei-,  1  00;  C  P  Bsrltey,  1  25;  D  B  Hirt, 
•J".;  W  Nofl'smger,  25;  S  M  Fnhruey.  1  CO;  A 
Allbrigbt.  25;  G  W  Geesey,  1  25;  C  D  Hylton, 
50;  L  S  lloyer,  1  00;  E  S  Robinson,  25;  H  H 
Bruhaker.  25:  W  Domei-,  50;  A  Harader,  1  00; 

1  A  Gouglmour.  1  25:  M  E  Kepler,  1  00;  ,J  (; 
Wright,  75;  .1  T  Itowland,  1  00;  D  ANorcros-. 
50;  L  A  Krise,  1  00;  A  L  Esholman,  25;  A  11 
Warner,  25;  .1  Root,  2  25;  T  C  Denton,  50;  F 
Angleraeyer,  75;  E  S  Thomas,  25;  J  M  Heck- 
ler, 25;  D  Znmbrunn,  25;  H  .1  Berkcy,  3  00; 
(1  T  Weiaile,  1  00;  D  Bollinger,  25;  I  Kimrael, 

3  00:  JDLeedy,  2  72;  C  B  Wilson,  25;  CB 
Heed.  25;  J  HuH',  45;  J  Lucas,  S  00;  .1  B  Sell, 
!I0;  K  Young,  2  00;   D  Young,  JS;    S  Beechly, 

2  25:  R  0  Shivcly,  75;  T  A  Brown,  1  60;  P 
South,  75;  S  Sala,  1  00;  D  Bowman,  75;  .1 
Boagy,  1  00;  A  Beelman,  1  25;  W  Spidic,  25; 
C  H  Ilamer,  75;  J  Kindig,  1  00;  B  Coate,  I- 
00;  I  Steel,  1  00;  G  W  Thomas,  2  00;  J  Beech- 
ly, 1  00;  E  W  Stoner,  50;  C  H  Walker,  1  .50; 
M  C'ulp,  25:  ,J  H  Lemon,  4  OO;  M  Congor,  50; 
.1  B  Ulory,  75;  J  E  Studebaker,  2  25;  M  Tows- 
lee,  5S;  ,J  Wirt,  75;  H  E  Royer,  75;  J  Hedrick 
"5;  AHarlcy,  25;  W  Young,  100;  S  Crane, 
2  00;  I  Davis,  25;  E  Bowers,  75;  S  Guthrie,  25: 
W  Meyer,  5  25;  A  Harley,  25;  S  S  Miller,  1  00 
J  I'  liarnhart,  1  00;    J  Kuthernnm,  1  00;    W 

Eikenberry,    13  .'!0.  B    Grisso.    75;    J 

Early,  75;  S  Miller,  25;  L  Buss,  1  00:  G  Long 
75;  A  J  Hixon,  1  00;  J  Browor,  75:  B  W  Da- 
vis, 75;  1  J  Mathes,  25;  P  Anglemeyer,  75;  B 
l''osse,  40;  J  R  Wellington,  75;  J  W  Whitt- 
keail.  1  50;  0  Metv.,  75;  J  Wagner,  75;  .1  Ifey- 
eis,  75;  M  Metz,  26;  J  S  Sncll,  73;  H  Nefr,T5; 
A  Shopbcll, -5;  AAUlery,  75;  S  Clery,  75: 
•I  P  Smith,  75;  M  I  Early,  25;  E  Knhn,  25;  F 
H  Toney,  25;  J  Weaver,  1  60:  J  R  Gish,  2  25; 
1  D  Wasgoncr,  76;  C  Wirt,  75;  A  Kinsey,  .50; 
A  Ohm.irt,  76;  C  Ohinart,  76:  E  Uiubaugh;  H 
lVillamore,75:WASouthwood,  25:HESouth- 
wood,  26;  G  Hoover,  6  00;  D  Flory,  7o;  J  N 
fevers,  75;  I  Bcrkev,  3  00:  C  Meyers,  I  50;  A 
''tl"i'.v,  75;  W  Filz,  75;  .1  W  Meyers,  75;  F 
McOaughney,  75:  J  Kinsey,  75;  .J  Johnson. 
S5;  1)  B  Ulcry,  26;  N  W  Burk,  25;  H  Miller. 
25:  M  E  TSoliu,  25:  M  Miller,  25;  TMiller,  75; 
'I  L  Berkey,  GO:  A  Simmons.  25;  W  A  lu-mper 

'  »;  .1  B  Mishlci-,  40;  D  Stump,  25;  J  Stump 
^i  W  N  Moore,  25;  J  Burton,  25;  J  Barton, 
°5l  .S  JleFadden,  75;  J  W  Stowder,  75:  J  Tin- 
'I'.aJ:  J  s  Miller,  60;  N  Blough,   15  30;  M 


TrwBh,  26;  J  Co(,„||,  J,,.  ,,  ^-.„,^j.  ...  J,  J, 
P«.on,  75;  J  Tridle,  75;  T  Kreider,  75;  SR 
Zug,  75:  D  Bamhart,  S5;  D  A  HuffeH,  I  00; 
G  W  Stone,  25;  M  Domer,  25;  0  F  Vount,  20; 
G  W  Bullerbaugh,  75;  D  Shivcley,  1  10;  I 
Connell,  25;  B  Summers,  26;  L  Mellinger,  25; 
J  C  Kohler,  25;  F  W  Kohler,  25;  E  Meyers, 
lo:  H  llaunlton,  1  00;  J  Bnibnfeer,  75;  J  I, 
Rudy,  75;  l)r  P  R  Wrightsman,  50;  L  V  Mil- 
ler. 25;  A  Miller,  25;  S  A  Ulery.  75;  S  Unrho, 
lo;  J  Ulery,  75;  J  N  Kanffman,  2  50;  0  Barter 
25;  A  Moulee,  25;  J  Kntherman,  25;  J  1  Cover 
25;  J  Wise,  50;  C  Wesley,  25;  W  WSnmmer^ 
1  50;  S  A  Frederic,  25;  DC  Riggle,  25;  B  M 
Davis,  1  40;  S  Coppock,  ■25;  A  Teeter,  35;  S  T 
Bossemian,  50;  D  Gibbon,  25:  C  Weaver,  25; 
M  A  Bomershine,  75;  B  PetHey,  75;  "s  C 
Stump,  .60. 


DIHD. 

Ob.i„„i«  ,l,o„M  b«  l.ri.f.  „,ii„„  „„  but  «b.  M,  o 
pnpcr.  »nd  gepnmle  from  all  otbor  buiinua. 


BOYD,-In  the  Cherry  Grove  congregation, 
Carroll  Co.,  111.,  June  2l8t,  187S,    Bro.  Wm. 
Boyd,  aged  62  years,  9  months  and  17  days. 
MILLER.— In  the  Turkey  Creek  congregation, 
Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  sister  Mary  Catharine  Mil- 
ler, aged  57  yearn,  4  months  and  8  days.  Dis- 
ease, an  abscess  in  the  head.    Funeral  servic- 
es by  the  Brethren  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13. 
Sister  Miller  was  much  beloved  by  all.  The 
husband,  a  deacon,  lost  a  kind  companion,  the 
faniily  a  good  and  efficient  mother,  the  church 
a  faithful  sister,  and  Ihc  community  a  good  cit- 
izen.   Peace  to  her  ashes!         J.  H.  Milleb. 
LEREW.-Near  Bethany,  Osborne  Co.,  Kan- 
sas,   Juno    13lh,    Anna    Elizabeth    Lerew, 
daughter  of  Lewis  and  Jane   Lerew.  aged  3 
years,  0  months  and  20  days.      Fuiieriil  ser- 
vices by  D.  0.  Brumbaugh  and  H.  W.  Landis. 
BLICKENSTAPF.  -  In    the    Ccrro  Gordo 
church.   111,,  June  loth,  187S,  Leonard  A. 
Blickenstaff,  aged  .16  years,  4  months  and  24 
days.     He  wjis  a  deacon  since    February  last, 
and  died  in  full  hope  of  a  life  beyond. 

J.  K.  SmvuLv. 
EMIGIL-Jmic  5lh,  1878,  of  Cholera  Infantnm 
M.  Gertie,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.    K.  .ind   Belle 
Einigh,  aged  1  year  and  6  months.     She  was 
caressed  by  all.    None  knew  her  but  to  love 
her.    "  She  is  not  dead  but  sleepeth." 
"  Lay  the  sod  lightly  over  her  bre;ist. 
Calm  lie  her  slumber,  ix'ncefnl  her  rest, 
Beautiful,  lovely:  she  was  but  given 
A  fair  bud  to  earth,  to  blossom  in  heaven." 
CBIPE.— At  Edna  Mills,  Ind.,  May  22nd,  '78 
sister  Susanna  Criiie,  consort  of   Bro.  Wil- 
liam Gripe,  aged  39  years,  9  months  and  12 
days.    She  leaves  a  kind  husband  and  seven 
children  to  mourn  her  loss,   but  we  believe 
their  loss  is  his  eternal   gain.      Funeral   by 
Bro.  George  W.  Cripe  and  the  writer,  to  an 
unusually  large  congregation  of  sympathiz- 
ing friends.  Isaai;  BiLLiiiiiEn. 
HOUTS.  —  June   19lh.   in  the  Panther  Creek 
church,  W^oodford  Co.,  III.,  Sarah  Houts,  wife 
of  John  Houts,  at  the  age  of   78  years,  1 
month  and  17  days.     Funeral  by  J.  J.  Kin- 
dig,  from  1  Peter  1 :  24,  25.      Peace  to  her 
ashes!  J.  .1.  Kinuio. 
McNAMAR. — in  the  Yellow  Creek  congrega- 
tion, Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  June  19th,  sister  Car- 
rie McNamar,  wife  of  friend  R.  C.  NcNamar, 
aged  25  years,  6  months  and  3  day.s.    Funeral 
services  by  the  Brethren  from  Phil.  1:  12. 
C.  L.  Buck. 
MILLER.— In  the  Maquoketa  church,  Scott 
Co.,  Iowa,,  .lune  isth,  IST.S,  Lydia  Miller,  an 
applicant  for  baptism,  daughter  of  Samnel 
and    sister    Brumbaugh,    aged  30  years,    1 
month  and  15  days.     Funeral  discouRe  from 
Matt.  24:  44,  by  the  writer.  1.  B.\l{To. 

IIOUDESH  ELL. -Died  in  Engle  Creek  church, 
Hancock  Co.,  0.,  on  the  llth  of  .lune,  Marj- 
Ellon  lloudeshell,  aged  19  years,  5  months 
and  9  days.  The  suhject  of  this  notice  had 
not  connected  hei'self  with  any  church,  al- 
though she  had,  at  different  times  during  the 
past  .year  expressed  a  desire  to  becoiue  a 
Christian.  Uer  reason  was  much  clouded 
during  her  brief  illnes.s,  so  much  so  that  she 
was  unable  to  converse  rationally  upon  any 
subject.  May  this  prove  a  warning  toothers. 
I'^ineriil  conducted  by  Bro.  E.  Bossermnn, 
S.  T.  Bo.^KRMAX. 


Don't  live  a  single  hour  of  your  life  without 
doing  exactly  what  ought  to  be  done  in  it,  and 
and  going  right  straight  through  it  from  be- 
ginning to  end. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From    Mountain  Home,    Pa. 
Dftir  Brrtlirrn : — 

THROUGH  your  kindnes..,  Bro.  Merrill  and 
I,  with  many  other  invalids  at  this  home, 
are  enjoying  the  groat  pleasure  of  reading  .ronr 
patter,  which  is  a  source  of  great  comfort  to  us 
while  awayfn.m  home.  Brahn'n  and  friends, 
when  these  ait;  lost  to  o«r  usual  daily  cnjoyl 
nient,  it  adds  to  make  your  pajter  still  more  en- 
joyable, and  gives  us  a  fore-lnate  of  the  feelings 
of  our  dear,  isolati'd  Brethren,  who  often  ex- 
press their  joy  in  the  privilege  of  receiving  our 
periodicals,  and  brings  us  nearer  to  them  in 
Inn.  sympathy.  Mun.v,  no  doubt,  do  not  value 
the  great  worth  of  your  paper,  when  surround- 
ed by  the  former  privileges,  and  I  for  one,  am 
free  to  express,  that  I  never  «o  much  enjoyed  it 
as  at  this  time,  when  it  is  read  and  re-read. 

Dr.  Walter's  mountain  home  is  truly  an  in- 
viting place  for  the  invalid.  We  are  thrown 
together  here  from  many  Stales  in  tho  Union. 
West  Indies  and  Caniula,  all  seem  to  be  hopeful 
ol  the  restoration  of  health,  and  are  trying  to 
enjoy  that  itst,  so  necessary  to  the  weary  and 
worn.  This  reminds  us  of  another  rest,  and 
are  invited  to,  and  shall  come  from  the  East, 
West,  North  and  South  to  enjoy;  but  very  un- 
like this,  as  we  have  our  aches,  pains  and  dis- 
nppointmenla,— there  it  shall  be  a  true  homo, 
and  rest  for  the  faithful  who  have  endured  to 
the  end.  Hope  that  our  sufferings  and  afflic- 
tions here,  mil  only  make  us  richer  there,  when 
we  arrive  at  home. 

All  the  inmate-s,  or  nearly  so,  seem  to  profese 
religion,  and  this  brings  to  us  the  thought  that 
God  loves  us,  and  has  placed  this  allliction  up- 
on us  to  draw  us  nearer  to  Him.  Hope  thi 
Lord  may  strengthen  ns,  and  help  us  lo  endur 
to  the  end.  .-Vs  it  is  impo.ssible  for  us  to  write 
a  private  response  to  all  of  our  Brethren  and 
i'riends,  who  feel  an  interest  in  our  personal 
welfare  and  restoration,  we  would  say,  whilo  we 
Iiuve  tried  many  cures  and  medicines  prescribed 
by  some  eminent  physicians  and  all  have  failed, 
we  feel  at  times  almost  discouraged;  while  we 
are  led  on  slowly  yet  steadily  lo  restoration. 
Bro.  Merrill  is  also  meeting  the  full  expecln- 
tions  of  Dr.  Walter,  and  will,  in  time,  be  re. 
stored  lo  health  again.  We  trust  the  LonI  will 
bless  our  efforts  hei-e,  and  soon  enable  us  to  r 
turn  to  our  homes.    Fraternally, 

...  ...  •^-  C.  Kkih. 

trmm-satli;  Bn-lrx  Co.,  Pii. 


A    Trip    West. 
/A«c/J«</i|.,n..— 

ELDER  Martin  Garber  and  wife,  elder  John 
Brower  and  wife,  myself  and  wife,  took 
the  train  at  Staunton,  Va.,  on  the  morning  of 
Aiiril  nth.  Reached  New  Hope,  Preble  Co., 
Ohio,  the  next  evening  at  half  past  five.  Visit- 
ed our  friends,  brethren  and  sisters  in  Prcbli 
and  Montgomery  counties,  Ohio,  and  while 
there  attended  twelve  meetings.  The  people 
paid  good  attention  to  tho  preaching  of  the 
Word,  and  we  have  been  made  to  rejoice,  when 
we  learned  that  so  miniy  of  those  dear  young 
persons  have  been  adopted  into  tho  kingdom, 
since  we  left  Ohio,  .\ngels  are  made  to  rejoice 
when  sinnet^  turn  home  to  Christ. 

We  spent  part  of  one  day  at  the  Soldier'} 
home,  near  Dayton,  Ohio;  seen  through  the  iu- 
side  workings  of  the  home.  It  is  a  home  for 
all  disabled  soldiers;  has  about  four  thousand 
names  on  roll;  five  hundred  absent  on  fur- 
lough. Thoy  seat  1.100  persons  to  the  table  at 
once;  450  gallons  of  coffee  reipiired  for  one 
meal:  1,100  pounds  of  meat  per  meal ;  720  dozen 
of  eggs  for  one  breakfiLst;  4.50  gallons  of  soup 
for  a  supper;  400  loaves  of  bread  jiermeal:  14 
barrels  of  potatoes  and  15  barrels  of  Hour  per 
day.  The  actual  cost  of  maintenance  of  each 
individual  is  about  21  cents  per  day.  The  in- 
stitution has  been  in  operation  about  11  years. 
Eleven  hundred  deaths  have  occurred  in  that 
time.     Present  mortality  about  25  per  month. 

Brethren  and  sistere  Garber  and  Brower, 
started  from  Preble  i^o.,  Ohio,  to  Iowa.  On  the 
25tli  of  .\pril,  wife  and  1,  started  to  Paris,  Ed- 
gar Co.,  III.,  and  on  the  4th  of  May  went  to 
Secnr,  Woodford  Co.  Attended  two  meetings 
at  the  Panther  Creek  church,  and  the  7th  took 
the  train  for  Iowa,  reaching  Keokuk  Co..  la,  on 
the  .''th.  Same  day  found  a  brother,  who  very 
kindly  conveyed  us  five  and  a  half  miles  out  to 
Bro.  Samuel  Flory 's,  and  there  we  overtook  our 
traveling  companions,  and  rejoiced  to  meet  with 
each  other.  We  visited  in  Keokuk  Co.,  six 
days;  attended  three  meetings.  On  the  14th 
returned  to  Ruunoke,  Woodfonl  ('o..  III.  The 
Itlth  met  with  the  brethren  and  sisters  at  the 
Panther  Creek  church  at  their  Love-feast  meet- 
ing.    The  day  being  rainy,  the  multitude  was 


notso  large,  but  we  had  a  very  inUrestia. 
niecting.  On  the  30lh  went  to  the  wsIct  »h«i 
iiaptism  wiui  administered. 

The  31«t,  we  (all  six  of  our  company),  took 
Ihe  train  East,  to  Indiana,  umr  place  of  A  M. 
llere  we  vuiiled,  and  attended  meeting,  at  dif- 
ferent pluco.  until  Annual  Conference.  OiMt 
preparation,  hail  been  made  by  the  members  lor 
this  meeting.  The  midtitude  was  large  tlw 
weather  fine,  and  upon  the  whole,  the  me^tiiw 
pW  of  ple-.„antly,  considering  the  multituS. 
Ihe  feeluig  among  the  Brethren  Msmed  to  be 
good. 

Reached  home  at  three  o'clock  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  IBth  of  June;  found  our  families  M 
well  for  winch  we  have  cause  to  thank  tha 
1*"1.  Yours  in  Love, 

,,,  E.  L.  BaowEB. 

11  nijnnlioro,  Va..  .Imu  ISIh. 

From    Souttiern    Kansas. 

J)-'ir  Jtyrflitfii; — 

HAVING  just  returned  from  a  Commnniou 
meeting  held  with  the  Brethren  in  A». 
derson  Co.,  I  would  say,  that  my  father,  S 
llodgden,  oUBro.  Bennett  and  myself,  attend- 
ed  the  sttine,  and  had  a  verj-  plea-sant  trip  I 
tinnk  we  had  the  moat  enjoyable  feast  I  everjt. 
tended.  The  members  seemed  to  be  alive  to 
their  duty.  The  rainLstets  preseut  were  Robert 
lldgecomb,  Bro.  Bidier  from  Douglas  Co  Bro. 
Flack,  S.  Hodgdcn,  WiUiain  Stockmeyer,' A  C 
Numer  and  Jesse  StudebtJter,  their  elder.  Th« 
Brethren  thought  it  best  to  call  more  help  to 
the  ministry,  and  also  to  the  office  of  deacon- 
they  gave  forth  their  loU  for  two  mmisters  and 
two  deacons.  Th.  lot  fell  on  James  Shaw  and 
hpliroim  Studebaker  as  ministers;  Matthias 
Shilling  and  Peter  Wutkms,  deacons.  I  hope 
they  may  he  the  meims  of  doing  much  good.  — 
Brethren  and  .sisters,  we  should  pray  for  our 
ministers,  hold  them  up  ,uid  encourage  them, 
that  they  may  lie  tho  mi'ans  of  bringing  bsclc 
tho  lost  ones  to  the  fold  of  God.  There  is  a 
great  part  on  the  side  of  the  members,  that 
they  attend  meeting  regularly,  and  make  the 
meetings  lively  and  interesting.  Then  it  en- 
courages the  minister,  and  he  feels  that  hi» 
work  is  not  in  vmn.  But  if  the  niembera  do 
not  go  to  meeting,  nor  take  any  interest  in  the 
welfare  of  the  cliureh,  everything  becomes 
cold,  and  the  light  goes  almost  out.  Brethren 
and  sisters  think  of  tliis. 

There  were  also  five  received  into  the  chorch 
by  baptism,  during  the  meeting,  —  all  young 
persons.  I  like  to  see  the  young  i*ople  remem- 
ber their  Creator  in  the  days  of  their  youth.  — 
The  more  young  people  in  the  church,  the  beU 
tt'r:  I  believe  they  are  the  life  of  the  chureh.  — 
Father  Bennett  stood  the  trip  well  and  enjoyed 
himself:  he  is  getting  somewhat  in  the  deolino 
of  life,  but  still  sails  on  the  old  ship  of  Zionf— 
soon  his  bout  will  touch  the  other  shore. 

M.  0.  HoDonBW. 

Galesbttt'j,  Krtn.,  Jmir  '^llh. 

From    Hollidaysburg,    Pa. 


ON  Bro.  and  sister  Eby's  return  from  Europe 
they  did  not  forget  the  dear  iieople  of 
Pennsylvania.  One  of  their  points  of  stopping 
was  at  .iltoona.  Pa.  On  Wednesday  evening. 
May  1st,  I  had  the  good  pleasure  of  hearing 
him  preach  there.  I  had  a  very  anxious  desim 
to  see  them  and  hear  him  preach.  Had  formed 
a  slight  acquaintance  with  him,  while  waiting 
,11  the  depot,  »■»  route  for  A.  M.  held  at  Meyeis- 
dale.  Pa,,  a  few  years  ago. 

But  to  the  subject.  The  evening  was  delight- 
ful. The  little  church  was  filled  with  aniiooa 
listeners.  Bro.  Eby  read  the  139th  Psalm  and 
spoke  from  verses  21-24.  He  portrayed  to  our 
minds,  the  honesty,  integrity  and  uprightn^ 
of  David.  He  was  a  man  afU-r  God's  own 
heart,  and  yet  how  seemingly  unlike  our  bless- 
ed Saviour,  who  was  equal  with  God.  Bro, 
Eby  spoke  with  great  effectiveness  and  power. 
Should  we  never  hear  our  brother  speak  again, 
let  not  those  precious  truths,  spoken  that  night 
be  cast  into  oblivion  !  Better  had  we  never 
learned  of  Christ  than  to  jierish  at  the  foot  of 
the  Cross,  in  a  land  of  Gospel  liberty  like  ours. 
We  feel  to  say  that  the  united  congregation 
might  exclaim  with  Peter  of  old:  "  It  was  good 
to  be  there." 

Many  thanks  and  hearty  good  wishes  follow- 
ed Bro.  and  sister  Eby  by  the  friends  of  Altoo- 
na.  Thank  God  that  Bro.  and  sister  Eby,  with 
BiM.  and  sister  Fry  were  firing  witnesses  to  the 
good  cause  anmsed  in  Denmark,  and  were  peN 
niitted  to  return  to  their  native  land  again.  — 
How  gladly  we  welcome  them  back.  How 
anxiously  we  followed  them  thnmgh  their  per^ 
Ions  journey  across  the  briny  deep,  and  their 


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THK    BRETTHREIS'    ^T    "WOKKI. 


July    4^^ 


tamiuu  while  Uicre  in  DeniuBrW,  »\m  thpir  jour- 
ney bnik  again.  Hail  ihe  good  pl(*sure  of  con- 
voning  with  tJicm  at  the  <J<p«itoo  Thurailay  noon, 
im  (h.v  wt-re  about  t/t  ili-jmrt  homewunl.  Mj- 
li.  A,  i  .  ..-  i»»inc*I  to  U'arn  of  the  hBr.Uhipe  of  Uic 
ii.:ir  [.u|ilc  of  Dcumnrk.  eapecially  the  dear 
l.r^llifiu  and  i.i>teni  there  May  God  protect 
thera  frr.m  all  evil.  Urolhcr,  ainter,  u  the  hlood- 
Mttiii(?il  hanncT  of  King  Immanuel  waves  over 
Denmark,  let  iin,  each  and  every  one,  work 
mighiilyto  Imild  tht*  forlifiratioDB  otronger.  thnl 
they  iTiay  be  ahle  to  endure  the  wili»  of  Satan, 
and  yet  bearing  all  to  wUntl.  Plant  your  money 
and  yonr  cffirtx.  ro  they  may  abundantly  grow 
and  yield  a  hundredfold  in  thi«  life,  and  a  glori 
ous  home  in  the  aweet  "  Bye  and  by«." 
Your  welJ-winhing  Siater, 

Kmii.v  U.  Rtifler. 


From    Dayton,    Kansas. 

Drar  BivtJireii .— 

AS  we  are  ofteulimoi  made  to  rejoice  when  we 
hear  of  onr  brethren  and  sifltem  walking  in 
the  «ji[)oint«cl  way*  of  our  heavenly  Father,  and 
thereby  win  precious  souls  U>  love,  and  obey  our 
Creator,  i  think  it  expedient  to  write  a  few  sen- 
tenc«  in  regard  to  the  Truth.  The  cluntih  in 
Anderson  Co.,  Kiiueo*.  lield  a  Lovc-fcost,  on  the 
13th  and  14th.  inst.,  and  there  seemed  to  be  n 
TOry  general  inleresl  nmnifested  by  all  ;  and  very 
good  order  prevailed  ;  uo  iloubt  many  are  looking 
foraeafo  lauding  iueU^nity.  FivcuoiiU  came  into 
the  fold  of  our  Redeemer,  iu  tlie  way  which  God 
hw "before  ordained  or  appointed  for  iw  to  walk 
lo. 

Brethren  and  elulers,  let  us  watch  and  pray, 
looking  daily  into  the  perfect  law  of  liberty  ;  and 
Tralk  as  JesUK  walked.  If  we  hold  out  fikiilifuj, 
the  crown  of  life  shall  be  ourB.  The  church  saw 
the  need  of  more  laborers  iu  the  house  of  God  ; 
•0  there  were  four  breihren  choHCii,  two  lo  the 
deacons'  o(Hce  and  two  for  ministers.  Bro.  K. 
Miller  was  advanced  into  the  serond  degree.  Mny 
the  spirit  of  our  Ciod  rest  upon  these  brethreu,  so 
they  may  walk  worthy  of  their  calling,  and  may 
be  the  nieaua  of  uiauy  ]necioua  souls  being 
brought  into  the  fold  of  Jesus,  is  the  desire  of 
your  brother  and  wGll-wisher. 

W.  Stockueyeb. 


From    Denmark. 

Jhar  Bifthrnt:— 
I  T  hiut  often  been  in  my  mind  lo  write  you  some 


Had  choic*  for  two  deacons,  the  lot  falliag  on  our 
dearly  U-loved  brethren  Jacob  Getz  and  Job  Ker- 
ney.  May  itie  Lord  help  iheiu  to  be  faithful  and 
to  be  good  servant*-  of  (he  church.  Since  the 
feast  we  are  harvesting,  but  rain  evcrj'  day,  so 
that  the  grain  is  waiting  to  be  takeu  care  of.  At 
jir(#ent  writing  no  prospecU  for  clear  weather.  — 
Early  Winter  wheat  very  good,  late  winter  wheat 
damaged  by  smut,  I  love  the  papvr,  anrl  am 
much  edified  and  strengthened  by  it.  However  I 
have  not  been  getting  it  very  regularly,  but  will 
not  complain,  since  I  do  not  know  whose  fault  it 
is.  Hope  you  may  prosper  ;  the  Lord  bleas  your 
labors  of  love.     Yourt  in  Christ, 

H.  W.  Landis. 
[We  do  all    in   our   power  to   have   the   paper 
reach  all  the  subscribers,  and  if  auy  fail  to  get  a 
certain  number,  and  will  inform  us  of  it,  we  will 
gladly  send  them  another. — Ed.J 


w. 


From    Lewiston,    Minnesota. 

ihur  Hrtiintn:— 

the  Brethren  of  Winona  Co.,  held  our 
Communion  on  tlie  first  day  of  June,  the 
time  announced.  We  had  a  very  fair  Qtl«ndanee 
of  members  of  our  branch,  and  also  quite  a  num- 
ber from  adjoining  church  districts.  Bj'  reason 
of  the  inclemency  of  the  weather,  the  attendance 
of  outsiders  was  not  very  hinge. 

We  were  well  supplied  with  ministerial  forces. 
The  ministering  brethren  present  wilh  us  fmm 
olher  parts,  were  as  follows:  Paul  Wetzel  of 
Grundy  Cenier,  Iowa  ;  Joseph  Ogg  and  William 
Drusy  of  Pilmortf  Co.,  Minn,;  (ind  Sylvester  Du- 
raad  of  Le  Suer  Co.,  Minn.  Bro.  "WeUel  came 
about  two  weeks  in  advance  of  the  time  of  our 
Jjove-feast,  in  order  to  have  some  meetings  among 
the  Germans,  as  there  is  quite  a  large  nuinbiT  of 
tliat  nationality  in  our  vicinity  of  country.  He 
first  held  a  few  meetings  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Jacob  Harshniau,  an  isolated  Bro.;  about  twenty 
miles  West  of  Lewiston.  The  meetings  were  held 
in  the  church  owned  by  the  Evangelical  Associa- 
tion, nr  German  Methodists. 

Bro.  Welxel  next  came  among  the  Brethren  in 
the  vicinity  of  Lewistou,  a  village  of  about  four 
hundred  inhabitants,  largely  Germans.  The 
Brethren,  anxious  to  have  Bro.  Wetzel  preach  to 
them,  there  being  no  meeting-house  or  church  in 
the  place  in  wliich  1^)  hold  meetings,  we  finally 
concluded  to  try  and  get  the  hall  in  tlie  Lewis- 
tou Hotel,  and  succeeded.  The  hall  wtis  ar- 
ranged for  the  purpose  of  preaching  the  Gospel, 
instead  of  dancing.     Temporary   seats   were   pro- 


1      lines,  but  my  spare  moments  are  BO  few,    imd  |  ^'''ed  by  common    boards   being   placed   on    beer 
1  am  generally  so  much  wore  out  and  tired,   that 


the  body  is  not  able  to  render  assistance  to  tliE 
loul.  0  how  would  1  enjoy  U>  be  among  and  \sv- 
dorstand  the  dear  brethren  and  sisters  over  yonder 
aud  take  part  in  the  seasons  of  worship ;  yet 
while  this  hardly  ever  will  be  done,  I  feel  to  rt.- 
joicc  by  what  I  know  of  you.  To  tell  you  th 
way  tho  Lord  has  lead  me,  I  hick  time.  This  I 
can  do  to  better  satistiiction  ut  some  future  lime, 
though  I  can  soy,  that  I  hove  learned  the  good- 
ness of  God,  for  which  I  give  glory  to  His  holy 
name. 

We  thank  you  out  of  a  full  heart,  dear  brelh- 
reu  and  sisters,  for  all  you  do  for  us.  It  is  appre- 
ciated and  the  voice  of  thanksgiving  goes  up  dai- 
ly to  a  throne  of  grace  for  your  work  of  love.  — 
True,  we  are  but  a  little  baud  and  much  despised 
by  the  many,  but  Ihe  I.*rd  is  our  Shepherd,  we 
tihull  not  want.  We  will  trj',  by  the  grace  of 
God,  to  show  ourselves  worthy  of  the  vocation 
whereto  we  have  been  called. 

The  last  two  Sundays  I  have  had  the  joy  of 
burying  two  dear  souls  with  Christ;  the  one  an 
81  year-old  man.  He  could  have  no  peace,  uor 
sUtod  the  idea  of  dying,  before  he  had  obeyed 
Chriet  in  all  things.  When  he  arose  from  the 
water,  aud  all  the  way  home,  he  thanked  aud 
praiseil  God.  We  had  a  irood  meeting  pre- 
vious to  baptism  ;  but  only  one  sister  went  along 
to  the  water,  yet  other  friends,  standing  near  us, 
were  of  gfxid  service,  and  manifested  a  willing- 
ness to  help.  The  old  brother  wae  so  wc;ik  that 
ht  woe  curried  to  the  water  iu  a  wagon  and  had  to 
be  lifted  from  it.  May  God's  bl^Mugs  rest  on 
him  in  his  remuiuing  days. 

We  have  good  hojie  fwr  ihe  f'pread  of  the  Gos- 
pel, eeveial  mure  stand  uear  the  fold.  We  send 
you  otir  warmest  love,  especially  to  those  whom 
we  have  seeu  face  to  face. 

Yours  iu  Christ, 

C,  EsKII-IlSKS. 


kegs,  of  which  twenty-one  were  used  on  the  occa^ 
sion.  We  had  five  meetings  iu  this  place,  and, 
thanks  be  to  God,  that  some  good  was  accomplish- 
ed. 

I  will  say  to  the  many  readers  of  your  worthy 
paper,  that  the  brethren  aad  sisters  of  the  Wino- 
na church  are  still  tryiug,  by  the  help  of  God  to 
live  a  devoted  life  ;  serve  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Lord  wilh  the  ability  that  He  giveth  us.  Our 
late  Communion  has  strengthened  us,  and  we  hojte 
to  make  cousiderable  advancemeut  in  the  divine 
life.  May  our  course  be  onward  and  upward 
that  ut  last,  we  mny  all  be  gathered  home  to  our 
eternal  reward.  M'ithiu  the  last  year,  ending  on 
the  fii-st  day  of  June,  we  received  into  the  church 
by  baptism,  nine  ;  by  letter,  three;  in  all  twelve. 
C.  F.  Wirt. 


From     Osborne     City,     Kansas, 

OUR  Love-fea.st  was  held  at  Potterville  iu  this 
Co.,  on  Saturday,  June  8th.  Brethreu  Al- 
len Ives  and  Hiram  Fadeley  from  Burr  Oak, 
Jewell  Co.,  were  with  us.  Had  much  raiu  duriuj: 
the  time,  which  made  ihinge  very    unplea^aul.  — 


Religious  Intolerance  in  Denmark. 

To  Mr.  Aimina  Loul:  — 
\    WIIOTE  a  letter  lately  to  my  brother-in-law, 
__     who  learus  war  in   Aalborg  and  enclosed  it 
in  one  of  my  peace  envelopes,  aud  sent  it  to  him. 
He  wrote  me  as  follows  : 

"  Your  letter  received,  and  I 
thuuk  you  for  iL  I  have  read  it  with  joy  ;  yet  it 
us  caused  me  some  trouble,  and  I  do  not  know 
whether  or  not  I  have  acted  right.  You  can 
judge  for  yourself  by  the  following.  Your  letter 
has  been  and  is  being  severely  criticised  a  j;reiit 
deal  by  the  officers  in  the  army,  because/of  what 
is  printed  on  the  envelope.  Your  letter  is  dateil 
April  29lh  aud  was  received  May  tith.  Is'ow  vou 
know  all  letlere  are  si-nt  to  us  through  the  hand 
of  an  officer.  When  letters  were  handed  out 
May  (itJi.  I  was  called  forward  to  three  of  our 
higher  officers  who  commenced  to  speak  very 
roughly  to  ine,  and  demanded  information  about 
you  and  your  occupation.  Of  course  I  could  on- 
ly tell  them  you  were  sent  here  as  a  missionary 
of  the  Brethren  in  America.  At  last  thev  de- 
manded 1  should  give  them  the  envelope.  Here 
I  was  in  a  strait  and  hardly  knew  what  to  do.  I 
kuew  I  had  a  riglit  to  deny  them  the  letter,  yet 
was  flware  it  would  cause  me  much  trouble  al'ler- 
warde.  And  I  did  baud  it  to  hiiu,  but  probably 
I  had  better  not  done  so.  But  I  thought  if  they 
would  call  you  before  the  tribunal,  they  would  do 
so  anyhow,  aud  what  harm  cau  tbey  do   you,    lur 


what  the  envelope  contained  ?  I  trust  you  can 
answer  for  what  you  wrote.  I  do  not  know  what 
they  will  do,  but  hope  all  will  come  right. 

Now  I  must  note  some  things,  by  which,  if  yo" 
avoid  them,  you  can  save  much  trouble.  What 
the  officers  wanted  me  to  write  to  you,  is  this. 
That  you  should,  in  the  future,  use  no  more  such 
envelopes  when  you  write  to  me  here.  They  di 
not  wbh  to  see  such  a  thing  any  more.  You  must 
do  however  as  you  deem  proper. 

To  that  translation  from  Samuel  J.  May,  I 
have  nothing  to  say,  except  that  it  is  true, 
every  word  of  it.  I  know  well  enough  that  the 
life  of  a  soldier  is  the  most  cruel  and  fearlul  pro- 
fession to  be  imogiiied.  It  is  in  every  respect  lo 
be  educated  to  kill  and  destroy  our  fellow-men, — 
Aud  the  soldier  is  iu  many  respects  not  treated  as 
a  human  being,  but  often  treated  worse  than  a 
brute,  A  mau  in  Denmark  can  be  punished  for 
maltreating  his  auimals,  but  the  officei-s  can  treat 
a  soldier  as  bad  as  they  please,  without  punish- 
meut  Still  the  soldier  is  created  in  the  imrtge  of 
of  the  Lord  as  well  as  the  officer.  We  moy  safe- 
ly say,  a  soldier  is  outside  the  law  ;  though  subject 
to  the  meanest  treatment  by  tho  officer,  he  has  uo 
rights  himself.  No,  the  officer  will  tell  him  :  "  I 
will  teach  you  to  forget  God,  but  never  me." 

So  I  never  have  one  happy  hour  while  io  this 
profession,  and  yet  I  learn  as  easy  as  all  the  rest, 
but  it  is  the  love  for  vain  glory,  that  makes  it  go 
smooth.  But  ray  dear  friend,  it  is  not  only  the 
life  of  a  soldier,  that  makes  every  honest  man 
loath  it.  I  do  not  know  of  auy  similitude  lo 
exactly  express  my  idea,  but  might  liken  it  to 
hell.  I  do  Dot  conceive  of  any  more  suitable 
name.  Could  you  see  us,  drawn  up  in  battle  ar- 
ray, you  would  heor  a  gieat  deal  of  swearing  aud 
blaspheming,  and  of  such  a  nature  to  make  any 
honest  man  tremble.  All  of  our  officers  are  in 
reality  quite  satauic,  though  they  are  reported  as 
some  of  the  best. 

Now  you  see  that  it  is  uot  with  joy  that  I  stay 
here,  but  as  a  Dane  I  am  compelled  to  heed  its 
laws,  vet  I  know  you  will  say:  '  Decline  aud  fall 
back  on  the  law  of  the  Most  High,"  Well,  but 
■bat  will  be  the  result?  To  do  so  I  have  a  good 
desire,  but  to  ilo  it  and  to  defend  it,  I  lack  cour- 
age and  wisdom. 

REMARKS. 

is  with  hundreds  of  honest  young  men.  — 
May  God  pity  our  country.  We  do  all  we  can 
to  enlighten  them.  Over  100,000  octavo  pages, 
printed  in  tract  form  are  spread  here.  Five  thou- 
sand copies  of  our  peace  envelopes  have  been  dis- 
tributed, and  many  sermons  ]ireached  on  the  sin- 
fulness of  war.  A  .--mall  church  is  organized,  ad- 
hering to  the  peace  cause  and  we  have  many 
friends  iu  the  land,  yet  most  all  are  poor,  and  un- 
able to  help  the  cause  along. 

After  two  years  of  hard  work,  we  have  good 
hopes  for  poor  Denmark  It  is  hard  to  get  the 
people  lo  work  in  union  here,  very  hard,  if  we 
canuot  all  see  alike.  People  will  withdraw  and 
pull  down,  rather  than  build  up,  and  all  di-ssent- 
ers  from  the  State  church,  even  those  who  claim 
to  be  the  childien  of  peace,  fight  one  another.  — 
Now  it  always  was  my  idea  of  peace  that  we 
should  not  only  put  the  sword  in  its  place,  but 
bridle  our  tongue  and  not  use  it  as  a  poisoned 
dart.  But  so  it  is.  Christendom  is  rent  and 
split,  and  all  that,  because  carnality  is  ia  the  in- 
si<Ie  as  well  as  outside. 

I  receive  your  paper  regularly,  and  feel  to  en- 
courage you  in  your  work.  You  speak  in  plain 
and  unmistakable  language,  and  you  do  well,  for 
the  promise  is  ail  on  yoursi{le.  ■  All  you  work 
for  shall  finally  bless  deluded  humanity.  Will 
you  accept  my  good  wishes  and  heartfelt  thanks 
for  your  kiudue.>u  towards  me  ? 

I  received  a  letter  from  France  some  time  ago, 
from  the  friends  of  jieace,  and  answered ;  but 
have  not  heard  from  ihetn  since.  They  said,  they 
worked  on  one  plan  to  get  all  the  peace  people 
unite<l  on  a  good  working  basis.  That  was  too 
good  an  idea  U<  be  lost,  but  since  we  have  heard 
nothing  about  it. 

Our  country  has  changed  considerably  in  the 
last  eight  years.  Then  we  could  hardly  speak  of 
peace,  without  immediate  punishment  for  it. 
Now  we  hardly  meet  opposition  among  the  com- 
mon people,  but  many  have  a  weakness,  like  that 
soldier,  so  that  they  dare  not  act  out  their  prin- 
ciples- Yours  iu  Christ, 

„.      ,       „  C.  Hoi-E. 

Hjorriiuj,  Denmark. 

DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 


Dry  Valley  church,  Pa., iq.ci) 

K  I/eooard, loq 

B.  F.  Shade .si> 

W  Ikenberry, .2.^ 

Ella  M.  Swaely, 2.00 

I.  Horner,  Ind., .20 

David  CruU,  Ind ..'.q 

A  brother,  Ind .15 

J.  K.  Miller,  lad .26 

J,  Buss,  Ind., ,25 

M.  Forney,  III ,25 

Oakland  church,  Ohio, 7,43 

West  Couestoga,  Pa. 15.12 

Chiquer  church.  Pa,, 48.43 

John  Harnish,  Ohio 3.00 

S.  Bock,  Ind. .60 

D.  C.  Biggie, .25 

C.  p.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
Lamirk,  III.,  Junr  27th.  J87.'i. 
(I'.  C,  plrnxf  copij.  ) 


INTERESTINfi    ITEMS. 


The  symptoms  of  a  general  Indian  war  on  the 
frontier  are  unmistakable.  Army  officers  are  ai>. 
preheusive.  and  all  the  tribes  seem  to  he  in  a  slate 
of  ferment.  Serious  difficulties  in  some  localities 
have  already  made  their  appearance. 

Perhaps  the  most  significant  event  of  the  past 
week,  in  this  country,  is  the  election  in  California, 
where  the  Communisls,  under  the  lead  of  oue 
Kearney,  have  carried  the  city  of  Sau  Francisco, 
and  have  gone  far  towards  carrying  the  State, 


The  schooner  Eothen  sailed  June  19th,  i 
search  of  relics  of  Sir  John  Franklin.  It  will  h 
absent  probably  two  years  or  more. 


The  Congress  at  Berlin  has  arranged  terms  of 
pence,  which,  no  doubt,  will  be  accepted  by  Hus- 
sia  aud  Turkey. 


A  sugar  beet  factory  is  to  be  started  in  Healds- 
burg,  Cal.  It  is  proposed  to  erect  works  irith  a 
capacity  of  about  40  tons  of  sugar  per  diem, 
which  will  require  the  planting  of  over  500  acres 
in  beets. 

No  farmer  can  aHbrd  to  sell  wood  ashes  for  auy 
price  that  the  soap-boiler  would  pay.  Where 
oats  lodge,  as  they  are  apt  to  do  upon  heavily 
manured  land,  an  application  of  ashes  would  save 
the  crop. 

A  little  green  bug  ia  destroying  the  blue  grass 
in  Kentucky.  Great  fields  are  said  to  be  mvaged 
by  it,  the  grass  looking  as  if  it  had  suffered  a  pro- 
tracted  drouth. 


Two  tramps  attacked  a  woraau  iu  Tazwell  Co., 
Va.  With  an  ax  she  killed  one  and  cut  ofl"  the 
arm  of  the  other,  though  not  until  after  she  wns 
fatally  stabbed.     She  died  in  two  hours. 

The  BaptiM  Weekli/,  baa  compiled  the  following 
fable  of  statistics,  showing  the  indebtedness  of 
several  of  the  great  missionary  organizations  of 
the  country  so  far  as  reported  : 
American  Baptist  Missionary  Union,  -  S  26,000 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  60,000 
Reformed  Foreign  Mis^^ions,  -  -  -  .  28,000 
Methodist  Missitmary  Society,    -     -    -      170,000 

The  Methodists  include  both  their  home  and 
foreign  work  in  oue  organization.  Probably  the 
other  denominations  also  show  a  large  indebted- 
ness for  foreign  work. 


Silver  Creek  church,  III., | 

Shannon  church,  111., 

A  sister,  Kansas, 

Lydia  Hough, 

Pine  Creek  church.  III., 20 

Tuscarawas  church,  0 

I.  Steel, 

J.  D,  Lahmau 

K.E.  Miller, 


.">0.00 

20.00 

,25 

2.00 

,00 

2.12 

.25 

,50 

7.50 


M'.  Mark  Williams,  a  native  of  Butler  Co..  0., 
graduate  of  Miami  University  and  Lane  Semin- 
ary, for  twelve  years  a  missionary  at  Kalgau, 
Northern  China,  writes  under  date  of  January 
17th,  ltJ7>*.  After  giving  interesting  details  of 
missionary  work,  its  difficulties  and  success,  he 
adds  :  There  is  a  vast  population  here,  and  very 
little  emphiyment.  For  two  vears  there  has  been 
a  famine,  and  millions  have  perished.  Food  is 
very  high  and  silver  very  low.  The  government 
of  China  has  given  a  million  dollars.  I  saw  food 
made  of  leaves,  bark  and  chaff,  eaten  by  the  poor, 
These  suffi;riug  people,  in  their  extremities  do  not 
excite  riot,  as  was  the  case  in  the  United  Slates 
last  Summer,  but  starvt-.  If  famine  would  turn. 
them  from  idolatry  and  ojiium  to  Christianity,  it 
would    be  well. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  pnssenger  train  going  enat  lenves  I.aDark  nl  liiWi 
1*.  M-,  find  urrivca  in  llacine  ftl  6:43  I'.  M. 

Drj  priH^eDgcr  Irnin  going  west  leaves  Lanark  nl  2-.Uil  B' 
M.,  (ind  ftrrives  nt  Kock  blEind  ul  6:60  V.  M. 

Night  passeager  trnins,  going  casi  anil  weal,  meat,  and 
leave  Laniirli  at  2:1K  A.  M  ,  arriving  in  Baciue  at.  ^-OO 
A,    M.,    fiiHl   at    Hock  iBlnndQlDiOU  A.  M. 

Freiglit  anO  Accommodation  Trriius  will  ruB  w«at  f 
l*^;  10  A.M.,  «;10  A.  M„  and  eaet  ul  lfi.lUA.>i- 
unJ  H:  1,1  r.  M. 

Tickela  are  sold   for  above    tmine   only,     rasfleiig*' 

trains  make  close  coaneciion  at  Wcsrcrty  Unioa  JuncliuOi 
0.  A,  Saaa.  AcenJ- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


Vol.  III.   • 


^f:^:!":^^^  ^^.U.  ««^  ah  People^^L...  2: 


Lanark,  111.,  July  11, 1878. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


J- 


MOORE    &  M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


^^i  |>ith  of  i,iactic-(il  religion.  So  long  as 
Uinst  s  1,001-  are  im  aimoy.mco  to  ns,  we  do  wt 
know.  When  iv  saint's  iiicei^  wfta.and  lua  «i-ps 
inllow  fuilnck  of  uouiislimeut,  wliileall  around 
liini  iuv  tliOHe  whose  forms  ure  bloiitt-a  with  ex- 
cessive alimentation,  iti=»  t-nongh  tomnkeJi^ 
sns  weej.  in  Heaven,  nw\  n-p^at  the  Olivet  wail 
of  LnVe  1»:  4i.  42.  '•  Ina^mndi  a.,  ye  have  not 
done  It  unto  oneof  the  Imst  of  tliese  my  breth- 
ren, ye  hiwc  not  done  it  unto  me:"  "  tjepaut  te 
ci^iWKU."     What  thnndev  wo  d»  fw  tU«  «uih- 

. ___^^  ,  "i«"-"'»"hi|,er.     mv.it  i,  crusbing,  irveverelhlo 

—  ^^_.  __ _^    uimthenia  for  the  negUctet  of  tlie  poor.     What 

THEY  THAT  HEAR    SHALL  LIVE.    ■"•  et^'-iafly  damning  penalty   ibr  the  despi.,,- 

of  the  Incarnation.      Whoever  is  ashamed' of 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B,  H.  MlI-LEIt.        -      -      - 
J,  W.  STEIN,       -      -      - 
D.  VANTMAS',         -      -      - 
D.  B.  WENTZEB,       -     -  ' 
MATTIE  A.  LEAR.        -    .- 


-  LAIJOGA,  IND. 
NEWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  nRI>KN-,  ILL. 
WATNBJBORO,  PA. 

-  ruilANA,    ILL. 


FARICWKLL   mygiiy  companions, 
Willi  you  r  cauiiot  go; 
I've  sefinut  on  my  journey. 
My  liome  is  not  helow. 

My  home  is  high  up  yonder, 

And  there  my  jouniey  ends, 
.loin  with  me  in  my  travels. 

For  th«re  you'll  me^t  your  frieuds., 
Friendrt  that  have  long  departed, 

And  could  they  us  address, 
rhev'd  tell  the  wondrous  story, 

Which  life  cannot  express.' 

The  sinner  knows  no  pleasure. 
Compared  with  heavenly  bliss; 

The  Christian  does  his  duty, 
And  this  is  happiness. 

My  young  and  gay  companions, 
Who  live  in  mirth  and  sin, 

Keiuember  your  great  duty 
List  to  that  voice  within. 

If  you  refuse  its  warnings 

Until  it  is  too  late, 
I  pity  you,  poor  sinner. 

For  sad  will  be  your  fate. 

I  should  be  lost  as  sadly. 

Should  I  not  mend  my  ways, 

And  render  to  Him  gladly, 
God's  everlasting  praise. 

My  Savior  calletl  rae  early, 

And  partly  1  obeyed; 
But  now  I  see  my  danger 

And  wonder  where  I  stayed. 

Jesus  I  humbly  pray  thee, 

That  Thou  wouldst  dwell  ivithin. 

To  sanctify  my  nature, 
And  set  me  free  from  sin. 

Be  this  my  greatest  pUasure, 

Thy  holy  will  to  keep; 
Then,  dying  on  thy  bosom 

I'll  refit,  and  sweetly  sleep. 

Selected  by  Mauv  L.  Cii'i*. 

THE  MISSION  OF  POVERTY. 

BY  C.  H.  BALSBAVGH. 


poverty  is  iwhamed  of  Je.sus  Christ.  Siicrllici' 
is  the  glory  of  Christianity.  Setfisliuess  is  tho 
cun^e  of  humfinity.  0  the  bla««e<lnes3  of  befciR 
poor  with .InMis  to  enrich  others..  ■.;     - 

If  we  truly  apprehend  the  CroBs  we  must  he- 
come  ver>  poor  before  we  fee!  [wor  eno.igh  to 
he;/.  If  we  have  found  Jesus  wo  will  live  on 
bread  and  w^ater,  and  yet  >/  rich.  If  there  i» 
auything  real  under  the  sun  it'  ii  tlie  se,m  of 
jomfc-heirship  with  the  All-iuheritor.  G^^f^ 
poor  must  be  mir/h(  out.  They  do  not  flaunt 
their  poverty.  The  keen  eye  and  quick  sym- 
pathy  of  Christian  love  finds  them.  The  poor 
are  the  Divine  test  of  our  fealty.  Those  whospnrn 
the  poor  inside  the  walls  of  Zion,  have  nothing 
to  spare  for  missons  outside.  Remember  the 
poverty  of  Jesus,  and  your  riches  in  His  emp- 
tiness, and  and  you  will  be  gltt<|  He  has  hinged 
your  salvation  on  kindness  to  the  poor. 


**  1)I,ESSED  are  ye  poor.' 

Ij     en  the  poor  of  this  world." 


"God  hath  chos- 

■'  I  WHJ4  a 

hungered,  thii-sty,  n  stramjer,  naked,  sick." 
Who  believe-s  this  as  descriptive  of  tl|e  Lord  of 
Olory?  Who  glories  in  the  blessedness  of  pov 
erty  ?  Wlio  sees  Incarnate  Deity  and  the  Judge 
of  all  the  earth  in  the  poor  saints?  O  for  the 
eyesalvo  of  the  Divine  Oculist  to  heal  our  Lao- 
dicean ophthalmia.  What  an  intolemble  scur- 
vy iioverty  is  to  many  of  us.  How  glad  we  ore 
it"  the  poor  Mxi^ev  on  in  silence,  and  keep 
their  tkigers  out  of  our  poclwt-books.  How 
thankless,  or  with  what  cold  fornuility,  we  sit 
to  our  epicurean  tables,  while  our  tellow-mem- 
bers,  with  grateful  hearts  and  tearful  eyes,  sub- 
sist on  mush  and  milk.  To  pamper  self  and 
neglect  the  poor  is  not  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ'.  To  "fare  sumptuously  every  day," 
while  some  tattered,  scabby,  ulcerous  Lazarus 
lies  at  the  door,  is  the  quintessence  of  selfish- 
Mess, 

The  great  marvel  of  the  world's  lastttfy  is 
that  God  iu  Christ  became  poor.  A  great  want 
was  here  met.  and  a  glorious  example  given. 
The  word!},  "  Ya  K.sow."  i«  2  Cor;  S:  9.  contain 


A  FEW  WORDS  TO  THE  SISTERS. 

Ity  THARLOTTB  T.  ROM). 

Dpar  Sistrrs:— 

AS  Q  love  of  dress  is  a  weakness  that  belongs 
to  our  sex,  Isincerely  hope  that  you  will 
not  only  bear  with  my  remm-ks  on  the  subject, 
but  hope  that  you  will  consider  them  well.  The 
Scriptures  forbid  conformity.  They  also  tell 
us  what;  our  adornments  should  he,  as  well 
what  they  should  not  be.  Our  adornments 
must  not  con.sigt  in  gold  or  apparel  or  costly 
an-ay. 

The  chuich  has  given  u&  a  systematic  dress, 
or  in  other  words  an  order  of  dress  that  we  may 
know  just  what  to  do.  Why  not  live  up  to 
this  order,  turning  neither  tu  the  right  nor  left-' 
It  is  neat  and  good  enough  tor  any  of  us,  and 
one  of  the  greatest  beauties  about  it  is.  if  it  is 
strictly  adhered  too,  it  brings  rich  and  poor  up- 
on an  equal  footing,  There  need  be  no  emhoi- 
rassment  among  poor  sistei-s;  they  can  all 
meet  and  salute  each  other  in  loving  confidence. 
Sisters  do  you  not  see  the  beauty  of  the  arrange- 
ment?       '* 

Can  we  not  look  up  to  the  Giver  of  every 
blessing,  and  humbly  thank  Him  for  giving  usi 
commands  so  easy  to  obey,  and  that  are  so  well 
calculated  to  keep  love  and  harmony  among  us. 
Did  you  never  feel  that  sweet  peace  of  mind  that  I 
the  humble  sister  enjoys  in  her  simph?,  heaven- 
ordered  apparel,  and  think  how  supmor|it  is 
over  and  above  the  butterfly  of  fashion,  whose 
mind  is  constjmtly  filled  and  worried  with  a 
fear  that  she  will  not  make  a  good  appearance 
at  alt  times  uud  places  in  the  latest  fashions';' 
Would  you  not  think  it  dreadful  to  be  such  a 
slave':'  Alas!  thousands  are  just  iu  such  a  state 
of  slavery.  Now  dear  sisters,  every  one  of  us 
that  fail  in  the  smallest  thin^;,  living  up  to  the 
established  order  of  the  church,  are  just  as  guil- 
ty as  the  one  that  puts  on  all  the  fiwhions  rif 
ffie  day.  If  we  fail  in  doing  part  of  a  command, 
we  are  guilty  of  full  disobedience  of  that  com- 
umnd.  That  is  the  meaning  of  the  text,  i-'If 
you  fail  in  one  point,  you  are  guilty  of  the 
whole."  It  is  very  incSnsistent  to  suppose  that 
If  we  fail  in  one  command,  we  are  guilty  of  the 
whole,  but  it  looks  very  reasonable  if  we  fail  in 
one  point,  we  are  guilty  of  the  whole.  Thus 
dear  sisters,  you  perceive  that  if  we  wear  a  use- 


lessribbon  or  th«»  smallest  or  narrowest  piece  of 
trimmiiig.  or  in^fliort  wear  anything  for  onni- 
ment  or  use  any  oth^r  udurhtuent  than  h  liieek 
and  quiet  spirit,  we  aw  disobeying  tho  full  com- 
mand, and  not  only  one,  but  all  of  the  com- 
mands concerning  Uving  nen-couforraed  to  the 
world.  ) 

And  de.it  sist8ni,*thw  iajiot,  bUo£  tho,  harm 
weiir.-.  doiii£,i^i  this  mattf r;  w^  are  not oply 
shutting  tlic  gate,  of  heaven  a^^inst  oms.elve,, 
but  <mi  influence  whetlu-r^  it  be  small  oc  great, 
so  far  as  it  goes,  is  lemhng  othei-s  astray  with 
us.  If  one  sees  you  with  a  small  .amouut  of 
suihM-fluity,  she  concludes  it  no  harm  n  do  even 
more  than  yon,  aHd  fthe  is  right,  Ibr  if  you  dis- 
n\>ey  hy\mrl:  you  arp  gnHty  of  the  w'holtf.  Be- 
■  sidofi  you  have  made  tlmstArt.  have  led  the  way, 
Our  old  moUu-r  JBva  wils  |«1  into  temptition 
tii>t,  and  by  her  example  mid  influence  her  luis- 
biuid  was  induced  to  commit  a  fin  that  has 
brought  the  conswiuences  of  sin  upon  the 
whole  human  family,  and  the  punishment  pass- 
ed  upon  Eve,  has  been  transferred  to  all  of  her 
daughters;  her  husband  was  to  rule  over  her,  for 
woman  was  the  first  in  the  transgression. 

We  are  indeed  weak  vessels,  but  let  uh  show 
bur  strength  by  obeying  the  truth,  and  keeping 
right  along  thestraight  and  nnprow  way.  When 
we  see  one  going  just  m  far  us  they  dare  go  in 
the  waya  of  the  world,  we  very  much  fear  for 
them,  that  they  are. being  led  by  a  wrong  spirit. 
The  Spirit  of  Truth  that  is  to  t^uide  the  Chris- 
tian's way.  never  directs  into  forbidden  path; , 
but  let  us  he  controlled  with  the  same  feeling 
of  one  of  old,  when  he  said,  "let  others  do  as 
they  will,  as  for  me  and  my  house,  we  wifll.serve 
the  Lord." 

We  would  go  on  further,  and  say,  that  a  firm 
resolution  to  do  our  duty,  and  let  the  world  say 
and  do  as  it  may,  will  gain  the  favor  of  God  and 
nil  good  men,  while  the  other  coui-se  will  bring 
us  nearer  and  nearer,  every  day.  to  endless  des"^ 
truction.     God  says,  "  My  Spirit  will  not  always 
strive  with   man."     Why  do  we  cnive  these 
earthly  objects?    They  cannot  bring  happiness 
or  conifort.^hey  cannot  ease  pain;  the  friends 
we  make  by  such  are  of  no  account,   mere  bub- 
bles that  buret  the  instant  tjie  cold  winds  of  ad- 
versitj-  touches  you.  while  the  true  and  honest 
wilt  eliiig  to  you  in   adversity,  or  prosperity. 
To  have  true  friends,  we  must  be  true  ourselves, 
and  if  we  heloiig  to'the  church  of  the  Brethren' 
and  believe  in  its  doctrine,  let  us  live   up  to  it; 
and  if  the  churches  that  practice  after  the  fash- 
ions of  the  world  suit  us  better,  let  us  liv^  iu 
them;  not  live  iu  one  and  belong  practically  to 
the  another.    I  presume  every  person  that  b-^ 
longs  to  the  church  of  the  Brethren,  knows  that 
plainness  is  strictly  advocated,  and  why  after 
becoming  members,  wiJI  some  resist  coming  in- 
to the  order,  and  thus  become  a  stumbliug-bioek 
to  others  ■■ 
Dear  sisters,  come  right  over  to  the  order,  and 
I  as  a  sister  remarked  to  nie  soon  after  I  became 
I  rt  member,  f  The  plainer  the  better."     If  we  are 
decent  and  clean  that  of  course  is  included:  for 
cleaiilineas  is  next  to  godliness.     Now  we  be^ 
lieve  it  to  be  just  us  wrong  to  dre^s  extravagant- 
ly as  fashionably.    When   we  buy   high-priced 
clothing,  we  should  consider  if  we  would  spend 
one-halffor  the  article,  that   would  answer  the 
purpose  just  as  well.     The  other  half  might  be 
put  in  some  valuable  works  and  sent  out  among 
the  people,  some  of  our  papers,  periodicals  or 
pimiphlets,  and  suppose  only  one  would  cause 
some  poor  sinner  to  change  his  coui-se  and  turn 
from  Iiis  wicked  ways  and  seek   (Jod,  ami  you 
will  lie  none  the  woi-se  ofl'.     What  a  small  sac- 
rifice to  gain  sp  much,  you   would  have  the  de- 
lightful aud  cheering   thought   that   by  a  very 
snmll  sacrifice  you,  through  Gud's  mercy,  hud 
been  the  means  of  causing  angels   to   rejoice; 
and  if  you  should  both  hold  out  faithful,  what 
a  joyful  meeting  you  can    have  in  eternity,  for 
I  am  forced  to  believe  that  the  redeemed  will 
know  each  other. 


No.  28. 


WE  SHALL  NOT  ALL  SLEEP 

«T  XOAH  H.  BfAlnH 

IJ  I.EEI',  1,  w  „|l  u„j„„unrt,  »  taking  n^t 

)      M  i<..,l,„g       There  ..  .,ot^.  „„1.,«1U.I.  «h« 

1... »  not  „™l  i|„  a^„^  j^„|j_  f^^  ^^  ^^^^^^  ^11 
liAVB  It,  and  plenty  of  it  too,  or  our  l„Klie,  will 
soon  wear  o.,t,»n.l'i|ur  minds  not  h-  caml,],.  „f 
porlormingtWirdnl,,  for  „,i„„  ,„„.^  |,„^ 
'1.-P.  and  ,f  wc  would   u„t  grf  i,,  V  would 

»;"l  n,c„t,.Uy.  But  ;f  „«  Wcom,,  ,..ry  J 
iro.l,  mi  tAi  «  good  nislif*  r«i,t  or  .!«,,  w, 
k'fl  much  naU'd  and  relrahfd  every  w«y  So 
much  for  nuturul  sleep. 

Bui  lh«  sleep  mentioned  in  our  t,it.  i,  not 
the  -leep  that  nuture  demnn^  but  the  lUeep  of 
rteath;  not  the  .leep  of  the  .inner,  for  we  know 
th»talU,nner,«re  "  den.1  m  tre.,pi,™,a„.l  »iu.  ■' 
and  .t«,«id,"  Awake  thou  thai  .leepelh  and 
arise  trom  the  dead,  and  Christ  will  p.e  (hee 
liBht."  We  |„„pi|  that  when  LaMm,  died 
Umt  told  the  penple  hH,  sleeping,  and  they 
ILought  he  doe«  well,-  M  He  told  them  phun- 
ly,  '  L,i«arus  w  dead,"  hence  it  follow,  that  the 
term  sleep  m  theSeriptiire  often  .ignilies  d^L  ' 
Paul  says,  •■  Ijehold  I  ,how  you  a  my.lery  L 
«liall  not  all  .Wp.  but  we  shall  be  changed." 
Thi.  IS  truly  a  givat  mystery.  We  shall  not  all 
io,  hut  if  we  are  true  followers  of  Christ  imd 
live  at  the  lime  of  Chri,f»  second  coming,  we 
shall  never  die,  for  not  all  shall  sleep;  is  thi, 
not  a  great  mystery  ? 

The  above,  I  think  i.  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful arrangements  that  God  has  planned  Did 
yon  ever  think  what  a  glorious  armngement  it 
IS?  Did  you  ever  think  how  it  would  be  with 
lis  If  we  are  true  followers  of  Chri.1  when  He 
comes  again,  if  that  should  be  before  we  die? 
Oh  what  a  happy  thought,  that  we  shall  die  or 
sleep,  but  shall  he  changed  in  the  twinkling  of 
nn  eye.  Oh  what  a  mystery;  to  think  that 
Christ  shall  changeour  natural  bodies  into  spir- 
iluiil  bodies  in  a  moment's  lime.  But  there  is 
still  another  beautiful  arrangement  connected 
with  the  subject.  .411  the  tnie  follower,  of 
Chnst,  who  died  since  Christ  was  on  earth,  and 
m  many  as  will  yet  die  before  Hin  coming,  are 
represented  n«  sleeping  in  ,Ic»u8-sweet  thought 
to  sleep  in  Jesus-but  the  beautiful  arranee- 
ment  which  God  has  ordained,  is  revealeil  by 
Caul  in  first  Thessalonians  h  15,  "  For  this  we 
say  unto  you  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  that  we 
which  ore  alive  and  remain  unto  the  coming  of 
the  Lord,  shall  not  prevent  them  that  sleep." 
Christ  shall  nut  take  lis  up  iu  the  air  first,  no 
we  shall  not  go  befonr  them  that  died  in  the 
Lord.  I  read  that  God  is  a  Go,I  of  onler.  ajjd 
the  apostle  Paul  sa.Ts,  on  One  occasion,  '■  Let  all 
things  fedone  decently  and  in  order."  It  would 
not  .seem  in  order,  if  the  saints  that  an-  living 
when  Christ  comes,  would  be  changed  before 
those  wha  fell  asleep  iu  Christ  hundtwk  of 
yeurabelore.  Ithiuk  we  must  all  confess  Ihal 
it  is  a  beautiful  arrangement  which  God  has 
miule  known  unto  us. 


CATCHING  FISH. 

AGKNTLEM.iX  who  lia|,pened  to  be  spend- 
ing his  holidays  in  Scotland  thought  that 
he  would  like  to  try  his  hand  at  fishing  for 
Iruut  in  a  neighboring  sti-eain.  He  accordingly 
equipiied  himself  with  his  fishing  tackle  :uii 
other  appliances  of  the  best  description  that  * 
money  could  purchase.  He  went  to  the  stream 
nnd  toiled  all  day.  and  caught  nothing.  To- 
wanl  afternoon  he  espied  a  little  ringed  urchin, 
with  tackle  of  the  most  primitive  onler,  nip- 
ping the  fish  out  of  the  water  with  marvelous 
rapidit.v.  Peiiectly  iiuia/*Hl,  he  watched  the  tad 
for  a  while,  and  then  went  and  asked  him  if  he 
could  exphun  the  reason  why  he  was  so  success- 
ful, 111  spit^Wf  his  meagre  outfit,  while  the  ex- 
pensive apparatus  could  catch  nothing  The 
boy  promptly  replied,  "  The  fish'U  no  catch. 
S11-,  as  l,ing  iLs  ye  diiina  keep  yeisel'oot  of  slcht." 
rishers  of  men  need  not  wonder  at  their  want 
of  success  if  they  do  not  •  keep  themselves  out 
of  sight 


Jtil-v 


ANIMADVERSION. 

*  

i  \     YE  vounji.  y;  ««>'.  y*^  jtroud. 
\.rj     pluniv<l  in  fwhionV  gaudy  drean. 
Louk  around  you,  «w  thf  tn>wd 

Moving  on  in  wicked inw", 
Pnink'-n  with  the  luwt^i  of  *in. 
Sf-.-  thi-in  revfl  w*  th»-y  g*i— 
Pltinn?«  without  and  prid*"  within — 
Down  the  N(ri-»ni  t-i  vndW-^  woe. 

— — I>own  alon^  the  ntwam  of  time. 
Oue  liy  one  they  pus*  ftWfty; 
Unri'fiinued,  in  youth  imil  prime, 
SoiiK-  are  Humraonwi  ever>'  day; 
Summoned  are  the  young  and   proud, 

At  the  judgment  to  apiH'ar.— 

SiniitT.  you  mu>it  weiir  the  nhroud, 

Hfiply  yet  thin  prcHent  year. 

0,  ye  young,  reflect  and  pauae; 

Think  befoiv  you  further  go; 
Better  fur  take  up  the  cross, 

To  escape  eternat  woe; 
Than  )ic  drifting  in  the  dark. 

Downward  on  tlie  vir-wK-sr*  tide. 
For  you  know  not  when  your  bark 

Will  engulf  you  in  your  jiride. 

Thousands  living,  yoiing  and  Itniv^, 

rneonctnied  about  their  souh, 
Soon  will  «iik  into  the  j^-ravc, 

Which  the  Hiknt  night  (ontmN. 
Sinner,  liasten  Ut  repent. 

Christ  ia  kiioftking  at  your  door, 
Yrtur  dwtniction  to  prevent, 

Lest  von  i>nrn  forivi-iirioiv. 

FEET-WASHING. 

PKKIIAI'S  for  rejisons  swec-tly  their 
A  own,  lUftiiy  profess(»rs  of  rtfligion 
rofuBu  to  flfknowlctige  the  (lutliority  of 
Cbi'iKt  in  tliifi  nrdinnncf*.  We  liavi^  nev- 
er m*  yt-t  lieni'd  nn  nrgiiirient  in  favor  of 
thi.'*  skepticism,  timt  wa'^  lieavior  than  a 
feather  in  ft  toniado.  Kvery  effort  to 
wriggle  Jiwiiy  from  a  plain  duty  onlyi'e- 
"veals  it  more  clearly.  The  little  fioger 
'of' the  Almighty  Christ,  it>  hen\  lev  than 
all  the  theiilojrical  plummets  that  ever 
sounded  tlw  ocean  of  truth.  He  declar- 
-ed  tlie  act  of  watihing  tlte  diaciples'  feet 
to  hit  nn  example  wliieh  was  to  lie  litei'- 
ally  performed  by  His  followers,  even  as 
Hi-  had  Ket  tlie  exinnple.  Hblv  a  man 
ean  fnllo^^■  the  e.xample  of  Christ  with 
ftut  liti'rally  washing  the  •'ftints'  feet  re- 
ijuires  tl^e  agility  of  a  theological  acro- 
bat— siicli  as  true  candor  does  uut  desire 
to  attain— ujuuh  le^s  practice.  Christ 
emphatically  deolares  tliat  we  oiit/ht  to 
■wash  one  anotJiei's  feet,  hut  skepticism, 
enforced  liy  the  dogmatic  dicta  of  so- 
called  orthodox  doctoi-s  of  divinity,  rises 
from  it-<  gloomy  lair  of  doubt,  and  de- 
clares we  onr/fif  7int  to  wash  one  anoth- 
er's feet.  Here  is  a  masterly  conflict  or 
authoritie.'^.  The  King  of  heaven  against 
the  ])arehiiient'*()f  the  f<.dlege  professorl 
The  l^Iaker  of  worlds  against  the  maker 
of  human  creeds!  Tiiesiin  in  his  radiant 
splendor  against  the  glow-worm  at  your 
feet !  The  Arcliltect  of  ;dl  creation  against 
n  cnimbling  shaft  of  His  handiwork! 
Theundying  wisdom  of  glory  against  the 
silly  prattle  of  a  mortal  babbler.  To 
disregard  this  empliatie  fonimand  of  tlie 
Rt-deenier,  is  to  invalidate  the  authority 
of  His  entire  life.  It  certainly  requires 
an  ac-ute  intellect  to  discover  how  any 
one  claiming  consistency  as  ajewel  worth 
preserving,  can  see  infant  Knptisni  in  the 
Bible,  a  thing  \vhich  they  idl  admit  to 
be  an  outgrowth  <)f  inferential  fancy, 
and  yet  deny  the  necessity  of  yielding 
obedience  to  theuneiiuivical  declaration 
of  Jesus  Christ  on  tin*  subject  of  Feet- 
washing.  Such  a  course  betrays  a  de- 
gree or  moral  obli<|uity  :iuything  but  in- 
spiring, iu  oiU'estimatiM>f  human  char- 
acter. It  is  a  touch  of  tlie  IV"iii^*li  dog- 
ma, which  places  the  ;uitliority  of  a  cor- 
rupt chtirch  above  its  l)i\ine  Fotnider. 
Tlie  inner  consciousness,  supplied  with 
th'-driftiiitr  seuni  of  human  tradition,  is 


idfvatcd  abovf  tJie  orach-s  of  (iod.  A 
holy  ordinancy,  fotirid<*<l  liy  Chriirt  Him- 
M'lf.  i^  made  thu  therot-  of  srnering  ridi- 
cule, by  hearts  and  iiii>*,  which  at  otln-r 
tiinei«,  seem  eager  U}  breathe  the  holy 
name  in  prayei-.— <"/w/vA  A'h-iirtit^'. 

WATCHING. 
»T  JOSM  EJII^IiKT. 

^4  XTTATCIl  thnrerfore,  for  ye  know 
'  '  not  what  hour  your  Lord  dotli 
come  "  (Matt.  24:  42).  Did  «ur  blessed 
8avior  mean  we  should  \vHtch  others, 
see  the  faults*  of  others  and  pick  at  them 
and  make  them  greater  still  J  Or  did  he 
want  us  to  stand  out  of  our  houses  and 
watch  for  Him  as  children  do  when  t)ieir 
parents  are  gone  from  home?  I  think  the 
44th  verse  of  the  saiue  chapter  tells 
it.  "  Therefore  be  ye  ready,  for  in  such 
an  hour  as  ye  think  not,  the  Son  of  man 
conieth." 

I  do  think  dear  reader,  it  will  not  be 
long  till  Jesus  comes  in  the  clouds  of 
heaven,  for  the  signs  are  warning  us  to 
be  ready.  We  must  be  at  peace  with 
God  and  with  one  anotlier,  and  with  all 
as  faras  lieth  in  us.  Where  must  westand 
when  the  Lord  doth  come?  Stand  where 
duty  calls  us,  and  if  we  do  this,  we  will 
not  be  on  forbidden  ground;  not  go  into 
a  saloon,  for  that  is  unholy  ground. 
Wliere  then  shall  we  stand  ?  Be  ready, 
stand  l)y  the  Word  of  God,  which  fur- 
bids  us  t-o  stand  or  sit  with  the  scornful. 
When  the  Lord  doth  come  we  must 
have  on  the  wedding  garment,  which 
must  not  contain  so  many  flounces  and 
other  false  trimming  but  it  should 
be  white  and  clean,  and  modest.  O!  let 
us  all  Lave  this  garment  and  be  ready 
when  tlie  Lord  doth  come.  The  white 
"arment  must  have  uo  spots  of  the  world 
on  it,  for  the  Lord  will  see,  and  will 
not  apjji'ove  of  them.  Does  not  every 
parent  want  to  try  to  have  their  childi-en 
neat  and  ready  when  they  are  about  to 
be  joined  in  marriage^  And  do  not  all 
wish  theirchildreu  welH  Certainly  they 
do,  and  this  is  right.  Suppose  uui-  chil- 
dren could  marry  the  richest  and  the 
best  husbauds  or  wives  in  the  world, 
and  if  they  would  live  together  three 
score  years,  and  live  in  peace,  having 
much  riches  tliey  will  say.  "  sixty  years, 
but  they  were  short  ones."  Now  that 
Husband  who  said,  "  be  ye  also  ready," 
wants  us  all  to  have  on  a  wedding  gar- 
ment when  He  comes,  and  it  must  be 
white  and  clean.  He  does  not  recjuire 
us  to  have  unnecessary  rutfles  or  fixings 
on  the  garment;  He  don't  want  us  to  get 
it  made  after  the  style  of  the  world,  and 
I  thank  God  we  don't  need  to  get  the 
millint- r  to  make  it  after  the  lates  style. 
The  poor  can  haveit,  and  each  one  can 
obtain  it  for  himself. 

He  ye  also  ready  when  I  come,  and 
have  the  wedding  garment  on,  and  then 
I  wdl  receive  you  unto  mysf'lf;  but  you 
nuLst  have  no  spot  or  wrinkle.  After 
the  marriage  we  can  be  together  forever. 
It  will  not  be  like  here — a  few  short 
years  and  then  separate,  no  moi-e  to  meet 
on  earth.  AVe  weep  and  shed  tears  when 
we  must  separate,  and  01  how  lonely  it 
is  if  our  companions  are  taken  away,  or 
our  dear  children;  but  if  we  watch  and 
are  ready  when  theMiister  conies,  we  all 
can  meet  again.  AVhat  a  happy  meeet' 
ing  that  will  be? 


A  GREAT  WONDER  IN  HEAVEN. 
ItY  J.  S.  MOULKR. 

a  A  ^^^  there  ajipeared    a  gi'eat  won 

-^*-     der  in  heaven;  a  women  clothed 

with  the  *iun,  and  the   monii    under  her 


feet,  and  upon  her  head  a  crown  of 
twelve  stars"  (Rev.  1-2:1).  God  has 
never  left  Himself  without  a  witness  to 
the  human  f:iiiiily,  in  all  ages  of  the 
world,  tiod  luLs  always  had  a  people 
on  earth:  and  some  system  of  worsliip 
was  introduced  in  the  early  history  of 
the  world  whereby  the  human  family 
could  draw  High  to  (iod  and  worship 
Him;  hence  we  notice  that  AheV'^  ofl^r- 
ing  wni*  acceptable  to  God  (Gen.  4:  4). 
'^EmK-h  >ra}h.<}  with  God  "  (Gen.  4:  M*), 
7.  f.,  he  walked  l)laiiieless  in  the  Law  of 
God,  and  systoniof  worship  then  reveal- 
ed. Noah,  after  the  flood  offered  a^x'ep- 
Utile  worship  to  God  (Gen.  9 :  'i  1 ).  Again, 
we  read  of  the  sons  of  God  taking  the 
daughters  of  men  to  \\-ife.  By  the 
phrase  "  sim-n  of  God,^^  we  iinderstand 
those  that  obeyed  God,  were  obedient 
to  the  7fiode  of  worship  then  imparted; 
and  the  phrase  "  daiufht^rs  of  men  "  we 
understand  to  mean,  women  who  were 
not  obedient  to  God,  but  were  corrupt. 
By  this  intermarriage  tlie  sons  of  God 
compromised  their  religion,  and  became 
corrupt  through  the  influence  doubtless 
of  their  wives,  hence  the  great  corrup- 
tion preceding  the  flood. ,  The  mode  of 
wt)i*s]iip  before  the  introduction  of  the 
Law,  may  be  termed  the 

TWILICHT  OK  ItKVF.AI.EI*  UEMOIO.V. 

AATien  the  Law  wjis  introduced,  more 
lieht  was  introduced,  many  tilings  were 
commanded,  that  previously  were  not 
comman<led,  many  things  were  forbidden 
that  previously  were  not  forbidden.  The 
Sabbath  day  was  fully  set  apart,  and 
sanctified.  The  Jewish  law  discriminat- 
ed bet«"een  beasts  that  were  clean  and 
unclean;  between  fowls  that  were  clean, 
and  unclean;  between  fishes  that  were 
clean,  aud  unclean,  and  none  were  al- 
lowed to  be  eaten  with  their  blood.  Their 
social  intercourse  with  surrounding  na- 
tions, and  with  themselves,  was  clearly 
lefined.  Their  marriage  relation  was 
fully  described.  Tlieir  worship,  and 
oflerings  were  moststrictly  enjoined,  and 
clearly  stat^-d.  Their  moral  duties  wtre 
sacredly,  and  sternly  imposed.  Tlie  re- 
piirements  of  the  law  were  such  as  to 
elevate  the  Jews  in  point  of  morals,  aud 
religion  above  the  surrounding  nations. 
The  law  made  them  moral;  and  of  re- 
ligious inclination.  The  moral  precepts 
of  the  law  are  so  excellent  as  to  be  in 
force,  under  the  Christian  dispensation. 
Hence  the  Jews  in  the  days  of  David, 
Solomon,  and  other  obedient  kings  of 
Israel,  were  far  in  advance  of  heathen 
nations  in  point  of  morals,  and  religion. 
The  law.  when  fully  observed,  under 
the  Jewish  dispensation,  maybe  termed, 
tup:  MonNi.ioii'r  OF  rri.kjiov. 

The  law  in  itself  was  not  perfect,  it 
pointed  to  a  better  state  in  the  future 
It  ctmsisted  largely  of  types,  and  figures; 
showing  that  the  reality  had  not  come 
It  was  a  school-master.  The  blood 
that  dally  flowed  from  Jewish  altars  point- 
ed to  the  Lamb  of  (iod  thattaketh  away 
th^  sin  ot  the  world.  When  Christ 
came,  the  newswjisso  e.Kcellent,  that  an- 
gels left  tlieir  holy  habitations  on  high, 
and  came  down  on  rapid  iviuirs  to  bear 
us  the  welcome  news:  "  unto  you  this  day 
is  boin  in  the  city  of  David  a  Savior 
wbich  is  Christ  the  Lord;  and  suddenly 
there  w:ie  with  the  angels  a  multitude  of 
the  heavenly  host,  praisingGod  and  .say- 
'■  ing,  Glory  to  (iod  in  the  highest,  and 
on  earth  peace,  gooil  will  toward  men  '' 
(Luke  '2:  11,  l;i,  14).  Again,  says  the 
Scriptures,  speaking  of  the  superioi-ity  of 
the  (iospel,  over  the  law,  and  tiie  intro- 
duction of  the  Gospel  by  John  tlie  Bap- 
tist, "  Aud  tliou  child,  sbaltbe  called 
the  Prophet  of  the  highest:  for  thou 
Isbalt  go  before  the  face  of  the   Lord  to 


prepare  his  ways:  to  give  knowledge  of 
salvation  unto  Ills  people  l>y  the  remis. 
jn»»n  of  their  wns,  through  the  tender 
mercy  of  our  (iod;  whereliy  the  day- 
spring  from  on  high  hath  visited  ua,  to 
give  light  to  them  that  sit  in  darkness 
and  in  the  shadow  of  death,  to  guide 
our  feet  into  the  way  of  peace  "  (Luke 
1 :  "r.,  77,  7s,  711).  Again,  "  The  people 
which  sat  in  darkness  saw  great  light; 
and  to  them  which  satin  the  region  and 
shadow  of  death,  light  is  sprung  up" 
(Matt.  4:  Ifi).  The  Gospel  exceeds  the 
law  as  far  as  muiUght  exceeds  momiUght. 
In  the  introduction  of  the  Gospel,  the 
human  family  was  raised  up  a  step  high- 
er, and  revealed  religion,  made  brighter 
than  under  the  law,  hence  the  church 
represented  by  a  woman,  has  the  moon 
under  her  feet;  has  got  above  it,  enjoys 
greater  light.  "  That  was  the  true  light 
which  lighteth  evei-y  man,  that  eometli 
into  the  world"  (John  1:  I'),  "and 
brought  life  and  immortality  to  fUjht 
through  the  Gospel  "  (2  Tim.  1:  lit). 
Our  relation  to  God,  aud  the  heavenly 
intelligence,  are  higher  and  nearer  than 
under  the  law.  The  character  produc- 
ed bv  the  (iospel  is  superior  to  the  char- 
acter produced  by  the  law.  The  law 
tolerated  war.  The  law  tolerated  polyg. 
amy.  The  law  tolerated  retaliation. 
The  law  was,  eye  for  eye,  and  tooth  for 
tooth.  But  Christ  reversed  this;  hence 
says  Christ,  "  It  was  said  of  old,  thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor  and  hate  thine 
enemy;  but  I  say  love  your  enemies;  do 
good  them  that  hate  you,  and  pray  for 
them  that  despitefidly  use  you  and  per- 
secute you."  Again,  "Therefore  all 
things  whatsoever  ye  would  that  men 
shouhl  do  unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  to 
them"  (Matt.  7.12).  Again,  "Thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself." 
Paul  in  speaking  of  the  excellency  of 
Christian  character,  refers  to  some  of  its 
fruits  and  evidences  as  follows:  "But 
the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace 
Ion  g-su  fieri  ng,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith 
meekness,  tein]ierance:  against  such  there 
is  no  law."  Again,  says  the  same  apos- 
tle, "  Finally  brethren,  whatsoever  things 
are  pure,  whatsoever  things  are  honest, 
whatsoever  things  are  just,  whatsoever 
things  are  true,  whatsoever  things  are 
lovely,  whatsoever  things  are  of  good 
report, if  there  beany  virtue, and  if  there 
be  any  praise,  think  on  these  things" 
(Phil.  4:  8).  In  these  and  other  Scrip- 
tures, we  see  the  sujierior  excellency  of 
Christian  char.acter. 

There  is  not  a  gi'ace,  or  virtue  attain- 
able, but  the  apostle  wants  us  to  attain 
to  it.  Thephrase"  ^7^/n/■^on■^7c.f^?(?/^(n^^'," 
means  that  we  make  our  life  and  char- 
acter a  constant  study,  that  we  may  de- 
velop within  us  all  that  is  ennobling; 
thatour  lives  be  so  pure  aud  ujtright, 
that  we,  like  the  Corinthians  of  old,  he- 
come  living  epistles  written  with  the 
Spirit  of  the  living  God,  known  and 
read  oFallmeii.  Every  professor  ought 
to  lie  alivingadvertiseinentfor  the  Lord, 
bearing  about  with  him  the  marks  of 
the  Lord  Jesus,  that  men  oould  take  cog- 
nizance of  them  that  they  have  been  with 
Jesus  and  learned  of  Him.  Such  Chris- 
tianity, locked  \\\\  by  aplain,  direct,  hon- 
est, energetic  ministry,  will  go  farther 
towards  converting  the  world  to  Cjirist; 
than  all  tlie  fine-spun  theological  dog- 
mas that  our  learned  institutions  ever 
hatched  out. 

The  Revelator  has  well  illufitrated, 
the  purity  of  the  church,  by  the  smi 
clothing  the  woman.  The  sun  is  the 
great  source  of  all  imtural  liijht.  All 
other  light  is  only  liorrowed  from  it.  By 
its  light  we  discovei-  all  objects  whether 
great  or  small.     If  n  few  rays   are  con- 


July   '  1- 


verged  through  an  aperture  in  the  Wall 
the  finest  particles  of  dust  floating  in  the 
air  become  yisihle.  It  U  thus  with  the 
Sun  of  righteousness  when  it  rises  in 
our  hearts,  reveaUug  unt»  us  move  anil 
more  the  e.vc«Mling  sinfulness,  it  shines 
brighter  and  brighter  nnto  the  perfect 
day,  and  we  become  purer  and  holier 
in  our' lives.  ' 

The  figure  used  by  the  Revelator,  is 
au  apt  one.  God's  plans  for  our  redeinp. 
tion  have  been  grndually  unfolding  since 
the  creation.  First  the  twilirjht  of  re- 
ligion.  Secondly  the  moonlight,  aud 
lastly  religion  in  its  full  splendor;  which 
is  the  greateat  of  all.  Uponas  theends 
of  the  world  have  comeL  No  other  light 
will  be  given.  It  is  the  la.st  time.  May 
God  enable  us  all  to  walk  in  the  Ik/Ju 
as  ffe  >■■>  hi  the  Krjhl,  that  we  may  have 
fellowship  one  with  ,  Mother,  and  the 
hloojl  of  Chrisi  sliall  cleanse'us  from  all 
sin.,      ,  , 

"And  upon  her  head  a  crown  of 
twelve- stare."  This  doubtless  has  ref- 
erence to  the  twelve  apoMes  of  the 
Liimh,  who  were  to  he  Witnesses  of 
Chri-st  to  the  ends  of  the  World ;  were 
pillars  in  th0  church,  who  carried  the 
glad  tidings  of  great  joy  to  eveiy  nfition, 
kindred,  tongueandpeople."CK«/i(./,«,d" 
ittmn.i^  a  place  of  prominence.  The  po- 
sition of  the  twelve  apostles  in  the  church, 
is  a  very  prominent  one,  and  is  fitly  il- 
lustrated by  a  crown  of  twelve  stars  on 
the  head  of  the  woman,  who  stands  as 
a  representative  of  the  church  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Clothed  with  the  sun ;  denotes 
her  intense  purity  and  light.  For  this 
purpose  the  Gospel  was  given,  that  a 
people  might  thereby,  in  connection  with 
the  blood  of  Christ,  be  made  free  fi-om 
sin;  be  finiehetl  in  obeying  the  trutli;  be- 
come vessels  of  honor,  made  meet  for 
the  Masters  use;  th.it  they  might  glorify 
God  and  enjoy  Him  forever. 

LOVE,  THE  CHRISTIAN'S  ENSIGN. 

rpHERE  is  no  Christianity  without  love; 
-*-  all  convert*;d  men  and  women  have 
experienced  this.  Jesus  says,  "By  this  all 
men  shall  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples, 
if  ye  have  love  one  for  another."  So 
where  love  cannot  be  seen  by  every  one, 
believer  or  unbeliever,  there  can  be  no 
claim  t^jdisciplesliip.  Some  good-mean- 
ing persuasions  have  adopted  other  out- 
ward signs,  iu  order  to  be  known  by 
theil-  fellow-members  and  outsiders, 
These  Christian  professors  are  often  mis- 
represented, as  dry  goode  Christians,  in 
other  words,  as  having  their  religion  in 
dress.  While  this  may  be  the  case,  that 
there  are  persons  who  only  have  an  emp- 
ty sign,  and  not  the  real  power  within; 
yet  to  conclude  as  a  general  thing,  those 
who  believe  and  advocate  the  dress  sign- 
doctrine,  are  of  this  cla.ss,  is  certainly 
very  wrong. 

Xo  intelligent  man  or  woman  claims 
that  dress  will  take  any  one  to  heaven, 
neither  do  they  claim  that  dress  is  a  si^^n 
of  sincere  Christianity.  But  it  is  claim- 
ed to  be  a  sign  to  the  world  around  us, 
to  show  where  we  belong.  The  Rreth- 
I'en  as  a  church  have  ad<)]ited  a  custom 
for  their  members,  in  order  that  one 
may  know  the  other,  and  the  world  may 
bibw  all,  and  if  we  are  truly  convei-ted 
to  God,  Christ  and  the  church,  it  is  very 
doubtful  whether  we  will  discard  those 
things  which  the  church  holds  as  her 
IJeculiarities. 

If  We  claim  to  be  the  church  of  Christ 
"e  will  show  our  lovetow  ard  the  church 
in  all  things.  The  church  first,  then  we, 
not  our  ideas  aud  conclusions  always 
litst.     But  we  said,  dress  is  only  a  sign 


'^'HB    BltETHKKlSJ    At    WOKK. 


of  membership  of  a  certain  organ- 
ization, and  shows  that  we  are  or  are" not 
aslmnied  of  the  principles  as  adv.icated 
by  that  body  of  which  we  clain  to  be 
members.  But  we  are  Udd  that  the 
chuich  has  no  right  to  ask  the  members 
to  do  anything  for  which  there  is  no 
plain  "  Thus  saitfiTUe  I,,u-d,  and  as  the 
custom  or  cut  and  pattern  are  not 
prescribed  by-  m™  inspired,  this 
should  be  left  altogether  optional  to| 
the  taste  of  every  person.  We  would 
ask  one  question,  Whcredo  all  the  focd- 
ish  fashions  of  the  world  come  fiwn  i 
Trace  them  up  to  their  starting  points; 
view  in  Gospel  light  the  character  of 
tho.se  who  get  up  these  fooUsh  things, 
and  then  look  to  the  people  who  tell  us, 
we  shall  not  follow  all  the.se  vanities, 
and  from  your  own  conclusions,  as  to 
who  are  the  people  of  God,  whp  are 
working  for  our  salvation,  and  who  is 
working  for  the  condemnation  of  poor 
sonls;  one  or  the  other  we  follow,  one  or 
the  other  w-e  do  choose  for  our  company 
here  in  this  world,  one  or  the  other  will 
be  our  society  in  heaven  or  hell,  which 
will  it  be!  May  this  ring  in  our  ears 
continually,  wMch  one  of  this  class  wUl 
we  have  for  eternal  company  ?  will  we 
have  those  who  are  at  the  head  of  tlie 
foolish  fashions  in  the  city  of  Paris,  and 
other  places  of  like  nature!  Or  will  it 
be  the  brother  and  sister,  whose  whole 
heart  is  given  to  Jesus !  If  the  jieople  of 
the  Lord  are  to  be  in  heaven,  and  Sat^u 
aud  his  followers  in  hell,  no  one  of  us 
will  choose  the  latter  for  our  company 
here,  and  mucL  less  for  eternity. 

Jesus  is  the  founder  of  humility,  Sa- 
tan of  pride.  Jesus  has  promised  to  e.^- 
alt  the  humble,  to  be  with  him  here  and 
in  eternity.  These  are  truths,  as  we 
learn  them  from  the  Bible.  The  Chris- 
tian's care  aud  delight  is  to  please  God; 
tlie  [iroud  man  or  woman's  delight  is  to 
follow  the  fashions.  The  QJiristiau's 
God,  is  the  one  true,  eternal  Father  of 
all  the  good ;  the  proud  man  and  woman's 
god  is  the  goddess  of  fashion.  The  dif- 
ference is,  the  Christian's  God  can  make 
his  subjects  happy  here  and  in  eternity; 
the  goddess  of  fashion  makes  her  sub- 
jects unhappy  here  and  in  eternitv. 

But  we  know,  that  not  even  all,  who 
dress  in  conformity  to  the  order  of  the 
church  are  Christians.  Dress  will  only 
at  best  show  to  the  world  that  we  are 
members  of  the  church.  It  takes  more 
than  merely  dress  to  show  to  the  world 
that  we  are  Christians.  Love  will  con- 
vince all,  by  this,  all  shall  know  it.  Love 
is  said  by  certain  writers,  to  be  only  a 
passion,  while  it  is  understood  from  the 
teaching  of  God's  Word  to  be  our  innate 
principle.  \\'hile  carnal  love  may  only 
be  a  passion,  that  love  rei[uired  of  us  a.s 
God's  people,  is  a  principle.  It  is  said 
by  Paul,  that  it  is  greater  than  faith  or 
hope,  for  faith  and  hope  will  come  to  an 
end,  but  not  so  with  love.  God  loves 
us  and  we  love  God.  He  will  Jo  us  good, 
and  we,  if  His  children,  will  do  good  to 
our  fellow-men.  Lovewill  cast  out  fear, 
it  will  compel  us  to  do  good  to  all,  even 
to  our  enemies.  What  a  bles.se<l  religion 
is  our  Christianity.  Loving  the  Creator 
and  the  creature,  we  will  hann  no  one. 
God  is  love,  and  His  children  are  love. 
We  might  add,  love  is  the  bond  which 
keeps  the  people  of  God  totjether.  With- 
out love  no  organization  will  ever  en- 
dure, what  the  Christian  religion  has  en- 
dured, and  still  conquer,  all  men  shall 
see  it. 

The  questi(  -n  nnses,  how  shall  we  show 
our  love?  A  certain  bi-fjther  at  a  love- 
feast  said,  when  treating  on  the  holy 
kiss,  that  this  was  the  best  proof  we 
could  give.    The   kiss  of  charity  may 


3 


be^  a  sign  or  token,  yet '  «ie  know 
it  is  no  proof,  for  Judas  even  wade  u»k 
of  it,  in  betraying  his  Lord  anil  Ma«t«v."l 
Some  one  may  say,  that  was  no  ho- 
ly kiss.  Yes  we  know  that  not  all  is 
holy  in  onr  day  which  should  be  so. 
Love  is  a  principle  among  Christians 
that  will  show  itself  best  by  works.  1 
may  claim  to  love,  my  brother,,  and 
slander  him  at  the  same  time,  and  the 
world  will  see  th.it  I  am  acting  the  Ju- 
lias. But  when  I  defend  my  l)rother 
against  all  that  is  wrongly  said,  then  I 
can  claim  I  love  him.  ~lr  lirethren  are 
in  want,  and  the  rich  can  aiid  do  help 
them,  they  can  claim  they  love  their  poor, 
est  hrethren.'  In  _shortp  we  can  only 
show  our  love  to  each  other,  so  tliat  the 
World  can  see  when  we  do  each  other 
good;  when  we  work  for  each  other's 
happiness,  when  we  enconliige  each  oth- 
er on  oiir^'hristian  pilgrimage.  Satan 
is  the  destroyer  of  happiness  and  peace. 
What  a  heaven  where  all  is  love,  pence 
and  happiness.  What  a  hell,  where  there 
is  no  rest,  peace  or  happiness.  Goil 
knew  best  what  w.as  necessary,  in  order 
that  his  children  might  be  a  sepnfute 
people  from  the,  world.  But  it  has  be.n 
.said,  that  God  through  Jeans  asks  too 
much,  that  he  asks  us  even  to  low  onr 
enemies— ye-s  (his  isa  very  hard  task  tiir 
the  carnal  mind.  Of  course  in  the  first 
place,  if  all  would  bo  Christians,  who 
profess  to  be  such,  we  wouhl  have  n(. 
enemies  among  God's  people,  but  we 
kiow  that  this  is  not  so,  cousecpiently 
if  we  meet  with  opposition,  persecution 
eyen  from  false  brethren  as  Paul  did 
this  Christian  iirinciple,  love  will  help 
nsto  overcome  and  forgive  all.  Al. 
though  our  trials  are  hitter  and  severe, 
yet -we  as  Christians  must  forgive  all,  Init 
not  only  forgive,  but  love  our  enemies. 
Assinnei-s.this  would  be  an  iinpossbility; 
as  Christians,  we  can  say,  with  Paul, 
"  with  Christ  ive  can  do  all  things,"'  we 
ought  to  love  our  enemies.  This  is  one 
of  the  best  trials  of  our  faith;  but  we 
are  glad  that  lee  are  also  commanded  to 
love  our  friends.  Jesus lovedllis  friends; 
He  gave  His  life  for  them,  and  we  poor 
mortals  may  be  His  friends  if  we  do 
what  He  has  commanded    us. 

To  love  Jesus  implies  that  we  must 
love  His  church.  His  people,  His  LaNj, 
in  short  all  that  is  good,  pure  and  holy, 
and  this  under  all  circumstances.  Of 
course  He  has  said,  without  me,  "  ye  can 
do  nothing."  The  result  will  be,  if  we 
love  Jesus,  and  His  people  here,  if  w 
enjoy  their  society  here,  we  can  enjoy  it 
in  heaveii,  where  none  but  God's  peoplt 
will  be;  no  disturbance,  no  persecutions, 
110  troubles,  no  prejudice,  no  jealousy 
no  backbiting,  no  slandering,  no  evil  and 
false  reports  spread  to  injure  the  char 
aeter  of  those  there:  no  division,  no 
fighting.  No,  no;  all,  all  peace  and  love 
in  (iod.  I.rf}oking  at  heaven  in  this  way, 
who  would  not  try  to  get  there  i 

Meyei-xthtle^' Pa.         ''    "    "' 


RY  W.  J.  H.  aACHAX. 


PKIDE  is 
bnt  1  1 


a  subject  often  talked  abont. 


altout  it,  but  imperfectly  understand 
what  it  IS.  In  this  as  in  many  i>thei 
things,  the  effect  is  taken  for  the  cause. 
Pride  is  iuoitlinate  self-esteem,  and  its 
seat  is  in  the  heart  or  aft'eetions.  The 
fruib  of  it  manifests  itself  e-\ternally 
It  can't  Ite  kept  locked  up  in  thi 
heart,  it  will  crop  out  some  way.  With 
some  it  will  crop  out  in  gajf  anil  fashion- 
able  garments. 

A\'ith  some   it  becomes  developed  by 
haughtiness,  Iiecause  of  wealth  and  jki- 


siiMt{.'AW>  iii  mdiju  ).iiiiiii3,„th,aiT 

hnrch  aiel  .Si„tj.;  „ith  other*  ,  because 
of.uperior  tal.-nt.  This  fact  is  often 
demonsU-Bted  in  the  pttlpfti'  m'here 
prulerule,  there Ys'cfihceH,  a^a'd  rf^ire 
to  draw  attention.  It  is  the  cause  of 
n  blowing  their  own  truniiiets,  either 
by  word  or  action,  when  they  ijerforra 
some^commendable  act_and  that  causes 
hypocrisy.   Often  it  crops  "i^STiif  pow^" 

r  authority,  and   becomes  a.  crushing -. 
tyrant  over  those  over  whom  it  can  ex- 

rcise  power  or  authority,   nr   over  the 

veak  and  helple,«.«,  and  thus  make  those 
in  wh. an  it  dwells  cowards.  Only  cow-  [ 
arda  (either  physical  or  moral)  an-  afraid 
of,  and  .  oppoj^-d  ,  t(),  ypiality  and  fair 
play.,  :PrId^  Is^ajf-iiboniination  in  the 
sight  of  (ioil,  and  of  everything  that  is 
g'sid,  ami-  is  terribly  denaumat Jaj 
Scriptui^e. 

God  resiateth  those  w1io«k(epioud,while 
His  grace  (favor)  is  <:nrnferred  upon  the 
humble.      The    pnly   way   to  con.iuel- 
pride,  i>  to  consecrate  ourselyes  entirely 
to  the  will  of  (iod.  -  -Those  who  depend 
upon  their  superior'  morality,   anil  be- 
cause of  that  claim,  ,'tliey   are   i,'"od, 'or' 
gifUerally  better  than  otlier.s,— aiv  proud, 
as  only  proud  persons  are  good  in  their  ,, 
own  estimatiou.     Humble  men  see  but ., 
little   goodness   in  tRemeelves.      Their 
motto  is,  "  1  ivill  stii-ve'theLoijl',  let  djh'-  . 
ers  do  as  they  may,';„aiid  thus  a<;t  fcilfl,' 
principle.  *  ,  j_  j_ 

In  view  of  tile  above  facts,  and  many 
others  not  stated,  in  this  short  and  ini. 
perfect  article,  let  all  who  profess  to  be 
the  followers  of  the  meek  and  lowly 
Nazavene,  fight  against  this  m'-nster 
pride;  drive  it  (by  consecration  to  God) 
out  of  their  own  hearts,  and  then  labor 
with  others.  It  is  useless  to  preach  to  . 
others  when  we  don't  practice  ourselves. 
Let  those  who  have  wealth  and  position 
re^'ard  those  who  h»ve  not  theii-  equals 
practically,  aud  in  their  endeavors  tocon-  , 
vert  others,  let  them  l>e  careful  and  not 
show  a  harsh,  boisterous  and  conceity 
disposition.  "  Rut  let  their  moderation 
be  known  to  all  men."  Let  those  who 
are  in  possession  of  superior  talent,  es- 
teem others  above  themselves,  and  let 
tho.sc  who  are  in  authority  e.\ercise  their  ' 
power  by  e.xample  and  lead  instead  of 
driving. 

Let  all  who  name  tiie  name  of  Christ, 
labor  for  each  other's  good,  and  in  all 
lowliness  serve  each  other,  and  be  sub- 
ject one  to  another.  By  so  doing  God's 
favors  will  mine.  Amid  the  tempestuous 
storms  and  oppositions  of  carnality,  they 
will  be  able  from  ai;tual  experience  to 
say,  "  Thy  grace  is  sufficient  for  me." 
Amid  the  adversities  of  this  life,  they 
will  be  able  to  look  beyond  the  shores 
of  time,  and  by  anticipation  bathe 
themselves  ill  the  cool  river  of  eternal 
felicity,  and  when  they  get  over  there, 
they  will  be  free  from  all  annoyance. , 
No  pride  in  heaven,  no  sorrow  there,  no 
sickness,  no  death.  May  God  help  ns  ■ 
all  to.  finally  be  so  e.vtreinelv  happy  as 
to  be  rid  of  all  that  annoys  aud  troubles. 

Watch  against  all  fretful  and  discon- 
tented thought--,  which  do  but  chafe  and 
corrode  the  mind  to  no  purpose.  To 
harbor  these  is  to  do  yourself  more  in- 
jury than  it  is  in  The  power  of  your 
greatest  enemy  to  do  you.  It  is  equally 
a  Christian's  interest  aud  duty  to  "  learn 
in  whatsoever  state  he  is,  therewith  to 
be  content." 


A  bird  upon  the  wing  may  carry  a 
seed  that  .shall  add  a  new  species  to  the 
vegetable  family  of  a  continent,  and 
just  so,  a  word,  a  thought,  may  have 
results  immeasurable,  eternal. 


Till';  nr!i;TFrKK>.'  at  "vv^okk. 


July    li. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 


PUBLISHED    WEBKLT. 


J.  H    MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


B«».  8    II    ll""»»  I"   'l">/   ""iH^Hie.!.  b;   u.  «  . 
IfrnTcHuB  torrMMn-ttlJl  "iHl  •«enl  '«  '"•   »■"""" 

1>o.<  .1.J  .111  t^i.....i..Hpitarotii,.««.M. 

r**jUrr»l«t.     All  Iw.io*^  lT«nM<t.4  hy  him  for  our 
Bee,  will  be  ih«  wuie  m  if  done  by  eur»el»e». 


HE  SHALL  SO  COUE. 


T„m  B.nii.ri.  .i  W»i,i.  -ill  b.  ...i  iK).ip.H.  1«  "y 
kddreM  Id  tb»  Uniied  Sui«  or  OiuwJb.  Ui  H  M  per 
tnnum  Tbo.e  «nJing  ten  n«me«  enJ  |l6.m».  "'"  'f" 
»|„  ...  ..In.  eopy  tree  of  rt.riie  For  .11  oeer  Iki. 
.UiLbT  Ibo  ...o.  -Ill  b.  »I1."<1  1"  ••»'•  '"'"f^J^.t 

.on.y.  b.f«r.  ..bdl.>i  II  U  .i..  M...y  "rd.ni.  D™n. 
Md  Itpghiercd  Letter*  tney  be  eent  et  our  neit.  mey 
ibould  be  m»le  peyable  to  Moore  A  Eehelmwi, 

flobicr.priooi.  ood  coiomuoiofttiooe  iotended  for  the  pe- 
ner,  m  -ell  %•  nil  bnelneee  tnettere  oonnected-ilb  tbe  of- 
fice ehould  be  oddreeeed 

UOOBZ  *  ESHILViLlf, 

I.u&rk,,CtmU  Oa..Ill- 


UVABK.  UL.. 


JTOY  U,  1878. 


All  ordeni  for  tJje  Perfect  Phn  nf  SMniion 
have  now  liefH  filli'd,  uud  should  any,  wliobav.? 
ordered  the  pamphlet,  fail  to  get  it.  they  will 
please  inform  us  at  onco,  and  their  requests  will 
receive  our  prompt  and  immediate  attention. 

A  wAim  hi'ftrt  is  a  good  thing  and  should  not 
1,1-  unfliTrut^'d.  hut  it  you  would  prosper  and 
enjoy  the  good  gift^  of  life,  keep  a  cool  head. 
Remember  that  it  take*  a  cold  hammer  to  bend 
hot  iron.  A  cool  head  mid  a  warm  heart  may 
apcomjdish  wonden*. 

It  wad  our  intention  to  have  sent  a  copy  of 
No.  2  of  the  ChiMrni  at  WwJ:  to  each  of  our 
flubscribera  Iftut  week,  but  the  amount  printed 
did  not  hold  out,  hence  there  were  about  15lH^) 
who  failid  to  get  th«  paiwr.  Those  wishing  a 
snmple  copy  can  get  it  free  by  dropping  us  a 
card. 

HitoTHKU  John  Sheplierd.  a miniater,  residing 
near  Elroy,  Stephenson  Co.,  III.,  desires  to 
move  We.•^t  into  a  community  of  brethren  and 
si»ter8.  t<(  labor  with  them  in  the  ndvaneeraent 
of  truth  ftud  the  ingBthering  of  precious  souls. 
Those  wishing  to  correajKind  with  him  will  ad- 
dreas  him  at  the  above  named  place. 

If  people  would  measure  their  prayers  by 
their  faith,  we  would  havrf-but  few  long  prayers. 
Thpve  \*  too  nmch  praying  for  mere  effect. 
People  pray  Iwcause  it  doea  not  look  right  to 
negloct  it;  others  pray  because  it  is  t-xpectpd  of 
Uicm,  but  we  fear  tbvre  are  few  who  \iray  be- 
cause they  /(''•/  tlie  need  of  prayei-. 

Neveii  undertftke  anything  without  a  fixed 
purpose.  Make  up  your  mind  tiilly;  be  sure 
that  the  «tep  you  arc  abqut  to  take  is  the  right 
one.  Lay  hold  on  the  right  thing  and  then 
stick  to  it.  Tlie  want  of  stability  in  the  gener- 
al pursuit.^  of  life  will  ruin  any  man.  Men  who 
know  they  are  right  do  not  want  to  flinch  just 
because  there  is  a  little  opposition,  persever- 
ance in  the  right  will  !*uruly  conquer. 

li'  some  people  iii  this  world,  were  as  anxious 
to  Hiiiend  their  owit  lives  and  convert  sinners, as 
they  are  to  talk  (iboiit  the  fiiulti  of  others,  and 
stir  up  strife,  we  might  look  fo  a  speedy  con- 
vcraion  of  the  world.  When  it  comes  to  talk- 
ing nbont  the  faults  of  others,  they  can  express 
their  ideas  with  the  greatest  ease,  but  if  called 
on  to  speak  nword  for  Jesus  their  plea  is,  "  we 
huvwi't  the  gift  of  language."  Surely  there  are 
soiue  strange  things  in  this  world. 

Brotheu  J.  W.  Btein,  who,  since  the  Annual 
Meeting,  hai  I)een  preaching  for  the  lirethren 
iji  Iikdiiuia,  gave  us  a  call  on  his  return  liouie 
Uiat  week.  He  remained  but  one  day,  preached 
ho  an  attentive  congregation  on  Friday  evening, 
and  left  for  his  home  that  night.  Kro.  Stein 
is  enjoying  reiwonahle  health,  though  much 
worn  by  his  trip.  He  will  not  he  pivpared  to 
do  much  traveling  for  something  over  one  year, 
ivt.  the  written  discussion  in  which  he  will  soon 
eJigage  will  last  about  (5-t  weeks,  thus  keeping 
him  pretty  closely  conlihed,  however  our  read- 
ers can  have  the  full  benefit  of  it. 


It  should  be  borne  in  mind,  by  tlie  different 
congregations  in  the  brotherhood,  tliat  a  com- 
mittee will  nsit  California  the  coming  Fall,  and 
that  the  money  to  defray  the  necessan-  e-vpens- 
es  should  be  raised  by  the  fii-st  of  September. 
To  do  this,  it  will  require  one  dollar  from  each 
congregation,  which  amount  can  he  sent  to 
either  the  Primifiif  ('lirhtinii,  V'huHriitor,  or 
Brhthbkn  at  Work  oflice.  Wealthy  churches 
I'lu'uld  contribute  more  than  one  dollar.  Each 
housekeeper  will  see  to  it  tliat  this  is  attended 
to  at  once. 


THIS  means  Jesu-t  shall  come,  not  only  come, 
but  "  M  comr."  We  look  how  He  went  up 
from  the  disciples  "  into  heaven,"  and  then  we 
arc  able  to  uuflenttand  the  "  ^o-come."  Precious 
pr«mi»ie!  Behold  the  loving  heart*,  who  hail 
Iweii  three  and  a  half  years  with  .lesus.  now 
stand  gazing  "up  into  heaven."  Why  stand 
gazing  into  heaven?  Jesus  had  gone  then?. 
He  came  from  the  Father  and  went  to  the 
Father.  "  A  cloud  received  him  out  of  their 
sight."  This  is  the  manner  of  His  going:  and 
now  we  turn  to  the  words  of  Jesos  in  Matt.  24: 
3(1,  and  there  learn  that  "UieD'twhen  He  comes 
again)  "  shall  all  the  tribes  of  earth  mourn,  and 
they  shall  see  the  Son  of  man  coming  hi  the 
iUjiiiIk  I)/  henifn  with  power  and  great  glorj'." 
Nor  is  Mark  silent  concerning  Christ's  second 
or  glor>-  coming.  He  says:  "And  then  shall 
they  see  the  Son  of  man  coming  in  the  clouds 
with  great  power  and  glor>' "  (Mark  13:26). 
And  lest  some  might  cavil  and  say.  He  will  not 
come  hi  chmh,  John  also  records,  "  Behold,  he 
cometh  with  clouds"  (Kev.  1:  7).  ,Paul  also 
gives  testimony  that  Jesus  will  come  again  "to 
be  glorified  in  his  saints,  and  to  be  admired  in 
all  them  that  believe  "  (2  Thess.  1:  7;  1  Thess. 
1:10  and  4:  1*J). 

Nor  is  this  all.  Before  Jesus  went  up  into 
heaven  in  clouds.  He  comforted  His  disciples 
with  the  thought,  '"  I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for 
you,  I  will  come  again,  and  receive  you  unto 
myself,  that  where  I  am  ye  may  be  also  "  (John 
14:  3).  And  so  important  is  the  coming,  that 
the  man  of  God,  Daniel,  more  than  2400  years 
ago  already  saw  that  "  One  like  the  Son  of  man 
came  with  clouds  of  heaven."  Thus  Inspiration 
not  only  tells  that  Jesus  will  cimie  again,  hut  al- 
so tells  how  He  will  come  and  uhai  for. 

First,  He  came  in  humility.  So  must  we 
come  to  Him.  First,  He  came  despised  and 
lowly;  but  when  He  comes  again  it  ?hall  be 
with  pourr  and  glory;  not  only  with  glory,  but 
with  gipiit  glory.  Coming  in  great  glory  to  be 
glorified  in  His  saints  and  to  be  admired  in  all 
them  that  Ijelieve,  ami  "to  execute  judgment 
upon  all,  and  to  conviiice  all  that  are  ungodly 
among  them,  of  all  their  ungodly  deeds,  which 
they  have  ungodly  committed." 

The  testimony  regarding  Christ's  coming  in 
great  glory,  is  so  abundant  that  no  man  can 
hide  behind  the  want  of  it.  (Mutt.  21:  31-16). 
The  precise  time  of  His  coming  knows  no  man, 
but  the  signs  of  His  coming  shall  warn  His 
people  to  be  ready.  These  signs  ishall  not  be 
heeded  by  the  ungodly,  but  they  shall  regard 
them  lightly,  and  the  men  of  science  will  en- 
deavor to  give  them  such  explanations  as  will 
ea.se  the  carnal  mind.  And  those  explanations 
will  be  30  whitened  as  to  deceive  even  some  of 
the  saints — some  who  look  continually  for  the 
l>hJosopliy  of  the  thing,  for  the  reason  from  a 
human  stand-point.  For  instance,  the  civilized 
world  is  just  now  agitated  to  its  very  center  by 
what  is  termed  "  Communism."  and  men  of  gi- 
ant minds  are  seeking  the  causes.  But  where 
do  they  seek?  In  the  Bible?  No,  but  among 
the  works  and  productions  of  their  fellow-men. 
Does  not  the  Bible  say,  "  When  ye  s^all  hear 
of  wars  and  commotions,  be  not  terrified:  for 
these  things  must  come  to  pass;  but  the  end  is 
not  by  and  by."  Wars  are  common,  and  we 
hear  of  thein  without  much  terror:  but  when 
in  the  midst  of  "  commotioms  "  we  fear  and 
tremble.  And  why?  Because  the  Lord  did 
not  warn  us  that  the.se  things  "  must  first  come 
to  pass?"  No,  not  that;  but  because  we  have 
begun  to  love  our  lands,  houses,  money,  friends, 
and  country  more  than  God.  Here  lies  the  root 
of  our  troubles.  Commotions  must  first  come 
to  pa-ss  before  Jesus  will  so  come. 

Then  marvel  not  at  the  signs  of  His  coming. 
Tlie  .liijns  must  first  come,  then  the  glory  com- 
ing of  Christ  will  appear.  BE  NOT  TEHRI- 
F 1 E U I  Famines,  pestilencea,  wars, earthriuakos, ^ 
commotions,  fearful  sights,  and  great  eigns  from 
heaven  shall  meet  the  eyes  of  mankind  before 
Christ  shall  SO  COME.  Marvel  not  at  the 
commotions, — the  fearful  sights.  They  mitsf 
come,  for  God  says  so.  Be  ready.  Watch.  We 
are  living  in  an  age  of  commotions  as  well  as 
wai-8.  and  as  these  must  come  to  pass  before 
Christ  comes  in  glory,  we  should  look  and 
watch  lest  we  be  carried  away  with  the  com- 
motions. None  of  us  can  afford  to  forget  these 
terrible  signs.  God  permits  them  for  our  good. 
Brother,  sister,  throw  them  not  away,  but  re- 
gai-d  them.  Watch;  not  only  to-day,  but  al- 
ways.    Do  you  see  Christ  coming  "  in  clouds  " 


with  "great  glory?"  Have  yon  started  lo  meet 
Him,  dear  reader?  Then  fall  not  faithless  in 
the  commotions,  btit  look  to  Jeso8.  He  i-s  com- 
'  ing  and  soon  we  shall  all  see  Him.  Be  well 
prepared.  He  has  not  left  us  without  a  witness. 
■'  He  which  testifieth  these  thi/igs  saith.  Surely 
I  come  quickly:  Amen.  Even  so,  come.  Lord 
Jesus."  ^^^^^^^^^  M.  «.  K- 

NOVEL  BEADING. 

THREE  boys,  each  about  twelve  years  of  age, 
have  been  sent  to  prison  from  New  York 
for  robberj-.  They  were  up  to  it  by  reading  a 
dime  novel  that  told  of  the  da*ihing  exploits  of 
a  twelve-year  old  highwayman,  with  whom 
twenty-eight  girls  were  in  love,  and  who  became 
a  terror  to  thousands.  The  dime  novel  is  a  key 
that  opens  the  doore  to  many  a  prison,  but  nev- 
er to  a  decent  place. 

This  is  about  what  might  be  expected  from 
the  reading  of  such  trashy  literature  as  is  found 
in  the  generality  of  novels  of  the  day,  and  it 
therefore  becomes  the  duty  of  every  parent  to 
keep  a  careful  watch  over  the  reading  matter 
that  comes  into  the  family,  and  see  to  it  that 
nothing  is  introduced,  cajculated  to  ruin  their 
children,  and  thus  bring  them  into  disgrace,  and 
finally  ruin  to  the  family. 

For  years  we  have  maintained,  that  the  read- 
ing of  trashy  novels,  has  had  much  to  do  with 
the  crimes  and  miseries  of  our  land.  Novel 
reading  lays  at  the  bottom  of  about  four-fifths 
of  the  divorce  cases,  saying  nothing  about  oth- 
er misfortunes.  Though  I  have  been  an  exten- 
sive reader  for  years,  yet  have  read  but  few 
uovel^  and  even  these  were  examined  just  to 
learn  of  the  evil  tendency  such  reading  will 
produce.  In  short,  I  ventured  to  take  a  little 
of  the  poison  to  see  what  effect  it  would  pro- 
duce, for  there  is  nothing  like  experimental 
knowledge  in  some  things,  though  this  is  not 
to  be  commended.  But  after  examining  a  few 
works,  I  made  up  mj'  mind  that  I  had  no  busi- 
ness reading  such  trashy  literature,  and  if  per- 
sisted in,  it  would  be  impossible  to  live  right. 
It  is  difficult  enough  as  it  is,  and  what  will  be- 
come of  people  who  are  constantly  ponriug  into 
their  souls  such  injurious  mental  food  the  Lord 
only  knows. 

Tn  early  life  I  was  fortunate  enough  to  never 
see  a  novel.  The  first  hook  I  ever  owned  was  a 
little  fifteen*  cent  Testament.  This  was  care- 
fully read  through  of  nights  and  what  odd  times 
I  could  get  while  working  in  the  woods.  The 
next  book  that  fell  into  my  bands  wos  an  old 
Cyclopedia  of  History;  and  so  on  up  step  by 
step,  I  came  to  the  general  variety  of  literarj' 
works,  but  never  saw  a  novel  until  nearly  twen- 
ty years  of  age.  But  now  as  soon  as  children 
begin  to  read,  they  are  found  devouring  the 
contents  of  some  novel,  and  thus,  in  many  in- 
stances, paving  the  way  for  unhappiness  or 
crime,  and  may  be  finally,  ruin. 

The  tendency  of  novel  reading  is  discontent- 
ment, and  creates  a  love  for  light,  trashy  litera- 
ture. Some  people  claim  that  the  contents  of  a 
novel  are  not  in  their  minds  only  while  reading. 
This  cannot  be  true,  for  these  very  persons  can 
generally  tell  about  all  there  is  in  any  novel, 
months  after  reading  it.  But,  if  the  contents 
are  in  the  mind  no  longer  than  it  takes  to  put 
them  there,  that  makes  the  practice  still  equal- 
ly bad,  if  not  more  injurious  than  remembering 
the  contents,  for  that  which  runs  through  the 
mind,  without  being  digested,  has  a  tendency  to 
weaken,  and  in  a  measure,  destroy  the  functions 
of  the  iniud.  Itis  just  like  running  food  through 
the  body  without  digesting,  which  all  know 
would  paralyze  any  system. 

A  persistence  in  novel  reading  is  calculated 
to  bias  the  mind  against  religious  reading.  As 
proof  of  this,  novel  readers  will  seldom  read  a 
religious  paper,  or  book,  when  a  novel  is  to  he 
had.  I  know  of  a  preacher,  who  spends  his 
time  reading  political  papei-s  and  the  AVie  Yuik 
Lnliji-r,  and  you  cannot  prevail  on  that  man  to 
take  a  religious  paper;  and  why?  Just  because 
he  does  not  relish  that  kind  of  reading.  Sup- 
posing we  were  to  turn  the  Bhethren  at  Work 
into  a  novel  paper,  and  fill  it  with  such  matter 
a.s  is  generally  found  in  the  Ten  Cent  novels  of 
the  day,  and  our  people  would  read  it  a  few 
years,  what  would  become  of  the  church?  In 
less  than  three  years  we  would  find  them  at^ 
tending  the  theatres,  ball-rooms,  and  fashiona- 
ble picnics,  and  forsaking  the  assembling  of 
themselves  together  at  the  house  of  worship. 
The  Bible  would  be  shoved  into  some  out-of-the- 
way  place,    and  the  center   table  covered  with 


novpls.  Some  may  thiii)<  Uie  chnffib  too  pare 
to  be  injured  by  a  few  yeaf^'  novel  reading. 
Well,  ft  may  seem  so,  but  I  cure  not  how  healthy 
a  man  i»,  poison  will  kill  him  if  betakes  ehough 
of  it. 

Some  people  read  novels,  as  they  say,  for  the 
moral  there  is  in  them.  That  is  about  like  dig- 
ging in  a  sandbank  for  stone-coal.  Of  course, 
coal  is  useful,  but  finding  it  there  is  whore  the 
trouble  comes  in.  Men  and  women  will  read  a 
book  of  some  three  or  four  hundred  pages,  just 
for  the  sake  of  finding  a  little  moral  the  author 
chanced  to  drop  in  near  the  close.  It  is  about 
as  logical  as  drinking  a  quart  of  whiskey  just  to 
get  a  little  lump  of  sugar  that  lays  in  the  bot- 
tom of  the  cup.  It  is  not  the  moral  they  aie 
after,  it  is  something  else  of  less  importance. 
If  all  the  morals,  found  in  novels,  were  collected 
and  published,  the  hook  would  likely  have  a  very 
small  sale. 

Another  class  read  novels  for  the  sake  of 
luaniitiif  to  read.  That  is  about  like  feeding  a 
baby  indigestible  food  in  order  to  teach  it  to  eat. 
If  learning  to  read  is  what  they  are  after,  there 
are  good  books  adapted  to  that  purpose.  But, 
why  do  not  these  people  quit  reading  novels 
after  they  have  learned  to  read  well  ?  Ah !  here 
is  where  the  trouble  comes  in;  they  have  got 
agoing  and  cannot  stop.  They  are  like  the  man 
who  took  a  glass  of  whiskey  to  quench  his 
thirst,  but  it  now  so  happens  that  he  gets  thirsty 
every  day,  and  the  pure  element,  water  will 
no  more  satisfy  the  wants  of  aoused  nature. 
That  is  the  tendency  of  light,  trashy  literature. 

The  high-toned  novels,  as  they  are  sometimes 
called,  are  no  better  than  others,  in  the  end.  It 
is  simply  high-toned  sin — corruption  in  high 
places.  It  is  error  with  a  fine  polish  on  it,  or 
sugar-coated  pills  with  poison  inside.  It  is  the 
upper  grade  of  error,  or  that  class  of  story  tell- 
ing  highly  esteemed  among  men,  and  heuce  an 
an  abomination  in  the  sight  of  God.  It  is  about 
like  the  high-toned  intoxicating  drinks  used  hy 
the  aristocrac}'.  it  is  in  beautifully  decorated 
bottles,  and  delightful  to  the  taste,  but  no  less 
injurious  to  man. 

We  insist  upon  it  that  parents  should  watch 
this  matter  closely,  and  not  allow  trashy  novels 
to  come  into  their  houses.  They  should  supply 
their  children  with  good  reading  matter,  but 
not  under  any  circumstances  allow  a  novel  in 
the  house  to  ruin  the^mjuds  of  their  children, 
and  lead  them  down  the  roud  of  &iu  and  final 
destruction.  .t.  h.  m. 


PHILIP  AND  THE  EUNUCH. 

PHILIP  was  a  faithful  Gospel  preacher,  ani 
embraced  evePi-  opportunity  of  telling  the 
story  of  his  risen  Master.  He  had  just  closed  a 
successful  meeting  at  Samaria,  where  both  men 
and  women  believed  and  were  baptized,  when 
he.  by  the  angel  of  the  Lord  is  sent  on  another 
mission  down  towards  Gaza.  He  meets  a 
eunuch  of  Ethiopia,  takes  aseat  with  him  in  the 
chariot  and  preached  unto  him  Jesus. 

■'  And  as  they  went  on  their  way,  they  came 
to  a  certain  water:  and  the  eunuch  said.  See, 
here  is  water;  what  does  hinder  me  to  be  bap- 
tized?" From  this  we  infer  that  Philip  must 
have  said  something  about  baptism,  and  yet  the 
preceding  part  of  the  narrative  only  inentiona 
that  he  preached  unto  him  Jesus. 

"And  Philip  said,  If  thou  helievest  with  all 
thine  heart,  thou  mayest.  And  he  answered 
and  said,  I  believe  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son 
of  God.  And  he  commanded  the  chariot  to 
standstill:  and  they  went  down  both  into  the 
water,  both  Philip  and  the  eunuch;  and  he 
baptized  him"  (Acts  S:  3ti-3S). 

The  eunuch,  after  hearing  Philip,  demanded 
baptism,  which  was  granted  him  on  condition 
that  he  believed  %vith  all  his  heart.  His  con- 
fession made,  "  they  went  down  both  into  the  lai- 
tn:"  What  did  they  both  go  down  intu  the 
water  fpr?  Why  did  they  not  stop  at  the  edge 
of  the  water?  .But,  says  one,  hito  meam  at 
We  will  see  about  that  pretty  soon.  In  the 
next  verse  we  read,  "  And  when  they  were  come 
up  out  of  the  water."  Here  we  have  them  com- 
ing lip  niif  ff  the  water.  Why  this  coming  k' 
out  of  if  into  simply  means  at?  But,  says  the 
critic,  up  out  nf  means  froln.  Well,  let  us  try 
this:  If  (H/o  means  »^  then  «/ means /«/o;  »»^ 
if  J//)  f)i(/ «/■  means /»v)Hi,  then /Vhjh  means  iiy 
init  of.  With  this  rule  pf  interpretjition,  we 
give  the  pflflsagi*  the  following  rendering: 
"And  they  went  down  both  "/  the  water.|' 
"And  when  they  were  come  ./V«m  the  water. 
Now,  if  at  means  into,  and  /Vom   means  up  fiit 


July 


iif 


TME    BRETt£R£;N    AT    AVORKl. 


,tLentlii«  rendering  will  have  Ibem  going 
iova  <""'«  »^^  coming  .*/.  o,./  «/  the  wat«r  idWr 
jl  I  g.ie-s3  we  would  better  cling  to  the  old 
tendering- 

Put  to  the  fit^t  question;  What  did  they  bnth 
-0  io^yn  into  the  writer  for?  The  eunuch"  went 
Sown  iiito  the  water  to  hr  ^,/,-;„/.  ^^j  Philip 
to  i^'f''^ '^^'"-  ^"*'  ""^y  go<M''«  the  wftt«r? 
jl^re  c'lmcs  the  test.  Oni-  party  says,  to  be 
tprhikl'-''-  ^Vhat.  take  a  man  i„to  *he  water  to 
gpfinkh  a  little  water  on  him !  What  is  the  use 
(J  all  this?  Why  get  his  feet  wet  just  for  th« 
^JjC  of  sprinkling  a  little  Water  on  him  ?  Why 
^f^  do  that  on  the  bank  of  the  stream? 

Thnt  they  ixitli  went  infu  the  water  is  no  less 
^Icfir  than  that  they  came  up  out  of  the  water. 
■\Vliy  ^o  both  the  applicant  and  the  adrainistra- 
,j^r  go  'nih  the  wnt«r?  Why  do  those  perform- 
the  rit«  of  baptism  go  into  the  water?  We 
to    ii»mf>-iff.     Those   who  immerse  al- 


■unswer, 

ways  gfi 
iprei 


(h/o  the  water. 


It  isau  act  that  always 
■cedes  immeraiou,  then  when  we  rjiad  of  peo- 
,j,le  goiug  '«'"  tl'fi  water,  we  may  know  that  the 
ohiect  i3  immeraion  and  not  aprinkling.  Again. 
ffe  rejwat,  Why  this  going  fioini  into  the  water, 
of  both  the  candidate  and  administrator,  if  im- 


mersion 


}  not  intended? 


Mark,  we  do  not  maintain  that  the  simple  act 
■of  going '"''*  t'li^  water  ia  immersion,  as  some 
indiscret  ones  try  to  make  it  appear.  The  go- 
j,i,j  iiilo  is  an  act  that  must  necessarily  go  be- 
fore the  act  of  immersion,  but  ia  not  the  im- 
mersion itself,  while  it  does  not  necessarily  go 
(«fore  either  sprinkling  or  pouring. 

The  simple  fact  of  going  into  the  water  is  the 
uest  thing  to  jxtsitive  proof  in  support  of  im- 
mersion. All  the  evidence  in  the  case  ia  wholly 
on  the  side  of  immersion.  Some  people  say, 
that  there  was  no  water  there  to  immerse  in. 
Well,  there  was  enough  for  them  to  go  Aovnx 
into.  And  we  know  that  the  chariot  stood  in 
the  water,  for  both  men  went  from  tte  chariot 
down  into  the  water.  They  did  not  iirst  get 
onto  the  bank  of  the  stream  and  then  walk  down 
into  the  water. 

But  if  the  act  was  sprinkling  instead  of  im- 
mersion, why  could  not  Philip  have  taken  a 
vessel  of  some  kind  and  dipped  up  enough  wa- 
t^r  to  -sitrinkle  some  on  the  head  of  the  eunuch, 
and  not  have  him  go  down  into  the  water? 
The  critic  says,  it  is  likely  that  the  eunuch  had 
nothing  of  the  kind  in  his  chariot.  Yes,  they 
cannot  see  any  water  worth  speaking  of  in  the 
whole  country;  they  cannot  even  suppose  why 
the  eunuch  should  have  a  vessel  or  cup  with 
him,  yet  they  connot  see  how  he  could  travel 
all  the  way  from  .leruaalem  to  Ethiopia,  through 
a  dry  country,  and  not  have  anything  out  of 
which  to  drink,  or  in  which  to  carry  water. 
Some  people  have  a  peculiar  faculty  for  seeing 
things  not  in  the  Book.  - 

If  it  be  a  fact,  that  all  the  Apostles  and  dis- 
ciples practiced  sprinkling  during  the  ffVst  ^n- 
tiyy,  then  I  would  like  to  know  who  introduce^I 
immersion?  If  all  the  members  in  the  first 
chureht'3  were  sprinkled,  then  who  got  the  oth- 
ers in  the  notion  of  being  immersed?  But,  if 
sprinkling  was  the  Apostolic  mode,  where  do 
our  Pedohaptists  get  their  authority  for  im- 
mersion? 

We  have  seen  that  Philip  was  sent  ou  his 
wfiy  by  the  angel  of  the  Lord.  Not  one  word 
was  said  about  what  was  to  he  done,  or  anything 
of  the  kind.  PhiliiJ,  being  a  Gospel  preacher, 
is  presumed  to  have  kwown  his  business.  Some 
people  say,  that  the  place  to  which  the  preach- 
er was  directed  was  ft'desert.  where  there  was 
not  much  water.  This  did  not  concern  Philip, 
■he  knew  that  the  Lord  wonW  provide.  He  who 
made  the  earth  and  all  things  therein.  He  who 
made  man  and  conceived  in  His  infinite  mind 
the  great  plan  of  salvation,  also  made  water 
enough  to  enable  His  setwants  to  execute  His 
commands.  This  thing  of  finding  water  enougli 
'"  which  to  baptize,  dQpoudsa  .good  deal  upon 
thf  will. 

But  where  do  thesepeople'Iive,w4»o  complain 
so  muuh  about  a  .scarcifcy  of  water*  Do  they 
live  in  deserts  where  no  water  is  to  I)e  found? 
Not  one  bit  of  it.  We  So  nofhearthe  inhabit- 
ants' nf  Palestine  complaining  about  a  scarcity 
"f  wiitor  when  anyone  is  to'be  'baptwed,  nor 
dut'snuyone  complain,  living  near  there.  The 
Ci>iu|il.uiilng  is  done  far  this  siat'  of  there,  by 
lho.se  who  live  in  conntries  where  there-is  .plen- 
ty'if  water  and  to  snare.  They  ihave  water 
■^niiigh  at  hand  to  imnieree  every  man  and  wo- 
""ui  in  Ui&natiou,  yet  the\v«et-J*P  Uw  c»y  flbout 


■the- 


'i-arcity  of  .water    when,  in 


.fact,  .there.it 


more  than  th*y  can   use  any  way   they  can  hi 
it. 

We  rend  not  on*  word  about  any  one  com- 
plnining  about  water  in   the  time  of  John  the 
Baptist,  or  even  in  the  time  of  the  Apostles. 
Of  course  there  are  those  who  cannot  conceive 
the  idea  of  there  having  been  much  water  in  the 
Jordan,  when,  in  fact,  the  stream   was  continu- 
ally rolling  a  vast  voluiuu  of  water  the  distance 
of  over  two  hundred  miles  into  the  Dead  Sw». 
Thpy  can  see  how  a  million  of  people  could  live 
in  Jerusalem  from  year  to  year,  without  much 
water  at  hand,  but  for  their  lives  they  cnuuot 
find  enough  water  in  the  vicinity  in  whieh  to 
immerse  the  three  thousand.     They  cannot  find 
any  pools  or  reservoira  around  Jernaolem.  but 
can   find   most  anything  else.     Of  course,  all 
other  large  cities  m\i9t  have  some  kind  of  good 
facilities,  but  when  it  comes  to  Jerusalem  that 
must  lie  an  exception  to  all  other  cities  ia  the 
world,  and  what  is  yet  more  mysterious  is,  that 
those  who  make  the  most  fuss  about  the  absence 
of  water  in  Palestine,  do  not  live  in  that  coun- 
try, and  more  than  that,  they  are  not  willing, 
on  this  question,   to  trust  one  who  knows  all 
about  it.     We  allude  to    Moses,  the  inspired 
writer.     In    Deuteronomy   8:  7  he  says,  "For 
the  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee  into  a  good 
land,  a  land  of  brooks  of  water,  of  fountains  and 
depths  that  spring  out  of  the  valleys  and  hills." 
Yes,  it  is  a  land  of  brooks  of  water,  and  many 
springs  in  the  valleys  and  on  the  hills,  yet  it  is 
a  dry  country  where  no  living  water  is  to  be 
!ound.     In  this  connection   the  following  lines 
aptly  express  the  absurdity  of  the  Pedohaptists' 
position: 

"  If  John,  as  many  lately  say. 
Though  Luke  may  lean  another  way, 
Existed  in  the  Jewish  state. 
Our  friends  would  plea.se  us  to  relate, 
What  section  in  the  Jewish  book, 
Itequir'il  the  work  he  undertook. 

But  leaving  things  of  other  moment, 

To  those  whose  business 'tis  to  comment, 

We  can  but  feel  a  wish  to  know 

Why  John  should  keep  the  water  so. 

If  sprinkling  might  ^ave  been  the  mode, 

Why  should  he  take  so  long  a  road? 

Or,  if  he  deaign'd  to  ponr, 

Why  then  to  j^uon  take  a  tour? 

The  answer  comes  as  quick  as  wink, 

Tlie  man  was  looking  out  for  drink, 

And  kindly  seeking  watering  places 

'  For  horses,  camels,  mules  and  asses.' 

The  reason  seems  as  clear  as  day. 

As  Pedohaptists  wisely  say, 

Why  John  chose  out  a  watery  station, 

To  do  the  work  he  was  engaged  in, 

"Tis  plain  that  luultitudetf  came  out 

From  all  the  region  round  about; 

'Tis  likely  too,  we  lately  hear, 

Th'  encampment  lasted  more'n  a  year. 

And  who  hut  Baptists  OTfcv  could  think 

That  man  and  beast  would  Want  no  drink? 

This  question  answered  with'  soch  ease^ 
We'll  stat^  another  if  you  pleasC. 
Admitting  John  a  public  cater, 
Providing  man  and  Wast  with  watef,- 
And  that  his  mind  was  more  intent 
On  drink,  than  on  the  sacrament. 
And  having  now  obtained  his  end. 
And  near  by  Jordan  made  a  stand, 
We  humbly  ask.  if  'tis  no  sin. 
Why  he  should  need  to  enter  in? 
To  this  full  many  have  reply'd. 
And  here's  the  answer  clit  and  dry'd: 
That  since  the  concourse  was  so  poor,    ' 
There  was  not  found  in  all  their  store, 
A  basin,  pitcher,  or  a  cup. 
With  which  to  lade  the  water  np, 
'Tis  likely  John,  as  others  do. 
Proceeded  down  a  step  or  two 
In  Jordtai's  stream,  to  take  a  stand, 
To  do  what  might  be  done  on  land. 
But  ere  we  give  the  subject  o'er. 
We  beg  to  ask  one  question  more. 

Since  John  was  so  intent  on  thinking. 
To  find  conveniences  for  drinking, 
'Tis  wondrous  strange  he  had  not  thought 
To  bring,'  or  see  some  one  had  brought 
Some  vessel  Jordan's  wave  to  lade  in, 
Which  might  have  sav'd  him  tedious  wading. 
You'd  think,  to  help  the  watti-fetchers, 
Hf'd  hrought  a  load  of  piiiis  iind  pitchers. 

Though  old  divines  could  tame  the  Greek, 
And  leanied  what  it  design'd  to  speak; 
Yet  moderns  find  it  strangely  wild. 
They  chase  it  hard  through  fiood  and  field. 
And  strive  with  industry  and  pain 
To  overtake  it,  but  in  Tain. 
O  Luther,  Cnlvin,  Poole,  and  Wall, 
And  lexicographers,  and  all. 
What  pity  ere  ye  drew  the  quill. 


Our  mod«r(i8«f  hoptjriiir  fkill 
Were  nut  at  hand  to  show  you  Iidw 
Bdpli^o  may  Iw  rendered  now. 

Though  you  nn  ofl  have  made  auertion. 

Its  meaning  primely  in  immersion; 

Yet  such  impmvemenlH  have  be^-n  made. 

To  give  the  cniiw  of  sprinkling  aid. 

Our  critics  in  this  learned  day, 

Have  the  i/ffftt  moiffM^  to  ««y. 

lt.s  meaning  can't  beascertain'd 

And  s/irink-linrf.  jiouriny,  trrtnAim/,  r}fnninij, 

May  lie  it*  true  and  native  meBning. 

Thf  most  specific  senae  they  get. 

The  term  import*  somehow  to  ufi ; 

If  water  only  be  apply'd, 

That  will  suffice,  can't  be  denied. 

Each  one  may  choose  his  manner  now, 

If  each  is  pleaseil.  no  matter /(«ir. 

No  matter  bow?  Then  why  is't  where? 

And  why  the  crown  of  face  prefer? 

Why  should  the  region  of  the  nose 

Be  deem'd  more  fit  than  of  the  toes. 

Why  should  you  not  baptize  the  hands. 

To  execute  divine  commands? 

The  feet,  to  run  the  Christian  road? 

The  shoulder",  to  sustain  the  load? 

The  neck,  the  Chriatian  yoke  to  liear. 

And  serve  the  Lord  with  holy  fear? 

Why  not  the  sacred  rite  impart 
About  the  region  of  the  heart? 
What,  in  the  nature  of  the  case. 
Should  make  you  always  choose  the  face? 

'Tis  something  strange,  we  freely  own, 
That  those  who  preach  immersion  down, 
Should,  after  all  the  things  thoy  say, 
Consent  to  tread  this  frantic  way. 
And  from  the  pulpit  iitraight  repaic 
To  practice  what  they  censur'd  there." 


KY  GEOBOB  H0H3T. 


^nneiify  ll.cm  iLrougL  thy  Iruili,  Ibv  nor.1  U  Inilh." 
hnlT:17, 

TRUTH  is  a  principle  that  should  be  largely 
developed  in  everj'  man  and  woman,  and 
esijecially  in  those  of  the  household  of  faith. 
Truth  is  a  principle  that  should  govern  us  in 
all  our  sayings,  and  in  all  our  doings.  It  is  the 
opposite  of  error.  Truth  and  error  cannot 
peaceably  dwell  together.  Truth  and  error  ru- 
ined our  race.  If  truth  hud  been  [)resenled  to 
our  first  parents,  they  would  not  have  trans- 
gressed the  Lord'8  commands  in  the  garden  of 
Eden.  If  error  alone  Imd  been  iiroseiitDdi  they 
perhaps,  would  have  seen  the  design  of  the 
tempter,  and  would  not  have  yielded  to  his  en- 
treaties, But  truth  and  error,  mingled  togeth- 
er, deceived  them,  and  thereby  the  deceiver 
accomplished  his  object,  and  the  fall  of  man  was 
the  result.  Q,  what  misery  and  fluttering  fol- 
lowed! because  they  did  not  strictly  hear  what 
the  Lord  commanded  them.  They  could  no 
longer  stay  in  that  glorious  paradise  which  God 
made  for  them,  and  in  which  he  placed  them, 
but  must  go  out  and  till  the  ground,  from 
which  they  were  made,  and  in  sorrow  eat  of  the 
fruit  of  their  labor  all  the  days  of  their  life,  un- 
til they  would  again  r»turn  to  dust. 

Sickness,  sorrow  and  death  were  entailed  up- 
on the  whole  human  race,  because  of  the  trans- 
gression, and  by  our  first  parents'  yielding  to 
the  tempter's  entreaties,  there  was  a  principle 
liegotfcen  in  the  human  race,  that  is  seen  and 
felt  in  our  business  transactions  in  everyday 
life.  We  may  look  in  what  direction  we  will, 
and  see  the  spirit  of  deception  practiced,  or  at 
least  attempted.  We  see  truth  and  error  mixed 
together  to  accomplish  objects  of  advantage  by 
the  party  who  desirw  to  gaiii  a  given  point,  and 
we  are  sorry  to  say,  that  it  is  not  always  by 
those  that  do  not  profess  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ.     God  is  true,  in  Him  is  no  lie  at  all. 

The  Savior's  high-prieatly  prayer  for  His 
disciples  was,  "  Sanctify  them  through  thy  truth, 
thy  word  is  truth."  Now  according  to  the 
Savior's  prayer,  His  disciples  are  set  apart,  by 
the  truth  of  God's  Word,  from  all  deception 
and  enor,  not  only  those  of  the  twelve,  but 
those  of  His  disciples  in  all  ages  of  the  world, 
and  when  that  principle  of  truth  does  not  man- 
ifest itself  in  those  who  denominate  themselves, 
the  disciples  of  Christ,  it  is  a  self-evident  fact 
that  they  do  not  belong  to  God,  but  stand  in 
opposition  to  Him,  and  have  been  poisoned  by 
him,  who  goeth  about  seeking  whom  he  may 
devour.  Our  world  is  full  of  religious  books 
and  tracts,  so-called,  with  truth  and  error  mix- 
ed. Pulpits  are  sui)plied  with  preachers  who 
deal  out  truth  and  error  and  palm  it  oft'  for 
godline&s. 


Now.  dear  rr-adftt,  ntnw  G-^J  it  ^riith,  add  HiH 
Word  in  truth,  bt-  not  deceived  by  that  religion  • 
which  is  prevailing  in  our  airruptil)le  vimU,  for 
it  is  wicked  to  deceive,  or  to  mix  truth  and  •r- 
ror  together,  or  be  outright.     The   Bible  »ftys, 
"The  wicked  iihall  be  turned  into  hell,   and  all 
the  nations  that  forget  (lod  "  (I'd.  V;  1').     Qod 
has  seen  fit,  in  Hisown  judgment,  U,  pnni!.h  the 
wicked— the  evil  doer,  the  liar,  and  de<«fiver,  and 
withal  the  tbreatentsl  judgment  of  Q(»d  shown 
forth  in  His  revealed  Word.     It  i«  horrible,  it 
is  remarkable,  and  it  is  wonderful  to  behold  the 
sayings  and  doings  of  mankind,  showing  forth 
one  idea,  at  lpa.st,  that  the  devil  ha*  great  power 
and  influence  among  the  children  of  men,  and 
no   doubt   because  of  that   begotten    principle 
which  originated  in  the  days  of  Adam.     Bat 
thanks  W  to  God,  that   power  is  not  all-power- 
ful.   Tlip  Bible  sft>-9,  "  The  seed  of  the  womao 
shall  bniiso  the  serpents  head,"  which  was  done 
in  the  i>erson  of  .lesus  Christ;  and  through  His 
Suffering  and  deatb.  han  made  it  possible  for  us 
to  overcome  that  principle  of  deception,  by  be- 
ing willing  to  receiving  that   Word  of  truth, 
which   will  make  ua  free,  "  and  if  the  truth, 
makes  us  free,  then  are  we  free  indeed."    We 
need  not  fear  to  take  God  at  His  word,  for  it  ig 
ritt«n  that  it  a  imposiiible  for  Qod  to  lie.     Ik 
:  contrary  to   Hia  prerogative.    The  Sarior 
said  to  His  disciples,  "  If  I  go  away,  I  will  send 
the  comforter,  which  is  the  Holy  Ghost,  which 
will  lead  you  into  all  truth,"  not  part  truth  and 
part  error,  but  the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but 
the  truth. 

Brethren  and  sialeiv,  let  this  God-given  prin- 
ciple be  the  rule  of  practice  m  everyday  life. 
Speak  the  truth  with  our  neighbor,  act  out  the 
truth-in  our  dealings,  and  in  every  act  of  our 
lives.  Let  us  be  aVove  sunpjoion,  that  ovsq.  Iha 
world  may  never  have  cause  to  say  angut  against 
our  integrity,  and  God  will  bless  us  in  life.  He 
will  bless  us  in  death,  and  afterwards  will  say  to 
us,  "  Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the 
kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation 
of  the  world."  "  Lord,  who  shall  abide  in  thy 
tabernacle?  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  holy  hill? 
He  that  worketh  uprightly,  and  worketh  right- 
eousness, and  siK'aketh  truth  in  his  heart" 
(Psalm  15:  1,  2).  From  the  above,  we  see  what 
encouragement  we  get  from  Holy  Writ,  for  up- 
rightness, lovu  of  trutli,  for  righteousness,  and 
true  holiness,  whose  pages  are  filled  from  Qeii«* 
sis  to  Revelation.  But  indignation  and  wrath 
against  the  unrighteous,  the  unholy,  the  Har, 
and  deceiver.  The  gate  of  heaven  will  be  clos- 
ed against  all  such,  for  they  are  an  abominatioii 
in  the  sight  of  God,  and  their  final  end  is  vivid- 
ly portrayed  in  the  Book  of  God. 


No  man,  however  holy,  may  conclude  himself 
exempt  from  temiitation  of  some  kind,  for  God 
manifest  in  the  Hesh  was  moat  sorely  tempted. 
We  need  not  conclude  it  sin  to  be  severely 
tempted,  for  Christ  was  tempted  to  worship  the 
devil.  If  faithful,  we  have  the  consoling  thought 
that  we  shall  not  be  tempted  above  that  which 
we  are  able  to  bear.  X  constant  efl'ort  at  resist- 
ing temptation  tends  to  make  one  stronger  in 
the  faith,  and  more  zealous  in  the  Master's  work, 
and  if  sanctified  to  our  good  is  not  without  its 
lieneficial  ellects. 

The /*(■»/«/  PUtnof  SalvAtu»\,OT  SftfeGii>unA 
is  now  ready  for  filling  orders.  The  pamphlet, 
since  its  first  appearance,  has  bad  an  extensive 
circulation,  having  already  passed  into  the 
fourth  edition.  It  is  a  neatly  printed  and  well 
bound  pamphlet  of  37  pages,  showing  that  the 
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P\ri.  says,  "The  time  will  coiue  when  they 
(the  people)  will  not  endure  sound  doctrine" 
(2  Tim.  4 :  3),  and  from  the  stir  the  pointed  truth 
sometimes  makes  in  the  camp  of  professing 
Christians,  it  is  rejisonable  to  presume  that  time 
is  fully  at  hand.  There  is  an  increasingdemand 
for  this  smooth,  harmless  (?)  preaching  that 
will  suit  everybody  and  hit  none.  Bold  and 
fearless  preachers,  who  are  lull  of  wisdom  and 
prudence  are  becoming  a  scarce  article. 

By  referring  to  the  Gleaning  department, 
it  will  be  seen  that  a  number  of  Brethren  in 
Iowa  think  of  twding  homes  in  the  West. 
Hope  they  all  may  be  successful  enough  to  find- 
homes  in  mtr  loeality  and  thus  render  their 
new  homes  more  pleieant. 


Some  one  from  Millersburg,  Ind,,  sends 
pay  for  fifty  copies  of  the  Vhihhtu  nt  H'ort, 
but  fiiils  to  give  bi»  rm»%.  Hope  this  noUce 
will  meet  hie- eve. 


THE    BRErflll^EM    AT    -WORIC. 


July     H 


I'VE  BEEN  THINKING. 

1-VE  Ijwn  thinking.  I'vp  l.t-e*  thinking, 
Whftt  R  glori.nis  wurld  wtre  thw. 
Did  folk*  mind  their  buniurtw  more. 

And  mind  th«ir  nfiRhbor'tt  Iw-i; 
Kor  iiuitance,  you  and  I,  uiy  feiend, 

Ar«  HMly  prouu  U)  t«UE 
Of  iDfttUrni  tliat  c<mc«rii  iis  not, 
And  oth«rR'  foUiea  mwk, 

IVe  bwn  thinking,  it  w-'M  iM-gin 

,    To  mind  our  own  affttirH, 

That  i>o*wibly  our  iieighV">  m'g^'t 

Contrive  U)  mimago  tbftii*.  , 

We've  fault*  enongh  at  home  to  raen^—  , 

It  may  be  eo  with  others;         _,  ^ 

It  would  sci^m  strange  if  it  were  not,      ^ 

Since  iill  mrinkind  nre  hrothenil'    "j    y' 

Oh!  would  thut  wi'  hifJ  chwity  J  i|  -.,t  ( 

For  every  ninu  and  woman: 
porgivenest  iM  the  murk  of  those 

Who  know  "  t*.  err  ih  Jiuiiian." 
Then  let  iiH  banish  jealousy— 

Li-t'»  lift;  onr  fallen  hrothfcr; 
And  as  we  journey  down  life's  road, 
"Doirbod  to  one  roiother.    ■'■  '      ''     ' 
'       r.i.  ,     ,,     -r^electtd.. 


SELECTED    THOUGHTS. 

— Reiuler,  Milvatitiri  is  very  n.iir  you.  ,  Po  not 
lose  heiiven  for  want  of  asking.  Go  this  day, 
and  tftk.-  the  first  Rtep  towfti'fl  the  kingdom —A'. 

—The  love  of  Christ  is  fixed  in  its  objects, 
free  in  its  communications,  unwearied  in  itser- 
ercisw.  and  etomiil  in  its  durBtion;  here  starids 
the  believerV  eomfort. 

—Ft  is  efwy  for  a  man  to  ninrder  his  neighbor, 
in  the  sight  of  God,  by  a  serrot  wish,  luidiv  pas- 
sionate deaire;  "  Hb  that  hatetli  hia  brother  is  a 
murdere r,"'  says  Inspiration. 

—A  charittible  lady  in  London  established  a 
home  in  that  cit^-  for  women  who  had  fallen 
victims  to  intemperance.  In  nine  month?  the 
applications  were  WW,  and  of  thesa  ^^  were  from 
ladiea  of  rank. 

—Ah  I  havo  watered  flowers,  I  would  sue  a 
lone  flower,  withering,  dyiug.  t  knew  it  would 
die,  though  it  struggled  hard  tor  life.  I  felt  a 
Btronge,  brother-like  sympathy  for  it.  I  water- 
ed it  that  1 1  might  help  it  in  this  struggle,  in 
which  we  are  all  tfligaged. 

—An  eiwy-going  piety  will  never  accomplish 
any  good.  It  will  fail  of  its  own  growth  and 
development,  and  it  will  produce  no  good  results 
in  its  apiiiication  to  surrounding  life.  It  is  the 
earnest  striving,  the  diligent,  unwearying  ac- 
tivity that  will  secure  the  riglit  results  of  the 
Qofii>el. 

—Luther  SFiid  he  preached  so  that  the  maid 
with  the  children  behind  the  door  could  under- 
stand him,  and  then  the  doctors  of  divinity  also 
in  hid  congregation  could  comprehend  his  dis- 
couipe.  I  found  one  hundred  words  in  a  liifih- 
op'«  abl^  sermon  that  was  given  me  to  i-ead 
which  I  know  the  people  would  not  under- 
stand. 

—We  must  be  given  to  prayer,  more  and 
more;  and  to  the  diligent.  Careful,  habitual  rend- 
ing of  the  Word  of  God,  Be  not  tempted  IVom 
this  by  many  labors.  I  never  go  to  work  with- 
out first  having  a  full  meal  for  my  soul.  The 
spirit  of  our  work  is  the  great  thing;  so  do  not 
neglect  your  own  vineyard  for  any  other,  for  if 
your  soul  suft'ers,  your  w^ork  will  suffer.  Rend 
the  Bible  c<uisecutiveXv,  and  for  yourselves  and 
not  for  others.  Then  i>rilctice  what  you  read, 
confessing  to  God  your  failures  to  do  it. 

— I'ROFl.lo.irY. — He  that  has  never  suffered 
extreme  adversity,  knows  not  the  full  extent  of 
his  own  depravation:  and  he  that  has  never  en- 
joyed the  summit  of  prosperity,  is  eijually  igno- 
rant how  far  the  iniquity  of  others  can  go.  For 
our  adversity  will  excite  tcmptiitiou  in  ourselves, 
our  prosperity  in  others.  Sir  Itobert  Walpole 
observed,  it  was  fortunate  thut  few  men  could 
be  Prime  Ministers,  because  it  was  fortunate 
thtvt  few  men  could  know  the  abandoned  proHi- 
ga(;y  of  the  human  mind. 

— Scasiial. — It  was  tin-  saying  of  an  old  ac- 
qfiaintance  of  ours,  when  his  attention  was  call- 
ed to  anything  that  had  a  smacking  of  .scandal 
in  it,  "  1  have  so  much  to  do  that  I  cannot  hear 
it.  One-half  my  time  is  taken  up  with  my  o\vn 
business,  the  other  half  with  letting  alone  that 
of  my  neighbors."  How  many  excellent  oppor- 
tunities of  letting  alone  otbei;  [K-ople's  business 
are  slighted,  and  the  world  is  troubled  with  the 
interference  of  people  with  what  does  not  con- 
cern them  I  Neighborhoods  are  driven  crazy  by 
repvrts  of  idle  or  mischievous  people  who  watch 
for  occasions  of  scandal,  and  lose  no  opportunity 
of  making  it  public,  regardless  of  its  truth,  or 
of  the  injur)'  it  inflicts  upon  the  feeliugsof  others. 
Gossip  pa^^ee  for  fact,  and  surmise  for  history,    i 


WORLDLY  CONFORMITY. 

THE  Church  will  soon  be  under  the  necessity 
uf  returning  to  the  old  babitfi  of  plain  dress, 
in  order  to  distinguish  her  members  from  the 
people  of  the  world.  Some  external  bodge  will 
soon  Ije  required.  The  difposition,  the  natural 
expreMion  of  character,  the  general  tone  of  the 
conduct,  ought  to  iJainly  indicate  the  follower 
of  Christ:  and  they  always  do  when  theChrist- 
ly  spirit  haa  supremacy  in  the  soul.  But  the 
absence  of  this  innor-lile  force  and  the  fruite  of 
the  Spirit  in  the  character,  puzzles  the  moat;  ob- 
servant and  calculating  to  know  who  is  a  Chris- 
tian and  who  is  not. 

Some  Christians  htbel  themselyes  -with  verbal 
professionf.  and  imagine  that  this  boastful  ad- 
vertisement of  their  piety  will  be  a  sufficient 
guarantee  t(»  the  wt»rld  of  their  genuineness. 
But  alas!  tlie  profe'ision  challenges  iuspeotiou 
of  conduct,  and  the  heart  and  the  tongue  do 
not  always  agree.  Thi;  deficiency  in  character 
is  supposed  to  be  si(pplemeuted  by  profesfiion; 
but  blossoms  can  never  take  the  plax^e  of  fruit 
to  hungo'  men.  "  What  do  you  more  than 
others?  "  was  the  test  of  a  disciple  by  our  l^ord. 
Sinners  can  hate,  publicans  can  love  those  who 
love  them,  men  generally  can  do  acts  of  kind- 
neRs  when  they  expect  returns;  but  "  I  sfiy 
to  you,  Lore  your  enemies,  do  ywd  to  them  that 
hate  you.  and  pray  for  them  which  deapit^fidly 
use  you."  "  What  do  you  more  than  others?  " 
The  world  is  ready  to  see  and  must  admire 
Christian  acta.  As  soon  would  men  curse  flow- 
ers, as  censure  or  condemn  self-sacrificing  and 
Christian  deeds.  They  have  a  winning  and 
commanding  power,  and  claim  the  respedt  of 
even  th»  wicked,  and  the  admiration  of  all. 
Character  and  conduct,  the  lount^ain  and  streams 
of  Christian  life,  ok  the,_triie  marks  of  a  disci- 
ple. He  needs  no  other  badge,  no  external 
ensign,  no  advertising  of  his  virtues — his  spirit 
and  the  tone  of  his  conduct  are  sufficiently  con- 
vincing. 

But  alas!  where  do  we  see  this  difference  in 
character  and  conduct?  The  professing  Chris- 
tian, in  his  love  and  eagerness  for  money-mak- 
ing, and  the  tenacity  with  which  he  holds  earthl  j 
possessions,  does  not  look  like  "a  pilgrim  of 
earth  "  j<nimeyiiig  to  heaven.  He  carries  the 
world  on  his  back  and  the  cross  A  his  hand. 
Silly  mortal!  The  burden  impedes  his  progress, 
and  then  he  must  throw  off  the  heavj-  load  be- 
fore he  can  enter  the  narrow  way  that  leads  to 
life. 

We  see  the  same  similarity  between  the 
church  and  the  world  in  the  character  of  their^ 
pleasures.  The  Christian  is  presumed  to  find 
his  chief  delights  in  Christian  service,  the  wor- 
ship of  God,  and  helping  his  fellow-men  into 
the  pool  of  healing;  but  this  is  not  the  case. 
Sabbath  devotion  is  a  duty,  and  worldly  amuse- 
ments a  delight.  The  church  is  neglected  for 
the  pleasure  cii  attending  the  opera  and  theatre. 
Not  to  enter  in  a  discussion  of  the  sinfulness  of 
such  conduct,  to  say  the  least,  this  tendency  of 
the  life  shows  where  the  heart  is,  and  what  kind 
of  food  best  suits  these  worldly  church  mem- 
bers. 

If  a  man's  enjoyment  and  chief  delight  is  not 
in  Christian  service,  he  does  not  love  Christ  su- 
premely. If  he  is  not  living  for  heaven,  and 
endeavoring  to  become  inore  and  more  like  his 
Master,  he  htis  not  realized  the  resurrecting 
power  of  Christ  in  his  soul.  When  a  soul  is 
converted,  a  new  spirit  is  put  within  man,  with 
new  affinities  and  tendencies,  and  he  dies  to  sin 
and  lives, unto  God.  He  renounces  all  criminal 
and  forbidden  pleasures.  This  world  loses  his 
heart,  he  Uvea  for  heaven,  and  knows  no  author- 
ity but  that  of  Christ.  Worldly  conformity  is 
like  seeking  like.  Tendencies  are  signs  of  char- 
acter. The  true  Christian  is  not  at  home  in  this 
world.  He  is  seeking  conformity  to  Christ  and 
meetness  for  heaven. — tielitt^il. 


they  hare  chosen  a  companion  in  life,  and  tliink 
then  it  will  be  better  io  stjirt  in  the  service  of 
the  Lord,  they  may  be  sadly  disoppoint«d.  The 
huaband  may  thiftk  one  way  and  the  wi^'e  the 
other.  One  may  wish  to  obey  the  Lord,  and 
the  other  not,  and  so  there  would  be  contention, 
and  it  might  Iw  like  the  one  that  wiui  bidden  to 
a  great  supper,  and  said,  "  I  have  married  a  wife 
and,  therefore,  cannot  come." 

Seek  the  Lord,  and  seek  Him  first,  and  if  we 
seek  Him  lawfully,  we  will  find  Him,  How 
easy  it  would  be  for  the  young  to  comply  with 
our  text,  if  they  would  only  submit  to  the  ways 
of  ttie  Lord.  They  could  come  to  Christ  aseasv 
as  the  young  maiden  arose  when  Christ  bade  her. 


TO  THE  YOUNG. 


UY  WILKltEl)  RICE. 


Seek  ye  finl  ibe  kingduui  of  Ooil,  aod  bis  rigliieout- 
iirfM-,  »nd  all  ibesc  things  ^linll  be  ttddeJ  ualo  you." — 
UaU.ti;  iZ. 

\''OUTH  is  the  time  to  serve  the  Lord.  When 
the  evil  days  come,  how  hard  we  have  to 
fight  the  enemy  of  souls!  I  have  had  experi- 
ence how  the  wicked  one  will  try  to  make  ship- 
wreck of  our  convictions  ot  sin.  If  we  are 
young,  he  will  tell  us  we  are  too  young  to  serve 
the  Lord;  we  would  better  wait  till  we  get  old- 
er. These  things  will  only  make  it  all  the 
harder  to  follow  .Jesus.  When  we  get  older,  we 
grow  harder  in  sin,  and  if  we  fight  against  con- 
viction, or  the  gentle  voice  of  the  Spirit,  we 
may  have  to  say  with  others:  "  The  Spirit  does 
not  always  strive  with  me."  Oh!  what  a  lam- 
entable condition  we  are  in,  if  the  Spirit  once 
ceaseth  to  strive  witli  us!     If  persons  wait  till 


THE  HEAVENLY  ROAD. 

,     ^  ,    BX  J.  W.  SOUTHWOOD. 

THE  road  to  heaven  is  a  strait  and  niurow  oncj 
and  on  cither  side  is  a  worldly  wilderness 
full  of  wild  and  beautiful  flowers,  and  many 
other  things  that  allure  and  tempt  the  Chns- 
tian  to  leave  the  glory-bound  way,  a'nd  seek  the 
pleasures  of  this  worid. 

Now  as  there  is  a  broad  way  leading  to  de- 
•trnction,  which  is  the  sum  total  of  all  tho 
mauiv  roads  that  traverse  promiscuously  through 
the  wilderness,  and  also  of  the  wildeiness  iLielf. 
it  is  very  neccssaiy  to  know  how  to  get  on  this 
heavenly  road,  and  also  to  know  at  the  uiim}" 
crossings  and  divergiugs  which  is  the  right  rojyl. 
as  the  wilderness' ways  often  cross  the  Cliris- 
tian's  path,  and  at  the  diverging^  we  often  find 
Satan's  agents,  who  invite,  and  even  insist  to 
almost  compulsion  to  have  us  take  auother  way. 
especially  if  they  think  we  are  not  very  well 
acquainted  with  the  roiul.  or  our  Guide-book. 

Then  let  me  advise  all  to  get  Ihe  guide-book, 
which  is  the  New  Testament,  and  in  it  will  be 
found  directions  not  only  how  to  (jet  on  this 
heavenly  road,  but  also  how  to  keep  on  it.  -In 
it  we  find  that  in  order  to  get  on  this  road,  we 
must  first  have  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ; 
second,  we  must  repent  of  our  sins;  and  third, 
be  baptized  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  ai^d  of 
the  Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  When  we 
have  thus  complied,  other  things  being  right, 
we  are  on  the  road.  Npw  let  us  start  on  im- 
mediately as  it  is  not  a  road  of  idleness;  and  as 
we  travel  on,  if  we  should  see  by  the  wayeiide 
some  beautiful  flowers  in  the  form  of  fine  styles, 
or  anything  else  under  the  mune  of  costly  array 
or  superfluities:  let  us  not  leave  the  road  to 
gather  them,  but  pass  right  on  even  if  we 
should  see  nice  rooms  of  entertainm«nt  in  the 
form  of  balls,  theatres  and  all  other  places  of 
like  amusements;  for  if  we  once  leave  the  road, 
we  run  a  great  risk  in  losing  our  way,  and  get- 
ting on  some  of  the  ivilderness  roads,  or  else  of 
not  finding  any  road,  but  wander  in  the  wilder- 
ness all  day  until  the  sun  of  life  has  ^^t  and  the 
night  of  death  is  at  hand,  and  we  so  fai-  from 
heaven  that  we  can  never  reach  it,  but  haye  to 
sleep  in  the  wilderness  through  an  eternal  night 
of  misery  and  woe.  O.how  terrible!  HowAwful 
such  a  doom ! 

Then  let  us  not  stop  and  gather  vanities  as 
we  pass  along,  but  let  us  press  right  on  with 
Guide-book  in  hand.  Presently  some  one  says, 
"  What  does  that  mean!'  "  Why,  that  is  a  fin- 
ger-board; it  will  tell  us  which  way  to  go  m 
order  to  get  to  heaven.  0,  do  look  what  a 
broad  and  beautiful  looking  roa*l.  Just  see 
how  much  wider  it  is  than  the  one  we  are  on. 
But  see,  the  finger-board  that  pomts  down  that 
road  reads,  destruction.  What  do  you  say? 
let  us  go  down  that  road  a  little  distance  any 
way.  0.  no,  brother;  let  us  not  leave  the  heav- 
enly road.  I  know  the  finger-boai'd  does  nut 
say  how  far  down  that  road  ifc  is  to  destruction, 
but  I  dare  say  it  is  not  very  far.  0.  but  do  see 
how  many  aregoiug  that  way;  surely  that  must 
be  the  right  way.  Where  is  your  guide-bookr* 
Here  it  is.  Well  just  turn  to  Matt.  7;  13,  14, 
and  you  will  find  that  the  road  to  destruction  is 
broad,  and  has  many  travelers,  while  tlie  road 
to  heaven  is  narrow  and  has  but  few.  That  is 
sufficient;  I  will  not  leave  this  sti,iait  and  nar- 
row way. 

And  thus  we  pass  along.  But  look!  tlieiv  li 
a  road  leading  off  to  the  left.  Well,  just  wait 
till  we  read  the  letters  on  the  guide-post.  We 
read  the  one  that  points  straight  on,  and  it  tells 
us  that  this  is  the  road  to  heaven.  Let  us  look 
and  see  what  the  other  says.  Oh,  brother! 
what  are  we  to  do  nowV  It  says  thit  is  the  way 
to  heaven;  how  shall  we  know  which  way  to 
go?  Why,  just  keep  straight  on.  0,  no;  this 
other  way  looks  like  it  has  been  traveled  more, 
and  is  an  easier  road  to  travel  cm;  my  opinion 
is,  that  thia  is  the  right  way.  Have  you  lost 
your  Guide-book?  0,  no.  Well  what  does  it 
say  are  some  of  the  Christian  duties?  Well,  it 
says  they  ought  to  wash  one  another's  feet,  anil 
as  we  look  over  the  guide-book  we  find  mention 
made  of  the  Lord's  Supper,   and   also   saluting 


one  another  with  a  holy  kiss  or  kiss  of  charitv 
and  many  other  things.  Well  that  is  enough' 
Now,  do  you  see  any  signs  of  these  duties  alono 
this  left  hand  road?  Look  ns  far  down  therofti] 
aB  you  can  see  without  going  on  it.  Do  you 
see  any?  No,  not  even  a  shadow  of  them.  Now 
look  up  this  strait  and  narrow  way  and  see  if 
you  can  see  any  along  it.  0,  yes;  I  see  them 
plainly,  Well,  then,  let  us  go  on;  but  dp  not 
forget  your  Guide-book, 

Are  we  not  almost  to  heaven?  I  do  not 
know;  our  journey  may  be  a  very  short  one,  or 
we  may  have  to  travel  or^quite  awhile  yet.  D^ 
you  think  we  shall  have  any  more  temptatioasp 
0,  yes.  We  may  expect  temptations  mure  or- 
less,  all  lUong  our  journey,  and  even  light  afHic. 
tions,  but  they  will  work  for  us  a  far  more  and 
exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory.  Who'^ 
that  standing  there  at  the  ctosa  roads?  I  Jq^ 
not  know.  Perhaps  we  will  when  we  get  there. 
He  looks  like  he  is  ivniting  for  us.  "  Hurry  up 
if  you  are  going  my  road!"  Which  is  youp 
road?  "This  One."  says  he,  "on  which  ail  pop, 
ular  men  travel."  Well  then  we  are  not  going 
your  road.  We  intend  to  keep  straight  on, 
"  Where  ai-e  you  bound  for,  »ip  that  narrow, 
road?"  We  are  bound  for  heaven.  '"  Boiuid 
for  heaven!  Why  that  is  just  where  I  am  goiug[ 
so  come  along  and  go  with  me."  Wly  so? 
will  not  this  narrow  way  le^d  to  heaven  ?  "  Ye^," 
says  he,  "  but  this  road  on  which  /am  traveling 
is  such  1^  very  popular  one."  Now  let  me  aak, 
are  you  sure  yoOr  popular  road,  as  you  call  it, 
will  lead  you  to  heaven?  "  O  yes,  sir,"  says  he 
Well,  how  do  you  know  it  \viH?  "Why,  sir, 
because  our  preacher  and  guide-book  say  so." 
Where  did  your  preacher  get  his  authority  from?' 
"  From  our  guide-book,  I  suppose."  Who  is 
the  author  of  your  guide-book?  "I  do  not 
know,  certain,  but  I  presume  the  founder  of  oup 
church."  When  did  he  live?  *' I  could  not 
say,  exactly,  but  I  think  about  rs  fai-  back  as  the 
sixteenth  or  seventeenth  century."  How  did^ 
you  get  on  your  popular  road?  "  Why,  sir,  by 
faith,  of  course."  IJ'i  had  to  fake  three  steps 
to  get  on '/i'--' road,  namely:  faith,  repentance 
and  baptism.  "Baptism!  Why,  do  you  not 
know  that  bapti^m  was  done  away  with  long 
time  ago?  and  also  all  those  other  non-^ssen* 
tials.  such  as  Feet^washing,  the  Lord's  Supper, 
non-conformity,  the  kiss,  etc.?  Why,  sir,  my 
guide-book  contains  none  of  these;  it  only  re^ 
quires  us  to  go  to  meeting;  so  you  see  the  way 
is  easy;  then  come  along  and  go  with  me." 

Brother,  shall  we  go  with  him  and  his  iuau« 
made  doctrine,  and  thereby  miss  heaven  and 
immortal  glory?  or  shall  we  follow  our  Guide, 
book  whose  author  is  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and 
thus  reach  heaven,  where  we  may  bask  in  the 
sun-bright  climes  of  eternal  glory  and  bliss,  and 
reign  with  Christ  forever  and  ever? 


*'THE  STRAIT  GATE.  ' 

IN  a  sermon  preached  recently  by  acelebrated 
clergyman  from  the  text:  "  Strive  to  enter 
in  at  the  striut  gate  "  (Luke  13:  2-t),  he  gave  the 
folk)wing  description:  "  Alongside  of  the  great 
gat^.  through  which  people  and  camels  passed 
into  an  ancient  city,  and  which  was  closed  in 
the  evening,  was  a  narrow  gate.  Through  this 
narrow  gate,  called  the  '  Needle's  Eye.'  the  be- 
lated  traveler  could,  with  difficulty,  force  bis 
camel." 

The  gates  in  the  walled  portions  of  Couataui 
tinople  and  Smyrna  are.  I  think,  good  repre- 
sentatives of  walled  Oriental  cities.  The  siaiill, 
or  .v//v/f/  gates,  through  which  I  have  often 
passed,  some  of  them  near  the  great  gates,  imd 
others  in  more  retired  portions,  wOuld  not  ad. 
mit  a  camel. 

I  was  a  witness  to  a  good  illustration  of  this, 
when  returning  after  sunset,  from  a  visit  to  n 
hospital  outside  of  the  walled  part  of  Smyrna, 
We  were  overtaken  by  the  English  chaplain,  a 
very  corpulent  man.  "  What  shall  we  do?"  he 
asked,  "  the  gales  are  closed."  Find  the  "  strait 
gate,"  the  "Needle's  Eye,"  I  replied.  After  a 
little  search  we  found  it,  and  we  ladies  were 
easily  admitted,  but  it  was  with  much  tugging 
and  pulling  that  we  brought  the  burly  chaplain 
through.  "Well,"  said  he,  "I  now  see  the 
force  of  our  Lord's  words:  *  It  is  easier  for  a 
camel  to  go  through  the  eye  of  a  needle  thmi 
for  a  rich  man  (he  who  trusts  in  nch&s)  to  en-i 
ter  into  the  kingdom  of  God  "  iMurk  H*:  25). 
—Mm.  C.  H.  Udii. 


It  is  to  be  feared  that  thousands  even  of  in^ 
telligent  persons  who  are  supposed  to  be  religt 
ious  beings,  have  no  conception  of  the  greatness 
i>t  the  idea  of  duty,  or  moral  accountableness, 
of  tlie  meaning  of  the  word  "  ought."  But  it 
is  certain  that  nothing  is  done  well  until  it  is 
done  from  the  sense  of  a  controlling  principle 
nf  inherent  and  essential  rightness.  Duty  i^ 
the  child  of  love,  and  therefore  there  is  powui 
in  all  its  teachings  and  commands. 


July 


11. 


A  NNOUNCEMENTS. 

be  briot  and  Miiun  on  t«B,,  "^  *'*  ■ 
from  .ib.r  Z^Z,.    ^'"' 


lAVB-rusn. 

Ue..l;iee>!hari*,0.geC<,.,   NA..  SepUmbs,  7ih 

.n.l  3lh,  comiacncmg  ii  2  o'cloLk 
S„S«r  Creet   cotsrrg.tion,   S,„g,„„„   j^^     ... 

Ociohti  i  and  4,  TOmmeiiciiig  u  10  o'clock. 
Iowa   feuter.   Kt   reetiience   of   Bro  fi  w   li  -. 

„otl..  .Sepu  Vll,  aod  «lh.  ™-  ^'^  ^-  '^"■ 

r.int  Creek  congremlion,  B„„,b„n  Co.,   Km™ 

.Mineral  Cre«k  l.ove-feMt,  J„l,n«,„  c„.  Mo 
■IMesilay,  October  l.l,  1878.         S.  s.  Mohler.   " 

The  Brethren  io  tbe  church  of  Mouroe  Co  I, 
l„,e»<l,  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  .  CommoLion' 
„,B!m.B  the  lOlh  of  Augii,t  at  p^,,,  iMillet',  2 
„,ilM  .Soolb  of  Frederic  .talion.  commencing  at 
Bve  o'clock  P.  M.  DAN,BI..MlI,LIi„. 

A  IjOve-fc««t  haa  been  appointed  by  the 
Mineral  Creek  congregation,  Johnson  Co  Mo 
for  Tuesday,  Oct.  Ist.  s.  S.  Mohler.  " 

The  Lord  willing,  wc  ihlend  to  have  a  Uve-femt 
in  the  Stanialnus  church,  Cal.,  the  first  Saturday 
in  October.  We  have  some  reason  to  hope  for 
ministerial  aid  from  Indiana,  and  also  intend 
making  an  effort,  to  enable  Bto.  Stein  of  New- 
tonia,  Mo.,  to  pay  ua  a  visit  and  help  us. 

P.  S.  G.VEMAK, 

There    will    be    a    Communion    Meeting    at 
Wliitesville  Mo..  Saturday,  September,  7th. 
By  Order  of  the  Church, 

.1.  N.  Tatlok.  ' 

diedT 

Othluwies  should  be  brief,  n  ritien  on  bol  one  aide  of  tlie 
p«per.  and  sepnralo  from  all  other  businesi. 

.STOOPS.— Near  Wnyneslioro,  Pa.,   .Tune  20tli, 

1S7S.  fell    "asleep   in  Jesus,"  brother  Enoch 

Arabl'osn  8toop8,  aged  24  years,  11   months 

and  I'i  days. 

■     A  young  wife,  orn-  sisler  in  Christ,  nnd  two 

dear  little  children  arc  left  to  mourn.     May  the 

widow's  God  be  her  Goil,  to  comfort  and  bless. 

llav  he  grant  licr  abundant  grnce  to  be  faithful 


'rHE  attKTHHEisr  at  wokic 


7  months    aathori-«.     Then,  dear  bi«ll.ren  and  aislera,  let 
us  all  b«  on  our  guard  ami  try  to  walk  the  nar 


Lucinda  V.  Arnold,  aged  4  years, 
and  21  days. 

^.      ,  ,  ua  all  o«  on  our  guard  ai 

s..ler  J"Zv  frLr.""'   ■  '"T*''"'!  '»-P«"'wWcl.le.d..„l,f.eU.rnal.     We  ha.e 

War' She*.  Lm,.,'.;  °'".';"'  '\""  ""'  ""'>'"'"l'l".'ri«]-""dl.mptation.   to  over 

wa,.     bh.»  gone,  but  not  forgotten.     Funeral  come,  but  ,f  we  put 

improved  front  Mark  10:  14.   "Suffer  the  Utile.  !».  a  F 


t;tr-i-r^-a:Ef^'^^~ 


'arlh,  1  pray  to  Uod  that  we  may  all   meet  on 
golilen  shorea  of  eternity,  Ihert.  to  wear 

lit  crowns  lull'  — '-      *■  ' 

■t  Kongn  of  M 
.tf.in»/i.!W,  III. 


monition  of  the  Lord.' 

Ilro.  Enoch  found  Christ  as  his  Savior,  em- 
lirnced  the  faith,  iffld  was  baptized  into  Christ, 
May  13th,  1S77.    Thus  he  chose  that  good  part 
ivhich  was  not  taken  from  him.      Nay.   but  lie 
grew  stronger  in  the  doctrine  as   he  came  the 
nearer  to  his  life's  end.     He  tvas  a  sufferer,    be- 
ing a  consumptive  for  several  years.  His  illnes.s 
deprived  him  of  meeting  in  regular  .tssembly  of 
llie  Lord's  chosen  ones,   here  in  the  Autietam 
cougregation  of  the  Brethren,  nnd  consequent- 
ly hiid  to  forego  many  preieuus  privileges.     On 
tbe  last  Sabbath  in  May  last,  by  request,  he  re- 
ceivL-il  tile  "auoiuting   with   oil  iu  the  name  of 
the  lord."    On  the  evening  of  the   ICtU  inst., 
'(.luiie)  we  liiid  the  consolation  (if  participating 
with  him  in  a  special  Love-feast,  the  first  he 
wiLs  privileged  to  enjoy  since  his  admission  into 
the  church.    Long,  long  will  I  remember  this 
■occasion.     0  how  joyful   were  liis  expressed. 
Mings.  (13  upon  his  bed  at  the  close  of  the  ser- 
vices  he  embraced   us   all  and   wept  for  joy, 
spp.-iking  of  the  meeting  over  on  the  other  side 
of  death's  dark  river.     In  less  than  one  week 
after  lie  was  relieved  of    his  sufferings  in  the 
Iwly.  and  was  welcomed  home  to  enjoy  the  rest 
Ihat  reiuains  for  the  people  of  Rod. 
"  Asleep  in  Jesus!  Blessed  sleep. 
From  wliich  none  ever  wakes  to  weep; 
A  calm  and  undisturWd  repose, 
Unbroken  by  the  last  of  foes." 
We  hope  and  we  [iray  that  the  farewell  words 
'Ire  addressed  to    the  unconverted   friends,   will 
^ot  only  be  remembered,  but  improved  by  a 
lurniiig  to  the  Lord,  and  a  linng  embrace  of 
tile  ''  I  aitli  once  delivered  to  the  saints." 

There  is  room  for  all.  Come,  "  bring  forth 
fruits  meet  for  repentance,"  "  believe  the  Gos- 
I'l'l.  "  walk  in  newness  of  life,"  and  "  save 
yourselves  from  this  untoward  generation."  — 
I'Onip,  lor  "  all  things  arc  now  readv,"  as  soon 
»'  yon  are  ready. 

'■  -Ail  the  litness  He  re.jHiretlv 
is  to  teel  your  treed  of  Him." 
"'lay  not.    Cornel 
Ihe  funeral  discourse  was  pi-eaclwd  ou  Sab- 
"th,  June  2:Jrd,  to  a  large  concourse  of  sym- 
P«lhizing  friends  by  brother  J.  F.  Oiler,  from 
•■  avoids,  "  if  a  man  die,  shall  he  live  again?" 
ID.  B.  Mextxeii 


111. 


From    Napervtile, 
/M»|.  lirrlhrrn: — 

OUR  Love-feast,  according  to  previous  an. 
iiou'ncement  came  off  on  th(' fifteenth  and 
sixteenth  of  this  month.  It  wiu  held  at  the 
house  of  Bro.  John  Hollinger,  eight  miles 
South  of  Joliet.  This  part  of  the  Lord's  vine- 
yard being  very  much  isolated  from  the  breth-  t,  '  -  - 
ren,  though  it  belong,  to  the  Nai»rvillo  con-  ,  Z ''"  T'!'"''  ''''''"  "  "" 
gregation,  a  goodly  number  of  us  had    twenlv-      '       '  '      """"e"  liere. 


for  of  such  is  the  kingdoiii  of  heaven. 

■0.  S.  .AitsoLli.        in.  golden  shore,  of  efrnity,  there  to  wea 

niALK-H.  —  In  Ihe  East  Nimisliillen  church,    ""B"'  crowns  luid  roliea  of  light,  singing  th 
Stark    Co.,    O.,     May    27th,    Kllen    Hijier,    »*»■>  »ooe«  of  Moae.  »nd  the  Lamb  forever 
daughter  of  liro.  George  and   Lydia  llisler,       -«(■""'•""  III 
aged  2(1  years,  4  months  and  12  days. 
The  deceased  had  \mK  working  away  from 

home,  and  one  evening  she  went  to  a  neigh- 
bor's house,  where  her  aunt  was  living,  and 

(luring  the  night  she  was  taken  with  the  in- 
flammation of  the  bowels,  which  caused  her  un- 
expected death.    She  led  a  quiet  aud   iwaceable 

life,  here  on  earth,  and  w.»  lieloved  by  all   who 

knew  her.     A    more  sympathetic   filneral    we 

never  witn,..vsed.     At  times  she  was  vry  much 

under  conviction,  but  through  some  means  she 

was  persuaded  to  put  off  coming  to  Christ  until 

too  late.     We  hope  that  if  there  are  any   into 

whose  hands  this  may  fall,  guilty  of  hindering 

souls  from   coming   to  Christ,  that  they  will 

consider  what  their  condition  may  be,   supiios- 

ing  it  to  be  the  will  of  the  Lord  to  bring  those 

hindered  souls  up  ils  witnesses  against  them  in 

the  final  day  of  judgment.     Funeral  services  by 

elder  David  Young  in   German,  and   by   the 

writer  from  1  PeU'r  1:  24.  .1.  J.  Hoover. 

FLICKINOER.  _  In  the  Big  Grove  church, 
Benton  Co.,  Iowa,  sister  Christina  Flickinger, 
aged  60  years,  2  months,  and  16  days.  Fun- 
eral services  from  1  Cor.  15:  22,  to  an  atten- 
tive audience.  S.  Johnbok. 

NEAD.— James  Alexander  Nead  was  born  in 
Washington  Co.,  Teiin..  Dec.  23rd,  lS56,.and 
departed  this  life  June  14th,  ^S78,  aged  21 
years,  5  months  and  21  days.  Funeral  from 
1  Peter  1:  24,  25.  J.  B.  Peuce. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From    Bettie    Barnhart^ 

To  the  PiUlhr  Creek  Chimh,  III.:— 


in  nil  our  profession,  aud  to  bring  np  those  ten-    T  HAVE  long  been  thinking   of    writino  ,.["'8 '""'«"' ■"■'P""''  lor   'he 
(ler,  precious  children  in  "tllB  nurtiireana  ad-    i    you,  since  me  hare  moved  to  this      °,  „f  8°°'' """•  8<""!''''"y.  ""(^"ptinB 

the  country,  through  this  good   paper,    which    """'''' »"^'"'i' "f 'l'"  !«"'      We - 

we  could  not  well  get  along  without.     It  reach 

every  week  and  bring: 


(  ^indktitdi;  please  copy.) 
*(LOit. — In  tile  Beaver  Rtm  church, Miner-  I  is  not  goou  ana  not  sate  to  m«Ke  croJWw  of  our 
tl  Co..   W.  Va.,  (in  the  17th  of  J-nne,   187!*,   own,  and  by  an  act  of  our  own  choice  to  impose 
me,  daughter  of  Bro.  Taylor  and  sistei-Milwn  ourselves  burdens  which  God  does  not 


e,-  ""  "^"^  from  lov- 
ed ones,  who  are  severed  far  frmii  us.  There 
are  many  whom  we  never  expect  to  meet  in 
this  world,  but  hope  that  we  may  also  live  that 
we  may  all  be  members  with  the  redeemed  in 
that  celestial  city  above. 

We  are  hai^jy  in  our  new  home  nnd  feel 
somewhat  encouraged  since  we  have  organized. 
We  now  have  preaching  every  second  aud  fourth 
Sunday  of  each  month,  mid  have  very  good 
congregations,  good  attention,  and  kind  friends 
and  neighbor!  around  us.  There  are  but  few 
of  us  yet  in  an  organization,  but  hope,  ere  long 
many  mote  will  be  gathered  into  the  fold. 

I  often  think  of  you  in  your  Sabbath-school, 
aud  hope  there  may  be  much  good  done,  and 
that  many  dear  little  boys  and  girls  whom  we 
so  much  love,  may  not  forget  the  good  instruc- 
tions received  from  their  teachers,  Hope  they 
may  grow  up  to  be  useful  iu  the  church.  Those 
who  act  as  teachers,  should  be  very  careful  to 
impress  Bible  truths  into  their  hearts,  so  as  to 
bring  them  into  such  a  state  of  faith,  love  and 
holiness,  as  to  be  meet  to  love  God. 

We  are  ofttimes  prone  to  wander  from  the 
path  of  our  duty,  but  we  sliould  be  on  our 
guard.  We  mnv  lay  it  down  as  a  principle  in 
the  religious  life,  that  everything  is  wrong  iu 
regard  to  which  we  cannot  ask  the  divine  direc- 
tion nnd  blessing.  When  we  sin,  we  ure  some- 
times like  our  first  parents,  —  we  try  to  hide 
ourselves  from  the  all-seeing  eyes.  It  is  the 
nature  of  a  pure  heart  (done,  to  idways  seek 
God.  Our  language  should  always  be,  "My 
father  what  wilt  thou  have  me  to  Ao.  We  oll- 
...  think  of  the  many  loved  ones  ,  who  are  yet 
outside  of  the  fold  of  Christ.  Oh,  think  for 
a  moment  what  ;iii  awful  thing  it  is  to  fall  into 
the  hands  of  the  living  God  and  that  unprepar 
ed.  Oh,  reflect,  thou  hast  a  soul  to  save.  Come 
to  Jesus  while  you  may,  and  for  this  purpose  it 
is  absolutely  necessary  to  take  the  first  step, 
which  is  confession  of  sins.  Hut  there  is  no 
true  confession  of  sin  where  there  is  not  at  the 
same  time  a  turning  away  from  it. 

Where  God  h.is  fully  prepared  the  heart  for 
religious  action,  we  need  not  fear  that  he  will 
fail  to  find  for  us  our  appropriate  work.  It  is 
good  to  tjike  up  and  hear  the  Cros.s,  whatever  it 
may  be.  which  God  sees  fit  to  impose.  But  it 
is  not  good  aud  not  sate  to  mitke  croitiwa  of  bur 


trust  iu  God,    He  will 

■od  that  sticketh  closer  than  a  brother 


with  the  angel,  in  heaven  at  the  conversion  of 
one  of  these  chosJ-n  ones. 

A  goodly  number  of  ministeni  were  pramil 
Bro.  Stephen  HildabrMid  of  Conem.ugh/fcn- 
gregalion,  brethren  Samuel  Coi  and  S.  S.  Gr.T 

and  Ilro.  Mm«.lm.n  from  near  W,lli,m.b„. 
and  Bro.  ■)'«!*  Wilt  of  Clarr's  cmgr...g.H„^ 
Also  l),„  Uraybill  >U.yer,,  James,  Unce  .nd 
David  Bell,  the  resident  ministent 

Subject  of  examination  by  brethren  HUd*. 
brand.  Cox  and  Snowberger.  Did  not  have  the 
opimrtunity  of  atteudmg  the  evening  ».rra«, 
but  leani«l  that  the  brethren  did  not  shuD  to 
declare  the  coming  wrath  to  th.  negligent  .in. 
ner.  Trust  the  many  tears  that  were  shed  >t 
the  affecting  words  and  warnings,  a>  they  fell 
from  the  lips  of  the  dear  brethren,  were  not 
shed  in  vain. 

Brethren  Hlldabrand,  Cox  and  Wilt  spoke  to 

large  audience  on  Sabbath  morning.  Sundm- 

school  which  usually  convened  at !)  o'clock,  A. 

first  S.  S.  ever 

d    a,   it   is  in   a 


gregation,  a  goodly  number  of  u,  had    twenty-  '       '  """"«"  '""•'.  and   a,  it  is  in  a 

five  to  thirty  miles  to  go.     Naperville  was  well  I"'""!"'"'""  condition,  it  is  to  W  hoped   thai  it 

represented.     Bro.  Hollinger  is  a  minister  in  '"?!  '""°™C''"''  "'"'''  B"'"*-      "^  speed  ttia 
the  second  degree,  imd,   we  believe  a   zj^alou. 


may  accomplish  much  good.      God  speed  ttia 

.     .,    „...,    .  „   „,.,„,.    "oWe  "O'kl    Service,  again  on  Sabbath  aaer- 

worker  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,   being  the    ""''"    ?'    *  "'"^'k'^-      The  congregation  wu 
here.      One   u,«cim,.  s„„l  »..    "™s"l»t  (itmiiished.  a.  many  had  returned  to 


only  ministiT  there.  One  precimis  souF  was 
made  willing  to  take  up  the  cross  and  follow 
the  Savior:  mny  he  ever  prove  faithful.  Our 
brethren  have  been  a-ssisted  by  five  ministere 
from  abroad,  namely,  T.  D.  Lyon,  J.  W.  Gep. 
hart,  J.  Y.  Suavely,  D.  Mast  and  K.  Heckman. 
They  labored  earnestly  in  our  behalf,  and  for 
the  building  up  of  Zion.  May  the  good  Lord 
richly  bless  them  for  their  kind  regards  and 
earnest  labors  while  with  us. 

Noah  Eault. 

From   Douglas  Co.,    Kansas. 


IlnitUrrllmit:— 

WE,  the  Brethren  of  the  Eight  Mile  congre- 
gation, Douglas  Co.,  Kansas,  held  our 
Communiou  on  June  l,t  and  2nd,  at  the  hou.,e 
of  Bro.  Daniel  Haradcr.  Had  a  good  meeting, 
and  surely  it  seemed  to  bo  «  soul-reviving  feast! 
Had  a  large  congregation,  and  held  our  meet- 
ing in  a  lent  prepared  for  the  purjiose.  Had 
little  disturb- 
-  were  much  en- 
couraged to  hear  the  Brethren  from  different 
part*  of  the  Eaet,  contend  so  strongly  for  the 
commandments  md  the  ordinances  of  the  house 
of  God,  and  to  shw  to  the  people  our  Gosjii 
reasons  for  observ'mg  the  same.  The  brethren 
also  held  a  choice  for  help  in  the  field.  The  lot 
for  speakers  fell  on  Bro.  William  Wise  and 
Hro.  Frederic  Sheri'ey.  Also  held  a  choice  for 
three  deacons.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro.  Isiwc 
Garst,  Bro.  James  I.  Kinzie,  and  Bro.  Daniel  A 
Kinzie.  We  hope,  thin  as  well  as  all  other 
parts  of  the  brotherhood,  will  labor  more  earn- 
estly for  the  ingathering  of  God's  chosen  peo- 
ple, for  we  know  that  many  are  exposed  to  the 
enemy,  especially  in  this  Wcslc™  country. 

....  .\  Brother. 

June  2.1. 


From    Hollidaysburg,    Pa. 


their  homes.  That  old,  familiar  hymn,  500 
was  read  by  Bro.  Mu.«elraan  and  sang  by  the 
entire  congregation.  Bro.  Snowberger  spoke 
from  Matt.  11:  2S-:ili,  followed  by  Ilro.  Grey 
who  spoke  of  the  fountMU  filled  with  blood.  — 
That  precious,  blood-bought  lountain,  who 
would  not  desire  to  slake  their  thirst  from  its 
rolling  waters!  Sinner,  heed  the  warning  call! 
Let  not  the  good  seed  tall  in  atony  places.  Ao- 
cept  the  precious  invitation.  Christ  stands 
with  ontatretclust  arms  to  receive  you  and  save 
you  from  that  danger  which  awaits  you  A 
thought  by  Bro.  Drice  Sell,  and  thd  ni«etil» 
closed.  " 

Nevermore  cim  we  meet  in  «  similar  chureb 
capacity  hereon  earth,  but  dear  brethren  and 
sister.,  .trive  more  earnestly  to  enjoy  that  meet- 
ing tha  know,  no  |».rling.  Some  of  the  breth- 
ren held  services  tA  LanvMsville  in  the  even- 
ing May  the  Lord  bless  the  wholesome  truth, 
spoken  diinng  this  meeting.  Although  but 
one  soul  w,b  added  to  the  fold,  w.  feel  that 
many  niori.  nrp  near  the  Kingdom.  Sinner,  d«- 
lay  not!  Sad  may  he  your  fate.  The  next  Mo- 
ment  may  be  your  last.  Await  not  a  inore 
convenient  sea.son,  for  it  may  never  come,  and 
your  end  would  then  lie  eternal  destruction. 

L.VTER.  —  Since  writing  the  above,  another 
brother  has  been  added  to  the  fold. 

E.  H.  Stieleh. 

Notes   of  Travel. 
/Vrjc  Itiffliffii: — 

AI'TKIl  leaving  A.  M.,  we  came  to  Dodger- 
town:  then  to  Warsaw,  where  Bro.  Stein 
and  D.  A.  Workman  heU  very  interesting 
meetings,  and,  we  learn  with  good  results  We 
came  West  to  Northern  Indiima,  to  labor  in 
the  interest  of  Ashland  College,  and  lun  iapp, 
to  say  that  at  this  writing  not  a  single  brother 
refused    to  do  something  for  the  enterpriw 

'"""e"  "i«  Brethren  are  generally  not  as  well 

llmr  lireltmi:—-  "f  hsfe,  as  in  some  other  parts.     Wlen  the 

T^^^^^^:^-z  SfiHEiStlT^ 

for  the  Love.fe.t,  with  the  dear  breth^n  and    relit^.""!^'!^  rZrL:*:^'''^;.;^ 


4iu( 


sisters  composiug  the  Duuciuisville  congrega- 
tion. Be  it  understood  thut  this  congreRation 
has  two  branches,  one  at  Lanversvillo  and  the 
other  at  AItoonl^  the  whole  distance  ahouttliir- 
teeo  miles.  There  are  three  church  buitdiiig.s, 
the  one  Iiere,  being  about  niijway  between  the 
other  two.  The  Communion  services  are  held 
here  for  all  the  members  in  the  two  branches, 
except  last  Fall  and  this  Spring,  the  brethren 
and  sisters  of  the  Altoona  branch,  held  a  Love- 
feast  at  their  own  church  building.  Hut  to  le- 
lutn. 

On  Saturday,  at  i  o'clock.  P.  M.,theappoiu(- 
ed  hour,  ft  large  crowd  of  brethren,  sisters  iuid 
friends  assembled,  manv  from  the  congrega- 
tions; also  luani"  friends  from  a  distauc*f.  One 
precious  soul  was  made  to  realize  his  sad  condi- 
tion in  this  life  juid  turn  in  with  the  people  of 
God.  J'revious  to  opening  services,  niauy  as- 
sembled at  the  stream,  a  few  rods  from  the 
church,  and  while  the  angels,  we  fully  believe. 
tmiked  down  with  delight,  lie  was  buried  be- 
neath ihe  placid  waters  and  arose,  to  Iience- 
loi-th  follow  his  blessed  MiteteK  May  his  faith- 
fulness in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  continue 
until  time  shall  he  no  more  with  him.  When 
we  think  that  one  soul  is  of  more  value  than 
the  whole  world,  why  should  not  we  rejoice 


m  this  great  work,  that  we  conduct  it  in  such* 
w.iy  iis  always  to  merit  the  entire  confidence  of 
the  brotherhood.  To  do  this,  we  must  foteol 
self  entin-ly.-let  the  ,,i,  altogether  out  of  the 
(luestmn,  and  labor  only  to  the  glory  of  God  to 
the  welfiu'e  of  the  rising  generation. 

ur        t      T    I  ^-  Z-  SH.VBf. 

Wiiinikfi,  htfi. 


From    Richardson    Co.,    Neb. 
/*.(;■  Unllirtn:— 

IF  there  are  any  laboring  brethren,  who  wish 
to  emigrate  to  Nebraska,  we  would  be 
pleased  to  have  them  come  here  ils  there  are  but 
few  membcis  iji  this  vicinity,  and  no  speaker. 
We  have  been  living  here  some  over  a  year  and 
have  not  had  preaching  by  the  Brethren  but 
ouco.  This  is  a  beautiful  and  fertile  country, 
and  we  would  like  it  liere  very  well,  if  we  only 
had  preaching  oftener. 

Your  in  Christ, 

SrsASSia  OxLBv 
UumhoUU,  K^. 


Love  is  the  golden  chiun  that  binds  the 
hearts  of  the  children  of  God. 


THE    BRETHREasr    ^T    AVOKK. 


July     1;!^ 


Condition    of  the    World. 

WK  rannrtt  fail  l«  observe  that  the  t^ndencicB 
U>  PTil  lo-iUy.  nhoiild  prompt  tvtry  follow- 
er of  -Iw"*  Christ  to  MTiW-h  and  pray.  "  Watch 
Ui«Tef.>rc,  for  ye  know  not.  what  hour  your  LopI 
doth  cnmc"  That  in  tlie  langoagr  of  thr  Savior 
und  a  tnip  iayi"g.  I>ittle  -lo  we  know  u»  to  the 
hour,  in  what  form  or  by  what  mean*  He  may  ap- 
pear. There  ii»  no  doubt  but  that  there  are  thou- 
mmh  upon  thouHindx  of  ludieiduulB  to-day,  un- 
conceriiw!  u!k.uI  ihe  affairs  of  this,  and  the  proM- 
pectJ  of  «  lietUr  world  to  come.  Ik-Iicve  nifl, 
.Iftar  reader,  whether  you  ciJimtenanee  thi»  article 
t,T  not :  then-  i«  to-day  rapping  at  every  door  in 
Ihe  land,  a  monfUt-r  that  bel/ikcn-i  trouble  of  a 
darker  Imo  than  the  bliickneaa  of  midnif,'ht.  M'e 
are  t-M  ihat  u?i  that  great  'Jay,  many  shall  oome. 
hut  fiMv  be  chosen.  \\e  are  ako  U)!d  that  God's 
people  an:-  th<»e  that  make  up  the  fewest  in  num- 
ber. 

O  how  Kad  it  Reenm,  (hat  man  wilh  all  his  flii- 
vanUgcs,  with  all  the  chnnecf  imiigiuahle  of  do- 
ing  right,  will  peri«i«l  in  dning  wrong,  and  barter 
hidBOul  for  eternal  ruin.  War^.  famines  and 
pratileiice*;  peiu-e.  comfort  and  ploitty,  all  these 
may  befall  man,  and  yet  they  do  not  bring  abbut 
the  resulto,  intended  by  our  fliviue  Master.  There 
Lh  a  time  when  forbearanco  ceaiea  to  be  tt  virtue. 
Society  after  society  is  btiug  iustit«t«d  all  over 
the  land,  one  claifning  this,  and  antilhei'  that  doc- 
trine to  be  right.  And  if  the  truth  has  only  oue 
meaning,  and  the  opinions  of  men  ndmif  of  vari' 
oufl  interptv-tiieiuus,  some  must  certainly  he  in  er- 
ror. There  can  be  none  right  except  they  follow 
the  teachings  of  the  Savior.  We  were  forewaru- 
i-<l  inany  years  aj^'o,  of  just  su<h  time*  as  the  signs 
indi(«t*'t(Mlay.  God's  children  ought  not  to  be 
ignorant  of  llic  present  slate  of  aHiiir^. 

In  conclu!>ion  I  will  Bay  that  it  is  the  duty  of 
every  follower  of  Jesus,  not  to  turn  the  poor  from 
their  door,  who  are  starving  for  the  want  of  tem- 
fmral  anci  spiritual  food.  Be  kind  to  the  poor, 
for  the  Savior  haa  told  ue,  that  we  have  them  al- 
ways with  U8,  and  that  it  is  iu  uur  power  to  do 
them  good.  G.  W.  Miller. 

LiOcrly,  IlL 


From    Iowa. 

Jhnr  Bytthrni:— 

IT  is  nol  oft*;n  that  we  see  anythiug  in  your  col- 
umns from  this  arm  of  the  church,  (C!old 
Water  district)  so  I  thought  I  would  drop  you  a 
ftw  items  of  news  if  you  think  them  worthy  ii 
].lace  in  the  columns  of  your  worthy  and  excellent 
paper, 

Firwt  of  all  then  I  would  say,  that  this  arm  of 
the  church  is  in  a  prosperous  conditiuu.  Souls 
are  still  brought  to  (Christ  by  the  Spirit  of  Truth, 
and  .xinuers  iire  made  to  tremble.  Some  of  them, 
like  Agrippa  of  old,  are  almost  persuaded  lo  be 
Christians.  I  would  further  remark  that  our 
Love-feast  is  one  of  the  things  of  the  past,  aud  I 
can  truly  say  that  it  was  indeed  a  feast  of  love, 
It  was  truly  a  ri-freshiiig  season  fiom  the  pretence 
of  the  Lord,  to  sifand  listen  t*)  the  able  aud  con- 
viuciug  Christian  discourses  from  our  dear  breth- 
ren. Eld.  John  Wise  ami  Wm.  Ikcnberry  from 
Waterloo,  Blackhawk  Co.,  Iowil  May  God  bless 
and  rcwai^  them  for  their  labor  of  love  whilst 
among  us. 

Among  the  incidenU  that  occurred,  are  two 
that  are  worthy  of  epecial  notice.  The  fii-st  one 
is  that  of  ft  blind  muu,  who  has  beeu  a  worshiper 
of  God  aud  His  Sou  for  upwards  of  Ibrly 
years,  but  not  accordingly  knowledge,  He  spent 
a  great  portion  of  his  tiuie  in  seeking  for  the 
truth,  and,  although  he  was  sighllesss  he  could  see 
that  there  was  still  a  more  ])i;rrect  way,  and  he 
looked  forward  in  joyful  anticipation  to  the  day, 
when  he  would  finti  a  people  tliat  could  direct  and 
instruct  him  iu  the  truth  moie  perfectly.  At  Inst 
be  found  a  I'riscilla  and  an  Aijuila.  who  instruct- 
ed him  more  fully.  He  was  directed  to  come  to 
Greene,  Butler  Co.,  Iowa,  and  make  his  want* 
known  to  the  Brethren  here.  So  he  came  among 
US  a  few  diiys  before  our  Love-feast  and  conversed 
with  the  Brethren  upou  the  eubject  nearest  his 
heart,  and  it  was  found  that  hia  views  w^re  in  ac- 
cord wilh  those  of  the  Brethren.  He  was  there- 
fore baptised  according  to  the  Gospel,  and  is  now 
numbered  with  the  saints  of  God  and  sent  on  his 
way  rejoiciug. 

It  would  have  done  Tonr  soul  good,  brethren, 
if  you  could  have  been  here  and  seen  and  hoard 
bim  give  in  his  testimony  for  Jesus.  His  cup  of 
joy  was  full  and  running  over.  Tears  were  shed, 
and  saiot«  rejoiced  to  see  and  hear  that  dear,  old 
blind  brother.  May  the  \^t<.\  go  wilh  him  and 
the  Brethren  greet  him  wherever  he  goes,  is  my 
prayer. 

Next  is  the  cose  of  a  middle-aged  sister,  who 
formerly  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church.  ^ 
Her  home  is  thirty  miles  from  here,  but  she  wo.^ 
brought  here  by  oi»  beloved  brother  Humphrey  \ 
Tallhelm.     The  spirit  had  been  operating   to  her  ^ 


heart  for  n  long  time.  She  at  \Wi  gave  way  ia 
'  the  Spirit's  pleadings  and  knocked  at  the  door  of 
the  church  for  admittance.  Her  knock  wao 
h«ird,  and  the  door  was  opened.  And  now  let 
mc  call  your  attt-ntion  to  the  peculiar  part  of  the 
ca^e. 

,She  rcfpiestM  that  the  administrator  ehonid 
have  certain  (jualifications.  Now  listen,  my  dear 
hrethrtu,  and  eepccially  ministering  brethren,  yes 
lay  it  to  heart,  ponder  it  well,  and  meaaure  il  by 
the  true  suodard.  the  Word  of  Truth,  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  if  you  are  guilty  of  giving  way  ia  the 
cravingsof  an  utmrtuiHl-i»ppetitc,  or  if  you  ne- 
glect to  make  uaeof  the  fiixl  that  nourishes  the 
inner  or  spiritual  man.     Listen  then  to  the 

Firet  Qualification,  He  must  be  free  from  the 
use  of  tobacco.  ■     _i  4 

Second  (Jual ideation.  He  must  be«  mat^t^t 
ho*  erected  the  family  altar  and  bows  atilashriue. 

Now  my  dear  brethren,  especially  those  that 
arc  set  apart  in  the  liigh  aud  holy  calling  as  miu- 
istere  of  the  Gospel,  can  you  say,  each  oue  for 
himself:  "  I  am  4ualified  to  perfojra  the  Holy 
ordinance  of  baptism  according  to  the  Gospel  aud 
the  above  request?  "  Or  must  you  condemn  your- 
self in  this  thing  which  you  pe^mi^  and  which 
■ligqualifies  you  to  perform  the  sacred  rite  ? 

God  help  us  all,  so  wo  may  be  able  to  work  in 
the  vineyard  of  the  I^rd  wilh  clean  hands  and  a 
pure  heart,  so  that  we  will  not  be  judged  unwor- 
thy and  be  rejected  as  unclean.  Let  us  be  able 
with  Paul  to  .«ay  :  "  If  meat  maketh  my  brother 
lo  offend,  I  will  eat  no  more  meat  while  the  world 
stands."  We  >^houId  be  ready  at  any  time,  to 
give  an  answer  to  every  man  that  a.-'keth,  for  the 
hope  that  is  within,  ua.  ^  « 

Yours  in  Christ, 

Nicholas  Trapi". 

Oreetie,  la. 

From  the  Ephrata  Church,  Pa. 

},,.„■  Hrithn-u  :- 

I  WILL  heie  say  that  we  have  lost  two  of  our 
members  lately  by  death,  —  One  a  sisWr  of 
some  forty  years  old.  who  left  a  large  family  of 
children  aud  a  husband  to  follow  her  to  the 
grave;  and  on  June  ^rtfh  one  of  our  old  brethren 
was  buried,  aged  a  little  over  84  years. 

Thus  we  see  that  we  have  no  abidiug  city  here, 
but  are  pilgrims  and  strangere  in  this  world,  and 
must  all  pass  away,  whether  we  be   rich  or  poof. 

Trj-day,  (June  SOthJ  our  ranks  were  tilled  up 
again,  by  three  young  persons  being  baptized,  a 
husband- and  wife,  and  a  young  sister.  They  all 
appearetl  to  have  verily  passed  from  death  unlo 
life,  and  as  though  they  were  not  ouly  half  awake. 
Yes,  it  was  a  joyful  scene,  and  very  impressive  to 
look  on.  The  young  sister,  coming  from  the  bap- 
tismal grave  and  embracing  her  mother  with  a 
firm  grasp  aud  shedding  tears  of  joy,  was  a  touch- 
ing sight  indeed.  O  how  glad  parents  and  chil- 
dren feel,  when  they  have  been  rather  estranged 
from  each  other  through  sin  and  its  allurements, 
and  then  can  come  together  again  into  one  fold 
and  walk  humbly  baud  in  Iiand  towards  the  Gol- 
den City  of  the  Living  God,  and  the  Lamb  that 
redeemed  them  from  eio  and  death. 

O  may  we  all,  young  and  old,  try  to  renew  our 
baptisnml  vow  and  ever  try  to  walk  with  greater 
care,  that  we  may  not  lose  our  reward,  but  that 
we  may  receive  the  crown  of  glory  that  fadeth 
not  away  !  Levi  Andes. 


GLEi^isriisrGS. 


From  H.  C.  Liiciis.  —  I  have  just  relumed 
home  from  Kentucky,  where  I  had  been  for  near- 
ly a  year.  I  did  not  associate  with  any  Brethren 
there,  and  the  world  seemed  dreary  and  lonesome 
to  an  humble  follower  of  the  Master.  I  tind 
my  greatest  delight  in  the  company  of  the  chil- 
dren of  God.  I  think,  when  I  am  a  little  more  at 
leisure,  to  write  some  short  articles  for  your  excel- 
lent paper,  I  will  likely  engage  in  teaching  this 
Fall,  aud  want  to  be  among  the  Brethren,  I  wish 
success  to  every  lawful  effort  made  in  the  interest 
of  spreading  the  Cloepel, 

Mr  Comb.  III. 

J'roni  Lini(^.sfOlie,  Teilll.  —  We  are  having 
a  very  good  season,  and  crops  are  good,  except 
wheat  which  is  generally  light.  Fruit  of  all 
kinds  abuudaut.  How  thankful  we  should  be  to 
our  heavenly  Father  for  His  bountiful  gifts.  The 
Brethren  are  generally  in  love  aud  union  as  far  as 
I  know,  aud  are  trying  to  walk  humbly  with  Him 
who  is  meek  and  lowly  of  heart.  At  our  meeting 
lost  Sabbath,  one  young  man  gave  his  heart  to 
the  Lord,  and  was  baptized.  "  O  give  thanks  un- 
to the  Ijord,  call  upon  his  name  and  make  known 
his  deeds  among  the  people."  J-  B.  Pence. 

fl'Olil  Isaar  Price.  —  The  blessing  of  the 
lA)rd  be  wilh  you  !  After  an  "  absence  from  my 
home,  ot  three  weeks,  on  a  visit  to  a  daughter  and 
her  family,  I  returned,  improved  in  health  an<l 
strength,  and  had  the  pleasure  of  reading  the  num- 


ber*, dated  respectively,  June  6th,  13lh.  and  20lh 
at  one  sitting.  I  received  the  number  dated  Juue 
27th  to-day,  from  the  pyusal  of  which  I  turn  to 
my  |)C0  to  tell  you  that  the  reading  of  the  paper 
is  a  comfort  to  mc,  and  especially  ^hat  of  Juue 
27lh,  contaiping  so  good  an  article  on  the  A.  M. 
O  how  il  gladdened  my  heart  to  leam  the  result 
of  the  Council  ou  Missions  aud  the  uuity  of  the 
brethren  at  A.  M,  The  suggestion  of  sister  Han- 
nah Knauff  is  excellent  and  may  lead  others  into 
the  same  practice.  I  never  conld  bear  to  see  any 
of  our  religious  periodicals  used  as  wrapping  pa- 
pee.  Sometimes  1  have  handed  them  out,  yet  too 
many  now  lie  dormant  ou  ray  garreU  I  thuik 
ehall  try  to  scatter  them  around. 

We  at  Green  Tree.  Monlyoiuery  Co.,  iV,  the 
home  of  Bro.  Gottwala  and  self  are  at  i>eace.  The 
brethren  aud  asters  meet  often  to  speak  of  Jesus. 
Every  Sunday  morning  for  regular  service.  Ev- 
erv  Sunday  afternoon  during  the  Summer  for  Sun- 
day-School. Every  Tuesday  evening  for  pray er- 
meetiug.  Every  Thureday  evening  for  Bible 
cla»s. 

Bro.  J.  T.  Meyers  has  made  his  home  \vith  us. 
He  hafi  lately  preached  in  euGce*sion  on  the  Trini- 
ty, on  Baptism,  and  last  Sunday  Bro.  Guttwals 
spoke  on  Fect-waahiog.  Next  Sunday  Bro,  Mey- 
era  expects  to  speak  ou  Infant  Baptism  and  in 
two  weeks  after,  on  Non-Confonuity. 

Schuylkill,  Pa. 

FfOin  Petit,  Illd.— Our  Communion  meeting 
passed  off  very  pleasantly,  on  th6  fit  h  of  June.  — 
It  was  the  largest  meeting  ever  held  in  this  arm 
of  tlie  church.  We  all  felt  it  was  good  to  be 
there.  Thirteen  precious  souls  were  added  lo  the 
fold  by  baptism  a  few  days  before  and  at  th# 
meeting,  which  gave  us  much  cause  to  rejoice.  — 
Most  all  were  from  the  Methodists  and  United 
Brethren.  May  the  Lord  bless  them  to  live  de- 
voted to  His  service.  Ministers  present  from  a 
distance.  Eld:  Jacob  Waggoner,  Menuo  Stouii'er 
and  Henry  Kuns  from  111.  Brethren  Martin 
Bowers,  Isaac  Billheimer,  John  W.  Metzger.  I. 
Cripe  and  Joseph  Wagoner  from  adjoining  con- 
gr^-gatioDs.  Tlie  Lord  bless  them  for  their  labors 
of  love  while  amongst  us,  Youi-a  in  the  one  hope, 
G.  W.  Cripe. 

From  Loilgmont,  Col.  —  We  arrived  home 
from  A.  M,,  Monday  morning,  the  17th.  Fuuud 
all  well.  We  have  a  prospect  6f  abundant  crops. 
have  had  heavy  rains  recently  so  that  not  much 
irrigation  has  beeu  neetleil.  A  very  large  crop 
of  wheal  has  beeu  put  out,  so  that  the  general 
crop  will  be  large.  Corn,  oats,  grass  and  vegeta- 
bles promise  to  be  unusually  good.  Small  fruits 
are  plenty.  Where  there  are  bearing  orchards  of 
apples,  peaches,  pears,  cherries,  etc.,  there  is  a  fair 
crop,  proving  that  Colorado  may  in  time  become 
a  good  fruit  country.  The  grape  crop  also  bids 
fair  to  be  gnod.  The  vintage  of  the  vineyard  of 
the  Lord,  we  hope,  will  be  good  also. 

J.  S.  Floby, 

From  Berrien  Springs,  Mich.— On  the  22d 
of  June  we  held  our  annual  Communion  taeeting 
at  Jacob  "Weaver's  barn,  four  milea  North  of  Bu- 
chanan. We  number  about  ninety  members, 
nearly  all  of  whom  were  present.  There  were 
nine  ministering  brethren  present,  all  of  whom 
bore  their  share  in  the  labors.  Two  were  bap- 
tized on  Saturday  before  the  evening  services  com- 
menced, and  one  reclaimed.  Two  additions  on 
Sunilay  after  services.  Many  were  heard  to  ex- 
claim :  "  We  have  truly  enjoyed  a  spiritual  feast." 
The  weather  on  Saturday  night  was  quite  inclem- 
ent, but  there  was  a  warmth  of  zeal  amongst  the 
assembled  followers  of  the  Lamb  of  God,  as  they 
washed  and  wiped  their  brethren's  feet,  and 
drank  of  the  shed  blood,  and  ate  of  the  broken 
body.  Such  scepes  bring  to  our  mind  the  words 
of  the  great  Master,  spoken  over  eighteen  hundred 
veurs  ago  to  the  little  band  of  fisher-men  that  fol- 
lowed him  :  "  And  behold  I  am  with  you.  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

LlLLA  C.  Lnt.leright. 

From  Siieranieilto,  Cal.— My  heart  is  made 
glad  to  see  what  great  attention  is  given  to  our 
children  by  our  editors,  in  publishing  a  paper  for 
their'especial  benefit.  That  is  a  move  in  the 
right  direction.  It  always  was  my  opinion  that 
children  shoUld  be  encouraged  and  have  ample 
opportunities  to  grow  up  into  experimental  reli- 
gion, when  they  become  men  and  women.  If 
the  youth  has  beeu  instructed  in  religious  subjects 
and  has  a  good  understaniHng  of  the  same,  there 
will  be  no  trouble  abimt  keepiuL'  in  the  right  path 
afterwards.  They  will  be  strong  and  able  to 
overcome  all  temptations,  though  they  be  young 
iu  yean^.  When  I  consider  the  advantages  the 
young  have  at  the  present  lime,  and  then  consider 
the  ignorance  of  my  growing  up,  I  almost  wish  I 
was  a  child  with  them  yet.  May  God  bless  you 
in  your  labors  of  love  for  the  young,  thai  much 
good  may  be  done.  M.  A.  Rkiole. 

From  Carletoii,  Neb.  —  The  good  cause  is 
still  prospering  in  Bethel  church.  Two  more 
have  been  added  to  the  church,  one  the   l.Jth  of 


May.  who  hadibeen  6lm««l  i)efEuadftl  f„r  ^^ 
time:  the  "iher  one.  who  had  been  seek iut  .(,' 
true  church  for  nineyeara,  was  baptiwd  .Tum.  ]•/ 
He  bos  Iwcn  preaching  some,  and  Jb  acjuuim^. 
wilh  about  sixty  different  denominations,  w 
think  that  he  is  well  (lualiGcd  to  be  of  much  ui! 
to  the  church.  We  thank  God  and  uke  conrag^ 
J- E.  Bryant-. 
From  Netira-^kil.— The  Elk  Creek  fea*t  cn,a 
off  on  the  15tb  and  16th   of  June,  and  f*  n  ^ 

moug  the  things  of  the  past.  It  was  one  of  „ 
usual  interest.  The  members  appeared  to  h' 
much  refreshed  and  cocouragej.  We  cannot  IW 
bear  speaking  of  the  excellant  order  and  intereaj 
manifested  by  the  people  of  Elk  Creek  during  nii 
the  time  of  the  meeting.  It  certoinly  speaks  wi 
for  this  community.  The  little  church  here  „j 
organized  about  a  year  a.;o  witli  a  mumberehin  of 
nine,  but  at  this  time  only  oumbora  seven,  a«  i^ 
of  them  now  live  in  the  Beatrice  church.  4 
good,  steady  minister  is  much  needed  at  iK! 
place-,  and  I  am  especially  rer|ue8ted  to  appeal  to 
the  brethren  to  use  cffort^i  that  may  indnco  Bom. 
ministering  brother  to  move  among  them.  Xhe 
country  is  good  enough  for  any  one  who  \riH 
work  ft  little.  ^  C.  I^ouney, 

From  J.D.  Switzer.— I  accidentally  tuadea 

mistake  and  seut  some  brother  ill  Miahawakfi,  In 
diftiia,  bib  own  letter  hack,  and  so  have  Inst  his 
name.     Please  notice  in  the  j>aper,  so  he  may  see 
it  and  write  again. 
M'liite^ocl:.  Kansan. 

From  Liicon,  111.— I  would  justsay  ibm  Ur^, 
J.  R.  Gish  came  up  ou  the  20th  of  June  and 
preached  four  sermons  for  us.  Aa  a  result,  one 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  was  baptized 
confessing  her  sins.  May  the  Lord  keep  her 
from  turning  again  to  the^  sinful  world.  I  think 
there  are  more  cHiuting  the  cost.  They  would 
soon  come,  if  we  had  more  preaching.  Hope,  the 
Brethren  will  not  forget  us,  H.  C.  Lose, 

From  N.  t'.  Workman.—  The  Brethreu  of 
Northwestern  Kansas  and  Southern  Nebraska  are 
hereby  notified  of  the  following  :  As  (here  is 
quite  a  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  that  e.x. 
pect  to  go  West  and  take  homesteads  this  Full  or 
nest  Spring,  we  want  to  correspond  with  bretlueQ 
living  in  the  part  of  the  country  above  named— 
A  committee  is  already  appointed  to  visit  the 
West  to  look  out  a  location.  They  will  start 
about  the  middle  of  September  or  first  of  October, 
We  want  to  commeuce  corresponding  with  hreth. 
ren  at  once;  there  will  be  two  or  three  speaken 
among  the  party  seeking  homes.  Address  me  at 
once  at.Sciola,  Montgomery  Co.,  la. 

From  Missouri. — The  labors  of  our  Home 
Mission  have  commenced.  Bro.  AVm,  B.  Sell 
made  a  tour  through  Nodaway  Co.,  and  I  have 
just  returned  from  a  tour  into  the  Soutb-weslern 
out-skirts.  Preached  in  the  town  of  I.awsou,  and 
the  visible  result  of  our  labors  90  far  have  been, 
an  average  af  two  applicants  for  baptism  lo  every 
tive  discourses  delivered,  besides  many  friendly 
greetings  met,  many  favorable  expressions  heard, 
aud  signs  of  impressions  seen.  C.  C.  Roor. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS, 


The  Russian  Greek  ehiireh   has  over  fifty-fivfl 
millioDS  of  members. 


The  Scriptures  are  for  sale  at  CoDstantiiiopleln 
more  thau  twenty  difterent  languages. 


Kansas  is  rejoicing  in  the  promise  of  the  most 
bountiful  crops  ever  harvested  in  that  State.  TliB 
acreage  under  cullivaliun  is  largely  iu  excess  of 
that  of  any  former  year ;  the  rains  have  !«« 
timely  and  copious,  and  neither  grasshoplieri  uor 
other  pests, have  made  their  apjiearauce. 


Five  hundred  yeai-s  ago, a  solemn  council  wm 
held  in  the  popWi  monastery  at  Blackfriars.  Lo«' 
don,  to  stop  the  sale  of  Protestant  Bihles,  Ithim 
J.hn  Wyolifl'  had  published.  Now,  clixe  hj  m 
■very  spot  iu  Blackfrlars,  about  liOOO  copies  «f  IM 
Bible  go  forth  every  day,  from  the  Bible  Sotiel; 
De],ot.  It  is  now  printed  iu  21fi  different  to' 
guages.  __^ 

The  signs  of  the  times  point  uumistakably  to  « 
general  uprising  of  Indians  in  the  Norlh-ncsl. - 
Feelings  of  hostility  seem  from  the  reporu  lo 
have  spread  to  many  tribes  hitherto  peaceful  iM 
contented. 

W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Dny  p..ieo8.r  Iraio   going  ™»1  '•»'"„■•;,"''    "  ' 
P.  M..  nnd  arrives  in  Rhciiic  al  6-ii  i    ^'^         .,.(^  p. 

Day  paase-ger  train  going  "«■  l»'"  ."f "  ,, 

M  ,  and  arrive.  .1  liotk  Island  .1  »■»  f, ''  „„,  ,.« 

Nigh,  r.....g.r  ;r/;"/v,"8  ™'.i'»°g  in"«-"  "  '* 

leave  Lanarlt  at  2:i»  A.  M  .  "'"'"S      ., 
A.    M.,    and   .1    Rook  Island  at  H^O"  A.  -i-       ^^^^  ., 
Freight  and  Accon,mo,i.lion    Train.    "'I  ',".  lO  A  U, 
12    10  A,  M..    e  10  A.  M  ,  and  ea.l   at 
and  6:  LI  ?,  .M.  p.sscDf" 

Ticket,  .re  aold   tor  ako.e  'r*'"'  T-Jon  Jnntii". 
train,  .a.ke  elose  connettion  at  V\..iern  mio 

«.  A.  8""H,  AB"'" 


Work. 


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Vol.  III.,,!  :„,,,:,, 

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The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  ABO  PUBLISHED  WKEKbV 


J    H.  MOORE    &   M.  M,  ESHBLMAN'. 

srtitiiAL  'tibSTRrtiiTbitS:  '' "'' ' 

,  I  ,.'  r.ni:  "Ii7-i11:|l  if, III;.  ,.,|||  .,,  |„, 
B,  H.  MILCEB,  ----__  LADOGA.  INI). 
J,  W.  8TELS,       -      -      -     -     -     -      SEWTOSIA,  MO. 

„.  vkNiiliiit;''"!- 1"  'Ijiuili'^  -■  --Vlitt,»r,  \ii. 

D.  fl,  IIKUTZBS/I'.J''  "iWil-llU^TllKHBaBono..  PA. 
MATTIfltAi  I.BAH,.i  .t)  ^„  ipj.p    imf^y^XA,;  u,l, 

.,.1      .,KEEILOirspATS.._,,|i  (,„'„,, 
TK      iTTTT-l.ni:  J-i..,'(.„().   ,;. 

liy.^EOftGB,!).  mLERS,^ 


-.  ,n,n,  .  Lanarki'ililjj'uiy  .18,' 18178. 


■-}  ..t; 


DuKA])  »Kii;  ■^.■.i;;i.' iii/lvoAu^e:' 
I  )fk  rii.r.,)  Li  lion  thi'SMfTcil  ihlge, 
Gild  Jill  tilt,  triiyiiieu  inspire,:     i.;  .,,|. 
To  tell-  ilsx)f '  theaeidsilgoitsldilje,  /  u. ,,, , ,  ■, 
The  lienst  comw  up    witli    m(gti,li)(  (^(yaj, 
To  lead  men  down  ilesUuction's  wiiy. 

Witli  Iiorus  to  mutch  tlie  Tiarmless  Innib, 
And  iiiilUons  fail  to  .«ee  t'lie  i^hfa'ni; 
With  dragon's  voice  and  hellish  power, 
BfeWiire' j'l^  sfi'mis  it  is  hisliyfiV'    '''    ''  '  ' 
Such  iire  his  deeds  and  wolidei't;  darken 
^D(l  all  the  world  receivu  hit  ifl^ik,;  i    , 
Staml  ch'tu-  ffoji^  al(  his.vik-  iiit^rignesj , 
Lest  we  must  j^hare  liis  ih'cadt'ul  phigues. 
Dehisit'U  lili'e  a  ciiiTeiit  s'fring, 
Xow'sweejjs+ho  niallitude  alohg;  "        ■ 
These  kouders  cliiwm  thecnrious  oye,  1 1 
They  spuru  tlie  (rutliaad  )ieed  theflie. 
A  di-^ad  coiumotiuii  fills  the  world,  ,    . 
Tiif.  rtiigs  of  battle  iirt!  viiilmled; 
Terrific  -torms  with  imgry  'roai','''     "  "" 
Tho  rnyiiig  elements  at  M-'ar;''  '''"'■■"'     ' 
What  dark.  lbr<»bodiiig3  till  eheiuiaidt-  ^  ■ 
What.deriolatiqu  of  nituiluDd  !;        ,     ,, 
The  Lord  will  eojiie  in  tiauijng  tirf|., 
Ajid  tep'ible.  will  he  lus  ire. 
His  power  shall  tlie  heavens  ahalie, 
Eai'th's  mighty  men  shall  fear  and  quake 
His  vengfeance  ahall'  lirtsheathfr  ^t  S\V<ord,' 
And  sin  receive  its  grim  reword.    ^•■.    ■     [■  ,\, 

A  GREAT  MONOSYLLABLE. 
J.H'.d-.-i.!  ^>'f^:>l?^^^KP^-tni     .   -„t. 

rpHE  Angel  of  the  Wilderness  has  yon  by  tli'i? 

1  hand,  nnd  the  AUl^eingiEyflds  eugineer- 
ing  your  route.  Ex.,23:  20;  Ei.  1?|;  21:  1  Tet, 
3: 1%.  Your  ,way  is  mai^ktid  \>y  the  ^)lood-^t:li)l- 
fA  fpotprints  of  the  synfpathizing,  Omnipitent 
Savior-God.  ^A  gracious ProvideJiw  is  veilfyiiig 
the  wondrous  detlaratuHi  in  Kom.  S:  2P.  The 
mnrt'ar-heds  and  brick-kilns  are  dry  and  flr-.-Ie*?, 
the  anguish  of  Pi-hahiroth  is  piust,  and  the  gap- 
ing flnids  have  clapjifd  their  hamlet  "ver  the 
vaufjuished  opp»>?ssoi-.'  'Ex.  lU.  The' hornets 
are  in  the  vau,  nnd  tlie'  CanaaiiiteS  ti-embleiab 
the  marvels  of  Jehovah-^Teeus  Kx,  23:  'I''-: 
Joshvw2;a4.  Mavali  foUowii  the  host,  and  so 
floes  Elim  (i^d  the  ,gpsli4i?g.  ilock.  Faith  and 
mannaigo  toget^pr,  ,nud  §0  ^9  ,^elJ^^jl^o^  an^  fi«rj; 
serpents.  ,.;,.,■. 

When  God  leads  us  into  tlie  wildornes-*.  He 
will  also  surely  lead  us  outagain,  unless  through 
imbelief  we  dig  our  oivu  grave.  Dreadful  is  the 
provocation  when  God  "sweare  in  His  wrath 
that  we  shall  not  enter  into  His  rest."  Heh.  3; 
11-  In  the  desert  ilnpardonable  sin<  are 
committed,  and  inetfiihle  raptures  experienced. 
There  is  the  lightning-wreathed,  thunder-speak- 
if'g,  God-crowned  Sinai,  and  the  glory-capped. 
Heaven-telescoping  Kohos  and  Hisgahs.  There 
the  great  Love-hesirt  of  Jehovah  breathes  its 
"weetcit  consolations  audmu^t  ravishing  pn^mr 
iwsinto  the  ear  of  His  Elect.  Ho8.2;14.  Bless- 
';d  be  God  that  every  soul  has  it.s  Patmos,  and 
its  white  stone  inscribed  with  it*  Heaven-coni- 
pacted  Hieroglyph.    Rfv.  2: 17. 

Love  pours  out  the  whole  heart  of  God.   and 


faith  take^  it  all  in.     Faith  is  greaU'r  tlij^    r^'a- 
son,  and  is  a  match  f.u^^lod'sjnoft  inarvolnii, 
hibifioni 
nothing 

function  of  fnith.  ^  Hut  a  rhihl  can   puz/.le  and 

Vh"--  ■'•-  >"■■■■■  -'  '- 


No.  29. 


ng^iS  14  aRrnmfc./fh'.;^^:.;.-^  ,1(5'  \, 


line  the  loaie.st  attalnuK-nt^of'the  philoAoph. 
er.  "Gad  manifwstiii  tb^  li.-hr  i^not  tmihid, 
■and  glyrtoiiv  a^  trutli  l,.,  tii,.  i.^tl 
whjch  is'not  yet  a^lmtii.-.l  In  -it  .^m  ifi  'umtli. . 
lapV'Nnt  to-'HiH  f^r  the  reasoh  df'f.hl'"A'nL'. 
inn^.-priucipftltfies.  ft,^d"hl(a'fti'chiW  '<!>  ^^r<^  I 
Mlnl'Semirtiiry.  '  '■■•■\  >  A'  ..i..  -.M  |  , 
l^ith  miik»:aiMh«rt.jt«iHiay  'fiollr'IA)nftftgol 
jo  libejffcy  nci  iijUter  how  i  bng-  the  •  pil(rriiriimcl. 
may.liej':  htstuvift.  miMJ^iu^.-iMinu  ./Znu,|tr^v. 
hhfmlhir,"  ;^ljlesfehnuk  Mit..i,.-m  ^jiiu,l  ^v;^ 
■awjiidle  int.,.;muutts.  ;rUf^  CUcsti^d  U-'^r,  ,G-e 
'ever  ajar.and^lij.  eye  iimicavul  l,iiHi  ■■•■t  -Inuin-V 
of  the  gU)ries  and  snatch  sti-jm- .il  t),,.  il.-xi.U 
lOgies  of  fhe'lppt'i-  Simctuar.\;.  ;iud  thu-  ami' 
Ulisthhce  W"AlitVrtiilalid'.  Faiih"fliiriiy'4Wi-fV 
J-eani'iAto  for(5'*di<ts.  jpliii^  the  (fi^wpllrt>'of  ipf-fi 
vereefteJR  iiftd  ijbrttinapy  ^ve^  them  a'(rtil!p'rtni,d 
stretch.  God  is  never  m  a  hurpy.  .*]?4.-ii)ti^i 
nal  Years  .8»vivHi3,and>He  can  w«t-  ttir  .WV 
eud.i.  Our  sejfi^  aiWs,iuid4v*positiei^,«.mt(«l 
the^Ajli-Gooif^^ak^(our]tWpace  Jip,t,i^i(I,  kyfiiii 
,tjs  long  in  the  refilling  fires.  ,It  w  liard  ftiit  J 
poor  apn,t.ites  to  liL-H.-ve  that,;-ii„i,'is'u.vi  "'' 
When  He  is  doing  the  very  best  fur  u.s,  we'oft 
exclaim  tlii'on'gh  teai-s  and  in  bitterness 'of' solil. 
'"all  these  things  are  against  me:"'  fltft.  ifJ: 
36.  It  IS  impos^'ble  for  ns  even  toituiig?ne  Hft^- 
a  Being  «Jeib«  who  hiw  not  the  »'ligb(«st  stain  of 
*in.  iWhen  lire  arc  opposed,  iot  abtiaed.  oi'di-^ 
fled.  (Mir  paesions  are  npt.  Jio  ibo  oroufced.^iuwl 
,*e  relate  oujselves  to  the  oHender  v^(di^Jti^T!Jr, 
staling  on  <>ur  ^sf.ninc(Uignitj;.  iia(iating  :oui 
injured  feeljng,  iui(l  have  it  not  .ls  an  object  li 
^ain.  eunoblej  and  r^gejicrat**  Qiir  dic-iuy.  N'.it 
Si>God.  Hisangei-i-  ii-htcuMn--,  ni.-rli;,^. 
tisenient  is  p'rincipie,  Hi.-  H'lmki'-  hu>\  winiji.l. 
are  love.  If  we  draw  nigh  to  Him  with  pur. 
faiotifesahd  in  right  action  in  all  thing's,  w. 
'may^te  iul-e  He  will  draw  nigH  to  iis;artd  voiiih 
febfe-  us  the  consciousneiH  of:  Fatherly  Presence 
in  our  bitt^iMUid  sorrowful  experience.1 

Faith  is  a  great  wonl,  comprji-ing  the  all  of 
life,  and  we  cannot  have,it  iu  the^ivangelic  seiist 
without, having  Christ  with  it.  to  Imve  a  renl, 
living,  saWng.  Gqd-orlginated'.  God-owned  faith, 
is  to  have  a  heart  that  does  not  condemn 
'More:  thij;  self-ap^jrobatiou  must  be  Wholly 
^ronnded  in  the  will  of  God.  Some  of  our 
would-bt-lead^re  in  the  Brotherhood  canoot 
hear  ito  have  sectarianism  scuttled,  as  they  loVe 
the  pviii:?e  of  men  mortfithan(l3i6  praise  oJ*  God. 
Tbej  think  it.a  great  honor  to  have  college-bred 
Ujfant-fiprinlclei-3.  conie  to  [Our  ,.;nieetiug.s,  and 
even  iuviifetheni  behind  the  tiible  and  urge  them 
t.i  pieat^;  but  when  the.r  God-fh' lying,  Cro! 
spinning.  souWeluding  heresies  and  devices  : 
branded  with  the  authorized  anathema  of  Heav- 
en, these  liberal  Ijrethren  lift  up  their  bands  in 
liorrdi'  a."  if  the  Di\'1ne  arrangement  wore 
mattor  of  indift'ereuee.  When  some  BoanergA 
Toll^ihifi  thunderagiiinstthe^suhKtitution  of  Ui- 
vine  Law,  it  mu-st  be  modified  with  an  Apol<igy 
Jest  creed-uiukHie  Iw  oUended.  "  'J'tim  is  u  In 
cn(iUiiin,and  uluill  U'/nf  «  (atmnpilivii.'  ly/-  1!'; 
14.  lieliableconfidence  towards  God  rests  whol- 
^ly  in  conformity  to  the  provi.*tion»  of  Grace. 
The' conscience  is  God  in  miniature,  and  js  de- 
pendent on  tlie  WuRli  for  its  riglit  decisions. 
When  God  says  baptism theconacience  may  not 
say  spriukliilK.  When  JeHns  CbriSt  saya  "leurn 
fl/ME,'"  '*'  take  nil/ yulU'  MjioHyoif,"  the  conscience 
seeks  in  vaiut'or  an  an\ious-l)eiich  to  remove  its 
^ense  of  guilt.  Heav«n  asks  no  Apology  for 
tlie  demolition  of  in.'ititutiouK  which  set  at 
naught  the  wl-idom  and  goodness  of  God.  Faith 
has  in  it  alltlu-  vigor,  and  rigor,  and  inflexibili- 
ty, and  tvnderjic-i,-,.  and  long-sutlering  of  God. 
Emmanuel  is  not  less  Love  when  He  says,  "  ijf 
art  (if  ij'ittifathfr  ffir  Ihtil,"  "  O  ijf  >jvnriu(iuiis 
of  r'lpei'H  how  inn  ijr  c/icaiie  thr  tlamiiation  nf 
/[f(7,"  than  when    through   blinding  tears,  and 


..(i^rii^ulrm,  j[,|W  ..f-iKX.  llpjV  <^'. 

/'/  Ih'iit  yiUirifiLiiiiiiy     It  i(^  oue  of 

the  mo«t  harrmving  trmU'  U  l..Ve,to,  x&^i- 

of  .rfAVld^np-libfilAhlir  ^liHU  ft^dm  '-■^tAri4■i- 
^1^'^^T"'*^  '*'^"  "''       '^  '^'''^'"^  ta\il  .'^.tT^lf^>     ■' 
Toiiiittif.i*..i«i|uji;ril  W\^r'Iirrtir  pui-^ly vWu- 
balivoelt;i.«thtiIi»itai.9  ■w«rk/l(*<iiin'iiilehrisli(ia; 
^l>'<(itv*hiulitiiit*(i(ip,fcl,il„lBdintly,iaHeifibMiito 


NrsT;:vVj^;r|V>y,^^^ 

*f  Jfiho  ■iih;'?;'Vhi-' dutv' ;,/  ;.ii  wi,„  '-huK  iv 

,»i3H(-^iv*fi.  '  (!;iirlst'"i^  imiiiy  \,  ■■  wuirt.(''s-iV 
thJhma-.ifriKi.fH^Mdd'-ii^the'ftitileftbeAiilt 
to  clo«k  «thrt  ckiHtlitii^s  trf*.  MTror,  ml>l  wiiiri-Hi* 
proindi«i'»A'fl  entftlfluynfleJ*  ab  ilio  .nii.inHgiat 
truth, , , ,  11 0,y/. y/-  .^ilth/„Hltr  ';  ji„.  tlutf ,  i*V ,««/, 

^^Ti"-  H'^  '%'.%•'''''''  -'^f-i  "'I'""  "'"■'  i'^Tin-K){Vf 
'i-oY  jvipt  «i:_;^i\\TtKnT:Tn  \  lii;<  i  \  1 )  ■  ThJ, 

4l|nl'li(f'|„''lL*US  tlVmbl.-,  ],.,(      \>,l,r     iiiLilv     l,iU-. 

;enii'il  b/c(.m-ilmte'm;m  th.u,  uiji  bim  fi, '.K- 
JU>  %  rtii.-A\i..rn.ig  Ic.iltv  t'.  Iliv  Iliviii.viiViiiian 
ImanilrBtaiiiriil  lfit,'hte.)ii"ni'^*  ,...  ,,|  (iuft,  urtd 
^1  dlB  Wo'ilii.  ■■rt.iNjn,itlt*,.liOw'ii«icuinciitft,'-^a' 
.i)iee(i((iiQ(litii;ippn>i'«oFrtondemiJ.  to  insjilrd  or 
bliistioiii'  Ibitb.  .V.Iittl.'  conve^xjmi;  lmt«.''iuid 
ami  alitllrHinv,  urailuall,v,>V(M-p-' tliejudguittiiti, 
[len.'il-  tl,i.  i.nlli,  l.iin.l.s  ^  (|k-,  .■oi.si'jeuc<J,  a»d 
'""''"■  '"-■■  '  '"':'i'I'"!/}iiir'W,hrrv    G^^u« 

ID  .lij^nj,  stietelies  over  the,  Ktenutien. 
,U  -III  1  iMiiv/         .11     :  I      ., 


TRTTrr 

OTtfll^  «W|lS  lMlll|!ulUi.|fitl|.U(.l|«ll|.itH«0rt^t 

thelie^lfl,  ii),l),iy[.  Uf  ,itN-,.to,tl,,.Kiu„rlii<!.,.';|0 

tkS.     


iilieiimpnniu.iti'j 
(ibiiji  nl"  "  Miiul 


I'f  IJiul  ujven. 
.  ni(ra.(  ^n- 


I! 

iBeheve 

•'h\4e  tile  DMjtheillllS;"  "liiTO  yotl/'enc- 
uito.""i»'lWl-^;lT;'l(fiilV..l:M.  -"IcifiJ  the 
Loid  thj-  God  with  all  thy  heiirl,  luid  with  nil 
fli.v  sodI  nnd  *iHnillith>'iniud,  uiit  with  bll  tijy 

strcusHuMInvkiailSl).,,,.  ,.    ,    •  i 

IiWve  IJiith  .iu.;  God."  Mavki.liV..  22; 
^'""|ff!-l!l,2-  "..Snidl  not  unto  thef,,  that, 
if  Ihou  \yiiiilde»t  believe,,  thou  shouldMtsf^  the 
rflory  ofilod."  .lohD  U;  10.  "  1  nni  the  truth." 
John  If  r  tj. '  '"  .SVin.'<^y  tliom  Hii'ongh  tVitnilh : 
THY  ■WOHIV  IS  tRUTir."  .lohn  '17;  17. 
"  V'Ao  Wlmr.  Hint  [  huse  s0kM',<thr  mtue'  !ik\u. 
^iDiu/liiii.ixiriiK  D.lsT]iiMv."  .lolin'12:i  4S. 
These, pit^.^iiHeh  nettle  ourilt^iitioiis  to  (iod.  the 
'Truth;  audt^uiifellotf!.  Umuaii  iipjdftuae  ii"so 
nwe^t,  t)i^t  hut  few,, lire  found  williwp  to  hovo 
their  "  niiiue  eii>.l  out  ih  evil  "  tii  lire»ervo  their 
iiioriil  iute-nly,  KiiiHi  always  liriiigs  llie  i>ies- 
elitc  ai|d  sDiilcaiid  Ijeatitiides  lif  the  Godiuan, 
llut  many  iilso  'fi^hig  fac'er'ated  hiniils  and  '  feet, 
n  bleediuff  heart,  the  .voru  of  the  world,  the 
alieuit'.iiiil  ot  IVieuds,  the  ilerisioil  anil  perteeu- 
tiou  of  "  l.ilai.  Iiri'lliren,''  the  eoiifotiitiou  of 
IJioperly.  the  rutikaud  i'agjynt  ofalniiig  mar. 
tyrdoiju  The.  elafeiith^it  Helnxiivs  it  u  uiouu- 
jiieiit,  still  luiildiug.  U  i(»  nmioneil  with  living 
stones,  eenieiitid  with  the  hh)o«l  nf  Gml^s  eject, 
buttresseil  Willi  Hie  Uneli  of  Ele^iiitj',  ,donied 
Willi  Hii-  Miii.-ii  ..f  Everljisting  Kiglile,.(>sne 
ami  i;iMili.,u.,l  „,ni  the  sevenfold  s|ilelldo«  of 
rueival.il  1,1, III  Who  is  not  auililti.His  for  i, 
iliela-  iu  Hie  mnnunient-trttnile  of  Hod's  blond. 
A-aslieilfttVol'ifeii?'  "WfHitil  //irrr  iiEl-rEVEIi  </o 
rnln-hlli  M.i."  Heb. -4:  »,  fVAh  Inmb  tli 
key  IhHt  miloukMwery  dtior  tii  the  house  of 
many  niaiwigjls.landjiivetusaeciisa  into  the  Ho- 
ly of  Hidjes— iUv  inniWt  hedrll  ,of ,  the /Jlriuai 
Savioi'-Gyil.        (       ,'/  ,.    ,,  ,1  ,i  ■  ,    ■ 

"IT  18  riNISHED,"  -   JOHN  18:  30. 


niiiihid,  -I  have  ,oirer..«  1I111..T ha»|. «,*  all 
the  ^.  ninnre  Mk  me  (odiv.    li'ftlfllw  ,.„,, 

o|.l.,.ey;  I  flran*  Hie  viniTfar'ia-„,tl''thip,i.  j, 

■low  fulfilled:  r  now  offer  lip  raiW*';  ,  ■„, 
"*t  my  soul  untodeath:  Uowilhwv.anr  h«d 
i"|dg;ve  uptheghort.       ,  ..  ,■ 

Til..  ,,ueition  i.  ssraetimo  tenA:-^  WMt  i 
fioislied?"  Some  will  mLWr.  ••Msd-i)  Vediiiip. 
.91,  wij.  ,iowfitti4n:d.V  lint  mat  ,v,«,„„,,„Ja, 
"^'  '""'•  ""'' '»  "»'  "hat  I  unj,,nit»„l,tlu«|  ,„ 
>ne..il,whe„  He  »id.  ■•  It  is  H.J.W,1."  n,j 
I  lir:.t  ,inly  suliered  and  ,li*(,„,,l  W.notriKa 
asaiu  fr,,in  tht.  dead,  oar  red,uypU„„  ,,n  ■„ 
adehei,>„t„„e.ni.te„l„f„'4i''j:^„J,;  ,,.. 
r»urreet.on,  wa,  of  e„uil,  i,,^„^„  ^i,t  j,„ 
fullering  ahd  dcatb.  l\^  ^  lf^_i^_  ^,,, .  „. 
t  Imsl  nad  not  ri.eii.  our  ,,re,ehing  w^iuld  be 
vain,  and onr  faith  al.o'  vai{.  aid  wei  wo'uli.yet 

byn  our  ,i„,."   TheK  w;:^.,!iii'„,,A^„ 

..,-  iu  Cbrht,  wWle  hi  thir  III-  ;'„"iS  il'-ci^ 
ti.u,  that  suffered  with  ChrisC  ^i  X^  Hlra 
wpiil,n„.  "Among  „i|  „j„  ,||«„.  i„,-^,„|,,,ii. 
•■  Hut  now  i»  Ohiist  risen,  and  be«ine  ih,.  (i,  t 
fruits  of  them  that  slept."  He  did  not  „„i,. 
t-if  te  death  for  us,  but  ruse  ligiaii  frim  fee  did, 
lu.l  iirouglit  lif„  „„,i  i,„|„ortQiay,.(„i  |i«<it 
UliuiBh  the  Goapel.  " Bi,c.«li,itht  „«.„«,,„ 
it-lell  also  .shall  fa.  delivered  from  thfi'l.ondilg', 
01  e.iniptioniuto  the  glorioui  IiVHj-  of  (he 
childrW,  of  Go,,,"  „„,„.  S:  01,  .,  Wc  „„„„,,^ 
1.11.1  ^ithiu  our,elves:^am,rfror  the  adoption 
"'I  fflJ  ie<lem|,tti,ti#if  oj^r'.lAjp  <>J'  ^^^■ 
•ig.iin,  "That  I  may  know  ttim  (Chrlit)  and 
jiower  of  His  iwnrrection  nnd  the  fellow- 


THIvabi 
olltl 


DY  ,JOJI.V  FOK^XEY. 

hove  text.  Jesus  sjwkiH  ivMIt'  haiigiug 
tile  erg..s.  Wheu  He  had  neeoinplished' 
all  His  MiHeri(ii;.s  tiiat  tlie  Scrijituif  might  be 
fullilltsl,  He  saith  [  thirst.  Now  was  only  one 
more  prophecy  to  be  fultilled.  I'.s.  |J4;  21.  And 
in  my  thirst  they  gave  me  vine«ar  to  driuk. 
,\nd  hence  Jesus  saith,  I  thirst,* and  they  gave 
Him  vinegar  to  drink.    Now  He  could  say, "  It 


,the 


lull  oT 


ship  of  his  sulfcring,,  being  eonfommhl,  m 
His  dpathVPhU  3:  I'\  11.  W.  ^Iff  bv 
means!  might  attain  unto  the'  re.Jurrtciio 
the  dena."  "  For  our  conversation  Is  14  heaven, 
(roiu  whence  iJao  we  look  forthe  S.%«ior.,lhe 
Lord  .lesus  Christ:  who  sliaU  change,  our  vile 
body,  that  if  may  l,e  fashioned  like.,u,to  Hie 
glorious  body."  IJiu- resuriectiou  .aud.wiior- 
talily  -.vhich  we  shall  have  in  tiff  coming  of 
th.-nst,  wtII  only  finish  our  riaeinplion;  forPaiil 
snys,"Tl.ey  tliSl  are  Christ's,  sliall  rlsf  at  Hii' 
coming."  I'So  we  can  use  the  words  of  ouriext 
only  iu  thenense  that  the  sufferings  of  Christ 
were  thin  fiinisHed,  nnd  not  ourri!dci»pt.ion;fa 
we  ijuar  it  often  iwiiil  and  preached,  li  .i.nl  .1-  1 
Ni.w,  let  us  all  le;uu  a  gooii I  Jessou  flnm  Uie , 
test,  that  when  our  live,  shall,  end  here,  aud.we 
give  np  the  Ghost,  that  we  c,u  alfo  say,  "  It  i, 
tinnlied."  And  let  us  do  like  'jesiis  did.  See  to 
it.  that  we  do  every  thing  the  Scriillmv  de- 
mands of  ns,  that  we  can  look  tliel,'  00 1  la  well- 
s|ieiit,)ile,in  the-feivice  of  onil  GnJ^  Mil' any, 
"  We  have  done  our  work  tliou  lins^  .givpn,  us  io 
•  linL^ieil."    We  how  our  lieaifs  and  give 


do,  it  ii 


up  tile  gh6sl,  commending  our  spirits  intotlie 
care  of  Jesus,  Kkfe  a  Stepheh  of  llld  diS!' 

ATTENTION  TO    UTTJ[.E  THINGS. 

t  TTENTION  to  very  little  Ihiuss  must  be 
n.  I  obwrved,  if  one  would  rcudet  home  pleas- 
aut.  Suppose  the  routine  of  hoilsekeoljinc  or 
the  drudgerl-  of  it.  if  y„„  l,.av;e  that  to  attend 
to,  IS  tedious.  We  should  look  Wn  it  as  our 
iwork  and  try  to  iierforui  it  t<i  i1k  best  of  our 
aliilit,)-.  A  successful  p..iforui,uue  ol  tlie  uMst 
irksome  task,  mil  render  it  nlniosl  pleasant  I  n 
my  opijiion.it  is  not  necessary  to  halve  the  nicest 
chluii  in  order  to  el^oy  washing  dishes.  tt»t 
wopit  ot  all  housework. 

V.  hen  1  finit  eoinmeueed  hftuskeeping;  the 
liiiu.i  ihimneys  were  my  especial  dread,  tEougll 
1  knew  ho-t-  nineli  their  benii;  bright  .*d  cliSn 
added  to  the  eheeifuliiess  „f  j),,.  home  evening 
My  hustadnasvciv  teusilive  about  this  Me 
tbuig  I  wanted  to  please  him.  but  so  disliked 
cleaning  the  chimneys  thai  I  olVvii  tried  to  per- 
suade myself  tluit  they  ,lid  not  need  it  this  time- 
but  v.heu  lighted  at  uight  I  saw  mv  mistake 
Then  instead  of  blamiui  me,  mv  good  husband 
would  take  them  off  mnl  ,lean'  them  himself 
This  annoyed  me:  I  felt  ivproved.  .-ind  deter- 
niineil  to  put  my  dislike  out  of  the  question, 
and  have  clean  chimneys  every  day.  On  mT 
sittius-room  wall  hangs  all  iliuuiiaatevl  teit' 
"  Serve  the  Lonl  with  gladne.ss."  How  often  I 
jlanceat  it,  nnd  think  tliat.  in  tlie  cheerf;il  per- 
torimmceof  little  duties,  irksome  in  themselves. 
Jam  serving  the  Ulsl.  Nothing  should  be 
looked  upon  as  small  matter  which  tends  to 
render  home  cheerful  mid  pleatsinl.  — a..i,H 
lUid  noiiir. 


TMK    BnKTiiKE>r    ^VT    AVOKlv. 


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Tim  Dhktiiiikk  at  V/n»K  will  be  •«□!  poii-psJil.  to  nny 
kddrcM  in  the  CnileU  «la<*i  "r  0»n^«.  for  »1  M  p«r 
»onum-  Thoiti  ■(□iling  ion  n«w»»  and  fIS.OU,  will  re- 
cfiJt  mn  dtm  copy  Tirt-  of  charft*  For  «11  fli^r  Ihi. 
LUDlwr  Ihc  Bfcnl  will  hr  .ItoweJ  H)  cent*  for  emeh  ■ddi- 
lloMl  nAme.  which  »inounl  cnn  U  dflduclcU  from  (be 
m(,a*T.  hrt..T'  iendinf  li  lo  ui.  Money  Ordfn.  Dmfla. 
«nJ  Regi'icrt-l  L«[l»r«  miiy  be  ti»nt  »t  our  n»li.  They 
aliojM  be  niwl"  piy«ble  to  Moore  k  Ethetm^n. 

8iib»eripiioni.  and  oomiuuniciioni.  intended  f.tr  the  p«- 
por,  M  well  •«  oil  bmlne..  mutUT-.  cotinefled  will)  Ihe  of- 
fice ibould  )'(  Kddrvstcii 

UODSZ  k  tSUtUUV. 

UaMxt.  CwreU  So..  HI. 


UN  ABE,  ILL.. 


TOL718,  1378. 


Hbo.  .Ii-Iin  W.  BrunibnuKli  and  wife,  of  Clo- 
ver Creek.  Fa.,  callcrl  oii  us  I(t*t  week  nnd  preach- 
ed for  lis  on  FridBy  evening.  Tliey  have  been 
from  home  aeveml  weeks,  having  siient  some 
time  witli  fither  coiigregnlioiis  in  this  part  of 
tlu-  atnU:  ^       ^ 

y^VKN  wer.>  bai)ti7,e(]  in  Wia.,  while  brother 
Nfwconier  was  up  there  h  few  week-i  ago.  The 
interwt  in  greatly  inerenning,  and  cails  for 
mectiiifis  at  two  other  points.  Thot  mission 
field  in  not  only  beeoniing  interesting  but  is 
proving  ijuit*  euccessi'ul. 

HrtoTHRii  S.  H.  Bftshtir  is  engaged  in  writing 
a  work  in  defense  of  tlie  faith  and  practice  of 
the  Bretlirea.  It  will  be  published  sometime 
duriug  tlie  present  season.  He  expects  to  take 
the  fie  hi  the  coming  Fall  and  devote  most  of 
his  time  to  preaching.  His  recreation  lia*  im- 
proved hid  health  v.-rv  miuh  sn  that  he  will  be 
in  good  condition  for  work. 


Tpik  world  is  full  of  people  who  do  not  know 
V.  Iiat  it  is  to  let  good  i-noiigh  alone.  They  nev- 
er know  when  tliey  have  a  good  thing  of  it.  and 
often  act  very  luwlily  and  thus  become  much 
.involved  in  trouble.  Those  who  are  doing  well 
ibould  juHi  ke«p  ou  doing  well  and  W  content- 
ed. Kemember  that  small,  steoily  gains  j^ive 
competency  to  the  mind,  nnd  ■miMes  the  i)arty 
to  act  more  widely  in    the  iiicreiiMing  duties  of 

'■'''■ 

Wr  iicfd  not  look  for  a  paradise  On  earth  till 
aflvr  pcojde  have  learned  to  bridle  their  toiigiie« 
in  a  becoming  manner.  If  properly  used,  the 
tongue  Is  a  useful  member,  but  if  abnseJ  it  is 
the  curse  of  the  world,  defiling  the  whole  body, 
aud  setting  on  fire  the  course  of  nature.  Well 
may  the  Apostle  ,Tanies  sny,  "  The  tongue  can 
no  ninn  tame;  it  is  an  unruly  evil,  full  of  dead- 
■ly  poison."  James  3;  S  Its  bite  stingeth  even 
unto  the  death  of  the  soul. 

nnoTHEU  Enoch  Eby  left  for  Iowa  last  week, 
and  will  renmin  about  tlu'ee  weeks.  After  his 
return  he  will  connnence  preaching  in  tlio  I'en- 
tral  Illinois  Mission  field.  We  are  glad  to  hear 
tliiM,  as  tliiit  tield  ha-^  been  too  much  neglected 
the  Ift-st  tliree  montlis.  There  are  pro-pects  of 
doing  lllllch  good  in  tlmt  jmrt  of  the  State,  and 
the  good  work  already  begun  ought  to  be  j'udi- 
ciouily  followed  up.  Ho|ie  our  Brethren  will 
make  extra  exertions  there  this  season. 

iiuoTltiiil .!.  W.  Stein  expects  to  move  into 
this  part  of  the  State  sometime  during  the  Sum- 
mer, and  remain  over  one  year.  His  being  near 
this  otHco  will  make  it  more  convenient  for  him 
,  ill  CArrying  on  tlie  written  discussion.  Nearly 
everything  for  the  debate  in  now  arranged,  and 
we  will  likely  st.on  be  able  to  announce  the  pro- 
grHnime  in  full.  The  discussion  will  laitover  a 
year,  and  will  doubtless  be  of  great  interest  to 
our  readers. 

flHKTHHKN  .1.  W.  Bruuibangh  of  l*a„  M, 
Meyer,  and  D.  Miller  of  this  county,  held  meet- 
ings in  Forreston,  III.,  on  Saturday  eveiiing  (ith, 
and  Sunday  7th  inst.  We  are  glad  to  see  ba-th- 
ren  go  into  the  towns  and  villages  and  preach 
the  .Apostolic  dochiue.  TJie  towns  and  cities 
ni'fd  the  terms  of  salvation  as  welt  as  those  of 
the  country.  We  understand  an. appointment 
wito  made  for  meeting  in  the  same  (dace  in  the 
hall,  the  27th  of  this  month. 


reason  to  hope  it  will  continue  lo  be  («u]i|)ortfd 
by  the  free-will  otfcrings  of  tlir  brethren  and 
nistfiTh.  Let  all  the  friends  of  this  movement 
do  what  they  can  and  tht>  Lonl  will  bless  theui 
for  their  efforts.  The  proporttDual  amount  for 
each  congregation  in  Northern  Illinois  is  ^3.00, 
but  other  con(;regations  and  individuals  will  do 
what  they  think  is  right. 

TnKitE  are  two  cliuses  of  business  men  in 
the  world.  One  classis  all  the  time  attending  to 
-sumebofly  else's  busiue.'is,  but  neglecting  its  own. 
The  other  cla-is  attends  to  its  own  business  and 
lets  others  attend  to  theirs.  As  a  general  thing, 
a  man  who  attends  to  his  own  business,  has  no 
time  left  to  bother  with  business  that  belongs 
exclusivefy  to  his  neighbor,  and  he  who  is  not 
fit  Ui  see  after  his  own  matters  is  ill  prepared  to 
look  after  his  neighbor's. 

Few  ministers  fully  realize  the  importance  of 
preaching  to  children.  The  sheep  are  fed  plen- 
tifully while  the  wants  of  the  lambs  are  neg- 
lected week  afler  week,  and  then  complaint 
made  because  the  children  and  young  people 
are  so  much  uneoncerned  about  religion  and 
morality.  Poor,  little  creatures,  they  must  go 
unfed,  aud  no  wonder  they  seek  food  in  by  and 
forbidden  paths.  It  is  worth  while  spending 
time  with  the  little  folks,  for  they  nmst  one  day 
form  the  ground  and  pillar  of  the  truth.  Shej)- 
herds  have  too  much  wisdom  to  neglect  the 
lambs,  and  it  is  certainly  evident  that  preachers 
ought  to  be  as  wise  a-s  -ihephfid; 


THE  JEWISH  CONVENTION. 

rilHE  Hebrew  ("onvention  held  at  Milwaukee, 


Jewish  interest  of  this  country.  They  have 
now,  a.'*  Wf  leant  from  the  dailies,  become  fully 
united  as  one  body,  resolving  to  work  together 
advancing  the  interest  of  the  Jewish  race. 

The  action  of  the  convention  bridges  the  gulf 
between  sections  and  paves  the  way  for  concert- 
ed actiou  in  the  future.  As  one  of  the  delegates 
remarked,  the  Uuited  States,  because  of  the  large 
religious  liberty  allowed,  is  more  than  any  oth- 
er nation  the  Jews'  country;  but  the  object  of 
tin;  union  is  not  only  to  look  after  the  Jews  in 
this  bind  of  religious  liberty,  but  to  secure  for 
them  ivligious  liberty  in  lands  when?  it  is  now 
denied.  The  \niioii  in  this  geniTal  work  will 
0,0  oiierate  with  diO'erent  orgauiwitions  in  Eu- 
rope, and  unity  of  action  will  be  secured  and 
direction  given  to  progressive  elTort^,  no  doubt, 
by  the  I'an-Jewish  ("onference  which  meets  in 
Paris  next,  month."  The  peculiar  power  and  in- 
fluence Uieie  people  are  just  now  putting  forth, 
indicates  sometliiug  more  than  ordinary,  and 
may  be  opening  the  way  looking  to  the  fulfill- 
ment of  prophecy.  The  influence  they  are  ex- 
erting over  the  European  Congress  now  assem- : 
bled  at  Uerlin,  Germany,  indicates  coming 
prosperity  for  that  race.  The  folloiviiig  from 
the  Inter  Ocuni  speaks  for  itself; 

"  The  time  is  extremely  favorable  for  action 
in  behalf  of  the  Jews  subjected  to  persecution, 
and  it  i«  said  that  jirominent  Hebrew  leaders 
exercised,  through  the  Earl  of  Beaconsfield 
much  influence  on  the  Berlin  Conference.  It 
is  barely  possible  that  Beaconsfield  is  purposely 
keeping  in  tJie  background  the  full  record  of 
what  he  ha-s  accomplished  in  this  direction. 
That  fdl  religious  li[)erty  has  been  secured  in 
Roiimania,  Itulgaria,  and  Roumelia  is  certain. 
Just  how  much  has  been  done  for  the  Jews  in 
Syria  and  Asia  M»nor  roinainS|.  to  be  told. 
Enough  has  been  seen  of  the  character  and 
scope  of  Beaconsfield 's  diplomacy  to  show  that 
he  does  not  abandon  any  purpose  he  sets  out  to 
accomplish,  aud  that  where  one  plan  fails,  he 
does  not  scruple  to  try  another.  Hut  leaving 
this  question  as  it  is,  we  may  safely  say  that 
never  before  have  the  political  currents  in  Eu- 
mpe  been  more  favorable  to  the  carrying  out  of 
the  cherished  scheme.-"  of  Israelite  leaders  inter- 
ested in  the  elevatimi  aud  more  perti'i-t  unity  of 
their  race  than  they  are  now. 


>•  8ABBATISM." 
.V.J/.  AVic/»»«H,— 

■XrorK  tratt  entHle.l.  "S.ililiatiam."  Ii»s  <'•"»''  '"" 
I  t'l  uij  linrid:".  and  liaviii^  \wm  iofi'mied  tliiit 
yuu  will  pnl>li!tli  n  resjiectful  review  of  it  in 
till- ItKKTiniCN  AT  WoitK.  I  win  brielly  notic*-  a 
few  iioliits  in  it,  ami  jivc  itonie reasons  »b,v  I  tliink 
>«iur  iirK'Uat-nts  fail  to  establish  yuur  iiositiou. 

1.  I  ln-itin  with  yiiar  title  piiRt— ■""riii-  !•"**'  =""' 
till-  (;osi.eI  C.aitnwte.I."  (ii.)  Are  the  I.i'W  ami  Hi.- 
V%m\M  two .Uftfient  mle.t  of  liff!"  Xn.  A<-.onlhi» 
tu  the  New  Tesitameiit.  "  .*;ili  is  tlie  transciessioii  of 
tlie  law."  not  of  the  (losiwl.  The  Gospel  Is  the  gn 
news  of  pardon  of  Bin  through  Jesus  Christ,  (h.) 
If  the  Law  were  alatHslied,  no  pardon  would  li 
iif.-(l(-.l:  therefore  the  offer  of  piinlon  8U»tains  lli 
Law.  The  (itwpel.  in  offerinR  panlon,  ailniitJ*  tliat 
the  I,nw  is  rlKht  in  comlemniny  the  sinner.  They 
are  two  thim.'s  distinetly ;  l>nl  tliey  ajin-e  to  tlie 
siinie  tmth.  Where  is  the  eniitni:»t  ?  (c.)  The  mor- 
al I,aw  existed  lielio.-  man  beeiune  ii  sinner  Ijj 
traiisKre.ssiiin  it :  iinrt  the  (Jospe!  has  exi.ited  from 
the  time  that  the  plan  nf  saving  sinners  was  l»td. 
(rl.)  You  sjieak  of  the  Law  anil  the  (Jospel  as  if 
they  were  two  systems  or  |ilans  of  saving  men;  a^ 
if  tiie  anrii-iits  weresav.-.l  hy  the  Law,  hut  the  mod- 
rrn.'.  hy  tin-  «..s|.(d.  Tilts  is  false  All  :ire  sinnei-s 
tiaiHk'i'-.-'.-'ors  iif  the  Law;  and  all  tlint  ait-  saved 
«ill  ti.' sa\eii  n.rouBh  Christ.  Abraham  had  the 
(;r.,s|ii'l  i.ieiulied  to  him  ((iai.  ;i:S);  he  helii-ved  ill 
till-  louiitist-d  Mivioi  ;  and  his  faith  wiw  not  a  ilead 
hiilh;  loih.M.l.c)  I'd  Cod's  viiire  and  kept  llis<hai«e. 
His  e.nnniaiiifiiiPiits,  Ills  statutes,  and  Ills  laws. 
<(;eii.  :;0:  .->).  Let  ns  do  as  the  Father  of  the  faith- 
ful did.  Xoliee,  Alirahain  kept  (ioiVs  coinmand- 
nient.s  more  thiiii  fmir  huudieil  years  hetore  "the 
saini- "  were  "  conHrnied  to  .laeoh  for  a  law  "  at  Si- 
nai. (1  Chiiiii.  Ml;  l.-.-n).  (iM  And  the  -Sahliath 
WHS  kiii.i\  n  iind  k<'|il,  l>ef"ie  it  was  Riven  hy  Cod's 
viiiec  from  the  .M.mnl.  and  written  iiiioii  the  tables 
of  stone  (Geu.  W). 

(f.)  On  pace  tifth.  you  speak  of  the  inspired  writ- 
ers ofthevolumewhleh  we  call  the  New  Testament, 
iLi  writinir  the  Xew  Covenant.  This  is  a  lallaey. 
Tlie  wriliny  of  the  Xew  fovenant  is  not  on  paieli- 
nn-iit  nor  i>;i|.rr.  hut  on  the  heart.  .V  covenant  is  a 
mutiiiil  aiiipeiiient.  (See  Ex.  I!l:5-»).  Under  the 
Xev\  Covemiiit  (lodpriHiiises,  "I  will  jnit  my  law 
in  thi'ir  inward  piii't-s,  and  write  it  in  their  iiearts  " 
(.ler.  :n:  ;V!).  What  lawV  Kvideiitly  that  which 
was  written  on  stones,  at  the  time  when  tlie  tiisl 
Covenant  was  made, 

2.  is.)  "The  Law  imperfeet;  the  (Jospel  perfect." 
Where  di<I  .voii  leiun  this V  Very  lony  ag"  the  lUy- 
1)  Sjjirit  testified.  "  'J'lie  law  of  Die  Lord  is  perfiict " 
(I's.ilui  lit;").  Is  it  more  j)erreet  unw:'  .laines  al- 
so speaks  of  the  perlWt  lawofiiberty  (ki-'O;  says. 
Wf  -shall  be  jHdj.'h-il  iiv  Jt;  iind  ij notes  from  it,  "Do- 
not  ,i.niiiiit  iHlult.-n>  and  '■  Ii..  nut  kill  "  (.la.s.ii:  s- 
11).  I  nrliiiit  that  tin-  (insjiel  i>  perfect;  but  where 
is  thelext  llml  savss.r;' 

■i.  ili-J  Von  ashonie  Ihiit  the  lii;st  Coyenaul  gon- 
sisle.l  (d'  the  ten  i'.'mm;iiidiiietits.  tlili  \s  llie  ven 
tiling' wliidi  sliiiuld  he  proven;  hut  A-nii  Iriake  no 
atli  nipt  to  pro\..  it;  and  j 


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It  \*  thought  by  8omp,  that  we  ought  to  pro- 
portion, the  anionnt  to  be  given  by  eacli  congre- 
giition,  outside  of  Xoithern  Illinois,  in  .-iupiwrt 
of  the  \y.\n\sh  Mi-^ion  work  this  year.  We  do 
^ot  like  to  take  th.it  responsibility  on  ourselves, 
but  pivter  to  let  each  one  give  n-i  the  Lord  ha-* 
prospered  iiim.     'Ihe  l.,v.r>  ^f  th-  Jli^^ion  have 


"  Lkt  none  of  you  suffer  vjr,  an  evil  diiev,  or  m 
a  busybody  in  otlier  men's  matters."  1  Peter  4: 
]5.  In  the  light  t)f  this  injunction,  what  must 
till-  end  be  uf  him  who  goes  from  house  to  house, 
trying  to  stir  up  sUife— trying  to  array  pei-sons 
against  others?  .ire  not  such  miserable,  and 
poor,  and  naked,  aud  in  need  of  coiriecfion,  and 
the  praj'er*  of  the  righteous  ?  "  IBleSscd  are  the 
pea<:emakcr.t,"  and  miserable?  nvc  tlfow  who  stir 
up»|iife  and  cMiteiition. 


■iits  Hi*  ro\  i-n;uit,  .ind  inakiM  the 
a  eotidiiion  on  Mliich  Jlis  inoinii 
I,  This  lh>-  people  iiroiui.scd  lodolKx.  IH:  5-i'l. 
thr  limliia]  a^'ircinciil  is  i^laiMh  ivciitdrd  ;  and 
when  It  was  niiiiied  or  -  dedirati'il,":itl.-r  th<y  had 
heard  Cod's  voice,  MoM-ssaid,  "  Ilhhold  tli>'  bhmd  of 
the  rovcnaiit.  whirh  the  Lonl  bath  madr  \\\i\\  >ou 
cnecrniiiRull  these  words"  (Kn. -.M:  .t).  ii.j  The 
lirat  Covenant  wjis  not  the  ^ord^,  bat  an  ,iRni-ment 
concei'niii;.' the  words.  H.-ie  is  u  distilietiou  «ith 
adiljeicnci.;  and  it  is  mail-  li\  III.-  >\oidof  Ih- 
L.ad.  Cliiisfs  blood  Is  tlie  blo'id  of  the  Xew  Cove- 
nant i-Matt.  Ji!:  :;.•-),  This  can  lake  away  .sin.  The 
"better  prfiniisrs"  an-  tin-  leniis^ioii  of  sins,  tin- 
law  of  which  sin  is  the  triin3},nes^ion.  i\riUcTiTii 
the  heart,  and  an  "eternal  inheritaiiri."  (Heb-.s;  |o- 
U,  aiidlCl.-.j.  The  Xew  Covenant  i^bettn,  because 
tliepi<miisesari-b,.tt..i  (II.'l..^:.ii.  The  m.-ial  Law 
could  lip  made  no  betti-r,  for  Inspiration  hail  alivadv 
pronounced  it  perfect. 

4.  Von  properly  make  a  distinction  between  the 
len  romiiiandinents  and  the  "ceremonial  law,  or 
ordinances."  These  ordinances,  comprising  the 
yearly  Sablmths,  all  are  agreed  are  iilutted  ont,  lie- 
iiiK  nailed  to  the  cross.  Thi.s  can  he.  ami  yet  the 
"royal  law."  dIatiiiRiitshed  hy  the  voice  and  hand- 
WiitiuK  iif.IehoVHli.reiiiiiin  entire.  U  was  evident- 
ly of  this  law  that  .Tesiis  said.  "Think  not  that  lam 
coin.,  to  destr..V  the  law  or  the  |.i-o|.hets;  I  Am  not 
come  111  destiov.  bill  to  liillill.  For  verily  I  sa> 
onto  Mill.  Til!  Ii.'a\i-n  and  .-;irth  pass,  mie  jot  or  one 
litlb-  sh;.II  in  no  wise  pass  IVnni  thn  law.  (ill  all  be 
fullilled.  Whosi„-ver,  th.-ielur-.  sliall  break  mie  of 
thcsi-  h-ast  nuiiniamUm-nls.  ami  shall  l.-aili  oo-ii  s*p, 
-shall  bi-  ralh-il  III.-  jea-t  in  th.-  kii.-.h,ni  ol  heaven; 
bnt  who.soevfr  shall  do  iinil  teaeli  them,  the  swui* 
shall  be  callfd  yreat  in  th.-  kingdom  of  heaven. 
For  1  say  unto  y.ni, 'J'hat  except  yonirighli-i.iisne-is 
shall  i-.\ii-i.-d  111.-  ri(;hti-ousiiess  of  .-icrilH'sand  I'har- 
isei's.  je  shall  in  no  ease  enter  into  tli.'  kini-il.tiji  id' 
be'aven"(.Matt.  r,;  n--in),  (k.)  it  is  of  this  l^xw 
that  the  Apostle  aays;  '•  Do  w«  then  aiuke  Void  the 
law  Ihroiifsh  faith':'  (,Jy(l  f orl»id :  yea,  wn  estaWJsli 
the  hiw"  (Rom.  a: ;!!).'  ' 

."i.  ill  Yon  sny. '-  Then  wec-annot  obey  Christ  by 
doiHftwJiat  Mos.-BtiiUf.'hf:'"  Xot  at  all  |  for  Moses 
himself  .-^aid,  "  A  jwwphel  shall  the  L.ird  your  Cy<l 
raise  up  iiuto  you  .'j'fyoiii  Inetlireii,  likennlo  im-- 
liiin  shall  ye  beau  In  all  thiiiRs."  This  isi  a  eunim- 
liVtion.  Im^f  we  lie;w  Christ  in  all  tinner,,  ».■  do 
the  very  tjiinf;  thai  i^o^M  taught.  .Mosi-s  and' Christ 
ivtb  in  perfect  liarmhny.  Why  atd-nipt  to  hohl  them 
in  eojiliasi;^  Mose*  wa*a  Christiiin;  hf  esteemed 
the  reproach  ol  Christ  above  the  tieasnn.sof  Ei-vot 
flleb.  m-ao).  '  ■,  ,    ^ii  ■ 

<!.  (m.)  Vmler  the  hl'ad.."The  «eveiith-dny  .■Sidj- 
bulh  sanctiUod-for  the  vliildivn  of  I^nu-i  only,"  yuu 
s'ay,  "Cod  said  to  biniel.  '  Hi-io..iidii'i  the  Si'libath 
diiy  to  keeji  it  lioly."'  liiit  did  be  sa>  Ibis  to  the  Ik- 
lievfwJu  Cbrial':-  , -W' newt'-'    Alu-fthmn,  MoKfcs,- 


I>7iTiil.nnrt-thpprnphefr«  Tverr  helipvMn  in  VhvH 
Weif  tlu-v  not  reipiircl  lo  kenp  the  Sal.hmi, ..  j,. 
>n**Mys,  "The  Sabbath  was  made  for  num."  i)J^" 
th»,lenn  man  intflude  only  llie.Iew»'ir  X*\\\.  tlwiaf. 
KaauTilin  fonn.  1.  Th.'  Sabbath  waa  miide  (^^ 
num.  a.  The  .Tews  are  men.  a.  Tliereftirt-  the 
Sabbath  was  made  for  the  Jews.  Very  well.  Trv 
it  aKitiii.  1.  The  Snhbath  wjls  made  fur  man.  a 
dentlles  are  men.  3.  Tliei-efon-— whal':-  f,,,.  (,,' 
Jews  only  y    Sc..  Isa.  .-.ii :  J-iJ. 

1.    (n.)    I  study  brevity,  aiid  therefore  kIiuH  ,i„^ 

n>*  ill    eatnlspar i  your  "  preferred  day."   'f|,p 

e\-ideiiee  for  Sunday  amomits  to  nothinR;  aml|[ 
takes  cr.ati\.'  |iow.-i  to  make  a  thiiyt  outof  noi],, 
in«.  The  effort,  li.i-  bc.n  shown  a  failure  a  hiiinlrea 
times.  I  will  n.>t  dn*|iute  that  Christ  hiM  "doann. 
ion  over"  the  Sabbath,  and  biw  •'i>ower  t.i  altpvit 
according  to  his  will."  The  (juestion  is,  IL,,.,  i,„j,,_ 
tereditV  "Ilearhhn,"  we  say.  His  te-stiim.ny  ], 
recorded  in  Matt.  S:  If.  It  relates  to  Ihe  v.ry  iioim 
in  (inestion.    IIi!  has  teatilled;  will  voii  In-ai  liim., 

s.  In  eoni-lnsion,  your  ai-ffumenl  is  iinsmni.i.  bel 
cause  your  premises  are  false.  Your  two  leading 
fallacies  are.  I.  Makinn  the  tiMiconiniiiiiihm-iits  tl^. 
Old  Covenant,  anil  a.  MakiiiK  llu-  writings  (jfi|,p 
yewTe.stamenttlieX.-wC..venant.  (...)  Theteriu 
covenant  is  frequently  fomid  in  the  JMble,  aii.l  is 
tised  in  various  ways.  There  are  many  coveiiiints 
recorded;  but  the  ttrst  and  the  second  are  only  twu 
of  them.  I  have  shown  what  tliMe  were.  (Joti  calU 
the  ten  eoiiiniandments  His  covenant;  but  they  are 
n.iwhere  i-alled  the  lirst,  or  tlie  Old  Covenant.  Thoy 
are  tint's  |iert"i'<'t  ami  iniin  ntiiMe  Law,  niid  Jis  snyi, 
thev  aiv  Ihi- basis  id  bi.th  the  Ohl  and  the  Xi.w. 
In  tliHdIil.Isiai'l  pleilK'edthems.dve.slukeeiitln.,||| 
and  Ihr-v  ».-h-  vvnll.-n  .m  st.mes-  The  Xew  writes 
them  in  the  hearl.H  of  all  "  (he  Isno-I  ..f  Co<l."  Hh- 
vi.l  ha.l  them  in  his  h.-art ;  so  had  the  Apoxtle  Paul 
ll'.s.  Ill':  in;  Koiii. -:-.i2|.  Christ's  blood  is  th.-l.l(,o,| 
uf  th.-  X.-«  C.iv.-uant.  It  is  by  the  ellkacy  of  this 
hlooil  that  the  transgressor  uf  God's  ]„aw  is  cleans- 
ed  fioiii  bis  sin  and  has  the  I,aw  written  in  his 
heart,  aeenidiii;;  to  the  piianise.  (p.)  The  11^ 
C.ivciiiml  hud  also  .ntlinances  of  divine  service inut 
a  worhlly  sanctuary.  '•  Hut  the  hluoil  which  was 
offereil  could  not  lake  away  sin;"  inii^.-ijiiriiiiy  all 
the  ancients  that  are  saved,  an-  iii'iud..,!  mi.iki,!  tne 
saved  h.v  the  Vt'W  Covenant.  Tlnu  .u.  iiuUwi. 
ways  of  saving  men,  one  hy  the  Law,  .md  liit-  .itiici 
by  the  fJ.wpel.  There  is  no  greater  ilelusioii  tlimi 
this. 

Vou  sav  the  New  Covemuil  wa.s  written  hv  Miit- 
th.-«,  Mark.  Luke.  .I.dMi.raul,  ,Iauies,  IMev,  luicl 
.In.le;  ami  .sav,  "They  wrote  |»rceisely  what  tlip 
Lord  wanted  written;  no  more,  no  less."  .Snppu^it- 
tln--se  writings  to  be  the  N'ew  Covenant.  Vou  teacli 
that  all  this  shoul.l  he  heHeve.l  and  obeyed.  Lei  m 
,  read,  then,  from  the  Xew  Covenant.—"  They  Imve 
Moaes  and  the  proi)hets;  h-t  them  hear  theiii" 
(Luke  HI;  •!'.>).  "Seiircb  the  Scripture-*"  (.hihn :.: 
8fl).  (c].)  Xot  a  word  of  the  New  Testament  wiis 
written  when  ,Iesiis  spake  llieae  words.  I'aid  also 
refers  I.)  the  (Jhl  Testament  whl-u  he  siiys,  ■' All 
SiTipliire  is  given  by  inspiration  of  Cod,  nnil  is 
piMlttldHe  for  rtoet line,  for  iepr.v.f.  for  oorreetion, 
foi- inslrm-tion  in  rinlileuiisness.""  .siiall  we  jio  t.i 
the  did  T.-stami'iil  T..  -'-1  itistnirtion  in  ri-jhtmis- 
ness,  Ihat  is.  riuhl  doiny-'  Ves,.I.-siiss.iys.  "Illess- 
e.Piire  they  that  do  His  (tin-  Katlier'sj  eonmnunl- 
mwits."  '  '         /      ,, 

I  ehw  with  the  sincere  ilesiif  .mil  |.i..*.r  toC-Ml. 
I  bat  \ou  and  the  «  riler  may  bc-nbi..!  ■  r  iln'  \.w 
I'oveniHit,  haviiiK  <air  sins  taken  ■.\\\..\  ii\  iln' iilnoil 
uHhiist.andtheLaw  of  Coil  www-  n 
ami  thus  bi-  heii-s  of  the  betteri.n.ini.-.. 
Covenant,  ami  enter  in  tlirnuyh  th.-  iiati ,  mto  the 
eilv.  r..  F.  roiTi(i'ji,i„ 

m<i,jn,mj,  X.  r, 

RKl'I.Y. 
(a.)  You  ask,  ''  Are  the  Law  and  the  Gospel 
two  different  rules  of  life?  "  You  not  only  ask 
the  question,  but  you  also  answer  it.  Are  tliey 
oner'  Your  "  No  '  aays,  yen  theij  are.  You  do 
not  seem  to  see  that  the  Law  was  the  School- 
master which  brought  tlie  Jews  to  Chiist,  aud 
.that  tlje  Gospel  is  now  our  School-master  to 
bring  us  to  the  same  Christ,  Under  the  Law 
dispensation,  to  sin  against  that  Law  was  trans- 
gression. Do  you  maintain  that  to  sin  against 
the  Qonpel  is  nof  transgression?  Is  it  a  trans- 
gression to  Bin  against  "carnal  ordinance!'" 
dedicated  with  the  Mood  of  animals,  and  not  sin 
to  transgress  against  thpGcpel,  which  has  been 
consecrated  by  the  blood  ff.  Clirwt— the  Being 
witocanieinthe  flesh?  Inspiration »nys:  "  Ami 
you  who  are  troubled,  rest  with  us,  when  the 
liOrd  Jesus  shall  he  revealed  from  heaven  '  •  ' 
in  tiaraiug  fire,  taking  vengeance  on  theirf  ihat 
know  not  God,  aud  obey  not  the  Gospel  of  cnr 
L-Ji-d  Jesus  Clirist."  2  Thess.  1:  8.  Here  is  th" 
iT^fnlf.  of  not  nheij'inij  the  Gospel.  If  sinning  ii* 
not  transgressing  the  Gospel,  v/by  take  venge- 
ance on  them?  If  iiiit  obeying  the  Gospel  is 
«oi'' transgressing,  wliy  punish  with  "everlast- 
ing deslrucHon'? "  It  is  also  declared  that  "all 
unrighteousness  is  sin."  1  John  h:  IT.  Ii  "'' 
unrigliteousness  is-  sin,  and  tllose  that  do  un- 
righteuusne.ss,  obey  uot  the  Gospel,  are  puuisli- 
ed  with  (neilasting  destriiotion  froni  the  Lonl. 
can  it  be  said  that  sin-is  not  the  transgression 
of  tlie  Gosiiel?  Dies-  Elder  C.  maintain  that 
the  GospV'l  ought  to  he  obeyody  If  he  does, 
will  it  not  he  sin  to  Mfobfij  it?  If  it  be  sin  to 
not  obey  it,  is  it  not  transgresrfon  ?  Will  he 
nmiiitain  that  it  is  sin  to  not  conform  to  the 
fiospel,  dlie  word  of  Truth?  "To  him  tUftt 
knoweth  to  do  good,  an*  d"t«t!v  it  not.  to  him  it 


■lots, 
X.'W 


„  ,iu."  Jan.es  4:  17.  we  are  now.peaking  of 
those  who  hiire  the  Gospel,  who  know  it  ,f 
thej-  know  that  they  should  obey  i(,  o  ThelH.  1- 
Tji.  and  <lo  U  not,  will  it  uot  be  sin?  Is  not  J 
,„9  the  Author  of  eternal  salvation  to  nil  th«t 
.,U.yHm,?  Heb.5;9.  Is  not  the  Go.^  more 
tl,„n  '•  good  dews  of  pwdon  of  h\u^  through  Je- 
,u.*  Chrwt?  Doe3  it  not  int<rpr^t  it^lf  as 
»the/>o«yrof  God  unto  m,lrnfn„,  to  every  one 
that  beheveth?  Rom.  1:  U;  Eph.  1:  13.  n  j^ 
not  only  the  source  from  which  we  learn  of 
j,«rdoH  from  the  sir.  of  our  first  parenU.  but  it 
(,  the  good  news  of  saltation  from  our  own  sins 
n  is  the  po,W  of  God  unto  salvation-«  means 
which  God  Uses  fof  our  salvation. 

(b.)  Von  ask,  "Where  i,  the  contrast?" 
Can  you  not  see  thia?  Are  not  the  sacrifices 
and  otterings  under  the  Law  and  hwip  under  the 
Gospel  a  f/i/erf««.^  Being  different,  are  they 
not  susceptible  of  contrRsty  If  there  is  no  diff- 
erence, why  do  you  not  practice  precisely  whiit 
the  Law  teaches?  If  there  beadiffereuce,  then 
one  is  superior  to  the  other,  which  3ui>eriority 
we  shall  show  further  on. 

(c.)  Who  says  the  moral  Law  did  uot  exist 
before  man  became  a  sinner?  No  doubt  it  ex- 
isted in  the  miw/  of  GmI;  but  it  existing  in  the 
mind  of  God,  mid  being  revealed  to  man  before 
man  existed,  are  two  thmgs.  We  go  no  further 
than  revelation.  What  God  ttitf  not  r<-renl  to 
man,  we  know  nothing  about.  When  God 
said  to  Adam  and  Evu  what  they  should  and 
what  they  should  not  do,  we  know  precisely 
the  mind  of  God.  If  this  Law  was  for  the  reg- 
ulating of  their  morals,  It  Was  moral  Law,  and 
by  what  was  revealed  we  stand.  We  cannot 
Bt&nd  hy  what  Kldei'  C.  smns  to  see  revealed, 
but  are  Williug  to  stand  by  what  GoU  has  re- 
vealed. If  you  mean  that  the  Gospel  hue  exist- 
ed with  God  since  the  plan  of  saving  sinners 
was  laid,  well  and  good.  The  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ,  no  doubt  existed  from  the  time  that  the 
Ijimi  of  saving  sinners  was  laid,  but  there  is  a 
difference  between  the  lime  of  it  exhthia,  and 
the  turn  of  its  nvelntion. 

(d.)  What  is  Law?  "A  rule  directing  and 
obliging  a  rational  creature  in  moral  and  relig- 
ious actions."  Was  not  the  Law  God'a  consti- 
tution, given  for  the  worship  of  the  Jews?  Turn 
to  Heb.  10:  1-1  for  the  answer.  Wa.s  not  the 
,  LilW  one  plan  of  worship,  prescribed  for  one 
,  Uio^en,  onf- peciiliftv  people,  the  Jews?  "The 
Lord  hath  chosen  Israel  for  his  peculiar  trea-- 
me."  Psalm  133  :4.  "  This  is  the  law  which 
Mo-ie>  set  before  Israel."  Deut.  4:  44.  Did  nut 
the  "  First  Covenant"  contain  the  rule  of  fiuth 
uml  pnictice  for  the  Jews?  Does  Elder  C.  bi-- 
lieve  an'l  obey  the  Fii-st  Covenant?  Is  he  sac- 
lifiiing  sheep,  goats  and  heifei-s?  oiienug  their 
Hesh  and  blood  its  sacrifice  to  the  Lord?  No, 
lie  {•*  not  doing  this.  Why?  "  Because  those 
sacrificeshave  been  abolished,""  he  replies.  How 
does  he  kmw  they  are  abolished?  The  New 
Testament  declares  they  are.  Very  well,  does 
It  not  also  declare  that  Christ  "  taketh  away  the 
Hrst  thnt  he  might  establish  the  second?"  Does 
he  helleTe  that,  "  if  the  first  covenant  hiid  been 
faultless,  then  should  no  place  have  been  sought 
lor  Hie  second?  Heb.  8:  S.  What  was  the 
Gosjiel  that  wa.1  preached  unto  Abraham  ?  "  In 
thee  shall  all  nations  be  blessed."  Gal,  3:  8. 
This  was  "  good  news  "  to  Abraham.  He  be- 
lieved it,  hence  his  faith  was  "  imputed  to  him 
./'"'■  righteousness."  Roin.  4:  23.  The  Gospel 
wiLs  preached  to  him  in  promise,  not  in  fact.  As 
yit,  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ,  in  its  power, 
liad  not  been  revealed.  It  was  yet  in  the  future; 
the  nations,  all  nations  were  to  /«■  blessed,  while 
to  us  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Chri«t  has  come,  is 
established  pniiii'-alhj,  all  nations  hitiv  been 
blessed.  No  one  denies  that  Abraliam  kept 
tJod's  commandments.  His  statutes,  His  laws. 
AVhen  God  said,  "  Sojourn  in  this  land,"  Gen. 
■  2«;  3.  Abniliam  obeyed.  When  God  commiiud- 
etlhim  to  dFer  Isaac,  he  obeyed.  If  Abraham 
helieve<l  and  obeyed  God  by  faith  in  Jesus  who 
was  to  come,  he  was  more  fuitliful  than  many 
111  this  day  who  will  not  obey  the  Christ  that 
lias  i:onie— who  instituted  a  better  Covenant 
ui'Mii  tieUer  promises.*  Heb.  S: »',.  The  idea  of 
'/■  Covenant  does  uot  mean  the  shjhp  Cov- 
Mt.  If  the  Elder  were  t6  give  his  neighbor 
■>l'lV-i  to-day,,  thtin  promise  him  Itltn-  apples 
lo-niorrow.  he  vyouUI  not  yive  liini  the -"'/ic 
/"'I';,  of  apples  for  Icltir  apples,  would  he? 

(e-)  Gen.  Iti  says  not  oiic  word  about  the 
Sabbath  being  known  and  kpi)t  before  written 
"n  stones.  God's  people  never  know  and  keep 
H  thing  until  it  is  revealed  to  them;  for  those 


THK   BRKTtlRKX    A.'V   WOHK. 


who  worship  God,  worship  precJwly  as  He  tells 
them.  We  are  willing  to  accept  the  counsels, 
the  precepU  and  eommwids  of  God's  Book— ev- 
ery word  that  relatw*  to  our  salvation,  hut  when 
H  man  comes  up  and  declwvs  that  a  thing  was 
known  and  practiced  by  (lodV  pwjple  before 
Gi>d  revealed  it  to  them,  we  muat  protest. 

(f.)  On  page  five  of  Sabbatiam,  we  rea-fon 
thus:  By  whom  was  thf  "  New  Covenant"  writ- 
ten? By  men  chosen  by  the  Lonl.  vi/.:  Mat- 
thew. Mark,  Luke.  John.  Paul,  James.  Peter, 
and  Jude.  Were  they  inspired?  They  were; 
for  "  all  Scripture  is  given  hy  inapinition,"  and 
since  tbey  wrote  the  New  Covenant,  which  is 
Scripture,  it  follows  that  they  were  inspirsd. 
Being  under  the  immediate  influence  of  tlie 
Holy  Spirit,  they  did  not  write  anything  that 
the  Lord  did  not  want  written,  nor  did  thev  fail 
to  write  something  that  the  Lord  wanted  them 
to  write.  They  wrote  precisely  what  the  Lord 
wanted  written.— no  more,  no  letw.  Does  the 
Elder  maintain  that  the  writers  of  the  New 
Covenant  were  not  inspirni?  A  Covenant  is 
"  the  promises  of  God  as  revealed  in  the  Scripts 
ure,  conditioned  on  certain  terms  on  the  part  of 
man,  as  obedience,  repentance,  faith,  Ac."  We 
now  call  up  Jeremiah,  who  says:  "  But  tli 
»h(tnite  the  covenant  that  I  will  make  with  the 
house  of  Israel;  After  thosedays,  saith  the  Lord, 
I  will  put  my  law  in  their  inward  parts,  and 
write  it  in  their  hearts;  and  will  be  their  God, 
and  they  shall  be  my  people."  "  The  covenant 
that  /  win  make,"  certainly  does  not  refer  to  the 
one  which  had  bcni  mu-lr.  God  did  not  say  by 
the  mouth  of  the  prophet.  "I  will  put  my  law. 
my  covenant,  which  I  made,  in  their  inward 
parts."  but  He  emphatically  declares  this  of  the 
covenant  that  He  wili  mnke.  -  H',7/  mnkt" 
does  not  refer  to  things  M/r-'w/i/ made.  "Be- 
hold, the  days  come,  saith  tlw  Lm-d,  that  I  will 
make  a  new  covenant  with  the  house  of  Israel, 
and  witli  the  ho«se  of  .liidab;  nx>t  according  to 
the  covenant  that  I  made  with  tl\eir  fathei-s,  in 
the  day  that  I  took  them  by  the  hjuid  to  bring 
them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt;  which  my  cov- 
cuant  they  brake,  althoagh  I  was  a,  husband 
unto  them,  saith  the  Lonl."  Cau.  prophecy  be 
plainer? 


(g.)  Tht;  Law,  m  a  sKadow  of  o;ood  things  to 
come,  wiLs  perfect,  but  lis  mak-ing  the  come; 
thereunto  of  a  "  divine  nature,"  it  wils  not  per- 
fect. God  Himself  de&iu>«  it.  "The  law  hav- 
ing a  sluulow  of  good  thiui^  to  come  *  •  '  win 
never  with  those  ?ttcrifi.ces  *  •  *  make  the 
coiners  thereunto  perfect.  Hebi  10;  1.  As 
typical,  it  was  jxirfeet;  but  as  being  a  true  rei> 
reaentative  of  what  Christ  has  done,  it  was  im- 
perfect. There  is  a  dilference  between  the  thing 
itself,  and  its  shadow.  What  James  and  others 
quote  from  Ihf  Old  Covenant,  is  by  Divine  Au- 
thority, and  by  no  means  proves  that  He  wants 
us  to  observe  something  that  He  has  not  put 
there.  The  question  is  not  what  /.■<  in  the  New 
Covenant.  That  (lod  requires  us  to  believe  and 
obey  what  is  written  therein  is  not  a  matter  of 
dispute,  but  does  He  require  us  to  believe  and 
obey  what  Hf  /kis  not  levealed?  This  is  the 
point.  In  all  the  New  Testament  He  says 
nothing  about.  "  Remember  the  Sabbath  day  to 
keep  it  holy;"  but  Elder  C.  insists  we  must 
keep  it  anyhow.  "  Whether  it  be  better  to 
hearken  unto" Acts  4: 10, 

(h.)  On  page  one  of  Sabbatism  I  maintain 
that  the  First  Covenant  consisted  of  the  ten 
commandments  with  the  ceremonial  law,  or 
ordinauces,  added.  ^Wo  now  bring  up  Exoilus 
20,  21,  22,  and  23,  and  find  that  Moses  ha*l  not 
only  delivered  to  Israel  the  ten  coiuraundments, 
as  you  term  them,  but  also  many  other  com- 
mandments concerning  men-servants,  theft, 
*lander,  false- witnciises,  justice,  charity,  feasts 
luid  sacrifices,  after  wliich  He  said:  "Behold 
the  blood  of  the  covenant,  which  the  Lord  hath 
made  with  you  concerning  all  these  wonls." 
Ex.  24:  >>.  Do""//  thrnr  intrifs'' Tefer  to  the 
ten  commandments  only?  Here  we  have  Moses 
giving  instruction  concerning  many  things— all 
done  in  words— and  then  sprinkling  the  [)eople 
with  blood.  What  authority  han  any  man  to 
si'lect  u/eir  of  God's  words,  iind  set  them  up  for 
ail  His  woiils?  Tha  God  that  gave  the  ten 
conimaudmeuts  al^<o  gave  all  thf  other  tom- 
iiiaudments  thad  were  to  be  obeyed  by  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  now  we  kelioW  men  at  this 
late  day,  choosing  some  of  those  commands,  and 
leaving  otliei-s,  in  order  to  set  up  Kome  pot  the- 
01  y.  If  Elfler  C.  accepts  one  command  in  the 
Ltiw,  which  is  uot  in  the  Gospel,  and  urges  men 
to  obey  it,  why  does  he  uot  accejit  the  others  of 


the  Uiw  that  are-  nut  in  the  Gosiwl?     Why  In* 
so  partial? 

(i.)  Man  liveth  not  by  tbeassertiom!"  of  men. 
but  by  every  word  thnt  proceedeth  out  of  the 
mouth  of  G()d.  Wo  fait  to  see  a  dilfermcp  1).^ 
twwn  your  "distinction  and  difference."  Of 
course.  Chri«t  came  not  to  destroy  the  Iaw  ot 
the  prophets  He  caniP  to  fulfill  the  Law  and 
the  prophet*.  If  tho  Law  W  fulfilled,  of  what 
use  is  it? 

(k.)  We  ostaMLih,  are  witnewtes  of  the  Law. 
that  it  was  jujit,  that  it  was  the  shadow  of  goofJ 
things  to  come,~M(Hf/K,  not  thhifj—nnA  that  it 
laid  no  claims  to  making  the  comers  thereunto 
perfect.  Paul  wo«ld  have  us  know  thnt  in 
prraching  Chri.st,  the  truthfulne»  of  the  Law 
WM established.  It  point^l  to  Chri.-*t,  and  Christ 
beimg  here,  pmres  that  the  Law  was  right,  (^an 
yott  not  see  this,  Elder?  "  Now  wo  are  deliver- 
ed from  the  law,  that  being  dead  wherpunto  we 
wen"  Wld;  thot  we  showld  serve  in  r^rwaewt  of 
spirit,  and  not  in  oldness  of  letter."  lS©in.  7;rt. 
IMivrrrri  from  the  Law— delivered  l7i>m  nil 
of  it,  yet  under  some  of  it,  according  to  Elder 
C.  We  prefer  to  servo  in  newness  of  the  spirit, 
and  let  those  who  will,  s^tto  in  oldnods  of  the 
letter. 

(1.)  TUin  has  alreiwly  Iwen  answered  andcr 
the  arguiaeut  concerning  Abraham. 

(m.)  We  will  trj-  you8  style  of  reasosing 
here.  "The  Father  whicli.  has  mmlc  us  ineet 
to  be  partftkers  of  the  inheritance  of  the  saintH 
in  light."  Col.  1:12.  1.  The  "  nx"  are  nwn. 
2.  Sinners  are  men.  3.  TI>*rcfore  sinners  are 
partakers  of  the  iuheritanrte  of  the  aaintd  in 
light.  Or  take  thia:  "Take  heed  therefore  un- 
to youi-selves,  tmd  to  all  the  flock,  over  the 
which  the  Holy  Ghost  hath  made  you  overseen, 
to  feed  tlie  duirch  of  God,  which  he  hath  pur- 
chased with  his  own  blood."  1.  Tlic  "  >joh  " 
m-e  men.  2.  Sinuei-s  are  unrti.  3.  Therefor* 
the  Holy  Ghost  hath  made  sianei's  oveweers  of 
flock  of  Chri»l.  The  logic  i»  your  own,  noi 
ours. 

(n.)  The  evidence  against  "  the  Lord's  day," 
amounts  to. nothing,  and  it  tihkes  God  to  makt^- 
something  out  of  nothing;  luruce  the  effort  to 
prove  tliat  bhe  Jewish  Sabbatb.  should  he  ol>- 
served  by  Glu-istiann  has  faiWd  as  ol1:en  u  at- 
tem  pted. 

(o.)  Godidoes  not  call  tlk,-  tencoinmandineiits 
alone  His  CwAfsuant.  Tlifl  one  made  with  Abra- 
ham, more  than  lour  hundiid  years  before  the 
ten  commMMiinonts  were  givoBy  was  also  a  Cov- 
enant. TUi*  was  simply  euJurged,  extended 
under  Moeo*.  The  second  is  shown  in  Heb.  ii>i 
f).  "  Thesft  ate  the  two  covenants:  the  one 
from  MouuA  Sinai,  which  geiukretli  to  bondage," 
Gal.  4:24.  Does  the  Elder  in»ist  nn  living  uiir 
der  the  Covenant  that  geudereth  to  b<uidage'? 
We  are  Boatent  to  be  the  children  ol  the  tree 
woman,  Gul.  4:  31.  Puul  »ays,  "  Chriitt  tak- 
etli  Hwa^  tlie  first  that  he  may  establish  tb« 
second."  Heb.  10-:  Sk  If  Christ  hath  taken 
away  the  fii'st  Covenant,  ^that  authority  hw 
Elder  (L^  to  try  to  bring  it  Wk?  "  In  that  ht- 
saith,  A  new  covenant,  he  hath  made  the  first 
old.  Now  that  which  deeayeth  and  waxeth  old, 
is  ready  to  vanish  away."  Heb.  8: 13.  '*  If  ihe 
first  be  old,  decayed  aud  vanished  away,  why 
try  to  resurrect  it?  "  For  if  the  firat  coveiumt 
hadl  been  faultle.>s.  thvu  should  no  place  have 
been  souglit  for  the  seojud."  Heb.  8:  7.  So 
the  first  was  not  faultless,  and  for  this  reason  a 
j*lacB  was  sought  for  the  second  Covenaut. 

If  some  of  the  firat  Oivenant  was  written  on 
stones,  that  is  no  proof  that  the  words  never 
got  into  the  hearts  of  the  cliildren  of  Israel. 
"  Set  your  hearts  unto  all  the  words  •  •  • 
which  ye  shall  command  yotir  cliildreu  to  ob- 
serve to  do.  all  the  words  of  this  law."  Deut. 
32: 4t).  Were  aot  the  ten  commauiUuents  in 
"this  law?"  Dent.  11:  18.  "Thou  aholt  love 
the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart."  Deut. 
6; .'».  Though  some  of  the  words  were  written 
on  stones,  they  got  into  the  liearts  of  the  pe*)- 
ple.  Though  the  inspired  writers  of  the  "  Ni 
Covenant"  put  the  words  on  parchment,  God 
reciiiires  that  we  put  them  into  our  hearts, 
whei-o  He  waters  them  with  divine  grace,  mak- 
ing them  His  power  unto  salvation. 

(p.)  lu  one  place  you  urge  the  perfection  of 
the  Law,  aud  here  you  maintain  that  noue  were 
saved  by  it.  Vou  fail  to  rucognize  the  fact  that 
the  writere  of  thu  Gospel,  also  give  the  history 
of  Christ's  labor,  as  well  as  the  object,  and  ri>- 
sult  of  His  coming. 

(q.)  No  one  denies  thus;  but  let  us  look  at  a 
few  facts.    Christ  gave  words,  spoken  words,  to 


His  dii^riidr.,  did  Be  not?  iivftn*  Up  »,e^ni^ 
up  into  h.-av«.  He  said  that  tbv  Comforter 
which  the  KMU.T  would  ^.-nd  i„  Hi-  nanw, 
would  "bring  M  thing."  to  their  "F^mem- 
brance  what-MM-ver"  He  had  naid  uuU,  them. 
JohnU:2ti.  The  O>»fort«r  brought  the  words 
that  Jmus  spoke  unto  Hi»  dUciples,  to  th«w  r*- 
nierabranw.  and  then  wme  of  them  wrot^  then, 
put  them  into  form,  which  words  we  have  «b- 
der  the  name  of  the  New  TeHtament.  The 
words  ore  God's  power  untowWation.  Kom.  1: 
Ifl.  A  man  believes  them;  tliey  are  life  unto 
him.  John  fi:  63.  By  writing,  they  have  been 
transmitted  t^.  u«,  so  that  we  may  know  the 
mind  of  Chriflt,  the  will  of  God. 

In  conclujiion  we  repeat  our  position  in  Sab- 
batism that  no  one  has  yet  proven  t,fj  thf  Bible, 
that  the  Gospel  is  not  the  New  Covenant.    2. 
Prove  that  the  "  first  covenant  "  (given  on  Si- 
nai) i!i  now  in  force.     3.     Prove  that  there  ta 
any  other  mle  of  faith  and  practi<»  for  the  dis- 
ciples o*'  (^hrwt,  besides  the  Gospel.    4.     Prove 
that  there  is  wnuething  in  the  New  Twitament 
that  the  Lt>rd  did  not  want  there.    5.     Prove 
that  the  inapiwd  writers  left  somethiag  out  that 
the  Lord  wiu»Ud  in.    t}.     Prove,  by  the  Bible, 
that  Christ  wa»  not  the  "  end  of  the  Law,"  and 
that  the  "firiti  tovenant "  did  not"  vanish  away." 
The  position  taken  in  Sabbatism  stanA*  unre- 
futed,  though  ii  has  been  passed  into  th*  hands 
of  some  of  the-  leading  Sabbatarians  in  the  land, 
and  having  W»»  translated  iutothe  Danish  lan- 
guage and  distributed  in  Denmark  by  the  thoos- 
ands,    it    ha.s    withstood    the   criticisms   of    ita 
opposem  there.     We  write   this  not  boaatfiilly, 
but  iLs  an  evidenee  that  the  truth  will   succeed 
L  all  nations.    The  writers  of  the  New  Te8tfr> 
lent  nowhere  say.  "  Itemember  the  Sabbath 
day  to  la-ep  it  holy,"  and  if  God  had  desired  it 
kept  holy,  kept  m  given  to  Moses  or  othenriae, 
He    would  have   caused  it  to  be  writt«n  in 
the   Gospel.      When  our  Sabbatarian   friends 
ouce  show  that  (Sod  forgot  to  have  this  written, 
we  shall  prepare  to  accept  their  theory,  but  un- 
til it  is  done,  we  must  accept  what  God  aayg, 
not  what  He  does- not  .say.     When  He  says  we 
have  \twn  "  deliveeed  from  the  law,"  we  belieT© 
Uim  rather  than  thtMO  who  soy,  that  from  aonx 
of  the  Law  we  hikve  not  Ijeen  delivered.     When 
God  Miyh.  ■■  ill.    t^kell.  ,.«,,,    tli.'tii>r.    that  he 
may  cstuldish  the   second."    Heb.  10;   U,  we-go 
that  way  rather  than  arter  him  who  says  that 
nothing  was   takvn  out  ol   Ihi-  way  to  catablUh 
the  second,   but  tliat  the  mmr  thimj  wm  re- 
eatablisheil.    The  qui-stion  is  not  whether  God 
made  u  AVw  ('ov**!iit»t,  but  did  He  take  the  Old 
away,  put  it  back  and  call  it  a  New  Covenant? 
Inspiration  says  the  fir^t  "  waxed  old,"  vaushed 
away.     This  we  aU  admit,  but  when  it  vanished 
away,  was  takeii  away,  dill    it  come   back?  was 
it  brought  liack?    This  is  the  point  at  laeue. 
Elder  ('.  maintiuBd  that  the  second  is  the  same 
as  the  first,  but  the  Book  of  God  says  otherwise. 
We  stand  by  the  Book.     Will  Elder  C.  do  the 
same?  ^__^__^^^_  m.  Jt  i. 

BKEVITIES. 

— There  is  a  French  prophecy  which  ?a.y9,the 
end  of  the  worid  will  come  when  Easter  Sunday 
falls  on  St.  Mark's  day.  This  will  be  the  case 
iu  1886. 

— It  will  take  three  years  to  finish  the  revi&. 
ion  of  the  Bibl«  which  is  now  being  aiade  by 
the  American  and  British  committee. 

We  are  in  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Teiaa 
Prodiirts  nmt  Progrens,  a  16  page  quarto^  devot- 
ed to  the  interest  of  that  State.  Get  a  sample 
copy  by  addressing  Tcjn^  P;ci(/rf.'<,«,Dallas,Tei. 

—  .\t  the  present  time  the  whole  uuuiiberof 
Jews  iu  Jerusalem  amounts  to  13vMXV  souls;  as 
such  it  forms  more  than  one-third  of  the  entire 
populiition  aud  is  almost  double  the  Christian 
portion. 

— One  was  bftptixed  in  the  West  Branch 
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JSJV   -W'OKlv. 


A  TRIBUTE. 

'        '  "Ti*  Sftbbhth  mflm 

AH  Xntnw  »t«  *»rtuti«»*  ilulil^y, 

And  fu>l<l«  iflorii*  ' 

There')'  Joy  o''^  ^very  t)J6»«'nii'«  Wrtri    " 
'Ab-I  fmRrtirrt fiKW- 

■  fill-  iDcrrJ-  Ijinl 
'MiM  v.-rdaiit  tree  W  tiiy")!^' if  1'^'?'"  = 
Full  niiiny  (i  InV  i»  waTt'^'I  ti>ar 
Anrl  MWTOn-hcanl. 

Tij*- riinfiiiug  giitin,    j,  ,„,,  ,,.,| , 

I>or  Gu-l  Ilil  m-rcits  hHII  'If'tli  sliow,^ 
An<I  i^nt  in  vain. 

Rife,  0  my  soul.  '  > 

Give  tiiiuilis  to  ,(iotl,  Ancient  of  il«y*i     i 
LHtilUIw.oMtli  bi-,Jill'^d  nilh  i^niiBp^    ,, 

BlL«i<iU,heLord;     '  - 
HW  low  protect*  me-ovei-y  day,       i  'i,!' 
0,  may  He  keep  me  in  JJU  WV  i 

,Aii(linHisWo/d. 

'  BHII  I  iriiplon*;  ■   '    ■  ' 

Whoit  n^^  iny  (lfi)-s  on  eftrfh  nroifiwtv  ■  ' 
Mny  I,  witli  nil  tlu'  savfd  tit  hisU  ■-      ' . 
PruiMfl  tvermoru.  ■  i 
fyogpeaf  }S(/mf.,J"ne  !Jlh. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

— MfiUiUL-as  (ometiinus  ni;ila-3  n  wiint.  .S-mif 
men  iirc  gowl  only  Iwcause  it  costs  money  to  be 
\vicke(l.  , 

—The  liiu-dest  words  to  [ironouui;'.*  iire,  '"  I 
made  a  mistake/'  Frederic  t)ii-  Greiit  wrote  to 
the  Senate,  "Iliave  justing' a  laf  tie.  and  it's 
my  own  fault."  GoldKniith  says,  "  His  confess- 
ion shows  more  greatness  than  his  victories." 

— Spuryeon  replied  to  an  American:  "Oh. 
ye.s.  I  have  heard  of  your  I{oI)ert  Ingersoll.  I 
shouUl  do  nothing  to  eoiivert  him.  He  is  like 
R  green  wnteniielon.  The  moi'e  lie  abounds,  the 
sooner  the  public  will  turn  from  him." 

—What  Christ  procured  at  the  expense  of  His 
labom,  sufferings,  and  death,  wi-  ai-e  invited  to 
come  and  receive,  "  without  money,  and  with- 
out price." 

—IfGodhascomniandtd.it  is  our  duty  toobey; 
not  to  fall  to  reasoning  upon  the  propriety  of 
the  command. 

—A  woniid  from  the  tongue  is  worse  than  a 
wouud  from  the  sword:  for  the  latter  affects 
only  the  body,  the  former  the  spirit— the  soul. 

—If  a  uiaii  faithfully  pursues  liis  calling, 
thoroughly  renounces  the  world,  and  by  the 
aid  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  sincere,  pure,  cha-'^te, 
kind  and  true,  he  will  possess  power  which  no 
one  can  resist,  and  his  faith  will  be  a  victory 
which  overcomes  all  things.  No  one  can  do 
this  who  dni's  uot  use  Uiu  wiiiipon><  of  righteous 
neas;  and  witlitbeHe  ha  <mi  d'-fend  him&elf 
against  all  niisuhief  from  within  and  without. 

—I  wondered  how  the  shepherds  iu  the  East 
could  know  every  sheep  of  their  Hock  individu- 
ally, till  one  told  me— that  nue  tuf<  a  little  spot, 
that  one  has  u  piece  out  of  his  .-ar.  that  one  has 
a  bruised  foot,  etc.  He  knows  fsome  de'eet  in 
each.  So  Goil  knows  all  Hi-^  sheep,  not  by  their 
perfectness,  but  by  their  failings'.— .l/mt/y. 

— Don't  get  discouraged  because  soaiu  broth- 
er violates  his  pledge.  DonH  commence  growl- 
ing about  everything  because  something  is  done 
which  doesn't  meet  your  views.  Remember 
that  the  salotms  are  at  work  from  live  o'clock  in 
the  morning  until  ten  at  night,  and  they  don't 
stop  to  grumble  hut  keep  dealing  out  the  deiuUy 
poison  and  raking  in  the  dimes. 

—If  the  disposition  to  rtpRuk  well  of  others 
were  universally  prevalent,  the  world  would  he- 
come  a  compamtive  panuli.'je.  The  opposite 
disposition  is  the  Pandora  box,  which,  wlieu 
opened,  fills  every  house  and  every  neighbor- 
hood with  pain  and  sorrow.  How  many  enmi- 
ties and  heart-burnings  How  from  this  source! 
How  much  happiness  is  interrupted  and  destroy- 
ed! Envy,  jealousy,  and  tlie  malignant  spirit 
jf  evil,  when  they  find  vent  by  the  lips  go  forth 
on  their  mission,  like  foul  tiends  to  bla^t  tlie 
reputation  and  peace  of  others. 

—I  would  rather  confess  to  Him  than  to  the 
best  friend  I  ever  had,  1  am  so  sui-e  that  He  wiJl 
make  every  excuse  for  me;  and  a  friend  can  t 
always  do  that.  He  can't  know  all  about  it, 
and  yon  can't  tell  him  all,  because  you  don't 
Itnow  all  yourself.     He  doe*. 

—There  is  no  good  this  worid  can  give,  lik« 
that  it  tnk«s  awsiy. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS. 

If,l K E  that  idea  oC  a  brothers  mother.  He 
uid  she  taught  him  he  couhl  not  understand 
lb«  ScripttircMimtil-bo  haditbo  iame  npirit  that 
the  lutii  hadi  whonvroUtkiHn.  ,.Mj)y4«ns,,tiiat 
W4S  good  teaching.,    j    ..it   t'        r  i'  <      : 

It  is  not  good  fnr  a  trw  tn  grow  faster  in  Uie 
air  than  iu  th^  ground.fyr  the  jjoruia  will 
he  sure  to  blow, it  over.".  So  jt  is  w-it^  ,niou. 
Iti*  Qot  :,'ood  for  him  to  grow  luto  popuhu: 
favci-  wilhonl  trials  ;Uiil  troubfe'sVo  'settle  and 
ground  lum  in  the  tnitii.  '     "    ''" 

Selfishness  liKes  to  "be'^xiilled^hiit  God  loveth 
the  humble.  '""      ■■    ''•'  '  '  -' 

Don'tenryA  rhmiiif  ^i^yls  Higher  than  >'«m. 
■for  hfris  yeur  proilectoii  KwrncTnliec  the  amhll 
oaks  nrc  spared  wlieu  thadtttmitnudJightnings, 
.come,  heoausfcof  the  htfyttnopi/ii.    ■      . 

Backbjtinp;,  ftjit-s  :up  *  body,,, of  people,  like 
canker.  1  would  rather  cpn»j)ii^Y  with.jm,in- 
f«IIigout  person,  fveu  IJiom^Ii  in„ragi,  frw  troni 
thiji  pernicious  lutbi^t,  flmii  wiHi,lhose  who  prt- 
tciid  to  cleanliness,  hut  iir'.-  lilvV  wliitod  sepul- 
chyc-s,'  iJeiiutifiil  without,'  hiit  Wi  tliin  full  otj  dead  '■ 
inch's  l>wiis.  "'       '" 

A  kind  word  in  time  of  trouble,  is  liltt-'iin 
basis  in  n  dewrf  to  the  weftr>-  tnn-elef. 

Dig  not  a  ditch  for  another  to  fall  into?  they 
aTCdaHgwoufi'things  to  -hlvojiear  about.'  i  Ha- 
inan was  , hung  upon  Uu- gftlloWH  hfe  built  for 
anotliCT.  God,  protects,  thQ  rightcoj^s,  hut  is 
angry, with  the  w:ick|*il  c.very  da,v.         i,, 

It  takes  longer  , to  i  leaji  the  uuid^f^fT^your 
boots  than  to  go  aruinid  the  mud  hole.^and  it  is 
h.irdir  work.  So  ;i  lillh-  discretioij  is  better 
thitn  thouglitl.-ss  hiistc.  _  "     , 

Mardi.'i  wiL«  c;irfi\i!  jiiid  troubled  alioutuiany 
thing*,  but  Ihert-  is  one  thing  )ireti/it7  for  us  to 
do.  Man  looks  uimn  tlie  otitward  aiJpearance, 
but  God  looks  upon  tlie  'heart.  '^'Purify  your 
hearts,  ye -douhleoiiinded,  and  6od  \vill  receive 

you."  '■  ■'■  ■■'■     '  ■'    H 

Satan  got  him.'ielf  woefully  into  ttoubleivheu 
he  rebelled  against  heaven,  and  now  he  gets  all 
he  can  into  the  same  trouble.   , 

No  one  likes  afflictions  mid  persecutions,  yet 
they  are  good  for  tliose  who  are  trying  to  do 
what  is  right. 

When  I  have  a  piece  of  work  that  I  dread,  I 
find  the  worst  part  to  do  is  to  begin !  So  it  is 
with  man  doing  his  duty  toward  God..  The 
hardest  part  of  the  work  is  to  get  his  own  con- 
sent, or  in  other  words,  to  make  up  his  mind  to 
go  to  work. 

"They  shall  heap  to  themselves  teacliers hav- 
ing itching  ears."  That  is,  men  shall  be  lovej-s 
of  themselves  and  shall  treasure  up  flatteries, 
work  for  them  and  hate  reproof, 

Henry  Ward  Beeeher  has,  by  his  influence 
and  e.vaniple,  slain  more  people  than  the  sword 
devoured  in  the  rebellion.  .4nd  the  cuts  are 
deeper. 

Wlien  a  person  loves  God  he  don't  need  to 
tell  it  Actions  speak  louder  than  words,  and 
our  actions  are  all  well  weighed  by  some  silent 
looker-on,  if  in  public,  and  always  by  that  eye 
that  never  sleeps.  It  is  not  thu  things  done  to 
be  seen  of  men  which  tell.  It  is  simply  bfhi;/ 
true  that  iuake.s  one  ajipeai-  so.  ,  To  put  on  ap- 
pearance without  possassing  may  stand  for 
awhile,  but  sooner  or  later  it  ^vill  crumble  to  a 
miserable  wreclc. 
^{(irshalfloun,  hiir-t. 


otiipr  iuRi>iri.d  men,  and  is  divided  into  twenty- 
'  seven  books.  These  books  are  divided  into  four 
general  classes. 

1.  The  biography  of  Christ  and  His  antece- 
dents, written  by  fburautliorsi  Matthi?w,  Mjfrk, 
Luke,  aod  .I'»lin.  Matthew's  writing  wa.':  nJ- 
dressod  to  tho  Jevra  in  Judeu,  und  was  wrifcixju 
iu  Judea,  about  A.  D-  37  or,3S,  Mark  luldjcs^- 
ed  the  Romans,  and  is  supimsed  to  hate  writt-'n 
in  Rome  between  A.  D.  On  and  <aX  I-nke,  by 
sonif,  is  supposed  to  haye  written  Uj^  Gosi)el 
while  in  Greece,  .V.  D.  l!3  or  R4'to  the  Gi-^*'"''^' 
John  wW)te  in  Ephc^us,  A.  D.  6S,  or  perhaiis 
eariier,  Iwthi'  Asiatic  people.  'Thfc  in-imary  ob- 
j'oct  of  these  writers  w'a^.io  prove  thrit  Jesus 
Christ  was  tlifSon  of  God:'        i    i  ! 

I '  Tho  sticond'  general'  divisiontiscalled.  Acts  ol 
the  A](P«tlefc.  writtt-n  1^'  X.uk«  in  Greece.  Al  I). 
,63,0(1  (5it.|,  H'hi-'ibook-.givc'iiiii  accouat  of  some 
of  thej^cU^ol  tife  ^.p^sbles  umler  tl.eir  second 
or,  great  o-jmraission.  and  contaiu-  the  grand 

hislnUr„ll;L.  ^s„ftlu-n,-aHi/..finUnitl.rl,m,l, 
111(11  il'bl.^^ul•^  ...f  JU  jl.ite  .L,i<1  iiu-)v.:-i  .'iii-i.^ 
the  -K-ws  and  Geutllc.  It  i.l^u  aii^.wy;-_  fl.' 
question,  Tlhw  utay  a  sinner  bpcoriie  a  Christian  ? 
In  ffi.  ti  file  book -is  largely  tUlMi  Wp  with'  the 
■subject oP'cnnversion, 'and  nhow-t  'tis  what  we' 
Mwxai  do  to  he  saved  from  our  sinft-'-  ' '" 

Tlvo  third  general  divisiom  ctuuprisUs  twewty-^ 
one  epistles,  of  wliiuh  Paul  wrotf  fourteen; 
EplieaiauB,  2  Timothy,  Philippians.C'olossiaiis. 
Pliilemou,  and  Hebrews  were  likt;I.V  writteji  in. 
Rome.  Koman.*,  Galatians.  first  and  second 
Thessulonians  were  written  in  Curiulli.  First 
Timothy,  Titus,  and  second  CorintliiiUis  were 
written  in  Macedonia.  Fii-st  Corinthians  in 
Ephesua.  Thes^e  epistles  were  written  A.  D.  52 
to  63,  The  other  eiJistleP  are  called  general 
epistles,  and  were  written  A.  D.  tU  to  Sif.  James 
was  written  in  Judea.  Pii-st  and  isecond  Peter 
iu  Rome.  First,  second  and  tliii-d  John  in  Epli- 
esus.  J  tide,  unknown.  These  epistles  were 
written  to  the  churches  and  individual  Chris- 
tians, and  contain  God's  system  and  means  for 
instructing  and  discipliug  the  church  of  Christ, 
and  answers  the  important  yuestiou,  What  oi'e 
the  duties  of  a  Christian? 

The  fourth  general  division  is  the  Apocalypse, 
or  Revelation,  written  by  John,  on  tlie  Tsle  of 
Patnios,  now  called  Palmosa,  in  the  .E^'ean  Sea, 
the  reign  of  Domitian,  about  A.  D.  I'H.  This 
book  gives  an  ilhistratiaii  of  things  to  come, 
and  a  beautiful  pen  picture  of  heaven. 

In  reading  the  New  Testament,  we  shoiild 
always  bear  jn  mind,  that  the  circumstances  or 
nfluence  under  which  inspired  men  wrote,  was 
that  of  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  that 
whatsoever  they  bound  on  earth  was  bound  in 
heaven.  Then  if  we  wish  to  learn  about  Jesus, 
anil  what  He  said  and  did,  we  must  gn  to  the 
Gospel.  If  you  wish  to  know  how  to  become  a 
Christian,  read  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles.  If 
you  wish  to  know  your  duty  as  a  Christian,  read 
the  Epistles.  If  you  wish  to  learn  the  destiny 
of  the  world  and  mankind  generally,  consult  the 
Revelations. 

Now  I  have  given  you  a  few  of  the  outlines 
to  be  oljserved  in  reading  the  New  Testament 
Scriptures,  and  hope  many  young  readei-s  will 
commence  and  read  them  carefully,  thoughtful- 
ly, and  prayerfully,  that  they  may  lead  you  in- 
to the  foW  of  Christ. 


THE  WORD  OF  GOD. 

BT  WM.  BOROTGir. 

"3lUtly  to  sbow  (ikjratlf  uppvovetl  unto  God;  n  >vork- 
ninn  tlmi  neeileili  not  be.  iLfliiime'I,  riglitlj'  diviiling  llio 
HunUf  iViiih."— ^'i'im.i:  ll! 

IJ'ROM  this  portion  of  Si^ripture  we  infer  that 
there  is  a  possibility  of  not  rightly  divid- 
ing theTruth.  In  reading  this  Truth,  or  Word 
of  God  undei-standingly.  the  same  rules  must  be 
observed  as  in  reailing  other  books,  or  wi'itings: 
1.  Who  is  the  Autlior?  2.  To  whom  did  he 
writ,e?  3,  When  and  where  did  he  write?  4. 
Under  what  circumstances  or  inttuence  did  he 
write?     a.  The  object. 

THE  lioOK  OF  uon 
is  divided  into  two  parts.    1.  The  Old  Testa- 
ment, setting  forth  Godis  dealings  with  His 
licople  till  within  about  4fiU  j'earsof  Christ,  and 
WiL<  fulfilled  by  Him. 

ti.  The  New  Testament,  which  will  not  he 
fulfilled  until  the  second  comijig  of  Christ,  or 
the  end  of  the  present  dispensation.  This  Tes- 
tament is  the  one  which  most  concerns  us,  as  it 
includes  the  time  in  which  we  live,  move,  and 
have  our  l>eing.  Then  lotus  examine  it.care- 
lully  und  prayerfufty,  that  it  may  prove  a  help 
to  our  en"ing  feet. 

The  New  Testament  contains  a  revelation  o*' 
God  in. Christ,  transmitted  to  the  Aiwstle*  and 


rf  the  Chriflitm  professor  is  uot  thoroughly  ed- 
ucateii  in  the  school  of  Clirist,  so  tluit  be  will 
Understand  how  to  punctuate  the  history  of  lii^ 
daily  lii^.  it  is  f.-iired  tliiit  it  will  read  very  badly 
in  (he  fiyps  of  those  who  look  on.     If  the  urr^ 


fiyps  of  tliOse  wlio  look  on.  If  the 
lessor  of  I'etigion  w-ill  I>.-  giiilfy  of  the  trait  of 
idiarncter  set  forth  in  the  piiMle,  when  iinprop. 
erly  piinctunted,  U  will  just  prove  hini  to  \^ 
the  oliaracter  net  forth— hin'ortster  of  wicked, 
iie.-s.  Bill,  if  those  who  t^ofeis  to  he  discip^ 
(leiuners)  of  Jesus,  lejtru  Uis  rules  lUldincHn,. 
pWs,  and  pnictioc  the  same,  there  ^viili,lje^^. 
daug<;r  of  niispliicing  the  puuctuat,iim  initrks 
itay  every  reader  so  e.xwreiifrt  his  spiritual  intt^^ 
ninfy  to  solve  fh^  two-folj  solution  yf  n^-, 
L-verydaj  life,  iTmf  Hiev  mw  U-  abh-  t.. 

uriteVhe 'history -I   llu'-^ ,  in  -lali   ;, 

11^  will  converl  llnni,  i 
rtsinpi-rfcft  niiri^Hftn. 


A  PUNCTUATION  PUZZLE, 
nv  I.EVI  OARItKK. 

11HE  following  is  a  capital  illustration  of  the 
importance  of  punctuation.  There  are  two 
ways  of  pointing  it.  one  of  which  makes  the  in- 
dividual in  question,  a  monster  of  wickedness, 
while  the  other  converts  him  into  a  model  Chris- 
tian. Let  our  readers  e.\trcise  tlieir  ingenuity 
on  the  problem,  and  see  whether  they  can  dis- 
cover its  two-fold  solution: 

"  He  is  an  old  experienced  man  in  vice  and 
wickedness  he  is  never  found  opposing  the  works 
of  iniquity  he  takes  delight  in  the  downfall  of 
the  neighborhood  he  never  rejoices  in  the  pros- 
perity of  any  of  his  fellow  creatures  he  is  always 
ready  to  assist  in  destroying  the  [x-Bce  of  society 
he  takes  no  pleasure  in  serving  the  Lord  he  i.s 
uncommouly  diligent  in  sowing  discord  among 
hjs  friends  and  acquaintances  he  tiikea  no  pride 
in  laboring  to  promote  the  cause  of  Christianity 
he  has  not  been  negligent  in  endeavoring  to 
stiguiatize  all  public  teachers  he  makej*  no  exer- 
tions to  subdue  his  evil  piusions  he  strives  hard 
to  huild  up  Satan's  kingdom  he  lends  no  aid  to 
the  support  of  the  Gospel  among  the  heathen 
he  contributes  largely  to  the  evil  adversary  he 
pays  no  attention  to  good  advice  lie  gives  great 
heed  to  the  devil  he  will  never  go  to  heaven  he 
must  go  where  he  will  receive  the  just  recom- 
pense of  reward." 

Just  as  the  above  puzzle  rejiresents  its  char- 
acter in  two  I'orins,  when  properiyor  improperly 
pilnctuated,  ^u  with  every  Chri>ftian  charaater. 


I'linet, 


-■iH.but 


CONGREGATIONALISM:     *'■" 

i\    EUMAXi''EtJ  I'itBAtfoir.     '  ■    '      ri' 

/^ONGREG.\TI0NALISMisou(JoS,th«fii^t 
\J  and  fuost,  piccessful  ism^  ever  jutrodnced 
into  the  worTsl.  ft  is  the  souix^  of  tbe  ^j-my 
divisions  iuffi  which  the  so-called ''ti'insfiaT, 
world  it  dfviil^T."  'U  fnluid  ~ils">vav  'into"' the 
hearts  of  mari>' V)f  the  ancfoute,  mid  Wflhi,].  j^ 
onrsorvifW,  l^hat  it  i«  findiiijr  its  way  into  the 
ranks  of  thL' ariny  of  the  Lfud  in  tV  preseiit 
age.  -Jrt  one  or  the  otliOr  of  its  drea(ll\iI.fo|.nis 
copgregationaliam  is  forcing  itii.  poisonouK  in- 
flueuce  utwu  ,  us,-  Seipeut-like  it  wraps  it^nif 
about  the  lieai  t.  iiud  extracts  thereiVoui  tlielove 
for  the  clinrcli,  and  substitutes  in  iU  stcai|,,the 
love  of  self,  which  becoin.'.s  larger,  lUid  largerj 
until  self  l)ecomes  so  significant  jn  the  eyes  of 
self,  that  the  church  becomes  too  insigiiili(;aut 
apparently,  to  be  governed  by  it,  and,  coiise.. 
quently  n\^  conie^  a  tifi^e  of  excommunication. 

This  same  Congregationalism  Causes  persons 
to  beeome  dissatisfied  with  the  good-meaning 
and  faitliful  church  officers,  wliich  hits'  a  very 
direful  effect  upon  the  church,  and  sadly  retards 
both  her  e.\tension  and  advancement  in>holiness. 
This  form  of  Congregationalism  is  properly  (-{Ul. 
ed  "  Congregationalism  of  the  Heart,"  and  it 
never  affects  aiiy  one  until  after  they  have  lost 
all  traces  of  Christianity.  Whenever  an  indi, 
vidual  becomes  troubled  with  Congregationalism 
in  this  stage  of  its  advancement,  and  still  oqh« 
tinues  in  the  church,  his  love  of  honor,  apiilaiiau^ 
&c,,  entirely  eclipses  his  love  for  his  brethren 
and  sisters,  and  he  entirely  loses  track  of  the 
injunction  of  our  Savior;  "  By  this  shall  all 
men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  ttiat  ye  liav^ 
love  one  for  another." 

But  there  is  another  fonu  of  congregational-. 
ism,  which  iu  order  to  distinguish  from  the 
above,  we  will  denominate,  "Church  Congrega- 
tionalism." This  form  of  congregatioualisni 
causes  churches  to  divide,  and  subdivide  until  the 
number  of  congregations  will  equal  the  num- 
ber of  ministers. 

The  reasons  for  these  divisions  are  very  a)!-. 
parent.  Christ  has  left  the  world,  but  has  left 
His  espoused  bride  to  goveVn  His  followers, 
Congregationalism  will  not  suft'er  the  bridp  of 
our  Savior  to  govern  any  particular  congregn. 
tion,  but  requires  each  congregation  to  govern 
it-ielf  regaa'dlesB  of  the  counsels  of  the  bride  of 
our  Savior.  .i 

A  fraternity  assuming  the  name,  "  Congrega* 
tional  Brethren,"  organixwl  iy  Northern  Indi- 
■Mv.h  by  some  of  our  Brethren,  who  having  been 
attacked  with  "  Congregationalism  of  the  Heart," 
were  expelled,  is  the  best  illustration  of  '■  Church 
Congregationalism  "  T  can  mention.  The  niem- 
bei-s  and  ministers  of  the  organization  being  hut 
few  in  number,  the  two  main  ministers  both  do* 
siring  the  supremacy,  an<t  the  bride  of  our  Saw 
ior  having  no  control  over  them,  because  they 
were  congregational,  they  were  severed  into 
two  distinct  bodies  in  their  very  infancy.  Here 
is  a  sample  of  Church  Congregationalism,  which 
should  serve  as  a  warning  to  all  who  are  oppo-s^ 
ed  to  having  the  Lamb's  bride  dictate  for  them 
iu  instances  im  which  the  Lamb  Himself  is  si- 
lent. \  person,  in  order  to  gain  the  esteem  and 
affection  of  an  individual  must  not  undervalue 
the  counsels  of  his  wife,  and  if  we  claim  to  ha 
loyal  subjects  of  King  .lesus,  we  must  respect, 
His  bride— thfe  church. 

Hapi'Y  Mak.— Happy  is  he  who  has  Gospel 
submission  iu  his  will,  due  order  in  his  affections, 
sound  peace  in  his  conscience,  sanctity  in  his 
soul,  humility  in  his  heart,  the  Hedeomer's  yoke 
on  his  neck,  the  vain  world  under  his  feet,  the 
crown  of  glory  over  his  head— happy  he  lives; 
happy  he  dies.  To  attain  this,  pray  fervently, 
believe  firmly,  wait  patiently,  work  abunduntly. 
live  holy,  die  daily,  watch  your  heart,  govern 
your  tongue,  guide  your  actions,  redeem  tnn 
time,  love  Chljist,  and  long  for  glory. 


July 


IH. 


The  Brajen  Serpent,  and  the  Savior. 

It,nr  Btytliivn: — 

.  (.ASSAGKof  Scripture  occur,  to  my  mind 

Y     Hm    Lords  day  morniud.   ih.it  win  be 

,„„„l  in  tt><^  :*l't  chapter  of  \u,„l>.r..  veiNes 

^'^^     tt  .^,«l.ti.u.:''.Vu.l   th.  UM.ud 

,„.,o  Mn..<.  Malco  th^j-  a  fiery  serpent  aM  a^t  it 

„l,..ii  "  !•"'«  ""a  't  "hull  como  to  pita  thiit  t-verv 

,„„.  thi.t  i*  bitten,  when  he  toolieth  upon  it 

,,,,.11  Uvo.      And    M.nes  i„„ae    u    serpent    of 

^,..^  ..mi  f  I*   v.po„   a  Vole.     And   it  cnrae 

t^  p;^.,.   th=.t  .f  th^  serpent  had    bitt*-n   any 

u„in.  «hon  be  belielil   the  serpent  of  bnias    he 

lived.'^  .    r 

•s',,w  this  serpent  which  Mows  put  upon  » 
j,„le  in  the  wilderness  In  au  «nblem  of  unr  Sa- 
vior when  be  hunj  <m  the  cross  for  our  sina.  — 
L„ke  tel!^  U"!  "  A«  Moaos  liftt-d  up  the  serpent 
i„  the  wilderness,  even  so  sh;ill  the  Son  of  M; 
Itf  lifte.1  up.  that  wbtHoever  heljoveth  in  Hi 
*liouid  not  periiiih  lult  Imve  everlasting  litV'," 
The  fiery  sefpentOiihl  11  tendency  to  kill,  nnd 
,is  sricb  mny  well  be  mmpated  to  sin.  for  sin 
t;|lls  bey-ud  the  tomb.  The  r«rneUtc3  Weresuv- 
td  troni  the  etlects  of  the  aerpenta'  bite  by  bok- 
inil  'ip"»  the  briuen  serpent,  und  thus  pn.-aerv- 
ed  their  nfttursU  life,  tf  we  want  to  be  deliver- 
ed from,  the  curse  of  mb,  and  Iteconie  inheriteta 
flf  iniiuortal  lifft,  we  mUst  look  to  Christ,  obey 
Him  in  all  thinga,  and  a  cWwn  of  immortal 
gl,.ry  shiill  be  our  reward.         J.  p.  Hronja, 

cQRRE3i>oisrr)EisrcEr 

Among    the    Baptists. 

rrHlilUi  is  an  organization  among  the  Vir- 
j^  ■  giuin  Baptists,  (whether  it  \a  peculiar  to 
them  or  common  among  Baptiata  everywhere, 
t  do  not  know)  called  "Ministers'  and  Dea- 
cons'A**ociiition.""  which  meets  on  Friday  Ijefore 
every  filth  Sunday  for  the  purpoae  of  discussing 
iiiid  examining  Scripture  subjects. 

The  umdHS  of  conducting  these  meetings,  is 
siilistLintiiUly  a3  follows,  to  wit;  At  esuih  meet=^ 
tin^'  nil  the  preliminaries  of  the  succeeding 
meeting  are  urnuiged  by  assigning  Scriptunil 
llicmes  to  chosen  brothron  who  are  required  to 
write  easivy.s  thereon,  and  exegesis  of  Bible  texts 
m-  likewise  written  and  then  read  befo^  the 
in^oolrttion, 

TlieU  thesp  wsiiys  are  discussed  and  criWeised. 
niiil  fiuiilly  the  \i»te  of  the  body  is  takew,  luid 
Ilii'V  ;iv  ailo|)tpd  of  reji-cted  at-cordiug  to  their 
lityiilty  1)1-  dishiyalty  to  Bnptist  priucipleSs 

The  lii:»t  meeting  rtf  this  Wly  iW»enibled  in 
Uliii'k-*l>uri!,  and  I  nVailed  niyself  of  the  oppor- 
tunity iMVd  the  ktrtd  inviUtltm  of  meml)eiis 
tli'Tertf  to  rtttend  its  A-'Ssinns.  1  dM  not  lieaf 
llir  disi-iKMon  on  Friday,  tuving  tn  pfeswng  «r* 
ningemeuts.  On  Satnivbiy  morning  on  enters- 
ini!  Ihe  ImiWe,  thp,V  \VeiV  (liscui»:«iug  th<-  subject 
III  i>n-npi'rnting  with  other dermminntinus.  Tlir 
only  truiilde  they  enciiuntered  iii  ivnohing  an 
iiftinnative  conclusifln  \ViW  fheli^  strict  Com* 
iiiimion.  After  aaying  a  gfeftt  deal  |>ro  and  con 
(nut  niuih  cun  however),  it  Wiis  \iit«d  that  pnl- 
|)it  iilliliiiting  was  not trtPomplftible  with  strict 
tomiii union.  To  a  looker-on  it  dwes  seen),  not- 
u-ithstiiniling  ii  little  incongruous  trt  see  Bttlitisl 
Hiiil  Pedii-Biiptist  brethren  riding  along  sweetly 
together  on  the  same  fraternal  train,  nntil  they 
nnive  ut  a  siujramental  station,  when  a  sudden 
clond  envelops  the  Baptist's  brow  and  tliej- 
"\iith  their  lute,  loving  yoke-felhnvs  on  a  side- 
ti'iiclc,  wliile  they  gn  inta  thje  Lonl'a  reMauntnt 
for  reftH-wbhieutsi 

It  is  vefily  a  hai'd  mit  fur  tlieui  to  crack,  and 
it  is  giving  them  a  world  of  \TXation  in  maili' 
lihices.  English  Baptists,  and  those  of  the 
Xiirtliem  and  Eastern  states  of  our  Union  have 
cut  the  (.Ttirdiaii  knot,  by  thr^Mving  the  sncra- 
tiifatul  doors  open. 

HidI  of  England,  in  his  ininlitiable  debate 
^vith  Kiuyhoni  (both  Baptists,  Hidl  repm-ieiit- 
ing  the  liberal  and  Kinghoni  the  strict  com* 
luniitutits)  has  triumphantl,v  deUumstrated  the 
liter  tuitcnHbleneas  pf  the,  strict  couimuniatie 
liosition. 

iJr.  >>eis.s,  in  his  "Baptist  i^'st^'iu  Eiiuuined," 
^'"'"di-iilt  them  a  stunning  blow,  whjch  has 
1111(1.-  their  rolunuis  to  reel,  While  I  do  not  in- 
"lulge  ill  hiusty  prediction-',  yet  tlie  signs  of  the 
'iiacb  umuiatakabb"  poiut iothtir uUiiuiioiuneut 
ofthiit  party  iduiUv  eventuully.  ,  Tjiei-t;,  is  nn 
"i'»"tahtial  dift'-Teiir.-  betwt-eu  them  now.  hc- 
«ui^ling  trt  the  Hiiptist"'  own  eoiitwwion.  and 
'■''iwoji  and  pnlici  combine  to  urge  an  uiire- 
'hiuuHil  athlifltion. 

Tlii,  was  fnlliiwed  Uy  an' 'exegesis  of  Mark  »: 
'^'  It  was  nuiilltuined  that  this  Scriptuiv 
'""flit  the  nece«!«tty  of  believers  ^Jiissina 
""■oiigh  the  purifying  ordeal  of  temptation. 
"■Wh  wa.-i  the  miltiiis  pi'oceBs  spoken  ot;  uud 
">»t  tliMse  who  did  Tint  -tiibniit  tn  tlie  procM.«. 


^^^^-.^;^^J^''l'JjHE:isr    A.T    AVOKb^, 


r  tli(,<irj' 

<-|lllK>I-Ht«    IUkI 


".■rn  ,„l,^,cl  ,„  ,1„  t,„„,„  ,„,„y„,„.„i  „f  ,,„^„. 
«lhm.  Tlie,vv.T.v  ourmaly  thnivv  „.ert,,»,rf 
Ih.-  Lathobc  .log,,,,,  „f  ,„,rg.,tori„l  «„.,  |„,t  the 
.l.K-lr,„e  of  tl„.  fi„,J  ,v,l..,„|,ii,„  of  tl„.  »i.k,,l 
wluih  us  a„  l„.-vit«l,l,-  «m,„«,f,.  „f  l|„ 
Wi«  Ireatml  wiUi  d^nili™!  .ilmce. 

,Tlua    wfv,    suoc,HHii-<ti  Uv 
lengthy  esuy  un  -  lnf„„t  ll«ptii.,n, 

Ilus  e»«-  alfunl,,!  ,]„.  „nci,.„,.  ,„,„,,.„,, 
r.>™  of  th„t  nu,.  „  rioh  o|,,,„rt„i,ilv  to  ,ur  their 
«nta-.nfant  l),.|,tBiu  »„,im„„t^  ,„„i  ii,„.  ,.^,„, 
lor  the  frandlw  „„;f  „iih  a  vi,a.  Aft,r  me^ 
cllessly  p,,!,-,,,,,  „,J  l,„„,rius  th,  f„,u„lli„B. 
»hey  «nt  .t  overl«,ard,  laWM:  •■  ll„r„  „(  p„,„j 
Sopcralitl.m  mA  Bn|,tiH,„a|  apgi.nori.tioi,." 

The  ,l,*„«,i„„  e„,|v„l  ,.  aeci,l„l  „nlagoni»m 
I"  the  oniin.inic  .if  l,..|,ti»,u  as  un  eswntial  con- 
stit.wut  ,11  tl,e  plan  of  salvation 

The  Baptist  |H»,ilii„,  on  this  quntion  i»  iv- 
oiarkahle  for  iU  aggregation  of  uiconMlsnti. 
in.a  contradictions. 

It»  prime  sigiuBcation.  they  maintain,  i»  I 
«yi,il)ol,ze  an  event  that  form,  the  b,«ia  of  the 
I  hnitian  system:  the  burial  and  resurrection 
ot  Jcsns  Chnati  yet  the  ,»ople  n.wl  not  »ym- 
IwUze  It  if  they  do  not  m.h  it.  It  ia  likewi*. 
an  act  of  obedience,  yet  the  |»,ple  need  not 
obey  It.  if  they  do  not  wish  to.  Its  observance 
is  an  e>-idencp  of  a  uon-e.onverte<l  heiul.  It  is 
ps.sentiol  to  Cimmunion  in  the  Bapti»t  cl..l.ter, 
yel  it  i»  not  esimntiia  to  a  triumphant  entry  in 
heaven.  It  is  to  be  observed  Ijeeauae  the  sins 
are  pardoneil.  .vet  its  non-observ,mce  will  not 
affect  the  alute  of  the  pardoned  sinner. 

From  the  foregoing  and  other  instances,  such 
«»  pleading  for  immer,<ion,  because  of  its  apiw. 
lulieal  origin,  and  rejecting  the  triune  lorn,  in 
which  it  wiLs  universally  administered  by  the 
apiistles  and  i,rin,itive  Christians,  as  the  N.w 
Tesliuiieiit  and  Baptist  church  historians  prov,.. 
We  ore  forced  to  concKule  that  I  heir  theology  i, 
inextricably  mixed. 

Come  ftiends,  \ay  a.side  your  partisan  theo- 
ries atid  join  the  only  organization  that  is  ci- 
cmplifying  the  doctrine  and  worship  of  the 
.\postolic  churches. 

Nextnu  exegesis  of  Mutt.  5;  o,  was  real! 
"  The  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth." 

The  essayist  mlyoeal«d  the  doctrine  of  the  re- 
*litiition  of  all  things,  both  literally  ami  spirit- 
UnU.v,  with  icterence  to  the  muterial  earth,  uud 
the  righteous  inhabitants  thereof,  and  that  this 
world  oltJiiiiitj'ly  would  lie  the  everlasting  abode 
of  the  ransomed  of  the  Lamb.  The  discussion 
tb-v.-loped  tbi'  existence  of  two  parties.  One 
llal'ty,  taking  issue  with  the  essayist,  inuijltiiin- 
eil  that  the  blessings  referred  to.  were  tliose 
Uccruing  ii-om  the  state  of  peaa'  and  reconcili- 
ation with  (i(«l.  which  secured  the  blessings 
and  promises  .if  this  life,  and  that  which  Is  to 
come. 

Tney  rauintained  that  an  unconverted  person 
WILS  totally  incapjihle  of  a  proper  iind  ful 
enjoyment  of  liiMl's  various  blessings,  and 
tluit,  in  reality,,  none  were  ciipalile  of 
h'Uitiug  the  blessing  therein  proniise.1,  but 
the  servants  of  (iod.  basing  their  views  on  such 
Scriptures  as,  "  The  lyiconverted  are  dead  wliile 
they  live."  The  party  of  the  essayist  supported 
their  theory  on  those  Scriptures  that  speak  of 
the  restitution  of  all  things,  both  with  refer- 
ence to  the  literiil  return  of  the  Jews  to  their 
Ciinuan,  and  of  this  world  to  its  state  of  prime- 
val glory  which  was  hist  by  the  transgression 
of  Adam  both  spiritually  und  physically.  They 
chtimeii  that  by  the  universal  rules  of  Scriptur- 
al interpretation,  which  rules  require  the  ac- 
ceptance of  the  surface  meaning  of  the  Script- 
ures, when  it  does  not  involve  lui  ulwunjifcy,  or 
does  not  conflict  with  other  Scriptures,  we 
should  accept  their  flieory.  Their  discussions 
were  imimatcd  and  interesting. 

They  were  not  sntistied  with  their  investiga- 
tions, hence  it  was  voted  to  recoimider  it  at  the 
December  meeting,  which  will  be  h,dd  at  Big 
Lick  in  Roanoke  Co. 

I  could  not  help  reflecting  wliile  thuy  were 
contending  for  the  snrfiuie  meaning  of  the 
Scriptures,  as  required  by  the  rules  of  interpre- 
tation. thi.t  they  were  yielding  an  immense  lul- 
vantftge  to  our  cause.  I 

What  theological  chemist  could  extract  any- 
thing but  literal  Feet-wiahing,  from  the  surface 
doctrine  of  .lohn  13th,  or  a  literal  Churit>'  kiss 
from  the  epistles,  or  a  real  Lnve-fenst  or  {ij/ipf, 
or '/^/;'K0»  ftsini  Luke  22:  15.20:  lCor.ll:2.^: 
John  \^:  2.  4:  Jn.le  12.  Evidently  an.l  con- 
fess.Hlly.  the  apiLstolic  and  piimitive  chuwhes 
found  abundant  evidence  thei-eiu,  justifying  a 
veritable  teast.  besides  the  emblems  of  Christ's 
passi.m. 

.At  any  rate.  we.  as  exeinplifiers  of  niicieut 
usages,  should  bo  saveil  the  jeers  and  scotts  that 
ofttimes  constitute  the  chief  point  of  the  argu- 
ment of  our  adversaries,  who.  at  convenient 
seasons,  call  so  loii.lly  for  the  surface  lileaning 
of  Hod's  Wonl. 

At  the  night  session  an  essa.v  on   reason  and 


ivvelBlam  was  r.-a.Uuid  di«,-„».,,,l.  The  theo.e 
was  t.«i  nielapWyjSnd  Wll  for  th.'  spisiker  and 
the  hean'rs.  an.l  the  most  philosophical  ..f  the 
f.»m.T  were  ron«-ions  ot  their  iniut«)iiat7  tli 
li-e«l  It  .„ti.f,e|„ry.  The  ..nly  pmiiiins.nt  point 
in  ll»  discumon  w,m  the  |irevniling  tioubmcy  of 
the  Uavii  to  r,iti..ni,lism.  which  ,s  the  prod'nct 
ol  the  «leY,itinn  of  reason  on  the  n,in»  of  liiith. 

A  lr>ie  exiHwilion  of  the  U.em.-  of  nuoon  and 
velation  would  nece.s.sarily  ism, pnhend  the 
grsiat  suiaainrilj  of  the  wialom  ev.dved  in  the 
revelaUon  irf  .l.<u»  Christ,  which  is  proel.dmed 
maTiiii.  1:  Jll.  over  the  inoat  exilUed  mom,, 
monts  of  human  nsuon.  to  which  the  apostle 
alUides  iu  1  Cor.  1:  SI,  and  which  achiev.sl  it. 
most  nnirvelous  triumphs  in  the  justly  celebmt. 
ed  philosopher,  Socnit«-«,  who  cimducted  his  dis- 
ciples along  an.(  up  the  diray  bights  of  the  un- 
reve.ded  and  mysterions,  when  8n.bl.i»ly  h..lting, 
his  own  head  whirling  in  the  h.ay  aliuosl 
phen.  ol  hia  prodigions  allitu.le,  he  points 
his  eager  inipiireni  to  the  necessity  of  one  com- 
ing from  heaven  to  inslnict  him  further:  and 
Plato  whose  grand  and  nn^'stic  soul  .Iwelt  in 
region  of  the  gods,  and  who  jienelratisl  the 
depths  of  human  wLsdoni,  as  the  Lcviatliim  ex- 
plores the  depths  of  (he  mighty  ocean,  or  scale.1 
the  lofty  summits  of  the  Chimboraio  of  the 
nientnl  worid  with  the  grace  and  ease  of  the 
king  of  birds,  yet  he  could  not  compndlend  or 
discover  the  simplest  truth,  -  the  resurrection 
connected  with  the  mission  and  siu-rilice  of  Jt^ 
sus  Christ  as  an  essential  element  in  the  rescus- 
ciation  of  the  soul.  Read  the  proof  of  the 
foregoing  in  "Th..  Christian  Klemeiit  in  Pluto." 
page  146.  and  in  numerous  other  places  in  his 
writings. 

The  meeting  concluded  with  an  .'ssay  on 
H.une  Missions. 

It  wiu  shown  that  there  wctf  70,0(10  Baptists 
in  the  state  of  Va.,  alone,  and  that  the  sum  of 
one  half  cent  per  member  was  contributed  to 
its  support.  This  contributijln,  I  presume,  is 
independent  of  the  contributions  in  support  of 
State  and  Foreign  missions,  and  for  th.'  salaries 
of  the  local  preachers. 

I  submit  the  following  reflections  on  the  n>- 
port  of  the  essayist.  They  numljer  more  in 
the  State  of  Virginia  alone,  than  we  do  in  the 
whole  world.  There  is  probably  100  jier  cent, 
more  average  wealth  in  our  chui-cb  than  in 
theirs,  yet  we  have  no  s.vst».'m  of  State  or  For- 
eign niissioiis  except  what  exists  in  oinbryo  in 
the  Brcthi-en's  Evangelizing  Association,  that 
was  evolved  out  of  the  Church  Gxtiinsion  Un- 
ion on  the  loth  of  last  month,  and  some  local 
arrangements. 

We  are  thus  liiiliii'.;  th.i  lamp  of  truth  from 
the  worid.  wliil.'  tli.'  iiuperfecl  systi'ms  of  reli- 
gious worshi|i  iiic  siipiiorteil  'amply  by  th.' 
wealth  .if  tlieir  mciulicrs,  anil  converls  thereto 
are  iiiaile  by  the  thou3|«i.l.  VVc  ncd  nol  ex- 
pect to  rival  theui  in  nuiuliers.  from  the  fact 
that  their  sysU-ni  .Iocs  not  f.iibiil  many  carnal 
indulgences  which  .mis,  will  not  tolerate.  But 
siuely  we  ought  to,  at  least,  e.piul  tlieui  in  iiciil 
and  make  as  great  elTorts  to  establish  a  perfect 
system  pf  worship  as  t^ey  do  an  imperfect  sy 
tern.  Fralcrnnily, 


MrDomlits,  Vh'.' 


D.  C.  MoOMAW. 


From    Mill   Creek    Church,    111. 

Deer  Bnlhren : — 
4  S  we  belong  to  the  flock,  an.l  an'  blessed 
]\  with  the  o]iportunity  of  communicating, 
through  the  kindnoss  of  our  Saviour,  wc  will 
attempt  to  infiirm^cach  other. 

Our  elder,  Pavid  Wol/e  Ijas  liecD  .updor  raeili 

cal  treatment  for  almiit  tw onths.     Notwith. 

standing  his  critical  condition,  his  case  look 
brighter  to-Ju^',  anil  there  are  some  hopes  of 
his  recovery,  which  will  be  joyful  news  to  all 
the  Brethren.  Let  us  pray  for  the  brother,  and 
the  Loril  may  not  take  liiin  away  from  us.  The 
second  Sunday  of  last  month  then;  wasayoung 
sister  baptized  in  the  Concord  cburt;h,  und  on 
the  last  Sunday  in  the  month,  a  young  brother 
was  bapti'zed  ill  the  Mill  Creek  church.  Owing 
to  the  ill  health  of  Bro.  Wolfe  we  were  not 
pble  to  have  our  meetings  us  regularly  as  usual. 

I  li.  VV.'Miu,kii, 

Lllitrli/,  III. 


From    Abilene.    Kansas. 

Jimr  JJrrllimi:— 

THE  last  ciimicil  mecliiig  of  Palls  City  con- 
gregation will  long  lie  rcmeniliere.1  by  the 
dear  brethren  ami  sistem.  It  occurred  on  June 
1st.  anil  was  smelv  a  aoleuin  occasion  to  me.  I 
think  nil  our  meetings  should  be  solemn  to  us 
and  that  for  the  f.dlowing  reasons; 

First,  Because  Uwl  has  onluined  them  for  the 
uphitil.ling  of  his  pi'ople,  and  promised,  where 
two  or  three  are  gathered  together  in  His  name 


■n-  11..  will  I,,  in   u„.   „,„i,t  „f  „„„,       j^„j 

III  ...lib,  ■•  Ut  US  hold  fast  the   pn,f«„i„„  of 

r  faith  without  waviTiiig  ;  |.,r  he   is   faithfol 

that  pn.n,i„l.      AM  let  ,i.   consider   one   «,. 

r;  '"  TT"'"'  ""•"  '""  »"'!  t"  good  works, 
ol  fiiraaking  th.-  ,»«.'ml,li„g  of  ourw-Ke,  loJ 
I'tlier,  as  the  manner  of  some  is  " 
Second,  ■nds  meeting  „„  s„le„,n  to  me,  he- 
cause  I  could  n.*  meet  all  the  members  there, 
and  shoiil.l  have  Uke.1  very  much  to  meet  once 
mon'  with  1.11  of  them,  liec.iii,.  it  was  the  l»t 
..iincil  ui.'..ting  I  lu«l  ever  ex|iect«i  to  attend 
n  this  district,  of  which  I  w,„  a  memWr  ever 
luce  Its  organization,  which  lo.,k  place  eight 
'ear.  ago.  the  Ifilli  rf  li„t  Oct..  at  the  ho,™  of 
'r,.e,  W.  Miller,  follow,,!  by  a  pleasant  Coni- 
liunirai  season,  the  «„t  ever  held  by  tile  breth- 
1-n  in  Richanlson  Co.,  Neb.  'Hu.  elders  ptea- 
■nl  at  the  time  were  Daniel  Fr>-  ftom  Illinois, 
lohn  Miirmy  and  David  Bmwer  from  Iowa.  — 
Sow  this  liBt  cooncil  meeting  we  had  to  take 
he  parting  band,  and  Goil  only  knows  whether 
«e  shall  ever  meet  agiun  on  earth.  Hot  the 
'cho  of  the  last  c.iuni  il  meeting  sounds  daily  in 
iiy  mmd  im.l  makes  me  feel  solemn  to-daj 
»hen  1  think  of  the  lalxir  the  church  has  ti 
is'ri'orm  lit  such  mwtings,  to  help  each  other 
.long  in  the  narrow  way,  and  give  one  another 
,!o.«t  ciunsel  in  the  spirit  of  meekness  as  nicom, 
inemied  by  the  apostle  Paul. 
Let  ever>-  member  luk  himself:  Did  I  do  all 
coold  for  the  edifying  of  the  chureh  and  the 
glorj'  of  God?  And  hist  but  not  least  of  all 
let  us  ask  oiinjelves,  .Am  we  all  ready,  at  such 
meeting.,  when  called  upon,  to  confess  our 
faults  one  to  another,  that  we  may  laj  healed  as 
James  t.dls  us,  or  will  we  deny  and  hide  our 
faults,  until  testimony  is  pnnlueed  against  us  to 
(in.l  us  in  f.oilt?  No  this  sho.ild  never,  and 
will  never  ho  the  ciue  with  the  truly  lionail. 
Christian  man  and  woman. 

If  I  would  deny  that  which  I  know  is  true  ia 
myself,  just  lax'.mse  the  chureh  cannot  produce 
two  or  three  witiu-sses  in  the  case,  I  wouM 
make  myself  guilty  of  Acts  5:  4.  I  would  Ua 
not  unto  men  but  unto  lio,l.  God  forbid  that 
I  or  any  other  brother  or  sister  ever  should  act 
the  part  of  .Xnanias  and  Sapphire.  Let  us 
prove  faithful  to  another,  and  to  our  God,  is 
my  prayer:    Amen. 

Toum  in  Christ, 

JoHS  FoRNKy,  Sek. 

From  Union  Church.  Ind. 
Onir  Hirthrm:— 

AVV.Vi  lines  fmm  this  |.arl  of  God's  mord 
heritage  may  la'  intcn'sting  to  vonr  many 
reialera. 

Our  memlH'ts  are  much  built  up.  and  I  do 
h.i|le  and  pray,  that  w.'  may  continue  so.  Oor 
Lovivlnasl  wa.  on  the  4th  of  June,  corameao. 
ing  at  5  o'clock  in  the  evening.  There  was  a 
large  concoiiwe  of  peopl.'  .luring  our  services. 
Between  live  iin.l  six  humlred  memben.  com- 
miineil.  In  the  evening  six  were  baptized  and 
next  morning  nine  more  came  out  and  were  bap.. 
tized,  making  fifteen  in  all.  Thanks  to  the 
Lord,  and  we  hope  that  they  will  now  enjoy 
themselves  better,  than  they  over  did  before, 
knowing  that  a  i:liristinn  life  is  the  happiest 
that  we  can  live.  It  will  bring  ja-ace  into  our 
families,  and  into  our  neighborhood:  for  the 
man  that  lives  a  Christian  life  will  not  quami 
with  his  wife,  children,  neighbors,  nor  with  any 
bo-ly  els.-:  neither  will  the  wife  or  children 
.piarrel  and  make  trouble,  if  they  live  as  they 
should.  0  what  t,  pleasant  tiine  we  will  hare 
if  we  are  Christiiuis:  we  will  have  a  Heaven  on 
earth. 

On  the  26th  of  June  our  deiu-Iy  beloved  Bro. 
J.  W.  Stein  came  to  us,  und  preached  five  ser* 
mons  in  our  cluireh.  Had  large  congregations, 
good  orter.  All  seemeil  to  like  Bro.  Stein,  and 
there  was  n.it  one  won!  smd  against  his  preach- 
ing. Being  requested,  he  spoke  on  Baptism 
Saturday  evening  and  Sunday  at  11  o'clock.  — 
Tlinie  souls  u'ere  miule  willing  to  come  out  on 
the  Lonl's  side  and  nvre  baptized.  I  hopemaaj 
more  will  come  before  long. 

^V'itll  the  above  additions,  we  htid  an  inerettse 
of  I'ighteen  lor  the  month  of  June,  and  seven- 
teen since  last  Doc,  making  in  all  thirty-Gve 
in  seven  months.  1  hope  there  will  be  more 
during  the  next  seven  months.  Let  us  all  f». 
Isir  for  the  good  of  souls.  Deiir  brethren,  I  do 
hojie  that  our  dear  Bni.  Stein  will  be  ciuwi  for 
by  the  membei^s.  as  he  is  devoting  time  and 
strength  to  the  interests  of  the  Master's  cause. 

Brethren  let  us  all  be ret.uthful  than  ever, 

.Icv.iting  our  time  and  means  a*  much  as  we 
can  to  the  .siUviition  of  [sior  souls.  One  soul  is 
w.>rth  mon'  than  all  the  world. 

Joax  Kkiblbt. 


Sinner,  stop  and  considcrwhat  you  are  do- 
ing!    iVIuit  fhatl  tht  htutrst  ht? 


THE    BKETIHIEIN^    ^T    ^VOi^li. 


"J«ly   18. 


JESUS. 


i!V  U.  V.  rOWLE». 


THE  name  of  Jfxus  i»  bIwaj-!"  n«iociftU-<l  with 
ftll  tliat  is  virtuous,  pure,  holy  and  gooJ ;  ami 
is  always  chi-rwhed  in  tbt-  heart  »f  thf  Chris- 
liui,  and  sometimes  among  those  without. 
It  isftriuigo  that  one  so  pure  and  good  coujd 
ever  hn\K-  Iic-L-n  aii  oi)j«-ct  of  hftU-  or  derision— 
on<-  that  i-  declared  In  }»•  "  clii'-f  Hiii-png  ten 
thousand  and  the  on<-  iiltogetlier  lovely.— 
He  whi>  went  ulout   doinj;  goyd,  h^nling  th 


sich,  cleansing  the  li-perr.  oj)eniux 


th.' 


■\'es  (jf 


■   l.y    th- 


Whut 

l.lVC   «o 

•  \liv\i' 


the  hliod,  lauding  the  lame  U>  wnlk.  tho  deaf 
to  hear,  m^  hipdiug  uj.  tlie  Irnken-licartfld, 
one  who  wp  fnll  of  gnu:'-  atfd  truth;"  ^niule 
himxelf  of  no  re|.ututi('(ii,  .md  biiwcd  tt)  the 
yoke  of  suffering  that  In-  ryifilit  tipiWHsij  the 
wratli  of  bod  whicti  wjl--  kindtid  ngain^t  the 
human  fiimil^'.  i-       -n 

111  hi^  linmilyition  hiH 'judgnn-nt  wa.s  iAUeu 
ftwuy,  he  «!!;•*  cletjii-u-'d  aiiil  rejetted  of  nicli,  a, 
man  ot"  ><')rrow".iiid  iw;'|ii!iinte<l  with  i-'ru-f;  he 
bore  tlie  contraJiLtiim  "f  .-iiinL-j>  nJ;uiIi^t  jiim- 
self,  and  iji  all  this  m.t  a  word  nl  ,:i.inphiiiit  ev- 
er escaped  his  holy  \\y-.  AVh.n\\^  look  into 
the  hisfory  o'f  the  pa^t  arid  -.-ar.  li  thi;  rccnrd  of 
this  h»]y  h'fine  In  hl^  lh,v,i  y.^ir-  and  a  Mi- 
stay  r,n  ■■artli.  il  ■  ii-l-d  r-frr-hiiiy  t..  cou; 
teniphil'-lii^  ,liar,,.  I.T. 

rts..-f:n.s    iiui.<-il.h  iM.us  tu  luiuw  frilly.  01- 
com].reheiid  witli  .vrt;.iiily'  what  he  snfT.yed  in^ 
perfi-ctiiiL'    lli^  nii."l..ii   .)ii  iWfh— the^  r.'dL-mp 
tion    of   tlii-    human   lai.tily,  altlir.iigli   h 
Lord.-r  alt,  ,vt  h.-  h-nrn.-d   u\ 
thin^;-^^hich'h..■>^fll■rea, 

Wi- in:iy  1>V  the  Hihl.' t..|.-..^l>.' and  v^ 
tai  vi>i'.n  illiiiiilnatr.I  l.y  divmr  -n 
enough  frt  fill  our  m.uI  willi  :L.lruinilii>l.. 
man  wave  the  mu)i  Oirisf.  ,Ii--i]-  v<ii\i\ 
succ'es-t'ully  ov'i'ivoiin- all  llj'' jiom-'i^  •' 
ness?  To  tliechiMren  of  m.-n  ihj'.jv  ^^a.-,  Miuve- 
ly  the  glimnlei-  of  a  singh;  star  to  lie  seen  piei'ff 
ingth^  murky^  cloud  thai  warninled  the  hopes 
of  t'he  .Jiildr.'U  of  men,  hut  .lesiis  dispell-d  'the 
dark 'IniiiT  l>y  triiiinpliijif,' over  all  the  power.'' 
of  drirluiess,  gaining  Ihe  vietory  over  deidii. 
hell  and  the  grave.  The  legions  of  darkness 
were  arrayed  against  the  Lord,  and  against  his 
Christ,  even  those  that  he  eame  to  save  (Krael). 
"He  came  to'Iiis  own  rind  his  own  received  him 
not,"  hut  the  learned  and  the  wise  of  Israel 
conspired  ngoiiist  Jcmus,  yet  anridjlt  oil  the  slan- 
der and  toryism  he  faltered  not,  but  faitlifully 
comjdeted  his  work  that  the  Father  had  ;,'iven 
him  to  do;  tlnju  wils  lie  betrayed,  appctdieuded. 
led  hound  to  the  judgment  hall;  from  tUeiice  toj 
Calvai-)'  and  nailed  to  the  troftS.  Listen  gentle 
reader, ,  hear  the  sound  of  the  huiiuuer  ii-s  it. 
sends,  the  rough  uaihs  craj^hing  through  hih  holy 
hands  upd  f^et;  ugoniaiDg  groans  of  the  dying 
Lord;  hear  UiiTH  say  "  Father  forgive  them,  they 
know  Hot  what  they  do,"  aud  he  cried,  It  ih  fin- 
ished. His  purt  was  completij,  he  gave  up  the 
ghost  ai^d  wi;rit  homti.to  glory. 

His  vaJediotory  is  one  of  the  hejit  documents 
ever  recorded,  in  which  there  is  no  word  of 
complainlor  hitteruess,  naught  hut  lu>o  to Irieud 
and  fija  llu$  the  present  age  no  Jmus,  or  did 
he  gathev ,  hi»  juontle  about  him  aad  hear  it 
away  forever  to  the  world  of  bli«?  Nti,  "  1 
will  never  loavf  you  nor  foi-sake  you."  "  Lo  I 
ftm  with  you  alwaj's  even  imto  the  end 
of  tl)e  world  "  is  hi»  lU'oiuiHe.  lint  thia  is 
given  on  conditions,  if  we  d<»  what  he  com- 
mands us,  aud  love  him  it-s  he  has  loved  us:  but 
where  is  that  love  that  should  oharacteitiKe 
QodV  peoplay  I  fear  tlie  little  fuxes  have  crept 
in  unawares  and  are  !iapj)ing  the  heautifyiug 
substaJicB  from  the  lovely  jilant  that  phould  be 
well  rootei)  in  our  very  nouU,  aud  grow  M'ith  all 
power  of  beauty,  sending  tnrth  a  sweet  fra- 
grance that  wield.s  an  irresietiJtlu  illAueuceover 
all  that  come.s  within  Hh  reach,  aud  yield  to  it-s 
power  of  attraction  aud  adutire  its  Dweetne^fc!. 

I  sometinje.'i  fenr  the  plant,  of  love  is  droop- 
ing its  beauty,  is  fading  from  >  the  church.  Ik 
not  thiit  true  my  dear  brethren^  It  needs  the 
gentle  showers  of  God's  divine  grace  to  revive 
the  fading  llowftr.  What  shall  we  do?  I  ans- 
wer awake  to  a  true  sense  of  our  obligation  to 
God,  aud  send  forth  our  prii)'ers  in  aioi-^  to  that 
God  that  has  inwtAured  the  waters  in  Ins  luitid. 
and  has  metud  out  the  heavens  with  a  span,  and 
comprehend  the  duj^it  of  the  eurth  in  a  measure 
and  weighed  the  niountnins  in  scales,  and  the 
hills  in  balances,  yea.  let  us  pray  to  him  for  a 
gracious  shower  of  divinu  gmce  from  heaven, 
that  love  may  grow  within  us  in  all  its  origin- 
al power  and  beauty  and  sweetness.  May  (iod 
in  his  infinite  mercy  grant  us  all  grace  for  ev- 
er^' day  and  trial  aud  keep  us  to  the  end  tlmt 
We  may  all  obtain  the  cro\m  of  glory  whith 
Jesus  will  give  to  all  thu  tkithtut. 
Yflloir  CrcfU,  III. 


oLE-A.isri]sras. 


From  Sinter  Stone.  —We  ore  hut  few  in 
nunil»er  here,  and  do  not  have  preaching  by 
tlie  Brethren  ver)-  often,  yet  we  tmst  in  tht 
Lord'toKend  Inborere  ia  the  field  indue  ivnnou. 
The  membentarp  ail  iu  love  and  fellowship,  as 
far  iu>  I  know.  We  are  always  glad  to  get  the 
BKKTUhKN  AT  WfiKK.  for  it  IB  fall  of  eoun«eI. 
W«  have  very  pleasent  weather  now;  arw  har- 
vewting  and  threshing.  The  wIieM  crop  is  uome- 
what  damaged  with  met,  I'lease  give  th*  *ar- 
lieiit  and  bwt  authority  lor  Feot- washing,  in 
the  {■hurche^  (um  a  church  ordinnnw);  from  h»-' 


From  S.  Z.  SUfi; 


rp.^l  ftnisKe(i'hii^ilrk;m' 
diHi'ict"a  ft'eelt''a^o'.'    Had 


tddpr  David  Bhrt^'? 

exPelleirt  fmccesR  lu  taking  siiTtscriptioiis  for 
'.Ai^Iiitld  College.  'Not  a  brotVier  (■efdsed  lo  do 
Homething  when  asked,  C  Hooly  is  our  foual 
agent  in'  this  rongregatioii.  Next  weiit  in  the 
diHrict  of  l)r*^thren  Truhy  and  Peter  'l.ong. 
Spent  one  wtek.  had  ?ix  meetings— preached 
lit  tivofliuPT.'dfi;'  RetVived  an  excelling  warm 
rectptio'n  hy  the  Brethren  liert-  which  will  lon^ 
be  i-eiu.inbored  hy  «.i.  The  Hrffhreu-here  will 
do  Jlil  itH-  thf  College  they  aW-  able.  Bro.J'^lCoah 
Shutt  i?onr1<!ii.'al  agfnt,  '    '     *\!_      ^^|_ 

Gd^Tirn.  hill  "  ■■■■i-ii'-  ■■'■ 

.        ,  -;,■.'    :hl  '-■   I'-'i  "'rii 

From  CIiri^fljHylter.-  We, have  h^isix 
;dditiniLs  ty  the  cliurcli  b;(  haptojijii  this  Spring 
and  yMin'"*^""-  W^  \ii^vt  thice  -cbnrehes  ipitliis 
county  1  in  our  owij,  arm,  namiily  the  lirick 
,<  (iiirtli,  we  have  between ^nu  and  ;?i'ii  members;. 
seven  deacons,  five  prauchers.  Ne,\t  Saturday 
is  our  council-meeting.  We  have  preaohmg 
oncv  t^very  luoiith  in,  .oiM'.t^hurch.  naiiiely  tlit," 
(ir-,t  f^uuday.  AV|\ljjp,n\eoi',the  trav«luig  bn-th- 
mi  pleiwe  visifiMsi^^oij.v^flient:-'  .^  i,r     t  i- 

Qreimi  Creek.]  Vafi,,^,   ,,,,„.    .,,i  |       .,  , ,,;, 

I  From  S.  ('.  Kelm— I  art-Jved  home  n  'few- 
days' wgo,  with  my  health  much  improved. 
Found  one  of  our  Brethren  and  eiti'/en  of'Sal- 
i.vltui-y  had  pfU-sed  nwfiy,  shortly  before  1  return- 
ed. When  I  went  away  lie  was  in  good  health, 
i  thank  you  for  the  favdr  of  your  p.lper  at  flie 
Monntnili  Home.  Br«.  Merrill  is  shll  there 
aud  will  remain  for  several  months  arid  would 
be  thankful  if  y^ou  would  permit  the  jiaper  to 
continue  its  weekly  Wsfts  to  the  Mountain 
Home  for  his  as  well  aa  other  invalid's  benefit: 
hope  it  may  also  a  beUiftt;  W'J^buto  biing  it  be- 
fore many.  .i  i-'n  ■  i.  ■  •  ■  -h 
/;//.  LH-  Pu. 

From  Sonth  Bend,  lild.— We  are  glad  to 
say  one  more  has  been  willing  to  step  down  in- 
to the  liquid  stream  to  be  initiated  and  engraft- 
ud  into  the  Living  A''ine,  fiu-  the  purpose  of 
drawing  living  water  from  the  well  of  salvation, 
to  thirst  no  more.  He  continues  to  ask,  that 
he  may  receive  fre.sh  supplies,  as  an  iuduceuieut 
to  continue  working  for  salvation;  "For  the 
crown  is  not."  says,  the  eminent  Apnstle,  "  at 
the  beginning,"  nor  half-^ays;  "but  he  tlmt 
endiireth  to  the  end.  shall  l^e  saved."  What  a 
grand  thought  to  contemplate,  is  the  scheme  of 
ivdemption.  When  we  were  sick  smd  beyond 
human  aid,  God  proposed  to  jissist  us  by  sacri- 
licing  His  Son,  who  sHys,  "*■  ETTcept  ye  eat  the 
Hesli  of  the  Son  Of  riian  ^wd'Vlrin'ff^  His 'blood, 
have  no  life  in  you."  Our  theme  should  be. 
bix'lhren.  tolive  not  for  our  salvation,  hot  all 
with  whom  we  come  in  contact.  "Salvation  oh 
the  joyful  .iound-'" 

J^AJilBL  WhITMER 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Joshua's    Tomb. 


Let  us  not  be  wearj-  in  well-doing 


^NNOXJNCEJNlEiSTTS. 


s  of  Love-feiMi!,   I 
be  brief,  itnd  written  on  paper  sepa^ 
ttoju   oUifr    UuEinem. 


'  LOVT^rkisTH. 

L-t'o'.'S''eb,.itu; 


iteuitie; 


f)er7tli  and 


neatVKe'elmreh.  Oifge  Co.,  .Neli,.  Supl 
Kth.eommenelngat'j'rtViool:.    ' 

Sugar  Creek  ei.ni;ie;;atiou.  Sangouion  Co,.  IlC,  Oct. 
:>  ami  J.  i'<imuieiiciiig  at  |o  oVIoi-k. 

Iowa  Center,  at  rcsirleuee  of  Bio.  C.  IV.  EJoitnotts, 
Sept.  7tli  ami  f*t!i.  ' ' 

l^ilnt  Creek  eont'legation.  Bourhun  Co.,.  Kimsas, 
tietoltcr  ;}rd  aud  4th,  conuuencing  at  i  o'clock. 

-Mineral  Creek,  .Iolmson"rti.;  MoTTuesday.  Oct.  l. 

Monroe  Co..  lu.,  the  lObli  of' Auffilttt.  oe  Pfettr  Mil- 
ler's, two  miles  ^uuth  ot  Prederic  statimi.  com- 
mencing at  live  o'clock. 

.Stanislaus  ehmeli.  (^al..  lii'st  Satunlay  hi  (Jetolx-r. 

Whltesville,  >[o.  St-pt,  7th. 
3-«r/^  The   Abilene  church    has   appointed  a 

rommuiiion  meeting  the  'Mi\i  ot  .August  at  10 

A.  M.      Also  meeting   tlw  2&th  at  the  same 

pliK-e.  Hy  Urder. 

Joins'  FohXEY. 


THE  following  has  been  communit^ted  to  the 
committee  of  the  l*nlp«tine  Exploration 
Fund  hy  Lieut.  Conder.  It  embodies  a  fact 
which  especially  illiiHtrates  the  value  of  the 
survey,  viz.  the  value  of  .Je\vi«h  names  andsite.s. 
We  have  here  Jews  and  Samaritaru*  uniting  in' 
the  belief  that  this  place  v*  none  other  than 
that  where  Joshfia  wo."!  buried  and  preserving 
vtill  the  high  place  dedicated  to  the  meuiory  ot 
the  "  Prophet  of  the  division."  (Se?  Joshua, 
chap,  la— 21.) 

There  are  two  places  in  Palestine  which 
might  claim  the  honor  of  being  tlie  phtCf  of 
sepulchre  of  Joshua.  The  one  is  pointed  out 
hy  Christian  tradition,  the  other  by  Je^visli. 
The  name  of  the  city  where  Joslma  was  bnriefl 
w.ia  Timimlh  Here?;  and  it  Was*  situated  iii 
Mount  KphraiiiT,  hut  the  exact  site  of  it  is  nUti 
defined  in  the  Bible,  except  liy  the  '  statement 
that  it  w(T.a  upon  the  north  sideof  Mounl'Goa.-^ft, 
place  iw  v^t  nftt  knowni.  (^hWstian  tradition 
pofiits  to  the  town  of  Tainiiathali'.  now  the 
ruin  of  Tehneh,  on  the  Homan  rnad  Horn  An- 
tripatns  to  -^emwilem.  Jerome  speaks  Of  this 
place'as  on  Hie  border  between  tlh*-  pbssessions 
'of  Dan  and  Jndahi  f  though'  that  border' was  not 
very  well'  hudel^tood  in  his  days»;'aild  on  the 
way  from  Lvdda  to  Jfenipalem.  Hei-e  .fWsliAift's 
tomb  was  shown  in  his  time.  '' '  '"  '  '  '"  '  '  " 
The  ruin  of  Tibneh  Iios  a  i-emartaJjk'  ttlfck' 
cemetery,  containing  nine  tombs,  sonth  6f' the 
ite  of  the  town,  which  wa**  once  the  caj^ital  of 
tlie  shrroiuiding  district.  (Ine  of  these  tomba 
ts  large,  n^th  n  portico  supported  on  rude  pih-s 
of  rock;  very  simple;  One  of  th^st  liiers  was 
destroyed  bef^veen  18(iG.  when  Majol'  Wilson 
Tisited  Tibneh,  and  1873,  when' the  survey 
fiarty  was  there.  There  are  niohes  ibrover  two 
h|indred  lamps,  once  burning' in  front  of  the 
tomb  entrance.  Within  thei-e  is^achambei'  with 
rteeu  graves  nr  kokim,  aud  a  passage,  which 
at  lii-st  look-s  like  another  grave,  leads  into  an 
inner  chamber  with  only  one  kokn.  There  is 
no  direct  evidence  as  to  the  date  of  this  tomb 
but  in  most  cases  where  the  m«ire  important 
rock  tombs  with  sileh  porticos  can  he'  apfroxi- 
mately  dated,  thev  do  not  seem  older  than 
the  first  century  of  our  era,  Thus,  thoiigh 
the  Tomb  may  well  be  that  described  by  .ler- 
ome,  there  is  considerable  donbb  as  to  its  be- 
ing really  that  of  Joshua:  There  two  other  cur- 
ious facts  as  to  Tibueh:  the  great  oak  tree,  ^ome 
forty  feet  high,  near  the  tombs,  is  called  Slnek 
el  Tein,  "the  chief  of  the  servant  of  God;  " 
there  is  also  a  village  about  three  iniles'to  the 
east,  called  Kefr  Ishua,  or  Joshua's  village. 

"  The  second  site  for  Timnath  Heres  is  Kefr 
Heres,  south  of  Hablus,  and  about  nine  frora  it. 
The  Samaratins  of  the  present  day  state,  that 
Joshua,  son  of  Xun,  and  Caleb,  son  of  Jephnn- 
neh,  wei-e  here  buried.  On  the  map  of  Marino 
Saniito  (1322)  the  same  place  will  be  found 
marked  as  Timnath  Heres.  The  two  tombs  of 
Caleb  and  Joshua  are  noticed  its  here  shown  by 
Rabhi  Jacob,  of  I'aris,  125S,  A.  D.,  and  tlius 
three  sepiirat*  traditions  points  to  the  same 
place.  Kefr  Haris.is  an  ordinary  village  on  a 
hill  among  olive  grove-.  It  has  on  the  east  of 
it  two  sacred  places  resembling  the  other  Muk- 
am  of  the  country,  inclusive  of  Joseph's  tomb. 
.One  of  these  has  the  curious  name  Nehy  Kefi, 
*'■  Prophet  of  the  division  by  lot."  May  we 
not  under  this  title  recognize  Joshua,  who  divid- 
ed the  inheritance  among  the  children  of  Is- 
rael ?  It  seems  by  far  the  mu-t  itrobiU)le  that 
the  place  to'  which  'Jew  and  Sam-tritan  both 
point  would  be  the  true  site,  for  It  is  most  strik- 
ing to  find  .Tews  visiting  and  venerating  a 
place  in  the  conntry  of  Samaris;  yet  in  Sanm- 
ris  the  tombs  of  Joseph  Eleazer,  Phineos,  Ith- 
amur,  and  Abishnab  are  still  shown;  and  If  we 
follow  the  indigenous  rather  than  title  foreign 
tradition,  it  is  here  that  we  (should  place  the 
tomb  of  .Toshna  also. — Jrirish  Tinifff. 


^■^Lov 
and  llth.i 


■-fei'-st  at  Arnold's  Grove.  Sept.  lOth 
rmimeiicing  at  1  o'clock.  P.  M. 


Is    Methodism     Infallible  ? 

THEGE  is  one  very  curious  fact  in  the  basis 
of  organized  Methodism  which  has  always 
seemed  to  as  inconsistent  with  the  genius  of 
the  body,  though  hitherto  it  has  excited  no 
dissatisfaotion.  We  refer  to  the  fact  that 
Methodism  can  never  alter  it>  doctrinal  basis,to 
the  end  of  time;  uot  even  if  the  need  to  do  so 
should  be  universally  admitted.  There  are 
twenty-five  Articles  of  Religion  on  which 
Methodism  isdoctrinally  bused.  The  highest  ad- 
ministration of  Methodist  afiairs  is  in  the 
handh  of  the  General  Conference,  and  the  con- 
stitution of  the  body  places  it  under  »ix  re- 
strictions, with  a  provision  that  live  of  these 
may  be  modified  upon  certain  strict  conditions; 
but  the  other  never,  Thi^  restriction,  which  is 
to  stand  forever,  reads  as  follow^: 


■■  The  (Mineral  Conference  sh.ill  not  revok.- 
alienor  change  our  Articles  of  Kcligiori.  norwi 
tablish  mij"  new  standards  or  rules  of  doctriiR- 
contrary  to  our  present  existing  and  eatablinli. 
ed  standards  of  doctrine." 

That  is  what  r/j^-  IfidtpviHlcuf  says  about  tlu 
nnalterahte  doctriiml  basis  of  Metho^jem.  Higbt 
or  wrong  their  "  Articles  of  Religion''  cannot  bi- 
changed  forever  ivithout  a  revolt  against  theij 
fundamental  law.     ,  ,-    , 


,    Recipe    fpr  ;  Prosperity, 

1.  Let  every  youth  be  taughtsomo  useful  n^ 
and  he  trained  to  inddstry  and  thrift.  '■  ■■  •/  / 
■  2,  Let  tvery,yv3un.g  man  lay  a^idfi,  and  keep 
sacredly  intact,, (i  ourtaia  propovtdou  of  li;,, 
earnings.     .;[  ■  ,i  '  .  ..  1/     ;    ■      i    .i, 

3.  [iet  every  ouefiet  outiu  life  with  a  Hkhij 
detaroiiurttioM  *"  «^'Dgage  in  Im^ineas  for  him- 
self,  and  Jet  liim  pivt  thiii  doteimiuation  int,, 
practice  as  pavly  iniife.a3possibli&..,„|  ., 
1  4v  Begin,in  a  w*aU,  safe  wiiy^,  mid  exfcen<] 
>your  business  B».vKDorJ(7ic<;  sha)l  .tfjaf^Ji,  jqu  ,4 
iidvflnUgetoua.'    •  i(r-|i"  ■■in  S.'Ii-.It'.  -n    ,„. 

il.'  Keep  yonit.<QwUi'bq»k£,iiaiid<'kiiow  €011^ 
rttanUy  whai  >ion,«re  eaiaiing 'alid  jurt  wliei^ 
yimiritandlni     iiP'"i'.ri  In/'    m     "    <•  <■  ■■    ;  ,, 

ti.  .  Du  wot  mairyJumtii-in-ireoeiptibi'j  »i.toloi« 
ably  oei'Unu  iucomo.  sulHbieut  toi  liv*.'  (m  coin, 
fortably^       ^'     '    ',  1         ■      .- 

L  ^liver-gct-inLujieliL — A  m^'ui  whn  A^y... 
nothijjg  .otjn  >t^Y«ivf?il- , 


npon  which  to  bring  up  his  sons.  It  is  on  the 
■farm  that  the  hM  ifl&Aj  m6i'fflljl»EM"^tellectu. 
ally,  are  trained. 

!»,  Bear  in  mind  that  your  business' eauiuit 
ha  peciuan'entlv  pi'osperot\s  unless  you  share  li^ 
advimtages  equally  with  yom-  customers.  Aii 
"  all  turbev^all  buy.zai'd,''  syHtein  of  busimi's, 
can  never  succeed  in  the  long  run.  The  p;ii. 
ties  to  H  traDsatitiiou  mu^t  be  mutaUy  benetitc4i 
ifthetradeiiB^toibe  kefttupf.  ti     ..  1  .  '•.     t  i 

10.  Experience  hafii^hownitbat  Snaviumping 
policy  with  employes  ianot.tiliemost  ptofitabla 
for  the  employer,  iiwei  and  let  live,  in  a.  belteri 
theory.  ; ■      . 

11.  Never  get^  your  business  30  much  exi 
tended  that  you  axe  driven  to  take  in  another, 
If  you  engage  in  a  partnei'ship  atall,  let  it  not 
be  forced  on  yoUv        '  ;■     ■    .    >  .■  ,; 

12.  If  you  tind  yourself  incompetent  to 
hianage  a  business  suoce^Uly,  settle  dowlj 
contentedly  to  work  for  wages,  do  your  best  for 
your  employer,  make  his  interests  yoms  and 
shape  your  expenditnres  so  as  to  live  within 
yonr  income.  Every  one  is  uot  (ptalitiud  by  nal'^ 
nre  to  manage  successfully,  but  a,s  .much  real 
happiness^  may  be  enjoyed  in  a  salaried  position 
as  in  any  other,  if  tlie  individual  be  only  frugal 
and  contented. 

13.  Do  not  .seek  political  otiice.i 

14.  Aim  to  he  just  and  lair  in  all  your  deal- 
iligii,  and  cultivate  a  good  reputation  for  pay-i 
ing  promptly. 

If  these  few  ruleri  ,  were  generally  observed, 
we  should  hear  but  little  complaint  of  haiil 
tinuin.—tielected. 


— The  petrified  body  ot  a  woman  supposed  lo 
be  the  victim  of  an  earthqualfe.  hundreds  ut 
year.s  ago,  was  recently  found  imbedded  in  a 
cargo  of  nitrate  fsoda,  which  arrived  in  England 
from  Peru. 

London  covers  7(">  square' miles  and  contains 
■l,0[in,tiOO  inhabitants.     It  contains  more  Jews 
than  the  whole    of'   Palestine,   more  Roman 
Catholics  than    Rome  itself,  more    Irish  than  " 
Dublin,  and  more  Scotchmen  than  Edinburgh, ' 

A  petrified  Virginia  bacon  ham  ha*  been  di- 
covered  iu  Prince  EdwanjI,  Va.,  au^  forwardei! 
to  the  State  yniversity  mu^etifin     ^j  ,1  „,, , 

Tramps  are  becoming  quite  tiit)iier6\i8;'  and 
in  some  localities  have  been  committing  con- 
siderable depredations.  Their  movements  Bra 
far  from  indicating  the  best  of  feelings. 


ProhiMtion  ic  pbpitlar  iir  Maine;  Wot  heint: 
demonstrated  any  further  than  to  declare  the 
fact  that  both  the  political  parties  in  that  State 
have  adopted  prohibition,  as  a  plank  of  the 
platforms  for  which  they  ask  the  suffrage  of 
the  people. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table, 


Dhj  puaeiigei 
P.  M  ,  anJ  I 

Day  piiasengei 


go  I 


ing  erL^r  leBies  Lanark 
lUcine  at  0:43  Y. 


I  1:^:00 


going  wc^t  leaves  UDarkiil2:00  P. 
1.1..  iiuu  iirriveH  u.  Bock   IslduJ   at  5.60  V-  M. 
Nighl  pafisenger  iraios.  goi«g  eaal  nnd  weal,  me*'  *^ 
leave  Liinark  al  2:ltt  .K.  M  ,  arriving  in  Racine  at  9:00 
A.    M.,    Bud   at   RooklalmidoltirOUA,  M. 
Frclglii  and  Atcinumudrilinii    Tmins    will    nm    «^»*    "' 
I'J:  10  A.^(,.    SIO  A    M,,  nnd  post    al  V^  ■  "• -^  ■^' 
and  C:  ]h  1'.  M. 
TlQkeiB  are  sold   for  above   IrainB   only.     ''""''^" 
trains  make  cluse  conneciioa  at  WeBtrrn  Vnion  Ju"^'  '"  ■ 
Q,  A.  Smith,  AgenL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Bring    You  Good  Tiding,  of  Great  Joy,  whicJi  Skull  be  unto  All  Piopkr -Lvky. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  July  25, 1878. 


No.  30. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 


EDITED  AN[)  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


B.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

g.  H.  inLLER, LADOGA,  IXD. 

J,  W.  STEIN, NEWTONIA,  MO. 

p,  TANiMAN, VIRDKN,  ILL. 

p.  B.  ilENTZEK, WAYNESUORO,  PA. 

gATTIE  A,  LEAR.        -      -      -      -      .      VTRBAJTA,    ILL. 


FATHER  HAS  GONE  HOME. 

Now  thp  fitiiiily  cliiiiu  is  liiokeii 
(iiif  link  from  (niv  little  baud. 

Ill',  we  (leiirly  lovedjnis  lolt  us, 
I.pftii.'*  for  ii  liiipiiier  Imiil. 

LilCB  the  oiikof  mmiy  'WiiitPis, 

Itlia-'ifelUtliist. 
sickness  hiuj  i>reviiiled  upon  hiui, 

.K-aus  called  htm.  he  umst  go. 

\' 


ii!i  \vr 

■(■  -til  nl 

kind 

ndeavoi-s, 

!..  n- 

■:)•-      lll> 

ll.-illllL 

iiKiiiu— 

■i.-niU 

Il|l\-ll'i, 

US  n.ii 

■CillThlhell 

U  l.>  \ 

cu-iili 

111*  lull 

1-8  viiih'y 

lie  hiidstood  the .stoinis  nf  nmny  ii  Winter 

lint  he  hiKl  to  leave  im, 
With  mother  and  sistci's 

lie  could  not  prolnnij  liiitstny. 

W'c  liavr  foUowcil  hiui  to  the  chnrcli-yiud. 

Tlifie  his  lovely  form  is  laid, 
There  amou};  the  fading  relics, 

There  we  liud  his  grave. 

\We|i  not  miithiT.  wee))  notsistei-s, 

Ti  nst  in  (lod  to  meet  iiunin ; 
Ves,  dear  father  crosised  the  river, 

J-'ree  from  aonow,  sickaeiis,  imin. 

Mother,  sistera  let  us  try  t"  meet  him. 

In  a  lietter  world  than  this. 
Ileiv  is  no  ahidin|r  city. 

There's  ii  land  of  yeaeefnl  liliss. 

Let  lis  tiy  to  hold  out  fiiithfnl. 
While  tlie  hiini)  liulds  cml  tu  hum. 

And  when  the  Savinr  cimcs  t»i  eall,us. 
Wi-  will  meet  deiu'  fiither  at  home. 

tieleeted  by  A.  C  Jloyd. 


THE  AUTHENTICITY  OF  THE 
BIBLE. 

[A  synojisis  of  a  sermon  delivered  hy  s.  II.  H)i.sh- 
or.onilonday  Jnne  lOtli  lifJS,  in  the  Tent,  two 
niile<i  West  of  XortJi  Mandicster,  ind.  Reported 
liy  .M.  M.  Kshelman]. 

"We  also  bear  recnnl.  and  ye  know  that  ouv  rec 
■ail  IS  tine."  :i.rohu  12. 

THE  qnestion  is  sometimes  proposed  to  the 
professor  of  religion,  in  tliis  day  of  light 
and  science:  "Do  yon  kuow  that  the  Bible  is 
triH?"  We  all  reply  that  we  know  that  the 
Bible  is  tiue;  then  some  one  enquires,  "How 
dojonknow  that  it  is  true?"  Thousands  of 
IH'ofessore  of  religion  in  this  country  say,  they 
know  it  is  true,  but  they  cannot  tell  how  they 
know  it  is  true,  or  rather  helicve  it  is  tnie.  hnt 
they  cannot  give  a  siiigle  proof  in  sxipport  of 
the  tact.  Away  bact  in  yonder  age.,  in  the 
apostolic  age,  we  hear  one  say,  "  The  record  is 
true."  Now  I  believe  that  we  have  the  same 
proof,  the  same  evidence  in  this  age  that  the 
Bible  is  true.  But  we  shall  proceed  to  give 
some  proof  in  support  of  the  fact  that  the  Bi- 
ble is  true.  I  kn(Av  that  ray  audience  is  not 
composed  of  skeptics,  but  of  Christian  believei-s; 
however  it  may  be  profitable  for  me  to  inves- 
tigate the  truth  in  support  of  the  Word  of 
8od.  Some  say  that  the  Bible  says  it  is  true. 
This  is  true,  but  the  simple  assertion  of 
Ihe  Bible  is  not  enoutih  to  sustain  that  idea;  we 
'vant  other  evidence  in  its  support. 

The  firet  proof  which  I  otfer  in  support  of 
the  truthfulness  of  the  Bible  is  its  style  of  com- 
position. Go  back  with  me  to  Egypt  and  ob- 
serve the  style  of  learning  ther«.  The  books 
of  Moses  are  very  full  of  the  Egyptian  style  of 
imposition.  The  origin  of  those  -books  is 
lot  doubted  by  the  best  scholars  of  the  age,  for 
their  Htyle  and  composition  are  not  found 
^ong  other  nations.    The  language  of  Egypt 


13  not  the  language  of  imy  other  people.  The 
bmgui^c  used  by  Moses  wiw  used  in  the  daj-s 
of  Moses,  hence  is  pntof  in  support  of  the  idea 
the  first  five  books  of  the  Old  Testament  were 
witten  by  Moses.  Then  there  is  the  book  of 
Esther,  it  bears  evidence  of  the  Chaldean  or 
Syriac  style.  This  wiw  the  language  of  thp 
age  when  Unit  book  was  written. 

When  we  come  to  the  New  Testament  which 
was  written  iu  Greek,  we  find  the  style  of  the 
age  in  which  it  was  written.  Liuiguuge  and 
style  of  language  bear  internal  evidence  of  the 
authenticity  of  the  Bible.  It  was  written  by 
three  classes  of  men,  Jews,  Gentiles,  Chris- 
tians. It  could  not  have  been  forged  by  the 
Gentiles,  from  the  fact  that  in  that  case  it  would 
not  have  been  received  by  the  Jews— their  be- 
ing a  wide  field  between  Jews  and  Gentiles. 
The  old  Bible  was  not  written  by  Christians, 
for  they  came  after  it  ims  tn-ifteit.  The  New 
Testament  was  not  written  by  the  Jews,  for  it 
tells  of  their  ci-ucifying  Jesn.?—  a  fact  they 
would  not  have  told  on  themselves.  It  was  not 
written  by  Gentiles,  for  they  were  not  in  sym- 
pathy with  Jesus  and  labored  for  the  extermin- 
ation of  the  entire  system  of  the  Christian  relig- 
ion. It  could  not  have  been  forged  by  Chris- 
tians, heenuse  it  is  so  remarkable.  They  were 
subjected  to  afilictions,  persecutions,  buffetings 
and  trials  of  every  kind.  What  motives  could 
have  prompted  them  to  write  such  a  work,  if 
the  whole  thing  were  ficticious?  Does  it  not 
represent  them  as  forsaking  all  for  Jesus'  sake? 
Paul  one  of  thegrandest  luminaries  of  the  age, 
left  a  high  position  and  went  forth  to  preach 
the  truth,  left  the  palace  for  the  humble  dwell- 
ing-place, worked  at  menial  labor,  walked  often 
instead  of  riding,  endured  storms,  tempests, 
imprisonments,  stripes  imd  even  death  for  Je- 
sus' sake.  Our  faith,  perhaps,  would  be  soon 
shaken,  were  we  required  to  go  ttat  way.  He 
gave  up  home,  rest,  friends  and  above  all  his 
great  name  for  tlie  religion  of  Cliri'^t.  This 
lasti.'i  a  great  loss. 

Take  away  father,  mother,  brothers  and  sis- 
ters and  still  the  loss  is  not  like  taking  away 
yonr  name.  Take  wealth,  and  you  feel  not  the 
loss  like  that  of  giving  up  your  position  in  life. 
But  Paul  not  only  gave  up  home,  friends  and 
wealth,  but  most  of  all.  his  high-stimding  iu 
the  world,  to  be  thrown  among  wild  beasts, 
whipped,  scoft'ed  and  dragged  through  the  streets. 
But  what  did  he  gaiu'r'  Tribulat.on,  experience, 
eternal  life,  a  home  beyond  the  dark  watei-s.  in 
the  mnnsiont)  of  the  blest.  Thesanienrgument 
will  apply  to  any  other  apostle.  Now  that 
they  should  do  all  this  and  not  be  of  God.  is 
inexplicable,  why  should  they  do  bo?  They 
could  not  have  forged  it  for  popular  gain,  for 
the  people;  were  against  that  system — to  be  a 
Christian  then,  was  to  be  unpopular.  Coward-t 
would  nit  have  endured  what  they  endured  for 
mere  nothing.  From  these  considerations  we 
conclude  that  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  ai-e 
genuine — the  Word  of  God:  hence  John  says, 
we  know,  not  only  think,  but  knoic  the  record 
ih  true. 

The  next  proof  in  support  of  the  idea  that 
the  Bible  is  true,  is  the  history  of  the  Biljle. 
Go  back  to  the  lied  Sea  where  the  children  of 
Israel  stood,  the  sea  in  front  and  Phaioah's 
army  behind.  There  they  were;  they  could  not 
go  forward;  could  not  go  back.  Here  Moset* 
said,  "  stand  still  and  see  the  salvation  of  God." 
He  smote  the  sea  with  his  rod,  the  waters  sep- 
arated, and  the  people  of  God  parsed  over  in 
safety.  The  children  of  Israel  looked  back  and 
beheld  the  hosts  of  Pharaoh  swept  into  de- 
atiuctiou.  I  think  I  would  like  to  have  stood 
there  and  heard  the  shout  of  joy  that  went  up 
Irom  delivered  Israel  when  they  saw  they  were 
safe.  Now  if  the  account  of  Israel  had  been 
written  by  their  enemies,  aud  it  were  untrue. 
do  you  suppose  they  would  have  thus  written? 
But  if  those  things  had  not  occurred,  yet  were 
recorded  by  Moses,  would  not  his  enemies  have 


exposed  him  in  his  day?  But  not  a  wonl  c^jmes 
down  to  us  from  his  enemies  statins  that  the 
whole  tiling  13  false;  but  on  the  other  baud, 
their  silence  is  evidence  of  its  truthfulness. 

When  I  look  back  to  Mount  PisgnU  and  see 
the  old  (tropbet  and  leader  of  Israel  giving  his 
farewell  address  to  bis  people,  and  K'>i"ig  up  to 
view  the  promised  land,  I  think  I  would  like  to 
have  been  there  and  beheld  bis  calmness,  and 
eweetness  of  temper.  If  the  great  work  he 
had  done  is  fake,  why  did  not  his  enemies  ex- 
pose it?  Go  to  Jordan,  go  to  Jerusalem  aud 
behold  the  mighty  works,  and  if  thoy  be  un- 
true, why  did  not  the  enemies  of  that  work  ex- 
pose it?  But  we  come  on  down  to  the  birth  of 
Christ,  do  the  men  of  that  age  deny  it?  .\  little 
further  and  we  behold  him  raising  the  dead 
healing  the  sick,  making  the  blind  see,  and  do- 
ing many  wonderful  works;  do  the  men  of  that 
age  deiij*  their  occurrence?  Thousands  repent- 
ed, believed  and  were  baptized, do  the  historians 
of  that  age  deny  these  things?  Jo8ei)hns,  the 
oldest  historian  of  that  iige  acknowledges  Jeaua 
Christ.  He  does  not  try  t<i  prove  that  Jesus 
was  an  impostor,  but  what  ha  does  say  19  for 
Je^us.  , 

Prophecy  is  next  in  onlor  to  support  the  au- 
thenticity of  the  Bible.  The  sons  of  Sliem  and 
Japheth  are  ruling  the  world.  Ninevah  and 
and  Babylon  were  mighty  cities  und  God 
through  holy  men  predicted  their  fall,  and  the 
prediction  has  been  literally  fulfilled.  T^rre 
has  gone  to  pieces,  and  Sidon  li  no  more.  Then 
go  to  Jerusalem  and  hear  Jesus  say,"  C)  Jerusa- 
lem, Jerusalem,  thou  that  killest  the  prophets, 
and  ntoneat  them  which  are  sent  uuto  thee,  how 
often  would  I  have  gathered  thy  children  to- 
gether as  a  hen  gathereth  her  chickens  under 
her  wings  and  ye  would  not."  Though  Jesus 
thus  showed  his  love  for  Jerusalem,  they  would 
not  hear,  and  that  great  city  is  no  more.  Fol- 
low prophecy  in  all  of  iU*  details,  and  see  how 
much  of  it  has  already  been  fulfilled.  This  then 
is  strong  evidence  of  the  authenticity  of  God' 
Word. 

We  now  come  to  the  preservation  of  the  Bi- 
ble. Often  have  men  tried  to  destroy  the  Bible, 
but  so  far  have  not  been  able  to  extinguish  it. 
Thousands  of  books  have  been  tiestroyeil,  have 
passed  into  oblivion. butthe  Bible  has  withstood 
all  its  adversaries.  Immense  numbers  of  Bi- 
bles have  been  destroyed  with  the  hope  of 
sweeping  it  from  the  earth,  but  blc^cd  lie  God 
to-day  it  is  found  in  millions  of  families.  It 
lies  upon  nearly  every  table  in  this  broad  and 
beautiful  land,  and  0  may  it  lie  in  every  heart. 
Its  preservation  is  a  miracle. 

Et  is  one  Book,  compoiied  of  sixty-six  smaller 
books.  Its  authors  were  over  Inl'Hyenrs  in  mak- 
ing the  Book.  It  contains  poetry  as  well  as  prose. 
Through  all  the  va-st  work,  there  is  perfect  sym- 
patliy,  perfect  harmony,  and  is  "proKtable  for 
doctrine,  for  correction  and  for  instruction  in 
righteousness."  By  it  we  will  be  judged  in  the 
great  and  last  day,  when  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth  shall  stand  before  God. 

Select  sixty-six  books  written  on  one  subject 
by  tts  many  writers  a.'*  have  composed  the  Bible, 
und  there  will  be  no  harmony  at  all.  In  them 
we  would  find  discord  and  confusion  of  ideas, 
but  not  so  iu  the  Bible.  In  it  we  learn  of  the 
way  of  life,  and  our  duties  toward  each  other 
It  hiLsdouo  muchfor  nian,  is  now  doing  much 
and  will  yet  ean-y  the  great  tidings  of  salvation 
to  immense  multitudes.  Infidels  say.  we  do  not 
need  the  Bible — that  it  does  more  harm  than 
good.  As  well  might  they  say,  we  do  not  need 
the  son,  for  it  burns  our  fates.  Infidels  do  not 
know  that  the  Bible  has  been  the  means  of 
planting  religious  liberty  in  this  Western  Hem- 
isphere. It  is  the  primary  cause  of  all  good 
educational  institutions.  Do  without  it  and  we 
are  thrown  into  heathenism — thrown  out  into 
darkness.  But  it  is  found  in  Christian  homes, 
not  only  Christian  homes,  but  also  in  the  homes 
of  hai-d-hearted    fathers  and  mother   who  do 


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not  yidd  to  its  gentle  influence,  and  torn  t^ 
(ioi\  and  live.  It  has  liel^  you  and  rn-  to  get 
this  far  on  our  journey  to  heaven— to  live  in 
God's  love  and  jirecious  promise.  To  the  weary 
but  faithful  pilgrims  to  thecelestial  city  it  wiv», 
"  ^  our  journey  is  almost  to  a  clow  here." 
Over  yonder  across  the  dark  wat«ra  is  a  iK-anti- 
^il  home  prepared  for  you  by  the  ble«ed  Je.u>. 
Soon  you  will  be  called  to  go;  be  true,  be  faiiii- 
fnl  and  a  crown  of  life  shall  lie  thine  forever. 
May  He  who  has  called  us  and  jourueved  Kith 
us,  be  your  everlasting  Guide  and  ComVorter. 

FROM  C.  H.  BALSBAUGH 

To  Si.stfr  Mfity  vliiH  Ui'jijlr.— 

BOTH  your  letter  and  postal  are  lieiv.  V^ur 
history  filN  me  with  amiwement. 
an' fathomless  mysteries  in  evcrvlife. 
seems  to  be  full  of  them.  Chri«tinnity  i. 
feet  ri'gulator  of  human  conduct,  and  such 
perfect  mastery  of  evil,  that  whether  our  afflic- 
tions are  the  result  of  well  or  ill  doing,  tln-y  are 
educators  toahigher  character.  So  completely  ii. 
everything  under  agracioiw  Providence,  that  our 
rankest  follies  become  conditionn  of  unsiwaki- 
blegood.  Ambition  oOi-n  sets  pen*o.is  on  a 
towermit  pinnacle,  from  which  thev  presump- 
■i  themselves  for  the  coni^unimation 
ndx,  and  are  dashed  in  pieces,  to  be 
regnthored  and  rebuilt  into  sons  and  daughters 
of  Almighty  God.  ^ 

Disappointment,  loss,  and  suflerii*.,re  a  glo- 
rious trinity  in  the  education  of  the  soul.  Wh.it 
a  sublime  attitude  to  be  able  to  turn  the  face 
Godwanl,  and  soj-  without  misgiving,"  /  hww 
in  whom  I  have  believed,  and  am  f,...ufa<led 
that  He  is  >iblc  to  hrp  that  which  /  /.fiif  co,>.- 
m!M  unfo  Iliiu  against  that  day."  2  Tim.  1:  12. 
This  unresferved  commitment  secures  the  ful- 
fillment of  every  iota  of  the  Divine  promi'-es. 

If  the    "  pntrc    0/  God    KEKl-    OtR    Misjis     KSD 

iiBAnxs  THUOUGH  JESUS  CHHlST."  we 
will  have  the  very  serenity  that  sustained  the 
Godman  in  His  hiuniliation  and  de>titntiou. 
"  Seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God."  and  meek- 
ness will  iiiways  make  us  the  inheritoi-s  of  all 
things.  0  how  rare  to  possess  the  mind  of 
Christ,  ami  >rsl  in  the  riche-n  of  righteousness, 
and  have  the  wealth  of  the  univei-se  though  we 
may  have  nothing.  Your  discipline  is  severe. 
and  nothing  cim  give  you  the  fact  or  the  sense 
of  victory  or  comfort,  but  the  ronricthn  that 
that  your  "  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  Rod."  and 
that  your  iniiiil  ami  heart,  your  tueaHx  aud  n^p- 
nUitifm.  arc  wholly  under  His  direction. 

To  have  our  fiiilings  and  en-ors  issue  iu  gooa. 
we  must  oiler  ourselves  without  reserve  to  the 
disposal  of  Infinite  Wisdom,  Goodne.-s,  and 
Ilightcousnew.  Our  fealty  may  take  u>  to  the 
lion's  den,  ami  our  treachery  may  bring  famine, 
and  take  us  to  Egypt  to  endure  the  horror*  of 
bundage.  God  will  eventuate  both  in  good  to 
our  nuuls,  if  we  so  allow.  To  please  GnJ  under 
correction  we  must  meekly,  and  tnistfuliy,  aud 
iiilh  jterfWt  integrity,  look  np  into  the  face  uf 
the  All-good,  and  say.  "  Even  so,  Fatiier,  tor  so 
it  seemed  gooil  in  thy  sight."  Our  Maker  and 
Hedeemer  knows  how  stubborn  we  are.  and  how 
self-deceptive,  and  what  painful  grinding  it 
takes  and  wliat  smelting,  until  frvm  tlu  httrt 
we  can  say.  "  iwl  as  /  will,  but  11s  thou  wfit"* 
You  are  only  in  the  mill  in  which  all  of  G\A'% 
ba'ad  is  ground.  The  great  Loaf  wa-  Wtweeu 
the  same  burrs.  Sing  your  laalm  of  resiguft- 
tion  us  vou  pass  through  the  disinlearatiug  or- 
deal, and  ever  keep  your  soul  seasoned  with  tiie 
'■  linrpQse  "  t\mt  turns  the  dross  of  earth  into 
the  gold  of  Heaven,  and  the  fire  of  ciuisteuiDg 
into  the  Skekiuali  of  eternal  rnptuiv.  Itom.  S; 
-2^.  There  is  no  Patmos  without  an  Apocalvpse 
unless  we  interpose  the  screen  of  self.  Do  not 
tcait  to  be  humbled,  offtr  yourself  for  the  low- 
est place,  .lud  Go<l  will  see  to  your  exaltatiou 
and  coronation.    Let  Christ  be  ail. 


'■  The  wurk  of  the  righteous  prvspareth." 


TlrdK    liKKTMRE:N-    ^VX    AV'Oi^K. 


July     O.-, 


THE  VICTORIOUS  CHRISTIAN. 

MYuaried  Jrien  J^  can  I  forget. 
Or  must  tliP  gmvi!  eternal  sever, 
Tli*'v  linger  ill  )">'  niemorj*  j'ct: 

.\o.l  m  heart  they'll  lire  CorMcr 
Tiifj'  loved  me  once  with  love?  hmcerc, 

Aiul  iicve-  did  tlioy  deceive  nie. 
But  iifleii  in  my  conflict  Iieix*. 
TU-y  rallie'I  t<)  r-.-Iiev?  "le. 

1  f:iin  iTOi(I(I  we-'i>.  but  wliat  of  t'■ar^. 

No  t-.'iirs  nf  mini'  coulde'cr  recall  them ; 
N'(,r  would  I  wmh  that  grovtding  caro; 

CarM  like  mine  bliould  e'er  Ix'fall  them. 

TIh-v  rest  in  realms  of  lislit  and  love; 

Tfiey  dwell  upon  the  Mount  of  glory. 
Tbcy  Ltik  in  beamn  of  hlis'*  above. 

And  shout  to  tell  their  hapjA-  story. 

I  herird  them  hid  the  world  adieu. 

I  Hftw  them  on  the  rolling  billow, 
Thfir  fftr.of!'homf  appeared  in  view. 

While  yet  tln.-y  pnwed  a  ilyinj  pillow. 

I  heard  the  parting  pilgrim  tell. 

VVliile  piissing  Junlau's  fttormy  river; 
Adieu  to  earth,  for  all  i^  well: 

Now  all  is  well  with  me  forever. 

O  bow  I  long  to  join  their  wing. 

And  mil  (le  their  fields  of  blooming  flowera; 
Vniuf  holy  wat'^htrs,  come  and  bring, 

A  mourner  to  yonr  bli*sf»!  bowers. 

( --peerl  with  rapture  on  my  wnv. 

Nor  would  I  itfluse  at  Jordan".-*  river, 
With  -ongH  I'd  filter  endless  day. 

And  live  with  my  fiJendji  forever. 

Selected  by  J.  S.  Moin.Kii. 


"  Whtitsoev.  r  fliv  Imiid  lii.deth  t'.a.,.  do)f 
with  thv  lui^'lit;  for  riieiv  is  Jio  work,  nor  du^ 
vie?,  nor  ki.uivludjre,  nov  wi.'fdom,  in  the  gruv 
whither  tlio'i  K'K'Mt."  Kccl.  !':  H 


T 


ither  th»u  goest."  Kccl.  ! 

!HK  miirtnlitv  or'  nini 


being  the  luml- 
I'jcct  of  Siiloiiioii  in  this 
t'hupte;-,  :iiu!  ohst-rvingth.-it  mMmIuiu  niul 
piety  e.Ncnipt  not  nn'n  irom  deiith,  he 
first  intViN  thftt  GoiVs  love  Of  h.ntrcil  li) 
(iiie  111.111  iiliove  another,  is  Jiot  to  begnth- 
ctt-ii  by  His  ilpiiling.-*  with  tbt-ni  hiTt, 
where  ;ill  ihin^js  in  tlif  fuiiiinon  coni-sc 
of  Providell  .r  cdlin?  illike  to  .^11.  The 
Christian  hut  dnties  on  ('iirih,  tliou^h 
his  affections  are  in  henveii  wliiU^  lie  is 
in  the  Imdy  and  in  the  ^vorld;tho^lgh  he 
is  not  of  tlie  world,  he  is  to  shvw  the  in- 
tliience  nf  Chrifitinnity  in  every  station  in 
lif^.  if  the  Lord  be  (iod.  then  let  u.s 
follow  Hiiu;  if  our  flesh  be  God,  then 
serve  it  "till.  If  heaven  be  better  than 
earth  and  fleshly  pleasure,  come  awa}- 
then  audHeek  a  better  country,  and  let 
}\H  lay  up  treasures  where  moth  and  rust 
do  not  corrupt,  and  thieves  cannot  l>i'eak 
thioni;b  nor  steal, 

Agrippa,  e.xelaimed,  ''  Almost  thou 
persuadest  me  to  be  a  Christian."  Alas! 
how  mnnyare  like  Agrippa,  only  ahnoxt 
persuaded;  Christi.ins  they  are  indeed 
in  name,  Iiut  they  might  a^  well  and 
more  consistently  be  called  heatlien,  for 
they  live  '*  without  God  and  without 
Cliiist  ill  the  world."  Ami  the  love  of 
siu — the  fear  of  ?liame,  the  vanities  of 
the  world,  and  the  habit  of  delay  on 
th"  nu>st  important  of  all  subjects,  even 
leave  tlieni  ahiu>st  Christians;  ahnost 
Christians  they  live;  almost  Christians 
they  die: — but  ahnost  to  reach  heavenly 
bliss,  and  no  more,  is  never  to  attain  it 
at  all.  O!  how  many  might  not  only  al- 
most, but  entirely  pei-8iiad»d  to  be  Chris 
tians,  were  all  th»»  profe.«ised  Cliristians 
to  work  with  the  ijower.ind  might,  that 
God  has  given  them. 
■  "We  have  all  mleiits  committed  to  our 
trust,  and  are  accountable  tor  the  use  or 
abuse  of  them.  These  talents  may  be 
more  orlesH  in  tpuiutity  and  \arious  in 
kiud;  but  for  all  we  mu«t  givt-  an  ac- 
count, and  Gt^d  Avill  rerpvire  no  more 
iVom  us  than  if'jn.^f.'Tor  instiihce,  C)iri«it 


savs  to  the  7*ii«jV<^/-.  "  Go  into  all  the 
world,  preach  the  (iospel  to  every  crea- 
ture." We  arc  happy  Ui  know  that  the 
missionary  spirit  is  kindling  among 
the  bi-ethren;  but  would  tvAf.  tlie  talent- 
ed ministerial  brethren,  why  not  go  into 
our  large  cities,  where  the  goddes-; 
of  fashion  is  originating  all  the  abom- 
ination-* anil  desolations?  And  tlie 
false  teachers  er>*ing  aloud  unto  them, 
"If  there  be  a  hell,  come  epve  your 
name  to  the  church,  witli  all  your  pride, 
pomp  and  dignity:  and  you  shall  pass 
into  the  realms  of  bliss."  Oh  why  have 
them  lead  souls  astray,  w  ithout  trying 
fii>t  to  preacli  unto  them,  the  true   Gos- 

,,.1, 

There  is  much  for  us  all  to  do  in  the 
cause  of  Chri.st.  Also  to  guard  against, 
especially  we  who  are  young  in  year.s, 
young  in  the  church.  We  promised  be 
fore  the  most  high  God  anil  a  multitude 
of  \vitnesi^es.  that  we  woidd  forsake  the 
world,  and  livefor(iod  and  heaven.  Let 
us  ask  ourselves  the  question,  are  we  ful- 
filling this  pronuse;  Or  are  we  looking 
liack  into  the  ways  of  the  worlds 

There  is  work  enough  on   this   popu- 
lous and   sinful   world,   to   emjdoy  the 
heads  and  hands,  and  tongue.*  and  hearts 
of  all.     Let  us  show  to  the  ^voi'ld  by  our 
walk    and    conversation,    that  we  have 
been  with  Christ,  and  are  learning  of  HJiii. 
There  is  more  joy  tube  had  in  a  day.  if 
the  Sun  of  Life  shines  clear  upon   us  in 
tile  state  of  holiness,  tlian  in  a  whole  life 
of  sinful  plea-^iure.     Then  let   us   work 
with  our  might  while  it  is  called  to-day, 
"  for  the  night  cometh  wherein  no  man 
can  work."     Ves,  come  He  will,  to  judge 
the    world   in    righteousne.'is.      To   us, 
through  the  messenger  of  death,  He  may 
soon  come.     Then  inirstate  must  be  fix- 
ed, and  we  must  realize  the  fact  that  "He 
.shall  reward  every  nuin  according  to  his 
\vorks."     Behold !    we   were  created  in 
the  image  of  God;  ile.stined  for  a   noble 
purpose.     If  ^\■e  consider    the    works   of 
Him  by  whom  all  things  were   ci-eated, 
excluding  therefrom,  man  alone,  we  can 
see  no  mark  of  design,  or  any  ct^'ects  that 
tend  to  the  glory  of  God.     Behold  Him 
as  Hy  enters  life,  jjosse.ssing  a  facidty,  a 
mind  supei-ior  to  all  other  terrestial    be- 
ings, a  conscience  by  whicji  we  can   dis- 
cern right  from   wrong,  sin-rounded  b}' 
all   that    exalts    and    embellishes    life, 
in  the  midst  of  plenty,  ^cith    the    ])ower 
of  providing  for  all  our  wants,  and  above 
all  having  the  privilege  of  cultivating 
our  minds,  jireparing  oni'selves  for  use- 
fulness in  this   life,   and  joy  in  a  life  to 
come.     Oh!  what  ah  imposing  spectacle 
jnesents  itself  to  view,  as  we  thus   con- 
template man.    The  scene  that  is  thus 
presented  to  tlie  eye  of  our  imagination, 
is  second  to  l»ut  oue  other.     That  one  is 
beyond  our  description.     Our    imagina- 
tion cannot  conjecture  the  daxzling  bright- 
ness of  that  scene,  neither  can    we  imag- 
ine the  joy,  the  ecstatic  bliss  of  those  who 
participate  in  it.     We  refer  to  the  scene 
that  will  take  place  when  the  oV»ject  for 
which  man  was  created  shall  have    been 
completed.     The  object  referred  to,  and 
for  which  man  wa.s  created,    is  his   ini- 
mortaliz.ation,  and  his  partieiiiation  with 
angels  in  an  everlasting  glorification  and 
honoring  of  the  Creator   and   Redeenier 
id*  mankind. 


the  righteous  judge,  shall  sjive  nie  at 
that  day:  and  not  to  me  only,  but  unto 
nil  them  aI.=*o  that  h>ve  bis  appearing.  ' 

THE  TWO  KEYS. 


HI  H.  W.    l.A 


B\ 


Oh !  what  a  magnificent  scene  that  will 
be  when,  as  Paul  truly  >ays,  "This 
mortal  shall  put  on  immortality 
and  this  corruptible  shall  put  on 
incorniption."  May  we  idl  with 
Paul,  when  we  come  to  die,  be  able  to 
say, "  I  have  fonghta  good  fight,  I  have 
finished  my  couv-se,  I  have  kej>t  tlie  faith : 
henceforth  there  is  laid  up  f(jr  nie  a 
crown  of  righteoflsu^,,wliich  tht  Lord 


natuie  the  hearts  of  men  areclos- 
.1  against  Chi-ist.  therefore  the 
Master  says,  "  Behold  I  stand  at  the  door 
aud  knock."  liev.  ;J:  20.  The  door  1k- 
ing  closed,  here  signifies,  that  Christ  is 
a  stranger  to  the  sinner.  AVe  conclude 
that  ignorance  is  the  key  which  makes 
fast  the  door,  and  knowledge  the  key  by 
which  it  is  opened. 

If  knowledge  is  a  key  that  opens  the 
heart  to  Christ,  as  is  plain  from  Luke 
11:  j2,  where  Christ  denounceth  woe 
upon  them  that  took  away  "  the  key  of 
knowledge,"  theu  ignorance  must  be 
the  key  that  makes  fast  the  door  of  the 
heart  against  Christ.  On  this  giound 
Clirist  told  the  woman  of  Samaria, 
that  her  unbelief  was  the  root  of  lier 
ignorance.  "  If  thou  knewest  the  gift 
of  God,  and  who  it  is  that  saitb  to  thee. 
Give  me  to  drink,  thou  wouldest  have 
asked  of  him  and  he  would  have  given 
thee  living  water."  John  4:  in.  Ah, 
sinner,  did  you  but  realize  the  precious- 
ness  of  this  ble:*sed  Savior,  that  is  offer- 
ed to  yoursonls  in  the  Go8j)el.  Did  you 
see  His  beauty,  fulness,  and  feel  your 
o«  n  need  of  Him,  all  the  world  could 
not  keep  you  from  Him :  j'ou  would 
break  through  all  sufi'ei'ings,  all  self-de- 
nials, to  come  to  the  enjoyment  of  Him. 
Alas,  if  you  will  not  seek  aftei-  a  kno\vl- 
edge  of  Him  who  hath  eternal  life,  you 
must  some  day  realize  that  ignorance  is 
S;itan's  sceptre  which  he  sways  overall 
his  kincrdoni  of  darkness,  and  by  which 
Le  holds  sinners  in  miserable  T)ondage 
to  liini;  hence  the  devils  ai'c  called  "The 
rulers  of  the  darkness  of  this  \vorld." 
Eph.  C;  li>. 

Alas,  were  the  eyes  of  sinnei-s  opened 
to  see  their  woeful  state,  and  their  rem- 
edy in  Christ,  he  could  not  hold  them 
in  sul)jectionune  day  lonu'cr;  they  would 
break  away  from  under  his  cruel  gov- 
ernment aud  run  by  millions  to  Christ; 
for  SI-  they  do  as  soonastJod  opens  their 
eyes;  in  the  same  hour  that  they  are 
"  turned  from  darkness  to  light,"  they 
are  also  turned  "  from  the  jiower  of  *^a- 
tan  unto  (iod."  Acts  20:  Id.  Blessed 
Father,  help,  oh  helji  all  to  cry  aloud. 
"Thy  will    and   not    mine  be  done." 

O  that  sinners  could  know  the 
worth  of  their  souls,  the  dreadfid  dan- 
ger they  are  exposed  to,  and  the  fearful 
wrath  of  ajnstGod  that  is  hanging  over 
them,  they  would  ))eseech  Almighty  God 
to  raise  them  from  the  slouglis  of  igno- 
rance, that  they  might  search  the  Word, 
aud  obtain  a  knoM'ledge  of  the  willing- 
ness and  ability  of  Christ  to  save  them, 
instead  of  resting  secure  and  quiet,  a.^ 
they  do,  their  lamentations  and  cries 
would  be,  "  what  shall  we  do  to  be  sav- 
ed?" Help  Christians,  yea,  help  Lord! 
O,  sinner,  will  you  at  once  strive  to  gain 
knowledge  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Clirist : 
Jesus?  By  so  doing  you  will  cast  away 
tlie  key  to  the  door  of  your  heart,  call- 
ed ignoranctr,  and  you  will  glailly  cling 
to  the  key  called  kuoMledge,  which  \viil 
prepare  you  to  open,  when  your  blessed 
Lord  say.s,  "  Behold  I  stand  at  the  door 
and  knock,  if  any  mau  hear  my  voiie 
aud  open  the  door,  I  will  come  unto  him." 
By  admitting  your  dear  Hedecmer;  your 
ignorance  will  bechanged  to  knoivledge, 
your  unbelief  to  repentance,  faith  and 
baptism  for  the  remission  of  sins,  ymir 
Iiride  to  deep  humility,  youi-  customs  in 
sin,  to  working  for  Jesus,  aufl  your  prej- 
udice ag.aiust  holiness,  to  a^weet  e^ijoy- 


nient  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ,  af 
ter  which  He  shall  sup  with  you  ' ^^^^ 
you  with  Him. 

Having  now  a  teacher   that   is  fi,ii  , 
grace,  let  us  lean  upon    His  strong  m,| 
aud  become  living    witnesses   for  J,-^,, 
May  the  Spirit  of  Almighty  God  aceum! 
pany  every  true  ett'ort  that  is  put  f,j,  tj, 
for  the  advancement  of  His  cause. 

PRAYER. 

IIY  .'OH.N  FOKST-I.  .  -p 

'■  1  will  therefoi-e  that  men  pray  everywhere 
lifting  up  lioly  hands  without  wrutli  and  doubt' 
ing."  1  Tim.  2:  S. 

THE  Apostle,  witli  much  emphasissets 
forth  the  need  of  prayer.  "  I  ■H-ili 
therefore  that  men  pray  everywhere." 
Let  us  properly  search  into  this  impoi 
tant  commandment,  and  we  will  at  ouce 
see  the  great  need  of  prayer  every^'here. 

1.  It  is  one  of  the  Christian's  weap- 
ons, to  war  a  good  warfare,  holding  faith 
and  a  good  conscience,  which  some  liav. 
ing  put  away;  concerning  faith,  have 
made  shipwreck;  and  were  deliverwl 
unto  Satan.  1  Tim.  1 :  IS,  I'.i,  oo.  »j 
exhort  therefoie  that  fir.st  of  all  praye 
supplication,  be  made  for  all  men,  for 
kings  aud  for  all  that  are  in  authoritv; 
that  ^ve  may  lead  a  qiiiet  and  peacea- 
Ide  life  in  all  godliness  and  honesty,  for 
this  is  good  and  acceptable  in  the  sin-ht 
of  God  our  Savior,  who  ^vill  have  all 
men  saved."  1  Tim.  2.  1-4. 

Prayer  is  for  the  safekeeping  of  the 
believer,  and  the  salvation  of  all  men  is 
amonj;  the  fil'st  reasons  that  Paul  gives, 
for  men  to  pray  everywhere,  and  with- 
out eeasiiii;  1  The.ts.  5.  17.  And  in  this 
Paul  and  his  conijianions  in  the  ministry 
niaile  tliemselves  ensamplesto  thcchurb- 
es.  Phil.  J :  3, 4.  "  I  thank  my  God  up. 
on  e''cry  remembrance  of  you  all,  mak- 
ing re(iuest  for  your  fel]oivi<hip  in  the 
Gospel."  Col.  1:  i».  For  thi!*  enu.se  we 
also,  since  tlie  day  we  heard  it,  do  not 
cease  to  pray  for  you,  and  desire  thntv 
might  be  filled  with  the  knowledge  of 
his  will.  1  The.ss.  1:  2,  )\.  "  Wc  irivc 
thanks  to  (iod  always  for  you  all,  mak- 
ing mention  of  you  in  our  prayei-s,  re- 
membering without  ceasing  your  work 
of  faith."  2  Thess.  1 :  11.  ^"  ^Vherefore 
alw*  «'*•  pray  always  for  you,  that  yoi 
God  would  count  you  worthy  of  this 
calling  and  fulfill  all  the  good  pleasure 
of  his  g(»odne8s,  and  the  Avork  of  faith 
with  power."  2  Tim,  1:  ;i.  "I  thank 
God,  whom  I  sene  fi-om  my  forefathers 
with  pure  conscience,  that  without  ceas- 
ing I  have  rememlfrance  of  thee  in  my 
prayers  night  and  day."  Phil.  4.  "I 
thank  my  God,  making  mention  of  thee 
always  in  my  prayers;  hearing  of  thy 
love  and  faith  which  ihon  bast  towaifl 
the  Lord  Jesus  and  toward  all  jjaints." 

2.  Prayer  is  a  power  to  help  the 
ministry  to  preach  the  Go*|>el.  Eph.  0: 
IH,  lit.  "  Pi-aying always  with  all  p-ay- 
er  and  supplication  in  the  i^jyirit,  and 
watching  thereunto  ^^■ith  all  ivepK-Ter- 
ance  and  supplication  for  all  saints.  And 
for  me  that  utterance  mjiy  be  given  nn* 
to  me,  that  I  may  open  my  mouth  l)oM' 
ly  to  make  known  the  mystery  of  thp 
Gospel."  2  Thess.  '^\  12.  "  Fimdly 
Ijrethren  }>nitj  for  us,  that  the  Word  of 
the  Lord  may  have  free  course,  aud  he 
glorified,  even  as  it  is  with  you.  And 
that  we  may  be  delivered  from  unrea- 
sonable and  wicked  men:  for  all  men 
have  not  faith." 

3.  Prayer  is  as  necessaiynud  useful 
tor  the  Christian^  as  a  vessel  is  to  d raw 
water  from  .Jacob's  well,'  Prayer  is 
asking.  Christ  told  the  Samaritan  w- 
man,  '^  she  would  have  knoWM  ]hi»  ^^'■ 
wuuld  have  asked  of  him,  and  he  ^v*J»l'' 


lU'ir  prjiyevs. 


give  her  to  drink  that  «he  would  no 
more  thirst.  But  this  ^he  muld  not  un- 
(lerstiind.  He  uut  having  a  vvss^l  hiuI  the 
,,:eU  "■■'■'^  ^le*-i'-  The  well,  tlmt  Fountain 
of  LitV  from  \\b^uc.-  wl*  .•«»  .li-iiw  livinij 
fl-flter,  will  always  yidd  a  supply  of  the 
living  water.  He  tells  us  in  Mutt.  7, 
..  Ask  and  ye  shall  i-eceive,  knock  and  it 
shfill  If  opened  iinto  yovi."  Prayer  is 
thf  tl^ep  «^i""^ssioii  and  sensation  of  the 
liUiigO'  '"^^  thirsty  soul,  by  which 
otin  draw  all  the  sweet  Idessiugs  from 
tliat  <leep  and  inexhaufitlMe  Fountain 
yf  love,  where  all  the  rich  treasures 
^v  in  store,  to  supply  all  our  wants, 
Ijoth  for  time  and  eternity,  forsoul,  body 
am!  >>pivit.  The  child  of  (iod  cannot 
1,P  too  thankful  to  the  heavenly  Father 
tlifti  H<'  is  ready  to  hear  tl: 
]  IVter  ;i:  _>. 

The  eyes  of  the  Lord  arc  over  the 
li^hte'tus.  aud  his  eai-s  are  open  unto 
tlieir  prayers,  yes  more  ao  than  any 
earthly  father  will  be  tc»  give  bread  to 
liis  son  when  he  asks  him,  yea  He  will 
aveiitre  them  sjieedily,  aud  give  them 
the  Hoi}'  Ghost  that  fl.sketh  him,  and 
evi.s  to  him  day  and  night.  For  "xam- 
pl,^  see  Acts  12:5,  when  Peter  wjls  kept 
in  prison ;  but  prat/er  was  made  with- 
out ceasing  of  the  chureli  unto  God  for 
him,  Tth  verse.  "  And  behold  the  an- 
gel  of  the  Lord  came  upon  hini,  and 
brought  him  out  tpiickly.'' 

So  we  see  Paul  aud  Silas,  when  they 
piayed  at  midnight  and  sang  praises 
unto  God.  And  suddenly  there  was  a 
great  earthrpiake,  and  they  immediately 
were  released  of  their  bonds.  Acts  1(>:  -2^, 
26;  Acts':  o."j.  Stephen  being  full  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  could  look  up  into  heaven, 
and  see  the  glory  of  God,  and  Jesus 
standing  on  the  right  hand  of  God. 
■'An-lwheu  they  stoned  him,  he  could 
say  in  his  prayer,  Lord  Jesus  receive  my 
spirit,  and  so  fell  asleejt."  And  again. 
Acts  4:  :U,  "  When  Peter  and  John  were 
brought  Iiefore  the  council,  and  were 
punished,  and  let  go,  they  went  to  their 
own  company.  Andwhenthey  hadpray.- 
ed,  the  place  was  shaken,  and  they  were 
all  tilled  with  the  Holy  Ghost." 

I  have  now  set  before  the  reader,  a 
few  of  the  many  examples,  we  have  in 
the  Bible, — how  God  speedily  answers 
the  prayei-s  of  His  children,  when  they 
call  upon  Him.  I  might  adduce  oue 
hundred  more  witnesses,  sucli  as  David, 
Daniel,  the  three  Hebrew  children  and 
Sarfib,  aud  Hannah.  All  the  ancient 
jiei'ple  of  God,  both  men  and  women, 
Were  praying  people,  and  they  all  reali- 
zed aud  a[ipreciated  the  benefit  oi pray- 
ti:  They  did  not  <inly  do  it  ouce  a  day 
iiv  in  the  liegiuning  of  their  holy  life, 
!iut  f/'t^f/  continued  steadfa>*tly  m  jn-mjer 
Acts  2:  42.  And  they  had  also  stated 
linur>  for  it,  the  ninth  hour  was  one  of 
them.  Arts  'i\\  \.  Peter  also  went  ou 
tlie  htiuse  top  to  jti-a If  the  sixth  hour. 
0;iniel  was  three  times  a  day  on  his  knees 
I'laiitri/j.  God  wants  y'lv  prayers.  Do 
we  give  them i  Behold.  John  saw  the 
t'-nipleof  God,  full  of  the  odor  of  the 
prayer.*  of  the  saints. 


TXl'K    BKETtlHKX    ^VT    AVOl^K. 


the  beatitude.^ 


f  ghuy,  became  jMjor, 
was  dt'spised,  betray.d,  in  order  to  estab- 
lish a  reunion  upon  earth.  He  went  in 
solitiule  to  the  garden.  \nth  all  itsiigony, 
to  lighten  his  heavy  heart;  was  before 
the  Jewish  tribunal  with  its  mocks  and 
insults,  expiaU-d  nn  the  cross,  enduring 
the  penalty  denounced  up.ui  the  tran-T- 
gressors,  sutTerwd  all  things  t«  establish 
this  glorious,  thi«  hoaveuiy  union. 

Xow  hear  his  jietition  as  it  falls  from 
his  everhwting  lips,  "  that  they  all  nuiy 
be  one;  as  thou  Father  art  in  me,  aud  I 
iu  thee,  tlmt  they  also  may  be  one  in 
us."  John  17:21.  What  aglorii.us union, 
to  be  one  in  Christ  aud  the  Father.  Not 
only  a  few  of  his  followers  may  be  oue 
with  him;  not  only  his  disciples  of  old; 
not  fmhj  a  favored  few;  not  onhj  those 
who  watch  over  the  flock;  no,  bless  his 
holy  name;  "neither  pr.iy  I  for  these 
alone,  but  for  them  idso  which  shall 
believe  on  me  through  their  wurd."  How 
charming  '■  that  they  vuty  aU  he  one." 
Hence  the  Christian  sho\ild  labor  for 
greater  union.  His  eflfortj*  should  not 
im/y  be  directed  to  the  churcii  in  a  gen- 
eral seuse,  but  also  locally.  Local 
churches  under  his  charge  must  have  his 
attention.  Unity  must  not  alone  exist 
between  the  ministei'sof  local  chinches, 
but  there  must  be  unity  between  ofHcial 
and  laity.  When  this  is  firmly  establish- 
ed, tlien  we  see  the  fruits  of  the  spirit, 
"  love,  joy,  peace,  long-suffering  gentle- 
ness." 

The  thought  of  unity  and  union  of 
sentiment  Mas  forcibly  brought  to  my 
mind  while  in  attendance  at  our  late 
Annual  Conference,  as  we  saw  there 
so  much  of  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit  man 
ifested  in  the  adjustment  of  queries  iu 
regard  to  church  government.  Then 
while  this  pleiising  thought  is  so  com 
mendable,  may  it  not,  'ijiouhl  it  not  be 
yet  more  cultivated?  Let  us  aU  be  oue, 
and  labor  more  and  more  for  union.  Let 
us  ever  show  practically  to  our  brethren 
and  sisters  in  church  government,  that 
the  yoxmgest  member  has  a  voice  (vote) 
and  the  bishop  no  more,  that  we  are  all 
om  in  Christ.  Let  us  show  our  love 
practically  to  one  another,  respecting  the 
efforts  of  each  in  their  endeavoi-s  to  wor- 
ship God. 

If  the  weak  say  but  little;  if  they  can- 
not talk  much  or  ^jy-wy  fluently,  if  labor- 
ed to  their  capacity,  how  much  lower  iu 
the  scale  of  human  attainment,  than  they 
who  talk,  preach  or  pray  more  elabor- 
ately I  All  laboring  in  their  gieatest 
capacity,  are  equal;  hence  should  be 
e(pialiy  respected.  True  Christian 
gard  for  one  another,  will  lead  each  one 
to  feel  tluit  they  have  a  position  in  th 
church  or  Christian  society  to  fill  which 
none  can  fill  but  themsdvei;,  and  are 
made  to  feel  welcome  iu  that  capacity, 
May  ^ve  then  as  brethivn  imd  sisters  in 
Christ  labor  moi'e  for  uunninnty  in  word 
and  in  action,  in  every  thing  th.at  per- 
tains to  our  holy  Christianity,  that  we 
may  be  firmly  united  in  love  and  Chris- 
tian affection,  that  this  fervent  'prayer 
aud  holy  petition  (John  17),  will  meet 
the  desiE^n  of  its  Author. 


IIHKs: 


■;  sUbjci 


CHRISTIAN   UNITY. 


ilY  S.  T.  BOSSERMAM. 


'pHEllK  is  no  perfect  hai'pine^s  in  the 
^  absence  of  unity.  A  well  regidat- 
•^'1  faiidly  laboring  together  in  love  and 
harmony,  is  but  the  outgrowth  of  a  per- 
tWt  unity,  which  is  characteristic  of  obe- 
-liencevt.j  the  divine  Law.  To  be  one 
istorenderobediencetoinspiration.  Unity 
i^  <-'"-eternal  with  God.  Unity  abounds 
in  heaven.  Estrangement  is  upon  earth. 
Through  the  love  of  God,  Jesus  Christ 
caine  to  earth   to  establish   unity;  left 


THE  TONGUE. 


,  )KJ\VI.ASn. 


"Even  sii  the  toiiLiiie  is  !i  little  uifmber  ami 
Ijoasteth  great  fliiugs.  Behold,  how  groit  a 
matter  a  little  lire  kinilleth!  Anil  the  tonyiie 
is  a  fire,  n  worM  of  ini(|iuty:  so  is  the  tongue 
among  our  inenihers,  that  it  ilefileth  thu  wliole 
body,  and  M.'tfeth  on  tire  the  course  of  natui'e; 
and  it  is  set  on  fire  of  hell.  For  every  kind  of 
beasts  and  of  hirdH.  and  ofaeriwnts,  and  of  things 
in  the  sea,  is  tamed,  and  hath  lieen  tamed  of 
mankind:  but  the  tongue  can  no  man  tam*-;  it 
is  an  nnnily  evil,  lull  of  deadly  poison."  .lamts 
3:5.6,7,S. 


tisoduteution  among  mem- 
W  e  a-*  a  body  in  Christ    are 
commanded  nut  to  speak  evil  of  one  nn- 
olher,  for  he   that    speaketh    evil  of  hiw 
brother,  judgeth    his   brother.     Then  if 
we  be  a  judge,  we  are  not  a  doer  of  th. 
Law.     This  brings  us  into  a  strait.  J\ivit 
here  We  should  examine  ouiNelves  to  see 
if  we  are  guilty    of  talking    nbout    one 
another.      If  we  are  guilty,  we  uniloubt- 
edly  know  the  result.     When  we    speak 
evil  of  our  brother  or  sister,    we   stand 
in    jeopardy  with   (iod.  He  will   hold 
us     accountable    for    it.     Can     we    in 
the  name  of  Jesus,  give  our  brother  the 
hand  and  kiss,  and  yet  behind  his    back 
speak  all  manner  of  evil   jigainst   hii 
Will  (iod  Alunghty  recognize  us  a.s  His 
children  i     It  is  the  hight  of  hypocHNy. 
O  this  tongvie  of  ours,  if  we  only  could 
bring  it  more  in  subjection  to  God's  vn\\ ! 
Hut  again,  we  learn  from  God's    Word, 
"That  from  the  abundance  of  tlu'  heart 
the  niouth  speaketh." 

When  the  sinner  looks  into  the  church 
and  beholds  evil  speaking  one  of  anoth- 
er, they  c^me  to  the  conclusion  tlmt  it  is 
best  to  stay  out.     Hence    if  we    arc  not 
very  careful,  we  may  become    a  stuml: 
ling-block    to    sinners,    and    eventually 
be  numbered  with   the  foolish   virgins. 
How  often  one   word  spoken  makes  a 
great  fire.     It  goes  from  one  to   another 
until  it  becomes  a  serious  matter.  "But 
whoso  shall   ofl'end   one   of  these  little 
ones  which  believe  in  me,  it  were  better 
for     him    that    a  millstone   were    hiuig 
about  his  neck,  ami  that  he  were  drown- 
ed in  tlie  depth  of  the  sea."     "  Woe  to 
the  world  because  of  offences,  for  it  must 
needs  be  that  offences  come,  Imt  woe  nn 
to  that  man  by  wliom  the   ottence  com- 1 
eth."  Matt.  IS:  )>,  7.     Here  we  see  there 
is  woe  pronounced  upon  us  if  we  otlend 
one  another,  and  do  [iot    m;ike  it   right. 
Christians  should    not  commune  and  at 
the  same  time  not  be  willing  to  speak  to 
each  other  on  accovuit  of  a  word  spoken 
out  of  place."     If  any  man  among   you 
seem  to  be  religious  and  bridleth  not  his 
tongue,  butdeceivetb  hisowu  heart,  that 
man's  religion  is  vain."  James  1 :  2ft.    If 
we  do  not  bridle  our  tongue,  our  religion 
is  vain.     We  see  the   danger   of  letting 
our  tongue  run  at  large,   it   makes  bad 
feelings  between  members,  it  makes  un- 
ruly members,  and  finally  destroys  our 
souls.     "  For  lie  that   will  love  life  and 
see  good  days,  let  him  refrain  his  tongue 
from  evil,  aud  his  lips  that  they  .speak 
no  guile."  I  Pett^:^:  10. 

Oh  brethren  let  us  as  Christians  <l 
nounce  backbiting,  hatred,  deception 
and  evil  sjjeaking,  for  it  is  not  of  God, 
but  of  the  devil.  Let  us  have  more  love, 
peace,  harmony  and  a  unauimity  of  fad- 
ing and  sentiment,  that  we  nmy  show  t(» 
the  world  that  we  have  been  with  Jesus 
and  learned  of  Him.  Our  life  before 
the  world,  should  be  of  such  a  character 
as  to  show  that  ue  are  in  ri'ality,  wliat 
we  ]>rofess  to  be;  for  I  du  claim  upon 
heaven's  authority  tlmt  professors  do 
not  let  their  light  shine  before  the  world 
nfi  they  should.  I  am  fearful  that  men 
nnd  W(mumwill  rise  up  iu  judgment  .and 
condemn  many  foi-  hypocrisy,  for  it  is  a 
positive  command,  "  he  that  ofteudeth 
iu  one  point  is .  guilty  of  all."  Dear 
brethren  and  sisters,  may  wv  all  be  en- 
gaged in  keeping  our  tongues  bridled, 
and  if  it  is  our  besetting  sin,  we  should 
ask  God  to  hel])  us;  for  we  have  the 
promise  if  we  a.sk,  we  shall  receive;  if 
we  ask  consistently  an<l  and  in  faith  be- 
lieving. 

May  the  blessing  of  (iod  attend  us 
througli  tins  unfriendly  world,  aud  grant 
us  grace  to  do  His  \\\\\  and  finally  save 
us  with  all  the  redeemed,   is  my  prayer. 


IN  HEAVEN  THER^    I6>EST. 


IIT  AXSA  XEIIEE. 

rpHlS  is  a  truth  det-j^ly  ioipresyed    up- 
-*■      on  the  mind    of  every  pe!>on,    fa- 
miliar even  with   the   most  thoughtl^w. 
In  this  life  there  is  but  little    re«t  to  be 
found.     There  is  always  something  ^> 
disturb,  disappoint  aud  weary  us.    Thy 
rosy-cheeked  infant,  thebloomiog  Wau- 
ty.  all    appear   dissatisfied.      Some  nr- 
unhappy  for  the  want  or  loss  of  friend- 
of  health,  jjleiLiure,  riches   or    emplov 
ment.  \mt  the  greatest   majority  sutf-i 
from  a  guilty  conscieui-e.     Oh  how  roi> 
erable  do  we  feel,   when  we  have  don- 
wrong,  aud  our  conscience  condemns  'is 
I  yet  how  often  do  we  find  ourselves  thus. 
Wliile  the  Christian  may  feel  the  etf-ct.s 
of  siu  and  suffer  from    bereavement,  the 
assurance  of  rest   in  heaven  cheers  and 
comforts  him  amid  ail  the  sorrows  and 
afflictions  of  time. 

If  we  only  try  and  do  the  best  we  can, 
we  have  a  hope  that  in  heaven  we  ^hall 
find  re-st.     Sinners  do   not  even  try   t*> 
secure  a  rest  for   themselves   after   this 
life  is  over,  and    where    i.s   their   hope* 
IIo^v  often  do  we  look   around  us  rind 
see  aud  think  of  the  many  of  our  asso- 
ciates that  are  going  *>\\  in  sin  and  folly, 
heedless   of    the    many  warning  call.i 
to   come  to     Jesus  and  find   rest  for 
their  smds.     Dear  young  friends,  let  me 
\\ith  a  heart  of  love   plead   fur  you  to 
come.     Oh  don't  delay  until   it  is  too 
late!     Let  usw.alk  h.indin  handthrou<rh 
this  troublesome  world  to  that  re^t  which 
shall  never  end.   How  vain  .are  all  thino-.s 
here  Ijelow;  often  we  feel  weary  nnd  cast 
down,  thougli  friends  all  forsake  us  and 
foes  unite.     With  Jesus  for  our  helper 
we  may   yet  come   out  right.     Let   us 
take  Jesus   for  our  guide  through  this 
vain  world,  and  then   in  heaven  we  -.vill 
fiml  lest.     There  will    be  rest  ft-om  sin, 
sorrow,   sickness,   troubles,    tr-ials   and 
temptations.     There  will  be  no  false, 
or  treacherous  friends,   no   uukind  rela- 
tive.e,  no  enenues.  .  Thore  the  mind  \viU 
be  no  longer  oppressed  by   cares;   there 
will  be  no   wearisome  days;  no  secret 
sighs  or  scalding  t«ars;  no  sunderine  of 
tender  ties,  no  parting  of  tho^e  we  love. 
All  will  be  sweet  and  uudiaturbe  J  repose. 
Why  then  do  we  not  strive  more  to  se- 
cure a  title  to  that  heavenly  rej^t  which 
shall  never  end? 

Like  the  leaves  of  the  forest  we  como 
forth  in  beauty,  pass  ou  with  the  Sum- 
mer aud  then  sink  to  the  eartii.  A  few 
days  only  and  the  rose  fades  fi-oui  the 
cheek,  and  soon  our  forms  will  niicele 
with  the  dust.  Then  let  us  all  be  up 
and  doing,  work  out  each  one  our  owe 
salvation,  while  it  is  free  to  all.  I  envy 
no  ')  uality  of  the  mind  in  others,  but  if  [ 
could  choose  what  would  be  most  pleas- 
ant and,  I  believe,  the  most  useful  tft 
me,  I  should  prefer  a  firm,  religious  be- 
lief to  any  other  blessing;  for  it  makes 
life  a  discipline  of  goodness;  create* 
new  luipes  when  all  earthly  obeS  vanish. 
Through  all  the  long  weary  days,  we 
have  hope  that  in  heaven  we  shall  find 
rest. 

May  v.e  all  live  a  Christian  life  by 
the  help  of  God,  our  heavenly  Father. 


We  are  so  shamefully  pervei-se  that 
we  are  uuthankful  tor  our  present  gift* 
and  good,  and  think  of  little  deficien- 
cies. Letevevy  one  go  home  aud  count 
the  gifts  which  he  has;  he  will  find  more 
gifts  than  deficiencies, aud  let  him  thank 
God  for  them. 


The  most  poweiful  t>f  all  beauty  is 
that  which  reveals  iitclf  after  sympathy, 
and  net  before  it. 


TT-It^    3:^m-:TI-iKE:N'    ^VT    "VVOKIv. 


"U-    o- 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PU8LISHKD    WBSXLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


■■  i:iai  rvlotions  with  .)erus;tleriJ.  The  prirsent 
I  niovfiii(.-iits  art-  watched  with  greiit  interest  by 
j  tbt?  sliidfiits  of  i»rophecy,  looking  tbrwiird  to 
when  the  time  of  llic  Geiililf*  ^Imll  liave  Wi-ii 
fulfilU-d.  liiid  tin-  itjople  wlio  Lav.-  breii  in  exile 
for  IStW  jvars  return  to  their  native  Uad. 


Bbo,  S  II.  B»«iionf»  d"l/  niiihoriMd.  by  us  u 
lnT«linK  correspondent  »0'l  ffat  for  llie  HRmtm 
WiiBK  on.l  will  rrtccWe  •"IrtcrifilioTH  Tor  iIj*  ""'I*  • 
TtrulrtrntM.  All  tu*ineM  (rau-.Mir.l  hj  liiin  for  oi 
ttt.  ■Ill  h-  ihP  .atut  M  if  Jone  ^^J  nur^lrw. 


THAT  PROPHET  - 
WASHING 


FEET- 


Tim  RBmiuiiii  at  Wobk  will  b»  *cni  pc.«-p(iii),  to  nnjr 
kd.trer-  in  ll.«  Unil«J  8Ul««  or  C-mwU,  for  Jl  60  per 
„nuT  Tbo.e  »D>iit.«  ten  n-mM  «n.I  91600.  -HI  «■ 
eeiT*  an  cxiro  copy  frw  of  ohftrR*.  Kor  »11  o»«r  thw 
nuail.»r  >hc  «K,;i.l  -iU  bo  .Uo«^.l  V>  «nl.  f"  wwh  ^di- 
iipnal  nrnnp,  which  (Mnounl  can  b«  deducted  from  Iho 
Tney.  h.for'o  ..ndi.g  i.  .o  u..  Mony  Order.  Vr^, 
H  I  llf|ri:-i«-rf'l  !*1""  may  be  Btnl  a<  our  nsk.  Tlify 
Rh.uld  h"  mode  paynHc  10  .Moore  .t  K.l.clmnn 

Sut-cpipiii-nn,  nnd  commiinlcniioo"  iiitfoilcl  for  the  pii- 
per,  u  welt  im  nil  buslneM  mnlieni  coniiecled  «illi  the  ol- 
tt*  nboijld  be  addrcMCd 

KOOBE  ft  ESEELllAH, 

lABJU-k,  Cunll  Co.,  111. 


I,A»Ar.E,  ILL., 


JULY  25,  1878. 


TiiK  nnliieof  the  Forreston.  111.,  meeting 
a.-  [nil.li.-ili.-d  kit  wc'k,  should  have  rend  .\iig. 
4tli  iii4ead  of  Jidy  '27. 


Ik  mniiy  locdlitiw,  the  hewt,  Inst  week,  was 
quiU'  iiitcn»tf,  causing  huiidmls  of  deaths  from 
sun-Ktroke.  In  St.  Louis  the  heiit  was  lerrihle; 
a-  many  tv*  li"  heing  prostrnted  in  one  day. 

Nr\T  w.-ek  we  will  publish  the  startling  ac- 
C'.nnt  of  the  abduction  and  murder  of  Williuiu 
Morgiiii,  who  WHS  kiilniijujed  and  murdered  for 
revealing  the  «ecret«  of  Miwonry.  It  should  be 
rend  by  every  poreon  in  the  land. 

Tili:  Brethren  of  the  Mulberry  Grove  congre- 
gation, Uoiid  Co.,  III.,  expect  to  commence  a 
series  of  meetings  the  first  Sunday  in  August, 
and  h'dd  their  Love-feiist  on  tlie  ninth  of  Octo- 
Wr.  Tbis  feiwt  to  be  followed  by  another  aeries 
of  mectingd, 

Kaii-huad  Sermon,  is  the  title  of  a  neatly 
priiiti'tl  tract  of  12  pages,  written  by  brother  J. 
S.  Mfdiler.  It  is  just  the  thing  for  travelers 
from  earth  to  heaven.  This  tract  should  be 
jiurchiwed  by  the  hundreds  and  distributed  in 
every  railroad  station  in  the  land.  Let  each  one 
l>efore  starting  on  a  journey,  purcliose  n  few 
d.-aen  aurl  distribute  them  on  tlie  cars.  They 
will  ]»•  sent  post  paid  to  any  imrt  of  the  United 
State!*  or  Caimda  for  the  following:  3  copies,  to 
one  address,  10  cents;  1^  copies,  to  one  nddrefs, 
3(.>  cents;  KXl  cojnes.  to  one  address,  82.00.  En- 
ciwe  the  amount  and  address  this  oflice. 


Oun  rongregations  want  to  make  united  ef- 
forts til  improve  in  singing.  Every  body  who 
goest  to  cliurch,  wants  to  learn  to  sing,  and  when 
the  opportunily  preaeuts  itself  let  every  man, 
woman  and  child,  who  enn,  sing.  We  WJiut 
familinr  liyinna,  good  tunes,  and  then  all  can 
lake  part.  And  if  we  sing  with  the  spirit  and 
und'T-laiiding  also.  God  will  be  glorified  in  the 
work.  Ministers  want  to  encourage  the  art  of 
good  -linging  in  their  congregations,  for  if  prop- 
erly used  it  is  the  very  life  of  a  meeting.  Give 
u*gO')d  singing,  earnest  jjraying,  good  reading, 
and  wv  will  not  need  to  complain  about  bod 
liroathing.  for  eucli  things  will  help  any  man's 
preaching. 

A  UUOTIIKR  wishes  us  to  state,  "Whether  a 
brother,  who  moved  out  of  one  congregation  in- 
to anothev,  without  a  letter  of  memberahip,  and 
in  one  year  or  more  moves  back  again  without 
a  letter,  has  a  right  to  speak  in  public  at  our 
council- meetings,  or  assist  in  setting  things  in 
oi-der?  " 

In  tlie  fii-st  place,  bretliren  ought  not  to  move 
from  'ine  congregation  to  auother  without  u 
letter,  much  less  wait  one  year  or  more.  But 
03  to  whether  the  brother  should  take  part  in 
ihc  church  conncil.  that  should  be  lefl  to  the 
congregation  where  the  brother  is,  as  it  is  pre- 
sumed he  is  known  there,  and  they  are  familiar 
nith  his  atanding.  Let  everything  be  done  de- 
cently and  in  order,  not  forgetting  to  manifest 
becoming.  Christian  courtesy.  Wc  sue  all 
brethi-en.  Do  not  forget  the  respect  we  owe  to 
each  other, 

Tlir  I'eacf  Congress  of  Europe  has  finished 
rork.  ;ind  the  treaty  of  peace  has  been  signed. 
Thing.^  ai-e  looming  up  brightly  in  the  Old 
World,  v.itli  good  prospects  ahead.  It  is  strong- 
ly bili.ved  that  England  will  build  a  riiilroad 
from  tlie  Mediterranean  coast  thi  the  Valley  of 
Euphrates  to  the  vieinity  ofjier  Indian  dounn- 
iona.  thuK  opening  the  way  for  greater  enter- 
prise ou  :i  more  successful  basis  in  A»\&.  The  way 
ivtil  likely  Unopened  for hettov communications 

"'   '^nle'itine.  and  eventually  ditvct  conimer- 


"  Kor  SUmva  truly  said  unto  tlie  fatliers,  A  rrojili- 
el  Mliall  ttie  Lord  your  GihI  niiae  up  unto  yoii  of 
}-i)Ur  breltueii.  like  untu  uie;  liini  Miull  ye  bear  in 
nil  tlilnr*  wIintMOPver  he  sliall  say  unti)  ynu.  And 
Itshalleome  to  piiaH,  that  every  soul,  which  will 
not  hear  tliat  I'ro|iIiet,  sliall  be  deatmyed  fnim 
innouR  (tie  iieojde."— Acts  H:  T2.  a;i. 

THE  above  is  the  language  of  Peter  as  deduc- 
ed from  Deut.  18:  15,  1«,  li),  and  applied  to 
the  mission  of  Christ.  Over  1,400  years  before 
the  birth  of  the  Savior.  Moses,  the  chosen  cerr- 
ant  of  God,  projjhesied  that  a  Prophet  should 
be  raised  up  from  among  his  own  people  like 
unto  him.  Peter,  who  spoke  by  the  authority 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  points  out  Christ  as  that 
Projjhot  spoken  of  by  Moses,  and  reatfirms  the 
declaration.  "  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
every  ?ouI,  which  will  not  hear  that  Prophet, 
shall  be  destroyed  from  among  the  people." 

Of  that  Prophet  God  had  said,  "  I  will  put 
my  words  in  his  mouth:  and  he  shall  speak  un- 
to them  all  that  I  shall  command."     Deut.  IS: 

15.  Chriat  says,  "  Tlie  Father  which  sent  me, 
he  gave  me  a  commandment,  what  I  should  say. 
and  what  I  should  speak."  John  12:  49.  "  The 
words  that  I  speak  unto  you.  I  sjieak  not  of 
myself:  but  the  Father  that  dwelleth  in  uie,  ho 
doeth  the  work."  John  U:  In.  "  I  came  down 
from  heaven,  not  to  do  mine  own  will,  but  the 
will  of  him  that  sent  me."     John  6:  3S. 

From  these  Scriptures  we  learn  that  Christ 
came  not  to  do  his  own  will,  but  to  tench  the 
will  of  the  Father,  and  that  the  "  doctrine  "  he 
taught  was  not  his,  hut  the  Father's,  John  8: 

16,  and,  therefore,  to  disregard  the  teaching  of 
Christ,  on  any  point,  is  a  direct  rebellion  against 
God  himself,  and  for  this  reason  it  is  said,  "  That 
every  soul,  which  will  not  hear  that  Prophet, 
shall  be  destroyed  from  among  the  people,"  it 
having  before  been  said,  "  Him  shall  ye  hear  in 
idl  things,  whatsoever  he  shall  say  unto  you." 
It  is  therefore  the  duty  of  every  Christian  to 
liearken  unto  that  Prophet  "  in  all  things,"  and 
if  they  refuse  to  do  so.  the  decree  has  gone  forth, 
that  they  shall  be  destroyed,  or  cut  off  from 
among  the  people  (of  God). 

The  Prophet  was  to  be  "  like  unto  Moses,  a 
law-giver,  and  a  leader  of  the  people,  teaching 
the  commandments  of  God.  These  command- 
ments were  to  be  no  less  binding  upon  the  peo- 
ple than  the  law  given  by  Moses  was  upon  the 
Hebrews.  And  "  If  the  word  spoken  by  angels 
was  steadfast,  and  every  transgression  and  diso- 
bedience received  a  just  recompense  of  reward; 
How  shall  we  escape,  if  we  neglect  so  great  sal- 
vation ;  which  at  first  began  to  be  spoken  by  the 
Lord,  and  was  confirmed  unto  us  by  them  that 
heard  him?"    Heb.  2:  2,  3. 

Whatever  was  commanded  by  Moses  was  on- 
joined  with  divine  authority,  and  if  disregarded, 
the  guilty  party  was  punished  to  the  farthest 
extent  of  the  i)onalty.  Even  the  simplest  coni- 
aiid  had  to  be  obeyed  to  the  letter.  As  an  il- 
lustration, and  a  confirmation  of  the  position 
occupied  by  the  Brethren,  regarding  Feet-wash- 
ing, we  refer  to  Exodus  30:  17-21,  where  the 
Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  saying: 

"  Thou  shalt  also  make  a  laver  of  brass,  and 
his  foot  also  of  brass,  to  wash  withal:  and  thou 
shalt  put  it  between  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation and  the  altar,  and  thou  shalt  put  wa- 
ter therein.  For  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  wash 
their  hands  and  their  feet  thereat:  When  they 
go  into  the  congregation,  they  shall  wash  with 
water,  that  they  die  not;  or  when  they  come 
near  to  the  altar  to  minister,  to  burn  ottering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord:  So  they  shall  wash 
their  hands  and  their  feet,  that  they  die  not: 
and  it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  to  them,  even 
to  him  and  to  his  seed  throughout  their  geueni- 
tious." 

In  this  case  we  have  the  washing  of  feet  con- 
nected with  divine  services,  as  commanded  by 
God  through  Moses,  and  it  was  n  condition  of 
life  on  the  psirt  of  those  to  whom  the  command 
wiis  given.  Aaron  and  his  sons  were  to  wash, 
that  they  might  die  not.  The  penalty  for  diso- 
bedience was  death — a  cutting  otf  from  among 
the  people.  ^Vc  do  uot  maintain  that  this 
w,ishing  of  feet  was  intended  as  a  type  of  the 
feetrwashiug  commanded  1^'Christ  in  John  13, 


but  it  does  ?how  Ihnt  when  Moses  commanded 
the  wmhing  of  feet  it  was  as  positive  as  any 
command  could  l>e.  and  to  violate  was  death. 

But  Moses  spoke  of  auother  Prophet,  who 
should  be  like  unto  him,  and  whom  we  shall 
liear  in  all  tbin-iK.  This  "  all  things  "  includes 
the  feet-washing  commimded  by  Christ,  that 
Prophet.  Under  the  Mosaic  lew  it  *viis  death 
for  Atu-on  and  his  sons  to  evade  the  washing  at 
the  laver,  but  in  the  present  dispensation  the 
decree  is,  "  That  every  soul,  which  will  not  hear 
that  Prophet,  shall  be  destroyed  from  among 
the  people"  of  God.  That  Prophet  has  said,  in 
terms  unmistakably  plain.  "  Ve  also  ought  to 
wash  one  another's  leet,"  John  13:  15,  "  For 
I  have  given  you  an  example,  that  ye  should  do 
as  I  have  done  to  you."  Yei-se  16. 

Peter  refused  at  first  to  have  his  feet  washed 
—was  not  willing  to  hear  that  Prophet  in  all 
things.  But  it  was  told  him.  "  If  I  wash  thee 
not,  thou  hast  no  part  with  me,"  John  13:  IS, 
thus  demonstrating  to  Peter  the  truthlulness  of 
what  Moses  iiad  said  regarding  the  cutting  off 
of  those  who  refused  to  hear  that  Prophet. 
Christ,  who  came  not  to  do  his  own  will,  but 
the  will  of  him  that  sent  him,  designed  to  in- 
stitute in  the  house  of  God  a  rite  that  should  be 
perpetuated  in  his  name — an  institution  that 
should  be  binding  upon  alt  Ins  followers,  as 
much  so  as  the  wiushing  of  feet  was  obligatory 
ou  Aaron  and  his  sons.  The  penalty  against 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  in  case  of  a  refusal  to  sub- 
mit to  the  rite,  as  comniauded  by  Moses,  was 
death.  The  penalty  for  refusiug  to  submit  to 
ieef^washing  as  commanded  by  Christ  is.  '"  Thou 
shalt  have  no  part  with  me,"  hence  "  every  soul, 
which  will  not  hear  that  Prophet,  shall  be  de- 
stroyed from  among  the  people." 

We  find  this  decree  also  verified  in  case  of 
baptism,  for  Christ  said  to  Nicodemus.  "  Except 
a  man  be  born  of  the  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  he 
cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God,"  John 
3:  5,  thus  making  baptism,  whenever  and 
wherever  commanded  by  God,  a  condition  of 
salvation,  for  it  is  evident  that  to  be  "  born  of 
water  "  is  to  be  baptized.  Baptism  was  positive- 
ly enjoined  by  the  Savior  when  he  said,  "  He 
that  believeth  and  is  baptised  shall  be  saved; 
but  he  that  believeth  not  i^hall  b«  damned." 
Mark  16;  Ki.  This,  too,  is  one  of  the  "  all 
things"  commanded  by  that  Prophet  to  whom 
if  we  he.irken  uot,  we  shall  be  destroyed  from 
among  the  people  of  God.  and  refused  an  en- 
trance into  the  kingdom  of  God. 

In  connection  with  both  feet-washing  and 
baptism  wc  have  positive  and  divinely  settled 
precedents  showing  that  those  who  reject  the 
counsels  of  God  against  themselves,  by  refusing 
to  "  hear  that  Prophet  in  all  things,"  shall  have 
no  part  with  Christ,  and  "  cfmimt  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God,"  therefore  the  confirmation  of 
the  eternal  decree  of  Jehovah.  "  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that  every  soul,  which  will  not 
hear  that  Prophet,  shall  be  destroyed  from 
among  the  people." 

That  decree  was  made  and  published  more 
than  1400  years  before  the  Savior  commenced 
preaching,  and  stood  as  a  warning  to  those  who 
would  refuse  to  hear  that  Prophet,  and  is  con- 
firmed by  Christ  himself.  He  well  knew  that 
aiter  his  departure  false  prophets  would  arise, 
who.  by  good  words  and  fair  speeches  would  de- 
ceive the  hearts  of  the  simple  by  teaching  au- 
other doctrine,  hence  that  all  might  have  a  fair 
warning,  and  in  the  day  of  judgmeut  be  with- 
out excuse,  he  has  had  recorded  and  handed 
down  to  rising  generations  a  divinely  authoriz- 
ed precedent  demonstrating  the  fact,  that  God's 
Word  cannot  return  to  him  void,  but  that  the 
decree  pronounced  by  Moses  must  be  executed, 
though  it  should  consign  the  most  zealous  and 
energetic  of  the  chosen  Apostles  to  perdition. 
Though  tlie  Ma.ster  loved  Peter,  and  hadagreat 
work  for  him  to  do  in  the  future,  yet  God's 
word  must  be  executed,  and  if  Peter  had  uot 
submitted  he  would  have  been  cut  oft'  from  the 
people  of  God,  and  therefore  have  no  part  with 
Christ. 

This  will  certainly  be  the  fate  of  those  who 
wilfully  refuse  to  hear  that  Prophet.  The  com- 
mandments given  by  Christ  were  not  his  own, 
hut  the  Father's,  and  are  immutable,  and  will 
stand  firmer  than  the  heavens  and  the  earth. 
One  of  them  Is  "  ye  ought  to  wash  one  another's 
foot,"  and  right  iu  connection  with  this  com- 
mand we  repeat  the  threatening  decree  of  God 
that  if  we  will  uot  hear  that  Prophet  wc  shall 
be  destroyed  from  among  the  people.  Here  is  a 
warning  for  those  who  reject  the  counsel  of  God 


against  themselves,  by    refusing  to  vv-a.*(h 
unother'.s  fret  as  commanded   by  Christ,     JqI 
13:  14.  _  J.  „.  k'" 

A  THOUGHT  FOR  CHRISTlAKa 

fllHE  following  clipped  from  one  of  our  ex. 
J  changes,  as  a  hint  to  miniatera  and  teaoheni 
will  fit  more  than  one  case: 

•■  Thvei'  ymuiK  jiirls  of  fi-mn  llftopii  to  ciRlitep,,  ..i. 
Hifuilu-iNofllj.-  siune.ilv  .■Inurh.  MiiKere,!  in '.)" 
vi^stil.ule  one  S;.l>!iiitli,  talkhiu'  ciirii.-stly.  * 

■  I  wish.'  said  Ih^  >  ..uuy.T.  ■  1  h;i.l  u.-vit  joiiiedtln, 
d.nrrli.    T«o).-ai-sagn,  wl.pn  th,-ie  wiw  so  miich 

interest  liere.  Mr. and  Sir. ,'  muning  mp,, 

prnniim-iiL  in  the  ehuvch,  'and  my  Sunday-Bchoni 
tt-achev.  all  used  t"  speak  to  me  so  often  en  the  8,,v 
jc[t  of  lelipion.  ami  tell  me  what  to  do,  |,ut  since  I 
heeanie  eiinverteil  and  juined  tlie  chmeii,  no  one  im. 
ever  spoken  a  word  to  me  about  it,  and  Igetao 
tired  trying  alone." 

'It  iff  just  tlie  same  with  me,*  said  each  of  the 
othei-s.  •  No  one  seems  to  think  we  need  anythinjr 
nioie.' " 

There  is  mucli  of  that  kind  of  work  going  on 
iu  more  than  one  locality.  Great  efforts  are 
made  to  get  people  into  the  church,  but  after 
once  in  and  secure,  as  we  sometimes  thiuk,  they 
are  almost  wholly  neglected,  just  as  though 
they  could  fight  the  battles  of  life  alone. 

The  most  positive  command  ever  given  by 
the  Savior,  was,  "Feed  my  lambs,"  "Feed  my 
sheep."  It  is  uot  reasonable,  nor  is  it  possible 
that  Christians  can  grow  to  the  full  stature  of 
a  man  iu  Christ  without  help— they  need  tte 
sympathies  and  encouragements  of  their  fellow. 
travelers  along  life's  uneven  journey,  and  have 
it  they  must  if  they  would  prosper  in  the  cause 
of  religiou.  Hundreds,  for  the  want  of  care,  are 
left  to  wither  away  and  die,  who  might  other- 
wise have  become  useful  standard  bearera  in  the 
ranks  of  the  faithful.  It  is  the  tender  fruit  that 
is  the  most  delicious,  though  it  requires  great 
care  to  bring  it  to  a  state  of  perfection. 

It  is  too  often  the  case  that  we  aie  very  at- 
tentive to  poor  people  till  we  get  them  in  the 
church,  aud  then  leave  them  to  care  for  them- 
selves. We  speak  kind  words  to  the  young,  and 
appear  much  concerned  about  their  salvation, 
till  they  join  the  church,  then  we  stop  aud  let 
them  go,  Brethren,  there  is  too  much  of  this 
kind  of  work  going  on.  We  imagine  our  mis- 
sion ended  too  soon.  When  just  born  of  the 
water  and  of  the  Spirit,  is  the  time  people  need 
the  most  attention;  that  is  often  I  be  turning 
point  of  their  usefulness.  If  neglected  then, 
they  may  become  weakly  and  crippled  for  life, 
and  be  a  burden  instead  of  a  help  to  the  church. 
This  is  one  reason  why  there  are  so  many  weak 
and  sick  in  the  household  of  the  faithful. 

The  gentle  mother  takes  the  tender  infant, 
handles  and  cares  for  its  wants  with  the  great- 
est of  care.  She  spares  no  jiains  calculated  to 
develop  it  into  health  and  activity.  Even  the 
wants  of  other  members  of  the  tamilyare,  at 
times,  neglected  for  the  care  ol  the  little  one. 
What  a  noble  set  of  membei'S  we  might  have  in 
the  church  if  we  were  this  careful  about  hand- 
ling new  converts!  AVhat  a  blessing  it  would 
be  to  the  cause,  if  were  willing  to  sacrifice  self- 
interest  for  the  tender  lambs  of  the  flock! 

While  we  were  children  at  home,  our  mother 
used  to  tell  us,  we  must  he  good  children  and 
thereby  teach  the  baby  to  be  good.  "For," 
said  she,  "  bad  children  cau=e  babies  to  become 
cross."  What  a  lesson  is  this  for  older  heads! 
If  those  who  have  long  been  in  the  church  act 
unruly,  and  thereby  set  a  bad  example,  what 
can  we  expect  of  the  tender  ones,  who  have  just 
come  into  the  flock?  It  is  sometimes  a  wonder 
to  me  that  they  are  as  good  as  they  are.  Many 
of  them  are  much  neglected;  their  wants  are 
not  sufficiently  looked  after;  the  preachers  put 
the  feed  up  in  the  rack  so  high  that  many  ot 
the  lambs  of  the  flock  cannot  reach  it.  In 
many  instances  meetings  aie  not  interesting  to 
them.  The  fact  of  the  matter  is,  the  lambs  are 
not  fed  enough. 

Let  me  pause  here,  and  ask  each  minister  who 
reads  this  article,  How  often  do  you  preach  a 
sermon  especially  adapted  to  the  wants  of  the 
young  members  mid  new  converts  of  the  flock? 
Says  one,  "I  have  so  niucli  to  do  that  I  cannot 
take  time  to  arrange  matter  suitable  for  this 
class  of  hearers."  That  is  just  where  the  trouh- 
lo  cornea  in.  W«  have  plenty  of  time  to  niTange 
food  for  colta,  calves,  aud  pigs,  but  when  it 
comes  to  earing  for  those  on  whose  shouldew 
the  ciire  of  the  church  must  one  day  rest,  then 
we  have  no  time.  1  am  afraid  that  some  of 
those  who  attempt  to  feed  the  lambs,  f pin  ou^ 
their  theories  .-^0  fine  that  it  will  sonletiroe" 
botlior  pretty  old  heads  to  understand  them. 


July  ^-' 

•n.ea  .ew  convert,  want  to  V.,,,i,,,,^, 
,t  home  m     ..church      U  U  .n  the  flo.Jc  «,d 

,,,,e  house  of  the  Lord  that  we  .r.pl«,e.i,.pon 
,,e  common  level.  , aid  n.  o,..  «U.ia  hees- 
,^„.ea  ..bov.  ho  oth.r-UK.y  .l,o.,Ul  ru.h.r 
.refer  one  ..other.  >\  e  „.,.,  sonWinu.  .,«nd 
too  much  time  around  the  taMe  Mkitij  nd 
^retfling  there.  It  wo,.M  1«  ^^  V-tbrif'^e 
woi.hl  mnke  «u  effort,  loseek  ont  the  «-.«ker 
„„e3  nnd  encourage  tl.em  with  friendly  Chris 
tian  greetings.  They  need  encourage  men  t, 
tlmt  1^  tth:it  they  are  in  the  church  for. 

_____  ■'■  H.  «. 

TO  A  TOXJNG  DEACON. 

DI  VINE  luspiration  declares  that,  "  godliness 
is  profitable  unto  all  things."  Piety  weighs 
tons  in  the  scales  of  Deity.  To  havegreat  re- 
gard for  God'a  principlp.s  is  profitable °unto  «// 
thh.HS.  To  receivu  proJU  L*  nian's  coustivnt  aim 
Here  is  :>  kmtl  ol  protit,  godlin«3«  from  heaven, 
wliioh  is  good  in  all  things.  God  provides  the 
Boil,  the  rain,  the  sunshine-all  that  is  needful 
to  produce  a  bountiful  crop.  How  much  j,roJit 
would  we  receive  from  these  if  we  should  refuse 
to  plow,  plant,  cultivate  and  reap?  The  labor 
i^  miitufil  God  first  works,  we  work.  He  in- 
creases, then  we  gather.  This  is  the  road  to 
profit  in  nature.  Let  ua  look  at  the  spiritual 
way.  God  prepares  the  way  through  His  Sou. 
He  invites  ns  TO  DO  the  things  ordained.  We 
believe  and  obf;y.  then  He  increases  and  finally 
we  reap.  Godliness  is  one  of  the  tools  with 
wliicb  we  are  to  labor.  Many  plow,  plant,  and 
then  stop.  Cultivation  implies  labor,  wvrk.aml 
the  ease  of  the  world  being  more  enticing,  they 
stop  and  of  course  reap  not.  Godliness  is  not 
Qshamed  of  the  hoe,  the  plane,  the  shovel,  the 
plow,  the  yard-stick,  the  press,  the  school-room, 
the  loom,  the  sick-room,  nor  any  other  nsefnl 
labor. 

Let  your  life  be  marked  all  over,  top,  bottom, 
and  sides,  with  "  the  marks  of  the  Lord  Jesus." 
Look  at  right  from  the  stand-point  of  RIGHT. 
Prejudice  is  always  in  the  mud.  Follow  men 
who  follow  the  Pattern;  but  where  they  turn 
aside  go  oot  after  them.  Put  every  man's  dec- 
laration in  the  balances  of  Truth,  and  if  it 
weighs  aught,  receive  it.  If  yon  would  know 
hotr  to  weigh  well  and  correctly,  sfmiij.  The 
beam  cm  only  be  seen  to  move,  when  you  look 
(it  it  frotii  a  point  called  "Calvary."  Get  all  the 
truth  you  can  into  your  heart,  and  it  will  keep 
your  head,  hands,  feet,  aud  body  on  the  "  narrow 
Way."  Truth  bears  most  delicious  fruit;  go-lli- 
uess,  love,  brotherly  kindness,  meekness,  tem- 
perance, faith — these  are  evidences  of  a  "  ijood 
free." 

As  3'ou  grow  older,  your  trials  will  increase, 
yoiirbrirfetings  multiply.  To  withstand  these, 
you  need  the  sufficient  grace  of  God,  Having 
abundant  grace,  charity  unfeigned,  your  patience 
and  moderation  will  enlarge,  aud  enlarging  the 
beauties  of  coming  life — of  ;oy  and  peace  in  the 
world  to  come,  will  strengthen  and  magnify. 
Tribulation  tvorketh  patience.  Godliness  is  full 
I'f  patience.  Patience  worketh  experience.  A 
Christian  without  experience,  is  like  a  clotheless 
being.  Sometimes  it  is  obtainable  only  through 
iiiin'h  tribulation;  nevertheless  it  is  exceedingly 
valuable  to  a  faithful  continuance  in  well-doing. 
You  cannot  afford  to  stand  still  for  mnrmurers, 
complainers,  evil  surmisei-s.  There  is  no  pay  in 
stopping  to  contend  with  these;  if  you  do.  you 
will  not  receive  the  interest,  much  less  the  prin- 
cipal of  eternal  joy.  Evil  surmisers  never  build 
up,  never  whiten  character,  never  lift  the  erring 
mitoftrouble.nevereularge  themselves  in  Christ, 
do  notliing  for  the  Truth,  but  much  against  it. 
There  i^  no  pleasure  in  the  road  they  travel, 
hence  company  not  with  them.  Seek  for  com- 
pany those  whose  hearts  are  full  of  charity, 
whose  conversation  denotes  mnch  meditation  in 
holy  Truth,  whose  lives  are  living  evidences  of 
transformation  from  darkness  to  light.  How  to 
increase  in  this  world's  goods,  you  will  learn 
without  seeking  a  score  or  two  of  teachers,  but 
liow  to  hold  the  wealth  of  Jesus,  you  will  never 
get  too  many  good  instructors.  Study  and 
meditatmn  gives  power  for  good  work,  true 
work,  clean  work.  Pray  much,  not  because  it 
is  fashionable,  not  becaufie  some  one  wishes  it, 
but  because  you,  like  all  others,  need  it.  Christ 
aims  to  narrow  onr  carnal  inclinations,  and 
widen  our  spiritual  strength.  Narrowness  by 
"le  Cross,  means  breadth  by  the  resurrection. 
Meekness  and  Immility  by  Wfiy  of  Galtary,  mean 
glory,  and  honor,  and  eternal  life  by  Olivet. 
The  "men  of  i;;-Iii.'.' "  wb>.  stood    '■  L';t/int;  up 


THK   l^RKa'KRKN-   ^T   WORK. 


into  heaven  "  teach  u.  that  the  road  is  truver^ 
ed  by  One  who  w  all-powerful.  We  can  afforxi 
to  gaze  that  way  too.  "They  th»t  have  osed 
the  office  of  »  deacon  well,  purchase  to  them- 
selves a  good  degree,  and  great  boldness  in  the 
ta.th  which  is  in  Christ  .lesus."  This  ia  said  of 
those  who  Artcr.  used  the  office  of  a  deacon  «r//. 
buch  p>i,rh.,sf  a  good  degree  and  great  boldness 
i«  the  faith— two  purchases  that  are  profitable. 
"War  a  good  warfare."  Look  unto  Jeaus, "  the 
King  eternal,  immortal,  invisible,  the  only  wise 
God  "to  whom"  l)e  honor,  and  glory  forever 
and  ever.  Amen."  «  «  > 


THE  HOLY  KISS. 

fllHE  Holy  Spirit  of  God  has  commanded  the 
I  Uretbren  to  salute  one  another  with  a  holv 
kiss,  or  a  kiss  of  charity  as  it  is  sometimes  called. 
This  positive  command  is  given  by  Inspiration 
no  less  than  five  times,  and  yet  the  larger  mn^ 
jorify  of  modern  professore  refuse  to  either  obey 
or  teach  it. 

One  clfiss  attempts  to  evade  feeUwashing  on 
the  ground  that  it  was  commanded  and  practic- 
ed before  the  setting  up  of  the  cburcli  on  tlm 
day  of  Pentecost,  but  when  they  come  to  apply- 
ing that  logic  to  the  holy  kiss,  tbey  learn  that 
it  will  not  hold  out,  for  the  kis-s  wiw  command- 
ed after  Pentecost.  The  same  order  of  people, 
in  their  writings,  maintain  that  the  Gospels 
were  written  to  point  the  worid  to  Christ;  the 
Acts,  to  show  how  iieople  were  converted,  and 
the  epistles  were  designed  to  show  how  the  con- 
verted should  live,  but  when  they  find  the  holy 
kiss  taught  in  these  epistles,  they  are  as  silent 
a3  the  grave  about  it  being  a  command. 

Isaac  Errett,  editor  of  the  CAr/s//«ji.S/rtiirf«,(/, 
in  his  work  on  the  "  Elements  of  the  Gospel," 
pages  26  and  27,  says:  "  He  will  find  a  cluster 
of  epistles,  addressed  to  sai:eil  jjcnons — to  Chris- 
tians, to  give  them  a  knowledge  of  the  duties, 
dangers,  trials,  and  hopes  of  Christian  life:  epis- 
tles which  correct  the  errors,  and  reveal  the 
perils  of  the  Christian;  give  the  instruction,  and 
unfold  the  motives,  necessary  to  furnish  binito 
all  good  works.  *  "  •  *  So  that  we  go  to 
the  four  Gospels  to  learn  of  the  Savior;  to  the 
Acts,  to  learn  how  to  be  saved;  to  the  Epistles, 
to  learn  how  the  saved  ought  to  live," 

On  luruing  to  these  epistles  we  find  that  in 
them  the  salutation  of  the  kiss  is  commanded 
BO  less  than  five  times,  yet  these  very  [leople. 
who  say  we  go  to  the  epistles  to  learn  how  the 
converted  ought  to  live,  pass  this  divinely  a\>- 
pointed  institution  by  as  unconcerned  as  though 
it  were  not  in  the  Book.  They  plead  that  it 
was  an  oriental  custom,  and  therefore  not  bind- 
ing now,  just  :i3  though  Inspiration  had  not  the 
jHiwer  to  order  an  oriental  custom  to  be  kept 
sacred  by  the  people  of  God. 

Paul,  who  wrote  as  he  was  moved  by  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,  says.  "Salute  one  another  with  a  ho- 
ly kiss."  Rom.  Ifi:  ItJ.  In  this,  as  well  as  in 
many  other  things,  God  has  been  very  precise 
in  the  giving  of  bis  commands,  not  only  telling 
what  to  do.  but  how  to  do  it,  and  to  whom  it 
must  be  done.  The  brethren  were  commanded 
to  stibile,  the  how  is  with  a  kiss,  the  v^otiiisall 
the  fiolij  brethitn.  The  kiss  thus  commanded  is 
a  holi/  kis.^,  intended  for  none  but  holy  people; 
set  apart  by  divine  authority  for  that  purpose, 
and  was  so  perpetuated  by  the  Christian  church 
for  centuries  immediately  following  the  Apos- 
tolic age. 

Modern  commentators  and  diviuea  may  say 
what  they  please  about  it  being  an  ancient  cus- 
tom, practiced  by  the  orientals — one  thing  cer- 
tain, it  ici  a  command  of  God.  and  as  such  is 
stamped  with  the  .seal  of  the  Deity,  and  to  reject 
imd  ignore  it,  in  direct  rebellion  against  the  pos- 
itive thus  sayeth  the  Lord.  The  same  Paul  who 
said,  "salute  one  another  with  a  holy  kiss,"  also 
says,  "Though  we,  or  an  angel  from  heaven, 
preach  any  other  gospel  unto  you,  than  that 
which  we  have  preached  unto  you.  let  bim  be 
iiccursed."  Gnl.  1:8.  The  Gospel  which  Paul 
preached,  contained  the  holy  kiss,  and  any  gos- 
pel that  does  not  contain  that  command  is  not 
the  one  taught  by  Paul,  but  is  something  to  the 
reverse,  a  gospel  that  came  from  another  source, 
imd  not  from  heaven.  Men  who  preach  a  gos- 
ipi'l  that  is  void  of  the  holy  kiss  ahun  to  declare 
the  whole  counsel  of  God:  they  belong  to  an- 
'olher  school  and  conseiioently  are  teaching  an 
imperfect  doctrine  —  a  doctrine  from  which 
|sonietbing  hiLs  been  taken. 

Hut  admitting  that  the  ancient  Jews,  Greeks 
and  Pei-sians  did  salute  each  other  with  a  kiss, 


whatdoes  that  prove?  It  only  proves  that  thi-y, 
in  this  particular,  were  just  that  much  better 
than  nin<vl*ntb»  of  the  modern  profewont  of 
ChriHtiauity;  or  it  simply  proves  that  they,  bj- 
laturo.  without  the  Gi.apcl.  did  l»ett«r  than  oth- 
ra  with  all  their  light  and  knowledge.  This  is 
the  result  of  the  reasoning  of  those  who  make 
void  tht)  commandment-^  of  God  by  teaching  the 
doctrine  and  traditions  of  men,  and  rejecting 
one  of  the  plainwt  commands  iu  the  Uible. 
Some  of  these  very  pemma  who  reject  this  com- 
laud,  found  five  tiuH-n  in  the  New  Testament, 
will  ransack  the  Bible  from  Genesis  to  Ilevelo- 
tion  juat  to  find  a  hint  of  infant  baptism,  and  if 
no  hint  is  found,  they  will  imagine  one.  in  fact, 
do  everything  in  their  power  to  work  upiui  ex- 
cuse  in  favor  of  infant  baptism,  but  when  their 
attention  is  called  to  the  chapter  and  verae 
where  the  holy  kiss  is  enjoined,  for  their  lives 
they  cannot  see  it.  But  they  ran  see  infants  in 
the  households  of  Lydia  and  the  jailer.  They 
are  excellent  at  seeing  something  not  in  the 
Book,  but  when  it  comes  to  this  command  they 
are  unable  to  comprehend  it. 
M< 


And  Bwfol  in  mn  Word. 
If  He  a  trifle  shall  command 

Hh  creatures  to  fulfill. 
Ti-  not  a  triflf  to  witbitand 

Or  counteract  Hi*  will." 


U     bo< 


■e  than  this,  these  very  jieopW,  and  some 
of  them  are  men  of  acknowledged  ability,  will 
siieiid  a  little  fortune  ransacking  the  writings 
of  the  first  few  centuries  in  order  to  find  some 
traces  demonstrating  an  early  practice  of  infant 
baptism,  and  while  doing  so  will  find  scores  of 
instances  showing  that  tho  primitive  church 
kept  up  the  practice  of  the  holy  kiss  for  centu- 
ries. All  this  is  worth  nothing  to  them— has 
no  weight  whatever  on  their  minds,  but  if  they 
could  find  just  owe  piusage  showing  that  an  in- 
fant bad  been  baptized  sometime  during  the 
second  century  they  would  regard  it  as  positive 
proof  in  support  of  their  position;  butyou  might 
lay  along  side  that  passage  a  hundred  extracts 
from  the  same  author,  favoring  the  holy  ki'^s 
and  they  could  not  see  one  of  them.  They  have 
the  peculiar  faculty  of  seeing  juat  what  they 
want  to  see.  We  might  mention  other  thing; 
just  as  inconsistent,  but  will  leave  them  for  the 
reader  to  branch  out  on. 

That  the  holy  kiss  is   taught  in    the  episth 
will  not  be  called  in  question   by  any  honest 
Bible  student.     All  that  remains  to  be  proven. 
Is  it  a  command?  and  if  so,  is  it  still  binding? 

That  it  wart  practiced  in  the  Apostolic  church- 
es is  too  positive  to  be  called  in  question.  There 
is  no  dispute  among  the  well-read  on  this  point. 
Nor  is  there  any  doubt  about  it  l>eing  practiced 
by  the  primitive  cliurchea  of  the  fii-st  centuries. 
Sewell,  when  speaking  of  tbe  Apostolic  customs 
says; 

"  It  was  customary  also  to  symbolize  the  fel- 
lowship and  aflection  of  the  Christian  converts 
by  interchanging  the  kiss  of  peace  beiore  par- 
taking of  the  Sacrament.  St.  Paul,  in  writing 
to  the  Thessalonians,  aays,  '  Greet  all  the  breth- 
ren with  a  holy  kiss.'  "  History  of  the  Early 
Church,  page  121. 

Justin  Martyr,  who  wrote  about  the  middle 
of  the  second  century,  when  speaking  of  their 
nianuer  of  receiving  converts  into  the  church, 
saya,  "  Prayer  being  ended,  we  salute  each  other 
with  a  kiss."     Orchard,  Vol.  1,  page  24. 

Quotations  on  this  subject  might  be  multipli- 
ed to  a  considerable  extent,  but  we  will  let  the 
following  from  Tertullian  suffice  for  the  present: 

"  Another  custom  bus  now  become  prevalent. 
Such  OS  are  fasting  withhold  the  kiss  of  peace, 
which  ia  the  seal  of  prayer,  after  prayer  made 
with  brethren.  But  when  is  peace  more  to  be 
concluded  with  brethrcn  than  when,  at  the  time 
of  some  religious  observance,  our  prayer  oscends 
with  more  acceptability ;  that  they  may  them- 
selves participate  in  one  observance,  and  there- 
by be  mollified  for  transaction  with  their  brother 
toucliing  their  own  peace?  What  prayer  is 
complete  if  divorced  from  the  holy  kiss."  Vol. 
1,  page  1D2. 

The  strongest  argument,  and  in  fact,  the  real 
argument  used  to  prove  that  the  holy  kiss  is  a 
command  to  be  observed  by  all  faithful  Cli 
tians,  is  predicated  upon  the  fact,  that  it  is  a 
command  of  God,  given  by  Inspiration.  It^ 
authority  is  God,  being  backed  up  by  the  high- 
est power  in  the  universe,  aud  will  remain  bind- 
ing during  tho  Christian  dispensation.  Since 
given  in  the  days  of  the  Apostles,  it  has  not 
been  repealed  by  the  consent  of  divine  authori- 
ty. It  is  as  binding  to-day  as  wheu  first  given, 
and  to  reject  it,  is  to  ignore  n  positive  and  spe- 
cific command. 

"  The  importance  of  a  sacred  rite 

Depends  upon  the  Loj'd; 
For  He's  a  being  infinit**. 


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aim  to  moke  much  on  thin  kind  of  work,  bat 
.merely  to  clear  exi^nses.  We  are  willing  to 
make  many  sacrifices  in  order  to  get  our  doc- 
trine more  extensively  circulated  among  the 
l>eople.  and  with  proper  efforts  much  good  cao 
be  accomplished.  The  circulating  of  lit^rratuw 
in  this  shape  i.i  one  of  the  be.it  known  ways  of 
spreading  the  truth. 

The  Waldense*.  when  driven  from  place  to 
place  hy  their  cruel  enemie*.  ol\en  carried  books 
and  tracts  with  theiu.  and  gave  them  to  such  as 
they  thouKht  would  be  benefited  by  reading 
them,  and  in  this  way  they  elltcttd  tbe  conver- 
sion of  hundreds,  who  otherwise  would  have  re. 
muincd  ignorant  of  the  way  of  salvation  till 
death. 


Pamphlets  and  small  tracts  are  handy  coni- 
panions  to  band  to  aseeker  aflertruth.  Inthia 
way  yon  con  gently  approach  peopl«  on  the 
most  particular  subjects  of  religion.  Books  are 
sometimes  like  bomb-shells,  you  can  thn)w  them 
nvn'  walla  whose  gates  are  closed.  There  are 
multitudes  of  men  and  women,  who  will  not 
attend  preaching,  that  can  be  reacbe<l  with 
books.  The  eye  can  be  had  when  the  ear  is 
closed.  A  book  con  lie,  and  is  oflen  read  re- 
peatedly, and  then  loaned  to  three  or  four  &iendt 
besides. 

You  can  send  books  where  itisdiBGcultto  send 
n  preacher.  Money  wisely  spent  in  circulating 
good  tracts,  will  accomplish  more  good  than  the 
same  amount  used  iu  any  other  way.  A  few 
dimes,  thus  properiy  applied,  may  be  initrtt- 
mental  in  saving  a  soul  from  hell,  and  hide  a 
multitude  of  sins.  One  good  book  may  be  u 
good  seed  sown  in  good  ground.  Eternity  alone 
will  reveal  the  good  that  is  accomplished  by 
circulating  useful  writings. 

We  cannot  all  be  pre.i.;iier3,  yet  each  one  can 
keep  a  few  |)amphlet*i  niuvuig  among  his  friends, 
and  in  this  way  instruct  ihem  more  perfectly  in 
the  way  of  the  Lord,  We  know  brethren  who 
keei)  constantly  on  band,  copies  of  good  works 
to  let  their  neighbors  read,  and  when  the  books 
thus  used  are  worn  out  they  send  and  get  more. 
There  are,  Ihoiisauds  who  have  been  converted 
just  simply  by  reading  a  pamphlet  sent  them 
by  a  Iriumi. 

Some  yearn  ago.  a  lady  of  much  intelligence, 
chanced  to  find  a  book  written  by  a  brother, 
among  a  heap  of  v/wiie  paper.  She  read  it 
with  astonished  delight,  and  is  now  a  sister. 
Then  sow  the  good  seed.  Eternity  will  reveal 
tho  fruit  of  your  labors. 

Other  people  are  busy  at  work,  circulating 
pamjihlets  and  tracts  detrimental  to  the  cause 
of  pure  Christianity,  and  it  is  time  we  were  do- 
ing something  to  counteract  their  work.  We 
know  of  one  bouse  where  the  presses  are  ron- 
niug  day  and  night,  putting  out  tracts  and  jtft. 
pers  in  defense  of  a  doctrine  that  we  conceive  to 
be  folse.  Shall  we  lay  still,  from  one  end  o£ 
the  land  to  the  other,  and  do  comparatively 
nothing  towards  meeting  this  mighty  current? 

We  have  just  finished  the  Hailroail  Sermfm^ 
by  Bro.  J.  S.  Mohler,  of  which  a  notice  will  be 
found  in  another  place,  and  are  now  at  work  on 
Bro,  J,  W,  Sl«?in's  pamphlet  on  iVo«-("o)i/yrmi- 
ttj  to  the  WorM.  This  will  be  a  valuable  work 
when  finished.  It  will  be  ready  iu  a  tew  weeks. 
Our  own  publications  have  been  reduced  to  the 
following  prices: 

Trine  Immeraion  Traced  to  the  Apostles,  prko 
15  cents,  ten  copies,  ?1  OO. 

True  Evangelical  Obedience,  price  15  cents. 
ten  copies,  ?il  UO. 

Origin  of  Single  Immersion,  price  twocopies. 
10  cents,  forty  copies,  ?1  00. 

Christianity  Utt**rly  Incompatible  with  War, 
price  25  cents,  twenty-five  copies,  ^  00. 

The  '■  One  Kaith  "  Vindicated,  price  10  cents, 
twelve  co|iios  ^1  W. 

Tbe  Perfect  Plan  of  Salvation,  or  Safe  Ground^ 
price  10  centd,  twelve  copiesi.  $1  00. 

One  Baptism,  pricu  10  cents,  twelve  copies, 
SI  00. 

Camphelli^m  Weighed  in  thi:  Huhmue  and 
I'ouiid  Wanting,  pricv  two  copife*,  10 cents,  for- 
ty copies.  $1  00. 

Siibbatisin.  price  10  cents,  20  copies.  Si  00. 

Why  I  Li-n  the  Baptist  Chuivh.  price  two 
lopies  U'  cents,  forty  copies.  $1  00. 


TIIE    BHKTHlKEuSr    ^T    AVOKK. 


July    25. 


I  DO  NOT.LIKB  TO  HEAR 
HIM    PRAY. 

I  (III  not  like  lo  lu-iir  riim  pray 

Will)  Ion™  Hi  iwniity-llvti  jier  c«ii. 
F.irtli-ii.  1  lliitiW.Tli.-l.i.iT..mi  iriiiy 

ttf  i.ri-s**fl  t'l  ItHV  TIH'  nnwl  and  rent. 
Ait.1  iiIr*»»a!0»»PV;ilJ  »|li««ia  Wild. 

Wliicli  Jtnyw  til"  Uiudvr  -.liinild  l>c  Messed: 
A» miri'  «*  i  Imvif  oytw  (y  rciul, 
I        U  <!««■»  iiwt  »»y  tJike  iiit*r('#t. 
IdojKilIlk^  to  finir  lilin  i»rAy. 
, ,        on  ln-iuWil  Xjiw,  fcliuiU.  ui  Umir. 
For  griu-*-  It)  fiin'inl  aiigtit  tin-  day, 
■rtnii.  known  JiU  ii.-iKl»)r  lins  no  rtnur. 
.     I'd  PallKT  se<*  lilni  un  to  mill 
.'i      AnU  I'liv  tlie  lii.klcM  limther  Irr^uil, 
,     And  ».■"  liicidilldl-ii  fiit  tjjt-ki'  Jill. 

Ami  IiiiikIi  lH'in-;itli  Un-ir  iminljlo  slicd. 

J  du  nut  iikt-  to  lu.'<i[  liini  inay : 

Lp(  Itlf-wsinRK  on  lli^  wUUw  U'; 
^Vlio  never  sc-f  k!«  Jut  Il'mic  tn  -my. 

"If  want  (A'lljikcH  yoii  (■rtiiK-  to  iiiC." 
I  Iiate  tliP  pcnyw.  so  U>inl  liml  loiip, 
,Tliiit'il  o/Twruii  for  the  oriiliiin's  wwU 
'  ■  By  Iiiiii  wjio  »PC!*  liliii  cnislji  d  i>y  winiip. 
''      Aiitl  dws  not  ti/i-  Ills  sulTiiinKs  f(?pl. 

I  do  not  llk<-  to  liwir  hi-r  jHiiy. 

Wff  li  jf  wclcd  rtir  iind  silken  dWjw. 
WIni*«  wnHliorwoiniin  lolls  all  dny. 

And  Uicii  is  iiHkcd  Uj  wmk  for  k-»». 
Siicli  iiliiim  »lu-iurT«  I  dK-i|>iMi-; 

With  f-'Idi'cl  hiuiilH.  .iiid  riic(Mlt.niiiii'. 
Thpy  lift  to  hf'HVfii  tltpir  iuigi-1  pyp«, 
*     ,  And  Kttiiil  the  i-jiniliigs  of  the  [loor. 

1  do  not  likCKitch  itonllp.M  innycrs: 

If  ivrond,  I  Iio)ii'  lo  hi!  rurpfven ; 
Xo  :inj{nl»"  wiiijpt  Ihcm  iijnviird  b^im. 

Thi'y'n^  lost  a  million  mllfs  funn  hwucn. 
I  (■iinuul  Ijcnr  lout'  pravfi's  lo  licar. 

And  utiullwl  from  the  lijw  df|iart: 
Ouv  Kiithi'i-  U-nda  ii  ixjiidy  piir, 

Li-;  wilds  he  fi'W,  III-  Iii'Jii-H  thp  Iiciii  t. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 


"Thn  kimh-M  mid  Uu-h\i]i 
M-illliiidom.M.iiilu|.,il. 
Ami  •"rtnn-MrLny  I'Vfiv  ihtv 
To  |,it).an<4  i'orhn|>M  foiKJvi 


1!h-> 


—It  is  a  grand  thing  to  riiily  the  \)eo\>\e  to 
tlie-crosM  of  OUrie(j. , 

Dr.  Adiun  Chtrlie  nays,  "strong  drink  is  not 
only  tlio  devil's  ,wBy  to  mnn,  hut  nmn'ri  way  to 
the  devih"  i  )  , 

— Writi-  yovir  name  ty  kindness,  love  and 
uieruy,  on  the  hearts  of  people  you  come  in 
contact  with  year  by  ynar,  and  you  \yill  never 
be  forgotten. 

— We  mn-t  not  judge  a,  man  hy  a  word  or  a 
flii^Ie  atti(^ji.  Life  is  lonipotied  of  so  many  iu- 
consixttDcifs,  that  we  would  oft*:Mi  take  the  ex- 
ception for  the  rule. 

— A  girl  who  can  put  on  n  square  [latch  may 
not  be  MO  accuuiplislied  as  one  who  can  work  a 
([i-eeu  worsted  dog  on  a  yellow  ground,  hut  she 
in  of  far  more  real  vahie  in  the  coranmnity. 

—The  difference  between  the  church  and  the 
world  should  be  eniphiL'^izeil.  A  false  lulture 
lert'lii  the  boundary,  and  has  nearly  oblit<'ratcd 
the  walls  of  Ji-maalem.  Such  ahiv  practice, 
hftx  never  made  lieVoeK  and  martyrs. 

—A  Ghiliukh  OrtNCKlT. — One  night  in  a 
thunder  shower  we  thought  the  little  onus  were 
all  asleep,  when  a  little  voice  from  the  "  Li'un- 
dlt-bed"  nilledont,  "  Oh,  mother,  the  dark  is 
winking!  first  it  slmts  up,  and  thei(  it  shuts 
down." 

— Beware  of  the  fii-stgliLSs;  the  secret  of  be- 
ing sober,  and  of  keeping  solier,  is  to  avoid  the 
first  gliuwi.  If  you  determine  not  to  take  the 
firet  glass,  nobody  can  make  you  take  the  second. 
It  is  (he  fii-st  gliLss  that  the  conscitfilce  grapples 
with!  this  taken,  conscience  grows  weaker  with 
every  ^nceeeding  jrla.'w. 

— iWhcn  you  can  moke  an  oak  out  of  a  niiwh- 
TOftm,  tlien,  ami  not  till  tlien,  you  may  hope  to 
make  a  living  tree  out  of  that  poisonous  toud- 
Btooi,  llie  tlu'fttre.  It  was,  even  iiinoi;g  the 
heathen  nations,  considered  a  disgrace  to  bo  con- 
nected with  one;  and  down  through  all  tlwithous- 
ands  of  yeai-s  which  it  has  lived  since  tjteu,  it 
has  collie  with  perpetual  dishoiiur  on  its  huiul. 

In  the  mountains  of  Tyrol,  it  is  the  custom 
of  the  women  and  children  to  come  out  when  it 
IB  bed-Hme,  sing  their  national  songs  iiirtil  they 
hear  their  husbands,  fathers,  and  brothers  an- 
swer them  from  the  hills  on  their  return  home. 
On  the  shores  of  the  Adriatic  such  a  custom 
prevails.  There  the  wives  of  the  fishermen  eome 
down  about  sunset  and  singing  the  first  stanza, 
they  will  listen  awhile  lor  an  answeriJig  melody 
from  off  the  water;  and  continue  to  sing  and 
listen  till  the  well-known  voice  comes  borne  on 
the  waters,  telling  that  the  lovefl  one  is  almost 
home.  How  sweet  to  the  wearj'  fisherman,  as 
the  shadows  gather  around  him,  must  be  the 
songs  of  the  loved  ones  at  home,  that  sing  to 
cheer  him;  and  how  they  strengthen  and  tight- 
en the  links  that  bind  those  humble  dwellers  by 
ths  sea. 


I!T  AMOS  rUAMBERI-IX. 

WJR  fii'd  mentioned  in  the  Scriptunw.  two 
V\  khids  of  wisdom.  One  i-i  the  vTi^dom  ot 
thiB  world,  said  to  be  "  foolishnms  with  God," 
1  Cor.  3: 19.  yet  this  i«  the  wisdom  tliab  pusbas 
exte^ively  at  this  day.  Men  dewre  to  ai»pear 
wise  to  their  fellow-men  in  self-conceit,  r.^gard- 
Icss  of  how  they  ap[>ear  in  the  sight.of  God. 
This  may  be  denominated  popular  wisdom;  the 
kinds  that  usually  makes  men  proud  and  envi- 
ous. 

Of  the  other,  Jmues'says.  "  If  any  ofyou  lack 
wisdom,  let  him  a.sk  of  God.  who  giveth  liberal- 
ly to  all  men,  and  upbraideth  not,  and  it  shall 
he  given."  .lames  liX  Again,  in  the  third 
chapter  we  hare  n  description  of  the  fruits  of 
the  true  wisdom,  (veiTes  13  to  IS).  In  vei-se 
1 7  we  are  t<dd  that  the  wisdom  that  cometh 
down  from  above,  is  "pure,  gentle,  peaceable, 
easy  to  be  entreated,  full  of  mercy,  and  good 
fruits,  without  partiality  or  hypocrisy." 

now  few,  comparatively,  seek  tliU  kind  of 
wisdom,  for  its  not  popular.  If  a  minister,  or 
Sunday-school  teacher  finds  some  difficult  pius- 
sage  in  God's  Word,  and  laclcs  in\>hin  to  nn.ler- 
stind  it.  what  does  he  do?  Does  he  ask  God 
for  wisdom  from  above?  or  does  he  not  frequent- 
ly ask  some  of  the  learned  in  whom  it  is  not 
stile  to  trust? 

May  God  help  ns  all  to  crave  that  trne  wis- 
dom, which  will  guide  us  into  the  way  of  all 
truth.  Lotus  not  only  read  the  Scripture  of 
divine  truth,  but  study,  search,  compare  Script- 
with  Scripture,  imploring  wisdom  from 
above.  The  Scriptures  are  able  to  make  us 
wise  unto  salvation.  "  Tlie  fear  of  tlie  Lord  is 
the  beginning  of  (triiel  wisdom."  Let  us  take 
God  at  His  word,  mid  do  whatsoever  He  com- 
mands. Let  us  receive  God's  Word  as  He  has 
;;iven  it  to  iis  and  profit  fhcreby. 


come  any  uut<t  you,  and  bring  not  this  doctrine, 
receive  him  not  into  your  house,  neither  bid 
him  God  si»eed."    2  John  10. 


CLOSE  COMMUNION. 

BY  .insEf'H  .1.  Hoovrn. 

(1L0SE  communion  is  one  of  the  peculiarities 
y  of  the  { huich,  and  ia  one  that  many  of  the 
professors  of  Cliiiistemloni  do  not  underatjmd. 
When  being  asked  why  we  are  cloee  comuiun- 
icants,  many  of  us  are  not  able  to  .inswer  a.s  we 
would  like  to,  and  are  frequently  accused  ot  be- 
ing narrow-minded,  bigoted,  vmcharitable  to- 
wards other  denominations,  especially  so,  since 
we  invite  none  to  the  Lord*s'  table  b"t  o"r, 
members. 

Here  comes  a  man  and  says,  "  I  would  like 
to  commune  with  you,  but  you  won't  permit 
me.  Please  tell  me,  why  is  this?"  We  answer, 
we  do  invite  you,  and  often  ivith  tears,  hut  we 
say,  come  as  we  do.  ^'ou  are  not.  like-minded 
with  lis  accoi-ding  to  Christ  Jesus.  "  And  he  that 
doLibteth  is  damned  if  he  eat,  because  he  e«teth 
not  of  faith,  for  whatsoever  is  not  of  thith,  is 
sin."  Rom.  H:  23.  We  consider  the  order  of 
the  church — the  Gospel  and  Apostolic  order. 
If  we  commune  with  people  who  teach  doctrine 
we  do  not  believe,  we  commit  sin;  and  will 
be  iiicon-'istent  if  we  invite  jieople  to  commune 
with  us  who  have  no  faith  in  the  doctrine  which 
we  teach.  They  will  be  winning  against  their 
conscience  if  they  commnne  with  us.  therefore 
we  irill  be  sinning  by  inviting  them  to  sin.  We 
will  be  sinning  if  we  commune  with  people  who 
are  not  "  like-minded  one  towai'd  anothi-^r  "  with 
m  "according  to  Christ  Jesus."  Our  minds 
nuist  be  united  in  the  union  of  sentiment,  and 
if  thtjre  is  no  union,  there  con  be  no  commun- 
ion. ^  ., 

All  persons  desiring  toeni^rthe^hurcl^,  ipust 
enter  in  at  the  "stiait  gate."  Baptism  is  an 
initiating  brdinaiiei-  by  wliicli  we  enter  the 
church.  The  .\post!e  I'aul  s.iys,  "  For  as  many 
rjf  yon  as  have  been  baptized  intoChVist.  hav(^ 
put  bn  Christ."  If  we  wnnt  to  put  on  Chvi^t 
and  enter  in  at  the  "strait  gate,"  we  niUMt  lie^ 
buried  with  Him  by  baptism  into  His  death  ac- 
cordiiit;  to  His  appointed  way.  Any  otluu-  way 
than  His,  is  not  Gospel  order.  "  Hethatdimb- 
eth  lip  some  other  way,  the  same  is  a  thief  and  a 
robber."  We  cannot  commune  with  people 
who  do  not  enter  into  the  church  according  to 
His  appointed  way. 

With  regard  to  the  ordinances  in  the  church, 
they  difler  from  iis.  Feet-wai'hing  is  claimed, 
by  most  denominations,  to  be  a  command,  but 
not  to  be  [)racticed  in  the  public  assembly  of 
the  church,  and  many  of  those  who  claim  it 
ought  to  be  practiced  in  the  a.ssembly  do  not 
practice  it  at^he  proper  time.  The  Lord's  Sui>- 
l>er  they  call'lie  Jewisk  Pa^^over,  and  the  Ho- 
ly C<unmunion  they  call  the  Lord's  Supper. 
Thus  far  you  can  see  that  we  cannot  commune 
with  a  people  who  do  not  hold  entirely  to  the 
doctrine  of  Christ.     The  Apostle  says, "  If  there 


HE  THAT  IS  GUILTY   OF  THE 

LEAST,  IS  GUILTY  OF 

THE  WHOLE. 

llV  S.  S,  UXDEM.Vi;. 

A  CHRISTIAN  is  likened  unto  a  man  who 
engages  as  a  partner  in  a  firm.  He  first 
notices  whether  there  is  gain  in  the  transaction: 
then  he  is  ready  to  go  to  «'ork,  though  there 
may  be  many  obstnictions~in  the  way. 

Fii-st.  be  murt  search  the  record  and  make 
himself  sure  of  not  losing  his  deposit  or  com- 
pensation. 

Second,  he  must  be  on  his  guard,  watching 
for  impediments  that  may  chance  to  be  thrown 
in  his  way.  There  are  many  who  give  thif  but 
little  or  no  thought  at  all,  when  engaged  in 
ChiTstianity,  though  in  woridly  affairs  they  ai-e 
very  cautious.  As  a  matter  of  truth,  it  he  is  a 
man  of  great  confidence,  he  is  trusted  in  either 
Citee  and  should  be  a  good  sample  to  the  minor 
ones.  Men  of  good  standing  are  not  aware  of 
the  threat  influence  they  exert  upon  the  minds 
of  the  risiug  genemtion.  This  is  the  reason 
why  men  and  women  of  good  standing  should 
be  cautious  iu  all  things;  no  matter  how  small. 
The  smaller  the  better;  for  men  of  weak  minds 
are  wore  apt  to  take  heed  to  small  things,  than 
larger  ones. 

There  are  many  things  in  lite  that  aiv  of  great 
importance,  though  rarely  noticed.  I  never  will 
foi-get  the  expression  1  heai-d  S.  U.  Baslior  make 
some  two  yeai-s  ago.  back  in  old  Pti.,  concerning 
the  great  influence  ehteeniedeharacters  have  over 
others.  "  If  a  well-esteemed  brother  goes  in  a 
saloon  and  takes  a  drink,  (probably  for  his 
health),  many  weak-minded  men  think, '  well, 
my  brother,  an  esteemed  man,  can  take  a  drink, 
wliy  can't  I? 'and  goes  in  and  takes  a  drink. 
bilt  does  not  stop  there,  as  his  brother,  but  takes 
another,  and  .inother,  and  so  on  till  he  becomes 
iutoiicated,  and  uses  profane  language,  and  all 
was  caused  by  the  good  brother  and  him  not 
aware  of  it.  And  likewise  an  esteemed  sister 
probably  gets  her  bonnet  changed  somewhat, 
something  near  the  fashion;  a  weak-minded  sis- 
ter does  likewise,  but  does  not  stop  there.  The 
i-emainder  of  her  dressis  also  changed  something 
near  the  fashion,  or  probably  altogether  as  the 
fashion,  and  if  counseled  for  it,  she  will  say. 
'  Why,  my  sister  ha^  her  bonnet  made  after  the 
fashion,  and  I  thought  I  could  do  likewise.'  and 
will  maintain  her  rights  until  she  is  thrown  out 
of  the  church,  and  all  is  caused  by  the  good  (?) 
sister  just  simply  changing  her  bonnet." 

There  are  other  cases  similar  to  these,  that  are 
caused  by  esteemed  men  and  women,  and  they 
m'e  not  aware  of  it.  I  once  heard  of  a  preacher 
being  asked,  if  there  was  any  wrong  iu  telling 
an  untruth  in  time  of  necessity?  He  said  there 
was  not.  Now  this  is  a  case  of  infiuence. 
There  is  no  need  of  untruth  in  any  case,  no 
difference  how  imallitis;  probably  not  so  much 
in  the  sight  of  the  world,  but  iu  the  sight  of 
God,  is  as  bad  as  the  largest.  There  m-e  many 
cases  of  this  kind  committed.  In  case  a  poor 
brother,  or  a  man  of  poor  standing  goes  to  a 
rich  brother  and  asks  him  for  money,  the  an- 
swer is,  "  I  have  nut  got  it,"  and  at  the  same 
time  he  has  it  laying  in  some  bank,  or  in  the 
bouse.  But  if  a  rich  brother  conies  and  asks. 
he  can  have  all  he  wants.  The  rich  man  gets 
it,  and  probably  the  same  brother  goes  to  him 
iind  receives  the  same  answer.  This  man  got 
it  to  speculate  with,  and  the  poor  brother  must 
let  his  property  be  sold  to  pay  the  debt.  Then 
they  will  say,  "lam  sorry;"  telling  the  iin- 
triith  twice  for  one  case.  This  should  not  be 
the  case  with  Christian  professors.  The  bad 
influence  you  exert  upon  others,  does  more 
wrong  than  you  commit  personally. 

Now  there  ai-e  many  who  hold  the  opinion, 
that  there  is  no  wrong  in  doing  a  little  work  on 
Sunday.  I  have  heard  some  say  tliat  the  Script- 
ures siiy,  there  is  no  harm  iu  saving  that  which 
will  likely  be  lost  on  Sunday.  I  will  herr  ask, 
of  any  Bible  reader,  if  they  ever  saw,  between 
the  lids  of  the  Bible,  "  You  shall  labor  to  save 
money  on  Sunday?"  There  are  many  places 
where  the  Sanor  asked  them,  which  of  them 
would  not  save  life   on  the   Sabbath? 

Now  these  are  some  important  facts  to  be 
obsen-ed ;  they  are  small  in  the  eyes  of  those  who 
commit  them,  but  are  seen  by  the  ej'es  of  the 
world  and  observed  by  the  eye  of  God.  Let  all, 
when  once  joined  with  a  Christian  band,  live, 
walk  and  talk  Christitm-like.  I  once  heard  a 
man  remark:  "After  a  man  joins  the  church 
he  is  like  a  man  coming  in  a  now  countiy.  If  he 
'once  is  iu  the  country  long  enough  to  bec(une 
a  citizen,  no  matter  what  he  does,  he  is  still  a 
citizen.    So  in  the  church;  no  matter  what  he 


dues,  h.'  is   a  Christian."     Woe    uuto   the  m 
who    will    teach  such  doctriue:  they  shall 
hated  in  the  presence  of  God. 
Siilfiii,  Xfh. 


SETTLING    QUARRELS. 

SOMETIMES  ditticulties  arifie  among  neigh, 
bors  ami  among  Christians,  when  honest, 
well-meaning  i)eoi>li-  fail  to  agree,  and  it  requires 
patience  imd  shrewdness,  to  prevent  serious 
trouble.  Often,  however,  the  practical  common 
sense  of  a  disinterested  person  avails,  when  ai".. 
gumeut  and  invective  are  in  vain. 

Two  farmeis  quarrelled  over  a  broken  fence, 
through  which  their  cattle  paased  without  re- 
straint. Each  insisted  that  the  other  should 
mend  the  breach.  Unable  to  agree,  they  left 
the  matter  to  the  decision  of  a  neighbor,  wh-i, 
after  listening  attentively  to  their  stories,  luid 
viemng  the  fence  with  care,  informed  them  that 
he  should  require  time  for  thought  and  consid- 
erntion  before  rendering  his  d'-cision  upon  a 
matter  of  such  grave  moment,  and  that  mean- 
while he  would  put  a  few  sticks  into  the  broken 
fence,  as  it  needed  immediate  attention.  Ac, 
cordingly  he  fell  to  work,  and  in  ten  or  fifteen 
minutes  had.  the  fence  mended,  while  the  two 
belligerents  .itood  by,  having  nothing  left  to 
quarrel  about! 

A  shoemaker  who  failed  to  collect  five  dollars 
of  a  customer,  .sued  llim  at  the  law.  The  debt- 
or went  to  a  lawyer  for  jidvice. 

"  Do  you  (tft-e  him  the  money?  "  said  the  law- 
yer. 

"  Yes,  but  since  be  has  sued  me,  I  want  you 
to  fight  him;  here  is  ten  dollars  to  begin  ivith." 

The  lawyer  took  the  money,  and  soon  after 
called  on  the  shoemaker  and  asked  him  if  hd 
would  take  five  dollars  and  settle  the  matter. 
He  was  glad  to  do  it,  and  the  lawyer  put  the 
other  five  dollai-s  into  his  own  pocket. 

"  How  do  yon  come  on  with  the  shoeniakeri' " 
said  the  debtor  to  the  lawyer  one  day. 

"  0,  I  have  fixed  him  so  he  will  never  trouble 
you  any  more,"  replied  the  lawyer,  and  so  the 
lawsuit  ended- 

In  Marion,  Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y.,  two  widows  of 
the  Baptist  church  attended  >ervice  in  a  coun-. 
ti-y  school-house.  They  occupied  cliaii-s  iu  tin- 
center  of  the  room.  After  intermission  they 
changed  seats,  anda.s  each  had  left  her  shawl  in 
the  chair,  they  changed  shawls.  One  was  very 
fine,  the  other  coarpe.  After  service  both  claim, 
ed  the  fine  shawl.  No  one  could  tell  which  was 
mistaken:  the  church  was  about  equally  divid- 
ed; and  the  jtnrties  were  completely  alienated, 
Two  councils  h.id  been  called  without  success, 
A  third  was  called,  and  an  old  preacher  named 
Amasa  Brown  was  sent  for  to  attend  it.  .\fler 
each  side  had  presented  its  ca.se,  Mr.  Brown  rosi- 
and  inquiretl  what  the  shawls  were  worth. 
Some  one  said  the  best  one  cost  ten  dollars. 
"  Well,"  said  he,  "  let  us  buy  it,"  and  laid  down 
a  dollar  as  the  first  subscriiition.  The  money 
was  i-aised,  the  fine  shawl  given  to  one  and  the 
money  to  the  other.  The  coai-se  shawl  wa.s  sent 
to  the  Missionary  Convention,  and  the  ditlicul- 
ty  was  settled. 

The  grace  of  common  sense  is  one  of  the  most 
precious  of  Christian  graces.  And  if  persons 
would  only  exercise  this  grace,  many  quarrels 
would  he  very  short  lived.  "  Blessed  are  the 
peacemakei-s:  for  they  shall  be  called  the  chiU 
dren  of  God." — Tlie  (JhriMiini. 


PRAYER  AND  WORKS. 

PH.\YER  Wiis  never  meant  to  be  a  substitute 
for  labor,  an  i-R<y  way  of  throwing  our  re- 
sponsibilities upon  God.  The  old  chissic  stmy 
of  the  teamster  whose  cart  stuck  in  the  mud, 
and  who  fell  to  crying  to  Hercules  for  help  in-^ 
stead  of  using  eflbrt  himself,  and  was  told  b\ 
the  god  he  invoked,  to  put  his  own  shoulder  to 
the  wheel,  shows  that  even  n  heathen  mind 
could  see  that  faith  was  never  meant  to  exclude 
work.  That  is  a  good  anecdote  which  they  tell 
about  Mr.  Moody — and  an  authentic  one,  too— 
in  his  earlier  days  in  Chicago,  when  the  noon- 
day prayer-meeting  had  been  established,  and 
he  wiw  a  regular  attendant.  Bro.  K.,  a  man  ot 
wealth,  rose  one  day  and  told  the  meeting  of  an 
opportunity  which  there  was,  to  do  a  certain 
good  thing  if  only  three  or  four  hundred  dollar^, 
could  be  raised  for  the  purpose,  and  he  urged 
those  present  to  pray  earnestly  that  it  might  !«■ 
done.  Mr.  Moody  wa.s  on  his  feet,  with  a  sud- 
den inspiration,  saying,  "  Bro.  IC,  I  wouldat 
trouble  the  Lord  with  a  little  thing  like  that;  I 
would  do  it  myself."  The  universal  smile  prov- 
ed that  every  one  took  the  point  of  his  joke. 
— Coii^rcf/ff^oiiw^is'- 


Skepticism  has  never  founded  empires,  estuln 
lished  principalities,  or  changed  the  worlds 
heart.  The  great  doers  in  history  have  always 
been  men  of  faith. 


July 


THK    WitKTHRElNr    AT    AVOKIC. 


Clock. 


1  which  tolls  the  hour  in  lude,,P,wIp„,.  Hnll 
„„».ok.m«  .onn,l.  Th.r*  »  „  Io,r  vihrutinn 
Itaweeii  the  strokesthnt  srema  U.  whisper  ,)**« 
inrj.  pnsshi;}.  pa^^im,!  And  thoso  q„wtin„',  en- 
tpr  onr  niin<l.  Who  ur,- thn*eth«t*n.,„«sii,e-^ 
How  are  th*.y  passing?  And  laHlv,  where  are 
they  piisniigV  Then  tho  Tesponse^  come  to  the 
„n.l.  All  nre  passing!  Yea.  deiir  render  we 
„re  all  passuif;  a.,  ,re  teiW.  Aud  th.*,e  who 
),ear  the  low  vibrations  of  tho  Wll  wiUaoon  lis- 
ten to  tlmt  solemn  sound  no  more  forever,  for- 
i-ver.  lor  they  shall  have  pussed  to 

"Tliat  imiliscveml  ooiuitrv 
Kiain  whosfl  hounie  no  tiiiveUi  ev»-r  retmus." 
Sinii-'i-.  do  you  hour  those  -^oft  an.l  yi-ntle  vil.ni- 
tions  of  that  still  small  Toiw  that  whlipers 
•'  Come  unto  Me"  ?  It  i*  the  pleading  voice  of 
Jesus.  This  voice  will  iilso  fiii„Hy  cease  to  tv 
brate,  or  tall  in  «weet  aewnta  upon  your  con 
scieuce.  nml  whnt  will  heyourfutel  Christ  gent- 
ly knocks  at  the  door  of  your  heart.  wilTyou 
bid  Him  enter  ?  Remember  your  life  is  piiss- 
ing  away  with  the  gentle,  yet  Bolemn  vibnitions 
of  the  clock,  imd  soon,  yea  very  soon,  time  may 
|)f  iw  more  with  you,  and  where  ure  yon  stand- 
iugV  Echo  answers,  WHERK!  KemeuilMT 
you  are  passing  into  Eternity  and  into  the  aug- 
ust presence  of  an  nvengiug  God.  Listen  to 
tliat  gentle  voice  that  calls  you.  and  seek  Jesus 
while  He  may  be  found.  "  For  His  yoke  is 
easy,  and  His  burden  is  liglit.''  Mutt.  11.  3)i. 
so  that  wlien  you  puss  to  that  land  of  immor- 
tality- you  be  able  to  obtain  that  peaceful  rest 
that  "  passr-th  all  understanding." 

The  rli-ck  d..tli  toll  l|,o  aol.'uui  liour. 

When  luoitals  pasa  to  rest, 
tt.iuiiy  tliril  lie  tlieir  Ii[ii)p>  hi.wer, 

T.Mhv.OUmont;tln-l.h..st! 

E.  H.  Stipleu, 

Prayer. 

fjTHEalK.vo.'iubject  i^onoof  great  iuiportance 
i  iiud  should  have  due  regard  from  all  the 
Ijrethien  and  sistei-s.  But  we  find  thiit  so  much 
neglected  by  the  Brethren.  I  tell  you  bretlueu 
and  nisters.  we  can  never  get  along  as  Chvis- 
lians  without  this  great  princple.  A  plant 
Ivill  die  from  lack  of  rain,  ^n  will  the  Christian 
ivltbotlt  pr.iyer.  "Ah,"  says  ruie  ''I*  that  so? 
IfoiV  do  yoii  Icnow"--  Bt-tMusH  Piiul  s.iid  "priiy 
willniut  censing"  that  is,  yon  inusr  have  a  pray- 
ing mind '■ontininlly;  or  as  the  Apostle  S]iys 
**  the  fervent  and  clt'ectual  prsiyer  of  u  righteous 
mnu  availeth  much."  Whnt  a  delightfnl  lnsk 
to  ponr  out  our  sour.-i  desire^  to  Him  that  livei  li 
and  iibideth  forever.  Oh,  dear  reader,  try  it  if 
you  never  liave  done  so  in  your  life,  try  it  fur  i 
Week  and  ^■  intinue  to  try  n.«  long  as  you  livi 
and  (iod  will  suiely  hear  you  and  guide  you  in 
to  rii<-t.  "  But,"  Naj's  one.  "  I  cannot.  I  juive 
tried  it  and  could  not  pniy."  I  will  tell  you 
Imw  you  might  try.  ^  on  reuieinber.  the  Sav- 
ior said.  "  When  you  pray,  say,  (lur  Father 
which  art  in  heaven  etc."  Can  yon  not  then 
luemurize  the  Lord's  prayer?  Xiu\  then  pray 
that  in  spirit  and  truth?  Ves  you  can,  and  al- 
so pretty  soon  you  can  find  other  words  to  ex- 
jn'es*ri  your  feelings  to  Him.  If  we  would  all 
engage  more  in  prayer  we  wonid  not  find  so 
nineh  time  to  hunt  up  our  brother's  or  sister's 
faults,  hasten  on  their  destruction  or  in  other 
words  to  aee  them  expelled  from  church.  If 
you  think  there  is  no  power  in  prayer  just  re- 
fer to  your  Testament  and  see  what  it  says 
throughout,  Jesus  says, "  seai'ch  the  Scriptures 
for  in  them  ye  think  ye  have  eternal  life  and 
they  are  they  which  testify  itf  me."  This  is  a 
.command  to  us,  not  a  mere  saying,  hence  should 
■be  obeyed.  "  In  the  mornina  1  will  call  upon 
itheejuid  in  the  evening  I  will  remember  thy 
'wayis.^)  God."  H.  H.  Bilvllier. 


that  we  ^honld  work  in  hi*,  vine-ynnl  nurt  im- 
prove them  to  the  honor  and  glorv  of  God. 
God  w  not  mocked,  for  wbHLs.>eTer  v  m»n  »ow- 
eth,  that  shall  he  »lso  reap.  Therefore  let  u% 
all  sow  to  Ibu  spirit,  that  we  may  n-kp  life  ev- 
erlasting. A.  Nki.sos  Oiutiin,t„ 


CORRESPO  NDEisrCE. 


IS  inv  prayer.  The  Hn-thn-n 
friend*  wen-  itll  rtiy  ktiid  to  i 
May  the  goixl  Lord  ble«S  then 
n«w.     1  piiji)y.-d  the  privilige 


and  Sisli>n' 
e  while  in  hid. 
fnr  their  kind- 
if  forming  un  ne- 


From   Elder   George  Wolfe. 

EXTR\rr  FHOJI  a  LKTTKR  WUITTES  tow.  UETEIUi 
OF  IIRIOHTOy,  (AL. 

you  doubtless  have  seen  the  announcement 
iu  the  BiiKTHRF.N  AT  Work  of  the  three 
Elders  coming  to  visit  us  this  Fall,  I  mn  glad 
our  Brethren  hail  Christian  soundness  enough 
to  send  us  thix-e  such  Brethren.  it»  we  think 
they  are  frw  from  a  soured  or  jtredjudit'ed 
mind.  We  believe  they  are  coming  to  do  us 
good  and  talk  Scripture  to  us,  for  our  benefit 
and  not  to  try  us.  as  a  set  of  criminals. 

Now.  dear  brother,  let  ns.  by  the  help  of  G<»1, 
strip  ourselves,  and  become  free  from  all  prej- 
lice  and  malice,  ami  rcci-ive  those  Brethren  in 
the  spirit  of  our  Master  Jesus,  pruj-ing  fortuie 
another's  safety  and  well-being,  so  that  if  God 
l>ermits  us  and  them  to  meet  again  in  that 
grove,  where  we  have  met  before,  and  so  man^- 
sacred  associations  came  up  to  my  mind, — 
then  Jesus  will  meet  with  us  to  bless,  as  he  did 
with  his  Apostles,  when  they  met  together  to 
pray  and  praise  his  name.  It  is  now  about  wet- 
tied  that  the  cnmp-mceting  will  commence  in 
the  evening  of  the  Utli  day  of  Sept.  at  the  camp 
grounds.  Get  as  many  of  the  friends  on  the 
plains  to  come  as  you  can.  and  especially  Bro. 
and  sister  Bailey.  The  jueeting  will  hold  over 
over  two  Sundays.  Those  three  ou  the  siuid 
plains  call  not  be  baptized  till  th-  mceling. 
I  look  lorwn'd  to  tliat  meeting  with  fund  antic- 
ipation, praying  to  the  Lord  to  give  us  a  I'en- 
tccostial  shower.  Stir  up  the  gitt  within  you 
jmd  fight  valiantly,  as  a  goud  i-oldier  of  the 
cross  lay  it  not  down  till  you  can  chuiijje  the 
cross  for  the  crown.  We  will  be  glad  to  see 
yon  at  any  time. 


qurtiutunce  with,  and  vinitiug  niiuiy    very   kind 
tiimili-s  in  the  ehurch.    Among  the  miuiy  I  wn* 
iinieh  ploBst-d  lo  form  an  acqiuuiitmite  with  Bro. 
Lewis  Workumn  and  fiiniily,  also  frien*   Darid 
llolston  tmd  fjunily  who  an-  relatives   of  luine. 
While  at  the  home  of  Bra  U-wis  1  w.w  wade  to 
n-flect  upon  the  past.     Theiv  |  found  a  family 
that  was  undei-going  what  our  own  family  was 
obliged  to  undergo  but  u  few  years   ago.   when 
we  were  called  upon  to  part  with  n  Christian 
mother.    Such  is  the  condition  of  Bm.  L.nvis\ 
family.     But  few  months  ago  death  ciune  along 
and  removed  fVom  them   a  Christian  wife  ^md 
motiier.     The  stroke  is  felt  in  every  d-pnrhnent 
of  that  kintl  family.     When  they  sing,  hervoicr 
19  not  heanl  mingling  with  theim.     While  pen- 
ning these  lines,  tears  force  themselves  thick  and 
fatt  horn  the  eyes  of  your  Bro.  for  this  and  all 
other  families  in  like  sorrows.     Believing   that 
many  fatherless  and  motherless  ones  will  rem! 
these  lines,  let  me  a!»k  you  the  rjuestion,  are  you 
trying  to  so  live  that  may  win  a  home  in  that 
world  that  knows  no  such  sorrow  as  this.     1 
was  much  delighted  to  see  that  in  the  family  nil 
of  a  proper  age  are  meinbei-s  of  the  chnroh:two 
of  them  united,  while   I   was   there.     May  the 
good  Lord  care  for  the  sorrowing  family  is  niy 
desire.   .\lso  cousin  Rcdston's  daughter.Mary  is 
now  a  promising,  yming  si.-,ter,  she  having  seen 
it  proper  to  unite  while  I  was  with  tli<-m.     May 
the  Savior  keep  her  near  his  side,  and  the  day 
speed  itself,  when  all  the  memlK-rs  of  this  kind 
family  may  also  be  members  of  the  church  the 
motKev  and  si-vrrai  of  the  children  being  mem- 
bei-s  already,     1  landed  safely   home  and  found 
all  well,  thank  the  Lord. 
.Uhhnul,  (ihi:. 


From   Lowell.    Michigan, 

I/rar  iiMh)vu.— 

WVi  wish  to  make  known  through  your  wor- 
thy paper  our  tiip  to  Xorthent  Michigan. 
We  left  our  home  in  Canijiliell.  (onia  Co.,  May 
the  y4t,h,  reached  Petoskv  (l!"'  miles  Noi-th  of 
(irand  llrtpids),the  same  ei;i*jiing  after.O  o'clock. 
Next  morning  crossed  the  Little  Traverse  Kay 
on  boat,  '>  miles  across.  The  Bay  was  rather 
rough,  for  one  not  used  to  water.  Were  met 
at  Little  Traverse  by  IJro.  .lohn  Noss,  and  soon 
Bro.  John  R.  Stut/.man  met  us.  Took  dinner 
with  Bro.  and  Sister  Krise,  living  in  the  village, 
bad  meeting  iu  the  evening  at  Kro.  Stutzman's, 
Xe-\t  day  cjiinday)  Iiiul  meeting  at  the  Cook 
S4:]iool-house;  tliesmall  school-house  wiw  dense- 
ly packed.  Same  evening  had  meeting  at  the 
house  of  Bro.  Nosa;  also  good  turnout  and 
good  attention  to  our  talk.  On  Monday  eve- 
ning luul  meeting  at  a  Mr.  Thomas'.  On  Tues- 
day again  .it  Cook's  school-house.  The  place 
was  again  crowded.  On  Wednesday,  at  1  o'clock 
P.  M.,  had  meeting  iu  Little  Traverse;  rather 
small  congregation,  being  an  important  trial 
on  hand  the  same  time.  While  there  we  visit- 
ed as  many  of  the  members  ua  we  possibly 
could,  and  were  informed  that  17  membei's  lived 
in  the  County  (Emmet).  We  were  received  and 
treated  with  kindness.  These  were  the  first 
nu'etings  ever  held  here  by  the  brethren.  Much 
interest  seemed  to  be  taken  by  the  people  in 
general,  and  many  calls  to  soon  come  again. 
These  members  nearly  all  take  the  BitETniiES 
AT  Work. 

George  Loso. 


'IHlEioi 
J.    or  pro 


Pay  Thy  Vows. 

Loi-ri  wants  us  to  pay  or  fulfill  our  vows 
I-  inQii-ises,  we  make  towards  him.  How 
tiften  did  v. e, make  vows  to  God  when  we  got  in 
•trouble,  tri;il.«.  and  uHections  and  perhaps  at  the 
ipoint  of  dentil?  There  we  called  upon  the 
iLonl  to  help  ajul  deliver  us  out  of  our  troubles 
-iuid.rpare  aur  Yik:  then  we  would  depart  from 

•  Bvillmdrrove  Gie^rd.  keep  his commandmen  ts. 
.Have.we  Bil-do,ne'i*jS  we'promifced  to  do?     Per- 

hap^sonieaf  tlie  loidefi  have  uot.  When  tin* 
Lord  heaird  and  svuswewd  their  prayers:  and 
i'-Mvc.Ulmmtoh.jaJth,tltcy  rontinm-d  insm 
I-  iiefore.  Now  we  .are  to  take  warning-  God 
'  ail.  his  people  iiiflOlVi^-nt  ways  and  has  giv-n 

•  lis  his  word  und  the  meaiwof  grace  >o  we  can 
■'work  out  our  soulVsaKation  and  ii  we  are  not 
-■sftved.  weiiMist  put,  the  blame  ou  ourselves. 

'  The  Lord  has  rton#  his  pai-t  *nd  will  have  us  to 
«h  nnr  paH.    He  lm.«  giveu  y^  gift*  ^^^  t"'"^"'" 


Dr.,. 


Our    Annual    Meeting. 


OUR    Annual 
plea'iantly.  a 


('onference  passed  oil"  veiy 
and  we  are  Jissnred  that,  though 
nuili  propose,-".  God  disposes.  For  mnre  than 
thirty  \  eai-s  past,  there  wen-  from  time  to  time 
ieaiv  entertaiiu'd  iit  a  ruptun-  or  split  in  the 
body,  und  yet  the  body  only  struck  deeper  Boot, 
and  came  closer  together.  This  hutt  Aoiiual 
Mi'etiug  appeared  to  nu-  the  uiii!<t  niicOe^itful  in 
gaining  liatmi)n,v  and  luiiou  of  idl  former  meet- 
ings. Expreiwioiw  of  wonl  and  look,  at  th<- 
closing  exercises,  indieatetl  nntliing  h-s$  tlum 
perfect  Inve  and  haj'luony. 

The  resolutiim  to  enterlnin  none  else  but 
those  Hent  im  business  at  u<-\t  A.  M.  i«  a  pru- 
blem  to  !>e  solved.  Unless  tin-  brotherhood 
places  mon*  confidence  iu  n  r-elected  budy  to  do 
business,  than  they  have  hitherto,  il  will  prove 
a  failure,  but  it  must  be  liicit.  We  nse<l  to 
think  this  meeting  together  oiiei-  a  year  fn>m 
far  and  near  wiw  the  chief  means  Im  keep  the 
body  t()gelher  in  om-.  like  l.srael  in  coming  to- 
gether, not  only  once  but  three  times  a  year.  — 
.lei'oboam  feared  this  union,  therefore  jirevent- 
ed  their  goin^'  up  to  Jerusalem  mid  the  conse- 
ciu-'iice  Bible  renders  know. 


From  D.    N.    Workman. 

Iknr  Brethmi:— 

ON  my  way  to  A.  M.  I  stonjed  oil'  at  Pieree- 
ton,  Ind.,  in  Bro.  Jesse  Calvert's  district 
of  church  and  attended  their  Cominunion-meet- 
'In-;.  which  was  held  June  "tb.  Uemaiued  with 
them  until  Monday  following;  held  meeting  in 
the  e\  enings.  up  to  which  time  we  baptized  three 
On  Tui'sday  uioniiug  started  for  A.  M..  from 
tlmt  place.  Whilcat  the  same  place  wRsimist- 
eil  upon  to  reiui-n  and  spend  a  fewddy^moi-e  iu 
the  same  eburcli,  which  I  consented  to  (lo.  So 
aft^r  th)-  Coiiiuil  eloseit.  I  letnnu-d.  IJteld  our 
first  iiitK-ting  yii  Saturday  evening,  l)al)li/ed 
time  luoi-  xeiterrhiy.  wh-n  IJrcj.  .T.  \VV Stein 
ji.ini'd  II-  in  the  labors.  We  then  cntiuufd  the 
lueetiug  t^ri^lUtleovei-oWe  week;  Bro.  St'i-iu 
ami  luyVclf  both  reiuaiuing.  Nineteen  weie 
baptiwd  in  nil. -during mi'  Tisit  to  thfet  chiinh. 
May  the  ^dLftrdcTMi keen  theirt  iwRrliissiflp 


It  is  true.  viLst  sums  of  money  are  expended 
which  might  be  used  to  greater  advantage  (?). 
Sixty-two  cents  was  the  tax  this  year  for  each 
member,  and  if  thiit  sum  impoverished  thi 
churches  so  that  they  could  not  do  anything 
more  for  the  Lord,  truly  the  A.  M.  expenses 
ought  to  Ih'  curtailed.  Our  religion  cannot  l>e 
worth  much  if  we  cannot  give  us  much  a  y 
as  some  of  my  neighbors  paid  for  their  preach- 
er alone,  namely  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  dol- 
lars a  year. 

But  it  is  not  so  much  the  money,  \\s  the  la- 
bor and  trouble  und  then  the  disonler,  but  per- 
haps the  gtiin  may  overbalance  nil,  taking  all 
things  into  consideratir>n.  of  which  the  opitor- 
tuuity  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  thousand.'*  at  once, 
is  not  the  leiut  of  items.  There  is  a  dc^ii-e  to 
hear  the  pure  Gusitel  preacdied.  We  are  not 
permitted  to  put  it  under  a  bushel.  Then  why 
not  make  use  of  the  liest  cimdlesticka  at  com- 
mamU-'  The  preaching  that  was  done  at  the 
time,  though  imperfectly  arranged  may  la-ing 
ample  conipciisatiou  i'.i  a  future  time. 

r.  P.  Loiait. 


From    Altoona.    Iowa. 

Dwr  Brelhnn; — 

Foil  tlie  first  time  since  lea\iug  Wyomiiij 
Tenitorj-,  I  take  xip  my  pen  tb  write  you  i 
few  liner!.  Fi^v  years  ago  I  left  Iowa,  und  sine 
that  time  roamed  overiK  gutsl  portjioj*  of'  tin 
We-*L  1  wtMitliolB  here  to  Kjui-sius  uot  liking 
ithu  ci'uuty  when- I  had  went  t<',  umuely  M< 
ri^'Co..  fiibeii  mile-  Smith  of  .luuctioii  eity.  we 
Went-haok  to  Jwffn-son  Co.    Stayed  unly  about 


two  f.r  three  we^k».  and  th^n  wmt  to  FaUj. 
City.  Neb.  The  rivi-r  poimtien  of  Kaiius  «ro, 
w  a  Kfueritl  thing,  tp.itr  t^il„.  but  bark  fur- 
ther the  land  is  wuuewhnl  billy  imd  r(k;ky.  — 
W<«kI  iiud  wafc-r  are  not  very  pWnty.  In  tonM 
portion*,  there  n  .onMd.rable  hard  pan.  Brown 
Co.,  in  the  N'irth-«(«t*rH  part  of  the  State,  is  a 
nioeeomitn:  1  believe  when  it  ha«  grona 
phuiU-d  all  over  iti<  Ij^ond  plains,  which,  no 
doubt  it  will  have  sonic  d«y.  it  will  be  one  of  the 
finest  counties  rn  the  State,        ' 

About  the  niee;,t  thing  I  saw  in  the  State 
W!w  the  ford  acroHs  the  river  at  toili-ville. — 
one  unl)roken  rock  all  the  way  acrcMs  fl« 
stream.  Th.-  water  gimendly  is  uboat  tweje 
toeigbtrf-en  inchwtdwp.  The  connlrv  nmond 
Fiilli.  t^it>  I  liked  very  well,  although  .'lik*  Kan- 
«ft.s,  il  i«  often  visited  by  gniK'^hopiiers, 

From  then-  we  went   to   (^tlifomia.      While 
there.  I  saw  a  gn-at  many   grand   and   intvmt* 
ingsijihti..     I  visiteil  the  CahivHras  grove  of 
big  trei-s.  The  in.«t  of  thew  are  named.    There 
we  have  for    instance,    the    Father  of  thf    For- 
est. A  tree  that  ha?*  been  pr<»trate<l   many  yesni 
before  the  white  man  discovered  them.     It  waa 
4.50  feet  high.    The  mother  of  the  forest  i»  still 
standing,  hn^  been  barked  over  half  its  hight, 
imd  the  bark  is  kept  for  .--ale  at  the   hi>tA-l.   that 
has  lieen  ereutttl  on  the  grounds  for  the  accom- 
modation   of    travelei-8.      The  pioneers  cabin 
took  fire  and   burned  out   a   space   twenty-five 
feet  inside.    The  fire  died  out  and  left  the  tree 
standing  with  a  shell,  three  or  four  feet  thick 
on  the  outside.     Two  large  oi>enings,  like  doora 
hanit  out  on  the  East  and  on  the  West.      One 
large  tree  huh  been  eat  down,  the  stump  chisel- 
ed otr  smooth  and  on  it  im  octagon   building  is 
erected.  36  feet  acroM.     It  was   painted    wliite, 
but    the    hundreds  and  thousimds  of   namea 
wrote  in  it,  make  it  look  nearly  black.   Among 
,  the  iminy  names  of  the  most  noted  tr^^  {jj^ 
George  Washington,  Thoma*  .Teffemon.  A.  Lin- 
coln, Gen.  Unmt.  Sherniim.  Sheridan,  and  one 
the  nicest  in  the  grove  is  uained  in  honor  of 
lien.  J.  C,  Fremont.    These  large  trees  are  a 
species  of  red  wood.    The  sloughs, swamps,  etc., 
are  covered  with  what  is  called  tules.  a  lund  of 
rushes    or  cane  growing    12  to  IS  feet   high, 
without    a  joint.      Among  tliwe.   wild  hogs 
abound  in  considerable   numbers,  and  often  I 
have  enjoyed  a  wild  hog  hunt,  although  I  ran 
several  narrow  chimces  with   them,  for  wlxea 
wounded  or  cornered,  thov  will  fight  to  the  1 
1   al.o   shXiA    S;m    IV..n.;-(.,.      T    vent    f 
Stockton  to  ,S;ui  Frami  i  ■>  iu  u  -tealll-l|oa^and 
saw  u  griMt  uumy  woiiile.ful  'ight".    The  phice 
where  the  most  knowle-'j,"-  can  he  gaiu.nl  is  the 
Anatomioul  Mu-eum.  We<  ilw!u"d's  gardeiiv,  and 
the  Clillllousi'.aliiug  the  sea-coa^t.     In  Wood- 
wardV  jiaidens  is  the  greatest  collection  of  ani- 
mals I  ever  saw.     1    next  went  to    Wyoming 
Territory. 

Tin-  Laramie  plains  havi-  au  altitude  of  from 
(Inon  to  s.ndii  feet.  Tl-.e  eighth  day  of  lost 
June  it  snowed  about  t'live  or  four  inches  deep, 
where  1  wa-4.  on  one  of  th"  hilU  iie>:t  to  the 
plains.  Down  on  the  plains  it  was  only  uboiit 
two  inches.  I  camped  on  one  of  the  moun- 
tains about  five  miles  from  the  plains.  During 
June  and  pm-t  of  July  almost  even-  night  it 
would  freeze  ice.  From  onr  camp  we  could  see 
the  snow-capped  mount.iin  of  the  Rocky  ninge 
and  the  fields  r)f  eternal  snow  only  about  12  to 
15  miles  distant.  Thousands  of  cattle  live  on 
the  plains  all  Winter,  without  being  fed  any- 
more than  what  they  can  pick,  .\lthough  some 
tinu^s  twelve  inches  of  snow  fall  every  twenty- 
four  hours,  the  wind  blows  it  all  into  the  gul- 
ches-. But  sometimes  a  heavy  snow  falls,  then 
come  a  few  warm  days  und  melt  the  top  of 
the  snow.  Then  comes  a  hanl  frost  and  the 
wind  cannot  blow  the  snow  oft',  and  hundreds  of 
cattle  star>-e.  But  this  is  seldom,  hanng  oc- 
curred but  once  or  twice  in  eight  or  ten  years. 
Next  I  went  to  Colorado.  Here  my  eye  waa 
delighted  again  with  the  sight  of  corn  fields 
and  golden  grain  ready  for  harvest.  These 
were  the  first  fields  of  corn  I  had  seen  since  \ 
left  Nebraska.  The  farmers  of  Colorudo  leal- 
I  staid  in  Colorado 


i/eil  a  good  crop  last  year, 
but  a  short  time,  when  I  made  up  my  mind  to 
return  to  my  native  Slate.  So  in  the  forepart 
of  last  Whiter.  I  again  made  my  apiworonCe  m 
Iowa.  With  the  greatest  delight  1  Wsited  my 
aged  griuid-pareiits.  and  other  relations  and 
friends  that  had  long  since  been  forgotten.  A 
gre-at  many  fond  recollections  of  my  childhood 
returiu'«l  to  my  luiud.  and  neverlhch-*s  how 
great  the  chanjrel  Now  I  cmi  go  to  meeting 
again",  imil  that  is  ufnch  aJ*prectat^"hrTne.~fV>r 
during  my  trivrelslin  thcJJu-  "Wetti  I  sometimes 
saw  not  even  a,  school-house,  for   bis  ur  eight 

moiith^i.'  ,  ■!    -((.■' 

Tile  greatest  ,obje«tion  \  linve  to  the  Western 
country,,^  thcVWo^'^^ciety.  I  Good.  s».x;i«rty  is 
one  of  t^iB  greatest,  blessings  to  mimkiud,,— 
Without  its  cheering  infiuencei  ^m  Uuii-serahle. 
.Vs  for  the  coumi^:,  I  can  speak  more  favorable 


8 


THE    BRETHRE^n;     ^T    AVOKK. 


July    '25. 


of  CoIorHdo  than  ■my  .Hh.r.  iu<  I  hWe  it  l.^tt*T 
forvarious  reasooB.  Although  I  f-'---l  conU-nted 
hsrc  Trhfire  I  um.  my  mina  wt^<?ii  mna  hack  to 
the  piat  and  I  long  for  the  beautiful  moimtnin 
■wnery,  the  broad,  level  plRiu.  clenr  iiiounlar.l- 
ttiwnis  iuid  tall,  gnwn  in^n  of  the  Western 
wild».  for  bv  them  1  hare  learned  many  a  uoble 
le«on.  J-  J-  BM.TeoN. 


From    Denmark. 

Ih-nr  Jhft/irci.— 

THK  comrauuication  giving  an  ocwunt  of  the 
District  Meeting  i*  to  hand.  We  are  glad. 
the  Lord  was  with  yon.  and  very  glad  that  yoti 
had  ppAoe  and  uni^m.  and  could  weep  nnd  sym- 
pathi/.- with  our  prjple.  This  will  help  you 
to  act.  and  aeiien  will  save  many  rwleeined  souls 
even  in  Denmark.  Indeed  if  you  could  all  se* 
how  greatly  your  kindnew  in  received,  and  how 
much  good  actions  are  needed  everywhere,  none 
would  L'von  feel  to  Iiold  hack.  Msiy  God  bless 
our  dear  brethren  and  sisti'rs  all  over  free  Amer- 
ica, and  mtikc  them  fruitful  in  love  to  the  glory 
and  honor  of  his  name. 

On  tfte  Wh  of  June  our  dear  friend  Thaa- 
nuni  cnnie  lo  Hjorring  and  after  some  sweet 
conversation,  I  ii!vit*'d  all  oni-  memliera  to  at- 
tend meeting  at  an  appointed  time.  Nearly 
all  were  pre.tent,  and  Hro.  Eskildson  oddrpssed 
the  meeting  from,  Horn.  .^  .\ftrt-  ho  concluded 
I  rend  a  letter  from  Kro.  Eiioch  Eby  ■which 
caused  all  to  weep.  Such  loving  letters  do 
much  good.  May  the  Lord  always  give  the  ef- 
fect of  ^nch  good  letters. 

I  th»n  asked  Bro.  Thaanuni  if  lie  still  desir- 
ed to  unite  with  us  m<\  he  snid  he  did.  All  the 
peculiar  doctrine  believed  and  practiced  by  us 
was  laid  before  him,  and  he  promised  to  go 
with  us  in  all  things,  hence  was  received.  The 
meraben*  then  went  about  three  miles  to  a  place 
where  baptiMm  could  ho  administered,  where 
Bro.  Eskildtten  did  the  work.  I  had  to  remain 
home  on  account  of  wife's  sickness.  I  mingle 
daily  with  all  kinds  of  people,  and  am  happy 
to  say  that  the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren,  the 
Bible  doctrine  is  steadily  gaining  in  influence. 
We  hope  to  he  able  to  hold  meeting  in  town 
every  w.'ek  next  winter.  All  goes  well  nnd  it 
seeras  the  enemy  ha.-*  given  us  room  in  the 
land. 

We  received  your  new  [japer  along  with  Xo. 
22,  and  was  much  surprised  to  see  it.  U  ell 
we  say  the  more  you  can  do,  the  better  for  the 
cailse.'  We  wish  youiould  print  it  Danish  pii- 
per,  a-i  we  think  it  would  do  much  good  here. 
Surely  the  devil  did  nut  invent  the  printing- 
press.  No  it  is  (iodV  own  invention.  He 
wrot.'  or  printed  tin-  firat  letter  on  stones  nnd 
thereby  taught  his  children  the  art.  Satan 
tries  to  abuse  the  art  of  priuting,  and  uses  it 
in  trying  to  make  the  Lonl's  ways  crookeil. 
Printing  is  a  short  and  yuick  way  of  writing, 
and  is  o  great  power  for  good.  No  one  will 
say  that  there  is  any  more  moral  wrong  in  a 
printing-press  timn  in  n  harvester.  The  wrong 
comes  by  their  abuse.  Machinery  can  not  use 
itself,  hence  all  the  wrong  comes  from  mau 
who  nmkes  bad  use  of  them.  Now  if  Satan 
uses  these  for  his  ends,  it  only  shows  that  he 
is  fiuick  ty  discern  what  means  serve  hira  best. 
We  may  leain  niajiy  les^one  from  his  children 
who  are  generally  wiser  than  the  children  of 
light.  We  have  not  too  much  good  printing, 
not  too  many  earnest,  Haiti  working  editors, 
but  too  few.  A  clear  brain,  good  understanding, 
long  sulleriug  conscience,  a  heart  full  of  Inve  is 
necessiu-y  to  edit  a  pajier.  So  long  as  nur  dear 
editors  possess  these,  they  will  work  hand  in 
hand  and  do  much  good  in  Israel.  Of  course 
Satan  will  tvy  to  stick  in  his  hand  occasionally, 
and  -sometimeB  it  may  be  very  ditficuU  to  detect 
him.  hence  let  all  of  our  dear  editoi-s  have  our 
earnest  i)riiyci-s  not  that  they  shall  die.  hut 
that  they  may  flourish,  grow  and  be  a  hundred 
fold  more  able  tlian  Satim's  printers.  ''  Ask 
and  ye  shall  receive,"  will  if  obeyed,  by  all  our 
readers  render  uur  pres^  more  useful  and  the 
periodicals  a  burning  flame  that  ivill  put  fire 
on  the  worid.  The  Holy  Siiirit  urges  all  to 
work,  yet  none  endure  more  than  editors,  none 
need  help  more  than  they,  none  get  »o  little  en- 
couragement, none  a-ceive  fewer  thanks,  none 
are  mentioned  less  in  prayer.  Editors  do  you 
know  this?  Brethren  and  sist^-rs  this  ought 
not  so  to  be.     Our  love  to  you  all. 

C.  Hoi'E. 


OLE^NINGS. 


From  Oaks,  Pa.  —  Will  some  brother  or 
Bister  in  each  individual  church,  please  inform 
me  by  letter,  whether  or  not  you  have  a  Sun- 
day-school. Also  give  the  name  of  the  Super- 
infeuilent.  and  the  probable  numl)er  ot  scholars. 
Answer  promptly  iiud  oblige.    J.  T.  Meykhs. 


From  Waterloo,  la. — Three  numbers  back 
you  made  a  mistake  in  the  obituary  notice.  I 
sent  you.  In.itead  of  S|>eicher.  it  uhould  read; 
'•  In  South  Waterloo  churrh.  William  Frankie, 
von  of  Bri',  William  and  sister  Abby  Miller.  — 
Was  bom  July  23rd,  iS",  died  .luoe  t^th.  1S78. 
aged  It"  months  and  li>  days.  Funeral  preach- 
ed by  Bro,  Lewis  Peifer  and  the  writer. 

JoUK  SPEiniEB. 

From  AshlandjOhfo.— Yesterday  we  enjoy- 
ed the  pleasure  of  receiving  by  baptism  another 
beloved  sister  into  our  home  church,  at  Ash- 
land. Ohio.  May  the  Lord  ever  keep  her.  is  my 
prayer.  Our  chnrch  is  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion. t>.  N.  WOIIKMAN. 

From  Landon  West.—  Allow  me  to  correct 
a  stiiti'uient  made  In  No.  26  of  your  paper,  ith 
page.  -Jth  column.  M.  M.  E.  says.  "  2.8(y  distil- 
leries," when  it  should  have  been  "2,874  distil- 
lers and  rectifiers."  There  is  only  the  differ- 
ence of  two  letters  ns  to  the  number  of  letters 
and  size  of  words,  but  allowing  ten  persons^  to 
each  distillerj'.  will  make  a  difference  of  :i5,7liC: 
men.  There  are  already  too  many  now  engag- 
ed in  this  world-wide  curse  and  tratEc.  and  we 
would  not  wish  it  said  that  there  are  more  than 
there  are.  Do  not  think,  dear  bi-other,  that  we 
fault  you  with  the  mistake,  for  we  do  not.  We 
only  wish  with  you  that  all  statements  of  facts 
be  true,  for  we  all  know,  that  they  are  bad 
enough  when  only  the  truth  is  told.  We  thiuk 
your  paper  is  still  taking  higher  ground.  We 
y.\y,  success  to  all  that  will  elevate  fallen  man. 

From  Dunkirk,  0.— The  good  work  is  still 
going  on  in  our  midst.  One  more  received  in- 
to the  fold  by  baptism  yesterday.  May  refresh- 
ing showers  fall  upon  the  kingdom  everywhere. 
S.  T.  BossEiniAN. 

Erratum.— In  No.  27  of  your  pajier.  first 
page,  second  column,  22nd  line  from  the  close 
of  "The  New  and  the  Old."  for  iconmuj  read 
WAVi.vR.  C.  H.  Bai-su.u-uh. 

From  Lonjimont,  Col.  —  We  are  having 
Slime  very  hot  weather;  harvest  is  near  at  hand 
and  crops  of  all  kinds  oi-egood.  Many  citizens 
are  seeking  recreation  in  the  mountains,  where 
they  find  a  cool  retreat  and  much  to  employ  the 
mind  and  recuperate  the  health. 

J.   S.   Fl-ORY. 

From  Inion  Bridge,  Md.— I  have  just  been 
in  the  Pipe  Creek  v(mj;regation.  Md..  solicitinti 
for  the  Ashland  college,  and  must  say  that  the 
thanks  of  the  frientls  of  that  institution,  ai-e 
due  to  a  number  of  the  brethren,  sisters  imd 
friends  of  that  congregation  for  their  liberal 
subsciiptinns  to  the  college.  Hope  the  Lord 
will  bless  them  for  their  liberality  and  may  oth- 
ei-s  catch  the  same  spirit  as  days  come  and  go. 
The  future  prospects  of  Ashland  College  srow 
brighter  and  brighter,  and  the  day  is  not  far 
distant  when  cur  children  will  have  a  fii-at-class 
institution  of  learning,  under  the  wholesome  in- 
fluence of  the  Brethren.  E.  C-  Packek. 

From  Alfred,  Kansas.— Our Love-feust.  the 
fli-st  of  .Tune,  passed  off  very  pleasimtly.  It 
was  a  time  of  refr&shiug  totlie  church,  and  all 
the  Brethren  who  were  here.  Wm.  Wise  and 
Frederic  Sherly  were  chosen  to  the  minis- 
try and  James  Kinsey  and  Isaac  Garst  for  dea- 
cons. The  installation  services  were  conducted 
by  Bro.  .lesse  Studebaker  and  attended  with 
much  solemnity.  The  new  officei-s  received  a 
very  hearty  approbation  and  fiod  speed  from  all. 
In  fact,  all  seemed  to  he  interested.  I  thought 
it  wa*  one  of  the  best  meetings  I  ever  attended, 
and  heard  others  say  so.  All  seemed  to  say.  it 
WHS  good  far  us  to  be  here.  The  ministers  who 
came  to  our  assistance,  were,  G.  Meyei-s,  D. 
Longanecker,  J.  Studebaker.  Sam.  Baker,  Jas. 
Hilkey.  Bnwer  ami  Kurtz;  these  last  two  from 
Ohio,  besides  some  othei-s  who  live  near  us  in 
Diiughus  Co.  The  brethren  preached  wth  po%v- 
er  and  told  the  story  of  the  cross  with  simplici- 
ty. ThA  church  seems  to  have  been  refreshed; 
and  four  have  been  baptized,  while  others  are 
almost  pei-suaded  to  turn  to  Christ.  Our  Sab- 
bath-school is  increasing  in  attendance  and  in- 
terest, and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  labors  jn 
this  field  will  not  remain  without  eliect. 

D.  HARAnER. 

From  Warsaw,  Ind.— Hro.  Stein  left  us  the 
25tli  of  June,  Bro.  \\'orkman  the  next  day, 
and  we  can  say.  their  labors  were  successful.  — 
As  a  result  nineteen  were  added  to  tlie  church, 
and  many  more  wei-e  almost  perauaded  to  fol- 
low. One  sister  united  with  us  since  then, 
making  in  all  tweuty-Kve  for  this  Summer.  — 
May  the  grace  of  God  abide  with  us.  that  we 
uniy  live  faithful  unto  the  end  is  my  prayer. 
N.  H.  Heeter. 

From  Waterloo,  la.  —  The  undei-signeil,  a 
Iuini^ter  in  the  church  of  the  Brethren  or  Ger- 
man Ba[itists,  will  travel  to  Nebraska,  Kansas 
und  Missouri.  Will  start  about  the  2iHh  of 
August,  and  travel   about  three  months.     His 


course  of  travel  will  be  Lisconib.  State  Center 
and  Dallas  Co..  la.  Thence  U.  N.?oeho  Valley, 
Southern  Kansas  and  the  Piatt*  Valley.  Mo.,  to 
the  neighWrhood  of  the  Shwmaker's.  Breth- 
ren and  others  living  along  the  line  of  travel  as 
above,  may  secure  his  services  by  writing  to 
him  at  Waterloo.  Iowa,  before  the  20th of  Aug.. 
or  «t  Fall*  CitF.  Neb.,  before  the  fifleenth  of 
September.  We  will  travel  by  private  couvey- 
ance.  M.  Bi'eqhi.v. 

From  Quincy,  Minn.— In  reading  your  ex- 
cellent pa|>er,  I  noticed  a  piece  under  the  head- 
ing, '■  From  Mountain  Home,  Pa."  In  that 
piece  the  brother  described  how  he  realized  the 
value  of  your  paper  when  isolated  from  the 
church.  It  is  my  opinion,  that  if  every  brother 
in  the  church  would  be  isolated  from  the  church 
just  six  months,  we  isolated  brethren  would  not 
have  to  make  another  call  for  preaching;  for  I 
think  there  would  be  miuistei-s  sent  in  every 
direction,  wherever  Brethren  could  be  found.  I 
have  been  trying  to  get  the  Brethren  to  preach 
here  for  the  la-st  six  yeai-s.  They  liave  been 
here  several  times.  Bro.  Wetzel  from  Iowa 
was  here  and  preached  two  sermons  in  German 
in  the  Evangelical  church.  The  thiiil  time  we 
got  tliere,  the  door  was  locked.  They  are 
afraid  some  of  their  membere  will  go  astray.  1 
have  no  doubt  in  my  mind,  that  some  would  be- 
lieve the  truth  if  some  brother  would  preach 
here  regularly.  If  they  want  to  believe  the 
truth,  they  must  go  astray  from  their  churches, 
and  that  is  the  reason  they  did  not  want  any 
more  of  Bro.  Wetzel's  preaching. 

J.  Hakshsian. 

From  G.  W.  Miller.— Opposite  my  home  in 
the  village  of  Liberty.  HI.,  is  the  Christian 
church,  and  about  the  yai-d  there  were  a  great 
many  citizens  collected  for  morning  services.  — 
.■Vmong  them  were  strangers  who  are  called 
tramps  by  some  people.  To  be  brief,  in  the 
way  of  the  conversation,  one  of  the  tramps 
stated  that  they  had  been  badly  treated  from 
the  fact  that  tlieir  breakfast  was  refused  them. 
One  word  brought  on  another,  until  finally  one 
of  the  citizens  spoke  about  preaching  at  the 
Dunkard  church. 

When  that  was  mentioned  one  of  the  tramps 
eagerly  exclaimed.  "  Dnnkards,  Dunkards,  are 
there  any  Dunkai'ds  here?  " 

"  Yes,"  said  a  bystivnder,  "  a  good  many.'' 

"  Well,"  says  the  tramp;  "  Thanks  to  God,  we 
will  get  something  to  eat."  They  inquired  for 
some  that  might  be  met  and  journeyed  on  joy- 
fully. 


at  2  o'clock  P.  M.  Preiiching  to  comuu-nce  on 
the  evening  of  the  ninth,  church  meeting  on 
the  tenth,  and  preaching  to  continue  until 
the  Love^feast,  which  will  be  held  at  P.  C,  Leh, 
man's.  9  miles  South  of  Tipton,  Mo.  Person), 
coming  by  rail  will  be  met  at  Tipton,  on  the 
ninth.  David- Bowiu.v. 

3^~  There  ^Ti^  be  a  Communion  meeting 
held  in  the  Cottonwood  congregation,  Lyon  Co., 
Kan.,  Sept.  7th and  Stb.  J.  W.  Bitlek. 

;S^  I  ain  reiiuested  to  inform  yon  that  the 
Lo've-feast  in  the  Bethel  church,  Filmore  Co,, 
Neb.,  will  take  place  Sept  14th  and  1.). 

John  Shick, 

•^"  There  will  l>e  a  Communion  meeting  at 
the  Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  milea 
North-east  of  Leon,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  10, 
Lewis  A.  Kob. 
[g0"  The  Communion  services  for  this 
(White  Rock)  congregation,  will  take  place, 
{God  willing)  on  the  evening  of  the  2l8t  of 
September  next  at  my  place  of  residence. 

J.    L.    SwiTZER. 

;^"  We  intend  to  hold  a  Love-feast  on  the 
11th  of  October  in  the  Lower  Fall  Creek  church. 
Madison  Co..  Iiul.  0.  W.  Kessler. 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Farming  has  aud  will  continue  to  pay  with  a 
farmer  who  brings  good  common  sense  an^ 
sound  judgment  to  his  calling. 

One  may  form  an  idea  of  the  Vatican  at 
Rome,  from  the  fact  that  thirty-thousand  troops^ 
might  be  easily  quartered  within  its  walls. 

Italy  proposes  to  hold  an  Interuaional  Exhi^ 
hibition  iu  ISSl. 

A  carrier  pigeon  recently  accomplished  the 
journey  from  this  country  to  Switzerland  on 
tlie  wing. 

The  news  lately  received  that  an  unvisited 
tribe  of  Esquimaux  possess  the  relics  of  Sir 
John  Franklin's  party  has  induced  the  fitting 
out  of  a  new  expedition  to  go  in  search  of  the 
same.  The  schooner  carrying  the  expedition 
sailed  June  19. 


pftpi 


D.IED. 


,hould  he  Ijrief,  wriiten  on  but  one  siJe  of  the 

T.  ftnd  Bepiinite  fi-otn  all  ollter  business. 


1'.\TTEIIS()X.— tin  .luue  nw\,  l.s7s,  iifter  a  linger- 
ing illness,  uiv  Kiantliiinther.  KliJ'alieth  rattersini, 
aycl  ri.1  yi-iu-s  and  U-n  dius.  F.  Etti-m:. 

COlMillNOril.— In  th''  Dcsmoiuis  Valley  cliurcli. 
Iowa.  .Iu!y  lOlli,  Kinmanuel  II.  (ii)ughuour.  sou 
of  Hrii,  Samuel  and  sister  Delilah  Gougluiour. 
aged  i  veai-8,  A  months  and  14  days.  Funeral  by 
the  writer.  G.  K.  Hakkr. 

MAliKV.— Ill  tlie  English  Prairie  congiegation, 
I.  i^iiiji  <  > ,  !ml..  .Tune  :iinh.  sister  Caroline  A. 
M.ii..\,  .1-.  ii  ji  yi'iirs,(JnnJuthsandudays,  Fun- 

.-i;(l  .|i, M'  iiy  brethren  S.  Z.  :!>Iiavp,  of  'I'enn., 

iiud  IMvi  I-iinH  of  this  place  from  Itev.  14;  l:J-ir.. 
A.  E.  Kii.\(iV. 


-A.isrNoxjjsrcEMEisrTS. 


Notices  of   Love-fetisla,    Districi  MeeUnga,    eto.,  sliould 

be  brief,  aud  wriilca  vu  paper  sepntate 

from   other  bueiiiesH. 


LOVE-FEASTS. 

IJeatrice  chmcli,  (jitge  Co.,  Xeb.,  September  "TUi.and 
8t)i,  coumienchig  at  2  o'clock.  .   r  ■ 

Sugar  Creek  congiegation,  Sangomon  Co.,  111.,  Oct- 
a  and  4,  commenchig  at  10  o'clock. 

liiwa  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro.  (J.  W.  Uoitnotts, 
Sept.  7th  and  8th.  '  ' 

Paint  Creek  congregation,  Bourbon  Co.,  Kansas. 
October  aid  and  4tli,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 

Mineral  Creek,  .Johnson  Co..  Mo.,  Tuesduy,  Oct.  1. 

Monroe  Co.,  la.,  the  lotli  of  August,  at  Peter  Mil- 
ler's, two  miles  South  of  Fretleric  otation,  com- 
mencing at  live  o'clock. 

■Stanislaus  church,  Cal..  Ilmt  Satuidiiy  in  Uctolxir. 

Whitesvllle,  Mo,  Sept.  Itli. 

Abilene  ctiureh,  Kansas,  .\ugusl  24tli.  Meeting  on 
the  2rith  at  same  pliice. 

Arnold's  (Jrove,  Sept.  IDtli  and  Utli,  commencing  at 
1  o'clock.  P.  M. 
JT^"  Love-feast  in  the   Mulberry   congregii^ 

tion.  Bond  Co.,  111.,  commencing  Oct.   9th.  — 

General  invitation  to  all.        Allen  Taylor. 

IS**  The  Love-feast  in  the  Camp  Creek   con- 
gregation, will  he  held  Sept.  14th. 

J.  E.  D.  Shout. 
;S'"  The  Lord  willing,  we  intend  to  hold  our 

Love-feast  the  13th  of  August,  commencing  at 


A  strand  of  one  of  the  great  cables  of  the 
Irooklyn  bridge  slipped  from  its  place  recently 
killing  two  men.  A  shoe  attached  to  the  cable, 
and  weighing  1.400  lbs.,  wasshotlike  a  cannoui 
ball  over  house-tops  and  telegraph  poles,  a  dis- 
tiuice  of  an  eighth  of  a  mile,  by  the  force  of  the 

mishap.  

An  artesian  well  now  being  bored  at  Pesfcli 
has  reached  a  depth  of  3,300  feet.  The  well 
now  furnishes  175,000  gallons  of  water  at  a 
temperature  of  1*51°.  The  boring  will  continue 
till  a  temperature  of  1"!:'°  is  reached.  The  well 
is  expected  to  supply  the  city  with  warm  water 
By  ingenious  apparatus  the  water  arising  from 
the  well  is  made  to  operate  the  drills. 

Tea  aud  cofl'ee  dietary  for  children  is  as  bad 
iu  effects  ji/its  use  is  auivei-sal.  Dr.  Ferguson 
found  that  children  so  fed,  only  grew  four  pounds 
per  annum  between  the  ages  of  13  and  16; 
while  those  who  get  milk  night  and  morning 
grew  lifteen  pounds  each  year.  This  needs  no 
commentary.  The  deteriorated  phj'siqueof  tea 
and  coffee-fed  children,  as  seen  iu  their  inability 
to  resist  disease,  is  notorious  amidst  the  medienl 
men  of  factory  districts. 

A  new  Pompeii  has  been  discovered  in  Italy. 
At  the  foot  of  Mount  Gargano  a  buried  town 
has  been  laid  bare,  the  houses  beiugtweuty  feet 
below  the  surface.  A  temple  of  Diana  was 
tii-rtt  brought  to  light,  then  a  portico  composed 
of  columns  without  capitals,  and,  finally  a  ner 
cropolis  covering  nearly  four  acres.  The  Ital^ 
ian  government  has  taken  measures  to  continiiB 
the  excavations  on  a  large  scale,  and  has  already 
discovered  a  monument  erected  in  honor  ot 
Pompey  after  his  victory  over  the  pirates.  Tiie 
town  is  the  ancient  Sipoutum,  of  which  Stra- 
bo  and  Levy  speak,  and  which  was  buried  m 
an  earthquake. 

Some  idea  of  the  headway  the  sociiJists  are 
making  in  Germany  may  be  gathered  from  the 
I'act  that  no  less  than  ten  thousand  of  them  fol- 
lowed the  remains  of  one  of  their  body  to  the  grave 
in  Berlin,  each  one  openly  wearing  a  imrtv-col- 
ored  emblem.  The  coffin  was  bordered  witlt 
brilliant  red. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Tabic. 

Divyp«seugerlr«in  going  enst  loaves  Unark  ot  laiUI 
P.  M..  aud  arrives  m  Knciiie  M  ti:43  P  M. 

Day  iiftSHCUKer  truin  going  west  leaves  Lanark  oi  i-w  ■ 
M..  nud  arrives  st  Hock  Island  at  bM  V-  M 

Nighl  passenger  traiUB,  going  cast  and  wcsi.  iufl<"  "^ 
leave  Lanark  a,  2:18  A  M  "  arriving  in  1  ao.ne  at  9  « 
A     M,    and   at    Kocit  Island  at  6:00  A,  M. 

Freigtit  and  Acconmiodalioo  Trains  will  run  ««'  » 
\2:  10   A,   M..    h:lU  A.  M.,   and   east    at   U  :  1"  A-  "'■ 

""Tictlsire's'old    for   above    .rains    only.     V^S 
trains  make  close  connection  at  Western  Lmon  j' 

0.  A-  Sunn,  Agent. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'  Be?,„U  I  Bri 


ruj 


Ym  Good  Tidings  of  Grmt  Joy,  xohich.  S/mll  h,  unto  All  J'eopU."  ~  Lvkk 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  August  1, 1878. 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B.  H.  MILLER,  ^'-''-^'--'U  Ll._  LADOGA,  iNl). 
J.  w.  STEIN,  i-...-_->  .H  iHiif  iH  f-KEWTOSlA,  MO. 
p,  TANiyAS,  -i.r  p,|-,.  .  -  ViRDES,  ILL. 
p.  B.  Mi:NIZE«,  -  -  -  .  -W.VVNRSBOKO,  PA. 
BATTIE  A.  LEAH,        -      -      -      .      .      (.tiijaSA,    ILL. 


OUR  BATTLE  CRY. 


•      ■  :  BTp.  H.;C03FI,BY.     • 

■:   ■■    ..  .11    ■  '-Tf-tti  -  i-,,.\  (■ 

,, ,  I ,  Ci3Mif,lniitlireii,uii^ ami (il), 

I.vt  us  uncf  iniiic  uiiitf, 

I'll!  nn  tlK-  aliTiorof  i.iU'  Khin. 

Ami  UiittU'  f.ii-  tlie  right. 

'  Lt't  niiirtiiHfe  oiir'ci-y, 
■    Our  iiiflvis .  lovo  to  all, 
Ami  wiitch  oiu-  footsteps  »b  we  .iniU'uli, 
Tli>-ii  «f  cmi  never  fall. '       ■  - 

dm- SwMi-Ll  tlie  WoRl'of  ij.V(i, 

Oiii  fiiUli.omiit'Irnpt  cm. 
Let  it  l.uni  Iu'ikIiUv  eveiuioie; 

And  li|,'lit  r.ili. Ill's  own  Syji. 

stiiki.',  -"-Iriki.-  I'm  (iuil  mir  KiiiKl 

Xmiimrt^v  will  wc-ivc, 

!!  we  il-'lViit  nwv  sinful  fc.e, 

WyMi»Hfoii}vvliiy,e.  , 

TiKlv's  wstt  lieyoml  tbe  prave, 
To  thy  tiTif  siiUliers  aivt-ii. 

A  ifst  from  iill  their  toils  iiml  woes, 
A  bliw^rt'iil.  iJi'iifefiil  heaven. 


IDLE  SPECULATIONS. 


,.^7,.C.,  H.  BAJ^U^UGH. 


rpHE  advocates  of  modern  miracles  are  box- 
J.  ing  my  ears  left  and  right;  on  ncconitt  of 
whiit  1  said  in  "XocA^  ""''  Keij'' in  relatiou  to 
Mark  Iti:  IT.  IS.  I  am  used  to  bnfieting,  and 
seldom  wijice.  Mj  response  iu  brief  will  lump 
their  objections  and  a.'isertions,  and  then  leave 
my  tribiv:a  to  demonstrate  the  correctness  of 
tj^ejr  views  iu  the  opiy  satisfactory  way— by 
wovlting  miracles  themselves.  ,  ,  .^ 

It  is  strongly  iiffirmed  that  if  the  ,"  ocular 
deumnstratious  required  fur  the  inauguration 
of  Christiaiiity  are  not'ueeded  fdr'it^'perpetua- 
fiou,"  Christ  Was  an  impostor,  aiid  that  my  as^- 
^ertion  of  the  former  settles  the  latter.  He  de- 
clariMl  thiit'"  these  signs  shall  follow  them  that 
lielifve.""  U'is  innisted  that  this  dominion  over 
the  order  of  nftt^^re  und  tlie  realmof  evil  spirits, 
is  tht^  »''<;fs4«?'^,  inherent  result  oi/aith.  That 
faith  alone  could  do  this  is  unquestionable;  thnt 
it  was  integral  to  fuitli  lucks  proof.  The  dec- 
laruliun  of  Chvi^^tliad  reference  to  specific  rea- 
sons,'/-) ithk-hH  must  'be  confined:  It  W  the 
i.llesi  of  all  of  speculationstd  contend  that  the 
origiinl  gilts  of  the  Spirit  still  contiue,  when 
God  has  for  many  .ceuturie^^  demonstrated  the 
reverse  in  tie  histpry  of  the  church.  If  it  can 
be  shtnvn  thpt  the  ptiimn(  misouif  for  miracles 
^till  uxist,  the  point  couten(le(l  for' is  gained,  as 
H  imfin  nf  iinfidiii'nt.  But  what  does  this  avail 
when  the  fact  itself  is  wanting.  Sm-h  an  amal- 
gatiou  of  miracles  with  faith  evinces  an  incor- 
iei.'t  conceptiou  both  of  the  Hutiire  and  pwjiose 
oi  a  miracle.  It  is  an  exact  reversal  •'f  the  Di- 
vine order  as  to  miracles  and  faith.  With  thase 
who  call  for  miracles  as  Uie  nevemiri/  effect 
o//<i(>/.,  the  purpose  of  God  iu  allowiug  mir- 
acles at  all  is  utterly  lost  sight  of.  The  larger 
the  scale  of  the  miraculous,  and  the  lonijer  its 
mlinuuiivc,  the  feebler  its  effect  by  the  necessa- 
ry laws  of  mind  in  relation  to  the  "rdiiuiry. 
Miriicles/o/-  the  purjme  of  faith  was  the  Divine 
order,  anil  not  miroclesos  the  necessary  outcome 
of  faith. 

In  my  "  Lock  and  Key  "  I  say,"  Xo  Divine 
<lispensation  can  be  chuJiged  without  Divine 
authority,"  and  that  the  '•  continmnce  of  the 
credentials  needed   Uy  Christ  for  this  purpose 


would  lose  their  effect  by  becoming  common." 
To  which  it  is  replied:  "  Christ  (li4  not  .-!«y  so.' 
Christ  was  never  timtological:  He  never  spoke 
nonsen.se.  He  never  betrayed  ignorance  of  any 
I«w  in  any  department  of  being.  There  wm 
more  necessity  forChrist  telling  us  the  results  of 
perpetuating  miracles,  than  to  tell  the  peopl 
of  His  day  that  the  snn  and  rain  and  vegeti.tiou 
excite  nn  surprise  and  evoke  no  faith  because 
they  were  common.  To  make  the  sun  stand 
still  is  no  greater  wonder  than  to  keep  it  in  its 
orbit.  If  the  great  luminary  had  rolled  b'ick 
initscoui-se  "ten  degrees"  rf«%  for  the  tu.-it 
inilknninjn,  it  would  to-day  have  no  moi-e  ve- 
ligious  effect  than  the  regular  order  of  the  sea- 
sons. To  plend  for  the  eontinuauoe  of  miracles 
through  successive  centuries,  as  the  necesMiry 
fruit  of  faith,  betrays  ignorance  of  the  Divine 
Economy,  a^  of  the  fundamental    lawn  of 


mind. 


NOVEL  READINO. 

IIY  .r.  S.  PLORY. 

THE  article  of  brother  Moore  in  numlier 
2S  of  theBRKTHREx  at  WoiiK,  is  a  timely 
one  and  to  the  point.  While  my  mind  is  ex- 
ercised upon  the  subject,  I  feel  to  add  some- 
thing more  upon  the  subject,  as  I  can  speak 
from  experience  in  regard  to  this  evil  habit. 

Before  I  was  twenty  years  of  age  I  read  prob- 
ably a  cart-load  of  works  of  a  ficticious  nature, 
Had  I  my  life  to  live  over.  I  would  be  more  caie- 
fiil  of  howl  would  spend  my  leisure  hours. 
No  benefit  whatever  did  I  receive  from  this 
worse  than  useless  habit,  aud  I  would,  it  were 
so  I  could  say,  I  sufiei-cdno  loss  or  harm  by  it. 
I  lost  the  most  precious  hours  of  my  life  thus, 
that  I  might^hnve  devoted  to  the  acquirement 
of  useful  knowledge;  and  as  I  made  no  special 
effort  to  remember  what  I  read  my  memory  be- 
came like  asieve.  when  I  wished  to  memorize 
anything  useful  I  could  not  do  it  only  with 
great  difficulty,  and  through  life  this  has  been 
my  one  great  trouble.  The  powers  of  memory 
were  not  cultivated  when  young,  and  now  I 
have  to  suffer  the  consequecoa, 

I  would  say  to  every  young  man  fl,nd  every 
young  woman,  shun  novel-reading  us  you  would 
a.  viper,  it  is  an  evil  of  such  inagaitudethat  we 
can't  more  than  picture  out  the  mere  outlifies. 
The  demand  for  works  of  fiction,  because  of 
perverted,  mental  taste»  has  become  of  such  a 
nature  that  sound,  solid,  sensible,  liigh-toiu-d 
literature  has  to  go  begging.  The  very  food 
necessary  to  the  developement  of  man's  higli 
nature,  is  what  is  least  sought  after,  while  that 
whitht^nds  todwarf  and  denioraH/>;  the  human 
mind,  flows  as  free  from  the  press  m  water  from 
the  rivers.  No  mai-vel  then,  that  oui"  legwlatii/t^ 
halls  are  filled  with  men  of  selfish,  sordid  de- 
ires,  with  dwarfish  intellects;  the  same  may  be 
said  of  the  masses  generally.  It  is  astonishing 
what  a  ready  market  literary  trash  finds  in 
this  our  day. 

Not  long  since  a  noted  writer  was  informed 
by  his  publisher  that  his  production^  were  too' 
high-toned  to  meet  the  public  tast^:-.  Smarting 
under  the  repoof,  he  seiz  's  his  pen  and  runs  off  a 
piece  of  nonsense  in  childish  rhyme,  strange  to 
say,  in  ashort  time  one  hundred  thousand  i-iipies 
^vere  sold. 

It  seems  that  the  more  nonsense  there  is  in 
a  book  or  paper,  the  better  it  sells.  Take  for 
instauce.such  novelsos  Helen's  Babies,  the  pub- 
lishers of  which  ma(K>  a  fortune  off  its  sale.  Is 
it  not  passing  strange  that  men  of  seemingly 
high  intellect,  wilt  xtoopto  dally  with  such  men- 
tal trash?  What  would  we  think  of  the  judge, 
the  senator  or  men  who  fill  the  important  sta- 
tions in  life,  to  leave  their  seat  and  go  out  into 
some  dirty  alley  to  pass  their  leisure  hours  play- 
ng  with  rude  unkempt  children,  wallowing  in 
the  dust  with  them  or  delving  in  the  earth, 
making  mud  pies?     There    would  be  about  as 


nnieh  proprictyin  tlu>m  doing  so  m  ton-ad  such 
novels  na  above  mentioned,  Another  strange 
thinj?.  is  to  see  profi-fcon*  of  religion,  not  only 
thuif  wa^Wng  their  time,  but  cliuming  there  is 
no  Uarm  in  novol-roiiding !  and  are  rwidy  to 
denounce  any  one  who  will  raise  his  voice  ogiunst 
them. 

I  remember  once  while  traveling  through  a 
part  of  the  State  of  Vo.,  1  preached  one  uight 
at  a  certain  place,  andatlerthe  chwe  nt  service, 
a  very  intelligent  lady,  a  memlx-rof  the  Baptinl 
ehulch,  remarked  that  she  wa.i  very  well  plow, 
ed  with  thediscouwe,exe(;i)t  the  remarks  agninH 
novel-ifading,  "  when  "  sw\  ithp, "  ho  commenc- 
ed denouncing  nove^  I  felt  tik«  throwing  my 
shoe  at  hiiul"  Now  that  is  just  tjie  way  it 
oft<u  is  when  you  denouace  tluj  sins  that  peo- 
ple love  to  indulge  in,  they  feel  like  throwing 
the  "shoe,"  no  matter  what  their  profession. 
As  mi  instance  showing  the  tendency  of  novel- 
reading,  we  will  mention  a  circumstance  tohl 
us,  by  an  eye  witnoss,  when  we  were  at  one  ti 
on  A  visit  in  the  city  of  Cincinnati.  A  huly  in  one 
of  the  higher  circles  of  life  in  that  city,  sent 
forherpaMtor.  On  arrivingatherhousoliefound 
her  in  tear^*  and  deep  distress;  her  accomplished 
daughter,  au  only  child  had  eloped  with  u  prof- 
ligate niau.  She  said  she  could  not  account  for 
this  step  on  the  part  of  her  daughter,  she  luul 
done  all  a  mother  could  to  rai-ie  her  iu  the  best 
society,  to  inculcate  principles  of  morality  and 
rehgion  into  her  mind,  and  why  she  should 
thus  throw  herself  away,  she  could  not  under- 
stand. "Ah!"  said  her  pastor,  "it  is  no  mys- 
tery to  me,  there  on  your  centi-e  table  he  enough 
novels  to  doom  u  thousand  tiouls!  'Tis  true  th< 
Bible  is  there,  but  I  seo  the  novels  have  hail  pre- 
eminence. Voiir  daughter  has  drank  the  delu- 
sive poison,  imd  now  she  has  gone  to  realise  the 
fruits  of  a  [ffirverted  mind.  Uuin  and  degredar 
tion  is  the  ultimate  result  of  a  tenderly  inclined 
mind  and  feelings  wrought  up  to  a  sickly  senti- 
mentalism.  Ah!  yes  the  demon  upon  your  tar 
ble,  so  near  by  the  words  of  Life  and  Light,  has 
doneits  work  too  well,  your  daughter  is  gone, 
your  heart  is  wrung  with  the  deepest  agony, 
eternity  alone  can  only  i-evoal  the  evil  those 
trashy  boohs  bjive  wrought." 

Tho  above  is  only  an  instance  of  thouaauds. 
Much  is  s/iid,of  thee/il  of  intomperat«  drink- 
ing-, It  is  indeed  amousterevil,  but  how  much 
less  is  the  evil  of  intemperate  reading?  The 
one  destroys  and  unfits  the  physical  nature  of 
man  to  even  attain  that  sphere  destined  fot 
hiui  to  occnlly;  the  other  in  like  monnerhasiti 
deiholftIi.iihg  effect,  and  brings  ruin  and  misery 
to  millions, 

The  converting  power  of  OtM  alone  can  sav<j 
men  and  women  from  thf  evils  of  all  inl<;niper- 
anc«,  Hnd.that  convecaion  that  does  not  bring 
with  it  a  Jiiitieiit'or  wocks  of  fiction  of  the  na- 
ture .of  uvvels  and  a  dislike  for  all  that  is  untrt 
lat.ks  the  elements  of  pauctiRcutionor  the  po' 
er  of  God. 

Jn  answer  to  the  plea  often  put  in  by  the  lo 
ers  of  fiction,  that  the  Bible  contains  alle?orii 
etc.",  ^ve  will  say,  such  writings  are  quite  diffe 
ent'from  hovels,  and  if  nothing  worse  has  ever 
been  read  than  good,  s-ound  allegories,  such  as 
"  Pilgrim's   Progres.s"  et<;.,  no    harm  need  lie 
feared.     Allegories  are  simply  truth  in  a  chain 
of  understanding  to  the  mind  of  the  remer. 
truthful   illustrations  of  a  chanu:ter  that  are 
harmony  with  facts,  and  never  intended   to  im- 
part to   the  mind  other  than   the   realities  of 
things  as  they  do,  or  shall  exist. 


No.  31. 

IMM.     Thebo„kl„™„.hiol,Ic„„v.l,»..^ 
twel».  ycr,  old.  ()„  |,^,  ,;  „f  ^^^^  |.,,|^ 
"«  fi...l  llu-  foll„„i„g  ,,„„„„„  „j  ^^^^^,       ■ 
1»  wlmt  m„„„„,.  ^^  |,„,,ti.,„  ^„,i„i,^,^,j 
111  the  enrlj.  age.  of  Ho  chureh?-' 

"  It  wa.  i,im,r.ion;  and  „„t  „„,  ,  ^ 
trme,,,„„™o„.  Thi.  „„  fi„,  „„,i„„^ 
TerMl„„,b„„i   tl„.  ^g:„ni^g  „r  n„  ,Kri 

■n  ury  .„d  „  oo„li„u,||y  ^.f„,^d  ,„  j 
wr,l,„f„,„„„,,  ,„„t„,,„  „^  5   J 

oi-,„.t„„«(«A.  D.i20),.,....We^ 
thric..  immersed  tl„,l  ireien.ay  «p„„  one  .a^ 

™„i,cii  „i  Trtnt,  1^. :  ly,  1,92  cmm;^  ,b, 

timomia,.,  for  „r.et,cu,g  ™e  ;,„„„,,;„„  „„, 

A  cou„e,l :,„  I.;„gl„„d  lA.  1).  8,6)  co„,™.„d- 
ed  the  p„e.U„„tt„„our  water  on  ,1,,  \„^,  „( 
he  ehildmn,  b„i  toi,„„,e,«,he™  aeeorting  ,„ 
the  e«„nipl„  of  the  Son  of  U„d,  „h„.  the  co„„. 
oil  ulimn.  wiv,  thriee  i,„,ne,»M  i„  ,|,e  ,„(.„ 
ofJortea  (Ubbe  at  Cosmrt  6,  p  HSI- 7  „ 
!,!«';  J''"'^7''""'"l'«'ellUne  immersion 
«n(hrlent,  and  tlie,r  view,  ultimately  prevailed 
except  „,  the  Greek,  in  wfnch  trine  l,„n,er...n' 
stiU  retained. 

One  more  question  and  answer,  the  last  in 
the  book,  would  be  very  appropriate  right  here' 
It  IS  thi,:  "Am  I  to  understand  from  the  remark, 
yon  offered  just  now,  that  j-oii  regard  the  Bap. 
tat  eburelies  .,  perfeet?"  "By  „„  ,„ea„,. 
The  .„tem  whieh  we  uphold  i,  identical,  in  my 
opinion,  «nth  the  pnietical  Chri.lianitv  of  apo^ 
tohe  times.  The  od,ui„is(r„(or  may'  olUn  de- 
mand  improvement.  Every  thing  humon  tend, 
lo  declension.  Mau  is  prone  to  lay  hU  nnlial- 
lowed  hands  on  tlie  ark  of  God.  He  likes  to 
«ee  His  own  work.  He  would  fain  ,,aint  and 
gild  that  which  ought  to  be  left  in  unadorned 
Minphcily.  All  this,  wherever  seen,  and  by 
whomsoever  indulged  should  uaspnringlj  be 
denounced  and  limaken.  If  we  Baptists  have 
in  any  respect  deviated  from  the  origiuid  fathers, 
it  is  our  duty  to  retrace  our  steps.  CliiUin*^ 
worth's  motto,  must  be  ours,  'The  Bible  t* 
Bible  only,  is  the  religion  of  the  Baptisis.'^ 
The  same  author  bring*  in  some  verv  good 
points  iu  regard  to  infant  baptism  in  kncienl 
church  history,  and  on  the  whole  the  Utile  b«ok 
of  %  pages  is  well  orrangeil  and  logical.  It 
was  published  by  the  AuKrican  Baptist  Publi- 
cation  Society,  530  Arcli  street  Philadelphia,  and 
the  preface  by  iU  author  J.  M.  Croiup  D.  D, 
Acadia  College,  is  diiicd  Dec.  Ist  l86.i.  ' 


THAT  CATECHISM  ON  BAPTISM. 

HY  ('.  F.  liETWEILER. 

IT  may  be  of  interest  to  the  readers  of 
the  Hkhthkkn  .\t  Wohk  (as  well  as  to 
that  brother  in  Indiaiui  whose  postal  coni  and 
address  1  lost)  to  give  you  a  little  testimony 
in  regard  to  Christian  baptism,  by  an  eminent 


THE  DIAMONDS   AND  THE    '  " 
MAGPIE.  "'•> 

ANllBLE  lady  had  orderoil  a  jeweler  to  make 
her  a  beautiful  g.,|d  ornament,  and  had 
giveij  him  several  vijluable  diimiORds  to  put  m. 

Robert,  his  appr<|i)Uce.  was  delighted  with 
the  lovely  atones,  and,ollen  admired  them.  Sud- 
denly the  jeweler  missed  two  of  his  best  di»- 
monis.  He  suspected  his  apiirentice  of  tVe 
theft  and' searched  his  room  where  he  found  £he 
precious  stones  Ijiddeu  in  a  hole  in  the  wait: 
Kobert  assured  Kim  that  he  had  not  taken  the 
diamonds,  but  his  master  flogged  him,  and  said 
he  deserved  being  put  in  prison,  and  turn«l 
him  away. 

The  next  day  another  diamond  was  missing, 
and  the  jeweler  found  it  in  the  same  hole.  Now 
he  watched  more  carefully  to  try  and  discover 
who  hid  the  precious  stones  there. 

A  magpie,  which  the  apprentice  had  tamed, 
alighted  upon  the  work-table,  took  a  diamond 
in  its  beak  and  carried  it  to  the  hole  in  the  wall. 
The  jeweler  was  then  very  sorry  that  he  had 
unjustly  suspected  the  poor  boy. 

He  look  him  back  again  and  treated  him  verv 
kindly,  and  was  very  careful  in  the  future  how 
he  judged  othei^, 

"  Be  not  hasty  in  thy  spirit  to  be  Rugry." 
—Bttii/ioiis  Hnvld. 


TMK    l-il<KTH:HK>r    ^VT    AVOia-C. 


August 


[■  J.  w^lwnTHWyuD. 


From  nil  evil  let  us  flee. 
Ami.  IriK-  Chrutiaiw  Blwft>*»  be: 
Tiikiiig  heed  and  Jesuit  trust,        _     . 
Miiviiig  ttiriied  oiir  eyes  from  lust: 
£v(Ty  precept  try  to  keep. 
Kinininji!  not  a»  niraymg  sheep. 

Kooii  onr  Slippherd's  call  wl-'I!  hear. 
Oh.  Im*  faithfuIS'VtT  near; 
Ntfiir  Ih  Him  w)]o«e  love  is  great. 
And  till'  strait  and  narrow  gat*: 
Xcar  tliM  Savior's  l>le«ling  side 
Do  we  constantly  abide? 

Ho«  could  we  endure  the  thought 
Of  a  life  iipent  here  for  naught  ? 
Let  us  cast  ou  Chrint  our  care, 
Yielding  not  to  Satan's  snare. 
God  wUI  girc  the  naintn  on  high, 
Hoinwt  of  Kut  from  every  sigh, 
Oh,  tlieu  let  us  e'er  be  true, 
Stand  for  Christ,  our  work  pursue, 
Till  we  gain  the  heavenly  crown. 


CONFESSION  OF  THE  MURDER 
OF  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

[The  totlowing  "Confession  "  wiis  didaM  to 
me  by  Mr.  Henrv  L.  Valance,  who  had  for  some 
time  previous  to  making  it,  resided  in  this  place. 
Called  in  Ut  attend  him  in  my  medical  eapncity, 
and  having  early  lelt  it  my  duty  to  warn  him 
of  the  fiital  nature  of  the  disease  niider  which 
lie  wassutlering;  I  won  his  confidence,  and  the 
result  was  the  following  narrative,  which  will 
fjo  far  toward  clearing  up  a  great  myst/jry  in 
the  criminal  history  of  this  country.  The 
"  Confession  "  is  given  in  Mr.  Valance's  own 
words,  I  having  acted  only  as  his  amanuensis; 
and  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  theatatement  con- 
titined  in  it  can  be  implicitly  relied  upon,  from 
H  multitude  of  circumstances  of  a  minor  char- 
acter that  attracted  my  attention,  but  which 
would  have  been  entirelyuniniportant  by  them- 
SL'lvei*.  My  first  intention,  after  I  had  made  up 
my  mind  to  give  the  "  Confession  "  to  the  pub- 
lic, was  to  re-c«st  it;  but  on  consideration,  it 
struck  me  that  such  a  proceeding  would  scarce- 
ly be  a  rompliance  with  the  author's  intention, 
and  I  have  therefore  printed  the  book  from  the 
original  manuHcript,  as  the  "  Confession  "  wjis 
taken  down  mid  read  to  the  nnfortunate  miui 
who  made  it.  Such  a.i  it  is,  I  give  it  to  a  d: 
ci-rning  public,  which  will  find  it  a  narrative  of 
much  interest.] 

John  L.  Kheky,  M.  D. 
U'humsiii,  Sepfember  11, 1846. 


T  WAS  twenty -nine  years  of  age  when 
^     I  came  to  America.     This  was   in 
]S'2'2.     I  lived  in   Canada,   but  in  what 
part  of  that  country  1  shall   not  partic- 
ulai'ly  state.     My   lifo  there  wa^   more 
settled  than  it  had  been,  and  I  was  in  a 
fair  way  of  becoming  as  good  a  man  as 
most  I'f  tbo.sewhom  we  commonly  find  in 
the  world,  when  circumstances  occurred 
which  le-snlted  in    my   being  ontlawed, 
and  nuide  the  entjniy  of  ftU  wJio  regard 
the  o}iligation9  of  moraluanci  of  society, 
a*i  they  in  turn  were  made   my  enemies. 
Koi-  some  years  I  had  been  a  member  of 
the  Ma-^onic  Fraternity,  in  which  I  had 
attaineil  to  the  honorable  degree  of  Mas- 
tei-  Mason.    I  have  no  hesitation  in  say- 
ing, that  the  eft'ect  of  this  association  on 
me  had  beengood,  and  that   had    I  con- 
stiuedmy  obligations  in  the  spirit  which 
marked  their  administration,  and  which 
is  always  inculcated    in   Masonic   meet- 
ings. I  should  never  have  been  guilty  of 
that  terrible  error  which  has  turned  my 
life  into   bitterness,   and   shortened   my 
*-artlily  career.     I  never  heard,  either  in 
tile  lodge  or   fi'om  individual  member.-* 
thereof,  anything  that  -would  have  war- 
ranted the   perpetration  of  crime.     The 
object  of  the  fraternity    was  ah\ay.-<  ex- 
plained  to   be  the   promotion  of  gond 
aTnong»nien  by  the  pi-nctice    of  benevo- 
lent acts.     It  is  true  that  the  iiuperative 
necessity   of  observing  our  .obligations 
wfts  often   dwelt   upon,    but  never— no, 
never — was  anyfihiug   uttered   th.-it  the 
most  JeMiitieally  inclined  intellect  could 
with  a  shadow  of  jtmson  liavo  interpivt- 
ed  into  either  a  peimissio)i  m-  justifica- 


tldii  i»f  bl".>ud-guiltine-<s.  I  say  tliis  in 
justice  to  the  men  whu  havt?  be^n  ninde 
to  Nuft'cr  throiiffh  th"  imid  folly  of  my- 
.•^elf  and  a  few  othei-  misguided  men. 
Misguided,  I  mean,  by  a  blind  zeal  in  l)e- 
half  of  an  order  to  whi<-h  ih'-y  were  at- 
tached, and  to  maintain  the  nscendeucy 
of  which  they  believed  would  warrant 
the  jierjietiation  of  the  foulest  wiong 
which  one  man,  or  society,  can  sutler  at 
the  hands  of  human  beings. 

In  the  eaily   i)art   of  the  Summer  of 
iKli*},  it  wa.s  rumored  among  Masons  that 
the  order  was  about    to    be  assailed  by 
one  of  its  membere,  who,  from  ftie  mere 
desire    of    making  money,    was    taking 
measures  for  publishing  to  the  woi-ld  all 
that  constituted   its  secrets.     It   \\as  in 
the  United  States  that  this  injury  to  the 
craft  was  to  be  perpetrated,  but  this  did 
not  prevent  the  occurrence  of  considera- 
ble sensation  on  the  subject  among   Ca- 
mulian      Masons,    especially    those     of 
their   number  who   lived    near  to  the 
American  line,  which  unfortunately  hap- 
pened to  be  my  case.     Various  opinions 
were  expressed  in  the  conversations  that 
grew   out   of  the   matter.     By  far   the 
larger  number  were  of  the  opinion  that 
Morgan  and    his   publication  should  be 
treated  with  silent  contempt,  in  the  hope 
that  thereby  the  world    would    fall  into 
the  btilief  that  it  hatl  been    imposed  up- 
on.    They  argued  that  all  that  could  be 
published  must  nece.ssarily  fall  so  great 
ly  shoi't  of  popular  expectation,   that  if 
Masons  regarded  the  book  with  silence, 
and  moved  not  to  the  injury  of  itsauthor, 
people  would  soon  some  to   the   conclu- 
sion that  they   had  been  imposed  upon, 
and  would  sufficiently   punish   the  man 
who  had  been  false  to   his   obligations. 
They  fortified  their  argument  by   refer- 
ence to  the  small  weight  that    had  been 
attached  to  previous  disclosures   of  Ma- 
sonic secrets,  to  which  mankind  had  ab- 
solutely refused  to  give  credence,  utterly 
disbelieving  that  the  secrets  of  the  order 
consisted  only  in    its   cei'emonies,  pass- 
words ttc.     Others,  however,    were  of 
the  opinion   that  the  perpetration  of  a 
little  violence  against  the  liberty  of  Mor- 
gan would  be  justified  by    the  nature  of 
the  case,  though  they  expressly  disclaim- 
ed any  desire  to  shed  his   blood.     They 
thought  that  he  and  his   papers   should 
be  seized,  and  that  while  the  latt«r  were 
destroyed,  he  himself  should  be   placed 
in  confinement   until  he  should  agree  to 
refrain  from  all  attempts  to  injure  the  or- 
der, by  exposing  its  proceedings   to  the 
gaze  of  the  uninitiated — the  fraternity, 
in  the  meantime,  providing  for  the  sup- 
port of  his  family,  they  argued,  in  sup- 
port of  their  view,  that  tlie   publication 
of  a  book  like  that  announced  m  about 
to  come  from  Morgan's  pen,  would  pro 
duce  a  very   different   eft'ect  in  America 
from  what  had  flowed  from  any   similar 
publication  in  Europe— that  in  a  nation 
where  all  were  readers,  believers  would 
be  found  in  sufllcient  numbers   to  make 
the  book  a  profitable  one ;  and  that  there- 
fore other  treacherous  brethren  would  be 
induceil  towrite  and  publish  Mher  books 
on  the   subject,   against   the   eftects  of 
wfiich  silence  could  Ije  no  shield,  until 
the  power  and    usefulness  of  the   order 
should  cease  to  e.xist,  and  the  order  itself 
become    a   laughingstock   among  men. 
It  was  better,  they  said,  to  crush  the  evil 
in  the  bud,  than  to  run  the  risk  of  .such 
disjistrous  re-siilts  coming  about.  Among 
this  latter  class  W41S I  ranked;  but  injus- 
tice to  myself,  no  le.ss  than  to  those  \\'ho 
held  the  .same  opinions,  I  ;im   bound  to 
say,  that  we  regariled  the.  whole  mattej 
as  one  of  theory.  ■  Practierilly,  itdid  not 
seem  to  concern    us   in    the  least,  im  we 
sujiposed    th.'it    the   Americari    Masons, 


I  against  whom  the  r>fiVnse  wn-v  tn  be  im- 
■  mediately  committed,  were  competent 
'  to  deal  with  theolfender.  1*1  is  true  thiit" 
there  were  communications  and  corres- 
pondence on  the  subject  between  Lodges 
'  in  both  countries;  but  at  the  time  of 
which  I  aiu  Kjieaking.  it  had  never  oc- 
curred to  us  (hat  we  should  be  call- 
ed upon  lo  take  any  active  part  in  the 
aftair.  Had  we  supposed  that  our  as- 
sistance in  an  illegal  and  violent  act  was 
to  be  demanded,  most  of  us  would  have 
departed  from  our  opinions  and  joined 
the  moderate  party:  for  we  knew  that 
when  the  first  step  in  crime  has  been 
taken,  there  is  no  safety,  and  that  one 
erior  is  often  pi-oductive  of  a  thousand 
others.  I  am  more  particular  in  relating 
what  were  the  sentiments  of  Canadian 
Masons  with  reference  to  Morgan  and 
his  book,  and  the  proper  course  to  be 
pursued  under  circumstances  so  critical, 
because  precisely  the  same  state  of  things 
existed  in  New  York;  and  because  Ca- 
nadian Masons  have  l)y  many  been  sup- 
posed to  have  urged  tlieir  American 
brethren  to  the  adoption  and  pui-suit  of 
violent  measures. 

Time  pas«»ed  on,  and  we  heard  of  the 
seizure  and  confinement  of  Morgan.  We 
were  informed  that  Morgan  was  to  be 
brought  to  Canada,  and  put  on  board  a 
ship  and  sent  to  Europe.  This  seemed 
to  us  a  very  rational  plan  of  operations, 
as  far  as  the  term  can  be  applied  to  a  pro- 
ceeding wrong  in  itself.  We  entered  in- 
to the  plan,  as  our  co-operation  was  said 
to  be  necessary :  but  we  are  doomed  to 
be  disajipointed,  and  a  few  of  our  num- 
ber were  made  to  drink  of  the  cup  of 
crime  to  the  very  dregs.  The  captain 
of  theship  in  which  Morgan  was  to  have 
sailed  for  Europe  suddenly  died,  and  no 
other  opportunity  otl'ered  for  banishing 
him  in  the  manner  proposed.  The  ne- 
cessity of  sending  him  off  in  a  shipman- 
ned  by  Masons  only,  must  be  obvious 
to  every  reflecting  ramd.  Wie  could  not 
trust  the  uninitiated,  not  even  had  we 
the  means  of  bribing  them  highly,  which 
did  not  happen  to  be  our  case.  Among 
so  many,  to  whom  the  secret  would  have 
to  be  intrusted,  some  one  would  be  al- 
most certain  to  exj^ose  the  abduction  of 
a  free  American  citizen;  and  the  dread 
of  this  was  more  pointed,  as  the  crime 
would  have  been  committed  by  the  sub- 
jects of  a  foreign  Monarch,  of  whom 
Americans  are  naturally  jealous.  All 
things  combined  to  make  us  give  up  the 
idea  of  sending  Morgan  to  England, 
though,  we  came  to  the  conclu.sion  with 
deep  regret,  and  with  the  gloomiest  an- 
ticipations as  to  what  must  be  the  end 
of  the  illegal  course  into  which  we  had 
been  drawn,  mole  through  the  force  of 
circumstances  than  ft'om  any  precon- 
ceived design.  All  the  hope  we  had  was, 
that  another  oi))iortuuity  in  the  course 
of  time  would  offer  for  sending  him  out 
of  the  country  not  subject  to  the  hazards 
I  have  enumerated,  It  was  a  faint  one, 
but  Dot  altogether  without  consolation, 
Itisfrom  thisjime  that  ray  connection 
with  this  unhappy  business  more  i>artic- 
ularly  dates.  Up  to  the  time  of  which 
I  am  now  speaking,  I  had  not  been  more 
concerned  in  it  than  others.  But,  from 
some  cause  or  other,  the  more  daring  of 
the  American  con.?pirators,  who  had  re- 
solved in  their  hearts  to  go  all'  lengths 
in  the  a\vful  path  on  >vhich  they  had 
entered,  should  it  be  nef:essary  for,  their, 
safety  so  to  do— tJiesenien,  I  say,  select- 
ed me  and  some  few  otlici-  of  (he  Cana- 
diuus,  as  persons  upon  Avhoin  they  could ' 
most  rely  in  the  event  of  their  resorting 
to  extremities;  They  tbbk  nsr  iMd'theil' 
confideiicb hi  a'f ei-y  markedninnnev, and ' 
the  eouF5eq(!(.ri6e  wii^ii  clegree  of  intima- 


cy far  Lfreater  th:ui  would  li.-ive  fothnred 
from  the  ortjin.'uy  M:isgiiie  tif^  Wt-dis. 
cnssed  llie  wliole  matter,  in  aTTit'i  bear- 
ingj!,  and  the  death  of  the  ritl'ender  was 
darkly  ami  obscurely  hinted  atin^onr 
nocturnal  consultations.  It  did  nut.  how- 
ever assume  other  thiin  a  shadowy  slmj,,. 
and  the  crime  itself  would  have  rem^ji," 
ed  unperpetrated,  had  it  not  bi-cn  that 
we  had  placed  ourselves  in  a  position 
where  ateallicr'siEeiglit^  was  sujEeiy^t 
to  turn  the  scale  against  the  life  of  the 
victim  of  a  ihistakeii  Vfew  of  our'M*' 
sonic  obligations.  Circumstances,  in 
themselves  trivial,  led  to  the  death,  rath- 
er than  the  continued  coniineiaent  or 
banishment  of  Morgan,  as  I  shall  now 
ju'oceed  to  show. 

Moi-gan,  as  all  the  world  knows,  had 
been  confined  in  the  magazine  of  Foit 
Niagara.  The  keeper  of  the  Fort  was 
a  Mason,  and  a  man  upon  whom  wp 
could  most  confidently  rely,  as  he  had 
entered  heart  and  soul  into  the  plau  of 
abduction,  and  avos  ready  to  go  aa  far  as 
the  worst  of  us  for  the  purpose  of  pie. 
venting  Morgan's  disclosures,  or  forpun- 
ishing  a  traitor,  as  we  all  held  Morgan 
to  be.  Had  he  been  alone  there,  all 
would  have  gone  as  well  as  the  most  le. 
nient  of  our  numlier  could  have  Uesired* 
but  his  wife  ^vas  with  liiui,  and  it  was 
through  her  conduct  that  we  felt  our- 
selves compelled  to  silence  him  who 
could  have  borne  testimony  against  us 
had  he  managed  to  obtain  his  freedom 
This  woman  came  to  the  knowJedo-e  of 
the  fact  that  someone  was  confined  ille- 
gally in  the  fort,  and  she  demanded  to 
be  made  accfjuainted  with  tlie  whole  cir- 
cumstances of  the  transaction  in  which 
we  were  engaged.  Her  husband  not 
only  refused  to  comply  with  her  request 
in  tlie  dread  that  it  would  lead  to  the 
iliscovery,  of  the  entire  matter,  and  thp 
arrest  and  severe  punishment  of  all  the 
parties  to  it;  but  he  endeavored  to  en- 
force silence  upon  her.  This,  of  course 
she  being  a  spirited  woman,  onlv  reJ- 
dered  things  woi-se.  Dispute  followed 
dispute,  and  one  quarrel  trod  fast  upou 
the  heelsof  another,  until  the  wife  final- 
ly left  her  husband,  and  returned  for 
protection  to  the  house  of  her  father. 
To  her  father  she  communicated  the 
cause  of  those  domestic  dissensions  which 
had  led  to  the  separation  from  her  hus- 
band. He  was  struck  with  her  narrative, 
and  determined,  after  considerable  reflec- 
tion,tosee  his  son-in-law,  and  todemand 
an  explanation  of  the  mysterious  cu'cum- 
stances,  rather  than  to  make  a  public  af- 
fair of  what,  after  all,  might  prove  to 
be  one  of  those  difficulties  which  occas- 
ionally occur  in  married  life.  He  said 
nothing  to  his  daughter,  however,  of  his 
intended  course  of  action,  but  proceeded 
to  the  fort,  and  saw  his  son-inlaw. 
There  ^va.s  much  (!Omprt«ure  in  the  man- 
ner of  the  latter  when  the  subject  wafl 
bCoached,  and  he  endeavored  iv  give 
such  a  coloring  to  his  matrimonial  dlffi' 
culties  as  would,  had  he  succeeded,  have 
placed  the  inquirer  on  a  wrougscent,  but 
his  very  manner  was  sufficient  to  give 
the  lie  to  the  part  he  was  attempting  to 
perform  in  so  skillful  away;  and  the 
old  man  j)robed  him  so  deeply  as  to  al- 
most penetrate  to  the  details  of  the 
whole  business.  Had  he  done  so,  how 
much  better  would  it  have  been  for  poor 
Morgan!  and  still  how  much  better 
would  it  lifl^ve  been  for  ])h  muvderers!  , 
The  result  of  the  father-in-law's  m' 
quii'ies  amounted  to  this,  that  some  one 
was  illegally  confined  in  the  fort,  but 
i\vho*hc  Was,  or  I'or  what  purpose  iniprih- 
dlied',* iie  fonld  not" ascertain.  Hr  th-n 
to^d  the  keei^er,  that  lie' Wojild  gin^  I'i'" 
tVvent}'^foi»r  JiouiV  in  whict'  ^o  rele;.-' 


,l,e  man,  and  if  wkhin  that  tiin^  U,. 
shoulil  not  be  l-ekase.l,  i-csort  wmM  l„. 
|,»d  to  Ifgal  means  to  lostnre  l,ini  to  th,. 
,„joyn,«it  of  fi-eedora.  It  was  his  duty 
to  bave  insisted  upon  liis  inunediiite  lib. 
^ration,  and  that  duty  would  have  prob- 
„bly  been  performed  had  not  the  kee.,. 
er  been  so  nearly  connected  with  him 
his  wish  being  to  prevent  hi,  relative 
from  sutfenng  the  ccnsaiuences  of  \m 
conduct,  provided  he  should  at  last  act 
iu  accordance  with  the  dictates  of  justice 
I  should  have  mentioned  that  the  keep. 
crs  fatherinlaw  was  not  a  JIason,  and 
therefore  the  keeper  could  not  confide 
to  liim  either  the  name  of  his  prisoner 
or  the  cause  of  his  incarceration. 

As  soon  as  his  father-in-law  h,id  left 
him,  the  keeper  proceeded  to  notify  us 
of  the  nature  of  the  interview  he  had 
M-ith  his  relative.  He  plainly  told  us 
that  something  must  be  done  immedi. 
ntely,  and  that  if  Morg.in  was  not  dis- 
posed of  before  the  next  morning,  not 
ohly  should  we  .ill  bo  arrested  and  se- 
veivly  punished,  but  that  there  would 
be  a  great  e.tcitement  raised  against  the 
Older,  and  that  it  would  fall  before  the 
torrent  of  public  indignation,  suffering 
more  severely  than  it  could  have  done 
had  Jlorgan's  book  been  published,  and 
allowed  to  pass  without  question.  It. 
needed  not  that  he  should  tell  us  this,  for 
wa.s  self-evident  to  every  man  in  the 
dark  and  agitated  company.  A  long 
.qnd  serious  cousultation  took  place. 
Many  plans  were  proposed,  discussed 
and  rejected,  in  their  turn,  having  for 
their  object  the  removal  of  our  prisoner 
to  some  secure  place  of  confinement;  for 
it  was  difficult  to  settle  upon  a  place  less 
likely  to  be  disturbed  than  that  which 
had  been  originally  selected.  The  fort 
had  been  selected,  at  the  start,  because 
it  was  supposed  that  it  combined  in  a 
superior  degree  the  leading  essentials  of 
a  secret  prison ;  yet  this  deeply  contrived 
plan  had  been  baffled  by  so  simple  and 
common. place  a  thing  as  the  curiosity 
of  a  woman !  What  security  could  we 
have  that  any  other  prison  would  prove 
a  better  retainer  of  its  secrets?  Such 
security  was  not  to  be  had,  and  we  saw 
before  us  the  prospect  of  continued  dan- 
ger, a  constant  dread  of  detection  and 
piinishmeut,  to  say  nothing  of  the  dan- 
lier  to  our  order,  so  long  as  Morgan 
should  live.  Our  liberty,  our  property, 
our  character,  and  the  great  institution 
in  whose  liehalf  we  had  originally  un- 
dertaken to  act,  would  all,  for  very  many 
years,  it  was  probable,  be  at  the  mercy 
of  every  woman  or  child  who  shoidd 
chance  to  be  in  the  vicinity  of  our  vic- 
tim's prison. 

It  was  while  we  were  in  this  state  of 
doiilit  and  uncertainty,  regretting  the 
past  and  trembling  for  the  future,  that 
one  of  our  number  rose  to  speak.  He 
was  a  thoughtful,  silent  man,  generally, 
but  always  ready  to  act  when  any  thing 
was  to  be  done,  and  had  the  reputation 
among  us  of  being  more  deeply  concern- 
ed in  the  hmsine-ss  of  kidnapping  Mor- 
gan than  any  other  of  the  conspirators. 
"  Hrethren,"  he  said,  in  a  firm  voice, 
"  there  is  no  denying  that  our  situation 
IS  a  most  critical  one;  but  it  is  the  char, 
acteristic  of  determined,  resolute  men, 
that  they  always  rise  superior  to  those 
'lifficultics  which  are  fatal  to  the  weak 
and  vacillating.  If  we  are  firm,  ami  do 
aot  allow  ourselves  to  be  deterred  from 
pursuing  the  only  coui-se,  that  can  lead 
to  safety,  all  will  yet  be  well  with  us. 
^Vhat  have  we  to  fear?  It  is,  that  Mor- 
gan may  recover  his  liberty,  and  bring 
Jown  upon  our  heads  the  whole  weight 
of  the  law,  and  put  our  order  under  the 
lian  of  public  opinion,  against  which,  no 


institution,  hosvever  strong,  can  main, 
tain  itself  How  are  these  ditSculties  to 
be  avoided?  To  me  it  seems  clear  that 
they  can  be  avoided  only  by  consigning 
Morgan  to  that  confinement  from  which 
alone  there  is  no  possibilitv  of  escape— 
THAT  OF  theokavk!  This  may  appear 
to  some  of  you  a  dread  alternative,  but 
I  have  been  prepared  for  it  from  the  he- 
gmniug,  as  the  probable  result  of  this 
man's  seizure  and  imprisonment.  Nor 
will  there  be  any  thing  so  decidedly  un. 
just  in  our  thus  dispos'ing  of  him.  Has 
lie  not  placed  himself  in  the  position  of 
a  traitiu-;  and  have  not  the  laws  of  God 
and  man,  in  all  ages,  condemned  traitors 
to  suffer  in  full  the  penalty  ?  And  what 
18  the  treachery  which  directs  itself  only 
against  acountiy  or  king,  in  coiujiaiison 
with  that  which  aims  at  the  overthrow 
of  a  vast  institution  which  is  gathering 
into  its  fold  6f  men  of  every  country, 
and  binding  all  mankind  into  a  common 
brotherhood!  I  say,  tlnit  Morgan  h.as 
incurred  the  penalty  of  death,  and  that 
to  visit  that  penalty  upon  him  will  be 
an  act  of  justice,  and  according  to  the 
principles  that  prevail  among  ineu  in  all 
forms  of  society.  Our  own  safety,  too, 
points  to  tlie  same  course;  and,  for  one, 
I  am  re.aily  to  bear  a  full  part  in  placing 
him  in  the  only  prison  that  can  make  ns 
all  safe,  while  at  the  same  time  it  will 
be  a  just  punishment  of  his  treachery." 

The  words  of  a  bold  man,  in  times  of 
doubt  and  trial,  are  always  effectual. 
They  were  so  in  the  present  case,  and  the 
greater  part  of  the  company  were  car- 
ried away  by  the  speech  of  the  daring 
American.  They  assented  at  once  to 
the  force  of  his  arguments,  and  avowed 
their  readiness  to  aid  him  in  any  lueas. 
ure  that  he  should  deem  proper  under 
the  circumstances.  Some  few  were  si- 
lent, and  neither  apjiroved  nor  condemn- 
ed the  sentiments  that  had  been  putforth; 
and  from  this  position  they  were  as  deep- 
ly involved,  and  as  guilty,  as  those  who 
were  most  forward  in  their  desire  for  the 
shedding  of  blood.  Before  we  separat- 
ed, the  death  of  Morgan  was  fully  re- 
solved upon;  and  it  was  agreed  to  meet 
on  the  evening  of  that  day,  and  fi.\-  up- 
on the  mode  of  execution. 

In  the  e\'ening  we  all  met.  Several 
plans  for  putting  our  prisoner  to  death 
were  proposed ;  but  that  which  was  final- 
ly adopted  came  from  the  same  man 
who  had  been  so  successful  in  convinc 
ing  us  that  we  should  proceed  to  ex 
tremeties.  We  were  eight  in  number, 
and  it  was  determined  that  three  of  us 
should  be  selected  by  lot  to  perform  the 
part  of  executioners.  Eight  pieces  of 
pajier  w-ere  procured,  five  of  which  wert 
to  remain  blank,  while  the  letter  "  1)  ' 
was  written  on  the  other.  These  pieces 
of  paper  were  placed  in  a  large  box, 
from  which  each  man  was  to  draw  one 
at  the  same  moment.  After  drawing, 
w-e  were  all  to  separate,  without  looking 
at  the  paper  that  each  held  in  his  hand. 
So  soon  as  we  had  arrived  at  certain  dis- 
tances from  the  place  of  rendezvous,  the 
tickets  were  to  be  examined,  and  those 
whoheld  blankswereto  return  instantly 
to  their  homes;  and  those  three  who  should 
hold  the  marked  tickets  were  to  jiroceed 
to  the  Fort  at  midnight,  and  thwre  put 
Morgan  to  death,  in  such  a  manner  as 
should  seem  to  themselves  most  fitting. 
The  tickets  were  placed  in  the  box,  and 
drawn  simultaneously,  and  we  all  left 
the  place,  ill  different  directions,  ^vitllout 
looking  at  t-'ur  papei-s.  The  proceeding 
was  so  rapid  that  I  had  no  time  for  re- 
flection until  I  found  myself  in  the  ojien 
air;  and  walking  fast  to  a  point  at  which 
I  thought  it  would  be  safe  for  to  exam- 
ine my  ticket;  and  even  then  I   did  not 


think  so  much   of  the  ati-ocious   nature 
of  the  crime  in  which  I  was  engaged,  as 
of  the  chances  that  there   were   of  my 
having  drawn   a  blank,  which   would 
indeed  have  been  a  prize  to  me.     After 
walking  a  mile  or  thereabouts,    and  see. 
ing  that  no  one  was  near,  I  halted,  and 
examined  my  ticket,  which  I   had    kept 
withia  my   clenched  hand.      I    started 
back  with  horror,  as,  by  the  dim   light, 
1  was  enabled  to  trace  the   fatal  letter, 
distinctly  ,irawn  on  the    white   ground! 
My  firat  thought  was   to    turn  and    fly; 
but  where  should  I  fly  to?     Would  not 
my  comrades  suspect   the   cause  of  my 
ab,sence,  and    would    they   not,  from  re- 
gard to  their  owu  safety,  deem  it   neces- 
sary to  treat  ine  as  they   were  about  to 
treat  Morgan  t  Besides,  was  I  not  bound 
in  honor— aye,  and  my  oath,  too— to  go 
onward  in  the  enterprise,    liorrible   and 
unlawful  as  it  was,  and  fearful  as  might 
be  ils  consequences?     I   had   ofl'ered  no 
remonstrance  against  th.-  plan   for  the 
making  away  witl^lorgau,  but  had  gone 
oil,  step  by  step,  With  the  other   conspi- 
rators; and  was  I  not,  therefore,  bound 
in  honor  to  continue  iu  the  same  fearful 
path  unto  the  end  I     Strange  as   it  may 
appear,  and  so  singularly  is  the  mind  of 
man  constituted,  theseusation  that  I  most 
deeply  experienced   at  that  awful  mo- 
ment, was  one  of  shame,  that   I  should 
have  thought  of  evading  the  dread  task 
that  I  liad  been  selected    by    fortune  to 
perform.     All    idea   of   its   criminality 
was  absorbed  in  this,  and  I  resolved  to 
go  through  with  the  enterprise  wj^h  a 
bold  heart  and  a  steady  hand. 

As  the  hour  for  the  ni'eeting  of  the 
three  approached  I  proceeded  toward  the 
Fort,  not  without  a  lingering  hope  that 
the  two  who  were  to  be  associated  with 
me  as  executioners,  would  be  less  punc 
tunl  than  myself,  and  that  they  would 
fail  altogethei'  of  keeping  their  rendez- 
vous. But  this  hope  soon  left  me,  for 
as  I  arrived  near  the  F«u-t,  I  was  joined 
by  two  of  those  from  whom  I  had  so  re- 
cently separated,  and  then  it  was  that 
we  ascertained  who  had  drawn  the  death- 
tickets.  Both  these  men  were  Ameri- 
cans, and  neither  of  them,  I  am  certain, 
had  less  desire  to  take  any  part  in  the 
aft'air  than  myself.  However,  there  was 
now  no  show  of  reluctance,  all  of  ns 
acting  as  if  we  had  made  up  our  minds 
to  the  performance  of  a  terrible  task, 
from  which  there  was  no  retreat  Im. 
mediate  arrangements  were  made  to  ear. 
ry  out  the  sentence,  if  such  it  can  be 
called,  that  had  been  passed  upon  the 
prisoner.  My  comrades  left  to  procure 
a  boat,  one  of  them  knowinig  where  it 
was  eiusy  to  find  it,  it  having  been  agreed 
upon  that  Morgan  -should  be  sunk  in  the 
Xiagara,  in  the  hope  that  he  and  our 
crime  alike  would  thus  be  buried  be 
neath  the  waves.  My  part  was  to  pro 
cee<l  to  the  magazine  and  announce  to 
Morgan  his  fate,  to  prepare  him,  so  far 
as  I  could,  to  meet  it. 

When  ray  partners  in  crime  had  'left, 
I  passeil  to  the  magazine.  On  entering. 
I  found  Morgan  asleep,  and  for  a  few 
moments  I  stood  and  regarded  bini  liy 
the  light  of  the  lantern  that  I  liad 
brought  with  me.  He  was  pale  and 
haggard,  and  looked  like  an  old  man, 
though  in  reality  he  was  not  much  past 
the  prime  of  existence.  Nevertheless, 
he  slept  quietly,  and  my  entrance  did 
not  appear  to  have  disturbed  him.  I 
gently  awoke  him,  ami  he  started  wild 
ly  up,  and  gazed  upon  me.  I  was  j 
stranger  to  him,  and  he  hurriedly  de 
mauded  my  business.  "  William  Mor 
gan,"  I  replied,  •'  I  come  to  yon  on  a  sad 
duty — it  is  to  prepare  you  for  your  last 
hour  on  earth.      The  great  crime   of 


which  yon  have  bj-ou  g„dty, ,  ;,„,  h^p 
Inly  considered  by  those  against   whom 
It  has  been  coii.mitteil;  and    ihey,    po«. 
issi-d  both  of  the  right   and    jwwer  to 
act,  have  resolved  that  vou  must  die.  It 
IS  now  past  midnight,  and  before  the 
earlie-st  dawn  shall  have   appeared,  you 
must  be  no  longer  on  earth.     I  leavr;  you 
to  pi-e],are  for  the  great  change  vou  ar.3 
to  undergo,"    Thus  saying,  1  placed  the 
lantern  on  the  floor,  and  was  in  the  act 
of  leaving  the   magazine,  for  the    piir. 
pose  of  stationing  myself  at  the  entrance, 
when  Jlorgan  l..iidly   called    me    buck' 
and  pouivd  out  .-i  number   of  questions.' 
He  demanded  by  wluit  authority  we  ha.1 
condemed  hiiii!  who  had  been  his  judge? 
Were  they  Americans  or  foreignei-si  how 
was  he  to  die?  and  many  other  questions 
of  the  like  character.     I  told  him  1  ha.1 
not  come  there  to  -answer  .luestioas,  but 
to  notify  him  of  his  sentence,  from  which 
there  was  no  appeal,  or  possibility  of  es- 
cape.    I  added,  that  I  h:id  heard  he  ha,l 
been  a  soldier,  that  I  hod  been  one  my- 
self, and  that  I  hoped  he  would  meet  his 
end  as  became  a  man   who  lia<l   borne 
arms.     lie  too4i  no    notice   of  this,   but 
e<iiniueiiced  wringing  his  hands  aud  talk- 
ing of  his  wife  and  children,  the   recol- 
lection of  whom  iu  that  awful  hour  ter- 
ribly alfected  him.     His  wife,   he  said, 
was  young  aud    inexp'erienced,   and    his 
children  were  but  infants;  what  would 
become  of  thein  were  he,  the  husband 
and  father,  cut  otV,  and  they  even   igno- 
rant of  his  fate?     I  endeavored  to  con- 
sole him  on  this  point,  by   assuring  him 
that   the   fraternity,  of  which   be   had 
been  an  unworthy  member,  and  which 
he  had  sought  to  ruin,  had  alrearly  pro- 
vided for  his  family,  arid  that  they  would 
not  be  permitted  to  want  any  thing.  He 
then  commenced  a   rambling    discourse, 
and  begged    to    know  if  there    was  no 
avoiiling  his  fate,  promising   to  give  up 
all  his  papers,  to  go  to  any   part  of  the 
world  we  mightscnd  him.and  there  reside, 
seeking  to  have  no  communication  with 
America,  and  living  a  dift'erent  life  fiom 
that  he  had  formerly  pursued — by  which 
I  understood  that  he  would  maintain  his 
Masonic     obligations.      Just  as    I   was 
about  to  rejily  to  him, my  comrades  came 
to  the  door  of  the  magazine,  which  they 
opened,  and  beckoned  me  tocoine  to  them, 
which  I  did.     They   had   informed  me 
that  they  had  procured  a  boat  and  a 
number  of  heavy  weights,  and  that  ev- 
ery thing  was  ready  on  their  part,  and 
demanded  to   know  if  Morgan   himself 
was  prepared.     Before  I  could   answer, 
Mort^an  commenced   shouting,   as  if  in 
the  hope   of  obtaining  assistance.  "  By 
God!"  said  one   of  our  number,  "that 
must  be  stopped,  or  we  may  yet  all  be 
discovered !'     So  saying,  he  entered  the 

magazine,  followed  by  myself  and 

striding  up  to  Morgan,  he  bade  him 
cease  that  useless  alarm,  which  could 
avail  him  nothing,  for  that  die  he  must 
if  we  had  to  kill  him  where  he  stood. 
As  if  cowed  by  the  fierceness  of  this 
demonstration,  Morgan  stoppeti  shout- 
ing, and  agaiu  began  remonstrating 
against  our  conduct,  which  he  declared 
to  be  wholly  unjustifiable,  even  if  he  hail 
violated  his  masonic  oblii;ations.  for  Ma 
sons  Iia.1  no  right  to  put  men  to  death. 
He  was  again  told  that  all  remonstrances 
were  idle,  and  that  he  should  prepaie 
himself  for  death,  otherwise  he  would 
have  to  die  without  making  his  peace. 
From  this  moment,  and  as  if  his  nature 
revolted  against  the  oppression  of  which 
he  was  the  object,  his  bearing  under- 
went a  change.  He  became  more  firm, 
and  disdained  to  make  further  appeals 
for  mercy  for  himself;  but  the  feelings  of 
the  husband  and  the  father  were  still 
tetrong  within  him, and  he  humlded  him- 
self so  far  as  to  plead  iu  behalf  of  his 
t'amily.  He  begged  that  some  perma. 
iient  provision  might  be  made  for  them, 
and  above  all  things,  implored  us  to 
communicate  his  fate  to  his  wife. 
(To  bt  continual  ntu't  wttl:) 


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lraf#liog  C'>rrMponJ»ni  kixl  »gtDl  for  ihe  UncriiBrs 
WuKK  nuJ  will  r<>eri»o  »iil>»cripti(in»foT  ilie  Mioe  « 
rfjulnrni.'.  All  l.usitiP..  lniii»iw(ca  hy  hin 
fic«,<rill  )>c  II 


e  mi  11  iIoQc  bj  ount|«M. 


Tn«  BiirtiiBiiJi  AT  VonK  will  b*  Mnt  post-palJ,  to  any 
*j.lr«M  ir.  tbe  Unito.l  Swi*.  or  ("•"*'•■  '"'»"''"  P" 
MDura.  TlioM  ■enJiof  i»D  ntunr*  ninl  |1&.0<J,  will  re- 
oeiie  »n  riiM  copT  fro*  of  clnrRc.  For  •!!  oter  ihi* 
BDmber  ihf  .»g.ni  will  I.b  «l!owrJ  10  wuw  for  ^wh  ftddi- 
tiond  nunif,  which  *mouiH  c«i  be  il«.liict«il  from  [be 
iDonPT.  htfoTi,  .enJing  it  lo  u».  M0DP7  OMeM.  Urjfla. 
Ml  Itcfi.iereJ  UUcni  mar  »*  «nt  «  our  n.k.  Thcj 
(boul'l  b*  miwU  pnyivWe  10  Moore  &  E.lu'lmftn 

Subicri(.iionii,  wii  commiioloilioniiintondetl  for  the  pn- 
p«r,  w  well  M  fill  biuiiiM*  m«tler»  connccleJ  with  (be  of- 
fic*  •bouU  be  aildrcueJ 

HOO&E  &  ESHELKAN, 

Luuk,  Cirroll  Co.,  lU- 


PERILOUS  TIMES. 


0"l 


Skm»  for  sample  copies  of  thn  ChiMren  ut 
Work\     Vour  cliiWren  bIiouM  have  it. 

The  Reports  hikI  Minutes  of  A.  M.  ordered 
from  thin  oflice  have  l)een  sent  out.  Should 
any  who  have  ordered,  fail  to  get  them,  they 
will  pletwe  uotify  us. 

Watch  the  dat«  opponite  your  namu  on  the 
I.ftper  or  the  wrapper,  and  if  it  corresponds  with 
tlie  dnte  of  the  pajier.  it  denotes  that  your  sub- 
Hcription  hii8  expired. 

IJhotheh  H.  J.  Kurtz  baa  on  hand  a  lot  of 
Bretlireu's  Encyclopedia  containing  Mack's 
writings  wliich  he  wialies  to  sell.  If  any  of  our 
remlers  de-sire  a  coi)y  they  can  reteive  cue  by 
sending  neventy-fivc  cents  to  biotlier  Kurtz,  at 
Davt^n.  Ohio. 


Til  i:  School  Board  of  Boston  is  discussing  the 
propriety  of  dropping  spelling-books,  leMsons  in 
Bpelling  to  be  taken  from  the  reading-books. 
Much  weariuesB  and  mechanical  repetition  could 
Ik-  got  out  of  the  wav  by  adopting  thiscouise. 

SoMK  of  our  correspondents  must  not  think 
bnrd  ol  it  if  their  articles,  which  were  written 
with  a  pencil,  do  not  appear  in  print,  for  arti- 
cles wntteq  with  a  pencil  are  often  so  diin  liy 
the  time  they  reach  us  that  Hn-y  cannot  be  uh- 
ed.  All  our  compositors  will  >ay.  "  Please  do 
write  with  i>eti  aud  black  ink." 

Uy  the  treaty  of  IJorlln  all  the  fortifi cations 
along  tile  viver  Danube  from  the  Iron  liates  to 
its  mouth,  are  to  be  pulled  down.  No  8hii>s  ol 
war,  shnll  navigate  the  fiver  except  guard  sliipa 
of  the  principal  nations.  Now  if  they  will  get 
up  luiuther  Inleruatioufll  Congress  and  piiU 
down  all  the  fortifications  in  the  world,  buru 
all  the  wax  vessels,  and  change  all  war  imple- 
ments into  tools  of  usefulness,  we  will  have  the 
peace  on  earth  that  has  been  so  long  desired. 


TuK  Illinois  State  Medical  Board  has  tlirown 
out  aljniit  twelve  hundred  professetl  )>hysicians 
because  they  lacked  the  necessary  qualifications 
to  heal  the  people.  Now  if  dilfcront  churches 
'nnll  ship  all  the  preachers  who  shun  to  declai'e 
the  whole  counsel  of  Ood,  we  nniy  look  for  bet- 
ter prfiuhiug.  Meu  who  lack  thequulifteations 
to  pre.tiii  the  Truth — and  refuse  to  stand  uj)  for 
the  thus  sayeth  the  Lord,  are  not  worthy  of  the 
title  of  a  miiuster. 

Luiin  Beacoiisfield,  Prime  Minister  of  Eng- 
land, is  highly  eulogized  by  the  public  press  of 
both  continents  for  tlie  ncfive  and  noble  i)art 
he  took  in  the  Berlin  Congress,  advocating  the 
grwitijig  of  religious  liberties  to  thousands  who 
have  hitherto  been  debased  and  neai-ly  ruined 
by  coiTupt  and  misguided  religious  legislation. 
He  is  a  .lew  of  genius  and  pluck,  and  a  States- 
man of  rare  attainments.  While  in  the  Con- 
gress he  worked  uobly  for  the  interest  and 
freedom  of  the  Jewish  rnce  in  Bulgaria  and 
elsewhere,  for  which  he  is  receiving  the  united 
thanks  of  the  Jews  throughout  the  world. 


THf:  >niigrfltion  to  Hie  West  is  very  great 
this  seiiHiiii;  iwrhaps  greater  than  has  been  in 
aoy  previous  year.  Kanfian,  however,  takes  the 
lead  in  selling'Iaud  and  Dakota  comes  in  next. 
It  will  not  likely  Ije  long  till  the  wiM  pmiries 

of  the  Wet  will  i)e  thickly  settled  bv  an  iudiis-      ,         „„  , 

triouB  and  well-to-do  cla.ss  of  peoi)le.     We  aref'     ,"*  '''y  '"^'^  ''t"*"  '"    ''""'anity,  and  declares 


glad  that  the  Brethren  too  are  getting  a  foot- 
hold in  most  of  the  Western  States  and  Terri- 
tories, and  are  laboring  hard  to  huildupchureli- 
es  in  every  locality.  Their  struggle  may  be  a 
hard  one.  but  rictory  will  come  to  the  persever- 
ing by  and  by. 


U[t  theme  comes  fr-jm  Gnd's  Book  of  relig^ 
Tlii*  know  alno."  says  tlie  man  of 
G'nI.     K'I"''-  what?     'Know  that  hithr  last 
./-.yWKllILOUSTtMES  shall  com-."     Mark 
the  language  of  Insj.iration.     Ferilou*;  times 
gfitill  com" — not  that  pHrilou^t  time*  'PfCi*,  or  ore. 
but  th'iH  '■'ii'if   in  the  lant  iliri/t<.     Tiiere  it  is — 
LAST  DAYS.     Are  the  days  of  IST8  among  the 
last  iaysf    Can  any   man  prove  by   the    Bible 
that  they  are  not?     But  we  are  not   left  with- 
(.ut  «n  eii'/riii-F  of   the  last  days.     Ood  tells  us 
what  men  "hall  lie  in  the  last  days— in  the  per- 
ilous times.     "Loversof theirownselvea."  This 
is  the  tirst  sign  of  perilous  times.     The  scram- 
ble  in  the  political    world  for  position,  power 
and  honor,  tells  how  earnestly  men  love  them- 
selves.    No  stone   is  left   unturned   by  demiv- 
gogues  to  further  their  personal  intcre.-»ts,  even 
if  the  poor  laborer  must  work   for  a  mere  pit^ 
taiicc,  or  beg  his  bread  and  seek   the  shelter  of 
a  friendly  shed  or  tree.     The  holders  of  capital 
seek  high  rates  of  interest,  aud  have  eo  arrang- 
ed as  to  protect  themselves.     As  a  prominent 
man  recently  said  to  the  writer,  "  I  do  not  blame 
the  tramps  very  much.     If  they  work  for  pres- 
ent wages,  at  the  end  of  ^e  year   they  simply 
have   their   living-      If  uiey    tramp   over  the 
country,  they  have  the  same."     As  to  the  out- 
come,  thin  is   perhaps  true,  but  as  to  laboring 
and  tramping,  the  former   brings   huudredt  of 
blessings  that  are  strangers  to  the  latter.    These 
are  truly  "  perilous  times,"  and  it  would  be  well 
for  those  who  hold  the  wealth  of  the  nation  to 
seriously  and  carefully  consider  the  best  method 
to  better  the  condition  of  the  poor.     Unless  the 
rich  will  meet  the  poor  as  friends — hold  out  to 
them  good  inducements  to  become  situated  in 
good  homes,   with  suthcient  to  eat,  drink  and 
wear,  these  "  perilous  times  "  may  become  worse 
aud  yorse  until  terror  shall  reign  every-where. 
Covetousness  is   the  cause  of  much    misery. 
The  shortest  definition   is  ijrefd.     I  have  seen 
this  exemplified  even  among  swine.     Give  them 
some  good  food,  the  best  of  milk  aud  one  of  the 
company  is  sure   to  snap,   push    and   squeal  to 
get  it  all.     A  covetous  man  acts  very  much  the 
same  way.     He  is  greedy.     He   would   take  all 
that  belongs  to  his  neighbor,  gather  all  for  him- 
self, exert  himself  to  gain  every  dolliu-  in  the 
couutiT.     Watcti    his  dealings.     Now   he  has 
something  to  svU.     Look  at  covetousness  care- 
fully.    He  is  not  a  scarce  article,  but  is  getting 
pretty  plentiful,  because  "  perilous  times  "  have 
come.     In  selling,  he  wants  a  price  a  little  high- 
er than  the   highest,  and  in  buying,   a  price  a 
little  lower  than  the  lowest.     He  goes  to  a  deal- 
er in  stock   and   says:  "Mr.  G.,   what  is   pork 
wortli  to-day?  "     "Six   dollars   per   hundred," 
says  G,,  "  and  the  market  will  not  warrant  my 
paying  any  more."    Covetousness  says,  "I'll 
see  further."     Of  coui-se  he  "sees  further,"  aud 
goes  straightway  to  Mr.  D.  and  asks:  "What 
is  pork    worth?"      "Six   dollars,"   i-eplies   D. 
"Clint  yon  give  me  a  little  more?     Mr.  (J,  ot- 
tered me  six  dollars,  but  I  would  ratlier  sell  to 
ijoii;  and  if  you  give  me  a  little  more,  we  will 
make  a  bargain."  ,  This  touches  Mr.  D.'s  pride 
a  little,  and  rather  than  to  be  outdone  by  Mr.  G, 
says:  "  I  will  give  you  §6.10,"  while  at  the  very 
time  he  knows  that  he  is  endangering  his  busi- 
ness by  going   beyond  the   market  price.     But 
Covetousness   drives  him    to   it,   and  his  j>riJe 
will  not  let  him  retreat.     This  is  one  side;  now 
turn  to  the  other.     The  covetous   man    wants 
ten  yards  of  calico  and  ten  pounds  of  sugar,  so 
he  goes  to  Mr.  F.   and  says:  "What  is  calico 
worth?"     "  Here  is  some  for  five,  some  for  six, 
and  extra  good  for  seven  cents  a  yard,"  replies 
the  merchant.     Covetousness  looks  at  the  goods, 
fumbles  them  over  awhile  then  pityingly,  plead- 
ingly says:  "  Can't  you   let  me  have  this  five 
cent  calico   for  four  and  a  half?     You  know  / 
pay  mv/j,  and  I  think  you  ought  to  favor  me." 
Mr.  !■'.  replies;  "  Why  it  cost   me  that,  and  I 
ought  to  have  a  little   profit."     "Well,   but," 
says  Covetousness,  "  I  think  I  can  get  it  for  that 
at  Mr.  L.'s,  but  I  would  rather  buy  of  you:  we 
have  known  each  other  for  twenty  years,  and  I 
think  you  can  let  me  have  it  for  four  ami  a  half 
centos."     The  merchant  is  outdone.     He   loses 


that  we  have  truly  come  into  "  perilous  times." 
Ves.  truly  the  covetous  man  makes  it  perilous 
for  that  merchant.  But  we  have  not  done  with 
Covetousness.  Ho  wants  suine  sugar.  Mr.  F. 
shows  him  some  good  sugar  iiud  informs  him 
that  he  sells   nine  and  one-half  pounds   for  a 


dollar.  "Can't  yon  give  mv  trn  poun-'s  lor  a 
dollnr?"  pleads  this  greedy  man.  "No."  «*>'* 
Mr.  F.,  "  I  cimnot  do  thaL  I  make  so  little  prof- 
it on  sugar  that  I  must  stick  to  my  I>rice. 
"Well,  then  pive  me  fifty  «*nts*  worth,"  says 
Covetoupness.  the  idea  occurring  to  him  that 
while  he  i"  using  the  fifty  cents'  worlh  of  su- 
gar, the  other  iilty  cents  will  be  drawini:  inf^T- 
est,  rn  that  by  the  lime  he  wants  m-irr  su-iur. 
he'will  have  a  little  more  nioiipy  to  buy  with. 
This  reminds  me  of  the  man  who  alwoys  took 
the  hindmost  Beat  in  the  hind  car,  and  when 
interrogated  concerning  it,  replied:  "I  never 
buy  a  ticket:  and  by  taking  the  hindmost  seat. 
1  hold  my  money  that  much  longer,  as  the  con- 
ductor always  reaches  this  point  last.  \o»  see 
I  have  the  use  of  ray  money  a  little  longer  than 
if  I  purchase  a  ticket  or  sit  in  the  front  seat. 
These  characters  prove  that  "  perilous  times 
have  come.  But  another  chapter,  then  I  have 
done  with  this  subject  at  this  time. 

Men  are  writing  for  the  press.  They  aim  to 
writ*  the  truth,  the  whole  truth;  not  that  men 
may  yd  hurt, — not  that  men  may  go  on  in  the 
way  of  death,  but  that  they  may  rp/iiriii,mny 
turn  to  serve  the  true  and  the  living  God.  Good 
and  holy  men  aim  to  put  the  Truth  into  men's 
hearts,  aim  to  lead  to  a  higher  and  better  lifi 
not  to  drive  men  from  Christ— not  to  make 
men  disobedient,  the  children  of  the  devil,  but 
to  lead  t/>  Christ,  to  have  them  respect  and  obey 
the  Gospel— the  whole  Truth.  This  is  the  mis- 
sion of  the  men  of  God.  Tliey  look  to  .Tesun  as 
their  Pattern— their  Leader  who  shunned  not 
to  speak  of  the  evil  deeds  of  men,  in  lauguage 
that  could  be  understood.  There  are  not  too 
many  holtl  writers,  not  too  many  bold  prenchrj 
There  is  wisdom  in  boldness  and  boldness  i 
wisdom.  The  two  combined,  give  power  for 
great  good. 

"Ah!  "  says  one,  "you  hit  some  persons,  and 
they  feel  bad."  Not  precisely!  If  anything 
was  "  hit  "  it  was  the  evil  deed — the  unright- 
eousness—the idol  of  the  heart,  and  if  a  msui 
a-ill  lUit  give  up  the  "  idol  "  for  something  bet- 
ter, he  has  fallen  into  a  "  perilous  "  condition. 
Do  not  ask^ — do  not  expect  the  minister,  the 
editor,  the  contributor  to  keep  back  some  of 
the  Truth.  If  the  unholy  acts  of  men  and  wo- 
men are  not  eomewliat  exposed  and  their  evil 
tendencies  pointed  to  as  examples  of  warning 
(^  Pet  2:  5,  6),  we  may  soon  all  go  the  same 
way.  In  all  ages  of  the  world,  there  UvikI  men 
who  raised  the  voice  of  warning  so  that  some 
might  be  saved. 

Those  easily-hurt  people  always  want  men  to 
write  and  preach  so  as  to  miss  them  and  hit 
some  others.  If  yoa  tell  of  Peter's  faults  and 
Paul's  failings,  they  are  delighted;  but  if  you 
come  home  to  the  nineteenth  century  and  ex- 
pose the  evil  deeds  of  this  generation  it  will  oc- 
casion considerable  squirming.  Ministers  and 
editors,  you  know  how  this  is.  Look  at  the 
man  who  cannot  endure  the  denunciation  of  his 
evil  deeds!  See  how  uneasy  he  is!  He  cannot 
look  at. the  preacher.  Perhaps  his  consciencK 
hurts  him,  then  he  hastens  to  complain  to  oth- 
ers, telling  that  the  minister  meant  "him."  Of 
coui-se  he  meant  "  him  "  i/  he  hi-  ijitilty.  He  did 
not  mean  to  put  the  words  of  Truth  into  the 
heart  of  him  who  is  whole, — who  is  clcaf  of 
such  misdeeds  as  he  may  have  mentioned,  but 
he  meant  to  drive  out  evil  M-ith  the  Sword  of 
Truth  and  if  the  sick  will  not  accept  the  medi- 
cine, the  pliysician  is  clear. 

Once  the  Savior  told  the  professed  righteous 
men  of  His  day  that,  "  Ye  seek  to  kill  me,  a 
man  that  bath  told  the  truth,  which  I  have 
heard  of  God."  This  Ah/Y  them,  aiul  they  re- 
plied to  Him,  when  He  answered,  "  Ye  are  of 
your  father,  the  devil,  ojid  the  lusts  of  your 
father  ye  ^vill  do."  Pretty  severe  language,  yet 
sniled  to  hypocrites.  When  I  hear  a  man  fret, 
worry  and  denounce  because  some  one  told  the 
exact  truth  in  his  preaching  or  writing,  I  am 
pretty  well  convinced  that  the  man  has  brought 
himself  into  "perilous  times."  I  do  not  mean 
that  men  should  be  singled  out  and  publicly  ex- 
posed for  their  faults,  but  wlien  those  faults  are 
spoken  of  in  general  terms  and  men  are  "hurt," 
it  don't  speak  well  of  them  to  make  a  noise 
about  it.  God  help  every  man  to  rcceirf  the 
whole  Truth  and  then  keep  it.  m.  m.  e. 


THE  SABBATH  QUESTION. 

MOST  people  have  fallen  i"to  an  error  by 
supposing  that  the  Sabbath  of  the  Old 
Testament  has  been' changwT  from  the  seventh 
to  the  first  day  of  ttie  rverie.    Of  course  they 


cannot  tell  when,  wlure,  how.  „or  I>y  ^vhom 
the  change  was  made,  yet  they  are  "atistiwl  thert 
ha.-?  la-en  a  clmuge.  and  so  teach,  uot  only  j^ 
preaching,  but  writing,  when  in  fact  no  ^ucU  a 
change  as  they  teach,  has  ever  been  11^^ 
There  has  been  a  change,  but  not  in  what  thev 
writJ*  and  preach  about.  The  \\\m\  why.  iy  ^J_ 
bate  with  B  well-read  opponent,  undertakes  to 
pn)ve  that  the  SabbrtUi  of  the  01.1  Testaiueut 
has  been  changed  from  the  seventh  to  the  tiMt 
doy  of  the  week,  gets  himself  into  n  pretty  close 
place.  For  if  it  can  be  proven  that  the  Salibalh. 
as  taught  by  Moses,  is  still  binding,  then  it 
falls  on  the  seventh  and  not  the  first  day  of  the 
week. 

1.  There  has  never  been  any  change  of  the 
Sabbath  from  Saturday  to  Sunday.  The  SaU- 
bath  of  the  Old  Law  has  always  been  on  Satur- 
day,  on  the  seventh  day  of  the  week,  imd  u^t 
once  since  the  world  began  has  it  been  on  the 
first  day  uf  the  week,  or  Sunday,  hence  respect- 
ing  the  Sabbath  of  the  Old  Testament  there  has 
no  divinely  authorized  change  occurred.  The 
Bible  says  not  one  word  about  a  change  of  tlie 
Sabbath.  Right  here  is  where  people  get  into 
difficulty.  They  advocate  a  change,  when,  in 
fact,  there  lias  been  none  so  far  as  the  Sabbath 
is  concerned. 

2.  There  was  a  change  made,  but  that  was 
uot  a  change  in  the  Snbhnth,  but  a  change  in 
the  I/dir.  If  they  look  to  the  Sabbath  tor  a 
change  they  look  to  the  wrong  place;  it  is  to 
the  Law  that  they  should  look  for  the  change. 
So  long  as  the  Old  Law  remains  unrepealed,  just 
that  long  the  Sabbath  continues  in  force,  and 
falls  on  Saturday. 

3.  God  was  uot  willing  to  work  in  the  dark, 
hence  the  first  thing  he  made  was  light,  for  he 
said,  "  Let  there  be  light;  and  there  was  light." 
Gen.  1:3.  Having  worked  six  days  he  rested 
on  the  seventh.  He  did  his  work  fii-st  and  rest- 
ed afterwards.  Gen.  2:  2.  In  course  of  time 
this  same  day  was,  in  the  Mosaic  law,  set  apart 
a-s  a  day  of  rest  and  worship,  to  be  kept  holy 
unto  the  Lord.  Like  God,  the  people  were  re- 
quired to  work  six  days  and  rest  on  the  seventh. 
This  law  was  given  to  the  Hebrews  only,  nor 
was  it  binding  on  any  other  nation  under  heav- 
en. Unto  them  God  had  promised  the  land  of 
Canaan  as  a  possession,  and  tlien  gave  them  a 
code  of  law.i  which  they  were  to  keep  in  view  of 
this  promise  thus  made  to  them.  The  promise 
was  made,  to  no  other  nation,  nor  was,  the  law 
binding  on  any  other. 

4.  God  made  Abraham  fu-o  promises.  (1.) 
The  Land  of  Promise,  or  Canaan,  and  (2.)  "In 
thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations  of  the  eaith  be 
blessed,"  The  first  promise  was  to  the  Jews 
only,  while  the  second  was  to  affect  the  welfare 
of  nil  tuitions,  both  Jew  and  Gentile.  The  code 
of  la\\'s  given  Moses  at  Mt.  Sinai  was  to  those 
alone,  who  were  to  enjoy  the  benefits  of  the  first 
promise  or  covenant  God  made  with  Abraham, 
that  unto  him  and  his  seed  would  he  give  the 
land  of  Canaan  for  an  inheritance  forever.  In 
this  law  the  seventh  day  of  the  M-eek  was  set 
apart  as  a  day  unto  the  Lord,  and  was  called 
the  Sabbath,  and  continued  in  force  just  so  long 
as  the  law  was  binding.  For  a  violation  of  this 
law  the  penalty  was  temporal,  as  was  there- 
ward  for  obeying  It. 

5.  But  we  have-anew  em  of  things:  tlie 
Old  Law  is  now  abolished;  it  was  only  added 
because  of  transgression  till  the  seed,  Jesus 
Christ  should  come.  We  have  observed  that 
God  ended  his  work  on  the  sixth  day,  and  rest- 
ed on  the  seventh,  so  with  Christ,  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  sixth  day,  at  the  close  of  the  Old  dis- 
pensation, he  ended  his  great  work  when  he 
aiiid,  "It  is  fini.shed,"  rested  his  body  in  the 
grare  on  the  seventh.  On  the  first  day  of  the 
week  he  arose  from  the  dead,  to  the  joy  and 
hope  of  his  brokpn-hearted  followers.  Thatday 
was  fully  devoted  to  tlie  spreading  of  the  glon- 
ous  news  of  the  risen  Lord.  Eight  days  after- 
wards, or  on  the  next  first  day  of  the  week,  we 
find  them  assembled  again,  and  this  day  was  ev- 
er afterwards  kept  by  them  in  memorj'  of  their 
risen  Lord.  They  did  not  call  it  the  Sabbath, 
but  the  Lm-d's  day,  to  be  kepi;  to  his  honor;  or 
frequently  the  Jir>i(  day  of  the  M-eek,  because  iu 
numbering  the diiye  of  the  week  it.  came  first. 
In  the  Mosaic  law  the  first  six  da^-s  were  to  be 
devoted  to  work,  and  the  seventh  to  rest,  and 
ivas  by  the  Jews  called  the  Sabbath,  but  not  so 
in  the  Law  of  Christ,  or  the  GosjjcI;  wo  devote 
the  first  day  to  the  service  and  worship'of  the 
Lord— and  call  it  the  LmVs  (///y-theri'Inhor 


A^^i 


ust    1. 


THK    BRETtIKB.:x    ^T    A\'0KK:. 


,hc  oih'^r  .is.  hence  w.  ..ffer  „,„o  .j,^  j_^_^  ^^^ 

ft  The  Stiblwth  day  hiw  ni,.,,  ^^^^^ 
elHiif&«''lW  Siniiltij-  at  nil.  Tiir*  Ol.l  Lnw 
q„i^-,»  H.at  the  .*m«#A  ,|,iy  he  |.,,,,t,  ,„,t^  ^^^ 
tonl.  fV.i-  th^  Hinii.l*'  n.a.,m  lh..l.  iM  rftMnuai.d- 
^  U.  «'">  't  w«3  ftlso  -nuthori/^^  th„i  it  sh^nld 
^..CRIM  the  Sftblmih.  Uut  thU  h^w  !,.«  „„„ 
f^,t  .hiTiL-  iin-ny  with,  Aii,|  of  c<mrto  so  ha^  t,I,e 
Sabbiith  1L3  :>  a.iy  of  rost  also  j.,wso;i  uw.iy.  I„ 
(lie  room  of  the  OM  Law  we  have  the  Goapel  of 
Jesus  Christ,  auother  Law  more  ]K3rfeet  than 
ihc  former;  one  thtxt  contains  uo  semith  day  as 
„  day  of  worship.  But  the  Apostles  and  ancient 
Christittus,  caiuo  together  on  the  lirst  day  of 
Ibe  week,  iu  memory  of  the  i-efnirrection.  As 
before  ivniarhcd,  they  never  eallud  it  the  Salv 
bftth.  never  spokp  of  it  heing  changed  from  the 
Sfvenlh  to  the  fii-st  day  of  tlip  week.  We  hear 
so  much  about  the  Siihl.>atli  being  changwl.  hut 
can't  find  one  wonl  of  it'  in  the  IJible.  The 
change  was  not  in  the  Sabbath,  but  in  tlie  Law. 
The  Sabbath  is  still  on  Saturdiiy,  and  will  le- 
main  there  while  the  world  stauda,  but  it  is  not 
bJmliiig  on  U3  who  live  in  the  Gospel  dispenaa- 
tion,  we  have  another  day  act  apart  for  a  more 
noble  purpose. 

f:  The  first  day  of  the  week  being  thi?  Locr/'s 
liiii/  should  be  devoted  to  his  service,  and  those 
n-ho  do  not  keer  that  day  dishonor  their  risen 
Master.  The  Lord's  day  is  a  purely  Christian 
institution,  and  as  such  should  be  observed  by 
all  professing  Christians  in  honor  of  their  risen 
Miuster.  It  is  binding  on  all  Christians  every- 
where, and  cannot  be  neglected  without  greatly 
dishonoring  the  Resurrection  day  of  tlie  Lord. 
We  are  called  the  Lonl's  people,  have  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  certainly  should  celebrate  the  res- 
urrection of  the  Ma:iter  by  keeping  the  Lord's 
,/«(/— the  first  day  of  the  week.  The  Sabbath, 
being  fl  purely  IsnielitiBh  institution,  need  not 
concern  ns.  Since  the  day  that  Jesus  Christ 
rested  in  the  grayp  on  the  Sabbath  no  one  has 
been  divinely  autliorized  to  teach  or  observe  it. 
It  is  foreVer  gone  with  the  types  and  shadows 
of  the  Old  ov  past  dispensation ;  gone  with  "  the 
fflinistr,itlon  of  death,  written  and  engraven  in 
stones;'*  nailed  lo  the  cross;  abolished  and  ta- 
ken out  of  the  way;  gone  with  the  law  which 
vras  added  because  of.  Jjausgression  till  Christ 
tbf  seed  should.come.       .  '  _  j  - 

Tlie  ten  coniniaiidments  may  be  regarded  as 
the  Constitution  of  the  Hebrews  as  a  nation, 
and  in  that  sense  should  he  diatingnished  fnuu 
the  law  made  under  it.  Why  talk  of  the  He- 
brew system  passing  away  while  the  Constitu- 
liijii  remains?  Is  that  logical?  The  ten  coni- 
Kiandments  are  not  the  Constitution  of  the 
Christian  system,  noi"  Rre  they  any  part  of  it 
unless  found  Jii  soiue  sense  incurporated  in  tlie 
Qospcl.  This  law  wliicli  wtis  added  because  of 
trausgres5ion,  till  Christ  should  come — the  law 
thufc  "  Was  ordained  by  angels  in  the  hand  of  a 
mediator  "  (Gnl.  3:  19)  "  was  our  school-master 
to  bring  us  unto  Christ,  that  we  might  he  just- 
ified by  faith.  But  after  that  faith  is  come,  we 
are  no  longer  under  a  school-master,"  Gal.  3: 
24,  25,  no  longer  under  the  law.  We  have  an- 
other Liw  Giver,  another  Mediator  in  the  room 
of  Moses;  he  is  that  Prophet  spoken  of  hy  Mo- 
ses, and  wesholl  hearken  unto  him  in  all  things. 
That  Piopliet  did  not  command  us  to  keep  the 
SaWxith  of  the  law  that  he  came  to  fulfill  and 
DiiiH  to'  th-e  cross.  He  has  in  the  New  dispensa- 
tion given  ws  fliuother  day,  not  in  commemora- 
tion of  God'a  rest  on  tb«  seventh  (lay,  hut  in 
commemoration  of  the  resurrection  of  Christ 
from  the  (lead.  J-,.H' 


I  can  conceive  of  no  iiractiml  differenw,  so 
fwr  as  the  action  is  conwrned.  betwwn  .John's 
l>een  baptism  and  that  afterwunls  taught  by  the  Sav- 
ior, though  there  were  some  points  of  ditlVronce 
in  theory.  Ohriatian  bapti«m  i*  .John's  bft|>- 
tinm  sanctioned  and  commanded  by  Christ. 
There  can  henn  diff.*renee  regarding  the  tnwtr, 
thoueh  there  may  1k>  in  theory.  The  theory 
U'^ed  not  now  concern  u*.  m  we  are  not  under 
the  "forernnni'r,"  hut  under  Christ.     John  came 

the  harbinger  of  the  Messiah— as  a  miUifss  of 
the  light,  but  not  the  light  itself. 

.4s  he  continued  baptizing  for  sometime  after 
Christ  commenced  preaching  and  baptizing  (by 
proxy),  it  is  evident  that  bis  metliod  of  bapti?^ 
ing  was  the  same  jis  that  used  hy  Clirist.  i  is 
not  reasonable  to  9upi)ose  that  tliere  were  two 
modes,  for  that  would  have  created  a  division 
among  the  disciples  reganling  the  action  of  bap- 
tism. Though  Christ  made  and  baptized  more 
discipli'^  than  John,  yet  not  one  person  baptiz- 
ed ii/  John  was  ever  rebaptized.  This  shows 
that  each  party  used  the  same  method. 

■J.  "Diit  .lolinuse  tin-  wune  fonmila  givtni  in 
Miitt.  2,>J:  luy  If  not,  liuw  can  we  lollow  Clirisfs 
slcps  in  Imptiani?" 


JOHN'S  BAPTISM. 

li  BROTHEU  sends  us  several  questions 
A  about  certain  points  in  John's  baptism, 
which  we  give  ,helow,  followed  by  our  remarlis: 

i.  ■•\ViisJMhn:a,l.aptisin  Christian  baj'tlsui/  If 
net.  why  not;^" 

John's  bnptisnx  was  from  heaven,  and  there- 
fore valid.  It  was  a  baptism  of  repentance  for 
Ihe,  remission  of  sins,  Luke  3:3,  and  was  pre- 
ceded by  faith,  Acts  19^4,  wthout  which  it  is 
aiipossiblc  to  p!«;ase  God  in  any  act.  Accom- 
panying it  was  also  the  confession  of  sins.  Matt. 
3:U.  It  18. in  no  instance  called  "  Chris tian 
baptism  "  in  the  Scriptures,  but  alwa,v*  "John's 
*)apti3m,"or  the  "baptism  of  Juhui"  but  in 
eotiwp  f>f  time,  as  John  and  his  niisHioii  dimin- 
isliej.  and  Christ  and  his  superior  claims  in- 
creaaed,  the  fdni.  "  John's  baptism,"  passed  out 
of  pnictical  exigence,  and  the  identical  same 
»'w/f  becanio  known  as  "  Christian  baptism." 


Nothing  is  said  in  the  New  Testament  in  re- 
gard to  the  formula  used  by  John,  though  it 
would  seem  evident  that  he  used  some  formula, 
and  it  is  most  reasonable  to  conclude  that  hi> 
used  that  which  was  afterwards  given  to  the 
disciples  by  the  Savior.  John  baptized  vast 
nu>nhei-s  who  were  afterwards  recognized  as 
member^  of  thi*  church  without  being  rebaptiz- 
ed, and  certainly  there  would  be  no  use  of  two 
formulas  lor  one  body. 

By  the  Savior  submitting  to  John's  baptism 
he  both  honored  and  sanctioned  it,  and  hence 
set  an  example  for  all  generations  to  come. 
This  baptism  was  not  uifder  the  Law,  but  under 
the  Gospel,  and  therefore  belonged  to  the  Chris- 
tian dispensation,  though  neitlicr  it  nor  any 
other  mode  is  ever  called  Chrinfi/in  baptism  in 
the  Bible.  While  used  by  John  it  was  called 
"John's  baptism" — he  being  the  first  to  prac- 
tice it — and  afterwards  "  one  haptip^n  "  by  paul. 
Eph.  4:5. 

:i.  "Can  we  infer  from  John  4:  1.  ^,  that  Jesus 
hapti>.e(lany  (inei*    If  not,  who  hapti/ed  hisdisei- 

I'l'-'*'/ 

From  John  4:  2,  we  infer  that  Jesus  baptized 
no  one  with  his  own  liands.  Anderson's  trans- 
lation of  the  New  Testament  has  this  verse  ren- 
dered thii?;  "  Though  not  Je^us  himself,  but 
his  disciples  immersed."  This  makes  it  plain 
that  Christ  hiniself  did  nut  baptize.  Had  he 
done  so,  it  might  have  made  some  unhappy  di- 
visiomt  among  his  followers;  .some  of  those 
receiving  baptism  from  His  hands  might  have 
claimed  u  degreeVOf  -superijority  over  others. 
1  lire  is  a  I-'sson  for  those  who  put  so  much  trust 
ni  the  administrator.  In  connection  with  this, 
ponder  well  the  first  clause  of  1  Cor.  1:  17. 

Two  baptisms  arc  plainly  taught  in  tht 
Scriptures.  One  of  the  water,  and  the  other  of 
the  Spirit.  One  is  the  human  part,  and  the 
other  is  the  divine  part.  The  baptism  in  water, 
being  the  human  part,  has  been  committed  to 
earthen  vessels  to  be  performed;  this  much 
John  could  do — he  could  baptize  in  the  water 
— but  no  human  power  is  authorised  to  admin- 
ister the  Holy  Ghost,  or  Spirit  baptism;  tliis  is 
a  divine  work  to  he  performed  by  divine  hands, 
hence  Christ,  who  is  divine,  administers  none 
but  Spirit  baptism'. 

By  a  cftreful  reading  of  John  3:  22-24,  it  will 
be  seen  that  the  disciples  were  baptized  by  John, 
"  They  came  (to  John,  who  "  was  baptizing'  in 
Enon  near  to  Salim,  because  there  was  much 
water  there  ")  and  were  baptized."  Evidtnlly 
some  of  them  were  bajdized  before  this,  hence 
John  simply  baptized,  on  this  occasion,  those 
who  had  not  yet  been  baptised.  .i,  H.  m. 


dear  brethren  and  sisters  and  the  gentle  voice 
of  Jesus  through  the  Holy  Spirit,  our  hearts 
would  fail  «nd  the  pathway  liestrewu  with  con- 
tinued Borrow.  ^ 

O,  if  we  could.  In  flaming  letters,  urge  ©very 
pamut  to  be  just  aH  much  concerned  for  the 
minds  and  eternal  welfan*  of  th#ir  chiMrnj  as 
they  JUT?  for  hoii.ies.  lands,  worldly  goods,  the 
world  would  soon  see  the  happy  elVect,  aiigtls 
in  heaven  would  sing  glorious  hallelujahs,  apd 
God  would  blesa  av  He  alone  can  bles?)!  Uu  in- 
to the  book-stores  in  every  town  and  city  fuid 
behold  the  great  pile  of  light,  trasliy,  reading 
mat'^r,  set  before  the  youth  of  our  land  to  en- 
tice them  on  the  way  to  ruin.  Look  at  it,  dear 
fathers  and  mothers — see  in  it  the  ruin  of  your 
darling  hoy,  your  gentle  daughter,  and  then  nay. 
if  you  can,  that  thern  is  no  room,  no  nei-d  of 
ipork.  Something  mmt  be  done  to  counteract 
the  growing  evil,  or  our  land  and  nation  will 
suffer  untold  misery.  Look  at  the  "  poor  tramp," 
and  see  in  him  the  rjfect  of  improper  training. 
Homeless,  unconcerned,  strolliug  from  place  to 
place,  he  seeks  his  living  lui  best  he  can.  if  you 
would  have  your  child  better,  give  him  good 
reading  matter,  t'ut  »ound  words  into  his 
heart,  and  they  wdl  make  him  a  man.  a  Chris- 
tian, a  gooil  citizen,  an  honor  to  Gotl  and  man. 
To  bring  our  youth  into  closer  .sympathy 
with  the  whole  doctrine  of  the  Bible — to  \kt- 
snade  them  to  love  the  endearing  principlo-n  of 
true  manhood  and  womanhood — to  instil  into 
their  youthful  hearts,  love  for  parents,  teachers, 
and  all  good  men  and  women,  the  Ciiildrtii  nt 
iVork  wy  begnn.  It  now  remaius  with  the 
lovers  of  these  sentiments — the  loven*  of  pure 
and  undetiled  religion  to  say  whether  our  youth 
shall  be  abundiuitly  supplied  with  such  reading 
matt«r  as  may  lead  them  in  the  path  of  virtue 
and  religion,  or  whether  by  inaction  thousands 
shall  continue  wi  iu  the  way  of  destruction. 
From  my  youth  I  have  had  a  strong  sympathy 
and  love  for  children,  and  especially  the  poor 
and  misguided  ones,  and  how  to  help  tlnun.how 
to  make  them  Iwtter  has  beeu  a  matter  of  earn- 
est thought  and  prayer.  Donations  and  con- 
tributions for  the  free  dissemination  of  the 
Children  nt  Work,  and  pther  good  and  whole- 
some reading  lufttler  would  ))0  thankfully  re- 
ceived and  judiiiiwisiy  applied.  Brethren  and 
sisters  traveling  might  carry  with  them  a  lot  of 
papers  and  pavu^hlets  and  give  them  lo  the 
young  in  cities,  in  the  cars,  stoiiinboatt,  and  all 
public  places.  Until  W'tarousc  to  the  fact  that 
evil  is  going  ibbout  by  telegraphic  vpeed,  4^ 
that  we  must  w«rk  just^as  rai»idly,-^e  \yiU  leave 
the  field  to  the  eneipy,  j  )ftMio  then  is  reiuly  to 
come  and  wwk  ^vith  us  for  the  good  of  the 
youth  of  thisliuiU?  Whojs  ready  lojoin  hands 
with  us  to  lietter  tin-  condition  of  the  poor  and 
unfortunate  chiMi'eu  of  frea  Ameriua?  Al^ 
free  America!  Fast  art  thou  g>)ing  into  bond- 
age of  sin  and  selfishness.  Who  stands  ready 
to  hold  up  our  arms  in  this  vast  and  noble  work  ? 
God  help  thousands  and  tens  of  thousands  to 
send  up  the  shout  "  1, 1,"  and  then  will  the 
coming  generations  call  our  nation  hlessed. 
Send  for  sample  copies,  and  put  them  to  work. 

'  M.  M.  f. 


church  near  Kingwood  whrre  he  wiui  immersed 
by  Mr.  Bonham.  And  *o  satisfied  waji  \w  with 
what  he  had  doru?  that  lie  »«"»n  Wgnn  t/)  preach 
u|)  the  baptism  of  faith  iind  n-pentanc*  with  ao 
nnich  effect  that  it  wart  not  long  till  a  little 
church  of  believers  was  organized  in  the  vicini- 
ty where  he  lived,  known  as  the  ^hooly  Ba|>. 
tist  church. 

Wbffn  the  nboro  tranitaction  came  to  tht; 
knowledge  of  Kob.Tt  CalvKf.  a  RogiTHn"  Baj^ 
list,  it  induced  liiui  to  iiublish  an  advertwjment 
in  the  uewMpnit^r,  offering  a  reward  •>*■  twenty 
dollars  to  any  one  who  would  province  a  single 
t.'xt  to  prove  infant  baptism.  Mr.  Samuel 
Barker,  a  minister,  took  him  up,  and  carried  a 
text  to  the  advertiser.  But  Calver  would  not 
lulniit  that  infant  baptism  was  in  it.  Harker 
contended  it  wna,  and  so  sued  him  for  bw  prom- 
ised reward.  Tlie  case  went  to  ourt,  but  it 
apiMi»Ta  the  court  was  of  Mr.  Calver's  mind,  for 
Hark^T  lowt  the  civse  and  had  the  court  charges 
to  piiy,  beiiid>M  Iming  his  expected  reward. 

After  that,  Talver  published  another  adver- 
tiscnii-nt.  olVering  a  reward  of  forty  dollars  for 
such  a  test,  but  a»  Mr.  Barker's  attempt*  fuled, 
nouo  dared  to  take  him  up. 

Will  conclude  by  saying  that  infant  baptmn 
hiLs  been  perhaps  t*n  thousand  times  condemn- 
ed by  argument,  but  this  is  probably  the  first 
and  only  time  that  it  was  ever  condemned  in  a 
court  of  civil  law. 


THE  WRITTEN  DEBATE. 

OUU  reailei-s  must  not  get  out  of  patience 
waiting  forthe  written  debate  to  commence, 
a.-*  we  are  pushing  the  arrangements  along  as 
fa-st  as  possible.  Quit*  a  number  of  letters  bav« 
pasHed  between  us  and  Mr.  Ray,  but  full  ar- 
raugement!<  have  not  yet  been  completed.  It 
sometimes  takes  a  good  deal  of  writijig  to  get 
matterB  of  this  kind  fully  adiusted.  We  think 
one  more  letter  from  Mr.  Ray  will  settle  the 
question  as  to  when  the  debate  will  commence^ 
and  all  other  things  jwrtaining  to  it.  We  will 
announce  the  time  just  as  soon  as  it  is  definite- 
ly d.'t.TuiiiiL-d.  


N" 


CONCERNING  THE  "  CHILDEEN 
AT  WOKK." 

11W0  months  have  elapsed  since  the  Childrni 
at  Work  made  its  fir^t  appearance,  and 
since  theii  it  has  greeted  the  ears  and  eyes  of 
many  dear  children.  Though  but  a  child,  it 
has  steadily  grown  in  favor  with  many  families 


thr 


brotherhood,  and  bids  fair  to 
itature  in  manhood,  by  the  hlesa- 


ghout 
grow  to  full 

ings  of  Gud  and  the  help  of  brethren  and  siisters. 
.Vlivadv  many  Sunday-schools  have  tiiUed  it  to 
their  aid,  and  many  are  Uie  words  of  love  and 
encouragement  in  our  behalf.  Sorrows,  troub- 
les, vexations  come  thick  and  fast  all  through 
life,  and  were  it  nob  for  word^  of  comfort  from 


INFANT  BAPTISM. 

BY  ABKAHAM  H.  "'ASSEI,.  '   "^ 

A  HBinNlSCBNCE  OP'tHS  P-AST;  '   IlrtAOT  HAMTteM 
DECIDED  f  KSCTlIPTniAT.  DY  CTVlL  t/AW. 

ABOUT  1750  a  man  hy  the  name  of  Samuel 
Heaton  from  Mass.',  settled  at  a  place  call- 
ed Schooly.  in  New  Jersey,  where  a  son  Svi^s 
born  to  him.  He  was  anxious  to  have,  liim 
christened  by  Mr.  Sweesy,  a  Presbyterian  min- 
ister, to  which  the  wife  objected,  sayiujj,  "  If 
you  will  show  me  ft  single  text  that  waiTimts 
the  christening  of  a  child,  I  will  tiikuliimto 
Mr.  Sweesy  mystdf. "  The  husband  orfered  sev- 
eral texts,  but  the  wife  would  not  wlmit  that 
infant  baptism  was  in  either  of  them.  Then 
the  hnsband  went  to  Mr.  Sweesy,  not  doubting 
but  a  thing  so  old  and  so  common  as  infant 
baptism  must  be  in  the  Bible.  But  Mr.  Swee- 
sy owned  that  there  was  m  trj-t  which  directly 
proved  the  point,  \f\ii  that  it  was  provable  by 
deductiojji)  from, many  texts.  This  cliagrined 
Mr,  Ueaton  a  gooil  deal,  as  he  had  never  duubt- 
ed  hut  tUut'in£uit  baptisui  was  a  Gospel  ordi- 
Doucfr;  so  ho  went  home  with  a  resolution  to 
act  tho  part  of  the  more  noble  BeneonS.  imd 
searched  the  Scriptnivs  for  himself,  and  ^Oon 
met  with  such  coilvicttdns,  thftt  instead  ofigftt- 
ting  his  infant  christened,  h*-»vent  to  a  Baptist 


SPIRITUALISM  —  WHAT  IT  DOES. 

OT  a  few  are  at  a  loss  to  know  why  so  many 
Spiritualists  commit.  ^>iicidf\  and  th*is  put 
themselves  out  of  the  wny  biinly  tin-ductnne 
is  delusive  ai^^l  is  provmx  itoelf  dijtrimental  to 
the  good' of  society.  Tlie  Dftitif  Xtifs  thus 
speaks  of  its  sad  effects  in  i'hiengo:' 

"  The  commuaity  i&  natui-ally  startled  to 
learn  that  I)r,  Witheford,  formerly  a  practicing 
Spiritualistic  medioi^i,  imd  recently  the  center 
of  considerable  interest  as  an  *exposer  of  Spir- 
itualism.'has  cotamitttfd  suicide.  This  deed  of 
self-destruction  was  doup  scarcely  two  weeks 
after.  mu\  only  two  blocks  distant  from,  the 
event  and  scenv  of  another  suicide — that  of  ft 
highly-esteemed  and  prominng  young  man,  au 
avowetl  Spiritualist,  the  son  of  a  prominent  bu»^ 
iness  man,  himself  an  active  Spiritualist.  Only 
a  few  months  sinee  one  E*ike,  a  professed  Spir< 
itualist,  >yiis  sent  to  a  lunatic  asylum  (instead  of 
the  gallows)  for  the  murder  of  another  Spiritu- 
alist, Mr.  Jones,  the  proprietor  and  editor  of  a 
Spiritualists  journal. 

The  que«t)iou  naturally  comes,< — Whence  and 
why  is  this}*— And  what  io&  it  mean?  -  And 
answers  cannot  he  avoided.  To  deny  that  it  has 
any  conuei'tion  with  Spiritualism  is  unsatisfao 
tory,  for  ai)peai'anoes  at  least  are  the  other  way. 


Mn.  Ray.  of  the  linttU  Flog,  has  been  hold- 
g  a  public  discussion  tvith  a  Methodist  minis- 
ter, a  synopsis  of  which,  is  now  being  published 
in  the  Fhi'j.  The  Methodist  takes  Ray  to  task 
pretty  lively  on  sing'le  immersion,  and  also 
shows  that  trine  immersion  was  pructiced  much 
earlier.  He  says,  "  My  opponent  tells  us  that 
the  three  dips  were  not  practiced  by  the  Nova- 
tions and  the  true  church.  He  says. '  Outside 
of  the  Romish  apostasy  they  did  not  practice 
trine  immersion.'  Will  he  be  so  good  as  to 
prove  that  statement?  Mosheim  says.  Vol.1, 
p.  yfi, '  There  was  uo  difference  iu  the  point  of 
doctrine  between  the  Novations  and  other 
Christians.'  So  sau's  Benedict  and  Reuter. 
Now,  therefore,  if  Ron^e  administered  thre« 
dips,  so  did  the  Novations." 

He  continues:  "Kow^t  "is  clear  from  these 
auciei\t  'AtStorle^  that_  itiA  only  iuiiuetGioas 
practiced  up  lo  A,  D.  3T5,  was  trine  immersion, 
and  that  the  single  dip  was  born  of  Arianism." 


Bkother  Sharp,  Professor  of  the  Asblud 
Collefft:^,  Ohio,  reached  Lan.wk  last  SatuTd■^^yaa 
<;ood  hetdth  and  full  of  zmiI  lor  the  success  « 
the  ^eho^d  in  whose  int««i.^t  heiiuow  trar^ 
iitg.  ,Ue  will  likcb'  L-euuuu  iu  ^S^^thera  llliii'* 
ois  a  few  Weeks,  during  wtJch  time  "we  wish 
him  success  iii  his  work. 


T^^^  ^sx^3-;TH:Bt:^y  j^r  ^vomy. 


A.ugust    1. 


SCRIPTURAL    ALPHABET. 


HY  ,1  A«.  Y.  ur.'ni.yM, 

.\  In  r.H-  ^lUltii,  lol  Aid  1  hlB  soil. 
J      At>riUi-<in,  Auriin  iiml  Amriin  vm-U  oik- 
AU.jfor  Al«.il..ii,.  Aliii.i  i.ti.l  Ai, 
'  '      Ammi.  AMJali.  Aelirnl>I.lin  iiiwl  Alii. 

"■''   '  n'ls  for  Hnln-I.  f.>r  Ratiylon  t.m, 

Benjamin.  Kniiml-iw.  Hiiluk  nntnit. 
'  •  HcttiMiriii,  IWtliniiy,  Itiflhri.  ii  plof'! 
,  : ,  ]lttluj|giu(;t<;  (i'Nl  fur  woraliiii  mu\  ^ran 

"  riK  fni- rnWi,  ("(iji'Triftiiifi,  *':iln, 
j,r    Cftrsu-l  Uinldiw.  (;<ini«liiis.  eraue. 
CcHJir  and  ('(i^Ii,  <'i||'l'0(U>rln,  count. 
■   CuiiJiaii,  roHiith  ;iii.l  Calvni) '»  .\r.;ant. 

,     J^  l^  for  J>.iVJ<l.  J>iiiiiitacus  ttud  Pan. 

Siiiiii-I  anil  Ihiii  n^..  tlie  Kwldf-Kt  DJan'. 
\UiT>.  Diilm/ilirt.  tK-ciqirtH-i.  Tmr. 
I  .,''..i>firciM.  l)rniiflliitui(l'I[)i(lynius.tlnor. . 

-'•■'    T.  !H'rtil'RrtH^n.  fi.r  V.tlfn  and  P.r. 
U  iii'KbiiMi  nilr.HlicUt,  Eve,  eiiiir«tv 

Er.-iin,  KiirMpcl,  Kminimnitp  Eli|li-j 

l:1Jft.i;wr  I-VIK.  I'M  fiUilliHMiiul  liHt, 

F-'iHitaiii.  ].jiinJ:ili|'n.  n..i-  I'l  »l'i'i,  li- 

'  ■'     'F'nlllif.ihi'N^.  liilj''^  f'>"  ll'»k  and  f 

'     Pox.  T"«»rtMliaHi»,  On'  fmiiily,  fillilP. 

■'"'"'6  isVdr  ido-1.  'fJ.r'ft.'miojvali,  f..r  Cuth, 
GoHlnrii  ami  Oa/Jti^NVHAli.  (SMutli'aOi.'' 
..i.-«.fAi{)oaU)uii1  Wii.ul,  (i;iJaUii.  (lilKintlte. 
-„, , ,  .«(»Jlii>,W«lniii;W.  (ivlilf nuitfi.  Uniotljilc- 
lo<'  HMs  r,i|J'If«j!'ii-.  forl^cUw  awl  Mi.r, 

,     ;  (Ui^i^iMt.tuHl  (lijn-)i.  Uojitiin  mill  Jhn, 

Hinniiiri  :in<l  Iln'"'!.  Iliiltlrkcl.  11< Hi. 
Uiinnith  anil  ]Iiil.l!i!i.  llie  wis.-  |.i..|.li.;ti 


Ilfiint*. 


1  iBfCDi£aaiii<J<it'iijA'jF'r%^  \'  :iua' 

lolinia*'!.  Is^;iiliai.  I'M<i.  tin- JfiW, 
'>.r>  <(]cl4a1)u>l;Jrii1ali,  isiiiiili.tliu  Mi-ni',  ji      , 

■■■  'J'lT'lfl  forffMkNfrtrJrMiiimnM-il'. 
'  iljupti),  ^ftilionim,  .IchriMiiInU,  .UmIi, 
'  ,Ilt>l«Ji,.U-iiia<i)c-nv'U>»)in^-)"liii. 

■K  In r-ir  Ki'Iai .  im  KcihiJi  ami  Kir, 
i  Ki'Ii-nii  jiiKl  Kmlcsli,  llii'  i»niiti'y<jf.Liynli, 
Kt-iiii/  ftinl  Kiiinii.  Jii'tiinili.  Ktyti.te,  ,     . 
Kyi'il' i»"IK<'n"lli.  KihIi,  Koliayiito.      ^ 

I,'f^  l>jr  l^il)iiij,  fur  liiicliis  aiul  IjiiiVi.    I      i 
J>iu;u-iirt,  l>-nli,  Ki-lilitiUHJiitil  J.niti(,   ,., 
J^'niui-l,  I-niiifcli.  I,>.Hauiiin8, 1'^ti,  ,,      , 
1,%'iIUa  Hiid  fcebmwfn-iiubiHHiml  Lu'j. 

M..Irliiiv.  M;.ii;i.s(l.,  M.iiliiiis,  nioimrch.  ^ 
M..i;ili,  M.-yi<M<.,  M.-li>iisr!iLli.  man,'        '  '     / 
MfeliHpI.  -Moi  lull  iiml  Mmilc*  iii.  tneii;  ''      ^  ■ 


,   J^  is  for  Xiitlian.  tor  Xalioth  uiiil  Xob, 
'"  ''  jTnliftl.  Xi-ljiilntli.  NMcanoV  an.l  ISod: 
*»'< '  NiiBurcth,  Nlhcviitu  Niinlim  uiid  Nfc; 
Nii|ili,  Xic'udeninH,  Nvliuslitiui.  Xebq., 

"'    '  OiM  for  Olifil.  findiiiii  and  On, 
jjMj    iOI>0tli.  OlymimN.  I)it>_'(iniiiis,  run.-, 
I..),    Ojjliiii,  (tila.s.  UiliilJinii.tniaTi, 
Og,  Ol.iuliali.  U/.i.ia.  Dniaii, 

-11.  r 

I., )  r  is  for  ivter,-|f(ii  I'liitifos  and  I'aul, 
J      Piilcstinf).  I'ar.iii.  J'liiiijilijlia,  I'nl, 

t'Jitiniia.  IVlliiii-1.  Pliili-lils.rison. 

PlsKiih.  Ililloloffna.  I'lillifliW,  PlCllOR^' 


could  iiuri:liit"«*.  Kindin'-s  is  iim?  of  tlie  blessed 
reaiiltB  of  CbristiBnitT,  an^  Hiereforv  belongs  to 
it.  Tiip  chorart*!r  of  n  person  nenrly  always 
takeo  iU  form  in  the  enrly  pari,  of  life.  There- 
fore, yonnfi  rfadcr.  avoid  thn  use  of  unkind 
worH*.  When  yon  see  a  child  tliat  has  a  pleiLs- 
aub  counteoaiic«.  und  a  kind  uiurd  foi-  every  one, 
ttud  dclight^i  iu  beiu^  about  some  act  of  benev- 
olence, you  may  fct-l  pretty  sure  that  a  useful 
and  happy  future  is  before  that  one,  if  life  is 
»par>!d. 

How  ple.ising  it  ia  when  children  are  always 
kind  and  olw-dient  to  tlieir  parents;  and  brolli- 
pTs  and  sisters  aiv  kind  and  obliging  to  eacli 
other,  find  never  allow  cross  words  to  come 
among  them.  Stindy  parents  delight  in  seein] 
their  children  kSud  to  eacli  other,  and  in  heftr>- 
ing  words  of  gentleness  and  kindness  eome  from 
their  tender  lips.  Uitf  justso  wiUi.the  children. 
Ho>v  ofU-u  do  ue  See  children  who  lire .  bmuglit 
up  by  parents  nho  iire  continually  grumbling, 
tjec/insc  UiUor  that  has  not  been  done  just  right. 
Tliis  is  very  uniileasaut  to  rhihlien.  and  would 
it  be  any  woiider  if  f  hry  would  become  diycour- 
nged^  iiml  leave  thoir  hrinn:-;;  }ift  info  biid  rom- 
pan)',  an3  finally  end  tlnirdiivi  in  tliL- State* 
prison,  or  be  conveyed  to  tlie  gallon's,  and  there 
confeas.  in  their  dying  infiuienfs,  that  t.Iii*  un- 
kind words,  spoken  to  Hiera  by  their  parents,  are 
the  oun8e,of  trheir  deuth  at  ths  gollowa. 

TUeliv  :lJureiits,  let  nie  say  to  you,  that  jon 
lutve  Jj.gceate-X',  ftud  better  iuflueuce-  qv^v  ytjur 
cl)iUh"e«.  l^y  Iwingkind  t0|Cji^h  other,  and,Ri)enkr 
iiig  ]fiui1,  mild  words  to  your  children,  than  by 
being,  cr^'s^  and  ^^ll■Iy,  and  showing  n  .scowling 
counteiianci'.  Pur  fear  you  will  think  I  am 
rather  yoiiuy  (o  give  advicis  I  will  j'li^t  say,  let 
us  all.  both  old  aald  yoiu'ifr,  make  up'  oiiv  luinds, 
that  we  are  aK^'aVs  going  to  be  kind,  Ad  that  a 
-([liritof  ill  feeling  shall  newr  take  hold  of  ns 
Ves,  let  ud  font!  good  resolntions  and  then  car 
ly  them  out.  What  use  is  there  in  beingsnap- 
piah  and  cross,  (md  in  using  unkind  words  when 
anything  goes  agaiust  our  wishes?  Such  a 
spirit  iiuikes  us  iiuliappy,  and  casts  a  gloom  all 
around  us.  Ou  the  otlier  hand,  a  spirit  of  kind- 
ness always  has  a  good  influence,  and  promotes 
cheerfulness  and  good  feeling  everywhere.  A 
kind  disposition  is  like  the  beautiful  sunshine, 
animating  and  enlivening  everything  around 


IH- 


Qis  fiaQuartUH. 
Quiintity.i|iialitv 
QiuetiU'N!<.  iiiiick* 

.  ]<jiiani']  anil  i]utv 


rninii,  qneen,'  ' 
[IT  ami  ipiencli.     < 
ijuickly  and  quite, 
iil.i|iU'Hliu]i  iin(l<iuiet. 


It  in  for  Itarlal,  Kel>^kall  and  Kutli, 
Heiilx'ii,  ItaiueHef,  Uamiali  and  Kuiiti, 
Iteiiii>hiiii,  lU'liohi.tli.  l{;>l>1)oiu  and  Uegem. 
Kuiiii'.  HHihImjmiii.  Hnualiah  nniV  It1i(>gh]m. 


I  and  s 

i..*;il<ie 


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Shinnr.  and  Slmnm.  Slichiinli-I.  Slieio. 
Sycliui',  Syh  aiuiK  ^unannik.  ^liaUni. 

T  is  (..]■  Ta.lmoi',  Tyticrliis,  Tyre. 
Tlu'iiMH,  TiuiotliHu.  Toh.  Tliyallr..-r.    ■■• 
Tidal.  ToKauual),  ■|'al.itlui,  Tyunuit)j.,,,, 
Troas,  'i'rvpiunuOCiiiUiuaiiJ'iKlatn. 

•Wuiluia  for  T'z.  fort' /.Krtli.  I'liah,  I      I' 

rtii    I'r  and  L>hiirHiji,  IJrijah.  fzitiuh, 

riam  and  rphait,  luul  UiVU  the  bright. 
I'cal  and  i;y.zi.,aiid  IJrini  the  liti'iK 

V  is  lor  A'asliti.  tin'  I'oiiiian  qunen, 
Wnly,  V  v^jlaiil.  noi  to  In-  uwii — 
ViUiUUi'iis  N'iUilitJ.  X  ifliiuiis  viiw, 

V»-neiiilili'  Vmilisi.  visihtc  view. 

W  is  wauling  in  Ilelnew  luid  (Ireek. 
\Vithout  (t tJiey  ^jUe,  without  it  tlipy  speak. 
X  is  in  (jreok,  but  lu  Jl«biinv  is  not, 

V  Is  tmi  youiitf  hi.  tlie  Greek  to  be  sought. 


Z  i*  f-ir  Ziidnk.  Zol»r 

SC'ebaiKlZulnmiiiin 
Zoam.  Zi-n.lml-.'l.Ki 
Ztjr.  Zunsliiiildai.  Zi 


till  find  Zoar. 
Zi]i|"inilinnd  Zuar. 
eah.  /,»'. 
iii:.li  an.l  Zijili, 


KINDNESS    AND  ITS  RESULT. 
BV  SARaU  DITUKn. 

WE  should  alwHj'8  sjiow  by  our  words,  uc- 
tion^  and  countenance  that  we  have  kind 
hearts.  Kind  worde  cost  nothing,  yet  they  are 
worth  a  great  deal,  are  very  ea^nly  spoken,  and 
often  give  pleasure  that  neither  gold  nor  silver 


Reader,  look  around  and  see  some  one  who 
has  always  a  kind  word  ready  to  fall  from  his 
lips,  and  a  pleasant  smile  on  his  face  for  eveiy 
one  he  may  chance  to  meet,  then  follow  liim  ex- 
ample, and  you  will  be  loved  and  respected  by 
every  one,  and  win  the  affectionn  of  One  who 
will  cling  to  you  when  all  others  ghall  forsake 
you. 

MYSTERIES  OF  THE    SCRIPTURES 
NO  HINDRANCE  TO  GOD- 
LINESS. 

BY  J.  W.  SOCTHWOOD. 

SOME  claim  that  the  .Scripture  is  very  mys 
terious;  so  much  so  that  it  is  a  very  difficult 
matter  to  understand,  even  those  parts  that  are 
essential  to  our  salvation,  and  thus  claim  that 
mystery  is  a  hiiidrance  to  godliness. 

We  are  willing  to  admit  that  the  Scripture 
contains  some  mysteries,  but  we  are  not  willing 
to  admit  that  those  mysteries  are  a  hindrance  to 
godliness.  ^ 

We  might  as  well  claim  that  mystery  is  a 
hindrance  td  farming,  or  the  phywcal  locomo- 
tion of  our  l>eiugs,  lor  there  is  as  much  mystery 
;  Connected  with  farming  and  our  physical  move- 
iments  as  there  is  with  the  Christian's  duty. 
..  But  wherever  we  fiud  a  mystery  we  are  very 
apt  to  find  two  or  more  plain  and  well-kuown 
facts;  for  example:  The  farmer  plants  a  grain 
of  wheat,  which  is  one  well-known  fact;  the 
grain  produces  a  stalk  and  many  grains,  is  an- 
other well-known  fact,  but  the  germination, 
growth,  and  production  is  a  mystery,  even  if 
we  are  able  to  analyze  the  grain  and  stalk,  and 
give  names  to  the  different  parts,  and  apparent^ 
ly  know  all  about  it,  yet  the  mysterj'  is  still 
there:  but  it  is  no  hindrance  to  farming,  as  a 
knowledge  of  the  mystery  ia  not  essential  to 
farming.  Again:  when  we  will  to  extend  our 
arm,  it  is  a  plain  fact  that  we  have  the  will,  and 
when  our  arm  is  extended  it  is  another  fact,  but 
how  we  did  it  is  a  mystery,  yet  it  is  no  liin^ 
drance  to  our  physical  motions.  Just  so  with 
the  Scripture;  if  it  does  contain  some  mysteries 
they  are  no  hhidiance  to  godliness  or  our  salva- 
tion,butareevidences  of  some  well-known  facts: 
for  example:  "God  created  man  of  the  dust  of 
the  earth,"  is  a  plain.  Scriptural  lact;  man  act- 
ually exists,  is  another  fact;  but  how^Jod  could 
create  man  of  the  dust  and  preserve  the  race 
until  the  present,  is  a  mystery,  yet  no  hindrance 
to  godliness.  Again,  we  have  two  well-known 
Scriptural  facte,  one  is,  there  is  a  God,  the  other 


how  three  are  one.  it  is  no  hindnuice  to 
ness  or  our  salvation. 

But   a  lamentable   difficulty   with    many    is. 
they  are  not  willing  to  accept  of  the  plain  and 
literal  meaning  uf  the  teachings  of  Christ  and 
His  Apostles,  even  if  their  futh  directs  them 
aright,  tliey  do  not  heed  it,  bnt  lorm  some  opin- 
ion of  their  own,  or  accept  the  opiuiou  of  some 
popular  man  or  creed,  and  follow  it  iu  preference 
to  their  faith,  or  even  Christ's  commands;  aud 
just  so  soon    as  they  leave   the  true  or  literal 
meaning  of  the  Scripture,  and  begin  to  spiritu- 
alize and   theorize  everything,  and   follow  the 
opinions  or  commandments  of  men,  that  soon 
they  find  mysteries,  and  will  continue  to  find 
them  until  they  turn  back  and  accept,  for  doc- 
trinOf  Christ'fl   conimanda,  and  not  the  com- 
mandments of  men. 
.  When. men  leave  the  literal  interpretation  of 
the  Scripture,  they  prove  thjags  by  their  theo- 
ries or  their  opinions,  aud  then  one  man  haa  ;is 
good  a  ri;i!it  to  his  opinion  as  another,  and  thus 
some  one  establishes  his  opinion  under  the  ap- 
pidlatioin  of  a  form  of  fail  h  and  doctrine,  hence 
u  chuicli  in   which   are   many  mysteries   they 
solve  only  by  their  theories — a  church    void  of 
the  Scriptural  characteristics   which  justly  en- 
titles it  to  be  called  the  church  of  .lesus  Christ. 
If  men  will  have  full   faith  in    Christ  Jesus. 
and  follow  that  faith  in  all   His  teachings,  and 
not  the  commandments  of  men,  (:hey  will  find 
that  many  ajiparwit  mysteries  will  disappear. 
■  Chriat  has   matle   the  essential    part  of  the 
Scripture  xdain,  as  He  desired  that  men  of  but 
liLtlc  or  no  education  might  be  saved  as  well  as 
professors  aud  men  of  great  learning.     But  if 
man  had    to  try  to  reacii    heaven    through  the 
d'jep.  numtal  theoj-ie.s  of  some  of  the  learned  di- 
vines, there  could  be  none  saved,  e.\cept  a  very 
few  of  the  wise  ( ?)  divines,  as'  the  way  would  be 
so  difficult  that  I  am  pretty  sure  a  way-faring 
man,   though   he   were  not  a  tool,  would  err 
therein. 

Ou  the  other  hand  We  fiud  the  theories  of 
others  trying  to  destroy  the  mysteries  by  teach- 
ing that  it  matters  not  what  we  believe  just  so 
we  are  sincere,  that  i3  all  that  is  required;  but 
when  such  theories  ai'e  exposed  to  Gospel  light, 
they  are  found  to  contain  many  mysteries;  I 
mean  things  that  will  not  harmouize  with  the 
Scripture.  One  is,  How  can  a  man  be  saved  by 
his  own  way  when  Christ  says,  "  I  am  the  way." 
Another,  How  can  a  man  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God  without  baptism  when  Christ  says, 
"  Except  a  man  be  born  of  the  water  and  of  the 
spirit  he  cannot  ei^ter  into  the  kingdom  of  God." 
John  3:  5.  Aud  so  may  be  found  many  things 
that  will  not  harmonize  with  the  jilain  teach- 
ings of  Christ  and  His  Apostles.  But  when  we. 
with  full  faith,  accept  of  Christ's  commands, 
then  we  shall  find  that  the  apparent  mj-steries 
will  so  much  disappear  that  they  will  be  no 
hindrance  to  godliness  or  our  eternal  salvation. 


COMPANY. 


BV  J.  H.  MANAHAN. 


11HE  word  at  the  head  of  this  article  has  ref- 
erence to  the  fellowship  we  have  one  with 
another.  There  are  no  less  than  three  distinct 
classes  of  company.  The  first,  we  will  denomi- 
nate as  bad.  The  second,  as  better.  The  third, 
as  best.  Each  has  its  own  particular  sphere — 
bounds  over  which  it  seldom  passes. 

The  first  has  a  natural  inclination  to  do  evil; 
while  the  second  has  more  internal  or  self- 
knowledge  of  right  and  wrong,  but  not  careful 
to  select  the  best  of  company.  The  third  class 
dilFers  from  the  first  and  second  as  widely  as 
night  from  day,  because  it  practices  nothing  but 
wholesome  and  amiable  virtues,  and  selects  only 
such  for  associates  as  are  pure  aud  upright. 

The  natural  inclination  of  men  is,  to  seek  so- 
ciety. There  is  nothing  in  all  Christendom  that 
can  give  us  more  pleasure,  cultivate  the  mind 
more  tastefully,  or  has  a  greater  tendency  to 
elevate  us  from  a  ridiculous  to  a  sublime  degree, 
than  the  society  of  those  who  are  refined  and 
holy.  It  knocks  off  the  rough  comers  of  speech 
—elevates  our  moral  standing,  and  polishes  the 
most  uncouth  aud  disorderly  person  into  sym- 
metry. 

The  worid  never  grows  weary  of  listening  to 
those  who  are  refined  in  speech  and  cultivated 
in  thought,  and  hacked  up  by  the  most  refined 
feelings  that  ennoble  our  race.  Tlie  shining 
lights  of  the  world  in  ifll  past  ages,  are  those 
whose  names  have  been  intimately  connected 
wttli  the  best  interests  of  society,  and  whose 
reverence  for  morality  and  religion  lias  excelled. 
There  is  nothing  we  need  fear  from  such  men; 
their  deeds  shine  with  !W  much  lustre  and  beau- 
ty as  the  silver  stars  in  the  firmament  of  heaven. 
There  is  great  danger  of  keeping  too  much 
company,  or  of  keeping  bad  company.  Young 
man,  Htopand  think  of  the  yawning  gulf  into 


'.■'I,  who  .started  out  with  as  fair  prospects  as  vo 
in  the  voyag._>  of  life.  Intemperance,  pride,  ani 
bad  company,  these  gnawing  cankers  go  l,m,j 
in  hand,  one  is  a  firm  supporter  of  the  other 
Ijeartng  us  onward  to  an  untimely  end.  Lo(^* 
abroad,  cast  your  eyes  over  the  list,  and  see  how 
many  there  are  of  your  acquaintances  who  start- 
ed  iu  life  as  the  aasociutes  of  bad  company 
They  found  the  short,  sure  way  to  happiness,  q, 
prospered  as  well  as  tlioie  who  sought  only  gg^j 
company  and  refused  all  other.  It  is  jm  gyg 
matter  to  get  into  bad  company,  but  a  hard 
matter  to  rise  above  it.  When  you  have  chos- 
en your  station,  you  must  keep  it;  you  cannot 
go  abrtve  it,  nor  beyond  it.  The  good  will  hot 
admit  you  into  their  society,  for  they  have  no 
relish  for  anything  that  savors  of  only  thnf 
which  is  pure  and  upright;  and  justice  demanda 
that  they  should  not,  aa  it  brings  them  intodi*. 
repute  with  those  whose  characters  have  been 
soiled  by  anything  bjufc  robust,  sanctified  mjui- 
hood.  The  advantiige  derived  from  keeping 
good  company  may  lje  sitiumed  up  a.s  follows; 
First,  it  gives  us  "  a  good  name  wliich  is  i-ather 
to  be  chosen  than  silver  and  gold."  Second  it 
is  the  badge  of  true  liobility'  worn  in  all  iy,nf 
ages,  by  men  of  every  nation'nlity, 

ADVICE  OF  AN  OLD  LADY. 

VTOW,  John,  listen' to  mo,  for  I  am  older  than 
i.\  you,  or  I  couldn't 'be  mother.  'Never  do 
you  marrj-  a  young  woluan,  John,  before  you 
have  contriyud  to  happen  at  the  hou>e  where 
she  live-,5,  at  least  four  or  five  times  before  break- 
fast. You  should  know  how  )ate  she  lies  in  bed 
in  the  mornijig.  You  should  take  notice  wheth- 
er the  wash  and  the  towel  have  robbi?d  her  of 
lier  evening  bloom.  Y'ou  sliould  take  care  tg 
surprise  her,  so  that  you  can  see  lier  morniuj/ 
dress,  and  observe  how  her  hair  looks  when  she 
is  not  expecting  you:  If  possible  you  should 
be  where  you  could  hear  the  morning  conversa- 
tion  between  her  and  her  mother.  IC  she  ia  ill, 
natured  and  snappish  to  her  mother,  so  she  will 
be  to  you,  depend  upon  it.  But  if  you  find  her 
up  and  dressed  neatly  in  the  morning,  with  tha 
same  countenance,  the  same  smiles,  the  sanio 
neatly  combed  hair,  the  same  ready  and  pleas- 
ant answer  to  her  mother,  which  characterized 
her  deportment  in  the  evening,  and  particularly 
if  she  is  lending  a  hand  to  get  breakfast  ready 
in  good  season,  she  is  a  prize,  John,  and  th(< 
sooner  you  secure  her  to  yourself  the  better. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

ricking  the  grapes  at  the  vineyaid, 

(iatheriug  nuts  in  the  Fall. 
We  little  eliildren  are  busy, 

Yft.  there  is  wurk  for  all. 

— True  zeal  is  a  sweet,  heavenly  and  geutlh' 
flame,  which  maketh  us  active  for  God,  but  al- 
ways within  the  sphere  of  love. 

— Prayer  is  the  pitcher  that  fetcheth  water 
from  the  brook,  wherewith  to  water  the  herbs, 
Break  the  pit<;her  and  it  will  bring  no  water, 
and  for  want  of  water  the  garden  will  wither. 

— It  is  the  water  outside  the  ship  that  tosses 
it  about,  but  it  is  the  water  that  gets  into  the 
ship  that  sinks  it. 

— Sin  is  a  hard  task-master  aud  pays  dreadful 
wages.    ''The  wages  of  sin  is  death." 
—Confession  of  faults  makes  half  amends. 
— True  men  make  more  opportunities  than 
they  find. 

— Pay  supreme  and  undivided  homage  to  good, 
ness  and  truth. 

— An  act  of  kindness  to  a  shivering  beggar 
child  is  a  profession  of  religion. 

— Patience  is  the  quiet  endurance  of  a  known 
evil  or  nTong,  when  it  is  out  of  our  power  tn 
correct  it. 

— If  we  hadno  faults  ourselves,  we  should  not 
have  so  much  pleasure  in  discovering  the  faults 
of  others. 

— To  bring  forward  the  bad  actions  of  othei-s 
to  wash  our  own,  is  like  washing  ourselves  with 
mud. 

—Neglect  not  the  Book  of  Gtid  for  the  books 
of  man.  The  latter  may  be  read  as  the  inter- 
preter, but  not  as  the  substitute  for  the  former, 
If  you  would  grow  in  grace,  search  the  Script' 
ures  daily,  and  never  take  the  Word  of  God  in 
your  hand  without  lifting  your  heart  in  prayer, 


is,  He  is  triune.     Now  if  there  is  eome  mystery     which  many  of  your  fellow-men  have  been  bu^rl 


It  ia  to  be  feared  that  thousands  even  of  in- 
telligent persons  who  are  supposed  to  be  relig- 
ious beings,  have  no  conception  of  the  greatness 
of  the  idea  of  duty,  or  moral  accountableness,  of 
the  meaning  of  the  word  "ought."  But  it  u 
certain  that  nothing  is  done  well  until  it  ib 
done  from  the  sense  of  a  controlling  principle 
of  inherent  and  essential  rightness.  Duxy '-'' 
the  child  of  love,  and  therefore  there  is  power  in 
all  its  teachings  and  commands. 


The   Sabbath  Schoou 

i,,rcU.ot.ou  u,  our  l^rptl.erh.M  ,^,^  „,  J  ;;^ 

„„,.     ri,en  .    u ,gu.„t  K«„t,„  a,v^, av*„M  i 

„,,ay  irom  tla-n;  da.s«,  IW  trivi,,  r,.^,„„,  ,,ij,f.  ' 
.,ut  first  9ecar?n^n-^<nual)lf.  Mi«i?itm^  Tl.  . 
will  imliice  many  pupib  to  follow  the  ex.inn,].- 
of  the  teachcf  and  bifeak  up  tl,e  school  \norii 
erevi!  I  ««« .^he  I.rncUce„r  making  the  U-sJon 
too  long.  This  wearier  the  pupil,  j,«d  forms 
jl,e  habit  of  reading  the  Sorii.tnres  cwhLw 
j„,t  what  a  pupil  can  w.-H  .t,„iy  ^-it)  ,,rofit  liim' 
As  well  "iigl't  one  require  his  chiMren  to  eat 
.11  tbat  IS  HCt  before  them  on  the  table  for  one 
meal  M  require  them  to  rea.1,,  whole  chanter 
lV,r  one  le«^on.  0„ly  whi.t  they  rememher  will 
bendit  them.  A  third  ^vil  is  the  practic-  some 
SuperiiiteiKleiita  and  teiicher«  Imve  of' r.-adiiiu. 
the  chapter  through,  Wforc  asking  any  ques" 
tiona.  This  is  a  pure  waste  of  time.  Let  every 
one  do  his  reading  at  home  and  prepare  Ins  lea- 
Boii,  then  come  together  and  commence  rfcitiiic 
flt'once  after  the  school  is  openetl.  A  fourth 
mistake  is  made  by  trying  to  t'ach  all  the  mem- 
bers in  the  school  from  the  same  lesson  ami  in 
the  same  manner.  The  Sabbath-school  needs 
grading  juat  ;ls  much  as  the  day-school,  nntl 
should  have  at  least  three  grades.  Trying  to 
teach  all  the  pupiU  after  the  name  plan  h -.v^ 
unwise  as  trying  to  make  all  their  show  over 
the  aame  last.  While  we  throw  out  tint  above 
hints  for  consideration,  we  are  happy  to  say  we 
we  have  not  been  in  a  single  Sabbath-school 
since  leaving  horiie  that  we  did  not  find  much 
to  commend  and  to  eucourfige  us. 

S.  Z.  Sharp 

Our  Thoughts. 

IMMEDIATELY  aft«r  reading  in  a  late  num- 
ber uf  thu  BKETiiitEN  AT  VVoiiK  the  account 
of  an  iipplicant  for  baptism  requiring  that  one 
of  the  qualifications  which'  the  administratnr 
shmlld  have,  wna  that  he  should  Ije  a  man  that 
did  not  use  tobacco,  I  was  made  to  think 
considerable  upon  this  aubject  nf  tobacco-using 
In  the  church,  for  if  used  by  members,  and  the 
nieilibeVH  cnntpose  the  church,  the  church  uses 
it.  or  at  least  tolemtea  its  nsf.  The  church  is 
often  callpd  th^  body  of  Christ.  What!  the 
body  of  our  ble.-«ed  iimster  indulging  in  this 
useless  habit!  Can  it  be  so,  brethren?  Let  tis 
think  of  this.  And  was  not  this  person's  judii- 
nieut  in  regard  to  the  qualifications  neccfwary 
for  one  in  that  Holy  office  nbout  right  or  was  it 
requiring  more  than  the  Gospel  required? — 
And  again  our  thought-s  took  in  the  solemu  Wt 
that  souls,  deftr  precious  3onl-i  have  gone  from 
time  to  eternity  unjirepared.  that  at  times 
thought  seriously  of  uniting  with  the  church 
biit  could  not  endure  the  cross  of  saluting  some 
of  the  members.  This  we  know  to  be  true. 
Nowdoea  the  (iospel  demand  that  one  shall'en- 
dure  that  cross,  where  it  really  is  agreat  cross? 
In  this  matter  may  the  church  not  fall  into  the 
error  to  demand  of  its  members  to  endure  more 
in  the  command,  "  Salute  j'e  one  another  with 
a  holy  kiss"  than  the  apostle  would  have  requir- 
ed under  like  circumstances?  Would  it  not  he 
a  terrible  event  to  have  to  be  confronted  face  to 
face  in  the  day  of  judgment  with  those  in  whose 
sight  we  once  were  such  stumbling-blocks,  as 
to  keep  them  out  of  the  church?  And  then 
again  to  think  how  much  influence  is  lost  on 
the  part  of  30HIB  ministers  and  housekeepers  be- 
cause they  use  tobacco.  Often  I  heard  memlwis 
say,  it  is  no  use  tor  such  and  such  a  brother  to 
talk  to  me  about  my  faults,  probably  following 
a  fashion  as  the  eye  lusteth  after,  while  he  in- 
dulges in  the  lust  of  the  appetite  as  he  does. 

So  we  see  there  is  much  here  for  us  to  think 
about.  We  have  no  harsh  epithets  to  heap  iip- 
«n  those  who  are  so  unfortunate  as  to  have  ac- 
quired the  habit  of  using  tobacco,  but  we  wmild 
in  ]ove  call  attention  to  the  mutter,  hoping  that 
many  more  will  do  as  many  have  already  done; 
break  thechnius  that  hold  them  captive  to  any 
habit  tlint  is  a  hindrance  to  the  cause  of  Christ. 
I  believf;  thdt'by  the  grace  of  Uodwe  may  over- 
come .my  inordinate  desire.  Let  u,s  not  repii>ve 
otliern  lor-Bot  i*beying-tbe  eommftad* -of  lH>ly 
Writ  whili  w&  disobey.  tJie  injnufction  of  the 
^Apostlf  wliL'iv  he  says,  "Make  not  provl-jjou 
til  fulHlI  tin.  lust  of  the  liesh."     A  linoTilEii. 


uV"  '■    travel?., In^.TJiQ^  Wc»t-/      '.: 

iLu^tlie  nuaufttains  aiul  foot  hills  of  Colorado. 
throuL'h  the  somewhat  fcrtih-  fields  of  Ohio,  the 


luoiv  fertile  M.U  of  Uliiuus  and  Idwr  ami  the 
m.wt  fertile  lieldt  of  Kmwas.  wi-  o«we  Wwt 
wjih  the  intention  of  6e,-iu){  tli«  wuntry  Hiiii- 
mijtUly:  Wf  deteni.iued  to«ximiiii«for<«ii>utv«H, 
to  tntvel  sIoiTlv  lUHl  look  .ilo^ely.  K.-foiv',we 
ut:cepti-.l  thf  ^tnttim.-nbi  of  any,  we  luivf  nui  ex- 
amiuttd  fur<»iiwlvtt(.  l-ron,  New  Yom  to  Kan- 
»iis  city,  our  jounwy.  wtvt..swit1.  k'nm  there  to 
tlie  wi-stern  bonivliuo-  ofitlieSUtw  wecon«uuiml 
liur  days  in  vievring  this;  wonderful  Stat*.  At 
Atchison,  westnud  upon,  and  1  at  Kunwtw  citv. 
we  have  merely  put  our  foot  fiver  the  thnwhol'd 
of  Kansa-H,  ivh<>«!  e;nl.v  hlBtory  ia  lumemorabU- 
in  the  bloi»Uttuiied  annals  of  the  nation  as  is 
her  develupenient  of  late  yearn  in  the  n-cord  of 
tlip  nation",-!  i»rogresB.  A«  we  journeyed  west 
from  Chicago  we  were  earvf\il  to  note  thu  crops, 
covu  especially.  In  Illinois  cotn  wb  from  one 
to  three  fi-i-t  high.  In  Iowa  from  two  to  four, 
iitid  Kansas  from  four  to  seven.  Just  WL«t  of 
Kansas  city  in  Johnson  county  Uio  rorn  was 
three  time.-'  farther  lulvancetl  than  any  we  siiw 
ni  Iowa.  At  Lftrncfl  in  Pawnee  county  the 
corn  wiLs  tasselud  tmd  silked.  This  was  not  the 
condition  merely  in  one  Held  but  in  all  the 
conntrj-  about  that  town.  We  spent  2-i  hours 
here  to  satisfy  ourselves  that  this  was  tl»e  con- 
dition of  the  surroiiudinj!  farms.  On  many  of 
the  farms  the  graiiiiwas  cut  and  stacked,  On 
others  they  were  cuttin^it,  using  lioaderj,  fi'lf- 
hinders,  harvesters  and  reapers.  It  makes  no 
difference  how  cumbcrflome  the  machines  may 
be  or  how  fine  the  nmchlnery,  the  land  otters  no 
objection  n^  do  other  States  by  their  rocks  or 
sudden  ditches.  The  country  is  one  viwt  table. 
Last  year,  when  the  rapidity  with  wliioh  the 
grain  nmtuied  in  nnme  partw  of  the  State,  de- 
mandwl  thatit  nhould  bo  cut  aud  stai^kod  faster 
tlian  it  was  possible  to  do  in  the  day-time,  in 
order  that  it  might  all  ))e  saved,  mnny  f*rmen* 
cut  at  night,  using  any  of  the  reiiping  mar 
chinos  now  in  the  market.  With  the  luteat 
improved  haying  ym^Jiinery  huy  can  be  cut 
and  stacked  at  *1  per  ton.  All  this  and  more 
too  may  be  seen  in  the  valley  watered  by  the 
Cottonwood,  backed  by  low  hills  descending 
gently  toward  the  river.  This  valley  is  doA^l 
withpatcliL-s  6r  wondlaud  affording  plenty  of 
fuel  for  its-  inhabitants.  The  land  along  th( 
lidges  cannot  be  excelled  for  pftstii;rflge  and  A\- 
ready  Eastern  dairymen  are  appreciating  thr 
advantages  offered  beyond  the  stony  pastures 
of  the  East  and  buying  these  lands  for  dairy 
purpo^.s.  Km- corn  the  lands  along  the  'river 
cannot  bi-  Mirpassed.  This  country  otfers  nu- 
usual  advantages  to  an  earnest,  honest  and  ili- 
duStrions  peofde.  such  as  we  know  the  Dunk- 
ards  to  W.  The  upright  iuHuence  that  your 
pt'ople  3hed  wherever  they  go,  is  much  needed 
right  in  this  state^  and'  the  opportunities  offered 
tomakelheniselvesCoriifortableareunsurp.issed. 
Already  many  of  the  Dunkarda  are  recognizing 
these  facts  and  settling  in  this  ^tate.  What 
seemed  most  wonderful  to  us  was  the  fact  that 
uone  of  the  peo[)le  complained  of  hard  tinier. 
Muney  r»jeni"l  plenty  and  all  seemed  satisfied. 
^^  Vale.  ' 

Report  of  Contributions   to   Church  fix- 
tension  Union,  from  April  4th 
to  June    8th,    1878. 

BRETHREN. 

S.  T.  lJ<»ft«nmm,  Eagle  Creek  church.  0.,?;2e.'lf> 

A.  Fryodi,  E.  Conemaugh  chnrch, l.*ii,"> 

E  Rhodes,  Johnstown,  Pa., I.(K> 

I.  Killkipper,  Ashland,  0., 7.75^ 

A.  Spaoogle.  Dry  Valley,  Pa., f.SO' 

S.  Oallatin.  Fayette  Co..  Pa. l.M» 

D.  Myew,  Cartersville,  Va., 30 

E.  Stouei-:  Rushville,  0.. 6.90 

H.  W.  Keun,  Johnstown,  Pa.. tfJO 

Elder  I>.  Itamsey, IL7.') 

A.  M.  Cwmse,  Mt.  Curfoll,  III., l.,in 

C.  W:JUch,  Bi-eedsville,  MJcfr..  .  t  ....... ;     l.(Hi 

J.  Uupert  &  wife,  Hill  Cieek.  Kan.. ;■>() 

S.  and  H.  Kiirich i.  .t ..,  i . . .     1/H) 

A  brother, .1.  .'....*■.-....     VM 

lirethren.  Mahoning  chnrch4  Oit>'lt.ik. . ...!  f  5.8.5 

L>.  Crofford,  Ouucansville,  Pa,, 4.00 

K.  Bne«bly,  Bvuoeton,  Vn., 5.00 

S.  II,  Holsinger.  Corleton,  NeJ)-. LOlJ 

W.  E.  Kiubdey,  Pmiiie  church,!  IoWB,...i  l.OO 
L.  W.  Uilev,  Lo.s  Angle*,  Cah,^.....;i..i.  q.OO 
JmuisLichty.  Elk  Creek,  Pa.,  ...<-.  .i...i.i  ,,5.00 

C.  Ober  and  sister.  Wuodbury,  Pa.^  .. ..  j  13.71 
J.  H.  lioberts.  Myrtle  L'oint.  Oregmi, . . .  ■■  J  aO 

S.  A.  PfmitK,  Trotwood,  Ohio .,.     U.Otf 

Joiiu  Shneniaker,  Cuvingt^n;  Obia,>  >  •  ■>■     1.00 

P.  M.  Han>.  Attghwidc,  Pn^.u  .  .,4.-u ■■  S?.7fi 

ihH.  Licljtyw  WatiiHod.Iowiu^J.Wl.l!...  i  I.OI1 
]>.  luidM.  Woi^imumi------ tili''.J-'«'ii  -Ij*Ii 

S.  .S.  Uray.  Wain-it>Pti.ehuroh,  ./•tii  ■^^'tu^nB.ot' 
H.  li.  liiiism^'er.lieiiliri,  Pii*,.|..,;,Ja.iMw;10.0ll 
■JkiCi'im,  Louisvillv,  U„,; . ..  j..*  iuwititj  J^<i  M.iiu 
j:  ^Vjuelaud,  Cluv«v.(;]ne<jk,iPbs'«'-J<«l--"»'^-^& 
J.-L.iHolsingtfiv  Woodhtuty,.P-ti...M<'l*'"'18i01 

D.  E.  Buwunui,  Sandy  church,  0,, 31.7.j 


J.  Lithty.  Elk  Crm-k.  P«. 

H,  SimdrtKk.  Elk  Crwuk.  Pn...^.. . . 

M.  H.  Keiju.  JolinirtowD.  Pa. 

J.  T..i-ter.      ,  *•;  "I    .... 

A.  Fyook.  i  ",  ."..., 
l\  Brown,  Saletii.  Uni^mij,  ...luu. , 

I.  H.  Hftrley,  Philmlelt.lil«.  P* 

.1.  K  Pa'di-riflt.  Wotximiry.  Pn...* 
L.  A  Krim.  Myers.bd-,  Pif,  .,,^. ., 
E.  S.  Miller.  BagerHtown.  If4,'*.ir 
Brwtlutmv  OalfWd,,  Teiui.,  , . , . .".  '^ 


11.11 

.50 

.5(1 

I  1^.00 

I     n.TO 
:■■■  8.00 

■    l.5r< 

I,  rf  *f  • 
.    2.51  > 


Total, ; 

StHTKR.t, 
Mrs.  BiHftoybile.  JB.  ConL'iUBHgh,-Pa.,.  - . 

M,  Crissrwiu,  Jnhiwtown.  Pa. 

H.  (Jallatiii^  Dawiw^v  Pi}...  ■  •  -_, 

K.  Meyer>.Xei}tnrriiH?,Vn....-y ....... 

Itf.  S*ra<W.  i.hn«t»»t»-n',  T^ft.,  .iQ.Vk  f. 

N.  CrniisL-,  act.  CjwtMI,  til 

M.  Holmes,  Hi^?^ll^rt»^,  Ohio.,. .  ,. ..!.'.. 
H.  (iarWr  S  S.  MilfcT.  Mohican",  6.,'. . .  -i 

S.  Sharp.  MaiTvUU'.Tenn., 

K.  Morgan,  Cres^wHQI.  Iowa 

S.  U.  \Vells.  WTute  \U\\   IV,. 

I,.  Slotter.  Mahoning,  O 

M.  &  M,  Heachly,  Bruwetown.  Va.. 

A.  Keim,  Elk  Li<ik,  Piu, 

T.  y Oder,  Elk  Lialk,  Pli., . , 

S.  M.  Homan,  for  »Bteps,  Medinn,  O.,  . . 
Emily  !(.,  |)uneam«illle,,PB.,  . . , , .  , 2. 


100 

My 

1.91 

Ifl. 

l.tUt 
.      1.01 


11." 


S.  Cobaugh,  Coneniwii(fh>ohni*oh, .. .  ..5.00 

L.  Miller,  SheQaiidteh. Goi,  Voj,  ..',-.. ..  LOO, 
H.  V.  Diltx.  New  Jkaaey,.. . .  * ....  .^.,.,  8i,0(t 
J.  Koim  fV>r  sisters,  Lminville  church,. . .     6.5.5 

J.  Winelnnd,  siHt^-rsi Glover  Creek 52.04 

"  "         Sundn>*chool.  Martinslnirg    4.36 

.1.  L.  Holsinger,  sister  Wuodberry, S.!K» 

Sister  Ilcftrick,  ConnruShannock,  Pa., . . .     2.«8 

Ella  n.  IJoyer.  Sand*  Creek  churcl 2„50 

M.  K.  Miller.  HagenJlown.  Md., 5..')(i 

i*.  II.  Wri({htsman,  !*iflterw  P.  Prairie 2.2."i 

Lapoi'tc  church, 3 OO 

Scattering s.iki 

Total  brethren  ai^d  alters, ...f... $525.1 7 

Previously  reported, ,.  ,$ias.:u 


t«r.  and  c^prcM  their  doubt  nlwul  bn  abilitjjD 
mwlHge  well,  rvwi  tliounfh  hff  gHTe  away  duiw 
inn  thai.  tiii«*  about  ten  tlniii:s*r»l  aoltant  of  lu4 
tune  and  monry      Many .  -til.l  n-rt  n^gl^tt  tb«ir 
»:iirk  awLgo  ujLurt  diiiant*;  _ty  DK.-tjug  aathej 
wer.>  t'H^tijwliyt&in^y.^but  there  la    no   ei- 
cuse  fftr'the  [fr^apufer  who  worWn  hard  ill  week, 
but  he  must  go  and  lab-^r  hard  on  Sunday  whilt 
othem  can  not.     Whin»  tlm  iiAiiabir  tw««nifith 
some  ncrirVnt    and  beccraw  involved  pecuoiiU- 
ily,  how  m«iy  will  toin»  and  give  hiiu  »    Ufti* 
How  niaiff  Will  hstou    twfidM!  reports  ftgauut 
hhn  and  even  li.-lp  to  oirc«lat^  Uwm.   lOshougfa 
these  «am«>  inrmbera  pporntied  to  live  iicumlillg 
to  tlie  w.wiU  of  Christ  wU   «ai<l  -Whatsoever 
ye  would  that  [men    ahpuld  d<^  unto  you  d»,  ye 
even  the  "ame  unto  tliera. "  E^a«  it  look  couMst- 
entforChristiiwrnto  bring <rha»ge*  against  thiMe 
over-burdened  with  cure  when  we  nur^elves  do 
not  wiUk  Miiorduig   to  the  v^rd?     WTiy  n«t 
rather  pluijk  th«  Imim  fir«t  out  of  yonr  own  eye 
before  p4ckiug  at  the  mot*?  in  »  brother's  eyel* 
One  of  the  wor.*t  pmctices  I  kuow  is  to  disobey 
the  injunction  in  Mtitth.  \^.  whieji  we  all  prom- 
ised to  olwerve.     Nine  ..aiies  onft  of  everj-  ten 
could  bi- settled  without  coming  to  the  church 
"if  all  the  aoembei-s  would  strictly  •l«erve   what 
Hiey  pronised.     In   regard  to   th«  ca.Hi-    which 
Iwought  the  umnmittee  together  Earn  happy  to 
s*y  that  no'ihing  of  a  criminal  natiuw  could  l« 
Ifennd  againirt  the  accusetl  nor  could  hia  charao- 
t'tt  us  a  Christian  be  impeached  however  he  may 
have  erred  ili  hiv  judgment  in  somo  things. 
S.  Z.  Shabp. 


Total  from  December  4th,  187 
fith.  187*. 


to  June 

.#9^.51 

Disburfiemenks  to  8th  June,  1878,. §:6I0.1t3 

Irt-aving  bfilance  in  ajy  hand,^  to  ob»ve- 

date,  ....  ... .  ,|. ......... .^ -..?342,58 

.,  Keapectfnlly  ,Snbmitt<)d, 

II  I'lJAJLtlH  ID^  LiVEKOOUO, 

I     '    I  Tifiiaurer. 

F.  S.— In  addition  to  the  abuve,  the  Secreta- 
rj- husa  noteifor  |LBa.(X),  due,  given  lyr  the 
uuise,  said  ,to  be  goi.-J.  ,  , 


From  Qmhen,  Indiana 


Ikitr  Hrtihren:- 


(JINCE  writing  my  last  I  ' 
|*J  ne-ss  the  last  parting  seen 


atlM  to  wil- 
parting  scenes  of  several  meni- 
hera:  the  finit  a  sister  who  followed  her  three 
children,  leaving  her  husbuud  lonel/,  (name  for- 
gotten), the  secund  the  -SOU  of  our  brother 
and  mini.ster  Eli  Sthrock,  both  from  LaGrauge, 
Ind.  This  last  viatim  of  death  had  been  suffer- 
ing for  more  thaa  twenty  year*  although  only 
twenty  six  yeaia  old.  Both  were  consistent 
member*.  Fi;o(ni  La  Grange,  I  came  to  Elder 
Jocob  Berkey'i*  district,  and  tm  my  great  joy 
met  the  comipiiitee  sent  here  from  the  A.  M-  to 
settle  ditficulties.  Eldera  M,  Sliiotta,  R.  H  Mil- 
ler and  D.  Bhr©  formed  the  committee.  E 
waa  mooh  phAseil  with  th«  Christian  spirit  nnti 
the  exceeding  great  patience  mf  the  committe* 
and  the  akiU  with  which  they  handled  the  ^%sf. 
Being  an  enikire  stranger  bftth  to  aixused  ajid 
accusers  I  iconld  take  the  piurt  of  spectator  Mid 
learn,  and.  indeed  1  learned  much.  I  leuiued 
that  a  brother  may  be  selected  from  ivll  the  rent 
and  a  burden  placed  upon  him  wliich  he  is  oblig- 
ed to  beiur.  too  often  unaided  by  any  of  thu  oth- 
er meiuibers.  When  placed  into  the  ministry, 
mid  he  hapjiensto  be  a  farmer,  be  muit  oft*>n 
unhitch  from  the  plow  and  spend  aday  or  two  in 
the  busiest  time  to  sjo  and  preach  a  funeral  ser- 
mon, ovmnst  speiid  ft  few  days  and  often  ft  week 
in  some  neighboring  church,  while  Ms  work  at 
home  is  neglected  anil  many  things  go  to  ruin. 
When  his  cornnaeds  working  the  worst  kind, 
ht»  must  leaveiaiul."let  it  go  to  gras."*."  When 
bu  lia«  u  heUl  of  Jidy  out  he  must  run  the  ri^ 
of  Itnving  it  upnijedii  When  IiIh  grain  ou^t  to 
Ihoout  IwiiDUfltlenve  it  to  stntuge  hands  who 
twastt)  uiurdtlumthi-y  eai-u  tuwaitunlilitts  too 
rip»  to  cut.  'WihuO.. money  ik  to  be-  raisud  for 
tiiio'  pUi]p<^Qh&-iu.uat  head  tini list,  then  uiioh  am- 
.is  iiCrtijditosubxcrilje  inunn  i.\\\xR-  the  ulinuitcr. 
AVinrn.  !itra»gi-i-t>  uiru  Lu  \k  enbeztainedvtlloy  must 
cum^-tO'Mii}  niinittiei^  Tll>-i»  in  th<-  Jxtree.ot' 
Hwulitrmlt+eorithiHyjwnni;  i»#o^le  l*jrinib)\Toni" 
der  \\\\\  our  minister  is  not  u'etting  alon;:    bet' 


Prom  Winfield,  Kansas 

Dfar  Brrihreny-    -    1.    *  ..- .t  ,1,1  r .;  ,    ,, 

AS  there  wa:.  no  ihftelihg  to  'ftb  tec  'ft>^, 
ami  yondid  not  make  yonmsnal  visit  to  our 
hoi»e,  Wf  confuted  our>elf  by  reading  the 
woad  of  Truth,  and  thinking  bow  m»ay  hflftrta 
are  miule  liapi>y  by  your  Cuming  brimful  of 
goodi  and  whofMome  inHtrnctioua,  tspecially 
to  tHitsethnt  uredeprivodof  hearing  pwaching. 
Likely  Honi«  of  your  niader»  would  love  to  h«)kr 
front. Southern  Kansas.  The  Brethreahereaw 
looking  forward  to  the  time,  when  we  can  meet 
once  more  aroinid  the  Lord's  tabi'-  which  will 
.be  if  nothing  jn-vents  us,  in  Octolwr.  The 
day  »  not  yet  determined.  La.it  Sunday  we 
had  the  pleiLsure  of  witnessing  the  baptism 
of  aoother  om-thatha-.  di>.siTted  Sut.in's  ranks, 
OtharaaUi.are  ountin-  Lu-  c  .^t  I*ra*iwct. 
are  so  good  for  tlo?  Bretlm-n  V)  bwimi-a  strong 
church  here,  tlni*  soin  ■  b'^in  to  gtjt  uueaiy. 
We  heard  th.-  mnrwrk  m  il>  y-ftterdiy,  that  the 
DuiLkard.i  wdl  K-i^-.  lloi^  Valleyyet.  We  long 
for  the  day  when  our  Valley  may  be  heard  ring- 
ing  with  th  ?  soma!  of  the  Gospel  fromone  end 

Snto-the  other:  and  not  only  this  Valley,  but 
le  Statu  of  Kaiwas.  L,  E.  Prk-kett. 

DANISH    MISSION    FUND. 

BeiH-  Creek  church, $k90 

A  trotlwr  in  Oliio. LQO 

Uf  per  Codoms  church^Pa.,.. ......  -„,  .X0.48 

Nwih  Horn,  OKio,  .1'.''...  .V.*..'^:'!  I'.".  *.'!';?  J.0O 

Elder  David  Shellaberger,  ...... .".'.".:[  .V.  1.00- 

■Ihilia  Ulery J. ...  \ffy 

C.  P.  Rowland,  TVeasurer. 
,     Ui^\arU,  in.,  July  25ih.  ms. 
(  i'.  C,  pUnsf  copi/.) 


Fn>m  Salem,  Oregoa. 

ON  the  26th  of  June,  fotfr  of  our  memhere 
started  to  Multnomah  County,  Oregon,  18 
miles  East  of  Portland,  viz.  Brother  Josiah  .A.ali- 
enfelter,  myself  my  wife  and  another  sister- 
arrived  there  in  the  afternoon  of  the  2Sth,  held 
six  meetings  while  there.  Although  it  was  the 
first  time  the  Brethren  ever  heU  meetings  there 
yet  we  had  very  good  hearing  at  each  meet, 
ing.  On  Sunday  the  30th  had  two  meet- 
ings in  the  grove;  had  a  very  large  (.ollectionof 
people  and  very  good  attention.  The  result  was 
four  accessions  by  baptism  and  we  think  others 
are  counting  the  cost.  There  seems  to  be  an 
opeulng  there  for  the  Brethren.  Returned 
home  on  the  2ud  of  July.  Hail  Communion 
meeting  here  in  my  barn  the  6th  of  July,  held 
serviced  on  ^""riday  afternoon  lind  on  Sund^ 
forenoon,  afternoon  andat  night;  had  pleasent 
weather  ajid  a  plenseut  meeting:  ohe  additioa 
by  baptism.  Held  a  choice  for  a  visiting  Bro., 
and  the  lot  fell  on  amdtia^brbiheritihmtii  flas- 
ler.  May  tin?  Lord  enable  him  to  be  u^luland 
taitht\il.  .\  short  time  before  our  Veast  there 
was  one  Addition  by  letter.  Hivl  n"very  lu^ 
rolteot ion  ftf  iv'Oi>tf  on  Salunlay  night  ;;ad  Son- 
day-wth  gn^*.l  artenft-ou  at  mir+Vort.  May  Che 
go6d-Lotfl'Ut*K  ind  protect  thote-.niio- han 
lately  united  with  the  church  and  enable  them 


8 


THE    BKETHREoSr    ^T    ■SVORK. 


-A.ugust    \ 


Mini.Vr.  pn-sent  »l  mirfrwlto  ai.l  .i«.  "or... 
Hro  A  H.  BnUinion'  ani  llrci.  Daiiii"!  I-eedy  "I 
All.«nT.  I/inn  Co..  OfKon;  h.i^  »bout  M  lora- 


GLE-A.NINOS. 


From  E<lli.  Mill",  Ili<l.-"e  went  lo  Wet 
UWnon,  Ind.,  ou  the-  15th  of  this  month.  H»l 
thm'  i.,.»tiDB.  imd  Ihr™  mora  precious  »..il. 
w«e»l<W  tolliech.itxhl,yb«plii.n«  Jlav  tlu- 
LoM  hW  them.  «"a  tlio  little  band  of  ...«n- 
ber.  lo  b»  a,  liel.t-,  in  tho  world,  i-  my  pray.-r. 
J.  W.  Mctzoku. 

•"  From  SIlTPr  l.akP.  Ind.-I  will  Iry  to  Wl 
Via  abo.it  Ih.  .l,.».h  of  Nellie  Aver.,  a  lad  ,n 
Si.  Ihirleenth  .vear.  The  Wlh  of  .l„ne  he  took 
ii,  .hoigon  o.'.d  .tarted  off  from  home  a«d 
lU  (o  .pend  ll.e  SnW.ath  n..  b.-.t  he  eoohl  He 
„ta>ed  with  ™me  of  hi.,  .ehool-malev  fit  aboot 
Rrao'clocli.whra  b.- started  home  alone.  Going 
along  the  womlS  U  «aw  a  s.j,uirrerand  went  in 
Ih,  woodn  He  «t  dom  bin  gfon  beside  n  log 
and  then  eanght  hold  of  the  gun  tri  poll  it  np 
tohim.  HeangM'nnlVloB.l.dfho  Iim  m 
So  bowel..  He  lived  till  Monday  niKlit  about 
1  'iVlock,  when  he  l.n  Ihi.  world  of  sorrow  and 
imbtalion,  to  I.T  the  nalitv  <.f  «  .pint  world. 
3  wu-  a  »a.l  »i((ht  »0  »ee  him  .offi'r  l...t  he  bore 
i.>i:patie.^ly.l..aw...e,.i,.h..  till  the  l.;«.. 
Now  my  <1e;,r  vo.inji'  render,,  take  warning 
from  little  Nelli-.  and  don't  go  oof  hiinliiig  on 
the  Sabbath  day.  Y.m  had  belter  go  to  ch.irch 
Mdleari,  abont  J«^: •  H<*little  Nellies  p«r- 
enU  did  noti™<Ji  lUnl  to  gvto  chnfdi,  nor  did 
they  go  theinselve8.  1  think  it  i.  the  doty  of 
all  piiRmt.  lo  go  to  church,  and  toke^tl.w^cliil- 
dron  along;  not  f.,  ((»  ""'l""'""?  """.,'''  ^'f 
cliililniii»lioitt»  *".•««' '"'<'.''»''  '=*'"'?•  / 
J       IJettie  L.^M'lf. 

■  From  Drniktl-k.  O.^TlMre  is  coiitiniitd  joy 
in  tlli-  enmp,  whi.h  elicits  pnii.ofromlhesamls 
of  God.  Two  more  aix-i-Mions  to  the  ehureh 
Mnee  niy  b«<t  report,  making  seventeen  ill  nil 
,inee  the  beginning  of  the  current  year.  May 
the  good  work  be  itivived  and  go  mi  evory- 
■^here.  S.T.Bo8SB»>.*!.. 

From  PiialibiV.  Kansas.— Again  our  little 

congregulion  has  been  made  glad  by  the  niiil- 
ing  wilh  111,  of  two  more  precious  ones  by  bdji- 
ti.ni,-J.  U.  Lcniffellow  and  wife.  Bro.  Long- 
fellow is  48  yeare  old,  was  a  member  of  tlie  mis- 
8ioiiai-y  naplisls  for  27  years,  and  an  oiilained 
minister  among  them  'Jl  years.  He  is  n  man 
of  keen  discrimination,  sound  judgment  and  a 
line  speaker.  Tie  leavs  a  host  of  warm  friends 
behind,  niiuiy  of  wlioui,  »  is  tlionght, will  soon 
follow  him  in  nniting  «lth  ys.  ,,.,.., 

The  weather  hero  is  Hno;'Spriii«  grain' all 
cut  mid  ueurly  all  stiieked.     Corn  ,loo|ls  we]]. 

Fruit  is  ubundaut,  mid  , i  the  whole  we  eaii 

be  well  pleased  «*Ii  our  home  in  Kansas.  Hav- 
ing liwdVre  a  ifttlJ'ovei'  Vii  'rilliftM,  we  see 
nothing  t"  find  fault  with.  Those  writing  for 
information,  will  plenae  endose  stamp. 

■Oj'W.  TiTOStAe. 

From  Cowley  Co'.,  Kiiii.— A»  many,  of.Voi(r 

reodere  desire  a  brief  desc  ripti.m  of  this  part  of 
ti«  country,  we  will  endeavor  to  do  so  to  the 
best  of  our  ability.  We  have  a  healthy  . ciiii- 
try,  good  limeslone  soil,  extra  water,  and  goisl 
for  most  lUl  kind  of  piodnee.  Tht'  eKiiatJ  is 
good.  Feoehes  ai'e  so  plenty,' that  we  think 
they  will  hardly-  be  .  vvwlli  anything.  Our 
wheal  harvisst  lull  eomiwl&e  thc^ftHh  "f  May. 
To  those  who  intend  making  the  We.l  Iheir 
home,  1  would  say,  now  is  the  tiaiB  to  wiuc.  — 
Almost  everything  iij  cheni)  here  now.  ^  Liiid  is 
.mirlll  fry^u  ?J.25  lof-io.nO.  Some  have  in<M- 
ed,  how  lunch  m'ojiey  would  be  required  lo  live 
there.  Tliut  all  depends  upon  eircumst,iiices, 
for  we  have  known  some  with  only  fivfn  l.")"  to 
50O  dollars,  that  me  now  doing  well.  Timber 
is  middling  lileiily  and  also  g.iod  building  roek. 
We  have  lived  in  Ihe  West  live  yeiu's,  and  like 
it  hetl<.-r,  vspeciallj- in  Kiuisas,thnu  anj-  place 
w?  ever  ilivctl.     '  x,, 

iTIie  small  band, of  Brethren  living  Iiei-e. 
nnmbers  about  24.  and  we  tliink,  that  this  lit- 
tle church  is  in  a  healthy  condition.  Two  speak- 
ers and  two  deacons  are  among  us.  Highf  here 
let  me  call  the  attention  of  the  Brethren  in  the 
East,  lo  the  great  need  of  pn-achiug  the  (iospel 
in  the  West.  Thousands  are  famishing  for  the 
bread  of  life,  while  we  are  idle.  These  things 
ought  not  so  to  be.  Let  us  think  of  it,  brelh- 
ygnj  F.  HoovEii. 

From  Crescent  Hill,  Mo.  —  We  huve  not 
seen  anything  in  the  eoluiuns  of  your  paper 
from  this  arm  of  the  chnrcll.  I  will  commence 
by  saying  that  there  are  nine  members  here 
without  a  minister.  If  any  ministering  breth- 
r.'n  intend  emigrating  to  the  West,  we  would  be 
glad  lo  have  them  come  and  locate  with  us.  We 


have  a  good  country  hefe.  lor  all  kinds  of  gr.ain: 
water,  timber  and  oa]  Are  identy.  Small  grain 
is  goo<l,  and  goia!  prospect**  for  a  large  crop  of 
[KHuhes.  Apples  are  rather  scarce:  imprvivwl 
farms  arv  cheap.  Before  closing  we  cannot  for- 
bear lo  call  the  atti-nl  ion  of  the  Brethren  to 
Ihe  fact  that  niueli  good  could  be  done  hen-,  if 
the  Gos|«d  w.'is  preached  in  its  original  purity. 
Come  over  and  help  us.  G.  W.  K.IKSLEH. 

From  S.  A.  Sutter.—  Your  much  esteemed 
paper  make.s  its  weekly  visits  with  its  sound  les- 
sons  full  of  instruction.  May  the  good  Loi-d 
c.ntinue  with  you,  so  that  you  may  hew  close 
to  the  line.  We  are  anxiously  awaiting  Ihe 
written  debate.  The  church  is  in  love  and  un- 
ion, battling  Itgainst  sin  and  trying  to  cause 
sinners  to  repent. 


^ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


Nofficu  of   LoTC-fcost*.   Dw'i 

be  brief,  ami  wrillOD        ^ 
' '    -  iVom   etli*r  biiMW 


pup^r  separolg 


LOV'^PEASTB.        '  ■        ,      , 
Bel^trice  chmcli.  Gnge  Co.,  >*ei).,  S^i-^nibef  7U1  arul 

Stti.  commencing  at  2  o'ClnpJt.  !'   ,  J/ 

Siignr  Cm-k  coiigregiitlon.  Saiisoii^oii  (jO.,  ii|-^Oct. 
'     saiiiH.  pommenriiigiit  lOo'cluek-.       *   "'' 
Ifiwii  C.-ntcr.  Jit  rpsidcnco  of  Dro.  O.  W.  BoUnotts, 

S.-|il.7tli')m<18til.t^    -  '         , 

I-rtiiil  ( I'lk  ftmgrfgarton,  Boiirbrtii' t'o.,  Kimiiftb. 

Ocliilei  ;tid  iiml  Jtli,  cbiaratfiioiiitf  Jit'2  o'clock. 
Mllieiul  Creek,  .lolinsmi  C0..1M01.  Tiidaday. Got  1. 
M.JrtroeCo.,  Ia.,tliP  lOtliof  AuffiisV;  iit'lMei-  Mfil- 

fci'a.  twoinilMboutl)  ur  Frecjenc  sWtioii,  iwin- 
j  ,  Bipiieiiig  at  live  o^clwk.  ,,,'..    •' 

StJinisIiHis  cimrcli,  Cal.,  liist- iiiitimlay  '"  Octoliei. 
iWliJI.  -.mU'',  M«i.  S..'|.t.  7tli.  .       ,.         .    ,.[,  ,t     ■ 
Abil.iir  .li.n.h,  K.iiisiis,  Aiigijst^tli.    MectiiUfoji 

Ihc  ^"iili  ill  .-iiiiif  iilaee. 
Aniol.l's  Gmvo,  Seyt.  lOtli  aniV li^l. comi]^yiiciiig,|ft 

1  ./d..fk.  i'.  M.  "-■■  ''     ^    '■./    .|  '■ 
Miillifiiy  cnnBifyatioii,  IJoiid  ()o.,  III.,  Oct.  ntli. 
Camp  Ciffk  congregation.  Sejtt.  14.  /'  ^     '  ]^ 
Nine  miles  South  of  Tiiiton,  Mo.,  AugUM  imi  at' 

2  o'clock. 

Cottonwool  congregiitioni'LyoA'Cil'iCaTi.VSi'pt,  7tli 

iinrt  stli.  ''"' 

Hcthel  cluireti,  Filnioic  Co.,  Neli.,  Sejit.  14th  luul 

Fiiiukliii  ctiiiroli.  four  and  a  half  iniJeBl!rorth-eaat 

<I  J.iiin,  Dccatnr  Co.,  ^owa,  Oct.  JStll.  ^ 
W'Uiif  Hock  contfTpgation,  Knnsiis.  Sejit  2isl. 
Lower  VairCi'ePk  dniich.lWmliaon  Co.,  Ind.:  Oft.  11. 
;^=  We.  the  Brethrt-n  in  Ffeniolit  Co.,  In., 
have  api)oint*?(l  a  Lovc-feaat  Arig'.  31st.  meeting 
to  commence  tlie  ^^th  iind  continue  over  Sun- 
lay,  J.  M.  Keploole. 

2^^^  Arrangements  hav^  been  ilihde  to  meet 
with  the  brethren  in  Houdpfaon,  Ky.,  Aug.  Ut 
and  then  to  have  a  Love-fViist  on  August  Cth, 
if  the  Loi-d  will.  -Thofw-  iTwhing  to  be  present 
will  be  metfltHendersomirr.lhtffilWj,  if  notice 
is  given  to  John  P.  Gisb.  M.  Furnky. 

l^"  The  brethren  of  the  Logmt  eliurch.  Lo- 
g'lui  Co.,  Ohio,  expect  to  hold  a  Love-left-sf  Oc^. 
i2tlii  commenuing  ut  li  o'clock,-  P.  liL .  ' 

.     .,,,         ,|     I      .-.,,:      ,       ,..„       .  Jf.  I/.-FkAXTZ. 

'■:^"Tbe'BVeili»*h''6F'thfe  Veubody  cburch 
intend  boMing  th^iv  LoVe-fbist  tb*-  ^fli  (lild  6tb 
of  Oi'toR'r  at  the  residence  of  Bi-O.  Henv^- 
Shoinber.  three  rad  a  half  miles  Ndftb-West 
iif  P.-!ib(idy,  Mfirioii  Co..  Kail.,  ci-urtneiieing  at 
S  o'rbtlt.  P-  Sr.  Ministers  traveling  West  tb?s 
T-'itll,  will  please  make  a  note  of  tbis.  Peabodv 
is  ioii  tbf  main  Hiitf' of  the  .\tcbison.  Topella 
&'  i^dk  Fell:  R.'    '    *  "     Geo.  W.'TitdUAS. 

,  \/         1      .  ■'  .V''  ■'      --.        "    ■    '■^- 


INTERESTTNG   ITEMS. 


lEktircisb  Good  for  tbe  Mihdv'*  l-f 

MOST  people  snpposo  literary  men  have  an 
easy  time  of  it,  anH.  as  a  consequence, 
never  work.  Below  we  give  an  extract  from  n 
letter  ^vTittell  by  William  Cullen  Bi-yai't  of 
>Ipw  York,  i\i9t  a  few  days  before  his  death.  Fie 
was  a  man  of  great  literary  attainments  and 
died  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four  years. 
An  account  of  his  manner,  of  life  and  diet 
may  i)rove  beneficial  to  othe;^  engaged  in  liter- 
ary pursuits. 

IHE  LtTTER. 

1  riae  early,  at  this  time  of  the  year  about 
half-past  live;  in  summer,  half  an  hour,  or  even 
an  hour  eiirlier.  Immediately,  with  a  very  lit- 
tle incumbrance  of  clothing,  I  lM?gin  a  series  of 
exercisea.  for  the  most  part  designed  to  expand 
the  chest,  and  at  the  same  time  call  into  action 
all  the  inusclee  and  articulations  of  the  body. — 
These  are  performed  with  dumb-bells,  the  very 
lightest,  covered  with  Hannel,  with  a  pole,  a 
horizontal  bar,  and  a  light  chuir  swung  around 
my  head.  Aft«r  a  full  hour,  and  sometime!^ 
more  passed  in  this  manner,  I  bathe  from  bead 


to  foot.  When  at  niy  pbiee  in  the  oounfry,  I 
sometintes  shorten  my  exercises  in  thechamber. 
and,  going  out,  occupy  myself  for  half  an  hour 
or  more  in  some  work  which  retiuirca  brisk  ex- 
ercise. After  my  b.->tb.  if  breakfast  be  not 
ready.  I  sit  down  to  my  ptudiee  till  I  am  called. 

My  brcftkfiist  is  a  timple  one.  —  hominy  and 
milk,  or  in  place  of  hominy,  brown  bread  or 
oat-m*al,  or  whoat«n  grits,  and  in  the  season, 
baked  sweet  apples.  Buckwheat  cakes  I  do  not 
decline,  nor  any  other  article  of  vegetable  tood, 
but  animal  food  I  never  take  at  breakiast.  Tea 
and  coitee  I  never  touch  at  any  time.  Some- 
times I  take  a  cup  of  chocolate  which  has  no 
narcotic  effect  and  ngrcc-s  with  me  very  well. — 
At  breakfast  I  often  lake  fruit,  either  in  its  na- 
tural state,  or  freshly  stowed. 

,\fter  breakfiLot  I  occupy  myself  for  a  while 
with  my  Btudies.  and  then,  when  in  town,  I 
walk  down  to  the  office  of  the  Errnhiff  Post, 
n-.-iriy  three  niiW  distant,  and  utter  about  tlirec 
houre,  retuni.  alwnys  walking,  wbattiver  be  the 
weather  or  the  state  of  the  streets.  1"  tht 
country  I  am  engaged  in  my  litt-rary  taskR  un- 
til ft  feeling  of  weariness  drives  me  out  into  the 
open  air,  and  I  fro  upon  ray  farm  or  into  the 
gai-deu'  and  pnine  the  frilit-breeB,  or  perfoi-m 
sftme  otber  work  about  them  which  they  need, 
'and  then  gd  back  to  my  books.  I  do  not  often 
dvive  out.  pViteiTing  to  walk.' 

hi  the  country  I  dine  early,  and  it  is  only  at 
that  meal  Ibat  I  take  either  meat  or  ti>h,  ami  of 
tbpm  but  a  moderat*-  quantity,  making-  my  din- 
ner mosfcly  of  vegetables.'  At  tlie  meal  which 
is  called  tea;  I  take  mUyn  little  hi-ead  and  but^ 
ter,  *rith  fruit,  if  it  be  on  the  table.  In  town, 
where  I 'dine  later.  I  make  but  two  meals  a  day. 
Fi-uit  makes  a  considerable  part  of  my  diet. — 
My  drink  is  water,  yet  I  sometimes,  though 
rarely,  take  a  glass  of  wine.  I  am  a  natural 
temperance  man,  finding  myself  rather  confus- 
ed than  exhilai-.ited  by  wine.  I  never  meddle 
•vnik  tobacco,  Except  to  qnarrel  with  its  use. 


bone-encased  shoulders;  from  your  hips  to  your 
feet  having  wide-floating  draperies;  but  bind 
and  pinch  and  tighten  over  the  lower  air-cellg 
of  the  lungs,  over  that  throbbing  heart,  the  ac- 
tive liver,  and  the  expanding  atonmch.  Fnrln- 
nately  there  is  nothing  there,  by  way  of  bones 
to  preTent  you  from  squeezing  youi-self  allyoj 
wish;  and  only  by  sqeezing  yourself  there,  can 
you  be  made  beautiful  m  my  eyes.'  " 


Opposing  the   Bible. 


Roads    in    Palestine. 

ONE  of  the  most  unexpected  things  a  thor- 
ough explorer  finds  in  both  Westijru  and 
^^t«rn  Palestine,  is  the  number  and  high  state 
of  preservation  of  roads  built  during  the  Ro- 
man erfi.  They  were  laid  out  on  all  miun 
routes  and  were  constructed  so  pei-fectly  that  in 
many  sections  tliey  enilure  to-<iuy,  as  well  as  if 
finished  not  long  ago.  Nor  do  they  exhibit  a 
better  t)ian  Oriental  art  alone,  for  in  tbej,natter 
of  engineering  they  are  high  examples  of  scien- 
tific success.  The  country  of  Palestine  was 
ope  of  the  mpst  ditbcult  to  carry  a  system  of 
roadways  over,  and  yet  its  obstacltjs  were  sur- 
mounted with  the  Iciist  possible  expenditure  of 
labor.  Every  route  was  curbed,  ou  each  side  by 
lines  of  stones  pnijeuting  from  one  to  two  feet 
iibuve  the  surface  of  the  soil;  between  these 
boundaries,  the  avenue  was  piived;  streams  were 
crossiid  by  bridges,  whose  style  remams  pre- 
sejTfid  abne  in  tl)Ose  of  Italy  to  the  present 
hour,  ^  as,  lor  example  those  of  Venice;  val- 
levs  were  traversed  by -viaduct-*;  and  causeways 
canied.tJifr -line -up  pr  down  mountain-sides, 
either  by  jjiwrs/vf  masonry  or  iu  channels  siif- 
fieiently  wide  cat  out  of  living  ruck.  Often 
zig-zags  and  steps  were  resorted  to  ni  climbmg 
steep  aseents.  Whenever  the  street  passed  over 
epl^d  jqcjc,  the  wear  of  chariot  wheels  in  tlii- 
cpurse  of  time,  maile  ruts,  which  remain  to  this 
d(iy  as  plain  and  deep,  as  when  the  lost  car  pass- 
ed over,  and  which  will  remain  ,foi'eyer  ascleai* 
and  permanent  there. 

\VIien  Palestine  shall  be  reopened  by  Chris- 
tian civilization,  these  very  Roman  roadij  will 
be  followed  by  modem  routes,  and  many  >ec- 
,tions  will  scarcely  iyqiiife^epa;irj  fo^^  ^m«i0^jp 
ous  and  easy  travel,  ., 


AFKIEND  at  Rome  writes,  that  the  high 
church  dignitaries  of  Spain  have  uiiide  sueh 
representations  to  the.  Pope  respecting  the  wide 
distribution  of  the  Bible  in  the  country,  cupeo. 
iaily  among  the  poorer  cla.'wcs,  that  a  decree  hju 
been  issued  prohibiting,  under  jmin  of  excom, 
mui+ication,  any  person  from  aHording  food  or 
shelter  to  any  Protestant  missioj^ary  in  Spain. 
The  greater  excomnnmication  is  akg  decreed 
against  any  Prytestaut:  religious  i)nblicution 
whether  for  sale  or  otherwise.  'Ihcae  decreei' 
which  are  ordered  to  be  read  iu  eyei-j-  purig|j 
church  in  SpuJJi.  are  acciHupaiiicd  by  nu  auto, 
graph  letter  from  the  Pope  to  Kiug  Alfonso, 
urging  him.  for  the  sake  of  the  great  CatholiJ 
country  of  which  he  is  l,hp  ("ler,  to  use  all  hi> 
etlorti  to  bring,  tlje  civil  power  to,;lie.ir  against 
the  mii^siMnaries  for  their  expulsion  and  coufij. 
catiflu  of  thciA-iCstablishiiients  tluoiiglmut  th« 
cojuutry. — Vhi'iiftiun  Cynomrfi. 

A  Lee,(Mass  )  elet;triciim  was  e^ijei-iiueating 
with  a  telepUpne  the  pthor  night,  talking 
through  .SO  miles  of  wire,  ^vheu  he  was  surpri*. 
ed  to  bear  laughter  and  festive  sounds  frouj 
many  different  voices,  and  concluded  ther* 
must  be  a  jolly  ropni  full  at  the  other  end.-. 
But  bis  surprise  was  greatly  increased  n-hen  \\^ 
learned  that  his  fellow  operator  had  been  en- 
tirely alone  during  all  of  their  conversation.— 
The  most  reasonable  explanation  of  the  phe- 
nomena is  that  the  wire  must  have  gone  near 
some  hall  where  a  large  and  jovial  party  were 
iissembled,  and  transmitted  the  sounds  of  theij- 
merriment  to  the  sensitive  telephone.  ' 

A  little  \-illage,in  the  neighborhood  of  Dra» 
guignan  France,;  has  lately  been  the  scene  of 
a  remarkable  subsidence,  which  has  attracted 
the  curious  trom  all  dii-ections.  An  elliptical 
tract  of  ground,  containing  over  ten  thousand 
square  test,  sank  gradually  one  day,  aucompnu. 
ied  by  loud  noises,  until  it  left  im  oritice  otovei 
one  hundred  feet  in  depth  with  water  at  the 
bottom.  Nun;ierous  trees  &nd  vinew  disappeared 
comepletely  in  the  depth  of  the  new  lake.  A 
similar  depression  on  a  smaller  scale  occurred 
in  the  same  vicinity  a  century  ago,  and  both 
the  phenomena  ai'e  attribijtf4itOi:#lbterraucAli 
streams, — Nature..  \   .,,!■    ,     .. 


Sensible   Words  about  Dress. 

ABBA  Goold  Woolson,  who  has  said  numer- 
ous good  things  about  healthful  dress, 
is  the  aiitlioi"  of  the  following  excellent 
paragriipbs; — 

"  Health  would  say. '  If  your  di'ess  is  to  be 
tight,  let  it  be  tight  anywhere  iiut  over  the  re- 
gion between  the  upper,  fastened  ribs  and  the 
hips.  If  its  weight  is  to  be  great,  let  it  hang 
from  the  solid  frame-work  of  the  shoulders,  not 
from  this  sensitive  central  region  where  there 
iii  nothing  to  support  it.  If  any  part  is  to  be 
overheated,  let  it  be  the  extremities,  and  not 
this.  For  here  lie  the  vital  organs  whose  un- 
impeded action  is  essential  to  life, — the  lungs, 
the  heart  the  liver,  and  the  stomach.  That 
they  nmy  have  the  fullestopportunity  to  expand 
and  move,  they  are  covered  only  with  loose 
Hesh  and  a  few  movable  bones.'  " 

"  But  custom  says, '  Let  your  dress  be  tight 
nowhere  but  over  this  region  between  the  nbs 
and  the  hij  s.     Loo^en  your  clothing   over  the 


Gen.  Howard  attacked,, the  Indian**  at  Beusr 
ley's  Still.  Ort'gou.  The  hostiles  were  about 
1(11.1  strong.  Howard  repulsed  them  three  timw 
and  captured  from  iUO  to  50U  bead  of  ^tock  tor 
gether  with  provisions, and  animuuif^pu.  Fif^teeij 
\yere  wounded.  ;Two  mortally.  T''e  war.Da. 
jiartment  has  received  a  dispatch  from  Gen.  MiN 
Dowell  coufirmijjig  this  :iccouut  of  tien.  Kowr- 
ard's  fight  witji  l^b.e  Indimis..  ,,,,,, 


It  is  hard  to  believe,  but  it  is  nevertheless  a 
fact,  that  the  number  of  suicides  in  this  country 
published  iu  the  newspapers  during  the  year 
ending  .luly  15,  i\as  nearly  'J,0,iXl,  ajid  the  piiiu» 
ber  of  murders  during  the  sulne  period exceude4 
l,5(i0.  Mo^t  of  the  suicides  are  atkiljuted  to 
mental  aberration  caused  by  finaneiat  fU'  do- 
mestic troubles,  and  most  of  the  murders  are atr 
tributcd  t»>  strong  di;ink  and  jealou.'^y. 


A'iWty  of  tourists  qn  JJt.  Washington,  a  few 
(laj-s  since,  found  the  wind  blowing  eighty-four 
miles  an  hour,  and  a  heavy  snow  storm  iu  progr 
ress.  One  had  bis  ears  frozen,  and  another  two 
fingers  frost-bitten;  while  at  the  iypt  of  ths 
mountain  the  weather  was  £ne  warmest  of  the 
year  so  far. 

A  telegram  from  Sydney,  New  Si>u^h  Wales, 
dated  July  11,  states  that  two  tribes  of  natives 
have  arisen  against  the  g()vemmonfc  on  the  is- 
land of  New  Caledonia  and  massacred  155 
whites,  including  women  and  children.  They 
have  also  captured  two  military  stations. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  passenger  Imin  going  eiist  leuveg  Lunnrk 
P.  M.,  AU<i  iirrivea  in  lUicine  nt  ii.'43  ['.  M 

Day  passenger  Imin  going  west  leaves  Laoai-lt  a( 
M,,  ami  arrives  ai  Hock  THlfin.l  al  5;fiO  V.  M. 

Nighl  passenger  Irains,  going  east  and  west 


12:00 


eet  I 


leave  Lanark  al  tM^  A.  M  ,  arrivlag  In  Hacino  at  9:«l 
A.    M,,   and    at    Hook  IbUh.!  al  B;00  A.  M, 
Freight  nod  Acoomraoilaliun    Trains    will   run    weit  U 
12:  10  A    M.,    8:10  A,  M.,  and  east   ol  12;10A.  «- 
and  fi:  15  P.  M. 

Tickeis  are  aold    for   dbove    Irains   only.     PiisteDgW 
trails  make  close  connection  at  Wesiero  Union  JunclloD,. 
Q.  A.  Shitb,  AftnL 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shalt  be  unto  All  Pe^^iUr —'LvfiiL  2: 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  August  8, 1878. 


No.  32. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBDTORS: 


J,  W.  STEIN,      - 
p,  TAKIMAN,        - 
P,  B.  MENTZER, 

KA-rrre  A.  leak, 


-  -       LADOGA,  INI). 
-       NKWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -      -  VIRDKN,  1LT-. 
-WAYXKSBORO.  PA. 

-  -      L'RISANA,    ILL. 


MARY  ANOINTETHTHE  LORD. 

TiUi  savun  l.i.lgwl  ,it  Hetliiiiiy. 

Aiut  siiiDi  iHil  »<iine  preiime, 
A  siipiiLT :  iit  which  Martha  sen-eil. 

Ami  LnKanis  wns  tliere, 
Aiul  llicit  good  sister  atrgve 
Tu  slicjw  her  ttmlor,  fervent  lovf. 
She  came  lif-liind  our  lilpsaert  Lord, 

Ami  111  His  feet  did  Btmid; 
A  I'ux  witli  i-c)stly  ointiiieiit  fllied. 

Slie  lit'ld  within  lier  hand. 
ThL>  box  she  liiiikt,  the  (linlment  poiiied. 
E'on  to  tJie  ttet  of  her  deai-  Loi-d. 

Slic  wil>i-'d  tlioae  foct  with  lier  long  liiiir. 

,Slie  kissed  Ihf  ni  in  lier  love; 
Tiif  rriigriiiice  of  tlie  ointment  siJi'ead 

Througli  iOl  the  air  ahove; 
But  wicked  .ludiiH  inuniinrhig  iinid, 
"  Wliy  was  lliis  waste  nf  ointment  made?" 

rri'tending  thiit  he  wished  it  had 

\'\i<m  the  iiiiDr  been  siient; 
Jliit  Jettn.s  kinrlly  lookfd  nn  Iter, 

lie  knew  her  heurt'H  ijitt'iit ; 
Tliu  jjooi- ye  have  alwa\s  with  ymi, 
And  when  ye  will,  niiiy  kindness  show. 

JUit  I  am  leaviiiy  you,  this  deed 
Of  love  lialh  now  heen  wroiiRlit. 

Prepiiviny  lor  my  bnriul  day : 
"\Vlicrf\-r  lliis  <;osin-l's  t:ni(,'ht 

Thrnitjiliniit  \]\y  wm-Id.Ilim' this  sliall  be 

Mild?  known  tliiit  she  Imlh  ilone  tome. 
.-^I'lcttrd  by  J.  11.  KlJ,I.KR. 


WHAT  IT  IS  TO  LIVE  FOR  GOD. 

UV  CH  AKLOTTE  T.  IIOKD.  I 

LET  the  credulous  laugh  to  sconi  at  the  pow- 
er of  failh  and  purity  of  religion,  let  the 
giddy  and  imthiukiug  make  a  jest  of  its  ordi- 
nauces,  let  them  suppose  a  life  of  righteousness, 
is  u  life  of  selt-sacrifiee, — tlieyknow  nothing  of 
the  quiet,  tranquil  peace  that  perviules  the 
bosoui  of  the  followers  of  Josus.  They  have 
finn  faith  in  the  divine  hand  that  is  directing 
tlicir  way:  they  stand  to  the  post  of  duty,  uo 
mutter  what  may  arise  in  this  ehangenble  life, 
feariejis  in  time  of  danger,  unmoved  by  the 
clianging  multitude;  keeping  themselves  pure 
aud  uon-couformed  to  the  world.  Faithful  and 
loyal  in  tlmir  love  to  God  amid  all  the  turmoil 
and  strife  of  this  piwsiug  existence,  tbey  stand 
erect  in  jnnoceucy  supi)orted  by  truth,  with 
hearts  lull  of  joy  that  they  are  counted  worthy 
to  suffer  for  the  truth's  sake.  If  earthly  con- 
flicts and  storms  of  passion  arise',  they  only  gain 
new  strength  and  beauty,  and  tlieir  faith  be- 
comes more  firmly  rooted,  knowing  the  great 
and  powerful  Beingthathasgiventliem strength 
to  surmount  past  difficulties,  is  just  ns  able  to 
carry  them  through,  all  LUat  may  arise  in  the 
future.     ■  V  ■!  I    '-it.  ■<  :  ■'  . 

They  can  mingle  with  men  in  all  the  walks 
of  life,  and  go  on  errands  of  mercy  and  love 
Mid  keep  themselves  unspotted  from  this  wicked 
world.  They  can  always  be  at  the  post  of  duty, 
showing  the  faithless  and  unbeliering  that  there 
is  Something  to  trust  and  lioyefor;  when  ev^ry 
eurthly  tie  is  severed;  when  every  eai-thly  hope 
is  blasted.  The  wicked  may  sneer  at  them  when 
surrounded  by  affluence  and  good  health,  but 
tlie  worst  men  will  rejoice  to  see  them  com- 
ing in  the  dark  hour  of  affliction,  when  the  eye 
•wconies  dimmed  with  the  near  approach  of 
^eath.  The  life  of  the  righteous  is  full  of  joy 
aud  tranquil  peace.  They  are  drawn  U)  every 
duty  by  love.     They  find  in  self-denial  a  pleas- 


ure. Even  in  this  world  of  wickedness  and 
sorrow,  they  find  much  to  admire  and  love. 
They  are.  surrounded  by  their  Father's  works. 
They  delight  in  the  beauties  and  glories  of  cre- 
ation, knowing  thoy  were  placed  here  for  their 
pleasni-e,  and  feeling  it  would  be  ingratitude, 
notto  accept  allthesegifls  with  true  and  thank- 
ful hearts.  We  imagine  that  there  are  many 
things  necessary  to  make  us  happy  here,  but 
the  things  most  needed,  to  make  this  earth  a 
pleasant  dwelling-place  for  man,  is  righteous- 
ness. 

Let  every  one  make  it  his  great  aim  to  gain 
the  righteousness  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  he  need 
not  he  troubled  about  anything  else."  "Seek 
ye  fir^t  the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteous- 
ness and  the  rest  will  be  added  unto  you."  God 
has  said,  he  will  withhold  no  good  thing  from 
them  that  walk  uprightly.  If  we  train  our  chii- 
dren  to  virtue  and  true  piety,  we  need  have  no 
fear  for  their  snceesa  in  life.  We  should  always 
keep  before  them,  that  the  path  of  duty  is  the 
path  of  pleasure,  and  no  true  happiness  can 
come  from  following  the  wicked.  If  these  prin- 
ciples were  strongly  instilled  into  the  minds  of 
our  children,  parents  would  seldom  be  disai>- 
poiuted  in  their  offspring,  and  instead  of  bring- 
ing sorrow  and  disgrace  upon  their  parents  in 
their  old  age.  they  wtmld  be  a  crown  of  glory 
in  their  declining  yeai-s. 

We  should  all  bear  constantly  in  mind,  that 
to  be  wicked,  is  to  be  misernble  and  fearful. 
The  wicked  flee  when  no  man  pursues,  but  to  be 
righteous,  is  to  be  strong  and  happy,  fearless 
and  confiding,  loving  and  tendei^  compassionate 
and  sympathizing.  The  righteous  has  nothing 
to  fear  so  long  as  he  is  loyal  and  faithful,  he 
knows  whom  he  serves.  He  knows  hi.-!  promises 
are  sure  and  steadiest,  and  that  he  has  all  pow- 
er in  heaven  and  on  eaith,  and  though  the  earth 
may  totter  in  its  orbit,  the  hills  and  valleys  may 
all  come  together,  the  sun  may  be  dai-kened,  the 
moon  refuse  to  shine,  all  nature  may  become  a 
mixture  of  confusion,— yet  will  the  all-power- 
erful  Lord  of  glory  pi-eserve  his  own.  The  Cre- 
ator of  the  universe  has  sufficient  wisdom  and 
power  to  arrange  everything  to  suit  his  purpose, 
and  his  true  servants  are  the  especial  objects  of 
his  care  and  he  will  never  forget  or  forsake  them. 
AVhat  a  sacrifice  the  man  makes,  who  lives  for 
this  world  alone.  He  loses  all  of  the  true' Joys 
of  life  here,  and  all  prospect  of  life  beyond  the 
tomb.  Why  will  they  neglect  a  matter  of  so 
much  importance  for  a  few  fleeting  plcasoreai' 
All  promises  of  reward  are  to  the  faithful,  and 
dreadful  punishment  are  threatened  to  the 
wicked  anddibubedient.  When  we  look  at  our- 
selves standing  constantly  on  the  very  brink  of 
eternity,  can  it  be  that  we  will  still  hold  back 
and  live  for  this  world  alone?  While  right- 
eousness is  offered  on  such  easy  terms,  let  us  at 
once  determine,  if  we  have  never  tried  to  live 
righteously,  to  begin  now,  this  very  moment; 
for  to-morrow  is  not  ours.  Ere  another  day 
comes  we  may  belying  inimimate,  all  chance  of 
accepting  this  glorious  gift  is  gone.  Yes,  1  say 
let  us  begin  now,  and  though  it  be  the. eleventh 
hour,  we  will  be  accepted  and  receive  our  re- 
ward. And  if  some  of  us  have  made  the  start, 
and  are  not  as  faithful  in  every  duty  as  we 
should  be,  let  us  deteniiine  now,  that  we  ifill 
hereafter  come  right  up  to  every  duty,  neglect- 
ing none,  no  matter  how  small  it  is;  the  small 
duties  uie  the  duties  that  retiiiifc  tlie  most  at- 
tention. There  are  few  of  us  that  nim  at  a 
righteous  lite,  that  would  be  guilty  of  a  sin  of 
any  magnitude  at  first;  but  if  we  begin  to  neg- 
lect some  matters  that  we  think  are  small  in 
themselves,  we  will  soon  forget  that  they  are 
sins  at  all,  and  larger  ones  will  seeni  small. 
Now  let  us  begin  to  improve  our  time  and  do 
all  we  can;  for  our  time  cannot  be  long  at  best, 
and  it  mnv  be  shorter  than  anv  of  ns  think,  and 
would  it  not  be  terrible  at  the  last  day,  thongh 
we  come  pleading  our  works  of  righteousness. 
Can  you  imagine  how  you  would  feelat  hearing 


the  words,  "  Depart  from  me.  I  never  knew 
J'ou."  Let  ns  be  more  fuitUful.  Lot  ua  live  for 
God,  and  the  world  can  past  along  as  it  always 
htw,  it  is  moved  by  the  mighty  power  of  God. 
He  created  us  and  placed  us  here  to  serve  him, 
not  to  enslave  ourselves  with  worldly  follies,  but 
•serve  and  obey  him,  and  if  we  do  not  fill  the 
purpose  «T  wei-c  created  for.  life  will  be  a  fail- 
ure, and  eternity  lost. 

ARE  WE  SAVED  BY  FAITH.  BAP- 
TISM.  WORKS.  OR  GRACE? 

IIV  EMMA  W.\.TSON-. 


"  For  by  griu'c  are  ye  saved  tliroiiRh  faith;  and 
that  not  of  yourselves  It  is  the  gift  of  God ;  not  of 
works,  lest  any  uuui  sUonld  boast."  Epli.  a;  8. 1). 

"  Kven  sii  l\iitb.  if  It  butli  not  works,  is  dead,  be- 
inif  alone.  But  wilt  thon  know.  0  viiin  man,  that 
faith  witlioiil  works  Is  dead?  Koras  the  body 
wltliuutthenpirit  iiidead.ao  faith  witliowt  works 
is  dead  also."  J  ames  l" :  au.  ao. 

PETER,  referring  to  Noah  and  the  ark,  in 
which  eight  souls  were  saved,  %kvs,  "The 
like  figure  whereunto  even  baptism  doth  also 
save  ns.  not  the  putting  away  of  the  filth 
of  the  flesh,  but  the  answer  of  a  good  conscience 
toward  God,  by  the  resurrectiouofJtsus Christ,'' 
1:  Peter  3:  22.  In  the  above  quotations,  Paul 
says,  "That  we  are  saved  by  grace  through 
faith,  not  by  works."  James  says,  "  That  we 
are  saved  by  works,  and  not  by  faith;"  and  Pe- 
ter declares,  "That  we  are  saved  by  baptism. 
Here  we  have  an  apparentcontrndietiou  existing 
between  the  apostles,  yet  weshidl  soon  see  up- 
on a  clear  investigation,  that  they  are  in  com- 
plete harmony,  one  witli  the  other.    It  takes  a 


22:  16.  the  remiaeion  of  whose  gm^  only 
took  place  after  he  acted  upon  his  faith.  /.  e., 
showed  forth  works.  Chrint  *»y%,  "  I  am  the 
door:  by  nie,  ifany  man  ent^r  in.  he -hall  b» 
Haved,  and  shall  go  in  and  out.  and  find  pasture  " 
John  10:9.  He  is  our  ex»mpl«  by  which  we 
must  come  into  the  church,  and  b*ring  the  door 
all  must  go  through  that  door,  and  enttr  in  by 
that  door;  for  he  sailh, "  I  am  thewHy.  the  truth 
and  the  life:  no  man  Cometh  unto  the  Pathfr, 
but  by  mo."  John  14:  6.  Again.  Paul  says,  i^ 
Rom.  2: 13,  "  For  not  the  hearers  of  the  word 
ore  just  before  God,  but  the  doers  of  the  law 
shall  be  justified."  Ephe^iant  2:  in.  he  further 
declares  the  followinifl  "For  we  are  his  work- 
manship, created  in  ChrJit  Jesus  unto  good 
^  works,  which  God  halh  before  ordained  that  «e 
should  walk  in  them;"  and  touching  on  ba;,ti»ni 
he  gives  expression  to  the  following:"  Buried 
with  him  in  baptism,  wherein  also  ye  are  riico 
with  him  through  the  failh  of  the  oiwration  of 
God,  who  hath  raiwal  him  f  om  the  dead."  CoL 
2:  12. 

How  perfectly  Paul  here  agree*  with  Peter, 
who  say.-*,  "  The  like  figure  whereunto  even 
baptism  doth  now  save  us."  And  again,  how 
they  accord  with  James,  who  declares  in  his 
epistle  2:  24,  "  Ye  then  know  how  that  by  works 
a  man  is  justified,  and  not  by  fjiith  onlv."  Xoah, 
to  whom  Peter  refei-s  in  regard  to  baptism,  ex- 
hibits his  works  in  the  building  of  the  urk,  and 
was  saved  by   his  works,   without  which  he 


would  have  utterly  perished.     In  the  rtxfiKt  of 
baptiam,  wevitaliKeioith  and.  ihow  forth  onr 
works. 
Then  in  conclusion  to  sum  up,  we  are  saved 


union  of  the  three  viz,  faith,  repentance  and    by  grace  through   faith;  {that  is  a  living  and 

^^"rking  faith)  "and  that  imt  of  ours.-Ive:,:  it  is 
the  gifl  of  God:"  "Not  of  wcu-ks,  lest  any  man 
should  bofwt"— Paul.  "You  see  then  that  hy 
works  a  man  is  justified, and  not  by  fnithonly." 
James.  And  finally  Peter.  "The  like  figure 
whereunto  even  baptism  dolh  also  now  save  08," 
Faith,  repentance  and  ibaptism,  bring  us  into 
the  church  (and  of  coume  works  also)  after 
which  works  must  continue  and  do  in  all,  who 
have  a  living  and  true  failh.  "  A  tree  is  knowu 
by  its  fruits."  But  after  we  have  observed  ^U 
the  above  conditions  of  salvation,  faith,  repen- 
tance, baptism  and  even  works,  then  are  we 
only  saved  by  the  grace  of  God. tor  in  us  dwell- 
eth  uo  good  tiling,  and  do  not  merit  by  our  own 
works,  his  gracious  favor. 


baptism,  tosaveus.  Ifany  ofthe  three  are  want- 
ing we  are  lost,  and  the  requirements  of  the 
plan  of  salvation  have  not  been  complied  with. 

1.  Faith  must  precede  either  of  the  other 
two  essentials  of  salvation;  mthout  wo  can  do 
nothing,  it  underlies  the  veiy  groundwork  of 
Goa's  kingdom,  and  the  entire  plan  of  salvation; 
being  the  strung  pillar  upon  which  Christian 
character  is   built.     Paul  says,   in  Uom.   1;  IT, 

For  therein  is  the  righteousness  of  God  re- 
vealed from  faitli  to  faith;  as  it  is  written,  the 
just  shill  liv^by  faith."  Again  Jesus  says,  in 
Mark  16;  10,  "  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptiz- 
ed shall  be  saved;  and  he  that  believeth  not 
shall  be  damned;"  hei'ein  we  |»lainly  see,  that 
we  must  first  have  faltli  to  believe,  and  tlieu 
will  our  works  follow  with  baptism,  harmoniz- 
ing with  Paul,  Jomes,  and  Peter;  moreover  can 
any  one  have  true  fai,tli  unless  works  accompany 
it?  Most  assuredly  not;  to  be  mure  emphatic 
and  apparently  contradictory,  faith  without 
works  is  no  faith,  for  works "  meet  unto  repen- 
tance," follow  and  go  with  faith  as  auroly  ils 
night  follows  day;  and  light  goes  wltTi  the  sun. 
The  faith  that  Paul  mean^  is  insepet-ably  linked 
with  good  works. 

Abraham  showed  hisfaith  by  his  works,  and 
liis  works  were  the  natural  outgrowth  of  his 
failh;  when  lie  ivas  commanded.  "  To  go  out 
into  a  place  which  he  should  afterwards  receive 
for  an  inheritance,  obeyed;  uud  he  went  out 
knowing  whither  hy.  weut."  Had  Abraham 
said,  "  Lord,  I  have  faith,"  and  yet  refuse  to 
obey,  would  he  have  received  an  inhoritauce? 
"  Without  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please  God, 
for  he  that  Cometh  to  God,  must  believe  that  he 
is  a  I'ewarder  of  them  that  diligently  seek  him." 
HebjlliQ.  But  mere  faith  is  not  sufficient, 
Hoar  James  2:  1ft, '*  Thou  believest  that  thore 
is  one  God;  thou  doest  well;  the  devils  believe 
aud  Ircmblu."  Yes,  whoeoevel"  possesses  gen- 
uine faith,,  will,  also  follow  the  example  of,  Him, 
in  whom  he  has  faith,  and  by  whom  life  etvrnal 
is  given  to  them  that  truly  believe.  Paul  was 
commanded  by  the  Lord  Jesus  "  to  mrise  and  go 
into  the  city  and  it  should  be  told  him  what  ho 
mu*>t  do,  whereupon  he  showed  his  faith  by  his 
works  in  obeying  his  Lord's  commands  and 
was  baptized,   washing  away    his  sinti."  Acts 


A  SCENE  FROM  LIFE. 


i   YOUNG 

A     village 


OUNG  man  enterad  tihe  bar-roooi  of  a 
tavern,  and  called  for  a  drinjt. 
"  No,"  said  the  kndlotid:  "you^avehad  deliii- 
um  tremens  once,  aud  I  cannot  sell  yoo  any 
more."  ffe  stepped  aside  to  maKfe  room  fbr  a 
couple  of  young  men  who  had  jnst  enteivd.aitd 
the  londlurd  M-aited  upon  them  very  poHtO'ly. 
The  other  had  stood  byeilcntly  and  sullen,  und 
when  they  finished.  \ic  w^lketl  up  to  the-  land- 
lord, and  .thus  (iddressed  h^m;,"Six  years  ago, 
at  their  age,  I,  8tood|, where  those  ,young  nitjD 
are  now— I  was  a  man  with  fair  itrospects. 
Now,  at  tlie  age  of  twenty-eight,  I  am  a  wreck, 
body  and  mind.  You  led  me  to  drink.  In  tKis 
rooln  1  foi'iii^d  the  hrtbit  that  hasWh  my  rnin. 
Now  si'll  me  a  few  glasses  ^ore.  and  your  work 
will  be  done.  I  fthall  feooA  be  oht  of  the  wiiy ; 
thereis  no  bupeifor  m«;  Bot  theiy  can  besHv- 
ed.  'Do  not  seEit  lio  them..  St^ll  it  to  nie  fuid 
let  me  die,  and  the  worid  will  ^e  rid  ot  me:  but 
for  heavtm's  sake  s^U  no  more  to,  them!"  The 
lajidlord  listeuod.  pale  aud  trembling.  Setting- 
down  his  decanter,  he  exclaimed,  "  Gud  help 
me.  this  is  the  )ast  drop  I  will  ever  sell  to  any 
onel"     And  he  kel)t  his  word. 

\  ■,,  '■ 

Can  we  ever  cease  to  remember  Jesus  who 
gave  himself  for  us?  Surely  not,  when  he 
died  to  save  us  if  we  be  the  chief  of  dinners. — 
E.  R.  StUt^r. 


'JMJI-:    KlU-'j'jJI^KX    AT   yvoMii. 


'g"st    8. 


B  AND  FRl&NpS. 

lioul 


/ 


A-  »w«'t  iw  lu']it't>u  desi2He<J  it, 
^Hut  ;K->.-<i  wc  roiiui  to  Lriug  it  home. 
"Tli«ii«li  ll->v  tlii-n-  b.^  tliat  find   it. 

Wi-  si-'-'i  too  liif^li  for  thingir  tlusc    by. 

Ami  l»->-  wliiit  iinture  found  ih: 

Kor  liff   hnth    helv   uo   friend'*   w   tlfar    ■ 

As  jiom<>  nnd  fricjid)'  arourid  us. 

Wr-ort  .It-siroi  iFif  [irest-nt  jov — 

Vvr  future  liopm,.iiJuL praise  them. 

Wln'lf  tlower.-)  ilx  Mwuvt,  bloom  ut  our  feet. 

If  we'd  but  «top.  to  raiw  them; 

For  tliinRsafar,  still  nweetcr  ar*. 

Wlifri  voiitir«  bripht  «pell   huth   bound  nn. 

Iliit  M>i>ii  ivtf're  taiif:tit  tbi-  eartb  biith  nuufflit 

hikv  hxnk'and  frii'iuU  around  un. 

Tbf  frii-udj*  tbnt  !i])efrl  in  tiiot  of  u-.-vit 
\Vhi'u  tii-ii>c"!4  Inst   repd   U  shaken. 
.  hoshuiv  uf)  still  tbnt,  JctcoDi^  wlint  will. 
We  urc  not  quite  fbrtftkcn. 
TboD}:b  111!  were  bright,  if  but  the  li^lit 
Troui  Inend8hi|>'»  nltnr  crowned  iii-: 
T'KiuM  prove  the  blisw  of  earth  was  tliis; 
Our  liciiR-  and  tVii-nd.'^  around  u-, 

.S.*ll»t.-.l    \>y   MOM.IK  E,    lllCKti. 

CONFESSION  OF  THE  MURDER 
OF  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 


H' 


(f'onr/uflt'/I  fro/n  Jaxt  wfil'). 
K  n-(|iK'stT'd  tliat  one  of  us  u'oiilil 
nitf  a  li'tttT  to  his  « ifu,  jiiJiking 
IitT  »c<jimintecl  \\\i\\  tlie  f'actM  conwrn- 
itig  Iii-  (Icatli,  in  order  that  her  mind 
might  lie  relieved  I'roni  the  liorroi-s  of 
nnt-i'rt.ninty.  As  wc  saw  no  harm  in 
making  this  promise,  \vhich,  of  conrse, 
vvi!  liad  no  idea  of  keejjing,  ue  pledged 
oinx-Ives  to  comply  with  his  reijuest, 
and  uv-^niT'd  him  that  Iii.s  family  slionld 
not  111'  permitted  to  yiiiVer  ft-om  poverty. 
\\V  (hell  tohl  Inm  that  we  would  leave 
him  ninnefor  half  an  hour,  at  the  end 
of  whieh  time  we  should  expeet  to  fiml 
Jiini  j'i'epared  to  meet  his  inevitalde  fate. 
He  m*'rely  bowed  liy  way  of  reply. 

lutiiing  trom  the  room,  we  stationed 
onr.-ei\i-.s  near  tin*  <lnor,  and  euilt^ayoiei' 
to  jirevent  reflection  hy  conversation  car 
tied  I'H   in  a  low  tone.     But   it  waa  in 
\ain,  ■■'.  i-ry  eft'orc  was  a  failui'e;  and   at 
liLst.  a  'gloomy  silence  fell  over  us,  ^^■hich 
none  ventuicd  to   disturli.     How  Mor- 
gan pasied  his  time,  I  cannot  say.     Kv- 
ery  rldng  was  quiet  it'j  the  tomh  within. 
As  he  was  ehainnd    and    handeuilt'il,  he 
could  not  move  without  our  hearing  him, 
iand  not  the  faintest  sound  fell  upon  oui' 
ears,  which*  were   so   painfully   open  to 
every  thing,   that   I  verily   helieve   the 
falling  of  a  leaf  in  o\ir  midst  would  have 
caused  us   to  st«rt   with  terror.     Most 
prol.aldy  he  indulged  in   that  rapid  i-e- 
flecti<iii  whicii  is  always  caused    hy    the 
certainty  of  the  fast  approach  of  death; 
ami  \.U  whole  life,  with  its  mingled  ])ic- 
ture-v  of  good  and  ill,  passed  before   his 
fervid  vision.      iVrliaps  he   prayed,  not 
only  for  himself,  but  for  his  murderers. 
But  I  cannot   dwell   upon  the  subject, 
which,  even  at  this  distance  of  tinn%  ap- 
palls the  memory. 

The  time  having  expired,  we  entered 
the  nmgaziiie,  and  found  Morgan  ready 
to  receive  us.  He  made  no  remonstrance, 
nor  offered  any  resistance,  his  demeanor 
and  acts  being  in  all  ra-*])ects  those    of  a 
man  who  has  nerved  himself  boldly  to 
meet  a  certain   doom.     We   bound   his 
hands  behind  him,  and  placed  a   gag  in 
his  mouth.     One  of  our  number  march- 
ed a  tl'W  yards  in  advance,  and  was  fol- 
lowed by  myself  and  the  other  associate, 
between    Whom    walked    Morgan.     AVe 
eacli  had  hold  of  one  of  his  arms,  above 
the  elbow.     A  short  time  brought  us  to 
where  the  boat  had  been  placed,  and  we 
all  entered  it,  Morgan  being   placed   in 
the  bow,  with  myself  alongside  of  him. 
My  comrades  took  theoai-s,  and  tlie  boat 
was  rapidly  forced  out    into   the   river. 
"The  night  was  pitch  dark,  and  we  could 


|8car»-r]y  M  .   ,1  yfti.l  |„'f..iv  IIS.  ai^  ther^ 
fore  wt«  tl.r  i\y.:,    :iiiinirabjv  iidaptcckto. 
I  our  Iiellish  |>ur|jo^e.     Having  arrived  at 
1.1  jdace.  suflioientiy   muiiVwL  froni_the 
!  laud,  the  row'-rs  c.'a-<'*d  from  their  laboi-s, 
'  an/I  uiy  particular  duty  trowcomnieilced. 
In  the  bottom  ot  tin;  bt)atJay  a   number 
of  h'-avy  u^iglits,  all  tied  together  by 
strong    eor.l,    tha^"'ttyl  ,hie<ir_  jiJurJelV 
through  the  ring  of  each  weight,  so  that 
tlu-y  forhieiJone  mass.     KroTn  tTie center 
of  the  cord  }>y  which  they  ^vere  imited, 
proceeded  another  cord,  of  equal  strength, 
and  several  yards  in  length.     This  cord 
I   took  in    my   haiul,  and    fastened   it 
around  the  body  of  5[oi-gan,  Just  above 
his  hips,  using  all  my  skill   to   make  it 
fast.  «o  that  it  uould  hold.     Then,  in  a 
whisper,  I    baile    tlie    unhappy    man  to 
stand  up,  and  after  a  im>nM^ntary  hesita- 
tion, he  complieil   witli   my  order.     He 
!^tood  eloKi?  U)  the  heail  of  the  boat,    and 
there  wa-s  jtist    length    enough   of  i-ope 
ti'oni  his  person  to  tlie  weights  to  prevent 
any  strain,  while   he   was  sUuuling.     I 
then  requested  one  of  ni}'    associates    to 
assist  me  in  lifting  tlie  weights  fi-om  the 
bottom  to  the  side  of  the  boat,  ^vIlile  the 
other  steadied  her  fri>m  tJie  stiiru.  Tliis 
was  done,  and,  lis  Morgan  was  standing 
with  his  back  toward  me,  and  ajiparent- 
ly  looking  into  the  water,  I   apjji-oacthed 
him,  iiud  gave  him  a  sti'ong   p\ish    with 
both    my    hands,   which    were    placed 
in  the  niiildle  of  his  back.     He  fell  for- 
'  want,  carrying  the    weights    with   him, 
and  tlie  waters  closed   over  the    mass. 
"We  remained  quiet  for  the  space  of  two 
or  three  minutes,  when  my   companions, 
without  sa^ying   a  word,   resumed   their 
places,  and  rowed  the  boat  to  the  jjlace 
from  whicli   they   had   taken  it.      We 
then    juinpcd  ashore,  and    exchanging 
pres-iure-s  of  the  liand.sejiarated  without 
n  word. 

I  made  my  wa}'  home   ^vith   all   dis- 
patch, tieuililing   at  every  sound,    and 
dreading  at  each  moment  that  I   .should 
meet  some  one  \v'ho  might  recognize  me, 
notwithstanding  the  blackness  of  dark- 
ness in  whicli  tlie  earth  wa.s  enshrouded. 
8o  gi'eat  were  my  fears  for  my  personal 
safety,  that  I  did  not  reflect  on  the   vil- 
lainy in  nhich  I  had  been  engaged,    by 
which  a  fellow-creature   liad    been    de- 
prived K)i  life,  and  a  family  bereft  of  its 
protectoj-.    It  wa.s  not  uutU  I  had  man- 
aged to  reach  my  Itedroom  without  fall- 
ing in  with  any  one.  that  reflection  came; 
and  from  that  hour  must  I  date  the  com- 
meiicemeiiLof  those  torments  which  have 
never  since  left  me.     I  threw  myself  on 
my  bed,  but  .sleep  would   not  visit  me. 
I  wa^  in  :\  slate  of  iirrvons    excitement, 
and  began  to  experience   the  gnawings 
of  the  worm  that  never  dies,  and  to  feel 
the  intensity   of  tlie   fire  that   is  never 
quenched.  At  the  earliest  dawn  I  arose, 
and  went  out,  and  wandered  forth  among 
the  forests,  tortui-ed    by   remorse,   and 
cursuig  the  folly  that  had  led  me  to  im- 
brue my  hands  in  Morgan's  blood.     For 
some  days  I  continued    in   the   vicinity, 
but  at  last  I  determiued   to   go  into  the 
States,  for  the  jnirpose   of  getting  away 
from  tlie  scene   of  my   crime.      I    pro- 
ceeded to  that  part   of  New  York   iu 
which  the  antimasonic  excitement  orig- 
inated,   and    was   an   apparently  calm 
spectator  of  the  evils  that   grew  out  of 
the  intense   and  just   indignation   of  a 
people  stirred  to  theii-  inmost   souis    by 
the  occurrence   of  a  niyjiterious   crime, 
that  Iiail  battled  the  law,  and  whose  per- 
petrators seemed  to  lie  as   much    above 
the  reach  of  ordinary  Tjuman    power   as 
were  the  membei-s  of  the   once   terril>le 
Secret  Tril>unal  of  (Germany.     I  remain- 
ed there  for  a  considerable  length  of  time, 
as  if  fasunated ;  and  I  not  only  attended 


aijtrmifouiemeetin|j3.  but  likewise  man  \ 

of  the  trials  that  gieW..out   of  the  Afori 

gan  outrage. 

The  excited  state  of  tlie_jmblic   mind 

was  iu    unison    witli    my   own   feelings 

which  could  not  -settle  down  into  a  con- 
dition   of   calmness.     No    man    in   that 

pai-t  of  the  wciilil  wa«  aw]uaiiit<*d  with 
-the  |)ftrt  I  had  jdayedjn   the   murder  of 

Morgau,  for  it  may   be  e-asily   believed 

fliat  I  \vould  not  take  any  one    into  my 

confidence;  and  of  those  who   ha<l  been 

concerned  in  the  artair  \rith    me,  either 

in  consultation  or  action,  none  resided 
near  tx>  my  then  place  of  abode.  Of 
my  fellow-executioners,  both  had  absen- 
ted themselves  from  their  home-''  within 
a  very  short  space  of  time  after  "that 
fatal  night;  nor  have  I  any  reason  for 
supjiosing  that  either  of  them  ever  c-.'in- 
municated  the  fact  of  my  having  been 
unileil  with  thein  in  the  deed  of  murder, 
to  third  parties.  If  it  should  l>e  ask- 
ed why  I  did  not  unburfhen  my  mind 
to  brother  masons,  my  reply  is,  that,  in 
the  first  place,  I  thought  I  had  uo  right 
to  render  them  accessories  to  |uv  crime, 
by  such  confidence   they   would  in  a 

rtain  sense  becoine;  and  when  I  saw 
masons,  who  for  a  long  time  had  breast- 
ed the  storm,  leaving  and  umlermining  impelled  by  that  fear  of  something  after 


l^-n-m— they  whispered  to  inaHni.,n,,th. 
^ra.--.s  of  tke  plniries.,iind  U|v,,„„  "^  ^' 
leaves  of  the  forest.  Neither  ehan.-e 
place  nor  pursuit  brought  tne  cnusoia 
tion  or  rest.  It  mattered  nwt  wlfetli^..  i 
wna  among  crowds  of  men,  or  in  the  ' 
lence  of  some  wood  thatnevi-r  bi-for,.  i,j^,i 
been  penetrated  by  civilTzfd  man;  tl 
voice  of  the  avenger  \\fi|p|e'  ' 
in  my  ear,  and  giving  me 
truth  of  tTie~'decTa,i'alioii;  tliat  "Tii|$(;|Jj^^ 
shall  haunt  Llie  violent  man!  , 

I  wandered  about  the  Nortli-wt!.<it  f 
many  years.  Had  fortune  Iteen  my  oi 
ject,  1  should  have  succeeded  in  olitaiu. 
ing  it,  more  than  one  opportunity  fv,. 
great  worldly  advancement  having  1),,^, 
placed  within  my  reach,  as  if  to  tanta], 
ize  me  with  the  sight  of  things  that  af 
ford  to  other  men  so  much  pleasure  but 
^^■hicll  could  not  be  otherwise  than  worth 
less  in  my  jaundiced  vision.  I  could 
not  abide  long  in  one  place,  Ijut  fdt  con- 
demned to  wander  up  and  down  on  flu. 
face  of  the  earth,  a  restless  spirit  to 
whom  is  denied  the  enjoyment  of  all 
that  men  hold  dear.  There  have  bi^-e 
pei'iods  when  I  have  thought  of  suicide 
as  the  best  means  of  escaping  from  my. 
self;  but  from  self-murder  I    have  bejl.,, 


the  order,  either   from    conscientious  or 
interested  motives,  it  occurred  to  me  that 
I  should  endanger  my  life  by  taking  any 
one   into  my   confidence.     Thus   being 
compelled  to  retain  the  dread   secret  in 
my  bosom,  my  existence  became  to    the 
last  degree  miserable,  and  my  health  so 
declined  that  I  began  to   fear   I   should 
soon  be  called  upon  to  render  an  account 
to  a  greater  power  than  that  of  any  earth- 
ly tribunal,  and  from  whose  sci-utiny  no 
secret  could' be  concealed.     Though  my 
life  was  a  burthen,    I  did   not  the   less 
dread  death,  for  I  could  nofc    bring    my 
mind  to  the  beli-'f  that  with   tlie   grave 
there  corneal  annihilation  and  ceases   ac- 
countability. Ishunned  society  and  pass- 
ed all  the  hours  that   were   at  my  com 
mand  in  solitude,  change  having   come 
over  my  thoughts;  and  as  at  first  I  sought 
all  public  places,  and  crowds   were  my 
delight,  now  the  fitrest  was  better  to  me 
than  the  street,  an(i  the  presence  of  men 
my  abhorrence.     It  seemed  to  me  as    if 
my  secret  were  kiio^vn  to  all   men,   aud 
th^t  for  the  reasons  to  them  good,   they 
allowed  of  the  postponement  of  my  cer- 
tain  punishment.      I    could    not  walk 
erect,  nor  obtain  rest,  nor  find  plea/iure 
in  any  of  those  pursuits   in    which  the 
innocent  pass  their  hours  of  leisure;  and 
I   might   have    been  addressed    in    the 
words  of  the  greatest  of  poets, — 

" wliat  is't  that  takea  from  theo 

Thy  coinfort,  pleasure,  and  thy  golden  sleep? 
Why  dost  thoii  bend  thine  evi-s  upon  the  earth 
And  start  so  often  whi*n  thou  sitt'st  iilone? 
Why  hast  thou  lost  the  fresh  blood  in  thy  cheek  ? 
Oil!  what  portents  are  these?" 

After  remaining  in  Western  New  York 
between  two  and  three  years,  it  occurred 
to  me  that  change  of  scene  might  tend 
to  relieve  my  mind  from  the  weight  that 
oppressed  it,  I  proceeded  to  one  of  the 
new  territories,  where  I  resided  for  a 
considerable  length  of  time,  seeking  ref- 
uge tVom  thought  and  reflection  in  the 
hazards  and  discomforts  of  a  frontier 
Hfe.  But  it  was  all  of  uo  avail.  Uo 
where  I  would,  or  do  what  I" would,  it 
was  impossible  for  me  to  throw  off  the 
con.sciousness  of  crime.  If  the  mark  of 
Cain  was  not  upon  me,  the  curse  of  the 
first  murderer  was  on  my  soul.  The 
blood  stain  was  on  my  hands,  and  could 
not  be  washed  out.  The  avenger  of 
blood  seemed  ever  on  my  track.  The 
iemoustrance.s  of  ni)'  virtim  fell  ujnm 
my  ear,  at  all  times  and  in  ever}'  place. 
I  heard  them  in  the  calm  and   amiil  the 


death  which  "  doth  make  cowards  of  us 
all."  But  it  is  impossible  for  any  hii. 
man  po^ver  forever  to  continue  the  suf- 
fering that  it  has  fallen  to  my  lot  to  e 
pcrience;  and  now  many  years  after  the 
perjietration  of  the  crime  that  destroyed 
my  peace,  far  from  the  land  of  my  birth 
among  strangers,  and  at  the  very  out- 
post of  civilization,  I  find  death  envel- 
oping me  in  his  cold  embrace.  ThoufJi 
I  cannot  otherwise  than  shiver  at  his 
touch,  and  dread  what  must  follow  from 
his  triumph  over  me,  my  end  will  be  to 
myself  a  ivleiwe. 

I  have  made  this  confession  in  the 
hope  that  good  may  flow  from  it,  and  to 
relieve  my  mind  from  a  burden  under 
which  it  has  long  been  depressed.  I  have 
endeavored  to  be  jdain  and  simple  iu  my 
narrative,  and  have  not  sought  to  har- 
row up  the  imagination  of  the  reader. 
If  I  have  not  introduced  the  names  of 
others  into  my  account  of  an  event  that 
once  was  of  consequence  enough  to  ex- 
cite a  nation,  it  is  because  I  have  not 
wished  to  create  prejudice  against  those 
who  were  connected  with  my  associates, 
but  wlio  were  not  associated  with  their 
criminal  proceedings.  AVhether  mj' story 
will  have  any  effect  on  tile  public  miud, 
I  know  not;  nor  do  I^Jcare.  Now  that 
years  have  elajised  since  the  abduction 
and  murder  of  Morgan,  people  are  ca- 
pal>le  of  funning  a  righteous  judgment 
respecting  that  great  crime,  and  they  no 
longer  blindly  involve  the  innocent  in 
the  condemnation  with  the  guilty. 

I  have  done.  Reader,  have  charity 
on  me,  and  remember  that  you  have  not 
been  temjited  as  I  was.  Criminal  as  I 
am,  I  am  also  a  heart-stricken  penitent, 
and  have  been  made  to  exist,  as  it  were, 
on  a  gibbet  of  our  own   erection. 

SYMPATHY  OF   JESUS. 
m  S.  T.  BoasBRJIAX. 


mi: 


fsus  vv.-pt-"  John  11:  35, 
HE  human  heart  solicits  sympathy. 
When  troubles  arise  and  the  trials 
are  great,  'tis  then  we  are  more  solici- 
tous for  aid  from  others.  When  pover- 
ty-stricken or  in  other  adverse  circuiu- 
stanees,  when  sickness  or  perchance  death 
enters  the  threshold  and  seizes  its  victim 
and  lays  its  visage  low,  it  is  then  that 
true  sympathy  is  an  aliment  to  the  heait 
and  soul,  cheering  and  strengthening  as 
food  is  to  the  body.     AVe  cannot,  there- 


TllSt   _Ht/_ 


,.  .      . .  mutuiil 

,ia  an.l  It  "•«  ^lo  "'>t  get  the  prci-er  ai.I  aud  ' 
.vnipat'')''  we  <lru6p  an^  die.  To  have 
.propt-r  ^yuipatliy,  and  t«  exhibit  it 
tijwefore,  in  its  proper  sphere  towni-.U 
^,„^  auuther,  thvs  feeling  must  l.e 
i^utunl.  The  atl'^-otious  mu^rt  ngvise  ii, 
naversity  as  well  as  in  prosperity.  In 
tb,.  prosperity  of  our  neighbors  orfriends, 
,re  rejoice  with  them,'aud  by  this,  they 
fti-e  pl'ompted  to  greater  achievements, 
^iifl  in  ad^^ersity,  each  should  feel  his 
l,i-,il.hor's  care,  and  by  this  union  of  feel- 
ing ami  \villingnt;&s  to,sliare  his  sorrow, 
the  burden  is  nimle  ligUer.  The  sun- 
shine of  joy  wilVslmje  in  their  sorrow- 
ful hearts  and  penetrate  their  dark  vW 
iyii  aud  ligbtcii  their  ctiuutonance  with 

When  friends  are  I'embved  by  death, 
wliftt  sorrow  iti  tlie  heWs  of  the  surviv ' 
on*.  When  a  foud  father,  a  kind  mother, 
d  ^leiir  lirother  or  a  loving  sister  is  i-e 
moved  from  our  teuUei'  ymbrace,  how 
the  heart  yearns  for  sympathy.  Thi 
friends  aro  called  lu,  the  miniBter  eomeg 
^vith  a  heart  full  ;of  aft'ectioii,  we  meet 
liiiu  at  the  door  and  m  we  enter  tli 
threshold  together, 'howwe  recline  upon 
his  ariii  as  he  passes  from  one  to  the  other 
of  the  household  to  mingle  his  sorrow 
irith  our  sorrow.  The  neighbors  arrive 
auil\\'''  r-'"  ^"  ^'""  ''hureh  to  hear  ten- 
,l,.r  aud  coiiyuliug  wortUfrom  our  belov- 
ed minister  as  he  talkn  to  us  of  heaven, 
and  the  blebt  abode  of  the  deceased,  and 
cites  us  to  our  idiity  to  prepare  to  follow. 
How  our  hearts  s\ve\\  with  gratitude, 
with  the  cheering' thought  that  they  are 
moved  mth  feeling  of  sympathy  to  ap- 
pease our  sorrow  anil  calm  oiir  troubled 
brows.  Svmputliy  from  our  dear  friends 
ftffordsus  joy  and  comfort.  But  how  will 
this  compare  with  the  sympathy  of  Je- 
siisi  What  joy  to  have  such  a  friend. 
How  beautiful  the  lines  of  Elder  H.  Bo- 
uar: 

'■  Whnt  a  frienil  we  have  in  Jeans, 
AU'mu"  Fius  and  griefs  toibeai'." 

How  the  heai'ts  of  the  two  sisters 
miist  have  died  within  them  when  their 
In'other  took  sick  and  medical  skill  was 
Itallled  and  they  saw  that  he  must  die. 
They  loved  him  with  such  tenderueas 
and  affection  as  sisters  only  can  have, 
aud  knowing  the  all-healing  power  there 
wnii  in  theiv  blessed  Master,  they  sent 
for  him  sayiiig,  "  I-ord  behold,  he  whom 
thou  lovest  is  sick."  Our  bi-other  is 
sick  and  medical  ifid  has  failed,  oh  come 
andspeak  the  wordjand  our  brother  shall 
\\\iii  But  the  Muster  lingered  a  fe^v 
d.kys  until  the  <lear  brother  died.  Oh! 
what  sorrww  in,  Mavy>  heart.  Dear 
Marthais  s;rief-5!tii'icken,  they  stand  arm 
in  arm,  their  hearts  beating  in  unison 
with'each  othei'.  liowahftll  we  tiupport 
oiu'selves,  our  brother  is  gone  and  our 
ilelic'ate  natures  farViid  hard  lulior,  what 
shall  we  do?  How  they  enlisted  sym- 
pnlh^;  from  others.  ^lauy  of  the  Jews 
fHT^je  t9  i;oJ)if4»'t  thejiA  t;Ql)ceruiug  .their 
lirother.  They  told  them  perliaps-that 
he  would:  rise  again,  ill  the  murreotiuu 
at:the  last  day,  and  that,  in  their  minds, 
was  the  iist  view  they  would  hare  of 
bim.  But  their  Lord  appears,  he  ap- 
prtoies  the  scene  With  a  heart  full  of 
^vmpatlu•,  lie  eojiiforts  them.  ^  Jlary 
ippears  almost  heart-broken,  and  says, 
"  Lord  if  tliou  hadst  been  here  my  broth- 
^"1'  had  not  dii^'d.'"  Jesus  groans  in  the 
n'il'it,  "  wh(;r«  have  ye  laid  him."  Weep- 
in^C  !is  they  pass  to  th«  graA'e,  the  nist^rs 
I'oinfi  out  the  last  resting-plaoe  of  thei*- 
lii'othci-:  The  month  of  the  eav*f  was 
flA'spd"  ■ivith  a  'stane.  noubtinjj.  thfv 
louk'ev^  at  yesus  as'he  commanded  them 
t*^'  t^k'e  tlie  st^me  away.  But  in  order  to 
Sfe  the  "  gloi-y   of  (iud  "  tliey    removed 


'rtlE    BRKTMREUsJ    ^YT  "W^01?1C. 


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(he  Mouf,  and  their  >bu,ter  .w  willing  u> 
do  good,  eri(N  wjth  a  loud  voice.  "  Las;. 
arns.  conie  forth."  He  appeai-s,  and  Je- 
siw  full  of  sympathy  towards  him,  com- 
mands,'Moose  him  and  let  him  go." 
WhixX  joy  to  those  sisters  to  st  e  their 
brother  that  was  dcad»  alive  and  at  lib- 
erty again.  The  sympathy  and  power 
of  Jesus  in  the  raising  of  Lazaiiiw  and 
settiug  him  at  liberty  again,  is  but  e.\- 
emplitying  his  sympathay  and  power  to- 
wards  the  sinners,  who  are  ftead  in  tres- 
passes and  sins.  And  now  with  .all  the 
power  of  his  Divinity  and  feelings  of 
humanity,  his  lumrt  yearns  with  tendeiv 
ness  towards  fallen  humanity.  And  un- 
like the  law  which  always  said,  "iro" 
he  with  a  voice  of  angelic  sweetnes!?, 
whispers, "  coiti4,"'"  come  tbme.all  th'at 
labor  and  are  'heavy  jtiden  and  I,  will 
give  you  rest."  '     '  ' 

Then  why  not  come.  If  he  who  was 
upon  earth  exhibiting  such  sympathy, 
and  tenderness,  ascended  up  to  heaven, 
carrying  ^^■ith  him  his  feelings  of  hu- 
manity to  bis  intercessory  seat'  aud  there 
advocating  before  the  Father  in  »inr  be- 
half; will  you  sinner  not  listen  to  his 
voice?  , 

Let  me  appeal  to  thoselaboring  in  the 
cause  of  my  Master,  will  yon  show  ttat 
earnestness  in  the  salvation  of  the.  sin-, 
ner,  as  did  those  two  sistere?  Will  you 
rtdl  the  stone  away  from  the  sinner's 
heart?  Will  you  roll  the  stone  of  re- 
bellion; the  stone  of  the  pride  of  life  and 
the  Inst  of  the  eye;  the  stone  of  self- 
will  aud  self-righteousness  from  tlie  sin- 
ner's heart?  Will  you  sis  did  they,  pe- 
tition the  Lord  in  their  behalf  that  they 
might  be  called  forth  unto  rigl^teousnessi 
May  heaven  assist  you  so  to  do.  God 
is  desirous  of  saving  the  whole  human 
family.  Jesus  my  Master  lias  died  for 
them  and  calls  for  them.  Tlie  antrels 
in  heaven  are  iutei'ested  in  their  salva- 
tion and  are  watching  our  movements, 
and  they  are  sympathetic  with  us;  their 
feelings  ai'e  our  feelings,  they  beat  a 
union  of  hearts  with  us  in  the  common 
cause  of  humanity.  They  weep  with 
us  in  our  disappointments  and  rejoice  in 
our  snccess.  aud  when W'e  are  instrumen- 
tal in  turning  sinners  to  God,  they  shout 
\\ith  joy  the  glfpriousnews  to  their  Fath- 
er upon  the  throne,  that  sinnera  are  com- 
ing home  to  heaven.  Let  Us  all  awake 
to  greater  energy  in  the  cause  of  Christ. 


and  we  wouhl  be  sure  that  the  .leath  of  i  zeaUyn  tPjie  tVi(!ndfbi|v  f^  J„nUv   evc^T 
our  son    wouhl    save    him,    I    a>.k    you    reali/M  h-re  in  Uii,.tr.-H«U<r-MiH 'worhl. 
agttui,  would  you  do  it{     1  say  not,  but   From  experience  it   can    be   said,    that 
every  one  would  say,  let  the   winner  die   true  friendship  is  the  sweirteat  tie  which 
for  his  crime,  I  will    keep  my  innocent,  I  entwines  human  beingk     In  tt-ouUp«  it 

is  like  the  calming  breeze  on   the  ocean 


JIY  JOHN  FuaXKV. 


■'  Greater  love  hnth  im  nian  this,  that  a  man 
liiy  down  his  Ht'e  lor  his  h'ieuds.''  John  15:  18. 
~Vro  man  can  make  a  greater  sacrifice 
-^*  for  his  I'jest  and  dearest  friend,  and 
I  think  there  are  luit  very  few  in  the 
\vorld,  but  what  would  sluink  from  du: 
ty,  if  called  upotj  to  lay  down  their  life 
to  redeem  even  the  best  fi-ieud,  much 
less  fur  an  enemy.  If  this  be  the  case, 
we  eleaily  see  the  contrast  between  a 
man's  love,  who  W'duld  lay  down  his 
life  for  his  friends^  but  can  do  no  more. 
But  Christ  laid  down  his  life  not  only 
for  his  ft'iends,  blit  for  his  enemies  also. 
No  wonder  John  said,  ''  Behold  what 
manner  qi  \o\p  the  Viither  bestows  up- 
on us,  that  we  shall  lie  called  tjie  so.aa 
of  God."  I  John  ;J:  L.  ... 

GotViS  h»ve  is  a  pt-culiar  Idve  from  oura, 
a  greater  love  than  any  man  ean  e.vhibit- 
I  ask  yuu  kind  reader,  where  is  a  father 
or  mothtr  who  had  An  only  .«!on,  if  they 
were  called  upon  to  give  hf in  for  a  sac- 
riHce  ty  redeem  a,  map  tlfiit  v'i*'i'"l!^^*''^;*' 
crime,  and  made  himself  guilty  of  death! 
Could  any  of  u.s  consent  that  our  sod 
should  die,  to  siive  the  guilty  one  frotn 
his  crime,  if  ln' f*\fU  wasuur   bcstfrieiid, 


only  beloved  son  with  me  in  my  b(Wom 
O  what  a  cOntr.%'!it  between  the  love  of 
our  heavenly  Father  and  an  earthly 
fatlier.  ^^'l^ile  we  see  the  earthly  lather's 
love  fail  him  tu  give  up  bis  sou  to  save 
his  friends,  our  heavenly  fa'.hcr  with- 
held liol  his  only  Son,  but  gayu  him  to 
<Ue  for  the  sinner,  Ut  have  the  sinner 
reconcilwl  unto  himself,  by  tU«  death  of 
his  Son,  and  that  whilowe'\vere  enemies. 
.Horn.  .•>:  10.  .1     ■  ,  .   . 

I  have  now  cdntviisled  tKe  love  of  the 
Fathi-r;  I  will  next  ask,  where  is  a  son 
of.«n  eajcthly  ftvther  to  be  foiuid,  among 
all  the  sons  on  earth,'  wdio  would  consent 
to  die  to  save  the  criminal  from  death, 
if  his  father  would  be  willing  aiul  say, 
I  give  my  son  to  die  for  you,  to  have 
you  redeemed,  yea,  have  yuu  go  free. 
Would  the  son  say  to  the  fnthi^'i  *'  Fath- 
er, My  will  be  done?*I  am  willing  to 
drink  the  bitter  cup  of  d^.ath.  T  am 
willing  to  become  a  curse  aud  offer  up 
uiif  life  In  the  most  painful  and  shame- 
ful way  the  wieketbiessbf  men  can  heap 
upon  me.  I  bear  it  all,  I  die  that  the 
sinner  may  'live."  Ask  youreelves  ye 
sons,  w)iat  would  your  answer  he(  Ah, 
yoii.  woxxUX  all  wry,  "Father  I  am  not 
willing  to  sutl'erso  much,  to  be  so  abua 
ed,  and  to  be  mocked,  smitten  and  spit 
vipon,  and  have  gall  put'  in  my  mouth, 
aud  in  my  great  thirst  aud  pain,  notli' 
ing  but  vinegar  to  drink,  when  I  am 
aljout  to  die.  Father,  I  will  not  do  it; 
I  do  not  want  you  to"  gtve~my  life  to 
save  a-Sink<^rV'ftnd'  iriueh  Itsii  will  I'dit* 
for  an  enemy,  "to  ■  ftave'"  him  recon- 
ciled unto  you."  But  Clu-ist  tlie  Son 
of  our  heavenly  Fathcj-,  was  willing  t(f 
do  all  the  above,  for  the  -sinner  that  he 
might  live,  _(/6«  that  he  may  be  recon- 
ciled to  the  Father,  aud  all  this  Christ 
did  by  his  death  for  us,  while  wewer 
enflniiQS.  '  ' 

Now  let  every"  one  that  reatl&'this 
epistle,  picture  bofoi'e  his  o^vn'  mind 
what  manner  of  love  it  was  that  both 
th'-  Father  and  Son  bestowtd  upon  us. 
^Vhen  we  look  at  the  contrast  1  have 
drawn,  aud  set  before  the  reader,  \\'e 
can  all  grasp  luid  appreciate,  at  leaet 
some  of  the  greatness  and  the  peculiai'- 
ities  of  the  love  of  God,  above  that  of 
man.  Uh  the  bights  and  depths  of  that 
love,  who  can  fathom  \U 
,  Sinner,  did  i/oic  ever  stop  aud  think 
what  (lod  has  done  for  you,  how  helov- 
ed  you,  and  with  what  price  he  redeem- 
ed you.  Do  you  know  and  realize  that 
you  are  not  your  own,  but  that  you  are 
bought  with  a  price,  aud  have  you  ever 
thought  that  it  was  the  sin  of  the  world 
that  Ijrought  jdl  this  bondage  of  cor 
ruptiun  about  (  If  not,  O  pause  for  a 
moment  and  look  at  the  picture  of  the 
love  of  (rod  set  before  you,  in  this  ar 
ticU,  and  i<to]i  sinning. '  For  it  was  sin 
thattursed  all  these  sufferings  and  death 
in  Christ  your  Redeemer,  and  its  i/o 
sins  and  i/our  iniquities  that  separate 
betwe^^n  i/mi  and  i/onr  God-  i  , 

But  to  my  brethren  and  sisters  Ijyiy 
thank  God  tluit  he  has  recouciletlus  un- 
to himself  l>y. the  death  nf  his  Son,  much 
more  being  reconciled,  we  shall  be  sav- 
ed by  hiy  lite.  Let  all  live  the^liff  of 
Jesus,  is  my  prayer. 


FRIENDSHIP. 


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"Bv  u.  nAnv. 

LTHQUGU  it:  may  ,be  on*  ofi  our 
in'  desires  heii'  is)  thin  world, 
and  w*- may  work  for  u   nili^   ail  ^^uv 


A  LTHi 
A    ,.hU 


waves,  it  is  that  which  gives  the   troub- 
led soul  a  taste  of  heavenly  hWn-i. 

Tlie  friend  who  consolet*  u«  in  tiMiib]*', 
is  never  forgotten,  "llels  thtr  phTsietan- 
who  allay-s  the   piiin   of  siekfl*-**.     But 
then  how  few  of  the<ie    friends  we    will    - 
find  in  this  worhb  when  all  is  well,  will  ,  I 
be    so    in    reality.       Bitter  experience     '. 
of  the  past  tells  us  a  vuy  small  number. 
Some  have  seen  times,  whrn  a  hundred 
foes  would  have  been  lauarhed  at,  couM   ^ 
they  only  have  had  thffiiend-iji  <.f  a  few, 
in  whom  t*j  have  full  confidence,  but  oh, 
the    ))itter  thought     realized.      ThuMj^ 
few  left,  nod  they  were  gives  -over-  *)n-— 
tirely  to  tlie.pow-jr   of  enpmie*.     Often 
they    eXpei-ienoefl,   that   the   very  man 
or  W(unftn,  brother  or  sistttr,   in  whom 
the  deepest  confidence  was  placed,  would 
be,  the  tii'st  traitor,  so  tliat  the  biUer  e.x- 
preuaion     would    force     ilaelf:     '*  D»j- 
ceived   agkin."       MembtrB    profewing 
Christiiinity  should  bt-  free  froiii  all  de- 
ceptitm,  who  sliould  work   together  for, 
thy  eonimon   good;   who  in    prosperity  .. 
seem    to    be  ifriends,  let  SatJiu   enter  ■ 
the  camp,   and   they   will  show   their' 
treaclmrous  dispositions,    whtye    tfaeiu 
shouUl  be  love  aud  union;  prejudice  an4    p 
hati-od  will  show  itstlf  in  evei-y   fonw. 
Instt^ad  of  workiTig  for  the  good  of  oth-    " 
ers,  we  will  work  for  jheir  destruction.-  ' 

Paul  rfould  fey,  "  If  a  mau'  say,  he 
loves  God,  aiid  hates  his  brother  he  is  a 
liar,"  yet  this  doesiidt  cduiiiirn  uS,  We  , 
claim  to  love  our  brethren,  yet  we  can  ,, 
work  against,  them  aatheir  bitterest ene- 
niies,  and  all  under  the  cover  and  name 
'of  fi-iendship.  No  shame  is  there  and 
can  there  be  no  end  of  deception?  The 
members  of  the  cluu'ch:,  ,\vlio  «anuot  do 
justice  to  others,  whose  prejudice  and 
jealousy  will  not  allow  to  ti'eat  others 
as  they  deserve,  i^Vho  p.*rhkps  woiil.t- 
rather  see,  go  to  destruction  the  peace 
ami  prospeiity  of  a  whole  church,  than 
lay  aside  all  malice,  would  rather  be 
wliere  there  is  nothing  known  of  Chris- 
tianity. ■  Some  have  had  lesson  after  les- 
son of  what  were  the  results  of  preju- 
dice anil  jealously,  and  they  always  ar»i  ;  . 
bad.  And  the  Christian  who  is  guided 
by  these,  and  then  must  re.aji  the  bitter 
results,  is  certainly  a  lamentable  object;, 
foi'  we  are  taught  to  be  guided  by  a  bet- 
ter light. 

Cases  have  been  seen  w^here  members 
of  a  church  would  do   things,  where  it 
was  evident,  that  nothing  but  prejudice 
against  their  fellow -members  could  have 
prompted  them  to  do  so,  and  then    had' 
to  reap  a  bitter   harvest,   tut  of  coiu-^,  , 
it  was  all  their  own  doing.     Being    ad- 
monislied  by   friends,   they   would  not? 
listen.     Yet  after  there  is  ti-ouble  where 
is  the   true  child  vf,  God   who    will  sit 
easy  and  unconc«rii«d  i     Although  our,i, 
friends  may  turn  timture.  altliough  they, 
are  not  what  they  ought  to  be,   yet  iu   ' 
return  our  friendship,  our  love  as  'Chris- 
tians should   in   retu|-n   cover  all  their 
wrong>i  towards  us,  wKh  the  mantle  of 
charity.     I  have  sef-ii,   where  auythmg' 
was  done  out  of  ■^pite,  jealousy,  or  mal- 
ice, the  pimishin'-i;it   would  soon  follow, 
even  in  tins  world,  and  that   is    enough. 
God  will  allow  us  to  dn  wmni:,  hut    ne 
,u  ill  also  not  witbiiold  the   proper   cviti- " 
denmation.     The  bryUivr  or   sister  who 
w  ill  luivc  to  experienv*'   tlil^  woeful    de- 
ception in  what  we  expected  to  be  frjeu  Is, 
wnl  and  does  feel  the   p.iin  it  causes^ — 
day  and  night  wemav-^veep.     (tod  nmy 
pitv  us,  aud  tho^e  who  claim  to   be  his 
chiVlren,  do  at  the  s;ime  time  -^land^-r  ;i-». 
■  O  consistency  thou  art  a  jewel. ' 


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Miiiuin.  TlioM  loniiiog  Uii  nwnw  nml  H&.C".  wiU  '•• 
o*i«e  nil  fiirft  copy  fre*  of  ch«rgf.  For  «ll  oTer  ttiii 
nunibtr  ihp  nefttt  will  bp  allowed  lU  ecnii  for  oaoh  a<Jdl- 
(iooal  n«nit  which  nmouot  c«o  be  .Itducle.l  from  Ihe 
BiooeT  liffoMi^n-Hnit  ll  lo  »'.  Mon»j  Onl^rn.  I)n>n», 
Mil  lU«iM*T«"J  Utlcm  mny  be  «fnl  «l  our  riik.  They 
ahnuM  br  miuli'  piiyiiblp  to  Mooro  A  E«hclin«n. 

SuhMnpiMifw,  i»n<l  comwut.ic«flon»  InionJoil  for  tL«  i»- 
per.  M  will  M  nil  liuslnpa.  oibHcm  conncclr.l  wtlh  tb«  of- 
do*  ilieuM  bo  ad<lrew«d 

KOOBZ  k  ESBZLlfAlT, 

Iiui&rk.  Ctmll  Ce.,  HI- 


LAtlASE,  ILL.. 


A^SnST  8, 1676. 


Bhothkii  .1.  S.  Mohler  anys;  "  The  Uailrmd 
Smnon  tracts  are  here.  Hiive  exainiiied  theiii, 
and  ftm  highly  pleosod  with  the  nmniier  in 
wliich  thc-y  an;  [irint^d." 

TiiosK  who  CBniiot  iirociire  pnper  money  in 
flriiiill  chiing"  cuii  9mA  stamps;  we  tan  make 
use  of  all  you  feci  dispoiwd  to  send,  though  wo 
prefer  the  money. 

HitOTHKn  Stein  wishes  a  complete  set  of  the 
IJitKTHRF.N  AT  WoHK  Containing  his  series  of 
articles  on  Haptism.  Who  will  donate  them  U) 
him?    They  i-hould  he  sent  to  this  office. 

BiioTHEii  1).  B.  Mentzersays:  "Many  thanks 
Ui  you  for  a  copy  of  tlie  new  edition  of  the  Per- 
feri  I'UiH  tif  S'llmtiofi.  I  regard  it  ii5  a  capital 
tr,itt— just  the  tract  to  circulate.  Scud  me  one 
'low-"-"  , 

BuDTHitR  i).  B.  Gibson,  of  Perrin.  Mo.,  ex- 
pcct'i  to  be  in  Fulton  Co.,  III.,  to  commence 
preaching  early  in  Sejjteniber,  at  which  time  his 
address  nill  be  Farmingtou,  III,  in  cmo  of  Eld. 
David  Ntgluy. 

Will  not  those  of  our  subscribers  who  have 
not  yet  paid  their  subscriptions  give  it  their 
enrly  attention?  We  will  soon  need  some  mon- 
ey, and  this  will  come  quite  in  jdace  at  this 
time.    Hope  this  may  be  attended  to  at  once. 

In  answer  to  an  inquiry  regunlinp:  the  Poet- 
ical Knigma,  wliich  was  published  in  No.  25  of 
the  pre-ieiit  volnme,  we  will  say,  try  the  trlialf 
ou  it,  and  see  if  that  will  not  fit  the  case.  Wlien 
the  whale  swallowed  the  living  Jonah  it  of 
course  hsul  a  soul  iu  it,  and  when  the  soul  was 
*aken  away,  it  was  the  same  as  when  fii-stmade. 


tioiis  somelinies  have  a  hard  struggle  of  it,  and 
unless  assi-"t»-d.  fn-fiupntly  perish,  yrb.  come  too 
weak  to  face  the  well  di^^ciplini'd  lorce-n  of  the 
enemy.  Wt-ak  congregations,  like  suiall  cliil- 
dreu,  need  much  care.  Older  churcheK  can  do 
more  towardo  helping  llit^m*flve».  It  does  unt 
hurl  the  ninety  and  nine  to  be  left  alone  occas- 
ionally while  yon  go  in  s^yirch  of  the  lost  sheep, 
neither  will  it  injure  an  ofi-pi-eaclieil-to  congre- 
gation lo  do  without  jtreiiching  now  and  then 
in  order  that  Ihe  small  congregations  may  lie 
supplied  with  the  bread  of  life. 


Os  another  page  will  he  found  an  article  from 
Uro.  J.  S  Mohler,  wherein  he  differs  from  us 
regarding  our  view  of  Matt.  !*:  15-17.  It  ia  ex- 
pecti-d  that  our  readers  will  give  his  article  a 
careful  reading.  When  answering  queries  we 
give  the  best  we  have,  and  if  our  readers  have 
anything  better  we  want  it,  and  if  suitable,  will 
give  it  a  place  in  our  columns,  hut  will  not  ad- 
mit of  controversy.  Brethren  can  express  dif- 
ferent views  on  the  same  subject  without  run- 
ning into  contention,  and  thus  give  our  readers 
much  light  on  the  meaning  of  Scripture.  If 
you  have  a  view  of  a  Scrii)ture  difl'erent  from 
ours,  do  not  rcyi///  to  what  we  have  written,  hut 
simply  give  your  views  in  a  plain  and  short 
manner.  Something  of  this  kind  will  he  both 
profitable  and  edifying. 


that  if.  at  thf  time  of  the  Council  of  Xice.  e^'ery 

book  contoinoi  in  our  New  Test^miciit  had  been 

J  blotted  out  of  exi^t^-nce,  not  only  every  fact  and 

;  statement  contained  in  them,  but  also  nearly 

I  every  senlrnre  now  found  there  could  have  been 

i  recovcR'd  from  the  no»v  extant  writings  ot  ni>>n 

who  had  livfd  and  written  and  quoted  tbein  as 

authentic  and   authoritative,    long   Iwfcue  the 

Council  of  Nict-  was  ever  heard  of.     And  if  their 

numerous  other  writiiigf,  which  are  Ic^t.  could 

be  discovered,  tho  number  of  quotations  would 

doubtless  be  largely  increased." 


Hi." secret  order 


Brother  S.  Z.  Sharp,  of  whom  mention  was 
unide  last  week,  has  l}een  holding  meeting'^  for 
the  Brethren  at  Dutchtown,  ten  miles  South  of 
here.  The  congregations  were  good  and  the 
interest  excellent.  He  preached  one  sermon  in 
Lanark,  to  a  crowded  ho..se.  A  synopsis  of  bis 
acrraou  will  be  found  on  another  page.  He  is 
traveling  and  soliciting  for  the  school  at  Ash- 
land, and  we  are  glad  to  learn,  is  meeting  with 
good  success.  It  is  proposed  to  place  the  insti- 
tution on  a  good  financial  basis  and  then  coi: 
duct  it  in  harmony  with  the  faith  and  practice 
of  the  brotherhood,  and  thereby  adapt  it  to  the 
wants  of  our  people.  We  have  made  arrange- 
ments with  Bro.  Sharp  to  keep  us  posted  on  the 
progress  of  tlie  work.  This  will  be  interesting 
to  our  readers. 


ANTIQUITY  OF  THE  NEW  TES- 
TAMENT. 

WE  arp  in  receipt  of  a  spicy  little  pamphlet, 
entitled  lufifleJ  Bm-k-D'Utv,  written  and 
published  by  H.  L.  Hastings,  Boston,  Mass.,  in 
reply  to  some  Infidel  false  assertions  against  the 
New  Testament,  published  some  time  ago  in 
the  Boston  Itncsligiitor,  one  of  the  rankest  Infi- 
del papei*3  of  America.  The  little  pamphlet, 
the  price  of  which  is  ten  cents,  is  worth  reading, 
and  contains  a  few  good  points,  though  very 
wittingly  put. 

From  the  last  pages  of  the  pamphlet  we  quote 
the  following,  which  our  readers  will  do  well  to 


Ur.  I'oabody,  of  Harvard  Uiiivei-sity,  hit  the    clip  out  and  paste  in  their  scrap-book  to  be  used 


nail  (in  the  head  when  he  wrote,  "  In  these  days 
Christianity  is  set  aside  and  the  being  of  a  God 
ignored  in  the  imme  and  iu  the  behest  of  theo- 
ri^4,  ttiiicli,  i/ destined  lo  Ihr.  are  on  trial /or 
Vieir  Urn,  and  are  not  nnUI-elij  to  follow  the  lomj 
litit-  of  thvir  predecessors  into  an  unhotxored  ob- 
livion." 

-   ■  ♦  ■ — — - — 

The  article  giving  an  account  of  the  abduc- 
tion and  nmrdiT  of  William  Morgan  is  copied 
from  npituiplilet  publi--hed  liy  the  United  Breth- 
ren Pnbli»luiig  House,  iJayton,  Ohio.  It  is 
read  witli  intense  interest,  and  no  doubt  will 
deter  some  from  entering  the  Masonic  order. 
Uojw  the  article,  as  published  by  us,  will  do 
good,  though  it  is  heart-rending. 

Brother  Lenniel  Hillery  called  on  ua  last 
week.  He  hoH  been  preaching  in  Iowa  for  sev- 
eral weeks,  and  has  returned  to  make  arrange- 
oientj*  to  move  to  Jewell  Co.,  Kiui.  From  this 
point  h»*  intends  to  prospect  with  a  view  of  lo- 
cating a  colony  of  Brethren  somewhere  in  the 
Solomon  Valley,  KausaR.  Brethren  wishing  to 
correspond  with  him,  will  address  him,  for  the 
present.,  at  Shannon,  III.  Do  not  forget  the 
customary  stamp  for  reply. 

Ok  the  aoeouat  of  serving  on  severtil  commit- 
tees, Bro.  Enoch  Ehy  cannot,  at  pre.sent,  spare 
the  time  to  do  any  missionarj'  work  in  Central 
Illinois,  and  therefore  Bro.  Joseph  C.  Lehman 
takes  his  place  iu  the  field,  expecting  to  com- 
mence meeting  at  New  Bedford,  Bureau  Co., 
August  10th.  Is  there  not  some  brother  ready 
to  spend  a  few  weeks  there  a.s  soon  as  Bro,  Leh- 
man closes  his  labors?  The  field  ought  not  to 
be  neglected,  for  the  work  has  been  too  well 
done  to  let  perish. 

The  wants  of  infant  churches  in  isolated 
places  ehould  be  carefully  looked  afler  by  older 
and  w«ll-t<Mlo  congregations     Small  congrega- 


against  infidels,  who  claim  that  the  New  Testa- 
ment did  not  authoratively  exist  prior  to  the 
Council  of  Nice,  A.  D.  325: 

"  The  early  Christians  read,  and  believed,  and 
quoted  the  same  books  that  we  read,  and  be- 
lieve, and  quote,  and  in  the  same  way  that  we 
believe  and  quote  them;  and  they  did  this  hun- 
dreds of  years  before  councils  ever  meddled  with 
the  subject.  Polycarp  who  was  martyred  A.  D. 
l.')j  or  l.'.li,  alter  having  ^e^ved  Christ  eighty- 
six  years,  and  who  was  thus  during  some  thirty 
of  his  long  Christian  life  contemporary  with  the 
apostle  John,  quotes  in  his  epistles  nearly  forty 
passages  from  our  New  Testament.  Justin  Mar- 
tyr who  wrote  about  A.  D.  140,  some  forty  years 
after  John's  decease,  quotes  again  and  again,  the 
very  same  woi-ds  which  we  now  read  in  the  New 
Testament.  And  in  the  writings  of  Irenteus,  A. 
D.  ITS,  Clement,  A.  D.  194,  Tertullian,  A.  D. 
200,  mid  Origen,  A.  D.  230,  there  are  to  be  found 
thousands  on  thousands  of  quotations  from  the 
New  Testament  Scriptures,  including  every 
book  we  now  receive.  Dr.  A,  Keith  in  the  sixth 
chapter  of  his  '  Demonstration  of  the  Truth  of 
the  Christian  Religion,'  records  the  number  of 
quotations  from  the  New  Testament  in  the 
works  of  these  writers  which  are  yet  extant.  He 
reports  767  passages  quoted  by  Ireiiffius,  from 
every  book  except  the  third  epistle  of  Jude;  by 
Clement,  38!*  passages,  from  every  book  except 
James,  second  and  third  John,  and  Jude;  from 
Tertullian.  1S02  quotations,  or,  if  repetitions 
arc  included,  more  than  3,000,  from  every  book 
in  the  New  Testament  except  James,  the  third 
of  John,  the  second  of  Peter,  and  Jude:  while 
the  works  of  Origen  furnish  a  still  greater  num- 
ber, and  include  some  from  eveiy  book  in  the 
New  Testament.    And  it  is  a  demonstrable  fact 


SUPPOSING  THE  CASE. 

tXo  one  shuuM  n'li.l  thi'^  ailii'l-  till  iifu-r  tiaving 
read  till- mT.miil  ol  tlie  Jilxliicli-Ji  Jiml  11111'*''^'"'!' 
■\Vm.  .Moigati,  as  iiublished  lu  tliis  anti  lust  issues.] 

SUPPOSING,  the  Savior  had  come  into  the 
world  claiming  himself  to  be  some  gr-at 
one. 

Supposing,  he  had  remained  at  Nazareth  till 
thirty  years  of  age,  and  then  went  down  into 
the  wilderness  unto  John. 

Supposing,  John  hod  taken  him  into  a  room 
with  covered  mndows  and  closed  doors. 

Supposing,  he  had  come  out,  went  up  to  Je- 
rusalem and  rented  a  Urge  upper  room,  well 
furnished. 

Supposing,  he  had  given  out,  that  he  came 
not  to  do  his  own  will,  but  to  establish  on  earth 
a  secret  society,  against  which  the  powers  of 
earth  should  not  prevail. 

Supposing,  he  had  locked  up  the  room  and 
went  to  Nazareth,  and  there  preached  up  the  su- 
perior claims  of  his  secret  order,  and  many  had 
believed  on  him. 

Supposing,  he  had  gone  up  to  Capernaum,  and 
there  proclaimed  that  the  time  for  organizing 
his  secret  society  was  near  at  hand. 

Supposing,  he  had  gone  out  from  the  city, 
ond  while  walking  by  the  Sea  of  Galilee  had 
seen  Simon,  called  Peter,  and  Andrew,  his  broth- 
er, and  told  them  to  "  come  and  go  with  me,  and 
I  will  give  you  a  high  degree  in  the  secret  order 
that  I  am  about  to  organize." 

Supposing,  he  had  gone  on  a  little  farther 
and  found  two  other  men  and  said,  "  follow  me." 

Supposing,  he  had  traveled  throughout  all 
Galilee,  teaching  in  the  synagogues  and  talking 
up  the  benefits  of  his  secret  order. 

Supposing,  he  had  secured  a  Hall  in  Caper- 
naum. 

Supposing  he  had  covered  all  the  windows 
and  bolted  the  doors  securely. 

Supposing,  he  had  waited  till  dark  and  then 
called  his  disciples  unto  him  and  told  them  he 
was  now  reiidy  to  initiate  them. 

Supposing,  he  had  taken  them  into  an  ante- 
room and  told  them  they  must  first  take  an 
oath,  pledging  themselve.'*  never  to  reveal  the 
secrets  he  was  about  to  make  known  unto  them. 

Supposing,  he  had  told  them  that  it  would 
cost  them  ten  dollars  each  to  take  the  fii-st  de- 
gree. 

Supposing,  his  kind  mother  had  come  to  the 
door  asking  permission  to  enter  and  see  the  in- 
itiatory ceremonies  jierformed. 

Supposing,  he  had  said,  "  Mother,  what  have 
I  to  do  with  thee  ?  This  is  no  place  for  wo- 
men," and  then  closed  the  door,  leaving  her  out 
in  the  dark  and  cold. 

Suppo^ing,  one  oi  the  poor  disciples  would 
not  have  had  ten  dollare  to  his  name. 

Supposing,  the  Savior  had  said,  '^  Except  ye 
have  ten  dollai-s  ye  can  in  no  wise  enter  into 
this  secret  order." 

Supposing,  he  had  said,  "  Except  a  man  be 
initiated  into  this  secret  order  he  cannot  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God." 

Supposing,  he  had  said,  "  Without  ten  dollars 
it  is  impossible  to  please  God." 

Supposing,  that  poor  disciple,  weighed  down 
in  grief,  had  departed,  saying,  "  How  hard  it  is 
for  a  poor  man  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven." 

Supposing,  he  had  taken  the  rest  of  the  dis- 
ciples into  the  room  with  closed  windows  and 
barred  doors. 

Supposing,  he  had  initiated  them,  giving 
thera  the  grip  and  pass-word,  pledged  by  tho 
strongest  oath  possible  for  the  infinite  mind  to 
conceive. 

Supposing,  the  next  day  he  had  gone  up  into 
a  mountain  and  called  his  disciples  unto  him, 
and  said: 

Blessed  are  the  rich,  for  theirs  is  the  king- 
dom. 

'  Blessed  are  they  that  have  plenty  of  money 
for  they  shall  be  called  to  higher  degrees  in  the 
lodge. 


"  Blessed  are  tlie  meuibers  of  thi.s 
for  they  ehall  one  day  rule  the  country. 

'■  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  not  fiud  out 
your  signs,  grins  and  pass-words, 

"  It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  enter  through  the 
eye  of  a  needle  than  for  a  poor  man  to  get  into 
this  lodge,  for  it  takes  money  to  buy  degrees" 

Supposing,  Martha  and  Mary  had  sent  for 
him  to  come  to  Bethany  for  Lazarus.  Iheir  broth- 
er,  was  dead. 

Supposing,  thfy  hwi  told  him  that,  "both 
our  father  and  hrnther  are  now  dead,  and  we 
have  no  one  to  support  us,  but  as  father  belong, 
ed  to  your  benevolent  society,  we  will  now  have 
to  look  to  yon  for  support." 

Supposing,  he  had  told  them,  "  We  cannot 
help  you.  Your  father  did  not  pay  up  his  dues 
during  the  last  yew,  and  therefore  his  uame 
was  dropped." 

Supposing,  they   had   said,   "  Our  father  wqs 


too  poor  to  pay  his  dues.     It  took  all  the 


money 


he  could  raise  to  pay  for  the  three  degrees  he 
took.  If  we  had  that  money  back,  it  would  he 
a  great  help  to  us." 

But,  supposing,  he  had  turned  a  cold  shoul- 
der to  their  entreaties  for  help,  and  started  off 
with  his  disciples  to  the  "Rich  man's"  fmieiul 
at  whose  gate  lay  Lazarus,  the  beggar. 

Supposing,  ho  and  his  disciples  had  marched 
at  the  head  of  the  grand  procession— one  of 
them  carrying  the  Bible  in  front  of  him,  while 
some  others  played  upon  the  fife  and  drum,  and 
thus  marched  out  by  poor  Lazarus  who  was 
begging  for  the  crumbs  that  fell  from  the  rich 
man's  table. 

Supposing,  they  had  thus  marched  through 
the  business  part  of  Jerusalem,  went  into  the 
synagogue  with  all  their  display. 

Supposing,  tlie  Savior  had  gone  up  into  the 
pnlpit,  and  there  spoke  about  the  death  of  the 
good  brother,  whose  body  should  be  decently 
buried,  while  the  spirit,  by  angels,  had  been  car- 
ried to  the  "  Grand  Lodge  above." 

Supposing,  they  would  all  have  gone  out  to 
the  grave-yard,  and  marched  around  the  grave 
a  few  times,  and  each  one  had  thrown  one  of 
his  wliit^  gloves  into  the  grave. 

Supposing,  he  hsul  sent  a  couple  of  his  disci- 
ples into  the  city,  telling  them  where  to  fiud 
the  large  upper  room  with  closed  windows  and 
barred  doors,  and  there  to  make  ready  for  the 
evening  lodge. 

Supposing,  he  had  come  late  iu  the  evening, 
with  his  disciples,  and  went  into  the  upper 
room. 

Supposing,  he  had  proposed  to  give  them  the 
highest  degree  that  could  he  taken  in  that 
country. 

Supposing,  that  Jndas,  the  treai^urer,  had  got 
up  and  went  out,  and  it  was  reported  that  he 
had  gone  to  tell  all  the  secrets  to  the  chief 
priests  and  others. 

And,  supposing,  some  of  the  disciples  had  fol- 
lowed and  caught  him  in  some  dark  place— 
hand-cuffed  him,  put  a  gag  into  his  mouth,  took 
him  down  to  the  Dead  Sea,  got  him  into  a  canoe, 
tied  a  rope  around  his  body  tlien  to  some  heavy 
stones,  run  the  canoe  out  into  the  sea  and  push- 
ed him  off  into  the  water  with  the  heavy  stones 
hanging  to  him. 

Supposing,  the  people  of  the  city  would  have 
become  enraged  at  such  cruelties,  and  arose  as 
one  man,  compelling  Christ  and  his  disciples  to 
flee  into  the  mountains  and  hide  themselves 
from  the  eye  of  justice. 

And,  supposing,  that  James,  one  of  the  most 
honest  men  of  the  whole  band,  would  have  left 
the  lodge,  (like  Bernard  left  the  Masons),  and 
published  to  tho  worid,  that  the  .whole  thing 
was  a  deception,  and  there  was  no  genuine  re- 
ligion in  it. 

And  then,  supposing,  the  whole  proceedings, 
regarding  the  formation  of  this  secret  order  had 
been  collected  and  written  in  a  hook  called  the 
New  Testament. 

Supposing,  no  one  would  have  been  allowed 
to  read  that  book  unless  he  would  pay  ten  dol- 
lars, and  take  an  oath,  binding  himself  never  to 
reveal  any  of  the  secrets  in  it. 

Supposing,  the  disciples  had  wen  t  every-where 
preaching  in  defense  of  this  secret  order. 

And,  supposing,  this  order  would  have  con- 
tinued till  the  present  century. 

And  then  on  top  of  the  whole  thing,  suppos- 
ing, its  advocates  would  claim  it  was  a  work  of 
Insinrntion  and  sanctioned  by  God,  what  would 
the  intelligent  reader  think  of  it?  What  kind 
of  an  idea  would  he  have  of  Jesus  Christ?  What 
kind  of  an  opinion  would  he  have  of  such  an 
institution? 


j^ue^^st    B. 


THE    l^RKTtlKEZV    J^T    WOinC. 


M-elUW  Masonic  onicr  i.  u.,t  ^^,  p„^^,^,^ 
better  ui  pnncple.  und  y.-t  t).e«  ar«  men  ,vl,o 
liave  tbe  nu.lacity  to  cljiiai  that  Imlh  J„hn  the 
Bftpti3b:"id  Jesus  ri.ri»tWlo»g...i  tu  i„«tMuh 
m  oT^^'^-  _  .1.  B.  a, 

FKXJITS.MEETPOa  EEPENTANCE. 


■  I'iin 


I  ,ti"^iri'  .111  i'\l)liiiiLili.,ii.m  M;iU..;:ilii 
p(  tin- ""I  v.i-s.-.    Tij.rsth  vi-rsf  ix-aiU  iu  MU 
..nrinsr.ntl..  thoi^fure    fruils.  n„.,t  for  ,x.,.Vnt: 
„npe."    11'"«  «;<iBl>t  to  be  well  exi.lai„e.l.    WJ,.  t 
kin-I  of  fimts  is  ii,e«ntV  I.  j.  (-ovki, 

THE  Tth  verse  rends  as  follows:  "  But  wlien 
he  siiw  many  of  the  Plmrisecs  nud  Sadducees 
come  to  his  baptism,  he  said  mito  them,  0,  gen- 
eration of  vipers,  who  halh  warned  you  to  flee 
the  wrath  to  come?" 

These  Pharisees  aud  Sadducecs  were  compured 
to  a  generation  of  vipers.  Wcause.  in  their  faUo 
tertching  and  cunuingness.  they  resembled  the 
viper, the  most  poisonousserpentkuown.  They 
taught  a  fiilse  doctrine  calculated  to  inUict  mor- 
al death  upon  every  soul  into  whose  parts  the 
poisonous  teaching  was  inserted.  John  express- 
ed his  astonishment  at  tlieir  coming  to  his  bap- 
tism and  hence  said,  "Wlio  has  warned  you  to 
flee  from  the  wrath  to  come?"  What  has  in- 
duced you,  who  are  noted  for  your  false  teach- 
ing and  cnnningnesa.  to  forsake  the  error  of 
yoiir  way  and  accept  the  simple  doctrine  that  I 
oin  preaching? 

"Bring  forth,  there'ore,  fruits,  meet  for  re- 
pentance," or  as  Luke  (3:  S)  has  it,  "  fruits 
worthy  of  repentance."  They  were  to 
the  proper  fruits  of  a  reformation  by  ceasing  to 
do  evil  and  leaining  to  do  well.  Manifest  by 
their  daily  walk  and  conversation  that  they  had 
repented — had  changed  their  lives  and  would 
henceforth  be  better  men.  John  did  not  want 
them  to  bring  their  cunningness  and  hypocrisy 
into  their  professed  repentance,  but  prove  to  all 
around  you,  tliat  you  have  repented,  by  forsak- 
ing sin  and  thus  give  evidence  that  your  coming 
to  Jordan  to  be  baptized,  is  not  an  act  of  hy- 
pocrisy, nor  an  underhanded  way  of  working 
yourselves  into  the  favor  of  those  whom  you 
wish  to  poison  with  your  false  doctrine.  Give 
up  your  old  theory  about  being  the  children  of 
Abraham,  and  therefore  flee  from  the  bondage 
of  sin  and  corruption. 

A  careful  reading  of  Luke  3:  8-14  ivill  show 
some  things  of  which  they  were  to  repent — 
some  of  the  fruits  of  repentance.  He  that  had 
two  coats,  and  plenty  to  eat,  was  to  show  a  lit- 
tle charity  by  dividing  with  him  that  had  none. 
The  publicans,  while  gathering  taxes,  were  to 
exact  no  more  than  that  which  was  appointed 
to  them.  To  the  soldier  he  could  say,  serve  out 
the  time  for  which  you  have  enlisted,  be  con- 
tent mth  your  wages,  but  in  all  your  acts  do 
violence  to  no  man,  for  thou  shalt  not  kill,  but 
love  your  enemies,  &,c.  In  all  their  dealings 
they  were  to  show  by  their  fruits — their  con- 
duct— that  they  had  changed  tlieir  purposes  and 
were  willing  to  walk  in  all  the  statutes  and 
commandments  of  the  Lord  blameless. 


not  iinother's?  Xot  at  all!  It  does  good  to  all. 
It  is  meek.  Tt  \<f  lovely  in  it<  effect*.  It  looks 
bright,  acts  bright,  and  h  bright. 

Should  nay  one  come  to  you,  and  seem  for- 
ward to  tell  you  what  he  henrJ,  what  he  thinks 
about  this  or  that  iwrson,  magnifying  their 
faults,  speaking  evil  of  other>i.  watch  that  man 
and  have  no  fellowship  with  him.  Nothing  is 
8«>  hurtful  to  a  man's  soul  a.s  to  «prend  false  re- 
ports. For  a  time  he  «eems  to  K*  master  of  tbe 
field,  but  ah!  when  the  truth  comes  plodding 
along  after  tbe  heels  of  falsehood,  then  he  who 
scatters  the  untruth,  suffens.  I  have  known 
people  to  circulate  falsehoods  and  seem  to  re- 
joice in  spreading  them,  and  in  less  than  two 
months  they  returned  upon  the  circulatur  with 


God;  not  only  light,  but  the  heavens,  earth, 
the  dry  land  and  the  separation  of  the 
waters   into   their     proper    places  ~  all     were 

ipokon  into  existence  and  given  plac«  by  the 
eternal  word  of  God.  The  sen  was  made  to  roll 
back  by  the  word  of  God.  not  by  the  hand  of 
God. 

All  that  bears  life  was  ushered  into  existence 
by  the  word  of  God,  the  Imnsts,  bird*,  herlw, 

fishes,  mankind.     All   these  were  made  by  it; 

Christ  was  that  Word,  and  is  our  life,  and  our 

Mediator. 
The  creative  power  of  that  Word  is  not  lost. 

CliriHt  created  while  here,  iw  we  notice  in  the 

feeding  of  the  tivo   thousand.     Ho   says  to  His 

disciples,  "  How  many  loaves  have  ye?  "    They 


terrible  efiect.     Brethren  never  do  this;  for  a  I  aiud,  "  Five,  and   two  fishes."    The  disciples 
brother  can't.    The  Spirit  constrains  him;  hut    wondered  what  this  would  amount  to  among 


if  he  loses  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  then  he  is 
more 'ft  brother,  and  being  no  brother  iu  the 
siglit  of  find,  he  is  capable  of  doing  great  mis- 
chief. You  see,  therefore,  the  necessity  of  broth- 
erly love.  This  once  lost,  the  heavenly  tie 
severed  and  the  stride  down  hill  is  sure  and 
rapid. 

The  man  who  throws  away  hia  self-respect — 
his  wisdom  from  above  and  putsontattlbig  and 
back-biting,  has  exchanged  whiteness  for  black- 
ness— gold  for  dross — purity  for  impurity — peace 
for  trouble.  Why  should  men  do  this?  Is  there 
any  pny  in  it?  It  may  be  a  little  pleasing  to 
the  flesh,  but  it  certainly  is  not  profitable  to  the 
spirit.  Persons  who  have  been  purchased  with 
the  blood  of  Christ,  and  been  made  partakers  of 
the  divine  nature,  should,  with  joy,  hear  each 
ot]ier'.s  burdens— should,  in  all  kindness,  help 
each  other,  respect  each  other,  labor  for  the  one 
common  cause,  be  edified  by  the  same  Word, 
live  together  in  the  same  spirit. 

"  Let  brotherly  love  continue,"  is  the  voice 
from  heaven.  This  implies  that  brotheriy  love 
liashfffiiii,isitf)W,AnA  positively  demands  that 
it  should  aiuiiiiue.  Brotherly  love,  then,  is; 
for  a  thing  cannot  continue  until  it  fii-st  is. 
Can  any  oiif  tell  why  it  should  not  continue? 
May  peace  flow  like  a  gentle  river  among  the 
children  of  God;  and  though  great  mountains 
of  tri.nls  may  arise,  they  will  only  brighten  the 
Christian's  character,  if  patiently  endured. 
Thank  God  for  patience!  The  Lord  be  praised 
for  the  love  of  ouv  older  Brother.  May  it  ever 
continue.  si.  M.  E. 


J.  H.  M. 


BROTHERLY  LOVE. 

IO\'E  is  a  heavenly  theme.  Who  does  not 
j  love  to  bo  loved?  Who  does  not  feel  hap- 
py when  loved?  Did  love  ever  make  any  one 
miserable?  Did  love  ever  make  a  man  cross, 
snarlish,  spiteful?  Who  ever  heard  of  love  put- 
ting malice  in  a  man's  heart?  Who  ever  heard 
of  love  for  one  another  making  strife,  creating 
war,  destroying  the  country,  shedding  men's 
blood?  Can  you  say  that  through  love  you 
spoke  ill  of  your  neighbor?  Can  you  say,  that 
by  love  you  refused  to  "Let  brotherly  love 
continue?"  No,  never!  Did  love  ever  sur- 
mise evil?  Did  brotherly  love  ever  go  from 
house  to  house  seeking  whereof  to  accuse  some 
one?  Tell  us  when  brotherly  love  got  envious 
and  acted  unseemly.  Point  out  when  and  where 
brotherly  {and  sisteriy)  love  ever  thought  evil 
—ever  was  rash.  Did  you  ever  hear  love  tattle? 
Never!  Did  you  ever  hear  of  love  seeing  dark 
clouds,  and  all  manner  of  ugly  things  when  all 
was  sunshine?  Who  ever  heard  of  love  seeing 
a  mountain  shooting  up,  just  over  the  hill  yon- 
der, when  there  was  not  a  single  grain  there  to 
start  a  mountain  to  growing? 

li roth erly  love  is  kind.  Ah!  it  don't  treat 
roughly.  It  never  n.^sxiiies  things:  it  never 
speaks  rudely  aud  haughtily.  Brotherly  love  is 
not  pufled  up— does  not  act  as  if  it  were  general 
of  every  man's  soul  and  body.  Will  love  de- 
spise the  poor,  the  unfortunate?  No,  it  pities. 
Will  brotherly  love  seek  its  own   wellfare  and 


tumbled  into  niin,  not  a  vejilige  bmng  left, 
while  the  meok  and  humble  Kozaren*-,  Christy 
had  set  up  a  kingdom  that  wo<ild  never  cmm- 
bli>.  Of  Chriftt  it  is  Naid,  there  iihall  l>e  no  end 
to  HU  kingdom.  His  name  shall  be  calM 
Wondprful,  (Jounsellor,  the  Mighty  Gwl,  the 
Prince  of  peac«,  the  everlasting  Father.  Peac« 
shall  intrea.<ui  until  there  shall  be  no  end.  The 
sword  of  Christ  shall  beat  every  other  sword  il^ 
tu  ploughnhBres;  as  Mosea'  serpeot  ate  up  tb* 
magician's  xerpentx,  bo  the  living  word  of  Qoi 
shall  swallow  up  everj-  other  word.  This  isthft 
power  of  God'«  word. 

Wherever  the  Word  is  preached,  there  sonla 
may  be  converte<l.  We  mean  the  living  Worf. 
— Some  hear,  yet  do  not  hear.  Some  see,  and 
yet  do  not.  The  Jews  had  the  living  Word  be- 
fore their  eyi»,  yet  saw  not.  They  heard,  atill 
they  were  deaf.  Christ  says  this  of  them.  They 
did  not  hear  the  living  part  of  it.  They  heazd 
the  sound,  but  not  the  living  Word.  Those  to 
whom  Gotl  i^peaks  and  who  hear  Him,  hear  the 
living  Word:  those  to  whom  I  speak  simply 
hear  ray  word.  Those  who  hear  the  human 
voice  uttering  the  word*  of  God,  only  bear  the 
representative  of  the  living  Word,  but  when 
they  obey  the  Lord,  they  hear  that  living  Word, 
for  it  is  quick,  eternal,  powerful. 

We  now  proceed  to  consider  the  restoring 
power  of  God's  word._  Christ  restored  sight  to 
the  blind,  health  to  the  sick,  made  the  lepen 
clean,  and  the  lame  to  walk — all  by  the  power 
of  the  Word.  It  is  the  same  now.  It  was  so 
when  Christ  raised  the  daught*?r  of  Jairus.    He 


live  thousand,  hut  Christ  commanded  the  peo- 
ple to  sit  down  by  fifties  and  by  hundrtds.  then 
He  took  the  bread  and  fishes  and  hlntsiil  them, 
and  gave  to  the  inuUitude.  Here  He  had  ouly 
a  certain  amount  of  matter  in  these  five  loavea 
and  two  fishes,  yet  He  created  enough  to  feed 
five  thousand.  And  that  He  created  food,  is  ev- 
ident from  the  fact  that  the  fragment-i  remain- 
ing, were  more  tlum  that  which  He  had  at  first. 
This  shows  that  the  word  of  God  is  powerful  to 
create- 
When  Peter  cut  off  the  ear  of  Malchus,  Christ 
restored  it;  or  as  some  of  those  wlio  have  given 
the  subject  careful  thought,  assert,  lie  made  a 
new  ear.  It  at  least  implies  that  a  new  ear  was 
created.  So  much  for  the  creative  power  of  the 
Word— it  is  never  lost.    New  objects  are  being  1  did  that  by  the  restoring  power  of  the  Word. 


W:l 


THE  WORD  OF  GOD. 

[Synopsis  of  a  sevmon  delivered  by  Klder  S.  Z. 
Sliurp,  in  Lanark,  III.,  July  2!ttli,  161S.    Heported  In 

M.  M.  I-:.] 

■•  F.ir  llic  word  of  God  Is  ijuick,  and  powerful,  and 
shariiei  tlian  any  two-edgedswonl.piercingeven  to 
tlie  ilividiiiy  asunder  of  soul  and  sjiirit,  and  of  the 
joints  and  niarrriw.  and  i-s  a  disfcrner  oftliu  tliouglits 
tpiita  ot  tlie  heart."— Heb.  4:  12. 

hnll  fii-st  notice  the  properties  of  God's 
■d.  The  Bible  is  the  word  of  God.  It 
is  all  that  we  have  of  the  revealed  will  of  God. 
I  do  not  mean  the  Bible,  independent  of  the 
Spirit,  I  do  not  mean  this  book,  the  leaves,  the 
marks  on  the  paper,  hut  the  Word  that  is  quick 
and  powerful.  The  Book  before  me  is  only  a 
representation  of  God's  word;  it  is  only  a  pict- 
ure, a  photograph  of  the  real  subject,  the  real 
Word.  I  may  show  you  a  picture  of  my  father. 
but  then  it  is  not  my  father.  In  one  sense  it  is 
my  father  and  in  another  sense  it  is  not.  It  is 
true  so  far  as  it  represents  my  father,  but  it  is 
not  my  real  father.  So  of  the  Bible.  This  Book 
before  me  is  the  representation  of  the  real  word 
of  God.  The  real  Word  is  "  quick  and  powerful." 
It  is  living.  God  is  the  God  of  the  living  but 
not  of  the  dead. 

"The  word  was  made  flesh,"  says  John,  "and 
dwelt  among  us,  (and  we  beheld  his  glory,  the 
glory  of  the  only  begotten  of  the  Father),  full 
of  grace  and  truth."  That  Word  that  was  made 
flesh,  is  the  Son  of  God.  In  Him  was  life  and 
the  life  was  the  light  of  men.  You  see  the 
Word  was  quick;  we  mean  living.  The  Bible 
before  us  is  not  living,  but  that  Word  is  living; 
there  is  life  in  it  and  it  teaches  us  the  way,  the 
life  and  the  truth.  It  is  the  Word  which  gives 
us  new  hearts— the  Logos,  or  living  Word  of 
God. 

We  are  told  that  it  is  powerful.  All  things 
were  created  by  it,  and  without  the  Word 
"  was  not  anything  made  that  v/an  made." 
By  the  Word,  God  spoke  all  things  into  exist 
ence.  He  said,  "Let  there  be  light,  and 
there  was  light."  A  certain  heathen  philoso- 
pher says,  "This  is  the  most  sublime  saying 
ever  spoken."     Light  was  made  by  the  Word  of 


constantly  created.  The  growing  of  tlie  stalk  of 
corn,  the  wheat,  the  tree,  is  by  the  word  of  God. 
This  creating  is  going  on  all  the  time;  we 
cannot  see  the  hand  of  God  doing  the  work,  but 
it  is  being  done  by  tbe  Word.  It  make*  no  dif- 
ference whether  God  speaks  them  into  existence 
or  whether  He  brings  them  forth  from  some- 
thing else — it  is  done  by  tbe  word  of  God.  It 
is  done  by  the  Word,  whether  primarily  or  sec- 
ondarily. 

It  is  powerful  to  convert.  Christ  came  to  show 
the  plan:  He  declared  those  who  would  believe 
on  Him  ami  follow  Him  should  do  even  greater 
works  than  He.  Christ  gave  the  plan  to  others, 
and  these  went  forth  and  worked  by  the  word 
of  God.  So  with  us.  When  we  send  out  mis- 
sionaries we  do  not  semi  them  with  carnal 
weapons,  the  sword  of  this  world,  but  we  send 
them  armed  with  the  word  ol'  God.  They  preach 
the  Word.  Thoy  lay  it  before  the  people  and 
if  it  ^vill  have  no  effect  upon  them  we  can  do 
no  more.  There  never  was  a  foul  converted  to 
Christ  except  by  the  Word.  It  is  the  ronvert- 
ing  power  of  that  Word  that  docs  the  work. 
On  the  day  of  Pentecost,  Peter  pp'iiclied  the 
Word.  Though  the  people  had  heard  Christ 
Himself,  had  seen  His  miracles  and  the  power 
of  the  Word,  yet  it  did  not  affect  them  so  mudi 
as  when  Peter  preached  the  Word.  Then  they 
cried  out,  "  Men  and  brethren,  what  shall  we 
do?"  They  sought  for  salvation.  They  felt 
that  they  were  the  murderers  of  Christ,  were 
condemned  for  their  past  work,  and  must  now 
come  to  Christ.  It  was  the  converting  power 
of  the  Word  that  moved  them,  that  brought 
about  this  change.  It  was  the  converting  pow- 
er of  the  Word  that  arrested  Saul  iu  his  mad 
career.  He  was  going  with  authority  to  arrest 
men  and  women  who  believed  through  this 
word  of  God,  when  suddenly  he  was  stopped. 
He  at  once  acknowledged  Christ,  the  living 
Word.  There  was  a  sudden  change  in  the  man, 
aud  he  allowed  himself  to  be  conducted  to  Da- 
mascus to  learn  more  about  the  way  of  the 
Lord. 

There  is  power  in  the  Word  to  make  kings 
tremble.  When  Paul  stood  before  Felix,  and 
told  him  the  things  concerning  God,  it  made 
Felix  tremble.  It  made  Herod  tremble  when 
he  learned  of  the  birth  of  Jesus.  The  Word  was 
given  in  weakness — even  in  the  form  of  a  babe 
ill  a  manger,  but  it  grew  and  grew  until  it  be- 
came mighty  throughout  the  eiu-th.  It  was 
conceived  in  weakness,  but  terminated 
strength. 

What  is  more  helpless  than  on  infant?  But 
coming  as  an  infant,  it  has  grown  until  all 
power  in  heaven  and  iu  earth  is  given  unto  that 
living  Word.  This  was  the  stone  which  Daniel 
saw  "  cut  out  of  the  mountain  without  hands," 
and  it  rolled  and  rolled  on  until  it  "  filled  the 
whole  earth."  It  is  said  that  Napoleon  remark- 
ed, that  Ciesar,  Charlemagne  and  himself  had 
each  established  great  empires,  but  that  all  had 


.\nd  there  was  La/arua,  who  had  already  laia 
four  days  in  the  grave, — who  had  already  under- 
gone the  change  in  nature,  hia  flesh  having  be> 
gun  to  decay,  he,  too,  was  restored  tolife  by  the 
power  of  God's  word.  To  Lazarus,  who  wis 
sleeping.  He  could  say,  "  Come  forth,"  and  the 
body  obeyed  and  came  out  of  the  grave.  We 
shall  all  be  raised  in  like  manner  by  the  same 
Word,  some  to  everlasting  shame,  and  some  to 
everlasting  glory.  If  it  is  true  that  some  shall 
come  forth  to  everlasting  glory,  it  is  also  true 
that  some  will  come  forth  to  everlasting  sham^ 
If  it  is  true  in  one  seilse,  it  is  true  in  another. 
Every  one  shall  lie  called  out  of  the  grave- 
When  anyone  is  laid  away  in  the  grave,  we  say, 
he  sleeps.  When  Chri!>t  went  to  the  little- 
daughter.  He  said,  "  she  .sh-epetli."  Sleep  is  an 
unconscious  state  of  being.  When  Ltizarus 
died,  Christ  said,  "he  ."leepeth."  When  we  lie 
down  to  rest  at  night,  we  hope  to  awake  again 
id  enjoy  friends  and  the  comforts  of  life;  so 
when  our  bodies  are  placed  in  the  grave  we  hope 
to  come  forth  again  to  enjoy  the  glory  of 
heaven. 

Christ  says  He"cnme  not  to  condemn  the, 
world,  but  that  the  world  through  Him  might 
believe."  For  this  reason  the  word  of  God  ia 
the  discerner  of  the  thoughts  and  intents  of  tha 
heart,  hence  in  the  day  of  judgment  we  shall 
all  be  judged  by  it.  It  is  a  knower — a  discern- 
er of  the  thoughts,  and  in  the  great  day  it  will 
reveal  every  evil  thought,  though  it  may  hare 
been  hidden  from  mankind.  0,  what  manner 
of  men  ought  we  to  be,  kuowiug  that  we  have  ^ 
true  and  a  just  God  to  meet!  The  earth  shalt^ 
pass  away,  but  the  word  of  the  Lord  shall  never 
pass  away.  If  we  stand  upon  that  Word,  noth- 
ing can  move  us.  Let  us  make  that  our  creed, 
for  the  disciplines  of  men  shall  pass  away.  Let 
cling  to  the  commandments  of  God — let  na 
cling  to  all  His  promises. 

In  the  day  of  Judgment  the  hooks  shall  be 
opened  and  out  of  these  shall  we  be  judged. 
Then  can  we  all  say.  we  have  obeyed  the  Lord? 
"  In  this  Word  I  told  you  to  love  yourenemiea, 
have  you  loved  them?  '  0,  how  well  you  will 
feel  then,  if  you  have  obeyed  this  command.. 
"  Do  good  to  them  that  despitefully  use  700;** 
have  yoH  obeyed  this  command?  How  good 
you  will  then  feel  if  you  can  say,  "  Yes.  1  have 
obeyed  this."  Again  the  great  Judge  of  th« 
quick  and  the  dead  will  turn  to  vou  and  say, 
"  Down  there  ou  earth.  My  Word  said.  Swear 
not  at  all.  have  you  obeyed  this  too?  "  Ah.  how 
happy  you  will  feel,  if  you  can  say,  "  Ye*,  Fath* 
er,  I  nave  obeyed  the  commimd. '  "  Have  you 
washed  your  brother's  feet,  as  I  commanded 
you  in  my  Won!?  "  If  you  have,  how  glad  yoa 
will  feel  then.  Peter  felt  glad  after  he  obeyed 
the  Sarior  in  feet-wushing.  and  you  will  fed 
glad  after  you  obey  the  command.  But  on  the 
other  hand,  how  will  you  feel  if  you  have  not 
obeyed  the  Word?  How  sad  you  vriW  feel  when 
He  t«lls  you,  "  How  came  yon  in  here  not  hav- 
ing on  tfie  wedding  garment?"  0  turn  to  J^ 
sus,  and  obey  Him!  The  Word  is  full  of  Ufek. 
Before  you  are  lite  aud  death,  which  will  yoa 
choose?  It  discerns  vour  thoughts,  knows  all 
things  aud  is  powerful  to  heal,  to  rvstor*,  to 
convert,  to  discern.  May  it  be  our  friend 
through  life,  aud  through  eternity. 


Til}-:   i^iiivrini^:^^  ^yx  avokic. 


August    H 


ly^ 


THE  RILL  AND  THE  STILL. 

Ana  lU  ftoiiJl  "'«  t'"-  "<"'K  "^  l''^  '"*•  , , 
lla  wiiH-ni  wfii-e  |.urc,  uinl  utrong  waa  Itfl  tide. 
Ak  It  nwoiit  111  Itii  coiinM*  to  the  aeo. 

On  111.-  I'lmfc  -r  llii-  nil.  t«t'"'(l  11  (fiinj-  "t"'- 

Will,  (ii-  viHni:-  i>r  oi.icii  tiiii<"«: 

Up  rn."  nod.  iw  il  |trirw"<l.  <m  thf  Jlrifllng  rill. 
And  I'liidly  tMHL-Ktl  liU  »llu-9. 

.s*itd  he :  I'm  n  KfiU't  o'er  nil  tltC  i-artti. 

:Crt  iii.maroli  Imtli  ik.wit  Ukemiiie: 
tilll  the  wretrlit'd  wltU  flfiidltdi  iiilrtli, 
'      ,4nrt  I  l)»nl«li  all  Mnri-yw  «  of  tiiin-. 
1  nitii  tlir-  r«.rt«in.s  lui'l  fiuii'' of  tli«  ipvut, 

And  |iiil«>-  the  luiinl  •<(  H'p  wf*"*  ^ 
I'm  i-V"T  II  giw'-i  "f  I'"'  '''"*[ '"  '''"  "*"'''■ 

Tin  I  lay  lilin  low  nt  my  net. 

1  (Irivc  till*  hpRKtii  fr"iJi  'lour  to  door, 

T  iniiKli  Ht  UN  M'Mt'"'  <''"•■'''■  ' 

AMrt  lVeiint*iMi«iKiil''''><'t'ii'  »^>r^  •  '' 

■  Kor  Hie  oJi'liaiw  tliiif  "till  iimtt  wecii. 

KoKln&i'nIi  mt-HAUri' my  inislity  i^wcr: 
.  iNc-iJOfft-r  ftim  tnrii  my  wraih. 
Like  •WC'l'liifl  llic.  l»^'  tlmnes  devour 
AlliriorUds  who  cross  my  I'alli. 

JLUvivo  Hie  ifiir  fiwii  tl"'  ii"^""  tj^k, 

I  wr.vk  Ui<- slii|w  "II  tlu-di-ii-. 
nclir^tilfili  thf  jnlls  lUid  priHrtii  rack. 
I    And  CMiwi-  tlio  niilioiiK  In  wotp. 

inn  tlip  w.irtd  111(11  vlci-  iind  siii, 

■\Vltli  iji iiui-o.  wiitit  aiwl  wooi 

1  Bluit  wltii  tin-  iwtufi,  ■•  Hiit(li(ir  tjipjn  ill ; " 
I  And  Willi  (iQiitli :  "  wo  I/iy  tliciii  low." 

Tlii'ii  '>li"l-.<-  Ilif  rill  from  Us  silv.-ry  Iipd: 

A  <liiri-ici»(  w.tI:  liiivi'  t  ditiif! 
lV<<.|iii'iii  li.fl  t)i>-  ilili-«(.  IVc  liiiUicd  Uie  head. 

And  ij'MiIM  ttit.'  jiiiitliiiiK  loiigne. 
I've  i^ii-rn'/l  llic  niiti  to  (.'iliid  the  ffinln. 
.  ,1'vtf  wiilei'cd  till-  tmtil('i)c](l: 
aij-,if(HiK  liiifi  glJMWifin;iI,H">"  ''i'"'t'  ""'I  '"■"'»  '• 

Tni'  Mclt  my  wati'i«  li'iivt*  Iic-ided. 

Xlul  urcrtti-r  lliaii  Uib  iny  W'irk  luia  Ii(;('», 

For  iiiiiiiy  liiivi- hucn  my  yiiii-n; 
Tvi'  frivi'ii  my  siili'K'i'W  virtnc  for  Hiii, 

Joy  mill  rHftfwi'iM  !'«"'  U-tin. 

V\'v  ;,'ivi'ii  thcin  iiiiiisi'ii,  ami  fiicnds,  lUid  Jiomcs. 

rvf.(iVPli  ttiom  linimdiiin  liraltli: 
I'vo  (dolliud  lilt.'  w  lotclmd.  ami  ft-U  tliy  jmioi'. 

And  j<|iiiicd  Willi  lln-m  my  weallli. 

I'w  iiiitwd  Llm  falli'ii,  and  fk-aiiKt'd  the  viln. 

AiHlljaUU'dl'orllKiJt'liti 
In  ti-iiiliil  vyis  I'vi-  I'lit  a  wini.', 

Sml  ftiPi'K  I'vp  niiidc  lin;rtit. 

Yus.  j-iT-at  hits  lii'cii  till-  work  of  ihf  rill. 

And  inwil  in  till'  work  to  dn; 
Anil  iiivat  1ms  bnen  tin*  nii-jic  nf  tliti  still, 

I'lii-  \vliul<-  cavtli  Lhroii^tiiuid.t)inin(;li. 

— Luu'K  nf  Lij'v. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

— He  li  H  hard  work  wlio  \\i^  nothing  to  do. 
— Wiien  we  art-   pleftiiLint,  nil   around   us  arc 
good. 

— Thf  1  ivc  of  justico  in  .'«oiir'  in«n  is  nothiug 
but  tko  ii-ar  olVuffeHng  from  injustiop. 

— Grief  hiilt*  two  ht'iirts  in  doner  bonds  than 
haplnnws  eVi^l"  can;  iintl  common  suffering  is  a 
far  Stronger  link  than  common  joy. 

—  If  God  mcr  fniled  one  who  trusted  in  Him, 
you  might  doutit;  hut  lie  nt-vpr  has,  therefore 
you  slioiihl  he  coufidont.' 

— It<-liL.'ioii  is  :i  t;uidi'  to  the  youth,  n  staff  to 
tlie  mi*Mli.'  ii^jpfl — a  downy  I>ed  on  wliich  to  Iny 
his  wetiry  limiis  while  Uf'u  id)hs  slowly  away. 

— "  You  ni'ver  sbw  \n\  hunds  as  divfy  iw  that." 
sttid  a  iiptulant  motlier  to  hor  little  g:irl.  "  ^o, 
bub  your  mu  did,"  was  tho  sharp,  if  not  respceU 
fill  reiily. 

— ^Ono  of  the  beat  woye  to  effect  a  reform  is  to 
reform  youi-self.  Bu  just  wliat  you  ivould  have 
others  it)  l»e  iind  you  will  have  no  tj'oulile  in 
winning  the  peoplv.from  vice. 

— lit'  that  covet*  cJiii  no  taore  bu  a  moi-al  man 
than  he  thiit  stents;  since  be  does  so  in  hia 
mind.  Nifr  uiui  he  he  one  thnt  robs  his  neigh- 
bor (if  Ma  ok-dit,  01"  tli.it  t-fiiftily  underniiiit'S 
him  of  hid  trade  or  pHipo. 

— Von  clun  train  tho  eye  to  sae  all  the  blight 
places  iti  your  life,  and  so  slip  over  the  Hani 
ones  witli  surpri^ijif;  ease.  Vou  can  albo  train 
the  uye  to  rc'-t  on,  the  gloutuy  spots,  in  utter 
forgotfulnesK  of  all  thiitia  bright  and  bglmtiful. 
The  fol-iner  ii*  the  best  education.  Lift*  is  too 
short  to  nurse  one's  misery.  Jjurrj'  across  tlie 
lo>y-lnmd5  that  you  way  Jingqr.  lougeroh  the 
mou;itaiu-l;ops>i     .  ,; 

-;-.\lI  ha»e  mop?  or  lesH  to  do  with  the  coni- 
moi' business  of  \'Xv.  liut  wliile  engaged  ia' 
business,  it  would  be  well  fur  w*.  to.Jie  more  ab- 
sorbed with  the  thoughts  of  uuj-  duties  to  tlie 
Savior,  to  the  tJhuVcli  of  which  weaje  members, 
and  to  the  worl(!l.  Everything  we  do,  let  us  do 
it^^ith  the  solemn  conviction  that  Uic  eye  of 
God  id  upjii  us.  Live  and  work  for  Jesus. 
Paul  said,  "  f-.r  me  to  livi'  i>  Christ," 


WHY  AM  I  NOT  A  CHRISTIAN? 

BT  r.  A.  ROSS. 

THE  rva«0Q  you  are  not  a  Christian.  Ls  hecaiiK 
you  will  not  reuouncf'  the  woHd.  and  nil 
of  if«  vanities,  and  believe  on  the  Lord  Ji 
Christ,  who  in  able  to  save  unto  the  utierin 
all  who  come  unto  Uim.  This  world's  plt-a-s- 
urcfl  are  but  a  faint  comparison  to  those  of  the 
(•temol  city,  not  made  with  hands,  perpetually 
in  the  heavena. 

Prfti**  God,  religion  w.i«  never  dejogned  to 
make  our  pleasures  les.s.  The  Chri/ilimi  seea 
the  only  trne  pleaaure,  not  confined  to  this 
world  ftlone.  but,  also  in  that  which  is  to  oouie. 
Whwi  you  become  a  true  helievor  in  the  Lord 
JesuH  Christ,  aJI  nature  seems  to  participiiUj 
with  you,  with  their  silent  voices,  in  gloritying 
your  great  Hedeeiner,  who  hath  brouglit  you 
out  of  nature's  darkne-ss,  into  the  nuuvebnis 
light  and  liWrty  of  Hi-i  dear  children. 

You  do  not  have  to  [my  the  debt  for  your 
sins,  for  -Jesus  who  died  upon  the  cross,  that 
whosoever  believeth  on  Him,  should  «ot  perish, 
but  Imvc  eternal  life,  has  pitid  it  all;  all  fo  IHin 
vou  owf;  sin  has  left  a  crimson  stain,  but, 
prfti.ie  God,  His  blood  tiui  nialte  you  wluto  n.s 
snow.  All  you  have  to  do,  is  to  come  humbly 
and  helievingly,  or  taking  God  at  His  word 
when  He  say.s,  "Come  uato  me  all  ye  that  la- 
bor, and  are  heavy  Idien,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest."  "  Him  that  conieth  unto  me  I  will  iu  no 
wise  cast  out,"  God,  iu  His  ble.'ssed  Word,  says, 
"The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  his  Son,  cleanseth 
us  from  all  sin."  "  Though  your  sins  be  m 
scarlet,  they  shall  be  made  nfi   "Itib"  us  wool." 

Sinner,  can   you  not   bflievn  the  w Is  of  the 

great  Creator  when  He  says,  "As  1  live,  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  the 
death  of  the  wicked;  but  rather  that  all  wouh 
turn  unto  me  and  live." 

Unbeliever,  Jesus  who  bore  His  crosi  up  the 
rugged  path  of  Mount  Calvary,  as  He  groaned 
and  prayed  in,  the  garden  of  Gethsemane,  as  the 
great  burd«n  of  the  world's  sins  was  resting  u])- 
on  Him,  and  as  the  sweat  and  blood  oo/ed  from 
His  forehead  and  trickled  down  His  face.  He.  in 
anguish  of  spirit  exclaimed,  "  Tather,  if  it  be 
thy  will,  let  this  cup  pass  from  me;  not  my  will, 
but  fliiiir  be  doiiel "  As  He  arose  and  retuined 
to  His  persecutors,  they  bound  Him  haud  and 
foot  and  jmiled  Him  (the  blessed  Son  of  God), 
to  the  accursed  tree,  and  as  the  cruel'  spear 
pierced  Hie  precious  side,  blood  and  water  gush- 
ed therefrom,  which  was  to  eradicate  the  sins  of 
fallen  humanity. 

Sinner,  you  ought  to  obey  God,  through  grat- 
itude for  the  great  work  He  has  done  for  you; 
rather  than  from  fear  of  the  eternal  punishuieut 
that  awaits  all  those  who  forget  Him.  Jesus 
left  the  shiniug  courts  of  heaven,  came  down 
into  this  world  of  sin  and  sorrow,  took  upon 
Himself  the  form  of  m.in,  sufjered  those  to  cru- 
cify Hiui,  whom  He  came  tosave;  died  and  was 
buried,  arose  ngain  the  third  day  and  ascended 
on  high  where  He  ever  liveth  to  make  inter- 
cession for  you.  Remember  all  this  was  done 
thdt  you  mig))t  gain  your  former  aceeptancc 
rithun  offended  God;  uud  that  when  you  should 
have  to  pass  from  time  into  cteruity,  yoii  should 
gain  eternal  life  b^'  btlievingon  Uim  who  came 
to  calUiiiuers  to  repoutuuce.  AJthougb  Helias 
done  all  this  for  you,  yet  God  will  not,  coin jiel  a 
mau  to  embrace  religion;  for  He  has  platjcd  him 
here  aa  a //vr  agent,  and  has  set  before  lum 
i/'W  and  er//,  and  calls  ui)ou  him  Ihh  iny  to 
choose  whom  he  will  serve;  if  God  be  Christ, 
serve  Him. 

Unconverted  man,  to-tlinj  is  the  day  of  salva- 
tion. Jesus  says,  "To-day,  if  ye  hear  my  voice. 
Iiai'dtiii  not  your  hearts."  Gorl  help  ycnl  fn-ihrij 
to  accept  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  the  man  i-f 
your  counsel.  Again,  by  being  a  Christian.. 
you  will  not  only  have  the  assistance  of  Uod,  m 
all  that  you  do.  with  an  eye  ..single  to  His  glu- 
ry.  hut  when  He  shall  call  yon  Irom  time  ii^to 
eternity  you  will  gain.eterual  life.  And  wUl-u 
He  shall  come  in  His  glory,  surronndcil  by  a 
multitude  of  angels,  you  will  hear  Him  s.iy, 
"Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the 
kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation 
of  the  world."  May  God's  Spirit  strive  contin- 
ually with  you,  and  before  the  siin.  shall  sink 
behind  tlie  Western  liori/.on,  may  you  aeoupt 
Him  as.yoitr  ijuvior.  i     . 

"TtMUorrow.  i<oi*d..i»tlihie,       w     i-   / 

Lodged  in  Thy  sovereign  hand, 
And  if  iUs  sun  arise  and  shine, 
'     rt'sliines  by  Thy  tommiuid.      '  ' 

'the  present  moment  Illes, 

■    And  henra  our  life  aWiry : 
0!  lOaUe  Thy  servftnta  truly  Ivisci 
Thut  tliey  may  live  ttnluy. 


CUie  tliiiit!<l<-iniinds<>ni  lan-; 

o:  b«  it  stillipiirsucd, 
l.t!.t  itlig}it«tl  once,  Uie  Reason  f;iir 

Should  never  de  n.'iiewi-d. 

To  Je^us  may  we  lly. 

.'^wfrt  aif  the  morinnc  li^bl, 
I.est  lifr's  youna  ({OldMi  hfMW  slinuld  d 

In  sii.l.li'ii.  en.llfs.s  iiisclil. 


QUESTION  ANSWERED. 

ItY  J.  Y..  n.  SHORT. 

AS  we  were  intending  to  go  to  meeting  to-day. 
a  di^tanre  of  fourteen  miles,  but  owing  to 
the  lieavy  rains  and  high  waters,  and  bridges 
being  swept  away,  we  are  proliibited  of  that 
privilege,  so  I  thought  I  would  improve  part  of 
the  day  in  meditating  upon  Scripture  and  writ- 
ing therefrom. 

Seeing  a  question  in  No.  20nftbe  Bbethuen 
AT  Womc:  '■  Did  Christ dienGod-forsaken mau. 
according  to  Uie  following  Scripture.  "My  God. 
my  G^d,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me?  '  "  Mark 
15:  31.  Hope  the  brethren  and  friends  will 
bear  a  little  with  me  in  my  explanation  of  the 
su))jcct.  Clirist  died  a  God-forsaken  man,  but 
not  fli  God-foi-saken  Christ.  Christ  was  God  and 
man  in  the  body.  The  body  was  human,  and 
the  Sjnrit  was  Christ  the  Son  of  God,  or  the 
Word  that  M-as  with  God  before  the  world  wa?. 
Before  Christ  eould  i)urcbase  the  vedemption,' 
He  had  to  be  joined  to  humanity,  so  as  to  be 
equal  with  God  and  man;  so  as  according  to 
Luke  23;4li,"Fatlier,  into  thy  bands  I  couunend 
my  Spirit."  So  God  received  the  Spirit,  and 
the  body,  or  humanity,  suffered  the  penalty.  If 
God  h;id  not  foreaken  the  body,  humanity  could 
have  never  died  and  made  the  atonement. 
Wh-'U  Christ,  the  Spirit  or  God  had  left  the, 
body,  or  the  liuman  part,  the  body  cried, 
•■  Sly  God,  my  God,  why  hnst  thou  foi-saken  me." 
Humanity  had  no  strengtli  and  bowed  the  head 
and  cave  up  flu'  Ghost;  from  that  it  underwent 
a  change,  so  that  the  Scripture  truly  can  say, 
■'llesh  and  blood  cannot  iulierit  the  kingdom  of 
God,"  as  found  I  Cor.  15;  50, 

May  wp  so  live,  that  when  it  is  GUI's  to  die  we 
can  say,  "  Father,  into  thy  hands  I  commend 
my  spirit,"  and  meekly  go  lo  sleep  iu  Jesus,  and 
in  the  moru  of  the  first  resiuTection  be  number- 
ed with  the  ii'deeiued. 


WINE  AND  BOTTLES. 


nV  J,  S.  MOHLER. 


Dear  Bidhrni :- 


Sincu  oil  this  wiuged  hour    , 

Klernity  is  bniif,', 
Waken  by  Tliy  almiglitj^  iwjver, 

Tlip  aged^mdiiitf  joiihig.        ' 


I  NOTICED  in  the  BaEXHRKK  at  Work,  cur- 
rent Vol.  No.  2t5,  a  request  for  an  explana- 
tion of  Matt,  il:  17,  referring  to  the  heading  of 
this  article.  Your  answer  is,  that  the  old  hiitths 
ivferred  to  the  Old  Coicuimt,  nnAtXx^neiP  hot  flea 
to  the  New  t^ittviinnt. 

This.  I  must  confess,  is  a  new  interpretation 
of  that  subject  to  me.  1  wiis  always  impre.ssed 
with  the  idea  that  the  nine,  and  boltles,  referred 
to  us  as  inilhidtidh;  and  not  to  a  collective 
body,  <n'  religious  compact.  The  wine  referring 
to  the  jm'iicij'lr  or  spirit  within ;  and  the  bottles, 
to  the  hiidij  containing  the  i)rinciple.  The 
phrase,  -//(/  huitle,  embraces  not  only  our  physic- 
al body,  but  also  the  mPiitiil,  iiioriil  attributes 
previous  to  conversion. 

What  drew  this  comparison  fivm  the  Savior, 
was  a  question  of  the  Pharisees,  and  John'adis- 
ciples,  relative  to  fasting.  Christ  shows  them 
the  absui'ditj'  of  so  doing,  while  the  Bridegroom 
and  bridtt  are  together;  hut  when  the  Bride- 
groom would  be  taken  thcv  cuuld  with  proprie- 

ty /«■-'•„ ,, ,  . ; ■    ,,. 

The  ter^ii  fasting,,  rCrpiii  >V( «[ ej(;(o,  m<;aus,  tu 
nhstitln  /rum  fijuil,  iiicludinij  llir  itJen  n/,  and 
mouiniiuj.  n  w.-uld  have'bfen  fully  f.,r  fb^ 
di-cipio  fo  grieve,  and  iiiniini  lor  Christ  uliilr 
l:fe  wa.s  with  them.  The  siihstaine  of  the  wlm!.. 
matter  seems  to  be  about  Ibis:  ("linst  was  teach-' 
i  11^  the  miiuh,  tuidprepiiring  the  hmrfii.  ofi  the 
disciples  for  i\w  tniiU.-i  <x{  tlie  Gaspel.  and  Uie 
rrceptionof  tlie  Holy  Spirit,  lor  the  j-pace  qt 
about,  three  yciu-*..  The  di^L■!plei  were  not  pre- 
pared tv  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  at  first.  Ness 
bottles  must  be  providei,ly-regeueratiou — tli.' 
niiud  and  will  renewed— new  creatures,  iiv. 

In  the  great  coinmisiitui.  Christ  fii-st  enjoins 
a  Irurhitnj  before  any  thing  else;  a  preparation 
oi  i>nnd  mid  Isrnrt—nru  boffli;-:,  for  the  recep- 
tion of  II,  If  o-!„r,  ,. , .,  tiie  Holy  Spirit.  To 
potir  out  the  Holy  Siuril  on  persons  wlmse 
lUinds  and  hearts  were  not  previously  prepared, 
would  be  Scftnenhat  similar  to  raising  steam  id 
au  ^ngme  without  a  track.  The  engine  lui^'ht 
puff,  and  blow,  and  make  a  terrible  noise,  but 
make  very  little  headway ;  perhaps  tumble  down 
a  preeijii.e,  and  i>e  diislud  to  pieces.  But  lay 
the  track  fir^t,  /  -■.,  >i>iiid,  and  Imni.,  (new  liot- 
tles),  then  get  up  steam— pour  in  new  win*;  — 
(the  Hok  Spirit),  and  the  engine  will  pas; 


swiftly  and  safely  to  its  destination.  When  the 
mind  and  heart  are  prepared  by  teaching  the 
first  principles  of  the  doctrine  of  Chrint,  the 
new  hf/ttlf  is  provided,  the  new  ir'"** (Holy  SpiHtl 
is  poured  in,  acts  favorably  upon  our  intellectu- 
al  and  moral  nature;  developing  all  the  enno- 
bling qualities  of  our  being  to  the  honor  and 
glory  of  God,  and  the  "ir^^j,  i.,'frM\fniii>r^  l^if' 
our  souls. 

But  if  the   new   wine,  oi*  Holy   Spirit  wajt 
poured  into  an  old  bottle,  an  unprepared  mind 
and   heart,    the  vessel    would    not  receive  it. 
There  would  be  uo  fitness,  no  affinity;  the  uew, 
cloth  would    tear  loose   from  the  old   ganueut, 
(old,  unprepared  mind  and  heart),   and  tho  reiitl 
would  be  made  worse.     To  give  the   fi)d  MWe 
or  the  i)ld  i/itrinnd,  or  the  oh!,  rnrrnpt  uatnreoi" 
ours,  (all  these  terms  meaning  the  same  thiagj;  " 
additional  force  would  certainly  make  us  \vick-'' 
eder  than  ever,  hence  tho  necessity  of  a  change 
of  vessels,  that  the  new  vessel,  and  it's  new  oon.,"' 
tents  may  harmonine;  to  the  honor  andglory.*. 
of  God,       ^_^^ ■    ■        ■■'■ 

LIKE  AS  A  FATHER    PITIETH    HIS 
CHILDREN, 

BY  Jl.  W^  JSEri'. 
"So  the  J,oi'(I|>ilietlilho3eihiU  learl)i!ii."-l'siiba 

\K::v.i.  ■        .  ..[, 

KIND,i;ead(^)-.  tlitsJangiwge  tha.t  the  Psalmist,, 
makes  u»i;  of,,upon  this  occi^ion,, certainly, 
metiiinks,  is  a  beautiful  expression;,  one  that 
should  bring  comfort  and  great  eoiisolatiou  tu 
every  Christian' luau  and  woufaii.  It  will  helii 
to  buoy  them  up  in  all  tlieir  dark  and  'rugged 
travels  through  life,  even  though  frieiids  and  all 
that  may  be  around, ma,V  sfeem  tofoi-salteuSjJ-el:'' 
we  have,  amidst  (ill  theSo  trying  Inbniehts,  tll^'' 
consolation,  God  pitie?,  and  He  loves  Mk.        ■    t. 

"  For  as  the  hea\'en  is  high  above  the  eartlii,  ■• 
so  great  is  liis  inercy  toward  them  that  fear  Hiiii.'', 
That  is,  His  mercy  i.s  ever  extended  to  those  that 
remember  His  gf>mn,iandments  and  do  them, 
Like  as  a  "  father  pitietli  his  children."  This 
part  of  the  subject  we  wish  to  notice  first:  What 
is  it,  which  causes  the  father  to  pity  his  chil- 
dren?  Is  it  for  the  M-ovks  (hey  have  done?  We 
■answer  no,  but  it  is  love  that  prompts  him  to 
do  the  act.  Tliey  are  hi.'?  offspring,  thfy  ai-'e  ' 
part  of  his  own  nature.  Love  bind^  them  iSl' 
close  together  that  liecannnt  resist  loving  thejil, 
therefore,  the  father  loves  and  pities  his  childi-en,^ 

Again,  he  pities  them  when  he  looks  forward 
and  sees  the  path  they  mtist  travel  upon.  How 
thickly  it  is  beset  ob  all  sides  by  a  sini'ul  and  an 
enticing  world;  yes,  how  often  he  may  look  up- 
on the  jiurc  and  innocent  one  by  his  side,  or  upon 
his  knee,  when  thoughts  of  joy  pnd  gladness 
in.ay  be  turned  in  that  of  pity,  and  the  answer  is, 
because  he  loves  them.  But  whilst  this  may  he 
our  condition,  let  ivs  try,  by  the  hfelp  of  God,  to 
teach  them  the  ways  of  the  Lord,  so  that  when 
they  get  old  they  may  never  depart  from  sers'- 
ing  God. 

Secondly:  We  have9aid,itislove  that  prompts 
the  parent  to  love  liis  children.  0  yea!  how 
dearly  we  love  them;  we  would  do  all  iu  ouji 
tl'eble  power  to  please  aiid.coml'ort  them.  Just 
so  it  is  with  God,  AVe  are  all  His  children  by 
creation  and  by  redemption.  0,  what  a  Father 
He  has  proved  to  us!  How  He  has  pitied  you 
and  me  in  nur  lost  condition!  What  a  great 
sacrifice  He  has  inade-1'or. us!'  Just  think,  fov 
a  moment,  after  becoming  His  enemy.  He  was 
willing  to  send  his  Son,  that  He.  through  death.] 
mi^ht  <«ave  our  souls  from  ruin.  We  ha^i?  not' 
merited  such  kindness.  We  liave  not  done  such 
jnofitable  w(n*k  that  we  should  be  -o  richly 
blessed.  Sinner,  have  you  over  thouglit  upoii< 
what  the  Lord  has  done  for  you?  McLliinkfiM 
you  have,,  Then  why  is  it  that  you  seem  to  be 
so  little  concerned  aboijt  your  soul?  Xtiunem- 
ber  God  is  angry  with  tlnj  wicked  ^vifiy  day, 
Why  are  you  awjiy  out,  in  the  cold,  serviuK  imd 
following  an  enemy  fhn  iy.  so  [mku'  tliat  Ir'  caij  | 
give  nothing  unlo^you.  He  i^  imi  likr  thfl 
Father  that  pities  you;  for  He  thut  i  ille-.  yo'u" 
eaii  give  you  aii  everbislmg  home,  a  happj'  , 
h'une  over  in  EniiuiiuuelV  Land,  There  is  great 
danger  in  proonigtinatioii.  Think  of  the  Sody' 
"inites.  Little  did  they  think  of  danger  wheii'- 
tliey  saw  the  angels  of  the'  Lord  before  the  oityji ' 
the  sun  set  just  as  it  did  before.  In  short,  all 
no  doubt,  looked  pleasant  and  delightful;  uo 
signs  of  their  fatal  doom,  yet  before  to-nuirrow'ti; 
sun  would  set,  they  wouh)  )je  no  more.  JuBJi 
so  it  may  be  with  you,  my  li'ieud.  GoiJ's  mercfj; , 
will  not  always  bo  oxtenrled  unto  you;  if  yoii,  j 
are  not  faitti'ful  unto  His  Word,  He  will  call. 
thee  hence  when  thou  least  expecfefli  it.  So 
let  me'  say  to  one  and  ail,  in  conchiHiou,  feai' 
God  ami  keep  His  commandments,  and  I  assure 
you  God  If  ill  give'you  h  hap^  hwnfl. 

"Blessed' arp  tl^e  lieacemjkera^f^or  ibw 
see  God."       '         '   '  '     '  *'  \ 


Alijust      K. 


TiiE    UltlCTJaKlii^O:    ^Vl'    A\-01tlC 


«XjaRESPOK  DKls- <;k. 

From  McDonald,  Va.  ,1 

,    'i .     -n.ii  L-.i,  ,'        i'"  "'  »'^  "lore  re- 

,,1k.  i..-m,|.-  of  the  ^tinonn.liug  country  hoetm 
,w»einl>liug,  until  s..veral  Imn.lml  wi-rc  se.ite^i 
ill  our  beautitul  lumse.     Passing  through   the 

'  ciistyjuiiry    prellniiiiaiiw  inciJeiit  to  visitiiii; 

,  and  meiviiig^na-mlicps,   tho  applicants  *.,it..<i 

'  themselves  111  front  of  the  si.c,iiker's  staii^  and 
thp  devotionul  pxcercis^-s  prnceL-ilod.  Thi.-  p».o- 
plc  wcro  iiddrewcd  from  Acti  U);  34,  35  imd 
marked  iind  serious  attcul.ioii  was  puid  to  th<> 
word  pre.iclied.  Wt-  expect  to  hoar  again  from 
tbiit  dil.v's  work.  The  oidiiiuncc  of  haptism 
Wfts  aainiuwtt'r.'d  byourwovlhy  C'-bihorev.Bro. 
K.  (iri-fso.  Jiro,  t*ri*m  U  f.imuiis  for  tiie  thor- 
ouS.lliicss  with  wUiuK  he  burins  hi*lievew,  *•  hy 
biiptisi"."'  I  love  to  sec  such  Bucred  work  done 
ill  that  way.  Our  proipjgt*  here  wovq  never 
more  hopeful  iliau  now.  Peace,  that  flower  of 
Pariulise,  blossoms  in  all  its  celestial  glory,  and 
the  rich  frnits  of  love  and  the  conversion  of  siu- 
iiere  amply  reward  us. 

Till,  new  disciples  are  jiuTc  youths,  just  en- 
ttrlug  upon  the  iireiia  of  life,  just  budding  into 
manhood  and  woiiinuho.id.  Oh  how  precious  it 
is  to  see  the  teiuli-r  IiiiiibB  taking  early  shelter 
from  tlio  nide  storms  of  life,  in  tlif  fold  of  the 

■  true  Shepherd.    ^IaJ^  his  watchful   cure  i 
prcsfi-vi?  fclinn  fioin  the  nivages  of  J^.ilrtii. 

I  sec  bruthri'U  that  your  correspondents  per- 
sist in  sending  you  their  crop  jind  wpftfher  re- 
ports. Sonic  even  report  the  condition  of  tile 
public  roiidH.  I  believe]  rctiucsted  some  time 
ago  th.it  these  rejiorts  should  be  addressed  to  the 
proper  dcparlineuU  at  Washington,  but  as  our 
religious  paper*-  sueui  to  be  destined  to  be  made 
tlie  receptacle  of  no  much  lubbiMh,  I  suggest 
that  you  organize  a  Hpeeial  department  for  such 
iteius.  Tiien  those  who  wish  to  read  them 
could  do  so.  and  those  who  did  not  would  not 
be  feubjecb  U)  tluvftunoyance  of  sifting  a  contin- 
ual flow  of  hetfirogeueoiw  matter  to  get  a  few 
golden  graSiK:  Wliile  an  agricultural  depart- 
ment and  a  meteorological  department    would 

•  not  look  well  in  a  religionn  paper,  I  insist  un- 
der I  he  i;ircums(«uccs  that  it  would  add  -reat- 
ly  io  the  comfort  of  many  of  your  patrnus. 

It  occur.'!  bo  uip  that  your  correspomlents 
could  without  niitcli  reflection,  see  that  it  is  » 
uialter  of  no  iut<*rest  wlmtever  tn  the  general 
readers  of  our  paper  whether  ii  is  "very  wet" 
"or  very  dry,"  very  nuiddy  or  very  dusty,  vi-iy 
heavy  crops,  vfiry  windy  or  very  calm,  very  hot, 

■nr  very  cnld,  etc.,  so  thtit  nobody  .-iuffers.  [f 
they  do  then  let  us  know  it.  Those  phenomena, 
those  incidents,  those  "freaks  of  the  sciisoif '  oi;- 
cur  every  day    all    over  tin-   world,   from   the 

■dawn  of  timo  to  tlie  present,  and  will  thus  con- 
tinue to  the  final  restitution  of  all  things. 

If  I  were  to  write  to  you  that  "we  had  aHnt 
l-aiu  yesterday,  ami  that  the  weuther  has  been 

■oppressively  warm  horefor  several  weeks,  and 
that  the  crops  only  medium,  and  that  the  mar- 
kets are  dull  etc.,"'  yimr  Danish,  er  traus-mount- 
aiu,  or  trans-Mississippi,  or  trans* Alleghany 
readers  would  neither  be  an,\  wiser  nor  auy  bet- 
ter for  the  infoi'ination,  so,  if  jtiu  will  excuse 
we.  I  refer  yim  in  tho  future  to  the  nioutlUy 

■li-ports  lA'  thfse  departmenis  at  ^^"aslliilglon 
for  that  information.  D.  C.  Moom.iw. 


Hhij.Mri.— At  luT  r.^id.nce  in  Dunkirk,  (Ibio. 
July  -*tb,  Anna  Marin,  ivifi!  of  Mr.  A*\>n 
livluis.  aa^-d  37  yvars,  !^  mouths  and  IT  At.y*. 
Jb'umiRil  diacmuNo  Iroiu  Job  U;  yo. 

S.  T.  Hossekmax. 
SNOWBEItHEH.- At  New  Kntn-pme.  )M- 
ToYiX  Co.,  Pa..  July  26th.  Elder  Daniel  Snow- 
'x'rjiTr,  (igml  fiS  y«ira.  S  months  und  7  days. 
ItKIM.OIiLB.-XearNow    Enterprise.  Hcjlfonl 
Co..  Pa.,  July  L»'jlh.  Shannon  lli-plogle.  iurmit 
ntn  of  AridreW  and  Nunry  It.-^liigV,  n^vA  5 
months  and  l:(  days.    The  abov.-  funeral  oc- 
ciLsion*  wvr.'  improved  on  the  28th   at  Ihe 
same  time  ami  place  from  Heb.  13;  U. 
SMITH.-Near  Watereid...   Bpdfort\  Co.,  P.O., 
IJro.  Heni-y  Smith,  aged  fl5  years,  ft  months 
and  IS  dftj-s.     Bro.  llenrv  on  the  evt-ning  of 
July  Sth.  was  out  irt  the  corn-field   thinning  I 
Ont  some  com,  when  a  storm  came  up  and  he 
took  shelter  under  an  apple  tive.    Th*  light-  | 
ning  striking  the  tiw,  also  shuck  him,  en- 
tering at  the  eye.  killing  him  instantly.      He 
was  not  found  till  his  son.  coming   from   the 
hai  vest  field,  found  him.     Funeral  discourse 
from  Matt.  *2+:  U.  J.  Z.  Revloolk. 

HUTH— Near  South  English,  Keokuk  Co.,  la.. 
April  Sth,  Wm.  H..  son  of  fi-iend   John  imd 
sister  Su8.iu  Uuth,  aged  1'2  years  and  3(1  days. 
B.  F.  F. 

SCHIIOCK.— Xear  Lagraugc  Center  in  the 
Unylish  Prairie  congregation,  Lagrange  ('o., 
Ind,,  July  8th,  Bro.  Lewis  f'.,  son  of  Bro. 
Dlias  .iml  sifter  KIi/,a  8cbrock,  aged  2t>  years, 
!t  montj.s  and  lO  days;  Funeral  discourse  by 
S,  y..  SJiarp  and  othei's  from  Uev.  14:  12,  13. 
A.  E.  K'KAiiV. 


DIED. 


Oh.lunries  aliould  be  brief,  written  on  but  oav  aiiio  of  (h« 

paper,  an>l  ficpnruio  fiom  nil  <AtivT  busitieaa. 


MONEY     LIST 


"WAMPMR.^In  the  PleiLsMit  Vnlfcy  ccmgrc^ 
gution,  Augnsfta  Co.,  Va.,  Jime  -Itli.  Bra.  Dii- 
vid  Wampler,  age<i  77  yeiu:^,l%.,moutlis  and 
ISanys.  ^    ;  "' 

'HUFF. — ,\lao  in  the  ahvae  congregation.  .luue 
i3StIiT  1878,  si«t*r  Marsnret  Jane  Hntt;  wifeof 
Bro.  John  Huff,  aged  liT  years,  7  months  and 
3  days. 

CRAW.N',— 'ATyb  4iClfcQ>:8Rme  congregation, 
Jiily  10th,  i8'78,»iitcr  Bafharft  .Vnu,  wife  of 

*~Bro.  .John  Crawii;  age'd  49  yeal-s,  fi  months 
and  n  daysi      ^   '      '      '    .4.  D.  G-vRiiElt. 

T<)MBAUHH.-»4ii  tlie  Squirrel  Creek  eongre- 

:  gation,  Miaini'Co.^  Ind-.Elizabetii  Tomhaugh, 

,  consort  of  old  Bio.  tieorge  Toml)augh,  on 
;.VtI^el'5th  of  February,  aged  C6  years,  1  luontli 
ami  5  daj-s.    Funeral  from  Kev.  U:  13. 

^'i  D.,Bf'*BTEI.llIMKlL 

KlMJpSL.'^In  Stonj-  Creek,  Somerset  Co..  Pa., 

Bro.  .JonnHiau' femrad.    Died  July  "tli,  ag- 

■rf  *>  ytshni.  o  months  and  12  days.     Funeral  I 

Ulini  Hev.  Ui  13.  ,1.  M.  KlUMEl.,       I 


-I  II  King,  1  110;  N  H  Troup,  .i  51);  VV  F 
Harding,  75;  A  It  Smith,  1  43;  ,1  P  Oxiey,  75; 
G  S|.r,ulg,  9  40;  M  C  Wolfe.  1  ji);  I  Slee.i.  1  50 
E  P  I,  Doir,  85;  .1  C  Tinkle.  1  50;  E  Newcom- 
er, 7  70;  A  k'l-tecr,  30;  S  Boyd,  3.7;  A  Creeger, 

4  60;  p  Shoentafcer,  3  oO;  F  Uulcher,  1  60;  J 
T  Kinsey,  75;  T  .Warns,  .W;  M  0  Shotts,  1  00; 
E  Griffith,  23;  D  D  Horner,  3  00;  D  Miller.l.OO 
W  B  Woodard,  f.  30;  U  Dashor,  20;  .J  C  Mil- 
ler, 1  00;  T  A  Brown.  .50;  W  T  Harding,  1  00; 
T  D  Lyon,  1  25;  J  H  Johiwon,  I  25;  J  Forney 
1  00;  B  VV  Xcff,  1  00;  I  Kul|).  1  50;  J,«  S 
Kulii,  I  00;  ,1  B  Pence,  1  OOS  J  VVides,  .25:  L 
Klinzeinan.  75;  M  Swineharl,  »;  S  \V  Lin- 
dowev,  2  00;  .\  l;  Rue.l,  50;  J  Hammer.  25;  J 
Drcpperd,  23;  S  Stuuii),  3  00;  P  Gai'inau,  I  00; 
W  C  Holiner,  .50;  11  Miller,  13;  J  .f  Hoover, 
3  00;  L  Stone,  1  OO;  C  R  Starry,  25;  .f  (*  Hru- 
Ijakcr,  25;  .1  C  Zieglev,  23;    H  W  Kreighhlllill 

5  00;  It  C  Workman.  25;  A  Landi.s,  1  00;  J  S 
Mohler.  1  50;  .1  Wirt,  73;  .]  Yarger,  75;  I 
Hutr,  25;  ,1  T  Miison,  33;  M  0  Hardmaii,  2  00; 
W  F  Seal,  1  25;  H  .1  Fr.mtz,  30;  L  Early,  25; 
.1  B  Tanaer,  1  00;  E  S  Schvock.  25;  S  K  Price, 
33;  S  Crist  45;  fi  W  Thomas,  50;  I,  Miller. 
J  <1  Nelf,  7  00;  L  E  Bnslmmn,  1  00;  D  B  Gilj- 
son.  7o;  S  J  Harrisoji,  2  00;  W  F  Davis,  I  00; 
M  .1  Stees,  1  3(i;  S  Grove,  25;  D  Brower,  25; 
.1  Holsoiiple,  S  00;  AD  Stone,  75;  L  D  Wa- 
goner, 800;  G  W  Howe,  2  70;  1  .Andes,  75; 
AM.diler,  85;  F  Replogle,  1  00;  C  P  Berkley, 
50;  M  A  Riggle,  3  25:  J  Dove,  25;  D  A  Nor- 
cro«.  26:  C  llylton.  1  00;  .1  A  Landis,  5  00;  .1 
Forney,  1  00;  J  C  Feigler,  25;  M  0  Coats,  ,50; 
.1  Hardsty,  30;  J  Suavely,  2  30;  P  Hates,  8  05; 
B  B  Pfoutz,  50;  .1  Huff,  25:  D  Bowman,  50;  .1 
.1  Cart,  75;  E  M  Coblj,  25;  M  L  Grater,  1  25; 
L  G  Perry,  23:  EC  P.icker,  1  00:  E  Fan»ler.25 
D  Harader,  1  30;  I  Meyers,  1  30;  A  S  Harley, 
.50;  .IShick,  25:  LKctriug.lOO;  JUSIing- 
hutf,  I  00;  M  .J  Smith,  6  11;  D  E  Trent,  1  23; 
A  B  Weiiver,  25;  .1  Garlier,  30;  I  Dell,  25;  .1 
M  Landis,  25;  C  D  Hylton,  1  50;  .1  B  Creigh- 
ton.  2  25;  B  Beeghly,  1  00;  S  Beeghly,  76;  J 
Harshman,  1  00;  D  Bowman,  25;  S  K  Thomas 

1  00;  J  Shcllaherger,  2  00;  C  Bucber.  75;  M  E 
Brahaker,  50;  I  Kulp,  1  50;  VV  Strayer,  3  50; 
E  Hj-de,  25:     F  W  Sherly,  50;     D  A  Norcross, 

2  00;  E  M  Reeve,  50;  E  Sage,  1  00;  A  K  Lee- 
dv,  75;  C  Lichty,  1  00;  D  Smith,  75;  J  Huff, 
30:  I  litter.  2  00;  D  Browi-r.  6  80;  S  K  Oling- 
er,  1  25;  D  M.irtin,  5  00;  J  J  Cover,  1  00;  .1 
Gaagy,  50;  M  S  Newcomer,  1  00;  A  .A  Mun- 
son,  1  50;  E  J  Mctiaiighey,  1  00;  J  G  Kiteh, 
7  00;  D  Rittenhouse,  3  00;  J  Oarljer.  .50;  II 
llydo,3  00!  D  S  Clajiiver,  73.  :     ,     ! 


As  a  general  thing,  trouble  never  comes  sin- 
gle handed.  It  alwaj's  takes  two  to  make  a 
quarrel.  One  sheep  will  not  tight  alone,  nor 
will  fire  burn  without  fuel. 


Sectarianism    in    Translations. 

iirpHEtrne  partisan  always  iiKline.  to  tor- 
1     rfct  the  diction  nf  th«  apifil  hy  that  of 
Hw>  i>arly."' 

Th» ia  tha  langnagn  of  Dr. Georget'ampbell. 
I'wiideiit  of  Marahal  College,  Scotland,  in  his 
Not*'*  on  the  (T0.^pel«.  He  refers  to  our  Eng- 
liali  version  (Matt  ».)"HHpti/ed  with  water  and 
with  th,'  Holy  tiho*U"  when  the  Orei'k  prepo- 
tritioii  is  ..II  and  shoal.)  Im,  ivnilen-d  hi  wat.;r, 
etc.,  for  in  the  sixth  verse  it  is  triinslatod  jh 
■lonhui  tHKimse  the  deviation  wonid  he  too  glar- 
ing if  ivnileissi  ie.7A  .Ionian— idl  would  discover 
the  partisan's  bigotry.  He  gives  many  inatan- 
c«  nf  this  kind  where  the  translator  is  con- 
trolled by  his  prejudices.  Take  Mark  7 — except 
they  wiu.h  their  hands  oft,"  and  4tb.  from 
"mi\rket,"  etc..  it  should  he  ren.lored  /i.it/ie  for 
I  the  wonl  is  derived  from  litipth'/,  hut  in  the  I 
ver^fl  it  is  in  Gre.-k  iiiiilu,  to  wash  tin'  hands. 

Dr.  Barnes  writes  that  tables,  bials,  etc. 
must  he  sprinkled,  not  immeiaed:  but  Maioin- 
edes,  thejewish  doctor,  refers  us  U>  Leviticus, 
the  waabinftof  the  llesh  or  clothes,  it  must  be 
by  dippiiii;,  put  into  water,  so  also  beds. 

"Wprinklomany  n.itious,"  lsiuah52:15.  The 
spirityOf  the  pjirtisnn  was  never  mory  clearly 
discovered  than  in  this  verse:  the  Hebrew  is 
\lHXiJii  and  the  Greek  is  thawHnx,  to  cause  to 
waniler,  lulniire,  to  astonish,  to  nnu-vel.  This 
word  is  u^cd  in  the  New  Testiunent  thirty  to 
forty  times,  but  I  could  not  find  it  in  the  Old 
Testament  except  ill  Isai.di  .52  and  in  .?oh  32 
and  3-1.  but  no  sprinkle  in  it.  The  Hebrew  lex- 
icon on  this  pa.s9nge  renders  "  c.uise  to  admire," 
and  this  accoi-ds  better  with  the  context  than 
sprinkle.  For  sprinkle  lu-re  is  merely  partisan 
not  dielaled  hy  the  Spmi,  Viui  cm;  Hud  '/"...- 
»m.-.,,Mutllnw8:0:13:  as,  g-ii  m  ,,lt.,  ,,1j, 
meaning  jistonish,  nnu'vol,  wonder,  etc..  so  in 
nearly  every  New  Testauionl  hook,  (find 
sprinkle  in  Leviticus  14:  7.  bllS  Iho  ((rwii  is 
mii/i.'o,  never,  as  I  have  s.ii.l,  do  I  hild  Hitlllmiuo 
the  word  rendered  "sprinkle  in  Isiaiah  52:  15. 
This  is  a  strong  case  of  partisanship  by  a  large 
number  of  nn'n. 

It  is  contended  that  as  Christ  was  to  sprink- 
le idl  nations,  and  as  chil.lren  compose  a  part 
thereof,  therefore  they  must  he.  Hut  thieves. 
robbeiT.,  a.ssa^.dns  and  murderera  are  a  piu-t  of 
idl  nations,  hence  they  ought  to  be  baptized— 
their  right  is  just  as  clear  as  that  of  infants. 
Hut  Baxter,  Prof  Stuart,  and  scores  of  Pedo- 
baptists  maintain  I'rnin  the  commission,  "he 
that  htUeorih"  none  ought  to  he  baptized  but 
such  IB  eicercise  f.dlh.  Stuart  s.iy,; " Baptized 
by  sprinkling,  is  aboiib  as  rational  as  iinmerseil 
by  affnsicm."  Sprinkle  in  Isaiah  is  a  parody,  a 
travesty  of  language. 

We  could  imnie  over  two  hundred  Pedohap- 
tist  scholars  who  acknowledge  the  real  mean- 
ling  of  bitplizn  to  he  immer.s.',  and  that  .■(i.i/(.'o 
h.us-no  such  meaning. 

Notwihstaiuliug  tile  concisions  made  by 
learned  Pedobaptislson  the  meaning  of  /«./ifi'.-i. 
the  partisan  spirit  is  so  strong,  that  some  still 
deny  that  it  mcms  to  immerse,  imd  timt  sprink- 
ling is  the  more  literal  mcuiiug,  '■  Admit  that 
Christ  was  immersed,  that  is  only  one  instance 
and  we  are  not  hound  to  follow  it!"  Some  say 
"infants  of  believers  have  the  birth-right  to 
baptism,  they  were  born  church  memh.-rs."— 
The  General  Assembly  however  saya:  "They 
are  made  members  by  laiptism."  If  infant  bap- 
tism had  oariy  existeinc  would  not Clirist  have 
baptized  those  whom  He  took  iu  His  anus. 

Households  have  been  brought  up  to  prove 
the  infantile  rite,  hut  some  of  their  own  men 
have  denied  tho  arguments  produced— Stuart, 
Pool,  .\nnotrou3  and  othei-s. 

If  we  should  read  all  the  [daces  named  in  con- 
nection with  the  ordinmiee  in  the  New  Testa- 
memt,  and  then  onr  partisim  brother  should 
translate  only  one  case  by  sprinkling,  what 
should  we  call -it,  or  how  distingnish  it  from  the 
real  truth?  We  might  signalize  it  as  one 
would  that  should  translate  sttiltus  wisdom,  or 
call  MorinonisJU  or  Mohannuedanism.  Christi- 
anity.—C/ii-.V/iV./i  /a./cj-. 

Assembling  Togethei 

nv  jonx  n.  peck. 

■  .\mMetn3en11si1lpr  onean.itiU'r  lo  provoke  t.i 

love  and  to  good  works:  not  f.n-saking  the  ajtsein- 

Iding  of  ouraelves  toiictlier,  as  the  manner  of  some 

but  e.\h..rtliig  one  anetlier:  imd  so  oinch  llie 

iiu.re  as  ye  see  the  il.ay  ji|.ia'..;ieliin«."    lleb.  10;  U. 

THE  .\postle  Pinil.  who  ife  suppose.!  to  have 
written  the  epistle  to  the  Hebrews,  eonld 
look  down  the  stream  of  time  and  with  a  pro- 
phetic eye  see.  that  iu  the  last  days  the  love  of 
many  would  wax  cold,  and  they  would  neglect 
to  assemble  together;  and  this  he  knew  would 
productive  of  a  cohlness  ami  iudiftereuc^  to 


one  anothi'r's  w.'llaiv.  and  lb.'  cause   which  le.- 
so  dearly  loved,  ami  for  wl.i.jh  he  wa.  willing 
to  •nller  all  tl.ii.g«.    An.l   in   order  that  wo 
might  Is'  abh-  to  k.iep  the  anilj  of  the  spirit 
in  the  bonds  ot  iwvx,  be  savs,  "  Let  on  cooaider 
one  another  to  provoke  unto  love  ami  tii  good 
works."  and  suggests  as  an  axcelleutway  to  «c- 
compli.h  this,  that  we  should  asaeuible  t.igeth- 
er.  I  don't  lielieve  that  the  Apostle  here  alludea 
l«  public  wonihip  only,  but  has  in  view  an 
iiaaembling  Unit  will  enable  us  to  become  more 
inUnnitely  acquainted  with  .-lah  .ither.  and  he- 
come  mutually  intereat'-sl  in  each  other's  welfare; 
living  together  as  it  wen-  one  family,   assaitiog 
one  another  in  the  afl'aira  of  this  life;  rejoiciog 
with  those  that  do  rejoic*',  and  weeping  with 
those  that  weep:  ever  n-ady  to  lend  a  helping 
hand,  rctumiiig,  if  need  be,  good  for  evil,  and 
thus  provoke  one  another  to  love  ami  good  works 
and  incri'ase.l  lioliiie».s.     Ami  this  we  ihall  do 
I  the  Apostle  says  the  tmrf,  as  we  sis;  the  day  ai>- 
'proaching.     What  .lay?     Why  the  day  ot  the 
coming  of  th.-   Lord:  the  .lav  when  "He  will 
descend    from    heaven    in  tiaraing   Kre,    tak- 
ing vengeance  on  them  that  know  ncit  Bod, 
and  obey  not  the  gospfl  of  cjir  Lo(d  ,Ie«ua 
Christ;  "  the  Jay  wlieu  "TV  heaven  shall  jasi 
away  with  a  great  \ioi»o,  and  the  elements  shall 
melt  with  fervent  heat,  anil  the  fjirth  abro,  and 
the  works  that  are  thevein  shall  be  burnt  up;" 
the  day  when  "  All  that  are  in  the  grnv^  ahalt 
hear  his  voice,  and  shall  wuie  forth;  thej  ttwl. 
have  done  goo,l.  m,to  the  resurrection  of  !lfe(' 
and  thi'y  that  have  done  evil,  unio  the  reaiiN 
rection  of  daaination;  "  the  day  "When  the  Son 
of  man  shall  sit  upon  the  throne  of  his  glory, 
and  before  him  shall  be  gathered  all  nations:  and 
he  shall  separate  them  one  from  imother  aa  a 
shepherd  dividelh  his  sh(s;|^  from  tho  goats." 
Wherefore  beliived,  seeing  tUat  we  look  forsnch 
thlnicJ.  lei  us  be  diligent  that  we  may  he  foajll 
of  hiul  In  im-r,  *ilhout  ..pot,  and  blamelesa. 

But  how  Jo  li'.-,  »i;<J4.  li  fIfKjIW:  talking  much 
about  obeying  nil  ll,t  fMlliUHndmlnll,  gliey 
this  injunction  of  the  Apostle,  the  rich  vtsT 
it.  and  asaociate  with  the  rich,  and  the  port- ria- 
it,  and  a-ssociatc  with  the  poor;  that  is  how  we 
iLssenible,  and  provoke  one  another  unto  lore 
mid  good  works. 

0.  how  many  hearts  could  be  maile  lo  rejoice 
ami  what  a  heaven  it  would  be  on  earth  if  we 
could  all  live  together  in  love,  harmony  as  we 
expect  to  live  when  we  get  to  the  happy  land 
ol  Canaan.  In  liiim.  12:  12.  13.  we  re;Id  that 
we  shall  bo  patient  in  tribulation,  instant  in 
prayer,  distributing  1.1  the  'leci-ssity  of  the 
saints,  given  to  hospit.ility.  But  while  we 
go  to  meeliug  regularly  and  breathe  loud  amens 
in  the  sanctuary,  many  „l  as  have  forgotten 
these  little  things  that  contribute  so  largely  to 
tho  spiritual  welfare  of  Oods  people. 

While  some  ar.'  rolling  in  affluence  and 
wealth,  others  are  pinched  with  the  most  hWrU 
rending  poverty ;  scarcely  able  to  provide  clothes 
suitable  for  tbemsidves  and  their  childr«n,to  go 
lo  meeting  au,l  sit  beside  the  ilear.  rich  ones.— 
Oh  what  a  pity  it  would  be,  if  any  of  our  dear 
brethren  should  be  refused  admittance  to  the 
beautiful  mansions  above,  because  they  fared 
sumptuously  ever;-  day  and  lived  in  cold  indif- 
ference and  unconcern  about  the  poor  beggars 
that  lay  at  their  gates,  thinking  .dl  this  time 
that  they  are  getting  along  well  enough.— 
Dear  brethren  and  sisters  if  we  would  provoke 
one  another  to  love  and  good  works  we  must 
visit  each  other  oflener:  manifest  an  interest  in 
each  others  welfare;  the  rich  must  not  visit  on- 
ly the  rich,  and  the  poor,  the  poor,  but  the  rich 
visit  the  poor,  and  make  them  know  that  they 
don't  feel  above  them,  and  the  poor  must  visit 
the  rich,  and  be  content  with  their  lot,  and 
not  envy  those  that  have  more  than  they  have; 
for  whether  rich  or  poor  godlinesa  with  conteBtl 
meat  is  great  gain. 

May  God  help  us  to  love  each  other  dearly, 
and  Him  supremely  is  the  pniyer  of  one  of  his' 
weakest. 


Pride  and  the  Cause  of  it. 

THE  use  of  jewelry  and  gay  and  costly  attire 
may  la?  attributed  to  three  causes. 

1.  A  natural  taste  for  them. 

2.  A  desire  to  gratify  others. 

3.  The  supposed  necessity  of  compliance 
with  the  imperious  dictates  of  fashion. 

\Vlien  we  wish  lo  gratify  other  people  we 
mistake  ourselves  and  gratify  the  adversary  of 
our  souls.  We  may  odd  that  we  have  never 
seen  the  habit  of  indorsement,  which  was  not 
a-s-sociated  with  pride  usually  in  the  ratio  of  its 
own  extent.  A  lady  once  asked  a  clergriaoa 
whether  he  considered  such  a  pratice,  as  a  pet'. 
son  .Iccorating  themselves  with  jewelry  and  rib- 
bons and  such  costly  attire  as  an  evidence  of 
pride.  The  good  brother  replied  with  as  much 
philwophy  as  iK.iut,"Madmn  when  von  see  the  . 


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I'HK    BKETHl^E:>r    ^^T    AVOKK. 


-A-ugust    8. 


ftw's  trtil  iK-oiiiiiK  out  of  the  hole,  yoii  may  Ik- 
•are  tlif  luiimal  i"  within."  Such  adornmenta 
4o  not  ugn-e  with  Pimrn  writing  to  Timothy. 
1  Tim.  '2:  S,  »,  10.  "  I  will  thiit  men  pmy  evorj 
where,  lifting  up  holy  hiin.lii  without  wrath 
and  doiibtinir:  in  liko  manner  «l«o  that  women 
•dom  tht-m-ieWc-Hin  raitdestuppart-I  with^hamf- 
faoedufws  and  sobriety,  not  with  braided  hair  or 
iwtrie  or  contly  arrny."  Our  prayer  i«.  nmy  Go-1 
«pen  thp  even  of  the  blind  and  may  they  be  led 
into  the  truth  and  in  the  knowledge  of  God. 

While   I    am  writinR.  ray    mind    id  carried 
back  a  few  days,  when  the  last  United  Hrethren 
<)Q&rt«rIy  meeting  w*u  held  atthi3  place,  March 
the  3<)th  and  3Nt.  when  those  that  should  have 
beenensampies  to  the  flock,  came  forward    to 
partake  of  the  sacniiiu-nt  of  the  Lord*«  Mui)per. 
themini-tteriu  all  the  jjaudy  «how  of  the  world 
and  their  wiv.>s  with  all  the  grandeur  that  the 
world  nfTonl*.  to  my  obBervution   tliey  had   to 
make  the  thinltrini  befon-  they  could  g.ft  tlu- 
Teil  from  before  their  mouth  ho  that  they  could 
partake  of  the  emblem  of  llie  blood  of  Christ. 
I  wondered  whether  God  had  given  one   perwon 
one  law  and  another,  another  law.     I  rem!  that 
we  are  fo  take  those  emblems  in  remi'mbraiice 
of  hisHiiiFeriugs  tuid  death.     We  learn    in  the 
Holy  S(  riptures  that  Christ   wiw  a  meek  and 
lowiyLambimd  that  we  are  to  follow  him  if 
we  wi/ili  to  dwell  with  him  in  glory.     There  are 
exprc!<s  and    po«itive    Htatemente  of  Scri))turo 
npon  the  point,     hi  1    Peter  3:  3,  4,  we  have 
Ihcse  wordfl."  \Vho*e  ndoming  let  it  not  be  that 
outward  iidonung  of  plaiting  the  hair."     This 
is  to  show  that  there  is  no  pof«ibility  of  evad- 
ing the  force  of  these  conimimdmenfa  and   that 
they  are  binding  upon  all  who  profess  the  rehg- 
ion  of  Uhri.'it.     Every  dollar  exjwnded  for  mere 
ornament  or  to  procure  costlier    ftjiparel,  than 
is  actually  needed,  the  bitter  condemnation   is, 
it  was  «<]u«iid«red,    sfiunndcred    though    i»ity 
wept,  siiuHinIered  thougli  benevolence  remon- 
strated, .H(|iiii(idered  though    religion  frowned, 
squaiiderttl    though  sympathy  chilled  within, 
squandered  beeaiiHe  pride  and  fiishion  bade,      0 
cnrsed  pride,   0  cursed   fashion,  gay  enchant- 
ments willing  tfl  the  pit.  ye  hiiiidmaids  of  per- 
dition.—God  Niive  his  children  from  yoursnores! 
Vice  i^  a  monster  of  so  frightful  mien;  as  to  be 
hnN'd,  needs  but  to  be  seen.     Yet  seen  too  ofl, 
faniiliiir  with  her  face;  we  first  endure,   then 
pity,  then  embrace.    This  is  the  philosophy  of 
the  liiiltit  of  indulgence  created  by  the  practice 
of  iidi.ninients;  when  first  entered  upon,  it   is 
with  faltering  accents  and  trembling  steps,  but 
soon  the  voice  is  firmer  and  the  tones  more  full; 
at  last  with  reckless  hast*  and  mid   impassion' 
ate  notes,  the  course  is  rushed  over,  till  it  end.' 
in  ruin  and  death. 

Selected  by  J.  E.  D.  SnonT. 


Prayer  of  the  Faithful. 


Notes  of  Travel. 

SINCE  our  last  report  we  visited  the  church- 
es around  South  Bend,  I:icl.,  and  found  the 
niembi'is  wide  awake,  and  sustaining  good  fiab- 
bnth  schools.  Two  nienibere  returned  to  the 
fold  fit  a  church  meeting  held  while  I  was  there. 
These  numbers  had  been  mislead  by  Cripe. — 
We  fire  eudi  r  obligations  to  Elder  .lanieH 
Miller  who  ofTeredns  tlie  opportunity  to  explain 
the  manner,  the  Brethren  are  getting  up  the 
school  locatediit  Ashland,  Ohio.  Wears  under 
special  oldigalions  to  Elder  D.  B.  Sturgis,  Ehk-r 
H.  K.  WrigliUmau  and  Bro.  Martin  Wcnger 
for  taking  us  aroundand  assisting  in  canvassing 
for  iiHid  school.  Eldei-s  Sturgis  iiiid  Wrights- 
man  are  our  uuthorized  agents  for  the  churchci 
around  Suuth  Bend.  Elder  Sturgis  is  fully  able 
to  give  all  necessary  inforniiition  in  regard  to 
the  school,  having  been  in  correspondence  for 
some  time. 

At  this  place  is  located  the  Catholic  Uuivei's- 
ity  of  JWiT  I)fiine  imd  St.  Mai'yV  Femiile  Col- 
lege where  i'nde.stiuit  children  are  converted 
into  Catholics.  The  institution  is  worth  half 
atnillion.  and  has  seven  hundred  acres  of  land 
attached. 

We  aim  to  give  South  Bend  further  notice. — 
Next  we  came  to  ^hlciigo  to  investigate  the 
process  of  heating  and  lighting  buildings  by  de- 
Composing  water  and  burning  hydrogen  gas. 
We  found  the  process  wonderful  and  believe  it 
will  be  made  a  success.  We  enjoyed  the  hos^)i- 
tality  of  Dr.  uud  sister  J'Vhrney  and  the  assist- 
ance of  their  «jn  Exra.  Visited  the. most  im- 
portant places  of  iuterest,  such  as  Palmer  hotel 
worth  *  3.00(1,00(1,  the  Board  of  Trade,  Lincoln 
Park  etc.,  also  found  a  young  Brother  in  the 
heart  of  this  cily,  Next  we  came  to  Lanark 
where  we  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  the  editors 
of  the  Buethrfn  .\t  Wokk,  and  then  went  to 
Dutchtowu  where  we  are  enjoying  ^uch  care 
and  kindness  for  which  our  western  Brethren 
are  justly  noted.  The  plan  of  the  Ashland 
school  is  receiving  uuiversd  favor  wherever  we 
have  been.  S.  Z.  Sh.vbi'. 


THEUK  lived  in  the  year  ISTJ.  near  Ashland, 
Ohio,  a  little  family  consisting  of  father, 
mother  and  four  little  girls,  .\nnie,  Ida.  Lizzie 
and  Mary,  aged  respectively  9.  7.  5  nnd  3  years. 
It  HO  hapiwned  in  Decemlier  '71,  little  Mary 
w««  taken  very  .sick.  The  old  family  physician 
wO-s  Hummoned  immediately  to  the  bedside,  and 
everything  done  for  her  seemingly  that  mortal 
men  could  do.  but  all  did  not  seem  to  slay  the 
ravages  of  the  disease  (congestion  of  the  brain). 
Kpanms  of  the  mo^t  alarming  character  set  in. 
and  at  the  end  of  four  weeks,  her  little  hands 
and  arms  were  all  drawn  out  of  shape,  and  her 
feet  and  anklcw  stiff,  eyes  sunk  and  turned  up- 
ward, no  action  of  the  bowels  for  seventeen  days 
nosifjus  of  life  except  iotermittiufr  pulsations 
anddilKiuIt  breathing.  So  the  old  Dr.  left  her 
late  in  the  evening  and  said  he  would  not  come 
back  as  «he  was  beyond  human  skill.  So  about 
duiglit.  Lizuie  went  to  slee[i.  Annie  and  Ida 
were  got  into  their  bedroom  by  hard  persuasion. 
a«  they  were  almost  worn  out.  by  promising  them 
to  call  if  there  was  any  change  in  little  Mary. 
In  the  morning  they  uime  out  and  said  Mary 
is  not  dead.  0  faflier  and  mother  we  could 
not  sleep,  we  have  been  a.'ikiug  the  good  man 
all  ni«ht  to  spare  little  Mary.  And  I  believe 
that  father  and  mother  had  been  asking  about 
the  same  favor  of  the  mighty  and  merciful 
God.  Ill  the  forenoon  of  that  day,  the  old  Dr. 
heard  through  one  of  the  neighbors  that  the 
child  was  not  dead.  So  he  h:ist«ned  to  the  place 
and  said  he  saw  symptoms  for  better,  and  also 
said  he  never  saw  the  like  before  and  commenc- 
ed treating  her  again,  with  e.\lcriinl  applications 
us  she  hrttl  swallowed  nothing  for  >  )me  time, 
and  in  a  short,  time  Mary  was  really  perceptibly 
better;  her  little  limbs  la-gaJi  to  come  straight, 
]iulsation  was  regular,  the  eyes  moved  and  she 
could  swallow  a  little  nourishment.  And  to- 
day she  is  a  bright  eyed-healthy  little  girl,  and 
going  to  school  every  day. 

Now  dear  reader  don't  look  upon  the  above 
as  an  idle  or  ficticious  story,  for  we  were  an  eye 
and  ear  witness  to  the  whole  of  it,  and  more 
than  a  score  of  witnesses  can  be  brought  to  ver- 
ify the  truth  of  it. 

And  who  will  say  that  the  prayers  of  children 
might  not  avail  also? 

What  11  great  responsibility  is  resting  upon 
parents-,  how  they  bring  up  their  children  in 
reverential  fear  of  Gud,  and  how  can  we  bring 
them  up  right,  if  we  don't  revere  him  ourselves 
by  obedience  y 

One  year  ago  Annie  and  Ida  were  baptized 
in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son. and 
Holy  Ghost,  and  are  consistent  nitMubers  of  the 
church.  And  I  know  they  have  enjoyment, 
that  the  world  knows  not  of. 

Oh  fathers  and  mothers  are  you  doing  your 
duty?  Arc  you  doing  the  commandments,  or 
are  you  theorizing,  and  philosophizing  around 
themi'  making  them  non-esscntiul,  and  teach- 
ing Ihem,  for  doctrine,  the  cpmmuudmeuts  of 
men.  0  have  pity  on  yourselves,  and  on  your 
children,  for  if  we  will  not  obey  while  here  as 
probationei-s.  the  day  is  coming  when  the-sen- 
fence  will  be,  depart!  then  we  must  obey.  Let 
me  sa;j- to  you  once  more,  how  can  you  bring 
up  your  cliildren  right  if  you  don't  obey  the 
Lord  yourself. 

How  can  you  console  yourself  in  time  of  af- 
fliction? How  can  you  with  hope  and  coiifi- 
dence,  pray  to  God  for  niercy.  when  you  are  in 
great  distress,  when  you  don't  do  the  little 
things  he  has  askt  d  of  you  ? 

Now  we  i)raythee.  niighly  God  of  heaven 
and  earth,  that  this  family  herein  spoken  of, 
Avith  those  that  have  befn  given  tht m  since,  to 
care  for,  with  your  dear  brefhreu  and  sistei-s, 
may  all  meet  in  heaven,  where  neither  death. 
nor  sickness,  nor  sorrow,  nor  parting  shall  be 
no  more.  R.  Aunolh. 


GLE-A.NIIsrGS. 


From  1>.  V.  Mooniaw.  —  In  my  article,  en- 
titled, "Among  the  Baptists,"  published  in  No. 
29,  current  volume.  I  am  made  to  say.  "  It^  ob- 
servauce  is  nn  evidence  of  a  non-converted 
heart."  when  it  should  be,  '*  Ifcs  obwrvance  is  an 
evidence  of  a  converted  heart,  but  its  non-ob- 
servance is  not  an  evidence  of  a  non-converted 
heart."  It  is  important  that  this  correction 
should  1)6  made.  Among  all  their  numerous 
incongruities  this  is  the  chief.  It  would  take 
an  immense  amount  of  "twistification "  for 
Baptist  logicians  to  classify  their  theology  of 
baptism. 

From  X.  C.  Workman.— Bref/tre/i  BdiM>^: 
— You  advised  the  liretliren  here,  that  are  pre- 
paring to  go  West  to  take  homesteadrt,  to  settle 
a«  near  together  a.s  they  could.  Yes.  tliat  is  the 
idea,  they  are  organizing  a  colony  now  and  one 
of  the  rules  they  have   adopted   binds  them  to 


locate  their  claims  as  near  together  as  possib, 
There  will  be  probably  fifty  members  of  the 
church  go  in  the  colony.  l>esides  many  friend; 
that  nre  not  members.  We  will  here  say  to  all 
brethren  and  sisters  that  contemplate  going 
West  and  prefer  going  in  a  colony,  send  us  your 
address  and  tell  what  you  want,  also  encio 
stamp  or  two  and  we  will  give  you  the  terms  or 
what  is  required  in  order  to  become  a  memlwr 
of  the  colony. 

Srloht,  louii. 

From  Cornelia,  Mo.  —  We  lately  baptized 
two  who  formerly  were  in  fellowship  with  thi 
Missionary  Baptists.  Their  convictions  of 
Christian  duty  and  the  character  of  Christian 
life  seemed  clear.  S.  S.  MoHLKH. 

From  C.  Hope. — We  had  four  meetings  yi 
teiilay  at  different  points.  Expect  to  have  meet- 
ing here  next  Sunday  when  we  expect  to  bap- 
tize two  persons.  The  zeal  and  piety  of  the 
membei-3  seem  to  be  increasing.  Many  love 
our  Sunday-school.  My  wife  has  improved 
some  in  health,  but  I  am  not  yet  well.  Pros- 
pects for  a  good  harvest  are  so  far  promising. 
May  the  Lord  grant  better  times  for  the  poor. 
Pray  for  us  all,  dear  brethren.  Yours  in  Christ 
evermore. 

From  S.  J.  Harrison. — On  7th  iust.,  three 
united  with  the  church— all  young.  Brother 
Bashor  will  be  with  us  from  the  tirst  of  .\ugust. 
a  week  or  more. 

Western  Collfffe,  In. 

From  J.  S.  Flory.— The  ecltpsc  is  going  to 
he  n  t/ rand  "  success,"  as  the  day  is  beautiful. 
Considerable  excitement,  I  nndei-staud.  in  some 
of  our  towns,  the  Advents  claiming  the  world 
ends  to-day.  I  will  send  you  a  report  <jf  tht 
eclijjse  in  a  day  or  two.  If  the  world  ends  to- 
day, of  course  you  will  know  our  address  is 
changed! 

From  Beaver  Dam,  Ind.  —  We  ore  still 
making  a  little  progress  iji  our  Master's  cause, 
in  preparing  for  the  great  harvest  at  the  end  of 
the  world.  At  our  Love-feast,  the  6th  of  June, 
Bro.  R.  H.  Miller  was  with  us,  and  several  oth- 
er brethren,  and  we  continued  our  meeting  three 
days.  Six  were  gathered  into  the  fold  at  that 
time,  and  one  .'iince.  May  the  Lord  enable  them 
to  prove  faithful  to  the  cause  of  Christ  until 
death.  A  sad  accident  occurred  in  our  vicinity 
a  few  days  ago:  A  young  girl,  by  the  name  of 
Bowers,  was  in  the  act  of  building  a  fire  in  the 
stove,  aud  took  the  oil  can  to  pour  oil  on  the 
wood;  thore  being  fire  in  the  stove,  the  oil 
caught  fire  and  burst  the  can.  imd  she  was  so 
badly  burned  that  she  died  in  a  few  houi-s.  Age 
about  14  yeai-s.  D.  Bechtelheuier. 


^isTi^rouJsrcEMEisrTS. 


NoTicE-i  of   Live-fe-Tslf.    Dislrict   Meetings,    etc., 
bo  brief,  nnd  wrillcu  aa  paper  sepfttate 
from   olher   liu^iness. 


LOVE-FEASTS. 

Beatrice  cluncli,  Gage  Co.,  Neb..  September  7tli  and 
Slh,  comiiK'uciiin  at  2  uVlork. 

Sugar  Crick  ronj^reLratUiu.  Sangouion  ('o.,  III.,  Oct. 
a  and  -1,  com  inducing  at  10  o'cluek. 

Iowa  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro.  0.  W.  Buitnotts, 
Sept.  "ith  and  8th. 

Paiut  Creek  cougiegatlou,  Bourbnu  Co.,  Kansas, 
October  3id  imd  4tli,  commencnig  at  2  o'clock. 

Mineral  Creek,  Johnson  Co.,  JIo.,  Tuesday,  Oct.  1. 

Monroe  Co.,  In.,  the  lOtli  of  August,  at  l*ettir  Mil- 
ler's, two  miles  South  of  Frederic  station,  com- 
mencing at  live  o'clock. 

Stimislaus  cliurcli,  Cal„  first  Saturday  in  October. 

Wliitesville,  JIo,  Sept.  7tli. 

Abilene  rhurcb,  Kausa.s,  August  2Jtb.  Meeting  on 
the  2.-4I1  at  same  phice. 

ArnubrsCJrove,  Sept.  lotli  and  Iltli,  ciinimeni-iugiit 

1  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Mulberry  contTOyation.  Bond  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  0th. 
Camji  Creek  congregation.  Sept.  U. 

Nine  miles  SOutli  of 'I'lptoii.  Mo.,  August  i:ith  at 

2  o'dook. 

Cottonwood  congregation,  Lym  d,  Kan., Sept.  Ttli 

an<l  J>tU. 
Betliel  cbureli.  Fiimurc  Co.,  Neb.,  Sept.  Utlj  and 

15111. 
Franklin  churcli,  fuur  and  a  lialf  miles  Nuitli-easL 

of  l.eon,  "Decatur  Co..  Iowa,  Oct.  IStli. 
White  Hock  congregation,  Kansas,  Sept.  iist. 
LoMer  Fall  Creek  cburcb. Madison Co.,!fnd;, Oct.  11. 
Fremont  Co.,  Ia„  August  :ilst.  to  commence  on  the 

28th  audeuntinue  over  Sunilay. 
Litiim  clmreh,  I,.igau  Co.,  0„  Oct  lath  Itt  i  o'clock. 
PeaUidy  clinreli.Oct.  Otii  and  lith  at  residence  of 

Bru.  lleury  Shomlier,   Ibree  iuid  .t  half  miles 

Xoi-tli4\Vfl[  of  IVabi»lv.  ManuiiCi,.  Kan 


At  the  present  time,  the  whole  number  of 
Jews  in  Jenisalem,  amounts  13,000  souls.  They 
form  more  than  one  thii-d  of  theeutire  popuia, 
tion  there,  and  exceed  almost  double  the  Chris, 
tian  portion. 

The  New  Testament  Revision  Company  met 
at  New  Haven  a  few  days  since  and  completed 
the  first  eleven  chapters  of  Revelations.  They 
expect  to  finish  the  entire  work  in  a  few  more 
sessions.  The  Old  Testament  company  may  rt>, 
quire  two  yeius  longer. 

Followiug  the  severe  heated  temi  the  yellow 
fever  has  broken  out  in  several  quarters.  A  fnv 
cases  have  appeared  in  New  York  and  St'  Louis, 
aud  the  plogue  hsis  broken  out  with  such 
severity  in  New  Orleans  that  a  quarantine  has 
been  established  at  nearly  all  the  river  aud  gulf 
ports.  On  Sunday  50  cases.  25  of  them  fat,il 
had  been  reported. 

The  eclipse  of  the  sun  on  Monday,  July  20tU 
which  was  visible  with  a  clear  sky  over  a  Inrge 
portion  of  the  United  Stated,  was  well  improv- 
ed by  scientists.  Several  large  particf.  n-itb 
instruments  for  scientific  investigation,  observ- 
ed the  phenomenon  tironi  the  vicinity  of  Den- 
ver, Col.  whore  the  eclipse  wag  total.  Their 
investigations,  if  favorable  are  expected  to  es- 
tablish iulx-resting  theories  ivspecting  the  gas, 
eous  envelope  of  the  sun,  and  u  new  planet  re- 
volving within  the  orbit  of  Mars. 


A  certificate  lately  published  by  citizeus  of 
Sterling,  runs  thus:  "  We,  the  undersigned  cifc- 
izens  of  the  city  of  Sterling,  111.,  do  hereby 
certify  that  during  the  last  four  yoai-s,  our  city 
athninistration  has  been  run  upon  the  no-license 
system;  that  during  these  four  years  drunken- 
ness hiis  decreased  about  seventy-five  per  cent, 
as  shown  by  the  records  of  our  magistrates- 
that  our  population  displays  more  thrift;  Ihat 
it  is  more  industrious  and  more  moral  tlum  ev- 
er before."  How  is  this  for  those  who  main- 
tain, that  liquor  tnifiic  is  a  benefit  to  city  trade 
and  general  prosperity.  Banish  the  liquor  trafiic 
frc)ni  our  laud  and  the  way  to  prosperity  ivill 
be  open. 


INTERESTING   ITEMS. 


Twenty-three  cases  of  yellow  fe.Ter  in  New 
Orleans,  are  reported.  Of  these,  thirteen  have 
died  and  ten  are  convalescent. 


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Snbhulh  passed  uwny  with  iill  oilier  JcwIhU  days,  nud 
thiit  lliu  "firel  dny  of  the  week,"  is  Ibe  preferred  day 
fur  ChriBliunH  to  usseuihlc  in  worship. 

One  BaptlGEl- — a  dialogue  showing  that  Irine  immereion 
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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table, 

Dny  puseager  train  going  ensl  leaves  Lnniu-k  at  12:00 
P.  M..  iind  (trrives  in  Kiiciueutfi;J3  1",  .M. 

Day  passenger  train  going  west  leaves  Lanark  at  2;0C  F. 
M  .  and  arrivog  ol  Kook  Island  al  5:b0  1'.  M. 

Night  passenger  trains,  going  cost  nnd  west,  meet  aM 
leave  Lanark  at  '2:18  A.  M,,  orriviug  in  llnoine  at  8:0U 
A.    M,.   and   at   Rook  Island  at  6:0O  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Accommodaiion  Trains  will  run  west  M 
12:  10  A  M..  «;10  A.  M..  and  east  at  Vl:  10  A.M. 
and  fir  1.^  P.  M. 

Tickers  are  sold   for  above    trains    enly.     rn-scngeT 

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OUTSIDK  THE  GATE. 

I  stiiiitl'  iiltrtw'  oiitsltlc  the  giili> ; 
Tlie-vvf  isdiivkaud  tUswIiite; 

I  ]iitubi-,  Itut  L'Jinnot  Ciller  in. 
Itf  twceii  lis,  risf's  up  my  sin. 

Time  liiis  ln'.-ii,  in  Hie  lung  iiijo. 
Wlieii  wp  liavp  WiindMt'ii  to  luul  fro 
Tcigellier  'mill  Uih  luses'  liluoii), 
'L'lic-  iiiylit  nil  huU'ii  willi  ])t:rl'iniic. 

Hut  nil  istlmngeil;  lln?  ruses  bml 
Tpim  tlie  Willi,    I.ikf  ilnqis  of  Iilooil 
The  li^liils  l';tll>lierfat  my  ftPt: 
1  sl(tl(»-'n  at  t!it!ir  liu'it^li  so  sweut. 

We  lovc'I.    She  iiliKlitfil  nie  her  Inith; 
'iVUt'ii,  I'l'inii  tile  iiHSi.  like  siHi(i"  gi'im  wniith 
OiiL-  fiillv  of  inv>i.ut!i  ciiijie  uji 
To  ilriiik  its  liitlcr  haiveat  cup. 

Alul  tliPirshp  tuiiu'il  iiwtty  in  sforn; 
"Men  were  not  inuile,".HhQ said, '-' hiiC lloni." 
And  youlht'ul  tides  ot  itassion-tliinK- 
f'rmlil  not  excuse  my  shi  am\  shnme. 

Coiild  I  l>ut  h;ive  my  life  to  live 
AK;tin ;  one  hall  itjJ  joya  I'd  give 
T'l  h;ive  ils  it-tmd  fiuw  from  l>li!<ht. 
And  hohl  lii-r  to  my  liemt  tiHii;;lit. 

.""he  counted  nie  iis  il  yi'iiin  of  suntl. 
She  wouhl  not  even  twiidi  my  hand, 
Weiilrh,  fsmip,  ave  mine,  yet  desohite 
I  stand  oulAide  tlie  giUe  to-night. 

— Inter  Ocean. 


THE  HOME  OF  THE  SOUL. 


BT  C.  H.  LALSBAUGH. 


•■^'oltlu  Sfll  Ri(jijle,of  Saa-immUi,  Cul.:- 


E 


VERY  essay  must  have  a  title,  but  it  is  not 
uecessary  that  the  latter  be  a  condejisation 
of  ijhe  former.  It  may  give  ii  geneml  idea  of 
the  e«say,  or  only  a  hint  whiuh  appeals  here 
and  there.  My  present  title  is  one  that  amy 
stand  by  itself,  a-i  suggestive  of  every  thing 
Sweet  and  glorious  and  elevating  that  the  soul 
'  finds  in  Jesus,  "  both  in  this  world  and  in  that 
winch  is  to  come.'' 

1  am  to-day  putting  ft  novel  parenthesis  in 
my  literary  bistoiy— writing  a  letter  lor  the 
\n\«A  to  a  little  girl  of  eight  years  old.  You 
will  perhaps  be  obliged  to  lay  down  the  paper 
fre<iuentty  ;md  nsk  WeUter  what  I  mean, 
will  4iidv  -Jimidnity,  hut  it  is  not  easy  for  me 
to  write  without  ■.'cttins  into  deep  waters,  and 
laying  hold  of  >;onie  heavy  plankn  to  help  me 
uflhnre.  Some  people  have  a  great  horror  of 
Web4er.  and  it  \Vonld  seom  even  of  the  spell- 
ing-book. I  (lespi^d  nooncioli  ftccouot  of 
norance;,God  has  His  fairtst  jewids  among  the 
unlearned.  Uut  when  people  'jlorr/  in  their 
igUprflnc^,  and  make  a  hoa.'^t  of  their  stupiditj, 
'  t  Jjannot  help  loiliing  for  Luke  IS:  li,  12  on 
their  phylacteiy. 

Heaven  is  not  all  btyond  l"fie  stars.  The 
soul's  true  home  is  in  the  body.  It  is  sin  that 
divorces  this  wedlock.  Uod  Himself  mis  made 
flesh  .so  iis  to  j-eBt  our  coilporeal  constitution  to 
be  the  soul's  eternal  tabw'naclo.  Not  only  was 
'■  Uod  iHM;ii/V>(  in  the  flesh,"  but  was  " /hWc 
flesh."  1  Tim.  a:  10;  John  1;  ^^-  Pf^vU  says. 
"without  coutvyveis);  •' this  isa  "great.mys- 
tery."  Uiit  there  i.s  something  about  it  which^ 
is  clear  as  the  noonday,:  it  shows  us  what' 
God  thinks  of  our  body,  and  the  Mgh  uses  for 
whidh  He  has  desigmitl  it,  aiul  whtre  He  will 
me'et'iis  iii  CHrist  Jeius.  or  meet  u«t'  never,  save 
asB"consnmingiire."  If  this  lesson  of  the  In- 
carnation w.-re  well  learned,  we  would  have  no 


nieinher*  to  defile  (liemselTCs  with   tobacco,  or 
poison  the  air  which  others  breathe  with   the 
fumes  of  the  burning  weed,  or  preach   right- 
eousness and   purity  and  humility  to  others, 
while  they  are  themselves  "  warahipers  of  luam- 
uuin,"  competitors  for  popularity,  and  not  uu- 
fi-equeutly  horrible  compounds  of  lust  and  sel- 
fishness, corruption  and  brutishnisa.      Christ 
"  consecrated    for  us  a   new  and  living  way 
through  the  vail  that  is  His  tlesk,"  Hcb.  li^: 
20.     Our  treatment  of  our  borlles  is  (he  criteri- 
on of  our  holiness,  and  the  condition  of  our  ^nl- 
\-ntion.     There  is  no  houif  for  the  .sonl  where 
.lesosisnot.     Under  the  dominion  of  sin,  the 
body  becomes  a  prison,  and  Heaven  itaelf  it placn 
of  torment.     "This  house  of  our  oorthlylab- 
eruacle  "  is  a  fit  residence  for  Deity,  and  just  so 
aoon  as  we  olfer  it  to  the  occupancy  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  John  1:51,  and  Rev.  ^1:  2.  a,  will 
find  glorious  fulfillment,     "Ye  are  the  temple 
of  the  living  God;a8  God  hath  said,  I  will  dwell 
in  them,  and  walk  in  them;  and  I  will  be  their 
God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people."    9  Cor.   6: 
18.     "  If  any  man  fkjilf  the  temple  of  God.  him 
shall  God  tleMraij:  for  the  temple  of  God  is  ha- 
hj,  which  temple  ijc  nrc''  X  Cor.  3: 1 7,    We  m*e 
to  be  the  "living  stones"  of  which  the  spirit- 
ual edifice  is  built,  the  blood-washed,  blood-ce- 
mented masonry  of  the  Kternul  Fame  of  Grace, 
"  and  there  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into  it  any 
thing  that  defileth,  neither  whatsoever  worketh 
abomination,  or  niaketh   a  He."  Rev.  21:  27. 
The  Body  of  Jesus  Christ  as  the  Home  of 
end.  is  tl»  Central  Truth  of  the  Uible,  the  great 
mystery  of  the  Bivine  Economy,  the  Enigma 
of  Eternity  for  angels  and  saints,   the  hoiie  of 
all  sinners,  the  type  of  all  beHevery.      Kniman- 
nel  is  the  great   Name  that  embodies  all   we 
know  or  ever  can  know,  of  the  nature  and  won- 
ders of  God  and  man.  To  "live  after  the  flesh" 
is  to  despise  God,   and   rate  the  incarnation  of 
the  Devil  above  the  wondrous  wedlock  of  Deity 
with  humanity.     Although  yv^a  have  seen   but 
eight  summers,  and  have  still  the  dew  of  inno- 
cence on  your  child-sonl,  yet  this  august  prin- 
ciple is  involved  in  what  yon  say  in  your  letter 
about  the  use  of  nii:iney,  namely,  that  yon  pre- 
fer to  cast  it  into  the  Lord's  Treasury,  or   in 
some  way  assist  His  cause,   rather  than  spend 
itforcandies  and  gewjfaws  and  flesh-pleasing  per- 
sonal iidornments.  If  lifv.  3:  21)  pours  itsglories 
and  raptuies  into  the  inner  sanctuary   of  our 
hiiing,  the  soul  finds  the  bpdy  the  exact  vehicle 
for  the  most  ecstatic  enjoyment  ^^^j\  ^^^  "'"** 
ravishing  expression   of  the  Triune  Jehovah, 
0  the  honor,  O  the  glory.  0   the   bliss,  of  en- 
templing  and   manifesting   the   All-Good  and 
All-Holy,     k  true  apprehension   of    this  will 
upset  the    trttffic-tablcs,  drive     the   oxen   and 
doves  out  of  the  Holy  Place,  and  lay  the  cord- 
ed'Hcourge  of  righteousness  vigorously  on  the 
bare  back  of  that  .sclHshness  which   turns  the 
"  house  of  prixj-er  into  a  den  of  thieves."     "  He 
consecrated  a /«■«■  and  i.ivikg  way."     "To  me 
to  Uie  is  Christ."  "  I  am   crucified  with  Christ, 
nevertheless  I  MVE;yet  uoi  I.but  CHRIST  LIV- 
ETH  IX  ME."     ,\nother   incarnation:  anoth- 
er manifestation  of  God  in   the  flesh.     This  is 
Christianity,  all  else  is  count^-rtoit.    This  makes 
the  ho'hj  the  soul's  eternal  Aomc,  and  not  its 
endless  tonnnit. 

I  know  brethren  who  are  daily  groaning  un- 
der the  penalties  of  exyess.  They  must  have 
their  stimulating  dishes  to  goad  their  appetites 
fur  beyond  the  normal  standard,  "maJviug  a 
God  of  tlieir  bella*,"  spinning  the  cobwebs  of 
wirnality  across  the  window  of  the  soul,  nour- 
ishing their  lusts  and  passions,  till  the  temple 
of  God  is  vacated  for  (hi-  djctatoi-ship  of  devils, 
to  "  eat  the  flesh  of  tlic  Son  of  ^^iln.  and  drink 
His  blood,"  will  kill  the  taste  for  tobacco  and 
the  dainties  and  coniimxturM  which  tend  to 
establish  habits  that  make  the  body  an  unfit 
nbode  for  the  H«K- Ghost.  "Behold  tlie  Adwi'' 
of  God."  Tliere  is  no  t'lbacco  in  Hi*  pasture. 
Heboid  the  Dove  of  the  Haptismal  Consecration: 


the  immacnlati'  Kmhlem  of  purity.  She  never 
setsn  foot,  or  dips  a  wing,  or  thrusts  her  bill  in- 
to the  alough  of  cftrunlity.  Commit  your  young 
life  to  this  High  Ideal.  It  hohN  the  highest 
possibilities  of  Gixl  in  your  own  nature.  You 
need  not  wait  for  death  to  know  what  Hwiven 
is.  The  River  of  Life  clear  as  crystal  will  flow 
through  your  houI,  and  the  T^e  of  Infe,  frii- 
grant  with  bloom,  and  hultn  with  twelve  man- 
ner of  fruits,  will  nnikea  miniature  Pai-adise  of 
your  inner  life.  Do  not  douht  it.  Where  God 
pre>ndM  over  our  entire  being,  the  flesh  itself 
will  tingle  and  quiver  with  the  beatitudoi  of 
the  I'l^per  World. 


HOW  TO  LEARN  CHRIST. 


IiV  J.  S,  MOULER. 


is  no  dilficult  matter,  .\bout  all  that  i.-.  r^'ji  ,  - 
ed,  is  good,  honeat.  honorable,  obedient  heir 
that  are  willing  to  Uke  God  at  Hij*  wonl.  in  ,1 . 
simple  meaning.  Obeyed  in  this  way,  it  will 
result  in  unity,  and  hwnnoniz*"  with  itwlf.  Just 
as  matheiHBtical  ta-uth  when  prop«rly  under- 
stood result  in  unity. 

If  there  were  a  great  deal  more  tnvwtigating 
done,  in  reference  to  spiritual  tnitli,  than  there 
is,  we  believe  there  would  be  mncli  more  onity 
amoug  believer*  than  theru  is.  The  Gospel  is 
a  tenet;  but  people  are  not. 

MAy  God  enable  us  all  to  learn  the  trotba  of 
the  Gospel,  and  obey  them  that  it*  precioiw 
promises  nmy  be  ours. 

A  FEW  THOUGHTS. 


"  nitl  ye  Imv*  not  sn  learnwl  Cliitst."  Kph.  -t:  ai. 
rPHli  doctrine  is  taught  that  we  uiuht  obey  the 
I  tioriptures  as  we  understand  them.  With 
this  doctrine  we  take  issue.  We  takw  the  po- 
sition that  we  must  obey  the  Scripturew  as  they 
teach.  But  one  will  suy,  "  Must  we  iio(  ifxer- 
eise  our  understanding  to  obtain  a  knowledge 
of  the  Scriptures?"  We  answer  yes.  most 
suredly.  But  we  must  not  nuike  our  nnder- 
standing  the  solo  arbiter  in  determininB  the 
truth  of  the  Bible.  Our  understanding  may  be 
in  error.  '■  He  that  trusteth  in  hia  owu  heart, 
is  a  fool:  but  whoso  walketh  wisely,  ^hall  be  de- 
livered."    Prov.  2S:  26. 

When  we  hear  people  say.  that  they  arc  will- 
ing to  obey  the  Scriptures  as  they  understand 
them,  it  is  pretty  clear  that  they  lu--^  •etUngup 
their  own  understanding  as  an  infallible  guide 
Not  long  since,  in  conversation  with  a  lady 
on  the  subject  of  I-'eefc-washing,  she  rennirked, 
that  she  would  l)e  willing  to  obey  that  ordi- 
nance, if  she  nuderatood  the  Scriptures  that 
way.  Here  it  was  clear,  that  she  made  her  un- 
derstanding diijcard  the  ordinance.  The  Scrip- 
tureii  in  the  main,  are  so  plain,  tbat  the  under- 
standing has  nothing  to  do,  but  to  accept  the 
truths  of  the  Bible  as  the.y  are  taught.  But  so 
many  people  undertake  to  tench  the  Bible,  in- 
stead of  being  taiiglithy  it. 

To  make  thisinatter  still  moreclear;  wemight 
refer  to  teaching  in  the  ordinary  branches  of 
education,  Sui>pose  a  number  of  pupils  under- 
take to  solve  a  problem  in  mathematics,  making 
their  tinderstanding  the  sole  judge  as  to  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  solution,  and  the  problem  being 
a  difiicult  one.  In  all  probability  they  will  have 
as  many  different  solutions  as  there  were  pupils, 
from  the  simple  fact,  that  they  had  no  higher 
standard  to  appeal  to  than  their  uiidei-standing. 
Having  thus  solved  tb=  problem,  they  cease  to 
inquire  as  to  the  correctness  of  their  work. 

But  suppose  the  author,  whose  work  they 
are  studying,  has  also  connected  his  own  answer 
to  hifl  problem,  and  the  pupils  in  comiiaring 
their' work  with  the  authors,  discoverthat  they 
are  all  wroug,now  what  will  they  do?  if  they 
are  honest  scholars  they  will  investigate  their 
work  over,  and  over,  till  at  la.st  they  hiring  out 
the  true  result,  which  hiuniouizes  with  t|ie  au- 
thors, the  result  of  all  the  pupils  being  the 
same.  In  doing  tlils,  they  all  exercised  their 
understanding:  hut  their  nndei-stnnding  was 
subordinate  to  their  teacher's,  or  author's. 
While  this  is  the  correct  way  of  learning  math- 
ematical truth :  it  is  also  the  correct  way  to  leaiii 
spiritual  truth.  Christ  says.  "Learn  of  uw." 
Whenever  wi;  learn  anythiug,  our  undeistaiul- 
ing  must  be  exercised  in  a  subordinate  sense  to 
the  Author  or  Teacher  from  whom  we  leara. 
All  believers  are  Icarncns — schohirs  in  the  school 
of  Christ. 

The  Bible  was  never  intended  to  he  interpret- 
ed according  to  everj'  man's  fancy,'  or  pervert- 
ed uni<»rst»mling.  The  Gospel  speuks  clearly 
and  plain.  It  giws  no  uncertain  sonnd.  "The 
wayfaring  man,  though  a  fool,  shiJI  not  urr 
thitfein."  It  is  designed  to  be  undeistoo-l  a 
a  certain  way.     To  understand  it  in  ihiit    vv.iy, 


IIY  LIZZIE  UILART. 

IAVAS  well  ideased  with  aisla:  Bond's  article 
in  last  week's  paper;  she  kindly  admoundicd 
our  sisters  to  their  duty.  It  does  seem  to  me  if 
our  dear  sisters  would  examine  the  Word  of 
God  more  closely,  they  would  be  compelled  to 
lay  aside  the  many  unneee«»ary  things  ^hich 
thuy  wear.  I  wouder  sometimes  how  they  can 
do  so,  when  they  know  the  church  is  strictly 
opposed  to  it.  I  for  one  don't  see  how  they  can 
face  the  deal-  Lord  in  prayer  with  their  bodies 
arrayed  in  such  style  ns  many  of  them  now 
dress  in.  And  much  Iws  can  I  see  how  they 
can  seat  themselves  around  the  Lord's  table,  and 
there  reach  forth  their  hands  with  ring*  on 
their  fingers  to  partidte  of  the  broken  body  of 
our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  0  sisters  do 
you  do  this  with  a  clear  conscience,  do  you  nev- 
er feel  condemned? 

I  remember  upon  one  occasion  I  asked  ayoung 
person  how  she  could  commune  with  rings  on 
her  fingtrs.  She  made  this  reply.  "  I  was  bap- 
ti/A'd  with  them  on,  and  if  !  wa*  lit  to  be  bap- 
tiwd  with  tliem,  I  am  fit  to  eommune  wuh 
them  on."  Now  don't  you  see  how  the  devil 
creeps  in,  what  a  wonderful  worker  he  is! 

But  it  is  not  only  the  yourg  tbat  dr.  ss;i  so, 
but  look  at  some  married  sisters,  if  they  do  not 
put  it  on  themselves,  they  put  it  on  their  chil- 
dren. Sistera,  who  dress  so  very  plain,  do  you 
not  sometimes  dress  your  children  in  the  bights 
of  iashion  ?  I  cannot  see  the  dilference  in  them 
wearing  it  themselves,  or  putting  it  on  their 
children.  Indeed  I  have  l>een  made  to  shudder 
many  times  when  sisters  would  tome  in  meet- 
ing with  their  children  dressed  so  gay.  I  have 
heanl  them  make  excuses  and  say,  "  WpJI  if  we 
donotmake  these  things  for  them,  when  they 
get  large  enough  they  will  make  them  them- 
selves." But  remember  dear  sisters,  God  will 
not  excuse  you  in  this  way.  He  has  taught  you 
to  bring  them  up'  in  the  way  they  should  go. 
Then,  if  this  be  the  way  that  thojishould  go, 
d<nrt  you  wiui't  to  go  where  your  children  go? 
or  in  other  wonls,  don't  vou  want  them  to  50 
with  you?  1  surely  think  you  do,  then  why  do 
you  dress  plain  and  them  so  gay  ? 

0  dear  »ist<-i"s,  if  we  are  striving  tor  that  hap- 
py land,  let  us  take  our  chiidivu  idous  with  us, 
and  in  order  to  do  tliis,  we  must  bring  ifaem  up 
in  the  way  that  they  should  go.  aud  when  thoy 
i-row  old  they  will  not  depart  iroiix  it. 

These  few  lines  I  have  written  hi  lova  Mai- 
God  help  us  all  to  be  faithful,  is  my  prater. 


It  is  possible  foi'  men  to  live  Ju  every  day 
life  according  to  the  Higher  L;iw,  although  a 
great  many  sueeringly  deny  it.  Every  one  can 
follow  Christ's  tejuhiDgitt.  tlie  sermon  on  the 
Mount,  jt^jir  Lord  aqd  :5aTior  vMQtd.  never 
have  given  us  comniHudments  that  we  should 
not  keep;  luid  yet  then* is  a  genenil  impression, 
especially  in  the  business  world,  tbat  men  are 
obliged  to  follow  the  rule,  to  do  unto'  ofh^i^as 
they  do  unto  them.  "  1        * 

The  merciful  man  di.M.-th  goott  to  his  ovQ  souU 


Tl-IK    WllKTHREN'    AT    WOliK. 


^u;;nst    1." 


A  SINGULAR  DOCTRINK. 

X' '    Into-Uif  f  hureli  to-Jav : 
It  I'Hift''  11'*  if.  fr""'  "■'"**  *''^  '"'"' 

Yuuuj:  iirfucii'-r  liiul  to  my, 
A  new  r-'vimoii  "f  tlit-  Ix'ok 

Wf'vi-  tlmiiglit  the  Word  of  Oo«i 
Had  bcrn  ficviw-H  Ijj-  hookor  crook. 

Uy  cn-iitiirra  <if  thn  8(nJ. 
Hexuiil,  ""TwiLsttll  iifcivl  mUtiikc 

That  mortati  Iiere  should  Iw 
In  coiistiiiil  fr-ir  of  Ijrioi-'itoutfliiko. 

Or  Vnial  misery." 
For  nifii  who  tiiin-peiitnnt  die. 

Can  huvc,  if  they  di-sire, 
III  futiin*  Ifind  another  trj-, 

To  'scHpi-  ctcmiil  fire. 
Now  tliiH  tine  talk  is  very  well 

If  'twnn  in  Bible  found, 
But  sintT  that  Book  dccltirea  a  hcH. 

And  ffivfs  for  hope  n->  ground 
To  HininTH  lost,  Iwyond  the  gnive, 

Twert-  well  for  pt-ople  here 
Trfgivc  !*uro  hfcd  to  chuuce  they  havn 

For  seltins,"  title  dear." 
Apuiji  he  wiiid,  "Tlit;  churches  all 

lliive  been  ton  strict,  l)y  far 
In  ki-eping  menil)ers  from  the  hjill, 

Or  'tending  theatre. 
'■  No  linnii,"  he  said  "could  come  from  these 

To  thone  whose  hearts  were  pure; 
11  young  (oiks,  we  alioiild  seek  to  plea'^e. 

And  make  an  overture, 
Tluit  tliey  mijjlit  dance  or  play  at  will. 

And  'teiul  the  circus  too. 
Then  tliefi-  young  folks  would  'gin  to  feel 

Liki-  joining  with  w  too. 
That  6od  ne'er  nn-ant  that  Christians  here 

Sliould  give  up  all  the  fun 
To  Hinncrs,  find  Ui  constant  fear 
Their  heiiv'nlv  race  should  run. 
'Tig  true  that  Christians  ne'er  should  go 
Through  world  with  heads  Itowed  down 
As  if  their  mission  here  below 
VViw  not  to  smile,  hut  frown; 
Nor  do  they;  for  there's  given  to  each 

TImt  trustu  in  Jeans'  blood, 
A  joy  which  iniught  of  earth  can  reacli, 

And  nothing  givu  but  God. 
If  young  folks  could  but  once  enjoy 

This  holy  joy  within. 
The  hiipiiincss  witliuut  alloy, 

That  comes  when  cleansed  from  sin, 
They'd  see  at  once  that  there's  no  need 

Of  theater  or  dance. 
To  one  who  can  his  title  rend 

Full  clear  to  heav'nly  ninnse. 
Kor,  as  "by  light  of  opening  day 

The  stai-fl  are  all  concealed, 
So  earthly  pleiwures  fade  away 

When  Jy-sus  is  revealed." 
He  niso  said,  "  Xo  harm  could  come 

From  [daying  cards  or  dice, 
Or  other  games  at  one's  own  home; 

And  he  would  give  advice, 
It  ChriHtians  want  to  save  their  boyu 

From  drinking  wliisky,  rum, 
lict  them  at  once  their  hearts  rejoice 

By  playing  cards  at  home." 
But  plain  it  is,  to  my  old  mind, 

If  hoys  would  ne'er  begin 
To  play  tliese  games,  we'd  never  find 

That  lliey  Inive  gamblers  been. 
There's  little  Benny— Fanny's  boy— 

W'>  thought,  "Tliero's  none  so  pure." 
lli^  f.illu'r  brought  (he  called  it  toy) 

From  town — the  preacher's  cure 
For  drunkennes-s — a  pack  of  cards, 

And  taught  jioor  Ben  to  play, 
lie  next  bro't  homo  what's  called  billiards, 

And  trained,  in  worldly  way, 
ilis  hoy.    What  was  the  sad  result? 

The  other  day.  in  game 
l''ur  gold — ere  yet  he's  called  adult — 

He  gained  a  nmrd'rer's  name. 
If  once  they  start  upon  the  road 

Tlnit  leads  to  endless  woe — 
That's  by  so  many  sinners  trod — 
None  knows  how  fai-  tVey'lt  go. 
The  safest  way  for  eacli.by  far, 

Is  ne'er  to  make  a  move 
In  paths  that  lead — or  near  or  far, 

From  path  to  lieaveu  above. 
This  path  is  filled  with  joy  supreme, 

Del.ghtiiig soul  of  man; 
And  iu)tinjurious  comes  to  him 
Who  follows  close.  God's  plan. 

— Chrisiiriti  Cijitosure. 


LIFE  OF  PETER.  THE  APOSTLE. 

HV  »«.  BUHi'l'GH. 

QIMON,  fiurnameJ  Ct^pbas  or  Peter 
*^  (which  apjiellfttion  signifies  a  stone 
or  rock),  was  the  son  of  James,  or  Jo- 


nah, ami  wns  l>orn  in  Betli-saiila.  ou  tin- 
I  coast  of  lb."  .Sen  of  <i»lib*",  foll"wiiiir 
I  the  (H'-cUpalioii  nf  tisbi-riiiaii  t»n  that  lake 
I  until  eall<-(n/y7e,suVto  be  his  apostle. 
]  In  theeviingelictl  liistory  of  thin  apos- 
tle, the  «listin,ic"i''"<hinj5  features  or  trails 
ill  hirt  character  are  prominently  portray- 
eil.  He  was  nneclncatcil  and  in  Ins 
writings  useil  wonls  sparingly.  l>iit  full 
of  sense  and  niftjesfy,  which  made  him 
a  fine  writer,  even  without  education. 
As  to  his  traitw  of  character,  we  find 
that  he  was  bold  and  rash,  yet  he  was 
timid  and  sometimes  cowardly;  was  re- 
vengeful, yet  tender-hearted,  ea-^ily  en- 
treated and  always  sorry  for  bi--^  rasbne<<s, 
and  ready  to  forgive.  Some  of  these 
traits  often  involved  him  in  trouble  and 
difficulty,  which  you  will  notice  as  we 
pass  along.  He  was  yiivy  art'ectionate, 
and  therefore  very  strongly  attached  to 
his  Idessed  Master,  and  became  bis  con- 
8tautcompanion,an«l  of  him  learned  the 
way  of  righteoutiness  and  the  plan  of 
salvation. 

In  Matt.  8:  14.  we  find  that  he  had  a 
family,  for  Christ  healed  his  mother-in- 
law  of  a  fever.  In  the  tenth  chapter, 
we  learn  that  he,  with  the  other  apostles, 
received  his  commission.  In  the  four- 
teenth chapter,  we  have  an  account  of 
his  boldness,  and  also  his  cowardice,  for 
we  find  that  the  disciples  were  all  afraid. 
Christ  seeing  this  said,  "  It  is  I,  be  not 
afraid ;"  tlien  Peter  began  to  gather  cour- 
age and  said,  "  If  it  be  thou,  bid  me 
come  unto  thee  on  the  water,"  and  he 
said,  "come."  Tlien  Peter,  no  doubt  with 
great  l)oldness,  stepped  down  into  the 
water  and  got  along  very  well  until  the 
wind  began  to  blow,  then  his  courage 
turned  to  fear,  his  faith  failed  him,  he 
began  to  sink  and  cry  for  help,  and  the 
Lord  helped  him.  Ileie  we  may  learn 
ji  good  lesson ;  so  long  a-s  the  sea  runs 
smoothly,  everything  is  pleaaant,  it  is 
easy  to  be  a  Christian;  but  wln^n  perse- 
cution begins  to  howl  around,  faith  be- 
gins to  fail  and  we  begin  to  sink, — then 
what  shall  we  do?  Do  just  as  i)oor  sink- 
ing Peter  did,  call  to  the  Lord  for  help, 
for  he  has  promised  to  help  us  in  eveiy 
time  of  need.  Christ  asks  the  disciples, 
"  Whom  say  ye  tliat  I  am?  Peter  an- 
swers, thou  art  the  Christ  the  Son  of  the 
living  God.  Jesus  answers,  Thou  art 
Simon  Barjona;  for  flesh  and  bloodbath 
not  revealed  it  unto  thee,  but  my  Fath- 
er which  is  in  heaven;  aud  I  say  also, 
unto  thee,  that  thou  art  Peter  and  upon 
this  rock  I  will  build  my  church,  and 
the  gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against 
it.  And  I  will  give  unto  thee  the  keys 
of  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  and  what- 
soever thou  shalt  bind  on  earth  shall  be 
bound  in  heaven,  and  whatsoever  thou 
shalt  loose  on  earth,  sluill  be  loosed  in 
heaven." 

Then  Christ  began  to  foretell  his  suf- 
ferings. Peter  boldly  rebukes  his  Master 
and  says,  "  Be  it  far  from  thee,  Lord, 
these  things  shall  never  be  unto  thee." 
But  Christ  said  to  Peter,  "  Get  thee  be- 
hind me  Satan;  thou  art  an  offense  unto 
me,  for  thou  savorest  not  the  things  that 
be  of  God,  but   those   that  be  of  men." 

It  is  evident  that  Peter  did  not  fully 
realize  what  he  was  doing,  when  he 
made  the  rash  rebuke  or  he  did  not  fully 
understand  the  mission  of  Christ.  How- 
ever his  attachment  to  his  Master  was  so 
strong  that  he  was  always  ready  to  de- 
fend him  when  harm  came  upon  him,  no 
matter  how  strong  the  opposition,  which 
upon  several  occasions  brought  him  in- 
to trouble.  AVe  next  find  him  on  the  Mount 
of  Transfiguration,  where  he  exhibits  his 
genei'osity  by  oft'eriug  to  builil  taberna- 
cles, after  which  fear  came  upon  him, 
and  he  was  released  by  his  Master.  They 


then  procee<led  to  Capern.ioni,  where  In* 
atrain  got  into  trouble  and  was  helped 
out  hy  his  Master.  Matt,  lit:, 27.  Peter 
says,  Behold,  we  have  for-saken  all  and 
followed  thcp.  what  shall  we  have  there- 
for? Jesus  answei-s,  AVhen  the  Son  ot 
Man  shall  sit  <m  thothronu  of  his  glory, 
Vf  (that  is  his  tvvidvc  apostles),  sludl  sit 
up*jii  twelve  thrones,  judging  the  twelve 
tril)es  of  Israel. 

We  next  find  Peter  with  Christ  and 
the  apostles  at  the  last  supper,  where 
Feet- washing  was  instituted.  When 
Christ  came  to  him,  he  said,  "  Lord,  dost 
thou  wash  my  feet?"  Jesus  answered, 
"  What  I  do  now,  thou  knowcst  not,  l»ut 
thou  shalt  know  hereaftei-."  Then  he 
made  a  very  hasty  reply,  saying,  "  Thou 
shalt  never  wash  my  feet."  O  how  many 
professors  of  Christianity  there  are  to- 
day, who  are  just  as  hasty  in  this  mat- 
ter as  Peter,  and  what  is  worse,  are  still 
more  obstinate.  But  notice  the  answer 
Peter  received.  "  If  I  rvasli  thee  not.  thou 
hast  no  part  with  me."  We  would  ask 
those,  professing  to  be  Christians,  yet 
not  observing  this  command,  "  What 
does  this  language  mean,  'Thou  shalt 
have  no  part  with  me?'"  We  under- 
stand it  to  mean  simply  this,  that  if  we 
obey  not  this  command,  we  cannot  be 
made  heirs  with  Christ,  and  consetjuent- 
ly  mustlose  heaven  if  ■we  jiersist  in  will- 
ful disobedience,  and  Peter  understood 
it  so.  He  well  knew  that  he  could  not 
sit  upon  his  throne  to  judge  one  of  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israel,  if  he  obeyed  not 
his  Master,  and  therefore  submitted  with- 
out reserve,  saying,  "  Lord  not  my  feet 
only,  but  my  hands  and  my  head."  Then 
this  command  ha<  a  spiritual  import,  and 

not  an  ancient  custom  neither  is  it  for 
a  literal  cleansing,  as  there  was  one  who 
was  yet  unclean,  though  he  had  been 
washed  as  the  rest.  He  was  literally 
clean,  but  spiritually  unclean,  becauseof 
his  iniquity  in  the  intent  to  betray  his 
Master. 

Some  objectors  to  this  command,  ar- 
gue that  it  is  not  now  in  force,  but  if  they 
\\\\\  read  the  New  Testament  carefully 
they  will  find  that  even  exti'eme  age  did 
not  excuse  widows,  neither  were  they 
eligible  to  the  charity  of  the  church, 
unless  they  have  washed  the  saint's  feet. 
Then  again,  it  is  proven,  that  it  is  not 
an  .ancient  custom  as  it  was  the  saint's 
feet  and  notstrangei's'  feet,  for  strangers 
were  not  all  saints  then,  neither  are  they 
now,  that  they  were  to  have  washed,  as 
this  occurred  years  after  the  church  was 
established,  and  the  command  is  in  force 
to-day. 

After  these  things  were  established, 
Jesus  spoke  to  the  apostles,  saying,  "All 
ye  shall  be  offended  because  of  me  this 
night;  for  it  is  written,  I  will  smite  the 
shepherd;  and  the  sheep  of  the  flock 
shall  be  scattered  abroad."  Peter  an- 
swered, "  Though  all  men  shall  be  of- 
fended because  of  thee,  yet  mil  I  never 
be  ofl'ended."  Then  Jesus  said,  "  This 
night  before  the  cock  crows,  thou  shalt 
deny  me  thrice."  Peter  said,  "  Though 
I  die  with  thee,  yet  will  I  not  deny  thee." 
Then  he  took  Peter  and  the  two  sons  ot 
Zebetlee  with  him  to  watch  and  pray, 
but  as  it  was  latein  the  niglit  they  were 
overcome  by  sleep,  for  which  they  \vere 
twice  rebuked,  and  then  told  to  sleep 
on,  as  the  spirit  was  willing,  but  the 
fle.sh  would  not.  But  he  soon  awoke 
them,  bidding  them  to  arise  for  he  that 
would  betray  was  at  hand,  and  while  he 
was  speaking,  they  came  and  laid  hold 
on  him.  Meanwhile  Peter  had  ])rocured 
a  sword,  seeing  his  Ma.ster  about  to  be 
taken,  was  instantly  filled  with  wrath 
and  boldly  commenced  dealing  out  ven- 
geance upon  them  that  were  aboutto  take 


his  Master,  he  atvuck  one,  cutting  otV  bin 
ear.  His  Mnslerstayed  him  in  Ins  wild 
career  and  made  the  man's  ear  whole. 
Then  they  led  him  away  tothe  Hiirli. 
pri'^'^t's  house,  and  Peter  followed  afar 
otf.  When  Peter  came  to  the  fire,  a  c«r- 
tain  maid  saw  him  ami  said,  "  This  uian 
was  also  with  him."  He  denied  it  ami 
said,  "I  know  him  not."  After  awhile 
another  saw  him  and  said,  "  Thou  art 
also  of  them."  Peter  said,  "  Man  I  am 
not."  Al>out  the  space  of  an  half  hour 
after,  another  confidently  atfirmed  say. 
of  a  truth  this  fellow  also  was 
with  him,  for  he  is  a  Galilean."  Peter 
said,  "  Man,  I  know  not  what  thou  say- 
est,"  and  while  he  was  speaking,  the  cock 
crew  and  the  Lord  looked  upon  him, 
and  he  remembered  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  and  went  out  and  wept  bitterly. 
He  had  learned  tliat  it  is  easier  to  give, 
than  to  receive  offense. 

After  Christ  was  crucified,  buried, 
arisen  and  seen  liy  some  of  the  women, 
who  reported  it  to  the  disciples,  it  seem- 
ed to  them  as  an  idle  tale,  and  did  not 
believe  it,  however  Peter's  suspicion  was 
touched  and  finally  grew  into  such  press- 
ing curiosity  that  he  could  not  bear  its 
weight,  but  ran  to  the  sepulchre  himself 
to  see  if  it  ^vas  true.  On  arriving  there 
and  examining  it,  found  it,  as  it  was  told, 
and  departing  wondering  in  himself 
at  that  which  was  come  to  pass. 
Then  Peter  and  Cleophas  wentto  a  neigh- 
boring village.  On  the  way  Jesus  ap- 
peared to  them  aud  interrogated  them 
in  regard  to  what  they  had  been  talking 
about.  But  their  eyes  were  holden,  and 
they  did  not  know  him.  However  they 
told  him  all  about  what  had  happened. 
Then  he  said,  "  O  fools  and  slow  of  heart 
to  believe  all  that  the  prophets  have 
spoken.  Ought  not  Christ  to  have  suf- 
fered these  things  and  to  enter  into  his 
(Thiiy  f  However  they  insisted  that  he 
should  stay  with  them  as  it  was  getting 
late  in  the  day.  Then  a^  they  sat  at 
meat,  he  took  bread  and  blessed  and 
brake  and  gave  to  them,  and  their  eyes 
were  opened  and  they  knew  him,  and  he 
vanished  out  of  their  sight.  Then  they 
went  back  to  Jerusalem,  and  while  they 
were  telling  what  they  saw,  Christ  ap- 
peared unto  them,  and  they  were  terrifi- 
ed, thinking  that  they  had  seen  a  spirit; 
but  he  conversed  with  them,  and  they 
all  finally  recognized  him.  Then  he 
opened  their  understanding. 

In  course  of  time  Clirist  began  to  in- 
terrogate Peter,  saying,  "  Lovest  thou 
me  more  than  these?  "  He  said,  "Lord, 
thou  knowest,  I  love  thee."  "  Feed  my 
lambs,"  was  the  reply.  He  was  asked 
the  second  time,  and  replied  in  the  aftinn- 
ative.  "  Feed  ray  sheep,"  said  his  Mas- 
ter. He  was  asked  the  third  time  and 
began  to  be  grieved  at  the  repetitions. 
He  however  held  his  peace  and  answer- 
ed in  the  affirmative,  and  Jesus  said, 
"  feed  my  sheep,"  and  then  gave  him  to 
understand  by  what  death  he  should  glo- 
rify God,  aud  rebuked  him  for  his  in- 
(piisitiveness  in  regard  to  John. 

We  next  find  him  in  an  upper  room, 
where  the  apostles  abode.  Here  Peter 
was  in.strumental  in  the  election  of  an 
apostle  to  supply  the  vacancy  of  Judas, 
aud  when  the  day  of  Pentecost  had  ful- 
ly come,  they  were  all  with  one  accord 
in  one  place,  and  were  all  filled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Then  Peter  arose  and 
preached  concerning  the  kingdom  ot 
Christ  on  earth,  a  powerful  sermon,  and 
when  the  people  had  heard  him  they 
were  pricked  to  their  hearts,  and  inquir- 
ed, "  Wliat  shall  we  do."  Peter,  said, 
"  repent  and  be  baptized  every  one  of 
you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the 
remission  of  sins,  and  ye   shall   recent 


^■nrr"st    15, 


'ri^K  iiUKTHHK>r  .vr  avori^. 


i-a 


the  Wi'iil  gladly  and  three  thousana  w. .. 
aihleil  to  their  imniher. 

BetV.re  we  proceed  fuvther,  I  wish  to 
call  attention  to  a  charncteriatic  point  in 
the  life  of  tins  apostle.  H^,  after  re- 
ceiving the  Holy  Ghost  on  the  day  of 
Pentecost,  never  makes  mistakes,  but  is 
entirely  under  the  intlutmce  of  the  Holy 
Spirit;  and  what  he  says  is  m  though  it 
came  .lirectly  from  God,  as  he  is  now 
God's  instrument  to  superintend  his  in- 
fant   chureh,^he    feeds    his    Master's 

l!Uld>S.  j 

On  his  way  into  the  temple,  he  heal- 
ed a  man  who  had-bpen  born  lame.  This 
caused  a  great  e.\cit<^ment  amono-  tin 
people.  However  Utter  be-ati  p?t;ach 
iogChriatto  them,  and  five  thousand 
more  were  added  to  their  numl)er.  The 
rulers  of  the  J*iws  about  to  see  their  or- 
ganizivtions  broken  up  by  thi:^  mnn"^ 
preaching,  took  him  and  imprisonedhim. 
Upon  examination  Peter  boldly  attrilj- 
utes  the  healing  of  the  lame  man  to  the 
name  of  Jesus,  and  that  by  the  same  Je- 
sus only,  we  must  be  eternally  saved. 
However,  public  sentiment  had  become 
so  strong  in  favor  of  Peter,  and  against 
the  rulers  that  they  feared  the  multitude, 
and  let  him  go.  At  that  time  the  dis- 
ciples had  all  things  in  eommou.  But 
Ananias  and  his  \\-ife  sold  their  pos<;i_'ss- 
ious  and  kept  back  part  of  the  price, 
and  when  Peter  rebuked  them,  they  fell 
dead,  and  great  fear  came  upon  the 
cliuich,  and  more  believers  were  added. 

They  brought  forth  many  sick  into 
the  streets,  that  at  least  the  shadow  of 
Peter  passing  by,  mightovershadowsome 
of  them.  Peter  saw  their  great  faith, 
iihd  healed  them.  Again  the  rulers 
were  filled  with  intUguallon  and  impris- 
oned tlie  apostles.  An  angel  delivered 
them  and  they  again  preached  Christ  to 
th^-  people  in  the  temple;  then  went  the 
captain  and  brought  them  without  vio- 
lence before  the  priest's  council,  and  he 
asked,  "  Did  we  not  straitly  commaud 
you  that  ye  should  not  teaeh  in  this 
name,  and  liehold  you  have  filled  Jeru- 
salem with  your  doctrine,  aud  intend  to 
bring  tliis  man's  blood  upon  us."  Then 
Peter  and  the  other  apostles  auswei'ed, 
'■  Vfe  ought  to  obey  God  rather  than 
men,"  and  again  preached  Christ  right 
in  their  presence.  Here  Is  a  display  of 
Peter's  boldness  iiueouneeted  with  fear; 
for  be  now  fears  nothing,  Tmt  God, 
takes  great  delight  in  feeding  his  Mus- 
ter's siieep,  ereu  when  he  and  the  flock 
are  both  in  danger  of  ravenous  beasts. 
These  wicked  rulers  were  pricked  to  the 
heart  and  tattk  council  to  slay  them,  but 
\Vere,  divided  f^niong  themselv*;;s,  and  let 
them  oil'  with  a  beating,  commanding 
that  they  should  not  speak  in  the  name 
of  Jesus,  and  they  departed'  from  the 
council,  rejoieing  that  the)'  were  counted 
^VDrt)ly  to  suffer  hhame  for  his  name. 
iVnd  daily  iu  the  temple  and  in  every 
house  they  c(»ased  not  to  teach  and  jireach 
Jesus  Christ.  Soon  Saul  made  halvo'c  of 
l^he  church;, they  Vvere,  scattered  abroad, 
weijt  everywhere  preaching  the  word; 
Vhilip  was  i-ewarded  with  great  suocens. 
Peter  and  John,  was  sent  to  his  iu«sistance 
and  they  laid  their  hands  on  them  that 
Were  baptized  and  tlu-y  received  the  Ho 
ly  GhoKt.  Then  tjimon,  the  sor^vrer,  of 
fei-ed  them  money,  to  give  him  power  to 
do  these  things;  and  was  severely  rebuk- 
ed. Then  they  wynf.back  to  Jerusalem 
and  preachett  iu  many  places.  Then 
Peter  passed  through  Lydda  and  found 
Eneiis  who  had  kept  his  bed  eight  years 
vt\iU  the  palrsy,  and  he  healed  him. 
Again,  many  tui-ned  to  the  Lord.  Tlu-n 
lie  was  called  to  Joppn  to  restore  Tabi- 
tha  t..  life,  which  he  did,  and  many  be- 


lieved, and  he    abode    here   mauy    days  j 
with  one  Simon,  a  tanner. 

He  was  ne.\t  sent  for  by  Cornelius,  an  | 
officer  of  a  hundred  men,  a  devout  man, 
a  Gentile  who  Iiad  been  taught  to  do  so 
by  a  vision.  The  Gentiles  were  greatly 
despised  by  the  Jews  and  the  disciples 
of  Christ,  and  consequently  knew  noth- 
ing about  Christianity.  Meanwhile  Pe- 
ter liad  beeu  taught  by  a  vision  not  to 
despise  the  Gentiles  any  longer.  He 
was  very  cautious  and  took  six  witness- 
es with  him  to  the  house  of  Cornelius 
who  had  gathered  all  his  kinsman  and 
near  fnends,  and  as  Peter  came  in,  Cor- 
nelius fell  down  at  his  feet  to  worship 
him.  Peter  rebuked  him,  asking  him, 
why  he  had  called  him,  here,  telling 
him  that  it  was  unlawful  for  a  Jew 
to  keep  compauy  with  one  of  another  na- 
tion. But  God  hath  showed  me  that  I 
should  not  call  auv  nmn  common  or  un-  \ 
clean.  Then  Cornelius  made  knowu  his 
vision  to  Peter  and  lie  commenced  to 
preach  Clirist,  and  while  he  was  speak- 
ing, the  Holy  (ihost  fell  upon  all  them 
that  heard,  and  they  were  baptized.  The 
news  was  quickly  sent  abroad  that  the 
Gentiles  had  also  received  Christ.  And 
when  Peter  came  to  Jerusalem,  they  of 
the  circumcision  contended  with  him  be- 
cause hehad  eaten  with  the  uncireumcis- 
ed.  Peter  rehearsed  tlie  mattei-  from  the 
beginning.  Then  they  lield  their  peace, 
and  glorified  God,  saying,  "Then  hath 
God  also  to  the  Gentiles  gi-anted  repen- 
tance unto  life,  and  that  tlie  kingdom  of 
Christ  on  earth  was  now  open  to  them, 
also  Wiis  made  manifest  to  them. 

Soou  after,  king  Herod  persecuted  the 
the  Christians,  and  slevv  James  with  the 
sword,  and  because  it  pleased  the  Jew«, 
he  also  took  Peter  and  imprisoned  him; 
but  was  delivered  through  the  prayers 
of  tlie  churcii  by  anaugel.  But  he  hard- 
ly realized  what  was  transpii'ing,  until 
the  angel  had  left  him  outside  the  gate 
that  led  into  the  city.  Then  he  fully 
realized  that  the  angel  of  the  Lord  had 
delivered  him  out  of  the  hands  of  Her- 
od, and  from  the  expectation  of  the  Jews. 
Then  he  went  to  the  house  of  Mary,  the 
mother  of  John;  Mark  taking  them  on 
surprise,  and  told  them  diow  the  angel 
of  the  Lord  had  delivered  him  out  of 
the  prison.  Not  knowing  that  James 
had  been  slain,  he  told  them  to  tell 
James  and  the  brethren,  and  went  to 
another  })lace. 

Peter's  escape  created  great  excite- 
ment at  the  prison,  Peter  not  being 
found,  Herod  ordered  the  keeper  to  be 
put  to  death.  In  his  pride,  this  wicked 
king  took,  to  himself  houor  which  belong- 
ed to  God,  was  sti-icken  by  an  angel 
and  died  a  miserable  death.  After  his 
death  the  "Word  of  the  Lord  prospered; 
there  was  great  strife  in  the  church 
in  regard  to  circumcision,  and  the  apos- 
tles and  elders  came  togetlier  to  consid- 
er this  matter.  After  much  contention 
and  strife,  Peter  arose  and  spoke  on  the 
(piestiou.  Peter  is  the  author  of  two  of 
the  geuerul  ef)Lstles.  The  design  of  the 
first  epistle  was  to  support  the  Cliristiau 
under  atttictlons  and  trials,  and  to  in- 
struct them  how  to  behave  in  the  midst 
of  the  oppo.-iition  and  cruelty  with  which 
they  were  treated,  that  they  should  be 
subniissive  to  civil  authorit)',  attentive 
to  their  duties,  and  lead  blameless  and 
exemplniy  lives.  When  Peter  wrote  his 
becond  opibtle,  he  \vas  evidently  old  and 
near  his  death,  which  appears  from  the 
apology  lie  makes  for  writing  this  second 
epistli?  to  the  Hebrew  Christians.  The 
scope  of  the  epistles  is,  to  confirm  the 
doQlrine  an-d  instructions  delivered  in  the 
former,  to  establish  tjie  Hebrew  Cliris- 
tians  in  the  faith  of  the  Gospel;  to   cau- 


tion them    against    fab 
warns  them    to    prepnr 


He 


teachei 

for  the  gi-eat 
event  by  a  holy  and  uid)la!iiable  conver- 
sation. 

Aft(T  zealously  laboring  many  yeiu-s 
iu  the  cause  of  Christ,  he  wao  finally 
crucified  at  Rome  A.  1).  (i:i,  during  the 
reign  of  the  Kmperor  Xero,  and  thus 
passed  away  a  faithful  preacher  whose 
labors  on  earth  in  the  uonvei-sion  of  sin- 
uens  was  a  grand  success.  May  we  prof- 
it by  his  missteps  and  imitate  his  good 
exaniplewand  meet  him  beyond  the  shin- 
ing river. 


A  SHORT  DIALOGUE  BETWEEN 
FATHER   AND   SON. 


glV.-, 


BY  M.  W.  NKfl-. 


^ON.  Father  what  is  the  name  of  that 
'^  large  Volunu-  I  saw  you  so  busily 
engaged  in  reading  this  morning. 

Father.  It  was  the  Bible,  my  son, 
the  written  and  revealed  Will  of  God. 

.S'.  I  would  suppose  it  to  be  very  in- 
teresting; for  \^  ills  are  mostly  read  with 
interest,  especially  by  tlie  parties  con- 
cerned. But  what  makes  tlu;  tears  trick- 
le down  your  face  so  often. 

J'^  You  are  right,  my  son.  It  is  of 
greater  interest  than  other  works;  for  in 
it  is  the  only  sure  promise  that  men  ha 
left  them  of  being  happy  or  gaining 
a  happy  home  afterthey  leavethis  world. 
As  to  the  tears  upon  my  face,  how  can 
I  do  otherwise,  wlieu  I  take  up  this  bless- 
ed Book  and  behold  the  goodness  of  God, 
then  look  at  the  walk  and  convei-aation 
ot  tlie  children  of  men?  Oh  1  cannot 
refrain  from  weeping. 

S.  I  would  understand  by  what  you 
say  father,  that  the  Bible  contains  a  way 
within  itself,  that  will  bring  comfort 
and  consolation  to  every  one. 

-/''.  Von  have  guessed  rightly,  for  it 
contains  a  laio  that  if  men  and  \vomen 
\vi\\  only  become  subject  thereto,  it  will 
lead  them  from  earth  to  iieaven.  U  will 
bring  greater  comfort  and  .consolation  to 


man,  than  all  this  present  world  can  giv 
him. 

iS'.  By  what  you  say  father,  we  are 
living  in  sin,  and  this  world  is  not  our 
dwelling-place. 

i'\  Very  true,  my  son,  our  first  pa- 
rents done  wickedly  in  the  -gai'den  of 
Eden,  and  since  that  time  all  mankind 
have  occupied  an  unsafe  position,  they 
have  all  become  sinnei's  in  the  sight  of 
(iod,  and  this  world  in  which  we  are 
living,  is  not  our  everlasting  homo.  It 
^viM  pass  away  in  the  future,  and  all  they 
that  cleave  to  it,  must  accompany  it  to 
the  regions  of  darkness. 

>S'.  Oh  yes,  I  understand,  that  is  why 
the  Bible  has  been  given  unto  ib,  in  or- 
der that  we  may  escape  from  sin,  and 
enjoy  a  better  world  than  this. 

l'\  Voui- suggestions  are  right.  Af- 
ter our  first  parents  sinned,  (xod  still 
had  mercy  iipon  them.  He  would  not 
Slitter  them  to  be  lost  ftu'cver,  hut  gave 
them  a  taint  promise,  that  after  whih 
Oup  would  arise  who  would  redeem  them, 
and  that  proiulse  has  been  ratified,  and 
now  the  Bible  contains  that  promise.  If 
we  wish  to  be  benefited  by  that  promise, 
we  must  compTy  with  tlie  directions  that 
accomfiany  it.  ■  I^'so  doing,  \ve  can 
overcoine  sin,  and  iusteatl  of  occupying 
an  unsafe  position,  we  will  be  perfect/ky 
safe,  and  safe  ground,  is  good  to  occupy. 

*!>'.  Father,  why  is  it  that  men  are  so 
much  inclined  to^erve  the  world  when 
tiiey  know  it  is  not  their  everlasting 
honief 

l'\  Well,  my  30n,  there  cdtild  be  sev- 
eral answers  giv^n.  In  the  first  place 
our  nature  and  that' of  the  worKl  art* 
closely  connected.     Secondly  the  tilings 


in  thi.i  \f orhl  an-  prpsentel  before  our 
eyes  like  Kve  in  P.u;idi-e.-  the  more  «)i. 
looked  at  the  forbidden  fiint,  the  mor-- 
she  lusted  it.  But  the  Ttingdom  that  1- 
promised  to  the  Christian  luin  only  b- 
seen  by  an  eye  of  faith,  one  in  present 
and  the  greater  part  of  the  other  in  tb. 
future.  Other  reasons  could  lie 
but  let  this  suffice. 

A',  Father,  you  have  spoken  of  tw.. 
future  places.  Be  pleased  to  tell  me  the 
iliiTerence,  or  a  part  of  it,  for  I  nm  anx- 
ious to  hear. 

I'\  According  to  the  Bible,  my  son, 
there  is  surely  a  vast  clifierence.  Hell, 
we  are  tcJd  shall  be  cMi  into  the  lake  of 
lire  which  bunieth  forever  and  ever. 
wJioi-e  the  beasts  And  false  propheti  are, 
and  all  the  nations  and  they  that  do 
wickedly,  fthiilll.e  turned  intohell.ther^ 
to  keep  eonipany  witli  the  devil  and  all 
his  fallen  angels,  aud  there  be  in  tor- 
ment, suffering  the  veuge.-uice  of  an  of- 
fended God,  whereon  the  other  hand. 
Heaven  isa  place  of  rest,  enj<.ynient,hapf 
piness,  comfort,  joy  and  an  endle«L>4  i)lac« 
of  glory— a  place  where  all  our  trouhlps 
and  trials  will  be  over;  where  we  can 
sit  with  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacobin 
the  kingdom  ofGod,  where  we  can  meet 
to  part  no  more,  and  nothing  can  barm 
us  or  make  us  afraid.  Then  we  can' 
walk  the  streets  of  the  New  Jernsalera 
and  speak  face  to  face. 

'S'.  I  am  surprwed,  father,  at  the 
thoughtlessness  of  inen,  that  tliey  are 
so  little  concerned.  It  sei:ms  to  me  they 
are  mostly  concerned  about  tliis  present 
life.  I  notice  that  many  who  profess  to 
be  the  people  of  God,  by  their  walk  and  ' 
conduct  deny  the  power  thereof.  They 
too  are  drifting  down  the  tide. 

I'\  Yes,  my  son,  this  seems  to  be  the 
deplorable  state  of  maukiud.  They  are 
only  living  for  this  world ;  they  have  for- 
gotten the  goodness  of  fiod,  even  tho.se 
who  should  be  a  light  to  the  world.  Oh! 
where  are  they  going?  It  is  feiuful  to 
behold  how  far  they  have  strayed  in  the 
enemy's  kingdom.  May  God  help  them, 
and  all  others  to  fiee  the  wrath  to  come. 
And  you,  my  son,  serve  the  Lord  while 
he  may  be  found,  before  the  enl  day 
come  upon  you. 


TOO  FAST. 


"ITKN  are  living  too  fast.  Idleness  and 
■^^  iuilulgence  have  begotten  pride 
and  discontent.  The  age. is  thirsty  for 
luxury.  The  very  paupers  of  our  cities 
scoru  the  patched  and  siuiple  garments 
whicli  once  satisfied  the  well-to-^lo;  the 
young  clerk  must  live  iu  a  house  about 
as  lu.xuriously  furnished  as  his  t  mploy- 
er's,  though  he  steal  to  support  his  es- 
tablishment, the  servants  rival  their  mis- 
ti'esses  in  tl^  costliness  and  elaborate- 
ness of  their  attire,  though  to  do  it  they 
u:astc  the  savings  which  they  may  need 
to  keep  them  from  want  and  ruin.  The 
young  couple  who  begin  a  home,  must 
have  it  as  richly  decorat<-d  as  that  of 
those  who  have  laboi'inl  for  yeara;  and 
there  is  au  utter  unwillingness  on  the 
part  of  too  many  t<.»  be  content  with 
simple  suriotmdings. 

There  should  be  a  return  to  moresim- 
plo,  fnore  honest  \v.ays  of  living'.  It 
should  be  deemed  dishonorabls  t6  live 
beyond' one's  means;  no  man  should  be 
encouraged  to  spend  a  few  feverish  yf  ats 
in  luxury  at  the  i'i«k  of  breakinij  down 
and  making  a  dishonorable  endinc:. 
"  Let  your  moderation  be  made  unto  all 
men ;  the  Lord  is  at  hand." — »^W.       ' 


J*oVEKfY  IS  tbe  only  burden  v(1ueh 
gro}\'s  lieaviei'  by  being  sliare.l  iiy  ihi-we 
we  love. 


•Til  I-: 


i'.I{i;tpihi ;x    at  \v<>\{k 


-A-Uijust    1.- 


The  Brethren  at  Work. ,  ;i^' •" 'j-;„^^  „„,  ,„ 

PUBLISHBD    WIEKLT. 


J.  H.  MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


i  BO 


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WoBK  BD'l  "III  rccrire  •iih»cripiionpfor  ilie  en 
ncuUf  rnu-i.  All  hiuiocii  IrauiMieU  bjr  bim  fi 
Am.  "in  b«  ilip  """c  (L.  if  lion,  by  uun.fl.*.- 


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•Jdrau  ID  Ihe  Uniie<l  Sui«*  or  ('nnndK,  far  $1  6U  per 
•onum.  Tl)""*  •ending  len  n»riiM  >iid  »Io  00.  "til  re- 
0*JT»  »n  •ilrii  oopj  frer  of  ciiarg«.  For  ■!!  Ofer  Ihij 
ourohsr  iht  «((Pnt  will  be  nllowrd  10  e»nM  for  e»ch  addi- 
lionkl  nitmc  wliirh  amounl  on  >>«  deJncwd  from  the 
mon*j.  hofor'c  .eniHng  II  lo  "■-  M(.a»y  (Jr.Ier-.  Owft*. 
Md  lUgiit«Tfl  Uiier»  oity  be  »eol  M  our  ri»k.  Tbcy 
■houM  be  fowl*'  ['"T"'''*  "*  Moore  S  J^bcliiinn. 

*lol..enpiioii..  «nd  communiclicn-  inlcn.lra  for  lliu  pa- 
^m.  M  wcU  Fw  »11  »iu»ln»es  ni»iier»  c«iir.cci«d  wiib  ibe  of- 
fioo  aliould  bit  Nddrfwaod 

KOOBS  t  SSBELUAK, 

Luiirk,  Camll  Ca..ni- 


UMABE,  ILL,, 


AUaUST  1&,  1878. 


WHAT  ARE  THE  NECESSARY  AND  ADOPT- 
ED MEANS  FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT 
OF  MAN'S  MORAL  FACULTIES? 

I)ATIONAL  beings  are  distiiigiiished  from 
I  irrational  Ijc'ings  by  Faith,  Conscit-'iiix-  and 
Ui'ii«uii.  TItrmi  God  rtiiichus  by  adopted  means. 
Sonu*  of  tin-  [ibiest  writore  on  tlieolojjy  and 
SBcrisi  her riu-nni tics  niuintttin  that  the  idea  of 
God  and  of  His  charnctcr  was  implanted  in 
man's  natun— that  thu  idea  was  revealed  snb- 
jectivcly.  Otlu-rs  raaintuin  that  His  behifj  wm 
revealed  to  niuii  througli  the  conscience,  but 
that  His  chiifaclfi-  wm  revealed  objectively. 
That  these  twi)  theories  may  be  weU  weighed 
in  the  balances  of  Truth,  let  us  tnrn  to  the 
word  of  Qoil. 

■'  God  creatf'd  man  in  his  own  iniHge."  In 
JIh  own  ininyr:  iura  to  man  and  Iwhold  the 
form  of  God.  Heing  created,  God  connnuuded 
tbeni  thus:  "  \h  fruitful  and  multiply,  and  re- 
plenish the  eiirtli  and  »ubdue  it."  "God  miil" 
— God  flpake,  and  in  speaking  He  used  worth. 
At  this  Lime  Adam  and  Eve  were  yet  free  from 
sin.  To  them  God  had  given  dominion  over 
"every  living  thing  tliat  nioveth  upon  the 
earth."  Hcing  pure  as  God  i-s  pure,  there  was 
nothing  to  prevent  them  being  in  God's  pres- 
ence. A/fer  they  had  sinned,  they  "  hid  them- 
selvoj*  from  ihr  piraencc  of  tlie  Lord."  There  it 
is;  the  phiin  Word  aays,  "from  the  presenve  of 
the  Lord  God."  Now  if  they  had  never  been 
in  God's  presence — had  never  seen  Him,  why 
would  they  h'ulf  from  Him?  The  proof  is  that 
before  they  sinned,  God  was  in  their  presence, 
and  they  knew  Him,  feared  Him  for  He  was 
their  Father. 

With  tliesu  facts  before  ns  how  shall  we  con- 
clude? Shall  we  say  thatthey  received  the  idea 
of  God's  being  uitiioitt  seeing  Him?  Does  not 
God,  by  Inspiration,  declare  the  '^'^ presence  of 
the  Lord?"  The  safe  conclusion  is,  that  God 
revealed  Himself  to  man  by  His  personal  pres- 
ence. Adiim  .law  Him,  convei-sed  with  Hiin, 
received  Ilia  coniinandmenis,  and  before  his 
transgression  i-eadily  obeyed  Him.  Gen.  1:  2S, 
"20,  30.  Diiug  made  known  to  man  iis  a  God 
in  existence,  and  man  having  become  stained  in 
character,  it  was  God's  work  to  next  reveal  His 
own  chiiriiitrr  and  bring  man  to  obtain  a  holy 
eliaracter  precisely  like  the  Pattern,  and  then 
sin  could  no  more  have  dominion  over  him 
The  impairing  of  man's  character  by  sin  had  i 
direful  eti'ect  upon  the  body,  of  which  God  said 
"  Dust  thou  art,  and  unto  dust  shall  thou  re- 
turn." For  some  good  reason,  God  chose  not 
to  suddenly  restore  man's  character,  but  by  a 
series  of  revelations  gradually  unfolded  the 
means  for  its  attainment. 

It  18  evident  that  in  the  beginning  God  de- 
signed that  man  should  talk,  just  as  much  as 
He  designed  that  he  should  walk,  breathe,  sleep, 
eat,  and  drink.  The  only  proper  question  is, 
whether  we  learned  to  talk  "in  the  same  man- 
ner as  we  began  to  breathe,  as  our  blood  begun 
to  circulate,  by  a  process  in  which  our  own  will 
had  no  part;  or,  as  we  move  eat,  clothe  and 
shelter  ourselves,  by  the  conscious  exertion  of 
our  natural  powers,  by  using  our  divinely-given 
faculties  for  the  satisfaction  of  our  divinely-im- 
■plauted  necessities."    Which  of  these  two  tlieo- 


mn-t  reasonable  we  Iimvc  to  the  read- 
without  calling 
I  tiUention  to  G^nesi*  2: 19.  "  Out  of  the  ground 
Ihi- Lonl  God  formwl  every  bwast  of  the  lifld, 
and  rverj'  fuwl  of  the  air.  and  brought  them 
unto  Adam  to  mv  what  he  would  call  tlu-m.  and 
whatsoever  Adam  i;«I led  every  living  cri-ature, 
that  was  tbc  name  thi-njof."  flud's  n>v*lotion 
declarrs  that  I>efore  Ailiim  tmiisgresaed,  /c  tnlk- 
'  H.  This  «<llles  (he  qne.stion  as  to  trJim  he  b(* 
gan  to  talk.  In  the  second  place  it  is  quite 
evident  that  he  learned  to  talk  from  God,  for 
Oofl  gave  him  commands  to  ol»ey  as  soon  as  be 
was  created,  and  if  be  could  not  speak — could 
not  understand  imrdu,  why  would  God  address 
him?  Thehistory  of  language  dates  with  man's 
creation;  and  it  is  characteristic  of  man:  man 
would  not  he  man  without  it.  To  reach  the 
human  heart — to  mold  it  after  His  own  charac- 
ter. God  made  use  of 

WrlttMi  Lanfrna^e. 
Through  this  medium  man  has  brought  him- 
self up  to  the  first  step  in  civilization,  and  by  the 
same  means  has  made  rapid  progress  in  ail  the 
and  sciences.  Written  Lanauiige  is  the 
nii/n  of  one's  thoughti.  With  these  signs  of 
thought  human  beings  communicate  with  each 
other,  even  at  great  distances.  It  is  the  best, 
and  really  the  only  reliable  metboil  of  preserv- 
ing thought,  .attempts  have  been  made  to 
preserve  thought  by  Spoken  Language;  but  the 
history  of  this  method  is  remarkable  for  its 
failures.  God.  it  seems,  tried  this  for  about 
2,5UO  years,  and  finding  it  iniidequate.  wrote 
with  His  own  finger  on  stones  and  gave  them 
to  Moses.  Here  begins  tlio  liisloiy  of  Written 
Loiignage,  which,  from  that  time  on,  holds  an 
important  position  in  the  history  of  man.  With- 
out it,  man  is  ever  led  by  imagination,  by  spec- 
uliition,  and  fails  to  comprehend  the  character 
of  God.  On  Written  Language  depends  the  de- 
velnpment  of  man's  moral  faculties.  It  is  the 
adopted  means  through  Christ,  for  the  training 
of  the  moral  partof  man— of  giving  man  a  holy, 
a  just  and  true  character. 

We  know  God's  character  only  by  revelation; 
and  the  means  used  in  revealing  it  to  us  was  by 
sign-making,  and  by  AVritteu  Language.  Be- 
fore the  revelation  of  His  character,  no  two  men 
could  arrive  at  the  same  conclusion  concerning 
it:  since  it  has  been  revealed,  all  mencf/« 
That  God  i.i,  is  not  so  much  a  qnestion,  but 
irh/it  is  He,  is  the  query  with  every  man.  To 
learn  irlmt  He  is.  we  need  only  go  to  Hip  revel- 
ation. ( 

The  Mosaical  dispensation  was  a  dispensation 
of  sign-making.  Before  Moses  began  making 
signs,  the  name  Jehovah  was  associated  only 
with  that  of  being,  divine  heUxj.  Standing  alone 
it  conveyed  no  idea  of  character,  but  Moses,  by 
sign-making,  formed  in  the  Jewish  mind  the 
idea  of  God's  character.  Let  ua  stop  here  to 
note  a  single  fact  in  the  historj'  of  the  Jewish 
nation.  Arriving  out  of  bondage,  and  begin- 
ning a  life  of  service  to  God,  there  was  not  an 
object  in  the  universe  which  could  convey  to 
them  the  idea  of  God's  holiness.  The  idea, 
therefore,  had  to  he  originated  and  given  to  the 
Jews  through  their  senses.  Only  by  compari- 
son could  this  idea  be  conveyed  to  their  minds, 
hence  the  nninials  were  divided  into  clean  and 
unclean,  and  of  the  clean  class  some  were  de- 
nominated without  blemish  for  religious  pur- 
poses. Thus  one  class  was  declared  purer  thau 
the  other  and  were  offered  as  sacrifice.  These 
sacrifices  were  to  lie  offered  by  a  class  of  men. 
purified  and  set  apart  for  that  particular  work. 
Thus  the  idea  of  purity,  of  holiness  was  con- 
veyed to  the  children  of  Israel.  Only  by  a  ae- 
ries of  comparisons  could  this  principle  of  the 
Deity  be  implanted  in  their  minds.  Thus  will 
be  seen,  the  particular  use  of  sign-language; 
and  the  dispensation  of  which  Moses  is  the  head 
is  noted  for  its  variety  and  plurality  of  signs. 
It  was  the  sign  age  of  the  worid.     More  anon. 


THE  EASTERN  QUESTION. 


FOR  the  wai 
regarding 


ant  of  time  we  have  said  but  little 
ing  the  result  of  the  Berlin  Congress, 
aud  the  effects  it  will  likely  have  on  the  future 
of  nations.  To  even  the  careless  reader  it  is  ev- 
ident that  the  glory  of  Turkey  ht^  departed, 
though  formerly  a  race  of  great  power,  yet  nev- 
er fully  civilized.  The  empire  at  one  time  con- 
tained yO0,W0  .'(quore  miles  of  territory,  and 
2'2,0OO,()OO  inhabitants.  Though  masten;  of  the 
richest  portions  of  the  globe  they  despi*eil  ag- 
riculture and  mining. 


In  fiict  the  Turkish  Empire  ia  no  uioro  —  it 
has  lioen  reduced  to  a  mere  skeleton.  «nd  ic  but 
a  wreck  of  its  former  greatneiw.  She  lost  al>out 
fi5.(Xrt)  squar<>  miles  of  territory  in  Euro|H',  be- 
siden  nearly  7ii,'KX)  »quare  railan  virtually  taken 
from  her  control.  Out  of  20<).'Kt>»  square  milts 
the  Sultan  has  about  6(i.<»00  lef>.  and  6.i)0it.(nn) 
nfsubjeclw.  H«ligiou8  libertteH  are  secured  in 
all  the  independent  and  fiemi-independeiit  gov- 
ernments, thus  rendering  life  iu  Turkey  more  se- 
cure. 

The  work  of  the  Congress,  in  our  estimation. 
WHS  an  important  one,  and  has  an  important 
beai-ing  on  the  future  history  of  Europe  and  a 
portion  of  .Asia.  Cypnis,  a  fertde  island  in  the 
N.  E.  portion  of  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  has 
fallen  into  the  h.inds  of  England,  and  if  neces- 
sary, in  case  of  war.  will  sen'e  as  an  important 
key  to  the  East.  The  ishuid  has  been  much 
neglected  for  several  centuries,  but  under  the 
wise  and  industrious  regulations  of  England 
may  regain  all  its  former  glory,  and  become  one 
of  the  most  important  places  in  the  East. 

The  question  of  war  now  seems  to  be  settled 
for  the  present,  and  things  may  move  along  in 
the  even  tenor  of  their  way.  The  Danube  l)e- 
comes  a  free  river,  on  which  no  war  vessels  are 
allowed  to  sail,  and  all  the  fortifications  along 
the  river  are  to  bo  pulled  down.  Thus  the 
shedding  of  much  blood  has  been  avoided.  Rus- 
sia has  gained  considerable  advantages,  not  suf- 
ficient, however,  to  render  ber  particularly  more 
dangerous  than  what  she  biis  been.  She  feels 
that  she  has  gained  her  ol>ject  in  having  civil 
and  religious  liberties  guaranteed  to  millions 
who  were  galling  under  the  bitter  bondage  of 
religious  intolerance. 

England  seems  to  have  gotten  tlielion'sshave, 
and  will  doubtless  make  the  bestof  it.  She  has 
men,  brains  and  money,  and  is  now  in  a  situa- 
tion to  accomplish  wonders.  Her  commanding 
l)osition  from  the  Cyprus  island  will  render  her 
suspicious  in  the  eyes  of  !itl  Europe,  and  per- 
haps cause  her  to  make  extra  efforts,  though 
apparently  for  the  good  of  Turkey.  Lord  Ben- 
eonsfield.  Prime  Minister  of  England,  is  a  Jew 
of  rare  attainments  as  a  statesman  and  diplo- 
matist, and  may  be  considered  as  the  leading 
spirit  of  the  Congress.  Somi;  have  quoted  Zuch. 
S:  23  in  reference  to  his  influence  in  the  Con- 
gress: "  In  those  days  it  shall  come  to  pass  that 
ten  men  shall  take  hold  out  of  all  languages  of 
the  nations,  even  shall  take  hold  of  the  skirt  of 
him  that  is  a  Jew,  saying.  We  will  go  with  you; 
for  we  have  heard  that  God  is  with  you."  Tak- 
ing out  Bismark,  who  was  Modenitor,  we  have 
ten  fully  empowered  Gentiles  to  assent  to  the 
diplomatic  skill  of  Deaconsfield.  the  Jew. 

England  will,  no  doubt,  do  nmch  towards 
civilizing  what  remains  of  the  Turkish  Empire, 
for  the  country  will  be  well  supplied  with  mis- 
sionaries whose  work  will  go  far  towards  civil- 
izing the  Turkti,  and  opening  up  the  country  to 
far  better  iuflviences.  There  are  prospects  of 
England  building  a  railway  from  some  point 
along  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  down  the  great 
Euphratus  valley,  so  as  to  opeu  up  a  direct  over- 
land route  with  her  vast  possessions  in  India. 
Should  this  road  be  built  it  will  not  miss  the 
sights  of  Babylon  and  Ninevah  very  far. 

"  Abia  Minor,  too, —  that  once  fertile  home  of 
teeming  populations,  the  scene  of  arduous  apos- 
tolic labors  and  Gospel  triumphs,  abounding 
with  all  that  was  grand  in  ancient  civilization 
— will  again  be  open  to  better  influences,  and 
the  long,  desolating  reign  of  Turkish  power  will 
give  place  to  the  more  enlightened,  humane  and 
progressive  policy  that  England  will  dictate. 
We  may  expect,  also,  to  see  the  Holy  Land  re- 
claimed from  the  dark  and  cruel  superstitions 
and  selfish  policy  of  the  past,  and  highways 
opened  that  will  let  in  the  transforming  power 
of  Protestant  Christendom  in  a  succession  of 
influences  that  may  cause  the  hills  and  valleys 
of  Palestine  to  ring  with  hosannas  to  the  Son  of 
David." 

We  have  been  steadily  watching  the  move- 
ments in  the  East,  and  it  now  seems  that  the 
morning  star  of  the  coming  Millennium  is  be- 
giniug  to  shed  a  glimpse  of  light  on  the  pages 
of  prophecy,  aud  we  may  soon  look  for  impor- 
tant events  in  the  history  of  the  world.  Pales- 
tine once  opened  up  to  missionaries  and  travel- 
ei-s  will  become  the  most  interesting  historic 
plate  on  the  globe,  and  will  be  visited  by  trav- 
elers and  pilgrims  from  every  part  of  the  civil- 
zed  earth-  With  joy  we  hail  the  time  when 
the  Land  of  promise  shall  liave  been  reclaimed 
from  under  the  sword  and  restored  to  the  peo- 


ple to  whom  it  wa.s  promi't-d  ns  an  inheritance 
forovftr. 

Everytiiing  considered,  there  js  much  to  Im* 
thankful  for  in  the  decisions  of  the  Berlin  Con- 
gress. A  mighty  stride  forwanl  \\\\s  bfun  taken 
in  Iwlialf  of  Christian  interest.%  mid  the  foulest 
blot  on  the  civilization  of  Europe  has  been  well 
nigb  erased.  Providence  is  swinging  wide  open 
the  gat'S  of  Europe  and  Asia  fnr  tlio  preaching 
of  the  Gosi>el.  A  great  mid  effectual  door  is 
opened,  and  there  are  many  adversaries.  There 
is  a  call  on  the  Christian  worid  for  larger  mis- 
sionary elFort,  The  lands  long  trodden  dowa 
under  the  crushing  heel  of  Islamism  must  be 
redeemed  for  Christ  Jesus  tjie  Lord.  This  is 
the  great  lesson  of  the  Berlin  Congress  and  will 
prove  a  source  of  much  interest  to  all  students 
of  prophecy.      ^.^_^^^___  •'■  *■■  "■ 

Brother  S.  H.  Basbor's  address  is  Waterloo, 
Iowa.  ^ 

Wr,  have  before  us  105  pages  of  the  manu- 
script of  Hro.  Bashor's  book,  which  will  W 
published  assoon  as  possible.  We  will  be  through 
with  Bro.  Stein's  .Y()»-C'»i(/or/«;7y/ in  afewdayg, 
and  then  will  commence  on  Bro.  Bashor's  book. 
Our  readers  will  likely  find  it  an  iiitereatiiig 
work.  ._^„^_^^_ 

Bbotiieu  Amos  S.  Cbamberlin  says:  "  The 
children  are  highly  delighted  with  the  Children 
at  WorL"  The  Sunday-school  in  his  congre- 
gation has  adopted  the  Siaidai/  Lesson  as  it  ia 
now  being  published  in  that  paper.  Hope  it 
will  increase  in  interest,  and  prove  beneficial  to 
young  Bible  students. 


Thk  Cincinnati  authorities  are  trying  to  close 
the  theatres  of  that  city  on  Sunday.  If  those 
who  profess  to  Jje  Christians  would  stay  away 
from  such  places,  and  not  give  their  money  in 
support  of  such  institutions,  theatres  and  such 
like  things  would  soon  pass  away. 


The  Brethren's  Sunday-school,  at  the  Panther 
Creek  meeting-house,  Woodford  Co.,  111.,  is  in 
a  flourishing  condition,  having  122  scholars  on 
the  roll.  The  old  as  well  as  the  young  take 
part  in  the  exercises.  One  hour  is  devoted  to 
reading  from  the  Testament  and  tisking  and 
answering  questions. 


Gospel  Banneh  is  the  title  of  an  interesting 
little  monthly  published  at  Goshen,  Ind.  It  is 
edited  by  Eld.  David  Brennoman,  and  conduct- 
ed in  the  interests  of  the  United  Mennonites. 
The  first  two  numbers  are  on  our  table. 


Through  the  kindness  of  some  one,  E.  F. 
Burrow,  of  Clifton  Hill,  Randolph  Co.,  Mo,,  has 
been  receiving  the  BiiETHitF.x  at  Work,  and 
extends  hearty  thanks  to  those  who  ordered 
the  paper.  He  is  anxious  that  the  Brethren 
preach  in  that  locality,  thinking  some  good  may 
be  accomplished.  This  notice  is  given  to  call 
the  attention  of  the  Brethren  to  that  portion  of 
the  country. 

The  school  at  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  seems  to  be 
prospering.  Bro.  J.  M.  Zuck  writes  as 
follows:  "Our  school  is  prospering  finely  at 
present.  Fifty  students  are  in  attendance, 
nearly  all  of  whom  are  young  teachers.  This 
is  our  six  weeks'  term,  intended  especially  for 
teachers.  Prospects  for  the  future  are  flatter- 
ing.   Fall  term  will  open  September  10th. 


BnoTnER  Jesse  Heckler,  a  minister  in  good 
standing  and  highly  respected  by  the  members, 
is  desirous  of  going  West,  and  settling  in  some 
small  congregation  where  his  labor  will  be 
ueeded,  if  he  can  sell  his  well  improved  little 
place  of  several  acres  near  the  Hickory  Grove 
meeting-house,  Carroll  Co.,  111.  We  give  him 
this  notice,  hoping  thereby  to  help  one  of  the 
needy  churches  in  the  West  to  secure  his  servic- 
es. He  prefers  going  to  Nebraska.  His  address 
is  Mt.  Carroll,  111. 

A  yidTEB,  who  feels  much  interested  in  the 
spreading  of  the  Truth,  orders  the  Buetbhen 
AT  Work  sent  to  a  certain  post  office  and  kept 
on  the  counter  to  bo  rend  by  the  people,  who, 
she  says,  take  great  delight  in  reading  the  pa- 
per. Hope  it  may  accomplish  much  good,  aud 
that  others  will  imitate  the  example  by  sending 
the  paper  to  other  localities  where  it  may  he 
needed  and  read.  There  are  many  other  public 
places  where  the  paper  should  be  kept. 

Oriiehs  for  Bro.  Mohler's  Bailrond  Semm 
are  coming  in  pretty  freely,  showing  that  the 
neatly  put-up,  and  well  arranged  tract  is  going 
to  be  extensively  circulated.  A  gentleman 
wished  to  know  of  us  if  the  tract  said  anything 
about  the  "  smoking  car?"  We  told  him,  he 
would  find  that  at  the  other  end  of  the  brood 
gauge  road. 


A^^ 


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TIIK    r5RETH:i?K>:    ^VT    AVOI^l-C. 


PUTTING  YOU  IN  MIJTD. 

VOU  knowit:  biHit  weut  to  ,Ioop  p^rhan, 
}      and  ..ml.  wakiiig  u,..     Y.n,    ki.ow  to  \\o 

„„.l  .l..wnc**t.  so  you  do  „„t  T^^\  ii^^  ,i,^j, 
niucU.  Ye-s  you  Imvu  work,.]  hurf  all  throngh 
,-f,.  Vou  were  uot  ,dle.  you  loved  to  work,  und 
,„„.M.  Ood  bleK*ed  you.  Ue  „,ad^.  your  cr,.M  ! 
,^,  yield  well.  Hr  gave  yoH  health.  He  tUrew 
,^uiid  yon.  deur  friends.  He  protect*^  yo« 
„a  you.  miide  you  what  you  are.  0.  pniise  the 
I,ord  forever!  I  want  to  put  you  hi  mind  how 
good  the  Lord  lias  beeu.  Yoa.  yon  oftpn  think 
„bo«t  this.  You  often  feel  grateful  to  God  for 
(he  many  favors  you  rpceive.  You  do  not  say 
like  the  iufidel,  the  unbeliever,  the  ungodly,  "  I 
aid  iill  tliis,  therefore  I  have  what  1  have."'  0 
no,  y«u  do  not  think  that  way,  Christian  broth- 
gj!  You  think  you  did  your  part  and  God  did 
His,  and  now  you  are  happy.  Thia  is  the  way 
you  Ihinkand  act.  Every  good  and  perfect 
gifteoineth  dowu  from  the  father  of  light. 
Vou  know  this,  do  you  not?  Knowing  it,  a 
feeling  of  Rralefuliiess  seizes  your  heart  and  you 
will  give  tlianks  and  rejoice.  To  be  put  in 
mind  of  the  Lord's  goodness  and  greatness  is  to 
Imve  the  knowledge  of  God  thrust  into  our 
lieads.  Only  see  that  the  knowledge  i*  not 
choked  out  mtU  avarice,  greed  and  unbelief. 
These  are  very  noxious  weeds.  Forget  not  that 
yoii  are  subject  to  death  and  decay— that  God  is 
over  you  and  you  far  beneath  Him— that  the 
greatest  labor  is  to  give  the  n/cmisc  which  be- 
longs to  God.  Think  of  these  things  if  you 
would  live  in  the  fullness  of  God's  love. 


NEW  CLOTH  AND  OLD  GAR- 
MENTS. 

"Xo  man  putteth  a  pieee  of  new  cloth  unto  an 
old  ^'iument;  for  that  which  is  put  in  to  fill  it  up. 
taketli  from  the  garment,  and  the  rent  is  rasule 
ffoim"  Matt.  0:  1.-..  Tlease  give  us  alittlo  light 
on  the  above  Sciipture.  Every  iiuestion  lias  in  it  ii 
atickins  point,  but  for  the  life  ot  me  I  can't  see  how 
iiKiinneut  ciin  lie  nuide  worse  by  tilling  the  worn 
out  pl.iii's  with  iiL'w  elotli.  T>.  A.  Xoncrioss. 

IIHE  lesson  the  Savior  intends  teaching  in 
Matt.  0:  16,  17,  cannot  well  be  understood 
ivithout  some  acquaintance  with  oriental  cus- 
toms. Instead  of  "  new  cloth,"  it  would  better 
be  rendered  "undressed  cloth,"  or  "cloth  un- 
fulled."  Such  cloth  sewed  over  the  rent  in  an 
old  garment  would  shrink,  tearing  the  stitcli.'s. 
and  make  the  rent  greater.  Just  so  it  would 
have  been  if  the  old  Pliarisaic  doctrine  had  bein 
sewed  onto  the  Christian  doctrine  taught  by 
Christ. 

The  best  explanation  of  Matt.  !1:  15.  16,  IT, 
we  think  of  at  present,  is  the  following  from 
Barnes'  Commentary : 

"  Christ,  in  reply  to  them,  used  three  illustra- 
tious.  all  of  them  going  to  establish  the  same 
thing— that  we  should  observe  a  fitness  and 
propriety  in  things.  The  first  is  taken  from  a 
miirriage.  The  children  of  the  bride-chamber 
—that  is,  the  bride-men,  or  men  who  had  the 
special  care  of  the  bridal  chamber,  and  who 
were  therefore  his  special  friends — do  not  think 
of  fasting  while  he  is  with  them.  With  them 
it  is  a  time  of  festivity  and  rejoicing,  and  mourn- 
ing would  not  be  appropiiate.  When  he  is  re- 
moved or  taken  away,  then  their  festivity  will 
be  ended,  and  then  will  be  the  proper  time  for 
sorrow.  So,  says  he,  John,  your  friend  and 
teacher  is  in  captivity.  With  you  it  is  a  time 
of  deep  grief,  and  it  is  fit  that  you  should  fast. 
I  am  with  my  disciples.  It  is  nith  them  a  time 
of  joy.  It  is  not  fit  that  they  should  use  the 
tokens  of  grief,  and  fast  now.  When  I  am 
taken  away,  it  will  then  be  proper  that  they 
should  fast. 

'  No  man  putteth  a  piece  of  new  cloth.'  etc. 
A  second  illustration  was  drawn  from  a  well- 
known  fact,  showing  also  that  there  wa;*  a  pro- 
priety or  fitness  of  things.  None  of  you,  says 
he,  in  mending  an  old  garment,  would  take  a 
piece  uf  entire  new  cloth.  There  would  be  a 
waste  in  it.  An  old  piece,  or  a  piece  like  the 
garment,  would  be  better.  The  word  here  trans- 
lated new.  in  the  original  raeans'rude.  undress- 
ed, not  fulled  by  the  cloth-dresser.  In  this 
slate,  if  applied  to  an  old  garment,  and  if  wet, 
it  would  contract  and  draw  off  a  part  of  the 
garment  to  which  it  was  attached,  and  thus 
inake  the  rent  worse  than  it  was.  So.  says  he. 
Biy  new  doctrines  do  not  match  with  the  old 
rites  of  the  Pharisees.  There  is  a  fitness  of 
things.    Their  doctrines  required  much  fasting. 


In  my  system  it  would  l>e  incmgruous;  and  if! 
my  new  doctrines  were  to  be  attached  to  their  ' 
old  ones,  it  would  only  make  the  matter 
worse, 

'  Neither  do  men  put  uew  wine.'  etc  The 
lliird  iilustmtion  was  takun  fnim  wine  put  into 
buttles.  Bottles,  in  Eastern  nations,  were  made, 
and  are  stilt  miuie,  of  skins  of  beasts.  General- 
ly the  skin  was  taken  entire  from  ft  sheen  or  a 
gont.  and,  pr.jpcrly  prepiirpd.  was  filled  with 
mne  or  wat*-r.  Such  bottles  are  still  used,  be- 
cause,  in  crowiing  deserta  of  sand,  they  have  no 
other  conveyances  but  camels,  or  other  beasts 
of  burden.  It  would  be  difficult  for  them  to 
carry  glass  bottles  or  kegB  on  them.  They  there- 
fore fill  two  skins,  and  fasten  them  together  and 
lay  them  ivcross  the  back  of  a  camel,  and  thu.-* 
carry  wine  or  water  to  a  grcut  disUnce.  These 
bottles  were,  of  course,  of  different  sizes,  as  the 
skins  of  kids,  goats,  or  oxen,  might  be  used, 
llruce  describes  particularly  u  bottle  which  he 
saw  in  Arabia,  made  in  this  manner  of  an  ox 
skin,  which  would  hold  sixty  gallons,  and  two 
of  which  were  a  load  for  a  camel.  l)y  long 
"go,  however,  bottles  of  skins  became  tender  and 
would  be  oasily  ruptured.  New  wine  put  into 
them  would  ferment,  and  swell  and  burst  them 
open.  New  skins  or  bottles  would  yield  to  the 
fermenting  wine,  and  be  strong  enough  to  hold 
it  from  bursting.  So,  says  Christ,  there  a  is  fit- 
ness or  propriety  of  things.  It  ia  not  fit  that 
ray  doctrine  should  be  attached  to  or  connected 
with  the  old  and  corrupt  doctrines  of  the  I'hai-- 
isees.  New  things  should  bo  put  together,  and 
made  to  match." 


THE  FREQUENTATIVE  VERB. 

I  saw  in  yuur  repui  t  of  the  Stein— Ilav  debate, 
wliere  Stein  had  proved  by  five  or  six  fireek  lexi- 
cons, thiit  the  word  "baptizo"  Is  a  freiiuoiitative 
verb.  Is  this  true?  If  so.  M-ho  arc  tlie  autJiors  of 
these  works y  If  those  lexicons  teaeh  the  above 
to  be  true,  and  Elder  Hay  did  not  make  any  reidy 
to  his  [irgnmeut,  (as  I  understand),  itnpiieura  to  lie 
a  phiiu  case.  I  liave  not  embniced  any  religious 
faith  in  practice,  but  I  am  se^irdimg  after  llm 
tinth.  pPdiiips  an  answer  ttirough  the  paper  would 
be  benelicial,  .\Aiinx  Mii.LEit. 

BAPTIZO  belongs  to  a  class  of  Greek  verbs 
known  as  frequenfcatives.  Bullion,  in  his 
Greek  grammar,  says,  "•  Frequentative  verbs  ex- 
press repeated  action;"  also,  "  Frequentatives 
are  those  which  signify  repeated  action." 

Liddell  and  Scott,  in  their  Greek  lexicon,  de- 
fine bapfizo,  "To  dip  repeatedly." 

Donegan,  when  defining  bnjitizo,  says,  "  To 
immerse  repeatedly  into  a  liquid.'' 

Passaw  says,  "  To  immerse  often  and  repeal- 
edly." 

Bretschueider,  another  fine  Greek  scholar 
says,  "  Properly  often  to  dip,  often  to  wash." 

RichanUon,  in  his  large  English  Dictionary, 
published  in  England  many  yeai-s  ago,  defines 
baptize  in  the  same  way  Greek  writers  define 
bapliso.  Of  baptize  he  says,  "To  dip  or  merge 
frequently;  sometimes,  to  sink,  to  plunge,  to 
immerse." 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  Liddell  and  Scott, 
Donegan,  Passaw,  and  Bretschneider  all  define 
bapfizo  to  dip  repeatedly,  and  therefore  class  it 
among  frequentative  verbs.  Against  this  view 
I  know  of  no  Greek  dictionary  in  the  world. 
Several  of  them  arc  silent,  but  not  one  to  the 
reverse.  Four,  as  quoted  above,  say,  it  menus 
repeated  action,  while  alt  the  rest  are  silent, 
therefore  the  weight  of  evidence  falls  on  the 
side  of  those  who  speak,  wlule  those  who  are 
silent  are  not  regarded  as  witnesses  oneitherside, 
You  will  therefore  perceive  that  it  is  aone^ided 
case,  even  among  modern  writers,  saying  noth- 
ing about  the  general  practice  of  antiquity. 

If  Christ  had  intended  to  teach  but  one  ac- 
tion in  baptism  it  seems  strange  that  he  should 
have  selected  a  frequentative  verb  mth  which 
to  convey  the  idea,  for  the  language  was  rich  in 
words,  with  meanings  adapted  to  every  case  and 
purpose.  And  then  it  seems  strange  that  all 
the  ancient  Greeks,  in  whose  mother  tongue 
the  New  Testament  was  written  should  have 
understood  the  language  to  teach  trine  immer- 
sion if  Christ  hiul  intended  it  to  teach  single  im- 
mersion. It  would  seem  strange  that  not  one 
of  them  could  understand  the  language,  especi- 
ally when  they  were  so  familiar  with  it. 

We  hope  our  friend  will  be  successful  in  his 
search  after  the  truth,  and  when  once  found, 
embrace  it  with  a  willing  heart.  J.  H.  u. 


CALIFORNIA  MISSION  FUND. 

BELOW  wo  give  a  list  of  money  received  at 
th«  office  for  the  Cnlifornia  mission.  It 
is  coming  very  stow,  and  unless  the  chnrchc*  be 
pretty  prompt,  there  will  not  l>e  a  sufficient 
amount  in  by  Sept.  1st.  Each  congn-gation 
should  send  one  or  two  dollars,  Do  not  delay, 
but  act  immediately: 

Mohican  church,  Ohio. ftl.W) 

Arnold's  Grove  church,  III., l.uO 

State  Centre  church,  Iowa, 1,00 

Silrer  Crwk  church.  III., 2.00 

Abilene  church,  Kan,, l.Of) 

Union  church,  Ind., l.OO 

Fall  Creek  church.  Ind., 1.00 

Stony  Creek  church,  Ind 1.00 

Portage  Prairie  church,  Ind., l.(K1 

Macoupin  Creek  church,  III., 1.00 

T.  A.  Turner l.rt) 

David  Bechtetheimer, 1.00 

Mill  Crwk  church.  111 1.00 

Pine  Creek  church.  Ind., 1.00 

THE  STEIN  AND  RAT  DEBATE. 

ALL  the  arrangements  are  now  completed  for 
the  written  debate  between  Bro.  J.  W. 
Stein  and  Mr.  I).  B.  Ray.  TJh*  discussion  will 
last  over  one  year,  and  will  likely  prove  the 
most  important  thing  of  the  kind  in  which 
our  people  ever  took  part.  It  is  to  be  published 
the  Bfiptist  Battle  FIikj,  a  Baptist  paper 
which  ha.s  a  targe  circulation  among  the  Bap- 
tist-t,  and  will  thus  enable  Bro.  Stein  to  set  be- 
for-  them  a  complete  defense  ot  our  fiuth  and 
practice.  Both  sides  will  also  Iw  published  in 
the  Bkethrrn  ,\t  Work,  thus  giving  our  iwo- 
pie  a  ctiance  of  reading,  not  only  what  Bro. 
Stein  can  say  in  our  defense,  but  all  that  Mr. 
Ray  is  able  to  say  against  us  and  our  practice. 
One  reason  why  this  debate  wilt  be  in 
portant  is  because  it  will  be  so  extensively  read, 


4.  Our  rfijulnr  atfenlfi.  who  have  been  work- 
ing for  our  jiapM-  will  *t^A  in  the  Tiarnes  and 
money  us  fa«t  as  they  can  collect  fhem,  deduct- 
ing t*'n  i>er  cent,  from  the  money  before  send- 
ing it  to  u».    Tim  orfer  is  to  agenitmlij. 

■  Sample  copie*  and  proapectuji  will  be 
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not make  the  change,  can  send  a  one  dollar  bill 
and  75  c^nU  in  postage  ntamps. 

Address  all  communications  to  Moobe  fc 
EsHKLMAN.  Lanark.  Carroll  Co.,  III. 


Ei.DKR  J.  A.  Murray,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  haa 
Ihcu  badly  hurt  by  falling  in  front  of  a  harvest- 
er. He  w  improving  slowly.  Full  particulara 
next  week. 


A  i.irrTER  from  sister  Hannah  Krine  faiU  to 
give  her  full  address,  hence  we  cannot  fill  her 
order  till  she  forwards  her  iuJdrws,  s«  the  State 
is  omitted  in  her  letter. 

Those  who  have  seen  Bro.  Mohler's  Railrmd 
Srnnon  express  themselvea  highly  pleased  with 
it.  They  will  be  sent  post  pwd,  3  copies,  10 
cents;  12  copiejj,  30  cents;  100  copie*.  42.00. 

\Vk  do  not  keep  the  pamphlet  entitled  the 
Iiifiilrl  Bark-Down  for  sale.  Parties  wishing  it 
should  address  the  publishers,  H.  L.  Hastings, 
:H2  Washington  Street,  Boston,  Mass.  Price, 
ten  centa. 

Two  more  have  been  baptized  in  Denmark, 
thus  showing  that  the  good  work  is  going  on, 
and  the  prospects  for  the  little  churcl^  an 
brightening  up.  Their  meetings  are  largely 
attended,  and  Iwcomiug  still  more  interesting. 


OiTB  readers  will  please  not  send  in  any  mon 


Who  has  a  copy  of  Chrystul's  ' 
Baptism,"  to  sell? 


Modes  of 


inconsequence  of  the  debate  will  be  read  by 
thousands  who  otlierwise  would  not  take  the 
papers.  It  will  create  a  still  greater  interest  in 
the  search  after  truth,  and  nmy  be  instrumental 
in  bringing  to  light  niuay  things  that  will 
prove  valuable  to  both  p<urti«i. 

The  discussi(m,  as  now  agreed  upon,  will 
commence  Oct.  1st,  this  being  as  soon  as  both 
parties  can  get  ready,  and  will  give  our  agents 
time  to  send  iu  the  name^»>f  those  wishing  to 
commence  with  the  debute.  We  were  in  hopes 
of  having  it  commence  sooner,  but  the  first  of 
October  is  as  soon  as  Mr.  Uiky  could  be  prepared 
for  it. 

VVe  now  expect  all  our  r>*iuler>  to  work  and 
greatly  increase  the  circulotion  of  the  Bukth- 
UF.s  XT  Work,  for  there  are  thousands  not  now 
taking  the  paper  who  wonid  like  to  read  the 
debate.  Besides,  it  costs  us  considerable,  we 
defraying  our  part  of  thta  expenses,  all  of  wliich 
we  cheerfully  do  for  the  cause  of  trsth. 

The  paper  will  be  sent  from  October  1st  to 
the  end  of  next  year  (187ft)  for  i?1.75  which  will 
be  an  inducement  safficient  to  prompt  many 
to  subscribe  if  they  are  shown  the  paper  and 
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mences, and  will  therefore  know  just  how  many 
copies  to  print. 

As  a  little  compensation  for  trouble,  we  make 
the  following  offer: 

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will  send  us  m>e  ne»' name,  and  ?1.75,  we  mil 
send  him  one  copy  of  Bro.  Stein's  pamphlet  on 
Xon-Con/onnilij  to  the  IforW.  When  sending 
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that  you  want  the  pamphlet. 

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Parties  availing  themselves  of  this  offer  will 
mention  it  when  they  send  in  the  money  and 
names. 

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will  send  six  new  names,  and  ^lii.50,  he  will  re- 
ceive an  extra  copy,  free  of  charge,  from  the 
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Those  availing  themselves  of  this  offer  wiH 
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scribfrs,  and  hence  entitled  to  a  free  copy. 


further  notice,  as  we  are  so  crowded  with  pam- 
plilot  and  job  work  that  we  must  defer  publiah- 
ing  them  for  the  time  being.  Those  who  have 
sent  in  orders  will  bear  with  us  a  while  longer. 

Wk  learn  that  one  of  the  Sunday-schools  ia 
New  Jersey  hiw  adopted  the  Sitmhii  JjensonaaA 
published  in  the  Cltil-Lr,,  ut  Wmk.  They  rtb 
well  adapted  to  Suuday-nchool  purpose.^*,  and 
when  the  pajier  is  |>ublislied  weekly  will  be 
just  the  thing  to  supply  a  long-telt  want. 

Kbothkii  John  Shepherd,  Elroy,  111.,  of  whom 
mention  wap  made  in  a  former  number,  expects 
to  go  West  in  Outober  nest.  This  is  the  way 
to  spread  the  Truth.  Move  West,  or  some 
placv  where  there  aie  no  preachers  and  go  to 
work.  There  is  plenty  more  good  material  of 
which  to  make  good  preachers.  The  harvest  is 
great  and  more  laborers  are  needed. 


Obdeus  for  brother  J.  W.  Stein's  work  oa 
Nott-Cimfoniiity  to  tb»  M'orlil  may  be  sent  in 
now.  It  is  a  neatly  printed,  and  well  put  up 
pamphlet,  ably  defending  the  faith  and  practice 
of  the  Brethren  on  that  subject,  and  should  be 
in  the  bands  of  all  our  readers.  Price,  10  cents; 
la  copies,  i^LOO.    Sent  post  paid. 


Whek  writing  for  publication  the  utmost 
caution  should  be  used  so  as  not  to  write  that 
which  is  personal,  purely  local  in  its  character 
and  of  no  interest  to  the  generality  of  our  read- 
ers. Do  not  send  us,  for  publication,  an  article 
that  is  driving  at  the  faults  of  some  brother  or 
sister  in  your  neighborhood.  The  better  way 
would  be  to  go  and  talk  to  them,  and  not  spread 
their  faults  abroad.  In  alt  things  we  should 
exercise  becoming  pnideuce  and  charity. 


There  are  seventeen  cities  in  Nebraskawhich 
charge  ^1,000  each  for  licenses.  Discourse  the 
saloon  keeper  loses  nothing  in  the  operation,  as 
he  charges  the  more  for  the  whisky  he  sells.  It 
all  comes  off  ot  the  poor,  distressed  men  who 
drink.  Supposing  a  town  of  2,wHi  inhabitants 
has  two  saloons,  each  paying  ^l.OCKMicense,  It 
is  evident  that  these  saloons  must  sell  at  least 
i?6.(XtO  worth  of  liquor  in  order  to  be  self-sup- 
porting. The  greater  part  of  this  is  paid  by 
poor,  hard-working  men  who  need  every  cent 
they  can  earn  to  support  their  families,  and  the 
plea  is,  that  the  town  neetls  this  license  moDey 
to  keep  up  the  town  expenses,  hence  the  grant- 
ing of  license.  They  take  some  ^.tXXi  away 
from  poor,  needy  children  and  wives  in  onier  to 
get  ?2.0*Xt  to  keep  up  the  sidewalks  &c.  Why 
not  banish  the  saloons  and  whisky  selling,  let 
the  poor  children  and  distressed  wives  have  the 
benefit  of  hard  earned  money,  and  tax  the  in- 
come of  the  rich  for  keeping  up  town  expenses? 


ItlK    l:iKKTtIKK>.'    ^VT    "VVOKlv. 


-A-ugiist    15. 


A  MASONIC    FUNERAL. 

Iteriiiiiibr<I  witli  Kriuf  iiii'l  I'.il": 
It  dwmwl  In  me.  lit  that  dart  hour, 
]  ne'er  ntxuiM  fbel  ngilin. 

Pripndw  rliwi'Iy  «Uio«1  iiliout  in*- 

On  Unit  Nii.l.<Iii-Hry  day; 
A  Tvice  IfU  «u  t^  silent  ■!».  ^ 

Clctir  siM.ki'ii:  ",J.i-t  us  i>rii)." 

Tlieiiiiin  wliu  Hiwku  Itwl  iii-ver  Unt 

To  lifiivcu  Iiis  wurKllv  i»ride; 
A  scoffer  finil  a  Hcnnipr  iic 

Of  iriirtiili  lliP  cnic'ined. 

A  10(111  of  Cod  jil.'..'d  dilfiil  liy. 

iTltli  fftnVf  mid  r^VfTPnt  tilr. 
And  lintMiiil,  willmnt  * onl  wr kIkh. 

I'lilu  Uk-  unirnn^T  n'-">'-''- 

H*  |ir.iy«a  lluitJii-.  my  j.riwM>i3  <Ivii<'. 

Might  iii«-^iiIil->  1/relhrcn  all  once  more 
In  tlK-Oniiid  toilKc- atiovf. 

I  woii.lorcd.  iw  1  lli'iTlj^lit  of  Iilm. 

Tn  thiitUcrnngv  I'luf^  '>f  rert, 
ir  1  Hhoiild  v\er  xte  Ills  f now, 

Or  lean  uv'ni  lii"  WcoBt. 

It  N.ciind  ili;il  f>n  H"'"!  works  Blmiir 
-Ili,>  .limd  III  Ijiwctlicir  claim, 

For  tlipy  sniifflii  niit  lu-aven'a  f«vor 
111  tlio  Ucik'oanji'n  iimno. 

And  I  wdiiilHi'j^. as  I  listciioil 
Trt  Hint  Wr.nniif.-iinPliriHliini  \)ra\m 

AVliat  would  liElitthntdiMtUitlodBt'i.ftlu'ii 
If  tin-  Savior  ww  iwrt  tlicie. 

Would  H  not  ')»■  "UU'v  diirkiu-s't'V 
■\Vouldit  },o\  1..' l.iirniiiff  )Kmi? 

UhiTi-  thiM-  jiiitlii  red  wlio  luiil  »e%(r 
fiilh-d  iii'i'N  Ui.-S:ivi..r'»niinK-'/ 

Tlic  brHliicn  lUtsiiPd  revcn-iilly 
'•  •  TO'  ^vlrnt  WM  Hln  In  inc. 

And  uiiHWciediW  tlu'  niti3tn''6  woixl^. 

,  "Amcu;  uDJuiflv  iLlje." 

Alioly  order.'TfVlIyt       ' 

InmU(?nie»i«,"l9nid, 
To  cIiooMc  II  wickwimirtii  likf  itml 

To  pniyboiilt  llicii'  dc-nd. 
And  ni>\v  I  ulti'TifccI  tUf'iiilnK 

TliMl  lioiirof  liifll  KftViS  ''  " 

Wtii-ji  :i  nckU-.t-f  tinltnllever  ju-aywl ' 

UfciiH*.  iny  fiilI|M"»  yravy. 

I  — 2'/ic  ChriHiiiin  Ct/iiosiiro. 


Selected  gems. 

"  A  mil<'  l.'iiniiim  i^  «  .l;t1.-■|;■',"^  UnnK. . 
Then-  hliiillnw  ili;iii'_''lit.s  iiiti.xiciile  the  bniiii, 
And  dnnkii.y  i">y'''v  '■"I"''--'  "^  ■'«"'"•" 

—Give  light, ami  diirkness  willdisperse itself. 

—Anger  always  luirte  us  more  than  the  one 
we  got  luiid  dt^ 

—Benevolence  and  charity  are  uuiversnl  and 
unvarying  duties. 

—Despair  hfis  niiued  some,  but  preaumption, 
multitudes. 

—Delays  decrease  desires,  and  sometimes  ex- 
tinguisli  thedi. 

—Next  in  point  of  meanness  to  doing  a  mmi 
an  injury,  is  to  do  hiin'a  "favor,  and  every  now 
aud  then  remind  hfni  of  it. 

— Gi'od  nature,  like  a  lice,  collects  its  honey 
from  every  herl».  HI  iialure,  like  a  spider,  sucks 
poisyu  from  tin;  swi-ctest  Ilowers.  ., 

,-7-Jf  we  would  have  powerful  uiiiids,  we  must 
think;  if  we  would  have  faithful  hearts,  we 
must  iove;  if  we  would  havcstrong  muscles,  we 
mwM^^^'*''*     Tljc^eiucludo  aU  that  is  valuable 

iRiVfe-  . 

—Some  people  nro  all  qualitj';  you  would 
thiuk  they  were  made  up  of  nothing  but  title 
Uid  genealogy.  The  wtiimp  of  di^'uity  defaces 
iu  them  the  very  chinaLter  of  humanity,  ajid 
transports  them  to  such  ii degree  of  haughtiness 
that  they  reckon  it  1k-)i>vv  themRelves  toexercisi- 
either  good  luiture  or  goqd  niauuers. 

-One  day  a  little  four-yeara-old  waj;  permit- 
ted to  have  the  old  luiinly  Bible  to  look  at  the 
piotvires,  and  coming  lo  the  piotuiv  uf  "  IJmiiel 
in  the  IioiL8  deu,"  he  gazed  at  it  for  ii  few  niiu- 
uteB  eilently,  tiieu  ruiiniiig  to  his  mother,  book 
in  hand,  he  broke  forth  in  uu  .iiidit;naiit  tone: 
"Mother,  this  liiljl-:  don't  tell  tli(j  truth!" 
"  Why,  my  child,  what  uiukes  you  say  so?" 
"Why,  mother,  didu't  you  read  to  me  thiit 
wheu  JJaiiiel  win*  tiuowtiuto  tliedpiu,  (^t^shut 
the  lions'  mouths,  ond  «»  k-i-?,  thmy  nre  wide 
Qpen?".  .,,    - .     •. ,  ■.  ri      .n- 

—Among  all  tlie  acuomi'lislmiL'uts  of  youth, 
there  IS  uonu  prfterable  to  a  deoerit  ami  agietsa- 
ble  behavior  auvong  men,  a  niodtrat  freedom  uf 
speech,  a  suit  aiid  elegant  Jtuumer  a)id  udibosti, 
ft  graceful  and,  lovely  deport muut,  a  cheerful 
gravity  and  guodJmiuoi;i  ^vitb|.4.miud  apptsifr- 
ing  ever  tiereiie  under  the, rulUiog  <  accidents  of 
human  life.  ' .        1 1      . 

— If  you  wm«  as  willing  to  be  pleasant  aud 
as  anxious  to  please  in  your  own  home,  as  you 
are  in  the  company  of  your  neighbors,  you 
would  have  the  happiest  home  in  the  world. 


A  MEMORIAL, 

On  the   Lamented    Death  of  a  Mother  in 
Israel— Sister  Prudence  Price. 

BY  D.  D.  yESTZEK. 

DE.ATH  has  again  entered  the  fold  of  the 
Chief  Shephci-d  and  claimed  one  of  our 
niemberf.  This  again  brings  to  vivid  remem- 
brance the  solemn  fact  that  his  relentless  power 
is  still  manifest,  and  t^at  each  one  of  us  are  ap 
proaching  the  same  dread  foe,  who  shall  sooner 
or  later  bear  us  to  the  "  narrow  cell."  O  how 
solemn  it  is  to  die.  and  leave  all  the  pleasant 
aud  endearing  associations  of  e.irtl^I  Hut  it  is 
just  ai  solemn  a  thing  /fl  Utr  when  we  rellect, 
each  day  is  one  le-s-i  of  life  to  live,  and  one  near- 
er the  cold,  dark  river  of  death.  The  days  that 
are  past  will  come  back  to  u«  no  more  forever, 
but  their  records  of  our  deeds  for  good  or  evil 
will  come  up  for  or  against  us  when  "  the  dead 
that  are  in  their  grave.-*  shall  hear  tlie  voice  lif 
the  Son  of  tiod,  and  come  f6rth." 

'■  lluw  c.irefnl  Ttien  ought  ■wf  tn  Hvr, 

Wnii  whiitrelit;ious  fea^i" 

Such  are  the  thoughti  tliat  should  engage  our 

minds  under  the  solemn  and  signal  providenc(is 

of  our  Lord,  / 

OVR  SJSXKR. 

The  subject  of  (his  bi^ef  sketch  was  born 
A^iril  22,  lSI3-died  .Inly  1, 1S7S.  Her  virgin 
name  was  Prudence  Funk;  was  fii-st  married  to 
brother  Oaniel  Stover,  deceased,  and  last  to  the 
late  brother  Jacob  Price,  a  deacon  for  many 
years  iu  our  Antietam  congregation.  Our  sis- 
ter rciided  at  the '■  Home  Pl;'.:e."  where,  we 
remember,  the  yearly  meeting  was  h.  1 1  in  1H6H;' 
It  was  in  the  attendant  eares  of  this  iiKi-(iugby 
over-exertion  that  she  evidently  contracted  the 
cause  of  shorteniug  her  days  and  ending  her 
years,  with  great  sufferings.  We  mention  this 
as  a  warning  to  othei-s.  Hei-  love  for  the  church 
was  unbounded,  and  many  were  her  labors  of 
love.  All  strangers  found  her  pleasant  and 
hospitable,  and  kind  to  the  poor.  Menibei-s  of 
the  church  found  her  solf-sacrilicing  and  untir- 
ing in  her  exceeding  kindness  tn  all.  Her  good 
works  Were  many,  aud  proved  her  love  for  her 
Lord  and  Master. 

Though  much  afflictfld  during  the  last  year, 
she  "ivas  enabled  by  the  grace  of  God  to  endure 
with  patience,  and  calmly  await  the  decisive 
hour,    JJtii- 

P.VITH  IS  CHRIST 
and  the  Scriptures  was  her  refuge  and  comfort- 
er. In  the  triumphs  of  a  liviny.  clinging  faith 
she  crossed  the  chilly  waters  of  death.  Free 
from  the  cares  and  anxictiew  of  this  life,  and  free 
from  the  suffering  of  death,  she  rests  on  the 
shores  of  the  pure  River  of  blissful  Life,  and  en- 
joys the  light  that  never  dims.  She  sleeps  in 
Jesus. 

She  Biiw  the  footsteps  lliat  lie  UoJ, 

His  zi-al  iusi>ired  her  breast : 
And.  IVilk'wiiy,'  lier  Incauiate  Lord. 
(iaiiis  noM-  tiie  piumisid  rest. 
The  funeral  service  was  held  in  Price's  meeting- 
house, iiud  the  interment  in   the  commodious 
burying  ground  adjoining. 

The  Bermon  was  drawn  from  these  words; 
"Retiurnunto  thy  rest,  0  my  soul!"  Psalm 
1XG:7. ,  May  the  bereaved  find  "  the  cousola- 
lion  of  Christ."  May  the  call  unto  repentance 
not  reuuiin  unheeded,  but  devoutly  tirirj/lfd  by 
the  unbelieving.  How  solemn  the  warning! 
How  duiigerons  the  delays  when  the  soul  is  in 
danger. 

f  Siv  Ohitiuin/  ) 


I  have  so  frerjueuHy  done  myself.  Many  years 
was  I  looking  for  peace,  and  found  it  not;  and 
the  only  reason  I  did  not  find  if,  was,  I  did  not 
look  for  it  iH  the  right  placf,  if  I  lia.1,  I  doubt 
not  that  I  should  have  found  it. 

First.  I  thought  that  money  would  .issuredly 
give  it  me.  and  I  set  to  work,  determined  that 
whoever  might  be  poor,  I  would  not;  cmd  if 
working  hard  and  spending  little  ie  the  way  to 
obtain  riches.  I  verily  believe  I  should  have 
been  rich,  hati  it  not  occurred  that  one  day, 
opening  the  Bible.  I  read  about  the  rich  man  in 
the  parable.  This  account,  aud  the  verse  that 
t<.'ld  me  that  it  was  '  eiisier  for  a  camel  to  go 
through  the  eye  of  a  needle,  than  for  a  rich  man 
to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven,'  so  startled 
me  that  I  was  afraid  to  be  rich,  lest  when  I  died, 
my  riches  might  bear  testimony  against  me, 
that  r  had  not  relieved  the  want^  of  the  distress- 
ed, and  made  a  good  use  of  my  riches.  One 
Sunday  afternoon  I  heard  a  sermon  from  the 
text, 'There  is  no  peace  to  the  wicked.'  Thus 
I  was  iustructed,  that  where  wickeduesfe  was. 
peac*;  could  never  dwell.  This  brought  me  back 
again  to  my  Bible,  where  1  read  of  that  peace 
which  passeth  all  understanding.  So  seeing 
that  I  had  all  along  sought  for  peace  every- 
where but /h  Me  Wj/i/ ;>/«'■?,  I  sought  it  where 
it  is  to  be  found,  and  that  is  in  the  Gospel  of 
our  Redeemer,  which  tells  us  that  Jesus  Clirist 
came  into  the  world  to  receive  sinners,  I  had 
before  been  instructed  that  I  was  a  sinner,  but 
now  I  was  taught  to  feel  it,  and  the  promises  of 
the  Gospel  brought  home  to  my  heart,  by  the 
influence  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  gave  me  that  peace 
which  the  world  giveth   not,  and  cannot  take 


THE  LOST   SPECTACLES, 

GRANDPA,  one  night,  lost  his  spectatlrtr. 
and  two  or  three  of  us  undertook  to  find 
them  J  aftelr  looking  forhome  time  to  no  purpose, 
we  gave  up  the  search,  and  ftrafldpa  Jit  lust  found 
them  on  top  of  his  head.,  ,  We  all  had  a  h^Mrty 
laugh,  in  \vhicli  he  tis  heartily  joined,  ami  Iil' 
then  began  lo  talk,  to  us  fin  the  lulvantage,  wheu 
uny(liin_Lr  wa-s  lost,  of  looking  in  the  nropff 
plu*;e;  and  lie  thus  proceeded:  "Almost  all 
young  people  indulge  in  dreams  that  (ire  in 
themsclvpH  useless.  When  they  hear  of  the 
wide  world,  they  thiuk  of  what  great  things 
Uiey  would  do,  if  they  were  here,  or  there,  or 
yonder;  or,  if  they  had  this  or  tlmt,  or  the  oth- 
er. Ijut  depend  upo;)  It,  almost  all  that  is  worth 
having,  pr  at  least,  all  that  would  be  good  for 
us  to  possess,  may  be  obtained  wherever  we  are, 
if  we  seek  for  it  by  diligently  and  uprightly  uc- 
ing  the  lenities  God  has  given  us.  and  look  to 
Him  for  His  blessing.  We  may  look  for  a 
bhonsaml  tihings,  in  a  thousand  ways,  but  it  will 
•be  in  vain,  if  we  neglect  t6  look  for  bhom  inihn 
•riifht  plme. 

This  is  a  wamiug  that  I  ought  to  manifest 
much  forheamuce,  for  it  would  not  be  right  in 
nie  to  be  severe  on  others  for  doing  that  which 


He  assured,  if  with  sincerity  you  seek  in  the 
same  place,  you  will  also  find  it.  for  he  that 
seeketh  shall  find,  and  to  him  thatkuouketh,  to 
him  it  shall  be  opened.  -  The  Bible  asks,  '  Do 
men  gather  grapes  of  thorns  or  figs  of  thistles?" 
Aud  truly  we  may  as  reasonably  expect  them  to 
do  this,  as  to  hope  that  we  shall  find  many 
things  that  we  want  in  the  places  we  seek  to 
obtain  them.  No,  no;  we  shall  never  obtain 
till  we  look  in  (he  ri(jhf  placp  for  them. 

What  a  long  story  I  am  making  about  seek- 
ing things  in  the  right  place,  aiiil  all  because  I 
happened  to  lose,  for  a  few  minutes,  my  specta- 
cles. Well,  what  I  am  saying  will  not  be  in 
vain,  if  it  will  teach  you  to  be  a  little  more  care- 
ful in  seeking  things  aright.  If  you  wantumn- 
ey,  seek  it  by  diligence  in  your  calling,  and 
habits  of  frugality;  if  you  want  reputation,  seek 
it  by  punctiuility  and  integrity,  aud  by  the  de- 
termination to  excel  iu  all  you  undertake;  if 
you  want  friends,  seek  them  by  endeavoring  to 
deserve  them;  but,  if  you  want  peace,  you  may 
look  for  it  every  way,  aud  in  every  place,  iu  vaiai, 
unless  you  seek  from  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who 
died  for  our  sins  aud  rose  for  our  justification 
You  must  remember  that  I  did  not  look  for 
my  spectacles,  before  1  found  I  had  lost  them. 
And  £0  in  like  manner  no  one  will  look  for  any- 
thing heartily  until  hefeelsthe  wantof  it.  My 
dear  children,  yo»i  will  not  seek  peace  till  you 
have  known  sorrow;  you  will  not  seek  a  Savior 
until  you  know  yourselves  to  be  siuuers: 
until  then,  you  will  feel  no  want  of  the  one  or 
the  other. 

The  wide  world  is  before  you;  many  are  its 
pleasures  and  many  are  its  pains;  both  are  nec- 
essary because  both  of  them  are  through  the 
grace  of  God,  when  sanctified  to  our  souls  are 
made  instruments  in  doing  us  good,  the  former 
by  making  our  hearts  grateful,  the  latter  by 
showing  us  our  own  weakne.'^s.  But  when  the 
pleasures  and  pains  of  this  world  ere  passed,  we 
shall  enter  on  the  pleasures  or  pain  of  a  world 
that  is  eternal.  What  an  nvenvhelming  subject 
is  this  for  reflection,  aud  how  is  it  that  it  does 
imt  frequently,  as  we  are  reminded  of  it,  occupy 
more  of  our  utlention?  Suridy  if  it.  did.  we 
;ihouKl  be  diligent  in  our  inquiries  after  the  best 
inl'iinuatioo  upon  it.  and  be  anxious  to  .si^ek  /" 
//('■  rii/ht  plmr  for  that  pr-ace  ond  nsbunuice 
whicli  eaii  alone  be  obtained  through  the  blood 
of  the  Cros.-;,  which  God  alone  can  give,  and 
which  He  nevfr  will  withhold  from  those  who 
seek  it  iu  sincerity  and  truth.  Seek  it  thu 
your  bdrliest  days  and  as  sure  as  your  grandpa 
is  talking  to  you.  ao  surely  you  shall  find  it." 
Selected  W  GnAKDP.v, 
ai>mr<i,  HI. 


iLji>  in  a  desert;  a  centre  about  whieli  tji,, 
fondest  recollections  of  hisgrief-oppresgedhe.irt 
cliug  with  all  the  tenacity  of  youth's  lipst  lova 
It  was  once  a  glorious,  a  happy  i-eality,  but  now 
it  rests  only  as  an  image  of  the  mind. 

Ask  the  little  child,  what  is  home?  You  will 
tiud  that  to  him  it  is  the  world— he  knows  hq 
other.  The  father's  love,  the  mother's  smjip 
the  sister's  embrace,  the  brother's  welcome 
throw  about  his  home  a  heavenly  halo,  nyj 
make  it  as  attractive  to  him  as  the  home  of  the 
angels.  Home  is  thespot  where  thechild  pout* 
out  its  complaints,  and  it  is  the  grave  of  all  its 
sorrows.  Childhood  has  its  sorrows  and  its 
grievances,  but  home  is  the  place  where  these 
are  soothed  and  banished  by  the  sweet  lullaby 
of  a  foud  mother's  voice. 

Home  is  the  place  of  confidence.  If  hooie 
be  indeed  a  home,  treachery  and  deceit' exist uot 
there.  The  heart  need  not  fear  to  unfold  its 
grief,  or  unburden  its  sorrows,  for  here  it  will 
find  sympathy,  comfort,  and  cheering  hope. 

Home  is  a  place  of  refuge.  Tossed  day  hy 
day  upon  the  rough  aud  stormy  oceim  oi'  life- 
harassed  by  worldly  cares,  perplexed  by  worldly 
inquietudes,  the  weary  spirit  yearns  after  repose. 
It  seeks  and  fijids  it  in  the  refuge  which  home 
supplies.  There  the  mind  is  at  rest,  the  heart's 
turmoil  becomes  quitt,  and  the  spirit  basks  iu 
the  peaceful  delights  of  domestic  love. 

Yes,  home  is  a  jdace  of  rest — we  feel  it  wlieu 
s  seek  and  enter  it  aftel-  the  busy  cares  and 
trials  of  the  day  are  over.  We  may  find  jdy 
'Isewhere,  but  it  is  nob  the  joy— the  satistiictiou 
of  home.  Of  the  former  the  heart  may  soon 
tire;  of  the  latter,  never.  In  the  foimev  there 
much  formality;  much  heartlessness  under 
the  garb  of  friendship  of  the  purest,  truest 
character. 

How  often  we  hear  pfers(3n?9pfialc  of  the  home 
of  their  childhood.'.  iTheir:  minds  sezvx  tp.do- 
light  in  dwelling  upon  tht  recollections  of  joy- 
ous days,  ^peut  beneath  the  parental  roof,  wheu 
their  young  and  happy  hearts  were  as  Hghtaud 
free  as  the  birds.  What  a  blessing  it  is,  when 
weary  with  care,  and  bui-dened  with  sorrow,  to 
have  a  home  to  which  we  can  go,  and  there,  in 
the  midst  of  friends  we  love,  forget  our  troubles, 
aud  dwell  in  peace  and  quietness.  Home  is  the 
place  where  our  hopes  and  happiness — ourteara 
and  sighs,  have  ever  blended,  and  over  it  may 
the  twin  angels  of  purity  aud  love  ever  hover, 
to  guide  it  from  unholy  intrusion. 

Selected  by  ScE  Emmert. 


BORROWING  TROUBLE. 

BORROWING  is  a  bad  thing  at  the  best;  but 
"  borrowing  trouble"  is  perhaps  the  most 
foolish  investment  of  "  foreign  capital  "  that  a 
man  or  woman  can  make.  An  amusing  in-- 
stance  of  this  species  of  "  operation  "  is  set  forth 
in  a  "Down-East"  newspaper,  wherein  a  man 
thus  related  his  experience,  in  a  financial  way, 
on  the  occasion  of  the  failure  of  a  local  bank; 

"  As  soon  as  I  heerd  of  it,  my  heart  jumped 
right  up  into  my  mouth.  'Now,'  thinks  I, 
'sposiu"  I  got  any  bills  on  that  bank?  I'm 
gone  if  1  hev— that's  a  fact.'  So  I  put  on  my 
coat,  audi  'put'  for  home  just  as  fast  as  my 
logs  would  carry  me;  tact  is,  I  run  all  the  way. 
And  when  I  got  there,  I  looked  keer'ully,  aud 
found  that  I  hadn't  got  no  bills  onto  that  bank 
mr  any  othfr.     Tlien  I  felt  easier." 

There  have  been  n  thousand  instances  of 
"  borrowing  trttuble"  when  it  was  not  a  whit 
better  ■'  secured  "  than  in  this  example. 


HOME. 

Y'lJ'HAT  a  hallowed  name!  How  full  of  en- 
}}  ehautmeut,  and  how  dear  to  the  heait! 
Hume  is  the  magic  circle  within  which  the  >vear 
ly  spirit  finds  ref'uge;  it  js  the  sacred  asylum  to 
which  the  care-worn  heart  retreats  to  find  rest 
from  the  toils  and  inquietudes  of  life. 

Ask  the  lon^  walHtei^v.  fffilR  plods  his  tedious 
way,  bent  with  the  weight  of  age,  find  white 
with  the  frosts  of  years,  ask  him  what  is  home? 
He  will  tell  you,  it  is  a  green  ^pot  in  memory; 


Family  intimacy  aliould  never  make  hiotliera 
and  sisters  forget  (obe  polite  and  sympathizing 
to  each  other.  Those  who  coutract  thoughtless 
and  rude  habits  tow^jirJs  the  uiemhei-^  ot  their 
own  family,  will  bi-  rude  and  thoughtless  to  all 
the  world.  But  l-t  the  lamily  intercoui-se  be 
true,  t^U'der,  aud  ufie<'tiuuate,  and  the  malmeis 
of  all  unllbrmly  gentle  atid  considerate,  and  the 
ineui'uer.s  of  the  family  thus  traiiU'd.  witl_  cany 
into  the  world  aud  society  the  habits  of  their 
childhood.  They  will  require  in  thcir,itfsociat«s 
similar  .jualities;  they  will  not  be  satisfied  with- 
out mutual  esteem,  and  the  cultivation  of  the 
best  allections,  and  their  own  character  will  be 
sustained  hy  that  faith  in  goodness  which  be- 
ongs  to  i 
thoughts. 


■      ■,..■       .-    ■.!')    J.I    ,■"■'•      , 

"  Dox't  write  there,"  said  one  to.  a  ,lad  wtw 
wiAs  writing  with  a  diivmnnd  pin  on  a  pane  of  glass 
inawindow.  "Why  not?  "said  he.  "Because 
you  can't  ruh  it  out."  There  are  other  thing* 
men  should  uot  do,  because  they  cannot  rah 
them  out.  A  heart  is  aching  for  sympathy,  and 
ii  cold,  heartless  word  is  spoken.  The  impres- 
sion may  he  more  durable  than  that  of  a  diamond 
upon  a  trlftss.  The  glass  may  be  broken,  hat 
the  iuipre.ssion  upon  the  heart  lasts  forever. 


^lT?USt      1">. 


THK    imKTMKKX    ^T    AVOHlv. 


Come  to  Jesus, 

.-Whysit  WpliPivuntilHi.  .i„  -       .  ,- 

,.„„,.  >V-se^^e  «anclMs  porhn,..  nm,*  ,^.,,i,„l  ^j 
,^  than  .nyothe,-  known  t..tW  In,.....;  i.umlv 
TI,eiL"  men.  liKe  tla-  Hlarm».l  simi.;r  IiKloin^  to 
,,.>intmlifLVprecamu,  i„  the  ...tro„,e:  „ot 
,„lv  were  they  iifil,cM  with  leprosy  but  st«rv- 
tttion  wiw  staring  them  full  in  the  lace  Then 
5ni.l  they  one  to  another.  "Why  .it  .,,  j,,,,  „„_ 
til  we  shall  die?  If  we  say,  we  will  enter  into 
the  city,  then  the  famine  ja  in  the  city,  and  we 
,h„U  die  there:  and  if  we  sit  still  here,  we  die 
^Oso.  Now  therefore  come.  mA  let  us  f«ll  uuto 
llifi  host  of  the  Syrians.  If  they  save  u«  «liv(, 
,ve^lmlllm-;  and  if  they  kill  ..^^  ^^■oshi\\  but 
die-" 

Just  so.  witli  the  sinner  when  he  iis  the  prod- 
igal son  conies  to  hinnelf,  and  sees  his  own 
niene-ss.and  inability  to  extricate  hioxselt.from 
the  gulf  of  deep  despwr  into  which  sin  has 
plunged  him.  and  not  only  plunged  him,  but 
lik,-  tlie  wind  carried  him  away  from  hit  fath- 
er's house,  awuy  from  Jesus  his  Savioraml  elder 
brother  and  away  from  his  eternal  intercut,  thf 
jiiheritance  that  U  incorruptible,  nndefiled  and 
that  fadeth  not  away.  Then  he  crie«  in  the 
;u]guish  of  his  soul.  What  must  I  do?  If  I 
sflV,  I  will  go  into  the  city  of  the  world,  I  shall 
,lie  there;  for  there  is  no  comfort,  consolation 
nm-  i>-';i^e  i'l  th;  world,  but  all  is  strife,  wrang- 
ling, and  confusion  to  the  weary  eoul.  And  If 
I  sit  «till  here,  I  die  also.  Friendly  sinner, 
cnme  to  God's  host.  Heh.  12:  22,  23,  24.  It 
cevLT  forsakes  the  cainp,  but  stands  firm  on  the 
borders  of  Zion.  for  Jesus  the  Mediator  of  the 
Kew  Covenant  is  there,  through  whom  the 
fountain  for  sin  and  uncleanness  was  opened, 
Zech.  13:  1,  and  of  whom  the  wliole  family  in 
heaven  and  earth  is  named.  Yes,  he  is  interced- 
ing for  you  and  me.  And  his  embassadors  are 
standing  on  the  walls  of  Zion  enlreatingyon  to 
come  to  this  great  deliverer,  that  is  able  to  save 
to  the  uttermost,  all  that  come  unto  God  by 
him.  If  you  remain  away  and  die  in  your  sins, 
where  Christ  and  God  are,  you  cannot  come.  — 
Can  you  for  one  moment  bear  the  thought  of 
being  banished  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord 
aud  from  the  glory  of  his  power,  all  on  ac- 
count of  3'ourown  neglect  and  disobedience.— 
Accept  now  of  life  and  salvation  while  it  is 
ealled  to-day.  and  be  faithful  unto  the  end. 
and  you  shall  receive  a  crown  of  lite  that  fad- 
etli  not  Hwnv. 


"?ov  since  the  fathfis  feel  jlsIuci.  iiU  tilings  con- 
tinue  as  they  were." 

QCOFKERS  have  darod  to  say  where  is  it? 
0  But  it  approaches — it  ripens  apace.  Man's 
jieed-times  and  harvests  make  their  annual 
round.  He  ploughs,  sows,  reaps,  consumes  and 
sows  again.  God's  harvest  time  seems  long  to 
the  scoffer,  but  as  sure  as  words  of  eternal  truth, 
the  same  power  that  caused  the  walls  to  crum- 
ble in  years  gone  by,  at  the  blast  blown  by 
priests  of  the  Lord,  will  cause  dead  men  to  rise 
lip  and  stand  ripe  for  the  sickle,  when  the  last 
trumpet  shall  .iiound  aud  the  angelic  host  shall 
come  forth  as  reapers,  in  the  presence  of  the 
Lord.  When  I  contemplate  the  scene  and  the 
luany.  who  instead  of  improving  the  talent  giv- 
en them  of  Ood,  empty  it  in  the  service  of 
darkness,  scoJHng  and  discoi'ding  the  teaehings 
of  him  who  spake  as  never  man  spake,  I  feel 
like  e.\claiming  with  one  of  old:  "0  that  my 
head  were  waters  aud  mine  eyes  were  a  fount- 
ain of  tears,  that  I  might  weep  day  and  night 
for  the  slain  of  the  daughter  of  my  people." 
Reader  if  you  are  trampling  the  word  of  God 
heneath  your  feet,  or  substituting  your  own 
creed  for  heaven's  ordained  one,  stop  aud  con- 
sider, turn  vour  steps,  for  the  liarvest  will  come. 
IJeath  is  daily  hurrying  souls  to  eternity,  aud 
soon  the  boatman  will  bid  ns  cross  the  stream. 
Though  the  bloom  of  health  be  on  our  cheeks, 
yet  we  are  not  exempt  from  the  poisoned  dart 
of  the  dark-winged  angel.  But  a  few  weeks  ago 
ajoung  man,  in  the  little  village  of  Hudson, 
Itft  home  in  the  morning  in  the  vigor  of  health, 
in  the  glory  of  manhood;  but  ere  the  sun  liad 
sunk  to  rest,  the  tidings  tame  to  his  parents: 
'^our  son  is  no  more."  His  body  lay  in  the 
«ark  waters  of  the  Mackinaw,  his  spirit  had 
gone  ti)  God  who  gave  it,  to  receive  the  rewanl 
for  the  deeds  done  in  the  body,  whether  good  or 
*^'l-  He  had  on  the  previous  night  dreamed 
Uiat  he  had  lost  his  life  in  the  Mackinaw.  The 
^reaiii  had  been  repeated  three  times,  and  he 
'old  his  mother  ere  he  left  home,  that  he  had  so 
'Ircauied,  but  he  made  merriment  and  instead  of 
"^ving  his  mother,  who  plead  witli  him  to  stay, 
•"-'  lost  his  life;  aud  so  with  many  to-day  who 
'■^  scotling  at  God's  word. 


DIED. 

Oh  tu»riM  ihotiM  hp  hrkf,  writu-n  on  hul  od«  siJe  of  (ht 
paper,  «n.i  sspam*  from  all  oth«r  biniacm. 


LIXDKMA^.— Near  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  nfler 
several  weeks'  illnesw.  July  lUth,  1.S78.  friend 
(Catherine  Klijiabeth  Lindenum,  agoil  (U  yeare, 
3  months  and  24  d«>-s, 
Tlie  deceiwud  was  the  wife  of  friund  .\dnm 
Liudenmn.  our  sexton  at  I'rices  church.  This 
IS  ft  German  family,  having  emigrated  to  this 
country  a  number  of  years  ago.  They  hod  a 
warm  feelini:  for  the  church  of  the  Brethren, 
heing  alnH»it  regular  attendants  at  our  services 
at  the  meeting-house  near  l)y;  though  they  un- 
derstood hut  little  of  our  preaching  as  it  is  now 
all  English.  As  far  as  they  had  learned  the  doc- 
trine, tliey  were  in  great  sympathy  with  U!i.  — 
About  ten  years  ago,  they  had  about  concluded 
to  unite  with  us,  hut  a  zealous  member  of  the 
chnich  of  Luther  pei-suaded  them,  that  it  would 
l>e  a  great  sin  to  renounce  their  laitli.  How 
maiij-  people  tliere  are  who  sutler  themselves  to 
he  pereuaded  to  the  desire  of  men  and  contrary 
tn  the  will  of  God  M-ith  whom  we  have  to  do.— 
May  she  rest  in  the  mercies  of  Gotl. 

Funeral  services  conducted  by  Bro.  J.  F.  Oi- 
ler and  others. 

BAKKH.— Also  in  the  Antietam  Congregation 
July  2ltth.  1878,  in  hope  of  a  blessed  immor- 
tality, onr  venerable  sister  Nancy    Bakor  in 
the  i).5th  year  of  her  age. 
Sister  Baker  wius  born  April  12th,  1784.  —  I 
She  was  a  sister  to  Elder  Jacob  Holsinger,  de- 
ceased, who  at  one  time  presided  over  this  con- 
gregation.    She  was  an  aunt  to  Elder  Daniel 
Holsinger  of  Marion.  Iowa,  and  brotlicr  Jacob 
Holsinger,  a  deacon  in  this  congregation.     She 
is  said  to  have  been  truly  a  mother  in  Israel,  — 
Funeral  services  by   brother  Jacob  F.  Oiler.  — 
Text:  Itev.  14;  12,  13. 

PRICE.  —  Near  Waynesboro,  Ph.,  July  1st, 
1S7S,  departed  in  peace,  our  beloved  sister 
Prudence  Price,  aged  65  years,  2  months  mid 
9  days.  Sermon  preached  by  Bro.  ,1.  F.  Oi- 
ler from  Psalm  116:  7.  (See  Memorial.) 
D.  B.  Mestzek. 

HOOVER.— In  the  Nettle  Creek  church.  Ind.. 
June  '25th,  1S7S,  of  palsy,  sister  Barbara, 
wife  of  George  P.  Hoover,  aged  R6  years,  9 
months  and  24  day.'*.  Occasion  improved 
from  John  5:  25-:iS. 

HOOVER  — Also,  in  the  same  house,  June  30, 
little  Uolley  Edmund,  son  of  friend  George 
M.,  and  sister  Josephine  Hoover,  aged  2 
months  and  17  days, 

HARTER.-In  the  same  church.  July  21)th, 
Bro.    Joseph    Harter,    aged    25    years,    10 

months  and  2S  days, 

HOOVER.— In  the  same  congregation.  Charley 
H.  Hoover,  .luly  30th.  1S7S.  aged  11  years, 
it  months  and  '2\)  days.  A.  Bowman. 

COPENHAVER.— Six  miles  North  of  Koota. 
Keokuk  Co.,  Iowa,  July  20th,  1878,  Eliza 
Copenhuver.  wife  of  Abraham  Copeuhaver. 
deceased,  aged  (57ycai's,  9  months  and  23  days. 

LONG. — Near  the  same  place,  February  16th, 
Margaret  J.  Long,    wife   of   Christian  Lon; 
and  daughter  of  the  above,  aged  41   years, 
months  and  S  days.  B.  F.  Flory. 


CORRESPONDElSrCE. 


Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Maple 
Grove  Colony  of  Montgomery  Co.,  la. 

WHERE.A.S  we,  the  undersigned  members. 
hiiviug  carefully  investigated  our  finan- 
cial condition  and  future  prospects  for  ourselves 
and  families  in  this  country,  find  by  that  inves. 
tigation,  that  our  means  are  very  sufhcient  for 
the  purpose,  therefore  we  have  considered 
the  propriety  of  forming  ourselves  into  a  colo- 
ny, aud  locating  that  colony  on  goTernment 
lauds.  The  result  of  said  consideration,  is  a  re- 
solve to  form  ourselve.s  into  a  colony  aud  locate 
that  colony  on  government  lauds  in  South-west- 
ern Nebraska,  or  in  Nortliern  Kansas,  ns  may 
be  selected  by  a  committee,  chosen  by  the  mem- 
bers of  said  colony.  Flach  member  of  the  col- 
ony taking  a  horaesteiul  of  I6IJ  acres,  that  is 
legally  entitled  to  one. 

We  therefore  proposed  to  settle  on  our  claims 
in  the  Fall  of  1879.  We  have  further  resolved, 
to  choose  a  committee  of  five,  from  among  the 
members  of  the  colony,  to  be  known  as  tlie 
Hoard  of  Advisers.  The  Board  shall  coun- 
sel and  advise  with  meraliera  upon  all  mat- 
tere  of  importance,  in  which  they  may  seek  ad- 
vice. Said  committee  to  hold  office  for  one  year, 
when  others  will  be  chosen  in  their  stead,  or 
they  be  ri'-elected. 

The  necessary    <iualificatiou8    to   become    a 


mi-mlwT  of  the  M»ple  Grove  colony  is,  strict 
honesty,  morality,  indn«try,  economy;  no  dis- 
tinction to  l>e  male  in  parties  npplying  formem- 
Wrship  in  r^ganl  to  aox  or  wealth,  all  come  in 
on  the  same  terms.  We  further  n-wolve,  that 
six  memlH'rs  ahall  constitute  a  quorum  at  all 
business  meetinic  of  said  colony,  and  shall  be 
considered  coniijotent  to  transact  any  biisine^ 
coming  Iwfore  the  meeting. 

We  further  nMoIve.  that  no  members  be  re- 
ceiveil  into  the  Maple  Grove  rolony  only  at  our 
regular  meetings,  and  rurth^r.  that  all  appli- 
cants be  received  by  ballot  or  vote,  by  all  the 
memt>ers  present,  and  be  it  further  remember- 
ed, that  three  vote*,  cast  against  any  applicant 
for  memScrahip.  shall  be  sufficient  to  defeat 
them  in  becoming  a  member.  And  that  thia 
constitution  further  provides,  that  any  person 
or  persons,  living  in  other  part.n  of  th.-  country, 
desiring  to  become  memWrs  of  the  Maple  Grove 
colony,  can  do  so,  by  sending  in  their  names  to 
the  Secretarj'  with  ft  recommend  at  inn  by  one 
or  more  responsible  persons,  an  to  the  appli- 
cant's good  character.  Such  applicant*  or 
vouchei-s  should  be  known  by  some  one  or  more 
of  the  members  of  the  colony  to  insure  their 
being  voted  in  as  members. 

Each  member  agrees*  to  Xtc  .subject  to,  and 
live  in  harmony  with  the  following  rulea.  and 
art>  refiuin-d  to  sliow  their  approval  of,  and  de- 
termination thus  to  do,  by  signing  their  names 
thereto. 

j  RfLKS  OP  TUE  M.^ri.F.  GROVE  COI.OSY. 

j  1.  That  no  memlier  of  the  Maple  Grove  col- 
ony, shall  buy  any  property  whatsoever  on  cred- 
it, where  it  can  possibly  be  avoided,  and  under 
circumstance,  shall  a  member  buy  on  credit 
without  fii-st  seeking  advice  from  the  board  of 
advisers. 

2.  No  member  of  the  colony  shall  be  allow- 
ed under  any  circumstance  whatsoever  to  sign 
or  endorse,  any  promissory  note,  bond  or  con- 
tract of  any  kind  as  necurity  or  bail,  for  any 
otlier  person. 

3.  No  member  of  the  colony  will  bo  allow- 
ed to  do  any  kind  of  work  on  tlie  Sabbath  daj-, 
that  duty  imd  justice  does  not  demand  of  them. 

4.  Infidels  and  disbelieversin  God  and  the 
Bible  or  either,  or  opposers  of  the  religion  of 
the  Bible,  need  not  apply  for  membei'ship  in 
the  above  named  colony. 

5.  Every  member  is  strictly  forbidden  the 
use  of  intoxicating  liquors  of  any  kind,  except 
for  medical  purposes,  and  no  other  party  will 
be  allowed  to  sell  or  give  away  any  intoxicating 
liquors,  inside  the  limits  of  said  colony. 

fl.  All  menibei-s  in  the  habit  of  using  tobac- 
co, either  by  chewing  or  smoking,  are  request- 
ed to  discontinue  its  use  altogether  if  possible, 
ifuot  altogether,  to  be  very  moderate  and  tem- 
perate in  its  use  and  never  under  any  circum- 
stances use  it  in  the  house  of  God  or  any  other 
public  or  private  house,  and  it  shall  be  their 
duty  further  to  discourage  an  I  disijoiiiit-jnuuc" 
its  use,  and  teach  their  children  and  idl  otli<Ts 
never  to  touch,  taste,  nor  handle  the  lilthy 
thing. 

T.  Profane  swearing,  is  strictly  forbidden  on 
the  part  of  any  members  of  the  colony. 

8.  Every  member  iaexpected  to  be  industri- 
ous, economizing  and  strictly  honest  and  truth- 
ful with  all  the  membtn-s  of  the  colony,  and 
with  all  othei-s  with  whom  they  have  any  deal- 
ing, or  business  of  any  kind. 

9.  Any  member  or  nienibcra  of  the  above 
named  colony,  that  become  lazy,  indolent  and 
careless,  and  continue  so,  after  having  been 
entreated  aud  admonished  to  their  duty,  shall 
be  considered  a  nuisance,  and  of  no  benefit  to 
the  colony  or  community,  and  will  be  disowned 
as  membei-3,  and  have  their  names  erased  from 
the  book. 

10.  Cleanliness  living  next  door  to  Godliness, 
therefore  ever}*  member  of  the  society,  mil  be 
required  to  observe  cleanliness,  tidiness  and 
neatness,  not  only  in  their  personal 
appearances  aud  in  their  homes,  hut  also  their 
premises  should  show  a  neat  appearance,  good 
taste  aud  good  management;  thus  thrift  and 
prosperity  will  follow. 

11.  All  members  are  expected  to  ornament 
imd  lieautify  their  homan  as  their  means  will 
admit;  by  planting  fruit,  ornamental  trees, 
flowers,  etc. 

12.  Each  member  that  is  the  head  of  a  fam- 
ily, will  be  required  to  take  with  them,  at  least 
one  good  team  of  hornes  or  mules. 

13.  All  members  of  this  colony,  are  requir- 
ed to  locate  their  claims  as  near  together  as  pos- 
sible, for  the  mutual  benefit  of  each  other  in 
school  purposes,  church  privileges  and  for  the 
convenience  in  Iwing  partners  in  agricultural 
implements,  machinery,  etc, 

14.  The  members  of  the  Maple  Grove  colony 
will  meet  in  general  council  semi-imnually  to 
settle  tlie  financial  condition  of  its  members. 


15.  Every  member  is  ex|H-ct«l  to  wttln  up 
and  give  Batisfortion  to  all  their  rretlitorn  hrfow 
h*:iving  (heir  pr*H*nt  lotati-m  as  m*mbei»  of 
the  colony. 

Penalties  to  Ik- inflictad  for  the  riolittion  of 
the  above  rulps:  Any  mpmher  w  mem W«  n- 
olating  one  or  more  of  the  above  roles,  know- 
ingly, shall  give  entire  satisfaction  to  the  Board 
of  Advisem.  and  for  a  second  nfft-nw  )iy  the 
same  memlier.  foriWl  all  right  and  privilege  as 
a  meniWr  of  the  Maple  Grove  enlony.  The 
above  nde<«  to  be  in  full  fore*-  for  five  year*  from 
the  date  of  the  settlement,  of  the  above  named 
colony.    Sent  in  for  publication  by 

„   .   ,       ,  N.  C.  WOBKHAS. 

Setoia,  Totca. 

(Primitive  Christian  pJente  mpy). 


The  Great  Eclipse. 


ACCORDING  to  your  request.  I  will  try  and 
give  your  readers  an  account  of  the  eclipao 
of  the  sun,  that  took  place  here  the  29th  of 
.luly.  I  was  as  piirticitlar  in  my  observations 
as  I  could  bo;  had  the  great  privilege  of  being 
almost  on  the  exact  line  of  its  greatest  shadow. 
Large  numbers  of  srientificpentons  bad  come  to 
Colorado  with  the  expres*  purpose  of  taking  ob- 
servations of  the  eclipse;  one,  a  party  of  ladies 
of  Vasaar  College,  and  also  a  party  from  Lon- 
don. England  came  over  to  ohsorve  this  great 
event  of  the  timua.  Great  fears  were  enter- 
tained for  Home  days  previous,  that  the  sun 
would  be  obscured  by  clouds,  as  auch  had  been 
the  cose  every  afternoon  for  a  wwk  or  ten  days, 
hut  the  day  was  the  brightest  we  hod  for  a  long 
time.  Some  attribute  this  to  the  efficacy  of 
the  special  prayers  that  were  offered  in  the 
Denver  pulpits,  Simday  Iwfore,  that  the  day 
might  be  clear.  There  were  but  a  few  scatter- 
ing fleeting  clouds  to  be  seen,  and  the  viewing 
of  the  eclipse  was  a  "  grand  success." 

.\  description  as  we  saw  it:     At  two  o'clock 
and  twenty  minutes,  there  was  u  small   notoh 
noticed,  on  the  right  .side  of  the  sun's    surface, 
made  by  the  encroachment  of  the  moon.    This 
first  appearance  was  a  little  below  the  right  side 
center.     This  notch  gradually  grew  larger  and 
larger,  as  the  sun's  surface  was  apparently  a1>- 
sorbcd  by  the  moon,  slowly  pa.>wing  over  to- 
wards the  left  side  of  the  sun;  when  half  over, 
the  sun  wa.H  a  orescent  shape,  like  a  half  moon. 
Seventy  minutes  elapsed  while  the  moon  was 
passing  over,  uiit  il  totalitv  to'ikjiilnce.    The  dus- 
ky -ihadow  continued  to  gro«  darker  aud  dark- 
er; something  like  evening  twilight  until  Uie 
last  ray  of  the  sun  was  obscured,  whenasudden 
darkness  over-sjiread   the  earth;  the  darknwa 
came  so  sudden  that  it  was  similar  to  dropping 
a  curtain  before  a  light.     Tlie  moment  totality 
look  place,  a  ll-.isli   of  light    seemed  to  spread 
over  the  face  of  the  moon,  wliich  before  this, 
was  of  a  dark  color.     Around  the  edge  of  the 
moon  w.is  a8rn;ill.Iivid.Mhinine  circle,  and  frt)m 
this  or  immediiitely  hackofit,  there  shone  forth 
the  most  nnignifiuent  halo  of  a  glorious  light  I 
ever  saw,  called  the  Corona.     The  light  seemed 
to  s|»ring  out  in  spiral  flash'.'s  or  bright  burning 
rays.     While  totality  lasted,  which  was  nearly 
three  minutes,  the  stars    shone  out  like  oaa 
moonlight   night;  the  darkness  was  so  great 
that  we  could  not  see  plainly  ohjecte  a  few  rods 
distant;  it  was  difficult  to  see  the  hands  of  a 
watch.    The  appearance  around  ns  was  like  it 
miglit  he  midnight,  with  a  dim  moonshine.— 
The  next  change  of  interest  was  the  sudden 
bursting  of  the  rays  of  the  sun.   from  behind 
the  right  edge  of  the  moon.     Tlie  sudden  light 
looked  like  the  flashing  of  a  meteor;  it  was  some- 
thing grand  to  l>ehold,  and   in   a  few  seconds, 
daylight  came  as  sudden  as  it  disappeared. — 
Nothing  was  more  grand  or  interesting  than 
the  luminous  light,  that  s»<med  to  spring  up 
all  around  the  horizon,  something  similar  to  the 
Aurora  borealis,  which  arose  upward,  and  the 
darkness  of  the  heavens  seemed  to  roll  away 
"like  a  scroll."     Never  had  we  seen  nnvtbing 
to  compare  to  this,  it  was  the  most  interesting 
and  imposing  sight  we  ever  beheld.      Surely 
those  things  declare  the  wonders  of  God's  work- 
manship and  the  magnificence  of  all  his  handi- 
work.    It  Was  a  little  diverting  to  see  the  pig* 
eons  flocking  to  their  cote,  aud  the  chickens  to 
their  roost,  and  then   hear  them   come  forth 
crowing  like  in  the  morning.     We  continued 
to  observe  the  receding  nn>on,  as  it  passed  off 
the  left  limb  or  side  of  the  sun — a   little  abora 
the  centre  of  the  left    side,  and  then  the  sun 
shone  in  alt  his  wanton  fullness,  and  alt  seemed 
to  go  on  in   the  e%-eu  tenor  of  its   way.      Th« 
eclipse  lasted  until  4  o'clock  aud  35  minutes  less 
a  fraction.     It  is  said  we  shall  not  have  another 
similar  one  until  1!>00.      It  is  claimed  by  tho 
professor  from  England,  that  at  the  time  of  tha 
totality  of  the  eclipse,  they  discovered   a  new 


planet  in  close  pro.\imity  to  the  sun.  His  re* 
each  member  to  make  a  brief  statement  of  their  j  port  will  be  looked  for  with  great  interwt,  by 
condition  aud  what  they  are  doing,  etc.  j  the  scientific  world.     The  government  will  fur- 


a 


THK  brethke:n'   ^VT  AVOKIv- 


-August 


nUb  an  interesting  report  from  th»f  j»iirty  that 
took  oUervatJonfc  from  the  top  of  Pike's  Peak. 
There  wik-  also  h  party  on  Long'»  Peak— or  at 
lewtintejidc'dto  go  up.  Ediarni,  thu  invent- 
or of  th«  U-U-i)hone.  with  his  pnrtj-,  were  to 
Wat  Rawlins,  cm  the  U.  P.  R.  K-  H«  uxpect- 
«d  to  U-»i  ft  new  invention  of  his— sometliini,'  to 
fcwt  the  h«at  of  the  corona  that  surroimtU  the 
lun  or  luoon  at  the  time  of  the  eclipse. 

The  world  is  »e*'kin|,'  after  wisdom  that  is  no 


who  was  nine  feet  four  inches  high,"  The  tallest 
man  that  hsu*  been  seen  in  our  times." 

In  the  reign  of  Augustus  Caesar,  the  tall 
forms  of  Kaais  and  Secundilla  might  have  Iwen 
seen,  whose  bodies  were  preserved  in  a  museum, 
in  the  Sallustiaii  Gai-dens,  and  eacli  of  whom 
measured  t«n  feet,  three  inches  in  height. 

The  Emperor  Slaximus  was  nine  feet  high, 
and  was  in  the  habit  of  using  his  wife's  brace- 
let as  a  thumb-ring.  His  shoe  was  afoot  loug- 
and   he  coiitd 


tpecialprotit  to  the  salvation  of  the  soul,  yet  if    er  than  that  of  any  other  man,  and 

wd  properly  may  all  be  right,  provided   with  ,  draw  a  carnage  which  two  oxen  could  not  move 

i»ea  properij  I    J  ,      .       e        >         ^^^^  that    lie  ate  usually  four  pounds' weight  of  flesh,  and 


the  wisdom  thus  gained, 
wifdoni  that  come.*  from  above. 

LoHffmont,  Colorado. 


J.  S.  Fumv. 


aLE-A-NI^TGS. 


From  J.  S.  Flory.-Our  regular  quartotly 
church  ruK-ting  was  hold  on  last  Satui-day; 
fouriuldition-iby  letter  of  memberH  liring  in 
the  Southern  j.arf  nf  the  State;  membei-s  here 
in  union  and  lovi-.  It  was  proposed  and  agreed  at 
our  meetiug  that  we  make  a  qnart^^'riy  contribu- 
tion, as  eaeh  menibtT  feels  freely  to  do.  for  the 
brethren's  work  of  evangelism.  We  think  we 
are  safe  in  saying,  our  congregation  will  con- 
tribute on  an  average  of  onedoUar each, during 
,  the  year  for  flmt  purpose.  AleoroiVd  our  quo- 
ta for  the  cominitfee  to  Culifornia. 
LoiHjimnt,  Cfihrmlo. 

From  Ashliiiiil,  Ohio.— I  have  just  returned 
from  ft  succi'sslul  trip  in  the  East,  in  behalf  of 
Ashland  College.  1  found  ou  my  return  tltat 
the  College  building  was  progressing  finely, 
notwitliataniliug  tJie  wct  weatlier  they  arc  hav- 
ing here.  The  baiemeut  is  done  and  nearly 
holf  of  the  npxt  story.  »'"!  frogressing  at  the 
rate  of  15.000  brick-:  par  day.  Hope  all 
the  frii-mls  of  Ashland  College,  (and  we  know 
no  rnmon  why  all  ^^hould  not  be  friends)  will 
come  forrtiird  with  their  contributions  so  that 
the  trustees  may  be  enabled  to  complete  the 
College  hnilding  as  well  as  the  Uoarding-halls 
aa  soon  ah  possible,  a*  there  are  inanj-  ready  to 
come  to  school  an  soon  as  the  school  is  opeiie*!. 
Do  uul.  wait  to  Iw  solicited  but  seud  in  your 
ftddress  to  H.  K.  Meyoi-s.  secretai-y,  and  he  will 
furuish  you  with  the  uucesaaiy  blank  for  your 
■ubscription.  E-  C.  Pajikeh. 

From  Buffalo,  Mo.— In  n^adingthe  Breth- 
HBN  AT  W(PKK  1  have  notiwd,  that  the  Breth- 
ren ai-e  visiting  and  prcnehing  in  all  parts,  ex- 
cepting this  place.  We  would  be  glad  to  see 
Brethren  come  here,  and  preach  and  visit  with 
us.  ThoRe  that  wish  to  look  for  homes  would 
do  well  to  comi'  here  and  look,  before  buying 
elsewhere.      Our    little  church   is  improving 

Blowly.  •'■  ^-  BEMIf^UORFER. 

From  Millbnl,  Imi.— The  Turkey  Creek 
district  is  still  moviny  along  slowly,  imd  many 
of  '\i»  uiembers  are  rejoicing  in  the  good  things 
of  the  Lord.  Drones  aro  never  very  profitable 
to  agood  working  bee.  The  honey  bee  will 
not  iUlow  a  flroiie  to  idle  away  the  time  in 
the  hive:  so  thecliurch  lial  bettor  see  that  uoue 
of  it.s  nu-niberj  hcconi'*  lukewaviu,  aeitlicr  cold 
or  hot,  sjiy.-*  Ihe  voice  of  Inspiration.  The  hon- 
ey bee  teaches  us  ii  beautiful  !e?30i^v  uever  to 
idle  awiiy  our  prewous  uionients.     -j 

Of  late  two  sduIm  were  made  willing  to  unit* 
with  the  people  of  the  Lord;  one  who  wa*  bap- 
tized, had  to  be  carried  into  the  water,  be- 
ing vfiy  weak  of  con-4uiuption.  Some  of  the 
neighbors  said,  we  would  kill  her.  and  so  great 
was  the  dreail  on  their  mind,  that  they  went  to 
the  sick  sister  and  Iriejlfodiscourageher,  telling 
hea-  tile  water  woubl,  take  her  breath,  as  %ve 
knew  a  strong  brcezB  of  wind  she  could  not 
stand,  tjo  1  was  caJh'd  in  a  iVw  hours  before 
baptism  by  llie  applic^iat,  and  1  saw  her  faith 
had  beciuue  weak;  and  had  to  enctulnige  her 
Btrongl.v,  l)ett>re  f-hc  Would  consent  to  bo  baji- 
tiwd.  Many  went  to  tho  w.iterto  witne.is  the 
sad  sieno.  When  we  carried  her  iiito  the  water, 
Bome  had  to  go  away,  saying,  they  could  luit 
behold  the  sight.  This  peraon  that  opposed 
came  to  the  baptismal  scene,  and  witli  a  scorn- 
ful laugh,  tried  to  oppose  tlio  work  in  which  the 
DiiniHt^jr  was  ho /*alously  engaged.  While  we 
carried  her  to  a  houMu  near  by,  she  felt  as  did 
the  euLuch  of  old.  to  go  on  lier  wny  rejoicijig. 
■.-This  oister  is  getting  i^trouger  in  tiie  faith,  luid 
i'.now  ciilhi  the  uhiirch  to  coineaiid  hold  a  little 
!  communion  witli  her,  liefore  she  falls  asloep  in 
,   Jesus.  J.  H.  MiLLEji. 


drank  six  gallons  of  wine  daily. 

Josephus  t<.-llB  of  Elezer,  a  Jew,  agiant  over 
ten  feet  high,  who  wa^  one  of  the  hostages 
whom  the  King  of  Pei-sia  sent  to  Borne  after 
peace/ 

Plot  in  his  "  Oxfonlahire,"  1676,  says  that  a 
skeleton  seventeen  feet  high  was  then  to  be 
seen  in  the  town  hall  in  Lucerne,  tt  ha<l  been 
found  underan  oak  in  Willison,  nearthe village 
of  Reyden, 

To  this  list  we  might  add  the  name  of  Col. 
Goshen,  an  Arab  who  was  born  in  Jerusalem 
We  met  him  a  few  years  ago,  and  conversed 
jdiiisantly  with  him.  He  was  a  fine  looking 
man  and  well  built.  He  stood  about  eight  feet 
in  hight  and  weighed  over  five  hundred  pounds. 
There  are  other  persons  who  may  properly  be 
called  giants. 

Ohio  has  voted  by  a  large  majority  against 
taxing  churcli  property. 

A  Bible  has  been  presented  to  evei-}-  workman 
on  the  Paris  Exposition  buildings. 


Hereafter  the  question  is  to  be  asked  those 
applying  for  admission  into  a  Southern  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Annual  Conference,  "  Are  you 
in  debt  so  as  toenibarra.ss  you?" 


INTERESTING    ITEMS. 


Something  About  Giants. 

PLINY  relat*;s  that  in  *he   time    of  Claudius 
Caesar,  there  was  a  man  named  Gobliurns. 
brought  by  the  Emperor  front  .\rabia  to  Home, 


The  village  of  Perote,  Ala.,  has  a  municipal 
law  which  forbids  dancing  at  any  public  build- 
ing within  its  corporate  limits.  The  law  is  rig- 
idly enforced.  That  is  good.  Let  other  towns 
do  likewise. __^_ 

The  United  Brethren  exclude  all  persona 
from  their  denomination  who  are  Odd  Fellows 
or  who  join  secret  societies.  So  says  an  ex- 
change, and  that  is  just  what  all  other  churches 
onght  to  do. 


The  Dead  sea  is  about  fifty  miles  long  and 
twenty  broad,  surrounded  by  bare  mountains, 
and  the  water  is  salt,  pungent  and  deleterious 
to  animal  life.  It  is  believed  that  it  was  once  a 
fertile  basin,  absorbed  by  a  volcano  and  eartb- 
(juake.     Heap?  of  salt  are  collected  on  its  shores. 


A  petrified  wasp's  nest  was  found  near  Eureka, 
Nevada,  by  blasting  in  the  solid  rock  fi)rty  feet 
lielow  the  suri'ace  of  the  ground.     On  breaking 

it  o]ien,  cells,  larvae,  and  two  perfectly  formed 
wa.sps  were  found,  also  petrified.  The  rock  is 
a  gigantic  sand-stone  of  sedimentary  formation. 


A  Black  Hills  miner  recently  found  the  skel- 
eton of  a  hoi'se,  with  the  skeleton  of  a  man 
within  it,  a  tumble  reminder  of  last  Winter's 
fearful  snow-storms.  Lost  on  the  plains,  the 
man-  had  killed  the  horse,  cut  him  open  and 
crawled  inside,  thinking  to  escape  perishing  of 
cold;  but  the  animal's  flesh  froze  polid.  confin- 
ing the  man  in  a  tomb,  from  which  there  was 
no  escape. 

Malta — Among  the  British  Indian  troop 
now  quartered  at  Malta,  there  are  some  black 
Jews,  members  of  the  community  of  the  li'-nai 
Israel,  existing  on  the  cotLst  of  Malabar.  They 
claim  to  be  doscendentr*  of  ihe  Jews  sent  by 
King  Solomon  to  India  to  collect  ivory  and 
precious  stones.  They  ditler  very  materially 
from  other  Jews  iu  many  of  their  religious  uei- 
emonies.  and  only  observe  the  Jewish  Sabbath 
and  the  Passover. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


Noticed  of  Lo«e-fc<uls,   Dletrict   Meelkigs,  ulc.,  ehoiilU 

be  brief,  nnd  writteu  ou  paper  scpftrule 

from   cilker  busiuess. 


LOVE-PEiSTS. 
Beatrice  cliureh,  (lage  Co.,  NelV.,  Septow*rtu;7th  and 

t^th,  coiiuncnutng  at  '2  o'clock.  / 

Sugar  Creek  cnugreBation,  Sangiimon  Co.,  IU„  Oct. 

3  ami  -1,  cuuiutei icing  at  lu  o'clock. 
Iowa  ("enter,  at  resideuctt  of  Jlio.  ti.  H'.. Uoitnoltn, 

Ijept.  7tb  and  8th. 
Paint  Creek  cmiKregatiun,  Jiombon  Co.,  KiUViiUs, 

October  ;jrd  and  4tb,  conuneiicing  at  2  o'clock. 
Mineral  Cieek.  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  Tuesday^  Oct.,1. 
Stanislaus  cliiii cli.  Ca!.,  iiist  tjatniij^iy  In  October. 
Whil»-svnie.Mo,.'>ept.-th. 
.'Vlulene  church,  Kaimas,  August  a>lth.    Mooti^^g on 

the  2.Mh  at  same  place. 


Aniolirs  Grove,  S-t]>U  lOtli  unS  Jlth,  commencing  at 

1  o'clock.  P.  M. 
Mull»erry  congregation.  Bond  Co..  lU.,  Oct.  Otli. 
Citmp  Creek  congregation,  Sept.  U. 
Cottonwood  coiigiegation.  Lyon  Co.  Kan..Sei>l.  .th 

Hurl  Rth. 
Rethel  chureh.  FilmoreCo..  Xeb..  Sept.  Mtli  ai"' 

15th. 
Franklin  church,  four  and  a  lialf  milPS  North-east 

of  J.enn,  nenitur  Co..  Iowa,  Oct.  lOtli. 
■\Vlilte  Rock  conjfrejJTHtion.  Kansas.  Sept.  '-Mst. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  church. Madison O.Iud.. Oct. U. 
Fremont  Co..  la..  August  3l8t,  to  commence  on  the 

•mth  and  continue  over  Sumlay. 
Lopnn  clnilfh.  Logan  Co.,  O.,  Oct  lEtli  at  2  o'clock. 
Peabodv  chiiieli.  Oct,  5tli  and  flth  at  reaidence  of 
i       ]lii..'lleiuy  Shomber.  tlo:ee  ami  a  lialf  miles 

Xorth-West  of  I'eabody,  Marion  Co..  Kan. 

e;^-'  The  Lord  willing,  the  Brethren  of  the 
Wyandot  congregation,  propose  holding  a  lovc- 
frast  in  the  vieinitv  of  Little  York,  Wyaudot 
Co.,  Ohio,  Sept.  14  and  15,  commencing  at  10 
o'clock.  A  general  invitation  to  all  the  mem- 
bei-s.  Those  coining  by  R.  R.  will  stop  off  at 
Nevada,  Ohio.  There  will  be  conveyances  there 
on  the  13th  to  meet  those  that  come. 

J.  Heistasd. 
3^"  The  Beaver  Creek  church,  York  Co., 
Neb,,  will  hold  a  love-feast  September  21st  and 
22nd.  Minipterial  aid  needed.  S.  y.  Kingery. 

i^"  The  Pokagon  congregation.  Cass  Co., 
Mich.,  will  hold  their  Communion  October  5tb, 
at  the  Newton  Grove  church,  7  miles  Kiist  and 
one  and  a  half  miles  North  from  Dowagiac. 
commencing  at  five  o'clock,  P.  M. 

W.  Clark. 

SSr  The  Gnisshopper  Valley  church,  intend 
to  holit  their  Communion  meeting  October  5th 
and  6th,  at  Osawkie,  Jeffei-son  Co.,  Kan. 

J.  A.  Root. 

^^^The  Donald's  Creek  congregation  in- 
tends to  hold  their  Communion  meeting,  at  the 
meeting-house,  seven  miles  North-wes^t  of 
Springfield,  Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  on  the  flth  of  Oct., 
commencing  at  10  o'clock.  N.  Fha.ntz. 

Z^^y^e  intend  to  have  a  Love-feiist  Oct.  12th 
and  I3th,  commencing  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M,  at 
our  church  one  mile  East  of  Dallas  Center.  Dal- 
las Co.,  Iowa. 

2?i'"Comrauniou  in  the  Nettle  Creek  congre- 
gation, near  Hagerstown,  Wayne  Co..  Ind.,  on 
Wednesday,  Oct.  flth,  to  commence  at  10 
o'clock.  L.  W.  Teeter. 

^"°  The  English  Prairie  church,  LaGrange 
Co.,  Ind..  intend  to  hold  a  Communion  meeting 
Oct.  10th,  commencing  at  10  o'clock  A  M. 

D.  IvAri). 

J^^TheLord  ^villing.our  Camp-meeting  will 
commence  Friday  evening,  September  20th.  — 
Will  hold  over  two  Sundays.  Place  of  meet- 
ing the  old  camp  ground  in  the  grove  on  the 
West  side  of  the  San  Joaquin  River,  within 
'200  yards  of  the  U,  P.  R-  R.  Bridge.  The  Com- 
munion will  be  observed  before  the  meeting 
closes.  By  onler  of  the  Brethren  of  the  church 
in  California.  Geo.  Wolfk. 

Z^f  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  at 
Millville  ohnrth,  Adams  Co.,  Saturday,  Sept. 
lith.  Preaching  Friday  evening  and  Saturday 
at  10  A.  M.  H.  W.  Stuickler. 

Ig^The  Honey  Creek  church,  Nodaway  Co., 
Mo.,  intend  holding  a  Love-feast  about  nine 
miles  East  of  Hopkins,  Sept.  14,  to  coutiuup 
several  davs.  Ministers  traveling  West,  will 
please  note  this.  Those  coming  by  rail  will  be 
met  Hopkins,  by  giving  uoiice  to  the  undi-r- 
signcd  at  Defiance,  Worth  Co.,  Mo. 

.  Wh.  H.  Ci.AiiK, 

:^T^e  Brethren  of  jEagle  Creek  chnrih. 
Hancock  Co,  Ohio,  expect  to  hold  a  love  f'e;Lst 
on  Thurstlay.  October  IT  '7s,  commencing  at 
0  o'clock  P.  M.     Preaching  iil-^o  next  day. 

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1  Ancient  and  Modern  Egypt.  —  Vkw  of  T^T     ~~' 
M„.l<Tn  Epjpi,     By  M  ."Uussdl.  LL  1)    T'*"'  W4 

I      igmo.Cloih.  T&cenis.  "    ""mtiog. 

Truth  Triumphant— In  six  numbcni  of  hxiT  ,« 

llHrti.m.  Uwce  ond  Trulh.  Fect-WMhli^^^.*^'' 
eriy  KiminMs.  Non-rce  it  lance.  Noo  vl.'  """fc- 
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book.  tl.iH  b  really  6  ouriodiy.  Von  o»n-.  l?***^ 
undcr^lind  ii.    SI.60.  "»  Mn  t  tgjp  j^« 

The  Origin  of  Single  Immersion-— Showing  ihu  .;.  , 

-   "Tt...  wns  invented  by   Eunoniins  and   m-^^'*- 
o;  be  li-Bcod  beyond  lh«  middle  of  dia  r.  f"^'*- 

DjKU.r  Ja™.  Q„i„,„      u  i.  .  ,^,^"™i. 
(  nnJ  Ihe  Brethren  ■ 
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6vo,  Clolh.  2.^0  '"   "Wloiy. 

Oamphell  and  Owen  Debate.  — Cnnininine  an  .. 

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^'h^.■phcra  o!'  Ilfihleheoi  lu  the  reholHon  of  prince  Ah- 
e^loiu.  Uy  tlic  Hev.  .1.  H.  lugrnhnn.,  LI,.  ]).,  nmhor  ol 
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cvevy   person,   who    wishes  to    Ihoronghly  und?,? '.' 
Ibis  snhjcol.     Bound     in  ggod  oloth  ;  2Q8  nno.,    ?H 
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of  ^niiiroth.  from  His  1)iipti:,m  in  Jui^lm 
cilision  on  Cnlv.iry  ;  l>y  .1,  11.  l^^lllAl|.^^^. 
Oil,  nnil  well   bonnd  in  cluih.     It  will  be  ui 

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Josephus.  —  The   works  of    FLAVIUS  JOSBPHitb  ., 
leor.ied   nnd    oulheiiUt    .Icwish    hiaio.-jnn,  «„,«(, "" 
n,eu.)b,oks  or  Iho  Jewish  a.Lli.,ni,i,,.  ,,V,  ^ ',' " 
tbe.lewish  wnrandTHi:  LIFE  OP  JOSEPH U3„ 
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]..  II  ■■      In.    ii.iiiiy  of  Chnsl  and  the  Holy  Snitit 

' ■■"    '■■  -WtiiMon.  Trine  Iniinersion,  Feei-inuh- 

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Dress,  and  Anti-Scorctisni.  The  wovk  is  eomploie  nnd 
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nulliiii-<,  I'VMVin'r  Ibai  u  ibrei'l'oM  iitimersion  w 
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llial  llie  "  first  liny  of  the  week,"  Is  Ihe  prcfcrreJ  ilij 
for  L'hriatians  to  n.asenjhle  in  worship. 

One  Baptism- — -V  diuloffuo  showing  Ihsl  trine  imnienia'' 

13  Ibe  only  ground  ofuuion,  that  con  be  conscicnliouilj 
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Day  pnssenaerlrain    «Qing  east  Icnves  Un«lt    »l  - 
P.  M..  and  (»rrivc«  m  Racine  ol  aii^  P-  "■  .      „.iw  p. 

bay  pas^ongc^  tmin  going  west  leaves  U0W» 

M.,  and  nrHves  nt  Rock  Island  af  ^'^  '  J' „„i  w! 

Night  pusstngcr  trnlcs.  going  «**'"'"'.  Tjiae  oi  *■"" 
leave  Lanark  lit  2:1B  A.M.,  "r.ving  J"  »"^ 
A.    M..    nnd   at   Rook  Uhmd  at  li:O0  A,  >^       ^^,  »i 

FVeight  and  Aooomtnodation    Trfl.n*    ""'„,  jo- pjA.  W. 
in !  10  A.  M„   e:10  A.  K.,  *ad  cofd  M 
und  5:  15  P.  H.  ■  .  ,,,i»    Vos'*"^" 

Tiokeis  are  sold    for  above   Irainsooi^^^j^^^ji^j, 

trains  innke  close  oonncctioD  n(  lUs  e  Agenl- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


Vol.  III. 
The  Brethren  at  Work 

EMTED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBBTORS: 


"Behold  I  JSrim,   To,,  Good  Tidmjs  of  Orcat  Joy,  whkh.  Shall  he  unto  All  People." -LVH.E 


Lanark,  111.,  August  22, 1878. 


No.  34. 


B,  H.  MII.LEI1, 
J.  W.  STEIN,       - 
p.  TAXIltAN, 
p,  B.  MENTZER, 
gATTIE  A.  LEAR, 


-  LADOGA,  IKD. 
-      NEWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -  TTBDEN.  ILL. 
-WAYNESBORO,  PA. 

-  URBANA,    ILL. 


BEYOND  THE   HILLS. 

Kpyoinl  tlie  hills  wlieresnns  yodown, 

And  biiglitly  beckon  as  tlicy  go. 
I  set'  tlie  latiil  of  fair  renown, 

TliP  land  wliic-li  I  so  soon  aliall  know. 
AlHive  the  dissoDtmcc  of  tinie. 

And  discoids  of  it^  angry  vtovHa, 
I  liefti*  the  evei'hiatine  chime, 

Tilt'  music  of  unjanung  chords, 

I  liid  it  \vclronie;andmy  Imsto 
To  jnin  il  rannot  hrook  delny, 

0  doiiK  of  moriiiiiK,  nome  at  last. 
And  yo  who  sin^j;  it  come  iiwayl 

0  sonf;  of  light  and  dawn  of  \,Us», 
Sounii  over  eJuUi  and  till  these  skies! 

yor  ever,  ever,  i-vor  eease 
Thy  soul-entnineing  inelodie.sl 

r.hid  solid  "^f  this  dishnrdened  eai-tli, 
WLlth  holy  M.uvs  then  ^'hall  sing; 
I'laise  for  creation's  second  birth. 

And  clory  to  crc.ition's  Kintc. 

— Selficied. 


"ESAU  HAVE  I  HATED." 

ONE  oi  the  fii-st  iu^st-rtious  wliich  we  art;  I. 
l>le  to  meet  in  controversy  with  the  skei)- 
iics  of  to-(l.iy  is,  thai  the  Bible  teaches  that 
God  hated  E«na  befoi'o  he  was  born,  and  they 
do  not  believe  in  any  sucli  God  as  that.  And 
a  good  many  nlillister^  and  church  uiemberi 
will  iulmit  the  nsaertiop,  but  siiy  that  it  is  "a 
great  mystery,"  something  which  we  do  liot 
uiidei-staud.  A  large  proportion  of  these  great 
mysteries  iire  mysteries  oijly  to  those  persoub 
who  are  too  lazy  to  read  tlieiv  Bibles  or  to  care- 
less to  seek  to  understand  them.  The  quizzical 
king  who  puzzled  the  heads  of  his  wise  men  by 
iutinii'ing  why,  when  a  fish  was  put  into  a  ves- 
sel of  water,  the  vessel  would  weigh  no  more 
than  it  did  before,  found  ut  last  hi!>  match  in 
the  man  who, aflkeA  him  if  the.  fact  was  rmlly 
80?  It  is  best  before  drawing  inference  to  In 
sure  of  our  facts-    ... 

Now  the  fact  is,-that  this;  statenieut  about 
God's  hating  Esau  before  he  was  born,  ip  a  bare- 
faced misrepresentation  or  a  most  stupid  blun- 
der. There  i^  not  a  passage  in  the  whole  Bi- 
ble that  saj-s  God  hated  Esau  or  anybody  else 
before  he  was  born,  and  if  people  instead  of 
jumbling  Scrijiture  into  one  indistinguishable 
ninss,  would  consider  what  they  read  and  where 
they  read  it,  it  would  .save  them  from  such  ab- 
surd mistakes. 

The  facts  are  lis  follows: — when  Uebekah,  the 
wife  of  Isaac,  inquired  of  tlie  Lord,  he  said  to 
her)  "Two  nations  are  in  thy  womb,  and  two 
wanner  of  people  shall  be  separated  from  thy 
liowela;  and  the  one  people  shall  be  stronger 
'linn  the  other  people:  and  the  elder  shall  serve 
tlie  younger."  Gen.  95.  Esau  was  bom  first 
md,  according  to  the  eastern  law  of  primogon- 
'tiire,  the  fii-stborn  became  the  head  of  the  fam- 
ib'i  the  other  members  of  the  fauiily  yielding 
''iui  allegiance.  In  this  case,  by  divine  ordina- 
'iou,  this  order  was  revei-sed,  and  the  birthright 
*<«  to  pa.ss  to  Jacob  instead  of  Esau.  The 
tirothcTs  being  twins,  and  the  difference  in  their 
^es  perhaps  not  being  an  hour,  it  would  weeni 
'"ite  that  the  question  of  primacy  should  be 
Settled  in  some  authorilBtive  manner,  to  avoid 
"'1  dispute  between  the  children  thus  born, 
Accordingly,  without  the  slightest  iiijustioe,  in 
"i«  wisdom  of  God,  according  to  bis  purpose, 
'orwhieh,  no  doubt,  there   were  good  reasons,^ 


though  he  was  not  under  the  sliijhtest  obliira- 
tion  to  give  them,  he  said,  that  the  elder  should 
serve  the  younger,  and  that  the  second  born  of 
the  twins  sliould  be  the  head  of  the  patriarchal 
familv  instead  of  Esau,  whose  subsequent  con- 
duct showed  him  to  be  probably  less  fit  for  the 
position  than  his  brother  Jacob.  A  man  who 
would  sell  his  birthright  forone  inoraol  of  m'sat, 
certainly  did  not  prize  it  as  he  did  who  was 
glad  to  l)e  a  purchaser  of  that  which  was  so 
lightly  esteemed.  And  the  fact  of  Jacob's  pur- 
chasing the  birthright  when  it  had  betn  already 
promised  that  Eanu  should  serve  him,  showed 
his  desire  to  extinguish  all  other  titles,  and 
avoid  all  occasion  for  controvei-sy. 

Jacob's  conduct  towards  Esau  is  not  in  all 
respects  to  he  defended  or  imitated,  though  their 
differences  were  finally  peaceably  adjusted,— but 
the  loss  of  the  birthright,  ccmibiued  with  his 
heathenish  marriage  alliance,  caused  Esau  to 
remove  to  Edoni.  where,  .ifter  varied  fortunes, 
th(!  nation  which  sprang  from  his  loins,  com- 
bined with  other  people  who  doubtless  rallied 
around  liis  standard,  grew  exceedingly  wicked. 
and  in  after  yeai-s  was  sorely  clia-stised  and 
made  desolate.  In  view  of  thi.>^  fact  the  proph- 
et Mahichi,  when  threatening  Israel  for  their 
sins,  says,  "  Ilinve  loved  you,  saith  the  Lord: 
yet  ye  say,  Wherein  hast  thou  loved  us?  Was 
not  Esau  Jacob's  brother?  saith  the  Lord:  yet 
I  loved  Jacob,  audi  hated  Esau,  and  laid  his 
mountains  and  his  heritage  waste  for  the  drag- 
ons of  the  wilderness."    Mai.  1;  2,  3. 

When  was  this  spoken?  Before  the  children 
were  born?  Bj'-no  means,  but  thirteen  hun- 
dred yeai-s  after  Esau  w;is  dead  and  in  liis  grave, 
the  prophet  relating  the  calamities  which  H\ 
upon  the  sinful  nation  of  the  Edomites,  says: 
'•I  hated  Esau,  and  laid  his  mountains  and  his 
heritage  waste."  The  nation  of  Israel  had 
been  preserved  through  their  obedience  to  the 
law  of  God,  and  in  fnlfillment  of  the  covenant 
made  with  Abrahani;  and  the  descendants  of 
Esau  had  b'-en  hated  and  punished  in  conse- 
quence of  their  iniquity,  hence  the  prophet 
continues;"  Whereas  Edomsuith,  We  are  im- 
poverished, but  wc  will  return  and  build  the 
desolate  places;  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
Theyshallbuild.  but  I  will  throw  down;  and 
they  shall  call  thom,  the  border  of  wickedness, 
and,  The  people  against  whom  the  Lord  hath 
indUjmlhiifofimr:"  M.-d.  1:4.  Edom  is  des- 
olate to-day  on  account  of  the  wickedness  of  its 
inhabitants,;  the  land  of  Israel  is  also  desolate, 
but.  not  80  utterly:,  nor  is  it  without  promise  and 
hope.  ^  I  i         ( , , .     0 

When  the  apo.stle  Paul,  in  writing  to  tin 
Romans,  spoke  of  the  distJnction  between  thi 
children  of  Abralmm  according  to  the  flesh  and 
those  according  to  thp  promise,  us  it  is  illus- 
trated in  the  case  of  Isbmael  and  Lsaac,  he  also 
declared  that  the  similar  principle  of  choice  wa.s 
exhibited  in  the  case  of  the  children  of  Isaac, 
"  For  the  children  being  not  yet  born,  neither 
having  done  any  good  or  evil,  that  the  purpose 
of  God  according  to  election  might  stand,  not 
of  works,  but  of  Him  that  calleth;  it  was  said 
unto  her,  Oie  elder  shiUl  serve  the  younger.  As 
it  is  written,  Jacob  have  I  lovt:d,  but  Esau  have 
I  hated."  Rom.  9:  11-13.  Persons  who  have 
read  this  carelessly  conclude  that  before  these 
children  were  born,  it  was  written,  "  Jacob  have 
I  loved,  but  E?au  have  I  hated,"  wliich  conclu- 
sion is  entirety  contrary  to  the  facts  in  the  case. 
It  was  before  the  children  were  bom  that  it 
was  said,  tlie  elder  shall  serve  the  younger;  it 
was  thirteen  hundred  years  after  the  children 
were  dead  that  it  was  written,  "  Jacob  have  I 
loved,  but  E-^au  have  I  hated,"  and  Paul  clearly 
lakes  a  distinction  between  what  was  said  to 
the  mother  of  the  children,  and  what  was  writ- 
ten by  the  pro|ihetslongyears  afterwards,  which 
simply  confirmed  the  prediction  uttered  liefore 
the  children's  birth.  Thus  vanishes  another  of 
the  bugbears  of  skeptical  cntieism.— 7'/i«  Chris- 
tian. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

A  Harvest-meeting.  —  An  Occasion  of 
Thanksgiving.  —  Ministerial  Aid.  —  The 
Sabbath  Well  Improved.— The  Church 
Edified. —A  Special  Love-feast.— An  In- 
teresting Sabbath  Service.— One  of  the 
Lord's  AfflitHed. 

[fn.m  tint  SrwUl  Ci>rTW[»ndpni.] 

WAVs'BsnoRo,  Pa..  Avqiisi  5. 

IT  given  meplenam-e  to  state  that  our  brethren 
and  sisters  m  this  section  of  the  Brother- 
hood have  held  a  meeting  of  thanksgiving  to 
God  at  a  signal  return  of  gratitude  tor  our 
abundant  wheat  harvest.  Probably,  no  such 
crop  has  crowned  the  tiller*  of  the  ground  for 
some  years.  Surely  the  Giver  of  all  good  gift* 
is  worthy  of  many  coi-dial  thanks  for  these 
temporal  blessings. 

Acconling  to  appointment,  this  meeting  was 
held  in  tin*  Welty  meeting-house  on  the  '27th 
ult.,  af.  2  P.  M.  All  were  made  ghul  to  have 
the  presence  of  ministering  brethren  Ephraim 
W.  Stoncr,  of  Union  Bridge  and  Amos  C.  Kay- 
lor,  of  New  Windsor,  Md.  Brother  Stouer 
spoke  on  the  text:  '■  While  the  earth  remain- 
eth,  sc-edtinie  and  harvest,  cold  and  heat,  and 
Summer  and  Winter,  and  day  and  night  shall 
not  cease."  Gen.  8:  32.  Such  copious  temporfll 
blessings  should  cull  forth  abundant  spiribuul 
offerings  from  the  altai-s  of  our  hearts.  0  that 
we  could  undei-stand  how  very  much  we  are  jp- 
debted  to  our  Heavenly  Eather,  then  we  should 
be  enabled  to  give  to  the  neccsaitiea  of  ilie 
church.  How  ready  and  liberal  we  ought  to  be 
whenever  the  church  calls  for  money  to  pay  its 
cun-ent  exppnses.  Tlie  Lord  gives  to  ua,  let  us 
eive  to  the  Lord  again. 

Next  day  was  Sabbath.  At  an  early  hoar  a 
large  assembly  hiid  gathered  into  the  meeting- 
house. After  the  usual  manner  of  opening  the 
.■services,  the  fourteenth  chapter  of  John's  Gos- 
pel was  read  by  one  of  the  deacons.  Brother 
Kaylor  then  discoui-sed  upon  the  words  of  Je- 
sus: "  If  yelove  Me,  Keep  My  commandments." 
We  learned  that '      ' 

1.  Jesus  has  the  rujUl  to  command. 

2.  His  commands  £u-e  riyht. 

3.  We  are  r'l'jht  only  wh"n  we  keep  His  com- 
mands. 

Brother  S.  followed  in  a  hearty  applieation 
of  the  subject  to  saidt  and  sinner.  Come  breth- 
ren, let  ua  have  more  such  preaching,  for  we 
■'  stand  in  the  way,  and  ask  for  the  old  paths."- 
We  believe  indeed  that  the  old  paths  are  the 
surest  and  safest.  1  would  love  to  note  some 
excellent  remai'ks  and  illustrations,  but  do  not 
desire  to  make  our  letter  to  prolix.  In  this  con- 
nection would  say,  we  had  a  very  pleasant  af- 
ternoon meeting,  and  then  in  the  evening,  these 
brethren  preached  for  us  in  our  meeting-house 
here  in  town.  May  ourbountitbl  Fatherabun- 
dantly  i-eward  our  dear  brethren  for  their  labors 
of  love. 

When  we  use  the  expresinon  "special  Love- 
feast  "  we  mean  one  appointed  between  the 
time  of  our  regular  feasts,  and  at  the  spec- 
ial ntjuest  of  membei-s  whose  age  or  infirmities 
do  not  permit  them  to  unite  with  the  congre- 
gation at  the  time  of  the  regular  "  feast  of  cliai 
ity."  Our  regular  Lovo-feost  was  held  on  the 
5tli  of  June  last,  and  was  a  very  interesting  oc- 
casion; but  the  Love-feastWhich  we  will  note 
in  this  communication,  was  appointed  at  the 
request  of  our  venerable  sister  Susan  Shookey. 
Her  virgin  name  was  Bonebrake,  and  is  a  wid- 
ow. For  several  years  past  sho  has  been  blind. 
She  is  in  her  seventy-eighth  year.  Notwith- 
standing her  age  and  aOiiction,  she  enjoys  the 
service  of  Christ.  Though  aged,  the  Lord  re- 
news her  strength  in  her  profession  of  faith. 
Though  blind,  she  sees  Him  who  is  the  Light 
of  the  world,  and  the  brightness  of  the  glory 
of  God,  The  fire  of  God's  love  kindles  her 
heart's  best  affection — the  love  of  tho  Chuich. 
She  evidently  enjoyed  this  little  Love-feast,  and 


it  is  hoped  it  was  a  refrwhing  season  to  her  m>uI. 
aft  she  approncluw  the  final  conflict. 

We  shall  long  remember  this  occasion.  It 
was  on  the  evening  of  the  8rd  instant.  The 
ipiiet.  balmy  evening  eontributwl  to  make  it  a 
nolemn  communion  with  Christ  and  Hi.'*  disci- 
pies.  About  a  score  of  members  participated 
and  more  than  that  number  of  ncigl>Ur>  had 
gathered  ther*,  seemingly  enjoying  the  occi,«ion 
with  marked  solemnity.  The  members  -oeme.! 
to  ,.nt*r  into  the  spirit  of  the  service,  and  we 
trust  that  thu  Lord's  benediction  will  w»t  upon 
all  for  great  good. 

'On  the  next  day  one  of  om-  rogalar  appoinU 
ments,  was  at  the  Amsterdam  meeting-house 
Good  attention,  for  which  this  pb.c^  is  „ated. 
Thi.  lOith  hymn  of  our  collection  introduced 
the  serviw  with  an  excellent  sentiment.  How 
much  there  In  in  that  precious  hymn.  The 
15*2nd  was  lined  and  sung  to  the  praise  of  God. 
After  an  exhortation,  we  knelt  at  a  throne  of 
grace, 

The  14th  chapter  of  John's  Gospel  was  read 
by  a  deacon  brother,  aa  usual.  One  of  the  two 
ministering  brethren  present  there  discoursed 
upon  the  1  ith  verse,  bringing  forth  mauv  good 
words  and  making  many  practical  suggestions. 
After  testimony  was  bornn  by  the  other  minis- 
ter, he  lined  the48Tth  hymn  and  exhort.-d  to 
prayer,  after  which  that  beautiful  and  loved 
chorus  was  sung,  commencing 

"  I'ass  ine  not  0  gentle  Savior 
Hear  iny  Imnible  cty."  .tc. 

We  love  to  think  of  such  good  meetings. 
They  are  se.wons  when  we  get  very  near  the 
cross— the  be-st  and  sweetest  lours  of  the  life 
we  now  live,  but  oft^ir  awhile  we  >vill  only  have 
to  regret  that  we  did  not  more  appreciate  them 
and  use  them  as  means  of  grace  to  rise  in  the 
higher  life— the  life  of  Jesus. 

We  spent  the  afternoon  in  a  dear  brother's 
hmiily  where  is  oneof  the  Lord's  afflicted.  May 
our  Lord  abundantly  bless  and  (rinetify  sister* 
Annie.  A  better  day  is  coming.  A  lill-  freo 
from  all  affliction  cm  be  attained  to  through 
the  merits  of  our  sufficient  Savior.  May  He 
make  us  all  ready  for  His  glorious  appearing. 


THIS  BODY. 

'nV  8l'SAS'  iofirDTKEB. 


'■PHEbody  isn  poor  residence  for  the  soul.  At 
1  first  it  wfLS  a  noble  structure,  but  it  has 
lo.st  much  of  its  Dobleneis  through  ^n.  itnow 
lets  in  many  annoyances,  and  iti.  tluj,  sOatof I' 
much  pain.  It  is  subject  to  trials  and  tempta- 
tions, and  gpiuis  with  its  burdens.  Nor  will 
the  groans  cease  until  our  breathings  ar,,-  no 
more. 

Believei-s  in  Clirist  sometimes  fancy  them-' 
selves  alone  in  their  troubles  and  feel  sad  and 
lonely.  Christian  friends,  neglect  not  to  call 
upon  them  and  comfort  them:  if  you  ttiil.  the 
poor  and  lonely  btdiever  will  feel  gneved  and 
you  may  lose  a  blessing. 

Refreshing  as  tho  presence  and  siiiritual  com- 
munications of  a  fellow  Christian  may  be,  yon 
will  find  the  presence  of  the  Master  far  more 
so.  God  h(Ls  said,  that  He  will  be  with  His 
people  in  every  trial.  How  sweet  is  rest  to  the 
weary,  yet  how  little  re^t  do  the  Lord's  people 
enjoy  here.  Hut  they  shall  rest  in  the  prfi'-nce 
oi  the  Lord,  and  the  poor,  wearj-  and  diseased 
body  shall  lose  all  its  pains  and  troubles  in  the 
grave.  Weariness  stops  with  the  grare,, 
but  rest  belongs  to  the  Christian's  et«rnity. 
There  no  acliing  head-s  no  weary  limbs,  no 
broken  hearts,  no  troubletl  souls  will  be  found. 
Here  the  rest  of  the  body  is  often  disturbed,  bat 
over  there  all  will  be  rest  and  peace. " 

Ever  live  (misfortune  excepted)  within  your 
income. 

When  you  retire  to  bed  think  over  what  you 
have  done  during  the  day. 


a^UK  ijmjTHKKX  ^T  woiui. 


^\iifinst    Uvi. 


JUDGMENT. 

nX  r,>»HOR  D.  ZoLLKIiS. 

'inVAS  n  loiig  time  nRO, 

[       WJipn  the  nngcl"  were  wnt. 
To  pmnoiiiictf  tiit-  "Irtwl  doom. 
On  Goinorah  ninl   Sodom; 
And  dt-liver  the  just. 
Wlio  in  0<«1  Iiiid  thi'ir  Innt. 
Prom  the  ©itios  devoM, 
To  ploasuro  ftnd  lu-tt; 
O  horrible  niyht. 
When  Ihi-  righteous  mini  pleiyl 
With  his  kindivd  t«  flw', 
While  vongeanw  delnved. 
The  drpiwi  morning  ai»|)i>tu-ed. 
And  destruction  was  nnar, 
While  the  ungel«  were  urging, 
Thp  flight  of  tlteir  cliargts. 
Wliut  amomfiit  of  awe! 
When  the  righteous  withdraw; 
And  God  executes, 
Hia  most  terrihlelftw! 
No  pen  can  desiriW- 
The  grim  moment  of  gloom. 
When  the  wicked  must  meet, 
Their  terrible  doom. 
So  will  come  the  greiit  day. 
Of  vengeance  and  wrath. 
When  Justice  shall  wield, 
Tlie  grim  Hword  of  destruction; 
And   Jeliovah's  dread  ire, 
Will  open  in  fire. 
0  the  judgmenta  of  God, — 
IJoth  ccrtiiiii  and  dire; 
In  anguish  moat  burning, 
The  Hinner  must  wail, 
When  cries  for  relief, 
Can  no  more  avail. 
O  sinner  repent 
While  mercy  still  pleads, 
That  your  soul  may  be  spared, 
In  the  day  of  God's  vengeance: 
Entreat  of  the  Lord, 
Hia  grace  to  utford, 
Tliat  yon  may  be  reconciled— 
Now  by  His  Word: 
And  when  the  deep  wailings— 
Of  woe  shall  arise. 
Your  soul  may  repose, 
With  Qoil  in  the  skies. 

SMALL   THINGS. 

HY  A.  I).  ONAGHV. 

"  Tor  who  liath  despised  the  day  of  small 
things!'"  Zech.  4:10. 

IT  Peeina  that  the  hand  of  Zenihliabel 
l)eeainc  discouraged  in  laying  the 
foundation  of  the  house  spoken  of  in 
this  cliapter.  Tliis  was  pi-obahly  hi- 
cause  they  eouhl  n()t  perfovni  the  amount 
of  work  they  desired.  Tliey  despiseil 
suiall  things. 

Small  things,  in  our  days,  are  notap- 
I)reciuted  as  they  should  I)e.  It  is  not 
uncommon  to  find  people,  who  if  they 
cannot  reach  the  goal  with  one  grand 
leap,  turn  hack  and  give  up  in  despair. 
This  is  not  common  in  one  branch  of  hu- 
sineRsonly,  Init  in  every  pursuit  of  lift', 
church  an  well  as  any  other.  There  are 
preachers  who  become  d  iscouraged  if 
they  can  do  hue  little  at  a  time.  There 
are  jieople  who  would  rather  do  nothing 
than  work  for  fifty  cents  per  day.  Such 
people  should  learn  that  all  large  things 
are  made  up  of  .small  ones.  There  is 
nothing  so  small  that  cannot  become 
large;  nothing  mo  weak  that  cannot  be- 
come strong,  and  nothing  so  ignorant 
that  cannot  become  wiser. 

Take  for  example,  the  snmll  grain  of 
wheat,  plant  it  and  you  will  reap  a  mere 
handful,  plant  again,  and  you  will  per- 
haps leap  a  bushel,  keep  on  and  you 
will  next  have  a  bin  full — next  your 
granary  will  he  filled,  lastly  you  will 
have  the  ships  upon  the  sea  filled,  or 
enough  to  feed  the  entire  world.  All 
from  that  small,  simple  grain. 

The  lai'ge  oak  in  the  forest  sprung 
from  a  small,  tiny  acorn.  Little  by  lit- 
tle the  acorn  absorbs  from  the  mother 
earth  nourishment,  until  finally  there 
stands  a  large  tree,  stretching  its  limbs 
far  above  our  heads,  gei'vint;  as  a  home  | 


fur  lilrd'»,  fitiuirreU  Si<:  Airiiin,  <>l>j<er'.v 
the  litth?  Btreinu  that  Oows  from  the  side 
of  a  hill,  fto  smnH  thnt-it  could  I>e  made 
dry  by  mert'ly  satisfying  your  tliir>it.  As 
it  flow!raIunj^,itnM:eivp5  a  stream  of  sim- 
ilijr  size,  uutU  it  become.*  a  stream  ot 
roaring  wntei-s,  flowing  tlirough  t\w  val- 
leys, rolling  over  rock.-*,  seeking  its  way 
into  the  mighty  ocean, — the  ocean,  al- 
most without  bottom,  rcUcliing  from  the 
shores  of  America  to  tlie  shore  of  far- 
distant  Europe  and  Asia,  from  the  North 
])ole  to  the  South  pole,  licaring  vessels 
of  nmny  thousand  ton.s,  all  made  up  of 
di-ops  of  water. 

So  you  will  find  it  in  life.  The 
smallest  things  often  determines  your 
future  destiny.  I  am  told  that  on  the 
to)>  of  the  Alleghany  mountain  stands 
a  house  whose  roof  divides  tlie  water 
that  falls  from  above.  Falling  on  the 
E*^t  side,  it  finds  its  way  first  into  the 
rolling  Mississippi,  thence  into  the  Gulf, 
and  finally  into  the  ocean.  The  least 
puft'of  wind  will  cause  a  drop  of  water 
to  fall  on  the  West  side  of  the  roof,  and 
amazing  what  a  change  in  its  course! 
What  a  great  change  a  small  tiling  can 
produce!  That  little  puff  of  wind  has 
caused  many  drops  of  water  to  find  their 
way  into  tlie  ocean  by  way  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi, instead  of  directly  East  into 
the  ocean.  The  change  is  not  in  the 
amoirat  of  watei-,  but  in  the  direction  of 
its  course.  Just  as  small  things  as  that 
little  purt"  of  wind  often  change  the  en- 
tire direction  of  persons.  I  once  lieard 
a  man  say,  that  he  wjis  about  to  unite 
with  tlie  church  and  follow  a  life  that 
would  be  acceptable  in  the  sight  of  God. 
But,  he  says,  when  he  had  nmde  up  his 
mind  to  join  the  church,  there  occurred 
a  small  thiug  in  the  church  which  was 
not  so  pleasing  to  him,  but  in  my  esti- 
mation it  was  only  a  trifle,  and  he  at 
once  abandoned  his  movement. 

Dear  reader,  stop  right  here  and  reflect 
for  a  moment  over  the  past.  Can  you 
form  any  perception  of  the  great  change 
there  would  have  been,  had  this  small 
thing  not  occurred  in  the  church?  O 
that  we  could  once  learn  t^  know  small 
things;  sometinies  we  should  appi'eciate 
them,  and  at  others  despise  them,  it  de- 
pends entirely  upon  the  nature  of  the 
small  act;  but  let  us  learn  the  effect,— 
the  wrong  and  the  good  of  small  things; 
then  we  are  able  to  judge  whether  to  de- 
spise or  appeciate  them.  Take  care  of 
the  minutes  and  the  hours  are  cared  for. 
Keep  small  troubles  and  trifles  out  of 
the  church,  and  a  great  distui'bance  will 
never  occur. 

Tlie  little  Dutch  vessel  that  brought 
a  few  negroes  to  Jamestown,  Va.,  in  1(5- 
2i>,  and  sold  them  as  slaves,  was  a  small 
circumstance  at  the  time,  and  may  be 
yet  to  you,  but  from  it  the  most  momen- 
tous consequences  ensued, — consequences 
that  long  after  createil  an  internal  dis- 
turbance, rent  the  republic  with  strife, 
and  moistened  it  with  blood  and  tears. 
Cromwell,  when  he  was  taken  on  board 
the  ship  to  depart  for  an  unknown  land, 
was  about  to  commit  suicide,  when  a  few 
words  from  the  lips  of  his  friend  saved 
him,  nothing  great  in  these  words,  but 
the  result  must  come.  Cromwell  after- 
wards revolutionized  the  entire  map  of 
Europe. 

Washington,  in  his  youth  had  decided 
to  be  a  sailor  and  make  his  home  on  the 
I'olling  deep.  AVlien  about  on  the  verge 
of  departui'e,  his  mother  would  not  re- 
strain from  weeping.  Thank  God  that 
he  had  a  kind  and  tender-hearted  moth- 
er,— a  mother  who  had  feeling  for  her 
son.  Small  as  was  the  weeping  of  his 
mother,  it  stopped  him  from  going  to 
sea. 


Washington, afcerw.irds  hid  ilie.  Atn'-r- 
I  icatt  army,  fighting  for  libm-ty  fln<l  in- 
i  dependence,  lie  won  that  glorious  vie- 
j  tory  v.liich  ti.\'d  the  fate  of  two  nations.^ 
I  Finally  he  became  the  first  President  of] 
this  glorious  and  enlightened  re]>ublic, 
I  thefimndationof  which  he  himself  laid. 
j  The  little  blaze,  with  whi.-li  the  burning 
of  Chicago  eominenced,  could  havi-  been 
e.Ttingnished  by  a  mere  breath,  yet,  the 
entii-c  business  part  of  that  beautiful  city 
was  laid  waste  by  it.  AVhat  a  destruc- 
tion resulted  from  a  small  thing.  The 
small  point  of  the  pen  has  pcj-foimed 
wonders  of  wonders.  It  luis caused  Ciiris- 
tian  people  to  neglect  their  duty,  it  has 
brought  some  nations  to  de-struction,  and 
others  to  fame  and  renown. 

The  heavy  cannon  Ijall  can  be  sent 
through  the  air  ivith  amazing  speed  bv 
the  movement  of  your  finger.  The  lit- 
tle ball  that  came  whixzing  from  the  pis- 
tol, killed  the  ruler  of  our  country, — A. 
Lincoln,  a  great  result  from  a  small  thing 
again.  By  it,  our  nation  was  thrown 
back  five  years,  and  passed  sori'ow  and 
mourning  over  the  whole  country.  Last- 
ly, we  will  consider  the  little  infant  >)abe 
in  the  cradle.  Does  itnot  seem  as  though 
nothing  could  be  accomplished  by  the 
little  creature.  Time,  the  little  babe 
has  crown  to  manhood  .and  become  the 
solver  of  all  problems.  We  c^annot 
more  than  liegin  to  enumerate  his  works. 
He  has  iron  horses  running  through  val- 
leys, mountains  and  hills  and  over  the 
plains.  He  has  ballons  ascending  the 
in  the  air,  ships  crossing  the  unknown 
waters,  words  flying  through  the  air  at 
lightning  speed,  not  only  through  the 
air,  but  through  the  water,  from  Ameri- 
ca to  Europe,  so  that  distant  nations  can 
keep  up  a  conversation  at  any  time.  I 
will  enumerate  no  more.  The  above  is 
sufficientto  show  what  results  from  small 
things,  in  fact  all  large  things  whether 
good  or  bad. 

Let  us  then  learn  to  know  small  thidga, 
that  we  may  make  a  proper  application 
of  them.  Like  the  water  falling  from 
the  roof  of  the  house  on  the  mountain, 
and  its  direction  so  easily  changed.  So 
your  course  through  life  may  be  as  easily 
dianged  by  a  similar,  sm.ill  effect.  A 
little  thought  will  put  you  on  one  of  the 
two  roads, — the  one  to  everlasting  life, 
the  ()tlier  to  eternal  destruction.  Re- 
member the  one  to  destruction  is  down 
and  a  day's  journey  on  it,  takes  three 
days  to  come  back.  O  that  none  could 
choose  this  road!  Direct  your  thoughts 
to  the  road  that  will  lead  you  to  an  in- 
heritance in  the  be£(htiful  realms  of  end- 
less blifjs. 

Brethren  and  sisters,  let  us  keep  small 
troubles  out  of  the  church,  so  that  not 
one  precious  soul  may  turn  from  us  on 
account  of  it.  Remember,  that  Jesus 
brought  peace  and  good  will  on  earth; 
let  it  be  in  the  church.  Clad  in  this  im 
mortal  robe,  we  need  not  fear  the  awful 
summons  of  the  King  of  terrors,  nor  re- 
ject our  retiring  into  the  chambers  of 
the  dust.  Our  immortal  part  will  wing 
its  way  to  the  arras  of  its  Omnipotent 
Kedeemer,  and  find  rest  in  the  heavenly 
mansions  of  the  Almighty. 

Mfijer^dale  Pa. 

MOTHERS— THEIR  INFLUENCE. 
BT  8.  T.  BOSSEKMAK, 

AXE  of  the  sweetest  names  on  earth,  is 
^  that  of  mother.  Tlicre  is  perhaps 
no  other  name  around  which  cluster  so. 
many  fond  recollections.  No  other  name 
ha.<i  80  many  sweet  influences  associat^Hl. 
To  every  person  with  proper  feelings  of 
humanity,  the  name  of  mother,  will 
produce  feelings  of  filial  love  and    care 


within  his  breast.  And  nosacrifit^...  „-i|| 
be  too  great  for  Iiira  in  the  care  of  her 
who  had  stood  over  him  through  lift-  ,i^ 
theguardian  angel  watching  hisfootsteps. 
Thel^avior  while  upoa-the  cross,  thoncr)) 
suftering  the  greatest  pain,  remembered 
his  mother  "with  feelings  of  sympalhv^ 
and  by  sweet  instructions  to  the  disci- 
ple stau'ling  by  whom  l^e  h)ved,,pio. 
duced  in  the  heart  of  that  beloved  child 
of  God  such  feelings  of  filial  love  aud 
aftectiou,  that,  from  that  hour  he  took 
her  unto  his  own  home  and  cared  for 
her  with  all  the  tenderness  of  a  son. 
Such  are  the  feelings  a.ssociated  around 
the  cherished  and  ende.aring  name  of 
mother.  The  remembrance  of  a  moth- 
er's name,  and  a  mother's  words  brings 
influences  to  bear  upon  the  minds  of 
many  that  result  in  good.  That  son 
reared  up  under  the  pious  instructions  of 
a  mother,  is  under  a  healthy  influence. 
But  as  he  leaves  the  parental  roof,  bids 
farewell  to  home  and  fj-ieuds,  and  goyj, 
to  distant  lauds,  under  the  pressure  of 
surrouniling  circumstances,  forgets  that 
pious  instruction,  his  heart  becomeshard; 
he  turns  a  deaf  ear  to  all  that  is  good. 
Wealth  and  afiluence  are  at  his  command, 
aud  dreamingly  looking  into  the  future, 
he  ischarmedwith  the  thought  ofbidding 
defiance  forever  to  want  and  atlversity. 
By  and  by  his  castles  fall  aud  become 
obliterated.  He  comes  to  want,  is  thrown 
into  society  of  others  and  there  in  that 
humble  abode,  he  hears  a  mother  send- 
ing to  God  a  fervent  petition  in  behalf 
of  her  son.  It  is  there  his  heart  is  touch- 
ed and  then  remembers  a  mother's  pray- 
ers in  days  gone  by.  That  influence 
follows  him  -wherever  he  goes  and  uutil 
he  resolves  like  the  prodigal  to  return, 
he  never  can  be  at  rest. 

The  name  mother,  has  associated  with 
it,  great  influence  i\ud  it  is  often  Used  to 
bring  penitence  to  the  heart,  it  is  said,; 
of  a  famous  assassin,  whose  heart  was 
90  hard  thiit  his  spiritual  adviser  could 
make  no  impression  upon  his  mind,  un- 
til he  made  mention  of  his  mother, — 
when  hearing  her  name,  he  remembered 
neglected  advice  of  bygone  days,  and 
with  feelings  &i  remorse,  burst  out  in 
tears.  A  mother's  influence  is  gi'eat,  and 
greater  than  many  aj^rprehendi  Our 
own  experience  may  teach  us  this,  as 
well  as  the  experience  o{  others. 

A  late  writer  says,  in  regard  to  this 
fact, "  let  me  educate  the  mothers  of 
heathendom,  and  I  care  not  who  governa  ' 
it."  A  mother's  power  is  great,  which 
we  learn  from  the  following  scraps  of 
history:  John  Randolph,  of  Roanoke 
said,  "  I  should  have  been  a  French 
atheist  were  it  not  for  the  recollection  of 
the  time  wher.  my  departed  mother  used 
to  take  my  little  hand  in  hers,  and  make 
me  say,  on  mv  bended  knees,  '  Our  Fath- 
er who  art  in  heaven:' ''  "  I  have  found 
what  made  you  the  man  you  are,"  said  a 
gentleman  o  ue  morning  to  President 
Adams;  "I  have  been  reading  yoiu' 
mother's  letters  to  her  son."  Washing- 
ton's mother  trained  her  boy  to  truthful- 
ness aud  virtue,  and  when  his  messengers 
called  to  tell  her  that  her  son  was  rais- 
ed to  the  highest  station  in  the  nation's 
gift,  she  replied,  "  George  always  was  a 
good  boy." 

Some  one  asked  Napoleon    what  was 
the  great    need   of  the   French   nation, 
"  Mothers!"  was  the  significant  answer.    , 
This  is  the  influence   that   mothei-s  can  ■ 
yield.     Early  impressions   are  the  most 
enduring  on  the  liuman  mind.    During 
the  first  few  years  of  child-life  mothera  . 
have  the  greatest  control,  aud  it  should  ' 
be  borne  in  mind  that,  "a  moment's  work  ^ 
on  clay  tells  more  than  an  hour's  labor  ^ 
onbriclt,"'sothe  work  should   be  per- 


A"; 


rUStt 


r^lK    IBRKTHREI^    AT    AV'01?1-C. 


formed  on  hearts,  whil.-  yet  tender  The 
exfluiplt*  of  maternal  influences  ure  count- 
less nn.l  e-vlubit  great  power  for  gooa  or 
evil,  whicL  sacred  history  reftdily  informs 

Soloiiiou  maWs  mention  of  words  of 
^vnsdom  that  fell  from  n  niother'a  lips. 
pror,  ai:  1.  It  WHS  sttia  of  Timothy', 
"  from  a  child  thou  hast  known  the  llol'v 
Srriptiire.s;'  which  was  undoubtedly 
tjuight  by  his  grandmother  and  mother 
1  Tim  1 :  5.  And  by  this  holy  influence 
exertfd  by  a  Christian  mother,  lu-  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  Lord  iu  ^.arly 
life  and  cousecrated  the  prime  of  his 
niauhood  to  the  service  of  his  Master. 

Mothei>,  the  influeuce  for  good  is'  in 
your  hands,  will  you  extend  it?  It  is 
God  ^vho  has  given  yon  the  responsibil- 
ities of  motherhood,  and  as  those  little 
tnes  :ire  placed  under  your  care,  be  faith- 
ful onto  tliom  and  brintj  thcni  up  under  ] 
a  healthy  i\nct  moral  influence,  in  the 
iiurhirii  and  admonition  pf  the  Lord. 
Ill  eaily  youth  ytju  may  hold  the  key  to 
their  hearts;  oliniay  you  never  lose  it, 
that  you  may-be  enabled  by  help  divme 
to  stamji  Liiion  the  tablets  of  their  hearts, 
a  holy  influence  tfrfrc-may^  tend  to  life 
eternftl,J-a' treasure  locked  up  in  their 
lliPftVt*.^*tllftt  may  be  i'mlpenetrnble  to  all 
that  IS  \inholy.  M(i(hers!  it  is  ^ours  to 
elevflteithe  pwrdl  standard.. of ^liuiaan- 
iHy.  It  is  iniitfouii  ,power  to-  enlighten 
tht  world.  "It  isin  jiJxir  hands  to  guide 
the  destiny  of  nations.  ' 

""iX    >hiv'    WALING. 

BY  EMSfliiiUi  SETCtAKD*     ' 

!('•  But  lie  wjs  wounded  for  our  traniigreesiftn. 
he  was  bniiicilfor  Dur  iniquities;  'tlie  chastise- 
ment of  oui-  peace  was  upon  himi  and  with  his 
stripes  we  wev^  healed."  Isa,  55:6.' 

HERE  t'h&  prophet  tt^ld  how  Jesus 
would  Lave  to  suffer  for  our  trans' 
gresSiuds!  'O','  when  We  khow  how  great 
His_'stiftet;ilig  was,  how  careful  every  one 
pli^J(t  *■"  ^^  °-0^  tp  take  onij  cropked  step 
To  read, of  it,i0ae  might  think  that  all 
His  sufferings  would  have  been  too  i;reat 
to  bear;  but  alas  it  is  true,  He  bore  tHeni 
all.  Tliert  are  a  great  majiy  afflicted 
pt-^-S(jH5;.both  saintand  sinner  are  often 
fiffl'ioted.  God  visits  us  with  feickness  in 
order  toteftchlis  things 'which  we'  know 

ifiltis, 3aitV.of..Manass^h,;  when-,lje,;iwa3 
ihp'affliction,  he  besought' the  Lord  his 
Qotl  ilnd  huml)lpd  himself  greatly  be- 
%ie  the  Gtj;d  ot'  hi^  fathep,  and  prayed 
iinto  h^ipj.ninllie  NYfls.^'ptreated  of  him 
and  heard  his  supplication,  and  l)V()Ught 
hiin  again  to  Jeru^Jaleiii  into  his  king- 
<\clmi  Then'  Kanas^eh  knew  ttat,  the 
Jj'7y:d,  he.was  Uqd  /2' Cvon.  33:  12,  13. 
Xitis  Himltf  Mauaf^siih  ktiow  the  power 
Hild  gi'yatness  of  God j  His  holinefes  and 
hatr^Vof  sin.  Jesns  hated  Sin,  yet  He 
was  bruised  for  our'iliiquitie8,"'"atid  '^th 
^is^tnijjes  >y«jaj-e,h,t,ialetl..  ..,;  ,..i-  n- 
i^iiOur  RwiU'eraer  hrts  various  and  wirie 
^rtdf?  ill  a^lieting  if!,  which  ought  to  bf- 
'd^ily  eonsidered  by 'all,  whether  ctmvcrt- 
^j  or  uueMU\'erti.'d,  ;^iid  er-pecia^ly,  by 
4how  who  dr.'  aliUcted.  Christ.,  teaches 
US'the  ompuinessof  theworld.  0ittinie8 
'^e  see  tlint  trt^ithcf  rlMifs  nor  friends 
(iiin  glve'thei^ast  ea!se'  to  the  todies  nor 
comfort  to  'tiie  souls  of  persons  ,uu(l«V 
sicjcuiw-^  and  di>trrss.  ■  Canary  une|))*- 
ate:t-.'  wh   li  th'T.-  1>  -W-li    ;i  givat  Hjork 

for  theju  I"  \\o,  ••  A  good,  tree  brjjiifoth 
tbrlh.goixi  tVuit."  Tiiei'cf  in  a  vnWtdif- 
fei-CTiiv'  hhtwe^'n  our  prayers  iti  health 
ttflfl  in  -If-kn.'^s  "i  'iickiil'^-*  onr   pn^}7'rs 

f^i;e'ui'M-f'  <';|niest.    '    ,"  J-'VJf''^ ', 'j'?..  f'''-",'.!^? 

liiivu  they  vi,^twl  thp'e,  tUey  Jiayc  poiyr 
tidouOia  pluvel'  whi-tt  thy  chastening 
wa.t)  upon'  them."  Isa,  2ti:  13:  "■'' 

Manasseh  jirayed  \^heiV  he  w)iS'*itnaeV 


his  fetters,  but  he  did   that    which    was 
evil  in  the  sight    of  the  Lord,    when  he 
began  to  reign  in  Jerusalem.     A  fervent 
prayer  is  what  the  Lord  deaii-es  to  hear. 
O,  sinner,  is  your  heart  become  so  hard 
that  you  ore  not   sensible   of  your  own 
sins?  Have  you  undervalued  health,  and 
slighted    the    mercies    that  your  Maker 
has  bestowed  upon  you  i     Are  you  too 
proud  and  self-conceited  to  realize    that 
JesiLs,  that  meek  and  lowly  Son  of  (iod, 
was  wounded  for  our  transgressions.  By 
and  by  a  thorn  will  bo  sent  to  break  the 
swollen  phice  of  pilde,   that  you   may 
not  be  purt'ed  up    above   measure.     "  If 
the  righteous  scarcely   be  saved,  whei-e 
shall  the  sinner  and  ungodly  appear." 
Affliction  nsits  all  ('f  us  that  we  nmy  not 
sleep  the   sleep    of  death.     O,  why  not 
loosen  our  hearts  from  the   vain  things 
of  this  world,  and   look   to  Jenns  who 
;  was  bruised  for  ouriniiiuitiesi    We  have 
no  restingplace  here,  this  is  only  a  liome 
for  a  short  time.     Had   I  wings   like  a 
dove,     then  I   would    fly   away   nnd  bo 
at  rest.  I  would  hasten   iny  escape  from 
the  windy  storm  and  tempest.   Psa.   3.> : 
0.     Jesus  says,  "  Come  unto  me   all'  ye 
that  labor  and  are   heavy  laden,   and  I 
mil  give  you  rest."  Matt.  M:2^. 


AN  IMPORTANT  QUESTION., 


by  .lENNlB.eUMSTlKR. 


"What.sIinll,Ido   then  with  . 
called  Chi-iat?''  l^att.  27:  22. 


who  is 


rXlHE  chief  priests  and  elders  had  con- 
-^  spireilagainst  Jesus  to  destroy  Him, 
Before  their  couneil  they  ehargfid  Hini 
with  blasphemy  for  saying  he  was  the 
Son  of  God,  for  which  the  cotmcil  de- 
cided that  he  should  be  put  to'  death. 
But  they  had  no  power  to  take  life, 
therefore  they  brought  Hira  before  the 
judgment  seat  of  Pilate,  iu,  whose  hands 
were  vested  the  issues  of, life  and  death. 
After  hearing  the  diarges  against  Christ, 
Pilate  became  conrinced!tlm.t  the,  prison- 
er was  a  just  pei-son,  and  tnat  the  Jews 
had  committed  Him  to  prison  oht  of  ha- 
tred; but  how  to  dispose  of  Je^s,  vrai  a 
diffevent  problem. 

Now  at  this  time  whiqh  was  the  ,  feast 
gr  paasover  week,  it  \yas  theiir  custom 
to  release  a  prisoner,  and  Pilate  eml^rac* 
ed  the  opportunity  of  releasing  Jesus. 
But  uufortuna-tely  when  two  prisoners 
were  presented  the  Jews  had  the  privil- 
ege of  deciding'which'  should-  be  re- 
leased'.'   "'■-■"I"-    i-"-v-^  -;.Mi-«.'  -  . 

■  IV.-    /-v>;'t.i/i;i:  ■■  ■!  jnilvr  ,1vl-  nl 

There  ^viis  at  tiiis  time  a  very  wicked 
person  In  prison  by  the  name  of  liaia},^ 
bas.  PUatekjiewthat  liarabbaw  Wiis[,5\iil- 
ty  ofseditionund  robbery,  and  that  Jesus 
was  innocent,  subftiittfdthe  name  of  Je 
fds  and  Barabtias,  thinking  no  doubtthat 
the'}^  would  consent  to  release  JestiS, 
rather  than  to  set  at  liberty  so  greiit  a 
transgressor  as  Barabbas  was.  Ri^t  uo 
(liey  cry,/'  Bflral>b(}s,releiiseBand)ba;<!*' 
rUate  was  V(»ry  much  .disappuinted,  uud 
askad,  "  What  shall  I  do  itlijen  with  Jesus, 
whoiscalled  Christ."  They  cried  out, 
'  C'riicjiyv,  h^,  t^'ii^^-,!  ■J'^"*/"i '  '■  >  T^' 


against  the  Lord  of  elory;  after  wash- 
ing his  hands  before  the  multitude,  he 
said,  "  I  am  innocent  of  the  blood  of 
this  just  person,  see  ye  to  it."  The 
Jeivs  were  pleased  thinking,  no  doubt, 
that  they  would  be  troubled  no 
more  with  his  teachings;  but  in  a  few 
days  the  iipoatlea  are  prea<diing  sal- 
v»tion  through  His  blood  and  perform- 
ing miraele-s  in  His  name. 

The  name  of  Jesus  is  now  producing 
more  interest  and  Excitement  than  it  did 
before  He  was  crucified.     '*  Wliat  shall 
we  do  then   with  Je.sus   who   is  called 
Cliristr'     This  troubled  the   elders  and 
chief  priests  more  than  ever,  and  for  the 
purpose  of  freeing  their  minds,  they  put 
to  ileath  many  of  the  disciples  of  Jesus. 
But  fttiU  the   name  of  Jesus  cannot  be 
put  out  of  the  way.     Some  persons  now, 
like  Pilate  of  old,  try  to  have   nothing 
to  do  with  Jesus  at  present,  but  will  call 
on  Him  at  a  more  covenieut  time;  some 
fearing  the  loss   of  home  or    position,  if 
they  should  confess   Jesu'    before   men, 
and  become  His  disciples;   like   Pilate, 
conti'iiry    to  the  wishes  of   their   beat 
friends,  reject  Jtous  and^  say,  "crucify 
him."  '  I    ■      '     ■  :-     ■     i' 

Reader,  have  you  embraced  Jbatls  a<t 
yotir  Savior,  and  live  a-s  He  has  com; 
mended  you,  obeying  even  the  least 
command  1  Tf  so,  you  hav^j  made  a  wise, 
decision.  Then  honor  Him  l>y  living 
ho|y,  and  eternity  will  answer  the  ques- 
tion, "  What  tlifiU^shalLI.do  with  Jesus 
who  is  called  Christ."  To  those  who 
have  not   accepted    t\\' 


havior,  dp  not 
wait  any  longer,;  Vu.tfcc«Jiit  Him  to-day, 
for  to-day  is  the  day  of  salvation.  Read 
and  learu  of  the  awful  judgment  tlliit 
fell  upon  the  Jewsandtheir  city,  for  tBie 
way  in  which  they  answered  this  ques- 
tion. If  you  cannot  find  it  iii  your  heart 
to  say,  "  Crucify  him,"  then  embrace 
Hiia  as  your  Sayior.  Come  to  Jesus  as 
He  stands  revealed  in  the  New  Testa 
ment, — embrace  Him  as  the  Son  of  the 
living  God,  and  the  Savior  of  the  world. 
Remember  as  long  as  you  refuse  to  con- 
fess Him  and  become  His  decided  fol- 
lowere,  you  join  in  tlie  cry  of  the  Jews, 
"  Crucify  him."  If  you  do  not  want  to 
say,  "  Crucify  hhu,''  then  turn  to  God 
with  full  purpose  of  heai't,  confess  Jesus 
as  the  Syn  pf  Gpd,  repent  of  all  your 
sfns,  lie  baptized  in  the  name  of  tl\e 
Fatlici\i5on  and  Holy  Ghost.  Give  your- 
self, soul,  body  and  spirit  to  the  service 
of  God,  and  He  will  receive  you,  will 
forgive  your  \M),ki  sins,  and  clhim  you  aj» 
one  of  His  dear  chihh'en. 

I  hope  that  every  wavering  person 
will  answer  this  question  wisely  and 
well,  "  "What  then  sliall  I  do  with  Jesus 
wh^iis  called  Christ?" 


Never   retort    »  t>li.irp  or  angry 

woril.     Itii  th';Re<-.mil  wm'A  that  makes 
the  tpiarrel. 

7.  Beware  of  the  first  disagreement. 

8.  Learn  to  speak  in  a  gentle  tone  of 
voice. 

!».     Learn  to  say  kind   and   pleasant 

things  whenever  an  opportunity  offers. 

10.  Study  the  character  of  each  one, 
and  sympathize  withtheiu  intUeir  troub- 
les, however  small. 

11.  Do  not  neglect  little  things,  if 
they  can  efl'ect  the  comfort  of  otheni  in 
the  smallest  degi-ee. 

12.  Avoid  moods  and  pets,  and  fits 
of  sulkiucw.- 

13.  Learn  to  deny  yourself,  and  to 
prefer  others. 

14.  Beware  of  meddWrs-  and  tale- 
bearers.     ,    ,      >  V     .^J'^r    ,'-        ,1,, 

lo.  Never  cfaffi^g^ATlibd  motive,  if  a 
t^ood  one  is  conceivable. 

10.  Be  gentle,  but  firm  with'cVil- 
dren.  ' 

17.'  Do  not  allow  your  children  to 
be  away  from  home,  at  night,  without 
knowing  where  they  are. 

15.  Do  not  allow  them  to  go  where 
they  please  on  the  Lord's  Day. 

1!).  Do  not  furnish  them  with  much 
spending  money, 

20.  Remember,  the  grave,  the  judg- 
men):.-seatand,the  so;nes  of  eternity,  ani 
so  o^der  your  home  on  earth  that  you 
shall  have  a  home  in  heaven. — Selected. 


POVERTY  A  BLESSING. 

"pOVERTY  is  the  nurse  of  manly  ener- 
gy,  anti  heaven-climbing  thoughts 
attended  by  love,  and  faith,   aad    hope, 
around  whose  steps  the  mountain  breez- 
es blow,    and  from   whose    countenance 
all  the   virtues    gather    streugtli.     Look 
around  you  ujx)n  the  distinguished  men 
that  in  every  depavtmeut  of  life,  guide 
and  control  the  times,  and  inquire  what 
was  their  origin   and   what  was  theii* 
early  fortune.    Wert;  they  as  a  general 
rule,  rocked  and  dandled  iu  the  lap   of 
wealth?     No;  such  men    emerged   fiom 
the  homes  of  decent  competence  or  strug- 
gling poverty,     Neceiisity  sharpens  th^r 
faculties;    and    privation    and  sacrifice 
brace  their  moral    nature.     They  leai-n 
the  great  art  of  renunciation,  and  enjoy 
the  happinessof  having  tew  wants;  they 
know  nothing  of  the  indiflerence  or  satr 
jety.     Tliere  is, not  an  idle  fibre  in  their 
frames;  tUi^  put  the  vigor  of  a  resolute 
purpii.se  into  every    aut,     The  edge   of 
their  mind  is,  always  kept  sharp;   in  the 
school  of  lifci  men  like  these  meet  soft- 
ly-nurtured darlings   of    prosperity   as 
iron  meets  the  veiisels  of  porcelain. 


"koW  TO  MAKE  A  HAPPY  HOME 
AND  A  VIRTUOUS    FAMILY. 


y 

hould 


doubttess  thought  that  ff  Jesus 
be  put  to  deutli,  His  naofv  ^vould  soon  be 
tbrgotten.  But  PUatt>  was  uudwidtfil 
and  did  not  Icnnw  what  to  do.  Soon  he 
received  a  nii-flJAg'*  fi^'iin  hi^;  wit"'',  «a>Hng, 
'•  Haven.'thitl'^'tt)do  with  that  just  niftn, 
fur  I  have  sutfercd  nihny  thiiig-i  thi=  day 
in  a  dreiini  because  of  him."  This 
t|;yubled  liliu  move  ih,;i^i.Hyer^  t>o  hesa»H 
to  tlie  Jews,  "  I  will  cha^i:*i(fj^ini  and  let 
hiai/go<''.lni<t:tllpy  wy  outfthujnor^M  cv- 
ceodinglyMf-'Lcthim  be  oruoiltwl."  Con- 
ti'ftiytolaw  and  justice,  the  cntrenties 
of 'his  wife  mid  the  convit^ion  ol'  hit 
'6Ansf(*ieTi(ie,  'U  •ft.dW  sentchcf"'  of  d^ii-^h 


1.  Learn'to  govern  yourselves,  ami 
to  be  gi^nile  and  patient.  '  "     ' 

5.  Guard  youi-  tempers,  especially 
in  seasons  of  ill-health,  irritation  and 
trouble,  and  soften  them  by  prayer,  pen- 
itent^'  and  a  sense  of  yQJi|'.,,pwa  sjiort- 
comings  lyid  errors.    .  ,    j,,,;,    ,,., 

3.  '  iNever  speak  or  act  iu  anifer,  un- 
tityou  have  prayed  over  your  words  or 
«Cts,  and  concluded  that  Christ  woUld 
hii^'('  flone  ^o  in  your  place.     '        ' 

i.'  kemember  that  valuable  ftS  is  th* 
gift  of  .^peeeh.the  gift  of  aUeucfi  IS  ofV^h, 
much  moi'i- procious,  ,  ^  , 
. .  y>  ,,  Dm  not  exact  ttio  uvucli  froniol;^ers, 
bi)t}.j'*imuinl)er  that  all, hiwe  ap,  f?vU.  ,u;i.- 
tiu'e,  whose  development-^  we  mu^titx- 
peijt.  and  which  we  should  forbear  mid 
forpiive,  As  we  ot^eii  desire  forbearamiei 
and  fol'givened^  onrseivM.  ' 


REGARD  FOR  THE  AGED. 

A  LITTLE  thoughtful  att^sition,  how 
Vppy  it  makes  the  old.  They 
have  outlived  most  of  ;the  friends  of 
tho^r  early  youth.,  IL\w  lonely  they- 
homsl  Often  their  pai'tuers  in  Uie^hivv^ 
long  filled  silent  graves;  otlenthv^r 
ehlldreu  they  have  followed  to  the  tomk 
They  stand  solitary,  bending  on  their 
start",  waiting  till  tlu--  same  call  shall 
reach  them.  How  often  must  they  think 
of  aliseut.  lamente*l  faces;  of  the  love 
whicL  cherished  them,  and  the  t^ai*^  of 
symiMithy  which  fell  with  theiiis,  now 
lUl  gone.  "Whyiiihould  not  the  young 
cling  around  And  coiufopt  them,  cheeh- 
iug  their  gloom  with  Songs  aud  happy 
RUiiles. — Tki)  G-uide.      •  ■  i 


Li»KKAi.tTV'  consisCs  lere  in    givinu 
profusely  than  in  giving  judiciously. 


TFIi:    J!Hl::Ti-IlAK.V    ^VT    AVOKlv. 


August   25i. 


Thf^   Rrpfbrpn    at    Work    "^'t  oi*P"*"ns  "-^^et  °^^"- '»'' '^ 

PUBLISHBD    WBEKLY. 


H    MOORE, 

I.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


Uli...  S,  H.  IJ^xminili  Jul/  niillioriwd.  I'J  "! 
trniclliii:  corrMpon-Unl  And  ag«ut  for  ilie  Hon 
WoEit  an>l  "ill  rec«Wo  •iili^ription»for  Ih*  ran 
r«giiliir  raiM      All  bu»in(»»  irnnnocicl  bj  Iiira  foi 


Tli«  UntTtmni  *»  Wniis  will  b»  ii»n1  pMi-p»id,  lo  *ny 
BddrNx  in  Iht  Unii«.i  Riate.  or  C«o*<l«.  for  $1  60  per 
Unum.  Those  t«n'lin|t  t*n  nnm«>  nml  |Ifi.OO.  will  r«- 
C«{*«  an  «tn.  copy  rr«  of  ch«r(;».  For  «11  o»i-r  ih  ■ 
Bumbcr  [h<>  .gen(  will  be  "ll—'J  1"  «"'"  fo'  •^b  "J'|'- 
Uooal  nftint.  wliinh  woount  win  b*  dwlueled  from  Iht 
money,  b.fore  •en.Kog  it  U>  »•>.  Money  "rde".  l^mfla. 
ud  n»([i«i"ed  Uit»r»  ni»y  be  Miil  ■!  o"r  nsk,  Tli»y 
abotil'l  li»  ino'lf  p*?"'*'*'  '"  Moore  k  K-liflni«n 

8i.l..<TrlpUoni..  i.n.1  comtimnic-ftlioni.  IftltmleJ  for  fhd  pn- 
per.  u  w«ll  u  all  biiiioMPi  iimUcr.  coiifipct^a  wiih  Ihe  or- 
Dec  iliouM  bo  td<lr«ue(l 

UOOBE  ft  SSEELUAH, 

Uurk.  CuTOll  Co.,  HI' 


AUGUST  22, 187S. 


OUR    PEOPLE    VS.    SECRET 
ORDERS. 

THE  UniUMi  Brethren  church,  which  htw  for 
years  stood  up  ngfiinst  secret  societies,  is 
cxiK-riericing  conHidcniWe  trouble  from  some 
dwloj'iil  preachers,  who  lire  straining  everj-  nerve 
to  overthrow  the  timivhonored  Inw  of  that  re- 
spi-ctable  body.  However  much  we  may  be 
opposed  to  the  general  faith  and  practice  of  the 
United  Brethren  church,  we  have  alwaysenter- 
tftined  for  them  a  very  high  regard  on  account 
of  their  persistent  opposition  to  secret  orders; 
but,  it  would  seem  that  the  devil— the  enemy  of 
li^ht— has  put  it  into  the  hearLs  of  some,  to  as- 
sociate with  an  order  as  void  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
as  ji  rock  is  of  a  soul,  and  thus  lead  the  denom- 
ination still  farther  down  into  the  chains  of 
darkness.  Such  men,  if  they  have  bo  respect  for 
cither  themselves  or  the  truth,  ought  to  have  a 
little  regard  for  others,  and  if  they  cannot  live 
Tip  to,  and  defend  the  doctrine  of  the  church  to 
which  they  belong,  they  ought  to  have  manners 
enough  to  step  down  and  out.  When  a  body 
of  people  starts  out.  fully  resolved  to  discounte- 
nance secret  societies,  it  is  the  hightof  il!-man- 
iiern,  saying  nothing  about  Cliri-stian  courtesy, 
for  any  man  to  join  that  body,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  over-throwing  their  time-honored  cus- 
toms founded  upon  Bible  authority. 

No  one  ought  to  object  to  reforms,  or  an 
attempt  in  that  direction— for  auch  movements 
iu  times  past  have  done  good,  but  this  thing  of 
a  few  hypocrites,  with  love  upon  their  lips  and 
guile  iu  flieir  hearts,  working  their  way,  under 
the  cloak  of  religion,  iuto  a  church  with  well 
established  principles,  for  the  purpose  of  per- 
verting her  orders  is  a  species  of  deception,  that 
cannot  be  too  severely  censured.  Such  men 
have  never  been  converted:  they  do  not  know 


I  us  a  bt>dy 
could  feel 
it  forcibly.  The  man  who  purposes  to  enter  « 
church  f'-r  the  purpose  of  overthrowing  her  es- 
tablished and  distinctive  filatures,  ought  to  have 
hone-sty  and  iDunbotjd  enough  about  him  tot^^ll 
tlie  church  of  his  init-ntinns  b*'lorehand. 

On  thin  (luestion  our  people  want  to  let  their 
distinclive  features  stand  out  pn^tty  prominent- 
ly. Up  to  the  present  time  the  church  has  en- 
forced her  discipline  pretty  rigidly  in  this  re- 
spect, and  should  she  continue  to  do  so  in  the 
future,  as  she  has  iu  the  past,  wo  may  rest  assur- 
ed that  we  will  have  but  little  trouble  with 
secret  societies.  But  should  we  be  a  little  leni- 
ent— allow  a  few  Masons  or  Odd  Fellows  in  the 
church  for  the  sake  of  peace  the  time  being,  and 
then  after  awhile  undertake  to  enforce  the  time- 
honored  and  Bible  sustained  rule  of  the  church, 
we  would  have  a  larger  difficulty  on  our  hands 
than  might  at  first  be  supposed.  That  is  just 
the  condition  of  the  U.  B.  church.  Their  church 
rule  regarding  secret  societies  has  not  been  rig- 
idly enforced,  and  now  it  is  almost  too  late — 
there  is  danger  of  them  becoming  divided.  And 
unless  we  watch  our  posts  prt^tty  closely,  we 
too  may  be  overtaken  by  the  same  evil.  I  have 
but  little  faith  in  a  brother  who  defends  Mason- 
ry or  Odd  i'^ellowsliip.  The  fewer  such  persons 
there  are  iu  the  church  the  better  off  she  is. 
They  are  worse  than  a  dead  weight:  they  are 
detrimental  to  the  cause  of  pure  Christianity, 
and  in  their  daily  walk  and  conversation  add 
nothing  to  the  good  infiuence  of  the  church. 
Before  they  are  suitable  subjects,  with  which  to 
adorn  the  religion  of  Him  who  did  nothing  be- 
hind the  vail,  they  want  to  be  converted  from  a 
love  of  the  kingdom  of  darkness  to  the  true  and 
marvelous  light.  J.  H.  M. 


hevar 
nhood 


sheep's  clothing,  void  of  manhood  enough  to 
let  their  actionsspeakout  what  is  in  their  hearts 
until  they  have  secured  an  influence  sufficient 
to  enable  them  to  do  'considerable  damage.  Of 
all  the  men  in  the  world  these  are  the  worst 
enemies  to  the  cause.  They  make  a  conflict, 
not  80  much  from  without,  as  within.  Their 
work  is  to  ruin  the  church  by  producing  inter- 
nal discords,  and  hence  cause  divisions  contrarj- 
to  the  Word. 

These  are  the  men  who,  with  their  lips,  while 
on  their  knees  in  the  water,  will  "  renounce 
Satan  and  all  his  pernicious  ways,"  but  with 
their  hearts  will  cling  to  secret  societies  as  the 
idol  of  their  afl'ections.  They  are  born  of  the 
■water,  but,  we  fear,  not  of  the  Spirit.  The  out- 
side may  be  clean,  but  the  inside  is  full  of  cor- 
ruption. They  can  belong  to  and  commune 
with  a  church  that  they  know  to  be  opposed  to 
secret  societies,  and  yet  seek  every  opportunity 
of  planting  their  evil  seed  iu  the  hearts  of  otiicr 
members  and  thereby  corrupt  the  church.  Are 
such  persons  honest  ?  Did  they  not  know  when 
they  united  with  the  church  that  our  people,  as 
a  body,  were  opposed  to  secret  orders?  Under 
these  circumstances  how  can  an  hottest  man  be 
in  the  church  and  at  the  same  time  a  member 
of  an  oath-bound  society?  Of  course  these  re- 
marks do  not  apply  to  the  members  of  churches 


MORE  CONCERNING  THE  ADOPTED  MEANS 

FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  MAN'S 

MORAL  FACULTIES. 

MAN  learns  better  by  example  than  by  pre- 
cept. The  system  that  is  made  up  wholly 
of  theory,  is  too  imperfect  for  intelligent  beings 
like  man.  The  theory  of  engineering,  however 
well  it  may  be  taught  in  schools  of  learning, 
never  makes  a  practical  engineer.  The  theory 
of  farming,  may  be  advanced  ^vith  eloquence  in 
agricultural  colleges,  yet  it  never  makes  a  prac- 
tical farmer. 

God  is  God  not  only  in  theory — in  being,  but 
also  in  practice.  He  is  not  simply  the  Author 
of  theoretical  morality,  but  He  is  also  the  Author 
of  practical  morality.  Then  to  have  man  be- 
come acquainted  vrith  a  system  of  moral  worth 
— of  moral  grandeur,  there  must  be  both  precept 
and  example.  "There  can  be  but  one  perfect 
model  of  human  nature."  To  put  this  Model 
within  the  reach  of  mankind  was  God's  prerog- 
ative; and  He  did  it.  The  Model  came,  taught 
and  i)racticed  precisely  what  God  demands  of 
those  who  are  to  be  saved.  "  Humtiv  nature 
could  be  j)n/ed-€d  onhj  bij  following  a  perfect 
mo(kl  of  human  nature."  With  this  Model  be- 
fore him,  man  may  attain  to  that  perfection 
which  God  demands  of  all  who  will  come  unto 

Him. 

Man's  Cliorocter 

needed  reformation.  A  model  character  was 
presented  to  him  in  the  Son  of  God.  He  as- 
sumed human  nature,  and  gave  it  the  seal  and 
perfection  of  the  Deity.  He  swept  away  the 
falsity  with  which  the  ignorance  of  man  had 
enveloped  it,  and  made  it  possible  lor  all  men  to 
attain  to  the  perfection  of  the  Model.  If  not, 
then  there  was  no  necessity  for  a  Model. 

But  before  observing  the  means  adopted  by 
the  Son  of  God  for  the  develbpment  of  man's 
moral  faculties,  let  us  go  back  and  take  another 
glance  at  the  i^e  when  sign-making  was  intro- 
duced. A  noted  writer  says:  "  Nothing  in  the 
universe  of  God.  animate  or  inanimate,  is  left 
without  the  government  of  an  appropriate  law, 
unless  that  thing  be  the  noblest  creature  of  God 
— the  human  spirit.  To  suppose,  therefore, 
that  the  human  soul  is  thus  left  unguided  by  a 
revealed  rule  of  conduct,  is  to  suppose  that  God 
cares  for  the  less  and  not  for  the  greater — to 
suppose  that  He  would  constitute  the  moral 
powers  of  the  soul  so  that  a  law  was  necessary 
for  their  guidance,  and  then  reveal  none — to 
suppose,  especially  in  the  case  of  the  Israelites, 
that  He  would  perpare  a  people  to  receive,  and 
obey  with  a  proper  spirit,  this  necessary  rule  of 
duty,  and  j'ct  give  no  rule.  But  to  suppose 
these  things  would  be  absurd;  it  follows,  there- 


fore, that  God  would  reveal  to  the  Israelites  a 
law  for  the  regulation  of  their  conduct  iu  mor- 
als and  religion."  In  full  harmoiiy  with  these 
deductioufi,  the  Lord  presented  the  children  ot 
Inrnel  with  a  rule  of  life — 

A  Moral  Law. 
Is  a  former  article,  notice  was  made  concern- 
ing the  manner  o)  teaching  the  idwa  of  holiness 
to  the  Jews.  Tiiis  v.'ns  by  comparison.  The 
camp  was  purified;  and  the  jieoplo  were  by  cer- 
tain acts  declared  purified.  The  beasts  to  be 
offered  were  to  be  more  clean  than  the  others 
of  the  cUfs;  the  utensils  of  the  tabernacle  were 
purified— in  fact  every  thing  was  purified  and 
le-purified  until  the  highest  point  of  purity  was 
reached  by  the  convergence  of  the  numerous 
rays  employed.  This  conveyed  to  the  mind 
the  idea  of  greatly  superior  holiness  on  the  part 
of  God.  Tliey  looked  upon  Him  as  a  Beiug  in- 
finitely powerful  and  full  of  purity.  It  was  a 
picture  of  the  condition  of  God's  Spirit  and  act- 
ed upon  their  spirits  with  happy  effect.  With 
these  comparisons — with  true  ideas  of  divine 
holiness  they  learned  that  God  was  too  pure  to 
look  upon  sin  with  the  least  degree  of  allow- 
ance. That  the  idea  of  sign-making  vanished 
with  the  going  out  of  the  Mosaical  dispensation 
is  an  error.     It  is  still  a 

Leading  Characteristic 
in  the  present  dispensation,  and  forms  the  basis 
for  the  imbibition  of  many  divine  principles. 
We  shall  now  proceed  to  notice  some  of  them. 
God  never  puts  His  own  institutions  beyond 
His  power,  nor  does  He  leave  them  to  be  com- 
pleted by  human  wisdom.  He  creates,  perfects, 
then  selects  for  His  own  purposes.  He  created 
water.  This  He  selects  as  a  merits  for  man's 
moral  purity.  As  water  is  useful  for  the  cleans- 
ing of  all  material  things  of  their  impurities, 
He  chose  this  as  an  emblem  of  the  power  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  upon  the  heart  of  man.  God  did 
not  quit  making  signs  when  Moses  died,  but  by 
His  Son  extends  the  work  to  the  end  of  time. 
The  healing  of  the  sick,  giving  sight  to  the 
blind,  feet  to  the  lame,  ears  to  the  deaf,  life  to 
the  dead,  are  signs  of  God's  poircr.  Washing 
the  saints'  feet,  breaking  bread,  dividing  the 
cup,  the  salutation  of  the  holy  kiss,  the  mani- 
festations of  brotherly  love,  are  signs  of  God's 
power  in  the  hearts  of  men.  God  provides  the 
ineans  of  bringing  the  truth  into  the  heart  of 
man,  thus  stamping  the  image  of  Christ  upon 
human  nature.  There  is,  however,  this  differ- 
ence between  the  dispensation  of  Moses  and  that 
of  Christ;  the  ftrmer  consisted  very  largely  of 
material  things,  while  the  latter  is  full  of  spirit 
and  life.  The  former  was  designed  to  convey 
certain  ideas  of  God's  character  to  the  human 
mind  by  material  things,  and  the  latter  is  de- 
signed to  perfect  ideas  in  the  human  snul.  hav- 
ing received  the  impress  and  seal  of  the  Deity 
through  Christ  our  Savior. 

Ont«ard  Objects 
having  formed  ideas  in  the  mind  of  man.  and 
words  given  to  distinguish  them  from  other 
ideas,  there  i.s  no  longer  any  necessity  for  the 
objects  which  were  used  to  represent  the  idea. 
In  short,  when  the  idea  of  purity  was  once  con- 
veyed to  the  mind  of  man,  there  existed  no 
longer  the  necessity  of  the  means  employed  to 
represent  that  idea.  "  Whenever  the  Jews  were 
cured  of  idolatry,  and  had  obtained  true  ideas  of 
the  attributes  of  the  true  God,  then  the  dispen- 
sation of  shadows  and  ceremonies  'could  not 
make  the  comers  thereunto  perfect.'  "  With 
correct  ideas  concerning  the  attributes  of  God, 
the  Jews  were  scattered  throughout  the  world, 
and  those  ideas  were  thus  placed  within  the 
reach  of  all  men;  but  at  no  time  were  those 
ideas  stamped  indelibly  upon  the  human  soul 
until  done  so  by  Him  who  came  in  the  flesh. 
^___^^_^_^  M.  M.  E. 

JOHN  "WESLEY  ON  DRESS, 

THE  following  clipped  from  the  Gospel  Ban- 
ner, is  to  the  point,  and  shows  how  that 
devout  reformer  looked  upon  the  habit  of  vain 
and  showy  dressing.  Were  Mr.  Wesley  to  arise 
from  the  dead,  take  a  tour  through  the  United 
States  and  preach  such  doctrine  there  would  be 
some  lively  rattling  among  the  dry  bones,  and 
may  be  a  terrible  shaking  among  the  silk  and 
jewelry.  Carefully  read  and  takeheed:  his  lan- 
guage is  as  follows: 

I  exhort  all  those  who  desire  me  to  watch 
over  your  souls,  wear  no  gold,  no  pearls  or  pre- 
cious atones,  use  no  curling  of  hair  or  costly  ap- 
parel how  grave  soever.  I  advise  those  who  are 
able  to  receive  these  sayings,  buy  no  velvet,  on 


silks,  no  fine  linen,  no  superfluities,  no  mer« 
ornaments,  though  ever  .to  much  iu  fushion. 
Wear  nothing,   though  you    have  it  already, 


which  is  of  a  glaring  color,  or  which  is  in  a»y 
way  gay.  glittering,  and  showy;  nothing  made 
in  the  height  of  fashion;  nothing  apt  to  attract 
the  attention  of  liy-standers.  I  do  not  advise 
women  to  wear  rings,  ear-rings,  necklaces,  lacea. 
of  whatever  kind  or  color;  or  ruffles,  which  may 
easily  shoot  from  one  to  twelve  inches  deep. 
Neither  do  I  advise  men  to  wear  colored  waist- 
coats, shining  stockings,  glittering  or  shining 
buckles  or  buttons,  either  on  their  coals  or  or 
their  sleeves,  any  more  than  gay.  fashionable, 
and  expensive  perukes.  And  whosoever  says 
that  there  is  no  harm  in  these,  might  as  well 
say  that  there  is  no  harm  in  stealing  and  aduU 
tery.  This  is  a  melancholy  truth.  I  am  luham- 
ed  of  it,  but  I  know  not  how  to  help  it.  I  call 
heaven  and  earth  this  day  to  witness  that  it  is 
not  my  fault.  The  trumpet  has  not  given  an 
uncertain  sound.  For  nearly  fifty  years  past,  I 
have  borne  a  clear  and  faithful  testimony.  In 
print,  in  preaching,  in  meeting  the  society,  I 
have  not  shunned  to  declare  the  whole  counsel 
of  God;  I  am  therefore  clear  of  the  blood  of 
those  who  will  not  hear.  It  lies  upon  their  own 
heads.  Let  your  dress  be  cheaj)  as  well  as  plain. 
Otherwise  you  do  but  trifle  with  God  and  me 
and  your  own  souls." 

Brotheii  Hillery,  before  going  West,  is  spend- 
ing a  few  weeks  with  the  members  in  the  Cen- 
tral Illinois  mission  field. 


Some  one  wishes  us  to  announce  the  Love- 
feast  at  the  Seneca  church,  Ohio,  but  fails  to 
give  the  date.  This  is  the  reason  the  notice 
cannot  appear. 


The  price  of  the  Brethben  at  Work  from 
now  till  the  end  of  the  year  is  50  cents.  This 
is  a  good  opportunity  for  those  who  wish  the 
paper  a  few  months  on  trial. 

DuniNG  this  season  of  the  year  special  atten- 
tion should  be  given  to  a  strict  observance  of 
the  laws  of  health.  People  cannot  be  too  care- 
ful about  what  they  eat,  and  how  they  live. 
Right  living  is  essential  to  good  health  and 
long  life, 

Those  who  are  greatly  interested  in  the 
spreading  of  the  Truth  should  not  fail  to  read 
and  practically  consider  our  Special  Offer.  Send 
in  your  mite  to  aid  in  sending  the  paper  to 
those  who  are  seeking  for  the  pure  Gospel. 


It  takes  two  to  make  a  quarrel.  One  cannot 
quarrel  alone,  hence  any  one  who  quarrels,  can- 
not justly  blame  anyone  else,  for  ir  he  would 
behave  himself,  the  other  person  would  too. 
Remember  that  like  begets  like.  If  you  would 
live  in  peace,  first  learn  to  be  peaceable. 


If  young  men  would  take  Iwtter  care  of  their 
healtli,  we  would  have  more  useful  old  men  for 
counsellors.  The  small  number  of  old  people 
usually  found  iu  the  country,  is  a  sad  comment 
on  our  present  high-style,  and  last  way  of  liv- 
ing. Those  who  live  fast  and  high,  may  expect 
to  reach  the  grave  just  that  mnch  sooner. 


Parents  cannot  be  too  careful  about  what 
their  children  play  with,  for  these  little  things, 
handled  day  after  day,  may  have  much  to  do 
with  shaping  their  lives  and  conduct.  Pistols 
and  swords  are  dangerous  play-things  to  place 
in  the  hands  of  a  child,  for  they  may  engender 
a  love  of  carnal  weapons,  the  use  of  which  fre- 
quently leads  to  destruction. 


Sleep  is  a  fit  emblem  of  death.  When  we 
close  our  eyes  in  sleep,  we  do  not  know  whether 
we  shall  ever  awake  again,  hence  how  import- 
ant it  is  that  we  retire  in  peace.  People  who 
quarrel  while  retiring  to  rest,  are  in  a  fearful 
condition.  It  is  bad  to  let  the  sun  go  down  on 
our  wrath,  but  far  worse  to  fall  asleep  irith  bit- 
ter feelings  iu  our  hearts.  Go  to  sleep  as  you 
would  wish  to  die — in  peace  with  the  world  and 
heaven.  Let  your  last  thoughts  breathe  the 
spirit  of  peace  and  waft  to  God  a  prayer  of  gen- 
tle repose. 

The  word  devil  is  perhaps  the  worst  word  in 
the  English  language- the  more  you  take  from 
it  the  worse  it  seems  to  get.  Take  d-e-v-i-1  and 
drop  the  d  and  we  have  evil;  put  the  e  on  the 
other  end  and  we  have  vile:  drop  the  v.  and  e. 
and  //,  sounding,  like  ill  is  left.  Take  off  the  i, 
and  1  very  much  like  hell,  is  all  there  is  left 
either  of  or  for  the  devil.  Drop  the  d  and  spell 
the  word  backward  and  we  have  live— MX  ox 
life  and  activity  in  all  his  evil  works.  He  needs 
to  be  watched  on  every  side,  whether  considered 
as  a  whole  or  in  parts. 


August 


SOME  GOOD  SUOOESTlows 

JOHN  S  S»ecnTi,knnwna,„„5„f,.  ,,  . 
,„g«ed  m  over  firt,  ,l„c„„i„„,  ^  I 

by  bcn,»m,n  F™..klm,  .„„bl.  J,b.ter»l,„  „,, 
editor  of  the  Amtnca,,  Clithlmi  «„,>„  jj 
Fraiikliu.  m  upenking  of  the  conduct  of  the  two 
men,  gives  some  most  excellent  s«gg™ii„„. 
For  the  sake  of  those  who  may  likely  e„g„e  i„ 
p„Uic  discussion,  we  give  «„„  ,„„,  „,.  ^.^ 
criticisms: 

-n.  We  wouH  havegre«llyp„femd  that 
Bro.  Sweeny  hud  mvariaMy  kept  his  scat  while 
Mr.  Miller  w«s  speaking;  that  he  liml  invariably 
declined  to  answer  any  questions  during  the 
same  time,  or  even  nod  the  head  in  ,us.e„t  or 
shake  the  head  in  dissent.  This  would  have 
avoided  some  little  altercations  and  inlemii)- 
tionsthat  iujured  the  force  of  the  delmte.  «.,d 
caused  unpleaaantnesa  in  the  audience.  These 
interruptions  were  caused  on  both  sides;  hut 
„e  would  have  preferred  that  none  of  them  had 
been  caused  on  our  side. 

2.  It  would  have  been  much  belter  if  he  had 
stood  in  his  regular  apeak  in  g-pl  ace.  and  not 
worked  round,  as  he  did  at  limes  in  front  of  Mr. 
Miller's  table.     This  was  not  the  best  of  taste 

3.  We  regretted  that  his  gestures  were  not 
less  violent,  and  that  he  did  not  reserve  a  few 
flourishes  of  hia  hands,  and  slaps  of  books,  be- 
fore Mr.  Miller's  face.  These  gestures  did  not 
scare  Mr.  Miller,  nor  convince  any  in  the  audi- 
ence. 

4.  A  very  few  little  things,  witticisms,  etc., 
might  have  been  omitted  with  profit  to  the  ef- 
fect of  the  debat«," 

Should  it  fall  to  the  lot  of  any  of  our  breth- 
ren to  defend  the  Truth  in  a  public  discussion 
they  will  do  well  to  remember  the  above  8ug 
geationa.  ^^^^^^^^^ 

MORE  ABOUT  JOHN'S  BAPTISM. 

ANOTHER  brother  sends  us  a  few  more  re- 
marks about  John's  baptism,  and  by  an- 
swering thera,  some  additional  light  can  be 
thrown  on  the  subject.  It  is  a  question  over 
which  not  a  few  are  puzzled. 

That  John  baptized  by  immersion  is  clear. 
That  his  baptism  was  forward  instead  of  back- 
ward is  generally  conceded,  but  was  it  by  trine 
or  single  immersion?  There  ore  many  reasorn 
for  concluding  that  it  waa  by  trine  immersion, 
which,  on  any  other  question,  would  settle  it  as 
a  matter  of  fact.  But  to  the  remarks  of  our 
correspondent;  he  says: 

"I  see  in  the  issue  of  tlie  BnETnnEN  at  Woi 
of  tlie-lth  of  July,  under  Querist's  Department,  in 
reply  to.  ■  Did  John  nse  a  form  of  words  when  he 
t-nptizeil  Jesus 't '  You  fii-st  say. '  We  think  he  did.' 
Now  when  we  think,  we  are  not  very  positive,  but 
you,  in  your  remarks,  positively  conclude  that  John 
used  the  formula  afterwards  given  to  the  diatuples. 
Xow  If  John  used  tlie  fonuuhi  given  the  dist'iples 
on  the  mountain  in  Galilee,  the  disciples  would 
have  already  had  the  formula  in  that  case;  and  a 
second  giving  would  have  been  unnecessary,  liut 
he  now  extends  their  labors  to  all  nations.  And 
further  says.  •  Itaptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  " 

When  the  disciples  were  sent  out  on  their 
tirst  mission,  their  work  was  limited;  for  they 
were  to  confine  their  labors  to  the  lost  sheep  of 
the  house  of  Israel,  not  being  permitted  to  preach 
specially  to  the  Gentiles,  but  when  they  were 
sent  out  on  their  second  mission  no  limits  were 
mentioned,  the  whole  world  being  their  field  of 
labor.  In  fact  it  waa  their  duty  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  all  nations. 

I  do  not  apprehend  that  the  formula  was  giv- 
en the  disciples  in  a  special  way  before  the  res- 
urrection. They  learned  it  from  John  the 
Baptist  and  the  Savior,  and  baptized  in  that 
way,  because  it  was  approved  by  their  Master. 
This  conclusion  is  reasonable,  and  is  the  only 
one  against  which  no  fatal  objections  can  be 
filed.  That  John  used  any  other  formula  is  a 
mere  supposition  and  therefore  cannot  be  re- 
ceived as  evidence  in  any  case.  That  he  used 
the  same  formula  that  was  afterwards  given  to 
the  disciples,  is  not  only  reasonable,  but  backed 
up  by  circumstantial  evidence  that  seems  auffi- 
ciently  clear  to  warrant  its  correctness.  It  will 
lot  do  to  maintain  that  Christ  taught  his  disci- 
ples to  baptize  differently  from  what  John  did, 
for  that  would  have  caused  a  confusion  regard- 
'ig  the  mode  of  baptism.  It  then  follows,  that 
the  same  formula  must  hare  been  used  by  both 
parties  as  being  the  only  way  of  maintaining 
the  sameness  of  practice. 


THK    BRETHR£:>r    ^T    AVORIC. 


But  while  it  may  bo  clear  that  there  was  no 
ditTerence  between  John's  baptism  and  that 
taught  by  the  Savior  in  Matt.  2S:  19  practically. 
t"iii  their  origin  and  design  the  same,  yet  we 
conclude  that  (here  was  somo  difference  theo- 
retically. This  we  havi-  mentioned  several 
times  befffre.  but  perhaps,  not  so  fully  as  might 
have  Iwen  expedient. 

John's  baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er in  /ii.t.  and  of  the  Sun  and  Holy  Spirit  pnw- 
I'ectively.  John  flpoke  of  the  Father  in  fact, 
but  of  Christ  and  the  Holy  Spirit  in  promise. 
This  however  did  not  Meet  either  the  mode  or 
design  of  John's  baptfcm,  only  he  baptized  the 
people  in  the  name  of  the  Father  whom  they 
knew  to  exist,  and  of  the  Son,  mid  Holy  Spirit 
who  were  yet  to  come,  and  were  promised  by 
■Tohn.  And  as  they  were  promised,  and  John 
baptized  in  their  name,  it  follows  that  his  baii- 
tism,  so  far  as  it  was  in  the  name  of  the  Son  and 
Holy  Spirit,  was  prospective.  But  after  Christ 
came,  and  was  known  to  the  [icople,  then  John's 
baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of 
the  Son  in  fact,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit  prospect- 
ively. Then,  when  the  Holy  Spirit  came,  the 
baptiMu  was  in  I  he  name  of  all  three  in  fact,  and 
none  nrospectively,  i.  p..  before  Christ  was  bap- 
tized, John's  baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the 
Father  in  fact,  and  of  the  Son  and  Holy  Spirit 
prospectively.— Then  after  the  reception  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  the  baptism  was  in  the  name  of  the 
three  in  fact.  Or  to  illuatraUj  more  clearly,  we 
present  it  in  the  following  form,  wherein  the 
large  capitals  r*  presents  the  baptism  when  in 
fact,  and  the  italics  when  prospective: 
(Before  Christ  was  hapli/ed.) 
IN  THE  NAME  OP  THE  FATHER, 
nml  of  the  Son, 
and  of  the  Jlohj  Spirit. 

(After  Christ  wan  liaptii-.fid.) 

IN  THE  NAME  OF  THE  FATHER, 
AND  OF  THE  SON, 
and  (if  the  Holy  Spirit. 

(After  the  Holy  .Siiirlt  came.) 

IN  THE  NAME  OF  THE  FATHER, 

AND  OF  THE  SON, 

AND  OF  THE  HOLY  SPIRIT. 

"Again.  John's  liaptism  w;i.s  unto  repentance. 
John  telling  the  penjde  to  believe  on  Itlm  that 
should  come  after  him.  Acts  10;  4;  Matt,  -l.-a; 
iliirkl:«:  Luke  3:10;  Jolm  1:K(.  Again,  when 
Paul  came  to  Ephesua,  he  sjiid,  to  certain  disciples, 
■  Have  ye  received  the  Holy  Olinst  since  ye  believ- 
ed ?  They  said,  we  have  not  so  much  as  heard 
whether  there  he  any  Holy  Ghost.  And  he  said. 
Unto  >vhat  then  were  you  haptiz-edl'  And  they 
said,  unto  John's  baptism.'  Acts  10:  1.  2. 3.'  Xow 
brethren,  liere  were  disciples  who  had  been  baptiz- 
ed unto  or  by  John's  baptism  and  never  heard  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  this  oould  not  have  lieen  if  the 
^^iUne  formula  had  been  used  by  John  or  his  disci 
I'les  in  haptizing  converts,  that  waa  afterwards 
given  to  the  disciples  of  Chvi.'it.'' 

I  regard  the  rebaptizing  of  the  twelve  disci- 
ples by  Paul  at  Epbesns  as  proof  of  two  things: 

1.  Though  they  said  they  were  baptized 
"unto  John's  baptism,"  yet  they  were  not  bap- 
tized by  John,  for  those  he  baptized  were  by 
him  told  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  on  whom  they 
should  believe.  (Matt.  3:  11),  but  these  diseipti 
had  not  even  so  much  as  heard  whether  there 
be  any  Holy  Ghost.  Had  they  been  baptized 
by  him,  they  would  have  lieard  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  hence  it  certainly  follows  that  they  were 
baptized  by  some  one  who  did  not  teach  the 
way  of  the  Lord  perfectly,  hence  omitted  the 
mentioning  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

2.  As  they  had  not  even  heard  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  it  follows  that  that  name  waa  omitted 
from  the  formula  used  at  their  baptism,  and 
from  a  careful  reading  of  Acts  19;  3:  4,  it  may 
be  inferred   that  even   the  name  of  Christ  was 

I  omitted,  thus  showing  that  at  least  a  part 
of  the  formula  was  disregarded,  hence  rendering 
tlieir  baptism  invalid..  They  were  then  baptiz- 
ed by  Paul  "  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost." 


A  SPECIAX  OFFER. 

IN  order  to  accomplish  as  much  good  as  possi- 
ble and  do  alt  in  our  power  to  disseminate 
the  faith  and  practice  of  the  Brethren,  we  con- 
clude to  make  a  special  offer  and  thus  afford  our 
readers  an  excellent  opportunity  to  assist  in  a 
great  and  good  work.  There  are  thousands,  not 
members  of  the  church,  who  might  be  greatly 
benefited  by  reading  Ihe  Bhethkek  at  Work 
the  coming  year,  and  especially  the  debate,  and 
in  order  to  reach  this  chisji  we  propose  the  fol 
lowing: 


Let  some  one  in  each  neighborhood  send  in 
the  name-s  mid  address.*  of  thoHe  whom  they 
think  will  likely  be  influenced  for  gowl  by  read- 
ing the  paper,  and  wo  will  keep  a  careful  record 
of  them  in  a  separate  book.  Tlitv^e  names 
should  be  written  on  a  sheet  of  paper  separate 
from  all  other  business.  Hut  beforo  sending  in 
any  one's  name,  it  would  he  bwt  to  tintt  soe  the 
party  and  solicit  their  subaeription  for  the  pajier 
according  to  terms  published  last  week,  but  if 
they  will  not  subscribe,  then  forward  the  names 
to  us.  Yon  may  also  send  in  the  names  of  dia- 
tanl  friends. 

To  nil  such  we  will  send  tho  Brrthrkjt  at 
Work  one  year  for  91.00  each,  and  wish  to  raise 
the  money  by  donations  from  our  read->n«.  Hence 
suggest  that  all  who  feel  disposed  to  do  so,  donate 
something  to  this  fund— which  we  will  call  the 
Goxpfl  Fund— to  be  used  in  sending  tho  paper 
to  such  names  us  will  he  forwarded  to  us.  W. 
will  enter  the  names  in  order  ns  they  come  in. 
and  then  a.i  we  teceive  the  money,  will  send  the 
paper.  In  order  to  show  that  we  are  doing  a 
stniight  business,  we  will  publish  a  list  of  the 
money  received  and  names  to  whom  the  paper 
may  be  sent. 

Our  readers  will  perceive  that  this  is  a  very 
liberal  otfer,  as  we  throw  off  .iH  centji  on  each 
paper  in  order  to  reach  a  class  who  otherwis*^ 
would  not  take  the  pajwr.  We  hope  to  hear 
from  many  of  you  soon,  for  this  is  an  excellent 
opportunity  to  spread  the  truth. 


The  Lord  ha«  but  little  use  for  i^ople  who 
want  their  own  WRy  about  evcrjthing  that 
comes  up  in  th.-  church.  If  they  cannot  leara 
to  submit  while  in  this  life,  what  will  they  do 
in  that  which  is  to  come? 

It  is  gratifying  to  reflect  on  the  past  history 
of  the  island  of  Cyprus,  During  the  first  yean 
of  the  Christian  church  it  wan  the  home  of  Bar- 
nabas and  Mnason.  and  the  scene  of  some  of 
Paul's  arduous  raiwionary  labors,  but  having 
been  redeemed  from  the  corrupting  influences  of 
Turkey  and  placed  under  the  control  of  Eog- 
bipd,  we  ra»y  expect  it  to  resume,  in  a  measure, 
much  of  its  former  glory  and  become  tlie  home 
of  devoted  foUowem  of  the  Master. 


Inkormation  reaches  us,  that  many  years 
ago  there  was  a  German  book  published,  giving 
an  account  of  tho  relation  that  Alexander  Mack 
sustained  to  the  de-'fcendanU  of  the  Waldenwa, 
and  that  the  same  thing  waa  referred  to  in  a 
Bible,  published  by  the  UniUd  Brethren  church, 
containing  a  history  of  that  denomination.  Are 
there  any  of  our  reudept  who  know  anything 
about  the  book?  If  they  do.  they  will  please 
inform  us,  as  we  would  like  to  procure  a  copy 
of  the  work. 


Peoi-le  who  "xpect  to  become  chaste  in  con- 
versation, must  first  learn  to  he  pure  in  heart, 
for  pure  water  cannot  issue  fl-om  a  corrupt 
fountain.  Purify  the  heart  and  the  conversa- 
tion will  take  care  of  itself. 

BROTffER  Sharp  left  here  lost  Friday,  with 
the  intention  of  spending  some  time  with  the 
Brethren  in  the  Waddam's  Grove  congregation. 
His  family  is  still  at  Marysville,  Tenn,,  but  will 
soon  move  to  Ashland,  Ohio. 


Mf.n  and  women  who  have  to  tell  their  neigh- 
bors that  they  are  Christians,  are  poor  walking 
advertisements  for  either  the  Lonl's  or  any  oth- 
er cause.  If  a  man's  daily  walk  and  conversa- 
tion do  not  tell  what  he  is.  there  is  but  little 
dependence  to  be  put  in  his  verbal  profe^ion, 

It  is  truthfully  said,  that  the  tallest  treea 
are  moat  exposed  to  high  winds,  and  ambitious 
and  exalted  men  to  the  cyclones  of  failure  and 
destructive  temptations.  He  who  will  seriously 
ponder  this  subject,  will  see  a  reason  for  keep- 
ing down  in  the  valley  of  1  u  >  i'ialy  —  here  he 
will  find  the  secret  of  the  success  attending  an 
humble  life. 


If  your  minister  rnant  spend  two  or  three 
days  out  of  each  week  preaching  funerals  and 
atteuding  to  church  work  generally,  you  cannot 
expect  him  to  prosper  financially.  Instead  of 
censuring  him,  and  talking  about  his  poor  man- 
agement and  failures,  it  would  be  far  better  to 
lend  him  a  helping  hand  and  thus  reUeve  him 
of  a  part  of  his  burden.  Treat  him  as  you 
would  like  him  to  treat  you,  were  you  in  hia 
place.  Do  not  expect  pre4icher8  to  hear  the 
cross  alone  and  all  the  church  go  free.  God  pity 
the  poor  minister  and  his  family,  for  the  rich 
will  not. 

It  is  reported  that  tho  Buffalo  ministerB  are 
talking  seriously  among  themselves  of  attempt- 
ing to  abolish  operatic  quartettes  and  muaio 
from  their  churches,  It  is  time  they  were  mak- 
ing some  kind  of  a  reform.  These  denomina^ 
tions  that  have  Wen  running  off  into  every 
foolish  thing  imaginable  in  order  to  induce 
people  to  attend  services,  are  beginning  to  learn 
a  lesson,  and  this  should  serve  as  a  warning  to 
our  people,  that  they  run  not  into  the  same  ex- 
cess of  error.  We  want  to  cling  to  the  old 
Apostolic  order  of  singing  with  the  spirit  and 
the  understanding  also. 


Some  energetic  brother  o.ght  to  make  an  ef- 
fort to  build  up  a  church  in  the  Slate  of  Maine, 
and  we  think,  if  the  proper  efforts  were  made. 
it  could  be  done.  There  is  no  State  in  the  Un- 
ion up  with  Maine  in  the  cause  of  temperance, 
and  it  would  he  of  much  advantt^e  to  our  plea 
to  establish  a  congregation  in  such  a  place; 
having  a  temperote  people  to  commence  with, 
much  good  might  be  accomplished. 


FttoM  present  indications  it  would  seem  that 
the  Catholica  are  making  considerable  progress 
in  England,  and  by  some  it  is  feared  that  Cath- 
olicism will  yet  become  the  prevailing  religion 
of  that  fertile  island.  Catholics  have  already 
intimated  that  if  England  were  under  the  influ- 
ence of  their  faith,  they  could  see  their  way  clear 
to  manage  the  Eastern  question  to  their  own 
notion.  Protestantism  should  keep  a  keen  look- 
out, for  the  Catholics  will  not  leave  a  stone  un- 
turned that  will  strengthen  their  cause. 


Therk  always  will  be  men  who  are  calle<l 
great  preachers.  The  cause  cannot  well  get 
along  without  them,  nor  would  they  he  great 
without  the  cause.  Some  of  them  are  men  of 
great  natural  ability,  but  their  zeal  and  stabili- 
ty have  much  to  do  with  their  superior  work- 
manship. In  order  to  become  eminently  useful, 
a  man  must  not  attempt  to  do  too  many  things 
at  the  same  time.  Great  preachers  are  seldom 
great  in  anything  else.  We  all  have  our  gifts, 
and  it  is  our  duty  to  improve  them,  and  do  the 
best  we  know  how  in  onr  callings.  If  you 
would  be  useful,  learn  to  do  good  and  make 
your  mark,  not  by  running  all  over  the  world 
in  search  of  something  to  do,  but  work  in  the 
sphere  where  God  has  placed  you.  Better  be 
great  in  humility  and  be  sure  of  salvation,  than 
great  in  the  eyes  of  the  world  and  lose  heaven 
Take  good  care  of  your  own  conduct  and  di 
what  is  right.  God  will  see  to  the  greatness 
and  the  reward  too.  And  for  heaven's  sake  do 
not  be  jealous  of  anybody  else. 


TuosF,  who  quote  Webster  in  defense  of 
tprinkling  and  pouring,  do  the  noted  linguist 
njuslice,  for  he  defines  the  original  meaning  of 
the  word  correctly.  We  quote  from  his  Una- 
bridged Dictionarj^f  a  late  date,  where  he  is 
defining  baptism:  "Gr.  linptisma,  Bnpfistnoa, 
from  Baptizein,  to  baptize,  from  Baptein,  to  dtp 
in  icatfir."  From  this  it  is  clear  that  biiplitm  is 
derived  from  words,  meaning  to  dip  in  the  wa- 
ter, hence  as  evidence  is  wholly  on  the  side  of 
immersion.  Men  of  such  scholarship  as  Web- 
ster are  not  addicted  to  defining  baptizo  to  mean 
either  sprinkling  or  pouring,  for  that  would 
endanger  their  reputation  as  scbolars.  Since 
the  united  voice  of  the  ancient  Greeks,  in  whose 
mother  tongue  the  New  Testament  was  firel 
written,  is  on  the  side  of  immersion,  it  is  not 
safe  for  modem  scholars  of  reputation,  to  gain- 
say.   The  question  is  too  firmly  settled. 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE  FUND. 

St.  Joseph  church,  Ind., |>1.00 

Turkey  Creek  church,  Ind., 1,00 

H.  Berkman,  Iowa, 1.00 

Millmine  church.  111., 1.00 

Rock  Run  church,  Ind., 1.60 

Isaac  P.  Bowers,  Ind., 1.00 

Pipe  Creek  church,  Ind., 1.00 

Eel  River  church,  Ind., S,15 

Hudson  church.  111 1.00 

Oak  Hill  church.  W.  Va., 1.00 

Knob  Creek  church,  Tenn., 1,00 

Chippewa  church,  Ohio, , 1,50 

Buck  Creek  church,  Ind 1.00 

Previously  reported, ¥15,00 

Total.  $30.15 

Who  can  send  us  the  names  and  addresses  of 
a  number  of  persons  living  in  Maine?  We 
want  to  send  them  sample  copies  and  try  to 
work  up  a  list  of  subscribers  all  over  that  State, 
There  are  too  many  temperance  people  there  to 
have  no  Brethren  among  them.  Come  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  help  us  a  little,  and  we  will  ae« 
what  can  be  done. 

The  safest  place  during  a  hurricane  is  in  a 
cellar,  or  some  other  low  place.  Just  so  during 
the  storms  of  sin— he  who  keeps  down  in  the 
valley  of  humiliaty  is  safe. 


i€ 


THiK/BR'EiTHRKIsr  JJAlT    ^"Qlil^. 


August   2-3. 


TRUTH. 


■Once  tht-re  wns  «  little  boy. 

Witii  curly  Imir  nnd  [Oeasiuit  eye, 
A  boy  wild  Jilwftys  spoke  t!ie  triltli. 

And  iK-vw.  never  toM  n  Up. 

,  ^.1  wli-»  J)<-,  U"t(*d  ofl  t/»  school.     ,        ; 

Tlif  cliiliirxn  hJI  abniit  wOulil  cr)'. 
'  Tlu-r<'  Kwi'-'  *''•■  rmly-lifiulc'l  l>oy—     , 
'     Trip  hoy  wlio  lu-v.f  U'Jls  a  He. 

Anil  ^vcryliwly  IovlJ  bliii  aw. 
H.-(;iiiwc  In-  toM  tlie  tnitli, 

Tlifir'A'^*  any,  ii*  Vc  btcw  iir>, 
'Tw;i««  wflld,  Thd*'ffws  tlic  liolieat  yoiitli.- 

A  ml  wlii'ii  tli«  i>i-oi)l<!  wlio  stooil  near        * 

IVoiilil  ;iHk  Il|y  n-SjWn  wliy. 
The  luuwpr  wiJHid  lA"  alwajn  thU— 

Ho  never  loItlfllW-"  , 

V    /   ...  '       '    —Biblfliannfi-} 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

— MMfliTAtion  is,  llie  sUl^ou  fltriiig  running 
Hirougli  the  ppflrt  cIiAiu,pf  nil  virtues. 

—Nothing  cliii  coHstitiiie  goo\  brt-eJi^K  tl"^*- 
has  not  gtmil  n:tt>irt;  for  jt«  foiimlut iun . 

— Nevisc  let  >'('nr  zonl  putfun  ^-ou^;  chnrj»ctijr. 
The  forniLT  is  but  human,  the  ktter  is  ^\'lif^.  i 

—It  would  be  wel!  if'-we  had  Ichs  medicine 
and  knon;  ciiros,  Iew>  flau't  anllruove  pily.  Itss 
law  and  mon'  jmiliM.  ' 

— Thi?  virtiiM  of  n  man  ougJi't  to  be  rafriifftffpd, 
not  by  hiV  i-itniiii'flJiiafj'  eierllons,  W  by  his 
every  iliiy»'ori(hH^t.      '        "      ■  "    '  ' 

— lit'llmiikfulihat  yonr'  lot  lias"fallep  ^  oii, 
times  wJleti,  (hoii'i^h  there  muy  be  inany  eVjl 
ton&uel  lillrl  ex/wp/i-nlcd  spirits,  tliofy  'are  ijnii'e' 

w\)0llilWV.f''i,'fMl  fA-nCaf'roni.m.lid,    '^        "^^  ,' 

—flH-y  Ins.'ui'l  (1m*  I'l'lii  "t  wraith,  cyeii'SW 
thisilai,  «'1..)J,m4  liyra  it  iij..  Si  hrwlio  iriefi 
totcep  Iiis  rffigion  to  hiiiist-!!',  will  get  as  little 
good  from  it.  as  he  lets-othere  get.  Use  what 
you  liftve,  iliyou.ffould  huveuJOfo.' .  .(  .(  -.  .  ■ 

-Thtre  if  fi  bordt-n  of  care  iu  gettihB  JieliM,' 
fem*  in  tit?f|jrng  them,  temptation  in' using  tbom, 
gailt  in'nbut-ing  thi^m,  sbrrow'ifl' Ib^fbg  Ihetn, 
and  R  burden  of  lilt; count  at'last'lb'  bb  giveir  ttp 
coiiceriliHg  them!'  '""  '    ''  '       '"' ''    "''' 


-In  i.reaclii^jg  ill'-;  \Vord.  din^j'Icsiii^.Hmi 
self  is  the  obji'tt  uf  I'luth.  The  frutji  or  Go^pe! 
of  Christ  i«  the  mutter  of  faitli:  tlje  divine  evi 
^enceof  tbe  h^h  is  the  ground  of  fiLith;'th( 
declaration  fiifii'lisafinfi  the  t^^tll  is  tlie  mediunj 
of  faith;  and  the  apint  of^jS^:it|j(^i,if 'tliSjaj^l^oj-^ 
of  faith. 

,.,— Tp,\in^e^ta4id  tbo/world  ia  wiser  tb4fi['t° 
CO^V^'HM'  lUr.  '^'o  study  the  -^orjd.is  l>et^ci;itlj^ui 
to  sh^iu  it,,  T*^  u^*-*  *''l^  world  is  4(pblor  thajj.to 
abuse  it,  Twniak«;t^o  -worldi ,  bettei;.  iwveUer. 
and  hai>i>i<.'r.  is  the,ui»b|[est*ot'l'-of  a,Ti»fV  or  a 
woman,,   .  V.'  i     I   ..    .1 

— Whut'heavt  has  not  acknowledged  Uieint- 
Hm'Uce  of  this  hoiit,  the  sweet  atid  soolhtng- 
hoiii-  of  Iwiliglit.  Ih?  hftur  of  love,  th*  hour  of 
^omtiriH,  (lie  liiiur  uf  rvst.'wheii  we  think  of 
thoseV*  lorp  ohly  to  'h'gret  that  we  'havt  not 
lovefl' thfeni  move  'dtft)rltp;''when  we'remembef 
dtiC  efieAi***  ortlyWfol'give'tihem?'  '    ' 

*  —If  voii  want,  to  s|)nil  all  thiit  ("Jud  gives yoii; 

.         .  ..    .    .,    .    „.    ,     . 

Oyly  W selfish, ^^ina  i^  is  li'viie  at  oijce'.  '^Tjimk 


rfvou  wan(,'k''l-"-  »iist*ral)^  yourself,  find  a  ,m'a- 
k^rof  i^iWry  to  oll}LT;i,'tlie  wu|  iseasy  cuoUji^li, 
Oyly  Wsylfi-"'l,J,,l"'.'i  '^  i^  ^'I'v,"*' ^  o?f'^"''-  \7:J^f,"'' 
about  yo|irwJf;  wl'iat  rcs-j^ject  the  })eoi)te|.ought 
to  pay  y'oii,  what  pfiiplL' think  of  yoij;  and  thfii 


-(Juris lianity,  u  u  means  auytnmg,  means 
t«u  ounces  to  the  pound,  three,  fefit  tq  the 
4,  a  just  wefglit  uifJ  a  just  (ui'iv^ire.;— It 
uis  honesty  ill  iill  dealiiigs,  j>imtyin  all  cim- 
aatiijii,  a  uliarity  as  lirojul  :i>  tlu-  I'n;'-,  uii- 
chiii«  iiileyrity,  kViufatliy.  hmnanil  y  tu'  niiui. 


J  pav  voii,  what  i»fii| 

— Christianity,  if  it  means  anything,  m^anj 
8ixt«; 

means  honesty  in  all  dealiiigs,  piyitj 
vepiatiun,  a  uliarity 
flinching  liile^rity.  kyin['iftJ|V.  h 
With  tliese  there  can  be  im  ci,improm^frr-,  | 

•  f-flt  is  nut  uiu-'omuiou.tiff  persgU^  tJu  wirmipq 
ttpttgsconei'i-njug.otherfi.i.tfl  Jlui.ye'4li'J4-  sp-^ii 
cioiis,  and  then  to  give  out  tlicte,suvi»i>iiv\gajijj]l 
suspitjyus  as>  liwis.  Vj-'Ky  g«)tt.  iiUUrilWflteni 
doiiB  in  this  way., .  Jii|imll|r..V'i>^us  is  it  ito.at- 
trilAite  molivcs  to  pLj,-ii>uH'(wli(tth  fhtiy  d<>jlOt 
thepuijlvea  ai;kjunvle(lga..,'ltM'Uflt  tilWi'Wi*[y,,t)4 
do.  .'lU.  is  not  whiit  the  liolM..J^aol[i>.t«il«li<^ 
Cbriatiaii!!  to  do. 

'  '— ff  wi-'caH  c.iir-ii-lvi-^  fni..  Cll^■i^l.i;^ns■  let  n-. 
never  bHf,i|^*ra^^,t.>,  i|(.-.d  ,n-i(b  p.'pi/le  ^bont.tlifir 

i)ifite,tlf^,n  i),yJ?jJj'/()  lujij^e  l>1;pl^^■pf|<^rrl^^lyipu^ 
I((!t,  U3  l^ii.t)iej;ij  «t"i^Wtli'|,,thfj.t  ,iiny',jCai(JH>t 
kflqwjtf  ,|vni  y^.iy<;,|f^j.tlj  t^M^^Af*?  Ufi4'  .  M 

ha.1  nothing  t«  con<:i'iil.  Its  fuimi(;m(l  ,iyr)ic,ticc 
Ere  MjHiken  ag;»iu±.t  iuat  btreau.-e  tlii--y  are  not 
kn^pxi.  ..it^.^WfjrtiigjiftijDHi  cvvji  of  tUmgb  wyth 
wjijvli  Uify  ittre  iiot.  [lY^yMrtiutsi,,  They,.,ini^(?i;-i 
(TUnd  nv^lii-r.wbat  m^  ''10'  W*'  ffh«VH*^it''«K 
afirra.  .,!,    .,  -^iAu  vm'A  to/ ■  If 


Ur  JIAURlijT  BCCK. 

Oil  IViciiJs,  the  day  h  not  far  dislanl  yAxia  a 
rtmonicltss  foe  will  confront  you.  Strengtli 
of  «rbli  and  pndc  of  intellent,  and  stoutii'-M  bf 
heart  will  not  aTail.  The  wisdom  of  the  wisest 
man  eniinot  «.iVe  you;  although  yon  may  be 
reirolirig  in  h'jmeH  of  luxury,  and  hoatrt  of  dffvot-- 
ed  frieniJs  •urrouod  you,  yet  e»orj' •  efl'Of t  "' 
theiw,  in  your  bt^halt",  will  be  in  vuiii-  D<jath 
will  sooji  ky  his  cold  and  icy  aru^s  aryuud  you, 
jour  ey«*  will  close  to  nil  earthly  siglits,  yopr 
lips  be  sealed,  and  your  throbbing  heart  will 
cease  to  Wat;  and  you  must  go,  prepared  oi 
I  unprepared,  to  tr>'  the  realities  of  m  unseen 
iworhi.'  If  yoii  liave  nAt  made  yoiir  peace  With 
God;  0  mwt,  whithef'taii  yort  flee  for  protec- 
tion ?  Or  rrtiiHt  yon  then  pray  for  the  rocks  and 
mnuntaiii*  to  fall  upon  you  hnd  forever  hide 
you  from  tha  face  of  llitii  that  jotteth  upon  the 
throne,  and  from  th«  Lamb?  Take  waiuJU? 
then,  for  ulrt-ady, Death's  Hhadow  dnrkeiWcynn' 
patliwii)-,  and  th*»IJital  dart  m»y  be,l)oipe(l  with 
unerring  uim  i"  jiff  bami*  of  tbi;.  deatroyei. 
But  in  the  gfeift  j^Jgmeujiduy  what  will  the 
Sayioi-  say  to  those  who  have  not  obeyed  His 
commands?  "  Df!^art  from  ,nie,  ye  workers  of 
iniqdily,  I  nevili-'knew  you."'"Have"y6u  never 
thought  that  you  Ought  "to  "beeome  relifeH<^iis? 
If  you  have  felt  that  yoil'i<KoTiM'irVe  rt  ChHt'tirtn 
liffi.'then  whydt-Iay  Pimiiiig'lo  thrift?  'Vou 
diaythink  tlmt  you  Vn*l  ftUr  foriV  long  life,  but, 
dear  friend.  youlhoTeiin  imsurancefor  to-niop- 
row.  "  To-day  ifyoB-wHHieBrhi  i  voice,  harden 
not  your,)ieai-|s."'  l^'p  ^^oul^t  olhti^  (bought  as 
youftojj',d9,„h'i^.lVliere,a|'p,tl?,ey  wV.v  .^Ic^P- 
iflg  tii,it  l,uug6jfep,,Qf:d^/tf,b-.Mn'i3'?,nH^yi;,,them 
hJi4to,gouifprppare»J,r:77CaIled  i^jjfiiyi  without  a 
moment's  waniing.    ,;,,  _._ ,  .,^, 

Then  since  death  is. on  our  track,  let  us  try  to 
ifUPpve  ^\^ii  ^hi^rt^spape  of.  tiinc,#iptte(l  U3,  ppd 
t'!-^,^,|(v<,>y,  (Jyjd's  iveip,  fiM,^!!^.^^^'^  ^'•''"  ^.?S 
b,ejWp,d.,fH!(l  lyeshall  conquer  aud  go  si^outiija 
hoiw^'jlic^Offi):^'^  through[pnr  Ijvi>i  Jesus  Cbribt| 
and  in  that  great  day,  may|,'iYehei|r  tl^at  welcoip.e 
plaudit,  '•  Well  done  guoJ  and  faithful  servant, 
euft^Ti^l^ciiiinto  tlie.ivj's.*;*'  tliy  J^nvtl-^' 
,  "[  yiM-oaie  tliis  Jj/i)iiiejit  nuJ.licjfjn,  ..,|,,,,  ,i 
Wlul./  lilf's  suei-t  iiiniiii,-nts  bist;  ^, 

■     tlllH  In  li,i-  LulJ.  f..l.-.:.kr  VOUr'siUS, 

'      ■■=■    AiKinfU'r-rplvi'  wllaf^iiast- 


iEJCf  RACT^'bPON  THE  iWARRlAGE 
i  OF  NEAR  r'ELATIONS. 

I  t~.iiJ    •■■!'  '  '    ■  ii      1.' ;_| ■'■         " 

I    '"  '   '  '  '         HY  JAMES  WIRt!' 

I  |.:i,     nil".  ■     ■■  >''  'LL^^-   '  ■"     ■■■■l''^'  '"'■■ 

i<  TN'Sikinrkmg'i'mari^y  '(lieir'o^Nii^M' 
i  and  in  tlu^  countvj,  (Englan*!^  first  aijd 
second  cousins  marly  without  scruple,  aUhoiiijli 
levery  jiliilosoptiical'  pliysiologlst '  will  d(?clare, 
I  that  thie  is  iu  direct  -opposition  to  tile  inatHth- 
tiojiaof  ftntnr^.  ■.;     <  ,.\',  -..'   .\^->',^         ■•— ' 

If  tjze  first,  individual;*  cpHliecttjd  in  neiir  rela- 
tionship, why  unite  in  nuirrisigeure  uu^-omuion- 
ly  i-pb^st,  ami, pBsacBS  very  f|ivont|(ly  developed 
bjr4ij^,,tjW"  qUspring.m*.v;,nofc  Ij^.iSo'  much  ie- 
^■iQri^tMiihelyw  the  cpu^^jiori  stauilard  ol'  the 
cuuiitp-jtas,t\>  attfac,t  particular  atteutioii,  am^ 
the  law  (^.HJtf^p  i^,  in,  tbjs instance,  ^upp^siMjIi 
not  to  hold;  >,ut,it,.iio,es  hold,  for  to,ft  lai^y^of 
nature,  there  never  \v:is_^y  exueption.  The  nll- 
.'\tjriug  are  Auiirormly  iiit'ei|-ior  to_  what  they 
u-oi,h'  hiif  L''"ii'.\t'  tlie"j.;ii-[-iits  hail'unit^J  yitl^ 
straiiL'oi- ill  l>!no.ini.,-,'iUii)v"-i-linil(l.>v,-!..piuent. 
WIhi^'v-t  Ih.-iv  1.  ;niy  'ivmaT'kai.li-'  drflcienyy 
in,  pareiit:^  wjio  iuv  re'n,li  il  in  lilunii 

in  ilieDiarTied  anii  n^'sv '  "'   ' 

spVuig."     Couib  op  llii 

i!;..wrt.i)t^,„ , :,;;, ,  ,.:,    „ ■ 

'-'.v. "!!»)!'!;!''»)'*  .fSft  ws'/irsii!''!  •'"'«;.  '"^v 

liiitiire,  anil  Ifiuling  t<i  till;   ileti-i 


a|i[»ar 
a  l„[]i,i  ill  Ihf  ofi- 
,ii-iituti,,i,  ,^f  mall, 


riiu,'.    Tlii 

.|,r„u.;;:.,i 

'(;',',*■■  ■'-•'!: 
l,,.iu,..i  n. 
oi.ftuiila'-, 
■ly,  11,1,1  fr,- 


)ration  of  the 
!i,p.e 


anil  iiA-r/ol. 
,.,l,,iii  „f  h.m 


i:b 


oil  the  reason  j.i't  j 
fiiiity.  or  rolis.iiii,'iL 
froniimarrviiig 


Ii    r,.-l-    li.,' 
-|,.i,.„ll;.,l,.,!: 

lilliul.irliy.liarai;,. 
,■  jiiluu,,!™,  a-'ui,- 
;,v,.,  „|    af. 


\v 


iin(y  si 
■    141,,. 


irti. 


whji'h  ther"  ha-^  ifji-i-n^reiit 'diversityof  oniuionj 
aiui'in  its  dV'ni»sioi'i  much  It^riiin^ '5;a.s  iWe'ri 
e.-iiienjlea.       Oiiamberhn  *  Commercial    Law, 

■"  '  Iko  ■■'■'""'^"''  ■""'  '"  *■''■■''  ■■■"""'  -■■"  '"" 
t'"^».    \n,u    oil.,)    .■.:■.■.. \    NMi     .1   Mm... 

l,^u^,.^^,l.o_v^i,:;  )teriS;,,,ti.(,„;r  .o.,[v.  ..r,i[.j. 
,  '(^C^lloel■wiHgllual■^■iBg«'IMt■.inul^^.««I^itipnN;W^ 
I«icij»liy  wvl^(lint  *I'S  umi^iiniuily  .i;(«ir,iiUtf*ik, 
u4*!l«iji  m-nl  gwo'l  itiiut  .--uehtniHvrittLTrfi  bliuiiW 
uutiitt^Wibu,|»U()  tliui  pnrenliM.fhould  Wtti^J)  tli^iv 
chiltUjwi  earjjti»Vly im  (Iti;*  respeot^  ^Q  tiuit  oUe»ji^ft 
and  sciuidal    niigjit'be.  iiyCv.v/jted,  whu^K  haAH 


been  so  oiV-n  occaaioued  by  it,  and  that  our 
dear  youth  may  not,  in  ianorance,  be  led  into 
something,  where,  perhaps,  afterwards  their 
thought*  might  be  accusing  one  another  iibout 
those  things  which  c.innot  be  altered  any  niore. 
and  therefore  should  be  well  considered  previ- 
ously iu  the  fear  of  God."  Minutvs  of  Annual 
Ctiuneii,  page  IT. 


TWILIGHT. 

IIY  K,  R.  STIHLKB. 

HOW  delightful  are|the  twilight  houi-s; 
When  the  hist  raysjof  the  brilliant  orb  of 
day— the  setting  sun,  have  disappeared  behind 
tHe  far- stretched  »'e3terD  hills,  and  all  nature 
is  hushed  to  quietude,  t/ifii  will  our  minds  wan- 
der back  to  the  happy  Jaya  of  our  childhood, 
when  our  hearts  were  as -the  sparkling  evening 
dews,  when  we  knew  not  of  son'ow  or  anguish 
of  heart,  when  all  was  joy  and  happiness,  and 
we  thought  not  of  the  coming  future.  Again, 
we  faucy  ourselves  treading  tlio  well-known 
patha  of  our  youthful  homes,  and  imagine  wo 
liearpoiir  childij.k  voices  ringing  in  the  old  lii- 
uiiliar  halls,  although  many  days,  week^,  months, 
yea,  years  have  elapsed  since  that  time.  We 
inquire.  Where,  are  tliose  who  mingled  with  us 
in  childhood's  hallowed  spot,  with  whom  wc 
associated  jn  bygone  days?  W^  receive  the 
answer,  borne  by  the  passing  breeze:  " ScatlKi- 
ed"  Beloved  and  a9\-ctiouate  parents,  breth- 
i^(^n,  sistei*s,  Sabbiith-school  teaehei-s,  and  schol- 
ftrs,  alf.  the  golden  chain  that  Tiinds  the  family 
and  fViendship  circles  together  is  broken  and 
where  are  the  loved  ones?  Death  has  entered 
and  claimed  the  igolden  jewels,  while  we  have 
wandered  tOQfa4--otl'  distant  land;  and  thus  it 
is.  r/(i7^(]'f'is't^ie:  I  password  from  the  first  dawn 
of  the  morning  of  youth  to  the  setting  of  the 
sun,  and  the  close  of  tlie  twilight  hours  of  the 
silvery  locks  of  age. 

May  we.  as  Wf  wander  from  tl^e  threshold  of 
the  old  familiar  , homestead,    "  O'er  these. wide 
extended  plains  "  fo/y/et  not  the  Giver  of  thos 
golden  hours  of  childhood,  iind  all  through  the 
journey  of  life  reverence  His    great  and   holy 
name,  so  that  if  we  arrive  at  the  twilight  houre 
of  life,  that  we  mriy   exclaim    with  Christ,  our 
Redeemtr,  as  He  bowed  His  liead  and  was  about 
to  enter  the  portals, of  death,  "it  is  finished. 
Our  race  isendpd,  nnd  our  jqumeyof  life 
complete,,    Ma.y  we  then  calmly  sink  to  rest  in 
the  arms  oi'  Jesus  to  await  the  sounding  of  the 
trumpet  on  that  great  resurrection  morn. 

"  'iUifc  ihiv  is  iiast  anil  K'">"'e. 
Tbo  ev'ninp  siiaiU'S  ftpijcar; 

O.  may  we  all  reinenilicr  well, 
I  Thenifjltt  of  death  draws  near." 


"LET  NOT  YOUR  HEART  BE 
TROUBLED." 

liy  s.  M.  MrN-*ncH. 

riTHERE  is  trouble  for  joan  from  the  cradle  to 
1  the  grave. ,  He  is  of  few  days  .and  full  of 
Trouble.  Jesus  warned  His  disciples  of  tjie  trials 
and  persecutions  iliiit  were  about  to  befall  them. 
Ht-tbldlhem  "ye  will  be  haled  of  all  men,' 
TheyVIll  persecute  you  from  city  to' city;  you 
rtill  bec^^t  into  priR6n  and  be  put' to  death  Ibr 
my'Salcei  'The  gueat  Teacher  diduot  tell  His 
disciples  whe^e  to  go,  or  what  to  do,  bo  escape 
trwublei  but  Hjetold  them  what  was  muchi  bet- 
ter lor  theMiand  W  tpj,bionhrrhow  ^.iljriMmph 
ovsr,oui,'i^.i'V,ublfia.  '   ,,,,.,,    \.i,„,        .,:{,    ,.1,. 

"  Yt;  ,Wlfev§  in  (jiod,  l^j^lievc  also  in  inc. 
This  iii  the  great  antidotej'or  all  our  troubles 
iNiitli!  in  thrist  enijjlt-s  us  to  ^c-ar  alcove  irouble. 
As  the  eiigle  soar->'alK>ve  the  rain,  Ihc  sionii  and 
clouds,  into  theMl'iishitiL-of  a  |)la(i<l  atmosphere 
suIjIjI  filith  s^iU  tlif  ■Clt'i'i^'nim  ri^e  ahove  tronb- 
lW,')lW«ecQ*itiil  anil  cVen  dV'ilfh  itself,  into  tht 
^'Iwioo.'i-light  ol'tlie  Sdii  irf  Hiuhteoa'snes*.  ' 
'  Are  wfe  in  tioiibli.  belietiiin  '.fiartia  will  still 
our  feairaJ  -  Do  we  (wat-  to  die.  ^wei  Had  bctlerf 
liviCjtij  liye.1  If  weiliv(i,riaht,  weishhlidiejright, 
11'^  WW  •:.n-t-  for  (iin'  ■life,.,,Uod  will  care. for ,ifur 
dcuDi,  ;tlim-  is  Hothij;i-'  for  the  Christian  I o 
irouble  uboutm  lite  or  dcitli^,  who  obeys,  the  .iv- 
jiinction,  "Fear  .God.  luid  ^^Lin  .only  sljall, ,ye 

Lit    war,  fanilnyr pPytllf [Wr" come;    let  the 
ijglitiiinps.fiiai;raG  Uiiibdun' ttffl; /yea.  let  the 

cartli  and  the  hca\ens  lU'e  away,  God  is  ol'R 
rA'TWi:1r.'""0oll'is  niu'  P'fiiL'e  ;nul  strength.  It 
P^K?ll=:NTlt^iVn<^ './-■;■     I'-.ilni  4»;:i3.      ' 

""'"  ''"''"^A"iFkw  tHOUGHtS. 

«  III  l«l**J^  01    V.iiiii  <-]!    y\  ■     "1     '"■  1 

''■"•*^'"-"'*'"'*rST."ymL4;feK:  '"■' -  '  •"  >'■■■■■ 

nOft,Vay!i  life  SoU  G-o^'sV  wif^.'  WKenr'Sttnf 
,  iftiTfed  th«  ctittlefijr  slicri  tite,  it  was  a  gooil 
object  he  biyJ  in  vicw^^bxit  it  was  oDbaceordiiig 
to  God's  will.     That  wi.s  not  God's  way  and  WiJ 


will  all  admit  that  He  knows  best.  Wfaeo  Qod 
s.iys,  come  out  from  among  sinners,  and  be  sep. 
arale  from  them.  He  means  for  uh  to  do  w. 
W'hen  God  says,  be  not  unequally  yoked  to-" 
getlier  with  unbelievei-s,  it  is  for  ua  to  obey. 
We  must  learn  to  obey;  it  is  one  of  the  hardest 
lessons  we  have,  this  learning  to  obey.  How 
few  are  well  trained  in  this  particular. 

"But  theie  were  false  prophets  also  among 
the  people,  even  as  there  shall  be  false  teachers 
among  you."  What  a  pityJ  false  teacbi_Ts 
among  us.  But  how  are  we  to  tel!  them?  We 
can  judge  the  tree  by  its  ti-uit*?  WecaniucaB;. 
ure  by  that  perfect  rule  which  we  have,  can  w? 
not?  "If  any  man  preach  any  other  Gospel 
unto  you  than  that  ye  have  received,  let  him  be 
accursed:  For  do  I  now  persuade  men,  or  God? 
or  do  I  seek  to  plea.se  men?  for  if  I  yet  n^eased 
men,  I  should  not  be  the  servant  of  Christ." 
Gal.  1:9,  10. 

YeS,  we  complain  of  hard  times,  but  were  we 
only  thankful  instead,  for  the  miirty  blessihRa 
which  we  are  continually  en  joying,  how  good  it 
wouhl  bo!  If  ^ve  wCTviis  thankful  as  weslionl^ 
be,  Gtid  would  bless  Msrso  abundantly  that  we 
would  not  have  room  to  receive  it.  We  mur* 
taur  rnul  complain,  yet  we  are  even  now  blessed 
above  what  we  are  worthy  to  i'ecijive.  , 

"I  have  iCoughta,  good  .fjglit.''  Sometimes 
people,  v.hcii  they  come  to  the  dniroh,  are  dig- 
appoiuleJ.  TJiey  .^eeui  to  think  the  victory 
won.  but  it  is  only  commenced.  Tdey  e.\pect 
to  find  everything  s'liiootli  ami  ciLsy.  This  isa 
(jfciii  mistake.  We  have  a  battle  to  fight,— a 
lifei-long  battle;  ftftd  sometimes  we  ure  in  peril 
hero,  and  sometimes  '  tliei'e,  and  sometime?  it 
happens  that  we  are  in  peril  among  false lireth- 
reu.  Even  in  the  Apostle-s'.  time,.false  bretlwen 
had  ci-ept  into  the  church  and  what  may  we.ex- 
pectnow?  It.  is  a  Siid  thing  to  get  in  peril 
among  false  brethren.  ,  Of  all  the  perils  Paul 
speaks  of  being  in,  I  always  tln^ught  the  las^ti 
one  was  the  woi-st.  I^ven  (Chrisf  was  smitten 
iu  the  house  of  His  friends.  The  Christian  iioa 
a  great  battle  to'  fi'gW,  "foes  V>t^'o>if  aiJ(l  ifiirt 
within."  ■ 

"When  my  fatketand  motlier  for^Effie me^ 
then  the  Lqrd.will  take, me  up.."  What  a  sweet 
aj^  consoling- thoiigiit'  'tins  is'ofthe  P^lffil&b! 
When  our  dearest  tViends  focsakif  ua,  t)»6  Lord 
will  care  for  us.  This  briugs  to  my  mind  the 
Scripture  where  it  says,  we  must  forsake  all 
for  Christ  or  we  cannot  be  His  disciples.  God 
wants  our  services  unconditionally,,  nob  if  father 
and  mother  give  themselves  wholly  toHim.  At 
the  judgment  the  church  will  not  be  accepteij 
.IS  a  whole,  but  such  thiiigs  as  iS'ffetd  will  be'ife}- 
jected.  Bvethreri  and  sistet-s,'  w6  "will  allb'e 
judged  individiially;  let'  us  not  follow' bne  an- 
other, buti  let  us  measure  ourseWes'' by  that 
measure  which  will  stand  whe^jfil)  earthly 
things  will  have  passed  away.     )„      \..      •■,  _ 


PLAIN  TALK. 


ZIOX'S  HERALD  reports  the  fpllowingi*; 
marks  of  Ur.  Moody,,  delivered  iu  the  Bqs? 
ton  Tabernacle:  Mr.  Moody  did  not  believe  that 
anything  could  renovat*  thecountry  but  a  pure 
revival,  and  God  is  always  r^ady  to  revive  His 
work  when  sisked  to  do  so.  Siiice  the  war  there 
is  no  question  but  that  we  have  become  dcmor-i 
aliz-ed  and  extravagant.  Young  me«  will  not 
get  married  in  the  old-fashioned  Wi*y  and  live  in 
two  or  three  rooms,  but  think  they  -nniist  have 
at  least  ^5,0fn!l  ol- ilO.fi'ifi  a  year.  If  they  cani 
not  have  this  income,  they  will-not  nmrry,  oiid 
arulc'Jintu  adultery  ahd  liceutiujuflness.  The 
I  speaker  had  seQtu  tin  ii.ui4u(nfc  of  rotteiuiiess  and 
corruptiun  in  sou^wty  fo?,  two  wTbUree,  ycara 
which  iistonisUed  him-  Itwia  full  tmuj  fortUe 
church  to  wake  up.  Men  join  tht  church,  for 
the  purpose  of-('Ut\iinin^  |n>itioii  audttiecoulji 
deuce  of  society,  ayil  soon  we  bear  of  tlifiu  as 
deltiulter.s  in  $'ioi\(ifi'i'(ir  i^^nfi.ildil.  Some  min- 
isters are  so  ansiou- to  have  aloii?  niH'of  nam^s 
in  theii'MmVcli,'  that  tbf'j-  hu-tle  in  liuy  cbe 
whfief)itiesnloiig,\^t1iontTeg;(rdt()tit.ness.'  We 
wilit  don^nriflhtUiWiMy  in  tht  cliti'irch.  ■  There 
iH:t<'nuetlli»g^bo.beidoiii>  bpsMos  singing  afeW 
p.-,wm^',ind  hymm.  \Vu  want  arevivalot  tem- 
PffMncv-ii^iali  things,  .lie  wiwuicJi  andtireijof 
iniaiaters  \\:)ig  d^d  more  Ijjinu  t,|)HM  infidels.  If 
anything  is  wrong  iu  tlit^r  cli}|rf;l(,  tlicy  should 
speak  out,  and  not  fear,  t.}  lo^e'  their  iio>itioii. 
A  man  v^liH  is  not  wfllin-to  dis  j.od.fi^e^  fnf  a 
living,  if  Tiecessaryi    was  never  half  ■lonverteri. 

Woo  t(>  tbtiwwustw*  who  il<?t 
to    his    iicoide!     We    wmit. 


.t,  duty 

IV ill  of 

PLirty 


We    ,.,.-., 
■otlu-rtylove.'  aruT'lilttof  scctai 
biekenilgs.— 7V(('  '  ^kristiriti.  ' 

.,AV>VA  .fulsehoud.  .iTliere  cau,,bui,fj;niid  no 

A'tun  ..f  m<ti\<»  rtiJ'nisL  ■  luioWnsr  tllj  'i'- 
ooit  ,.1  liiH  own  liiilli  .mJ  till'  li.l*l>uv.t  o!'  BM 
own,  toiiK".-,  llii.  ,y«  uiost  Ix  alwap, "'M 
win;  si,.Ma,„m,  anil  I.,-  iiai.t  [.is.  tin-  j;realc-.t  of 
al'HliiI.l.i.iras— coufi(l..iii-Piiilli"Sf«-l'"™'''''"'r 
tiinl.  -.I.' 


YilO'USt 


Tiriv:  mvi^yriitil^Nr  ts^t  woiitc. 


oiivoyimce  in  hopes  to  be  ^Uowh  tlio  couutry 
by  liim.  na  wo  pass  along  nml  ri-jicV  the  vc»)- 
lenc«  ot  EW.  Bowers,  but  we  soon  learnwl  that 
hitlieart  w.wfiiU  of  Scriplure,  iinil  pious  talk, 
nice  nml  cheap  land  had  110  room  there.  Ohl 
Iloworsis  tb(!  eliier  in  Diiugl)is  Co„nnd.un  abli- 
hoosifkoflpcr,  appaivutly  nour  his  blcsse^l  houitt 
l"'.voud.  Htf  took  H5  to  Lilwreiicc  next  day. — 
(Jaif<>  a  bniiiicss  plactf.  Took  curs  for  Ivinpley 
stoppfd  at  IIiitL^hisoii,  and  Niiri-rt-toii;  appar- 
ently too  flat.nnd  wet,  niiule  onr  point  at  Kins- 
ley, but  fntiri'ly  too  much  sand,  soil  and  8ul>-soil. 
No  phieo  for  113;  thought  to  return  next  d(\y  to 
Nigert5i>n  station  and  stay  over  Sunday;  but 
tfiiin  disappointed  Its,  &o  wc  made  for  Topektk, 
and  thiTc  listened  to  an  exccdlenl  spnuon.  de- 
livered by  a  MtitUoilist  minister.  We  thoHgbt, 
if  only  all  preachers  woiddmisn  up  their  voices 
against  vice  and  wickwlucss,  as  ho  did,  much 
more  good  could  be  accomplished.  Next  we 
went  iihout  fourteen  miles  north  to  liro.  Gish' 


to  .lackaon  Co.,  found  our  old  friend  Strite  and 


CO  IlR.ES  PC  >  IVD^  N  C^n*       ^  ton-nrd's  Lawrence,  aiid  landed  at  the    hon?e 

1^^  -  of  Uro.  Flory.     Next  morning,  started  on  bit 

From    South  Waterloo  Church.  la. 

0-S  S:iturlny  thp  3rd  io^t;  a  v.rj-  «.rion.  ,«- 
cid.nto.c.^WtnEld,J.  A.  Murray  of 
this  ph.CP.  Bro.  Murray  v/M  driviu"  a  f,nir 
horse  ti-nitt  rttfnelied  to  a  h;,rvHster.  the  front 
hordes,  Iwine  ailnched  to  the  tongue  by  a 
chiiin.  got  to  Ingi^iiig,  imd  by  re<)i:«t  of  Bro 
JIurray.  hi^i  son,  who  wu?  nearby,  hit  the  team, 
causingit  to  start  fbrwanh  when  tin-  chuiu  to 
which  they  were  hitched  broke;  Uro.  Mnrniy 
hiivin-i  hold  of  the  lines,  was  jerked  forwanl 
ftud  fell  in  fr^nt  of  the  sicklo,  which  wa^  in 
motion.  'Die  mnchine  which  was  unusually 
low  to  take  up  lotlgod  grain,  pa-^iwd  over  him, 
ilragging  him  several  (eet.  When  the  sickle 
struck  him,  it  cut  his  left  limb  Kcverely 
above  the  knee,  making  ;m  opening  to  the  bone. 
One  of  the  guards  pus.ied  nenrly  through  the 
center  of  his  left  hand,  and  his  riglit  hand  was 

scrioui^ly  cut  by   the  sickle,  iieeef-sitatiug  the 
amputation  of  nearly  an  inch  of  the  index  fin- 
in-    1  •.„    4.  i-i  L  "       "I  >)tiuK3uit  v/Oi,  iu\inu  our  oiu  inenu  otriw;  anu 
gor.     Ei^Ut  or  ten   s  itch^,  were  nece^s.ry  to    .„„.  loc.tcd  on  the  prairies  of  North-eastern 

bring  the  open  wound  in  his  hmblogether,  and    "  -  .     ' 

as  miiny  stitches  were  required   in  hi.s  right 

hand.    Dr.  G.  G.   Bickly,  one    of  the  leji-ling 

physicians  of  Waterloo,  was  called  to  dress  his 

wounds,  and  has  since  been  giving  him  medical 

treatment,  and  it  is  now  hoped  that  he  will  re- 
cover, though  for  several  days  after  the  acci- 
dent, the  sorrowful  thought  pcrnided  the  minds 

of  his  many  friends,  that  his  recovery  wiu  very 

doubtful.      It  seems  like  an    intervention  of 

piovidence,  that  a  man  should   apparently   so 

nearly  reach  the  verge  of  eternity,  ai  to    pass 

through  what  Bro.  Murray  did  and  yet  come 

away  alive. 
The  report  of  the  above  accident,  cast  fiultea 
■  gloom  over  the  community  where  Bro.  Murray 

was  known,  both  in  and  out  of  the  church,  and 

the  special  anxiety  of  his  kind  family  and  many 

sympathizing  friends,  is  being  manifested  since 
his  affliction,  by  tlie  efforts  put  forth  to  make 
him  as  comfortable  as  possible. 

For  the  satisfaction  of  the  many  who  are  ac- 
quainted with  Bro.  Murray,  I  have  given   the 

above  stotement.  E.  Showalter. 


.\nd  shall  that  longing  h-  disappointed?  We 
aiiswor,  CL-rtttinly  not.  If  the  idea  of  our  im- 
mhrtnlily  were  baiiinhed  from  our  minds,  life 
wiodfd  be\-<oiy:infn>hllk*crthitTueting'i^K  i)ut 
on«  abutment;  but  Itevclntion  or  6<>d'H  truth. 
n»Mir<^  ti*  that  ^ifr-  is  the  arch,  time  is  one 
abntm-iht.  immortality  the  other.  The  great 
Nowton,  whenahout  tn  leave  the  world,  said 
tUnt  "]t«  felt  thW  hp  wiu  but  a  little  boy  sport- 
ing in  the  «aud  Upon  lh»  bench,  wbik-  the  f^ai 
ocean  of  truth  lny  nilt'Xploml  before  Irfm."-^ 
.•Vnd  ahitll  he,  who  coiild  grapple  with  th*  gK'ftt 
probltims  of  thjuniv^pjo  *iad'  reiiucj  thwni  to  a 
demonstration,  be  dii&ppoint^d?      Nay;  such 


lowed  np,  «fj  to  s|H-atc  in  the  servi'V!  of  the  caum 
of,  C)iri!tt),  minm.ninffi.'  ,9.  little,  and  h«  LKitur«to 
became  a  victim  for  rxproacb,  and  vrry  ofUn 
thosi>  w!io  uuglit  to  Iwf  Li)i  nparniit  Ifrfi-'ndB  b^ 
coiui>  the  abettors  of  cru»^Uy  and  ruin.  I  know 
a  mini*l4?r  whose  xi-al  carried  him  no  fiir  that  he 
muile  fiuaiicial  vuntutes,  so  as  to  Hituntehimwlf 
better  fur  miniHtenal  Nervice:  but  he  failed  and 
the  result  wtt^  i-imply  siad.  1  don't  approM  of 
miuift*fs,,  nor  any  one  else  involTJng  them- 
selves. In  fmitl  sny,  i(  is  utterly  wrong  to  do 
so.  But  when  the  wrong  is  unintentional,  it 
is  much  worse  to  reproach  and  defame  chai«^ 
ti-r.    True  Christianity  would  say,  "I'll  help  my 


mindH  never  diw.      Vrvi.  Doviglaw  once  said,    fallen  brother,  I  will  give  him  another  chance." 


th:it  tJiwo  wa*  no  limit  to  the  sphere  of  mind, 
that  itasphero  wa*  eallt><l  the  way  from  the  finite 
op  to  the  iufmile."  "I  am  the  God  of  Abra- 
ham and  the  God  of  Unac,  and  the  God  nf  div> 
cob."  He  is  not  the  God  of  the  deal,  but  the 
God  of  the  living,  fleavon-born  truth!  No 
finits  reasoning  could  ever  develop  it.  Goil  in 
the  fulnw-i  of  time,  has  brought  liP?   and  im- 


Elder  in  those  parts  of  Jefferson  Co.     Next  day    mortality  to  liglit  through  the  Gospel.      And 


Kanaas,  undulated  and  plen^ing  landscape. 
Raw  laud  sells  from  fivi?  to  ten  dollars,  and  im- 
proved from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  dollars.  Here 
seeuH  to  be  a  large  opening  for  such  who  have 
not  much  capital  at  hand.  Apparently  the 
North-eastern  part  of  Kansas  is  the  most  desir- 
able for  Pennsylvania  folks,  if  they  are  inclin- 
ed to  go  beyond  the  Missouri  river,  and  so  wo 
fiiiiud  also  tlie  South-eastern  partof  Nebraska; 
surfu'-e  and  soil,  and  weather  u  much  better 
tlmn  in  the  South-«astern  pivrt  of  Kansas,  Iowa  j 
coniea  in  next.  Guthrie,  Green  and  Dallascoun- 
ti-3  are  indeed  good  coimtips,  soil  and  surface  | 
very  rich.  A  prosperous  church  is  in  Guthrie; 
preachers.  Eld.  John  Fit/,,  Elder  Samuel  Long- 
euL'ckor  and  others.  A  wide  opening  here  for 
emigrants.  Large  tracts  of  prairie  not  fenced 
yet,  price  from  eight  to  twelve  dollars.  .The 
prairie  is  mostly  to  be  found  in  Qnthrio  and 
Green  counties,  Dallas  is  more  settled  up 
already.  Visited  Elder  IloWrt  Biidgerand  Bro. 
C.  Long,  and  found  them  all  well.  From  thence 
back  to  Fulton  county,  III.  Elder  David  Miller 
is  housekeeper,  and  his  co-laborers  are  Jesse 
Banner,   Henry  Danner,  Solomon    Ham   and 


hile  WD  write  we  are  de>'ply  imprM^i-d  with 
the  thought  th.%t  wv!  shall  meet,  whux  this 
troublesome  life,  is  over,  with  those  dear  ones 
who  have  passed  tbrougli  the  valluy  and  shiul- 
ow  of  death;  we  shall  not  be  disappointe<l. — 
Those  with  whom  we  mingled  and  counseled 
when  young  iu  spiritual  things,  but  who  have 
long  since  gone  to  their  ix-wards,  we  shall  meet 
agjvin.  "I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life," 
said  the  ble,«seil  .lisus.  And  through  faith  in 
this  declaration,  pilgrims  and  strangere  have 
made  their  way  from  carlh  to  that  "  Ueit  which 
I  remniiieth  to  the  people  of  God."  "At  for  me  I 
will  behold  thy  face  iu  righteousness,  1  shall  he 
I  satisfied  when  I  awake  with  thy  likenoM."— 
Psalms  17:  15. 
Highland^  Ohio. 


A  Synopsis  of  Travels  in  the  West. 


A  Sad  Accident. 


w 


ILLIAM  Alien  Brumbaugh,  aged  fifteen 
years,  two  months  and  six  days,  met 
with  a  sad  deatli.  Tlie  parents  left  home  in  the 
morning,  expecting  to  !«  at  home  by  noon,  told 
William  to  stay  at  home  and  take  care  of  his 
younger  brothers  and  sisters;  but  in  disobe- 
dience to  his  parents,  after  th%v  left  home,  he 
John  Damy.     This  is  indeed  a  fair  country,  soil    ^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^^^  g^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^  loading  it 


ON  the  S»th  of  May,  we  left  home  for  Gitman, 
Iroquois  Co.,  III.  Arrived  there  safe  in 
due  time,  found  my  children  living  there  well, 
but  surrounded  with  a  large  scope  of  flat  land, 
then  very  wet.  From  there  to  Cerro  Gordo,  Pi- 
fttt  Co.,  III.,  quite  n  strange  place,  but  ere  Inna; 
fonud  raauy  friends  and  brethren,  preached  sl-v- 
eraJ  times  at  La  Place  and  at  the  Love  fen.st  in 
Bro.  John  Metzger's  church.  Formed  the  ac- 
quaintance with  brethren  Lyon,  B.iriihart,  an  I 
others.  Enjoyed  oui-seWes  well:  had  a  solemn 
feast,  notso  much  crowded,  but  very  interesting. 
From  there  on  the  .'ith  of  June  started  for  Au- 
burn, Sangamon  Co.,  IU.  Found  friends  and 
Brethren  all  well;  staid  with  them  over  Sun- 
day, preached  for  them  three  times.  Here  we 
found  a  number  of  Pennsylvanians,  such  as 
Isaac  Gibbel,  A.  L.  Bowman  H.  Hernley, 
B,  Masterflon,  and  others,  all  doing  well.  No 
donbt  their  transit  was  for  the  better,  tempor- 
ally. Apparently  land  can  he  bought  cheaper 
now,  than  some  years  ago.  Next  we  explored 
Girard  and  its  vicinity  in  Macoupin  Co.  First 
entered  the  house  of  widow  Brub.iker,  better 
known  as  Mattie  Geriach,  and  in  a  few  hours 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  Collen  Gibson,  ft  minister. 
Good  to  be  there,  under  the  tuition  of  one  who 
took  lessons  from  his  raast«r,  not  to  be  forgotten 
again.  In  these  \rM-U  we  found  a  number  of 
Pensylvanlaus  again.  Had  one  quite  interest- 
ing meeting.  Prior  tothe  meeting  were  shown 
ithe  country  by  our  friend  Amos  Young. 

Matoupiu  Co.  seems  to  be  a  soil  adapted  to 
raise  all  kinds  of  grain.  Land  sells  the  same 
■as  in  Sangamon,  from  thnty  to  fifty  dollars  an 
«cre.  Stopped  in  St.  Louis,  saw  ray  nephew 
Amos  Hofl'pr,  all  cheer.  Bought  tickets  for 
Kinsley,  Kansas.  Arriving  in  Kansas  City,  we 
turned  our  ship  to  Miami  Co.,  Kansas,  Paola. 
the  county  seat,  was  our  stop.  Bro.  Hollinger 
itook  us  boiue  and  uext  day  to  Love-feast,  at  Bro. 
Ayer'i  b(*use,  the  field  of  Bro.  George  Meyers. 
Preuching  hy  Harper.  Gibson  and  others.  Bro. 
•George  Myers  on  the  occasion  was  ordained. 
4ind  a  new  ckureb  organized,  over  which  he  is 
to  preside.  Country  middling  well  improved, 
rather  broken;  plenty  of  limestone  rock.  Next 
day  traveled  about  thirty  miles  through  Frank- 
lin cuuntr  on  private  conveyance;  lodged  with 
•  inuiister.  (name  lost).  Next  day  went  to 
Dtmgllaa  Co.  Were  kindly  cared  for  by  Bro. 
Garst  and  others.  Country  about  the  same  as 
Miami.  Land  sells  from  fivn  to  twenty-five  dol^ 
Jars  in  fcltese^differeht  oomjties.     Wereconvey- 


adapted  to  all  kinds  of  grain.  Timber  and  coal 
plenty.  Land  sells  from  twenty-five  to  sixty 
dollai-s  an  acre.  The  latter  best  improved 
tracts.  Health  good.  Running  water,  rail- 
road and  water  transportation  at  hand.  Edgar 
county  is  about  the  same  as  Fulton  with  the 
exception  of  river  transportation.  On  my  re- 
turn home  through  111,,  preached  thirteen  time.s. 
as  I  pdised  along  through  Fulton,  Piatt  and 
Edgar  counties.  Am  sorry  that  the  Edgar  Co. 
church  is  without  a  located  preacher  for  the 
present.  Elder  Jacob  Wagner  accompanied 
me  to  Edgitf  and  labored  quite  agreeably.— 
Attendance  not  so  large,  being  right  iu  har- 
vest, but  very  attentive.  On  the  '29th  of  July 
left  for  home,  and  on  the  .30th,  by  night-fall 
was  permitted  to  greet  my  own  folks  right  at 
home.  Found  all  well,  thank  God,  the  kind 
Father  of  all  living.  Wu.  Hertzlek, 

Eliznhetht'/wn,  Pa. 


Immortality. 


DT  A.  J.  urxoN. 


U  nPENCER  has  said,  that  we  only  think 
Ij  solemnly,  when  God  shuts  us  up  in  bis 
ebony  box,"  though,  we  believe  that  thoughts 
on  sole  uu  subjects,  by  many,  are  entertained 
in  the  daytime.  Being  all  alone  this  sultry 
afternoon,  we  have  concluded  to  pen  a  few 
thought.s.  for  our  much  regarded  visitant,  the 
BiiETHHF.s  AT  WoRK.  "All  aloue,"  tbis  is  true, 
though  we  may  be  abstracted  from  earthly  as- 
sociates, there  is  One,  from  whom,  we  ean  nev- 
er he  abstracted.  "Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy 
spirit?  or  whither  shall  I  flee  from  thy  pres- 
ence? If  I  ascend  up  into  heaven  Thou  art 
there.  If  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold  Thou 
art  there.  If  t  take  the  wings  of  the  morning 
hud  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea. 
even  there,  shall  thy  hand  lead  me  and  thy 
right  hand  shall  hold  me."  "Such  knowledge 
is  too  wonderful  for  me",  but  "If  a  man  die 
shall  ho  live  again"  ?  One  of  the  most  sublime 
propositions  ever  propoanded  to  dying  men  and 
women,  one  which  independent  of  revelation 
defies  tW  fruit*  in  its  solution.  Yet.  in  itfl 
satisfactory  answer,  is  wrapped  up  all  that 
makes  life  desirable  or  attractive.  It  is  true, 
tint  the  natural  world  proves  man's  immor- 
tality, hntto  olncidate  it  to  the  ordinary  mind 
requires  such  logicians,  m  an  Alexander,  a  Pal- 
ey.  or  ft  Batler.     When  we   reflect  a  moment 


in  a  cart,  hauled  it  to  market  near  by,  bo  that  be 
might  have  means  to  buy  ammunition,  in  order 
to  enjoy  the  shooting  of  his  pistols  of  which  he 
had  two  in  his  possession.  On  the  way  home, 
having  his  yohtiger  brother  with  him,  they 
stopped  at  tlie  fi<,-ld  where  a  neighbors  boy  was 
plowing.  Callmg  the  boy  from  the  [dow,  they 
climbed  the  fence,  looking  at  and  handling  thi 
pistols.  William  permitted  one  of  the  boys 
after  loading  it.  tn  look  at  and  handle  it.  Im- 
mediately he  pulled  the  sprinfi.  he  should  not. 
The  load  discharged,  filiebt'ly  wonmliugthe  hoy, 
called  from  the  field,  in  tho  finger,  hitting  Wm. 
in  the  lel"t  eye-hrow.  parsing  through  the  hmin. 
Thus  in  a  moment  this  young  man  was  ushered 
into  ciernity,  there  to  face  the  history  of  his 
conduct,  while  in  life.  Parents  picture  before 
your  children  the  sad  fact,  this  community  was 
made  to  witness;  they  nuiy  profit  by  it,  and  the 
cause  of  its  disobedience.  Little  did  the  par- 
ents think  when  they  left  home,  that  they 
would  on  the  way  "back  haul  their  son  home 
cold  in  death.  Funeral  services  by  Daniel. 
Shively  andD.  Neff,  from  Eph.  6:  1,  2,  3. 

A.UION  B.  MlLLBR. 

iVeip  Paris,  Iwl. 


Men  af\er  Gofl's  own  heart  are  not  infiillible.— 
Human  jiidgmeut  i»  so  imperkot  tbut  even 
w  lieu  we  would  do  good,  we  are  apt  to  do  wrong. 
If  we  have  the  right  spirit  we  will  do  all  in  our 
power  to  midie  amends  for  our  wrong  doing, 
and  that  exertion  on  our  part  will  satisfy  God, 
whether  it  will  men  or  not. 

W.J,  H.  BAi:ii.\!f. 
Xora  Spfiuyn,  loira. 

To  the  Youthful  Saints  in  the  English 
Prairie  Church,  Ind. 


Jhtir  linlhrru: — 

GRACE,  peace  and  love  be  unto  you  all.  and 
complete  victory  over  sin  by  the  Holy 
Ghost!  Such,  I  desire,  may  be  your  lot,  and 
that  of  all  the  saint«  uf  God.  May  the  grand 
theme  of  our  life  be,  constant  approbation  with 
Him  whom  we  have  professed  to  serve.  Our 
life  must  be  hid  "  with  (Jod  in  Christ.'  God  ia 
holy  and  to  be  saved  by  Him  we  must  be  holy 
also.  Our  ov\'n  fallen,  de|>raved,  selfish,  sinful 
nature  is  the  bolted  bar  between  us  and  life  in 
Christ.  Our  siufid  nature  keejw  ua  from  ftny 
true  happiness  lure,  and  from  eternal  bliss  her^ 
aft«r.  God  is  holy  and  to  dwell  with  hira  among  , 
the  justified  spirits  in  the  npper  world,  we  must 
live  in  Him  in  this  world.  And  it  is  a  heaven- 
ly aud  glorious  truth,  that  we  cannot  live  in 
God  unless  God  lives  in  us.  Neither  can  God 
live  in  up,  unlewt  we  crucily  our  life.  The  idea 
that  we  can  be  I)uried  with  Christ  in  baptism, 
and  arine  in  oldness  of  life,  is  a  grand  delusion, 
and  is  equally  as  alwurd  as  it  is  to  suppose  thai 
our  life  Ix-yond  the  grave  is  to  Iw  mortal. 

Some  may  say  that  tbis  Is  too  close,  but  Jesna 
says,  "  Narrow  is  the  way."  Men  may  say,  "It 
is  wide,"  but  can  we  Ulieve  themi"  Which 
will  you  believe  y  Some  say.  it  wont  hurt  to 
jest,  joke,  laugh  or  have  a  little  innocent  sport. 
1  ask,  did  Jesus  say  boV  Inspiration  says  "  Ex-. 
cept  we  have  thf  niiud  of  Christ,  we  are  none 
of  His."  Did  Je«HH  engage  in  the  gratific*. 
tions  of  carnality?  Nay,  verily,  but  denounced 
it,  and  says,  that  wo  should  have  no  fellowship 
with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness. 

Jesus  was  crucified  for  us,  that  we  might  live, 
nevertlielcM  unless  wo  are  crucified  to  the  world 
and  our  carnal  mind,  we  cannot  live  with  Him. 
"  If  we  live  \vith  Him.  we  shall  also  reign  with 
Him,"  but  if  we  live  to  ourselves,  we  will  mis 
heaTcn  and  sink  to  the  pit  of  woe.  li  our  life 
is  hid  with  God  in  Christ,  the  desires  of  the 
worid  will  die.  "  He  that  loveth  the  world,  loT- 
eth  Uot  the  Father."  If  we  live  in  Jesus,  wa 
will  not  do  like  the  unregenerate  of  heart.  Our 
minds  will  be  changed,  our  conversation  will  be 
holy,  our  conduct  will  be  God-like.  The  saints 
of  God  cannot  feast  in  the  devil's  pantry,  neith- 
er will  or  can  the  blood-redeemed  select  their 
apparel  out  of  Satan's  wardrobe.  The  sainta 
have  robes  of  righteousness,  and  partake  of  food 
of  which  the  worid  knoweth  nothing. 

If  we  will  have  to  give  an  account  of  every 
idle  word  we  speak,  in  the  judgment,  will  we 
not  also  have  to  give  an  account  for  our  vain 
dress  and  life?  If  we  have  Wn  buried  with 
Christ  in  baptism,  let  us  also  rise  with  Him,  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life.  Then  will  our  life  be 
hid  with  God  in  Christ.  Then  vrill  our  knea 
touch  the  earth  a**  well  as  our  feet,  in  humble 
submission  to  our  great  Master  above.  Then 
will  we  seek  the  throne  of  grace,  not  only  once 
a  while,  but  "day  aud  night."     0  may  God 


To  Bro.  S.  Z.  Sharp. 

I  HEAD  with  interest  your  communication 
from  Giwhen,  Ind..  and  felt  glad  that  you 
enjoyed  the  privilige  of  learning  something  so 
easily,  which  some  have  had  to  learn  from 
sad  experience.  Hope  you  have  leanied  the  im- 
portant lesson  thoroughly,  so  us  to  be  saved  the 
sadness  of  learning  it  experimentally.  Exper- 
ience is  a  thorough  teacher,  and  in  reference  to 
the  matter  ynu  learned  about,  at  the  committee  I 

meeting,     I  kuow  o(  one  who  has  learned  from    jjelp  us  all  to  live  and  die  in  him.     Oh,  how  oA 
exijerience,     that     it    is    better    to     hearken    j  j^aypfl^ppt  and  wept  in  concern  for  you,   and 


the  Lord  than  lo  he  governed  by  hum: 
thority;  even  in  finances.  Cardinal  Wolsey 
said  on  hisdeatli  bed."  Had  I  served  my  God^as 
well  as  1  served  my  King,  He  would  not  have 
forsaken  me  in  this  my  hour  of  deep  distress." 
The  feeling  of  the  famous  Cardinal,  is  but  the 
feeling  of  many  a  broken-down  minister.  Had 
he  served  his  God  as  well  as  bis  church,  he 
would  uot  have  forsaken  him  when  distress 
came.  Humanity  is  weiiic.  The  friends  who  in 
our  sunshine  live,  when  Winter  comes  are  gone. 
Th«iprosperoua  generally  have  friends;  but  if  a 
man  wants  to  li*-  pushed  over,  just  let  him  get 
on  the  doWn  grttde  fiuancially.     Let  him  make 


even  now  my  tears  are  hardly  retrained.  It  is 
through  love  for  the  soul  that  I  address  you  so 
plainly,  not  knowing  whether  I  shtdl  see  your 
faces  any  more  in  this  life. 

0  that  we  might  comprehend  the  bights  and 
depths  of  the  Redeemer's  love  for  usl  May  we 
all  love  like  Him,  that  we  may  be  with  him, 
when  we  have  crossed  the  dark  vallej"  of  death, 
and  draw  near  to  that  celestial  city,  where  we 
shall  rejoice  forever  with  the  blood-redeemed 
throng.  laiJ-va  Hokxer. 


intentively  foel  a  longing    after  immortality,    financial  blunder,  and  (though  his  soul  is  swah 


If  we  \T0nld  have  have  peace  with  God,   we 
must  obey  Him  in  all  things. 


T'tlK    iiHETHKEjNT    ^T    -WOKK. 


-A-ugust    22. 


Notes  of  Travel. 

I  HAVE  boon  lai>orinK  in  CftrroU  Co.  III.,  thr 
past  fpw  nwks  in  the  interest  of  Ashlaii-l 
Collfgrandulaoprcfiching  rs  occasion  (Ifiiiiiii.!- 
ed.    So  far  n»  the  f oiintry  is  confernc<I    I    con- 
iider  this  part  of  Northern  III.,  onp  of  tho  finest 
for  farming  I  hftvp  seen    in    HJxtoen    States  and 
Canada.    The  nurface  is  rolling— forming  hills 
from  ten  to  fiflv  feet  high  sloping  gently  and 
giving  a  direreified   appe.-irance.     The   prairies 
,  arc  large  and  laid  off  into  beaiitifnl  farms,  fenc- 
ed in  many  inwtonces  with  hedges,   while  the 
fine  farm  housen  and  large  Pa.   bams  are    ftir- 
rminded     with  groves    of    Lombardy   poplar, 
maple,  willow  or  some  other  kind  of  trees.    'It 
XH  decidedly  a  stock  raising    country,  and    the 
fields  of  rich  ^ivt-r  are  dotted  over  with  herds 
of  cattle  and  swine.     Nothing  could  be   finer, 
to  a  "  Pennaylvunia  Dutch"  farmer  thou  a  view 
bviu  the  top  of  a  farm  house  perched  on  one  of 
the  hills.     The  «oil  is  alluvial  and  especially 
adapted  to  llie  raining  of  corn   and  grass.— 
Towards  the  Mississippi  the  country  becomes 
more  hilly  and  finally  forni«  the  river  bluffs  pro- 
duced by  the  river,  cutting  through  the  hill  ;uid 
exposing  the  skeleton  of  the  countrj-,  which  in 
this  instance  cministnof  the  Niagara  formation 
of  limestone  and  affording  many  opportunities 
to  the  geologist  to  notfce  interesting  facts.— 
The  Brethren  have  been  dounMliiiig  in  this  part 
of  the  State.     The  Northern  District  contain* 
fourteen  cliurchwi  and  about  twenty-five  liuii- 
drcn  memlwni  with  fiiie  prospects  for  on    in- 
crease.   There  are  niiiuy  earnest  workew  here 
in  the  miiwinnary  cau.se.     The  Danish    mi-^ioii 
owes  its  exiatonco  to  them.     There  are  some 
bio  workers  here  whom  we  need  not   name  as 
their  works  are  written  in   "another  book". 
Between  tlie  Norlhera  ond  Southern  district  i^ 
an  unoccupied  territory,  which  ia  "worked  up" 
from  both  sides. 

The  Sabbath  schord  has  its  numerous  friends 
here.     I  have  never  been  in    more   inteiresiing 
schools  among  the  Hretbren  than  I  find   here, 
and  what  is  most  encouraging  is,  that  East  and 
West.North  and  South,  the  IJre.thren  teach  the 
Bsme  tiling,  and  have   a  certiiin   unifonuity  in 
their  pUn.     I  would  not  wish  to  be  understood, 
however,  that  tliere  u  not  plenty  of  room  for 
improvement.     Thn  Sabbath-scbool    ie  a  fixed  i 
fact  in  OUT  church  now  and  no  power  that  wj)J  I 
oppose  it.  can  im|)rde  its  iirotrn-ss. 
'  The  two  ediicfttioujil  institutions  under  the 
control  of  the  Brethren  are  erpinlly  well  eatab- 
Hftlied  fact?.     The  Ashland  College,  and  Hiint^ 
ingdon  Normal  Sehoul,  are  gaining  ground  ev- 
ery day.     Ueing  better  acquainted   with   the 
former,  I  am  hapi>y  to  say  it  has  its  host  of 
friends  through  the  great  West.     The  principle 
on  which  it  is  founded  seems  to  give  universal 
Bfltisfaction.    Wliiifufrw  of  our  very  "  fust" 
Brethren  and  some  very  "slow"' ones  will   not 
join  the  ranks,  it  givi-s   us  exceeding    great 
pleaftiire  to  know  that  the  great  body   of  tlie 
brothocbood  ia  in  harnumy  with  the  project, 
and  those  having  the  control  of  said  hchool 
wiah  t©  assure  out  dear  brethmn  tliat  tlipy   will 
do  their  be-t  to  merit  the  Approval  of  the  gen- 
eral brotherhood.  S.  'A.  Sa.vRp,, 
Lnuurh,  III. 


first  ever  li-'ld  here.  Everyb'>ily  six-m*  to  en- 
joy the  bein'fits  of  it  verj'  much. 

DOKSKY  Hol)GI>ES. 

From  Crescent  HIIUHo.- Bro.  J.  S.  Moh- 

ler,  from  Honr>'  Co..  came  to  us  on  the  day 
previous  to  the  fourth  Lord's  day  of  July  and 
preached  in  the*<choul-house  at  night.  Congre- 
gation not  so  large.  Also  on  Sunday  and  Mon- 
day night  to  a  house  full  of  hearers.  The 
word  wa-s  prea<-lied  in  its  purity  and  hope,  there 
may  be  some  good  done  here  yet.  After  meet- 
ing he  distributed  some  of  his  pamphlets  en- 
titled "  Bailronrl  Sorraon."  We  hoire  some  oth- 
er brother  will  pay  u:«  just  such  a  visit.  This 
is  the  first  preaching  we  have  had  for  a  year;  it 
makes  me  glad  to  hear  the  wonl  preached. 

On  the  morning  of  August  first,  near  this 
place  a  storm  done  some  damage.  It  blowcd 
over  one  house  and  killed  a  woman  and  also 
broke  the  man's  collar  bone.  Broke  off  con- 
siderable corn  in  the  fields.  This  is  about  all 
the  damage  it  done.  We  should  all  work  for 
the  interest  of  our  ble-i?«.'d  Muster,  while  it  is 
called  to  day,  for  the  night  will  come  when  no 
uian  can  work.  E.  Fakslkr. 

From  H.W.  Strickler.— Our  church  is  in 
a  prosperous  condition,  but  sadly  miss  the  la- 
bors of  broth»^r  David  Wolfe,  his  health  being 
such  that  he  is  unable  to  labor  any,  but  is 
slowly  recoverinfj.  May  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters remember  him  iu  their  prayers. 

From  EJkhart,  Iowa.— The  BRErriRES  at 
WoKK  comes  regularly  to  our  olHce,  It  gives 
good  satisfjiclion  113  far  a-s  I. know.  Go  on  dear 
Brethren  in  the  gooil  work,  dou't  fear  man  for 
you  have  a  stronger  arm  to  suiiport  you  than 
mau.  I  think  the  time  has  come  for  flu'io  er- 
roneous ideas  of  man  to  be  ejtposed  iuid  the 
true  light  to  shine  on  thousauds  of  misled  men 
and  women.  S.  M,  GofoiiNouR. 

From  John  Forney. — I  was  North  over  a 
hundred  mites,  to  visit  the  Brethren,  and  attend 
council-meeting.-'  On  mf  r^mn '  hud  meeting 
in  a  little  town  called  Clyde,  where  the  Breth- 
ren never  had  pVeaehed.  The  Methodists  gave 
mo  their  meeting-house.  'Hadft'good  'meeting 
and  the  best  attention.       ''        '''  ' 


GLEANIlSrGS. 


From  S'  Z.  l^liavii.— Bro.  Daniel  Miller  of 
Lanarkis  our  authorized  agent  to  collect  the 
funds  for  Ashland  College,  Ohio,  as  tliey  be- 
come due.  Al*o  to  solicit  douatii)iis  from  those 
in  MilledgevHle  and  Lanark  congregations  who 
have  not  yei  been  called  on. 

To  those  M'ho  have  responded  so  kindly  and 
liberally  we  extend  our  lieai-ty  thnnks.  and  es- 
pecially we  indebted  to  the  Elders  Who  haw 
rendered  us  ^etial  favors'.^  Proipeiits  very 
good.  '  '■        I  '  '  i^ 

From  Hailing,  Kniisas.— Myself  and  com 
panioD  left  home  on  thuiird  day  of  .June,  last, 
to  visit  tlie  Brethren  in  .laspnv  ajid  Newton 
countiffl,  Mo.  My  wife  was  taken  sick  on  the 
23rd  of  June  and  died  on  the  4th  day  of  July, 
at  the  house  of  K.  Brooks  in  Newton  Co.,  Mo. 
She  has  been  a  member  of  the  Brethren  for 
Ulirty-four  years.  Age  was  61  years,  11  moiitJjs 
and  2S  days,  and  I  can  say  she  was  iu  the  ialMi 
and  was  willing  to  die.  Josti-H  Kennev. 

From  Iluntini^ton,  Ind.— Iwill  drop  a  few 
lines  from  this  |)art  of  God's  moral  vineyard. 
We  held  a  choice  fur  a  minister  on  the  15th  of 
June.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro.  Clinton  Murray, 
who  nsed  to  live  among  the  Brethren  in  Neo- 
sho Co..  Kansas.  We  hope  hbd  truPt  by  fclie 
prayeiB  of  the  righteous,  he  may  be  the  means 
of  doing  much  gooll  in  the  name  of  Jesus.  Our 
arm  of  the  church  seeniB  prosperous,  but  have 
bad  no  additions  lately. 
We  have  a   prosperous   Sun^jflC^ool    the 


From  Dunkirk,  Oliio.— The  Brethren  of 
Kagle  Creek,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  are  still  add- 
ing to  their  facilities  fin-  spreadijig  the  Gospel 
within  tiie  limits  of  their  own  district.  They 
have  a  new  house  ot  wiu-sliip  hear  Arlington, 
Ohio,  and  on  the  4th  iust.  the  dedication  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  Bro.  L,  H,  Dickey,  assist- 
ed by  Eld.  J.  P.  Ebersole.  The  name  suggest- 
ed for  this  house  was  "Pleasant  KJdge"  church, 
and  will  hereal'tw  bekiiown  by  that  uamo.  The 
meiuisthus  expended  are  but  loaned  to  the 
Lord  and  will  be  credited  to  us  many-fold  in 
the  world  to  come.  S.  T.  Bosserm.vn. 

From  Lingauoro,  Bid.— I  pre^ume  you 
made  a  mistake  in  reporting  me  on  a  com- 
mittee to.  W.  \' a„  a.'S  it  is  not  on  thtj  report  of 
X,  M.  No  h.irm  done  i  hope.  Glad  toaue  your 
encouragement  and  enterprise;  hope  your  la- 
bors may  be  blest  with  the  best  of  consequenceR; 
as  you  liold  a  powerful  lever,-— 7'/ie  J'rcss. 
ntay  t)od  help  you  in  every  way,  and  bless  yoj 
witli  Biifdi  wisdom  as  will  enable  you  to  g-lorify 
his  name.  J.  D.  Tuostlb, 

From  Dunning  Croek  ehnreli,  Pa.—  To- 
day we  had  our  Harvest  meeting.  We  had  a 
very  pood  meeting,- good  attendance,  good 
preaching,  and  the  best  of  all,  three  dear  souls 
were  willing  to  conao  out  on  the  Lbvd'a'side,  to 
be  buried  with  Him  in  baptism,  to  walk  in  new- 
ness of  life.  Our  prayers  are.  tliat  God  may 
nuike  them  useful  branches  in  His  church.  I 
would  alRostateUlfttallehrue  have  been  lead- 
rsof  the  Brethi'.kx  AT  Work  the  last  year. 
Wv  now  number  ijeiu-ly  one  hundred  inithia 
duirch,  four  iJre.ichers,  six  deacons.  We  forra-J 
erly  belonged  to  the  Yellow  Creek  church  where 
the  A.  M.  was  held  in  ISTT.  Our  church  is 
West  from  where  A.  H.  was  held. 

As  this  report  is  of  a  Harvest  meeting,  it 
might  not  be  amiss  to  give  you  «short  account 
of  our  crops.  Wheat  was  good,  oai^  and  grasa 
were  good.  Corn  will  be  a  light  uop  on  ac- 
count of  dry  weather.  Frujt  is  almost  mi  en- 
tire failure,  owing  to  a  frost  in  May. 

Thokas  T.  Holsinger. 


Paiul  Creek  rxiriKregation.  Bourtjou  Co..  Kansas, 

Oetolier  .fnl  and  JIli.  commeueirig  at  2  o'clock. 
Mineral  Creek,  Johnson  Co.,  Mo..  Tuesday,  Oct.  I- 
Stanislaus  church.  Cal..  tii-st  Saturday  in  October. 
Whitesvllle,  Mo.  Sept.  'th. 
Abilene  church.  Kansas.  August  Mth.    Meeting  on 

the  S.'Jtli  at  same  place. 
Amold'sGrove,  Sept,  lOOi  and  llth,  commencing  at 

1  o'eJoek,  I'.  M. 
Mulberry  congregation.  Bond  Co..  III..  Oct,  0th. 
Camp  Creek  congregation.  Sept.  14. 
Cottonwood  congregation.  Lyon  Co.  Kan., Sept.  7tli 

and  sth. 
Itethel  church,  Filmorc  Co.,  Neb.,  Sept.  1-ith  and 

ir,th. 
Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles  Xorth-east 

of  Ja'ou,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  10th. 
White  Hock  congregation,  Kansas.  Sept.  21st. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  chui-ch,MiidisonCo..Tud.,Oct.  11. 
Fremont  Co.,  Ia.,  August  Slst,  to  commence  on  the 

li^th  imd  continue  over  Sunday. 

Logan  chui-ch.  Logau  Co..  0.,  Oct  Jatli  at  2  o'clock. 

Teahody  church.  Oct.  5th  and  Otii  at  residence  of 

liro.  Henry  Shomber.  tliree  and  a  linlf  miles 

Xortli-West  of  Peabudy.  Marion  Co.,  Kan, 

Wyandot  congregation,  near  little  York,  Wyandot 

Co.,  0.,  Sept  I4tli  and  15th,  at  10  o'clock. 
Heaver  Creek  church,  York  Co.,  Xeb.,  September 

21  and  22. 
I'ofcagon  congi-egation,  Catss  Co.,  Mich.,  October  .'Jth 

at  five  o'clock.  P.  M. 
Cirnsshoiiper  Valley  ebureli,,Iefferaon  Co.,  Kansa*!, 

Oct-.-ithandutli. 
Donald's  (^reek,  seven  miles  ^forth-M'pst  of  Spring- 
field, Cliu-k  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  0th  at  10  o'clock. 
One  mile  Ea.st  of  Dalliui  Center,  DaUas  Co.,  Iowa, 

October  12th  and  j:fth  at  one  o'clock. 
Nettlo  Creek    congiegatiou.    near    Jlagerstown, 

Wayne  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  0th  at  10  o'clock. 
EngHsli  Prairie  church.  La  Grange  Co,,  Iiul,  Oct, 

I'lth  at  10  o'clock. 
Milh  ille,  Adauia  Co.,  III.,  .Sept.  14th. 
Honey  Creek  church,  Sodaway  Co.,  Jlo.,  Sept,  U. 
Kiigle  Cieek  chui-ch,  Hancock  Co,  Ohio,  October 
17th  at  5  o'clock. 

iS^  There  will  he   a  Communion   meeting, 

the  Kord  willing,  in  the  Desmoines  Valley  coii- 

'giltion,  Polk  Co.,  Iowa,  ten  miles   North  of 

Desmoines.   Oct.  5th  and  6th,  commencing   at 

1  o'clock  on  Saturday.  J.  W.  Mo.vTs. 


It  is  feared  that  the  atmosphere  of  London 
will  soon  damage  the  surface  of  Cleopatra's 
Needle.  The  Luxor  obelisk,  erected  in  the  PW 
de  la  Concorde  in  Paris  in  183(>,  is  some  3400 
years  old,  having  stood  with  another  still  larger 
one  before  the  great  temple  of  Thebes.  Tho 
stone  is  syenite  granite,  of  a  brownish  red  col- 
or. Thirty-six  years  of  exposure  to  the  utuios. 
phere  of  Paris  has  affected  the  stone  more  than 
the  same  number  of  centuries'  exposure  to  the 
purer  air  of  Egypt. 

The  new  wheat  crop  promises  low-priced 
(lour  next  Winter,  the  product  is  so  abundant 

Sitting  Bull  has  made  application  to  be  allow- 
ed to  come  back;  the  Government  i-efusea. 


^ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


Notices  of  Love-feasln,    Dislriol    Meetings,    etc..  BhouW 

be  brief,  had  wriiion  on  paper  sejioraU 

ttoju  olber   buBioess. 


LOYE-F£ABTS. 

Heatrlce  chnrch.  Oj*ge  Co.,  Xeb.,  September  7th  and 
iitli,  comnieincing  at  2  o'clock.  •■-  - 

Sugar  Cix-ek  congregution,  Sangamon  Co.,  III.,  Oct. 
3  aud  4,  commencing  at  lu  o'clock. 

l«waCent*r.  at  residence  of  Bro.  G.  W^JJoitnotts, 
.|Sept.lU.and8tU.^ ,,,,   .     ..,r,„„,j  ,,„     „„;, 


J^"The  Springfield  church.  Summit  Co., 
Ohio,  has  chauged  the  time  of  her  Love-feast 
from  the  3rd  to  the  Sth  of  October  next,  com- 
mencing at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  All  coining  by 
railroad  will  be  met  at  Akron  with  conveyances, 
by  giving  timely  notice  of  coming,  what  day 
aud  train.     By  order  of  the  churi;h, 

John  B.  Mishi.kr. 

r5ff=Tiie  Brethren  of  the  Shock's  Corner  or 
Clear  Ci'eek  church,  intend  to  hold  k  Comniuii- 
ion  meeting  on  Friday,  the  27th  of  September, 
commencing  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  Those  eom- 
u\g  by  railroad,  will  stop  otF  at  Huntington, 
Ind.,  by  giving  due  notice.         D.  Hodgiirx. 

Z^^  The  brethren  and  sis'ters  of  the  Bear 
Creek  church,  of  Jay  and  Aibims  counties.  Ind., 
and  Mercer  Co.,  Ohio,  intend  to  holJ their  Love- 
feast  on  the  12th  of  September  1S78,  near 
Bloomfield,  coiumencing  at  2  o'clock,  P.  M. 

2^^  Also,  the  Brethren  and  sistere  of  the 
Union  City  ehurfh,  near  Union  City,  Ind.,  in- 
t.'iid  to  hold  their  Lovc-feiist  thelOth  of  Oct.. 
commencing  at  lu  o'clock,  A.  M. 

_  T.  B.  WEKItlfK. 

J^"The  Lord  willing,  our  Capip-meeting  will 
commence  Friday  evening,  September  20th.  — 
Will  hold  over  two  S»nday,s.  Place  of  meet- 
ing the  old  camp  ground  in  the  grove  on  the 
We:jt  side  of  the  San  Joaquin  Uiver,  within 
•200  yards  of  the  U.  P.  H.  U.  Bridge.  The  Com- 
munion will  be  observed  before  the  meeting 
closes.  By  order  of  the  Brethren  of  theckurcli 
in  California.  Qm.  Woi.fb. 

;:^°  Yellow  Creek,  Stephenson  Co.,  111.,  Oc- 
tober 1.7th  iuid  16th  1^78,  commencing  tiwt  day 
at  1  P.  M. 

Z^tr  Shannon,  Carroll  Co,,  111.,  Oct.  10th 
aud  llth,  commencing  first  day  at  10  A.  M. 

ft*-  The  Brethren  of  the  Knob  Creek  church 
Washinglon  Co.,  Tenuesaee  will  hold  a  Love- 
feast  the  5th  aud  6th  of  Oct.",  corpnieaciii"  at 
10  o'clock  A.  M. 

iW  The  Brethren  of  the  Neoaho  Co.  church, 
intend  the  Lord  willing,, to  holdtheirCommuu- 
ion  meeting  on  the  Sth  and  S)th  of  Oct.  at  the 
house  of  Bro,  Elias  Clumea,  three  miles  North- 
east of  Galesburg.  Those  coming  by  rail-road 
will  stop  off  at  Galesbui^. 

SlDXEV  HullGIIEN. 


The  yellow  fever  has  become  alarmingly  prev.. 
alent  in  New  Orleans.  Up  to  Aug.  3rd,  the  to- 
till  number  of  ca-ses  were  105,  and  the  deaths  53. 
Extraordinary  precautions  are  being  taken  by 
Cairo,  Memphis  aud  other  cities  to  prevent  the 
introduction  of  the  disease. 

A  frightful  collision  occurred  on  the  Pitts- 
burgh, Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  about 
midnight  of  the  6th  inst.,  in  which  fifteen 
were  killed  and  thirty-five  wounded.  The  col- 
lision was  between  the  mail  ti'-oin  going  West 
at  the  rate  of  forty  miles  an  hour  and  a  freight 
train  going  at  the  rate  of  25  miles  an  hour. 


A  telegram  from  London  says:  Twenty-four 
thousand  nail-niakei-s  are  on  a  strike  and  ex- 
press unanimous  doterminatiou  to  hold  out 
The  unil-niakei-s  at  Brooui-*prove  and  Black- 
heath  districts  will  join  iu  the  strike. 


SaWotism.  —  Uy  M.  M,  lisl.dronn.  10  pngcs.  price  10 
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SiilibnlU  jiiisscil  inmy  wiih  nil  other  Jewish  drtya,  anU 
Ihrtt  llie  "fii-st  dny  of  ibe  iveek."  is  Ibo  prefcircj  day 
for  Clirialiiuis  to  iis»onibIe  in  worship. 

One  Baytism— A  ilinlogue  showing  Lhut  trine  immoMion 
is  ihc  only  giounJ  of  union,  tliul  oaa  ho  aoascieuiioiuly, 
occiiiM-c.l  by  Ihe  IcA.ling  .lenon.iiiQiions  of  CUrialondom 
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!ls,  per  piioknge— as  iu  n,  puck. 

■ijj;v-"ui  Go  c(s.  por  liiindreil. 

A  Sermon  on  Baptism,  —  I>cUvered  by  Bro.  S,  H.  Bnshor 

iu  Ihe  Klk  Uik  Ci.ugrep.-ilion,  Somerset  oouulj.  Pn,    a 

nenlly  prinlci:!  pomphlet   of  ihirly-lwo   pages,    rrioe 


Brethren's  Enrelapes. 
of  our  i.enple.  Tli 
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INTERESTING   ITEMS. 


From  the  following  it  would  seem,  that  the 
atmosphere  in  £gypt  has  much  to  do  with  the 
preservation  of  the  ruins  for  which  th^  region 
is  particular  noted; 


J.    H.   WOOKE     &     M.    M.    EallELMAN. 

HE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  is  nn  uncompro. 
misiog  advocntc  of  Pn.nitivt:  ChrisUiinitv  in  all 
its  Qiicient  puril_y-. 
It  recognize*  the  Ntw  Testament  .is  the  only  infiilliblo 
rule  of  (aUli  and  pracocc. 

And  inalntnint  Hint  tlie  snvereigii,  unmerited,  iinso- 
liciluil  grace  of  God  is  llui  only  source  of  pnrdon,  aud 

That  tlie  vicarious  sulTerings  nnd  meritorious  works  o( 
Christ  are  the  only  price  of  redemption : 

That  Faith,  Rcpentniicc  nnd  Bnpli^m  are  conditions  of 
pardon,  and  hence  for  tlie  remission  of  sins; 

That  Trina  Immersion  or  dipping  the  candidate  three 
nt^  face-forw-ird  is  Christian  Baptism  : 
That  Feel- Washing,  as  tnught  in  John  13,  Ifi  n  divtne 
command  to  be  observed  in  the  ohnroh; 

That  the  Lord's  Sujipcr  is  a  full  meal,  nnd,  in  conncc-, 
lion  with  the  Communion,  should  be  taken  tn  the  even- 
lug,  or  after  the  close  of  the  day  :  !   "i 
That  tho    .S.aiit3tion  of  the  Ugly    Kiss,  or;  Kiw  of 
Chiirily,  ii  binding  upon  the  followers  of  Christ: 

That  War  nnd  RL-t.iii.ition  arc  cnntrnry  lo  Ihe  spirit  nnd 
Bcir-dcnying  principles  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ: 

That  a  Non-Conformity  tolhc  world  in  drcMi  customs, 
daily  walk  nnd  conversation  is  essential  lo  true  liolineis 
nna  Christian  pkty. 

It  maintains  that  in  public  worsiiip,  or  religions  cwr- 
ciscs,  Chriallansshould  appear  as  directed  in  1  Cor.  11:4,  J. 
It  al*o  advocates  the  scriptural  duty  of  Anointing  tho 
sick  with  oil  in  the  mime  of  the  Lord'  ^ 

Ini^hortit  is  a  vindicator  of  nil  that  Christ  and  the 
Apohtles  have  enjoined  upon  us,  nud  aims,  amid  the  ton- 
Hictlng  theoricti  nnd  diccords  of  modem  Christendom,  to 
point  out  ground  tliat  ull  must  concede  to  be  infallibly 
Price,  per  Annum,  $1.50. 

ss:  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN, 

l.ANAliK,  t'ARROM.Cn.,  Il.I-. 


safe. 


W.  U. 

Day  pdHsenger  Lrniii 


R.  R.  Time  Table. 


going  eosl  leaves  Lannrk     al  1^:00 
.     -I  .  nn.l  iirnvee  in  Rncine  al  0i43  P.  M, 
Uay  passenger  Irnin  going  ncBt  lenTOS  Lannrli  »l  2:06  P. 

M  .  and  arrives  at  Hock  Island  ai  5:C0  I'.  M, 
Night  passenger  trains,  going  easl  and  wesl.  meet  and 
lenve  Lanark  nt  'I-.m  A,  M  ,  arriving  in  llncino  al  0:00 
A.  M..  and  nt  Hock  Isliind  aMl:OU  A.  M. 
Freiglii  ond  Aet!oiiin...Ji.ljon  Trnins  will  run  wesl  al 
IV! :  10  A.  M..  S:1U  A.  M  .  and  east  nl  IJ:  10  A.M. 
and  6;  li  P,  M. 

Tickeia  are  sold    for   above    Iraina   only.     TajisengM 
Iralna  make  close  connection  al  WeHtern  Union  Junciion. 
0,  A.  Bmiib,  Ageat 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  S/tali  b«  unto  All  Peopled  —  l.vK%  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  August  29,  1878. 


No.  35. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 
J.  B.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

g,  H.  MILLEH,       ----._       LADOGA,  IND. 

J,  W.  STEDI, NElVTOmA,  MO. 

p.  TANIMAN, VTRDES.  ILL. 

p.  B.  MKNTZEK, WAYNESHORO,  PA, 

MATTIE  A.  LEAR,        -----      UKBANA.    ILL, 


SEEDS. 

We  are  sowing,  diiily  sowing, 

Countless  seeds  of  good  and  ill, 
Scattered  on  tlie  level  lowliuid. 

Cast  upon  lla-  windy  hill; 
Seeds  that  sink  in  rich  brown  ftirrows, 

Soft  Willi  lieiiven's  grac ions  rain ; 
Seeds  that  rest  npon  tlie  surface 

Of  the  ilry,  nnyieldiiig  plain. 
Seeds  that  fall  atoid  the  stillness 

Of  the  lonely  mountain  gleu; 
Seeds  t-iist  uut  iu  crowded  places, 

Trodden  nnder  foot  of  men ; 
Seeds  liy  idle  hearts  forgotten, 

Fhing  at  random  on  the  air; 
Seeds  by  faithful  souls  remembered, 

Sown  in  tears  and  love  and  prayer. 
Seeds  that  lie  nnchanged,  uminickened, 

Lifeless  on  the  teeming  mold ; 
Seeds  that  live  antl  gmw  and  flourish 

When  the  sower's  hand  is  cold; 
By  II  whisper  sow  we  blessings. 

By  a  breath  we  scatter  strife; 
In  our  words  and  looks  and  actions 

Lie  tlie  seeds  of  death  and  life. 
Thou  who  knowGst  all  our  weakness. 

Leave  us  not  to  sow  iilone! 
Bid  thine  angels  guard  the  furrows 

Where  the  precious  grain  i,s  sown. 
Till  the  lields  are  crowned  witli  glory, 

Filletl  with  mellow,  ripened  ears- 
Filled  with  fruit  of  life  eternal 

From  the  seeds  wo  sowed  iu  tears. 
Check  the  froward  thoughts  and  passions, 

Stay  the  hiisty.  heedless  hands. 
Lest  the  germs  of  sin  and  sorrow- 
Mar  our  fair  and  plexsant  land.s. 
Father,  help  each  weak  endeavor. 

Make  e;u;h  faithful  efifort  blessed. 
Till  Thine  haiTest  shall  he  garnered, 

Antl  we  enter  into  rest. 

—Sel 

ANALTSIS   OF    ANNTJAL  MEET- 
ING OF  1878,  WITH  OB- 
SEEVATIONS. 


BY  D.  P.  SAYLOK. 

IN  the  report  of  A.M.,  76 brethren  are  report- 
ed as  having  taken  part  in  the  discussion. 
Of  these,  five  when  combined,  were  up  1U4  times, 
one  30  and  oue  26  times,  while  30  of  the  speak- 
ers were  up  but  one  time,  S  two,  and  five  three 
times.  The  report  contains  4^89  tines,  of  these 
S19  are  filled  by  the  clerk  reading  queries,  clos- 
ing and  opening  remarks;  the  rulings  by  the 
Moderator,  including  his  verbal  report  of  the 
Danish  Mission,  leaving  3470  lines  to  discussion; 
of  these  the  five  most  frequent  speakers  use  li- 
es, two  of  them  fill  772  lines,  leaving  23011  for 
the  71  remaining  speakera,  equally  divided 
among  them,  will  give  each  one  324  lines.  How 
many  of  the  speakei-s  are  lay  members  does  not 
appear,  the  presumption  is,  but  a  few,  if  any, 
and  the  hue  and  cry  of  clerical  intolerance, 
dorainition,  and  dictation  amounts  to  nothing; 
aud  what  is  said  in  favor  of  public  mass-meet^ 
iiigs  for  the  transaction  of  church  business,  this 
analysis  proves  to  be  vain,  as  is  clearly  mani- 
fested that  the  business  before  the  meeting  is 
participated  in  by  but  few  of  those  present. 
Query,  could  not  tlese  fewdispose  of  the  busi- 
ness before  them  in  a  private  room  as  well  as 
in  the  public  assembly  of  the  great  mixed  mul- 
titude, who  come  to  the  meeting  simply  to  grat- 
ify a  morbid  desire  of  the  natural  mind,  to  the 
great  discomfit,  and  cost  of  those  who  really 
study  the  merita  of  the  question  from  a  Scrip- 
tural standpoint? 


Being  for  mauy  years  n  close  observer,  and 
active  participant  iu  the  disposition  of  business 
of  A.  M.,  I  know  whereof  I  affirm.  The  truth 
that  the  really  weighty  and  import.uit  pm-t  of 
of  business  before  A.  M.,  is  disposed  of  by  the 
Stunding  Committee,  cannot  bedenieil,  and  why 
should  it  not  be?  They  arethe  representatives 
of  the  i:hurch  sent  by  the  voice  of  the  brother- 
hood, expressed,  first  in  each  branch  of  the 
church  sending  a  delegate  to  the  District  Meet- 
ings, and  by  these  each  District  meeting  sends 
a  delegate  to  the  Standing  Committee  of  A. 
M.  Thus  the  whole  membership  is  as  fairly 
represented  in  the  councils  of  Annual  Meetings, 
as  the  people  are  represented  in  the  Legislative 
councils  of  the  nations.  At  some  Annual  Meet- 
ings, one  hilf  of  the  queries  from  District  Meet- 
ings come  without  any  answer  at  all,  but  are  re- 
ferred to  Standing  Committee  for  an  answer; 
while  some  queries  have  been  discussed  for  hours 
n  public,  until  the  meeting  became  so  confused 
that  nothing  could  be  done,  but  to  send  it  into 
the  Committee  room  for  final  disposition  of  it. 
Very  few,  if  any,  such  answei-s  are  objected  to 
when  read  to  the  public. 

For  the  last  thu-ty  years  I  know  that  the 
most  important  business  before  Annual  Meet- 
ing hitdfo  he,  and  wtfs  so  done.  All  applications 
for  committees  Sc,  are  made  to  the  Standing 
Committee,  as  well  as  the  many  lettere  sent 
from  different  branches  of  the  church,  asking 
for  private  advice  and  instructions  from  the 
Standing  Committee  on  most  important  matters, 
which  are  never  read  before  the  mixed  multi- 
tude. If  a  delicate  case  should  arise  in  the 
church  in  which  I  live,  and  I  would  desire  the 
counsel  of  my  senior,  and  more  experienced 
brethren,  I  would  not  have  it  published  iu  the 
meeting  of  a  mixed  multitude:  I  would  do  as 
many  have  done,  address  my  inquiry  to  the  so- 
ber, reflecting  mind  of  the  Elders  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee. 

What  use  is  there  then  in  conveying  many 
thousand  responsible  and  irresponsible,  of  in- 
terested and  disinterested  persons  to  one  place 
at  an  expense  of  going  to,  and  being  fed  while 
there,  of  thousands  of  dollars  to  hear  and  see 
76  brethren  take  a  small  part  in  the  business  of 
the  meeting?  I  am,  and  have  been  opposed  to 
this  system  for  many  years. 

I  was  foreman  of  the  Committee  of  18G6,  to 
devise  a  plan  to  hold  A.  M.  In  that  place  we 
say: "  We  recommend  that  the  Annual  council 
be  formed  by  the  delegates  sent  by  the  District 
Meeting,  and  by  all  the  ordained  eidei-s  present." 
Aad  from  among  those,  "The  bishops  and  el- 
ders of  the  church  holding  the  A.  M..  shall 
select,  from  among  the  bishops  present,  the 
Standing  Committee.  These  should  organize 
for  the  reception  of  the  queries  presented  by 
the  delegates  from  the  District  Meetings  (or 
churches),  after  which  all  proper  queries  shall 
be  read  to  the  general  council  meeting  for  adop- 
tion or  amendment."  And,  "The  church  hold- 
ing the  meeting,  shall  make  arrangements  to 
receive  and  entertain  all  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters privately.  There  shall  be  no  boarding  tent 
put  up  at  the  place  of  meeting  to  entertain  and 
feed  a  mixed  multitude  as  heretofore." 

In  1867,  the  brethren  of  Eastern  Va„  held 
A.  M.,  according  to  this  plan,  and  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  turbulent  spii-it  in  some  of  the  de- 
bating brethren,  the  plan  proved  a  success. 
Over  their  spirits  we  had  no  control,  full  power 
to  control  them  was  vested  in  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee, but  it  failed  to  enforce  it»  power. 

The  A.M.,  of  1869.  held  by  the  brethren  iu 
Va.,  was  held  acco  ding  to  this  plan,  but  all 
others  have  disregarded  the  plan,  and  even  some 
who  were  on  the  Committee  to  form  the  plan 
of  181)6,  have  with  othei-sihimored  for  another, 
which  if  adopted  would  be  no  more  observed 
than  the  one  we  now  have.  I  believe  it  is  now 
the  understanding  that  next  A.  M.,  shall  be 
held  according  to  the  plan  of  IStitJ,  subject  to 
the  different  amendments  of  A.  M.,  since;  but 
as  these  are  numerous,  there  ought  at  least  a 


committee  of  one  have  b»>pn  nppoint<.-d  acodifier; 
that  is,  if  there  in  one  brother  who  understands 
how  to  mTimge  tha  original  plan  with  nil  the 
amendments  in  regular  onler  ^o  a^  to  bo  under- 
stood by  all  the  brethren.  If  I  had  been  prca- 
ent,  I  would  have  offered  a  resolution  that  nil 
aiuondmont*  stand  repeulod  until  th>i  plan  of 
1S8C  be  thoroughly  tried  by  all  the  churches 
West  as  well  as  Kaat.  I  have  no  doubt  of  the 
efficiency  of  the  plan. 

It  isditficult  to  have  us  all  understand  such 
things  alike.  We  ca-Jiiot  employ  language, 
but  some  one  will  put  a  differeut  construction 
on  it  to  what  was  intended.  In  the  plan  of 
lf*G6,  we  specified  in  what  sense  a  boarding  tont 
should  not  be  put  up,  yet  how  was  it  construed 
by  many  of  the  sp^-akci-s  at  last   A.  M.? 

The  Brethren  of  Va,,  in  1S69  understood  our 
meaning  us  well  an  our  langaage.  they  had  put 
up  a  small  tent  to  entertain  and  feed  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  but  not  one  to  entertain  and  feed 
a  mixed  multitude  as  heretofore. 

JESUS  CHRIST,  THE  SURE  FOUN- 
DATION. 

BY  J.  W.  3OUTHW00D. 


WE  understand  that  Jesua Christ  in  tho  only 
sure  foundation  upon  which  to  build  our 
hopes  for  the  future;  if  we  would  gain  the  heav- 
enly bliss  of  the  saints  and  dwell  in  the  bright 
mansionsof  eternal  glorv;  yet  it  is  possible  and 
even  probable,  and  more  than  this,  it  is  n  fact 
that  men  have,  and  will  continue  to  lay  foun- 
dations and  try  to  get  others  to  build  thoreon; 
but  all  such  foundations  are  sandy  and  will  not, 
iior  cannot  stand  beyond  the  limits  of  time, 
nevertheless  they  may  and  (Jo  fall  sooner;  but 
iLS  we  want  and  need  a  foundation  that  will  not 
crumble  with  time  nor  wash  away  with  thi 
floods  of  sin,  hence  we  gladly  accept  Jesus. 

"For  other  foundation  can  no  man  lay  than 
that  it  laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ."  1  Cor.  3:  11 
For  he  is  the  Stone  "  which  is  become  the  head 
of  the  comer.  Neither  is  there  salvation  in 
any  other:  for  there  is  no  other  name  under 
heaven  given  among  men,  whereby  we  must  be 
saved." 

Then  in  view  of  the  fact  that  Jesus  Christ  is 
the  only  sure  Foundation — the  only  means  of 
salvation — "  the  Chief  Corner-stoue,"  "  the  Rock 
of  our  salvation;"  would  we  not  Iwtter  all  build 
upon  this  Foundation  and  not  upon  the  follies 
of  this  wirld? 

Would  we  not  better  worship  the  true  and 
living  God,  instead  of  the  goddess  of  fashion? 
If  we  would  build  on  that  sure  Foundation,  we 
would  better  take  heed  to  all  of  Christ's  com- 
mands, and  humble  ourselves  under  His  mighty 
hand,  so  the  walls  ol  our  works  and  conversa- 
tion reach  down  to  and  rest  upon  the  Itock  of 
our  salvation — even  Christ  Jesns. 

"  Therefore,  whosoever  heareth  these  sayings 
of  mine  and  doeth  them,  I  will  liken  him  unto 
a  wise  man,  which  built  his  house  upon  a  rock; 
and  the  rain  descended,  and  the  floods  came,  and 
the  winds  blew  and  beat  upon  that  house;  and 
it  fell  not.  for  it  was  founded  upon  a  rock." 
"And  every  one  that  heareth  these  sayings  of 
mine  and  doeth  them  not,  shall  Ik;  likened  unto 
a  foolish  man  which  l)uilt  his  hou-<e  upon  the 
sand;  and  the  rain  dei^cended  and  the  floods 
came,  and  the, winds  blew,  and  beat  upon  that 
house:  and  it  fell,  and  great  was  the  full  of  it' 
Matt.  7:  24-27.  Header,  are  you  hearjig  the 
sayings  of  the  blessed  Master  and  not  doing 
them,  and  thus  building  your  hou^c  upon  the 
sand,  even  upon  the  folh'es  of  this  world  or  the 
doctrine  of  men?  or  are  you  hearing  and  doing 
and  thervby  build  your  honse  upon  the  Rock 
Christ  Jesus,  fearless  of  all  the  scutl^  of  iiain- 
cnrsed  world,  or  u  popular  Christianity? 


WHAT    IS  NEEDED. 

NOT  eloquence  in  the  puipit.  ^or  wealth  in 
the  pews,  but  the  reviving  influence  of  th« 
Holy  Spirit.  Spurgeon  says,  "  The  Holy  Spirit 
is  able  to  make  the  Wonl  m  successful  now  <» 
in  the  day«  of  the  apostles.  IU.  can  bring  in 
by  hundreds  and  thouxanda  as  ca-iily  rs  by  ones 
and  twos.  The  rea'flon  why  we  are  not  mon- 
prosperous  is.  tliat  we  hav.-  not  the  Holy  Spirit 
with  us  in  might  and  power.  ai  in  early  timco. 
If  we  hml  the  Spirit  scaling  our  minititry  with 
power,  it  would  signify  very  liltle  aljout  our 
talent. 

Men  might  be  poor  and  uneducated;  their 
wordsmightbebrokenandnngrammati.al;  there 
niightltenuneof  the  polislaHt  periods  of  Hall 
or  glorious  Chalment;  but  if  the  might  of  the 
Spirit  attended  them,  the  humblest  evangelint 
would  be  more  successful  than  the  monteloquant 
of  preachers.  It  is  extraordinary  grace,  not 
talent  that  wins  the  day;  it  is  extraorHinary 
spiritual  power  that  we  need.  Mental  power 
fills  a  fhap  d,  but  spiritual  power  filU  the  church. 
Oh!  we  know  some  b.'fon?  whom  we  shrink  in- 
to nothing  m  to  talent,  hut  who  have  no  spirit- 
ual power,  and  when  they  speak  they  have  not 
the  Holy  Spirit  with  them.  Bnt  we  know  oth- 
ers, simple-hearted,  who  speak  llieir  country  dia- 
lect, and  who  st^uid  up  to  preach  in  their  coun- 
try iihices.  and  the  Spirit  of  God  clothes  every 
wonl  with  po-ver.  Hearts  are  broken,  souls  are 
saved,  sinners  are  bonuigi.in.  Oh,  Spirit  of  the 
living  God,  we  want  thee!  Thon  art  the  life, 
thesoul.thesourceof  thy  people 'ssucccsa;  with- 
out Jliee  they  can  do  nothing;  with  Thee  they 
can  do  everything. 

Selected  by  jAroii  K.  Hari.ey. 


BE  KIND  TO  THE  LIVING.      ' 

IT  is  all  very  well  to  give  men  fine  funerala 
when  they  die,  and  to  write  long  obitunry 
notices  proving  them  to  Iw  saints  uncanonijed,. 
It  is  a  good  thing  to  pause— we  who  must  oil 
uie  some  day— for  a  little  moment  to  do  honor 
to  the  dust  and  ashes  that  were  yesterday  a  man. 
But  while  we  do  this,  can  we  not  also  give  a 
little  to  the  living?  Can  we  not  be  generous 
and  just  and  forgivine  to  those  who  still  have 
ears  to  hear  and  hearts  to  throb  with  pain  and 
anxiety? 

How  many  hearts  might  have  I>een  saved 
from  breaking  by  a  perusal  of  their  obituary 
notices;  how  many  might  have  been  comforted 
by  an  antemortem  penisol  of  the  verses  on  their 
tombstones!  It  is  after  he  is  dead  that  we  say 
of  tlie  man,  "  He  was  brave  and  good;''  of  the 
woman,  "She  was  pureand  pretty."  The  abuse, 
the  sneer,  tho  innuendo,  the  malicious  whisper, 
the  coarse  carricatu  re— these  are  for  living, 
breathing,  bleeding  human  bosoms.  Any 
amount  of  tombstone  praise  and  ftineml  pa- 
geants that  you  like,  but  would  it  harm  us  to 
be  a  little  kinder  to  the  living  ? 

KEEP  BUST. 

^piiE  man  who  has  nothing  tu  do,  is  the  most 
X  miserable  of  beings.  If  you  have  no  reg- 
ular work,  do  chores  as  farmers  do  when  it  rain.s 
too  hard  to  work  in  the  field,  (u  occupation  wo 
forget  our  troubles,  and  get  a  respite  from  sor- 
row. The  man  whose  mind  and  hands  are  busy 
finds  no  time  to  weep  and  wail.  If  work  i« 
slack,  siiend  the  time  iu  reading.  No  man  ever 
knew  too  much.  The  hardest  students  in  the 
world  nre  the  old  men  who  know  the  most.  If 
you  lack  books,  there  are  frve  or  very  cheap  li- 
braries, at  least  in  cities,  at  your  command. — 
The  man  who  does  not  ac<piire  some  item  of 
useful  information  between  day-break  and  bed- 
time, must  mournfully  say,  with  the  Romeu 
Emiwror,  "'  I  have  lost  a  day."— 5W. 


He  who  takes  advice  is  sometimes  superior  to 
him  who  gives  it. 


To  be  in  a  passion  is  to  punish  one's  self  for 
the  faults  and  impertinences  of  another. 


THK    BHin'Ml^KN"    A^l'    AVOHfci. 


-A-ngust 


]\ 


*II  \T  insi-li^n  HI  111 
Siiioie  III 


urth  met  tr-ineniiniii  power. 


[iitlictiiiff  I'Ui^  imkDi 

il)'  wife. 
Wlio  jiittiol  mo  in  my  di^tn^-'. 
Anii,  liy  "ne  nimpl*  little  "  Vi-s." 
ChttiiH"-<l   nil   mv   woe  to  blwsedueM?— 

My  wifi-. 
Who  dii).  with  look  aliJioxt  divine, 
My  !t<iiil  iu  cord"  o)  love  cntwino, 
And  (pive  her  jicicel*'!*'*  Iienrt  for  miii'*? — 

My  B'ife. 
Who  (o  the-  ultor  wcut  witb  me. 
Our  ht'iirt*!  iiglow  with  ecfttawy, 
And  mv  good  angvl  vowwJ  to  be?— 

My  wife. 

Who,  niiKc  I  to  tlin  «lt«r  led 
The  hliiHliiiiB  l>ride,  nnd  vown  were  said, 
llim  Jiniinht  but  Meswinpi  round   me  ahcil?— 
My  wife. 
Wlio  ill  our  pilgriiiitigw  below, 
linn  thciTfd  with  Jiinilcs  the  pansaee  through, 
And  fvtrr  fiiithful  proved  imd  true?— 

My  wife. 
Whvii  ])iut!)('d  with  xorrow,  toil  ntid  carco, 
■\VIni  III!  my  grief  and  trouble  sthiirea, 
And  liiilf,  ftt  lofwt,  mv  I)urdeii  Wurs?— 

My  wife. 
When  h'liipests  rage  and  billows  roll, 
And  hmniui  pa<iion»  spurn  control, 
^\^lo  calinn  the  tumult  of  my  soul? — 

My  wife. 
Whrn  stormsi  are  hnshed  nnd  skies  are  bright, 
And  HhndowK  dnrk  are  changed  to  light, 
Who  joys  with  me  in  sweet  delight? — 

My  wife. 
Who  was  in  youth  th'  admired  of  men; 
IJut  now,  at  tlireescoro  and  ten. 
Is  far  more  bcautiliil  than  then  ? — 

My  wile. 

An  down  life'*  rugged  Nte«p  I  go, 
Witji  careful,  tix-mhling  ste|)!t  and  slow, 
)Vho  clingN  to  me  and  lieips  me  through? — 

My  wife. 
^Vho,  whuu  my  toilsome  duij's  are   o'er, 
Will  meet  nu'  on  blest  Cauaau's  shore, 
.\iid  ,>ing  witli  me  forevermore? — 

My  wife, 
—Selected. 


>'.— You  can  discover  this   by  e.xfln! 

Ing  the  boBis  of  doctiinc*  by  whi^h  sucl 
,S'. — Your  ai^timeiit  Sfcnis  codpbisivc  j  tinioii  is  ptTwted.   If  it  is  bnsi'cl  ujion  oho 


tlieir  (ii.-<iUQliHcation    nrose    from.piar 
ib'sobediencf.  11 


and   th«   doctrine    of  dose  ('omniunion  i  diftDc 
tablishfd;  but  thtm  Paul 
•2s,  "  But  let  a    man  ex- 


pretty  clearly '■« 
sflvs,  1  Cor.  1 1 : 


Ui  the  whole  doctrine  of  Christ, 
it  is  true  (Jospel  uiliou,  if  but  i)art  ot  the 
doctrine  of  Christ  is  complied  with,    we 


amine  himself,  and  so  let  him  eat  of  that    may  well  doubt  its  acceptability   in 


thii 


F 


CLOSE  COMMUNION.         ^ 

IIV  .1.  S.  MOHLEK. 

(\TIIER. — Dear  son,  I  am  concerned 
foi'  your  salvation,  nnd  have  won 
dered  why  you  stood  aluof  fi'om  the 
ehui'ch  so  loiiji,  and  in  danger  of  losiui 
your  eternal  int«re.st8  in  the  world  to 
come. 

Snn. — I  would  have  joined  the  church 
before  now;  but  thero  is  one  thing  iu 
tlie  church  I  do  not  understand.  It  looks 
a  little  selfish  to  me.  I  mean  close  Com- 
munion. I  would  like  to  know  your 
rejisons  for  observiui^  it? 

7''.— So  far  asC»o.spel  authority  is  con- 
ci'ined,  it  i.s  Bilent  about  those  terms,  but 
\w  think  the  jn-'uiciple  of  close  Com- 
iiiuniini  is  e*^tabli.«lied. 

'S'.^Iri  what  jiait  of  the  Gospel,  and 
how; 

F. — In  Hebrews  13:  10,  we  read  as 
follows:  "  We  have  an  altar,  whereof 
they  have  no  right  to  eat  wliich  serve  thi 
talx'rnacle."  Herewe noticethattheright 
to  wit  at  the  Christian  altm-  ia  denied 
those  of  the  Jewish  religion. 

A'.— Yea,  but  the  apostle  does  not  de- 
ny that  right  to  any  Christian  people; 
only  to  the  .Iuw.s. 

/''. — But  we  must  notice  the  ground 
upon  wVxchiXwriijht  to  commune,  is  bas- 
ed. The  Kevelatoi',  says,  "  Blessed  are 
they  that  do  his  commandments  that 
they  may  have  art'jht  to  the  tree  of  life, 
and  enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the 
city."Uev.  22:  14."  Tlieu  if  the  right 
to  the  tree  of  life  is  based  upon  obedi- 
ence to,  the  commandments  of  Christ, 
doubtless  the  right  to  partake  of  the 
Christian's  altar  is  based  upon  the  same 
ground.  For  it  is  clear,  had  those  who 
served  the  tabernacle,  served  Christ,  they 
would  have  had  as  much  right  at  the 
Christiau  altar  as  any  other   believer; 


breiid,  and  drink  of  that    cup.''     Th 
it  seenis  to  nie,  give-s  every  believer   th< 
privilege  to  eat  at  the  Lord's   table,  and 
destroys  your  argument  on  close  Com- 
munion. 

J*\ — It  should  be  borne  iu  mind  that 
when  the  apostle  wrote,  the  church  was 
not  divided,  and  mibdivided  as  it  is  now, 
into  hundreds  of  fragment-^.  The  va- 
rious church  nauK^  we  now  have,  were 
not  in  use  then.  But  the  apostle  wrote 
to  the  members  of  a  united  church,  and 
not  a  divided  one  (save  a  little  tempo- 
rary trouble  at  Corinth  at  the  time). 
They  had  the  same  Lord;  the  same  faith; 
the  same  bajitizing;  the  same  ordinances 
in  all  things;  they  had  kept  the  ordi- 
nances as  they  were  delivered  to  them. 
Had  the  division  of  the  church  existed 
then,  as  now,  the  ajiostlc  ivould  doubt- 
less have  referred  to  all  who  were  not  in 
full  obedience  to  the  doctrine  of  Christ 
as  he  did  to  those  of  the  Jewish  religion. 
"  We  have  an  altar  whereof  theif  h<tve 
no  right  to  eat.'"' 

S. — It  never  occurred  to  my  mind 
that  there  were  no  divisions  of  doctrine 
in  tlie  apostolic  church,  hence  no  occas- 
ion for  the  term  open,  or  close  Commun- 
ion. I  also  infer  from  your  argument 
that  certain  qualifications  are  required 
to  constitute  us  ])roper  communicants  at 
the  Lord's  table.  I  should  like  to  know 
what  these  qualifications  are? 

F. — One  of  the  most  important  qual- 
ifications, is  union  at  heart. 

«S'. — That  is  just  the  view  of  open 
communicants,  hence  they  unite  in  com 
muniug. 

F. — It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that 
mere  external  union  in  form,  is  no  evi- 
dence of  heart  union. 

S.  ^Vhat  is  the  difference? 
F. — Heart  union  is  based  upon  obe- 
dience to  the  true  doctrine  of  Christ,  its 
meml»er.s  being  peifectlyjoined  together 
in  the  same  mind  and  judgment;  while 
mere  external  union  implies  or  admits  a 
difference  in  doctrine;  but  only  unites 
for  the  time  being,  retaining  their  tliffer- 
ence  still. 

S. — Then  I  understand  there  must  te 
union,  or  oneness  of  doctrine;  this  pro- 
duces oneneas  of  heart:  this  only  tjuali- 
fies  us  to  eat  at  the  Chri.^tian  altar. 

F, — You  have  a  true  conception  of  a 
proper  communicant.  There  can  be  no 
com/Hunion  without  union,  and  union 
that  is  not  from  the  heart,  is  no  union  at 
all,  and  there  can  be  no  real  union  with 
out  sameness  of  doctrine.  But  it  must 
})e  remembered  that  there  may  be  union 
on  the  side  of  error,  as  well  as  on  the 
side  of  truth. 

/S. — This  is  a  new  phase  of  the  9Hil>ject, 
how  can  this  be? 

F. — In  the  days  of  Moses,  while  he 
w'fis  receiving  the  law,  the  Israelites  in 
camp  made  them  a  golden  calf  wad  wor- 
shiped it;  here  was  a  great  union,  but 
on  the  side  of  error.  Exodus  ;i2.  Again 
in  the  days  of  the  prophet  Elijah,  there 
was  another  great  union  on  the  side  of 
error.  All  Israel  had  gone  after  Baal, 
save  7,000  nien,  and  their  prophets  were 
4r)0  men;  while  but  one  true  prophet 
existed.  Other  cases  might  be  referred 
to,  but  these  are  sufficient  to  establish- 
the  point  under  consideration. 

'V. — I  perceive  that  union  may  be  on 
the  side  of  error,  as  well  as  on  the  aide 
of  truth;  but  how  can  I  discoA'er 
which  is  the  proper  union. 


sight  of  God 

I  *S'.— I  am  now  satisfied  a.s  to  what  the 
basis  of  Gospel  union  must  be;  but  wish 
,  to  know  whether  there  are  other  qu.ali- 
fications  to  commune  to  divine  accep- 
tance. 

F. — Another  very  important  qualifi- 
cation, is  consistency. 

S. — What  do  jou  mean  by  cmmsten- 
oyT 

F. — ^We  mean,  astrait  forward  course 
in  doctrine,  acting  from  right  principles; 
while  inconsistency,  is  contrary  in  its 
character. 

S. — Can  you  refer  to  a  case  of  incon- 
sistency in  the  Gospel? 

F. — The  case  of  Peter  eating  with  the 
Gentiles  in  the  absence  of  the  Jews;  then 
\vithdrawingfrom  them  when  the  Jewish 
brethren  came;  is  a  case  in  point,  and 
because  of  Peter's  incon-sislem-ii,  Paul 
withstood  him,  for  Peter  was  to  blame. 
Gal.  2:  11,  12,  13. 

S. — But  are  there  anj'  incon^lifteiicie'i 
practiced  by  the  churcli  now? 

F. — We  are  inclined  to  think  there 
are. 

•S'. — Will  you  be  so  kind  as  to  explain 
them,  as  I  am  concerned  about  this  mat- 
ter, and  want  to  be  right. 

F. — For  your  sake,  and  others  who 
are  equally  concerned,  I  will  try  and  do 
so,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  establishing 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  A  church 
that  holds  close  baptism,  and  open  com 
raunion  is  in  my  judgment  not  vevy  co7i- 
si  stent. 

S. — What  is  meant  by  close  baptism  ? 
F, — Close  baptism,  means,    that    one 
mode  only  of  baptism  is  right,  and  prac- 
ticed by  a  church,  all  other  modes  being 
innovations. 

jS. — Where  does  the  inconsistency 
come  in? 

F. — To  exclude  all  from  church  fel- 
lowship who  are  not  baptized  with  the 
Ijaptism  of  that  church  and  commune 
with  those  who  have  been  baptized  with 
some  other  baptism,  does  not  look  very 
consistent. 

.y. — But  does  not  the  person  who  has 
received  alien  bai>tinn,  commune  at  his 
risk? 

i^.— Not  altogether.  If  the  church 
has  the  right  to  close  its  doors  against 
alien  bapti.sm,  has  it  not  the  .^tanie  right 
to  close  its  doors  against  imjiroper  com- 
municants ? 

S. — It  would  seem  that  the  church 
has  that  right;  still  I  cannot  see  that  the 
'  church  is  to  blame,  for  openin^g  its  com- 
munion doors  formembersut  allchurch- 
e,s  to  commune.  The  responsibiBty  it 
seems  to  me,  rests  on  the  individu-al  com- 
muning, and  not  on  the  church. 

F. — But  a  wilful  opening  of  tlW'  door 
of  communion,  nnd  a  general  invitjttion 
for  members  of  all  churches  to  come, 
and  commune,  is  a  virtual  acknowledge- 
ment on  the  part  of  the  church,,  that 
there  is  no  real  difference  between  tJliem. 
How  does  this  harmonize  with  closebap- 
tism  ?  If  the  person  who  has  recei>ped 
alien  bajitism  is  good  enough  to  oom- 
muue  with,  why  not  have  an  open  dbor 
for  baptism,  and  be  cmisistent? 

/i^.— But  is  the  cliurch  responsible  for 
the  alien  baptism  of  their  persons  or 
churches  ? 

^.— No;  but  it  is  responsible  for  ac- 
knowledging that  baptism  in  open  com- 
munion. 

^' — But  I  cannot  see  how  the  chuncli- 


could  be  chargeable  with    i 'tc^'n.'^intf.t,^.,, 
or  1,'uilt  eveu  in  open  coiumuBion. 

F. — Rend  whiit  John  sjiys,  in  his  sec- 
ond epistle  T'th  antl  11th  verses,  speal;. 
ing  of  a  certain  class  of  believers    who 
if  they  did  not  bring  the  true  doctrine' 
were  not  to  be  received  into  their  houses 
(houses  of  worship),  and  he    that  bade 
him  (iod  speed  beramt}  jmvtaher   of  /ti^ 
evil  dcffh.     Just  so  in  the  church  to-day. 
If  I  willingly  and  knowingly,  oommuue 
with  a  drunkard,  or  a  liar,  or  a  covetous 
or  a  profane  man.     I  then  and  there,  ac- 
knowledge that  man  ray  equal    in  relig. 
ion,   and    become    partaker   of  his  e\-il 
deeds,  for  in  willingly  communing  with 
him,  I  bid  him  God   speed.     To   retain 
my  integrity,  I  mu.st  witlidraw  from  the 
Communiou   t^ible,  or   have   him  with- 
draw.     This  applies  with  equal  force 
where  there  exists  diversity  of  doctrine. 
If  an  immersionist  willing  and   know- 
ingly communes  with    a   Pedo   Baptist, 
then  and  there  he  compvomises  his  bap. 
tism,  and  virtually  acknowledges  by  his 
act,  that  baptism  by  pouring  or  sprink- 
ling is  as  good  as  his  own,  and  to  oppose 
Pedo  Baptism  after  that,  would  certain- 
ly  be  very  inconsistent.     Further,  let  it 
be  understood  that  no  man  can  commune 
to  himself.  It  requii-es  at  least  two  to 
commune.      Koinonia,  the    Greek  for 
Communion,  mea.n& fellowshi]),   society, 
particijyation.     The  letter,  as  well  as  the 
spirit  of  Communion,  means  a  number  of 
persons;  hence  the  propriety  of  all  be- 
ing  of  the  same  mind  and  judgment  to 
commune  to  divine  acceptance.     It  is  be- 
cause of  this,  that  Paul  says,  "  Ye   can- 
not drink  the  cup  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
cup  of  devils;  ye  cannot  be  partakers  of 
the  Lord's  table,  and   the   table  of  dev- 
ils." 1  Cor.  10:  21.     This  clearly  proves 
our  position.     The  principle  is,  that  the 
Lord's  table,  is  not  the  devil's  table,  and 
the  devil's  table,  is  not  the  Lord's  table. 
AVhere  the  apostle   says,    "Ye  cannot 
drink  the  cup  of  the  Lord,  and  the  cup 
of  devils,"  he   does  not   allude  to  any 
physical  inability  to  do  so;  but  that  we 
cannot  do  so  from   Christian   principle, 
■without  violating  our  integrity  and  com- 
promising our   religion,    and   becoming 
partaker  of  the  guilt  of  devils,  equally 
so  now,     A  icillfnl  and   knowing  com- 
munion with  those  we  know  to  be  in  er- 
ror, should  that  error  only  consist  in  one 
thing,  is  an  acknowledgement   of  indif- 
ference and  makes  ^nch  2>er3on  guilty  of 
the  same  error. 

S. — I  admit  the  propriety,  and  con- 
clusiveness of  your  argument;. but  from 
the  reading  of  the  Scrii>tores  I  am  con- 
strained to  believe  that  Judas  commun- 
ed with  Christ,  and  Christ  certainly 
knew  what  was  in  Judas'  heart;  that 
would  make  Christ  a  partaker  of  Judas' 
evil  deeds.  How  will  you  reconcile  this 
matter  with  your  argument? 

F. — Can  you  prove  that  Judas  com- 
muned with  Christ? 

S. — Do  not  the  Scriptures  cllearly 
teach  that  Judas  ate  with  Christ  iu'  the 
night  when  the  Commnion  was  institu*- 
ed,  as  shown  by  his  receiving  the  >*np. 

F.—'XhQ  .'iop  you  refer   to  pertains  to' 
the  Supper,  and  not  the  Communion. 
'S*. — What  supper? 
i^.— The  Supper  instituted  by  Christ 
in  the  night  of  His  betrayal. 

S. — I  tliought  that  was  the  Jemsll' 
Passover  they  were  celebrating. 

F. — In  this  you  are  mistaken.  In  the 
thirteenth  chapter  of  John,  we  learn  that' 
it  was  hcfo7-e  the  feast  of  the  Passovei* 
that  Christ  met  with  His  disciples  and 
instituted  the  Supper  and  Communion. 
Again,  the  Jews  would  not  go  into  the 
judgment  hall  lest  they  be  defiled,  but 
tbat  they  might  eat  the   Passover.  John 


^U<TUSt     2t*. 


'r£lE    l^ilETl-IUK^T    ^V^r    AVOKK. 


us:  2h.  H«rf  wescethHt  at  the  trial  of 
Christ,  the  Passover  was  not  jvt  eat*-n 
putChrist  had  eaten  a  uit-al  with  His 
disciples  tliu  evening  previous,  hence  it 
is  clear  that  the  sop  you  refer  to,  did 
not  pertain  to  the  Passover,  but  to  the 
Supper  or  meal  eaU-n  by  the  disciples  in 
counection  with  which  the  Coniuumion 
was  instituted. 

S.-^l  had  au  idea  that  somehow  the 
^p  connected  with,  or  pertained  to  the 
Cojumunion. 

/'.—In  this  you  are  equally  mistaken. 
Matthew  and  Mark  both  reveal  the  fact, 
that  the  traitor  was  revealed  before 
Christ  took  special  bread  to  bless  it,  /. 
(,.,  the  Communion.  From  John  we 
learn,  15th  chapter,  that  so  soon  as  the 
traitor  was  revealed  by  receiving  the  sup, 
he  went  immediately  out  i.  e.,  before  the 
Communion  was  instituted;  between  the 
eating  of  the  Supper  as  instituted  by 
Christ,  and  the  taking  of  special  bread 
and  blessing  it,  or  the  institution  of  the 
Couiniunion,  Judas  went  out,  henae  did 
not  commune.  Asiin  additional  evidence 
of  the  distinction  between  the  Passover, 
Supper,  and  Commuuiou,  we  might  re- 
fer to  their  distinct  names  in  the  original. 
The  Greek  for  Passover  is,  jm-'icha,  \ov 
Supper  is,  Deijmon,  for  Communion  is, 
JCoinonia-  Judas  partook  of  the  deip- 
noD  (of  which  the  sop  was  a  part,  but 
not  of  tbe  Koinonia^  hence  Judas  did 
not  commuiie. 

S. — I  must  confess  that  your  reason- 
ing has  thrown  new  light  on  the  subject. 
I  never  could  exactly  understand  how 
the  sop  belonged  to  the  Commnion,  still 
I  could  not  locate  it  anywhere  else.  The 
i<lea  of  a  supper  separate  from  the  Com- 
munion, never  entered  my  mind,  but 
now  it  Is  clear  as  daylight,  I  can  eas- 
ily understand  how  Judas  could  receive 
the  Hop,  and  not  commune.  But  are 
there  any  other  inconsistencies  among 
the  cburclies? 

F. — Pulpit  afBliation  and  close  Com^ 
munion  also  seem  mroj}sititent 

S. — What  is  meant  liy  pulpit  affilia 
tion  ? 

F. — Simply  assisting  minlstersof  other 
churches  in  protracted  efforts,  for  the 
conversion  of  sinnei-s,  at  the  same  time 
not  allow  those  members,  nor  those  who 
they  themselves  were  instrumental  in 
converting,  to  commune  with  them,  un- 
less they  joined  the  same  church. 

S. — No,  itis  certainly  not  charitable  to 
assist  those  with  whom  we  would  not 
commune,  and  less  still  to  deny  those  the 
right  to  commune  with  us  whom  we  had 
been  instrumental  in  converting,  unless 
they  joined  our  particular  church,  after 
giving  them  free  and  full  liberty  to  join 
any  other  church,  as  1  have  heard  min- 
istei-s  do.  But  you  have  baseil  heart 
union  upon  obedience  to  all  the  doctrine 
of  Christ,  and  this  only  would  constitute 
us  propel' coinmunlcants.  Now  I  would 
lil<e  a  lirlef  outline  of  the  doctrine. 

F.— This  I  win  consent  to  give  in  a 
very  brief  manner. 

1.  Conviction  of  sin. 

2.  Olijective  faith  in  the  Son  of  (Jod. 

3.  Repentance,  that  need  uot  be  re- 
pented of. 

4.  Subjective  faith,  evinced  by  our 
obedience  to  all  the  precepts  of  the  (tos- 
pel. 

0.  Baptism  by  trine  action  as  com- 
manded l)y  Christ,  Matt.  :3S:  ly,  and 
practiced  liy  the  apostles  and  their  suc- 
cessors hundredsof  years  in  an  unbroken 
line  of  succession. 

0.  Washing  the  saint's  feet  aa  corn- 
niauded  by  Christ,  John  13:  la,  and  re- 
ferred to  by  Paul,  1  Tim.  5:  lo. 

7.  The  Lord's  Supper,  Deipnon,  nn 
evening  meal  as  defined  by  Webster,  of 


which  theaix>stle  ate,  as  Christ  was  tak- 
ing special  bread  and  blessed  it,  thereby 
instituting  the  Communion.  Matt.  2fi; 
2fi;  Mark  14:l'2. 

8.  The  Communion,  Kottumia  as  in- 
stituted by  Christ,  while  the  disciple* 
were  eating  Supper.  Matt.  '2t\:  'ii>  lat- 
ter clause;  Mark  14:  22. 

0.  The  Christian  salutation  com^ 
nianded  four  times  by  Paul,  1  Cor.  Hi 
20,  2  Cor.  13:  12;  2  Thess.  5;  2(1;  Rom 
Ifi;  10,  and  once  by  Peter,  1  Peter  5: 
14. 

Ill,  Prayer-covering  for  the  sisters  as 
commanded  by  Paid.   1  Cor.  U. 

n.     Non -conformity  in  dress,  custom, 
conversation,  pleasure,    amusement  «fe< 
as  taught  by  Christ  and  the  apostles. 

12.  Non-swearing.  Matt.5:  :U;  James 
5:  12. 

13.  Non-lawing.  1  Cor.  0:  1 ;  Matt. 
5:  44. 

In  addition  to  these  requirements  of 
the  Gospel,  we  must  cultivate  the  graces 
and  virtues  of  Christianity,  that  we  have 
e.\celleuey  of  character,  such  as  humility, 
obedience,  temperance,  charity,  honesty, 
truthfidness,  chaste  conversation,  pray- 
erfulness.  In  short,  manifest  in  our  lives 
the  fruit  of  the  Spirit,  and  not  of  the 
flesh. 

S. — I  am  aware  that  yon  have  Gosjiel 
for  all  you  have  referred  to;  but  is  it 
absolutely  necessary  that  we  be  so  par 
ticular,  especially  in  some  of  those  lit 
tie  things? 

F. — Itis  very  safe  to  have  the  Won! 
of  God  on  our  side. 

S. — I  know  that  the  Word  of  God  is 
sure  and  steadfast;  but  then  suppose  we 
attend  to  the  main  requirements  of  the 
Gospel,  Vmt  leave  undone  such  little 
things,  as  Feet- washing,  salutation, 
prayer- covering  for  the  sisters,  would 
this  condemn  us? 

F. — In  answer,  I  can  only  refer  you 
to  the  case  of  Peter,  who  doubtless 
thought  as  you  are  thinking,  that  Feet- 
washing  was  too  little  to  be  observed; 
but  his  refusal  would  have  severed  his 
part  with  Christ.  Now  if  you  can  show 
from  the  Gospel,  that  you  are  better  than 
Peter  was.  or  that  you  can  be  saved  some 
other  way,  then  your  plea  may  amount 
to  something.  Besides  this,  I  cannot  see 
how  you  cau  call  anything  liiile,  that  is 
commanded,  either  by  Christ  or  the 
apostles.  I  do  not  know  but  you  are 
sinning  in  so  doing. 

S. — Perhaps  I  should  not  have  used 
the  term,  liitk.  I  do  not  mean  to  dis 
parage  the  precept  of  the  Gospel;  but 
somehow  I  can  see  no  propriety  in  be 
ing  so  very  particular. 

F. — You  must  admit,  whetheryou  see 
a  propriety  in  strict  obedience  or  not; 
that  it  is  infallibly  safe,  while  to  be 
only  partially  obedient,  may  not  be  safe. 

S. — There  is  no  doubt  as  to  the  safety 
of  the  position  you  occupy. 

F. — It  is  not  only  safe,  l)ut  forms  the 
basis  of  union  for  Gospel  Conununion. 
Suppose  every  lieliever  would  obey  the 
Go8i)el  in  all  things  iu  its  plaiu,  simple 
meaning,  what  would  the  result  be? 
Would  we  not  have  Gospel  union  all 
over  Clirlstenilom?  Yes;  and  h^art  union 
too.  Zion's  watchmen  would  see  eye, 
to  eye.  All  .schisms  an<l  divisions  would 
cease,  and  we  would  have  no  mole 
use  for  the  terms,  nppn  and  rfoso  Com- 
munion, than  the  brethren  had  in  the 
apostolic  age  of  the  church.  We  would 
be  one  people,  perfectly  united  upon  the 
broad  platform  of  the  Gospel.  A\'e 
could  then  freely,  consistently  and  by 
authority  of  the  Gospel,  commune  wher 
ever  we  might  go,  among  all  the  church- 
es of  the  land.  The  term,  churcltt", 
then,  would    not  mean   divisions  of  the 


church;  liut  branchej*  of  the  same  church 
or  organization.  It  is  not  because  men 
cannot  see  alike,  that  we  have  so  many 
divisions  in  the  church;  but  because  men 
and  women  are  uot  willing  to  obey  that, 
which  they  already  know. 

S. — I  now  see  the  propriety  of  your 
reasons  for  close  Communion.  If  I  un- 
derstand you  correctly,  your  rea-sons  for 
close  (-ommunion,  are  to  retain  the  pu 
rlty  of  the  docti'lne  of  Christ;  and  this 
you  can  only  do,  by  strict  obedience  to 
all  things  required  at  your  hand. 

F. — Yon  understand  ws  correctly. 
Close  Communion  upon  any  other  ground, 
ia  mere  selfishness. 

S. — But  ilo  you  believe  that  churches 
that  are  uot  so  sti'ict  in  obedience,  are 
positively  wrong? 

F. — We  should  not  concern  ourselves 
so  much  as  to  who  are  positively  wrong, 
as  we  should  t\s  to  what  is  positively 
right.  To  obey  God  In  all  things  as 
well  as  we  know  how,  is  certainly  right 
and  safe.  This  is  all  we  claim,  and  all 
the  Gospel  claims. 

S. — I  admit  the  correctnes.s  of  your 
premises,  as  well  as  your  conclusions, 
and  upon  that  basis,  I  am  a  close  Com- 
muniouist  too.  I  see  that  there  is  no 
sectiu'iauism  nor  selfiishness  about  it;  but 
simply  love  for  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Je- 
sus. Would  to  God  that  all  believers 
were  possessed  of  this  love;  disunion 
would  soon  be  banished  hence. 

AN  INVITATION  TO  SINNERS. 

IIV  DAVID  I„  WILLIASIS. 

■'  \n(\  when  they  saw  it,  they  all  murmured 
siiyiny,  That  he  wiis  gone  to  be  guest  with  a 
umn  that  is  a.  &inniT."  Luke  19:  T. 


rpHE  language  of  our  text  was  uttered 
-*-  by  the  multitude  that  thronged  oiu' 
Savior's  entrance  Into  Jericho  at  the  time 
that  he  dined  with  Zaccheus.  Zaccheus 
bad  climbed  into  the  tree  In  order  to 
get  a  position  that  he  might  have  a  fair 
look  at  Jesus  na  He  was  passing  with 
the  multitudes  thronging  after  him. 
Somehow  or  other  he  had  attracted  great 
attention,  not  that  the  multitudes  really 
considered  Him  the  Son  of  God  or  the 
Savior  of  the  world,  but  from  the  re- 
ports circulated  relative  to  the  nuracles 
that  He  did  and  the  power  in  which  He 
taught.  He  spoke  as  one  having  author- 
ity. Now  Jesus  seeing  Zaccheus,  called 
him  down  from  the  tree,  telling  him  that 
He  intended  to  diue  at  his  house.  They 
all  marveled;  they  say  that  Zaccheus  is 
a  sinner,  and  Clirist  who  claims  to  be 
the  Son  of  God,  and  we  partly  believe 
it,  from  the  miracles  that  we  have  seen 
Him  perform,  and  the  fame  that  is  gone 
abroad  of  Him;  but  now  it  astonishes 
us  to  see  that  He  is  going  to  become  a 
guest  with  Zaccheus,  that  sinner  who 
has  not  stood  at  all  creditable  in  society. 
We  cannot  afl'urd  to  stain  our  character 
so  as  to  become  a  guest  with  such  a  low 
character  as  this  sinner. 

Mark  you,  that  this  great  multitude 
consisteil  mainly  of  those  who  pretend- 
ed to  be  righteous  as  a  general  thing, 
and  those  of  course  did  not  feel  the  real 
need  of  a  Savior;  consequently  He  could 
do  them  no  good.  It  is  those  who  are 
laden  down  with  sin  that  He  relieves. 
The  invitation  is, "  Come  unto  me  all  ye 
that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I 
will  fifive  you  rest."  Yes,  Jesus  was  a 
friend  to  sinners;  it  was  for  sinners  that 
He  bled  and  died.  He  says,  "  came  not 
to  call  the  righteous,  but  sinners  to  re 
pentance"— that  those  who  are  whole 
need  no  physician,  but  they  that  are  sick, 

Th^ 

came  to  do  for  poor,  mortal,  sinful  man 
wliat  he  could  not  possibly  do  fur   him 


self— heal  him,  restore  him  from  the 
maladies  of  ?ln,  and  reinstate  liini  in  the 
favor  of  God. 

Herein  is  presented  a  sublime  thought 
for  our  mortal  minds  to  feast  upon,   and 
animate  our   souls    with    the   ec->*tasy  of 
gladness.     To  cont<-mplate  that  we  have 
such  a  friend  who  is  holy,  harmle'w  and 
undefiled,  yet  is   not   onlv  willing,  but 
anxious  to  have  us   come   to  Him.     He 
left  His  Father's  side    and  the  shining 
courts  of  heaven,  denied  Himself  of  the 
joys  of  that  habitation  for  a  season,    ac 
quai  utinglli  nisei  f  with  sorrow  and  grief  in 
order  that  we  might  become  His  children 
— His  joint  heii-s  in  the  everla-sting  king- 
dom— the  region  of  the  just,  the  estate 
of  idl  purity.    Contemplate  the  IdeaHiug 
of  Zaccheus,  that  sinner  who  was  favor- 
ed with  a  Guest  from    heaven,   the  Son 
of  God,  who  ueedeth  not  that  any    tes- 
tify of  Him,  for   He    knew   the  state, 
the  secret    emotion  of  Zaecheus'    heart. 
He  knew  that  he   could   do   him   some 
good.    No  doubt   Zaccheus   was    some- 
what like  pavid,  did  not  justify  liimself 
in  his  sin,  but  was  such  that   would    ac- 
knowledge his  favdts  and  willing   to  re- 
form.  Such  an  oue  as  this,  Christ  can 
assist  and  help.     How   Zaccheus   must 
have  rejoiced  while  favored  with  such  a 
Guest  as  Jesus  was;   the  Son  of  God  go- 
ing to  eat  dinner  with   him,    he    such  a 
sinner,  that  he  certainly  was   disfellow- 
shiped  from   the   religion   of  that  day, 
hence  was  easy  drawn  to  Christ.     If  he 
had  at  that  time  belonged  to  a  religious 
body,  as  did  our  Savior's  persecutors,  he 
no  doubt  would  have  elung  to  it  and  re- 
jected Christ,   as   it   is   with   us  in  this 
nineteenth   century.     Those   that  have 
joined  themselves  to  a  religious  body, 
cling  to  it  whether  their  religion  is  pure 
id  undefiled    or    not.    They   are   like 
the  Pharisees  and  Sadducecs  In  oin-  Sav- 
ior's  time.    They   "  know  "  that    th^ 
religion  all  is  right. 

Here  again,  is  one  grand  and  Impor- 
tant thought,  and  that  is,  as  Zaccheus 
was  so  base  as  to  be  rejected  on  account 
of  his  sinfulness  by  those  of  his  breth- 
ren in  the  flesh,  and  Christ  stooped  to 
him  so  as  to  elevate  liim  in  society.  Yes, 
dear  sinner,  this  is  what  He  ciime,  and 
bled  and  died  for,  that  He  might  elevate 
you;  though  you  are  vile  and  have  sin- 
ned greatly,  and  have  sunk  your  chara- 
cter beneath  the  notice  of  creditable  peo- 
ple. He  will  stoop  to  you  if  you  mil 
yield  to  Him,  and  He  will  take  your  feet 
out  of  the  mire  and  clay,  and  plaee  them 
upon  the  Uockof  ages.  He  wlH  retiue 
your  character,  and  tit  you  for  the  I«at 
of  society;  will  lead  you  to  live  a  holy 
life — one  that  cannot  be  gainsayed  by 
your  neighbors. 

Oh,  sinner,  what  a  Friend  you  have 
in  Christ,  and  yet  you  reject  Him.  He 
is  willing  to  become  your  Guest,  while 
your  neighbors  are  not  willing  to  stoop 
so  low.  But  if  you  will  }i  dd  to  Christ 
and  accept  Him  as  yoiu*  Guest,  He  mil 
elevate  you  above  many  of  thos-  who 
refuse  Him.  He  loves  you,  deai-  sinner, 
though  you  may  be  low  in  sin,  and  yow 
life  much  degraded.  But  He  does  noi 
love  your  sins;  it  is  you  that  He  loves; 
your  sins  He  hates.  He  knows  that  it 
mil  destroy  you  and  ruin  you.  He  wants 
to  free  you  from  it.  He  so  loves  you, 
that  He  is  willing  and  anxious  to  do  it, 
but  for  Him  to  accomplish,  you  must 
have  some  i-egard  for  youi-self  and  Him 
too.  You  must  yield  to  Uis  kindness 
and  grace,  and  He  will  refine  tbe  pur- 
pose of  your  heart,  that  you  may  be  led 


to  live  a  different  life, — one  tliat  will  Iw 
deft*  liere  advanced  is,   that   Christ  ]  animated  with  the  hope  of  that  blessevl 
immortality.      No  matter   if  vuu    have 
been  a  irreat  siune!",  He  is  your  Frii-nd. 


Tin-:   MHETi-ia^.K>:  ^vt  Avoiac. 


Aurrxist   2l> 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHBD   WBBKLY. 


J,   H    MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


U>  (Jisput*-.  >oii  <|i>  tmt  a«  thoy  rlr-tire,  ami  open 
the  way  for  more  nbii^p.  l^rt  th>>  poor  fellows 
•alk.  Tliere  will  !>■  reuctiuii.  if  ym  do  Iml  i>.t- 
forru  your  duty;  ami  linndr-'H-,  who  ivere  once 
iUieii8U>d  from  you.  will  ftoult  lu  you  ami  ttc- 
knowledge  thi-ir  error." 


n«n.  H.  II    IU>>iiiaii   ilul/    nulhonicJ,   b*   ui   u  our 
mTcUng  corTt-^pornlent  nnJ  ngtnt  for   the   B«mi««B  *t 


ml    will   rw»lT»  itiili^tnplloiitfor  Ujf  «i 
Aif.     Alt  liunincu  imnwKiO'l  hy  hii 
h*  ihe  aaiTK!  u  If  doD*  b]t  ounaltri 


CHHlnTlANlTY  means.  God  inrnniatf,  and  seeks 
oir- 1  all  ratiouul  b-iiit'.'f.     JiidaUui  was   purely  local, 
I  being  Ihu  nysU^m  of  one  ua(ii>ri,  but  Clirisliaiiity 
designed  as  the   one  Fystem   for  all   nnKons. 


[,JrmMr»'"(.S'cMijr*forrVlo  "r    O^^     god«werc  uiude  in  the  imagf  of  men, 


BBoum     Tbo«o  fsmliniwn  nniaM  «nd  |iG.oo.  will  re-  hcncp   wht'ti   man    worshipppd   tliose  godrt,  he 

r«u".hV;"«>r:?ii  r..,°/-°.5■.To.I"^.;'~;"J'di".  cuia  ri« «..  inghe,  ih.a  hi,„.oif-p.rto»k  ^ 

tiotud    nimu,    wliich    nmniinl   C«n   U  dPtlufllwl    from   lh«  l,jj  (,„g  iiRtufe.  whjch  whcil  Olice   defiled    leads 

rrXSr,;  uX".l;  S  .»l™.7„^;"i    ?h.V  ma,,  fro,,,  ^  to  won,«.     But  ChriBlianily  rai,- 

abotild  he  fl^^^  pirniilp  lo  Moore  4  Bjl]eln»«ti                  |  ^.^  ^^  above  our  corrupt  iiiitures — luaJiCSUS  clean 
[iiih.cripiit.ni.  arnl  oomnmnl(«ii9n»iiiteod«rJ  for  the  p»- 
"         "  '  -  iii(i»»  mnittj 


p#r.  — 

Dae  *bo>iM  W  fuldrcaafil 


li  the  of- 


uiTASE,  r^i... 


UOOSE  ft  ESHELUAH, 

Lourk,  CuToU  Ce.,  111- 


AUaUST  39, 1678. 


GRAINS  OF  TRUTH. 

'■  Feasts  of  Charity. "—Popular  Churches 
and  Popular  Preachers.— Clouds.  Tem- 
pests   and    Sunshine.— Patient    Endur- 
ance. -  Superiority    of    Christianity.— 
Right  IS  Might. 
pHOAl  tli.'AtI«iitii  to  tlie  Pacific  prfpurjitions 
r      or.*  Dping  inado  for  "feasti  of  charily,'' 
tliU!t  showing  that  tliP  primitive  practices  of  the 
GoBpcUlilMivc,  ami  that  n  noble  band  of  Iw- 
liovora  are  not  lutliuiued  lo  maintain  tliem   in 
their  purity.     Who  wu3  it  tbat  recently  aaid, 
that  "  tbo  (losjiol  isn  failure?  "    These  disciples 
t)f  Jl'hu»  know  nothing  about  yielding  up  the 
holy,  Hflf-denyiiiK   practicoa  of  the  Lord  and 
Mdntor.     Brethren,  let  uo  strife  pull  us  ai)art, 
biit  let  u>*  contimif  t^  pull  together.    This  to- 
i/rther  always  wins— always  brings  victory. 

,h:sT  MO  soon  iw  churehes  begin  to  seek  none 
hilt  poi»nliir  preacbei-s,  and  poi>ular  preachers 
bu-ijin  to  HCitk  nom?  hut  popular  churches,  there 
will  be  lulown-gnide  tendency,  swift  and  sure. 
Cliuruhes  should  seek  trutli-loviug.  God-fearing, 
jiealoun  men  to  declare  the  word  of  Trutli, 
whether  tbey  be  "  chief  men  "  or  suhordiniiteH; 
nnd  piouft,  God-fearing  jireaghers  should  seek  the 
iaolateil  and  uumericiilly  weak  churches,  where 
ntiu-h  hard  work  is  uceded,  and  where  the  di 
vot^'d  few  are  unable  to  do  mnch  themselves. 
Go  and  help  them  to  dtn-elop  ootivity— help 
them  to  inciviL^e  in  the  riilies  of  Chriat— help 
them  to  brinp  out  the  hidden  talent  Ihut  it  may 
also  hibiir  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord.  This  id 
the  way  of  the  Lord,  and  He  has  strewn  many 
blessings  there.  Highly-favored  minister,  what 
say  you  to  gathering  tbein  ini' 

SoMKTiHKs  it  is  cold,  rainy  and  cloudy  for 
weeks,  and  only  now  and  then  wu  get  a  glimpse 
of  the  sun.  We  become  gloomy  and  impatient, 
declaring  wo  never  saw  such  weather.  But  at- 
fff  wliile  the  cloudi  ijom  away,  the  snn  shines 
out  grandly  beautiful,  luid  all  nature  sparkles 
witli  joy.  Smiles  seem  to  rest  on  things.  Is 
nut  this  a  picture  of  the  souly  Storms,  tem- 
pests, trials  of  all  kinds  toss  «s  hither  and  thith- 
er; we  beuomo  alarmed  and  are  ready  to  fall 
under  the  clouds,  and  then  God  drives  theiu 
away,  ami  lets  in  the  bright  rays  of  the  Sun  of 
Ilight*!Ou>ness,  and  we  are  ourselTes  a^aiu. 
Right  will  pivvail,and  peace  always  follows 
Mar:  so  lonj;  as  there  is  war,  there  is  no  pence, 
and  during  peace  there  can  be  no  war.  liless- 
cd  be  God,  who  can  always  bring  sunshine  in 
due  time! 

"  A  MAN  who  has  no  enemies  is  seldom  good 
for  auytbing.  He  is  made  of  that  kind  of  ma- 
terial which  is  so  ea-sily  worked  that  every  one 
iriwaliandin  it.  A  sterling  character — one 
who  flpeaks  for  himself,  and  speaks  what  he 
thinks — is  always  sure  to  have  enemies.  They 
are  as  necessary  to  him  as  fresh  air.  They  keep 
liim  alive  and  iittive.  A  celebrated  i)ersou.  who 
was  Burrounded  by  enemies,  used  to  say,  'They 
are  sparks  which,  if  you  do  not  blow  theui,  go 
out  of  themselves.'  Let  this  he  yonr  feeling 
while  endeavoring  tu  live  do^vn  the  scandal  of 
those  who  are  bitter  against  you.     If  you  stop 


where  we  were  filthy,  puts  light  where  there  was 
all  darkness,  Mohammedanism  has  man  for  its 
head-light,  h^nce  Mohammedans  foil  to  reach 
the  higher  and  better  life.  Christianity  has 
Christ  for  its  Head,  nnd  this  Head  possesses  a 
divinenature— a  sinless  nature;  hencein  follow- 
iag— in  accepting  this  Leader,  our  natures  be- 
come purified — oiir  souls  cleansfd,  our  hopes 
confirmed  and  peace  with  the  everlasting  Father, 

No  one  should  attempt  to  carry  his  jwint  by 
i/icta(ioii—hy  mvTa  finnertioii.lmihy  the  asser- 
tion of  inifli—hy  diriiir  authority.  This  is  the 
highest  and  absolute  authority  in  all  things. 
Why  should  you  fret  and  worry,  and  get  into  a 
petty  jealousy  because  your  opponent  carries  his 
point — gives  flivlm-  iiuthority  for  his  work? 
Never  try  to  pull  a  man  down  l>ecaiise  the  ar- 
gument is  on  his  side— because  he  is  in  the  right 
and  you  in  the  wrong.  Walk  out  in  the  broad 
field  of  divine  authority  and  be  a  free  man. 
Study  well  iiud  carefully  the  whole  truth,  and 
then  stand  for  it.  If  a  inan  will  twist  and  evade, 
put  the  esact  truth  at  him:  he  will  not,  he  can- 
not \7ithstand  it.  Take  the  right  ground— the 
precise  Truth  as  revealed  by  the  Lord,  and 
stand  by  it.  Right  may  be  pushed  back  a  little, 
but  God  will,  in  due  time,  bring  it  to  the  front. 
There  is  strength  in  rit/hl,  for  God  put  it  there. 
Who  is  not  for  right?  M.  m.  b, 


TRIP  TO  ROCK  CREEK 

SOON  after  completing  the  work  pertaining 
to  the  organization  of  the  church  at  this 
place,  of  which  an  account  will  be  found  eke- 
where,  we  left  Lanark,  by  private  conveyance, 
to  attend  a  council  meeting  held  by  the  church 
at  Hock  Creek,  some  twenty  miles  South  of 
here.  We  were  in  company  with  brethren 
Enoch  Eby,  J.- J.  Emmert,  and  Daniel  Miller. 
Found  the  ride  a  pleasant  and  enjoyable  one, 
considerable  raiu  having  fallen,  sullicient  to  lay 
I  lie  dust  and  cool  the  air.  We  reached  the 
jilace  on  the  morning  of  the  20th,  and  found  the 
congregation  assembled  in  the  Brethren's  large 
nieetiug-h<ni>"e,  lieautifully  situated  in  the  edge 
of  the  timber,  on  a  lofty  eminence,  overlooking 
a  vast  tract  of  well  improved  farming  country. 
The  situation  of  the  building  is  certainly  a  de- 
sirable one. 

This  congregation  is  composed  of  about  one 
hundred  members,  pretty  well  scattered  over 
White&idi-  Co.,  and  formerly  a  part  of  the  Mill- 
edgeville  congregation.  It  is  moderately  well 
supplied  with  ministers,  who,  owing  to  the  scat- 
tered condition  of  the  members,  have  considera- 
ble traveling  to  do.  in  order  to  fill  their  appoint- 
ments, thus  rendering  their  work  rather 
laborious,  The  church  here  Iisl^  been  sorely 
alHicted  for  some  time,  and  on  this  occasion 
met  to  confer  witb  a  commitlee  sent  by  last 
Annaal  Meeting  to  adjust  the  existing  difficul- 
ties. Elders  Enoch  Eby,  Jb<j.  R.  Gish,  and  J. 
J.  Emmert  were  the  committer. 

The  council  meeting  commencttl  on  Tuesday 
morning.  There  were  two  cases  before  the  com- 
mittee, and  some  other  miscellaneous  business. 
'ITie  members  presented  their  grievances,  tme  by 
one,  in  the  most  Christian-like  manner.  1  nev- 
er before  saw  a  body,  in  the  midst  of  such 
troubfes,  act  so  coolly  and  deliberately.  The 
most  critical  points  were  presented  andexainiu- 
eil  without  producing  the  least  excitement.  In 
this  respect  the  exainjde  of  those  brethren  is 
certainly  commendable. 

The  committee  made  their  report  on  Thurs- 
day morning,  and  explained  it  in  full,  giving 
the  members  permission  to  ask  oil  the  questions 
regarding  it  they  thought  proper,  so  as  to  be 
sure  that  they  fulTy  understood  the  decision  in 
all  its  parts.     It  was  then  put  to  vote  whether 


tho  clinnh  would  accept  it,  aril  carried  without 
•  a  di^enting  voice.  Ever>'  member  seemed  fully 
'  satiKfit-d.  and  the  whole  chtirch  present,  mani- 
fti't4'd  tokens  of  the  greatest  satisfaction.  One 
was  reclaimed  and  another  baptized,  thus  add- 
ing much  to  the  joy  of  the  church. 

We  regret  that  all  the  membf-rs  were  not 
prew-'iit  when  the  decision  was  read  nml  explain- 
ed, for  tbat  wjis  the  essential  part  uf  Ihe  work, 
iiiid  u  feature  on  which  much  dt-penils.  It  is  so 
often  the  ca.te  that  members  think  it  is  not  nec- 
essary to  put  themselves  to  any  extra  trouble  m 
order  to  hear  the  decision  read  and  ♦'xplained  by 
the  committee,  iis  they  can  hear  of  the  contents 
from  other  sources.  In  this,  however,  they  may 
be  mistaken.  a.s  none  will  likely  be  prepared  to 
explain  it  so  well,  and  answer  questions  as  .sat- 
isfactorily as  the  committee,  besides  this,  they 
ought  to  be  present  to  file  objections  if  they 
have  any,  and  Jissist  farther  in  removing  what- 
ever may  bo  in  the  way  of  peace  and  general 
good  will.  If  all  were  present  they  could  take 
part  in  the  closing  portion  of  the  work  and  thus 
contribute  to  (he  t^entiment  and  feeling  of  the 
body,  and  be  instrumental  iu  arriving  at  a  great- 
er unaiiimily  of  sentiment. 

During  this,  as  welt  as  other  similar  investi- 
gotions  before  committees,  we  thought  we  could 
see  chances  for  some  improvements  iu  the  man- 
ner of  presenting  coses.  It  would  greatly 
facilitate  the  work  of  cominittees  if  the  plaiutiffs 
would  carefully  write  all  the  charges  in  a 
very  brief  and  pointed  manner  some  days  before 
the  council.  These  charges  should  then  be 
read  before  the  meeting,  in  the  presence  of  the 
committee  and  handed  to  them;  and  at  the 
proper  time,  the  party  handing  in  the  charges 
could  be  called  upon  to  prove  them.  This 
would  save  the  committee  much  writing  and 
enable  them  to  do  their  business  in  about  half 
the  time.  It  is  generally  the  case  that  commit- 
tees require  that  the  plaintiffs  give  in  all  their 
charges,  without  being  molested  by  the  other 
party.  While  doing  so,  the  clerk  writes  down 
all  the  charges  presented.  Then  the  defendants 
present  their  defense  and  charges,  if  they  have 
any,  which  are  also  written  down  by  the  clerk. 
After  this,  the  plaintiffs  are  called  upon  to  prove 
all  their  charges,  one  at  a  time,  if  they  can,  the 
clerk  keeping  a  record  of  the  evidences  present- 
ed. In  this  way  they  go  through  \vith  what 
has  been  presented  by  both  parties.  In  connec- 
tion with  this  last  part  is  the  cross  questioning, 
which  it  is  necessary  to  conduct  with  great  care. 
This  done,  the  committee  retires,  takes  into 
consideration  all  that  has  been  proven,  and 
makes  their  decision  accordingly.  We  have 
mentioned  the  above  for  the  benefit  of  other 
congregations  where  committees  may  chance  to 
be  called. 

Our  associations  with  the  members  at  Rock 
Creek  were  pleasant,  affording  us  an  excellent 
opportunity  of  becoming  acquainted  with  them, 
and  learning  much  of  their  history  and  ways. 
We  must  confess  that  we  formed  a  good  opinion 
of  tliem.  as  well  as  a  close  attachment.  There 
are  mauy  warm-hearted  members  in  this  con- 
gregation, who  love  the  CtlUKe  and  will  sacrifice 
much  for  the  Master's  kingdom.  We  had  great 
reasons  to  sympathize  with  them  in  their  long- 
standing afflictions.  Being  lovers  of  peAtx  and 
harmony  in  the  church  they  felt  the  dart 
keenly. 

Congregations,  like  the  physical  body,  may, 
at  times,  be  sorely  afflicted  with  disease,  from 
which  every  member  of  the  body  must  suffer 
more  or  less,  yet  this  is  no  evidence  that  the 
body  is  dead.  Some  of  the  healthiest  men  in 
the  countrj-  have  passed  through  severe  stages 
of  sickness,  which,  when  over,  seemed  for  their 
good.  Just  so  it  may  be  with  churches,  the 
body  of  Christ:  all  things,  if  properly  applied, 
may  work  together  for  good.  Brother  Edmund 
Forney  takes  charge  of  the  chnreli  for  the  pres- 
ent. The  meeting  was  not  only  a  good  one, 
but  evidently  a  profitable  one,  from  which  the 
church  will  doubtless  derive  great  benefit  if  she 
puts  to  practice  the  adv/ce  given  her,  and  strict- 
ly lives  up  to  the  laws  of  synritual  health. 

A  WOMAN  cannot  afford  to  give  herself  away 
to  a  man  to  reform  him,  for  as  a  general  thing, 
if  he  does  not  reform  before  marriage  there  is 
but  little  hopes  for  him  afterwards.  A  good 
woman's  life  is  of  too  much  value  to  l>e  wasted 
by  a  mean  man;  she  should  never  marry  till 
she  is  sure  of  getting  some  one,  who  has  man- 
hood enough  about  him  to  know  how  to  tieai  a 
womon- 


DEGOY-SHBBP 

ABOUT  the  latest  thing  out  is  the  decoy, 
sheep.  It  is  diflicult  to  drive  a  flock  of 
she^'p  through  the  crowded  and  noisy  streets  of 
cities;  the  vehicle^  will  cause  them  to  scatter  in 
all  directions.  To  overcome  this,  the  butcher 
procures  a  sheep  and  trains  it  tn  follow  him 
wherever  he  goes,  tlirongh  the  streets  or 
any  place  else.  Uefoiv  starting  through  the 
noisy  streets  with  a  flock,  he  turns  his  decoy- 
sheep  in  with  them  a  short  time,  to  become  ac- 
quainted. When  h«  starts  off,  his  decoy-sheep 
will  follow,  and  of  course,  according  to  sheep 
nature,  the  flock  will  stick  to  the  decoy-sheep 
and  are  in  this  way  enticed  into  the  slaugh- 
ter  pens.  Thus  one  decoy-sheep  may  be  made 
iustrnmental  in  leading  thousands  to  the 
slaughter. 

We  ore  led  to  wonder  if  the  devil  hasn't  a  few 
well-trained  decoy-sheep?  They  are  turnedin- 
to  the  church  just  long  enough  to  become  ac- 
quainted, and  then  start  off  to  the  slaughter  pen 
with  the  llock  following  bhem.  Whenever  I 
see  a  meek  and  apparently  quiet  man  come  into 
the  church,  and  in  a  few  years  wants  to  lead  the 
flock  ofi'  into  sin  and  destruction,  it  does  not 
take  long  forme  to  conclude  that  he  must  lie 
one  of  the  devil's  decoy-sbeep.  Such  people 
need  to  be  watched.  There  are  thousands  who 
will  not  follow  the  devil  through  the  public 
streets  of  this  worid,  but  they  will  follow  some 
man  who  is  walking  in  the  very  footsteps  of  the 
devil. 

0o  not  conclude  that  all  the  devil's  decoy- 
sheep  are  persons  of  great  influence.  He  knows 
the  nature  of  Christians  and  hence  works  ac- 
cordingly. Let  each  of  us  be  certain  of  two 
things:  1st,  That  uc  are  not  a  decoy-sheep,  and 
2nd,  That  we  are  not  /oUommj  a  decoy-sheep. 
The  Good  Shepherd  says,  "  Follow  ine; "  "  I  am 
the  way,  the  truth  and  life,  and  no  man  Cometh 
unto  the  Father  but  by  me."  j,  h.  m. 


Brother  Brinkworth  arrived  in  Lanark,  Sun- 
day morning,  direct  from  England.  He  preach- 
ed here  Sunday  evening  and  will  remain  with 
us  a  few  days, 

A  voFNG  sister  writes  the  following:  "Find 
enclosed  one  dollar  for  which  please  send  me 
Bhetujien  at  Wokk.  1  have  been  reading 
borrowed  papers,  but  think  it  the  best  policy  to 
send  for  one  for  myself.  Think  others  should 
go  and  do  likewise." 


The  yellow  fever  scourge  continues  in  the 
South  and  seems  to  be  spreading.  At  Greneda, 
Miss.,  the  mortality  is  terrible.  At  Viuksburg, 
New  Orleans,  and  Memphis  there  is  no  abate- 
ment iu  the  plague.  Thousands  of  people  are 
leaving  the  cities  and  have  gone  into  camps  on 
high  ground,  hoping  to  escape  sickness. 


BiiuTHEit  Bashor  commenced  a  series  of  meet^ 
ings  in  Marshall  Co.,  Iowa,  the  21th  iust.,  and 
will  continue  one  week.  He  expects  to  reach 
Lanark  by  September  7th.  His  correspondents 
will  plea.se  note  this.  Glad  to  hear  that  brother 
B.  is  able  to  take  the  field  again,  and  hope  his 
labors  may  be  crowned  with  success. 

For  the  want  of  space,  considerable  interest- 
ing Correspondence  and  Gleanings  go  over  to 
next  issue.  We  fee!  thankful  to  our  readers  for 
the  good  supply,  and  hope  tliey  will  eoutiuueto 
furnish  us  with  news  coucorning  the  church's 
progress  and  development  of  divine  character. 
"  R.-joice  with  those  that  rejoice,"  is  a  divine 
injunction;  and  to  rejoice,  the  saints  must  have 
the  knowledge. 


The  trouhlcn  on  the  Eastern  Coutiuout  do 
not  Seem  to  be  over.  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina 
are  contesting  Austria's  occupation  of  their 
country,  and  the  people  of  Batoum  declare  that 
Russia  shall  not  govern  them.  In  the  mean- 
while the  Porte  is  so  very  slow  in  Bubmitting  to 
the  work  of  the  Berlin  Congress,  that  the  pow- 
ers are  unea.sy.  All  this  shows  tbat  the  gov- 
ernments of  earth  are  still  in  human  hands. 


Wr  usually  conclude  it  a  great  task  to  stand 
before  men  and  confess  our  faults;  yet  we  seem 
to  be  willing  to  stand  before  God  and  confess  to 
Him,  and  this,  too,  when  we  know  He  is  great- 
er than  man.  Why  is  it?  Do  we  so  because' 
we  tliink  it  not  against  the  flesh  to  humble  our- 
selvra  before  a  greater,  but  dishonorable  to  yield 
before  an  equal  ?  If  so,  it  is  not  the  mind  of 
Christ,  who  thought  it  not  disgraceful  to  hum- 
ble Himself  before  His  Father,  mth  whom  He 
is  equal.  A  little  more  humbling  will  fbrward' 
the  spirit  considerably,  and  keep  d-^wnthe  fleali- 
not  a  little. 


^Vucr^^st 


OTTE  LORD'S  DAT 


THK    HKKTlIlltN^    AT    AVOIiK. 


How    We    Spent    It.— i 


Hearing.     Coming    and 


nternal    Work- 


Theory     and      Prec 


^C'se      Doing    _  Th«. 
Church's  Perpetuity  -Cann„,  d 

,.c  Gospel  ,o  chan'r  Ar:::""" 

Teaches.-Evening  Exercises 

1  Ja, .  Thai  our  „,cl„Oe,  „||  „1,„  fc  , 
,.„,h.d-all  who  hare  been  made  while  i„  u,e 
..  precio,,.  blooJ  The  meeting  i„  l,„„k  ,^ 
openoa  by  brother  P„terba«gh  presenting  t^ 
78th  hjmn,  which  ttie  congregation  ,„„„  ,,1,. 
beeoming  order  and  vigor.     After  prayer  th, 


twelfth   of  ItoimiiiB  was 


tea-1,    wlion    brother 


Mooro  commenced  hy  urging  all  to  reMH,«  Bi 
ble-to  read  it  canfnlly,  „na  not  \^^,  on  man 
Showed  tl.at  there  is  a  povibility  of  relyinc 
wholly  U|)ou  the  externni  work,  riM  neglectinc 
the  internal  part.  Those  who  are  internally 
right,  cannot  be  otherwise  than  exteniaUy  ri-ht 
Ifthe  heart  he  right,  the  tongue  wpU  be  nVht 
-mil  he  bridled.  If  the  lieart  he  right  out 
love  will  he  right— will  be  withoutdis.iniulation. 
If  tlie  hfurt  be  right,  our  dealings  will  he  right 
-will  provide  things  honest  in  thn  sight  of  all 
men. 

There  are  three  things  that  man  must  do- 
1.  Hear  Christ.  2.  Come  to  Him.  3.  Obey 
Him.  Suppose  we  hear,  and  do  not,  will  it 
amount  to  anything?  It  is  hearhuj  Him,  com- 
ing (0  Him,  and  obeninfi  Him  that  makes  us  ac- 
Mptnble  to  Him.  "  Whosoever  knoweth  to  do 
good,  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it  is  siu."  Re- 
fusing to  do,  becomes  sin  to  hira  who  refuses. 
The  only  true  foundation  is  Christ.  1.  It  is 
sure.  2.  Sure,  because  laid  by  the  Lord.  3. 
Being  sure,  there  is  no  terror  to  those  who 
build  upon  it.  There  is  too  much  dependence 
upon  some  great  man— some  reformer,  as  he  is 
called.  If  the  "  reformer "  is  not  strictly  cor- 
rect in  his  theory  and  practice,  his  followers 
will  not  be.  Just  as  he  practices,  they  will 
practice.  If  he  leaves  a  little  of  the  sayings  of 
Christ  undone,  they  will  leave  them  undone. 
Such  are  not  sale  leaders.  But  we  have  One 
who  is  safe.  He  practiced  all  He  wants  ws  to 
pnietice.  He  is  the  Light.  You  must  let  this 
Light  shine  on  and  in  you.  * 

A  certain  woman  could  always  tell  how  Elder 
30  and  so  preached,  where  he  preached,  and 
what  he  said,  but  never  could  tell  what  Chri>t 
and  the  Apostles  said  and  did.  It  will  not  do 
to  follow  men— they  are  not  safe.  Point  lu 
Christ  as  a  Pattern;  follow  Him  and  you  aiu 
safe.  Go  to  the  Fountain  for  pure  drink.  Some- 
times we  think  that  when  we  are  gone,  the 
church  will  he  gone.  Not  so  at  all!  God  is 
able  to  make  it  stand.  The  gales  of  hell  shidl 
not  prevail  against  it.  It  has  stood  arai-lst  the 
trials  and  storms  of  the  dark  age,  and  will  con- 
tinue when  you  and  I  have  gone  to  mother  dnst. 
Alexander  Mack  and  those  old  veterans  who 
traveled  hundreds  and  thousands  of  miles,  de- 
tliu-iug  tlie  riches  of  God's  grace,  never  said, 
that  when  they  would  go  to  their  graves,  the 
church  of  the  living  God  would  be  no  more. 
No,  never,  for  they  knew  that  they  were  only 
pilgrims  and  sti-angers,  and  when  they  were 
gone,  others  would  step  into  the  ranks  and  go 
valiantly  forward  in  defense  of  primitive  Chris- 
tianity. The  church  of  the  living  God  is  the 
ground  and  pillar  of  the  truth,  and  not  a  few 
here  and  there. 

Sometimes  we  get  a  little  careless,  and  allow 
pride  and  fashion  to  creep  into  the  church,  and 
then  instead  of  getting  it  out  according  to  the 
Law  of  the  Lord,  we  look  to  each  other.  You 
may  persuade  men  to  allow  you  to  wear  gold, 
but  you  cannot  persuade  the  Gospel  to  do  so. 
Yon  may  persuade  men  to  allow  you  to  go  to 
theatres,  but  God's  Law  will  not  permit  you. 
Study  the  Word  of  God  and  obey  it. 

At  3  P.  M.  we  attended  Sunday-school.  The 
lesson  was  the  Lord's  Prayer.  Matt.  6:  7-15. 
From  it  we  learn  in  what  manner  to  pray.  We 
learn  to  avoid  (1.)  Hypocrisy.  (2.)  Use  no  vain 
repetitions,  nor  to  speak  murh.  We  learn  from 
"  Our  Father  which  art  in  heaven,"  that  He  is 
omnipresent;  that  He  has  dominion  over  all 
His  creatures;  that  Ho  is  full  of  power  and 
might;  that  His  eyes  behold  all  things  —  He 
"  looketh  down  from  heaven;  "  that  He  is  pure 
and  holy.  And  we  learn  to  hallow— to  exalt 
His  name;y(r,i(.  In  all  our  thoughts;  secowh 
By  our  lips;  'third.  By  our  lives;  fourth.  In  our 
families,  by  the  training  we  give  our  children; 


J'tlh.  In  our  calling  or  bu^inrss.  "  Thy  will  b^ 
done  in  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven,"  declares  our 
d.'sirc  for  God's  will  to  reign  over  our  wills. 
AugcIs  do  the  Father's  will  with  wal,  delight, 
perseverance.  And  "  For  girt  iis  our  iMlt."  , 
sl>ow9  that  wo  have  naught  to  pat,  God  with. 
GoA/or;,irr»:  He  asks  no  pay  from  us.  We 
owe  Him  lov.*  nnd  obodionce.  and  ought  always  , 
give  that  which  belongs  lo  the  Lord.  He  trans- 
tcrs  the  credit  from  justice  to  mercy,  and  as  we 
are  not  free  from  sin  which  reigns  in  our  mor- 
tal bodies,  the  dvbt  on  our  part  goes  on  increas- 
ing, which  makes  us  continually  dependent  up- 
on  God's  mercy.  This  to  the  carnal  mind  is  a 
strange  economy,  but  it  is  Goil's  method  of 
bringing  us  into  eternal  felicity.  Present,  five 
officers,  thirteen  teachers,  and  one  hundred  and 
ten  scholars. 

In  the  evening  were  entertained  from  Daniel 
2:  31-4.-.,  iind  were  given  a  vivid  description  of 
the  city  of  Bubjlon,  and  the  kingdoms  mention- 
ed by  tliL-  prophet.  Tluis  ended  our  Lord's  day 
with  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Lanark 
church,  and  we  hope  all  were  edified  and  made 
better  for  lill-'s  t.'inpfMiunH  voyage. 


CHURCH  ORGANIZED. 

OK  the  19th  inst..  at  S  A.  M.,  the  membere 
in  and  around  Lanark  met  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  a  church,— a  council  at  Cherry 
Grove  on  the  13th  having  granted  this  permis- 
sion. There  Wiis  a  good  attendance,  and  elders 
Martin  Meyer  and  John  J.  Einmert  were  pres- 
ent to  assist  in  the  work.  Brother  Meyer,  in  a 
Christian  way,  presented  the  duties  of  the  laity 
and  officials,  and  exhorted  all  to  faithfulness 
and  steadfastness  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ. 

The  church  then  proceeded  to  ballot  for  Clerk 
and  Treasurer,  which  resulted  in  the  selection 
of  John  H.  Peck  for  Clerk,  and  Isaac  Rowland 
for  Treasurer.  The  next  in  order  was  the  elec- 
tion of  three  Trustees,  who,  according  to  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  are  to  hold  in  trust 
all  property  belonging  to  the  church.  The 
members  proceeded  to  ballot,  and  in  due  course 
of  time  the  elders  reported,  that  one  brother  had 
received  a  majority,  and  three  others  had  each 
received  an  equal  number  of  votes.  Now  as 
there  were  only  three  wanted,  the  question  arose 
how  to  dispose  of  the  fourth  one,  and,  after  a 
lair  and  free  discussion,  it  was  agreed  that  thw 
three  should  cast  lots.  This  was  done,  and  the 
one  receiving  the  WoHt  wia  counted  out.  D.  B. 
Eby,  Isaac  Ilowland,  and  Jacob  Arnold  are 
therefore  Trustees  of  the  church  at  Lanark. 

Brother  J.  H.  Mooro  was  unanimously  chos- 
en as  overseer  of  the  church,  and  he  has,  for  an 
assistant  in  the  ministry,  brother  Samuel  J. 
Peck.  To  aid  them  in  the  proper  way,  at  prop- 
time.^,  there   are  three  deacons.     There  are 


longings  for  the  love  of  God.  May  peace  and 
good  works  always  characterize  the  church  at 
Cherry  Grove,  and  when  their  toils,  their  trials 
and  ours,  are  all  over,  may  we,  with  calmness,  go 
to  rest,  to  arise  in  the  fiwt.  grand  resurrection 
to  meat  Jesus  in  all  His  glory  and  splendor. 


Wk  can  furnish  "  Reason  and  Revelation."  a 
work  of  564  neatly  printed  pages,  for  $2.30  por 
copy.  Bible  students  and  ministem  will  find 
this  n  valuable  aid  in  the  study  of  tho  Word. 

A  MAN  recently  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  a 
boat  not  much  larger  than  a  canoe.  He  was 
fifty-six  days  in  crossing,  including  a  stop  of 
several  days  on  the  English  coast  on  account  of 
stormy  weather.  The  boat  was  taken  to  the 
Paris  ExiHJsition  to  be  admired  by  those  who 
attend  the  great  show. 

TuK  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Indiana 
State  Christian  Association,  opposed  to  secret 
societies,  will  be  held  at  Spiceland.  Henry  Co,. 
Ind.,  Oct.  9,  10  and  11.  The  sentimt^nt  again.t 
secret  onlers,  in  mimy  localities,  is  growing 
rapidly,  and  bids  fair,  if  properly  applied,  to  be- 
come a  power  for  good. 


S.vii.^niA  was  the  capital  of  the  kingdom  of 
Israel,  or  the  ten  tribes.  Omri,  king  of  Israel, 
built  it  about  J*00  yeai-s  before  Christ.  It  was 
located  on  a  beautilul  spot  in  Palestine,  and  the 
subsequcut  kings  omitted  nothing  to  make  it 
strong  and  beautiful.  It  was  almost  reduced  to 
ruins  by  the  Assyrians.  Herod  rebuilt  it,  and 
called  it  Sehaste,  (Latin,  Augusta).  Philip 
preached  here,  and  was  tlie  means  of  turning 
many  to  Christ. 

We  had  cjilla  the  past  week  from  brother  J. 
R.  Gish  and  wife,  brother  Enoch  Eby,  and  nistor 
Sperow,  who  has,  for  the  pa.st  year,  been  spend- 
ing her  time  with  friends  in  Iowa  and  Nebraska. 
Brother  Sharp  also  returned  to  give  us  a  friend- 
ly greeting  before  his  final  leave.  From  here 
he  goes  to  Rock  Creek  church,  thence  to  Ash- 
land, 0.,  and  persons  wishing  to  correspond 
with  him    will  address  him  there. 

On  the  18th  inst.,  a  number  of  members  from 
the  Shannon  church  eame  over  to  within  a  half 
mile  of  Lanark  and  witnessed  the  baptism  of 
two  precious  kouIs  from  their  congregation. 
Owing  to  a  misuudemtanding  as  to  the  time, 
the  members  here  di4  not  attend.  We  are  al- 
ways glad  to  see  repentant  synls  come  home  to 
God.  The  field  is  large,  the  number  of  persons 
to  be  saved  are  numerous,  hence  not  a  single 
minister  can  aftbrd  tobe  slothful  in  his  calling. 
''Cry  aloud,"  that  many  may  awake,  should  be 
the  minister's  motto. 


thoua»n«U  to  go  in  and  occupy.  Tim  we  nuu 
to  do,  by  the  grace  of  our  Father;  but  we  need 
your  help,  your  prayer*.  >onr  heartfelt  »ymp*. 
thie«.  God  bl.^  tbo  kind  hearts  that  an 
awakened  and  that  are  to  be  awakened  upon 
this  subject. 

Eu.KR  .las.  n.  Qwh.  of  Woodford  Co.,  ni., who 
was  with  us  )(wt  week,  and  preached  for  the 
Brethren  here  on  Friday  evening,  is  ntjminvtly 
known  as  a  traveling  iniiwionary,  and  for  years 
h(w  spent  the  greater  p*rt  of  his  time  m  thp  field 
preaching,  esja'cially  among  email  congrega- 
tions and  isolated  member*.  Wherever  he  goM 
he  endeavors  to  introduw  the  Bukthrkh  at 
WoHK,  saying,  that  if  he  can  get  isolated  mem- 
Ix-rs  to  take  the  paper  he  w  sure  of  tlieir  inter- 
est and  /eul  for  the  cause  being  kept  aliVe.  Thii 
is  something  that  ought  to  Iw  carefully  attend- 
ed to  by  our  traveling  min intent— they  Hbould 
make  great  ettorls  to  get  the  paper  into  every 
family  of  membeni  and  thereby  be  inatrumental 
in  ket-ping  up  their  zeal  for  the  cause. 

I.S'tho  second  editorial  cidimin.  No.  32,  wm 
publinhed  a  short  item  referring  to  brother  J.  S. 
Mohlei'H  article  on  Matt.  9:  15,  IT.  By  some 
it  ia  thought  that  our  n-marks  teticcted  aome* 
what  against  brothorMortler.  "Ehis  was  notthe 
ciwe  with  m.  We  had  not  th«  least  idea  of 
criticising  what  was  written  in  brether  Mohler'a 
article.  The  fact  of  the  matter  is,  there  were 
certain  things  that  we  have  he*u  wanting  to 
say  for  some  time,  nnd  thought  that  would  be 
just  the  right  time  to  say  it.  The  Wt  thirteen 
lines  of  the  item  reterred  tu,  were  not  intended 
to  1)0  applied,  in  any  way,  shape  or  form,  to 
what  brother  M.  had  done.  He  did  just  right, 
aiid  any  other  member  has  the  saiue  privilege. 
We  explain  the  Word  the  beat  we  oan.  and  if 
wme  one  has  anything  better,  we  want  it,  but 
it  must  be  free  of  all  controversy. 


MirrnomsM  is  not  agreed.  The  front  ranki 
are  more  or  le-w  disturbed,  controveisy  is  in  the 
fi«ld,  and  some  are  for  Paul,  some  for  Cephas, 
some  tor  Apollis.  The  whole  body  seems  to  be 
somewhat  agitated  over  the  rights  of  officials 
and  laity,  one  detnring  greater  power,  the  other 
reaching  for  more  privilege.  The  cUee  ubserrer 
for  the  pa-it  few  yean  can  readily  see  tJiat  there 
i*  11  conflict  going  on  between  spiritual  and 
tsuiporal— a  question  whether  ther«  shall  be  a 
continuation  of  prelatical  rule,  or  a  change  to 
d»m«x:racy.  Christ  placis  the  gowrnment  of 
llis  people  in  the  body,  lor  the  body,  and  no 
jMyrtiun  of  that  body  can  assume  that  govem- 
nwnt/or  the  bod^.  The  probationarj-  system 
is  waning,  and  if  it  could  be  set  adrift  altogeth- 
er, with  infant  f-priukling,  and  there  would  be  4 
girand  general  move  all  along  the  line,  to  prac- 
tice John  13:  1-lT;  Kom.  16:  16.  and  a  number 
o*'  other  divine  instilutions,  there  would  be  con- 
siderable "glory  to  God,"  and  much  "good 
*iU"  in  niauv  heaits. 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE  FUND. 


We  have   received  a  copy  of  the  Greek  and 
English   Concordancft,  prepared  by  Charles  F. 
Hudson,  and  published  6y  11.  L  Hasting.s,  Bos- 
ton.    It  connects   (he  Greek   Text  of  the  New 
one  hundred  and  thirteen  members  in  the  Lm-  |  ''^^^^'"^"t  with  the  fiommoD  English    Version  

ark  .hurch,  and  by  their  judicious  labor,  holy ''?'"'''' ^''''y  as  to  enable  the  student  to  find  I  Howaid  church.  Ind ^l.OO 

■'     the  meaning  of  ""''  ti-n^i,  .«.».»)    ;..    ii,„   xt_...  .  \xr.  _  n      .    .       ■    n.  . 
lives  and   zealous  hearts   may  soon   make   for  |  m    ■  ,        , 

J        1     1     ■  ,   ■     .,.    I  Testament,  and 

themselves  a  good  and  glorious  record  m  the- 

book  above.     Peace  and  good-will   are  noble- 

haracteristics,  and  it  becomes  this  band  of  be-    soon,  by  a  little  stuily,  become  familiar  with  tha- 

Greek  also.     Price,  cloth,  ^2,50;  1  ather,  §3.00; 
Address  the  publishers, 


lievere  to  do  all  in  its  power  to  give  evidence  oi 
"being  born  of  God" — born  of  the  spirit  of 
brotherly  att'ection.  A  collection  for  missioa 
work  was  taken  up,  resulting  in  upwards  oi 
thirty  dollars.  At  12  M.  the  congregation  wae- 
dismissed,  all  apparently  having  enjoyed  the 
meeting  and  its  work. 

It  may  l)e  proper  to  state  here,  that  abc*»t 
one  hundred  and  twenty  members  remain  in  the 
Cherry  Grove  church,  under  tlie  care  of  elders 
Michael  Bolingcr  and  Henry  Martin,  assisted 
by  brother  David  Puterbaugli  and  three  deac«ns. 
Within  the  pa^t  five  years  this  church  has  wit- 
nessed some  important  work.  In  the  Fall  of 
1875  the  Danish  Mission  waa  here  inaugurated, 
brother  Hope  being  chosen  to  the  ministry  and 
sent  to  his  present  field  of  labor.  During  the 
same  time  upwards  of  fifty  precious  souls  were 
added  to  the  church,  the  pentecostal  flame  reach- 
ing nearly  every  family  in  the  congregation. 
Mefhinks  when  all  the  toils  of  life  are  over,  and 
we  all  stand  before  the  Judgment  seat  of  God, 
the  books  being  opened,  we  will  have  no  regrets 
for  the  work  of  Cherry  Grove  church  during 
the  Fall  of  1875.  About  all  who  then  came 
forward  and  gave  their  hearts  to  Christ  are 
faithful  and  devoted  members.  They  came  to 
Christ  speedily — twenty  being  immersed  in  one 
day — and  neither  they  nor  us  have  lost  by  their 
rapid  flight  from  sin.  Ah!  we  never  wish  to 
forget  that  glorious  time  when  every  house 
seemed  to  be  burning  with  holy  zeal  and  earnest 


hew  used.    A  man  need  not  [  J.  B.  Shively .' 1.50, 

know  a  word  of  Greek  in  order  to  make  use  of 'Coon  Hiver  church,  Iowa, 1.0O 

the  book,  yet  it  is  so  arranged,  that  one  can.  i  Laporte  chureh,  Ind - 1.00 

' Cole  Creek  church.  Ill 1.00 

Pine  Creek  church.  III., 1.50 

Ogan's  Creek  church,  Ind., 1.00 

Macon  church.  111., 2.00 

Marshall  church,  Iowa, 1.00 

Bethel  church.  Mo., LOO 

Rock  Creek,  church,  III., 1.05 

Previously  reported, SO.lfi 

Total,  ^5.20 


The  occasion,  this  week,  rather  demands  from 
us  an  article  setting  forth  some  of  our  views  t»- 
garding  an  improved  plan  of  holding  our  Anna- 
iil  Meeting,  but  dor  the  want  of  room  on  trbe 
editorial  pages,  aaust  defer  it  till  next  week. 
Suffice  it  to  say.  ihat  the  Brethren'  ,\t  Work 
is  opposed  to  any  plan  lavoring  the  "delegated 
power."  It  is  liot  only  unscrlptural,  in-  our 
judgment,  but  may  be  the  prolific  sou.«;e  of 
schisms  and  g«neral  discord.  The  history  of 
the  past  has  left  a  sad  record  of  delegatefi  eccle- 
siastical powsT.  The  church— the  body  of 
Christ,  the  pilkr  and  ground  of  the  trutk  should 
ever  keep  the  power  in  its  own  hands. 

In  number  31  a  call  was  made  for  an  array  of 
workers  to  help  better  the  condition  of  poor  and 
unfortunate  children,  by  placing  the  Children 
at  Work  in  their  hands.  We  are  happy  to  state 
that  willing  bands  and  hearts  are  responding, 
feel  rejoiced  to  be  able  to  labor  for  the  neglect- 
ed and  nncared-for  children.  What  a  noble 
field  to  labor  in!  There  is  many  a  pearl  hidden 
beneath  the  sunburnt  face  and  tattered  gar- 
ments, and  from  a  divine  standpoint,  as  gootl  a 
place  to  seek  the  imperishable  gold  as  could  be 
desired.  We  do  not  mean  to  stop  \vith  the 
placing  of  the  Children  <it  Work  in  the  hands 
of  the  poor  and  neglected:  we  mean  that  it  shall 
be  a  simple  means  of  doing  them  good  in  other 
ways  than  by  the  mind.  As  already  stated,  the 
field  is  large,  and  is  awaiting  some  one — some 


NO   DEBATE  IN  VA 

Diar  Breihrfn:— 

OUR  Baptist  friends  after  having  challengwi 
nie  in  difl'erent  forms,  as  I  understand  it, 
fii-st  to  meet  one  of  them  in  public  debate,  &ad 
then  to  meet  them  single  handed  in  their  nun.* 
isters  and  deacons'  meeting,  against  the  wkolft 
Baptist  clergy  and  others  combined,  to  debate 
trine  immersion,  now  write  to  me,  proposing  a 
number  of  propositions  shaped  to  suit  them- 
selves, and  then  declaring  emphatically  thai 
they  will  not  debate  with  us,  (I  having  named 
our  representative),  unless  we  would  come  up 
squarely  and  make  a  challenge.  This  I  decline, 
and  so  far  as  I  am  concerned,  the  matter  ends. 
I,  however,  have  forwarded  their  communicA* 
tions  to  Bro.  Stein,  for  him  to  do  as  he  majr 
B.  F.  Mooii.\w. 


think  best. 


We  want  the  name  and  address  of  every 
brother  and  sister  who  contemplates  doing  any 
traveling  this  Fall.  Send  in  your  name  andad* 
dress  immediately. 


*rtiK    liKKTHKK:N^    ^VT    WOlilv. 


-A-ugust    29. 


WON'T  YOU  GO? 

Bt  J.  W.  BOCTHWOOD. 

There  it.  a  briftlit  «ul  linpl'V  l"""*' 

For  all  tlJHl  «lwcU  tK-l»w. 
Who  love  the  Siivi^r  im  Iht-y  shuiild; 
Oh  father,  won't  yon  gof 
CIIOUIS. 
Won't  you  KwV    Won't  you  jro":' 

To  ttijit  hright  iinil  hiij»l>y  Iniiill" 
Won't  you  K'»?    Won't  yon  bo"' 
And  among  tin-  ongeln  atnnil'/ 

That  land  i«  ever  hriylit  nmt  fair , 

Aiid  nlway*  friT  rn.in  woe; 
There  Mr«i  and  tMuMca  ne'tr  cnnconie: 

Oh  roolhiT.  won't  yon  go? 

Thai  liuid  U  where  tlie  Savior  dwe  Ws, 

Who  loves  IH5  rhildrt-n  so, 
He  gave  His  life  tlmt  we  might  live; 

Oh  btollicr,  won't  you  goV 

Thnt  land  is  l.rlKlit  with  glory-liglit, 

For  all  that  ChriBt  ithiill  know  ; 
It  i«  an  endli-ftH  hmae  on  htxh. 
Oh  8iat*r.  won't  you  go? 
f  Anv  one  [Ifsiring  the  mujtif  to  the  iihove  liynin 
can  ohtnin  it  hy  mldrpiNinK  the  aullior  as  below). 
'      LinrolrirHlf,  Walt/mh  Co.,  hul. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

Crossing  tlie  river,  one  hy  one. 

Ov^-r  the  allver  tide: 
Aaway  froro  Iho  almdows  of  time. 
Our  loved  unt.'^  glide. 
—Remorse  is  the  echo  of  a  loat  virtue. 
— No  man's  religion  ever  surviven  his  morals. 
—To  think  kindly  of  each  other  is  good,  but 
to  act  kindly  toward  one  another  is  be<it  of  nil. 

—Repose  and  cheerfulness  are  the  badge  of 
the  gentleman — repose  in  energy. 

—A  promise  is  a  just  debt,  which  you  must 
take  cure  to  pay,  for  honor  and  honesty  are  the 
security. 

—He  who  murninni  at  \m  lot,  is  like  one  bar- 
ing his  feet  to  tread  upon  thornB. 

— When  the  sun  of  virtue  is  set,  the  blush  of 
shame  is  the  twiliglit.  When  that  dies,  all  is 
fJarkncBH. 

—Dr.  Fninklin  fays;  '^  The  eyes  of  other  peo- 
ple ure  the  eyef*  that  rviin  us.  If  all  but  myself 
were  blind,  I  should  not  want  a  fine  house  nor 
fine  fiirniture." 

—Many  talk  famiiinrly  of  sanctification  in 
the  lumji,  who  know  but  little  of  it  in  the  piece. 
The  readiest  way  to  know  whether  you  are  iu 
Christ,  is  to  know  whether  Christ  be  in  you. 

— In  most  tjuarreU,  there  is  a  fault  on  both 
aides.  Both  flint  luid  steel  are  necessary  to  the 
production  of  a  spark ;  either  of  them  may  ham- 
mer on  wood  forever,  and  no  fire  will  follow, 

— To  make  anything  very  terrible,  obscurity 
seems  in  general  to  be  necessary.  When  we 
know  the  full  extent  of  any  danger,  when  we 
can  accusiom  our  eye  to  it,  a  great  deal  of  ap- 
prehension vanishes. 

— The  greatest  loss  of  time  is  delay  and  ex- 
pectation, which  depends  upon  the  future.  We 
let  go  the  present,  which  we  have  in  ouv  power, 
and  look  (orwnrd  to  that  which  depeiuls  upon 
chance— and  so  relinquish  a  certainty  for  an 
uncertainty. 

— The  service  of  God  should  be  heart  service; 
that  of  the  lipi  is  only  abomination.  We  are 
to  "  call  upon  our  souls  "  — to  rouse  the  whole 
nature  in  praising  imd  glorifying  our  Creator 
and  Savior.  He  whost'  heart  is  full  of  thanks- 
giving is  living  near  heaven. 

—To  do  good  to  men  is  the  great  work  of 
life;  to  make  them  true  Christians  is  the  great- 
est good  we  can  do  them.  If  we  could  nmke 
each  man  love  his  neighbor  we  should  make  a 
happy  world.  The  true  method  is  to  begin 
with  ourselves,  and  so  extend  the  cirtle  around 
us. 

— More  heresy  is  lived,  than  is  written  or 
believed.  Although  less  talked  of  and  condemn- 
ed, the  heresy  of  life  is  more  uulpable  and  disa.s- 
trous  than  that  of  opinion.  The  Gospel  has 
suffered  more  from  the  under-estinmte  of  the 
one  than  from  the  overrated  influence  of  the 
other. 

— What  shall  I  give?  To  the  hungry,  give 
food;  to  the  naked,  clothe*:  to  the  sick,  some 
comfort;  to  the  sad,  a  word  of  ennsoliitiou;  to 
all  yon  meet,  a  smile  and  a  cheery  greeting. 
Give  forgiveness  to  your  enemies;  give  patience 
(0  the  fretful;  give  love  tu  your  households; 
and,  above  all,  give  your  hearts  to  God. 

— Horace  Mann,  in  a  speech  on  one  occasion, 
speaking  of  the  importance  of  correct  early 
training,  said:  "  No  unskillful  band  should  play 
on  a  harp  where  the  tones  forever  remain  in  the 
string."  If  impressions  on  the  mind  are  as 
lasting  3s  the  child  itself,  how  imjiortant  they 
be  in  strict  accord  with  the  Word  of  God! 


TEACHERS. 


BY  M.vaY  c;,  milleh. 


IX  A  piece  published  in  the  Chicago  Joitriml, 
takeo  from  a  N.  Y.  paper,  teachers  are  spo- 
ken of  a««  filling  a  very  important  position  in  the 
city.  It  spoke  of  the  rising  generation,  that  out 
of  it  would  come  their  worst  as  well  as  their  best 
citizens,  and  how  important  that  they  be  welt 
taught,  that  evil  be  kept  out  of  their  minds. 
While  reading  it,  I  thought  of  the  relation  of 
teachers  to  the  church.  Do  we,  brethren  and 
sisters,  fully  realize  and  rightly  estimate  the 
necessity  of  good  teachers  and  good  teaching? 
We  want  teachers  whose  Ures  speak  the  words 
of  revealed  truth.  They  must  be  pure  and  self- 
denying  followers  of  that  once  despised,  but  now 
highly  exaltc<l  Jesus.— He  who  was  laughed  to 
ecoro  by  an  ignorant  people. 

We  want  such  teachers  to  convert  the  world, 
to  make  it  better,  and  especially  do  we  want 
such  to  guide  the  children,  those  dear,  little, 
confiding  ones,— they  who  will  believe  what 
they  ar*  told,  and  are  quick  to  discern  what 
they  arc  taught.  They  remember  their  train- 
ing from  an  early  period  of  their  lives.  I  once 
read  of  a  Catholic  priest,  sayiiig,  that  could  he 
have  the  control  of  the  children  from  the  ages 
of  four  until  seven,  he  would  convert  the  world 
to  the  Catholic  faith  quicker  than  by  any  other 
means.  This  is  the  idea,  though  not  the  exact 
words.  We  cannot  lightly  pass  over  this  asser- 
tion, for  it  cannot  be  denied  that  they  are  very 
thorough  teachers  and  he  knew  what  he  was 
saying.  Please  observe  how  careful  they  are 
mth  their  little  ones  in  their  eaily  childhood, 
and  with  what  results.  Should  we  then,  as  a 
church,  select  those  to  teach  in  the  church  who 
have  not  yet  learned  to  obey?  Do  we  want  the 
children  taught  the  goodness  and  love  of  God? 
Get  those  to  teach  who  will  teach  from  actual 
experience. 

Then  we  want  teachei-s  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  those  whose  lives  belong  to  their  Creator. 
Children  are  close  observers,  as  well  as  gi'own 
people,  and  the  character  of  the  teacher  is  more 
or  less  stamped  upon  the  mind  of  the  pupil.  If 
we  have  Hible  teachers  or  spiritual  teachers  for 
our  children,  should  we  not  have  those  who  are 
living  true  and  holy  lives,  obeying  God  in  all 
things?  for  would  it  be  good  teaching  for  them 
to  tell  the  little  scholars  to  obey  their  parents 
while  they  were  living  in  oi>en  rebellion  against 
theii-  heavenly  Father?  Should  the  children 
take  them  for  examples,  which  they  will  surely 
do  to  a  greater  or  less  degree  ?  Would  it  not 
be  better  for  the  church  and  the  cause  of  Christ 
not  to  tolerate  such  teachers? 


THE  FEAST  OF  HARVEST. 

I!Y  B.  S.  W.  HAMUER. 

ALL  things  are  lovely  and  interesting  in  their 
seasons.  All  must  havs  felt  the  power  of 
the  sacred  proverb.  A  word  spoken  in  season 
how  good  it  is.  The  Savior  always  seemed  to 
adapt  His  discourses  to  the  seasons  and  the  audi- 
ences He  addressed.  Men's  minds  are  more 
deeply  impressed  at  one  time  than  another.  In 
sickness  he  feels  his  mutability,  near  the  grave, 
his  mortality. 

Seaions  and  feelings  should  be  appropriate 
with  each  other,  hence  we  are  enjoined  in  the 
day  of  prosperity  to  rejoice,  while  in  the  day  of 
adversity  we  are  to  consider.  In  ancient  times 
God  wa-H  pleased  to  appoint  services  and  festivals 
for  the  commemoration  and  improvement  of 
seasons  and  events.  There  were  in  particular, 
three  general  feasts:  First,  that  of  the  Passover; 
second,  the  feast  of  weeks  or  Pentecost,  seven 
weeks  after  the  Passover,  when  the  first-fruits 
were  presented  to(iod;  then  the  feast  of  harvest, 
through  which  the  people  celebrated  the  good- 
ness of  God  in  the  abundance  of  His  bounty. 

We  are  glad  to  say,  that  the  church  at  March 
Creek,  as  well  aji  churches  at  other  places,  held 
what  they  termed,  a  harvest  meeting,  and  cele- 
brated the  goodness  of  God  for  His  bountiful 
harvest  granted,  and  which  is  stored  away  safe- 
ly, and  all  trusted  to  His  providential  care — His 
care  for  the  human  family.  .4nd  His  mercies 
which  He  holds  over  ns  certainly  demand  our 
grateful  services  and  worthy  of  the  sinner's  no- 
tice as  well  as  the  God-fearing.  Yes,  we  may 
say,  worthy  of  all,  the  infidel,  atheist,  and  all 
description  of  people  the  broad  land  over. 

The  iuslruetious  we  derive  from  a  contempla- 
tion of  the  harvest  exhibit  the  wonderful  power 
of  God.  Our  minds  should  be  sutHciently  ini- 
pressed  with  this.  We  stand  astonished  at  the 
power  of  the  storm  and  tempest,  yet  are  liable 
to  pass  over  the  silent,  yet  not  less  energetic 
influence  of  Jehovah's  power.  Christ's  miracle 
on  the  Sea  of  Galilee  did  not  exhibit  His  power 
more  than  when  He  silently  multiplied  the 
loaves  and  fishes,  and  ted  thousands  in  the  des- 


ert. How  a*>nishing  the  energy  by  which  a 
few  grains  produced  an  increase  of  thirty,  sixty 
and  a  hundred  fold.  In  these  things  we  have 
an  establishment  of  the  faithfulness  of  God. 

Wherefore  does  Jehovali  meet  nil  the  wants 
of  His  creatures?  It  is  because  the  Lord  is  good 
and  His  tender  mercies  are  over  all  His  works. 
See  the  beautiful  description.  Psalm  9:  5,  0-13. 
It  displays  the  mercy  and  forbearance  of  God. 
For  whom  does  He  send  the  profusion  of  His 
bounty?  For  the  holy,  upright,  and  obedient? 
No;  but  for  a  world  in  arras  against  Him;  for 
rebels  against  His  authority;  for,  as  we  have 
stated,  atheists,  infidels,  sensualists,  worldlings, 
blasphemers.  He  sends  His  rain  upon  the  evil 
as  well  as  the  good.  This  shows  us  the  way 
or  connection  between  the  means  and  the  end. 

All  our  blessings  are  from  God;  there  is  noth- 
ing more  evident  than  this.  This  applies  to 
any  thing  in  nature,  providence  and  grace;  yet 
exertion  is  ours;  we  must  plow  our  fields  and 
sow  the  same,  then  trust  to  God  and  we  will  be 
sure  to  reap  the  same.  So  in  the  requisition  of 
knowledge,  or  in  the  attainment  of  salvation; 
we  can  only  reap  everlasting  life  by  sowing  to 
the  Spirit.  Now  let  us  consider  in  reference  to 
the  harvest.  What  feeling  it  should  produce; 
it  should  produce  feelings  of  deep  humiliation. 
God's  goodness  should  humble  us:  our  con- 
sciousness of  Iwing  utterly  unworthy,  should 
prostrate  us  in  the  dust.  Abraham  repented 
himself  in  dust  and  ashes.  The  prodigal  said, 
"  I  am  not  worthy."  We  are  not  worthy  of 
the  least  of  heart-felt  gratitude. 

Bless  the  Lord,  oh  our  souls.  We  ought  to 
rejoice  in  Hi.s  loving  kindness,  hence  the  pro- 
priety of  recognizing  at  every  meal,  the  Donor 
of  all  our  mercies.  We  should  feel  our  constant 
dependence  upon  Him,  in  all  our  w.iys  acknowl- 
edge Him.  We  should  see  His  hand  in  every- 
thing, and  endeavor  to  glorify  Him  in  all  we  see. 
In  sowing  our  fields,  plowing  ajid  reaping  the 
same,  we  should  feel  a  constant  desire  to  bless 
Him.  The  inquiry  should  he,  what  shall  I 
render  to  the  Lord?  What  does  God  demand 
from  us,  our  hearts,  and  lives  and  all? 

But  the  final  harvest.  The  field  is  the  world. 
Harvest  is  near,  full  of  wheat  and  tares.  An- 
gels are  the  reapers.  Speedily  command  will 
be  given,  "Thrust  iu  the  sickle."  Eternity  is 
suspended  upon  it.  Wheat  will  be  gathered  in- 
to the  garner,  and  the  tares  burnt.  How  do  we 
stand?  We  all  should  act  in  reference  to  the 
final  harvest. 


THE  POPULAR   HOBBY. 


If  national  politics  are  a  part  of  Christianity, 
where  must  our  patriarchs  and  Statesmen  bo 
reared  up?  Surely  fhnj  maintain,  that  they  are 
to  be  reared  up  in  the  Suiul'iij-silwol  and  in  the 
church.  But  in  the  Sunday-school  we  are 
taught  that  it  is  honorable  to  fight  for  our 
countrj',  and  members  of  the  church  send  their 
sons  to  the  military  schools.  Peace  societies  are 
organized  outside  the  church,  and  thither  the 
professed  disciple  of  Christ  goes  to  advocate  the 
first  principles  of  Chrislianity! 

Surely  "the  veil  is  upon  their  heart." 

WHY  IS  IT? 
S.  BBUMBAUQH. 

WHY  is  it  that  there  are  so  many  sinners  in 
the  world?  After  God  has  shown  Hia 
great  love  and  mercy  in  preparing  a  beautiful 
home  for  those  who  love  and  obey  Him,— a 
place  where  there  is  nothing  but  happiness— 
where  death,  pain,  sorrow,  and  affliction  never 
come— a  place  so  lovely.  After  doing  all  this, 
why  so  few  followers?  Why  are  we  not  more 
concerned  about  heaven,  knowing  that  missing 
heaven,  lauds  us  in  hell  ?  Friends,  why  are  you 
living  so  careless?  Why  is  it?  Why  is  it  that 
so  many  of  the  Brethren  have  not  their  children 
in  the  fold?  Brethren  are  you  concerned  about 
your  children  as  you  should  be,  or  why  is  it 
that  they  are  still  out  in  the  cold? 

Why  is  it  that  there  are  so  many  ways  mark- 
ed out  for  heaven?  Do  we  not  all  know  there 
is  but  one  way?  Can  we  not  all  find  that  wiiij? 
Have  we  not  all  the  same  geography?  Does  it 
not  describe  and  point  out  the  way  to  us  alike? 
Why  is  it  that  we  cannot  believe  alike?  Why 
can  we* not  have  the  same  faith,  speak  the  same 
thing?  Why  is  it  that  some  teachers  tell  us 
we  need  not  obey  all  the  commandments  to 
gain  heaven?  Where  do  they  find  it?  Why 
is  it  that  some  of  us  do  not  follow  the  order  of 
the  Brethren?  Why  is  it  we  do  not  wear  the 
uniform  of  the  Brethren  while  it  is  an  establish- 
ed order  by  the  church  ?  Why  try  to  have  an- 
other order?     Why  is  it? 

Why  not  have  more  praying?  Why  do  not 
parents  get  their  children  around  the  family  al- 
tar in  woi-ship,  more  than  is  done?  Why  is  it 
that  there  is  not  more  unanimity  in  sentiment 
iu  the  church?  Why  must  we  have  so  many 
questions  at  Annual  Meetings  that  it  takes 
three  or  fotr  days  every  year  to  settle  all?  Why 
so  much  ditt'erence  of  opinion  when  less  would 
do?     Why  is  it? 


BY  r,   F.  DETWEILEH. 

"Tlie  veil  is  upon  their  heart."— 1  Cor.  a:  15. 

OPEN  Communion,  and  that  which  men  call 
non-sectarianism,  have,  in  most  of  the 
popular  denominations,  become  the  staple. 
Some  of  those  whose  office  it  is  to  "give  them 
meat  in  due  season,"  deal  in  these  like  our  old 
ancestors  of  colonial  days  dealt  in  mush  and 
milk.  It  is  said,  they  had  mush  and  milk  for 
supper  one  evening,  and  milk  and  mush  the 
next,  and  so  on  alternately.  Well,  brotherly 
love,  and  true  charity  are  certainly  worthy  of  a 
place  in  every  discourse  the  year  round. 

That  charity  is  an  essential  priucijdeof  Chris- 
tianity, is  admitted  by  all,  but  in  regard  to  how 
it  is  manifested  there  exists  a  wide  diti'ereuce  of 
news.  The  saddest  fact  connected  with  the 
open  Communion  theory  is,  that  most  of  its 
advocates  are  in  principle,  men  of  war.  and  in 
their  sermons  we  often  hear  them  relate  inci- 
dents of  military  life.  If  we  were  wrong  iu  de- 
clining to  fellowship  those  whose  principles 
have  before  now  set  Christians  iu  battle  array 
against  each  other,  which  has  been  the  case  in 
almost  every  war  that  cursed  Christendom 
brother  against  brother,  each  impelled  by  his 
own  views  of  right,  how  these  ambassadors 
open  Communion  should  lift  up  their  voices  as 
ambassadors  of  peace!  Add  to  this  the  horrors 
of  war;  bodies  mangled,  cities  burned  with  fire, 
the  pangs  of  bereavement  with  ividows  and  or- 
phans all  over  the  land,  and  sinners  by  the 
thousands  doomed  to  death  and  hell.  Hard  as 
it  is,  leas  than  this  in  no  description  at  nil.  It', 
under  such  circumstances,  the  affairs  of  the 
world  were  the  ati'aii-s  of  those  who  have  come 
out  from  the  world,  how  the  advocates  of  open 
Communion  should  labor  to  bring  about  such  ii 
unify  in  the  church  as  would  turn  its  influences 
against  such  occurrences;  how  the  embassadors 
of  the  Prince  of  Peace  should  labor  to  bring  the 
church  of  Christ  into  a  solid  phalanx  in  flcjhise 
fif  intenintional  fiibitration.  But  so  far  as  my 
observations  go,^his  is  not  the  case.  If  any  of 
the  loud  advocates  of  open  Communion  who 
preached  in  these  parts,  have  ever  lilted  up  their 
voice  in  the  pulpit  against  the  cmel  monster, 
war,  or  in  favor  of  international  or  national  ar- 
biti-ation,  it  has  never,  to  the  best  of  my  recol- 
lection, been  my  joy  to  hear  the  first  sentence 
of  it. 


FAMILY  WORSHIP. 

BY  JACOB  KELLER. 

EVERY  Christian's  house  should  be  a  house 
of  praj-er.  Will  any  one  try  to  serve  God 
without  prayer?  To  maintain  family  worship, 
is  the  duty  of  every  Christian.  It  is  too  much 
neglected.  Prayer  should  never  be  overlooked. 
A  sense  of  unworthines  should  not  prevent  us 
approaching  a  throne  of  grace.  How  beautiful 
to  behold  the  father  and  mother  who  are  bring- 
ing up  children,  gathering  the  loved  ones  around 
the  family  altar,  and  engage  in  singing  songs 
of  praise  to  the  heavenly  Father!  Hear  them 
raise  their  voices,  "  beseeching  forgiveness  and 
asking  for  a  continuation  of  His  love  and  mer- 
cy during  days  to  come."  The  less  we  engage 
in  our  spiritnal  duties,  the  colder  and  more  iHs- 
tant  we  become.  Then  let  us  awake  to  this 
work— be  diligent  in  this  duty  and  holy  privi- 
lege. 0,  what  a  good  example  we  may  he  to 
others  by  attending  to  family  prayer!  There  is 
power  in  such  work,  and  who  would  do  without 
godly  power? 


LIFE. 

THE  mere  lapse  of  years  is  not  life.  To  eat 
and  drink  and  sleep;  to  be  exposed  to  dark- 
ness and  the  light,  to  pace  around  the  mill  of 
habit  and  turn  the  wheel  of  wealth;  to  niake 
reason  our  book-keeper,  and  tuni  thought  into 
an  implement  of  trade — this  is  not  lifi.-.  In  all 
this,  but  a  poor  fraction  of  the  consciousness  of 
humanity  is  awakened,  and  the  sanctities  still 
slumber  which  make  it  most  worth  while  to  be. 
Knowledge,  truth,  love,  beauty,  goodness,  faith, 
alone  give  vitality  to  the  mechanism  of  exist- 
ence. The  laugh  of  mirth  which  vibrates 
through  the  heart;  the  tears  which  freshen  the 
dry  wastes  within;  the  music  which  brings 
childhood  back;  the  prayer  that  calls  the  future 
near;  the  doubt  which  makes  us  meditate:  the 
death  which  startles  us  with  its  mystery;  the 
hardships  that  force  us  to  struggle,  the  anxiety 
that  ends  in  trust- these  are  nourishments  ot 
our  natural  being. 


The  genius  of  liberty  and  poetry  brought  in- 
to action  the  brightest  powers  of  the  human 
mind. 


Au 


rrUSt      20. 


l^tiE  t^FticTHREisf  At  woric 


Shall  Christians  Dance? 


^.nui-f  I'  "n  c"^n»y  to  God;  >vn.i  ah  ill  h.danc.'^ 
A  sinner  imiHivpeut  or  perish;  „„,i  ^^^^„  ■ 
dance?  A  dinner  «  on  the  way  to  h.ll.  m,d 
„uty  be  therein  .m  honrinhall  h^  ,i,mcP«  Ther- 
l,,on,HhinpL.i.™iy  .ho.ki».i„  the  Wm.  of  I 

rtd.mcing  5,m,er  Wh«tf.arfuUk-c-Umtioa<are 
thos'-^'oj''  Thpy  ,ena  forth  their  littk- 
ones  litw-  a  firfcb,  ana  theirchildren  rlancc  They 
gpend  th^'f  dHvs-  "'Wealth,  and  in  ii  moment  eo 
aown  to  the  gri>v^  (Job  n-.  U,  13). 

But  a  Cbristiau  isn  redeemed ainner.  "  He  is 
bought  with  a  price.'*  ''He  is  wnsheiJ.  he  ia 
sanctified,  he  is  justified  in  the  nnme  oC  tliL- 
Lord  Jesua,  imA  l)y  the  Spirit  of  mir  Ood  "— 
"He  is  a  new  creature;  old  things  have  p,wied 
away;  beliold,  all  thiugaan?  Iwcome  new."  The 
Christian  is  theiniagi>  of  Christ,  and  is  toshow 
to  the  world  that  he  ha^*  Wn  with  .Je^na.  Hud 
hns  lenrned  of  him.  Tho  Christinn  is  "cvnciti- 
ed  to  the  world,"  and  is  in  a  little  while  to  be 
in  heaven  beholding  and  enjoying,  and  forever 
to  enjoy  the  glory  of  God.  Let  him  sing  for 
joy,  and  diuiw  too  before  theLord.  as  David  did, 
if  8ucli  an  exei-cisL-  h?  suitL-i  to  his  pre^unt  con- 
dition, and  adapted  to  promote  the  glory  of  (iod 
and  the  salvation  of  men.  For  this  is  the  apos- 
tolic exhoration:  "  Whether  therefore,  ye  e.it  or 
drink,  or  whatsoever  ye  do,  do  all  tn  the  glory 
of  God." 

Shall  Christians  dance?  Then  they  must 
have  a  time  to  dance.  At  what  point  of  time 
tihnll  it  be?  just  before,  or  after  they  ait  down 
at  the  table  of  the  Lord  ?  [s  it  tlie  kitid  of  prepa- 
ration which  fits  them  for  that  scene  which 
Calvary  beheld?  Will  the  dance  help  them  to 
"examine  themselves?"  Will  it  enable  them 
to  deny  themselves  !i3  they  should,  after  Lhey 
hav6  been  anew  to  see  Christ  crucified?  Can 
they,  at  the  dance,  think  intensely  upon  the 
scenes  in  the  garden}  in  fche  pulacf  of  the  high 
priest;  in  the  hall  of  Pilate;  on  the  way  to  Cal- 
vary; at  the  nailing  of  the  victim;  and  at  the 
innocent  sufierer's  cry  of  agony,  "  My  God,  my 
<3od,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me?*'  This  cry, 
under  almighty  wrath  crushmg  him  to  death 
for  our  sins,  makes  the  ears  of  Christians  tin- 
gle. How  can  they  forget  it,  so  a.s  to  find  a  time 
to  <lince? 

Sliall  Christians  dance?  Then  they  must 
have  leisure  to  dance.  "  Whist  ye  not  said  .Je- 
sus, *' that  I  must  be  about  my  Father's  busi- 
nessV""  He  began  early,  and  continued  to  the 
■end  to  be  about  his  Father's  bu'siness,  so  that 
in  the  end  lie  could  say  to  his  Father,  "  I  havj 
glorified  thee  upon  earth:  I  have  finished  the 
work  which  thou  gavest  me  to  do."  Then  lit' 
wa^t  readj' to  depart,  and  with  his  last  breath 
■died.  "It  is  finished."  Duty  and  suffering 
were  completed.  Are  Chrislians  the  foUowei-s 
of  such  a  SaTWr,  at  leisure  so  that  their  work 
is  done  long  before  the  sun  is  set!  Do  they 
understand  God's  work  so  well  that  they  need 
study  it  no  more?  Ai-e  all  their  duties  to  God 
in  the  closet,  IB  the  family,  and  in  his  hou^e, 
diligently  and  faithfully  performed?  Do  they 
perform  all  that  is  needful  for  the  young,  for 
the  aged,  for  the  church,  for  the  world,  and 
then  find  leisure  *n  unite  with  gay  companions 
in  moving  to  the  sound  of  the  viol,  amid  the 
mazes  of  pleasurable  dissipation?  Is  the  soul 
duly  cared  for?  And  from  the  dance  can  they 
return  home  to  commune  with  God;  to  pray  for 
■s«nts  and  the  ministei-s  of  Christ,  with  all 
iprayer  and  without  ceasing?  Can  they  "  visit 
'the  fatherless  and  widows  in  their  atfiiction,  and 
keep  themselres  unspotted  from  the  world. 

Shall  Christians  daiv?e?  Then  they  must 
have  money  to  maintain  the  dance.  They  are 
God's  stewards,  and  he  claims  all  they  have  as 
well  as  they  ai-e.  The  gold  — "  it  is  mine." — 
Thet^ilver^"  it  is  mine."  Does  he  require 
Christians,  as  his  stewards,  to  take  his  silver 
and  his  gold,  and  use  them  to  decorate  their 
persons;  to  furnish  room  and  equipage  and  niu- 
aic  and  refreshment?  for  the  dance?  His  poor 
must  have  food  and  raiment  and  shelter  out  of 
his  silver  and  gold.  The  institutions  of  religion 
must  be  sustained ;  the  word  of  God  must  be  put 
into  every  family  of  man,;  the  ministry  must  be 
furnished  for  every  creature;  and  all  this  must 
come  out  of  his  treasures.  And  when  millions 
are  needed  more  than  are  obtained— when  the 
cry  is  wafted  to  Christian  ears  on  every  breeze, 
"  Come  over  and  help  us"— where  is  the  money 
to  be  found  to  maintain  the  dance? 

Shall  Cliristians  dance?  Then  they  must  be 
imitated  by  others.  Allowing  that  Christians 
have  time,  leisure,  and  money  for  the  dance,  and 
that  it  may  be  proper  for  them  *o  danc«,  still  a 
question  remains,  Is  it  expedient?  If  it  be 
lawful  in  the  sight  of  God,  does  it  tend  to  edifi- 
cation? Is  it  attended  with  no  danger  to  oth- 
■era?     Will  the  gay  and  the  thoughtless  be  like- 


ly to  derive  V-nefit  f*"m  such  cxamiiles  of 
Christians?  Did  not  the  spWstle  I'iml  »uy.  "  U 
meat  make  my  brother  to  oifmA,  I  will  eat  no 
flt^h  white  the  world  staudeth,  lest  ^  tahVv  my 
brother  to  o8'end>"  Should  uOkStSi  lil'^  look 
to  the  wolfiiro of  others?  If  it  be  libl'perilo u» 
to  ouraelves.  yet  if  it  be  not  to  others,  -Parity 
requires  us  to  abstain.  If  we  would  ntrt^ad™© 
fiuiient  (o  dance,  we  certainly  should  i.bl  set 
tho  example.  If  but  one  memlwr  of  a  church 
be  foond  in  a  ball  room,  who  will  know  i»? 
Will  not  every  eye  be  fixed  on  that  individual? 
Will  not  some  be  ready  to  say  in  heart,  Did  not 
I  we  tb.'e  at  the  Lord's  table?  Will  it  not  be 
rei>orted  the  nest  day?  And  will  not  the  echo 
fly  among  the  circle;*  of  the  lovers  of  pleasure? 
Will  not  the  tbuugblless  urge  this  example,  as 
a  plea  for  the  indulgence  which  conscience  for- 
bids? And  will  not  many  be  emboldened,  not 
only  near  by,  but  fur  oif,  to  do  what  no  ainner 
should  venture  to  do.  as  it  must  W  at  the  peril 
of  his55iil?  An  I  will  not  thoie  g.iy  conipvn- 
ionsof  youn  de^splse  you  for  your  vain  indulg- 
ence? 


The  New  Departure. 

THE  alarming  and  rapidiy  iucreasiufj  spread 
of  materialism  in  our  land,  the  coldness 
with  which  its  advocates  maintain  and  challenge 
discussion,  is  a  subject  demanding  the  thought- 
ful consideration  of  every  candid  Christian 
mind.  A  little  reading  only  is  sufficient  to 
show  that  there  has  been  a  decided  change  in 
the  tacties  of  these  would-be-destroyers  of  the 
Christian's  hope.  The  "contrary  to  human 
perience"  argument  of  Hume  and  others— has 
been  sun  endered  as  untenable,  as  we  are  now 
presented  with  the  sciaitijic  Uiwry.  Hume  de- 
clai'ed  that  a  miracle  was  in  opposition  to  hum- 
an reason  and  experience — Chi-istianity  there- 
fore was  a  falsehood.  Tyndall,  lluxley  and 
Darwin  announce  Creation  as  the  rehult  of/ore* 
and  not  the  act  of  a  being, —  per  consequence, 
the  Mosaic  account  is  false  and  fabulous  histo- 
ry! These  men  rank  among  the  ablest  schol- 
ars of  the  day  f^nd  have  their  followers  in  every 
class  and  circle,  from  the  erudite  philosopher 
down  to  the  conceited  ignoramus,  who  perhaps 
never  read  a  page  of  his  coimtry'n  history. 

That  a  higher  grade  of  education,  coupled 
and  connected  with  true  Christianity  is  necces- 
ary  to  successfully  refute  the  argument  of  thfse 
false  teachers,  few  will  controvert.  The  signs 
of  the  times  l>etoken  the  approaching  conflict, 
not  of  carnal  warfare — but  of  a  conHict  with 
mure  potent  weapons, — brighter  than  the  bur- 
nished steel — the  demonstration  of  the  truth 
that  science  dc*eff  not  conflict  mlh  Religion, 
and  that  where  it  does,  wience  is  at  fault,  sys- 
tem after  system  of  theoretical  speculation 
has  fallen  before  the  argument  of  methodic 
knowledge,  and  "as"  says  Dr.  Campbell,  "sci- 
ence is  of  little  value  which  does  not  serve  as  a 
foundation  to  some  beneficial  art,"  so  is  it  also 
true  that  false  indeed  must  be  that  knowledge, 
(if  such  a  term  be  not  a  misnomer.)  that  teach- 
es the  overthrow  of  a  faith  .that  acknowledge 
an  obligation  to  God,  The  recognition  of  this 
doctrine  not  only  crushes  out  the  inherent  love 
of  man  everwhere  to  Deity— but  denies  the 
truth  of  the  i)rinciple  taught  ages  before  the 
advent  of  our  Savior. 

The  step  in  recent  j-ears  taken  by  my  friends 
— the  Brethren  many  of  whom  have  not  been 
favorably  impre.'fsed  with  the  nece.ssity  of  a  more 
than  ordinary  English  coui-se  of  study,  fills 
with  confidence  the  hearts  of  the  lovers  of  truth 
everywhere.  I  refer  to  the  s<"veral  schools  of 
learning,  that  are  now  soliciting  and  receiving 
the  encouragement  of  the  Brethren.  Your 
church  with,  it  is  said,  a  strength  of  from  75,- 
000  to  100,000  representing  a  youth  of  perhaps 
— 1.50,000  growing  up  under  the  influence  to 
a  grpater  or  a  less  degree  of  the  doctrines,  pub- 
licly proclaimed  by  Ingersoll,  whose  finished 
rhetoric  and  finely  polished  sentences  are  well 
calculated  to  eusniurc  the  undeveloped  rea.s- 
on  of  the  young,  the  wonder  is  that  this  step 
was  not  taken  long  ago.  Do  we  not  see  these 
thousands — sons  and  daughters  of  those,  about 
whose  Christian  firmness  there  need  be  no  ques- 
tion, standing  between  the  fires  of  the  ai>- 
proathing  hostile  lines — uncertain,  doubting 
and  hesitatijig?  Scores  of  them  can  be  coun- 
ted in  every  church — and  their  doubts  multi- 
ply as  their  numbers  increase. 

The  observant  student  cannot  fail  to  notice 
the  progress  made  by  the  foes  of  Christiimity 
during  the  last  half  century.  There  was  a 
time  when  atheistic  views  were  regarded  by 
the  masses  as  well  as  the  church  with  abhor- 
rence, now  there  Is  an  attempt  at  least  to  clothe 
its  advocates  with  the  garb  of  respectability. 
We  return  the  assertion  that  the  church  is  to 
blame  in  this  matter— unconsciously  and  unin- 
tentionally, but  to  blame  neverthelees.     The 


tn'iison  fra>es  to  l»e  treason  and  a   crime    when 
its  Rdvi  ii)t«A  are  surceMful ;  so  that  when  m1u> 
cated  ak-vptirism  chnllf>nge?<  nntMlncated   Chriv 
tianily—  we  who  Iwlirvi- — have  reason  to  Ireni- 
blo  for  those  who  are  «tnnding  on  the  halting! 
Lvt  Chritiinns,  fathom  and  mothers  tn*tify  in 
other  waya  bwido  faith   their  devotion  to  the 
holy  cimsel     "  By  their  icorkji  ye  shall   know 
thom."     StnnA  by  and  encourage  to  the  full  ex- 
tent of  your  ability  in  evety  way  your  i^^ucn- 
tional   inntitutioiiH,  who  through  their  rvpre- 
KDtativcs  are   uppealing    to   you    for   b«lp.     I 
ji>in  no  issue  with  thoM'  who  prophesy  danger, — 
who    urraigu   iutvllectual    refinement   as    the 
cauM  of   skepticism — who  prefer  not  only   the 
killing  of  the  weed  but  the  destruction  of  the 
soil  be«ide — time  with  those,  lei  us  hope,  will 
convince  them  of  their  error.     Let  us  rather 
possess  the  eilucated  »ou\  of  a  Galileo  than   the 
lumscriW'd,  bigoted  faith  of  an  Urban.    "The 
human  soul"  saj-a  Addison,  "  without  education 
like  the  marble  in  a  quarry,  which  shows  none 
of  its  inherent  beauties— till    the  skill  of  the 
polisher  fetcliea  out  the  colore,  makes  the  sur- 
face shine,  and    discovers  every    ornamental 
clond,  spot  and  vein  that  runs  through  the  body 
of  it" 

May  the  divine  Ma-'^UT  crown  with  a  glorious 
Buccess  this  noble  effort  in  behalf  of  Christian- 
ity! A  Straxorh. 


DIED. 


itrim  «hoiilJ  bo  brier,  writiOD  od  but  one  aiile  of  ths 
pnper.  tin4  B«pnntta  rroni  M  uibor  buaiiiM*. 


NEHER.— In  the  I'leasant  Hill  church.  Aug. 
■itb,  sister  Susanna  Neher,  at  the  age  of  '!< 
years  and  7  months.  S.  F.  Nkher. 

BUTTEHIl.AUGH. -In  the  Squirrel  Creek 
church,  Wabash  Co.,  Ind,,  August  12lh,  of 
dropsy,  George  0.  Butterbaugh,  aged  08 
yeiirs,  10  months  and  9  days.         D.  Nefp. 

PUICE.— In  Mount  Carroll,  111,,  August  10th, 
187S,  Bro.  Abram  I'rice.  aged  80  years,  G 
montlis  and  19  days.  Bro.  Price  departed 
this  life  ve»7  suddenly.  He  fell  dead  in  his 
room  while  bathing.  A  large  and  sympatlii',^- 
ing  congregation  attended  the  funeral  servic- 
es oil  the  12th  from  the  language  of  Job  14; 
U,  15.  J.  J.  EsuiKKT. 

OSBORN.  —  In  the  hounds  of  the  Hamilton 
congregation.  Mo.,  June  '24tb,  Josephine  Os- 
born,  in  the  18tli  year  of  her  age, 

SELL.-At  Hamilton,  Mo..  July  13th,  S.  W, 
Sell,  son  of  Bro.  George  and  sister  Elizabeth 
Sell,  aged  7  months.  G.  Witwkr. 

GARBER. — In  the  Middle  River  congregation. 
Augusta  Co.,  Va.,  August  1st,  sister  Barbara, 
wife  of  Bro.  Levi  Gorber,  aged  55  years,  5 
montlis  and  7  days.  Deceased  was  a  daughter 
of  Elder  Peter  Miller  (deceased)  of  Augusta 
Co.,  Va.  A.D,  GvvmiER. 

(P.  C.  2>lf"se  cojvj.) 
McDonald. — Departed  this  life,  of  con.sump- 
tiou,  sister  Martha  Ellen   McDonald,  aged 
24  years,  4  montlis  and    11   days.      Funeral 
services  by  the  Brethren  from  Rom.  5:  12. 
An   account  of  this  sister's  baptifim   was 
given  in  the  paper  recently  and  after  she  had 
eaten  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  partook  of  tin? 
emblems  of  the  broken  body  and  shed  blood  of 
Jesus,  she  was  prepared  to  go  to  rest.     Peace  be 
to  her  ashes,  J.  H.  Mii.lbh. 

PRICE.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  congregation. 
Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  August  12th,  Samuel  Alex- 
ander, infant  son  of  friend  A.  J-,  and  Margar 
ret  Price,  aged  6  months  and  22  dayi.  Fun- 
eral occasion  improved  from  James  4:  14. 
C.  L.  BicK. 

BASHOR.— Near  Longmont,  Boulder  Co..  Col., 
Aug.  5th,  of  lung  disease,  James  Bashor, 
son  of  friend  S.  S.  and  sister  Delphia Bashor, 
aged  6  years,  4  months  and  25  days. 

J.  S.  Fj.ohy. 


news  of  the  death  of  a  brother-in-law  of  mill*, 
and  who  has  ninny  friends,  that  are  m'-mben 
in  our  churi^h.  Thi>  nam*  of  the  decewied  ii 
Jonathan  ShnU/..  who  wax  bora  in  Sonwnrt 
Co.,  Ph.,  -July  lUh.  1H20.  Emigrated  to  th« 
atot..-  of  Ohio  at  th"  ag*-  of  22.  On  the  I8tb  of 
Sept.  1843,  was  marriM  to  Catharine  Row, 
Had  moved  to  Ind,  some  yuan  ago.  Had  bom 
unto  them  eleven  children,  six  sons  iind  fiye 
daughters.  The  father  departed  bin  life,  Hay 
23nd  I87S.  ngM  57  year*.  10  monthn  and  U 
da)-*,  Hopini;  thiR  obituary  may  r«&ch  many 
of  Ilia  frionds,  by  n-adintc  the  paper,  tliat  woaU 
otherwise  not  hear  of  hia  death  for  jesn. 
May  the  Lord  utill  be  our  protector  to  the  end 
of  our  earthly  journey,  and  ofler  death  nave  OS 
all,  18  the  prayer  or  your  humble  brother. 

JoHx  Loiro. 

From  Elk  C.eek,  Nebraska. 


I>rnr  Brft^n■en:— 

IVflhL  try  and  give  you  a  few  Unea  concern* 
in'i  thia  ,ir/n  of  th'(  church.     We  are  ii<H 
Inb'd  some  twenty-two  or  three  miles  from  any 
other  body  of  the  church,  ami  feel  bine*ome.— 
We  take  the   Bretiirbs   at  Wohk.      I  can 
hardly  attend  to  my  bounehold  afT.iirs  until  I 
have  road  the   paptr.     Often  I  am   cast  down 
with  trouble  antl  sorrow,  but  when  I  read  iIiobq 
good  pieces  that  are  in  them,  it  encourages  me 
again.     Now  dear  brethren  and  ai-iter*  do  try 
and  think  of  us  poor  sheep  when  you  are  ready 
to  go  to  worship,  that  we  are  isolaU?d  and  can't 
go  to  place  of  worship  and  we  have  no  shep> 
henl  to  watch  overuH.     We  are  three  brethren 
and  four  sistei-s  and  no  preacher.     Now  dear 
brethren  can't  you  branch  out  more  and  send 
us  one,  as  we  are  settled  here  on  a    farm  <*nd 
can't  sell  for  near  what  it  is  worth  and  it  is  a 
nice  country,  and  we  would  like  to  stay  here  if 
we  could  have  meeting  more  regularly.  Ohowl 
love  to  have  some  brethren  and  sisters  to  come 
and  sing  and  pray  with  us(  it  does  me  so  much 
good.     Brother  PuUow,  from    Pawuf*  church 
was  here  the  27th  and  2Sth  of  July  and  preach- 
ed for  us.     Our  meetings  are  so  far  apart  that 
we  get  dull  and    ciu^le.ss.    Our    plninnesi  ia  e 
subject  of  r^Muark  by  both  the  popular  professor 
and  the  worldly  person.    Our  mode  of  worship, 
our  plain  habits,  our  devotion  to  Bible  princi- 
plei  are  talked  about  in  a  light  manner,  and 
then  we  are  exposed  to  the  jeers  and  taunts  of 
the  world  much  more  than  those   whn  almost 
wholly  make  up  a  communitv.     Now  l  iR-Ueve 
if  we  had  a  home  preacher,  we  would  get  mem- 
bers. PELIXA  MlU,SB. 


From  C.  H,  Balsbaugh. 


livine  veracity   upon  it.     God  ueTer 


OORRESPOlSrDEN'CE. 


From  Hausertown,  Ind. 


AS  I  am  aware,  that  no  correspondence  has 
been  had,  from  this  arm  of  church,  I  shall 
therefore  endeavor,  to  write  a  short  comoiuni- 
cation  for  publication,  if  can  find  a  space  in 
your  paper.  Our  arm  of  church  is  composed  of 
Owen  and  Clay  counties, — considerably  scatter- 
ed over  a  large  territory— about  eighty  or  nine- 
ty members,  David  Culler  is  the  Elder,  R,  R. 
Goshorn  and  Ananias  Hensel,  speakers  in  the 
second  degree,  Henry  Shidler  is  speaker  in  the 
first  degree.  Our  arm  of  church  ha."*  not  made 
any  accession  for  some  time,  but  is  in  a  healthy 
condition,  and  we  have  a  good  Sabbath-school 


T)ESTassui-edthat  Rom,  8:28  has  the  seal 

11    of  divi 

flinched. 

To  "  walk  in  the  light  as  He  is  in  the  light,** 
is  to  have  the  head  and  heart  and  hand  of  the 
omnipotent  at  our  command. 

Be  wise  us  a  serpent,  harmless  as  a  dove.— 
Let  meekness  be  enthroned  in  your  heart,  put 
the  radiance  of  Heaven  in  your  eye,  and  the 
honey  of  Paradise  on  your  lips.     Let    your 
whole  power  and  glory  lie  in   self-crucifixioa. 
Live  in  the  element  of  James  1:5;  1  John  4*.  19, 
I  am  deeply  grieved  at  your  many    triall. 
Do  not  lose  yourself  in  them,  but  look  through 
to  the  high  character  and  glorious  reward  they 
are  meant  to  secure.    I  know  by  experience  tb^ 
we  make  too  much  of  affliction  as  an  ewt.  and 
loo  little  as  a  meam.  When  we  areeraptied  fVom 
vessel  to  vessel,  and  our  bottlei^  are  broken,  we 
are  apt  to  feel  as  if  we  were  receiving  rough 
treatment;  and  in  one  sense  we  are,   but  our 
great  future  requires  it.     Jer.  48:  11, 13.      The 
real  indwelling  of  God,  and  faith  in  "the  gtor< 
ies  to  be  revealed  in  us",  enables  us    to  "  take 
JDHfitUij  the  spoiling  of  our  goods,  knowino  VX 
ourselves  that  we  have  in  Ihnven  a  better  and 
an  enduring  substance."     Rom.  8: 18;  Heb.  10; 
34.    To  maintain  our  integrity  through  all  the 
flailing  and   sifting  of  disciplinary  stage,  re- 
luiies  a  whole-souled  commitment  to  the  Cross, 
and  a  deeply    practical   acquaintance  with  the 
Crucified.     Christianity  is  not  sentimentalism. 
It  means  baptism  with  fire  and  the  Holy  Ghost^ 
"  piercing  even  to  the  dividing  asunder  of  soul 
and  spirit,  of  joints  and  marrow,"   penetrating 
and  disclosing  the  si-cret  depths  of  our  being. 
Heb.  4:  12.     It  may  sweep  away  everything 
but  faith,  hope  and  love,  and  leave  us  as  naked 
and  destitute  as  Job.     The  church  is  slow  in 
learning  the  great  lesson  of  Philip  3:  S,      Let 
us  step  into  the  van. 


world  admires  nothing  so  mucha33uccesa;evenlin  our  fraternity,     I  would  further  add,  the 


From  Cornelia,  Missouri. 

IN  company  with  A.  Hutchison  and  J.  S.  Moh- 
ler  I  attended  a  Love-feast  with  the  Breth- 
ren of  the  Murvea  Creek  church,  Morgan   Co.» 


8 


THK    BKETilltEjSr    ^X    AVO±<I\:. 


-A^ugust   29^ 


Missouri,  oa  the  IMh.      Their    lueetinjr   passt-d 
off  plciutautljr.     The  m*-niberN  are  waU-hful  to 
improve  their  opjiort unities  hnving  had  a  nuni 
ber  of  Rilditious  from  other  dunominatioiiH,  who 
seem  to  he  pnrnwt  workers  for  the  truth.     Bro. 
David  UowHioii.  formerly  from  Virginia,  wan  or- 
dainiNl  to  the  full   ministry,  having  now  the 
care  of  the  congregation   in   ftaid   county,  and 
hope  thut  he  may,  iu  connection  with  his  offi- 
cial brethren  and  the  churcli,  do  a  good  work  in 
the  liirge  field  open  to  th?m.     He  has  an  a'^jiat- 
(U)t  in   the  ministry^    Bro.   Daniel  Cline  also 
from  Virginia,  who  is  as  yet  young  in  the  min- 
istry and  ne^-djt  the  sympathy  and   prayers  of 
the  church,  which,  we  hope,   he  is   having. — 
Our  awociation  with  the  church,  of  which     we 
are  «|>eaking.  ho.-*  continued  since  the  first  bap- 
tiani  ic  Morgan  Co.,  in  1872,  which,  from   two 
meoibcrK,  grew  to  the  number  of  forty-five  or 
fifty  at  this   liin'.     Bro.  Peler  Lehman   and 
wife,  memljen  from  near  .Johnstown,  Pa.,  were 
the  flrat  to  locate  at  that  place;  since  which 
they  have  «een  of  their  children  and  others  add- 
ed to  them,  until  they  have  a  fine  working  body. 
I  may  truly  nay,  that  my  visits  to  them  through 
■  aeries    of  years  were  alwaya  attended   with 
pleoaure;  and  iu  severing  ray   connection  wtih 
them  officially  I  do  no  »vith  the  firm    hope  that 
the  truth  will  continue  to  flourish  among  them ; 
as  the   fruit  of  their  covenant  with  each  other 
to  labor  together  for  the  promotion  of  Jioliiiess 
and  for  (he  active  development  of  the  principle 
of  plaiune!<s  of  attire,  both  among  the   mem- 
bership,  and  among  the  cliildren. 

I  may  state  here  iiicideutally,  that  my  obser- 
Ttttion  in  visiting  many  congregations  of  Breth- 
Wn  has  been,   that,  as  a  rule,  our  strongest 
ehurcho-s  are  those,  in  which  plainness  of  dress 
is  maintained.     I  call  attention  to  this,  in    the 
hope,  that  thi»  chanu'teristic  of  our  brotherhood 
may  be  honored  at  a  means   of  promoting  thi 
good  canne.      Us  influence    is  recognixed    by 
many,  who  are    attracted  to  the  church  by   it. 
God  bl'"Ming  it  to  thn  saving  of  many,  by  caus- 
ing a  eloMer  examination  into  the  doctrine  of 
the  word  as  held  by  the   Brethren.     Examples 
of  this  fact  are  numerou!i  among  us  as  a   body. 
While  nmny  urge  a  partial   abandonment  of 
this  jwculiarity  of  the  Brethren's  church,  iu 
order  to  an  increase  of  membership,   it  would 
benefit  all  such,  no  doubt,  were  they    to   know 
the  fact,  that  not  our  churche^i  which  have   re- 
laxed discipline  in  this  particular  are  the  strong 
thurclies,  but  to  the  contrarj*.     True,  if  salva- 
tion was  of  man,  then  this  mnn-conceived  idea 
nn>ht  prove  itself  con-eet;  but  aalvation  is  of 
God,  who  says  "My  ways  are  not  your   ways." 
God  blesses  the  self-denying  ones  who  in  gen- 
tlene.s8,  us  nursing-fathers  are  lending  the    ten- 
der lambs  of  thefold  into  the  clearer,    view  of 
Christian  light,  and  ofuon-worldliness.      God's 
penetrated  ones  do  not  stagger  at,  but  are  at- 
tracted by  the  positive  principles  of  His   word, 
and    lose  its  exhibition.     May   God    bless  our. 
dear  Brethren   of  Morgan  Co.,  Missouri  and 
everywhere  in  ths  maintainance  of  plain  dress- 
ing! 

As  an  item  of  interest  I  may  say  that  several 
of  our  niiiiislerM  while  on  a  trip  lately  to    Ben- 
ton Co,,  this  State,  boldiug   meetings,    had  an 
opportuuity  to  hear  Elder  Uay  of  tlie   Baptist 
li'ittlf   t'luij  pretich   a  sermon,  the  burdeu   of 
which   wiLs  "  Baptist  High-churchism,"    and 
was  especially  severe  on  the   Campbellites   and 
piiyi'ig  left^liaud  compliments  to  the  Brethren, 
l>ublicly  charging  Moore's  "  Trine  Immersion 
traced  to  the  Apostles"  with    the   basest  fahe- 
hood,  professing  to  show  it  up,  etc.     Of    course 
I  sweetly   remembered  "  Newtonia"   when  in- 
forumi  of  his  trunipel-blowing  among  the  Osage 
river  hills.     I  imagine,  that  bad  I  been  present 
on  the  occasion  referred  to.  I  might  have  helped 
Mr.  Kay  to  gravitate  a  little,   by  simply  men- 
tioning, "  Stoin,  Newtouia.  and  Trine    Jmraer- 
Bion,  martyred  million    Baptists."     Mr.  Home, 
the  Baptist  moderator  at  the  Newtonia  discuss- 
ion, hiu  also  put  his  hnnd  into  the  business, 
saying  publicly,  that  the  Tunkers  are  a  people, 
who  believe   greatly  iu    penanee,    using  billets 
of  wood     for     pillows,  etc.,   reiterating     Mr. 
llay's  rejidiug  ()f  "  Bucks"   statement   of  the 
Euphrata  Dujikanls.  as  descriptive  of  the  Breth- 
ren.   Yet  notwithstanding  that  Bro.  Stein  ex- 
ploded this  idea,  Mr.  Home   being  present,  he 
finds  food  in  saying  of  us,  what  he  knows  is 
false.  Neither  Mr.  Hay  iior  Mr.  Home  have  yet 
recovered  from  the  gauntlet  running,  that  Bro. 
Stein  gave  them  fit  Newtonia.     The  Brethren 
here  can  quietly  look  on  at  the   blustering   of 
these   men   spending  their  wrath   against  the 
truth,— like  the  wave  da-shing  against  the  rock, 
and  disapjjears.     "  Him  whom  the  gods   would 
destroy,  they  first  make  mad."     These  men  act 
as  if  the  spell  was  on  them. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that   men— claiming   to 
be  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  will  so  degrade  their 


the  "  Biplhreii"  prf/rrrttl  to  be  cWled  "  Tunh- 
rr»,"  v\ik\i  hr  knotea  to  be  untrue;  asserting 
also  iu  his  speech,  (for  sermon  it  was  not.)  that 
TuukeriBio  is  CamjiMliam  run  to  »ted.  If  Mr. 
Kay  fails  to  dintinguish  between  ao  impure,  ma- 
licious heart,  and  a  pure,  gentle  Christian  spirit, 
others  do  not;  and  the  comparison  is  in  no  sense 
creditable  to  him.  One  of  his  own  Brethren 
remarked  to  me,  "  It  is  of  no  u»c  for  Mr.  Ray 
to  ridicule  and  defame  your  people"  meaning 
the  Brethren;  "for"  says  his  Baptiat  brother, 
"  I  know  it  i«  false." 

It  is  no  source  of  pleasure  to  write  this  of  Mr. 
Ray,  and  apart  from  the  duty  to  make  known 
the  man  who  proposes  to  champion  the  claims 
of  his  sect,  against  those  who  hold  to  the  faith- 
ful Word,  I  would  not  be  induced  to  say  a  word 
in  this  manner.  S.  S.  Mohler. 


From  Jewell  Co.,  Kansas. 

"VrOTICING  the  death  of  Bro.  Henry-  Smith 
ll  of  Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  by  lightning,  reminds 
me  of  an  incident  here,  during  our  late  Kan- 
sas storms. 

A  heavy,  black  storm  cloud  came  over  from 
the  North-west,  Hashing  and  roaring.  My  lit- 
tle boy,  my  brother  David  and  myself,  all  took 
refuge  in  our  carpenter  shop,  up-stairs,  in  the 
old  Cottonwood  shanty,  which  we  vacated  last 
Spring.  There,  with  open  window,  we  had  a 
fine  view  of  the  storm  of  wind,  rain  and 
hail,  that  swept  over  the  prairie  and  hemmed 
us  in  with  its  terrible  roar.  We  had  closed  the 
North  window  and  sat  down  on  the  work-bench 
and  tool-chest,  silently  listening  to  the  raging 
trio  outside.'  when  ii  terrific  crash  and  simulta- 
neous display  of  fire-works  in  the  North  end  of 
the  room  made  us  jump  from  our  seats.  The 
sparks  seemed  to  fall  like  a  shower.  Never  were 
we  so  closelv  environed  by  so  many  of  the  pow- 
erful element,s  of  nature  before.  We  looked 
and  the  old  Cottonwood  shingles  lay  scattered 
around,  the  gable  end  boards  were  bursted  loose. 
both  rafters  were  splintered,  and  the  siding 
and  lining  and  filling  all  showed  signs  of 
the  thundering  and  instantaneous  demoral- 
itation.  The  terrible  bolt  had  struck  within 
ten  feet  of  us.  We  were  not  hurt,  but  Harry 
said  that  evening,  his  ears  still  rang  and  we 
all  complained  the  same  way.  To-day  the  chap- 
ter read  at  Sabbath-school  was  the  103rd  Psalm. 
How  feelingly  our  hearts  responded,  as  the 
sweet  singer  began  and  ended,  "  Bless  the  Lord, 
0  my  soul. " 

The  last  paper  brings  us  the  welcome  intell 
gence  that  our  beloved  Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  is 
about  to  pay  us  a  visit.  I  believe  that  no  item 
could  have  given  me  greater  pleasure.  We 
have  desired  long  ago  and  still  desire  that  our 
Gospel  field  should,  from  the  very  time  that  the 
break-ing  plow  started,  be  well  cultivated.  Yet 
we  have  often  had  to  sigh  with  our  Savior, 
"The  harve.'it  is  indeed  plenteous  but  the  labor- 
ers few."  We  have  taken  the  advice  of  the 
Savior  and  we  feel  to  thank  God  that  our  pray- 
er is  about  to  be  answered. 

The  Brethren  of  the  Northern  District  of  III- 
noi.s.  have  acted  nobly  in  the  missionary 
cause.  God  has  blessed  you;  you  are  able,  you 
are  strong,  you  have  laborers  in  abundance,  you 
are  continually  sharing  the  labors  of  our  tal- 
ented and  able  Eastern  Brethren  that  often  vis- 
ityou, — will  you  not  be  so  good  as  to  allow  us 
to  share  with  you  of  the  great  abundance  of 
your  good  workmen  in  the  Lord*?"  If  you  feel 
lolh  to  part  with  one  of  your  missionaries,  re- 
member how  you  will  feel  when  hundreds  over 
these  Western  prairies  are  turning  to  the  Lord. 
Certainly  we  have  souls  here  as  precious  as  those 
in  Denmark.  Come  over  into  Kansas  and  help 
us.  '•  Whosoever  will  let  bira  come." 

J.  L.  SWITZER. 

White  Rock,  K'insns. 


is  Young,  she  htu)  long  been  a  member  of    the 
Methodiitt  church. 

Vrbana,  III. 

From  C.  Hope.— On  the  2Sth  of  July  we 
held  council  meeting,  and  chose  Bro.  H.  C. 
Thaanum  to  the  ministry.  The  meeting  was 
very  interesting,  and  will  be  long  remembered 
by  all:  for  it  was  like  many  of  those  which  oc- 
cur in  America,  tears  flowed  from  all  eyes,  and 
earnest  prayers  were  offered  from  all  present 
that  God  would  supply  abundant  grace  to  our 
Bro.  for  the  work.  If  such  meetings  wilt  not 
meet  God's  approbation,  I  do  not  know  what 
will;  and  if  they  are  not  better  thou  a  cold  or- 
dination by  a  so-called  straight  line  by  some  pre- 
tending professor  who  says  "Lord,  Lord"  and 
fails  to  do  what  He  commands,  then  I  am  at  a 
loss  to  know  what  is  good. 

Sickness  still  rests  with   our  family.     I  a™ 
still  unable  to  do  much.     We  have  very  wi 
weather  occasionally,  then  suddenly  cool,  which 
makes  it  unhealthy. 
Juhj  30fh,  1H7H. 

From  H.  P.  Brink  worth. —I  intend  start- 
ing for  America  the  l'2th.  Shall  be  pleased  to 
ouce  more  mingle  with  the  brethren  oudsistere 
of  Araericii.  if  sjjared  by  the  kind  hand  of  Prov- 
idence. I  can  assure  you  it  is  lonely  to  be 
among  strangers  in  spiritual  work,  and  alway; 
when  contending  for  the  truth  to  find  oppo- 
nents thereof.  May  God  speed  the  time  for  a 
return  of  hearts  and  hands  on  the  now  far  dis- 
tant shores  of  the  Atlantic.  May  God's  bless- 
ing rest  on  j'ou  and  your  labors  in  editing  and 

blishing  the  Bkethren  at  Work.  It  is 
highly  appreciated  by  some  here,  especially  the 
poorer  classes.  I  often  have  calls  for  more  of, 
"those  papers  that  you  gave  me  a  while  ago." 
Hoping  to  be  with  some  of  the  Brethren  soon, 
I  remain  yours  in  the  love  of  the  truth. 

Itimpton,  England,  Auijtist  3rd,  1878. 

From  Sarah  Summers.— I  am  much  pleas- 
ed with  the  paper,  though  I  have  not  been  per- 
mitted to  read  any  of  the  papers  till  now,  and 
am  glad  to  know  how  the  work  is  going  on  in 
God's  moral  viueyai'd.     Y'ou  have  my  prayer. 

Huntington,  Ind. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


NoTlcia  of  I^ve-fcAals.    DiBlricl    Meelings,    etc., 
be  brief,  ftud  written  on  paper  Beparate 
from   other   buBiness. 


Fllmore  Co.,  Neb.,  Sept.  14tli  and 


OLE^N^INOS. 


From  D.  B.  Gibson.— I  have  just  returned 
from  a  short  tour  of  a  week,  in  Daviesand  Cald- 
well counties.  Mo.  There  were  a  few  isolated 
membei-s  in  Davies  Co.,  who  desired  my  humble 
labors.  With  Bro.  G.  Witwer,  who  was  with 
me  part  of  the  time,  held  six  meetings,  the  im- 
mediate result  wa.'*,  five  baptized,  the  few  lan- 
guishing members  revived,  the  doctrine  of  Christ 
held  up  in  its  original  purity.  The  order 
was  excellent,  and  the  interest  as  good  as  lever 
witnessed;  as  usual  had  to  close  too  soon.  We 
then  went  to  Log  Creek  congregation,  and  or- 
dained Bro.  C.  C.  Root  to  the  Eldership,  and 
advanced  Bro.  Z.  Henrick  to  the  Sod  degree  of 
the  ministry. 


,     ..  ■■'-' -6 — V  .......        From  Mattie  A.  Lear.— The   first  Sunday 

standing,  itf  to  deal  in  untruths  and  defame  oth-    in  August,  Bro.    Baruhart  baptized  in  our  arm 
ers.     Mr.  Hay  m  his  late  tirade,  asserted,   that  I  of  the  church  a  sister,  aged  S4  years.     Hername 


LOVE-FEA8T8. 

Beatrice  church.  Gage  Co.,  Neb.,  September  "th  and 

8ti),  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Sugar  Creek  congregation,  Sang.imon  Co,,  111.,  Oct. 

3  and  4,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 
Iowa  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro.  G.  W.  Boitnotts, 

SepL  Ttli  and  SLh. 
Faint  Creek  congregation,  Bourbon  Co.,  Kansas, 

October  3rd  and  4th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Mineral  Creek,  Johnson  Co,,  Mo.,  Tuesday,  Oct.  1. 
Stanislaus  ctiurch,  Cal.,  first  Saturday  in  October. 
Wliiteaville.  Mo,  Sept.  "tli. 
Amuld's  Grove,  Sept.  10th  and  1  Itli,  commencing  at 

1  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Mullierry  congregation,  Bond  Co.,  Ill,,  Oct.  9th. 
Camp  Creek  congregation,  Sept.  14. 
Cwttituwood  congiegation,  Lyon  Co.  Kan., Sept.  7tli 

and  fetli. 
Betlie]  cliuri'li 

l,Mh. 
Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles  North-east 

of  Leon,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  loth. 
AVliite  Rock  congregation,  Kansiis.  Sept.  21st. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  cliurcii.MadisonCo.,  Ind.,  Oct.  II. 
Fremont  Co.,  Ia„  August  Jllst,  to  commence  on  the 

lifith  and  continue  over  .Sunday, 
Logan  cimrcli,  Logan  Co.,  0.,  Oct  litli  at  2  o'clock. 
Pcabody  church,  Oct.  5th  and  flth  at  residence  of 
Bro.  Henry  Sliomber,  three  and  a  half  miles 
North- West  of  I'eabody,  Marion  Co.,  Kan. 
Wyandot  congiegation,  near  little  York,  Wyandot 

Co..  0.,  Sept  l4tli  and  l-jtli,  at  10  o'clock. 
Heaver  Creek  church.  York  Co.,  Neb..  Septeniliei 

21  and  22. 
Pukagitn  congregation,  Caes  Co.,  Midi..  October  .■,tli 

at  live  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Gra.sshoitper  Valley  cliureh.  .JefTerson  Co.,  Kansas 

Oct,  fith  and  «lh. 
Donald's  CFeek.  seven  miles  North-west  of  Spring- 
Held,  Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  Bth  at  10  o'clock. 
One  mile  East  of  Dallas  Center,  Dallas  Co.,  Iowa, 

October  lath  and  i:ilh  at  one  o'clock. 
Nettle   Creek    congregation,    near    Ilagerstown, 

Wayne  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  Oth  at  lo  o'clock. 
EnglLili  Prairie  church,  La  Grange  Co.,  Ind    Oct 

10th  at  10  o'clock. 
Mill  Creek.  Adams  Co.,  HI.,  Sept.  i4tli. 
Honey  Creek  church,  Nodaway  Co.,  Mo.,  Sept,  14. 
Eagle  Creek  church.  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio    October 

nth  at  f,  o'clock. 
Dcsmoiiies  Valley.  Polk  Co.,  la.,  ten  miles  North  of 

De.-^muincs.  Oct.  ^th  and  Oth  at  1  o'clock, 
.springrteld  rhui 
10  o'clock. 


rie;u  (n-ekelHiiclMiear   Iliiiitiiigion,  Ind.   s,.,.t 

aTth  .-It  lo  o'clock.  '"■ 

I)e.ir  Creek  church,  near  Bloomfleld.  Ind.,  Sept  ts 

at  2  o'clock, 
rnion  City  church,  ne.ir  Union  City,  Ind..  Oct,  lo 

Ht  10  o'clock. 
Caiiii^metiugon  the  West  aide  of  the  8a»  .Jov 

nulii  Hiver,  within   200  yards  of   It.  p.  \^  ,. 

l»iidge,  Cal.,  Sept.  20th. 
Yellow  Creek,  Stephenson  Co.,  III..  OcL   ir»th  ami 

lUlh  at  1  P.  M. 
Slutimoii,  Carroll  Co..  HI.,  Oct  lOtli  commencing  ut 

10  A,  M. 
Knob  Creek.  Washington  Co..  Tenn.,  OcL  5th  m,j 

Oth,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 
Neosho  church,  Oct.  8th  and  Oth,  three  milesNorth 

e:\st  of  Calcsburg. 

Bi^  There  will  be  a  Love-feast  on  the  2Sth 
of  September,  commencing  at  2  o'clock,  P.  n 
Place  of  meeting,  2  miles  East  of  Dorchester 
Saline  Co,,  Neb.  J.  R.  Chipe. 

1^"  Lovefeast  near  Panora,  Iowa,  Sept.  I2tli 
and  13th.  J.  T>.  Hauohtelij,-. 

C^"  The  Bethel  church,  Holt  Co.,  Mo.,  ex- 
pects to  hold  a  Love-feast,  Oct.  5th,  at  4  o'clock 
Preaching  next  day.  J.  H.  Mili.eu. 

ir^"  The  Bell  Creek  church.  Neb.,  will  hold 
their  Love-feast,  about  8  miles  West  of  Tekam- 
ah,  Burt  Co,,  Neb.,  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  D. 
Metz,  on  the  14th  or  loth    of    Sept. 

A.  Taylor. 

3^°  Communion  meeting  at   Hudson,  III 

Oct.  12th.    By  Order.  T.  D.  Lyon.   ' 

i^"  Communion  meeting   in    Johnson  Co. 

Iowa.  Sept.  7th  and  fith.     Place  of  meeting,  lo 

miles  South  of  Iowa  City.  J.  Thosias. 

H^'  Communion  meeting  in  North  Pork 
church  of  Wild  Cat,  Carroll  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  9th 
at  10  o'clock  A  M.  L.  D.  Waqokeb. 

B^"  Communion  meeting  in  Cole  Creek 
church,  Saturday  and  Sunday,  Sept.  14th  and 
15th,  in  Fulton  Co.,  III.  D.  Zucs. 

Z-W"  The  Spring  Creek  congregation.  Kosci- 
usco  Co.,  Ind.,  will  hold  their  Communion  meet- 
ing six  miles  South  of  Pierceton,  Friday,  Oct, 
4th,  to  commence  at  ten  o'clock. 

D.  MlLLRR, 

2^^  Love-feast  at  Urbana  church,  Cham- 
paign Co..  Ill,  Sept.  14  and  15. 

jj^t-  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in 
the  Howard  congregation  Ind.,  October  4th, 
comnieucing  at  U)  A.  M,  Those  coming  by  R. 
R.  will  be  met  at  Kokomo  with  conveyance  the 
day  before,  if  notified  in  time.    H.  Hamilton. 

JW°  There  will  be  a  Love-feast  at  Pine 
Ci-eek,  III.,  Oct.  3i'd  and  4th,  commencing  at  4 
o'clock.  Edmund  Forney. 

ttSf^  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  at 
our  meeting-house  on  the  10th  of  Oct.  iu  the 
Seneca  church.  Ohio.  Israel  Roop. 

I^"  Our  Communion  meeting  will  be  held 
9th  and  lOth  of  Oct.,  1878,  at  Pyrmont,  North 
Fork  church,  Carroll  Co.,  Ind. 

Isaac  Gripe. 

^^  Our  Love- feast  is  appointed  Oct.  10th, 
at  4  o'clock,  three  miles  East  of  Parkersburg.— 
Meeting  to  continue  over  Sunday. 

Samuel  M.  Forney. 

i^"  We  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Ma-* 
pie  Valley    cliurch,    Cherokee   Co.,  Iowa,  will 
have  a  Luvc-fea.st  on  the  5th  and  6th  of  Oct. 
John  Early. 

g^-^  The  church  at  Coventry,  Chester  Co,, 
Pa.,  will  hold  their  Love-feast,  Oct  5th  1S7S, 
commencing  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.  Railroad  sta- 
tion, Pottstowu.  JOHS  Y.  ElSENBEHO, 

2^"  In  the  Burr  Oak  church,  nearSalem, 
at  the  residence  of  J.  M.  Bailey,  September  :i8th 
and  ii9th,  couiQiijucing  at  ten  o'clock, 

J^"  In  the  Limestone  congregation,  at  the 
residence  of  Bro.  Abraham  Fager.  three  and 
one  half  miles  East,  and  one  and  one  half  miles 
South  of  Ionia  and  Jewell  City  R.  R.,  Oct.  .5th 
and  Cth. 

S^i?"  In  Solomon  Valley  congregation,  Os- 
born  Co,,  Nebraska,  Oct.  12th  and  13tb.  Tlie 
place  of  meeting  I  have  not  learned, 

Jame6  M.  Bailey. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


■h.  Summit  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  8th,  i 


Day  passenger  train  going  enst  lenves  Lanarlf  al  12;00 
P.  M,,  and  arrives  in  Itrvcino  at  b:43  P,  M. 

Day  prLtHPigcr  train  going  wesl  leaTOB  Lanark  al  2:0ii  P- 
M-,  and  arrives  al  Kock  Island  al  5:50  P-  M. 

Nighi  passenger  trains,  going  east  and  west,  mecl  and 
leave  Lanark  at  a:  IB  A.  M  .  arriTing  in  Ilocino  at  9:00 
A     M,    and    at    Rock  IslaoU  at  t;:00  A   M. 

Freight  and  AcconuuoaolioQ    Trains    will    run    west    «l 
1:^:111  A.  M,,    8:10  A.  M„  ood  east    at  12;10A.  H. 
ana  C:  1,^  1'.  M. 
TiokelB  are  Bold  for  abote  Iralns   only.    PaBsongor 

trains  make  close  conneclion  al  Western  Union  Junction. 
Q.  A,  Smith,  Agent. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Behold  I  Brim]   Ymi  Oood  Tidinys  of  Oreal  Joy,  which  Shall  he  wnU,  All  Peopfe."  — Ldke  ; 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  September  5, 1878. 


No.  36. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AKD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B,  H.  MILLEr., LADOGA,  IKD. 

j_  W.  STELN,       ---...       NEWTON'IA,  MQ. 

p.  V.\-K111AN, VIRDEN,  ILL. 

D.  B.  UENTZER,  • WAYN-ESBORO,  PA. 

KATTEE  A.  LEAH,        -      -      .      -     _     UrBASA,    ILL. 

THE  KIND  OF  PREACHING. 

'I  '■■  ,■■■  i  ^  I  ■-•  .I'l  1  .    i,-\i. 
\  ...  ■!   li..  .1  I         ■!   .  ft  next, 

Ueneatli  the  iirguiiieiit  that  rolled 
A  »t(*iidy  fltream  in  words  of  gold, 

WoiO'l  nil  the  tlif  iire.ichers  so, 
|'iiiii.-li  imlv  wliiit  tliey  know, 
Anil  |.i;uiily  tfitfh 
(I's  while  tlie.v  |»rtriich) 
■■  The  Kooil  ohi  way,"  the  preaching  then 
Wouhl  (lonbtless  make  lis  better  men. 
Till-  Wiiiit  111"  God  we  need; 
<iTi  lliMt  tlisciiiU'S  feed. 
Anil  live,  and  glow, 
Whilt  here  below, 
I'ntil  inepared,  beyond  the  night 
Of  death,  to  dwell  in  heaven's  own  light. 

— r/*e  Viiirlicnlor. 


THE  CHRISTIAN'S  PATTERN. 


BY  U.  P.  SSAVLOB. 

"  See,  siiith  he,  that  thou  make  all  things  accord- 
ing-to  the  imttern  shewed  to  Ihee  in  the  raonnt." 
IIeh.K;.j. 

WHEN  God  gave  Israel  a  law,  he  caniedown 
on  Mount  Sinai  and  met  his  servant 
Moses  there,  to  whom  he  delivered  the  law. 
Some  believe  that  God  gave  Moses  only  tlieten 
commandments.  That  God  gave  Moses  these 
written  on  two  tables  of  stone  IS  sio'f,  for  it  is 
written  in  Deuteronomy  4:  13.  But  in  addition 
to  this  I  believe  that  God,  during  the  forty  days 
Moses  was  with  him  on  the  Mount,  gave  him 
all  the  law;  so  that  of  the  law,  as  well  as  of  the 
Gospel,  it  may  be  said, "  All  things  are  of  God." 
Every  precept,  every  statue  and  every  com- 
mandment, with  the  promises  and  penalties  an- 
nexed, are  all  of  God,  who  delivered  them  to 
Mose-s.  his  servant.  Moses  is  not  even  left  to 
prepare  an  architectural  suggestion  to  the  mak- 
iug  the  tabernacle  or  tent  in  which  God's  ser- 
vice ia  to  he  performed:  but  a  pattern  of  it  was 
shewed  hiiu  ou  the  Mount  by  God  himself,  with 
the  Holenin  injunction,  "  Look  that  thou  make 
them  after  the  pattern  which  was  shewed  thee 
ill  the  Mount."  Ex.  25:  40.  The  margin  reads, 
"  Which  thou  wast  caused  to  see."  We  need 
not  inquire  in  what  way  this  pattern  was  shew- 
ed him.  It  is  enough  to  know  that  God  in  a 
tangible  form  presented  to  Moses  a  pattern  of 
the  tabernacle  just  as  he  would  have  it  made. 
and  just  that  way  is  Moses  bid  to  make  it, 
whether  it  suits  his  view  or  not. 

PanI  says. "'  For  whatsoever  things  were  writ- 
ten ttforetirae,  were  written  for  our  learning,  etc. 
And  they  are  written  for  our  admonition."  etc. 
Rom,  15:  4;  1  Cor.  10:  11.  Dare  we  then  pre- 
sume to  do  any  thing  religiously  otherwise  than 
according  to  the  pattern  of  it  given  in  the 
Scriptures?  I  believe  we  dare  not.  And  I  am 
doubtful  whether  God  will  accept  anything  we 
do  if  done  contrary  to  the  pfttieni  given  in  the 
Scriptures  how  it  shall  be  done,  though  the  ob- 
ject may  seem  to  be  attained  in  the  way  we  do 
it.  I  mean  iu  things  of  which  a  pattern  is  giv- 
en in  Scripture  how  we  shall  do  it.  For  m^ 
stance,  to  give  to  the  support  of  the  poor  saints, 
is  a  Christian  duty  clearly  enjoined  in  the  Scrip- 
tures. And  thepatlern  how  to  do  it,  is  just  iis 
clearly  given. 

Paul  says,  "  Now,  concerning  the  collection 
for  the  poor  saints,  as  I  have  given  order  to  the 


churches  of  Qftlutia,  even  so  do  ye.  Upon  the 
fii-st  day  of  the  week  lot  every  one  of  you  lay  by 
him  in  store,  as  God  has  prospered  ]i,m,  that 
there  be  no  gathering  when  I  come."  1  Cor.  16: 
1.2.  Nowisnot  this;xi/frr«  just  and  equiil? 
Have  we  not  poor  saints,  and  are  there  not  un- 
avoidable expenses  associated  with  the  house 
and  services  of  God?  Wliy  then  is  not  this 
heavrnlij  pdtttni  enjoined  upon  all  the  members 
to  observe?  "  Let  every  one  of  you  lay  by  him 
in  store  as  God  has  prospered  him" — some  more, 
and  some  le**,  but  every  one  something,  If  it 
be  but  one  cent  a  wetjk.  it  will  be  fifty-two  cents 
a  year,  and  one  hundred  membci-s  will  amount 
to  fifty-two  dollars  a  year,  but  surely  none  in 
our  land  ought  to  be  too  poortogivethiamnount. 
One  stick  of  candy  lesn  a  week  will  moke  it. 
And  one  glass  of  ice-cream  less  a  week,  will 
save  ten  cents  a  week  for  the  Lord's  service. 
This  would  amount  to  five  dollm-s  and  twenty 
cents  a  year,  and  for  one  hundred  members  it 
would  amount  to  five  hundred  and  twenty  dol- 
lar a  year.  By  this  1  will  not  have  you  un- 
deretand  that  1  mean  you  shall  not  eat  ice-cream 
and  candy  if  you  are  fond  of  thi^m.  and  ai-e  ablo 
to  pay  for  thorn;  I  lueim  only  to  tell  you  how 
to  save  money  for  the  Lord's  service  (the  poor 
saints)  when  you  plead  poverty  to  do  so. 

In  our  country  where  hundreds  and  thous- 
ands of  gallons  of  ice-cream  are  consumed  year- 
ly, I  know  members  who  claim  to  be  too  poor 
to  give  into  the  Lord's  treasury,  and  never  give 
one  cent — spend  their  fifty  cents  weekly  dur^ 
ing  the  Summer  months  for  ice-cream,  and  walk 
a  mile  to  the  saloon  to  get  it.  Why  are  not 
these  members  re^iuircd  to  lay  by  on  the  Lord' 
day  something  for  his  service?  A  few  have  all 
the  burden  to  bear;  they  must  do  all  the  giving, 
and  even  they  do  it  not  after  the  Scriptural 
pattern,  but  in  ways  of  their  own  choosing. 
But  then,  after  having  borne  alt  the  burden,  I 
am  not  sure  that  the  Lord  will  accept  it  as 
being  done  for  him.  1  am  only  sure  of  the  ap- 
probation of  God  when  I  have  done  all  things 
according  to  the  pattern  given  in  the  Scriptures, 
That  is  a  solemn  saying  of  the  Savior  where 
he  says,  "  Many  will  say  to  me  in  that  day, 
Lord,  Lord  have  we  not  prophesied  in  thy  name, 
and  in  thy  'name  have  cast  out  devils,  and 
in  thy  name  done  many  wonderful  works? 
And  then  will  I  profess  unto  them,  I  never 
knew  yon:  depart  from  me,  ye  that  work  iniqui- 
ty." Mjitt.  7:  22,  23.  It  is  manifest  that  these 
were  working  preachers.  They  were  not  idlers, 
but  workers;  and  there  is  no  doubt  but  they 
did,  apparently,  some  good  thines,  but  they  did 
it  not  according  to  the  pattern  the  Lord  had 
given,  and  hence  he  says  to  them,  "  I  know  you 
not,"  and  notwithstanding  their  many  works 
they  must  depart  from  him,  forthey  were  work- 
ers of  iniquity.  I  know  that  some  brethren 
think  their  preachers  did  not  baptize  right,  did 
not  observe  the  Lord's  Supper  and  Conmuinion 
right;  did  not  wash  feet,  etc.  Of  course  they 
did  not  do  tliese  right,  and  i  suppose  they  did 
nothing  according  to  the  Lord's  pattern.  There- 
fore, I  iim  urging  that  we  do  all  things  accord- 
ing to  the  pattern  given  us  in  the  Scriptures, 
or  we  may  be  like  them  when,  the  great  day  of 
the  Lord  comes, 

I  believe  the  text  applies  to  every  thing  done 
in  the  name  of  religion;  and  anything  done  re- 
ligiously, and  not  dune  after  the  pattern  given 
in  the  Scriptures,  the  Lord  will  not  accept  as 
done  to  him.  I  believe  that  not  to  give  in  sup- 
port of  the  poor  saints,  and  tor  unavoidable 
church  expenses,  is  as  wrong  as  not  to  wash  feet, 
or  not  to  observe  any  of  the  patterns  given  us 
in  the  Scripture,*.  And  I  believe  that  under 
ordinary  cirounistunces  willfully  to  neglect  to 
lay  by  in  store  on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  so 
that  there  need  be  no  gathering  when  help  is 
needed,  is  just  ad  wrong  as  to  wash  feet  relig- 
iously in  any  other  way  than  according  to  the 
pattern  givau  in  the  Scriptures,  or  to  observ 
any  other  precept  otlierwise  than  according  to 
the  pattern  given  us.     Are  there  any  'vho  think 


this  strong  meat?  Ifao,  let  them  know  this  is 
the  position  I  occupy. 

We  have  no  right  to  depart  from  one  pattern 
given  in  the  Scripture  mor«  than  from  tlie  oth- 
er. The  pattern  to  wiwh  feet,  and  the  Lord's 
Sup[>er,  etc.,  is  given  in  the  Scriptures,  oven  so 
is  the  pattern  for  the  collections  of  the  poor 
saints  given,  and  we  have  no  right  io'clmnge 
or  ftrpfirt  from  either,  and  if  we  do,  we  do  it  at 
our  peril.  See,  then,  that  wo  do  all  things  ac- 
cording to  the  patterns  given  n»  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, and  then  do  we  know  that  the  Lonl  will 
accept  and  not  reject  us.     "Take  unto  you   the 

hole  armor  of  God,  that  ye  may  bo  able  to 
withstand  in  the  evil  day,  and  having  done  all, 
to  stand."  Eph.  6:  13.— 7'Ae  Vhi'ikator 


REST. 


HY  I..  H.  ini.LiNQ. 


11)0  not  mean  retiring  from  labor,  hut  that 
heavenly  rest  which  belongs  to  the  salva- 
tion of  the  soul,  lluw  may  we  obtain  that 
rest?  Not  by  folding  onrarmi*  and  doing  noth- 
ing; certainly-  not,  hut  by  complying  with  the 
baptism  of  Christ,  who  is  with  the  Father  and 
carrying  it  out  until  death.  Not  until  after 
death  will  we  receive  that  R'st,  Without  the 
baptism  of  suflering,  rest  is  not  iiromined  to 
one  single  soul.  If  it  were  not  so,  why  should 
we  be  so  particular  to  be  biipti/ed  into  Christ: 
3o  then  we  ought  to  make  the  Bible  our  Book 
in  our  youthful  days,  and  it  will  bo  ours  in  old 
age  and  in  eternity,  Then  we  shall  have  that 
heavenly  rest  which  Jesus  Christ  said  he  would 
go  to  prepare  for  all  his  children.  Let  us  so 
live  that,  when  we  die,  we  may  obtain  that 
heavenly  rest. 

One  by  one  we're  passing  over. 

One  hy  one  we  follow  on. 

One  by  onn  we'll  meet  tog-^ther. 

On  that  blissful  shore  of  rest. 

Then  onward  let  us  march. 

Till  we'll  meet  each  other  there. 

Where  we'll  meet  to  part  no  more. 


and  to  make  himself  ac(iuaint«d  with  every- 
thing around  him,  hy  prattling  and  grasping  at 
every  object  within  his  view.  His  tiny  Sugem 
are  always  busy.  He  rolls  and  tumbles  and 
baffles  for  hours,  and  after  a  hundred  falU,  he 
learns  to  stand.  The  strong  desire  to  imitate 
everything  he  hears  and  (tees,  stimulate*  him  to 
persevere  in  what  he  has  undertaken. 

When  the  first  three  years  of  his  life  are  pa«t, 
if  a  proper  example  has  been  set  Wore  him.  he 
hwmade  himself  ma.sfer  of  the  principh-*  of  a 
diflic-ult  language:  he  has  become  acquainte.J 
with  all  the  common  objects  of  nature;  he  can 
n-iulily  distinguish  betwwn  the  primary  prin- 
ciples of  right  and  wrong,  and  if  properly 
taught,  will  have  a  well  defined  knowledge  of 
God,  and  thus  in  three  years  of  bis  infancy, 
and  that  too  when  the  mind  is  in  the  bud  of 
tenderness,  he  has  accomplished  more,  in  the 
same  time,  and  understands  it  better  than  the 
strong  and  vigorous  student  who  has  just  ictued 
from  the  walls  of  the  college.  A  chid  will 
certainly  imitate  whatever  he  hears  or  sees,  not 
only  in  the  nursery,  but  when  he  is  old  enough 
to  enter  society. 

The  parent  is  the  fimt  and -most   important 

in..it,nictor  of  the  child,  and  the  maxiomm  of 

this  instruction  is  given  by  example.     It  d#.- 

upon  every  piin-nt  to  use  his  utmost 


LET  YOUR   LIGHT  SHINE. 


DV  W.  IIHOW>f 


THEllE  is  no  doubt  in  my  mind,  the  Savior 
had  reference  to  his  follower^  in  the  text, 
where  he  says,  "Let  your  light  so  shine  before 
men."  And  if  we  arc  what  we  profess  to  be, 
our  light  will  shine.  What  for?  That  our 
neighbors  and  all  the  surrounding  conununity 
may  see  our  good  works. 

Now  brethren  and  sisters,  us  meek  and  lowly 
followers  of  the  Lamb  of  God,  who  demands  a 
work,  we  are  not  to  be  lazy,  sleepy  servants  of 
Christ,  or  we  will  fare  like  the  foolish  virgins, 
when  the  cry  was,  "  The  Bridegroom  coraeth" — 
will  have  no  oil  in  our  lamps.  How  are  we 
to  gel  that  oil  iu  our  lamps?  By  going  to 
meeting,  takiug  our  rest,  and  soon  after  the 
services  of  the  Lord  begin,  commence  nodding 
or  sleeping,  so  that  worldly   people   begin    to 

hisper  to  each  other.  "  See  Mr.  or  Mrs.,  is 
sleeping."    This  we  often  see  and  hear. 

Let  us  take  heed  to  our  ways,  and  not  let  our 
farms  and  property  have  our  whole  heart,  that 
when  we  go  to  meeting,  we  soon  commence 
sleeping  under  the  sound  of  God's  Word,  and 
thus  have  our  light  cvtl  spoken  of.  Here  the 
Savior  said,  "  Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men ; 
that  they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glori- 
fy your  Father  which  in  is  hoaven." 

THE  CHILD  AND  PARENT. 

UY  U.  W.  WELCH. 


volvi 

endeavoni  to  impress  indehbly  upon  the  mind 
of  his  child  those  intellectual,  moral  and  relig- 
ious principles,  those  great  truths  of  God  and 
his  Word  which  will  kindle  in  his  soul  a 
heaveu-inapiring  confidence  and  assist  him  to 
over-ride  in  safety  the  da.shing  billows  of  the 
angry  sea  of  life.  Every  child  can  be  controll- 
ed by  his  parents  if  the  proper  time  and  meanii 
are  made  use  of.  It  is  certainly  wrong  for 
parents  to  permit  his  child  to  do  what  the  God 
of  heaven  has  taught  him  is  inconsistent  with 
his  holy  will.  When  the  sculptor  makes  a  fail- 
ure on  a  block  of  marble,  he  can  go  to  the  quarry 
imd  procuni  anothei-  without  sustaining  any 
considerable  loss;  but  the  parent,  shaping  and 
moulding  the  character  ot  his  child,  whose  im- 
mortal soul  shall  livethrough  endless  age*,  may 
never  W  permitted  to  eradicate  the  evil  which. 
hy  his  neglect  or  untimely  care,  has  been  plant- 
ed in  the  bosom  of  that  once  tender  and  loTtag 
child. 

The  duty  of  the  parent  is  a  weighty  and  im- 
portant one;  he  is  held  accountable  to  God  for 
aproperdischargeof  duty,  so  that  when  he  i» 
called  to  stand  before  that  great  white  throne 
and  Him  that  shall  sit  on  it,— His  children  may 
not  rise  up  as  witnesses  against  him,— but  that 
all  may  go  up  as  one  happy  family,  fearing 
I'er  no  common  danger,  but  rejoicing,  there  to 
dwell  with  Jesus  and  Lazarus  forever. 


WORSHIPING  GOD. 


'•  C. Ill  is  a. spirit ;     __  _  ..„,    

anst  worship  Idm  in  spirit  and  in  truth." 


ami  they  that  worship  him, 


nHi] 


ILDRMN  are  imitative  beings.     It  is  cu- 
rious to  observe  the  first  efforts  of  a  child 

tuexteiul  bis  powers  and  enlarge  his  experience. 

He  begins  to  show  his  desire  to  do  something, 


THIS  command,  coming  from  the  holy  Onp 
of  God,  is  of  the  highest  importance;  for 
by  ol)e\ing  it.  we  have  the  blessed  assuranct 
of  receiving,  not  only  bles-sings  in  this  life,  but 
also  a  home  in  heaven,  where  we  can  sit  around 
the  great  white  throne  of  God.  And  by  diso- 
beying  it,  we  shall  hear  at  that  great  day  of 
judgment,  the  solemn  declaration  given  to  Bel- 
sha/jsar  of  old.  "  Thou  art  weighed  in  the  bal- 
ance and  found  wanting."  Such  a  verdict  com- 
ing from  the  very  throneof  Justice,  would  rever- 
berate in  our  ears  throughout  eternity:  yet  it  is 
the  decree  from  which  neither  rank  nor  genius, 
can  release  us.  If  we  neglect  this  injunctien 
of  our  Sanor  in  time,  though  we  enjoy  the  fery 
highest  rank  in  society,  the  wealth  of  a  million- 
aire or  the  mind  of  a  Socrates,  it  will  not  save 
us  from  being  banished  from  the  presence  of 
God. 

In  view  of  th#se  facts,  we  should  alwaj-s  w 
alize  that  we  are  iu  the  presence  of  an  all-s««- 
ing  eye  of  Jehovah,    "Watch  unto  pniver." 


TIM-:   jniK/rFnn':>r  -\r  avokk:. 


September    5. 


"PEACE  BE  ST»I-L.  • 

-An.niv.-n**-»n.l  r-l.uKM  lli"f.mil.«'"I  ■* 
„.,t..il..'*i.l^>«il"-«'ll.  And  til.- «-lnd»  VC9. 
vA  Miiil  Half  w^>  it  Kii-jit  iMiliii."' 

SEK  the  ma-ldened  waUrx  rnging, 
U-*h  tlip  Hhore*  of  Onlilpo; 
Wind  and  wnvc  in  war  Qtmmng, 
On  the  dark  Titwrinn  Sea. 

Sw  the  vewpl  Bwiflly  flying, 

Toward  the  dobr*  covt-red  shore; 
li.'itr  the  frigbteilfd  sailor  crying! 

•MkI  the  tcmpejitV  awf,il  roar. 
N'l.w  ciuh  heart  to  gnic*  n  ^trMnger, 

Hrcathw  a  prayer  on  pallid  lip, 
Itiit  Olio  cries  amid  tho  danger, 

"III  not.I*sn»nn  ihf-diipj'" 

\m  lie  sluml»er(t  on  thi»  i)illow. 
'  Nothing  daunted,  thoiigli  th.-   breath 
Of  the  ti-mpe-it.  strow  the  billow. 

With  the  counties*  waU  of  death. 
Now  Hi*  folioivera  galbcr  near  Him, 

.\h  the  wavM  in  fury  rage: 
I'm-  they  know  that  devils  fear  Him, 

tijtu  He  not  the  utonn  assuage? 
See.  He  rbics  from  His  siuinbt-r. 

WhilHt  the  waTe-H  the  vessel  liU, 
And  rebukc-t  the  oceans  thunder, 

With  a  whupor,  "  iVace  be  still." 

What  a  calm  pervadrs  the  ocean, 

It  iH  »"  harmk'sn  ns  a  rill; 
Not  a  breath  to  make  itt*  motion 

Since  the  mandate,  "Peaco  he  still." 

Oh!  that  Jcso's'  love  may  ever 

IChicb  dii^tiplc's  l)08oni  fill; 
Wli'-n  »e  near  death's  angry  river.  ^ 

Ahi.V  Ihn  whimper,  "Peace  be  still." 

Selected  by  E.  S.  Hbi.ton. 

LIVING  BY  FAITH. 

IJY  MATTIK  A.  LBiMt. 

■  1  am  trutified  with  Clirifll;  nevertheless  I 
live;  yet  iiot  I,  but  Christ  livetli  in  me;  and  the 
life  which  I  uow  live  in  tbe  flesh.  I  live  by  tli.' 
faith  of  tliL-  Son  of  God.  wlio  loved  me,  and 
guvi'  liimself  for  ine."  Gal.  '2:  it'. 
rrilE  (ioRpel  of  our  Messed  Lord 
J-  wascanieil  into  Galntia,  a  prov- 
ince  ni'  Asia  Minni-,  at  a  very  rally  pf ■ 
riod.  PaulaudBnriiaWx  w.-iv  the  lion- 
oml  instniiiH-nts  of  plaiitingtlH-  prt'cioiis 
si^t'd  in  tliat  rogioii.  It  appears  fi-oni 
(lal.  4:  1.*),  that  they,  at  fimt  received  it 
with  great  joy;  bvit  some  Judaiz-iug 
teachers  having  gained  access  aiiion.c; 
them,  soon  after  tbe  apostk^s'  departnre, 
tlicir  minds  lieeanie  eorrnpted  from  tlie 
simpiieity  that  was  in  (-hrift  .lesu!^;  and 
tliongli  mostly  Gentih-s,  tliey  were  l)e- 
ginning  to  mingle  cireunu-isiim  and  oth- 
er Jewisli  observances  witii  their  faitli 
ill  Christ,  in  order,  as  they  tbonglit,  to 
render  it  nnire  avaihilih-  to  their  t*alva- 
linn. 

This  deilension  eausi-d  Paul  to  write 
nn  epistlr  to  those  tdmrehes,  his  ohjeet 
being  to  counteract  tlie  pernieious  in- 
fluence of  tliose  ftihp  teachers.  No- 
wlu' re,  perhaps  in  the  aj>i>^tles'  writings, 
does  he  disphiy  a  more  tirin,  determin- 
ed, and  inflexililo  opposition  to  all  who 
\\  ould  eorriipt  the  truth  from  its  simplic- 
ity. 

The  great  iluctrinewhieh  is  here  assail- 
ed, and  on  which  the  apostle  so  elor[Uently 
drpends,  is  that  of  salvation  by  grace, 
through  faith.  Heshowsthem  that  jus- 
tification is  not  by  works  ^f  the  law,  but 
by  the  failh  uf  JesnsC'hrist,  for,  saj'S  he, 
*'  by  tlie  works  of  tlie  law  shall  no  flesh 
be  justified."  He  lalnu-s  toooiivinee  them 
that  the  object  of  the  law  was  not  to 
destroy  or  eradicate  sin,  but  to  reveal, 
to  expose  sin.  "  By  tlie  law  is  the 
knowledge  of  sin."  In  vci-se  10,  the 
apostle  says,  "  For  I,  through  the  law 
am  dead  to,  the  law,  that  I  might  live 
unto  Uod,"  that  is,  for  I  thro\igh  the 
agency  or  iniJtruuieutality  of  the  law,  am 
dead  to  the  law.  The  law  has  wrought 
its  woi'k  upon  me,  in  that  it  has  caused 
me  to  see  my   sinfulnes'*,    and   also  my 


impoteiuy,  my  neud  of  a  Savior,  my 
need  of  a  jinwer  Iwjond  and  above  my- 
self. Thi-*Saviorjl.linsJiO"'er,  to  vhich 
the  hiw  directed  me,  I  have  found,  eon- 
seipiently  I  am  dead  to  the  law,  I  have 
uo  more  to  do  witli  it.  But  the  design 
of  all  thirt,  in  the  economy  of  God's  glo- 
riinis  i)hin  of  salvation  v.as,  '■  that  I 
might  live  unto  God,"  that  I  might  be 
led  to  the  very  fo»Dt;iin  (Jf  life  and  light, 
to  the  very  .source  <>f  all  good,  that  I 
mif'ht  repose  in  the  bosom  ofthe  Infi- 
nite, that  my  houI  might  find  its  only 
and  true  resting  place. 

Then  in  the  language  of  our  text,  the 
apostlesays,"  I  am  crucified  with  Christ," 
with  means,  association,  connection, 
partnei-ship.  Paul  would  then  tell  us,  he 
had  become  associated  with  Christ  in  his 
sufTeringa,  he  had  become  a  co-partner 
with  him.  Elsewliere  this  lioly  man  ex- 
presses the  wish  that  he  might  know  his 
Divine  Master  in  the  fellowship  of  his 
surt'erings,  be  made  conformable  unto 
his  death.  To  know  Christ  thus,  what 
knowled,ge!  Tobe  in  possesion  of  this 
knowledge,  is  to  have  every  fiber  of  our 
affections  weaned  from  the  \vorld.  Then 
indeeil  would  we  glorify  God  in  all  that 
do,  OS  the  apostle  directs.  "Wheth- 
er therefore  ye  eat  oj-  drink,  or  whatso- 
ever ye  do,  do  all  to  tbe  gloiy  of  (rod." 
Theu  verily,  would  we  i-ealize,  that  "  we 
were  called  with  an  holy  calling,"  that 
we  were  not  our  own,  that  our  time,  our 
talent,  our  substance,  all  belong  to  God, 
and  that  we  ar&  only  stewards  ofthe  man- 
ifold gi-ace  of  God,  that  he  will  hold  us 
accouutible  for  all  tluit  he  has  entrusted 
to  our  keeping. 

To  do  the  will  of  his  Father,  was  the 
gi-and  aim  of  our  Savior's  life.  He  stead- 
ily and  unflinchingly  pursued  this  pur- 
jiose.  He  never  for  a  single  moment 
lost  sight  of  this  object.  He  patiently 
and  resignedly  did  what  had  been  allotted 
to  liim  to  do,  sufiVred  all  tliat  had  been 
appointed  to  him  to  suffer.  He  went 
steadily  foi-tli  and  did  his  Father's  will, 
even  if  doing  that  will,  exjioiied  him  to 
the  bitter  malice  of  enemies,  and  the 
disapproval  of  friends.  What  a  con- 
tradiction of  sinners  did  he  have  to  en- 
dure! Peter  tells  us  that  Christ  left  us 
an  exami»le  that  we  should  tbllow  Ins 
steps.  "^\'ho.  when  he  was  feviled.  re- 
viled not  again;  when  he  suffered,  he 
threatened  not;  but  committed  himself 
to  him  that  judgeth  righteously."  Oh, 
wlio  is  .sufficient  for  these  things?  Who 
is  able  to  walk  in  the  footsteps  of  Jesus? 
Blessed  Master  impart  thy  wisdom  and 
strength;  in  thy  strength  we  can  do  all 
tliat  is  required  of  iis. 

Contiuues  the  apostle,  "  Nevertheless 
I  live;  yet  not!,  but  Christ  llvethin  me." 
"  Nevertheless,"  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
1  am  crucified,  "  I  live,"  though  I  have 
lost  all  earthly  relish.  TJiough  the  hon- 
ors, the  -wealth,  the  pleasiu'es  of  earth, 
'  all  insipid  to  me,  though  I  am  dead 
to  these,  though  they  cannot  awaken  a 
responsive  echo  within  my  soul,  yet  do 
not  think  I  am  devoid  of  life  or  vitality, 
for  in  spite  of  this  outward,  or  seeming 
deadness,  I  live,  I  am  in  possession  of  a 
high  and  noble  life,  the  life  of  God,  a 
spiritual  life.  My  soul  is  drawn  out  af- 
ter heavenly  objects,  after  things  celes- 
tial. But  how  is  this  life  sustained  ?  Not 
by  my  own  power,  "  But  Christ  liveth 
in  nie" — Christ  the  living  One,  the  Van- 
piisher  of  death  is  enthroned  within 
my  breast.  I  am  united  to  him  by  an 
indissoluble  union.  Every  thought,  ev- 
ery affection,  every  desire  of  my  heart 
is  under  his  control.  His  will  is  my  \v\}]. 
His  voice  I  hear,  and  that  voice  I  delight 
to  obey.  The  life  of  Christ  in  my  soul, 
is  my  source  of  happine.<>s.     He    dispels 


all  my  doiibu,  all  my  fears,  all  niV  dark- 
ness, he  fills  me  with  a  heavenly  light 
and  radiance;  in  that  light  I  baek,  in 
that  glory  I  t-xult.  When  my  outward 
trials  and  pre&sure.--  are  most  severe,  then 
Christ  is  most  cojiious  in  the  dispensa- 
tions of  his  giace;  "Therefore,  for  this 
cause,  I  take  pleasure  in  infirmities,  in 
reproa<dies,  in  necessities,  in  pf-rsecutions, 
in  disti-ei^es,  for  Clirist's  sake;  for  when 
lam  weak, then  am  I  strong." 

And  the  life  which  I  now  live  in  the 
flesh,  I  live  by  the  faith  of  the  Son  of 
God.  Faith' is  defined,  as  dependence 
on  the  veracity  of  another;  thus  trust 
is  called  faith;  because  it  relies  upon  the 
truth  of  a  promise.  Now  the  apo.stle 
had  perfect  faith  or  trust  in  the  veracity 
of  the  promises  contained  in  God's  Word, 
so  much  so,  that  he  says  he  lived  by  this 
faith,  that  is,  he  was  inwardly  quicken- 
ed, nourished,  actuated  by  this  divine 
influence,  he  rested  or  reposed  lu  it,  he 
continued  in  it  habitually.  It  wius  his 
life,  his  vitality.  "  Without  faith,"  says, 
the  apostle,  "  it  is  impossible  to  please 
God ;  for  he  that  cometh  to  God  must 
believe  that  he  is,  and  that  he  is  a  re- 
w.arder  of  them  th.atdiligeutly  seek  him." 
Unbelief  or  want  of  faith,  seems  tobe 
the  besetting  sin  of  the  human  fa^dly, 
hence  Paul  admonishes  his  Hebrew 
brethren,  *'  to  lay  aside  every  weight  and 
the  sin  that  doth  so  easily  beset  us." 

Peter  says,  "  According  as  his  divine 
power  hath  given  unto  us  all  things  that 
pertain  unto  life  and  godliness,  through 
the  knowledge  of  him  that  hath  called 
us  to  glory  and  virtue:  whereby,  (by 
which,  or  through  which  knowledge)  are 
given  unto  us  exceeding  great  and  pre- 
cious promises;  that  by  these  ye  might 
be  partakers  of  the  divine  nature,  hav- 
ing escaped  the  corruption  that  is  in  the 
world  thi-ough  lust." 

"  As  faith  coinetli  by  hearing,  and 
hearing  by  the  word  of  God,"  the  first 
thing  retpiisite  for  us,  is  to  acquaint  our- 
selves with  the  Holy  Sci-iptures,  for  these 
"exceeding  great  and  precious  promises 
are  given  to  us,  only  through  the  knowl- 
edge of  him  who  hath  calleU  us  to  glory 
and  virtue."  ^ 

AVe  will  now  notice  some  df  the 'rich 
pnunises,  God  has  given  us.  An  exeeed- 
iug  great  one  is  contained  in  the  above 
quot-itiou.  "His  divine  power  liath 
givtn  unto  us  all  things  that  pertain  to 
(life  and  godliness."  Precious  promise 
indeed,  or  for  faltli  to  gi-asp  it!  All 
things  that  relate  to  our  temporal  or 
spiritual  life  are  placed  within  our  reach 
or  at  our  disposal,  by  the  divine  power. 
*'  For  the  Lord  God  is  a  Sun  and  Shield, 
the  Lord  will  give  gracf  and  gloi-y;  no 
good  thing  will  he  withhold  from  them 
that  walk  uprightly."  Tsalms  S4: 1 1.  All 
tilings  are  possible  to  him  that  believeth." 
Mark  i);  23.  "  All  things  work  together 
for  good  to  them  that  love  God,  to  them 
who  are  the  called  according  to  his  pur- 
pose." Rom.  *^:  2S.  "  (Jod  is  faitJiful, 
who  will  not  suffer  you  to  be  tempted 
above  that  yon  are  able;  but  will  with 
the  temptation  also  make  a  way  to  escape ; 
that  ye  may  be  able  to  bear  it."  1  Cor. 
Ill;  13.  "  Aud  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask 
in  my  name,  that  will  I  do.  that  the 
Father  may  be  glorified  in  the  Son." 
John  14:  13;  verse  14;  15:  7.  Let  the 
the  above  tpiotations  suffice  as  speci- 
mens of  the  rich  and  glorious  promises 
which  God  has  given  to  his  church. 
Well  might  the  apostle  say,  "  He  that 
si)ared  not  his  own  Son,  but  delivered 
him  up  for  us  all,  how  sball  he  not  with 
hint  also  tVeely  give  us  all  things." 
t^urely  God  has  manifested  his  bound- 
less love  to  118  in  that  most  stupendous 
Gift,  his  only  begotten  Son.  If  his  love, 


his  kind  regard  for  our  welfare,  would 
proiujit  him  to  give  up  his  well  beloved 
Sou, to  ignominy,  to  suffering  and  shame 
surely  he  will  not  withhoM  from  us  mi- 
nor gifts.  And  he  will  pot  withhold 
from  us  any  thing  that  is  needful  for  us 
.anv  thing  that  will  i>romote  our  interest 

And  why  will  we  not  trust  him,  why 
do  we  repine,  and  grieve  when  our  wills 
are  crossed ;  AVhen  our  whims  or  floah- 
ly  desires  are  not  all  gratified,  how 
prone  are  we  to  despond.  Unb^dief—  - 
fatal  unbelief  is  the  root  of  all  this  evil. 
Humanly  speaking,  God  has  done  all 
that  can  be  done  to  insure  our  trust — 
our  unbounded  confidence.  He  has 
manifested  his  love  to  us  in  such  a  won- 
drous manner,  yet  such  is  the  perversity 
ofthe  human  heart,  such  its  callousness, 
that  it  is  with  the  greatest  diflSculty  that 
it  can  be  brought  back  to  a  state  of  en- 
tire trust,  and  repose  in  the_  liosom  of 
the  Infinite. 

Tlie  great  apostle  of  the  Gentiles  has 
labored  hard  to  portray  to  tbe  human 
family  the  love  of  his  divine  Master,  that 
love,  the  promptings  of  which  he  him- 
self had  such  a  rich  experience  of.  See 
his  eloquent,  earnest  language  in  Rom. 
5:  {'<-\'2.  In  verses  seveti  and  eight,  he 
most  forciI)ly  depicts  the  love  of  God 
by  conqmrison:  "  For  scarcely  for  a 
righteous  man  will  one  die;  yet  perad- 
venture  for  a  good  man  some  would  even 
dare  to  die."  "  For  a  righteous  man." 
The  word  righteous,  is  compounded  of 
right  and  wise.  The  original  sense  was 
probably,  amoral,  just  and  upright  man. 
For  the  preservation  of  such  an  one,  one 
would  scJircely,  barely,  with  diftieulty 
be  Avilling  to  lay  down  his  life.  "  Yet 
peradventure  some  would  even  dare  to 
die."  For  a  pious,  godly,  holy  man,  per- 
adventure, it  may  be,  more  probably 
some  might  be  found  who  ^vouhl  be 
willing  to  sacrifice  their  life.  But  for  a 
criminal,  ajustly  condemneil,  and  aban- 
doned criminal,  who  would  make  great 
sacrifices,  much  less  suffer  himself  the 
penalty  of  the  law,  in  ortler  to  free  such 
a  guilty  \vretch  from  deserved  punish- 
ment. Such  love  never  was  conceived 
by  the  human  miiid,  yet  .such  love  has 
God  manifested  toward  us.  Well  may 
the  apostle  say,  "But  God  commeiideth 
bis  love  toward  us,  in  that  while  ye  were 
yet  sinners,  Christ  died  for  us.  The  sec- 
ond meaning  of  commend,  aa  given  by 
AVebster,  is,  "  To  present  as  worthy  of 
confidence  or  regard."  And  has  not  God 
presented  his  love  to  us  as  worthy  of  our 
confidence,  our  utmost  confidence!! 

He  has  made  au  abundant  provision 
for  us,  sufticient  to  meet  our  every  want,* 
our  every  necc^.^ity.  All  he  now  asks 
of  us.  Is  to  comply  with  his  requisitions, 
to  trust  him,  fully  trust  liim.  We  may 
not  always  see  the  end  from  the  begin- 
ning; we  may  not  always  understand  the 
why's  and  wherefore's.  But  in  this 
world  we  must  walk  by  faith,  not  l)y 
sight.  Our  heavenly  Father  doeth  all 
things  well.  As  all  things  are  intimate- 
ly kno^vn  to  him,  he  must  know  where- 
in the  happiness  of  human  beings  con- 
sists; and  may  fi-oni  liis  goodness,  be  ex- 
pected to  make  every  provision  for  that 
happiness.  Did  we  have  a  proper  un- 
derstanding of  things,  and  were  we  left 
to  choose  for  ourselves,  we  would  choose 
presicely  what  God  has  chosen  for  us. 
It  is  our  ignorance  aud  blindness  that 
causes  us  to  dissent  from  the  divine  will. 
We  are  incapable  of  choosing  prop- 
erly for  ourselves,  and  aa  God  desires 
our  happiness,  therefore  he  asks  us  to 
place  ourselves  under  his  guidance,  and 
it  is  our  privilege  to  seek  that  guidance, 
both  in  temporal  and  spiritual  matters; 
hence    the     apostle's  exhortation,  "  Be 


Sepfc^"^^""^!* 


^■eful  fur  notbiug;  l,„t  \^  g^.^^.^.  ^j^.^^^^ 
by  prayfi-  ^^'^  supplication,  with  thtiuvt 
giving,  let  your  re<,ut3t  Le  made  known 
unto  God." 

The  Christian's  faith  is  designed  to 
uplift  him  ahove  the  fluctuating  scenes 
of  earth.  No  matter  what  may  be  his 
condition  or  surroundings,  no  matter 
-what  the  condition  of  the  world,  his 
trvist  is  iu  the  promises  of  God,  and  he 
knows  that  if  hs  continues  faithful,  God 
will  verify  his  promises.  Therefore  he 
can  sing  with  the  royal  lord  of  Israel, 
.^  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd;  1  shall  not 
want."  Psa.  i'i:  1.  Please  read  the 
whole  of  this  Psalm,  so  expressive  of 
confidence  in  God.  The  prophet  Hab- 
akkuk  knew  what  faith  was,  as  the  fol- 
lowing language  shows:  "  Although  the 
fi^  tree  shall  not  blossom,  neither  shall 
fruit  be  iu  the  vines;  the  laborer  of  the 
olive  shall  fail,  and  the  field  shall  yield 
no  meat;  the  flock  shall  be  cut  off  from 
the  fold,  and  there  shall  be  no  herd  in 
the  stalls;  yet  will  I  rejoice  in  the  Lord, 
I  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my  salvation." 
Hab.  3:  17,  IS. 

The  apostle  says,  "  What,  if  some  did 
not  believe?  shall  their  unbelief  make 
the  faith  of  God  without  effect?  God 
forbid:  yea  let  God  l>e  true,  but  every 
man  a  liar."  If  others  do  not  believe, 
if  others  do  not  trust  God,  their  distrust 
should  not  in  the  least  effect  us.  God 
will  be  true  as  Paul  asserts,  and  our  own 
experience  will  prove,  if  we  but  test  his 
faithfulness.  "Every  good  gift,"  say.s 
James,  "  And  every  perfect  gift,  is  from 
above,  and  cometli  down  from  the  Fath- 
er of  ligbt,  with  whom  is  no  variable- 
ness, neithei-  shadow  of  turning."  Faith 
IB  the  key  which  unlocks  the  great  store- 
house of  God's  bounty. 

To  be  in  "possession  of  a  firm,  unwav- 
ering faith,  is  to  possess  infinite  resourc- 
es, because  it  places  the  possessor  in 
communication  with  the  great  source  and 
fountain  of  all  good.  "  All  things  an 
possible  to  him  that  believeth."  To  be 
rich  in  faith,  is  the  best  of  riches — rich- 
es which  "  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth 
corrupt,  nor  thieves  break  through  and 
steal,"  far  better  than  land  or  stocks. 
Oh  let  us  then  not  "  Cast  away  our  con- 
fidence which  hath  great  recompense  oP- 
rewai'd."  It  is  our  privilege  to  seek  di- 
vine guidance,  divine  assistance  in  every 
thing,  and  iu  view  of  oar  ignorance  and 
helplessness,  it  is  our  duty.  But  when 
we  approach  our  heavenly  Father,  we 
should,  as  James  admouishes,  "  Ask  in 
faith,  nothing  wavering;  for  he  that 
wavereth,  islike  the  waves  of  the  sea, 
driven  with  the  wind  and  tossed."  The 
apostle  adds,  '*  Let  not  that  man  think 
that  he  shall  receive  any  thing  of  the 
Lord." 


TiiE  ^3KKTI1RK^:  ^vt  woiuv. 


3 


THE  EIGHT  PERIODS. 


THE  New  Testament  considered  as  a 
volume  of  inspired  history  contain? 
eight  periods  or  cycles.  The  first  be- 
gins with  the  ministration  of  John  the 
Baptist,  and  terminates  with  his  impris- 
onment. The  length  of  this  period  ^va.'^ 
about  six  months. 

During  this  pei-iod,  John  was  the  only 
minister  and  baptized  many  unto  Christ. 
He  also  baptized  Christ  in  the  river  ot 
Jordan.  "  And  Jesus  when  he  was  bap- 
tized went  up  straightway  out  of  the 
water,  and  lo,  the  heaven-*  were  opened 
unto  him,  and  he  saw  the  Spirit  of  the 
God,  descending  like  a  dove,  lighting 
upon  him,  and  lo  a  voice  from  heaven 
saying,  This  is  my  beloved  Son  in  whom 
I  am  well  pleased." 

The  second  period   begins 


with   th. 


preaching  of  Jesus  in  (ialih-e,  John  be- 
ing beheaded  about  that  time,  and  ter- 
minates with  the  cru(:ifi.\ion  of  Christ. 
Length  about  three  years  and  six  months, 
when  Christ  began  to  preach  and  per- 
form miracles,  his  fame  soon  spread 
throughout  the  land,  for  he  healed  all 
manner  of  diseases  and  raised  tho  dead. 
His  labor  so  increased  that  he  called 
twelve  men  to  his  assistance.  Their  la- 
bor still  increased,  aud  he  chose  seventy 
more  and  sent  them  two  and  two.  But 
wicked  men  in  high  places  became 
easy  and  jealous.  They,  filled  with 
wrath,  sought  to  destroy  him;  but  Judas 
one  of  the  chosen  twelve,  for  money  be- 
trayed Christ  into  the  hands  of  these 
wicked  meu  who  crucified  him. 

The  third  period  begins  with  the  bu- 
rial of  Christ  and  terminates    with   his 
resurrection.     Length   three  days  and 
three  nights.     This    period    was    a  very 
gloomy  one  to  the  little  flock  of  Christ 
from  the  fact  that  Jesus   when    he    had 
cried  again  with  a   loud   voice,   yielded 
up  the  ghost,  and  behold  the  veil  of  the 
temple  was    rent    in    twain    from      top 
to  the  bottom;  and  the  earth  did  ipiake, 
and  the  rocks  rent,  and  the  graves  were 
opened,  many  bodies   of  saints   which 
slept,  arose  and  came  out  of  the  graves 
after  his  resurrection,  and  went  into  the 
holy    city    and   appeared    unto     many. 
What  made  this  period  so  gloomy  to  the 
flock?  Was  it  that  their  Shepherd   was 
taken  away, — the  old  sheep-fold  torn  to 
pieces   and  the  flock  scattered.    Their 
condition  was  a  pitiable  one.     O,  imag- 
ine their  feelings, — no  Savior    to   guide 
and  cheer  them,  neither  would  God  meet 
them  in  the  temple;  for  the  veil  of   the 
temple  was  rent  from  the  top  to  bottom. 
I  have  often    thought  these    must  have 
been   the   darkest  moments   known   to 
humanity. 

The  fourth  period  begins  with  the 
resurrection  of  Christ,  and  terminates 
with  liis  ascension.  Length,  foi-ty  days. 
Now  as  Jesus  had  arisen,  he  gathered 
his  little  flock  and  began  to  cheer  them, 
although  some  doubted  at  first.  And 
Jesus  came  and  spake  unto  them  saying, 
"  All  power  is  given  unto  me  in  heaven 
and  in  earth.  Go  ye  therefore  and  teach 
all  nations,  baptizing,  them  in  the  name 
of  the  Father  and  of  the  Son  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Teaching  them  to  observe 
all  things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded 
you,  and  lo  I  am  with  you  always  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

During  this  period  he  was  seen  at  va- 
rious times,  aud  at  one  time  by  over 
five  hundred  lu'ethren;  but  nowhere  have 
we  any  account  that  he  was  seen  by  sin- 
ners during  this  period. 

The  fifth  period  begins  with  the  as- 
cension of  Christ,  and  terminates  with 
the  descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the 
first  Pentecost  after  the  resurrection  of 
Christ.  Length  about  ten  days.  Just 
before  Christ's  ascension,  he  spake  to  his 
disciples  saying,  "  Ye  shall  receive  pow- 
er after  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon 
you,  and  ye  shall  be  witnesses  unto  uie 
both  in  Jerusalem  anrl  all  Judea,  and  in 
Samaria  and  unto  the  uttermost  part  of 
the  earth.  And  when  he  had  spoken 
these  things,  while  they  beheld,  he  was 
taken  up  and  a  cloud  received  him  out 
of  their  sight."  Then  they  assembled 
themselves  together  in  an  upper  room 
at  Jerusalem,  where  they  continued  with 
one  accord  in  pi'ayer  and  supplication, 

Then  arose  Peter  aud  said,  "This 
Scripture  must  needs  be  fulfilled,  which 
the  Holy  Ghont  through  David  spake 
before,  conceiiiing  Judas,  which  was 
o-uide  to  them  that  took  Jesus,  for  he 
was  numbered  with  us  and  had  obtain- 
ed part  of  this  ministry.    For  it  is  writ- 


ishup- 
gave 


ten  in  thf  book  of  Psalms,  His    b 
ric  let   anotlier   take.     And    they 
forth     their  lota,    and  the  lot   fell 
jMatthias,  and    he   wiw    numbere*!   with 
the  cleveh  apoatlci*.      And  when  the  day 
of  Pentecost  had   fully  come,  they  were 
all  with  one  accord    in    one    place;  antl 
suddenly  there  came  a  sound  from  heav- 
en as  a  rushing  mighty  wind,  and  it  fill- 
ed the  house  where   they  were  sitting; 
and  there  appeared    unto   them    elovm 

tongues  like  as  of  fire,  and  it   .snt   upon  I  brother  Moore,  on  this  subject, 
each  of  iheni,  aud  they  were  filled  with 


lest  ye  entr-r  int..  temptation;  for  ye 
know  neither  tin-  hour  nor  the  day 
wherein  the  Son  of  iliiu  coiiielh. 


FEED  MY  Lambs. 

KY  n.  A.  ROWLAKI). 

ith  unto  liini,  feed  my  IhriIw."  John 


"IU- 


HKEING  in  No.  30  of  the  Buktijhkx 
^     AT   WuKK,   an  article  written   by 


the  Holy  Ghost,  au'l  began  to  speak 
with  tongues  as  the  Spirit  gave  tln-in  ut- 
terance." Here  Peter  to  whom  Clu-ist 
had  given  the  keys  of  the  kingdom, 
opened  the  doors  to  the  Jews. 

The  sixth  period  commenced  with 
the  preaching  of  the  apostles  after  they 
were  endued  with  power  from  on  high, 
on  the  first  Pentecost  after  Christ's  res- 
urrection, and  terminates  with  the  death 
of  the  last  apostle  or  the  cessation  of 
miracles.  The  length  of  this  period  is 
not  definitely  known. 

At  the  bt;ginning  of  this  period  Peter 
preaclie^  the  kingdom  of  Christ  on  earth 
to  the  Jews  at  Jerusalem.  It  increased 
rapidly.  After  a  while  Peter  was  pe 
culiarly  summoneil  to  open  the  kingdom 
to  the  Ucntiles,  which  took  place  at  the 
house  of  Cornelius.  After  this  the 
kingdom  of  Christ  spread  still  more 
rapidly,  so  that  meu  in  high  places  aoim 
became  alarmed,  and  began  to  chastise 
theui.  Prominent  among  them  was  a 
young  man  of  the  Romans,  Iiighly  ed- 
ucated in  science  and  law,  who  was  au- 
thorized and  deputed  as  a  high  sherifi", 
to  arrest  Christians  wherever  he  found 
them  to  bring  them  into  their  courts,  to 
try  and  to  punish  them  because  they 
worshiped  Christ. 

One  day  as  he  was  on  his  way  to  Da- 
mascus to  arre-st  some  of  these,  sudden- 
ly there  shone  round  about  him  a   light 
from  heaven,  and  he   fell   to   the    earth, 
and  heard   a   voice  saying,  "  Saul    Saul 
why  persecutest  thou   me?"      And  he 
said,  "  AVho  art  thou   Lord."     And  the 
Lord  said,  "  I  am  Jesus  whom  thou  per- 
secuted." And  he  tremblingly  astonished 
said,  "  Lord  what  wilt  thou  have  me    to 
do?"  The  Lord  told  him  and  he  obeyed. 
From  this    wonderful   conversion    we 
may  learn  three  point8;^r-si^.  The  power 
of  righteousness;  secoiul,  The  weakness 
of  sin;  M/'v?,  That  man's  ways  are   not 
God's  ways.     Here  we  have  an  illustra 
tion  of  the  power  of  righteousness  com- 
ing directly  in  contact  with    the   power 
of  sin.     Sin  is  changed  under  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Sun    of  righteousness,    as    a 
snow  flake  is  changed  under  the   influ- 
ence of  the  aerial  sun,  melted  to  humble 
submission.      This   plainly    shows    that 
sin  cannot  enter  heaven. 

If  one  who  is  out  of  Christ,  were  per- 
mitted to  enter  heaven,  he  would  have 
to  suft'er  the  most  excruciating  torment, 
for  he  could  not  withstand  the  glory  of 
righteousness;  but  not  so  with  those  in 
Christ,  for  they  shall  be  like  him. 

The  seventh  period  begins  with  the 
cessation  of  the  apostolic  ministry,  and 
terminates  with  the  end  of  time.  The 
length  of  this  period  is  not  revealed.  At 
the  beginning  of  this  period,  niiratdes 
cease,  and  the  Word  of  God  was  estab- 
lished and  written,  that  it  might  be 
spread  tbroughout  all  the  world.  Then 
we  have  a  great  work  to  do.  Let  us 
put  on  the  whole  armor  of  faith  and, 
work  with  patience. 

The  eighth  period  begins  with  the 
end  of  time  and  its  extent  will  be  of  eter- 
nal duration.  This  is  the  period  to  wliich 
we  ai'e  all  hastening  as  fast  Jis  time  can 
waft  us  along.     Then  watch  and   pray, 


I   take 

^casion  to  oftVr  a  few  thoughts,   which 
I  have  in  the  pa-st  inwlittited  upon.  Hav- 
ing united  with  the  church,  in  early  life, 
I  have  had  some  experience    in  that   di- 
rection. "  Feed  my  lambs,"  is  a  positive 
command  to  those  who  are   fathers  and 
mothers  in   Israel.      Divine  Authority 
holds  it  up  as  a  command,  but  I  fear  it  is 
not  heeded  very  much  by  a  great  many. 
After  we  have  been  baptized,  we    are 
balie-s  in  Christ,   aud   need  the   sincer*; 
milk  of  the  Word,  but   how    are  we  to 
get  itwhenitis  uotofi'«red  to  us?  Yoang 
membere  should  liave   the   attention   of 
older  ones.     Those  that  are  older  should 
set  examples  for  the  younger,   and   then, 
sliow  by  their  actions  that  they    really 
are  concered  for  the  welfare  of  the  young. 
When  there  is   a  few  young   niembere 
alone,  aud  not  cared  for,  is  it  any   won- 
dei-  that  they  get    weary    and    feel   like 
turning  Imck  to  the  flesh  pots  of  Egypt  i 
If  I  am  allowed  to  express  myself,    this 
has  been  my  feelings. 

When  we  leave  carnality,  turn  heav- 
enward and  have  not  tlie  sympathy  and 
kind  encouaging  words  of  love  to  cheer 
us  upon  our  way  it  makes  us  feel  lone 
ly,  and  about  that  time  the  devil  reasons 
with  us  and  tells,  "  you  had  better  give 
it  up  and  go  back  to  the  world  where 
you  can  enjoy  yourself"  But  then  a 
sweet  voice  whispers,  "  trust  in  me,  I 
will  never  leave  you  n  r  f  rmke  you." 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  we  all  need 
words  of  love  and  comfort  from  one 
another.  It  is  food  forthesouL  Through 
tills  world  of  sorrow,  perplexities  and 
disappointments  on  every  hand,  we  need 
to  try  to  build  each  other  up  in  that 
faith  which  wa.s  delivered  unto  the  saints. 
We  learn  in  God's  Word,  if  we  offend 
in  one  point,  we  are  guilty  of  all.  "Feed 
mv  lambs,"  is  one  point  in  the  commands 
of  Jehovah,  and  let  us  not  offend  in 
that. 

May  God  help  us  gather  the  young 
lambs  into  the  fold,  anti  then  try  to  give 
them  proper  food .  How  zealous  the 
apostle  Peter  was  in  feeding  the  !«Iieep; 
let  us  follow  his  example,  for  I  do  love 
to  see  a  congregation  made  up  of  young 
members  who  live  out  non-conformity 
in  dress  and  in  every  department  of  life. 
That  shows  to  the  world  that  thev  have 
been  with  Jesus,  and  learned  of  him. 
Lot  us,  young  and  old  befaithfully  bound 
together  in  the  bonds  of  love,  loving 
one  another  with  a  pure  heart  fervently 
aud  the  Lord  supremely,  and  God  will 
be  glorified,  and  the  benefit  ours.  So 
when  our  trouble.s  and  trials  are  over, 
we  can  reign  w'^ith  him  above  to  praise 
him  through  all  eternity. 

"  Let  thy  kingdom  blessed  Savior, 
Cuiiie  and  bid  our  jiirrings  cease; 

Come,  O  coaie  and  reign  forever, 
God  of  love  and  Prince  of  Peace. 


Visit  now  thy  precious  ZiOii, 
See  thy  people  mouru  and  \veej>. 

Day  and  nig:lit  thy  liimbs  are  crj'iug, 
Oonle  good  Shephei-d  feed  tliy  sheep," 


The  revelation,  that  God  has  made  of 
His  will  ary  not  so  nvuch  for  knowledge 
as  they  are  for  practice.  He  who  knows 
aud  does  not,  has  many  stripes  awaitinsj 
him. 


THIO   "BliETHRElSr   ^VX   ^VOl^K. 


Pep^  embor    5 , 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PDBLI9HBD    WIIKLV 


J.  H    MOORE. 


I, 


M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  ) 


Bno.  S.  H-  BwiiuB  IB  July  aiiilioriieJ,  by  i 
lr*T«1in]i  (vjrrvaponJftii  Bn-l  sgwii  for  the  Urii 
Work  an-l  will  rnccUc  iiubscriplion*  for  ilie  »» 
repilnrrat*..  All  hu»in«»  tr»i.-.«rU"i  hy  him  f. 
fice.  will  bo  iho  sunic  as  if  <lMie  l.y  oorteltM. 


Tim  Bkm-ii 


Wunit  williio  niwii  po«i-p*lJ.  to.*uy 
fill  Sutm  nr  CnnnU*,  Tor  (1  60  pf" 
.„^„.u.  ThM*  ■Mdliiit  t'ti  nnmo*  rh.I  JIG.OO.  wtll  r. 
o«i»c  an  e»lr«  copy  fi-W  of  chnrg*.  For  nil  otw  Ibii 
liiunb«r  ihQ  ageni  will  he  nllowe-l  ]6  c»nti!  for  each  aJii- 
lionkl  nnme,  which  ■mouni  wn  b»  deduowd  from  tho 
moDpy.beforp -ending  il  W  «».  Money  Order..  Urnfts, 
Ui<l  HcgiaWrtd  Lwtem  reay  h»  seni  nt  our  Hfk.  Tlioy 
•houl'l  b*'  mndij  jiiiyiiblo  lo  Moore  k  E^hHrnan, 
Sub»c«|iMnm«.  Rnd  4Mmraiinlc*iion«  iniended  for  Ihe  pn- 

fer.  lu  w»ll  M  nil  huniiiPM  mnttcrB  coniictlcd  wilb  Uio  uf- 
c«  nliotil'i  1)0  MiIdrcjKcd 

UOOBZ  ft  E9ZEIJ(AM, 

Lui*rk,  SimU  Ce..I!l- 


SSPTEUESR  5, 1878. 


THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

THE  necessity  of  a  general  asseniljly  among 
our  iwoplc  occasionally,  will  not  be  ques- 
tionotl  by  many,  but  liow  to  control  md  ])rciper- 
ly  ontc'rtain  such  nmltitiides  as  usually  attend 
our  Annual  Meptings,  is  n  grave  question.  AL 
present  there  i«  a  strong  disposition  looking 
toward  the  diminii-hing  of  the  crowd,  and  in 
that  way  curtail  the  pxpeuses  of  the  meetinR. 
la  our  humble  judgment,  this  is  a  dangerous 
move,  and  one,  when  once  carried  into  effect, 
mil  greatly  mar  the  general  social  feeling  ex- 
isting among  our  people. 

Each  effort  made  to  diminish  the  numbei'  of 
members  usually  attending  thpso  meetings  is  a 
blow  at  one  of  the  essential,  and  long  cultivated 
charact«ri8tic«  of  our  people.  Take  us.  the 
country  over,  and  wo  area  people  possessiug 
strong  social  feelings,  and  take  much  pleasure  in 
associating  with  each  other,  especially  on  stat- 
ed occasions,  and  there  is  no  place  where  this 
feeling  can  be  mote  fully  enjoyed  than  at  Year- 
ly Meetings.  To  deprive  our  people  of  this 
sacred  privilege,  would  be  aeerereblow  on  gome 
ofthera.  i:  1  ■        I  ' 

Kot  a  tew  are  in  favor  of  ti'ifiug  the  ^lower 
into  tho  hands  of  a  few  chosen  delegates  who 
lure  supposed  to  possess  sufficient  msdom  todo 
the  business  as  well  as  it  is  usually  done  by  the 
'  great  maltitudes  generally  present  at  such  moet- 
»  ingf.  Wo  entertain  serious  objections  to  the 
delegated  power.  To  start  out  with,  we  are 
Mtisfied  that  it  is  not, Scriptural.  God  certain- 
ly never  designed  that  the  power  in  the  church 
-rthe  body— should  be  delegated  to  a  chosen 
fesv.  It  may  be  well  enough  in  secular  lUatters, 
but  for  spiritual  things  It  will  certainly  be  a 
prolific  source  of  heresy  and  priestcraft,  from 
which  the  cause  of  Christianity  has  already  suf- 
fered much,  and  it  becomes  us  to  learn  from  tlie 
history  of  the  past. 

Our  Annual  meeting,  if  properly  conducted 
and  gcni-rally  uudei-stooil,  may  prove  u  valuable 
auxiliary  in  our  method  of  church  government, 
and,  therefore,  should  be  used  to  the  best  advan- 
tage of  the  church.  To  cut  aft'  the  privilege  of 
the  Jaity  attending  the  meeting,  would  be,  per- 
haps, the  worst  thine  that  could  be  done  for  the 
general  peace  and  prosperity  of  the  brotherhood. 
I  have  great  faith  in  the  effect  of  the  Christian 
association  we  enjoy  at  these  meetings.  They 
would  be  i)rofitable  if  not  a  thing  else  were  ac- 
complished. Here  we  can  meet  together  from 
far  and  near,  become  acquainted,  converse  with 
each  other  and  have  a  general  good,  happy,  re- 
ligious season  of  it.  By  thus  associating  we 
become  assimilated  and  partake  more  largely  of 
that  unanimity  of  sentiment  and  action  that 
should  characterize  the  people  of  God.  We  aie 
therefore  in  favor  of  letting  everybody  go  to  the 
A.  M.  who  wants  to,  and  enjoy  it.  They  may 
as  Well  have  a  little  foretaste  of  the  great  meet- 
ing in  the  world  to  come,  as  not.  It  will  not 
hurt  any  of  thtm,  but  may  do  many  of  them 
much  good. 

There  is  a  way  of  holding  our  Annual   Meet- 
ings possessing  the  following  advantages,  which, 
when  once  understood,  will  work  like  a  charm: 
1.    Everybody  can  go  who  wants  to. 


2.  TliOJv?  wbo  do  go  can  lit^ar  and  get  l he 
lull  benefit  of  thu  meeting. 

3.  The  largeness  of  the  crowd  in  Btt<»n(Jance 
wi'linnowaT   interfere   with    the  '  business  of 

<  the  mcAting.  i  .  i 

4.;  All  who  atiUM  can  be  wtrll  cared  for,  and 
till)  more,  the  better  (he  meeting.  i 

.5.  It'will  pay  all  iti>  own  exiienses,  and  the 
money  can  be  raised  without  any  difficulty 
whatever.  r 

0.  Ft  can  be  held  year  after  year  without  be- 
ing a  burden  to  any  person,  church  or  district. 

When  all  this  can  be  done  with  such  great 
ease,  we  see  no  use  in  committing  the  business 
of  the  church  to  a  few  delegates  just  to  dimin- 
ish tb«  crowd  and  save  a  little  money,  which 
would  othe.rwi:se  be  spent  for  no  better  purpose. 
The  Jews  used  to,  on  their  least  occasions,  have 
much  larger  assemblies  than  we,  and  they  got 
along  finely.  We  can  do  the  same,  if,  in  our 
church  matters,  we  use  the  same  wisdom  that 
we  do  about  worldly  things.  At  least  ten 
thousand  members  can  be  accommodated  year 
after  year  without  being  a  burden  to  any  person, 
church  or  district,  Instead  uf  dralting  a  phin 
that  will  diminiith  the  crowd,  and  leave  the  bus- 
iness in  the  bands  ol  a  few  delegates,  let  us  have 

killfully  arranged  system  that  will  accommo- 
date the  thouKanils  of  devoted  members  that  as- 
semble there  year  after  year  and  listen  to  the 
deliberations  of  the  council,  and  enjoy  the  pleas- 
ant associations  of  each  other. 

If  considering  queries  and  making  decisions 
were  the  only  work  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  the 
delegated  system  might  do  for  awhile — though 
general  dissatisfaction  will  even  then  be  the  in- 
evitable result — but  when  we  consider  the  social 
nature  existing  among  our  people,  and  the  good 
usually  growing  out  of  such  friendly  greetings 
as  enjoyed  there,  we  are  led  to  conclude  that 
the  busiuesftof  the  meeting  is  only  a  part  of 
the  benefits  that  we  derive  from  such  associa- 
tions. Let  us  contiBue  to  cultivate  this  com- 
mendable feature  so  chjiracteristic  of  devoted 
Christians,  and  thus  more  firmly  unite  our 
blessed  fraternity.  May  God  bless  every  law- 
ful effort  put  forth  in  this  direction  until  we 
shall  "  be  perfectly  joined  together  in  the  same 
mind  and  in  the  same  judgment."        J.  h.  m. 


WRITTEN  LANGUAGE  THE  MEDIUM  OF 

CONVEYING  TO  MEN.  DOCTRINE 

AND  DUTY. 


A 


WAY  back  yonder  where  God  began  to  re- 
veal His  will — His  character  to  man,  He 
said  fo  His  .servants,  "  And  thou  shalt  write 
apou  the  stones  all  the  words  of  this  law,  very 
plainly."  The  "  thnu  "  was  commanded  tt)  write 
upon  the  stones  the  words  of  the  law — not  only 
U'orih  of  the  law,  but  till  the  words.  None 
were  to  be  left  out.  And  the  how  to  write  them 
was  just  as  explicitly  given.  Write  all  the 
words  jihinhj—"  very  plainly."  Thank  God  for 
the  art  of  writing!  It  beara  the  seal  and  pleas- 
ure of  God,  and  if  properly  used  by  Christian 
himds  and  hearts,  is  a  power  to  dethrone  Satan. 

The  Lord  commanded  His  servant  Moses,  to 
take  twelve  rods,  representing  the  twelve  tribes 
of  Israel,  and  write 

Every  Man's  Name 
upon  his  rod.  And  more:  "Thou  shalt  write 
Aaron's  name  upon  the  rod  of  Levi."  Num.  17: 
1,  2.  Hods  imply  correction,  justice,  power  and 
in  the  hands  of  Wisdom  are  an  efl'ective  medi 
cine  I'or  "  murmurings."  Next  in  oi;der  is  tht 
fact  that  "  the  acts  of  Uzziah,  fii-st  and  last,  did 
Isaiali  the  prophet,  the  sou  of  Amos,  write." 
This  is  proof  that  God,  for  good  reasons,  caused 
the  biography  of  wicked  rulers  as  well  as  that 
of  good  men  to  be  written  for  our  learning. 
Grains  of  truth  are  obtainable  all  through  the 
Book  of  Inspiration. 

To  Jeremiah  tho  Lord  said:  "  Write  thee  all 
the  words  that  I  have  spoken  unto  thee,  in  a 
book."  Jer.  30:  2,  To  Isaiah,  "  Now  go,  write 
it  before  theiu  in  a  table,  and  note  it  in  a  book, 
that  it  may  be  for  the  time  to  come  for  ever  and 
n-er."  Isa.  30:8.  And  to  Ezekiel,  "Write  it 
n  their  sight,  tliat  they  may  keep  the  whole 
form  thereof,  and  all  the  ordinances  thereof,  and 
do  them."  Isa.  43: 11.  "Write  the  vision,  and 
make  it  plain  upon  tables,  that  he  may  run  that 
readeth  it."  Hab.  2 : 2.  Who  can  dispute  writ- 
ing? Bears  it  not  the  impress — the  sanction  of 
Jehovah?  Who  then  can  say,  "Write  not?" 
Satan  does  not  like  the  Lord's  writing — does 
not  rest  easy  under  the  writings  of  God's  chil- 
dren.    We  now  turn  to 


Th.-  Aii.Mt«li<-  Atro. 
Hear  Luke  on  writing.  "It  swmed  good  to 
me  also,  having  had  perfect  understanding  of  all 
thing'*  from  the  rery  tii-st.  to  writ-?  unto  thee  in 
order,  most  excellent  Theophilus."  Luke  1:  3- 
It  set«med  good  to  Luke  a'so,  means  that  it  had 
srtmed  good  to  some  others  to  "  uTtte  '«  order 
of  all  things"  pertaining  to  this  glorious  dis- 
pensation. The  voice  of  God  commandfd  the 
Apostle,  "  What  thou  seest,  write  in  a  book. " 
Rev.  1:  11.  Need  I  refer  you  to  him  who  wrote 
about  the  "  eouimon  salvation?"  (Jude  3) — to 
him  who  declared  that  "to  write  the  same 
things,  for  you  it  is  safe?  " 

It  must  be  evident  to  the  reader,  that  Writ- 
ten Language  is  God's  medium  of  conveying 
to  mankind  the  intelligence  of  God's  character 
—of  the  demands  of  God  upon  tho  human  fam- 
ily— of  the  great  fact  of  the  atonement,— of  the 
goodness  and  mercy  of  God.  No  sooner  had 
Jesus  ascended  to  heaven,  than  some  of  His  dis- 
ciples began  writing  the  words  brought  to  their 
remembrance  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  These  words 
are  the  product— Ihe  fruit  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
hence  carry  with  them  the  pnu'er  of  God. 
They  represent  the  Sou  of  God— His  character, 
and  are  to  ns  a  perfect  system.  Men  and  wo- 
men are  required  to  believe  on  Jesus  through 
those  words,  and  then  by  practice,  to  believe  hi 
Him,  being  in  Hiin  by  the  transforming  power 
of  the  Word  of  God.  To  His  disciples  He  said: 
"  Now  are  ye  clean  through  the  word  which  I 
have  spoken  unto  you,"  John  15:  3.  Ah!  be- 
hold i  ts  cleansing  power.  Let  the  Word  of  God 
Cleanse  Your  Hearts. 
Pure  hearts  are  made  by  the  Word  of  God. 
Clean  hearts,  holy  hearts,  honest  hearts  come 
by  the  same  means. 

In  this  age  of  Written  Language  when  near- 
ly all  persons  in  all  civilized  countries  can  read, 
there  should  be  a  strong  and  vigorous  effort 
made  to  get  the  woi-ds  of  God  into  the  hearts  of 
the  people.  The  words  of  men  will  not  do  the 
work,  but  the  words  of  God  will.  Deceive  not 
yourself  with  the  words  of  men,  but  be  mse 
with  the  words  of  God.  Study,  learn,  meditate, 
till  the  mind  with  Divine  Truth. 

Do  not  become  alarmed  because  Satan  is  us- 
ing Written  Language  to  further  his  cause,  and 
yet  you  ought  to  be  alarmed.  Wrest  all  the 
printing  presses  from  him  you  can.  If  he  should 
lose  every  one,  and  they  be  turned  to  God's  use, 
all  the  better  for  mankind.  Be  alarmed  because 
the  enemy  is  doing  so  much  harm,  and  yet  be 
not  afraid  to  lay  hold  of  Written  Language 
\vith  might  and  main  to  rescue  the  perishing. 
A  better  medium  cannot  be  employed  to  sow 
the  good  seed,  God  used  it  to  reveal  Himself 
to  us,  and  we  may  use  it  to  reveal  His  holy 
character  to  each  other.  It  is  a  grand  means 
for  our  good. 

Suppose  there  was  no  Written  Language, 
would  there  be  any  Bibles?  Could  we  get 
along  very  well  without  the  Bible?  No,  not 
very  well.  Without  it  God  would  have  to  re- 
veal His  character  directly  to  us- — directly  to 
each  generation;  for  if  He  would  not,  the  rev- 
elation would  become  so  perverted  by  man  that 
it  would  fail  of  its  purpose,  Satan  rejoices 
when  he  can  pei-vert  the  Jjord's  methods,  but 
with  Written  Language  he  can  do  nothing, 
since  God  has  decreed  that  it  shall  stand. 
With  Written  Language  as  a  medium  for  God 
to  enlighten  us,  man  need  not  say  to  hia  neigh- 
bor, 

"  Kiiuw  Tlie  Lord," 

for  all  can  know  Him — know  the  Lord  in  His 
goodness,  mercy,  justice,  long-suffering,  unlim- 
ited power.  Go  to  many  parts  of  the  world, 
and  the  people  know  not  Jesus.  Why  this, 
since  the  Apostles  and  first  disciples  went  every- 
where preaching  the  Gospel?  Simply  because 
those  people  did  not  rduin  the  Gospel — left  the 
Written  Word  slip  out  of  their  hands,  and  now 
we  see  their  offspring  sitting  in  darkness  and 
the  regions  of  darkness.  Why  are  the  Hotten- 
tots and  other  wild  tribes  of  Alrica,  living  in 
sin  and  degradation?  Because  they  have  not 
the  Bible.  Why  are  they  living  in  forests,  or 
plains  without  any  of  the  blespings  of  civiliza- 
tion? Because  they  have  not  Written  Lan- 
guage. Why  do  they  not  sow  and  reap,  plant 
and  cultivate  like  those  who  live  in  civilized 
countries?  Because  they  know  nothing  of 
Written  Language.  Why  do  they  not  know 
the  Lord?  Because  they  know  nothing  of 
Written  Language,  and  Written  Language  is 
God's  means  of  communicating  with  man.  On- 
y  by  it  and  through  it  can  we  know  the  mind 


of  the  Lord.  What  then  ie  our  duly?  o,,, 
duty  i"  to  know  the  Lord.  We  must  know  Hii,i 
by  reading,  studying  the  Book  which  He  hu, 
"iven  us.  Bucli  day  should  l>e  eonnnenced  l.y 
studying  ft  portion  of  tbe  Holy  Bible.  "Tis  good 
(o  end  the  day  thus,  Ahl  it  is  renj  good  ti, 
meditate  all  the  day  long  on  the  mind  of  tbe 
Lord-  And  it  is  good  to  read  and  think  over 
what  is  written  from  that  Book.  Any  thoughts 
drawn  froui  words  in  that  Buok  should  increa^.' 
our  faith  and  make  us  better.  Words  spoken 
from  that  Book  —  sermons  preached  should 
strengthen  us  in  love  and  good  works.  In  {„,.( 
we  should  so  hunger  and  thir.H  after  Tnidi, 
that  wherever  found,  whenever  handed  to  us,  w,. 
should  take  It  gladly,  A  truth  is  not  truth  be- 
cause this  man  spoke  il  or  tlyit  man  wrote  it, 
but  because  it  is  founded  on  the  immutable  lu,, 
of  God,  No  one  is  authorized  to  boast  becaus.. 
he  discovers  a  truth — because  God  favored  him 
with  a  good  mind  to  discern  between  truth  aui] 
error,  or  because  his  talent  enables  him  to  pn... 
sent  the  truth  in  a  clear  and  attractive  manner: 
these  endowments  are  blessings  indeed,  and  men 
should  be  thankful  for  them.  To  them  much 
has  been  given,  hence  much  will  be  required  of 
them.  Nor  should  any  one  seem  to  despise 
Written  Language.  It  is  a  blessing— God's 
means  of  talking  to  us.  We  may  be  very  hiip- 
py  with  it;  and  without  it,  misery  and  degrada- 
tion reign  supreme.  "  Let  the  words  of  Christ 
dwell  in  you  richly,"  is  Ihe  injunction  of  tlif 
Apostle.  Let  them  get  into  your  heart:  they 
will  do  you  good.  Believe  the  words  of  God- 
keep  thein  in  your  heart— walk  by  them  aud 
be  happy.  ___^_^_^^^  **■  "■  ^■ 

We  learn  that  there  are  about  eighty  mem- 
bers in  the  town  of  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  and  that 
the  church  is  in  a  growing  condition, 

Bhotheu  Henry  Koontz,  of  Pa.,  an  aged 
minister  of  some  eighty  years,  is  to  settle  in 
some  part  of  Illinois.  He  is  said  to  still  be  full 
of  zeal  for  the  cause,  and  quite  active  in  his 
Master's  work. 


So  far  as  our  duty  is  concerned  we  know  it 
much  better  than  we  do  it.  If  everybody  would 
do  as  well  as  they  know,  this  world  would  be  a 
paradise.  The  great  trouble  is,  too  many  know 
and  do  not. 

BROTrraR  Marcus  Fowler,  of  Yellow  Creek, 
III.,  called  on  us  one  day  last  week,  on  his  way 
home  from  Iowa.  No  preventing  providence, 
he  expects  to  move  to  Jackson  Co.,  Iowa  some- 
time during  the  coming  Winter,  He  reports 
health  good  in  that  part  of  the  State. 


The  Brethren's  Sunday-school  in  Lanark,  in 
addition  to  being  the  largest  school  in  town,  is 
in  a  very  flourishing  condition.  All  the  officers 
and  teachers  are  members.  No  Lesson  Leaves 
are  used  in  the  school.  We  teach  the  plain, 
simple  Word  as  it  stands  recorded  in  the  Book. 

If  you  would  avoid  the  typhoid  fever  and 
many  other  diseases,  keep  your  premises  clear 
of  all  unpleasant  odors,  especially  near  your 
dwellings.  Pure  air,  good  water  and  plenty  of 
healthy  exercise  at  some  useful  employment,  is 
an  excellent  preventative  of  disease.  Less  med- 
icine and  more  good  common  sense  in  obeying 
the  laws  of  health,  will  prove  serviceable  to  all. 


Brothek  David  Wolfe,  elder  of  the  congre- 
gation in  Adams  Co.,  Illinois,  has  been  quite 
unwell  during  the  Summer,  with  but  little 
prospects  of  being  able  to  attend  to  his  minis- 
terial labors  for  some  months  to  come.  He  isa 
son  of  the  aged  George  Wolfe,  the  pioneer 
preacher  of  the  West,  who  died  several  years 
ago.  So  far  as  we  know,  the  church  in  Adams 
Co.,  is  the  oldest  in  the  State,  and  stands  much 
in  need  of  Bro.  Wolfe's  laboi-s,  though  there 
are  other  ministers  to  assist,  but  their  territory 
is  large  and  the  opposition  strong. 


An  eight-year-old  son  of  Bro.  Daniel  Miller 
wa-s  killed  the  first  of  la.st  week,  about  five  miles 
South  of  Lanark.  The  accident  was  caused  by 
a  runaway  team.  The  boy  was  thrown  head- 
long against  a  gate  post  and  so  severely  injured 
that  he  died  the  same  day.  The  whole  neigh- 
borhood is  in  deep  sympathy  with  the  aftlicttd 
family  and  relatives.  A  little  incident  makes 
the  affan-  very  touching.  His  mother  had  told 
him  the  day  before,  that  if  he  would  be  a  good 
boy  he  should  go  with  her  to  Pennsylvania  this 
Fall.  He  replied,  that  he  would  commence  be- 
ing a  better  boy  the  nest  morning,  but  met 
with  the  fatal  accident  only  a  few  hours  after 
he  commenced  being  a  better  boy.  Let  other 
hoys  learn  a  lesson  from  this. 


THE    HKKTHllI.>r    A.'T    WOllK. 


I  Now  we  are  not  a  poet,  and  to  have  to  ivad  nnd 

I  decide  on  such   quantitiwi  of  poetry  ( y),  at  Ok- 

]  rialt  of  atHicting  some  of  our  kind-hc«rt*d  con- 

ery  delicate  task.     If  ourfriflnds 


])ortiiijt  xhmv;  when  it  coiiip^  (n  j«.r     i- 
,Se  truth  ,„„.  o„„„„„,  „„rr„° rtt'tt!    '?'""", 
been  withstood  by  i>er»on5  sclmoM  in  th.  -  '     '       "  *"'"    ""  V<^^^  will  bear  in  nimd.  that  first: 


of  logic,  know  the  importimc^  of  thia.aml'if  ^'"'*  '^  ""  ^^'^  '"*'^  *''*"*   "'""''  ""^  '''*'"'  ^"^*"' 


they  do  not.  they  may  yethwechances  of  learn- 
ing hy  experifiicd.     * 

It  is  qnife  cammo:!,  not  6«ly  hmo^,^  our  peo- 
ple, but  others  generally,  to  talk  of  the  .Snbhath- 
school,  and  in  many  other  ways  make  use  of 
the  term  Snbbath  in  a  sense  that  cannot  be  de- 
fended by  the  Scni.ture.  The  Sabbath  ahvays 
fftUs  on  Saturday  and  never  on  Sunday,  the  day 
of  our  regular  worship.  To  maintain  that  the 
Sabbatli  has  been  abolished  and  then  talk  about 
Sftbbath-sehools  is  inconsistent.  They  should 
be  called  Sunday-schools,  or  some  other  name 
referring  to  Suuduv,  or  the  first  day  of  the  week. 

The  Sabbath  was  in  its  time,  a  divine  institu- 
tion, and  remained  in  force  till  Christ  "blotted 
out  the  handwriting  of  ordinances  that  was 
against  us,  which  was  contrary  to  us,  and  took 
it  out  of  the  way.  nailing  it  to  his  cross."  Col. 
'2:  14.  It  went  with  the  types  and  shadows  of 
the  past  dispensation— with  "the  ministration 
of  death,  wrilteu  and  engraven  in  stones."  It 
was  a  part  of  the  Mosaic  law— was  incorporated 
in  that  Uw.  but  since  the  law  has  been  abolish- 
ed, the  Sabbath  tis  a  day  to  be  kept  holy,  is  for- 
ever gone. 

Instead  of  the  old  law,  we  have  the  Gospel  in 
which  the  first  da^  of  the  week  is  practically 
set  apart  as  the  day  of  religious  worship,  hi 
the  Scriptures,  this  day  is  called  the  _first  doij  I 
of  the  week,  or  the  Lord's  i/aij.  The  secular 
name  is  Sunday,  and  originated  from  the  same 
source  as  the  uames  of  the  other  days  of  the 
week,  and  has  just  about  as  much  divine  author- 
ity. To  say  "  first  day  of  the  week,"  or  "  Lord's 
dfty,"  is  Bible  talk.  Those  who  call  Sunday 
the  Sabbath,  do  so  without  any  divine  authori- 
ty, as  Sunday  is  never  once  called  the  Sabbath 
in  the  Bible.  When  speaking  religiously,  learn 
to  call  Bible  things  by  Bible  names.  The  Sab- 
hath  belongs  to  the  old  dispensation,  not  the 
new;  we  are  no  more  under  the  law,  and  there- 
fore not  accountable  to  it. 

Sunday  m  not  a  Sabbath  in  the  sense  the  lat^ 
ter  term  is  used  in  the  Bible.  The  Sabbath  was 
originally  kept  in  memory  of  God's  rest  on  the 
seventh  day,  3.nd.  the  deliveraocu  of  Israel  from 
bondage,  but  our  Sunday,  which  always  conifs 
the  next  day  after  the  Sabbath,  is  kept  in  cnrn- 
memoration  of  Christ's  resurrection  from  the 
dead,  and  for  that  reason  it  is  called  the  I^nl's 
day.  On  that  day  he  arose  from  the  deail;  re- 
peatedly met  with  his  disciples  and  taught  them. 
The  memorable  day  of  Pentecost  was  on  the 
first  day  of  the  week,  and  it  was  on  that  day 
that  the  saints  were  to  lay  by  them  in  store  as 
the  Lord  prospered  them.  We  find  them  as- 
sembled at  Troas  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  to 
engage  in  worship — us  their  manner  was.  We 
wpPat  again,  that  in  no  instance  in  flie  Holy 
Scriptures  is  this  day  ever  called  the  Sabbath 
and  if  we  want  to  c.iU  Bible  things  by  Bible 
names,  we  must  call  it  the  "first  day  of  the 
week,"  or  tlie  "Lord's  day."  The  Sabbath  be- 
ing abolished,  nailed  to  the  cross  and  taken  out 
of  the  way,  is  no  more  binding  upon  ihose  who 
neglect  not  the  assembling  of  tliemselves  to- 
gether, to  celebrate  the  resunection  of  theii 
Master  on  the  first  day  of  the  week. 

On  the  first  day  of  the  week  we  nfier  the  first 
fruits  of  oLir  labor  to  the  Lord— give  the  first 
day  of  each  week  to  him  and  his  services,  and 
the  remaining  six  are  devoted  to  labor.  It  is 
simply  reverse  to  the  Mosaic  law  which  requir- 
ed work  before  worship,  but  now  worship  and 
divine  services  come  before  work.  In  fact,  we 
begin  each  week  with  public  services.  The 
Lord's  day  is  not  simply  a  day  of  rest,  but  a  day 
of  divine  services,  and  as  such,  should  be  ob- 
served by  all  Christians.  J-  H.  si. 


in  his  Theological  Dictionarj-,  wy*  about  the 
Kphratft  Dunkera,  who,  under  th«  leaderahip  of 
Conrad  Beissel,  drew  ofl'  from  the  HrRthreii 
about  the  year  ITdC.  and  established  a  monastic 
society  at  KphratA.  Vn.  The  Ephratii  Dunkeni 
I  kept  the  seventh  day,  and  differed  from  oh  in 
t  many  particulars,  and  a  failure  to  distinguish 
between  the  two  bodies,  shows  a  rather  limited 
knowledite  of  historj*.  However  reliable  Buck 
may  be  ou  other  things,  he  is  sadly  mifttaken 
when  attempting  to  describe  the  Brethren.  A 
man  of  his  ability  ought  to  have  known  better, 
or  if  not  he,  at  least  the  revisers  of  his  writing-*. 
If  these  men,  who  travel  around  and  publicly 
misrepresent  our  people,  by  confounding  them 
with  the  Seventh  Day  Uunker*,  should  at- 
tempt anything  of  the  like  again,  we  insist  that 
th.t  time  to  writing  carefully  arranged,  sensible    'i^J^':,'"'*"'"  *''  iH-rmission  to  read  this  item 


could  not  possibly  use  it  all;  and  second: 
that  some  of  it  may  not  be  good,  or  that,  per- 
h.ips.  the  editor  is  not  enough  of  a  poet  to  »[>- 
preciate  the  excellence  of  a  great  deal  that  he 
gets,  they  will  not,  we  hope,  feel  very  badly  if 
they  do  not  see  their  contributions  in  print 
But  what  we  had  intended,  for  a  long  time,  to 
say  on  this  subject,  in  all  seriou.>«ne«B,  is  this: 
If  thope  who  <i>end  so  much  time  in  writing 
poetry  whieh  never  can  be  used,  would  devote 


prose  articles,  they  would  do  better  for  them- 
selves, and  the  Censer  would  W  better  for  their 
efforts.  A  poet  is  born,  not  made.  Unlessyou 
are  sure  ymi  are  a  '  born  poet.'  do  not  waste 
time  in  trying  to  write  jioetry." 


BuoTHRii  Hillery  calli'd  on  us  one  day  last 
veek.     He  will  likely  ^tart  for  Kansas  this  week. 


BuoTHKa  D.  D.  Uorner,  of  Westmoreland 
Co..  IV,  called  on  us  last  Thui-}»day  nllernoon. 
He,  wife  ami  another  sister  are  visiting  among 
relatives.  They  go  from  here  to  Iowa,  and  then 
to  Kansas. 


i  tho  same  audience. 


AiJ,  orders  for  Bro.  Stein's  pamphlet  on 
"Non-Conformity  to  the  World,"  are  now  filled. 
The  little  work  deserves  an  extensive  circulation 
and  will  do  good  wherever  read.  It  contains 
40  pages,  and  is  put  up  in  a  neat  paper  cover. 
Price  10  cents;  12  copies,  §1.00.  Send  for  a 
dozen  and  distribute  them  among  your  neigh- 
bors. 


CoxsiDERAHLB  interest  is  being  manifested 
regarding  the  written  discussion,  and  there  will 
be  great  eff'orts  made  to  have  it  extensively  cir- 
culated outside  of  the  church.  Hope  our  peo- 
ple will  do  their  best  to  get  it  into  as  many 
families  as  possible.  Those  who  contemplate 
traveling  will  send  for  a  bunch  of  our  circulars 
to  distribute  on  the  cars,  in  towns,  and  every 
place  where  reading  people  can  be  found.  Send 
for  some  to  hand  around  at  your  Love-feast. 


Death  spares  no  one:  it  spared  not  even 
Jesus.  As  we  write  this,  the  people  are  gather- 
ing opposite  our  oflice  to  convey  to  the  tomb  a 
dear  little  boy  who  has  fallen  asleep.  Some 
day  he  will  awake,  and,  like  all  others,  come 
forth  to  receive  of  Jesus  that  wliich  is  reserved 
for  him.  At  tliat  time  many  whom  Jesus  loves, 
can  exclaim,  "Death  where  is  thy  sting?  0 
grave,  where  is  thy  victory!-""  Fall  into  the 
ranks  where  those  stand  over  whom  the  second 
death  cau  have  no  power.  Tenderly  lay  the 
dead  to  rest:  disturb  not  their  ashes,  for  God 
hath  power  over  them. 


Ok  another  page  will  be  found  an  article 
from  the  pen  of  Bro.  I).  P.  Sayler,  setting  forth, 
among  other  things,  some  timely  remarks  re- 
garding the  Apostolic  method  of  collecting 
money.  To  Bro.  Sayler's  views  on  that  ques- 
tion, we  say,  amen,  not  because  he  says  so,  but 
because  it  is  Bible,  and  hence  must  and  will 
stand.  This  method  of  collecting  money  was 
adopted  by  this  congregation  some  six  months 
ago,  and  we  find  it  to  work  well.  A  small  box. 
with  lock  and  key,  is  fiLstened  to  the  wall  near 
each  door,  and  iia  tlie  members  pass  out  on  the 
"  first  day  of  the  week,"  they  can  drop  into  the 
box  as  the  Lonl  has  prospered  them.  We  leave 
them  and  the  Loi-d  to  settle  what  that  amount 
should  be.  The  Trea^-urer  carries  the  key,  and 
after  the  congregation  has  passed  out,  he  takes 
the  money  from  the  boxes,  and  holds  it  in  safe 
keeping.  The  pliui  gives  satisfaction,  and  if  all 
are  prompt,  nil  the  money  needed  to  defray  the 
necessary  church  expenses  can  be  raised  without 
falling  very  heavily  on  any  one  peraon.  We 
cheerfully  recommend  the  Apostolic  plan. 

Most  of  our  readers  have  perhaps  heard  of 
the  "  Seventh-day  Advents,"  who  date  their  or- 
igin from  the  year  1844,  and  now  number  about 
30,000  communicants,  having  their  head  quar- 
ters at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.  They  have  already 
circulated  over  200,000,(HIO  copies  of  books, 
pamphlets  and  tracts  in  defense  of  tlieir  faith 
and  practice.  Their  system,  as  at  present  ad- 
vocated, banishes  the  use  of  tobacco  in  any  and 
all  its  forms,  none  addicted  to  its  use  being  re- 
ceived into  the  churche.*,  except  upon  the  prom- 
ise and  expectation  of  its  immediate  abandon- 
ment. The  result  is  that,  m  a  denomination, 
the  sight  and  scent  of  tobacco  are  not  found 
among  them.  They  also  exclude  from  tlieir 
diet,  pork,  tea  and  coffee.  Rich  and  Ingly-sea- 
soned  food  is  discarded.  Qr.a.se  and  spice  take 
a  back  scat  in  the  culinary  department.  This 
feature  is  certainly  commendable,  and  wp  would 
that  our  people  were  eciually  strict  regarding 
the  laws  of  health.  Their  religious  doctrine  we 
repudiate,  but  their  strict  adherence  to  the  laws 
of  health  is  to  be  admired. 


There  is  nothing  wrong  in  sounding  the 
trumpet  of  devotion  to  old  principles  and  an- 
cient landmarks  so  that  it  may  be  distinctly 
heard  and  understood,  but  when  men  keep  up 
the  constant  blowing,  even  to  the  neglecting  of 
little  Christian  duties  that  they  owe  to  their 
families  and  neighbors,  we  begin  to  suspect  that 
all  is  not  right.  Christianity,  like  good  man- 
ners, should  commence  at  liome.  While  we  are 
so  earnest  in  blowing  the  trumpet  to  warn  oth- 
ers to  flee  the  wrath  to  come,  let  us  be  careful 
that  we  are  not  at  the  same  time  standing  near 
a  viper.  One  needs  to  watch  himself  in  this 
life,  as  well  as  others.  While  we  are  trying  to 
keep  the  enemy  from  getting  over  the  wall,  the 
viper  may  be  crawling  under  it.  High  sin.s  are 
not  always  the  most  dangerous. 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE   FUND 


Ilatlield  c 

Itiick  Itivi 


POETEY  AND  POETS. 

FOR  some  time  we  have  been  wanting  to  say 
something  about  our  ovei-stocked  poetry 
box,  but  on  looking  over  a  late  number  of  the 
Golden  Censer,  chanced  to  find  just  what  we 
wanted  to  write.  Here  it  is;  read  it  carefully. 
It  fits  our  case  exactly: 

"  We  get  ten  times  as  much  poetry  from  our 
contributors  as  we  can  use.  Neariy  every  mail 
brings  poetry.  Here,  at  our  desk,  is  poetry  to 
the  right  of  us  and   poetry   to  the   left  of  us. 


SouE  men  are  too  much  disposed  to  abuse 
women  for  attempting  to  keep  a  neat,  tidy 
house,  and  in  this  way  discourage  the  weaker 
sex  in  their  earnest  efforts  at  making  home 
pleasant  and  agreeable.  There  is  no  danger  of 
any  woman  keeping  her  house  too  clean,  though 
some  of  them  work  harder  than  they  ought  to. 
It  is  far  better  to  encourage  them,  and  instead 
of  interfering,  lend  them  a  helping  hsud.  They 
mean  it  all  good,  and  not  one  of  them,  with  the 
bestof  encouragement,  will  keep  her  house  half 
so  clean  as  heaven.  Christian  women  want  to 
keep  clean,  orderly  houses.  It  becomes  their 
profession  to  do  so.  Some  of  the  cleanest 
houses  I  ever  saw  were  log  huts.  Dirt  and  cob- 
webs were  not  made  to  adorn  houses  presided 
over  by  Christian  women.  Let  them  keep 
clean,  neat  houses,  and  God  bless  them  in  the 
work.  _  

Fkou  a  reliable  source,  iafonnatiou  reaches 
us  that  certain  parties,  who  ought  to  know  bet- 
ter, are  publicly  using  against  us,  what  Buck, 


irdi.Pa 

church.  Ill 

Wliile  (.■!<. ml  clmreli.  Mo,. 
Klkhiut  Vallev  churcl..  In< 

.l.nillheimer.  low.i. 

Soutli  ItriHU'liutrli.Iiiil.,.. 
EligliHli  Ittver  di.uH..  low 
A\*:ileiluncliuivli.  l.iwii. 

Si.lllll  Wali-tl.K.  iliurrli.In 

Sal.^tiirlMM<>li.  Ill,,  .  .. 
KIpht  Milc-cliuirli,  Kiiu., 
Irvin  Creek  cliuri-Ii,  Wis,. 
Cleai  Creek  clnuvli.  hul... 

Daniel  .Slump 

Minenil  Creek  diureh,  M<i 
Pleiisantllill  ehmcli,  U!., 
West  Otter  Creek  i-liurch. 

Sunlield  ehun-h,  Mich \.m 

Salimoriy  cburch,  Ind. l..'I5 

Jjimestune  church,  Teiin., i.iX) 

Previously  reported -15.^0 

Tot«l.  9itf*.7 


111.. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 
N'L'UDER  III. 

A  Small  Meeting.— A  Precious  Promise. — Good 
Preaching.— Believers  Comforted. 

WAvsESBono,  Pa.,  Artii'ST  12. 

YESTERDAY  had  a  rainy  morning,  but  not- 
withstanding, we  gathered  into  the  Snow- 
berger  meeting-house  to  perpetuate  the  worship 
of  God.  To  every  one  who  names  the  Name  of 
Christ,  an  apostle  says,  "forsake  not  the  assem- 
bling of  yourselves  together  as  the  manner  of 
some  is."  There  are  many  ears  in  which  this 
admonition  should  ring  with  deei)e8t  signifi- 
cance.    There  are  some  who  go  to  the  meeting 


only  occasionally,  just  b^caos*  th*y  wiint  it  lo. 
Others  go  provided  it  in  near,  or  if  the  weather 
is  fair.  We  have  no  (!4>DHure  to  offer,  liecAUM 
their  stewardship  mu-^t  be  accounted  for  to  God. 
We  would  only  rtheanw-  the  apostolic  precept. 
Forsake  not  the  assembling."  But  we  do  feci 
satisfied  that  if  every  attendant  at  the  m#«tingi 
were  to  receive  there  a  gia  of  one  rW/^r,  Tiardly 
ft  vacant  seat  would  be  seen.  But  this  u  nob 
God's  order  in  Mis  Household  of  faith.  "  The 
kingdom  of  Ctw\  is  not  me^t  and  drink,"  nor 
money  either. "  but  righteousnemi.  and  peace  and 
joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost."  This  should  be  a  pre- 
cious incentive  to  every  child  of  our  Heavenly 
Father.  And  it  is  too,  O  that  all  could  appre- 
ciate it!  Then  should  we  pluck  the  fruit  from 
the  trees  of  righteousQesa,  and  breathe  the  at- 
mosphere of  peace,  and  <lrink  deep  at  the  fount- 
ains of  joy.  These  things  are  not  found  in  the 
world,  but  only  in  Christ.  We  need  a  closer 
walk  with  Him.  and  a  higher  life  in  Him.  And 
then,  even  if  we  have 

SUALL  HKRTI\03. 

wo  shall  find  no  plac«  so  decirable  as  when  we 
are  gathered  into  the  siiecial  worship  of  our  God. 
Though  we  had  a  very  small  meeting  yesttnUy, 
1  am  glad  to  tell  that  we  had  a  rjaixt  meeting. 
0  what  a  precious  promise  is  that  of  our  ble8»- 
ed  Savior:  "  Where  two  or  three  are  gathered 
together  in  my  name  Ihen  am  I  in  the  midst 
of  them."  This  has  direct  reference  to  amall 
meetings.  Christian  brother,  sister,  hare  you 
not  found  more  of  the  sweet  ppetwnce  of  Jesna 
n  small  meetings  than  in  large  gatheringuy  If 
this  has  not  been  your  experience,  how  will  you 
interpret  the  precious  promise  above  fiuoted? 
Remember  this:  the  more  alone  we  are  with 
Jeaua,  the  nearer  we  come  to  Him,  and  the  less 
there  will  be  to  eclipse  His  appearance  to  us  as 
the  "One  altogether  lovely." 

The  91st  hyn^n  was  the  introductory.  After 
prayer  the  Ist  chapter  of  1st  Corinthians  was 
read.  Then  the  ministering  brother  preeenfe 
made  choice  of  the  0th  verse,  and  spoke 

1.  Of  the  faithfulness  of  God. 

2.  Of  our  calling  in  Christ. 

3.  Of  our  fellowship  in  Christ. 
After  a  few  words  of  testimony  the  205th  hymn 
was  sung,  and  we  knelt  to  prayers.  We  spent 
the  afternoon  with  stvenil  lirethren  at  a  broth- 
er's house,  conversing  much  of  "the  things 
that  concern  the  kingdom." 

August  18th.— To-day  we  attende<l  services  at 
Price's  meeting-hou^e.  Large  attendance  and  a 
fine  day.  The  *2T;Jrd  hymn  calte<l  forth  the 
praises  of  tho  Lord's  people.  After  prayers,  the 
llJth  chapter  of  Luke  was  read  in  the  usual 
manner.  One  of  the  speakers  then  announced 
the  2oth  verne  as  the  basis  of  the  discourse.  We 
concluded  his  theme  was  "  The  Three  Graces." 
Thv'  points  are  evident: 

1.  Faith — as  an  active  principle. 

2.  Hope — as  an  abiding  principle. 

3.  Charity — as  on  all-pervading  and  control- 
ling principle. 

After  testimony  upon  the  operations  of  char- 
ity, the  320th  hymn  was  sung  and  we  engaged 
in  devotion.  Thus  a  season  of  sacred  worship 
was  spent,  we  trust,  to  much  profit  and  ad- 
vancement in  the  ever  unfolding  life  of  grace. 
In  holy  bonds, 


A  PRIVATE  letter,  from  Lena.  111.,  last  week, 
informs  us  that  Bro.  Enoch  Eby  took  sick  im- 
mediately after  his  returu  from  Lanark,  and  was 
confined  to  his  room.  This  will  delay  his  trip 
South,  some  at  least.  Since  writing  the  above, 
and  just  before  going  to  press,  we  received  a 
card  from  his  sou  David,  stating  that  Bro.  Eby 
is  sick  with  the  intermittent  fever,  but  is  mend- 
ing slowly,  hence  will  not  be  able  to  do  any 
missionary  work  at  present.  We  therefore  in- 
sist that  some  one  or  two.  who  can  spare  tho 
time,  attend  to  the  mission  work  in  Central 
Illinois.  Bro.  Hillerj-  is  going  West,  Bro^ 
Fowler  cannot  leave  home,  Bro.  Lehman  has 
just  been  over  the  field,  and  in  order  that  the 
work  may  not  be  neglected  some  one  should  go 
at  once.    Who  will  it  be? 


LIN) 


A  BAKREi,  of  beer  costs  the  retailer,  eight  dol- 
lars; he  sells  it  out  by  the  glass  for  twenty 
dollars.  His  profits  are,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
per  cent.,  and  that  must  be  paid  by  men  whoa© 
families  need  every  cent  they  can  get  to  wai4 
off  poverty.  May  heaven  si>eed  the  time  when 
intoxicating  drinks  shall  be  banished  from  oor 
land,  and  the  hard-working  classes  be  permitted 
to  enjoy  the  earnings  of  their  hands,  and  appro 
priate  their  wages  to  the  good  of  their  families. 


a^HK  KJiKau^KKjsr  js^^r  a\^okiv. 


September    5, 


A  HUNDRED   YEARS    FROM    NOW. 

The  «uririn«»wiof  lium.iii  life  fon-vcr  onward  rolls. 
And  tKfin  to  till-  ctcniiil  sliorv  lu  daily  frciglil  «l 

bouIh. 
Though  hravrly  sails  our  I.iirk  l<xlfty.  pale  dentU 

siUat  tli«|>Tun-. 
And  fi-w  nliHll  know  we  ever  iive<I,ftliHndred  jeare 

from  now. 
Omlslity  Iniman  broth i- rh w<l  1  wliy  fiercely   war 

anil  vtrivf. 
While  (ffxl's  gri-at  world  liiu  ample  apace  for  every 

tliinifHtlve? 
Browl  iliOil».  uiicultiired  and  Hnclalmird,  are  wall- 

inic  for  the  plow 
Of  proKii-ds,  tliiit  shall  make  them  bloom,  a  hundred 

yeara  from  now. 

Why  Bhoiihl  we  try  so  earncfdly  In  life's  short  nai^ 

row  vpitri, 
On  golden  stnini  to  climb  »o  high  above  our  fellow- 

itiiin  f 
Why  blindly  at  an  earthly  shrine  in  lavish  homage 

Imw, 
Oorgolrt   will  runt,  ourselves  be  dust,  a  hundred 

>-ears  fmm  now. 

Why  pri/e  so  mudi   the  worM'B  itiiplauseV    Why 

ilreiul  so  much  IIh  blame ! 
A  fleeting  echo  is  its  voice  of  censure  or  of  fame, 
The  pnilNc  that   Ihrills  the  heart,  the  scorn  that 

dvcH  with  sbaine  the  l>row. 
Will  lie  as  long-forgotten  dreams,  a  hundred  years 

from  now. 

O  patient  heiirtti.  that  meekly  bear  your  weary  load 

of  wrong! 
0(ariii-.i  lii;nis,  that  bravely  dare,  and  striving. 

iTfi.w  jii. Ill- strong. 
Prcs^i.ii  iiil  |i<iiVtt  peace  is  won:  you'll  never 

ilniiMi  I'f  how 
You  struggled  i.'er  life's  thorny  road,  a  hiindr(Hl 

years  Iium  now. 

Grand,  lofty  souls,  who  live  and  toil,  that  freedom, 
right  and  truth 

Alone  may  lule  the  univoine.  for  you  ia  endless 
youth. 

When  'mid  the  blest,  with  Ood  you  rest,  the  grate- 
ful land  shall  bow. 

Above  your  day  in  rnv'reut  love,  a  hundred  yoai-s 
from  now. 


ABOUNDING   LOVE. 

BT  WH.  EISENBISK. 

THE  more  I  learn  of  Christ  and  of  His  great 
mission  in  the  world,  the  more  I  think  of 
His  abounding  love  toward  the  human  family 
not  only  to  those  that  obey  Him,  but  the  sinuer 
also,  that  is  away  from  Him.  Remember,  dear 
reader,  you  who  are  away  from  Christ,  aliens 
and  strangers  from  the  commonwealth  of  Isra- 
el, that  it  is  you  that  Jesus  came  to  call,  not 
the  righteous,  "  but  sinners  to  repentance." 
You  remember  that  there  were  ninety  and  nine 
that  wore  safely  in  the  fold,  but  one  was  goue 
astray.  Jesus  leaves  the  ninety  and  nine  and 
goes  afl«r  the  one  that  was  lost. 

You  remember  too.  dear  sinner,  that  He  said 
on  one  occasion,  "  They  that  are  whole  need  not 
a  physician,  but  they  that  are  sick."  Those 
that  are  sick  of  sin,  come  to  Jesus,  who  is  stand- 
ing with  outstretched  arms,  and  He  wilt  make 
you  whole.  If  the  world  were  all  converted 
but  one  soul,  He  would  still  yearn  afler  that 
one  who  is  away  from  Him.  If  the  world  could 
only  reali//"  the  love  of  God  as  it  is  in  Jesus, 
they  would  be  won  by  His  aftection;  their  eyes 
would  melt  to  tears;  they  would  join  in  with 
the  peoi)le  of  His  choice,  and  rejoice  in  the  God 
of  their  salvation.  Jesus  loves  you,  sinner, 
with  a  love  past  descriptson,  such  as  no  earthly 
fnend  ever  had — loves  you  in  your  wickedness, 
if  you  are  wicked,  loves  to  save  you  from  it.  He 
died  upon  the  cross  to  save  you  from  your  sins. 
It  is  a  rare  thing  that  a  man  lays  down  his  life 
for  his  friend,  but  Jesus  died  for  His  enemies. 
If  I  only  could  make  this  truth  |>lain  to  you, 
and  the  importance  of  obeying  Him,  it  is  worth 
more  than  all  the  world;  for  what  can  you  give 
in  exchange  for  your  soul?  If  you  accept  Him 
and  obey  Him.  it  will  be  well  with  you  in  this 
life  and  in  the  life  to  come. 
Kent,  III. 


went  about  doing  His  Father's  work.  He  never 
nought  the  applause  of  the  great,  but  on  the 
other  hand,  we  find  Him  associating  with  the 
lowly  of  the  earth;  He  sat  at  meat  with  those 
who  had  been  rejected  and  spurned.  In  conse- 
quence of  this.  He  was  maligned,  slandered,  and 
reproached  by  the  great,  until  finjUly  He  was 
brought  a8  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a 
sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  He  opened 
not  His  mouth. 

But  His  day  of  honor  came;  the  days  of 
mockery,  shame  and  persecution  came  to  an 
end.  After  He  had  bowed  His  head  and  given 
up  the  ghost,  His  heavenly  Father  exalted  Him 
and  gave  Him  a  name  which  is  above  every 
name;  that  at  the  name  of  Jesus  everj-  knee 
should  bow,  and  that  every  tongue  should  con- 
fess that  .lesus  Christ  is  the  Lord,  to  the  glory 
of  God  the  Father. 

Now.  brethren  and  sisters,  we  think,  from  the 
life  of  Christ,  we  may  learn  very  certainly,  that 
the  desire  for  reputation  and  honor  in  the  world, 
is  an  unholy  one.  Jesus  made  Himself  of  no 
reputation;  He  did  not  desire  the  applause  of 
the  world,  and  we  believe  if  we  are  His  follow- 
ers we  will  not  desire  it,  neither  will  we  have  it. 
Tho*  who  follow  the  humble  teachings  of  Je- 
sus, cannot  expect  to  be  popular  in  the' world. 
Christ  tells  His  disciples,  "  If  ye  were  of  the 
world,  the  world  would  love  its  own,  but  be- 
cause ye  are  not  of  the  world,  therefore  the 
world  hateth  you."  Why  is  it,  brethren  and 
sisU-Ts,  that  we  are  so  much  concerned  about 
what  the  world  will  say  about  us?  Should  we 
not  be  contented  to  live  beneath  the  cloud  of 
human  displeasure  and  human  reproach  for  a 
little  while,  when  we  have  the  assurance  that 
if  we  are  faithful  and  true  to  Him  who  hath  re- 
deemed us,  our  light  shall  finally  break  forth 
like  the  rays  of  the  morning,  and  our  sun  shall 
never  go  down? 


doni,  no  misanthropic  philosophy,  no  generali- 
zation can  cover  or  weaken  this  truth.  It 
stands  like  the  record  of  itself— for  it  is  nothing 
less  than  this — and  should  put  an  everlaetine 
seal  upon  lips  that  are  wont  to  speak  slightly 
of  woman  and  her  mission.  If  there  were  more 
morality  among  young  men,  we  might  hope 
for  a  more  virtuous  race  of  women. 


Earth's  Pmiii  res 

rmtliy. 
They  rush  u|mri 

Th( 


-isc  and  full,  O  Time,  like  breakers 
iliy  rocks  of  doom,  go  down,  and 


ny  wlliIei'iieH.iof  worlds  that  gom  night's 
radiant  brow. 
Will  light  the  skies  for  other  eyes,  a  hundred  yeiu^ 
fiom  now. 

Our  Patlier,  to  whose  sleejilcss  eyes  the  post  and 

'  future  HtJiiid 

An  oi>vn  page,  like  babes  we  cling  to  thy  iirot«ct- 

Ing  hand. 
Change,  sorrow,  death  are  naught  to  us,  if  we  can 

safely  bow 
Deneatli  the  Hhaduw  of  Thy  throne,  a  hundred 
years  from  now. 

— Selected. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

The  Bwwtest  blossoms  of  all  tin-  year 
May  soonest  wither  and  disappear. 

— Be  not  nuniindfut  of  the  miseries  of  others. 
—Honor  is  a  divine  good;  no  eril   thing  is 
honorable. 

—  Praise  not  a  worthless  man  for  the  sake  of 
his  wealth. 

— Do  nothing  which  will  occasion  pain  or 
grief  to  yoiirafllur  others. 

— It  iH  a  proof  of  a  weak  and  disordered  mind 
to  desire  impo^ibilities. 

— The  greatest  infelicity  is,  not  to  be  able  to 
endure  misfortune  patiently. 

— Wisdom  and  justice  are  desirable,  because 
they  procure  us  the  enjoyment  of  i)leasure. 

— Lay  in  wisdom  as  a  store  for  your  journey 
from  youth  to  old  age,  for  it  is  the  most  certain 
poiuession. 

— '•  I  had  rather,"  unid  Seneca  to  Nero,  "  of- 
fend you  by  ?[waking  the  truth,  than  please  you 
by  lying  and  flattery." 

— To  detract  anytliing  from  another,  and  for 
one  man  to  multi[)ly  his  own  conveniences  of 
another,  is  more  against  nature  than  death,  than 
poverty,  than  pain,  and  the  rest  of  external 
accidents. 

—A  man  may  plunder  your  home  in  the  dead 
hour  of  night,  may  defraud  you  of  your  proper- 
ty, or  even  rob  you  on  the  highway;  yet  he  is 
8  saint,  compared  to  him  who  would  destroy 
your  soul — and  that  the  nim-seller  does. 

— That  every  day  hath  its  pains  and  sorrows 
is  universally  experienced,  and  almost  universal- 
ly confessed;  but  let  us  not  only  attend  to 
mourufal  truths:  if  we  look  impartially  about 
UB,  we  shall  find  that  every  day  has  likewise  its 
pleasures  and  its  joys. 

— Peace  does  not  dwell  in  outward  things,  but 
within  the  soul.  We  may  preserve  it  in  the 
midst  of  the  bitterest  pain,  if  you  vnW  remain 
firm  and  submissive.  Peace  in  this  life  springe 
from  acquiescense  even  in  disagreeable  things, 
not  in  an  exemption  from  suffering. 


VENGEANCE  IS  MINE. 

BY  S.  fORKELI.. 

THIS  subject  is  so  often  transgressed  by  those 
who  profess  to  be  the  followers  of  that 
great  Moral  Law.  How  often  do  we  find  men 
taking  revenge — that  which  belongs  to  God, 
When  a  brother  or  neighbor  does  something 
wrong,  do  we  take  revenge  on  him?  When 
we  find  him  in  the  mire,  do  we  help  him  out  ac- 
cording to  Scripture?  Ah,  how  many  will 
trample  him  down  farther?  Is  this  the  spirit 
of  God?  Ah,  no;  but  the  spirit  of  the  adversa- 
ry. If  one  makes  a  misstep,  the  first  thing  is, 
we  must  take  revenge  on  him.  The  Gospel 
will  not  let  us  go  to  law,  but  we  will  take 
vantage  any  how.  We  will  take  the  coward's 
plan.  We  will  slip  around  and  tell  some  lies 
to  the  grand  jury,  and  have  our  revenge  in  that 
way.  We  ivill  cause  him  some  trouble  at  any 
rate.  Is  this  the  spirit  of  a  true  follower  of 
Christ?  Ah,  no!  Paul  says,  "  Be  not  overcome 
of  evil,  but  overcome  evil  with  good."  Rom. 
12:  21.  We  know  it  is  according  to  the  carnal 
nature  to  be  revengeful,  but  we  must  be  born 
again,  and  walk  after  the  spirit,  if  we  would  be 
free  from  condemnation.  Rom.  8;  1.  The  Lord 
would  have  ua  fulfill  all  His  Will;  this  is  one 
reason  why  David  was  a  man  after  God's  own 
heart.     Acta  13:  22. 

We  will  also  mention  a  few  more  reasons 
why  we  believe  that  David  was  a  man  after 
God's  own  heart.  One  was,  because  he  was  not 
revengeful.  When  the  enemy  sought  to  kill 
Saul,  and  the  Lord  deliveted  him  to  David,  yet 
he  would  do  him  no  harm.  1  Sam.  24:  lU,  2ti, 
9.  Another  reason  was  beeauee  of  his  candid 
acknowledgement.  We  would  not  have  our 
readers  to  think  that  David  never  did  wrong; 
but  when  lie  did  do  wrong,  he  did  not  try  to 
screen  himself,  and  put  the  blame  on  some  in- 
nocent person.  .\li,  no;  but  he  acknowledged 
his  wrong,  and  addre.ssed  a  throne  of  grace  for 


'WE  HAVE   NO  SUCH  CUSTOM.' 


IIY   E.  A.  ORII. 


SEEKING  THE    REPUTATION 
OF  MEN. 

HT   WU.  K.  HARKI3. 

THERE  seems  to  be  a  great  desire  on  the  part 
of  men  to  acquire  reputation,  but  we  do 
not  believe  it  is  desired  by  the  true  and  devot«d 
follower  of  Christ.  We  read  that  Jesus,  our 
great  examplar,  made  Himself  of  no  reputation. 
On  several  occasions  He  positively  refused  the 
honor.that  men  were  wont  to  bestow  upon  Him, 
and  apparently  took  a  place  where  He  knew 
honor  would  not  be  given  Him,  He  was  of 
humble  parentage:  His  life  was  one  of  poverty, 
and  all  through  His  earthly  career  there  was  no 


WH.\T  would  be  thought  of  a  minister  who 
would  preach  a  sermon  on  baptism, 
demonstrating  by  the  Scriptures  with  great  zeal 
and  firmness  that  it  is  a  God-given  means  of 
salvation  and  then,  before  closing,  he  would 
rehearse  all  the  evidence,  and  cry  out,  "  We 
have  no  such  custom  neitlier  the  churches  of 
God?"  Or,  suppose  he  were  to  discourse  with 
great  force  and  earnestness  on  the  essentiality 
and  sacredness  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  then 
say  it  is  not  necessary  to  "  keep  the  ordinances 
as  I  have  delivered  them  to  you."  Suppose  he 
should  deliver  another  discourse  with  equal 
force  and  earnestness,  on  the  subject  of  women 
praying  with  their  heads  covered,  proving,  be- 
yond a  doubt,  that  it  is  a  dishonor  to  her  head, 
and  an  insult  to  angels  not  to  comply  with  the 
commandment,  and  yet  after  all  of  this,  just  be- 
cause some  one  ^cvins  to  be  contentious,  he  will 
say,  "  We  have  no  such  custom."  Such  a  min- 
ister would  be  hooted  out  of  the  pulpit.  But 
be  careful  or  you  will  drive  brother  Paul,  the 
great  Apostle  out;  for  if  we  believe  modern 
theorists'  comments  on  the  lltb  chapter  of  Cor- 
inthians, he  did  just  such  preaching.  Better  be 
more  on  the  guard,  lest  you  be  found  fighting 
against  God. 

How  does  it  come  that  some  will  be  conten- 
tious? Let  Solomon  answer:  "Contention 
cometh  only  by  pride."  Prov.  13:  10.  This  is 
the  whole  secret;  if  you  can  get  pride  out  of  the 
heart,  there  will  be  no  more  contention — no 
trouble  to  get  them  to  do  all  the  Master  says. 
May  the  Lord  give  us  humble  hearts,  for  He 
"  resisteth  the  proud  and  giveth  grace  to  the 
humble."     1  Peter  5:  5. 


LOVE  FOR  THE  CHURCH. 

BY  N.  S.  DALE. 

WHAT  is  more  beautiful  to  behold,  than  to 
see  that  we  love  the  church  of  the  living 
God— His  body— the  glorious  body  of  believers 
in  Christ,  founded  on  the  Gospel  of  our  Lord 
and  Savior  Jesus  Christ?  That  is  a  glorious 
foundation.  When  we  obey,  God  wilt  give  ug 
peace  and  happiness  in  this  world,  and  in  the 
world  to  come,  life  everlasting.  The  church 
below  should  resemble  the  glorious  church 
above,  united  as  dear  children  together.  Wq 
are  reminded  in  the  Gospel,  to  be  as  little  chiU 
dren  in  love  and  union,  loving  our  heavenly 
Father  with  a  true  love,  and  the  body  of  Christ 
as  dear  children,  not  to  be  pufted  up  one  against 
another,  for  this  is  not  like  children.  We 
should  be  us  children  in  not  doing  evil,  and  in 
every  way  be  wise  as  serpents,  and  harmless  as 
doves.  Not  wise  in  woridly  wisdom,  but  in 
spiritual — not  the  wisdom  of  this  world,  for  they 
are  not  children  that  are  schooled  in  the  wis. 
dom  of  this  world.  Those  who  are  schooled  in 
this  world,  love  not  the  church  of  the  living 
God, 

How  glorious  ia  our  lot, when  united  with  the 
church  below  and  in  the  one  to  come.  We  have 
regard  for  eaclj  other  in  our  sufferings,  and  per- 
secutions in  this  world;  and  great  is  the  reward 
of  the  followers  of  the  Lamb.  The  treasures  in 
heaven  are  promised  to  the  faithful  servants  of 
the  Lord— those  who  do  His  commandments. 
Those  who  take  hold  of  the  plow  and  look  back 
are  not  fit  for  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  How 
beautiful  to  behold  the  children  of  God  doin" 
their  duty  with  cheerfulness  and  love.  But 
how  sorrowful  to  see  brethren  drawing  back 
and  disregarding  the  commandments  of  the 
Gospel  of  our  Lord  and  Savior. 

Dear  bretliren,  sisters,  and  readers,  let  us  all 
be  faithful  in  our  calling,  that  we  may  be  the 
children  of  God,  so  that  we  can  meet  one  an- 
other in  heaven,  where  parting  will  be  no  more. 
If  we  love  one  another  as  Christ  tells  us,  we  are 
then  called  His  children  or  servants. 


OV  all  ( 
ofn 


SLURS  ON  WOMEN. 

evils  prevalent  among  young,  we  know 
none  more  blighting  in  its  moral  effects 
than  to  speak  lightly  of  the  virtues  of  women. 
Nor  is  there  anything  in  which  young  men  arc 
so  thoroughly  mistaken  as  the  low  estimate 
they  form  as  to  the  integrity  of  women.  Not 
of  their  own  mothers  and  sisters,  but  of  others, 
who,  they  forget,  are  somebody  else's  mothers 
and  sisters.  As  a  rule,  no  person  who  surren- 
ders to  tliis  debasing  habit  is  to  be  trusted  witli 
an  enterprise  requiring  integrity  of  character. 
Plain  words  should  be  spoken  on  this  subject, 
for  the  evil  is  a  general  one,  and  deep-rooted. 
If  young  men  are  sometimes  thrown  into  the 
society  of  depiaved  or  thoughtle.ss  women,  they 
have  no  more  right  to  measure  all  women  by 
what  they  see  of  these,  than  they  have  to  esti- 
mate the  character  ot  honest  and  respectable 
itizens  by  the  developments  of  crime  in  our 
police  courts.  Let  our  young  men  remember 
that  their  chief  happiness  in  life  depends  upon 


HE  THAT  RUNS  MAY  READ. 


BY  SAML'EL  SALA. 

"  Neither  do  men  put  new  wine  in  old  bottles: 
else  the  bottles  break,  and  the  wine  runneth  out 
and  Hie  bottles  i)erisli:  but  they  put  new  wine  into 
new  huttles,  and  both  are   preserved."    Matt.  0;  17, 

THE  Savior's  object  in  the  language  above, 
was  to  teach  John's  disciples  why  His  dis- 
ciples did  not  fast,  and  of  course  He  designed 
that  they  should  understand  Him.  But  if  He, 
by  the  old  and  new  bottles,  meant  the  Old  and 
New  Covenants  they  could  not  understand  Him, 
for  they  knew  but  little,  if  anything,  about  the 
New  Covenant,  as  it  had  not  been  written  at 
that  time,  and  but  a  small  portion  revealed  even 
to  the  chosen  twelve.  And  if  He,  by  the  hot>- 
ties,  meant  our  bodies,  and  by  the  wine,  the 
Holy  Spirit,  then  must  there  be  old  and  new 
bodies  in  this  life,  (for  we  now  want  the  Spirit 
to  lead  us  into  all  truth),  and  there  must  be  an 
old  and  a  new  Holy  Spirit,  which  is  absurd, 
But  if  He  meant  that  it  wa.**  as  impossible  for 
His  disciples  to  fast,  (which  is  an  indication  of 
mourning),  while  enjoying  the  society  of  their 
Deliverer  and  Messiah,  and  while  their  hearts 
were  filled  mth  the  glad  tidings  of  great  joy 
which  should  be  to  all  people,  as  it  was  for  old 
bottles  to  hold  new  wine,  then  He  meant  about 
what  He  said  and  they  could  easily  understand 
Him. 


seeking  after  honor  or  reputation.     When  Hs  [  their  utt^-^r  faith  in   woman.     No   worldly 


CROSSING  THE  RIVER. 

A  CHRISTIAN  man  wa.s  dying  in  Scotland. 
His  daughter  Nellie  sat  by  his  bedside.  It 
was  Sunday  evening,  and  the  bell  of  the  Scotch 
kirk  was  ringing,  calling  people  to  church. 
The  good  old  man,  in  his  dying  dream,  thought 
he  was  on  his  way  to  church  as  he  used  to  be, 
when  lie  went  in  his  sleigh  across  the  river,  and 
as  the  evening  bell  struck  up,  in  his  dying 
dream  ho  thought  it  was  the  call  to  church, 
He  said:  "  Hark,  children,  the  bells  areringiugl 
we  must  make  the  mare  step  out  quick!"  He 
shivered,  and  then  said:  "Pull  the  rob«  up 
closer,  my  lass!  It  is  cold  crossing  the  river, 
but  we  will  soon  be  there!  "  And  he  smiled  as 
he  said:  "Just  there  now!"  No  wonder  he 
smiled.  The  good  old  man  had  gone  to  church. 
Not  to  the  old  Scotch  kirk,  but  to  the  temple 
in  the  skies.    Juet  across  the  river. 


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Biirkholder,.2.5;  D  Whitmer,  2  00;  J  J  Hoover. 
,25;  A  Barklow,  1  00;  H  Hamilton,  1  00;  .J  W 
Southwood.  100;  W  NolTsinger.  110;  S  M 
Smith,  1  75;  W  C  Teeter,  3  60;  B  Rohrer,  1  00; 
J  R  Gripe,  4  (10;  A  B  Hough,  .50;  E  B  Wius- 
loM',  TOO;  DZuck,  100;  ALeeay,2  00:  .1 
Uel^.ffpr.  4  00;  J  H  Wiskr,  1  50;  D  Studebaker, 
1.50;  DCMoomaw.  2  00;  M  Swank.  1  00;  S 
Harshnian,  1  50;  J  W  Fitzgerald,  1  50;  J  H 
Miller,  1  45;  M  Snyder,  .fi5;  Noah  Longaneck- 
er.  I  60:  -T  Weaver,  1  50. 


OORRESPOiSTDENTCE. 


From    England  to    America. 

/>/;»•  Brrihrni: — 

THROUGH  the  mercies  of  our  Heavenly  F.i- 
ther,  iu  ineservingour  lives  and  granting 
to  us  a  safe  voyage  and  journey  from  home  to 
the  free  shores  of  America,  we  are  en^ibled  lo 
l)en  you  a  lew  lines,  which  shall  be  only  travel- 
ing uoti.'s  by  tlie  way.  leavina  the  inipurtant 
news  relative  to  the  Brethre]i,  the  accounts 
of  travel  in  England,  and  the  probable  success 
of  an  extended  and  well-directed  mission  by  two 
or  Ihreu  brethren,  for  another  article. 

1  started  from  home,  Himpton,  Somersetshire, 
on  the  0th  day  of  Aug.,  at  9:40  A.  M.,  travel- 
ing through  some  places  of  note  in  England 
Chippenham,  being  the  place  where  father  and 
mother  were  born  and  raised;  Oxford,  where 
one  of  the  Universities  of  England  is  located; 
Birmingham,  one  of  the  central  cities,  and  no- 
\vi\  for  iron  and  coal  trade,  and  Birkenhead  op- 
posite the  large  oity  of  Liverpool,  whi're  we 
coulil  see  fo»U"  mijes  of  lights  along  the  beach 
filled  with  the  masts  of  vessels  from  all  part* 
of  llie  world.  We  also  on  the  journey  piussed 
through  Wales.  Enjoyed  the  privileges  alford- 
ed  by  scenery,  among  the  Welsh  Mountains. 
Arrived  at  Bii-kenhead.  at  ll:3il  P.  M..  we  were 
toet  by  Cunard  Company's  agent,  and  convey- 
across  the  river  Mersey  to  Liverpool,  and  to  the 
hotel  of  our  friend,  where  we  at  once  took  out 
a  ticket  from  Liverpool  to  Chicago,  via  Penn- 
sylvania Central  route.  After  a  few  hours  re- 
freshing sleep,  we  awoke  and  at  once  commence 
ed  moving  around,  for  we  were  told  at  9  A.  M,, 
tbey  required  all  steerage  passeneei-s  to  be  on 
board  the  steamship,  Bothnia.  After  breakfast 
some  of  the  boys  went  up  in  t<iwn  to  buy  a  few 
of  the  necessaries  for  the  journey,  and  a  few 
things  as  relics  of  old  England;  which  are 
cheaper  and  better  quality  tlum  here.  From 
the  City  to  the  docks  at  9  A.  M.  tender  Satellite 
conveyed  ns  to  the  ship,  whore  we  fi'und  ninety- 
nine  pa-ssengei-s  and  twi*  hundn-d  and  eighty  or 
more  in  cabin,  the  last  named  arriving  at  12  M. 
The  mail,  about  twenty  tons,  having  arrived. 
the  anclior  was  hoisted,  and  at  the  return  of 
tide,  our  large  ve^^sel  weighing  and  displacin; 
her  weight  of  4,553  tons,  moved  gently  away 
about  4:15  P.  M.  We  all  looked  to  see  our 
native  country  as  wo  passed  along,  a  number 
thinking  they  would  never  return,  whilst  others 


have  been  sorry  to  leave.  Many  of  Ibe 
cabin  passengew  and  some  steerag.-  were  cx- 
cursionista  to  Paris  to  the  Ksposition.— 
Amongst  them  Captjun  Bogardiis.  the  crack 
pigeon  shooter  of  Illinois  or  Americl^  who  has 
been  to  England  an-i  beaten  at  several  placM, 
the  Iwst  shots  of  England.  He  also  showed  us 
nil  his  medals,  and  the  large  silver  cup  worth 
511  guineas,  given  as  a  reward  to  the  one  who 
should  win  at  the  London  match  of  ♦2,5i>0  a 
aide.  Arrived  inQueen^lown.  Irvbmd.  Sunday 
afternoon,  received  njail  and  passcngtra,  and 
started  at  3  P.  M.  for  Jersey  City,  nurnext  sta- 
tion, over  2.000  miles  distant. 

Nothing  of  note  across  the  .\tlnnlic,  pleas- 
ant voyage.  Had  the  pn)phe8ied  rough  weather 
from  New  York  at  the  day  we  were  to  start 
(llth),  and  it  lasted  all  night  and  next  day; 
making  many  passengers  very  sea-sick,  nnr- 
Helves  included,  but  when  that  was  over,  which 
took  tive  days  with  your  correspondent,  we 
were  ready  to  enjoy  the  remainder  of  the  trip. 
Arrived  iu  sight  of  land  20th  inst..  Long  Is- 
land being  the  point,  and  soon  State  of  New 
Jcriey  on  the  other  side.  The  cannons  sound- 
ed the  dep.irture  of  the  sun,  when  we  were  op- 
posite them,  but  we  hid  not  parsed  the  (Juar- 
autiue.  So  wo  were  not  allowed  in  New  York 
till  next  morning.  The  U.  S.  Surgeon  arrived 
at  tbp  Quarantine,  to  <>xamine  passengers,  ac- 
companied bv  U.  S.  Marshal,  Berwbard  and 
another  detective,  who  were  on  the  search  of  a 
cert.iin  German,  who  could  not  beat  the  cable 
in  travelling.  He  was  found  and  arrested  for 
murder  of  u  man  in  Sweden,  and  forgery,  and 
conveyed  back  by  U.  S.  Marshal,  who  took  him 
to  Stockholm  for  trial,  et<;. 

Alter  arrival  ia  New  York  next  morning  2ht, 
we  passed  the  day  in  the  city,  visiting  Central 
Park,  which  is  certainly  ahead  of  any  noble- 
man's park  in  England,  for  natural  scenery  and 
other  things.  At  5  P.  M.  we  were  at  Pier  No.  1. 
to  again  start  to  Jersey  City,  and  to  pass  on  to 
Philadelphia.  Arrived  in  the  city  12:30  A.  M., 
and  at  breakfast  time,  found  oui-sflves  at  Har- 
risburg.  Pa.  At  Mifflin  we  sent  a  telegram, 
to  meet  editoi-s  of  Priniifhr  Chn'stlrui  at  the 
depot,  which  we  did;  we  not  having  seen  any 
brethren  since  Brn.  Eby  and  Fry  left  England, 
were  becoming  impatient.  Could  not  stop  on 
account  nf  through  ticket,  and  -dso  had  a  num- 
ber of  emigi-ants,  who  were  depending  on  me 
to  tell  them  what  to  do,  change  their  monev, 
and  see  they  get  their  right  change,  etc. '  Ar- 
rived in  Chicago  at  7  P.  M.,  2.3rd  inst,  and  took 
cars  nest  morning  fur  Lanark  at  9  A.  M.;  was 
oltliged  to  lay  over  at  Freeport,  111.,  from  3  P.  M. 
till  past  one  Sunday  morning,  and  only  about 
eighteen  miles  from  Lanark,  nevertheless  we 
were  there  and  made  the  best  of  it,  by  going  to 
the  post-olRce,  and  finding  out  who  took  the 
BitETHiiEX  AT  WoUK,  and  also  found  sister  Ba- 
ker and  her  cstinuible  husbimd,  who,  though 
not  a  brother,  certainly  ought  to  be  one;  whi 
kiiiiine^  and  hospitality  I  shall  not  soon  forget. 
vVt  1:15  for  Lanark,  where  I  arrived  at  2  A, 
and  found  Hro.  Moore's  residence  in  time  to 
have  a  few  hours  rest  before  goinfe  to  the  Cher- 
ry Grove  meeting  at  10  A.  M,.  the  first  Breth- 
ren's meeting  in  America  on  return,  the  last 
one  being,  as  some  remember  in  Philadelphia. 
Bro.  J.  II.  Gish,  of  Woodford  Co,.  Ill,,  preached 
an  excellent  discourse  from  Eph.  2:  1,  -1. 

Truly  brethren  and  sistere  I  can  say.  I  enjoy 
ed  the  meeting.  I  was  again  with  those  I  could 
worshii>  with,  according  to  the  dictates  of  our 
own  hearts,  those  of  the  same  faith,  one  faith, 
ami  I  can  symiwtbize  with  those  isolated  mem- 
le^.^  who  also  are  dejunved  of  meeting  with 
their  brethren  and  sisters  in  divine  fellowship. 
.V  little  deprivation  of  these  blessings  will  en- 
able us  to  know  their  real  value.  More  anon. 
H.  P.  Biunkwohth. 


>  of  whom  itball  coii!ttitut«  a 


shall  be  fifteen,  fi' 
quorum. 

Sw.  3.  The  present  Trustees  shall  remain 
in  office  one  year,  or  until  such  time  as  may  be 
suitable  to  commeuco  the  regular  unuual  elec- 
tioh,  at  which  time  on*  third  of  the  required 
number  shall  Iw  elected  for  one  year,  one  tluM 
for  two  years  and  one  third  for  three  years.— 
Voting  may  be  done  by  proxy. 

Akt.  3.  The  otKccr.  of  the  Board  shall  1r- 
President,  Vice  president.  Secretary,  Tn-asunir, 
Librarian  and  register  of  scholanihips, 

l.Vrtifle  4th  defines  the  dutii-s  of  each  officer, 
which  is  OS  UBUttl  in  euch  bwUea.) 

AuT.  5.  Tbe  committte  of  the  Board  shall 
be  four  in  number:  Executive,  Finance,  Build- 
ing and  Instruction. 

(Article  6tb  defines  the  duties  of  each  com- 
mittee, requiring  each  to  make  a  full  report  to 
the  Board.) 

Art.  7.— Skc.  1.  The  meetings  of  the  Board 
shall  Ije  governed  by  the  same  Parliamentary 
rules  as  other  deliberative  bodies. 

AitT.8.  The  President  of  the  College  shall 
be  fx  officio  member  of  the  Board. 

Art.  9.  All  papers  recjuiring  the  College 
seal  bhall  be  signed  by  the  Pi-csident  lUid  Trust- 
ees of  the  College. 

Without  going  into  a  lengthy  description  I 
need  only  say  that  the  institution  is  well  guard- 
ed against  running  into  debt,  or  into  pride,  for 
in  regard  to  the  latter,  the  same  rule  will  be  fol- 
lowed iu  regard  to  teachers  who  are  members, 
as  directed  by  the  .\nnual  Meeting  in  reference 
to  evangelists.  We  would  be  glad  to  give  the 
entire  Charter  and  By-Laws,  did  we  not  fear  to 
trespass  on  the  columns  of  the  paper. 

S.Z.  SiiAUi 


Stray  Thoughts. 

WHILE  "waiting  for  the  train,"  Iwill  arrest 
a  few  th 


of  rix  female  hands.  I  observed,  that  if  yoa 
want  work  done  rapidly  and  neatly,  employ  fe- 
males. Now  my  paper  m  full  imd  I  have  drawn 
a  pretty  accurate  picture  for  my  readers  to  look 
at.  but  how  I  am  to  git  it  into  the  paper  with- 
out the  watchful  eyes  of  the  ^^ditur«  to  det«ct  it 
!  hardly  know.  I  think  I  will  do  thU:  I  wiU 
be  responsible  for  its  very  jjersonal  character 
myself  and  send  it  to  Bro.  Plate  and  tell  him 
to  slip  it  into  the  pap^r  just  an  it  goes  to  pr«u, 
and  the  editon  can't  help  it. 

S.  Z.  SlIAKP. 


/>«, 


From  Mc'Donalds. 
Brtthren: — 


Virginia. 


By-Laws  of  Ashland  College. 


A^^ 


the  request  of  a  number  of  Brethren  and 
'or  the  benefit  of  all  interested  in  this  in- 
stitution, I  submit  an  abstract  of  the  Prenmhh 
and  Bij-Liiws  attached  to  the  charter  by  which 
said  institution  is  to  be  governed. 

PREAMBLE. 

Whi-reas.  the  Ashland  College  is  permanently 
organized  and  the  Trustees  having  met  to  trans- 
act business  as  set  forth  in  the  charter  granted 
Feb.  2-2nd,  187«,  Therefore  rrsnlved,  that  the 
entire  control  of  said  institution  shall  be  iu 
the  liaTids  of  members  of  the  German  Baptist 
(Brethren)  church  and  all  business  pertaining 
to  the  College  be  regulated  by  the  following 

11Y-LA.W5. 

AuT,  L— None  shall  be  eligible  to  office  but 
Brethren  who  are  in  good  standing  in  the  gener 
al  brotherhood  and  are  zealous  advocates  of  the 
faith  and  practice  of  the  Brethren's  church. 

Art.  2.— Sec.  1.    The  number   of  Tmsteea 


thoughts  for  the  benefit  of  thom 
way  otf  readei-8  to  whom  the  Bkkthurn-  at 
Work  makes  its  weekly  visits,  for  I  am  certain 
there  are  thousands  of  its  readers  who  would 
like  to  have  a  nearer  view  of  the  place  whuix-  it 
is  published  and  those  who  publish  it,  so  I  will 
lend  them  my  spectacles,  and  even  my  eyes  just 
for  a  moment. 

THK  I'l.ACK 

is  Lanark,  of  about  fifteen  hundred  inbabiU 
ants,  and  quite  a  number  of  churches,  with  tall 
spires.  (I  mean  those  not  blown  down).  The 
Bretbi-en  and  the  Disciples  seem  to  have  the 
chief  influence  iu  the  town,  while  the  other  de- 
nominations uj'O  struggling  to  pay  their  minis' 
tereflnd  the  ministers  are  struggling  with  small 
salaries  to  keep  up  their  churches.  The  Breth- 
ren have  only  of  late  built  a  church  and  already 
possess  the  best  Sabbath-school  and  the  best  fill- 
ed house  during  times  of  preaching. 

THK   I'ltlNTIKG-OVVIfK 

where  the  Brethrrn  at  Work  and  Hie  Cmi.i>- 
REN  AT  Work  are  published,  is  in  a  two-story 
brick  building,  every  available  space  of  which 
is  well  occupied.  In  the  lower  front  room  is 
our  Danish  brother  binding  books,  with  neat- 
ness and  dispatch  to  reflect  honor  to  himself.— 
His  modest  Quaker  face  and  geueiyil  intelligence 
makes  a  good  impression  on  the  visitor.  In  the 
room  just  behind,  is  the  steam-power  press, 
which  prints  three  weekly  papers,  numbering 
not  far  from thousand  copies  weekly,  be- 
sides an  immense  amount  of  job  work,  pam- 
phlets, books,  etc., —  all  under  the  skill  of  Bio 
Sword  who  has  the  happy  faculty  of  being  en- 
gineer, pressman  and  a  man  of  several  other 
trades  combined.  In  the  second  story  and  front 
room,  is  the  editors"  mnrtinn,  where  sit  our  two 
editors  at  whom  our  readers  want  to  take  a 
special  look.  Well  there  is  brother  Moore,  ed- 
itor-in-chief of  the  Brethhkn  at  Wohk.  He 
is  a  portly  man,  about  32  years  old  and  weigh- 
ing over  two  hundred,  with  rich  brown  hair 
and  beard,  rather  small,  restless  eyes  and  a 
smile  always  lurking  in  the  cornei-s  of  his  mouth, 
ready  to  break  out  into  a  good  laugh  on  the 
slightest  provocation,  but  kept  in  subjection  by 
something  hehiml.  I  would  tell  you  more  of 
those  juercing  eye5,  did  his  modesty  not  forbid. 
At  his  elbow  sits  brother  Eshelman,  the  editor 
of  the  CmLimES  at  Work,  and  if  ever  a  man 
found  his  place,  Bro.  E.  did.  A  small  man.  pale- 
faced,  of  scanty  beard  and  serene  countenance 
with  all  the  manners  suited  to  umke  the  child- 
ren feel  that  he  is  one  of  their  number,  in  heart, 
in  sympathy,  if  not  in  age  and  knowledge,  and 
I  am  certain  if  the  children  have  the  chance  ti 
select  their  editor,  the  Cheljires  at  Work 
mil  be  their  paper.  On  the  side  of  the  room 
opposite  the  editors  is  the  mailing  clerk,  Bro. 
S.  M.  Eshelman,  with  his  addressing  machine. 
Behind  the  Hnnctuin  is  the  compositors'  room, 
where  Bro.  Plate,  a  thorough  practical  printer, 
ia  foreman,  and  is  assisted  by  the  nimble  fingers 


WE  are  realizing  our  brightest  anticipations 
to  which  we  gave  exprcasiou  in  our  form- 
er communications.  Baptisms  are  con<<titueota 
of  most  of  our  I^ord's  day  meeting!",  and  aa 
omens  of  decidwUy  happier  times  in  the  luture, 
our  accessions  are  from  the  most  iiiHuential 
members  of  the  neighboring  denomiuationB, 
IMfrsonsof  deep  personal  piety  and  thoiightful- 
uess. 

With  the  intention  to  the  auggestion  of  pru- 
dence on  the  part  of  our  minister  and  mem- 
bers, which  means  upright  lives  and  industri- 
ous application  of  those  agencies  appointed  for 
the  conversion  of  siuneni.  we  will  be  able  to 
establish  a  combination  of  infiueuces.  that  will 
perpetuate  our  peculiar  principles  to  remote 
posterity. 

I  see  in  your  edition  of  number  thirty-two, 
page  eight,  you  maKe  mc  to  say  unb^tantially 
that  the  "  Baptists  cannotc/«gsi/j/  their  theology 
of  baptism  "  Did  I  not  say  rhri/ij  iu  the  man- 
uscript? The  fact  is,  Brethren,  the  classification 
of  their  baptl'<m  would  be  very  uncompli- 
mentary. Eunomius'  one  idea  reliijion  third 
century,  English  one.  itUn  fc»n«/eixteenth  cent- 
ury. It  wonld  liettersuit  their  purposes  not  to 
attempt  to  cbussify  it. 

They  eannot  clarify  it  with  much  better  auo- 
cess.  The  removal  of  the  corrupt  elements 
would  not  have enoijgh  of  the  "pale  original" 
to  tell  what  it  was.  Very  much  it  would  be, 
like  the  historical  pantaloons  of  the  cotton 
field  negro,  which  hail  been  patched  and  quilted 
till  there  was  nothing  left  of  the  original  article. 
I  advise  them,  not  to  atti'iupt  either  but  to 
fold  them  up,  baptism  and  all,  label  them  ia 
large  Itoman capitals,  MAN'S  INVENTIONS, 
put  in  a  neat  wrapper  on  whieh  write  th"  word 
Error,  and  deposit  alongwidi-  with  the  musty 
explorled  religious,  philo-iiphical.  scientific,  and 
political  theories  of  the  departed  ages. 

I  eitsayed  to  preach  at  a  place  in  our  field  call- 
ed Don  Hill  on  Inst  Sunday  from  the  fi:  20  of 
Matt.  It  was  a  new  theme  to  the  audience, 
judging  from  the  attention  they  gave  during 
its  delivery.  The  23rd  chapter  was  rt-ad  iu  con- 
nection therewith.  The  gist  of  the  discourse, 
wiia  the  tendency  of  modern  Christianity  to 
ignore  practiod  and  exalt  the  ritual,  to  bar* 
ni.-li  the  shell  and  neglect  the,  kcniel. 

Let  your  miniaterial  workers  study  up  the 
subject  of  that  verse,  and  report  the  same  to 
their  congrogatiousat  their  next  meeting,  and 
in  the  application  of  tlie  significant  text  let 
the  Brethren's  church  have  the  first  benefit,  for 
"judgment  must  begin  at  the  house  of  God. — • 
We  need  a  severe  purging  experience  iu  some 
places  just  now.  D.  W.  Mooii.tw. 


GLEA.3SriNaS. 


From  John  C.  Mays.— We  were  out  to  Bap- 
tist meeting  a  few  days  ago  and  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  hearing  a  graduate  preach.  This  man 
has  been  studying  iu  college  about  five  years. 
"  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself."  He 
said,  "This  we  cannot  do  and  God  does  not  re* 
quire  it  of  us."  If  he  had  been  studying  the 
Gospel  five  years,  he  would  have  learned  better; 
we  yet  think  he  was  studying  something  else. 

From  J.  J.  Hoorer.— On  last  Sunday  the 
llth  of  August,  two  young  men  wore  drowned 
in  the  Congress  Lake  near  HartvUle.  Ohio.  It 
is  supposed  tbey  were  under  the  influence  of 
liquor.      So  much  for  Sabbath  breaking. 

From  C.  H.  Balshuush.— Wrong  impres- 
sions should  l>e  obliterated  as  soon  as  possible. 
They  nuiy  seem  insignificant,  but  they  have  «U 
future  history,  Eternitj'  included,  fortheiroper- 
atlou,  and  umny  minds  iu  which  to  work,  and 
the  n-sult  may  be  tremendous.  The  difterenoe 
between  Faiiir  and  F'liie,  in  the  sense  in  which. 
the  word  is  used  in  Brethkex  at  Work,  cup- 
rent  v(dume  No.  33,  first  page,  second  column, 
2!)th  line  from  the  top,  is  just  the  ditlerence  ho« 
tween  carnality  and  holiness.  Heaven  and  Hell. 
There  is  indeed  an  "  Eternal  Fame  of  Grace,'* 
which  is  the  glory  of  the  Saint,  and  the  marrel 
of  the  Trinity  but  this  will  not  fill  out  the  fig- 
ure in  the  passage  referred  to.    To  be  a  Fcmt 


8 


'I'liK    liRETHKEIS'^    ^T    A\^Oi<l%:. 


September    5. 


of  Orucf,  im  EUriiiil  Faiu-.  reiuiriM  a  good  lii-al 
more  chipping  mA  thiRcling,  aii<l  hammering, 
Mid  tenting,  tlian  most  of  us  are  willing  to  en- 
dure. To  be  masoned  under  the  hand  and 
hunmior  and  plummet  of  the  Oreat  Architect, 
means  our  beat  blood  and  all  of  it,  and  the  blood 
(if  Christ  besidt"*.  Our  b!oo<i  represents  our 
nil.  as  in  Christ  it  pppre»ent«  the  all  of  both  Re- 
(ii-ememnd  redi-emed.  To  Iw  a  living  gem  in 
the  "  Kt#rnal  Fiuio  of  Grace,"  we  must  keep 
the  nail  and  spew  wounds  of  the  Cross  ever  op- 
en, crucified  with  Christ,  so  that  the  old  man 
may  cnnMtitiitly  drereiise.  "I  die  daily."  "I 
live,  yet  not  I,  but  Chrint  liveth  in  me."  Where 
Ksau  and  Jacob  wrestle  in  one  matrix,  it  is  ft 
niiBhty  work  to  keep  Enau's  heel  from  slipping 
(lilt  of  Jacob's  hand.  Gen.  25:  21,  26. 
From  Lemuel  Hlllery.— Those  of  you  who 

iir.'  int<.Te!-ted  in  ih  moving   West,    will    please 
niiiemlxT  that  the  funuer  notice  in  the  Hreth- 
KHV  AT  Work  did  not  stale  that    I    had   found 
tin- pliiee  where  we    would   lor.ite   our   cohmy 
liiit  from  Jewell  Co.,  Kansas,  I   would    look  At 
t)i.-  country,  making  the  Solomon  River  coun' 
i;  V  a  special  point.     We  intend  yet  to  do  so.— 
lii.- Lord  willing,  we  shall  start  next  week   to 
tiilly  complete  our  work.      It  is  our  intention 
tr.  look  in  Southern   Nebraska,  if  we  can  not 
liiid  any  thing  in  Northern  Kansas.     It  is  fur- 
tii-r  our  intention  to  .settle  in  as  good  country 
lis  there  is  in    Northern    Kansas   or  Southern 
Niiirasko,  where  land  is  cheap,  rich   soil,  good 
uiiter  and  some  timber  or  coal.      I    would   also 
-tiile  that  our  rules   will  be   piibliwhed   in  the 
liuKTlTKKN  AT   WoHK  in    a   few  weeks.     I   am 
Miii'tantly  receiving  letters  of  inquiry  as  to 
wlieii  Te  will  organize  and    when    the   colony 
will  start.     We  will  organize  between  this  and 
.iiiuuarj'  next.     Some  will    move  out  in    Feb. 
ii'-\(.  while  the  most  will   move   out  one  ye.ir 
lr..riifhia  FjiU.     I  have  now  thirty  applicants 
tiir  ineniljership  in  our  colony,  but  that  will  do 
110  good  unleds  they  move  out.     I  have  written 
these  few  lines  in   order  that    the   many    who 
have  written  to  me  for  information  may  be  pa- 
tient until  I  can  ausworall.     rhaveiustnturn- 
ed  home  from  Central    Illinois,  and   now  have 
much  to  do  before  I  can  answer  all  of  yourlet^ 
tern.     But  you  will  be  informed  in  the    Bhkth- 
HBJf  AT  Work  a?  to  where  I  am  au'l  wh'it  I  am 
doing,  and  about  the  prospects. 
Shiinnon,  III.,  Aufjust  2filh. 
From  Hk'hael  Forney.— On  the  Slst  of  Ju- 
ly, I  met  with   tlie   brethren  and  sistera    near 
Hendurson,   Kentucky.      Found    members    in 
love  and  union  with  each  other.      Had   fifteen 
meetings  with  them  while  there.     Held  a  Com- 
munion on  the  6th  of  Aug.,  six  precious   souls 
united  with  the  church  by  baptism.     The  mem- 
ber are  much  encouraged,  they  desire  ministers 
to    visit  them     as  often  as   possible.      There 
seems  to  be   a  good   opening  for  doing  good. 
Arrived  safe  home  on  the  evening  of  the  14th. 
enjoyed  good  health, 

From  John  S.  Buck. — A  poor  man  came  to 
my  plii:;e  hite  on '  evening,  in  May  last,  and 
wished  to  stay  all  night,  and  I  took  him  in  and 
thete  was  one  of  your  papers  lying  on  the  talilc. 
He  took  it  up  and  commenced  reading  and 
bcome  very  much  interesttKl  in  it.  as  he  had 
never  heard  of  the  Brethren.  The  next  morn- 
ing he  took  a  paperwith  him,  and  wished  me  to 
send  Home  to  hi^t  wife,  which  I  did.  Hi^  family 
13  in  Arkaiisw.  On  last  Thursday  he  came 
thin  way  again  on  his  way  home  and  he  hod  be- 
becomii  vury  much  interested  in  the  Brethren. 
He  would  like  to  have  the  BREriiHES  at  Wohk 
sent  to  him.  He  was  raised  a  Baptist,  and  said 
he  belonged  to  the  Baptists;  but  he  said  he  saw 
that  their  perauasiou  was  not  right.  Said  he 
htid  become  very  much  enlightened  s.iiice  he  has 
read  your  paper.  He  is  a  man  that  has  been 
much  sick,  yet  seems  to  be  a  good,  mural  man. 
Has  been  very  unfortunate,  lost  every  thing  he 
had,  and  was  begging  to  try  midget  his  family 
out  of  Arkansas.  If  you  can,  send  him  the 
Brethren  at  Work. 

[We  gladly  send  him  the  paper,  hoping  it 
may  be  the  means  of  leading  him  to  the  whole 
truth.— Ens.J 

From  T.  D.  Lyon.— We  are  still  in  the  hind, 
and  among  the  living.  Are  enjoying  good 
health.  Our  paper  finds  uk  regularly,  bnnging 
good  news  from  the  various  parts  of  the  great 
Brotherhood,  and  is  always  hailed  with  joy  by 
u*.  Ami  while  we  are  the  "Little  Sister,"  per- 
haps those  Bailing  more  smoothly,  and  more 
able  to  overcome  opposing  obstacles,  would  be 
glud  to  hear,  that  we  too,  are  made  to  rejoice 
occasionally.  On  last  Lord's  day,  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  receiving  by  baptism,  a  young  man, 
in  the  prime  of  life,  whose  complete  surrender, 
and  commendable  zeal  and  hearty  response  to 
the  usual  questions  in  the  water,  sent  a  thrill 
of  good  feeling  to  all  on  the  shore,  0  for  more 
such  seasons! 


From  Mlddletowii.  Connect icnt.— I  arriv- 
P.1  at  this  place  thre.'  w<-eks  ago.  Find  spirit- 
ual things  verj' low :  no  Brethren  here.  Find 
pome  (hat  would  unite  with  such  a  church  as  I 
describ*-.  if  then-  was  one  here.  They  admit 
the  doctrine  to  N-  correct  a»  far  as  I  was  able  to 
tell  them.  I  am  no  minister,  but  when  we  read 
those  passages  like  Rev.  22: 17,  how  can  we  sit 
still  and  see  our  fellow-men  die  with  thirst,  lost 
unto  all  eyes,  and  we  being  the  ones  that  have 
failed  to  declare  what  Goil  has  made  us  the 
stewards  of?  "  Freely  ye  have  received,  freely 
give."  \  minister  may  iidminister  all  theovdi- 
nanc<.s,  u  layman  should  labor  faithfully .  where- 
ever  the  opportunity  is  offered.  We  should  be 
a  peculiar  ppople,  zealous  of  good  works,  letting 
our  light  shine  in  the  dark  jdaces  as  Christ  re- 
quires, not  neglecting  one  thing,  hut  fullfilling 
all  that  the  Gospel  set^  forth.  Ihat  they  may 
know  we  are  more  than  good  moral  men:  yea 
returning  thanks  in  our  families  for  all  Ihings 
at  all  limes,  that  we  may  be  faithful  servants  of 
Christ:  who  shall  say,  "Enter  into  the  joy  of 
thy  Lord.',  when  time  ends  here  below. 

CR-COKAST. 

[Send  us  the  names  of  a  few  dozen  living 
there  and  we  will  send  them  samples,  and  work 
up  a  list  of  subscribers. — Eds.J 

From  Mary  A,  Uigflrle.— I  feel  that  I  should 
aild  my  experimental  testimony  to  your 
"  Thoughts  for  Christians"  in  No.  30  of  the 
Hrethrks  at  Work,  and  many  more.  I  have  no 
doubt,  could  do  the  same.  I  did  not  wish  as  the 
younger  girl  said,  that  I  had  never  joined  the 
cluirch,  hut  I  often  become  weary  struggling 
alone;  for  no  one  seems  to  think  that  I  needed 
anything  more,  and  instead  of  recNving  the 
milk,  that  my  weakness  required,  strong  meat 
was  dealt  out.  which  I  was  not  able  to  manage; 
and  therefore  had  to  lug  and  toil  along  as  best 
I  could,  to  live  through  it,  or  die  trying.  O,  if 
only  the  minister  would  once  learn  to  take  care 
of  the  tender  lambs,  as  babes  of  the  household 
of  God!  how  many  an  innocent  soul  might  be 
saved,  and  kind  and  weary  hearts  lifted  up, 
which  are  left  to  sink  into  darkness  by  the  per- 
plexities of  life,  and  the  neglect  of  the  ministers 
and  fathers  and  mothers  in  Israel.  Oh  I  think 
I  must  awaken  an  interest  in  the  hearts  of  all 
to  look  around  and  see  whether  there  is  not 
some  weak  one  perishing  and  ready  to  die  for 
the  waul  of  kind  words  and  a  little  attention 
to  pull  them  up  and  help  them  along 

From  Greasy  Creek.  Va.— According  to 
previous  arrangmeuts,  our  Brethren  held  a 
meeting  in  Patrick,  an  adjoining  Co.,  on  last 
Sunday,  the  llth.  Notwithstanding  the  in- 
clemency of  the  weather,  there  was  a  large 
congregation  assembled.  Being  one  of  the 
first  meetings  the  Brethren  ever  held  in  that 
vicinity,  all  seemed  to  have  an  anxiety  in 
hearing  the  word  preached.  After  preaching, 
we  assembled  at  the  water  side,  where  we  re- 
ceived one  dear  Bro.  by  baptism.  Never  in  my 
life  did  I  behold  such  a  scene.  It  was  a  heart- 
reudring  one,  to  see  the  anxious  lookers-on. — 
Some  ascended  the  mountain  side  in  order  to 
see  the  ordinance  performed,  some  ascended 
bushes  and  trees  to  see;  all  seemed  to  take  an 
interest  in  the  Brofher.  We  heard  the  express- 
mode,  th  it  a^unkard  baptism  would  he  as 
much  to  those  people  as  a  circus  would.  Now 
we  have  three  deai-  lambs  in  that  part  of  God's 
moral  vineyard.  May  our  heavenly  Father 
help  them  to  so  live,  that  others  may  see  their 
good  w(u-ks  and  glorify  our  Father  in  heaven. 
We  think  and  even  heard  it  said,  if  we  only 
had  preaching  here,  we  would  soon  have  a 
large  church.     Brethren  come  to  our  aid. 

C.  D.  Hylton. 

From  Marietta  Swank.— We  were  made  to 
rejoice  wliile  the  A.  M.  was  in  progress. — 
Thought  we  would  Lave  some  preaching  after 
meeting  was  over,  but  failed.  1  think  it  would 
have  had  a  gjol  etf^-jt,  as  a  great  many  were 
waked  up  during  the  meeting,  hot  I  fear  they 
will  go  to  sleep  again.  Our  meeting  was  as  a 
light  to  the  world;  the  people  in  general  speak 
well  of  the  way  the  work  was  carried  on,  Let 
us  he  a  light  to  the  world,  so  others  may  see 
our  good  works  and  glorify  our  Father  in  heav- 
1. 

Sy  may  the  unhelieving  world, 
See  liow  true  Christians  love 
Ami  glorify  our  Savior's  grace 
And  seek  that  grace  to  prove. 

Sorth  Mnnrliester,  Inri. 

From  D.  B.  Gibson.— By  request  of  my 
corres|iondents,  I  will  say  that  my  address  from 
the  7th  to  the  15th  of  Sept.  will  be,  Furming- 
ton,  Fulton  Co.,  111.,  care  Eld.  Jacob  Negley.— 
I  expe(;t  to  be  at  Franklin  Grove,  III.,  from  the 
27th  of  Sept.  till  the  4th  of  Oct.  That  is  as 
far  as  I  have  mode  appointments  at  present. — 
The  calls  that  I  have,  that  conflict  wi^h  the 
above,  will  have  to  be  deferred  for  the  present. 
Am  in  correspondence  with  Bro.   John   Barn- 


hart,  in  regard  to  the  time,  from  the  liith  to 
the  27th.  Those  desiring  my  labor*,  will  have 
regard  to  the  above  appointments. 

Frrritt.  Mo. 

From  Little  Traverse,  Mich.— Acconiiug 
to  request.  I  will  try  and  give  a  short  report  ot 
our  Communion  meeting,  which  was  celebrated 
in  the  evening  of  the  10th  of  August.  The 
minister?  present  were.  Elder  Long,  Bm  Win- 
nee,  and  Kepuer.from  Thorne  Apple  district, 
lonee  Co.,  Mich.  This  was  the  first  Com- 
munion meeting  ever  held  in  Emmet  Co., 
Mich.,  and  was  one  long  to  be  remembered 
by  the  little  band  of  brethren  and  sist^^rs,  that 
assembled  at  the  house  of  Bro.  and  sister  Noss. 
Oh  how  we  were  made  to  sympathize  with  the 
dear  members  who  have  lived  here  for  three 
long  years,  and  have  not  had  a  sermon  preached  I 
But  now  their  joy  is  complete.  A  choice  was 
held  for  deacons.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro.  John  R. 
Stutzman  and  Bro.  John  Noss.  May  the  Lord 
bless  these  two  brethren,  and  give  them  grace 
sufficient  for  their  day  and  trial.  Twenty-three 
memlwrs  communed,  and  I  must  saj,',  we  had 
one  of  the  best  little  meetings  1  ever  enjoyed. 
Indeed  we  felt  loath  to  leave  the  place,  where 
Jesus  showed  his  smiling  face.  Now  I  would 
say,  we  are  a  little  flock,  scattered  far  away 
from  the  body  of  the  church  and  have  no  min- 
istering brethren  among  us.  We  pray  the  Lord 
to  send  laborers  into  his  little  vineyard  here! 
LvDiA  A.  Krise. 

From  Henderson,  Ky.— Our  Love-feast,  the 
the  sixth  of  August,  passed  off  pleasantly.  It 
was  a  timg  of  refreshing  to  our  little  church. 
We  were  all  made  to  rejoice.  Bro.  Michael 
Forney  was  with  us.  Ho  preached  the  Word 
in  its  purity,  so  that  on  the  sixth,  four  come 
out  on  the  Lord's  and  were  baptized.  On  Sun- 
day following,  two  more  came  over  on  the 
Lord's  side  and  were  baptized  to  rise  and  walk 
in  newness  of  life-  May  the  work  of  the  Lord 
revive  every-where,  is  my  prayer! 

John  B.  Gish. 


^NNOtJJSr  CEMENTS. 


NoTiOM  of  LoTe-feMls.    Dislrict   Meelinpi.    elc,  Bhould 

be  brief,  and  wrilten  on  paper  separate 

from    other    basinesB- 


LOVE-FEA8TB. 

Beatrice  church.  Gage  Co..  Nob.,  September  7th  and 

8th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Sugar  Creek  congregation,  Sangamon  Co.,  111.,  Oct. 

3  and  4,  conimencing  at  lo  o  cluck. 
Iowa  Center,  at  residence  of  Bro.  G.  W.  Boitnotts, 

Sept.  "th  and  Stii. 
Paint  Creek  conLiegation,   Bourbon  Co..  Kansas, 

October  3id  and  4th,  couimeiicing  at  2  o'clock. 
Mineral  Creek,  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  Tuesday,  Oct.  1. 
Stanislaus  church,  Cal.,  first  Saturday  in  October. 
■WTiitesTille.  Mo.  Sept.  7th. 
Arnold's  Grove,  Sept.  10th  and  llth,  commencing  i 

1  o'clock.  P.  M. 
Mulberry  congregation.  Bond  Co.,  111.,  Oct  9th. 
Camp  Creek  congregation,  Sept.  14. 
Cottonwood  congregation,  Lyon  Co.  Kan.,Sept.  7th 

and  Sth. 
Bethel  church,  Filmore  Co,,  Neb.,  Sept,  I4th  and 

15th. 
Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles  Nortli-east 

of  Leon.  Decatur  Co..  Iowa.  Oct.  10th. 
White  Ruck  congiegation.  Kansas,  Sept.  2l3t. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  church.  Madison  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  1 1. 
Lot-itu  clinrch.  Lolmii  Ci>.,  (),.  Oct  12tli  at  2  o'clock. 
I'ealmdv  church.  ( ''I     •'I1.11..1  mIi   at  residence  of 

Bni. 'Hciirv  M  ind  a   half  miles 

North-West  ul    i  ■  .1  ■  ■■      M  in>'iiCo.,  Kan. 
l\'jandotcont:iv;;a.^,u,  :i    m  ..LlleYork,  Wyandot 

Co.,  0.,  Sept  14th  and  lOtli,  at  lU  o'clock. 
Beaver  Creek  church,  York  Co.,  Neb.,  September 

21  and  22. 
Pokagon  congregation,  Cas3  Co.,  Mich.,  October  nth 

at  five  o'clock,  P.  M. 
ii  Valle' 
and  tilh. 

Donald's  Creek,  seven  miles  North-west  of  Spring- 
field, Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  Hth  at  lu  o'clock. 
One  mile  Eiist  of  Dallas  Center,  Dallas  Co.,  Iowa, 

October  12th  and  13th  at  one  o'elork. 
Nettle   Crtiek    congregation,    near    HagerHtowii, 

Wayne  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  nth  at  lo  o'clock. 
English  Pniirie  church.  La  Grange  Co.,  Ind.  Oct. 

lOtli  at  10  o'clock. 
Mill  Creek.  Adams  Co..  111.,  Sept.  Utli. 
Honey  t'leek  church,  Nodaway  Co.,  Mo„  .Sept,  14. 
Kityle  (ictk  ihurch,' Hancock  Co.,  Ohio,  October 

nth  at  .^Mclnck. 
DesniiiineM  Valley,  Polk  Co.,  la.,  ten  miles  North  of 

Desiiioiues,  Oct.  ftth  and  Utli  at  1  o'clock. 


Unicm  City  church,  near  Union  City,  Ind.,  Oct.  10. 
»t  10  o'clock. 

Cami)-metiiiK  iiri  the  West  side  uf  the  San  Joa- 
<l"iii  Kn.r,  Miiiiiii  200  yards  ol  U.  P.  K.  K. 
bridge,  Cal,.  Si'jit,  L'litli. 


Th>-  -^^tli  of  -•<eptemlier.   coininpnrlng  at  2  o'clock 

p  M.,  2  miles  Koat  of    Durchester,  tSaliiieCo' 

Xeh. 
PHMora.  l.iwa,September  12tli  and  i:tth. 
Helhel  ehureli.  Holt  Co..  Mo.,  Oitoher  .-.Ih.  at  4 

o'clock. 
Hell  Creek  rliurch.  Neli.,  about  eiuht  inlleii  Wm  of 

Tekuniab.  Burt  Co,,  tlie  I4th  and  l,Uh  of  Sept 
Al  IIudNoii  III.,  October,  latli. 
.tohuaou  county,  la,,  Sept.,  7th  and  Sth. 
Ntirth  Fork  diurcli  of  Wild  Cat.  Carroll  countv 

Iml.,  Oct.,  nth.  at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 
Cole  Creek  church.  Sept..  14th  and  l  jth.  in  FuUon 

.ounty.  HI. 
si»riiie  Creek  eouBTeJtntion.  Koaciusco  co.,  Iiul..  »ix 

mile.*  Sunth  of  Pierceton,  Oct.  4lh,  to  commence 

at  ten  o'clock. 
I'rhaua  cliureli.  CliampaiKO  00„  111..  Sept.  14  and  15. 
Ilowanl  conurcKatioii  Iml.,  Oct4t!i,  at  ten  A.  M. 
Pine  Creek,  III..  Oct.  M  and  4,  at  4  P.  M. 
Seneca  clnirch.  Ohio,  Oct.  10. 
Oct  loth,  at  4  o'clock,  three  miles  East  of  Parkere. 

burg. 
Maple  Valley  church.  Cherokee  CO.,  Iowj\,  .'.th  ami 

nth  of  Oct. 
Coventrv,  Chester  CO..  Pa.,  Oct  5tli.  at  2  P.  M. 
Uiirr  Oak  ehuroh.  near  Salem.  Kan.,  Sept  aath  aiifl 

■Mh.  Ill  ten  A.M. 
Liinesti.iii'  (■..iii;i.'ti;itLiin,  three  and  one  half  miles 

l-'i^t    Old  .iFii'  ami  one  half  miles  South  of  lona 

and  jewi'll  City  If.  It,  Oct,  Stii  and  8th. 
Solomon  Valley  congiegation,  Osborn  co.,  Neij._ 

Oct.  12tli  and  i:Uh. 

T37-Tlie  Brethren  and  siatersof  the  Ashland 
cluirch,  Ashland  Co.,  0  ,  expect  to  hold  their 
Comniuuion  meeting  Oct.  I2th,  at  our  meeting- 
house, four  miles  South-east  of  Ashland  City, 
to  commence  at  5  P.  M.      D.  N.  Workman. 

;^"  The  Brethren  intend  to  hold  a  special 
ni'-etiug  at  Haw  Patch,  Lagrange  Co..  hid., 
Sept.  15.  John  Keim. 

l^fT  The  Brethren  coi'iiposing  the  Hunting, 
don  church,  Huntingdon  Co.,  Ind.,  intend  to 
hold  their  Communion  meeting  Oct,  9th,  begin. 
niug  at  4  o'clock,  P.  M.        W.  W.  Summeus. 

2^^  The  Love-feast  of  the  California  church 
will  coinmence.  God  willing,  Sept.  26tb,  to  be 
continued  over  two  Sundays.        W.  Meyehs. 

^f"  The  Brethren  of  the  Salem  congrega- 
tion, will  hold  their  Love-fe;ist,  at  their  nieet- 
ing-houf  e,  four  miles  Eiist  of  Salem  Marion  Co., 
III.,  on  the  12th  day  of  Oct,  commencing  at 
2  o'clock.  J.  F.  Neher. 

3;^  The  Brethren  of  the  Marion  congrega- 
tion, Marlon,  Grant  Co.,  Ind.,  expect  to  hold  a 
Love-feast  on  Wednesday  Oct.  9tli,  commencing 
at  10  A.  M.     Preaching  also  next  day. 

J.'C.  TiKKEL. 

J^**  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  iu 
Keokuk  Co.,  Iowa,  in  the  English  River  con- 
gregation, two  and  one  half  mileg  East  of 
South  English,  and  six  and  oue  half  miles 
North  of  Harper,  on  the  Sth  and  9th  of  Oct, 
meeting  to  commence  in  the  forenoon.  Those 
coming  by  II.  R.,  will  stop  off  at  Harper,  where 
they  will  be  met  the  day  before  the  meeting. 
S.  Floiiy. 

J^°The  Brethren  of  the  Four-mile  church, 
intend  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  their  Com- 
munion meeting  on  the  18th  of  September,  at 
the  White  Water  meeting-house,  thi-ee  miles 
North-east  of  Cannersville,  Fayette  Co.,  lad., 
commencing  at  10  o'clock  A.  M. 

W.  McWhorteh. 


Yellow  Creek,  .Stepln-n 
lUth  at  1  P.  M. 


1  Co.,  III.,  Oct.  15th  and 


.Shannon^arroU  Co,,  111.,  Oct  10th  commencing  at 

Knob  Creek,  Washington  Co,,  Tcnn.,  Oct  5tli  and 
tlth,  at  10  oelock,  A.  M. 

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No.  37. 


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NO  FRIEND  LIKE  JESUS. 

There  is  no  fiieiid  like  Jejius, 

In  this  wiile  world  of  ours, 
For  lie  fn)m  snrrow  frees  iis. 

And  .itrews  u"r  imtli  with  llowers. 

There  is  no  friend  like  Jesus, 
AVlit-n  diirkiifss  gatliei-s  rmiiul. 

For  then  with  Joy  and  gladne.ss, 
H«  innkea  oiir  hearts  to  boiuid. 

There  is  no  friend  like  Jpaiis, 
tijo  coustmit  li'ue  nnd  kind; 

So  full  of  love  mid  pity- 
So  holy  and  ictined, 

There  is  no  friend  like  Jesus 

To  succor  tliP  oppressed. 
To  help  the  poor  and  needy. 

And  comfort  the  distressed. 

There  is  no  fiicud  like  Jesus. 

To  drive  away  our  fears. 
To  heal  our  wounded  spirits, 

And  wipe  awiiy  our  tears. 

There'll  he  no  friend  like  Jesus, 
■When  lit  deutU's  door  we  lay. 

There'll  ho  no  Irieml  like  Jeaus, 
When  comes  the  judgment  day. 

yelefttd  hy  iloLLii;  r.MBAi'on. 


liglit  fi-om  the  Fountain  of  Life  aH<i  Tnith  iiifty 
pour  in  without  interruption. 

He  must  not,  like  the  papist,  shut  himself  up 
iu  the  narrow  liniili*  assigned  him  !))■  predeces- 
sors, find  nrglect  roajing  and  thinking  for  him- 
self; lint  with  Bible  in  hand,  soar  out  into  the 
great  world  of  truth,  uiid  by  careful  reading. 
meditHtinn.  eonversation  and  observation,  add 
daily  to  his  store  of  knowledge,  remembering 
always  that  our  growth  in  the  knowledge  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviov,  depends  upon  our  own  praper 
eft'orts  in  -studying  His  life.  chaniL-ter  and  teach- 
ing, and  living  out  the  same  as  near  impossible. 

JOHN  RANDOLPH  AND  THE 
BIBLE. 

•'  T  WAS  raised  by  a  pious  mother  (God  bless 
1  her  memory),  who  tauglit  me  the  Chris- 
tian religion  in  all  its  requirements.  But,  nlas! 
I  grew  up  an  infidel;  if  not  an  infidel  complete, 
a  decided  deist.  But  when  I  became  a  man,  in 
this,  113  well  as  in  other  matters,  I  resolved  to 
examine  for  myself,  and  never  to  pin  my  faith 
to  any  other  man's  sleeve.  So  I  bought  that 
Bible;  I  pored  over  it;  I  examined  itcarefutly; 
I  sought  and  procured  those  hooks  for  and 
against;  and  when  my  labors  were  envied,  I 
came  to  this  irresistible  conclusion:  'That the 
Bible  is  true.  It  would  have  been  as  easy  fur  a 
mole  to  have  written  Sir  Isaac  Newton's  treat- 
ise on  optics,  OS  for  uninspired  men  to  have 
written  the  Bible. " " 


crosses  in  our  temporal  atfairs,  we  lure  iilmost 
I'eadyto  give  up  in  deapuir,  and  when  we  aw 
called  on  to  lend  h  helping  hand  to  the  furthur- 
aiici'  of  the  Gospel,  or  the  great  cause,  or  duty 
to  he  living  instunientsin  the  hand  of  God.  to 
bring  sonis  to  Christ,  we  feel  careless  about  do- 
ing whatsoever  he  says,  or  even  not  willing  to 
give  of  our  abundance  to  defray  the  PXl)enses 
ol  those  brethren  who  are  willing  to  ijpread  tl  e 
Gospel.  Oh  let  us  all  feel  an  inlorestin  the 
welfare  of  our  fellow-beings. 

The  i^avior  says,  "  One  soul  is  of  more  value 
than  the  whole  world."  Let  ns  take  courage 
and  press  forward  toward  the  uuirk  for  Uu-  prize 
of  the  high  culling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus,  ^ye 
have  a  consolation  that  will  not  be  denied  to 
US.  if  we  simply  remember  to  do.  "  Whatsoever 
He  says  unto  us." 


DO  WHAT  HE  SAYS. 


GROWTH  IN  GRACE. 

JIV  DAKIEL  VANIMAN. 

"  IJut  grow  ID  grace,  and  in  th?  kuowle<,lge  of  uni 
Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  To  liim  he  glory 
both  now  and  forever.    Anien."'--i  Pet.  :i:  is. 

THERE  can  be  no  growth  without  life.  In 
the  kingdom  of  grace  as  well  as  in  the  au- 
imivl  and  vegetable  kingdoms,  there  must  not 
only  be  a  seed,  but  a  seed  having  life  in  it.  Man 
caauot  originate  life.  All  life  comes  from  God, 
the  only  Sonrce  and  Fountain  of  life.  In  the 
kingdom  of  grace,  the  Word  is  the  living  Seed, 
"My  words  they  are  spirit  and  they  are  life.' 
Next  to  the  living  seed  is  a  congenial  soil,  (a 
good  and  honest  heart).  With  this  living  Seed 
in  a  good  and  honest  heart,  we  may  look  for  a 
growth  in  grace.  Without  it  we  might  a-swell 
look  fur  a  field  of  wheat  or  corn  without  living 
seed  to  start  from.  After  man  is  begotten  by 
the  Woi-d  of  truth  and  born  (baptized)  into  the 
family  of  God,  he  is  only  a  babe,  and  like  the 
natural  babe  needs  pure  atmosphere  to  breathe, 
proper  food,  tender  cai-e,  and  proper  exercise. 
Aa  atmosphere  to  brealhe,  the  child  of  grace 
should  have  the  pure  atmosphere  of  the  Spirit 
of  God,  anrl  the  holy  a-ssoeiations  of  the  chil- 
dren of  God.  The  foodlike  tlmt  of  the  natural 
babe  must  be  such  as  he  can  appreciate,  the 
aincei-e  milk  of  the  Woid,  being  the  best  suitr 
ed  to  his  infantile  state.  Like  the  mother  watch- 
es over  and  cares  for  her  tendernifant;  so  should 
the  older  members  of  the  church  watch  over 
and  care  for  the  new-bor.i  babes  in  Christ;  and 
for  exercise  there  is  noth  ng  better  than  earnest 
work  for  Jesus,  remembering  always  to  work 
with  the  older  brethren  and  sisters  who  are  al- 
ready at  work  for  Him  aid  not  against  them. 

With  all  the  above  and  true  humility,  there 
will  certainly  be  a  rapid  gi-owth  in  grace.  Now 
in  addition  to  a  rapid  growth  in  grace,  a  rapid 
growth  in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Sav- 
ior Jesus  Christ,  is  also  Iffiirahle.  To  secure 
this,  an  earnest,  diligent  st.udy  of  the  life,  char- 
acter, and  teaching  of  Je-sns,  are  essential,  hav- 
ing at  tlie  earae  time  all  the  curtains  removed 
from  the  windows  of  the  soul,  so  that  the  pure 


FAMILY  WORSHIP. 


BY  1.  H.  CRIST. 


riAHIS  evening  while  reading   the   Brethren 
i     AT  Work,  iny  soul  was  stirred  within   me. 


"Wliatsoh'ver  lie  says  unto  you,  do  it."— John  3;  5. 

THIS  is  the  language  of  the  mother  of  our 
dear  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ  at  the 
marriage  in  Canaan  of  Galilee,  thus  command: 
ing  the  servants  of  the  feast,  to  ol»serve,  in  or- 
der that  satisfaction  may  be  given  to  the  guests 
of  the  marriage;  hence  hy  the  obedience  to  the 
command  given,  they  were  partakers  of  the 
good  wine  that  was  furnished  hy  our  Savior. 
[)o  we  not  see  a  place  to  apply  this  passage  of 
Scripture  to  ourselves?  "  Whatsoever  he  nays 
unto  you,  'h  it."  When,  we  behold  what  follow- 
ed the  olwdience  of  this  command,  we  piay 
heartily  apply  it  to  ourselves.  Let  us  who  con- 
fess the  Lord  Jesus  to  he  our  Savior,  put  Him 
on  iu  sincerity;  take  heed  that  we  do  not  look 
over  this  without  a  thought.  Man  is  so  apt  to 
neglect  many  of  the  things  that  nttain  to  sal- 
vation, without  the  least  williiignew  to  do  the 
commands  of  the  Savior.  Ho-v  oft  we  come 
short  in  our  weakness  of  doing  the  will  of 
Godl  Do  we  not  often  even  neglect  to  pause 
for  a  moniout  and  see  the  goodness  of  God, 
■.ilculated  for  our  welfare,  not  thinking  that  tin 
Lord  has  any  reason  to  sustain  us  from  day  to 
lay?  We  can  plainly  see  how  the  Lord  does 
not  wish  the  death  of  one  sinner;  for  he  says, 
that  he  delightcth  not  in  the  death  of  one 
sinner,  but  would  that  all  should  come  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth  and  live." 
The  Lord  was  so  gracious  and  kind  to  us  oa  to 
ffer  evm  death,  which  is  set  forth  aa  the  last 
enemy  to  overcome.  He  did  this  just  for  our 
sake,  that  we  might  have  free  access  to  His 
grace,  aud  imbibe  .sweetness  from  His  truth. 
We  ure  taught,  "Thy  word  is  truth."  Do  we 
love  our  neighbor  or  do  we  despise  him.  Christ 
says,  "do  good  to  them  that  hate  you."  Do 
we  still  try  to  give  them  an  opportunity  to 
speak  reproachfully  of  ns?  Oh  my  dear  reader, 
let  not  your  good  be  evil  spoken  of;  "  and  what- 
soever He  says  unto  you.  do  it."  Behold  the  re- 
sult of  the  obedience  of  Abraham,  how  he  en- 
dured! There  must  have  been  great  pain  and 
sorrow  in  his  trial,  but  God  knew  for  what  pur- 
pose he  called  him  to  go,  not  knowing  lyhither 
he  went. 
Sometimes  when  we  meet  with  losses  and 


by  reading  brother  William  Cook's  exhortation 
to  duty.  No,  3,  page  7.  He  says,  "  may  the 
spirit  of  prayer  he  instilled  abundantly  into  the 
heai-ts  of  all  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters." 
This  trnly  is  an  exhortation  that  will  do  us 
mnch  good.  If  put  into  practice,  we  will  re- 
ceive the  blessing  in  this  life,  and  have  a  rich 
treasure  laid  up  in  heaven.  Where  is  the  broth- 
er who  cannot  tell  his  aesires  and  confess  his 
faults  to  a  trusty  friend  of  his?  It  is  just  as 
easy  to  call  our  de.ir  family  together  around  the 
family  altar,  and  humbly  come  before  the  Lord 
on  our  bended  knees  and  confess  oui*  faults  and 
\ve«kne3ses  and  ask  Him  tograirt  xw  such  things 
as  we  need.  An  open  coiife?^ion  is  good  for  the 
soul,     ".\skin  faith  and  ye  shall  reoeive 

Prayer  is  acominand  and  should  be  observed. 
I  Ix'lievt*  there  is  more  good  received  hy  erect- 
ing a  family  altar,  dedicatml ,  to  .the  Lord,  and 
there  present  our  bodies  a  living  sacrifice,  than 
iu  any  other  duty  we  can  engage  in.  I  once 
heard  a  br)ther  say,  that  he  and  his  companion 
did  not  erect  an  altar  when  they  started  out  in 
the  world;  so  when  they  would  lie  down  to 
rest,  sleep  would  ilee  from  them  and  their  spirits 
were  troubled  within  them,  flu  a  Sabbath 
evening  after  tht^y  had  fed  the  J>uter  man,  they 
ivtired  for  the  night,  but  there  was  a  hungering 
of  the  inner  man,  calling  aloud  to  be  fed.  The 
brother  spoke  to  the  sister  saying,  lot  us  arise 
luid  erect  an  altar  and  offer  up  prayer  to  God. 
They  did  so,  aud  although  years  have  gone  by, 
that  altar  is  still  iVeciuented.  Prayer  to  the 
soul  is  as  food  to  the  outer  man.  His  return- 
ing wauls  must  he  sati.sfied  time  after  time,  on- 
ly to  cease  in  death. 

Wo  often  feel  weak  imd  come  short  of  our 
duty  in  many  things,  then  how  sweet  it  is  to 
commune  with  our  best  Friend,  to  ask  him  to 
aid  nnd  aa.siat  us.  I  heard  an  aged  brother  sny; 
when  called  on  to  lead  in  family  worship,  "  I 
can't  pray  in  public."  Perhaps  he  was  like 
many  others,  never  tried.  It  is  not  alone  the 
U)ng  and  fluent  jirayer  tliat  is  attended  with 
the  greatest  ble-ssing.  The  Lord  want«  an  hum- 
ble heart  and  a  contrite  spririt,  let  the  words  be 
few  or  many. 


well-spring  of  goodnes*.  the  overflowing  foun- 
tain of  nil  generous  and  (iod-like  deed.-*.  Lme 
in  the  soul  of  virtue,  the  moving  spirit  of  every 
high  and  holy  enterprise,  of  every  plan  and  un- 
dertaking eiilciihited  to  bless  mankind.  lywe  is 
of  God:  it  is  the  image  of  God.  und  it  acts  the 
part  of  God  in  the  heivrta  and  liven  of  men. 
Love  is  the  gerni  of  all  thini^s  good;  it  is  the 
fiilliu'ssttiid  coiui)lotion  of  all  moral  uud  God- 
like excellence.  Where  love  in  wanting,  then 
can  be  no  true  happim-Mj  where  love  prevaib, 
there  everything  that  is  calculated  to  raisu  and 
idess  mankind,  will  abound. 

Love  alone  can  dry  up  the  fountain  of  human 
tear*,  and  turn  the  dwellings  of  our  brethren 
throughout  the  entire  brotherhood  into  one  vast 
I'arathse  of  jov.  Love  is  the  soul  of  the  Goa* 
pel,  and  should  be  the  moving  spirit  of  the 
whole  church.  The  aim  and  tendency  of  the 
w>iole  syst^-m  of  the  Gospel  is  to  destroy  the 
natural  selfishness  of  man.  and  to  fill  his  aoal 
with  pure,  nnd  ardent,  and  eternal  charity  to* 
ward  all  mankind.  It  eommands  us  to,  "  Love 
our  neighbor  as  ourselves;"  "to  love  not  in 
word  and  in  tongue  only,  but  in  deed  and  in 
truth."  Love  illustrates  and  enforces  the  duty 
of  charity  in  the  most  ofiecting  und  powerful 
manner.  Love  commands  us  to  exercise  char- 
ity to  the  whole  human  race,  to  help  the  afflict- 
ed and  needy,  to  do  good,  as  we  have  opporti*- 
iiity  unto  all  men,  "especially  to  the  housa- 
hold  of  failh." 


LO  VB  . 


BY  a.  w,  jiotkler. 


THKREwasnot  an  act,  of  our  Savior,  which 
docs  not  express  love  in  the  highest  degree. 
When  we  see  articles  written  by  brethren  (on 
viuious  subjects)  whoso  views  difl'er  from  each 
othjer,  we  cannot  think  that  love  prompts  any 
to  write  in  a  sarcastic  manner;  we  feel  that  itis 
too  often  the  case;  and  hope  with  brother  J.  H, 
Moore  (article  on  Original  Ground  Again)  that 
the  brethren  will  endeavor  to  deal  more  kindly 
with  one  another  in   the   future.     Love   is  the 


It  requires  us  to  exercise  charity  toward  our 
enemies;  to  do  good  to  thom  that  hate  us  and 
l)ersecuto»is,  and  to  overcome  evil   with  good. 
Love  urges  us  to  exercise  charity  toward  the 
poor  apfliieedyj  it  teaches  to  regard  tlw  bonds 
of  prisoners,  the  wrongs  of  tin-  iiijund.  and  to 
spare  no  puias  to  extend  consolation  and  Ttliaf 
to  the  sulTercrs.     Loveteachis  us  to  feed  [the 
hungry,  to  clothe  the  naked;  to  visit  the  father- 
less and  widows  in  their  aftliction;  to  entertain 
stranger3,and  to  shut  up   thi^  Ijowels  of  our 
compassion    from    no  unhappy  brother  npon 
earth.     Love  of  our  Savior  will  enjoin  upon  all 
men  to  do  good  to  the  extent  of  their  ability. 
Therich  it  roquireit  to  bo  rich   in  pood  works, 
ready  to  dif-trihutj};  willing  to  make  their  wealth 
a  common  blu*sing;  and  even  those  who  are  not 
rich,  it  commands  to  labor  with  their  haada 
that  they  may  not  only  be  able  to  support  their 
families,  hut  may  have  to  give  to  him  that  need- 
eth.     It  requires  u»  especially  to  look  after  our 
fellow-Chnstiaus;  to  distribute  to  their  necessi- 
ties, to  bear  their  burdens,  nnd  so   fulfill  the 
law  of  Christ.     It  requires  us  to  mi.t  charity 
with  all  we  say,  and  with  all  we  do;  "speaking 
the  truth  in  love."     Charity  is  miule  the  mark 
of  u  true  Christian.     "  By  this  shall  men  know 
that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  to 
another."      "  We  know  that   we  have   passed 
from  death  unto  life,  because  we  love  the  breth- 
ren." 

The  word  of  truth  exalts  charity  above  all 
things,  and  represents  it  as  the  end  and  fulfill* 
ment  of  all  the  dbpensations  of  heaven.  Lotu 
is  the  first  and  great  commandment,  the  fulfill- 
ng  of  the  law,  the  suraof  the  Gospel,  the  high* 
est.  the  best  beloved,  and  the  most  God-like  of 
all  Christiim  graces.  Without  it,  the  tongon 
of  men  and  of  iiugels  are  but  af  sounding  brass 
or  as  a  tinkling  cymbal;  the  knowledge  of  all 
mysterias  and  the  i>os>essiou  of  faith  to  re- 
move monntains,  and  all  the  outward  framings 
of  beneficeme,  are  nothing.  And  to  coaeludo 
the  charity  which  is  enjoined,  is  a  charity  that 
suffereth  long  and  is  kind;  a  charity  that  en- 
vieth  not;  a  charity  that  vaunt*th  not  itself;  {a 
not -puffed  up,  doth  not  behave  itself  nnseemly; 
seeketh  not  her  o\vn;  is  not  easily  provoked; 
thiuketh  MO  evil:  rejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  bui 
rejoiceth  in  tlie  truth.  A  charity  that  beateth 
all  things,  hopeth  all tbings,eudurcth all  things; 
a  charity  that  never  faiteth.  "Au^  now  ahidft 
faith,  hope,  charity,  these  three;  bnl  the  grefti* 
est  of  these  is  charity."  1  Cor.  10:  3. 


TlrlK    m<KUi-lI<K>:    ^X    "\VOKIv. 


Septeiiiber    i*^ 


All  BTivelheroyfil  piifftce,  wliere 

Wan  the  din  of  revc),  bihI  torclies' 

There  \\\gh  within  his  royal  hull 

Belshiu7Jir  tho  kinK  hold  festival, 

His  nobl(>i4  around  him  in  xpU-ndor  xhiao, 

Andflrnin  down  goblets  of  npnrkling  nine. 

The  noblw  shoilt/Rnd  pohk-N  ring; 
'Twfc!«^weet  to  lfie"^pnrt  of  tli''«tiff-ntckud  king. 


flriink,  hif*  conceit  gri-w  higher. 

Afid,  maddened  nitti  im^t%  tiin  lips  l<]t  fiUl 
TVild  words  thut  blftsphenie  tlitr  great  Lord  of  all. 
Jtfore  vniuitiiig  he  grew,    and  his  blnsphemoiis 
,    snwrs 

TiVero  hftik-d  by  his  lordJy  ruut  with  cheers. 
Proudly  thi*  king  hii«  a  niiuidntc  piisw^: 
J^ay  \iit  the  HliivtKt,  and  conn-  back  full  fast 
Many  poldv***fl!(  they  bring  with  them, 
The  si.oild  of  God'n  house  in  JfniBalpm. 

With  impious  hand  the  king  caught  up: 

Kill-^d  lo  the  brim,  a  sacred  cop; 

And  down  to  the  bottom  he  drained   it  dry,— 

And  iilond  with  his  month  itfoam  did  cry, 

"  .lehovab!  I  McolTaf  Thy  greatness  gont! 

I  am  the  king  of  Habylon."' 

The  (^-rriblc  wordN  were  rijiging  still, 

When  Ihe  king  at  his  heart  felt  a  secret  chill, 

Thp  laughter  ceased,  the  lords  held  their  breath 

And  all  through  the  hull  it  was  still  us  death. 

And  see, see  there!  on  the  white  wall,  see, 

Coinw  forth  whatseerasa  niaiiV  baud  to  be! 

And  it  wrote  and  wrote  in  letters  of  flame. 

On  the  \*htte  wall,  then  rnnished  the  way  it  ciime. 

Th^  king  snt  staring,  he  could  not  speak, 

U\4  kncf-*  knocked  together  death-pale  was  his 

cheek. 
With  cold  fear  creeping  hi-f  lords  sat  round 
They  sat  dunib-striclcen,  with  nevera  sound. 
TJie  Magians  came,  but  not  one  of  them  all 
Could  interpret  the  writing  upon  the  wall. 

That  self-same  night — his  soul  God  sain! — 
Wiw  Belshnzzar  the  khig  by  his  nobles  slain. 
'     "        SeJrctetf. 


air. 


t.i  thf  falj-growu  beaixLit 
irii  b\  tlieiri,  a*!  amtiftr  f^ie 
mboi  of  wistioMi.  M]\  thfe 
abil:mt3    of    Eviropi-    woiv 


HISTORY  OF  THE  BEARD. 

ULL  beards  wiM-e  ciiltivftted  amodj 


to  hn\< 
Vminj^  «■ 
Greeks, 
ancient 

beftnl(4  at  tlie  earliest  period  of  ^vIlieh 
any  record  exists.  The  fashion,  how- 
ever, seems  to  have  varied  with  them 
subsequently  at  different  times.  The 
Lombai'ds  or  Loagobards  derived  tlieir 
name  from  the  practice  of  going  unshav- 
ed.     We  K-am   from  Tacltug,  that  the 

aneient  Germans   cultivated    the beard 

from  its  first  growth  until  they  had  kill- 
ed an  enemy  in  battle,  and  from  JuHas 
Oesar  that  the  Britons  merely  allowed 
the  mustache  to  grow.  I'util  the  intro- 
duction of  Christianity,  the  Anglo  Sax- 
ons all  wore  beards  without  distinction ;  | 
but  then  the  clergy  were  compelled  by 
law  to  shave. 

The  ^English  princes  were  in  the  hab- 
it of  weaHug  mustaches  till  the  conquest 
of  William  I.,  and  they  felt   it  to  be  a 
very  great  indignity  when  the  conquer- 
or compelled  them  to   cut   them   off,  in 
accordance  with   the   Norman   fashion. 
The  practice  and  j^recepts   of  Christian 
fathers,  who,  like  the  Jewish  rabbis,  de- 
nounced   shaving    as     a     violation   of 
the    law  of  God,  made  the  wearing  of 
the  beard  ^Ju^ing  the  early  mediaeval 
centuries  a  distinguishing  fashion  of  the 
continental  kings,  nobles,  and  dignitari- 
es.    Royal  personages  were  in  the  hab- 
it of  weaving  gold  with    the    beard,  or 
ornamenting   it  with  the   tags   of  that 
metal.     Of  long  beards,  one  of  the  most 
wonderful,  was  that  of  a  (ierman   artist 
by  the  name  of  John   Mayo,   who    was 
called  John  the  Bearded;   it  reached  the 
ground  when  he  stood   up,    and    he  was 
consequently  obliged  to  tuck  it  into  his 
girdle.  Till  the  sejipration  of  the  Greek 
from  the  Latin  church,  which  began    ii 
the  Sth  century,  the  pope,  emperor.s,  no 
blcs,  and  except  in  England,    the  priests 
had  scrupulously  abstained  from  the  use 
of  the   razor.     Leo   111,  to   distinguish 


himself  from  the   patriarch  of  Constan 
Kastern   nations   in  early  times,  I  tiuople,   removed   his     beard.      Thirty 


ancl  have  always  been  regarded  by  them 
a^a,  badge  of  dignity.  The  fact  that 
the  ancient  .I'-gyjitian  pictures  frequently 
ryjiresent  the  human  male  figure,  espec- 
ially when  of  a  king  or  dignitary,  with- 
out the  liHurd,  would  seem  to  indicate 
that  it  was  a  mark  of  rank  in  Egypt  to 
be  devoid  of  that  appendage.  In  an- 
cient India,  Persia,  and  Assyria,  howev- 
er, the  beard  was  allowed  to  grow  long, 
anil  Wivs  always  esteemed  as  a  symbol 
of  wisdom  and  dignity.  The  Turks  let 
tbe  bearil  gr<>u'  in  full  luxuriance,  while 
the  Pei-siaiis  lut  and  trim  that  u]Jon  the 
chin  and  the  sides  of  the  face  according 
to  fashion.  In  Turkey  it  is  considered 
nn  infamy  to  have  the  beard  cut  off,  and 
the  slaves  of  the  seraglio  are  shaved  as  a 
mark  of  their  servile  condition. 

I'l'evious  to  the  reign  of  Alexander 
the  (treat  tile  Gieeks  wore  beards,  but 
during  the  wars  of  that  monarch  they 
commenced  shaving,  the  practice  having 
been  suggested,  it  is  said,  by  Alexander 
for  the  pui'pose  of  depriving  the  enemy 
of  an  opiK>rt\mit.y  of  catching  the  sol- 
diers by  the  beard.  The  fashion  thus 
begun,  continued  until  the  reign  of  Jus- 
tinian, when  long  beards  again  become 
customary.  The  year  ."iOO  1$.  C  is  given 
as  the  time,  about  which  the  Romans 
commenced  the  practice  of  shaving,  and 
Scipio  Africanus  was,  according  to  Pli- 
ny, the  first  of  Romans  who  daily  sub- 
mitted to  the  razor.  Tbe  antique  bu.sts 
and  coins  prove  that  the  Roman  Emjwr- 
or*  shaved  until  the  time  of  Hadrian,  who 
is  aaid  to  have  let  his  beard  grow  to  con- 
ceal an  ugly  scar.  The  philosophers, 
towever,  from  the  earlie.st  periods  seem 


years  later  Gregory  IV,  pursuing  the 
same  system,  enjoined  fealties  upon  ev- 
ery bearded  priest.  In  the  twelvth  cen- 
tury the  prescription  which  required  all 
the  clergy  to  shave  their  faces,  was  ex- 
tended to  the  laity,  and  even  to  monarchs. 
Godefroi,  bishop  of  Amiens,  refused  the 
offerings  of  any  one  who  wore  a  beard. 
A  preacher  directed  his  eloquence 
against  king  Henry  I  of  England  be- 
cause he  wore  a  beard,  and  the  monarch 
yielded.  Frederick  Barbarossa  offered 
a  similar  example  of  resignation.  The 
confession  of  Louis  \'II,  of  France  refus- 
ed hnn  absolution  till  he  submitted'to 
lose  his  beard.  This  was  not  long  kept 
up.  In  the  thirteenth  century  Pope 
lionoriusIII,  in  order  to  conceal  a  dis- 
figured lip,  allowed  his  beard  to  grow, 
and  inauguiated  a  new  fashion,  which 
became  prevalent  in  Europe  in  the  age 
of  Francis  I.  The  right  of  the  clergy 
to  wear  their  beards  w-as  then  again  dis- 
puted. Francis  imposed  a  heavy  tax 
upon  every  beai'ded  bisliop,  and  in  15(51 
the  college  of  the  Sorbonne  decided  af- 
ter mature  deliberation  that  a  beard  was 
contrary  to  sacerdotal  modesty.  In  the 
reign  of  Henry  IX,  there  were  various 
styles,  distinguished  as  the  pointed  beard, 
the  sijuare  beard,  the  round  beard,  the 
aui-eole  beard,  the  fan-shaped  beard,  and 
the  artichoke-leaf  beard.  In  England, 
during  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth, 
the  Ijeard  was  worn  genej-ally  by  those 
of  higher  ranks,  and  was  trimmed  in  a 
style  more  or  less  distinctive  ©f  each 
clas,s. 

The  fashion  of  wearing  the  beard   de- 
clined under  the  Stuarts,  and  at  the  res- 


toration there  was  no  hair  wi>iu  upon 
I  lilt)  faee,  but  the  niou.'ttache,  which  how- 
ever, was  Inxarinntly  cultfvated  by  the 
courtiers  and  gallants  of  those  days. 
The  decline  of  the  beard  in  France  dates 
from  Louis  XIII,  and  in  Sp.iin  from  the 
accession  of  Philip  n.  The  Russians  re- 
tained their  beards  nutil  Peter  the  Great 
returned  from  his  Western  tour,  when 
one  of  his  first  edicts  toward  the  com- 
pulsory civilization  of  his  people  had 
reference  to  the  beard.  He  taxed  this 
appendage,  and  afterward  ordered  all 
those  he  found  bearded  to  have  the  hair 
plucked  out  with  pincers  or  shaven  with 
a  blunt  razor.  Thus  the  practice  of  shav- 
ing became  almost   universal  in  Europe, 

I  until  a  comparatively  recent  period. 

'  France  wa-;  the  first  to  return  to  the 
old  fashion  of  wearing  the  beard,  and 
England  was  the  last. — Am.  End. 

FASHION. 

IIY  JOHN"  FOIIKEY. 

WHAT  is  fashion?     1.     The    make 
or   form   of  anything;    pattern, 
model,  workmanship,  execution. 

2.  Prevailing  mode  or  style,  espec- 
ially'of  dress.  3.  Mode  of  action,  man- 
ner, sort  w'i^y^' —  Wchster, 

According  to  the  above  definitions, 
fashion  is  something  of  a  lifelong  work 
to  catch  or  keep  up  with,  as  will  be 
seen  from  this  essay.  Fashion  in  its  va- 
rious aspects,  is  vei-y  difficult  to  learn  or 
keeji  up  with.  It  costs  a  great  deal  of 
sacrifice  of  study,  labor  and  money.  We 
will  cite  the  reader  to  the  visible  works 
of  God,  how  wonderful  he  fashioned 
the  firmament.  Behold  the  sun,  moon, 
and  stars  iniumierable.  Then  turn  your 
eye  and  behold  this  globe,  with  the  an- 
imal and  vegetable  kingdoms — with  the 
watery  worUls.  and  you  with  me  will  at 
once  acknowledge  that  it  retpiires  a  life- 
long study  to  learn  fully  the  form  or 
fashion  and  beauty  of  it.  You  see  there 
is  room  plenty  for  the  asti'ologer,  the  as 
tronomer,  the  botanist  and  philosopher 
to  spend  a  Hfe-time  to  learn  tbe  fashion 
of  God's  handiwork.  I  ask  you,  dear 
reader,  to  spend  a  few  moments  with 
me,  and  look  at  the  changes  of  the  fash- 
ions of  this  world,  and  you  will  see  what 
trouble  of  mind,  what  expense  of  labor 
and  money  it  costs  to  keep  apace. 

Let  us  stop  a  little  witli  the  farmer, 
as  I  am  with  him  just  now.  He  is  not 
so  fast  !is  some  others,  but  he,  too,  is 
changeable  in  fashion.  Iknowhim  more 
than  fifty  years,  and  saw  the  fashion  of 
his  tools  and  labor.  I  handled  the  wood- 
en plow  with  its  wooden  mold-board, 
the  cheap  harness,  collar,  bridle,  and  a 
leather  strap  over  the  back,  to  hold  the 
iron  traces,  and  a  single  line;  this  form- 
ed the  harness  to  plow.  The  reaper 
was  a  crooked  peace  of  steel  plated  iron 
about  two  feet  long  with  fine  teeth  and 
wooden  handleto  fit  the  hand  of  the  man, 
and  cost  from  fifty  to  seventy-five  cents. 
This  we  took  in  one  hand  and  smote  the 
grain,  holding  it  the  same  time  witii  the 
other  hand;  when  all  the  hand  could 
hold  was  cut,  it  was  laid  on  the*  ground 
and  picked  up  and  bound  while 
walking  back,  after  we  had  cut  to  the 
end  of  the  field.  The  grain  was  only 
cut  one  way.  Tbe  mower  was  a  thin 
blade  of  German  steel.  This  was  ham- 
mered about  once  a  day  by  the  user, 
along  the  edge  with  ahammer,  on  a  steel- 
faced  stock,  to  sharpen  instead  of  grind- 
ing, as  in  later  years  ^v-e  used  English 
steel  scythes  as  we  then  called  them. 

All  the  hay  raking  was  done  ^vith  the 
hand  rake  by  men  and  women.  His 
threshing   machine  was   two   sticks   of 


round  wood,  one  about  tour  feet,  thf. 
other  two  A"et  and  a  haH'  long  bound 
together  by  two  leather  ?u''^pa,  and  eall. 
ed  a  flail.  This  machin-'  tbe  user  took 
in  his  bauds  and  brought  down  on  the 
grain  he  had  laid  on  the  "Oor,  for  dayg 
and  weeks.  Tins  machine  a  man  eoui,j 
make  in  one  hour,  and  u**"  it  for  yeara 
without  much  repairing.  We  w^ill  hqj 
forget  the  farmer's  wife,  •'^he  too  had 
things  in  fashion  then  ^  Well  oa  now. 
Fifty  years  ago  her  niusical  instru. 
ment  was  afiax  heckle,  *  spinning  wheel 
and  weaving  loom.  Th«8e  you  could 
bear  her  sound  a  great  I'ai't  of  her  time 
and  in  the  cold  Winter  days  fi-oni  early 
in  the  morning  till  latent  night,  while 
she  sung  her  sweet  son,!?^  for  tlie  baby 
and  if  it  w^ould  sleep  then  her  soul 
would  swell  loud  songsof  praise  to  God 
while  her  busy  hands  spun  the  thread 
and  the  daughter  also  fallowed  after  her 
mother  in  the  same  fashion,  in  using  the 
same  instruments.  IMetbinks  I  can  ^J. 
most  see  and  hear  them  now.  I  have 
not  time  nor  space  to  tell  you  half  of  the 
fashion  of  tbe  farmer's ""if'e  in  that  day; 
but  I  can  tell  you  one  thing  more.  Hev 
meals  were  prepared,  simple  and  health- 
ful and  nutritious.  And  she  also  knew 
whatside  of  the  plate  lier  husband  would 
eat  from,  and  she  had  a  fashion  to  always 
put  that  side  up,  when  placed  on  the  ta- 
ble. And  you  would  be  astonished  if 
I  ^vould  tell  bow  her  bread  pans  were 
made,  and  her  wasliing  machine  and 
many  other  things  that  were  then  in  fash- 
ion, but  I  forbear  at  this  time.  She 
no^v  has  an  organ,  a  piano,  costing  from 
two  to  three  huudred  dollars,  in  place 
of  the  former  articles  ivhich  cost  twenty- 
five  to  thirty  dollars. 

I  might  here  note  the  mechanic,  and 
see  how  he  has  done.  He  used  to  make 
his  horse  shoes  and  nails  all  by  hand 
and  put  a  shoe  on  for  twenty-five  cents. 
Now  he  f^ets  both  shoe  and  nail  from  the 
factory,  and  he  no¥  charges  fifty  to 
seventy-five  ceats  a  stoe.  Ami  in  many 
other  things  he  has  changed  his  fashion. 
The  cabinet  maker  used  to  make  what 
he  sold  and  would  sdl  many  things  for 
one  half  what  he  now  charges.  For  a 
bureau,  fifty  years  ago,  he  charged  ten 
to  twelve  dollars,  novtwenty  to  twenty- 
five  dollars.  For  a  cofiin,  he  used  to 
charge  one  dollar  jier  foot  in  length; 
now  from  three  to  fire  dollars,  and  so 
changed  his  fashion  of  doing  business. 

The  tobacco  consumer  also  changed 
fashion.  He  must  now  smoke  five  cent 
cigars,  instead  of  five  for  one  cent,  and 
one  at  ten  cents,  in  place  of  one  cent 
fifty  years  ago. 

We  come  now  into  the  printing  office, 
and  we  also  find  the  fashion  of  things 
greatly  changeil  since  the  last  fifty  years. 
From  the  old  AVasbington  hand  press, 
we  have  come  to  the  Hoe  cylinder,  tbe 
Bullock  and  other  noted  presses  by 
which  from  one  thousand  to  twenty 
thousand  copies  caa  be  printed  in  an 
hour.  To  get  a  paper  ready,  the  fash- 
ion of  writing,  the  fashion  of  type-set- 
ting, iM'intlug,  folding  and  mailing  must 
be  followed.  Theseare  necessary  fashions, 
and  like  tbe  farmerwho  follows  the  fash- 
ion of  plowing,  must  be  resorted  to  in 
oi-der  to  do  good.  The  best  mode  of  dress- 
ing, we  all  follow,  but  we  need  not  fol- 
low unnecessary,  foolish  dressing.  This 
God  forbids. 

We  will  next  take  a  look  at  Christen- 
dom. It  also  has  changed  its  fashions 
very  much  in  fifty  years.  I  well  renienv 
ber  the  time  when  the  ministry  of  near- 
ly all  the  sects  in  the  Union,  wore  plain 
clothing,  and  the  women  young  and 
old  covered  their  heads  at  the  time  oi 
worship,  as  Paul  instructed  in  1  Cor.  U. 


Many  of  tbt-  uinisters  wriv  so  cons^.-i«n- 
tion-^.  tlmt  tbe;  wtiu\a  not  pt-rfonii  tli^ 
maii-iage  ci-rt I'oiiy  unless  iLe  briilo  liml 
a  proper  cfvcrng  on  —  «  ^ap,  giich  il- 
WftS  iu  "ae  in  tl*'^owse«f ,  woisliip.  Oiif 
reason  for  this  miy  liav«  l,Kt,n,  the  fash- 
ion ^^•as  tli^"-  *'"  minisler  lia.l  aUvnys 
prayer  iiefove  tie  \nnvria»je.  1  Tim.  'J;  1. 
Nor  woiilrt  he  lavf!  hroken  tin-  hif.-id  of 
Comnuinioii  to'ier  without  l>ein(' thus 
coverpili  Neitler  xvoiihl  the  niinistcr 
introduce  the  Istest  chmige  of  dress  in- 
to  the  church,  o"  bimself  belong  to  any 
worldly,  secret  '•rder,  or  use  the  inonru- 
er's  bench.  Bit  the  fashion  of  these 
things  ha*  also  (hangeti;  even  the  fa.sh- 
ion  of  singing,  o'  praying  and  of  preaeh- 
ing.  And  I  might  note  a  thousand  oth- 
er things  by  the  way  that  changed  its 
fashion,  some  forthe  better  and  some  for 
the  worse.  Bi*  Ijoth  editoi-s  and  tbe 
readers  wouhl  btconie  weary,  if  I  would 
lead  them  the  roinds  and  show  thi 
how  often,  and  ii  what  way,  the   world 


'ri^T^    HKKTt^K^^r    AT    AVOlllC. 


has  changed  its  ftshions,  in  farming,  in 
buying  and  selliig;  in  shipping  goods, 
by  water  and  laid;  in  sending  news 
with  lightning  spied.  The  steam  thresh- 
er worth,  3,0110  iollars,  has  taken  the 
place  of  two  round  sticks  of  wood  and 
two  little  leathei-  straps,  in  all  worth 
twenty-five  cents.  The  great  steam  plow 
steps  in  place  of  tie  one  with  the  wood- 
en mold-board.  'Die  three-hundred-dol- 
lar self-binding  reaper  machine,  took 
the  place  of  the  s€\'enty-five  cent  littk 
crooked  hand  siekfeof  my  bo}'hood  days.  I 

Behold  the  stean  ship,  the  locomotive, 
the  steam  power  printing  press, — all 
these  are  now  in  fmhion.  As  Paul  said, 
time  would  fail  me,  if  I  would  tell  of  the 
changes  of  the  fasiiona,  in  the  various 
educational  departments,  and  fashions  of 
the  world  in  dress,  since  my  boyhood 
days.  AVe  all  knor  what  the  fashions 
of  things  are  at  tne  present  time;  but 
who  can  tell  what  will  be  next  year? 

1  will  now  come  to  the  important  part 
of  fashion,  that  wliich  more  particularly 


hiui.  I  hnveciwenanted  over  forty  years 
ago  that  I  would  fiwhion  after  htm,  and 
find  it  a  life-long  work;  not  because  he 
changes  his  fashion  of  life  or  dre*s  year- 
ly, like  the  world  does.  That  is  not  the 
trouble,  that  it  costs  me  so  n>uch  labor. 
You  know  d^ai'  roader,  the  world  has 
a  book  to  describe  the  many  fashions 
of  the  world.  It  gives  tlie  pieturtw  and 
describes  every  article  of  dress.  God 
also  gave  u*n  lw!iok,  the  Holy  Bible.  In 
this  Book  we  can  learn  the  whole  fiwli- 
ion  of  (.'hrist,  our  Elder  Brother.  This 
Book  1  carried  in  my  pocket  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  read  it  again  and  again,  to 
learn  the  conduct  of  Jesus,  that  1  may  be 
conformed  unto  him. 

You  know  brethren,  the  world  is  very 
particular  to  come  right  up  to  every  fash- 
ion, even  to  the  trimmingof  tlie  hairand 
beard.     How  much  more  should  we  see 
to  it,  that  we  come  up  to  the  whole  fash- 
ion of  Christ's  life  and  image.    We  should 
walk  as  he  walked,  and  talk  us  he  talk- 
ed, pray  as  he  prayed,  love  as  he  loved, 
weep  as  he  wept,  be  clothed  as  he  was, 
\vith  humility,  preach  like  he    preached, 
snft'er  shame  and  persecution  as  he  did, 
bless  when  we  are  cursed,  pray  for  those 
who  despitei'ully  use  us,— in  short,   we 
must  fiishion  after  him  in  every  example 
he  gave  ns,  as  near  as  we    can    learn    it; 
if  it  comes  to  the    trinuuing  of  thi'  hair 
or   the   wearing   of  the    beard;  for   he 
said,  "  He  that   is  ashamed  of  nie,   and 
I  my  words,  of  him  will  i  bi'  ashamed  al- 
so, before  my  Father  and   Ins  holy  an- 
angels."     We  have  no  right  to    protest 
against  the    fashion  of  our   Lord   and 
Master. 

I  said  in  the  beginning  of  my  article, 
that  fashion  is  a  life-long  work  to  catch 
up  with.  So  is  the  fashion  of  the  life 
of  Jesufi.  I  have  labored  long  and  hard 
for  maiiy  years,  and  still  find  plenty  to 
do;  to  become  more  fully  conformed  to 
his  image,  that  I  may  be  made  conform- 
able to  his  death;  that  I  may  be  like 
him  when  he  comes,  and   see  him  ae  he 


^ 


inteii-sts  "ie  and  my  bretlireu  and  sister-! 
and  Goil-fearin*^  ^i^ople.  1  was  a  Ijui 
foud  of  fashion,  wben  in  my  unconvert- 
ed state,  l>ut  found  it  very  annoying  to 
tlie  miud,  troulile  t)the  person  and  very 
expensive,  because  of  its  frequent  ehanwes. 
One  cannot  l)e  in  fashion  unlej^s  he  con- 
forms pretty  closely  to  the  order.  As  I 
was  a  reader  of  the  Bible  when  a  school- 
boy, I  had  learned  at  school  that  costly 
array,  worldly  fasliions  of  gay  elothinj 
and  pride,  were  not  found  among  God's 
people.  But  Christ  said,  those  in  iiue 
and  soft  raiment  arefouud  in  king'scourts. 
These  things  with  r.iany  others,  in  which 
I  lived  in  fashion  of  the  world,  in  con- 
versation, in  jesting,  in  laughter  and  in 
a  number  of  othei-  things  which  the 
Scripture  forbids,  these  things  became 
very  .soul-condemning  to  me.  And  a 
man  of  fashion  I  was,  and  a  man  of  fash- 
ion I  wanted  to  be.  I  found  I  could  lie 
no  longer  in  fashion  with  the  world,  be- 
cause of  its  opposition  to  God's  Law. 
What  must  take  place  lieie!  A  change, 
a  new  birth,  a  new  man.  This  new 
man  must  have  a  new  fashion  of  life, 
of  conduct,  of  conversation.  For  a  man 
of  fashion  I  still  Wiis,  and  remain  to  be 
one  to-day.  But  the  apostle  gave  ad- 
vice,  1  Peter  1 :  13, 14,  15.  "  Wherefore 
gird  up  the  loins  of  your  mind,  be  so- 
ber and  hope  to  the  end  for  the  grace 
that  is  to  be  brought  unto  you  at  the 
Revelation  of  Jesus  Chri.st,  as  obedi- 
ent chUdren,  not  fa.shioning  yourselves 
according  to  the  former  lusts  in  your  ig- 
norance;, but  as  he  which  has  called  you 
is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy  in  all  manner  of 
conversation."  This  Jesus  Christ  is  the 
One  that  has  called  us  to  fashion  after 


Oh  what  a  pity  it  is  that  once  in 
a  while,  one  falls  by  the  way,  or  gets 
tired  of  the  fashion  of  the  life  of  Christ, 
goes  back  into  the  low,  tiltliy  and  hurt 
ful  fashions  of  the  world,  to  fulfill  th( 
lust  of  the  flesh.  Let  us  pray  brethren, 
that  we  may  ba  led  by  the  Spirit  of 
t'hrist;  that  the  same  Spirit  which  rais- 
ed up  Christ,  will  also  (luicken  our  mor- 
tal body,  aud  fashion  it  as  his  own  glori- 
ous body,  is  my  prayer. 

THE  RESULT  OF   GOD'S  GRACE  IS 
MANIFESTED  IN  OBEDIENCE. 

liv  n.  L.  \vir.Li.\us. 


H^ 


And  be  not  conformed  to  this  world, 
but  be  ye  transfoniieJ  by  the  renewing  of  your 
miiid,  that  ye  muy  prove  what  is  that  good  (ind 
acceptable  and  perfect  will  of  God."  Rom.  12:  2. 
t^RE  is  a  command  that  is  just  as 
binding  as  any  other  command  in 
the  New  Testament,  and  if  disregarded 
and  disobeyed,  we  certainly  will  have 
to  account  for  it,  and  answer  for  our  re- 
bellious character.  It  is  not  safe  to  de- 
viate a  particle  from  God's  holy  com 
mands  given  u§  Vy.^^s  authorized  ser- 
vants. 

'8ee  hovf  Moses  failed  of  the  promis- 
ed inheritance,  just  because  he  failed  to 
obey  God's  command  in  part,  in  just  one 
single  instance,  ami. thia  is  given  as  an 
example.  We  have  decided  advantage 
over  Moses,  of  the  abundance  of 
God's  grace  under  this  the  covenant  of 
('race;  so  we  certainly  will  be  more  re- 
sponsible for  ourAlisobeUieace  than  Mo- 
ses; for  God's  grace  under  the  present 
dispensation,  is  also  sufficinnt  for  our  ev 


ery  *lftmsnd  and  need,  so  that  we  need 
not  excuse  ourselves  and  say  that  we 
I'aii't — ^that  we  are  too  weak  to  obey 
God,  in  thiti  as  well  as  all  otheif  oom- 
mnnds ;  because  wo  are  not  to  trust  or 
rely  upoy  self  in  our  services  to  God.  If 
we  do,  we,  will  always  tind  that  we  can't 
— that  wc  ai*e  too  weak;  but  I'aul  says, 
that,  "  Lean  ilo  all  things  through  Christ 
that  strengthens  me."  When  l*aul  pray- 
ed ftir  the  thorn  in  hii*  tUsh  to  be  remov- 
ed, then  God  told  him,  yon  and  wo, 
that  his'gmee  is  sufficient. 

So  it  S's  dear  reader,  in  eti&ry  point  ©if 
duty  that  is  enjoined  upon  us,  and  when 
we  find  ourselves  too  weak  to  obey  any 
pf  Gqd's  commands,  |We  may  know  that 
we  have  not  a  suthciency  of  (iod's  grace 
to  cleanse  our  hearts  and  to  purify  our 
souls,  and  to  present  our  bodies  a  living 
sacrifice  before  (rod,   hence  our   case  is 
critical,  deplorable.  We  claim,  we  can't, 
we  ar3  too  weak,  but  whose  fault  is  it? 
Certainly,  not  God's;  for   he  says,  "my 
grace  Is  sufficient."  It  is   well   enough  | 
that  we  feel  our  weakness  in  the  obedi- 
ence of  every  command.    Let   us  go  to 
the  inexhaustible  fountain  of  his   grace 
and  draw   a  sufficiency   of  that  divine 
power    to   enable  ns    to     overcome  the 
weakne-sj*  of  the  flesh;  then  in  our  obe- 
dience to  God,  we  will  feel  very  sensibly 
that    it    is    no    more     /    that   do    it, 
but  it  is  tl\e  grace  of   God   wdiich   is 
in  me;  then  we  can  experimentally  say, 
''  My  Lord  is  my  helper  in  every  time  of 
uee<l." 

The  Lord  is  very  gracious  and  loving* 
ly  disposed   toward   us,   that  he  always 
makes  a  way    possible  for   our  escape, 
and  it  is  by  and  through   the   power  of 
his  grace.     We  are  tempted  sometimes 
of  Satan  not  to  obey,  and  he  will   do  it 
by  working  upon  our  fallen  naturt ,  caus- 
ing us  to  t'licl  too  weak,  and  at  thi;  same 
timeciiUBing  us  to  feel  secure;  will  cause 
us  to  reason  with   ourselvisi   thus,   that 
God  is  too   merciful  to  coildem  us  for 
not  doing  a  thing,  that  we  ni-e  even  too 
weak  to  do;  but  he  fails  to  impress   our 
minds  with   the  understanding  that  he 
has  made  a  way  for  us  to  escape  this  great 
weakness  of  ours.     If  Ggd's  grace  were 
not  .'Sufficient  for  all  this,   I   would  not 
give  a  farthing  for  it;  for  without^it,  w 
are  poor,  helpless  creatures,  so  much  s 
that  we  can  do  nothing  e.\eept  the  Lord 
be  with  us.  Then  in  regard  to  the  whole 
line  of  duty   as  commanded   us  of  our 
Divine  Father  in  the   ttospel,   we  must 
lean  upon   his     staff,   trusting     in   his 
strength  and   the   power  of  his   might. 
Every  command  naturally  draws  us  to 
(jod  to  find  gi-ace  and  strength   to  do  it. 
As  remarked,  the    above    command    is 
just  as  l)indiug  as  any  other   command; 
and  I  will  further  say,  that  God  has  de- ' 
sired  something  good  and  noble  in  com- 
manding us  to  be  non-conformed  to  this 
world.     Aud  thei'e  is  just  as  much   im- 
portance in  it  as  in  every  command  giv- 
en.    It  tends  in  its  nature  to  mould  and 
form  characters;  create  and  establish  ho- 
liness, and  beget  within  us   godly   rev- 
erence and  a  filial  fear,  because  we    are 
suri-ounded   with     much  of  the  world, 
and  even  so  much  of  it  in  our  fallen  na- 
ture, that  we  have  got  to  be  very  watch- 
ful and  prayei-ful,  so  as  to  abstain    from 
the  verv  appearan(*c  of  evil,  especially 
in  dress;  for  there  is  aj)parently  no   ex- 
cess go  great  in  the   world  in  anythinj 


arm  in  dressing  fine,  jiwt  so  one  is   not 
proud  with  it:  and    another   will    say, 


tiiere  ismt  harm  in  harinsfour  cUjthea 
made  in  the  ftunhJon,  for  we  arii  n**  com- 
manded how  to  cutand  makeour  clothes. 
But  dear  reader,  we  are  positively  com- 
miinded  by  the  great  Law-Giver  not  to 
conform  to  this  world. 

Now  to -try  yonr  a^ertiong  wt   above, 
suppose  that  we  all  at  this  time  belong- 
ed to  H  fashi<mabl('  church,    and    abmit 
next  year  the  world  chango*  its  fashioaa, 
can  we  in  the,  name  of  our  God  and  in 
the  name  of  onr  holy  religion,  conform 
to  the  world  in   fashion  the   next  year 
too,  and   do  no  violence   to  this  com* 
mandi     Cortainly  not.    Tlien  the   ne.xt 
(juery    is,   <loes   God   give    a  command 
and  leave  it  at  our  option  to   obey   it  or 
uoti  or  eaiLwe  stand  justified  in  the  sight 
of  God,  whether  we  obey  or  disobey  i 
Certainly  not.     Then   suppose  we  are 
detevmined  liy  the   grace    of  God,  to  be 
obedient  and  faithful    servants,    thou^ 
I  wearefjishionableatthistimt-:  but  about 
the  next  year,  the  world  begins  t^>  leave 
us  in  fashion,  and  the  next  a  little  more 
and  so  on;  how  long  do  you  supposed! 
would  be  until   we   would  be  odd  and 
l)ceuliar  in  the  sight  of  the   world  aud 
fashionablr  Chri-stians. 

Now  this  is  just  the  way  the  Brethren 
got  their  present  order.  It  was  once  the 
fashion  of  the  world,  but  they,  respect- 
ing the  above  command,  and  fearing  to 
disobey  it,  stood  steadfast  and  have  part- 
ly retained   it  until   the  present  time. 

THE  INFLUENCE  OF  FICTION 
ON  THE  MIND. 


I  AM  not  about  to  enter  upon  a  crusade 
against  the  perusal  of  works  of  fic- 
tion. I  should  be  sorry  to  debar  any 
from  "  Vrince  of  the  House  oi  T>a\-id,"  or 
Vilgrim's  Progress."  But  I  do  protest 
against  the  constant  and  indiscriminate 
perusal  of  romance  in  wliich  so  nlaQy 
indulge.  In  the  use  of  such  stimulants, 
I  am  an  advocate,  not  of  total  absti- 
nence, but  of  temperance  principles. 

Carefully  read  and  digest  several  books 
of  history    or  of    biography,    several 
books  of  voyages  and   travels,    several 
books  of  good  theology,  and,  at  least,  a 
book  or  two   of  science.     If  you  exam- 
ine some   of  our  circidating  libraries, 
you  will  fintl  a  very  ditl'erent  proportion 
—far  more  works  of  fiction  than   works 
of  truth.     Those  who  consume  this  gar- 
bage will  soon  take  its  hue,  as  the  worm 
takes  the  color  of  the  green  herbage  on 
which  it  feeds;  and   the   furnishing  of 
their  mind  becomes  excessively  like  the 
circulating  libraries  to  which  I  have  re- 
ferred; a  strange  medley,  in  which   the 
vain  and  fictitious  occupies  a  fai'  larger 
place  than  the  real  and  the  solid.    Jfor 
let  it  be  urged  by  the  novel  reader  that 
he  docs  not    believe   the    tale    when  hQ 
reads  it,  so  no   evil   can  possibly   arise 
from  the  perusal  of  it;   for  the  mischief 
may  be  produced   altogether  independ- 
ent of  his  belief  or   disbelief.     It  arises 
from  the  impressions  produced,  uncon- 
sciously abiding  and   unconsciously  op- 
erating.    Like  the  poison  cAught  from 
visiting  an  infected  district,  it  is  drawn 
into  the    system  without    one's    being 
aware  of  the  precise  spot  from  which  it 
comes,  or  even  of  its  existence. — SeL 


Ise,  than  there  is  in  dress.  And  noth 
ing  else  tends  so  greatly  to  destroy  the 
socia^)ility  of  the  human  family. 

The  pool'  are  not  able,  and  cannot 
cope  with !the  wealthy;  and  on  the  ac- 
count of  fashion,  of  Hue  dressing  they 
are  lU^ven  ft'om  the  sanctuary  of  the 
Lord.     But,  says  one,  I   can't  see   any 


We  gain  nothing  by  falsehood,  but 
tlie  disadvantage  of  not  beiqg,  believed 
when  ^ve  speak  the  truth. 

The  best  and  sweetest  flowei-s  of  Par- 
adise God  gives  to  his  people  when  they 
ai-e  upon  their  kn^;*^  Pwygr  ip  the 
gftte  of  heaven,  or  itey.  tft.lft  ^s  into 
Paradise. 


THE    KRETHKEM    J^'V    AVOKIC. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLI8HBD   WSBKLT. 

J.  H.  MOORE.  I 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN.  j 


Bm.  a.  H.  flwiiciR  i*  Jiilj   mthoriicil.  bj   an  a*  our 

ffOBK  mJ  "ill  r«r»iT«tLibwriplionJiforilt*»a(D*»i<'U»' 
npiUr  r*l.«-  All  tiiiMuc**.  Ir.D-atlcJ  hj  him  f«r  our  of- 
to*,  will  I)*  llio  mmo  aa  if  done  hy  our*el»«. 


I«BD«ltaM»ATW.,i.«  wlllbeicnt  poil-piid  U -nj 
■ddr«M  !n  th.  Unii».l  SflM  or  On^J'W.^  ,1.*  .n  1' 
lUnm.  Tfcoie  urndlBg  len  nMn«  wid  »I6.fW,  ""■'•■ 
m1t«  m  eilr*  topj  frr*  of  ch-rR*.  For  >»  o.er  lhl» 
■liab«r  th^  «rn'  -^'l  f-*  *"'"•'■'  '"  ""'^  ^°\**?^  ^.t 
UoDkl  0«in«,  "Lirli  «niount  MO  he  ilea.ielM  rroro  lb<- 
Sr«7.bcf.A..n.!ln«  ll  to  ...,  Mon.y  OrJ*n,  Dr.f.. 
Wd  lUfi'itrcd  iMUr*  miij  b«  •eot  it  our  n.k.  laey 
•bould  be  Diwle  imyM„  lo  Moore  4  Buhcliuan, 

BotacHpiionn,  nn.I  cooimiinfoilion*  intfudctl  for  Ihe  py 

rw.  u  woll  M  nil  bu.iuuM  ro.tUT«  ooiiueoieU  WJib  Ihc  of- 
oe  thoiil'l  ^e  a^ldre"*'! 

UOOni  ft  ESEELHAM, 

Litirk.  Csnoll  Co..  HI. 


SEPTEMBEB  12, 1678. 


FRAGMENTS  FOR  THE  HDNGRY. 

Anger-Knowinfi  God-A  Bottle  In  The  Smoke 
— Firiit  Lord's  Day  In  Seiiicmber— Baptists 
And  BiljleChristlans-ypllww  Fever  Sufferers 
—How  We  Are  Saved— The  Bereaved  Mother. 

SENECA  sJiys:  "  Anger  is  an  agitation  of  the 
mind  that  proceeds  to  the  resolution  of  a 
wvenEe,  the  mind  assenting  to  it.    It  is  an  idle 
theory  to  pretend  that  we  cannot  govern  our 
anger;  f»r  aome  things  that  we  do.  are  much 
harder  than   others  that    we    ought    to    do. 
Thrasippufl,  in  his  drink,  fell  foul  upon  the  cru- 
elties of  Pi.Mstrntus;  who.  when  he   wa.*  urged 
by  several   to  malte  an  example  of  him   said: 
'  Why  should  I  he  angry  with  a  man  who  stiim- 
hlea  upon  me  blimlfoldr''    The  moderation  of 
Antigoiius  was  rcmarltable.     Some  of  his  sol- 
diers were  railing  at  him  one  night,  where  there 
was  hut  a  hangiug  hitween  them.     Antigonus 
overheard   them,  and   putting  it   gently   aside, 
'  Soldiers,'  said  lie,  'stand  a  little  farther  ofl',  fbr 
fear  the  king  should  bear  yo2.'  "     At  another 
time  his  soldiers   were   taken  into  a  foul  road 
and  then  they  began  to  curse  their  leader.    He 
went  to  them,  without  making  himself  known, 
and  helped  them  oyt.     "Now,"  said  he,  "you 
may  cur^ie  him  who  brought  you  into  the  mire, 
provided  you  bless  him   who  took  you  out." 
Philip  of  Macedonia,  the  great  king,  was  visited 
once  by  flinbassadora  from  Athens.     "Tell  me, 
gentlemen,"  said  he,  "  what  is  there  that  I  can 
do  to  oblige  the  Athenians?"    Democharos, 
one  of  the  ambassadors  replied,  that  they  would 
regard  it  a.s  a  great  favor  if  lie  would  be  pleased 
to  hang  himself.     Those  around  the  king  be- 
came Very  angry  at  this  insult,  but  Philip  cool- 
ly replied:  "  You,  the  rest  of  the  amba^adors, 
pray  U'U  the  Athenians,  that  it  is  worse  to  speiik 
such  things  than  to  hear  and   forgive  them." 


knowledge  which  i«  from  ftbove.— the  knowl 
edge  thut  pulTeth  not  up,  but  brings  forth  the 
fruit  of  mcukness,  of  godlinesM,  of  faithfulne^. 

David's  soul  longed  for  the  deliverance  of  the 
Lord.  Persecuted,  driven,  tossed  about  by  those 
who  should  have  befriended  him,  he  declared 
that  he  hiid  become  "  like  a  bottle  in  the  amoke  " 
—was  covered  and  hid,  yetnot.  destroyed.  Smoke 
around  a  bottle,  may  make  it  seem  dark  and 
dreary,  may,  to  other  eyes,  look  fearful,  yet  the 
bottle  is  just  as  much  a  bottle  oa  ever.  Smoke 
will  not  consume  a  bottle;  it  only  makes  the 
bottle  look  cloudy  to  u.i;  still  the  bottle  is  all 
right.  Though  Saul  and  his  hosU  were  smoke 
lo  David— made  him  trouble  and  vexation— dug 
piU  for  him  that  were  not  according  Uy  the  law 
of  the  Lord,  yet  ho  was  the  Lord's  David  as 
much  as  ever.  The  smoke  did  him  no  harm: 
it  only  made  him  the  brighter  whtn  it  cleared 
away.  So  with  you,  dear  brother,  dear  sister; 
hen  the  smoke  of  persecution  has  cleared  away 
— when  the  hard  speeches  made  in  secret  against 
you,  when  the  angry  looks,  the  cold  hands,  un- 
kind eyes  have  gone  the  way  of  all  evil,  then 
you  shall  shine  all  the  briebter.  With  these 
around,  above  and  beneath,  you  are  "  like  a  bot- 
tle in  the  smoke"— still  you  are  a  good,  sound 
bottle.  Only  the  Lord  has  the  power  to  let  the 
smoke  do  you  harm:  and  we  are  certain.  He 
will  not  let,  if  yon  longingly,  pleadingly,  lov- 
ingly look  to  Him.  There  is  still  pleasure  in 
being  "  wrongfully  persecuted,"  and  I  am  cer- 
tain if  those  who  send  the  smoke  could  see  how 
much  good  the  "  bottle  "  gets  out  ut  it,  they 
would  not  send  any  smoke;  for  the  object  of 
tliose  who  treat  ill,  is  to  hurt,  not  to  do  good. 
Happy  is  the  one  who  gets  food,  who  gets  pa- 
tience and  eternal  hope  out  of  the  sti  ipes  which 
others  lay  on. 


of  trying  ub.  and  if  He  ithould  make  use  of  a 
jwatileace  to  tr>'  our  love  for  money,  do  not  be 
surprised.  When  people  and  nations  run  into 
pride,  into  covetousnes.s,  and  unholy  desires  for 
gain  and  honor,  the  Lord  kuows  how  to  humbli 
them.  May  the  scourge  now  upon  many  of  our 
fellow-'eitizeus  greatly  humble  us.  and  drive  us 
"  nearer  to  God." 

The  lesson  at  3  P.M.  was  Matt.  6:  24-34. 
We  were  taught  that  the  disciples  of  Jesus  can- 
not serve  two  masters;  that  they  shall  take  no 
thouglit  for  life,  for  food,  for  raiment,  but  trust 
in  the  living  God;  to  seek  fir^t  the  riches  of 
God  and  his  righteousuoss  and  then  food,  rai- 
ment, health,  and  all  the  comforts  of  life  will 
God  supply. 

At  7:30  P.  M.  tlie  house  was  well  filled  to 
listen  to  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  Brother 
Moore  reasoned,  that  we  are  saved  by  faith, 
saved  by  repentance,  saved  by  baptism,  by  tlie 
blood  of  Christ,  by  grace,  by  works,  by  the 
power  of  God;  not  by  any  one  of  these  means, 
not  by  a  few  or  a  part  of  them,  but  by  all  of 
them.  Those  who  are  saved  by  the  blood  of 
Christ  are  also  saved  by  baptism,  by  grace,  by 
faith,  by  works — by  every  other  uieaus  ordain- 
ed by  the  Lord.  The  question  is  not,  "Am  I 
saved  by  baptism  alone,  or  by  the  blood  of  Christ 
tiiiil  baptism,  but  am  I  saved  by  all  the  means 
set  forth  in  the  Divine  Record?"  The  man 
that  claims  to  be  saved  by  all  the  means  of  In- 
spiration, is  not  troubled  with  doubts  and  per- 
plexities— he  hiows  he  is  safe  beyond  question. 


The  first  "  Lord's  day  "  in  September  wna  un- 
usually interesting  to  the  writer,  it  being  his 
thirty-fourth  birthday.  After  reaiJing  the  64th 
of  Isaiah.  I  devoted  an  hour  writing  to  our  be- 
loved brother  H.  C.  Butt-erbaugh  of  North 
Manchester,  Ind.,  who,  less  than  one  year  ago 
at'this  place,  set  his  face  to  follow  Jesus.  God 
bless  him  and  all  other  young  disciples  in 
Christ] 

Meeting  at  10  A.  M.  brother  Brinkworth  first 
addressed  the  audience  from  Eccl.  12;  13.  Showed 
that  God  gave  conclusion  to  the  whole  matter: 
1.  FearGod.  2.  Keep  His  commandments. 
All  know  duty,  but  fail  to  perform  it.  The  lit- 
tle girl  says:  "  Mother,  I  love  you."  "  Very 
well,  if  you  love  me,"  says  the  mother,  "  bring 
me  some  wood."  "  0  no,"  says  the  child,  "  let 
some  one  else  do  that;  I  want  to  stay  in  here 
and  love  you."  Does  that  child  love  its  moth- 
er? The  child  that  loves  its  mother  will  obey 
her.  The  man  who  loves  God  will  obey  Him. 
Once  on  my  way  to  meeting  in  England,  and 
before  I  came  to  the  Brethren,  I  went  to  a 
meeting  held  by  a  class  oj  people  styling  them- 
selves, "  Bible  Christians."  This  term  I  liked 
very  well,  and  while   passing  along  I  overtook 


Many  Christian   professors  could  learn  lessons    one  of  them.     In  our  conversation,    he  told  me 


from  those  liputhen  philosophers.  So  many 
cannot  undorstund  how  a  man  can  endure  the 
hard  look-.,  the  hard  speeches  of  those  who  are 
angry.  It  is  more  easy  to  bear  all  in  meekiie-'^s, 
than  to  wallow  in  the  mire  of  anger  with  them. 
He  who  returns  anger  for  anger  is  no  better 
than  lie  who  was  first  angry.  If  the  outward 
appearance  ol  anger  is  so  hideous,  what  must 
the  mind  look  like?  Reason  cannot  dwell 
where  anger  is;  nor  will  good  manners,  friend- 
ship, good  counsel  and  sincere  devotion  (ind  a 
Jodgment  in  the  angry  heart.  It  is  a  vice  that 
has  nether  pleasure  nor  prolit  in  it. 

It  is  true  thmt  *'  we^know  tliat  we  ai-e  of  God." 
1  John  5: 13.  "ffhe  apostles  did  not  go  about 
in  a  cringing,  doiibtiug  manner,  saying,  "  We 
Ihltik  that  we  are  *f  God,  or  we  /eel  that  God  is 
in  as,"  but  boldly. djeclared,  we  Av/ow  that  we  are 
of  God.  0/  O'xf,  n^i  of  Jupiter,  not  of  Diana, 
hut  of  God — the  trjne  and  the  living  Father. 
They  hinr  that  th^e  Son  of  God  "is  come;" 
they  kufic  that  he  h*(d  given  them  an  under- 
standing; they  khfir  that  they  were  in  Him, 
and  He  in  them ;  they  A^Hi-ir  that  he  who  is  bora 
of  God,  sinneth  not;  they  hiew  that  those  who 
believe  the  Son  of  God  will  overcome  the  world. 
Yes,  they  knew,  too,  that  He  will  come  again 
lo  receive  them  where   He  is.     This  is  the 


he  wos  a  "  Bible  Christian."  I  replied,  then  you 
are  a  Baptist.  "  0  no."  said  he,  "  I  am  no  Bap- 
tist." I  took  the  ground  thut  a  Bible  Christian 
must  be  aBaptist.  for  the  Bible  teaches  baptism, 
and  a  Baptist  must  be  a  Bible  Christian.  I 
could  not  see  how  a  man  could  be  a  Bible  Chris- 
tian, yet  no  Baptist,  no  more  than  I  could  see 
how  a  man  could  be  a  Baptist  and  still  no  Bible 
Christian.  These  things  puzzled  me  some,  but 
I  soon  solved  the  matter  when  I  found  that 
those  Bible  Christians  believed  in  sprinkling  a 
little  water  on  a  person  for  baptism, 

Brother  Moore  followed,  stating  that  we  owe 
duty  (1)  to  God;  (2),  to  oneanother.  Todoour 
duty  to  our  fellow-man,  will  not  save  us;  we 
must  do  our  duty  to  God  and  to  man.  A  man 
may  be  a  good,  moral  man,  yet  not  a  Christian; 
but  a  man  cannot  be  a  Christian  without  also 
being  a  good,  moral  man.  A  man  should  be  a 
Christian, 

1.  In  his  worship;  2.  In  his  conversation;  3. 
In  his  dealings;  i.  In  his  appearance.  To  be 
otherwise,  is  to  be  a  hypocrite,  and  a  hypocrite 
is  one  of  the  worst  persons  in  the  world. 

At  the  close  of  the  meeting  an  appeal  was 
made  in  behalf  of  the  Yellow  Fever  Sufferers  in 
tlie  Southern  States,  and  each  seemed  willing 
to  lend  substantial  sympathy.  Too  often  we 
say,  "  I  pity  them,"  and  pray  the  Lord  to  bless 
the  sick,  and  then  refuse  to  lend  a  helping  hand 


Kind,  good  mother,  weep  not  for  your  diir- 
ling  child  that  has  gone  to  rest.  Though  it 
was  young  and  tender,  your  pride,  your  joy, 
your  hope  for  future  comfort  in  old  age  perhaps, 
yet  it  belonged  to  God.  How  often  you  looked 
into  its  smiling,  tender  face,  and  kissed  its  lips 
in  token  of  your  love,  still  it  was  the  Lord's. 
It  has  gone;  God  is  able  to  bring  it  back  in  His 
own  good  time.  0  how  you  loved  to  look  after 
your  child's  wants!  How  careful  you  were  to 
clothe  and  feed  it,  to  watch  its  steps  lest  it  be 
burned,  or  fall  and  be  hurt,  or  be  injured  by 
some  other  means.  Day  and  night  your  thoughts 
were  upon  your  darling  child.  Well,  who  had 
a  better  right  to  be  concerned  than  you  ?  Who 
could  love  more?  Who  could  watch  better? 
No  one.  God  bless  you  for  your  love,  your  care, 
your  watchfulness!  Over  yonder,  when  the 
heart-pangs,  when  the  bitter  sorrows,  the  trials 
of  life  are  all  gone,  you  can  join  the  dear  little 
one  in  one  harmonious  song  of  praise  to  God 
for  His  mercy — His  eternal  goodness.  0  will 
not  that  be  sweet?  Look  to  your  beloved  Lord 
— your  Savior  who  will  heal  all  your  wounds — 
soothe  every  sorrows,  dry  up  everj'  tear.  0 
ble.ss  the  name  of  Jesus!  m.  m.  e. 


when  needed.     Remember,  God  has  many  ways    era. 


One  was  baptized  one-half  mile  North  of 
Lanark  last  week.  She  was  quite  young,  but 
it  is  well  to  "remember  thy  Creator  in  the 
days  of  thy  youth." 

Elders  Martin  Meyer  and  Daniel  Fry  are 
North  on  the  Wisconsin  mission.  They  will 
likely  remain  about  three  weeks.  The  mission 
Ls  becoming  not  only  profitable  but  interesting. 

Mani'Sckipt  Tadlets.- We  have  just  made 
arrangements  to  supply  a  long  felt  want  among 
our  correspundent-s.  We  are  now  prei)ared  to 
furnish  M;uiuscript  Tablets,  containing  one 
hundred  sheets  of  manuscript  paper,  put  up  in 
a  subslimtial  manmr  with  rules,  giving  direc- 
tions how  to  write  for  the  press.  These  Tablets 
will  be  found  useful,  not  only  when  writing  for 
the  press,  but  for  colleges  and  counting  rooms. 
Sent  post  paid  for  '20  cents  each. 

TuE  deacons  and  laity  are  somelimes  to 
blame  for  these  "sing-song"  preachers.  It  is 
their  duty- especially  the  deacon.?'- to  keep  a 
careful  watch  over  the  ministers,  and  when  they 
observe  them  falling  into  an  unbecoming  habit, 
calculated  to  injure  their  preaching,  they  should 
at  once  gently  remind  them  of  it,  that  the  cause 
he  not  made  to  sull'er  thereby.  Any  minister 
of  good  judgment  would  gladly  receive  such 
advice  and  profit  by  it.  Do  not  talk  about  the 
preacher's  unbecoming  habits  behind  his  back, 
but  go  to  him,  and  in  a  brotherly  way,  tell  him 
all  about  it,  and  if  he  is  the  right  kind  of  aman 
it  will  do  him  good.  Remember,  the  more  you 
rub  good  metal  the  brighter  it  gets,  but  do  not 
batter  and  hammer  it  around.  Preachers,  like 
everylhiug  else,  need  watching  and  training. 
If  the  church  would  look  after  the  wants  of  her 
ministers  more,  and  give  them  more  encour- 
agement, we  might  have  a  better  set  of  preach- 


vSepteiiiber    i*^^ 
CONVEBSION  OF  CORNEHUs. 

CORNELIUS,  the  centuri»n  of  the  Uiilian 
band,  was  the  best  unconverted  man  of 
which  we  have  any  account  ii>  the  New  Te^ta. 
meat.  He  was  devout,  and  feared  God  with  all 
his  house;  gave  much  alms  ^>  the  people  and 
prayed  to  God  always.  That  was  much  better 
than  many  professing  Christijns  do  now.  Who 
is  it  that  gives  much  alms'to  ibe  people?  Who 
prays  to  God  alway3?—prays  without  ceasing? 
Cornelius  did  that,  and  yet  be  was  not  in  a  sav- 
ed condition,  for  he  was  told  to  send  men  to 
Joppa,  and  call  for  Peter,  "  Who  shall  tell  thee 
words  whereby  thou  and  all  thy  house  shall  he 
saved."  Acts  11:  14.  This  is  proof  that  Cor- 
nelius  was  not  in  asaved  condition  when  he  sent 
for  Peter.  Peter  was  to  tell  him  words  where- 
by he  might  be  saved. 

He  had  even  seen  anangeJand  conversed  with 
it,  and  was  told  that  his  alms  and  prayoi-a  had 
gone  up  for  a  memorial  before  God.  Most  peo. 
pie  would  have  taken  an  inddent  of  this  kmd  aa 
evidence  of  special  convepion,  and  of  coiu-se 
could  have  told  a  nice  experience.  But  if  some 
Gospel  preacher  would  liav*  the  boldness  todis- 
puto  it,  he  would  have  beenbranded  as  a  disturb- 
er of  the  peace,  and  counteJ  out  of  the  orthodox 
ring. 

Cornelius  was  honest — ie  did  just  what  the 
iiugel  told  him.  But  why  should  he  send  to 
Joppa  lor  a  preacher?  He  might  have  asked 
"What  good  can  a  preaclur  do  me?  lama  just, 
man  and  fear  God  with  all  my  house,  I  give 
much  alms  to  the  jjeopleand  keep  up  regular 
Reasons  of  prayer.  Besides  this,  the  angel  has 
just  told  rae,  that  ray  prayers  have  been  heard 
in  heaven.  What  more  (!o  I  want?  I  am  not 
a  bad  man,  and  am  doing  all  the  good  I  can. 
Of  what  use  can  that  preicher  down  at  Joppa 
be  to  me?  Supposing  I  were  to  die  just  aa  I 
am,  I  do  not  see  why  I  would  not  be  saved." 
Thus  he  might  have  reasoned,  and  had  far  bet- 
ter excuses  for  doing  so  tkan  any  of  our  modem 
critics. 

One  may  ask.  Why  cid  not  the  angel  tell 
Cornelius  words  whereby  he  and  his  house  might 
be  saved,  and  thus  save  the  trouble  of  sending 
down  to  Joppa  for  a  preacher?  We  answer,  it 
was  not  the  Lord's  way  o'  doing  business.  He 
had  committed  his  Word  to  earthen  vessels  to 
be  proclaimed,  and  not  '.o  angels.  When  be 
wanted  the  eunuch  converted,  he  sent  a  preach- 
er to  him,  not  au  angel.  Even  in  the  case  of 
Saul  we  find  the  Lord  cli.iging  to  this  plan,  for 
though  he  appeared  to  Saul  in  person,  yet  lie 
sent  him  to  Ananias  in  order  that  he  might  be 
told  what  he  ought  to  do.  The  Lord's  method 
is  to  make  use  of  his  ppachers,  and  for  that 
reason  he  has  commandel  them  to  go  into  all 
the  world,  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every 
creature. 

Cornelius  being  a  Gentle,  his  conversion  was 
to  be  a  si>ecial  case,  for  Qjd  had  made  choice  of 
Peter,  that  by  his  moutb  the  Gentiles  should 
hear  the  word  of  the  Gospel,  and  believe,  Act« 
15:  7,  and  thus  break  dovn  the  middle  wall  of 
partition  bel  ween  the  Jrws  and  the  Gentiles. 
It  was  a  special  occasion  of  unusual  importance, 
for  Peter,  to  whom  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  had 
been  givi-n  by  the  Savbr,  was  tn  unlock  the 
kingdom  to  the  Gentiles,  that  God  might  take 
out  of  them  a  people  for  his  name. 

Peter  had  to  he  prepared  for  that  special  work, 
for  he  was  a  Jew,  and  had  some  Jewish  preju- 
dice in  him  yet,  therefort,  while  upon  the  house- 
top, he  fell  into  a  trance,  and  God  showed  him 
that  he  should  call  notlung  common  or  unclean 
wliicli  he  had  made,  Itut  to  go  down  and  go 
with  the  men  waiting  for  him  at  the  gate, 
doubting  nothing.  When  Peter  reached  the 
house  of  Cornelius,  and  found  the  congregation 
a.ssembled  to  hear  the  word,  he  said, "  Ve  know 
how  that  it  is  an  uniawful  thing  for  a  man  that 
is  a  Jew  to  keep  company,  or  come  unto  one  of 
another  nation;  but  God  has  showed  me  that  I 
should  not  call  any  man  common  or  unclean." 
Acts  1():  28.  "Of  a  tmth  I  perceive  that  God 
is  no  respecter  of  pei-sons:  but  in  every  nation 
he  that  feareth  him,  and  worketh  righteousness, 
is  accepted  with  him."  lU:  34,  35.  Thus  he 
continued  his  Gospel  discourse,  and  white  yet 
speaking  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them  that 
heard  the  word,  and  astonished  the  Jews  who 
had  accompanied  Peter  from  Joppa,  "because 
that  on  the  Gentilee  also  was  poured  out  the 
Holy  Ghost.  For  they  heard  tliem  speak  with 
tongues  and  magnify  God."  Acts  10:  4S.  46. 
When  Peter  saw  this  miraculous  manifesta- 


September  1'-^ 

.,n^to  him  fl  tok^t.  that  God  had  ac«pt«.d  tl.. 
(,entil««-the  fir^t  thing  he  thought  of  w..s 
^pHsui.  He  did  cot  ^,k  the  people  to  tell 
(t,ir  experience,  nor  Jlid  ho  (^n  t),,^  j^  ,^^^^ 
jij  fflODths,  but  sftid.  ^H«i  any  man  forbid  wa- 
„r,  that  theae  ahouW  not  be  baptized,  who  have 
reived  the  Holy  Gh<'«t  aa  well  as  we?  "  \ets 
10:47.  Why  ask  that  que^tioa'^  Cornelius 
,,„aftlre«>dy  received  !he  Holy  Ghost,  and  why 
„eea  he  be  baptized  m  water?  Pet«r  remem- 
j^reil  the  last  wordsof  his  Master  when  he  said, 
,.jlf  that  believeth  at^  '»  baptized  shall  be  aav- 
jj^  aiid  he  that  beiiei^th  not  shall  be  damned." 
5(^rk  16: 16.  He  wa'  among  those  who  were 
commanded  to  "  Go,  t«wh  nil  nations,  baptizing 
them  into  t'»P  "^'"^  "^  *'''^  Father,  and  of  the 
Son.  i^nd  of  the  Hoi)"  Ghost."  Matt.  2S:  i;>. 
jind  desiring  to  be  faithful  to  the  one  who  had 
called  him,  he  comii)»ndcd  Cornelius  and  his 
household  to  be  baptiwd  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

J.'rom  this  case  some  important  lessons  may 
be  learned.  Isf,  Corndiua,  the  best  uuconvert- 
ei  man  mentioned  in  the  Bible,  was  not  too 
good  to  be  baijtized.  Even  Christ  himself, 
though  without  sin,  sultniitted  to  the  same  rite, 
jlen  and  women,  who  claim  they  are  good 
eflough  without  baptism,  need  to  study  this 
case  carefully.  2nd,  Those  who  claim  they 
have  received  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  therefore  do 
not  need  baptism,  act  directly  opposite  of  what 
Peter  commanded  Corndius. 

Xhe  iingel  had  told  Cornelius  that  Peter 
would  tell  him  words  whereby  he  and  his  house 
gbould  be  saved,  and  among* these  words  of  aal- 
vatioii  was  baptism,  to  which  those  who  belipv- 
ed  cheerfully  submitteJ,  thus  showing  their 
irillinguess  to  siirrendei  to  the  divine  institu- 
tion. Though  the  case  was  an  extraordinary 
one.  yet  the  ordinary  means  pertaining  to  sal- 
vation were  not  omitteJ.  Let  it  be  borne  in 
mind  that  it  had  been  a  mystery  from  ages  past 
"That  the  Gentiles  should  be  fellow-heirs,  and 
partakers  of  his  promise  by  Christ  in  his  Gos- 
pel." Eph.  3:  6.  The  opening  up  of  this  work 
was  allotted  to  Peter,  and  it  was  needful  that 
Ihere  should  be  some  public  and  extraordinary 
demonstration  of  God's  divine  purpose  to  receive 
the  Gentiles  upon  an  equality  with  the  Jews  in 
the  kingdom. 

This  extraordinary  and  supernatural  demon- 
stration was  not  intended  for  the  benefit  of 
Cornelius  and  his  family  in  particular,  but  for 
the  benefit  of  the  entire  Gentile  world  to  whom 
the  door  of  the  kingdom  of  God's  dear  Son  was 
about  to  be  opened.  Hetce  the  necessity  of  the 
trance  into  which  Peter  fell  where,  it  was  told 
liim  that  he  should  call  no  man  common  or 
unclean,  and  was  thereby  made  to  perceive  that 
God  was  no  respecter  of  persons,  but  that  even 
among  the  Gentile  natiois  he  that  feared  God 
and  worked  righteousness,  should  become  fellow- 
hen^  of  the  same  iohertauce.  And  to  carry 
tile  conviction  still  fartlie-  in  the  mind  of  Peter 
and  other  Jews  who  wep  with  him,  the  Holy 
Ghost  was  poured  out  oi  all  them  tbat  heard 
the  word  as  spoken  by  I'eter,  and  they  spake 
with  tongues  and  magnified  God.  Peter  seeing 
this,  was  fully  convinced  that  it  was  ^the  work 
of  God,  and  as  a  minister  cf  the  Gospel,  proceed- 
ed to  recommend  tlie  ordiiary  means  of  salva- 
tion, the  first  of  which,  in  tiat  case,  was  baptism, 
the  ttikeus  of  faith  and  npeutance  having  al- 
reiidy  been  manifested.  Ihe  appearing  of  the 
BDgel,  Peter's  trance,  the  pouring  out  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  bel'ove  baptisn,  and  the  speaking 
with  tongues,  were  specia,  divine  manifesta- 
tions—an unmistakable  deiionstratioii  of  God's 
purpose  to  receive  the  Gentiles.  It  was  speiial, 
miraculous  and  extraordiiary.  But  the  hear- 
ing of  the  word,  believing  it,  turning  to  God, 
and  being  baptized,  were  tie  ordinary  and  gen- 
erul  means  of  salvation  intaided  for  all  nations 
and  every  creature.  Even  in  the  eouveraion  of 
liHul  some  extraordinary  means  were  used,  but 
!iot  to  the  omission  of  the  oi-dinary  or  general. 
Another  case  like  that  of  Cornelius  never  has 
"or  will  ever  occur  again.  Once  for  all  agee  it 
^as  demonstrated  that  thos*  among  the  Gen- 
tiles who  believe,  have  a  right  to  be  baptized  in 
'''ater  and  enjoy  the  benefits  of  the  kingdom. 


THE    13KETIiliK>s^    ^VU^    ^V01<K. 


Names  fur  sample  copies  are  beginning  to 
come  in  from  the  State  of  Maine.  We  will  foi^ 
ward  samples  to  all  names  m-nt  us. 

Two  persons  were  rerently  received  into  the 
church  by  baptism  in  the  Colorado  eongn- 
Kuti<m.     Success  to  their  ett'ort-". 

The  District  Meeting  of  Southern  III.,  will 
be  held  at  Pleasant  Hill,  Macoupin  Co.,  Oct. 
'th.  1878.  _ 

The  Brethren  of  Croton.  New  Jersey,  have 
torn  down  their  old  meeting-house  and  are 
erecting  a  new  one  32x-lS. 


AniiAXQEURNTs  are  being  made  to  commence 
publishing  the  Chihhm  at  (rr.»/.- weekly,  about 
the  first  of  October.  This  will  be  a  nice  thing 
for  the  little  folks. 

Brothkr  Lemuel  Hillery  left  here  last  Thurs- 
day morning  en  route  for  Kansas.  He  goes  by 
private  conveyance,  his  family  remaining  at 
Shannon  for  the  time  being. 


We  call  special  attention  to  "Our  Bible 
^Imb  "  department  on  fifth  page.  Having  on 
"and  more  fiueries  than  we  have  time  to  answer, 
"egive  them  place  on  that  page,  asking  our 
i^ontributora  to  assist  in  making  that  deparment 
"interesting  an  possible.  Come  let  us  search 
tt"!  Scriptures. 


To  keep  apples  and  peaches  from  spoiling, 
when  you  have  more  than  you  can  take  care  of, 
give  them  to  the  poor.  In  this  way  you  will 
not  only  save  the  fruit,  but  be  amply  Rewarded 
besides. 

We  have  sent  Non-Cmforunlij  to  the  World, 
hy  brother  J.  W.  Stein,  to  uU  who  have  sent  in 
one  new  subscriber  at  §1.75,  from  Oct,  1st  to 
Jan.  Ist,  1S80.  Should  any  fail  to  get  it,  they 
will  please  notify  U3. 


"heads  of  the  church,"  nor  is  it  right  to  call 
them  by  that  uame.  Call  them  eldem,  bishops. 
&c.,  but  never  heads  of  thf  church;  it  is  dis- 
honoring Christ. 

A  OKSTi-EMAS  writes  U9,  "  There  was  one  of 
your  brethren  in  my  office  tilling  me  of  your 
faith  and  practice.  He  told  me  to  send  for  your 
paper.  Now  send  me  a  few  copies  tuid  if  be  has 
told  me  the  truth  about  it,  I  will  subscribe  for 
it  at  once."  Of  course  we  sent  samples,  and 
want  the  Brethren  to  continue  telling  of  our 
faith  and  practice.  Let  the  sound  go  out  into 
all  the  world  for  it  will  do  good.  Oo  not  think 
you  are  too  weak  to  do  good,  there  is  a  work 
for  all.         _     

It  is  due  the  churches  of  this  city  to  remark 
that  a  miaUUte  occurred  in  Bro.  Sharp's  "  Stray 
Thoughts,"  last  week,  in  stating  "  The  Disciples 
seem  to  have  the  chief  influence  in  town,"  be- 
sidf  s  the  Hrethren.  The  Methodists  are  pretty 
well  represented.  There  are  also  Baptist.  Lu- 
theran and  Congregational  congregations.  As 
we  did  not  see  the  article  till  ai^er  it  was  print- 
ed we  could  not  correct  it  in  time.  Even  S/iwrjj 
people  will  sometimes  make  mistakes. 


LovE-PRAST  notices  are  quite  numerous  this 
Fall.  We  published  (Jo  last  week.  Hope  to 
have  a  short  report  from  all  of  them.  Our 
readers  would  like  to  know  how  you  prosper  in 
the  Lord. 

Men  who  cannot  govern  their  own  tongue, 
are  ill  qualified  to  govern  others,  and  he  that 
can  successfully  govern  self  is  sometimes  great- 
er than  those  who  pretend  to  rule  nations.  Self- 
government  is  an  important  attainment. 


Brothek  S.  H.  Bashor  and  wife  reached  Lan- 
ark last  Friday  noon.  He  remains  here  while 
his  book  is  being  printed,  that  he  may  have  an 
opportunity  of  looking  over  the  proof.  He  is 
making  prepar.itions  to  travel  extensively  dur- 
ing the  Kail  and  Winter.  Hope  succe.s9  may 
crown  bis  efforts  as  in  former  years.  His  cor- 
respondents will  address  htm  at  this  place  the 
next  few  weeks. 


If  some  men  who  are  doing  their  utmost  to 
hfvnii  the  Bible,  would  spend  more  time  in 
obeying  and  teaching  it,  they  would  be  of  much 
greater  worth  to  the  cause  of  Christianity. 
Just  study  the  Bible  and  obey  it.  and  it  will 
defend  itself.  God  will  take  care  of  the  Book  if 
people  will  only  study  and  obey  it. 


An  inftux  of  Mennonites  is  anticipated  be- 
tween this  and  1880,  in  which  year  their  milita- 
ry service  will  end  in  Russia,  where  they 
number  2tK),000.  They  have  the  reputation  of 
being  industrious  and  honest.  Their  non- 
resistant  principles  subject  them  to  much  per- 
secution in  Kusbia  and  elsewhere. 


Short,  pointed  articles  are  read  and  relished 
far  more  than  long  ones.  People  never  get 
tired  reading  short,  interesting  essays.  If  you 
want  everybody,  who  gets  the  paper,  to  read 
your  article,  let  it  be  short  and  to  the  point. 
Short  articles,  like  short  sermons,  well  compact- 
ed, make  a  telling  effect.  Familiar  words  and 
short  sentences  give  an  article  much  power. 


What  would  you  think  of  a  sheep  that  would 
leave  the  floek  and  associate  with  the  wolves  on 
certain  occasions?  \  ou  would  certainly  de- 
nounce such  an  auimal.  Well,  what  do  you 
suppose  the  Lord  thinks  wheu  he  sees  profess- 
ing ChristiiuiB  leaving  the  Ma.st«r's  flock  and 
associating  with  and  having  a  high-old  time  at 
festivals,  theatres  and  other  places  of  amuse- 
ment, with  sinners  of  every  grade  and  order? 
Whenever  we  see  professing  Christians  running 
after  the  ways  of  the  world,  it  does  seem  as 
though  they  had  not  yet  fully  forsaken  the 
world  and  the  sinful  pleasures  thereof.  Heaven 
speed  the  time  when  people  will  be  consistent 
and  stand  up  to  what  they  profess. 


TuE  Buffalo  Express  asks:  Can  these  be  very 
hard  times?  can  a  country  be  very  "  hard  up." 
which  consumes  fifty  million  gallons  of  whisky, 
ten  million  barrels  of  beer,  and  two  thousand 
million  cigars  in  a  single  year?  That  looks 
bad  enough,  and  in  fact  too  bad.  when  it  is  re- 
membered that  many  professing  Christians  spend 
more  for  these  things  than  thev  do  for  the 
spreading  of  the  Gospel.  But  look  at  the  money 
that  is  spent  yearly  for  fashions,  fine  churches, 
rich  and  costly  diet  aud  then  talk  about  hai'd 
times!  The  people  of  the  United  States  waste 
and  spend  enough  for  luxuries  to  keep  another 
nation  and  then  grumble  abjut  hard  times;  it 
is  folly.  It  is  more  in  bad  management,  poor 
financiering  and  downright  extravagance  and 
wickedness  that  is  the  matter  with  people  than 
anything  else. 


Men  who  liol.l  congrfCktion*  wfll.  always  Vt 
the  p.-(.i,!..  y.,  Rway  »  littbf  hungry,  Nevtr 
aim  lo  t4'll  nil  you  know  nr  i.ii^  litic.  bat 
what  yoti  do  *ay,  tell  it  well,  and  be  sure 
that  it  is  the  truth,  Do  your  SmX  to  iDak« 
your  point-  di^tinct,  and  have  the  jieople 
understand  you  fully.  Whpn  you  prfiwh,  do 
it  with  pleasure,  just  a^  though  you  took  de- 
light in  pntclaiming  thf  Go-p*-!.  Mtiiriy  the 
Bible  well,  and  always  1«  ready  to  proeUim  the 
truth  when  called  on.  Frequently  consult  the 
dpa^oujv  and  laity  n-garding  improveuitnts  iu 
your  luauner  of  preaching,  and  the  length  of 
your  wrnions.  If  you  would  learn  to  beagw.*! 
workman,  learu  to  do  your  work  well. 

Thk  YP.I.I.OW  Fbver.— The  news  from  the 

South  during  the  la.«t  ten  days  has  been  .start- 
ling, and  the  gloom  and  denptur  is  still  intreaf- 
ing.  with  little  pro3i>cct*  of  abating  soon.  Death 
iH  said  to  have  visited  nearly  everj-  door  in 
Memi>hiB,  sparing  neither  rich  nor  poor,  great 
nor  small,  Hundreds  have  died,  maoy  of  whom 
could  not  be  buried  at  the  proper  time,  for  the 
want  of  help.  Grave  diggers  work  day  and 
night.  Doctom  wear  out,  drop  down  and  di»; 
others  take  thvir  places  to  meet  with  the  sam? 
fate.  Lat*  news  report  it  necessary  to  com- 
mence burning  the  dead  bodies  as  the  beat  way 
to  di!<pose  of  them.  Nurses  are  employed  bv 
the  hundreds,  many  of  whom  die  from  ovir  | 
work  and  the  disease.  Business  is  paralyzed, 
and  gloom  and  despair  have  settled  down  upon 
the  plague  ridden  cities. 

New  Orleans  has  had  a  desperate  siege  of  it. 
Every  part  of  the  city  has  been  visited  by  the 
latal  disease,  and  not  far  from  one  thousand 
deaths  have  occurred:  they  continue  to  die  at 
the  rate  of  nearly  one  hundred  daily.  In  fact, 
general  desjiair  has  spread  ovtr  that  part  of  the 
country  lying  along  the  Mississippi  River,  and 
an  appeal  for  help  has  gone  forth  to  the  civiliz- 
ed world.  They  need  doctors,  nurses,  money 
and  provisions.  Many  places  liave  responded 
liberally.  New  York  has  already  sent  over 
^I'o.OllU,  and  other  cities  are  doing  well. 

The  calamity  is  a  great  one,  a  sore  affliction 
on  the  South,  but  affords  the  North  an  excellent 
opportunity  of  exhibiting  that  charity  she  is  so 
.  abundantly  able  to  show.  The  Southern  peo- 
ple are  said  to  be  much  to  blame  for  the  disease, 
as  it  would  seldom,  or  ever  occur  if  they  would 
keep  their  cities  aud  premises  clean. 


He  th^  would  live  long  aud  enjoy  life,  must 
strictly  obey  the  laws  of  health.  If  young  men, 
insteadof  lounging  arouud  places  of  amusement, 
would  spend  tlieir  leisure  time  studying  some 
good  work  on  Physiology  aud  Hygiene,  we 
would  have  a  much  healthier  race  of  men. 
Learu  to  govern  self  and  take  good  care  of  the 
body,  which,  when  properly  subdued  is  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

It  is  a  violation  of  both  economy  aud  good 
sense  for  either  professing  Christians  or  any- 
body else  to  change  the  fashion  of  their  gar- 
ments every  year.  Let  them  a<lopt  a  plain, 
comfortable  aud  economical  uiude  of  dress,  and 
stick  to  it.  This  thing  of  constantly  changing, 
is  evii'ience  of  instability.  Strong-minded  peo- 
ple of  good, sound  judgment.denounceit.  When- 
ever people  learn  to  let  good  enough  alone,  aud 
be  contented  with  that  which  is  in  exact  har- 
mony with  reason,  they  will  have  gained  an 
important  point. 


We  sometimes  hear  members  talking  about 
the  "presiding  eld-^rs "  of  the  church.  The 
t«nn  is  uuscriptural,  aud  therefore  not  support- 
e<l  by  Bible  usage.  We  read  of  "  elders,"  "  bish- 
ops," "shepherds,"  "  housekeepers,"  "overseers," 
and  "  pastors,"  but  not  one  word  about  "  pre- 
siding elders."  Such  things  were  unknown  in 
the  apostolic  church.  To  talk  about  the  "  heads 
of  the  church  "  is  equally  uuscriptural,  Christ 
is  the  Head  of  the  church,  and  is  the  only  di- 
vinely authorized  Head  the  church  has.  The 
Bible  says  not  one  word  about  elders  being  th( 


Samuel  Miller,  a  Richmond  miser,  left  ^850,- 
0(K)  as  an  endowment  for  a  school  for  the 
education  of  one  hundred  poor  childreu  of  Al- 
bemarle Co.,  Virginia-  This  is  certainly  a  com- 
mendable act  for  a  miser,  aud  one  that  others 
would  do  well  to  imitate.  Hundreds,  even 
among  professing  Christians,  work  hard,  accu- 
mulate large  fortunes  and  leave  them  in  a  shape 
that  they  will  accomplish  but  little  good  when 
they  are  dead  and  gone.  A  few  hundred  thous- 
and dollars  could  be  admirably  used  iu  the 
brotherhood  at  the  present  time.  .\n  "  Orphim 
Hume,"  for  the  benefit  of  poor,  homeless  chil- 
dren is  much  needed.  God  pity  the  thousands 
o'  little  creatures  who  are  without  a  home,  or 
even  a  father  or  mother  to  look  after  their  wants. 
Thousands  of  dollars  could  be  judiciously  spent 
distributing  pamphlets  and  tracts  in  defense  of 
the  Brethren's  fuith  iind  practice.  We  know  of 
one  denomination  that  has  distributed  '200,000  - 
OOO  copies  of  pamphlets  and  tracts  aud  they  are 
accomplishing  wonders  iu  this  direction.  We 
can  accomplish  even  more,  if  the  proper  efforts 
are  made,  aud  certainly  the  cause  is  worthy. 


MOiSrEY     LIST 


Below  is  given  a  list  of  money  received  at  this 
office  by  mail  and  not  otherwise  receipted  lor. 
Should  any  errors  occur,  report  them  immedi- 
ately: 

J  J  Cart,  .50;  Benson  Crownover,  l.UO;  D  H 
Wampler,  .60;  Noah  Bownan.  1.10;  D  Stump, 
1.15;  S  S  Mohler.  i.la;  John  Neher,2.50;  Anna 
Watters.  1.00;  Jacob  Leider,  10.00;  J  B  Elleu. 
3.00;  C  W  Martin,  .40;  J  W  Jarboe.  UN';  Ja-  ■ 
cob  liiestand.  2.00;  D  Hodgden.  1.75;  J  L  Zc<)k. 
.50;  J  HFabiiestock,2.i.Ki;  D  S  T  ButterbaagU. 
a.iHt;  Dan  R  Kleim.  l.iKi;  H  Hildreth.  2.ltO; 
Laura  Kuster,  1.50;  JohnGehr.50;  John  Shirk, 
3.00;  V  S  Fisher,  2.55;  Benj.  Stanton,  1.50; 
Benj.  Hazell,  1.50;  A  Michael.  3.00;  L  E  Prick- 
ett,  14.45;  Levi  Stump.  4.50;  Asa  Beai^,  1  00; 
S  Bechtelheimer.  .SO;  E  Fausler.  .50;  D  Bark- 
low.  1.00;  M  Butterbaugh.  .50;  J  C  Murray. 
140;  Tense  Howell.  I.OO;  E  W  Stoner.  3.75; 
Samuel  Ross.  5.00;  D  Vauiman,  2.00;  W  G 
Lint,  2.0' I;  Simon  tiretk.  7>hi, 


The  length  of  a  minister's  sennon  has  some- 
thing to  do  with  the  efi'ect  it  produces.  Many 
good  sermons  are  spoiled  by  their  great  length. 
To  weary  n  congregation  with  a  long,  tedious 
sermon  does  the  cau§e  more  harm  than  good 
Let  every  thing  be  done  to  edification.  That 
which  does  not  edify  is  not  profitable  unto  god- 
liness. Long  sermons  are  nut  always  an  indi- 
cation of  learning,  but  often  show  the  want  of 
good  judgment.  The  best  way  is  to  quit  when 
you  get  done,  and  do  not  tire  the  congregation. 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE   FUND 

D.  S.  T.  Hutteilniugb,  Ind.. &00 

Buri'  t)ak  t-hurcU.  Kau.. 1.00 

Dry  Creek  cburHi.  lowii. !.P0 

ruimi  Ceiure  chuiTh.  Inil l.tt) 

Sugiu-  Creek  church,  Ohio IjOO 

IJig  Creek  church.  III l.U> 

I'igiiiu  Kiver  church.  lud .• 1X0 

Omuille  chmvh.  Oregon. 1.00 

M()»ticeno  cliureh,  Ind.. 1.0O 

Ten  Mile  chuich.  Pa. 1.00 

tSpring  Creek  church.  Iml IX» 

Log  Ci"eek  church.  Mo 1.00 

Siuinel  Creek  church,  Iml IjjO 

Thoruftiii'h-  churcli,  Mich 1.00 

lli.k.iiy  Grove  church.  Ill l.U> 

Villi  lliuvu  (Hiureh.  Ind.. 1.00 

Aliniliam  lieeghley.  Ohio. 1.00 

Iiiiliiui  Creek  church,  luwit, IjOO 

Sutpir  Creek  ehurch.  III., 1.00 

I're viously  reported flS^'5 

____^^^^^       Tot;il.  Si^i.TS 

NuN-CoNFORMITV  TO  THE  WoRLD.  by  J- W. 
Stein,  a  well  written  pamphlet  of  4L  ivagefi. 
Price,  only  ten  cents;  one  dollar  per  doxen. 

Prrf&t  Pias  OF  Salvation,  10  Cent^. 


THK    HKKTHREN    jSJT    AVOKKI. 


September    lt> 


■  n*  Worth  ft/ Truth  no  Temgvr  ^/^'"•" 

Thi).  .Ir,  BMineni  i-  JcdfnM  for  «king  «nd  •"■"'^"^ 
niNc  .i..r.rion.  i.n.1  fur  lU  ...li.-lon  of  S*rl|>t..r.l.llfficul- 
iln,  All  .(iip«li<m»  rtoiiM  he  rt*i»d  fritli  Mndnr.  "iM  in- 
■wetfl  *iil.  «•  n.uc)iclniimM.i  •*  j-owibU.  In  "fUr  lo 
'.romoi*  Kit.lc  Tru.h.  Artlck.  for  lbi<.  .l-p.r«ncnl.  mu.. 
be  vliort  nnit  id  ihP  point. 


J'leai.-  Bivi'ATi  ftxiilitiintioii  »f  Matt. SI:  2:  ftts" 
Miiik  II  ■  a.  !>*•  '«>"'  '"""'  ""'  """"'''  '^  *'•'  *^'" 
l»  .neum  by  the  «« ticl  «ml  th-  eolt  with  hjr:  l.»i»e 
th.m  «n<l  hriiiK  Iliem  uiito  me?  DUl  I"'  ridw  buth. 
.„oi,l>  the  colt  ^  -  l.n.Cni«T. 

WilUurneimci'leaw  Rive  Infomnttloii  cncflrn- 
i„BIJ..lmH:^O.IOy  W.H.MiM.Kit. 

ne.-»c  Kivr  u«  your  views  on  the  covering  Kj.i.keii 
of  l.y  I'liiil  ill  1  O.r.  II :  nl»o  tell  ii»  wlio.  or  wlmt 
tint ' luml  ia.  the  women  illwlionor  hy  iir.'iyfng 
or  nroi-lir-Hviiur  with  licr  heart  niicovored.  hoth  the 
,.,„, i-i.-.l  aiid  v».ni»iTii-<! y  ](y  .l"lng  »"»  >""  »"^y  '^ 
11  j£.>o.l  Hiiik  fur  Hfiiae  of  our  iinmlM-ii*  iml  lu-ri-  in 
Ihi-  far  Wwt  an<I  uhUfte  l'AVU>  lJowiiir«. 

I'leiwc  expliiln  2  TliO*».  i;  a     It   n'lids  thus: 
•■  Kven  hliii,  wlKwe  coining  is  ntter  tlie  working  of 
Siiti.n  witli  all  rower  nild  «ign»  fiml  lying  wondurs. 
M.  ('.  CziriAN-*. 

Thei-igiit  «oiil»thiit  wore  siivtd  hy  water.  w;ia 
th»t  wilier  literiil  water  or  Wii»  it  souie  oilier  kind 
.■r  water?  1  Peter -IrJO.*.'!;  iiIho  ActaiW:!".  wliere 
It  h  said,  Arise  wrid  Ije  ImjitiKed  and  wasli  away  tliy 
Hinn.  wflut  thi»  literal  waU-r.  that  was  to  wash  away 
'  hi^sln»y  ^*■'■■ 

I'icjwe  tell  me  wlio  tliat  iniin  was,  I'anl  si"'ke 
nf  ill  2  Cor.  la:  2.  Hint  Wfw  caught  up  to  the  third 
hmvcn.  «AMVKL  CniHT. 

I'lease  exi.lnin  Itcv.  20:  13.  U.  and  give  us  an  m- 
«iKht  into  Ihcm.  J-  M.  HlUKNon.. 

1  rieiwe  give  your  views  on  Luke  10:  J.  "Car- 
ry'neither  iiun.1',  nor»LTij..nor  bIioi-h:  nnd  Nalute 
no  man  hy  tho  way." 

a.  AIwi  Matt.  S3:  ic  "And  cull  no  man  your 
fatlioruponthoearth:  for  one  Is  your  father  whieli 
in  in  lioHvcn." 

:l,  Also  1  Cor-TiSO:  "Tlu*  wife  is  l>onnd  by  the 
hiw  an  long  hs  lier  liimlianil  liveth ;  Imt  if  lier  lins- 
iKunl  be  dead,  slio  in  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
wliom  slic  will;  only  in  Uie  Lord." 

Kmma  FiSllKIC. 


A  DIFFICULTY  EXPLAINED. 


How  is  llie  goneiilogy  of  Cbrisl  iis  given  in  MalL 
I.  to  be  recondli-d  witli  Hie  nceimnt  gi\  en  in  Lnkf 

.,v  A.  M,  11. 

THE  Jews  never  allowed  the  name  of  ft  womart 
in  tlieir  genealoKical  tables.  Hence,  when 
a  line  ol  desccmlants  ended  witli  a  w<.man,tlip.v 
did  not  put  in  the  name  of  that  woman,  but  the 
uamt'  ol  her  hustbftnd,  who  wiui  only  the  son-in- 
luw  of  the  woman's  fulher.  I-nke  reckons  ac- 
rording  to  this  custom,  and  puts  into  his  Uiblc 
two  persons  who  were  only  sons-in-law  of  the 
I.ersons  named  as  their  fathers;  whereas  Uat- 
tliew  conliiu's  his  table  to  those  who  were  sons 
striotly  ai>eakinp.  Thus  Joseph  is  called  hy 
Luke  the  son  of  Heli,  becttuse  he  having  no  sons, 
hit  daughter  Mnry  married  Joseph,  and  the 
name  of  Jt>8oijh  therefore  stands  as  the  son  of 
Heli.  whereiis  he  was  iu  reality  only  his  son-iii- 
law,  but  really  the  son  of  Jacob.  Again,  Luke 
places  Siilnthiel  as  the  son  of  Neri,  and  Matthew 
makes  him  the  son  of  Jechonia?.  hut  the  son-iu- 
law  of  Neri,  having  married  a  daiightsr  of  Neri. 
Their  son  was  /^ovobabel,  a  name  which  appears 
in  both  tables.  From  Abraham  to  David  the 
tables  of  Matthew  and  Luke  agree.  From  Da- 
vid Matthew  comes  down  thvoiigh  tlie  line  of 
Nathun.  buth  of  them  sons  of  David.  These 
lines  meet  in  Zorobabel,  a  son  of  Salatliiil  of  the 
line  of  Solomon,  who  married  a  daughter  of 
Neri,  of  the  line  of  Nathan.  From  Zorobabel 
Matthew  comes  down  through  the  line  of  Abuid, 
his  son,  mid  Luke  through  the  line  of  Eb^*sa, 
another  sou.  These  two  lines  again  meet  in 
Christ,  the  reputed  sou  of  Joseph  of  the  line  of 
Abiiid,  who  had  married  Mary,  a  daughter  of 
Heli,  of  the  line  of  Rhesa.  Thus  Luke  gives  us 
the  genealogy  through  the  line  of  Mary,  and 
Miitthew  that  through  the  line  of  Joseph. 
These  lines  meet  in  Zorobabel  and  David.  From 
this  point  the  tables  agree  back  to  Abraham, 
witli  whom  Matthew  stops,  while  Luke  goes  all 
the  way  back  to  Adam.  There  is  really  uo 
more  discrepancy  between  the  accounts  of  Mat- 
thew and  Luke  than  there  would  be  between  the 
letters  of  a  person  who  should  give  to  a  friend 
his  pedigree  on  his  father's  side,  and  to  another 
on  his  mother's  side.  And  if  the  two  lines 
should  meet  in  some  celebrated  person  of  past 
generations,  as  they  do  twnce  in  the  case  of 
Christ,  he  would  have  double  proof  that  he  was 
the  descendant  of  that  individual.  See  Dr. 
Clarke,  and  the  Keligious  Encyclopedia. 


—There  is  no  slavery  so  abject  as  that  in 
v-'hich  the  drunkard's  wife  and  children  have  to 
toil.  We  can  conceive  of  no  degradation  so 
sweeping  and  overwhelming  as  that  produced 
by  the  traffic. 


-NOW    WHEN  I  AM  OLD  AND 
GRAY-HEADED 

l'H;auuIl:  l»- 

tH'-tlftow  llrnH)    .' 
\,.t  iii.w  as  in  iUt>T*  long  pinev  jiiuwed  l*>. 
Whiu  niv  i«It|>  wiut sln»u(r,  nii'liiaiiied  my  eye 
The  tlfw  rif  inr  vonth  hiy  .-ill  arouinl. 
And  iKiix'  If^ped  r'-rih  wltli  Joyful  hrtiinil; 
Uiit  now  I  um  olil.  my  IioikI  is  guay. 
Till-  ilnys  of  n>y  youtli  hiivn  pjiawd  away, 
l.tke  It  young  Iloti.  iny  «ln^w»  strnnK. 
l*Mirlp»i  1  gaae«l  :it  the  iftnriipy  long; 
Wliilo  my  proud  heart  did  exiiltBiit  bwtl. 
1  feared  not  the  froHt  or  Miinnu'l's  heat ; 
Itiit  now  I  am  old,  my  heiid  is  gray. 
The  strength  of  my  youtli  has  pas-ted  aw;iy. 

Hope  built  her  cjwtle.  fair  to  niy  slglit. 
Painted  it  o'er  with  her  colors  hr;glit ; 
fiiUU'i\  the  landflciipe.  gamishwl  tlie  sky. 
Leading  im-oii  iw  tim  yeara  lollod  by: 
]iut  now  1  am  old,  my  heat!  is  gray, 
Tlie  hopes  of  my  youtli  have  pa.ssal  awiiy. 

.)oy  (illwlmy  henrtfroin  tlie  opening  morn. 
To  lli«  evening  hoiira  when  stjir»  are  born; 
Too  short  was  the  day  for  all  their  store. 
The  morrow  glowed  with  abundance  more: 
Now  when  I  am  old  and  my  head  is  gray. 
AH  the  joys  of  yoiitliliave  i)assed  away. 
The  days  of  my  yoiilli  have  passed  away. 
Tho  strength  of  ray  yonth  liius  gone  to  decay, 
Tlie  hopes  of  niy  >onth  have  mosll)  Med, 
The  joys  of  my  youth  an-  cold  and  dead ; 
Oil  Goil,  I  am  old,  my  head  is  gray, 
.Sustain  my  lieavl  liU  1  pa-ss  ;iway. 

More  blessed  my  age  than  in  days  of  youth. 
More  strong  my  »«»*  1"  eternal  truth, 
Hopes  of  iiiy  age  have  tlieir  home  im  liigli. 
•Joys  of  my  age  they  can  iievt-r  die; 
Thovigh  I  am  old  and  my  head  is  gray. 
God  wiU8Upl)ort  till  1  piiss  away. 


THE  RESTORATION  OF  THE  JEWS. 

UNDER  this  heading,  the  following  letter, 
signed  by  "  F.  R.  G.  S.,"  appears  in  the 
London  Mornhuj  Post,  of  August  10:  "  It  is  a 
singular  coincidence,  to  say  the  least  of,  consid- 
ering the  exertions  made  of  late  years  by  Sir 
Mows  Montefiore  on  behalf  of  the  Jews  in  and 
about  Jerusalem  for  its  restoration,  and  making 
it  literally,  if  not  a  ^fon  tejiort;  at  least  unffhr- 
ithio  tli  jiori  by  the  beauty  of  such  contemplat- 
ed restoration  that  the  words  of  the  last  verse 
of  the  Sth  chapter  of  /.achariah,  viz..  "  In  those 
days  it  shall  come  to  pass  that  t«n  men  shall 
take  hold  out  of  all  languages  of  the  nations, 
even  shall  take  hold  of  the  skirt  of  him  that  is 
a  .lew.  saying.  We  will  go  with  you.  for  we  have 
heard  that  God  is  with  you,"  should  bear  so  great 
a  resemblance  to  the  doings  of  the  Congress 
and  of  him  who  ruled  there.  Surely  Ood  must 
have  been  with  the  Disraeli  when  He  allowed 
him  to  secure  His  greatest  of  all  blessings- 
peace  for  mankind  in  general,  and  a  bright  fu- 
ture for  Asia.  Besides  the  seven  Signatory 
Powers,  the  representatives  of  fireece.  Roumania, 
and  Servia,  who  were  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Congress,  made  up  the  'ten  men  whoshall  take 
hold  out  of  all  languages  of  the  nations."  Hav- 
ing lived  some  years  in  Eoumania,  and  know- 
ing how  shamefully  the  Jews  have  been  treated 
in  all  the  Sclavonic  States  I  cannot  but  teel  in- 
finite satisfaction  at  observing,  as  a  result  of  all 
the  recent  political  negotiations,  that  the,  lot  of 
the  Jew  has  been  cared  for.  and  that  their  posi- 
tion, social,  civil  and  political,  has  been  relieved 
from  the  unjust  and  tyrannical  yoke  of  oppres- 
sion which  they  have  been  forced  to  wear." 


can  find  out.  Again,  where  do  we  tind  the  au- 
thority to  lay  wide  the  salutation  ur  holy  kiss 
that  is  so  plainly  given  as  a  command,  not  only 
once,  but  five  time»  in  the  Gosiiwlt'  \V«  think 
we  have  none,  and  if  we  do  not  observe  it,  it  is 
a  transgression  of  the  Uw.  Besides  the  above 
there  are  many  other  points  that  we  have  not 
meiiMoned;  among  them  ia  trine  immersion,  the 
only  valid  baptism  that  can  be  eelablished  by 
the  Gospel,  ami  the  only  one  that  dates  hack 
bt'yond  the  middle  of  the  third  century.  Also. 
non-conformity  to  the  world  is  plainly  taught 
us,  when  Paiil  says,  "  Be  ye  not  conformed  to 
this  world,  but  be  ye  transformed  by  the  renew- 
ing of  your  mind,  that  ye  may  prove  what  is 
that  good  and  acceptable  and  perfect  will  of 
God."  Therefore  let  us  place  our  affections  up- 
on heaven  and  not  upon  this  world. 

Again  Jesus  says,  "  Search  the  Scriptures." 
Hence  we  find  it  a  duty  to  search  the  Word  of 
God  that  we  may  know  what  is  required  of  us, 
for  without  a  knowledge  of  the  Gospel  we  can- 
not comply  with  its  ordinances,  and  if  we  fail  to 
search  it,  but  hire  some  one  else  to  search  for 
and  teach  ua.  and  he  tells  us  that  leet-washing, 
the  salutation,  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  about  all 
the  remainder  of  the  principles  of  the  Gospel, 
are  non-essentials,  and  we  thus  fail  lo  obey,  w( 
will  be  transgressoi-s,  aud  when  we  eonie  up  to 
judgment  we  will  be  weighed  in  the  balance 
and  found  wanting:  for  whosoever  transgress- 
eth  the  law  committeth  sin. 


TRANSGRESSION. 


HY  X.  11.  HEKTKR. 


.>-tll     illM 


'■  Wlinsiifver  conimitteth  sin  tin 
tli.-lHw."^i.l.>lm;::4. 

THE  first  question  that  presents  itself  to  the 
mind  from  reading  the  above  language  is, 
what  is  it  to  commit  sin?  but  we  need  not  hes- 
itate long  to  find  an  answer  to  this;  read  the 
remainder  of  the  verse,  and  we  find  the  answer 
in  the  following  language;  "  For  sin  is  a  trans- 
gression of  the  law."  Again  in  Horn.  4:  1.7, 
"  Where  no  law  is,  there  is  uo  transgression." 
Hence  we  conclude  that  where  there  is  law 
there  is  transgression,  aud  any  transgression 
of  that  law  is  sin.  But  what  is  it  to  transgress? 
It  is  nothing  more  nor  less  than  to  disobey  the 
Gospel,  aud  we  dare  not  disobey  in  one  point, 
from  the  fact  the  Apostle  James  says,  "  He  that 
keepeth  the  whole  law  and  yet  ofi'endeth  in  one 
point,  is  guilty  of  all."  Hence  we  find  no  non- 
essentials in  the  Bible;  but  all  that  we  find  in 
the  Gospel  is  intended  for  us  to  obser^'e. 

Where  then  do  we  get  the  authority  to  leave 
off  feet-washing  that  .lesus  says  we  ought  to 
observe,  in  order  to  be  His  true  disciples?  We 
need  not  observe  it.  if  we  do  not  wish  to,  just  aa 
Peter  did,  but  what  is  the  result  if  we  disobey? 
Observe  the  language  of  Jesus  to  Peter,  and  we 


"'TIS  A  CASE  THAT  YOU  CAN 
HOLD.-' 

BY  3.  T.  KOSSEKMAN. 

OBJECTS  suggestive  of  thought  and  reflec- 
tion are  incidental  to  daily  life.  In  every- 
thing surrounding  us  we  see  the  work  of  a  nobler 
being  than  that  of  man.  And  in  this  field  of 
nature  we  find  many  texts  susceptible  of  reflec- 
tion and  carry  the  mind  aloft  to  soar  among 
higher  and  nobler  things.  To  any  person  who 
can  see  God  in  nature,  like  the  dying  Mil- 
ton, a  straw  may  be  an  agreeable  companion. — 
teaching  him  that  he  too  is  doomed  to  pass 
away.  The  leaf  of  the  forest  growing  into  size 
and  shades  of  varied  hue,  teaches  us  the  solemn 
fact  that  this  is  not  our  abiding  place.  Thus 
everything  in  nature  above  and  below  us;  the 
works  of  man—fcery^/nVif/ may  teach  us  many 
useful  and  instructive  lessons.  However  com- 
prehensive the  finite  mind  may  be,  and  en- 
thusiastic in  its  undertakings,  it  can  but  faintly 
grasp  the  idea  of  the  Infinite.  It  is  something 
too  vast,  too  wonderful— s6mething  that  it 
cannot  hold.  There  are  other  things  that  also 
enchant  the  mind  with  suggestive  thoughts  that 
mortals  cannot  hold.  Circumstances  in  life 
may  be  ennobling  and  plea-sant — a  paradise  to 
the  finite  mind,  yet  they  charm  but  for  awhile. 
We  may  have  friends  that  are  dear  to  us  whose 
company  is  ever  agreeable,  tlieir  instructions 
are  valuable  and  their  words  are  cheering,  yet 
they,  however  valuable  to  us,  pass  away  in  si- 
lence, death  wraps  them  up  in  his  strong  bands 
and  we  see  them  no  more.  We  can  go  with 
them  down  the  dark  valley  to  give  them  words 
of  comfort,  but  we  cannot  stay  them  on  their 
journey.  'Tis  a  case  we  aniimt  hold.  Wealth 
and  atttuence  may  attend  our  etlbrts,  jve  live  in 
easy  circumstances,  may  feel  to  say.  "  soul  take 
thine  ease,  thou  hast  much  goods,"  but  how 
soon  sudden  destruction  cometh;  our  wealth 
and  honor  is  but  a  dream. 

We  have  secured  a  great  name,  honored  with 
distinction  everywhere,  yet  we  are  not  secure 
from  the  gossip  of  enemies,  our  name  is  defam- 
ed, we  lose  our  honor,  though  not  through  any 
fault  of  our  o^vn,  and  however  much  ambitious 
we  were  to  be  honored,  it  is  lost,  and  all  our 
efforts  to  retain  it.  prove  futile,  While  many 
undertakings  in  this  life  may  fail,  yet  there  /.-*  a 
case  that  we  inn  hold.  And  ujion  this  thought 
the  mind  is  pleased  to  dwell.  It  reveals  to  us 
thought-s  that  are  higher  and  more  ennobling 
than  those  of  earth — it  is  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Man  detaching  himself  from  divine 
power,  his  efforts  will  fail.  But  by  placing  him- 
self in  such  relationship  with  his  Master  that 
he  may  be  a  co-worker  with  Him,  he  cmi  secure 
and  be  able  to  hohl  that  godline-ss  and  holiness 
which  is  not  only  profitable  in  this  life,  but  also 
of  that  which  is  to  come.  To  secure  this  power, 
certain  conditions  must  be  complied  with.  If 
we  associate  ourselves  with  others  having  su- 
perior power  ajid  success,  we  are  led  to  inquire 
into  thesecret  of  hissucce.ss.  Heheing  anxious 
to  impart  to  you  say.s,  "  By  my  careful  and  sim- 
ple habits  of  living,  I  have  obtained  great 
strength  of  body,  oleame.'is  of  mind,  and  my 
retentive  powers  have  become  strong.  And  in 
connection  with  my  caroful  economy,  laboring 
systematically  and  trusting  in  God  is  the  secret 
of  my  success."  Being  desirous  of  the  same 
power,  by  living  out  his  principles,  he  may  be- 


come assimilated  to  the  churacter  and  power  n| 
his  associateandhav*theis»"'e':hanicteristic6ot 
success.  We  may  admire  ouin  and  aspire  to  hi^ 
»ccompiishments.  hut  we  (""st  "vtrence  Gt.i 
aud  wor.*hip  him.  To  iuqwre  into  His  Uw  w,. 
find  the  conditions  tobecoundied  with,  fiystem- 
atically  arranged,  not  one  'o  be  excluded  from 
His  law;  and  by  the  careM  observation  of  all 
His  divine  command.-,  we  become  a^simiUtud  to 
His  character  and  power,  i>s  He  is  the  objpet  ia 
iMt  wonfhip.  By  this  fli^muhuion  we  hav,. 
power  that  is  heavenly,  iti3  divme.  This,  the,,, 
is  a  power,  a  cafe  we  rii"  hold.  A  tower  i,t 
strength  for  us  and  a  refuge  in  time  of  troul)l... 
It  is  my  Master  that  makes  me  strong.  I  lov^. 
Him  because  He  fii-st  loved  me,  and  this  is  but 
the  case  of  every  Christian  and  the  universal 
result  of  their  experlencf- 

Reader,  would  you  hare  that  power  that  will 
enable  yon  to  guide  your  bark  safely  across  tli,. 
dark  wnfew  of  the  Jordan  of  death,  to  "holi! 
i/oHfcase"  at  the  tribunal  bar?  I  know  yoi, 
would.  Then  come  to  Christ.  Comply  widi 
His  commands— the  conditions  of  pardon,  an,] 
the  power  is  your.^.  It  is  then  you  can  reali/,. 
the  truth  of  the  sweet  esclamation  of  the  goori 
Mr.  Ritchie:  "Oh!  what  must  Christ  he  in 
himself,  when  he  can  sweeten  heaven,  sweeten 
Scriptures,  sweeten  ordinances,  sweeten  earlli, 
aud  sweeten  trials?"  Good  eld  Stephen  real- 
ized this  sweetness,  this  power  when  he  Wits 
stoned  to  death,  antl  why?  Because  he  obeyed 
his  Master,  and  though,  in  the  dark  hour  of  hi- 
trouble,  he  could  see  Jesus,  and  triumphajitl\ 

he  died.     Why  was  it  that  the  Lady  Ann ^, 

when  off'ered  a  pardon  at  the  place  of  execution, 
said,  "  I  came  not  -here  to  deny  my  Lord  and 
Master."  It  was,  that  she  had  made  her  ppiii  i- 
with  God  and  girded  with  this  strength  sl„. 
could  withstand  all.  It  was  a  case  that  she  cohUI 
hold. 

This,  then,  is  the  confidence  of  the  Christian, 
that  in  Christ  there  is  power  unexcelled,  and  as 
he  is  about  to  wind  uphis  pilgrimage  of  useful- 
ness on  earth,  hopefully  he  says,  "  My  journey 
is  almost  ended  now—old  age  will  win  the  race. 
You  see  my  hands  are  trembly,  and  I  cannot 
hold  a  case;  but  I've  made  an  application  to  th.? 
city  built  of  gold,  and  1  long  to  hear  the  answer. 
' '  Tis  a  case  that  you  tnn  hold.'  " 

Muple  Home,  Dunkirk,  Ohio. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

II. iw  sweet  till-  words  ol  Initli 
Itn-atheil  Iroin  the  lip^  wi-  love.  '" 

— Deeds  are  fruit;  words  are  but  leaves. 

— The  same  sun  that  melts  wax,  hardens  clay. 

—Aim  high;  but  not  so  high  as  not  to  be 
able  to  hit  anything. 

— Time  is  gold;  throw  not  one  minute  away, 
but  place  each  one  to  account. 

— To  keep  moths  out  of  old  clothing,  it  is 
recommended  to  give  the  clothing  to  the  poor. 

— Out  of  Christ  as  ihe  way,  there  is  nothing 
but  wandering;  out  ol  Christ  as  the  truth,  noth- 
ing but  eiTor;  out  of  ijhrist  ah  the  life,  nothing 
but  eternal  death. 

— Every  man,  wouiin  and  child  has  got  some- 
thing to  do,  and  an  opportunity  for  doing  it. 
Remember  that  in  a  little  well  done,  much  has 
been  accomplished. 

— There  are  many  more  blossoms  upon  a  tree 
in  Spring  than  therewill  be  apples  in  Autumn. 
Yet  we  are  glad  to  see  blossoms,  because  we 
know  that  if  there  are  no  blossoms,  there  cau 
be  no  fruit. 

— A  tree  will  not  only  lie  as  it  falls,  but  It 
will  fall  as  it  leans.  And  the  great  question 
every  one  should  bring  home  to  himself  is  this: 
"  What  is  the  inclimtion  of  my  soul  ?  Does  it, 
with  all  its  affections,  k^an  toward  God,  or  away 
from  Him?" 

— Mr.  Spurgeon  ii  reported  to  have  said  that, 
the  manner  of  some  clergymen,  in  addressing 
the  young,  made  hiii  think  they  must  have  un- 
derstood the  Lord  to  say,  "  Feed  my  camelo- 
pards,"  rather  than  "  Feed  my  lambs,"  and  the 
hit  was  a  capital  one. 

—Whether  womfn  are  inferior,  superior,  the 
equals,  or  the  complements  of  men,  is  not  ours 
to  say;  but.  her  physical,  moral  and  mental 
growth,  and  cnltiiK',  can  never  receive  too  muoh 
aid;  aud  the  widest  liberty  ehould  be  given  to 
her  usefulness,  in  the  limitless  fields  of  oppor- 
tunity. A  noble  and  exalted  manhood,  requires 
as  a  precedent,  a  noble  and  exalted  motherhood. 
—We  ought  to  think  much  more  of  walking 
in  the  right  pi»th  than  of  reaching  our  end. 
We  should  desire  virtoe  more  than  success.  It 
by  one  wrong  deed  we  could  accomplish  the  lib- 
eration of  millions,  tiud  in  "o  other  way,  we 
ought  to  feel  that  this  good,  for  which,  perhaps, 
we  had  prayed  with  an  agony  of  desire,  was  de- 
nied us  by  God,  and'  was  reserved  for  other  tinica 
and  other  hands. 


apternber^ 

5,,..  Sank.y  U  to  ^nJ  the  coming  Wia,„  ;„ 
g„g|,mH,  going  nexn^nthw,!,,  1,,,  f^ 

The  New  Teslait'it  revision  eon.,,„ny  „. 
„y  met  at  New  )>ven  and  c„^p,,i,j  ,^^ 
Lt  eleven  cliapters'  lw»elaliou. 


THE    H1^1-:THI{1;X-    ^VT    AV(J1{K 


II  is  said  that  i 


Cottonwood  tele- 


„jpli  poles  •>»«  'P'"'"'  ralare  making 
;L.e  line  of  trees. 

j'lie  Uke  Shore  R*road  Company  ha«  paid 
,er  J453,U0O  damag.  for  the  Ashtabnla  disas- 


^Sti;  Asia,  83I.non.0OO:  Africa.  20.-.SlO..TOn; 
Australia  and  Polynesia,  4,4n.3«l;  America. 
Sll.llli.0ll(l;from  which  it  n-ill  he  seen  that /Vaia 
contains  more  than  one  half  the  population  of 
of  the  world.  The  population  of  »ome  of  the 
principal  countries  is  set  down  as  follows:  Ger- 
many, 42,7.n7,3nil;  Austria,  37,350,000;  Russia 
in  Europe,  72,.3C'2,770;  France,  3(>,!IO,i,788;Ureat 
Britijui.  34,242,966;  Italy,  27,769,475;  Turkey 
ill  Euroiie  (before  division),  !l,573,000;  Russia 
in  Ania,  4,505,876;  Turkey  in  Asia,  17,880,000; 
China  proper.  405,000,000;  Chinese  bonier  lands, 
29,580,ori0:  Britsh    India,    188,421,264:   .Tapan; 


of  tile  children  are  niemliers  and  some  arc  not. 
1  do  hope  that  the  day  will  soon  come,  when  all 
of  thera  will  he  on  their  waj'  to  meel  a  Chris- 
tian mother  in  a  brighter  clime.  Savior  help 
them,  is  my  prayer.  I).  N.Wokkma.s. 


33.623,378;  E. 
ca.  44,000,000; 


ypl,  17,000,000;  Equatorial  Afri- 
Bra/.il,  11,108,291. 


According  to  carefn  calculation,  it  has  been 
estimated  that  over  e,''o.000  persons  have  died 
„f  slavvntioii  in  Soutl  India  during  the  past 
year. _ — 

•V  piece  of  marble  s-b  from  the  wreck  of  n 
jl,i|,  sunk  twenty  yeis  ago  off  Long  Island, 
hn<  jast  been  recovcreiaud  found  to  have  been 
coaiple'ely  honey-comrf  by  sea  worms. 

In  Berlin,  with  a  poulation  of  1,000,000,  on- 
ly 35,00n  pcr.sons  attell  public  worship,  and 
iJiere  are  20,000  buri.ilievery  year  without  any 
,j|igioiis  service. 

In  Slaine  both  partit  endoi-se  prohibition.— 
They  dare  not  op|iose  i)  To  oppose  is  to  court 
crrtain  defeat. 

The  population  of  th  continent  of  America 
overages  live  to  the  squre  mile;.that  of  Europe, 
Mventy-niue;  Asia,  thiiy- five;  Africa,  sii;  Occ- 
siiica,  five;  and  of  the  viole  earth  the  average 
is  about  twenty  to  the  suare  mile. 

"The  Bible  work  amonr  the  "Jliirks  ig  very  in- 
teresting. '  Tlie  Scriptnik  are  sold  ali  oyer  the 
empire.  The  Bible  Hone  at  Constantinople  is 
quite  as  prominent  a  biiding  as  Bible  houses 
of  New  York  or  Londoi  are  for  those  localities, 
ftud  Scri[)tiires  are  piihlily  exposed  for  sale  in 
nore  than  thirtr>'  langu^ea. 

There  is  a  church  bull  of  paper  near  Berlin, 
Prussia,  which  can  contin  1,000  people.  It  is 
circular  within,  octagouj  without,  the  reliefs 
outside  and  .statues  withn,  the  roof,  ceiling, 
the  Corinthian  capitals,  are  all  paper  mache. 
Tendered  water-proof  bysaturating  in  vitriol, 
hme  water,  whey,  and  wiite  of  eggs. 


DIED. 


Ob.tuariea  should  he  brief,  written  on  but  one  side  of  the 
pftper,  ftnd  lepftrale  flMm  all  other  businese, 


CORRESPOMDEN'OE. 


Notes  of  Travel. 


of  nitl^ry  «pi^  oHier  lliinffw.  M>tliiit  t)i.;  Knglwh 
way  ol  luin.I-laU.r  w  mptr'^d»-(\  I.>  ih<r  tunchin- 
pry  oi  otlur  nation".  Wfiuinn  iip|'.iri-l  to  Fiioih 
clieapur  tlu-re.  than  la-rc.  Wh^^b*  of  the  l»twr- 
'•nt  are  higher  thuii  when  I  Uft  En((Un<i  (it^tln 
IStiO.  ilcnw  that  v\iM»  of  peoplij  inmhl  do 
better  now  than  in  yt-ani  gone  by.   if  th<?y  de- 

»i»d  to.  H.  i'.  liklSKW.iRTH. 

Lanark,  111. 


It  is  aiinouuced  that  fir.  Rassam  has  found 
at  Nineveh,  imhedded  iui  wall  of  the  palace  of 
Asaur-Bani-Palo,  a  rouuc  clay  cylinder  divided 
into  ten  c  )mp.irtm9nt*,  aid  containing  nearly 
1, 300  lines  of  fine  descrhtion.  "What  this  de- 
scription means,  has  yet  to  be  determined. 


Jews  of  past  centurieshave  always  hnen  de- 
picted as  bearded,  and  it  vas  only  towards  the 
last  century  that  any  of  hem  shaved.  An  an- 
cient law  forbiide  the  ise  of  any  metal  iu- 
stniment  in  removing  th*  beard,  and  any  one 
desiring  a  smooth  face  wis  required  to  nisp  the 
beard  with  pumice-stone.  The  process  being 
anything  but  agreeable,  if  course  few  or  none 
adopted  it. 

Gen.  Stone,  now  engagid  in  the  military  ser- 
vice of  theiKhedive  of  Ejypt,  has  sent  to  this 
country  a  lot  of  red  date  :eed,  which  is  to  be 
planted  iu  the  Colorado  iesert.  Gen.  Stone 
thinks  that  in  this  region  the  date  palm  will 
flourish  as  well  as  in  its  nitive  clime.  If  the 
experiment  is  successful,  this  vast  wa^te  will 
become  one  of  the  most  pioductipe  sections  of 
thec(nmtry. 

The  number  of  destructive  earthquakes  re- 
cordid  in  Japan  during  th(  past  fifteen  hundred 
year),  is  149.  The  ninth  cmtniy  was  most  pro- 
lific in  these,  reaching  2S:  ;u  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury ther*'  were  fifteen;  the  same  in  the  seven- 
teenth; V-i  in  the  eighteenth;  and  IG  in  the  pres- 
ent cputury.*^  The  recorled  average  is  one 
great  earthquake  every  ten  yeai-s,  but  the  nine- 
fcentli  century  give  one  every  five  years. 


For  bleeding  at  the  nose,  '.he  best  remedy,  iis 
given  by  L)r,  Qloason,  in  ont  of  his  lectures,  is 
*  vigorous  motion  of  the  jans,  as  if  in  the  act 
"f  mastication.  In  the  case  of  a  child,  a  wad 
of  papt-r  should  be  plaeed  in  its  mouth,  and  the 
cHild  instnicted  to  chew  it  hard.  It  is  the  mo- 
tion of  the  jaws  that  stops  the  flow  of  blood. 
This  remedy  is  so  very  simple  that  niimy  will 
inclined  to  laugh  at  it,  but  it  has  never  been 


^'wn  to  fail  iu  u  single  instance,  even  in  very 


^^''ere  cases. 

The  latest  estimate  of  the  total  popvilation  of 
'"P  earth  is  1,439,145,300.  Eni-ope  hftsSlfl.StiS.- 


SHADOW.— In  Washington  district,  Koscius- 
ko Co..  Tnd.,  .'Uigust  26th.  of  fever,  brother 
Joseph  Shadow,  aged  79  yeai^,  2  mouths  and 
2.5  days.  Jesse  Calvert. 

GLICK. — Sister  Susana  Glick  departed  this  life 
August  11th,  18T8,  near  Mound  City.  Holt 
Co.. Missouri,  aged  79  yeai-s.  S  months  ami  2fi 
days.  Her  funeral  was  largely  attended. 
Text  Isaiah  3S:  1.  S.  A.  Honbergeb. 

GLICK.— In  the  Pleasant  Valley  congregation. 
Augusta  Co.,  Virginia,  August  19th,  1878, 
sister  Mary,  wife  of  Bro,  Daniel  Glick,  de- 
ceased, aged  84  years,  9  months  and  23  days. 

A.  D.  G.VItBER. 

KARON. — Died  near  Hamlin,  Brown  Co.  Kan- 
sas, August  9th,  1878.  sister  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Bro.  Jacob  and  sister  Mary  Haron,  aged 
22  years,  4  months  and  27  days. 

Her  death  was  caused  by  a  complication  of 
diseases.  She  bore  her  sufferings  during  a  peri- 
od of  foiu"  years,  with  Christian  fortitude,  and 
by  word  and  example,  admonished  hei-  Chris- 
tian friends  to  hold  out  faithful.  And  from 
her  young  friends  she  received  the  promise,  that 
they  would  forsake  sin  and  prepare  to  meet  her 
in  heaven.  Such  faithful  characters  of  Chris- 
tianity deserve  more  than  passing  notice,  and 
young  and  old  do  well  to  follow  the  example. 
Funeral  services  in  Christian  church  at  Ham- 
lin, to  an  immense  assemblage  of  friends.— 
Words  selected  from  ITliess.  4:13. 

Jonathan  Lichty. 
BREYMAN.— In    Humbolt,  Richanbon    Co. 
Nebraska,  July  13th,  1878,    Allen   Breyman, 
aged  29  years,  5  months  and  10  days. 

ZOIilERS.— In   the   Arnold's   Grove  district, 

Carroll  Co..    111.,   August  2l8t.  IS78,   sister 

Mary  E.  ZoUers,  aged  33  yeai^,  7  months  and 

2  days. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  an  example 
of  Christian  patience  and  resignation,  while 
under  the  most  dreadful  sutfering  night  and  daj' 
for  near  four  years,  but  finally  her  sufferings 
ended,  and  she  gently  fell  asleep  in  Jesus,  in 
hope  of  a  glorious  immortality. 

The  funeral  was  attended  by  a  large  concourse 
of  relatives  and  sympathizing  friends.  Servi- 
ces by  Bro.  Enocii  Eby  from  Phil.  1 :  21-24. 

J.  J.  Emmebt. 
HARDMAN. — In  the  Fairview  congregation, 

Appanoose  Co.,  Iowa.  July   30th,  187S,  Bro. 

Israel  Hardman,  aged  76  years,  9  months  and 

21  days. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  above  named 
church  jiear  22  years.  Faithful  to  duty  to  the 
close  of  his  days  on  earth.  F"uneral  improved 
to  a  large  concourse  of  people  by  William  E. 
Strickler.  Joseph  Zook. 

NEWCOMER.— In  the  Ashland  church  Ash- 
land Co.,  Ohio,  sister  Catharine,  wife  of  Bro. 
Peter  Newcomer,  aged  55,  years  11  months 
and  23  days. 
She  leaves  a  husband  and  nine  children  to 
mourn  their  loss.'  Ashort  time  before  she  died 
she  called  her  children  (that  were  at  home)  to 
her,  pressing  their  hands  between  her  own 
Khe  bade  them  tho  long  i'ltrewell,  telling  them, 
that  shewus  prei)ared  to  go,  and  that  she  was 
going  home  to  her  two  little  children  that  had 
gone  before  her.  Bro.  Peter  and  sister  Catha- 
rine were  married  January  5th,  1841.  and  lived 
together  as  husband  and  wife  37  years  7  months, 
and  16  days,  then  bidding  her  husband  fareivell. 
she  took  her  flight  and  went  to  her  long  home, 
after  an  illness  of  Iwtween  six  and  seven  years 
during  which  time  we  often  looked  for  her  to 
say  farewell  to  her  kind  IVientK  Her  disease 
was  supposed  to  bf  consumption.  She  was 
buried  on  the  22ud  day  of  August.  1878.  Fu- 
neral services  by  the  writer  and  Bro.  I  Killhef- 
ner  from  Rev.  14:  18  to  a  largtand  very  atten- 
tive congregation.  Oh  hnw  hard  it  seemed  to 
be  for  her  family  to  give  her  up:  y<"t  *''*'>'  '"^'■- 
row  not  as  those  which  have  no  hope       Some 


SOME  nf  the  brethren  and  sinters  are  no  doubt 
waiting  to  hear  something  about  England 
the  custom  of  the  peoplo,  and  other  things  rel-  i 
ative  to  nvj'  stay  there  thniugh  last  Winter  and  | 
this  Summer.  I  have  promised  th«  Mitun  a 
few  thoughts,  and  will  commence  by  relating 
fii^t. 

THE  NATrRE  OP  THE  COl'NTRY 

in  the  part  1  travelled.  Around  my  old  home 
in  Somerset,  you  can  always  find  any  kind  of 
soil:  there  are  hillk  that  appear  like  mountains, 
gradually  arising  from  the  lowlands,  and  often 
the  ascent  to  those  hills  will  be  covered  with  a 
thick  growth  of  underbrush,  or  woods  a.s  called 
there;  also  plenty  of  heavy  forest  trees.  These 
woods  are  nearly  full  of  rabbits,  foxes,  game  as 
pheasants,  hares,  etc.,  and  furnish  »port  for  the 
nobleman,  lords  and  squires,  who  infest  the 
country,  and  are  almost  looked  up  to,  although 
they  were  more  than  mere  creatures  with  the 
rest  of  God's  creation.  Tlifij  are  thp  land  own- 
ers; the  faruitrs.  the  renters,  the  laboring 
classes  working  for  each,  and  of  course  each 
party  knows  its  friends  and  keeps  themselveB 
to  themselves.  You  will  find  none  of  the  so- 
cial, free  and  easy  disposition  that  characterises 
the  peoph*  of  the  United  States.  I  have  left 
the  nature  of  the  country,  and  you  can  see  just 
where  I  lu'anched  off.  1  will  return  to  the 
moors  for  a  few  moments.  As  you  have  ascend- 
ed with  me,  the  hills  spoken  of,  you  can  now 
from  the  top  look  over  a  vast  expanse  of  coun- 
try, and  such  a  sight, — almost  indescribable! 
You  can  see  villages  every  few  miles,  with  per- 
haps from  200  to  500  inhabitants,  the  tall  spires 
of  thr  Established  Church  of  England  rising 
amongst  the  trees.  And  the  -sighi  enchants 
the  eye  of  the  traveler)  you  cantur^i  your  gazt 
in  another  direction  and  see  the  level,  dreary 
moor>,  with  ditches  cut  to  drain  off  the  water, 
averaging  six  feet  wide,  these  are  srtmetitnes 
flooded  for  a  long  lime.  In  these  fields  you 
find  a  good  many  cows,  as  Somerset  is  a  cheese- 
making  Co.  It  also  makes  a  lot  of  cider,  which 
accounts  for  the  many  orchards. 

The  observer  will  also  find  clay  lands  on  top 
the  hills,  which  yield  fair  returns  of  wheat,  bar- 
ley, peas  orbeau^,  to  the  industrious  and  frugal 
farmer.  We  see  red  lands  that  look  poor  and 
don't  deceive  their  looks;  they  are  generally 
with  others  in  their  turn,  dressed  with  heavy 
coats  of  artificial  and  other  manures. 


THE  PARM  nOfSES 

often  present  a  pretty  looking  appearance;  they 
are  not  wood,  but  massive  structures  of  stone 
or  brick.  Walls  three  feet  thick,  and  oftentimes 
may  contain  eight  to  ten  bedrooms,  kitchen, 
dairv,  and  back  kitchen,  cellars,  parlor  and  sit- 
ting-rot'in.  with  hall  and  outhouses  in  abund- 
ance to  suit  the  convenience  of  a  large  dairy, 
stock  and  grain  farm  Barns  are  large,  also 
stone;  and  covered  with  thatch,  reed  and  tiles. 
The  residences  of  the  squires  are  in  the  country, 
amidst  the  farms  of  their  estate,  and  have  splen- 
didly arranged  lawns,  carriage  drives,  and  pri- 
vate walks,  with  gardens  attached.  Many  of 
the  houses  are  very  old,  and  the  architecture  of 
course  being  ancient,  is  looked  upon  as  grand. 
but  the  bouses  or  mansions  of  modern  date, 
suit  my  taste  the  best;  they  are  costly  edifices, 
generally  two  or  three  times  larger  than  really 
needed.    The 

HOLIES  op  THE  PEASANTRY. 

or  laborers  come  next.  Are  of  very  low  stature 
as  a  nile.  and  thatched  with  straw,  very  old- 
fashioned  and  none  too  much  room,  as  general- 
ly large  families  are  found  occupying  the  small 
cottayes. 

I  have  now  described,  I  think,  the  land  as  a 
rule  through  all  the  part  I  visited,  also  the 
liouso«.  The  people  I  will  leave  till  another 
article  with  their  customs,  and  the  probable 
success,  attending  a  well  directed  mission  to  the 
islajid. 

I  had  forgotton  to  state  when  describing  the 
nature  of  the  country,  that  the  fields  are  irreg- 
ular in  shape.  They  are  not  square  jis  here,  but 
just  t'l  suit  the  taste  of  landowners  and  tenant: 
the  road<  aUo  wind  in  every  direction,  with 
sign-post*  at  every  cross-road,  to  tell  the  travel- 
er his  way,  and  the  distance.  The  turnpikes, 
which  keep  these  roads  in  order,  are  nearly  done 
away  with,  and  the  expense  falls  on  the  farmer. 
Times  with  him  are  very  close  at  present:  Amer- 
ican cuiLii- lion  rendering  pries  low,  instoek, 
cheese  and  -.ome  of  the  manufacturing  articles 


More  Light. 

''PHERE  Mf  manifold  indi^tions  of  pprplox- 
1  ity  in  the  Brotherhood  in  relation  t«  the 
Lord's  Supper.  !  am  frequently  written  (o  for 
explication  of  the  apparent  dixcrepancies  of  th<- 
Sacred  Record  on  thi*  point.  The  truth  d'^^ 
not  lie  so  n^ar  the  surface  respecting  the  ordi- 
nance as  some  othert.  It  requires  more  inv*-^ 
ligation  and  collation. 

The  want  of  strength  and  still  more  the  want 
of  means  precludes  my  present  elaboration  of 
the  subject.  It  seems  to  me  I  can  do  no  better 
than  urge  all  such  member*  to  procure  Bro.  J. 
W.  Beer's  book  on  the  "Lord's  Supper."  The 
subject  not  only  requires  study  but  deserves  it. 
Bro.  Beer  has  given  the  church  an  excellent 
monograph,  and  all  who  desire  light  in  that  di- 
rection will  find  flo  cents  a  cheap  investment 
for  so  large  a  fund  of  information.  The  signifi- 
eance  of  the  Divine  lustitiitlon  should  incite 
us  to  avail  ourselves  of  every  ray  of  light  that 
confirns  its  authority  and  perpetuity.  No  mat- 
ter what  the  materials  of  which  the  supper  was 
composed,  or  what  the  conception  of  the  ai«)s- 
tle  in  its  preparation,  it  was  not  the  i)a'>soveraii 
to  its  symbolic  purpose.  Bro.  Beer's  book  will 
prove  fui  excellent  mental  discipline,  as  well  a.H 
an  exhaustive  historical  argument  for  "the  truth 
as  it  is  in  Jesn.s."  C.  H.  Balsbaigh. 

[For  the  book  send  60  cents,  with  your  name 
and  address  plainly  written  to  J.  W.  Be.-r.  Mey- 
rsdale,  Somerset  Co,,  Pa.] 


BY  your  permission,  I  will  inform    the   rea.1- 
ers  of  your  excellent  paper  that  I  am  now 
in  Ohio.     I  letl  Huntington  Co.,   Indiana,   on 
the  Oth  of  August.     Got  in  the  vicinity  of  Ha- 
gerstown.  Wayne  Co..  Indiana  on    Friday  the 
9th.     Met  with  the  member-i  of  the  Xettlecreek 
arm  of  church,  near  Hager«town,  on  Saturday 
in  church  counsel.     Not  much  business.      The 
propriety  of  building   a   house   for  their  poor 
members,  was  discussed   at    length    and  finally 
postponed  till  after  their  next  District  meeting. 
X  choice  was  held  for  visiting  brethren,  the  lot 
falling    on    Abraham     Holler  and    a    young 
brother  Bowman,  two  active  young   Brethren. 
Daniel  and  Jacob  Bowman  and  John  Holler  are 
the  elders  here.      David   Bowman,  L^wis  Kin- 
ney and  J.icob  Hoover  are  in  the  ««-cond  grade 
of  the  ministry,  and  Lewis  W.  Teeter  and  B.  F. 
Wisler  in  the  first;  hence  the  ministry  here  is 
strong.     On  Lord's  day  morning  we   met  with 
them  in  Sabbath -school.     Not  as  large  an  at- 
tendance as  I  expected.     Xt  10  o'clock   A.  M. 
and  in  the  evening  we  preached  for  them   as 
best  we  could.     On  Monday  morning  we  start- 
ed for  Ohio.     Got  to  Newhope  in  Preble  Co.,  in 
the  evening  where  we  met  some  of  our  relations. 
Did  some  visiting  in  this  vicinity.     On  Tuesday 
evening   we   preachid  in  a   United    Brethren 
meeting-house  in  Newhope.     A  full  house,  for 
the  short  notice.      Next  day  went  to    Eaton, 
the  county  seat  of  Preble  Co.      From   there 
went  to  Winchester,  where  we  visited   quite  a 
number  of  relatives  and  friends.     On  Thursday 
evening  we  preached  in  a  Methodist  church   in 
town.     Ou  Friday  16th  we  wentto  John  Hart's, 
a  brother-in-law    of  ours.     On   Saturday  did 
some  visiting,  one  place  of  visit  was   the  old 
cemetery  where  my  firat  wife   was  buried  some 
forty  years  ago.      This  brought   fresh   to  our 
mind,  when  we  h:id  to  stand  and   see  our  dear 
young  companion  sunk  in  the  silent  tomb.      0 
how  sad  wu  felt!    In  as  much  asthisgrave-vurd 
was  much  neglected,  we  made  some  arrangements 
to  have  it  put  iu  a  better  condition.     Next  day 
being  Lord's  day  we  went  to  church  at  Sugar- 
Hill.     Tried  to  preiich  at  10  A.  M..  in  afternoon 
visitetl  old  Bro.  Daniel  Miller,   who   is  quite 
poorly.     Iu  the  evening  came  here  to  our  young- 
est sister.     Found  all  well.     We  expect  to  visit 
two  weeks  in  thi?  county  (Montgomery!,   then 
to  Miami  Co,  then  Darke  Co.    We  exjiect  to  get 
to  Hinitington    Co.,     Indiana,  by  the  2.ith  of 
September.     All  who  desire   my   help  in   the 
ministry  iu  the  Fall  and  Winter,  please  addiv.ss 
me  at  Huotnigtou.  Ind.,  by  the  first  of  Oct, 
I  have  been  pretty  well  since  I  stiirted   on  my 
visit,  thank  the  Lord.    Oh  Lord  help  all  t*i  be 
faithful.  Sahi'ei.  MnuLVY. 


"Watch,  for  the  night  cometh! " 


TH:K    7?T<ETTIKF:>r    ^VT    AVOKK. 


Septeniher    lo 


From  Fatrplay.  Washington  Co.,  Md. 

rpH  K  Bn'tlimmf  OiosevLTiil  chiiretiM.  com- 
1  pn^iriK  thp  Wi-strm  Distrirt  of  MHr>-lnn<I, 
nn*  donenilly  nwiire  tliat  ai  our  lato  I)i*(rict 
meeting.  lu-M  in  the  Honr  Crerk  rongrpeation. 
Giirr.-t  To  .  Marylinid.  there  was  a  luiMionnry 
plan  rpprcsoiit^ii  and  a.ioptwl.  i-allM  thf  Wo^t- 
em  Distrirt  of  Maiylan.l  MiMi«'nrtr>-  .\*<ocin- 
tion.  Thi- object  I eing  morf  |ii.rticuliir)y  to 
gPt  the  Oo«|wl  preached  in  the  oul-^ItirU  of  our 
inimediale  congregation,  nt  placid  where  the 
Hretliren  hiiv<-  srldom.  if  ever  pn-ached.  Aod 
itniiiv  lK•^aid  there  are  thousand)*  of  .surhpluo- 
M.  mid  iu  many  of  these  plates  Hiere  ftre  cidU 
for  u-*  to  come;  and  yet  their  wants  are  notsup- 
pli..d,  Jiiid  why  is  it?  Because  we  have  uot  the 
niiui-tt.r*  with  ahility.  energy  and  courage  to 
jtrewnf  tlic  truth  of  the  Oosijel  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  to  commend  thciu  to  the  consideration 
and  the  (Ufceptaiice  of  men  and  women  desiring 
to  hf  saved?  Surely  "*"  *"'^'''  bn-tliieu  who  m-e 
workmen  that  need  not  he  u*h«fnfd,  but  are 
aide  rightly  to  divide  the  truth,  and  can  give 
meat  in  due  season,  both  to  saint  mid  sinner.— 
Is  it  t lien  because  auch  brethren  alreiidy  have 
so  much  to  dp,  no  many  appointments  to  fill 
that  they  caunot  be  went  on  a  preaching  tour 
of  a  few  weeks,  to  declare  the  truths  of  the  Gos- 
pel to  iOuU  that  would  only  need  to  hear,  and 
to  have  an  oi)portuiiity  to  obey,  and  they  would 
Ik-  ready  to  accept  of  this  great  gal%'atioli  ?  Then 
if  these-  are  not  the  eaiiSL's.  what  are  they?— 
We  cannot  reason  away  the  necessity  of  sup- 
pljing  tlie  want,*)  of  the  "onl  as  long  us  we  rec- 
ogiiiw  the  language  of  Montgomery,  tlie  poet: 

0.«ImI.-      li^lll    lr,(    111.   f.llUlll. 


Hi- 


mil? 

Mll'l.lllSlo 


ixl. 


Orpi-m-tu.ilh.-i  p.le. 

Tlie  world  cjin  never  give, 

Tlie  Idls-H  for  wlilcli  we  sinli : 
■Tl«  not  the  whole  of  life  to  live. 

Nor  all  of  dcuitli  toilie. 

And  in  order  tlmttbe  soiihmny  enjoy  the  rest 
tliat  tlio  world  cannot  give,  the  Savior  has  com- 
manded us  to  go  iuto  all  tlie  woHd  and  preaoli 
the  Gospel  to  every  creature:  and  ho  that  l>e- 
lieveth  and  in  biiptized  shall  be  saved.  And 
liow  dhall  they  believe  in  him  of  whom  they 
luive  not  heard?  And  how  shall  they  hear 
withoutapreachor?  Andliowshall  they  preach 
except  they  be  sent?  Rom.  lU;  1-I-15.  Now 
we  discover  the  means  whereby  this  prent  de- 
mand can  bo  supplied,  and  hunjrry  starving 
Hinils  can  have  the  bread  of  lire  broken  unto 
tlieni,  and  the  thirsty  that  an- perishing  for  the 
want  of  the  waters  of  life,  may  be  made  to 
drink  deep  out  of  the  wells  of  salvation.  And 
l>.  who  3liould  ri'maindeaf  to  the  glorious  in- 
vitation? Now  Jesus  invites,  and  the  Spirit 
says  come,  imd  angels  are  waiting  to  welcome 
yoii  liouie.  And  in  the>e  means  we  find  that 
by  the  foolishness  of  preachiuK.  God  is  pleased 
lo  save  those  that  believe.  Hence  there  is  a  ne- 
cpssity  for  preacliiug.but  hnw  can  we  preach 
except  we  be  sent?  We  have  admitted  that 
there  if  not  as  much  i)reachiiig  within  our  bor- 
di-r  iLs  thei-i!  should  be,  not  for  tlie  want  of 
preaehui-3  altogether,  for  this  want  the  Lord  hiu^, 
tlirongh  the  church  been  supidjinp.  If  the 
oui-  means  conns  through  tlie  church,  most 
surely  the  otlierw  do.  Then  anmng  the  other 
refpiiaite  means  named  in  tlie  Word  of  the  Lord, 
we  discover  that  seiidhiri  is  necessary,  and  it 
will  be  found,  not  only  the  direction  to  go,  but 
uIto  th''  wherettilh  to  go;  becnusp  we  nre  com- 
manded to  Irear  each  other's  burdens,  and  also 
thut  we  be  co-workers  with  (iod.  Now  all 
tli'-ne  things  God  has  given,  they  are  all  right 
jit  hand.  Ami  all  that  is  wanting,  ia  to  supply 
thr  means,  ami  set  the  ready  materials  in  oper- 
ation, and  the  inacluuery  will  work  smoothly 
as  iiinning  in  well  grooves,  bi'ing  oiled  by  the 
lovi-  and  gi*ace  of  God,  that  all  friction  will  hi 
obviai^ed. 

And  now  in  conclusion,  we  wish  to  refer 
to  our  Missionary  AsJociatiou.  which  wo  de- 
signed to  more  fully  fulfill  the  great  commission 
»\i  far  as  we  can,  as  an  organii'.ed  district,  for  it 
is  generally  admitted  thiit  charity  begins  at 
home,  and  that  while  large  ships  iniiy  venture 
more,  little  boats  .should  keep  near  the  shore. — 
Thei'efore  that  we  might  endeavor  to  huve  the 
Gospel  preached  at  places  wliere  it  is  desired, 
and  also  create  a  desire  for  it  by  offering  ap- 
pointments where  places  can  be  found  for  that 
pnriK>3e,  there  was  provision  ihade  in  the  plan 
as  adopted  for  our  MisHionary  .Association,  that 
district  meeting  aDiiiially  appoint  an  Kxecutive 
Coinmitteeto  attend  to  tho-e  duties  as  set  forth 
in  the  plan.  One  brother  frnm  inch  iirni  of  the 
church  comprising  the  Westeni  District  of 
Marylimd  to  constitute  said  ci-muiittee,  and  I 
believe  a  copy  of  the  plan  was  sent  to  each 
member  of  the  committee.  But  we  do  uot  hear 
that  the  work  i^  being  carried  on,  although 
some  month')  have  gone  by.      Brethren  do   not 


nil  down,  but  be  up  .mid  di-ing.  Wt  it  will  b^ 
Mill,  *'  the  hflr\e«tt  is  p.i«ed  and  the  Summer  is 
ended,  nnd  souls  not  saved."  In  onier  that  all 
who  desire  to  have  preaching  through  this  or- 
ganized ajMociation  may  know  where  to  apply, 
I  will  give  the  namvif  of  the  EKecutive  Cumniit- 
tee  to  whom  npplicalion  may  l<e  made,  and  that 
they  may  be  better  able  to  arrange  appointments 
to  greater  advuntsifre  if  they  start  out  Brethn-n 
on  a  preaching  tour: 

Abraham  Bamhjirt.  Ilagerstown. 

Samuel  .Tennings.  Brownsville;  David  Schin- 
dle.  Funkstown:  Dr.  V.  Richard.  Cor,  Secreta- 
ry. FairpUy,  Witshington  Co.,  Maryland;  Da- 
vid Merrill.  Lanconing;  Samuel  Miller,  Engle's 
Mill,  Garret  Co..  Maryland. 

Dasibl  Wolf, 

Trenmrei 


A  Peculiar  Case. 

SISTER  Mary  ZoUers.  of  whose  death  an  ac- 
count will  be  found  elsewhere,  took  sick 
about  four  years  ago.  with  a  strange  disease, 
that  baffled  all  medical  science.  Physicians 
pronounced  it  something  similar  to  the  Asiatic 
leprosy.  The  ckin  on  her  limbs,  and  part  of 
the  body  gradually  hanlened  until  about  two 
yeam  ago,  it  became  hard  and  stilf  as  sole  leath- 
er, with  several  opening*,  as  running  sores;  out 
of  which  her  life  seemed  to  ooze  away.  Encft^- 
ed  in  this  coat  of  mail,  some  of  the  joints  were 
perfectly  stiff. 

That  which  she  suffered  for  the  last  several 
years  is  utterly  indescribale,  day  and  night 
without  a  moment  of  rest.  To  look  iijion  her 
was  to  remind  one  of  the  terrible  suffering  of 
.(ob.  But  her  patience  wai  equal  to  her  suff- 
ering. Her  mind  w-as  clear  until  the  end,  when 
she  bade  adieu  to  her  mother  and  sister,  and  we 
tniat,  was  bourne  by  the  angels  into  Paradise, 
to  come  again,  when  the  Lord  shall  descend 
from  Heaven  with  a  shout,  and  the  dead  in 
Christ  shall  rise  fii-st.  J.  Y.  Heckleb. 

Mt.  Carroll,  111. 


I  the  wat.r  side  ir.  witness  the  Laplismal  orrli- 
'  nanre.  One  h^vl  formeriy  he-n  a  member  of 
the  Biplist  church,  two  hsd  b.donged  to  the 
Gorman  Reformed  charch.  I  think  we  all  felt 
H'dced  to  see  them  leave  the  elements  of  this 
world  and  join  in  with  the  people  of  God.  Hope 
they  with  us,  will  grow  in  grace  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth,  and  finally  be  so  un- 
speakably happy  as  to  reach  the  immortal  climes 
of  glory,  where  we  may  ever  iw  enabled  to  aiiig 
the  songs  of  praisea  to  the  Lamb  forever  and 
ever.  D-  B.  Hiht. 

From  ievi  Stump.— Samuel  Croy  of  New- 
aygo Co..  Mich.,  Etna  V.  0.,  Whitecloud  Stafu, 
wants  some  brother  to  come  and  preach,  as  he 
and  his  companion  are  all  alone. 

From  Limestone,  Tenn.— We  have  just 
pa.ised  through  a  series  of  meetings,  commenc- 
ing with  harvest  or  thanksgiving  meeting  on 
Friday  the  23rd  inst.  .\nuual  visit  meeting  on 
Saturday,  and  regular  exercises  on  Sunday.  The 
meetings  were  well  attended  and  interesting. — 
Bro.  C.  Diehl  of  Pleasant  Valley  labored  with 
us.  .J .  B.  Pence. 

From  Marshall  Co..  lowft.— On  the  24th 
of  .\ugust,  Bro.  Bashor  camelo  us,  but  am  sor- 
ry to  say,  tliat  he  had  taken  cold  and  was  scarce- 
ly able  to  preach  the  fir.st  four  days,  but  happy 
to  say  that  his  health  improved,  the  last  two 
sermons  were  strong  and  powerful.  Only  two 
baptized  and  one  reclaimed  while  he  was  here, 
but  we  do  not  attribute  the  cause  of  no  ingath- 
ering to  the  preaching  as  much  m  lo  a  trouble 
that  has  just  taken  place  in  the  neighborhood. 
Trust  Bro.  Bashor  will  be  spared,  and  at  a 
time  when  things  are  more  favorably,  will  come 
to  us  again,  and  I  nsk  the  Brethren  every-where 
to  remember  us  in  their  prayers,  that  God  may 
grant  us  grace  and  ability,  that  the  cloud  may 
soon  be  removed  from  us. 

John  Mi-rhay. 


GLE.A_isriisrGS. 


From  David  Bowman.- We  have  had  a 
season  of  refreshing  among  us,  Brother  J.  S. 
and  S.  S.  Mohler  were  anion?  us  and  preached 
the  Word  with  power  and  demonstration  of  the 
Spirit,  which  made  saints  rejoice  and  sinners  to 
reflect  upon  the  future  destiny.  Our  Love-feast 
was  one  of  the  best  meetings  we  ever  attended, 
I  will  say  here  that  Brethren  seeking  homes  in 
the  West,  would  do  well  to  give  us  a  call,  as 
land  is  low  here.  It  can  almost  be  bought  for 
what  the  improvements  are  worth. 

St.  Martin.'^,  Mo. 

From  31.  J.  Smith. — Those  books  and 
pamphtelri  you  scut  me  came  to  hand  all  right 
and  gave  entire  satisfaction.  I  think  they 
ought  to  be  distributed  around  more  than  they 
are.  The  "  Passover  and  Supper,"  ought  to  be 
read  by  everyone  that  is  not  well  read  in  the 
Scripture,  and  those  pamphlets  I  love  to  read. 
1  think  there  is  good  reading  in  all  of  them, 
such  as  all  worldly  people  ought  to  have  before 
them.  I  intend  to  lend  mine  and  see  if  they 
will  turn  some  to  a  saving  of  the  soul.  I  don't 
belong  to  the  church,  but  exi)ect  to  soon;  per- 
haps before  this  reaches  you,  audmy  husband  is 
going  with  me.  We  expect  to  be  baptized 
next  Sunday, 

North Ini HI jjfon,  Ohio. 

From  John  Metzger— The  fii^st  day  of  Aug. 
I  staited  for  Penn field,  Champaign  Co.,  HI. 
Came  to  Pennfield  the  second.  The  people 
soon  made  arrangiufnts  to  have  meeting.  Aft- 
er preaching  several  times,  two  Campbellites 
came  forward  and  said  they  wanted  to  be  bap- 
tized. After  makiug  the  necessary  nrrangments 
to  go  to  tlie  water  to  administer  the  holy  ordi- 
nance of  baptidin,  quite  a  crowd  of  people  ac- 
companied us  to  the  water,  as  it  was  the  first 
time  the  Brethren  ever  baptized  at  that  place. 
After  all  met  iu  a  beautiful  grove  at  the  water 
side,  we  sang  a  few  verses,  then  I  made  a  few 
remarks  of  the  necessity  of  jirayer  at  the  water 
side.  Then  I  told  the  people  it  would  be  pleas- 
ant, imd  do  them  good,  if  we  would  all  kneel 
down  and  have  a  word  of  jtrayer.  So  they  all 
knelt  down,  old  apd  young,  and  many  tears 
wen-  shed.     Brethren  go  and  preach  for  them. 

From  Douuell  Creek  church,  Ohio.— Our 

church  seems  to  be  in  a  healthy  condition,  still 
contending  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the 
saints.  With  all  the  earnest  labors  of  our 
ministei-s,  accessions  have  been  few  this  Sum- 
mer. Thanks  be  to  God,  prospects  are  looming 
up  favorably  for  an  ingathering.  Within  the 
last  two  weeks  four  precious  souls  have  been 
brought  in  favor  and  fellowship  with  the  bles.s-  i 
ed   Redeemer,      (juite  a  number  assembled  at 


^]SriS"OXJJSrCEME]S"TS. 


Notices  of   LoTe-feiwls,    Dislrict   Meetings,    clo., 
be  brief,  and  wrilien  on  paper  separate 
from   other   business. 


L0VE-FEABT8. 

Sugar  Creek  congregation,  Sangamon  co.,  111.,  Oct. 

3  and  i,  commencing  at  10  o  cluck. 
Paint  Creek  congregation.  Bourbon  Co..  Kansits. 

October  3r(l  and  4th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
Mineral  Creek,  Johnson  Co..  Mo..  Tuesday,  Oct.  J. 
Stanislaus  church,  Cal.,  first  Saturday  in  October. 
Mulberry  Grove  cliuich,  Bond  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  Oth. 
faniii  Creek  congregation.  Sept.  14. 
Bethel  church,  Filmore  Co.,  Neb,,  Sept.  IJth  and 

L-ith. 
Franklin  church,  four  and  a  half  miles  Xortli-east 

of  l.eon,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa.  Oct.  10th. 
■\Vhite  Rock  congregation,  Kansas,  Sept-  2l3t. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  ohm-ch, Madison  Co.,  Iiid..Oct.  11. 
Logan  cburcli,  Logan  Co.,  0.,  Oct  12th  at  2  o'clock. 
Pe.'ibodv  church,  Oct.  5th  and  (1th  at  residence  of 

Bro.  Henry  Sliomber,  three  and  a  half  miles 

Nortli-West  of  Pealiody.  Marion  Co..  Kan. 
Wvandot  coiigiegation,  near  little  York,  Wyandot 

Co..  O..  Sept  Hth  anil  J.Mli.  at  10  o'clock. 
Heaver  f'reek  churcli.  Ynrk  Cn..  Neb.,  September 

21  and  22. 
Pokagnn  congregation,  Cass  co,.  Mich..  October  .5tli 

at  live  o'clock.  P.  M. 
Grasshiipper  Valley  church.  Jeffei-son  co.,  Kansas, 

Oct,  5tli  ami  <;ih. 

3^"  The  Lord  willing,  there  will  be  a  Com- 
munion meeting  in  the  Bear  Creek  church. 
Christian  Co.,  111.,  on  the  ^Sth  and  aoth  of  Sept., 
1S78,  commencing  at  4  oVloik  in  the  evening, 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  John  S.  Stutzman,  three 
miles  South-east  of  Morrisouville.  ln.vitationi 
to  all  that  wish  to  be  with  us, 

J.  S.  Stutzman. 

^fThere  willbe  a  Love-fea8t  at  Milledge- 
vllle,  Carroll  Co.,  III.,  October  Sth  and  9th, 
commencing  at  l'»  A.  M.  Invitation  extended 
as  usual. 

^5?"  The  Brethn-n  of  the  Black  River  con- 
gregation, Medina  Co.,  Ohio,  the  Lord  willing, 
will  hold  their  Lov^feast  orithe  fourth  of  Oct., 
commencing  at  3  o'clock. 

Tobias  Hoover, 

ST^  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting, 
the  Lord  willing,  in  the  Log  Creek  congrega- 
gation,  Caldwell  Co.,  North  Missouri  district, 
Oct.,  Sth  and  6th,  commencing  at  2  o'clock  on 
Saturday,  at  the  residence  of  the  undersigned, 
three  miles  West  of  Polo.  A  hearty  invitation 
extended.  I.  E.  Bosserman. 

Z^"  The  Communion  meeting  in  the  Silver 
Creek  congregation,  Ogle  Co,.  111.,  will  be  the 
Lord  willing,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  the 
Sth  and  9lh  of  Oct.,  commencing  at  ten  o'clock, 
to  which  the  usual  invitation  is  extended. 

D.  E.  Price. 

B^  We,  the  Linn  Co.,  church,  the  Lord  will- 
ing, will  hold  a  Love-feast  on  the  10th  of  Oet., 
commencing  at  ten  o'clock  A.  M.  to  which  we 
extend  a  hearty  invitation  to  all  the  surroiind- 
iig  churches  oi  the  Brethren. 

J.  C.  Miller. 


.  '■"  There  will  l>e  a  C"i'"'"mioii  meeting  ,„ 
the  Monlicello  district.  Vi^}}^  Co..  Ind  ,  ^q  (,,_. 
first  d^y  of  Novimber,  l^'^-  cnmnicneiR[f  ,,( 
funr  o'clock  P.  M  ,  and  mi*ting  tf>  continue d,, 
some  time  after  Love-fewt 

.foils  S.SxoWhBRogn 

^^T' We  will  hold  our  Love-feast  at  Sniith 
Fork  church.  Clinton  C0..M0,  October  I2th, at 
1  o'clock  P.  M.  We  design  to  continue  meoi, 
ins  for  a  week.  M;Hi*<*^"3  travelling  W^,) 
will  make  a  note  of  this  nnd  give  us  a  call.— 
Those  coming  by  R.  R.  wi"  stop  at  Pktt  Spring, 
one  and  one  half  miles  Siiutb  of  the-  meeting! 
house.  ^-  B-  Gmsos. 

;5fr- There  will  be  ft  Love-feast  in  the  Van- 
Buren  cousreg.'ition,  Oct.  loth  at  Baer's,  tw,, 
miles  West  of  White  Pigeon,  St.  -loseph  C, , 
Michigan,  commencing  »t  10  o'clock. 

Gt.  Sprang. 

»^f°  We  the  Brethren  of  the  Fairview  church 
Tippecanoe  Co..  Indianft,  will  have  our  Com- 
munion Oct.  .oth,  commt'ncing  at  -1  o'clock  in 
the  evening.  Saml'el  Ui.ery. 

l^T  The  Brethren ofthe  Root  River  congre- 
gation.  I'iJlmore  Co..  Minnesota,  intend  holding 
their  Communion  on  the  ,ith  of  Oot.,  IRjs^ 
commencing  at  10  A.  M.  Joseph  Ogo. 

?:^The  Brethren  of  Deep  River  church, 
Poweshiek  t'o..  Iowa,  intend  holding  u  Com- 
munion on  Friday  andSaturday,  Oet,  4th  and 
Sth,  commencing  at  10  o'clock.  Preaching  ou 
Sunday  the  Otb.  at  10  o'clock.  All  are  invited, 
eppecially  ministering  brethren. 

G.  W.  IIopwooi). 

;5^  Our  Love-feiLstwill  be  the  Uth  of  Sept.. 
Boulder  Co.,  Colorado.  Will  hold  a  series  of 
meetings  during  the  week  previous. 

J.  S.  Flor-t. 


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J.  H.  Moore   &  M.  M.  Eshelman, 


Oj^IlE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  ib  an  uncompro- 
*H[(  mising  ndvocalf  «'  Pnmitivc  ChrisHonity  In  all 
^Y    its  ancient  purilj'. 

it  recognUea  the  New  Testament  as  tlm  only  Infallible 
rule  of  faith  and  pracucc. 

And  maintains  that  the  sovereign,  unmerited,  iinw- 
licilcd  grace  of  God  is  the  only  source  of  pardon,  and 

That  the  vicarious  siiffirTngs  and  meritorious  work*  of 
Christ  arc  the  only  price  of  redemption : 

That  F.iith,  Repentance  and  Baptism  jirc  conditions  o( 
p.irdon,  and  hence  for  the  remission  of  sins: 

That  Trine  Immersion  or  dipping  the  candidate  three 
times  face-forward  is  Chriitian  Baptism? 

That  Feet- Washing,  astaught  in  John  13,  is  a  divine 
command  to  be  observed  in  the  church: 

Tliat  the  Lord's  Supper  is  a  full  meal,  and,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  CommiinioB,  should  be  taken  in  the  even- 
ing, or  afler  the  close  of  the  d.iy  : 

That  the  Salutation  of  the  Holy  Kiss,  or  Kiss  of 
Clwrity,  is  binding  upon  the  followers  of  Christ: 

That  War  and  Retaliation  arc  contrary  to  the  spirit  and 
self-denying  principles  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ: 

That  a  Non-Conformitj  to  the  world  in  dreM,  cuttoms, 
daily  walk  and  convcrsatbn  ia  essential  to  true  holinesg 
and  Christian  pletv. 

It  maintains  that  in  piiHic  worship,  or  religious  exer- 
cises, ChrUtionsshould  appear  asdirctled  in  1  Cor  iii4,S. 

It  also  advocates  the  siriptural  duty  of  Anointing  the 
sick  with  oil  in  the  nameof  the  Lord. 

In  short  it  is  n  vindicBor  of  nil  that  Christ  and  the 
Apostles  have  enjoined  qKjn  us,  and  aims,  amid  the  con- 
flicting theories  and  disccrds  of  modern  ChriMendom,  to 
point  out  ground  that  all  must  concede  to  be  Infallibly 
safe.  Price,  pei  Annum,  $1.50. 

Addre-^s :  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN. 

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Children  atJWork. 

The    Bright,   -Spiikling    Youth's   Paper. 

Pl-m.IS!lFl)   WEEKLY. 

It  will  tell  ynii  of  KiHv  fuels,  commande,  and  pramis- 


It  \t,  for  Bible  Songs|Bitle  Poetry,  UlWo  Tropliecy,  Bi- 
ble Dociriue. 

It  will  leacli  your  cfcildron  how  to  be  good  ami  bow  to 
do  good. 

lis  li.indaonic  cngrnwngs  arc  drawn  from  Bible  Dvenis 
and  Bililo  cbaractori. 

U  points  to  the  way  of  liapplnes-s,  both  in  lliis  Uft  »"<• 
the  life  locorae, 

Christ  says,  ■■  Fccil  my  biml.s."  —  llial  ia  jiiat  what 
ihiB  paper  intcnda  doirg.    Siimplfs  ohcpi-fnlly  sent. 

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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  paaaongor  train  going  east  lca?e8  Lanark  at  12:(» 
P.  M,,  and  arrivcg  in  Itneine  at  «:43  P.  M. 

Day  passenger  train  g-iing  west  leaves  Lanark  al  2:06  P- 
M.,  and  arrives  at  Rook  Island  ai  &.0O  1".  M. 

Night  passenger  Iraina.  going  east  and  weat.  meflt  « 
leav.  Lanark  al  2:1H  A  U.  arriving  m  1  ao.ue  at  fl.W 
A.    M.,   and    al    Book  laland  at  6:00  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Accomnmdaiinn    Traina    will    nin    tfcsl  » 
12  :  111  A,  M..    8:1(J  A.  M.,  and  east    ul  U  -  ^^  «■ 
and  6:  15  P.  M. 
Tirkeia  are  eold  for  ainye  traina  only.     P"'^°5„_ 

trains  make  dose  connection  al  Weslcrn  l-nion  J"" 

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No.  38. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AN>  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

I.  H.  MOORE  &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAI  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B,  H.  MILLER.        ------       LADOQA.  IND, 

J   W.  3TBIN,      ------      NHMT0NL4,  MO. 

D.  VANTMAN, -      -  VIRDEN,  ILL. 

D,  B.  MENTZKU, WAYNESItURO,  PA. 

jlATTIK  A.  LEAK,        .      -      -      -      -      UHBANA,    LLL. 


THET'KE  DEAR  TO  GOD. 

■•BBlovcit,  ill'""''' ■''''■B>'""'  <"■)]'  *"  ■Ul>  tlintlttiiajr  autko  Oil 
^  l„,„rt*  lilri'il  Hitlilri  ii».  lUliInk  nt  ibi-  Lamb'*  11 1 Ho  port y,  vh 
ni  In  <lri'ii8"''''f  "''■'*'•'' *'^^''*"""  !"*"*'•  '""uniWr  Iho  Uv 
Ml  oii'l  plinll  tli"jlli'lovr>l.uh«colJiHl,lnJiiili[fii«nl  th»  iiiiwt  illvii 
.j;  Ii  nnl  till*  mv\  imw.  tlnittbo  »Mv  uriM  nf  Jhiu  L'IiH.i,  tliM  Hi 
iMDbi  of  JMUi  t'l'rlW-  »l"i"'''V»i'"  """  nnolluT  iia  bflltfO  0  CliH-ll..ii 
rinierlnjj'"ir  r.mllr.-  .u.lOr.  i  riM-  fi.rf  «->U  Iny  you  a^Mr,  ,m  IIo  |,„i 
Jono  wo m«nj  of  iw it  Hi1« iV< "> oor S""' mmivf.'-ItYtn,  lf*6. 

0  that,  wliou  Cluislians  mept  imtl  part, 
Tliese  woiils  werw  [raved  on  every  heart— 

They've  (left-  to  Gnd ! 
lUiwevoi-  willul  aiu  unwise, 
We'll  U'l'k  on  llifuitvitli  lovinB  eyes— 

They've  <li':i'  to  (iml. 
O  wonderl  to  tho  lileninl  One, 
I)L-iir  as  Ilirj  own  beloved  Son ; 
Dt'iuer  ti>  Jesus  thifi  His  own  lilood, 
pear  as  the  Sjiint'sHxed  aliodt^ 

They've  deal  to  Uod. 

Wlien  tcuipted  to  giife  pain  for  pain. 

l\„\\  wuul.l  this  tliouKlit  our  words  restrain, 

■l'lif>'ic  dfiiito  (lod, 
Wlicn  truth  rr)nii)els  ax  to  fontpnil, 
What  lovi*  with  all  mir  strife  ^lionkl  lilend- 

■i'h.-y're  dem'to  (iod. 
"When  thi'y  woid.l  slim  the  pilnrim'slot 
For  this  vairl"^^Tn''hlifoiKel  tlR-mnot; 
Bui  win  tlu-iii  b;i<k  with  lovt-  and  prayer, 
Tliey  nini'i'  '-an  he  happy  there. 

If  deartoOul. 

t )  how  return  a  hrotler's  blow ! 

Tlie  hearlwliosehaishness wounds  thee-Ho 
IsdeartoCJoil. 

Oil!  who  beneath  the  Cross  ran  stand, 

And  there  from  one  Iwld  back  the  hand- 
Dear  to  our  Go'lV 

llyw  with  nnigli  woidscan  wecmillict. 

Knowing'  earh  iianRour  words  inlliet. 

Touches  Iheheait  oncepiurced  Utv  us'f 

The  hearts  we   wrinijand  tortnrethus. 
Are  dear  to  (iod '^ 

For  is  there  here  m  streiipth  in  lovi^— 

The  love  that  knits  in  joy  above 
All  dear  to  God? 

Shall  we  he  there  su  near,  so  dear, 

AndbeestrauBed  ai»l  cold  whilst  here- 
All  dear  to  Hod  t 

liy  ihe  saniL'  eares  and  tolls  opiirest, 

\Ve  lean  >ipon  miip  liiitlifnl  breast.  « 

We  liaateu  to  tlie«aine  repose; 

How  hear  ordoenough  for  those 
So  dear  to  ajd! 

^G.jhhu  Gniin. 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

Christ  Our   Center— Visiting  A   Co-laborer— 
Educational    Interests— Our  Lord's  Day  Im- 
provement—Siimlay-icliool    Work-The  Ser. 
mon— Golden  Moments -A  Higher  Life-Im- 
mortality Gained— Another  of  The  Lords  Af- 
flicted. 
rilHE  center  of  attraction  to  every  true  Chris. 
1     tian  is  Christ.    He  has  ever  been  the  nu- 
cleus of  Clm.4ianity,  and  has  been  the  "  center" 
prospectively  to   the  faithfnl  in  the  iiast.    Di- 
rectly aftLT  the  tall  of  man.  this    Day-star  was 
placed  in  a  prominent  position  in  the  dim  vi^ta 
of  tho  future,  and  all  the  types  and  ceremonies 
sharlowed  forth   of  th*^   good   things  to  come. 
All  pointed  to  the  levelationof  the  Son  of  Man 
when  He  should  bring  salvation  to  a  .sin-(^nrseil 
world.    His  mission  upon  eavtli  was  one  of  at- 
traction, love  and  power,  though  He  died.  He  yet 
lives,  and  now  has  all  power  in  heaven  and  upon 
earth.    IHs  altar  is  the  center  around  which  the 
Iialo  of  (liristian    worship  radiates,   spreading 
the  news  of  God's  will  to  man.   and   preparing 
sonU  to  revolve  around  this  great  center,  in  the 
regions  of  ethereal  bliss. 

Christ  is  the  Sun  of  righteousness,  shedding 
His  ravs  into  the  hearts  of  men.     And  lil<e  the 


luminary  of  tho  day,  His  orbit  i"  higher  than 
that  of  earth,  it  is  elevating,  and  as  He  is  thus 
lifted  up.  will  draw  all  men  nnto  Him.  We 
leani  that  the  great  phuiet  of  the  day,  is  the  cen- 
ter of  attraction  around  which  the  orbs  of  let-ser 
msignitude,  revolve  in  humble  obedience  to  the 
will  of  tlie  Creator.  So  man  may  learn,  and  to 
be  in  harmony  with  nature's  laws,  must  obey 
the  great  Head  of  the  church  in  all  His  divine 
commands,  whether  it  be  in  the  giving  of  a  cup 
of  cold  water,  visiting  the  sick  or  of  greater 
magnitude.  AH  are  asscntial  to  complete  the 
irship  of  the  Master,  and  by  tl  is  humble  obe- 
dience, we  become  assimilated  to  the  character 
of  the  object  worshiped,  and  when  He  comes, 
the  saints  of  God  shall  appear  with  liini,  and 
be  like  Him, 

It  aifords  me  pleasure  to  leave  the  '^hum- 
drum" of  business  and  resort  to  the  country 
to  enjoy  the  life  of  a  rural  home  for  a  season, 
and  with  those  anticipations  of  pleasure,  in  com- 
pany with  my  family,  we  drove  out  in  the  conn- 
try  to  visit  our  worthy  brother  .J.  Witmore  and 
family.  Found  them  reasonably  well,  and  slow- 
Ij'  improving.  They  also  have  been  placed  in 
the  crucible  of  atfliction,  for  sometime  in  the 
past,  brother  W..  not  being  able  to  engage  in 
his  ministerial  duties  for  the  pa.st  eighteen 
months.  But  trusting  in  God,  he  says  there  is 
yet  a  brighter  day  coming,  and  that  be  yet  will 
be  able  to  pursue  his  calling  as  watchman  on 
the  walls  of  Zion  proclaiming  the  news  of  sal- 
vation to  a  dying  world.  He  humbly  desires 
the  prayers  of  all  God's  people,  believing  that 
there  is  groat  eiEcacy  in  the  prayers  of  the 
righteous.  Let  us,  mv  dear  brethren  and  sisters, 
remember  this  family  as  God's  afflicted. 

Upon  our  return  home,  we  found  brother 
Packer,  of  Ashland,  Ohio  awaiting  us.  He 
mained  with  us  over  night,  and  had  a  pleasant 
interview  together,  in  the  interests  of  the  Chris- 
tian religion,  social  worship  and  the  cause  of 
education.  He  is  soliciting  in  the  interests  of 
the  Ashland  College.  He  finds  many  friends  to 
the  cause,  and  is  receiving  contributions  for  the 
enterprise.  We  are  glad  that  institutions  of 
learning  are  under  the  instruction  of  thebreth- 
ren,  and  we  hope  that  they  may  prove  a  bless- 
ing to  the  church.  Let  us  pray  that  they  may 
be  managed  judiciously  and  hold  the  distinctions 
they  claim,  that  ivhile  our  youth  may  there 
receive  superior  advantages  for  mental  improve- 
ment, they  may  also  learn  the  plain,  practical 
truths  of  the  Gospel,  and  that  that  humility 
and  pure  religion  may  bu  taught  them  which  is 
so  characteri-itic  of  our  fraternity. 

Next  day  was  Lord's  day,  and  early  in  the 
morning  we  wended  our  way  to  the  church 
(Eagle  Creek)  and  amved  in  thne  to  engage  in 
the  Sunday-school  work.  Found  Sopevintendent 
brother  W.  C.  Teeter  already  engaged  in  the 
exercises.  Had  a  good  attendance  and  interests 
iug  workers,  Our  lesson  was  the  trial  and  per- 
secution of  our  blessed  Master.  How  our  hearts 
were  melted  with  sympathy  for  .Fesns  as  we 
read  of  his  betrayal  and  sufferings.  Who  could 
not  love  such  a  patient  and  holy  BoingV  Oh, 
he  was  lifted  up.  "And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up 
from  the  earth,  will  draw  all  men  unto  me." 
Yes,  how  frequently  He  d  aws  by  His  sweet  in- 
lluence.  We  feel  the  drawings  of  the  Spirit  in 
the  Sunday-school  room.  How  the  little  ones 
love  to  ask  and  ansnver  (juestions  ?  How  their 
little  minds  arc  filled  with  useful  instructions, 
drawing  them  to  Jesus.  The  Sunday-school  is 
an  auxiliary  to  the  ihnrch,  and  we  are  glad  the 
noble  work  is  carried  on  in  the  brotherhood, 
and  hope  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  every 
church  district  will  join  the  army  of  workers 
for  the  benefit  of  the  youth  of  our  land.  After 
a  few  minutes  intermissiou,  we  met  for  preach- 
ing. A  part  of  the  12th  chapter  of  .John's 
Gosjiel  was  read  by  one  of  the  usual  readci-s. 
Brother  Beagle  then  selected,  as  a  motto  uj)- 
on  which  tu  bitse  hi^  remarks,  the  4tilh  vei-se  of 
the  chapter  read.     "  He  tliat    rejectetb    un?,  and 


receiveth  not  my  words,  hath  one  that  judgeth 
him;  the  word  that  1  have  spoken,  the  same 
shall  judge  him  in  the  laat  day."  We  learned 
from  his  discourse,  that  the  W(ir<l  of  Jesus  in  I 
bis  counsels  and  commands,  and  to  reject  them, 
it  will  be  our  own  peril.  He  portrayed  to  our 
minds  the  solemn  scene  at  the  judgment,  is 
•such  strong  terms  thit  it  made  un  feel  that  we 
wanted  to  be  prepared  for  the  fin:il  day. 

Ob  dear  brethren,  let  us  be  animated  to  great- 
er action  in  the  matter  of  spreading  the  Gospel, 
that  all  may  he  warned  to  shun  the  awful  doom 
of  the  wicked.  Brother  B.,  was  followed  by 
one  of  the  ministers  present,  selecting  as  a  clos- 
ing song  of  praise,  the  STth  hymn,  portraying 
the  judgment. 


TKXTTH. 


IIV  3.  S.  IIOHLKR. 


■'  And  y.. 
Iiallinnki- 


tihall  know  the  truth,  ami  the  truth 
■  on  free."    .lohnS:  :{2, 


"That  awful  day  will  surely  come. 
Tb'  appointed  hour  makes  haste, 
and  then  went  to  prayer,  which  wius  offered  up 
in  a  very  aUecting  manner  in  behalf  of  the  se- 
curity of  the  saints  on  earth,  the  spread  of  the 
Gospel  and  the  salvation  of  the  sinner.  After 
dismissal,  we  dispersed,  and  repairing  to  our 
homes,  we  thought  over  the  work  of  this 
another  Lord's  day  gone  to  eternity,  and  of  its 
improvement.  And  by  close  examination,  we 
yet  find  room  for  improvement,  and  pray  God 
for  more  light  to  guide  us  into  the  perfect  way. 
While  in  this  reflection,  I  thonght  of  the  many 
moments  that  are  spent  in  vain,  and  that  they 
are  gone  never  more  to  return,  and  if  unim- 
proved by  us,  it  is  time  lost  forever.  The  pres- 
ent is  ours,  and  by  proper  improvement,  may 
prove  a  blessing  to  us  and  our  associates.  Why 
then  be  idle':*  Why  act  the  part  of  the  slug- 
gard, that  not  even  the  temporal  wants  may  be 
supplied?  Why  depend  upon  the  cold  charities 
of  the  public,  that  will  neither  clothe  nor  feed 
the  destitute  ?  Self-exertion  and  self-reliance 
must  be  at  command  to  energize  the  body  and 
soul  into  action.  Then  is  not  man  wholly  de- 
pendent upon  his  fellows,  but  within  himself 
lies  that  power  that  will  give  him  momentum 
sufficient  to  bear  him  onward  and  upward  to  a 
higher  and  nobler  life,  and  will  have  that  com- 
manding principle  within  himself,  that  it  is  "God 
who  helps  those  who  help  themselves,"  /.  e..  He 
does  that  which  man  cannot  do. 

The  proper  improvementof  present  moments 
will  strengthen  our  mental  as  well  as  our  phys- 
ical powers.  It  will  qualify  the  mind  for  a 
higher  and  a  nobler  life.  It  is  the  only  means  of  fit- 
ting us  to  reign  in  a  nobler  and  holier  sphere 
than  thai  of  earth.  And  if  we  would  live  in 
heaven,  that  life  must  be  begun  upon  earth.  By 
proper  application  the  soul  becomes  stronger 
and  stronger,  as  we  go  down  the  stream  of  tim", 
aft'^ction  for  earth  is  lost,  and  that  of  heaven 
gained.  Our  pathway  will  be  lit  up  by  that 
light  that  shineth  brighter  and  brighter  unto 
the  perfect  day,  and  as  mortality  is  coming  to  a 
close  while  at  the  brink  of  time,  that  holy  and 
well-improved  life  will  verge  from  mortal  to 
immortality,  and  the  triumphant  song  can  bi 
sung,  "O  death  where  is  thy  sting,  oh  grave 
where  is  thy  victory;"  for  immortality  is  gain- 
ed, and  an  eternity  of  happiness  is  ours  to  en- 
joy. 

To-day  went  to  visit  the  sick.  Our  dear  Bro. 
King  is  much  afflicted  and  is  apparently 
growing  weaker;  disease,  consumption.  Broth- 
er Daniel  feels  that  a  better  day  is  coming,  and 
is  resigned  to  his  fate.  He  expresses  bis  will- 
ingness to  go  when  the  Miister  calls.  What  a 
consolation  in  the  religion  of  Jesus,  it  allay  all 
pain,  expells  all  fear  and  swells  the  soul  with 
confidence,  that  to  the  departing  it  is  just  the 
happy  exchanging  of  the  cross,  for  the  taking 
up  of  the  crown,  and  to  spend  an  eternity  free 
from  all  affliction,  and  bask  in  the  sunshine  of 
the  heavenly  city  forever. 

S.  T.  BOSSRRMAN. 


WHAT  is  truth?  This  (piaition  was  ajiked 
by  Pilate  at  the  time  of  Cbrittt's  triit!- 
Trnth  h:tf  n  large  application,  and  i»  w>mewhai 
diflirult  to  define.  U  is  from  AUtheia.  deSntd  ' 
truth,  vrritij.  In  opposition  to  what  is  false. 
Love  of  triifh,  vrmeHtf,  Hprlghinexs,  pmbii^,  in- 
tfi/riHj.ai,>rtrHfj.  This  is  a  ven-  g..neral  defi- 
nition. It  might  be  added  that  tnith  is  newi 
contradictory;  but  is  always  cnns-istent  with 
itJiclf,  and  harmoniou*  in  its  re-mltB.  and  in  w 
unchangeable  as  God  Himself.  To  get  the  na- 
ture of  religious  tmtli  befon?  our  minds  fairly, 
we  shall  first  refer  to  truth  in  nature,  with 
which  WIT  are  familiar.  In  the  first  place  we 
might  refer  to 


If  we  would  have  God  be  careful  of  ns,  we 
must  be  careful  of  tlu>  things  He  has  comraittiMl 
to  our  trust. 


A8TKOSOKICAL  TBL'TII. 
By  this  we  mean  the  order  and  harmony  of 
all  the  heavenly  bodies;  the  sun  rises  and  sets 
at  iU  regular  time,  and  has  for  thousand-i  of 
years,  without  the  variation  of  a  moment  The 
moon  appears  and  disappears  at  it.s  appointed 
seasons;  the  starry  worlds  are  all  governed  by 
order  and  regularity;  the  8ea.sons  come  and  go 
as  we  need  them.  Were  it  not  for  astronomi- 
cal truth  ('.  r.,  the  order  of  the  heavenly  bodies, 
all  would  be  confusion  and  di^^order  on  earth. 
Snppo.se  the  sun  Wiis  to  rise  to-morrow  morn- 
ing at  six  o'clock,  the  next  morning  at  eigjit 
o'clock,  the  next  at  ten  o'clock,  the  next  back  at 
four  o'clock;  what  would  the  result  be?  We  , 
could  make  no  calculation,  conid  transact  no 
business  with  certainty.  Next  we  might  no- 
tice 

MATnEMATirAL     TRrTH. 

By  this  we  mean  the  accuracy  of  numbei*. 
their  harmony.  We  say  twice  two  make  four. 
This  is  a  simple  mathematical  truth  the  world 
over,  and  no  law  in  the  universe  can  change 
it  without  seriously  afl'ecting  the  whole  com- 
mercial world,  and  introducing  error.  By  mathe- 
matical truths  being  the  same  the  world  over, 
and  all  harmonising  in  their  result,  the  various 
nations  of  the  world  are  prepared  to  enter  into 
commerical  truusactions  witheachotherin  an  in- 
telligent, consistent  manner,  and  mutually  jirof- 
itable.  But  suppose  one  nation  -vould  teach 
that  twice  two  mode  five;  another  that  twice 
two  made  six,  and  so  on;  the  whole  commerical 
machinery  would  be  unhingwl,  confusion  and 
disorder  would  W  the  result.  Next  we  mii;ht 
notice 

OFOnRAPHIfAI.  TRtTH. 

All  truthful  goographersloeate  the  same  towns 
and  cities,  rivers  and  oceans,  countries  and  king- 
doms in  the  same  latitude  and  longitude.  If 
this  were  not  so,  we  could  not  tell  which  way 
to  go  to  find  any  particular  place.  Suppose  one 
author  would  locate  Washington  city  on  the 
Northern  lakes;  another  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico: 
another  on  the  Pacific  coast,  the  traveler  would 
be  at  a  loss  to  know  which  way  to  proceea  to 
find  the  place.  Hence  the  importance  of  geo- 
graphical truth.     We  next  notice 

niSTORHAL   TKt  TH. 

Unless  historical  renders  agree  in  the  main, 
history  loses  its  importanoe.  Suppose  one  ati- 
thor  would  place  the  birth  of  Christ  at  live 
hundre<l  years;  another  at  one  thousand  years; 
luiother  at  one  thousjtud  five  hiindri'd  years; 
which  one  of  these  authors  should  we  believe, 
h:ul  we  no  othersource  of  information?  Their 
record  of  facts  w»iuld  be  so  vastly  at  variance, 
that  their  testimony  would  bo  worthless.  Thus 
we  discover  the  importance  of  historical  truth. 
/  Tu  Ac  foiu-lniieil  n*st  tetek  K 

Lciu-n  in  childhood,  if  you  cnn,  that  happi- 
ness is  not  outside,  but  inside.  A  good  heart 
and  aclear  conscience  bring  happiness,  which 
no  riches  and  no  circumstance.^  alone  vver  d-i. 


rn  I-:   HHK'rKiHi-:>;'  at^  avohi-c. 


Seplember    lo. 


A  LOUD  CALL. 

Til  KItE  iiv."i  a  P'tnoa,  as  we're  UU 
Itiit  whi'li  or  when-  nv  kii(»w  imt. 
Who  t.tl  In>  viii>riri};  tlu.  k  woui.I  scold, 
Tbntit^-iuiig  th«t  th^y  toht'avpn  slioiild  (fo  not 
But  rHtlier  down  tohnll  lit-  hiirM. 
If  thpy  would  not  abjure  the  world. 
And  count  as  drw«  its  filthy  mnnimon.— eold. 

It  diiiiwied  at  It-ngth.  thin  goodl)  wiglit. 
Who  stoutly  fiiiiKhl  the  Clinstidii  fight. 

ElaewlitO'  reci-ivfd  u  luiider  luII. 
What  though  the  stipend  was  a  trifle  more; 
"To  one  who  pliicffd  in  wealth  so  little  Mton-. 
This  hud  nn  weight,  you  know,  iil  iill: 
*  Twufl  not  the  cjwh,  oh !  no. 
Hut  ■  twiis  the  Lord  ronimandcd; 
And  thougli '  ^wiu*  hiin!  ^  go  away. 
Should  he  reliiw  the  Lord  to  obey. 
And  Ik-  b  cftrel«»8  servant  branded-' 
No,  Burc,  Ko  he  must  go. 

The  ptirting  Sabbath  now  arrived. 
And  all  his  siinjde  flock  lontrived 

To  hear  their  |)rie!tt''*  farewell, 
He  [.linl  tlieni  long  in  righteous  striiin. 
Hade  them  from  darling  Minn  rehain. 

And  in  sweet  concord  dwell; 
To  hate  the  world,  in  holy  ways  l>e  hold, 
And  shun  the  soul's  seducer.— glittering  gold. 

Theservieeoe'r, 
Before  tlie  door 
The  pariwh  gentry  gathered  round. 
Smiling  the  good  man  eume  among  tbeni. 
Seized  on  theirolfered  hands.aud  wrung  them 
"  A  aainton  earth!"  the  grannies  tried. 
Then  rolled  their  eye-balls  up, and  -sighed, 
And  dropped  their    farewell  courtesies  to  the 
ground. 
Uehind  tlie  rest. 

To  bid  the  i)riest  good-bye. 
In  niitiire's  sooty  jacket  dresaed, 

Old  Ca'j*ar  citme,  a  wag,  uiid   mighty  sly 
Bowing,  the  stick  of  ebony  began 
A  confab  with  tlie  gold-despising  man. 

"And  how  good  mosaa  parson  dot* 
Me  hope  me  find  him  bery  well." 
■'  Well,  Cit'sar,  well:  and  how  do  you!'" 
■'  Ah!  ma-fsa,  ('a-sar  hardly  tell; 
I  lis  good  long  twenty  year, 
•  Wid  you  lie  worship  here, 

\iid  now  he  sorry  from  you  flock  yoii  go." 

"  Ahllioncat  Ca-sar,  yes,  it  must  be  so, 

rni'dorry,  too.  that  I  uin  forced  awny; 
Hut  then,  you  know,  'twould  never  do. 
The  Lord's  loud  call  for  me  to  disobey." 
"  Who?  nioMsa,  who  you  way ? 
I)i'  Lord  will  you  away? 
MiLssa.  how  many  pinin's  a  year 
De  i>eoples  pay  for  ])r(!aching  liore? 
"Two  hundred."  "Todder  place  gib  any  more?" 
"  Why,  Cipsar.  yes;  I  think  they  offer  four." 

"  Alilnmy  he 'tis  the  Lord  who  call; 

But  don't  you  think  nn)re  loud  you  let  him  bawl. 

Ay,  call  and  call,  till  all  he  brue. 

'Fore  you  come  buck  from  four  to  tuV! 

De  Lord  he  holler  till  he  dumb, 

'Poiv  massa  par«oii  elx-r  come!" 

—  TlfU'dlfli  lipfoniur. 


Christ 
.l.-vi]." 


HOW  IS  THE  UNPARDONABLE 
SIN  COMMITTED? 


"  Wherefore  1  say  unto  you,  all  manner  of 
sin  and  blnspheniy  shall  be  forgiven  unto  ineii: 
but  bla-^phemy  against  the  Moly  (iliost.  shall 
not  be  torgiven  unto  men,"  Mntt.  12:  :M:  Mark 
■M-2^:  Luke  12:  M, 

rpiIK  iibovc  (iiiotrttioii  fVoni  Matthew^ 
■*-  and  to  U'liioh  the  reader  is  also 
referred  in  Mark  jiiid  Luke,  has  tidi- 
ed forth  pruhaltly,  as  murli  diHi-rem-f 
of  ojiiuion,  ji.<<  iipou  auy  other  j>a.s- 
sagf  ftf  Scripture,  if  not  more;  and  to- 
day, there  is  likely  more  division  of 
views,  concernint;  it,  among  C'liristians, 
than  ujHin  any  .<*inpje  thought  or  idea  in 
the  Seiiptures.  AV'e  may  tlieiefore  not 
Ije  in  harmony  with  all  the  readoi-s  of 
thi.s  article,  luit  we  shall  neveithelc.is 
hrieHy  set  forth  our  views  npon  the  piu*i- 
hage  referred  to.  and  give  i>m'  reasons 
therefor.  The  preceding  declaration  of 
our  Savior  wa.s  made  in  response  to  the 
Pharisees,  who  .said,  "  This  fellow  doth 
not  cast  out  devil-,  Imt  by  BeelzelmL, 
the  prince  of  the  devils,"  Matt.  lL>:  l>4, 
whielildasphemy  issueil  from  their  evil 
hearts,  and  was  prom^jted  on  account  of 


healing  one "  pn-iscssed  Wtli  fl 
The  riiarifiees  assaile*!  the 
very  Spirit  oi  Christ,  the  holiest  of  tlie 
holy,  the  purest  of  fhei»iire.  yes,  wick- 
edly and  nialiciou.sly  ;Ls.sailing  the  very 
eHseiice  of  the  Godhead  from  uhieh  em- 
anate the  (piickening  and  life-giving 
print-lple  of  the  Trinity. 

"  Because  they  said,  He  hath    an    un- 
clean spirit,"  Mark  .'UiiO.and  that  "He 
cnsteth  out  devils  through  Beelzelmli,the 
hief  of  devilfi,"  Lukp    11:    15,    calling 
the  Spirit  of  (Jod  the  .spii-it  of  the  di 
il,  when  tVom    the   very  act    of  healing 
the  Ltiiid  and  duuili,  ami    casting    out  a 
devil,  was  so  miraculous    and    supernat- 
ural, that  it  should  luive    brought    con- 
viction  of  the  Divinity  rjf    Chri.st,   to 
each  person  not  utterly  given  over  ''To 
hardness    of    heart   and     reprobacy    of 
mind,"  and  they,   tlie  Pharisees,   must 
have  known    and    been    inwardly   con- 
sciou.s  of  the    Divinity    of  Christ,    after 
seeing  the  miracles  wrought  by  ovu-  Sav- 
but  their  hearts  were  so  full  of  evil, 
and  so  steeped  in    prejudice,    that    they 
were  swayed  Ity  the  blacknes.ii  and   most 
infeiTial  passions,  so  niiich  so,  that   tliey 
called  the  Sjnrit   of  (iod    the    spirit  of 
the  devil.     Can  greater  blasphemy   and 
a  more  aggravated  crime  or  sin  be   con- 
ceived against  our  Lord,  than  the  Phar 
isee.s  committed  in  charging  the   Spirit 
of  fiod  with  the  attributes  of  the  jiow- 
ers  of  darkness,  when  the  most   callous 
wretch  could   have   seen   divine   power 
evinced  in  the  act  that    provoked    them 
to  commit  the  unpardonable   sin?     We 
shall   now   leave    the   subject    of  direct 
blasjdjemy  against  the  Holy  Spirit,  and 
touch  other  sins,  which  we  class   in    the 
atalogm;  of  unpardonable  sins  although 
committed  different  from  the  above. 

Paul  says,  "  Know  ye  not  that  ye  are 
the  temple  of  God,  and  that  the  Sjiirit 
of  God  dwelleth  in  you  V  "  If  any  man 
defile  the  temple  of  God,  him  shall  God 
destroy:  for  the  temple  of  God  is  holy, 
which  temple  ye  are."  1  Cor.  3:  !(!,  17. 
Who  is  this  temple,  for  which,  we  shall 
be  desti'oyed?  (And  destroy  here  means, 
the  death  or  eternal  damnation  of  the 
soul).  We  think  the  temple,  just  men- 
tioned, has  a  twofold  meaning;  first,  we, 
the  membei-s  of  the  church  of  God,  a-s 
a  body,  constitute  the  temple  of  God. 
Second  the  body  of  each  Ijeliever  is  the 
temple  of  God ;  to  further  suljstantiate 
which,  we  quote  1  Cor.  0:  10.  "  What 
know  ye  not  that  your  l)ody  is  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Holy  Ghost  which  is  in  you, 
\vhich  ye  Iiave  of  God,  and  ye  are  not 
your  own  V  How  can  we  defile  the  tem- 
ple of  God  in  the  first  sense  i-eferi-ed  to? 
*'  In  whom  ye  are  also  builded  together 
for  an  habitfition  of  God  through  the 
S]>irit."  Eph.  :i;  •_'!>.  '*  Ye  also,  as  live- 
ly stones,  are  built  up  a  spiritual  house, 
an  holy  priestliood  to  oifer  up  spiritual 
sacrifice,  acceptable  to  God  by  Jesus 
Christ."  I  Peter  •>:;■).  We,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  church  of  Christ,  ''as  lively 
stones"  '■  are  built  upon  the  foundation 
of  the  apostles  and  prophets,  Jesus  Christ 
himself  being  the  chief  corner-stone." 
Kph.  2:20. 

What  vast  responsibilities  rest  upon 
VIS  membei-s,  "  as  lively  stones  "  of  the 
temple  of  God  i  How  exti-emely  care- 
ful should  we  be  lest  we  defile  the  tem- 
ple of  (iod  (the  church  of  Christ)  by 
bringing  contention  into  the  church,  by 
preaching  false  doctrine,  in  the  name  of 
Christ;  by  stirringthe  brethren  to  strifes 
and  wranglings.  1  Cor.  12:  12,  13,  14- 
2.1,  2i>,  27.  "  For  as  the  body  is  one, 
and  hath  many  members,  and  all  the 
members  of  that  one  body  being  many, 
are  one  body;  so  also  is  Christ."  "For 
by  one  spirit,  are  we   all    baptized   into 


isth  of   the  same  chapter,  which 
tiles,  whether  we  be   boml  or    free:  and  '  reads     as    follows:  "  Fle^     fovnioation." 

"Every  sin  that  a  num  d>eth  is  without 
th«*  body,  but  he  that  coiuuntteth  forni- 
there  should  I  cation,  sinneth  against  his  own  body." 
but  that  theiThe  l.Mhaud  mth  verses  of  the  same 
ohapt^;r  declare  the  foll»wing:  "  Know 
ye  not  that  your  bodies  are  the  mem- 
bers of  Christ?  Shall!  then  take  the 
members  of  Christ  and  make  them  the 


one  body,  whether  we  be  Jews  or   (Jen-  i  the 


have  aU  been  Diade  to  drink  into  one  | 
spirit."  "  For  the  body  is  not  one  mem- 
l 


but  many."  "  That 
be  no  schism  in  the  body 
members  should  have  the  same  care  one 
for  another,  and  whether  one  member 
sutl'er.  all  the  members  suffer  with  it.  or 
one  member  be  honored,  all  the  mem- 
bers rejoice  with  it."  ■'  Kow  ye  are  the 
body  of  Christ,  and  members  in  partic- 
ular." 

The  preceding  quotations  are  rather 
copious,  but  so  apt  and  pertinent  to  our 
subject,  that  we  feel  justified  in  giving 
them  place.  We  are  one  in  Christ,  and 
when  one  niemljer  is  disowned  all  suft'er. 
When  one  is  honored  all  rejoice.  How 
exceedingly  jealous  then,  should  we  be 
of  one  another's  welfare  and  reputation. 
As  children  of  Goo,  we  should  watch 
each  other  with  tender  care,  and  give 
timely  warning,  of  the  first  approach  of 
threatening  danger  to  each  other;  for  our 
interests  are  one  in  eoinmou  in  Christ, 
as  we  constitute  the  body  of  the  church 
of  Christ;  and  if  a  single  member  of 
tlie  body  be  injured  the  integrity  of  the 
^vhole  structure  is  so  much  impaired. 
"There sJiouId  be  no  schism  in  the  body." 
Scliism  meansliterally  cutting  in  two 
secondly  and  in  the  common  acceptance 
of  the  word,  divisions,  strifes,  wrang- 
lings, altercations  and  bitterness  of  feel- 
ing among  the  members  of  Christ;  and 
how  easily  may  they  arise  by  giving  of- 
fense on  certain  points  of  the  doc- 
trine of  Christ;  *'  For  it  must  needs  be 
that  offenses  come:  but  woe  unto  that 
man  by  whom  the  oft'ense  coineth." 

"  AVatch  and  pray  that  ye  enter  not 
into  temptation."  JIatt.  20:41.  Again, 
Paul  1  Cor.  1 :  in  says,  "  Now  I  beseech 
you  brethren,  by  the  name  of  our  Loitl 
Jesus  Christ,  that  j'e  all  speak  the  same 
thing,  and  that  there  be  no  divisions 
among  you;  but  that  ye  be  perfectly  join- 
ed together  in  the  same  mind  and  in 
the  same  judgment."  AVhat  a  touching, 
tender,  and  solemn  appeal  of  Paul  to 
the  church,  to  av6id  divisons;  an  ap- 
peal in  the  sacred  name  of  our  Lord 
and  Savior  Jesus  Christ.  AVere  the  sin 
of  schism  or  division  not  of  such  vast 
magnitude,  Paul  ^\■ould  not  have  appeal- 
ed to  the  church  in  such  awful  solemn- 
ity and  tender  pathos.  Strifes  and  di- 
visions, are  the  birth  of  Satan,  the  me- 
dium through  which  he  seeks  to  pull 
down  or  defile  the  holy  temple  of  God, 
"  which  temple  ye  are,"  Christ  being 
the  chief  corner-stone.  Then  will  we 
desecr.ite  the  holy  temple  of  God?  far 
be  it  from  us;  but  we  shall  rather  guard 
it  with  jealtms  and  tender  vigilance. 
What  a  glorious  privilege;  what  a  con- 
descension of  our  dear  Savior,  in  choos- 
ingsinful  men,  even  us  as  "  lively  stones" 
of  his  holy  temple.  '  Let  each  of  us  be 
ever  vigilant  and  "watch  and  pray"  at 
our  posts;  and  sound  the  alarm  of  com- 
ing danger  to  the  holy  temple  of  God, 
like  faithful  sentinels  on  the  "  watch 
tower"  of  truth;  guarding  the  very  out- 
posts and  inclosures  of  the  temple.  Then 
will  none  of  us  e\er  defile  it,  nor 
bring etei-nal  destiuctiou  down  upon  any 
of  us;  but  it  will  stand  there  in  all  its 
beauty,  holiness  and  peifection,  unraar- 
red  and  unblemished,  until  it  shall  have 
accomplished  its  great  mission;  and  its 
working  members  be  ushered  from  the 
church  militunt  below,  into  the  church 
triumphant  abtjve. 

AVe  will  now  come  to  the  last  ju-opo- 
sition  viz.^  the  defiling  of  one's  body  or 
the  temple  of  the  Holy  (ihost.  ^\'e 
now  refer  the  reader  again  to  1st  Cor. 
C:  10  quoted  above,  which  verse  follows 


members  of  a  harlot?  (iod  forbid." 
"  What!  know  ye  not,  tiat  he  which  is 
joined  to  a  hai'Iot  is  one  body  (  for  two 
(saith  he)  shall  lie  on*  flesh.  1  (V.r.  f.; 
21).  "  For  ye  are  bouglt  with  a  price: 
therefore  glorify  God  in  your  body,  and 
in  your  spirit,  which  ai-e  God's."  Yes 
we  are  redeemed  with  tie  precious  blood 
of  Christ,  as  of  a  lamb  without  Idemish 
and  without  spot."  AVll  wc  brethren 
walk  in  the  flesh  after  Veing  washed  and 
cleansed  of  our  sins?  "Vill  wecontinue 
in  sin  that  grace  may  abound?  God  for- 
bid." "  How  shall  wethat  are  dead  to 
sin  continue  any  longei  therein?"  More- 
over, the  Holy  Spirit  \uU  not  dwell  in 
an  impure  mansion,  if  we  would  have 
it  dwell  in  us,  we  must  keep  our  bodies 
pure  and  undefiled,  a  it  temple  for  tlie 
Holiest  of  the  holy.  Yill  pure  water 
mingle  with  the  stagnint  pool  of  filth 
and  stench,  and  retain  its  purity?  The 
question  is  its  own  any.\'er.  "The  Spirit 
itself  beareth  witness  v:  th  our  spirit,  that 
we  are  the  children  of  God."  Rom.  8; 
1().  A\'ill  tlie  Holy  Spirit  liear  witness 
that  we  are  the  childrm  of  God,  if  we 
live  after  the  flesh  ?  S^ever,  the  Spirit 
of  God  cannot,  nor  wi'l  it  bear  witness 
of  a  lie,  which  belong*  to  the  power  of 
darkness. 

Let  us  as  members  jf  the  church  of 
Christ,  who  is  the  Author  and  Finisher 
of  our  faith,  mind  tae  things  of  the 
Spirit,  lest  it  take  its  flight  from  us  nev- 
er  to  return.  And  \ve  owe  it  to  him, 
who  redeemed  uswithhis  own  life,  nev- 
er to  betray  the  trust  -eposed  in  us;  but 
should  look  to  hirain  filial  affection, 
and  let  him  be  our  guide  in  every  thing 
that  we  do.  If  we  pariper  the  diverse 
lusts  of  the  flesh,  we  ;an  nbver  have  a 
share  with  Christ;  for  if  we  would  live, 
we  must  abide  in  him,  and  he  in  us.  "  If 
we  have  not  the  Spiritof  Christ,  we  are 
none  of  his."  A'e  who  worship  mammon : 
ye  who  mingle  with  tie  world  and  bow 
at  the  shrine  of  fashion;  ye  who  live  in 


secret  licentiousuess;  ye  who  hate  your 
brethren ;  does  the  Spirit  of  Christ  dwell 
you  ?  He  who  has  tbe  Spirit  of  Christ 
will  follow  his  ways.  '  For  as  many  as 
are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  they  are 
the  sons  of  God."  Tone  safe,  we  should 
"  avoid  the  very  appearance  of  evil," 
"  and  work  out  our  stilvation  with  fear 
and  tremlding."  A  h'ue  cliihl  of  (Jud 
will  not  "  crucify  Christ  in  his  body," 
no,  "  but  delighteth  in  the  law  of  God 
after  the  inward  man."  "For,  to  be 
carnally  minded  is  death;  but  to  be  spir- 
itually minded  /'s  lifeand  peace:  because 
the  carnal  mind  is  at  enmity  with  God ; 
for  it  is  not  suliject  to  the  law  of  God, 
neither  indeed  can  be."  "  So  then. 
they  that  are  in  the  Hesh  cannot  please 
God."  Kom.  H:  (1,  7,  S.  A'es  they  who 
defile  the  temple  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
(their  bodids)  shall  l»e  destroyed  and 
never  inherit  eterr.al  life.  "For  if  Chri.st 
be  in  us,  thebodyjsdead  because  of  sin; 
but  the  Spirit  is  life  because  of  right- 
eousness." "  Therefore,  if  we  are  C'hrist's, 
we  will  walk  in  his  footsteps  and  bring 
forth  good  fruit;  but  a  corrupt  body 
bringeth  forth  corrupt  fruit." 

Doubtless  many  people  never  think 
when  they  are  2>ampering  the  flesh,  that 
they  are  surely  drifting  back  with  the 
world  and  to  eternal  destruction.     "  For 


clepternber  jt). 


THE    'BKKTiTIlKN    AT    "WOlilC. 


^„ly  gift,  and  ^. 
the  Holy   « ',7; 
gooci  word  ^>'  *^ 
th,  woria  to  ..*,. 


n.le  b,.  tl,n«e  who  were  on..  ]  entity  and  purUy  of  the  Trinity  or  Ua^ 
tasteUoftheht-av.    phemy  against  the  Holy    Spirit,    ch 


■'   '""^de    partakers    of 
iind   have  tiusted   the 
•iikI    til 
It'  the 


powers  of 
y  tall    away, 
to  renew  thenHIttto  repentance;  seeing 
tliey  crucify  t*  Jlieniselves   the  Son  of 
God  afresh,    an"'  pnt  him  to 


sli&ine. 


For  the 


open 
earth   drinketh  in 


the  vfli"  ^^^^^  tv^ieth  oft  upon  it,  and 
brint^eth  fortli  I'Brbs  meet  for  them  by 
rt'hom  it  is  dr.«ed,  receiveth  blessings 
from  Ood.  iU  that  which  beareth 
thorns  and  brief*,  is  rejected,  and  ii^nigh 


unto  cursing 
Heb.  6:4-8, 


,  wloseend  is  to  be  burned. 
Ifow  surpassingly  impor- 


tant it  is  that  w  keep  our  lights  burn- 
ing on  the  vests!  altars  of  purity;  and 
keep  our  lieartsfi'ee  and  spotless  from 
all  manner  of  eiil  and  corruption.  "AVe 
must  mortify  tlf-  deeds  of  the  body," 
and  even  be  on  the  alert  for  foes  from 
without  and  froft  within;  for  the  tiger 
of  human  passicu  is  ever  ready  to  de- 
vour us;  therefiie  let  ua  "watch  and 
pray,"  and  lest  ere  we  are  aware,  we 
shall  have  eomiictted  the  unpardonable 


sin,  and  the  Spi 


the  powers 
commit  is  only 


ipirt  of  Christ  flee  fi-om 
i  forevermore;  for  it  we  only  yield  to 
a  single  temptatiju,  it  may  be  our  etern- 
al death,  a.s  one  sn  prepares  the  way  for 
another;  until  w  become  less  able  and 
fit  to  resist  the  e^il  one,  and  finally  be 
ffiven  over  to  thedenire  of  the  flesh  and 
of  Sitan.  The  first  sin  we 
little  thread  twined 
around  us,thena-other  and  another,  un- 
til they  coil  arouid  us  like  iron  cables, 
and  we  struggle  ii  vain  to  free  ourselves, 
liut  are  beld  ther  forever   and   forever. 

Habits  of  any\ind,  once  formed,  are 
almost  impossibli  to  break  oft";  much 
less  are  we  poweful  enough  to  brealj 
ofl"  evil  habits  am  practices,  which  be- 
co'"e  part  of  our  very  being,  and  are 
fully  inwTought  iito  our  very  souls;  so 
that  we  cannot  d{  good,  if  we  would, 
but  are  held  as  hJpless  captives  to  the 
powers  of  darknes. 

Let  us  be  "  Loiking  diligently,  lest 
any  man  fail  of  tie  grace  of  God— lest 
any  root  of  bitterness  springing  up, 
trouble  you,  and  :hereby  many  be  de- 
filed; lest  there  btany  fornicator  or  pro- 
tane  person,  as  Esiu,  who  forone  morsel 
of  meat  sold  his  birthright."  ''  For  ye 
know  how  that  aft-rward  when  he  would 
have  inherited  th.  blessing,  he  was  re- 
jected; for  he  fomdno  place  of  repen- 
tance, though  he  cirefully  souglit  it  with 
tears."  Heb.  2:  l.J-17.  Who  of  us 
will  sell  his  prlceles  birthright  of  Christ 
Jesus,  for  a  misenble  mess  of  pottage 
as  Esau  did,  yielcing  his  body  to  un- 
righteousness and  uncleanness,  making 
(the  temple  of  tie  Holy  Spirit)  the 
dwelling-place  of  tvil.lust  and  unright- 
eousness, all  of  wiiich  are  born  of  the 
devil  uud  whose  aViding-place  is  hell. 

Let  us  examine  ourselves  closely,  and 
see  if  any  one  of  us,  is  trampling  under 
foot  the  Son  of  (iod,  if  the  prince  of 
darkness  sways  or  -ontrols  any  of  our 
minds ;  We  can  readily  see  whom  we 
serve.  If  we  serve  Christ,  then  will  our 
works  be  good  and  pure,  if  i^atJi".  then 
will  they  be  corrupt  ami  evil,  and  with 
such  a  one,  Christ's  Spirit  will  not  com- 
mune or  abide,  for  if  we  have  his  '^P^'iti 
We  will  follow  the  ways  of  the  Spirit, 
and  not  of  the  flesh. 

We  may  have  been  liberal  with  quo- 
tations, but  the  subject  is  a  deep  one; 
and  one  on  which  there  is  so  much  ilitter- 
ence  of  views,  that  we  think  it  justifia- 
I'le.  To  sum  up.  \ve  think  there  are 
three  diftereut  ways  of  committing  the 
"  unpardonable  sin." 

By  direct  assault  iii>uu   the  very 


■pint,  cliarg 
lug  it  with  uncleanness  and  satanlc  at- 
tributes. 

2.  By  defiling  the  temple  of  (iod 
(which  temple  ye  are),  by  bringing  divis- 
ions, contentions,  schisms  and  finally 
separation  into  the  church  of  Christ. 

3.  By  defiling  our  own  liodies,  fol- 
lowing the  yearnings  of  the  flesh;  "  sin- 
ning willfully  after  we  have  received  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth,  grieving  the 
Spirit,  corrupting  our  bodies  which  wen- 
bought  with  a  great  price;  even  by  the 
blood  of  Christ,  therefore  are  we  not 
our  own.  We  cannot  walk  too  closely 
with  our  Savior,  but  if  we  follow  tlu* 
impulses  of  the  natural  man;  woi-ship 
the  mammon  of  fa.-*hion;  nungle  with 
the  world  in  their  various  amusements ; 
our  pure  sentiments  and  holy  qualities 
will  surely  become  choked^  and  we  be- 
lieve of  the  world,  worldly  and  sensual, 
and  the  Spirit  of  truth  leaves  us  to  our 
everlasting  destruction.  "  Be  not  de- 
ceived, God  is  not  mocked;  for  whatso- 
ever a  man  soweth,  that  shall  he  also 
reap."  "  For  he  that  soweth  to  the 
flesh,  shall  of  the  flesh  reap  corrn[>tion; 
but  he  that  soweth  to  the  Spirit,  shall 
of  the  Spirit  reap  life  everlasting."  Gal. 
(J:  7,  8.  May  n<nie  of  us  ever  betray 
his  trust,  but  rather  exclaim  with  Paul, 
"  For  I  am  persuaded,  that  neither  life, 
nor  death,  nor  angels,  nor  principalities, 
nor  powers,  nor  things  present,  nor 
things  to  come,  nor  height,  nor  depth, 
nor  any  other  creature,  shall   be  able  to 


truth  (  not  by  endless  disputes  about 
trifles,  which  have  no  bearing  exce[(t  to 
turn  US  from  the  truth  ami  make  ship- 
wreck of  our  faith  Imt  by  abounding 
in  those  trait**  of  righteousness  which 
lead  us  to  the  honor  and    glory  of  God. 


THE  PRAISE  OF  MEN. 


mi] 


separate  us 

is  in  Christ  Jesus,  our  Lord." 


"  For  tliey  loved  the  praise  of  men  niori'  tlmn 
th<?  iiraise  of  God."     .(ohn  12:  43. 

IIESK  words  our   blessed  Redeemer 
spake  at  Jerusalem,  after  telling  the 
people  what  Ksaias  said,  in  verse  forty 
of  this  chapter.  "He  hath  blinded  their 
eyes,  and    hardened    their    hearts;    that  I 
they  should  not  see  with  their  eyes,  nor 
nntlei-stand  with  their  lieartjsand  be  con- 
verted, and  I  should  heal  them."    What 
a  lamentable  condition  we  are  in,   when 
the  Lord  once  hardens   our   heartM  and 
blinds  our  eyes!      Methinks  we  could 
not  find  wisdom's  pleasant  ways,   if  we  | 
should  make  an  effort.     And  how  could 
we  get  in  the  way  of  that  t)ne  that  says, 
"I  am  the  way,  the  truth  and  the    life?" 
Brethren, .sisters  and  friends,  we  should 
always  try  and  do  what  Jesus  requiresof 
us,  at  all  times;  for  if  we  become   neg- 
lectful of  cmr  duty,  the  Lord    will    per- 
haps blind  our  eyes  and  bardenour  hearts 
and  leave  us  in  a   fearful   situation,  hs- 
pecially  those  who  have  not    l)een    con- 
verted, and   received   the   Holy   Spirit, 
which  will  lead  us  in  the  right  way  un- 
der all  circumstances.     If  we    will  only 

d 


even  fur  us  as  Christians.  We  should  at 
all  ticnes  imitate  our  Savior,  as  he  Vw- 
canie  our  E.xamplar.  We  should  n<it 
carry  wat4*r  on  two  shoulders,  or  try  to 
please  God  and  ?nan.  Christ  sayt,  "  He 
that  \h  ashamed  of  me,  and  of  my  wordii, 
of  him  will  I  also  \n'  ashamed  before 
my  Father  anrl  bin  holy  angels." 

Jesmt  says.  '*  the  world  hated  me 
before  it  liated  you."  So  we  should 
not  wonder  if  the  world  hate  us.  In 
John  12:  42,  we  can  reail  where  th« 
chief  rulers  believed  on  him;  but  be- 
cause of  the  PharisGtM  they  did  not  con- 
fess him,  lest  they  should  be  put  out  of 
the  synagogue.  See,  what  will  not  the 
praise  of  men  cause  us  to  do! 


from  the  love  of  God,  which   give  heo^d  to  its  gentle  warning   and  1 


1. 


CHRISTIAN  RELIGION. 

BY   F.  K.  IIOWMAN. 

THE  religion  of  Christ  is  the  pei-fec- 
tion  of  human  nature,  and  the  foun- 
dation of  uniform  Christianity,  is  the 
most  excellent  and  the  most  useful  in- 
stitution, having  the  promise  of  the  life 
that  now  is,  and  of  that  which  is  to 
come.  It  is  the  voice  of  reason,  it  is 
also  the  language  of  Scripture.  The 
ways  of  wisdom,  are  ways  of 
ness,  and  all  her  paths  are  peace. 

Our  blessed  Savior  himself  assures  us, 
that  his  precepts  are  easy,  and  his  bur- 
den of  religion  light  The  sum  of  our 
duty  consists  in  the  love  of  God  and  of 
our  neighbor,  in  denying  ungodliness 
and  worldly  lusts  and  living  soberly, 
righteously  and  godly  in  this  present 
world.  James  says.  "  Pure  religion  and 
undefiled  before  God  and  the  Fatlifr,  is 
this,  to  visit  the  fatherless  and  widows 
in  their  aflHiction.  and  to  keep  himself 
unspotted  from  the  world."  James  1: 
■2'.  This  it  inculcates  most  earnestly, 
and  upon  this  lays  the  greatest  stress. 
This  commandment  no  doubt,  has  been 
neglected  by  many  Christian  professoi-s, 
though  in  many  cases  persons  have 
degraded  themselves  that  we  could 
not  visit  them  at  all  times.  But  we  are 
commanded  U)  visit  them  in  their  aftlie- 
tions,  and  by  so  doing,  we  may  be  the 
nieaiis  of  reforming  them. 

The  Gosi)el  does  not  enjoin  any  duty, 
butwhat  isfit  and  reasonable.  It  calls  up- 
on all  its  professors  to  do  justice,  speak 
th"  truth,  be  kind  and  aflectionate  to- 
ward all  mankind,  to  practice  reverence, 
submission  and  gratitude  to  God,  to 
maintain  tiie  government  of  our  own 
minds.  This  is  the  constant  strain  and 
tenor  of  the  (lospel.  Let  us  prove 
that  we  believe  the  superior  excellency 
of  the  Christian  dispensatiim  by  con- 
forming to  its  precepts.  Will  we  show 
that  we  are  Christians  in    deed    and  in 


monitions,  which  we  as  believing  chil 
dren  can  do,  if  we  only  don't  give  way 
to  bi(/ lielf,  or  the  carnal  mind,  and  let 
that  lead  us.  (I  said  big  self,  but  it 
should  be  little  self,  for  what  can  we  do 
of  ourselves?)  If  self  gets  the  control 
of  things  right,  once;  we  can  ea-^ily  be 
persuaded  to  do  wrong,  to  neglect  the 
assembling  of  ourselves  together  as  the 
manner  of  some  is.  A  little  cloudy 
weather  keeps  us  home,  if  it  looks  that 
way  in  the  morning,  when  perhaps  by 
noon  it  will  be  clear.  But  if  it  were  to 
work,  for  the  wonderful  dollar,  we  would 
go  at  once,  either  with  the  ax  or  plow — 
20  t(p  market  or  teach  pupils  in  school, 
which  I  have  done  on  rainy,  cold,  snowy 
days,  and  walked  three  or  four  miles  to 
do  it 

Perhaps,  if  we  stay  at  home,  we  will 
study  how  to  be  men-pleasei-s,  and  there- 
by have  the  praise  of  men.  Self  may 
saVj  '*  you  needn't  be  so  particular  about 
conforming  to  the  Gospel,  but  say  I  can 
wear  what  I  please;  that  will  not  hurt 
me,  or  any  of  the  brethren."  We  may 
olfend  in  deed;  and  woe  unto  him  by 
whom  oflense  cometh.  Self  may  tell  us 
we  can  dress  plain,  and  be  transformed 
by  the  rc^newing  of  our  minds  on  Sun- 
day or  meeting  days,  but  when  we  go  to 
the  city  or  towns,  we  can  dress  superflu- 
ous and  it  will  not  make  any  ditVerence. 
Ves,  but  it  will  show  that  we  love  "  the 
praise  of  men  more  than  the  ]>raise  of 
God." 

It  makes  one  feel  sad  to  think  tliat 
any  of  us  should  give  the  world  such  a 
chance,  to  see  works  of  this  kind,  and 
we  profess  to  do  otherwise.  Not  long 
ago  I  heard  a  pei-sou  say,  they  would 
like  to  be  what  they  profess,  better  than 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  so  and  so,  do.  We  all 
know  that  worldly-minded  people  are 
inclined  to  hunt  something  to  hide  be- 
hind. If  they  can  find  some  bvother  or 
sister  or  myself  to  hide  behind,  or  justi- 
fy themselves,  they  will  do  it  and  -^ay, 
they  are  j  ust  as  good  as  so  and  so  who 
belong  to  the  church.  We  know  that 
is  a  poor  excuse  for  a  sinner  to  ofter.  or 


TRUE  REPENTANCE. 

BT  J.  r.  MVMKRT. 

rniUIE  repentance   is    something   that 
-*-      every  child  of  (iod  ought  to   have, 
but  we  are    made    to    think  a.-*    passing 
through  this  world,  tliat  some  peopIe*(i 
actions  show  that  they  got  into  Christ's 
church  without  first  repenting  of  their 
sins.     Our  Lord  and  Master  has  told  u« 
in  his  sacred  Volume,  that  we  must  tru- 
ly repent  of  our  sins  aad  l)eliev«  on  the 
Lord  with  all  our  strength,  and  with  all 
our  might,  and  then  we  have  the    prom- 
ise of  being  his  children.     Next  to  true 
repentance,  is  faith  in  the  Lord  of  heav- 
en and  earth.     If  we  have  truly  repent- 
ed of  our  sins,  then  we  are   required  of 
(iod  to  have  faith  in  him  who  is  mighty 
and  able  and  willing  to  save  even   unto 
the  uttermost    part   of   the    eaith.     We 
have  the  language  of  the  a}Mjstle  on  this 
I  subject,   after   we   have   become  God's 
hildren  by  adoption  and  by  grace,  wbea 
we  have  come  in  pos-sessiou  of  that  love 
which  none  but  the  children  of  God  can 
have,    then    the   apostle's  words   come 
home  to  us,  and  we  are  made  to  exclaim, 
with  all  the    power    that    is    in  us,  jUHt 
like  the  apostle  Paul  did  in  Rom.  S:  38, 
;VJ,  '■  I  am    pei-suaded  that   neither    life, 
nor  death,  nor  angels,  nor  pnncipalities, 
nor   powei-8,     nor   things  present,  nor 
things  to  come,  nor  height,  nor  depth, 
nor  any  other  creature  shall  be  able  to 
separate  us  from  the  love  of  God."     Oh 
let  us  repent  of  our  sins  in  an   accepta- 
ble way  to   (iod,  our  heavenly  Father. 
Oh,  I  often  think  of  my    home   over 
there,  and  know  that   my   redemption 
draweth  nigh.     Soon  we   will  have  to 
lay  our  bodiesdown;  our  work  will  soon 
be  finished,  our   tongues  that   are  now 
speaking,  will  soon  be  cold  and  silent  in 
the  grave,  and  then   w^ho   will   give  us 
credit  for  holding  our  peace?      Perhaps 
1  am  talking  too  fast  when  I  s.Hy  some- 
thing about  this   important   subject.     I 
think  that   there   are  better  folks  that 
ould  write  a  more  promising  letter;  but 
our  young   members  are   backward  in 
doing  so. 

I  feel  sometimes  that  there  is  too 
much  resting  ou  our  ministers  of  the 
church.  If  our  young  members  would 
take  a  part  in  trying  to  advance  the 
cause  of  Christ,  we  would  have  a  better 
neighborhood,  better  meetings  and  bet- 
ter Christians.  Sometimes  when  I  think 
over  past  and  bygone  days,  even  back  to 
that  time  when  my  mother  died  and  left 
me  a  u  auderer  through  this  wilderness 
of  woe,  and  she  knew  that  these  wonis 
would  be  her  last.  She  said.  "  take  care 
of  that  kittle  boy  and  see  that  he  is 
brought  up  in  the  admonition  of  the 
Lord."  Mv  life  since  my  mother's  death 
has  been  very  unfruitful,  and  oh.  how 
many  times  I  called  to  memory  those 
words,  although  she  has  been  dea»l  over 
eighteen  veal's;  it  seems  to  me  thai  th>'jr 
were  only  spoken  yestei^Uy. 


TM  I-:    BHETHK !-:>.'    AT    AVOMK. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PiraLISBID   WIIKLir. 


J.  H.  MOORE 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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iTiiiv  btkf  ft  liff-time  to  reniovp.  Tt  ofU*ii  lU- '  it  just  as  it  stands  in  tlie  Book.  Do  not  guees 
vifVs  the  church  into  two   partifs.  each  having  ,  nt  it.  luit  be  sure  of  it. 

it*  rojirewntjitiTe,  anrl  whethwr  plect^d  or  not.  '  9.  When  eiuotingScrijiturp  or  anything  else, 
there  n>in«in»  hd  unpleasant  uad  anltigonistifi  i  do  not  fail  to  place  ijiiotation  marks  before  and 
feeling  that  sei-k*  every  opportunity  to  retaliate 


Bf>.  S,  11.  I)Mir.ni»  .I'll/  ««lhoHic.l,  hf  u*  V  our 
tmrollng  o^rro.[...Bitenl  <vn'l  •<tcnl  for  iht  HHrrifBKS  AT 
WoKK  wil  -ill  m«iTe-.ib«Tiptlon.forll|»«raBMour 
«p>!«r  r«ic ,  All  ^...■'^nw  tr-in-uct..!  hy  h.m  for  our  of- 
ie*.  "ill  l>'  il"  ■"•"■  "  "  ''"'"'  ^y  uaneliat. 


Tii«  BK-riin*).  »T  Hnii«  -ill  bet«t  poii-pwd.  to  say 
4Jirfu  In  th.  L'Dii.vl  Suic.  »r  C*T.«la.  for  Jl  uO  P«r 
MDum  TliftM  •Pn.lingwn  n«m«i  -n'l  Hfi-OO,  "»' '■'- 
Mi*»  »n  CKini  0"py  free  of  charge.  For  »ll  o»«r  ihl» 
numWr  .h-  .«»nl  .III  h»  »llo«H  |l>«n«  for  wh  *.HU 
Uoniil  nmni',  which  fttnouni  can  he  <I<Jucied  from  th« 
montj.  hffore  ..n-lini  It  io  u».  Money  Orden.  Drjrfl*. 
uiJ  Ufgi^ivrcd  I*Mcr»  moy  be  »oni  «  our  rl»k.  The/ 
■houl'l  he  iTi«.lf  pnynhle  lo  Mtiure  4  EeliHinan, 

SuUcrlpliorw.  i»o'I  commnnlMllonolnlen^ea  for  the  pft- 
p«r,  •.•  well  •*  nil  buiinoa  nuiter*  conneclcJ  with  the  of- 
Bc«'»hotilrl  U  n.ldroMed 

UOOSE  ft  ESHZLUAIT, 

Ua&rk,  CuTCll  Ce.,ni- 


SEFTEMEES  19, 1878. 


ELECTIONEERING. 

I  DO  [Kit  niciin  political  plt-iitioneering.  for 
that  liclongs  to  the  world,  and  they  have  a 
right  to  their  own.  It  in  not  my  prerogative  t^ 
interfere  with  their  busine-w.  nnr  at  present  to 
dictate-  fur  them.  1  meiin  lo  talk  nf  the  ehurch 
and  her  work,  netting  forth  what  is  conceived 
to  be  her  duty,  regarding  w)me  features  some- 
time^ connected  with  the  election  of  church 
officers.  On  this  subject  we  cannot  be  too  well 
poited.  It  is  not  written  and  preached  on  as 
much  (IS  circumistunces  demand. 

Then-  are  two  ways  of  electing  officers,  both 
of  which  are  mentioned  in  the  New  Testament, 
hut  only  the  one  is  intended  for  us.  1.  Uy  lot; 
a  method  in  wliich  the  party  casting  the  lot  has 
no  choice  in  determining  the  result.  2.  By 
tH)fr:  a  method  making  the  voter  responsible 
for  his  vote.  The  latter  we'  conceive  to  be  the 
method  fully  winctioued  by  the  iScriptures,  and 
iutonded  for  the  church  during  the  present 
dispensation. 

From  tlie  narrative  given  in  Acts  1:  15-2*i,  r&- 
gftrding  the  elettion  of  Matthias,  it  is  clear  that 
the  choice  was  made  by  lot  and  not  by  voting, 
for  "they  gave  forth  their  loU,  and  the  lot  fell 
upon  Matthias."  But  when  the  "seven"  were 
chosen  (Acts  tJ)  it  was  done  liy  voUni/,  for  they 
chose  seven,  having  certain  known  quulifica- 
tiouii,  whom  they  set  before  the  Apostles  to  he 
installed  into  oftico.  This  injunction,  "'Look 
ye  out  among  you  seven  men  of  good  report, 
full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  wisdom,  whom  we 
mo>'  appoint  over  tliis  busiue.ss,"  is  proof  that 
tho  choice  was  made  by  voting,  and  ii  careful 
consideration  of  the  directions,  to  govern  'the 
choosing  of  church  officers,  laid  down  in  the 
epistolary  writings,  is  further  proof  in  favor  of 
voting  instead  of  ciisting  lots.  But  we  have  not 
tini'-  to  consider  this  brauch  of  the  subject  just 
now. 

If  our  method  of  elt'cling  churcli  offii:ei-s  were 
by  /"/,  there  woiilii  U-  no  necessity  of  wurning 
any  iigainst  electioneeriug,  for  it  is  something 
that  no  one  can  eHectuiilly  bring  to  bear  where 
the  choice  is  luiule  by  lot.  But  since  God,  in 
hiB  infinite  wisdom,  has  deemed  it  best  that  we 
elect  our  oflicers  by  rutr,  it  is  in  our  place  to 
icik\  with  things  us  they  arc,  and  not  as  we 
might  suppose  they  sliould  have  been.  With 
us  th^re  are  chances  for  electioneering,  and 
from  what  we  occasionally  learn,  we  have  rea- 
son for  supposing  that  it  is  sometimes  done, 
and  Jimcli  to  the  injury  uf  the  cause  too,  at  that. 
Believing  it  to  be  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the 
Gospel,  and  the  cause  of  much  and  many  evils, 
we  deem  it  a  duty  to  raise  our  voice  aguinst  it, 
and  save  the  clniri-h  from  what  may  prove  ii 
grievous  sin. 

Our  readers  are  con'^L'iouIi  of  the  evils  results 
ing  from  electioneering  in  the  political  world, 
and  know  the  extivme  to  which  it  la  at  times 
carried.  With  mucli  propriety  we  may  con- 
clude that  e()uul  dangers  and  eviU  await  the 
church,  should  she  full  into  the  same  habit,  and 
permit  her  members  to  indulge  in  electioneer- 
ing when  a  .s])euker  or  deacon  in  to  be  elected. 
The  tendency  of  electioneering  is  to  create  strife, 
discoi-d,  and  produce  a  bone  of  contwitioiTltfial 


I  nod  carry  its  points. 

Another  tend'-ncy  of  electioneering  i;".  to  per- 
mit one  or  two  personn.  who  understand  how  to 
influence  other  minds,  to  control  the  eleetinn 
and  thiK  have  the  man  chosen  tlirij  select 
whether  he  is  the  right  man  or  not.  To  do  this 
they  will  talk  up  and  magnify  some  one's quali- 
ficfttions,  and  run  down  and  defame  the  charac- 
ter of  another  who  may  I>e  equally  as  good,  and 
us  well  qualified  for  the  position  as  the  other. 
There  is  too  much  talking  about  my  mrin  and 
not  enough  about  the  Lord's  tnnti.  We  talk  a 
great  deal  about  our  choici'  and  not  enough  of 
the  Mu»le/a  eholre.  To  keeji  peace  and  harmo- 
ny in  the  church,  members  do  not  want  to  tell 
each  other  who  they  are  going  to  vote  for.  biit 
keep  it  a  secret  between  themselves  and  the 
Lord.  If  this  is  done,  no  evils  will  ever  result 
from  electioneering,  nor  will  elections  ever 
cause  discord  and  contention  in  the  church. 

It  i-s  well  that  members  frequently  talk  of  the 
Bible  qualifications  that  officers  should  posi^ess. 
and  in  this  way  become  much  better  acquainted 
with  the  will  of  God  regarding  the  kind  of  men 
he  wants  in  office.  This  subject  is  not  studied 
aa  it  ought  to  hi*,  nor  do  our  ministers  preach 
on  it  as  much  as  tliey  should.  How  many  of 
our  readers  ever  heard  a  sermon,  on  the  Bible 
qualificntionB  of  church  officers? 

The  most  dangerous  piece  of  electioneering  is, 
when  the  ministers  get  at  it;  for  when  once 
into  it,  and  having  more  privileges  than  the  la- 
ity, they  may  go  still  farther,  and  take  the 
advantage  of  the  laity,  and  thus  bring  reproach 
upon  the  church,  besides  setting  a  bad  example, 
which,  if  followed  by  the  members,  would  soon 
ruin  liny  congregation. 

The  time  for  electing  officers  should  be  set, 
and  the  members  requested  to  search  the  Script^ 
ures  carefully  and  learn  the  qualifications  re- 
quired of  such.  (In  the  day  of  thf  election,  and 
before  taking  the  votes,  all  the  Scripture  relat>- 
ing  to  the  qualifications  of  such  officers  as  are 
to  be  chosen,  should  be  read  and  clearly  explain- 
ed, that  every  member  may  know  just  what 
kind  of  men  the  Lord  wants,  and  then  instruct- 
ed to  cast  their  vote  accordingly.  Were  this 
done  more  than  what  it  is,  the  churches  would 
make  less  mistakes.  Thi,s  thing  of  holding  the 
election  first,  and  then  relate  the  qualifications 
aflenvards,  has  no  Bible  precedent,  and  should 
be  abandoned  at  once.  Let  us  learn  to  do  the 
Loi-d's  work  in  the  Lord's  way.  J.  H.  M. 


"WRITING  FOR  THE  PRESS, 

\V  lull  ever  is  woitli  iluiiiR  at  all,  is  wiiitlidoiiii;  well. 
M  lit  lirst  jou  don't  succeed,  try,  try  apiiiii. 

V^FiVER  write  for  publication  until  you  have 
\\  sonietliing  to  write  about,  and  be  sure 
tbiif  nomrfhhuj  will  be  interesting  and  profitable 
to  the  reader.  Understand  your  subject  fully 
before  you  commence  writing,  and  then  do  your 
best  to  make  the  article  say  just  what  you  want 
printed.  Be  sure  that  you  have  the  matter 
down  correctly. 


If  you  want  your  article  read  by  every  reader 
whu  gets  the  paper,  make  it  short  and  to  the 
Ijoint.  People  never  get  tired  reading  short  ar- 
ticles. Good  writers  frequently  rewrite  their 
articles  several  times  before  sending  them  to  the 
|)riutei'.  Few  preachers  have  over  40(i  hearers 
at  their  regular  meplings,  but  those  who  have 
articles  in  the  Buethren  .4T  W(irk  address 
mauy  thousand  readers,  hence  the  importance 
of  using  great  care  in  preparing  matter  for  pub- 
lication. 

1.  Writhe  with  black  ink  on  white  paper. 
Please  do  not  use  a  pencil. 

2.  The  sheets  of  paper  on  which  you  write, 
should  not  be  over  five  inches  wide.  If  foolscap 
is  used,  cut  each  sheet  in  two  lengthwise. 

3.  Write  on  but  one  side  of  the  paper. 

4.  Always  dot  the  i"s  and  cross  the  t's. 
'».    Separate  your  matter  into  suitable  para- 
graphs. 

(J.  Make  no  ajtologies  at  either  the  beginning 
or  tiie  close  of  your  articles.  They  are  not  edi- 
fying. 

7.  Punctuate  your  articles  the  best  you 
know  how.  If  you  do  not  understand  punctu- 
ation, just  omit  it,  and  the  printer  will  do  tliat 
for  you. 

5.  When  quoting  Scripture,  be  sure  you  have 


afler  the  parts  quoted;— thus.  "  Jesus  wept, 

10.  The  uaroe^  of  persons  and  places  should 
l»e  written  with  great  care,  so  that  (here  may 
be  no  chance  of  misunderstanding  them. 

11.  Never  write  between  the  lines,  and  if 
the  paper  is  very  closely  ruled,  it  is  best  to  write 
on  every  other  line. 

12.  Write  in  as  plain  a  hand  as  you  can. 
We  ask  not  for  beauty,  but  something  that  can 
be  easily  read. 

13.  Do  not  use  unfamiliar  terms,  but  words 
that  are  simple  and  easy  to  be  understood. 

14.  Ii  you  are  not  used  to  writing  for  the 
press,  get  some  one  to  rea4  your  article  over  to 
you  and  see  how  it  sounds. 

15.  Never  write  about  business  on  the  same 
paper  that  contains  matter  for  the  press.  If 
you  have  anything  to  say  to  the  editor,  write 
it  on  a  separate  slip  of  paper. 

16.  Number  the  pages  in  the  proper  order 
and  pin  them  tt^ether  at  the  top. 

17.  Each  article  or  essay  should  have  a  suit- 
able heading. 

18.  Notes  of  travel  should  be  as  short  as 
possible.  You  need  not  tell  at  what  hour  you 
took  the  train,  where  you  ate  dinner,  nor  where 
you  put  up  at  night,  etc.  Sucli  things  are  not 
interesting,  nor  do  they  edify. 

19.  Church  News  should  be  brief,  and  as  in- 
teresting as  possible.  Make  no  excuses,  but 
write  plainly  just  what  you  want  in  the  paper. 

20.  Carefully  guard  against  writing  long 
Obituaries.     The  shorter,  the  better. 

21.  Bo  not  waste  time  writing  poetry,  un- 
less you  are  certain  that  you  are  a  "  born  poet." 

Poets  are  born,  not  made." 

22.  Avoid  personalities  and  local  reflections. 
If  you  have  anything  against  a  brother  or  sis- 
ter go  to  them  according  to  Matt:  18;  do  not 
write  about  them. 

2;J.  Do  not  mix  business  with  matter  in- 
tended for  publication.  Keep  each  item  sepa- 
rate. 

24.  When  writing  for  publication,  keep  con- 
stantly in  view  the  fact,  that  you  are  writing 
for  thousands  of  readers,  and  not  just  for  a  few 
individuals. 

Those  who  write  their  articles  over  two  or 
three  times  before  sending  them  to  the  printer, 
will  find  it  to  their  advantage  to  get  a  large 
slate,  first  write  their  articles  on  that  and  then 
copy  them  on  paper.  By  doing  this,  they  have 
better  chances  of  improving  their  matter. 


The  Brethren  in  Christian  Co.,  111.,  have  pur- 
chased a  new  tent  M^ixo^,  in  which  they  expect 
to  hold  their  communion  meeting  this  Fall. 


Bbother  John  B.  Wrightsman  has  changed 
his  address  from  South  Bend.  Ind.,  to  Hunting- 
don, Pa.,  and  brother  J.  S.  Mohler  has  changed 
his  from  La  Due,  Mo.,  to  Clinton,  same  State. 

BuoTHER  J.  W.  Stein  will  remain  at  his  home 
in  Mo.,  the  coming  Winter,  thinking  it  best 
not  to  make  any  change  before  Spring.  He 
will  soon  have  his  work  on  baptism  ready  for 
the  press.  It  will  be  a  valuable  book  when 
published. 

Bhoihkk  John  Met/.g-'r.  in  addition  to  his 
former  and  present  labors  in  the  missionary 
field,  is  building  a  meeting-house  in  Cerro  Gor- 
do at  his  own  expense,  excepting  a  part  of  the 
basement  story.  The  house  is  expected  to  be 
ready  for  services  sometime  this  Fall. 


"  Non-Conformity  to  the  WoRLn,  by  broth- 
er Stein,  should  be  extensively  circulated,"  so 
says  S.  S.  Mohler,  of  Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  after 
having  ordered  one  dozen  for  use  in  his  own 
neighborhood.  Let  some  one  in  eat^h  congre- 
gation send  one  dollar  and  get  a  dozen.  Every 
member  should  read  the  work  and  profit  there- 
by. ■ 

Jewett  on  Baptism  is  the  title  of  an  inter- 
esting little  volume  on  the  mode  and  subject  of 
baptism,  by  Milton  P.  Jewett.  The  author 
handles  his  question  well,  making  his  argu- 
ments brief,  hut  to  the  point.  The  book  is  well 
worth  its  price— 40  cents.  Address  Dr.  Geo. 
Ro.-'B,  Lebanon,  Lebanon  Co.,  Pa. 

What  is  religion  in  the  United  States  com- 
ing to?  In  place  of  a  fair,  or  festival,  a  church 
in  Wis.  is  reported  to  have  had  a  horse  race  to 
aid  its  funds.  This  is  just  about  what  church 
festivals  will  yet  lead  to— a  small  and  laml^Iike 
beginning,  but  strong  and  lion-like,  when  fully 
matured. 


A  DBBAK. 

WE  are  not  much  of  a  hel;evor  in  modern 
dreams,  but  the  following  clipjied  from 
an  exchrtuge,  contains  a  lesson  too  vnluablp  t,, 
be  lost: 

It  is  said  that  a  minister  ivho  lived  in  the 
time  of  Wesley,  being  wi'Jiried  of  his  morning 
sermon,  ho  lay  (li*"'''  to  rest,  suid  had  a  dream: 
He  saw  a  man  coming  in  the  garden,  a  special 
friend  of  his,  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  a  man  of 
great  gif^-**,  iiud  high  callings  as  a  successful 
preacher.  He  went  towards  him  and  was  not  n 
tittle  surprised  that  the  face  of  liis  friend  ap- 
peared very  sad,  which  was  something  unusual 
with  him. 

After  saluting  each  other,  lie  asked  his  friend 
what  time  it  was,  and  it  was  just  twenty-five 
minutes  after  four  o'clock.  His  friend  said; 
"  It  is  just  one  hour  after  my  death,  and  I  am 
condemned  forever.  Not  because  I  did  not 
preach  the  Gospel;  not  that  I  was  not  successful, 
for  there  are  now  many  sheiives  which  through 
me  have  been  gathered  into  the  store-house  of 
God,  that  will  bear  witness  to  my  success.— But 
I  am  lost  because  I  did  not  give  God  the  honor, 
but  sought  to  iviu  the  applause  of  the  people  to 
myself     Now  I  have  my  reward." 

As  he  said  this,  he  withdrew  quickly,  and  I 
saw  him  no  more.  I  then  iiwakeued.  and  the 
dream  lay  heavily  on  my  mind.  It  waa  now 
time  that  I  should  again  go  to  church  to  preach, 
and  on  my  way  thither  a  friend  came  to  me  and 

asked  me  if  I  had   heard    that   Uev. ^bad 

died.  I  answered  no!  imd  upon  further  inqui- 
ry as  to  when  he  had  died,  I  received  the  an- 
swer, "that  to-day,  afternoon,  at  twenty-five 
minutes  after  three  o'clock."  To  preach  to 
others  and  to  be  ones  self  a  castaway,  is  accord- 
ing to  the  Holy  Scriptures,  possible. 

Fahbkey's  Qi-ARTKiu.Y  18  the  title  of  an  in- 
teresting four  page  sheet  published  by  Dr.  P, 
Fahmey,  690  West  Indiana  St.,  Chicago. 

The  Arnold's  Grove  feast  last  week,  about 
eight  miles  West  of  here,  was  a  very  enjoyable 
affair.  The  interest  was  good  and  the  attend- 
ance fair.  The  ministerial  force  was  large, 
there  being  about  16  in  attendance.  Some  of 
(|/ar  Western  churches  will  think  this  rather 
large,  but  in  countries  thickly  settled  with 
Brethren  like  this,  it  will  frequently  so  happen, 
and  of  course  they  enjoy  Christian  associations 
as  do  others.  During  the  meeting  nn  election 
was  held  for  one  minister  and  one  deacon.  The 
choice  for  minister  fell  on  Bro.  Frank  Meyere, 
and  for  deacon,  on  Bro.  Noah  Blough.  — 
They  are  not  only  earnest  workers  in  the  Mas- 
ter's cause,  but  stand  well  us  men  of  influence 
and  Christian  integrity,  ind  will,  no  doubt, 
prove  important  helps  to  (he  older  officials  in 
the  church.  We  would  that  all  officei-s  could 
fully  realize  the  importanc  of  serving  the  cause 
with  the  whole  heart. 


OiiR  nation  has  a  world-wide  fame  for  its  free- 
dom of  speech  and  freedon  to  worship  accord- 
ing to  the  dictates  of  our::iwn  consciences,  and 
from  this  national  characteristic  not  a  few  have 
concluded  that  they  have  i  right  to  do  about  as 
they  please,  especially  in  talking.  Freedom  of 
speech  is  miide  to  mean  ar  more  than  either 
reason  or  revelation  admits  of.  Not  one  of  us 
is  at  liberty  to  swear,  lie,  dander  or  defame  the 
good  name  of  our  neighbor,  or  any  body  else. 
In  the  freedom  of  speech  no  one  has  a  right  to 
go  beyond  the  truth,  and  prudence  should  gov- 
ern us  under  all  circurastmces,  that  we  do  not 
say  things  that  are  unbecoming.  He  who  slan- 
ders his  neighbor  is  abiBing  his  liberties,  and 
transcends  the  limits  of  justice,  beyond  which 
the  liberties  of  speech  should  never  extend. 


While  in  conversatioi  with  a  gentleman,  not 
long  since,  he  remarked,  when  speaking  of  re- 
ligion, that  he  w;ls  paittcuhtrly  given  to  the 
habit  of  having  things  an-anged  to  suit  his  ideas, 
and  therefore  aimed  toeiplain  Scripture  accord- 
ingly. He  had  fallen  into  a  common  error  that 
is  no  less  popular  than  it  is  dangerous,  and  is 
becoming  a  prolific  souice  of  disobedience.  In- 
stead of  bending  ourselves  to  suit  the  Book  we 
are  inclined  to  bend  the  Book  to  suit  us,  think- 
ing thq  Word  of  tlie  Lord  is  more  eiisily  ehang- 
eil  than  our  carnal  natures.  Persisting  in  tliis 
course  has  u  tendency  of  not  only  weakening 
the  influence  of  divine  revelation  over  us,  but  is 
a  prolific  generator  of  infidelity.  Let  us  study 
the  Word  of  the  Lord  with  tlie  intention  of 
bending  to  it.  for  it  is  straight  white  we  are  crook- 
ed aiid  perverse,  but  when  wo,  in  all  dep.irtnients 
of  lite,  bend  to  the  requirements  of  the  Gos|.e!. 
we  become  straight  and  upright  in  our  life  and 
character,  and  theret)y  partake  more  largely  ol 
the  divine  nature. 


THE    liKKTIIRIi.>J^    ^T    AV01«v. 


RAYS  OF  QOSPSL  LIGHT. 


Buddliism  and  Clir4anity-Unequul  Burdens 
_The  Value  of  i  linn er- Fearless  I'apers- 
Clujir  Singing— C  to  the  Church— The  Dy. 
iag  Paine— Takin?  out  What  Hurts. 
n  IIDDHISM  is  a  failure,  because  it  cni.  nnly 
]  )  l.nH'.i  the  «oul  m  fonUct  with  tKe  laws  of 
„„l,ure.  There  is  uo  gnice  in  the  syatpm.  mi 
],(,  who  believes  in  it.ejciiccts  to  be  suvodby  his 
own  rigbt^ousness.  It«  builder  came  from  be- 
neath the  skies,  hence  its  system  h  too  low. 
Itflddreases  itself  to  cold  intellect,  and  has  no 
power  to  warm  the  soul.  It  inspires  no  faith 
ill  the  living  God,  hence  can  give  no  reul  hope 
for  the  future.  It  H^  no  provisions  for  the 
oiuotioual  nature  of  man,  other  than  purely 
selfish  purposes.  No  Father,  no  Son,  no  Holy 
Ghost  in  Buddhism.  It  ia  only  fit  to  be  re- 
jected. 

There  are  altogetliH-  too  niiiny  unequal  bur- 
dens ill  the  church.  The  minister  is  expected 
to  do  all  the  teaching— spend  half  or  more  of 
his  time  in  looking  aflfi-  the  wants  of  members 
^in  attending  fuueral*.  visiting  the  sick,  and 
comforting  the  dying.  Sometimes  a  very  strong 
horse  refuses  to  pull  because  the  load  is  a  little 
heavy,  and  then  the  otlier  horse  must  do  both 
his  and  the  other's  share.  So  in  the  church. 
Those  who  ou^ht  to  ituil,  and  pull  hard,  too, 
sometimes  refuse  to  pull  a  pound,  and  then  some 
other  one  must  do  double  work.  This  is  not 
dividing  the  burden.  A  man  is  required  to 
work  according  to  his  ability;  and  if  two  men 
have  equal  abilities  thej  should  bear  equal  bi 
dens,  Do  not  ask  a  few  to  do  all  the  praying — 
all  the  singing— all  the  visiting  of  the  sick,  but 
take  hold  and  help.  Ym  do  not  expect  a  few 
to  get  all  the  reward.  You  want  to  share  in 
this,  hence  you  should  manfully  help  to  bear 
the  burdens. 

Shocld  you  lose  a  gold  dollar,  its  intriusic 
value  would  be  the  same;  still  it  is  valueless  be- 
cause it  is  entirely  out  of  relation  with  the  cir- 
culating mediam.  It  does  not  represent  any- 
thuig  in  the  commercial  world.  So  with  the 
sinner.  He  is  of  no  value  in  his  lost  condition, 
because  he  is  not  in  rchtion  with  the  plan  of 
salvation. — because  his  will  is  not  in  harmony 
ivith  God's  will.  But  when  he  is  found,  he  ia 
of  the  .=iame  value  as  he  was  before  he  was  lost. 
Will  you.  my  dear  sinner,  remember  this,  and 
Bt  once  turil  to  the  living  God? 

Wk  are  trying  to  make  a  paper  to  do  good — 
one  that  fears  not  to  reflect  the  whole  counsel 
of  God,  and  not  one  simply  to  please.  A  paper 
that  will  please  the  disciples  of  Christ  by  its 
fearlessness  ou  God-givea  subjects,  which  are 
not  popular,  cannot  fail  to  do  good.  A  fearless 
exponent  of  divine  thingj  must  deal  with  men 
and  things  as  they  are.  aid  not  attempt  to  cov- 
er up  the  insiduous  workings  of  evil,  with  the 
glamour  of  false  charity.  A  paper  that  "  holds 
raeu's  persons  in  admiration  because  of  advan- 
tage "  can  never  be  one  that  speaks  out  boldly 
upon  all  subjects.  Nor  should  it  be  a  medium 
for  brethren  to  carry  on  strifes  over  matters  of 
judgment;  but  it  should  be  able  to  say, '"  We 
have  con(iuered  a  peace  in  this  respect."  But 
in  holding  this  peace,  we  should  not  forget  to 
ivatch.  The  camp-fires  must  be  kept  burning 
4*  brightly  as  ever,  and  the  tniiued  soldiers  cau- 
mit  (ittbrd  W  hty  down  their  weapons  and  turn 
to  dancing  and  music.  Every  man  and  woman 
should  stand  to  the  Post.  It  is  no  time  to  de- 
wrt  heaven's  colors, 

TiiERK  is  ft  church  in  Boston  which  pays  six 
tliousiuid  five  hundred  dollars  a  year  for  a 
quartette  choir;  and  the  good  professors  go  there 
to  hear  the  tweedledee  and  the  tweedledum  that 
Hie  uboir  grinds  out.  They  are  able  to  say  it  is 
'  grand  concert,  but  not  Gospel  singing.  Go 
from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacitic.  stop  in  the 
ciiurches  that  dot  our  towns  aud  cities;  there 
i'oii  will  see  the  organs  aud  in  many  instance.i, 
the  ungodly  player  or  ungodly  leader  to  lead 
out  the  hallelujah  of  Zion.  How  the  minister 
'^an  sound  any  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ 
""'I'^i-  such  circumstaHces  is  almost  a  mystery, 
"'"i  tho  lazy  Christians  will  stand  or  sit  there 
*nd  look  on.  uo  hymn  books  in  the  pews,  no 
mtanieuts,  no  hearts  to  sing— all  nt  ease.  The 
•""godly  are  hired  to  sing  and  play,  after  having 
'f"?iit  the  week  in  singing  uiiustrel  tunes.  Is  it 
^y  wonder  that  the  Spirit  of  God  is  grieved, 
'•"1  the  people  of  His  choice  made  sad? 


Whkrk  is  the  proper  pkte  for  a  Christian  to 
labor?  In  »nd  out  of  tho  church.  Do  you 
wnnt  temperance  enforced  y  Go  to  the  church. 
Do  you  want  the  poor  fed  «nd  clothed?  '  Go  to 
the  church.  Do  you  want  the  sick  and  impris- 
oned visited?  Go  to  the  church.  Do  you  want 
mdows  and  orphans  helped  and  cared  for? 
Look  to  the  church.  Do  you  want  the  mar- 
ri»ge  relation  maintained  in  its  divine  purity? 
Go  to  the  church.  Do  you  want  wiirning 
against  covetouxness.  gambling,  horse-racing, 
theatre- going,  drunkeuuess,  and  every  other 
evil?  Look  to  the  church  of  God.  Do  you 
want  the  Gospel  set  before  all  men  in  its  primi- 
tive purity  ?  Go  to  the  pillar  and  ground  of  the 
Truth— the  church  of  the  living  God.  If  there 
is  a  church  that  will  not  uphold  these  holy 
principles,  it  has  not  built  ou  the  True  Founda- 
tion. The  church  of  Christ  has  in  it  every  idea 
of  reform  and  good  works  that  is  needful  for  the 
human  family.  To  go  out  of  it  for  divine  prin- 
ciples is  to  go  away  from  pure  gold.  There  is 
work  enough  in  the  church  for  him  who  wants 
only  what  God  gives  him. 

The  dying  Paine  said  to  his  female  attendant: 
"  If  ever  the  devil  had  an  agent  on  earth.  I'have 
been  one,"  and  then  asked  her  opinion  of  the 
"Age  of  Keason."  She  replied,  that,  believin? 
it  to  have  an  evil  tendency,  she  had  burned  it. 
He  replied:  "I  wish  all  its  readers  bad  been  as 
wise."  One  of  his  own  faith  said  to  him:  "You 
have  lived  like  a  man;  I  hope  you  will  die  like 
one,"  Paine  turned  to  others  near  by,  and  re- 
plied: "You  see  what  miserable  comforters  I 
have."  Yes,  there  is  no  comfort  from  those 
who  fail  to  bring  with  them  Jesus.  Reason  is 
a  poor  comforter  on  a  dying  bed.  Had  Paine 
put  on  Christ  as  he  was  commanded,  he  would 
not  have  had  occasion  to  die  among  "  miserable 
comforters."  Sinner,  go  not  Paine-way;  but 
go  the  way  of  safety — the  way  of  fch<^  Lord.  In- 
fidels say:  '"Take  the  Scriptures  out  of  the 
schools,  they  hurt  our  consciences  and  the 
Catholics:  take  the  New  Testament  out  of  the 
Scriptures,  it  hurts  the  Jew^;  take  out  all  that 
condemns  division,  for  it  hurts  the  sects;  take 
out  all  referring  to  obedience,  for  as  a  man 
thiuketh.  so  is  he:  take  out  all  relating  to  hell 
and  heaven,  and  creed  and  church.'  And  then 
what?  eat.  drink,  dance  and  hop  into  the  dark 
at  death."  si.  m.  e. 


Those  who  ore  poor,  crippled  and  unable  to  make 
a  living,  are  entitled  to  the  charitiw  of  those* 
who  have  plenty  and  to  spare,  but  for  men  who 
are  able  to  work  aud  then  will  not,  and  yet 
claim  that  the  world  owes  thom  a  living,  is 
ridiculous.  Pa\il  settltM  the  matter  fully  when 
hu  saya.  "  For  even  when  w«  were  with  you. 
this  we  commanded  you,  that  if  any  would  not 
work,  neither  should  he  eat."  2  Theas.  3: 10. 
Men  and  women  who  talk  so  much  about  what 
the  world  owes  them,  would  better  consider 
what  tliey  owe  the  world  for  having  fed  and 
clothed  them.  We  wonder  if  such  people  have 
ever  done  the  world  much  good? 


ECHOES  FBOM  THE  EAST. 

Nl-UBKR   IV, 

Visiting  the  Sick— The  Comforts  of  our  Holy 
Religion— Our  Sabbath  Meetings- Interest- 
ing Jottings. 

[rrnni  One  ajjiwUl  ComapoDilMil.] 

ON  the  22nd  ult..  we  were  called  upon  to  ac- 
■ 


MoNHAY  Noon,  Sei'T.  16.— We  are  just  in  the 
raidst  of  a  glorious  meeting.  House  crowded 
to  its  utmost  capacity.  One  baptized  yesterday, 
aud  other  applicants  to  be  baptized  this  after- 
noon, among  them  is  Bro.  Bashor's  v/ii'e. — 
Great  rejoicing  among  the  saints. 

We  hope  all  our  readers  will  canvass  their 
neighborhoods  thoroughly  so  as  to  get  all  the 
names  possible  by  the  first  of  October,  when  the 
debate  commences.  We  should  like  to  have  all 
the  names  sent  to  us  in  good  time  that  all  new 
subscribers  may  be  able  to  commence  with  the 
beginning  of  the  dt>f  u-^sion.  If  each  reader  will 
make  a  little  effort  a  few  thousand  new  names 
can  be  secured  and  sent  by  the  first  of  October. 
From  our  agents  who  have  written  us.  we 
learn  that  thev  intend  to  cauvass  the  towns 
where  they  live.  This  is  a  good  idea,  and  may 
accomplish  good.  Thou.sauds  in  both  towns 
aud  country  would  subscribe  if  solicited  to  do 
so.  We  make  this  suggestion  in  order  that  all 
may  be  induced  to  enter  on  the  work  at  once. 
New  subscribers  are  coming  in  pretty  fast  al- 
ready and  promises  to  be  still  better  the  ne.tt 
few  weeks.  ^ 

The  Yellow  Fever  etmtinues  to  rage  in  mauy 
places  in  the  South.  On  the  11th  i^^t  there 
were  3.500  sick  in  Memphis,  and  lO.onil  persons 
to  provide  for.  .Ybout  ^ll,"UO  are  requiredeach 
day  to  properly  care  lor  this  great  number  of  de- 
pendent persons,  and  if  the  lever  continues  one 
mouth  longer,  which  i-s  probable,  it  will  require 
about  :S>200.0(}(1  to  feed  aud  care  for  thein.  One 
thousand  cofiina  have  been  ordered  in  which  to 
bury  tl.e  dead,  over  one  humlred  dying  daily. 
In  New  Orleans  about  the  same  number  die 
diiily.  and  the  small  towns  that  have  been  visit- 
ed, fare  about  the  same.  This  is  a  time  for 
prayer  and  substantial  aid  by  all.  and  we  are 
wlad  to  know  that  th'-  hearts  of  the  people  ev- 
erywhere are  nobly  responding. 


It  is  quite  common  to  hear  nu-n  and  women, 
who  do  not  work,  say,  '"  The  world  owes  me  a 
living,  aud  I  am  bouiul  to  have  it."  but  tli«so 
%'ery  people  seldom  stop  to  coiii-Uide  that  many 
of  them  hftve  not  yet  half  paid  for  their  vai.sing. 


company  a  brother  to  the  country  to  thi 
bedside  of  one  of  our  dear  young  sisters  in  Christ, 
who  has  been  laid  low  by  the  hand  of  affliction. 
We  were  made  glad  to  find  tliLs  dear  youthful 
disciple  strong  in  the  grace  of  God,  though 
weak  in  the  body.  We  were  made  to  think  that 
her  snowy-white  couch,  as  she  sat  upon  it,  was 
an  emblem  of  the  pure  garments  of  the  siuntfi 
above.  Less  than  two  years  ago  this  dear  sister 
found  Christ,  and  pledged  obedience  to  His 
commandments.  0  what  comfort  is  thrown 
around  the  sick-bed,  when  Jesus  is  near,  and  ia 
the  chosen  physician  of  the  soul!  By  request, 
we  read  the  tenth  chapter  of  John's  Gospel,  and 
found  much  consolation  together  in  the  great 
truth,  that  Jesits  is  ours  and  treareHin.  Vent- 
es  28  and  29,  suggest  that  we  are  in  our  Fath- 
er's House  and  in  our  Savior's  Hand,  and  "no 
man  is  able  to  pluck  them  out "  of  that  Refuge. 
What  comfort,  what  grace  we  have  in  the  words 
of  Jesus!  Our  holy  religion  is  worthcverything. 
From  life's  dawn  to  its  close,  the  religion  of 
Jesus  spreads  its  healing,  saving  wings  over  us. 
After  a  season  of  fervent  communion  with  God, 
and  words  of  encouragement  to  each  other,  we 
had  to  return. 

OUR  SABBATH  MEETING. 

Our  meeting  to-day,  August  25tb,  was  in  the 
Welty  meeting-house. 

"  How  sweet  the  name  of  -Jesus  sounds, 
In  abeliever's  ear!" 

With  these  soothing  words  our  exercises  opened 
this  morning.  What  joy  is  imparted  to  our  in- 
ner man  by  such  sacred  words!  This  is  true 
joy  to  the  soul;  but  its  sweetness  is  not  realized 
without  "singing  with  the  spirit  and  the  un- 
derstanding also."  If  we  sing  such  a  hymn  of 
sweet  sentiments  without  thinking  much  and 
steadfastly  of  Jesus,  what  does  He  think  of  us? 
for  we  must  remember  that  He  is  in  the  con- 
gregation of  His  Church,  But  when  our 
thoughts  are  fixed  on  Him;  0  what  comfort 
such  holy  words  bring  to  our  hearts!  Wearied 
with  the  daily  cares  of  the  week  and  permitted 
by  the  goodness  of  God  to  gather  into  the  place 
of  prayer,  such  an  exercise  of  praise  is  well  cal- 
culated to  bring  us  near  the  throne  of  grace, 
and  into  that  communion  of  the  saints  and  our 
Heavenly  Master,  which  is  the  essential  life  of 
the  Christian. 

After  kneeling  in  devotions,  a  stanza  was 
sung: 

'■  Father,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  Tliee. 
Xo  other  help   I  know." 

By  the  usual  request  of  the  minister,  a  deacon 
brother  resid  to  the  congregation,  the  chapter 
chosen  for  the  lesson  of  the  hour.  A  minister* 
ing  brother  then  made  use  of  the  thirty-ninth 
verse  as  the  ba.sis  of  his  remarks.     He  spoke  of 

1st.    The  mhision  of  the  Savior. 

2nd.    The  power  of  His  words. 

3rd.  The  blindness  of  unfaithful  professors 
of  religion, 

Then  followed  a  testimonial  of  appropriate  de- 
ductions, showing  that  the  "judgment  "  spokeJi 
of.  was  vested  in  the  word  of  God.  AUo  that 
they  who.  in  this  time,  judge  themselves  by  the 
W<trd,  shall  be  free  from  the  great  judgment 
in  the  end  of  the  world.  All  werv  exhorted  to 
"come  and  see,"  and  live. 

The  3HHth  hymn  was  then  sung,  being  very 
suggestive  to  all.  After  a  season  of  devotion 
the  first  verse  of  the  11-llh  hymn  was  sung,  be- 
ing a  very  beautiful  closing  i<ent:ment.  The 
announcements  were  mude,  aud  the  congrega- 
tion was  dismissed. 

We  spent  the  afleruoou}*^a  the  family  of  a 


very  dear  brother,  our  youngest  nmuAfi.  May 
God  blesa  our  Chrintian  cflnveraation,  and  grant 
him  the  gilt  he  mo  mucli  wma  to  frol  th<-  ni^ 
of.  0  my  Imitbren  and  niHt^ni.  let  as  ttympa. 
thize  with  and  encourage  our  mini»iter»who feel 
their  unworthincBH  and  inability.  Such  deterra 
our  greatest  sympathy,  for  with  th«m  ih  the 
leant  dftng«T  of  a  vain  ambition  or  ill  motire. 
Bear  them  up  on  your  handii  of  ^fjuu-  and  arm* 
of  prayer  and  faith,  when  yon  are  secretly  en- 
gaged with  the  Holy  One  of  Israel.  And  don't 
forget  when  opportunity  offers,  to  expreiw  yonr 
sympathy  and  solicitude.  They  beg  your  pr^- 
em.     O  give  them  more  than  they  f»\i. 

On  IflAt  I/ord's  day,  Sept.  Ui,  our  Bervices 
were  in  the  .\mst*>rdam  meeting- house.  The 
I.'iftth  hymn  was  sung  by  way  of  introdnction. 
The  428th  was  then  lined  and  sung.  After 
prayer,  we  joined  in 

■■  tonic.  Holy  Spirit,  Heavenly  Dove." 
A  deacon    brother  then   read   Matthew  6.     A 
minister  then  chose  for  a  text,  the  words:  "  For- 
give us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive  our  debton." 
The  following  pointa  are  deduced: 
1st.     We  are  trespassers  against  God. 
2nd.     Others  trespass  against  us. 
3rd.     We  must   needs  forgive  others  befon 
God  will  forgive  us. 

An  applying  testimonial  was  given,  and  the 
5J.Jth  hymn  announced.  After  singing  and 
prayer,  a  verse  was  sung,  and  the  meeting  dis- 
missed. 

I'ERSONAI,. 

A  few  evenings  ago,  we  had  the  pleasure  of 
entertaining  our  dear  sister  Barbara  Royer,  of 
Mt.  Morris.  111.,  who  is  on  a  visit  here  to  her 
many  friends,  and  is  enjoying  her  visit  very 
ninth.  Yours  in  Christ. 


\V<iij}u-^li(>i<},  P(i.,  Sept.  4,  is/s 


BROTHER  BASHOR'S  NEW  BOOK, 

Entitled  The  Gospel  ILvmmer  and  HiomvAT 
GiiAnBR,  or  Rubbish  Clmnrd  from  the  Way  of 
Life,  is  now  in  press.  The  book  is  neatly  bound 
in  cloth,  and  will  be  issued  by  Sept.  25th.  It 
should  occupy  n  place  in  the  library  of  every 
seeker  after  truth  in  the  land.  Buy  it,  read  it, 
and  it  will  do  you  good.  Not  only  buy  it  your- 
self, but  get  your  neighbor  to  purchase  one  too. 
During  Bro.  Bashor's  re>f,  on  account  of  weak- 
ness, from  labor,  he  has  written  this  defense  of 
Gospel  truth.  He  spends  all  his  time  in  preach- 
ing, and  now  buy  the  work  and  help  him  along. 
The  price  of  the  work  Ls  on  cents.  The  High- 
way of  Holiness  spoken  of  in  Isaiah  35:  8,  9, 
and  Nahum  2:  I,  The  hammer  is  come  up  be- 
fore thy  face;  keep  the  munitions:  watch  the 
way;  make  thy  loins  stroue;  fortify  thy  pow- 
er mightily,  suggested  the  work.  The  title  is 
chiuaeteristic  of  the  contents  of  the  work.  We 
will  be  ready  to  fill  orders  by  ^ept.  2S.  Send 
them  along  at  once.     Address  this  office. 


MOISTEY    LIST. 


Below  is  given  a  list  of  money  received  at  this 
oftice  by  mail  and  not  otherwise  receipted  for. 
Should  any  errors  occur,  report  them  immedi- 
ately : 

B  B  Wliitmer,  1  00;  J  H  Walton.  1.00:  J  B 
Tuwzer,  2,6.5;  Geo.  Irvin,  1.00:  H  P  Strickler, 
1.00;  M  N  Smith,  1.50:  Moses  Miller.  1.00;  S 
SMohler.l.OO;  .John  Thomas.  l.OO;  Wm.  Lew- 
is. l.ni.1;  M  W  Keim,  4.50;  H  G  Br«ese.  3.50;  J 
U  Miller.  .511;  L  E  Prickett,  1.75;  P  Fahmey, 
2.011;  H  H  Troup,  2.50;  Jos.  John.  10.50;  He»- 
ekiah  Tombaugh,  10.50;  Wm.  Clemmer,  .65; 
David  Eby,  1,00;  Jacob Shii-k,  .50:  John  Leath- 
erman,  1.75;  M  C  Czigans,  l.iKi;  M  L  Spire 
1,00;  Jacob  Grouse,  l.Oi';  Louisa  J  Welham, 
.50;  A  Bowman.  5.25;  J  CMcMullen,  .50;  Hefc- 
ty  Engel;  0.25. 


CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE  FUND. 

Puntlit-r  Creek  church.  III 2.M 

Jonathan's  Creek  chureli.  Ohio. iJXt 

(iruudy  ehuveh,  luwii ijQO 

I'kuMtnt  Hill  rluuvli.  Ind., i,OD 

1  [uiitiiigton  ehurcb.  liid 1.00 

TipiK-t-anue  eliurch.  Iml 1.00 

Crmikftl  Creek  church,  Iowa, \SXi 

Winona  ehun  li.  Minn 1.00 

Beatrice  church.  Xcb 1.00 

P;mtlu'r  Cri-ek  chiuvh,  Iowa, !.00 

I'rcviousty  reported. ^ SS."i 

Total.  SiiW.*) 

A  i.>rrTKK  just  received  from  Bro.  R,  H.  Mill- 
er informs  us  that  both  he  aud  his  wife  ar«  &ick. 
He  is  therolore  not  able  to  go  ou  the  California 
Committee  which  had  intended  sLuiiug  th:« 
week. 


THK    l^KETHKKIsT    AT    WOKK. 


Spptetnber    lo 


"7'ke  iVorth  of  Truth  no  '/'onj/r//  CVim  Tell," 

Thli  d«T>i»rliiipnl  i*  .Ipnigncl  for  ukinK  ■nJ  »"""'"'",* 

^mWf^BiW"  Trulh.     Arlklr*  for  ihi»  dep-rlmen'.  «««' 
be  then  and  to  die  puinl. 


I'kwf  givf.in  exiiliumUon  or  MnU.ai:  2;  also 
Mark  IIS  Do  l>otli  iiu-iiii  llii-  wimc  V  If  so.  wliat 
i>  mp.-int  by  llii-  am  tle<I  mi'l  ttif  colt  with  hi-i;  loosf 
thorn  nnd  hriiiK  then.  uiil..  me?  Did  hp  ri-I^  botl.. 
nro»lvthecoltv  hU.Cm^T. 

Will  K"me  one  i)Ie«iiPKiv«  iiiformiitioii  eon.'crii- 
iojlJolm3:«,IMOy  W.  11.  M.m.kk. 

Wea-w  give  tin  your  vl«w»  on  the  coverinK  Kpckpii 
of  liy  raiil  In  1  Cor.  Jl;  iiliw  t«ll  "»  ivlm.or  \vli«( 
tlint  hrji.l  U.  the  women  rUnhonor  hy  [■niymg 
or  proi.licsyii.K  with  lirr  ln-ail  uncovflre.1,  hoth  the 
m.-irricl  (ind  uninnrrlca?  »y  doine  «"  y«"  ""'V  <?" 
J,  ((....il  wi.rk  for  W'lD'-  "f  om  iil.ihI.-i>.  ..iit  li.r*-  ir 
llK-  fill  WnsI  JUl.l  ollltjtl-  r»AVID  IJOWKTt.s. 

llcnw  cxphifn  2Thc»«.2:  !^.      H   roidMhus 
"  Ih(iii  him.  wli(»P  coiniiiB  1h  uftcr  the  wnikinR  of 
^jiluii  with  all  i.uw«r  and  iit«ii8  and  lylnit  wondt-rp. 

The  I'iKlit  ««iil»  thai  well-  «iivd  by  w;itor,  wsw 
lhat«»t*-r  lilvnil  wr.UT  ..r  wiis  It  Home  olInT  kind 
<*f  wnlti?  1  l'.iw3:20.  21;  also  Acts  2-j:  in. 
it  ix  said,  Arior  and  hv  Imjitizt'd  mid  wiwh  nwHy  thy 
-S!^!V  wiw  thi.-<  lilvral  waU; 


flini 


where 

rt'Hy  thy 

■,  Hiiit  was  tt»  wa»haway 

M.  F. 

I'li-aw  iell  nic  wh"  (l.itt  man  w.i«,  l*aiit  Mi-ikc 

ofhi  Tor.  ia:S.  Hint  wiw  caught  iipto  the  third 

heaven.  Samiel  CJhi«t. 

Ph-jwe  uxj.lain  Ki-V.  :»:  10.  M.  mid  give  iwiui  m- 

oKhtlntilhomi      ,l..M.UHHiNomi. 

1  pioiiHOglVf  ycnr  vifeBHioq  Lnki'  lp:-t.  "fiii^ 
i;  nwUifi-  puf»e,  noracrli-^iior  shtfx:  ^iwlKaluU- 
110  iniui  I'y  thij  wav." 

'  ■)  AWo  ifatt.  Jft:  fl;  "Aiifl  C'll'  ""  '"""  >'"'"■ 
faiiiet-  iipoft  thoonrlh :  foi-  one  Is  your  I'litlu'i  wliich 
i»Ui  hi'iiven."  ,  .      ., 

8  \]m  I  C.ir  7;;i":  "Xl"'  wifr  is  Ijoiuid  hy  tht' 
law  lis  l..nK  iis  li.-r  Mi^I.m.'I  livdl, :  Imt  if  h.-i  hus- 
band !»■  d.-.id,  :.h.'  i«  ill  lilHTl>  loUi  marric.ilo 
^fliii'lBu-  wflliVnily  inUiO  Loixl." 

Kmma  Fihiiki>. 
iMelwo'  glvp    an    exptnnatlnn  of   the  fnllowiitj,' 
wontxi'-WlKwoevcl-  is  horn  of  (Jnd,  ilotli  not  com- 
mit uiil  l!  for  Ills  stfud  rvnininitlli  in  liini,  luwUn'ttiii- 
ii.-l  sin, AieoiuiHf  hu  il*  liorii  or, '  ' "  " 


1  J.il 


iltn.i  ir  ('Mnvi  (.11. 


MARRIAGE. 

I'leuue  (five  youi"  opiuion  of  1  Cor.  7 ;  15.  it.  ^■ 
rpHE  ninnagement  of  cases  where  ii  husbaud 
1  or  will?  became  a  Christian,  and  Uu-  other 
liarty  rviuaincd  a  hputhfU,  wan  troublesome. 
Paul  taught  that  the'  umriiagp  reliition  ought 
not  to  \k  di'iturlxKl  on  that  account  (verees  li)- 
14).  Yet  he  recognizes  that  under  some  circnm- 
stanccs  the  Christian  husband  or  wife  would  be 
juatified  in  leaving  the  other  party,  provided  he 
or  sbe  itimaiiied  unmarried.  These  were  excep- 
tional ciwes.  The  rule  was,  Let  them  continue 
to  live  toiiother.  But  auotlier  case  comes  up: 
Kuppiisc  tiie  lieath«n  party  breaks  up  the  rela- 
lioH^Hbip,  and  goes  away — what  then:'  '"Let 
him  dLpait."  says  Paul;  "  a  brother  or  sister  is 
not  under  bondage  in  t*ucli  cases."  That  is,  is 
not  bound  to  follow  them,  or  to  coutinut-  to  live 
witli  them.  But  we  take  it  in  this  case,  us  in 
that  mentioned  iD  vei-se  11,  while  released  from 
the  bondage  of  stteh  a  heathen  eompauiouship, 
they  art?  noi  at  liberty  to  marry  again.  As  God 
ha-i  calli^d  ihuui  to  peace,  tliey  must  seek  peace 
in  the  relalion^'hiii  iu  which  the  Gospel  found 
them;  if  this  could  not  be  hud.  and  theheatbi-n 
p.irty  went  away,  they  were  at  liberty  to  enjoy 
the  psace  that  came  from  tlieir  absence— /wf/f 

Enrfl.  ^^^.^^ 

WHAT  WE  SEE  AND  HEAR. 

UV    I.VI'IA   M.   1  J-I.KNKr.U(lKR, 

ITi-s  a  conceded  fact,  that  we  all  exert  an  in- 
fluence, either  for  good  or  evil;  yet  quile 
,  oftea  do  we  hear  persons  say,  "  I  am  tireil  of 
oflife;  it  possesses  no  charms  for  me."  Snch 
Kp^ech  iriight  well  be  termed  despondency,  and 
when  uttered  by  lips  that  have  named  the  name 
of  God,  how  it  ehilU  to  the  heart's  core,  all  the 
euorgy  and  zeal  of  every  true  Christian.  How 
our  sympathies  go  out  for  them;  that  they  live 
not  to  spend  a  life-time  in  God's  service:  to 
leave  behind  them  an  iulluence  for  good;  a  bea- 
con light  for  others  to  folli>w;  and  that  they  do 
not  enjoy  all  the  grandeur  andbeauty  of  nature, 
which  certainly  w;t»  brought  into  existence  for 
our  pleiLsure  and  comfort, — we  the  crowning 
piece  of  His  workmanship.  Vet,  after  all  that 
has  been  done  to  make  us  Happy,  we  often  hear 
it  said.  '*  Life  ia  only  a  burden,  and  everything 
in  vexation;"  perfe/'tly  ignoring  the  tact,  that 
our  lives  ought  to  be  one  continual  round 
of  pleasure,  and  benefit  to  our  fellow-man, 
iuatead  of  a  positive  stuinbling-btock. 


We  walk  away  from  tare  at  ev.?ning  time,  and 
view  the  glorious  sunset.  How  it  (ills  the  breast 
of  the  goi>d  with  an  emotion  unutterable,  and 
we  feel  within  us  something  that  does  not  be- 
long to  earth;  a*  we  watch  the  ever  changing 
hues  of  s  glorious  sunset,  ever  new,  ever  chang- 
ing; yet  always  the  same.  This  is  our  time  to 
think  and  wonder.  How  our  breath  almost 
ceases,  when  we  suddenly  recollect  that  it  is  the 
death  of  a  day,  and  that  it  has  hurried  us  one 
.step  farther  towan)  the  time  when  friends  will 
watch  the  setting  of  life's  sun  for  us ;  and  wheth- 
er it  will  be  one  of  glory  to  witness,  or  lilje  the 
sun  suddenly  vanishing  behind  the  terrible 
storm  cloud,  that  rolls  with  awful  majeity 
through  tho  atmosphere,  and  is  set  before  the 
proper  time;  telling  in  thunder  tones,  that 
death,  to  some,  is  terrible,  depends  entirely  up- 
on our  conduct  through  life. 

Then  we  turn  to  the  gnmd  old  hills  and 
mountains,  and  view  them  in  all  their  sublim 
ty.  At  times  we  think  there  never  waa  any- 
thing so  grand  and  sublime.  Look  at  the  huge 
nicki*,  and  the  giant  trees;  the  little  pebble  and 
the  shrub:  the  blades  of  grass,  and  the  bejiuti 
ful  little  flower  which  we  may  probably  havt 
almost  crushed  beneath  our  foot.  If  we  should 
take  the  pains  to  pluck  it,  we  would  find  a  new 
field  to  study,  probably  conclude  it  the  most 
beautiful  of  uU,  because  of  its  silent  helplessness, 
for  had  we  not  seen  it,  we  would,  no  doubt, 
have  pas.sed  it  by  unnoticed.  Then,  too,  we 
find  innumerable  insects,  and  the  birds  of  every 
description  provided  for  by  nature,  they  make 
our  earth  almost  a  paradise  of  song. 

The  waters  are  teeming  with  millions,  from 
the  huge  sea  monster  to  the  tiny  aniniiilcula, 
each  filling  the  place  that  has  been  allotted  to 
him.  In  the  grand  ocean  of  water  we  find  su- 
perior and  interior  races  of  creatures.  Some 
Moar  away  upward,  and  enjoy  all  that  is  fresh 
and  pure,  while  those  of  their  inferior  ueighboi-s 
are  forever  wallowjjig  in  the  dregs  and  mire  at 
the  bottom  of  the  sea;  yet  they  are  forever 
aouong  the  untold  riches  that  abound  there, 
even  if  they  know  nothing  of  the  beauties  that 
abound  at  the  surface.  .\11  creation  is  content- 
ed with  that  which  has  been  allotted  him,  ex- 
cept man,  wlio  was  the  noblest  part  of  His  work ; 
and  we  still  refuse  to  give  Him  the  praise.  We 
ever  imagine  that  we  are  of  vast  importance, 
forgetting  that  we.  like  the  inferior  races  at  the 
bottom  of  the  sea,  are  ever  plunging  through 
the  dregs  of  the  base  of  the  grand  ocean  of  air, 
and  must  be  content  therewith;  God  has  de- 
signed it  so,  and  we  must  ever  remain  Iiere  while 
the  birds  are  permitted  to  soar  away  into  the 
ethereal  blueness,  among  the  majestic  clouds 
that  we  are  permitted  only  to  see  and  admire. 
But  He  has  promised  to  exalt  us  in  due  time,  if 
we  obey  His  law  and  commandments.  But, 
"  Oh!  "  says  some  one,  "how  are  we  to  know 
what  He  requires  of  ns?"  The  Sanor  says, 
"  Search  the  Scriptures,  for  in  them  ye  think  ye 
have  eternal  life;  and  they  are  they  which  testi- 
fy of  nie."  Audit  also  says,  "  The  wise  shall 
understand,"  aud  Solomon  says,  "  In  all  thy 
getting,  get  wisdom." 

We  walk  into  tiie  popular  church  and  we 
hear  long  prayers  offered.  We  see  much  devo- 
tion, and  the  minister  will  read  his  text,  and 
deliver  a  lengthy  and  polished  discourse  from 
his  notes.  He  will  tell  of  alt  the  wickedness 
that  is  going  on  in  the  world  abroad,  but  never 
touches  that  which  is  at  home.  He  will  tell  of 
the  heathen  Chinese,  who  are  groping  in  the 
darkness,  torturing  their  bodies,  binding  their 
feet  in  iron  shoes,  disfiguring  themselves,  wor- 
shipping at  the  shrine  of  idolatry,  and  that  they 
are  much  in  need  of  the  light  of  the  Gospel. 
He  will  tell  of  many  other  nations  who  are  yet 
groping  in  the  dark,  while  he  entirely  neglects 
those  at  home,  sitting  under  the  sound  of  his 
voice,  with  ribbons  and  laces,  and  flowers,  and 
feathers  aud  jewels,  and  not  only  their  feet,  hut 
their  bodies  tortured  out  of  symmetry,  thus  de- 
spoiling the  figure  which  God  has  given  to  them, 
and  which  He  pronounced  "  irnj  tjooil,  and  per- 
fect," as  are  all  His  works.  They  are  sacrificing 
health  at  the  shrine  of  fashion,  aud  when  they 
are  wasting  away  prematurely  to  the  grave,  they 
call  it  a  "  dispensation  of  Providence,"  and 
think  they  are  objects  of  pity,  when  it  is  their 
own  fault.  For  God  is  a  God  of  order,  and  His 
laws  are  not  to  be  gainsaid;  for  with  every  one 
there  is  a  penalty  attached,  and  sure  to  he  iu- 
flicti.'d  when  those  laws  are  violated.  He  knows 
our  every  thought,  and  sees  our  every  action, 
be  they  good  or  bad.  Some  will  say,  "  It  is  im- 
pos^ble  to  be  good — there  is  too  much  recjuir- 
ed."  This  is  not  so,  for  He  is  just  and  merciful, 
aud  He  requires  of  us  just  what  will  fit  us  for 
His  cel.:'stial  abode,  and  the  capacity  to  do  all 
He  reipiires  of  us  is  given,  if  it  is  our  will.  To 
.some  are  more  talents  given  than  to  others,  but 
to  whom  tliere  is  much  given,  there  will  be 
much  required. 
While  we  are  seeking  to  know  our  duty,  we 


turn  from  the  popular  churches  to  the  profess- 
ed meek  aud  lowly — those  who  profess  to  be  a 
separate  people.  Surely,  we  conclude,  we  have 
found  the  right  people.  We  will  see  how  their 
light  shines.  They  walk  into  their  places  of 
worship,  perfect  patterns  of  humility.  If  you 
ask  them.  What  is  the  finst  duty  of  man?  they 
will  tell  you.  "  Son.  give  me  thy  heart"  "  Fear 
God  and  keep  his  commandments."  "  But  how 
are  we  to  do  thaty  "  By  doing  justly,  loving 
mercy,  and  walking  humbly  beforeourGod;  all 
this  they  say,  and  much  more.  But  how  often 
do  we  find  it,  that  they  fail  to  let  their  lights 
shine  by  not  exerting  ihe  right  influence.  They 
dress  plainly,  give  much  to  the  poor,  visit  the 
sick,  and  one  thinks  this  certainly  is  right.  We 
watch  more  closely,  and  lo!  spots  tliere  are.  and 
blemishes  to  be  seen;  for  although  they  pray 
much  in  their  churches,  and  look  very  pious, 
when  they  are  alone  at  home,  they  do  not  have 
worship,  neither  do  they  return  thanks  at  their 
tables,  and  instead  of  a  quiet,  peaceful  circle, 
there  are  quarrels  and  dissensions.  Either  they 
strive  to  accumulate  great  wealth,  or  they  loiter 
in  idleness.  If  they  bestow  alms,  they  are  sure 
to  U'll  of  it,  that  othei-s  may  know  of  their  good 
works.  They  are  ever  telling  their  neighbore. 
brethren  and  sisters,  and  other  peo|)le's  children 
to  become  more  humble,  and  dress  more  plainly 
when  they  are  proud  themselves  and  lavish  all 
manner  of  extravagance  on  their  own  children. 
When  those  children  are  seen,  they  are  perfect 
fashion  plates,  are  haughty  and  vain,  and  would 
not  be  taken  for  children  of  pious  parents.  All 
this  we  see  and  hear,  and  much  more,  and  an 
evil  influence  is  exerted.  One  who  is  indeed  an 
earnest  seeker  after  righteousness,  exclaims, 
"  Where  is  Christ  to  he  found?  "  But,  sinner, 
despair  not,  for  Christ  stooped  low.  He  has 
prepared  for  you  a  Mansion  eternal,  and  those 
who  love  God  and  obey  His  commandments,  in 
His  own  time.  He  ivill  ex.ilt.  As  the  birds  you 
shall  rise  and  soar  away  into  the  ethereal  blue- 
ness of  the  heavens  and  be  forever  blessed,  in 
that  homestead  over  whose  spires  and  pinnacles 
there  fall  no  shadows  or  even  clouds,  and  whose 
threshold  the  voice  of  sorrow  is  never  heard, 
neither  sickness,  pain  or  death  can  enter  there 


WE  ARE  ONLY  SOJOURNERS 
HERE  ON  EARTH. 

BY  ASNA  SIDERS. 

WE  are  only  sojourners  in  this  world ;  w 
dwell  here  as  strangers  and  pilgrims,  on- 
ly for  a  short  time;  we  have  no  continuing  city, 
no  abiding  home  here.  Soon  we  must  be  called 
from  our  weary  pilgi-iinage,  and  go  to  try  the 
realities  of  a  vast  eternity,  there  to  be  happy  or 
miserable  forever.  0.  how  much  depends  upon 
the  way  in  which  we  spend  our  short  lives  in 
this  world!  How  needful  that  we  heed  the  ad- 
monition, to  pass  the  time  of  our  sojourning 
here  in  fear,  as  it  is  so  very  short,  and  is  the 
only  time  we  have  wherein  to  prepare  for  eter- 
nity! Death  often  comes  suddenly  and  unex- 
pectedly, and  s-poils  our  plans  aud  calculations 
of  finding  a  more  convenient  time  or  season  to 
prepare  for  eternity.  Therefore,  "  While  it  is 
called  to-day,  harden  not  your  hearts; '"  "Pre- 
pare to  meet  thy  God,"  as  we  know  not  what  a 
day,  much  less  what  a  year  may  bring  forth. 
Another  year  will  soon  have  passed  by,  which 
brings  us  so  much  nearer  to  the  grave  and 
eternal  judgment.  So  much  of  the  short  time 
of  our  sojourning  here  will  then  have  fled,  nev- 
er to  return.  Time  is  never  standing  still,  but 
is  continually  hurrying  us  onward 

'■  Where'er  we  go.  « lieit-Vr  we  lie, 

"We're  trav'ling  to  the  grave," 
Perhaps,  before  this  year  will  have  closed, 
some  of  us  who  are  reading  these  lines,  will  die. 
Are  we,  then,  ready  for  such  a  great  change? 
Do  we  feel  that  we  could  meet  our  God  in  peace':* 
O!  how  important  it  is,  that  we  pass  the  rt- 
niainder  of  the  time  of  our  sojourning  here  in 
jteace.  Fear  God  and  keep  Hiscommandmenti*, 
which  is  the  whole  duty  of  man;  for  God  will 
bring  every  work  into  judgment,  with  every 
secret  thing,  whether  it  be  good  or  whether  it 
be  evil.  Let  us  bear  in  mind,  that  this  world  is 
not  our  home;  that  we  are  hut  strangers  and 
pilgrims  on  earth  and  that  we  are  speedily  trav- 
eling to  eternity.  The  evening  of  our  short 
life  may  suddenly  close  upon  us.  Let  us  not 
neglect,  while  it  is*  yet  to-day.  to  seek  for  our- 
selves a  sweet  home  in  heaven. 


CHRIST  WILL  COME. 


LEVI  F.  FELLMAN. 


BEHOLD,  saith  the  Lord,  I  come  as  a  thief, 
that  is.  unexpectedly:  but  know  this,  that 
if  the  good  man  of  the  house  had  known  what 
hour  the  thief  would  come,  he  would  have 


watched,  and  would  not  hav^  suff"(.red  his  bou.se 
to  be  broken  up.  Therefore,  be  ye  also  ready 
for  in  such  an  hour  as  ye  think  not,  the  Son  of 
man  cometh.  Behold.  1  co«e  as  a  thief,  that  is 
in  the  dead  of  night,  when  njen  are  all  fast  a.sleej) 
so  will  the  Lord  .Jenus  cora»at  a  time  when  the 
world  is  altogether  asleep  in  spirit,  altogctla.,. 
unaware  and  thoughtless;  none  of  them  think 
iug  of  any  such  thing  at  JL— all  just  thinking 
that  things  are  going  on  «•  Usual,  nx\A  will  go 
on  as  usual  for  their  time  at  least.  Behold,  I 
come  as  a  thief,  that  is.  to  find  men  unprepared 
lor  as  in  the  days  tliat  tf^re  before  the  flood 
they  were  eating  aud  drinking,  miurying  and 
given  in  marriage,  untillhe  day  that  Noah  en- 
tered into  the  ark,  and  kn^w  not  until  the  flood 
came  and  took  them  all  aivay;  so  shall  aUo  the 
coming  of  the  Son  nf  God  be.  Behold,  I  eonie 
as  a  thief,  that  is,  suddenly,  for  as  the  lightning 
cometh  out  of  the  East  aiid  shineth  even  to  the 
West,  so  shall  also  the  coming  of  the  Son  of 
inan  be.  Solemn, awful, startling  words!  \!^^^\\ 
of  comfort,  indeed  to  those  who  know  uud  love 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  as  their  Savior  and  their 
Friend,  wlio.se  they  are  and  whom  they  serve- 
but  full  of  terror,  ahiriu,  destruction  and  de^ 
spair,  to  those  who  know  Him  not,  and  love 
Him  not.  To  those  who  love  Him  aud  are 
looking  for  Him,  Christ  will  conic  to  brmg 
blessings  and  glory.  To  those  who  love  Him 
not,  but  love  the  world  and  live  for  it.  He  will 
come  to  bring  judgment  and  punishment,  the 
day  of  perdition  of  ungodly  men.  Yes.  there  is 
an  awful  di»y  coming  for  the  worid.  Some 
morning  when  all  are  going  about  their  day'g 
business  or  jdeasure  just  as  usual,  or  some  night 
when  people  are  asleep  in  their  beds,  or  awake 
for  deeds  of  darkness;  B-hcn  the  adulterer  liaa 
waited  for  the  twilight,  saying,  "  No  eye  shall 
see  me,"  and  thieves  in  tho  daH:  break  through 
houses,  whichihey  marked  for  themselves  in  the 
day-time,— suddenly  in  a  moment,  in  the  twink- 
ling of  an  eye,  the  heflveus  will  open,— aljcrht 
brighter  than  the  sun  will  make  the  noonday 
look  pale,  or  break  in  upon  the  darkness  of 
night.  And  then  shall  they  see  the  Son  of  God 
roming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power  and 
great  glory.  Then  what  will  sinners  do,  when 
the  angels'  trumpet  blist  shall  resound  through 
earth  and  heaven,  imd  they  shall  feel  in  that 
tremendous  moment,  that  they  have  trifled  too 
long,  and  that  now  it  is  too  late  and  all  is  lost 
forever  and  ever? 


HOME  OF  THE  SOT7L. 

0.  II.  HAi,>n.\r(.ii.  Ite^liec'teil   Friend:— In  com- 
)diment;uy  I.I  your  aitiite  entitled  "Home  oftbe 
SuiiJ."  in  HuKTiiRPS-  AT  WoiiK,  No. :!'),  I  will  l'o|)v 
a  song  whic-Ii  I  sing,  anil  think  it  apjuopriate; 
"  I  will  sing  yiui  a  souf^of  that  lieautiful  land, 

Tlie  far  away  home  of  the  soul, 
Where  no  storms  ever  lieaL  on  that  glltleriiiB  strand, 

While  the  years  of  etprnity  roll. 


.  visions  aud  dream 


Oh.tiiiit  honi^-iifth.'sii 

Its  luiijlil  jasjifi-  w:dU  1  i-.m  sec. 
Til!  1  f;inr\  l.ul  lliiiih.tlie  \ail  intervenes. 

itelweeii  llie  lair  city  and  me. 

That  niicliaiigealde  luuise  is  for  you  and  i'.'V  un' 

Wlieie.li'HUS  of  Xiixiueth  stands; 
The  Kiiij:  ol  all  kiuKdo(ii.s  forever  is  He. 

.VnO  he  li.ddeth  .lur  o-owus  in  His  hands, 

(J  h..w  swe.-L  will  it  heln  that  beautiful  laml. 

So  free  fnini  all  sorrow  and  pani, 
With  soiij.'s  oil  out  lipsand  witli  hari)s  in  oni'  liitii.ls. 

To  meet  one  aiiatht-r again. 

Sidettetlby  Ida  Hkli.  Ukk.j  i 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

—Every  luordinatt  cup  is  unblessed,  and  the 
ingredient  is  a  devil. 

— .\  i>rudent  man  is  like  a  pin;  his  head  pre- 
vents him  from  goiug  too  far. 

— What  you  lea»e  at  your  death,  let  it  he 
without  controversy,  else  the  lawyers  will  be 
your  heirs. 

—The  gleeful  laugh  of  happy  children  is  the 
best  home  music:  ind  the  graceful  figures  of 
childluiod  are  the  best  statuary. 

—  How  many  think  to  atone  for  the  evil  they 
have  done  by  the  good  they  intend  to  do,  and 
are  only  virtuous  in  the  prospective. 

—We  should  manage  our  fortune  as  we  do 
our  health— enjoy  it  when  good,  he  patient 
when  it  is  bad,  and  never  apply  violent  remedies 
except  in  extreme  necessity. 

—Man,  being  essentially  active,  innst  tiud  in 
activity,  bis  joy.  as  well  as  his  beauty  aud  glory, 
and  labor,  like  everything  else  that  is  good,  it 
is  its  own  reward. 

-The  Bible  does  not  need  defense  so  much 
as  proelaniation.  It  defends  itself  whenever  it 
is  known.  Deep  in  ev.^ry  soul  there  dwells  for- 
ever a  witness  to  the  truth,  whose  clear  eye  ana 
steady  voice  will  see  and  respond  to  it  w!ien«v- 
er  it  is  known. 


geptember    10 


^[icniH   of   ^(nlcifijf. 

Tllf  Russiiin  Greek  cliiircli  has  56.500  0(11 
„i,.iiilior3,  and  38,603  cliurches. 

Dining  the  liistymrtlip  16.000  mrmhe^  of 
tte  Ifuiovnm  Church  rnUccl«85,000  (or  missiona, 
iiturty  ^5, .50  eiieh  nienibi-r. 

,\  coal  fiehl  lin.i  been  found  in  Peru,  which 
I,  „  pst.ininled,  has  enough  coal  to  supply  the 
(vlioie  of  South  .\meriea. 

The  Norfolk  (Va)  Landmarks  says  that 
^orlliern  men  are  gradually  Betting  ]>0iMesion8 
^f  the  best  landed  estates  in  Virginia 

It  ha-s  been  noticed  that  in  late  years  the 
eiirtbquakes  in  California  have  diminished  in 
friijuency  and  violence,  and  scientists  have 
bt'eii  questioning  as  to  the  reason. 


;riIK    l^UKTHHE^C    ^T    AVOKK. 


The  yellow  fever  is  ravaRing  the  West  coaH 
(,t  Africa.  In  several  of  the  West  India  Islands, 
„ini  in  South  Araericii,  the  pest  n  prevailing  in 

Dinligniiut  form. 


Cyprus.  Eiigland'a  newly  aeqiiired  island,  was 
oiu;e  the  seatof  a  flourishing  Jewish  colony, 
luid  our  London  contemporary,  the  Chronkte, 
iislis:  "  Why  should  it  not  he  so  again?"  Why 
iw\fei\y  May  it  not  serve  as  a  refuge  for  the 
uulirtppy  Jews  of  Palestine?— rAe  Reformer. 

The  special  correspondent  of  the  Stamlnrd  at 
Constantinople,  states  "  that  a  Franco-Jewish 
Company  hiL*?  obtained  a  concession  for  the  ex- 
trin-tion  of  bitumen  from  the  Dend  Sea.  It  is 
supposed  that  this  body,  in  some  mysterious 
way.  is  to  work  for  the  benefit  of  the  Company 
ivhich  is  going  to  construct  the  railway  between 
Jntt'a  and  Jerusalem,  (ieneral  Mott,  an  Amer- 
ican who  has  long  been  in  the  Turkish  capital, 
hius  obtiiined  the  concession,  for  the  construct- 
ion of  the  railway. 


To  all  lovers  of  the  pure  Word  of  God,"  says 
the  CaiKulimi  Baptist,  '■  it  nnll  be  a  matter  of 
cougratulatiou  that  we  are  assured  of  two  im- 
portant features  in  the  new  Bible  Revision. — 
While  the  text  will  l)e  preserved,  so  far  as  is 
consistent  with  accuracy,  the  absurd  and  utter- 
ly indefensible  verse  system — by  which  every 
rule  of  continuity  is  violufed,  will  disappear. 
iimt  iiistcad  Ihe  te.Kt  will  bu  divided  into  proper 
ehiijiters  and  paragraphs.  The  poetry  of  the 
llil.l..'  will  also  be  put  into  proper  metrical  form. 
Tlu>  will  give  the  revised  Bible  a  little  more 
bulk  than  the  present  Bible.  But  it  can  scarce- 
ly lie  doubted  that  to  Scholars  and  intelligent 
reailers  these  changes  will  be  welcome,  and  ul- 
timately will  prevail  univeixally." 


CORRESPONr>E]SrCE. 


Customs  of  the  Country  and  People 
of  England. 

NIMHKR  II. 

IllAlfDLV  know  how  to  commence,  but 
Itrethren  and  sisters  when  you  stop  on 
Kiitrli-^h  'ihores  remember  this,  you  will  un- 
doubtedly have  to  leave  your  American  customs 
ou  the  ship  you  leave.  Tbey  will  not  cories- 
["iiiH.  ttieretore  better  learn  that  whilst  in  Rome, 
you  also  will  be.  Human. 
'*ne  custom  I  hardly  can  recommend,  is  the 

KAISINH    or  THE  HAT, 

'ir  htliii;;  the  liaudto  the  hat  to  all  of  the  no- 
l)ility  or  even  squires.  We  must  pay  the  re- 
^[11*1 1  to  the  gentlemen  of  our  land,  else  we 
"(luld  undoubtedly  lose  favor  with  them.  Some 
mifjlit  think  I  will  not  do  that.  In  order  to 
■MHiiHtinies  do  our  neinhborsgood,  it  is  nece^isary 
t«  iiiit  be  always  looking  for  Q»r  own  interest, 
lis  I  shall  show  further  on,  when  describing  my 
efforts  to  introduce  the  doctrine  of  the  Breth- 
rt'ii  in  the  nld  country.  Another  custom  of  the 
'oiintry,  is  to  meet  a  certain  <lay  of  the  week 
lor 

MAKKF.TS, 

iKif  like  we  dti  here,  any  day.  You  will  find 
Hiiit  fine  will  take  Tuesday,  another  Friday  and 
Saturday,  and  m  on.  Kacli  being  known  to 
•liL'  farniiug  comnuinity,  they  all  that  day  arrive 
'"  tovvii,  put  up  at  some  hotel,  for  there  we 
^1^'  not  allowed  to  have  oitr  teams  on  the  street 
''^■I'li  to  go  in  a  shop  or  store,  as  you  would  say. 
•*"'.  we  must  put  our  team  and  conveyance 
""■i'y.  (no  buggies  there),  and  the  hostler  will 
'Wfie  you  for  taking  taiv  of  everything,  and 
"ringing  yt)ur  horses  and  conveyance  to  you, 
'"iientsnr  threepence.  This  I  think 
A  I'UETTY  tiOOl)  Cl'STOM, 

'"'■  il  saves  a  person's  cl  othes.  if  they  go  to  town 


to  mee\y  VV  hen  the  town  maiket  i»  a  buttw 
n  ark.t,,^,  ^il]  find  the  farmers"  wives  a^eZ 
oiea,  »uu„t.h  a^),„ttg^,  : 

CtrT'"'      '^''-3'   '—    their   bJoU  Jf 

W.ins^t^.C^JXTal::"'"-''^ 
in  larniifc  ,|.e  n.stom  is  to  rent  for  a  leas,- 
or  twenty-one  years,  the 
■■''ateb' divided,  and  specified,  so 
contrary- 


impton.    Now  see  Ifly-g  ..  j^ 

1  Bro.  Eshelman's  1ko){    j 

"Tlun  k.-ep  .lnn4loip,  ii, 


of   seven, 

crops  to  be 

as  not  to  inWf.  tha  i„„j  i    .        .1  ' 
■I       ■        «      ^  land,  but  on  the 
rather  imprr^ 

"  ;0E  FLOCKS  OK  SHEEP 

arable  land,  to  enrich  the  s^me. 

■ties  of  artiiicial  and  borne/  ma- 

tbe  pastures  and  arabMand. 

iTABLI.SHED  riirnCH        ' 

and  of  course  all  fapfners  feel 
lonversation  the  week  I  left, 
farmer,  my  brotljer  rents  hjs 
Se  the  amount ,  bf  tithes  he 
.  State  churehifs.  To  the  one 
was  living  clc^„,  „„d  attending,  aboA.t  £20 
or  §1.0  to  the  ofc,ite  district,  which  f  was  a 
nnle  distant,  £4')  &2(.n.  tbus  un.king>;  tithe  of 
?300.  to  be  paid  tl,  dergy-man  o/a  certain 
evening  named;  agnniv  let  me  tnll  ,/ 
,  .  ,,  .  ,  *"""  ler.  me  tell  you  in  con- 
clusion this  lanii.T.,^,  7 

"^'■l    ^    KESTKR.      ^ 

and  his  lanillord  iv^  „,,  ,vit|y{„„     ,„,  j  ^^^ 

them  both  go  and  Walso  U^l   to  p„y   „  „„eh 

larger  amomit  as  li«j„„,f„ll  ^^^  ^.„        ^^ 

Himpton.    NowseeffHv'p  "T;«n=««  ti     t-        " 
I-  u^jre     bmesonthe  limes 

dont  come  true. — 

Ai-i        •„      .  1   *'"*''*  '"  l'"'"l'  -'"'I  p"****- 
A\  ho  will  not  b,l(  witlKmt  UuBe  fees." 

And  these  very  cbjfdies  are  becoming  so  ritu- 
alistic, there's  no-keeping  up  with  them-  re- 
quiring,  or  at  Wui  desiring  the  congregation 
to  rise  asthejlmUr  the  church,  with  their 
long,  flowiivg  surplice,  of  white  cambric,  with 
black  andrred  or  blue  thrown  over,  and  candles 
and  crucifixes  in  abundance  on  the  altar.  But 
I  will  Ifeave  this  for  Uie  religious  part  of  my 
conversration  witliyou.  when  I  shall  minutely 
detail  the  proceedingaof  each  body  of  believers. 
I  am  getting  a  little  lengthy  and  am  afraid 
some  will  say,  "when  are  you  going  to  quit?" 
They  like  short  sermons,  r-hort  essays,  and  in 
fact  short  everything,  even  short  people. 
The  people  of  Kngland  are 

A  PECULIAR  PEOPLE, 

and  you  will  think  so  when  I  tell  you,  that 
many  a  one  knows  not  his  neighbor's  name,  and 
they  join  houses,  and  if  that  neighbor  should 
die  they  would  no  more  thiuk  i>t  attending  the 
funeral  than  I  would  think  of  going  back  to 
the  old  country.  Relatives  alone,  with  doctor, 
undertaker,  pall-bearers  and  cutfin-bearers  at- 
tending funerals, 

ALL  DKBSSEU  UT  BL  VI  K, 

trimmed  according  to  the  relative,  whether 
close  or  distant,  in  crape.  Again  we  find  those 
who  often  visit  the:r  friends. act  not  like  Amer- 
icans. They  do  not  feel  so  much  at  home  as 
we  do  here,  in  •onvei-sation  etc.,  but 
the  other  hand  ar-  particular  in  what  they 
say;  and  one  thug  sure  is  this,  we  might 
copy,  they  talk  bvt  little  about  their  neigh- 
bors, brethren  or  tisters  in  the  church;  in 
fact,  I  don't  believe  I  ever  beard  one  say  any 
thing  against  his  el  low-members.  This  is 
commendable,  and  slould  be  practiced  more  by 
us. 

In  visiting  or  at  hone,  you  will  Bud  the  head 
of  the  house  sitting  nvariably  at  the  head  of 
the  table  and  can-e,  3)  that  jio  one  helps  them- 
selves, the  worthy  wit  assisting  at  the  other 
end  of  the  table  to  v^etables.  etc.,  and  alway 
to  the  pastr)'  alone,    \fter  a 

ULESSI.N^  IS  ASICBD, 

we  do  as  we  do  here,  .anly  more  slowly,  and 
when  through,  we  wait  on  one  another,  as  some 
return  thanks  before  nsnig  from  the  table,  never 
rising  unless  business  tills  away,  and  all  will 
excuse  them.  Customary  also  if  you  have  vis- 
itors on  Sunday,  to  takethem  all  to  cbireh.  for 
we  don't  stay  at  home  fur  any  one.  The  vari- 
ety is  small  at  table,  yetsubstantial;  and  Sun- 
day visitors  generally  gd  a  good  supper  alter 
church,  of  cold  eatables,  IS  we  do  not  believe 
as  some  do,  of  cooking  all  day  Sun^,  and 
then  hear  the  woman  sa,;-, "  Well  I  am  u^  tired 
than  any  day  of  the  week.'" 
Brethi-en  ami  sistei-s.  I  would 

DO  TJIKSiiiB; 

you  can  if  you  like.  Don't  think  if  a  p&cher 
should  come  to  your  place,  that  you  mu4  pro- 
vide extra.  Don't  you  knoiv  you  kill  yoiBown 
preaching?  You  expwt  him  to  preach,  m\  to 
do  the  best.    Well,  tliou 

HALF  STARVBiijM, 
that  is  my  advice,  ami  if  you  are  going 


ilon't  eat  more  than  your  preacher,  and  you 
will  hear  and  understand  bett^T.  and   he    will 
ndoubtedly  speak  Iwjlter.     A  word  to  the  wise 
is  sufficient. 

The  ciLstoni  or  fashion  is,  to  dresa  according 
to  your  rank  in  life.  The  clothes  that. Miit some 
best,  are  the  most  costly.  And  we  often  tiad 
those  that  eould  barely  afford  to  dres-*  costly, 
do  so.  This,  brethren  andsiatL-ra,  we  will  not 
follow.      We    live   not  far  from  Paris,  where 


tm  to 


\ 


Then  I  moved  to  Cook  Co.  In  lirayson  I  li.ol 
on  sandy  land.  1  now  live  on  what  u  called, 
.hick-sandy  or  lime  land.  I  like  the  black 
and  the  best  for  most  thin,,,.  It  i,  ih,  hmt 
lor  most  all  grains,  luid  esKcially  for  whe,a. 
riie  .eclion  that  1  am  in  at  this  time  i>  iunt 
settling  up,  hut  a.  liir  as  1  have  been  able  to 
try,  everythintt  does  well  here.  M\  kinda  of 
Knim  and  vegetable.,  do  well  when  cared  for 
I  think  1  can  safely  .ay  for  Tciu«.      There  an! 


Sr^f-f  i-r-rr-----  "»-.-=  vZ:Te^-;e  ^r.z 


here  to  England,  and  then  to  your  country. 
The  prevailing  fashion  now.  is,  long  trails  for 
the  ladies.  I  often  have  steppird  on  tlie  »ame, 
thinking  they  were  in  the  other  room,  or  fur- 
ther on.  and  accidentally  pulled  out  the  tucking. 
Well  I  apologized  of  course,  and  then  told 
them,  [  do  hope  tbey  will  carry  their  dresses 
over  their  arms,  or  some  where  else.  Rnough 
of  fashion,  — 

r  DKTEST  IT, 

and  hope  soon  to  see  sensible  people  walking 
in  sensible  clothes. 

The  custom  is  for  any  one  to  give  their  seat 
to  an  older  person,  and 

-SEVEK  rSE  TOHAr.CO, 

where  the  hidies  are.  In  fact  we  would  not 
think  of  doing  so;  and  as  the  only  way  of  using 
the  sane  is  smoking,  they  have  their  smoking 
rooms.  It  is  bad  enough  to  make  a  chimney 
of  their  mouths,  but  when  it  comes  to  lairly 
eating  it,  tliat  they  will  not  do.  We,  as  an 
English  people  stand  aloof,  we  don't  believe  in 
it,  neither  will  we  practice  it,  for  the  Scripture 
nothing  unclean,"  and  so  say  we.  If 
the  female  portion  of  our  people  would  say  so, 
and  stick  to  it,  we  should  have 

k  REFORMATION 

amongstour  people  equal  to  Lutherin  Germany. 
Hundreds  of  dollars  would  be  saved,  now  unnec- 
essarily used,  if  our  people  would  not  be  under 
the  influence  of  the  narcotic  weed,  and  would 
then  have  a  free  use  of  their  reasoning  faculties, 
not  being  dulled  by  the  use  of  a  stupefying  aiid 
altogether  useless  article,  costly  too,  and  which 
becomes  no  one.  I  speak  plainly,  for  I  am  a 
plain  pei-son,  and  this  is  a 

PLAIN   FACT. 

and  tobacco  users  know  it,  but  the  troubli 
they  want  their  own  way.  I  ask  if  you  are 
following  Jpius,  did  you  ever  read  of  him 
smoking  a  cigar  or  chewing  tobacco  V  If  so. 
when  and  where?     I  want  to  follow  Him. 

1  might  communicate  custom  of  people  all 
day  and  then  not  have  done,  and  I  know  that 
you  are  getting  tired  of  this  censuring  what  is 
not  just  right.  Welt,  all  I  have  to  say  is  this. 
Let  us  all  try  and  be  better  and  do  better,  for 
we  all  know  what  is  right. 

H.  P.  BkiskWorth. 


farm,  only  farm  at  it.  One  rcaHon  that  thi« 
country  ba«  »u«-h  a  b«.l  name,  is  Iwcauwrnanr 
have  come  here  thinking  that  they  could  make 
money  without  labor,  find  the  mij^take.and  be- 
come diMatisfied  and  return  home  and  give  aU 
the  bad  traiU  and  none  of  the  good. 

I  have  had  meeting  in  several  counties,  and 
better  behavior  1  nev«r  »aw.  i  think  if  care  is 
taken,  the  day  h  not  far  distant  when  we  can 
have  a  church  here.  When  I  got  in  the  State 
there  were  two  memb.;ra.  and  at  this  time  we 
have  twenty-four.  I  will  not  penmade  any  one 
to  come  here,  but  1  am  satiitfied  it  would  be 
much  the  best  for  many  to  come  here. 

Aa  for  the  health  of  the  coimtry  there  ia  not 
enough  care  taken  in  a  wet  Summer,  and  the 
consequence  is,  a«  Summer  closes  there  are 
chills  and  fevera  along  the  creeks  and  timber 


From  Salem,  Marion  Co.,  Oregon. 

I  WILL  say  to  your  many  readers,  that  on 
last  Sunday  there  was  one  more  accession 
to  the  church  here,  by  baptism,  who  united 
with  Christ  in  his  very  old  age.  His  name  is. 
George  ITlerr.  Was  8.5  years  old  last  December. 
In  his  younger  days  he  was  a  coverlet  weaver. 
He  resided  near  Dayton.  Ohio  at  one  time,  at 
another  time  in  Nortliem  Indiana,  at  a  late 
time  in  Butler  Co.,  Iowa.  Came  to  this  valley 
iu  l§b.5.  He  now  resides  with  his  son-in-law. 
near  Aurora,  Marion  Co..  Oregon,  about  thirty 


young  men  come  to  T.-xaj(,   they  ought 


As  soon  as  he  heard   of  us  |  not  so  good 


miles  North  of  i 

up  here,  in  tlii-ipart  of  the  country,  ho  made 
arrangements  to  become  united  with  the  church. 
La.st  Sunday  was  the  first  meeting  of  the  Breth- 
ren, he  has  had  the  privilege  to  attend  for  many 
year^.  He  Si-emed  to  liaNe  a  very  gi-eat  desire  to 
become  united  with  the  Brethren,  but  had  no 
chance  since  leaving  Indiana  in  18.V2.  I  believe 
I  can  safely  say  the  members  here  are  gcnerallv 
in  love  and  union.  Health  in  general  very 
good,  except  sister  Mary  Leedy.  wife  of  Bro. 
Daniel  Leedy.  of  Albany,  Linn  Co.,  was  very 
low,  the  2Ist  of  this  mouth  and  not  expected 
to  recover.  We  are  still  trying  to  labor  for  the 
advancement  of  our  di-ar  Kedeemer's  kingdom, 
have  meeting  every  Sunday.  God  willing  ex- 
pect to  hold  a  series  of  meetings  in  Multomah 
Co.,  Oregon,  seventeen  miles  East  of  Portland, 
to  commence  on  the  evening  of  the  (ith  of  Sep- 
tember, and  continue  over  Sunday.  Truly  the 
harvest  is  very  great  here  in  the  far  West,  but 
the  laborers  are  very  few.  Brethren  think  of 
pray  earnestly  in  our  belialf. 

David  Bkowkh. 


Whei 

to  remember  that  father,  motlier.'a^dsi»t^rl,, 
not  with  them  to  keep  every  thing  in  order. 
I  hey  inuHt  rely  on  themselves,  and  men  with 
amihes  must  not  think  that  in  a  new  country 
like  thiH.  they  are  going  to  find  fine  dwellings 
ready  prepared  for  them,  unle^is  they  have  a 
large  roll  of  money  to  back  them.  Men  must 
remember  that  a  child  mustcrawl  before  it  can 
walk,  so  must  men  be  contented  to  pat  up  with 
a  cabin,  till  they  can  do  better.  As  for  myself 
and  family,  and  all  the  memlwrs  that  are  here 
are  well  pleased  with  Texas.  There  are  many 
drawbacks  in  all  new  countries,  but  to  my 
knowledge,  there  are  le«s  here  than  in  others. 
Short  Winters  and  long  Summers  here,  the 
hottest  day  of  this  Summer  at  my  place,  was 
t>6^  in  the  shiide  and  103"*  in  the  sun.  but  in  the 
tunber  it  is  some  warmer.  I  prefer  the  prairie. 
As  for  fruit  when  it  has  been  cared  for,  it  doea 
well,  especially  peaches.  You  can  raise  any 
thing  here  in  Texa^,  that  can  be  raised  in  the 
Unit«d  States.  The  crops  this  year  are  fine. 
Brother  .Jacob  Berkey  has  been  down  this 
month;  he  came  to  tnrtV  ni  Grnyson.  Cook. 
Montague  and  Clay  <•fltln^u■.^  but  by  the  time 
he  rc-acbed  my  place,  it  bring  Ihe  Western  part 
of  Cook  Co.,  he  said  he  had  seen  enough  to  sat- 
isfy him.  that  this  was  a  good  county  and  he 
would  return  home  and  get  ready  and  moTe 
down  this  Kail.  He  will  bring  a*  many  as  five 
or  seven  families  with  him.  This  is  cheering  to 
the  tew  m^■m^Jers  that  are  here;  it  wont  belong 
I  hope,  till  the  Gospel  is  preached  in  the  South 
us  it  is  in  the  East  and  West.  I  think  the  peo- 
ple here,  will  take  it  ns  well  as  any  where. 
Brother  Jacb  Berkey  says,  he  was  surprised  to 
find  the  people  as  kind  as  he  did. 

Now  Brethren  and  friends,  you  who  contem- 
plate moving.  I  wiint  you  to  have  some  thought 
in  regard  to  Texas,  and  if  you  decide  to  come  to 
Te.xiu*,j"u8t  come  along,  but  if  you  are  bent  on 
some  other  place,  go  ahead,  I  won't  persuade  you 
to  come  here,  for  fear  you  niight  not  like  it,  but 
I  am  satisfied  that  a  man  can  do  here  with  te 
little  labor  as  any  where.  I  have  been  here  two 
seasons.     The  health  last  year  was   fine,   but 


From  Gainesville,  Texas. 

am  asked  so  much  how  1  like  Texas.  I 
will  try  and  give  your  readers  some  idea 
of  this  country.  I  came  to  Grayson  Co.  in 
ISTfi,  and  ivmained  there   fill    .January    187S. 


A"" 

Xl     wi 


Some  fevers   this  year,  but 

not  fatal;  some  chills,  lasting  but  a  few  days. 

I  will  say  tliis,  all  who  write  to  me  after  thia^ 

instead  of  writing  to  me  at  Gainesville.   Cook 

Co.,  direct  to  St.  .Joe,  Montague  Co.,  Texas. 

Joseph  U.  Sowder. 

Almost  (?)  a  Debate. 

I  TAKE  this  brief,  yet  extensive  method  of 
answering  many  inquiriest;  "  How  did  yon 
and  your  assailant  come  out?"  ,\t  one  of  our 
regular  points  we  spoke  on  the  subject  of  bap- 
tism, and  at  some  h-ngth  ou  the  mode  of  trine 
and  forward  immersion.  At  the  conclusiou  of 
our  services,  Mr.  Hiier,  of  the  Disciples  rose 
and  announced  that  in  three  wtreki  from  that 
day  he  would  review  our  sermon  and  pivve  to 
the  people,  that  single  immersion  was  vjlid 
Christian  baptism,  and  would  prove  that  we  do 
not  baptize  by  trine  immersion,  but  only  half 
do  so.  Thereupon  I  aunomned,  that  on  Sun- 
day after  his "  review"  I  would  ion(inue  the 
subject,  by  a  reply  to  hi.^  review  and  by  leaving 
him  more  to  review.  So  i  attendwt  his  reriew. 
after  which  I  reueweil  mj  intention  of  replying 
on  Sunday  after,  but  proposed,  that  if  our  oc- 
casioned appointments  for  delibtTJtion  were  too 
tedious,  that  I  would  rather  set  u  day  and  try 
and  luiswer  all  the  objections  as  they  were  of 
fei'cd;  whereupon  Mr.   Hider  n.^se  and  said  he 


6 


THK    BKETHHIg::sr    AT    WOKK. 


September    1 9 


.„„Mfcu.t,,^,»^*-:^-;>'tJ:  r;:^", 


vith  thfir  lismlf 


stretrhcd    toward  ,  k^in«ey 


,f  „r  could  W-c  upon  tho  proposition..  N." 
I  mnd,-  Ike  thrw  following  requMU  proreiuuite 
lo  further  nrmngraentj.  to  mt : 

1  Tli«tbolh  !»•  iirfopM^byourrwpecliie 
churchM  »  r»l.on.iblt  niul  prop.-rlv  "otbor- 
,Tnimi*r,orilioOo.p.l,»ndlh.l  e».h  .o 
,„g«e  in  this  work  in  tho  nnm.  of  hi.  nspecl- 

"V''ThI't.-»chcl«i,nlobo  .Wet^  ,how  from 
hi.iorv,  th»l  hi.  mod.  of  b«pli.m  contended 
for.  w«  prmMiced  during  fin.1  two  cenliiriM  of 
the  Christinn  em.  „ 

3  Th.t  each  cWm  to  h.  able  to  show  from 
hi.lor,-,  the  origin  of  the  other',  mode  contend- 
^   for  thl.  .ide  of  the  ■ipo.tolic  age. 

But  when  I  went  back  the  9lh  day  after  to 
fi„i,hupwhal  wa.  commenced  and  to  hear 
farther  from  thcni,  and  Mr.  Hider  came  no! 
forth,  and  the  rest  .aw  and  heard  from  our 
book.,ai.d,owonra..ailanf»  argument,  cast 
in  a  balance,  and  them.elve,  in.tmcW  more 
perfectly  in  the  way.  of  the  Lord,  they  .im- 
ply but  publicly  Mkcdu.  lo"qi"'!  ""'•  '•"« 
11,..,  would  not  endorse  their  man  on  the  ground, 
that  he  had  not  hi.  membership  Hie'e,  «1- 
thongh  he  live,  within  a  mile  of  their  church, 
where  .11  thi.  occurred.  Ollieni  of  tliem  ob- 
jected lo  indorsing  it,  hecaiw  there  wa.  hutory 
(o  W  ii.ed  jn.t  m  if  their  great  men.  even  their 
leader.  Cani|.l.ell.  never  ii.cd  hi.toiy  in  defend- 
ing hi.  position  on  bapti.m.  So  ^  J'T"""' 
the  .object  and  pronounced  it  coneluded  for  the 


GLEANINGS. 


From  «P«>rB<!  Witww.-Haviug  ju.t  »- 
turned  home  after  a  week',  labor  in  the  churcli. 
we  fe.-l  pressed  to  drop  a  few  items  lor  the 
llKKUTn.N  AT  Work.     Elder  D.  B.  Qihson  and 

and  the  wriU'rc raenced  u.wnes  of  meetings 

at  the  Union  church,  Davi.  Co.,  Mo.,  on  the 
evening  of  the  lOtb  of  Augii.t,  and  colitinned 
to  the  evening  of  the  1.5th.  The  glorious  re- 
,ult  wi»  live  luldilions.  and  a  general  reviving 
and  building  u,.  of  the  members  An  excclleat 
interest  was  inanilest<.d  by  those  attending 
with  the  Ijc.t  of  order.  We  only  regretted  that 
oth.T  duties  and  engagements  in  the  vineyald 
of  the  Lord  called  u.  away  so  soon.  We  think 
the  seed  sown  will  produce  a  copi.ms  fruit. 
This  place  is  in  the  bounds  of  the  Hamilton 
church.  On  the  17th  we  left  Hamilton  (Bro. 
Gib«on  remaining  with  us  over  the  Ifitb)  for 
Log  Creek  church.  Met  in  council  with  the 
members,  advanced  Uro.  Zaccheu.  Henricks  to 
the  second  degree  of  thi^  ministry,  and  ordained 
Bro.  C.  C.  Hoot  by  tho  imposition  of  hands. 
Iteturncd  to  our  home  at  Hamilton  same  even- 
ing, Uro.  D.  Ji.  (iibson  lejiving  on  the  morning 
train.  l»th,  expeeliuB  '»  «"'''  ""  Pl^'tsburg 
mceting-hou.e  in  time  for  morning  service. 
Thus  ended  our  week's  labors,  to  tlod  be  all  tho 
liniise. 

IhmilOm.  .1/0. 

Prom  James  li.  Hish.-Wc  left  our  home 
in  Woodlor.l  Co.,  III.,  «n  the  llth  of  August, 
1S78,  for  a  tour  through  the  central  mission  of 
Illinois,  visiting  the  siatlered  members  and 
churches  as  wc  conld;  traveling  by  private 
conveyance,  through  tho  counties  of  Marshall, 
Bureau,  Whilesi.le.  Carridl,  Ogle.  Lee,  Liisallo 
nod  Putnam:  iheu  through  the  Easlom  jiart  uf 
Marshall  Arrived  home  on  the  evening  of 
September  the  IJiid.  Were  out  ju.t  four  weeks, 
Miule  a  short  risil  at  the  nfflce  of  the  Bbetr. 
llF.N  .vT  Work,  found  all  hands  busy  as  usual. 
Culled  with  Uro.  Lemuel  Hillery  at  Shannon. 
Feel  sorry  that  he  ha.  decided  lo  go  West,  but 
hope  the  blessings  of  the  Lord  may  go  with 
him  to  his  new  Held  of  labor.  In  all  had  rath- 
er a  pleasant  trip.  Formed  or  renewed  the  ne- 
quaiuUuee  of  many  kind  brethren  and  sisters, 
who  have  our  lliauks  for  their  kindness  to  us 
while  we  were  with  them,  and  if  we  meet  no 
more  on  earth,  may  we  all  meet  in  heaven,  is 
my  prayer. 

Hmmle.  Ill- 

From  the  Logi'i-ville  ohurih.— Health  is 
good.  Asa  church,  we  have  our  bitters  imd  our 
sweets,  hut  are  still  moving  slowly  hoping  for 
the  better. 

Had  some  exciloment  a  few  weeks  ago  about 
the  Hed  man.  as  he  is  called,  but  all  is  calm 
now.  Some  hundredscame  intocamp  only  sev- 
enty miles  East  of  this.  They  said  they  were 
not  warriors,  that  they  were  good  Indians,  and 
that  they  had  to  light  if  they  staid  with  the 
tribe  and  that  they  were  »o  cmue  in  their  own 
country  before  the  resurrection.  They  were 
peaceable,  got  tired  of  wailing  for  the  resurrec- 
tion; .aid  they  wore  wrong  it  wasn't  the  time 
yet.  Thc.G  poor  creatures  a  number  of  years 
ago  at  a  total  cclipwi  of  the  sun.  supposing  th" 
resurrection  to  be  at  hand,  made  up  a  tire,  knelt 


aroiina  11   »n"  K"^"    "" 

heaven,  making  a  terrible  noise,  they  came  olf. 
ering  tobacco,  liy  laying  it  on  the  lire  and  at 
the  end  of  the  ring  they  had  one  of  their  child- 
ren ready  to  lay  on  for  an  offering  lo  the  Great 
Spirit  if  the  tobacco  was  not  good  enough. 
But  it  I.  .aid  the  sun  began  to  shine  just  before 
they  got  around  to  the  child.  The  child  would 
sorely  have  been  sacriaced  if  the  sun  had  not 
begun  to  shine  at  that  time. 

Many  wonder  how  the  Indian  got  here  on 
this  Island,  or  from  whom  did  they  spring.— 
My  lather  used  to  tell  me  he  lielievcd  they  were 
a  part  of  the  tribe  of  Manasseh  because  of  their 
general  customs.  But  wc  see  something  in 
them  worthy  of  our  notice.  One  thing  we  cer- 
tainly see.  is  poor  fallen  humanity. 

B.vviP  Barklow. 

From  Wabash  church.  Iml.— His  through 
the  kind  mercies  of  Gwl,  that  I  am  spared  to 
inform  you  that  the  ark  of  the  Lord  is  still  mov- 
ing onward  and  upward.  We  were  made  to  re- 
joice some  time  since,  by  the  aid  of  Eld.  Sam- 
uel Murray,  who  delivered  two  able  discourses, 
the  reu.lt  of  which  is,  two  young  men  were 
penmiuled  to  forsalie  sin  and  the  world,  and 
close  in  with  the  people  of  God.  The  church 
rejoiced  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  the  an- 
gels in  heaven  rejoiced.  My  prayer  to  God  is 
they  may  ever  prove  faithful  looking  lo  God. 
who  is  the  Author  and  Finisher  of  our  eternal 
salvation  through  Christ  our  Redeemer,  amen. 
We  hud  our  council  niecling  yesterday  and 
there  wius  sueli  a  union  prevailed  among  us  that 
I  could  say  with  Peter,  it  was  good  to  be  there. 
N.  F.  Bkuhakek. 

From  E.  Showalter.— On  Tuesday  evening, 
the  3rd  inst.  Uro.  S.  H.  Bashor  preached  a  fare- 
well sermon  in  the  South  WakTloo  church  to 
a  vast  assembly  of  people.  He  read  for  the 
basis  of  his  remarks  the  last  three  verses  of  the 
8th  chapter  of  Paul  lo  the  Romans.  The  ad- 
dress was  delivered  with  power,  designed  for  the 
encouragement  of  those  present,  who  were  ill 
the  fold  of  Christ  and  n  caution  to  such  as  had 
not  yet  embraced  Christianity.  'The  many 
friends  he  has  made  while  with  us,  wish  for  him 
abundant  success  in  his  ministerial  laboK, 
wherever  he  may  be  called  to  declare  the  Gos- 
pel of  Christ. 

Bro.  .1.  A.  Murray  is  slowly  recovering  and 
is  now  able  to  get  about  some,  by  the  aid  of 
crutches.  It  will  be  a  long  while  before  he 
Ect.  the  full  use  of  his  injured  limb,  in  walking, 
if  he  ever  gets  it. 

From  Bei'i'h  Grove,  Ohio.— Our  church  is 
in  a  healthy  condition.  We  have  lately  receiv- 
ed four  into  the  fold.  Our  Sunday-school  is 
doing  well.  GeOR«F,  iRVtN. 

From  Nora  Springs.  Iowa.— Haying  been 


of  the  Vhidiralor.  A  eopf  of  the 
jDoctriiie  of  the  Brethren  Defended.*' donated 
bVl-  the  .author.  Bro.  R.  H.  Miller.  T»o  copies 
ofi  the  "  Passover  and  Lord's  Supper. '  donated 
bv'the  author.  Bro.  J.  W.  Beer.  Thirtyhve 
,„dumes  on  various  subjects,  donated  by  \  an 
j[;nlwerp.  Bragg  &  Co..  Cinemoiti.  Ohio 
t'wenty.five  volumes,  donated  by  Harper  Si 
I,.;ro'B,  N.  Y.  One  copy  "  Worcester's  unabridg- 
,jd  Dirtionary."  donated  by  the  publishers,  J.  B. 

i, encottii  Co.,  Phil.     One  copy  '•  Webster  s 

uijiabridged  Dictionary."  donated  by  the  pub- 
lishers. Springfield,  Mms.  Brelbl«n  Isaac  Pnce 
.,„,d  D  P.Saylor  have  each  signiUcd  their  will- 
i„B,uess  to  donate  a  suitable  copyof  the  "  Holy 
Scnllitures"  for  tho  use  of  the  College. 

\  Wood  maiiv  of  the  friends  of  the  school 
have  A)n.sented  to  donate  books,  and  I  hope  by 
a  liUleVffort  of  the  friends  of  education  we 
shall  be  *'«'"  ''"'''  "  library  commensurate 
with  the  lAsigu  of  the  college. 


ANNbtJNCEMENTS. 

».«™.  or  Un-liitit.   Di.lrlol   Mi.iiag,,   el=..  .hould 
\  from   olhcr  busisus. 


Sugar  C 


.  LOVB-FEAfflS. 

....    bVouirreeation.  Sanonmon  CO.,  111..  Oct. 
5'aiui  I.  a«k"'n"'"8  »'  '°  »"'"'''• 
.,  ■  ...  *  1.  .^'^epatioii,  Bourbon  Co.,  Kiuisas, 

"oelubei'  Sid  aiaJtli.  coramencing  at  i  o'clock. 
Mineral  Cieek.  Job\"  •:«-  »'»■■  T"Mday.  Ocl.  1. 
Stanislaus  cluireli.  Cal>"«  Saturday  in  October. 
Mulberry  Grove  chun-h.>«a  Co.,  Ill,  Oct.  »Ui. 
Franklin  chuieb.  four  and"  half  mile.  North-oast 

ot  I.eon,  Decatur  Co.,  lo*  Oct.  lutli. 
Lower  Fall  Croek  cluirch,  Mi%n  Co.,  lud.,  Oct.  11. 
Login,  ehurcb.  Logan  Co.,  0..  *  12tb  at  2  o'clock. 
«    1  ^A,.  ,.i..,rci»  Oct  ith  ami  ™  at  residence  of 
%'o  *S    7  »'ev.  thm\n.l   =1  ]..lf  miles 

Noiiu-West  of  ivabodv',  MariSi  Co..  Kan. 
I'oUn«un  conaro«Hti<m.  Cass  co..)Al1...  October  ,^,tli 

at  live  o'clock.  P.  M- 
Gnisslionper  Valley  clinrcli.  Jefferaon  co..  Kansas. 

OoLnthainliilli. 
Tioiiihrs  reek,  at-ven  miles  North-west  of  Spiing- 

llelS,  liu  k  n.!.  Ohio.  Oft.  Otli  nt  10  o'clt^ck, 


,  In 


One  iiiiU-  K;ist  of  D;.llas  Center,  pnllria 

Octolier  ititli  null  mtl'  atone  ocloek. 
v»ttl..   t'reek    c on cie nation,     wax    TIagerstown, 

WaynVco..  ma..  Oct.  Ofli  at  10  oY-lock. 
English  Pi&inecli«rcH.I.aGrangf    co..  Iml.  Oct 

mill  at  10  o'clock. 
Eiiule  Creek  cluircli.  Hancxk  co..  Ohio,  Octolier 

nth  at  J  o'clock. 
npsiiioiin"=  Vallev.  Polk  co..  la.,  ten  miles  North  of 

iJl'siiioiiiL'S.  Uct..-.tli  iuid.ltli  at  1  o'clock. 
SpriTii'llelti  cliiM'cli,  Siuurait  Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  Mh,  at 

li>  o'clock. 
Wliite  Rock  congregation,  Kansas,  Sept.  aist. 
Benvor  Creok  clmrcli,  York  Co.,  Neb.,  September 

2\  iind  'i'l. 
Clt!;u- Ciet-k  chureli.  near  Huntington.  Inil.,  Sept. 
Ttli  at  10  o'clock, 


Bhuk  BiVM  congregation.  Medum  c-o..  O..  Oct  4th 

jit :( P.  M. 
Lob  ireck  conHregaU"".  CalowoU  CO..  Xorth   Mo 

ifistrict.Oct.  .1th  ami  'ith.  at  a  oVloek.  at  tht'  re": 

tdenct!  of  1.  E-  Hosserinan,  three  mlleit  West  .if 

I'olo. 
Silver  Creek   Congregation,  Osle  eo.,  Ill.,Oct.8th 

.ml  mil.  At  HI  A.M. 

on  CO..  chnrch.  lowii,  Oct.  10th,  jit  in  p.  M. 
jloiitic.-ilo  district.  White  co.,  Ind.,  November  ist 

:it  4  P.  M. 
Smith  Fork  church.  Clinton  co   Mo.,  Oct .  lath  at  l 

o'clock ;  ineeling  to  continue  for  a  weok. 
Van   ISuren    congregation    Get,,  jr.th,  two  mile* 

We«t  of  White  Pigeon.  St  Joseph  co.,  Mich,  nt 

1(1 .1'.'iock. 


Root  Hi 

.-,tli,  at 
Dc.'i.Hivi-r  Hiur 


I.  Tippecanoe  co..  Ind.,  Oct.  5th.  at 
igregiilion.  Fillmure  co.,  Minn.  Oct. 


I'oweshiek  co.,  la..  Oct.  4th  niirt 
I'l  eaching  on  Sunday  tho  oth. 

The  Perfect  Plan  of  Salvation,  "r  .Snti-  Qroimi],    By  j.  h 

Moore  Sliuwirig  lljnl  Um  poiiUon  occupied  by  the 
Brethren,  is  iiilnllibly  snfp.  Price  1  uopy,  10  conu, 
l-.>  copies.  $1  00.  ' 

Sfttbatlsm.  —  By  >'■  *•  Esliclman.  le  puges,  p^ce  jq 
cciils.  ao  copies  81  00.  Trcuta  the  Suhlinih  question 
briefly  Bhowiiig  Ihol  the  observance  of  tho  Bovcntli-d»j 
Sribbntlipiwacci  nwny  wilh  ill  other  Jewish  day*,  anj 
thul  the  "  first  day  of  the  week,"  to  tbo  preferred  d» 
for  CliriatiiiiiH  to  iw.'.enible  iu  worship. 

One  BapliBm  — A  diulaguo  showing  Ibnt  trine  immoraion 
is  ilii-  only  gvoufi'l  of  uiiiun.  thiil  cnn  be  oonHcionLiomly 
ncriipicd  I'V  ilic  li'iidiTig  deiiominatious  of  Christendom 
UjJ.H,  .\fooic      nii,.ciii.y    lOcenla;  ISoupicB.  8100^ 

Campbellism  Weighed  In  the  Balance,  and  Ponnd  Want- 

Ing— .\  ..i-iiur,    "CTi.ion   11.  rt'iily  t..    lild.T  C ,     a, 

.l.Tl,  Moore,     li  i^  11  woll  primed  tvncl  uf  silicon  pugjij, 

til. ..,,1.1  i,n  ^;...',,ii,ii.il  liv  the  hundreds  iu  nlmosl  eterr 

-"iiita  :  -10  copies  $1  00. 

•ByJ.  W.  Stein.     A  Iraot 

""  -JxlcnMVC  ciroulalion 

2  copies,  10  cent*  ■ 


'Cliiy. 


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of  IC  prices  loid  inleniletl  for  n 
aiDoiipihe  BiipliBi  puople.  I'ri 
40  copiea  81  HO. 

Brethren's  Envelopes.— rrcptired  cspeoiidly  for  the  ui. 
of  our  people.  They  conuiin.  nenlly  printed  on 
Ibo  back,  a  ciwipkle  Bunnniiry  of  our  position  ftH  ft  reli- 
gious body.  Price  16  cts,  per  package— 25  iu  a  paok. 
nge— or  60  cts,  per  bumlred, 
f^gf-  Any  of  Ihe  iibore  works  acnl  posl-pnid  on  receipt 

of  the  anneied  price.     Address  : 

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LANAEH.  CarroU  Co.,  111. 


Ill  .lUi  ti    ol"  •"b''"  ■«■■"•      i«..-  ■■■(,  "- —  - -  ■- 

by  miLU.v  t(i  give  myself  over  to  eviiugel-    n.i.in  rity  pliiirdi. near  Vnioii  City.  Iml.,  Oct.  10, 


istic  labors,  I  hiivf  conclmlecl  to  ilo  so  <birmg 
tho  coming  Fall  ati'l  Winter,  aad  take  tliis 
method  of  informing  those  who  have  requested 
me  to  hihor  for  them,  that  I  will  if  still  desired, 
comply  with  their  request,  if  life  and  health  are 
spnred.  Please  address  iiu'  at  once  so  that  I 
may  he  enabled  to  make  my  arningements  ao- 
cordiugly.  W.  J.  H.  Baim.^n. 

From  GiTiiatla,  Mixs.— There  have  been 
two  hundred  and  tweuty-five  deatliB  in  our  town 
and  seventy-five  cases  on  hand,  averaging  from 
six  to  liftcen  deaths  per  day.  There  are  about 
six  well  men  in  town,  the  others  have  taken 
refuge  ill  the  country  and  other  towns.  The 
resident  doctors  and  nurses  have  taken  the  dis- 
ease ami  several  of  thi-m  have  died.  Under- 
takers have  all  fled  and  no  burial  cen-monies 
are  had.  Some  pa-^s  into  eternity  with  no  one 
to  close  their  eyes.  It  is  beyond  the  power  of 
man  to  describe  the  misery  and  sntt'erings  of  the 
people.  .1.  E.Lay.ook. 

From  SwedoiiSa,  Snniner  Co.,  Kaii.— At 
Rro.  Abija  Holloways.  on  State  Creek,  four- 
teen miles  West  of  WellinKton.  on  the  20th 
day  of  Sept.  we  will  hold  our  Love-feast. 

We  shall  be  pleased  to  have  Brethren  travel- 
ing West  in  search  of  homes,  to  stop  with  us 
then.  There  is  plenty  of  good  government 
land  within  eight  or  ten  miles  of  us,  and  a 
riiilroad  within  thirty  miles.  Our  country  is 
settling  up  fa^t  and  it  call  not  be  long  until  we 
shall  have  plenty  of  railroads.  H-jiIth  is  good, 
cro)is  splendid  and  we  think  fruit  will  do  well. 
There  are  nuiny  calls  for  preaching  though 
we  have  hut  one  speaker.  Those  attending  our 
Love-featt,  will  addresn.  J.  Troxel,  A.  Ilolloway 
or  Stewart  Hunbarger,  Swedonia.  Summer  Co., 
Kan.  Any  of  these  brethren  will  meet  yon  at 
Witchita.  Fbancis  Reploolk. 

From  Jacob  Mlsliler.— I  hereby  acknowl- 
edge tho  receipt  of  a  package  of  valuable  works 
for  the  Ashland  College  Library,  kindly  donat- 
ed by  the  editors  of 

AlfiO  several  vaUiabl 


at  III 


iV'lui'k. 


CaiiMHUftiiiK  oa  the   West  side  of  the  San  .loa- 

(iiiio  Itivei,  withm  20U  y.irds  of  V.  P.  R.  R. 

l'ri.l(!e,Oal..Sept.  :iOtli. 
Yellim-freek,  Stephenson  Co..  III..  Ot:t.   l.'.tli  ami 

mill  at  1  I'.  JI. 
.Shannon.  Carroll  co..  111.,  OetJOth  connneneiud  at 

10  A.  M. 
KiKilj  t'nck,l\'iisliiiigton  eo.,Tenn.,  Oct.  jtli  and 

mil.  ut  lOoVloek,  A.M.      i 
Xerwhi>  cliurrh.  Oct.  Sth  and  jth,  tliree  miles  Xorth 

eiist  of  Galesburg.  f 

The  liotli  of  Seiitemlier,  coiDiieneing  at  2  o'elock. 

]'  Jt  ■>  miles  Kast  of  ibrehester.  Saline  Co., 

Neb.  J 

At  Hmlsoii  II.,  Ortiiber,  12tl( 
NoiUi  Fork  clmrt^l'  of  WiW  Cat,  Carroll  tounty, 

In.l,.  Oct,.  Otli.  at  10  o  clot  A.  M. 
Sioini; Creek coii'.;ref;ation,Sosciusco  co.,  Ind..  six 

niilesSontli  of  PierL-etoiiOft.,  4th,  tocommimee 

at  ten  o'elock-  i 

llowanl  loagregation  Ind.)0cl.4tli,  at  ten  A.  M. 
I'iiie  Creek,  liU  <>«t.  n  imdji  'it  4  V.  M. 
Seneca  cliincli.  Ohio,  Oct.ft. 
Oct  Kitli,  at  4  o'clock,  tbr(»miles  Ejist  of  Parkers- 

burg.  ] 

Mui.k' Valley 'liurcli,  Ch^)ke,e  co.,  Iowa,  -ith  and 

r.tliiifOft. 
(^.veittiy,  Ch-'^'t*-!'  i-r...  P*Oct. 5tli.  at  2  p.  M. 
Binr  Duk  (haicli.  near  :^i-m.  Kan.,  Sept.  2Stli  and 

:i!ith,all«' A.  M. 
jj[ii(.stoiieconsi't'!iatiiiu,hn'e  ami  one  half  milty 
K'LSl    uiJ"ne  ami  oncialf  miles  South  of  loua 

aiul.ieffellCily  n.  ltf)ct...-.tli.'ma«th. 
Solomcai  Vnllev  cons^latiuii,  Osborn  eo.,  Kan., 

Od.  istn  and  i:H1i.    . 
Valii'oitichnreli,  Ashlal  CO,,  0.,  Oct.  12Ui,  four 

iiiiil"  Wnth-easl  ..r_^hland  City,  at ,-,  P. 

Ilnw  I'liWl'-  I-agiangi »..  Ind.,  .Sept.  15. 

itiiirfon  chuieb,  Hiitiiigtoii  co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  iith. 

..I  4  P.M.  * 

C'.ilj[„fiiiRe!iuieh,  r«L  20th,  continue  over  two 

Siind»y«- 
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^    111    (lit.  fa.  lU  ■?  P  M 


College  Library,  kindly  donat-      -'^ ' 
■s  of  the  Brethken  at   \\'okk.    \ijpilj;t.viiiej 
uable  books  donated  by  brother  j '  uiA.  M. 


ileiart"grej,'aliuii,^n'  miles  Ka 
,„,u(^-.  11'-.  Oet.le,  ataP.JI. 


Marii«?'""«"b'"*'"'"I''^'''*"'  Gnmt  co.,  Iml..  Oct. 

1(tlb4  1"  A.  >1. 
EnL'lti^  l*'^'^''  <''m.giiition,  Keokuk  ca,  Iowa,  two 
„7,iim-lialf  mileaast  uf  .South  English,  and 
distil.'  one  lialfBi's  Xoith  of  Harper,  Oct.  Stli 
,  aitJfH'- 

IjpiirSivcic  trhuivli  iiistian c.i.. III..  Sept. 2.sth  and 
-':iHP,M..Otie  house   of  IJlo.  J.  S.   ,Stntz- 


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%\t  '$x^\vm  at  l[orL 


J.  H.  Moore    it    M.  M.  Eshklman. 

g^UK  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  ia  an  uncompro- 
il||i  mising  advocate  of  Pnmitivi;  Christianity  in  all 
^^    its  ancient  puritj-. 

It  recognizes  the  New  Testament  a*  the  only  Infallible 
rule  of  laith  and  pracuce. 

And  moliUains  th.it  the  Bovercign,  iinmcrltcd,  unw 
licited  grace  of  God  is  the  only  source  of  pardon,  nnd 

That  the  vicarious  sntferings  and  meritorious  works  of 
Christ  arc  the  only  price  of  redemption: 

Thnl  F.iith,  Repentance  and  B.iptism  arc  conditions  of 
pardon,  nnd  lience  for  the  remission  of  sins; 

That  Trine  Immersion  or  dipping  the  ctndidalc  three 
times  face- forward  is  Christian  Baptism : 

That  Feet- Washing,  as  taught  in  John  13,  is  a  divine 
command  to  be  observed  in  the  church: 

That  the  Lord's  Supper  is  a  full  meal,  nnd,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Communion,  should  be  taken  in  tlie  even, 
ing,  or  after  the  close  of  the  day  : 

That  the  S.ahitalion  of  the  HoW  Kiss,  or  Ki»s  ol 
Charity,  i-s  binding  upon  the  follower*  of  Christ: 

That  War  and  ReLalintion  are  contrary  to  the  spirit  and 
self-denying  principles  of  tlie  religion  of  Jesus  Christ: 

That  a  Non-Conformltj  to  the  world  in  dress,  custom r, 
tiaily  walk  and  conversation  is  essential  lo  true  holinesi 
(ind  Christian  picly. 

It  maintains  that  in  public  worship,  or  religious  exer- 
cises, Christians  should  appear  as  directed  in  1  Cor.  1 1 ;  4, 5, 

It  also  advocates  the  scriptur.il  duty  of  Anointing  the 
sick  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

In  short  it  is  n  vindiciJlor  of  nil  that  Christ  and  tlie 
Apostles  have  enjoined  upon  ui.,  and  aims,  nmid  the  con- 
flicting theories  and  discards  of  modern  Christendom,  to 
point  out  ground  that  all  must  concede  to  be  Infallibl)- 
safe.  Price,  per  Annum,  I1.50. 

Addre.^. :  MOORE  &.  ESHELMAN, 

l.ANAKK,  CaKKOLI.Co.,  ILL. 


Children  at  Work. 

Tlie   llrii;!H,  Sparkling   Yotitli's   Taper. 

PriSLISlIED  WEEKLY. 

it  will  lell  jufi  uf  Bible  faoli,  commands,  nnd  prwiiis. 


Il  will  toagh  your  children  Ikjiv  to  be  good  and  hoiv  (a 

u.,  e.,^.i. 

IlM  Iiandsomo  oagravings  nve  drawn  from  Bible  ovonls 
and  ItiUe  obaviiett-Tit. 

It  p»ints  to  Ilie  woy  of  hiipiiiness,  bolli  iu  tliis  lift  nuJ 
llic  life  to  come. 

ri.ristsBjs.    ■■F«-.lniylnn.b8."  — Ihat    is  jiisl  wM 
this  iiiipei-  inlendi  •Wux'g.     SiUNplcs  clioorrully  sciil. 
ITlUI:    -.0   CKNTS    I'Klt    .\NNLM, 

AMn-^M  ■  MOOBE  k  ESHELMAN, 

UNARK,  CAKROLLCCIU. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


Day  piissenger  train    ^olng  en 
P.  M.,  and  iirrivvB  Tn  Kuoin 
Day  passenger 


leaves  Lanark     al  1"^'«J 

„ t):«P,  M. 

going  ■west  leaves  Lanark  at  2:08  P- 
M..  an.i  arrnes  ai  Hock  Island  al  bM  V.  M. 
Night  passenger  trains,  going  cast  and  «oBl.  meet  sod 
lea  J  Lanui\  a.  l':18  A    M     arriving  in  Raomo  at  9-00 
A.    M,,    and   at    Hock  Island  al  6:00  A.  H. 
Freiglii  and  Aeeommodalion    Tn.inn    wi"    run  ^c«t  ^' 
\2:  10  A.  M..    h:\Q  A.  M.,  ""J  e"'^   ■*'  '^' 
and  5:  15  P.  M. 

Tirke-nreaold    for  at.-.e    train,   ""'y-     ^"f'.'E 
trains  m.iKe  close  eonncctiof  at  Western  Union  Junciion. 
G.  A.  Smith,  Agent- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


''Be}wU  I  Bring   You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  he  mdo  All  Peopled -Lvkk  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  III.,  September  26,  1878. 


No.  39. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

BDITED  AND  PUBLI8HEU  WEEKLY 

—  BI  — 

J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 
SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

B.  H.  MILLER, LADOGA,  INI). 

J.  W.  STEIN,       ------       NKWTONIA,  MO. 

D.  VAMIMAN, VIKDEN,  ILL. 

P,  H.  MEKTZKR,        -      -      -      .      -WAYNESbORO,  PA. 
UATTIE  A.  LEAR.        -      -      .      .      .      URIUNA,    ILL. 

THE  KING  WILL  COME. 

TiY  CAIIHIE  L.  HOELKEY. 

TJh*  King  will   I'nuie.  tin-  LiMil  irl    all. 

To  ii.ilt;Ml..- liigl..  tin.  grcMt,  till- sniitll. 
Tlir  i>ri.s  wli.i  sPiTP  Him  lnvf  uii  carMi. 
Horn  ul  tliu  UiAy,  In-iivciily  biitb. 

The  KiHB  will  come  iu  Imly  iniglit. 

J.iki-  as  u  tliier  witliin  tliu  nifiht ; 
All  iiiitions  nf  the  woihl  shall  tome 

Before  Ilim  tlieii  to  lii-itr  tlinii'  ilooiu. 

Tin-  Kiiit:  will  piiinc.  the  tniiii|i  ivill  aoimrl. 
Ami  make  the  (lead  imw  in  the  groimd : 

The  jiisl  nml  the  uiijiisl  its  well, 
Some  Wiike  for  heaven  iiml  some  for  hell. 

Fire  sliiill  coiwiiiue  this  world  of  ours. 

Creutetl  hy  the  heavenly  jiowers; 
For  in  thiit  ^I'^at  and  awful  day, 

Till'  former  t)iin|Ts  must  jjiias  iiway. 

Our  tleiirls  nmy  fail  vis  now  for  tanv. 
For  imiiiy  live  in  trenihlliig  litre; 

Hut  limy  ik  mighty  bund  Hint  day 
He  given  robes  of  wliite  array. 

The  hUNt  Ih-it  eannot  numbered  bp. 

Tlieir  heavenly  Father's  it\w  sliitll  see : 
And  gjiin  a  liome  of  [leiice  so  hiigjil. 

Tlie  wicked  one  as  duik  as  night. 

GOD  S  FIRE  AND  HAMMER. 

BY  C.  II.  BA1-->11AVGH. 

Jeremiah  23:  21*. 
T"  M'liii/  Inquirers: — 

1^  VI'EKS,  immphlets.  ami  scissorings.  Lots. 
All  to  be  reviewed,  ami  the  autliow  smash- 
ed. Cannot  be  done.  My  iirrves  are  not  matle 
of  Cast  Steel,  neithorcan  I  metaniiirphose  spool- 
lablosiuto  postage  stamps.  It  j-enuire-*  astrong 
incentive  ttj.Hpend  »  week  in  thnmbiug  througli 
the  Bii>le,  and  waiUug  through  a.  tliousimd  pa- 
ges ot  history  for  a  fact  or  principl*",  and  start 
the  sweat  at  every  pore  to  get  our  whole  subject 
into  a  periseope,  and  lie  awake  at  night  for  hours 
'•il'tiiig  prini-iples,  only  to  prepare  a  hand  lull 
of  tiidiler  for  the  wastebiLsket.  And  yet  the 
vpry  love  of  pressing  some  great  truth  not  un- 
freinu-ntly  constrains  me  even  to  tliiR  fruitless 
lahor. 

I  am  too  thoroughly  at  otUU  witli  blind  fon- 
vi-iitionalism  to  handle  Christ-disowning  errors 
HI  thi-  kid-gloved  style  that  suits  popular  taste. 
Trmlition  has  hut  little  weight  with  me,  if  it  be 
not  an  unquestionable  outgi-owth  of  the  Divine 
Life.  Truth  is  every  thing.  I  cannot  make 
such  large  coucessious  to  custom  and  prejudice 
as  some  of  us  regard  as  the  very  pith  of  relig- 
ion. Truth  as  a  whole  must  govern  our  con- 
ception of  particular  parts,  no  niattcr  who  is 
hit,  or  how  many  stones  come  back.  We  dare 
cult  no  man  father  or  master  on  earth.  He  who 
is  both,  Imows  nothing  of  compromisif.  With 
"t'l  truth  is  a  clear  crystal.  So  it  should  be 
I  us.  .  We  luai' not  maim  Christ  to  .-pare 
"  1-ilve.s.  Loyalty  to  our  Uedeeiuer  Is  the  all- 
uuntrolling  duty.  It  is  adishonor  to  any  broth- 
er to  fall  flat  on  his  face  before  the  Dagon  of 
8ectariauisn\  for  fear  of  being  churned  with  big- 
otry. Serpents  craw!  on  their  bellies,  hu*  "Ood 
niiide  man  upright." 

lint  truth  IS  not  always  truth,  and  this  often 
causes  it  to  be  trampled  under  th«  tt-et  of  swine. 
'' f  urn  the  truth."  •' (lad  is  Loir."  This  syn- 
onym is  iguoreil.  so  that  truth  in  the  letter  bt- 
Comes  agross  practical  falsehood.     All    the    ut- 


terances of  Christ  are  Truth  and  Love,  and 
Ihei-e/oi-e  they  are  "the  power  of  God  unto  sal- 
vation." Even  His  most  scathing  denuncia- 
tions are  no  exceptions.  He  opens  hell  for  the 
damned  witli  the  same  key  with  which  he  un- 
tock<  the  Gates  of  Pearl  for  the  blood-waahed. 
He  that  knows  "  the  Truth  as  it  is  in  Je»mi" 
has  a  ririht  to  speak,  and  no  one  has  a  right  to 
cousign  his  message  to  the  wa.ste-box.  If  their 
IS  one  gift  of  superlative  value  to  contributors 
and  editors,  it  is  the  "  discerning  of  spirits." 
Predilection  is  a  heavy  screen  that  shuta  out 
the  Divine  illumination.  Openness  to  God  is  t 
glorious  stnte.  It  is  the  crown  of  regeneration 
It  puts  into  thehaiids  of  God  all  our  possibil- 
ities,  and  effects  the  grand  transformation  con- 
templated in  the  Incarnation.  This  is  why 
some  with  one  pound  accomplish  more  than 
others  with  five  or  ten.  "Barn  of  blood"  is 
the  great  antithesis  that  turns  the  God-birth  in- 
to a  poor  dwarfish  vapidity. 


name  of  Jesus,  a*  they  thought  undoubtedly. 

did  some  work,  but  it  must  have  been    wanting 

the  kind  of  work.  C.  F. 

OF  THE  EXTERNAL  AND  IN- 
TERNAL WORD. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE   WEST. 

Essentials  to  Church  Progress  —  The  World 
Moves  On— Somebody  Will  Work— The  Right 
Kind  of  Work  Necessary— 

(ftiim  Oui  S|lc■^'1^1  rnir..[i,,n>l,>ii(.] 

1.  Union  must  m  the  purpose  of  all,  other- 
wise nothing  can  be  accomplished.  When  we 
are  united  in  pur[)Ose  and  act  accordingly  in 
the  design  and  purpose  of  God.  our  etforts 
will  be  crowned  with  success.  When  the  pur- 
pose uf  God  becomes  our  purpose,  it  is  impossi- 
ble for  us  to  fail.  God's  Word  never  returns 
untu  Him  void,  but  always  accomplishes  that 
for  which  it  was  sent. 

'J.  In  the  church  there  is  something  for 
each  brother  and  sister  to  do,  and  unless  that 
is  done,  somebody  hjis  been  neglecting  his  duty, 
and  the  progress  of  the  church  depends  upon 
the  performance  of  duty,  upon  the  part  of  her 
adherents.  We  may  sometimes  wonder  why 
the  church  does  not  prosper  more.  We  may 
safely  answer,  we  neglect  duty. 

There  are  usually  about  two  purposes  in 
view  by  each  niembt-r  in  the  church,  which 
should  be: 

I.  To  lay  up  treasures  in  heaven,  or  with 
Mary  of  old,  choose  that  good  pai't  which  shall 
not  be  taken  away. 

\2.  To  provide  for  them  of  his  own  house- 
hold. All  this  we  owe  as  a  duty  to  God.  Mauv 
brethren  misapprehend  the  idea  of  providing 
for  them  of  their  own  household,  and  act  as  if 
they  thought  the  Lord  meant  they  should  pro- 
vide for  two  or  three  generations  to  come,  and 
on  that  .iccouut,  never  have  any  time  or  money 
to  give  to  accomplish  the  Lord's  purposes. 

The  world  moves  on.  No  time  or  money  is 
withheld  that  might  be  necessary  to  accomplish 
her  purposes,  no  difference  how  much  the  work 
and  jH-ogress  of  the  church  may  be  neglected, 
somebody  will  work.  Satan's  ministers  an 
constantly  at  work  iu  trying  to  accomplish  his 
purposes.  Pleasure-seekers  are  always  reiuly  to 
spend  both  time  and  money  to  gratify  their  own 
carnal  desires.  The  flesh  must  be  satisfied, 
even  if  at  the  expense  of  God's  wishes.  \V 
sometimes  fear  that  Satan ''s  adherents  are  more 
zealously  and  unanimously  engaged  iu  trying 
to  Icud  souls  to  ruin,  than  ministers  of  the  Gos- 
pel  and  Christian  professors  generally  are  in 
pointing  sinners  to  Christ,  and  the  humiliating 
principles  He  taught.  Wc  should  work  for  .le- 
sus  everyday  iw  if  we  knew  our  life  would  close 
with  the  setting  siin. 

The  right  kind  of  work  is  necessary.  Many 
work  who  are  ever  teaming,  but  never  able  to 
come  'to  a  knowledge  of  the  truth,  who  are 
either  controlcd  by  their  feelings  or  by  what 
fioniobody  wise  said.  "Why  call  yc  rac  Lord, 
Lord  and  do  not  thu  things  which  i  say  unto 
you."  It  is  not  /A'alous  work  only,  but  the 
right  kind  of  work  that  juakes  us  acceptable  to 
God.     Tho!*c  who    had   ciust   out  devils   in  the 


WHKN  the  Lord  God  formerly  manifested 
to  His  people  his  law  by  Moses,  He 
wrote  it  upon  two  tables  of  stone,  and  gave 
them  to  Moses,  who  nas  to  put  them  into  the 
ark  of  the  covenant.  Deut.  10;  1-.t;  Heb.  9:  4. 
They  were  to  make  a  copy  of  the  laws  and 
place  them  upon  the  posts  of  their  houses. 
Deut.  6:6,  It.  It  is  said,  that  the  words  of  the 
commandments  should  be  in  their  hearts,  of 
which  they  should  talk  to  their  children,  bind 
them  for  a  sign  upon  their  bauds,  and  write 
them  upon  the  posts  of  their  houses  and  gates. 
That  external  copy  now  was  to  be  nothing  else, 
much  less  anything  to  the  contrary,  but  a  faith- 
ful transcript  of  that  which  God  Hinself  had 
ritten  on  the  tables  of  stone,  and  which  was 
laid  up  in  the  Holy  of  Holies,  hidden  within  the 
ark  nf  the  covenant,  so  that  the  external  and 
internal  laws  were  of  the  same  import. 

Now  what  the  ark  of  the  covenant  was  in 
the  Holy  of  Holies,  in  which  the  tables  of  the 
law  were  kept,  that  is  now  in  the  new  covenant, 
every  believer's  heart,  in  'vhich  also  most  sure- 
ly will  be  found  the  tables  of  the  law  of  his 
God,  with  the  law  written  on  their  hearts,  not 
by  the  hand  of  man,  but  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 
And  this  law,  which  is  internally  by  the  Spirit 
of  God,  is  altogether  one  and  the  same  with 
that  externally  written  in  the  New  Testament, 
which  has  preceded  from  the  internal,  and  is 
an  express  image  of  that  internal,  living  Word 
of  God.  But  where  a  person  proudly  says,  that 
the  law  of  his  God  is  in  his  heart,  while  h^  still 
opposes  the  commandments,  -statutes  and  laws, 
which  the  Son  of  God  and  His  apostles 
have  instituted,  and  whereof  the  Scrii)tures  ex' 
ternally  testify,- then  we  may  safely  believe, 
that  such  a  person  is  yet  carnal;  and  that  the 
law.  which  he  says  is  in  his  heart,  has  be^n 
written  there  by  the  spirit  of  eiTor  and  false- 
hood. 

Again,  herein  is  a  jilain  token  of  the  law  of 
God  and  of  the  law  of  the  deceiving  spirit.  For 
all  iu  whose  hearts  the  law  of  God  is  written, 
are  united  in  the  one  f.iith,  in  the  one  baptism 
and  in  the  otic  Spirit  according  to  Jesus  Christ, 
for  it  is  the  will  of  the  true  Law-giver,  that  his 
own  should  all  be  one,  even  as  the  Father  and 
Son  are  one.  John  IT:  21.  But  the  law  which 
the  spirit  of  error  by  liis  false  gospel  writes  in 
the  hearts,  is  of  such  a  kind,  that  it  is  in  the 
first  place  quit,e  uncertain  concerning  dinne 
testimonies.  Psalms  5:  In.  In  the  second 
place,  it  separates  men  from  the  commandments 
and  ordinances  of  God,  and  divides  them  into 
a  multitude  of  diffeii'nt  confessions  and  opinions. 
There  are  times  iu  which  we  need  good  discern- 
ing eyesight,  to  know  and  distinguish  the  true 
and  false.  I  have  observed  this  in  many  who 
Siiy,  they  are  a  free  people;  they  need  not  sub- 
ject themselves  to  the  Scriptures  of  the  New, 
Testament  in  the  letter;  for  the  law  of  God  is 
written  in  their  hetu-ts.  But  likewise  have  I 
seen  and  known  that  not  two  of  them  were 
agreed  concerning  the  begiilning  of  a  Chris- 
tian life  or  the  principles  of  the  doctrine  of 
Christ  according  to  Scripture,  but  that  .so  many 
as  hml  such  a  haughty  disposition,  just  so  many 
were  the  laws  which  they  had,  and  I  have  Wen 
led  to  think  what  a  curions  spirit  that  must  be. 
that  would  write  such  dillerent  laws  into  the 
heart.*  of  men.  Of  this  the  Lord  God  com- 
(dainod  already  through  the  prophet  Jeremiah, 
that  the  people  of  Israel  w«re  led  astray  by 
false  prophets,  forsook  the  only  law  of  God  imd 
the  oniy  altar  of  the  Lord,  and  iu  their  false 
liberty  made  for  themselves  gods  and  attars  ac- 


cording t*.  their  own  notions,  .lerviitinh  II: 
13.  The  same  in  the  case  with  people  in  our 
time,  who  boaat  of  great  liberty;  without  oWy- 
ing  thf  divine  cnunt-el  and  commandmenU  «>  ■ 
(ordinytothe  HolyScriptMre*.  Truly  it  may 
b.-  said.  ■•  as  many  men,  a.H  many  spirits,  and  m 
many  laws." 

Now  here  we  may  see  and  know  r.f  the  true 
and  taU.>  law.  how  botli  may  \>f  wntlen  in  the 
heart-,  of  men.  The  false  law  will  Iw  written 
by  the  spirit  of  error  in  the  heart-t  of  the  nn- 
Udieving;  the  true  hiw  of  life  is  writt«n  by  the 
Holy  Spirit  of  truth  in  the  heartu  of  the  chil- 
dren of  the  New  Covenant  in  thi-  trueljelievKre, 
and  IS  altogether  one  and  the  same,  and  consist* 
with  what  Christ  externally  commanded,  and 
with  what  the  apostles  have  written.  But  how- 
ever gi-eat  the  spiritujd  pretensions  are,  it  still 
continues  to  be  Babylon,  confusion  and  discord. 
Yet  such  builders  will  not.derist  from  their  in- 
tentions, though  they  see  themwkes  that  the 
L»rd  has  confused  their  langua-je.  Vca.  they 
see  how  so  many  learned  and  wise  pi-ople  haye 
built  in  that  manner,  contrary  to  the  order  of 
the  Lonl  Jesus,  and  have  been  brought  to  shame 
and  have  become  fools;  still  new  builders  be- 
gin again  and  again  to  erect  this  building  ol 
confusion.  Things  become  mon*  and  more  c<»i- 
fused  and  abominable,  and  if  they  will  nut  soon 
cease,  there  mil  be  at  IsLst  men  of  corrupt  minds, 
reprobate  minds,  concerning  the  faith,  and  at 
last  their  folly  shall  be  manifest  unto  all  men. 
as  theirs  also  was.     2  Tim.  3:  S.  It, 


THE  POWER  OF  THE  BIBLE 

THE  ehief  duty  of  Protftitanttsm  is  with  the 
Scriptures.  It  is  clearly  to  declare  and 
publish  them  abroad.  The  Bible  does  not  need 
any  defense,  so  much  as  it  needs  proclaniatitm. 
It  deft-nds  itself  wherever  it  is  fiuowa.  Deep 
in  every  soul  there  dwells  furever  a  witness 
to  the  truth,  whose  clear  eye  and  stejuly  voice 
will  se*'  and  respond  to  it  wherever  it  is  known. 
We  do  not  need  to  implore  men  to  believe  the 
truth.  We  only  need  that  they  shall  appre- 
hend it,  and  then  we  may  defy  tliem  to  deny  it. 
And  tbii>  the  Bible,  its  eternal  truth,  needs  no 
other  argument  for  its  support  thnn  itself  clear- 
ly preached.  There  are  defendi-rs  of  the  tnUh 
who  think  it  otherwise.  They  tn-ut  the  Bible 
iLs  a  ^^eakly  infant  wliieh  must  Iw  bolstered  np 
and  curefiilly  sustained,  test  it  fall.  And  so 
they  bring  together  their  learning  and  jihilos- 
phy,  their  human  reasoning  and  n-search.  which 
they  use  as  proof  to  keep  the  Bible  up.  tremb- 
ling all  the  while  lest  one  of  these  should  fail, 
and  the  truth  unsuppoK^d.  sink  to  its  hurt» 
But  the  Bible  dLsdains  all  these  upplioncei.  It 
is  no  weakly  infant.  It  has  moiv  than  a  giant's 
strength,  and  cannot  only  stand  unajdeil.  bat 
can  walk  forth  alone,  eomiuering  and  to  coo- 
tiuer. 

A  PLUCKY  WOMAN. 

AnESERTKD  house  near  Haverhill.  Mass.. 
has  a  singular  history.  Twelve  years  ago 
an  energetic  young  mechanic  was  engaged  to 
marry  a  young  woman  of  that  city,  and  worked 
hard  to  lay  up  money  enough  to  buy  a  home  to 
which  to  take  his  bride.  One  inomiug  he  in- 
vited iier  to  drive,  and  halt«l  at  last  iu  front  ol 
a  handsome  brick  house  in  the  suburbs.  H* 
invited  her  in,  showed  her  that  it  was  nicely 
furnishwl.  and  at  last  told  her  he  was  the  own- 
er. To  her  inquiry  iis  to  how  he  obtiunwl  it. 
he  at  l,i-.t  oilmitted  that  he  had  U-n  fortunate 
enoiii.'!i  it.  buy  a  lottery  !ii-kei  whi.h  ha-l  drawn 
a  pri/.-  of  2<l,iNMi  dollars  with  which  he  had 
bought  and  furnished  the  bouse.  She  w.ts  a 
girl  of  strict  principles,  and  de<  lured  she  would 
iievirni.irry  him  until  he  gave  kick  themoit«y, 
and.  on  hi'^  refusing,  left  him  Iiti>'». r.  and  tliu 
houM-  ''.ill  stand*  t-iiantlf-v    .  \.  ?. 


ft 


Tl-IK    HliI-:T>iKK>s'    AT    A\'OHl<:. 


September    *>n. 


BE   CAREFUL  WHAT  VOU  SAY. 

IN  Biwakingol  a  pereoo's  fault*. 
Pniy  clou't  forgi-t  your  own, 
Itvnipmbor  tliosr  wilh  IiouiM  of  glavn. 

Should  widuni  throw  ii  stone. 
Jf  ML-  havi-  nothing  olw  to  to  do. 

But  to  tulk  of  IhoM*  who  Kin, 
'Ti!*  hett^-r  we  conininncp  iit  home, 
And  from  that  point  b«'gin. 

Wo  have  no  right  to  judge  a  niali. 

Until  he's  fairly  tried. 
Should  we  not  like  hin  company. 

We  know  the  wnrld  in  wide. 
Some  may  have  fnultaaiid  who  have  not! 

Tlie  old  an  wi-ll  as  young. 
J'erhapM  jve  may.  f'T  uught  wc  know, 

Hfive  fifty  totlieir  one. 

I'll  t<!ll  you  of  a  betU-r  plan, 

And  one  that  works  lull  well. 
I  try  uiy  own  dffects  to  cure 

Erelof  others  tell: 
And  though  I  sometime.-!  lioi)e  to  be 

No  more  than  some  I  know^ 
My  own  short-comings  hid  ine  lot 

The  faults  of  otliers  go. 

Then  let  us  all  when  we  commence 

To  slander  friend  or  foe, 
Think  of  the  harm  one  word  may  do 

To  those  who  little  know, 
Itemcmher  curses,  sometimes  like 

Our  chickens,  rooht  at  home: 
Don't  speak  of  other's  faults    until 

Weliave  none  of  our  own. 

Selected  by  M.  A.  Bbehk. 

TR  U  T  H. 


"  And  ye  .shall  know  tlie  truth,  and  the  truth 
shall  make  you  free."    .John  8:  32, 

TIIKN,  wbile  astronomical,  niathemat- 
iral,geogrnpbifal,  historii-al  aswtll 
an  all  tnitlm  hannoiii/c  in  their  results, 
ftnd  are  always  con. 'distent,  can  we  not 
expect  the  .same  result  tVoni  religiotis 
truth  i  I.s  religions  truth  not  a-s  harmo- 
nious in  its  re,sult.s,  and  as  coDsistent 
AS  other  truths i  Certainly!  If  this  were 
not  80,  we  woulil  not  have  religious 
truth  in  the  Gospel,  but  a.  Itungling  er- 
ror. Christ  .says,  "  I  am  the  trutli." 
But  the  (piestion  arises,  wliere  sli.all  we 
go  to  learn. religious  truths  "To  the  Hi- 
He,  says  one.  Very  well,  to  the  Bible 
we  will  go.  Then  we  understand  that 
the  Bible,  or  rather  the  Go.spel,  teaches 
a  systiun  of  religious  ti-uth.  It  is  be- 
cause of  this  th.it  Christ  prayed,  "  That 
thetfall  he  one"  John  17:  :il.  This 
oneness  is  the  result  of  religious  truth. 
Paul  says,  '*  So  we  being  many  are  one 
body  in  Christ."  Koiu.  1-2:  '>.  Again, 
"  Be  of  thesauie  mind  one  toward  anoth- 
er." Uom.  I'J:  1''.  Again,  "  that  ye  all 
speak  the  same  thing,  and  that  there  be 
no  divisions  among  you;  but  that  ye  be 
perfectly  joined  tni^ether  in  the  same 
mind  and  in  the  same  judgment."  1 
Cor.  1:  111,  '-There  is  one  body  and 
one  spirit,  even  as  ye  are  called  in  one 
hope  of  your  calling."  Kph.  4:4.  These, 
and  many  other  kindred  Scri])ttires,  all 
prove  the  harmony,  or  sameness  of  the 
result  of  religious  trutli ;  that  if  the  Gos- 
pel is  obeyed  in  its  simplicity,  it  will 
nioidd  a  sameness  of  character,  uniting 
us  in  love  into  one  body,  nil  speaking 
the  same  thing. 

But  while  this  is  the  nature  of  relig-, 
ious  truth,  why  i-^  it  tliat there  are  so  many 
divisions  of  the  churciif  l)eing  divided 
and  subdivided  into  hundreds  of  frag- 
ments. One  will  sjiy,  this  is  just  right, 
it  gives  a  i)er8on  an  ojiportunity  of  join- 
ing just  that  church  he  likes  best.  lie 
considers  thedividetl  stjito  of  the  churfth, 
a  great  privilege:  but  how  does  this  ac- 
cord with  Paul's  teaching?  "Now  I  be- 
seech you  brethren,  marl-  fhfin  ^rfiirh 
caute  (livision>-  a/id  (/^'ense-s  rontriirif  to 
the  doctrine  which  ye  have  learned,  and 
avoid  theiH."  Rom.  Hi:  17.  Again. 
"  Now  I  beseech  vou,   brethren,  by  the 


I  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  ye 
all  speak  the  same  thing,  and  that  there 
be  no  dinsions  among  'jon.'"  1  Cor.  1: 
10.  From  these  Scriptures,  it  is  clear, 
that  the  aposth*  would  not  countenQn<-e 
any  division,  but  wo\iId  have  the  mem- 
bers nuirk  the  man  that  caused  the  di- 
vision, and  .ivoid  him,  /.-■.,  disregard  him 
as  unworthy  of  your  association,  because 
of  his  heresy.  But  if  the  modern  doc- 
trine be  true,  that  the  division  of  the 
church  is  a  blessing,  then  the  apostle 
should  have  written,  "honor  the  nuin 
th/tt  causeth  division  antoruj  you^  for  this 
is  in  harmonij  Jvith  the  divine  Will  and 
■•itiltM  fhf  conv&nl^n'-e  nft/f  jif'pl^-'^  It  is 
clear  that  either  the  apostle  instructed 
wrong,  or  our  theologians  are  much  at 
variance  with  divine  truth. 

Again,  if  one  man  has   the   right   to 
divide  the  church  to  suit  his  convenience, 
80  has  another.     If  the  various  churches 
now  in  e.xistence.  do  not    suit  me,  I  can 
make  one  that    iloea;  if  division  is    the 
criterion  to  go  by,   so  can  my  neighbor 
and  everybody  else.  The  doctrine  of  di- 
vision, is  from  the  devil ;  is  heresy  of  the 
worst  kind.     It  is  a  sad  commentary  on 
Christianity  that  the  church  is  divided  as 
t  is;  it  has  been  a  prolific  source  of  infi- 
delity. Butanother  willsay.that  itmakes 
no  difference  what  our   church  relations 
are,  just  so  we  are  sincere;  that  all  those 
divisions  of  the  church  are  similar  to  the 
various  tributaries  that  form  the  mighty 
river;  after  the  water  gets  into  the  river, 
from  the  various  branches  or  divisions,  it 
is  all   water,  and  there    is  no  difference 
from  what  tributary   it  came.     Let   us 
examine  this  comparison  briefly.     Sup- 
pose that  all  the  tributaries  on   one  side 
of  the  river  pour  in  salt  wat*!r,  and    all 
those  on  the  other  side   pour   in   fi-esh 
water;  now  what  is  the  character  of  the 
water?     It  is  neither  salt  nor  fresh,  but 
is  perfectly  .adulterated.     The   water  in 
the  river  can   only   be  the   same  as  the 
\vat?rin  the  tributaries,  when  the  water 
in  tributaries  are  all    alike.     It  is    thus 
with  the  divisions  of  the  church;    when 
they  are  all  brought  together,  they  can- 
not form  ane  united  hodij  in    Christ,  be- 
cause the  elements  of  division   still  re- 
main, and  the  body  would  l)e  adulterat- 
d.     First  remove  the  cause  of  division, 
and  make  the  branches   all  the   same  in 
ioctrine,  faith    and  practice;  then,   and 
then  only  will  the  entire   body  be   per- 
fectly joined  together,  because  the   ele- 
ments of  unity  and   truth   were  in   the 
branches. 

Another  prolific  source  of  division  is, 
the  modern  docirirte  that  men  and  wo- 
men are  so  constituted,  that  they  can- 
not see  alike.  A  defect  is  in  our  organ- 
ism, that  Christ  and  the  apostles  failed 
to  discover,  when  they  so  earnestly  urge 
unity  in  all  things.  This  doctrine  is 
very  dangerous.  As  soon  as  people  are 
taught  they  cannot  see  the  Sci-ipture.s 
alike,  just  that  soon  they  will  begin  to 
interpret  them  to  suit  their  own  inclina- 
tions. What  would  be  thought  of  the 
teacher  who  would  tell  his  pupils  tu  solve 
all  the  problems  just  as  they  understood 
them  ?  From  that  time  on,  there?  would 
be  but  little  hard  study,  and  there  would 
be  as  much  division  in  the  result  of  their 
solutions,  as  there  is  in  the  religious 
world.  It  is  clear  that  there  is  an  un- 
willingness to  yield  to  the  more  humil- 
iating part  of  the  (rospel,  hence  their 
excuses  and  divisions.  Another  source 
of  division  is,  a  high-salaried  ministry. 
When  men  have  spent  from  one  to  five 
years  at  some  collegiate  institutitui,  in 
the  interest  of  some  particular  church, 
foi-  the  ministry,  they  arc  brought  under 
the  influence  of  such  a  church  largely; 
and  if  the  .salary  is  good,   they  will  de- 


fend the  tenets  of  their  church  to  the 
very  utmost,  when  their  craft  is  in  dan- 
ger. Reduce  the  salary  to  an  ordinary 
living,  and  if  such  mluist*'rs  continue  to 
preach,  they  will  preach  more  independ- 
ent and  more  truthful,  than  while  under 
the  mfluence  of  a  fat  purj^e. 

We  have,  we  think,  brii-fiy  referred  to 
some  of  the   causes  of  division  in  the 
churches,  and  lu>w  people  are  striving 
to  justify   themselves  in    their   peculiar 
notion  of  things.     But  while   men  and 
women  are  trying  to  justify   themselves 
by  raising  exxuses,  m   not   obeying   all 
the  doctrine  of  Christ,   let  it   be  under- 
stood that  rdi(jioim  truth  will  not  allow 
itself  to    be    divided    and  contradicted. 
»There  is  as  much  unity  in  it  to-day.  as 
in  the  days  of  Christ,  though   men    and 
women  are  divided    among    themselves, 
religiously  on  account  of  error.     We  do 
not  mean,  that  to  understand    religious 
truth  so  as  to  make  it  available  for  our 
salvation,  we  must  also   understand   tis- 
tronomical,  mathematical,    geographical 
and  historical   truth.     A   man's  knowl- 
edge of  these  truths  may  be  very  limit- 
ed,  yet   he   may   understand    religious 
truth  sufficiently  well  for  his  salvation. 
AVe  have  only  referred  to  these  truths  to 
show,  if  possible  the  harmony  and  unity 
of  all  truth.  One  of  the  very  best  ways 
to  understand  religious  truth,  is    to  ohey 
It.  But  one  will  say,  "  What  must  I  do?" 
This  is  an  important    (question,  and  con- 
cerns us  all.     One  of  the  most    eminent 
apostles   asked   this  (juestion,  when  he 
was  in   search   of  religious  truth.      At 
Damascus,  he  was  told   to  arise  and  be 
baptized.     The  safe  way  is  to   do  what 
Jesus,  the  Author  of  religious  truth  bids 
us  do.     Jesus  bids  us  repent,  believe,  be 
baptized,  wash  one    another's   feet,    ob- 
serve the  Lord's  Supper  and  Communion, 
be  non-conformed  to  the    world,    non- 
resistant,  non-lawing,non-swearing,  hum- 
ble obedient,  prayerful,  charitable,  soci- 
able, honest,  truthful    *te.     If  all   pro- 
fessors of  religion    would  strictly    obey 
the  Gospel   in    these   plain    commands, 
there  would  soon  be  as  much  unity  and 
consistency  in  the  church  as   there  is  in 
any   natural    truth.      Harmony,    union 
and  love,  would  be  the  result,  and  relig- 
ious truth  with  all  its  excellency   would 
be  manifested. 


But  one  is  ready  to  say,  "  If  we  obey- 
ed the  (iospel  in  all  its  requirements,  we 
would  all  become  members  of  the  Dunk- 
ard  church ;  for  that  is  the  very  wav  they 
do."  Suppose  that  to  he  the  result,  what 
of  it?  What  is  a  Duukard?  I  never 
knew  one  in  my  life.  Never  saw  one 
as  a  Dunkard,  but  we  have  seen  a  great 
many  pei'sons  who  lo^■ed  the  Lord  Jesus 
just  well  enough  to  oljey  him  in  all 
things,  and  because  of  this,  somebody 
else  calls  them  Dnnhtrds.  But  the  mere 
name,  is  a  very  small  matter.  It  makes 
us  neither  better  nor  worse.  "  If  they 
have  called  the  householder  Beelzebub, 
what  will  they  call  those  of  his  house 
hold,"  says  Christ;  hence  to  be  called 
an  odd  or  ugly  name,  whether  it  lie 
Ifu/ihird.  Lollard.,  Wahlenae,  I)onati.s(, 
or  any  otlier  outlandish  name,  is  no  ev- 
idence that  we  are  not  Christians,  or 
obeying  the  truth.  Our  whole  aim 
should  be  to  obey  the  truth,  the  whole 
truth  and  nothing  l)ut  the  truth,  and  the 
result  is,  Clu'istian  charjicter  produced 
from  the  (iospel  mould,  harmonizing  in 
all  its  pa^'ts,  and  in  full  unison«with  the 
body  spiritual;  and  let  the  world  call 
us  just  what  it  pleases.  Christmns  do 
not  measure  their  chai-acterfrom  a  world- 
ly stanilpoint,  but  from  the  standard  of 
diviue  ti'uth. 


AWAKE  AND  REPENT. 

BY  W.   W.  HAUNKII. 

WHEN  we  take  the  ltil)lc  in  „m, 
hand  and  read  the  .sacicd  teach- 
ings, and  then  look  at  the  ways  of  the 
world,  we  see  much  that  is  very  distress 
iug,  we  see  many  persons  about  whose 
souls,  we  are  exceedingly  afraid.  We  see 
many,  who,  if  Bible  words  mean  any 
thing,  have  not  yet  been  converted  and 
horn  ag.iin.  They  are  not  satisfied ;  they 
have  not  the  Spirit;  they  have  r.o  grace; 
their  sins  are  not  forgiven;  their  hearts 
are  not  changed ;  they  are  not  ready  to 
die;  they  are  not  ready  for  heaven;  they 
are  neither  godly  nor  righteous,  noi' 
saints.  If  they  are,  Bible  words  mean 
nothing  at  all.  Reader,  are  you  one  of 
these?    If  you  are,  awake   and    repent. 

We  see  many  who  to  all  appearance 
think  no  more  about  their  souls  than  the 
beasts  that  perish;  there  is  nothing  to 
show  that  they  think  of  a  life  to  conie, 
any  more  than  the  dumb  brutes  wliich 
have  no  understanding.  Their  treasury 
is  evidently  upon  earth;  their  good 
things  are  plainly  all  on  this  side  of  the 
grave;  their  attention  is  swallowed  up 
liy  the  perishable  things  of  time,  meat, 
drink,  clothing,  money,  lands,  politics — 
these  are  the  things  which  fill  their 
hearts.  They  live  as  though  there  was 
no  such  a  Book  as  the  Bible.  They  go 
on  as  if  the  resurrection  and  eternal 
judgment  were  not  true.  As  to  grace, 
and  conversion,  and  justification,  and 
truth,  and  holiness,  they  are  things 
which,  like  Gallileo,  they  care  not  for; 
they  are  only  words  and  names  to  be 
desjiised;  they  are  all  going  to  die;  they 
are  all  going  to  be  judged,  and  yet  they 
seem  to  be  even  more  hardened  than  the 
devil,  for  they  appear  neither  to  believe 
nor  tremble.  Alas!  what  a  state  this  is 
for  an  immortal  soul;  but  how  common. 

Reader,  are  you  one  of  these?  If  yo\i 
are,  awake  and  repent.  We  see  many 
wtio  have  a  form  of  religion,  but  after 
all  is  nothing  but  a  form;  they  profess 
and  call  themselves  Christians;  they  go 
to  a  place  of  worship,  on  Sabbath  and 
when  you  have  said  that,  you  have  said 
all.  AVhere  is  the  religion  of  the  New 
Testament  to  be  seen  in  their  lives?  no- 
where at  all.  Sin  is  plainly  not  consid- 
ered their  wprst  enemy,  nor  the  Lord 
Jesus,  their  best  Friend,  nor  the  will  of 
(lod  their  rule  of  life,  nor  salvation  the 
great  end  of  their  existence.  The  spirit 
of  slumber  keeps  possession  of  their 
hearts  and  they  are  at  ease,  self-sat- 
isfied and  contented.  They  are  in  a  La- 
odicean form  of  mind,  and  fancy  they 
have  enough  religion.  Reader,  are  you 
one  of  these?  If  you  are,  awake  and 
repent.  We  put  it  solemnly  to  your 
conscience,  a.s  in  the  sight  of  God.  Are 
you  one  of  those  persons  whom  we  have 
just  described?  There  are  thousands  of 
such  people  in  our  land,  in  our  town-, 
in  our  churches,  and  among  rich  and 
poor;  now  are  you  one  of  them?  If 
you  are,  we  fear  for  ifOu,  we  tremble  for 
i/oH,  we  are  alarmed  for  >/ou,  we  fear 
lest  7/0 ?i  be  given  over  to  a  reprobate 
mind  and  awake  no  more;  lest  you 
come  to  such  deadness  and  hardness  ot 
heart,  that  nothing  but  the  voice  of  th<' 
arch-angel  and  the  trump  of  (tod  will 
break  t/otir  sleep,  lest  i/ou  cling  to  this 
vain  world  so  closely  that  nothing  but 
death  will  part  it  and  you  We  fenr 
le.st?/ow  should  live  without  Christ,  die 
without  pardon,  rise  again  without  hope, 
receive  judgment  without  mercy,  «u'l 
sink  into  everlasting  puni-shment  mtli- 
out  remedy. 

We  entreat  you  to  remember  that 
Christ's  teachings  are  all  true,  and  must 


jl  LefnlHlIfl,  tli.it  tho  entTTT^^. 
I„,.seut  ways,  is  misery  and  sorrow, 
..  tliiit  without  holiness  no  nian  shall 
...the  Lord,"  that  "the  wi^-ked  shall 
!,,  turned  into  hell  and  all  the  nations 
iliat  tbr^et  God;''  will  one  day  take  ae- 
,.ount  of  all  your  doings,  and  that  a  sin- 
,u'r  c&n  never  stand  in  his  sight. 

Oil!  that  we  might  consider  these 
things.  Wlio  shall  dwi  11  with  everlast- 
ing l.urning?  Welieseceh  you  in  all 
.liVeoti.m  to  break  ofl"  your  sins,  to  repent 
;iu«l  l>e  converted,  change  your  course. 
No  man  was  left  to  invent  a  relit»ion  for 
his  own  use,  and  after  his  own  mind. 
If  (iod  did  not  give  a  revelation  of  him- 
self, the  inventions  of  men,  in  religious 
things  would  be  endless  error,  involving 
itself  in  contortions  of  unlimited  con- 
fusion. But  God  gives,  in  his  mercy  to 
man,  a  form  of  sound  words  or  doc- 
trine,— a  i)erfect  plan  of  salvation,  well 
delined  outlines  of  everything  which 
,iMK-erns  the  present  and  eternal  welfare 
of  man  and  his  own  gloi-y.  Search  the 
SiTiptures, — read  them  and  make  them 
y,jur  study.  It  cleanses  us  fiom  all  un- 
righteousness, it  purifies  us  unto  God, 
iiiid  H'akes  us  fervent  and  abundant  in 
good  works.  Awake,  do  not  the  work 
of  the  Lord  carelessly.  And  \vheu  this 
(lospel  is  preached  faithfully  and  zeal- 
ously, how  shall  the  people  escape  who 
neglect  so  great  a  salvation?  To  negUct, 
in  such  a  case,  is  the  highest  contempt 
which  man  can  offer  to  his  Maker.  Sure- 
ly such  conduct,  must  e.xpect  judgment 
without  a  mixture  of  mercy. 

Reader,  lay  this  to  heart,  awake  and 
lepent,  lielieve,  pray  while  it  is  called 
to-day,  and  be  saved, 

GOD'S  GRACIOUSNESS. 


"D  Lord  liuw    luanifold  are  thy    works.     In 
ui-ilnni  hiu^ii  tliou  made  them  all;    the  earth  is 
fnllot  thy  i-irhrs."     Tsalms  114:  24. 
rpUl'LY  how  grand,  how  sublime  are 
-'-      the    works  of  God.      We   cannot 
cast  inir  eyes  in  any   direction    without 
beholding  some  object  to  show  Ins  great 
wisdom  and  power.     If  we   look  abovi 
U.S,  we  behold  the  beautiful   moon    and 
stars,  all  performing  their  work  that  he 
ha.s  in  his  Avlsdom  appointed  for  them  to 
do.     When  we  look   over    the  beautiful 
earth,  we  see  that  it  is  full  of  his  riches. 
When  we  raniljle  through  the  forest,  we 
hear  the  little  birds  warbling  their  beau- 
tiful .songs,    they  seem    as  if  trying  to 
])raise  their   Creator.     When   our   eyes 
behold  the  wide  spread  prairies  decorat- 
ed ^vith    pretty   flowers   and   beautiful 
fi''lds  of  waving   grain,   and    wdien   we 
consider  \vhat  wonderful  power  he   has 
over  all  things,   and  how    manifold  are 
all  his  works,  we  feel  toe.\claiiu,  "What 
is  nuui  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him,  or 
the  Sou  of  man  that  thou  visiteth  him." 
Mau  is  his  noblest  works,  and  yet  he 
seems  to  be  the  most  disobedient.  Why 
should  we  be  so  disobedient?  Just  think 
fur  a  moment   how   much   he  has  done 
for  us.    He  has  even  sent  his   only   Son 
into  the  world   to   suffer   and  die  upon 
the  cross,   that  poor,   sinful  man    might 
be  saved  from    everlasting   punishment. 
Sinner,   do    you     ever   think    of    these 
things?     Do  you  ever  think  what  a  sac- 
rifice has  been  made  for  you,  what  won- 
drous love  (Jod  has  shown    to   you?     If 
you  have  nevei-  thought   of  thin,    it   is 
certainly  time  you   were   beginning  to 
think.     Perhap  you   tiiink,  well,  I  am 
young  yet,  when  I  have  enjoyed  all  the 
pleasures  this   world  can  afford,  then  I 
will  give  my  heart  to  the  Savior;    when 
I  get  too  old  to  go  to  balls,  piu-nics,  shows 
and  all  such  pbces,  then  I   will   devote  | 


'rt±h:  liKK-TtiKK^T  ^a'  -wokk:. 


the  rest  of  my  time  to  the  cause  of  Christ. 
Hut  how  ungrateful,  after  yon  have 
''pent  the  most  useful  part  of  your  life 
in  tlie  service  of  Satan—then,  after  you 
are  almost  old  enough  to  go  to  your 
grave,  fo  turn  to  the  Savior.  We  have  no 
Jisaurance  of  our  lives,— we  may  be  in 
in  good  health  tu-day  and  to-morrow 
we  may  be  wrapt  in  the  winding  sheet. 
God  is  no  respecter  of  persons,  he  calls 
the  young  as  well  as  the  old.  If  you 
walk  into  the  graveyard,  yon  will  there 
see  that  he  takes  from  the  old  down  to 
the  little  innocent  child. 

Dear  reader,  if  you  have  never  made 
a  start  for  heaven,  do  not  put  it  off  any 
longer.  "To-day,  if  ye  will  hear  his 
voice,  harden  not  your  heart."  "  Re- 
member thy  Creator  in  tlie  days  of  thy 
youth,  while  the  evil  days  come  not;  or 
the  years  di-aw  nigh  when  thou  shalt 
say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them." 

A  SUGGESTION.  • 

ny  M.  A.  aiCiQLE. 

"  And  the  Scribes  und  Pharisees  murmured 
sftyiog.  this  maa  lecL-iveth  sinners  and 
eatt'thwith  them."  Luke  15:  2. 
A  S  the  mission  of  Jesus  to  this  earth 
-^^  was  to  call  sinners  home  to  God, 
it  became  necessary  for  hira  to  call  their 
attention  to  his  work  by  going  to  them 
or  byreceiviug  them  when  they  came  to 
him,  then  show  his  love  for  them  that 
He  might  win  them  over  to  the  FatSer, 
through  his  teaching;  and  he  said  oth- 
erwise the  world  never  had  known  Him 
and  his  mission  upon  this   earth. 

While  we  travel  over  the  world  among 
people  of  all  professions  and  customs, 
we  learn  to  understand  the  reason  why 
the  Savior  made  use  of  the  various  ways 
and  means  to  draw  the  attention  of  the 
world  to  his  teaching.  I  think  if  those 
who  are  traveling  ami  living  in  ditt'erent 
neighborhoods  would  work  on  the  same 
plan,  and  teach  those  around  them  of 
the  evil  in  the  customs  of  the  world,  then 
teach  Christ  and  him  crucified,  instead 
of  abruptly  rebuking  and  condemning 
all  for  doing  what  they  were  brought 
up  to  do,  and  yet  without  giving  a  Gos 
pel  reason,  no  doubt  many  a  one  might 
be  won  over  kindly,  instead  of  driven 
&\vny,  feeling  grieved,  which  is  more  apt 
tt)  make  infidels  than  Christians. 

A  brother  itnd  sister  were  living  all 
alone  in  a  neighborhood  with  a  large 
family  of  children,  and  only  one  daugh- 
ter, no  other  members  living  in  that  part. 
As  surprise  parties  were  the  order  of 
evening  amusements,  the  young  people 
together  with  their  parties,  agreed  to 
give  them  a  surprise,  for  the  benefit  of 
the  daughter,  but  the  mother  hearing  of 
tlieii'  intended  visit,  sent  word  they 
siiould  not  come,  which  wounded  the 
feelings  of  all  very  much. 

People  who  are  not  acciuainted  'ivith 
uur  ways  and  manners,  do  not  know- 
that  we  oppose  all  such  amusements,  as 
they  are  practiced  among  a  large  num- 
ber of  professing  people,  and  wish  to 
show  us  this  respect  with  all  others;  we 
can  expect  such,  while  out  in  the  world, 
and  should  always  be  ready  to  give  an 
answer  of  the  hope  that   is   within    us. 


tell  them  of  our  disapproval  of  such 
amu-semcnts,  giving  our  renson>*  for  our 
belief.  Then  pass  the  hymn  books 
around  and  make  use  of  the  time  in  sing, 
ing  and  talking  upon  Scripture;  for 
while  in  our  own  house  we  can  make 
use  of  the  time  according  to  our  own 
wishes.  This  might  have  made  lasting 
impressions  upon  the  young  of  that 
neighborhood,  as  well  as  the  older  who 
were  ofa  dill'erentfaith  and  never  con- 
sidered the  folly  of  such  amusements, 
and  the  daughter  have  retained  a  good 
feeling  toward  her  mother  and  confirm- 
ed her  in  her  confidence  to  rgly  upon  her 
counsel,  and  the  modesty  of  the  daugh- 
ter won  the  confidence  of  her  associates, 
and  all  see  a  beauty  in  the  change  of 
amusements  which  perhaps  would  have 
aroused  the  feelings  of  the  people  of 
that  neighborhood  to  seek  and  search 
after  the  things  most  needful. 

We  finil  the  apostles  in  the  midst  of 
sinners  and  unbelievers,  teaching  the 
(iospel  of  Christ.  I  find  in  my  travels, 
that  we  can  often  awake  an  alarm  in  the 
minds  of  the  people  by  going  to  their 
homes  and  talking  to  them  kindly  of  a 
loving  Savior.  Then  with  the  same 
spirit  we  can  sharply  rebuke  the  sinful- 
ness of  the  worldly  amusements,  by  ap- 
plying the  Word  of  God,  or  by  receiving 
them  into  our  houses.  We  can  do  as 
much  to  convert  souk  in  this  way,  as  th^ 
greatest  orator  could  by  preaching  a 
powerful  sermon.  Paul  says,  he  became 
a  Jew  that  he  might  gain  the  Jews,  but 
we  need  not  become  an  infidel.  May 
we  all  learn  to  become  "wise  as  serpents 
and  harmless  as  d^^'es." 

THOU  GOD  SEEST  ME. 

BY  H.  P.  UniNKWORTH. 

•'  And  she  called  the  name  of  the  Lord  that 
spake  unto  her,  Thou  Godseest  me:/or  she  said, 
Have  I  also  here  looked  at'ler  him  that  seeth 
me?" 

TXTHEN"  we  can  thoroughly  realize 
*  •  the  truth  of  the  above  words, 
and  feel  conscious  of  the  fact,  that  our 
God  is  an  omniscient  as  well  as  omni- 
present Being;  then,  and  not  until  then, 
will  oui'  moral  actions  be  restrained  by 
the  force  of  Scriptural  language.  We 
are  sensible  of  the  fact  that  it  is  wrong 
to  transgress  the  laws  of  nature,  and 
that  a  violation  of  the  same,  brings  its 
punishment;  also,  that  it  is  wrong  in  us 
to  rebel,  or  set  at  naught  the  wise  coun- 
sels and  admonitions  of  our  older  breth- 
ren, especially  wdien  they  are  sent  for 
our  good,  and  their  labors  are  to  pro- 
mote health  in  the  affected  parts  of  the 
brotherhood;  oftentimes  they  incur  our 
displeasure.  This  should  not  be,  for 
ff'(  f/  are  in  duty  bound  to  act  as  they 
do.  and  cannot  please  both  parties,  but 
with  an  eye  single  to  the  good  of  the 
church,  and  to  the  glory  of  God,  they 
labor,  and  watch,    and    pray.      Should 


rlon't  beh>ng  to  the  church,   and   there- 
fore none  of  ihwte  thiiign  t/.ueh  our  con- 
dition: we  an- without    an>t    intend    re- 
maining there.      The    awful    thought. 
must  again   be   heard,  the  language  tf» 
both  saint  and  sinner,  "  Thou  (iod  seert 
me."     V.-S,  unconverted    ones,   he   sees 
you  every  ilay,  and  not  only    sees    ijou, 
but  declares  he  is  angry  with  the   vnck- 
ed  every  day.     He  loves  yo»,    through 
the  w.,rk  of  a  Savior,  und   piead^    with 
you  to  retuiTi.     Have    you    not  felt  the 
gentle  drawing  of  the  Spirit,  naying   U> 
you  in  unmistakable  words, "come  now?" 
Have  you  not  felt  !/<Jur>ieli!tJt//hnoH  per- 
HiuulclXu  join  in  with  the  peopleof  God? 
It  is  the  Spirit.     Grieve  not  that  Spirit. 
It  will  not  always  strive  with  you.     Let 
It  not  take  its  sad    <ieparture    to   rc-turu 
no  more.   Uemembrr.  how  (;<>d  sees 
How  d( 


Byou. 


you  expect  to  meet  him  in  your 
sins?  Where  God  and  Christ  are,' you 
can  never  go.  Vou  have  heard  Gos- 
pel sernion^^,— Gospel  invitations,  and 
earnest  pleadings  in  t/oiir  behalf;  doubt- 
less your  mother  talks,  invites  and  rea- 
sons, but  all  to  no  purpoHP.  Why  is  \U 
Ami  now  as  you  rearl  this,  think  uith- 
in  yoni-selves,  oh,  will  we  have  plenty  of 
You  carelessly  read  it,  and  care- 


time 


against  Scriptural  truth,  against  broth 
erly  love  and  advice;  thereby  wounding 
the  feelings  of  many,  and  wounding  al- 
so the  Spirit,  (for  the  church,  we  believe 
When  it  becomes  neces.sary  to  denounce  i  I'as  the  Spirit  of  Christ),   opening  the 

wounds   of   a   crucified,  yet  risen    and 
pleading  Savior?  Are  we  doing  all  this? 


lessly  go  on,  or  throw  astrle  the  paper. 
Well,  nevermind,  the  thought,  tlie  head- 
ing of  this  article,  I  hoiu-  you  will  not 
forget,  *'  Tliou  (tod  seest  me,"  and  should 
you  forget  it,  God  will  not.  In  eternity 
it  stands  for  or  against  you. 

Brethren  and  sistei-s,  let  this  thought 
keep  us  out  of  danger.  Our  members 
may  be  far  away,  God  .sees  us.  Young 
men  and  young  ladie-,  with  myself,  I 
say  to  all:  remember,  "  Thou  God  seest 
me." 


"VTTHAT  wondn>iis  consolation  corner 
"  '  to  us  inthose  blessed  honi-s  ivhen 
the  .body  lies  re-sting.  The  spirit  roamp 
at  will,  no  distance,  space  nor  time  can 
separate  us  from  our  loved.  The  irea.^- 
ures  snatched  away  by  death  are  ours 
again.  Forms  only  dust  to-day  are  wiih 
us  as  in  by.goue  years.  The  same  tint 
of  hair,  the  same  shade  of  eves;  tlie 
same  rich  coloring  of  lip  and  expanse 
of  brow;  the  same  e.xpression;  the  little 
peculiarities  which  endeared  them  t<> 
our  hearts,  make  dreaming  a  blessed  re- 
ality. 

How  apt  we  are  to  e.xclaim,  whea 
waking.  "  Oh  how  1  wish  I  could  dream 
the  same  again!"  bereaved  mother,  you 
are  comforted  when  your  babe  nestles 
in  your  lums  again:  the  little  fingers 
thrill  you  when  wandering  as  of  old. 
The  wee  face  breaks  into  smiles  at  your 
caress!  You  would  hold  baby  thus  for- 
ever. Alasl  you  must  awake — awake 
ti)  find  an  empty  cradle,  empty  arms,  and 
a  longing  heart. 

There  is  more  pleasure  in  dreams  than 
in  realities.     The   awakening  embitters 
we  not  then  turn   our   eyes  within,  and  j  both.     My  sister,  my  brother,  have  you 
for  a  moment  think  to  ourselves,    what   awakened  from    the  sunny     dreams  gf 
are   we     doing?      Are   we   contending  |  youth*     Are  the  hojies  you  cherished 


their  customs,  do  it  with  kindness,  to 
the  respect  they  manifest  towards  us  and 
our  children,  accompanied  with  our  rea- 
sons by  the  tiospel,  ami  jierhaps  they 
would  see  the  error  of  their    ways   and 


Thou  God  setist  me."  Are  we  tempt- 
ed to  give  up  part  of  our  work  in  the 
ministry,  to  gratify  our  own  selfish   ap- 


join  in  with  us,  or  at  least  retain  a  good    petitesi  "Thou    God   seest   me."     Are 


feeling  toward  us,  and  try  to  learn  more 
f  OUI-  peculiarties.  Would  not  this 
have  been  a  great  opportunity  to  receive 
them  kindl}-  as  the  Savior  did^  Then 
after  learning  their  object  is   cbming, 


willing  to  leave   our    Sunday-school 

work  for  others,  or  care  not  to  go  at  all  t 

The  thought  again    arises,   yes,  Thou 

all-seeing  God;  Thou  knowest  the  heart, 

Thou  seest  all  things.     But  perhaps  we 


dead?  Have  friends  for^saken  you? 
Has  disease  claimed  _//"«  for  its  prt>iff 
Because  that  was  si>  bright,  and  this  so 
dark,  will  //oh  alh>w  >/ntir  life  to  be  a 
tailure?  If  you  cannot  be  what  you 
would,  will  >/ou  not  be  what  ywu  can? 
Can  t/oH  kindle  ashes?  Will  you  Uvv 
aright? — ^V.'. 

If  you  would  win  success,  he  punctu- 
al, courteous,  honest,  econoniiciil,  agrve- 
able  in  yourpei-^onal  habit''  and  regarvl- 
ful  of  vour  health. 


Wickedness  resides  iu  the   very   hes- 
itation about  an  act,  t  von  thouijt  it  l>** 

not  perpetrated. 


Tin-;   MF?KXtiKK>r  ajt  ^voin-c. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

pi;Hi,  ISHKD    WKEKLY. 


J    H    MOORE, 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


DrO.  9.  11,  HimiOBii  Jul.'  mithoriieJ.  hy  ui  (u  our 
tntnllnic  «>rff.p.)ncl«iii  Md  mjnit  for  the  ItBrriim"'"  »r 
WoBK  *nd  ".11  rcc«irc«ih.friptionriforilie»*mpiii  our 
nifuUrralM  All  biwinMi"  tranMOte-l  by  him  for  ouror- 
flc«,  will  1>*  ihe  •<ini«  lu  ir  iioo»  bj  c»ur»»l»eii- 


Tii«  D.iTiiiif  ^  "  W"""  *'"  *"  ■*"'  po»i-pai<l.  lo  My 
Mr*,»  in  .he  lTni...i  .S.Mr,  or  C-f  ■  .'"^'l^^.?/^^ 
TtHn    »;"»   crpr"'f?<-«"orob;^r'For'.n   .Tcr  IW. 

Bo.y.  before  "fllDK  It   10  u,.     Money  OMem.   llr»ft# 
and  RegimereJ  U.iew  m«y  be  »en.   ».   our 
should  b»  iii«le  p»y«ble  to  Moore  &  Eshelnisn 

8uI)«oripliont.  •"'1  comtnuniM'ion-  inl*n'lrd  for  tho  p 
per.  «,  -.11  ».  .11  b..»ine.,  m.-.r,  .nnneH.-J  «.<b  the  o 
(too  ihould  he  iwlilrciicil 

UOOBE  ft  ESHELUAIT. 

Unuk.  CunU  Co,.  Ill 


They 


LAKASE,  ILL. 


SEPTEMBEB  26, 1878, 


STAND   ASIDE.- GET  AWAY.  OK 
KEEP  QUIET." 

1)I».SITI\'K  <'ouiniit»i1s  iutWt]'.  Turning  to 
tlic  Hnlj  Oracle-  wt-  loiini  tluit  we  sliould 
■•«tiuid.  hMviiii:  our  l-.iiij-  «irt  "Ijout  with  truth" 
(Eph.  t> ;  14):  'htit  wf«hoiilcl  "  atriwl /<i»i  in  the 
lilwrty  when-with  Christ  hiu  made  usfree" 
(Eph.  5:  1):  "stand  fiist  in  one  spirit"  {Phil.  I: 
37);  thiitour  Uith  should  not  "stiinil  iii  the 
wisdom  of  n.ni  "  (1  Cr.  2:  5);  thut  I'uul  and 
EpaphriLH  lalwred  ferv-ntly  in  prayers  that 
their  br-^thrci.  might  "  >taud  perfect  in  the  will 
of  God"  (Col.  4:  12):  hut  nowhere  do  we  find 
apostles,  propliets  mid  men  of  Godcmnraanding 
and  d«claring  that  their  "  mistaken  old  brethren 
must  stand  iwide,— get  away,  or  keep  quiet." 
Not  that  the  "mistaken  old  brethren  would 
Mier  stand  H.side  — g't  away  or  keep  quiet " 
but  that  they  must.  There  is  meaning  in  that 
word  musl.  Not  that  the  reformers  simply  ask 
them  to  stand  aside,  but  they  mt^t.  Tliis  is  the 
decree;  there  is  no  evading  it.  Reform  talks 
not  of  ptrsmuUtuj  men,  but  the  other  word 
that  commences  with  a  p—  "  pushing."  God 
calls  upon  men  to  repent,  to  turn  and  do  right, 
but  he  nowhere  talks  about  ;^((.*/i(H'/  men  to  re- 
pent— to  reform. 

When  1  find  a  pious,  humble,  devoted  man, 
trying  to  pei-suude  others  to  adopt  better  meth- 
ods of  working— trying  to  induce  all  to  come 
closer  to  the  apostoliu  order,  I  conclude  that  re- 
form under  his  eounselw  would  be  grandly  glori- 
ous; but  when  men  who  liold  positious  are  ap- 
proached by  would-be  reformers  and  aro  told 
that.  "  If  you  want  to  W  considered  in  this 
move,  and  liave  the  b.nefits  that  will  accrue," 
by  way  of  U'lnporal  gain,  there  is  a  screw  lose 
in  that  reform  nmebine.  Bribery  may  do  for 
this  world— may  set  a  man  up  in  ease,  honor 
Htid  plenty^but  it  counts  notliing  for  glorj-  in 
tile  world  to  come.  When  self-conceit,  love  of 
honor  from  men,  and  obstinacy  enwrap  a  man's 
heart,  su  that  he  begins  to  talk  about  "  damning 
with  faint  praise,"  and  making  men  stand 
aside,  it  takes  all  the  genuine  reformatorj'  pow- 
er out  of  him.  Tho  reformatory  power  of  God's 
Woi-d  needs  to  be  turned  on  such;  they  need  to 
be  laid  under  the  fountain  of  Divine  truth  and 
receive  u  glorious  shower  of  Divine  grace. 

The  Divine  Spirit  that  tells  of  the  love  of 
God— of  thi'  suffering  of  Jesus— of  the  way  of 
life— how  men  must  believe,  live  and  act  to  be 
saved,  also  tells  of  those  who  "  arc  not  afraid  to 
speak  evil  of  diguitie?,  who  speak  evil  of  the 
things  which  they  understand  not"— who  take 
pleiwure  in  "sportiug  themselves  with  their 
own  dcccivings  while  they  feast  w-ith  you."— 
The  apostles  were  annoyed  with  such,  and  we 
may  look  for  the  same  class  to  annoy  the  faith- 
ful. Vou  may  say  we  are  unduly  hai-sh — are 
unnecessarily  alarmed — are  whining.  Not  at 
all  I  We  know  whereof  we  alii rm,  and  loving 
the  praise  of  God  more  than  the  praise  of  men. 
we  write  boldly  for  your  sakes.  There  never 
waft  an  age  for  withholding  thi  truth — there 
never  will  be  until  the  last  trump,  calling  forth 
the  dead,  shall  sound.  A.s  heralds  of  the  whole 
counsel  of  God— a-t  thodc  who  watch  fur  your 
souls  and  must  give  an  account,  we  must  give 


no  uucerUiin  sound.  Tlie  dilly-dallying  to  sin 
— the  cringing  for  mere  peace-on-l  he-surface 
sake  count**  nothing  for  God  or  mankind. 

Under  the  plea  of  reform,  the  political  place- 
Bceker  Httempt^s  to  hoiwl  himself  into  positions 
of  honor  and  profit.  The  morr  he  desires  posi- 
tion and  power,  the  more  he  will  cry  "  Iteform! " 
yet  at  the  same  time  hi-  liandu  may  not  be  free 
of  public  plunder.  Such  are  not  safe  leaders- 
make  i)oor  laws,  aiid  cannot  be  trusted  with  ad- 
ministering justice.  So  in  the  church  of  the 
living  God;  men  who  are  not  established  in  the 
whole  doctrine  of  the  cross,  are  tossed  to  and 
fro  by  t'verj'  "vW  of  doctrine  as  well  as  the  doc- 
trines themselves.  Such  are  poor  leaders.  Bi- 
ble reform— Bible  progression,  getting  back  to 
the  original  ground,  the  primitive  religious 
practice,— back  to  the  apostolic  order  of  things, 
will  make  the  heart  rejoice  and  grow  fat  in  the 
Lord.  Hut  if.  under  the  plea  of  retorni.  men 
declare  tliat  "  mistaken  old  brethren  must  stand 
aside— get  away  or  keep  quiet,"  then  the  idea 
amounts  to  nothing,  imd  such  men  can  make 
no  headway;  fnr  no'  ..uly  will  I  lie  t-bureli  be 
itgainst  Ihcm,  but  G'.  i  will  withsluud  iheui 
iilso.  It  \*  not  iiiaiutiiini'd  by  tluwe  xdf-stylfd 
reformers  that  the  "mistaken  old  bretlireii " 
ought  to  change,  roiue  and  do  hett>'r  and  help  j 
rescue  the  perishing,  but  they  ■  mmt  simul  nsii/r 
—tfct  aiffiij.  ur  hf'p  rjuii-l." 

Now  iiliy  are  any  of  those  old,  gray-headed 
veterans  mistakpii  ?  Are  they  mi-staken  because, 
for  the  past  on^  hundred  and  fitly  yeara.  they 
have  gone  into  ihe  mounluins.  the  villiiges  anii 
on  the  plains  and  decbtrerl  the  unsearchable 
iches  of  Christ  without  money  and  without 
price  ?  Is  it  because  they  have  labored  to  main- 
tain the  purity  of  the  chUrch,  sought  to  circum- 
scribe pride,  cheating,  woridliness  in  general  by 
the  Word  of  Truth— the  power  of  God?  Are 
they  mistaken  because  they  have  planted  and 
watered  hundreds  of  churchfs  from  the  A'tlantic 
to  the  Pacific,  and  put  them  to  work  in  no 
uncertain  manner?  Are  theymistakeu  because 
n  their  humble,  unpretentious  way  they  sent 
conviction  to  thousands  of  precious  souls,  and 
heljwd  to  make  them  lively  stones  in  the  grand 
temple  of  God?  Are  they  mistaken  because,  in 
seeing  the  rapid  speed  with  which  others  have 
gone  over  to  the  world  in  pride,  debt  and  ex- 
travagance, .they  aimed  to  restrain  those  of 
like  precious  faith  from  going  that  way  too  ? 
Or  should  they  "stand  aside— get  away,  or  keep 
quiet,"  30  that  the  would-be  reformers  may 
heap  to  themselves  honor  and  position?  Must 
they  "  stand  aside  "  so  that  the  pocket-books 
of  the  inexperienced  may  be  more  readily 
opened  for  "reform  movements?"  Must  they 
'  get  away  or  keep  quiet  "  so  that  a  great  and 
neffectual  door  may  be  opened  to  pride,  extrav- 
agance and  vanity?  "0,  no,  no!"  replies  the 
reformer,  "  but  that  souls  may  be  saved— that 
those  on  the  mountains,  in  the  valleys  and  on 
the  plains  may  have  the  sincere  milk  of  the 
Word,  thf  faith  and  practice  set  up  in  Palestine 
ore  than  eighteen  hundred  years  ago."  \'ery 
well,  if  this  be  the  object — the  pure  motive 
that  moves  the  great  wheel  of  reform,  we  thank 
God  and  take  courage.  We  are  always  glad  to 
earertojGod" — to  turn  from  error  and 
rec-ive  the  right.  But  pray  iih'f  must  certain 
ones  stand  aside— get  away  or  keep  ((uiet,  in  or- 
der to  persuade  those  who  are  out  on  the  barren 
ground?  Why  not  ask  "the  mistaken  old 
brethren"  to  change  their  views  a  little  and  come 
er  and  help  to  plant  tlie  standard  of  primi- 
tive Cliristiauity  on  the  mountains,  in  the  val- 
leys and  on  plains?  Why  insist  that  they 
must  stand  aside"  in  the  grand  reformatory 
raovment,  when  every  soldier  is  so  gn^atly 
needed  ? 

Reformers  generally  have  large  hearts — usu- 
ally feel  to  have  "  mistaken  brethren,"  whether 
old  or  young,  to  reform  and  come  to  labor  for 
the  conversion  of  those  who  are  smitten  with 
blindness?  Can  they  all  tell  why  they  are  so 
anxious — have  such  an  abounding  love  for  sin- 
nei'^,  who  are  eating  hui^ks,  and  are  so  littli 
coneerned  about  the  "  mistaken"  sheep — the 
sheep  whom  they  maintain  are  feeding  on  nox- 
ious weeds?  This  is  the  key  tliat  unlock.s  the 
motives.  Let  him  that  will  unlock,  open  the 
door  and  look  in.  Mistaken  brethren  need  to  be 
set  aright,  (not  aside)  as  well  as  those  who  have 
not  yet  p.it  on  Christ.  How  can  they  he  set  in 
the  apostolic  order  if  they  are  mode  to  "  stand 
aside"— made  to '■  get  away?'"  Come  now,  ye 
who  would  reform  the  worlil — the  church — and 
all  the  inhabitants   of  the    Islands   and  Conti- 


nents, drink  of  the  Fountain  of  Life.  Hud  then 
shall  ye  cleariy  see  to  cast  out  the  mistakes 
from  the  lives  of  your  brethren.  Less  presump- 
tion, lewi  self-will  and  arrogance  and  more 
meekness  and  patieut  submission  will  weigh 
tons  for  reform.  No  one^need  be  set  njii-le.  no 
one  need  to  be  told  to  get  away  or  kpei>  quiet, 
wliPH  Christ  is  the  center  and  circumference  of 
the  motive. 

Do  not  understand  me  as  condoning  the  in- 
tentional and  premeditated  faults  of  any  one, 
whetlwr  old  or  young.  Not  by  any  means,  for 
wilful  sinning  de.-ierves  the  denunciations huried 
against  it  by  the  Law  of  the  Lord;  and  if  any 
class  deserves  severer  chastisement  than  others, 
the  old  do,  for  they  have  more  knowledge,  more 
experience  thnn  the  young,  hence  better  pre- 
pared to  shun  the  evils.  But  we  are  not  of 
those  who  denounce  the  faithful  veterans  of  the 
cross  simply  because  they  may  chance  to  differ 
from  us  as  to  the  best  method  of  doing  certain 
things.  Because  some  "old  brethren"  may  hold 
the  reins  a  little  tight  and  cause  us  to  champ 
on  the  l.Ks,  I  spc  1.1)  U'cessity  of  commanding 
them  t"  ■■al'ud  aside."  Because  they  do  not 
itlj.iw  us  to  run  at  a  gailop,  but  try  to  hold  us 
l)Ak  at  «goi.d.liv(.dy.  walking  pace  so  that  they 
II. ay  keep  up.  t  >ee  no  reason  why  they  should 
be  made  to  "get  away."  They  love  our  com- 
pany, want  to  go  alous  with  us  and  work  with 
us  hence  we  ^llouId  .lot  ask  them  to  "stand 
af-ide,  or  t:et  away."  Every  man  is  needed  to 
))resciit  »c)lid  tr.>i.t  lo  ihe  enemy.  The  ranks 
^hould  not,  be  brokt-n.  No  one  should  be  asked 
to-.stan.l  aside- get  away"— fall  back  or  run 
ahead.  Keep  in  line.  Pell-mell,  helter-skelter 
marching  will  do  for  Satan's  soldiera,  but  not 
for  the  Lord's. 

To  be  successful  in  Bible  work  a  man  must 
first'be  converted  himself.  This  is  self-evident. 
Second,  his  motives  must  he  right.  Third,  he 
must  have  experience,  judgment,  stability.— 
Fourth,  he  must  love  the  work.  And  if  he 
would  remedy  evils,  there  must  be  concert  of 
action— a  pulling  together,  a  oneness  of  spirit, 
doing  the  same  things,  following  the  One  Rule. 
No  one  should  be  made  to  "stand  aside"  be- 
cause he  will  not  make  large  leap.s  at  our  com- 
mand. The  Lord  knows  how  to  command— has 
set  the  bounds,  established  the  points  and  we 
do  our  duty  when  we  point  these  out.  No  one 
shall  be  pushed  aside,  nor  be  told  to  "get 
away."  Whom  the  Lord  accepteth,  ive  must. 
So  long  as  a  man  walks  by  the  Law  of  the 
Lord,  complies  with  all  of  its  demands,  but  dif- 
fers from  us  in  opinion,  we  have  no  divinely 
authorized  right  to  tell  him  to  "stand  aside." 
We  are  for  giving  the  inhabitants  of  the  vales, 
the  mountains  and  plains  the  pure  Gospel,  but 
it  must  be  in  harmony  with  the  prescribed 
rules  of  the  Lord,  ^\'e  go  to  the  apostolic 
age,  see  how  they  did  the  work,  their  success, 
the  rejoicing  of  God's  people,  the  conflicts,  the 
buffetmgs,  the  separateness  from  the  world, 
and  then  we  get  the  idea.  Extensive  organiza^ 
tions  with  "plaus"  and  "resolves"  and  "rules" 
were  unknown  to  the  grand  laborers  in  the 
apostolic  age.  Prescribed  limits  in  which  to 
work,  "orders  upon  treasury  for  services  render- 
ed," concern  as  to  the  source  from  which  my- 
self, my  family  and  my  work  are  to  be  support- 
ed, was  not  known  among  those  heroes  in  the 
Lord's  cause.  They  "  went  everywhere  preach- 
ing the  Gospel  of  the  kingdom,"  persuading 
men  to  turn  to  Christ  and  live.  And  all  their 
wants  were  supplied.  Stones  for  pillows,  lo- 
custs for  meat,  imprisonments  the  results  in 
many  instances — all  because  they  loved  the 
Lord.  Faith.  This  tells  the  story.  Unbelief 
always  wants  to  walk  by  sight — must  .vee  where 
the  bread  and  butter,  the  railroad  fare,  the  pay 
for  pillows,  the  delicacies — where  all  the  sup- 
port comes  from. 

"  Now.  stop  your  croaking — stop  your  whin- 
ing or  you  will  lose  subscribers,"  cries  a  reform- 
er. Is  that  your  best  answer  to  the  undeniable 
facts  given  you?  A  Jew  will  not  get  much 
meat  from  our  very  plainly  presented  argu- 
ments, but  then  the  church  will.  The  great 
majority  are  for  the  old  doctrine— tlie  old  Gos- 
pel, and  are  not  quite  ready  to  strike  out  after 
the  new  and  the  uncertain.  Bible  equality, 
Bible  progre.s,^ion,  Bible  humility.  Bible  living, 
Bible  missions,  Bible  uwk—v/ho  is  not  for 
them?  We  have  planted  ourselves  squarely 
upon  the  Bible— are  for  all  its  poetry,  doctrine, 
prophecy— the  facts,  commands  and  promises 
of  God.  Upon  and  for  these.  His  peojde  stand. 
They  will  not  be  moved  to  follow  uncertainties 


September    20. 

thanks   b^    to  God    who  gives   us  the  victory 
through  nur  Lord  .J.-.us  Christ.  j,.  m.  k. 

BEASON  COOLLY. 

IN  onler  to  succe-'d  tbt-re  are  many  questions 
that  must  be  handled  with  great  care,  oth- 
erwise no  good  will  grow  out  of  considering 
them.  The  mete  denouncing  of  sin  of  certain 
kinds,  is  not  always  sufficient.  The  people 
want  to  know  the  reami  for  opposing  it.  and 
why  it  is  wrong.  I  believe  it  our  duty  to  give 
good  ren-sfn  for  that  which  we  teach  and  do.  be- 
lieving it  to  have  more  effect  on  other  minds. 
To  illustrate:  a  man  preaches  against  the  use 
of  tobacco— denounces  it.  calls  it  filthy,  iud&- 
cent,  unchristian  and  many  other  hard  names, 
and  woefully  abuses  the  man  who  has  fallen  in- 
to the  habit  of  using  it.  However  true  this 
may  be.  such  talk  will  not  likely  convert  any 
body,  nor  does  it  add  to  the  credit  of  the  cause 
of  Christianity. 

I  am  no  advocate  of  tobacco,— never  used  it. 
nor  is  it  allowed  in  this  office,  but  I  do  believe 
that  cool  and  candid  reasoning  will  have  more 
etfpct  on  men  than  all  the  severe  terms  that  can 
be  hurled  against  their  practice.  I  find  that 
most  people  would  like  to  do  rightabout  things 
of  this  kind,  and  when  once  convinced  that 
using  tobacco  is  not  altogether  becoming,  will 
make  an  effort  to  quit  it.  But  they  do  not 
want  to  be  abused  about  it,  but  are  willing  to 
reason  the  question. 

My  method  of  working  is  this:  I  do  not  talk 
much  with  old  people  about  it,  for  I  am  aware 
that  it  is  difficult  for  thera  to  quit,  though  I 
believe  by  the  grace  of  God  they  could  do  it, 
and  what  a  noble  example  to  the  young  if  old- 
er pei*sons  would  make  some  sacrifice  in  this. 
But  I  feel  it  my  duty  to  talk  much  with  the 
ministei-s,  and  younger  and  middle-aged  men. 
These  are  the  classes  I  prefer  working  with, 
and  work  in  a  way  that  good,  instead  of  evil 
may  grow  out  of  the  effort. 

I  prefer  telling  the  minister,  that  there  are 
several  rea-^ous  why  it  would  be  advisable  for 
him  not  to  use  tobacco.  1st.  It  is  spending 
the  Lord's  money  in  a  way  that  does  not  ad- 
vance His  cause.  :ind.  If  used  to  excess,  it 
may  paralyze  the  nervei  to  a  certain  extent, 
and  even  render  saluting  with  the  kiss  of  love  a 
little  uupleiisant  to  some  good  brethren.  3rd. 
It  is  not  a  good  example  to  set  before  the  rising 
generation.  Faithful  and  earnest  ministers 
have  their  influence,  and  others  will  imitate 
them,  therefore  they  should  be  very  careful 
what  kind  of  examples  they  set  before  the 
church  and  the  world.  Talking  to  a  minister 
in  this  way  will  accomplish  more  good  than  all 
the  abusive  language  that  can  be  used  against 
the  habit  into  which  he  haa  fallen. 

I  also  prefer  talking  kindly  to  the  young 
brethren.  They  can  be  told  how  much  easier 
it  is  to  break  off  from  a  habit  while  young,  than 
after  becoming  old.  It  is  good  to  talk  of  the 
practice  from  a  financial  point  of  view.  This 
they  will  comprehend  fully,  and  it  is  an  excel- 
lent feature  to  put  to  praetnce. 

With  the  middle  aged,  and  those  having 
families,  it  is  well  to  reason  coolly.  They  want 
to  raise  their  children  so  they  will  grow  up  in- 
to usefulness,  and  will  listen  to  good  advice  if 
presented  in  a  Christian  spirit.  It  does  little  or 
no  good  to  expose  habits  of  this  character  in 
abusive  language.  What  we  most  need,  is  soft 
words  and  hard  arguments.  "A  soft  answer 
turueth  away  wrath,  but  grievous  words  stirreth 
up  strife."         ^^^^__^_^—  ^'  ^'  *"■ 

Gentle  reader,  do  not  heap  too  much  blame 
on  young  membei-s.  Sometimes  they  are  not 
able  to  bear  it.  not  having  .so  much  experience 
as  others.  If  you  see  them  do  that  which  is 
wrong,  go  to  them  in  the  spirit  of  meekness, 
and  adflionish  them  in  gentle  terms,  doing  what 
you  c^n  to  win  them  over  to  that  which  is  right 
and  good.  Remember  that  you  was  once  young 
too.  and  perh&i)s,  had  it  not  been  for  the  gentle 
admonitions  of  some  kind-hearted  brother  or 
sisteryou  might  have  been  enticed  into  things 
sinfuJ.  Let  us  learn  to  help'  each  other  ami 
thus  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ. 


Late-st  reports  from  the  South,  show  that  the 
Yellow  Fever  suffering  is  slightly  subsiding  i» 
Memphis,  but  little  or  no  change  in  New 
Orleans  and  other  places.  The  people  of  the 
North  have  responded  nobly  to  the  repeated 
calls  for  help.  The  total  deaths  throiighou 
the  South,  from  the  scourge,  up  to  the  present 
time,  is  nearly  0,000. 


September    2(> 


THE    TJ«ETHRT!>>r    AT    "WOKK. 


PRIMITIVE  PP.ACTIGE. 

U'ilh  Bio.  A.  S.  Iluyduirn  <.nii.l,..i 

silCS  till'  |.i.liini.i„iy  i,.i,„.i|,l,..  ..  II,.,,. ',"''"'■'■ 

tor ..11  t,..,o."  Not ra„k„,„ „„, ,u,  t"  .i",  ^'Jl*: 
,,„,..  It ,.  mmM  ALL  tl,e  p,..au-..  I.  bh„l  "./  t",  : 

r;S^riru.;'-;,;;;;^-rs'-;£;r' 

(i.ii.s  anil  wliiil  it  omits.  "  "*" 

rpHE  above  is  clipped  from  a  lute  i.me  of  the 
i  Cl.n^l,a„  Slandanl,  wa,  wntt^u  l,y  4  M 
Weston,  «nd  shows  how  sensitivp  so„,o  ,„ey 
„re  about  certain  commands  not  practiced  in 
their  church.  This  Mr.  Huydon  had  written 
'■  Hence  the  practice  of  the  prhnilive  chirch  is 
l,!ndin<j  on  the  minis  for  nil  times;'  hut  to  leave 
it  stand  that  way  would  prove  feet-wa-.hin.'  and 
the  holy  kiss,  and  that  doe*  not  suit  carnllit.- 
it  does  not  suit  the  man-malechurehes  of  mo'd^ 
ern  times,  hence  Mr.  Hnyden  had  to  write  to  the 
Sluwlard  and  get  the  thing  correctod. 

These  men  are  extremHy  careful  about  what 
goes  before  the  world  through  their  papeis;  it 
would  never  do  to  have  feet-washing  and  the 
holy  Iciis  proven  bindiny  on  tliF  sttints  /,»■  „// 
time  for  that  would  be  contrary  to  ttie  ieaohinir 
of  their  church.  OF  course  it  makes  no  differ- 
ence what  the  Bible  says  for  they  have  the  pe- 
culiar faculty  of  reading  to  suit  the  occasion 
For 

■■  .Some  read  to  prove  a  pre-adopted  creeil 
Tims  uuderatnnd  but  little  what  tliey  lejid. 

Fill'  every  passage  in  tlie  Honk  tliev  Lcml. 
To  make  it  suit  tliut  jvll  impiirtaiKi  eml". 

Among  them  it  is  understood,  that  feet-wasli- 
ing  and  the  holy  kiss  must  be  evaded  with  great 
care,  for  if  that  part  of  the  Bible  is  not  very 
adroitly  handled,  people  will  finally  come  to  the 
conclii^iion,  that  "  the  practice  of  the  primitive 
church  is  binding  on  the  saints  for  all  time."— 
This  is  the  conclusion  that  Mr.  Hayden  came 
to,  but  it  would  seem  that  he  had  not  so  fully 
learned  the  art  of  deceiving  the  hearts  of  the 
simple  by  vain  words  and  fair  speeches.  These 
men  who  are  so  particular,  fearing  the  proposi- 
tions of  others  will  result  in  teaching  feet^ 
washing  and  the  holy  kiss,  need  be  watched: 
they  have  another  gospel— if  it  be  lawful  to 
call  it  a  gospel  (good  new8)—a  gospel  that  is  of 
men  and  not  of  God.  Bid  not  such  God  speed 
but  withstand  them  with  the  truth,     j.  h.  m. 


AN  EVENTFUL  WEEK  IN 

LANARK. 

THE  past  week  has  been  one  of  particular 
interest  to  the  saints  at  Lanark.  We  be- 
gan a  series  of  meetings  on  the  11th  inst.,  with 
the  assistance  of  Bro.  Bashor,  which  increased 
in  interest  from  the  beginning  until  the  house 
was  filled  to  overflowing,  and  a  few  times  many 
could  not  obtain  sitting  room. 

Bro.  Bashor,  after  his  Summer's  rest,  labored 
mth  all  the  power  and  force  of  his  nature,  and 
wielded  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  with  a  vigorous 
hand.  The  members  wer<?  much  revived  oa 
their  way  Ziouward.  Some  were  made  to  feel 
the  need  of  a  Savior,  and  came  out  on  the  Lord's 
aide.  Among  them  was  Bro.  Ba.«hor's  wife. 
whose  coming  to  the  church  was  hailed  with 
general  good  feeling,  as  it  will  be  a  great  help 
to  him  in  his  ministerial  work.  May  her  life  , 
be  one  of  great  usefulne-ss,  as  the  companions 
of  ministers  can  be  of  much  assistance  to  them 
Ui  their  ministerial  labors. 

THE  ELECTION. 

For  sometime  the  Brethren  here  have  felt 
the  need  of  more  help  in  the  ministry  and  deiir 
con's  odice,  hence  set  apart  Wednesday,  Sept. 
18th  for  the  purpose  of  electing  one  minister 
and  two  deacons.  Fouradjoinining  eldei-s  were 
present  hy  invitation.  Enoch  Eby  and  .1.  J. 
Euimert  officiated  in  the  election  duties  and 
mstallation  services. 

Before  the  election  was  entered  into,  the 
Scriptures  relating  to  thequiilifications  of  min- 
isters and  deacons,  was  read  and  carefully  ex- 
plained, showing  just  what  kind  of  men  th(» 
Lord  wants.  It  wiis  mentioned  that  the  N^w 
Testament  was  written  under  the  inHuence  of 
the  Spirit,  laying  down  the  qualiKuations,  church 
oihcers  should  possess,  and  it  is  our  duty  to  ex- 
ftmiuo  the  Scriptures  with  care  to  learn  what 
«''id  nf  men  the  Spirit  wants,  and  then  use  our 
**wn  judgment  in  finding  and  casting  our  vote 
■01' that  man.  In  this  way  tlie  choice  will  bo 
•^e  hy  the  authority   of  the  Spirit.      If  our 


,  readers  will  examine  Ihe  selection  of  Mathiiw 
iind  thi-  election  of  the  seven,  they  will  tiud 
that  the  n^eilfd  qualifieation-i  wore  mentioned 
before  the  election  was  held.  This  is  the  Bible 
orderand  should  be  heeded  by  all  the  conRre- 
gH(inii«  in  the  brotherho.id. 

The  election  resulted  in  choi)singM.  M.  Esh- 
olnian  to  the  ministry  and  David  F.  Eby  and 
■K»hn  H.  Peck  deacons.  They  accepted  the  no- 
silious,  to  which  they  were  duly  installed  ac- 
cording to  the  regular  establisheil  order  of  the 
<"hnrch. 

Our  meetings  closed  on  Thursday  evening 
with  the  best  of  feelings.  On  Friday  nu)rning 
we  went  to  where  there  wa.'i  much  water  and 
baptized  two  more  yonng  sisters.  Thus  ended 
our  week's  work. 

The  church  here  looks  forward  with  zeal  to 
the  conversion  of  many  souls.  Altogether  we 
bave  had  an  eventful  week  and  may  the  day  of 
final  accounts  demonstrate  that  the  transpiring 
events  Ivere  were  to  the  glory  of  God  and  Gos- 
pel success.       j^  u^  J, 

Sbveeial  have  refiuesled  us  to  publish  the 
"Stein  and  K»y  Dybite"  in  pamphlet  form. 
This  we  cannot  do.  as  the  discussion  when  com- 
pleted will  be  Mifficient  to  fill  one  large  volume 
of  over  four  hundred  pages.  What  may  be 
done  after  the  di'scuHsion  is  finished  we  cannot 
tell,  hence  every  person  who  wants  to  read  the 
discussion  should  subscribe  for  the  paper. 

A  LIVING  laugu;ige  like  ours  is  constantly 
changing.  Formerly  "  imp"  meant  a  most 
lovely  child,  h^nce  Bacon  once  prayed  the  Lord 
to  bless  the  King's  "  most  angelic  im|),"  mean- 
ing the  King's  beloved  little  son.  "  Rascal"  at 
one  time  meant  servant,  and  in  an  early  transla- 
tion of  the  New  Testament,  Titus  1:  I  is  rend- 
ered: "  Paul,  a  rascal  ot  God.  etc.,"  meaning 
■'  Paul  a  servant  of  God." 

A  NUMBER  of  our  correspondents  when  writ- 
ing to  this  office  on  business,  address  their  let- 
ters to  one  or  the  other  of  the  editors,  which 
does  well  enough  when  we  are  both  at  home,  but 
quite  frequently  one  of  us  is  away,  and  the  oth- 
er does  not  open  letters  addressed  to  him.— 
Any  thing  pertaining  to  business  with  the  of- 
fice or  paper,  should  be  addressed  Moore 
Eshelman.  Private  letters  should  be  addressed 
to  the  party  for  whom  they  are  intended. 

It  does  seem  to  us,  that  there  are  chances 
for  improvements  in  the  manner  of  conducting 
the  preaching  exercises  at  some  of  our  commun- 
ion meetings.  As  a  general  thing,  the  more 
preachers  there  are  behind  the  table,  the  more 
difficult  it  is  to  get  any  of  them  to  lead  ol 
thus  often  throwing  a  chill  over  the  meeting 
at  the  very  commencement.  Of  course  no  on 
wants  to  take  the  lead,  and  it  does  not  look 
prudent  to  name  any  one  out,  though  it  is  fre- 
quently done.  When  a  number  of  ministers 
are  present  it  would  be  wisdom  for  them  to  get 
together  before  the  meeting  commences,  and 
decide  who  should  speak  first,  and  who  next 
and  so  on  to  the  close  of  the  meeting,  and  then 
when  the  meeting  is  opened  the  work  might  go 
on  smoothly  and  to  the  edification  of  all.  Hope 
our  older  Brethren  will  give  this  matter  some 
attention,  and  see  if  the  preaching  exercises  at 
some  of  our  meetings  cannot  be  made  a  little 
more  edifying. 


GIVING. 


BY  KANIEL  VANIMAN. 


■■As  I  Imvp  given  order  to  tlie  cIiurclieH  of  Giil- 
atia,  even  so  do  ye;  upon  the  first  day  of  the  wei-k 
let  cveiy  one  of  yiin  lay  hy  liim  in  store  lis  (ioil 
hatli  prosjiered  him."— I  Cor.  Ill:  1.2. 

FROM  the  above  language  we  learn: 
1st.     Who  should  give  sometiiing,  ''  rn-ri/ 
one  of  you."     Greek,  "  Each  one  of  you." 

2nd.  The  time  to  give,  "  on  the  ^first  lUnj  of 
the  week."     Greek,  '"'meri/Jirat  of  r(vM"." 

3rd.  How  much  to  give,  "  as  God  has  pros- 
pered him." 

4th.  Where  to  put  it,  "  lay  by  him  in  store." 
Greek,  "ii/  itself  let  him  phu-e."" 

Reasons  why  iirry  one  should  give  some- 
thing: 

1st.  Because  coniiuanded  by  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  tlierefore  riglit.  . 

'Jnd.  BecauHe  there  is  a  reward,  or  blessing 
attached  to  giving  when  done  as  commanded, 
and  every  one  should  have  that  blessing.  Even 
the  giving  of  a  cup  of  cold  water  shall  in  no 
wise  be  without  a  reward,  if  properly  given. 
The  liberal  soul  shall  be  made  fat;  and  he  that 
watereth  shall  be  watered  also  himself"  (Prov. 
11:  35). 


3rd.  Because  when  everyone  gives,  means  for 
benevolent  piirpoeM  will  be  more  abundant. 

lU-asons  why  it  should  he  done  on  the  first 
day  of  the  week: 

1st.    Because  commanded  and  therefore  right. 

and.  Because  being  on  that  day  freed  from 
ordinary  labor  and  buainejiH  care,  it  is  therefore 
the  most  favorable  to  contemplate  the  want*  of 
the  poor  and  determine  how  much  the  Lord  haa 
prospered  us. 

Reasons  why  it  should  be  "  laid  by  him  in 
store  "—placed  by  iUelf: 

Ist.     Because  commanded  and  therefore  right. 

2nd.  Because  it  will  then  be  ready  when 
iieetled.  The  language  "lay  by  him  in  store," 
or  "by  itself  let  him  place,"doesnot  iyiply  that 
it  must  necessarily  be  put  into  the  common 
treasury  of  the  church  every  first  day  of  the 
week,  but  simply  laid  by  in  store,  or  "  placed  by 
itself."  In  tlie  Macoupin  Creek  church  it  is 
understood  that  each  one  may  iteposil  his  or  her 
portion  in  the  common  treasury  on  a  regular 
contribution  day.  or  at  any  other  convenient 
time. 

Reasons  why  the  giving  sliould  be  as  God  has 
prospered  us: 

Ist.     Because  commanded  and  therefore  right. 

2nd.  Because  it  will  cultivate  a  liberality  of 
soul  that  will  be  a  noble  safe-guard  against  cov- 
etousness.  Under  the  Mosaic  diaiwusation  the 
Lord  specified  even  the  per  cent,  th.it  must  be 
given.  One  tenth  of  all  the  income  must  be 
given  to  the  Lord. 

Oh!  that  all  the  redeemed  of  the  present  day 
would  stop  giving  weekly  contributions  for  to- 
bacco and  other  soul-destroying  superfluities, 
and  would  regulate  all  their  giving  as  well  as 
everything  else,  by  the  Word  of  the  Lord,  and 
thus  do  "  all  that  we  do  to  the  glorj'  of  God." 
Then  would  we  go  forth  in  our  strength,  and 
to  Satan's  hosts  be  more  terrible  than  an  army 
with  lances. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

SUMBBB  V. 

At  Home— A  Comforting  Reflection— An  Even 
iug  Meeting— A  Farewell  Sermon— The  Last 
Farewell. 

WE  know  by  many  happy  experiences  that 
it  is  a  very  pleasant  thing  to  meet  with 
the  believetB  in  the  public  congregation  to  pray 
and  praise,  to  hear  and  learn.  But  sometimes 
this  loved  privilege  is  denied  us  individually.— 
This  may  happen  for  numerous  reasons.  But 
when  we  are  kept  from  the  house  of  Divine 
worship  on  account  of  illness,  we  must  admit 
such  are  excusable  for  the  time  being.  For  we 
must  believe  that  such  also  will  spend  the  day 
profitably  at  home. 

ALONE  WITH  .lESfS, 

is  the  motto  of  a  Christian  indeed,  and  often 
will  he  be  found  in  the  closet  of  prayer,  talking 
with  his  Master.  When  we  remain  at  home 
from  preaching,  we  sliould  think  of  the  duties 
of  the  day  of  rest  and  worship.  About  the 
hour  of  meeting,  we  should  he  there  too  "in 
spirit,"  Our  minds,  our  thoughts,  our  sympa- 
thies should  be  there.  What  a  comfort  it  is  in 
illness  on  the  Lord's  day  morning  to  sing  or 
read  a  hymn  about  the  time  our  brethren  and 
sisters  are  convening  in  the  house  of  the  Lord! 
Then  to  pray  and  read  and  reflect.  0,  what 
consolation  there  is  in  Christ  at  home  or  abroad! 
We  con  pray  for  the  minister,  or  the  preaching 
of  the  Word,  probably  more  fervently  than  if 
we  were  present.  And  the  Ma^iter  of  solemn 
assemblies  will  hear  such  prayers.     This  is 

A  COMFORTING  THOIOHT 

indeed.  Our  Lord  is  with  his  children  whether 
they  are  at  home  or  away,  provided  indeed  they 
are  with  Him.  Our  God  is  everywhere  present, 
and  His  presence  shall  go  mth  us  if  our  feet 
walk  in  His  foot-prints.  To-day  1  am  thinking 
of  my  brethren  far  and  near  who  seldom  have 
the  pleasure  of  meeting  with  tho.-ie  of  like  pre- 
cious fath.  To  such  I  would  ofi'er  a  word  of 
comfort.  You  are  cut  off  from  the  main,  visi- 
ble Body,  bnt  are  you  indeed  united  hy  faith 
and  practice,  with  the  Body  of  Christy  Then, 
be  of  good  cheer.  Tliongh  you  seem  desolate 
and  alone,  you  have  Christ  neitr  you,  Christ 
with  you,  "  Christ  in  you  the  Hoi»e  of  Glorj'." 
You  can  sing  in  very  earnest, 


light*  in  the  world;  holding  forth  the  work  of 
life."  Many  hold  it  forth  by  a  dim  light,  and 
it  attracts  little  att^ntiOH.  Rather  do  much 
and  Bay  little,  than  nay  much  and  do  little.— 
Shine  ye,  0,  ye  dear  disciple*,  of  .lexuii, shine  ye 
as  lighti.,  that  thcM.-  who  flit  in  darknem  nuy 
see  plainly  how  to  come  to  Jraiis.  Thia  a  a 
cmnforting  thought  to  you  thiit  you  can  do 
such  blessed  servic*  for  the  Maater.  Xever 
give  up.  Grow  in  grace,  and  the  God  of  grw« 
will  be  with  you. 

This  evening  we  attended  our  meeting  in  the 
village,  in  our  meeting-house,  to  hear  the 

I'AHTINO  woniwt 
of  our  loved,  and  venerable  brother  Henry 
Koontz.  He  is  about  to  leave  us  and  make  the 
home  of  his  last  dayt*  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Mt.  Morris,  III.,  not  far  from  Lanark.  He  had 
been  so  well  known  to  our  Brotherhood  that  I 
need  not  specify  much  of  the  past.  He  baa 
been  a  servant  of  the  church  for  many  years, 
both  as  a  minister  and  a  bishop.  He  is  now  old 
and  almost  blind,  yet  he  has  "  the  preaching  of 
the  Word  "  at  heart.  We  shall  not  soon  for- 
get this  farewell  address.  After  the  services 
were  inaugurated,  he  arose  and  opened  not  The 
Book,  but  quoted  a  familiar  scripture:  "I  take 
you  to  record  this  day,  that  I  am  free  from  the 
blood  of  all  men,  for  I  have  not  shunned  to  de- 
clare unto  you  all  the  counsel  of  God."  He 
said  many  good  words,  and  we  felt  edified.— 
Among  other  things  he  said  that  though  he 
was  once  a  lively  and  leading  young  man,  he 
never  swore  an  oath  in  his  life.     He  was  at  one 

time  a  chisM-leader  in  the church,  but  was 

a  diligent  reader  of  the  Scriptures.  A  few 
years  before  he  united  with  the  Brethren,  he 
took  sick,  and  when  nigh  unto  death,  he  saw  a 
dove  appear,  and  it  alighted  upon  his  breast, 
and  spoke  to  him  the  marvelous  mess^e:  "You 
shall  not  die:  you  shall  yet  preach  the  Gospel 
of  the  Son  of  God."  No  one  else  knew  of  the 
vision,  and  he  soon  began  to  recover.  He  told 
us  many  things  from  his  personal  experience, 
claiming  that  he  had  th§  right  to  do  so  as  it  ia 
apostolic.  With  many  words  he  admonished 
us,  and  expressed  a  hope  of  a  blessed  reunion  in 
heaven.  May  peace  go  with  him. 
THE  LAST  PAHEWELL 
of  our  earthly  career,  I  ivos  made  to  think  of. 
Soon,  ah!  soon,  the  parMng  hour  will  come  to 
all  of  us,  when  we  must  take  our  little  all,  and 
depart.  We  brought  nothing,  and  with  noth- 
ing  we  shall  go— nothing  but  a  soul  to  be  saved 
or  lost.  What  yawning  gulf  between  the  two 
words— wn.yrf—/osf .'  We  can  not  think  of  loaa, 
hut  we  love  to  cherish  the  "  hope  of  salvation." 
0  may  our  life  be  such  indeed  that  we  can  say 
a  glad  ■'  Farewell  "  to  earth  at  last,  and  witboat 
one  lingering  look,  "soar  away  and  be  at  rest  '* 
—sweet  rest.  In  joyous  hope,         d.  d.  m. 

Waijneshoro,  Pa.,  Sept.  4,  1S7S. 


Bkethiien  Daniel  Frey  and  Martin  Meyer 
have  returned  from  their  trip  to  the  Wisconsin 
Mission  field,  and  report  excellent  meetings 
and  the  best  of  prospects.  While  there  they 
held  seventeen  meetings,  four  council  meetings 
and  two  elections.  The  church  wasdivided  in- 
to two  congregations,  by  a  line  running  North 
and  South.  Bro.  Caleb  Fogle  was  advanced  to 
the  second  degree,  and  George  Turner  elected 
to  the  ministry.  One  was  exiwlled,  two  re- 
claimed, and  seven  others  baptized-  Those 
baptized  were  from  other  denominations,  excepts 
ing  one.  There  are  about  seventy  members  in 
that  part  of  Wis.  They  have  two  deacons  in 
each  congregation.  The  prospects  for  many 
more  members  are  said  to  be  excellent. 


Bkothf.ii  Ba.shor  commenced  meeting  at  the 
Mille<Igeville  church  lust  Friday  evening.  In- 
terest good  and  congregaHons  large.  Two  were 
baptized  Sunday  aflernoou. 


MONEY    LIST. 


)us  would  jiahue 
lus  woiild  dwell  \ 


prove 
ilh  uu- 


If  .leans  woiild dwell  with  uii-  tliei-e." 
Let  me  recommend  to  you  Phil.  2:  15,  Hi,  ac- 
cording to  the  marginal' reading:  "Shine  ye  as 


Below  is  given  a  Hat  of  money  received  at  this 
office  by  mail  and  not  otherwise  receipted  for. 
Should  iuiy  ejTors  occur,  report  them  immedi- 
ately; 

S  S  Lindeman.  50;  K  Arnold.  1.<X>:  Ozias 
Metz,  1.00:  C  R  Conaut.  3(10:  L  P  Long.  4  40* 
.I;wob  D.-lp,  75:  ^  W  Southwonl.  2.<>1:  Elias 
Lehman.  l.fMt:  .IT  MeveT^.25;  J  B  Miller.  llHI; 
David  Funk.  4.S^»:  .lolin  Keim.4  o:»;  .1  H  Tuck- 
er. 1  75;  D  M  Puterbaush.  4":  D  B  Gib-son, 
2,0tl;  D  D  Sell.  l.Hit;  W  H  Mevers  l.lO;  .lohn 
Kinsley.  i»0;  Susan  Stump.  1.75:  .1  A  Ut-dv. 
2.(10:  D  Bomcardner,  ."'O;  O  Clapiver.  H';  L  \V 
Teeter,  ti.iMl;  J  M  Mohler,  12  95;  H  H  Arnold 
3.05;  N.  Bntterbaugh.  1.75:  C  U  Hylt*>ii.  10; 
E  George.  5.00;  .1  G  Wright.  1.75:  pJter  De*r- 
dorff.  1.75;  J  A  Yittt.  S.<H>;  K  E  Uillerv.  fC. 
R  F  Moulmv,  Ifi;  C  D  Hvltou,  1.00. 


THE    HK35T>IKEISr    ^T    AVOK  K 


September    Mq 


<!)iir    l^iblc   <flass. 

■•  Tht  Worth  of  Truth  no  Trnfut  Can  'I'tll." 

KM.  0.1..U.1...  .0.1  for  ihc  «.l..iloi.  »(  S.rirl»~l  Jm™'' 

J"r;',  ll.bl-  Tn,.h.     AHiol«  tor  ibl.  J.p.no.»l.  mJ.1 
b«  ■bon  ana  to  Iho  polni. 


Pi™,-  Biv.an  i.x|.l..,„.tl..r.  ,.t  Malt  SI:  i:  al™ 
Mark  112  1")  l..>n>  ""■""  lli"»"ine'  "  "".  ""'" 
1.  ,„oant  by  tlie  a».tl...l  an.l  tl..-coll  will.  ''."■«»;;■ 

.„„a .,.........■.„.„...  nH.v  i'.-i.-  ,^"- 

or  only  tlK.  colt? 

Will  .„,ne  one  l.lf»»«  Bivo  '"f""""""" '"■""'"■ 
In,  IJolMi  3: ».»."'?  >(.II.Miu.i.K. 

PleliM  Klvo  >■«  y""  vk-««..i,  tl.c covorilif  «|."kpn 
of  by  r«"l  In  1  COT.  11 ;  al...  1.-1I  m  .vli...  ..r  wl,»l 
that  Load  I..  11.0  »-....>e..  .H"""""  '■>  '"■;>;''>: 
or  i.i-opl,...vinK  .111.  1..T  l.™l  onfuverod.  l,..li.  tl . 
marricl  a„.l  ....n>a»ri..dy    By  domg  .a  yo.i  n.a)  d„ 

a  BO»l  w...k  r..r  «.....•  of  om ...Lot  ■;."  1.>;'<'  '" 

tl,"  far  WL-.t  «..d  ..l.li«o         ■       "■""•  ""» ""-■ 

Pl,.a»(.  oxM..ln2mlTl.e,<..2:  «.  "  .■.■™l»ll.u«: 
••Ev..n  1.1m.  wl.o.t  .onilng  1.  nHor  0...  «-.,ikli.g  of 
Satan  with  .ill  |.o»«r  and  "e"'  ".'l  '■"'"I'  "ondem. 

M.  C  CZHl.VNS. 

Tl.i.plfl.t  »oi.l>ll...l  weri.»av(d  by  walc-r.wiu 
tint  water  llti'inl  mitor  or  wa.s  It  some  ollior  kin.l 
of  tvator?  1  P,.t.r..i:2<.,il;  al.oAots22:lo.  »'l.cn- 
ItUaald.  Ail«u  ..nd  be  l.iipliiod  and  wash  ..way  U.y 
Bin,,  wa.  ll.l.»  Moral  wiiU-r,  tl.al  wa.,  to  w.i.l.  away 
hla«l..»V  ', 

PloiBD  toll  mo  wl...  tli.it  m..n  w.B.  I'»i.l  "I'^o 
of  In  •■  Cor.  I'.':  i  that  «na  on.iBlit  i.p  to  tho  th.i'd 
hiavon.  s.>Mr.,.,C.....T. 

I'leaao  ovolnin  «n:  2";  13.  u.  and  glvo  os  an  in- 
.iBlitlntothon..  J.M.Kil..iN..in. 

1  PloiB.0  uivo  yo..r  vk-ws  on  I.uko  lu:  J.  "  I'ai- 
rj  iioithor  pniae,  nor  Horip,  nor  »hoo.s:  and  «alnto 
no  man  l.v  tlio  way." 

S.  Ali.i  Malt  ai;  0;  "And  ndl  no  man  your 
father  u|.o.itl.oearth:  forono  Isyoorfolhor  wli.cl. 
la  1..  hoavo.i."  . ,     ,1 

a  Alsol  O.r.TiM.:  "Tliowlf..  I»  lionnd  by  tho 
l«»-  as  lone  n«  hor  hi.»lian.l  livotl. ;  h..t  it  lior  hus- 
band b|.  dead,  she  is  nl  liborty  to  bo  n.arr.od  to 
whom  sho  will;  only  In  tho  l.iml." 

E.MMA  1'  IS.lKlt. 

Ploa-so  give   .m  oxi.l.matlon  ..f   tho  followinf 
words-  "  Whinoov|.r  is  born  of  (lod,  doth  ..ot  o.,.n- 
mll  slu ;  for  bl»  aood  romalnoth  In  hloi,  and  ho  can- 
not sin.  boeaiiso  ho  Is  born  (jf  <i"d."    1  -I.'h..  "'  <'■ 
Mi.Li...;rMnAlol.. 


THE  RICH  MAN  AND  LAZARUS. 

UY  KATE  KHINKK. 

WE  ron.l  of  a  rich  man  clolhod  in  p.irplo  and 
fine  linon.  who  fared  snniptuouily  ovory 
day,  and  of  a  beggar  named  Lazarus  who  Iniil  at 
the  rich  man's  gate,  full  of  sores,  desiring  to  be 
fed  from  the  crumbs  which  fell  from  the  rich 
man's  table.  Tile  greatest  attention  given  this 
poor  man,  was  from  dogs  which  licked  his 

""■*"•  ■  A  1      .u 

These  men  died.    Lazarus  was  carried  by  the 

nngels  to  Abraham's  boso.n.  The  rich  man  was 
buried  and  in  hell  he  lifted  nii  his  eyes,  being  in 
torment.  He  saw  La-/.nrus  in  Abraham's  bos- 
om, and  crioii.  "  K.ilher  Abraham,  have  mercy 
on  me,  send  L.i/.arus  that  he  may  dip  the  tip  of 
his  finger  in  water  and  cool  my  tongue,  for  I 
am  tormented  in  this  dame." 

Kind  reader,  did  you  over  think  how  the  cry 
went, "  0  tor  wat^-r  to  cool  my  burning  tongue? '' 
It  seems  thot  little  unruly  member  was  suffer- 
ing tho  most.  It  we  seem  to  be  religious  and 
bridle  not  our  to..Bae,  our  religion  is  vain. 

EXPLANATION. 

liY  fl.  W.  KHICKKK. 

"11  any  man's  work  l.o  bnriiod.  ho  shall  suiter 
loss,  but  ho  himself  slial)  bo  saveil;  yet  so  as  by 
lire." 

ri^ME  apostle  as  n  wise  mast.;r  builder  laid 
1  on  the  foundation,  hut  other  men  built 
on  the  same  foundation,  and  if  the  material  was 
good,  he  rocoived  n  reward,  if  it  wils  bad  ho  suf- 
fered loss,  because  he  labored  luid  toiled  and  all 
his  labor  was  lost,  and  .w  ovory  man's  work 
shall  be  tried  by  tiro,  it  must  be  such  malorial 
as  will  stand  the  tost,  if  not,  it  will  bo  all  lost. 
If  he,  as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  stands  tirm 
he  shall  be  saved,  although  all  his  labor  be  lost, 
he  "shall  be  saved  yet  so  a-s  by  fire."  The 
"  fire  "will  try  bis  work  as  well  jls  the  material, 
which  is  his  morabors.  Paul  was  speaking  to 
tho  Corinthians,  and  was  trying  to  show  the 
danger  of  not  fully  complying  with  all  the  re- 
quirements of  the  Gospel,  and  Paul  says  that 
in  a  great  bouse  there  are  not  only  vessels  of 
gold  and  of  silver,  but  also  of  wood  and  of 
earth  :  some  to  honor  and  some  to  dishonor. 
Now,  as  every  man's  work  shall  he  tried  by  fire, 
if  it  is  not  gold  or  silver  and  precious  stones,  it 
will  be  burnt  up.  Vet  be,  as  a  preacher,  shall 
be  saved,  "  yet  so  as  hy  fire,"  and  as  being  tried 
by  fire  and  stands  the  test.     I  understand  the 


apostle  to  mean  teachers,  when  he  said  "  every 
man's  work  shall  be  tried."  He,  the  builder; 
the  members,  the  material. 


ASSYRIAN  ANTIQUITIES. 

MU.  Kassam  baa  just  deposited  his  latest  col- 
lection of  As.syrian  antiquities  m  the 
British  Museum.  The  excavations  carried  on 
by  him  on  the  site  of  Ninevab  pro|»r  have, 
says  the  MiinrhfMer  Oiiardian,  produced  more 
than  1,4W  siwcimens  of  coniform  inscriptions, 
a.nong  which  are  mol.y  fragments  of  grout  val- 
ue. There  ar^,  for  instance,  some  portions  of 
the  famous  Creation  scries.  The  explorations 
carried  on  at  Nimroud  have  produced  valuable 
results  to  students  of  archieology.  There  it 
was  that  Mr.  Bassam  discovered  a  vast  edifice, 
with  seaU,  idtar,  a..d  all  the  arrangements  of  a 
tcnple,  which  was  cotomporaneous  with  that  of 
Solomon.  New  sites  and  scenes  of  discovery 
have  been  opened  up.  At  the  Mount  of  liala- 
wat  there  has  been  found  a  temple  exclusively 
dedicated  to  thejuiale  and  female  deities  of  bat- 
tle, where  were  deposited  the  t.-ophies  of  the 
expeditions  of  the  kings  of  the  middle  Assyrian 
Empire.  Amongst  them  may  be  noticed  a 
monument  perfoi-tly  unique  in  character,  a 
bronze  of  over  20  feet  high,  recording  tho  par- 
ticulars of  a  warlike  expedition  o(  tho  ninth 
century,  B.  C.—  TU  Jtrjorimr. 


CHARITY. 


BY  JE8SB  CULBER-reON- 


Y^ 


THAT  is  charity  ?    It  is  love  to  God  and 

"       Chanty  "suHoroth  long  with  pa- 

and  it   is  kind,  not  to 
It  is  not  uneasy  at 


man. 
tie.ice  under  injuries, 
friends  only,  hut  to  foes.' 
the  prosperity  of  others,  and  it  does  not  boost 
of  its  own  excellence.  It  seeketh  not  its  own 
as  the  chief  end  ;  is  not  selfish,  but  benevolent ; 
it  is  not  disposed  to  impute  to  others  evil  de- 
signs ;  it  rejoiceth  not  in  the  vices  or  calamities 
even  of  enemies,  nor  in  hearing  or  reporting 
evil  concerning  them.  Whoever  may  be  the 
nstruments,  and  whatever  the  effect  on  us, 
charity  beareth  all  things  implied  by  others,  so 
far  as  is  consistent  with  duty,  without  being 
disposed  to  publish  their  misconduct  or  to  pun- 
ish it.  Charity  is  disposed  to  put  the  best  con- 
struction upon  men's  conduct,  and  hopes  the 
best  concernmg  them.  Charity  will  continue 
to  eternity,  and  will  outlive  all  miraculous  gifts 
of  faith,  hope,  and  charity  ;  it  sees  that  the  lat- 
ter is  the  greatest  in  influence  and  importance, 
for  love  is  so  active  in  its  nature  and  marked  in 
its  effects,  that  none  need  or  ought  to  he  in 
doubt  whether  to  possess  it.  for  things  which  are 
only  temporary  should  never  awaken  our  deep- 
est interest  or  be  our  chief  concern.  Nothing 
should  do  this  that  will  not  last  forever. 

OBEDIENCE. 


.1      J     11.  of  the    you  over  stop  and  think  how  many  long.  Ion. 
obedient  in   all  "•3;,';;7„'^„,^;far:.  aU  j  n.ghts  your  parents  have   P-od.   lying   „„„„^ 


ro**,  that  by  thu* 
men  unto  Him.     He  suvs, 


No  inao  cometh  to 
the  Father  but  bv  me."  Theu  let  us  persuade 
others  to  embrace  Christianity  and  enjoy  its 
bh-.spd  infloeuce.  U't  us  live  a  life  devoted  to 
the  cause  of  our  blei«ed  Master  who  ha^  done 
so  much  for  lis,  who  gave  Himself  for  us  iis  a 
ransom  to  redeem  fallen  mtui  from  the  penalty 
incurred  by  violating  the  law  of  God.  enabling 
man  to  conu'  uito  a  reconciled  relation  to  bod 
who  wilh-th  not  that  any  should  die  lu  then- 
sins,  but  that  all  would  repent  and  live  in  strict 
obedience  to  all  the  requirements  of  the  New 
Testament. 

Obedience  to  God's  law  insures  to  us  the  ap- 
probation of  Him  with  whom  we  have  to  do.— 
In  working  out  our  soul's  salvation  we  set  ex- 
amples of  piety  ;  this  will  be  a  motive  for 
othem  to  imitate  us  and  cHiise  them  to  iulhere 
to  Christiaii  principles. 


PRAY  WITHOUT  CEASING, 
s  reference  made  to  the  above 


^Ub' 


BY  JAMES  WlltT. 

THE  Creator  has  given  sufficient  motives  and 
invested  man  with  the  power  to  comply 
with  ail  of  the  mandates  refiuired  at  his  hand. 
He  does  not  require  impossibiliticF.  The  Chris- 
tian should  feel  grateful  that  the  yoke  of  Clirist 
is  easy  and  that  His  burden  is  light,  enabling 
him  to  perform  all  tlie  commands.  A  contem- 
plation of  the  subject  permits  .us  to  freely  ac- 
knowledge the  wisdom  manifested  in  the  great 
plan  of  salvation,  to  restore  finite  man  to  a  rec- 
onciled relation  to  Gud.  his  Maker. 

Obedience  to  his  laws  will  always  accomplish 
the  wise  designs  intended  in  their  promulgation 
among  the  children  of  men. 

We  should  he  willing  to  obey  from  the  heart 
that  form  of  doctrine  once  delivered  to  the 
saints.  It  is  through  great  tribulation  that  vre 
enter  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Our  duties  are  many,  and  by  a  judicious  ap- 
plication of  the  menus  given  into  our  hands  we 
can  obtain  that  incorruptible  crown  reserved 
ill  heaven  for  all  the  faithful  followers  of  Christ. 

It  is  necessary  to  appreciate  the  many  advan- 
tages enjoyed  by  those  who  are  fellow-heirs  of 
heaven.  Man  is  susceptible  of  many  inherent 
powers  that  are  latent  in  his  nature,  and  are 
capable  of  various  degrees  of  improvement  in 
the  line  of  spiritual  progress  towards  a  higher 
and  better  life..  Considering  all  the  difficulties 
aiid  obstructions  thrown  in  his  way,  it  appears 
marvelous  that  ao  much  can  he  performed  by 
mortal  man. 

Now  it  will  appear  evident  to  all  that  a  full 
compliance  to  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus  will 
insure  to  us  an  approbation  from  Him  with 
whom  we  have  to  do.  There  can  no  inconsis- 
tency arise  by  fully  obeying  the  Gospel  of  our 
Lord  .Jesus  Christ.  We  should  earnestly  con- 
tend for  the  faith  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  who  was 


rPHERK 

1     ject  in  No.  G,  of  its  excellence  and  propr 
ety,  of  which  it  is  so  full  and  in  our  weak  un- 
der-standiug  implies   more,  oft  times,  than   we 
ai.prehend  or  put  to  practice.     Hence  our  lua 
bility  to  do  it  justice. 

The  word  "  prayer  "  is  very  prominent  in  the 
Bible,  being  frequently  used  as  a  direct  com- 
mand. Doubtless  the  inspired  writers  knew 
man's  proneness  to  evil,  to  deeeitfulness  and 
the  doing  of  his  own  will. 

Luke  savs.  "  Watch  and  pray  always."  that 
we  may  be  accounted  worthy  to  escape  the 
temptations,  cares  and  besetting  sins,  and  that 
we  may  stand  acceptable  before  the  Son  of 
man. 

In  Paul's  writing  to  the  Thessalonians.  ex- 
pres.sing  his  lote  for  them,  his  desire  to  see 
them,  and  in  his  hortatory  calls  to  holiness  and 
brotherly  love,  he  says  to  them  "  pray  without 
ceasing."  He  having  prayed  night  and  day  ex- 
ceedingly that  he  might  set-  them  and  perfect 
them  in  what  was  lacking  iu  their  faith,  invit- 
ing them  also  to  pray  for  him  that  the  word  of 
the  Lord  may  have  freecoui-se.  and  that  he  may 
be  delivered  from  wicked  and  unreasonable  men, 
and  while  we  ever  have  the  wicked  and  unreas- 
able  among  us,  trying  to  prevent  and  confound, 
it  is  evident  that  Paul's  idea  would  convey  tli 
idea  that  we  cease  not  praying,  that  we  cease 
not  seeking  the  unforbidden  paths,  and  in  as 
much  as  we  are  ever  ready,  and  the  evil  spirit 
with  its  various  defilements  is  continually  on 
the  alert,  seeking,  alluring  and  enticing  man, 
trying  to  increase  haughtiness  and  to  swell 
proud  hearts,  and  to  bring  man  to  forget  the 
elements  needful  and  reasonable  in  God's  serv- 
ice, it  becomes  man,  at  least  a  true  disciple  of 
Christ,  to  watch  carefully  and  pray  unceasing- 
ly, pleading  continually  for  God's  blessing, 
grace  and  assistance  in  the  lawful  striving  for  a 
temporal  livelihood  and  a  home  in  the  world 
eternal.  -T'  ^-  I'- 


their  beds,  thinking  about  the  welfare  of  their 
dear  children,  breathing  prayers  to  their  good 
Master  iu  heaven,  to  draw  you  by  his  lovo,  but 
you  would  not  come,  hut  still  refused  ?     Qh  ; 
dear  children  how  sad  it  must  be  for  your  dear 
old  father  and  mother  who  has  brought  you  up 
and  cared  for  you  from  time  to  time,  and  min- 
istered unto  your   wants  in   time  of  need,  how 
sad  it  must  be  now  to  them  to  see  you  on  your 
way  down,  down,  down  toward  that  awful  plac* 
of  destruction  where  the  worm  dieth  not  and 
the  fire  is  not  quenched  !     Many  a  tear  is  shed 
for  you  but  you  heed  them  not.     Children,  how 
would  you  enjoy  yourselves  were  you  to  get  on 
board  the  train  for  some  far- distant  place  and 
your  dear  parents  be  left  behind,  never  to  aee 
you  any  more?     Could  you  enjoy  yourselves? 
No.     So  it  is   also  sad   and  mournful  to  your 
parents  who  have  stepped   onboard   the  "old 
ship  "  to  sail  for  heaven  to  look  back  and  see 
you  still  sporting  on  the  banks  of  ruin,  with 
no  God  iu  the  world.     It  is  sad  indeed.     Hut  a 
short  tiuie  ago  a  beloved  brother  was  talking  to 
me  with  his  eyes  filled  with  teai-s.  conceruiiit; 
his  children  which   he  loved  so   dearly,  about 
how  happy  he  would  be  to  see  them  come  tloek- 
ng  home.     How  many  cheerful  hours  could  he 
spent  together  as  one  undivided  family  in  Christ! 
What  a  pleasure  it  would  be  to  him  when  they 
surrounded  the  family  altar  for  worship,  to  see 
them  all  in  Christ  asking  for  His  blessings.— 
Oh!  dear  children,  how  much  good  counsel  from 
your     parents     do     you   reject!     How    will  it 
be,  when  that   great  day   of  judgment  comes, 
when  your  mother  and  father  will  be  seeu  fly. 
iug  off  with  the  angels,  crowned  with  glory, 
dressed   in  a  lily-white  robe,  with  palms  of  vic- 
tory in  their  hands,  singing  the  sweet  songs  of 
Moses  and   the  Lamb,   and  you   must  take  up 
your  abode  in  darkness  forever,  and  hear  noth- 
ing but  groaniug  and  gnashing  of  teeth  from 
such   great   pain,   burning   forever   aud  ever? 
Horrible  thought!     Now  is  your  time,  while 
you  are  yet  living,  to  prepare  for  that  hour  of 
death  which   will  take  you  before  the  Judge 
just  as  you  arft.     Oh!  prepare!  prepare!    You 
would  even  cause  the  angels  in  heaven  to  rejoice 
were  jou  to  step  on  board  the  vessel,  and  wheu 
death  comes  with  his  sickle  keen,  you  need  not 
fear  him,  for  if  he  strike  you,  your  Father  m\\ 
send  his  angels  to  carry  you  home,  where  you 
can  meet  your  little  brothers  and  sisters,  father 
and  mother,  and  wear  a  lily-white  robe,  walking 
the  golden  streets  of  that  New  Jerusalem  with 
a  golden  harp  within  your  hand  and  a  crown  of 
glory  on  your  head,  singing  with  the  holy  an- 
gels   and    praising    God.      Blessed    thought! 
What  a  happy  time  that  will  be!     Now,  consid- 
er  these    thoughts,   because    I    am  conceroed 
about  you.     1   am    also  young    and  we  want 
more  youug  soldiei-s  in  Christ's  army;  so  come 
and  enlist  and  we  will  fight  together  until  the 
end,   and  then    we  can  go   home   to    glory.— 
Amen. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS  TO  OUR  YOUNG 
FRIENDS. 

IIY   S.  BRIMKAI'tiH, 

AS  I  am  left  alone  this  afternoon,  and  inedi- 
tatiug  upon  the  good  lessons  1  heard  last 
evening  and  ti>day  by  brethren  Jesse  Stutsman 
aud  John  Fit/.gerald,  I  am  made  to  think  of  the 
many  young  men  and  women  that  are  spend- 
ing their  beat  days  iu  the  service  of  the  enemy. 
I  am  also  youug.  but.  thank  God,  I  have  taken 
passage  on  the  old  shii'  zion.  and  I  feel  as  one 
of  old,  that  I  would  rather  he  a  door-keeper  in 
the  house  of  my  God  than  to  dwi^Ii  in  the  tents 
ot  sin.  X  few  days  ago  1  attended  a  church 
meeting  when  I  was  mode  gWl  to  see  an  old 
man,  well  stricken  iu  years,  take  passage  on  the 
"old  ship,"  concluding  to  give  God  the  service 
of  his  few  last  days  here  upon  earth.  But  oh  ! 
young  friends,  do  not  wait  on  old  age  to  work 
for  the  Lord.  The  Master  has  need  of  all  your 
time.  How  many  we  see  giving  Satan  the  serv- 
ice of  their  young  and  vigorous  days.  Why 
not  come  into  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  and 
work  there. 

Ltist  Sunday  I  was  made  to  rejoice  to  hear 
the  good  news  that  my -brother  and  his  wife 
concluded  to  work  for  Jesus.  This  takes  in 
the  last  «ne  of  our  family,  consisting  of  Heven 
children,  father  and  mother,  making  one  undi- 
vided family  on  the  ''  old  ship."  sailing  for  glory, 
with  Jesus  for  our  Captain.  Oh  \  how  rejoic- 
ing it  must  be  to  a  father  and  mother  to  have 
all  their  family  on  board,  leaving  none  behind. 
Brethren,  pray  for  us  that  we  may  hold  out 
faithful  to  our  journey's  end.  Do  you  not  be- 
lieve that  we  have  relieved  our  poor  old  father 
and  mother  of  a  heavy  load  ?    Children,  did 


SELECTED  GEMS. 

—Our  remembering  an  Injury  does  us  more 
harm  than  our  receiving  of  It. 

—Learn  not  to  judge  too  harshly  of  any  one, 
either  in  respect  to  good  or  evil. 

—A  man  is  called  selfish,  not  for  pui-suing 
his  own  good,  but  for  neglecting  that  of  his 
neighbor. 

-Take  away  ambition  aud  vanity,  and  where 
will  be  your  heroes  and  patriots? 

—Aristotle  says  there  is  one  thing  which 
God  cannot  change,  and  that  is  yesterday. 

—Our  greatest  glory  consists  not  iu  never 
falling,  but  in  rising  every  tiuie  we  fall. 

—Literary  men  can  never  be  sure  of  having 

said  a  smart  thing  unless  they  see  the  "proof." 

—With    love,    the  heart  becomes  a  fairaud 

fertile  garden,  glowing  with  sunshine  and  hues. 

and  exhaling  sweet  odors. 

—It  requires  a  great  deal  of  badness  and  n 
great  deal  of  caution  to  make  a  great  fortune, 
aud  when  you  have  got  it.  it  requires  ten  timea 
as  much  wit  to  keep  it. 

—Mental  pleasures  never  cloy.  Unlike  those 
of  the  body,  they  are  increased  by  repetition, 
improved  by  reflection,  and  strengthend  by  en- 
joy lueut. 

-If  Infidelity  succeeds  iu  teaching  m.iu  thut 
he  will  die  like  a  beast,  it  will  at  the  same  time 
succeed  in  teaching  him  to  live  like  one. 

-Meddlers  are  sure  to  hurt  their  own  char- 
acters; If  you  fcrub  other  people's  pigs  yo"  wu 
80on  need  scrubbing  yourself. 

-A  newspaper  is  the  only  i"»'"'°'™' S 
oan  drop  the  same  thought  in  a  thousand  mmd. 
at  the  same  moment. 


September    QO. 


TlIK    inrKTHRE^T    AT    AVOlllC. 


^[itm$   of   ^(nlfrcsl. 


[t  19  said  it  coat  ?177,4i4  it 
American  army  with  tobucco. 


Jcar  tosnpplytlie 


Then.aroit.OOnpapewm  North  and  South 
America.  The  uumber  in  the  whole  world  ia 
23,000. 

It  has  been  computed  that  on  an  average 
every  perso"  has  two  yeara'  sickness,  before  he 
reaches  the  age  of  seventy. 

A  Caledonia  mftii  found  a  man'a  finger  press- 
ed  in  a  pli'g  o*'  tobacco  he  wns  chewing.  The 
discovery  cured  liim  of  chewing  tobacco. 

The  Bible  has  been  printed  in  thirty  different 
languages  for  the  benefit  of  Ihe  aborigines  of 
this  country,  and  of  Greenhind,  Britisli  Amer- 
ica, and  Mexico. 

Mickfilez,  a  Hungarian  city  of  20.000  inhab- 
itants, has  been  the  scene  of  a  terrific  storm, 
in  which  1,000  houses  were  destroyed  and  400 
jwrsons  killed. 

The  first  news  journal  was  issued  in  Rome 
2,000  years  ago.  It  waa  engraved  on  wood,  in- 
stead of  being  printed,  and  was  issued  once  a 
year  at  first,  liut  a  daily  edition  was  finally  is- 
sued. 

The  largest  of  the  pyramids  is  481  feet  high 
and  693  feet  on  the  sides;  its  base  covers  eleven 
acres.  The  stones  are  above  30  feet  in  length, 
and  the  layers  are  208;  360,000  employed  in  its 
erection. 

In  the  12th  century,  carpets  were  articles  of 
luxury;  and  in  England  it  is  mentioned  as  an 
instance  of  Becket's  splendid  style  of  living, 
that  his  sumptuous  apartments  were  every  day 
in  Winter  strewed  with  clean  straw  or  hay. 

It  is  most  generally  known  that  the  majority 
of  the  roost  troublesome  weeds  have  been  im- 
ported from  other  countries,  the  speeds  being 
brought  here  with  garden  or  field  seeds  of  vari- 
ous sorts,  in  the  wool  of  sheep,  and  in  various 
other  ways.     ^_ 

It  is  estimated  that  two  thousand  human 
beings  die  every  hour.  At  that  rate  it  would 
take  a  century  to  depopulate  the  whole  earth. 
But  it  is  estimated  that  about  twenty-three  hun- 
dred human  beings  are  born  every  hour,  which 
makes  up  the  loss,  and  gives  u  net  gain  of  over 
two  and  a  lialf  millions  a  year. 


Tliousimd><  of  the'ic  people  are  rirbjenmoof 
them  own  colossal  fortunes.  Rothschild  could 
buy  np  the  fee  simple  of  Palestine.  Goldsmidt 
might  rebuild  the  Temple  of  Herod.  Montefi- 
nre  has  money  enough  to  cast  a  golden  sdatnre 
of  King  Solomon.  But  of  th<>se  wealthy  He- 
brews, not  one  is  willing  to  at  present  become 
a  permanent  resident  of  the  land  of  his  fathers! 


With  both  eyes  on  America  the  Pope  hat  is- 
sued a  circular  againut  the  public  school  sj-stem. 
The  decision  from  Rome  now  is,  that  "fathers 
and  mothers  of  families  Wcome  guilty  of  the 
ino>it griFioun  sin  who,  so  truly  cruel  to  the  off- 
spring, snid  them  to  Protexlaiit  srhnols.  or,  what 
IS  still  worse,  compel  them  to  receive  their  in- 
strut'tiou  against  their  will,"  and  that  until 
tlipy  remove  their  children  from  such  schools 
and  repent  of  the  wicked  act,  they  must  be  re- 
garded as  unfit  to  receive  the  HaPraments. 


A  frightful  disaster  occurred  the  3rd  of  Sept.. 
on  the  Thames,  near  London.  The  steam  coll- 
ier, Bywell  Castle,  ran  into  the  steamer,  Prin- 
cess Alice,  which  immediately  went  down, 
drowning  between  500  and  600  people.  There 
were  about  800  on  board,  and  it  is  believed  that 
not  more  than  150  escaped. 


Dr.  Beveridge.  a  noted  British  naval  surgeon, 
states  that  blowing  forcibly  into  the  ear  of  the 
patient  will  give  immediate  relief  in  cases  of 
choking  from  foreign  bodies  in  the  throat.  The 
act  excites  so  powerful  reflex  action  that  the  ol)- 
struction  is  expelled  from  the  windpipe.  The 
plan  is  certainly  worth  a  trial. 


According  to  the  latest  figures,  the  entire 
population  of  the  whole  American  continent  is 
but  a  trifle  over  eighty-five  and  a  half  millions, 
while  tlie  Russian  empire  alone  contains  eighty- 
sis  and  a  half  millions.  The  population  of 
Africais  nearly  two  hundred  millions;  of  Europe, 
over  three  hundred  and  nine  millions;  while 
Asia,  the  cradle  of  the  human  rare,  has  the 
enormous  number  of  824,548,5(0  inabitants. 
The  entire  population  of  the  globe  is  1,433,816,- 
800. 

Prof.  Mm-sh  sttU  continues  to  exhume  mon- 
strous specimens  of  tlie  uncouth  giant  reptiles 
that  roamed  the  vrilds  of  the  continents  ages 
ago.  Among  the  most  recent  finds,  was  a  rep- 
tile sixty  feet  in  height,  which  walked  upon  its 
hind  limbs  like  a  kangaroo.  Skeletons  of  mum- 
nioth  flying  reptiles  are  also  found  in  immense 
numbers,one  of  them  mea-»uriug  forty  feet  from 
tip  to  tip  of  its  wings. 


Dr.  MuUer.  a  scientist  engaged  in  studying 
the  inserts  of  Brazil,  report  the  alleged  discov- 
ery in  that  country  of  a  strange  animal  of  im- 
mense si/e,  that  buries  in  the  ground,  scoopin.y 
immense  ditches,  and  throwing  up  such  quanti- 
ties of  earth  in  its  travels  as  to  sometimes  ob- 
struct the  channels  of  rivers.  It  is  called  the 
Minhocao.  Its  strength  and  size  are  said  to  be 
enormous. 

Scattered  about  the  earth  there  arc  suppo.sed 
to  be  10,(100,000   or  H,0OO,t"ill   of  .Jewi  alive. 


CORRESr^ONDENCE. 


charge  of  a  small  body  of  membere   in  N.-Uon.    they  thought)  and  stripped   th«'m   both   nakw! 
and  Amhei-st  counties,  a  place   where    we  com- j  t«  th-   skin.     However  P^nelop^   cam*.   U>  life 


Ashland  College. 

THE  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Trust- 
ees of  this  institution  took  place  on  Sept. 
loth.  The  members  in  a  body  carefully  inspect- 
ed the  building  in  process  of  construction  and 
expre3se<l  themselves  very  much  pleased  with 
the  excellent  work  done.  In  the  selection  of 
materials  and  of  workmen,  the  buildiug  com- 
mittee deserve  much  credit  thus  far.  There  are 
thirty  hands  engaged  in  making  and  laying, 
and  have  at  this  time  laid  more  than  half  a  mill- 
ion into  the  wall.  The  building  is  up  to  the 
top  of  the  second  story,  and  from  its  elevated 
position  ranges  above  the  top  of  the  highest 
church  steeple  in  town.  This  position  w,as 
chosen  to  afford  good  drainage  and  promote 
health.  It  is  the  aim  of  the  Trustees,  to  put 
the  building  under  roof,  floor  it,  and  let  it  set- 
tle until  Spring,  before  plastering  it.  Among 
the  most  important  actions  taken  by  the  Trust- 
ees, was  to  authorize  the  building  committee  to 
have  two  hundred  thousand  bricks  burnt  this 
Autumn,  with  a  view  of  putting  up  a  boarding- 
house  early  next  Summer,  and  have  the  institu' 
tion  ready  for  a  teachers'  normal  class,  by 
the  middle  of  next  Summer.  The  money  need- 
ed just  now,  is  for  the  building  of  boarding-halls, 
and  as  the  Trustees  wish  to  "square  up"  each 
Saturday  evening,  all  funds  donated  and  dues 
paid  in,  are  received  with  the  best  thanks. 
S.  Z.  Sn.vHP. 


Report  of  Funds. 

Two  sisters,  South  Bend,  Ind., ?>  .20 

.1.  C.  Harsh 1.00 

H.  B.Mitchell, 1.00 

A  Widow, 1,00 

Sarah  Vamer, 2.57 

B.  Gragg  and  wife 2.00 

T.  Ct.  and  C.  Snyder 3.95 

John  H.  Miller 2.00 

T.  J.  Robinson. 1.00 

Libby  Lesley 1.00 

Ella  Schoonover, 25 

Phoebe  Zook 3.00 

N.  Wiland, 1.00 

William   Haw, 3.00 

John  S.  Fox 1.14 

Hettie  Engle 5.00 

.losiah  Berkley 2.06 

N.  H.  Woodward  and  wife l.iio 

Nancy  R.  Rey, 12 

Total,  $32.2!t 
Silas  Morton. 

N.  C,  WoRKM.VN. 

{PriinltiiH!  Clirintiiiit,plmse  copy). 

From  Middle  River  District,  Virginia. 

l)rnr  Brethren: — 

OUR  annual  visit  was  a  few  weeks  ago.  Had 
our  council  meeting  on  Saturday,  tHe  17th 
of  August.  The  church  is  in  a  healthy  condi- 
tion. Nothing  but  love  and  union  prevail. — 
Business  all  passed  olf  pleasantly. 

As  the  harvest  is  plenteous,  and  the  laborei-s 
are  few,  the  church  set  apart  more  laborers  in 
the  vineyard  of  the  Lord,  So  we  chose  a  speak- 
er and  a  deacon.  The  choice  for  speaker  was 
John  W.  Click,  who  accepted  the  call,  and  was 
legally  installed  into  otfice.  The  choice  for 
deacon  was  a  broth«n-  who  would  not  accept 
the  call  at  that  time,  and  has  not  yet  been  in- 
stalled into  office. 

The  time  wius  there  and  then  fixed  for  our 
Communion  meeting,  which  will  be  held  at  our 
Old  Brick  meeting-house,  near  New  Hope,  on 
tlic  11th  day  of  October.next,  the  meeting  to 
continue  over  Lord's  day. 

In   connection  with  this  district,   we  have 


menced  preaching  about  two  years  ago,  where 
the  Brethren  never  were  known  to  preach  be- 
fore. But  there  seems  to  be  considerable  inter- 
eat  manifested  among  the  people.  There  have 
been  twenty-«ix  added  since  we  have  labored  in 
that  field.  By  the  blessing  of  Ood,  the  writer 
in  company  wilh  brother  A.  1).  G»rb.-r,  were 
permitted  to  meet  with  the  little  band,  on  the 
24th  of  Aug.,  where  we  examined  them  in  regard 
to  their  faith  in  the  Gospel.  We  found  them 
in  full  faith,  peace  and  love.  Wetheii  proceed- 
ed to  hold  an  election  for  deacon,  all  of  which 
pas.><ed  off  pleamutly.  Brother  Jacob  Hamil- 
ton was  unanimously  elected,  accepted  the  call, 
and  was  duly  installed  into  office. 

In  the  evening  we  conducted  services  in  com- 
memoration of  the  sufferings  and  death  of  our 
Lord  and  Savior.  It  was  the  first  Communion 
meeting  ever  held  in  that  section  of  countrj*  by 
the  Brethren.  The  meeting  was  well  attended. 
It  Wiia  altogether  a  pleasant,  and  we  hope  a 
profitable  one.  The  next  day  being  Lord's  day, 
had  preaching  in  the  forenoon  and  afternoon. 
Clo.'ied  Monday  morning  with  one  addition  by 
baptism.  Ruturned  to  our  neighborhood  on 
Tueiday,  just  in  time  to  attend  the  funeral 
services  of  brother  Abraham  May,  aged  84  years. 
He  had  been  a  great  sufferer  for  many  years, 
having  lost  his  eyesight  some  twenty  years 
ago,  and  suffered  other  bodily  afflictions  in  his 
last  days.  But  his  sufferings  are  now  over,  and 
we  hope  he  has  gone  to  rest.  Reached  home 
in  the  evening,  found  all  well,  for  which  we 
have  great  cause  to  thank  the  Lord.  Just  five 
weeks  previous  to  this  time,  \  had  been  from 
home  one  week  in  the  same  section  of  country 
above'  named,  and  on  ray  return  home,  found  my 
^ear  companion  very  ill,  which  illness  resulted 
in  her  death  in  eight  days  thereafter. — Her 
obituary  notice  was  published  in  No.  35  of  the 
Brethbek  at  Work,  giving  her  age  55  years, 
5  months  and  7  days,  which  should  have  been 
53  years,  5  months  and  7  days. 

LeviGarber. 


again,  though  her  skull  wn*  fractured   and  hw 
left  shoulder  »ni  hat^ked.  that  Hhe  mjuM   nevw 
uw  that  arm  like  the  other,  )the   wa«  alaoent 
across  the  alidonien.  so  that  her  bowels  appear- 
ed; these  she  kept  in  with  her  han<l.     She  con- 
tinued in  this  iniBerablettitiiation  forseTendaji, 
taking  shelter  in  a  hollow  tree,  and  eftting  the 
excre»euc«  of  it.     The  seventh  lUyxhe  saw  a 
deer  patwing  by  with  arrows  sticking  in  it.  and 
soon  after  two  Indians  appeared,  whom  she  wa« 
glad  to  see,  hoping  they  would  put  her   out   of 
her  mliery:  accordingly  one  made  Uiwarda  her, 
to  knock  heron  the  head,  but   the  other,  who 
was  an  elderly  man,  prevented  him,  and  throw- 
ing his  match-coat  about  her  to  cover  her  na- 
kedness, he  carried  her  to  his  wigwam,  and  cur- 
ed her  of  her  wounds  and  bruises,  after  that,  he 
took  her  to  New  York  and   made  a  present  of 
her,  to  her  country-men.  that  is  an  Indian  pres- 
ent—expecting ten  times  the   value   in  return. 
It  was  in  New  York  not  long  after  her  arrival, 
that  one  Richard  Stout  married  her.      He    was 
a  native  of  England  and  of  a  good  family.    She 
was  now  in  her  22nd  year  and  he  in   his  forti- 
eth. She  bore  him  seven  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters, vi7_  Jonathan,   the  founder  of  Hopewell, 
John,  Richard,  .lames,  Peter,  David,  B-njamin, 
Mary.  Sarah  and  Alice.    The  daughtent  married 
into  the  families  of  the  Bounds',  Pike^i'  and  Skel- 
tons'.    The  sons  also  married  and    had   many 
children.     The  mother  lived  to  the  extraordina- 
ry age  of  one  hundred  and  ten   years  and  saw 
her  offspring  multiplied  into  five   hundred  and 
two,  in  about  eighty-eight  years. 

.\brahaii  H.  Cassel. 


Some  Interesting  Reminiscences    of  the 
old  Hopewell  Baptist  Church. 


TTwi 
1     its 


13  SO  called  from  the  township  in  which 
meeting-house  stands,  in  Hunterdon  Co., 
New  Jersey,  built  in  1T4T.  One  of  these  fam- 
ilies, who  first  settled  the  tract,  now  called 
Hopewell,  was  that  of  Jonathan  Stout,  a  Prim- 
itive Baptist,  who  arrived  here  from  Middle^ 
town  about  1706.  The  place  was  a  wilderness 
and  full  of  Indians.  He  had  nine  children;  and 
as  the  Brethren's  church  of  Hunterdon  was 
not  organized  then  yet,  six  of  them  went  over 
to  Pennsylvania  for  baptism.  Thus  the  Stout's 
family  including  the  father  and  mother  furnish- 
ed eight  of  the  fifteen  members.  Among  the 
seven  others  were  Benjamin  Drake,  Ruth  Stout. 
Alice  Curtis,  Rachel  Hyde  and  Mary  Drake. 
These  fifteen,  with  the  assistance  of  Al)el  Mor- 
gan, were  organized  into  a  church  in  April, 
1715.  The  preaching  of  believers'  baptism 
had  such  an  effect,  that  out  of  a  thinly  settled 
country  fifty-five  were  added  to  their  number 
by  1747,  when  the  meeting-house  was  built. — 
They  also  had  several  remarkable  revivab  since. 
But  the  must  remarkable  part  of  its  history, 
is  that  of  the  Stout's  family,  of  which  we  will 
give  a  brief  sketch.  Romantic  as  it  may  ap- 
pear, we  believe  it  strictly  true;  and  furnishes  a 
most  remarkable  instance  of  the  watchful  care 
and  protection  of  an  over-ruling  Providence 
for  a  special  purpose. 

As  already  seen  Jonathan  Stout  and  family 
were  the  seed  of  the  church  and  the  beginning 
of  the  settlement;  and  also,  that  of  the  fifteen 
which  constituted  the  church,  nine  were  Stouts 
that  it  was  constituted  at  the  house  of  a  Stout, 
the  meetings  were  lield  in  the  dwellings  of  th' 
Stouts  for  forty-one  years,  or  till  the  meeting- 
house was  built — from  first  to  last  about  half 
th^Tuembers  were  Stouts — for  in  looking  over 
the  church  books  we  find  about  two  hiindre  I  of 
the  name.  Besides  about  as  many  were  of  the 
blood,  who  had  lost  the  name  by  marriage.  And 
what  is  wonderful— all  sprang  from  one  woman, 
and  she  a,s  good  as  deail.  Her  history  is  care- 
fully preserved  by  her  posterity  and  is  told  as 
following:  she  was  born  at  Amsterdam,  about 
the  year  1602.  Her  father's  name  was  Vanprin- 
cis.  She  and  her  first  husband  (whose  name  is 
lost)  sailed  for  New  York  (thou  called  New  Ani- 
stenlain)  about  the  year  1620.  The  vessel  was 
stramled  at  Sandy  Hook  about  eighteen  miles 
South  of  the  harbor,  the  crew  got  ashore  and 
marched  towards  the  said  New  York.  But 
Penelope's  (that  was  her  name)  husband  being 
80  badly  hurt  in  the  wreck  could  not  march 
with  them.  Therefore  he  and  the  wife  tarried 
in  the  woods: — they  had  not  been  long  in  the 
place,  before  the  Indmns  killeil  them  both  (a.-* 


From  the  Abilene  Church. 

WE  had  our  Communion  meeting  in  the  Ab- 
ilene church  Augu-st  24th,  without  any 
ministerial  help  from  any  other  district,  not  ev- 
en one  memlwr,  except  one  sister  frt)m 
Pennsylvania,  which  makes  us  think  that  this 
branch  of  church  is  but  little  known  by  the 
Brethren  of  other  districts.  I  will  say  here  to 
the  brotherhood,  this  church  was  organized 
nine  year^  ago  with  seven  members;  Jonas  De- 
haven  minister  in  the  second  degree,  now  de- 
ceased. By  election,  John  Hunberger  was  then 
elected  to  the  ministrj-  of  first  degree,  and  is 
now  ordained  to  the  eldership;  while  Michael 
Forney,  and  Abraham  Bear  are  since  chosen 
and  put  into  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry. 
We  have  five  deacons,  and  myself,  assistant 
elder,  with  a  membership  of  seventy-six  at  pres- 
ent. One  sister  was  added  by  baptism  at  oar 
Love-feast,  and  one  man  since.  So  we  hare 
still  reason  to  rejoice  with  the  angels  in  heaven, 
because  sinners  repent  and  the  labors  of  the 
Brethren  prosper  under  God's  blessings.  I  had 
forgotten  Lewis  Jordan,  minister  in  second  de- 
gree, also  moved  into  this  district.  I  think  not 
one  of  the  minister's  name^,  of  this  church  are 
in  the  Brethren's  Almanac,  except  my  own. 
I  hojw  the  mini3ter>j  of  other  districts  will 
make  a  note  of  this,  and  assist  at  another  Love- 
feast.  JOHK  FoESEr. 


Report  of  Danish  Mission  Fund. 

Naperville  church.  111., 915.00 

Rock  River  church.  111 30.00 

Hickory  Grove  church.  111., 5.50 

Yellow  Creek  church.  111. 18.20 

Springfield  church,  Ohio 5.00 

Lanark  churcli,  Rl.,  19.00 

Total,  eS2.T0 
C.  P.  Rowland,  Treasurer. 
Lanark,  III.,  Sept.  Gth,  1878. 
(  P.  C,  plmne  ropy. ) 


From  Raleigh.  West  Virginia. 

'^pHE  health  of  this  country  is  the  most  dis- 
1.  ti-es.sing  I  have  ever  known.  I  hare  lived 
here  forty  years  and  have  never  known  so  manv 
deaths  in  this  section,  in  so  short  a  time.  Not- 
withstanding the  many  warnings  we  have,  the 
health  of  the  people  spiritually  is  just  as  bad 
lis  it  is  physically,  and  it  has  reached  the  Breth- 
ren spiritually,  making  great  slaughter  among 
us.  The  most  lamentable  case  that  I  ever  ex- 
perienced, wiL>i  here  the  3rd  of  .\ugust.  The 
whole  clergy  sht>wed  plainly  that  they  werede- 
rimged  and  badly  diseiised  in  mind.  As  ty- 
phoid fever  and  dipthcria  are  carrying  a  great 
many  of  our  best  citizens,  young  :uid  old.  just 
so  is  the  disease  of  malice  and  envy  cutting 
off  some  of  the  best  memlx'rs  of  our  church; 
and  the  people  are  becoming  hardeu(\i.  so  that 
few  tears  are  shed  when  the  mes.-^nger  of  death 
takes  out  of  the  family  its  best  member,  so 


a-HLE    BRETHCRK:iSr    -A-T    AVOltKl. 


September    *,i6. 


with  Uie  clmrci.  lu-rv.  Tlie  Srd  day  of  Aug- 
tut  one  of  our  ht*t  nu-uiber^  went  from 
the  foM  nevtT  to  n-turii.  and  it  w^^iiu-d  that  joy 
uut4>ud  of  sorrow  wiw  thi-  result  with  the  mi»- 
ioritT  of  the  member*  present. 
*  W.  H.  Bailet. 


OLEji^NINGS. 


From  Diile  City,  Iowa.— Our  Love-f«aat, 

the  12th  and  13th  ol  Sept..  passed  oil  pleasantly. 
It  wa»  not  80  largely  atl'-H'l*'''.  ^»^  8°"^  '>'^*'^ 
wa»  obeerved  throuKhi.iH  the  meeting.  Breth- 
ren fiomth.-  mijoiiniiR  .lnJrch(Dalliw  Cu.),were 
present  with  iis,  lahon-il  very  earnestly  m  the 
Master's  cause,  setting  forth  to  usthr  necessity 
of  living  in  «l<we  communion  with  God,  and 
also  spoke  of  things  not  of  God,  but  of  the 
world.  (ludthatif  we,  hi«  j.rofe-swd  followers, 
would  indulge  in  th.;m.  would  dbquulify  us  for 
hcsven.  .\  choice  wiis  held  for  afl|>enker  and  a 
deacon.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro.  Moit«8  Deardorlf 
for  speaker  and  Bru.  Daniel  Diehl  for  deacon. 
May  the  Lonl  blesu  them  in  the  work  He 
gave-  th<-m    to  do.  A  Brothkh. 

From  Oroton.  Now  Jersey.— The  Breth- 
ren here  im-  building  a  new  meotinir-houBe. 
whielifchey  hope  to  get  completed  before  cold 
weather  cnmos.  They  have  the  frame  up  and 
ready  for  the  enclosure.  Siza  32x48.  with  a 
c«iling  of  I'i  leflt.  It  will  be  quite  oomiitodious 
when  dune. 

We  are  huviiig  quite  damp  weather  here  now. 
Laat  Weduesibiy  iifternoon  had  the  lio«vie*t 
rain  fall  ovor  known  here,  (^uite  hard  thunder. 
Wo  heard  of  sevecaLbuildiligs  being  struck  by 
lightning.  Great  timount  of  damnge  done  to 
roiuls,  and  bridges  swept  away.  Little  gullies 
swelled  to  great  streams.  In  fact,  whole  piect^s 
of  ground  seemed  to  be  covered  witli  water.' 
Amos  Ci[AMriKiti.,\iK. 

From  I).  It.Oibsoii.— 1  am  now  in  Fulton 
Co.. III.  I  began  luei-ting  liuit  night,  the  prospect 
in  good  for  a  revival.  I  have  preached  only  two 
sermons.  The  congregations  are  large  and  the 
intwrost  good  for  the  beginning.  I  will  proba- 
bly remain  in  Pulton  Co.  till  the  -Joth-ftiid  then 
not  get  near  through  with  the  callB  in  this  Co., 

My  health  ia  fmr,— better  than  for  a  year. 
Pray  for  the  dueceas  of  otir  holy  Chris  Inanity. 
Ihavercnt*;d  my  farm  and  slwll  perhaps  devote 
the  moitof  my  time  to  evangelisation,  and  may 
change  locutions.  I  want  to  locate  where  I  can 
(Jo  the  nuwtgood  for  the  cause  of  Chri-it. 

From  Pmvnee  City,  Nebraslta.— Three 
more  precious  souls  were  m-ide  willing  to  come 
out  to  servi-  the  Lord  in  this  congregation.  A 
young  man  and  his  wife,  were  received  by  bap- 
tism on  last  Sunday  and  another  young  man 
on  last  Thursday  after  council  meeting  closed. 
May  the  Lord  help  them  and  all  to  hold  out 
faithful  to  the  end,  is  my  prayer.  Hope  to  he 
able  to  send  in  mire  good  new.^  soon. 

Kliz\betu  SuiTii. 

From  Clmrulmsco,  Intl.— On  Sunday.  Bro. 
Henry  Bnulingam  in  eompany  with  two  neigh- 
bor boys  .lohn  and  Wultur  Swihart,  went  into 
A  Bmull  lake  about  four  miles  West  from  this 
place  to  take  a  batli.  When  the  former  swam 
into  when-  the  water  wm  about  twelve  feet 
deep,  and  wiis  suddenly  taken  with  some  nerv- 
ous affection  an.!  uticred  tliee.\eliiniatiou  "Oh!" 
and  calli'd  .lolni  to  iwaistance — he  sank  down 
in  the  w.i'i-r.  The  boy  went  to  his  as-^istance 
and  when  he  rose  to  the  .surface,  he  grasped  the 
boy  and  dniggwl  him  down  in  the  water  and 
with  a  hard  stru^f^le,  the  boy  broke  loose  and 
thus  ei.'uped  a  w^itery  grave.  The  alarm  was 
spi'eail,  but.  it  \vn<  a  couple  of  hours  before  the 
body  WiLs  rec.>v.-red.  il  wa'*  found  by  tlie  use 
of  a  large  li>h  net.  Urother  Bradingum  leaves 
a  wife  and  two  small  ehildren  to  muurn  his  loss. 
They  do  not  mourn  an  those  that  have  no  hope. 
We  trust  their  loys  is  hid.etenml  gain.  Oh.  may 
they  pot  theirlrust  in  God,  who  isnlde  to  raise 
him  up  again  on  the  resuvreotion  morn.  The 
age  of  our  di'jiarted  brotluT  wa*  2t>  years  and 
some  days.  Kuuoral  services  by  the  Brethren, 
from  Mark  13:  :J,'i.  C.  K.  SiMiiKi  s. 


DIED. 


Ob.tuarips  ahoulil  be  brirf.  tvrttlcn  ou  tint  odp  s'kIo  of  ihi 
jiapor,  And  iiepuraie  fruni  all  otbcr  buciaesa. 


CRIPK.— Inthe  Pleasant   Hill  congregation 

Macoupin  Co.,  111.,  Sept.   7th,  sister  Lydia 

('ripe,  mfc  of  Samuel  Cripe,  aged  34  years, 

4  months  and  3  days      Gkokoe  W.  Giihon'. 

{Ffhiiitire  Chrhtian,  phase  copy). 

ML'CK.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Milledgevillo 
cbnrch.  Cairoll  Co.,  111..  Leah  Sinda  Muck, 
died  Augusl  Hith.  KSi^.  iiged  1  year,  Jn  mon. 
and  Bdujs.     Sen"ices  by  Kid.  .1.  S.  llauger. 


SllOEMAKKU.— In  the  Huntingdon  congre- 
gation. August*27th,lJST«,daughter  of  Bro. 
.Jacob  and  wsler  Susan  Shoemaker,  aged  9 
years,  Hhnontlis  and  \h  days.  Funeral  ser- 
vices from  Isaiah  40:!*. 

ALTMAN.— In  the  »anie  congregation,  Sept. 
2nd,  1878.  .lacob.  infant  9on  of  brother  Hen- 
ry "and  sister  Kli/.abeth  Altman.  Funeral 
wrvices  by  K.  K.  Binkley  andthe  writer  from 

JtcT.  14:13.  WlIXIAM  Sl-HMKKS. 

CnrME.— In  the  Springfield  district,  Ind., 
Sept.  13th,  Sylvauis  Grume,  infant  son  of 
Bro.  Levi  and  sister  Mary  Crume.  aged  1  year, 
11  months  and  5  day.  Funeral  services  by 
Elder  David  Bare,  From  Mutt.  19:  14  and  15. 
John  Boi.din. 

HYRE.— Inthe  Huntaville district.  111..  Aug. 
20th,  Bro  Absalom  Eyre,  aged  t;4  years  and 
10  days.  J.  P.  HoioiiSG. 

A-isrisroxjJsrcEMENTS. 

NoTicu  of   L(.»e-f«Mt8,    Didlrici   M«liDg«.   clc,  >honM 

b«  brief,  Mi'l  wrinen  on  pnper  sepuale 

from   othiT   busincBS. 


|-.tli.   t« 


LOVE-FEABTB. 


,,  111.,  Oct. 


Sugar  rreck  congregation.  Siin^araon 

a  and  4,  commencing  at  10  o  cUicK. 
I'tilnt  Creek  cougreK-atlon.  Bourbon  Co..  Kansas. 

Octolier  :!rd  anrt  -Ith,  commencmg  at  2  o  clock. 
Mineral  Craek,  .Tohuson  Co,,  Mo,.  Tuesday,  Oct.  1. 
Stanislaus  eliureli.  Cal..  first  Saturday  in  October. 
Mull.eny  fiiove  cliurcli,  Bond  Co,.  HI..  Oct.  dth. 
Praiiklin  cliurcli.  four  and  fl  half  miles  North-east 

of  Leon.  Hee^tur  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  lOtli. 
Lower  Fall  Creek  cburcJi.  Madison  Co..  Ind.,  Oct.  11- 
Lonan  church,  Lo^an  Co..  C.  Oct  12th  Ht  •£  o'clock. 
Pcjihodv  rhureli,  Oet.  .ith  and  rtth  at  residence  of 

Ufc'IIflnry  ahombor.  three  and  a  lialf  miles 

North- West  of  Peabody.  Marion  Co.,  Kan. 
Pc.k.igon  e.iiiK'te(,''ition,  Cass  ro., Mich.,  October  r.th 

at  live  oVlock,  1*.  M. 
(Jra-sshopper  Valley  chuah,  .lefferson  eo.,  Kansas, 

Oel,  Stri  and  iilh. 
Ronald's  rreek,  seven  miles  \ortli-west  of  Spring- 

neUI,  Clark  co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  fttli  at  10  o  clock. 
One  mile  Eiiat  of  Dallas  ('enter,  pailas  co..  Iowa, 

October  Wth  and  18th  atone  o clock. 
Nettle   Cjwk    congcejtation,    near    nageratown, 

AViiync  lo..  Ind..  Oct.  lltli  at  10  o  clock,     t 
English  I'rairie  church.  La  Grange    co..  Ind,  Oct. 

lOth  at  lO  o'clock. 
EiiKle  Creek  church,  Hancock  co..  Ohio,  October 

nth  at  h  o'clock. 
Desmoines  Valley,  I'olk  eo.,  In.,  ten  miles  North  of 

Desmoiues,  OcUotii  and  (Hli  at  I  o  clock. 
.S])ringneldclniifh,  Summit  Co.,  Ohio,  OcL  8th,  at 

10  o'clock. 
Clear  Creek  clnireli.  near  Huntington,  Ind.,  Sept. 

27tliat  lOo'clork. 
Union  City  ehurcli,  near  Tnion  City,  Ind.,  Oct.  10, 

at  10  o'clock. 
Yellow  Creek,  Stephenson  Co.,  111..  Oct,  15th  and 

lOtli  at  1  P.  M. 
.•ilmunon,  Carroll  eo.,  111..  Oct.  10th  commencing  at 

lu  A.  M. 
Knol.  Creek.  \\':isliiugton  en,.  Tenn.,  Ort.  sth   and 

mil,  at  10  o'l-Iock,  A.  M. 
Neosho  chinvh,  Oct  8th  and  nth,  three  miles  Xortli 

cast  of  (lalcKhiirg. 
At  UiHl-oull,,l)i-l.>I.ev,  1-Jth. 
N.iilh  Fork  rlmii'li  ol'  \Vi)d  Cat,  Carroll  county, 

linl,.  ()ct.,r'lli.  ;it  111  iMJoi-k  .\.  M. 
Snriii«  Creek  euiu;i>-i,'nti'>ii,  Ivoneiuseo  co,.  Ind..  six 

miles  SoiiLh  ol  J'iiivetun,  Oel.,  4th,  to  commence 

at  ten  ..'clock. 
Ilnwaid  congreg-atlon  Ind,,  Oct.  4th.  at  ten  A.  M. 
Pine  Creek,  Hi,.  Oct.  H  and  t,  at  -l  P.  M. 
Seneca  ciiureh,  Ohio,  Oct.  II). 
Oct  10th.  at  4  o'clock,  three  miles  Kast  of  Parkers- 

hurt;. 
Maple  Valley  church,  Cherokee  co..Iowa.  .^th  and 

.ith  of  Oct. 
Coventry.  Chester  co..  Pa..  Oct.Slh,  at  2  P.  M. 
Burr  Oak  church,  near  Salem.  Kau.,  Sept.  2«th  and 

I'iHh,  at  ten  A.  M. 
Limestone  rongrestation.  1(!  nille.'*  N.  "W.  of  Heloit. 

Kansas.  OeL  ,'>th  and  itth. 


,  Oshoru 


Kan, 
four 


miles 
K'h.  at 


Ashhiu.l  church,  Ashland  CO.,  0..  Oe|..   I2i: 

niiles  South-ensl  ol  Ashland  City,  at .'»  P. 
Huntington  ciiureh.  Huntington  co.,  Ind.,.0et.  !ith, 

at  4  P;  M. 
California  chuirh,  Sept.  2Uth,  continue  over  two 

Sundays.  , 

Salem  congregation,  four  miles  Ka.st  of  Salem,  Ma- 
rion co.,  111.,  qct,  12th,  at  li  P.M. 
Mariiui  congregation.  Marion,  Grant  co„  Ind..  Oct, 

mh,  at  10  A.  M. 
Knglisii  River  eougreption.  Keokuk  co.,  Iowa,  twd 

and  one  half  mites  Kast  of  Soalii  KukHsIi.  and 

six  ane  one  half  miles  North  of  Harper.  Oct.  8th 

and  »th. 
Bear  Creek  chureh.  Christian  eo..  Hi..  Shi)!.  2Kth  and 

anil  at  4  P.  M..  ijtlhe  house  of  Bro.  .J.  S.  Stiit/.- 

maii, 
Milledgeville,  Carroll  CO.,  III..  Oct.  8th  and  lltli,  at 

lu  A.  M. 
Blaek  River  congregation.  Medina  co..  O.,  Oct.  -Ith 

at  :t  P. . 
[,oK  Creek  ciaigregiition.  Caldwell  co..   North   Mo. 

dintriet.  ( let,  .'.tli  and  iHli,  id  i  o'clock,  at  the  le.s- 

ideiice  of  I.  K.  Busserniau.  three  miles   West  of 

Polo. 
Silver  Creek  Conprngafion.  Ogle  eo..  III.,  Ort.  stli 

and  0th.  At  10  A.M. 
LiTin  CO.,  eliurch.  low;;,  Oct.  lOth,  at  10  P,  M. 
Moulieello  lUslriet,  Wliite  co„  Ind.,  November  ist, 

at  4  P.  M. 
Smith  Fork  church.  Clinton  eo..  Mo..  Oct.  Ii'th  at  1 

u'clii.-k:  meeting  t.>  emitlnue  for  a  week. 


\'jiii    Bun-n    ■■"iinr.-iiati.iii 

«'.■-.(  .»f  Wh.t.'Piue"",  J' 

lo.i'.'hiek. 
Fain  lew  rhurch.  Tippecimoe  eo,  Ind.,  Oct.  'tU.  at 

4  u'elork.  „ 

Boot  Hiver  conEi-egation.  FiUmore  co.,  Minn.  Oct. 

.-)tii,  at  10  o'cliK-k. 
Deep  mver  chureli,  I'oweahiPk  co..  Ia..  Oct.  4th  ana 

.-.tli.  at  to  o'clock.    Preaching  ou  Sunday  the  0th. 

:^.'-  We.  the  Brethren  of  the  Waba-sh  church, 
intend  holding  our  Communion,  the  Lork  will- 
ing. Sept.  2»th.  commencing  at  10  A.  M. 

RW'The  Wnddams  Grove,  111.,  feast  will  he 
on  the  Sth  and  9lh  of  Oct..  commencing  at  one 
o'clock  P.  M.     A  general  invitation. 

Enoch  Ewy. 

:^'  The  West  Otter  Creek  church  will  hold 
their  Love-fciist.  the  Lord  willing,  on  the  11th 
and  12th  of  Oct.:  nine  miles  West  of  Virden, 
Macoupin  Co.,Jll.  Isaac  H.  Cbist. 

35:'-  The  Brethren  of  Rock  River  church, 
intend  holding  their  Love-feast  on  the  4th  of 
Oct..  .^-mmeuciug  at  4  P.  M.  L.  U.^pf. 

3^"' '  e,  the  Pluitsburg  church,  will,  the  Lord 
willing,  hold  our  Love-feast  Oct.  5th  and  (ith, 
at  the  house  of  Bro.  Benjamin  Keller.  Uutler 
Co.,  Neb.,  eight  miles  South  of  Schuyler. 

J.  T.  MOOMAW. 

5^"  The  Brethren  of  the  Brick  church, 
Floyd  Co.,  Virginia,  will  hold  a  Love  feast  Oct. 
Sth  and  6th,  commencing  at  11  A.  M.  A  gener- 
al invitation.  C.  D.  Hymon. 

^gf  The  Loi-d  willing,  the  Brethren  of  the 
Antiochchnich.  expect  to  hold  a  Communion 
at  Antioch,  on  the  Lith  of  Oct,,  commencing 
ftt  2  P,  M.  J-  W.  SofTHWOon. 

J^**The  Brethren  of  the  Spring  River  Val- 
ley church,  intend  holding  tlieir  Love- fenst  Oct. 
l,"ith  and  Ifith,  commencing  at  10  o'clock,  at 
the  house  of  Bro.  .lohn  Wampler,  two  miles 
North-west  of  Carthage,  Missou  ri. 

'  '■  W.M.Harvey. 

^;^^  The  Brethren  of  the  Silver  Creek  con- 
gregation, expect  to  hold  their  Coinmuiiimi 
meeting  the  lUth  and  17th  of  Oct.,  nine  miles 
South  edstofWinlield,Kau.  Brethren  traveling 
through  will  please  remember  this. 

L.  E.  Prkkett, 

l^r  The   Brethren   of  the  Turkey  Creek 
congregation  propose,  the  Lord  \^*illing.  to  hold 
fl  Love-feast  the  'JSth  and  29th   of  Sept..  seven 
miles  South-east  of  Pawnee  City.  Nebraj?ka. 
E.  Smith. 

2^"  Our  District  meeting  will  be  held  at  the 
Pleasant  Hill  church,  Macoupin  Co.,  III.,  Oc- 
tober 7th.  Those  coming  by  U.  R.  from  the 
North,  will  plea.se  stop  off  at  Virden,  and  those 
from  the  South  at  Girard.  Thosn  wishing 
conveyance,  will  notify  the  writer  in  diie  time 
at  Girai-d.  Joseph  Fu.burn, 

J^"  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in 
the  Pleasant  Hill  church.  Macoupin  Co.,  ill., 
October  .^th,  at  10  o'clock. 

;^5?^  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  ou 
the  t>th  of  October,  in  the  Yellow    River  con- 
gregation, Marshall  Co.,    Itidiaua,  three    miles 
North-west  of  Bourbon,  at  Bro.  Jacob  Lints." 
DaklinS.  Hale. 

;^^  The  Pipe  Creek  congregation.  Madison 
Co.,  Ind.,  will  hold  their  Communion  meeting, 
near  Sumnlitville  Madison  Co.,  Indiana,  Oct.- 
4t'h,  commencing  at  10  o'clock. 

.lohn  R.  Wellinotok. 

tt^°  The  Brethren  of  the  Lick  Creek  church 
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BY  OKURGE  I>.  ZOLLEHS. 

'Dirougli  death's  dark  sullen  stream. 

iTiis  passed  tlie  afflicted on«; 
Iter  life  liaa  vnnislied  like  a  dream, 

ller  death,  who  can  bemourn? 

I'm  Rliid  her  soul  Is  free 
Troni   that  poor  mangled  frame 

To  stay  the  raging  malady, 
Oui'  efforts  proved  in  vain. 

May  her  dark  hours  of  pain, 
So  h)»e!y  with  patience  home; 

Inrite  her  friends  the  crown  to  gain. 
In  tlip  celestial  raorn. 

May  blessinga  ever  How, 

And  love  adorn  the  home, 
Those  iiiniatfs  all  her  anguish  saw, 

And  heard  her  weejj  and  groan. 

God  hless  my  mother  dear, 
Whose  life  wiis  uieek  and  mild. 

Wlio  toiled  'mid  tears,  and  grief,  and  care, 
To  solace  her  poor  child, 

We  hope  to  meet  again, 

In  that  pure  hlessed  cUme, 
Where  none  shall  ever  groan  in  piiJn 

Nor  life  nor  health  decline. 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  SOTJTH. 


Chrisliau  Festivals— One  Idea  Professors— A 
Ra.'o  ol  Dwarfs— Practical  Vs.  Theoretical 
Religion  —  The  Wants  of  the  Age  —  Hard 
Times. 

iVrom  Oui  Spitioi  i'«rr«iioriikntJ 

THE  hai)|iy  "reunion"  period  is  drawing 
noar,  \^he^  the  scattered  children  will 
gath-'r  together  around  the  Father's  table,  to 
feed  upin  the  soul's  Ibod  that  flows  so  bnuntp- 
ously  from  tin?  treiisure-housie  aliove.  Already 
thr  chousing  work  is  being  pusbt-d  forward, 
uud  the  tidings  come  from  all  parts  of  the 
vineyard:  "We  lire  preparing  ft>r  the  (-acred 
feast."  The  messages  of  love  speed  their  way 
by  every  mail,  calling  to  the 

(HIUSTIAN  FESTIVAL. 

ilulLifnrm  are  the  styles  through  which  these 
eagles  of  light  and  love  execute  their  mission. 
Ouc  before  me  says,  "  Dear  brutlier,  our  feast 
will  be  on  the  firat  Saturday  and  Sunday  in 
October.  Hope  to  see  you  with  many  other 
brttluen  and  sisters."  Another  says.  "  Onr 
Lovo-fea'*  i"  appointed  on  the  second  Saturday 
and  Sunday  in  Oetob^r.  All  of  your  breth- 
ren and  sisters  are  invited,  especially  the  miu- 
istedug  brethren." 
These  are  precious  seasons  for  our  souls.  I 
,  rejiipmbei- when  I  tirst  sat  around  the  soul's 
'  fettivo  board.  I  ielt  very  neju-  our  Lord.  I  used 
then  to  with  they  would  last  forever,  they  were 
80  sweet.  Once  I  wept  while  I  sat  there,  at  tli 
thought  that  soon  I  would  have  to  go  out  into 
the  rough,  cold  world,  and  battle  with  Satan, 
Now.  I  do  not  have  thofit  feelings.  Then  1 
thiiuyht  it  was  the  sum  of  a  Christian  bfe  to 
ciijov  heavenly  delight*,  now  I  hiunv  it  is 
sum" of  a  Christian  lite  to  tight  tlie  Lord's  bat- 
tles on  the  arena  of  this  «orld.  and  to  wait  for 
the  joys  in  the  future  world. 

If  our  neighboring  professors  knew  tliegrcat 
loss  thev  sustain  in  neglecting  these  precious 
dutii-s.  the  Deipnon  would,  with  its  accorapa- 
nnn.'nts.  be  celebrated,  where  nmv'  the  rioting 
and  hilarity  of  the  pic-nic,  the  charade,  the 
semi-theatneal,  with  their  usnal  etceteras,  hold 


supreme  sway.  Shake  off  the  sloth  of  your 
long  and  restless  slumbers,  oh,  erring  brethren, 
and  tread  the  hallowed  walks  of  Christ  and 
His  apostles.     They  are  absorbed  with 

ONE  IIIEA 

concerning  the  agencies  of  redemption,  and 
that  i3/«iM.  faith  first,  faith  last,  faith  inter- 
mediate. We  proclaim  the  heaven-born  trium- 
virate, faith  first,  works  or  obedience,  interme- 
diate, and  grace,  thrice  blessed,  last.  This  is  a 
good  ticket,  with  the  broad  seal  of  heaven  and 
God's  signature  written  with  the  blood  of  Christ. 
Are  any  of  the  sheep  spotted  with  the  plague. 
one  idea?  How  many  are  there  who  think  a 
skillful  maniiialation  of  the  hair  hrit.ih  and  the 
scissors  is  the  prime  ronsitlfrnfion.  How  many 
are  now  engaged  in  the  u.seless  work  of  white- 
washing and  burnishing  the  decaying  shell, 
while  the  worms  of  covetousness  or  jealousy  or 
self- love  is  consuming  the  precious  kernel? 
"  These  things  ye  ought  to  do  and  not  leave  the 
others  undone." 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  on  the  gentle 
zephyrs  of  faith,  send  a  prayer  to  heaven  for 
your  weary  brother,  when  you  feel  happy 
around  the  Father's  table. 

A  RACE  OF  DWARFS, 

is  the  progeny  of  that  style  of  serving  God. 
We  tkus  become  only  half  developed,  hump- 
backed, weak-minded,  reel-footed,  scrimped,  and 
halt,  we  go  through  life,  limping  and  stumbling. 
Oh,  why  should  we  forever  be  satisfied  with  the 
weak  milk,  soured  by  our  admixture  of  the  in- 
congruous elements  of  whims  ami  traditions, 
when  the  Father's  table  is  crowned  with  the 
rich  meats  of  faith,  charity,  benevolence  etc. 
It  would  be  far  better  to  plume  our  pinions  and 
soar  up  to  the  pure  atmosphere  of  the  exalting 
and  tTinobling  virtues  that  crown  the  royal  chil- 
dren with  princely  gloty, 

THEORKTIC^VL  RELIGION 

the  order  of  the  day  now.  A  belief  in  the 
fundamentals,  so  called  of  the  Bible,  just 
about  enough  to  enable  them  to  say  when  they 
come  to  die,  "I  die  a  protestant,"  "I  die  a 
Christian."  It  seems  never  to  Jiave  occurred  to 
them  that  the  religion  of  Jesus 

IS  A  PBArriCAI,  RELIOION. 

a  chain  in  which  should  be  woven  the  web  of 
life,  and  that  a  person  cannot  die  a  Christian, 
unless  they  live  one.  Judging  from  the  actions 
of  many  who  hgure  conspicuously  in  this  cate- 
gory, we  would  suppose  their  highest  concep- 
tion of  religion,  was  to  utilize  it  to  the  impor- 
tant purpose  of  filling  their  own  eotfere,  and 
floating  on  the  crest  of  the  top-most  wave  of 

society. 

THE  WANTS  Olf  THP:  AGE. 
demand  a  removal  of  this  order.  Let  it  be 
thundered  from  every  pulpit  in  Christendom, 
that  it  is  a  misnomer  to  call  a  person  «  Vli. 
tiuii  who  does  not  illustrate  the  virtues  and 
morality  of  the  Gospel  in  their  daily  conduct. 
Things  should  be  called  by  their  right  names. 
Call  a  bankrupt,  a  man  who  takes  the  benefit 
of  that  act  (or  the  puriio-^e  of  defiaudina  their 
creditors,  and  who  still  lives  in  an  extravagant 
style,  a  thief.  It  would  take  n  metaphycian 
more  astute  than  I  claim  to  he,  to  see  the  real 
difference  between  him  and  the  mnn  who  breaks 
into  my  house  during  the  night  wat^'hes  and 
transfers  the  contents  of  my  [K'cket  book  to 
his.  A  man  that  manipulates  his  accounts  to 
perpetrate  a  fraud,  and  the  man  who  is  a  vol- 
untary beneficiary  of  such  a  transaction  should 
be  stigmatized  and  labeled  "  thiH'."  so  that  the 
world  would  know  to  whom  they  belonged. 
Let  thi-  church  wilUuraw  her  velvety  embraces 
from  them,  and  tlu'n  men  will  reuliy.e  the  inev- 
itable results  of  thv-'ir  dishonesty. 

We  weed  not  expect  deliverance  from 
Tin;  i!\uiJ  nMF.s 
which  is  giving  peopb- a  world  of  trouble  just 
no.w,  till  the  churthcs  cea.se  their  patronage  of. 
and  fawning  and  adullerou-.  dalliance  with  fash- 
ion and  pride  in  all  its  niiiltifarious  forms,  and 
dishonesty  in  its  thousand  and   one   manifesta- 


tions, and  falsehood  and  deceit  and  hypocrisy. 
Publish  it  to  the  world,  shoutit  from  the  moun- 
tain tops,  emblazon  it  in  letters  of  fire  on  »fvprj- 
bulletin  board  of  Christ^indom.  wriU;  on  every 
rock  and  fence,  along  every  highway  and  moun- 
tain-path, fhat  things  iiTf  thf  /out  ]iroi/fi»ij  of 
sin.  Let  them  stink  in  th^  nostrils  of  God's 
people,  as  they  do  in  the  nostrili  of  God  Him- 
self. 

The  professed  Christian  church  to-day  is  re- 
sponsible, more  than  any  other  agency,  for  the 
wide-spread  moral  and  financial  ruin  that  is 
swallowing  up  all  that's  good  in  our  once  pros- 
perous  and  happy  country.  Men,  in  the  open 
light  of  day.  under  tiie  broad  glare  of  the  light 
of  the  Gospel,  will  defalcate  and  liquidate  and 
bankrupt  their  creditors  out  of  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  dollars  and  read  their  doom  in  the 
tears  and  curves  of  thousands  of  destitute  wid- 
ows and  orphans  and  impoverished  fathem.  and 
from  this  scene  of  perfidy  and  legalized  villany, 
they  pa-sa  to  the  Communion  table,  and  a  liver- 
ied and  salaried  minister  of  the  Gospel,  so  call- 
ed, with  full  knowlege  of  his  shameless  guilt, 
presses  to  bis  lips  the  blessed  consecrated  blood 
of  the  Lord  .leeus  Christ. 

Manufacturers  of  intoxicafinglitiuors,  whole- 
sale and  retail  venders  of  this  accursed  fire, 
bankrupts  both  in  morals  and  money,  votariet 
and  slaves  of  the  most  shameless  and  immodest 
fashions,  and  sin  and  vice  in  everj'  form  (except 
those  forms  that  immure  their  victims  in  a  fel- 
on's cell),  are  honored  recipients  of  the  blessings 
of  popular  Christianity,  not  the  Christianity  of 
apostolic  times,  but  the  gilded,  whitewashed, 
painted,  bedizened  Christianity  of  the  nineteenth 
century. 

Let  us  see  that  such  things  make  no  entrance 
into  our  fold.  While  we  attempt  to  peri»ctuate 
the  simplicity  of  past  genprations,  let  us  also 
perpetuite  their  honesty  and  integrity,  and  thus 


attained  without  the  necessity  of  driving  them 
out. 

God  surely  ha*  a  good  work  for  every  individ- 
ual human  being  that  He  brings  into  theworld: 
not  only  that  each  should  do  something  for  him- 
self, but  also  for  others,  so  that  all  might  be 
saved  ''  from  their  sina,"  nnd  made  happy.  Bnt 
how  is  this  object  attained  with  those  who  re- 
fuse to  do  their  work,  and  be  saved? 

We  are  taught  that  in  Christ  .Ipsus  salvation 
is  brought  to  all  men.  Luke  S:  6.  Is  not  the 
heavenly  end  here  attained?  Salvation  i« 
brought  to  all.  and  if  some  refuse  to  accept  it, 
the  work  of  giving  is  nevertheless  accomplished. 
.\nd  in  accomplishing  His  purposes  through 
the  destruction  of  those  who  refuse  to  accept 
salv.ition,  the  words  of  David  are  fulfilled. 
"Surely  the  wrath  of  man  shall  praise  thee.'' 
Ps.  7ft:  10.  But  in  the  Lord's  parables  He  said. 
that  the  talent  of  him  "vho  refused  to  make  it 
productive  should  be  given  to  the  one  who  had 
the  most,  which  seems  to  indicate  that  He  ac- 
complishes His  objects  also  by  giving  the  pow- 
ers of  the  disobedient  to  those  who  will  render 
the  sen,-ices  required. 

When  the  Lord  Jesua  came.  He  said,  *'  Re- 
pent, for  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at  hand  " 
and  on  the  cross  He  cried  out,  "  It  is  finished." 
X  comparatively  few  had  repented  when  thew 
last  words  were  said,  yet  the  work  of  saving 
was  accomplished.  Though  many  refuse  to  ac- 
cept salvation  from  their  sins,  and  from  tiie 
sure  wages  thereof,  this  salvation  is  neverthe- 
less fully  provided  for  all;  and  on  the  side  of 
Him  who  provides  it,  all  are  therefore  saved. 
The  Lord  said,  "  He  is  the  life."  Where  there 
is  no  life,  there  can  Iw  no  suffering;  hence  if 
the  Lord  would,  or  conld.  entirely  withdraw 
from  a  person,  then  no  doubt  all  suffering 
would  cease.  In  this  sense,  therefore,  does  God 
|)unish.   by    not  withholding  existence     from 


entitle  ourselves  justly    to  their  spotless  repu-    those  who  refuse  to  live  to  such  a  decree  ji  to 
tation.  ,  D.  CM,      ' 

McDonatils.  Vn. 


GOD'S  POWER  AND  GLORY. 


HY  .1.  R.  nopl'ER. 


IT  cannot  be  possible  th.it  the  All-wise,  Oni- 
nipotent  God  of  love,  can  fail  in  any  of  Hi.* 
purposes;  or  that  He  can  do  anything  in  the 
result  of  which  he  might  be  ^lisappointed;  for 
He  controls  both  cau«e  and  effect.  Hov 
however,  that  His  Word  as-sures  us  that  many 
persons  will  be  lost,  and  yet,  that  He  v/nnU  all 
to  be  saved?  Also  that  He  repented  having 
made  man?  Gen.  6:  (>.  And  surely  He  who  "  is 
love,"  cannot  have  an  evil  design  with  any  of 
His  creatures.  How  then  is  His  Word  to  be 
understood  where  it  apparently  teaches  that 
men  frustrated  the  divine  object?  where  God 
seemed  to  have  raised  up  men  for  perdition,  as 
Phanuh  and  Judas  Iscariot?  and  when  He  is 
declared  as  angry. 

In  regard  to  Pharoah,  the  Lord  said,  "  And 
in  very  deed,  for  this  canine  have  1  raised  thee  up, 
to  show  in  thee  my  power;  and  that  my  name 
may  be  declared  throughout  alt  the  earth." 
Ex.  9:  Iti.  The  purpose,  therefore,  was  not  th' 
destiuction  of  Pharoah,  hut  to  siiow  the  power 
of  Gol  anil  dechu'c  His  name  throughout  all 
the  earth.  Hid  Pharoah  obeyed  the  voice  ol 
God  and  allowed  the  Israelites  to  depart  in 
peace,  the  divme  purposes  would  have  been  at- 
tained withoul  His  destruction.  But  the  object 
of  heaven  rnuld  not  fail,  and  on  account  ol 
Pharoab's  r.-vistauce  it  could  evidently  not  be 
accomplislu  d  except  by  destroying  him  and  his 
host.  Juda-f  Iscariot  w;is  chosen  by  the  Lord 
Jesus  Its  ouo  of  His  disciples,  no  doubt  for 
some  special  purjwse;  and  hiwl  he  proved  iaith- 
fui  that  purpose  would  have  been  attained  with- 
out hia  destruction-  The  tie*  of  the  kn->wK'dge 
of  good  and  evil  wa-s  planted  in  the  ■luid'^t  of 
the  garden  for  a  divine  end;  and  if  Adam  .ind 
Eve  bad  been  obedient,  that  end  could  have  Wn 


lie  truly  happy.  The  Lord  taught  the  people 
to  pray  to  the  Father  of  love,  "  Lead  us  not  in- 
to temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil,"  This 
seems  to  imply  that  God  d-tes  lead  into  temp- 
tation. Prosperity  and  health  tempt  the  evil 
to  do  wrong;  and  indeed  by  all  the  good  things 
whieh  make  those  that  love  God  happy,  are  the 
wicked  tempted  to  do  evil.  And  since  even  the 
best  are  not  exempt  from  evil  inclinations,  alL 
find  rea.son  to  pray  the  Father  not  to  lead  tMem 
into  temptation;  to  make  which  prayer  from 
the  heart,  implies  a  willingness  that  such  bles.-^ 
iugs  as  might  be  abused  should  be  withheld. 
Butsunly  all  would  much  rather  be  deliven^d 
from  .-(uch  evil  inclinations,  juid  therefore  thej 
can  heartily  pray,  "  But  deliver  us  from  evil,*' 
which  implie^  a  desire  to  be  prepared  for  the 
reception  of  the  best  gifts  from  the  Lord. 

God  surely  is  not  anery.  as  men  are.  or  Jauicn 
could  not  have  said,  "  For  the  wrath  of  mao 
worketh  not  the  righteousness  of  God,"  James 
I:  2(t.  That  "  God  is  love"  excludes  everj'thing 
from  Him  that  has  the  semblance  of  huraaa 
anger.  Human  anger  is  love  turned  towants 
evil;  and  God'-:  blessing'! turned  to  evil  purposos 
are  calltni  the  auger  of  G«d:  for  to  the  wicked 
God  appears  to  he  angry,  because  what  they  love 
make»  theiimubappy.  But  it  is  no  less  bum 
the  love  of  G"d  th.it  wrong  doing  causes  (miii 
than  that  to  do  right  make-  happy:  for  bv  the 
pain  men  are  warned  that  they  are  doing  wrung, 
and  by  happiness  they  know  that  they  are  liv- 
ing right;  providing  they  are  sufficiently  Jire 
to  feel  their  p.nu.  and  do  not  call  evil  good,  dark- 
ne^s  liglit.  and  bitter  swi-^-t.  Is.  .i:  20. 


Kkei-  const;m*ly  beforf\ou  n  firm   intention 

of  serving  God  always  aiid    with  your  wh*»Ie 

I  heart,  and  then  "  take  no  thought  for  the  iDor- 

row."    Only  strive  or  be  concerned  to  do  ypnr 

very  best  ti»-day.  ^ 


Re\i,  happiness  is  cheap   enough,  yet    how 
dearly  we  ^ly  for  its  counterfeit  ! 


THK  Bi<i:'rHr{K>c  at  WOHIv. 


Oftobor    ;i. 


PRAYER  AND  POTATOES 


-iiu  I.I 


rfplying  until  now.    You   iiecii    nnt   t>ejeit^ti,    Sfhk'WmT, 
I  surprised,  if  iiiwiy  nf  your  L-nticis"is(  ()  i  I)"aej;aii.  Dr.   Julio 

pcarcil  opain  and  apiiiii.  in  y«iur  article''. 
(luring  thin  dii*ctiHi|ii«»n,  an'l  yt»i  numt  not 


tut.- ..f  Juib    Ux-i.   uu.l   oiip    of  yon    «»v    imt 
thpni.  depart  in  \Knce,  and  be  y.>   warmed   and 

filW:  notwiHistHU<lingyepiveth«m  not  those  ._  r    i      u-      i    i    v  t    i 

for  tlie   body:  what    >)e  <llscouragt-<l,  or  feci  ttnL-ndcd,  it  1  Uo 


tbilijTN  whicli  Jin-    nw^ful 

doth  it  itrofitV"    Jam-"!  2:  l.>.  I«- 

AN  old  ladv  »al  in  her  old  iirin-cbair. 
With  wrinkled  visac-.  diwheveled  hair, 
^hd  hunge^^'orn  features; 
For  days  and  To/ weeks  her  only  fare. 
^aht  auLiiUi£x  old.  anu.-cbuir. 
Had  be<*n  iiotdtocM. 

but  now  thiy  w.-n-  pone;  of  UuA  or  good. 
Not  one>  was  left  for  the  old  lady's  food, 

()rtho«e  |>otatoea: 
And  she  sighpd  and  ».iid.  "  What  fdiall  t  do? 
Where  shall  I  send,  and  to  whom  shall  I  go 

For  more  iiotiitoe«? 
And  nhe  thought  of  the  deacon  over  the  way, 
The  deacon  so  ready  to  worxhip  and  pray, 

Whow."  .■filar  was  full  of  potatoes. 
And  mIu-  *aid."l  willsend  fi»r  the  deacon  to  come, 
He'll  not  mind  nmeh  to  give  me  some 

Of  such  a  Hlore  of  potatoes." 

And  the  deacon  came  over  iw  fast  m  he  could, 
Thinking  to  do  the  old  lady  some  good, 

Rnt  never,  for  once,  of  potatoes; 
He  iLsked  her  at  once  what  wa-;  her  chief  want. 
And  she,  poor  soul,  expecting  n  firant, 

Immediately  answered.  "Potatoes." 

lint  the  deacon's  religion  didn't  Me  that  way; 
lie  was  nntre  accustomed  tti  [freuch  aii<l  (ojiray 

Than  to  give  of  his  lioiirdeil    potiitoe^; 
So.  not  liearinp,  of  course  wlint  Iheold  Indysaid, 
He  ro.se  to  pray  with  uncovered  head. 

Hnt  she  only  thought  of  potntoe-s. 

He  prayed  for  piiUence.  and  wisdom,  and  grace; 
Hut  when  he  prayed.  "  Lord  give  her  peace," 

She  audibly  sighed,  "give  |)otatoes;" 
At  the  end  of  ejich  i»rayer  wliieh  he  said, 
H.-  I  eard.  or  thoaglit  that  he  heard,  in  its  stead 

The  aanio  retiucst  for  potatoes. 
The  deacon  wHi.  troubled:  knew  not  what  to  do. 
"TwiLH  veryeinbarassing  lo  have  her  net  so 

Abont  "  tliONO  eariinl  potatoes." 
So.  ending  his  prayer,  he  slurted/or  home, 
Mnt,  as  the  door  rlosed,  he  heard  a  deep  groan, 
"Oh.  give  to  the  hungry  potatoes." 

And  that  groan  followetl  liini  all  the  way  home. 
In  the  niitlst  of  the  night  ithannletl  his  room — 

•■(t,  give  to  the  hungry  potntoesl" 
He  could  hear  it  ni>  longer,  arose  and  drciscd; 
l'"rnin  bin  well-Iilled  cellar  taking  in  ha-Jte 

A  ba^  of  bin  best  potatoes. 

AgJiin  he  went  to  tlie  widow's  loue  hut; 
Her  sleepless  eyex  she  had  not  yet  shut: 
Rut  (hen-  slie  silt,  in  tliut  old  urm-fhair. 
With  the  -iume  wan  Icntures;  the  siune  sad  air. 
And,  pnt<?ring.  he  poured  on  the  lloor 
A  bii^ihel  or  more  from  his  goodly  store 
Of  choice  putntoes. 

The  wirlow's  heart  leaped  up  for  joy, 
Her  face  was  haggard  and  wan  no  more. 
"  Now,"  said  the  deacon,  '"shall  we  pray?" 
"  Yes,"  said  the  widow.  "Now  you  may," 
And  he  knreled  him  down  on  the  sanded  floor. 
Where  he  poured  thi;'  goodly  store, 
And  such  a  prayer  thedeaion  prayed 
As  never  before  his  lips  e^sayed; 
No  longer  embarrassed,  but  free  and  full. 
He  p'oured  out  the  voice  of  a  liberal  soul, 
And  the  widow  i-esponded  a  loud  "  Amen," 
Hut  said  nu  moieof  potatoes. 

And  would  you  wholieiir  this  simple  tale: 
l*rny  for  the  poor,  and  praying  "prevail," 
Then  preface  your  j)rayers  with  alms  uud  deeds; 
Searcl)  out  the  poor,  their  wants  and  their  needs; 
I'ray  fur  peace,  and  grace,  and  spiritual  food, 
For  wisdom,  mid  guidmice,  for  all  t  liese  are  good. 
Hut  don't  forget  the  potatoes. 

Sele.ted  bv  .1.  W.  SoriHWoiu.. 

REPLY  OF  BRO.  S.  H.  BASHOR  TO 
ELD.  P.  BERGSTRESSER.,  D,  D. 

[The  following  communication  published  in 
a  liite  number  of  the  Wuijiirxhoru  ViilafiF  Urr- 
orrf(Pa)  is  copied  into  the  Hrethrkk  at  Wohk 
)»y  request.  The  discus'<ion  has  Iwen  going  on 
through  that  paper  for  sometime,  and  will  now 
likely  terminate  iu  a  public,  oral  discussion  be- 
tween the  parties  to  take  place  at  Waynesboro, 
sometime  during  the  Fall  or  Winter.  Mr. 
Hergstresser  is  a  Lutheran  minister  of  acknowl- 
edged ability. — Ens.] 

DEAR  SIR:— I  received  your  last 
communication  in  the  liecordy  of 
July  IHth,  Init  o\\'ing  to  circumatance-s 
which  I  could  not  control,  have  delayed 


not  refute  them  again 

I  do  not  understand  why  it  is  that  you 
say  that  you  "  hojuid  to  meet  me  in  de 
liate  according  to  the  time  appointed,' 
whiiiLWc-iad  neither  uppoinled  a  lune 
nor  decided  ujion  propo^itioiKs  for  dis- 
cussion. If  we  had,  will  you  please  in- 
form me  when  and  what  they — the  prop- 
ositions— were?  You  deny  having  so- 
licited me  to  discuss  the  propositions  on 
the  Lord's  Supper,  in  its  negative  form. 
and  aK*ert  that  I  agreed  so  to  discuss  it. 
but  the  facts  in  the  case  are  to  the  con- 
trnry.  as  you  well  know,  and  a.s  every 
one  knowswho  has  carefully  perused  the 
iiscussion.  The  reason  I  reft-r  again  to 
this,  is,  because  youi*  stateineut  Lhirs  tin- 
truth  and  is  made  for  eflect.  Had  ymi 
agreed  to  diacuss,  upon  fair  propositions, 
the  discussion  would  now  be  a  thing  of 
the  past;  but  you  have  refused  ever}' 
pi'oposition  handed  you,  that  had  a  sem- 
blance of  fairness,  and  planted  yourself 
behind  one  single  one,  on  baptism  all 
the  time,  which  yon  knew  was  unfair, 
thus  showing  that  you  dill  not  w^ish  to 
debate,  and  did  thia  purposely  to  avoid 
a  discussion. 

That  bajitize  is  an  active,  transitive 
verb,  you  denied,  squarely  denied  it, 
until  no^v,  and  e.vpressly  asserted  in  your 
previous  articles,  that  it  belonged  to  that 
class  of  verbs  e.vpi'essing  "  condition  or 
state,"  and  when  your  .scholarship  sufter- 
ed  frcuii  the  eflects  of  the  blunder,  you 
tieny  your  previous  assertions,  and  now 
admit  that  baptize  is  a  .transitive  verb, 
throughout  the  sacred  Scriptures,  used 
either  in  its  active  oi-  2)assive  form.  Web 
ster  in  his  definition  of  the  verb  baptize 
says,  it  means  to  immerse.  Imt  in  defin- 
ing the  noun,  Imptisni,  the  name  of  the 
Christian  ordinance,  hesays,  "  It  is  usu- 
ally performed  by  sprinkling  or  immer- 
sion." Hegive.^the  manner  of  perform- 
ing the  rite  iu  his  day,  which  is  by 
spi'inkling  or  immei-sion,  but  this  does 
not  prove  that  tlie  classical  or  sacred  use 
of  the  Greek  baptizo  signifies  sprink- 
ling and  immersion,  his  dealing  with  the 
noun  baptism  has  nothing  to  do  with  the 
original  meaning  of  the  verb  hapt'izn. 
Webster  only  tells  us  how  the  clergy 
administer  baptism  iu  his  day,  and  does 
not  give  its  meaning  philologically. 
Any  candid  gentleman  and  scholar  must 
and  will  admit  this.  I  have  admitted 
all  along  that  Impto  and  haptizonve  dif- 
ferent words;  that  hapto  is  the  root  and 
that  it  is  never  applied  t«  the  C'hristian 
ordinance;  that  as  far  as  1  know  all 
critics  and  Lexicographers  are  agreed  in 
this.  But,  that  baptizo  is  a  derivative 
of  bapto,  and  derives  its"  specific  mean- 
ing, as  well  as  its  radical  aud  immutable 
form  from  that  word,"  I  have  repeat- 
edly asserted  and  do  so  again  ;  and  also 
assert,  tliat  baptizo,  with  its  derivatives, 
is  the  only  word  used  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment to  indicate  this  ordinance.  That 
baptizo  has  both  a  proper  and  figura- 
tive sense,  I  admit ;  sohave  all  other  words 
in  current  use,  but  in  (lerivatives  direct 
the  original,  natural  and  proper  meaning 
of  the  term  is  invariably  transmitted. 
That  baptizo  is  a  direct  derivative  of 
bapto  you  dare  not  deny,  and  this  being 
true,  the  word  is  only  properly  rendered 
in  the  sense  of  an  immersion.  In  con- 
firmation of  tliis,  I  refer  you  to  some  of 
the  leading  le.xicographers  of  the  world, 
such  as  Scapula  (a  Pedobaptist  of  1;")79, 
and,  in  fact,  I  shall  refer  you  to  none  but 
Pedobapti8t9),Henricus,St«phanus,Rob- 


I'asor,  Parkbui-st, 
.loiies  of  England. 
Gr**entield,  HrPtschnHidf-r,  Stolciii''  and 
Stuart  of  Andover.  These  men,  with- 
out one  single  excei)tioD,  translate  this 
word  in  a  sense  foreign  to  sprinkle,  and 
liot  one  of  them  ever  traiiplhited  rtie  ivofd 
by  the  term  pour.  All— every  single 
one  of  th«  in.  were  IVdobaptists,  anil, 
notwithstanding  tteir  strong  prejudices 
in  favor  of  sin-inkling  and  pouring,  they 
(!Ould  find  no  authority  for  translating 
the  word,  sprinkle,  or  pour,  but  against 
their  practice  and  prejudices,  they  were 
compelled  to  give  the  meaning  of  the 
word  to  be  immerse,and  in  that  sense  alone 
they  were  forced  to  translate  it.  The 
word  baptizo  during  the  entire  existence 
of  the  Greek  as  a  spoken  language,  had 
an  unvarying  and  delineil  import.  It 
wasa  word  in  daily  use  among  the  (ireeks, 
and  in  its  liberal  use,  it  meant  to  put  m- 
fo  nrnml&r  -A  jH-uptrable  substance,  so 
that  the  object  ^v.-ls  wholly  covered  by 
the  inclosing  element. 

It  was  a  daily  household  word,  em- 
ployed in  any  an-l  numberless  ca-ses, 
sucli  as,  a  man  was  baptized  when  he  was 
ducked  in  sport  (tf  revenge,  as  in  base 
of  the  boy.  Artstobiiliis.  referred  to  in  the 
early  part  of  this  discussion.  A  man 
was  b.aplizeil  in  debt  when  heowed  large 
sums  and  had  no  means  of  paying  them. 
A  man  was  baptized  in  calamities,  when 
swallowed  up  by  them  as  by  a  flood. 
xVll  these  examples  are  given  in  the  met- 
ai)horical  sense  of  the  word,  save  one 
instance.  It  was  a  familiar  word  under- 
stood by  all,  iu  every  day  life  among  the 
the  Greeks,  and  when  the  Savior  em  ploy- 
ed it  in  prescribing  the  initiatory  rite  of 
the  Cliristianchurch,  it  conveyed  a  clear, 
definite  and  tangible  meaning  to  the 
minds  of  the  disciples,  as  clear  aud  defi 
uite  as  the  words  to  eat  and  to  drin/i. 
The  claim  that  you  aud  all  others  of 
your  school  make,  that  it  was  used  by 
our  Lord  in  any  other  sense  than  that  of 
imnier.se,  originated  in  ignorance  of  the 
literature  of  the  word.  I  am  satisfied 
that  no  intelligent,  unprejudiced  mind, 
with  a  full  knowledge  of  the  case,  will 
a.ssert  that  the  Savior  employed  the  term 
in  a  new  sense,  unknown  to  the  jier-sons 
he  addressed,  for  that  would  charge  him 
with  using  it  with  the  intention  of  be- 
ing misunderstood.  To  that  mystical 
sense  (called  by  you,  "A  state  of  rest 
in  Christ,")  which  yousupposewasshad- 
owed  forth  in  theLord'scommand,  looms 
up  in  the  must  jioweiful  possible  con- 
trast; the  distinct,  intelligible,  simple 
aud  corporeal  seuse  to  which  the  word 
was  appropriated  by  unbroken  usage, 
'i'he  act  which  it  designates  was  selected 
for  its  adaptation  to  set  forth,  "  in  live- 
ly symbolism  the  gi-ound  thought  of 
Christianity."  The  change  in  the  char- 
acter and  conditions  of  the  believer  was 
complete.  The  sufferings  aud  death  of 
our  Lord,  along  with  those  overwhelm- 
ing sorrows,  expressed  in  Luke  12:  oO, 
were  the  basis  and  procuring  cause  of 
this  change,  and  these  related  ideas;  and 
comprehending  in  their  reference,  the 
entire  work  and  wealth  of  redemption, 
were  each  shadowed  by  the  immersion 
of  believers  in  water. 

This  was  the  seuse  of  the  word  and 
ordinance  in  the  mind  of  the  evangelist  of 
Jesus  Christ,  when  he  preached  the  Gos- 
pel to  the  Ethiopian  officer;  for  "when 
they,"  says  the  Bible,  "  came  unU>  a  cer- 
tain water,"  (this  places  them,  at  or  near 
to,  or  by  the  water),  the  officer  Teijuest- 
ed  baptism  at  the  hands  of  Philip.  He, 
with  the  idea  in  his  mind,  conveyed  by 
the  word  baptize,  led  the  "  officer  down 
into  the  water."  This  takes  them  a  lit- 
tle farther  than  at  <n-  near  by  the  water. 


They  were  already  "<r^"  or  "  7tm)- the 
water."  and  then  going /"/"  the  water, 
plaee.l  ihem  in  the  proper  element  for 
the  act  of  baptizing.  The  going  into 
the  wfttei-,  and  their  being  there^  was  not 
baptism,  but  after  they  were  in  the  \i^. 
it^v,^'  fh  ha]>fU<-'d  him.'"  Philip  bap- 
tized the  Eunuch.  "  How  was  that  per- 
formed," do  you  a-.k  ?  l*aul  says  in  Cob 
lossians -2:  13-,  "Vou,*i'ej  hwivd  with 
him  in  baptism."  That  is  a  plain  trans- 
action. Any  one  learned  of  unlearned 
can  tell  when  that  is  dope,  'ttom,  U:  4, 
says,  "  We  are  buried  with  him  by  l)ap. 
tism."  Any  man  can  tell  whether  that 
is  done  or  not,  if  he  i>s  an  eye  witues<!. 
if  he  is  only  present.  What  followed 
after  baptism  ?  Philip  and  the  eunuch 
"  came  up  oit'f  of  (he  itrAhr,  and  as  a  re- 
sult the  body  ims  wmhed  mth  water." 
Heb.  10:  22.  Hence  we  argue  that, 
Philip,  with  a  view  to  full  obedience  to 
his  divine  Master,  and  with  the  true,  lit- 
eral  and  corporeal  meaning  of  the  Wortl 
baptizo  before  lu-s  mind,  conducted  the 
eunucii  i7ito^ — the  water.  After  they 
were  in  the  water,  he,  in  the  awful  name 
of  the  Trinity,  liajitized  or  buried  him 
in  baptism,  after  which  he  led  him  "  up 
oaf  of  the  water." 

This  utterly  refutes  the  idea  advanced 
by  you,  and  the  act  we  are  describing 
forms  quite  a  contrast  to  some  of  the 
baptisms  you  ])rofess  to  perform.  Phil- 
i})  found  the  water  in  its  native  place. 
AVheu  you  baptize,  you  do  not  go,  like 
he  did,  "  unto  the  water,"  buthave  tilit- 
tie  water  brought  unto  you.  You  do 
not  f'liri/  in  baptism,  as  he  did,  but 
■yjriiil'Jc  a  little  water  u}Km  the  child  or 
candidate.  You  do  not,  like  Philip, 
come  up  out  of  the  water  after  baptism, 
for  you  never  get  luto  the  water,  on  baji- 
tism  occasions,  as  he  did.  You  are  too 
afraid  of  water.  Are  you  not  Dr.  ?  Is 
not  that  it?  or  are  you  ashamed  of  it! 
You  do  not  see,  as  a  result  of  the  bap- 
tism you  perform,  as  Philip  did,  the  body 
of  the  believer  washed  with  water. 
And  another  ditference  between  the  ijcr- 
sous  you  baptize  aud  those  Philip  bap- 
tized, is,  that  his  convert  was  immersed, 
while  yours  are  sprinkled  upon.  The 
one  he  baptized  went  on  his  way  rejoic- 
ing, while  the  greater  uumbei-  of  those 
you  baptize,  do  not  rejoice,  for  want 
of  the  knowledge  on  their  part,  that 
they  are  baptized.  The  inind  of  the  one 
Philip  liaptized  was  forever  settled  on 
the  sul>ject  of  baiitisra.  He  lived  and 
died  rejoicing,  so  far  as  the  action  on 
baptism  wa3  concerned.  This  you  can- 
not say  of  many  of  those  you  baptize. 
Whenever  they  hear  or  read  anything 
on  the  subject  of  baptism,  their  minds 
are  harassed  with  doubts  and  fears  as 
to  whether  they  have  been  liaptized  or 
not.  Many  of  them,  by  force  of  sur- 
roundings, never  chauge,  but  live  on  in 
a  dissatisfied  state  of  mind.  Others 
lireak  loose  and  go  to  Baptist  churches 
and  make  application  for  admission  in- 
to the  church.  They  make  a  confession 
of  faith,  as  the  eunuch  did.  They  and 
the  minister  go  "//^/^>the  water,"  after 
they  come  ^'■unfo  the  water,"  they  pro- 
ceed like  Philip  and  the  officer  "  down 
info  the  water."  The  believer  is  then 
buried  in  baptism,  after  wliicb  they  come 
"  up  oat  of  the  water"  and  tht  body  is 
"  washed  with  water,"  and'  like  the 
eunuch  he  goea  on  his  way  rejoicing, 
not  a  doubt  or  cloud  gather*  around  his 
mind.  And  amid  all  the  preaching  Pe- 
do-baptists  may  do,  on  this  or  any  oth- 
er soil,  his  mind  will  remain,  as^  far  as 
the  action  in  baptism  is  concenied',  csIm 
and  serene.  And  you  will  admit;  that 
his  baptism,  trine  immersion,  makes  liiui 
infallibly  safe  for  all  time  and'  eternity. 


Qctohe 

A  STRING  OV  FACTS 

jhe  Island  of  Cypnid-A  Bonn«t  Show-About 

IiliirryinR  -  Minislerlftl    Authority  ~  What 

Faith  Acoepts-InnovRtlons  Porbldden-LIt 

,ral  Hell.  Literal  Deril-Do  you  believe  Any 

thing? 

^HE  l«lan<I  of  Cyprus  which  m.enlly  pa.„ed 

[     into  tlip  hrmas  of  England,  will  bn  rem^m 

l^red  by  Hib'.icQl  HtudenLs  «,  being  tb.-  pl^^e 

through    which    the  apwilt-  PhuI  passed,  wid 

^liere  he  converted  the  Roman  Governor  Ser- 

giu?  Pftiil"s-     Barnabas  was  a  native  of  this 

[slfind.     Through   its  prfisent  occupation  it  is 

i^ovfring  Bomething  of  its  long-lost  fame. 

Not  long  since  the  "  ladies  "  of  CUy  county 
Mo.,  li'^l'l  «  "  B«"ii«'  **how."  The  day  was  not 
„t  nil  »  ple'L-^ant  one,  for  an  oociisionHl  ahower 
came  pa-sing  along,  making  th.>  "  show  "  »  lit- 
tle daiup-  Hut  it  was  bonnct-d«y  in  Clay  couTi- 
ty,and  all  thp  gay  ones  of  "Little  Shoal  Creek" 
nnd"  Big  Shoal  Creek"  came  forlh  to  exhibit 
their  head-dresses.  The  feud  originated  between 
tffo  Baptist  congregations  in  the  above  named 
pieces,  several  yi'ars  ago.  and  ho-f  not  been  per- 
mitted to  die  to  this  day.  '*  On  the  first  Satur- 
day aud  Sunday  in  May  tin;  Baptists  on 
Little      Shoal       Creek       have      a      '  Bonnet 


THE    T^RETH:KK>r    ^T    WOKK. 


Hcwijts  whatever  the  Lord  says  with- 


out  doubt  or  evtwion, 
the  Lord  Jpsus, 


ReadtT,  do  you  bolieve 


,  ar^  yoii  floating  about  among 

the  mists  and  doubts  of  sect  ism?     Comr    -' 


Wk  have  made  arrangempnts  with  sevtral 
B|»wial  contributors,  in  different  port*  of  the 
brotherhood,  to  keep  our  readers  postc-d  on  the 
religious  work  in  and  around  their  fieldo  of  1, 


«'iuarely  and  say  whether  you  are  for  or  against    ^''  *""^   ''ope  the   brethren  and  iiist*!!^,  who 


Show 


This    is    a 


picnic    at    which    the 


ladies  appear  ia  the  best  bonneta  their  means 
and  Kansas  City  milliners  can  produce.  The 
young  men  ciiaie  there  of  course,  and  not  a  few 
enrriatje  londs  of  young  gentlemen  and  ladies 
from  Kansas  City  and  adjoining  cities  attend. 
Big  Shoal  Creek  meeting-house  holds  its  '  Bon- 
net Show '  on  the  second  Saturday  and  Sunday 
jD  May.  and  then  there  is  a  sensation  all  over 
the  country,  for  Big  Shoal  Creek  has  seldom 
been  surpassed  for  bonnets,"  It  is  said  that 
people  for  miles  come  there  to  look  at  each 
others  hounets,  and  while  the  preacher  holds 
forth  the  law  set  forth  in  the  Gospel,  the  "la- 
dies "  criticise  each  other's  spring  bonnets.— 
Vprily  the  world  has  got  fast  hold  of  those  con- 
greations.  To  go  to  meeting  and  sit  and  gaze  &t 
auothei-'s  dress — to  envy  and  whisper— to  find 
fault  with  others  and  to  imitate  style,  is  to  sin 
with  open  eyea,  God  forbid  that  any  of  our 
readers— yea,  any  who  have  been  born  of  the 
incorruptible  seed,  should  peril  tlieir  souls  by 
impure  motives — impure  actions,  and  bonnet 
shows. 

Never  marry  a  man  who  has  only  his  love 
for  you  to  recommend  him.  It  is  very  fascin- 
ating, hut  it  does  not  make  the  man.  If  he  is 
not  otherwise  what  he  should  be,  you  will  never 
be  happy.  The  most  perfect  man  who  did  not 
love  you  should  never  be  your  husband.  But 
thimtrli  nuuTiiige  without  love  is  terrible,  love 
ouly  will  not  do.  If  the  man  is  dishonorable 
to  other  men,  or  mean,  or  given  to  any  vice,  the 
tim^  will  come  wlien  you  will  either  loathe  him 
or  sink  to  his  level.  It  is  hiird  to  lememher, 
amid  kisses  and  praises,  that  thure  is  anything 
else  ill  the  world  to  be  thought  of  but  love-miilc- 
tng;  but  the  days  of  life  are  many,  and  the  hus- 
bund  must  be  a  guide  to  be  trusted— a  compau- 
iou.afriend,  as  well  as  a  lover.  Many  a  girl  lias 
married  a  man  whom  she  knew  to  be  anything 
liut  guild,  '■  hcciiuse  he  loved  her  so."  Aud  the 
flame  has  died  out  on  the  hearth-stone  of  home 
before  long,  and  beside  it  there  has  been  sitting 
one  that  she  could  never  hope  would  lead  her 
lieuveiiward — or  who  if  she  followed  him  us  a 
wile  should,  would  guide  her  steps  to  pei-ditiou. 
iliirriuge  is  a  soh-mn  thing— a  choice  for  life: 
be  careful  in  chousing.— Brftjrai  in. 

No  minister  has  a  right  to  reprove,  rebuke, 
eihiirt.  comfort,  and  warn  without  Divine  au- 
thority. He  has  no  authority  of  Im  own  to  in- 
tcrlere  for  good.  All  his  authority  comes  from 
(itid.  and  as  long  as  he  acts  within  the  limits, 
hip  brethren  and  sisters  are,  by  the  same  au- 
lliiiiity,  under  obligations  to  hear  him.  They 
are  as  much  under  obligation  to  come  and  hear 
'lim  iLs  he  is  to  come  and  deal  out  spiritual  food. 
Th.'ir  ivlations  are  mutual— one  depends  on  the 
"tli'-r.  The  Divine  command  is,  "  I'eed  the 
flofk  of  God  which  is  nmong  you,  taking  the 
oversight  thereof,  not  only  hy  constraint,  hut 
ivilliiiyly;  not  for  filthy  lucre,  but  of  a  ready 
"liiid;  neither  jis  behig  lords  over 'God's  herit- 
^'^.  but  being  ensamph^s  to  the  flock."  ^ 

0".lly  diuuonstration  is  mieded.  Love  and 
fpsi'oct  towards  the  miui>ter  is  required,  and  a» 
ttriile  he  receives  it,  if  he  hehaves  himself  in  and 
out  of  the  cluirch  of  God. 


the  regulation  that  came  by  .Iesu«  Christ.  Or 
have  you  come  with  a  load  of  innovations- 
with  a  map  of  prepared  revolutionary  matters 
with  a  loud-soundiug  trumpet  of  "  H'/onn!.'" 
—With  a  high-sounding  voice  proclaiming  your 
determination  to  turn  things  over  in  general? 
Is  this  your  mission?  If  you  wish  to  become 
noted— if  you  aim  to  have  the  etenxd  praise  in- 
«t«ad  of  the  transient  praise,  why  not  strike 
out  on  the  meek  way.  in  the  humble  foot-steps 
of  the  Master,  who  made  Himself  of  no  repu- 
tation? Why  not  become  not#d  for  the  en- 
forcement of  the  Gosi>el  that  came  by  grace?- 
the  only  rule  of  faith  and  practice  that  is  abso- 
lutely  right?  The  man  who  manifests  great 
zeal  and  performs  much  labor  to  push  forward 
something  not  at  all  mentioned  in  the  law  of 
the  Lord,  seldom  finds  a  calm  and  sweet  end.— 
He  who  persiatenty  aims  to  enforce  an  innova- 
tion upon  the  people  of  God.  usually  goes  down 
covered  only  with  his  innovation.  We  are  lim- 
ited hy  a  law;  and  more,  we  are  limited  by  Di- 
pine  law.  No  man  is  authorized  to  go  beyond 
the  Divine  law  nor  to  atop  short  of  it.  Let 
everyone,  therefore,  be  careful  what  he  presses 
into  the  body,  for  God's  people  are  fire  and  no 
man  has  Divine  authority  to  put  them  in  bond- 
age. 

No  hell?  Who  says  so?  Turn  to  the  Di- 
vine Record.  Does  it  say  there  is  no  Uieml  Jive? 
"  Jesus  did  not  say  so,  nor  make  any  such  expla^ 
nation.  We  take  it  as  He  gave  it,  and  leave  it 
as  He  left  it.  Let  there  be  no  caviling  about  lit- 
eral fire,  HOT  any  other  hackuuj  dou-n;  but  stand 
by  the  language  of  Jesus,  and  maintain  it- 
Was  it  literal  death  that  felt  upon  Adam  and 
his  posterity?  Was  it  literal  water  that  delug- 
ed the  earth?  Was  it  liternl  sea  that  over- 
whelmed the  Egyptians  and  drowned  them? 
Was  it  ?f7crrt/ /,y  that  burned  up  Korah,  Da- 
than  and  Abiram,  and  their  comrades  in  rebel- 
lion against  Moses,  which  was  also  against  God  ? 
Was  it  literal  earth  that  opened  and  swallowed 
them  down?  Was  it  literal  jire  that  destroyed 
Sodom?  Were  they  literal  nerjyents  that  bit  the 
Israelites?  Was  that  mighty  calamity  that  fell 
on  the  Jews  at  the  destruction  of  the  devoted 
city,  the  type  of  the  eternal  judgment,  literal:' 
or  were  all  these  figurative?  What  were  they 
figures  of?  Be  careful  about  tampering  with 
I  he  Divine  penalties.  Strengthen  not  the 
hands  of  sinners,  and  make  not  the  heart  of  the 
righteous  sad,  by  promising  the  wicked  life. 

'But  I  do  not  believe  there  is  any  literal,  local 
Ml  biiniinij  irithjire  find  brimstone,'  says  a  man. 
Do  you  believe  there  is  any  hell  at  all?  If  j'ou 
do,  what  is  it?  If  not  liternl,  what  then?  If 
not  lural.  it  is  no  place,  and  has  no  existence. 
Is  that  what  you  mean?  Did  our  Lord  mean 
anything  by  the  tjehemin  of  Jirr  prepared  for 
the  devil  and  his  angels?  If  he  did,  what  was 
it?  When  a  man  is  thus  backeil  down  by  Uni- 
versalists  and  iutidels,  he  is  nothing,  aud  his 
preaching  is  nothing.  Remember  what  Jesus 
says  of  him  who  shall  be  ashamed  of  Him  and 
His  Word. 

'  But  I  do  not  believe  there  is  any  literal, 
permnal  elecil.'  What  then?  a  devil  that  is  not 
literai  not  jinsoual,  no  body?  Do  you  believe 
there  is  any  literal,  personal  Savior?  any  liter- 
al, local  hearen?  Do  you  believe  anything? 
SI.  M.  K. 


live  near  tb.-»e  contributors,  will  aid  them 
gathering  such  matter  for  the  paper  as  may  be 
interesting  and  profitable. 

Brother  Eshelman,  in  company  with  Bro. 
Bashor,  left  Lanark  last  Friday  m'lrning  for 
Southern  Illinois.  Bro.  E.  expect-*  to  apend 
some  days  with  the  Brethren  in  Christian,  San- 
gamon and  Macoupin  countiw,  and  aUo  attend 
their  district  meeting,  to  be  held  Oct.  fith.  in 
Macoupin  county.  Bro.  Baj^hor  is  called  to  that 
part  of  the  State  to  hold  several  series  of  meet- 
ings, and  will  return  here  sometime  in  October. 


Some  of  our  readers  are  mistaken  in  suppos- 
ing that  the  Brethren  at  Work  ia  sent  to 
outsiders  for  one  dollar  per  year.  The  price  of 
the  paper  to  outsiders  is  the  same  as  to  others, 
but  in  order  to  circulate  the  truth  as  much  as 
possible  among  those  who  arc  not  memlwrs,  and 
do  not  feel  disposed  to  mikirrilie,  we  are  work- 
ing up  a  fund  to  be  applied  to  sending  the  pa- 
per to  such,  if  the  names  are  furnished  us,  and 
take  but  one  dollar  out  of  that  fund  for  each 
name  to  whom  the  paper  is  thus  sent. 

Brother  Baahor's  book  entitled.  "The  Gos- 
pel Hammer,"  is  now  completed,  and  orders 
will  be  promptly  filled.  Tbe  work  advocates 
and  maintains  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  the  infal- 
lible Word  of  truth,  as  viewed  and  pnicticed  hy 
the  Brethren.  The  style  of  reasoning  is  clear 
and  forcible;  and  the  way  brother  Bashor 
strikes  at  sin,  unbelief  and  corruption,  no  doubt 
many  will  conclude  that  the  "hammer."  has 
truly  come  up  before  their  faces.  If  you  would 
know  all  about  its  contents,  the  arguments  and 
sonclusions,  send  fifty  cents  to  this  ofhce  and 
we  will  forward  it,  post-paid,  to  any  part  of  the 
United  States  or  Canada.  Owing  to  the  low 
price  of  the  book,  no  agents  will  be  employed 
in  its  sale,  nor  will  the  book  be  sold  on  credit. 

If  you  would  advance  the  cause  of  religion, 
please  do  not  abuse  and  talk  unbecomingly 
about  young  ministers,  for  some  of  them  are 
very  easily  discouraged,  and  have  a  heavy  bur- 
den to  bear  at  best.  Better  stand  under  their 
arms  and  help  them  along.  They  need  your 
assistance  and  all  the  encouraging  words  they 
can  get.  Let  us  bear  in  mind  that  all  our  aged 
veterans,  and  able  defenders  of  the  truth,  were 
once  young  men,  and  perhaps  some  of  them  a 
little  fast,  but  by  careful  handling  have  been 
made  useful  proclaimers  of  the  Wcrd.  If  we 
would  talk  and  pray  more  with  young  preach- 
ers, and  thus  endeavor  to  iwsist  them  in  some 
of  their  arduous  duties,  iustead  of  talking 
about  and  spreatling  their  fault.'',  it  would  be 
far  better  for  both  them  aud  us.  Let  those  who 
are  strong,  labor  to  restore  and  strengthen  the 
weak. 


Rememher  that  %ve  send  a  copy  free,  of  Bro. 
Stein's  NoH-Conformltij  to  each  old  subscriber 
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in  order  to  get  the  pamphlet. 

Brother  J.  W.  Beer  is  publishing  a  pamph- 
let entitled,  "  A  Suuiiuary  of  Keligious  Faith 
aud  Pratttice,"  the  advanced  sheets  of  which 
have  been  received  and  examined.  From  what 
we  have  read,  we  would  infer  that  it  will  be  au 
interesting  work. 


Thji  October  number  of  the  Home  Mirror 
contains  au  interesting  account  of  Bro.  Flory's 
ascent  of  Long's  Peak— of  being  above  the 
clouds— trout  fishing,  etc.  A  copy  free  to  all^ 
who  apply  for  it.  Address.  "Home  Mirror," 
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lie  »ui«Uiliie  lu  Uiv  titiuL 

MO-NKV  LIST. 
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ir  IPnll-,   "1   Im..'  lilt'O   niib><»^>     1V"I»«- 


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Pnivliiiuly  ltc|»rlnl... 


ECHOES  FEOM  THE  EAST. 

.S-IMIIRR    VI. 

A  loit  one  fonnd— A  church  busineH  meeting- 
Sunday  servicea  near  and  in  Waynesboro— 
The  Buffering  rememberd. 

trr..tn  tnt  »i— tti  '■..rrwjBB.iinl.] 

IN  our  last  we  neglected  to  echo  the  newe  of 
joy  that  on  Sunday,  the  8lh,  one  more  soul 
waji  added  to  them  that  love  the  Lord.  M»y 
our  sister  in  Christ  have  abundant  grace  to  en- 
dure the  hardships  of  the  life  of  faith,  and  at 
last  come  up  with  all  the  faithful  to  hear  tlM 
sweet  greeting  from  the  Master:  "  Well  done— 
enter  thou  into  the  joys  of  thy  Lord." 

A  special  council  being  appointtd  for  the  12th 
inst.,  the  church  came  together  to  dispose  of  iti 
buainesfl.     The  morning  threatened  rain,  bnt 
the  day  paiiaed  away  with  favorable  weather.— 
The  ministering  and  visiting  brethren  met  at 
H;30  A.  M.,  to  receive  and  arrange  the  busincsB 
for  the  meeting,  according  to  the  JVnnual  Meet- 
ing Minutes  of  1872,  Art.  7,  and  of  1877.  Art.  8. 
The  council   was  open  efl  at  Oi^JO   A.M.,  by 
singing   the  320th   hymn,  and  exhortation  to 
prayer  by  our  loved  elder,  saying  among  other 
words  that  "  we  are  accountable  to  God  for  our 
doings  in  the  deliberations  of  this  day,  and  nc*d 
to  ask  the  Lord's  aid  and  direction."     Prayer 
being  offered  we  sang  the  very  significant  lines: 
"Uuiile  nil".  O,  Tbou  great  Jcbnvali, 
Pilgrim  tlu-ough  this  barren  liirid; 
I  am  weak,  but  Thou  art  mighty, 
nolil  me  with  Thy  powerful  hand." 
An   introductory  was  delivered  by   the  elder, 
stating  that  we  had  come  together  to  transact 
church  business  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord— that 
no  one  should   have  sinister  views — that  we 
should  seek  the  welfare  of  each  other  and  the 
welfare  of  the  church— that  love  should  control 
UP, — and   if    so,  our  meeting  would  be  both 
pleasant  and  profitable. 

Over  a  hundred  members  were  present,  and  ' 
the  day's  work  was  done  with  much  unanimity, 
and  a  more  general  good  feeling  than  might 
have  been  expected.  Much  important  business 
was  disposed  of,  some  of  which  we  could  note 
with  profit  for  many  readers,  if  we  felt  allowed 
to  make  mention.  Some  people  speak  against 
council  meetings,  but  we  have  this  to  say,  that 
when  these  meetings  are  held  in  the  fear  to  do 
evil  and  the  love  to  do  well,  they  are  the  very 
safe-guards  of  the  church.  The  authority  ex- 
ercised should  be  that  vested  in  the  Body  of 
Christ  by  the  Hi-ad,  Himself;  and  when  used  to 
maintain  tbe  distinctive  features  of  the  church 
and  its  doctrines,  and  dissipate  elements  that 
would  prove  to  be  reproaches  and  distresses,  the 
duty  of  the  Body  has  only  then  been  dis- 
charged. Thus  shall  the  church  everywhere 
preserve  her  integrity  with  ijod  and  men. 

On  Sunday  last  (the  15th.}  our  regular  meet- 
ing for  Divine  services  was  at  the  Price  meeting 
house.  Hymn  i24  opened  the  services.  Few 
hymns  are  more  beautifully  comprehensive. — 
After  exhortation  and  prayer,  a  visiting  brother, 
by  request,  read  Gal.  6.  A  ministering  broth- 
er then  made  choice  of  the  10th  verse,  and  we 
drew  the  following  inferences: 
The  subject  was 

noiXG  GOOD. 

1.  Our  opportunity — "  Let  us."  etc. 

2.  Our  impartiality — "  To  all  men." 

3.  Our  special  care  —  "The  household  of 
Faith." 

Kemarks  by  another  niiuister  followed  and 
the  467th  hymn  was  sung,  aud  tbe  meeting 
closed  in  the  usual  manner. 

In  the  evening  we  attended  our  meeting  in 
town.  The  145th  hymn  was  olTered,  and  after 
prayer  a  minister  spoke  on  Heb.  12;  2.  We 
had  pleasant  reflectious.  0,  that  we  could  all 
look  with  uuhiuderc*!  rision  of  faith  unto  Je- 
sus, the  Author  and  Finisher  of  oiir  Faith. — 
Let  each  study  to  see  the  "weight"  that  hin- 
dri-s  us  on  our  journey,  ;uid  lay  it  ;iiide  in  the 
Name  oi  the  Great  King  of  Glory,  and  then 
look  unto  Him,  and  we  shall  "dwell  in  peac*," 
.aid  receive  the  crown.  The  6.'>0th  hymn  ivas 
MUig,  (see2ud  verse),  and  at  dismission,  a  re- 
minder wfis  anuouncei.1  that  there  is  givat  suf- 
fering ond  want  ut  the  South  among  the  Yel- 
low-Fever victims.  After  being  dismissed  not 
II  few  members  cuiue  fonvard  aud  contributed 
for  the  rt'Iiefofthe  sufferers.  May  the  Lord 
upen  the  hearts  of  all  His  children! 

Peace  be  with  jou  all  in  Christy 

D.  U.  H. 

\\'ai{nfi>hor»,  Pa.,  Sept.  J,  li>7$. 


THK    m^KTHKK>r    AT    AVOBK- 


October 


■  T^  ...  1   r..  .1.1.  .^Iiilinn  of  Sei 


1  fi,U  po-.»in„  of  .hat  tn.e  »nd   «,nu,„,  .«th.    Oh!  .,o»  i' "-f^™- 


the  tender  heart  of  Je- 


wearmg- 


liw.  All  qUMlmO'  » 
•wernl  wUh  i'  '""ct> 
promet*  BthlaTraih, 
b«»hofi  MJtHoll'5  poll' 


,1.1  for  ilici  •oimion  0/  ."iBnpiuml  diffi«i 
uia  t»  »l»tt.l  vrilb  eanJor.  «nil  •n- 
rnrn""  M  jMMnilile,  in  orarr  1" 
AniDln  for  >hi«  departmoet.  »"«' 


ri  cxpliuiiiti""  "f  Ito 
.lOllN  H.  STAOKK 


Will  Huine  unt  l)leawf  giv 
inaiw  4 :  ■*■  5  ?  - ,      _ 

Will  »..■■«  I'n.llifl  giv  W  :inHr1lo>  on  tl.f  f« - 
lowl  «•  "ire  tbnl  i.  L'XHl  In  tl..- khwlon.  i,!  l.cav- 

Pltws  ,.<|.luliiM(lTliM<.2:  »■  It  r«ul»tl,ini: 
•■  Even  Ulm.  wl,.«o  lomtog  1»  afw  Ui6  working  of 
Satan  .itl.  all  power  .U.J  .is.">  »n.l  lyinK  wondon.. 

Vlw«t-  nivpim  Mplaiiuliou  of  MHtt.21:  2;  alao 
Mark  11-2  I>"  I'Dtli  menu  the  same V  If  bo,  wliai 
"  m<.,u,.  l,y  tl... »» .1«1  and  Iho  oolt  .•ith  l.er :  100,. 
tl,™  and  l,rh,«  thon.  .,nu,  meV  Hid  l,e  nd,.  oil,. 
olonlJlbccoUV  1. 11.  ti.isT. 

Pl.a»i-  give  an   K<i lallon  of    llif  following 

word.;  ••  Wlioaoevw  l«  liorn  of  Uod.  dotl.  not  eon.- 
Biit  .In  ■  for  lii»  »n'd  ronn.lnptl.  in  him.  .uid  l.o  can- 
not «in.'l,pca.i>o  hi'  l»  Lorn  of  Goil."    1  John  »:  B. 
MoLl.ii:  t^MliAX'on. 

Tl.i'  right  souls  that  »orc  saved  hy  water,  w.o. 
th..t  iv..t..r  lileral  w.-.ter  or  w.o.  it  some  other  kind 
of  water?  1  IMer.r».21:  also  Acts'JGMll.  whore 
it  Is  said.  Arise  and  he  haptiwl  and  waahaway  thy 
,1ns,  W.1S  lhl»  hleral  waU.r.  that  w.ia  to  w.iahaw.iy 
lilBsinsV  *  '  , 

rieaao  give  u,  your  view,  on  the  covering  spoke., 
of  by  Paul  in  1  Cor.  11;  also  tell  i.»  who.  or  what 
that  head  is.  tho  won.en  dishonor  hy  Pray'W 
or  propiusying  with  her  head  nneovered.  hotl.  (lie 
iniirrie.l  and  ...i.n.iirledy  Hy  doing  so  yo..  i....)  do 
n  B0..d  w.irk  for  some  of  onr  memh.rs  out  here  ... 
the  far  West  and  ohllge  IMvll.  li.,wi!n.s 

1.  Please  give  your  views  on  I'.ike  10:4.  "t'ar- 
rjuclUior  purse,  nor  scrij..  nor  shoes;  ...nl  siilute 
no  man  hy  the  way." 

2  Also  Midi,  -il:  fl;  "And  eilll  no  ma.,  yo.ir 
fatillir  lllion  tho  earth ;  for  one  1,  your  father  which 
iHn  hoavwi." 

3.  Also  1  Cor.7l3li;  "The  wife  is  bound  hy  the 
law  M  long  ioi  her  husband  livcth;  hut  if  her  hus- 
band be  de.id,  she  is  at  llherly  to  be  married  t.. 
whom  «lie  will :  only  in  the  Lord." 

KllMA  1  .SlIKR. 


PREPARE  FOR  ETERNITY. 


wani  with  greater  zeal  and  energy  for  the  cause 
of  our  great  IMeemer,  for  tho  crown  u  not  at 
the  beffinnine.  neither  io  the  middle,  but  at 
the  end.  Our  prayer  to  (iod  is  that  we  may  all 
attain   unto   that   rest  that  remainoth   to  the 


Surely  Ho.  wrath  wiU  be  kindled  against  them, 
and  if  they  do  not  repent,  they  »UI>"'"' '°^"  " 
ler  the  Fualty  of  a  just  law,  for  He  sajs. 
"Every  one  that  heareth  these  saying  "'  "  l"^' 
and  doeth  tliem  not,  shall  be  likened  to  a  foolish 
upon  the  sand;  and 


iiildr'en  of  God,  them  to  meet  and  enjoy  th.    man.  which  built  his  to»«  -e--  -^  ^^^ 

pres..nce  of  loved  ones  long  gone  before.  the  rain   descended,  and   the  lloods^ 

COULD  JESUS  BE  TOUCHED? 


UY  C.  il.VllNHAItT. 

1111 E  wisdom  of  flod  is  beyond  the  comprc- 
li..iision  of  morliil  man.  Wc  can  only 
trace  man  from  the  cradle  to  the  grave;  ho 
closes  his  eyes  in  death;  his  spirit  goes  to  God 
who  gave  it.  It  is  then  beyond  tile  re.ich  of 
tho  human  mind.  I'aul,  in  speaking  to  the 
llomnns,  says:  "0,  tho  depth  of  tho  riches  both 
of  the  wisdom  and  knowl.'dge  of  Uod;  how  un- 
seorcliable  are  His  judgnlonts  and  His  ways 
past  hii.bugout.  For  who  hntli  known  the 
mind  of  the  L.ird,  or  who  bath  been  His  coun- 
jelorV"  When  we  nlloct  .i|)0u  the  countless 
number  of  spirits  that  h.ive  gone  to  eternity, 
our  minds  are  c.rried  aw.iy  with  wonder  and 
uraazeinent.  K'ernityl  0,  eteinityl  What  a 
thought!  Tois  life  is  only  as  a  moment  com 
parcirtothulot  eU:riiity;  and  yet  how  uncon- 
cerned, and  how  thoughtlessly  are  we  living! 
We  live  lis  though  di'atli  would  iiev.T  come. 
Oh!  could  we  ivuli/.e  the  lact  that  every  breath 
and  every  throb  of  the  heart,  is  one  of  the 
number  less,  it  would  prompt  us  to  a  gre  iter  de- 
gree of  self  consideration.  Soon,  .loon  will  we 
be  uumbercil  with  the  millions  that  lue  now 
sleeping  in  the  dust.    How  true, 

"Time  is  wi.iging  us  away 
To  our  eter..al  luime; 

Life  is  but  it  winter's  day— 
A  journey  to  the  lomb." 

Ves,  it  is  a  decree  long  gone  forth  that  it  i^  ap- 
pointed unto  man  once  to  die.  Death  is  a  thing 
we  look  upon  as  .i  mighty  terror,  and  yet  we 
are  all  ha,steuing  to  the  tomb,  and  there  is  no 
escape.  Kind  reader  are  you  in  a  pii'p.ired 
state?  If  you  sliould  be  called  to  meet  it, 
can  you  itep  off  into  the  dark  confines  of  eter- 
nity with  the  hope  Unit  should  characterire  the 
children  of  God?  "Which  hope  we  have  us  an 
anciior  of  the  soul,  both  sure  and  steiultast, 
and  which  ent.u-eth  into  that  within  the  vail." 
(Hob.  0:  11*1.  Oil!  what  a  happy  thought  to 
the  tru.;  child  of  God.  to  ivalize  the  fact  tliat  if 
he  has  dedicated  his  life  to  the  service  of  God, 
there  is  happiness  beyond  the  grave!  Ob!  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  let  us  all  try,  hy  the  help  of  the 
divine  erase  of  God,  to  devote  our  life  more 
and  more  to  the  service  of  God.    If  we  are  in 


WB  learn  from  Malt.  2»:  !>  that  this  same 
Mary  Magdallme  and  another  Mary  did 
both  touch  him.  This  is  the  record:  "And 
they  came  and  liM  him  by  the  feet,  and  wolr- 
shiplied  him." 

Krora  a  careful  eiaminhtion  of  this  subject,  1 
liecame  long  since  satisfied  that  Johii  is  made  to 
speak  incorrectly  when  wc  read,  ".Icsus  Sailh 
unto  her  ,  Touch  me  not;  for  I  have  not  yet  as- 
cended to  my  Father,"  etc.  The  same  reason 
existed  why  tirn  persons  should  not  touch  Him. 
that  did  why  one  should  not.  The  same  reason 
should  have  prevented  Thomas  and  all  others 
to  whom  he  extended  the  privilege;  and  hence 
no  such  opportunity  would  hove  been  afforded. 
..nleia  we  are  prepared  to  believe  that  it  was  all 
a  mere  pretence  of  Christ;  i  c,  that  he  offered 
a  test  of  his  personal  identity  that  he  did  not  in- 
tend to  allow.  There  may  be  those  who  can 
believe  this — I  do  not. 

What  sAouW  John  say?  Simply  this:  ■  Jesus 
saith  unto  her,  Clmj  ml  lo  wr,  but  go  tell  my 
brethren,"  etc.  This  view,  or  this  rciuiing,  will 
harmonine  the  17th  verse  not  only  with  the 
27th,  but  with  all  the  passages  referred  to.  es- 
pecially Matt.  28:  H;  and  there  is  no  other  w.iy 
that  I  can  see  to  do  it. 

I  believe  such  a  reading  of  the  text  is  allow- 
able by  the  original.  A.  DfiiPEE. 


A  HOME  IN  HEAVEN. 

HY  .U'LIA  STOVFPER. 

OH!  what  a  joyful  thought!  Who  does  not 
want  a  home  in  heaven?  Not  one  in  all 
this  world  tlolt  does  not;  and  we  dear  sisters 
whohave  just  enlisted  in  the  battle  of  the  Lord, 
strive  hard  to  win  that  home,  although  wc  have 
many  trials  a..d  tempt;itions  to  endure  here; 
hut  if  wc  hold  out  faithful  ours  will  be  a  home 
in  heaven,  and  there  we  shall  not  have  trials 
and  temptations.  No.  No  more  sorrows,  no 
mo.e  tcal-s.  But  who  are  they  who  have  a 
home  ill  heaven?  All  on  earth?  No.  Only 
those  who  do  the  will  of  God.  Oh,  it  pains  my 
heart  when  1  think  of  so  many  who  are  so  near 
and  dear  to  us,  and  are  not  preparing  themselves 
tor  that  beautiful  l.on.e,  but  aic  out  in  the  dark, 
dark  world,  walking  in  the  ways  of  sin.  Oh,  if 
I  could  persuade  all  to  go  with  us.  and  walk 
that  narrow  w,iy,  and  then  inherit  that  beauti- 
ful home  in  heaven  that  God  has  prepared  for 
.ill  Uis  children.  Our  earlhly  home  is  only 
momentary  and  our  heavenly  home  is  eternity. 
There  we  shall  live  forever.  0,  just  think  for 
one  moment,  dear  friends,  although  you  have 
all  you  desire  here  on  earth,  you  will  have  to 
leave  it  all,  and  then  if  you  have  not  that  hope 
of  a  home  in  heaven,  what  will  it  profit  you? 
Nothing  at  all.  The  poor,  although  they  have 
scarcely  a  home  here  on  earth,  if  they  only  pre- 
pare themselves,  they  shall  have  a  home  in 
iieaven,  for  there  is  neither  rich  nor  [xior,  hut 
(ire  all  made  alike.  l5o  let  us  all  strive  to  reach 
that  home. 
"  .\  borne  in  heiiven,  what  a  jo>  fnl  tl.ougl.l, 
As  the  poor  man  toils  in  bis  we...  v  lot :  • 
His  lieiirl  oppressed,  and  will,  anguish  driven 
Knui.  his  home  below  to  his  home  in  bc.ivrn." 

"  A  boiiic  in  heave..,  wlien  our  fiicds  are  lied 
To  the  cheerless  gloom  of  tl.esnioldeiing  dead : 
We  w.iit  in  hope  on  the  promise  given. 
We  will  iiieet  up  there  in  our  home  in  heaven." 


the  rain   uesccoucu.  ....^    — -  -  , 

the  winds  blew,  and  beat  upon  that  house  and 
it  fell:  and  great  was  the  fall  of  it."  When  a 
young  man  swears  hi  thepr^ienceof  respectable 
society,  he  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  a  low.  de- 
graded class  of  people,  and  it  is  just  as  wicked 
for  a  man  to  swear  in  secret,  as  in  Pubhc;  be- 
cause there  is  One  that  hears  him,  whose  Word 
will  judge  him  at  the  great  day  of  judgment.- 
It  makes  one  shudder  to  hear  the  oaths  that  are 
uttered  by  some  old  men.  Therefore  never 
swear  while  you  are  young,  for  if  you  do  it  will 
be  hard  for  you  to  quit  when  you  are  old,  and 
likely  you  will  never  quit,  and  the  consequence 
is,  you  will  he  lost  forever. 


AMEN,— SO  BE  IT. 


rllHAT  IS  what  wefeel  to  say  to  Bro.  Moores 
1  late  article  on  Annual  Meeting.  The 
Christian  religion  is  for,  and  in  the  hands  of, 
the  common  people.  It  is  especially  adapted  to 
their  wants;  and  to  leave  it  in  their  h.iuds  is 
safe,  .ind  is  leaving  it  where  it  belongs.  Olicers 
are  necessary  in  the  church,  hut  not  to  ord  it 
over  God's  heritage,  but  to  enforce  the  will  of  the 
church  The  church,  and  not  an  assembly  of 
liishops  and  Elders,  is  the  pillar  and  ground  of 
tho  truth.  The  history  of  the  church  in  the 
past  proves  that  when  too  much  power  is  vested 
in  a  few,  because  of  official  rank,  corruption  is 
the*  result. 

Solomon  says,  "  In  multitude  of  counselors 
there  is  safety,"  and  our  prayer  is  that  the 
time  may  never  come  in  our  beloved  fraternity, 
when  the  doors  of  our  general  council  will  be- 
come closed  against  the  masses  of  the  church. 
Weiope  that  a  spirit  of  rebellion  will  manifest 
itself  on  the  port  of  the  masses  in  the  church 
against  such  an  invasion  of  their  rights.  The 
poisonous  fangs  of  the  viper  are  secreted  in  the 
doctrine  of  submitting  the  government  of  the 
church  into  the  hands  of  a  chosen  few.  Priest- 
craft and  corruption  will  be  the  inevitable  re- 
sult. In  all  free  governments,  officers  are  ser- 
vants, not  lords.  Where  the  spirit  of  God 
dwells,  there  is  liberty,— liberty  for  all. 


spect  of  society.  Those  who  arc  impMperly  bre,l 
are.  as  a  general  thing,  of  a  low  and  degraded 
clai  of  people.  How  many  of  the  rising  ge„. 
eration  would  like  to  become  men  and  women 
in  this  condition?  We  do  not  think  there  are 
any  If  this  be  the  cise,  we  should  study  very 
diligently  while  we  have  the  opportunity. 

I  am  only  sixteen  years  of  age,  hut  I  came 
out  from  among  the  world,  and  am  trying  t<i 
serve  the  Lord.  I  hope  the  brethren  wilt  pray 
lor  me,  that  I  may  live  0  quiet  and  a  peaceful 
life  in  all  godliness  and  honesty. 

A  FEW  WORDS  ON  FEMALE  EDU- 
CATION. 


GIVE  your  daughters  a  thorough  education. 
Teach  them  to  j.reparo  a  nourishing  diet. 
Teach  them  to  wash,  to  iron,  to  dain  stockings, 
to  sew  on  buttons,  to  moke  their  own  dresses. 
Teach  them  to  bake  bread,  and  that  a  good 
kitchen  lessens  the  apothecary's  account.  Teach 
them  that  one  dollar  is  one  hundred  cents,  that 
one  only  lays  up  money  whose  expenses  are  less 
than  his  income,  and  that  all  grow  poor  who 
have  to  spend  more  th.in  they  receive.  Teach 
them  that  a  calico  dress  paid  for,  fits  better  than 
a  silken  one  unpaid  lor.  Teach  them  that  a 
full,  round  face  displays  a  greater  luster  than 
fifty  consumptive  beauties.  Teach  them  to 
wear  strong  shoes.  Teach  them  to  purchase, 
and  to  see  that  the  account  corresponds  with 
the  purchase.  Teach  them  that  they  ruin  God's 
image  by  tight  lacing.  Teach  them  good,  com- 
mon sense,  self-trust,  self-help,  and  industry. 
Teach  them  that  an  honest   mechanic  in  his 


working  dress  is  a 


better  object  of  our  esteem 


than  a  dozen  haughty,  finely  dressed  idlers. 
Teach  them  gardening  and  the  pleasures  of 
nature.  Teach  them,  if  you  can  aft'ord  it,  mu- 
sic, painting,  and  all  other  arts,  but  consider 
these  us  secondary  objects  only.  Teach  them 
that  a  walk  is  more  salutary  than  a  ride  in  a. 
carnage;  and  that  wild  flowers  are  a  worthy 
object  of  admiration.  Teach  them  to  reject 
with  disoain  all  appearances;  aud  to  use  oulj 
yes  or  no  in  good  earnest.  Teach  that  the  hap- 
piness of  matrimony  depends  neither  on  exler- 
nid  appearance  nor  on  wealth,  hut  on  the  man's 
character.  If  you  have  instructed  your  daugh- 
ters in  these  principles,  and  they  have  compre- 
hended them,  fearlessly  allow  them  to  marry, 
— they  will  make  their  wjiy  through  the  world. 
— Sehfct/  hij  Chas.  C.  Gibson. 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS  ON  EDUCATION. 


SELECTED  GEMS. 


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SWEARING. 


I  WONDER  if  the  yumig  readeis  of  the 
BuKTHRES  AT  WoiiK  know  what  a  sin  it  is 
to  Jiwear?  I  hope  they  do,  as  it  is  the  duty  of 
pareuts  to  teach  their  childreu  when  young, 
what  a  siu  it  is  to  iocliilg(>  in  such  a  degrading 
habit,  aud  how  God  forbids  them  to  swear.  He 
says,  "Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  tho 
Lord  in  vain."  "  Sivoar  not  at  all,  but  lot  your 
communications  hu  ycu,  yea,  and  nay,  nay,  for 
whatsoever  is  more  tlian  this,  conieth  of  evil." 
Some  little  boys  are  so  unfortunate  as  not  to 
have  parents  lo  teach  them  of  the  wisdom  and 
goodness  of  God,  and  how  wicked  it  is  to  swear; 
but  if  they  read  and  obey  the  commandments 
of  their  heavenly  Parent  they  will  neyer  awear. 


BY  ,IAMk:^  S!.  KEFK. 

E  must  educato,  if  we  want  to  live  a  hap- 
py life,  for  what  is  the  life  of  the  unedu- 
cated? It  must  be  a  life  of  loneliness  aud  sor- 
row to  those  who  cannot  read  or  write.  Then 
we  should  remember  that  youth  is  the  seed-time 
of  life,  and  when  God  blesses  us  with  such  glo- 
rious opportunities  as  we  have  to  improve  our 
time  ami  obtain  an  education,  we  think  it  is  a 
sin  to  spend  our  time  in  idleness  and  play.  We 
shoiild  he  very  thankful  to  God,  who  has  blessed 
us  with  these  blessings;  but  instead  of  that  we 
know  boys  and  girls  who  spend  most  of  their 
time  in  idleness.  We  are  afraid  thiit  such  boys 
and  girls,  when  they  rise  to  manhood  and  wo- 
manhood, will  leap  the  harvest  of  idleness.  It 
would  not  be  so  necessary  to  educate,  if,  when 
we  see  tli.it  we  have  not  improved  our  time  as 
we  hhuuli!,  we  could  recall  it  and  better  it. — 
llut  as  tiiis  is  not  the  case,  we  should  improve 
every  moment  of  our  lives  to  the  very  best  of 
our  ability. 

We  think  it  is  the  will  of  God  that  we  should 
educ;it'',  lor  how  could  we  serve  the  Lord  if  we 
did  not?  It  would  be  impossible.  If  we  could 
not  reud,  how  could  we  learn  Uis  holy  will? 
Some  one  might  think  we  could  go  to  church, 
ami  there  learn  the  law  of  the  Lord;  but  the 
Scripture  says  we  should  take  the  Word  of  God 
for  the  man  of  our  counsel.  We  think  it  is  all 
right  and  our  dnty  to  go  to  church,  but  we 
should  not  have  too  much  confidence  in  the 
minister  until  we  find  out  whether  the  words 
which  he  has  spoken  are  in  accordance  with  the 
Word  of  God  or  not.  But  how  shall  we  find 
out?  We  cannot  without  education.  Since 
we  know  that  we  cannot  serve  the  Lord  with- 
out education,  it  should  create  joy  in  our  hearts 
that  we  have  such  opportunities.  But  how  are 
we  to  get  an  education?  Shall  we  sit  down 
and  say,  "  Come  to  me  ?  "  I  answer,  no,  but 
we  must  go  to  work  and  study  our  hooks  when- 
ever we  have  an  opportunity.  I  do  not  believe 
there  ever  was  a  lazy  man  or  woman,  who  was 
a  true  Christi.in  or  hiid  an  education.  We  must 
educate,  if  we  want  to  rise  in  the  love  aud  re- 


■■  I'lm  K"'!'  c;iliii  |i;issitiu  or  in.ike  reiison  slime? 
Oiiii  ^^■'  iliK  ln-a<->-  or  wistiniii  li.nii  (lie  miueV 

Wis.lutll  tn  L'nI.I  IllvtVl,   lor   "liS  lllllcll  il'.IS 

Tu  make.. HI  l.iiunii- ili.iii  .1(11  !i,i|i|.iiu',ss. 
That  liaii|.iiifs>  uhi.li  ■J.i'-A[  . .HIS, ,11(11  sir 
Willi  laji",  and  w,.n,lei  in   l.,«  .l.-ni,'e. 

Tlieiiisclv.'s  iiMl,lfsl.     'I'lie  i r  :ir,-  oiii>  poor, 

For  wli.it  an>  tli>'\  \vh,,.li,,.,|'aii,i,l  rln-ii' stiire'!' 
Notliiii'.^  is  ii..Mn.-i  Ihaii  a  \\i.'lrl,  ul  stale; 
Theliiipin  ,.iih  ar.' llie  triil\  i;iral." 

— If  you  would  rise  in  the  world,  you  must 
not  stop  to  kick  at  every  cur  who  hurks  at  you 
as  you  pass  along. 

^When  you  strike  oil,  stop  boring.  Many  a 
man  has  bored  clean  through  and  let  the  oil 
run  out  at  the  bottom. 

—The  more  tender  and  delicate  the  blo-soms 
of  joy,  the  purer  must  be  the  hand  that  will 
cull  them. 

— He  who  has  no  taste  for  order,  mil  be  often 
wrong  in  his  judgment,  and  seldom  considerate 
or  conscientious  in  his  action. 

—A  friendship  that  makes  the  least  noise  is 
very  often  the  most  useful;  for  which  reason 
prefer  a  prudent  friend  to  a  zealous  one. 

—All  deception  in  the  course  of  life  is  indeed 
nothing  else  than  a  lie  reduced  to  practice,  and 
falsehood  passing  from  words  into  things. 

— Wliat  a  comforting  idea  it  is,  as  expressed 
by  stmie  one,  that  Christ  never  takes  away  an 
outward  blessing  but  that  He  gives  a  spiiituiil 
one  instead  of  it. 

—God  promised  forgiveness  to  your  repen- 
tance; but  He  ha-s  not  promised  a  to-niorrow  to 
your  procriistinatiou. 

—He  that  does  good  to  another  man  also  doe* 
it  to  himself,  not  only  in  the  consequence,  but 
in  the  very  act  of  doing  it,  for  the  conscious- 
ness of  well  doing  is  an  ample  reward. 

—There  is  this  difference  between  happiness 
and  wisdom:  he  that  thinks  himsolf  the  hap- 
pie.st  nmii,  really  is  good;  but  he  who  thmk^ 
himself  the  wisest  man,  is  generally  the  great-- 
est  fool. 

-Money,  unsanctified,  makw  nobody  happy, 
neither  do  Ijig  houses,  big  barns,  large  a<^q"*/": 
t^ces,  power,  fame,  but  he  only  is  happy  t"" 
enjoys  religion— he  that  knows  his  sins  are  tor- 
given,  he  and  he  alone  is  at  jieace. 

-Method  is  the  hinge  of  business  and  thflrfl. 
is  no  method  without  order  and  punctuality. 


October    :i 

^[itm^   of   ^(nfcrest. 

THB  revised  New  Te«Un,p„l  U  newly  all 
printed.  It  will  be  presented  U  the  Convoca- 
ti„D  of  Canterbury  next  year. 

A  Wk«tmoreland  county  f«rmer  claims  to 
h^ve  diacovered  a  process  for  making  .uear 
from  corn-atttlks  at  a  cos-t  of  three  cents  per 
pound. 

It  is  said  there  are  74.095  miles  of  raU roads 
in  operationm  the  United  stiites,  while  there 
are  but  89,430  miles  in  the  whole  of  Europe. 

An  exchange  saya  that  the  city  of  Lewiston 
Maine,  with  18,000  population  and  a  strict  Pro^ 
hibitory  law,  had  but  one  arrp.st  for  dninken- 
ness  in  twenty  days. 

AN  iuterestinp  archaeological  discovery  has 
been  made  in  Europe.  The  site  of  a  Roman 
town  has  been  found  buried  under  atbr9.H  near 
Berne,  The  place  occupied  by  the  ofticers  of 
the  RoiuBn  army  ha,s  been  identified. 

Within  the  last  seventy  yeure,  New  Orleans 
has  had  twenty  severe  visitations  of  vellow  fe- 
ver. The  most  deadly  of  the  number  wa^,in 
1853,  when  the  death-roll  reached  2,252,  the 
greatest  mortality  on  any  one  day  being  2S3. 

The  Russians  have  discovered  that  they  are 
just  twelve  days  behind  the  rest  of  Europe,  and 
a  "congress  of  savans"  will  soon  assemble  in 
St.  Petersburg  to  decide  whether  it  is  not  about 
time  to  adopt  the  Gregorian  calendar. 

Dr.  J.  S.  Myer,  of  Virginia  City,  Nevada, 
has  rediscovered  a  lost  Egyptian  art.  He  tem- 
pers coppertools  to  a  more  lastmgcutting  edge 
than  steel  tools  will  hold,  similar  to  thiit  of  the 
copper  implements  with  which  the  stone  for 
the  Pyramids  wiis  cut, 

Washington  has  a  population  of  131,000, 
of  whom  43,000  are  colored.  Tiiere  were  found 
twenty-t^vo  colored  persons  over  100  yeArs  old, 
one  being  reported  as  old  a.s  110,  Serenty  per- 
sons were  between  ItO  and  100. 

Settino  tires  with  hot  water  posseses  great  ad- 
vantages over  the  fire  process.  A  trial  has  been 
iiiiitle  of  both  on  a  Russian  railway,  and  com- 
parative results  show  but  one  per  cent,  of  the 
water-sliruulveu  tires  need  overhauling  to  forty- 
two  per  cent,  of  the  fire-shrunken  tires. 

One  hundred  years  ago.  England  wiw  an  ex- 
porter of  wheat.  Last  year  she  imported  over 
lOO.OOO.OOO  bushels.  These  figures  read  aright, 
show  the  growing  dependence   of  countries  on 

one  auoth^'r,  and  thi-y  augur  more  for  the  peace 
of  the  nations;  than  many  treaties. 

The  town  of  Ortaplien,  Italy,  has  beengrud- 
tiiilly  sinking  until  it  is  some  fifteen  feet  below 
its  former  level,  and  the  houses  are  all  tipped 
from  their  perpendicular.  The  people  hiive  tak- 
en to  the  fields  while  an  investigation  is  made 
into  this  extraordinary  behavior. 

The  Methodists  in  Irehuid  have  hitherto 
beeu  divided  into  two  or  three  branches,  prin- 
cipally called  theWealeyau  Methodists  and  the 
Primitive  Methodists.  There  have  also  been 
so-called  Independent  Methodists,  who  are 
chiefly  distinguished  by  their  rejection  of  a 
paid  ministry.  Recently  a, union  has  ht'cn  ef- 
fected of  all  the  Methodists  bodies  in  Ireland. 

A  PRO.IKCT  is  afoot  for  the  tliorough  and  sys- 
tematic exploration  of  the  antiquities  of  the 
Euphra'-es  Valley,  it  is  proposed  to  organize 
an  expedition  to  leave  England  during  next 
Spring,  the  funds  for  wliieh  are  to  be  raised  by 
contributio  ns,  the  Government  having  refused 
its  aid.  The  organization  for  the  cariyiug  out 
of  the  scheme  is  to  be  on  the  model  of  the  Pal- 
estine Exploration  Fund. 

A  BILL  for  the  severe  punishment  of  tramps, 
has  passed  the  New  Hampshire  legislature.  It 
provides  for  their  imprisonment  from  fifteen 
months  to  five  years— the  former  penalty  being 
provided  for  any  person  proved  to  be  a  tramp. 
The  first  clause  of  the  act  is:  "  .\ny  person  go- 
ing about  from  place  to  place,  begging  and  asking 
or  subsisting  upon  charity,  shall  be  taken  and 
deemed  to  be  a  tramp,  and  shall  be  punished 
by  imprisonment  at  hard  labor  in  tlie  State-pris- 
on not  less  than  fifteen  months." 

CoNsiDEUAiiLE  excitement  has  been  caused  in 
the  district  of  Tekuch,  near  the  village  of  Fund- 
er,  in  Rouuiania,  by  the  sudden  appearance  of 
a  species  of  mole,  yellowish  in  color,  twenty 
centimetres  in  length  aiideight  in  circumference, 
of  a  snake-like  appearance,  which  has  already 
totally  destroyed  120  acres  of  wheat.  These 
animals  disappear  during  the  day-time  in  holes 
dug  in  the  earth,  and  come  out  at  night  to  re- 
new their  depredations.  The  oldest  inhabitant 
of  the  district  has  never  seen  anything  of  the 
•find  before. 


T>iK  T^TKarm^K^:  ^vi^  avokk. 


Last  Wint«r  the  Hoard  of  Education  in  the 
city  of  New  Haven.  Conn.,  abolished  rflieions 
exercJBe  in  the  public  schools.  Since  then, 
there  has  \^L•eu  sieudy  agitation  for  the  restora- 
tion of  the  Bible,  and  at  an  election  held  Mon- 
day, Sept.  10th,  three  membew  were  elected  to 
the  Board,  who  are  in  favor  of  its  restoration, 
by  a  TOiyority  of  2,»0u.  This  shows  the  difli- 
tulty  ot  conducting  schnols  to  profit  independ- 
ent of  rdiniouB  influences. 

Thk  important  trade  of  the  cities  bordering 
on  the  M(>dit*rranean  sea,  averages  annnnlly 
about  ^-){«i.iKH).onii  in  ronnd  numbers.  Of  this 
vast  (uiioiint  lew  than  211  per  cent.  falU  to  the 
tmde  with  the  UtiU'd  Statew.  To  increa-te  the 
commercial  relations  between  this  country  and 
the  Mpdit«rranean  dinlricts.  an  Italian  delega- 
tion is  now  visiting  Philadelphia  steamship  men, 
with  the  hope  of  seeing  a  line  of  ahipa  between 
the  United  States  and  Italian  and  intervening 
ports.  This  once  accomplished,  travelent  can  go 
from  PhiMelphia  direct  to  Jaffa,  within  thirty 
miles  of  .lerusalem. 


CORRESPONDElsrCE. 


niwtings  for  U)«  throngh  the  past  wwk.  Vim 
pr«:inns  souls  sofar.hBVe^ignifierl  awillingnww 
to  taite  up  thp  cmm, — to  day  wp  expect  to  m^ 
aevenil  moiV  make  the  ROod  cnnffs-iion.  We 
have  announce,  that  baptism  will  bpwJniini!<t»?rd 
this  afl<_'moon.  We  have  a  bright  prospect  for 
ft  lrarg«  ingflthering.  The  church  in  love  ond 
peaee.r.   ■   ..r,,     i  q..  v,  i       n. E.  BKrnAinm. 


A  Few  Thoughts. 


I      /  From  Georgia. 

Drar  liMlur,,:— 

YOUR  paper,  card  and  circulara  reached  me 
a  few  days  ago.  Thanks  for  the  same. 
It  is  the  first  of  your  papers  I  have  ever  had  the 
pleasure  of  seeing.  As  to  myself  I  have  been 
living  in  this  State  nearly  nineyeai-s,  although 
it  does  not  seem  that  length  of  time.  1  moved 
here  from  Beaver  Dam  congregation,  Frederick 
Co.,  Maryland.  Said  church  is  presided  over 
by  Bro.  iHiac  Pfoutz,  Bro.  D,  K.  Saylor  and 
others,  I  have  been  a  member  thirty  years. 
I  hope  to  grow  stronger  in  faith  as  I  near  my 
journey's  end.  There  is  a  brothtfr  living  .'seventy 
miles  from  here  in  Madison,  Morgan  Uo„  Ga. 
His  name  is  Emanuel  Heyser,  from  Green  Tree 
church,  Pennsylvania.  I  visited  him  five  years 
ago  in  July,  on  which  occasion  he  baptized  my 
youngest  daughter  and  made  her  very  happy 
indeed,  though  hev  privileges  as  aehnrch  mem- 
ber are  not  within  reach,  she  has  never  regret- 
ted that  she  has  done  her  duty  so  far.  Her 
husband  is  a  Catholic  and  very  much  opposed 
to  her  joining  our  church,  but  she  has,  in  the 
face  of  all  trials  and  oppojilioiia.  kept  the  faith 
and  has  in  some  measure,  overcome  the  violence 
of  his  oppo.'*ition :  nevertheless  it  is  hard  to  bear. 
I  also  lieard  of  a  brother  living  in  Rntledge, 
Gt^orgia,  between  this  and  Madison,  but  T  have 
never  met  him  and  have  forgotten  the  name, 
but  no  doubt  brother  Heyser  knows  his  name. 
The  church  here  has  never  been  heard  of  so  far. 
We  have  distributed  papers;  some  seem  inter- 
ested and  some  not,  but  that  there  could  be 
much  good  done  hnre.  I  have  no  doubt.  The 
jieople  nearly  all  are  church  goers,  and  the 
principal  cliuiches  are  the  Methodists,  Presby- 
terians and  Missionary  Baptists.  I  don't  know 
that  they  difl'er  much  Iroin  Methodists,  except 
that  they  immerse  once  backward,  and  th' 
Methodists  do  the  same  if  the  candidate  requests 
it.  There  is  also  another  sect,  called  Primitive 
Baptists  or  generally  Hardshell  Baptists;  they 
wash  feet  at  Communion,  which  they  hold  in 
May  and  August,  They  are  little  thought  of,  as 
they  are  not  considered  of  much  character. 
Don't  understand  me  to  say  it  is  their  religion. 
There  may  be  churches  of  that  denomination 
in  the  South,  but  none  about  here.  In  the  city 
of  Atlanta  there  are  alt  deuuminatious. 

There  is  adelightful  climate  here,  don't  think 
it  can  be  surpassed  by  many  places.  The  warm 
wciither  is  always  tempered  by  cool  breezes  and 
cool  nights.  Sarah  Hai-e. 


From  Iowa  Centre,  Iowa. 

OUR  Love-feiwt  is  now  past.  We  had  an  un- 
usually good  meeting  and  very  largely  at- 
tended; some  two  hundred  members  present, 
and  a  mixed  multitude  of  from  1.000  to  1,200. 
A  very  efficient  corps  of  ministerial  help. — 
One.  very  unpleasant  feature  to  me  during  the 
meeting,  was  the  fact  that  we  had  not  prepared 
room  enough  for  all  the  members  present  to 
be  seated  at  the  tables,  a  fact  which  brought 
to  mind  the  ample  provisions  that  have  been 
made  to  celebrate  the  great  ante-type  foreshad- 
owed by  the  Lord's  Supper.  How  comforting 
to  know  that  none  will  need  there  to  sit  back 
for  want  of  room,  but  ))erhaps  multitudes  may 
sit  hack  for  want  of  preparation ;  the  want  of  a 
wedding  garment.  Our  beloved  brother  Lem- 
uel Hillerj',  very  uiiex pet-ted ly  dropped  in  among 
us  yesterday,  (Saturday)  and  lays  over  until 
Monday;  preached  la.st  night  a  telling  dis- 
course to  an  attentive  audience,  on  the  "  Power 
of  God's  word."  Brother  W.  J.  H.  Baumau  of 
Nora  Springs,  has  beeu  conducting  «  series  of 


'■pHERE  is  a  proposition  bi-fore  ihi'  U-gislativ.- 
J  committee  to  pau  a  law  prohibiting  the 
prevalent  practice  of  "treating."  If  such  a  law 
was  vnacted  and  then  enforced,  it  would  romove 
ont;  of  the  grcut<-st  promulgators  of  inteinppr- 
ate  drinking— /'ri  mrVifr  C/insthui.  Ma^  Ofh. 

Legislatures  ajid  Committees  will  Heriounlj' 
entertain  i.ropositions  andpa-w  laws  to  prohibit 
the  manufacture  and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks 
and  then  adjourn  to  go  to  tho  siiloon  and  taki 
their  social  gliuw  together.  Well,  gentlemen 
whchyoH  stop  Ihc  devil  by  grasping  his  horni 
lie  so  kind  aa  to  drop  me  a  line.  The  recipe 
to  slop  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  intoxicat- 
ing bcveragai— to  pa-vent  drunkenness  in  tlu- 
land— to  remove  every  drinking  saloon  from 
the  United  States  and  to  sweep  away  all  the 
curses  that  follow,  is  rendered  at  once  simple 
aiiii  eaxij^  and  these  italici/.ed  words  are  true  as 
Gospel,  which  I  will  send  to  any  address  for  the 

small  sum  of .     Now  right  Here  is  a  chancn 

to  make  money,  but  I  forlwar.  "  Freely  ye  have 
received,  tri-ely  give." 

Here  is  the  recipe:  Let  every  young  man 
and  every  young  woman  and  every  old  man  and 
every  old  woiuau  stop  pouring  liquor  down 
their  throats  and  stop  their  children  from  doing 
so.  James  L.  Switzkk. 


From  Lamctte  Prairie.  111. 

V^OT  havinc  seen  any  notice  of  (he  death  of 
ll  Absalom  Hyer,  I  feel  it  due  to  his  memory, 
that  liis  death  should  be  published  in  the  de- 
nomination paper.  He  died  suddenly  on  the 
•26th  of  August,  IS7S.  He  was  taken  with 
cramp  in  his  limbs  about  11  A.  M.  and  was  a 
corpse  before  1  P.  M.  of  the  same  da.v.  He  wiw 
conscious  to  tlif  last,  and  died  in  full  hope  of  a 
blessed  immortality.  He  was  bom  August  14th, 
1S14.  and  died  August  2(ith,  1S78.  His  sutter- 
ings  were  greater  than  i  ever  before  witnessed, 
and  continued  from  the  time  lie  was  taken  sick 
till  death  came  to  his  relief,  ivith  occasionally 
a  few  minutes  of  rest.  During  one  of  those 
intervals,  about  fifteen  minutes  before  ho  died, 
he  said,  I  have  a  desire  to  depart  and  be  with 
Christ.  He  was  bishop  of  the  Lainotle  Prairie 
church,  his  charge  extended  also  over  the  Alli- 
son Prairie  and  Cumberiand  churches.  His 
death  has  cast  a  gloom  over  thei'utire  commu- 
nity, especially  over  the  churi'hcs  under  his 
cburge,  by  whom  he  was  justly  regarded  as  a 
fatlii-r.  The  place  he  has  left  vacant  will  be 
hard  to  fill.  W.  H.  Stoneh. 


Letter  to  A  Sistci. 

IT  is  truly  amazing  what  conjunctions  of 
events  and  agencies  Divine  Providence  ef- 
fects. How  little  did  tho  brutal  Roman  soldier 
think  he  was  fullfilUng  prophecy,  when  he  wan- 
tonly thrust  his  spear  into  the  side  of  the  God- 
man's  corpse.  How  little  did  I  think  that  my 
pinching  wants  of  stationary  and  postal  nece 
sities  co-existed  with  a  painful  struggle  in  the 
bosom  of  a  saint  two  thousand  miles  distant,  as 
to  the  disposition  of  the  tithe  she  had  conse- 
crated to  the  Lord.  The  higher  superintend- 
ence was  so  shaped,  that  yon  came  to  a  decision 
just  at  the  time  I  was  awaiting  God's  raven 
with  bis  beak  full  of  heaven's  currency.  Your 
bounty  will  be  converted  into  an  essay  in  behalf 
of  thf  ext-ension  of  the  kingdom  of  -soul  and 
righteousness  and  purity.  If  half  of  the  mem- 
bers would  open  their  beings  without  reserve 
to  the  Divine  direction,  how  many  a  morsel 
would  reach  the  needy;  how  many  a  raven 
would  wing  his  flight  to  some  lonely  dweller 
on  the  banks  of  Cherith.  Had  I  but  all  that 
is  spent  in  the  brotherhood  for  demoralizing 
life-curtailing  superfluities,  how  many  a  crumb 
of  heaven's  loaf,  and  1  might  scatter  among 
the  hungry.  God  is  not  stinted  in  resources, 
bnt  the  ravens  are  wanting.  Love  is  essentially, 
self-oblivious  and  self-sttcrificing.  A  true  cross- 
born  love,  is  ever  filling  and  feasting  itself  by 
distribution.  Thousands  in  the  church  are 
afraid  to  take  God  at  his  word;  they  have  not 
yet  learned  the  lesson  of  Pi-hahioth,  and  thous- 
ands never  will.  Ex.  14.  The  "  Go  forward" 
of  the  15th  verse  is  the  great  test  of  faith  in 
such  an  apparently  hopeless  dilemma.  Blessed 
and  honored  are  the  noble  believing  few. 

C.  H.  B.VLSBAVQH. 


Our  Mission  to  Xndi«na. 

IEI-T  hom.-  on    Friday,    Aupiirt  Wfth.     We 
J     tonk  thf  mornmg  trum   for  Indiana,  bat 
hail  a  call  at  ViUiU'wt,  hy  M.  CKIkju,  o(  tb»l 
plactt.  wlio  met  ua  at  the  depot   and  kindly  «■- 
cort«d,u.s   to  hi«  rtwidenftc,   lyhcr*    we  had  the 
pleasure  of  talking  some  U-ngth  of  UniP,on  the 
all-import4inti*ubj»'ct,  the  Kalvgtiou  of  the  soul. 
We  then  made  ftrr»ngemenU  to  meet  him  at  Li- 
ma, which  watdone  on   Saturday.  Sept.  14th, 
and  on  the  following  day,  out  regular  meeting. 
rec'iveJ  him  into  the  fold  of  Christ  by  baptism 
according  to  the  (irjspel.    On  Monday  morning 
we  took  brothur  El»on  to  the   train,   which  he 
took  for  his  place  frf"  abode,  rpjoicing  that  he 
had  founda  precious  friend  in  the  i>er»on  of  Je- 
sus,    our  only  Savior.      Hoi>c   he   may  prove 
faithful  andin  the  emi,  hoar  thehap[»y  welcome 
"Enter  thou  jrito  the  joy   of  thy    Lord."     Oo 
account  of  delicat*  health,  hU«(nup(uiion  oould 
not  come  with  liim,  but  her  dewre  i«,  ua  soon  An 
she  can,  she  wili'  alrio  enter  the  fold    of  Christ. 
In  the  afternoon   of  Aug.  Sdth,  I  again   took 
the  train  at  Van  West  for  KortU  M4ucheaWr, 
Indiana,  when-  I  w(i»  met  by    my    brpther-ip- 
law  and  sister  Cupp,  who  ctrnveyed  me  to  BW- 
Jacob  Keanis".  who  hud   been  complaining  for 
some  days;  however  we  had  quite  a  pleasant  in- 
fen-iew   together  for  a  short  season.     Being 
again  refreshed  by  a  very    plentiful  ropant.  we 
were  soon  found  at  the  church,  where  our  l»le 
A.  M.  was  held.     Here  we  had  a  pleasant  seas- 
on of  worship.     Aaer  services,  we  wwre  again 
conveyed  by  our  brother-in-law  to  his  residence. 
Next  morning  met  with  the    Brethren  of  the 
Eel  River  and  adjoining  churches   to  look  after 
the  business  assigned  to  us  by  the  late   A.  M., 
but  on  account  of  some  delay,  Bro.  R,  H.  Miller 
did  not  arrive  until  about  noon.     Itutin  his  ab- 
sence, wi-  made  every  arrangement  nooessaiy 
for  the  busiucsd  of  the    meeting.      Soon  in  the 
afternoon,  bt-ing  fully  organized,  we  entered  the 
arduous  lBlx)rs  ol  the  day,  but  as  there  seemed 
tobe  uiHch  businp.-<s  before  us,  we  appointed  a 
night  session,  which  we  continued  at  a  late  hour; 
then  at"ter  committing  ourselves  into  the  care 
of  an  All-wise  Creator,   we  dispersed   through 
rain  ami  mud;  however  some  of  us  soon   found 
,  ourselves  fnugly  housed   from   the  inclement 
weather  in  carriages  of  our  Brethren,  who  con- 
veyed us  to  the  house  of  Bro.  C.  Fruit,  out  rel- 
ative.    The  next  morning,  Suudiy-   Sept.   I^, 
we  were   again  separated,  some  going  North 
some  South  and  some  W.-pit.  to  fill  the  several 
appointments  made  by  the  Brethren  of  the  Eel 
River  and  surrounding   churches.      Thus  after 
spending  the  Lord's  day  in  tlie  service  of  the 
Lord,  and  we  trust  to  the  honor  of  his   great 
name,  alter  being  cared  for  by  the   brethren 
and  being  nfrcshed  by  a  good  night's  i-est,  we 
iigain  innt  at  the  above  named  church,  and  in 
the  evening  at  about  half  piLst  four  o'clock,  we 
had  our  report  made  out  and  then  read  it  to  the 
church.     But  just  here    my   time  expired  and 
before  submitting  the  report  to  the  church  for 
its  approval  or  rejection,  I  was  kindly  coaveyed 
to  the  R.  R.  station,   where   at  half  past  six  I 
took  the  train  for   Lower  Deer  Creek  church. 
Carroll  Co.,  Ind.,  where  on  Tuesday  the  3nl  of 
Sept.,  we  again  met  with    the  committee,  ap- 
pointed hy  A.  M.  to  investigate  the  matter  con- 
cerning the  divtMon  or  dividing  lines    of  two 
churches,  which  had  been  established   in  the 
yearlS41;  but  circumstances   having  changed 
things  so  as  to  seem  necessary   to  make  some 
changes,  the  committee  took  considerable  pains 
to  look  into  the  matter.      In  the  afternoon 
about  four  o'clock,  we  made  out  and   rejid  our 
report  to  the  church  or  churches  and  it  was  un- 
animously agreed  to  by  all  present. 

Thus  having  spent  the  day  among  the  mem- 
bers of  these  churches  and  finding  such  a  union 
of  sentiment  in  that,  of  receiving  our  report, 
we  thought  it  was  good  for  us  to  be  there.  May 
God  grant  his  blessings  anions  these  churches, 
and  may  the  result  of  our  labor  be  a  means  of 
a  continuation  of  union  and  fellowship  among 
them  is  our  prayer.     Amen. 

On  the  next  morning,  Sept.  14th.  we  were 
conveyed  lo  the  R.  R.  station,  when  we  took 
the  train,  and  the  same  evening  arrived  home; 
found  all  well,  praise  the  Lord. 

DvjJlEL  BHOn'KR. 


GLE-A^lSriNGS. 


From  Portlund,  Oregon.— On  last  Satur- 
day and  Sunday.  Sept.  7th  and  Sth,  brother 
David  Brower  held  a  meeting  at  the  Orient 
school-house,  sixteen  miles  East  of  Portland, 
being  the  second  meeting  the  Brethren  ever 
held  in  that  vicinity.  All  seemed  to  have  an 
anxiety  in  hearing  the  Word  preached.  On 
Monday  morning  one  brother  was  received  in 
the  church,  by  baptism  and  one  more  made 
application  to  be  received  into  the  church.  We 


B 


THE    BKETHREISr    ^T    A\^OKli:. 


October    3. 


hate  five  member  h.-re.  (iod  help  us  »o  to  live 
that  othcm  miiv  Bei-  our  good  work  and  join  in 
with  us  to  aervc  O0.I  aiid  glorify  his  nnmv. 

JosKJ-H  Heimbt. 

f  From  Samuel  Murray.— I  visits  nu  uncle 
of  mine  ciffhty-thrw. year*  old.    and   a  sister  of 
mine  w>vpnty-«eTen  years  old.     She  is  quit*  ad- 
ive  for  her  age.    Visited  two  brothers  and  many 
othern-Iative*.  did  not  rtndtheni    all  eDJoyinK 
good  health,  fomc  being  afflicU-d  with  chronic 
diaea«f*.  cannot  ev«T  cxi>ect  to  get   much  l>et- 
t*r;  othera  who  had  fevers  were  convalescent. 
Our  visit  in   Ohio  wa»  nhort  hut  plesant.  and 
wilt  be  long  remi-mbered  by  me.    Did  not  prenoh 
much  in  Ohio;  we  have    visited    a   good    many 
churcht^  sine*  w.>  startj^d  on   our  vinit.     Wi- 
think  they  all  n.vd  a  good   tonic  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  the  love  of  Ood  to  t-xcit*  thp  Chris- 
tian life  a  little  more.     0  may  QtA  help   all  of 
a»  to  wake  up  to  n  full  seiisf  of  our  duties  each 
one  in  his  and  her  place.  i»  my  prayer.     I  camr 
here  to  a  Communion    in  the    Bear  Creek  arm 
of  church,  in  Joy  Co.,  Ind.     Met  quite  a  num- 
ber of  mini.iters  at   thia   meeting,   some  from 
Ohio  and  some  from  iliffi-rcnt  parU  of  Indiana. 
Thomas  Wenrich,  from  Ohio  is  their  Elder  here. 
Tlie  church  waa  only  organized  about  one  year 
ago,  are  numbering  some   fifty;   had  selected 
brother  Daniel    Waltz  to  the  ministry  at  the 
time  of  organization,  and  A.  Cable,  deac-on.     At 
this  meeting  a  choice  was  held  for  one  minister 
andtwodeacont*;  the  lot  for  speaker  fell  on  Bro. 
Eli  R^'uner.  nod  for  deaconB  on   Henry'  Qivrner 
and  Daniel  Kcuner.      BrotliL-r  Waltz   wiu  ad- 
vanced to  the  second  degree  of  the   ministry. 
Their  members  all  being  pre-seut,  they  were  all 
received  in  their  respt-ctive   oifices  at  the  same 
time,  which  made  the  scene  very  solemn.    May 
God  bless  them  iind  enable  them  to  fully  appre- 
ciate the  responsibilitipM  of  their  offices,   and 
enable  them    to  fully  discharge  the  duties  in 
their  respective  offices.     This  is  my  first   visit 
to  this  church.    I  must  way  so  far,  I  have  enjoy- 
ed my  visit.     The  ac<iuaiutancei)  I  have   made 
with  brethren  and  sistere  are   pleasant.     I  ex- 
pect to  preach  for  them  this  evening  and  to- 
morrow at  ten  A.  M.     Oiir  Communion  will  hu 
on  the  3rd  of  Oct,;   we  hope  the  ministering 
brethren  will  come  and  help  us. 

From  Lydia  C.  Lcsli.— At  our  new  home 
and  not  having  the  privilege  of  meeting  with 
brethren  and  sisters  in  worship,  we  would  love  to 
hear  what  is  done  in  the  good  cause.  Your 
paper  is  a  welcome  visitor  in  our  broken  family 
We  feel  that  we  need  help  here.  Other  denom- 
inations are  stronger  in  number  but  few  that 
profeM  to  take  the  Word  of  Gnd  in  its  purify. 
Remember  us  in  your  prayers,  and  when  nny 
of  the  Hrethreii  are  traveling  to  prcaili  the 
Word,  wc  would  lie  glad  if  they  could  stop  a 
few  days  nnd  help  to  build  up  tlii^  ouce-proniis- 
ing  church.  You  that  travel  in  the  missionary 
cause  remember  us.  We  live  near  Goshen, 
Clermont  Co.,  Ohio. 

From  JaniOK  Y.  Heckler.—  Church  news 
are  scarce.  We  cannot  apeak  of  sinners  turn- 
ing to  God  at  present.  Seasons  of  drouth  will 
come  over  the  country  for  awhile,  but  after  the 
Boil  has  been  parched,  there  come,  also.  Fcasous 
of  copious  rains.  The  same  is  applicable  to  the 
church.  We  have  the  Word  preached  with 
power  sometimes,  but  it  Jceius  as  though  sin- 
ner's bearts  were  callous  and  unable  to  receive 
the  truth.  We  must  therefore  wait  for  a  seas- 
on of  sjjjritual  ruin,  when  the  hearts  will  be 
moihtened  and  the  truth  shall  take  root.  Our 
church  district  has  been  divided;  the  ttnritory 
was  too  large  for  convenience.  Tlu  Imlian 
Creek  Church  included  parts  of  four  counties, 
namely:  Monlgomeiy,  Bucks,  Northampton 
and  hchigh.  IJut  now  tin-  new  district,  called 
Spi'ingfield,  imludim  parts  of  tlie  three  latter 
counties.  There  is  no  church  of  the  Brellinn 
farth.T  North  than  the  latter,  but  there  are 
tliouswids  of  precious  souls,  bought  with  the 
same  price  as  we  have  been,  sitting  in  darkness, 
worshiping  creeds  and  holding  the  traditions  of 
men.  North  of  the  Springfield  district. 

Froui  Hiram  UiTkiimii.— Sister  Samantha 
Beebu  departeil  tUit  life  July  liith,  aged  about 
forty  yeara.  Slie  was  a  fuithful  .sister.  Our 
Communion  was  held  oil  the  10th  of  August. 
Many  spectator;*  wen-  pretent,  and  trust  j^reat 
good  Wiki  doue.  Health  Uot  au  good  thi^  I'all, 
as  many  have  chiUs  uud  fever.  Are  dicing  what 
we  can  tomafi'itain  thi^  Master's  cause  here  in 
Monroe  Co.,  Iowa,  and  find  our  Muster  a  sure 
eupp()rt  in  time  of  iietd. 

From  I'uioii  CInirch,  Plymouth,  lud.— 
Got  home  to-day  from  a  Comniunion  meeting 
m  the  Breiut'u  district  ol  cliurch,  Murshall  Co  . 
Ind.  Tlte  raeeliug  Wiis  a  good  one.  We  bu- 
lieve  the  Lori  v/aa  with  us  while  we  were  to- 
gether. Two  were  added  to  the  uharch,  l)y 
baptism.  The  Love-feast  was  held  where  the 
Bretlireu  never  hud  any  such  meetings    before. 


llail  ver>'  go-xl  onler.  The  health  is  good  in 
our  country.  Crops  itre  good,  and  we  have 
nothing  to  comjdain  of  but  ourselves,  uot  be- 
ing half  .thankful  enough  for  the  blessings 
the  good  Lord  be-ntows  on  us  poor  mortals. — 
Dear  brethren  and  »ist-.T8  let  us  all  lubor  a  lilth' 
more,  for  the  good  of  souls,  and  fiod  will  be 
honored,  and  we  will  lity  up  treasures  in  heav- 
en, which  is  worth  more  than  this  world. 
I  do  hope  the  members  will  uU  subscribe  for 
BrbTHheN  at  Worb  and  get  all  others  that 
are  not  members  to  take  the  paper,  as  the  de- 
bate is  to  be  publi^vhcd,  and  we  believe  Bro. 
Sl#in  is  able  to  defend  the  truth,  and  the  truth 
will  make  ub  free,  and  this  we  want  all  to  see. 
John  Knislet. 
Llabllftlea  of  College  Trustees  and  Suh- 
scribers. — .\ceording  to  statutes  of  Ohio. — 
Swan  and  Critchfield,  Vol.  I,  Sec.  II,  page  268. 
"  Any  University  College  or  Academy,  that 
may  become  a  body  corporate,  under  the  pro- 
vision of  this  act,  the  property  of  which  is  not 
derived  by  donation,  gift,  devise  or  subscription, 
but  is  owned  by  individuals  in  shape  of  stock, 
subscribed  or  taken.  The  owner  of  said  stock 
shidl  bo  individually  liable  for  the  debts  of  said 
corporation  to  the  amount  of  their  stock  re- 
spectively, and  also  in  a  sum  equal  thereto,  over 
and  above  the  amount  of  their  said  stock. — 
Provided  that  the  trustees  or  directors  of  any 
corporation  organized  under  the  provision  of 
this  act;  the  property  of  which  is  not  owned 
by  individuals,  in  the  shape  of  stock  subscribed 
or  taken,  is  held  upon  trust,  or  derived  by  de- 
vise, donation  gift  or  sub.'icription,  shall  not 
contract  any  indebt^'dness  beyond  the  actu.'il 
means  or  assets  of  said  corporation  The  trust- 
ees or  directors  so  contracting,  shall  be  held  li- 
able in  their  undivided  capacity  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  same;  but  the  property  of  said 
corporation  shall  first  be  exhausted." 

It  vrill  be  seen  from  the  above  law,  that  all 
subscribei-9  are  only  responsible  for  what  they 
bacribe,  and  the  trustees  for  all  their  con- 
tracts over  and  above  what  is  donated  or  sub- 
scribed. Under  this  act  the  Ashland  College 
was  chartered.  Some  of  the  leading  lawyers 
of  Ashland  say  that  there  is  no  law  to  compel 
any  one  but  trustees  to  pay  more  than  their 
subscription.  William  Sadler. 

Ashhni'l.  Ohio. 


DIED. 


Obiiunriei  should  be  brief,  vrrilien  no  but  one  side  of  the 
paper,  end  separate  from  all  olLer  buHiness. 


GEORGE.— In  the  Elk  Co.  church,  Kansas,  of 
congestion  of  the  lungs,  brother  James  T. 
George,  aged  ;il  years,  one  month  and  IS  days. 

HAWN. — Died  near  Hamlin.  Brown  Co.,  Kan- 
sas, sister  Sarah,  daughter  of  Bro.  Jacob  and 
sister  Mary  Hawu,  aged  22  years,  4  months 
and  27  days.  Jonathan"  Lhhty. 

SWANGEll.— Died  near  Arlington,  Ohio,  on 
the  18th  inst.,  Arminda,  d.iughter  of  Mr,  P. 
F.  and  Mrs.  Muria  A.  Swanger,  aged  3  years, 
11  iiionth  and  11  days.  Services  by  the  un- 
dersigned, on  the  mortuljtyof  m;iu,b;ised  up- 
on Isaiah  04:  (i.  S.  T.  IJusnEitMAN. 

HOLL.— In  Madisonlmrg,  Wayne  Co.,  Ohio, 
July  ;Jrd.  1S7S,  Andrew  James  Holl,  sou  of 
Alplieus  B.  and  Susan  A.  Holl. 

{Primitive  Chri'^ii'in, please  *''^P>j)- 

HINKLE.— In  Ashland.  .\^hbuid  Co,,  Ohio, 
Sept.  13th,  1878,  Keb<-ccrt.  wiie  of  Moses 
Pliukle,  aged  34  years  and  2.5  days. 

It  was  said  she  was  a  devoted  and  consist- 
ent member  of  the  Lutheroii  church.  Funeral 
services  by  Itev.  Wilhem,  of  the  Lutheran 
church  and  the  writer. 

(hAAC  KiLHEFNEK. 

KNITE— In  the  Mnu.>k->ta  church,  near 
Baldwin,  Jackson  Co  .  Iowh,  Sejit  14tli,  ISTt*., 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Bro.  Jauirt.-f  and  sister  El- 
len Kuite,  aged  oyears,  !i  nii>iit!is  and  7days. 
Funeral  services  by  the  Ilrethrcn,  from  Matt. 
13:  13-20.  JoiiK  GiiiLH. 

KLINE,~Iu    the   Mohican    church,    V.-ihland 
Co.,  Ohio,  July    U[,  1S7S,  isi-iter  Catharine, 
wiie  of  Bro.  Jonas  Cliue,  aged    75  years  ajid 
Itj  days. 
Sieter  Kline  was  a  consistent  uLemher  for 
many  year?,  and  died  in  a  fall  hope  of  eternal 
life.     Thisis  a,  consolation  U>  the  bereaved  hus- 
band, aud,frieiids.     Funeral  occasion    improved 
from  JI«b.  13:14. 

CunmriAN  Hulurkak. 

SHAUM.— In    the    same     congri'gation,    in 

Waym-  Co.,  Oliio,  Sept;,  tith,  Havah    Shaum, 

wife  of  Johu  Sha\im,  a^ed  tfyearv,!*  months 

and  thri'c  days. 

She  wtis  a  consisttmt  uiember  of,  the  Men- 

nonite   church   for  many   yt^ars.     Sim  was  the 

mother  of  sixteen  childivu  and  had  seventy-sev- 


en grand  children  and  1!*  great  grand  ihildren. 
I  Fuueral  occasion  from  Rev.  14:  13. 
FUNDT.— In  Dupage  Co.,    111.,    Aug.  6tb,  Ja^ 

cob  Fundi,  aged  75  years,  two   months   and 

.5  days. 

He  wM  bom  in  Elir^beth  township,  Lan- 
caster Co.,  Pa.,  June  1st,  1803.  He  usually 
drove  a  one-hors«  wagon,  and  endeavored  one 
morning  to  lake  his  son.  Samuel  out  in  the 
country,  a  distance  of  three  and  one  half  miles 
to  his  son  Simons',  which  he  did.  On  his  re- 
turn home,  nearing  the  railroad  track  his  horse 
took  fright,  turning  short  around,  threw  him 
out  of  the  wagon  upon  his  head.  When  found 
he  had  one  line  in  his  hand  but  was  uncon- 
scious, dyine  fifteen  hours  afterward.  In  1S56 
with  his  family,  emigrated  to  Illinois.  Dupage 
Co.,  where  he  remained  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Meunonite 
church  for  the  last  forty-six  years.  He  was 
the  father  of  nine  children,  of  which  two  are 
dead,  thirty  grand  children  and  eight  great 
grand  children;  with  these  he  also  leaves  an 
aged  companion  to  mourn  their  loss.  Funeral 
occasion  improved  by  Bro.  George  Mourer  and 
John  Hollinger  from  the  11th  and  12th  verses 
of  the  last  chapter  of  Revelation. 

NoAH  Eahly. 

HORNISH.— In  the  Poplar  Ridge  congrega- 
tion. Sept.  6th,  1878,  Eli,  son  of  John  and 
Eve  Homish,  aged  28  years,  five  months  and 
nine  days, 

He  complained  for  some  time,  but  nothing 
serious  until  about  3  o'clock  in  the  morning  of 
the  6th,  he  became  deranged— so  much  so  that 
it  took  three  men  to  keep  him  on  the  bed.  At 
five  o'clock  in  the  evening  he  died.  He  met 
with  a  serious  accident  about  the  29th  of  March, 
1877,  having  a  double-barreled  shot  gun,  both 
barrels  being  loaded  with  shot,  and  holding 
the  gun  in  his  left  hand  a  little  space  from  the 
floor  and  putting  the  ram-rod  in  the  thimble 
with  his  right  band,  the  gun  dropped  on  the 
floor,  with  breech  end  downward.  One  barel 
discharged,  the  toad  going  through  his  right 
hand  fracturing  it  so  it  had  to  be  taken  off. 

He  was  a  young  man  much  respected  by  all 
wlio  knew  him.  But  like  many  othera,  he 
walked  in  the  broad  road  that  leadeth  to  de- 
struction. We  leave  hira  in  the  hands  of  a 
merciful  God.  Let  this  be  a  warning  to  others. 
Funeral  services  by  Bro.  Jacob  Kintner  from 
Ecclesiastes  12:  7. 
CLEAR. — In  the  same  congregation.    Aug.  14, 

Alice  S,.  daughter  of  Zadok  and  Maria  Clear. 

aged  o  months  and  10  days. 
CLEAR. — In  the   same  congregation,  August 

lyth.  1878,  brother  George  W.,  son  of  Zadok 

and  Maria  Clear,  aged   18   years,    10  months 

and  6  days. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  one  of  much 
suftering,  but  he  bore  it  with  Christian  forti- 
tude. He  sent  for  the  elders  of  the  cluirch  and 
was  anointed  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  He  also 
had  a  desire  to  wash  feet  but  he  thought  he  was 
too  weak.  He  loved  to  speak  about  the  Savior 
and  engaged  in  singing  and  praying.  Although 
so  young  yet  he  was  faithful  to  his  duty.  Dear 
friends  weep  not  by  the  bedside  of  such  a  dy- 
ing friend,  but  weep  tears  of  joy.  Funeral  ser- 
vices by  Eld.  .lacob  Brown.  G.  Fokeman. 
(Priinitiie  Christ  inn,  phase  copy). 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


NuTrcKH  of   Lo*e-feast:4,    Diairlci    Meatiogs,   etc,, 
be  brief,  and  nritlen  od  paper  separate 
from   olher   busineBs. 


LOVE-FEASra. 


Salem  congregation,  lour  miJw  East  of  Salem,  Ma- 
rion CO..  111.,  Oct,  lath,  at  2  P.  M. 

Maiion  eougifL-ation,  Marion,  Grant  co.,  Ind,.  Oct. 
I'Ui.  at  10  A.  M.  . 

Knglisli  River  congiegatinn.  Keokuk  co..  Iowa,  two 
and  one  half  miles  East  of  south  EnKlisU.  and 
fii.x  ane  one  half  miles  N'oi  lb  nf  Ilariier.  Ort.  Jtth 
and  Otii. 

MtUedgeville.CairoIl  co.,111.,  Oct.8thmid  0th,  at 
m  A.M,     ,, 

Mlaek  Riyerpongiegation,  Medina  co.,  O.,  Oct.  4th 

atS  P..  *   ■'  ■  ■        '■         '       '■    ''     ■ 

l.oit  Creek  congregatioti.  Caldwell  po„  Noi-th  Mo. 
distiirt.  Oct,  .'.th  and  «tb.  at  -i  o"el.n,k,  lit  Uie  rcs- 
id.-iicei.f  I.E.  Hosserinim,lhre<i   miles  West  of 

r>jio. 


ih,  Iowa.  Oct.  iOlh.  at  10  P.  M. 
> -listrict,  White  Co.,  Ind..  N'ovt-mber  l»I, 


.Silver  Creek  ConKregatmn,  O0e  to.,  IM.,  Oct.  Slh 

aiidlitli.  At  10  A.  M. 
I. Ill 
M" 

at  4  I',  it 
SiuUli  F.iik  .liurch,  Clinton  {-xu  Mo.,  Oct.  12th'at  1 

(M'l.ji'k:  ru.'i^tiiiy  to  conllum^  for  a  week. 
yagar  Creek  eonRrefr.ition,  S;tiiK;iiii.jn  l-O.,  111.,  Oi.a, 

3  and  4.  commencing  at  10  oVlock. 
Paint  Creek  congreKution.  Uourhon  Co,  K-insas. 

October  ;ird  and  4th,  cuiHmpiiclag  at  1  o'clutk. 
Stanislaus  cbuicli.  Cal.,  Drst  Saturday  in  October. 
Mulbf  iry  fJrov.'  church.  Bond  Co,,  111,.  Oct.  (ith. 
Franklin  chmeb.  four  and  a  half  mll*8  North-east 

ot  I.eon,  Uecalui-  Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  iuth. 


l^-  The  Brethren  of  the  Okaw  chun-h.  in- 
teud,  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold  their  Commun- 
ion, at  LaFlace,  Piatt  Co..  111.,  ou  thuSthof 
November,  commencing  at  10  A.  M.  An  invi- 
tation is  extended.  Lizs'iE  Citii-it. 

fg?"  There  will  be  a  Love-feast  at  Itoek 
Creek,  Whiteside  Co.,  Ill,,  on  the  12th  and  i:JtU 
of  Oct..  commencing  at  1  o'clock.  An  invita- 
tion is  extended. 

•»:$«?"  Drj'  Creek  church.  Linn  Co,,  lowu  will 
hold  its  Love-feast  Oct.  10th  and  11th.  A  gen- 
eral invitation  is  extended.     Daniel  Senoer. 

J^'The  Brethren  of  the  Adams  Co.  churcli, 
will  iiold  a  Lov<-t"east  Nov.  !>th  and  10th,  com- 
mencing at  10  A.  M..  at  Ml.  Etna,  Adams  Co., 
Iowa,  nine  miles  North  of  Corning  station, 

l^  There  will  be  a  Communion  meeting  in 
the  Black  River  congregation,  VanBuren  Co.. 
Michigan.  Oct,  11th,  commencing  iuthe  even- 
ing. Trains  will  meet  at  Bangor  from  North 
and  South  about  '2  o'cio .k,  conveyances  will  be 
there  to  convey  members  to  place  of  meeting, 
A.  B,  Wamjc-k. 

5^"  The  Brethren  of  Naiierville,  Dupage 
Co..  111.,  will  hold  their  feast  nn  the  12th  of 
Oct,,  commencing  at  one  o'clock. 

Noah  Early. 

3^"  There  will  be  a  Communion  in  the  Up- 
per Fall  Creek  church,  two  and  one-half  miles 
Eft.st  of  Middle  town,  Henry  Co..  Ind.,  Nov. 
l!it,  commencing  at  10  o'clock.  An  invitation 
is  extended.  D.  F.  Hoover. 

J^^'The  Brethren  of  the  Prairie  Creek 
church  will  hold  their  Love-feast  Nov,  1st,  at 
two  o'clock,  four  miles  East  of  Warin,  Wells 
Co.,  Ind,  and  will  continue  over  Sunday. 

US'"'  There  will  be  a  Love-feast  in  Sunmer 
Co..  Kansas,  on  State  Creek,  Oct.  Idth  and 
13th.  Fi{\N<  IS  Rei'loqi.k. 


%  |rE%at  Ht  l[nrfe. 


J.    H.    MUORE     it     M,    M.    E^HELMAN. 


OapHE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  Is  an  iincompro- 
•tli  mising  advocate  of  Pnmitivc  Christianity  In  aJI 
^Y     its  ancient  puritj'. 

It  recognizes  the  New  Testament  .is  the  only  Infallible 
nilc  of  iailh  and  practice. 

And  maintains  that  the  sovereign,  unmerited,  unso- 
licited grace  of  God  \b  the  only  source  of  pardon,  and 

That  [tie  vicarious  sufferings  and  meritorious  works  of 
Christ  ore  the  only  price  of  redemption: 

That  Faith,  Repentance  and  Baptism  are  conditions  ol 
pardon,  and  hence  for  the  remission  of  sins: 

That  Trine  Immersion  or  dipping  the  candidate  three 
times  face-forward  is  Cliristian  Baptism  : 

That  Feet- Washing,  as  tanght  in  John  13,  is  a  divine 
command  to  be  observed  in  the  church : 

That  the  Lord's  Supper  is  a  full  meal,  and,  in  conncc- 
tion  with  the  Communion,  should  be  taken  in  the  even- 
ing, or  after  the  close  of  the  day : 

That  the  Salutation  of  the  Holy  Kiss,  or  Kiss  ot 
Charity,  is  binding  u|>on  the  followers  of  Christ; 

That  War  and  Retnliatton  arc  contrary  to  the  spirit  and 
self-denying  principles  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ; 

That  a  Non-Conformity  to  the  world  in  dress,  cusloin-, 
daily  walk  and  conversation  is  essential  to  true  hoi  inl- 
and Christian  piety. 

It  maintains  that  in  public  worship,  or  religious  ever 
cises,  Clu-istians  should  appear  as  directed  in  1  Cor.  1 1 ;  4,  ^. 

It  also  advocates  the  scriptural  duly  of  Anointing  tlie 
sick  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

In  short  it  is  a  vindicotor  of  all  that  Christ  and  tlie 
Apostles  have  enjoined  upon  us,  and  aims,  amid  tlic  con- 
tlicting  theories  and  discords  of  modern  Christendom,  lo 
point  out  ground  that  all  must  concede  to  be  infallibly 
**f°-  Price,  per  Annum,  $1.50. 

Address:  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN, 

Lanark,  CakuollCi'i  .  1 11 


Cliildivii  at  Work. 

The    BriKlit,  Sparkling    Youth's    Vi\\m\ 

ITULrMIED   WKKKI.V. 
Il  will  itll  yun  ol  llible  fuels,  cowiuands.  mid  iiruiuia- 

II  id  fur  Uililc  SviDg«,  Bible  Toctry,  Bible  rr'ii'liuuy,  Dl- 
He  Dntirine, 

It  will  teiioh  youi-  children  bow  lo  bo  good  nnd  liow  10 
do  gdod. 

lis  lundsuiiie  cni;ruviiigs  are  drawn  friim  Ilil'k'  events 
iiTid  llible  cliaviiclorM. 

11  V'intB  Hi  the  way  of  batipino:!.  both  in  Ibi"  'i*^  anii 
ibu  lifi'  lo  come. 

Cbrist»4y6,    "  Foi-il  niy  bimlrs,"  —  ibfit   )»  j'lst   ivhal 
thin  pAper  tntonds  doing.     Sftiiiplcs  cliciTfiilly  noiil- 
I'JtlOF,  TiO  CENTS  I'Kll    ANNli-M, 

Addn-s;  UOORE  li  |:SHELMA^^ 

LANASK,  CA:ir.OLL  C3„  H.!.. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

D«y'pii.HHengeriri;m   going  eflM  h-nvu-   I,nn..rV      .i  12;W> 
P.  M..  and  arriiw)  in  Kacioc  at  '' "*  ''   ^^• 

f\^tt  jHiinrK  ui  I'M  F- 

■■  : '  ■'■  -M 
i.i  .,11  .  K(wi  I'leot  snd 
;:  1 M  A~  M  r  irnving  "»  aumnv  at  0:00 
llock  blaftd  "l  (l:t)0  A.  M- 
FreiKlK  Biid  Atcwiinind.il  ion  Trnins  will  run  «"'  "' 
U:  UI  A  M„  P;1U  A.  M.,  and  ewl  at  VI:  U'A-w- 
au  t   fi:  l.-i  P.  M 

Tirk«-."rr  ..,d    for   M.'Tf   trains   only.     I'"'"■76e^ 
irainit  ii.,iiie  cuse  oouueoiion  alJVealcru  Oniou  Jiiinjuu  ■ 
a.  A.  BMrea,  Agent. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 

^^^^^^  '^Behold  I  Bri/r^   Yim  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy.  which  Shftll  be  unto  All  Pef,ple.''— hvKZ  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  October  lO,  1878. 


TTT" 


No.  41. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

BDITBD  AMD  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 


H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBHTORSi 


B.  B.  MILLER,       - 
J,  w.  STEIN,       - 
D.  VAKLMAK, 
p.  1).  UENTZBR, 
IIATTIE  A.  I.EAR, 


-  -        LADOGA,  LND. 

-  -       NEWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -     -  VIUDEN,  ILL. 

-  -WAYNKSHORO,  PA, 

-  -      URBANA,    ILL. 


THE  TONGUE. 


bV  JAS.  Y.  HECK 


It  seems  uo  man  can  tiime  tlie  tongue. 
Save  liL'  to  whom  it  ilotli  belong; 
He  Ciin,  tlirougli  watcli  fulness  rind  jiriiyer. 
Bi'iiUe  biH  tongue  -with  eodly  feat. 


■Ti- 


Wei 


Ir  tiling' 


li  lllslMiii;!,..  r..ulil     l.liillL-Well, 

int  toufhed  witlltire  of  liell. 


Of  beusts  aijd  liirda  without  a  3oul, 
Mankiuil  ean  tamo  them  and  control — 
But  leas  in  sizj^  tl^oiigli^iiot  in  fame, 
"Tis  siiid,  "The  tongue  can  no  man  tame." 

■  -'  i 

It  will  run  wild  to  tlie  extreme. 
Takf  lliinj^s  fm'gi'iinted  as  tliey  seem. 
Ami  in  excitement  oft  surmise, 
Tluough  vicious  malice,  strenuous  Uea. 

A  little  inemher  is  the  tongue. 

It  boasts  of  greatuesa,  vaunteth  long, 

Anil  in  ita  word  we  t^ometimes  see 

A  world  of  \ii3t  tniqnity.    '  <    I    1 '       ;      I 

The  tnuffiie  that  flatters  men   with  praise. 

Will  turn  their  infamy  to  raise; 

And  nl[  ill  scL-vet,  sjjeak  a  wurd, 

Wliieh  from  that  tongup  should  ne'er  he  heard, 

]iut  then  the  secret  will  come  out 
For  other  folks  to  talk  about: 
The  evil  news  will  spread  as  soou 
As  elialT  that  by  the   wind  \a  blown. 

iliich  f!in  bi-  done  by  effort  stroiis, 
Til  i:iivi-iii  anil  control  tlie  toiigai'; 
Wlieii  ivil  thoughts  pervade  the  Jieart, 
.sjiniik  not  until  tltohu  Uionghts  depart, 

Uesulve  to  keep  your  passions  down, 
f>ul)dne  ill  feelings,  do  not  frown;— 
Take  this  advice  wliile  ymi  are  yoniig. 
If  you  love  peace,  refi-.nin  your  t'Higue. 


FROM  C.  H.  BALSBAUGH 

To  hlaBell  Ri<J'jl<:,  of  .V.«T,i^»f/i/o,  Cnl.:- 

IT  became  a  proverb,  "  Is  Saul  also  among 
the  propliets?"  I  would  it  were  a  proverb 
am.ui^  angels  and  men,  C.  H.  Halsbatigli  is  also 
among  the  chihlmi,  Tliis  is  Ifty  highest  ambi- 
tion. I  care  not  to  riJe  iu  Mie  cliariot  of  Cesar, 
OP  to  rock  on  the  wave  of  popularity,  but  my 
Houl  yearns  to  get  back  into  my  little  petticoat, 
into  the  lite  of  injiogence  nijil  purity  that  filled 
my  happy  child-heart'  when  I  sat  ou  uiy  :saiut- 
ed  mother's  lap.      i,     , 

I  received  your  former  letter,  hut  had  no 
stamps  to  reply.  'l  have  a  pack  of  letters  reiidy 
for  mail,  waiting  for  some  raven  to  bring  nie  a 
beak  full  of  stamps.  I  wish  some  of  the  Hne, 
ladies  and  Kenflemen  of  SWifimvuto  would  fal- 
low the  example  of  l'>iod(i3  3fi:  23,  alid  let  ine 
sharp  the  result  for  the  liiniiileuance  ot  my  peu- 
ruinistry.  MilUous  of  stiuls  are  starved  bacau.se 
the  gold  of  the  Grelit  Fruprietor  is  turned  iilto 

trinketafor  the  lust  t)f,l,h,e  e^-e, I 

I  am  too  weak  fV4l  in  h"11«-'»»^  tQ,)yr^t?  you; 
a  loUH  letter.  I  am  under  the  liarfow  of  ueu- 
ralgia.  My  head  uiid  face  and  mouth  are  so 
bruised  under  the  tiail  erf  affliction,  that  to  par- 
take of  f6od  is  agofly.  lb  a  moat  loving  fare- 
well I  will  call  your  attention  to  a  pa.ssagi'  of 
greatlieanty  and  import,  which  is  adaptfd  to 
Utble  girU  and  buys',  no  less  tluiil  to  the  lioary 
head.  Jt,irtlouuain  li'«t.,3:4.  "  7,V,r  uiuv.w 
MENi  (/ «  (mtti- .in</  (/»'>'  ^yirit.  which  is  IN 
THIC  SIGHT  OK  (JODOFGKKAT  PIUCE." 
Von  can  find  nothing  iu  all  Sacrameuto  city,  or 
ill  all  the  fashion-marts  in  the  world,  that  will 


adorn  you  like  this.  It  is  the  most  precious 
pearl-gem  in  the  cabinet  of  redemption.  Wear 
it  in  your  heart  of  hearts,  and  on  your  forehead, 
and  you  vrill  have  a  passport  that  will  adirtit 
you  at  the  crystal  Gate  into  the  bliss  and  glory 
of  God's  own  eternity. 

THE  EVIDENCE  OF    FAITH. 

BY    LEWIS  O.  HUMMER. 

IS  there  any  way  of  knowing  whether  we  re- 
ally have  faith?  We  answer  that  there  is, 
Well  what  conatitutes  the  evi'knce?  We  an- 
swer. OH,-  works.  If  we  obey  God  in  alt  thinyn, 
we  know  of  a  surety  that  we  have  faith.  If  we 
repent  and  are  baptized  according  to  the  direc- 
tions, into  each  name  of  the  Trinity,  and  wash 
the  saint's  feet,  aud  salute  the  Brethren  withlhi 
kiss  of  charity,  and  anoint  the  sick,  and  feed 
the  hungry,  and  clothe  the  poor,  and  send  tht 
Gospel  to  the  ends  of  the  earth— with  many 
more  good  deeds,  we  may  rest  assured  that 
are  in  the  faith.  But  if  ChrLstianity  is  left  to 
tidtecareof  itself,  our  money  sfiuund^red  in 
paying  tiuces  for  the  slaughtering  of  million!^ 
of  lives,  and  the  distress  qJ  millions  of  widows 
and  orphan  children— happy  homes  made  deso- 
late, happy  families  dissevered  and  cast  upon 
the  merciless  for  proteetion,—the  country  fill- 
ed with  beggars,  that  is  enough  to  fill  the  soul 
of  the  philanthropist  with  grief  that  hastens 
him  to  an  untimely  grave. 

How  much  better  to  have  spent  our  money 
for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel  ot  theSon  of  God. 
than  to  he  paying  these  high  taxes,  and  wit- 
nes,sing  the  misery  of  the  race  from  the  influ- 
ence of  a'  erucl  war.  Will  we  take  waiuiug 
from  the  past,  and  mjtke  an  effort  to  avoid  all 
future  war,  or  will  wf  hoard  up  our  money  for 
another  war  and  high  taxes:-'  If  Christians 
would  spend  half  their  money  for  the  spread  of 
the  peaceable  doctrine  of  the  Son  of  God,  that 
they  spend  for  taxes,  they  would  soou  find  their 
pockets  tilled  and  running  over,  instead  of  drag 
ging  through  a  horrible  existence.  The  past 
war  ought  to  be  a  lesson  for  all,  and  every  effort 
made  to  acquaint  the  rising  generation  with 
the  doleful  influence  of  war,  and  the  advantage 
of  accepting  the  teachings  ot  Christ.  Can  we 
all  fec-l  guiltless  of  the  blood  of  the  past  war, 
and  the  miseries  it  has  brought  over  our  laud; 
or  will  the  Savior  say,  to  those  whom  He  has 
given  the  talents  or  kno-vledge  of  His  peace 
and  goodwill  on  earth,  "you  slothful  servant 
depart  from  me,  you  liave  not  made  use  of  the 
talents  1  gavo  youin  Iheother  world. andl  have 
Qwevideiioe  thutyou  willdo  better  in  this  world."' 
The  faut  t,hat,we  are  faithful  in  this  life,.  oonDti- 
tutts  theirnVcwre  in  the  next  world.  ,  , 

For  the  church  to  say.  go  teach  and  bapti/e 
Sc.,. without  furnishing  the  meana  logo  with, 
is  the  same  as  to  say,  "bo  clothed  and  fed,"  and 
give  nothing  to  ,clotht  and  feed  with.  The 
Brethren  seem  to  ho  awakening  from  their  alum- 
bei*s,  by  a  sense  of  theiv  duty,  as  well  as  their 
negligeiice,  and  thus  we  see  an  effort  for  better 
sch()ohng.  and  better  modes  of  evau^elirfng, 
and  all  that  is  necessary  to  carry  on  the  work, 
'is  more  schooling  aud  money.  Let  eaah  one 
>h»t  a  tittle,  and  seild  tlio  mooey  thuB  siuved  ia- 
tu  the  lr«a3i(vy  vf  the  liord.  Urune^  iiru ,  n  yat- 
fect  inenhus,  eating  out  Ihe  very  /;/.  of  Christ- 
We  can  all  do  ayniething  toward  ajding  in  the 
woi'kof't:lu''Lorrt."'if  J'W  cittl  wi-itc  f<V  our 
■periodifiali*— ivi^(".  lf'.Vo"«  can'prJ-iifch  iht^Oos- 
ptfl— iimft-lv.'  'Ff lyoit' tiiA^distii'iKHtc the-Uroth- 
run-'d  pniodicals — spread  thenii'  If  youuaii 
pay  for  a  paper  for  soniii  poor'sAul-i-pno^  for  it. 
If  you  (!aii  aid  the  ministry — aid  it,  Aud  W) 
youcanidwayi  tind  hOiuv'  prytitablu-  emiduy- 
iuent  iu  the  vineyard  i»Jj  the  Lord.  Thffe  u** 
no  excjise  for  ynr  indolenye,  or  for  keeping  our 
money  to  spend  for  ohr  caruulities.  Keep  tJhfe' 
ark  of  the  Lord  moving  at  the  sacrifice  of  all 
earthly  pleasures. 


This  God  requires  at  our  hand;  and  anything 
shoit  of  this,  will  number  ub  with  the  hlothful 
aervaut;  and  cast  us  into  outer  darkntws  wh«re 
there  is  mourning,  weeping  and  goaihing  of 
teeth.  While  we  may  have  faith  to  go  to  Jur- 
d<iH  and  be  bapliwj,  we  mu«t  also  have  charity 
or  else  our  bapti.im  will  do  us  no  good'.  Wliile 
we  may  humble  ourselves  to  the  washing  of  the 
saint's  feet,  and  hare  not  charity,  it  piwtiteth 
nothing.  And  while  we  Iiave  faith,  homilily, 
and  charity,  and  have  not  energy,  we  are  as 
dead  ils  a  stone.  Faith,  humility,  and  charity, 
must  be  quickened  or  euergized  by  the  Spirit 
of  God,  or  else  we  are  dead  in  the  end;  and 
judgment  will  awaken  our  slumliers.  in  the  pit 
tliat  burneth  with  fire  aud  brimst«ne. 

Let  us  all  ponder  over  these  things,  and  see 
if  the  evidence  of  faith  is  on  our  side  or  against 
us.  Have  we  the  FAITH  that  will  stand  the 
TEST  in  a  DYING  HOUR? 

ETERNITY. 

By  S.  S.  W.  HAMJIEIta. 

WHAT  are  we  to  understand  by  eternity? 
Eternity  is  duration  without  liiyit.  As 
such  it  has  neitlier  bcjginning  nor  end.  In  thii 
sen^e  it  is  only  applicable  \■•^  r„y\_  for  .lehovab 
is  alone,  truly  and  propcly.  ett^riial.  Other 
being*,  as  angels  and  men,  have  a  sort  of  pros- 
pective eternity,  are  immortal  andNvill  osiat  for- 
ever, but  iia  they  were  not  alwiya  irt  existence, 
they  are  not  strictly  eternal.  Etieri^ity  has  been 
likened  to  a  ring  which  has  n\i  negiuning  or 
end.  Eternity  is  not  unaptly  said  to  resemble 
the  scene  presented  to  the  mariner  wlien  out  at 
sea.  and  he  looks  abro.id  in  eveiy  direction  aud 
perceives  nothing  but  th.  ^..i.-^  the  liiighty 
ocean.  Eternity  necessarily  includes  duration 
beyond  all  that  figures  can  describe  or  ideas 
conceive.  There  are  a  certain  number  of  grains 
of  sand  on  the  sea  shore,  a  certain  number  of 
drops  in  the  mighty  ocean,  a  certain  number  of 
blades  of  grass  and  leaves,  and  were  myriads  of 
Jiges  to  pass  between  the  annihilation  of  each 
of  the.se.  there  would  finally  cease  to  he  a  grain 
of  sand  &c.  But  eternity  would  then  be  no 
nearer  its  termination  tliau  at  first, 

SOME  SHARP  REBUKES 


the  bottom  of  my  heart,  for  any  parent*.  tM 
have  raised  that  girl,  you  have  di«gn«ed  your 
parents  as  well  iw  your^If.  UMuv-  better  neit 
time,  won't  you?  But  I  don't  mean  her." 
^  Directing  his  fingor  to  another  «im.  he  wd. 
'•  that  man  sitting  there,  tbnt  look*  so  bright 
as  if  he  never  was  a.sleep  in  hifl  life,  and  nmr 
expected  to  be,  laid  his  head  down  on  the  bt£k 
of  the  seat  in  front  of  him.  went  -ound  asleep, 
"lept  the  whole  time,  and  snored;  that  mu 
thinks  I  mean  him.  My  friend,  don't  you  know 
the  church  is  not  the  place  to  sWp?  If  yon 
needed  rest,  why  did  you  not  slay  at  home, 
I  and  go  to  bed?  Thafs  the  plm-.-  to  sleep,  aot 
I  m  church.  The  uent  time  you  h.ive  a  chance 
to  hear  Hsennon,  I  advise  yon  to  keep  awake. 
But  I  don't  mean  him."  Thus  did  he  proceed, 
pointing  out  every  man.  womsn  and  child,  who 
had  in  the  slightest  deviated  from  a  befitting 
line  of  conduct;  characteriniug  the  misdenjeiB- 
or  and  reading  aharp  lessons    of  rebuke- 

Judge  White  was  all  this  time  sittiogatthe 
front  end  of  the  front  seat,  just  under  the  sp^o^ 
er,  enjoying  the  old  gentleman's  disqujsitiiii, 
to  the  last  degree;  twisting  his  neck  around  M 
note  if  the  audience  relished  the  -down-coni- 
ioga."  as  much  as  he  hid:  smiling.  chuckli»e 
inwardly.  Between  bis  teeth  and  ch«k  w«8  . 
monstrous  quid  of  tobacco,  when  he  was  the 
bett-r  plejLsed,  the  more  hf  chewed,  the  morehe 
spit,  and  bi-hoM  the  floor  bore  ivitueae  to  the 
results.  At  length  the  old  gentUmao  straighi- 
ening  himself  up  to  his  full  height.^  continued, 
with  great  gravity.  -Audnow  I  reckon  yon 
want  to  know  who  I  do  mean:-  1  mean  that 
dirtv,  nasty,  filthy  tobacco-chewer  sitting  on 
the  etid  of  that  front  seat,"  bis  finger  mtas- 
while  pointing  true  as  the  needle  to  the  pole. 
■' see  what  he  hiis  been  about!  Look  at  th€C«> 
puddles  on  the  floor;  a  frog  would  not  get  into 
them;  think  of  the  trails  of  the  sUter's  dresses 
dragged  through  that  nmck."  The  crest-fallen 
judge  averred  that  he  never  chewed  any  more 
tobacco  in  church. 

I  tru4  enou-h  has  Wen  said  to  afford  you  * 
truthftil  and  vivid  notion  as  to  what  these  meu 
were.  1  honor  them  for  th.»ir  chivalaric  beroisin. 
I  revere  them  for  their  lofty  faith,  their  bam- 
ingzeal,  their  simple-hearted  piety— ipratticaJ 
character  that  knew  no  limits.  1  love  and  blew 
them,  for  they  were  my  own  lathers  in  the  nii^- 
istrv. 


MK.  Axley  stood  silently  surveyiug  the  con- 
gregation until  every  eye  ,Wiis  riveted. 
He  then  began:  "■  It  may  be  a  very  painful  du- 
ty, but  it  is  averysolemnone,  for  a  minister  of 
t\ie  Gospel  to  reprove  vice,  misconduct,  and  sins 
whenever  and  wheiwer  he  aeea  it,  but  wpttial- 
riyds  this  his  duty  nil  Sumluy  and  atehurch.'' 
."Audnow,"  continued  the  speaker,  pointing 
(vith  his  long  finger  ia  tho  direction  mdieated; 
"  that  man  sitting  out  yonder  behind  thf  door, 
who  got  up  and  went  out  while  the  brotjjer  was 
preaching,  stayed  out  as  lou^  as  h^  wfinted  Ui. 
got  lii>  boots  full  of  mud.  cam'- back  and  staiii[>- 
ed  the  mud  off  at  tlf*  door,  making  all  the  noise 
he  conhl  to  distnrb  the  attention  of  tli^  cou^re- 
gattoii,  and  then  tookhis  seat;  that  i^ian  thinks 
I. Wean  him;  No  wonder  he  does.it  doam't 
iook  as  if  bij  li^id  lieeu  raised  in  the  ^vijite  estr 
Ueimm^^does  it.  to  bchftve  that  wa>''i,4t^iujBf{t- 
ing?  Now.  my  friend.  I  advisp  j.'yn,;Jo  learn 
better  manner^  before  you  come  to  cbunch  iiex,t 


But  1  don't  mean  hii 


1,  ■n—'  *•■ 
his   mark. 


"  And  now,"  again  pointing  at 
"that  littt.^'irl  silting  there  about  half  wiiyof 
thf  h'lVuJr— I  -vlionld  judge  luT  to  be^iboul  six- 
teen ;^eaW  oid-^tliat's  her  w^th'  the  artifioial 
flow'-ra  on  tlic "outside  of  Iicp  Wmnet.  mid  on  the 
inside  of  her  bdnnet.  Hhc  li;n  a  breast-jtin  on 
too  (they  were  very  severe  uptm  all  superttuities 
9f  dress);  she  that  wa^^gigglinf;  and.obatteriug 
fill  thfjiiue  ihe  brother  was  pmicinnij^  »o  ,thut 
even  the  old  sisters  in  the  iieighborhood  could 
not  hear  wlint  he  was  .-faying,  though  Hwy  tried 
to.    She  thinks  I  mean  her.    I  urn  sorry   from 


MARRIED  LIFE, 


GtOOD  counsel  from  a  wife  .ind  mother:"! 
r  try  to  make  myself  and  all  around  me 
agreeable.  It  will  not  do  to  leavea  maato  him- 
self till  he  comes  to  you.  to  take  no  pains  to 
attract  him,  or  to  appear  before  him  with  along 
face.  It  is  not  so'  difficult  as  you  think,  d#ar 
child,  to  behave  to  a  ha-^band  so  that  he  AAf\ 
remain  forever  in  some  measure  a  husband."  1 
am  ari  old  wohmn:  but  you  can  still  do  whal 
you  like,  a  word  frnmrfiulrt- the  right  timt'  wilt 
notCiilolOift  effect;  wW  u^d  haw -^WY* 
play  the  tillering  virrft^l-  •■  The  tear  of  a  lov- 
ing girl."  nays  an  old  book.  "  is  like  a  dew  drop 
ou  a  rose,  but  that  'ori  the  cheek  of  a  wife,  is  a 
drop  of  poixon  to  luy  husbimd."  Try  ta.  fevl 
cheerful  and  coiitc'ute.T.  and  \our  husband  'will 
be  M,  ajid  wJien  jyoiiiiave  nmde  hiir.  hapj>y."\iu 
will  become  sy^uojin  aiJi>ear»uc>:%hut  in  realily 
Nothing  flatter?  i\fDiiw.moix-  than  th^  happia«4 
of  his. wife:  he  ^s  alivays  proud  oi  himself  ik 
the  sourc-'  of  it.  |  A-*  soon  its  you  ;u'e  cheerfw^. 
you  will  V  lively  aad  alert,  imd  ev.-t^-  moment 
will  atford  yoii'ti^i  oii^jortrtnity  Ui  Ui  fall  an 
agrveahip  wi>i»d. '  "Votrfr  edm-ftfipQ'  which  giTw 
you  an  immense  aUt.lntji^.  \\y\\  ^r^itly  assist 
you, — Sriei'tctl. 


WnEREVER  the  BtWit  li  not  n)nat-ll\^ronn.d»> 

tiou-stono  of  educitiou.  of  surivty  .md  of  vwiy 
form  of  life,  there  is  no  litonitiiK  for  chlldnu 
or  for  the  people. 


Klil-.TH  H7;X'    AT    "WOliK:. 


October    lO. 


THE  ROMISH  LADY. 


THKItl-:  wa>ii    Itomwii   Iftdv   hrouRlit  up 

Ht>r  lUi'thfrttUvays  touubt    her.  th( 

mni-t  oU-y. 
O  panloii  Ml.-  .liMr  mofii'T.  I  humbly 


priest  «li<-' 
irnjr    thi'e 
For  unto  t\w»i-  fiilsc  iaols,  I  can  no  longer  bow. 

AJ»•i^M  byhcrliBnd-niBiil.B  Biblp'-hcconceaW, 
And  thrr.-  *h<-  giuned  instniction.  till  GoA  Hw 

lovi-ivvt'iited, 
Nomoiv  ^hc  proslmtos  luTself  to  pictures  (ieck- 

«i1  with  froH. 
Bat  soon  sIh'  wan  betrttyt'').  mid  her  Bible  from 

her  Mtok'. 
V\l  Imw  to  my  Jt-dus,  I'M  worship  God  unseen, 
I'll  live  by  fiiith  forever,  the  works  of  men   are 

Tttin, 
I  cannot  wor"hip  angfh  nor   pirtur..*!<   made  by 

men, 
Dear  motHiT  uw  your   pleiwurc,   but  pardon  if 

^ou  run. 
With  privf  and   great   vexation,    her  mother 

Mtmight  did  go. 
To  iuforiu  till-  Itonian   ilt-rgy,   tlie  tause  of  all 

lier  woe. 
The  prii-st.'*  were  .soon   a«»embled,  and  for  the 

maid  did  call, 
And  forced  li'T  iu   the  dungeon  to   fri(;ht    her 
80ul  withal. 

Tho  more  they  strove  to  fright  her,  the  more 
8he  did  endure, 

Although  her  age  was  tender,  her  faith  was 
Htrong  and  uure, 

The  chains  of  gold  so  costly,  they  from  tlie  la- 
dy took, 

And  she  witli  all  her  spirits,  tlie  pritle  of  life 
forsook. 

Uefore  the  pope  they   brought  her,  in  hopes  of 

her  return, 
And  there  ahe  was  condemned  in  horrid   flames 

tn  burn, 
Before  the  place  of  torment,  they  brought  her 

npeedily, 
With  lifted  hand^  to  heaven,  she  then  agreed 

to  die. 

There  beinj;  many  Indies  lU'^sembled  at  the  place, 
She  rained  her  eyes  to  heaven,  and  begged  sup- 
plying grace, 
Weep  not  ye  tender  ladies,  shed  not  a  teorfor  rae 
While  my  poor  body's  burning,  my  soul  the 
Lord  shuU  see. 

Yourselves  you  need  to  pity,  and  Zion's  deep 

decay, 
Dear  Indies  turn  to  Jesus,  no  longer  make  delay ; 
In  comes  her  raving  mother,  her  daughter  to 

behold, 
And  in  her    bunds    she  brought  her    picture; 

decked  with  gold. 

I)  take  from  rae  those  idols,    remove   them  fai 

from  my  sight! 
l{<!3tore  to  me  mv  Bible,  wherein  I  take  delight, 
Alas  my  agi-d  mother,  why  on  my  ruin  bent! 
'Twas  you  that  did  betray  me,  but  lam  innocent. 


Tormentors  use  youi 

think  best, 
1  hope  my  blessed  Ji 

rest; 
Soon  as  these  words  were  apoken,  up  steps 

muu  of  death. 
And  kindles  uj*  the 

breath. 


pleasure,  and    do  as  you 

SU3  will    take  my  soul  to 

the 

io  stop   the   mortal 


fire, 


Instead  of  golden  bracelets,  with  chains  they 
bound  her  fast, 

She  cried  my  God.  give  power,  now  must    I  die 
at  last, 

With  Jesus  and  Hie  angels,  I  shall  dwell; 

God  pardon  priest  iiud  people,  and  so  I  bid  fare- 
well. 

Selected  by  Enoch  Eby. 


WORDS 


OF  COMFORT 
LONELY. 


FOR    THE 


j  iH  in  tbft  t^'iiorof  your  Inti*  Inttcr  a  spir- 
I  it  (if  liol)'  and  couli'ling  trust,  in  (intf 
j  ariil  Ins  ^n-at  merov,  thrre  \»  im  I'viJpiic*.- 
|of!<a<)rirt«  becau(»r  \au  Imvi*  not  the 
j  hlessi'd  privilege  of  uu-eting  and  enjoy- 
ing lhHMWP«-t  Jiftsociatinn-i  of  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  of  like  pn-eious  faith. 
Voii  say,  "  I  have  watt-'hed  and  pray- 
ed faithfully  over  you,  as  I  said  before, 
where  oh!  where  would  we  have  been, 
had  it  not  been  for  your  kind  care 
an<i  labors  of  love.  It  makes  me  feel 
very  .sad  indeed  when  I  think  that  I 
might  have  to  leave  tbia  world  w^ithout 
one  of  God's  dear  children  to  watch  by 
my  'lying  bed  or  give  me  one  cheering 
word  while  battling  with  the  last  enemy. 
1  would  so  much  like  to  commune  once 
at  the  lyord's  table  in  this  life — oh  how 
1  feel  it  would  strengthen  my  drooping 
8oul." 

Give  God  all  the  praise  and  glory  for 
having  brought  you  out  of  Baliylon  in- 
to the  fold  of  our  Lord  and  Master.  We 
well  remember  the  great  struirgle,  while 
yet  in  the  bloom  of  youth;  it   cost  you 
to  break  away  from    associates    in   that 
other /a(M  and  cast  your  lot  with  that 
people  whi'  were  "  evil  spoken  of,"  and 
we  have  often  admired  that  religious  he- 
roism manifested  on  your  part  when   so 
.Hondy  persecuted;  and   through  all  the 
trials  of  life,  God  has  sustained  you  and 
your  faith  has  been    confirmed.     Well 
might  you  say,  in  speaking  of  your  trials 
and  afflictions,  "I  know  that   (iod   will 
enable  me  to  endure  it  all,  if  I  will  only 
trust  Him  in  the  right  way."     What  a 
powerful   sermon    in  those   few   words, 
"  trust  him  in  the  right   way."     That  is 
the  key  note  that  .should  sound  its  bless- 
ed music  iu  every  burdened  soul.    Trust 
Him  aright  and  He  will    never   forsake 
thee.     Though  you  may  feel  lonely,  Je- 
sus and   a   host   of  angels — ministering 
spirits,  are  near  you  so  long  as  you   cast 
your  all  on  the  side  of  Jesus  Christ,  your 
Savior,     It  is  a  joyful  feast  to   sit  at  the 
Lord's  table  and  commime   with   God's 
children,  but  when  this  cannot  be,  seek 
that  blessed,  sweet  communion  with  the 
Lord  in  the  secret  chamber.    How  many 
there  are  that  have  entered   the   church 
with  a  heavy  burdened  heart,  and  there, 
^\hile  in  sweet   communion  with    their 
God,  had  the  burden  rolled    away   and 
came  forth  with  joy  and  gladness  in  the 
soul.     "  Draw  nigh  to  God  and  He  will 
draw  uigh  to  you."    Oli  what  a  blessed 
promise.     Dear  sister  when  you  feel  cast 
down,  and  heavy   clouds   seem   to  shut 
out  the  rays  of  divine  glory,  go  to  your 
best  friend,  Jesus, — the  Lord  of  life  and 
peace,  and  you  will  not  go  away  empty. 
His  ears  are   ever   open    to  the   lisping 
prayers  of  His  brethren  and  sisters.    He 
will  plead  your  cause,  and  God,  the  Fath 
er  will   greatly   bless  you.      Fear   not 
though  the  waters  be  deep  and  the  storms 
fierce,  out  of  all  God  will    deliver   you. 
"  He  shall  deliver  thee  in   six   troubles; 
yea,  in  seven  there  shall  no    evil   touch 
thee."  Job.  5:  19. 


upoD   hi) 

though 


tlie  virissitudes  of  this  life,  may  yon 
lean  on  the  promises  of  (rod.  worship- 
intr  your  ('reator  a-*  did  Jacob,  leaning 
i  8taft'.  Remember  too,  that 
wide  plains,  high  mountains 
and  dfep  waters,  intervene  lu-tween  you 
and  Tuauy  of  the  chosen  of  God.  that 
love  that  unites  us  all  in  one  common 
brotherh<Jod,  embraces  yoM  and  all  the 
scattered  sheep  of  the  flock  into  one  fold 
with  Jesus  Christ  as  one  Shepherd ;  and 
He  leadeth  all  alike  into  greea  pastures, 
and  to  drink  of  the  pure  waters  of  eter- 
nal life.  "  Be  of  good  cheer,  Christ  has 
overcome  the  world." 


To  Si'.lPT  ^f.  K.  H.,  OalUo  Co.  0:~ 
VOUIi  isolation  from  the  community 
^  of  the  faithful,  being  similar  to 
many  others  who  read  the  Bhkthuen  at 
WoKK,  is,  we  trust  a  sufiicieut  e.xcuse  for 
tbas  addressing  yon.  What  may  be  a 
crumb  of  comfort  to  you,  may  be  to  hun- 
dreds of  others.  Experience  has  taught 
us,  that  it  tries  one's  soul  to  be  isolated 
from  those  he  loves — no  ties  of  love 
more  lasting  than  those  that  knit  togeth- 
er the  kindred  in    Christ.     While  there 


Though  you  be  denied  the  opportuni- 
ty to  eat  at  the  Lord's  table  with  His 
peopl.',  your  soul  may  feast  on  the  heav- 
enly manna  that  God  breaks  to  His  chil- 
dren in  the  wilderness,  and  you  may 
drink  of  the  Jife-bhod  of  your  Redeem- 
er, so  that  you  may  even  in  your  soli- 
tude, have  spiritual  life,  and  the  bless- 
ed assurance  of  immortality  beyond  the 
grave.  Though  no  elders  call  to 
anoint  you,  God  will  anoint  you  with  the 
oil  of  gladness  and  the  holy  Tnetion 
from  above,  tiiat  your  sins  may  be  for- 
given, and  you  be  raised  up  in  the  great 
day  of  redemption. 

May  God  ble-ssyou,  and  comfort  you 
vnih  His  divine  grace,    and  through    all 


THE    FOREKNOWLEDGE    OF  GOD. 

BT  PETER  IIEABDORFF. 

AFTER  reading  the  article  in  No.  34 
of  the  BiiKTUiiKN  AT  WoRK,  head- 
ed^  "  Esau  have  I  hated,"  my  mind  was 
drawn  to  a  subject,  upon  which  it  has 
often  dwelt,  and  one  as  I  think  of  vast 
importance.  The  writer  of  this  article, 
has  no  doubt  put  to  silence  the  erroneous 
idea  that  has  arisen  from  a  careless  ex- 
amination of  the  subject;  that  is,  of  the 
Lord's  hating  Esau  before  he  was  born. 
The  writer  says,  "  There  is  not  a  passage 
in  the  whole  Bible  that  says  God  hated 
Esau,  or  anybody  else,  before  he  was 
born,"  yea  1  continue,  nor  after  they  are 
born,  and  have  lived  a  long  life  in  sin; 
that  is  in  the  sense  we  generally  use  the 
word,  "  hate."  But  we  will  attach  a 
different  meaning  to  the  word  "hate" 
in  this  matter.  We  will  say,  the  Lord 
loved  Jacob  better  than  Esau,  or  prefer- 
red him  before  him.  But  while  we  are 
willing  to  admit,  that  the  writer  of  said 
article,  has  destroyed  the  erroneous  idea, 
that  has  arisen  from  a  superficial  or  care- 
less study  of  the  holy  Scriptures  on  this 
subject,  we  cannot  see  how  this  vie^v  of 
the  matter  <v(H  or  irill  reconcile  or  ex- 
plain the  great  principle  that  lies  at  the 
foundation  of  this  vast  subject.  The 
(juestion  comes  vividly  back  again,  why 
did  God  prefer  Jacob  before  Esau  ?  for 
it  is  said  to  Rebecca,  "before  the  chil- 
dren were  born,  the  elder  shall  sei've  the 
younger,"  Gen.  :>5.  Why  did  God  say, 
to  Pharoah,  through  Moees,  "  For  this 
cause  have  I  raised  thee  up,  for  to  shew 
thee  my  power;  and  that  mv  name  may 
be  declared  throughout  all  the  earth?" 
Why  did  the  Lord,  by  the  mouth  of  the 
"  man  of  God,"  speak  iu  favorable  terms 
of  Josiab,  even  before  he  was  born  ? 
saying  to  the  altar  which  Jereboam  had 
built  in  Bethel  contrary  to  the  will  of 
God,  "  O  altar,  altar!  thus  saith  th( 
Lord;  behold  a  child  shall  be  born  unto 
the  house  of  David,  Josiah  by  name 
aid  upon  thee  shall  he  offer  the  priests 
of  the  high  places  that  burn  incense  up- 
on thee,  and  men's  bones  shall  be  burnt 
upon  thee."  1  Kings  13:  2.  How  is  it, 
that  the  Lord,  by  the  mouth  of  Isaiah, 
spake  of  a  man  whom  he  named  Cyrus, 
and  called  him  his  shepherd,  and  that 
he  should  pertbrm  all  his  pleasure?  Is. 
44:  28;  25:  1-4  This  was  spoken  by 
Isaiah,  at  least  one  hundred  years  before 
Cyrus  was  born,  according  to  the  Bible 
chronology ;  for  it  was  about  one  hundred 
and  sixty  years  before  lie  issued  the  edict 
for  the  restoration  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

All  such  questions  tend  to  the  same 
center,  and  emerge  from  the  same  source; 
and  we  see  through  them  that  God  did 
in  former  times  show  his  good  pleasure 
of  some,  and  his  dispEeasure  of  others 
before  they  came  into  the  world.  We, 
therefore,  with  doubled  zeal  and  energy 
trace  the  Sacred  Pages,  in  search  of  a 
principle  that  will  explain  thm  mystery. 


Paul  »ftys,  "  For  whom  he  did  fore- 
know,  he  also  did  predestinate  to  be  con- 
formed  to  the  image  of  his  Son."  Rom 
S:  2;t.  And  Peter  says,  when  writing 
to  certain  churches,  that  they  were. 
"Elect  according  to  the  foreknowledge 
of  God,  the  Father,"  Peter  T:  2.  And 
Christ  in  his  high  priestly  prayer,  aay«, 
"  None  of  iheni  is  lost,  but  the  son  of 
perdition;  that  the  Scriptures  might  be 
fulfilled."  John  17:  12.  Therefore,  We 
see  through  the  Volume  of  truth,  that 
these  things  are  done  upon  the  principles 
of  foreknowledge,  and  the  only  dif. 
ference  there  is  since  Christ  and  before 
Christ,  is,  that  he  has  classified  the  chil- 
dren  of  men  since  Christ;  one  under  the 
name  of  the  "Son  of  God,"  the  other 
under  the  name  of  the  "son  of  perdi- 
tion." Hence  it  becomes  no  more  nec- 
essary, since  Christ,  to  show  h\%  djg. 
pleasure  of  some,  and  his  good  pleasure 
of  others,  through  his  foreknowlege  of 
their  subse(iuent  actions,  as  in  the  case 
of  Pharoah  who  was  a  vessel  to  dishou- 
or,  and  in  other  cases,  which  I  have  al- 
ready cited,  who  were  vessels  to  honor 
Therefore  we  are  made  to  exclaim  with 
Paul,  "O  the  depth  of  the  riches,  both 
of  the  wisdom  and  knowledge  of  God! 
how  unsearchable  are  his  judgments,  and 
his  ways  past  finding  out !  For  who  hath 
known  the  mind  of  the  Lord?  or  who 
hath  been  his  counsellor?  Or  who  hath 
first  given  to  him,  and  it  shall  be  recom- 
pensed imto  him  again?  For  of  him 
and  through  him,  and  to  him  are  all 
things;  to  whom  be  glory  forever  Amen." 


of 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER, 

In  the  Vineyard— Special  Seasons— Visit  to  the 
Brethren  —  An  Ordination  —  Choice  for  a 
Speaker  —  Anointing  the  Sick— The  Tomb- 
Lord's  day. 

[Frjui  Onr  Specrnl  Carrar|ioniloi]t,] 

T  ABOKIiNTG  for  the  Master  is  on^ 
-'-'  great  jjleasure  to  the  earnest  Chris- 
tiaD.  He  is  full  of  zeal  and  earnestness 
in  the  work  of  salvation.  And  in  or- 
der to  make  his  lalior  effectual,  he  prays 
for  the  accompaniment  of  divine  influ- 
ence. Hence  to  lie  successful,  the  min- 
ister must  frequent  a  thi-one  of  ^race. 
And  though  it  may  encourage  him  to 
preach  to  a  large  multitude,  yet  to  him 
it  is  no  mark  of  condescension  when  the 
occasion  demands  that  hespeak  thetruths 
of  the  Gospel  to  a  few  listeners.  The 
two  or  three  assemhleJ  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  have  the  promise  of  his  sacred 
presence,  and  when  he  is  present,  we 
have  no  little  meeting. 

At  this  season  of  the  year  as  per  the 
announcements  in  our  periodicals,  the 
brethren  and  sisters  are  meeting  on  the 
special  occasionsof  "  breaking  of  bread," 
and  to  show  forth  the  Lord's  death  till 
he  come.  Many  seasons  of  rejoicing  are 
in  prospect  wherein  saints  may  be  made 
stronger  in  the  Lord,  and^sinners  awak- 
ened to  flee  the  wrath  to  come. 

By  solicitation  of  the  brethren,  we 
wended  our  way  to  Portage  church, 
Wood  Co.,  O.,  and  on  the  14th  inst., 
met  with  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
in  a  Love-feast  meeting.  It  was  truly 
a  refreshing  season  to  my  soul,  and  felt 
it  was  good  to  be  there.  The  propriety 
of  a  choice  for  a  speaker,  had  been  pre- 
viously considered,  and  in  the  afternoon 
the  selection  was  made,  and  resulted  in 
the  choice  of  brother  John  W.  Keese. 

The  elder»  present,  after  a  brief  con- 
sultation, deci<}ed'  upon  advancing  one 
of  the  number  to'  the  office  of  the  bish- 
opi-ic,  whereupon' the  announcement  wa* 
made  that  brother  Jonathan  C.  Whit- 
more  was  the  chosen' vessel.  Then  fol- 
lowed the  solemn, -ceremonial  perform- 
ance of  the  ordination  andl  of  the  install*- 


Qctober    lO. 


■^rHE    BKEXHUEN    ^VT    AVOKK. 


8 


tion  of  tlie  miuister  cho.scn.  Oh  the  ho- 
ly calling  of  the  minister,  yet  how  hard 
it  appeared  to  full.  May  g,,j  ^Wm 
l,rother  Keese,  iind  may  th.<  church  en- 
courage him  in  the  nohle  work.  The 
qUfllitiieatioBS  of  the  bishop,  first  Tim. 
3,  iiow  inire,  how  blanieltiss.  May  «od 
enable  them  uU  to  be  wise,  exercise 
righteous  judgment  in  caring  for  the 
church,  its  aged,  its  poor  and  the  tender 
Inmbs.  In  the  evening  assembled  to 
celebrate  tlie  suffering  and  death  of  our 
blessed  Master;  had  a  good  meeting. 
Elder  J.  P.  Ebersole  officiated  with  all 
tbe  gravity  of  a.  saint,  and  the  meeting 
was  one  of  profit  and  proved   effectual. 

Xext  day  was  Lord's  day,  and  we  re- 
osserabled  foi'  divine  services,  after 
which  we  took  the  parting  hand  and  re- 
turned home. 

Yesterday  in  com.pany  with  my  com- 
paiiiou,  wemet  with  the  brethren  and 
sisters  at  the  house  of  brother  J.  B. 
Barnes's  to  visit  our  dear  brother  Daniel 
King,  who  is  now  placed  in  the  cj-ucible 
of  affliction.  Upon  hisre(piest,  he  was 
anointed  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord.  Brother  Daniel  feels  that  he  h 
ueariug  the  golden  shore,  and  already 
sees  tUe  silver  lining  of  the  blest  abode 
of  the  faithful.  He  is  much  resigned  to 
the  will  of  God  and  is  waiting  his  gen- 
tle call.  May  God  Vdess  his  dear  wife 
in  this,  her  day  of  sore  affliction.  The 
pleasing  promise  attached  to  the  compli- 
ance of  this  holy  command,  '*  If  he  has 
committed  sins,  they  shall  be  forgiven 
him.''  James  5;  15.  The  last  work  the 
Christian  can  do,  and  how-  sweet  the 
Thought  that  all  sins  and  impurities  are 
pardoned,  and  the  departing  saints  are 
[[ualified  for  the  glory  world. 

Next  day  visited  the  house  of  mourn- 
iHg  to  speak  worils  of  comfort  to  the  be- 
reft, to  encourage  the  saint  and  warn  the 
sinner.  The  little  sufferer  is  gone  to 
rest,  to  sleep  in  Jesus,  awaiting  the  sor- 
rowful ])arents.  After  services,  we  wend- 
ed our  way  to  the  cemetery  to  deposit  the 
dead,  and  as  the  sun  was  nearing  the 
horizon,  nature  soon  to  go  into  stillness 
of  even,  we  deposited  the  fair  sleeper  in 
the  tomb,  to  await  the  summons  of  Ga- 
briel, the  last  invitation,  the  last  "come 
ye  blessed.''  Farewell  Arminda,  by 
the  grace  of  (rod  we  will  me«t  you 
in  that  .><un-lit  dime,  where  sorrow,  sick- 
ness and  death  can  never  come.  "Wliat 
!i  struggle  for  the  fond  parents  to  give 
her  up!  "Why  this  prolonged  love  for 
th'.'  dead,  after  tb(i  £pirith;is  gone  to  God 
wiio  gave  It?  "  Ih  it  not  really  God's 
witness  iu  the  soul  of  every  man — the 
I'cho  which  nature  herself  gives  back  in 
response  to  the  glorious  revealed  truth, 
that  the  body  we  love  so  well  is  bound 
to  the  spirit  by  ties  that  death  can  nev- 
er disolve;  and  that  it  will  rise  and  live 
aijain  wiien  mortality  i^  swallowed  up 
of  life?"  Then,  mourner  shed  thy  tear, 
imprint  thy  kiss  ui)on  the  marble  brow 
of  the  sacred  dead,  manifest  your  con- 
tinued h.ve  to  the  departed,  this  is  but 
proof  that  they  shall  live  again,  though 
now  they  goback  to  dust.  Thus  is  the 
mortality  of  uian  manifest  to  our  eyes. 
Earth  is  not  our  abiding-iilace,  we  seek 
a  city  wiiose  builder  and  maker  is  God, 
in  that  far  off  clime.  Reader,  art  thou 
prepared  for  this  dissolution  of  soul  and 
body,  art  thou  fully  equipped  when  that 
sleeping  dust  is  called  forth  to  the  bar 
of  God,  to  have  a  reunion  and  ever  en- 
joy the  presence  of  God  and  his  mighty 
hosts? 

As  the  ^v«n■k  is  nearing  to  a  close,  we 
look  forward  more  especially  to  the  la- 
I'or  connected  with  the  worship  of  the 
saints.  And  in  order  that  we  may  not 
iippeav  before  the   auditors  in  '' gi'cat 


Weakness,"  and  an  entire  "  emjity  vessel," 
we  make  the  Bible  our   companion    and 
useful  books  next  neighbor.     And  thus 
wellseasoned  with  prayer,  we  are  aided 
umterially  to  appear  in  the    strength    of 
the  Lord,  and  at  least  have  sorne  oil    in 
our  vessel.     To-day  we   met  for  divine 
service  in  the  Gardner  school-house.  The 
speaker     selected    from    Isaiah  34:    17. 
"  His  hand  hath    divided  it   unto  tiiem 
byline:"  and  deliberated  upon  the  same 
from  the  follo\ving  principal  deductions: 
1.     The  line  of  our  being. 
"2.     The  line  of  regenei-ation. 
3.     The  line  of  death. 
The  speaker  remarked  that  those  were 
the  most  important  featurf-s  of  the  text, 
and  that  they  are  lines  whicli  all   nmst 
crnss  before  they   can  reach   their   final 
abode  with  God-     The    lines    of  being, 
of  accountability  and    of  death  may  lie 
crossed  and  finish  up  the  career  of  earth. 
But  to  be  eternally  happy,  that  is,  to  be 
tortified  so  as  not  to  lament  our  passing 
the  Utu  of  being  and  fear   to  pass   the 
line  of  deaths  we  must  all  pass  through 
the  Uite  of  Tegeneratimi.      Our  Savior 
says,  that  this  is  necessary,  and  positive- 
ly says,  "  Except  a  man  be  born  of  wa- 
ter and  of  the  Spirit,   he   cannot  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God."    John   'A:  H. 
The  Law  is  from   heaven  and  positive, 
and  hence  to  be  happy,   this  line  must 
passed.     Brother  E.  Bosserman   follow- 
ed in  a  few   brief  remarks   and   closed 
with  an  appeal  to  the  sinner  to  come  to 
Christ.      He    chose    the    -150th   hymn. 
"Oar  heavenly  Father  calls, 

And  Christ  invites  us  near  &c.. 
which  was  sung  with  earnestness  by  the 
audience.  Then  went  to  prayer,  dismiss- 
ed, and  as  usual  gave  the  brethren, 
sisters  and  friends  our  usual  farewell 
greeting  and  returned  home.  Thus 
another  Lord's  day  is  passed  with  its  la 
bor,  its  joys  and  its  sorrows,  but  its  re 
suits  are  known  to  God.  S.  T.  B. 


BY  ABUAM  NEr,S()M. 


■pHAYER  is  the  life  of  the  soul 
-'-  and  the  key  to  heaveu.  If  we  neg- 
lect prayer,  we  will  soon  die  a  spiritual 
death.  If  we  want  the  Lord  to  help  us 
and  bless  us,  we  must  ask  him  for  it; 
"  Therefore  I  say  unto  you,  what  things 
soever  ye  desire  when  ye  pray,  believe 
that  ye  will  receive  them  and  ye  shall 
have  them."  "  Ask  and  it  shall  be  giv- 
en; seek  and  ye  shall  tlud;  knock  and 
it  shall  be  opened  unto  you."  Ask  freely 
that  your  joys  may  be  full.  Let  ns  come 
boldly  to  a  throne  of  grace,  that  we  may 
obtain  mercy  and  find  grace  to  help  in 
time  of  need.  The  more  we  pray  and 
work  for  Jesus  in  the  vineyard  of  the 
Lord,  and  improve  our  time,  and  talent, 
and  means  of  grace  to  the  honor  and 
glory  of  God,  the  happier  we  are.  Se- 
cret prayer  is  one  of  the  means  of  grace 
we  should  not  neglect.  We  read,  "when 
thou  inayest,  enter  into  thy  closet;  and 
when  thou  hast  shut  the  door,  pray  to 
thy  Father  which  is  in  secret:  and  thy 
Father  which  seeth  in  secret  >*hall  reward 
thee  openly."  "We  are  to  watch  anrl 
pray  lest  we  be  led  into  temptation  and 
be  overcome  by  the  enemy.  We  are  to 
put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God,  that  we 
may  be  able  to  withstand  thti  wiles  of 
the  devil.  * 
Imt  the  flesh 

ways  with  all  prayer  aiiil 
in  th«  Spirit,  watching  thereunto  with 
all  perseverance  and  sui>plicatioii  for 
all  saiftts."  We  read  Daniel  prayed 
three  times  a  day ;  and  1  >avid  *ays,  "sev- 
en times  a  day  will  I  praise  thee  be- 
cause of  thy  righteous  judgment;  morn- 


For  the   spirit    is   willing, 

is   weak."     ■"  I'raying   al- 

prayer   ami  supplication 


ing  noon  and  evening  do  I  praise  thep.'' 
O    come    let   us    worship   and   bow 
down,  let  us  kneel  before  the  Lord    our 
Maker.     The    Lord  is  nigh    unto  them 
that  call  upon  him   in    truth.     And   the 
prayers  of  the  upright  are  his  delight." 
Every  family    should    have    morning 
and   evening    worship.     Pray    f<>r,    anil 
with,  their    children ;    train    and    bring 
them  up  in  the  nurture  and   admonition 
of  the  Lord.  "  before  the  evil  days  come, 
nor  the  years  draw  nigh  m  which    they 
shall  say,  I  have  no  pleasure    in  them." 
Prayer- meeting  or  sooial-meeting  is  an- 
other means  of  grace  which  should   not 
be   neglected  by   the   Brethren.      Lay 
members  as  well    ae    the    ministers,  can 
prmf    in    public    and    take     up    their 
cross,    work    and    improve    their    gifts, 
time  and   talents  ti>  the   glory    of  (ind. 
Some  will  say  that  they  have  no  gift  to 
priiij,  and  cannot  do  this  or    that.     We 
read,  "open  thy  mouth  and    I    will    fill 
it."    If  we  are  not  willing  to  make    the 
effort  and  do  what   we  can,    and    work 
with  what  we  have,  our    talents  will  lie 
taken  from  us  and    given  to    those    that 
will  work.     We  are   only    to  be  willing 
to  work  with  what  we  liave,    and   then 
we  will  get  more. 

When  Peter  was  delivered  out  of  pris- 
on they  had  something  of  a  prayer- 
meeting:  for  we  reail,  "  Peter  was  there- 
foi'e  in  prison,  but  prayer  was  made 
without  ceasing  of  the  church  unto  God 
for  him.  And  when  he  had  consitlered 
the  thing,  he  came  to  the  house  of  Mary 
the  mother  of  Jesus,  whose  surname 
was  Mark,  where  many  were  gathered 
together  praying."  We  read, "  I  exhort 
therefore  that  first  of  all  supplications, 
prayers,  intercessions  and  giving  of 
thanks  be  made  for  all  men.  I  will 
therefore  that  men  pi'(ty  everywhere,  lift- 
ing up  holy  hands  without  wrath  aud 
doubting.  Finally,  bi-ethren  pray  for 
us,  that  tlie  word  of  the  Lord  may  have 
free  course,  and  be  glorified  even  as  it 
is  \vith  you."  •'  Speaking  to  youi-selves 
in  Psalms  and  hymns  and  spiritual  songs, 
singing  and  making  melody  in  your 
heart  to  the  Lord."  "Giving  thanks 
always  for  all  things  unto  God  the  Fath- 
er in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you 
richly  in  all  wisdom,  teaching  antl  ad- 
monishing one  another  in  Psalms  and 
hymns  and  spiritual  songs,  singing  with 
grace  in  your  hearts  to  the  Lord."  "And 
whatsoever  ye  do  in  word  or  deed,  do 
all  in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus,  giv- 
ing thanks  to  God,  the  Father  by  him." 
"  Confess  your  faults  one  to  another  and 
pray  one  for  another  that  ye  may  be 
healed.  "The  etfectual,  fervent  prayer 
of  a  righteous  man  availeth  much.  If 
any  lack  wisdom  let  him  ask  of  God 
who  giveth  to  all  men  liberally  anrl  up- 
braideth  not,  and  it  shall  be  given  him. 
But  let  him  ask  in  faith,  nothing  wav- 
ering, for  he  that  wavereth.  is  like  the 
wave  of  the  sea,  driven  and  tossed." 

I  did  not  give  the  Scripture  i-eferenee, 
but  hope  all  are  Bible  readers;  there- 
fore I  say,  "search  the  Scriptures,  for  in 
them  ye  think  ye  hi^e  eternal  life,  and 
they  are  they  which  testify  of  me.,' 


the  worhl  can  noon  poiut  y<m  to  one  that 
does  not  live  very  strict  to  bin  or  her 
proteK-iion,  they  can  tell  you  almost  ev- 
ery misstep,  such  a  one  makeii.  How 
can  this  be  done  unless  thoy  know  what 
belonifs  to  a  true  Christian  ?  Xow  wheo 
thin  is  known  by  those  who  are  not  in- 
terentiMl  in  the  cause,  how  much  more 
important  that  we,  who  have  Htarted  out 
in  the  great  work,  should  know  what 
our  profession  requires  of  as  and  live  it 
out  in  every  particular,  avoiding  every 
a[ipear.inee  of  evil. 

Tli<-  Savior  said,  "watch  and  pray. 
I  have  often  said,  if  we  fail  in  thin,  n«ed 
we  w<.nder  if  others  watcli  us?  The 
world  has  a  right  to  watch  us,  if  we  do 
notw.atch  ourselves. 

Again,  the   Savior  Raid,  "  Let  your 
light  so  shine  before  men  that  they  may 
see  your  good    works    and   glorify  yoor . 
Father  which  is  in  heaven."    Now  if  Wfc 
are  devoid   of   good    works,    what   will 
our  influence   be  on   otherst     Here  the 
great  responaibility  rests  upon  us,  if  we 
allow  our  influence  to  go  out  in  a  wroog 
direetion.     If  any  think  they  have  beeti 
baptized,  go  to  Communion(sotuetime8), 
go  to  meeting,  perhap?  yw^t  because  they 
might  fall  into  the  coun<-il  of  the  church, 
and  not  because  they  love  to  go  and  be 
benefited,  or  go  with  the  world  jnsfr  w 
far  as  they  can,  onH-  so  the  church  can- 
not get  hold  of  them,  and  what  Iriiid  of 
a  light  do  they  show  before  the    worlds 
"  If  the  light  be  darkness,  how  .great  is 
that  darkness."  ,,, 

On  the  other  hand,  if  we  engagein 
the  service  of  the  Lord  with  a  heart  full 
of  love  for  our  Master,  and  a  zeal  tha,t 
will  be  manifested  to  all,  carry  religion 
with  us  wlierever  we  go,  we  can  mii^e 
with  the  woi-ld  (so  far  as  it  does  nOt 
confllel  with  our  principles).  Let  our 
lights  shine  brightly  and  others  seeing 
there  is  a  beauty  in  "lioltneAs"'  may  be 
attracted  to  the  great  light  above,  and 
share  the  glories  that  are  reserved  for 
all  who  make  themselves  worthy. 

Oh  that  we  might  all  be  found  faith- 
ful workers  in  the  Master's  kingdom^ 
that  our  influence  might  be  felt  wher- 
ever we  are,  reviving  the  drooping,  ^- 
couraged  Christian  on  his  journey  heav- 
enward, aud  winning  many  to  I'hrisl, 
now  exposed  to  the  wrath  of  an  angry 
God:  for  we  read,  "tiod  is  angry  with 
the  wicked  every  day." 


LET  YOUR  LIGHT    SHINE. 


K' 


"  Ye  are  tin-  light  of  tht  worUl.  .\  city  th«t 
set  (IU  alnll  i-aniiot  be  liiil."  Mutt.  J:  H. 
ERE  the  Ciiristian  is  compared  to  a 
ty  on  a  hill,  and  just  as  little  as 
a  city  on  a  hill  can  be  hid,  can  the  true, 
lively,  zealous  Christian  be  hid  from  the 
world's  view.  He  carries  something 
with  him  that  can  be  seen  and  felt. 
This  can  be  proven  from   the   fact   that 


RULES  FOR    PROMOTING  PER- 
FECT HARMONY. 

1.  We  may  be  fjuite  sure  that  our 
will  is  likfly  to  be  erosse:l  during  the 
day;  so  let  us  prepare  for  it. 

2.  Every  person  in  the  house  has  an 
evil  nature,  as  well  as  ourselves,  so  we 
must  not  expect  too  much. 

."J.  I^ook  upon  each  member  of  the 
famil)  a^  one  for  whom  Ciirist  died. 

4.  When  inclined  to  give  an  angry 
answer,  lift  up  the  he.-irt  in  prayer. 

5.  If  from  sickness,  pain  or  infirm- 
ity we  feel  irritable,  let  us  keep  a  very 
strict  watch  over  oui-selves. 

(t.  <)>)serve  when  oihei-s  aresuflering. 
and  drop  a  word  of  kindness. 

7.  Watcli  for  little  opportunities  of 
pleasing,  and  put  little  annoyances  out 
of  the  way. 

S.  Take  a  cheerful  view  of  every- 
thing, and  encour^e  hope. 

!*.  Speak  kindly  to  servants,  and 
praise  them  when  y»>u  can, 

10.  Iu  all  little  plejusures  which  may 
occur,  put  self  last. 

11.  Try  for  the  sott  answer  that  turn- 
eth  ft\vay  wrath. 

15.  When  we  have  been  painevl  bv 
an  unkind  word  or  deed,  let  us  ask  our- 
selves, "have  1  not  done  the  s-iiiu-  ;ind 
been  forgiven  I" — Stl. 


T1I7-;  T^^■ETHliT■;^^  js.t  ^^^oJ^IC. 


October    lO. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

rUBLlSHBtl    WEKKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


Hao  S  H.  B*«ni'"  i«  "l"'/  »ulhnrii«.l.  bj  u»  ■*  «"' 
InTelina  oorrMpOBjoDt  mJ  ■!">»  *cr  th«  B»BtiimiJi  *r 
HOU  .lid  "ill  rcori"  .«l>-cripli«».  f"r  Ihc  f«...  •!  "■■' 
wtfiMlMT  rVM.  .Ml  hn«lD«M  !nu>-Ml«i  by  him  for  our  of. 
iM.  will  b«  iho  wuno  u  i(  Jon»  bj  ourwlto*. 

TBI  B«iTii»ii«  »T  Wo"-  will  b«  ''ol  poBi-p^id.  to  mj 
.ddr~.  10  lb.  Doi.rt  XUU.  or  Ho.rf.  for  »I  »0  por 
^U.u»      Ibo.o  .oodlot  ..o  o.n.~   .oJ   II.VM.    "ill  "■ 

™b„  lb.  .j.ni  illl  I..  .II0..J  111  o."»  'or  ~;b  ^J|. 
UiTol  o.mr  "bith  ..Moool  o»  b.  Jriooiri  from  lb. 
mnn  W.ro  .011.110c  li  10  •■.  Moo'r  Ord.r,  Drod.. 
ud  Bo«i.iorod  Loliw  nmy  be  »ioi  «  oor  n.k,  Tboy 
aboold  1«  iB«lo  pojoblo  10  Moorr  *  Eoboimoo. 

8ub.orip.lo...  .oJ  ooi.o.onio..ioo.  loi.od.J  for  tb-  p.- 
per.  u  "Oil  •*  oil  biuiioe"  moiipn.  oonn.cted  "Hh  ibo  of- 
Oe*  aboub]  bo  odilrced 

XOOIE  k  ECHELVAK, 

LAurk.  Cirrol]  Co.,  CI 


in, 


LiVAEE,  ai., 


OCTOBER  10,  I87S. 


Khi.tubk  .Ifiwe  Calvert  will  enter  tlic  field 
tfaui  Kail,  aud  oxi>e.:t«  U>  be  gone  bWuI  two 
roonthft,  attendiiiK  iiiectmp*  in  the  East.  May 
much  good  result  from  liia  Idhops. 

HARiiTiMBrt:  the  Chiisc  and  Remedy,  is  thi- 
»,itl«  of  an  int«rf*tinK  little  t«n  wnt  pamphlet, 
puhlisbfld  at  this  i.lm:«  by  Mr.  E.  StovtT.  Tin- 
reasoniiig  ih  good  aud  the  tht-ory  looks  idmmi- 

We.  ^  , 

The  yellow  fever  still  coutijiueB  its  deadly 
work  in  the  South,  iind  is  sitreading  in  some 
localities.  The  death«,  however,  are  not  so  nu- 
nnirous  9H  in  the  pftst.  The  weather  is  not  ver^- 
favorablp  to  thp  diseiuie  at  present. 

Bbothkh  Bashor's  book  is  not  sold  on  credit, 
nor  i«  there  any  diHcnnnton  i)unntitiefl.  Our 
iiwtructions  are,  to  sell  for  ca.'^h  only.  We  can- 
not Bend  the  book  nnlnsa  the  order  is  accompa- 
nied  by  the  money.  From  these  instrnctiona 
wp  cannot  vary. 

It  is  due  our  correHpundents  to  remark,  thai 
the  articles  sent  ns  for  publication  are  being 
examined  luid  decided  upon  pretty  fast,  and  our 
munuscript  drawer  will  finnn  be  empty.  Sever- 
al articles  will  not  appear  for  some  weeks,  ns 
Ihoy  will  have  to  be  r.-wntten. 

Ol'K  readers  must  not  forget  the  cnuse  in 
Denmark.  More  funds  will  be  needed  soon, 
luid  we  all  want  to  see  the  good  work  go  on. 
It  may  seem  hIpw  to  us.  but  the  efforts  there 
tend  to  form  a  lentre  i'roni  which  tlie  truth  may 
Bpi-ead  still  farther  iiud  farther.  Small  begin' 
nings  i-oractimes  end  in  great  results. 

TuK  yellow  fever  plague,  though  disastrous 
to  certain  parts  of  the  South,  may  yet  prove 
ble^eiug  to  this  country.  The  nearly  two  mill- 
ion dollars  so  williiiglv  given  by  the  North, 
jihow  a  bright  side  tii  human  nature.  It  is  an 
exprensioD  of  the  warm  feeling  and  great  regard 
the  |K-ople  of  the  North  have  for  those  in  the 
South,  and  has  a  teudency  to  bind  tlieiu  togeth- 
•T  in  still  stronger  tie*  nf  love  and  good  will  for 
till'  welfare  of  the  country  at  large. 

A  LKTTKii  Just  receivyd  from  liro.  Sharp,  in- 
forms us  that  the  Sunday-school  meeting  held 
at  the  Ut^ecli  Grove  church,  Ohio,  was  a  grand 
succe»rs,  the  attendance  large  and  great  unauim- 
•  ity  of  sentiuieut  prevailed.  We  are  further  in- 
formed, that  souip  feeling  exists  on  the  jiccount 
of  IIS  not  publishing  the  i)rr)gran)me  of  the 
meeting.  l''ur  this  M-e  arc  sorry,  but  are  not  to 
blame,  as  we  have  never  seen  anything  of  the 
programme  only  as  it  appeared  in  the  P.  C.  It 
sent  to  thif  ottice  it  did  not  reach  us.  Hope 
this  explanation  will  set  the  matter  right  on 
our  part.  ^^^_^__ 

SoMK  people  never  know  when  to  let  gtiod 
enough  alone.  They  not  only  strike  oil,  but 
bore  clear  through  and  let  it  run  out  ou  the 
other  side.  The  age  is  proverbially  fast  any 
liuw,  vs|>ecially  at  makiug  haste  to  get  rich,  aud 
tin  attempt  at  keeping  up  with  it  often  pluci-s 
men  fur  in  advauce  of  jirudence.  A  little  of  the 
»t4;ady  spirit  ol  ouv  forefathers  would  not  be 
unUs  just  now. 

Mrn  and  women  who  have  wholly  dedicated 
themselves  to  the  Lord  and  his  services,  have 
no  time  to  .stop  and  parley  with  every  little  fault- 
finder and  critic  that  chances  to  spring  up  by 
the  way.  Lay  hold  of  the  (iospel  plow  with  a 
steady  grasp,  and  don't  look  back  at  the  critic, 
for  he  will  onlj-  criticise  you  the  more  for  mak- " 
ing  a  crooked  furrow  while  looking  back  at  him. 
Do  your  utmost  to  perform  the  Lord's  work 
aright,  letting  others  say  what  they  please. 


WHAT    NEXT? 

-  well  Bdk.    what  will    com*-   n-xt? 
htf  following  shoiw*  that  even  individuals 
one  mile  away  from  tin-   plitc*-  of  meeting  may 
get  nlj  the  bfinetit  of  the  >i»'*'vic*»: 

"  A  microphone  w.-lx  pln<;.il  iu  tbf  imlpit  of  » 
chapel  ia  England  ou  ■>  rtiitcnt  Sunday,  and 
connected  by  a  priva(«  lelegmph  line  with  l(i<- 
residence  of  a  gentlemmi  over  a  mile  distant. 
Every  part  of  the  service  wa^  distinctly  heard 
at  the  gentleman's  house,  with  the  exception  of 
a  few  word.'f  renflered  iudiytinct  by  the  prearh- 
^■r's  liecoming  a  little  excited  and  shaking  the 
microphone.  So  faithfully  did  the  inetrnment 
do  it«  work,  that  the  chiiiK-l-keeper  was  heard  to 
clone  the  doors  after  the^^;^vice,  walk  up  the 
aidle  and  up  the  pulpit  steps,  in  conversation 
with  some  one  else.  The  ii^ea  is  about  to  be  put 
to  practical  use,  thp  gentleman  already  referred 
to.  having  given  instructions  that  his  housi 
shfjuld  be  connected  with  another  in  the  neigh' 
borhood.  in  order  that  an  invalid  may  hear  the 
service  from  one  of  the  churches  in  the  town. 


Ou  Sunday  !0  A.  M.,  brother  Dashor  preach- 
ed to  a  large  audience.  Thome,  "XheResur- 
rwtiwii."  Mating  iigain  at  3  P.  M.  Subject. 
•■  Graee  and  Trnth."  The  interest  manifestwl 
wiut  good,  and  (he  work  of  divine  trnth  bid' 
fair  (■>  aKf<ert  lUi  power  and  supremacy  in  the 
heart*  of  the  people  here.  For  the  many  kind- 
newms  uud  wordd  of  love  which  we  received 
from  those  whom  Uod  lovee.  we  are  grateful. 
Peace  and  good  will  ever  attend  the  precious 
souls  who  worship  according  to  the  will  of  God. 


NON-CONFORMITY. 

TO  all  our  readers  it  is  generally  known  that 
the  Brktiike-V  .*t  Work  is  an  uncompro- 


DH.  SOHAFF  IN  THE  JORDAN. 

DR.  Philip  Schaff  gives  in  the  C/in.sti.in  In- 
tflUtjencer  an  account  of  hi«  visit  to  the 
river  .lordaii,  llie  following  being  the  first  par- 
agraph: "  A  fatiguing  ride  of  an  hour  and  a 
half  in  the  tropical  sun  over  a  barren  plain 
brings  us  from  the  Dead  Sea  to  the  river  .Tor^ 
dan.  at  the  bathing  place  of  the  [iilgrims,  the 
traditional  site  ot  Christ's  baptism.  The  river 
is  here  6n  feet  broad  and  !•  feet  deep.  The 
iJauks  are  covered  with  oleanders,  tamarisks, 
willows,  and  balsam  wood.  The  water  is  mud- 
dy, the  current  very  swift.  There  are  no  con- 
veniences for  bathing  except  a  strong  rope  tied 
to  the  trees.  Holding  on  to  this  rope.  T  took  a 
moat  refreshing  bath  beneath  the  shjidow  of  the 
trees.  After  the  salt  bath  in  the  lake  of  death, 
it  was  truly  a  bath  of  regeneration.  I  immers- 
ed myself  ten  times  and  felt  so  comfortable  that 
I  nimoat  imagined  I  was  miraculously  delivered 
from  rheumatism.  I  have  plunged  into  many 
a  river  and  many  a  lake,  and  into  ths  waves  of 
the  ocean,  but  of  all  the  baths,  that  in  the  J 
dan  will  linger  longest  in  my  memory." 


EDITORIAL  CORRESPONDENCE. 


BROTHI']K  Bashor  and  the  writer  left  Lan- 
ark on  the  morning  of  the  27th,  to  spend 
11  few  weeks  with  the  brethren  in  Christian  and 
Macoupin  counties,  Illinois.  Expected  to  make 
close  connection  at  Beardstown  and  get  through 
to  Morri-sonville  without  much  inconvenience 
and  loss  of  rest,  for  rest  and  quietness  are  es- 
sential factors  in  reaching  success  in  ministerial 
labor.  But  on  nearing  Beardstown  we  were 
informed  by  the  courteous  conductor,  that  the 
railroads,  at  the  latter  place,  Inid  ceased  to  ac- 
commodate the  public  in  that  matter,  hence  we 
were  obliged  to  reach  our  destination  via  of 
Chapin,  Springfield  and  Decatur.  We  cheerful- 
ly submitted,  charging  the  discontinuance  of 
favoring  the  public  at  Beardstown  to  the  jeal- 
i>iisy  and  envy  on  account  ol  the  competing  rail- 
roads. We  think  it  not  strange  that  these  evils 
.show  themselve.i  in  the  hearts  of  worldlj'  men, 
but  when  they  creep  out  and  expose  their  hid- 
.'ous  heads  in  the  church,  the  ground  and 
pillar  of  the  truth,  sorrow  fills  our  hearts.  In 
this  vast  universe,  where  each  man  can  toil  and 
toil  for  his  and  other's  welfare,  there  is  no  ex- 
ruse  fbr  envyings  aud  bitter  jealousies. 

At  1  P.  M..  2Sth,  the  meeting  was  opened  iu 
the  new  and  commodious  tent,  three  miles  east 
of  Morrisonville.  Brother  Bashor  addressed 
the  audience  on  the  subject  of  Bible  qualifica- 
tions of  cornmuuicants.  In  the  evening,  about 
hundred  members  iissembled  around  the 
Lord's  table  to  do  what  the  Master  taught  and 
commanded.  The  Brethnm  here,  practice  feet^ 
washing  in  the  maniter  termed  the  "single 
mode; "  that  is,  e>u.'h  brother  washes  feet,  wipes 
feet,  and  has  his  feet  washed.  It  was  one  of  the 
ist  solemn  and  dignified  occasions  that  the 
writer  ever  attended.  At  no  time  wa-s  there 
necessity  for  more  than  several  on  the  floor  at 
once,  hence  no  confusion.  On  the  brethren's 
side  the  practice  of  the  ordinance  was  commenc- 
ed at  two  j)!aces  and  the  same  on  the  sister's 
side.  We  give  these  pljiin.  simple  facts,  because 
admire  the  order  and  work,  and  are  fully 
persuaded  that  every  ordinance  m  the  house  of 
God  should  be  "practiced  in  order,  that  is,  with 
ipiietness,  simplicity  and  godly  reverence, 


niising  advocate  of  the  doctrine  of  non-conform- 
ity to  the  world,  and  aims  to  give  no  uncertain 
sound  to  its  readers.  We  want  to  be  under- 
stood distinctly  and  present  our  arguments  and 
conclusions  in  a  way  that  will  show  ou  which 
side  we  stand.  We  are  for  God,  but  not  for 
Baal.  On  thi.s  question,  like  all  other  Gospel 
questions,  we  are  not  halting  between  two 
■  tjdiiions.  but  are  dei  idid  fullyi  and  want  to  be 
understood  distinctly. 

Paul  says,  '  Be  not  conformed  to  this  world: 
hut  be  ye  trausformed  by  the  renewing  of  your 
mind,  that  ye  may  prove  what  is  that  good,  and 
acceptable,  aud  perfect  will  of  God."  Rom.  12: 
a,  Prom  this  we  leam  that  non-conformity,  to 
liegm  with,  is  a  hrnrt  work,  consisting  in  the 
renewing  of  our  minds.  It  ia  a  principle  that 
mmtt  commence  in  the  heart  and  work  its  way 
out;  otherwise  there  can  be  no  non-conformity. 
The  first  thing  to  be  done,  is  to  get  the  heart 
right. 

Paul  well  knew  that  if  he  could  get  the  mind 
and  heart  renewed,  there  would  be  little  troub- 
le about  the  outside.  He  not  only  teaches  non- 
conformity, but  tell  just  how  it  must  be  done: 
Be  ye  transformed  by  the  rrneicing  of  your 
minds."  If  there  is  a  transformation  without 
yrnnrmg  the  mind,  it  amounts  to  nothing  in 
the  sight  of  God.  He  wants  a  heart  religion— 
a  religious  principle  that  is  deep  seated  and  can- 
not be  easily  rooted  out. 

If  we  can  succeed  in  getting  non-conformity 
into  the  heart,  there  wilt  be  no  difiBculty  about 
getting  it  on  the  body  and  in  our  actions.  Here 
is  just  where  some  people  make  a  mistake — they 
get  the  outside  right  while  the  heart  remains 
unchanged.  God  wants  no  such  work  as  that. 
He  wants  non-conformity  practiced,  but  it  must 
be  by  a  renewing  of  the  mind,  that  it  may  be 
done  willingly  and  to  the  glory  and  honor  of 
God. 

The  way  this  subject  is  sometimes  treated  by 
preachers,  one  would  infer  that  they  were  con- 
fining it  to  dress  only,  and  not  to  thedaily  walk 
aud  talk  of  life,  as  it  should  be.  There  is  plen- 
ty of  preaching  about  non-conformity  esteniul- 
/j/,  hut  very  little  about  the  non-conformity  of 
the  mind  and  heart.  In  fact,  this  is  the  very 
doctrine  taught  in  the  text,  and  is  the  very  doc- 
trine that  is  not  preached  enough.  Whenever 
^ye  succeed  in  getting  this  principle  at  work  in 
the  heart,  the  clothing  will  come  right  of  itself. 
It  is  just  like  a  stream  of  water  flowing  from  a 
tountain.  Get  the  fountain  pure  aud  the  water 
will  talie  care  of  itself,  but  as  long  as  the  fount- 
ain is  impure  it  is  folly  to  spend  time  trying  to 
purify  the  water. 

The  doctrine  of  non-conformity  wants  to  be 
planted  iu  the  minds  of  the  people — they  want 
to  be  made  believe  that  it  Ls  a  Bible  doctrine, 
and  carries  witli  it  the  sanction  of  divine  au- 
thority. It  is  useless  to  tell  them  that  old  Bro. 
so  and  so  used  to  do  this  way.  That  has  no 
weight  in  tlie  minds  of  deep  thinking  people. 
What  they  want,  is  Bible  authority,  aud  it  is 
our  duty  to  give  it  just  as  it  stands  in  the  Book. 
Our  text  does  not  say  what  constitutes  that 
non-conformity,  but  does  say  that  it  must  com- 
mence iu  the  mind— the  mind  to  he  reneweil. 
But  elsewhere  the  items  are  given  in  .such  de- 
tail that  he  whose  mind  has  been  renewed,  will 
have  but  little  dilHculty  in  keeping  within  the 
limits  of  the  Gospel  order.  The  only  trouble  is 
with  those  whose  minds  have  not  yet  been  re- 
newed— whose  hearts  are  not  right.  There  is 
no  u on- conformity  in  their  hearts,  and  it  ih 
vain  to  attempt  to  get  it  on  their  bodies,  till  the 
hearts  are  converti'd.  The  first  work  needs  to 
be  done  over. 

The  reason  some  people  wear  gold  ia  because 
it  is  in  their  hearts.  This  is  why  they  dress 
fine  aiitf  wear  costly  array,  following  the  vain 
and  foolish  fiLshions  of  the  world.     The  fount- 


ain if  corrupt— the  mind  not  yet  renewed,  and 
we  cannot  rwonoimbly  expect  auythiog  better 
from  their  actions- 

There  an-  hundreds  who  are  vrry  strict  about 
their  dress,  but  seemingly  about  nothing  else. 
It  would  appear  that  they  have  centered  all 
their  ideas  of  non- conformity  in  a  few  clothes. 
When  it  eouif's  to  innversation,  they  are  just 
like  the  world.  They  buy  aud  sell  like  the 
world,  using  their  wits  to  drive  sharp  bargains, 
and  every  and  any  way  to  make  a  little  money, 
just  like  the  world,  too,  at  that.  Were  it  not 
for  their  dress,  yon  would  never  think  about 
them  being  profesaers.  They  can  talk  about 
their  neighbors;  do  a  little  tattling  now  amj 
then;  use  rough  language.  In  fact,  conform  to 
the  world  out  and  out,  all  but  in  dress. 

Such  characters  arc  a  disgrace  to  any  church. 
There  is  no  Bible  non-conformity  about  them. 
It  is  all  outside,  and  but  little  of  that,  while  the 
mind  remains  full  of  corruption  anddeceit — has 
not  been  renewed. 

Then  there  is  another  class  who  are  very 
strict  about  the  cut  of  their  clothes.  They  pur- 
chase fine,  costly  broadcloth  aud  have  it  cut  in 
the  order,  thinking  this  is  non-conformity. 
Such  work  is  mockery.  God  has  forbidden  the 
use  of  fine  apparel  and  costly  array,  and  all  the 
non-conformity  cutting  iu  the  world  will  not 
make  it  right.  If  we  are  going  to  follow  the 
Bible,  let  us  be  consistent  about  it,  and  not  at- 
tempt to  take  advantage  of  circumatances. 

Then  there  are  sisters  who  seem  to  have  too 
much  respect  for  the  church  to  wear  a  fine  dress 
bonnet  or  hat,  but  will  take  their  ofherwise 
plain  bonnet  aud  ruffle  and  trim  it  until  it  is 
just  as  bad  as  a  fashionably  trimmed  hat.  Their 
dresses  must  be  riiflled  and  trimmed  until  what 
little  non-conformity  they  ever  had  is  complete- 
ly destroyed.  This  is  worse  than  following  the 
fashions  of  the  world.  It  is  polluting  and 
bringing  shame  on  a  religious  thing.  It  is  de- 
grading God's  order.  If  we  are  going  to  be 
non-conformed  to  the  world,  let  us  be  consists 
ent  about  it,  and  not  try  and  mix  things  up — 
half  religion  and  half  world.  j.  h.  u. 


A  MISTAKE. 


QUITE  an  error  occurs  in  the  last  number  of 
the  Primitive  Ckrisiinn  which  has  just 
come  to  hand.  The  editors  say,  the  "  Stein  and 
Ray  Debate  "  is  to  be  published  in  that  paper. 
This  is  to  inform  our  readers,  that  no  arrange- 
ments of  the  kind  have  been  made  with  us.  We 
have  been  at  all  the  expenses  and  trouble  of 
getting  things  arranged  for  the  written  discus- 
sion, aud  have  obligated  ourselves  to  foot  the 
bill  on  the  Brethren's  side,  and  of  course  no  one 
can  lawfully  publish  the  discussion  without  our 
consent,  nor  would  it  be  right  and  Christian- 
like to  do  so.  In  addition  to  this,  we  will  not 
permit  the  debate  to  be  published  in  livo  of  the 
Brethren's  papers  and  only  one  of  the  Baptists'. 
The  thing  would  be  contrary  to  the  rules  of 
right.  There  is  a  full  understanding  between 
brothei-  Stein,  Mr.  Ray  and  ourselves,  regarding 
the  papers  it  is  to  be  published  iu,  and  no  one 
has  a  right  to  publish  it  wthout  consulting  WR. 
This  the  P.  (\  has  not  yet  done.  Therefore  the 
annouuceraentinthe/'/-(i«?y/rpC7(W.'*/(tf«  iaa mis- 
take. The  only  two  papers  the  discussion  is  to 
be  publislied  in,  are  the  Brethukn  at  Wouk 
and  the  Duptist  Hulfh-  Flay.  And  those  who 
want  to  read  it  will  have  to  get  it  out  of  one  of 
these  pa[)ers. 


A  iTHi.i&HTNG  bourse  in  Paris,  is  preparing  an 
edition  of  the  Lord's  prayer  in  more  than  twelve 
hundred  languages  and  dialects.  That  is  a  good 
thing,  but  praying  that  prayer  aright,  and  then 
living  up  to  it,  is  far  better. 

Wb  fear  many  ministers  do  too  much  travel- 
ing for  the  amount  of  preaching.  Some  ot 
them  will  hold  two  or  three  meetings  at  one 
point,  and  then  off  they  go  for  another  plac-. 
Thus  they  travel  and  nothing,  comi)aratively  is 
done.  If  they  would  select  some  good  point, 
and  spend  a  week  or  two.  they  might  accom- 
plish something.  Then  when  tlirough.  go  to 
some  other  point  and  jlo  likewise.  .As  Winter 
is  now  coming  on,  and  most  of  our  preachers 
will  travel  and  preach  more  or  less,  they  will 
do  well  to  give  this  matter  some  thought.  Min- 
isters, as  chosen  vessels  of  the  Lord,  must  be 
accountable  for  how  they  use  their  office,  and  it 
is,  thereftn-e,  needful  that  they  adopt  the  best 
method  of  doing  the  work. 


October    1  O 


THE    BRETHRKSr    ^T    AVORK. 


WAYSIDE  CRUMBS. 

Ishl  mid  Baali  —  The  Lord    Saves    R»an=       j 

-Recipe  for  Pickling  Grievancef    '"''^ 

HEAR  the  prophote-'And  it  «hall  beat 
that  rtay.«„ith  the  Lor,t.  that  tbl.hal 
«,ll  me  I«h.;  and  sb.U  chII  me  no' more  nlali" 
Hos.2:lti.  Nuw  whBt  does  Uhi  mean?  it 
nieatis  husbimd.  And  what  does  Bmil,  meau'- 
It  means  Lord.  PhuI  saya  in  Rom.  7:  4  that 
„e  are  dead  to  the  law  so  that  we  may  be' mar 
ried  to  another,  "even  to  Him  who  is  raised 
from  the  dead."  So  the  days  will  come  when 
Hia  people  no  longer  ahull  know  Him  as  Lord 
but  as  husband.  "  You  are  so  closely  related  to 
me,"  fliiys  Christ,  that  you  need  no  longer  call 
me  Lord,  but  Husband.  Blessed  be  the  Lord 
God  fur  this  glorious  promise!  How  sweet  the 
relationship!  Ho  says,  "Thou  sbalt  know  the 
LonJ."  Nogue.Hsworkaboutit;  but#.ouehalt 
k„ow.  Some  one  says,  you  are  too  fast  when 
you  my.  we  know  that  we  have  passed  from 
death  unto  life.  There  is  too  much.  "  I  guess  I 
am  serving  God.  I  hope  I  am."  Bless  you.  Ho 
you  not  hmw  whether  you  can  call  the  Savior 
Husbaud't'  Good-bye  lo  that  man's  firmness' 
aniesshe  gets  on  the  Rook  that  cannot  b^ 
moved  from  under  him.  Our  Redeemer  cannot 
be  upset  with  any  device  of  doubt  and  compro- 
miae.     He  will  be  our  Hushatid. 

How  can  you  be  saved?  Ymi  do  the  heUeimg 
<ml  obeijhig,  and  then  Jesus  iviU  do  the  Mving. 
Do  you  ask  how  you  can  hold  out  faithful? 
Volt  do  the  trusting,  and  Christ  will  do  all  the 
keeping.  Hflw  will  you  be  raised?  Yoi,  do  the 
hoping,  and  Christ  will  do  the  raising.  Be  less 
concerned  about  the  how,  and  more  about  the 
what.  "  Give  all  diligence  to  make  your  calling 
and  election  sure."  It  is  your  business  to  give 
all  diligence,  and  God  will  make  the  calling  and 
the  election  sure. 

Do  you.  beloved  in  the  Lord,  keep  yourself? 
Let  us  see.  '■  Who  are  kept  by  the  power  of 
God  through  faith  unto  salvation,  ready  to  be 
revealed  in  the  last  time."  1  Pet.  1:.5.  You 
may  keep  yourself  in  the  love  of  God,  but  the 
Father  ia  the  one  who  keeps  you  from  falling. 
"  I  will  keep  thee  from  the  hour  of  temptation." 
Rev.  3:  10.  "You  are  keptby  the  yio/wof  God 
through  faith."  How?  By  your  own  faith? 
No;  but  by  "'  the  faith  of  the  operation  of  God  " 
—not  the  faith  of  your  own  operation.  Many 
say.  "  Pray  for  me,  that  I  may  hold  out  faith- 
ful." It  is  a  good  desire — a  kind,  good  request, 
and  we  should  pray  for  one  another;  but  b^ 
careful  not  to  go  too  strong  on  that  line.  It  i> 
a  good  thing  to  trust  Christian  faithfulness,  but 
better  to  trust  Jesus  Christ.  To  trust  Chris- 
tian faithfulness  more  thiui  the  Lord  Jeaus,  is 
Hke  looking  for  an  apple  tree  because  you  have 
found  an  apple.  The  apple  grew  because  there 
WHS  a  good,  sound  tree;  so  you  must  grow  be- 
cause "your  liFe.is  hid  with  Christ  in  God." 

Lf:T  a  man  fall,  and  the  fact  becomes  fixed 
on  the  minds  of  nearly  every  one.  Or  even 
should  he  stumble  a  little,  it  is  indelibly  fixed 
on  the  minds  of  his  enemies.  But  if  he  should 
lie  earnest,  zealous,  devottd  to  the  Lord's  work, 
how  slight  the  iuiprovenient!  Every  one  can 
tell  of  his  failings  in  this  or  in  that,  but  if  he 
should  lead  a  poor  sinner  to  repentance,  it  is 
not  worth  iiientioumg.  If  he  should  do  well, 
it  would  hurt  him  to  praise  him  for  well-doing, 
but  if  he  should  uuiutentionally  do  evil,  it  will 
not  hurt  him.  to  tell  to  all  around.  0  no,  ten 
pushes  down  hill,  will  not  hurt  as  bad  as  one 
pull  up  the  rough  way.  This  is  how  the  world 
does,  and  it  is  a  mighty  contagious  disease. 
Look  out  that  it  spre.ids  not  all  over  the  church. 

Pleask  stop,  and  think.  Do  you  remember 
when  our  brother  portrayed  the  beauties  of 
heaven,  their  splendor,  their  great  glory?  Yes, 
you  remember.  He  denounced  sin  with  great 
power,  exposed  the  corruptions  of  the  world, 
and  warned  the  unruly  in  terms  that  are  full  ol 
soundnejis,  But  this  was  notalt:  hetoldofthe 
evilj^  of  praising  men  for  the  good  wordn  instead 
'^f  praising  God,  and  no  sooner  had  he  finished 
his  eloquent  address  than  you  aro.'ie  and  deliver 
ed youreelf  after  the  following  nninuer:  "Our 
brother  has  told  us  the  truth,  and  nothing  but 
the  truth.  He  has  done  his  work  well,  and 
liuw  WG  would  do  well  to  give  heed  to  what  ln' 
told  ue.  I  am  sure  he  did  much  better  than 
your  poor,  weak  servant  could  have  done.  I 
hope  you  will  all  take  the  very  »ond  remarks  of 


our  broth-r.  home  with  you  and  practice  them." 
There  you  have  it.  Will  not  that  s/wi7? 
What  flattery!  There  is  more  flattery  from  the 
rulpit  than  from  any  other  source,  and  yet  there 
H  no  voice  raised  against  it.  Many  are  surpris- 
•-d  that  any  one  should  stand  before  an  audience 
and  speak  in  terras  of  praise  of  another's  dis- 
course. But  it  has  been,  and  is  \mng  done 
lime  and  again.  And  it  does  not  take  a  dozen 
ejL-s  to  Bee  Us  effects.  I  w..nder  if  this  coftr^e 
does  not  exa/t  a  little!  I  wonder  if  pHdr  is  not 
made  to  laugh  a  little,  nmde  to  feel  puffed  up! 
How  is  it?  Is  it  profitable?  Does  it  humble? 
Does  it  enrich  in  thought  and  deed?  Does  it 
save  sinners,  and  purify  the  heart?  God  grant 
that  all  ministers  may  always  have  a  message 
from  Gotl  to  deliver,  and  not  messages  concern- 
ing each  other.  The  cross,  the  cross— keej) 
under  it. 

The  following  recipe  for  "  Pickling  Grievan- 
c-s"  is  given  without  charge,  and'  we  have  no 
objection  to  everybody  committing  it  to  memo- 
ry, or  pasting  it  in  a  conspicuous  place: 

'■  Take  a  scruple  of  grievanci?.  (N.  B.  Some 
say  a  graiu  is  sufficient,  as  in  this  recipe  every- 
thing depends  on  the  cooking.  I  have  even 
been  told  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  it 
haa  been  successful  without  any  of  the  solid  in- 
gredients at  al  1.1  f  you  just  suppose  it  present, 
it  will  do.)  Bruise  and  pound  it  thoroughly,  so 
that  every  particle  of  the  fiber  is  laid  bare.  (Be 
very  particular  in  this  matter.  The  more  time 
you  give  to  this,  the  greater  the  success.)  Sea- 
son it  with  a  plentiful  sprinkling  of  your  Own 
Merits.  Let  it  stand  several  hours,  meanwhile 
watching  it  and  adding  from  time  to  time  alter- 
nately a  pinch  of  the  Unrequited  Delinquencies 
of  others.and  their  Undeserved  Blessings.  Then 
over  a  hot  fire  of  Indignation,  boil  it  in  water 
from  the  well  of  Pride.  It  is  sufficient  to  bring 
it  to  a  good  boil,  then  leave  it  in  the  water  to 
simmer  all  night.  The  next  morning  remove 
any  scum  of  Kind  Deeds  that  may  have  risen 
to  the  surface,  and  strain  it  carefully  from  all 
remnants  of  your  own  Well-Dtserved  Trials; 
bottle  it  and  cork  it  tightly  from  the  fresh  air, 
which  is  fatal  to  it.  It  is  well,  though  not  nec- 
essary, to  have  the  assistance  of  some  experi- 
enced cooks,  especially  in  the  pounding  and 
bruising.  This  is  an  exception  to  the  rule  that, 
"too  many  cooks  spoil  the  broth.' 

"  This  pickle  is  warranted  to  keep  its  flavor 
for  years.  It  will  stand  all  kinds  of  weather, 
endure  through  all  seasons.  If  it  should  fail,  it 
must  be  either  from  some  defect  of  care  in  the 
straining,  or  because  the  vessel  in  which  it  was 
boiled  was  not  previously  carefully  rinsed  from 
all  remains  of  your  own  Delinquencies  and  Un- 
deserved Mercies. 

"  If  it  should  lose  any  of  its  sharpness,  you 
have  only  to  boil  it  over  again  in  the  same  man- 
ner, and  it  will  recover  all  its  former  acidity 
and  pungency.  Only  let  no  cooks  attempt  this 
recipe  to  whom  time  is  of  any  value,  as  all  de- 
pends on  the  leisure  bestowed  on  the  prepara- 
tion." M.  M.  E. 


JUDAS,  AS  A  WITNESS. 

THE  relation  that  Judaa,  as  an  apostle,  sus- 
tained to  Christ's  mission,  and  the  estab- 
lli-bing  of  the  Christian  religion,  is  misunder- 
stood, and  misapplied  about  as  much  as  any  one 
thing  in  the  Bible.  It  is  common  to  hear  peo- 
ple call  him  the  "black  sheep,"  or  say  that 
"Christ  chose  twelve  apostles  and  one  of  them 
was  a  devil."'  In  fact  the  religious  people  gen- 
erally use  .Tuila':  as  kind  of  iin  excuse  for  the 
hypocrites  and  had  members  there  may  chance 
to  be  in  the  church  now.  Should  a  member 
turn  out  bad,  and  become  unworthy,  we,  in 
some  way  console  ourselves  by  talking  of  Judas 
— he  was  a  "  black  sheep  "  and  it  did  not  kill 
the  church.  We  say,  "  there  was  a  devil  among 
the  twelve,  and  how  ranch  better  can  we  expect 
things  now?"  And  thus  it  has  been  for  over 
eighteen  hundred  yeai-s,  preachers,  writers  and 
all,  misapprehending  the  Lord's  design  in  choos- 
ing Judas  as  an  apostle. 

He  who  was  divine  knew  the  heart'*  of  all  his 
apostles  —  was  acquainted  with  their  inmost 
thoughts,  and  able  to  judge  of  their  tendencies 
in  after  lite.  He  came  to  establish  and  hnild 
up  a  kingdom  that  wjls  to  spread  as  it  advanced 
n  age,  and  become  a  power  in  the  world.  He 
well  knew,  that  in  course  of  time,  the  authen- 
ticity of  his  work,  as  well  as  his  character  would 
be  called  in  question,  therefore,  it  was  needful 
that  competent  witnesses  be  chosen    to  witness 


and  testify  concerning  bin  manner  of  life  and 
work.  _    _ 

In  this  work  of  redemption,  and  ettaUiiihinR 
the  Christian  religion,  the  devil  was  to  be  the 
great  enemy  to  b^  watched  and  overcome,  therw- 
fore,  to  make  the  authenticity  of  h»  work  a 
success,  he  made  choice  of  twelve  disciples  wh.. 
were  to  be  eye  witnesses  of  all  he  said  and  did 
In  making  choice  of  these  twelve  men,  mon- 
wisdom  waj*  used  in  one  particular  than  human 
ingenuity  wonld  have  ever  thought  of.  ll»  oe- 
lect«d  eleven  men  whom  he  knew  would  stand 
faithful  friends  till  death;  but  to  make  the  work 
still  more  secure,  he  select*  the  twelfth  mau 
from  the  ranks  of  the  devil,  that  in  the  choice 
of  his  witnesses  he  might  not  be  thought  par- 
tial, and  attempting  to  evade  the  cuuning 
glance  of  the  critic.  Thus  the  devil  had  hifi 
representative  among  the  apostles. 

Judas,  and  the  eleven,  followed  the  Savior 
three  and  a  half  years,  witnessing  tlie  miracles 
and  wonders  he  did.  At  the  end  of  this  tinn  , 
Judas  betrayed  the  Savior  and  was.  in  a  meas- 
ure, the  amse  of  his  death.  When  lie  fully  re- 
alized  what  he  had  done— when  the  matter  came 
forcibly  home  to  his  heart— be  felt  grieved  and 
condemned.  Without  any  compulsion  whatev- 
er, save  his  own  conscience,  he  voluntarily 
walks  upon  the  wtness  standi  and  **fore  the 
World  proposes  to  give  hii>  evidence.  He  is  fron 
the  ranks  of  the  devil;  in  fact,  the  devil's  own 
witness.  He  has  been  with  the  Master  over 
three  years,  heard  him  preach  and  saw  his  mir- 
acles, and  is  now  ready  to  testify  concerning  the 
character  and  life  of  the  very  person  whom  he. 
as  the  devil's  detective,  has  been  watching  all 
this  time.  In  the  presence  of  the  Jewish  priests 
and  elders  he  solemnly  testifies  and  eays,  "  I 

HATESINNRDIN   THAT  I    HATE    DETBAYBD    THK 

INNOCENT  BLOOD." 

That  is  his  testimony.  When  given,  it 
shocked  the  priests  and  elders,  and  startled  the 
devil.  The  very  man  who  waa  expected  to 
testify  against  the  Son  of  God  comes  out  and 
boldly  declares  that  he  was  innocent.  The  tes- 
timony of  the  other  eleven  was  not  needed  in 
this  case.  What  Judas  said  is  enough  to  silence 
any  infidel  who  is  willing  to  be  guided  by  rea- 
son. 

That  the  eleven  would  testify  favorably  would 
not  be  expected  otherwise,  hut  for  Juda.s,  the 
bitter  enemy  of  Christ,  to  come  out  and  testify 
as  he  did,  was  a  matter  of  astonishment  to  the 
enemies  of  the  cause.  As  testimony,  it  has 
double  force,  and  carries  with  it  a  power  the 
infidel  can  never  refute.  Judas'  own  words 
establishes  the  authenticity  of  the  Christian  re- 
ligion. 

From  this,  we  gather  one  reason  why  the 
Savior,  in  selecting  twelve  witnes.ses,  made 
choice  of  one  from  the  devil's  ranks.  He  want- 
ed the  world  to  see  that  even  his  own  eneiuirs 
wheii  called  upon  the  witness  stand,  would  testi- 
fy ill  favor  of  his  iniioceucy  and  truthfulness. 
In  civil  courts  the  testimony  of  one  avowed  en- 
emy, in  a  man's  favor,  would  have  more  weight 
with  the  jury  than  adozen  intimate  friends.  If 
an  enemy  comes  forward  and  testifies  that  a 
man  is  innocent,  that  settles  the  question  for- 
ever. This  ha.s  been  done  for  Christ.  The 
worst  enemy  he  had  on  earth  comes  before  the 
world  and  voluntarily  says,  "  I  have  betrayed 
innocent  blood."  This  is  enough.  It  settles 
the  matter  forever.  .i.  h.  m 


THE  DEBATE  NEXT  WEEK. 

PVERYTHING  in  now  ready  for  th.  written 
IJ  debate  to  commenc*  in  the  itUBTntiEif  at 
WoKK  m-xt  weeV.  A  Card  from  Mr.  H«y  m- 
formH  UM  that  he  in  ready,  and  Bro.  Bt*in'«  fint 
'trlicle  has  b.-en  nent  in.  It  commeuc**  a  little 
Inter  than  we  had  at  fimt  expectfd.  hot  will  be 
only  the  more  interesting  the  long  PaH  ^ad 
Winter  night*..  Hope  all  our  r^adere  will  high- 
ly  appreciate  this  effort  in  defending  what  we 
concoive  to  be  the  Truth. 

It  will  be  a  widely  read  HiBcuaaion,  both  ndfl* 
being  published  in  the  Brethbb.v  at  Work 
&m\baptiri  Battle  Flag;  both  paj^r*  have  t 
wide  circulation.  Hearing  of  many  who  wish 
to  subscribe  for  the  paper  till  the  end  of  the 
year,  we  remark,  that  under  the»-e  circumstanc- 
es, the  price  of  the  paper  from  now  till  the  end 
of  the  year,  will  be  30  cents,  but  we  much  pre- 
fer that  subscriptions  be  taken  from  now  to  the 
end  of  1879.  for  $1.75  an  given  in  our  former 
prospectus. 


A  MtNiSTKH  in  North  Carolina,  by  the  name 
of  Wm.  Turner,  who,  11  years  ago.  quit  chew- 
ing and  smoking  tobacco,  says  he  knows  he  haa 
had  much  better  health  by  the  experiment.  He 
adds:  "  I  chewed  eighteen  year^.  I  adviee  all 
chewers  to  quit." 


Too  many  people  di.squalify  themselves  for 
the  enjoyment  of  the  present  by  foreboding 
about  the  future.  It  is  well  never  to  cross 
•■  Fox  River  "  till  you  get  to  it.  Make  the  besi 
of  the  present  and  thereby  become  ready  for  the 
future  when  it  comes.  Tlie  unhappiest  men  we 
know  are  not  those  who  have  the  least  to  make 
them  happy,  but  frequently  those  who  have  the 
most  woridly  advantages.  But  their  anxiety 
about  the  future,  anxiety  to  accnmulale  more, 
and  sometimes  a  morbid  fear  of  losing  what 
they  have  and  coming  to  waut,  utterly  incapac- 
itates them  ""or  any  present  enjoyment. 

In  the  home  life  of  some  literary  men  aie 
found  many  curious  habits.  Two  gentlemen 
recently  visited  Joseph  Cook,  the  greatest  lec- 
turer of  the  age.  and  found  him  in  his  room 
stretched  out  at  full  length  on  the  floor  reading 
abig  book.  Neander,  when  reading  his  lecturea, 
would  lean  across  or  against  a  high  stand,  and 
keep  it  tilting  backwards  and  forwards  all  the 
rime  while  reading.  Habil--  maybe  well  enough 
when  they  tit.  and  are  not  unbecoming.  Some 
learned  men  fiUl  into  very  ridiculous  ^abita, 
which  others  have  no  business  to  imitate. 


THE  YELLOW  FEVER. 

THE  yellow  fever  plague  of  the  South  con- 
tinues its  death  work  with  but  little  change 
for  the  better.  While  there  is  a  perceptible 
decrease  in  some  of  the  large  cities,  the  disease 
is  rapidly  spreading  into  th«  rural  districts  and 
smaller  towns,  thus  rendering  it  far  more  diffi- 
cult to  manage  on  account  of  the  scattered  con- 
dition of  the  patients.  Many  of  the  best  doctors 
have  either  died  or  are  worn  out,  while  the  iiobh-- 
hearted  nurses  are  gradually  giving  way  to  the 
disease  and  hardships.  There  seems  little  hopes 
for  the  better  before  cold  weather.  A  new  dif- 
ficulty is  now  confronting  the  authorities,  e^;- 
pecially  at  New  Orleans.  There  are  thousands 
of  men  and  women  who  live  by  day's  work,  and 
by  the  plague,  and  general  suspension  of  bu!*i- 
ness.  have  been  thrown  out  of  work,  and  aiv 
now  in  a  state  of  great  destitution.  This  state 
of  allaire  renders  the  condition  of  the  South 
alarming,  with  prospects  for  even  worse  the 
coming  Winter.  In  many  localities  the  crops 
cannot  be  gathered. 


ii.iiiic.ss  Ijfotices. 

nnCl'LATE  THE  TIllTU. 

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<^nvi  "J^ibl^  ^Us^. 


•*2*#  Ifotih  qf  Truth  no  Tongm  Can  Ttll." 

Thli  Jet»«B>enl  i»  dwlfned  for  "kliti  mk)  •"■•'*•'« 
BIbU  oumUou..  ■Dii  for  ihe  mIuIioh  of  Senplur*!  difficul 
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•wa«J  with  w  Biiieh  olo»n>€M  m  potiibl*.  lo  o«l«r  lo 
piViD«l«  Htbk  Tntlh  ArticlM  for  ifaif  J«p»rlBeot,  ( 
b«  abort  ud  W  Ih*  polni. 


W1?I  soniP  one  piciwp  RiN 


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PtfaMc«pl»hi  H*v.  3" 
sight  iiilo  tii<^ui. 

WaiKHueoneplnwi-  p:ive  mfonimdoii  cttnoeru- 
injf  ljtfli»3;8,t'.  m  W.  II,  MiM-Ku. 

PleoBu  tell  me  wbo  lliut  man  wiw.  I'aul  Hpoke 
of  in  8  Cor.  12:  a.  llml  was  cauglit   up  to  tlie  third 


b^Tsn. 


SAMrKLCniST. 


Will  some  lirrjtli^i-  «lvi'  ns  an  ai-ticlc  im  tlit-  M- 
lowing:  *'  He  thiit  i»  Iwwt  In  tlio  kiiig'Iom  «f  hejiv- 
fln  Is  greater  tlmn  lu-y"  11.  II.  Mr.VJtics, 

PleatL'  cicpIaiiiJii'l  TliM^.  2:  d.  It  rf;nlstlins: 
"  Even  hlni.  wluwe  romlng  is  aft*r  the  worklnc  of 
SaUii  with  nil  power  tiiiJ  Blgus  itn'l  lying  wuii4pr«. 

M.  C.  CZKiANH. 

Pleaao  niveau  explanntion  of  MiiU.El;  U:  »1h" 
Mark  ll :  8.    !)■'  iJOth  inwin  the  mnw'/  If  mo,  whiil 
ismeapt  by  the  asatlc*!  and  the  colt  wltli  her;  loos« 
them  ami  bring  them  unto  luoV    Did  he  ritle  both, 
.  oronlythttrolty  '  I.  II.  CitisT. 

Plodfli)  give    «n    (•xpliiiiation  rif    the  following 
wordB:  '■  Wh«.HOi-v<-r  in  burn  of  tJod.  doth  nut  ct>n»- 
mlt  Hin ;  for  liis  aoi-d  n-miilnetb  in  him,  ami  ho  ciin- 
not  Kin,  U-caiise  he  ia  bom  of  Ood."    1  John  :t:  «. 
HoLLIKUUBAl'tlll. 

The  eight  souls  tliat  were  savi'd  by  water.  wa« 
that  wiiU'r  literal  wattn-  or  wns  it  Home  oilier  kind 
of  WHterl-  1  Peter;!:  JO,  21 J  also  Acta  lill:  10.  wlieru 
itlsaalJ,  Arise  and  be  biiptizod  luid  wjisli  iiway  thy 
ains,  was  this  literal  wuler,  that  was  to  wash  away 
hlsalna?  M' ^■ 

■Will  Mir' liniiTllititN  atWoiik.  or  some  onr  of 
lt«tiitmy  readerH.  explain  a  few  expri'SHlomi  that 
are  oft*n  uBed  in  jilayi-rl'  They  arc  nilher  rtiirk  to 
me.  1  ank  for  information:  Fii-st.  Is  it  propvr, 
when  giving  thanks  Ht  the  table,  toaak  the  Lord  tn 
"Wmb"UihI  foodwhii'li  Ih- hiia  already  lilensed? 
.Secondly.  1»  11  i)rojn'r  to  pray  "  for  the  aake  of  .le- 
Hiis,"  when  JeHns  liiw  done  ull  for  onr  sake '/ 

D.  F.  Kiiv. 
Please  give  iw  ynnr  views  on  the  covering  eimkcn 
of  by  Paul  in  1  Cor.  11 ;  nlao  tell  m  who.  or  wbal 
that  Ill-ad  is.  llie  womon  dishonor  by  pra>inR 
or  iiropliesyiiiK  willi  her  head  nncovered.  butli  the 
marriwl  luid  iiiunanjcdy  lly  doing  80  yoi  may  do 
a  good  wiirk  for  some  of  our  nipjobers  out  here  in 
thi-  far  UVst  and  oblige  David  Uowkhs. 

1.  Plf'iwe  give  yimr  views  on  l.nke  10:  J.  "Car- 
ry nvitber  iinrsc,  norserip.  nor  shot's:  ami  aftlnti> 
noinnii  by  the  way." 

1'.  Aim.  Miitl.  :;;(:  0:  "And  call  no  man  y<jiir 
father  ujmn  the  earth :  for  one  in  yonr  father  w  bit  li 
is  in  heavi'U." 

3.  Also  I  Cor.  ^ ;  :ili :  "  The  wife  is  bound  by  the 
law  as  long  as  her  himband  liveth ;  but  if  her  hus- 
band be  diNid,  she  is  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will;  only  in  the  Lnrd." 

Emma  Fi.snKit. 


hia  soul,"  w  see  the  redeemed  by  His  blood  m 
everlasting  life;  so  the  reapers  in  the  harvest 
will  see  of  the  fruit  of  tbeir  labors,  and  "  enter 
into  the  joy  "  of  their  Lord.  And  thas  shall 
"  he  that  soweth,"  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
"  he  that  reapeth,"  His  faithful  servants,  rejoic* 
together. 

Reader,  do  you  not  want  a  share  in  the  wages? 
a  part  in  the  general  joy,  when  the  Sower  and 
the  reajwr  shall  rejoiw  together^  The  fields 
are  whit«  already  for  the  harvest.  Ent«r  into 
the  work.  Do  not  say  there  are  yet  four  months. 
You  may  be  too  late.  Go  to  work  and  you  shall 
receive  your  wages.  As  we  would  have  a  part, 
when  the  harvest  is  brought  home  with  rejoic- 
ing, let  lis  at  once  enter  into  the  work,  that  we 
may  bring  some  sheaves  with  us— gathei  some 
fruit  to  eternal  life.  There  is  no  doubt  aboat 
the  wages,  if  the  work  is  only  done.  Now  ie 
the  time  to  work. 


HE  THAT    REAPETH, 
WAGES. 


RECEIVETH 


•'  Say  nut  ye.  There  are  yet  four  monllm,  ami  then 
eonu-tli  barvi-Nl'Miebuld,  Way  unto  ynu,  l.il't  ii)i 
your  eyes,  and  limk  on  Ihe  liidds;  Inr  they  arc  h  hdi- 
already  lo  huive»l.  And  In-  that  reapeth  rrrcivi-tli 
wages,  and  galliinlh  triiit  unto  life  eteiiuil;  tluil 
lolL  ho  Umt  Nowelliitinl  he  tbul  reapeth  niiiv  le- 
joiw  loKethei/'-.liihn-l :  .["i,  :iil. 
rpniS  tt-xt  iniiy  liuve  «  general  application  to 
J.  all  liiue--  in  wliieh  men  hove  labored  in  the 
uaniie  ut  liuimiu  salvation.  Since  sin  inti-'red 
into  the  world,  and  the  great  plan  of  redemption 
was  luid,  there  Iia.f  ever  been  reaping  to  do, 
all  the  gatherers  with  ('lirist  will  receive  their 
wages,  lint  at  the  first  advent,  a  sort  of  reck- 
oning lime  with  the  .Jewish  people  came,  and 
and  hence,  in  a  peculiar  sense,  th'?  Holds  were 
ready  for  tin-  Inirvest.  And  at  the  jireseiit  time, 
as  the  liiiul  judgment  is  pending,  the  denianil 
for  labor  in  the  liarvest  wflii  never  more  urgent. 
But  men  are  a|)t  to  make  good  resolves  for 
some  future  lime.  Some  four  months  lu'liee. 
they  intend  I"  enter  the  field.  Hut  the  work  is 
all  ready,  the  fields  are  white. 

The  reaper  receives  wages.  WIio  are  the 
reapers?  Every  one,  iniuister  or  others,  who 
are  instrumental  in  the  work  of  saving  men. 
All  may  huve  a  share  in  the  work,  and  conse- 
quently a  share  in  the  wages.  Kut  what  are  the 
wages?  Are  they  one  tltousand,  three  thous- 
and, five,  fen  or  twenty  thousanddollarsuyear? 
By  no  means.  They  that  covet  a  great  salary 
and  get  it,  "have  their  reward."  Such  was  not 
the  wages  of  the  apostles  and  martyrs.  Yet 
they  will  have  tlieir  reward. 

But  what  will  be  the  wages?  The  next  clause 
explains  it;  they  gather  "  fruit  unto  life  eter- 
nal." They  will  see  the  sohIk,  they  huve  been 
instrumental  in  bringing  to  eternal  life,  safe 
with  themi-elveii  in  the  kingdom  of  God.  .\s  it 
will  be  the  Savior's  joy  to  see  of  "  the  travail  of 


PREACHING  THE    GOSPEL. 

BY  J.  K.  ^PRI.\OBa. 

WE  should  lend  a  helping  hand  in  sending 
missionaries  over  (he  land  to  preach  the 
everlasting  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  to  a  dying 
people.  I  fear  too  many  calls  are  not  heeded, 
and  if  sinners  die  out  of  Christ,  who  will  be  to 
blame?  I  believe  the  Brethren  will  be  in  part. 
Christ  said  to  His  disciples,  "  Go  ye  into  all  the 
world  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature." 
This  is  a  plain  command.  Now  then.  "'  faith 
cometh  by  hearing,  and  how  shall  they  hear 
without  a  preacher?  "  According  to  God's  di- 
rections we  are  bound  to  serve  them,  and  if  we 
I  to  do  it,  we  violate  one  of  Christ's  com- 
mands. Some  mwy  look  at  this  as  a  great  bur- 
den to  the  brotherhood.  If  each  one  of  us 
would  give  one  dollar  annually,  we  could  sup- 
port a  large  number  of  laborers,  and  we  would 
not  feel  the  loss  of  one  dollar,  and  for  aught  we 
know,  God  would  ble«3  us  ten  fold.  God  loveth 
a  cheerful  giver. 

Now  brethren,  don't  think  you  can  do  too 
much  for  the  Lord.  All  that  we  have  the  Lord 
gave  to  us.  Then  let  us  make  good  use  of  it. 
Why  do  we  not  send  more  ministers  out  to 
preach  the  Gospel?  Is  it  because  we  do  not 
have  them?  Nay,  verily.  There  are  some  that 
would  be  willing  to  go:  but  they  must  be  sent, 
and  are  we,  as  a  brotherhood,  too  poor  to  send 
them?  No!  There  is  a  lameness  somewhere, 
and  let  us  hunt  it  up  and  get  rid  of  it,  so  we 
may  not  be  condemned  in  that  great  and  notar 
ble  day  of  the  Lord.  Think  for  a  moment,  of 
the  many  precious  souls  that  are  in  nature's 
darkness,  standing  outside  of  the  borders  of  the. 
hurch.  Why  is  it?  It  is  because  they  have 
110  one  to  show  them  the  way. 

Then  brethren,  let  us  all  put  forth  ourmeans 
and  time  in  the  great  first  cause.  We  should 
feel  interested  for  our  fellow- men,  as  well  as  for 
our-selves.  We  can  d"  much  if  we  are  only 
willing.  We  are  sn  highly  blessed  with  sermon 
after  sermon,  and  with  Gosjiel  privileges  above 
mxny  of  our  tellow  morlals.  So  let  us  ever  be 
thankful  to  God.    May  God  bless  and  save  us 

all.  ^_^^^__ 

GOD'S    THUNDER. 


"Hill  Mir  tliiindcr  of  his  power  who  ran  undfr 
slimdy-.I.ib2<l:14. 

riTHOUGH  some  people  are  afraid  of  thunder 
1  and  lightning,  we  need  thunder  storms  to 
agitate  and  purify  the  atmosphere.  It  i*  not 
uncommon  to  see  persons,  when  a  thunder  storm 
conies  and  the  lightning  begins  to  Hash,  five  to 
some  dai-k  and  secluded  spot.  They  cannot 
compose  themselves  iu  hearing  the  thunder  roar 
and  seeing  the  lightning  fin-sh,  with  the  power 
of  God.  They  may  know  better  than  I  can  tell. 
But  while  this  is  IV  truth,  naturally  speaking, 
we  also  find  .Kome  that  are  afraid  of  the  thunder 
in  the  moral  heaven.  They  tremble  like  Felix, 
at  the  thunder  of  the  truth.  Sometimes  when 
the  thunder  rolls  and  the  lightning  tijishes,  and 
the  atmosphere  begins  to  feel  a  little  warm 
there  are  people  that  cannot  stand  the  heat; 
they  mil  either  flee  to  some  cooler  place  or  find 
a  fearful  complaint. 

I  have  known  communities  where  the  atmos- 
phere had  become  full  of  the  gas  of  "  getting 
religion,"  and  when  a  little  storm  arose,  and 
"getting"  was  turned  into  doinf/  religion,  it 
seemed  as  though  the  storm  was  racing  fearful- 
ly. But  when  it  had  pa.s.'ted  over,  there  was  a 
great  calm,  pure  air  of  truth.  People  could 
breathe  the  ejisenee  of  the  saving  power  of  God. 
God  iuteiiUs  it  shall  thunder,  and  hast  made 
preparation  to  this  end.  The  spiritual  atinos- 
|)bere  needs  agitation.  How  often  when  there 
is  a  little  commotion  of  this  kind,  the  Bible  that 
has  rested  quietly  on  the  shelf,  suddenly  comes 


down,  is  dusted  off  and  perused  I  We  need 
something  sharp,  piercing— Hashing  with  pow- 
er to  make  the  theory  of  false  hopes  and  sandy 
foundations  tremble,  and  quake  to  the  bottom. 
Some  time  the  atmosphere  gets  mixed  with 
truth  and  error.  As  long  as  the  truth  is  pre- 
sented in  a  general  way — sheet  lightning  style 
— many  look  on  aud  say.  "  beautiful."  "  splen- 
did," "elegant,"  "fine."  hut  when  it  is  present- 
ed pointedly  aud  in  power  striking  through  the 
ranks  of  sin,  laying  it  to  the  right  and  left, 
thundering,  so  that  the  very  gates  of  hell  trem- 
ble, then  they  grow  pale  and  quake  with  fear. 
Some  are  easily  alarmed  and  become  nervous 
when  it  thunders  a  little  in  the  church  heavens. 
Paul  besought  the  Corinthians  that  he  might 
be  bold  among  them,  that  he  might  use  the 
weapons  of  bis  warfare  to  the  pulling  down  of 
strongholds,  casting  down  imagination  aud  ev- 
ery high  thing  that  exidteth  itself  against  the 
knowledge  of  God,  and  bringing  into  captivity 
every  thought  to  the  obedience  of  Christ.  Yes, 
there  is  lightning  aud  thunder  in  God's  throne 
in  the  holy  of  holies,  and  the  Lord  sends  them 
forth.  We  need  more  of  them  in  the  church  to 
agitate  and  purify  the  atmosphere.  Let  no  man 
be  blamed  for  presenting  the  truth  pointedly, 
folly  and  powerfully.  Let  the  lightning  of  the 
truth  flash  and  the  thunder  peal  in  their  divine 
power,  aud  if  it  lays  hold  of  temperance  and 
every  other  command,  as  jewels,  and  discards 
reveling  and  idol  woi-ship  and  sin  in  all  its 
forms,  don't  become  nervous,  but  should  there 
be  a  little  commotion,  and  some  grow  a  little 
pale  or  become  somewhat  alarmed,  do  not  be 
dismayed  or  discouraged,  but  hold  up  the  truth  as 
the  Bible  holds  it  up.  It  will  make  us  free— 
\  es,  free  indeed.  Trust  iu  God,  if  He  gives  you 
the  power  to  proclaim  the  truth  with  its  thun- 
der, shake  the  church  and  the  world.  If  God 
fills  you  with  the  electric  current  from  His 
throne,  let  it  strike.  If  imy  should  get  oftend- 
ed  at  the  truth,  still  proclaim  it  in  love.  When 
Jesus  was  here  they  became  offended  at  the 
truth  and  its  ambassador. 

Paul  tells  us.  the  time  would  come  when  men 
would  not  endure  sound  doctrine.  So  let  it 
flash  till  hypocrites  stand  condemned,  and  luke- 
warm professors  tremble  to  get  a  fresh  baptism 
of  electric  fire  froui  oiihigh.  Stand  up  for  Je- 
sus, do  all  in  His  name,  for  He  says,  "  1  come 
quickly,  and  my  reward  is  with  me  to  give  to 
every  man  according  iis  his  work  shall  be." 

A  VOICE  FROM  A   LITTLE  GRAVE. 

EEP  not  for  mo.  sweet  mother,  if  anght 


W^ 


see  thy  tears.  I  am  not  sleeping  beneath  the 
little  green  hillock  which,  in  thy  love  thou  hast 
planted  with  bright  flowers  and  watered  with 
thy  tears.  In  tliis  iiuiet  and  lovely  spot,  thou 
hast  lain  my  cast  ofl'  garment,  but  that  which 
animated  it  and  endeared  it  to  thy  heart,  is,  on 
angels'  wings,  hovering  ever  round  thee.  I  am 
one  of  the  glorious  "  cloud  of  witnesses  that  en- 
compass thee;"  when  busied  with  thy  toils,  I 
watch  beside  thee,  and  see  thee  ever  brushing 
away  the  sorrowing  tear.  When  kneeling  be- 
fore thy  Maker,  I  am  with  thee;  when  alone 
aud  sad,  thou  sittest  and  weepest  at  my  grave- 
side, then  am  I  on  bright  wings  hovering  over 
thee;  when  troiibled  slumbers  fall  upon  thee,  I 
am  guarding  with  my  now  unsleeping  eyes,  thy 
beloved  form.  Seest  thtm  me  not,  sweet  moth- 
er'? lift  up,  not  thy  bodily  eye,  but  thine  eye  of 
faith,  then  wilt  thou  look  upon  me.  Listen 
with  the  ear  of  faith,  and  thou  shalt  hear  my 
tiny  harp  and  the  "  new  song  "  I  am  singing  to 
"  Him  who  sitteth  upon  the  throne."  Oh  you 
would  not  wish  to  recall  me  to  your  earthly 
home,  could  you  form  even  a  faint  conception 
of  my  present  bliss,  or  the  glorious  pleasures  of 
my  new  home.  Let  my  name  he  dear  and 
familiar  in  your  home,  and  often  speak  of  me  to 
my  little  playmates,  with  smiles  aud  a  cheerful 
heart.  Let  them  not  think  of  me  as  not  lost, 
or  dead,  but  living  forever  in  a  bright  and  bsau- 
tifiil  land  where  nothing  can  disappoint  us  or 
make  us  weary  or  sad,  where  there  are  no  tears, 
nor  sickness  nor  death;  where  the  blessed  Sav- 
ior folds  His  little  lambs  in  His  arms  and  loves 
them.  Selected  ))y  Harkibt  Buck. 


HUMILITY. 

IIY  D.VNlKr,  LONOANECKEJi. 

"  llmuble  yourselves  therefore  under  the  lulglity 
band  of  God.  that  he  may  exalt  vou  in  due  time  "— 
I  I'eter  .•,;  0. 

HUMILITY  and  |<ride  stand  opposite  to  each 
other.  Humility  points  down.  Pride 
points  up.  The  one  leads  to  hell,  the  other  to 
heaven.  Humility  clings  to  Clirist  and  Hi« 
followers.  Pride  belongs  to  tlie  devil  and  his 
followers.  Christ  has  humility,  the  devil  has 
pride.    Christ  hasoliedience,  Satan,  disobedience. 


Christ  has  self-denial,  Satan,  self-defense.  Je- 
sus ha-s  the  truth,  the  devil,  falsehood.  Here 
stands  the  Prince  of  light,  and  the  prince  of 
darkness.  Jesus  holds  the  truth,  the  Word  of 
God,  the  sword  of  the  spirit.  "  Yes,"  says  oBe, 
"  Jesus  fought  against  the  enemy  of  God  and 
man  with  the  artillery  of  heaven,  and  Satan'a 
face  was  all  scarred  with  lightning.  The  Son 
of  man  has  come  to  bruise  the  serpent's  head." 

Turn,  sinners,  turn  while  Jesus  is  driving  the 
enemy  back.  Turn,  for  why  will  you  die  ?  Je- 
sus says,  "  Come  to  me!  Come,  that  you  may 
have  life!  Come,  that  you  may  escape  the  wrath 
that  is  to  come!  "  Take  His  yoke  upon  you  and 
learn  of  Him.  meekness  and  humility,  and  you 
shall  find  rest  to  your  souls.  Turn,  sinuers, 
grieve  not  the  Spirit,  quench  it  not  too  long, 
for  fear  you  may,  like  Capernaum  and  Jerusa- 
lem, be  given  over  to  hardness  of  hearts  to  be- 
lieve lies  »id  be  damned.  When  you  looks* 
self.  Christ  is  small,  but  when  you  look  at  Chriflfc, 
self  is  small.  There  is  no  one  can  see  himself 
so  small,  so  unworthy  as  when  he  sees  Christ 
sufiering,  bleeding,  dying  out  of  love,  to  keep 
man  out  of  hell. 


FAITH. 

BY  JENNLE  MYEK8. 

WITHOUT  faith  we  cannot  please  God. 
God  is  ashamed  of  us  if  we  have  no  con- 
fidence in  Him,  and  prepares  for  us  no  habita- 
tion iu  heaven.  By  faith,  the  Christian  over- 
comes the  world,  the  flesh  and  tly;  devil,  and 
receives  the  crown  of  righteousness.  The  crown 
is  not  in  the  beginning,  neither  in  the  middle, 
but  if  we  hold  out  faithful  to  the  end  we  shall 
receive  our  reward.  In  virtue  of  faith,  worthy 
men  of  old  wrought  great  wonders.  Faith  lives 
and  worships  God  in  death.  Faith  regards  the 
blood  of  Christ  as  the  foundation  of  human  hope 
and  looks  to  it  us  the  only  safeguard  from  the 
destroyer.  No  victories  ever  won  compared 
with  those  of  faith.  Its  triumphs  no  earthly 
tongue  can  speak  or  pen  describe.  They  are 
written  in  the  book  of  lite  aud  will  be  told  with 
immortal  tongues  by  multitudes  which  no  man 
i-au  uumiter,  m  strains  of  glory  rising  higher 
nud  higher  and  giowing  sweeter  and  sweeter  to 
endless  ages. 


THE  dispatches  report  that  the  present  erui> 
tion  of  the  volcano  Cutopaxi,  in  South 
Aniericfl.  is  the  most  violent  that  has  taken 
place  for  years,  and  that  the  immense  clouds  of 
smoke  and  ashes  can  be  seen  from  Guayaquil, 
IGO  miles  distant.  As  Cotopaxi  is  subject  to 
violent  eruptions,  this  means  a  great  deal.  In 
1738  the  flames  rose  '6,W0  feet  above  the  mouth 
of  the  crater;  in  ITtls  the  smoke  and  ashts  dark- 
entd  the  air  for  mani'  miles,  aud  during  the 
eruption  of  1S03.  Humboldt  heard  the  explos- 
ions at  Guayaquil,  booming  oul  like  the  contin- 
ual discharges  of  a  battery  of  artillery.  In  1744 
the  explosions  were  heard  at  a  distance  of  5Q0 
miles.  There  were  outbursts  in  1S50,  1854, 
lS.i6,  and  18t>4.  and  at  all  times  there  is  an  es- 
cape of  bleaui  and  smoke.  Cotopaxi  is  the 
highest  active  volcano  in  .America,  and  a  violent 
eruption  is  a  notable  event  in  the  world's  his- 
tory. In  lt)9B  an  eruption  destroyed  the  city 
of  Tacunga,  some  thirty  miles  distant,  but,  as  a 
rule,  the  eruptions  have  not  been  disastrous. 
Frequently  the  great  mass  of  snow  near  the  top 
of  the  mountain  is  melted  by  the  internal  fires. 
and  the  plains  below  flooded. 

SELECTED  GEMS. 

True  happiness  hiw  uo  localities; 

Xi>  tones  provincial ;  no  peeiillar  gnrb. 

— He  who  is  only  in  good  health,  and  is  will- 
ing to  work,  has  nothing  to  fear  in  this  world. 

— A  child's  heart  responds  to  the  tones  of  its 
mother's  voice  like  a  harp  to  the  wind. 

— They  that  do  nothing  are  iu  the  readiest 
way  to  do  that  which  is  worse  than  nothing. 

— Promises  made  in  time  of  attliction  require 
a  better  memory  than  people  commonly  possess. 

— Who  is  powerful  ?  He  who  can  control  his 
passions.- Who  is  ^ic^l?  He  who  is  contented, 
with  what  he  has. 

— When  the  world  has  once  got  hold  of  a  liej 
it  is  astonishing  how  hard  it  is  to  get  it  out  of 
the  world. 

—When  you  speak  evil  of  another  you  must 
be  prepared  to  have  others  speak  evil  of  you, 
There  is  an  old  Buddhist  proverli  which  says, 
"He  who  indulges  in  enmity  is  like  one  who 
throws  a-hes  to  windward,  which  come  back  to. 
the  same  place  and  covers  him  all  over." 


October    lO. 

^\tm$   of   |(nicresl. 

— CAMHta  are  as  cosily  raiwd  in  Texas  as 
horses  and  catfcle. 

-_Thb  isle  of  Cyprus  is  Wlieved  by  many 
jcholara  to  be  the  Chittiin  of  the  Biblp, 

-The  gain  of  Catholic,  in  I„dia  j,  only  ten 
per  cent.,  while  Proteatanta  gain  «Uty-one  per 
cent. 

_-Ladib3  arc  forbidden  by  law  from  wearine 
dresses  with  trails  in  the  public  streets;  b  ut  it 
is  in  Prague,  not  in  New  York. 

-The  Moravian  church,  with  u  memWrahip 
of  16,000  in  this  country,  raises  $S5.000  per 
year  for  missionary  work. 

— Tbibtebn  of  the  wives  of  the  late  Brigham 
Young,  the  Mormon  prophet,  including  his  fu- 
vorite  Amelia,  have  married  again. 

— ANbw  York  physician  has  made  the  dis- 
coverj'  that  "  not  one  person  in  three,  has  legs 
of  equal  length,  and  that  the  number  of  left 
legs  longer  than  they  neecl  be.  is  nearly  double 
that  of  the  right." 

—The  experiment  of  the  American  Bible 
Society  in  issuing  a  five-ceut  edition  of  the  New 
Testament  has  proved  a  suceeas,  In  order  to 
meet  the  demand.  1,000  copies  hove  to  be  print- 
ed daily. 

—An  artesian  well  3,250  feet  deep  has  been 
bored  in  Pesth,  Hungary.  It  is  the  deepest  in 
the  world,  beiug  nearly  twice  the  depth  of  that 
in  Paris.  Itseudsupa  jet  of  nearly  boiling 
water  forty-two  feet  high. 

—The  chaplain  in  charge  at  the  Tombs,  in 
New  York  city,  in  his  report,  mentions  as  a 
fact,  that  out  of  1,030  boys  incarcerated  there 
under  fourteen  years  of  age,  a  little  over  200 
were  Protestants,  and  over  800  were  Roman 
Catholics. 

—The  translation  of  the  Scriptures  into  the 
Turkish  languages  has  just  been  completed,  at 
a  time  when  England  assumes  the  protectorate 
over  Turkey.  The  free  circulation  of  the  Bible 
in  that  country  now  makes  the  event  an  au- 
spicious one. 

— The  new  law  of  compulsory  education  in 
Italy  is  working  well,  it  is  said.  The  passage 
of  the  law  involved  the  building  of  2,000  new 
Bchool-houses.  and  the  improvement  of  20,000 
old  ones.  The  governments  hope  soon  to  have 
school-houses  enough  to  accommodate  all  the 
children. 

— Along  the  coast  of  Labrador  the  condition 
of  the  people  is  reported  to  be  hearUrending. 
Last  Fall  the  fisheries  failed,  and  the  traders 
who  had  exchanged  provisions  for  fish  and  oil 
abandoned  the  territory,  not  willing  to  let  the 
inhabitants  have  food  on  credit. 

— The  London  rmss  gives  three  columns  of 
description  and  two  columns  of  editorial  char- 
acterization of  the  Americiiu  mechanical  dis- 
play at  Paris.  It  declares  that  "The  activity 
and  insight  of  tha  American  inventive  genius 
develops  more  that  is  new  and  practical  in 
mechanism,  than  all  Europe  combined." 


TFTK    l^TtKTHri-KlSr    AT    AVOl^IC 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Home  Again  From  Planting. 


The  graduftl  decline  of  the  ministers'  health 
hiw  deprived  them  of  regular  mecting»  for 
months:  and  their  elder.  Addiaon  H>irper.  living 
some  twenty-five  or  thirty  miles  from  th^ir  nu- 
cleu§.  and  now  in  feeble  health,  is  very  discour- 
aping;  y?t  they  aeem  "o  devoted  and  alive  and 
so  determined  to  succeed,  that  they  inUmd  to 
try  and  hold  a  Love-feast  this  Fall.  1  Would 
yet  say.  I  believe  this  to  be  n  very  fertih-  held, 
and  hope  if  our  planting  hero  he  watered  well, 
th.il  much  increase  may  soiui  be  reaped. 

From  here  I  went  Eiwt  some  thirty  miles,  to 
Chariton  Co.,  where  a  brother's  voice  had  never 
before  been  heard,  and  the  Ciospel   in  its  primi- 
tive simplicity  and  purity  never  preached.    But 
it  IS   renuirkable   how   near  an  Apollos  came 
gueHsing  at  the  apostolic  mode  of  baptism  in 
this  vicinity  some  five  years  ago.    Coming  from 
England  direct  to  this  region,  the  preacher  be- 
gan a  protracted  series  of  meeting,  and   gained 
the  people,  till  he  p?r^u.ided   some   twenty    or 
more  to  embrace  religion,  a  large  porportion  of 
whom  preferred  being   bapti7.ed,   of  course,  by 
immersion.     But  the  eloquent   man.  and  the 
"  man  mighty  in  the  SL:ripture3"  declared  to  his 
tenacious  advocates  of  immersion,  that  he  had 
never   seen   any   one    immersed, — that    in    his 
country  it  was  seldom    if  ever   practiced;    but 
wishing  to  secure  all  of  his  converts,  he  would 
do  the  best  he  could.     Whereupon  after  going 
down  into  the  water,  he  h  id  his  applicants  to 
kneel;  and  at  the  naming  of  the  three  names  of 
the  Holy  Trinity,  he  dipped  them  once  forward. 
I    wonder   if  some    Aqnila  and    Priscilla   did 
not.  afterward,  att^impt  to   instruct  him    more 
perfectly  in  the  w*y:i  of  the  Lord.     But  alter  1 
bad  preached  on  the   evening  of  the  14th    and 
on  th*e  15th.  (Lird's  d  ly)  at  3  o'clock  P.  M. 
and  baptized  at  5  o'clock  (same  day),  in  the 
presence  of  a  va^t  crowd  of  witnesses,  some 
may  have  thought  "  worae  yet,"  but  we  heard 
various  favorable  expressions  from  many  honest 
hearts.      At    three  o'clock   and  just    previous 
to  baptism,  I  had  given  one  and  one-half  hours 
to  a  lecture  exclusively  on  the  mode    of  Chris- 
tian baptism.     Then  at  night  on  the  ordinances 
of  the  Gospel.     Their  last  meeting  was  held  in 
the  Baptist's  spacious  church   in   the   town   of 
Clifton    Hill,   Randolph    county.     And   I   will 
here  state  to  the  gratification  of  the  Breehren 
AT  Work,  and  whoever  sent  it  to  E.  F.  Burrow 
of  this  place,  that  he  also,  during  these    meet- 
ings, made  the  good  confession  and  was  baptis- 
ed, being  made  very  happy  in  his  Savior's  love. 
May  the  Lord  bless  him  in  his  isolated   condi- 
tion, and  may  his  noble-hearted  and  kind  wife 
also  be  blest  with  a  more   full   assurance  of  a 
blessed  immortality,  and  may    God   bless  their 
three  little  sons,  and  sanctity'  them  through  the 
holiness  of  their  parents,  and   they    shall  call 
them  blessed. 

Brethren  finding  this  miraculous  opening,  I 
caraeto  the  conclusion  here  that  eternity  only, 
could  ever  tell  how  much  good  is  being  done 
by  the  dissemination  of  the  truth  through  our 
periodicals  and  tracts.  Brethren  of  the  press, 
I  say,  take  courage  and  fight  on.  Brethren  aud 
sisters,  you  who  have  cast  in  a  mite,  that  the 
papers  might  be  sent  to  the  poor,  to  you  I  say, 
when  I  go  into  the  highways  and  in  the  hedges 
I  find  the  spiritually,  lame  and  the  halt,  as  a 
c  )nse(iuence,  already  "  walking  and  leaping  and 
praising  God."  The  blind  say,  they  already 
"see  men  as  trees  walking,"  another  applica- 
tion of  the  "  spittle  that  proceeded  from  the 
mouth  of  Christ  Jesua,  and  obedience  in  wash- 
ing in  the  pool  of  Siloam,  and  they  see.  Breth- 
ren and  sisters  cast  bread  upon  the  waters  and 
let  your  evangelists  see  it  return,  even  not 
many  days  hence.  From  there  I  returned  to 
Carroll  Co.  and  tried  to  preach  on  the  evenings 
of  the  16th  and  17th,  in  the  Big  Creek  (Baptist) 
church,  where  a  friend  Samuel  Sewell,  had  ar- 
ranged appointments,  who  is  also  nigh  the 
kingdom.  Here  is  also  friend  L.  D,  Clark,  for- 
merly of  McComb.  111.,  desiring  very  much  that 
Brethren  A.  G.  Black  and  John  Myers  of  Mc- 
Comb pay  him  a  visit,  proposing  to  meet  them 
at  Wheeling,  on  the  Hannibal  aud  St.  Jo  R.  R., 
at  any  time.  Brethren  cau't  you  be  there  at 
their  Love-feast  on  the  19th  of  October?  From 
there  I  set  out  at  sunrise  on  the  18th  and  arriv- 
ed home  at  five  o'clock  (same  day).  Found  all 
well  and  once  more  appreciated  fully,  what  the 
Brethren  mean,  when  they  say,  on  such  occa- 
sions: "and  thanked  the  Lord." 

C.  C.  Root. 


of  Hro.lnhn  Barnbart's,  where  we  met  Bro.  Jo- 
seidi  Hendricks,  of  Cerro  Gordo  and  Bro.  David 
Trorel,  of  Millmine,  with  othera,  who  had    re- 
■*ponded  to  an  appointment  for   a  Communion 
meeting,   the  first  in   this  newly     organiwd 
church.     Tiie  Brethren  had  built  a  «h«'d,   large 
and   comniodiouR,  for    the  purpose,   near  the 
house  of  Bro.  John  Barnbart.    Quite  acongre- 
gation  was  iwsembled  by  three  o'clock,  and  ad- 
dressed by  Joseph  Hendrick«,  from  the  words, 
"  Fear  not  little  tlock.  for  it    in  your    Fiither's 
good  pleasure  to  give  you   the   kingdom."     In 
the  evening  the  ordinauees  of  the  Lord's  house 
were  attended  for  the  finit  time  by    the    Bn.>th- 
re»  in  this  place.     Quite    a  number  of  people 
attended-     The  order  waa  excellent  aud  the  oc- 
ca.'^ion  impressive.     Next  morning  the    Breth- 
ren  met   at    S:3(l    according  to  appointment, 
which  was  consulted  with  regard  to  the  further 
organization  of  them  as  a  body,  which  culmin- 
ated in  the  ordination  of  Bro.  John    Bftrnhart 
to  the  full  ministry  and  the  advancing  of  Bro. 
Christian  Barnbart  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry.    The  charge  was  given   by  Bro.  Jo- 
seph Hendricks.  By  this  time  a  very  large  con- 
gregation had  assembled.     .\t  If):  SO  the  meet- 
ing was  opened  in  regular  order,  by  the  Breth- 
ren.     Brother     Oavid   Troxel     addressed  the 
people  from  the  charge  of  Paul   to   Timothy, 
"  Preach  the  word,"  after  which  Bro.  Hendricits 
in  a  very  touching   manner  referred  to  the  ex 
treme  suffering  of  the  South,     liuite  a  feeling 
was  apparent  throughout  the  congregation. — 
After  this  a  collection   was  made  for  the  suff- 
erers and  put  into  the  hands  of  a  brother,  a  R. 
K.  agent.     Then  our  beloved    Bro.   Troxel  left 
for  home.     In  the  evening  at  7  o'clock  preach- 
ing at  Mahomet  in   the   Presbyterian   church. 
Subject,  "  Saved  by  grace"  to  a  crowded  house. 
On  Tuesday  night  at  the  shed  again,  good  order 
and  attention.       Also   Wednesday    night,  the 
last  time  in  Piatt  Co.  to  au   orderly   congrega- 
tion.    God  bless  them.     We  hope  all  that  have 
not.  will  find  Jesus  very  precious  to  their  souls 
Here  our  labors  ended  at  this  place.     We  had 
expected  Bro.  D.  Vaniman  to   be    with   us,  but 
had  received  a  dispatch,  that  he  was  »ck;   hope 
he  is  well  ere  this.     Thursday,   weuttoUrbana 
church;  meeting  at   night,  also   Friday  night; 
had  good  congregations  and  good    attention. — 
Saturday,  at  three  P.   M,,  our  number  was  in- 
creased  by  the   presence   of  brethren  Joseph 
Hendricks,  JohnBarnhart  and  C.  Bamhart,  be- 
sides the  home  ministry.     The  services  opened 
in  the  regular  order.    Bro.  Hendricks  addressed 
the  meeting  from  John  36: 16.  after  which  fol- 
lowed the  Communion  services.     Many  more 
people  were   present  than   could  get   into  the 
house,  for  which  we  were  sorry,     (^uite  a  large 
Communion  for  the  place.      Sunday  at  10:  30 
had  preaching  at   the   meeting-house,  another 


I  had  begun  the  gradt-d  department  and  was 
progrcNHing  finely,  but  it  i»  gone  now;  do  not 
know  when  fhey  will  be  back,  no  that  I  can 
■ommence  again.  Thi>  whole  South  in  on  tiu- 
pen-w,  and  will  run.  from  an  infected  rMfugee, 
'ike  wild,  Ther«  it  wjme  poor  fellow  from  the 
nfected  ty)wnB  on  nearly  erpry  train,  token 
down  sick;  and  iH  dropped  off  along  the  road, 
at  some  otit-(»f-the-Wfly  place,  8ometini« 
they  receive  attention,  but  generally  they  ora 
left  to  themselves,  at  least  till  some  doctor  or 
nurse  comes  from  Memphis.  Thu»  far  it  b« 
not  been  contracted  by  any  one  living  in  Ala- 
bama from  the  sick  brought  to  the  Stat«. 

I  am  well  pleased  with  my  new  home,  tbiu 
far.  I  am  treated  with  all  the  respect  and 
kindnesfl.  that  I  could  wiah.  I  can  perceive  hot 
little  or  no  difference  in  the  manner  of  the  peo- 
ple here  from  that  in  the  North.  They  are 
just  about  as  intelligent.  In  fact  the  children 
of  the  same  age  are  farther  advanced  than  the 
children  in  some  Northern  districts;  I  was  sur- 
prised at  the  little  fellows.  The  society  of 
young  ladies  and  gentlemen,  that  are  respect- 
ables, is  more  refined  than  the  Northern.  T  here 
are  some  bad  characters,  as  in  all  towns,  where 
whiskey  is  sold. 

The  country  and  clime  ib  delightful,  crops  are 
good.  The  soil  looks  odd  to  me— it  looks  like 
red  Sawdust. 

I  have  just  received  mv  paper,  and  read  the 
fever  reports;  it  is  horrible!  No  le*is  than  five 
hundred  deaths  during  the  last  twenty-four 
hours!  There  are  four  women  from  Florida 
at  the  hotel,  now  waiting  for  the  train  to  go  to 
Memphis  as  nurses.  They  get  big  wages,  but 
it  is  going  to  thejaws  of  death — monev  against 
life! 

The  weather  is  unfavorable — warm  days  and 
cool  nighb4. 


Way-side  Gleanings. 

Dfiir  Ihrthrfu:— 

INASMUCH  as  1  promised  many  of  you  that 
I  would  inform  you  through  the  Bbbtbrkk 
,T  Work  in  regard  to  our  journey.  I  will  now 
give  you  a  few  lines  from  this  place:  I  got  to 
Fulton.  III.  in  time  to  cross  the  river  on  the 
last  boat  Thursday  the  fifth;  fhavmg  started 
from  Lanark  in  the  moruing.  where  I  bid  adieu 
to  my  dear  family  and  a  number  of  brethren 
and  sisters).  I  met  my  friend  David  Fealer  at 
Fvilton,  with  who-e  family  I  often  lodged,  while 
on  the  Central  Illinois  miaaion.  He  is  my 
companion  in  traveling  West  and  I  thank 
God  for  his  dear  company. 

Saturday  and  Suuday    we  spent  the  time 
with    Bro.    Benjamin  Miller  and    Bro.  John 


Eshelman  and  families.  Attended  meeting  on 
collection  for  the  South;  also  at  night  to  a  I  Sunday,  which  wa-i  a  special  feast  to  my  souL 
crowded  house,  and  the  most  intense  interest    ^"  Monday  morning  we   bade  them   farewelL 


seemed  to  be  manifested-  Here  our  labms  end- 
ed at  this  place,  when  we  felt  loth  to  leave  the 
place,  but  arrangements  had  been  made  to  leave 
for  Ogden,  so  leaving  the  meeting-house  at 
night  we  went  home  with  Adonijab  Bowers,  a 
minister  in  the  Urbana  church.  We  stayed  with 
him  and  his  kind  family  most  of  the  day.  Mon- 
day evening,  held  two  meetings  in  Og^n.  We 
then  went  to'  Swearengin's  school-house;  held 
one  meeting,  with  some  interest.  The  next 
night  we  had  a  Communion,  at  the  house  of 
Bro.  Levy  Harminson's,  whose  vrife,  aaister  was 
sick.     Here  our  labors  closed. 

T.  D.  Lyon. 


IN  pursuance  of  the   North  Missouri  Mission 
charge.  I  left  home  on  the  morning  of  Sept. 

7fch,  aud  reached  Bro.  William  Mason's  in  Ray 

Oo.,  in  the  evening.    On  the  morning  of  the  8th, 

let  out  for  the  place   of  ray   first  appointment 

(Bro.  John  Morton's),  in  Carroll   Co.,   where  1 

arrived  at  3  o'clock  P.  M..  sorry   to  find   Bro. 

Morton  confined  in   sickness,    but  glad  to  say : 

left  him  convalescent.     Here   we   had  meeting 

at  the  Rose  Bud  school-house,  on    the  evening 

of  the  8th  and  9th,  with  an  increase  of  double 

the  number  in  attendance  from   the  first  t^  the 

second   appointment.      After  this   planting    I 

went  North  some  ten  miles  to  the  Taylor  school- 
house,    which   field   is   represented  by  brother 

Frederi  ck  Michael  and  the  sister,  and  brother 
George'  Bechtold  and  the  sister.  Here  we  sow- 
ed the  seed  broadcast  on  the  evenings  of  the 
10th,  11th  and  12th.      Thence  on   the    13th  I 

pursued  my  journey  Eastward,  where  several 
members  met  for  evening  services.  At  this 
point  1  will  say:  this  little  band  of  brethren  and 
sisters,  once  organized  and  known  as  the  "Car- 
roll Co.  Grand  river  church,"  is  tnily  in  a  lau- 
Ruiahing  state  of  aflfaira;  and  desires,  deserves 
and  requires  the  attention  and  aid  of  the  sur- 
rounding brethren.  The  membership,  about 
twenty  in  number,  very    much    scattered.  — 

The  organization  consists  of  one  brother.  Rich-  ^    ^^  r,  ,r       -ixr  ^    u    i.    n.       *> 

ard  Morris,  in  the  first  degree   of  the    nnnistry    field  at  12:  30  P.  M       ^yas  met   by  brother  t 
and  brethren  John  Morton  and  William  Jacobs.  I  Barnbart  and  others,  who  took  us  to  the  house 


Two  Weeks  in  Piatt  and  Champaign 

Counties. 

I  IN  company  with  sister  Catherine  Snavely, 
•  Bro.  Martin  Puterbaugh  and  Michael 
Snavely,  took  the  train  for  Blue  Ridge  church, 
Piatt  Co..  111.,  September  7th,  landed  at  Mana- 


About  The  Yellow  Fcvei. 

IX  a  letter  from  J.  G.  Snyder,  Decatur,  Ala., 
to  S.  J.  Harrison,  we  glean  the  following; 
The  people  of  this  town  became  panic-*itrick- 
en  yesterday  over  yellow  fever,  aud  nearly  the 
half  tied  from  town,  and  this  stopped  everj'- 
thing.  Three  or  four  persons  were  taken  down 
with  bilious  fever  within  the  last  couple  days, 
and  one  died  suddenly  yesterday  noon,  and  was 
somewhat  yellow.  Would-be's  that  know(?) 
everything  (but  in  reality  nothing)  pronounced 
it  yellow  fever,  and  everybody  that  was  any- 
ways scary,  packed  and  tied  for  their  livee. — 
From  my  own  reading  I  was  satisfied,  that  it 
would  be  a  new  thint;  if  it  spread  in  a  town  the 
elevation  that  this  is,  and  farther,  one  of  the 
worst  cases  was  at  the  hotel  that  I  stay  at.  I 
determined  to  stay,  and  tried  to  convince  others, 
that  there  was  nothing  of  it.  To-day  we  had 
three  yellow  fever  doctors  to  come  and  investi- 
gate. They  examined  every  patient,  and  laugh- 
ed at  the  idea  of  people  calling  it  yellow  fever. 
By  their  foolishness  they  have  nearly  ruined 
the  town.  People  are  afraid  to  come  here  aud 
other  towns  won't  let  the  people  come  to  them. 
Some  of  the  reports  that  went  abroad,  were,  that 
the  people  were  dropping  dead  all  over  town. 
School  business  is  killed,  dead  until  after  frost. 


May  God  bless  them.     It  seems  to   me  I    can. 
hear  them  praying  for  us  and  our  families,   and 
it  does  my  soul  good.     On  the  11th  we  reached 
the  neighborhood  of  the  Brethren  in  Maish&U 
Co.,  where  I  met  with  my   father  and  mother 
once  more  and  the  father  of  my  dear  wife  and 
some  of  the  family.     On  the  13th    we  recieved 
a  message  from  a  very  sick  man,  who  wanted  to 
be  baptized.  His  family  thought  it  would  prove 
almost  fatal  to  him.  but  he  said,  "  the  Lord  is 
able,  it  is  his  work  and  he  will  bear  me  up."     I 
beheld  his  children  kiss  him  before   he   left  the 
house,  not  expecting  to  see  him  any  more  alive. 
I  tell  you  it  was  enough   to  bring    tears   from 
any  rocky  heart,  when  that  father  said:   "Chil- 
dren don't  weep  so — you  will   see  me   again  a 
happier  man."     A  bed  was  made  in  the  wagon 
and  three  of  us  brethren  carried  him  and  gently 
laid  him  in.      When  at  the  water  two  brethren 
carried  him  in  and  helped  him  upon  his  knees 
and  then   in   that  beautiful  stream,   ^m  the 
hands  of  our  dear  old    Bro.   John  Murray,  he 
was  baptized  according  to  the  Gospel  direction. 
When  that  father  returned  home  it  would  have 
done  your  soul  good  to  have  heard  him   say. 
"dear  children   I    am  here  alive — I   feel  better 
even  in  body — and  my  soul  is  happy — I  have  al- 
ways loved  you,  but  now  I  think    more  of  you 
than  ever  I  did."     One  thing   that   made  this 
scene  so  impressive  was.  that  this  man   had 
even  boasted  of  his  unbelief  in  the  Scriptures 
and  had  opposed  the  Brethren.    0,  I  tell  you 
it  was  a  mighty  sermon  to  me.  when    he  laid 
his  trembling  hand  in  mine  and  said,  "  Brother 
Lemuel.  God's  power  is  greater  than   mine,  and 
I  thank  him  for  it."    0.  dear  Brethren,  let  us 
labor  to  experience  more   of  the   transforming 
power  of  God's  Word. 

On  the  evening  of  the  13th  we  had  a  very 
pleasant  meeting  with  the  brethren  and  sisten 
in  their  meeting-house,  where  we  were  much 
refreshed  together.  On  the  morning  of  the 
13th  we  started  on  our  journey.  Reached  Bro. 
Daniel  Brubaker's  Saturday  morning,  where 
,  we  met  Bro.  William   Bauman,  who  was  con- 


THE    BRETHKEISr    ^T    "WORiC. 


October    IQ 


ducting  a  «r.«.  of  mMtl..K^  «illi  tli^  Bnllm-i.  ;  tu  U  -  tht-  ]'^«».r  ul  Uod  unto  «alrati«u."  by 
■t  tbftt  plM*?.  A  uuiulwr  wits  .wJ.M  t«  tlic  j  iMJdiii«  dir- nior«  t..  the  littlt- Imrid  ul  belipvt-rs 
•hurch  and  we  l«lt  tliat  ft  mucli  grfalrr  work  here,  wluch  caused  our  h.-arU  to  rejoic,  niid 
•ouM  h»vf  bfpn  done,  would  Williwn  Imve  staid  wo  lia»o  reiisoii  t-J  Ix-iieve  timt  the  angi-U  lU 
longer.  Bro.  Daiiiel  UnibHkt-r  t«lb<  of  uiovirig  |  lit-aven  sUo  rejoiced  to  know  t bat  one  more 
•way.  but  the    right   ni*ii   in    the   right  vhux 


ODght  to  be  iwtwhrd  to  sttiy  wher.-  he  is.  On 
Uondtt)-  morning  the  lJ*th,  w«  i.tiurl«d  on  our 
way  fftrther  West;  and  bySnturdiy  oveiiing  we 
got  iuto  Nebrjwko  City,  where  wo  rvuiftined 
over  Sunday  with  ray  wife'e  »i«t*'r.  On  tho  ev- 
eniug  of  thp  S4th.  wen!ached  theneighlwrhood 
of  brother  H^nry  lirubaker'  near  H.-atritr.  We 
irenowat  the  houw  «f  liro.  Henry.  More 
anon.  ■■  Lkmubi.  Huxbht. 


QLEAKINGS 


From  Moscow,  Virginia.— Tho  first  Satur- 
day in  August  theru  wji»  a  thanksgiving  meet- 
ing at  Beaver  Cn-ek;  serninn  by  Hro.  Isaac 
Long  of  Mill  Creek  diatrict.     lie  did  not  fail  to    but  jf  be  will  make  the  Word  of  God  the  weaji 


for  whom  Chriat  dii^l,  has  eQibrarC«d  the  oppor- 
tunity, while  in  the  (jrime  of  life,  of  Bauctify- 
iiig  hia  Ii(>8,  by  coofewing  thp  Sarior'*  nanip, 
and  proved  his  faith  by  hia  worku  ia  aubmitting 
to  the  holy  command  of  baptifim,  wliich  Chriet 
the  Lord  ha*  hnuored  b<'fore  him.  Tha  few  re- 
marks that  were  mudp  by  brothor  Sell  at  the 
riTeraide  were  in  good  keeping  with  God's 
Word  uiidwH  beliew  had  good  effect.  We  we 
pleased  to  s«.y  that  IJro,  William  Noles  is  well 
pofti'd  in  regard  to  th'-  duties  of  aChrietiau, 
and  is  a  niuu  that  looks  for  light  ia  divine 
truth,  and  has  for  fleveral  months,  been  earn- 
eetly  and  ffuthfully  ooiuiulting  Ood'a  Word  to 
seo  whether  tlioee  thinga  that  we  t«ueh  and 
practice  as  a  church,  were  bo.  lie  may  have  to 
udure  much  by  changing  his  religious  views, 


hold  forth  the  GoBpi'l  in  its  primitive  purity, 
nor  did  he  fail  to  t«ll  the  members  thi-ir  duty 
towards  one  another,  mid  espLcially  towurde  the 
poor. 


of  hia  warfare  the  truth,  which  ia  quick  and 
powerful  will  prevftil.  and  will  put  the  enemies 
to  Hight.  he  will  triumph  over  all  opposi- 
tion. Now  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  we  as  a 
Second  Saturday  of  aiinie  month,  thi-re  was  a  little  bund  of  "  pilgrims  and  strangers  in  the 
thanksgiving  mwling  held  nt  Einanuerccluirrb,  |  g^ti^^'-  ask  you  to  remember  us  iuyour  pra^'cra, 
in  the  name  district;  wrmoii  by  Bro.  John  Flory  i  ^jj^t  we  may  "  lead  a  peaceable  and  quiet  lite  in 
of  Cook's  Creek  district.     I  have  been   greatly    all  godliness  aad  honesty"  and  ever   b«   found 


KAl'KMAX.— In  the  Bethel  district.  Holt  Co., 
Miteouri,  Sept.  13th.  IS'S,  brother  Joseph 
Kautraan,  aged  about  67  years.  I''uneral  ser- 
vices by  the  writer  to  an  attentive  congrega- 
tion. Joseph  Guck. 
(Pnfmi/ir*  Christian, please  copy). 

DRl'SHEL.— Near  Berlin,  Holmea  Co.,  Ohio, 
May  29th.  1878,  Annie  Dniahel.  uged  31 
yeare,  one  mouth  and  22  days. 

She  was  afflicted  for  four  years.  She  for- 
merlv  belonged  to  the  Lutheran  church.  She 
had  not  united  with  the  church,  only  by  mak- 
ing the  good  confession  that  as  aoou  as  she 
wasal)le  in  body  she  would  do  so,  but  ere  this 
opportunity  waa  granted,  her  spirit  took  its 
flight.  She  left  two  little  daughters  to  mourn 
the  loss  of  a  dear  mother.  Fnneral  services 
from  AmO'i  -t:  12. 


^A.NNOXJJSr  CEMENTS. 


NoTicM  of  LoTe-feasls,    Dlslrict   Meeiiogg.    elc.  ihould 
be  brief.  Md  wriiien  on  paper  aepurftte 

ft-om   other   buBvnese. 


built  up  since  our  brolhcr'a  admonition 

On  the  third  Saturday  of  this  month,  there 
was  a  thanksgiving  meeting  at  Moscow  church, 
but  before  our  thanksgiviug  meeting,   wo   met 
in  church  council  to   atti-nd  to  some  busineBS, 
ftnd  to  miikf  preparations  for  our   Communion 
this  Fall,  whirh  will  be  on  the  !ith  of  Novem- 
ber.    AIho  rai^i'l  our  qlioto  for  the  Committoe 
to  California.    Thi*  wa.i  our  foraVnon's  work; 
had  our  thanksgiving  meeting  in  the  afternoon. 
Sermon  by  Knoch  Brow.T,  followed  by  SaiOue! 
Driver,  botli  1  think  of  Barren   Bidgn  distriot. 
Tho  miuislcrial  aid  was  good,    ministers   bi-inp 
prw*ent  from  four  districts.  The  fourth  Fridny  of 
this  month,  tliey  held  a  choice  for  ndeaton  and 
amiuibt«r;  the   lot  fell  on  KnimFUiuel  Long  for 
minister  and  Anthony  Miller  tor  dcneou.     Two  I 
joined  the  church  by  liajitism  at  the  sami'  time,  j 
On  Sunday  August  2.'.lh,  the  dedication   of  the  i 
new   church    in    Cook's    Creek    district,    near 
Bridgewater,  was  dedicated   by   the  Brethren, 
and  e-xclu-tivfly  to  their  use;  tfxceiit   on  funeral 
occaaions,  other  deDomiiiations  have  the  privil- 
ege if  80  desired.     The  dedication  was  made  by 
.aflermoufrom  Bro.  Lint  from    I'eimsylvauiu.— 
It  surely  wiw  u  good  one,  and  suited   the  occa- 
sion.    The  houne  is  a  very   hug'?  one;    I  think 
About  40.\80  feet  and  probably  larger.     It  is  sit- 
uated in  the  corner  of  u  body    of  timber,  ri^^ht 
in  the  fork  of  two  roiids,  wliii;li  makes   it    very 
convenient.     It  ih  afine  aite  for  a  church;itis 
in  plain  view  of  Bridgewater,  where  there  al- 
ready reside  a  few   of  our   members   and  one 
minister.     I  think  our  church    will  increa-sp  at 
that  place,  for  it  *eemL'd  that  tho  j>eople  gladly 
iieiurd  the  Truth.     1  believe  that  I  can  say  that 


mmovuble  always  abounding  in  the  work  of 
the  Lord."  David  A.  NoitCROas. 

From  H.  C.  lllpas.— Brother  Jtst-e  Calvert 
oame  to  our  country  the  5th  inst.  and  remained 
with  US  about  two  weeks,  preachiii); every  night 
and  twice  on  Sunday.  He  held  the  meetings 
at  five  or  six  diOereut  itlaces,  not  stiiying  in 
any  one  pluce  long  enough  to  rouse  any  consid- 
emble  interest.  There  were  three  aflditions  to 
the  church  however,  and  the  salvation  of  one 
aoul.  is  worth  much  labor. 

Marvmh.  III. 

From  Miiffijodeo  Churcli,  Franklin  Co., 
Ya. — It  is  through  the  kind  mercies  of  the  AH 
wise  I'rovidence,  that  I  am  spared  to  offer  an 
!  item  from  this  part  of  God's  moral  vineyard. 

We  are  made  to  rejoice  when  sinners  turn 
from  their  evil  ways,  and  enlist  under  ICing  Je- 
sus as  the  Shepherd  of  their  souls.  Since  I 
wrote  before  we  have  had  seventeen  accessions 
to  the  church  by  baptism,  in  all  forty-one  this 
Summer;  one  reclaimed  and  some  more  appli- 
cants not  yet  received.  May  they  hold  out 
faithful  to  the  end  and  receive  that  glorious 
crown  resen'ed  in  heaven  for  the  ransomed  peo- 
ple of  God.  Sinners  why  will  yon  reject  the 
offers  of  mercy?  Come  to  Jesus,  who  is  now 
seated  at  the  right  hand  of  God  intcrcedin, 
for  yon.  Wlluam  A.  Petehs. 

From  Itutt'alo,  Ho.— Our  Love-feast  the 
:ilst  of  Sept..  puased  ofl"  pkuhautly.  It  was  a 
time  of  I'elreshmeut  to  our  little  church;  we 
wei-e  all  made  to  rejoice.  Brn.  J.  Fair,  J.  Yost 
and  Noub  Omi-rl  were  with  us.  They  did  not 
thun  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God.     On 


tlu-re  were  jicrsous  at  the  ni-w  church    on   that  :  thf.  u:>„(l  ,„st..  one  came  out,  and  was   buried 


day.  that  never  hud  heard  the  wludu  Truth  l 
fow,  ud  it  wan  pniclniuied  I'nmi  the  siicn-J  desk. 
I  never  saw  a  mnili  hirjier  crowd  at  any  other 
place  or  any  other  okcavion,  than  there  was  at 
Unit  cLiurh.  bifiiii'.  I  think  that  L  would  be 
sale  in  fu>'ii)g  lh>it  two  thou'oand  pei'Aons  were 
iit  tjiaf  jflaee-  At  llirir  o'clock  i'.  M.  there 
wasp]va:liut- n^rtiii  by  Mo»e»  Miller,  of  Pa. 
There  wa*  yot  f<j' |'iij;e  a  crowd.  oiyiiiR  to  the 
u^leasiui^,  weitil|i,>r.    Preaching  also  at  ui^l^t. 

I  UOHKII^  F.  Moi,-^B\Y. 

Front  KoiiUi   Bcml.  IiuHftiin.— One  more 
addition  by  eoiif.-sion   and   BaptiHin,    one  who 


with  Chri-it  m  bapti-m.  tu  WiJk  in  iiewnesii    ul 
lite.  S.  DUNCAN. 

From  (Jrctf,  Ni'hruska.— Our  LovcKteast  is 
auiuug  the  things  of  (he  past.  The  congrega- 
tion was  rathiT  siniill  but  wu  had  the  best  of 
order.  It  was  the  Kr-tt  thing  of  the  kind,  that 
ever  occurred  in  thbi_ vicinity.  The  i-emarks 
\irere  made,  while  the  Brethren  were  seated 
arouud  the-  titblelJibi^er^i'in^  'thy"«t)l&mn  ordi- 
niince  of  feet-washing  and  liord's  Supper,  that 
that  wj'i'mbles  tht*  pictal-e  of  the  last  supner 
tht»  Savior  ate  with  his  desi'lple^.  And  O.  htlw 
solemn  it  seemeii  to  your  uimorlby  brother,  to 
h(  came  tired  of  nui  iind  concluded  where  there  i  sei'  all  HCiiltd  there,  about  In  conimemoiate  the 


is  no  erbss  Uiere  is  no  omwn.  Ohiiruh  news 
■art  very  intereiting  to  me.  Oli!  the  einf)tion.>* 
to  which  wiy  hPiivt  piroR  vent,  when  the  return 
of  sinners  to  Christ,  salute  my  ear,  it  ha.v  »  nftlu- 
tftpy  effect  upon  those  who  arr*  apprised  ot'sueh 
Boul-gladdeniiip.  (■hriit-verinineratiiie  fliuri-h- 
enjoyin?.  <foit-s.iti*lyirig  news.  When  the  nn- 
gel  mil  Aland  with  "Uf  foot  upon  th.-  -lea  and 
the  other  upon  tlie  shore  for  the  i)ur|iiMe  of  de- 
claring. timP  sbiill  remain  no  loneer, 

DaNIRF.  WmTMRU. 

;  ''iPrdm  Littli*  York.  Oliio.— Our  Love-fextt 
is  among  fhe  ihings  in  the  jiant.  Wc  had,  a 
good  meetinir,  couMderlng  the  weather.  It  Ijv- 
gan  to  rain  on  TueAday  morning  and  rained 
until  Friday  afternoon,  hut  wh  had  a  nice  day 
on  Saturday.  Had  eTcrelleiit  firder  until  night; 
everything  passed  i»tl'  in  s?"'"'  order,  and  there 
were  two  added  to  the  churrli  by  haptisni, 
which  makes  six  since  the  I'tth  ol  February. 
May  we  alt  work  together  tor  our  (»ood  and  for 
the  savitig  of  soul?.  '  J.  HlrisTAMt). 

From  Shoals,  Iiitliaiia.— We  nrc  glad  to 
inform  the  many  reiulers  of  the  Buktukes  at 
Work,  that  the  Gospel  of  Christ  has  proven 


death  nnd  sutiering  of  our  itrueitied  and  nsom 
Lonl !  O,  l)relhren  and  .^JNter.*,  let  ns  takfl  ooilr- 
ikge  and  thank  the  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth n'4 
the  apDiitle  Hani  did  when  lui  buw  the  Brethren 
at  the  three  taverns,  ilinisteiing  bnfLbreii 
with  US.  wvre  S.  C.  Stump,  from  Falls'  ('ity, 
Henry  Brubaker  uiid  Liruih  Shiek.  from  Heat- 
rice.  L'jiderihe  circumstiinces  the  Brethren 
thought  it  lulvisabie  to  partially  organize  i  a 
congregation,  whiuh  thiy  did.  electing  two  dea- 
cons; the  iot  fulling  nu  Bro.  Kellcy  und  the 
writer,     -  1»A!Sat:kttf,  SuTrDix. 


■'        DIED. 

Obiluufe*  Bhbutd  bo  britf.  wriiton  on  but  ooe  eitle  of  Uit 
paper,  bu<\  ocpamia  into,  all  aUu  buatncSB. 


Bl'CKWALTKIt— lu  the  Shannon  cougrogn- 
tion.  Carroll  Co..  III..  Sept.,  lii.  I>i76,  broth- 
er Am  oit  M.  Bucivwitltur,  aged  2S  yuar»,  5 
lUontJjB  )Lud  ojio  day.   .    ,  -      m 

He  died  iij  the  faitli,  leaving  a  number  ;pf 

warm-hearted  reLitives   and    friends  to  mourn 

their  lo&s.     Funeral  services  by  J.  11.  Moore  to 

all  inimenee  congregation, 


LOVE-FEA8T8. 

Salem  congregation,  four  miles  East  of  Salem.Ma- 

rion  CO.,  III..  Oct,  12tli.  at  3  P.  M. 
Linn  co.,  church,  Iowa.  Oct.  lOtli,  at  10  P.  M. 
Montirello  district.  White  co„  Ind..  November  Ist, 

at  4  P.  M. 
Smith  Fork  church,  Clinton  co..  Mo..  Oct.  12tli  at  1 

o'clock;  meeting  to  continue  for  a  week, 
Lower  Fall  Creek  church. Madison  Co.,  Ind.,  Oct.  II. 
Logan  church,  Logaii  Co..  O..  Oct  12th  at  2  o'clock. 
One  mile  Esist  of  Dallas  Center,  Dallas  co.,  Iowa, 

October  I2tb  and  I3th  at  one  o'clock. 
English  Praiiie  church,  La  Grange    co.,  Ind,  Oct. 

loth  at  10  o'clock. 
Eagle  Creek  church,  Himcock  co.,  Ohio,  October 

nth  at  5  o'clock. 
Van  Buren    conCTegatlon,  Oct,,  I5th,  two  miles 
West  of  White  Pigeon.  St.  Joseph  co.,  Mich,  at 
10  o'clock. 
Union  City  church,  near  Union  City,  Ind..  Oct.  10, 

at  10  o'clock- 
Yellow  Creek.  Stephenson  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  15th  and 

lOth  at  1  P.  M. 
Shannon,  Carroll  co.,  111.,  Oct.  10  .-ina  1 1  commenc- 
ing at  10  A,  M. 
At  Hudson  111.,  October,  12th. 
Seneca  church.  Ohio,  Oct.  10. 
Oct  loth,  at  4  o'clock,  thiee  miles  East  of  Parkers- 

buig. 
Limi-sli.nc-  innsregation.  10  miles  X.  W.  of  Beloit, 

K.ULsii.s  0<t.  .^.th  and  Uth. 
SiiK'Uinii   Viillev  congregation,  Osborn  co.,  Kan., 

Oct,  1-th  ;iini  lUth. 
Ashl;tnil  ehiiieli,  Ashland  CO.,   O-v.  Oct.   12th,  four 

miles  South-east  of  Ashland  City,  at  6  P. 
West  Otter  Creek.  Macoupin  Co.,  111.,  Oct.  12th. 
Antioch  church,  Oct.  ir.tli.  at  :>  P.  M. 
Siuiug  River  Valley.  .M.i.,  Ott.   l.-.th   and   Iflth,  at 

theTiou,se  of  Bio.  .liiliii  Waniiiler. 
Silver  Creek,  near  Wiuiietd.  Kan.,  Oct.  16th  and 

I7lh. 
Lick  Pieek.  Owen   and  Clay  counties,  Ind.,  (let. 

I«th.  at  Denmark. 
Okaw,  Piatt  Cn.,  111.,  Nov.  6th.  at  10  A.  M. 
llock  Creek,  Whiteside  co..  III.,  Oct.  12th  and  i:ith, 

at  I  P.  M. 
Adams  eo.,  Iowa,  Nov.  9th  and  lOth,  at  10  A,  M. 
\'au  Buren  co..  Mich.,  Oct.,  llth,  commencing  in 

the  evening. 
Nai"Tville.  Dupage  co..  III..  Oct.  lath,  at  I  P.  m. 
Ilenrv  CO.,  Ind.,  near  MiddletowH,  Nov.  Ist,  at  10 
A.M. 

Prairie  Creek.  Wells  co..  Ind..  Nov.  lat,  at  2  P.  M. 
Siiiuner  co.,  Kansas,  Oct.  12tb  and  Uth. 

23?^  We  intend  the  Lord  willing,  to  hold 
our  Love-feast  in  F'airview  congregation,  Ap- 
panoose Co,,  Iowa,  on  the  17th  aud  ISth  of  Oct., 
at  2   P.  M.  '  Joseph  /ook, 

;"^f^  Bethlehem  church,  Franklin   Co.,  Va.. 
,0(1  the  30th  and3Ut  of  October,  at  4  o'clock. 
W.  A.  P. 

g.*?-  We.  the  Brethren  of  the  Miami  Grove 
church,  will  hold  our  Communion  on  the  12th 
of  Oct ,  at  '1  o'clock,  in  Miami  Co.,  Ohio. 

Henry  Nkherj 

;-'S' "  The  Brethren  of  the  Raccoon  Creek 
cKiirili.  Montgomery  Co.,  Iud„  expect  to  hold 
tlieir  Communion  at  the  Bethel  church,  one 
aji'l  one-half  miles  North  of  Ladoga,  on'tte  7th 
ol  Nov  .  Commencing  at  2  P.  M.        '      '    " 

W.  R.  Haushbabqer'' 

iji'-*'  The  Brethren  of  the  Stani-laus  phurch, 
,CaU,»jJl  hold  tjieir  Conimunion  October    l!Hh. 
Peter  S.  Garm.in. 

[[^"District  council  meeting;  of  the  South- 
ern district  of  Missouri,  wilt  be  in  Newtoniu, 
on  thp  IHth  and  19th  of  October.  Fea.st  at  the 
same  place  on  the  2Uth  of  the  same.  Repre- 
sentation of  all  the  churches  of  tho  diotriet  is 
desireJ,  if  possible.  C.  Haradku 


ASsrmenonBwtlim.— I'^'ii"'"-'  ^r  Oro.  s.  »   B.wbor 

\n  Kit  Bk  Lk-V  CoagregnliiQ.  Romcreet  oountj.  Pb.  ^ 
nc«lly  prinlcJ  pntnphlel  of  tliir(y-two  p^gCB.  prio« 
aOconifl. 

Stbbitlim.  — By  H.  M,  E«helinBB.  16 'page.,  pnw!  lo 
CFDts,  2U  oupiM  (1  0<>  TrcBiM  tba  Sabbkth  qucsiioo 
briffly  showing  llial  lUc  obMertanceof  Ihe  sewnlli-dftj 
8abb.tlh  pMKeii  awftj  «it.li  all  «""■?  JvirUb  dnys.  anj 
ihal  ltd  '•  first  Atj  of  tbo  week,  "  is  the  prefvrroJ  dikv 
for  Cbriilisns  lo  BMpnible  in  worship. 

One  B»pU«m  —  A  JiBlogue  showiug  Ibat  trine  imineMion 
itt  (In-  oiilj'groiiml  uf  union,  Ibul  cnn  be  cousoipnli'jutilT 
ociiiplcil  hj  ibolMiiitigdpfiOminftlions  of  CbriHieod.im, 
Uy.[,ll.   Moore.     Duo  o»py    10  ceDta  ;  li;  oopios,  (1  uo| 

C&mpt)«lUsm  Weighed  In  the  B&l&nM,  ud  Foimd  Wkqv 

Jqb  _A  wrillcu    Bcruioii   iii  ri-plj  lo    Ei-ier   V u- 

,1,11.  Mooro.  !l  i«  i»  well  prinlml  Irnol  ofaiitcca  pngeg 
tilDiiId  b«  circuliiloil  by  ibohainlroilB  in  bUnosi  otor? 
luiiiliiy.  I'rice.  'i  copies,  10  oonU  ;  10  copies  |]  00, 

WhyllefltlieBttptlBtClmrch-— CyJ-  W.  Sloin.    a  imct 

(7f  Hi  prttios  timl  intPinlc'l  for  ikn  Mti>tialve  circuliiliun 
miioiii?  ihc  lliiptisi  people,  Price,  2  flopieg.  10  odou - 
-lOoopK'Kfl  00. 

Br«thr«n'i  Envelopos.— rrt^psr^''  pspecinlly  for  Ihe  UM 
(if  itur  people.  Tlii'j  Lontnin,  uciilly  printed  on 
tim  liiMik.  a  tioiiiplcle  auiuuiury  of  our  poailion  b8  t,  reli- 
gi.iii3  buly.  Piitu  12  Ola.  per  pnckage— 26  in  ft  peick- 
ftgi---or  fiO  c(s.  per  hundred. 

ThB  Last  Stipper.— A  he«iiliful,  colored  piclMrr,  PhonnDg 
Ji'Hus  iinil  "n  disciples  Bl  llic  lablc,  with  Ibe  Huppor 
jusi   unuouncpd  Ibiii    , 


Each  of  iho  twoUe  pre- 
in  Ibe  margin  of  ihe  pio. 
niH  ;  '1  copioa,  "25  cents  ;  JO 


dixciplen 
Hprend  before  tliem  ;  Ho  iia 
of  Uiem  iboult)  bclrity  Itin 
sent  is  pointed  out  by  niiui 
liiro.  Price,  one  copy,  I'''  c 
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VoioB  of  the  Seven  ThnnderB;  Or.  LociureB  on  ihc 
l!uuk  of  Iteveliinons.  y  J  .  L.  Miiriln.  Among  nioaoru 
boiiVs  lliis  is  really  ■»  curiosity.  Von  cun't  belp  but 
umlerHtnuiI  it.     Sl.&U. 

ThB  "Ono  Pftlth,"  Vlndieited.  —  By  M.  M.  EsUeUndn. 
40  piigvBi.  prici'  10  ccuis;  12  copies  $1  00.  Advoculedand 
"citruesllyconicnds  for  the  faith  onoo  delivered  lo  th* 
gainti." 

Oruden'B  Conoordance  to  the  Bihle.— Desi  ediiion,  Im- 

peniil  Mwi,  rinib,  JJ  7.'.;    I.ibinry  Slieep,  $3,60, 

The  Perfect  Plan  of  Salvation,  ■>■"  Suff  Ground.    By  j,  h, 

Muure.      Slmiviiig     flifil     the    posilioil    occupied    hy   lh« 

Ureihren,  in  Infiillibly  anfe.     Priee  1   copy,    10  ceuia  ■ 
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UOOBE  ti  ESHELUAK, 

LAlf  ASK,  Carroll  Qo„  ni. 


%\t  ^rdl^ra  aljl[ni-k. 

J.    H.    MOOBE     &     M.    M.    ESHELMAN. 

Ojt'liE  BRETHREN  AT  WORK  ia  an  urcompro- 
^11;    inieiiig  iid>ooile  Ol  Pr...,ni»  c  Chrisli.initj- in  all 

T^     its  ancient  puritv. 

It  Ttfcogiiiws  the  New  Testament  ns  the  onlv  tufdlible 
rule  of  tuilli  aiid  pruL-iicc 


>overi.'ign,  unmenled,   unso- 
»il/  source  of  pardon,  and 
ijjt  and  meritorious  work*  ol 
■  uipt.on: 

I"  conditions  of 


And  mainuiins  that  tlic 
licitcd  griict:  ol'  God  i^  Ihc 

That  the  vicarious  sutrur 
Christ  nrc  (lie  only  price  of 

Thnt  F.iilli.  Repentance  .ind  Bipti*i 
^urdun,  and  Iiciiol'  for  lliu  reiiii^Mon  ol  sms; 

That  TriuL-  Immi.T'.ion  or  dipping  tlie  candidate  three 
limes  fnce-forw.ird  is  ClirisUan  Baptism  ; 

Ttint  Feet-Waslun?,  ns  taught  in  John  13,  is  n  divine 
command  to  be  ob^k'i'ved  in  tho  cluircK: 

ThJit  the  Lord'*  .Supper  is  a.  full  meal,  nnd,  in  connec- 
tion witli  tl)e  Cummunion,  should  be  taken  in  the  even- 
ing, or  alter  the  clo^e  of  the  daj' ; 

That  tlie  Snliitalion  of  the  IIolv  Kiss,  or  Kiss  of 
Charity,  It  bindiiig  upon  the  Ibllowe'rs  of  Christ: 

That  War  and  ReUliaiionarccnnlrnrv  to  tlie  spirit  and 
scll-dcnj'ing  principle!  of  the  rellgioa  oV  Jt-iua  Christ; 

That  n  Non-Con  form  U_v  tothc  world  In  dre*-;  ciKloins. 
daily  walk  and  conversuiioii  is  csaeiitlal  to  ti-uc  holiness 
and  Chrititian  plclv. 

It  maintains  thnt  in  public  wor«hi|>,  or  ri-limoiis  exer- 
cises, Chrisllans  should  .ippeur  us  directed  in  I  Cor  11:4,5, 

It  aI«o  Advocnlo*  the  Kcriplitrnl  duty  of  Atioinling  ttie 
f,ick  witli  oil  in  Ihe  n.iiue  ol  the  I.uid'. 

In  'hortlt  U  a  vin.lfcntor  of  all  that  Christ  nifd  the 
A|>Oslles  havi-  iiijoiiu'il  ii|>n>i  us,  .mil  •■i)ns.  aniiil  Ilie  con. 
Hictin:,'  thcDrici  Jind  diM  ords  ol  m..  li  i  a  Ctiri-lcmlom.  lo 
pnint  out  ground  lli.il  nil  imisl  touCttlc  lo  U^i  Infultibly 
^^^^-  Price,  per  Annuni,  51.50.  • 

Address  r  MOORE  &  ESHELMAN,        ■    j 

Lanahk.  CARItOLLGOi',  II*. 


Cliild];eii  at  Work. 

TlieJBriglit,  SparkH^^  tolith's  Pat»er. 

1^        '    "  ,    j^HTHIJSIL^D   M,^I:KI.V 

'        It  WillloRyouof  Ui'bielHolH.  commiiJ,.!.       ki  I    |.i.i.ir. 

I(!^H  fbT  Blblo'Softgo.BibloPoolt-J';  lUble  L'roplieo>,  Bi- 
ble pgoiriu»,  , 


It  will  tench  yvur  rkiVlrL' 

diRortd.  ' 


bugood  nikd  hoivli 


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■lu  b„r«.  proving  tlmt  a  rbr..elold  iuiu.ermon  was  ibc 
2i  ri,';.  r  ''"?''*'"'?  «''■"  practiced  hy  the  anoMic- 
nud  their  miuiodiiitc  successors  Bv  J  H  Moore 
in  pages,  price,  16  cenU;  ten  oopiea,  |,'l  uo. 


It  pi-'Ple  to  [Jio  wuy  of  li|])niiicss  iboii^iu  this  life  •ni 
ihe  life  toConif^    '  .    i    .    r  nr      .     ^      ■ 

ChriBt  sijIb',    "FeJI  my  Iftifths,'"'.^  (Imt  tI  juM   what 
tliiM  paper  iuiiindfl  doih|;.     riarnp'eti  abeerfuUy  sout 

J'lllCi:   (HI  (^1,"NT.S    Pl!lt    ANNIJI. 

Address :  HOORE  It  ESHELMAN. 

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The  Brethren  at  Work. 

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liful  vehpineutly  upon  that  house,  and  could  not 
shake  it,  for  it  was  founded  upon  a  rock."  Luke 


THY  WILL  BE  DONE. 

UY  I'MtUIR   1..  KDKf.KKY, 

Wlii^u  trouble  swceim  across  my  soul 
Willi!  wavps  of  HoiTow  o'er  ijie  roll. 
Jltiy  I  this  wayward  hwiivtcouti'ol. 
Aud  xay,  Tliy  will  bn  done. 

If  friends  on  earth  betray  my  love, 
.sliall  I  not  look  with  taitli  above, 
,\i"l  111]  my  I'iUhei's  I'avor  prove, 
.Vu'Ury.  Tliy  will  bedonf! 
Al  nuu'liin;;  lifrlif  I  ii])e  my  *yes, 
Kwuieniln-Miiiy  Tliei-  Ijevond  tliP  skies, 
.\s  i.iie  w  Im  ii.'ars  ilic  lainti^Ht  cries, 
Aud  jiray,  Thy  will  be  lUme, 
At  eve  when  silently  I  kneel. 
To  t»iiy  to  Thee,  oh  may  I  feel, 
That  thou  ail  ueiii'  and  set  this  seal, 
Toiirav'i.Tliy  willhe  done. 

"When  llip  liiHl  hour  on  eaith  shiill  come.' 
And  death  will  call  nu-  to  my  home, 
Oh  may  these  words  to  my  lijis  come, 
Tliy  will  tome  lie^done. 

STI'IIN  AXl)  HAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  Ut— The  Brethren  {or  Tuiiker)  Churches 
Pusssss  Bible  Gharaoteristic!>  entitling  them 
to  be  ref:arde(l  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 
D,  B.  RAY  denies. 

.1.  W  StF-IX's    Ist    ArUHMATlVE   AllOlMEST. 

"  Brethren,"  is  the  Scriptural  name  by  which 
Christ  knows  bis  people  and  by  which  they 
know  each  other.  Matt.  23:  :i;  Luke  S:  21; 
Heb.  2:  U.  "  Tunker,"  is  from  the  German 
"  Tinihii,"  to  dip.  It  wa3apiili»:dtothe  Breth- 
ren OS  a  term  of  reproach,  because  they  bap- 
tized by  dipping,  it  lia.s  been  corrupt-jd  into 
Dunkard.  "  Church  "  corresponds  to  tlie  Greek 
'■hl.h'sia,  from  vk.  out  of,  and  kalleo  to  call.  It 
menns  "assembly."  Hence  the  church  of  Christ 
is  Christ's  assembly. 

Ist  Characlerixtir.  lis  fvini'lufioii.  is 
Chrisl.     1  Cor.  3: 11. 

My  first  reason  why  "  the  Bretlireu"  possess 
this  characteristic  is,  thattheij  rely  upon  the  vi- 
rarioiis  .vijferinijs  and  meritortous  rirffifmus- 
Hm-  of  Chmt  as  the  miltj  pvke  of  mlmpHon. 

They  regrtril  neither  repentance,  faith,  bai> 
tism,  nor  even  a  holy  life,  as  having  any  ground 
or  merit  of  justitioation,  but  (ina.stuuch  as  their 
oppnaifes  reject  salvation  and  incur  Gods  wrath, 
John  :i:  IS;  Mark  K;  S8)  as  means  l>y  which 
men  accept  '.f  and  continue  in  the  free  grace  of 
God,  the  righteousness  of  Christ,  and  the  com- 
forts of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

My  second  reason  why  the  Bretliren  possess 
this  characteristic,  i-t  their  praeli'-<il  .<ul>iiii^sioi. 
i'j  Christ's  nuthorihj. 

They  accept  his  precepts  not  only  in  then 
moral,  or  spiritual  import,  hut  so  literally  as 
to  refuse  oaths  of  confirmation  Matt.  .J:  33-3i, 
to  return  evil  for  evil,  v  a»,  or  to  fellowship 
those  who  for  any  other  cause-  than  adultery, 
have  put  away  wife  or  hu^l)an(l,  v:  31, 
Hence  some  misrepresent  them  us  "  trying  to 
save  themselves  upon  the  ground  or  merit  of 
tlieir  works."  as  "  believing  in  works  of  super- 
ogatiou,"  etc.  Nevertheless  .Tesussays.  "Who- 
soever  cometh  to  me,  and  heareth  my  sayings, 
and  fheO,  them  ...  is  lil<e  a  man  who  built  a 
house,  and  digged  deep,  and  liiid  the  foimtlftiion 
OH  ((  ,v.:ki  and  wlien  the  tlood  arose,  the  stream 


ll:  -17,  48. 

ynd  .  ('hanictrristir.  It  is  a  spirit  ualiioiisr, 
1  I'ttcr  2;  ii. 

My  reason  why  the  Hreihren  possess  this 
charactcriatic  is,  thtt  their  membership  is  <:om- 
pnsfil  I,/  spiritifitl  tiiatrridf,  I.  c,  of  bapti7,ed, 
penitent  believers. 

They  receive  none  to  fellowflhip,  whose  un- 
derstandings, judgmeut.><,  consciences,  affections, 
and  wills,  they  have  reason  to  believe  have  not 
been  changed  by  faith,  wliosf  lives  have  not 
been  changed  by  repentance,  and  whose  condi- 
tions have  hot  been  cliaiiged  by  baptism.  Hav- 
ing died,  to  sin,  having  been  baptized  into  Christ's 
death,  aud|nuaed  into  newness  of  life,  and  en- 
joying the  comlbrts  of  tht-  Holy  Spirit,  they  are 
new  creiitiire-s  in  Christ,. 

;ird  C/i'^mcferisHr.  Us  litiihier  is  Goil,w\\o, 
according  to  his  sovereign  purpose,  in  Christ, 
through  the  agency  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  em- 
ploys the  "Word  as  his  instrniueut.  Psa.  1I!>: 
5(1;  Jer.  2»':29:  Kph.  rj;  17;  1  Peter  1:  23;  .James 
1:  IH.  Hence  every  Ldiurch  of  Christ  has  been 
built  througli  the  iiislumentiility  of  his  Word. 

My  lii£4t  reason  why  theBretiiren  possess  thi»i 
characteristic,  is,  thtit  their  oryunizativn  restdt- 
tlfrorn  the  iujlnvncr  of  God's  Word  tijtoii  their 
hearts  (Hid  lires. 

Surrounded  with  ecclesiastical  corruptions 
and  oppressed  with  anxiety  to  know  the  truth, 
tliey  concerted  tngetlier  for  a  careful  and  pray- 
erful study  of  the  New  Testament,  which  led 
to  their  present  faith  and  practice. 

My  second  reason  why  the  Brethren  posse.ss 
thi^  chnract^iristrc  k,  that  under  th'nt  satiuf  inj/u- 
enre  they  <t  re  si  ill  found  pnj'iijiiKj  anil  exercifintj 
the  Christian  rjraces,  virtitfs  and  duties. 

In  tlieir  relations,  conversation  and  conduct, 
may  be  seen  the  "  fruits  of  the  Spirit."  Gal.  5; 
22-24.  "  Do  men  gather  grapes  of  thorns,  or 
figs  of  thiatle-s?"  They  labor  to  add  to  their 
faith,  virtue;  and  to  virtue,  knowledge;  and  to 
knowledge,  temperance;  and  to  temperance  pa- 
tience; and  to  patience,  godliness;  and  to  god- 
liuess,  brotherly  kindness;  and  to  brotherly 
kindness,  «harity,"  2  Peter  1:  5-7,  which  insure 
not  only  Christian  fruitfulness,  but  an  abun- 
dant entraru'e  "into  the  everlasting  kingdom 
of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ."  These 
proceed  not  from  the  devil,  nor  the  world,  nor 
carnal  depravity,  but  from  Christ.  Their  pre- 
vailing and  abiding  presence  and  exercise  afford 
incontrovertibleevidence  of  the  existeuceof  Chris- 
tianity, and  where  Chri^tianity  exists,  the  church 
of  Christ  docs  also.  The  principle  that  don't 
discern  Christianity  through  these,  is  the  same 
that  refuses  to  discern  God  in  creation. 

4th  Characteristic.  It  is  the  Pillar  and 
Groundof  the  Truth.     1  Tim.  3:  15. 

My  first  reason  why  the  Brethren  possess  this 
characteristic,  is,  that  they  baptize  for  tlie 
missiuH  of  sins."  Baptism  is  designed  only  for 
those  who  can  receive  it.  To  such,  it  is  neith- 
iir  a  source,  price,  cause,  or  ground  of  pardon, 
but  connected  with  (not  without)  repentance 
and  faith,  is  a  divinely  appointed  means  by 
which  they  accept  and  receive  remission.  John 
preached  "  the  baptism  of  repentance  for  the 
remission  of  sins."  Miu'k  1:  4;  Luke  :i:  3.  "But 
the  Pharisees  and  lawyers  rejected  the  counsel 
of  God  against  themselves,  not  being  baptized 
of  him."  Luke  7: 3il.*  If  they  rejected  the 
counsel  of  God  against  themselves,  and  refused 
remission  by  not  being  baptiiwd  by  John,  can 
those  be  pardoned  who  will  not  receive  Christ's 
baptism?  Christ  i-ays,  "  Except  a  man  be  born 
of  w.iter  and  of  the  Spirit,  hi'  cannot  enter  in- 
to the  kingdom  of  heaven."  John  3; .'».  Here 
we  dilVer  from  those  who  hold  baptism  alone  to 
he  the  new  birth,  and  those  who  hold  it  to  be  a 
mere  sign  of  the  new  birth.  As  the  body  is  not 
born  of  the  Spirit,  nor  the  Spirit  born  of  water, 
and  an  ""i«H,"  is  composed  of  body  and  spirit, 
both  of  which  havo  been  engaged  in  sin,  the 


body.   (Christ's  redeemed  property,  which   is  to 
glorify  God  a.s  well  as  the  spirit,  1    Cor.6:  20), 
is  given  to  Christ  in  baptism,  while    the  intel- 
ligent part  is  renewed  by  the  Holy  Spirit.  This 
done,  '•  a  man"  i.i  "  b^rn  again,"  "  bom   of  wa- 
ter and  of  the  Spirit,"   without    which.  Christ 
says.  "  He  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven."     Dare  we  say,   he  can?     Can  one   be 
"born  of  water"  without  bjiptism?  or  be  par- 
doned without  being  born  again?     Paul  says, 
"  Not  by  worksof  righteousness  which  we  have 
done,  but  according  to  hie  mercy  he  saved  us, 
by  the  wa.diing  of  regeneration  imd  the  renew- 
ing of  the  Holy  Spirit."     Titus  3:  5.     Here  the 
ground  of  salvation,  just  as  we  teach,  is  ascrib- 
ed to  the  meivy  of  God.  in  contradistinction  to 
"works  of  righteousnesfl,  yet  God  'saved   them 
(and  they  were  pardoned),  not  without,  brtt  "by 
thcwa-shing  of  regeneration,"  one  tiling,  which 
nil  authorities  of  note  admit  to  be  baptism,  and 
"the  renewingof  tiie  Holy  Spirit," qnit« anoth- 
er thing.     He  says, "  Christ   loved    the  church 
and  gave  hinistlf  for  it;  that  he  might  sanctify 
and  cleanse  it  witli  the  wa-jhiug  of  water  by  the 
Word"     Eph.  5:  2.j,  26.      Here    we  see  that 
CuRisr  has  cleansed,  or  pardoned,  the   church, 
not  withont,  but  •'  with  the  washing   of  water 
by  tlic  word."     Is  it  washed  with  water  except  [ 
in  baptism?     Again.  ■'  Y^-m  ],..,<■   obeyed*  from 
the  heart  that  form  of  doctrine  which  was  de- 
liveix'd  unto  you.     Being  then  mjule  free  from 
sin.  you  became  the  servants  of  righteousnass." 
Rom.  6:  17, 18.     Freedom    from   sin,  in  pardon. 
iVhan  did  lliey  become  "  free  from  sin"  and 
"servants  of    righteousness?"      "Being  then 
made  free."  &c.,  that  is,  when  they  obeyed  from 
the  heart  that  form  of  doetWne  delivfiiied  unto 
them.     Could  they  obey  tlint  form   of  doctrine 
without  baptism?  Ananias'said  to  Saul,  "Arise 
d  be  baptized,  and  v/ush  iiway  thy  sins,  call- 
ing on  tie  name  of  the   Lord."     Acte  22:  IG. 
"  Wash  away  thy  sins,"  evidently  implies  sep- 
ar.ntion  from  sin.     Did  he  command  Saul  to  be 
baptized  to  not  wnj-h  his  sins  away?  or  becuuse 
he  had  washed  them  away?     Hl^d  Saul    refused 
to  do  what  the  Lord  said  he  "must  do"  when  a 
trembling  penitent,  Acts  9:  6,  would  the   grace 
of  God  have  saved,  or  the  blood  of  Christ  have 
cleansed  him?     Were  his  sins  not  washed  away 
when  he  was  baptized?     Peter  alludes   to  tlie 
salvation  of  Nonh  and  family  in  the  ark  by  wu- 
ti-r  as  "  The  like  figure   whereunto,  even    bap- 
tism doth  also  now  save  us  (not  the  putting 
awjiy  of  the  filth  of  the  flesh,   but  the  answer 
of  [iprroi'inm — seeking  of  J  a  good   conscience 
toward  God)  by  the  lesurrection  of  Je.sus  Christ. 
1  Peter  3:  21. 

Cliristian  baptism  does  not  relate,  as  Jewish 
washings  did,  to  fleshly  impurities,  but  iji  the 
seeking  of  a  good  conscience  toward  God.  Ner- 
ertheles.s  it  "  saves  us  by  the  resurrection  of 
Christ."  "if  Christ  be  n«^t  risen,"  all  else  is 
vain.  1  Cor.  IS:  ll-lS.  With  this  ground 
and  reason  of  its  imi)ortance  in  view,  Peter 
says,  "  Baptism  doth  also  now  save  us,"  Shall 
Vie  contradict  this  inspired  writer,  by  teaching 
that  it  does  not?  Christ  cummuuded  hii$  upo^ 
ties  to  teach  all  nations.  "  baptizing  them  into 
the  name  of  the  Father,  njid  of  the  Son,  and  of 
the  Holy  Spirit."  Matt.  2S:  19.  Paul  says. 
"  So  many  of  us  as  were  baptized  into  Jesus  [no 
more  and  no  less]  were  baptized  into  his  death."- 
Kom.  0:  3.  "  .\s  many  of  you  [any  more?]  a5 
have  been  baptized  into  Christ,  have  put  on 
Christ;"  Gal.  3:  27;  "  baptized  into  one  body." 
1  Cor.  12:  13,  &c..  If  we  arc  baptized  into 
these,  can  one  who  ivfuv**  baptism  get  into 
them?  Can  one  who  will  not  lie  baptized  into 
Christ's  death,  come'to  that  blood  which  was 
shed  in  his  death  for  the  remission  of  sius? 
Can  one  who  will  not  ljf  baptized  into  Christ's 
body,  partake  of  his  life  and  Spirit  which  are 
in  hismembers?  Can  he"  pat  on  Christ"  with- 
out baptism?  Is  there  such  a  thing  as  a  Chris- 
tian having  no  ('hrist  on?     *'un   one  be  saved 


1  answer  to  the  same  q 


No.  42. 


Christ  without  being  in  the  name  of  the  Fatfc. 
er,  and  of  the  Son.  and  of  the  Holy  Spihl? 
without  being  in  Christ?  his  death?  hi»  \yoAy-> 
Do  the  Scripture  give  nt  any  account  of  p«. 
sons  bapti)!«i  after  getting  into  thf-e?  or  of  any 
om-  bring  lit  them  who  had  not  bctn  baptiwi? 
Peter  said  to  tlio  Pent.jco.^tians  who  .x-kcl  wlttf 
they  niiwt  do.  "  Repeatand  be  baptized,  ^vo, 
one  of  you,  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Chri«t.  f,r  tfe 
remission  ot  mu»,  and  ye  shall  receive  ih^  ^ 
of  the  Holy  Spirit."  AcU  2: -IS.  Hen-  Mm 
thing!.,  r^-pentauoe  and  baplinm.  are  c^nnccM 
together  for  the  «»me  end.  Th*  dei^igD  of  ««, 
is  thi.  design  ^i  the  other.  Both 
of  the  name  people 

tioii.  Both  are  related  to  remission  preciiieiy 
"like.  If  one  pi-ecedea  pardon,  so  does  the  ot^ 
er.  If  ont.  follows  pardon,  tlie  other  does  hUol 
The  desicu  of  both  is  txpicssed  in  the  VI9J 
identical  language,  used  to  expr»:.-s  tlie  det^B 
of  the  shedding  of  Chriat"a  blood.  "Twa*  " 
tor  many  (eis  apki^in  amnriioa)  for  the  r 

sion  of  sins."     Matt.  26:  2».     Wd  Jeww  i 

his  blood  because  men's  ains  were  already  i*. 
niitted?  We  eonti-a*t  with  the  man-made  tlM- 
ory.  that  "  Ho  who  believes  and  is  'av*yi  .«bil 
be  baptized."  Jehovah-Jesns  in  stipnlati^p, 
constitiitioimljy  the  t«rms  of  salvatiun  for  Ik 
whole  worid,  declared,  "  He  that  believ.-s  >uid  ■ 
baptized,  Hhull  bo  saved."  Mark  1*!:  M.  Tks 
is  his  doctrine  "  to  the  end  of  the  world."  U 
Uptism  here,  is  not  anieans  of  s;avatiuu,  o«itfc- 
er  IS  faith.  If  faith  is  necessary,  so  is  baptun. 
They  are  united  in  one  common  design,  ow 
common  end.  From  this  there  i.s  no  «sci^a; 
aud  he  who  proraisea  salvation  by  faith  to  tfe 
•■xclusiou.  instead  of  the  inclusion  of  bnptin, 
madly  attempts  to  put  a^iuder  what  Chrin  h* 
joined  together.  This  Scripture  alone  noAen 
our  position  forever  invulnerable. 


THAT  BEAUTIFUL  HOME  ABOV& 

BV  MARV  GIUSOS. 

I  PRESUME  this  subject  interests  all  of  oa. 
That  Iwautiful  home  which  eye  Imth  am 
seen,  nor  ear  heard,  nor  hath  it  euterM  Hm 
heart  ot  man,  that  is  prepared  for  us.  Tta 
thought  of  it  certainly  ought  to  make  everr 
Christian  rej.ilce  and  lie  more  active  in  de^ 
charging  the  duties  devolving  upon  him.  K» 
fleet  for  a  moment  what  is  prepared  for  his  los- 
ing obedient  children.  Ah,  we  do  not  apprv 
ciote  that  holy  Book  as  we  ought.  CiUi  im 
prize  it  too  highly  ? 

Our  minds  are  too  much  upon  the  Tanitif*  0I 
this  worlil.  instead  of  Chris!.  Christ  suffmd 
the  death  of  the  cross  for  ns.  mnch  more  tlu» 
we  are  willing  to  do  for  him.  For  wb*T.  pf»- 
secutions  come,  we  forget  what  Jesus  did  for  ot, 
and  often  deny  him.  Oh,  for  a  heart  compl*:!*- 
ly  subordinate  and  pa.s.sive  to  the  divine  will  of 
its  Master.  May  God  give  us  such  miuds-— 
such  a  heart,  that  will  be  obedient  to  all  thinfgi 
recpiired  by  the  Master. 

Do  you  believe  if  Jesus  were  here  witli  ib 
that  we  would  truly  worship  him  raore  th£u  «■ 
do  by  having  his  instruetionsr  He  could  obIv 
ilistriict  n$  to  the  edifying  of  our  soul^,  auA 
that  his  Record  does.  Help  us  <^  Gv^,  thstfv 
ery  word,  rl^i.1  and  thought  may  tw  don«  ft» 
thy  name's  honor  and  glory,  that  we  may  W 
proper  characters  to  enti^r  that  home  above 


MoxKY  never  mmle  num  huppy  vf!.  nor  wil 
it.  There  is  nothing  iu  its  uat;:re  to  pnJoflf 
happiness.  The  more  a  man  ha*,  th.'  more  W 
wonts.  Instead  of  its  tilling  a  T,iLuum  it  etw- 
ates  one.  If  it  satisfies  one  want,  A  donbles  *^ 
trebles  that  want  an  other  way.  "  Bvtt«r  * 
little  witli  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  than  grvol 
treasures  and  trouble  theiv'ftith." 


Few  men  get   their  lifr-labtT 
■ace  and  uleanswl  from  --in  by  the  blood  of.  without  sori*  heait-athes. 


.u  i  ompli»})4 


'_HK    Hwi-rrHRK^r  .\^r  ^,vc)l^lc. 


Oc'obnr    17" 


CHURCH  FAIRS.  FESTIVALS.  *<:. 

WhiitVr  Iii<-w  uiiii,  ;iii;  only  unare*. 
Tlii-y'rv  .l.--|>  I«"i  sclieiii';'  loraiw  the  wind, 
Ju«t  »\iit>^l  to  Mir  caroal  uiiiid- 
Thev  wrvc  lu*  l)ribe«  to  blind  iii-'n's  eye*. 
A*  thi>u«li  to  mdulge  wa.-  sacriiice. 
A  fi'rtiviil,  inijilii-"  u  fi'tifl, 
Attend.-'i  Willi  iimk-Ii  Jiiti  uud  ji-t. 
Wlicr.'  itoa^  why  laV-P  tl»-  «-ti|>  to  pay, 
May  I'ttl  wi'id  drink  «iid  jukt-  nnd  piny, 
At  fnu  Uwy  uibr  toys  to  m>II, 
Willi  truk-.  lo  mik."  tli-tii  rt'liMh  well. 
In  virw  of  wliat  thpy  offer  tlioiw. 
'TwotiM  pftM  if.r  Hunynn"«  "viinitv  lair;" 
Thp  sntm*  is   tnu'  of  thf:*f  levccx, 
IVs.igpi.rl  ihi-<:«rnii]  mind  to  pk-iuw; 
Wlwn*  rowily.  xuint.  and  prini"t  combine. 
To  give  tlie  crowd  "a  fint-ratf  tiiui-. 

Thev  a"  '11^.  I>"t'  ri-'Iigioiin  npn-fit. 

Got  up  tbo  chiirchVdfbt   to  t'o^r; 
Wlifrn-  mt-n  niiiy  tJ-'t  ^bcir  (|imrt.TV  worth 

Of  foo  iiiid  fpdir.  trir^ks  imd  niirtli. 

"  YonnKfolkf/'tbey  »ay.-'tli.-ir'<port  will  Iiave. 

And  for  tbv  Hiiiiie  they'll  freely  g've; 

We'd  not  rurtJiil  tlieir  liberty, 

Butiavt*  tlit-ni  by  monoply; 

In  that  we'd  n-giilate  tliuir  fun, 

An^  hnvc  it  wliere  we  all  inwy  come. 

And  keep  them  from  the  excess  you  kno«. 

To  which  yonng  folks  ure  iijit  to  go, 

Their  money  too,  we  thus  can  aave. 

By  offering  what  they're  bent  to  have. 

And"«8ing  it  for  church  debt-s  too— 

It  prOTe.s  H  plan  both  apt  »nd  new. 

In  former  d«ya  no  one  would  dare 

To  have  a  church  levee  or  fair; 

But  times  have  changed,  and  things  you   know 

Mftken  change  of  men  and  manners  too. 

Where  they  conclude  to  have  n  spree, 

The  church  astienibles  and  agree. 

To  itoose  for  aids  each  belle  and  benu. 

Who  draw  th"  crowds  where'er  tliey  go: 

And  always  give  a  general  call. 

To  every  sort  both  great  and  small; 

Thi-y  adverti-^e  for  such  a  night. 

"  Admittance  gained  at  randle  light," 

They  plearl  with  them,  "don't  fail  to  ronie; 

You'll  get  your  money's  worth  of  fun. 
Just  pay  your  ijuarter  at  the  door, 
'Tis  ^rorth  the  iiiouey  four  times  o'er; 
Ice-cream  and  oysters  kept  ft)r  sale. 
Kicli  dainties  served  by  charming  belles. 
Coo)_  soda  too.  the  best  in  town, 
With  toys  Ironi  twenty  guineas  down: 
With  lotU-nes  and  grab-bugs  too. 
An  ollice  here  with  mail  for  you, 
A  gold-ring  cake,  'tis  rich  and  nice. 
We  ask  but  (ifly  c^iit*  a  slice. 
And  then  if  any  desire  to  nifHe. 
With  ^ueli  desire.",  we  would  not  trifle. 
If  we  the  objects  may  present, 
For  which  your  money  shall  be  spent. 
We  riiiuk  it  proves  nu  easy  way. 
Of  getting  much  with  little  pay; 
And  if  the  Uible  be  a  prize, 
Wejbink  no  scrujdc  should  arise, 
All  able  clown  will  sure  be  the  e, 
And  make  you  lauj;li  all  through  the  fair, 
Ami  music  too  will  break  tlie  spell. 
WiiTi  riehejft  notes  at  iufervals." 


Whonev.-r  nivarce  to  plui-.'  the  i--ii. 
Wh.i  lovf  their  Ma^ldT  and  llw   iv.,y. 
And  ncvt^r  fret aboiit^tiie  p>o»- 
Itut  fiiithful  totheir  tru^t  «o  on. 
That  they  may  have  the  wonl.  "  w.-H  done?" 
Seleele.?  bv  T.  D.  LyoN. 


Thn--,  rowdy.  i)rie«l,  and  saint  profane 
I  I  "  house  made  sacred  to  (iud's  name, 
I  II  .1    make  the  church  a  bamiuet-house. 
\\  liieall  rhc  rabble  may  carouse, 
111  pride,  and  lust,  and  tricks  and  fun, 
Till  ten  at  night,  perhaps  till  one. 
Idoliitci^!  as  ]'aul  would  st^v, 
"  Wlio  eat  and  drink  and  rise  to  glory." 
Obi  Ihat  they  would  one  moment  pause, 
And  '*ee  how  they  disgrace  God's  cause, 
Wliik-  worldly  men  nmy  say, 
It  seems  that  we're  no  worse  than  they. 

\^'horl•  are  the  suints  of  former  days, 
Who  honor  God  in  all  their  ways; 
Will'    'gainst  such  work  their  voices  raise. 
And  vji::'nd  their  hours  in  prfiycr  and  praise, 
^\'lto  in  their  closets  cjin  but  grieve. 
Whilp  othei-s  make  a  den  of  thieves, 
or  ohurches,  which  were  once  tlie  plac" 
Where  God  disjdayed  His  saving  grace, 
WJlose  hearts  are  ever  i)aiai*d  tt<  see 
TbQcllUrch  and  world  get  up  a  spree. 
And  cajl  the  noble  fiir  and  near 
Tofonie  and  join  in  worldly  cheer';' 

Where  are  thosi^  watchman  faithful,  true, 
Who  sleep  not  all  the  dark  night    through, 
Who  see  the  danger  from  afar. 
And  promptly  all  the  truth  declare, 
Unwooed  by  smiles  or  frowns  of  man. 
WhoVr  they  are.  wliat'er  their  clan. 
Who  love  the  flock  and  not  the  lieece. 
Wbo'd  rather  work  than  take  their  ea^c 
"Who'd  rather  serve  than  be  a  gue<it. 


PHILOLOGICAL  DISStRTATION  OF 
THE  WORD  BAPTIsr^. 

nv  I.F.WIS  0.  Ht'MMFJI. 

IN  lay  iguoraiice  I  often  wonderwl  why 
it  was,  that  learned   men  differ  so 
much,  and  ro  long,  aliout   the   meaning 
of  the  word,  "baptism."    1  thought  thiMv 
must  be  a  "  screw  loose"  somewhere,  and 
I  accordingly  entered  into  an   impartial 
investigation  of  the  arguments  pre-sented 
on  both  sides  of  the  issue— at  tlie    same 
time  keeping  in    view  the    necessity  of 
obt.-uuiug  all  the  additional  light   possi- 
l,],.^_\vith  a  hope    that    I    might  some 
day  be  instrumental  in  aiding  in  the  M-t 
tlement  of  this  perplexing  question.     If 
any  man  iscapable  of  divestinghimselfof 
bias,  I  can  assure  my  readers  that  I  have 
done  it.     I  will  now  give  my  readers  a 
very  concise  history  of  my  observations; 
with  some  approi>riate  criticisms.  I  soon 
discovered  in  my  investigatiitns  that  the 
subject  was  not  half  so   difficult   of  so- 
lution, as  it  was  to   divest  the   mind   of 
popular  error.     In  the  fir.st  age  of  Chris- 
tianity, there  wa-s  no  conti-ovei-sy    about 
the  meaning  of  the  word,  "  baptism,"  or 
its  counterpart.     So  long  as  the  apostles 
lived  and  practiced  under  the   guidance 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  immer.sion    was   the 
mode.    But  soon  after  the  death  of  the 
a})ostle,  when  the   wortls   of  the   Spirit 
were  reduced  to  writing,  and    there   no 
l(»nger  existed  an  infal^ibh-    interpretei-, 
the  old  Mosaic  institutions  or    teachings 
were  soon  to  be  eormected  with  f'hristi- 
anity;  aud  tJie  two  had  to   be    blended 
into  one.     This  soon  led  into  the   bap- 
tism of  infants,  in  conforming  to  the  old 
rule  of  circumcision.      They   soon   lost 
sight  of  the  lesson   that   Christ   taught 
with  respect  to  infants,  and  thus  perpet- 
uated the  old    belief  that   infants  were 
uidioly,  anil  needed  regenei'ation  as  well 
as  adiilt-i.     This  eventually  led  them  in- 
to the  shameful  practice  of  baptizing  in- 
fants in  embryo.      Immei-sion    Avas   im 
possible  in  that  ease,  and  water   had  to 
be  applied  to  the  child,  instead    of  tak- 
ing the  child  aud  putting  it  into  the  wa- 
ter.    They  considered  this  the  same  rift- 
as  though  immersion  had  been  the  mode, 
and  called  it  by  the  same  name. 

It  might  he  proper  to  state  before  iiti- 
imadverling  upon  this  shameful  practice, 
that  bajitisui  was  considered  essential  to 
salvation  in  all  ages  of  Christianity;  antl 
the  denial  is  of  recent  origin,  and  a  mere 
exigency  in  tlie  <lefense  of  certain  dog- 
mas. While  the  ancients  wufe  right 
with  reference  to  the  essentiality  of  ba]>- 
tism  in  order  tosahatiou,  they  overlook- 
ed the  fact  that  Clirist  reijuired  penitent 
believei-s  as  j)roper  subjects  for  baptism. 
They  also  forgot  that  Jesus  said,  "  suf- 
fer /fV//^  children  to  come  unto  me,  and 
foi-bid  tliem  not,  for  of  hitii  is  the 
KlXtiDOM  OF  IIKAVKN."  And"Ex- 
eept  ye  (that  have  sinned  against  God) 
be  converted  and  become  as  Htf/r  ck'd- 
dnn^ijeriiniinlt'iitir  into  the  khu/doin 
of  /iffji.'t-n.'" 

yiy  readers  can  all  see  that  lack  of 
discrimination  led  the  ancients  into  this 
infant  ba]jtism,  and  that  not  onl}'  of 
newly  born,  but  before  they  were  born. 
AVe  have  already  said,  that  unborn  in- 
fants could  not  be  immersed,  aud  that 
the  water  had  to  be  applied  to  the  in- 
fant, instead  of  taking  the  infant  and 
putting  it  into  the  water.  But  all  those 
that  were  born  before  baptisni,  were  al- 


,1--^     '       -1    itniiier-^ed.     Hut    their    in- 
1:11,1  ;i'tended     With     f:re»t 

'  .I.ili.  -d  them  to    sprink- 

,  liiii-  ii:;'ir  i.,M.;i-  inslead  of  immersing 
them.  Thin  was  also  applying  the  wa- 
J  UT  to  thu.^ubjtict,  jitstoad  of  putting  it 
i  into  the  water  as  Jesus  commanded. 
'  This  mode  of  applying  the    water,    was 

nnmersiou  were  the  my//^ — ana  called 
^ly  tire  same  namp.  The  immei-sion  of 
sick  persons  was  also  attended  with  con- 
siderable trouble,  and  as  sprinkling  was 
exjueiered  valid  in  the  ease  of  infant*),  it 
would  certainly  be  valid  for  sick  persons. 
And  in  this  way  the  validity  of  sprink- 
ling was  extended  from  i:;fsnts  to  siek 
adults,  and  from  sick  adults,  to  all  who 
preferred:  aud  in  some  cases  or  countries 
it  was  in  the  end  enforced  by  law  with 
the  penalties  of  death;  the  change  in 
applying  thi-  water  to  the  subjects,  in- 
stead of  dipi)ing  the  subjects  into  the 
water,  commenced  with  infants  in  em 
bryo  in  eiises  of  ilaiiger  of  death,  and 
ended  as  the  almost  universal  practice 
under  edicts  of  popes  and  kings  in  that 
age  of  Christianity  known  as  the  "  dark 
ages."  At  no  period,  however,  was 
immersion  annihilated  by  the  rigorous 
edicts  of  popes  and  kings.  There  al- 
ways were  some  who  preferred  the  in- 
stituti(m  of  C'brist  at  the  risk  of  life  to 
the  institution  of  man.  It  seems  that 
the  first  intruders  upon  the  Christian 
rite  did  lack  the  perspicacity  to  discov- 
er the  fact  that  a  change  in  the  manner 
of  the  jierformauce  of  the  rite,  was  a 
change  in  the  rite  itself.  Or  in  other 
words,  setting  aside  the  mode  of  admin- 
istration, was  virtually  setting  aside  the 
rite.  Sprinkling  and  pouring  and  wet- 
ting, are  all  different  rites  andean  never 
constitute  the  same  rite;  although  mill- 
ions ot  people  call  it  by  the  same  name. 
If  millions  of  people  called  a  horse 
cow,  that  would  never  make  a  cow  out 
of  the  horse — neither  can  sjn-lnkling  lie 
baptism,  altht;ugh  millions  of  people 
called  it  bapU>m.  But  we  will  illustrate 
this  part  of  the  subject  under  the  lawf^ 
of  ap[)ropriation.  The  church  of  Rome 
exhibits  more  candor  and  comuinn  sense 
in  boldly  avowing  that  they  changed 
the  institution  of  baptism  by  the  author 
ity  of  the  church,  than  Protestants  who 
endeavor  to  force  all  the  different  modes 
and  instituti(ms  out  of  the  meaning  of 
the  word,  "  liaptism."  We  will  see  be- 
fore we  close  this  disserlatiou,  that  sprink- 
ling aud  pouring  aro  not  baptism. 
( To  he  (,\mtinuer]). 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

A  Sudden  death  in  our  Sunday  servii;ef*-^Two 
Persons  Baptized— An  Evening  Meeting— A 
Timely  Article. 

{i'fm  tiuf  Sjwcjit  CtorriBp.iuJi'Dl.] 
NUJIIJKK  VII. 

nKPTEMBKR  21st.  To-day  at  11:30 
^  A.  M..  our  number  was  made  one 
less  by  the  death  of  a  dear  old  brother- 
Henry  Eberly.  It  is  said  he  died  with- 
in fifteen  minutes,  not  having  been  sick. 
He  was  generally  a  regular  attendant  at 
our  meetings,  and  usually  in  lively  con- 
dition, though  said  to  have  died  of  heart 
disease.  He  whs  poor  in  this  world,  but 
We  believe  h-e  v/n»  imlf-ed  rich  in  faith. 
Often  we  met  him  in  the  sanctuary  at 
the  close  of  the  services  with  a  warm 
greeting  and' received  words  in  testimony 
of  the  comforts  of  our  holy  religion, 
while  he  shed  teai-s  of  joy.  But  he  is 
gone.  May  he  re-<)t  in  hope  and  come 
up  in  the  first  resurrection, 

September  2tind,    WewruNhi].ed  with 

ur  bretliren  and  sisters  at  the  Welty  ap- 
pointment to-day.     AtW  singing  a  few 

erses  of  thh  253r<Mjymni.private  coun- 


eil  wa<  hcM,  (as  i«  our  UMial  custom), 
ill  regard  to  reeeivingtwo  applicants  for 
,-bnnli  ineiiiKeiship.  It  w;u«  found  by 
;he  deacon  who  visiled  them,  that  they 
were  entirely  willing  to  accept  the  doc- 
trines of  the  (diuich  according  to  the 
Gospel,  and  it  w:ls  agreed  to  receive 
tliem.  Our  be]ove<I  eldei-  opened  the 
meeting  with  the  rlTsth  hymn.  After 
exhortation  and  prayer,  a  deacon  broth- 
er by  retfuest,  read  the  liiitli  chapter  of 
Matthew.  A  minister  then  spoke  upon 
the  Tara^de  .d'  the  Ten  Virgins,  show- 
ing that  it  had  reference  to 

1.  The  church  of  Christ  at  His  com- 

2.  The  wise  virgins  accepted. 

;{.  The  foolish  virgins  disappointed. 
O  may  we  keep  the  lamp  of  our  pro- 
fession burning  and  the  oil  of  God'agrace 
in  our  hearts,  that  we  may  be  i-eady  for 
every  good  work  now,  and  ready  for 
heaven  when  the  Master  comes.  After 
words  of  testimony,  the  18tli  of  St. 
Matthew  was  read  to  the  applicants  and 
the  usual  (piestious  asked.  The  *213th 
hymn  was  sung,  and  after  a  .season  of 
devotion,  the  meeting  was  dismissed. 
Baptism  was  administered  in  a  meadow 
not  far  away,  in  the  presence  of  a  con- 
siderable number  of  spectat-^rs  and  mem  ■ 
bers.  It  was  attended  with  solemnity 
and  good  feeling.  If  there  is  joy  in 
heaven  over  sinners  that  turn  to  God,  we 
also  should  joy  and  rejoice.  May  they 
be  faithful,  and  find  in  Jesus  "  a  very 
present  help." 

Ourevening  meeting  in  town  was  well 
attended.  The  text  was  in  Luke  13:  24, 
20.  The  hymns  sung  were  40,  ;i:i4,  and 
32S. 

Attention  was  again  directed  to  the 
Yellow  Fever  sufferers  at  the  South,  and 
nine  dollars  were  contributed,  Ave  un- 
derstood. 

Sept.  20th.  Our  meeting  at  Price's 
not  well  attended  to-day  on  account 
of  the  inclemency  of  the  weather.  The 
00th  hymn  opeued  the  service  with  ap- 
propriate sentiments.  After  prayer  the 
iith  chapter  of  John  was  read  as  usual. 
The  ministering  brother  present  chose 
the  14tli  verse  as  containing  the  theme 
of  the  hour.  Our  Lord  was  held  forth 
as  He  who  can  make  us  whoh\  We 
must  keep  whole  by  His  grace.  Sin- 
ning a^ain  i»ay  bring  us  into  greater 
condemnation. 

Our  meeting  in  town  this  evening  was 
not  well  attended  by  outsiders,  there  be- 
ing a  Sunday-school  jubilye  in  one  of 
tiie  so-called  ehurclies.  Our  brother's 
te.xt  we  feel  to  recommend  heartily  to  ev* 
ery  believer:  "  Behold  the  Bridegroom 
Cometh;  go  ye  out  to  meet  liim."  He 
spoke  of 

1.  The  Heavenly  Bridegroom. 

2.  The  Waiting  Bride. 

3.  The  Coming  day. 

Jesus— the  Chure.h — the  Second  Advent. 
These  are  themes  of  momentous  imjiort. 
They  should  engage  the  constant,  prac- 
tical attention  of  every  Christian.  He 
will  come.  He  may  come  very  soon — 
any  hou¥.  Are  we  looking  for  Him? 
Are  we  ready  for  His  final,  glorious  ap- 
pearing asd  kingdom? 

A  wordi  more.  I  want  to  call  the 
special  attention  of  every  brotlier  and 
sister  to  No.  30  of  this  excellent  ('hris- 
tiau  journal.  Turn  again  to  jiage  4, 
and  read  "  Stand  aside, — get  away,  or 
keej)  tpiiet,"  I  have  no  praise  to  utter, 
because  I  know  my  brother  M.  M.  E., 
would  not  be  well  pleased.  But  I  want 
to  say  it  is  a  word  in  season  and  all 
should  act  accordingly.  Let  ua  be  true 
to  our  profession.  If  there  are  those 
who  want  to  run  away  with  their  God- 
given  liberties,  they  may  push  iw  "aside," 


s..tli<-vrangoontntl,.i,r,,varJ.    -Not 
all  -oM  that  shtU-rs,"  ,ind  not  all  CliriH- 
tmus  u-ho  say  they  are.     Let  us  «eek  to 
he  .-HtahlmliHa  in  all  the   ,l„ctrme,  -U-ad 
a  iiuu'tanci  peaceable  lUe,"   w<,rk   with 
the  I>ora  ill  the  ways  He  handed    down 
to  lis.  and  8o  shall   we  live  in    love   to 
C.od  and  man.     Peace  l>e  with  all  who 
love  the  Lord  sincerely. 
VoiJrs  i!i  waiting  for  the  nridfi,'room, 
I^.  B.  m! 
n  (n/neshoro,  Sep,  ;i().  ls7.s. 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  WEST. 
Formality -Love  of  Mouey-Our  LonVs  Day. 

Ni'Mniiit  II. 
TT  is  astonishing  and  even  alai^uing  to 
J-  nl)serve  how  Christianity  has  drift. 
...I  into  mere  formality.  Amou^  the 
mauv  millions  of  profesHoi-StCuuiparative^ 
ly  f'W  know  anything  al.out  primitive 
Christianity.  In  almost  every  town  of 
fiftet^n  hundred  or  two  fhonsand  itihali-, 
itant.s.  may  Ite  found  some  half  ddJien  (.»■ 
more  c-hurches.  Ttiey  all  ^lavt-  some 
fo)-m  of  worship  peculiai-  to  tlif^ir  own 
taste  or  nutiun.  Kntei-  their  jwsemljlies 
for  worship,  and  it  is  uciedle^tosay  that 
the  moyt  fashionaljle  will  Und  Huiiin  pio-' 
fesaov  a  little  ahead  of  ttieniJ  -  Amon" 
the  most  prominent  members,  you  may 
find  a  garltof  the  lateirt  style.  In  not 
a  few  instances,  even  the  minister  and 
liie  wife  may  be  lookednpoii  as  siimple 
patterns  of  the  latent  fasiiiou.  in  the 
highest  style.  Listen  \.y  sm-h  ministers 
preachiuj;  on  the  ■■^ubjccti,  of  humility, 
uUVkd  you  will  find  they  have  it  so  clowe- 
ly  confined  to  their  liuavts  that  in  out- 
wni-d  appearance  there  is  nothing  left. 

There  are  those  who  nUy  trust  too 
iiiiuh  in  drf-ss  or  outward  formality,  but 
the  nj>posite  extreme  is  far  more  com- 
mnn  and  dangerous.  That  form  of  rrod- 
liness  which  is  the  outgrowth  of  God's 
Word,  taking  root  in  the  heart^shap- 
ing  man  after  thi^  model  of  God's  Word, 
and  the  example  of  Christ,  is  a.s  essen- 
tial to  t'bristian  vitality  as  air  to  phys- 
ical e.\istence.  Every  form  not  in  har- 
mony with  His  Word,  is  form  only, 
without  the  approbation  of  (iod.  Paul 
says,  "  God  be  thanked  that  ye  were 
the  servants  of  sin,  but  }e  have  obeyed 
from  the  heart  that  form  of  doetrine 
which  was  delivered  t<»  you.  Btiiug  then 
made  free  from  sin,  ye  becouie  the  ser^ 
vants  of  righteousness."  Horti.  0:117, 
Tlie  form  of  doctrine  that  the  Koman 
brethren  obeyed  when  they  we^'e  made 
free  from  sin.  is  what  we  must  iibey  in 
order  to  be  free  from  sin,     ,.  ^  .  .  n 

"The  love  of  money  is  HhcHiNDotof  all 
evil,"  says  Paul.  The  testimonieiB  es- 
tablishing the  truthfulness  of  this  lan- 
guage, are  of  daily"occur>'eurp.  Almost 
every  paper  wereail,  records  sonu'  crime 
or  outrage  committed,  murder,  the  in- 
Huence  of  the  love  of  money. 

It  does  not  seem  possible  tha,t  men 
eould  be  influenced  by  any  power,  to 
rob,  cheat,  starve  and  in  almost  every 
other  way  maltreat  and  abuse  his  fellow- 
man;  yet  the  love  of  money  does  all 
this.  This  great  evil,  we  fi-ftr,  is  not  con- 
fined .to  no n- professors  only.  Among 
those  who  have  named  the  name  of  Christ, 
in  the  church  of  God,  we  may  liud  some 
who  are  under  the  influence  tif  this, 
great  evil.  How  many — God  ,  ouly 
knows.  ^luch  of  our  church  trouble  is, 
caused  by  this  great  evil.  May  I  uot 
turn  to  any  brethren,  and  a>*k,  are  we 
not  to  some  degree  guilty  of  lifin^'  un- 
der the  same  influ^noe.  "  By  the  fruit 
we  shall  know  the  tree."  Thousands  of 
men  and  women  would  be  willing  to 
obey  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  From 
every  direction  the  cry  is  nuulc,  "  come 


'I'liE    l^HirrtiliKN    ^VT    AV(>]{!v. 


and  preach.^'  The  comnil.vsioii  finni  th»5 
Savior,  "  preach  the  Gospel  to  every 
creature,"  has  not  been  recalled.  There 
are  men  who  are  willing  to  go  and  com 
ply  with  the  commission,  but  have  not 
tlie  means.  In  the  church  may  be  found 
bretliren  withnmltiplied  thonsandi*,  who 
would  have  thousands  to  spare,  to  throw 
into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord.  Why  is 
it  withheld!  May  there  uot  be  too 
much  love  for  money. 

The  brethren's  work  of  evangel izin? 
is  a  good  move,  but  cannot  be  a  success 
without  money.  Other  arr.ingenients 
are  made  by  the  brethren  tor  more  e.v- 
tensive  evangelism,  buUwill  need  a  lit- 
tle money.  Shall  they  ha^Te  U,  or  doe«i 
the  "  love  of  money,  the  root  of  all 
evil,"  forbid  liberal  donations  Tiy  those 
who  have  it.  Header,  answer  fbr  J-Aur. 
self.  ■    '     ■ 

Sunday,  September  1.5th,  .'*pent  a  lit- 
th- time  in  writing  for  the  UiEiijiiuK-V 
AT  \Vor.K.  Assend)led  fordiviue  worship 
afc  ten '4,.,M.  Brother  My.vtii\  .But^'chly 
(rom  Waterloo,  lowa.addresHcdaht'con-' 
gregatiou  from  John  :*:  IG.  ■.  He-  first 
spoke  of  the  .■strong  ties  of  r<datioli.shipi 
and  the  wonderful  degree  of  love,  God 
m'aniliested  in  the  vpork  of  n-ilmptiion. 
lie  tried  to  show  the  sinnlarity  >»etwpei^' 
Mo^es'iud  Christ,  and  alluded  t6  the  sal- 
vation of  Closes  from  the  powiM'  of  king 
Pharoah''s  command.  And scconvllv,  he 
ti-led  to  show  how.  Qod,  througl^  this. 
Moses,  delivered  the  children  of  Israel 
from  Egyptian  bondage.  Tluit  God 
through  Moses,  gave  a  law  to  Israel,  autl 
held  them  responsible  for  every  violation 
of  that  law'doAvn  to  a  riblion  of  blue. 

Five  o'cloclv  P.  M.,  was  the  time  ap 
poilited  for  our  Bible  talk  with  the 
young  members,  which  wjis  well  attend- 
ed both  by  members  and  others,  and 
seemed  to  be  quite  interesting  to  all. 
This  exercise,  from  present  indication.^, 
will  be  quite  interestiug  and  useful,  es* 
pecially  to  our  young  members. 

'  September  22nd,  we  met  in  FaJls  City 
at  the  hour  of  eleven,  brother  Buech- 
ly  addressed  us  from  Uev.  '22 :  17.  He 
spoke  of  Christ's  second  coming  iihd  the 
glorious  meeting  of  the  saints.  The 
thought  of  that  most  gloriou.s  event  al- 
ways serves  afi  a  feast  to  our  sold. 

Bible  talk  at  5  P.  M.,  and  meeting  in 
the  evening,  which  closed  pur  work  for 
the  day,  C.  F. 

IMPROPRIETIES  IN  WORSHIP. 

liY  <;.  F.  PETWEiLra. 

"God  is  a  Spirit;  ami  tlicy  th;iL  ivursliip  liiin, 
mast  worf-hildiiui  in  <i'ii\t  loui  irt  truth."  .lohll' 

"VrOTIIING  in  which'  iban  exerei.ses  is 
-^'  so  sacred  as  to  be  exempt  from  im- 
proprieties. The  instructions  which  the 
divine  Word  giA'es  us  concerning  the' 
maunej-  of  conducting  devotional  exer- 
cises, are  few  and  simple,  and  do  not  de- 
prive the  impulse  of  the  spiritual  mind, 
the  liberty  of  spontaneous  exercise.  The 
common  routine  whicii  we  are  by  na- 
ture inclined  to  follow.  The  Savior  in 
giving  his  disciples  directions  how  to 
pray,  sf.id  they  should  not  be  like  the 
heatlien  who  think  they"  will"  be  hfird 
for  their  much  speaking;  aud  e.xpresa 
reasons  why  they  should  not  be  like  un- 
to theiu,  is>  •'  for  your  Father  kaoweth 
what  things  ye  have. need  of  befor*'  y« 
ask  him."'  There  is  no  doubt  through 
the  endeavor  tw  make  a  lu'ayer  compre- 
hensive, and  ofacustoiuiu'y  length,  ttbese 
instructions  are  sometimes  considerably 
overreached,  and  a  very  important  part 
of  religious  service  somewhat  abused. 

But  tlie  improprieties  in  prayers  prob- 
ably consist  more  frequently  in  the  sub- 


ject matter  jire^iented  in  the  prayer,  than 
in  the  length  of  it.  In  this,  we  lind  a 
with-  rlitJerence  among  (Jhristiun  profess- 
ors. While  there  are  those  who  seem 
habitually  incliueil  u>  bring  before  the 
I-ord  in  IX  public  prayer,  a  catalogue  of 
sins  and  an  amount  of  guilt  which  the 
Lord's  prayer  seems  too  short  and  sim- 
ple to  cover,  there  are  those  who  cannot 
use  the  Lord's  prayer  at  all,  for  fear  of 
asking  God  to  do  (in  asking  him  to  for- 
give us  our  sins),  that  whicli  he  has  al- 
ready done,  basing  this  view  on  such  an 
intei'pretation  of  Heb.  10:  -J,  and  a  few 
other  pas'iages  whicli  are  similarily  con 
strued.  This  view,  of  course,  set.s  aside 
the  Lord's  prayer  as  not  being  a  proper 
prayer  to  be  used  by  a  converted  person. 
While  it  is  true  that  Christ  left  this  form- 
ula u>  his  disciplea  before  the  day  of 
Pentecost,  and  also  before  tin  had  otfer- 
ed  himself '' once  for  all,"  it  does  not 
follow  that  it  is  any  less  appropriate  for 
a  child  of  Goil  to  maki-  intercession  tor 
the  weakness  of  tht'fteah,  after  he  is  "once 
'[nirged,"  thijih  before.  .T^feither  does  the 
fact  that  the  work  of  atonement  was  fin- 
ished, make  it  any  less  appropriate  for 
Christians  to  say,  concerning  the  weak- 
it  (^«  and  misdoings  that  Kt ill  continhe  in 
the  fl.s'h,  "forgive  us  our  silis,*' thiit  it 
is  Jt'or  the  unconverted  to  a^y  the  same 
God's  finished  work  of  atonement  is 
one  thing,  and  hisTuiished  work  of  grace 
uvtlii;  Ue.tija  is  quite  another;  and  cer- 
tain it  is  that  ueillie.rof  these  are  being 
finiahid  just  when  we  are  con^ferted ; 
these  two  embrace  tin-  whole  economy 
of  redemption.  Tue  on^  was  fiui-^hed 
i^nd  complete  long  before  W'e  had  dwne 
eUher^gooii  or  evil,  and  the  other  so  far 
from  being  finished  just  wlii-n  we  were 
converted,  was  then  rightly  begun.  But 
the  phrase,  once  ''  purged,"  presents  an 
othci'  thought. 

The  day  wln-n  the  sinner  has  given 
himself  entirely  up  u*  Christ,  not  simply 
to  cry,  Lord,  Lord,  but  to  helii're  and  to 
(to;  the  blood  of  Christ  which  cleanscth 
from  aU  ftin,  is  applied,  aud  he  is  in  the 
full  enjoyment  of  a  *>anctification  that 
is  a'»  complete  as  eanctification  can  be  in 
this  life.  He  is  "  every  whit  whole." 
■'Justified  freely  by  his  grace,  through 
the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ  Jesus; 
whom  God  has  set  forth  to  be  a  propitia- 
tion through  faith  in  Ins  blood  to  de- 
clare his  righteousness  for  the  remission 
of  sins  that  are  past."  Kom.  it:  25.  God 
does  not  forgive  sins  before?  they  are  eom- 
mitte<l,  or  else  the  elect  of  who  were 
cIiop;en  from  the  beginning  according  to 
hif-  foreknowledge,  might  have  had  all 
their  sins  forgiven  liefore  thc\"  had  com- 
mitted any.  It  is  not  strange  that  we 
dre  taught  to  "  confess  our  sins,"  after 
we  are  once  "  purged,"  If  we  cpnsider 
that  it  was  1.  (the  natural  man)  and  yet 
not  T,  (the  spiritual  man )  that  did  it.  If 
Paul,  after  being  dead  and  buried  with 
Christ,  can  yet  protest  to  the  CfU-In- 
tliiaus  that  he  dies  daily,  is  It  stranije 
that  he  should  confess  his  sins  daily  aft- 
er beiug  "  once  purged  ?"  Certainly 
not,  if  it  was  he,  (Paul),  aud  yet  not  he, 
(the  new  man)  that  did  it,  neither  does 
it  fol]i»w  from  these  premibes  that  the 
atonement  was  complete. 

There  is  no  better  evidence  of  n  flear 
lifint,  than  a  quick  cognizancej  aud 
aversion  to  every  sin  in  word,  ileed.  or 
thought,  that  may  enter  into  it.  But 
!  what  obstacle,  except  it  be  unbelief, 
should  demand  an  amount  of  reiu^oning, 
when  the  Word  Is  aw  plain  on  this  sub- 
ject ivs  language  can  make  '\ti  For, 
though  there  be  no  sin  In  us,  yet  John 
says, '*  If  we  confess  our  sins,  {which 
are  in  us),  he  is  faithful  aud  just  to  for- 
give us  our  sins,  and  to  Cfganse  ns   from 


all  unrighteousncMM."  iJohn  I:ft.'/^_ 
i«  th(?  language  of  one  who  wai  ''on. 
purged,"  and  it  certainly  reniovta  everj 
objection  t«  the  prayer,  "  Forgive  u»ou 
trespa-kses  as  we  forgive  thoite  who  trag-| 
pa.ss  against  ue-."  ButthlMdot-Kuot  Uf* 
that  it  is  proper  for  a  aanciified  aad  de-l 
voted  child  of  God  to  come  beforfe  hiJ 
heavenly  Father  in  the  language  of  ani 
unwashed  slnocr.  for  iiieiance,  -  ol 
Lord  God.  with  shame  aod  coufuuMm  off 
fat:e,  we  come  before  thee,  Thou  actbo-l 
ly,  but  we  are  unholy,  Thou  art  kind,! 
but  we  are  luigrateful,"  ThU 
proi)er  language  for  a  true  discipI«.i>ho| 
has  the  love  of  God  abiding  with  ffiii 
and  if  perchance  one  may  have  fMnfarl 
fallen  from  his  first  love,  or  becora*?  a 
entangled  in  the  cares  <if  thl»  world,  i 
to  render  such  a  prayer  pnqfr  tn  hisl 
CiUJe;  it  is  certainly  needful  that  Hf-MKMddl 
tli'en,  and  thence  fonvard;"  "l,iin.;"~|;.rth| 
fruit  meet  for  repeiitiUrce.  Tin-  iiii!-i-ht.r 
tiom  ^hall  not  inherj,'^  .tl^e  kljn;.7f|m_  <^| 
heaven.  God  grant  that  we  be  odt  ile-f 
ceived.  ■  <       ■"     .<rT 

Physically,  a  man  ruayhav.^ll&<irfA,v-, 
enly  ju  the  extreme-  11*-  may  li,-iT«  wal-j 
lowed  in  the  miie.  aAd  ;ia>iiw  t%lM>k' 
filthy  rnga;  but  if  this  peKon  ii»*^-tiiidl 
his  filth  thoroughly  ".^aflhed  ^ixt^ff^xyf 
rags  exchanged  fi*i-a  clean,  whotf^gSrlj 
his  habits  and  his  rrehijj'athin  <!han'^'d  t 
those  of  cleanliness,  he  will  liai-c'|Qo 
uipre  conscience  of  the  fiUh  fi.nu  \|£ch  I 
he  was  "once  purgexl,"  and  ytst- Jjijhe| 
would  be  always-clean,  tln»ugh  heViire- 
fully  avoids  dirt  and  filth,  he  mos1^-ash| 
daily.  "'"C' 

This  is  the  true  condition  of '  ji[  V^M^t,  I 
though  he  is  ■' every  wbit  whole,U^et| 
he  must  watch  ami  pray,  or  else  he  caa- 1 
not  retain  his  sanctity  ind  grow  in  gr^ce.  I 
Yes, "  watch  and  pray."  And  auv^ngl 
a.s  he  continues  in  the-so  two,  accump^- 
ied  with  true  faith  and  a  sincere  dniirel 
for  a  plain  sight  of  the  path  ofilucy;,! 
and  for  an  ever-willing  mind  to  walk^  in  I 
it,  he  will  not  have  occasion  to  come  lie- 
fore  his  Maker  in  ihelaugunire  of  Hfeun- 1 
victed  sinner.  May  the  Lonl  hpln  'Hift.  I 
Of  ourselves  we  can  do  /<  >'//'  .■ 


A  BRAVE  SPIRIT. 

X^Ol'NG  mail,  be  brave.  Many  pfeo- 
J-  pie  imagine  that  courage  is  pon- 1 
fined  to  the  field  of  battle.  There  uuMld  I 
be  no  greater  mistake.  Even  contentions  I 
with  men — unavoidable  contentions,  are  | 
not  by  any  means  limited  to  public  Kat- 
tle  fields.  And  there  are  other  str^g-l 
gles  with  adverse  circumstances — stpi^g 
gles.  It  may  be  with  hablta,  or  ap(>ittiite,| 
or  passions^all  of  which  require  ^as| 
much  courage  and  more  of  pers^vtre- 
ance,  than  the  brief,  exciting  eocoAinter  I 
of  battle.  Knough  to  conteutl  ,^vUb,  I 
enough  to  overcome,  liw  in  the>  way.  ox  I 
a  young  man.  It  may  be  one  kind  rtf  a  I 
difficulty,  or  it  may  be  another;  liutl 
plenty  of  difficulties  of  some  kind  ,  or  I 
other  every  young  man  just  starting  ial 
life  may  be  sure  he  will  find,  AnjJ  the  I 
essential  thing  ab^ut  him  is,  wheth*fr  hel 
will  be  a  cpwartl  and  succumb,  or  whatl 
the  Indians  so  sigmfieatitly  tenif"'  al 
brave.".  He  wlu'  never  falte.->,  no  fjiat-] 
ter  how  adver^^e  the  cu'ciumstanci^  .al- 
ways enjoys  wiUiin  himself  tbe  <-<»a-| 
sciousness  of  a  perpefual.  s^iiritnal  tri-l 
umph,  of  which  nothing  can  depriva 
him.  .  ^  I 

Dkcisi(»s     and     pnuuptltude,    e^veB| 
though  sometimes  a  man   may   wr 
want  of  due  deliberation,   mil,  in  th«| 
long  run,  more  *>t>en  condiu'e  to  suc« 
than  a  slow  jutlgment  that    ct>mes  , 
late. 


TITK    l^nEXI-lKK>r    v^T    A^"01CIC. 


Orfober    17 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PDBLI8HID   WBBKLY 


J.  H.  MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


I.  B.  II.  U»»ifomi.  dul/  »iilhr.riwl.  bj-  ii*  m  our 
i  corr«j>onJ«iil  mJ  ngfni  for  ili«  IJ«KTifK«»  *» 
#n«  »nd  wtti  McdTediiL-rripilfm-for  tlirMme  m  our 
■MUtfnlM-  All  liu-'inpM  i  fiiii«<-l«xl  V  hioi  fur  our  of- 
A»,wlU  be  IhP  Mine  m  if  <lunp  hy  <iiir»i>lv». 


fas  BmRiiBiH  AT  Wnmc  will  b«  irrl  pOKi-pnl'l,  l«  hhj 
mUnm  In  the  UnittJ  SIMM  or  C*n*'l».  Tor  $1  M  jicr 
t^mm.  Tho'f  i-i-fiiling  ten  mimr*  »i)J  J15  00,  will  re- 
^n  %a  *»lr«  «pj  fr**  of  ch»W  Kor  nil  0T»r  thi» 
III  III  the  «f(cnt  will  b«  iil]nwr<l  10  (>ri>U  for  enoh  adJl- 
teas)  Duna.  whirh  wnount  cnn  be  .!p.luot«il  Troto  Ihe 
■mar.  beforf  MO'linR  it  to  u*.  Money  Or.lem.  Dmfbi, 
^  R«|tt«i«r«d  Leii»ra  maj  b*  «*ni  At  our  ri^k.  Thej 
rttodlJ  be  iDvIn  payable  lo  Mborc  A  Kabclman. 

Soteeripiioiii.  and  eontmiinioiiionH  intended  for  Ibe  pa- 

C,  M  well  a*  all  buaincM  malieri  conaeeted  with  ibe  of-  | 
•houlcl  bp  uddrpM^d  I 

VOOBt  *  ES^ELICAK, 

Unuk.  CuToIl  Co.,  Ill 


'  Last  Thur*(J«>  ntiil  Friday  wit-  thf  Shiiimon 
I'Vaat,  hf'id  in  tltuir  !;ir«'*  nit-.'tinft  lum--'  at  lliat 
place.  The  coHKn-gHtiim  wtw  v.-ry  Urge  and 
jtlfuty  of  miuUt*'riiil  Mill.  Everybo(l>  «w:iicil 
huppy;  ill  fact,  tlip  iiie>-tiiig  wjw  h  yowd  one, 
and  wp  all  TeU  loth  t<»  Irave  th^-  pUte.  It  is 
(0  bi;  pegtrtt^d  lliaf  for  the  wiint  of  room  (it  the 
tableM,  nil  could  not .  uiMiiriiimf.  It  waif  the 
largeet  Fvatit  ever  held  iil  lh»t  |ducc. 

Ant*  now  it  is  r.-iinrt«-d  that  tin-  rt-galia  of 
Cyrus  the  (Irrat,  of  whom  niontion  is  made  Jn 
Daniel  10:  1,  have  bofii  Hug  iip  inGalicia.  The 
place  is  ni'ar  where  the  Greek  hiistorian  locates 
his  death.  The  time  was  not  far  hack  when 
xuch  an  annuunceuient  would  have  beeu  met 
with  nothing  hut  laughter.  But  diiicoTenes  as 
wonderful  are  made  almost  yearly. 


■ABK,ILL. 


OCTOBEB  17, 1S7S. 


Tur.  Lov^-featl  at  Polo,  week  lef-ire  la^t,  we 
ton,  WHS  well  attended,  and  the  meeting  a  good 
■t.     Two  were  haptized. 


Thk  "  Stein  and  Ray  Debate  "  eommeucefl  in 
Ail  tMue,  and  will  l)ei<>uiidoD  tirst  page,  which 
hm  been  net  apart  for  th»t  purpose. 

A  trPTKR  from  Aahiand  informs  u9,  that  the 
College  building  is  about  ready  for  roofing. 
Thd^Beein  to  be  progrewiinK  finely  with  their 
«ilerpri«e,  

Thk  good  work  atill  goes  on  in  Denmark. 
Obi!>  more  baptized  lately,  Brethren,  pray  for 
tbr  success  of  the  cause  nver  there,  and  not  on- 
ly pnrr,  but  show  your  raifh  by  your  works  in 
keiping  the  cause  along. 

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•Tth  copies  containing  the  debate  from  the  be- 
gmniug,  we  find  it  uece»'<ary  to  run  a  number 
of  eitra  copies  this  issue.  Those  who  come 
int  will  t>e  first  served. 

Vfr.  aro  glad  to  note  that  brother  Duvid 
Wolfe,  of  Adams  Co.,  III.,  i-;  improving  iu  lienith, 
ail  it  i^  hoped  he  will  >(>oii  be  able  to  attend  to 
to  ministerial  duties  so  much  needed  in  his, 
nd  adjoining  congregatoii.". 

\\k  are  always  glad  to  reci-ive  church  news 
fruni  every  part  of  the  bnitherhnod,  and  iiiuong 
Ihe  first  things  read  by  our  readers,  is  that  part 
iif  the  paper.  Let  us  hear  how  you  prosper  in 
Ibr  Lord,  and  how  the  saints  among  you  are 
g*(ling  along.  

Thz  devil  is  in  all  his  glory  when  he  succeeds 
CD  getting  the  Lord's  faithful  servants  to  cjuit 
llieir  work  and  wrestle  with  liionie  of  his  imps. 
Uut  ai-e  not  overly  much  thought  of.  He 
knows  that  if  they  cannot  be  overcome,  they 
can  be  kept  from  their  work  nt  least,  and  in 
this  wny  injure  the  cause. 


I  Six  hundred  Mormons  sailed  from  Liverpool 
I  for  this  country  on  the  14lh.  They  come  from 
Germany,  Swilxerland,  and  Great  Britain.  Ni 
brethren,  does  this  nut  show  that  the  Mormons, 
wlio  are  walkiug  in  darknes-t,  are  doing  vastly 
more  towards  converting  people  to  the  deeds  of 
darkness  than  we  are.  to  get  them  to  see  the 
light  y  Arise,  let  us  go  to  work  in  full  eMrm-st. 
We  want  more  preachers,  more  preacliing.  and 
more  tracts.  _ 

It  is  reported  that  Dr.  Oumniing.  of  London, 
in  n  recent  lecture  announced  to  his  congrega^ 
tion  that  he  firmly  lielieved  that  many  of  his 
hearers  would    live  to  witness   Christ's  second 


tn  discourage  the  youlh,  but  fee!  to  einourag'' 
thfiii  to  write  and  early  tearu  tu  luve  pore  mid 
iindefiled  religion  as  »et  forth  by  Chrixt. 

O.v  the  22nd  of  March,  1S55.  the  foilow- 
iu:f  law  wii"!  passed  in  the  Stute  of  Indiana: 
"  Si'c.  1, — That  erery  per^ton  of  the  age  of 
eighleeu  years  and  upwards,  who  shall  prornm*- 
ly  curse,  swear,  aver  or  imprecate,  bv  or  in  the 
naiueof  God.  .lesus  Christ  or  the  Holy  Gho.t. 
r-hitll  lie  deemed  guilty  of  profanity,  and 
conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  iu  the  sum  of 
not  less  than  one.  nor  more  than  three  dollars 
for  each  offense."  Of  course  it  is  not  heeded, 
and  amounts  to  comparatively  nothing  so  far 
as  the  morals  of  the  country  is  concerned.  But 
men  woh  swear  in  the  State  of  Iiid.,  not  only 
violate  the  law  of  God,  but  of  the  State,  also. 


A  DANISH  MONTHLY. 

BMOTHELf  Hope  writa-i  us  that  a  monthly 
paper  published  in  the  Danish  language  is 
much  needed  in  Denmark  at  present,  and  would 
be  the  means  of  accomplishing  a  great  amount 
of  good  towards  spreading  the  truth  and  defend- 
ing the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren. 

Bro.  Hope  has  workid  hard  day  and  night, 
and  is  now  almost  worn  out,  so  that  it  will  not 
be  advisable  to  require  much  traveling  of  him 
in  the  future.  Others  can  do  that  work  while 
he  devotes  much  of  his  time  to  the  spreading  of 


coming.     The  rapid  fulfilling  of  prophecy  indi-    the  truth  by  means  of  the    press;  and   a  small 


TllK  Milledgeviile  Feast  came  oft' last  Tuesday 
md  Wednesday.  It  wa^iour  privilege  to  attend 
Ihe  first  day  only.  The  meeting  was  not  as 
Urge  as  usual,  and  not  many  ministers  from  a 
Jifltance,  yet  taking  it  all  in  all.  it  was  a  pleas- 
ant feast,  and  to  us  an  enjoyable  season.  A 
Lewvy  storm  coming  up  in  the  evening  disturl>- 
«td  the  meeting  some. 

fltaCTHREX  Jacob  Harley  and  .Jacob  Conner 
«th  their  companions  from  Harleysville,  Pa.. 
Bt  risiting  friends  in  Lanark  and  Shannon,  and 
•tlending  some  of  the  Love-feasts  in  this  part 
of  the  country.  The  members  here  are  always 
glad  to  have  old  acquaintances  call  and  see 
Uiem.     It  ia  pleasant  to  thus  associate. 

Brothkr  D.  B.  Gibson  dosed  an  interesting 
ieries  of  meetings  in  the  Rock  River  congrega- 
lien  lasfr  wi-ek.  The  congregations  were  large 
tnd  the  inferest  good.  Three  were  received 
ffiio  the  churoii  by  baptism,  and  one  restored. 
fle  commenced  another  series  at  Shannon  last 
tViday  evening,  immediately  atler  the  Feast. 

CjSiLDBEN  AT  WoBK.  —  Neither  labor  nor 
erpenw  will  \w  spared  to  give  the  children  a 
l>»per,  that  will  gently  lead  'them  to  lo%'e,  hon- 
or and  revere  God'e  Word,  and  cause  them  to 
fore  Him.  who  loves  them.  Children  iiift  read. 
They  are  taught  that:  and  now  it  remains  for 
(arents  to  say  uhat  they  shall  read.  Good 
reading  matter,  will  make  good  minds,  and 
good  rainds  are  a  blessing  in  any  family.  Try 
the  Chihlnn  at  li'ork:  one  year.  Price  of 
Brethbk.v  at  Wobk  and  ChiUlren  at  Work  to 
tiae  address,  one  year,  ?fi,*X>. 


cates  the  near  approach  of  the  great  millennium, 
and  it  would  be  a  source  of  much  happineas  if 
we  could  be  permitted  io  realize  that  the  grand 
event  shall  take  jilace  during  the  present  gen- 
eration. ^ 

The  world  is  full  of  people  who  are  witling  to 
work,  provided  they  can  do  something  great. 
They  are  not  willing  to  spend  their  time  on  lit- 
tle things — there  is  too  much  talent  and  great 
learning  at  stake,  Such  people  are 'of  very  lit- 
tle benefit  to  either  the  Lord  or  anybody  else. 
To  the  redeemed  he  wants  to  say.  "Thou  hast 
been  faithful  over  a  few  things,  and  I  will  make 
thee  ruler  over  many  things."  First,  lenrn  to 
do  little  things  well,  and  improve  as  you  ad- 
Tjince  iu  life's  station. 

It  is  certainly  wrong  to  talk  of  a  member's 
faults  behind  his  back,  with  a  view  of  injuring 
him.  If  you  have  anything  to  say  about  his 
faults,  go  to  him  like  a  Christian,  and  tell  him 
all  about  it.  and  if  he  is  the  person  he  ought  to 
be,  it  will  do  him  good.  It  does  no  good  to 
talk  of  a  man's  faults  behind  his  back,  nor  is  it 
right.  Such  things  ought  not  to  be  allowed  in 
any  congregation  that  wishes  to  retain  peace 
and  harmony,  nor  should  any.  professing  the 
name  of  Jesus,  permit  himself,  or  herself  to 
drift  into  such  a  sinful  practice.  If  persisted 
in,  it  is  enough  to  irink  any  soul  into  everlast- 
ing ruin. 


People  who  aim  to  fight  the  devil  on  his  own 
ground  are  not  as  wise  as  the  swan,  of  which  is 
given  an  incident  below.  If  you  want  to  tight 
the  devil  and  sin  successfully,  keep  on  the  Lord's 
side:  "A  curious  battle  between  a  fox  and  a 
swan  occurred  some  years  ago  in  England,  at  a 
place  named  Peusey.  The  swan,  sitting  on  her 
eggs  on  one  side  of  the  river,  observed  a  fox 
swimming  towards  her  from  the  opposite  shore. 
Rightly  judging  she  could  beat  grapple  with 
the  fox  iu  her  native  element,  she  plunged  into 
the  water,  and  after  beating  him  off  for  some 
time  with  her  wings,  at  length  succeeded  in 
drowning  him." 


It  seems  that  the  Brethren  in  Southern  Ill- 
inois are  alive  in  the  missionarj'  work.  Their 
appointing  four  missionaries  at  their  last  dis- 
trict meeting,  indicates  their  determination  to 
spread  the  Truth  and  build  up  churches.  This 
IS  what  we  want— less  talk  and  more  work.  If 
every  district  in  the  brotherhood  will  take  hold 
of  the  work  with  a  true  earnestness  a  vast 
amount  of  good  can,  and  will  be  accomplished. 
Their  proposal  to  work  with  the  Northern  dis- 
trict in  the  Central  mission  field  is  the  right 
slep  in  the  right  direction.  Hope  the  brethren 
will  keep  our  readers  posted  on  their  efforts  in 
the  different  parts  of  the  State. 


Before  the  Home  Circle  was  discontinued 
in  the  Brkthukx  .^t  Work,  we  received  many 
good  letters  for  that  department  from  the 
children.  When  the  Chihheu  at  Wwk  was 
begun,  all  those  letters  were  transferred  to  its 
tdjtor,  who  has  given  place  to  most  of  them  in 
that  paper.  Periiaps  many  of  the  little  folks 
thought  their  letters  were  thrown  into  the 
waste  basket,  because  they  never  appeared  in 
this  paper;  but  if  they  will  subscribe  for  the 
Chilihrn  ,tt  Wnrk;  they  will  find  that  their  ef- 
forts have  been  appreciated.     We  do  not    want 


monthly  would  enable  him  to  do  that  with  ef- 
fect. 

What  we  want  now,  is  one  or  two  wealthy 
brethren  ur  sistei-s  to  take  hold  of  the  projected 
enterprise  and  sustain  it  with  their  means.  It 
will  be  some  years,  perhaps,  before  the  paper 
will  be  self-sustaining.  It  will  have  to  be  sus- 
tained by  donations  for  quite  awhile.  We  have 
plenty  of  wealthy  members  who  could  furnish 
the  means  for  starting  such  a  paper  and  not 
feel  it.  What  say  ye  brethren?  Is  there  not 
a  brother  or  sister  among  us  ftvho  wants  to  do 
ood  work,  who  wants  to  put  some  of  his 
means  to  work  for  the  Lord's  cause  ?  Here  is 
an  excellent  opportunity,  and  a  project  that 
every  lover  of  truth  would  like  to  see  effected. 
Let  us  hear  from  some  of  you  at  once. 

Do  not  think  this  a  strange  request,  or  one 
that  is  unreasonable,  for  other  denominations, 
who  are  less  concerned  about  the  ifAo/r  truth 
than  us,  do  far  greater.  It  is  a  common  thing 
for  persons  among  them  to  give  from  five  hun- 
dred to  ten  thonsand  dollais  yearly  for  similar 
projects.  Let  us  have  as  much  zeal  as  they,  and 
push  the  good  work  forward.  It  will  take  a 
person  of  some  means  to  do  this,  and  when  once 
done,  that  brother  or  sister  can  then  see  why 
the  Lord  has  blessed  them  with  more  means 
than  they  need  for  their  own  individual  neces- 
sities. 

The  Advents  of  .America  are  just  flooding  that 
country  with  jiapers  and  tracts,  are  doing  their 
utmost  to  overpower  the  Brethren's  doctrine, 
and  thus  refute  our  efforts  at  spreading  the 
truth.  It  will  not  cost  much  to  start  and  sus- 
tain the  paper.  Brother  Hope  can  do  about  all 
the  work  on  it  and  thus  curtail  expenses. 


aUALIFICATIONS   BEFORE 
ELECTIONS. 


■■Tbejirti.lein  tliela.st  Xu.uf  the  Buktiiiien  at 
■\VoitK,  Concerning  the  solemn  event  that  took  place 
at  Lanark,  meets  m>  ai»prol)atioii  fully.  The  call- 
ing of  the  clnirch  together,  not  at  feast  time,  but  at 
.T  council  meeting  and  then  laying  the  qualillca- 
tions  before  the  niembei-s,  Uiat  they  may  know 
what  kiuil  of  material  is  heat  adapted  to  the  Ma.s- 
tfr's  work,  is  certainly  the  right  way.  Using  Ihis 
method  needs  the  laying  down  of  no  qualifications 
after  the  clioice  is  made.  If  this  method  is  carried 
out,  there  will  be  more  satisfaction  in  selucting 
church  officers  and  in  church  government." 

A.  S.  Lriihan. 
RKMARK6. 

IT  is  hoped  that  this  subject  will  receive  spec- 
ial attention.  It  wants  to  be  looked  at 
from  a  Bible  stand-point,  and  settled  by  apos- 
tolic usage.  I  am  of  the  impression  that  it  has 
not  been  studied  with  the  care  it  should. 

The  selection  of  church  officers  is  one  f^  the 
most  important  duties  lefl  to  the  church,  for 
on  that  largely  depends  the  prosperity  and  \m- 
rity  of  the  body.  To  neglect  duty  in  this  rf^ 
spect  is  to  open  the  door  to  discord  and  comi[>- 
tion.  If  the  official  body  can  be  kept  pure,  and 
composed  of  none  but  good  and   faithful  men, 


Paul  gave  r;inotby  a  special  charge  regarding 
the  iiistalhilion  of  officers,  telling  him  that  the 
word  i-hould  be  committed  to  none  but  "  faifl,. 
fill  men.  who  shall  be  able  to  teach  others  also." 
2  Tim.  2:  "i.  The  terms,  "  faithful "  aud  "able," 
as  used  and  applied  by  the  Bt»08tle,  contain  a 
depth  of  nifiiuing  seldom  comprehended  by  the 
careless  Ihinki  r-  In  order  that  none  but  faith- 
ful men  might  be  installed  into  office,  the 
Scriptures  lay  d"wn  certain  rules,  regulating 
the  qualifications  that  such  persons  should  pos- 
sess before  being  fully  entrusted  with  the  sacred 
position.  In  fact,  the  Lord  tells  just  what  kind 
of  >nen  he  wants.  If  the  officer  is  to  be  a  dea- 
con or  elder,  the  exact  qualifications  are  given 
in  plain  and  simple  terms.  The  man  who  care- 
fully read*  these  instructions  as  given  by  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  then  picks  out  the  man  pos- 
sessing these  qualifications  aud  votes  for  him, 
is,  in  his  voting,  influenced  by  the  Spirit,  and 
his  choice  is  the  choice  of  the  Spirit. 

The  only  safe  way  then  to  pursue,  is  to  fol- 
low  the  apostolic  example,  and  lay  down  the 
qualifications  prior  to  the  voting.  When  the 
seven  were  chosen  at  Jerusalem,  to  take  charge 
of  the  tables,  special  care  was  taken  to  tell  the 
membeni  just  what  kind  of  men  were  wanted. 
They  did  not  wait  till  the  election  was  over  and 
then  lay  down  the  qualifications.  Nothing  of 
that  kind  was  practiced  in  the  primitive  church. 
If  a  congregation  proposes  to  enter  into  an  elec- 
tion to  make  choice  of  some  brother  to  serve 
the  church,  great  care  should  be  taken  to  tell 
the  members  just  what  kind  of  a  man  the  Lonl 
wants,  not  the  kind  we  want,  but  what  the  Lord 
wants.  This  can  be  found  out  by  carefully 
reading  what  the  apostles,  in  their  epistolary 
writings  have  said.  If  these  qualifications  were 
always  laid  down  and  fully  explained  before 
elections,  we  would  make  less  mistakes.  I  say 
ice,  because  the  Holy  Ghost  makes  no  mistakes. 
If  we  would  alwaysfollow  theinstructionsof  the 
Spirit,  as  given  in  the  Scriptures,  i  eit'itr  would 
we  make  any  mistakes  iu  this  particular,  but 
ail  such  mistakes  result  from  our  not  following 
the  Word.  The  Word  is  plaiu.  it  ia  explicit, 
and  he  who  follows  that  Word — looks  around 
and  picks  out  the  man  that  fits  the  Word — is 
guided  by  the  Spirit. 

Brethren,  one  great  trouble  in  many  of  our 
elections  is,  we  do  not  refer  the  inembei-s  to  the 
Word  enough.  We  do  not  read  the  Scriptures 
enough  on  these  points;  nor  do  we  preach  on 
them  sutHciently.  There  is  less  preaching  done 
on  that  subject  among  us  than  any  one  point  I 
know  of,  and  j'et  the  purity  and  welfare  of  the 
church  depend  on  our  understanding  and  prac- 
ticing what  the  apostles  have  enjoined  in  rela- 
tion to  this  question.  Let  us  search  the  Script- 
ures with  more  care,  and  obey  them  iu  all  their 
parts.  ^^^^^^^^^  J.  H.  M. 

THE  KISS  OF  CHARITT. 

THE  apostle  Paul,  in  his  letters  to  the  breth- 
ren at  Rome,  Corinth  and  Thessalouica, 
urged  them  to  salute  each  other  with  a  holy 
kiss.  Rom.  16:  16:  lCor.l6:2U;  2Cor.l3:12; 
1  Thess.  5:  26.  The  apostle  Peter,  in  his  letter 
to  the  sojourners,  <Gr.  pdrepi'lnii'ils)  scatter  '\ 
throughout  Poutus,  Galatia,  Cappadocia,  Asia 
and  Bithynja,  urges  them  to  salute  one  another 
with  a  kiss  of  charity.  Paul  to  the  Romans 
and  Corinthians,  says,  "  Apamsthe  alleoHS  en 
philetnati  ayh^'  and  to  the  brethren  at  Thessa- 
loniea,  says,  ""  Afpo-msllie  f'liin  fnieUihiniis  pimlus 
en  philh/Kfti  iiijin."  To  the  former  he  says, 
"  Salute  each  other  with  a  holy  kiss."  Salute 
"each  o//iPi-"  and  salute  '''nil  the  brethren"  i^ 
the  same.  If  "each  other  "  does  not  refer  to 
"  brethren,"  then  there  might  be  room  for  cav- 
ilera. 

Peter  says:  "  Aajjnsnvthc  alleons  philemnti 
Ufjapes"  that  is,  "  Salute  you  each  other  witli  it 
kiss  of  love."  Paul  caHs  the  salutation  «  liolif 
fiiss,  and  Peter  calls  it  a  kiss  i>f  hie.  '  A  kiss  of 
love,  in  the  Bible  sense,  is  a  holy  kiss,  aud  a  ho- 
ly tdss  is  certainly  a  kiss  of  love.  But  recently 
a  new  idea  ajjpeitred  on  this  subjert,  and  like  all 
deas  in  opposition  to  complete  obedience  to 
Christ,  it  ia  ho  far  from  the  faith'  and  praetice  of 
the  primitive  (Christians  tihat  not  one  partieleof 
weight  is  attached  to  it.  Ht^wcver  the  idea  is 
one  that  thousands  may  eagerly  grasp,  and  thus 
prevent  them  from  conforming  to  the  doctrine 
of  Christ;  hence  it  should  be  held  up  to  Light 
which  nmketh  mijnifest.  If  the  idea  is  right,  it 
will  look  riglit;  if  it  is  wrong,   the  wrong  v 


the  way  is  open  for  securing  and  retaining  that 

simplicity  and  holiness  that  should  charaTteri/*  j  jtppearr"  The  new  ideris'thilTsince  "the^com 

the  church  of  God  on  eartK  |  ^^,^^^  u  ,„.^  „,  ,^^  ^,„^,  ^y  ,;,,  ,^,^.,  ,„vrf„,  l.y 


October    17 


,/„  apaillf'  to  time  tlir,/  m  Jmlij  l,„,.l,"  Hpy 
flre  ""'  ^^^  **•"■  observance. 

We  turn  to  RomuHs  Ifi:  17.  one  vone  nearer 
the  close  of  th^  upoHtle's  l^ler  than  the  coni- 
mnnfl.  "SnluU' one  imotlier  with  a  holy  km" 
and  read:  "  Now  I  l^seech  yon.  brethren  mark 
tbera  which  cause  divisions  and  oirenses.  contra- 
ry to  the  doctrine  which  ye  have  learned;  and 
ftvoid  them."  Now  according  to  tlie  late  idea 
on  the  holy  kiss,  the  disciples  of  Christ  are  not 
reqtiirod  to  mark  and  avoid  them  which  cause 
divisions  and  offenses  contrary  to  sound  doc- 
trine, because  the  injunction  to  "m/i,t"and 
"fliwirf  "  19  HO  near  the  close  of  the  letter. 

We  will  now  bring  up  1  Cor.  Ifi:  U  which  is 
also  near  the  close  of  an  apostle's  letter:  "Let 
bII  your  things  be  done  with  charity."  Here 
again,  -according  to  the  late  idea  on  the  hob- 
kiss,  it  would  avail  nothing  for  Christians  to  do 
ftU  things  with  charity. 

Let  us  now  see  with  what  Peter  doses  his 
lecond  letter:  "  But  grow  in  grace,  and  in 
the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus 
Christ."  To  be  in  harmony  with  the  late  rule 
of  interpretation,  it  ia  not  necessary  to  "  </rrm>  in 
I/race,  and  in  the  knowlpd.je  of  our  Lord  and  Sav- 
ior Jesus  Christ."  We  have  always  believed 
that  the  command  to  yroir  in  grace  and  in  Ihr 
knowleifge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  was  binding 
on  the  disciples  of  Christ,,  from  the  fact  that  a 
disciple  is  a  learner,  and  a  learner  must  (ji-oir  in 
knowledge,  but  now  in  this  age  of  learning,  we 
are  informed  that  to  grow  in  grace,  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  avails  noth- 
ing, since  the  command  is  at  the  close  of  an 
apostle's  letter!  Had  this  command  and  that  of 
the  holy  kiss  been  placed  at  the  hcijitininf}  or  in 
the  miiWf  of  an  apostle'a  letter,  they  would  he 
binding  on  us,  but  alas!  they  oj-e  all  at  the  close. 
hence  of  no  consequence. 

When  men,  who  lay  claims  to  learning  and 
ability,  will  resort  to  such  sophistical  reasonint^, 
it  is  conclusive  evidence  that  they  have  not 
grown  much  in  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord  Je- 
sus. If  such  were  toobey  the  command,  "■groir 
in  grace,  and  in  the  knoirhdrjc  oi  our  Lord  and 
Savior,"  they  would  soon  "  yroir  "  into  obeying 
the  command,  "  salute  all  the  bretlvren  with  a 
holy  kiss;"  hut  just  as  long  as  they  refuse  to 
obey  commands  because  they  are  placed  at  the 
close  of  an  apostolic  writing,  just  that  long  they 
refuse  to  grow  in  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord, 
and  just  as  long  as  they  refuse  to  grow  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  just  that  long 
they  fail  to  practice  the  command.  "  Salute  one 
another  with  a  holy  kiss,"  which  is  also  near 
the  close  of  the  apostolic  writings. 

But  it  is  said  that  the  commands  were  "writ- 
ten by  the  apostles  to  those  ihfij  so  t/fufh/  he- 
fil."  Precisely!  And  those  they  so  thnrhj  lov- 
ed were  commanded  to  "Salute  one  another 
with  ft  holy  kiss;"  and  those  who  were  thus 
commanded,  believed  and  obeyed. 

This  command  was  not  an  "  opinion  "  of  the 
apostles,  but  was  given  by  the  authority  of  the 
Lord  Christ;  and  it  is  a  settled  fact  that  the 
primitive  Christians  obeyed  this  command,  and 
tiiueht  others  to  obey  it.  It  is  also  a  settled 
fact  that  the  Book  of  God,  as  handed  down  to 
us,  teaches  the  same  thing.  It  is  further  a  set- 
tled fact  that  some  are  obeying  this  command 
at  the  preaeut  time.  Now  then  one  question  to 
the  unprejudiced  reader:  If  the  apostles  taught 
tmd  practiced  it,  and  the  Book  teaches  it.  are 
those  who  are  commanded  to  walk  steatlfastly 
ia  "the  apostles'  doctrine  and  fellowship,"  un- 
safe when  they  obey?  But  then  those  who  do 
Dot  obey  this  command  are  not  troubled  about 
those  who  do:  they  are  troubled  because  they 
themselves  do  not  obey  it.  Here  is  where  th?y 
Hud  trouble,  and  they  will  not  only  find  trouble 
about  this  command  in  this  world,  but  there 
will  be  trouble  about  it  when  Christ  shall  come 
to  "  take  vengeance  on  them  that  obey  not  the 
Gospel."  In  this  world  they  are  taxed  to  their 
utmost  to  make  it  appear  unessential.  How 
much  more  glorious  and  praiseworthy  to  teach 
it  just  aa  the  Book  teaches  it!  Such  a  course 
carries  with  it  the  power  and  blessing  of  God, 
while  a  contrary  course  will  bring  Hisdispleas- 
"re.  The  Lord  help  all  to  yield  eatire  obedience 
'o  Thy  authority.  M-  «•  £■ 


THK    lir?ETlHrRPj:N'    vVT    AVORTC. 


JOTTINGS  BT  THE  WAY. 

ON  Monday  evening  attended  meeting  in 
Lyniidora,  Christian  Co.,  111.  Having  spent 
several  years  at  this  place  before  engaging  in 
"^y  present  labor,  1  was  glad  to  meet  dear  breth- 


ren and  friends  and  talk  with  them  about  the 
one  great  Treasure.  There  arc  some  precious 
Bouls  here  who  are  looking  into  the  "house  of 
God,"  and  as  they  are  looking  that  way.  I  hope 
they  will  «oon  get  there. 

Tuesday,  '.i  A.  M..  attended  a  very  plea.iant 
council  meeting  of  the  brethren  and  sistepf  who 
reside  about  ten  miles  from  the  miun  body  of 
the  Sugar  Creek  church.  At  this  meeting  they 
nyreed  to  hold  a  Love-feast  the  18th  inst,  which 
will  be  the  first  of  the  kind  ever  held  iu  that 
part  of  the  country.  In  the  afternoon,  met 
with  a  few  brethren  at  the  house  of  hruther 
John  Harnish.  where  our  aged  sister  Harnish 
was  anointed.  From  here  brother  B.  B.  Whit- 
mer  and  I  went  to  Morrisonville  to  attend 
meeting  that  was  being  conducted  by  brother 
Bashor. 

The  fourth  wa.s  set  apart  for  a  feast  of  good 
things  at  Sugar  Creek.  Met  brethren  Jo.seph 
Hendricks,  J.  R.  Gish,  David  Miller,  Jesse  Dan- 
ner,  and  other  ministers.  Also  formed  the  ac- 
quaintance of  some  sisters  from  Cass  Co.,  who 
reside  where  there  are  but  few  Brethi;en.  They 
were  full  of  zeal  for  the  good  cause,  and  could 
greatly  appreciate  the  privilege  of  hearing 
preaching  and  sitting  together  in  heavenly 
places  in  Christ  Jesus.  Such  have  the  promise, 
"  Blessed  are  they  that  hunger  and  thirst  after 
righteousness;  for  they  shall  be  filled." 

The  members  of  this  church  are  very  much 
scattered,  a  number,  a«  already  stated,  living  in 
Christian  county.  Will  our  beloved  brethren 
in  the  ministry  aid  that  little  band  "out  on  the 
prairie,"  as  much  aa  they  can?  Brotlier  B.  B. 
Whitmer  a4raiui8ter3  to  them,  regularly,  but 
he.  like  most  of  us,  wants  company  in  the  work. 

Saturday,  10  A.  M.,  the  meeting  in  the  Pleas- 
ant Hill  church  commenced.  Thia  is  the 
church  in  which  the  A.  M.  was  held  in  187-1, 
The  attendance  and  interest  were  commendable, 
and  the  Feast  truly  enjoyable.  About  three 
hundred  members  engaged  in  the  good  work, 
amid  great  order  and  solemnity. 

Monday  morning,  7th,  the  delegates  assem- 
bled and  chose  Moderator  and  Clerks,  prepara- 
tory to  District  meeting.  At  8,  the  meeting 
was  opened  for  business.  Brother  Wagner  an- 
nounced the  organization  as  follows:  John 
Metzger.  Moderator,  Joseph  Hendricks,  Read- 
ing Clerk,  Daniel  Vaniman,  Writing  Clerk. 
Speakres  were  limited  to  two  speeches  on  each 
subject,  and  were  notified  to  confine  the  first 
speech  to  ten  minutes  and  the  second  to  five. 
I  thought  this  a  good  method  to  make  thinking 
minds  use  brevity  and  clearness,  which  every 
earnest  worker  ought  to  covet, 

First  subject  was  the  oversight  or  care  of 
the  church  in  Henderson  county,  Ky,  Refer- 
red to  delegates  for  disposition.  Rfsolutiou 
from  Northern  District  of  HI.,  regarding  Cen- 
tral Mission,  read  and  received.  Request  from 
Astoria  church,  that  all  matters  be  decided  by 
delegates.  Much  discussion,  when  meeting 
said,  No.  Next  related  to  the  baptism  of  peni- 
tents outside  of  the  church  in  which  they  reside, 
without  the  conns'*!  of  othcials  of  said  church 
who  are  present.  Should  ask  council  of  the 
officials  if  present. 

Brethren  of  Sugar  Creek  church  asked  the 
reconsideration  of  query  fi  of  '77.  This  relates 
to  the  final  disposition  of  matters  upon  which 
the  meeting  cannot  agree.  The  delegates  may 
dispose  of  any  query  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  if  the 
meeting  should  fail,  A  long  and  tedious  dis- 
cussion followed,  and  was  finally  brought  to  a 
close  by  tabling  the  Sugar  Creek  query. 

The  question  of  miinmr  of  washing  feet  in 
public  assembly  was  next  debated.  All  are  de- 
termined to  stick  to  the  Bible  ou  the  subject  of 
feel-washing,  but  there  ia  some  difl'erence  of 
opinion  as  to  the  best  manner  of  practicing  the 
ordinance.     Referred  to  A.  M.  for  consideration. 

Are  members  who  absent  themselves  for  sev- 
eral years  from  the  Communion,  qualified  to  sit 
in  council  and  aid  in  the  correction  of  others? 
Tabled.  Change  of  time  of  holding  D.  M.  ask- 
ed for.  Some  preferred  April  to  October,  but 
the  majority  said,  no  change.  The  Macoupm 
Creek  church  desired  the  I).  M.  to  amend  her 
practice  of  choosing  oflicer^  and  delegates  so  as 
to  require  a  majority  of  the  whole  vote  to  elect. 
Concluded  to  continue  the  present  practice. 

The  question  of  the  marriage  of  cousins  was 
introduced,  but  deferred  until  to-morrow, 

TfESDAY. — MORNING  SESSION. 

Reconsideration  of  Art.  4  of  1789  relating  to 
marriage  of  cousins,  taken  up  and  discussed  at 
length,  and  finally  laid  on  the  table. 


lleport  of  mi9*ionarieK  being  in  order,  they 
prpsented  the  following:  UeceivM  by  baptium 
during  the  year.  1 IH  persons,  Kxp^-nsM.  5ft. 40. 
■fohn  Metzger,  J.  R.  Oish.  Jost-ph  Hendricks, 
and  Daniel  Vaniman  were  chosen  evangelist* 
for  the  ensuing  year.  They  will  labor  in  new 
fields,  where  there  are  few  membfn«,  and  in  the 
Central  Illinois  mission  field,  iu  conjunction  with 
those  of  Northern  Illinois,  It  was  suggested 
that  subscription  papcra  be  circulated  in  each 
church,  requesting  members  to  give  as  the  Lord 
has  prospered  them,  and  send  all  contributions 
'M  .John  Neher,  Box  IKH,  Virden.  111.  The 
Treasurer  was  ordered  to  pay  i^26.n0  to  brother 
Metzger  on  hwt  year's  expenses  and  notify  them 
at  once  to  remit  for  next  year's  expenses. 

The  next  D.  M.  will  be  held  with  the 
brethren  at  Hudson  on  Tuesday  nest  preceding 
the  full  moon  in  October  1879. 

Treasurer  reported  District  out  of  debt,  and 
a  balance  of  ?2.65  on  hand.  Whole  amount  of 
missionary  fund  received  to  date.  ?135.12.  Thi 
iff  on  hand  for  next  year's  work  1^53.42.  Thin 
shows  that  the  brethren  of  Southern  III.  are 
wide  awake  iu  the  good  cause  of  preaching  the 
Gospel  to  those  around  them. 

Delegates  to  A.  M.,  John  Metzger,  James  R. 
Gish.  Alternates,  Daniel  Vaniman,  Joseph 
Hendricks.  The  meeting  closed  about  1  P,  M., 
and  each  departed  for  his  field  of  labor.  I  am 
happy  to  say,  that  my  association  with  the 
brethren  and  sisters  was  truly  pleasant.  They 
are  earnest  workers,  and  aim  to  live  as  they  pro- 
fess, fearing  God  and  loving  the  church.  Ar- 
rived home  the  Hth.  Found  all  well:  work  abun- 
dimt,  and  willing  hands  busy,  k.  h,  b. 


THE  CALIFORNIA  COMMITTEE. 


WHEN  mention  was  made,  two  weeks  ago, 
that  the  visit  of  the  committee  to  Cali- 
fornia was  deferred,  we  felt  pressed  to  say  con- 
siderable more,  hut  thought  to  wait  a  few  weeks 
and  let  Bro.  IJuinter  give  an  explanation.  His 
explanation  has  now  been  published  in  the  P. 
I'.,  and  below  we  give  it  entire.  We  think  Bro. 
Quinter  acted  wisely  in  deferring  the  matter  till 
Bro.  Miller's  health  would  permit  him  to  take 
his  place  on  the  committee.  Hope  the  Breth- 
ren in  California  will  submit  to  this  arrange- 
ment for  the  time  being,  for  when  matters  are 
once  fully  developed,  it  will  be  to  the  advantage 
of  the  cause. 

imOTHER  qUINTER's  BXl'LANATION. 

It  was  announced  in  our  last  iHsue,  that  we 
had  started  for  California;  and  we  had  done  so, 
but  returned  home.  And  as  we  did  not  pursue 
our  contemplated  journey,  some  explanation  ia 
necessary.  There  had  been  nothing  settled  by 
the  mutual  consultation  of  the  members  of  the 
committee  in  regard  to  the  time  of  starting. 
After  our  appointment  by  the  Annual  Meeting, 
we  had  some  little  conversation  together,  and 
the  idea  was  suggested  by  some  one  of  the  com- 
mittee and  favorably  entertained  by  all,  that  it 
would  be  desirable  to  go  aa  early  in  the  Fall  as 
possible,  hut  no  time  was  fixed  upon.  And 
when  brother  Milter  and  ourself  met  in  Ohio  in 
August,  we  both  having  several  engagements  to 
fulfill,  and  he  having  some  sickness  in  his  fami- 
ly, we  concluded  instead  of  going  early  in  the 
Fall,  we  could  not  go  until  late,  though  no  time 
was  named  by  us. 

But  brother  E.  K.  Beeghly,  having  had  some 
correspondence  with  some  of  the  California 
brethren,  became  impressed  witli  the  propriety 
of  going  early  in  the  Fall,  as  it  appears  that  the 
Brethren  iu  California  expected  lis  at  that  time. 
When  he  informed  us  of  his  wish  and  of  the  ex- 
pectation of  the  California  Brethren,  we  con- 
cluded it  would  be  well  to  go  as  soon  as  possible, 
and  80  wrote  to  both  brother  Beeghly  and  broth- 
er Miller,  and  began  to  prepare  for  an  early 
departure.  But  much  to  our  rsgret,  we  leanied 
from  brother  Miller,  that  his  own  health,  and 
that  of  his  family,  were  such  that  he  could  not 
go  at  the  time  that  was  now  proposed.  Our 
fir^t  impression  upon  learning  this,  was  to  defer 
our  visit.  But  as  brother  Beeghly  had  made 
his  arrangements  to  go,  and  receiving  a  letter 
from  brother  Wolf  in  which  he  informed  us  that 
there  would  be  much  disappointment  should  we 
not  be  with  them  by  the  20th  or  25th  of  Sept., 
and  m  brother  Miller  recommended  us  to  go, 
though  he  could  not  accompany  us,  we  consid- 
ered the  propriety  of  brother  Beeghly  and  our- 
self going.  Though  we  felt  very  reluctant  to  go 
without  a  fullcommittee.  considering  the  nature 
and  responsibility  of  our  work,  but  knowing  the 
wish  of  the    Brethren   iu  California,   and  that 


brother  Be«ghly  had  made  his  arr»ngem«)t«  to 
go.  we  Ifft  hoiTic  on  th.-  ev.ni£ig  of  th-  I3th  of 
Sept..  to  meet  l.rothiT  Becglily  atCe/Ur  Uftpids, 
Iowa,  on  the  Ifith.  But  the  heavy  rain  in 
Western  Penniylvania  and  Kanteni  Ohio,  on 
the  12th,  had  damaged  the  railroadjt  to  «uch  an 
extent  that  traveling  wftsron.iiderably  retarded, 
and  when  we  arrived  at  Pittsburgh  at  midnight 
on  the  13th,  we  could  not  pnrsae  our  journey, 
aa  several  bridges  on  the  Pan  Handle  Road,  the 
road  over  which  we  were  to  pass,  were  detitroyed 
by  high  water.  And  as  we  did  not  want  to  re- 
main at  Pittsburgh  over  Sunday,  we  returned 
home  on  Saturday  morning.  Our  mind  liecame 
considerably  perplexed  in  regard  t^)  what  we 
should  do  under  the  circumstance**.  We  pray- 
erfully considered  the  matter,  but  the  way  did 
not  open  before  UB  an  clearly  as  we  dwired  it. 
We,  however,  under  considerable  perplexity  of 
mind,  started  again  on  the  evening  of  the  16th. 
concluding  that  we  would  visit  brother  Miller, 
and  have  a  con^iltation  with  him  on  oar  way 
to  meet  brother  Beeghly. 

We  accordingly  visited  brother  Miller,  but 
found  him  unable  to  accompany  us.  We  then 
talked  over  the  subject  of  our  visit,  and  prayed 
over  it.  iind  came  to  the  conclusion  that  oar 
viPit  to  California  had  better  be  deferred  until 
some  of  the  difficulties  which  seemed  to  be  in 
the  way,  should  be  removed.  Hence  the  visit 
of  the  Committee  is  deferred.  As  brother 
Beeghly  has  probably  gone,  and  as  some  of  the 
brethren  in  California  will  be  disappointed,  we 
regret  very  much  that  we  could  not  go.  But 
considering  all  the  circumstances  connected 
with  our  mission,  and  ardently  desiring  to  make 
it  a  success,  we  felt  that  our  work  at  this  time, 
under  the  circumstances  under  which  we  would 
attempt  it,  should  we  make  the  attempt,  would 
be  attended  with  some  embarrassment  that  it  a 
desirable  should  not  exist.  We  submit  the  c«e 
to  the  controlling  providence  of  God.  hoping 
that  he  will  so  direct  it  as  will  make  it  succesa- 
ful  in  due  time. 


Ai  NT:  "Shall  I  give  you  a  new  doll,  Mag- 
gie? "  Maggie:  "  No.  thanks,  auntie,  I  should 
never  love  another  doll  like  this;  for  see.  it  hu 
only  got  one  eye.  one  leg.  and  one  arm.  and  no- 
body would  care  for  it  if  I  didn't.  Proper  doIU 
can  take  care  of  themselves,  you  know."  A  val- 
uable lesson  may  lie  learned  fr.mi  this  incident. 
There  are  plenty  to  take  care  of  the  rich  and 
finely  clad,  but  some  warm-hearted,  child-like 
Christian  is  needed  to  look  after  the  wants  of 
the  blind,  lame  and  destitute.  These  are  the 
ones  whom  Christ  made  special  efforts  to  en- 
lighten and  relieve.  Due  proof  of  his  mission 
was,  that  the  Gospel  was  preached  to  the  poor; 
the  lame  was  healed,  and  the  blind  made  to  see. 


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lOO;  A  Ilolilnitrr.l  n  Sam  Si'd<  r,  S  ^  Hinr,  UMkrta*;,  )  90| 
Saiify  Shranti.  1  JOi  K  A  CmK  1  )l^  K  J  RobltHon.  I  T7(  J  C  B(y> 
Hul.3l>,  JS  Uutoraxi.  aiU-,  iu  \  C\«pti.<,  1  M^  Jacob  KlsuMl. 
ll»,  SJ  Hutrbl«in.i«^  \b>i>t  ndlft.  !00  Uanij  <)lKkt*;,  )C.  • 
Lonf.aOX  W  T  Harding.  I  73h  JRObiMOO.  0  V  YoK.  1  Olh  t 
Tiuirl.  7ai,     X  II  Kradaftr,  SX     Uao  Sii*>cr.  jAX— OcU  ir 

CAUFWRSIA  (VMMlTTKt 
MwL-m*n  rhunb,  l<id  ,  .!.-« 

Hunlfaor  Cn.-k  .■b..i.-b.  III..  1,.B 

Bnr  fn*k  Churvh  111 .  ;  •»• 

Bay  tto.  fbuivb.  M.-,  •,■» 

iTrvi^mi)  f»i«.n(.i,  '.;:  »' 


th:k  Tii<70Tiii{7:>r  ^v^i'  avoi^iv. 


October    1^ 


TV  Worth  of  Truth  no  ToHgu$  Can  Tdl. 

Tfaia  ilppftrti 


tlm.     All  iiUMliuni  ah' 

tmtnot*  Itibl*  Truth, 
U  (hori  •o.i  to  Uip  iioii 


■  •]r4iinrJ  Tor  whlng  *D<I  iiii*<(«riD| 
for  lh«  •oliiiion  of  Stnpm™!  dlfltnul 
ihoiilil  I«  •i«u-.I  with  oundor.  aii'l  "n- 

Arllelta  for  iblt  tf»|i«rtiiiwit.  mini 


(•  itiiexpIiLnudoti  of  U(>- 
JijUN  II.STAOKIl 


AVill  Monu  one  I'ltviHc  gi 

Pk-iwf  i-xiilHln  llpv,  2U:  JIJ.  M.  '""I  B"vo  u»  iin  In- 
sight Into  cliem.  -I.  M.  ninBNocii. 

Will  sioiii*-  onp  plfiwe  frfvo  informftUon  coiiwrn- 
lnglJohn»;i*,l'.  10?  W.H.MiLLBH. 

Plfiwe  Icll  mc  >vh'>  thill  iniiti  wii«.  Pftul  spoke 
of  111  u  Cor.  la:  a.  thai  wiut  CHUKl't  up  lo  the  iriirrf 
bjavfii.  Sami:ki.  ^.■^l^T. 

Will  Koiiic  lii.ithft  Klvi-  m  an  arlkh-  on  IIk;  fwl- 
lowIn«-  ■■  Ml- thai  MpiliI  In  tin- Itinjtrlom  of  hoav- 
•nlii?rcatt»rthnn  hrV"  H-  "-  Mkypfw. 

'"  ]^ltfii<'»  cqtlnl'n'jiiil  riiP-w.  2;  0.     ll  riMiWIiua: 
^Siri-nhlm.  wltosecoiiilnBisHfUr  lliu  wurkliiR  of 
Satan  wllli  nil  powhr  uuU  rIkii*  uiul  lyimt  woiiilera. 
M.  C  <;zioANS. 


too.  are  always  the  shadow  of  something  real  '  who  fiffM  and  who  irill  wqrk  that  the  Lord's 
and  more  iublime.  '  kingdom  may  come.     Thie  kingdom  and  its  in- 

So  in  the  canes  referred  lo,  wattr  was  the  ,  terests  are.  for  the  time,  committed  into  human 
raeand  u»ed,  and  tht-  washing  was  the  type  of  |  hands,  and  that  in  why  we  should  ever  pray  for 
the  cieansiing  from  ain,  whi<;h  only  Uod  himself  j  aid,  and  for  the  guidance  of  the  Spirit,  to  direct 
can  do.  So  we  decidethat  the  water  was  literal,  ;  us  in  the  work.  The  coiiiiag  of  this  kingdom 
but  the  hlejwing  depended  ou  the  proper  and  (  to  the  exteut  here  prayed  tor,  ha.-;  heeu.  and  is 
faithful  use  of  the  means  which  God  employed,    yet  much  hindered,  because  of  human  weakuesH. 

Then  if  we  would  enjoy  that  cleansing  from  '  And  had  it  not  been  for  this  weakness,  over 
sin,  which  is  necessary  to  our  entrance  into  '  which  Satan's  rule  i-i  so  strong,  thiit  prayerhnd 
heftTen,  "  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true  heart  in  J  been  realized  long  ago.  This  condition  will  ev- 
full  asaurance  of  faith,  having  our  hearts  sprink-  i  er  be  au  obstacle  in  the  way  of  the  fulness  of  its 
led  from  an  evil  conscience,  and  our /"J'/iVs  ^ro."/)-  company,  until  we  all  have  power  from  on  high 
rrf  with  pure  tcalrr.     Irft  ufthold  fast  thepni/fs-  ,  to  remove  it.     Tor  that  power  we  sliould  pray 


sion  of  our /('ith    uifhouf  tcare ring ;  for  he   i 
faitli/iil  that  promhrd."     Heb.  10:  22.  23. 

W.  Q  Calvert. 


]'loa»u  givcrui  expIaniiUuiiof  JIiitl.21:  -i;  ulso 
M.iikll  ^'.  Doliitlh  nuan  tin' »;imey  If  so.  what 
Ifl  nu-:ii.r  liv  tlie  iw«  tied  rtn.I  thccll  with  her;  loose 
them  im'l  IwIhr  them  uiitn  meV  I'id  I'p  i"!''**  both. 
aroiOyiUeuoU'^  J,  II.nu(.T. 

\\'  tPIsann  siTi>  ati  esplimut^mi  uf  the  followiiiti 
,;Word»:  ",>V|iwouV(T.i««  bwni  of  tiyd.  dulli  not  com- 
inlt  Bin;  for  lii»  seed  renuitnelli  in  hlui.  ainl  he  can- 

'  '061  b!ti,  botftiii.4i>  111-  Is  ixmi  of  ti(i<\."   I  .i"h«  ;i ;  "• 

:..,ll..M       /  '  .     MOM.IU  I.^IDAt'on. 

'  ■  trill  tlio  HiM'THitrN  AT  WditK.ir  home  mf  of 
ItauMiiv  n-iiih-r-,  cxplaiint  few  fspifMi-ioim  thai 
an-  '■luJi  ii:ii<l  HI  yy-iivr't  Tlipy  ai'  liiUi'-i  dark  t" 
mi-,  I  iL-l.  l-i  ii.f..iniiili..ii.  rirsl.  K  H  |.r..iier. 
whin  iiiviiiK  lhniik'<  iit  the  Tnb).-.  to:wk  the  Lmil  tit 
"hli'W."thiit  foiiil  whloh  H«  lifw  alrundy  i-letist-d? 
S(-ei.lHll.v.  Nit  pr.pi'i  to  Jit.iy 'Tuv  liiir«.iKi' -if  . 
Ml,  ■■  wlii-ii  .Iwus  has  done  all  for  uiir  nakcV 

D.r.  Kiiv 
ri.'f«e  Blvfi  u(i  y-mr  vI^Wn  on  the  coveHng  nimkfln 
or  by  l'»iil  I"  1  CM.  II ;  ftMn  ti'll  iH  wlni.  nr  what 
thiit  lu\-nl  is.  the  wonuui  ili!*lionur  by  pruyiug 
or  j>ii>phc.t>iii*  with  tu-r  head  um-i>vilTiJ.  I'"lii  Hi'' 
marrhrd  and  unman  ied  ?  Hy  doinc  i-n  yon  niiiy  do 
a  good  wmk  for  Rome  of  our  memhers  mil  here  in 
the  far  West  and  ol.ligo  -Davii)  Uitoumt. 

1.  PlcaM-j-rve  voTir'vTi"'OT'fiil  l.uke  10:4.  "Car- 
ry neither  inirMe.  nor  iterlp.  nor  shcfs;  andi>;i!ulc 
no  miUi  bv  the  way." 

•.'.  Also  Mntl.  aj;  P:  "And.  cull  no  nnm  yimc 
fjitliur  upon  theuiiiLh;  for  one  IsyouifallRi  wlijih 
lit  ill  heavon." 

3.  Also  I  ('n]-.7:yil:  "The  wife  is  boiinil  hy  tlie 
Ifiw  as  hinn  lus  her  hiiMbniid  Uveth;  but  If  licr  hus- 
band ho  dM.id.  she  is  at  Uhcrty  to  be  nitinlcd  to 
whiiin  sli.i  will ;  only  in  Ihi-  Lord." 

Kmma  ri'^iimi. 


WAS  IT  LITERAL  WATER? 

The  eitJlil  -scula  th;it  Wfi'-  saved  by  wnler,  was 
that  water  literal  water  or  was  it  some  other  kind 
Of  watery  i  Peter  3:  a),SJ ;  iilfloAdtana:  10.  nlieie 
ItUsaid,  aUuie  and  be  bupUzed  and  wusli  away  thy 
sln.i,  WJis  lliib  litenil  water,  Ihal  was  to  Wiwh  away 
his  sinsV  M-  l'- 

IN  answer  to  M.  F.'s  query  lu  tlie  Bukthrrn 
AT  WoKK,  Xos.  :17  and  3S,  I  reply,  th.it  both 
pii-sage^  refer  lo  literal  water.  In  regard  to  the 
"t'iiflil  souls,"  tliat  were  waved  hy  water,  (1  Pet. 
3:  2fi|,  we  learn,  that  while  all  mankind  then 
living,  ixcept  these  eiyht  souls,  were  destroye ; 
from  olf  the  t'lii'e  of  the  earth  hy  the  immeus- 
flood  of  ]  liUTill  water,  these  eight  were  saved 
in  the  ark.  and  as  the  irnlvr. — which  destroyed 
til.'  wiukeil.— 'tore  the  ark  up  in  triumph,  it  w.f 
thi-  means  by  which  the  righteou*  were  saved. 
The  other  passage,  "Arine  and  be  baplize'l 
and  wash  away  thy  sins,"  (Acts  22:  1«),  hasrel- 
erence  to  baptism,  and  the  water  which  was  to 
be  used,  was  literal  water,  and  wii«;  tin-  nieau» 
by  which  Saul  wils  to  havu  his  sins  tukcu  awny. 
We  do  not  tliink  that  water  has.  or  ever  had  the 
power  to  save  or  cleanse  from  sin,  hut  God 
works  hy  means,  and  in  these  instances  water 
wa»  the  meiuib  which  God  saw  fit  to  make  lue 
of,  in  order  that  man  might  receive  the  promis- 
ed  bleasing.  God  has  ever  seen  fit  to  recpiire 
fomething  of  man.  Our  fir^t  parents  were  re- 
quired to  dress  and  keep  the  garden  in  which 
they  dwelt.  The  children  of  Israel  were  reiiuir- 
ed  to  journey  and  toil  through  the  wildernesa 
before  they  could  inherit  the  promised  land, 
Naaman  wa.i  told  to  dip  hirmiil/  seven  times  in 
the  river  Jordan,  in  order  that  he  might  be  cur- 
ed of  leprosy.  God  could  just  tt.s  eft.*<ily  have 
saved  Israel  in  Egy|>t,  or  cleansed  Naaman  with- 
out having  him  dip  himself,  hai  he  seen  lit  to 
do  80?  But  then  their  faith,  patience,  &c.. 
would  not  have  been  tested,  and  we  think  they 
would  have  lo>t  a  great  part  of  the  phafurc  ol 
the  blessing  by  receiving  it  without  doing  any 
part  of  the  work  themselves.  Hence  we  sec 
that  God  never  agreed  to  do  it  all,  but  that  hi 
makes  literal  requirements  of  man.  in  which  He 
always  meets  man  and  showers  upon  him  the 
promised  blea^ngb.     The:se  literal  performances, 


THE  CHOOSING  OF  MINISTERS. 

MY  LASNii.V  WKST. 

''IIHK  choice  of  a  minister,  its  importance,  its 
J.  frequency,  and  the  chances  for  mistakes, 
should,  we  think,  afford  a  special  occasion  for 
prayer.  We  have  a  good  example  of  this  in  our 
Master's  liie.  See  Luke  (t:  12.  "  And  it  came 
to  paM  in  those  days,  that  he  went  up  into  a 
mountain  to  pray,  and  continued  all  nitihl  m 
prayet  to  God.''  This  wan,  no  doubt,  felt  to  be 
an  occasion  for  continued  prayer.  There  was 
important  work  to  do.  and  it  was  work  not  for 
time,  imt  for  ■■lernity.  It  was  a  new  era  in  the 
work  of  salvation,  and  as  such  it  was  felt.  Itwas 
to  begin  a  work  then,  (hat  is  not  completed  yet. 
But  great  as  it  was,  it  was  un  more  than  the 
uppomtraent  of  a  human  ministry.  It  was 
to  rommit  the  work  of  human  salvation 
into  human  hands.  And,  as  in  all  eases, 
much  dtpends  upon  those  who  do  the  work, 
so  this  work  was  i'elt  to  depend  very  much 
;upiJii  tllOKC  into  w^ioae  hands  it  fell.  To  be  a 
success,  it  must  fall  into  good  hands;  while  to 
fall  into  had  hands,  wiis  to  make  it  a  failiire. 
Thift  was  felt  to  bo  «  special  occasion  in  which 
the  mind  of  God  was  needed  to  direct,  and  our 
Master  improved  it  well — pruijed  all  uight  he- 
fare.. 

Now,  brethren,  the  church  often  has  the  same 
work  to  do.  and  do  we  not  have  far  f/rcH/fr  need 
toprnyl'  We  think  so.  But  see  now,  what 
His  work  was:  "  And  when  it  was  day,  he  call- 
ed ijnto  him  liis  disciples;  and  of  them  he  chose 
trtrlve,  whom  albo  he  called  apostles."  Luke 
fi:  13.  We  cannot  think  that  all  that  niglitV 
prayer  was  for  the  work  that  was  done,  hut  it 
must  have  been  for  the  work  yet  to  do.  He  liad 
prayed  all  night,  and  when  it  was  day  theclioic- 
Wtts  made.  Was  if  not  an  impoi-tant  work? 
None  could  have  been  greater,  unless  it  was  tln^ 
choosing  of  himself.  See  Rev.  5:  0,  7.  And 
was  not  Ihe  choice  he  made,  agreatone?  None 
could  have  been  better.  Nut  a  mistake  in  the 
twelve.  Although  one  was  a  traitor,  there  could 
not  ht*ve  been  a  better  one  to  do  what  the  trait- 
or did,  than  the  one  who  was  chosen.  If  we 
allow  at  alt,  that  Jesus  wai  to  be  betrayed,  Ju- 
d;us  was  the  man  to  do  it.  None  ctmld  have 
done  it  better,  and  we  may  well  say,  he  was  the 
right  man  in  the  right  place.  A  traitor  wa** 
needed  then,  but  now  the  good  thing  is,  there  is 
111  more  liefd  of  traitors,  and  I'or  that  reason 
We  should  choose  none,  but  if  ever  there  was  a 
time  when  true  men  should  be  put  to  the  work, 
and  those  toj,  who  would  do  (hi-  irorlc,  it  is  now. 
Now  brethren,  we  all  say,  we  need  more 
preachers,  and  those  too  who  are  true,  who  will, 
like  Uaruahas  and  Paul,  the  Lord's  chosen,  haz- 
ard their  lives,  if  need  be,  "  for  the  name  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."  That  we  need  more  who 
will,  like  Peter,  another  of  the  Lnnl's  choosing, 
forsake  all,  to  follow  Jesus.  Matt.  10:  27.  And 
that  we  need  those,  too,  who  will  '"  go  and  teach 
all  nations,"  "  into  all  the  world,"  and  "  to  ev- 
ery creature,"  and  that  wi>  need  such  as  are 
willing  "  to  lay  down  their  livesfor  their  breth- 
ren.'  You  ask  how  are  we  to  get  them?  We 
ask  you  how  did  the  Lord  jiet  them?  He  pray- 
ed for  His,  and  He  got  them.  I  believe  it  is 
said  that  they  all  save  one  died  a  violent  death. 
This  kind  the  Lord  wanted,  and  he  g.ot  them 
by  jtraying  Ai.i.  muht.  These  twelve,  with 
F'aul,  would  give  up  theirllfe,  before  they  would 
give  up  their  faith;  and  these  are  the  kind  the 
church  needs  to-day.  This  is  the  kind  that  Je- 
su-*  had,  and  that  He  wants  now.  .As  we  need 
more,  should  we  not  try  to  secure  some  of  iht!' 
kind?  We  think  so.  And  to  do  it,  should  we 
not  pray  too?  Weshouldpray  most  assuredly, 
and  fiLst,  too.  We  should  pray  till  uiyhf  and  nU 
daij,  Iw,  rather  than  to  have  so  many  "  that  are 
at  ea.se  in  /ion."     Amos  (J;  1. 

Do  not,  my  beloved  brethren,  neglect  this 
duty  and  this  holy  example,  when  we  have  such 
important  work  to  do;  and  do  not  neglect  it 
any  time.  And  may  the  Lord  in  heaven  hear 
that  prayer  so  often  said:  "  Thij  fciugdomcome," 
:ind  grant  Ilia  church,  w.sdom   lo  choose  men 


and  watch,  and  fa-'t.  and  pray  again.  Jesus 
said,  "  without  me,  ye  can  do  nothing."  John 
15;  5;  but  with  the  help  of  Jesus  we  can,  thank 
God,  do  ail  things.  There  is  no  obstacle  when 
we  have  His  help.  Paul  would  say,  "  I  can  do 
all  things  through  Christ  which  strengtheueth 
me."     Phil,  4:  13. 

When  we  pray  for  the  Lord's  choice,  let  us 
not  then  take  our  own  choice  in  preference  to 
His,  if  they  are  not  the  same,  for  if  wp  do,  our 
choice  will  be  a  failure.  '"  For  the  Lord  aceth 
not  as  man  seeth."    1  Sam.  l(i:  7. 


books,  good  thoughts,  good  conversation,  gf,„.t 
'  manners,  good  deeds,  will  be  attractive  to  thf-n, 
If  we  ornament  our  homes  with  these,  and  sm  h 
'  things,  our  children  will  learn  to  travel  i|,„ 
I  right  road  from  their  infancy.  Making  hni,,.. 
'  attractive,  is  no  small  matter.  It  is  asesseiitiiil 
to  the  spiritual  life  of  our  children,  as  the  hit 
we  breathe  is  needful  to  our  natural  life.  \\  _ 
must  make  our  homes  pleasant,  but  we  rinut 
also  bring  our  children  up  in  the  way  th.s 
should  go  when  they  are  old.  If  we  teach  thfiii 
to  love  the  nilly  pastimes  of  the  day,  can  we  .-x, 
pect  them  to  depart  from  those  things  wheit 
they  grow  up  to  ba  men  and  w*omen?  If  we 
would  have  pleiisaut  and  beautiful  homes,  w,, 
must  teach  our  childreu  to  flee  youthful  lust, 
and  pleasures.  Gooil  and  obedient  childreu  in,, 
ornaments  anywhere;  they  are  "as  applv-,  ,,i 
gold  in  pictures  of  silver."  May  God  give  W],. 
dom.  to  the  parents  in  our  heluved  brotherhnmi 
that  tliey  may  so  direct  their  little  ones  in  tin n' 
yotithi'ul  days,  that  they  may  grow  up  to  |„, 
bright  and  shining  lights,  not  only  around  tin 
h'roitide,  but  wherever  they  may  be. 


WHY    ARE    WE    ASHAMED 
CHRIST? 


MAliGAilliT   MUJ)JiK. 


OF 


WHY  do  we  ft;ar  Jesus? 
■ 


He  aaid.  if  we  are 
ashamed  of  Him,  He  will  beashamed  whon 
He  conies  agrtin.  Mark  S:  ."iS;  Luke  if:  28; 
Matt,  lit:  32.  "Whosoever  sliall  confess  him 
before  men,  him  w'ill  I  also  confess  before  my 
Father  wliich  is  in  heaven."  Dear  readei-s.  we 
are  not  likely  to  confess  Him  if  we  are  ashamed 
of  him,  therefore  we  oiiglit  to  be  careful  and 
have  Him  formed  in  our  hearts  and  call  on  Hi 
by  day  and  by  night,  in  public  and  private,  and 
not  be  ashamed  of  Him.  How  pleasant  it  is  to 
meet  together  to  sing  and  pray. 

Dear  brethren  and  sistera,  let  us  he  more  zeal- 
ous, for  the  time  will  soiin  come  when  Christ 
will  call  for  us.  Then  how  will  wb  feel  if  we 
have  not  washed  our  robes  and  made  theiu  white 
in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  We  cannot  be  to" 
raretiil  how  we  live.  Let  us  all  try  and  live 
nearer  our  blessed  Savior,  that  we  nmy  he  ac- 
cepted of  Hira. 

SOME  MORE  THOUGHTS. 

BY  MAKV  r.  MlLT.EIt. 

STUDY  to  be  careful.  It  is  easily  learned  and 
will  save  money,  time  mid  temper. 

— A  weed  is  a  weed,  and  it  makes  no  differ- 
i-uce  whether  it  be  in  a  wheat  field  or  by  the 
roadside.  So  with  sin,  wherever  it  is  loiiud  it 
is  only  sin,  nothing  better  can  be  made  of  it. 
and  the  purer  the  heart  is,  that  it  is  in,  the  more 
easily  it  will  be  seen, 

— I  have  lateh'  read  a  piece  in  No.  30,  Bketh- 
RHX  \T  Work,  about  Jesus.  I  wish'this  piece 
would  be  read  and  re  read  by  every  brotlier  and 
sister.  And  not  only  read  and  read  again,  but 
compared  with  the  Serintures  and  all  that  be  in 
it  worthy,  (which  is  much)  be  immediately 
adopted.  It  tells  about  Jesus;  liow  He  was  mis 
u.'ed,  and  how  He  loved  even  His  enemies,  thos- 
who  accused  Him  wrongfully,  saying  all  man- 
ner of  evil  against  Him  maliciously. 

—Why  is  there  disunion  in  the  church?  Be- 
cause some  wish  to  partly  unite  with  the  world. 
Should  Christ  have  fallen  down  and  worshipped 
Satan,  then  the  Father  and  Son  could  not  have 
been  one  any  more.  We  should  be  one,  as 
They  are  one. 

— He  who  faints  when  dark  clouds  overtake 
him.  when  storms  arise  and  tempests  sweep 
around— I  say  he  who  faints  at  sncli  a  tim?,  his 
faith  is  weak,  his  "  strength  is  .small," 

—  k  church  that  is  united  and  does  right,  is 
strong  no  matter  how  small  it  is.  Disunion 
opens  many  ways  for  Satan  to  get  in. 

—We  talk  of  beautifying  our  homes  and  mak- 
ing home  attractive  and  pleasant,  but  Tiow  is 
this  to  be  done?  No  doubt  all  agree  that  it 
should  be  done,  but  a^  to  the  manner,  I  fear  we 
do  not  all  agree  so  well.  To  say  we  should  get 
croquet  for  our  children  to  keep  them  at  home, 
is  one  of  Satan's  proverbs.  He  wishes  u&  to 
give  our  children  the  first  lessons  which  lead  to 
the  billiard  table.  As  it  is  with  croquet,  so  it  is 
wifli  all  diversions.  We  take  a  wrong  view  nt 
the  matter.  We  get  on  forbidden  ground  no 
easily,  if  not  very  watchful.  When  we  pattern 
alter  the  world,  then  we  are  going  wrong,  we 
are  losing  ground,  losing  strength,  getting  weak. 
When  we  are  getting  off  the  right  way,  we  be- 
come blind  and  do  the  very  things  we  should 
not.  Our  homes  munt  be  pleasant  and  attract- 
ive, but  let  these  be  deep-seated  in  the  mind. 
Let  the  teaching  be  such  that  good  society,  good 


WHEN  JESUS  COMES. 

nv  s.  iiny'sin.vt  r,n, 

HERE  we  are  wiuideflhg  up  and  down  life's 
M'l'iii^  way  from  day  to  day.'  We  are 
often  made  to  wonder  what  -wp  are  placed  here 
for.  Wiiy  we  mu^t  have  so  many  troubles  and 
trials  on  our  wav.  It  i*  all  to  fit  and  prepare 
us  to  be  a  just  heir  with  Jesus  to  inherit  one  of 
these  bcuiititul  mansions  pvKiJarcd  for  u».  jg, 
sus  w'iis  lure  upon  earth  and  gave  us.^  putteru, 
autl  then  left  us,  now  lU' va  going  to  come  a<faiu 
after  awjiily  ai|d  take  tiio^e  who  have  been  Hii 
followers  tliioiigh  lite,  home  to  His  Father. 
And  He  w  dl  lie  pleased  to  See  us  ready  when  He 
comes.  Howt>rteii  do  nV  see  old  faiti^rs  and 
mothir'f  who  have  been  wandering  dc^f^  Uie 
dark'valeot'  liti"  for  many  n  year,  laboriii"  lor 
t\w  Mastflr.  preparing  to  he  ready  when  Jesus 
cornea.  Be  faithful  a  little  while  longer,  vour 
Savior  will  soon  oome  and  fake  you  home  to 
rest.  LbL  lis  aJi  try  to  liave  our  lumps  tniniJied 
■lud  tilkdund.bui'liiug  when  Je-ius  comes. 

Oil.  wlien  we  get  home,  our  journey  ended 
uur  trouhle  will  be  over,  there  will  be  no  more 
heart  pjuigs  and  sadness;  that  will  M  be  ended, 
and  alt  will  be;  peace,  joy  and, gladness.  Jesus 
willlnio.i  that  our  way  w.i3  dreary;  He  v 
knon  that  our  feet  grew  weary;  He  will  know 
tliiit  we  oltcn  met  with  many  griefs  and  sorrows; 
He  will  know  all  Ibis.  But  oh,  bow  HI>  pre- 
cious arms  will  le'^t  and  comfort  iis.  Is  il  not 
woi-th  our  foil  and  strife  here  for  a  little  sci'^on, 
to  gnin  a  life  eternal  and  on  high,  where  we 
meet  to  part  no  inoie  forevnr.  Now  li^t  us  be 
ready  to  meet  our  Savior  when  He  comeflJ 


STRONG  HOPES  OF  HEAVEN. 

IIY   n.WIFI    LOXr,  \XH''KER. 

SnifJNG  hopes  of  heaven  are 010  probf,  ( 
iiiUlhble  evidence  of  regenertition.  Hope 
is  coiiimou  to  hU  men  who  are  not  in  actual 
despair.  But  there  are  different  kinds  of  hope. 
There  is  a  good  hope  and  there  is  a  false  hope, 
A  good  hope  is  a  gracious,  living  hope.  1  Pet. 
1:  3,  a  well-founded  hope,  Col.  1:  :i7,  Heb,  (j:  12, 

I  Pet.  3.  a  purifying  hope,  a  cheering  and  joy- 
ful hope.  Such  a  hope  uiaketb  not  ashamed, 
because  it  is  the  anchor  of  the  soul. 

There  are  some  who  think  they  love  God  and 
are  His  servants,  and  will  surely  go  to  heaven 
Home  day,  while  they  are  destitute  of  tlae  knowl- 
edge and  power  of  regeneration,  being  dead  in 
trespasses  and  sin.  They  are  Ignorant  of  I 
spirit  which  changes  the  carnal  mind  info  a 
spiritual  mind  and  makes  the  dead  alive  by  feel- 
ings produced  by  God's  sword  and  spirit;  are 
sate,  good  and  necessary,  but  when  contrary  to 
God's  word,  are  verj'  dangerous.  IJliOEe  who 
l)ermit  their  faeliugs  to  he  their  instructor  in- 
stead of  God'fl  word  generally  luakc  the  loudest 
boitsts  of  their  claimti  on  heaven,  or  their  title 
to  it.  They  have  received  their  religion  at  the 
anxious  bench,  and  say  tlie  most  contemptible 
things  of  some  of  the  meiuis  God  has  provided 
for  the  remission  of  sin,  and  the  gift  of  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost,  saying,  wo  have  the  power  of  holine(» 
without  the  form,  the  kernel  without  the  shell, 
faith  without  works,  and,  we  may  add,  the  crown 

II  Uh'iuf  Ihe  cross.  You  inuy  see  the  form  ol 
lifidlines.-^  without  the  power,  but  j  uu  can  uever 
>ee  tliv  power  withouti  the  form.  You  may  se« 
:i  wolf  in  ^Ac('//'.s  clothing,  but  you  will  never 
^ee  aheep  in  u-ol/'.i  clothing.  You  may  see  a 
praying  man  that  is  not  a  Christian,  hut  you 
will  never  see  a  Chri&tiau  that  is  not  a  praying 
inaa. 


,.fobpr    11 


THE    lil^KTIIKElSr    ^T    AVOKK, 


^Thc  entire  Ilelnew    Bible  wjs' pnuled  i 


liSS- 


_TtfK  Cliinesft  cl»iiu  to  We-  inienttri  the 
telBplioDe'>"'4i*'jear9(i8i|     ..,  \,, ..,,„,    /,     ,     " 

_ASTBA»impof  ftM,rtW,smi  tons  b„^ 

Ibon  1»BS'  lieen  bnUt  at  BjiriDw.Scotlniid,  td  car- 
jy  wttle  froiu  Ttfxas-  to  (.Jliugow  du-fot. 

_A  UECENT  eaithfiui.ko  ut  Montefnlco,  in  the 
province  of  Umbrio,  in  Uuly,  ttir^'ic^  de- 
itruction  to  one  hujidred  and  forty-eight  iKvell- 

_A  NAPLES  tltaly)  difipatch  of  the  24th  says 
Hoinit  Vo3Hviufl  was  becoming  violent.  Tlip 
baae  of  the  cone  was  coTt-red  with  hiva,  and  la- 
va was  stn-aniing  down  the  sides  of  the  mount- 
aiO' 

-The  Portuguese  roloniets  at  Springfield 
i,nd  .l-dckso[ivilie.  111.,  who  in  l«4t;  fl^rl  from  the 
iliideiiii  Islands,  to  eaoape  religious  pei-nccution, 
eelelinited  their  thirty-aecond  anniversftrv.  in  ii 
grove,  near  Springfield,  August  23rd.  They 
number  about  1,000, 

— Thk  house  in  which  John  Knox,  the  Scotch 
reformer,  lived  and  died,  is  yet  standing  in  that 

part  of  Edinburgh  known  as  the  old  town.  Ex- 
[endJiJg  oTer  the  front  is  this  inscription  in 
iHrge  Ruiuan  letters;  "  Luie  God  nbufeall,  and 

yinychtbour  as  yi  self." 

—A  i,ADT  writes  to  the  Loudon  Times  that 
her  daughter,  a  girl  of  seventeen,  has  been  poi- 
iiinetl  hy  wearing  "  bronze- green"  kid  gloTea. 
After  wearing  them  a  day  or  two,  her  hands 
blistered  and  swelled  to  such  an  extent,  that 
for  three  weeks  she  was  obliged  to  carry  them 
in  a  sling,  (^utTering  acute  pain  all  the  time. 

—Thk  American  Bible  Society,  which  is  con- 
itBotly  extending  its  grand  work,  is  now  pub- 
lishing books  at  Constantinople,  Beirut,  Bre- 
meo,  Berlin.  Paris,  Stockholm,  Foochow, 
Shanghai,  Lodiua,  Lucknow,  Yokohoraa,  Bang- 
kuk  and  Vienna.  Some  versions  can  be  pub- 
lished cheaper  at  these  points  than  in  New 
York. 

—The  Bible  work  among  the  Turks  is  very 
interesting.  The  Scriptures  are  sold  all  over 
the  empire.  The  Bible  house  at  Constantino- 
ple is  quite  as  prominent  a  building  as  the  Bible 
houses  of  New  York  or  London  are  for  those 
localities,  and  the  scriptures  are  publicly  expos- 
ed for  sale  in  more  than  twenty  languages. 

—Some,  by  nailing  down  their  windows  to 
Iteep  out  burglars,  shut  out  their  very  best 
friend  — pure  atmospheric  air.  By  .so  fixing  the 
windows  that  the  upper  sash  can  Le  drop])ed  a 
few  inches  only,  the  air  can  he  admitted,  while 
the  burglar  cannot  enter,  but  by  violent  means. 
It  would  be  better  to  riek  danger  from  burg- 
Urs,  than  to  procure  sure  death  by  shutting  out 
the  air. 

— Ski'tkwuer  null,  Sherman  City,  a  small 
village  in  Isadella  Co.,  Michigan,  was  annihila- 
bii  by  a  terrific  tornado.  Every  store,  dwell- 
bsf-liouse  and  shed  in  the  village  were  swept 
clean  except  one  frame  dwelling,  which  Wfus 
partially  di'itroyed.  The  air  was  thick  with 
tiiubH]-^.  liyanis,  brick  and  sitoues.  The  inhab- 
itants t'ji'k  refuge  in  the  cellars. 

-TiiK  life  of  Pope  Leo  XTII,  is  embittered 
ky  the  springing  up  in  Kome  of  Protestant 
teiiiiiles  ami  :^cliool3  to  "  create  a  generation 
autiigoni-ttic  to  the  church."  and  by  "'  an  »m- 
bridl.'d  prcs:;  fighting  against  the  faith."  His 
holiness  has  addressed  a  letter  on  the  subject 
to  tlie  Curdiniil  Vicar,  urging  every  possible  ef- 
fort in  tinier  that  the  liglit  of  the  Catholic 
fsitli.  which  heretical  sects  would  seek  to  ex- 
tiuguish,  may  be  preserved."  \ 

— TllK  NfW  Vork  Graphic  puts  it  thus:  "How 
is  this?  Prof.  J.  S.  Newberry  chari,'e'i  a  dollar 
ftiimiHsion  to  a  lecture  in  which  he  says,  he  don't 
kitow  where  men  cam«  from.  Colonel  Ingersoll, 
on  Ihi- nther  hand,  cliarges  sevenly-tive  ch-uts 
admission  to  a  lecture  in  which  he  tells  us  he 
^oii't  know  where  we  are  going  to."  And  this 
«  tlie  higlKst  attainment  of  the  unas^ist-'d  rea- 
son. For  the  two  great  questions,  which  the 
»oill  asks  most  aii-tioiisly,  it  confesses  it  has  no 
answer. 

—TiiK  original  Mormon  Bible  is  in  posses- 
»i'>n  of  u  Mr.  Wittaker,  of  Richmond,  Mis- 
•""ri,  Within  tlie  last  few  days  Orson  Pratt 
*"J  Hirarn  Smith,  the  two  dignitaries  of  Salt 
''Ske,  have  been  visiting  Mr.  Wittaker  for  the 
P'Ti'osc  of*  purchasing  this  precious  relic  of 
Moruion  liistory.  Th^y  fimi  the  volume  well 
Pf-^n-ved  and  written  iu  a  beautiful,  clear  hand, 
"•nt  the  owner  refuses  to  part  with  it  at  any 
Pfi'e,  though,  a.-cording  to  the  local    paper,  he 


"ii-  iiffL-red  n  large  sum  o'  money  for  it  by  ild- 
or  Pratt. 

—The  entile  in  a  large  part  of  Bengnl  are  dy- 
ing At  the  rute  of  hundred^  a  day.  and  the 
■irenmsHr*  filled  with  dead  bodies.  The  de- 
crea-es  in  the  number  and  the  deterioration  in  I  ^'"tchfield: 


to  donation  whatever.     1  know  of  no  law   that    all  their  former  difficultie.,  »od 


makes  donors  liable  for  more   than   their  sub- 
scription. 

For  further  information,  we  hen*  insert  a 
a  part  of  Sec.  II.    page  268,  Vol.  1.  Swim  and 


P«ace  and  har- 


tlic  (imOity  of  the  agricultural  cattle  all  ov^r  I 
British  India  i«  one  of  the  greatest  renlures  to 
b?  nnt«d  in  connection  with  the  general  condi- 
tion -if  the  iiea-iantry.  In  Madras  and  Bom- 
bay iliP  destruction  of  cattle  has  be^n  lyipt'lliug. 
while  in  Burinah  there  ha-t  also  been  a  plague. 
The  general  condition  of  the  agricultural  pop- 
ulation throughout  India  i^  nuch  as  to  occasion 
the  gravest  uneasiness.  Continuous  impover- 
ishment bids  fair  to  be  followed  by  continuous 
lumine.  Tlifre  is  scarcity  amouuting  atmo>t 
to  famine  even  at  the  present  time  in  Madra^ 
Bouibiiy,  the  North-western  province,  and  Ben- 
gal. Yet  the  only  remeily  proposed  is  increas- 
ed taxation. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Report  of  Treasuaer  of  Home  Mission 
of  N.  E.  Ohio. 

1'HE  following  amounis  were  received  Irom 
the  several  churches  for  "  Home  Misjioii"," 
from  Dec.  20th,  1875  to  Sept.  Ist.  1878: 

From  Loudenville  church, §  7.10 

"     Springfield  church 13.40 

Black  River  church, 12.00 

Ashland  church 3,2; 

"     Maple  Grove  clmrcli, -1.10 

Chippewa  church. 20.00 

"     Sandy  church 3.65 

"     Mahoning  church, 6.2. 

'■     Canton  church, 19.00 

"     Danville  church, \.ih 

Tuscarawas  church, 7.40 

"     Wooster  church, 17,80 

■'     E  Nimishillen. 7.99 

"    W.  Nimishillen, 5.88 

District  meeting.  May  9th,  1877,. .  22,57 


Any  Univcity  College  or  Academy  that 
may  become  a  body  corporate  under  the  proTiB- 
ion  of  this  act,  the  property  of  which  is  not 
derived  bj-donation,gifl,  devise  or  subucriptiou, 
but  is  own-d  by  individual  in  shaiw  of  stock, 
subscribed  or  taken,  the  owners  of  said  stock 
shall  be  individually  liable  for  (he  debts  of  said 
corporation  to  the  amount  of  their  said  stock 
respi.'ctively  and  in  a  sum  e<iaal  thereto  over 
and  above  the  amount  of  their  siud  stock," 

We  hope  the  above  explanation  will  remove 
all  misundpratandingthat  may  have  grown  out 
of  the  remarks  above. 

I.  J.  RoSKMIRSdRK. 


Notes  of  Travel. 


Total, 


:?1«3.84 


Amount  paid  out: 

To  W.  Arnold lO.BO 

"  John  Nicholbou, 30.00 

"  G.  V.  Kollar 12.00 

"  George  Trviu 8.25 

"  Samuel  Garver 10.00 

"  P.  J.  Brown. 10.25 

"  Cyrus  Hoover  and  wife, 10.18 

"  G.  Irvin  and  wife, 19.75 

'*  Shoemaker  and  Weaver, 51.81 


Total  paid  out. 


§162  84 

8,     §il.00 


.\mount  in  hand*  of  Trea.s.  Sept.  1, 

Respectfully  i.«bmitted, 

George  Irvin,   liens. 

.Jacob  Mit>HLE»,  Clerk. 

By  the  above  report,  it  will  be  seen  that  some 
of  the  churclies  hnve  paid  nothing,  and  some 
very  sparingly,  while  others  have  done  remark- 
ably well.  At  tilt*  District  meeting  last  Spring 
it  was  considered  advisable  that  there  should  be 
preaching  at  least  once  a  month  in  Belmont 
Co.,  during  the  coming  year,  and  tliat  each 
church  that  wa»  willing  should  supply  the 
meeting  once.  1  have  written  to  nearly  all  the 
delegates  and  received  a  very  meagi"e  response. 
The  church  m  lV;liuont  hat>  been  sadly  neglect- 
ed. There  bus  been  but  one  njinister  there 
since  lust  February  {Bro.  G.  V.  Kollar)  to  ray 
knowledge.  Tlioru  is  a  small  church  in  Bel- 
mont Co^wilh  tiro.  David  Snyder  as  their  min- 
ister, whowius-eleeted  to  the  miuisiry  last  Feb- 
ruarv,  and  is  doing  all  he  can  for  the  church, 
but  is  very  much  in  need  of  help,  from  older 
brethren.  Tlie  delinquent  churches  are  here- 
by earnestly  requejsted  to  contribHtc,  and  send 
thcircontributions  to  Bro.  George  Irvin,  Gold- 
en Corners,  VN'aync  Co.,  Ohio.  And  tlio.se 
churches  who  led  willing  to  assist  Bro,  Snyder 
are  requested  to  make  the  necessary  appoint- 
ments by  corrc^p  'ndiug  with  Bro.  David  Huy- 
dcr.   Warnock,  Bcluiout  Co.,  Ohio. 

.Tacoii  MisHi-RR,  Clerk. 
M'xjoilun;  Ohio,  Sti/il.  -Jlit,  Itj/fi. 


ON  i.a< 
sigi 


An  Explanation. 

iftge  41'.  of  report  of  A.  M.  under  my 
iignatuH'  i>thH following  remark: 
Brethren  ar^'  ■solicited  to  take  stock  in  these 
enterprises,  anil  are  induced  to  do  so,  before 
thev  are  informed  of  the  consequences,  and  of 
the  extent  of  their  liability  in  case  they  sub- 
scrib?.  They  do  not  tell  the  Brethren,  that  if 
they  subscribe  five  hundreil  dollars  its  "  stock," 
they  are  liable  for  atliousand  dollars — twice  the 
amount." 

In  the  above  1  had  allu'tiou  to  stock  and  not 


ACCOliniNG  to  the  arrangements  of  the 
District  meeting  of  Southern  Indiana,  we. 
the  undersigned  were  chosen  to  visit  the  meiu- 
bera  that  are  scattered  through  the  Southern 
part  of  the  State,  and  to  preach  wherever  op- 
portunity would  present  itself,  left  bom*-  on 
the  morning  of  the  16th  of  August.  Living 
upwards  of  one  hundred  miles  a|>art,  we  agreed 
to  meet  at  Indianapolis.  Arriving  there  at 
10:55  A.  M.,  and  took  train  at  1 1 :20  for  Green*- 
burg.  Arrived  at  1:30  P.  M.,  where  we  were 
met  by  Bro.  William  B.  Pierce,  who  conveyed 
us  to  Bro.  John  Hiraelicks,  a«me  fourteen 
miles  distance,  where  we  enjoyed  his  hospitality 
and  stayed  all  night:  On  the  evening  of  the 
17th,  Bro.  Himelick  took  us  to  friend  John  and 
sister  McCammon.  On  their  fami  isa  meeting' 
house,  in  which  we  held  our  meetings.  Would 
say  this  was  once  an  organized  church.  The 
ministers  all  moved  away  and  a  greater  part 
of  the  members.  We  found  five  members,  who 
seemed  to  be  in  the  faith  once  delivered  unto- 
the  saints.  There  being  no  preaching  for  the 
last  eighteen  years,  with  the  exception  of  Bro. 
William  Pierce,  who  occasionally  visited  his 
friends  and  preached  a  few  times  for  those 
members.  In  the  last  five  years  they  have  not 
heard  a  brother  preach  in  that  vicinity.  Com- 
menced meeting  August  17th  and  continued 
until  the  evening  of  the -iitth.  Had  very  good 
attention,  but  mostof  the  time  small  attendance. 
Not  much  interest  taken  in  the  meeting.  Some 
of  the  people  said  they  had  been  preached  to 
death  heretofore,  had  no  desire  for  religious 
worship.  On  the  morning  of  the  21st  we  took 
the  train  at  North  Vernon  at  10::10.  Arrived 
at  Leymour  at  11  A.  M.  Changed  cars  to  Cath- 
ersville,  Jackson  Co.  Arrived  there  in  the  af- 
ternoon. Went  to  Bro,  Joseph  Wilsons',  where 
we  met  the  Bro.  and  sister  and  their  farail 
moderate  health  iind  anxious  to  see  us.  They 
lived  where  there  are  no  members  near.  Not 
heanl  a  brother  preach  for  nearly  three  years, 
yet  they  apj>eared  to  be  zealous  in  the  cause  of 
the  Master.  Commenced  meeting  Tuesday 
22nd,  and  closed  on  the  25th,  with  good  feel- 
ings and  good  attention,  but  no  additions,  its 
the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren  was  not  known 
in  that  vicinity,  but  we  think  there  was  some 
goo<l  impressions  made,  which  we  hope  will , 
mature  and  develop  itself  in  the  Christian's  life. 
Bro.  and  ulster  Wilson  were  very  much  built 
up  during  our  stay  with  them.  Took  the  train 
on  the  2(»th,  for  Shoals,  Martin's  Co.  Arrived 
at  l::iU  P.  M.  Met  brethren  J.  B.  Sell  and 
Henry  Tranter,  who  conducted  us  to  Bro.  Sell's 
house.  Bro.  Sell  was  sent  to  this  field  of  labor 
by  the  Church  Extension  Union  last  April, 
where  he  is  now  working  in  the  cause  of  the 
Master.  Hope  his  labor  may  not  be  in  vairn, 
as  we  think  there  is  an  opening  for  much  good 
to  be  done.  Commenced  meeting  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  26th,  and  closed  on  the  evening  of 
the  Ist  of  September,  holding  those  meet- 
ings  in  three  difl'erent  places  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  meiiiU'rs  and  others.  Therefore 
we  did  not  have  !L^  good  success  as  we  desired 
and  no  additions  to  the  church,  seemingly  on 
account  of  some  unsettled  matters  among  the 
members,  for  which  i>urpo.>e  they  hiul  ap[)oint- 
cd  a  church  meeting  to  adjust  their  mutters 
and  to  orgaui/e  a  church,  but  failed  in  doing 
so  at  tlnit  meeting.  We  then  mttde  another 
appointment  for  another  council.  On  Monday 
morning  we  went  a  distance  of  forty  miles,  by 
private  conveyance  to  Pike  Co..  where  we  found 
one  brother,  by  the  name  of  Philip  .\lburu, 
where  we  lield  three  meetings.  On  the  account 
of  sickne.ss  tlie  congregations  were  rather 
small,  but  seeuungly  pretty  good  feelings,  with 
good  encouragement  to  return  again.  We 
then  returned  to  Martin's  county  and  attended 
the  last  named  council  meeting  on  the  5th  of 


uinny   being   restored  to  Ihe  members.      We 
thpnacconlingtolli.-irn-.me«t,  organized  this 
little  body  of  memb.>r».  uumlK-nng  about  twrar- 
ly-three,  by  Bro.  J.  H.  Sell.  pr.^ntingbiHett«r 
of  recommendation  .«  a  mini«t*r  in  the  vcond 
degree  of  office.     ANo  Bro.  Irfonard  St»pben»i, 
by  presenting  hw  lett*'r  of  memb^nihip  an  ade»- 
con  in  the  church.     The  memtj«r.>  unitedly  ac- 
cepted them  with  their  oftiw-*,  which  we  hope 
will  result  in  the  prosperity  of  thif.  little  church 
in  Martin's  countv.     AfVr  the  organization  of 
this  little  body,    they  desired    to   have  a  Conv- 
muuion,  which  was  held  on    the   night    of  tile 
5th  of  Sept.     There  tieemed  to  W-  a  vei^'  good 
feeling  among  th-  m«-ml»'r»  present.     On   tlie    ' 
morning  of  the  filh.  before  leaving  Bro.  Stcph- 
en!.(bting  in  poor  health)  requested    to  Iw!  an- 
nointed.  which  wn.s  atU-nded  to  before    we  left. 
We  then  took  the  train  at  Shn«ls  at  1:1.'>  P.  M. 
for    West   Lebanon,  Warren  Co.,  where  we  ar- 
rived on  the  morning  of  the  7th,  at  8:43  A.  M. 
Commenced  meeting  on  the  evening  of  the  "th, 
and  continued  th.'  meeting  until  the  evening  of 
the  lOtb.     On  "aid  day  there  were   two  buried 
by  bapt.ism  into  the  death  of  Chris*,  to  rise  and 
walk  in  newnes.^   of  life.truly,  as    we  believe, 
coming  in  the  eleventh  hour  of  their  life,  whose 
ages  are  as  follows:  the  brother  being  in   his 
^IHh  year  and  the  sister  in  her  75th    year.— 
WouWsay  the  members  were  much  bnilt  up  in 
their  Christian  faith,  while  we  were  with  them. 
On  the  evening  of  the  10th  we  closed  our  meet- 
ing with  many   good  feelings  among  the  mem- 
bers, with  many  requests  to  return  again.      On 
the  morning  of  the  llth    at  *;;*•»  we    took    the 
train  at  West    Lebanon  for  our  homes,  travel- 
ing together  as  far  as  Lafayette  junction,  where 
we  separated.     My  traveling  companion   took 
his  leave  for  home  some  i:J  mib-s  from  Lafavotte. 
Traveling  altogether  about  613  mile.1.      I  took 
the  train  at  Lafayette  for  Itichmond  by  way   of 
Indianapolis.     Arrived  home  at  6  o'clock  P.  M. 
Traveling  altogether  about  675  miles.     Foand 
all  well.     We  tender  our  thanks  to  the   mem- 
bers and  friends  for  their  kindness  manifeited 
to  us  whilst  among  them.     We  feel  thankful  to 
the  Giver  of  all  good,  for  his  protecting  care 
over  us  and  our  families,  while  on  our  mission. 
Jacoh  KivB. 
Jons  W.  Mkt/oer. 


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From  Isaac  and  Josie  E.  Royer. 

fhurlintlntn:— 

E  in  our  isolated  roodilion.  were  very 
much  cheered  by  the  visits  of  several 
brethren  and -sisters.  In  August  brethren  Al>« 
salom  and  Isaac  Meyers  were  here  and  preached 
tor  us.  Oh.  how  we  feel  rejoiced  to  receive 
such  visits.  Ou  the  HJrh  of  Sept.  Bro.  Mussel- 
luftu.  sisters  Barbara  Heckler  and  Lana  Provont 
were  here  and  staid  a  few  days  with  us.  We 
sometimes  feel  discouraged  in  our  lonely  state, 
but  an  occasional  nsit  from  a  brother  or  sister 
is  very  cheering  to  us.  I  think  v  know  some- 
thing of  the  feelings  of  our  Danish  Brethren, 
when  our  dear  mib>io!iary  brethren  went  among 
them  and  aNo  wh<u  they  came  from  Ihem. 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  in  traveling 
through  the  West,  hunt  up  the  scattered  and 
isolated  members  and  visit  them.  You  do  not 
know  how  much  good  you  can  do  in  thi^i  way. 
O,  how  we  feel  cheered  with  even  the  vii*it  of  a 
brother  or  si-sler.  I  sometinits  think  that  the 
life  of  isolnU'd  brethren  and  sisters  could  well 
be  compared  to  a  traveler  on  a  great  desert,  all 
around  them  seems  dull  and  dreary,  and  an  oc- 
cu.sionai  meeting,  to  be  the  oasis  on  the  deseri. 
How  cheering  the  oasii  must  be  to  the  weary 
traveler,  when  all  around  is  naught  butadreaiy 
plain  of  sand  to  suddenly  see  n  beautiful  and 
fertile  garden!  So  it  is  with  us.  when  we  get 
discouraged  and  almost  feel  as  though  nv  were 
ready  to  give  up,  the  Lord  in  his  infinite  wisdom 
and  goodness  fees  fit  to  put  it  into  the  heart  of 
some  good  kind  brother  or  sister  to  make  ua  a 
visit,  then  we  take  fresh  courage  and  make  new 
resolutions  to  live  more  faithful  in  the  future. 
Dear  Brethren  pray  for  us  that  we  may  hold 
out  faithful:  Our  trials  and  temptations  are 
great  and  I  do  hope  and  pray  the  Lord  ^vill 
soon  send  us  a  preacher  so  we,  too,  can  meet 
with  the  people  of  God, 


Sept.,  which  resulted  in  the  final  settlement  of  ^  myself. 


From  F.  P.  Lcehr. 

IT  is  the  gift  of  some  men  when  they  travel 
to  give  a  description  of  what  thev  see;  the 
face  of  the  country,  the  scenery,  the  rivers,  the 
niouutnins.  etc.  Though  I  admire  and  am  led 
to  adore  the  Creator  of  all  that  is  beautiful  and 
sublime,  yet  I  am  more  inclined  to  study  the 
habits  and  actions  of  man  for  the  purpose  of 
enabling  myself  to  become  useful  to  them  and 
in  return  receive  instruction,  and  comfort   for 


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THK    BKKTHRElSr    -A-T    AVORK. 


October    17, 


In  my  prest-iit  tour  visitiiig  chnrchL-s  from 
North  to.South  in  Iiidiunii  (ufur  South  m  Aii- 
dereou,  Near  Indinnai-olia,  1  olwerved  nitiny 
pleasant  iudicBtioiiB  of  iiiij>rovpment.  in  every 
church,  which  I  ym\i^A  i)n<l  imrticularly  in  at- 
tending u  district  mwtiu«  ■>f  Suuthcrn  Indiana. 
I  could  not  but  fiwl  gr.\M\i\  U>  God  to  aee 
such  haraiony  and  union  in  attion,  and  readi- 
Deas  to  yield  wlienevpr  supiTiur  light  waa  pre- 
■ented.  Ther^  swiiis  Ui  Ik-  a  general  striving 
erery-whi're  forjirogn'Mion.  yd  it  must  not  dp 
denied  there  an.- fxct-ptions  that  are  very  hurt- 
ful to  tho  cause.  I  take  the  liberty  to  name 
one  particularly:  It  i-f  iwcrpted  by  all  the  serv- 
ant of  God,  that  every  thing  we  undertake  to 
do,  should  beuntlrrtukeii  hy  prayer  and  BUppH- 
cation  to  God  for  his  Spirit's  giiidiince,  yet  in 
some  congregations,  when  busineea  is  to  be 
done  in  church  cii|nirity  the  officials  will  mw.-t 
together  in  private  and  there  discourse  and  di> 
cide  every  matter  for  which  the  church  is  called 
together,  then  enter  the  honjie  mid  opi-n  tlie 
meeting  by  9U|jplicating  the  throne  of  gnice  for 
wisdom  to  guide  them  in  their  deliberation  and 
work,  which  is  already  done  in  their  own 
slreugth(or  rather  wc»kne>>)  for  who  dare  pre- 
sume to  do  the  work  ol  the  Lord  in  (uirV  own 


But  al&i!  thathavin;  ma<I''.  when  a  few  crunihs 
the  leadernhip  regardless  uf  rcipon-^ibilitiesM 

The  above  is  experimental   religion,   and  is 
recommended  for  trial. 


A  Correction. 


To  C.  Jiarader,  J,  W.  Stfin  and  J.  T.   M(imn, 
Xfuionia,  \fo. 
I)fiir  Brffhrtnt: — 

IHECEIVEIJ  your  short  letter  this  morning 
in  which  you  state,  that  certain  persons 
claim  to  have  heard  me  preach  in  your  county, 
that  Christ  was  a  simn-)\  and  that  lie  was  bap- 
ti/.ed  to  cleanse  Him  from  siu  and  pollution  or 
something  to  this  effect,  and  that  yon  wish  me 
to  state  whether  i  ever  did  in  your  county 
or  elsewhere,  preach  such  a  doctrine,  I  answer, 
1  im-rr  did. 

Whether  I  hold  such  sentiments?  I  answer, 
iiu.  I  should  be  afraid  and  ashamed  to  harbor 
or  entertain  such  stufl'. 

Has  such  a  doctrine  to  your  knowledge  ever 
been  taught  by  the  Brethren?     I    answer,    mi. 

1  have  no  knowledge  of  any  such  thing,  and 


would  give  my  voice    Jo  silence  any  of  our 
preaching  brethren  who  would  teach  any  such 
strength!    There  ic  nothing  left  for  the  body  to    doctrine  or  hold  such  sentiments. 


do  but  to  give  consent,  for  who  of  the  Ulty  can 
feel  bold  enough  to  object  to  that  which  alrta<ly 
it  decided. 

There  have  been  inBlancen  relate^l  to  me, 
where  the  members  in  the  house  i*ang  every 
hymn  in  the  book  that  tlioy  could  sing  to  oi'cu- 
py  the  time.  Where  if*  the  inducement  for 
members  to  come  to  church  meeting?  Wlwt 
can  give  ft  name  to  suc:h  pvoceedinf-'fi?  I  de- 
cliue  giving  it.  Other  instances  have  eouie 
under  my  observation,  when-  councils  wen- 
held  properly,  but  when  the  chunh  was  nniiii- 
imouB,  a  f.'wonly  objected  nnd  would  notyi'-hl, 
I  will  give  au  instance  for  tho  better  uiider- 
Btandiug:  A  church  agreed  to  have  a  Sunday- 
school  in  the  moeting-linme;  two  membom  dis- 
iented,  but  oouM  give  no  other  veasrin  tliiin 
thatthe  A.  M.  hiul  decided  that  it  should  m.l 
he  done  if  not  unumiouNly  agreed.  Shiill  ii  body 
of  B  hundred  or  more  have  to  yield  to  one  or 
vif^naAomn  "fl/'iriUfd  individnaU?  My  an- 
swer *ould  be  no;  for  I  shoiiM  think  if  I  were 
one  of  those  opposers  the  sooner  flu-  church 
would  break  my  self-will  the  lietf^-r  it  would  be. 
Such  things  not  only  occur  atourhome  chunh 
meetings  but  sometimes  at  district  and  Annual 
Meetings.  Should  there  be  no  inijirovement  it 
would  he  of  little  use  for  a  physician  to  find 
and  define  the  disease  if  he  would  or  could  nut 
prescribe  remedies  to  cure  the  same.  So  also 
in  the  mystical  bodies  are  ailings  and  diseiLses 
which  ought  to  be  removed.  1  therefore  slmll 
venture  to  prescribe  or  propose  for  the  lower  ail- 
ings, and  let  others  more  expert  follow  up  and 
finish  out:  In  the  first  place  then,  it  is  requi- 
site or  necessary  that  there  is  a  healthy  flow  of 
love  from  heart  tlirougliout  the  mystical  body 
or  church.  To  attain  tliis  cud  every  member 
of  that  body  lau^t  bo  active,  and  to  make  them 
90  they  must  lie  made  iu  feel  goo.'.;  thin  is  gain- 
ed by  thinking  more  hi-jlily  of  others  than  of 
onraelves  orin  other  words,  preferring  one  an- 
other; not  in  liaving  others  work  while  wo  are 
idle  hut  bearing  each  other'n  burdens  joyfully. 
When  we  see  our  brother  err.  instead  of  talking 
to  others  uhcutit.  goto  the  brother  or  sister  in  a 
meek  spirit,  kindly  talk  the  matter  over.  Ten 
to  one  he  will  tliunk  you  for  your  kind  aid.  As 
tlie  minister  is  always  a  target,  standing  cou- 
spicious  watch  hiiii  closely  not  so  much  to  find 
faults  in  him,  to  lower  him  in  your  estimation, 
but  to  be  enaliled  to  assist  hitn  in  correcting 
habits  that  may  be  uni'difyiug  or  hurtful:  ynu 
need  not  be  afraid  to  occasionally  give  him  to 
understand  that  his  labors  arc  appreciated,  for 
he  needs  encouragement  not  only  in  words  but 
also  in  deed.  This  wilt  endear  you  to  him,  that 
you  caji  even  give  shar])  reproof  if  needed. 

The  above  treatment  will  work  rirt  versa; 
for  a  good  rule  will  always  work  both  ways.  If 
a  minister  is,  in  all  his  discourses,  u]>brftidiiig 
his  congregationf,  he  will  gain  but  little  credit, 
for  he  will  be  paid  hack  in  his  own  coin.  He  is 
showing  a  want  of  knowledge  of  liiimau  nature. 
Even  a  horse  will  not  obey  the  better  for  always 
being  whipped  and  abused,  how  much  less  a 
brother— a  human  being— an  erring  mortal 
Better  give  him  credit  fur  all  the  good  that  is 
about  him  and  urge  him  on  to  gain  more.  To 
curb  or  restrict  members  at  council  meetings 
and  not  make  them  feel  at  liberty  to  exjiress 
their  mind  on  any  subject  is  discouraging.  But 
to  make  them  feel  that  it  is  not  only  a  liberty 
but  their  duty  to  give  what  counsel  they  may 
have  will  make  them  love  to  come  and  enjoy 
sociability.  There  is  not  a  meiiilicr  of  our  body 
useless  from  the  little  toe  to  the  most  promi- 
nent So  the  members  of  the  church,  in  line 
manner,  u'jnc  should  be  spared  or  over-looked. 


John  Haiishey. 


M'finmshiirf,.  Mo. 


QLE^N^INOS 


From  Bjileigh  C.  H.,  W.  Va.— Three  or 
four  years  sigo  we,  the  German  H.iptist  church 
concluded  to  build  a  meeting-hoiisr.  provided 
we  could  get  help,  and  consequently  iippointed 
ft  corresponding  secretary  and  a  receiver.  Not 
being  able  to  build  ourselves,  we  have  given  up 
the  matter,  and  I  as  secretary  would  say  to  one 
and  all  that  sent  us  money,  send  me  the  amount 
and  order  for  it.  so  that  we  may  return  your 
money.  W.  H.  Bailev. 

From  Salem,  Marion  Co.,  Orp?on.— The 
health  in  this  country  is  quite  good.  Crops 
tolerable  good.  The  ark  of  the  Lord  is  moving 
slowly.  We  were  down  in  Multtjmah  Co..  Or- 
egon, the  second  Sunday  of  this  mouth.  Had 
six  meetings.  One  accession  by  baptism  and 
one  more  applicant  for  membership.  Interest 
quite  good.  Found  our  youug  membera  well 
and  progressing  in  divine  life.  God  willing,  we 
expect  to  make  them  another  visit  the  fourth 
Sunday  in  Oct.  Truly  the  harvest  is  great  in 
this  valley,  but  the  laborers  are  few.  Souls  are 
starving  for  the  bread  of  life. 

David  Browkii. 

From  Hutilda  E.  Haws.— When  1  united 
with  the  church  of  the  Brethren  I  could  scarce- 
ly read.  I  had  previously  been  a  Missionary 
Baptist.  After  uniting  with  the  Brethren, 
brother  Flory  sent  me  the  Oo.<ppl  Viattitr.— 
This  was  a  great  hel|t  to  me.  If  those  who  are 
liblc  just  knew  the  good  they  could  accomi)lish 
by  sending  books  and  papers,  they  certainly 
would  do  it. 

i\i  one  time  we  had  a  fine  prospect  for  estab- 
lishing churches  in  Greenbrier  and  Kanawah 
counties  of  this  State  (Virginia).  But  ahi"*!  all 
has  been  lost  for  lack  (jf  a  shepherd. 

(Jod  has  seen  fit  to  lay  me  on  a  sick  j)ed  since 
I  commenced  this  letter,  but  has  raised  me  up 
again.  I  want  to  know  what  I  am  to  do.  I 
have  not  once  in  my  life,  communed  with  the 
people  of  God.  I  cannot  leave  this  world  con- 
tented without  haviug  communed  with  those 
who  truly  love  the  Lord,  and  having  been  au- 
nointed,  1  feel  at  times  as  if  my  soul  would 
have  to  sink  within  me.  Oh!  if  I  could  have 
one  saint  III  pray  by  my  side  when  I  ara  in  so 
much  pitin.  I  know  that  God  loves  me  and  af- 
flicts me  for  my  own  good.  1  often  go  astray, 
but  that  sweet  gentle  voice  comes  to  nie  and 
says,  "Jesus  died  for  you.  that  you  might  have 
ever-lasting  life." 

It  is  just  as  the  Father  pleases  to  call  any  of 
us,  but  by  the  law  of  nature  it  seems  I  cannot 
stay  long.  Pray  for  me  that  my  cros^-ing 
the  river  between  Jesus  and  me  may  be  calm 
and  sweet. 

Pine  Grove,  Ohio. 

From   Sidney,  Shelby    Co.,  Ohio.~0ur 

Love-feast  the  11th  of  Sept.  passed  off  pleas- 
antly, although  it  rained  most  all  the  time,  it 
was  a  refreshing  to  our  little  church.  Quite  a 
number  of  ministering  brethren  were  present. 
Brother  David  Workman  did  most  of  the  speak- 
ing. Brother  Workman  and  Brother  Yi>unt 
stayed  with  us  over  Sunday.  Tlierc  were  two 
baptized  on  Sunday.  We  should  all  work  for  the 
interest  of  our  blessed  Master,  while  it  is  called 
to  day,  for  the  night  will  come  when  no  man 
can  work.  Matiy  .A.  Wkiuhts. 

From  liOngmont,  Col.— Our  Love-feast 
came  off  the  Hth  inst.     We  had  a  good    meet- 


ing. Our  dear  brother,  M.  M.  Bashor,  from 
the  southern  part  of  the  State,  was  with  us. — 
His  earnest  and  zealous  labors  were  well  receiv- 
ed, and  we  are  assured  he  shall  not  lose  his  re- 
ward. Brother  and  sister  Larick,  from  the 
Soul  hern  part  of  the  state,  were  with  us.  We 
sometimes  hear  of  members  that  think  ten 
miles  too  far  to  go  to  a  Communion  mee'ing. 
while  those  two  above  mentioned  came  over 
two  hundred  miles,  at  an  expense  of  eighty 
dollars,  solely  to  attend  meeting.  God  will 
8ur«ly  bless  them  in  their  /*al  and  great  love 
for  the  cause.  Over  thirty  members  communed 
.lud  seven  in  the  country  were  not  able  to  at- 
tend. Brother  John  Bashor  and  companion, 
from  Union  Star,  Mo.,  were  also  with  us.  They 
were  on  a  visit  to  two  of  their  sons  living  here. 
Our  series  of  meetings  continued  ten  days. 
Much  interest  seemed  to  be  manifested.  It  was 
said  better  order  was  never  observed  at  any 
meeting,  than  was  at  our  Love-feast.  During 
our  meeting,  there  were  two  additions  by  letter 
and  one  by  baptism.  We  think  there  are  more 
near  the  kingdom.  Two  more  will  be  odded  by 
letter  to  our  congregation  at  onr  next  meeting. 
So  it  will  be  seen  we  are  making  some  progress 
in  church  matters.  The  refreshing  season  of 
our  meetings  has  added  to  the  building  up  of 
the  members  in  their  most  holy  faith. 

J.  S.  Fl-ORY. 

From  Deflam-c,  Mo.— Our  church.  Houey 
Creek,  was  organized  the  15th  of  last  May  by 
bntther  .Inbn  Forney  and  brother  D  D.  Sell, 
with  ten  mcmbei-s.  Since  then  we  have  been 
visited  by  brethren  W.  B.  Sell,  S.  A.  Uonberg- 
er  nnd  Daniel  Qlick.  We  now  have  nineteen 
members  and  no  preacher.  Our  Love-feast 
was  on  the  14th  and  15tli  inst.  We  had  a 
large  turn-out  nnd  the  best  of  attention.  The 
members  were  strengthened  and  three  precious 
souls  were  made  willing  to  be  baptized,  and 
many  almost  persuaded  to  become  Christians. 
But  as  is  often  the  case,  our  meeting  had  to 
close  too  sooii.  We  hope  that  ministers  pass- 
ing near  us  will  give  us  a  call  and*  labor  with 
us  as  we  think  the  prospects  fordoing  good, 
bright;  aud  we  urge  our  brethren  that  have  la- 
bored with  us  to  come  again-  We  are  situated^ 
in  the  north-eastcoruer  of  Nodaway  county. 
Mo.,  about  ten  miles  East  of  Hopkins. 

W.  H.  Cl-AHK. 


DIED. 


Obilusries  shouM  be  bri^f,  wrilicn  on  but  one  side  of  lh« 
pBiHT,  5nd  separnic  from  all  other  business, 


MYERS. — In  the  Arnold's  Grove  church.  Car- 
roll Co..  111.,  Oct.,  2nd,  187S,  sister  Myers, 
aged  60  years,  11  months  and  15  days. 

Deceased  wa.s  an  exemplary  member  mem- 
ber of  the  Brethren  church  for  many  years.- 
She  suti'ered  long  and  severely,  but  patiently. 
A  cancer  in  the  breast  was  the  cause  of  her 
death.  She  died  in  the  blessed  hope  of  eternal 
life.  The  funeral  was  largely  attended.  Ser- 
vices from  St.  John  5:  25.  2S  and  2!f  by  the 
Brethren,  John  J.  Emm?:kt. 

WELKIN.— In  tho  Solomony  church,  Hunt- 
ington Co.,  Ind.,  Sept.  '24tli,  of  typhoid  fever, 
.Jacob  Welkin,  aged  24  years,  7  montbsand  1 
one  day. 
ELLIS.— In  the  same  church,  Sept.  25th.  AI- 
niira  Elizabeth  ElHs,  daughter  of  Bro.  John 
and  Mary  Ellis,  aged  3  years,  11  months  and 
29  days. 
BUFKINGTON.— In  the  same  church.  Oct. 
3rJ,  18T>*,  brother  Richard  Buflington,  aged 
82 years,  4  months  and  IT  days.  Services  by 
the  writer.  Samubl  Murray. 

RIFFEY.— In  the  West  Otter  Creek  church, 
Macoupin  Co..  III.,  Augu.st  2iith.   sister  Polly 
Uitley,  aged  63  years,  3  months  and  4  days. 
Sister  I'olly  was  in  good  health  up  to  her 
death  and  dropped  dead  while  walking  through 
the  room.     Services  from  Rev.   14;  13,  by  Isaac 
Studebaker  and  Javan  Gibson. 

I.  H.  Crist. 


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HoTiGEi  of    Lo*e-feMi9,    Dialrici    Meetiogs,   elc,  should 

be  brief,  auiJ  writteo  on  paper  separate 

from   other   luiHiness. 


LOVE-FEASTS. 


1st.  at  in 


PniiriP  Greek,  Wells  co.,  Ind..  Nov.  1st,  at  2  I'.  .\I. 
Adams  co..  Iowa.  Xov.  Oth  and  lotb.  at  lii  A.  U. 
Okaw,  Piatt  Co.,  111..  Nov.  .^tli,  at  10  A.  M. 
Silver  Creek,  near  WiiilicUi,  Kan,.  Oct.  HiHi  and 
mil. 

Eagle  Creek  church,  Hancock  co.,  Ohio.  October 
nth  at  5  o'clock. 


Fairview  coriKieijation,  Appanoose  Co..  lowa.  Oct. 

nth  tiud  IMh.  «t  -i  !•■  M. 
bethleliem  cliurch.   Franklin  Co..  A  a.,  Oct.  SOtli 

nacwonVreek  church.  Montgomery  Co..  Imi.,NoT. 

7tli.  at  1'  1*.  M. 
StiiiiiUis  church.  (Jal..  Oct.  U'th. 
Newti.nia,  Mo..  Oct.  iOth. 

IW~  We.  the  Brethren  of  the  Panther  Creek 
church,  Woodford  Co.,  III.,  will  hold  our  Love- 
feast  on  the  1st  of  November,  commencing  at 
10  A.  M.  ■'■  ^-  Tal-zek. 

55^  There  will  be  a  Communion  in  the 
South  Keokuk  church.  Keokuk  Co..  Iowa,  six 
miles  north-west  of  Richland,  November  Ut, . 
at  4  P.  M.  J-  S-  Fritz. 

g^-  We,  the  Brethren  of  Washington 
Creek,  Douglas  Co.,  Kansas,  will  hold  our  Love- 
feast  on  the  23rd  and  24th  of  Oct.,commeno. 
ingatlOA.  M.  E.  W.  Floht. 

DISTRICT  HBETINOS. 

In  the  ."^oulheru  district  of  Mo.,  at  Newtoui  \.  Oct. 
Lslh  anil  IPtli. 


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For  your  Master's  woon  return  'f 
Ar«  you  now  iirepjired  to  meet  liimV 

See,  the  nice  is  almost  run. 
Have  you  carefully  considered 

Jesus  soon  will  come  again. 
Wlieii  from  trouble  He'll  deliver 

Every  faitliful,  loving  friend? 

Sun  Hntl  moon  and  stars  have  spoken 

That  the  end  is  near  at  hand ; 
Scofllug  is  anodier  tokon 

To  liis  faithful  little  band 
That  from  death  and  grave  to  ransom, 

Jesus  soon  will  come  again, 
AVheii  Uis  saintsshall  have  the  kingdon, 

And  with  Him  ill  glory  reign. 

Fire  and  floods  and  roaring  ocean, 

Tidal  waves  and  trembling  earth. 
Nations  mighty  in  commotion, 

F.vil  spirits  going  forth, 
All  combine  to  teli  the  story— 

Jesus  soon  will  come  again 
And  translate  us  to  His  glory. 

Where  we  shall  with  Him  remain. 

Xow  lift  up  your  heads  rejoicing. 

Friends  of  Jesus,  it  is  time; 
Jiear  at  liaiid  ia  your  redemption. 

You  need  never  more  repine. 
From  HiH  home  In  yonder  glory 

Jesus  soon  will  come  again. 
To  relieve  your  tears  and  sorrows, 

And  to  banish  every  pain. 

Selected  by  MAitv  Hn  i  khv. 

STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tuiiker)  Churches 

Po38es3  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 

to  be  regarded  as  ^Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

J.  W.  STEIN  afflrme. 

D.  B.  RAY  denies. 

D.  H,  Ray's  Fihst  Neqatiyb. 

WE  remark— ist.     That  Mr.  Stein's   defini- 
Tion  of  churvli  U  not  definite.    He  will 
doubtle><d  accept  the  following: 

A  Tisible  clmrch  of  Christ,  is  a  congregation 
of  baptized  believers,  in  which  the  pure  word 
of  God  is  preached,  and  the  ordinances  duly  ad- 
ministered according  to  the  will  of  Jesus  Christ. 

2.  We  remark;  that  in  denying  the  propo- 
iition,  we  do  not  deny  that  there  are  some  of 
the  Children  of  God  in  the  Tunkor  churches. 
God  has  children  in  and  out  of  the  various  de- 
mominatinns  called  churches;  even  in  Home. 
Rev.  IS;  4.  We  must,  in  these  investigations, 
distinguish  between  individual  children  of  God 
and  the  organizations  called  churches. 

3.  We  admit  that  the  Tunker  cliurches  hold 
some  points  of  truth.  All  churches,  including 
Rome,  hold  some  truth. 

i  Though  Mr.  Stein  has  affirmed  that  the 
Tunker  churches  possess  the  Bible  character- 
istics, .^c.  he  li.i3  introduced  no  prool  to  sup- 
port him!  True,  he  has  affirmed  thus  and  so 
but  his  bare  statements  cannot  pass  for  proof. 
What  would  be  thought  of  an  attorney  who 
affirms  before  the  court  that  a  certain  business 
corporation  possesses  the  characteristics  which 
entitles  it  to  inhent  a  large  estate,  and  asks 
judgment  in  his  favor  because  he  affirms,  with- 
out proof,  certain  things  concxirning  the  cor- 
poration! The  testimony  of  the  lawyer  i>  not 
to  be  taken  as  HulHcicat.  Mr.  Stein  did  not  in- 
Iroduce  one  line  of  testimony  pointing  out  even 
Me  characteristic  of  the  Tunker  churches,  un- 
\(m  his  own  bare  staU-meuts  be  taken  lor  proof. 


He  must  introduce  witnease.s,  showing  the 
characteristics  of  the  Tunker  churches,  and 
then  measure  these  characteristics  by  the  Word 
of  God. 

As  Mr.  Stein  has  introduced  no  witnesses  for 
his  church  characteristics,  we  must  place  him 
on  the  witness  stand  for  examination:  His  "  Ist 
Characteristic  lis  foundiition  is  Christ."  1 
Cor.  3.  H.  If  he  means  to  say,  that  the  Tunk- 
er churches  have  Christ  for  their  foundation, 
we  deny.  We  expect  to  show  that  their  foun- 
dation is  "sinking  sand."  in  our  negative  line. 

We  endorse  all  the  Scriptures  referred  to  under 

this  head.  They  have  no  reference  to  the  Tunk- 
er churches. 

Mr.  Stein  puts  his  "?«rf  Chararleristir.     It  is 
n    spiritual    housf.      1  Peter  2.  o."    This  we 
emphatically  deny,   and    here    introduce    our 
negative. 
Argument  First.     Tlie   Tunker  ckuy-che; 

not  churches  of  Christ,  bec/iune  Iheij  are  based 

upon  a  riirnal  memhenthip. 
They  willfully  receive  the  unregenerate  to 

baptism,  which    places   the   unregenerate   into  ! 

church  membership.      Mr.  J.  H.   Moore,   the 

leading  Tunker  editor,  in  his  pamphlet  called 

"  Safe  Ground,"  p.  8,  saya: 

"  The  plan  of  salvation,  as  presented  to  us  in 

the  New  Testament,  is  properly    in    two  parts; 

First:  Salvation  from  sin.  I.e..  pardoned.     This 

is  secured  by: 

1.  Faith: 'He  that  believeth  not  shall  he 
damned.'  '  Without  faith  it  is  impossible  to 
please  God.' 

2.  Repentance,  or  reformation  of  life,  or 
change  of  conduct.    *    * 

3.  Confession.    *    *    • 

4.  Baptism." 


And  on  p.  9,  Mr.  Moore,  of  these  commands, 
says: 

"  The  first  part  of  the  plan  of  eaWation  ia 
strictly  intended  for  the  sinner,  tolling  him 
what  to  do,  in  order  to  be  pardoned,  or  to  get 
into  the  church;  in  short  what  to  do  to  be  a 
Christian.  •  •  »■  •  fhe  first  makes  him 
a  Christian,  and  the  second  keeps  him  such. 
The  first  plucks  hiip  from  Satan,  and  places 
him  in  the  church  militant;  the  second  keeps 
him  in  the  church  militant,  and  prepares  him 
for  the  church  triumphant." 

The  stars  show  that  some  is  omitted,  but  wc 
have  quoted  enough  to  show  the  Tanker  posi- 
tions. 

A  Careful  review  of  the  above  qnotations 
show  that  (1)  the  Tunkers  have  inverted  the 
Bible  order  by  putting  faith  prior  to  repentance. 
\2)  They  make  repentance  only  a  change  of  life, 
or  conduct.  (3)  They  baptize  the  unpardon- 
ed sinner  to  pluck  him  from  the  devil!  Thus 
the  Tunkers  reject  the  doctrine  of  regeneration 
by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  receive  the  sinner  to 
baptism  and  church  membership,  upon  a  faith 
possessed  before  and  indepeudont  of  repentance. 
Jesus  said,  "  Repent  and  believe  the  Gospel." 
Mark  1:  15,  but  Tunkerism  says,  "  Faith  and 
repentance."  Jesus  said  Matt.  '1\:  31:  "Ye, 
when  ye  had  seen  it,  repent*^d  not  afterward, 
that  ye  might  believe  him,"  but  Tunkerism 
savs, "There  is  no  need  of  repentance  in  order 
to  faith."  Paul  testified  "  Both  to  the  Jews, 
and  also  to  the  Greeks.  repL'ntanc  toward  God, 
and  faith  towartl  our  Lord  Je&us  Christ."  Acts 
:J(l:  22,  but  Tunkerism  changes  antl  contradicts 
Paul's  testimony.  To  invert  the  order  of  re- 
pentance and  faith,  is  to  reject  both.  The 
Tunker  chunhes  ftie  entirely  destitute  of  Bi- 
ble repi'ntance  aud  faith.  They  baptize  upon 
a  faith  which  precedes  repentance.  This  is  an 
imponitiiit  faith.  Their  so-called  repentance 
is  only  "a  change  of  conduct.'  It  does  not 
change  the  mind  and  heart.  Churches  that 
willfully  receive  to  baptism  the  unregenerate 
children  of  Satan,  are  not  churches  of  Jeans 
Christ.  The  Tunker  churches  willfully  receive 
to  baptism  the  unregenerate  children  of  Satan. 


Therefore,  the  Tunker  churches  are  not  church- 
es nf  Jesus  Christ. 

The  very  pu*s^c  1  Pet^er  2:  5,  introduced  by 
Mr.  Stein  condenius  the  Tunker  churchea. 
Peter  says,  "  Ye  also,  as  lively  dtoium,  are  built 
up  a  spiritual  house," &c.  This  shows  that  none 
except  "  lively  stones"  an-  to  be  built  into  the 
house— the  church.  But  Tunker  churcheii  are 
built  up  of  those  who  were  put  in  by  baptism 
as  dead  sinners.  This  is  as  utterly  absurd  as  to 
put  goat*  into  the  fold  in  order  to  make  sheep 
of  them! 

Mr  Stein  pnta  hia  "Srd  characteristic.  Its 
builder  is  God!"    Thia  brings  us  to  our 

Negative  argument  second.  The  Tunker 
churches  are  not  rhurrhesof  Christ,  because  they 
u-ere  buift  bf/  uninspired  men. 

Mr  J.  II.  Moore,  editor  of  the  leading  Tunk- 
er paper.  The  Brbthren  at  Work,  compiled 
and  published,  in  his  paper  of  Jan.  1,  187T,  an 
account  of  the  doctrines  and  history  of  the 
Tunker  churches.  Of  their  origin,  Mr.  Moore 
says: 

"  The  origin  and  history  of  this  reformatory 
movement,  dates  from  the  year  1708,  having 
taken  its  ri->e  in  Germany  about  that  time,  in  a 
portion  of  country  where  Baptists  are  said  to 
have  been  wholly  unknown.  Some  eight  per- 
sons in  number,  who  had  hci-n  bred  Presbyte- 
rians, excepting  one  wiio  was  a  Lutheran,  be- 
came much  dl^^satisfied  with  the  then  prevailing 
religious  principles  of  the  day,  consorted  to 
gether  in  order  to  prayerfully  read  the  Bibli 
and  comfort  one  another,  and  if  possible,  find 
the  old  path  and  walk  therein,  for  as  yet  they 
knew  not  that  there  were  any  Baptist  churches 
in  existence." 

From  the  above  it  appears  that  the  Tunkfr 
churches  had  their  origin  in  the  commence- 
ment of  the  eighteenth  century.  Tunkerism 
was  born  after  this  wise.  Of  the  above  named 
persons.  Mr.  Moore  aays: 

"  After  the  careful  study  of  the  sacred  Word, 
they  were  fully  convinced  that  faith,  and  strict 
obedience  in  all  things  laid  down  in  the  perfect 
law  of  liberty  were  essential  to  salvation,  and 
agreed  to  'obey  from  the  heart  that  form  of  doc- 
trine once  delivered  to  the  auints."  Conseqent- 
ly,  in  the  year  1708,  they  all  repaired  to  the 
river  Eder,  by  Schwarzenau,  and  were  buried 
with  Christ  in  baptism.  They  were  all  baptiz- 
ed by  trine  immersion,  organized  themselves 
into  a  church,  and  chose  Alexander  Mack  for 
their  minister." 

This  account  shows  that  the  first  Tunkers 
"organized  themselves  into  a  church!"  They 
were  not  organized  by  Christ  or  the  apostles, 
hat  they  organized  themsel res  into  a  church.'! 
Jesua  Christ  built  his  church,  but  these  Tunk- 
ers built  one  for  themselves.  Therefore  they 
are  not  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Grant  all  my  friend  claims  for  the  Tunkers 
on  the  score  of  their  charity  aud  good  works, 
and  it  would  not  prove  that  their  churches  are 
churches  of  Christ.  The  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tians  Association,  the  Howard  Association,  aud 
other  charitable  institutions,  bear  many  good 
fruits,  as  seen  in  their  charities  to  the  needy: 
but  they  are  not  churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Afjiiiu,  Mr.  Stein  puts  his  "  4(h  rhnravterislic. 
It  in  the  piUnr  itnd  ground  <f  the  truth."  Hi- 
gives  a.s  the  reason  for  this,  that  the  "  Breth- 
ren" baptize  for  the  remission  of  sins;  and  then 
he  iidvocates  the  blasphemous  heresy  of  baptis- 
mal salvation.     This  brings  us  to  our 

Xegntive  argument  third:  The  Tunker  church- 
M  are  not  rhurrhesof  Jesiis  Christ,  because  they 
hold  the  hltisphctnous  heresy  of  baptismal  salva 
ration. 

That  the  Tunkers  are  liable  to  this  charge,  i- 
seen  in  Mr.  Moore's  "  Safe  Ground,  p.  lo.wher. 
he  says:  "  It  is  a  simple  fact  that  a  man  can  b^ 
iH/»(i.-f</(/i/o '"AriV,  but  can  he  get  into  Chrisi 
imd  not  be  baptized?"  On  the  same  page  Mr 
J.  H.  Moore  hay«:"  There  are  a  people  who 
claim  that  men  can  1)0  saved  without  baptism." 


&c.     Also,  Mr.  Stein,  in  bis  opening  atfirmnti^^ 
make"  baptism  the  Sarinr.     He  niakea  baptisa 
essential  to  salvation,  to  imrdon.   to  th«>Bc« 
birth,  to  spiritual  cleansing,  to  heart  ohiHi.— ^ 
to  freedom  from  sin,  to   the   wajtbmg  away  W 
sins,  to  a  good  conscience,  U>  coming   to  tbk 
blood  of  Christ,  to  getting  into  the  name  of  tte 
Father.  Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  and    to  nalvaliH 
bygrpce!     All  these  depend  upon  baptism,  9- 
cording  t'»  Mr.  Stein.     If  these   tiling-  be^ 
then  every  man,  woman  and  child  that  in  uft 
baptized,  must  endure  the  datunalion  uf  heB 
If  this  Tunker  doctrine  is  tnie,  then   it  i»  im- 
possible for  God  to  save  a  sinner,   unless  m^ 
other  sinner  will  consent  to  permit  him!    ^ 
less  some  one  will  baptize  him   into  the  bl««A 
of  Christ! !     In  his  wild  attempt  to  wistain  t^ 
monster  heresy,    Mr.    Stein    hiw   followed   tfe 
Romish  and  other  "moon  struck"   theoh^giMH 
in  making  a  largo  clo-ia  of  Scriplure.s  mean  b^- 
tisni.  though  baptism  is  not  named.     Tbis  4b- 
ease  may   be  called  "  dropsy  of  brain"— wrfw 
on  the  brain.     Those   who  are  thus   aStkM 
make  "born  of  water"  John  3:5.  mean  li^- 
tism;    they    make  "washing  of  regenera 
Titus  3:  5,  mean  liaptism,  they  make 
of  water  by  the  word"    Eph.  5:  25,  26,  m^ 
baptism;    they   make  "obeyed"   Rom,  6;  VU 
mean  baptism.     As  Mr.  S.,  did   not  attempt  to 
prove  that  these  passages  refer  to  baptism,  wm 
let  them  pass  for  the  present.     Baptism  is  wiA 
to  bo  "for  the  remission  of  sins"  Mark  1:  4,  wM 
to  "wash  away  the  sins"  Acts   22:  16.      A* 
how  are  sins  washed  away  by  baptism?  If  A^ 
are  literally  washed  away   by  the   water,  <k^ 
the  sins  are  niat<.-rial,  tangible,  and  on  the  ^»- 
face  of  the  body,  like  dust  on  the  hands!    1^ 
ery  one  who  is  not  religiously  deranged   k^i^ 
that  we  can  only  "wash  away  sins"  embtmA- 
ically  in  baptism.     And  if  we  have  the  uiililiM 
atic  washing  in  baptism,  the  real  washing  n^ 
come  first.     .Jesus  called   the  bread  "'my  bodp," 
and  the  wine  "my  blood."     We  agree  that  ^m 
bread  and  wine  in  communion  are  only  the  t«^ 
and  blood  of  Christ  in  emblem;    so,  we  is^ft 
airaij  sina  in  emblem,  in  baptism. 

Luke  7:  30  is  not  strictly  rendered  ia  As 
conimom  version.  It  should  read,  "  not  k^ 
ing  been  baptized  of  him."  Those  that  rty^ 
ed  John  rejected  Christ,  is  what  is  taught  bam. 
That  the  Tunker  doctrine  of  baptismal  mA- 
vation  is  false,  i.s  proved. 

1.  From  the  fact  that  when  Jesus  forg^K 
sins,  baptism  was  not  a  condition.  Luke  7:  SB 
Jesus  said  to  the  weeping  woman  :"Thv  faift 
hath  saved  thee;  go  in  peace."  The  thief  ^ 
the  cross  was  not  saved  by  baptism. 

2.  That  Tunkerism  is  wrong  on  this  p<iB^ 
seen  from  the  fact  that  Jesus  ascribes  etetxaA 

life  to  every  believer.  John  5:  24;  3:].-.  It 
Who-soever  believeth  on  him  that  eeat  m^ 
hath  everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come  iaAs 
condemnation;  but  is  passed  from  de.'\th  ante 
life."  The  Tunker  churches  rontradict  ^Jns. 
.\ny  churches  that  contradict  Jesus  Christ  hk 
not  churches  of  Jesus  Christ  The  Tuiihw 
churches  contradict  .(esus  Christ.  Thervidic 
the  Tunker  churches  are  imt  churches  of  ObrH*. 


Tub  road  of  life  is  not  a  turnpike  road.  tL 
is  a  path  which  every  one  must  find  for  ld»- 
self,  by  the  help  of  such  directions  as  Gjtl  Ihb 
given  us;  aud  there  are  so  many  other  !■<&■ 
crossing  the  true  one  in  al  I  quarters  and  the  wna^ 
paths  are  so  well  beaten,  and  the  true  patk  m 
places  is  so  faintly  marked,  so  many,  too,  sr 
always  going  the  wrong  way,  that  between  tW 
number  of  patht  to  puzzle  him  and  the  now- 
ber  of  wrong  examples  to  lead  him  a.'itra*,  • 
mail,  if  he  does  not  tako  continual  heed,ifi« 
>;rcut  danger  ot  turning  in  a  wrong  path,  aft- 
most  without  perceiving  it. 


Good  thought*)  (though  (lod  Hocrpt  tbe«i)yid 
towards  men  are  little  better  tUan  g«Kid  dRaan^ 
•'xcept  they  be  put  in  act. 


THK    «l?T:'rHnK>J    AI'    WOIUC. 


0<-lob(  V    Qi 


you  WEVEF  CAN   TEUL. 

\TOV  Ih.nV  it  IS  mrv  l"ur  steps  Iq  rrlraM, 
1      Ifcf.m  the  lm«pi»f»ll  «•*»"""'• 
Th.t  B  mi.noiii  sl.,.«liorl..fact.i«liiii(I  Jl»l!r"« 

And  still  lincl  hi"  lio"'ir  umtniiitid. 
But  sin  i»  w  miuhtv.  and  c.>n«ci.'nc»  <ii  went. 

And  uiidf  r  so  t^-miiting  :i  sppll. 
Th»t th...isli yi>i'  '"»y  lonsnllwr  ,,l.-a.ur<-» l.i»vk 

Yotir  w.>iik-nc*s  yon  never  e.in  tell ! 

The  ocoiin  of  eol,  you  never  ean  sound. 

The  dei>th  von  never  ean  discern. 
Ilnf  under  yo'nr  feet  there  is  treacherous  ground. 

If  BW.iy  irofu  the  good  Iiind  you  turn: 

You  see  n..t  the  dwiKer.  you  feir  not  the  foe. 

You  whi-per  the  sonl.  "  It  is  well!" 
And  think  tliut  you  kno«  just  how  far  you 
muy  (p>. 

And  voii  never,  no  never  eiin  telt! 

YouueverCiml.-llnl  what  monienttoii'll  slip. 

■Tnto  sn.ire:thit  nre  enielly  hiid, 
Bf  those  who  ure  willing  another  should  trip. 

-Were  thi^y  ever  1.1  foully  betrayed. 

l^niomenl's  indulgencii  may  lead  you  to  crimes 

That  merit  a  prisoner's  cell; 
Tteu  qu.li.  h  the   hot  fever  of  piis.«ion   bellnies 

•f'or  its  power  yon  never  ean  tell ! 
Viu  never  ean  tell  at  what  moinent  yoii'll  hear 

Jhc  signal  of  death  at  your  gate. 
\Qio<e  tuiieh  will  arrest  your  wil.1.  thoughtless 

care<;r, 
Ttnd  IjriuK  your  repeotania'  too  late. 

Stud  firm  Ihiui  to.dnv.  the  allur<"iuents  of  sin. 

-  JV'ith  pride  and  jwrnistonce  repel. 
4lid*tTive  lor  a  prixt)  that  is  worthy  to  win, 

Afiil  wliose  glory  no  mortiil  can  tell '. 

•^  —S,l. 


BHII-OLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
J1         THE  WORD  BAPTISM. 

**(  

^     ^  »Y  l,KWIS  U.  IU-«Mt:il. 

kv-     I ■■<        ■       ' 

y^   ,  .  /    >-(V»l|Bp  11. 

IJTlv   have    slluwil     Iio",    uu'l    "  li.V. 

jff  I    s|>rinklini;  »ii<l  wetting'  were  in- 

midliiTslilllotli.-eliilreh.  iinilertlic  iJiliKe 

0^  Oifisiinn  iii»liliition.  We  will  now 

bBRvIij-  inllilliMe  rules  nfaiii>rii)ir'mliiiii, 

tTO  iiillili^'  spi-inkliiig,    pouring,  wet- 

Ijm;  lii'iil  any  olliei-  ai.plicniiun  cif  wnter 

t?uie   iiiiliviiliml,    liiiiitiKin,   f.in   tiever 

niake'  it  liaptism.or  lieoinitbeil  mto  tlif 

mtpuijlgurtlie  W'ifil.  I  will   nuiil)M  this 

]^t"ll  tlm  snliject  liy  tlie  infnllilile  fllles 

1.     Wnnlrt  eiin  Imve  ni>  nieanin'_'  with 
oilf  ;ipi»'opri.'itii>n. 

■^.'  \^'Ilen  WDivIs  lire  once  appropritit- 
eSrt  hey  lire  flisiiiwlifieil  fo  serve  ill  the 
ro'nm  (if  any  other  njiproprintefl   words. 

".1.  When  worils  nre  upiiro)iriiiteil, 
thev  lire  nlwilys  llseil  litiTally,  iitui  win- 
141I  lie  u.^-il  figuriitively.  .\  elose  oli- 
^vnli^  oi"  lllfsy,  selt'-eviilt'llt  v.ule.s  o^' 
^pro]iriati"n,  will  iorever  ,s«ttl«  tlie 
ciiniroversy  rcspeyting  the  lUfanillir  of 
ttv  word  "  liaptiiiin."  That  words  ean 
have,  uo  meaning  without  appropriation, 
niy  reatlers  can  satisfy  themselves,  liy 
taking  a  word  never  usefl,  and  see  if 
they  ean  use  it  without  conveying  an 
i(?rn.  Thi."*  iii<:'!  is  the  ajipropriated  or 
primary  nieauing  of  the  word.  If  after 
that,  yoti  use  the  word  to  convey  a  dif- 
f^j-ent  idea,  that  is  it«  second  ajipropri- 
tUcd  ineaniug — or  secondary  ineaiiing — 
and  so  on,  and  iu  that  way  use  can  eon- 
frr  any  numlier  of  meanings.  But  when 
the  word  isoncc  a[iproprlated,  it  cannrit 
hw  .ippropriated  to  thintrs  that  have  ap- 
propriated names  -for  e.Mimple:  you 
cannot  nppniprinte  the  word.  inan,_  to 
woman,  or  hog  to  cow.  or  horse  to  sheep. 
To  make  the  matter  still  clearer,  I  will 
take  an  apple  that  has  two  or  a  dozen 
.names;  yoti  take  either  of  those  names 
and  ajjpropriate  to  any  other  apple,  and 
then  no  person  could  tell  which  apple 
was  meant,  when  reference  was  made  to 
the  apple  hearing  that  name.  Nothing 
could  be  learned  from  words,  to  proceed 
upon  such  princi[des.     Apydy  this  rule 


the  ordinance  of  leiptisii 
vou  can  get  all  the  dilV 


,  and  site  if 
nil  Im4  mi- 
ller iheniMniugof  the  w.,rd  •'  li.iptisin." 
If  three  distinct  apples  cannot  lie  des 
ignated  tindiT  one  nuiiie,  how  can  three 
distinel  modes  lie  designated  liy  the 
word,  "  baptism  i"  Intact,  it  is  impos- 
sible to  'M't  three  modes  iin-leroiie  name, 
no  such  distinction  c.in  e.\isr  in  the  mean 
ing  of  any  word.  No  word  can  convey 
three  ideas  nt  the  same  tinie.  Those 
who  jiractice  the  various  modes,  must 
always  find  out  /tow  the  person  want.s 
to  lie  baiitized,  for  itis  not  contained  in 
the  meaning  of  the  wmd.nnd  cannot  be 
•ontained— it  is  an  !tii]ios,sil)ility. 

We  will  ilbislrate  further— wo  will 
take  the  words  plowing,  harrowing  and 
rolling,  three  distinct  and  dill'crent  acts, 
like  that  of  immersing,  sprinkling  and 
pouring. 

Now  let  my  reader*  try  if  they  can  ' 
find  a  word  in  the  English  language  th.at 
can  designate  |)lowing,  harrowing  ami 
rolling,  all  at  the  same  time,  and  if  they 
cannot,  they  can  rest  .le.snred  that  the 
word,  "ba]itistii,"  cannot  designate  im- 
mersion,spiiuklingandpouring.  Sj^riuk- 
ling  and  pouring  are  distinct  institutions 
or  ceremonies; and  can  nuvcr.be  couch- 
ed under  the  name  of  baiilisni.  TUeiti- 
slJtu«ioii8  are  sailing  under /Vi/de/KiAwdi 
The  iir.actilioiiers  think  if  they  can  .sail 
under  the  Christian  nalne,  that  will 
make  them  (Jhvistiiin  institittionis.  but 
when  it  will  be  too  late  they  will  dis- 
cover their  erroK'  If  I  \vere' to  sell  a 
man  Uam|>o  apple  trees  and  niarlt  them 
Maiden  IJlush,,!  would  be  deceiviii^-  the 
man  i^ad  liable  to  proBcciilion.  ,lly  call- 
ing Uanibo,  .Maiden  Hlush  would  not 
make  it  so— could  not  make  it  so— the 
Rnmbo  would  still  he  Ram  bo.  mA  Maid- 
en Blush  would  be  Maiden  Blush.  Let , 
Christiana  cease  -to  sail  tinder  false  colors 
and  give  their  institutions  their  proper 
and  lawful  names,  and  sprinliling  will 
soon  dieout,  and  the  grand  old  Sliiji  will 
be  filled  with  passengers  for  the  heaven- 
ly city.  .Many  a  poor  soul  you  deceive 
with, your  falrte  eolors,  and  le^d  them  in- 
to the  institution  of  jiopes  and  kings  for 
the  institution  of  Christ. 

(  To  he  crmtinnfid). 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST.  | 

Going  toMBctiiig-Thc  Momiiie", Scrvice-rH^rd  ' 
Lessons  to  Learn— Our  Evcuing  Meeting- 
Visitors  from  afar. 

(rsiui  Oiir  Slwclnl  Osn™,.  ..1.  m  I 
NfMllKR  vin. 

THIS  is  the  first  Sunday  mjorning  in 
October.  The  evenings  and  morn- 
ings make  us  sensible  of  ft])proaching 
frost.^.  All  day  long  we  feel  a  chilly 
toiieh.  This  is  Madame  Nature  in  her 
lutiiinnal  humor.  We  feel,  too,  re- 
minded of  the  coldiie.Hs  of  human  hearts. 
We  read  in  the  Holy  Scriptiiresof  "cold" 
and  "  lukewarm"  believersin  the  church. 
We  read,  too,  of  a  time  when  "the  love 
of  many  shall  wax  (become  or  grow^ 
cold."  ilay  the  Lord  deliver  us  from 
such  a  condition !  But  so  it  will  surely 
be  with  many  in  all  ages  of  the  church. 
Brother,  sister,  let  us  jusk, 

IS  rr  1  ? 
Daily  we  need  to  make  this  imiuiry,  and 
act  accordingly.  It  is  the  "  fervent" 
prayer  that  availeth  much.  It  is  the 
"  fervent"  love  that  is  recomendetl  to 
the  believers.  ()  that  each  one  could 
now  live  as  we  wish  we  had  lived  when 
we  come  to  die!  How  fervently  we 
would  love  all  the  members,  rich  and 
poor,  high  and  low,  one  and  all!  So  it 
ought  to  be.  We  may  lay  a  claim  to 
the  love  of  (iod,shed  abroadin  theheart, 
liut  this  will  be  of  no  use  unless  w-e  use 


tbut  hive  1.1  cover  the  past  and  correct 
the  future.  Shun  no  one.  lie  a  broth- 
el* and  a  sister  in  deed  and  io  truth.  I-ot 
it  not  be  saiil  by  the  observing  world, 
"  Behold,  how  these  Christians  slight 
one  another,  and  talk  harmful  about  one 
anolhi-r."  Oh,  no.  Mut  let  them  have 
the  reason  to  ,:iy."J!th:hl,  how  these 
Christians 

I.OVK  OSK  -l^ouiMt!" 
Love  is  the  golden  ring  presented  to  ev- 
ery true  believer  liy  a  Lovely  Jeweler 
of  Heaven.  It  would  indeed  be  a  jmin- 
fiil  regret  that  any  one  should  never  have 
rec.  ived  it,  and  most  deplorable  thatthere 
should  be  any  that  hail  it  and  have  lostl 
it.  If  so.  go  at  once,  I  beseech  you,  and 
apply  with  yearning  hi-art  to  the  Master. 
If  you  have  love,  get  more  of  it.  Let 
the  hi-art  tie  full,  and  then  there  will  be 
no  room  for  anything  else.  Though  the 
weather  be  chilly,  and  our  outward  man 
feel  it,  (>  let  not  our  "inner  man"  feel 
au\  coldness,  but  rafher  be  all  aglow 
with  the  love  of  Christ  in  us.  Though 
others  fail  to  do  what  they  oui;ht,  still 
let  us  do  our  pan— "love  one  another 
with  a  pure  heart  fervently."  If  you 
would  correct  otiii-rs,  do  it  in  love — love 
for  their  souls  and  h.ve  for  the  truth. 

The  1112nd  hymn  introduced  the  wor- 
ship of  tiod  this  mortiing  in  the  Welty 
meeting- house.  The  third  stanza  con- 
tains a  precious  invitation  and  iireatlu« 
a  spirit  of  true  devotion.  AtWra  broth- 
er oflered  a  prayer  of  much  fecli'ng,  an- 
other followed  with  the  Lord's  Prayer 
vrhich  is  our  usual  order.  A  verse  Was 
sung:  The  third  chapter  of  the  Gospel 
of  At.  John  was  oN'en-il,  anil-  a  deacon 
brother  arose,  by  rei|Uest,  and  read  it  to 
all  the  congregation.  A  ministering 
brother  then  cliose  the  14th  antl  loth 
verses,  and  wc  gathered  up  the  points: 

1.    A  type  of  Chris' 

•2.     A  belief  in  Chris 

.■J.     A  gift  from  Christ.      ,.■,     j 
.Another  ministering    brother   followed 
with  the  :!7.stli   hymn    and   e.vhort.ation 
to  prayer. 

'■  Lord  di.-linis3  us  -vith  thy  lihyslng," 

closed  the  meeting,  and  the  congregation 
was  dismissed. 

A^''e  spent  tile  afternoon  in  the  lion^o 
of  a  deal-  Chrisliau  brother,  with  others, 
and  wtw  glad  to  find  them  all  steadta.st 
iu  thy  faith  and  looking  ouwaid  t«  a  bet- 
ter day.  If  \se  live  here  in  sympiL- 
thetic  tellowship  wiih  one  another,  and 
contending  with  "  one  miud"  for  the 
•■  ibie  Faith,"  what  a  cheering  prospect 
we  have  of  reunion  in  heaven  I  For- 
ward lirethren,  forward.  Never  back- 
ward: We  may  be  translated  sooner 
than  we  thinli,  therefore,  let  us  be  ready 
for  it  every  day. 

Ot'B  KVE.M.N.. 

in  the  town  meeting,  house  iv.-is  introduc- 
ed by  the  ;i3Tth  hymn.     Two  lines, 

"The  happy  gali-s  of  Gospel  grace, 

Stand  open  niirlit  and  dn^."  I 

linger  ujKin  my  memory.  How  beauti- 
ful the  figure!  How  sweet  the  delight 
with  which  our  liberated  spirits  return 
to  the  time  and  place  when  we  sought 
and  found  the  "  gates  of  Gospel  grace !" 
Every  one  who  has  been  "  born  again" 
can  utter  the  te.stiiiiony  that  they  are 
"happy  gates,"  whose  entrance  offered 
iluspeakable  happiness.  And  shall  we 
indeed  be  less  happy  now  than  when  we 
were  made  happy  in  the  beginning  of 
our  profession !  O  no.  I  ask,  w-as  it 
not  obedience  to  Christ  that  gave  us  hap- 
piness at  the  beginning!  You  agree 
with  me.  Then  if  we  be  obedient  now, 
shall  not  our  happiness  continue?  Do 
you  need  a  remedy  for  your  unhappi- 
ness?  O   dear   children    of    God!     Try 


„l,gji,„,;.     ■'Oliedieiiee  is  betler   than 
sacrifice. 

^fter  praver,  a  miDislenug  br.nhei 
suggested  Alts  Hi:  :iii  119  containing  an 
appnipriate  motto  fur  the  oe.-asion.  He 
slated  that  the  ipleslion, 

"  wu.iT  MfsT  I  uo  TO  UK  s.vvi:n(" 
was  one  of  the  greatest  importance.  Dur- 
ing the  discussion,  we  drew  the  follow- 
ing inference: 

I.  Out  of  Christ  we  are  lost. 

II.  In  Christ  we  are  saved. 

III.  Christ's  work  for  us,  and  ours 
for  ourselves  mid  Him. 

After  the  .'tTStli  hymn  was  sung,  we 
knelt  to  prayers. 

"  Once  more  li-t'ore  w-e  part  " 
«-as  sung  in  conclusion  and  we  were  dis- 


missed to  attend  the  caivs  of  another 
week  of  toil. 

PKRSON.ll.. 

Last  night  at  the  meeting,  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  brother  Daniel  Zel- 
lersand  his  wife,  our  sister.  They  have 
h^u  visiting  some  friends  in  the  neigh- 
borhood for  several  w-eeks  past,  but  in- 
tend starting  to-day  on  their  way  home 
to  Mt.  Morris  111.  iHay  the  smiles  of 
the  Lord  be  upon  them. 

Peace  be  upon  all  the  faithful. 
D.  B.  M. 
WAyncsliuro,  Va.  Oct.  T,  1ST8. 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

A  Solemn  C-all-Pleasant  Drive— Closing  Exer- 
cises of  the  Siiniiayschool- Interesting  Ad- 
dress—The Sermon— A  Mission  of  Love- 
Quarterly  Council  —  In  the  Master's  Vine- 
yard—Lord's Day. 

ITrvrtu  mir  Spocial  eoni->].iinli''ii : 
Nt'MBER  til. 

Jr.ST  now  the  btJl  is  pealing  forth  a 
inournfiil  dirge,  calling  the  people 
to  assemble  in  the  church  to  show  their 
sympathy  and  lend  assistauee  to  a  fond 
father  and  loving  mother  whose  hearts 
are  made  to  bleed  by  the  losS  of  a  de.ar 
little  child.  Pursuant  to'  the  call,  we 
hastened  to  the  scene  of  death,'  and  there 
in  a  neat,  white  burial  case,  we  found 
the  innocent  sleeper.  Falling  iu  to  line, 
we  slowly  followed  after  in  the  proces- 
sion to  the  churcTi,  tliei^e  to  mingle  our 
sotro^s  vd^  theirs.,  The  prf  ac(ief  ar(i^ 
and  addressed  us  on  the  subject  of  death 
and  the  necessity  of  preparing  for  tJiat 
solemn  eTent.  He  eonsoled  the-  fond 
parents  with  the  pleasing  thought  tili'at 
the  little  .sleeper  was  now  an  infnate  of 
the  great  family  above,  as  Jesus'  declar- 
ed, "  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  God." 
By  the  frequent  occnrreuce  of  tlujaf  sAV- 
emn  scenes,  death  loses  its  power  upOTl 
the  miuds  of  many,  t'orgettiug  that  It  is 
a  reminder  of  their  oivu  mortality.  And 
though  they  witness  tliosc,  rticurr^iut 
events  again  and,  again,  thoughLlcfisly 
go  on  until  the  great  Reapci'  ciity  them 
down  and  they  go  to  eternity  nnjirepar- 

ed.  ■''      ' 

Ne.xt  morning  we  Ijchfcld  a'ntiw  Lhtd's 
day,  and  a   beautiful    morniAg  it  was, 

H'ith  hearts  full  of  gratitude  to   a    beni- 

I. 
fii-eiit  Father  for  the  beauties    before  lis 

and  the  happiness  to  enjoy;  wc  took 
our  usual  si.v-mile  drive  to  the  old  chuvchj 
that  hallowed  spot,  the  house  of  vyyi'' 
ship  from  our  youth,  to  agairi  engage  in 
the  pleasant  e.vereiae^  of  the  Siitlday- 
school,  and  to  witness  the  closing  e.ver- 
eises  of  the  .Suniiuer  session.  Had  a 
good  attendance  and  good  interest.  Were 
entertained  by  an  address  to  the  school 
by  brother  Henry  Doiiier,  choosing  for 
his  subject  "  Tfie  complex  nature  of 
man,''  and  spake  substantially  as  fol- 
lows: 

The  leading  thoughts  deduced  are, 

1.  The  physical  nature  of  man. 

2.  The  intellectual  or  mental  nature. 
:i.     The  spiritual  or  moral  nature. 


Octnh-'v    24. 


rt±l£.    BltKTlIKEN    ^T    AVOllIv. 


( 1 ).  'I'll.-  physical  nature.  This  lio(\y 
uf  ,mi-s  is  uiidei- certain  hiws  ami  slioulll 
be  governed  by  thiim.  And  for  every 
violation  of  law,  the  body  unut  be  pun- 
ished. He  maintained  that  each  of  those 
natures  should  be  developed,  anil  while 
is  it  the  duty  of  the  parents  to  properly 
clothe  the  child,  it  is  also  their  duty  to 
provide  healthful  food  for  them,  that  theii' 
l,„i I ies might  become  vipuons and  health- 

(J).  The  intellectual  or  mental  na- 
lur. .  If  llie  physical  nature  of  the  child 
is  properly  developed  as  age  advances, 
the  iulellecl  will  become  stronger  and 
be  prepared  for  mental  improvement. 
The  mind  is  the  electric  force  of  the 
boil>  ,  and  as  the  mind  wills,  so  tin-  body 
aci>.  hence  the  necos.<ity  of  proper,  men- 
tal rol'ure,  that  the  child  may  \)e  pre- 
pared for  higher  and  nobler  attainments. 

(:!)-  The  spiritual  or  moral  nature. 
Tlus  third  step  is  eipially  important. 
It  is  the  duty  of  parents  and  teachers  to 
look  after  the  spiritual  food  of  the  child. 
Look  at  the  e.\iienditure  for  boidcs  and 
papers,  the  literature  of  the  country! 
Ibnvmuehunwholesomefood!  There  are 
l,(,oks  and  papers,  the  nature  of  which 
we  become  ashamed  of;  the  author  of 
wdiich  we  hold  in  disrepntt .  Hut  he  re 
ferred  his  auditors  to  a  Book  tliat  we 
need  not  be  ashamed  of,  neither  of  its 
Author,  and  that  is  the  Bible,  and  God 
the  .\uthor.  Tie  tenderly  apjiealed  to 
tlie  i>arents  to  insliU  the  thoughts  and 
sentiment-s  of  Bible  truths  into  the  minds 
of  their  children,  that  they  might  be- 
pome  religious  aud  qualitied  for  a  home 
beyond.  He  also  set  forth  the  danger 
of'  neglecting  our  duties,  and  by  this, 
thero  was  danger  of  ruin,  both  of  par- 
ent and  (diild.  In  his  closing  remarks, 
be  leplied,  that  education,  was  iu)t,  nor 
implied' sinijily  to  store  the  '  mind  with 
fact-s,  but  to  be  wi.se,  he  must  labor  '((» 
become  better  and  purer,  thereby  be- 
coming holier.  After  offering  a  song  of 
praise,  we  dismissed  for  a  few  moments, 
anil  then  re-assembled  for  the  sermon. 
Affer  the  usual  fornnilaof  the  opening 
exercises,  the  speaker  selecteil  friini  th, 
ctiapter  read,  ^'  Which  of  you  conviuc-  j 
ctli  nieof  sin?"  John  8;  40,  for  a  irfnl 
to' of  his  disooni-se.  His  theme  -.n  , 
the  sinless  character  of  Jesus  Christ  ..i 
our  relations  to  Tlihi. 

.lesus  Christ  asked  this  question  of 
Ilis  enemies  whilethey  were  censuring 
Him  and  vainly  endeavoring  to  bring 
Him  in  di.srepntr.  But  lie  fearlessly 
reproves  them,  and  conlident  of  His  pu- 
rity, he  asks  them.''  WhiiJh  of  you  con 
viuceth  me  of  sin'i"  He  observed,  tir.st, 
the  sinless  character  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Second,  the  importance  to  which  the 
text  may  be  applied.  The  sinless  char 
acter  of  Christ  is  determined  from  the 
nature  of  His  conception  and  birth. 
Free  from  any  taint  of  moral  defilement, 
those  of  His  intimate  associates  record 
His  truthfulness  and  purity.  And  His 
enemies  eoidd  find  no  defects  when  He 
Wa.s  brought  to  trial,  and  as  He  expired 
on  the  cross,  they  smote  themselves  aud 
exclaimed,  "  Truly  this  man  was  the 
Son  of  Rod."  If  His  life  was  sinless 
aud  pure.  His  Go.spel  must  be  true,  and 
henee  He  was  ipialified  for  His  divine 
mission. 

The  speaker  thc'n  appealed  to  Chris- 
tians to  become  more  Christ-like — to  be- 
comi^  more  assimilated  to  the  character 
of  Him,  the  object  of  their  worship, 
that  in  tlie  end  they  might  be  like  Him. 
Tlie  closing  remarks  were  directed  to 
the  unconverted,  and  they  were  made 
to  feel,  that  in  their  present  condition, 
they  had  no  claim  on  Him,  no  relations 
to  sustain  them  in    eternity,   and   hence 


would  be  cast  off  where  hope  is  a  stran 
ger  and  where  mercy  cannot  come. 

Next  ilay  in  com[)uny  with  brother 
A.  W.  Bowers,  went  to  pay  a  visit  to 
our  brother  anil  sistitr.  What  a  source 
of  comfort  to  them  to  have  u»  call  and 
see  how  they  do!  Many  live  somewhat 
isidated  from  the  main  body,  aud  to 
those  who  cannot  meet  with  us  often  in 
the  sanctuary,  especially  is  a  visit  much 
appreciated.  Kound  them  bi  love  and 
union  with  the  church  aud  still  willing 
to  abide  by  the  inslrneli.m  of  the  do 
pel  aud  labor  for  a  greater  degree  of  ho- 
liness, endeavoring  to  become  better  a** 
they  grow  older-  On  Saturday  we  met 
at  the  church  in  cpiarlerly  council,  as 
our  brethren  have  deeid.-d  long  a'io  to 
meet  once  penpnu-ter  to  attend  toehnrch 
busini'ss,  and  us  we  soon  i-xpcet  to  hold 
our  Feast,  this  meeting  wius  one  of  es- 
pecial interest.  Considerable  matter 
was  brought  Ijefore  the  mecliug,  but  we 
think  all  was  adjusted  in  tin-  fear  of  (iod 
aud  tor  the  welfare   of  souls.     Among 


the  good  things  of  the  meeting  in  which 
angels  participate  iji  our  ji>y,  was,  i-e- 
ceiving  members  into  ihe  church,  time 
by  letter  and  one  by  baptism.  Thus 
God  bles-ijes,  and  His  children  \vork 
is  a  pleasure  t"  us  to  hibc.r  in  the  M;.s 
ter's  vineyanl,  ihou^^h  oui;  sh.ip  Is  i< , 
est- tossed  at  times  over  the  cruel  \\ 
of  life,  yet  W(^  have,  roceiveil  Rutlie-r[i 
ballast  to' steady  her  that  she  may  eun 
tinuc  to  saU.  How  pleasant  it  is  wh.i 
we  get  into  tt  storm  and  are  trou^ 
that  wi'  hav«  our  bh's,se.d  Jesus  th-  < 
tain  of  our  salvation  ' 
waves  aud  siv.  "  pea'  -• 
day  wa«    ■'    '  ■■      ' 


necessary  ends,  is  certainly    in  a    worse 
eonilitiou  than  the  heathen  and   intidel. 
There  can  be  some  allowance   nuule  for 
ignorance  as  well  as  a  wild  theory;    but 
hi-  thai    knows    his    llaster's    will,    anil 
iramples  upon  his  mercy  and   kindness, 
how  great  is  hia  sin  I    We   know  that 
(bi'l  knows  every    secret   thought,    and 
his  watchful   eye  is  ever   upon  us;  we 
cannot  deceive  him   who  numbers  the 
very  hairs  of  our  heads,  and  sends  daily 
aud  hourly  blessings    upon    us    without 
numi'er,  who  giii.|'-s  every  'beat  of   the 
heart,  every  breath  we  breathe,  is   per- 
mitted   by  his    merciful    goodness,    and 
yet  we  will  presumptuously  stand  forth 
in  our  own  strength  and  defy  thi-  living 
(b"l    by     making    use    of    the    greatest 
blessing  he  bilsever  bestowed    upon  us. 
the  ver\  means  he  has  arranged  to  bring 
us  to  him,  that  which  isintended  to  make 
lis   eternally   happy.     "  Woe  unio    yon 
Scribes,  Pharisees,  hypocrites,  for  ye  d-- 
V'liir  widows'  houses  aud  for  a  pre.tens'i 
m.ike  l.ing  prayers,    therefore   >e  shall 


ree.-i\e  file  greater  damnation."  We 
wouhl  inlVr  from  theiie  words,  that  this 
cla>si  of  hvpocrilea  are  to  be  punished 
with  more  severity  than  any    other  sin- 


of  all  manner  of  lilthiuesi-.  Agait^,4 
repeat  the  » ords  uf  ,>iir  .Savior,  ••  Ye 
shall  receive  tlie  greater  damnation.  W« 
understand  "greater" to  jiieoii  something 
more  than  great,  that  is  e.vceeding  great 
to  some  degree,  aud  when  it  haa  refei-- 
ence  to  eternal  punishment,  it  is  awfil! 
to  contemplate.  "  Therefore  knowing 
the  terror  of  the  Lord,"  let  u«  repent 
before  it  is  forever  too  late. 

Our  blessed  and  kind  Redeemer  after 
telling  Ihc  Jews  of  iheirbase  hypocrisim 
au'l  pointing  out  the  wickedness  of  their 
couilncl,  addresses  them  in  the  most  sym- 
pathetic manner,"  Jerusalem,  Jeriisafera, 
how  often  would  I   have  gathered  yon 
together  as  a  hen  gatheretl,    h.-r  chick 
ens  under  her  wings,  and  ye  would  not." 
Yes,  all  that  will  turn  untohiin;  he  will 
gather  them  together  and   shield   tlinn 
from  the  sniirea  of  the  wicked  one,   anil 
his  iiumeroits  enemies,  and  lovingly  pro- 
t.-ct  them  under  his  wings  of  love  frolB 
the  cold  blasts    of  adversity.     We    may 
rest  assured  if  we  go   to   him   earnestlj 
and  sincerely,  trusting  in  his   mercy,  he 
will  take  us  safely   through  this   world 
and  laudussecimly  on  the   other   Mt 
of  the  Jordan  of  death. 


with  tl" 

Kidgeeii.,,.  , 
seiivie-e  was  in;i 
OTth  hymn. 

■■Till-Ill  ii. . 
I'loVe  1.1 
The'spi-'akel' 
the.fSulijcct  vt' 
hea.li'i'  >.'  ,; 


I'lsM' 


w*ftk-.    v.iili    its 
all  ftiV*  *r«^i"    to 


HYPOGRISY. 


0 UK  Sum t.,  1 
luuk  tipim  tlui 


a.  tl>,  .fThira  U> 
III'  hypocrisy  as 
tbe  most  fttrociiaia  of  all  «iiis,  iu  liis  hx- 
preffsion  of,  "  Woe  unto  you  Scribes, 
I*harispes,  liypotn-ites,"  eiuunM-ating  the 
various  miormitius  of  wliich  they  were 
tfiiiUy,  jirovts  plainly  the  intensity  of 
his  disgust  iu  regard  to  the  degrading 
t»in  of  hypocrisy.  Aud  we  believe  tliat 
every  true  follower  of  Jesus  has  the 
same  spirit,  is  actuated  by  the  same 
feelings.  Iu  a  measure,  they  are  fallibh', 
he  was  not;  but  the  same  spiiit  is  the 
pretUtuiinaut  principle,  for  we  are  plain- 
ly told,  "  If  ye  hare  not  the  spirit  of 
Christ,  ye  are  none  of  his.*'  They  have 
the  same  dislike  and  in  the  same  m:in- 
ner  detest  a  low,  mean  hypoeris}'.  Those 
that  will  join  a  ehun-li  ami  profess  to  be 
followers  of  Christ  purposely  to  carry 
out  some  worldly  scheme,  certainly  are 
the  most  aboujinablf  of  (iod's  creation. 
There  is  some  ]»alliatiou  or  excuse  for 
almost  every  other  evil,  bnt  this  is  the 
most  presunijjtnous  sin  that  Satan  has 
been  able  to  invent,  one  that  will  tam- 
per with  the  holiest;  a  best  gift,  God  has 
in  his  kindness  and  mercy  bestowed  up- 
on his  people.  One  that  can  deceitfully 
use  a   cloak    o\'  religion    to  accomplish 


It  ner.  . 

J  i      l?*'ndep,  this  luoks    tfiTiblf.  >,ut   they 
u(H'ds  of  our  divine  Miister,  and 
I      Ids    kind   and   lovin;;;   nature 
[i;    i;i.       t.^iK?  i>een  irritated  to  the  very  ui 
I...  ,1  to  ,\r!\w   furrh   sueh   terrible  bin- 
..  _■ .     IT- mu^^i  htue  bceu  tortured   by 
ilu-ughi-  that  lUe^jfi  Scrihe-s  aud 
'  fiiould  trv  tn  make  the  world 
ihi-y   were  rigbtfttus,   and   yet 
■fir    hearts   Hueh    cruelty   and 
'  ' 'levoitr   a  poor  Widow's 
'  li.-i-  word  1  tippresa  her   or 
■'I Idly  living. 
'■^'^  Ihem  of  shutting    up 
•if  heaven    against  nu-n, 
■  ■■>  go  iu    themselves   nor 
■•  i;o  in.    All  the.-e  things 
on;  there   are  just  such 
i.ri-s*'nt  dav,  and  our  Sav- 
u  jdainly    as   he   be- 
il  Pharisees,  itud  that 
,-;mu   -.I'll  II J   ;  .luds   tirui  in  his  Wovd. 
^:Wue  iiuto  yo-i  Srribfsand    Pharisees," 
<■!  ill  ii]''  I  :ir.,  I/.'  i,f  our  day,  '  \voe  u:i- 
ii-<,"  ye  shall  receive 
•  lum.     This    passiige 
"4  i.>uipuiiv  sliould  be  read  with   em- 
pliH-sis   and  deep     thought.      There   is 
much    /"OTifaintid  in    these   few    rerses, 
t'lUih  that  coiicerujiour  welfare  here  and 
ln-r- after       The  thought  that  we  are    to 
sulVer  eternal    punishment    for  the  deeds 
done  in  the  body,  is  terrible, — but  these 
are  to  receive   the  greater   damnation, 
mote  excruciating,  more   enduj'lng   suf- 
fering. 

It  is  claimed  by  some,  that  the  im- 
mortal part  of  us  canuot  suffer;  but  we 
nuiintain  that  it  is  the  only  part  of  us 
that  can  sulVer  when  the  soul  leaves  this 
tenement  of  clay,  the  surt'ering  of  the 
body  is  done,  all  of  the  sensitive  ipiali- 
ties  of  the  body  are  gone,  both  mental- 
ly and  physically.  We  lie.  a  lifeless, 
senseless  mass  after  the  spirit  takes  its 
flight,  and  whatttver  our  reward  is  to 
be  in  eternity,  will  be  meted  out  to  us. 
If  our  lives  have  been  spent  in  a  cui 
staiit  practice  of  those  virtues  which  are 
the  fruit  of  the  Spirit,  which  are  'Move, 
joy,  peace,  long-snti'ering,  gentleness, 
goodness,  faith,  meekncN-  and  tcuipi'r- 
ance,"  if  we  have  walhiil  in  and  been 
guided  by  the  Spirit,  then  great  will  In- 
oiu'  reward;  but  on  tiie  other  hand,  if 
our  life  ha.**  been  spent  in  trying  to  make 
our  appearance  of  holiness,  and  wi?  are 
only  as  the  whited  sepulchres  that  our 
Savior  sjieaks  of,  that  make  a  beautiful 
outward  appearauce,  but  are  within  full 


RULES  FOR  PARENTS. 

1.  First  give  yourse]f,  then  yh}^ 
child,  to  God.  It  is  but  giving  hiiUi.|iU 
own.    Not  to  do  it,  is  robbing  G»d.   ., 

•2.  Always  prefer  virtue  to  weabb— 
the  honor  that  comes  from  God  to  th*- 
honor  that  comes  fi-om  men.  Do  ftii? 
for  yourself.     Do  it  for  your  child. 

:J.  Lnt  your  whole  course  be  to  raise 
your  child  to  a  high  standard.  Do  nof 
sink  into  childishness  yourself. 

4.  Give  np  n'jedlesa  voiumaqds,  Jjul 
wheu  you  ,  command,  vtaiuicu  i>i-«uu|i^ 
obedience.i'  >  !         i  ., 

5.  Never  indulge  a  child  in  crueltv- 
even  to  an  insect. 

(i.  Cultivji'i!  a  sympathy  with  yoor 
child  in  all  lawful  joys  and  sorrows, 

7.  Be  sure  that  yon  never  correct 
child  imfil  yon  know  that  he  desen- 
corrceti.in.     Hear  its  story  fir-^t  aud  ful 

ly. 

S.  Never  allow  your  child  to  wltiui- 
or  frt't,  or  to  bear  grmlges. 

0.  Early  inculcate  frankness,  candor, 
generoNity,  mugnaniuuty,  patriotism  and 
self-denial. 

10.  Tliu  knowledge  and  fear  of  the 
Lord  are  the  beginning  of  wisdom. 

n.  Nf-vcr  mortify  the  feelings  of 
your  child  by  upbraiding  it  with  dull- 
ness, neither  inspire  it  with  self-conceit 

WHAT  BECOMES  OF  THEM? 

TITHAT  becomes  of  the  sons  of  men 
*'  who  according  to  the  ways  of 
the  world,  arc  considered  succeasfuH  A 
few  establishments  are  in  the  bands  of 
the  sons  of  the  foun<lei-s,  but  they  are 
the  exceptions. 

"  Do  you  see  that  man  fbovcling  coall 
Well,  his  children,  and  children  like  bis, 
will  justle  your  pampered  suns  and  rule 
the  lanil,""  said  an  old  man  the  oihcr 
day.  The  faiued  men  of  the  day  sel- 
dom have  a  lineal  successor.  The  em- 
inent jurists  carry  their  honors  with 
them  to  their  grave.  The  funds  of  mer- 
chant princes  are  so»m  sipiandered.  Th* 
reason  is  clear.  Tlie  fatbei's  laid  the 
basis  of  the  business  one  way  aud  ibt: 
sons  built  another.  Men  who  earned 
their  t'ortuues  by  ban!  work,  by  dili- 
gence; that  Were  their  own  book-keep 
ei-s,  salesmen,  cashiers,  and  often  porters, 
are  followed  by  sons  who  do  :us  little  as 
possible;  wlio  delegate  t»i  t>thers  all  the 
work  they  can,  and  who  know  more  «f 
the  road  than  of  the  lediier. 


TH1-;    BnKTHHK>.^    ^T    "SVOHK. 


October    24 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLlSEiBD    WSIKLY. 


J.  H    MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


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hb..ripiio...  unJ  ,.,»,,o..lrolioo.lol.nd..l  f"  H;'  P- 
k<  wril  OS  "11  bii«iri"»  moiirm  connrelod  wiih  tbo  or- 


MihHoiiri  uliilli 


(wliiTe  the    Fha  i»   ptiMi>lied).  ,  has  now  fntcrni   iolo   scliri'  siTvici-   ngain  and 


nbrtiit.  lifty  niiuistere,  eayinp  rmiliiuft  h'""'*  *'">• 


er  SuUw  couUining   many    tiini-s    mow. 


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VOOSS  ft  E5HELUAK. 

Lviixk,  Cftrroll  Co.,  lU- 


0CT0EEB21,1878. 


liT  ail  oversight  Uro.  ll«[.e's  iiccynnt  of  tli-- 
LoTt^fcftst  wAi.  missed  Inst  week.  It  will  I)e 
faiuid  in  tlii--*  iiiaue. 

OTCT^.fiW'dcaths  hnvi'beeii  canned  by  the 
,.Uow  fever  at  New  Orleana  since  the  eom- 
BeDC4-ment  of  tliv  plngiie. 

Ocji  patrons  are  ovpr-fltoclting  us  with  fhrrr 
oeat  Htjimps.  For  the  next  thirty  daya  we  pre- 
fer Ihftt  you  send  ua  /V  and  '/".  We  can  ulno 
Bake  fiooA  uae  of  .1'"  and  /'*'■". 

PwtsoNS  wishing  to  act  fts  agenl^i  for  the 
Krictqukn  at  WditK  will  pUase  drop  us  n  card 
and  wf  will  s<-iid  them  an  outlit  for  that  pur- 
pmp.     We  dfsire  a  good  agent  in  every  locality. 

A  iijpy  of  the  Mennonite  Almanac  has  just 
been  remved  from  J.  P.  Knnk  &  Hrother.  Elk- 
hart, Iiid.  lt|)rf.'«ent*  an  attractive  appearance. 
and  1m  well  tilled  with  uHefnl  matter  aiul  some 
f(ftoA  illutttrationfi. 

Thh  interMt.  in  the  Danish  miasion  field  is 
jncrea^ing.  and  prospecta  bright..aung  np  (juite 
encouragingly.  Urother  Hope  writes  that  his 
eongrejfatious  are  large,  and  att^-ntion  good. 
They  now  have  three  ministers,  and  one  deacon. 

Last  Tupsday  and  Wednesday  we  attended 
Uie  Frftst  at  Yellow  Creek,  some  U  roilea  ]iortli 
ofLanurk.  It  rained  all  of  the  first  day.  tmd 
Irtirt  of  the  second.  Omng  to  the  condition  of 
the  weather,  the  crowd  was  small,  hut  the  meet- 
ing a  good  one;  it  was  an  enjoyable  aeason.  A 
number  of  miniflttrs  were  in  attendance.  Wm. 
Bisenbisc,  a  promising  young  brother,  was 
clect»Ki  to  the  ministry.  May  he  prove  an  effi- 
cient workman  in  the  Master's  vineyard. 

Bbotukii  S. /.  Sharp,  writing  from  his  old 
bome  at  Maryville,  Tenn..  aays:  "  I  loft  Ash- 
land, Ohio,  on  Sepleraber  .'loth,  and  reached 
hoiu«  OctolMT  4th.  Saw  some  of  the  effects  of 
the  yellow  fever  on  my  way.  and  I  a-sanre  the 
libf-ntl  hearted  that  their  donations  will  not 
comeaniiss.  Traveled  in  all.  over  three  thons- 
arid  miles  and  in  nine  States.  Wiw  universally 
well  rfi-eived  by  the  Brethren,  for  which  many 
thanks.  Made  some  narrow  escajtes  which 
proves  bow  uncertain  is  life.  Our  Love-feii^ston 
the  :>th,  a  good  and  relresihing  meeting.  Two 
precious  souls  received.  Bro.  Detweiler  advanc- 
ed to  the  second  degree  in  the  ministry.  All 
well,  thanks  lo  kind  Pr<)vidi-uce." 


have  in  the  United  States. about  l.tiiKimiuistcn. 
SOOcongn-galions— many  of  them  verj  larg* — 
and  not  far  from  one  hundrt-d  thou-and  mem- 
ber*.    We  Hsk  the  Flag  to  pb-HJ-e  correct. 

The  rainy  weather  ini>  rten-d  home  with  Bro. 
Gibnon's  meetings  at  Shnnnr)n  lii?t  week,  yet 
the  congrtgationa  were  KOr>d  and  the  interest 
excellent.  Four  were  add->d  to  the  church  by 
baptism.  Olber  engagements  prevented  "s 
from  attending  niorp  than  one  of  hiH  meetings. 
His  manner  of  preaching  is  instructive  and 
point«d,  contnining  many  carefully  studied  ar- 
guments and  criticisms. 

OtTt  subscribers  can  always  tell  when  their 
subscriptions  expire  by  noticing  the  dale  to  the 
right  of  their  name.  If  it  is  il.  '7!>.  it  means 
that  the  time  of  siilwcription  expires  .lannary  1. 
l^Ttt.  If  it  is  il,  'TK.  it  means  the  subscription 
expires  Nov.  1,  1S7S.  Fnch  one  of  you  pxam- 
iiii- J  our  dates  and  you  will  then  know  just  when 
your  time  expires."  To  \w  sure  of  not  missine 
any  papers  be  certain  to  renew  jjiyiit  three 
weeks  before  your  time  in  up,   as  our 


will  laWr  right  along  all  Wmter,  if  his  health 
Iiermit*.  His  appointments  in  Ohio  begin  at 
Miiple  Orove  church,  Wayne  Co..  Nov.  21st.  7 
P.  M.  He  13  now  preaching  at  Shannon.  May 
succeK*  attend  his  work. 


Vrou  Bnither  Daniel  V  animan  we  have  re- 
ceived eopif«  .)f  the  Minutes  of  their  late  Dis- 
trict Meeting.  We  make  the  following  extract; 
"  Will  the  district  meeting  of  Southern  District 
of  111.,  agree  to  take  the  little  band  of  brethren 
and  sisters  in  Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  under  their 
care  and  render  them  such  assistance  as  may  be 
ni-ce»5ary  to  build  them  up  in  the  good  work  of 
the  Lord?  Axs.  Yes.  and  brother  .John  Metz- 
ger  ia  hereby  appointed  to  take  the  oversight  of 
them,  and  call  upon  other  elders  to  assist  him 
when  necessary." 


Whk.v  Saul  heard  the  daughters  of  Jerusa- 
lem sing  that  Saul  has  slain  his  thousands  and 
David  his  fens  of  thousands,  it  was  more  than 
he  could  stund.  It  was  giving  David  more  hon- 
or than  himself  and  that  he  cnnid  not  endure. 
His  heart  was  (00  corrupt.  It  i.s  sate  to  con- 
tlude  tlmt  all  the  S  luls  are  not  dead  yet:  there 
rule  is  to  '  ai-e  rertairi  men  who  canuot  hear  to  hiiveothei-s 


take  all  names  out  when   the  time  of  snlscrip- 
tion  expires. 


BuoTHEU  D.  {'.  Mooniaw  is  spending  some 
timi-  in  New  York  City.  Ht^  suggests  that 
aome  of  the  Urethn'n  attend  the  Millennium 
Conference  to  be  held  in  that  city,  Oct.  :iOth, 
when  a  number  of  ministers  expect  to  meet  and 
discuses  the  second  coming  of  Christ.  Stephen 
H.  Tyug,  juu.,  Mr.  Moody,  mid  others  are  ex- 
pecti-d  to  take  piu-t  in  it.  Thirty  years  ago  the 
inten-st  iu  the  inimedinteues.-i  of  the  expected 
coming  of  Christ  grew  to  the  proportions  of  a 
wide-spread  excitement,  attended  with  some  fol- 
lies and  disasters,  but  now  the  question  is  re- 
ceiving the  attention  of  many  sober  thinkers, 
and  the  di.scu»iiitn  will  likely  throw  some  light 
on  the  subject. 


-Tin;  l)nnk:inbi  had  twenty-six  yeai's  u^ro  in  the 
riiili'd  Stile*  lint  eiglit  Mint))  churelien  and  live 
uiiiiiAler>>.  Now  ttie>  iciJdit  one  liumlied  and  lif- 
tc.cii  eliurr'Iieh,  afiil  >itie  liiiiidieil  ;intt  thirty  minis- 
ters, Willi  uue  buiidretl  and.  twenty-five  Suiiday- 
sdiuols  Olid  twelve  buiidi-ed  and  >i\tyH>ight  teucli- 
wn." 

The  above  is  an  editorial  item  clipped  from 
the  Itajjfigt  B'ittl<-  Fl<i;f,  and  contains  errors 
which  the  editors  of  that  paper  certainly  ought 
to  know  i>t  incorrect.     We  havt'  in  the  State  of 


It  i*  gratifying  to  note  that  the  Primithe 
Christian  has  concluded  to  dispense  with  secu- 
lar adverti.nements  alter  this  year.  This  will  he 
a  source  of  pleasure  to  its  readers.  SVe  believe 
the  HHKTnitKN  at  Work  was  the  first  weekly 
among  us,  starting  out  on  that  principle,  and 
we  find  that  it  gives  such  geueral  satisfaction 
that  we  have  about  conclnded  not  to  devote 
much  space  to  advertising  oven  our  own  books 
and  pamphlets,  hut  advertise  thera  mostly  by 
means  of  a  supplement.  By  so  doing  we  can 
give  more  space  to  reading  matter. 

While  attending  a  Love-feast,  some  time  ago, 
we  observed,  that  during  feet-wii«hing  a  .sister 
superintended  each  basin  among  the  sisters,  and 
thus  avoideded  the  confusion  frequently  attend- 
ing this  part  of  the  services  where  the  house  is 
crowded.  The  idea  was  a  good  one,  and  is  en- 
titled to  the  attention  of  all  large  congregations. 
This  duty  belongs  to  the  wives  of  the  oificials, 
and  they  should  feel  themselves  at  liberty  to 
look  after  and  take  charge  of  such  matters 
among  the  sisters.  While  thus  acting  they 
need  not  feel  out  of  place,  but  rather  regard  it 
as  a  duty  to  do  so. 

BitoTHER  Hope,  in  speaking  of  their  late  Love- 
feast  says:  "After  the  examination  was  over, 
liberty  was  given  to  all  for  prayer,  and  the  lib- 
erty was  taken  by  a  number  of  brethren  and 
sisters.  The  sisters  prayed  for  their  husbands, 
children,  friends  and  foes.  It  produced  <)uite  an 
effect.  Tear^  were  shed  and  sobbing  was  heard 
on  every  side.  1  generally  study  carefully  the 
prayers  that  God's  people  offer,  as  I  do  not  be- 
lieve in  HO  many  words,  and  perhaps  after  all 
not  tell  God  our  real  wants,  but  the  prayers  on 
this  occasion  were  not  so.  They  were  so  heart- 
felt and  full  of  faith  that  I  felt  great  blessings 
would  flow  from  it."  The  part  the  Danish  sis- 
ters take  iu  examination  services  is  commenda- 
ble, and  should  engage  the  attention  of  our 
American  sisters  also. 


Wk  know  a  certain  preacher  among  the 
Brethren,  who  spends  all  his  time  preaching 
and  talking  to  the  people.  He  works  with  the 
people  It  good  deal  like  fishermen  do  with  the 
lish.  He  talk*  to  them  on  religion,  endeavor- 
ing to  work  lip  an  interest,  and  then  tries  to  got 
them  to  subscribe  for  the  Brkthurn  XT  Work. 
if  only  fur  a  few  months,  knowing,  that  if  he 
can  get  them  to  read  about  the  Brethren,  he  can 
keep  u))  the  interest,  but  if  they  will  not  sub- 
scribe, then  he  frequently  pays  for  the  paper  a 
few  mouths,  and  has  it  sent  to  such  of  these 
iwrsoiis  as  he  thinks  will  be  benetited  by  it. 
By  thi^  method  he  reaches  some  who  could  not 
be  rescued  In  any  other  way.  Uemember, 
preachers  are  lishermeu,  and  if  they  would  suc- 
leed,  they  must  contrive  many  ways  to  get  the 
fish  to  come  within  reach  of  the  Gospel  net. 
When  working  for  the  Lord  do  not  de.*pise 
s'Liall  things. 

Brotiihk  Uashor  has  returned  from  his  visit 
among  the  Brethren  in  Southern  Illinois.  He 
expresses  himself  as  highly  [ileased  with  hi.-i  trip; 
ivport*  good  meetings,  much  kindness  shown 
him  by  the  members,  and  souls  added  to  the 
number  of  the  saved.  Bro.  B.  says,  "  If  all  who 
profess  the  name  of  Christ,  would  display  their 
/£ul  for  the  Master's  cause,  by  lirittif  out  their 
profession  as  these  brethren  do,  the  name  of  our 
people  would  be  Brethren  indeed."  \Ve  always 
knew  that  our  Brethren  down  there  loved  the 
Lord,  and  that  is   why  we  love  them.     Bro.  B. 


get  more  honor  than  themselves.  Such  men 
may  rest  assun-d  that  the  Lord  has  a  David 
somewhere  who,  though  chosen  from  the  lower 
walk.s  of  life,  will  one  day  take  their  place. 

Trrre  is  not  much  danger  of  some  men  turn- 
ing the  world  upside  down.  Like  a  meteor, 
they  may  appear  very  lirilliant  at  first,  but  soon 
-sink  to  oblivion.  You  need  not  become  alarm- 
ed at  such  thing>;  they  repeat  themselves  every 
few  years,  make  a  ripple  and  then  disappear  for 
a  season.  Good,  solid  and  substantial  men  have 
and  will  continue  to  stand.  They  pay  about  as 
much  attention  to  these  little  ripples  as  the 
moon  does  to  a  lightning  hug.  Their  move- 
ments may  not  be  very  fast;  they  may  not  make 
very  much  noise,  but  like  the  steady,  hard-work- 
ing men  iu  the  tunnel  under  the  mountain — 
they  will  get  through  after  awhile. 

SrrrosiNO  my  hrother  would  strike  a  large 
rock  twenty-iour  times  with  a  heavy  hammer 
and  not  break  it.  and  while  he  was  resting.  I 
would  strike  it  one  heavy  blow  and  it  would  fall 
to  pieces;  would  you  not  think  I  bad  done  won- 
ders? Y'et  if  it  had  not  been  for  my  brother's 
work  1  might  pound  away  for  hours  and  not 
atiijct  the  rock.  Ministers  will  please  analyze 
this  carefully  before  boasting  of  their  work. 
Paul  may  plant,  Apollos  water,  but  God  must 
give  the  increase.  Remember,  we  are  laborers 
together;  some  plant  and  others  reap,  but  God 
will  reward  every  man  according  to  his  work. 
Then  do  not  boa-st.  but  do  what  you  can  and  let 
the  .Judge  of  all  the  earth  order  the  trumpet 
sounded.  ^^^^^^^^__ 

LANARK  STJaR0trrn>ING3. 

''FHE  church  at  Lauark  ccinsists  of  about  115 
i  members,  scattered  over  a  small  territory 
four  miles  long  and  three  miles  wide.  They 
have  a  plain,  but  commodious  meeting-house 
standing  on  a  beautiful  elevation  in  the  south 
part  of  the  city.  We  have  preaching  every  Sun- 
day night,  and  every  alternate  Sunday  at  ten. 
Our  Sunday-school  is  at  3  o'clock.  All  the  offi- 
cers and  teachers  in  the  school  are  members. 
The  meetings  and  school  are  largely  attended 
by  the  the  town  people  as  well  as  those  from 
the  country. 

Three  miles  north  of  Lanark  is  the  Cherry 
Grove  meeting-house,  where  there  is  a  large 
body  of  members.  Seven  miles  west  of  the 
Cherry  Grove  house  is  the  Arnold's  Grove  church. 
This  is  the  oldest  congregation  in  this  part  of 
the  country.  They  have  another  lionse  of  wor- 
ship in  the  city  of  Mt.  Carroll,  eight  miles  west 
of  Lauark.  About  six  miles  south-west  of  Mt. 
Carroll  is  the  Hickory  Grove  house. 

Seven  miles  north-east  of  Lanark  is  Shannon, 
in  which  place  the  Brethren  have  a  good  house. 
Ten  miles  south  is  the  Dutchtown  meetings 
house.  By  this  it  will  be  seen  that  We  are  en- 
tirely surrounded  by  large  bodies  of  members 
There  are  thirteen  meeting- Iiouses  within  a  half 
day's  drive  of  our  oflice,  and  not  less  than  twen- 
ty-one ministers  within  ten  miles.  Outside  of 
the  towns  the  Brethren  have  the  entire  influ- 
ence in  this  part  of  the  country,  a,nd  are  rapidly 
gaining  good  foot-hold  iu  the  towns.  There 
are  about  65  members  living  in  Lanark,  includ- 
ing two  ministers  and  lour  deacons. 

The  above  is  given  for  the  satisfaction  of 
those  who  wish  to  know  more  of  our  surround- 
ijigs.  Our  people  may  rest  assured  that  we  are 
surrounded  with  ver>'  desirable  influences,  and 
good  rouiisellors. 


OUR  REASON  FOR  NOT   TRAVEL- 
ING MORE 

SOME  of  our  readers  think  we  ought  to  devote 
more  time  to  traveling  and  preaching  in 
other  parts  of  the  brotherhood,  and  many  ore 
the  solicitations  we  receive  to  come  and  hold 
meeting.  Thi«  we  would  gladly  do,  were  it  in 
our  power,  and  we  thought  it  for  the  best;  but 
it  should  be  n*menibered.  that  the  editing  of  a 
weekly  paper  is  no  small  matter,  and  that  it  is 
our  duty  to  keep  a  careful  watch  over  its  con- 
tents. Our  business,  as  editors,  is  au  important 
one,  and  needs  our  constant  attention.  At  the 
least  estimate  we  have  not  less  than  thirty-five 
thousaud  readei-s,  who  must  be  supplied  with 
the  best  reading  matter  we  can  jirocuie.  It  will 
not  do.  nor  is  it  safe,  for  us  to  neglect  such  au 
important  work.  Just  think,  gentle  reader,  of 
addressing  an  audience  of  35.000  people  every 
week:  what  a  vast  congregation!  What  an 
opportunity  for  accomplishing  good  and  mould- 
ing sentiments! 

We  want  to  make  the  Brbthben  at  Work 
interesting  and  reliable,  and  in  order  to  do  so, 
must  neglect  traveling  very  extensively.  We 
do  not  want  an  article  to  go  into  the  paper  be- 
fore we  have  read  it;  this  point  wants  to  be 
watched  with  great  care.  And  then,  brethren 
and  sisters,  you  all  know  that  the  closer  a  man 
sticks  to  his  business  the  better  work  he  can  do. 
Our  business  is  to  give  you  a  good  paper— a  pa- 
per that  will  be  'worth  reading,  and  one  that 
yon  will  not  be  ashamed  to  hand  to  your 
neighbors. 

We  could  enjoy  ourselves  with  you  finely. 
It  would  be  H  source  of  great  pleasure  to  us,  but 
duty  demands  that  we  attend  to  our  editorial 
duties  with  great  care,  and  with  an  ey  e  single 
to  the  good  of  the  cause.  We  will  certainly 
strain  every  nerve  to  do  good  and  spread  the 
truth,  but  as  a  traveling  preacher  do  not  expect 
too  much  of  us.  We  will  do  all  at  it  we  possi- 
bly can,  but  our  vast  congregation  of  readers 
demands  special  ntteution;  and  to  them  and  the 
cause  we  feel  ourselves  under  much  and  many 
obligations.  May  God  help  and  bless  all  of  us 
in  our  efforts  at  doing  good,  and  spr^ding  the 
truth  for  the  salvation  of  others. 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  we  have  scores 
of  faithful  ministers  who  are  willing  to  take  the 
field  and  labor  earnestly  in  the  interest  of  the 
great  cause — converting  sinners  and  building 
up  the  church.  Their  work  is  a  noble  one,  and 
God  bless  them  in  it.  And  while  they  thus  la- 
bor, we  will  do  our  utmost  to  supply  the  eon- 
verts  and  churches  with  suitable  re.iding.  that 
their  minds  m%y  be  kept  constantly  exercised 
in  that  which  will  tend  largely  to  the  develop- 
ment of  their  spiritual  natures,  and  by  so  doing 
we  assist  each  other  in  the  one  common  calling. 


In  this  issue  is  published  two  speeches  of  the 
debate.  Hereafter  there  will  he  but  one  each 
week. 

Brothek  Bashor's  address  will  be,  from  the 
26th  inst.,to  the  10th  of  Nov.,  at  Winchester,  0, 
in  care  of  Wm.  Scott.  He  begins  labors  at 
Boston,  Wayne  Co.,  Ind.  this  week  to  continue 
only  a  few  evenings. 


Brother  D.  B.  Gibson  has  closed  his  labors 
in  Northern  111.,  for  the  present,  and  now  re- 
turns to  his  home  in  Mo.,  where  he  will  lemaiu 
a  few  months  ]»reparatory  to  returning  here  to 
fill  other  calls  in  this  part  of  the  State.  The 
climate  here  is  congenial  to  his  constitution; 
his  health  is  better  than  it  has  been  for  years. 


Some  people  say  they  know  things  they  can- 
not tell.  We  don't  know  about  that,  but  of  one 
thing  we  are  certain;  There  are  plenty  of  per- 
sons who  tell  things  they  do  not  know,  and 
these  are  the  ones  who  generally  make  the  most 
trouble. 

What  is  the  use  of  fretting  over  what  people 
say  about  you.  Scandal  hurts  the  person  who 
deals  in  it  the  worst.  If  you  are  innocent,  re- 
joice that  the  reports  are  false,  but  take  heed 
that  they  do  not  come  true.  The  best  way  to 
get  rid  of  tattlers,  i?  to  treat  them  with  silent 
contempt.  If  left  alone,  they  will  die  of  them- 
selves. 

This  thing  of  holding  high,  pure  principles, 
and  then  living  on  low  ones,  is  the  worst  ot 
Christian  inconsistency.  Men's  theories  ot 
morality  and  right  are  generally  good  enough, 
but  their  practices  are  ollen  deplorable.  There 
are  few  men  whose  practice  is  not  worse  than 
their  profession.  It  is  a  nice  thing.'to  be  just 
right. 


Cfotober    24 

^STaND  RAY  DmUTR 

Prop.  Ist-Tunker  (or  Brethren)  Churches  pos- 
Bess  the  Bible  ChHracteristics  which  entitle 
them  to  1)0  regdrcled  as  Churches  of  Jesus 
Chriet. 

J.  W.  STEIN,  affirms 
D.  B.  RAY.  denies. 
J.  W.  Strin's  SEr;oNi)  Apfiumativk. 

MV  iViend  thiuks  because  our  brethren  organ- 
i/.ed  tlieraaclves  tlity  caimot  be  churches 
ol' Christ.  Chu  he  mention  o;ip  church  since 
those  planted  by  apostles,  not  seZ/'-organized 
uiidpr  the  supervision  of  uiiinsphe^l  iwn ?  Haa 
he  shown  that  our  churches  have  not  been  or- 
gfliiiv-ed  under  the  influence  of  hisplral  teach- 
ing? or  that  their  teaching  imd  practice  does 
not  accord  with  "  the  pcrf'ectUw  of  liberty?" 
Bro.  Mi'ore'fl  information  about  the  Brethren 
not  knowing  tiierc  was  a  HapliHt  church  in  ex- 
istence in  170S.  is  f.oni  J.  Newton  Brown,  an 
unau/lieniirrited  Baptist  statement.  Uro.  B.  F. 
Mooui'iw,  of  Va..  better  informed  about  this 
than  Mr.  Brown,  snys  of  the  Swartzenau  organ- 
ization: "In  their  investigations  they  visited 
dillVrent.  congregations  of  Baptists  (Mf  nnonites) 
Id  Germany,  who  admitted  that  baptism  by  im- 
mersion was  indeed  right,  Ijut  also  maintained 
that  iiouring,  &c  ,  would  di>  very  well,  jirovided 
all  else  was  right.  To  this  they  could  not  agree, 
consefiuently  they  had  to  <ttand  nlone."  Letter 
dated  May  4.  18Ti. 

When  iny  friend  teaches  that  the  Brethren 
do  not  require  saving  faith  alter  repentance  or 
mate  repentance  mlif  a  change  of  life  and  con- 
duct, reject  regeneration  by  the  Holy  Si>irit., 
receive  persons  to  membership  upon  a  faith  iii~ 
depetuUid  of  repentauce.  teach  that  there  is  no 
rept'ntance  in  order  to  faith,  that  repentance 
does  not  affect  the  mind  and  heart,  So.,  he  is 
endrehj  mtcoirert.  We  teach,  as  he  showed 
from  Bro.  Moprc,  that  a  degree  of  faith  prereties 
and  is  necfssary  to  repentance.  Heb.  11:6. 
We  also  teach  there  can  be  no  saving  faith 
inthout  repentance.  The  representatives  of 
our  general  brotherhood  in  council  say:  "  Per- 
sons should  in  the  first  place  be  taught  in  the 
principles  of  the  Gospel  and  then  be  baptized 
ou  their  faith  shoiciny  /orfh  /rnits  of  lepeitl- 
ance."  "  To  receive  applicants  for  baptism  it  is 
necessni'f/  that  there  should  be  S'-if-kiioirlpilgp, 
repentcine  ami  fnith."  Minutes  of  Annual 
Meetings  of  1835, 11, 1853,  42.  This  is  our  order. 
Bro.  Nead,  of  Ohio,  who  was  many  years  a  coun- 
sellor in  our  general  meetings,  says:  "  We  be- 
lieve most  sincerely  in  heurt-frlt  ifligion." 
Wisdom  and  power  of  God. 251.  "  By  this  new 
creature  we  understand  that  the  heart  or  aftec- 
tions,  inclination  and  enjoyment  of  the  believer 
are  become  new.  *  '  In  regeneration  the 
believer  is  a  partaker  of  the  divine  nature  and 
hence  ie  spiritually  minded;  the  love  of  God 
being  shed  abroad  in  his  heart  by  the  Holy 
Gho*t."  Ibid.  248.  "  Repentance  is  one  of  the 
first  preparations  to  Christianity."  Ibid.  223. 
"All  must  be  truly  sensible  of  sin  and  its  dam- 
nable nature  in  order  to  be  regenerated."  Ibid. 
223.  "The  sinner  being  truly  sensible  of  his 
lost  and  undone  state  is  sht-sirk."  Ibid.  221. 
"The  penitent  will  not  only  be  sorry  for  his 
sins,  but  will  make  confession  to  God."  Ibid. 
225.  '*  When  the  fanfe  of  the  bitterness  of  sin 
ti(rn^  the  apjietilr  from  it,  that  is  an  evidence 
that  our  sorrow  is  a  ijodli/  sorroir  which  work- 
eth  repentance  not  to  be  repented  of.  *  But 
with  all  our  sorrow  and  confession,  if  there  be 
no  nmeiidmeut  or  refornmthm  «/  life,  our  repent- 
ance is  not  perfect."  Ibid.  226.  "The  peni- 
tent can  know  whether  he  has  perfectly  repented 
or  not;  if  he  is  willing  to  forsake  and  renounce 
all  the  works  of  the  flesh  and  atibmii  or  be  sub- 
ject to  the  word  and  will  of  God,  he  of  course 
^vill  not  resist  the  spirit  of  wdoption."  Ibid. 
241.  "  It  is  not  enough  that  we  repmt  toward 
God,  but  that  wo  also  have  faith  in  Jesus  Christ." 
Ibid.  237.  "  He  must  believe  in  Christ,  and  to 
thin  end  he  should  be  fervently  engaged  in  pray- 
er to  God  for  grace  and  the  assistance  of  the 
Spirit  that  he  might  make  a  rompUte  surrender 
of  himself  into  the  hands  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  Ibid.  240,  241.  Arc  these  the  qualifi- 
cations of  a  carnal  membership''^  "  Do  they  not 
accord  perfectly  with  the  statements  of  my  first 
affirmative  ^  Here  \  assert  without  fear  of  suc- 
cessful conti-adiction,  that  a  rcpmtixnce,  fttith 
(tnd  change  of  hctni,  no  more  thnrough  than  my 
frinul  accepts  as  an  Aasvnxsc?.'qf  pardon  and 
eteninl  life,  wouM  hy  no  means  qualify  om  for 
htipfism  among  the  Ihtthnn. 


tup:  t^rkthri<.>t  jsjt  avoiik. 


& 


Wi  chnraclrriafir  and  my  fin*t  reason  under 
it  continued.  My  friend  says  I  "  make  baptism 
the  .S'on.or"  and  teach  "  bsiptismal  salvation." 
I'o  I  make  rrpfnlnncf  mi  faith  Saviors  and 
t*ttch  "repentance  salvation."  and  "  faitli  salva- 
tion "  also  because  I  regard  them  as  means  of 
pardon?  We  do  not  teach  that  water  iUelf 
washes  away  sins,  but  God  remits  them  in  hap- 
tism  through  f.iith.  How  did  he  wa.-*h  away 
Naaiuau'a  leprosy  in  Jordan  y  2  Kings  li:  Si-14, 
or  one's  blindness  in  Siloam  ?  John  9:  7.  Were 
they  "lUerully  uiii<hed  amnj  bg  tcatcr,"  like 
"  dust  from  the  hands?  "  Was  not  their  wash- 
ing made  a  condition  of  their  healing?  Had 
they  neglected  to  wa^h  would  God  have  healed 
them?  Respecting  this  part  of  the  Gospel  my 
friend  is  an  impenitent  nnhcUevcr  with  more  con- 
tempt for  it  than  Naaman  had  for  the  prophet's 
orders  before  his  servants'  remonstrances.  He 
denouncesit  as  "Wrts;)/ic»ioMa  hn-e.-ig"  an^  jus- 
tifies the  charge  because  Bro.  Moore  said, "It  is 
a  simple  fact  that  a  man  can  be  baptized  into 
Christ."  Bro.  Moore  only  said  "  can  be,"  iic. 
Bro.  Paul,  that  old.  inspired  veteran  of  the  cros-s, 
said  we  "  were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ." 
\ou  "/irti'p  ^ppH  baptized  into  Christ."  Bom. 
0:  :i;  Gal.  :j:  27.  Was  that  " hlnsphemomr 
My  friend  thinks  such  a^*  believe  "  bom  of  wa^ 
t*-'r,  wiishing  of  water,"  kz.,  refer  to  baptism,  are 
"moonstruck"  and  have"  dropsy  of  the  brain." 
Tliat  unly  shows  the  absence  of  argument,  let 
alone  the  spirit  of  Christ.  I  have  drawn  argu- 
ments on  the  design  of  baptism  from  twelve 
plain  passages  of  Scripture  which  lie  has  utter- 
ly failed  to  meet.  I  admit  that  by  not  appre- 
hending the  absolute  force  of  the  word  "  c.vvcx- 
tial  "  some  brethren  employ  it  where  it  does  not 
convey  their  real  meaning.  It  is  only  a  mis- 
take, however,  in  selecting  words  which  the 
best  men  make.  We  hold  one  abmlute  essential 
to  sahiition,  i,  e,.  the  sorercign  purpose  of  God 
in  Christ  and  the  Holy  Spirit's  work.  Bro. 
Nead  says,  "  The  atonement  places  the  human 
family  in  a  salvable  Btat«  and  will  save  all  that 
die  before  they  are  capable  of  making  use  of  the 
means  appointed  to  otercuiiic  the  depravity  of 
human  nature."  Wisdom  and  Power  of  God, 
214,  21.'>.  This  is  the  doctrine  of  our  churches 
and  shows  that  we  hold  neither  repentance, 
hkith  nor  baptism  as  absolute  eesentials  to  sal- 
vation, but  as  instrumental  mediums  through 
which  we  accept  remis&ion  only  where  God  re- 
quires them.  Does  this  send  infants  to  torment? 
But  my  friend  brings  up  the  thief..  The  exam- 
ple however  is  irrelevant  to  our  position.  Ina- 
bility to  do  a  thing  represents  a  case  entirely 
unparallel  to  refused  or  neglected  ability  to  do 
it.  Does  the  salvation  of  an  infant  incapable  of 
repentance  and  faith  prove  that  an  impenitent 
unbeliever  can  be  saved  without  them?  While 
a  testator  lives  he  does  as  he  pleases  with  his 
own,  but  after  his  decease  his  executors  cannot 
depart  from  the  specifications  of  his  will  with- 
out exposing  themselves  to  the  penalty  of  un- 
faithfulness. See  (not  the  thief,  nor  woman, 
but)  Matt.  28:  19;  Mark  HJ:  W.  But  beliei-crs 
hfirr  eternal  life,  &c.  We  believe  this  most  sin- 
cerely. "  Believers,"  like  "  saints,"  "  brethren." 
&c.,  is  a  New  Testament  name  for  baptized 
church  members.  1  Tira.  4:  12.  Faith  alone 
is  dead.  Jas.  2;  21.  Christ  said  to  some  who 
simply  "  belicrcd,"  "  Ye  are  of  your  father,  the 
devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your  father  ye  will  do." 
John  8:  31,  44,  "  Among  the  chief  rulers  also 
many  believed  on  him,  but  because  of  the  Phar- 
isees they  did  not  confess  him,  lest  they  should 
be  put  out  of  the  synagogue,  for  they  loved  the 
praise  of  men  more  than  the  praise  of  God." 
John  12:  42,  43.  If  faith  alone  saves,  these 
rulers  were  saved.  They  "  believed  on  him " 
(episleusan  eis  anion).  What  lacked  they? 
They  had  not  confessed  him,  had  not  put  him 
on  by  baptism.  They  loved  the  synagogue  bet^ 
ter  than  fellowship  with  the  despised  Nazarenes, 
the  praise  of  men  more  than  the  jiraise  of  God. 
Were  ihcy  j)ardoned? — snve</?  Jesus  answers, 
"  Whosoever  shall  be  ashamed  of  me  and  my 
words  in  this  adulterous  and  sinful  generation, 
of  him  also  shall  the  Son  of  Man  be  iishamed 
when  he  cornea  in  the  glory  of  his  Father  with 
the  holy  angels."    Mark  8:  38. 

Faitli  thon  must  be  vitalized  by  subjection 
to  Christ's  yoke.  "  Whosoever  shall  call  on  the 
name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  saved."  Rom.  10;  13. 
Here  salvation  is  conditioned  on  calling  on  the 
Uiime  of  the  Lord.  It  says  nothing  about  re- 
pentance, faith,  conver.sion,  )tc.  Does  it  there- 
fore promise  salvation  without  them?  Would 
not  such  a  conclusion  be  as   rational   as  deduc- 


tions which  exclude  baptism  fi^nn  passag*-*  which 
only  mention  faith?  Is  not  subjection  to  au- 
thority a  condition  of  confulencr  and  trust? 
Can  one  confide  in  a  government  for  protection 
from  which  he  withholds  obedience?  Can  In- 
who  neglect*  to  plow,  appropriate  by  faith 
God's  promise  of  "seed  time  and  harvest  y" 
Gen.  8:  22.  Could  the  pentecostians  have  be- 
lieved all  that  Peter  preached,  without  believ- 
ing they  had  to  "  repent  and  be  baptized"  "'  for 
the  remission  of  sins?"  Would  not  u  neglect 
of  baptism  have  left  them  destitute  of  faith  rni- 
ta  satraliim?  Was  it  not  in  that  typical  bap- 
tism that  Israel  realized  God's  temporal  salva- 
tion? Kxod.  14:  13,  15,  22-30.  Was  it  not 
the  divinely  appointed  means  through  which 
their  faith  receive\l  the  blc-ssing  and  was  per- 
fected? vs.  10-12,  31.  Would  their  faith  have 
saved  Uiem  without  it?  My  friend  makes  bap- 
tism ^.f.vfH/i*// to  membership  in  the  church  of 
Jesus  Christ."  Text  Book  on  Campbellism. 
p.  253.  Is  there  one  way  to  get  into  "the  Head." 
ami  another  to  get  into  "  the  b'xlij?"  Eph.  1: 
22,  23;  Col.  1:  24.  Are  we  made  "  temples  of 
the  Holy  Spirit"  by  o(ic  process?  1  Cor  6:  19, 
and  parts  of  "God's  temple"  and  "habitation" 
bg  another?  1  Cor.  3:  16,  17;  Eph.  2:  22.  Can 
one  be  connected  with  "  the '7/<«f/"  and  not 
"the  members?"— ^'the  vine,"  and  not  "the 
"branches?"  Can  he  get  i)i/«  "the  Head"  and 
not  be  in  "the  body" — or  iii  "the  viue"  and  not 
be  "a  branch?"  Can  he  be  finallg  saved  with- 
out becoming  a  part  of  "the  body?"— "the 
BridaV"— "the  Lamb's  wife?" 


It  is  Raid  that  vihort^hand  writing  wa«  prac- 
ticed by  the  ancient  Egyptian-  and  Orwkn,  Aj 
early  an  150  yean  Wforc  Chrip-t,  the  Grwk«  bad 
18.000  marks,  reprf-nenting  that  many  ditlV-rent 
worda.  It  in  therefore  easy  to  account  for  soma 
of  till- ancient  sermons  and  orationit  that  hara 
come  down  to  our  time. 


WHY  HE  MISSES  MEETING. 

A  GENTLEMAN  asked  the  editor  of  the 
Christian  Index,  why  one  of  his  members 
scarcely  ever  attended  conference  meetings,  is 
only  now  and  then  at  regular  preaching,  yet 
rarely  ever  misses  a  meeting  of  hie  Masonic 
lodge?  The  editor  aptly  answers:  "Certainly 
we  can  tell.  The  brother  loves  his  lodge  better 
than  he  does  his  church,  If  it  were  otherwise, 
his  conduct  would  be  different.  The  brother  is 
either  not  a  genuine  Christian,  or  he  has  become 
so  cold  in  his  love  for  Jeans,  that  it  would  puz- 
zle him  to  tell  if  he  loved  at  all.  The  church 
owes  a  duty  to  that  brother.  They  ought  to 
discipline  him,  and  either  open  his  eyes  to  his 
sin  and  neglect,  or  that  he  is  not  a  Christian. 
He  either  ought  to  amend  his  ways,  or,  like  an 
honest  man,  admit  that  he  is  unfit  for  member- 
ship in  the  church  of  Christ.  '  He  that  loveth 
father  or  mother  more  than  me  is  not  worthy 
of  me,'  said  the  Savior;  how  much  more,  then, 
is  he  unworthy  who  loveth  a  Masonic  lodge 
more  than  the  church  of  Christ." 

A  POINTED  ANSWER. 

IT  is  not  everybody  that  is  adapted  to  answer 
a  fool  according  to  his  folly,  but  some  men 
have  a  particular  tact  for  making  some  people 
swallow  their  own  logic,  and  then  digest  it. 
Here  is  an  instance: 

Among  our  agents  is  a  preacher,  who  has  a 
good  way  of  usefully  employing  odd  moments. 
If,  during  his  travels,  he  has  to  lay  over  at  a 
town  an  hour  or  so,  he  goes  to  the  Bible  Depos- 
itory, gets  an  armful  of  Bibles  and  Testameuta 
and  puts  in  his  time  selling  them  at  cost.  On 
a  certain  occasion,  while  thus  engaged,  he  had 
but  one  book  left,  and  that  was  a  large  Testa- 
ment; seeing  a  group  of  men  standing  on  the 
street  convei-sing  interestingly,  (tor  there  was  a 
big  Campbellitc  meeting  there  that  day),  he 
approached  them  and  said,  "  Gentlemen,  I  am 
selling  Testaments  and  have  but  one  left,  and 
would  like  to  sell  it  to  one  of  you.  It  is  a  good 
book;  tells  all  about  faith,  repentance,  baptism, 
feet- washing,  the  Lordii  supper,  the  i-ommunion. 
the  kiss  of  charity,  anointing  thi'  sick  with  oil. 
non-conformity,  and  the  doctrim-  of  non-resist- 
ance." "  Well,"  says  a  Campbellite  preacher 
who  chanced  to  be  in  the  group,  "  I  don't  know 
about  feet- washing."  "  It  is  there,"  says  the 
brother.  "  But,"  continued  the  Campbellite. 
"  in  ancient  times  people  wore  sandals,  got  their 
feet  soiled  by  traveling  through  the  dust,  and 
hence  the  custom  of  feet- washing— it  was  to 
cleanse  the  feet."  "  Yes,"  says  the  brother,  "  I 
see  clearly  now.  So  then  wc  would  infer  that 
the  people  got  their  bodies  dirty  and  had  to  get 
baptized  to  clcanso  the  body,  hence  the  custom 
of  haptixing— ft  was  to  cleanse  the  body."  Jnst 
then  something  within  reminded  the  preacher 
that  he  had  business  elsewhere  and  did  not  stop 
to  explain,  while  our  agent  went  on  his  way. 


Mks  and  women  who  pnzzle  their  brains,  en- 
deavoring to  contrive  a  way  to  get  out  of  troub- 
le, might  have  aaved  themuelvea  much  pain  had 
they  devoted  half  that  much  time  trying  to 
keep  out  of  trouble.  An  ounc«  of  preventative 
is  worth  more  than  a  ponnd  of  cure. 

It  ia  said  that  in  the  United  States  ther."  are 
over  400,000  more  nn-n  engaged  in  the  liquor 
business  than  in  preaching  the  Go«iwl,  and 
teaching  the  youth.  This  startling  fact  inalann- 
ing.  It  is  also  worihy  of  note,  that  the»««  liquor 
mt'ii— the  deviPa  inKtruments  of  destruction- 
tin-  generally  well  supported.  That  may  seem 
gnod  in  this  world,  but  woe  unto  them  in  that 
to  come.  The  blood  of  millions  of  abused  wive* 
and  forsaken  children  will  cry  out  against  tliem. 

Pmirnts  should  exercise  grt-at  care  regarding 
what  they  lalk  about  before  their  children.  The 
bu'l  habit  of  talking  about  the  chnrch  aud  its 
membeiN  has  sent  many  preciou.n  souls  to  ever- 
litsfing destruction.  In  this  way  ihildreu  often 
have  the  seed  of  infidelity  planted  in  their  little 
hearts,  they  conclude  the  whole  church  is  cor- 
rupt, and  her  member*  hypocrite-,  and  coufe- 
queutly  tlie  Bible  false,  all  becauHe  their  parents 
did  not  observe  proper  cautiou  when  talking  in 
their  presence.  If  a  member  has  committed  a 
grave  fault,  or  your  neighlmr  hiw  done  you  a 
gr^-at  wrong,  it  is  best  not  to  talk  of  it  before 
your  children.  The  more  of  such  things  chil- 
dren heir,  the  more  they  ponder  over  them  and 
begin  harboring  evil  thoughts,  which,  if  culti- 
vated, will  afterwards  ripen  into  evil  actions. 


Fatiibh8  and  mothers,  take  your  children  to 
meeting — let  them  become  acquainted  with  the 
usages  of  the  church,  and  now  and  then  they 
will  gather  up  a  few  Gospel  crumbs  that  will 
afford  them  considerable  nourishment.  Treat 
them  with  kiudnesH,  regarding  all  their  inqui- 
rie:^  respecting  religion  and  Bible  information 
generally.  By  so  doing  they  may  be  brought 
into  the  church  early,  and  grow  up  in  the 
church,  thus  becoming  strong  and  useful  mem- 
bers. A  little  caru  in  this  w.ty  upon  the  part 
of  parents  would  a<ld  much  to  the  strength  of 
the  church  aud  salvation  of  souls. 


A  coRRtisroNiiENT  writes  us  of  a  poor  member 
who,  living  isolated  from  the  church,  has  not 
been  able  to  attend  a  Love-feast  foreleven  years. 
Sueh  cases  should  be  carefully  looked  after,  and 
if  members  are  too  poor  to  visit  some  congrega- 
tion where  a  Feast  is  held,  the  church  ought  to 
see  to  it,  that  a  little  Feast  be  held  with  such 
members,  and  thus  give  them  an  opportunity  to 
occasionally  commune.  Besides  being  a  great 
benefit  to  isolated  members,  it  will  afford  an  ei- 
celtent  opportunity  of  setting  the  Gospel  exam- 
ple before  many,  who  otherwise  would  never 
have  an  opportunity  to  hear  the  Gospel  preach- 
ed in  its  primitive  purity.  In  this  way  many 
iufiuential  congregations  might  be  built  up. 


^nsintss  polices. 


CIRa'L.\TE  TUK  THITH. 
TiiKni  arc  Ibaiuuiiit,  not  mnabcn  nf  lb*  cbunb.  *bo  mlubl  b* 
grratly  lian«ni«l  ti^  iva-llns  Ibo  llBtTntik  «T  Wau  Unrtn^  Ibn  d4bkt*, 
mid  In  uNrr  to  rmch  u  iiuii;  uf  Ibla  cIiubm  puMtblc.  vt  (iiadudi  la 
mikko  lb*  rollxwlng  UbrtA  r.ffpt.  3cd4  nt  lliv  dkui-h  of  -urh  ouoddan 
u  yoti  Ihlnk  mjuH  rmil  nuil  «p[in'e[alB  tbf  pnpi'r,  und  we  *IU  nrrAilIj 
cnlut  Ihviu  III  ■  Inoh.  M  ILirjr  come  Is.  ftiid  Mml  Ibi'm  ibf  pai-r  ■■  tkji 
iii'jr  c«n  Iw  ralwl  Vi  ii}  fn:  II.  (baraln*  I<al  oav  dollnra  jMr. 
»ir  nadf  n  will  laakt  ilonnliitna  bi  thI*  ftnnU  itnd  Ibii  uD>bI* 
eood  worlE  uoang  thmv  if hou  nooiM  niaj  br  fiiriiuiltil  ok, 


)  ncknottlmlp'.  frum  ■ 

J.  Miller,  Nurth  lUarbnlor.  Imt 
A  B.  lliimpr,  WmmI^w.  !>■■■,  . 
nuriiiuh  KiiouO.  Klktlltn.  ill . 

J,  l[   WW^j-.SI-Piii',  V. 

J,n.Kl.l1rr,     

Oilh.  IJnimlrtUsU,.. 

S.M..1.K. 


i.:^ll 


Uiii.-r  \^ll'.-i.  lit.j.iv 

R.>l.rltVlllll,,vll<<^Brl. 
Jnn  Vniilta.SJiaft-^igii 
Jii?  TliuuikWiii,  &■><-• ' 
rrevlnunlj  dljbUR>p-l, 

TuNll  ("<talf 


riuaisot  Uiatanl.Twhn  wia  (pprKUU  Hi*  ( 
U>  dobala  w4DtUtlDS  to  tft«  ttxod, 
1  1ST  «iU  apix^r  next  wrk. 


Tl-IK    I^HT^rrHKKrs     ^\T    AVOIiKI. 


October    ii,.-\. 


"We  H'ortt  ^ r,-vlh  m  Tm^/M  Cm  Ttll" 


Thi«  .ipiMirioi'iit  "•  ilMiiint-l  for  i 
BiM*  qiLMioo*.  «iil  fur  ih"  ■ 


KitlK    unil  BUlNtriDf 

rii>ivintl  'lifficul 


"  -      ■       Article  i«r  Ihi.  .l.p»rirt.rHi   mu' 


Will  suim.  ono  pli-;i«i'  Biv..  «a  .■x|.l.>i..;l'"ii  "'  «'- 
«,nn<4:<.IS»  Jo.lMI.  STAOEI. 

l'lf».r  ejplnin  K.-v.  »:  U.  H.  ""J  B*"  "»  ""  '"" 
riKlil thorn.  J.M.Ul..K»"V«. 

Wlll»™own-l'l™»«  ltl>''  InfonnMioii  miicv™- 
U.,l.Ial,i,S:H.».»r  .       «•.  II.  M1M.M,. 

I'i.  i-i.  U'll  mt  «'li'>  lli'K  I"""  "''^'  ''""'  "f"''*' 
0tiiislor.lS;2.1Iiiilim»  ""'i<''  '"''"  "'c  ll.inl 
L.-«v™.  .SA«l-EI.<^«OT. 

Will  irilf  1.  ■■■ii.  I  .^i  M^  ail  Hilicli-  I'll  tlifli'l- 
,  ,  ,in.  kliiBiluniiif  liiav 

^j,  II.  II.  Mlivriis. 

....  11.  It  rv.i«Ji*ltiii»: 
■•  K..1I  liiu..  ..  t.-'^  ^luii'^  '-  ■'"■■'  ""■  »''""°,-  "' 
Satan  Willi  .-ill  pnw'  ""''  "'P'"  """  ''"'«  "" "■ 


M.I 


tli'iii  mill  linn:;  '-' 
or  iiiily  Ihfciill? 


Pii'ir 
Of  111  I 
Unit  li 
<u  pr.iii 
IDitniri 

Wit    , 


i<t_  21:  2:  al"'* 

If  Krt.    Wlllll 

iililii-r;  luiwn 

i„.  r     1  "1  lie  rill"  Ixilli 

I.  JI.  CUIST. 

iH.ii  nr  till*   roiiuwiiie 

1  III  (Jwl.  <l'<lli  iiolmiu- 

.   Miiil  lillil.iiii.nu-iaij- 

t  (Jml."     t  J*ilili;iri'. 

M<il,l,ll'.  UMDAf'ill. 

i'.  ui;k.  it  flomu  "IIP  vt 

:.'»    .  ^|<M'^sin1n  tliitl 

thci'T.Tklo 

I-  it   iirujiPr, 

'   (lif  I  "lI  I'i 

:  ■      1  d'- 


.<ii  im  wlu».or  ttliii 


If  111 


.  Ill* 
I  -I  li- 


a 


CHURCH  rv.h. 

[CUarrh  Ailiii«l».j 

Fevir  then- was  ii  tian  i-wiita  mutt'ls  ntirl' 

.       .     ,1   1-     !.i.  .         il    r\''r    tlil-It' 

„]„  ..     hranltliP 

g,„,  ,  (mrii  souls 

int,,  ti  ■  ■    >'■        ■     ■      ■'''■'"■^.   »"«' 

riuKHOultiK-mon.v  liui>:h.   iiowuitj  witui-swd 
fuu  luirt   Hii'l.     Siiint  iiiici   fiuiicr  «re  alt  one. 
•■<        .■...-  ......  tl.r  world  nud  be  .vf  st'imrute" 

The  woi'de  ol  Jesus  have 
u  ,  which  he  spukt>  when  lie 
hiiiljle  aiid  foun^  Ihuni  SL'II- 
I.  ninldiif;  iiiiTcluiinliR'  ul'  his 
.httll  bt*  called  (if  111!  iiiitioas 
a  iiouso  Ul  ijruyL^r,  but  ye  hovt*  imidi'  it  u  don  of 
tliifvcs."  It  bus  ever  been  a  htuudiuK  rule  in 
Iho  tluirch  i)l'(i()il  to  look  upon ohurtli  festivals 
and  church  *^u[.(icTs  in  iui moral  or  irreligious, 
BUil  dflrimentiil  to  the  cause  of  Ood.  It  is  sim- 
ply sayiug  that  God  is  not  able  to  carry  on  liia 
own  work  in  his  own  way.  lutd  we  must  eall  in 
the  devil  to  aid  the  Ltji-d'a  work,  Truot  nie, 
brtys  Jraus.  antl  I  will  pour  you  out  a  bl.•^sing 
that  ye  shall  not  be  able  toeontain.  But  the 
Btoniach  now  is  tho  leading  principle.  Once  it 
wiw  the  brain.  Once  Cliristians  would  sooner 
have  lost  ii  right  arm  than  denocrate  the  solemn 
houfw  of  God,  but  now  it  is  done  with  impunity. 
That  house  that  was  !.olemuly  set  apart  for  no 
otlier  pur[)oae  than  worship  is  now  desecrated 
by  strawberry  festivalo,  oyster  cuppera.  courtinp. 
kissing  and  such  like.  Ah!  my  God,  canst 
thou  close  thine  eyes  and  ears,  to  see  thy  house 
and  thy  ca«e  turned  to  a  barter  and  »ale  shop. 
Come,  Lord,  with  thy  small  cords,  and  hwh  these 
hideous  monsters  out  and  take  possession  once 
moPi  of  the  house  and  hearts  of  those  who  have 
BO  dishonored  thee,  and  who  have  trailed  thy 
glory  in  the  dust.  Oh,  anf,"-l  of  mere)-,  come 
buck,  come  back;  take  net  thiuo  everla»ting 
flight  As  it  was  in  the  days  of  Noah,  so  shall 
it  he  in  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man.  What 
did  they  do-*  Ju«t  what  they  are  doing  now- 
eating  and  drinking,  in  place  of  fasting  and 
prayer;  serving  tho  world  in  place  of  Jesus; 


laoghing  at  God,  mocking  at  religion,  turning 
God's  temples  into  drinking  saloons  and  eating 
houBC*.     "  Come  Lord  Jesus,  oh,  come  iiuickly." 

NOT  THE  JEWISH  PASSOVER. 

K.  W.  J-FOl'TZ. 

ISKKJna  late  No.  of  your  paper,  a  notice 
iftiifirially,  of  a  hook  on  the  subject  of  the 
L  ifi'y  Siipfwr.  and  iw  this  is  pprhaps  the  fea- 
tiir.'  that  distinEui^ihw  the  BreMin-ii  from  nioit 
I>rof^-«tsnt  denominations,  and  a.<  the  common 
error  is  to  confound  it  with  the  Jewish  P.issover. 
1  f.-el  a  diwin-  to  offer  a  f-*'  thmiKht-s.  to  show 
that  the  dilTeren.*  between  the  twoinstitutions 
i«-o  wide,  that  it  would  be  more  pertinent  to 
inipiiiv  in  what  points  they  agree,  than  in  what 
point*  thev  differ. 

Ill  KxodnKl2:S-ll.werenda«  follows:  "And 
they  sh^dI  eat  it  ill  that  nii:ht.  roast  with  fire. 
nw]  .iiil.-ave».-d  hnad.  and  with  bitter  herlw 
"haU  thrv  eat  if.  Kit  not  "f  >*  rHW.  nor  soddpn 
at  iill  witl.  wntf-r.  hut  ron4  w^ih  fir.-.  And  thus 
shsll  veentit:  with  ^oiir  loin-  gii^i'd.  your 
•hnetnn  vnur  feet.  tihiI  your  staff  in  your  hand; 
and  ye  •'hatl  nnt  it  in  ha-te."  Now  compare 
tliaf  with  the  mariMer  in  whirh  the  Lord  Jesus 
nt^  His  la«t  fSupner  «-<!;  Hw  disnples.  Their 
•upper  WH"  no*  prei.rir^d  without  water;  for 
rhrist  "dipp-d  n  sop."  Thev  did  not  have 
their  loins  cirt  about,  that  is.  prepared  for  trav- 
elinir:  for  thev  wt-re  rpsliuK  after  a  jnurm-y. 
They  did  not  have  their  >-hnes  on  their  feet,  for 
thev  had  jii'k  removed  them  tfl  alteml  to  feet- 
wnshiiig.  They  did  not  eat  it  wiHi  their  staves 
in  Iheir  hands,  and  in  a  staudmEr  position. 
X.-'ther  dui  fliey  eaf  It  in  hfisle.  Now  if  tlu- 
I.otd  hfld  ke(.t  the  Jewish  Passover  with  His 
di-eiple«i.  lie  would  h.ive  kept  it  in  arcordance 
with  the  law  nft  civen  by  Moses:  or  He  would 
hive  been  a  trans jrressor;  to  say  nothinp  of 
the  di-ep'pancv  in  the  time  of  ke-pineit.  It  is 
tnip  Christ  said.  "  With  d.-=ire  I  hnve  desired  to 
eat  this  passnver."  (not  the  passover).  It  wasn 
pn*!ovpr.'not  the  ,/eiri>/i.  but  re  paasover  from 
Ihv  OM  to  fill!  A^cif  Fh'.ipenMtioiu  and  typical  of 
the  arent  Supper  to  which  the  people  of  God 
will  .sit  domi  in  their  heavenly  home,  when 
Christ  Himself  will  serve- them.  Whether  it 
h;is  the  force  ot  a  cnniTiiaud  ear^h  one  can  decide 
fi.,r  himself;  mv  object  Is  to  prove  that  it  is  "ot 
the  Jfwish  iVsdov.T.  I  leave  the  nnprejmlice-l 
re3<j«r  to  judge  whether  I  have  succeeded. 

TO  THE  YOUNG. 

IIY   >;«MrilT   ESllEt,U\N. 

AS  I  iim  alone  this  pleaaant  aft<^rnoon.I  have 
a  desire  to  pen  a  few  lines  concerning  the 
eternal  interest  of  the;  young  and  ri«iiig  genera- 
tion. Dear  young- iriond*.  when  I  take  hut  ? 
glance  of  the  itituatiou  wherein  I  wiw  once 
I)liic*-d,  it  makes  me  greatly  sympathize  with  you 
who  ui'e  sporting,  iis  it  were,  on  the  tirinl;,of 
di-.ttruclioii.  and  yet  remain  unmoved,  while  be- 
fore you  is  that  yawning  abyss  which,  unless 
you  stop  your  headlong  career,  will  engulf  you 
in  in  eternal  ruin.  Oh!  tlien  iii  the  name  of 
love  lUid  mercy  stop  and  eonsidcr  before  i1  is 
forever  too  late,  for  the  wiiges  of  ^in  is  death. 

I  have  just  begun  liie's  viisgcd  journey,  but 
have  accepted  Je^ns  as  my  Captain,  and  in  all 
my  trials  aud  temptations  1  can  rely  upon  Him 
for  care  and   protection.     Will  you  not  enlist 

d  obtain  that  bouuty  which  all  His  followers 
receivo  when  this  warfare  is  ended— that  of  uter- 

il  life?  If  you  could  but  know  of  the  bitter 
tears  that  your  kind  parents  shed  in  your  behalf, 
and  the  prayers  that  sfcend  to  a  throne  of  grace, 
that  you  luay  be  spared  so  as  to  prepare  for  that 
heavenly  home  which  outshines  the  radiant  snu. 
.\nd  this,  O,  sinner,  may  be  ihine;  for  Jesus 
suffered  and  died,  thai  we,  through  His  death 
and  suffering,  might  be  saved.  "  To-day  if  you 
hear  my  voice,  harden  not  your  hearts." 


children,  aud  worldly  thiug-s  in  general-  We 
do  not  present  our  l)odi.«  -  u  living  sacrifice 
holy  and  acceptable  iint-.  the  Lord."  When  we 
apeak  of  these  things,  our  friends  will  saj-,  "  0, 
it  is  not  in  dress— the  plain  ones  do  the  wontt 
crimen."  So  some  of  th'-ui  do  commit  the  gross- 
est sins,  but  that  does  uoi  make  the  command.s  I 
of  Ood  of  none  etlect,  or  justify  us  in  wrong 
doing.  We  will  not  have  to  answer  for  the 
siusof  others  farther  than  our  influence  over 
I  them  has  been,  but  we  will  have  to  answer  for 
the  sins  which  wo  ourselves  commit. 

Says  another,  "Thi3  little  don't  matter— it  k 
right  to  make  home  pleasant  with  flowero,  for 
thev  are  God's  owu  creatimi.  It  is  righlto  have 
music,  for  there  is  music  in  heaven.  Itia  right,  t 
to  have  beautiful  carpet.s.  for  just  see  how  God  | 
has  colored  the  birds  and  butwrllifs.''  1  cnul^i  | 
HMme  many  morw  excuses  for  an  indulgence  ol 
human  depravity,  but  would  suggest  that  we 
hould  not  run  too  mudi after  the  things  whuh 
make  us  rheerfui.  If  w«  are  true  Christians; 
will  be  cheerful  in  viniting  the  poor  and  sick  I 
and  dUtre-*sed. 

LOVE. 

IIY  .1.  II    l-SKSHAIlfiKK. 

AS  this  subject  has  been  written  on  so  much 
it  may  be  supposed  to  be  exhaust^-d.  but  «■• 
"God  is  love,"  we  feel  there  is  an  iueshausiLl.l 
fountain  from  which  to  draw. 

Christ  sa>s.  "If  ye  love  me,  keep  u. 
mandinent!*."  How  careful  we  should  In- i.M  .. 
our  l.lfssed  Mister.  One  asks,  "  Wlml  an:  Hi 
commandJiKiiis?"  The  fir^t  commandim-nt  i 
to  love  our  God  with  all  our  heart,  and  with  ;il 
our  soul,  and  with  all  our  mind,  and  with  ul' 
our  striijglli.  And  second,  we  shall  love  cm 
neighbor  iis  ourself.     Mark  12:  30.  81. 

We  do  not  have  love  enough  among  us.  The 
Master  says.  "  If  ye  despise  i>ne  of  these  little 
ones  ye  can  in  no  wise  be  my  disciple.'*  We  go 
to  church  and  see  "  an  ni>per  (!lu.ss"who  will 
not  notice  the  poor  and  humble.  U  th:it,  li.vi^r' 
No.  O  brethren,  this  should  uo:  b.-.  T  l.-'n 
come,  brethren    in    the   l.nuil}    >1     :■'!.    '       'i 

high-minded,  have  love  ' 

will  be  pleaded  ami  hk-.    > 

Christ  says,  wt    shall  )'■•'  <-■■ 
we  observe  that?     I  am  afraid 
we  would  read  as  we  ought  to  d<  > 
uo  lime  to  hate  our  cuemii-s.     II  "• 
God  and  hate  our  brethren? 


^\m§   4   f("*«»*'!'^<- 


A  FEW  THOUGHTS. 

ny  ELLBX  SflOLBB. 

"HrinK  no  more  vain  ol>lations;  incense  is  an 
aljimiinatioii  unto  me;  Uie  new  moons  ami  Sabbatlis, 
the  railing  of  as.se ml >) it -s.  1  cannot  away  with ;  It  is 
iniquity,  even  Ibo  solemn  nieeliug.  Your  new 
iiioona  and  your  appointed  fciuiUi  my  soul  huteth: 
tlieyarea  trouble  unto  me;  I  aui  weary  to  bear 
thorn."— Isaiah  1;  la.  U. 

IP  it  were  possible  for  God's  people,  in  a  for- 
mer day,  to  fall  into  this  evil  practice,  is  it 
not  to-day?  True,  we  have  more  preaching, 
more  money  given  to  have  the  Gospel  preached 
to  sinnens,  but  do  we  have  the  "liviug  epistles, 
known  and  rend  of  all  men,"  that  .we  should 
have?  No,  we  do  not.  We  may  worship  God 
in  a  form  and  our  hearts  be  far  from  Him.  Too 
many    of  us   are    worshiping  our  houi^ett,  our 


-CuoLEBK  ha*-  appeared  and  is  increaring  i,, 
Spain. 

— DcKiNO  the  first  three  months  of  this  year 
2.341  horses  were  killed  in  Paris  for  food. 

—Thkhf.  arc  more  ihau  200.O00  J«wr  iu  the 
rnited  States,  SO.OUH  of  whom    reside  in    New 

York. 

_\s  .arthquHko  at  Moutefalco.in  nprovJu,.. 
nf  Uinbrhi.  l-aly.  Im-  r.-.l-r..!  14:'.  bous...  „„- 
inhabitable. 

—Tub    Primitive    M  -_    unl, 

during:  the  p<^'t  ye.n.  no- .1  •  oi  ....^  .„.,n,,v 
{.,  till  measure  'if  iieaily  oiu  ii-Uiu-  per  member, 
.„  ..bioil  StlSM.iiu-! 

-.O-r^'iiKH  ■'  '  '■■■'"*'**  houces  n, 

|,  I     ,,.,,,  'I,,    I  The  Ios,s  in  IS- 

li'iii'.iit-ii'a't  ?6(.'.f ukI..  1  -t  -M^.tlOO  iu  stiirfc,, 

JnMii.iuici.nliout?20.000. 

— TnR  IJiintiiitii  Are  muldug  mpiil  liei«Jv,,iy 
amuuB  the  Sm-di'».  Tlii-y  iw"  Imve  in  S««l,.|, 
a53  chun-lii',  13.733  iiiciiilier.<,  2,4l»  liavii-.,. 
Lou  reoaiTil  iuriuB  tliii  pitit  ywif,  by  baiitiM,, 

— Xhw  Yovk  fi'v  i*  nlwHys  ci-aud  in  it-olim. 
itj^s:  1'.  ''   '"  '■"'  co'ilviliuti'd  111 

aidiil  ,tl..iiil;i«liilir,,i,l 


Swii/'-'iiiuHl  ^ 
000.  Tlio'pr 
laaO.ure  con-. 
uUiW  i.o(»iti.i 

'■— TmpiIi' 


■  lt.»i 

ll.l 

.    iii-opi. 

loiiiiiy  wi'j  1, 

lioli 

iw  iu 

iiiOii 

au,- 

II  rtlV 

IKIT- 

i.ll  lu 

wiy 

i-iu 

•  liul 

TIME  IS  SHORT. 


IIV  J8NNIK  MYKi; 


WHEN  we  think  -r   dnv.  X.:. 
gone,  it  -I 
year  rolht  awa\. 
long  houie.    Tii 
never  but  one  m 
that  is  always  t.i'. 

.'  0,  how  o^ouiiu 

ay  our  time.     V<  .•<, 
that  in  childhood's  duj^     . 
vain.    Onebyone  wearepa-i-i«'j.iv-:iy 
friends  don't  thiuk  becauKe  yoii  are  yon; 
your  life  is  long,  for  yon  may  be  called 
your  youth,  and  how  sad  to  think  ot 
prepared.     Then  let  us  walk  in  the  fm 
JesuB.     He  says,  "They  thai  seek  miieuu.*  -".: 
lind  me."    He  will  lead  us  thioughtthis  life  and 
land  us  on  the  other  shore,  wluiro  we  can  meet 
those  who  have  gone  before  and  be  forever  witli 
the  Lord. 

0  give  unto  Jesus  your  earliest  days; 
They  only  are  ble3.sed  who  walk  in  His  ways. 
Iu  life  and  in  death  He  will  still  be  your  friend. 
For  whom  Jesus  loves  He  loves  t>.  the  ml 

SHOW. 

'nilE  world  is  crazy  for  show.  There  is  not 
1  ^  one  perhaps  in  a  thousand  who  dare-s  fall 
back  on  liis  real,  simple  self  for  power  to  get 
through  the  world,  and  exact  enjoyment  a.i  he 
goes  along.  There  is  no  end  to  the  aping,  the 
mimicry,  tlie  false  airs  and  the  superficial  airs. 
It  requires  rare  courage,  we  admit,  to  live  up  to 
one's  enlightened  convictions  in  these  days. 
Unless  you  consent  to  join  in  th''  general  cheat, 
there  is  no  room  for  you  among  the  great  mob 
of  pretenders.  If  a  man  desires  to  live  within 
his  means,  and  is  resolute  in  his  purpose  not  to 
appear  more  than  he  really  is.  let  him  be  ap- 
plauded. There  is  something  fresh  and  invig- 
orating in  such  an  example,  and  we  Bhoiihl 
honor  and  uphold  sucli  a  plan  with  all  the  en- 
ergy in  our  power. 


Bad  habits  are  the  thistles  of  the  heart,  and 
every  iudulgencc  of  them  is  a  teed  from  which 
will  spring  a  new  crop  of  weeds. 


■  ■   '■iipidiy  in 

t     ,.iii  .,.  ...U..-IJ.. .,.. IS  iug  chiefly 

_    nion  of  thi3  Hust.i:ui  Mennonites, 

■■■L-A   by  tho  Itussiaa   Government 

until  ]>^M  111  leave  Ituseia  to  avoid  military  eu- 

lislnu'ut.    There  are  about   TO/XlO  of  this  sect 

in  America,  about  one- tenth  of  them  iu  Canada. 

— .Jkp.us.m.em. — The  Holy  city  has  had  anoth- 
er visitation  of  locusts,  l«'ing  the  second  time 
this  year  that  Jerusalem  has  been  infested  by 
these  destructive  insects.  Great  consternation 
prevails  among  the  inhabitants,  who  remember 
the  great  devastation  caused  by  the  locusts  dur- 
ing tlieir  first  visitation.  Should  thev  commit 
any  serious  injury  in  the  fields,  it  is  to  l^e  feared 
that  the  prices  of  articles  of  food  will  again  rise 
to  a  considerable  extent. 

— A  coKKESPONDENT  Writing  to  the  InUv 
Ocean  regarding  the  origin  of  Sunday-schools, 
says:  "  Having  lieen  connected  with  thesn 
schools  since  1812,  (I  am  now  72  years  of  age), 
and  having  of  late  j  ears  devoted  much  time  and 
atttntion  to  their  histoiy.  I  am  able  to  give  ad- 
ditional mformalion  as  to  their  origin,  progress,  | 
and  inlhience.  So  early  as  1584  St.  Chaile* 
Boroineo,  Cardinal  Archbisliop  of  Milan,  estab- 
lished Sunday- schools  in  every  part  of  his  large 
diocese.  These  schools  are  still  in  ojieration. 
and  were  visited  last  year  by  Dr.  Kygh'ston.  who 
gives  an  account  of  his  visit  in  the  Suwhij 
Hrhool  Turns,  for  Sept.  29,  IHTT.  Others  had 
collected  the  children  of  the  poor  on  Sundays 
in  various  piirts  of  England,  and  one  oj-  in"i'^ 
in  thia  country  previous  to  the  year  178Unot 
ITSa,  as  sluted  in  your  paper),  when  Kobt. 
Raikes  began  hia  schools. 


(),-toV.f-r    QA 


THE    13rtKTITT^K:Nr    A.T    AVOKIC 


From  Bethel  Church,  Carlcton,  Neb. 

!),-.tr  JSirt/iveu  :-- 

OUll  C<.iiiiiini,l..n  and  that  »f  the  WliiU- 
IW-k  church.  Kftuaa-s  are  in  tho  pmi- 
'[%•  ljr.-tlirrii  of  HpUii'I  chmch  l.rlrl  tl.eir  C.Dn- 
niiuii'"!  live  miles  North  of  Cnrl-'ton.  on  tbw' 
fi.rni  of  brother  HolsiuKcr.  He  uuh  just  erect- 
can  new  house  and  ii3  we  hnvi>  no  mccling- 
house.  we  liavo  to  du  the  nuxt  bwst.  WV  ha-U 
boiiifl  tent  built  agiiinst  Bro.  HolNingcr's  houac, 
wliicli  was  (lui'ti  comlorta'tle. 

Ouriuevtiiig  Wiis  ou  thf  14tli  and  Inth  of 
ge|,t  Oil  Ihv  ]  Itji  in.-t..brother  William  Pi.Tcc. 
aj,IH-iiltpi-.  witli  hs  wit".',  came  from  Btaln.c] 
biiu{i"'g  "■'"'  t'lPiiJ  ♦■'''»'>■''  Henry  Umbaki^r  of 
liealricf  ,^cbni*ka.  and  S.  (J.  Stump  of  Falls 
Cit> ,  N'-ijinsTia.  Oh.  luiw  "it  ctr&nfttheuH  nw, 
wlinii  our  ehlvr^i'como.  visit  ns.  attend  our  coim- 
ciisi  advice,  and  ilist-rnct.  in!  Onr  i-onncil  wna 
on  tlic  ISlli-  IJro.  H.  1*.  liritikw.irtli.  who  rp- 
ceiitlyini'ived  from  Euf-iund.  was  present  at 
oar  Cimucil.  1  lurgot  to  mention  that  brother 
Shick,  iin'>ther  niinister ,  Iroui  Beatrice,  was 
^|i  ns,  and  the  abr)v»  mentioned  mini-lers 
yvore  aUthi'&trungeoneHnntil  Sunday  morniiig, 
fl-b'^n  biollicr  N.  C.  Workman  from  Iowa.  \u7 
Itrother,  a  minister,  and  brother  Shafer,  arnvtd. 
On  aioaday  they  resumed  their  journey  West, 
with  thp  intention  of  hjcating  a  colon}-.  May 
t)ie  Lord  be  with  them  with  Hi^j  protecting 
mercy  and  assisting  grace. 

On  Saturday  night  we  r)bserved  the  holy  or- 
itiminfcs  of  the  Lord'B  house.  I  think  I  never 
suff  better  ordev  among  the  merabera,  w*  well  as 
oor  duar  neighbors. ,  During  the  time  that  we 
were  partaking  of  those  sac-red  emblems — the 
holy  Encharist,  i  mv^r  saw  a  better  feeliug 
manifested,  many  tears  were  ^^bed.  and  there 
were  niany-ftudible  sdbs,  which  plainly  showed 
how  they  realized  these  sacred  privileges  and 
cnnimands.  There  was  quite  a  number  who 
bad  hilt  lately  enlisted  under  the  blood-stained 
banner  of  King  Kmniiinuel  aiid  never  before 
engi^ed  iathis  blessed  Feast.  1  pray  that  they 
may  be  spiritually  strengthened  in  this  holy 
warfare.  OdV  ■praying'  will  do  no  good  unless 
we  conquer  at  liist.  t  heard  a  dear  sister  «ay, 
wbo  had  lately  .-ntered  the  fold.  1  have  been 
fighting  the  tempter  all  the  week,  to  get  tin- 
consent  of  my  mind  to  wear  this  covering,  but 
1  conqu<'i'»'d.  Some  may  deem  this  ii  sniftli 
thing,  but  I  can  sympathize  nith  that  ulnt^r 
lor  I  know  by  experience  that  some  of  theae 
small  things  are  hardest  to  overcome.  It  is 
souietime.'i  owing  to  onr  early  education.  I  n'- 
Joiced  to  hear  her  say  that  she  conquered.  Thi- 
shonld  be  our  main  object,  to  "  conquer,  thoneli 
I  ilie."  I  pray  that  this  dear  sister  may  always 
como  off  '■  conqueror"  over  all  her  trials  and 
temptations,  and  at  last  receive  aorownof  glory 
and  a  spotless  robe  in,  heaven. 

Before  onr  meeting  closed,  Bro.  Levi  T.  Hol- 
singer  w;is  elected  to  Ibe  ministry  and  Bro.  L. 
E.  lirynnt  advanced  to  the  Mtx-ondik'grce.  Eld- 
er Urubaker  and  H.  P.  Brinkwortli  held  a  few 
niL'otmgs  here  at  Summit  school-hou-^e,  whib' 
elder  S.  C.  stump  went  to  Hebron,  county-scat 
of  Thayer  Co.,  to  hold  a  few  meetings.  These 
1  believe  wer*?  the  first  meetings  ever  held  in 
tlikt  i)lace  by  the  Brethren.  On  the  ISth  elder 
Brubiikcr  started  North  to  York  county,  to  a 
Communion.  On  the  f'.'th  my  hu.-sband  and  1 
started  to  KaUBM  to  the  VVhitwUnck  fci(»t.,Bro. 
Brinkwoi-tL  accompanying  us.  Stopped  near 
II«br4jn  and- took  -dder  Slump  and  brother 
and  siptor  Uatduig  with  n^,  tliev  buingtho  only 
two  niwobei*  giving  hcin-;  l^ehrop.  (  , Arrived 
Friday  evening  at  brother  Grubs,  three  miles 
friuH  older  SwilZQi*,  the  pluceof  theteast.  W« 
Wyro  hospitably  entertained  by  brother  Grnlis. 
Next  morning  went  to  place  of  meeting.  Met 
brother  J.  L.  Switzer  ami  family.  We,  also, 
met  (lud  formud  the  iicqunintttuce  of  nuuiy  more 
dciir  brethren  and  ^istel■s,  whose  names  would 
make  my  article  too  long  to  mention,  but  their 
kindness  to  us  will  long  he  remombwcd.  We 
enjoyed  the  Communion  with  them.  There 
ffiis  good  order  all  the  time,  It  always  make, 
nw  feel  sad  to  part  with  brethren  and  sisters  at 
snch  times.  I  now  clo(-e  with  the  prayer,  that 
when  these  raoutingH  and  p*rtingd  on  earth  are 
all  over,  that  we  may  all  muet  around  God's 
throne,  where 

■■  Our  umbraces  shall  t)e  sweet, 
At  the  dear  Uedeoiner'a  feet." 
■'  When  Wf  meet  ttipart  n6  more. 
Who  have  luved,  etc." 

Cahrie  HoiAIKOER. 

Amongst  the  Baptists,  the  Bible    Ch.is- 
tians  and  the  Methodists. 


Onir  lUrthn-n:— 
^S  \   of  y.iu  l.now  tbid,  b,  lore  1  joined  the 
churclito  which  1  now  beloui.-,  that  I  had 


M 


"It.iched  mytolf  to  the  Missionary  Baiitists  in  I 
the  year  ISBS.  On  my  rt-ti.rn  to  Enghuid,  1. 1 
of  course  vi«ted  them,  who  were  the  people  ol  I 
I'u  choie.-,  and  to  whom  I  owed  much,  for  their 
kindneiA/,  thrt-W_*Jnipftthy4hd  goodwill.  1  haW 
visited  m»ny  f.imilie.s  of  tlii"*  pen-uasion,  while 
hack  thetv.  and  th..  long- talk,  the  earnest  con- 
versation, the  defenses  w-t  up,  the  arguments 
T^UuA  un<l  the  impreaions  made,  will  not  soon 
bf-fiirgottcn  bynienor  wdl  my  interests  for 
iHeirwelfiir^,  their  spiritual  ndvancement  in  di- 
vine things  abate  until  I  see  Brethren  from 
tbwe  shores,  willing  to  bear  the  glad  tidings  of 
>^aKalion.  by  lull  obedienop  to  Hod's  will,  even 
in  thw  boiLsted  mA  enlightened  Island  of  Great 
Britinn.  Surely  if  such  a  people  would  em- 
br;n;e  the  docttin-,  uncftlculaled  good  would  be 
iiccompiiHhed.  And  why?  for  the  rcAion  that 
the  Eiigbshpeoplewdl  not  withhiilil  the  good 
that  they  receive— tb'-y  ar.*  mis iionarios  in  every 
senFcol  the  word,  and  wUl  tend  to  other  ua- 
tmns  of  the  globe  their  men  aud  their  money. 
williii«ly  and  Ir.u-ly  to  broadcast  the  faith  ouc-e 
d«livcivd  to  theiihinls. 

Vni)  will  .doublbss  be  surprised  to  hear  that 
tlierH  nretho-tf!  in  the  same  Biiplist  chun-h  to. 
wbiuh  I  oncu  Iwlonged.  that  have  ailmitted 
"hut  their  immersion  was  not  apostolic,  nur  ue- 
»ur.liug  to  the  com  mission,  which  teaches  three 
RttioHs.  Not  only  this,  they  Msenteji  to  the 
fact,  tb-d,  Christ,  did  If  asli  the  ducijd&j'  feet,  and 
that  the  mine, is.  to  us  as  a  command,  not  to  be 
Ufeelcctcd.  liuiLoUci  cd  in  spirit  and  iu  truth,  by 
a  ttt,-i-;d  leet-was|ii|ig  ^mongjtt  memb.-r*  of 
rhrist\lHuly.  Th^V  have  also  acknowK-dged. 
Umt  the  salniali.'n  of  the  kiss  of  charity,  as 
cominimded  in  Um  New  Testament  is  binding 
ii|>nji  followers  of  Christ,  to-day  as  in  older 
times.  pi-, I  ,; 

^ow  brethren  and  sisters,  you  can  see  whore 
they  stiilid.  and  Jtow  for  their  words  to  me, 
■■  wiiiit  cim  we  do?  There  are  no  churches 
htic-.tliiit  will  practice  the  command  in  full; 
nun-,  that  wiiliobserve  the  '  all  things.'  What 
are  wv  to  do?  We  must  remain  where  we  are 
and  be  coiiteuted."  This  is  jjo  exaggerated 
srutement.  but  the  truth.  Will  we  then  declare 
to  them,  what  to-day  they  arc  seeking  for,  or 
wdl  we  withhold  the  coveted  treasure,  fearing 
it  will  cost  us  rtf&w  of  our  worldly  t^ft»tii^esP' 
In  their  behalf  I  plead  to-day.  and  [f,  dear 
Brethren  you  Will  not  hfar.  then  it  stands  be- 
twen  yon  nnd  your  (iod.  I  want  to  clear  my 
.skirts,  by  showing  you,  where  the  people  of 
England  stand  t6-da>' in  lack  of  the  whole  Gos- 


pd. 

Next  1  r.'raember  u  rla-ss  of  people,  who  call 
themselves  Llvble  Christians.  TheseHavcft.  new 
sent  who  Iftku  th*'  Now  Testament  for  their 
niie  of  faith  and  practice.  And  if  they  only 
practiced'  what  their  name  assorts,  theru  would 
nut  be  any  diffeneuftf  between  them  and  ns.^ 
But  sail  us  it  may  appear,  these  earnest  Chris- 
tians are  not  Christ-lilie.  for  when  we  Jiml  Christ 
going  into  the  river  ..loritan  t'l.hc  baptized  of 
John,,  we  find  tJjese,  Bible  Christians  titklng 
their  own  way  for  it,  and  a  iiuirh  oasii-r  way  it 
is, — a  shorter  cut  to  heaven.  They  an-  not  so 
long  in  joining  tlie  church  militant, as  some  are, 
Tiiey  CBjl  reujain  iu  the  church' edificei  and 
thfii,  ohi  what  consistency,' they  U-l  Uieni 
have  their  own  way  and  he  eitlu^r  sprinkled  nr 
poured  upon,  as  tliey  \tish. '  This  cannot  be 
ibund  in  thtf  Sci-ipli^rt  anywhere  fti*  a  fconimirtld 
and  cousetjiieiitiy  is  man's  inirontiott.  '        '  ' 

Let  it  go.  firetlireia,  letit  fall,  let  us  follow 
Christ.    ~  ''■  '  ■'  '■  ' 

This  people  will  not.  wjwli  one  another's'  fcft 
lus  Chiist  gave  comnnuid.  They  will  nutsalnte 
each  other.  Tliey  will  not  eat  the  Lord's  Sup- 
|)i'r,  but  only  the  Communion,  and  call  that 
IheLonl's  Sup])er.  O.  lirethren  these  are  not 
Bible  Christians.  They  have  a  name  to  live 
and  are  dead.  The  KeveUtor  ^ays  of  such  "  I 
have  not  found  thy  works  perfect  before  God." 
Rev.  3:  2. 

Now  I  come  to  the  elftw  of  people,  who  call 
themselves  Methodist:*,  hecause  of  their  meth- 
od of  worshiping.  Iu  talking  with  them,  aud 
utteuding  their  meetings  iu  the  city  of  Bath.  1 
louiid  them  energetic  workei-s  in  the  cause  of 
Chnst.  But  they  havee.\pres^e'l  their  surprise, 
that  there  sliould  be  a  people  that  ln)ld  the  faith 
the  Brethren  do,  and  then  keep  tiiat  faith  to 
themselves.  They  express  surprise  aud  wond- 
er, and  askcil  me  if  the  church  was  worth  any 
thing,  and  if  they  hiul  nny  raisaionaries  iu  for- 
eign lands,  etc 

I  am,  with  the  English  Methodists,  astonish- 
eil  at  the  backwardness  of  the  church  of  the 
Uri'ihren!  When  will  she  awake  to  her  duty? 
When  will  she  hearken  to  foreign  calls?  There- 
are  Brethren  ready  lo-day,  who  say,  "  here  am 
1,  send  uu',"'  and  still  the  call  cornea.  "  come 
over  aud  help  us."  Who  will  take  np  their 
pens  to  defend  the  missionary  cause  of  foreign 
nations?  H.  1'.  Bui.n'kwouth. 


From  Denmark. 

OUR  Love-feast  is  among  the  tliingn  of  the 
past.  It  WHS  kept  m  the  room  where  uur 
dear  brethren  and  sisiterH  stayed,  wlnle  in  Deii- 
mark.  and  of  course  this  added  much  to  the 
solemnity  of  the  meeting.  The  house  wa« 
crowded  all  djiy,  and  even  some  stood  ouLiiiU 
looking  and  listening  at  the  windows,  as  the 
weather  wiw  very  pleasant.  One  nas  received 
into  the  church  by  baptism  before  our  meet- 
ing commeneed,  nnd  is  the  lecond  member  in  ti 
remote  part  of  Thyland.  where  we  have  had 
onlv  one  brother.  The  cause  of  this  ist»rother 
Chris tfnsen  at  Lanark,  wbo  on  a  trip  home  to 
bis  parents,  faithfully  held  up  the  light  of  Kum 
Jesus.  The  meeting  was  ended  interestmg.-- 
After  the  exauiination  iiermon  was  held,  liberty 
wius  given  to  all  to  speak  or  pray,  nnd  th.\v  us.t| 
one  hour  to  put  forth  their  wishes  and  peti 
tions  or  earnest  prayers.  It  caused  the  tpai^ 
anrl  sobs  to  break  forth  of  all  both  spectators 
juid  numbers.  Surely  when  the  whob-  rrhurch 
noes  to  work  and  appeals  to  the  throne  of  graee 
tor  ftod  to  convert  husbunds,  wives,  children, 
triends  and  foes,  it  aeems  that  heaven  comes 
uiut-h  nearer  nnd  death  flees,  and  hardness  comcR 
to  an  end.  In  that  respect  the  little  Danish 
church  is  remarkably  well,  but  thoy  can't  h«lp 
fueling.  They  have  miw  ucomforUiblo  hall,  and 
seiit'j  imd  lights  mid  can  rest  their  weary  limb-. 
alter  a  long  walk  in  their  heavy  wooden  shoe?. 
They  aie  indebtedmuch  to  American  brethren 
and  sisti^i-s,  who  so  ten'derlyl  Ibvingly  ready  t,. 
help  them  «iid  elevate  them  from  their  pitiful 
(ondition.  O,  how  I  wish  you  eould  all  have 
seen,  and  heanl,  and  understood  your  Danish 
children,  how  much  would  yon  have  felt  like 
.fesus  feels  when  He,  atler  a  long  costly  search, 
finds  his  bist^heep,  and  lays  it  on  his  shoulders. 
carPking  it  back  to  his  fold!  May  God  hie-s 
you  all  ahundrt>d  times,  and  evei-j- one  who. 
even  if  poor,  sick,  lam?,  one-armed  or  have  \.t< 
take  your  la-it  day"  in  sorrow,  yet  have  sent  if 
on  to  the  relik-f  of  yortr  podr  sufferin"  Bl-eth- 
ren  and  sisters  whotn  you  love,  and  ^et  nev'er 
''aw.  :'     "  C.  Hope.' 

From  Hollidaysburg,  Pa. 

Ikiir  Birthren:— 
/IDU  bie-ssthe  day,  wla'u  yon  firat  entered  on 
Vj     >onr 'nission  of  love, — the  glorious  mis- 
t.ion    to  spread   the   glad  tidings  of  salvation 
throughout  this  wide  extended  plain. 

The  little  baud  of  God's  chddren  in  this  Dun- 
cansville  congregation,  continues  to  grow  in 
number,  but  as  iVe  grow  in  number,  may  we  al- 
so increase  iu  faith,  knowledge  and  wisdom, — 
that  wisdom  that  com-th  from  on  high.  Last 
Sunday.  Sept.  Hth.  two  pcecious  souls  came 
forward  and  expressed  ii  willingness  to  follow 
.Jesus.  They  were  attoptedinto  llie  church  by 
baptism  in  the  river,  a  few  rods  distant  from 
there.  Wf.-  h.ivr  luit  the  bast  doubt  but  the 
angels  Ir.ob-d  down  witli  delight  on  the  beauti- 
ful s;i,'ht  liefDre  us,  And  that  now  slu'e  their 
nami's  have  b^'eii  added  to  th-' list  on  the  church 
record  h'-re  below,  they  an-  also  inscribed  in  the 
Lamb's  Book  ul  Life  by  the  angels  iu  heaven. 
Tb'-y  w.'re  Imsbau  f  and  wife.  Were  formerly 
members  of  another  tk-nomination.  Four 
weeks  previous  a  brother  was  added  to  the  fold' 
according  to  the  commands  of  Jc.sus.  Tbey 
will  be  remembered  with  the  Ibands  of  believ- 
ers in  .'Utoqna,  whii;h.  as  previously  reported, 
is  a  branch  vf  this,  the  Duncausville  I'ongi-ega- 
tioii.  This  m.iki^s  four  nilditions  since  our 
Lovc-:i?iLst,.whicli  w.is  held  June  15th,  at  which 
time  a  very  talented  brother  came  into  the  fold. 
Mho  i,-*  quite  a  pillar  in  the  cluirch.  The  quar- 
terly church  council  convened  Aug.  2:Jrd,  which 
passed  olf  in  love  and  good  feeling.  It  wa*  de- 
cided to  hold  -tt  protracted  meeting  to  com- 
mence in  two  wveks,  during  which  time  the 
Love-ft/u^t  will  hi  held,  if  pi-ovidence  permits. 

Tb'-re  wa-s  also  a  Sunday-school  organized 
May  12th,  wlucli  si>ein<  to  b.'  in  a  prospi-rous 
ccmdition.  Briflhren  and  sifters,  take  hold  of 
the  iirible  work  and  labur  with  a  deep  interest. 
The  Suuilay-school  is  the  g'catand  noble  nui-s- 
ery  of  the  church.  God  ble«  and  advance  the 
noblo  work  every-where  throughout  our  bless- 
ed fraternity.  Euit,y  R.  Stipler. 


Notice   to  the    Members    of    the 
Maple  Grove  Colony. 

VITK,  t''6  i;'>i'i'uittee  appoiuletl  to  choose  a 
yy  location  lor  the  Colony,  have  after  con- 
sidera'ii'' tr  iveling,  cho'eii  the  toi-ation  in  the 
Nortii-western  part  of  Norton  Co.,  Kansas,  bi-- 
ing  the  most  suitable  loca'ii'U  we  could  find. — 
Soil  is  fet)od;  surface  of  tb.'  c.>unt.y,  gently 
rolling;  goo  I  water  by  digging:  building  rock. 
abundant;  flouring  mills,  close  bv;  merchandise 
of  all  kinds,  about  as  cheap  ii-i  \n  Iowa. 


This  location  lie,.  b,.tw..n  the  Prsin.  Dog 
nnd  Sappy  riven.— all  divi.le  Jund.  We  iuItim 
them^mben*  of  the  (Colony  lo  go  and  iocat« 
iheir  claims  thj,  p„n.  lor  the  l.md  is  taking  up 
very  fast,  aud  l>y  another  Kea-on  there  will  be 
bat  httle.  if  any  fiov.  land  to  be  had.  Hop* 
ihe  meml>er.  will  »ee  to  thi-  matt«-  at  onw.  m  ' 
our  cbonis  muy  be  I.«:Hted  near  together.  The  ' 
conunittee  has  locatwl  their  chum*  in  the  fol- 
lowing townn  and  iiections:  S.  K  i  of  3i-c  T- 
S.  W.  t  of  Hoc.  8;  N.  W.  \  of  17;  N.  E.  i  ofW. 
town  second,  r.ingc  twenty  f..ur.  These  ar-  all 
limber  cUims.  The  committee  alto  d"tn>s  to 
horaeateivd  the  following  lands  n^xtSpnng-  » 
E.  -t  of  7;  N.  W.  i  Ol  8;  S  W.  of  17  and  N*. 
W.  of  IS.  These  laudi*  lay  wIjoininK  lliose 
limber  claims.  Wc  hope  m-nil.eni  will  note 
'his.  The  other  oiie-hnlf  of  those  section*  are 
vacant,  then  West .  ?^„ri  h  ami  South  an-jill  va- 
.ant,  and  t»  good  as  those  tracts  we  have  taken, 
do  to  Nnrttm  Uentf-r  and  apply  t.,  J.  R.  ILiin- 
ilton.  T.ll  him  yortbebmnto  the  M«pl..Hr<.Te 
Colony.  He  ha«an..te  of  it.  be  will  locate 
you.     It  will  cost  you  $I7i»0, 

l*l!0R0I!  W.  WoHKK.^S. 
N.  V.   WoHKMAS. 
C.   IV.oWM.^N. 

L  KjupKit. 
Sri')/it,  Mnntf]iii>tPfij  Cn  ,  fntiu. 

From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

nnirJhrthici:— 

I  LEFT  home  on  the  :ird  day  o|  Sept.  to  till 
some  calls  in  III.  I  urnvwl  iu  Qum>-y  on 
the  morning  of  the  4th.  Thence  to  Prairie 
City.  Stopped  with  brother  .John  Fool,  » 
young  mi^iptej,  of  gpod  promise  in  the  Mc- 
Donough  congregation.  Here  1  met  Eld.  Jee- 
SH  Calvert,  and  filled  otic  of  his  appointmen^e^ 
he  being  sick  wjien  »ie  arriv.'d.  Remaioei 
with  him  for  one  more  appointment.  On  tbe 
Tth  was  taken  to  Fail-view  to  Bro.  Samuel  Ten- 
nis, from  there  to  Coal  Cre^ek  ineeting-houxe. 
Met  in  tbe  evening  with  a  Urge  audience,  and 
continued  until  their  Love-feast,  which  was  oa 
tlu-Uthaud  lotii.  Was  joined  by  Eld.  J.  R. 
dish  .md  hi*  wife.  The  Feast  was  largely  at- 
tended. Here  I  lucf  and  maile  the  acquintanca 
of  Bro.  Dannor,  Ijro.  Ham  and  Bro.  Miller, 
ministers  of  tbe  .\storia  congn>gation,  The 
Feast  was  an.  enjoyable  one.  We  wrere  all,  I 
think,  made  to  sit  together  in  heijvenly  placea 
in  Christ,  altho'igh  the  hf>!iv'  w.xs  crowded 
with  interested  s^n-ctators.  w;ii-. perhaps  were  as 
orderly  as  they  w.dl  could  l>e  uuder  the  circiira- 
stunccs,  M-^t  next  day,  and  thechurch  agreed 
to  forward  Bro.  Matthia.s  Lingenfelter  to  the 
second  degree  of  the  ministry.  Some  appli- 
cants for  baptism.  Was  conveyed  about  fifteen 
miles  South  to  }\  school- house,  known  as  Mace- 
donia. Preaching  at  night,  led  by  Bro.  Gish, 
who  accompanied  me  here.  I  continued  here 
one  week,  durirg^  which  time  the  Lord  bleat 
our  bibor:  quit:-  a  luiui'i t  l>ip!,i/.'d  aa  1  several 
more  applicants  tt  lie  att.-nded  lo  atUrwunJ. 
Among  tlnne  bapti/.-.!  were  MeL'iod  st.  Bap. 
tist,  Campb\dlile.  Newlight  and  Catholic  n-p- 
resentatives.  This  was  one  of  the  most  r«- 
nurkable  m-'etin^s  iu  this  respect  I  ever  held. 

The  minister'  in  tins  church  are  elders  .Lwob 
Xegley  and  David  Zook  assi^hd  by  bnUhren 
Samur]  Tennis.  Matt.hi,i>*Liugeur.dl.>r  and  Bro. 
Carrier,  lute,  of  Virginia.  Miy  Gol  bli-sa 
those  who  so  kindly  cared  for  me  white  amonf 
rliem.  I  feel  a  ptternaTlove  for  mtny  in  this 
congregatioiUas  Iliaii  iahon-d  iwith  them  be- 
fore. I  pr.iyOol  thiit  they  dl  will  be  faithful, 
nnd  .-ii^er  life's  tempestuous  sea  is  cMissed,  *re 
may  all  meet  iu  the  home  of  the  Idowl-wa-h-^ 
throng  in  the  Imlls  of  the  redeemed.  I  left 
them  on  the  23rd,  hoping  to  get  a  little  rest 
from  my  incessant  labors.  A'ler  various 
delays  1  arrived  in  Fohi.  O^le  Co.,  at  two  A.  3tf. 
Stopped  with  brother  D.  L.  Miller,  whose  hoe- 
pitjible  mansion  R>erosalnays  open  to  the  uin 
and  I  ihor-worn  preacher.  After  a  &w  hours 
rest  I  wa.s  conveyed  to  the  house  of  brother 
Benjamin  Kowland.  wline  house  was  OQrt  of 
iiiourni'ig.  Death  i'.iv\  suatch«*d  a  lovely  How- 
er  from  the  family  tree.  God  comfort  their 
poor  bleeding  heorts.  "The  Lord  giveth  luid 
the  Lord  taketh  away." 

Bro.  Miller  took  me  in  the  aflei-noon  to 
Dutchtowu.  when*  Bro.  Bashor  was  holding  a 
series  of  meetings.  This  w,w  th«  first  time  t 
met  him  since  we  separated,  which  wils  uearl;^ 
a  year  ago.  Made  the  acquaintance  of  his  wife, 
(now  sister  Bashor).  I  imlyst^id  onemecting 
with  him.  which  I  enjoyed  very  much  indcsj. — 
On  the  25th  Bro.  Miller  aud  I  went  to  Lanark 
and  were  met  by  a  hearty  welcome  by  the  edit- 
ors. Could  'I )  *'ivb.i  a  fewtioui*s,  I  tt>>ik 
in  at  a  glance  the  general  )uipri>Temenl  that 
had  taken  place  in  a  year.  Very  noticeable  t« 
me  was  the  vast  iiierea»-  iu  tb.-  snbitoriplioB 
list,  and  I  felt  a  conscious  pri<ie.  that  1  had  add- 


B 


a'nK  BRETiiRE:isr  ^t  avokk. 


October    '^^ 


iti  this  poor  oimtry.  Wr  aNo  have  received 
help  bjr  your  memi-H.;md  thank  God.  «o  often  aA 
wf  eiit.  that  He  haa  brou^bt  us  means  for 
food  from  80  fnr  away.  We  with  t«are  of  joy, 
k  our  good  F.ahiT  in  heaven,  thut  he  will  re- 


ed  m«t*riall.v  to  it.  I  hml^  them  adieu  ind  we 
were  soon  on  th--  road  to  Polo.  On  the  29ih  I 
visiU-d  some  of  tie  WuH  Branch  mombera — 
Bro.  .Kwhna  Sliferaiid  liro.  William  Davis  and 

other..     Ou  the^Ttli  I  reachiHl  th--  Koclc  Kiver  „  ,  .         .    . 

church  nearFraukliu  (irove  church,   where  I    ward  you  manifold  aKain.  both  in  tbiH.  and  tb. 
iH-pim  meeting  the  same  nighf.  1  world  to  comn,  that  you  may  h-ar  the    blessed 

The  ministers  are  I'Ident  lUfrenfb«rger  and  j  Toice  from  the  Lord'n own  mouth,  "tome  y. 
Dnniel  Dearxiorir.  with  brethren  J.  C.  Labman.  |  I.Iewed  of  my  Father  inherit  the  kingdom  pre- 
Trostle  and  Labman.  t  did  not  learn  how  many  i  pared  for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world 
deaeons  there  are.  The  membentbip  is  about !  for  I  wa«  a  hungered,  and  ye  ga^-e  me  meat;  I 
one  hundred  and  sisty.  Love-feast  on  the  4th.  I  was  thimtyand  ye  gave  me  drink:  I  wasaatran- 
Elden*  n.  E.  I'riue  of  Silver  Cnek,  M.  Kmmert  j  gor  and  ye  took  me  m;  nak<'d  and  ye  clothed 
of  West  Branch  Bin.  Horning  of  Rot^k  (^reek,  .  me;  I  wa.-*  iji  prison  and  ye  came  unto  me. 
Bro  Meyers  of  ML-D(.nough  and  other  mini^  j  For  even  if  ye  don't  know  what  good  you  have 
t«r8  wh<«e  name.  1  do  not  remember,  wen-  here,  done  for  the  Lord  in  this  world.  He  will  remem- 
This  to  hungry,  thimty  souls  w»H  indeed  aaoul-lber  it  all.  The  Lord  says,  "  \  .-nly.  uiMmuch 
refmhing  season.  There  were  wme  pr*aent.  I  aa  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these 
no  doubt,  who  received  tho  emblems  for  th«  my  brethren,  you  have  .lono  it  unto  me.  Now 
luittime  onthirt  Hide  of  the  great  re-union  in  such  a  way  our  good  Lord  saw  that  Hik  fol- 
above  Clowd  tbfse  meetings  on  the  night  of  |  lower  would  have  occasion  to  serve  Him.  even 
the  0th.  with  the  large-it  congregation  I  had  aft«r  He  went  to  His  Father.  For  He  saya. 
met  outbid  tour.  Th<>  or.ler  was  escollent  and  "  Ye  have  the  poor  always  with  you.  but  me 
interest  good.-somebaptimland  others  almost 'ye  have  not  always."  God  help  us  still  to  do 
prTHnwied.     On  the  7th.  wes  conveyed  by  J.  C.  |  good  work,  and  not  get  tired,  till  He  will  gath^ 


Labman  to  brother  Trostle-s'.'H  route  for  Silver 
Cre^k  Love-feiutt  in  Ogb-  Co.,  0<t.  >*th  and  Dth. 
We  realized  that  it  was  good  to  be  there,  and 
wait  oc  the  Lord. 

The  ministers  are  elders  D.  K.  Price  and  M 
Newcomer.  The  ministerial  board  was  not 
itrong  in  number.  Very  noticeal»Ie  to  me  was 
old  brother  David  Rittenhouse  of  Carroll  Co., 
in  his  80th  year,  who  is  unusually  vigoroui  for 
one  of  hi^  age,     More  anon. 

lMnurkIll.,0rt.}2th,  Jf<7^. 


er  us  all  home  in    His   heavenly    kingdom  for 
Christ's  aiike.     Amen. 
JiroiulcrsUr,  Denmark. 


From  Root  River  Church,  Minn. 

WE  held  our  Communion   the  5th  and    6th 
of  Oct.     We  had  nleatant  weather,  and 
a  large  congregation  during  the  meeting. 

Brethren  W.  .1.  H.  Baunmn,  C.  F.  Wirt.  John 
Wirt  and  Struvel  were  with  us  as  speakers,  and 
other  brethren  and  sisters.  Bro.  Biiuman  did 
most  of  the  preaching,  he  bad  taken  a  severe 
cold  and  wjw  so  hoarse  he  could  scarcely  speak, 
DeverthelesH  he  was  willing  to  do  all  he  could 
for  the  caute  of  Christ;  lie  labored  liard  while 
here,  and  told  many  thing**,  which  we  know  to 
bethetrulh.  Although  none  were  added  to 
the  church,  we  think  there  were  good  impreiu 
aiont)  made.  H  doi,'s  not  seem  possible  that 
people  can  reject  the  truth  as  they  do.  when 
salvation  is  free.  O,  to  think  of  the  happy 
time,  if  we  do  what  is  right,  that  we  may  be 
gathered  home  in  heaven,  wliere  there  is  no 
>  aickneas,  death,  uor  trouble,  and  all  is  happi- 
Dces. 

Did  it  Dot  encouraffo  un,  dear  brethren  and 
sistem,  when  we  heard  the  Truth  proclaimed  aa 
we  did?  I  for  one,  can  say  I  felt  to  live  nearer 
my  God  than  I  have  ever  before.  I  hope  this  is 
the  motto  of  every  brother  and  sister.  There 
is  a  great  responsibility  resting  upon  each  and 
every  one  of  urt;jt  is  not  only  the  leaders  of  the 
church,  but  it  is  for  us  all  to  do  our  duty.  We 
hare  an  influence  either  good  or  bad. 

Brother  Bauman  intends  to  devote  most  of 
his  time  to  preaching.  May  the  Lord  give  him 
health  and  strength,  that  he  may  proclaim  the 
Qo.ipel  with  power,  and  he  a  useful  instrument 
in  thp  hands  of  the  Lord. 

Sarah  BrEOEi.BT. 


From  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind. 

Oil R  Love-fcost  on  the  4th  inst.  passed  off 
pleajiantly.  The  meeting  was  not  as 
large  as  such  meetings  generally  are  iu  this  vi- 
cinity, ou  aciMiuiit  lif  sickness  and  rainy  weath- 
er. The  day  happened  to  be  fair,  and  a  goodly 
number  assembled  at  the  church  early  in  the 
morning.  Meeting  \vu.s  taken  up  at  ten  o'clock. 
Ministering  brethren  present  from  abroad  were 
Jeremiah  Gump.  R.  H.  Miller,  Jesse  Calvert,  D. 
Vounce,  Abraham  Leedy  and  others.  Our  own 
elder,  Jonas  Umbaugh.  could  not  be  present  on 
account  of  sickness.  Tliere  i.^*  considerable  sick- 
ness at  present  in  this  vicinity.  Brother  Miller 
and  brother  Culvert  remained  with  us  over  Sun- 
day, and  preaclied  to  a  large  congregation,  that 
a^sembled  witli  us  from  day  to  day,  for  the  as- 
sembly grew  larger  every  meeting.  It  clos^-d 
on  Sunday,  with  two  udditions  by  haittism. — 
The  whole  church  si-emed  to  l>e  much  n-vived. 
May  Gud  help  us  to  do  our  whole  duty,  which 
is  to  fear  God  and  keep  his  commandment». 
E.  MiLLBU. 

From  Brother  C.  Hansen. 

TITK  thank  our  heavenly  Father  for  all  our 
I  T  dear  Brethren  in  .\merica,  as  well  as  we 
give  our  hearty  thanks  to  all  our  dear  brethren 
and  siBten  over  there,  who  with  loving  kind- 
ness have  sent  their  means  for  helping  our  poor 


GLEANINGS. 


From  Franklin  (irove,  IIL— Oar  Love-feast 
of  the  4th  and  ."itb  ii  in  the  past.  Bro.  Gib- 
floii  was  with  us  one  week  previous  and  preach- 
ed for  US.  Other  Bretliren  came  at  the  *ime 
of  the  feast,  mtikiog  it  an  enjoyat)le  occasion 
to  many  of  the  saints  in  Christ,  to  again  have 
their  memories  called  to  the  past  and  their 
hopes  of  the  future,  where  all  the  faithful  will 
be  gatiiered  together  as  the  children  of  God. — 
The  ingathering  at  the  time  of  meeting  and 
iince  was  quite  refre-shiug  to  us.  Three  bap- 
tized at  the  feast  and  one  reclaimed:  two  since 
and  still  two  more  applicants,  and  others  we 
hope,  made  to  think  upon  their  ways.  May 
the  Lord  continue  to  bless  His  children  and 
keep  the  lambs  safe  in  the  fold. 

J.  C.  Lahman. 

From  Ervin  Howard  Co.,  Ind.— Our  Com- 
munion is  now  past,  There  were  not  as  many 
ministering  brethren  present  as  we  frequently 
had,  but  they  were  all  very  able  and  active 
workers.,  and  we  had  a  Love-feast  indeed,  I 
think  the  church  is  much  revived  and  the 
cause  of  Christ  Btrengthened.  We  have  a 
beautiful  Fall,  and  the  health  has  been  quite 
good.  Certainly  we  have  great  reason  to  be 
thankful  to  the  bountiful  Giver  of  all  good. 
H.  Hauilton. 

From  BloomTillo,  Ohio.— Our  Love-feast 
came  oll'yeytirday.  We  commenced  a  meeting 
the  ^th,  and  expect  to  continue  till  the  evening 
of  the  13th.  We  expected  brother  Jesse  Cal- 
vert with  us  at  the  commencement  of  our  meet- 
ing, but  on  account  of  sickness  in  his  family, 
he  didn't  get  here  till  the  morning  of  the  !Uli. 
The  ministers  present  at  our  Love-feast,  were 
brethren  John  Brillbart.  J.  P.  Kberdule,  Jesse 
Calvert  and  others  (roni  neighboring  cliurehes. 
Yesterday  five  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and 
others  were  made  to  feel  the  need  of  a  Savior. 
S.  A,  Walker. 

From  Brush  Creek  ('hurch,  Ohio.— Our 

Love-least  is  among  the  post.  We  had  four 
meetings;  had  more  than  a  full  table  of  mem- 
bers, and  a  great  many  more  thiin  a  full  hou.se 
of  spectators,  with  the  very  best  of  order. — 
Some  estimated  the  number  iit  fifteen  hundred, 
but  I  think  that  a  little  strong.  One  added  to 
the  flock,  and  four  a  short  time  ago.  So  the  ark 
of  the  Lord  is  still  moving.  We  seem  to  be 
somewhat  encouraged,  us  there  have  been  over 
fifty  added  to  the  church  within  the  last  year. 
.1.  H.  Gakman. 

From  Samuel  Murray.— Our  Love-feast  in 
theSolomouy  church,  Huntington  Co.,  Ind.,  is 
in  the  past.  On  the  3rd  of  Oct.,  soon  in  the 
alternoon,  t^'ams  witli  loaded  vehicles  came  roll- 
ing in  from  every  direction,  till  a  large  crowd 
had  assembled.  Preaching  at  three  o'clock,  by 
.1.  Leedy,  D.  Hider  and  L).  Hoilgden.  At  hall 
piist  four,  wasesiiniiliatiuu.  Abtiut  three  hun- 
dred members  communed.  We  had  a  good 
i''east.  and  should  loug  be  remembered  by  the 
bretliren  and  sisters.  We  sometimes  think  that 
there  is  too  raucli  lukewarmness  in  the  church. 
We  have  noticed,  that  some  members  scarcely 
ever  po  to  meeting  until  the  Communion,  then 
they  are  on  hand  and  even  then  they  are  nut 
in  to  hear  preaching;  but  the  next  day  you  see 
them  at  the  tublt-! 

From  John  Brown.— In  answer  to  inquiry. 
I  remark  that  Samuel  Brown  married  Caro- 
line Frisel  in  Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  and  went  to  lllk- 


hart  Co..  Ind.,  from  there  to  Iowa,  ia  the  last 
we  heard  of  him. 

Detiiiar  JuiirdoJi,  Toica. 

From  Ra.stNlml8hnieD  Church,  Ohio  — 
Our  Love-feif»t  is  now  among  the  things  of  the 
past.  Notwithstanding  the  inclemency  of  the 
weather,  it  passed  off  pleitsantly  and  was  large- 
ly attended.  Ministering  Brethren  from  the 
adjoining  churches  were  with  us  and  labored 
earnestly  in  the  Master's  cause.  There  were 
no  accessions  to  the  church.  We  number 
over  one  hundred  and  forty  members.  Asa 
church,  we  are  not  progressing  as  rapidly  aa 
some  of  our  neighboring  churches. 

.loSKl'H  J.  HOOVEB. 

From  Farmiugton,  III.— Our  Love-feast  is 
past.  Brother  D.  B.  Gibson  came  to  us  on  the 
7th  of  Sept.,  and  remained  until  the  evening 
of  the  I3th  inst.  On  the  14th  and  15th  we 
held  our  Communion.  Brethren  J.  R.  Gish,  D. 
B.  Gibson,  Carrier  and  others,  conducted  the 
Communion  services.  Good  order,  attention 
and  impressions  were  made  during  the  meetings. 
On  the  evening  of  the  15th,  Bro.  Gibson  and 
Bro.  Gish  went  to  Macedonia  school-house, 
and  held  meeting  every  night  and  several  in 
the  day-time.  They  continued  for  eight  days, 
the  result  of  which,  we  rejoice  to  say.  was.  sis- 
teen  made  the  good  confession,  turning  their 
backs  to  sin  and  promised  to  be  faithful  to  the 
end.    God  bless  them.  Jacob  Nkoly. 


I'niirie  Creek.  Wells  c...  I.-'l,.  N..v.  iHt.  at  2  V.  M. 
Ad..ns  CO..  Iowa.  Nov.  fttb  and  lOth.  at  10  A.  M. 
Okaw.  Piatt  CU.  111..  Nov.  6tb.  at  10  A.  M. 
Monticello  district.  White  co..  Ind..  November  let. 

at  4  r.  M.  „      „ 

ncthlel.em  church.  Franklin  Co..  Vo.,  Oct.  .30Ui 

aiitl  31st.  .  «     T    i    ,. 

Hiiccoon  Creek  el.urch.  Montgomery  Co..  Ind..  Nov. 

7tli.  at  2  I*,  it. 
Panther  Creek  church,  Woodford  Co..  Ill,  Nov.  ist. 

SouthVeiikukehui-cb.  Keokuk  Co„  Iowa.  Nov.  1st. 

at  4  P.  M. 

j^- The  Brethren  in  the  Millmine  church, 
Piatt  Co.,  III.,  will  hold  their  Communion  ou 
the  first  day  of  Nov.,  commencing  at  2  o'clock. 
M.  Stauffkr. 


DIED. 


Obiluftriea  should  bo  brief,  wriiten  on  bu 
paper,  aad  Bcparale  trom  all  otboi 


BURK.— In  Poplar  Ridge  district,  Viola, 
daughter  of  brother  Teeter  Burk  and  sister 
Burk,  aged  6  months  and  11  days.  Funeral 
first  day  of  Oct.,  1879, 

GEYER.— In  Turkey  Cr^ek  church,  Ind., 
Catharine  Geyer,  daughter  of  brother  John 
and  sister  Catherine  Geyer.  aged  one  year  and 
one  month.  Funeral  services  by  the  breth- 
ren.    Text  2  Sam.  21:  21,22and  23. 

Daniel  Wysono. 

JOHNSON.  In  Mahomet.  Champaign  Co., 
III.,  Oct.  5th,  1878,  Bro.  Aaron  Johnson, 
aged  54  years,  7  months  and  16  days. 

He   was   a  consistent   brother  for   many 

years.     We  truly  feel  his  loss,  but  we  hope  our 

loss  will  be  his  great   gain.      Services  by   the 

brethren  from  Matt.  6:  19.  20. 

J.  Bajinhart. 

HOFFERD.— In  the  Bethel  church,  Thayer 
Co.,  Neb.,  Johnny,  infant  son  of  Bro.  Levi 
and  sister  Annie  Hofferd,  aged  one  year  and 
twelve  days.  Funeral  services  by  brethren 
B.  F.  Stump  and  D.  T.  VonBuren. 

J.  E.  Bryamt. 

SMITH. — In   the    Lost    Creek    congregation, 
Juniata  Co.,  Pa.,  September  17th,  187?^,  sister 
Catharine,   wife  of    John   Smith,    aged    79 
years,  5  months  and  18  days.     Funeral  occa- 
sion improved  by  brethren    Solomon  Seiber 
and  Elios  Landis  to  alarge  concourse  of  sym- 
pathizing friends.  John  Hart. 
H4LTEH.^ln  the  Turkey  Creek  congregation, 
Pawnee  Co.,  Neb.,  .August  2l8t,  infautdaugh- 
ter  of  brother  John  Halter  and  wife,  aged  10 
days.     Funeral  services   by  William    Pullen. 
Harriet  J.  Pullbn. 
RICHARD.— In  the  Crawford   church,   Craw- 
ford Co.,  Ohio,  .luly  27th,  1878,  sister  Sarah 
Richard,  aged  about  3G  years. 

Sister  Richard  was  born  in  Pennsylvania. 
A  few  years  ago,  in  company  with  her  husband, 
James,  came  mid  settled  iu  Seneca  Co,,  Ohio. — 
In  her  death  her  husband  and  cliildren  lost  u 
dear,  kind  and  aflcctionate  wife  and  mother, 
and  the  church  a  devoted  member. 

S.  A.  M'alkkk. 
{Primitive  ChriiftidH^ji/aise  fopy). 

LEEDY- — In  Albany,  Linn  Co.,  Oregon,   Aug. 

26th,   Sister   Mary     Leedy.    wife  of  brother 

Daniel  Leedy,  in  her57tli  year. 

They  moved  from  Jefferson  Co,.  Iowa  in 
the  year  1854.  In  her  death  brother  Daniel 
has  lost  a  beloved  companion,  the  children  a 
kind  and  affectionate  mother,  who  was  ever 
ready  to  administer  to  the  wants  of  the  sick.- 
Before  her  death  she  ■ulled  for  the  elders  of  the 
church,  and  was  anointed  iu  the  name  of  the 
'^orA.  A.  H.  Baltimore. 


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^IlE  HRETURES"  Al'  WORK  \i  sn  uncompro- 
fllj     miiin:;  ad-ocale  Of"  Pri..imve  ChriBtianity  In  ufl 

It  rt.-n^ni/os  the  Ni-w  TtMlami'iit  n^  tliu  only  In  fall  Ibtf 
ruli-  of  laitli  and  ]inicuLi>. 

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licitL-d  griicc  of  God  \%  thi;  only  Rourco  of  pardon,  and 

Thiit  the  vicariOkiR  KulTcrinif*  and  tncritoriona  works  of 
Chrltt  arc  tlie  only  price  of  rcdci«plion  : 

That  F.iilh,  Repentance  rvml  B-iplUni  nrc  rondltiona  o( 
(Wrdon,  iiiid  licncc  for  Ihi:  roiiiis'iiun  ot  sin- ; 

That  Trine  Immersion  or  dipping;  the  candidate  three 
lime.  I'uct- forward  is  Chritttian  B<tpti«m  : 

That  Feet- Wailun;;,  a*  taught  in  John  13,  i-t  a  divine 
command  to  be  observed  in  tlic  church : 

That  the  Lord's  Snppcr  is  a  rull  meal,  nnd,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Communion,  should  be  taken  in  Dig  even- 
ing,  or  alter  thi;  clo'C  of  thi;  day : 

Thnt  the  -Snlntalion  of  the  Holy  Kis«,  or  Kiss  of 
ChJiity,  i..  binding  ii|i.in  the  follower*  nf  Christ: 

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That  11  XonCombrmitj  to  the  world  in  drc*«,  cusUtma^ 
ilnilv  w.t'k  iind  convi:rs3t!on  is  csucntial  to  trne  holinCM 
nnd'  Cbrihtiim  pictv. 

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No.  44. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

BDITBD  AHD  PUBLISHED  WEBKLY 
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THEOHHISTIAN   WARFARE. 

My  Captain  sounds  the  alarm  of  war, 
Awake  the  powers  of  hell  lira  near! 
To  armsl  to  arms,  1  hear  him  cry! 
"Tia  yours  to  conquor  or  to  die  I 

Aroused  by  the  animating  sound, 
I  cHst  my  eager  eyes  around, 
Mftkp  liiiate  to  gird  my  armor  on. 
And  bid  each  trembling  fear  hegone, 

Hope  is  my  helmet,  faitli  is  my  shield. 
Thy  Word  my  (Jod,  the  sword  I  wield, 
With  sacred  trntli  my  loins  are  girt, 
And  lioly  zeal  iuspirea  my  heart. 

Thus  armed,  I  venture  on  to  fight: 
Kesolved  to  put  my  foes  to  Hight, 
While  J«3U3  kindly  designs  to  spread. 
His  comiuering  banniT  o'er  my  head. 

In  Him  I  lioiie,  in  Him  I  trust. 
His  bleeding  cross  is  all  my  boast. 
Through  troops  of  foes,  lie  will  lead  inv  on 
To  victory  and  the  victor's  crown 

Selected  by  Abio.\il  Bueuak. 


STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE 


Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churohee 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 
to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 

D.  B.  RAY  denies. 

D.  B.  Ray's  Seconu  Nbcutivb. 

THE  reader  will  observe  that  Mr.  Steiti  has 
admitted  our  allegation,  upon  which  our 
ind  negative  argument  is  based,  namely,  that 
the  Tunker  churches  arn  "selj'-ofganized  under 
the  supervision  of  uninspired  men."  The  or- 
iginal church  of  Christ  was  organized  by  Jesus 
Christ  himself.  But  the  original  Tunker 
church  was  organized  by  "unlimplral  men." 
Therefore,  the  original  Tunker  church  was  not 
a  church  of  Christ.  Consequently,  the  Tunker 
ehurchea  which  sprang  from  this  self-organized 
human  society,  are  not  churches  of  Christ. 
The  statements  of  Mr.  Neud  do  not  deliver  the 
Tunker  churches  from  the  charge,  upon  which 
oar  Jirst  negative  argument  rests,  namely  fhat 
fh>-  Tunker  rhunhes  are  based  upon  a  curn.il 
membership.  All  the  claims  to  "heart-felt"  r^ 
ligion  amount  to  nothing  so  long  as  it  is  ad- 
mitted, by  the  Tunkers  themselves,  that  they 
l)apti/.e  uiiregenerate  children  of  the  devil  to 
make  them  the  children  of  God.  They  wilfully 
baptize  upon  a  dead  faith,  vainly  supposing 
that  this  dead  faith  is  brought  to  life  by  bap- 
tism! Speaking  of  baptism,  Mr.  Stein  says: 
"Faith  then  mustbe  vitalized  by  subjection  to 
Christ's  yoke"!!  We  repeat  that  the  Tunker 
churches  are  not  churches  of  Christ,  because 
they  are  based  upon  a  carnal  memberahip. 

Again.  Mr.  Stein  claims  that  he  has  drawn 
arguments  for  baptism  as  a  condition  of  salva- 
tion, from  "  twelve  plain  passages  of  Scripture, 
which  he  hiw  utterly  failed  to  meet."  But  we 
showed  that  four  out  of  his  twelve  do  not  even 
mention  baptism  at  all.  On  my  friend's  second 
affirmatiVL-  lor  baptismal  salvation,  we  make  the 
billowing  remarks  : 

1  Hethinksthatwf  hail  a>  well  say  're- 
pentance salvation.'  and  "faith  salvation." 
as  to  sav  baptismal  salvation!"  There  are 
these  diBereuce.:  (a)  llepentauoe  and  taith 
are  moral  duties,  while  baptism  is  a  positive 
•ommand.  (b)  Repentance  and  faith  mvo  te 
int«rnal     spiritual    relation.i,    that    exist     be- 


tween God  and  the  individual  alone  while 
baptism  is  external  and  to  be  performed 
by  another  person,  (c)  Repentance  and  fnith 
are  absolute  conditions  to  salvation,  without 
which  every  accountable  sinner  must  perish — 
be  forever  damned;  While  baptism  is  not  an 
absolute  condition  of  salvation,  without  which 
every  accountable  sinner  must  be  forever  damn- 
ed. Can  Mr.  Stein  see  no  diflerence?  In  fact, 
instead  of  baptism  being  a  condition  of  salva- 
tion, salvation — pardon — is  a  condition  of  Gos- 
pel baptism. 

2.  Naanian,  the  leper,  2  Kings  5:  8-14,  and 
the  blind  man  that  washed  in  Siloam,  are  not 
examples  in  point,  because  their  washing  was 
made  a  condition  of  their  cure;  while  baptism  is 
not  a  condition  of  the  spiritual  cure. 

3.  We  did  not  quote  Mr.  Moore  to  prove 
that  baptismal  salvation  is  "blasphemous  here- 
sy," but  to  prove  that  the  Tankerchurchesbold 
baptismal  salvation. 

4.  Mr.  S..  thinks  that  the  pardon  of  the 
thief  and  of  the  sinful  woman  Luke  7:  50,  are  not 
relevant  examples.  This  brings  up  our  leading 
argument  against  the  Tunker  doctrine  of  bap- 
tismal salvation,  as  presented  in  our  first  reply. 
We  state  again  our  3rd  argument. 

The  Tunker  churches  are  not  churches  nf 
Christ,  because  theij  hold  the  popish,  blasphe- 
mous doctrine  of  baptismal  saltation. 

Our  proofs  that  this  doctrine  is  falw,  are  as 
follows:  1.  Baptismal  salvation  is  anti-christiaa, 
because  in  no  case  ofthe  pardon  of  sins  by  our 
Savior,  during  his  personal  ministry, was  iajjiism 
made  a  condition.  Jesus  says,  "Thy  faith  hath 
saved  thee;  go  in  peace."  Luke  7:  50.  Mr.  S. 
says,  see  not  these  examples!  Ho  rejects  the 
examples  of  Jesus  Christ.  John's  baptism  was 
"for  the  remission  of  sins,"  but  never  a  condi- 
tion of  pardon.  Baptism  only  washes  away 
iins  emblematically,  as  we  eat  the  flesh  and 
drink  the  blood  of  Christ  in  the  Supper.  The 
Tunker  churches  which  reject  the  plan  of  sal- 
vation dispensed  by  Jesus  Christ,  surely  are 
not  churches  of  Christ. 

Proof  2.  Baptismal  salvation  is  false,  be- 
cause it  contradicts  Jeaua  Christ.  Jeans  says, 
"Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  he  that  heareth 
my  word  and  believeth  on  him  that  sent  me, 
hath  everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come  into 
condemnation:  hat  is  passed  from  death  unto 
life."  John  5:  24.  But  the  Tunkers  give  the 
falsehood  to  the  world's  Redeemer,  by  saying, 
that,  "  The  believer  cannot  have  everlasting  life 
till  he  is  baptized."  Churches  that  positively 
contradict  the  Lord  Jesus'  Christ,  cannot  possi- 
bly be  his  churches.  To  escape  from  this  ter- 
rible ditficulty,  Mr.  Stein  comes  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  no  one  can  be  a  real  believer  until  af- 
ter baptism!  He  says  that  "believers"  "is  a 
New  Testament  name  for  baptized  church 
members."  He  here  teaches  that  there  can  be 
no  true  "  believers"  till  after  they  are  baptized 
*If  this  be  BO,  then  the  Samaritans  that  "believ- 
ed" and  were  afterwards  baptized,  were  baptiz- 
ed twice.  According  to  Mr.  S.,  b.iptism  is  ii 
part  of,  and  included  in  faith,  and  after  becom- 1 
ing  '"believers"  (which  includes  baptism),  they 
must  be  baptized,  which  is  a  second  baptism! 
Such  is  the  ridiculous  absurdity  into  which  my 
friend  is  forced. 

But  concerning  the  chief  rulers  that  believed 
on  Jesus,  but  did  Lot  confess  him,  Mr.  Stein 
asks:  "What  lacked  they?"  They  lacked 
heari/iiith,  "If  thou  believest  with  all  thy 
heart  thou  niayest."  Acts  S:  37.  "For  with 
the  heart  uiiiu  be!ieveth  unto  righteousness." 
Horn,  It':  1".  They  lacked  the  "faith  which 
worketh  by  love;"  Gal.  o:  6,  "not  having  their 
hearts  (mrificd  by  faith."  Acts  15:  1*-  That 
they  U'ked  this  heart  faith  is  revealed  in  the 
fact  that  they  "loved  the  praise  !if  men  more 
thaii  the  praisi-  of  God." 

Proof  3.  Baptismal  salvation  is  false,  be- 
cause it  contradicts  the  voice  of  all  the  prophets 


give  all  the  prophets  witneas,  that  through  hin 
name  whosoever  believeth  in  him  shall  receive 
remission  of  sins."  Acta  10:  43.  And  while 
Peter  spake,  the  hearers  received  the  baptiuim  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  spake  with  tongues,  and  mag- 
nified God.  Then  Peter  asked,  "Can  any  man 
forbid  water  that  these  should  not  be  bapti/.ed, 
which  have  received  the  Holy  Ghost  as  well  as 
Verse  47.  But  in  tke  face  of  "all  the 
prophets"  and  miraculous  display  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  Tunkerism  raises  its  voice  of  contradic- 
tion and  says,  "these  were  all  unpardoned  chil- 
dren of  the  devil,  with  a  dead  faith,  until  it 
was  'vitalized'  by  baptism.  The  Tunkerchorch- 
es,  which  stand  up  in  opposition  to  all  the 
prophets  and  the  testimony  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
are  not  churches  of  Christ, 

Here  we  wish  to  examine  the  leading  Tunker 
argument,  drawn  from  Acts  2:  3H.  They  con- 
tend that  baptism  sustains  the  same  relation  to 
pardon  that  repentance  does,  because  Peter  said, 
"  Repent  and  be  baptized  every  one  of  you  in 
the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of 
sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Ghost."  Acta  2:  38.  In  what  sense  is  baptism 
for  the  remission  or  washing  away  of  sins?  We 
answer  that  sins  are  tcaxhed  atcay  in  baptism  in 
the  same  sense  that  tee  eat  thejUsh  and  drink  the 
blood  of  Jesus  in  the  i^ijiper.  In  the  institution 
of  th«  supper,  Christ  said  of  the  bread,  "This 
is  my  body,"  and  of  the  wine,  "  This  is  my 
blood."  Now  the  deluded  Komaniet  under- 
stands theaa  expresaioms   literally,  and  thinks 


Lord  JesuB  Christ,  and  thou  shalt  be  saved." 
But  if  baptism  is  eHSential  to  salvation,  then  the 
apoiitles  deceived  the  jailor  by  falsehood. 

Now  when  Peter  had  proven  to  the  Jews  that 
they  were  the  murderers  of  the  Prince  of  Life, 
they  cried  out  in  deep  agony  of  soul,  "  Men  and 
brethren,  what  shall  we  doV  "  Then  Peter  said 
unto  them,  "  Repent  and  be  baptij^d  every  one 
of  you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Ghost."  If  they  had  asked.  What 
shall  we  do  to  be  savedi'  then  Peter  could  not, 
with  propriety,  have  included  more  in  the  an- 
swer than  was  absolutely  necessary  to  salvation? 
But  as  the  question,  "  What  shall  we  do?  "  in- 
cludes dulij  more  than  the  point  of  mhution,  so 
the  answer  includes  duty,  more  thin  the  poiot 
of  salvation. 

Here  are  two  distinct  commands — repentance 
and  baptism.  The  Erst,  repentance,  reaches 
"  unto  life,"  into  a  "  faith  which  worketh  by 
love;  "  and  as  tho-ne  who  have  passed  frem  de'Uh 
unto  life  are  pardoned,  therefore  the  Pe«teco»- 
tians  were  pardoned  I)efore  baptism,  because 
they  had  repented  unto  life  before  baptism. 

From  the  forsgoing  undeniable  facts,  we  con- 
clude that  Peter  does  not  make  baptism  sustain 
the  same  relation  to  the  remission  of  sins  that 
repentance  does.  The  two  commands  differ 
widely  in  construction.  They  are  not  united  to 
procure  the  same  result,  liepentance — mrtan- 
oeaate — is  a  complete  command  in  itself,  and  has 
a  different  nominative,    number,    person  and 


that  the  actual  flesh,   blood  and  bones  of  Jeens    '»''*  ^^om  baptisthelo.  the  word  used  to  indicate" 


are  present  in  the  bread  and  wine.  All,  except 
Catholics,  agree  that  we  only  eat  the  flesh  and 
drink  the  blood  of  Christ  in  emblem,  or  figura- 
tively, in  the  supper;  and  in  like  manner,  we 
only  wa.sh  away  sins  in  e-mbUm,  or  figuratively, 
in  immersion. 

That  baptism  does  not  sustain  the  same  rela- 
tion to  pardon  that  repentance  does,  is  evident 
from  the  whole  tenor  of  the  New  Testament. 
In  order  to  understand  the  real  design  of  the 
baptisms  on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  it  is  necessa- 
ry to  note  carefully  all  the  attending  circum- 
stances. 

1.  None  hut  those  who  "  gladly  received" 
the  Gospel  were  immersed  on  the  day  of  Pente- 
cost. Acts  2:  41.  No  person  can  be  said  to 
have  gladly  received  the  word,  while  he  is  still 
under  the  sentence  of  condemnation,  and  suffer- 
ing the  sting  of  a  guilty  conscience.  Therefore, 
guilt  must  have  been  removed  before  they  glad- 
ly received  the  word;  hut  when  guilt  is  removed, 
sin  is  pardoned;  consequently  the  sins  of  the 
Pentecostians  were  pardoned  before  baptism. 

2.  None  will  deny  that  the  Pentecostians 
were  believers  in  Christ  before  baptism;  but 
"  whosoever  believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ, 
is  bom  of  God."  1  John  5:  1.  Therefore  the 
Pentecostians  were  bom  of  God  before  baptism; 
and  as  all  the  children  of  God  ore  pardoned, 
consequently  the  Pentecostians  were  pardoned 
prior  to  baptism. 

3.  The  Pentecostians  were  saved  before  tht-y 
I  were  added  to  the  church,  for  it  is  said.  "  Thi 

Lord  daily  added  thesaved  to  the  congregation;  " 
(Acts  2;  47)  and  as  baptism  was  the  act  by  which 
they  were  addfd  to  the  congregation,  therefore 
they  were  saved  before  they  were  baptized.  See 
new  translation. 

4.  The  heai'ts  of  the  Pentecostians  were  pu- 
rified by  faith  which  was  before  baptism;  for 
Peter  said  that  God  "  put  no  difference  between 
them  and  us,  purifying  their  hearts  by  faith." 
Alts  15:1'.  But  when  the  heart  is  purified.  ?.in 
is  pardoned.  The  hearts  of  the  Pentecostiiins 
were  purified  before  baptism;  therefore  their 
sins  were  pardoned  before  baptism. 

5.  The  I'entecostians  did  not  say,  what  shall 
we  do  to  he  mred,  \fheye  to  l>e  sttred  is  speeiti- 
od  in  the  question;  baptism  is  not  in  the  an- 
swer in  the  New  Testament.  The  jailor  said. 
"  Sirs,  what  must  I  do  to  be  saved?  "     Acts  1(1 


baptism.  This  being  so,  whatever  the  remission 
of  sins  means,  it  is  applied  to  baptism,  and  la 
not  connected  with  both  verbs  to  secure  the 
same  result. 

But  why  did  Peter  say  to  the  inquirers  on  th« 
day  of  Pentecost,  be  baptized  for   the    remission 
of  sinn.  if  their  sins  were  pardoned  before  bap- 
tism?    We  reply,  for  the  same  reason  that  the 
Savior  told  the  man  whom  he  had  cleansed  of 
the  leprosy  to  offer  for  his  "  cleansing  those 
things  which  Moses  commanded."     Mark  1:  44. 
The  leprous  man  was  entirely    healed  from  the 
leprosy,  and  yet  it  was  necessary  for  him  tooffer 
for  his  cleansing,   those  things    which   Moses 
commanded.     This  was  in  keeping  with  the  law 
of  Moses,  as  contained  in  the    14th  chapter  of 
Leviticus,  which  required  that  one  who  had  been 
infected  with  leprosy,  but   was  now  healt'd   or 
cleansed,  should     pass  through   a  ceremonial 
cleansing.     The  leper  was  first  actually  hpnl._il 
or  cleansed,  and  after  this,  he   was  formally    n 
ceremonially  cleansed;  and.  In  like  mauner.  th' 
leprosy  of  sin  is  first  actually  healed  or  clean-e-i 
through  f^th  in  Christ,  and  sitter  this  the  form- 
al cleansing,  or  washing   away  of  sins,  takes 
place  in  baptism.     Ananias  said  to  Saul,  "  .\ri»- 
and  be  baptized,  and  wash  away  thy  sins."  .\'  '• 
22;  Iti.     No  one  who  is  not  grossly  superstitimi- 
can*believe  that  the  water  literally  washes  aw^y 
sins  by  coming  in  contact  with  the  naked  spir- 
it: therefore,  when  baiitism  is  said  to  be  for  the 
remission  or  washing  away  of  sins,  we  are  com- 
pelled  to   understaud   thi>^  as  an   emblematic 
washing  away  of  sins.     By  examining  the  ninth 
chapter  of  the  Acts,  we  learn  that  Paul  was  a 
"  chosen  vessel "  of  God,  that  Ananias  recog- 
nized him  as  "brother  Sa  il,"  and  that  Saul  was 
" filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,"  all  before  bap- 
tism.   ' 

From  these  facts,  it  is  evident  that  Paul's 
washing  away  sins  in  baptism  was  only  em- 
blematical of  what  had  already  taken  place 
really.    Then  the  washing  away  of  sins  in  im- 


Peter,  at  the  houseof  Cornelius,  said:  "To    him  1  39.     And  the  ajKJstles  answered.  "  Briirie  on  the 


merslon  must  be  the  formal  or  emblematic 
wa'*hing.  as  we  eat  the  flesh  and  drink  the  bUnKi 
of  Ch^^t  in  the  Lord's.  Suuper.  The  doctrines 
of  baptismal  salvation  ami  t  ran  substantiation 
are  botli  supported  by  the  same  evidence — the 
perversion  ofthe  word  of  God. 

We  call  the  doctrine  of  baptismal  salvation 
popish  and  blasphi  moiis,  bel■au^e  it  usu^p^  the 
throne  of  Christ,  by  taking  from  him  all  power 
to  pardon  sins,  unless  some  Tunker  prewcher 
will  permit.  We  boldly  athrm  that  the  Tunk- 
er churches  are  not  churches,  of  Jesus  Christ, 
because  they  hold  the  soul-destroying  heiv!.y  of 
baptismal  salvation. 


-I  !•;   iuM:ri-n<'K>7  ^\^r  -wonx-c. 


Octotier    ',^1 


THE  RICH  MAN  AND  LAZARUS. 


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kMti-.iiv.p... 


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Allyv  liwrmidyp  linlt  iin.i.Vfbliml  and  vclaiH*- 

CJ«r  in  with  the  Gwpcl  upon  its  own  U-rms. 

Or>o»*Il  iHiiii  ro-ev..rIike  [-nor.  mortal  worm«.  |  "«?  > 


iz.xJ  l>v  inWi.T.si..ii  th.-y    u  iH    '  rlicrcionmi:  ' 

,..B-|K,t  #^rif  v<."i  w^:    i-  l-^,-"'-   ■"'^bvftll,  by    u.    :■ 

«"ay,' ur  if  l._v    im.nit.g,   ili.-y    will  Imp- I       I  xull  n?«in  state    my   camin    o 
tiii^  you  iij  liiat  way— ihiry    baptixt;  any  |  poiut.      IVAen  wtmh  are  appropi 
~    "  ■    "w«ot"tlit-m  to— lliey  iii-c  not  so  i  they  are  altmiijtimed  literal  and  nnnwt 


this 
ated 


-.,    ::    sA  ul 
When  tlM?  1-onl  «liall  dwict-nd  with  sound  from 

I  ,         I,   ,,,  1 1  ^  saints,  to  bK'»t  them  with 

1     ■ 
Aii.i  \"u  II  '    1.1,.  '.-.I  in  •'ftii!    by  His  prare. 
-Awiiy  now  y«Hi  m«ct  +tirit-wi*h-wwT«wiHl  (imk^ 

Forif  yondeiivChriH,  IH*  will  Huny  yon. 
You'll  be  on  tU«  h-ll  lii^od  wifcU  H*  wrytchpa 

crew,  ■    'L  ■  '."■''  *.'    " 

in  horror  and  toTuit-nl  furevt-r  yoi/'ll,  Ijc.  / 
In  vain  now  for  niircy,  in  vain  yon  will  crj". 
youmidot  ihoriobaiiBiaiid  bogKHroJwn 
Thci  iH-KKur  liL-  now  dit-d.  to  Jclud  ditl.K"* 
Thv  riuh  man  hi-,  too.  diud  t«   lit«  «tul  siirprt'*i>. 
He  waked  iij)  in  hell  and  lia  uj'  his  ey<,«,     ,, 
N«MV  weinj:  Ahrnliani  in  mtrtirions  nliove. 
And  IiUzartHtluT<- Willi  him  in  nlptufnSfir  lov^. 
H"  crifd.  ".KrtthT  Abrtthfim.  ^eiid    tn  my  xfWnU 
Kor  I  am  tnrmente'l  with  pain  and  witb  (tri^l." 

He  said,  son.  n-membi-r,  while  you  lived  wo  bold, 
Drenaed  in  yuurfiii-- linen, your  jjurple  and  gold, 
L«7^ni«  laid  at  your  gat«,  and  full  of  ureat  griof. 
Y'ni  had  not  couiinuwion  to  give  him  relief. 

lie-sido  thee,  in  a  gulf,  between  us  you  see, 
That  those  who  pass  from  hence  can't  come  to 

thee; 
Hnt  there  you  mnst  still  lie,  lameij^t  your  »*ad 

state,  ^ 

For  now  you  are  ncn^ing  yourerie*  up  too  hile. 

o  V'ather  Abraham,  I  pray  you  provide. 

And  send  ono  from  the  dead,  my  brethren  be- 
side. 

When  hearing  froru  im-  here  and  my  wratohcd 
state. 

I'l'iluijis  they  will  repent  before  it  is  too  Xnig. 

Th.'v  Imve  u  rich  Goapel  that's  sproTid   fnr'a^id 

tvide,       .  .  I 

Th.ir'rt  Mo-iM,  the  IVopheta  and i ApWtli's^be- 

sidc,  .     ' '       I 

If  they  will  not  liearthem,  believe  and  repont, 
Thev  will    not  ht'Iieve   though   one   from    tlie 

deitd  went. 
I'.iur  Zioii's  own  inonrners.O  don't  you  Uespnlr, 
Hut,  fly  to  your  .lesua,  he'll  aiiBWcp  ytmr  pniy*r, 
jlell  hear  your  complaining,  wiU  oiwe  all  yonr 

jtrief, 
M.-  will  pirdon  yonr  sin'*,  and  give. yon  rcjief. 
•  Selected  by  ESOCII  KliX. 


PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
THE  WORD  BAPTISM. 

IIV   I.KWlS  o.  IllMMKi;. 
NlMIIKli  ill. 

ANY  person  who  ha«  given  thiflqut}.s- 
tioi)  n  careful  exnmi nation,  knows 
that  thf  word  "Imjitistn"  is  not  an  Vm- 
glish  word, but  an  anglieisinof  the  Gn-ek 
haptMiitt,  Baptism  translatfd  into  En- 
glish, is  iumK-rrtinii.  The  rite  took  its 
name  iVum  the  luoilc.  and  the  Greek 
word  tliat  (hisiguates  tin-  mode,  is  hoj'- 
tiio.  The  Greek  word  for  sprinkling. 
■is  raifio,  and  the  anglicism  of  rnhw,  is 
rantize.  and  the  name  of  the  rite  or  in- 
stitution of  sprinkling  would  be  ran- 
ti-^rn  from  ra'tno  and  not  hapthm  from 
hdptho.  Let  sprinklers  sail  under  the 
name  of  rantism  from  rai/Ki  and  iiii- 
meraers  under  bapti.sm  from  bapti/.n; 
anil  then  when  a  candidate  makes  ap- 
plieation  for  initiation,  he  can  tell  the 
preacher  he  wants  to  be  raiitized  when 
sprinkled,  ami  baptized  when  immersed. 
Knntism  is  tin-  anglicized  name  for  the 
in.stitution  of  sprinkling,  and  ought  to 
be  appropriated  and  not  sail  under  faW 
colors  any  longer.  When  a  candidate 
makes  application  for  baptism  where 
more  than  one  nmde  of  adnlinis^tration 
IN  practiced,  the  prejicher  mustask,  how 
do  you  want  t<>  be  baptized^  He  cannot 
t»-ll  what  to  do  from  the  meaning  of  tlie 
word  "  bapti*^U)."  The  word  "  baptism," 
nieansso  much  that  he  cannot  tell  what 
to  do,  till  the  candidate  explains  it  by 
*Mim*- other  word.     If   vou    want  to    be 


nBlT^w'-i«iU**'d  fta't"*'t1fi'»**^  fifty  on.;  of 
his  choice- 
Well,  what  did  Christ  mean  wh.-n  h<- 
said,  "  Go  teaub  i>Jlrjfjit[<iife,  (E-sptitiUg, 
tfiem  into  the  name  of  the  Kather  A-e.  f" 
TUmTe'luefth  that  they^  t»IimiT«r  go  an*! 
do  auythiiiff  lh«  peoplb  wanta'd  ilone,! 
and  call  it  baptium,  or  did  th^-  apostle 
know  what  he  nuMht  from  the  meaning 
of  *he  word,  and  go  and  do  f h'fit  ?  Had 
t^ey  to  ask  the  jieoj>b- h-.w  (hey  w:in(e.l 
tlie'matter  done,  or  di^t  tlivy  g"  and  do 
wiiat  the  Mastei-  told  thcra?  I  tliink 
tht-y  a*k  no  iiuestious,  for  there  waa  but 
oqe  meaning  in  tlie  word,  and  that  mean 
ilig  wns  in  English  immt-rMnu;;  i^o  they 
iniTOf'rsed  the  people.  A  mer«  rhild 
knew  what  baptism  meant  in  tho-se  days: 
bnt  in  this  out  day,  where  so  many  dit' 
feront  things  are  called  baptism,  that  the 
preacher  or  teacher  himself  does  not 
know  what  it  means,  and  hence  calls 
anything  and  everything  baptism  that 
fraudulently  assumes  that  name.  All 
Christians  admit  that  haptizo  means  pri- 
marilv  to  dip  or  itnnierse,  and  that  im- 
mersion i.«  a  valid  mode  of  baptizing. 
If  the  primary  meaning  of  hfrpti:o  is 
immersion,  that  meaning  is  .<ipeeific,  and 
not  generic  as  some  igiiorantly  ch-iim. 
Can  the  word  have  both  specific  and 
generic  meanings  at  the  same  time?  But 
their  pwn  coinmeutarydoes  uotsuitthoir 
pract^qe;  for  Bprinklingjs  just  as  spec i- 
.^cas  immeisiou.  and  so  is  pouring. 

Now  if  tlipse  ideas  or  modes,  are  con- 
tained in  the  meaning  of  the  word  "linp- 
tisni,"'— why  do  they  not  perform  all 
that  is  contained  in  the  meaning  of 
the  word?  If  all  these  mot^es  are  con- 
tained in  the  meaning  ^^of  thu  word, 
Christ  certainly  enjoined  all  tJii'ee  to  con- 
stitute the  rite.  He  cyrtainlj,  enjoined 
all  that  was  contained  in  the  primary 
inetuiing  of  b(tj>tizo.  Their  uwn  pi'ac- 
tice  is  a  most  triumphant  refutation  of 
the  theory.  If  the  word  primarily  meant 
to  dip  or  immerse,  and  that  meaning 
was  ajipropriated  to  the  rite  as  it  was.  or 
else  immersion  could  not  be  tff?id  bap 
tism.  How  in  the  najne  of  common 
sense  can  anything  but  immersion  be 
baptism  ?  If  the  word  had  a  secondary 
meaning  (  which  it  lia-s  not  ) ,  one 
meaning  only  could  be  apjiropriated  to 
tlie  ordinance.  Words  can  convey  one 
idea  only  in  the  same  situation,  and  that 
is  the  reason  th*'  prenehers  must  ask 
what  is  to  be  done  when  they  ^vant  to 
be  baptized,  do  not  know  what  to  do 
themselves. 

The  idea  that  there  is  such  a  thing  as 
a  generic  word  is  asfab\ilous  as  anything 
can  be — words  are  all  specific — words 
convey  ideas, and  (jtneric  ideas,  is  a  sole- 
cism. No  words  can  convey  a  multipli- 
cation of  ideas  at  the  same  time.  When 
you  are  talking  or  writing  about  a  horse, 
you  cannot  convey  the  idea  of  cow,  sheep 
and  hogs  <tc.  Ideas  are  just  like  fig- 
ures, they  mean  one  thing  at  a  time  only. 
Words  are  governed  by  axioms  the  same 
as  mathematics.  Words  work  out  prob- 
lems just  the  same  as  figures  do,  and  all 
that  is  necessary  to  work  out  the  prob- 
leni,  is  to  understand  the  rule.  It  is 
generally  ludieved  that  haptizo  has  a 
secondary  meaning.  This  error  grows 
out  of  a  nnsunderf-tauding  of  the  char- 
acteristic distinction  betwtien  figured 
and  unfigured  diction,  as  well  as  a  prop- 
er knowledge  of  the  laws  of  apjiroprin- 
tlon.  I  think  I  can  illustrate  this  part 
of  my  dissertation  with  greater    precis- 


It 


l,g^»AM^fiffaratiy}'  Inasnbiich^s  J  hnv-e 
all  the  lexicographei-s  and  learning  of 
th'-  pr<-s<-nt  ai^e  to  eoirea  on  this  point, 
Q\iif:  1  U"|OJ  I^W'O-d  J-iticul  accumeu, 
will  be  m.ide.  This  secondary  mean- 
ing  seems  tiilielTie  last  ray  of  hope  ?or 
flfn-infclingf  «nddf  w.f  can.take  the  foiin: . 
d)»tiim  fn.m  under  the  edifice— down 
g(,.*  the  firiiri<'.!  In  the  first  plftce,  it  is 
dillTI-irll  Trt  ooneeivo  the  process  of  aji 
j.inpn.ilujii  by  figures  or  metaphor 
wuiija  be  the  sanie  as  building  a  house 
out  of  its  shadow,  bef<»re  the  house  ex- 
isted; and  just  how  to  get  a  shadow  of 
a  house  before  there  is  a  house,  will  re- 
<liiini'Sonie  explanation.  For  my  p^rt 
I  could  not  perform  the  work.  There 
ah\*avs  ii'>ust  be  a  fifrriYv  meaning  before 
thcte  is  any  figure,  there  is  no  such  thing 
;is  figurative  meaning.  All  meanings 
are  /vvz/  and  /ift-raJ,  and  may  be  used 
figuratively.  The  ])rimary,  the  second- 
ary, the  third  and  every  other  meaning 
of  words  may  be  used  figuratively.  A 
figure,  is  simply  a  re-spinblance  of  the 
Ti'nl  or  literal  meaning,  and  not  the  re- 
(difi/.  Words  must  always  be  used  lit- 
eral before  they  can  be  used  figuratively. 
Does  not  every  one  know,  that  knows 
anything  about  tlie  laws  of  metaphors, 
that  metaphors  may  indulge  themselves 
whereever  they  find  resemblance,  and 
goveined  by  no  other  law,  but  that  of 
rejieiublauce.  But  when  appropriateil 
are  intended  to  specify,  and  not  merely 
resemble.  Justthink  of  a  metajphryrica} 
•fiaJi/'i/. 

(To  be  continued). 


centers  wfceriHvc  admire  ihfB  wolulfi-rai 
(uivei-se.      N\jt    tbiufc    «»f  (-i^\  when    we 
■e  in  sorK*i\Vairf  n«ed   kulji  and   com- 
fort.    God's  love  is  then  thought  of. 

-_    IMMyifTAf.TTV. -_  ^ 

Clin, we  hesitate  to  believe  the  imnior- 
tali'lyof  the  soul,  when  we  see  the  mis- 
creants  live  and  prosper  in  affluence  of 
furtuue,  carrying  it  yj*||  "  J''»'^  l"and 
against  their  neighboi-.Mlstiifiiitt^  ,{[]  in 

th'^JLl'"-"'*'''-     ^^^^  "'^'  ^^"■^''^^*"''^i  l>"t  o u r 
trust  In  an  alwise  and  mercind  God^-ho 

'u  ft^Wto  teti«aa.am'4p  tjarfpCths- 

of  this  lif«  to  seretinr  climes.  ■> 

A.  K.  K. 

CHRIST  THE  OBJECT  OF    FAITH. 
I,.  WILMAllS.  - 


ECHOES    FROM    ALONG  THE  LINE. 


A^ 


iinday-school—  Large  Meeting— Immortality. 
N  old  writer  says,  "the  object  of 
Sunday -stdiools,  is  of  large  and 
liberal  chai'acter.  It  is  to  diftuse  the  el- 
ements of  kn<»wledge,  and  to  teach  the 
"■reat  truths  of  Revelation, — it  is  to  im- 
prove to  the  highest  of  all  purposes,  the 
leisure  of  the  Lord's  day;  to  render  it 
sacred,  by  thoughts  turned  toward  God; 
and  by  aspiring  to  a  knowledge  of  his 
Word"  and  Will."  It  is  the  chief  ele- 
nient  of  peace  and  harmony.  Show  me 
a  community  where  the  Sunday  is  re- 
garded, or  where  Sunday-schools  never 
die,  then  you  will  show  me  a  communi- 
ty where  peaceand  prosperity  reigns, — 
a  place  where  the  rich  and  poor  meet  on 
a  common  level.  Let  us  then  as  God's 
children  "Remember  the  Sabbath  day 
to  keep  it  holy." 

LAIU-E    MKKTIXi;. 

On  the  loth  inst.,  we  wended  our  way 
to  the  English  Prairie  church,  to  par- 
take of  the  spiritual  food,  which  ema- 
nates from  above.  The  services  began 
with  thenecessary  introductions.  Broth- 
er Sebrock  read  part  of  the  third  chap- 
ter of  the  first  epistle  of  John,  select- 
ing for  his  subject  the  first  verse.  "Be- 
hold what  manner  of  love  the  Father 
has  l)estowed  upon  us,  that  we  should 
be  called  the  sons  of  God:  therefore  the 
world  knoweth  us  not,  because  it  knew 
him  not." 

The  brother  told  us  that  love  is  a 
principle  that  reigns  in  the  breast  of  ev- 
ery human  being,  except  those  who  are 
so  depraved  in  sin  as  to  be  beyond  the 
comprehension  of  a  just  and  righteous 
Being.  As  man  advances  in  the  knowl- 
edge of  his  higher  nature,  he  advances 
in  the  knowledge  of  God.  We  must 
still  love  Oiir  in    whom    all    pcirfection 


I!Y  11. 

■  ...  I      U     H   Jl 

"Strive  toeuterin  at  tlieHtrHitgate.forwany  1 
say  uato  you  will  ssek  to  ent^n-  iu^aiui  ahaU  not 
be  able."     Lolte]K:24.  ■  ■.  u     : 

IT  is  here  definitely  stated  thaft  inHuy 
will  strlv  to  enter  and  will  be  sad- 
ly disappointed.  And  whose  fault  will 
it  be?  Their  own  exclusively.  The 
Lord  will  not  be  to  blame  in  the  least, 
and  why?  Because  he  has  put  forth  a 
Perfect  Plan  of  Salvatitm,  and  that  will 
reach  out  and  take  in  all  mankind.  If 
we  become  wise  in  our  own  conceit,  we 
will  be  sure  to  fail;  for  we  know  noth- 
ing as  we  ought  to  know;  but  if  we  be- 
come fools  in  the  matter  of  C'hristianity, 
knowing  that  we  know  nothing  in  the 
matter — knowing  not  which  way  to  go, 
we  positively  need  some  one  t6  guide 
us.  We  want  one  that  knows  all  about 
the  route,  and  Christ  is  the  very  one. 
He  has  traveled  all  along  the  road  — 
is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  dll  of  it, 
and  is  the  only  one  who  can  safely  guide 
and  direct  us.  We  are  commanded  to 
walk  In  his  footsteps  or  to  ru^.thatmce 
with  patience.  AVe  are  not  fo  let  Christ 
become  the  Author  of  our  faith,  and  then 
let  some  one  else  finish  it.  If  we  do, 
we  will  not  be  able  to  enter,  for  there  is 
no  one  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the 
way,  but  Christ.  All  others  that  direct 
diriVrently,  are  but  enemies  to  us,  and 
don't  you  trust  them.  You  are  to  look 
to  Christ;  he  is  to  be  your  sure  and  {on- 
ly guide.  That  way  that  you  are  to 
travel  upon,  is  strait  and  narrow,  hence 
the  Injunction  is,  to  make  strait  paths 
for  your  feet.  '     - 

It  is  enjoined  that  we  lay  aside  every 
weight,  and  the  sin  tbat  doth  so  easily 
beset  us,  and  run  with  patience  the  race 
that  is  set  before  us;  looking  unto  Jesus 
Christ,  the  Author  and  Finisher  of  our 
faith.''  The  apostle  liere  draws  from  a 
common  usage  or  custom  in  his  day,  to 
convey  an  idea.  They  were  accustom- 
ed to  running  foot-races  in  those  days. 
They  ran  to  obtain  a  corruptible  crown, 
but  we  an  incorruptible  one.  Their 
customs  was,  to  draw  a  straight  mark 
for  each  one  to  run  upon;  and  at  the 
end  of  this  line,  was  an  object  for  each 
to  look  at  and  run  directly  to.  Prepar- 
atory to  this,  they  wore  weights  upon 
their  feet;  but  on  the  day  of  trial,  or 
race,  the  weights  were  all  laid  aside,  so 
aa  to  run  with  great  swiftness.  For  if 
they  were  once  turned  from  the  mark  or 
line,  the  crown  oi-  prize  was  lost.  The 
crown  was  not  exactly  reckoned  to  or 
given  entirely  to  the  s^viftest  runner,  but 
to  the  most  correct  and  awift  runner. 
They  had  a  law  then  to  govern  those 
races. 

So  the  a2>ostle  could  with  just  pro- 
priety say,  that  a  man  is  not  crowned 
with  masteries  except  he  strive  lawfully- 
Those  that  participated  in  those  races, 
w^ere  not  blessed  with  success,  unless 
they  strictly  deserved  it.  Now  if  these 
Illustrations   are  correct,  we    certainly 


triitt.  II<"v  i'ftivftiVw,. '.„i^?l,t  t„  15^.,, 
!,,,„•  ,>ai-t"u-ulaf,w.;sIuH.M  1,,.  in  nnj„i„^; 
the  <r''V'*^i'*'^  riUH-.      Tll.^^ip,.3tle,  \v.,iil!| 

uot^Uuw  US  to  Jake  thv  ey^j  u_t  fj^itij 
iVoiu  Cbrwl,  to  look  fprji  luuuieut  iij.gn 
jiiiy  other  objeot*.!'  faUhf.fuv  it'wo-snt; 
fer  oiii-selvcs  u>  tuka  >our  aye  of  faith 
from  t-'ln-ist,  we  avf  thrown  tnit-  «>f  hsil- 
„nce,Ii''i"t'"'ill  loMf  thpprizH.  The  Ho- 
ly  Sfi'iiViire-^  pi-.uhK'c  the  sartip  idi-ntical 
iaeiT'from  oilier  solirceS.'  Onv  SKHiov 
says  tbtit.,,;'ji;t;  ami^ukY.bjs  Jiuiid  to  the, 
■ploVT  Hpil,  loolit^th  lmt;]f,  li^  w  not  "fit  for' 
tbft.kiligJo'n  of  Jic^^vpu.',;  ;^j;qjjably  a, 
gnotilv  imiub«ri)l'  UH,iu«t:furiU(-raA)r  have 
aoinef  xporipiii-ij  iu  thvuiiujf,  and  if  so, 
wefprtiiinly  hiwf  etipRiiHucetl  tbp-'irnpov- 
tanee'ttfthifS'-ffittWiili  'feinjirk.  ■  Evm-y 
correct  amfgwd  fanilt^t' rtilis  liis  fih'i-ows 
straight  i'liuif  Hi  o'l'd'pv  'OS  iio'^d^he  must 
]j live  .-ill  olijfet  ou  th*^  opposite  side  of 
theJ'-Kl  to  look  at,  if  h(-  would  maku 
liis„,fu»Tt>,VVi;i,  pi-y(;i8%„  ^4',i^^^,',t:  .If'he 
looks  ImcU  hv  ,\\^U1  maUui  u  tvook  in  hia 
furrow,       .  i        , 

Now  we  begin  to  seqhow  precise  this 
matter  of  Chriatianity  isi^  Ohrist  has 
marked  nut  tlip  way  coiTectly.'  Ritrht 
bi-rpl  ^|iri'(dafe'  a  littW  cohversatiou 
thiit  occiiiTPfl'd^it'e  bc*twe('U  liiyself  tind 
a  certain  frieud.  IJe  refurrt'fl  me  to  a 
certain  minister  in  our  neiyhborliooJ, 
and  said,  that  we  were  ^joth  traveling 
the  >nmv  route.  I  begged  leave  to  ditlV-r 
from  him.  I  stated  that  tht:  route  that  I 
was  traveling  ujjon,  had  trine  immersion 
for  baiitism,'that  it  had  feet-washing  up- 
on it;  ftlso  the  Lord's  Supper  eaten  in 
the  evening  of  the  day,  and  after  sup- 
per the  Communion,  the  salutation  of 
the  kissi,  a  non-conformity  to  the  world, 
non-swearing,  non-resistance,  the  anoint- 
ing of  the  sick  with  oil,  and  that  none 
of  these  were  found  on  hi>  luute;  htuce 
it  could  uotwith  just  propriety  be  claim- 
ed that  we  were  botli  traveling  the  same 
route,  there  being  so  mueh  difference. 
These  all  were  certainly  upon  the  route 
that  Christ  "traveled  over,  and  he  is  at 
the  end  of  his  journey,  standing  as  the 
oltject  of  faith  for  us  to  look  unto;  and 
we  are  to  see  him  through  all  of  these 
things.  And  he  is  not  seen  through  any 
other  source,  and  cannot  be  reached 
through  any  other  ohAnnel. 

Now,  dear  reader,  if  any  man  tell  you 
to  take  a  route  that  differs  in  anywise 
from  the  one  that  Christ  has  marked  out, 
believe  him  not.  Tiie  route  that  leads 
to  eternal  life,  has  its  way-marks  all 
along,  such  as  the  ordinances  that  Chi'ist 
practiced  and  eomraanded.  Dear  read- 
er, if  you  are  traveling  a  route  that  has 
none  of  these  way -marks,  nor  all  of  them 
upon  it,  you  are  traveling  a  dangerous 
route — one  that  there  is  no  certainty  or 
safety  in.  Then  strive  to  enter  in  at  the 
strait  gate,  looking  unto  Christ.  He  is 
the  only  oltject  of  faith. 


'ruE 'i>m:  riTiiEiC  jvt  woiiic. 


Mwn^l;^  he  ,lrv.     t)nv  ■  .,■  i 

lihd  riM-rd  1.) 

ilaiit  ut*!.'  of  L.  i i 

of  eelUiwRt  all  liui.^  5\iLH:L.aud  .  \sUuk- 
.■iunn',  hecau^'  much  (if  thi^iiir  will  lind 
itii  way  into  the  rnoms  ab<ivc.  Hilt  If 
you  neglect  all  tK^^(;jhinii>.  ;viid  'Vi-;  an 
gx-1  of  death  8ptt;j»rs,hisdurk.wiiig^,"Vt:f 
your  houseludd,  do  not  ohfliige  thecUVyjta 
of  yom-naHttneM-)  and  l-.aim^a<i  to^  a  vfvy 
mysterious  Prin-ideneeT  'A  prtldcnt 
mail  fo^Weth'thc  evil  aml'hidcth  !il 
self;  Init  thtf, simple  p;u"  on  and 
puiiiahed.'  \]rT~iieL 


ole 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  SOUTH.  - 

Our  Ji>ufne7to  tha  bove  feast-^T)n!  Yellow  Fe. 
,  ,ver— Two  Bafrtlzeil  — The  Chiireh  Piiref^-^ 
^  Examination  Mtv.iliig— The  Low-roast. ' 
A!^iFridajJ  iUoruing  Out:  4tb,"w,it|l  har 
V,,.uess  and  saddles  on  thehorsi-st,  wifti 
and  I  with  the  little  one,  mounted,  aud 
set  our  facPH  'lo^-ard  the  South:  Amv- 
ed  at  IJrothtjr  I,evi  H-Tlzler'H  at  noon.' 
After  dirine;- we  hitched  to  his  sjn-iu^' 
wagon,  ^iiidiu  t-on;pjiny  with  liis  Iwv 
daughters  whoaremembersoftheidmrch, 
we  resumed  otir  journey  to  Illount  Co., 
and  arrived  at  om-  destination,  six  miles 
from  the  pliK-c  of  m-'Htlng.  AVe  ,  give 
this  litUe  uccouutof  our  journey  to  give 
our  readers  a  lil.tb' estimate  of  tho  price 
of  the.se  seasons  of  fraternal  communion 
here  in  our  Scattered  church.  But  to  us 
^vhn  do  not  enjoy  the  pleasure  of  at- 
tending often  at  our  own  churcti,  this 
journey,  compared  with  the  enjoyment 
and  strengthening  of  the  inner  man, 
which  we  receive  at  such  seasons,  is  in- 
considerable. 


LOOK  AT  YOUR  CELLARS. 

T\0  you  want  to  enjoy  good  health 
■*-'  and  be  useful  iu  the  world  and  in 
society?  "Then  remember  that  the  spot- 
ted mold  and  fungus  attacking  the  tim- 
ber of  your  cellar  show  that  destructive 
agencies  are  at  work.  "Why,  man !  death 
is  gnawing  the  very  sills  of  your  house, 
and  shall  he  spare  those  tender  morsels, 
your  children?  These  damp,  musty, 
moldy  cellars  are  seed-beds  of  disease. 
!>'•  not  hope  to  preserve  health  over 
such  a  cliarnel  house.  Do  not  leave  veg- 
etables to  rot  in  your  cellar  to  spread 
rottenness  through  all  your  house. 

"The  wet  cellar  foretells  wet  eyes  up 
stairs!  Drain  it,  and  underdrain  the  sur- 
rounding soil,  so  that  your   cellar  shall 


On  Saturday  morning  we  attended 
church  meeting  at  nine  o'clock.  After 
meeting  was  opened,  we  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  listening  to  a  very  soul-reviving 
account  of  a  tour  amiuig  the  churches 
North,  ftom  brother  S.  Z.  Sharp,  who 
had  just  returned  the  day  before.  He 
also  gave  us  some  account  of  the  suffer- 
ings which  he  witnessed  as  he  passed 
through  some  of  the  cities  which  are  un- 
der the  scourge  of  the  yellow  fever. 
It  seems  that  those  who  get  their  infor- 
mation entirely  from  the  press,  get  but 
a  partial  idea  of  the  actual  misery  that 
is  resting  upon  many  of  the  unfortunate 
victims  of  the  plague.  All  things  un- 
der the  providence  of  God— though  they 
be  natural  effects  of  natural  causes, — 
have  a  purpose,  and  an  end.  May  we 
who  are  spared  for  some  reason  or  pur- 
pose, remember  our  dependence  for  life 
and  health,  on  him  who  ever  rules  all 
tilings,  and  without  whose  notice  not  a 
sjiarrow  shall  fall  to  the  ground. 

It  is  needful  that  we  often  ask  our- 
selves, what  are  we  '  doing  for  the  tem- 
poral and  eternal  welfare  of  our  fellow- 
mortals,  outside  the  narrow  limits  of  our 
own  families,  by  the  thousands  of  op- 
portunities that  present  thi/mselves  to  us 
for  doing  good.  The  sick,  the  afflicted, 
imprisoned,  the  needy  and  those  who  are 
wanting  the  bread  of  life,  are  with  us, — 
are  our  neighbors,  ina-sranch  as  God  has 
provided  us  with  means  of  helping  them, 
at  whatever  distance  they  may  be.  Time 
is  winging  us  away,  and  soon  on  one 
hand  will  be  heard  the  welcome  plaud- 
it, "  Inasmuch  a.s  ye  have  done  it  unto 
one  of  the  least  of  these  my  brethren, 
ye  have  done  it  unto  me,."  And  on  the 
other,  "Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  to 
one  of  the  least  of  these,  ye  did  it  not 
to  me." 

After  the  business  of  the  council-meet- 
ing was  disposed  of  in  due  order,  and  de- 
votional exercises  over,  we  repaired  to 
the  water  side  to  witness  the  baptism  of 
a  young  man    and   ^vife.      This   young 


h:i»I1ienrd  hrother  Sharp  pt^-hidl 
ii!  Uiiie-s,  and  liad  in  the  mean  Ume 
.1  ivudiiig  out  church  pairers.  That 
tniv  ehurcli  papers  can  b&. made  great 
»H.\iliftrieH  in  preaehing  "th*r  fiaitb  once 
dHivet-cd  to  the  saints,*'  calinnt  be  dou>»t- 
i|^,  and  e,very  honorable  means  of  rend 
,criiig  tlieiii  .-^mdi,  slu>uld.l»c  encouraged 
,-  'lli>  hundreds  aild  firobably  thouiwnds 
of  pf*isisn««  Svho  like  the  above  m»?htion- 
Wl.  Iivo"at  a  distance  from  the  ohu'nh 
and  caiuiot  regulai;Ty  eiijoy  the  asau^cia- 
tiouii  ol",,tbe  b*«thj,on,  the  churuh  pnpjeiia 
are  almost   indispousable, 

•pnn  K\'A>[[N.\TioN  :^rKKTt>'o  ' 
cbnimcnced  at  four  6*t:lock,  when  the 
lltli  _^tiajy'tj'r|0;f  j  CoV.Vwa*  read  anirt;- 
inaj;V»,Miad(f  iiu.,jfio:^p^  disi;iplino  .aud, 
self-fexaminatinn.  I«ttthis;dir««th»n  we 
havi'  proKaldy  moif  *i4t?d  of  eainestla-' 
bor,'Hratchiu^>  ^.Rtl  prayer,  in  the"  llttlcj 
Scatteredcungregiitlons,  than  iu  the  large 
and  well-establiK|iii!(l,  churches;  Uut/the, 
^ord  is  able  to  8av«  hi:}  o^rm  4(^  the  iitj- 
termoat!  (Jomminiion  serried  were  held 
in  the  (^ening.  The  fiill  Aloneihent  by 
the  blood  of  Christ,  and  tlie  great  Sup- 
per in  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  weie 
brought  near  together,  and  wo  felt  th»t 
it  was  good  to  be  there.  '   "  "^ 

On  Sunday  in  or  uing\ve.  attended  Sun- 
day-school, and  listened  to  a  short  ad 
dress  by  brother  Sharp,  such  as  we  hope 
he  gave  to  many  in  his  travels,  after 
a  short  intermission  to  a  sermon  ou  tho 
subject,  "I  am  the  way."  Meetings  clos- 
ed on  Sunday  night.  Subject,  "Who  is 
inyneighborT'  The  church  numbers 
about  tifty,  and  after  brother  Sharp 
leares  the  labors  will  devolve  on  broth- 
er Jesse  Crosswhite,  but  they  are  more 
than  one  man  can  do,  without  help,  and 
provide  for  his  family  besides.  The 
laborers  are  few  and  the  work  is  plenty, 
and  much  will  be  lost,  should  the  har- 
vest wait.  C.  F.  D. 


FALLING    FROM  GRACE. 
BY  J.  B.  LKHMAK. 

TT  is  said  by  some  people,  "  once  in 
-*-  grace  always  in  grace.'"  "We  read, 
angels  who  kept  not  their  first  estate 
were  cast  out  of  heaven  and  are  kept 
in  chains  of  darkness  unto  the  judg- 
ment of  the  great  day.  Paul  says, 
"Whosoever  of  you  are  justified  by  law; 
ye  ai'e  fallen  &om  grace."  So  there 
seems  to  be  a  possibility  of  man  falling 
from  grace,  as  well  as  angels  from  their 
first  estate.  We  also  read  in  another 
place,  "Let  him  that  thinketh  he  stand- 
eth,  take  heed  lest  he  fall."  This  fall- 
ing, I  think,  has  reference  to  falling  from 
grace.  In  Rom.  11;  *2'2,  we  read,  "  If 
thou  continue  in  his  goodness:  otherwise 
thou  also  shalt  be  cut  off."  "  But  judge 
this  rather,  that  no  man  put  a  stumb- 
ling block  or  an  occa-sion  to  fall  in  his 
brother's  way."  "  Now  I  beseech  you 
brethren,  mark  them  which  cause  di- 
visions and  offenses  contrary  to  the  doc- 
trine which  ye  have  learned,  avoid  them ; 
for  they  that  are  such,  serve  not  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  but  their  o\mselves; 
aud  by  good  words  and  fair  speeches, 
deceive  the  hearts  of  the  simple.^' 

When  we  let  ourselves  be  deceived 
by  Satan,  we  are  very  apt  to  fall  from 
the  grace  of  God.  "Know  ye  not  that 
ye  are  the  temple  of  (rod,  an<l  that  the 
Spirit  of  God  dwelleth  in  yoii  ?"  If  any 
man  defile  the  temple  of  God,  him  shall 
God  destroy;  for  the  temple  of  (rod  is 
holy,  which  temple  ye  are."  "Let  no 
man  deceive  himself."  "For  of  whom 
a  manisovercome,  the  same  is  he  brought 
in  bondage;"  "For  if  after  they  have 
escaped   the  poUntiims   of    the    world. 


thr...ii»i(J,Wno«i(e'!iasfii!i(M;»a„40 
Suvi.T  .lesus  (Jhrist.  rfiMy   Are  'ii0fiin  en- 
tangled therein  and    i>-.    i  '       i   - 
ter  cn<l  is  worse   with 
1iefiinnina,""Kor  itha-l 
tlieui  not   to   have   ki^  ■ 
righteoiisfte5«,     than    !U 
known  it,   to  turn   from    tin-    LuU  e..,. 
maudmcnt  delivered  unto  them." 

^  The  Apostle  tclU  us  \vhai  a  uiiserJiMe 
condiiiun  we  fall  iiiio  l.y    turning   from 
the  faoly  eomnumdinentu  deliverwl  unto 
us.     "Let  no  man    ductore' you  by  any 
lueaufl;  ifec  that  day  siiall  not  come,   ex- 
cept there  come  11  falling  away  first,  and 
that  m'airo?^ji'lie  revealed,  the  mnht 
;"liejdit!nn."     Fallin^ff^iiTwhat,  reu"'     ' 
Why,  fjfilliri*1rom  the  favor  M  frl-  i 
,^Jiip  ot' God.  Eph.  5:  r,.     "Let  no  ia,.i. 
deceive  you   with   vaiu  words."     Now 
dear  ivndpr  let  us  take  the  advice  of  the 
fqwMle  Pet^r,  let  us  be  «ober, '  1;^'  vig- 
ilant; becausir  our   adversary,  the'd^vil, 
a^  a  roaring  lion,  is  anumd  u«j  seeking 
how  he  may  devour    uh.  or   cause  us  to 
fall  fn mi  the  grace  of  God,   iis  lie  did 
from  his  fii-st   estate.     I  cannot  seo  how     • 
ill  the  name  of  all  reason,  any   one  ca^ 
entertain  tliu  thought,   with  the   abovu',.. 
Scriptnws  before'him,  that  if  &  pwwon  . 
is  once  in  favor  and  frieiwlShip  with  tltad,      ' 
that  he  cannot  deparf  tVom    it.      The 
crown  of  denmllife  is  at  tlie  end  of  the 
race,  not  in  the  luiddle,   i)ur   in  the  be- 
ginning.    Such  a  doctrine  cannot  be  the 
doctrine  Paul  taught,  for  he  saya  to  the 
Galatians,  "Are   ye  so  foolish,   hanng 
begun  in  the  Spirit,  are  ye   now    made 
perfect  in  the  fiesh?     I  marvel   that  ye 
are  so  soon  removed  from  him  that  call- 
ed you  into  the   giace   of  Ciiriat."      I 
think  this  is  one  of  Satan's   devices,   to 
make  us  think   that  we  are  ao  strong, 
when  the  best  of  us,  are  weak.     But   it 
is  not  necsessary  that   we   should  be  ig- 
norant of  hisde\nces,  for  we   have  the 
law  of  the  Gospel  before  us,  and   above 
all  things,  let  us  search  the  good  Book, 
so  that  we  may  learn  to  know  ourselves. 


LIFE. 

T  IVE  for  something!  Ves,  for  some- 
■^  thing  worthy  of  life  anci  its  capa- 
bilities and  opportunities,  for  noldedeeds 
and  achievements.  Every  man  and  ev- 
ei-y  woman  has  his  or  her  assignment  in 
the  duties  and  responsibilities  of  daily 
life.  We  are  in  the  world  to  make  the 
world  better;  to  lift  it  up  to  higher  lev- 
els of  enjoyment  and  progress,  to  make 
its  hearts  and  homes  brighter  and  hap- 
pier by  devoting  to  our  fellows  our  be^t 
thoughts,  activities  and  infiuences.  It  is 
the  motto  of  every  true  heart  and  the 
genius  of  every  noble  life,  that,  "no 
man  liveth  to  hiinselt*" — lives  simply  to 
his  ow^n  selfish  good.  It  Is  a  law  of  oui' 
intellectual  and  moral  being,  that  we 
promote  our  own  happiness  iu  the  ex- 
act proportion  that  we  contribute  to  the 
comfort  aud  enjoyment  of  othens.  Kuih- 
ing  worthy  of  the  name  of  happiness 
is  possible  to  the  experience  of  those 
who  live  only  for  themselves,  all  oldiv- 
ious  of  the  welfare    of  their  fellows. 


T 


WAYS    OF  THE  WORLD. 

HE 


ways  of  the  world  are  strange 
and  devious.  Yet  there  is  great 
good  in  it,  for  a  "touch  of  misfortune 
maketh  all  mankind  kin."  Many  a  man 
deeply  engrossed  in  business,  hurrying 
along  the  pathway  of  life,  absorbed  in 
worldly  cares,  turns  now  and  then  aside 
for  retrospections  and  kindly  acts.  Aud 
these  are  the  tlowei-s  he  strews  along 
the  highway  of  his  earthly  e.\isteuce. 


THK    BTlETHKE>r    AT    ^VOKK:. 


October    31 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

PUBMSHRD    WIBSLT. 


I.  H.  MOORE, 

II.  M.  ESHELUAN 


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LA^'iU,  ILL.. 


OCTOBZB  31, 18T6. 


\V\T-H  Ihf  dat«  oppo»it«yourn»inflon  pap" 
,.r  wrapper.  Hnd  W  9ur<?  lo  renew  wod;  by  80 
-lamg  j-ou  will  «Bte  u»  much  labor. 

AT  this  writing,  (Oct.  26th).  it  i^  snowing 
Tery  rapidly,  l»eing  the  fint  for  thi.  «ea«o.i  m 
this  part  of  the  country. 

Brothkr  Moore  left  home  on  the  22nd  to 
,ppnd  several  days  with  the  brethren  at  Ash- 
liui.i,  Ohio,  and  pipect^  to  retam  by  hw  old 
home  near  rrbanii,  III. 

If  those  who  receive  the  paper  without  having 
onlered  it,  wi«h  w  know  the  reason,  they  need 
only  look  inider  the  he^id  of  BuHine«9  Notices 
on  another  page  to  find  out. 

Brother  .lolm  Nicholson  has  moved  to 
Trumbull  Co.  Ohio,  into  »  house  preimrt-d  for 
him  bv  the  Brethren.  He  goe^  there  to  engage 
iji  an  earnest  effort  preaching  the  Gospel.  His 
addreas  hereafter  will  be  Bristol.  Trumbull  To. 
Ohio. 

Fkom  brother  Daniel  Hays  we  learn,  that 
Bni.  D- P.  S.iylor  and  wifi'.  and  Bro.  Hoover 
and  wife  are  laboring  with  the  Brethren  in  the 
Valley  of  \'a.  Hope  that  their  labors  may  be 
crowned  with  success,  ond  many  of  the  saints 
oditied.  _ 

Wk  have  rec  eived  a  suj.ply  of  Demenfs  work 
on  Ingeraoll,  Beeclier  and  Dogma.  If  you 
Wttutto  leariL  how  well  lie  meetw  the  infidel, 
the  skeptic,  und  tlie  loifg  list  of  little  soldiers 
who  tiiiin  under  them,  just  send  to  Ihix  office 
ami  get  n  copy.     Price  one  dollar. 

CossiDEHAiii.K  Torrespondence  and  t'hurch 
News  must  lay  over  until  next  issue,  for  waut 
of  space.  Many  thanks  to  uur  correspondents 
for  their  willingness  to  keep  us  supplied  with 
the  cheering  iiewsof  Zion's  prosperity.  If  you 
would  have  the  news  from  other  churches,  you 
must  give  that  of  your  own,  thus  provoking 
one  another  to  love  and  good  works. 

Whii.k  so  busy  talking  of  others"  faults,  pray 
don't  let  us  forget  our  own.  The  man  who  takes 
care  of  his  own  bad  habits  will  have  his  hands 
full.  The  better  way.  Is  to  srt  ft  (food  emutph 
betare  other:*.  This  will  do  more  good  than  all 
our  talk.  ^     ^ 

SlNCK  the  ascension  of  Christ,  at  least  twenty- 
four  false  Christ's  have  arisen.  One  of  them, 
Cariba  lived  early  in  the  second  century.  He 
put  himself  at  tlie  head  of  tlie  Jewish  nation 
as  their  messiali.  and  many  followed  him,  Tlie 
liomans  made  (var  upon  him,  and  the  .lews  in 
his  defense,  lost  between  five  and  six  hundred 
thousand  souls.  In  the  twelfth  century  eight 
or  ten  impostor-  appeared,  and  were  followed 
by  many  Jews.  The  last  that  gained  many 
converts  was  Mondecai,  a  Jew  of  (Jermany.  who 
lived  in  Ifi*^2.  Hh  tied  for  his  life,  and  his  end 
is  not  known  t<>  this  day. 

The  Inltr  Orruii  of  the  2-lth  inst.,  says; 
'"Newseomes  this  morning  of  ime  of  the  most 
terrible  storms  in  the  East  tliat  has  passed  over 
any  section  of  this  country  for  yeai-s.  In  Pliil- 
adelphia  over  forty  churches  were  damaged, 
many  of  them  losing  their  stee|iles.  while  along 
the  Delaware  Itiver  warehouses  were  unroofed 
or  blown  down  and  great  damage  inflicted.  The 
i*U)rm  visited  Xew  York,  Albany.  Wilkesbarre. 
and  intermediate  cities,  causing  great  damage 
wherever  it  touched,  and  in  many  places  loss  of 
life.  The  storm  broke  out  j-esterday  morning, 
and  was  so  intense  that  telegraphic  communi- 
cation  with  the  Kast  was  interrupted  up  to  a 
latj;  hour  last  evening.  This  fact  renders  the 
full  particulars  difficult  to  obtain,  but  sufficient 
is  given  to  show  that  the  storm  was  almost  un- 
precedented."' 


THERSaresaid  to  be  upward  of  Iwentv  five 
flwhy  story  papent  published  for  Ijov*  and  chil- 
dreo  in  New  York  City,  with  an  aggregate  cir- 
culation of  over  ST-S.^fiO.  The  nmout  of  tnwby 
literature  being  placed  in  th^  hou-w  of  chil- 
dren. i»  becoming  aUnniug  Purent^  who  wont 
their  children  t*.  grow  up  fully  fitted  lor  great- 
er UM-fulnesfi.  should  keep  u  watchful  eye  on 
the  reading  raatt^^r  that  comes  into  fhi-ir  houses. 

SoMK  of  the  cedam  on  lit.  Lebanon  are  said 
to  have  attuned  the  great  bight  of  1*'  feet,  and 
well  proportioned  in  bulk.  The  wood  of  iliese 
tr«*s  m  of  rare  beauty  and  durability,  for  which 
reason  it  was  selected  by  the  Egyptians  for  the 
manufacture  of  mummy  coffins,  many  of  which, 
after  having  lain  in  the  earth  over  four  thous- 
and years,  are  still  in  agood  state  of  preservation. 

A  MAK  8t«ps  up  and  lays:  "  I  used  to  think  a 
great  deal  of  Theodore  Q — -,  but  I  have  lost 
confidence  in  him."  You  have?  You  are  to 
be  pitied  indeed  I  0-  better  shut  up,  stop  and 
quit;  for,  as  a  matter  of  course,  his  succes.s  in 
business  dejwnda  largely  on  what  ijou  think. 
And  if  you  have  lost  confidence  in  him.  the  best 
thing  you  can  do,  is  to  find  it  as  soon  as  you 
can.  A  man  must  feel  terribly  bad  without 
confidence.  Just  think  how  lonely  a  man  must 
be  going  about  the  streets  and  highways  having 
tost  confidence!  And  then  so  many  are  unwill- 
ing to  find  it,  even  if  laid  down  at  their  door. 
Sometimes  men  are  rebuked  for  their  sins  by  the 
preacher,  and  this  makes  them  lose  confidence 
in  him.  Verily  such  confidence  losers  have 
their  reward. 

OsEof  our  agents  says:  "  I  hope  you  will 
adopt  the  cash  system;  it  will  be  better  for  all 
concerned.  The  credit  business  bos  ruined  our 
country.  I  think  it  would  be  tar  better  if  the 
cash  system  would  b«  adopted  in  every  depart- 
ment of  business."  So  say  we;  for  there  (.■-•  real 
happiness  in  knowing  that  as  the  sun  sets  each 
day,  we  "  owe  no  man  anything,  but  to  love 
him."  This  injunction  of  the  apostle  should  be 
well  considered  by  all  who  love  the  Lord.  We 
commend  it  to  all  our  readers,  for  careful  con- 
sideration. We  know  that  too  often  circum- 
stances drive  us  to  seek  credit,  but  perhaps  in 
nine  cases  out  of  every  ten,  it  would  be  better  to 
drive  the  circumstances  than  to  let  them  drive 
us.  Careful,  considerate,  steady  labor  wins 
more  than  the  headlong  speculation.  In  all 
business,  go  no  faster  than  you  can  fortify. 

As  a  rule,  agents  for  religions  papers  need  to 
exercise  much  patience  and  self-sacrifice.  They 
meet  those  who  desire  the  paper,  yet  are  too 
poor  to  pay  anything  for  it.  Then  the  agent's 
heart  is  opened  and  he  either  gives  him  his 
commission  or  reaches  down  into  his  pocket  and 
pays  for  the  paper  out  of  his  own  hard-earned 
means.  Not  uufretjuently  he  meets  those  who 
want  the  paper  he  is  canvassing  for.  but  have 
not  the  money  with  them.  They  promise  to 
pay  in  a  few  weeks;  he  advances  the  money; 
and  too  often  the  weeks  are  stretched  into 
months,  and  in  our  own  experience  the  weeks 
have  turned  out  to  be  years.  This  is  all  wrong, 
and  savors  of  a  species  of  neglect,  inexcusable. 
A  nd  then  there  are  the  dishonest.  They  will  or- 
der a  pttj)er  sent  them,  read  it  all  the  year 
thrinigh,  (the  agent  having  advanced  the  mou* 
ey)  and  when  he  who  did  him  a  kindness,  calls 
for  his  pay,  he  is  told,  "  I  never  ordered  the  pa- 
per." Such  men  exist:  what  for,  we  are  unable 
to  f«ll.  Agents  thus  get  a  teste  of  editorial  life. 
Many  people  iuiagine  that  agents  and  editors 
are  surrounded  with  nweets,  hence  look  upon 
them  with  a  sprinkling  of  envy;  but  if  they 
could  lift  the  curtain  a  little  and  just  taste  a  lit- 
tle of  the  bitter,  their  hankering  for  such  posi- 
tions would  lessen  very  suddenly.  It  is  only  in 
the  consciousness  of  doing  good,  that  we  find 
the  sunshine  so  much  needed  by  those  who  pub- 
lish papers  and  labor  to  increase  their  circula- 
tion. There  ix  happiness  in  doing  good — in 
doing  right,  though  sorrows  and  afflictions  rise 
in  doing  it.  Let  none,  therefore,  yield  to  the 
trials  and  difficulties  which  confront  them  in 
soliciting  subscriptions.  It  is  a  good  work,  and 
God  knows  how  to  reward. 


ABOTJT    ELDER   JAMES    STE- 
PHENSON. 

Urother  M'»irf:~ 

I  WRITE  you  concerning  aseries  of  meetings 
held  in  our  neighborhood  hy  Elder  James 
Stephenson,  of  Chicago.  He  figured  largely  on 
the  kingdom  as  well  as  upon  the  mortality  of 
man,  their  principal  hobbies,  announcing  for 
two  or  three  evenings,  that  on  Sunday  evo  he 
would  treat  the  subject  of  trine  immersion;  but 
two  evenings  prior  to  the  time,  changed  the 
topic  and  said  that  he  would  preach  on  the  de- 
sign of  baptism.    Sunday  evening  came  and 


plenty  of  Brethren  there.  He  announced  his 
text,  ■■  IVove  all  things,  hold  fast  to  that  which 
i*  good."  Treated  his  I'ubject  remarkably  well 
tor  perhapa  fifteen  minutes;  swung  around  and 
commenced  upon  the  mode,  and  then  trine  im- 
mersionists,  fjirinklers  and  poorern  had  to  hear 
his  arguments  io  favor  of  single  immersion, 
and  the  t^tal  abhorrence  of  any  other  mode. 
He  stated  that  he  had  preached  the  same  in 
Lanark,  and  that  you  were  present,  and  after 
serTJcea  you  invited  him  to  your  office  the  next 
morning.  And  in  conve rotation  with  him,  ask- 
ed him  something  concerning  a  Greek  noun  or 
verb,  and  if  it  did  not  mean  so  and  so,  to  which 
he  replied,  that  it  did  not,  then  propounded  a 
question  to  you  and  you  replied  that  you  was 
no  grammarian,  and  that  your  foreman  was,  and 
tlml  was  to  decide  a  very  simple  question  as  to 
the  relation  that  nouns  and  verbs  sustain  to 
each  other.     He  used  your  name  personally. 

He  further  said  that  he  has  produced  argu- 
ments that  you  and  brother  Quinter  cannot 
answer,  neither  can  any  man  in  the  United 
Stat«8.  He  also  challenged  any  man  to  prove 
that  the  Bible  teaches  trine  immersion.  He 
said  that  if  grammer  taught  trine  immersion  in 
the  commission  it  was  not  worth  the  paper  it 
wa.s  printed  on.  He  brought  up  an  illustration 
thus: 

"  I  am  commanded  to  go  to  Washington  by 
the  President,  and  by  the  Supreme  Court,  and 
by  Congress,  would  any  one  suppose  that  I 
would  have  to  go  three  times?  "  He  answered, 
no.  "  To  sit  down  with  Isaac,  Jacob,  &c.,  and 
to  come  in  the  glory  of  the  Father  and  with  the 
holy  angels,  all  being  analogous  to  thecommis- 
siou."  He  further  said  we  did  not  practice  our 
theology,  as  we  only  immersed  the  head  and 
shoulders  three  times  and  the  remaining  part  of 
the  body  but  once.  He  thanked  God  that  the 
Bible  was  sufficient  to  prove  all  things,  and  that 
he  was  never  driven  to  history  to  prove  his  po- 
sition. He  said  that  trine  immersion  and  infant 
baptism  are  evils  that  crept  into  the  church 
about  the  same  time,  and  were  recorded  by 
church  historians  before  the  evils  were  very 
widely  diffused,  and  before  any  council  was  call- 
ed to  investigate  and  denounce  it.  But  he  was 
very  careful  not  to  tell  us  when  and  where  the 
council  met  that  denounced  trine  immersion. 
He  further  said  that  we  immersed  twice  into 
his  life  and  once  into  his  death. 

Now  if  he  is  such  a  character  as  he  represents 
himself  to  be,  the  Solomon  of  the  United  States, 
I  am  deceived.  I  do  not  wish  to  have  our  doc- 
trine abused  away  here  in  the  frontier.  I  hope 
some  of  our  able  debaters  will  take  hold  of  the 
distinguished  divine  (?)  and  show  him  what  we 
have  to  say  ou  all  points  of  difierence  between 
him  and  us.  I  think  he  is  talking  something 
he  does  not  know  when  he  speaks  of  brother 
(punter  as  he  did. 

Yours  in  bonds  of  love, 

J.  H.  BlKNWOBTH. 
HKMARKS. 

We  publish  the  above,  followed  by  these  re- 
marks, in  order  to  put  a  stop  to  such  misrepre- 
sentation. When  you  hear  of  a  preacher  trav- 
eling over  the  country,  telling  the  public  how 
he  cornered  brother  Moore,  or  any  other  broth- 
er, you  may  know  there  is  a  screw  loose  some 
place. 

I  have  met  Mr.  Stephenson,  of  Chicago,  a  few 
times,  and  heard  him  preach  three  sermonp. 
On  one  occasion  he  dwelt  largely  on  the  action 
of  Christian  baptism.  It  was  during  the  time  I 
was  holding  a  written  discussion  with  Mr.  Howe, 
of  this  place.  Mr.  Steplieneou  was  very  personal 
in  his  remarks:  referred  repeatedly  to  the  writ^ 
ten  debate  between  myself  and  Mr.  Rowe,  and 
to  me  directly  in  public.  Of  course,  I  did  not 
mind  it,  for  I  am  used  to  such  things.  At  the 
close  of  the  services,  and  after  most  of  the  con- 
gregation had  left  the  house,  he  met  me  in  the 
aisle,  where  we  passed  a  few  friendly  words.  I 
then  invited  him  to  call  at  the  office,  at  hit  leis- 
ure, and  I  would  explain  to  him  one  point  of 
difterence  between  us  and  the  Thurmanites,  in 
relation  to  trine  immersion,  as  I  perceived 
was  laboring  under  a  slight  mistake  regarding 
our  faith. 

But  he  commenced  :  r^'uiug  the  case  with  me 
right  there  in  the  house.  Everything  being 
quiet,  we  had  a  very  orderly  little  debate  for 
something  near  half  an  hoar,  and  if  our  readers 
had  been  present  and  seen  how  the  old  man 
sweat  over  some  of  the  arguments  and  questions 
I  put  to  him,  his  going  around  over  the  country 
and  talking  about  me,  would  have  but  little  ef- 
fect, The  next  day  he  called  at  the  office,  where 
some  two  hours  were  spent  in  conversation  on 
the  same  subject.  I  did  not  tell  him  I  was  "no 
grammarian."  A  man  who  has  mastered  nearly 
Ton  pagesof  English  Grammar  in  three  months, 


.„a,^..,.«.m...M"»'-'':°"' »■"»«• 


single  qoention. 


uot  in   the   habit  of  tellinj 


[M.ople  tb«t  he   IS    no    pramm 


arian,  even  if  he 
hM*8UghtW  forgotten  some  of  th«  rules. 

I  do  not'objeet  to  Mr.  Stephenson  taking  np 
my  writings  and  preaching  against  them  all  he 
wishes,  but  do  object  to  him  getting  up  before 
a  congregation  in  Kansas,  or  any  other  place, 
«id  telling  the  people  that  he  had  a  convers- 
,t,on  with  Moore,  in  Lanark,  and  pu«.led 
him  on  some-simple  question.  I  want  it  nnder- 
Btood  that  I  do  not  get  puzzled  m  grammar, 
Greek  and  history  when  Ulking  on  that  ques- 
tion. .  ,  ,  ■       . 

His  saying  that  infant  baptism  and  tnne  im- 
mersion crept  into  the  church  at  the  same  time, 
is  without  foundation.  It  looks  a  little  strange 
that  a  man  will  repudiate  history  id  one  breath, 
and  in  the  next  one  try  to  use  it.  Had  he  said 
that  infant  baptism  and  single  immersion  crept 
into  the  church  neor  the  same  time,  he  would 
have  been  nearer  the  truth. 

The  illustration  about  going  to  Washington 
by  the  President,  and  by  the  Supreme  Court, 
and  by  Congress,  might  be  an  argument  in  de- 
fense of  single  immersion,  provided  the  three 
bodies  were  one,  but  when  it  is  remembered 
that  they  are  three  distinct  departments,  each 
one  performing  its  own  part,  it  turns  the  evi- 
dence the  other  way;  especially  if  he  wants  to 
visit  the  President,  and  the  Supreme  Court,  and 
Congress.  He  must  goto  Washington;  first 
visit  the  President,  then  it  takes  another  action 
to  reach  the  Supreme  Court,  and  a  third  action 
to  visit  Congress.  That  illustration  proves  trine 
immersion,  for  we  go  to  where  there  is  water, 
have  an  action  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  an- 
other in  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  a  third  in  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

In  regard  to  sitting  down  with  Abraham,  and 
Isaac,  and  Jacob,  it  should  be  remembered  that 
"  sit  down  "  is  an  intransitive  verb,  while  "  bap- 
tizing." as  used  in  the  commission,  is  transitive. 

The  same  is  true  of  the  verb  "  come,"  in  his 
other  illustration.  Whenever  he  or  anybody 
else  who  takes  a  man  into  the  water  up  to  his 
waist,  can  tell  into  what  name  the  immersed 
part  of  that  person  has  been  bapti/ed  before  any 
name  is  mentioned,  then  he  can  tulk  about  us 
baptizing  the  upper  part  of  the  body  only. 

About  all  our  people  in  Kansas  need  to  do,  to 
refute  his  misrepresentations,  is  to  get  the  priv- 
ilege of  reading  this  article  before  the  same 
congregation  that  he  preaches  to,  about  me. 
Were  you  in  Lanark  and  could  consult  those 
who  heard  the  talk,  you  would  bear  something 
quite  different  from  what  he  tells.  This  much 
I  have  to  say;  of  all  the  learned  men  I  ever  ar- 
gued with  on  trine  immersion,  he  is  the  easiest 
one   to   handle,  3.  H.  H. 


ANNUAL  MEETING  PLAN. 

I  liiivi-  Ill-en  \fiy  ilesinuis.  i'\t-i  since  I  read  Nn. 
;JU  of  tlie  BiiETiiuEN  AT  WoiiK,  ci»ntniniiig  yoiii 
remarks  tm  the  aulijert  of  A.  M,.  to  hear  an  exi)l(i- 
nation  on  the  same.  First,  you  say  everybody  can 
go  who  wants  to.  There  is  no  mystery  ahouttbul, 
but  can  all  who  do  go,  fiear  ami  get  the  full  beiitQl 
of  the  meeting?  For  my  part,  I  luive  as  little  de- 
sire to  keep  uiemhera  from  our  A.  M.  as  any  one, 
I  have  been  a  member  of  the  chuich  forty-seven 
years,  and  have  attended  a  gieai  many  A. M.'a,  and  ■ ' 
was  one  of  the  members  in  IKdU  who  tried  hard  ti> 
adopt  a  plan  that  would  give  the  best  general  satis- 
faction that  coulil  be  adopted,  but.  according  to  my 
weak  judgment,  has  never  been  fully  carried  out. 
Now  a  full  explanation  of  your  six  items  may  clear 
up  one  of  the  most  imjiortaut  subjects  that  hii> 
perplexed  the  minds  uf  many  of  our  old  and  most 
substantial  brethren  for  many  years. 

ilTKt.  Hamilton. 
RBMABKS. 

IT  is  gratifying  to  see  the  interest  being  man- 
ifested regarding  a  better  plan  of  holding 
the  Annual  Meeting,  so  as  to  accommodate 
more  people,  and  afford  better  opportunitiea  for 
hearing  what  is  said. 

Before  publishing  our  plan  there  are  a  few 
things  I  would  like  to  know  regarding  all  the 
Annual  Mei'tings  held  during  the  la.st  five  years, 
and  hope  the  brethren  who  served  as  Secretaries 
at  these  meetings  will  answer  at  once: 

1.  What  was  the  average  number  of  persons 
fed  each  day? 

2.  What  was  the  largest  number  fed  any 
one  day? 

3.  How  many  hands  were  required  to  do 
the  cooking  and  waiting  on  the  tables? 

i.  What  was  the  actual  cost  of  the  provis- 
ions used  at  each  meeting? 

I  would  like  these  questions  answered  befon- 
publishing  my  plan.  The  plan  I  believe  will 
work  like  a  cliarin,  when  once  adopted  and  clear- 


Qr-tober    31 

]y  andeP'tood.  It  will  cost  something  to  atari 
.(  but  when  once  6tart«d  it  will  pay  it«  own 
*»y.  and  hf  h  borden  to  no  one.  U  will  require 
,TeryBl«i"f"l™anto  manage  it.  a^  the  wholo 
thing  is  reduced  to  a  complete  iystem.  It  will 
1^  ft  little  difficult  to  eiplain  in  the  paper  with- 
^ot  »  few  engravings.  It  has  been  explained  to 
,  iiumber  of  brethren  who  have  conaiderable 
(iperience  with  Annual  Meetings  and  they 
think  the  plan  cannot  help  but  work,  if  orfce 
stsrted.  Our  readers  will  be  favored  with  our 
rtplanition  in  dne  time.  j  g  ^ 

PRINCIPLE  OP  PKACE. 


a  "U  V  peace  I  leave  with  you,  my  peace  I 
1t1  gi^e  you-"  «  tlie  voice  of  the  Author  of 
pence.  The  principle  that  "  He  ia  our  peace," 
i,  the  only  true  one.  When  Saul  of  Tantus  had 
put  the  Christiaus  into  prisou  —  had  treated 
them  cruelly,  he  had  done  it  unto  the  Lord. 
The  true  peace-man  feeU  that  the  killing  even 
of  those  for  whom  Christ  died,  those  whom  He 
created,  those  whom  He  still  visits  with  Hi 
word  and  Spirit,  is  aiming  at  Christ  also. 
He  shrinks  in  horror  from  the  idea  of  wounding 
and  grieving  Chriat's  Spirit  by  abusing  others, 
whether  friends  or  enemies.  If  the  cannons 
Qjow  down  in  mangled  masses  his  fellow-beings, 
he  feels  that  those  cannons  actually  fire  upon 
Christ. 

Then  the  only  true  root-principle  of  peace 
lies  in  believing  and  obeying  Qod.  Thousands 
beholding  the  inconsistency  of  popular  Chris- 
tianity, preaching  peace  during  peace  and  prac- 
ticing war  during  war,  are  troubled.  They 
regard  such  work  as  unbecoming  professors  of 
(he religion  of  Christ.  The  only  true  way,  then, 
is  for  Christians  to  steer  clear  of  all  wars.  Let 
men  of  God  adhere  to  this  course  and  hut  few 
wars  will  disgrace  the  earth.  The  highway  of 
peace  is  open  to  all,  and  if  those  who  profess  to 
follow  Jesus  do  not  walk  in  that  way,  will  they 
uot  be  held  to  account  for  it?  Morality,  jus- 
tice, reason,  blessings,  all  depend  upon  walking 
ill  the  peaceful  ways  of  Christ,  and  refusing  to 
make  war  honorable.  Let  it  be  known  that 
true  honor  lies  in  the  peace  which  Jesus  left  in 
thf  world,  and  war  will  become  odious. 


THE    BRETTHRE^T    -A.T    AVORIC. 


SAXJL  EYED  DAVID. 


DAVID,  the  youthful  shepherd,  had  to  pass 
through  the  waters  of  affliction.  "  Save 
me,  0  God,  for  the  waters  are  come  unto  my 
soul."  Psalm  tiS:  1.  I'oor  David!  Bufieted 
and  evilly  treated  aft«r  rescuing  Saul's  army 
from  the  hand  of  the  Philistines,  simply  because 
he  found  favor  with  the  people,  well  might  he 
say,  "lam  come  in  deep  waters,  where  the 
floods  overflow  me."  Look  at  the  jealousy  of 
Saul.  The  people  cried,  "  Saul  hath  slain  his 
thousands  and  David  his  ten  thousands."  This 
was  too  much  for  the  man  in  authority.  His 
envy  at  David's  popularity  could  not  be  re- 
Btrained.  Here  was  a  youth,  a  mere  stripling, 
whom  the  people  honored  and  loved  more  than 
the  great  Saul.  "  This  will  never  do."  reasoned 
Saul,  "  for  if  this  young  man  lives,  he  will  some 
day  take  my  place.  This  cannot  be.  I  have  a 
son  who  must  sit  in  my  chair  when  I  am  gone, 
and  if  this  young  David  tinds  favor  with  the 
people,  hf  will  become  ruler  instead  of  my  rela- 
tive. David  must  die."  Thus  reasoned  Saul. 
Ah  what  a  lesson!  It  has  been  copied  more 
than  once,  the  past  three  thousand  years.  Jeal- 
ousy has  stirred  and  meiwured  and  pulled  down 
more  than  one  old  head  in  the  effort  to  displace 
a  David. 

"Saul  eyed  David  "—that  is,  looked  at  him 
with  jealousy.  He  threw  a  javelin  at  the  youth. 
He  did  this  in  secret.  Many  javelins  have  been 
secretly  hurled  at  youth  since  Saul  hurled  his. 
The  jealous  man,  the  jealous  woman  are  too 
destitute  of  honor  to  hurl  javelins  in  any  otlier 
way  than  in  secret.  Insinuations,  surmisings, 
groundless  suspicions  are  the  javelins  which 
they  hurl  first  this  way  and  then  that.  Poor 
miserable  creatures!  Prayer  don't  affect  them; 
kindness  makes  no  impression  and  love  is  as 
filthy  rags  to  the  jealous  man. 

David  was  good  enough  to  play  the  harp  for 
the  wicked  man  in  authority,  but  he  was  uot 
good  enough  to  be  loved.  That  is  how  Snul 
looked  at  the  matter.  Not  content  with  his 
failures  to  kill  the  chosen  one  of  God,  he  plan- 
ned to  have  him  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  Phil- 
istines, but  the  hand  of  God  was  again  with  the 


youth,  and  he  came  out  victoriouB.  Just  ruad 
the  history  of  Saul  and  David  and  notice  how 
miserably  the  jealous  Saul  perished.  Such  is 
the  fate  of  jealoiiny.  No  matter  how  the  jeal- 
ous heart  may  plan  and  scheme  to  injure,  its 
last  end  will  be  the  end  that  Saul  met.  Should 
thi'*  not  h(!  a  warning?  Oflen  the  young  heart 
ia  mnde  to  bear  a  load  of  grief,  as  youthful  Da- 
vid did,  simply  because  some  one  in  authority  is 
jealous  of  the  young  man's  good  standius-  Poor 
miserable  jealousy!  If  it  could  only  see  »7W/ 
as  it  is,  it  would  bow  in  sackcloth  and  ashea. 

I  do  not  have  any  sympathy  with  the  young 
heart  that  is  overbearing,  proud,  insalting. 
Such  a  heart  is  in  the  gutter  with  the  jealous 
heart;  but  I  deeply  aympathi?*  with  the  young 
man  whose  whole  heart  is  wrapi>ed  up  in  devo- 
tion to  God,  against  whom  no  lawful  accueation 
can  lie  lodged,  whose  life  is  even;  who  spends 
time,  money,  health  and  human  happiness  for 
his  Master's  cause;  who  endures  all  things  for 
Jesus'  sake— for  such  my  heart  is  in  full  sympa- 
thy. God  bless  all  such,  for  they  must  endure 
much  for  Jesus'  sake.  But  it  seems  some  peo- 
ple ill  this  world  cannot  tw  happy  unless  they 
are  pulling  somebody  into  trouble  and  grief. 
Ah!  how  diflerent  this  from  the  injunction  of 
the  apostle:  "  Be  kindly  affectioned  one  toward 
the  other."  But  Saulites  want  the  Davids  to 
be  kindly  afitctioned  to  them,  but  themselves 
are  not  leaning  aB'ection-ward.  God  help  them 
to  see  their  naughtiness,  and  repent,  God 
counts  them  happy  who  endure  the  reproaches 
of  evil  men.  God  be  thanked  for  the  words  of 
encouragement  to  all  who  hold  fast  their  crown. 
To  suffer  all  things  from  without  and  from 
within  with  patience,  is  a  condition  of  heart 
that  every  young  brother  should  seek  after,  for 
if  he,  through  divine  grace,  learns  to  bear  evil 
surraisingi  against  him  in  hia  youth,  he  will  be 
well  prepared  to  endure  them  in  old  age.  Then 
be  patient,  brother,  sister,  and  go  often  to  Je- 
sus in  secret,  0  blessed  Jesus,  what  a  friend 
Thou  art!         m.  m.  f,. 

BEERSHEBA. 

ABOUT  40  miles  south  of  Jerusalem,  in  the 
extreme  southern  limits  of  Palestine,  is  a 
place  called  Beersheba.  Here  are  found  two 
large  wells.  One  of  them  is  \'i\  feet  in  diame- 
ter, iind  over  40  feet  deep.  It  is  walled  by  neat- 
ly cut  stone.  Along  the  inner  edge  deep 
grooves  have  been  worn  into  the  stone  by  the 
ropes  used  in  drawing  water.  These  wells  are 
evidently  very  old,  and  were  likely  dug  in  the 
time  of  Abraham.  The  water  is  sweet  and  cool, 
and  affords  much  refreshment  to  many  weary 
travelers  coming  from  the  desert  just  below. 
The  scenery  around  these  wells  is  desolate  and 
barren.  No  trees  of  any  kind  are  to  be  seen. 
The  term,  "  From  Dan  to  Beersheba"  mejint 
the  whole  extent  of  Palestine,  as  Dan  was  on 
the  northern  boundary,  and  Beersheba  on  the 
southern.  A  trip  from  Beei-sheba  to  Jenisalem 
is  said  to  be  delightful — the  scenery,  as  the 
traveler  approaches  Hebron,  '20  miles  south  of 
Jerusalem,  increases  in  interest  and  beauty, 


ing  us  with  ill  health  whea  the  earM  liet  at  oar 
own  door? 

The  amoaot  of  deaths  and  siekoeu  cauud  by 
)prop«r  living  is  alarmioK.  Health  is  worth 
preserving,  and  he  who  4oes  not  take  care  of  it 
has  a  faint  idea  of  the  valne  of  the  best  earthly 
gift  ever  given  to  man.  To  expect  good  health 
without  good,  healthy  food  is  nnremaonable. 
We  need  a  reformation  in  oar  mannsr  of  eating, 
and  what  we  eat.  Our  nicknocks  and  sweet- 
meats want  to  go  by  the  board.  Kat  healthy 
food  in  proper  quantities  and  at  right  times  if 
you  would  be  healthy  and  happy. 


HE  GAVE  US  NO  INVITATION, 

AN  ontsider  who  takes  great  delight  in  read- 
ing the  Brbthrek  at  Wi>bk  wriloe  thus; 
"  We  are  taking  your  paper,  and  like  it  splen- 
didly. We  do  not  expect  to  ever  b«  without  it, 
so  long  ai  it  sticks  to  its  present  platform.  Al- 
though we  are  outsiders,  yet  we  love  to  read, 
and  re-read  it.  We  use  it  as  an  adz  to  trim  off 
our  rough  ways.  We  hope,  by  reading  it,  to 
learn  to  do  better  than  we  have  been  doing. 

We  were  much  in  hopes  that  there  wis  a 
church  of  your  people  going  to  start  up  in  our 
neighborhood,  but  the  two  members  who  had 
bought  here  have  sold  out,  leaving  us  without 
any  of  your  people  in  our  neighborhood,  hence 
our  only  hope  is  to  hang  to  the  pajwr;  this  we 
must  have. 

preached  for  us  a  few  times  while  ou 

his  way  to  Kansas.  We  found  but  one  fault 
with  him,  and  that  is  this:  He  did  not  give  us 
sinners  an  invitation  to  join  his  church,  or 
Christ's  church,  as  you  would  have  it.  He  eith- 
er had  poor  confidence  in  us  a."  a  people,  or  in 
himself,"  

SPECIAL  DISTRICT  MEETING. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE  TO  THE  BROTH- 
ERHOOD 

INASMUCH  ft».A.M.  of  HTh  has  decided, 
that  the  entire  broth*rhood  should  aid 
(according  to  their  ability),  in  defraybgtbe  ex- 
penses of  Danish  Mibmou  (see  Minut««  of  A.  M.), 
we  hereby  correct  a  miaunderstanding  which 
has  obtained  through  a  part  of  my  report  of 
Danish  Miseion— «oe  A.  U.  report,  page  80, 15th 
line  from  top — in  which  I  said,  all  th«ar  want* 
are  supplied  for  a  year  or  two.  In  saying  to,  I 
had  reference  exclusively  to  the  poor  in  the 
church  and  nut  to  brother  Hope  and  hia  family. 
We  further  remark  that  the  means  for  his 
support  are  exhausted,  and  as  more  is  reqoired 
very  soon,  we  hereby  kindly  solicit  all  the  el- 
ders and  orerseers  to  lay  this  matter  before  the 
members  of  their  re^ipective  charges,  and  lee 
that  they  respond  at  soon  as  poasible,  and  send 
their  donations  to  Hro.  C,  P.  Rowland,  Lanark, 
Carroll  Co.,  III. 

We  further  remark  that  according  to  our  ex- 
perience in  house-keeping  in  Denmark,  it  would 
require  about  eight  hundred  dollars  a  year, 
which  would  make  {for  four  hundred  districts) 
an  average  of  two  dollars  to  each  district,  bat 
a.s  many  may  not  feel  to  respond,  (although  it  is 
but  little)  would  not  many  feel  to  double  the 
amount  and  even  more? 

We  entertain  the  fond  hope  that  our  dew 
brethren  will  feel  to  bear  each  other's  harden 
and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ.  We  make  no 
hard  request,  and  what  we  do  make,  is  in  har- 
mony with  the  Minutes  of  A.  M.  of  1S78.  We 
feel  that  many  districtji  would  already  hare 
willingly  donated  their  part,  had  they  known  it 
was  needed,  and  how  much  was  required.  "  That 
thou  doest,  do  ■luickly.'*  Eno»jh  Ebt. 

Lewi,  III.     <h-t.  i-^ntl,  1H7S. 


WHAT  WE  EAT. 


HOW  much  the  success  or  failure  of  our  lives 
depends  upon  the  food  we  eat,  we  little 
comprehend.  No  science  is  so  neglected  and  so 
little  undei-stood.  Man  would  not  dare  to  treat 
a  valuable  horse  with  the  same  recklessness  with 
which  he  treats  himself.  For  with  care  he  se- 
lect,s  food  for  his  horse,  few  if  any  changes  be- 
ing allowed,  and  he  procures  a  competent  groom 
to  look  after  and  care  for  the  animal,  that  he 
may  be  capable  of  tleetness  and  endurance; 
while  with  himself  he  sits  down  to  his  table, 
groaning  under  its  burden  of  variety  and  rich- 
ness, and,  without  regard  to  the  requirements  of 
his  system  or  the  affinity  the  food  may  possess, 
fills  himself  to  the  utmost  capacity  of  his  stom- 
ach, regardless  to  consequences.  But  had  he 
first  passed  this  partaken  dinner  over  to  his 
chemist  and  allowed  him  to  analyze  it  and  hand 
it  back  to  him  labeled,  he  would  have  turned 
pale  and  wondered  if  such  was  truth.  Again, 
were  he  to  step  into  a  drug  store  and  attempt  to 
mix  chemicals  as  he  does  his  food,  without  re- 
gard to  chemical  laws,  he  would  soon  have  h 
head  blown  from  his  body.  Why  not  then 
study  and  investigate  the  laws  of  our  own  na- 
tures, and  be  as  wise  as  is  the  ox  or  the  ass,  that 
kuoweth  his  master  and  his  master's  crib,  and 
accuse  not  a  kind  and  loving  Providence  of  curs- 


AT  the  Love-feaat  of  the  Yellow  Creek  church, 
the  16th  inst..  the  propriety  of  holding  a 
special  District  Meeting  of  the  churches  in 
Northern  111.  and  Wis.,  was  considered,  and  the 
conclusion  was,  that  it  would  be  expedient  to 
hold  one  soon.  The  undersigned  were  therefore 
appointed  a  committee  to  select  time  and  place. 
The  object  of  the  meeting  will  be  to  carefully 
consider  the  missionary  work  of  the  District. 
It  is  the  opinion  of  many  that  our  prt'sent 
method  of  sounding  out  the  Word  of  the  Lord 
to  those  in  the  regions  beyond,  can  be  greatly 
improved,  and  that  our  expenses  can  be  reduced 
considerably.  The  Southera  District  of  Illinois 
has  authorized  its  evangelists  to  aid  in  the  Cen- 
tral Mission  Field.  To  meet  these  and  the  best 
possible  manner  of  doing  effective  work,  will  be 
a  subject  of  thought  for  this  meeting.  The 
said  evangelists  as  well  as  all  others  who  may 
desire  to  be  with  us,  are  respectfully  invited  to 
come. 

.\t  the  last  A.  M.  the  care  of  the  church  in 
Denmark  was  given  to  this  District,  hence  there 
will  be  matters  pertaining  to  that  mission  to 
consider. 

Each  church  is  requested  to  send  two  dele- 
gates in  order  to  be  prepared,  in  case  churches 
are  called  upon  to  cast  their  individual  votes. 
Brethren  and  sisters  are  respectfully  invited  to 
attend,  and  ministers  and  deacon^  are  specially 
requested  to  come  and  help  in  the  work.  Come 
prepared  to  remain  until  all  matters  have  been 
carefully  considered,  as  plenty  of  time  will  bo 
taken  to  do  business.  Usually  matters  of  im- 
portance are  hurriedly  adopted,  and  afterwards 
it  can  be  seen  that  the  conclusions  were  not  the 
best.  Let  us  therefore  come  together  in  the 
fear  of  the  Lord,  and  calmly,  carefully  and  so- 
berly look  at  the  work  before  us.  and  work  for 
the  glory  of  God,  the  edification  of  the  church 
and  salvation  of  those  who  desire  to  come  t«  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth. 

The  committee  have  carefully  considered 
time  and  place  of  holding  this  special  Confer- 
ence, and  have  agreed  that  it  shall  be  held  with 
the  brethren  in  Lanark  on  Tuesday,  Dec.  3rd 
1878.  commencing  at  9  A.  M.  Our  reasons  for 
selecting  this  place  are,  1st,  It  is  a  central  point. 
2nd.  In  case  of  cold  and  disagreeable  weather, 
all  visitors  can  be  lodged  near  the  meeting- 
house. Enoch  Eby. 
J.  H.  Moore. 

M.  M.  ESBKI,M\N. 


When  you  do  a  favor  or  any  good  work,  it  i^ 
the  business  of  other*  to  commend  it.  Paul 
with  hi.s  inspired  vision  looked  away  down 
through  the  future,  and  saw  the  "boaatera  "  in 
company  with  the  covetou?.  the  proud,  the  un- 
thankful, the  unholy,  thi-  false  accusers,  the 
fierce  and  the  incontinent.  All  these  were  to 
live  in  the  la.st  days.  They  are  becoming  pret- 
ty numerous.     Watch  and  pray. 


usintss 


^s'oliccs. 


nnilLMETIttTBOH. 

Ti(i»  Me  Ihoioanili.   nol  mrnil'n  oX  tli*  cba 

StMttjr  i,rn>RInI  l.y  rnicllnn  Ihe  Bimintt  *T  W<>» 

*iir|  tn  unltr  lo  n>wh  w  rnuif  «f  Uila  hUm  m  prMi 


,.  11,-5  c 


mil  wnil  ibfa  tlii'  | 


lo  laj  (or  II,  rlumic  liBI  oo»  dulli/  k  t<u. 
rn  Kill  auk*  dua*ll«<ia  tu  Uili  rand,  ui<l  itiu  >ciBbl* 
.fit  »niLini[  ll)ii«r  wlirau'  nainut  mnj  b*  Ibfww,!*)  ui. 


J.  IV.StBln,.  - : 

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n  IlKltdun,  Conifll.  III. 

-.71 

E,  1',  L-  n..w,  liffudonrtll".  iiti", 

11 

John  yiory.  Br«g»»»f.r.  V._ 

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J.  Fortn^T.  Klrt^fHI*.  : 

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D.  Ttiumi*'n,  ll'iit"!! 


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lb.  wm. 

MONXV   LIST 

II  It  n.it  mta  u  xnJ  »<«  It.'O  iti  >  Ulf 
munoy  hj  V.  0.  OnJ.'n  "r  Dnft*.   et  luif 
umta  mar  t*  •*«  fciMOomnti  MJ.f  ..a* 

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01  f*pfl.nog,     Sud 
r»gijfr-l-     Pome* 

Orion 


l>.  truin 


DoMj  r 


Bbothkk  D.  B.  Gibson  left  for  his  houfc, 
Perrin,  Mo.,  on  Monday  the  21st  inst.  He  ex- 
pects to  return  lo  Northern  111.,  sometime  ne.\t 
Winter  to  continue  his  labors  with  the  Breth- 
ren. 


nay  *rTan  occur,  raport  Uiiui  iaiin«tlnl*l)': 

ADIIomorVI  SSmtvA  t»Sf  9  30  XmA*  Jtiiltr  SO  KBStBnrtO 
Siiiiud  J  DilDn  am  J  H  Wl^lT  S-  WiaUiimj  I IV  Uuuk 
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Si>loinun  WidD  K?A  aUutmnnXfil  J  K  K<4tbr  t  W  J  Uuny  I 
(mj  MHulthliKunZi)  Duilcl  KiunrTlT)  SB  Kspnsr  1  T>  B  X 
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ITU  L*tlMin«»0O  SPBnntuunlW  W  C  Trt*r  1  OS  H  !>tAv 
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WIIWrUliT"  Hiniflr-iitS  .Via  11  lIvDniKT  S«  LiiotKU  tMrlcL 
I  JO  M  C  Uudmiui  !l «)  Dark)  Vuilrkl»liaa  AGSpanllUc  3W 
KD«n*  K  I'Mla  2  W    J  r  Nail}  I  W     MaHn  J.Iloft    1  S    0  ^TaA(  » 

jiioi.-«rMiii-tir.   i»».ij  TMiii.f*i»  Juni"  a.riiT  mv    sa 

U«ilviV?T*n  JKM1lltr37a  Inkr  nt<ih<k> »  Jam—  n  HlMt 
IS)  AWuUlSO  Kl*  UiH-nl  1  7>  JWIt^kwlO)  laMlc«d| 
1  7S  J  M  M.ibl.rOO  ^  UlorganlO'rm  A  «rt^r  MX'  K  tn-km 
l«!  ni»MS«"rH9")  KL^«I«^'  SlfM»l|:.tn  AKUa^r 
ftlW  l>JH*}'nV  Macjr  K  Htfwiuu  W  Wn  a-iinU-W  B  »' Sktf* 
1  lU  .VMlt'liiU'lTm  SlI'UH.-OjiO  Sanin.l  S^U  t)  P  tl  IlriiiaT 
iW  KMlll^il^  !4«(>iwktIISI  lurSvtp  itO  J  JCkitU  V 
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>\*r^^t  X  W  WOTtlTHS  LJ  It^mtt  tVC  tteii.1  K  Oi^erkb 
HO  Ciirr;Tfll''P»5N  OASaisj-iTl  S  !>  duniWfe  X>  E  B  SU- 
.ftrin  JdbnnocylOO  BEVamrtiaf  0<o  Kupnt  SM  ttmm 
V  [tali*  U  A  W  Vanluan  1 10  P  \\-^\tt1!ti  \  IlKkltil  OX^Ocl  1&. 


'rii¥:f»tVrt*.ri!'i4wi?*  'A'j*"  ^i^^Rifc* 


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th>^  triL«-  I'l   Ju(l:ili  tin-  i'»i>t  «t'  Du-  HM-i^'hC.'—-wHJatlg.  Wuile-  tlieA^teid  is  »tv«(>iHK- 

hbtft  prevatlorlio  FiJ]«n  tlishnuk  urnl  loiui'l}  ^^Vll|Jt|  iii'41iickt4l  ii)|{I>t  Ui«r»,lHiiiitiiy«iiu.-{t*iu 

tlii-  tlirojif  i.4  fc/^^  aud  imploK-  Gofi  fiw  ^lu       '  • 
ilk";  "  of  Ji^ii»  wlitt 'Ufil  iiuU  Ll^  Jyr  <u,  tliiii 
iiiiylil  Lj\i:  auii  tl^at  iMjr  >-in-'   lutty  be  i'-' 


4iiiui^  *)ji  |(Himi.l. 


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MlP>|lk-:l»QII't<' 

HI)  tK#>lnviUi<Mi 

,I.-.MN   U.S.    . 

Bo   )■(■  kiufl   on..'  \u  .1 

■iri,'ivMig  oiit?    ftiiottifr. 

iTo^  imth  Rirgiven  yu'u. 


bcttvaa. 

\^iU  sun. 


■,\     <'.    MtrM:ii. 
I,   I,'    'Tiilfl  tlictlilr-i 


A 


■■■  ?fii>nl(]  Tnoiiru  iiiul  "  I  ■  I 
u.^  1)1-  \riy  ti'ivfni  Itow  \»e  sojiiiim  i)i  Uil^  m 
frii^ndly'  Wrt-M.  Olir  hh-fisc}  Maiiter  hal  W( 
fl  rrcurd.  Hint  we  should  be  holy  oven  fl.s  H^" 
buly.  Lti  us  roBBn'  our  tuilh  iu  ilie  hmAi,  figlit 
oiir  ti«ht,  aoil  jIunHy  we   bUhU  r  riiucivo  our  ro- 

,rt.rt!.e  iMlll-.f  \Val..rlno,...vs:  "The  ^..^Hfc     WO^LD     GRiSMM    ' 

■  BETTER?    '  ^         ' 


.;  t!i:it' moiv    tjiim  33,0ini    il,,„l,„„ 
.  I  iir  ai  ;i.' II.-  "i'  veiiomoiiK  ' 


ioi^RlkS  OF  WAR. 


why,W  ill  ,(iipi  W"WfW  bceji.iMOTedio;   Vlf 


I'  tl.. 


S«t«ft  wif  It  All  iumfi  uirtl  >i))<i> 


lAIIil  lylliK  WOl^d-:!^. 

I     M-CCkiwajs*.  1 

V- -  ....   „    „) <. I    M. ir6.il!  a;  «l»o, 

>!  I  '   '  It  m,  wiii'l 

;,  .,,lbli;-l;l'.n^r 

j|,    ,  ■.  1  li.Titlpl"illl, 

or  Jlily  till,  toll y  1.  II.CliWT, 

ITrtiSf  «lvo   fln   pvplaii/rtldn  nt  tliP    foltowii 
^.nr'ii     "  VVi.M^M..^.  I    I.  I.ii/Jii>fitiwl,il')lli  nut  Cuin- 
mli  I  .1  Lliii(itiiu.audtn;«.';iii' 

u,,.  .   (Jorf."     1  .Toliii  C.:U. 

Mui  rii:rai'n.\i'fill.' 

01    i  uh.i.  (.iWhat 

tlial    -I-,. I    '■.    .1 ; "     ^'V    I'V.nillK 

or  prnnhi^i'uiK  Willi  lirKiii-Jul  iimiu\fcr«'.l,  I'.-lli  Ih" 
munlia  JiinI  iimi»aimfi  /  Jly  doiiinHO  y.m  ii)ay  ilu 
Bg')'«lw"ik  foi  Ki.iii.- f-r  t.iif-im-iiili(-r»  i>iil  li'-pcili 
the  irar  W'v^  uml  oMit'o  I>aviii  Hiiowkh. 

1.  I'leiuki-  kIvp  ynir  viiwa  on  I.nke  10:  4.  "Ciir- 
ryut>illn;i  iiiiiw.  n..i-sciiil,  nor  sliOi«:  iimtmUille 
no  man  by  iIik  Wiiy."  ^^ 

2.  Also  Matt.  :;.;;  f>:  "And  cnll""iio  man  yonr 
fatlt*riiiK«iUi*oin:lli:  ftirone  In  your  father  which 
U  in  heiivi-ii."  , 

3.  AJP  1  por. " ;  30:  "  ThfS  wifp  is  liouud  by  the 
Inw  jw  loHR^iis  liei'  linabaml'livi-tli:  but  if  her  hus- 
liaiiil  lio  JwhJ,  flliu  Is  III  liberty  to  be  married  to 
w  hum  she  will;  only  In  the  1-ord." 


FOR  CHRIST'S  SAKE. 

BY  JOmf  B.  BHAKFFETl. 

TVill  the  HitRTiiiiKN  AT  WOKK.  or  some  one  of 
ItSDiuiiy  rvudE^rs,  pxplHin  a  few  exinessjons  that 
Ue  oftt'ii  iKtttd  in  iiuijury  They  m-e  ratherdark  to 
me.  I  iisk  fi'i-  infunii;t1ir.n:  First,  Is  it  jnoppr. 
wKaUffivinK  tliiinkH:il  Mn-  laldc.  loaak  tbcl.uid  to 
"blew"  that  fi.iKl  wliirh  Ilobas  ali.-a.ly  liKHsed'/ 
Secondly,  In  It  iirn|>cr  lo  pray  "  for  the  Hake  of  Je- 
'    8U8"  when  Jesus  has  dom.'  all  for  our  sake  'f 

1).  l'\Env. 

IT  is  not  ouly  proper,  but  always  safe  to  fol- 
low the  example  of  <jnr  Savior  Jesus  Christ. 
He,  in  giving  thanks  before  eating,  pronounced 
a  ble.ising  upon  the  food.  Therefore  why  should 
not  we  ask  Iliin  to  bless  our  daily  food?  Turn 
to  MHtt.  14:  22  and  reml,  "  And  aij  they  did  eat, 
Je^s  took  bread,  and  blessed,  and  brake  it,  and 
gave  to  tbeiu,  and  said.  Take  eat;  this  is  niy 
bodi'."  Paul  asks  in  Cor.  10:  1(1,  "  The  cup 
of  blessing  whiL'h  we  bleas,  is  it  not  the  coni- 
mdniou  of  the  blood  of  Christ?  "  In  1  Sam.  0: 
13  we  read,  "  As  soon  as  ye  be  coiue  into  the 
city,  ye  »hall  strai^'htway  find  liim,  before  ye  go 
upio  the  high  place  to  eat:  for  the  people  will 
not  ent  until  he  come,  because  he  duth  bless  the 
sacrifice;  and  afterwards  they  eat  that  be  bid- 
den." 

You  may  probably  say  that  noue  of  these 
have  reference  to  our  common  meals;  we  will 
then  look  for  evidence  upon  other  occasions. 
Turn  to  Mark  0:41:  42:  "And  when  he  had 
taken  the  five  loaves  and  two  fishes,  be  looked 
up  to  heaven,  and  blessed,  and  brake  the  loaves 
and  gave  them  to  his  disciples  to  set  before 
them;  and  tlie  two  fishes  divided  he  among 
them  all,  and  they  did  all  eat  and  were  filled." 
Also  Mark  8;  7,  "And  they  had  a  few  small 
Sshes:  and  he  blessed,  aud  commanded  to  set 
thera  also  before  them."  Also  Luke  ^4:  30, 
"Aud  it  came  to  pass,  as  be  sat  at  meat  with 
them,  he  took  bread,  and  blessed  it  and  brake, 
aud  gave  to  them."  Therefore  if  it  was  essen- 
tial then,  it  is  no  less  so  at  the  present. 

Secondly,  "  is  it  proper  to  pray  '  for  the  sake 
of  Jesus,'  when  Jesus  haa  done  all  for  our  sake  y  " 
It  is  alone  through  the  merits  of  Jesus,  that  wc 
can  implore  a  throne  of  grate;  bad  Jesus  faiUd, 
where  would  be  our  hope?  Of  ourselves  we 
can  do  nothing.  After  doing  all  that  is  requir- 
ed of  us  "we  are  unprofitable  servants."  But 
Je."us  purchased  our  redemption  by  being  obe- 
dient in  everything,  "tempt«d  iu  all  points  0.1 
we  are,  yet  without  sin."  ilohn,  the  revelator 
wept  when  there  was  uo  man   found  worthy  to 


■,    iilter  flip  I>iit- 
I  th^siitfcrincrs 

01  ]ij.  II  riin.^n  (.inTK'ii  ;f  mh  n  :i  jiL-nod  of  thfir 
woOiT**.  Wh**!!  l  iirttt  eut^red  the  hrt^^tal. 
thfse  Trench  ilieu  liftdbeen  i^iwed  and  t-Tvited 
to  :ni  extraordinary' degree;  and  iu  the  glance  of 
tlit'ir  cye8  there  was  a  character  of  titnceuess 
uliicU  I  never  expected  to  witness  iu  ti,huiiiHii 
coiuiU'uanco-,  Oft  the  second  day  the  tempora- 
ry exeitt- men  t  ha*l  .subsided;  aud  ttini  wjiich 
way  i  \vou!d,  I  encountered  tvery  form  of  en-, 
(jfidy  irom  tlv^t  whose  condili->n  left  no  neeit 
of  words  to  sfir  compassifui:  '  f?uji:eiin  Major, 
0!  bow  I  sutler!  Dress  my  wound-'!  do  ilre-fs 
mywimnds!"  'Doctor.!  command  myself  to 
Tou.  Cni'niy  leg  off!  01  1  sutler  ton  much!' 
And  wliun  tliese  entreaties  w^re  nUHVailin?,  yon 
might  hear,  in  a  w^ak,  inward  tone  of  despair. 
'  I  shall  die!  I  am  a  dead  man.'  " 


AN 


EXHORTATION    TO  FAITH- 
FULNESS. 


fly  MARr  S.  SHIVEtY. 

rpWO  of  my  brothers,  one  of  my  sisters  and 
X  mjaelf  are  members  of  the  church.  It  ba« 
been  over  four  yeai'S  since  I  united,  but  broth- 
ers and  sister  united  only  last  Winter.  They 
are  younger  than  I  am.  May  they,  with  m}'- 
self,  be  obedient  to  all  the  commandments  of 
our  blessed  Master. 

And  you,  my  dear  young  friends,  if  you  have 
not  yet  come  to  Christ,  do  not  delay.  "  To-day 
if  you  hear  bin  voice,  harden  not  your  heai-ts." 
Heb.  7,  S,  15.  Then  come  to  the  Lord  at  once, 
make  no  delay. 

We  learn  that  the  gate  that  opens  and  the 
road  that  leads  to  eternal  life  are  strait — narrow. 
Then  utriiy  to  enter  in  at  the  "strait  gate,"  for 
many  will  sei'fc  to  enter  iu  and  shall  not  be  abb'. 
Luke  13:  34,  Then  come  at  once  and  follow 
your  meek  and  lowly  Savior  while  His  mercie.'; 
are  yet  upon  yon  and  the  door  of  grace  not 
closed.  To-r/n  1/ in  ihe  accepted  time.  Do  not 
put  it  ofl.  God  will  not  always  atrive  with  you. 
Do  what  the  Savior  has  commanded  you  while 
it  is  yet  daj' — before  the  night  cometh  wherein 
no  man  can  work.  The  night  will  cuuit  when 
no  man  can  work,  and  then  if  we  have  not  per- 
formed our  alloted  task  the  king  will  say,  "  De- 
part from  me  all  ye  workersof  iniquity.  There 
■,atl  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  ttetb,  when 
ye  shall  see  Abraham  and  Isaac  and  Jacob  and 
all  the  prophets  in  the  kingdom  of  God." 

That  will  indeed  be  a  sorrowful  time.  Then 
dear  brethren.  let  us  keep  near  the  blood- 
stained banner  of  King  Emmauu*'!.  And  may 
those  who  have  not  yet  enlist*id,  do  so  at  once, 
before  it  is  too  late;  for,  on  tbatgieat  and  nota- 
ble day  of  the  Lord,  He  ehall  say  to  them  on  the 
left  hand,  "  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed,  into  ev- 
erlasting fire  prepoi-ed  for  the  devil  and  his  an- 
gels."    Matt.  25:  41. 

I  hope,  ray  dear  young  friends,  you  will  not 
neglect  to  come  at  once— before  the  day  of  grace 
is  closed;  for  life  is  but  a  vapor— lasts  but  for  a 
moment  compared  with  the  ceaseless  ages  of 
eternity. 

WATCH  AND  PRAY. 

BY  O.  J0NK8. 

THE  all-seeing  eye  of  God  is  ever  watching  us. 
aud  Me  is  willing  to  lead  and  guide  His 
children  if  they  are  willing  to  obey  Him.  W'e 
should  not  murmur  at  every  little  thing  that 
does  not  go  as  we  think  it  should.  God  knows 
everything  we  do. 

When  people  cannot  find  fault  with  each 
other  they  aVe  apt  to  find  fault  with  God's  ways. 
Oh,  why  should  we  murmurl  Our  Creator  does 
all  things  well.     We  should    not   murmur,  but 


riT  bus  beeft 't^^'i.niiifir'i- in  nil  -.vu-^M 
Inirlil.  but  if  nv  rtmsl  ai<<^pt  pnpular 
ujiinioii  to  i>e  true,  then'  tli'.-  wnvld  i-  jr'-tl'iif: 
bt-ltPV  t-Tory  year  and  gtiidnally  Imtf-Oiely  thi- 
niiUenninm  i"  drawjut;  upon  us.  EverV  pre^e- 
diut  ill  theiliiJ>le  teadbuS  that  (rod'H  iuda[Juel»t^ 
coU!(;.6uddgn,at  a  time,  when  k>u«t.«.\|;eottxIaud 
lue  dt-^'>iyv<:  It  was  so  iu  the  ut»o  *4,ilie  ajib- 
deluviuiiS.  Tlie  Sodomites,  IMianjah's  tiibes, 
the  des-truttiuu  of  Jerusaleni,  aud  unnK-rou-i 
glher  iji^tniicvs  might  be  rffi'i.vd  to.  A''  foHie 
world  becomijtg  better  at  tbl^■ti'lll■.  i»aii'..''.>!i..j. 
whwh  should  -nga.ee  the  mind^  nf  tt.lAMn- 
p.'ople,  aiiii  a?  the  HiiFTirKtW  at  V^'nm;  bus 
itfietoroV?  been  used  as  atnedinni  by  Ih^'bt'-'t 
i!iiukefisi»ndBibl(J.studi.>uts*in  the  thutVlv.Sti  is 
to  bi!  hoped  that  some  of  them  wiil'i-upresstheir 
opinions  upon  this  question  regardless  of  what 

i^  pcipuhir  or  uupopnlar.         

it  m  admitted  that  the  people  iu  this  gener- 
al i"n  are  more  retiued  thau  e\er  b.'fm*  i;Vtin  iu 
tJieir  methods  of  warlaie.  Mote  iutelK-ctually 
aud  less  phy.^ically  developed  tjian  in. past  Kges. 
.The  marvelous  inventions  i»f  the  day,  yuch  as 
the  pliunograph,  telephone,  electric  light,  aud 
a  method  by  which  deaf  mutes  can  he  taught  to 
bear  aud  sp^ak,  together  witli  other  wonders  in 
discovery,  might  lead  uiajiy  to  think  that  we 
are  already  in  the  millennium.  Cun-idifring  for 
the  moment,  that  eventually  all  mankind  will 
"be  saved  in  the  life  to  come — the  (lUfsfion  iu 
my  mind  is,  whether  it  will  be  the  few  or  the 
many  who  will  meet  with  God's  favor  at  the 
next  advent  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ? 
The  question  is  put  to  representative  and  ortho- 
dox brethren. 


DRESSING  CHILDREN  IN  THE 
FASHIONS. 

BY  ELLKN  B.  C.N.\r,EY. 

"Train  up  a  cliild  in  tha  way  he  should  eo:  and 
wheii  lie  Is  oltlhe  will  uot  depart  from   it.      I'rov. 

M  rplifVIN  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should 
JL  go."  Mothers,  are  you  doiug  this?  Are 
you  trying  to  train  your  daughters  iu  the  way 
they  eboiild  go?  A  mother  remarked  some 
time  ago,  "  I  know  my  daughliTS  are  dressed  in 
the  latest  style,  but  let  them  dress;  when  they 
become  older  they  won't  want  thc'se  things  any 
more."  Mother,  I  am  afraid  you  are  mistaken. 
If  you  are  not,  the  Scriptures  can't  be  true.  Can 
you  briug  up  your  daughters  with  all  the  fool- 
ish fashions  of  the  world,  and  hope  when  they 
become  old,  it  will  depart  from  them?  But  this 
is  not  the  case.  The  daughters  generally  hold 
out  the  way  mother  trained  them.  II  you  show 
your  daughter  the  humble  way,  when  ahe  is 
young,  she  will  uot  de[)art  from  it  when  she  is 
old,  but  if  you  show  your  daughter  the/iis/iirm' 
nhir  way,  she  will  not  depart  from  it.  But  when 
:he  comes  to  her  dwith-bed  she  will  say,  "  I  am 
lost,  and  mother  is  the  fault  of  it."  Like  I  refid 
in  a  p:ii)er  the  other  day:  A  young  woman  after 
she  wan  converted,  felt  it  her  duty  to  lay  oft' 
Ikt  jewelry  and  gay  clothing.  She  did  so,  and 
for  awhile  attired  herself  modestly  aud  was  a 
devoted  Christian.  But  her  mother  pt-i-suaded 
her  to  put  on  the  jewelry  snd  gay  clothing 
again.  Not  long  after  her  mother  told  her  there 
was  uo  harm  in  this,  and  the  daughter  was  us 
gay  a-s  before.  A  few  years  later  she  took  sick, 
and  just  before  she  died,  she  said  to  her  mother 
in  the  presence  of  others:  "  Mothi-r,  I  am  dying, 
and  without  hope.  Once  I  was  a  Christian,  but 
at  your  suggestion  I  put  on  that  jewelry  and 
gay  clothing,  that  hangs  there  on  the  wall,  and 
by  that  I  ii-ll  frora  grdc«.  Now  I  must  die  and 
go  to  hell.  Mother,  it  is  your  fault,"  and  point- 
ing to  the  clothes  on  the  wall  she  said,  "keep 
my  clothes,  aud  when  you  look  at  them  you  will 
remember  that  your  daughter,  who  wore  them 
at  your  suggestion,  is  iu  the  lost  world." 

Can  you  dress  in  all  the  foolish  fashions  of 
the  world  and  be  a  Chri'ttian?  Fathers  and 
uiijfhers,  let  this  bp  a  warning  for  you  Train 
your  children  in  the  way  thev  should  go,  that 
when  they  come  to  die,  they  are  prepared  to  go 
to  that  heavenly  land. 


-,-  Tract  Sociel^„Jt^.,k*tm  <txQ, 
iia^eAuiei 


9,ifgtuui-.- 
meneaii 


Ml  in  ^M   ,.  -:,j.i.  similar  in  form  t 
Tr/utSocier^,  ^^jj^  -qO  f-f  J^HOWia*! 

— The  Univci-salist  ministera  have  recom- 
mended entire  ubstiuence  fi:oiu  tKe  use  of  to- 
baci^Ofc,    .J    ^ ,iUM  ttu-^i    I    .  „  f/  " 

— Op4Im  6,5oD  iTwea  ofsuJcideiw  FrailwdJJL 
ing  :isiugleyHar.dritiik<'lin«s«  wflawfttignt'fl  iisa* 
ca«*«  iji  oittvlbat'thoftiw  iifbtitnceB.il  ■  i      n.,  .di  , 

— NfeAtti.'HlWeellMndre'd'tiiinprSwci'er'ec^t.''" 
Jy  killed*  tvf  an  explnhion  of  givs  in' an 'English  '' 
coal  mini'.    KeuHy  nil  iu  the  mine  periBhedj  '  -l 

— K   Wi^eonsin   inventor  hiw  made  a  steam     ' 
wagon  tbiit  will  (!r^  eight  ov  fen  t()nf^,'pltiw.' 
harvest;   fhr^h.  ttitd  travel    tit  thyttfte  bf''tetf   ' 
Biiitwun  hmn"  ovop'B  sam^y,  ItlllyyoAd;       ■"  -    li 

— TmmkN-sr  coat  deji^'if  s  have  been  discovered 
in  China.  Ovfr  ;i,0ini,nO0  tons  are  already  pro- 
(Juc.'d  unnnfilly  by''thi»'  few  mines  which  have 

)>reii  opened.        ■■    '  '     »'  ')     ,    ■ 

■  ■■  — THBiTuption  of  Mount  VeauTius  isinere^-'' 
iug.    The  base  lof  ilie' iieSf  ettH^  ij^ii'iw  dAvtV^fi' 
with  hivft,  whieli  is  streaming  iJbwli  thesidtS'"' 
of  the  mfcnntain.  '•'  !■  ' 

— Oke  tif  thp  most  iiit<?resting  scientific  dis- 
coveries of  recent  date  is  that  of  a  Germau 
chemist  who  'h«is  found  a  way  to  make  indigo 
artiticialiy.  1 

— It  ha,"*  I»eeti  proposed  to  the  Khedive  of 
Egypt  to  iDuvert  into  paper,  the  cloth  of  the 
mummies,  of  which  it  is  calculated  420,000,000 
must  be  deposited  iii  the  pits  of  Egypt. 

— The  color^  Baptist  cliurches  in  South 
Carolina  set  apart  the  lai-t  Sunday  in  September 
as  a  season  for  .special  prayer  and  missionary 
collections  in  behalf  of  the  heathen  iu  jVfrica. 

— Ir  is  stated  that  the  translation  of  the  Bible 
into  Turkish  is  finished,  and  is  ready  for  the 
press.  The  New  Testament  is  printed,  audit  is 
expected  that  the  Old  Te.itament,  in  the  .-Vrabic 
imd  Armenian  characters,  will  be  printed  in 
September. 

— An  English  correspondent  of  the  New  York 
Atlatriitf,  referring  to  the  death  of  Mrs.  Rowley, 
the  last  surviving  child  of  the  great  Adam 
Clarke,  writes,  that  nil  the  family,  except  Mrs. 
Kowley,  belonged  to  the  Church  of  England, 
because  of  the  unkind  conduct  shown  to  Dr. 
Clarke  by  some  leading  Methodist  preachers. 

— X  lusPATi  H  from  Dallas,  Texas,  says  that 
h*'avy  robberies  of  money  and  freight  from  the 
Texas  F'acific  and  the  Houston  S;  Texas  railroad* 
have  beeu  detected,  aud  that  many  men  of  high 
business  and  social  standing,  including  officere, 
conductors  and  agents,  with  a  number  of  citi- 
zens from  St.  Louis  to  Galveston,  are  implicated. 

— SaoTA  Conference,  church  of  the  United 
Brethren,  at  its  late  annual  session  in  Fairfield 
Co.,  Ohio,  adopted  a  resolution  excluding  from 
their  number  all  applicants  for  membership  wh» 
moke,  chew  or  snuff  tobacco,  on  the  ground 
that,  as  they  believe  ministers  who  use  tobacco, 
though  they  advocate  temperance,  economy, 
and  Christian  purity,  do  not  practice  what  they 
preach. 

— Thrrb  has  always  been  a  very  great  popu- 
lar interest  in  voyages  of  discovory.  The  pro- 
prietor of  the  N.  Y.  Unalil,  recognizing  thi» 
fact,  a  few  years  ago  fitted  out  an  expedition  to 
Central  Africa,  the  success  of  which  is  well 
known.  The  same  enterprising  [lublisher  hot 
now  fitted  out  two  vessels  to  explore  the  frozen 
regions  of  the  North.  One  will  attempt  to 
reach  the  Pole  through  Behrings  Strait,  while 
the  other  sails  by  way  of  Spitzbergen. 

—Tub  intermeut  of  Matilda  Stanley,  the 
Gipsy  (Jueen,  in  Woodland  ('emetry,at  Dayton, 
Ohio,  took  place  on  Sunday,  Sept.  loth.  She 
died  in  Vicksburgh  last  February,  and  her  body 
was  embalmed  for  the  final  interment.  Her  fu- 
neral attracted  25.000  people,  including  repre- 
sentative Gipsies  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  Canjwla,  and  the  funeral  procession 
was  a  mile  in  length.  Itev.  D.  Birger,  of  the 
United  Brethren,  conducted  the  servicei'.  At 
the  close  the  Queen's  children  threw  themsclve* 
on  the  grave  and  "  filled  the  air  with  their  lam- 
entations." The  King,  her  husband,  lives  near 
Dayton,  on  a  large  tract  of  land,  which  he 
owna. 


Or  *<">ber    31. 


CO  RRKHPO  NT  TJEXOR. 


TIITB   TiltKTHRlCIvr    AT    "VVOllK 


>■   7 


ProVh'LSfhrop:  fralilbmia. 

rliHANKS  WfSOWWtHUwviig  Mi.ai™,- 

.vl'    'Tiicdi.iriAoKWilWmn  h„,.  j„4   ,,„^  ,; 

.  icIUoli  of  ri'tre»)iml>nt.    Th»iiiCoiii,niitiict,"„,„ 

lielil  at  San  JoHfjuiT.  llri.!;;...     It  l„.jli,|  th.-il  li 

of  Seiilc-iiiljiT.  and  ,-i:,U:\  t\v  SOrl,  ulKtnn     TI16 


lof  li)vi-to,     "  The  Ihoiiskt  in  ,lw«j>  |,wont  to  the  ■ct." 
iv»   «r,.-ut  lu  I  ••  Trait  !■  all  „,  „„,ll,i„f.  n^  „  ,j„^|,  l„|i„. 


I'P  the  true  church  of  Christ.      Br^-thrcn   miil  [  thum  Htr«a«di.  and  blM^  their  Liln- 
;^ntcrs  wp  nhouM  hope  nnd  pray  for  th»»  time  to    u«  all.  i«  my  iicivur.      From  then- 

iiem  thought  pruiw  to  aall   moir  holpora  iiii  if<  4iMl(>vii„.  s»ilKi(kii.iw  lio>T.k»ci.odua  tii*- I  *         i  uv 

tiw  church,  lui-el<«tiiialiiiv«.  "lew  ji«.   We  h^jpe  |  UiCifiUii^itiut    kit  ili  LorMdartH' 


rryoii^  i-'ij<,y,.,rTiiii 


s,.lf.  T..-II  s.«.lLfc,irtilJtJl,mt,j  tlu-cioir.  h,  by 
ctinf>?^sii)ii  1111(1  bnpH-^m.  HioiluT  Uh-lIiI/ 
' '  ^"1^2"'''"*)-^^'*  pT/Nc)it,  antl  labored  -rfffh  »■<  — 
During  the  i.u'ctri.j-,  tlif,;  .Tuoo^i'l^lmnlc  and 
Bro.  Jolin  IVU-ini;iu  w.i-  t-iecte.l^^^ii;oiw  — 
privilege'  was  gi-aiit..].  l,rolKer  Wirf  Sfn^fbur, 
ker.  Ip  prbiicih  Uip  Wm-d  Iihdl)ll]i[fz.^'''  Brutln  r 
WalteVMyiTs  leccivcrl  bis  c-biiigo,  an-l  .-uteii, 
,1  ea  rti«fti'**i«i  (liif^-ff  of  II  im^ionaryj  ■  ■  FaniU 
wel'O'lnriatedtoAH'ruiHiifl  fiilioniw*.  -  'Broth.?, 
Ohailey  Meyers  wiiK  cliosi'ii    to  ibfc  imnistry 

Oah-lanf/,  Cnli/ornifi.  Oil.  lilk,  JfO^ai   .  :   . 
From  Jesse  CfldvcflW Ml  Ml/ 

I]iEKT  home  on  tbo  Stiiui',  OoluUt  to  go  to 
Bloomville..Ohii)4(iD  itittyad  nieQtikig.  By 
the  rt'iiy  I  met  a  BajHist  minister;  he  siiid  li 
was  much  disturbed  ou  tlie  subjiufcof  Lhe  ihikIp 
of  bflptisui,  and  said  be  vviahed  hu  did  uut  know 
laemucii  as  he  did  nboxit  triue  immersion,  as  it 
was  now  hard  to  tear  away  from  the  Baptist, 
and  t#ll  tliem  Uie  thousand  he  h.-id  baptized 
was  all  wrong.  "  I  do  not  know  what  todoj 
but  I  am  not  satisfied;"  said  he,  and  bid  liie 
farewell. 

At  Dunkirk  I  had  a  few  words  of  greeting  by 
brother  S.  T.  Bpsserman,  and  tlien  continued 
uiy  journey.  Arrived  at  Bloomvilli;  in  due 
tinje.  At  night  had  nipetiiig;  fair  attindance. 
'i'liui-sday  was  the  day  of  Conimuniuu;  bad 
meeting  in  the  morniug;  five  were  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism.  The  Love-feast  wan  h  good 
and  eDJoyabJp  one,  though  the  crowd  was  large 
and  somewhat  noisy.  We  continued'the  meet- 
ing until  over  Sunday;  many  said  they  woul'l 
joifa,  but  pnt  it  oft' for  a  more  convenient  seitson. 
T  km  nnw  at  Jolmytown.  The  Baptist  rhnndi 
was  well  filled  last  niglit,  what  the  result  will 
Be, 'God  only  knows.  Let  your  prayers  ascend 
"  in  our  beta! 


may  sot  »  irocd    rKumfil.- 


cwtou,     tblN 


«waf*.-      --.I.,,,,  hwA  tc««l  ibodrhW./iind 
-  tJiatwpC'jnl  that  ha^jdii^ood  iMikl]i,)/*He 

.        l-'toro-    «i'^f^«'1S'^^-J»n)«  :l"-**il'«.-o|  tUinkiml  aiJ,fc,»ididi.i.Wlh«t«.ui.dt.^S^ 
Uoreh  and  vrnrld.  ihft*  bhey  ,u«y  U  tV,  «ed.»  iimsh*4:  ( W«»ruV..i*  ,'A>  i»^e  I«ut-w«l.WlK  (  no  b-.-l  tihoaRbW    .At.  liu/vnio*;  th«  •towd 

^^Ud  Wu  WW  «#ido  »*-r¥Ji.iar  V.  tw«  a  ^unnufiju- 1  1  wotf  tiwat,  ve  intn  U»,ii„r«R  i  „9,',.r  BniWiU- 


"!"  doing  niudh  Ritfti,        :'i   >'     v  (  ii  i,. 

rbeix-is  iiuit.'X'TnWnb.,rrrft»pq\ing;  mqmbtifc. 

m  thiscbuwh,  MifluoVl  ihiiWcids^h^Jifodiftit.. , 

obtirohi  I       ,|,    ydi  ..JiftilJ.aHoDontR,     , 

Good  news  fifbm^  the  SoAth-We'it 


Orili^uroUm«vtinBc*m«j  off  oo  thfl  Ljili 
!  iMi^yJieavy  hoaitK  made  glft.1  and-that 
too.  fcg  rvjoicf ;  thedaj-k  cloudst  that ,w8reihn-»t- 
eiiiiig  drtUg-T  iitwiiy  time  wi-re  dispersed.,,  ,Thp 
gPOial  rjtjTs  ,^f  Ittve  |be-itow«d|  far  bgyond  itiie 
Wjpugjitjftt'  M8  all.  Xhifs  wu  &m  wiwu  »■*■  are 
tndy  (iimx-re,  aud  look  to  tU^  Lord,  hojia- 
promiaed  In  blest*  and  Jiolp  ua,  luid  to-da^-  »in. 
ner^  were  made  to  weep  and  tbo  sainta  to  re* 
joiee.  As  wu  camii  to  the  house  for  worship 
we  were  hailed  with  the  news,  thveo  dear  sools 
were  a-lmitted  iu  the  cimrcb.  and  siyou  Xvin 
raor*,  so  five  in  :tlj,  wtxti  n-ceivd  iu  the  fold  by 
baptism.  One  iiiilition  La*(  Suudfiy.  iXiius 
you  see  we  have  six  additions  within  one  week. 
It  makes  glad  hearts  inthe  fojd  of  the  Lord,  to 
Bte  such  precious  souls  leave  the  ranks  o£  the 
evil  and  conip  out  un  the  Lord's  side. 

I  .1,  I  FUEUKHICK  SlIBRtY. 

.Ay'red„Dw3las  Co.,  Kaunas,  Oct.  13th,  1^7S. 


J^^}iHtMtnilnl  lUti  wi£.-  tofiM  f<>rtji  tq  JMujlU: 
X(m|(ii,of  lur  tU-M  lUtithmtt  uud  aiMw  .  \t\^4A 
iM<'t-iufr,i<>-,ui)ej(  ju  ulU  tlunK»,kJ4t-.  io»n(Uil« 

,t)l  Uif.  will,  May  Uod  nUvngtheu  lh<'ni  u^iLl 
t^  fiof^  rl^U  tliat   may  ix-  hurltd,  ftiia.«i|ty 

.ti^'ff  evf)-  h^v#  thv  *rnK.r  ou;  Lhg(ilM-,«ii4i,lfd  to 

,V(Onti\jib'li',|iui;v<;  ih-iu  'OniLi^'rum  tlitcB^eb  dt»ii^. 
(Jd'uiX'iU"-»m  W>U;l,()Miiivd,  aivi*e*rtlK*  kiuL!- 
doin.  (Jnwiy  llM>'  iioUtf^y  (maj'  t<wUniK,  11.:- 
niembvr,  dew  sjiim,  tU»t„  Uw  sytnl  will  not 
always  »L»iv,j  with  you.  ieutivai  jon  U,  qpn- 
sid«r,  to  com«  now.  ,  Vwi,|to(^iij»'  ..Won'fciyou 
'^■60'i''  .  fi        ,1.-     .i;iii  I1-1-,  ■!         -I   :       .w  ' 

,|TliejUJ|»mbnW,her(tjij.tUfSu|OpiotMY#H«tfjJre 
iniuiiojdandWve,  May  Wi)i  endii*  eniih  and, 
all  wUh,*£oud>degre>sof  Clin8t,i4ii«h»r»l.y  wul 
tioiuiv^y,  that  they  may  be  Miuxiog  lif;ht»  in 
the  far  Weht.      The   Word    wiw    pn:-ueiu.-d  by 

I  brothqp  Uillcry  in  the  dcmonslratiou  of  tk- 
!)pirit.uud  iu  powei,-,  and  bnd  a  dalntary  d&tt. 
AL^r  :<,iod  l)lu«d  hfiD  iti  birf  Jaborr*.  tuul  siutam 
his  compafiiiui'at  liojiio.  i»  i>ur  united  prayer, 
,H.  i*.  llfOMiwoitrB. 


'  ja  tntfsU 

\S.-  :roia  an 
i  t  iatRUitt'-ot 


jtalf    "~ 


W' 


h?t.^r.tfi'.  ms. 


'    How  1  Distributed  Them. 

ON  the  morning  of  the  3rd  of  Oct.  I  left  my 
home  for  Halt  .Go,YiIo.  On  the  evening 
()f  the  3rd  I  received  a  package  of  the  Biieth- 
RRN  AT  WiiitK  and  the  Chililrni  at  Work  aud  a 
lot  of  other  circulars.  I  majc  a  pretty  thorough 
distribution  of  them.  After  I  got  about  six 
miles  from  home,  I  commenced  handing  them 
to  men  and  women,  i  at  the  same  time  asked 
them  if  they  would  read  a  gnod'religious  paper. 
if  I  would  hand  them  one.  and  they  all  said  yea. 
I  Stopped  at  a  school-house,  and  soon  had  a 
crowd  of  children  around  me;  I  gave  out  quite 
-  a  lot-of  yoiircirculars  there.  1  at  that  time 
only  had  one  copy  of  the  children's  paper, 
which  I  exhibited,  aud  told  them  what  it  costs 
per  yenvand  tlie  value  of  the  papi-r  iuid  how  to 
send' for  it,  etc.     1  also  l.'I't  a  lot  at  the  post-of- 

,^cel  fitthi&xeti^ille.J'ai-d  \ilpmd  R-  R-  '^o  I 

scattered  the  lot  along  the  road  fiu-  thirty-three 
miles,  then  I  run  out.  When  I  got  to  Audrew 
Co.,  Mo.,  I  found  that  all  the  members  had  gone 
to  Holt  Co.,  and  as  the  distance  then  would  be 
thirty-five  miles,  and  a  difficult  road  to  find,  1 
then  declined  going  any  farther.  I  then  stop- 
ped with  the  brethren  over  Lord's  day  and  had 
two  meetings;  good  order  and  attention.  The 
members  seemed  to  be  much  refreshed. 

Wiu-iAM  B.  Sbli- 
M<irtiiisfiU,%  jl/».,  Orf.  W/i,  187S. 


.*'20.50 


10.00 


1.00 
3.00 
2. 75 
2.00 


Danish  Mission  Fund. 

Arnold's  Grove  church 

A  Brother, 

A  Sister, 

[.  T.  Uosenherger,  Ohio, 

.lohn  J.  Cover.  Pa .25 

Loviua  Mullender, 21 

.}.  Hensics,  111., 

Sophia  Lightner,  Md,. 
Samuel  Ross.  Ohio, -- 
John  Metzger,  111.. .- 

Sister  Buecbley,  Iowa, 5.00 

Lev iSch mucker,  III.,..;'.  .'....:...* .25 

.1.  0.  Culler,  Ind,, .50 

Benjamin  Bowma4t«i|.,^,t4i^ji<riI-'i(tti'i-(     .50 
-J.  B.  I'ence.Teiin.,  ..^....h■■■^■ 
Aud^cw  Peters,  lud,,  •.,... tr,*.... 
Lyman  Stone,  CaL,  ...i.^.....;  — 

W.  B.  Woodard,  Iowa, 

D.D.  Horner..Pa 

Jacob  HarshmwJ 'to 

ijtate  Center  church,  Iowa, 2.00 

U.  W.  Hexie,  Oregon, .20 

Ii   F.  Moubiay,  Va., .25 

D.  Heiie i.OO 

J.  K.  niuyer,  Ohio- 1.00 

Joseph  Affloli^,.W.^t  Va., O-OO 

.i.s.  Glass, ;.'...'...,..,.,.. SS 

1  .  1  C.  p.  RowLAKD,  Treasurer. 

Lanark,  lil.i-Oct.  I'M,  iy7><. 
"    '      (P.  C,  plennf  copy.  J 

Qlad  Tidings. 


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toih*  |rt-«piu,()U. 

iul"lb»;eiit  iOiBil. 

w»y.  aud.is  addrvM0d  ti  iiBUid»tliki-un  tJ^  in- 
t>illii;utUvii  -rj^'hliy.appiit  J.  To  bttithu  aad  to 
.'h**r  •uriiuWJliii»iac«  -re  rniiH  ,aDt»|)t  4^  of 
UodV  lior.'VidKxi  M  thijy  :n  Mal;>^'  bfiillis 
Word.  iW'«  nuwfc.fUvA'^iirijtuesiiii  .ilt»«wa 
ra^uuing..    )  .,  ,.j,'   -.is..,n->,w,t     .,  bo* 

Wtbh,iiianari^t1liJttTDai:o«tiOf  fcba  lu^Mitha 
Httvutiou  was  good,  but  we  fearth«fc,g(i»it(HerdB 
arooft^fijiCAUghtftwivy-iwiwiflWy  ad  to  leave 
but  little  or  nd  itopr«*ioli.r  i . .(/ 

Wiw  set  and  eaten  by  tim  muUUitJW.  IWidia^AwD 

i*.  it.  we,aiHr4-«edtheai  iii.m  I    !>..t*.r  2;  7. 

"Unto  you  therefore  \\W^h  l^fliev..-,  he  la  pre- 
ciou-*."  The  etVurt  wasTT  ,li,,w  thai  Without 
jU*<(rt!Tft>^intT  withftM  wSiiviW^thiJt,  R^fty/pre- 
tioiH  In  the  cli>irch  and  inth.-  family;  precious 
yonlh  and  (n  oIA  a(?p;  in'  lift-;  In  ^ki^L  in 
rfs-Mcrmetion;  in  the  jWdftmiiit  and  ti 


the 


Bating  Othet'-^s'  Brud.    ' 

U  T^  AT  no  ruan'B  bread  for  naught."  w  a  di- 
XJ  vine  injunction,  yet  many  of  ourweti- 
bevsdo  so.  When  wu,  who  live  in  the  (Wuntry 
go  to  town  ou  buainess,  or  to  the  targe  citiew, 
and  We  prefer  to  go  to  stay  with  our  members 
rather  than  go  to  a  hotel  over  night  or  for  two 
or  three  days,  it  is  no  inoif  than  right,  that  we 
8hould  leave  those  with  whom  we  have  lodged, 
onetwo  or  threfl^olWiif-for  they  have  every 
thing  to  buy  aDd's«neKillyiai  high  rates.  Of 
course  these  dear  members  will  not  charge  a 
brother  or  siitpt";  but  let  as  ]«uve  i  sometling 
for  thoni  anyhow.'  Yes  leave  it  by.  force.  1  Of 
course  when  our  luini^re  are  out  sp^ndin? 
their  time'for  the  church',  it  is  ditt'erent;  but  we 
who  go  on  business  or  otherwise,  should  be 
lulling  to  satisfy  or  rather  Iflave  something  in 
return  for  "what  we  have  received, 

I  once  ktaew  »  family  of  members  living  in 
Dayton,  Ohio,  whoi  kept  avery  one  who  came 
to  stay?  and  often  rich  -members  would  get  off 
of  the  cars  and  go  tb«te  auil  rpceive  of  their 
hospitalities,  and  go  nlf  without  leaving  a  cent, 
when  the^emambers  were  needy,  and  who  after- 
wards broke  lip.  Aaothpr  brother  iu  Indiana, 
who  was  poor  and  lived  ti  town  told  mw  in 
time  of  the  A.  M  ,  since  tlh^n  he  had  woll  nigh 
been  eaten  out  of  house  and  borne,  and  that  l>y 
some  who  were  rich,  but  did  not  Leave,  the 
brother  anything  iu  exchange  IW  hi^  kindness. 
Another  member  iu  Chicago,  has  liud  a  burden 
in  the  same  manner,  and  is  not  indeptrndent. — 
Aud  many  otUocs  we  could  name,  but  let  these 
examples  suffice.  When  I  was  in  the  latter 
city  I  stayed  with  a  member  and  left  my  dollar, 
and  felt  good  over  it.  "When  you  go,  brother, 
do  thou  likewise.  P.  It.  WjtujHTaitis. 


cioim  Ihro^igbont  eternity.  Aftflr  this  there 
wwi  an  int.Tmi!«ion  of  sonfi."  hoimi  io  which 
many  went  away  to  theur  hoiuc*:^,  Vit  a  Urge 
numl.prreniainedand-ivf  th^nia  h<vly  of  yonng 
bi^thrMi  and  nisti^ni.  for  a  wbilf  Ming  most 
sweetly  the  Bongsof  Zion.  At  night  we  were 
iigain  addre-sad  by  brother  Hiion  from  Col.  4; 
5.  •'  Walk  iu  wisdom  toward  them  that  are 
without.  r*dwmiiig  the  tim.-."  This  addtess 
was  most  piatti.al  and  we  think  one  of  the 
brothi.r'».  best  t'fforty.  \Vh'-n  tins  was  ov^r;  the 
Meeting  wa*  clwfd,  bnt  with  a  conviction  in 
many  Uilit  it  Bhoiild  have  gone  oUi  For  the 
Qiel)t  we,  with  brother  lUxup  ui]fl,lu«  company 
went  with  brother  John  3^.  Kwd,  where  .fe»t  to 
mind  and  body  was  obt#ii)vd.  L.  Wbst. 


From  Naperville,   III, 


OtntFeastilr 
pleasant  m 


From  Kansas. 

MYSELF  and  a  goodly  number  of  the  Breth- 
ren started  the  2ud  of  Oct.,  to  attend  a 
Communion  meeting  with  the  brethren  and  sis- 
tors  of  Bourbon  Co..  a  distance  of  forty  miles. 
After  traveling  all  day  we  reached  the  residence 
of  brother  John  Bolinger,  where  we  found  that 
the  Brethren  had  erected  the  large  tent  for 
the  purpose  of  holding  the  meeting  in.— 
There  wa.s  meeting  during  the  evening.  The 
ministering  brethren  were  Jesse  Studelmker. 
Martin  Neher,  Martin  Edgecomb.  Daniel  Hara- 
der,  George  Meyei-s  luid  HulUnger.  1  can  say 
we  had  a  refreshing  season.  The  brethren  and 
sisters  seemed  to  be  workers  in  the  »ause  ot  the 
Hedeenier.  One  soul  was  made  willing  to  come 
ont  on  the  i-ight  side  nnd  walk  in  the  ways  of 
the  righteous.  The  Brethwn  here  meet  some 
Apposition  with  the  Methodists,   who;  claim  to 


I  FEEL  thankful  ip  the  Giver  of  every  good 
and  perfect  gift,  thit  thus  far  in  passing 
through  the  fertile  regions  of  the  far  West. — 
Ho  has  blessed  us  ai  a  few  scattered  ones  amongst 
wolves. 

The  Communion  held  at  Bru.  James  L.  Switz- 
ers  was  attended  by  a  goodly  number  of  our 
dear  brethren  aud  sisters.  Brethren  S.  C. 
Stump,  Ives,  Deeter,  GarmauFadely  and  others 
were  there.  It  truly  was  good  to  us  all,  to 
again  meet  in  church  fellowship  and  commun- 
ion. From  there  we  journeyed  homeward;  and 
ou  following  Saturday  we  again  met  in  the 
Burr  Oak  church;  here  brother  Sivitzer  oRici- 
ated  at  the  evening  exercises.  On  Sunday 
morning  his  subject  was,  "  the  atonement." — 
We  were  made  glad  to  hear  our  Brethren  ex- 
pound and  open  up  nnto  us  the  Holy  Scriptureii. 
On  the  following  Saturday  we  met  the  Brethren 
of  the  liinie  Stone  church,  to  again  commem-  ■ 
orate  our  blest  Redeemer's  death  and  sufferings. 
Here  we  were  met  by  our  beloved  brother,  Lem- 
uel Hillery,  who  officiated  in  the  evening.  The 
church  here  was  greatly  strengthened  and  built 
up. 

Ministers  in  this  arm  are  C.  C.  Root,  Deeter 
and  Montgomery.  Helpers  from  abroad  were 
.1.  L  Switzer.  L.  fJarman.  D.  O.  Brumbaugh,  J. 
Fuller,  A.  Ives  aud  H.  E.  F.ulely.  I  omitted  to 
state,  in  the  Burr  Oak  congregation  there  was 
a  choice  held  for  two  deacons.  The  responsible 
duties  of  that  otficu  fell  ou  brethren  Benjamin 
Wagoner  and  son  Noah,  who  live  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  Ued  Cloud.  Neb.      May  the  Lord  give 


Wayside  Notes. 

WE  lor  the  time  have  no  lietter  word  to  give 
you  than  to  tell  you  of  the   Lov&-feaits 
iu  this  part  of  Ohio, 

THY.  imt'SH  CttEEK  r-HL*Rc-H.  '  ' 

The  Love-feast  at  this  place  was  held  on  the 
oth  of  October.  Preaching  at  two  P.  M.  Sat- 
urday, by  brother  Ganuan.  after  which  a  broth- 
er,   who  had  been   a   member  of  the  C 

church,  was  baptized.  The  Love-feast  was  a 
happy  one  for  more  than  one  reason.  There 
was  very  good  order  throughout  the  meeting. 
There  seemed  a  desire  to  hear  the  Word.  Many 
partook  now  for  the  first  time  since  coining  in- 
to the  church;  and  last,  but  not  least,  there  ap. 
peared  a  desire  to  cultivate  more  (if  the  feeling 
of  love  and  this  always  makes  a  Love-feast,-^ 
We  can  not  have  one  \vitliout  it.  \ 

Brother  A.J.  Hixon  and  wife  with  the  wifu 
and  sou  of  brother  Elwood  Davis,  of  the  Fpll 
Creek  church,  Highland  Co.,  were  among  the 
visitants  from  adjoining  churches. 

On  Sunday  morning  at  nine  A.  M.  there  was 
a>i  experience  meeting  in  which  the  luity  aloue, 
both  brethren  and  sisters  took  part,  aud  it  was 
a  feast  of  good  things  aud  very  tender.  In  the 
space  ot  two  hours,  four  short  praters  were  of- 
fered, with  exhortations  from  at  leiist  a  dozen 
members  both  old  and  young,  with  a  full  share 
of  hymns  and  praises.  Preaching  at  11  A,  B(I.. 
by  brother  llixou,  from  Phil,  2;  5.  The  topic 
was  the  "  Mind  of  Christ"  and  was  ably  pre- 
sented.   The  leading  points  were; — 


Di'Oi'  Bivthirn: — 

mthe  past.  '  We  liftd  a  Ycry 
nieehng,  Tlie  rhurch  spemed 
to  be  in  love  and  nuinti.  h.  nee  (hr-  occasion 
wn:;  apprceiiiVd  by  all.  W.-  trust  that  the  m- 
ner  manhai  Veft  tW  with  that  spiritual  food, 
tiiat  emanated  from  above:  and^ve  belie%-e  that 
thfre  were  mJiuy  new  rc*oIVe«  mnde,  that  we 
would  bf  more  Ohrist-likp.-  We  are  tailght  in 
Holy  W^it.  th-iPif  we  refliW  the<aevil  he  will 
flee  from  w'  llrethien  and  Mstertlet  ua  eijuip 
onr^lvf^i  \\-ith  the  timpeT  armor  and  fight  the 
battles  nf  tlf  L'trd,  that-ftstini  fliflT  besnbdued. 

Church  dews  are  rare.  We'  hav.>  no  good 
m-WMtotelt,  tliHt  sinner*  are  retarnins  trtGod; 
but  we  feel  the  need  of  n  great  reviral.  We 
long  to  see  the  time  when  our  cWdren  and  onr 
nf^ghbors  nnd  their  children  return  home  as 
ihe  proiligat  son  did.  Two  of  our  ministers 
have  resolvefl  to  emigrate  to  Kansas  this  (Jom- 
ihg  Spring.  This  weakens  the  miniBterial  aid. 
The  church  thougl  it  proper  to  elect  another, 
also,  a  deacon.  Brother  Simon  Ynndt  was 
chosen  to  the  ministrr  and  Bro.  Michael  Sollen- 
berger  fur  di*ncoQ.  and  brother  William  Hoyle 
Was  reston-tl  to  ottice  of  deacon. 

NoAir  Earlt. 

From    the    Woodbury  Church,  Pa. 

011R  Lwp-feast  is  now  among  the  things  of 
the  pa<!t.  On  the  Uth  in<it.  at  fonr  P.  M. 
was  the  time  appointed  for  our  Communion. — 
When  the  hour  arrived,  the  house  was  tilled  and 
the  subject  of  seU'-exumination  %vas  taken  up 
by  brethren  Crraybill  Meyers  from  Duncansville, 
Christian  Holsinger  from  Duunings  Creek  and 
Thomas  Mattocks  from  Clover  Creek  church, 
which  were  th''  mlni^ter^troniadi^tance.  The 
weather  b?iug  very  ple.isaat  both  days,  and  the 
congregations  large,  we  can  say  we  had  very 
good  meetings.  The  onler  among  the  spectators 
was  remarkably  good;  and  may  God's  blessings 
rest  upon  them.  They  seemeil  to  be  interested 
hi  the  meeting,  and  we  hope  they  may  have  it 
to  say,  it  w;is  good  to  be  there.  We  think  the 
brethren  aud  sisters  thit  particip.-»te«i  in  the 
least  haveall  renewed  their  covenant  with  God 
to  live  closer  to  their  holy  profession  than  ever 
before.  The  br»'threu  that  labored  for  »e  tried 
to  impress  this  thought  upon  our  minds  and 
now  may  God  hel[i  u*  to  c.ury  it  out.  We 
truly  C!Ui  say,  we  had  a  foretaste  of  heareu.— 
The  meetings  wen)  continued  next  day.  Th» 
Brethi-en  that  came  to  us,'trit\l  to  hold  forth  the 
Wonl  of  our  Savior,  and  did  not    shun  to  d^■ 


THE    BRETHREN    ^X    WORK. 


October    3  j 


ohiTV  thi>  wholt  poumel  of  (iod.  by  iirenthiug 
Jmih.  It  c«u!«l  rejuiiiiiB  iimoiig  Ih'  »»ii>< 
imd  we  believe  the  «ngel>  in  henren  were  r. 
joicing  to  see  sinners  coming  borne  to  Oud.— 
After  the  forenoon  .enife",  the  invitntion  w«« 
eitended  Hnd  one  soul  wii-  mode  willing  to  unite 
with  the  chutxih  and  was  received  by  bnptism. 
Brother  Meyers  also  preached  in  the  evening 
again  to  an  attentive  congregation  from  the 
wonls,  "My  spirit  shall  not  always  strive  with 
man."  The  appplication  was  made  to  the  sin- 
ner. At  the  close  of  the  meeting  there  w»»  an 
invitation  given  to  all  such  that  felt  to  unite 
vrith  the  church,  and  three  Mills  came  forward 
and  wished  to  be  received  by  baptism,  which 
was  attended  to  on  Sunday.  So,  this  ended  our 
meetings,  and  we  truly  can  say  we  had  a  re- 
freshing season  in  the  presence  of  the  Lord: 
and  when  we  came  to  the  time  to  separate  from 
each  other,  that  beautiful  hymn  came  to  mind, 
which  says: 

When  Hb«l!  we  meet  again, 

Mwt  ne'er  to  sever  y 
for  we  know  not  whether  we  shall  ever  meet 
again  as  we  have  met. 

D.  S.  Heplooli. 


0^ 


What  I  Saw,  and  Heard  and  Thought. 

TO-DAY,  Oct.  6th,  weBttentied  the  fimeral  of 
alittle  infant  at  our  village  church,  where 
one  of  our  Brethren  prefu-iied,  and  while  tliere. 
muny  thoughts  ran  through  my  mind  in  regard 
to  the  different  i».-oj>Ic  who  gathered  together 
from  diiferent  qimrterB.  About  the  fir*t  thing 
that  attract*-d  my  mind  aft«r  eut«ring  the 
church,  WHS,  the  woodeu  iiiusi*  ftnd  the  thorul 
ringing,  which  is  a  great  HttYing  to  tliu  vocal  or- 
gan* ot  the  raoBt  of  the  congregation:  but  I 
waa  inipr^'ssed  with  the  ideii,  that  thii  was 
not  quit*  the  right  kind  of  mu»ic  the  great 
Jehovah  wanted  in  his  house;  and  that  it  would 
be  of  a  rather  dwarfed  condition,  by  the  time 
it  reached  the  earn  of  the  All-hearing. 

Our  hrother  took  the  latter  clause  of  Heb.  3: 
6.  which  reads.  "  What  13   man,  that   thou  art  j 
mindful  of  himP  or  the  son  of  man.  that   thou  | 
TiBiteat  him?"  Our  brother  went  on  to  expound 
what  man  was,  in  his  first  state  before  the   fall 
what  man  now  is,  under  sin  and  salvation,  and 
to  what  he  may  attain  and  finally   will    be  his 
termination;  but  liefore  he  got  far  on  with    h: 
diflcourae,  my  mind  was  arrested    by   a  woman 
■itting  fl  ff  w  benches  in  front  of  me  among  the 
hindmost  mourners.whom  I  hadn't  seen  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  who  was  laboring  under  the  de- 
testable iutlaeuce  of  opium.     I  was  partly  hor- 
ror-stricken, while  beholding  her   movements; 
and  I  felt  to  exclaim,  oil  what  is  man!      I  had 
to  tliink.  O,  what  a  thange  ton  or  fifteen   years 
bring  about!     Those  eyes  that  then  wereawake 
and  sparkling  are  now  benumbed   and  glarinf,'; 
—that  head  that  was  once  intelligent,  is   tilled 
with  irresistible  drowsiness  and    sleep; — that 
mind  that  once  was  bright,  is  now  morbid    and 
unconscious; — that  body  that  paced   the  floor 
in  swiftness,    in    time   gone  by,  must  now  be 
dragged  along  much  like  a  man  almo-^t  deadly 
drunk  ou  hia  way  to  tlie  drunkards'  den.      Tht^ 
little  child  of  tliree   Sumraera  sitting   by    her 
side,  who  tries  to  fondle  its  mother  and    win  a 
smile,  is  betrfiyed    in    its   expectations;     the 
mother  rould  not  give  a  smile  or   fondle    in  re- 
turn, but   involuntarily   giive   way  to   a   deep 
drowsiness,  the  head  sinking  down,  down,  down, 
and  still  further  down  until,  with  a  sort  of  wak- 
ing from  a  horrid  dream,  it  is  raised  apain  by  1 
wild  staring  of  the  eyes,  only  to  repeat  its  form 
er  action.    <>.  homd  thing,  that  robs  the  mind 
of  all  consciousness,  that  even  the  loud  voice  of 
preaching    will    not  attract   any    moreatten 
tion  than  if  none  were  speaking!  I  had  to  think, 
a  iwrson  addicted  to   thi-*   habit,    was  thrice  a 
slave,  being  snatched  from  all  hope  of  reform- 
ing in  either  soul  or  body,  and  may  be    doomed 
for  time  and  eternity,  and  we  think  it  fit  to  say 
ju*t  right  here  to  all  that  may  read  this,  "  Touch 
not,  tajite  not,  handle  not,"  such  a  thing   by 
which  all  will  perish,  with  the  using  of  it. 

Last  my  attention  was  drawn  to  a  man.  who 
professes  to  be  a  follower  of  Jesus;  but  when 
it  comes  to  kneeling  down  in  humble  jirayer.  it 
is  rather  too  much  for  him. — he  keeps  his  seat 
on  the  bench,  and  only  bends  his  head  or  props 
his  elbow  on  the  bench,  I  had  to  think  tlmt 
he  has  no  doubt  never  read,  that.  "  Every  knee 
shall  bow  before  the  Lord."  and  to  give  God 
the  honor  due  to  him:  and  I  thought  the  time 
may  come,  that  he  would  gladly  bend  the  knees 
in  reverence  to  God.  if  tliat  wouldjf  insure  him 
a  mansion  among  the  blessed;  but  it  might  hap- 
pen that  if  we  are  not  willing  to  how  before 
the  Lord  in  time,  our  privileges  to  the  home 
abovf  may  be  cut  off  from  us  in  a  quite  unex 
I>ected  time.  Lbvi  Aicint*. 

Liiuvln,  Pa. 


From  IfliUord,  Ind. 

,\  thB  evening  of  the  13th  of  Oct.  I  hud  the 
privilege  to  meet  with  the  Brelhreu  in 
Solomon's  Creek  district,  Ind.,  at  their  Com- 
munion. Brother  R.  H.  Miller  wae  present, 
and  by  rwjueet  preached  on  the  covering  before 
eiaminatioD.  Hie  logioal  method  made  that 
point  soclear,  that  we  think  all  wereedified  and 
built  up.  He  proved  by  the  Scripture,  and 
good  reaeoning,  that  the  Chriitiao  must  have 
a  badge  or  ensign,  so  he  can  be  known  where- 
ever  be  goee.  A  man  praying  or  prophesying 
with  bis  head  covered,  dishonor*  his  head. — 
Brother  Miller's  argument  was.  that  a  man 
sbootd  take  his  hat  off,  as  soon  as  he  steps  into 
a  meeting-house,  to  honor  Christ,  as  a  soldier 
would  take  his  hat  off  when  he  meets  an  officer, 
in  honor  to  that  man  who  is  his  superior.  A 
goldier  of  the  enemy  must  be  careful  while  on 
duty  that  he  has  his  uniform  on;  otherwise  he 
would  be  court-martialed.  What  a  beautiful 
thought!  The  Chrietian  soldier  should  have 
on  an  ensign  or  uniform,  so  he  might  not  stand 
speechless  in  the  great  day  of  reckoning,  as  did 
the  friend  in  Matt.  22:  11,  12.  13.  A  woman 
should  not  pray  with  her  head  uncovered,  by  so 
doing  she  would  dishonor  her  head.  "  The  man." 
She  should  have  a  covering  on  her  head,  a  spec- 
ial covering,  and  that  should  be  white;  for  white 
is  the  righteousness  of  saints,  llev.  19:  8. — 
Brother  Miller's  reason  for  white  was,  that  in 
time  of  wars,  when  the  cannon  rolls  and  the 
black  smoke  of  destruction  keeps  rolling  on, 
then  the  white  floe  is  hoisted  as  a  signal  of 
peace.  The  white  covering  Wiia  for  the  sisters, 
surely  is  a  sign  of  peace;  and  more.  thf?y  should 
have  power  on  their  heads,  because  of  the  an- 
gels. At  the  above  Love-feast.  I  saw  the  single 
mode  of  feet-wasbing  practiced,  aud  I  must  say 
if  ever  there  was  any  predjudice  against  it,  that 
night  it  was  removed. 

J.  H.  MlLLEK. 


From  Enoch  Eby. 

LEFT  my  home  on  the  30th  inst  in  com- 
1  pany  with  Bro.  F.  McCune,  who  was  re- 
turning from  a  visit  to  his  brother-in-law  at 
Waddam's  Grove.  Next  day  met  with  the  mem- 
bers of  Shannon  in  council,  the  principal  ob- 
ject of  which,  was  to  elect  a  brother  to  the 
ministry  aud  advance  brother  McCune  to  the 
second  degree,  which  was  done.  Brother  Spro- 
gle  was  chosen  to  the  ministry.  I  then  came 
to  this  place  (Lanark),  and  in  obedience   to  the 


ing  the  school  there  wert-  seven  thousand  six 
hundred  and  ninety  verses  committed  by  the 
scholars,  during  the  term.  Goodfeelings  were 
manifested  during  the  school.  Quite  a  solem- 
nity prevailed  at  the  close.  As  to  the  result  of 
our  labors,  we  can  not  tell  what  they  may  be, 
though  we  can  Iwgin  to  see  the  fruit  of  it. 
Since  we  closed,  one  of  our  scholars  made  ap- 
plication for  admittance  into  the  church.  We 
hope  the  prayers,  offered  in  behalf  of  the 
school,  may  be  soon  realized  by  an  ingatheriuy 
of  many  souls  into  the  church  of  the  living 
God.  The  school  was  addressed  by  brother  H. 
Ett#r  and  others.  SxipeBM  Yodbb. 

iVasfiingtutt  Co.,  Jotca. 

From  Hudson,  III.— Our  Fall  Communion 
is  among  the  things  of  the  pa-it.  The  largest 
that  we  have  had  at  any  time.  Our  ministerial 
aid  was  also  large;  there  came  from  abroad  to 
our  assistance  brethren  John  Snowbarger  of 
Ind..  David  Frantz.  James  K.  Gish,  Philip 
Moore,  William  Gephart,  Christian  Barnhart 
and  Kelan  Heckmau,  all  of  111.  A  large  crowd 
of  spectators,~mimy  more  than  could  get  in 
the  house,  consequently  a  good  deal  of  noise 
and  confusion  outside;  but  the  best  of  order 
inside.  On  Sunday  morning  the  Sunday-school 
was  addressed  by  brethren  Gish  and  Frant/.. — 
0,  it  does  my  soul  good,  to  hear  the  brethren 
talk  to  the  children.  God  bless  our  children 
in  this  fast  age.  O.that  they  may  be  induced 
to  love  virtue  aud  hate  vice,  and  stand  aloof 
from  the  vain  and  corrupting  fashions  and  cus- 
toms of  a  wicked  world.  At  II  o'clock  the 
brethren  preached  from  John  14:  1,  li,  to  a 
crowded  houf^e.  Again  in  the  evening,  and  the 
ast  time,  when  we  tookthe  paitiag  hand,  which 
is  always  attended  with  some  reluctance.  Breth- 
ren. f;o  forth  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord,  preach 
the  Word,  avoid  declaiming  talk;  talk,  and  talk 
sensible  talk,  reason  as  Paul  did,  till  they  trem- 
bled. Brethren  I  mean  what  I  say,  when  I  say, 
talk  to  the  people;  never  mind  making  orations, 
the  people  have  listened  long  enough,  try  talk- 
ing awhile.  John,  the  divine  went  forth  in 
the  strength  of  a  celestial  aPer  the  angel  talk- 
ed with  him.  God  says,  talk  to  them  "when 
thou  liest  down  and  when  thou  risest  up." — 
Deut.  6:  7.  Talk  ye  of  His  wondrous  works, 
aud  talk  in  such  a  way  that  the  people  will  take 
knowledge  of  you,  that  you  have  been  with  Je- 
sus. '  T.  D.  Ltok. 

From  Brighton,  lod. — Our  feast  was  on 
the  l')th  inst.  It  passed  off  pleasantly.  Noth- 
ing of  very  special  interest  to  report,  save  that 


wish  of  all  the  official  members  present  at  the  |  while  the  washing  of  feet  w^as  being  performed, 

Yellow  Creek  feast,  the  two  editors  and  myself    '  '"''    "~ ^^         ' 

proceeded  to  set  the  time  and  place  for  a  special 
District  Meeting,  which  they,  in  their  united 
wisdom,  thought  it  uecessarj-  to  appoint  for 
reasons  set  forth  elsewhere  in  the  paper.  In 
doing  business  of  this  kind,  we  always  meet 
with  the  unpleasant  thought,  that  we  cannot 
please  all,  hence  must  do  that  which  we  think 
will  be  for  the  most  advantage  and  benefit  of 
the  district,  with  the  desire  and  hope  that 
our  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  who  could  not 
conveniently  be  consulted  in  retierence  to  the 
necessity  and  utility  of  said  meeting,  will  fully 
appreciate  our  motives  and  fuel  an  interest  in 
the  meeting,  especially  the  ministering  breth- 
ren, as  the  missionary  work  will  receive  a  spec- 
ial attention,  in  connection  with  other  matters 
of  interest  to  the  district. 

To-morrow  I  propose,  the  Lord  willing,  to 
start  to  the  mission  field  of  Central  Illinois,, 
expecting  to  go  to  New  Bedford  in  Bureau 
County  fir«t,  and  spend  some  time  there,  then 
go  to  other  points  among  the  members  in  Mar- 
shall and  Putnam  counties,  of  which  they  will 
be  informed  in  due  time.  This  I  shall  do  if  tlie 
Lord  periuits.  Let  me  here  remark  to  my  co- 
laborers  in  the  ministry,  that  I  would  be  much 
comforted  in  the  thought  that  some  one  would 
join  me  in  the  arduous  task,  in  a  few  days  from 
hence,  as  my  vocal  organs  may  soon  fail  to  do 
all  the  speaking  and  ainging,  which  in  some 
places  is  required. 

Od.^ind,  187K 


GLEANINGS. 


From  Pleasant  I'nion,  Iowa.— Our  Sun- 
day-school was  organized  on  the  14th  of  April, 
and  closed  the  13th  of  Oct.  The  school  was 
held  in  a  place  where  the  Brethren  never  had  a 
Sunday-school  before.  The  school  was  organ- 
ized under  rather  embarassing  circumstances. 
being  surrotiaded  by  the  various  denominations 
aud  another  school  being  held  near  ours,  but 
notwithstanding  this,  the  Brethren  maintain- 
ed the  best  int-erest.  The  school  wa.s  organized 
by  electing  the  following  officers:  Abraham 
Wolf.  Superintendent;  Stephen  Yoder.  .Assist- 
ant; Samuel  K.  Yoder,  Secretary;  Isaac  Farrier. 
Treasurer;  Faunie  Henderson.    Querist.      Dur- 


there  was  a  great  conflict  of  sentiment  forcibly 
expressed  by  one  of  our  brethren,  regarding  the 
foundation  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  Although 
his  sentiments  were  in  direct  opposition  to  the 
theory  of  the  general  brotherhood,  it  was  pre- 
sented in  so  mild  aud  unoffending  manner,  that 
probably  three-fourths  of  the  members  present 
did  not  discover  the  confliction.  The  brother's 
mind  seemed  deeply  impressed  with  the  eternal 
meaning  of  the  figure  of  the  feast  made  at  the 
return  of  the  prodigal  son.  He  maintained, 
that  the  kid  represented  the  Passover  Feast, 
while  the  fatted  calf  represented  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  that  the  Lord  erected  s  new  house 
(the  Lord's  Supper)  for  His  church,  before  He 
demolished  the  old  one  (the  Passover).  The 
conclusion  of  his  remarks  was  quite  impressive, 
hiildiug  forth  that  the  perverting  of  the  Scri[)t- 
ures  to  establish  our  practice  was  entirely  un- 
called for.  that  the  Scriptures  were  plain,  and 
should  be  believed  as  they  were  designed,  and 
that  all  the  trouble  was  on  our  part  in  apply- 
ing them  to  suit  ourselves.  In  short  he  believe  a 
that  the  word  Passover  in  Matthew,  Mark,  Luke 
and  John,  means  PiLssover.  as  well  as  feet-wash- 
ing means  to  wash  feet.  Is  this  not  logical. 
Brethren  ?  Let  us  all  consider  what  the  apostle 
Peter  says  about  wresting  the  Scriptures. 

Isaiah  Hornhr. 

From  Big  Creek  Church,  Parkers  burg, 
III. — Our  Love-feast,  which  came  off  on  the 
evening  of  the  10th  of  Oct..  is  numbered  with 
the  thing.s  of  the  past,  but  it  will  he  long  re- 
membered by  every  brother  and  sister  that  was 
present.  The  nunisteriug  brethren  that  met 
with  us  here  were  J.  B.  Sell  and  G.  W.  Cripe 
of  liid..  aud  A.  Neher  of  Salem  und  T.  M,  Cal- 
vert of  Ellison  Prairie.  Brother  Cripe  and  Sell 
remained  with  us  over  Sunday,  and  preached 
the  Word  of  God  in  its  purity  to  the  people- 
Four  precious  souls  were  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism.  May  the  Lord  ever  keej.  us  all 
faithful  in  that  form  of  doctrine,  that  was  de- 
livered to  the  saints,  is  my  prayer. 

A.  C.  KlJ.LEI'KE. 

From  J.  H.  MilliM-.- Met  with  the  Breth- ' 
ren  in  Defiance  Co.,  on  the  5th  of  Oct.,  at  the 
Love-feast.  Had  the  privilege  to  meet  Bro.  J. 
P.  Ebersole  there  and  to  hear  him  preach  with 
the  same  zeal  and  power  that  he  did  twenty 


years  ago.  Surely  we  had  a  feast  together,  long 
to  l>e  rememben-d.  On  the  Sth  met  with  the 
Maumee  district  at  the  Love-feast.  Enjoyed 
myself  very  much.  Truly  the  Brethren  ui 
Ohio  treat  the  Brethren  that  visit  them,  with 
kind  respect.  One  thing  I  noticed  while  there, 
was.  the  young  people  Ijehaved  so  well  at  thJ 
Communion. 
Mtl/ord,  Ind. 


DIED. 

luitD  should  be  brief,  writlen  on  but  qdo  vide  of  t 
paper,  and  eep»r*l«  trowt  ftU  otber  biuiiiMa. 


MILLER.— Chanute,    Kansas,  July  3l8t.  Su- 
eanah   Miller,  of  bilious  remittent  fever. 
Levi  Millee, 
SHROCK.— In  Johnson  Co..  Iowa,  Oct.    Uth, 
1878,  friend  John  Shrock,   aged   twenty-fire' 
years. 

He  was  formerly  from  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.— 
He  was  a  member  of  th^  Amish  church.     Pa- 
neral  discourse  by  Frederick  Swarlzendruher 
W.  D.  LiCHTT. 
MICHAEL.—In  the  Union  City  church.    Ran- 
dolph  Co.,  Ind,,  Oct.  19,  1878,  Cora  B.  Mich- 
ael,  aged  6  years,  .5  months  and  12  days. 
This  dear  little  giri  went  to  school  Friday 
morning  in  apparent  pood  health,    but  during 
the  day  she  took  sick  and  returned  home;  before 
Saturday  morning  her  soul   had  gone   to  that 
blessed  rest,  prepared  for  the  Lord's  little  lambs. 
Funeral  largely  attended. 

W.  K.  SuMMoKa, 
WALLACE,— In  the  Yellow  Creek  District, 
Elkhart  Co.,  Ind,.  October  16th,  1878.  Mile 
Wallace,  son  of  Aaron  and  Mary  Wallace, 
aged  3  years,  1  month  and  4  days.  Funeral 
discourse  from  Mark  10: 16,  by  A.  Bigler  and 
John  Metyler. 

Samuel  Sali, 
LAKUE.— In  Elbow  Creek,  Grayson  Co.,  Tex- 
as, September  26th,    1878,  Abraham  Lincoln 
Lakue,  infant  son  of  Bro,Jonah  S.  and  sister 
Sarah  E.  Lokue,  aged  10  months  and  18  days. 
Sister  Sarah  is  a  daughter  of  old   broiher 
Daniel  Hinies,  now  living  iji  Montgomery  Co,. 
Ind,  No  funeral  preached  for  want  ofa  preach- 
er, belonging  to  the  Brethren. 

J.  S.  Laeui. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


HoTiOM  of  LoT»-faula,    Diilriel    llMlingi,   aUi.,  ikeiJd 

be  brief,  and  written  00  p»per  sepueie 

IVon  etker  buaiieas. 


LOTB-PRABTB. 

Henry  CO.,  Ind..  near  Middlwtown,  Sot.  Ist,  Ml  14 

A.M. 
Tralrle  Creek,  Wells  co..  Ind,.  Nov.  1st,  at  a  P.  M 
Adams  co„  Iowa,  Nov.  ftth  and  lOtli,  at  10  A.  M. 
Okaw,  Piatt  Co.,  Ill,,  Nov.  5tli,  at  10  A,  M. 
Moiitieello  district,  White  co.,  Ind.,  November  lat, 

at  4  P.  M. 
Racciioii  Creek  church.  Montgomery  Co.,  ind.,  Nov 

7tli,  ut  li  P.  M. 
Pautlif-r  Creek  churcli.  Woodfonl  Co.,  111.  Nov.  Ist, 

at  U)  A.  M. 
South  Keukuk  cLuicli,  Keokuk  Co»  Iowa,  Nov.  1»>, 

at  4  P.  M, 
Milimine  church,  Piatt  Co.,  111..  Nov.  1st.  at2  P.  M 


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STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 

Prop,  Ist— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 

Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 

to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 

J.  W.  STEIN  affirms, 

D.  B.  RAY  denies. 

J.  W.  Steln's  3rd  Affirmative. 

MY  frieudsaj'H,  "  The  ftrit/iMM/Timker  church 
was  organized  by  unhi^plrfd  men."  This 
I  deuy.  The  churches  organized  by  Christ 
through  the  apostles  were  all  Tunker  churches 
in  the  same  sense  the  Brethren  ure.  All  true 
churches  subsequently  organized  through  the 
iustu mentality  of  uninspired  men  are  as  truly 
ioundi'd  by  Christ  as  the  Gospel  itself  which 
uninspired  men  preach. 

4th  Characteristic.  It  is  the  pillttr  and  ground 
of  tlif  friith.     First  reason    under  it  continued. 
That  the  Brethren  teucb  "baptismal  salvation." 
that  "itiiter  liferaUy  washes    away  sins,''  deny 
salvation  by  faith,  baptize  the  "iniregencrate," 
wilfully  "upon  a  f/wrf  faith,"  or  that   I    taught 
"there  can  be  no  true   believers   till  after  they 
are  baptized,"  are  untrue.     Hence  the  arguments 
and  deductions  drawn   from  such  premises  by 
my  friend  need  no  reply.    Is  faith  which  works, 
comes  to  God  by  repentance  and  puts  on  Christ 
iu  baptism,  dead? — untrue?     We  baptize  those 
who  are  regenerated  through  the  Word.     Bap- 
tism is  not  regeneration,  but  "the    washing   of 
regeneration."      Titus  3:   5.     Had   we  taught 
that  "wiiter  literally    w;Lshed   away  sins,"  my 
friend's  comparison  about  Christ's  literal    body 
and  blood  in  the  eucharist  would  have  some  ap- 
plication, but  he  misses  his  mark.    Water  did 
not  literally  wash  away    Naaman's   leprosy,  2 
Kings  5:  8-14;  nor  the  man's    blindness,  John 
y;  7;  yet  my  friend  admits  thfir  washings  were 
"rmditiuns  of  their  cure."     Were  they   "wnter 
aires?"     Does  not  the  same  power  which  heal- 
ed them  physically  remit  sins?  The  commands 
"go"  and   "wash"    were   related   to    Naaman's 
healing  precisely  like  faith  and  baptism    are  to 
salvation  in    Mark    16:  Iti.      He  says  "Itepen- 
tance  and  faith  are  absolute  eond it ionn  to  salva- 
tions," yet  he  denies  that  the  ground  on  whicb 
he  charges  us  with  "baptismal  salvation  "  would 
requive  him  to  call  this  "repentance"  or   "faith 
salvation,"    because   he  says,  "Repentance  and 
faith  are  moral  duties,  while  baptism   is  a   posi- 
tive ^■ommand."     Is   baptism  immoral?      .\re 
repentance  and  faith  negative  commands':'     He 
quoted  brother  Moore  that  "a  man  can  be  bap- 
tized into  Christ,"  he  says,  "to   prove  that  the 
Tunker     churches  hold    baptismnl  salvation,'' 
which  he  calls  "popish"— "blasphemous."  Paul 
says,-  we  "were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ." 
Rom.  8:3.     Is  that  "6((/>N*sm(i/  salmliuii''— 
*'l)opinh?"—"blmjtliei'ioitii?"      1  ask  him  to  tell 
what  "born  of  water,"  John  3:  '>,  "washing  of 
regeneration,"  Titus  3:  5,  "washing  of  watvr," 
Eph.  5:  26,  "obeyed  from  the  heart   that   form 
of  doctrine,"  Rom.  *>:  17— witlmut  which   men 
"cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom    of   heaven"— 
were    "saved"  —  rleanseil— "made     free    trora 
lin"  ice,  mean  if  they  do  not  reft- r  to   bjpti-^m  ? 
Will  he  do  it?     He  says  Paul  was  "tilled    with 
Mie  Holy  Spirit"  before  bftptium."      1   demand 
tte' proof.     Why  then    was   Aananias  sent  to 
him  that  be  Hiiyif  "be  filled  with  the  Holy  Spir- 
it"?    Act89:  17.     My  friend  thinks  bnptiRW  iu 


order  to  "remission"  takes  from  Christ  all  pow- 
er to  panlon  sins,  unless  some  Tunker  preacher 
will  permit,"  Does  preaching  in  order  to  .tal- 
vation  take  from  him  all  power  to  save,  unless 
the  preacher  will  permit?  Does  Dr.  R..  not 
assume  the  same  responsibility  he  here  con- 
demns when  he  admits  that  "it  pleased  God  by 
the  foolishness  of  preaching  to  save  them  that 
believe"?  1  Cor.  1:  21.  He  teaches  that  if 
baptism  is  necessary  to  remiision,  "the  apostle 
deceived  the  jailer  with  a  falsehood."  Acts  16  : 
31.  Since  faith  is  necessary  to  the  blotting  out 
of  sius,  did  Peter  deceive  the  people  with  a  false- 
hood when  he  said,  "Repent  and  be  converted 
that  yoilr  sins  may  be  blotted  out?"Acts  3;  19. 
because  he  did  notsay,  "heliere?"  "But  to  him 
all  the  prophets  bear  testimony;  and  pvery  one 
believing  into  hira  [eix  auton]  shall  receive  for- 
giveness of  sins  through  his  name."  Actn  10: 
43.  Emphatic  Diatjhtt  Translation.  Believers 
shall  receive  forgiveness  of  sins.  How? 
"Through  his  name."  Luke  24:  47;  Acts  4: 12; 
1  Cor.  6:  11.  What  does  his  name  do?  It  au- 
thorizes repentance,  faith  and  baptism  for  re- 
mission and  salvation.  Mark  16:16;  Acts  2: 
38.  How  do  men  get  that  name?  They  are 
"baptized  into"  it.  Matt.  28:  19;  Acts  8:16. 
19,  15,  I.  e.,  inducted  into  it  by  a  solemn  sacra- 
inentum  as  a  foreigner  receives  the  name  of  citi- 
zenship, and  a  bride  the  name  and  hf-irship  of 
her  betrothed.  Has  the  believer  received  for- 
giveness through  "helieviny"  merely  ?  If  so,  the 
"chief  rulers."  John  12:  42,  43,  were  pardoned. 
They  "believed  [cis  nuton]  into  him."  My 
friend  admits  they  were  not  saved.  Does  such 
admission  ''contradict"  John  3:  36,  5:  24? 
Can  he  wbo  takes  baptism  out  of  Christ's  t«rnis 
ol  satvat.iAn,  Mark  16;  16,  either  truly  "hear" 
his  words  or  believe  him?  See  Rev.  22: 19.  Dr. 
Ray  (not  the  Word)  says,  "salvation  is  pardon 
condition  of  Gospel  baptism."  Christ  says,  "He 
that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved."But 
Cornelius  received  the  Holy  Spirit  before  bap- 
tism. That  was  not  what  my  friend  calls  "re- 
generation," &c.,'but  a  "special,  miraculous  iui- 
partation  of  the  gift  of  prophecy  and  tongues. 
Acts  10:  46;  11: 15;  2:  17,  18,  for  signs  1  Cor. 
14:  22;  Heb.  2:  4.  doubtless  to  convince  Peter 
and  the  Jewish  brethren  generally  that  salva- 
tion was  also  for  the  Gentiles."  Acts  10:  34; 
11:18.  Are  such  qualifications  ever  required 
as  pre-requisites  to  baptism  or  pardon  in  the 
Scriptures?  Why  don't  my  friend  require 
them?  Why  ask  of  us  what  he  does  not  even 
expect  of  his  own?  Cornelius  before  his  con, 
version  was  a  devout.  God-fearing,  alms-givinj 
man  of  prayer.  Acts  10:  2-4,  whom  many 
would  pronounce  "  saved,  "  whose  prayers  and 
alms  came  up  "for  a  memorial  before  God,' 
who  sent  an  angel  to  tell  him  he  was  jiardoneJ! 
—saved?  No.  but  to  send  for  Peter  v.  6  "who' 
(to  use  the  angel's  own  language  as  "rehearsed" 
by  Peter  11:  4)  "shall  tell  thee  words  whereby 
thou  and  all  thy  house  shall  be  saved."  Acts  11 
14.  "He  shall  tell  thee,"  -said  the  angel,  "what 
thou  oughtest  to  do."  lO:  6.  He  had  yet  to 
be  saved,  not  by  being  a  "  hearer  only,"  but  al- 
so "  a  doer  of  the  work."  Jas.  1:  25.  He  said 
to  Peter.  "  We  are  all  here  present  before  God, 
to  hear  all  things  that  are  commanded  thee  of 
God."  10:  33,  and  when  a  command  was  issued 
what  was  it?  "  He  commanded  them  to  be 
baptized,"  &c.  10: 4«.  Peter  had  not  forgotten 
his  Lord'ssolerau  command  and  promise.  Matt. 
iS:  19;  Mark  16:  16.  He  uvnid  teach  that 
'baptism  doth  also  now  save  us."  1  Pet.  .3:  21; 
and  tell  men  to  "repent  and  be  baptized  for  re- 
mission." Acts  2:  38,  My  friend  tries  to  sep- 
arate "  repent  "  and  "  be  baptized  "  here  by 
showing  that  they  have  different  nominatives 
when  the  etti/jsis  "  ijr  "  is  supplied.  But  this 
don't  help  his  cause.  "  And  '  connects  the  two 
expressions  "  repent  ye  "  and  "  be  baptized  every 
one  of  you,"  together,  which  are  both  still  re- 
quired of  the  same  people  in  answer  to  the  same 
question,  and  are  related  to  remission  precisely 


alike.  He  tries  to  escape  this  fatal  dilemma  by 
saying  "the  pentecostians  did  not  say,  'what 
shall  we  do  to  be  waved?  '  "  The  alternative  of 
this  is,  they  wanted  to  know  what  they  must 
do  beca^ise  they  were  saved,  and  Peter  telU  them 
to  "  repent  and  be  baptized."  Here  my  friend 
has  Peter  telling  .laml  men  to  "  repent."  But 
he  says  "  the  question, '  what  shall  we  do?  '  in- 
cludea  duty  more  than  the  point  of  Balvation." 
Then  he  has  Peter  still  commanding  either  ;>ffr- 
doned  men  to  "repent,"  or  unpardoned  men  to 
"be  baptized."  But  to  prove  they  were  God's 
children  he  quotes  1  John  .l:  1,  "Whosoever 
believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Cliri.sL  is  born  of 
God."  The  belief  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ,  ev.-n 
in  devils,  is  wrought  indirectly  by  God,  but  dofg 
not  make  them  his  children.  "  yennao  "  is  am- 
biguous. Sometimes  it  means  "  to  bring  forth," 
Matt.  2:  1,  Acts  7:  20:  sometimes  only  "  to  be- 
get."    Matt.  1:2,  kc.;  also  passage  adduced. 

The  Pentecostians  believed  that  Jesus  was  the 
Christ  before  they  repented.  Wore  candidates 
to  ask  baptism  from  the  Brethren  on  this  kind 
of  faith  before  repentance,  my  friend  would  call 
them  "goats,"  "children  of  the  devil,"  &c..  yet 
this  is  evidence  to  him  that  pentecostians  were 
saved.  Behold!  the  inconsistency  and  aelf- 
refutation  of  error!  Do  not  wicked'  men  and 
devils  believe  that  Jesii«  is  tlie  Christ?  Mark 
1:24;  James  2:9.  He  reminds  us  that  the 
baptized  had  "gladly  received  the  word."  Did 
any  person  ever  truly  repent  who  had  not  also 
"gladly  received  the  word"?  Doea  not  the 
gladness  of  prospect  precede  pardon?  Does  not 
Christ  represent  one  rrjoiciuy  at  the  prospect  of 
owning  the  treasure  likened  to  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  before  it  is  really  his?  fititt.  13:44 
But  he  says,  ", the  saved"  were  added  to  the 
churcli:  Please9e'eActs2f:IT."  ThelSreek  says' 
"  sozomainw,"  being  saved.  "  The  Lord  daily 
added  those  being  saved  to  the  congregation." 
Emphatic  Diaglott.  This  shows  that  the  terms 
of  salvation  and  membership  in  Christ's  church- 
es are  the  same.  But  tlie  leper,  after  he  wa.s 
cleansed,  offered  gilts  for  his  cleansing.  Mark 
1:  44.  This  "for"  in  Greek  is  peri,  which 
means  (dmit,  concernimj,  kz.  In  the  baptismal 
e.xamples,  Mark  1:  4,  Luke  3:  3,  Acts  2:  38,  fur 
in  Greek  is  eis,  not  peri.  But  even  the  leper's 
ofi'erings  were  for  (eU,  in  order  to)  "  a  testimo- 
ny," &c.     Mark  1:  44, 

My  friend  missed  his  example.  In  Matt.  lU; 
18,  Luke  9:  3,  Acts  9;  21,  13:  2,4",  you  will  find 
"for"/'r/s>  meaning  in  order  to,  and  utterly 
repugnant  to  the  idea  of  something  already  donp. 
If  we  give  r/.i  in  the  baptismal  examples  its  most 
natural  and  common  New  Testament  rendering, 
the  case  would  stand  thus,  "  Be  baptized  i  cis  , 
into  the  remission  of  sins. "  Would  there  be 
less  propriety  in  going  "  into  let!')  the  water  ' 
Acts  8:  38,  "  i«/o  f  ?/.•<>  everlasting  punishment,' 
or  "  into  (eif)  life  eternal,"  Matt.  25:  46,  because 
one  is  already  in  them  than  to  be  baptized  into 
a  state  of  remission  because  one  .is  already  in  it. 
If  my  friend  will  adduce  one  example,  apart  from 
baptism,  in  the  New  Testament  where  the  lan- 
guage "for  the  remissitm  of  sins."  is  not  inter- 
preted by  his  own  church  to  mean  "mi  order  to 
the  remission  of  sius,"  I  will  give  it  up.  Is  that 
fair?  The  (indent  Vatdenses  or  Waldenses. 
Petrobrussians,  iitc,  taught  that  "  it  is  not  the 
faith  of  another,  but  an  individual's  own  faith 
which  .laies  irilh  baptism  inasmuch  as  the  Lord 
says,  "  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall 
be  saved."  Faber's  Enquiry  into  the  History 
and  Theology  of  tlie  Ancient  Vallences  andAI- 
bigenses'  169.  They  said,  "  Neither  baptism 
without  concomitant  faith,  nor  faith  tcithmt 
einuoniitant  hiiplism. is  of  any  avail;  for  neither 
can  aave  without  the  other."  Ibid,  181.  Dr. 
Ray  calls  these  people  "  the  rluirch  of  Christ." 
Baptist  Succession.  34!'.  Therefore  I  prove  by 
himself  that  "  baptism  in  order  to  remission  of 
sins"  is  ehararttristie  oi  "  the  rhurrh  of  Christ." 
Mij  second  reaxmi  why  the  Brethren  poftsess 
this  characteristic  is,  that  theij  Ittptize  intu  lArji 


of  (he  nntnt",  "Father,"  " S.m."  and  "  7/o^ 
Spirit."  Christ  fixed  the  form  when  HumA, 
"  Baptizing  them  into  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  oftheSon,  andofthe  lloiy  Spirit."  MaUL 
2S:  19.  Some  wordi-  in  thi*  formula  ne<'«-«ury 
to  Its  complet*  grammaticat  toHHtruction  ham 
omitted  by  what  grammarian- call  "ellipMi," 
I.  e.,  ■'  into  the  namr  "  before  "  of  the  Son  "  tai 
"  of  the  Hnly  Spirit."  The^e  as  truly  Woh«  te 
the  formula  grammatically  considered,  ax  the 
w^ds  express^.  Green's  Analysis  «f  Eafr 
I-ang.  !i423,  and  Grammar  147,  l'i2,l!*«.  Pmof 
(a).  The  Greek,  ••Palros"  "  VUrii,"  " Sagiam 
I'nrumatus  "  are  all  in  th<'  genitive  and  govera- 
ed  by  "onoma"  expressed  or  underatood.  Sea 
rule.  Bullion's  Gr.Grammar.S142.  Proof(1»). 
In  English  transposition,  the  genitive  fora 
here  is  equivalent  to  the  pos8e9.sive  ca.se. 

Pewsmith's  Grammar,  137.  4.  Green's  Au'al- 
ysis,  S  205,  "  the  name  of  the  K.ilher  "  —  the 
Father's  name:"  "of  the  Son  "—the  Son"*;* 
"  of  the  Holy  Spirit,"— the  Holy  Spirit's."  Hcr 
"  name  "  alone  can  govern  "  S-m's,"  and  "  Holy 
Spirit's."  Proof  (c).  The  preposition  "o£* 
which  occurs  thrice  has  "  name "  ea-h  time  dm 
its  antecedent  term.  To  deny  thU  is  to  deiv 
that  "  of"  is  a  preposition  and  expunge  it  with 
its  dependent  words  from  the  text  and°be  emlty 
of  takmg  from  the  holy  oracle*.  Proof  (4^ 
"Name"  is  the  object  and  >*id,^e'[uent  tenn«ff 
the  nreposition  "  into  "  f'fis^  expressed  in  ik 
5rst  clause  and  understood  with  name  whtefc 
it  governs  in  the  Utter  clauses.  To  deny  tk« 
is  to  deny  that  the  antecedent  terms  of  "qf  ia 
the  latter  clauses  have  any  governing  won).  («^ 
As  "name"  is  governed  by  -into"  in.  «^ 
clause  and  forms  its  subgftpifnt  term,  so  *•  into  • 
in  each  claiixe  refers  to  "  Itnptizinij  ''  ^  i'.s  ante- 
cedent term.  A  denial  of  thin,  denies  ■*  («/•* 
its  part  of  speech,  as  a  ronnertiie  by  deprivinji 
it  of  one  of  its  essential  relations,  and  henc*  r«- 
jects  it  with  its  dependent  words  from  Chri?«'« 
command,  (f).  In  compouud  constructions  the 
meaning  of  dependent  claunes  may  bedeterima- 
ed  by  appealing  to  the  leading  cla.ise  or  modd 
proposition,  whatever  action,  therefore  "Uiptis-^ 
intj"  requires  to  satisfy  the  claiiie.  "  Into  the 
name  of  the  Father.,"  is  additioually  requirrd, 
to  satisfy  the  similar  addition-il  clauses,  (gj. 
Coordinate  conjunctions  connect  sintilar  .^t^ 
ments  and  constructions.  Bnllion's  GraainiK^ 
S  179,  776.  Green's  Analysis.  R.  xl.  "  Ani' 
connects  the  three  clauses.  Ist.  "into  the  na^ 
of  the  Father,"  2nd.  "  of  the  Son."  3rd.  "  of  tW 
Holy  Spirit."  together,  heuce  they  are  aiitttla^. 
Latham  says  "  However  compendious  may  »« 
the  expression  there  are  always  two  preposiUoe^ 
where  there  is  one  conjunction."  Hand-booV  «rf 
Eng.  Lang.  357.  Had  Christ  said  "  Baptiziu^ 
them  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  teachiag 
iVc,"  all  admit  he  would  have  commanded  M<r 
les:f  than  one  action.  The  command  would  hx* 
contained  one  proposition,  therefore  the  •-•• 
similar  additional  clauses  show  that  He  rvm- 
manded  nothing  less  than  baptism  into  otA 
name.  Meyer,  a  profound  and  critical  Gerw^ 
commentator  says,  "  If  Jesus  had  -aid  "  TW 
names,'  He  would  have  expressed  HimseJ/  u  » 
manner  easily  misunderstood,  though  there  ur 
meant  three  personally  dijfcrctd  nnrnts.  inv 
much  as  '  to  ononintu  '  (the  names.)  might  h«»r 
been  taken  for  the  srceral  names  of  -Midk  loL- 
vidual  subject.  The  singular  signifies  tbed^ 
nile  name  expressed  in  the  text  of  each  of  tfe 
three,  so  that  'eis  tv  ononm'  before  '/o«  iJusm' 
and  before  '  ton  Hagiou  FneumaU's,''  is  to  W  ^iA 
ed  mentally  as  a  matter  tf  course.'"  Notes  am 
Matt.  2S:  19.  Dr.  Conaut  (Baptist)  of  ttm 
American  Bible  Union,  referring  to  the«ncM«l 
practice  of  immersing  at  the  utterance  of  aaiA 
name,  ailmits  it  would  have  been  juslrfi.ible'hAj 
the  text  read,  "  In  the  name  of  the  Father  tmi 
ni  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  in  the  name  «  tfas 
Holy  Spirit."  Notes  on  Malt.  2?^;  19.  Suti  I 
have  shown  to  be  its  correct  cr-immatical  rr^ 
ing.  Mr.  .\.  Campbell  sa\s  "  He  (ChriT*t)«»- 
manded  all  converts  to  be  baptiz-ed-iutD  ft» 
name  of  the  F'ather.  and  into  the  name  rf  tl^ 
Son,  and  into  the  name  of  the  Holy  SDif*-' 
ijniuter  .<^  McConnell  Deb.  flL  -      *-  * 


TtlK    HKKTHiUKiSr    AT    AVOKlv. 


N"oveniber    T 


A  HOME  IN   HEAVEN. 

AMOMK  for  iiic!  what  a  joyful  thought. 
A«  we  toil  iinii  weop  in  our  weary  lot. 
In  the  city  r.t  roU,  by  tin-  rrystjil  sea. 
KoiTver  with  JesuM.  n  honur  for  me. 

A  hiimf  for  me,  whori  the  flowers  all  fade. 
And  w<"itllli  find  fmin".  in  the  durt  ore  laid. 
When  stn-mith  "Iri-ajs,  and  pleasures  flep. 
Forever  with  Jesus:  ii  home  for  lue. 

A  hjo^a  for  iu«;  tun  I  HufTerinK  lie 

On  a  couch  of  pain,  and  with  languid  eye, 

Bat  the  golden  gntt^  by  faith  I  sec, 

And  0  Mc^xed  DioukIiI!  there's  a  home  for  inc. 

A  Iioioe  for  nil?;  though  our  friends  are  fled. 
To  nifiulder  «nd  sleep  with  (he  silent  dead. 
Tbey  wUl  live  and  i^ing  through  eternity. 
An<l  we'll  meet  again  in  that  home  for  me. 

A  hiHiw  for  me.  when  time  is  o'er. 

Whi-re  grief  and  parting  are  known  no   more. 

O  wwry  soul,  there's  a  home  for  thee, 

A  Irome  for  all,  yes.  u  home  for  me 

Seleited  l.y  .\\MK.I.  Xo>5. 

PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  6f 
THE  WORD  BAPTISM. 

IIY  I.KWIS  O.  Hl'MMKH. 
NrMBKH  IV. 

WJ I KN  wonh  (ire  appro/iriafc?  they 
are  ulvHnjHUfie.d  lUerallij  (mdcan- 
not  he  appropriaUd  pjuratively.     To 
4how  that  all  meanings   of   words  may 
havi*    fit^urative    applications,     I    ■will 
UliiKti-at*-  l>y  examples,   and  I  will  take 
the  words  bajito  ami  hapt'no.     ]>(iptizo, 
Tr  the  derivative   of  Ixtpto.     liaptn   has 
two  significations  and    hapiho  liut  one; 
itlicae  significations  have   all   ligurative 
applications.     The  primary  nu-aiung  of 
i/(t/ptu,  in  to  iiinmrsi-,    the    secon<lary    to 
dyt:     "  And  he  cried  and   said,    Father 
Ahrahani  have,  mercy  on  me;  and  send 
Lazarus,  that,  he   may   (bapto)   dtp  iht 
tip  of  hifijuujer  in   ioatf'/\  and  cool    my 
tongue."     Luke  KI:  24.     In  this  exam- 
ple (he  word  Ixij'to  is  used  literal.  "And 
thi'iiriestshall  dip  hisfinijeriuthe  blqod, 
and  .■<[)rinkk'  of  the  blood."  «^'c.   Lev.  4: 
ti.     'I'his  also  is  a  literal  use  of  the  word. 
\Vi*  will  next  produce  examples  where 
the  word  is  used  figuratively.     "  And  he 
was  clothed  with  a  vesture  (bapto)  di]>' 
ped  in  blood."  Uev.  19:  i:{.    Christ  will 
not  have  a  literal  vestiu-e  literally  dip- 
ped in  blood.     This  is  what  I  call  ft  fig- 
ure of  speech,  or  a  figurative  use  of  the 
woril  hapto.     This   is   not   a   new   and 
secondary  meaning,   hut  the   same   and 
primary  meaning  used   figuratively   in- 
stead of  litei-Jil.     "  That  thy    feet   may 
he  (bapto)  dipped m  the  blood  of  thiue 
enemies."  ttc.  I*sa.  (iS:  33.     This   is  al- 
so a  figurative  expression  or  use   of  the 
wcu'd,  but  not  a  secondary  meaning. 

We  now  have  a  literal  meaning  and 
ii  figurative  application,  and  will  now 
establish  a  secondary  meaning  which  is 
to  dye.  Hippociates  employs  the  w<nd 
to  denote  dyeing  by  dropping  the  dye- 
ing liipiid  on  the  thing  dyed.  '"When 
it  drops  U])on  the  garments,  they  are 
ilyed."  The  dyeing  li(piid  literally  drop. 
f)ed  on  litei"algarment.s,aud  therefore  is  a 
literal  use  of  the  word.  This  example 
established  a  secondary  meaning  of  hap- 
A?.  We  have  another  example  in  the 
battle  uf  the  frogs  and  mice. 

"  So  fell  Crombophagus,  and  trom 
that  fall  never  arose,  but  reddening  with 
his  blood  the  wave."  The  lake  was  lit- 
erally colored  or  dyed  with  the  blood  of 
the  mouse,  not  the  whole  lake,  the  ex- 
pression is  hyperbolic  in  its  import.  The 
lake  was  not  dipped  into  the  blood  of 
fhe  mouse  by  hyjierhtde  as  Dr.  Gale  sup- 
poses, but  the  lake  was  hyperbolieally 
dyed.  No  one  would  think  the  lake  was 
ajl  dyed,  but  the  part  that  Mas  reddt-'ued. 
We  have  other  examjiles  at  command, 
but  these  are  sufficieut  toestaldish  a  sec- 
ondary meaning. 


I  We  will  next  pr  )duce  an  e.icampte 
I  wliere  the  secondary  meanitrg  \a  used 
figuratively.  '*  Oi^nis  hupl^w,"'  a  colored 
hird.  Milton,  when  speaking  of  the 
wings  of  augel  Kaphael,  iise.s  a  simitar 
expression,  "colors  dipped  in  heaven." 
There  is  here  no  ftllusion  to  either  liter- 
al dyeing  or  dipping.  Having  nowillus 
trated  the  principle  uf  appn)i>riation 
and  the  figurative  iissof  words,  it  is  not 
nece^ary  that  I  prove  that  fiaj>tizo  is 
strictly  univocal,  I  challenge  any  one  to 
produce  a  single  example  where  haptizn 
has  a  secondary  meaning.  The  exam- 
ple must  be  literal  in  its  import.  That 
baptizo  has  an  abundance  of  figurative 
applications,  every  one  knows, 'and  I 
will  refer  to  a  few  only. 

1  want  my  readers  to  bear  in  mind 
that  I  am  not  endeavoring  to  establish 
the  uuivocalness  of  baptizo,  but  8im}>ly 
illustrating  the  laws  of  figurative  use. 
The  primary  meaning  of  haptizo,  is  ad- 
mitted by  all  to  be  immersion.  So  I  will 
produce  no  examples  on  that  point,  but 
will  take  a  few  examples  where  the  word 
is  used  figuratively.  "But  Jesus  said 
imto  them,  ye  know  not  what  ye  ask; 
can  ye  drink  of  the  cup  that  1  drink  of, 
and  be  baptized  with  the  baptism  that  I 
am  baptized  «nth?'"  Mark  lit;  .JH.  Je- 
sus was  not  literally  immersed  in  suffer- 
ing, but  as  the  suffering  was  not  confin^ 
ed  to  spots,  but  extended  over  the  whole 
body  in  the  superlative  degree,  there  is 
certainly  a  beautifvd  allusion  to  immer- 
sion in  water  or  immersion  of  any  kind. 
Baptism  is  not  sprinkling  a  few  drops 
of  water,  but  a  complete  covering. 
Adam<31ark  speaking  of  his  baptism  says, 
it  was  a  ma  of  sufl'ering,  a  beautiful  al- 
lusion to  the  primary  meaning  of  hap- 
fizo.  The  word  hajitizo  is  not  used  here 
in  a  secondary  sense  or  else  the  baptism 
must  have  been  literal.  The  persons 
that  think  words  assume  new  meanings 
when  used  figuratively,  are  poor  philol- 
ogists indeed.  AVhat  is  the  secondary 
meaning  of  baptizo  that  the  suffering  of 
Christ  re8eml)le,  if  it  is  not  immersion? 
and  if  it  is  immersion,  is  it  not  the  pri- 
mary meaning? 

We  will  next  consider  the  bajitism  of 
the  Holy  Ghost.  Our  opponents  think 
that  that  baptism  was  a  fulfillment  of  a 
prophecy  that  reads,  "  I  will  pour  out 
of  my  spirit,"  that  baptism  means  also 
to  pour.  Nothing  more  is  necessary  to 
refute  his  error,  than  to  ask  them,  if  the 
Spirit  was  literally  poured  out?  Out  of 
what  was  the  Spirit  poured  ?  The  pour 
ing  was  figurative,  and  not  literal.  But 
thepouring  was  not  called  their  baptism. 
The  baptisni  took  place  after  the  pour 
ing.  It  was  after  the  Spirit  was  poured 
out  that  the  baptism  took  place.  What 
constituted  their  baptism  was  their  be- 
ing entirely  under  the  influence  of  the 
Spirit  in  allusion  to  the  entire  covering 
in  baj)tism  by  immersion.  If  the  pour- 
ing is  the  ba'^>tism  spoken  of,  why  was 
not  c/u-o  used  in  place  of  baptizo.  If 
pouring  is  the  baptisui,  then  the  wrong 
word  was  used  to  designate  the  mode. 
If  immersion  is  the  primary  meaning  of 
baptizo  as  all  admit,  then  baptizo  was 
ajipropiated  to  the  rife  in  that  sense  or 
else  immersion  could  not  be  a  valid 
mode.  Now  if  "baptizo  "  is  an  ai)pro- 
priated  word  and  designates  immersion, 
baptizo  can  never  serve  in  the  room  of 
cheo.  Then  words  that  are  different  in 
meaning,  can  never  be  reciprocal  in  this 
appropriated  sense.  Cheo'is  the  appro- 
priated word  f  tr  pour,  just  as  rai?io  is 
sprinkle  or  "baptizo"  for  immersion 


pour.  Was  ever  any  other  e.xample  al- 
legwf,  but  this  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
where  baptizo  meant  to  jjour  ?  Was  not 
r/ieo  in  existence  long  before?  So  that 
at  that  period  of  time  it  could  not  des- 
ignate pour.  If  a  secondary  meaning 
was  actually  conferred  upon  baptizo,  it 
could  not  be  that  of  poar^  when  already 
tliere  was  a  word  appropriated  to  desi 
Date  that  mode.  When  words  are  once 
appropriated  they  are  forever  disqualifi 
ed  to  serve  in  the  room  of  any  other 
appropriated  word.  Remember  this  rule, 
and  you  will  never  assign  a  meaningtoa 
word  that  is  impossible  for  it  to  have  in 
such  a  situation.  The  baptism  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  can  never  be  by  pouring  un- 
less 'heo  is  the  correct  translation.  To 
assert  that  baptizo  can  designate  what 
cheo  has  been  appropriated  to  designate, 
is  philological  Bedlamism.  If  baptizo 
bad  the  secon<lary  meaning  of  pour,  it 
ccnihl  not  effect  the  mode  in  the  Chris- 
tian rite,  and  could  not  come  into  com- 
petition with  the  primary  meaning  in 
the  ordinance  of  baptism.  In  that  case 
baptizo  would  have  two  meanings  like 
the  primitive  word  bapto.  One  mean- 
ing toimmerse,  the  other  to  pour.  Words 
cannot  be  appi'opriated  in  two  sense-'i, 
neither  can  one  sense  run  into  the  other. 
Baptizo  cannot   designate   both   modes, 


How  can  r/ieo,  or  raino,  ever  be  used  to 
designate  immersion.  No  man  possessed 
with  common  sense  will  say  that  tliev 
can;  neither  can  "baptizo"  ever  mean  to 


ap 

(immerse  and  pour)  for  pour  can  never 
mean  to  immerse  or  immerse  to  pour  in 
one  and  the  same  situation.  It  is  only 
because  Christians  want  to  covei'  the  in- 
stitutions of  men  A\ath  the  name  of  the 
Christian  institution,  that  they  torture 
language  with  the  utmost  violence. 

The  idea  that  pouring,  sprinkling, 
immei-sing  and  wetting,  can  all  be  Chris- 
tian baptism  or  baptisni  of  any  kind,  is 
so  self-evidently  absurd,  that  was  there 
not  a  fatal  position  to  be  held  or  defend- 
ed by  this  recourse,  these  observations 
and  criticisms  would  never  need  reiter- 
ation. The  self-evident  laws  of  appro- 
priation forever  settle  this  baptism  of 
the  Holy  Ghost  as  being  pouring.  This 
pouring  of  the  Spirit  is  usually  brought 
forward  to  establish  the  idea,  that  the 
word  is  generic,  or  rather  a  word  that 
designates  no  mode  and  includes  all 
modes. 

Now  if  I  have  not  demolished  this 
position,  it  is  because  people  are  too 
blind  to  see  what  is  self  evident.  Im- 
mersion is  acknowledged  by  all  to  be 
the  primary  meaning  of  "baptizo,"  and 
that  is  certainly  specific,  and  the  only 
mode  that  ever  can  constitute  baptism. 
If  we  had  the  words  "baptizo"  and 
"baptisma"  translated  into  English,  the 
absurdity  of  more  than  one  mode  in  the 
ordinance  would  be  so  apparent  that  a 
mere  child  could  discover  it.  But  this 
thing  of  anglicizing  is  what  keeps  the 
matter  more  involved  in  difficulty,  or 
makes  it  harder  to  understand  by  the 
unlearned.  If  immersion  was  the  trans- 
lation, and  any  preacher  was  to  ask  how, 
do  you  want  to  be  immersed,  by  sprink- 
ling, pouring,  or  dipping?  he  would 
at  once  be  considered  insane  and  a  prop- 
er subject  for  the  asylum,  in  place  of 
a  minister  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ. 
And  to  fisk  how  a  person  wants  to  be 
baptized,  is  exactly  the  same  as  to  ask, 
how  do  you  want  to  be  immersed  i  A 
correct  translation  is  what  is  needed,  and 
King  Jami's'  translation  given  over  to 
those,  for  whom  it  was  expressly  made. 
All  those  who  have  any  respect  for  the 
institution  of  Christ,  shouhl  no  longer 
keep  in  use  a  translation  that  was  ex- 
pressly made  to  obscure  the  institution 
of  Christ,  and  sanction  the  institution 
of  kings  and  pnpes. 

It  has  been  said  by  some,  that  the 
\vord,  "baptizo,"  is  a  generic  word,  and 


that  the  idea  of  mode  is  not  contained 
in  the  meaning  of  the  word.  To  this  I 
have  already  rejdied,  that  immersion 
was  the  universally  admitted  i»rimary 
meaning,  and  that  thai  meaning  was 
specific,  and  designated  mode  and  noth- 
ing but  mode,  antl  that  meaning  must 
have  been  appropriated  to  the  rite,  un- 
less the  word  has  a  secondary  meaning, 
and  that  secondary  meaning  is  what 
some  call  a  generic  meaning,  and  desig- 
nates no  mode  at  all.  The  ablest  advo- 
cates of  that  theory,  are  President  Beeeh- 
er  and  Archbishop  Whately.  Alexander 
Carson  has  so  completely  demolished 
this  position,  that  the  controver.sy  ought 
to  be  forever  settled  on  that  point.  Mr. 
Beecher  and  Whately  took  the  position 
that  the  meaning  of  the  word  in  the  or- 
dinance of  baptisiu  was  purificatinn. 
To  this  .Mr.  Carson  replies,  why  was 
not  Katharismos  used  in  place  of  bap- 
(is/iiai  AndXask,  how  can  Katharis- 
mos  be  the  stjcondary  meaning  of  bap- 
tizo? If  baptizo  had  twenty  meanings, 
Katharismos  could  never  be  one  of  them. 
Baptizo  could  not  be  appropriated  to 
the  rule  in  the  sense  of  purification,  for 
the  reason  already  alleged,  /.  e.,  that  no 
word  could  be  appropriated  in  the  sense 
of  any  other  apjiropriated  word.  Jiap- 
tizo  being  appropriated  in  the  sense  of 
immersiom,  can  never  be  appropriated 
in  the  sense  of  purification.  This  isian 
axiom  as  clear  as  the  light  of  the  sun, 
and  every  man  possessed  with  common 
sense,  and  an  honest  heart,  will  sustain 
it.  Nothing  but  the  confidence  of  ig- 
norance under  the  influence  of  bias,  will 
ever  assail  it.  Wlieu  Christ  said,  "go 
teach  all  nations^  baptizing  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,"  ttc,  He  did  not, 
could  not  mean,  that  they  should  go 
and  pm'ify  them,  unless  the  doctrine  of 
ba])tisinal  regeneration  be  true,  which 
every  body  knows  to  be  false.  Is  the 
soul  regenerated  by  baptism  i  Is  it  not 
"by  faith,  that  it  might  be  by  grace  f 

The  salvation  of  Christ  is  not  a  uni- 
versal salvation  by  vii-tue  of  his  atone- 
ment. It  is  a  salvation  through  faith, 
that  it  mighthi^  by  grace.  "He  that  be- 
lieveth  and  is  baptized,  shall  be  saved; 
he  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned." 
The  ordinance  of  baptism  sustains  the 
same  relationshi[i  to  the  government  of 
Christ,  as  the  oath  of  alhijiaui-e  to  the 
goveruraeiit  of  the  United  States.  Some 
may  take  the  oatM,  and  yet  have  a  treach- 
erous heart;  but  if  the  heart  unites  in 
the  oath,  he  is  in  reality  a  good  citizen. 
So  men  may  be  baptized  and  not  be 
Christians.  Repentance  is  a  pre  rei|ui- 
site,  or  an  essential  condition  of  the 
heart,  and  then  baptism  seals  you  by  the 
Spirit  of  grace,  which  is  an  essential  act 
for  a  union  with  Christ,  or  to  reunite  us 
to  his  government  or  kingdom.  But  if 
we  allow  one  faith  to  substitute,  and  be 
gin  to  I'ebel  against  his  divine  govern 
ment,  you  crucify  the  Lord  afresh  and 
put  him  to  an  open  shame.  The  very 
laws  that  were  enacted  in  tlie  council 
chambers  of  heaven  for  your  deliverance 
from  sin  and  death  are  renewed,  and  you 
are  under  the  same  condemnation  in  a 
much  greater  degree. 

Faith  is  the  essential  element  in  our 
salvation.  It  is  only  as  Christ  has  ap- 
pointed baptism  as  a  condition  of  jiar- 
don,  that  it  has  anything  to  do  with  our 
salvation. 

A  person  might  come  from  some  oth- 
er country,  and  live  in  strict  accordance 
with  all  the  laws  uf  this  government, 
yet  not  be  a  recognized  citizen.  He 
would  still  be  an  alien,  until  he  wa- 
united  by  the  oath  of  allegiance.  Just 
so  with  Imiitism.  People  may  go  to 
church,  live  a  strictly  moral  life,  butuu- 


I^ovember    7. 


lew  they  are  bapti/ed,  they  are  nut 
membere  of  his  kingdom  on  earth.  Ban- 
tisra  is  the  iuitiatiug  ceremony,  and  has 
no  more  to  do  with  the  cleansing  of  the 
heart  of  a  hypocrite  or  any  one  else, 
than  it  haa  with  wanbing  away  the  filth 
of  the  flesh.  Baptism  saves  the  soul, 
just  as  any  condition  of  pardon  saves  a 
citizen  from  the  penalties  of  the  laws  of 
the  United  States. 

{To  he  contintied). 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

A  Crowded  Tr»in-A  Swedrer  Rejeoted^An 
Admlr«d  Fountain  -  A  Suggestive  Bookti- 
tie— A  Sunday  on  the  Soath  Monntain— 

|r»B  Out  Spodal  GorrwpialrDL] 

NUMBKR  IX. 

mUE  Antietam  Valley  Branch  of  the 
1  Mont  Alto  R.  R.,  to  this  place  is 
now  completed  to  a  point  within  three 
miles  of  town,  namely,  The  Nunnery. 
On  the  10th  Inst.,  the  second  passenger 
train  passed  over  the  road,  consisting  of 
eleven  cars.  We  took  seats  at  Quincy, 
and  ere  long  every  seat  was  occupied 
and  many  persons  standing.  This  re- 
minded U8  of 

THE  .lOUltNKY  OK  LIFK. 

There  are  many  travelers  and  all  going 
the  same  way — onward.  Some  occupy 
pleasant  accommodations  and  enjoy  the 
journey.  Some  are  standing  idle,  and 
grow  tired  waiting  for  opportunities. 
AH  are  variously  consuming  or  improv- 
ing the  time,  and  this  will  suggest  to 
my  dear  reader  many  profitable  reflec- 
tions. One  idea  I  will  set  forth;  the 
greatest  advantage  on  the  journey  of  life 
is  the  comfort  of  "pure  and  undefiled 
religion."  No  one  can  expect  to  make 
the  journey  safely  mthout  it,  and  indeed 
it  is  the  true  life  insurance  on  this  uni- 
que journey.  Seek  it,  all  ye  who  would 
make  a  safe  passage.  Take  it  with  you, 
ye  who  would  reach  Heaven's  blessed 
portal. 

"SVe  reached  our  county-seat  in  due 
time,  and  were  soon  among  the  scenes 
of  business.  While  in  a  certain  store, 
we  were  somewhat  startled  to  hear  the 
proprietor  say  to  one  of  the  clerks, 

"Go  out  and  bring  a  policeman.''  A 
few  minutes  later  the  proprietor  was  at 
the  door,  and  with  mildness,  but  firm- 
ness, said  to  a  man  who  had  just  gone 
out. 

"I  want  you  to  leave,  and  don't  come 
in  here  again." 

We  wondered,  but  was  far  from  be- 
ing inquisitive  enough  to  ask  the  cause. 
Presently  it  was  reported  that  the  man 
"swore"  an  oath.  We  had  observed  the 
man  as  he  walked  away  apparently  feel- 
ing shamed.  Wovild  that  profanity  ev- 
erywhere would  receive  proper  rebuke. 
How  it  jars  one's  soul  to  hear  God's 
name  taken  in  vain! 

A  aiglit  worth  mentioning  was  the 
fountain  of  water  in  CVnter  Square. 
Here  is  seen  sparkling  waters  forced 
thirty  feet  into  the  air,  issuing  from 
molten  swans  and  beasts,  and  falling  in 
beautiful  sprays  into  the  circular  reser- 
voir below.  An  iron  chain-fence  sur- 
rounds the  Fountain,  and  inside  of  this, 
is  erected  a  bronze  figure  representing 
a  national  soldier  in  full  uniform,  and 
resting  his  bands  upon  a  musket.  Tliis 
figure  is  life-size,  and  very  life-like. 
The  waters  of  the  Fountain  are  furnish- 
ed from  the  Water- works. 

But  I  remembered  tliat  the  Psalmist 
says  that  with  (rod  is 

TlIK  1-(UNTAIN  OK  I.IKK. 

0  that  we  could  admire  the  sourre  and 
fountain  of  eternal  lifi'I  Then  should 
we  B^ek  its  refreshing  waters,  and  be 
gladdened  by  its  sprays  of  love  and  mer- 
"I'y,  and  peac*;,  and  grace,  and  joy,    and 


THE    BRETtillE^^    AT    AVOlili. 


hope,  and  faith,  and  ten  thousand  more 
delights.  Its  waters  are  pure.  It  is 
free  to  all.  It  flows  forever  and  ever. 
They  that  seek  its  marvelous  waters  now, 
shall  enjoy  its  glorious,  life-giving,  soul- 
delighting  eflicacy  in  the  "  world  to 
come."  Seek  it  ye  who  thirst  and  die. 
Come  to  the  Fountain  of  Living  Waters. 
Drink  and  live  evermore. 

Being  one  who  regards  good  books  as 
very  good  companions,  I  dropped  into 
a  book. store.  After  my  purchases  were 
made,  as  usual  it  was  my  pleasure  to 
glance  over  the  titles  of  the  immense 
rows  of  books.  What  can  you  think  I 
saw  that  impressed  me  more  than  others? 
One  that  tells  the  happy  condition  of 
every  true  disciple  of  Jesus— one  that  is 
fraught  with  intense  interest.  Here  it 
is: 

"  WAITINO  FOK  A  CROWN." 

It  came  upon  me  like  a  flood  of  super- 
natural light!  It  made  me  think  instan- 
taneously of  the  "crown  of  glory"  that 
Paul  speaks  of.  But  now  our  portion 
is  the  "cross"  that  Jesus  spoke  of.  Let 
us  remem})er  it  well.  And  "  yet  a  little 
while,"  we  shall  endure  the  sorrows, 
and  conflicts,  and  trials  of  life,  and  then 
the  "  crown"  will  crown  the  "  cross." 
Blessed  consummation  indeed!  Shall 
we  not  feel  new  vigor  for  the  battles  of 
our  Lord?  Can  we  feel  satisfied  with 
the  poor  service  we  render  to  Him  who 
has  called  us  into  His  Vineyard?  O  let 
us  bestir  our  efforts!  It  is  not  enough 
to  believe  and  start  on  the  race  for  eter- 
nal ends.  True,  we  are  waiting  for  a 
crown, but  we  mustdo  the  Master's  work 
until  He  comes  to  crown  us.  Let  us 
work  and  wait.  Let  us  "Be  not  con- 
formed to  the  world"  in  anything  that 
is  inconsistent  with  our  holy  religion,  so 
that  every  day  we  may  appear  to  Christ 
and  to  men  that  we  are  indeed  *'  waiting 
for  a  crown." 

October  13th.  Our  meeting  to-day 
was  at  a  place  not  far  south  of  the  Ma- 
son and  Dixon  Line  on  the  famous  South 
Mountain.  This  was  a  romantic  ride 
for  a  Sunday  morning.  A  three  hours 
''"ggy  I'ide  through  mountainous  terri- 
tory brought  us  to  the  place  ajipointed 
for  the  worship  of  (iod — Mount  Pleius- 
ant.  People  here  have  kind  hearts  and 
precious  souls,  and  are  just  as  worthy  of 
the  grace  of  God,  as  people  who  live  in 
the  rich,  proud,  fertile  valleys  beyond 
the  mountains.  Hymn  140  opened  the 
service.  After  prayer  the  minister  took 
his  text  from  the  last  three  verses  of 
Matt.  11.  It  was  shown  that  Christ  is 
our  salvation,  and  the  following  points 
were  elucidated : 

1.  That  all  have  need,  to  "come" 

2.  What  they  should  come  for. 

3.  How  all  must  come. 

Another  made  appropriate  remarks, 
and  oSered  the  34Tth  hymn.  After 
prayer  and  singing  again,  the  meeting 
was  dismissed,  and  we  trust  that  the 
good  impressions  made  will  prove  sal- 
vation to  not  a  few.  These  meetings  are 
notheld  in  vain.  There  is  "good  ground" 
here,  and  the  grace  of  God  is  fertilizing 
it  for  a  harvest  of  souls.  If  one  soul  is 
saved,  that  soul  will  be  worth  more  than 
all  the  world.  This  is  God's  value  put 
on  the  souls  of  men,  and  every  oppor- 
tunity should  be  embraced  to  gather 
them  into  the  fold. 

Vours  in  sacred  bonds. 
D.  B.  M. 

Waytienhoro^  Vi\.  Oct.  14th,  1h7s. 


3 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  CENTER. 

Sorrow  and  Joy -The  Makeup  of  Ute-Cniinb> 
of  Comfort  to  the  Bereft— Sympathy  Need 
ed— Our  Love-feast— A  Choice  —  Happy  Sea- 
Bona— Lord's  Day. 

NrMHKK  IV. 

TS^E  do  not  enter  far  upon  the  stream 
of  time,  until  we  are  made  to 
acknowledge  that  joy  is  interchanged 
with  sorrow.  The  poor  have  their  trials 
and  perplexities,  and  the  rich  are  not 
free.  Many  start  out  in  life  with  buoy- 
ant hopes  and  enjoy  a  large  amount  of 
happiness;  but  the  bitter  cup  of  sorrow 
is  awaiting  them,  and  to  avoid  it  they 
know  not  how.  They  suffer  from  loss 
of  property,  become  poor,  are  thrown 
out  upon  the  cold  charities  of  the  world, 
and  a  life  of  misery  and  suffering,  is 
their's.  Others  suffer  from  the  loss  of 
health,  and  life  becomes  a  burden.  Here 
a  family  is  stricken  down  with  disease, 
and  suffering  is  the  result.  There  death 
has  done  its  work,  and  sorrow  has  pierc- 
ed the  souls  of  the  survivoi-s.  Thus, 
amidst  all  ourjoy,  we  have  mingled  with 
it  our  seasons  of  sorrow.  This  truth  is 
ever  before  us,  and  to-day  it  was  more 
vividly  brought  before  the  mind  as  we 
neared  the  sanctuary,  to  worship  with 
the  brethren.  We  were  informed  that 
the  funeral  sermon  of  brother  and  sis- 
ter Boyer's  child,  was  to  be  delivered 
the  present  day.  We  met  a  full  house, 
and  a  solemn  occasion  it  was.  Words 
of  comfort  were  offered  to  the  bereft, 
and  of  warning  to  the  sinner.  The  dis- 
course was  based  upon  the  language  of 
Job.  "The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord 
taketh  away;  blessed  be  the  name  of 
the  Lord,"  from  the  following  principal 
deductions 
1. 


Those  who  plact-  their  affection  at 
first  on  trifles  for  amusement,  will  find 
these  trifles  become  at  last  the  most  se- 
rious concerns. 


The  gifts  of  God. 

2.     The  resignation  of  the  righteous. 

Death  has,  to  some,   measurably  lost 
its  power   by   its   frequent  occurrence. 
Therefore  they  are  not  prepared  to  ren- 
der the  sympathy  that  is  so  much  need- 
ed on  occasions  of  this  kind.     But  when 
death   crosses  our   own   threshold,   it  is 
then  we  feel  its   power,   and   our   sym- 
pathies are  awakened.     "For  me  to  livt 
is  Christ,  but   to   die  is   gain,"  says  in- 
spiration.    But  the  fond  parents  looking 
upon  their  departed  child,  almost  refuse 
to  be  comforted  and    become  reconciled 
to  this  dispensation  of  God's  providence. 
It  is  hard  to  see  any  "gain"  in  the  death 
of  their  innocent  sleeper.     Their   hopes 
are  destroyed,  and  their  plans  laid  waste. 
But  the  gain  is  obtained   and   enjoyed 
by  the  departed,  and  little  Mary  is  now 
enjoying    tiie    bliss   that   angels   share 
around  the  throne  of  God.     In  the  houi 
of  sad  bereavement,  when  the   heart  is 
made  tender,  it  is  then,  our  aid,  our  syra 
pathy  is  needed.     O  who  could  not  feel 
his  brother's  care   upon   such  occasions. 
Who   would    not,  like  Jesus,   go   with 
weeping  friends  to  the   grave  and  weep 
with   those    whti   weep.     Oh   yes,  my 
brother  or  sister,  mourning  as  you  must. 
Jesus  is  with  you   at   the   grave   and  is 
poui'ing  the  oil   of  consolation    in   your 
heart.     Trust  in  him,  hope  in  him,   be- 
lieve on  him,  obey  him,  and   %vhen   you 
shall  lay  your  body  down  and  pa.*w   the 
Jordan,  a  crown  of  glory  shall  be  youi-s. 
In  the  eve  we  went   to  church,   and    at 
five  o'lock  the  services,  comniemorating 
the  sufferings  and  death  of  our   blessed 
Master    commenced.      The   ministerial 
aid    was,     brother   J.    P.    Ebersole,   J. 
Grabill,  I.  J.  Uosenberger,  I>.  M.  Work- 
man and  Isaac  Deanlorff  were  present, 
and  the  doctrine  ably  defended,  broth- 
er M'orkman  ofliciating   in  the  exercises. 
It  was  a  season  of  rejoicing,  and  we  felt 
it  was  good  to  be  there. 


Next  day  we  re-awembled  at  nine  A. 
M..  to  add  a  new  member  Ut  our  home 
ministerial  force.  Our  luemb.-n*  wer« 
largely  represented,  and  under  tie  in- 
structions of  divine  inspiration,  they 
proceeded  to  elect  the  one  of  their  choice. 
After  an  elapse  of  one  hour,  our  elder 
came  into  the  large  assemblyand  solema- 
ly  instructed  the  minister  elected  in  re- 
gard  to  the  duties  that  devolved  upon 
him,  after  which  the  announcement  waa 
made  that  our  youthful  brother  W.  C. 
Teeter  was  the  chosen  vt^mA.  Then  fo!- 
loweU  the  installation.  Many  t^ars  were 
shed  and  hearts  that  yearned  with  sym- 
pathy, congratulated  this  humble  twain 
in  their  new  sphere  into  which  the  Lord 
called  them.  May  God  bless  tbem  U 
their  labor  of  love,  and  when  they  ky 
their  armor  down  and  enter  the  elyaiaa 
fields  above,  may  they  bring  many 
sheaves  with  them. 

Brother  Workman  remained  with  u 
a  few  days  and  talked  to  us  about  the 
old.  old  story  of  the  cross,  and  each  time 
we  met,  we  felt  it  was  good  to  be  there. 
He  held  forth  the  truths  of  the  Bible  ia 
such  living  pictures,  that  all  could  see 
them,  and  we  think  many  good  impi*«- 
sions  were  made. 

Next  day  was  Lord's  day  and  our  la- 
bor was  considerably  divided.  Brother 
AVorkman  remained  at  the  old  church 
to  hold  services  there.  Brother  K.  Boe- 
serman  and  brother  I.  Deardorff  of  In- 
diana, went  to  meet  an  appointment 
near  Findlay,  Ohio.  Myself  and  broth- 
er W.  C.  Teeter,  met  our  appointment 
at  the  Disciple  church.  Our  service* 
were  opened  by  theregular  order  of  sing- 
ing and  prayer.  Then  the  68th  Psalm 
was  read,  and  the  first  clause  of  the  firat 
used  as  a  motto  for  the  remarks  of  the 
hour,  "Oh  God,  my  God.  early  will  I 
seek  thee."  The  sultjcct  way,  seeking 
God,  discoursed  from  the  following  de- 
ductions. 

1.  The  character  of  God. 

2.  The  privilege  of  a  good  man. 

3.  The  resolution  of  a  good  man. 
The  purity  and  holiness  of  God    was 

considered,  and  to  call   him    "my  God" 
truthfully  in  every   sense,  implies  son- 
ship.     Then  to  become   a  son,   implies 
yielding  implicit  obedience  to    God  and 
his  commands,   becoming   a  joint   heir 
with  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,   hence  we 
are  his  son  and  God. our  Father.     None 
have  a  legal  privilege  to  call  God   "my 
God,"  other  than    that  of  creation  and 
preservation,  save  those  who  have  tasted 
his  redeeming  grace,    then  the  necj^si- 
ty  of  being  redeemed  from  the  curse  of 
sin.     The  resolutions,  "early  will  I  se^k 
thee,"    is    what    all    should    make    and 
spend  theii'  whole  lifejin  the   service   of 
God.     Seeking  God  does  not  imply  that 
He  is  lost,  but  that  m'tn  is  lost.     The 
;dea  of  being  lost.  w.^s  held  up  and   an 
appeal  to  all   to   become   reconciled   to 
God.    Brother  W.  C.  Teeter  selected   x 
closing  song  of  praise,  the  fJJ>-lth  hymn. 
In  the  evening  we  all  resorted  to   the 
old  church  and  congratulating  each  oth- 
er over  the  joyous  labors  in  the  Master'* 
cause,  we  surrounded  the  congregation- 
al altar  to  unite  in  the  solemn   worship 
of  Almighty  God.     Brother  Workman 
delivered  his  closing  sermon  to  a   large 
audience.  Subject  the  mortality  of  man. 
Based  on  1  Peter  1 :  i*i.     "All  fesh  is  as 
grass."    Truly  it  was  good  to  be  ther**. 
Thus  the  laboi"s   closed,   and  we   hope. 
soon  to  see   results  in  our  labors,  that  of 
sinners  coming  fcome  to  Gotl.     What  x 
[ileasure  to  labor  for  one  who  is  abund 
antly  able  to  rewartl  us,   and  t*»  give  as 
a  crown  to  wear,  and  ^ongs   of  praiMa 
to  sing  in  the  joys  of  immortality,  iuth« 
eternal  world.  S.  T.  Bl 


THK    BTlX:TMliIi:>^'    ^VT    AVOliK. 


IS'ovenibrer    7 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 


J.  H    MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


KP|TOB$. 


Jnt  ll»irr01irl  Af  Wfi«K  will  >i«  iPiH  pOtt-pM .  Vt  %nj 
.Mn.  in  111-  V'^,lf'i  :*UK-.  or  r'aniul*.  fcT  %l  M  prt 
SIT     Tho..  .«nll«K  <rr.  ».«n,r.    :.n^    |11.<^.    "Ill  " 

mmmUr  iU  »r'"""t  '"^  ""'"""'  '''  '^*?'l  ■""'  rii"  "'^.  ": 
■UMtl  iwo"!  whi«h  Miwnoi  CM  b«  df-Jn*!*!!  trom  ibt 
WM<-*.  l.rfuT  .rn.ljnit  ii    i-   (M      .M»0*y  tlnk"     I'ron^ 

tewriptmiM,  »n.I  m...mHM;..;..n'  in'.'n.lr.l  f.r  llio  pr 
p^.tv  lU.OI»»-iill  hulin»mnnll(T».'.nii«lr'I  Willi  »nPO 
A(»  nhoiil.l  bo  B«l'lrP-Mil 

UOOSZ  t'S?S£t.ltAK. 

.-,.v.-,    .    /:     I*      . 'Uujk.  e«rroll'Ca..m' 


— r-r^ 


UMAXS^llL* 


i;OVESIBEB  7.  IJ78. 


Tu 

adln-i^  of" 

.Iy,..i.,  K.'U. 

M  If 

,1  I-I.l.il 

I'.i.,'  to  Beat 

Nil. 

--,-^11'       . 

Cii^e  Co, 

...<;■.  u.if 
Mi\i"*Tf:iiH  wlig  .'iKlp^yor  lo_Jearu  to  prfpcli 
by  Imitiitiiip  Moim-I.cHy  rl;:.'.'  as  n  giri-r.il  tlmif;, 
nu.k.-  11  I'^iliir*-  "I  't-  W.-  HPC  aiir.'r..illy 
«mMHiit«]  imd  rim  (loVW  eippt^i'  to  be  flifiv 
•like  ill  our  niiinjipr  of  [ireadiinjt. '  '    * 

I^KKAtKUi-'  fpilli  in'  plain  t.-rm^.  Init  iivoi.1 
bcHig  too  prrsoiliil.  ir  i-  !<■■'(  r.ol  U>  lilt  |H'0-' 
pl^.  unly  wlif^  Ui*^-  "fJiii'l  between  ynu  :irn1  tin* 
dcfil.  Koop  up  SI  'tmitmt  pnlting:  iit '  tlio  v  ork 
of  the  devil,  tliou  h^^  wlio  £«l»'Ui  tit*-  wny  will 
i[pt  hit.  _   ,  J  ,      I 

"TiiiteB  Ihiui-'s  mako  up'  good  behnvior'fii 
rhui^li:  \^i.  Sik-nce.  ThUi  iitliome,  uud  ou  Uif 
w(vv.  liiid.  Kc-fp  i'wakc,  Duyour  .s|ccpi^g  it), 
t)wl.  .'Srd,  Tulii-iiduvoiiipiirt  in  utl  tlie  servicf;». 
I)(i  iihi  sit  thei*c  as  if  you  had' nb  ihlorest'lri 
«hnt  iK  going  oii."  "      ^       ■''•^"'  '""■  '■'■'" 

TUK  CAr/ViVm  (-'//«/'>'((*?  ajxs:  "  Tl^e  gtt^t 
Miiwiiiii-  t«iiipl<'  in  Ni'M'  Vuik  i^  mo|lKiiged  Jor 
f;Sffil,(""'»""l 'M>1"''"'''  t*^'  visihirs  to  U-  iibout 
on^-liulf  occtipiffl.  0.  Ii.  FroliliilieliiKii.  the 
aiwwtlu  of  infidelity,  addrmse:*  his  iiDHowoni 
wu^ltly  i|i  one  of  tlielmlld.V  ■  .-t  ■ 

— »  ^  —  7  -   - 

TiKM.iAiijs  Fniiildiii,  the  grpfit  preacher  au^ 
chnftipHSii  .Inbat/T  of  tli^  <^iiiiplip!lito  (■hiiffh.  i« ' 
d«id.  He>Vi<'ii  lit  liii*  diiiigliturV,  iii'dV 'Aiider- 
sori.  Iml..  Oct.  32nd.  after  «n  illness  of  but  Ibiir 
liouni.  He  wftj*,  pHrhapa,  (lie  greiittst  inau 
among  them  since  the  days  ot  Cainpbi-ll. 

TilK  Inethr.  ii'in  tlu'  ^\'i-«t<^rii'iinrt  M"  fliri". 
tinn  t'<i..  II!..  held  tiicir  fimt  Lovo-fwiat  the  ISiIi 
oT  Oqt.  HimI  very  pk-iiwiHli  ineetiufw  iTliree 
Here  added  by  baptism,  and  more  apidii'iiut-^. 
The  Itrelhreii  there  have  hibortd  long  and  hiird 
l<»r.iiiviiice  sinners  Ici  turn  to  tiocl,  and  now  the 
I.nnl  in  gi^nnj,' (he  increase.  '  .     :  ■  . 


A.-;  iin  acconimoilation  to  ^ome  of  our  realor*, 
whii,  when  ttiiveling  thr(>ii<,'h  Chlcai^o,  Jin  1  it 
llfi'ciwary  to  »itop  at  Home  tiiveri.,  we  talie  plea*- 
UTt'  in  ivferriii/  them  lo  tlie  Sands  Hot<*I,  only 
A  sltorLdistanuo  from  tliciltnltimorp  Jt  Ohio  it. 
It.  depot.  \Vi-  itiiid  \hvin  (loito  nwCmiuiixUitutg, 
nnd  thei^  tlie  hwu  is  m<fTa\  m  H^  dii^taciiT. 

fr  is  11  bad  <iu'ii  when' men  jwr  other  dues 
fir^t.  and  leave  .:lnin-.li-dn««  till  the    Iii'^t.     "  II 

r  i.;,»..  .H,^il,i,.-  l.'I>"  nj.->  s.;v.  ;..  Iliunf-h   they 

■    ■       .      I  (  h-ast  were 

li'in-h   and 

Would  ii 

art  t-fniits  fif 

our  .' ,  iilidiil  (>»iv 

hcipy    \iv  ■.  ■  L.I  u'.  u.  ■  tM :  ,  : 


let-, 

IV  ILV 


They  are  like  other  people,  sometime^  beeoiii- 
nig  despondent  und  need  il  littb*  lifting  up.  !>'> 
not  be  afraid  of  killintr  thfiti  with  kindiies-s. 
th*y  have  enoagh  of  f MtibWs  on  (he  oOier 
hand  to  outweigh  that  many  timo-,  And  then 
remtmbor  their  familtei*.  iimny  of  whom  have 
n  hiird  time  of  it.  imd  otien  but  little  encmir- 
agenient,  e»]>ecially  when  left  alone,  and  with 
but  little  of  thia  world'ti  gond*. 

liKii|iiKii  D.B.  Uilwou  expects  tofill  a  f»- 
call"  for'ureacliuig  in  Mo.,  bt-fore  he  returns  to 
HiNplaM  Hi*  arrivflhome  safely  the  22nd 
ntt..  tnld  fourtdall  wM(.  What  joy  when  the 
husband  and  fond  father.  arnTfs  home  after. 
w«,fk»  and  months  spent  ju  .  the  good  work  of 
the  Lord!  Tnat  your  wrvauts  kindly,  fpr  they 
must  VLTv  oflen  deny  theipselves  of  fumily  as- 
sooiation  for  your  good,  and  for  the  gottd  of 
thow  who  are  seeking  the  Lord  to  know. 

Qf;iif»bsciril?ers,  iyil|  please  »fprk  in  ,suc|i  i^, 
wiiy  Hx  not  to  allow  "  clubbijig  rates  "  to  inter- 
fere witti  the  work  oi' leguliniigents,  letfheri' 
be  a  ittiilual  imderstaiidiug  between  all  i)jirties. 
Awent"  neVor  get  any  too  well  paid  for-  their 
Work.) .  Alia  gffnflrfj  thing  they  losn  mora  fchtui 
Ihei'make.  We  prefer  working  through  ageatf.,, 
foe  l>y  »o  doing  we  cuu  keep  our  hwUs  in  better 
sha^C.''  Howt^v.T,  do  llnit  which  is  1.,-st  for  the 
cause,  hut  if  jiosaible,  by  inutual  understanding. 

Til?  I|aiJ«u*?;n!^?  co^iii^ieiiting  rather  freftlj  <?u 
a  Iwte  .departnrt)  among  the  Friends  at  tlfcir 
annual  meeting  'at  Kichmond,  Indiana,  a  short 
time  'figo.  The  nieetin^^  were  opened  witli 
prayerrtnd  fcinginjr  a  hymn,  and  closed  with 
prftj-QT,  siiyring  the  lonj;  meter  doxology,  and 
the  apostolic  benedictioji,  veiT  similar  to  that 
of  othm-  chnribe^.  I'eople  who  talk  about 
"apostulii;  ln*neilictii>n?-"'at  ther7y>r  of  religious 
Diuctiiies,  miss  the  luavlc  (if  truth  very  widely. 
Such  a  jiractice  was  nnki/own  in  the  days  of 
tlhd  JtpoAf le.4,  and  is  ill  no  instance  sanctioned 
by  the  S'-riptures,  and  those  who  pructice  it, 
and  want  to  still  further  introduce  it  are  fol- 
lowing in  the  i'ootst4'ps  of  popular  religion. 

TjiEiMoniious  still  patrj- on  their  fraud  un- 
der the  oioak  of  religion.  During  the  past  year 
no  less  than  two  thousuud  persons  have  b<'i.'ii 
induced  to  dxchange  their  home.';  in  Kuropi-  fin- 
the  miseries  of  I'tah.  These  people  me  m;iilf 
to  believe  that  Salt  Lako  is  a  paradise  on  earth, 
where  liberty  and  real  happiness  are  to  be  found 
in  almndance,  but  ou  their  arrival  there  liud 
tihings  in  that  respect  just  to  the  contrary.  The 
iloriiitiiirt  arc  '"utterly  unscrupulous  as  to  the 
method-*  they  employ  in  luring  fresh  victims 
into  thrtir  dens.  TJie  disuppomtnient  of  the 
poor  ^oul$,  who  forsake  home  mid  kindred,  tor. 
the  promised  Kden  of  America,  is  the  most 
touchiu?  scene  in  all  the  dark  panorama  of 
their  experience." 

In  making  up  the  n-port  of  Sontherii  Dis- 
triot  of  ill.,  I  forgot  to  mention  that  1  had  there 
met  our,  aged  and  re.spccted,  brother  John  Good- 
Diaii,  of  lioud  Co.,  Ill,  In  my  boyhood  days,  I 
had  tin:  pleasure  of  oftfii  leariag  him  pruaidi, 
and  many  of  the  liihd  and  forcible  appeals  which 
he  then  ma^e  tt)  sinners  to  tuni  and  live  in 
peace  and  holine-s.  I  still  remember  them,  ttml 
remembi'iing  thu m^  tlicy  do  me  ^ood.  Urotlaf 
(i|iodriun  is  entirely  blind,  but  he  ha.s  lost  nonu 
of  hi-;  devotion  £0  the  holy  princi]ile.'r  of  Cluis^. 
IIU  appi""M!<  to'thf  caivles*.  and  exhortntiort-^  ti> 
the  saint-,  come  with  the  s.ime  earnestnes*' A* 
of  old.  'J-'a  flit  and  he:ir  htr  diicnnrsea  OBoe 
more  wa.'. /to  m-jf  liii  ■.  1  1  iiistfnction, 

Tlie  brethren  ana  M,.  opened 

their  hearts  totlir    .:  :  10 1  her.  and 

gaveliiin  substantial  uvidfuee  ul  their  love.  0 
may  the  lionl  bless  the  uufortuimte,  thejioor, 
the  attiicted!  Thuits  is  w  hmd  iol.  N«t  uutiN 
Christ  comes  will  all  ttiee<e  hardsUip-s  he>  luj-ncd 
t  '  ntmirht,  and  tlio-^e  who  are  Hillieted  will  W 
'■''■■       mlete  in  h'dpjune.-is,  K, 


,  practice  the  doctrine  of  nna-conformity  as  en- 
j'  joined  by  the  Scriptures. 

'  Were  this  stricHy  adhered  to,  it  would  save 
;  the  ohurch  much  trouble,  and  have  a  tendency 
I  todiscountenaoce  pride  in  many  wayH.  Instead 
I  of  taking  two  and  three  years  to  than  go  our 
j  manner  of  dressing,  it  would  be  far  better  to 
commence  the  change  at  ouce,  aud  then  live  up 
to  il  during  lile.  We  suggest  tjjut  our  young 
members  give  thi*  subject  their  special  atten- 
tion, for  it  is  with  them  that  the  future  pros- 
perity of  the  churcji  must  one  day  be  left,  and 
it  is  of  the  grea(4"st  importance  that  they  be 
fully  rooted  and  grounded  in  the  truth  as  prac- 
ticed by  the  primitive'  churches.  j.  H.  w 


WHAT   BOOKS  ACCOMPLISH. 

fiMlH  tuHowiug  from  the  pen  of  au  aged  m'") 
J  shows  what  can  be  done  with  good  books, 
pamphlets  and  papers.  Ollen  we  think  we  are 
dohig  nothing  when  we  pass  good  reading  mat- 
ter into  the  bunds  of  tho.se  whose  minds  have 
bri'u  trained  to  believe  in  AoniffhhUJ  c/sr  outside 
ot  the  In^piredVohnapt  but  tba  sued  sown,  oft- 
en springs  l(p  in  af ter  yeara .  wbeij  tVe  Imve  gone 
tofrept:      ,  ,,  1      |,,  „ ..  i..   /  -.r..  . 

"  1  have  examinjifi  a  pamphlet  pvbli^ed,l)y 
you,  on  the  siibj-^ct,  "Trine  Immersion,"  I 
want  to  know  what  ^'on  can  afford  to  sell  them 
at  by  the  hundred  or  more.  3X.V  reasons  for 
wishing  to  know  are,  I'  am  going  lo  travel 
among  the  Christian  denominfftion,  known  by 
the  nickname,  Ciimpbt-llites.  I  have  been  a 
preacher  among  them  for  forty-seven  years.  A 
book  fell  into  my  hand,  published  by  R.  H. 
Miller,  which  has  convinced  me  that  trine  im- 
mereion  was  the  ancient  practice,  aud  I  want 
to  circulate  the  truth  of  it  among  my  brethren. 


'-[■-Ui.ulcd  a:i 

make 

tllUll    u 

.    ,           ■■■        -,I,lI(. 

aniong  ,>  im. 

.::.- 

1'  L.-hr, 

iCo  more 

.,  1 

:  I  IJijrrien 

irii   as  mv 

.  i"  I  desire 

1.,     ; 

r.ll      nl 

y;.\,.  ,i,    Indiana,' 

nmlllrenilOod  will 

to  III." 

AV*  ^Imll- heartily 

wtd.iiiiii»  fl:  ■ 

!-:iro' 

1  biothcT- 

tind  prepare  to  go 

w.bU  h  '  . 

1    m1    to  wor- 

Shjj.li 

iniounf   of 
:riig«nient 

WHEN  TO  CHANGE. 

^PlIE  best  time  for  eouniinifhij  a  reform' isi' 
1,  wln»n  in  oiir  fltsfc  religions  lovp.  'Wtt  Ihi^n 
that  nioht  coavpxts  have  u  '/eal  thut  will  onable 
thuin  to  surmount  roost  any  diOiculty  .that  may 
eiii*Jice  to  be  in  their  way.  ,  ■ 

That  U  the. time  when  converfa  shoviM  coqic 
fully  into  th;?/jnler  of  the  qhurch  in  their  ap- 
pwirance.  I)f  ooui-se,  they  intend  todososomq 
day,  but  llii?  longer  they  put  it  off,  the  moredif 
li-'iVlt  it  will  be  for  them  to  (.inform.  This  ha- 
bren  flit-  experience  of  most,  if  not  all  Christians 
In  Iwpti*ni  we  should  hitry'  the  old  man  witlt 
ill!  his  deed*  and  worldly  'conformity,  and  arltc 
from  the  water  to  walfe  in  uevrtieMt  of  Life  in  till 
thhies,  yn<)  frpm  henccfuttli  adopt  and  |>ut  to 


VISIT  TO  ASHLAND.  OHIO. 

HAVING  just  returned  from  a  visit  to  Ash- 
land, Ohio,  I  concluded  to  interest  our 
readers  by  giving  some  account  of  the  place  and 
our  short  stay  with  the  members  there.  I  left 
Chicago,  Wednesday  evening,  Oct.  'J3.  About 
15  miles  out  of  town  our  train  \'vas  wrecked, 
smashing  up  several  cars  quiti'  badly,  but  for- 
tunately no  one  was  seriously  hurt.  Here  wv 
lay  all  night,  and  did  not  reach  Ashland  till 
late  Friday  morning.  The  first  Brethren  I  met 
were  George  Irviu,  and  H.  K.  Meyers.  Spent 
part  of  the  day  at  brother  Meyers'  house,  where 
I  was  met  by,  aud  became  acquainted  with  sev- 
eial  other  brethreii  who  chanced  to  call. 

Ashland  is  a  pleasantly  located  t.own  of  some 
■2  ofW  inhabitants,  and  is  mnch  noted  for  its 
healthfuluess  and  enterprise.  The  phice  is  sur- 
rt  unde3  by  members,  and  quite  a  number  live 
in  the  town.  In  the  afternoon  visited  the  Col- 
bge  building,  situated  ou  a  beautiful  eminence 
just  outside  of  the  town.  The  location  is  fine, 
overlooking  the  entire  country,  and  affording 
excellent  facilities  for  securing  good  healtli. 
The  building  is  brick,  and,  including  the  base- 
ment, stands  four  stories  in  hight.  The  walls 
are  completed  and  the  roof  is  now  being  put  on. 
The  structure  is  lai'ge  and  very  toiiveniently 
laid  off,  baring  also  a  large,  well  aminged  room 
for  meeUng  j)urp03es.  ■.■'.., 

In  our  interview^  with  aevwabof  thefl^ustee.s, 
we  found  them  cautious,  yet  energetic.  They 
do  not  propose  t«  run  in  debt,  but  pay  as  tliey 
^o,  tbii-s  placing  their  work  on  a  "afe  footing. 

Spent  the  night  very 'pSbasahtly  with  brother 
David  Workman,  who  lives  some  four  miles  ont 
of  town,  generally  known  aniimfl  tht;  Brethren, 
The  next  day  had  the  pleasure  of  attending  tho. 
coijitil  uivetiiij;  of  the  UretIu«u,of  tbiscongre- 
^ujori.  Thiugi  passed  off  plcvuntly.  Brother 
hviu  was  again  our  compaTiiin.  lotl^'ing  Tvilb 
brother  Workman. 

Sunday  morning,  i>n 
m'eetin'ghouse  loan  atti-nLai.'  i<'n;:n'L.'.ii.ioii.  ■•u 
■' Non-cohformit>'  of  the  heai't.,"_  Brother -T.  I).  ' 
I'arider,  an  active  young  minister  of  this  con- 
xrogation,  took  care  of  us  the  remainder  of  the 
day, '  In  the  evening,  preached  in  the  Maple 
Grove  iiieeting-house.  Sulqect,  "  How  does  tho 
Holy  Ghv^t  elect  church ,offici;(-s?"  A  number' 
■jflittl^'  boys  were  quite  attentive.  The  C/kV- 
ihiuftt  IfV/rha.sa  good  eircntution  here,  and 
those  who  read  it,  were  iinxirtua  to  hear  ftll  that 
was  said.  The  .-veQii^r  gu  ^iit^  j,our,  and  the 
next  morning  were  busily  oi;cu|)icd  in  the  fam- 
ily of  brother  Roop,  a  physician  of'  Ijihland.' 

In' company  with  brother  Tiuker,  called  on 
Mr.  Stnbbs,  editor  and  publisher  of  tht-  A  ■hhml 


Tiii>r».  a  widely  circulated  weekly.  He  has  the 
neatest  office  we  have  visited.  Mr.  Stubbs  is 
greatly  interested  in  the  Stein  and  Ray  Uebate, 
nnd  is  carefully  reading  it  with  a  view  of  under- 
standing it  fully  Heing  a  gentleman  of  con- 
siderable  learning  and  research,  he  is  prepared 
to  weigh  mgumeots  with  much  certainty.  In 
fact,  everybody  1  met  was  greatly  interested  in 
the  debate,  and  must  read  it  the  first  thing. 

I  leil  Ashbmd  Monday  afternoon,  and  reach- 
ed Lanark  early  Wednesday  morning,  fmmd  all 
well  and  plenty  of  work  to  do.  Our  visit  was 
a  pleasant  one,  and  afforded  op))Ortuuities  for 
considerable  observ'ation.  There  are  some 
things  about  which  we  wOuld  lilf/j  to  write 
considerably,  and  Jio  preventing  providence,  will 
pubUah  pome  observations  next  week  wluch,we 
trust,  will  receive  Uie  attention  of  &U  our  read- 
ers. Many  thanks  to  the  members  in  Ohio  for 
their  kindness.  J-  h.  m. 

T 


MISSIONARY    WQR^.i^, 

MISSlONAKYjWork,  like  auy  olb^  kind  of' 
bii-iness.  reiiulres  careful  study  and  close 
application  in  oi-der  to  make  it  a  success.  Not 
every  man  is  adapted  t6  that  Hue  of  duty,  how- 
ever good  he  may  be  at  other  things.  Kach  one 
has  his  gilt  and  ,partioular  calling  in  which  he 
can  work  best,  an/i  it  will  be  to  the  credit  of  the 
cause  if  these  things  are  noted  and  heeded.  A 
man  may  be  au  excellent  worker  at  home  in  his 
own  congregation,  and  yet  when  put  into  the 
missionary  field  will  be  of  little  credit  to  the 
cause. 

A  good  missibnarydora'h6t  "necessarily  need 
to  be  a  gi-eat  preacher,  yet  this  attainment  might 
serve  him  to  good  advantage.  In  the  first  plate, 
he  wants  to  be  a  good  man  and  sound  in  the 
doctrine.  This  wants  to  be  the  first  considera- 
tion. If  he  is  not  sound  in  the  doctrine,  and 
not  an  exemplary  man  in  his  conduct,  that  seU 
ties  the  question— he  is  not  the  man  the  Lord 
wants  to  plant  his  seed.  The  Gospel,  like  corn, 
wants  to  be  planted  straight,  if  tlie  fruit  is  iu- 
tended  to  make  a  commendable  appearance. 
He  wants  to  be  a  man  of  pluck  —  possessing  a 
good  deal  of  the  "  hang  on  "  spirit;  one  who  is 
willing  to  stay  at  one  place  long  enough  to  ac- 
>  omplish  something. 

Aud  then  he  wants  to  understaud  the  Bible, 
not  just  a  few  texts  in  the  Book,  but  the  Book 
itself.  Ue  wants  to  be  able  to  teach  it  under- 
standingly.  His  hufiness  is  very  much  like 
that  of  a  school  feachtr  —  has  many  kinds  of 
people  to  deal  with,  and  must  adapt  his  teach- 
irg  to  their  comprehensions.  He  must  be  will- 
ing to  talk  to  small  congregations  at  first,  and 
not  get  discouraged  just  because  a  few  come  out 
to  hear  him.  Tho  man  who  aims  to  convert 
ilie  wht)le  neighborhood  in  a  few  weeks  will 
never  make  a  good  missionary,  but  he  who  takes 
hold  of  the  idow  with  a  willing  heart  and  steady 
hand,  may  accomplish  a  good  and  lasting  wttrk. 

Missionaries,  who  ramble   over  a  large   field, 
pnachiug  a  sermon  here,  Jjnd  anotliertherc,,aiv 
too  much   like  a  "rolling  stone"  to  do  much 
work.    They  are  very  much  like  the  man  who 
undertakes  to  farm  njore.land  than  two  men  cuu 
cultivate  n(fht  —  \]ie   result  is  a  failure,    let 
them  pick  out  one  or  two  good  poinfjfaiidwfil, 
the  field  well.     They  do  not  want  to  get  it  in   1 
good  condition  and  then   leave  it.    That  H>  lilie 
the  man  who  plants  his  corn,  tnnds  it  well  a  feW  ' 
weeks,  ami  then  leaves  it^  to  the  weeds.    Evoty 
farmer  knows   the  com^^quence.     He  should 
work  away  till  he  gets  euongh  members  to  nr- 
gauize  a  congregation.    This  he  sliouhl  do  ;i- 
aui.ji  :i.s  it  is. safe.    Kor  doos  he  need  to  wail  :  1 
laV^^e  numbers  in  order  to  effect  an  organ izal  1 
THomaVrfar*e  eongregdlions  that   were  ii 
orjjii'rti'/'cd  itith  but  sir'  or  eip:ht  members.    Tl  . 
4ionld  he^int  toivhrk  and  taught  to  take  .,u 
'jf  themselvb.    Tht'lr  working  together  in  t' 
causehajja  tendency  to  strengthen   their  fhi Mi 
and  lit  them  for  furthor  and  more  compiicnted" 
church  duties,  -   1 

This  thing  of .  eonve/iting  tenor  fifteen  per- ' 
sous  in  Q; locality,  (uid  then  le^ive  them  ^landiiil 
year  or  two  beforq  being  oj-gaiyzed,  is  a  detri- 
ment to  tb«  caiipe.  Thyy,  should  he  put  to  vvp^, 
and  carefully  trained  in  the  vjirious  Christian  , 
duties,  Love-feasis  oiiglit  to  he  Tield  quite  fre- 
quently in  small  churches;  fhey  serve  admira- 
bly-ijj  8cltijig -thft  diKlinotivc  .  fpatiires  of  6ur 
doctriuQ  bofow  the  people,  and  thcai. gives  the 
doclriut;^^  pefuinuent  Igilgnieiil)  in  the.  minds  of 
new  coHVert-s.  ,  ,     ,     .    ,.; 

the  mi^siniKoy  cau   then  turn  hi-   attention 


jJov 


^mber    T. 


THT^    Til^ETIIRK^r    JSJT    AVOIIK. 


^otlier  fields  and  do  lUifwise  i„  otber  locali- 
li«;  tl"'"'  '■*'''  P""'-  ""'^  l*i'''»  omisionally  itiid 
jef  hnw  tlipy  do.  Mnny  ol-jf-ot  to  this 'p:„n. 
thiukiug  it  tuo  hI^wj  but  j^low  w.-rk  i»  „,me^ 
limes  the  fastest  after  ftll.  Tl.c  best  method  is 
^l,y  a/(i  V  metliod,  let  it  be  alow  or  f^tot. 

A  siKceaafiil  worker  does  not  want  to  get  the 
j^ople  just  rtfidy  to  join  tlie  church,  and  theu 
pftck  lip  iin*!  It-'i^'P  l"«f  other  localities.  He  wants 
,0  hitug  on  as  loiig  as  there  are  sure  pro3i)ect^ 
of  BCcoinpHshing  good.  There  are  many  minis- 
ters who  often  say.  if  they  had  ataid  just  a  few 
ddvs  louder,  many  would  have  joined  the  church, 
guch  ministpr^  ooght  to  have  stuia  if  possible, 
Bod  if  necessary  withdl-kW  other  (i/n)ointuients, 
for  a  "  hii-d  in  hand  is  worth  two  iu  a  bush  " 
iinj-time-  " 

Our  missionaty  work  is  yet  in  its  infancy,  and 
ivill  l-eqaire  (ion^derable  thought  and  writing 
10  fully  devflop  it.  The  views  of  some  of  our 
experifiioed  missiouarir-s!  would  bo  particularly 
vnluaM"  jiist  tiow.  ,,.  J,  „ 


COSTLY 


ARRAY    AND    PINE 
APPAREL. 


THE  Scriptures  forbid  the  wearing  of  "  costly 
array  and  fine  apparel,"  but  there  jire  al- 
ivay-i  some  people  who  do  not  fcuowwhat  "coBfc- 
]y  array "  is.  They  are  puzzled  over  "  tine 
apparel."  cannot  tell  what  that  is.  Of  course 
mauj'  of  them  are  finely  educated,  but  not  up 
to  that  point.  They  are  posted  on  most  any- 
tUiiig  ^l"^'  ^^^  *"*  *'hi'^  they  are  not,  and  still 
worse,  they  do  not  want  to  be. 

They  can  see  a  good  many  things,  but  the 
exact  dividing  Hue  between  "  plain  apparel " 
and  "  fine  apparel "  they  cannot  find,  they  search 
for  it  in  vain.  Of  course  it  is  needful  that  they 
know  just  where  the  line  is,  for  they  claim  it  a 
blessed  privilege  to  walk  just  as  close  to  the 
world  as  possible.  They  do  not  want  to  get  on 
the  side  of  \he  world,  but  then  they  have  a 
drawing  that  way  and  must  get  close  enougli  to 
lock  arms  at  least.  These  are  the  [leople  who 
walk  30  close  to  the  world  that  it  requires  an 
extra  good  vision  to  tell  which  side  they  are  on. 
There  is  anothur  chi'is  quite  diti'erent.  The 
question  with  them  is  not.  how  close  can  we  go 
to  tlie  world,  and  yet  not  be  injured,  but  how 
far  can  we  keep  away  froui  the  corrupt  ways  of 
the  world.  Christ  prayed  his  Father,  not  to 
take  his  disciples  out  of  the  world,  but  to  keep 
them  from  the  evil  of  the  world.  That  is  just 
what  is  wanting  now.  Christians  want  to  ]fi  p 
away  from  the  evils  of  the  world;  tliey  want  to 
abilain  from  cveiy  appearance  of  evil.  When 
they  learn  to  do  this,  there  will  be  no  trouble 
about  "  fine  apparel  "  aud  "'  costly  array.'" 

People  who  love  Christ  with  all  their  heart — 
liawhad  their  minds  fully  renewed,  aud  now 
love  the  things  they  once  hated,  and  hate  the 
thiu'j;'.  thfy  one  loved,  will  never  be  annoyed 
by  n  desire  for  line  dressing  and  gaudy  display. 
Their  disposition  is  to  keep  away  from  such 
things  as  far  as  pos.-ible.  They  believe  "fine 
apparel "  imd  "  costly  array  "  to  be  wrong,  and 
therefore  have  no  desire  for  it. 

'"  rlsfians,  when  selecting  clothing,  want  to 

ctliiit   it  Is  not  '•  co>itIy  array."     There 

'lit  no  iliiuV'ts  about  it, ;md  there  need  not 

iiopi'r'judgmout  is  exercised.     We  are  ty 

.i-Lintt  aud  xepaiatf  people  from  the  world, 

;tm(  ty  do  so,,  requires  much  watchfulness  upon 

our  part.     No  onu  eau  reiisouably  object  to  (he 

hiM  liariing  ofgood.subiitnntial  clothing— this  is 

unl  seuHilile,  but  the  purchasing  of  "tine 

1  "  and  "  costly  array  "  is  contrary  to  the 

iiis  of  both   rea30U.aud   revelation,     in 

.  i.-,;tiug  of  clutUing,  it  will  he  safe  to  i-jsk 

juijgtueut  yf  uny  pemmi  who  is  J'ttHu  a>n- 

ra-^prf  to  tho  will  of  God.    If  they  liaie  "fiu« 

iippii-el "'  there  is  no  danger  of  them  evcrselect- 

I  1  wearing  it.     The  reiuion  some  profe«- 

I  ristiaus  lean  towards  the  world,  »ud  want 

■  v  fUy  iiishipDS  of  thu  worW,  ia  beciwac 

;.  a  little  lovQ  of  i*in  still  lurking  iu  tiiu 

:    iiytyut  fully  rooted  out.    Just  root  that 

u  oiiL  of  the  heart  aud  we  will  never  bo 

■<!  wth  a  love  for  the  display  of  tho 


rROUBLE  IN  THE  CAMP. 

I  i'i'neUnck  River  Confflreuce  of  the  M.  K. 
A  church  lield  in  Mt.  Carroll,  tlii*,  county. 
Ottobor  !Hh,  Dr.  Thonm.s  one  of  the  leadiiifj 
luminaries  of  that  denoau"iii''>".  was  airaigued 
for  teacliini!  uou-MethojUstic  views.  Tlu-  fol- 
lowing resolution  was  adopted:      , 


"  ^"">>'ft.  That  after  c  ireful  infiOir)-  we  are 
constrained  to  apprehend  that  much  of  the 
teaching  and  iuHuence  of  our  brorber.  Hirara 
W.  Tboma>*.  i^  iu  vanamewith  iKl- doctrines  of 
Methodism  and  deirimi-ntwl  to  the  results  of 
Evangelical  religion,  and  it  is  our  judgment  that 
brother  Thomas  ought  either  to  giv.*  to  this 
Conference  unequivocal  astaurauce  that  such 
teaching*  ami  intluenew  shall,  bo  far  an  he  can 
control  them,  be  uo  more  repeated,  or  he  accede 
to  our  request  t.rretii-efrom  Mf-llio<liet  pulpits." 

To  this  the  Doctor  rps|>oiified,  uRserting  that 
he  holds  to  the  "Moral    Influence  Theory." 

2.  As  to  the  duration  of  future  tmnishnient.  he 
has  not  yet  reached    any   settled   coiivicticms. 

3.  As  to  the  inspiration  of  the  Scriptures,  he 
finds  difficulty  in  acceptiiig  the  Verbal  Theory: 
but  believes  that  "  th-.5*i1ien  who  wrote  the 
ScripturoS  -wire  iniRh-^,  !aiid4W»V0((i!Vfecript^ 
ures  contain  in  substance  tlie  Word  of  God, 

In  answer  to  the  Doctor,  the  Conference 
adopted  a  series  of  resolutions,  stating  that  his 
response  was  not  adequate,  or  at  all  satisfactory 
"•"ice  it  contains  intimations  of  doctrines  iucon- 
ilent  with  the  well-known,  universally  accept- 
ed aud  historic  teachings  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  churoh.  They,  however,  "took  no 
further  action  in  the  premises  for  the  present." 
The  Bialiop  during  the  considwation  of  thi 
Doctor's  case,  asked  the  Conference  to  rise  if 
they  felt  that  Dr.  Thomn^  was  injuring  the 
cause  of  Christ,  and  they  at  once  rose,  thus  sig- 
nifying that  they  disapproved  of  his  teachings. 
This  action  of  his  co-laborei-s  completely 
overcame  the  Doctor  and  he  wept  like  a 
child.  Perhaps  he  was  not  looking  for  such  a 
sweeping  condemnation  from  a  people  who  are 
noted  for  their  liberal  views  in  regard  to  many 
of  the  commands  of  Qod. 

The  Conference  insists  that  the  Doctor  shall 
teach  the  M.  E.  Discipline:  the  Doctor  does 
not  want  to  use  this,  but  urges  nothing  but  the 
plain  Word.  To  give  our  readers  a  better  un- 
derstanding of  his  position,  [  quote  from  a  re- 
cent article  in  the  AUlnnce  from  the  Doctor's 
pen : 

"If  there  be  any  one  thing  plainer  than  an- 
other in  the  Scriptures,  it  is  this:  That  God  is 
no  respecter  of  persons,  that  He  loves  all  man- 
kind, and  gave  His  Sou  that  all  niighthave  life. 
and  that  He  desires  that  all  .should  come  unto 
the  knowledge  of  the  truth  and  be  saved.  Aud 
it  would  seeiu  that  all  who  work  in  the  King- 
dom of  God  should  he  inspired  with  tjiio  same 
broad,  generous  feeling  and  purpose,  and  should 
work  for  this  one  great  end.  And  It  would 
seem  that  the  object  of  all  -should  hi-,  not  to 
make  the  ways  of  reliirion  dark  aud  difficult,  but 
far  as  possible  'o  make  them  plain  and  c!u-y; 
and  not  to  put  about  religion  needless  limita- 
tions and  restrictions  that  tend  by  their  e.\clu- 
siveness  to  shut  out  Very  many  worthy  and 
sincere  people,  but  rather  to  open  wide  the 
beautiful  gates  and  welconie  all  who  want  to 
It-ave  their  sins  behind  and  lead  a  good  life, 

" Our  Savior  charg-il  the  Pharisees  with 
making  void  theconiuuindmints  of  (iod  by  their 
traditions;  lie  charged  them  with  putting 
grievous  ceremonial  forms  and  burdens  upon 
the  people,  and  tcild  them  that  thr-y  would 
neither  enter  the  Kingdom  of  God  themselves 
nor  let  other*  enter.  It  is  certainly  hot  our 
purpose  to  bring  any  sueh  sweeping  charge  as 
this  against  the  Christian  ("hiirchrs  of  thisday; 
and  yet  it  may  be  well  to  a.sk  if,  in  their  zeal 
for  foruis  mid  crt!ttd*»  theyjirqiipt  .s^nvetiines 
putting  upon  the  souls  of  men  burdens  that  God 
has  not  put  there?     ,  1,],.  .,;        I 

"  Not  to  mentionthc  Itoraim  Catholic  Churclj. 
which,  through  her  creeds  ixaA  sacranieutH, 
claims  a  mouop'dy  of  salvation,  look  at  tlm  riv 
quiremeuts  of  thi-  Church  nf  Englund.  Tb^vt 
Oiiureli  carries  thu'  cxpivssionof  byr  faith  biith 
the  .Vthiui;!--'  1  .i,.'.  t',H>  Xict'ua- i;rwd5.  The 
Athaua^iuii  ■  Mi  these  welHmowu 

words:  '  ^^■  ni-  saved,  before  alt 

things  it  i.-«  ir  ><■  .<i  .  i.i.,l  iic  hold  th«  Catholic 
faith;  which  faith,  tiopt  ciery,- ono  do  keep 
whole  aud  undcfiled,  without  doubt  hi:  frhiill 
perish  everUstiJigly.'  Then  follows  a  long  cij- 
ric*  of  the  mo-t  critical  and  altstriKestntenieut* 
concerning  the  unity  of  Cud,  the  Trinitj',  the 
Incarnutiou,  etc.,  and  then  closes  by  saying  that 
'  this  is  the  Ciitholie  iiiith,  which  except  a  uia» 

believe  fait!  ■■"■    ' ■  ■">»  be  saved.'    Can  any 

one  iomgi"  iltiug  any  .such  d.f- 

ficullies  ill  I  .  ^is  those!  He  utter- 

ed the  simpl-'  wm;m-;  '  i  "mL-  unto  me  all  ye  that 
labor  aiid  are  heavy  laden"  take  my  yoke  upon 
you  and  learn  of  me,  for  \  am  meek  and  lowly 
in  heart,  and  ye  shall  find  rest  unto  your  souls.' 
"The  Baptist  Ohnn^h  makes  ininiersiou  n 
condition  to  tho  Lord's  Supper.  The  Pix'^hy- 
teriaus  hold  up  the  '  I'ive  yoiritii;' dark  and  hard 


as  they  are.  as  th*-  accepted  interpretation  of 
the  Scripture  teaching  concerning  (Iod  and  man. 
And  even  the  more  litwral  Methodists  who  from 
the  first  and  for  i  hundred  years  or  more  made 
only  this  condition  of  odmiaxion  into  \Xs  socie- 
ties. '  A  desire  to  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come, 
and  to  be  saved  from  their  sins.'  have  gone  on 
and  lulded  as  a  condition  of  membership  a  belief 
in  the  articles  of  religion  as  set  forth  in  that 
church. 

"  Now  all,  I  suppose,  are  ready  to  Rdmit  that 
religion  rests  npon  great  truth*  or  facts  of  God 


fer  in  the  world  to  com';  ittr  ml  believing  in  the 
M.  E.  DiFicipline;  but  tb-tt  can  a  man  hope  to 
eacapc  if  be  dfx-n  not  helii-ve  th<r  whole  G<wpel? 
So  with  file  Doctor.  Will  the  Lord  c^iu'lemn 
bitn  for  refu«tDg  to  believe  in  the  11.  E.  Diwip- 
line?  His  very  accusers  would  likely  say.  No; 
hut  the  fwhifln  of  tieing  to  nome  aet  of  arheiei 
of  faith — somp  ron<es><ioti  or  some  human  creed* 
is  ftu  popular  that  wluoLa  "■■u  h"rnfitly  rffiiifi 
to  follow  the  ia-HUion  he  is  set  down  m  "un- 
souDd."  There  isaciuw  for  this  «trugglingto«». 


and  man.  and  that  the  Bible  is  the  only  sufficient    capethe  cords  of  human  opinion*  and  cre*-d-fonii- 

ing  faiths.  That  thrrpsbould  l)e  instance*  whert 
men  will  not  submit  to  Ih^ui  is  not  at  all  utraoge. 
.\11  alojig  the  way  from  I'eter  at  Pentecost  to 
th£  pre,sunt,  m«a  have  coiue  out  boldly  declu^ 
ing  in  favor  of  th©  \mn  Word, — that  Law 
which  i»  holy,  i-ight  and  just  without  any  of 
the  words  ol  men.  God  be  thanked  that  we 
have  the  more  "  sure  word  of  prophecy." 

We  rli>  not  endorse  sumu  of  the  Doctor's 
views,  but  givi-  this  to  dhow  where  he  staod*, 
and  how  he  is  gr6ping  hli  way  through  the 
cloiids  of  confusion,  with  an  occanionil  ray  of 
true  light  presenting  Itself  to  his  N-i-iiou.  In. 
^rjiug  to  avoid  one  extrenu'.  he  may  run  into 
another.  Perhaiw  the  M.  K.  Discipline  i«  not 
clear  enough  on  Uible  doctrine  which  should 
be  practiced  by  all  who  believe  on  the  Lord, 
Jeaus.  His  hall-expreseed  ideas  on  future  pun- 
ishment. Christian  baptism  and  the  "beautifal 
way  "  do  not  enable  us  to  definitely  conclude 
where  hi 


nle,  both  of  faith  afld  prach'ce,  and  that  the 
church  mttst  feaph  this  truth.     But  i«  there  not  I 
a  wny  of  t^fl^hingit  that  is  tew  exclnsive,"aiid 
that  allows  a  larger  degfti'  of  pci>onal    liWrty  I 
in  matttf9i\vih(>r»bhAe  U  .4m  imidhtlifEMtlly  in 
their  exact  statement  and  such  a  wide  difierence 
of  opinion?     SliuiUd  we  not  he  content  if  men 
believe  in  the  Bible  and  in  J«.-5us  Chri?t  and  are 
trying  to  lead  good  lives,  and  not  trouble  them 
with  beliefs  at  to  so  many  things  about  the  Bi- 
ble, and  about  .lenuii  ChristV    Should   not  the 
one  great  aim  be  to  lead  all  men  to  a  good  life, 
and  to   peace  and'  rcstiiiQnd'-'     And  is   the^e 
not  dangeV  of  hedging  up  the  Way  to  this  by  ti^b 
many  formal  comlltiontt  to  membership  in  the 
churches?     The  dvQper  question,  eveik,  might 
be  luiked,  whether  diurcben  have  a  moral  rigln 
to  make  auch   conditions.     .\t   Aur()ra,   a  very 
intelligent  and  sincert;  young  lady  who  bad  been 
six  mouths  on  prol>atiou  in  the  Methodist  Church, 
and  who   had  been  well    plied  wiUi    arguments 
from  the  Baptista  on  immersiou,  aud  from  tlie 
Preabyteriaus  on  election,  ami  the  L'niversalists 
on   the  final   salvation   of  all,  said   to  me:  '  I 
should  be  glad  to  come  into  full  membership  iu 
your  church  on  the  simple  desire  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian.    1  believe  iu  Jesus  Christ,  aud   want  to 
follow  Uim,  but  I  can't  saj' ' — she  was  aschoW, 
and  a  very  thoughtful  lady — '  whether  L  believe 
the  Articles  of  faith  or  not.*     1  could  not  take 
her;  and  never  did  I  feel    the  severity   of  tho 
conditions  to  membership   imposed  l)y  ray  own 
church  more  than  in  that   moment,   and  never 
did  I    question  their  propriety,  <jr  the  right  to 
impose  such  conditions,  more  than  at  that  mo- 
meut." 

It  is  not  maintained  iu  this  review  of  the  case, 
that  the  learned  Doctor  is  showing  the  way 
through  "the  beautiful  gates"  as  he  should, 
but  hi^  uu willingness  to  bind  burdens  upon  the 
sonlfi  of  men  is  commendable.  That  many  are 
becoming  tired  of  human  creeds,  disciplines  and 
catechisms,  and  are  longing  for  the  pure,  simple 
Word  of  God.  is  gratifying  to  those  who  seek  to 
be  governed  alone  by  HisLu^\s.  TheBibVwuy 
is  plain  and  easy,  and  he  who  seta  it  forth  oth- 
erwise is  uot  luading  men  to  in!e.doni  iu  Christ. 
It  will  be  seen  that  the  Contea-ucy  did  uot 
insist  that  Dr.  Thomas  lia<jl  taught  contrary  to 
the  Oos|iei.  but  that  he  hail  taught  that  which 
isat  "  variance  with  the  iloclrine of  Methodism," 
Had  the  man  on  trial  a^ked  his  iiccu^rrs  wheth- 
er a  man  could  get  into  heaven  without  believ- 
ing in  Methodism,  they  nodoubt  would  all  have 
replied,  he  could.  Then  if  a  nmn  can  get  into 
heaven  without  believing  in  Methodism,  Metli 
oilism  is  uot  es-rfential  to  an  admittance  through 
"  the  bi'ftutiful  gates."  This  b>>ing  a  fact,  Meth- 
odi'-m  is  not  the  thing  to  preach  and  believe. 

We  are  uot  at tatltiug  the  M,  E.  church.  ATc 
am  simply  looking  at  it  troni  u  Methodist  ^tiind- 
poi)it.  That  till?  people  have  "  progressed"  al 
a  rapid  rate,  iti  evident  touU  ah-tfe  oh^eneis. ' 
An  editorial  in  fche  Giiirntjo  Tribune o\ i)xe'-2~X\\ 
ult,  8pe>iiksiafter  this  fiishitm:  | 

"In  its  outward  form,  the  Methodist  denom- 
ination has  undergone  many  reinfirkahlech^i^g- 
es.     Once  it  was  a  plain,  simple,  uiiostentafion*  ' 
sect,  with  uo  steeples  on  ifrmeo  I  ing- houses,  and 
uo  ornaraeuta  of  any  sort  on  thi*' bonnets  of  it- 
female  members.     Us  niini.tt^rs  wore  the  igni>  ' 
nmt,  uucduealed  circuit-riders,  who.se  homu  wa>  , 
in  the  saddle,  and  who  made  up  in  devotion  \<- 
Christ  what  thej'  hicked  in  worldly  knowledgt- 
Its  membei-s    walked  with  fJod,  and  illustralt>l 
by  their  lives  and  conduct,  the  purv  and'simpt. 
faith  they  profi-Wid.    In  every  house  wa? (t<-iI-  I 
t-d  the  timiily  altar,  and  around  it;  ovei-y  m  -   '       ' 
knelt  night  aud    morning  in    prayer.     \- 
i*  now  every W'Jy  hnow?;.     T:"   it   cov  ■ 
more  artd-rtiore  ix)  the  w.L'. 
ffow  .4nce  the  M.  K.  .1 
louch  during  the  jia>t  lit.^    V'n  ■,    ". 
''onfepjuce  object   to  Dr.   Thouias  .ch  ■ 
AVijj' Jo  they   object, to  him  putting  u^... 
M.   K.   Disvipliu",  aud  biiiliimg  ouly  uu  U..  i 
Word?     What  iittnger  Is  there  in  this?     It  mwy 
not  ho  particnlarly  alvantageouK  to  Methodism,  i 
l.iitihen  tan  any  ^ouls  h^  injui-ed  by  taking  th-' ' 
Word  of  God,  and  the  Word,  only,  as  their  rul<  j 
of  fftfth  and  practite?    Xo  one  is  likoly  to  suf-T 


going,  but  if  his  aim  is  the  Bible, 
the  whole  Bilile'  and  nothing  but  the  Bible, 
then  we  know  where  to  place  him.  His  posi- 
tion then  is  clear.  But  if.  with  "  nothing  but 
the  Bible  "  as  his  plea,  he  dritls  into  that  semt- 
iufiilelity  state,  which  suvkf,  popularity  and  no- 
toriety rather  than  the  simplicity  of  the  truth, 
then  the  uproar  iu  the  camp  amounts  to  noth- 

ileu  who  arc  struggling  to  be  freejl  from  hu- 
man creeds  and  uninspired  declarations  of  foiUi 
should  guard  against  running  into  the  doctrine 
of  si-mi-iiifidelity  —  believing  part  of  God'e 
Word  and  doubting  the  other.  This  course! 
makes  hosts  of  infidels.  Churches  that  havo 
depu'led  from  obeying  the  whole  Truth, 
should  at  once  return  to  Bible  simplicity,  and 
shun  not  to  practice  all  the  commands  enjoined 
upon  the  followers  of  the  Lord  Jesus.  Take  the 
Woni  of  God.  build  upon  that,  aud  that  alone, 
aud  there  will  be  lesa  occasion  tor  those  com- 
motions which  are  becoming  frequent  among 
many  of  the  sects.  Trump'-tB  that  give  no  un- 
certain sound  are  ueedeil  IIk-  world  ovrr. 


M.  M.  B. 


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The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongw  CvtTeUr 

Bib,  quMtToD..  w^l  ror  .b.  .oK.n<vo  .f  »*np<ur*l  ditt.ul- 
Si,  All  quMll.D.  .bouIJ  N-  .l»ie4  «.lh  cnJor.  "d  « 
Mrw«d  with  "  mu'l"  cl««m-«t  «  pwt.hl..  !■  ordi*  U 
S»»oie  IJibU  Truih  Anid«  for  thU  d.pfcrt»ei.t.  .u.1 
Uabenudtotbepoiai. 


Plewe  Ull  me  who  that  man  wm.  Paul  »pok* 
of  In  2  Cor.  18:  2,  that  waa  caught  up  to  thetWM 
^ven.  SA-rELC«.aT. 

ri^Hae  explain  Dani.-l  r  44.  4.V  In  the  d«y»  of 
what  king*?  What  docMh'' word  klnplom  «ffr 
J^„dwJatth.-ton.y  WI..T.IU..D.NO. 

Plwuie  (five  an  explanation  of  Matt,  21:  8:  also 
Mark  n  ■  2  I>o  both  mean  tlie  aampy  If  bo.  whW 
1.  mwnt  by  th.  aaatlM  an.l  tlu-colt  «'t>' >'":''«f 
them  and  bring  th««  mito  me  Y  Did  be  ride  both, 
oronlythecolty  I.  H.  CBisT. 

VlffMC  giv  an  explanation  of  the  following 
words  ■  "  Whosoever  iH  bom  of  G.»l.  doth  not  com- 
mit am  ■  for  hla  seed  remalnelh  f  n  him.  and  he  can- 
not Bin.  because  he  Is  born  of  (iod."    l  John  3 :  B. 

MOLLlEl'MBALOII. 

J  pieaaeglveyour  views  on  Luke  10:4.  "Car- 
ry neither  purae,  nor  scrip,  nor  shoes:  and  salute 
no  man  by  the  way." 

S  Also  Matt.  -JA:  9:  "And  call  no  man  your 
filher  upon  the  wirth :  for  one  la  your  father  which 
la  in  heaven."  . ,.    .v 

8  Also  1  Cor.  1 ;  30 ;  ■'  The  wife  la  bound  by  the 
Iftw  as  lonK  as  her  husband  llveth ;  but  If  her  hus- 
band be  dead,  she  is  at  liberty  to  be  married  to 
whom  she  will;  only  In  the  Lord." 

Emka  FienER. 


tions.  8ucb  as  deacou^,  elders,  or  bishops  as  well 
aa  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  nation.  Wo- 
men oever  received  this  commission  at  any  age, 
from  the  days  of  Adam  till  the  present.  In  thia 
sense,  if  a  man  keeps  his  bead  covered,  be  dis- 
honors bis  head,  that  is,  Christ  as  bis  teacher 
and  leader.  The  woman  uncovering  ber  head, 
disbonoru  her  bead,  that  is,  man  as  a  rater  and 
teacher.  It  makes  no  difference  whether  she  is 
married  or  unmarried;  when  she  uncoTtrs  her 
head,  she  takes  the  position  of  deacoD,  bishop, 
or  ruler,  no  loager  recognizing  man,  who  waa 
sent  by  Christ,  as  being  her  head  or  leader.  We 
alt  should  remember  that  woman  was  created 
for  a  helpmeet.  As  such  she  can  greatly  bene- 
fit man  in  spiritual  aa  well  u  in  temporal  things. 


COVERING  THE  HEAD. 

air  (!.  R.  CONAJiT. 

Plwae  give  us  your  views  on  the  covering  spoken 
of  by  r«ul  In  1  Cor.  11 :  also  tell  us  who.  or  what 
that  hi^Ad  Is,  the  womiin  dishonors  by  praying 
or  prophesying  with  her  head  uncovered,  both  the 
married  and  .inmiirried  V  «y  doing  so  you  may  do 
a  good  wurk  for  some  of  onr  members  out  here  in 
the  far  West  and  oblige  Uavid  Bhower. 

IT  is  generally  agreed  by  all  denominations, 
that  a  covering  was  worn  by  women  in  time 
of  worship  in  the  apostolic  age.  The  men  un- 
covered their  heads.  The  same  custom  ha.s  been 
handed  down  through  all  ages  in  practice.  The 
trouble  is,  they,  the  popular  churches,  have  con- 
formed to  the  world,  in  the  various  styles  and 
fashions  in  their  covering.  The  worid  has  many 
kinds  of  coverings,  when  they  enter  a  place  of 
divine  worship.  The  denominations  are  follow- 
ing the  Slime  plan,  making  a  confusion  of  styles. 
We  are  informed  by  Scripture,  that  God  is  a 
God  of  order,  not  of  confusion.  We  are  not  to 
be  conformed  to  the  world.  For  these  reasons 
the  church  should  have  one  system,  which  all 
should  adopt,  if  it  does  not  lead  in  a  channel 
that  will  cause  ua  to  di«tobey  Scripture.  If  the 
people  would  adopt  the  Bible  doctrine,  there 
would  be  no  variations  in  church  rule  and  gov- 
ernment; for  it  reads  the  same  every-where. 
The  style  of  covering  in  the  days  of  Paul  was 
perhaps  a  little  difierent  from  that  now  in  use, 
yet  they  wore  a  covering.  1  Cor.  11  chapter, 
refers  to  a  uniformity  of  covering.  It  seems  by 
Paul's  language,  that  some  walked  disorderly, 
and  that  he  was  setting  the  church  right  in 
these  matters.  "Tell  us  who  or  what  that  head 
ia?" 

We  read  that  God  created  man  and  placed 
him  in  the  garden  to  dress  and  keep  it.  He  al- 
so brought  the  animals  to  Adam  and  he  named 
them.  Man  or  Adam,  was  made  ruler  and  gov- 
ernor over  all  God  had  made.  Next  to  Adam, 
God  created  woman,  but  she  took  the  lead  inde- 
pendent of  Adam,  and  followed  the  teaching  of 
Satan  instead  of  God.  After  transgressing,  she 
still  acted  as  leader,  and  Adam  was  led  into 
transgression.  She  found  that  God  did  as  He 
said.  And  had  she  continued  a  helpmeet  in- 
stead of  a  teacher  or  leader,  by  example,  there 
wonld  have  been  n  difference.  Paul  speaks  of 
women  as  helps  in  the  church,  not  as  deacons, 
elders  or  bishops.  The  position  of  women  is  to 
be  helpmeets,  not  rulers  and  governors.  She 
can  projihesy,  &c.,  giving  all  the  aid  to  man  as 
her  head,  as  it  says  in  1  Cor.  11:  3.  God  is  the 
head  of  Christ,  Christ  is  the  head  of  man,  man  is 
the  head  of  woman.  The  Scriptures  teach  us 
that  Christ  came  to  do  the  will  of  His  Father, 
not  His  own.  The  Father  then  vfos  His  teach- 
er. God  chose  His  Son  to  come  into  the  world 
to  preach  the  Gospel  to  the  poor,  give  life  to  the 
dead,  doing  nothing  that  He  had  not  received 
of  His  Father. 

Our  Lord  and  Master  chose  from  among  men, 
twelve  apostles;  they  were  teachers  and  leaders, 
Christ  being  their  head.  The  apostles,  who 
were  men,  took  the  position  alloted  them  by 
Christ  as  teachers  and  leaders,  holding  the  po- 
sition in  one  sense,  that  Christ  held.  Christ 
sent  them;  they  sent  others,  who  were  author- 
ized by  the  word  of  God,  to  hold  certain  posi- 


SOUE  QUERIES   ANSWERED. 

BT  J.  K.  H0PV8K. 

■ffill  Bume  one  please  give  an  explanation  of  Ho- 
nau84:  4,fty  JorkH-Staobb 

PlMwe  explain  Rer.  20:  13,  U,  and  give  u»  an  in- 
tight  Into  them.  J.  M.  BiDKHOUR. 

Will  ftom«  one  please  give  Information  concern- 
ing! John  3:  8.  e.  10?  W.  H.  Millbb. 

W0BK8  AKP  FAITH. 

A  FEW  thoughts  concerning  Rom.  4:  4,  5. 
The  apostle  evidently  here  refers  to  works 
done  with  a  view  to  reward,  or  merit.  They 
who  have  learned  that  these  words  of  the  Lord 
are  true,  "  Without  me  ye  can  do  nothing,"  do 
not  work  thus;  but  they  rather  say,  aft«r  doing 
all  they  can,  "  We  are  unprofitable  servants." 
That  "  faith,  if  it  baa  not  works,  is  dead,"  is  not 
only  said  by  the  apostle  James,  but  Paul  inti- 
mates the  same  in  saying,  "  Though  I  have  all 
faith,  *  •  and  have  not  charity,  I  am  nothing;" 
for  there  can  be  no  charity  without  works. 
"  By  works  was  faith  made  perfect,"  says  James. 
The  Christian's  works  are  works  of  faith;  and 
without  faith  they  cannot  be  done.  The  world- 
ling cannot  love  his  enemies,  and  do  them  good, 
and  pray  for  them. 

DEATH  AHD  HEIi. 
The  hell  mentioned  in  Rev.  20:  13, 14.  cannot 
be  the  "  lake  of  fire."  or  it  could  not  have  Iwen 
cast  into  that  lake.  The  Lord  says  the  kingdom 
of  God,  which  is  heaven,  i«  within  man;  of 
course  only  when  he  is  bom  of  God.  Evident- 
ly in  the  same  way  is  hell  in  the  wicked;  and 
this  seems  to  be  the  hell  here  referred  to.  The 
death  here  mentioned  is  no  doubt  that  to  which 
God  referred  in  .'faying,  "  I  have  set  before  you 
life  and  death."  Dent.  3(1;  19.  This  death  and 
hell  have  to  give  up  the  dead  to  judgment. 
Seeing  that  these  are  not  natural  or  material 
things,  is  it  not  proper  to  infer  that  the  sea 
mentioned  in  connection  with  them  should  also 
be  spiritually  applied  or  discerned  !*  The  drown- 
ing of  Pharaoh  and  his  boat  in  the  sea.  when 
they  tried  to  follow  the  Israelites  to  the  other 
side,  with  the  selfish  object  of  bringing  them 
back  into  bondage,  evidently  applies  to  the  re- 
generating life  of  man;  so  that  those  whom 
Pharaoh  and  his  host  represent,  seem  to  be  the 
dead  which  the  sea  gave  up. 

BORN  OF  GOD — TANNOT  SIN. 

In  regard  to  1  John  3:  8,  y.  10,  this  may  be 
said:  If  "it  is  God  which  worketh  in  you  both 
to  will  and  to  do,"  (Phil.  2:  13),  those  born  of 
God  are  so  born  both  in  will  and  action;  and 
what  is  born  of  God  doth  not  commit  sin." 
The  mil  so  born  can  therefore  not  will  sin:  and 
the  person  who  has  such  a  will  cannot  willingly' 
commit  sin.  But  Paul  says,  "  For  the  good  that 
I  would,  I  do  not;  but  the  evil  which  I  would 
not,  that  I  do;"  adding.  "  It  is  no  more  I  that 
do  it.  but  sin  that  dwelleth  in  me."  To  remove 
this  sin,  is  therefore  the  work  of  your  life;  and 
thia  God  must  do  through  our  will;  for  He  must 
enable  us  to  do  us  well  as  to  will. 


heaven,  neither  the  Son.  but  the  Father."  Does 
man  know  the  time  when  Christ  shall  come, 
when  Christ  says  that  He  does  not?  It 
would  be  much  better  for  those  figuring  as  to 
when  Christ  shall  come  and  judgment  to  take 
place,  to  prepare  for  it — be  ready  when  it  does 
come,  to  hear  the  welcome  plaudit,  "  Come  ye 
blewed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the  kingdom  pre- 
pared for  you  from  thefoundationof  the  world." 
O!  what  a  joyful  time  it  will  be.  Then  we  shall 
meet  all  the  dear  ones  gone  before.  There  we 
con  strike  glad  bands  with  the  redeemed  and 
walk  with  them  forevennore  upon  the  golden 
streets  of  the  New  Jeru8alem,-where  there  will 
be  no  more  parting,  no  more  sighing,  or  shed- 
ding of  t«ai«. 

"  Therefore  be  ye  also  ready,  for  in  such  an 
hour  as  ye  think  not,  the  Son  of  man  cometh." 


BE    READY. 


BY  WM.  MILLEH. 

"  Bf  ye  therefore  ready,  for  insuchaii  hour  as  ye 
think  nut  the  8un  of  man  coineth."— Matt.  24:  44. 

11HIS  is  a  very  worthy  and  earnest  appeal  to 
men  to  be  on  their  guard.  There  certain- 
ly is  need  of  such  warning,  tor  how  many  there 
are  who  are  not  on  guard.  I  have  just  been 
thinking  how  many  professors  of  religion  there 
are  who  do  not  keep  the  Savior's  commands. 
Tjiey  say  that  some  of  His  commands,  those 
they  most  dislike  to  obey,  are  non-essential,  that 
He  only  wanted  His  disciples  to  do  them,  that 
they  were  not  intended  for  us  to  obey,  and  that 
those  who  do  obey  them  are  a  silly,  ignorant 
and  superstitious  people. 

Some  of  the  would-be  Christians  even  go  so 
far  as  to  set  the  very  minute  and  hour  that  the 
Master  shall  come.  Art  thou,  0  man.  a  great- 
er jirophet  than  Christ  who  said,  "  But  of  that 
day  knoweth  no  man,  no  not  even  the  angeli  of 


ANSWERS  TO  QUERIES. 

BT  A.  E.  £65RK)IACHA0E. 

Will  some  brothergive  us  an  article  on  the  fol- 
lowing: "He  that  is  least  in  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
•n  is  greater  than  he?"  H.  H.  Meyers. 

Please  explain  2nd  Thesi. 3;  fl.  It  reads  thus: 
"  Even  him,  whose  coming  is  after  the  working  of 
Satan  with  all  power  and  signs  and  lying  wonders. 
M,  C.  CZIOANS. 

JOHN  was  greatest  in  authority,  in  that  he 
was  sent  to  prepare  the  way  before  the 
Lord,  and  that  be  introduced  the  first  principles 
of  the  Gospel.  2.  He  was  greatest  in  point  of 
privilege,  in  that  he  came  in  the  twilight,  at  the 
break  of  day,  and  was  permitted  to  see  the  Son 
of  Ood  in  the  flesh,  whom  prophets  and  kings 
desired  to  see,  but  died  without  the  sight;  yet 
John  did  not  live  to  see  Christ's  triumphant 
reign  over  sin,  death,  hell  and  the  grave.  Hav- 
ing spoiled  principalities  and  powers,  made  show 
of  them  openly,  triumphing  over  them  in  it. 
Col.  2: 15.  he  did  not  live  to  see  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  come  with  power  as  it  was  on  the  day 
of  Pentecost.  He  preached,  "  The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  at  hand  "  —  proclaimed  its  near  ap- 
proach, yet  he  was  not  in  it,  as  it  was  not  es- 
tablished until  Christ  ledoff  incomplete  victory 
over  all  His  foes,  ascended  through  the  trackless 
air,  was  hailed  amid  shouts  of  acclamations: 
"Lift  up  your  heads,  Oye  gates,  and  be  ye  lifted 
up  ye  everlasting  doors,  and  the  King  of  Glory 
shall  come  in,"  Psalm  24:  7.  — was  inaugurated 
King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords — ascended  the 
throne,  and  shall  reign  till  all  His  foes  are  made 
His  footstool,  and  sent  the  Holy  Spirit  to  His 
praying  people  on  earth  to  establish  His  reign 
of  grace  in  their  hearts— throw  open  the  gates 
of  Gospel  grace  to  all  nations  under  heaven,  de- 
daring  the  great  expiatory  sacrifice  and  free 
salvation  through  the  blood  of  the  atonement. 
Therefore  the  least  in  this  kingdom  is  greater 
in  point  of  privilege  than  John  the  Baptist  was 
in  his  day. 

After  the  working  of  Satan ;  is  by  his  aid,  and 
like  him  deceitful,  crafty,  and  wicked.  Lying 
wonders;  pretending  to  work  miracles  when 
they  do  not,  and  the  pretense  is  a  lie  designed 
to  delude  the  ignorant.  Satan  has  had  much 
to  do  in  the  rise  and  progress  of  popery,  and 
now  has  much  to  do  in  sustaining  it,  by  wars 
and  bloodshed,  persecution  and  cruelty,  deceit 
and  falsehood,  and  by  those  pretended  miracles 
and  lying  wonders  by  which  multitudes,  who 
receive  not  the  truth  in  the  love  of  it,  are  de- 
ceived to  their  destruction. 
f^n/oH  Citi/,  Ind. 


TREES  THAT  GROW  SHIRTS. 

Hl'MBOLDT  says  that  he  saw,  on  the  slope 
of  the  Cerra  Drida.  shirLtrees  fifty  feet 
high.  The  Indians  cut  off  cylindrical  pieces 
two  feet  in  diameter,  from  which  they  peel  the 
red  and  fibrous  bark,  without  making  any  longi- 
tudinal incision.  This  bark  affords  them  a  sort 
of  garment  which  resembles  a  sack  of  very  coarse 
texture,  and  without  a  seam.  The  upper  open- 
ing serves  to  admit  the  head,  and  two  lateral 
holes  are  cut  for  the  arms.  The  natives  wear 
these  shirts  of  Marina  in  the  rainy  season;  they 
have  the  form  of  the  ponchos  and  raanos  of  cot- 
ton which  are  so  common  in  New  Grenada,  at 
tjuito,  and  in  Peru.  As  in  this  climate  the 
riches  and  beneficence  of  nature  are  regarded  as 
the  primary  causes  of  the  indolence  of  the  in- 
habitants, the  missionaries  do  not  fail  to  say,  in 
showing  the  shirts  of  Marina,  "  In  the  forests  of 
Orinoko,  garments  are  found  ready  made  upon 
the  trees." — Stlected. 


Fur  every  trial  that  God  senda  He  gives  suf- 
ficient grace  to  bear  it;  but  He  promises  no 
grace  to  bear  anticipation  with,  and  we  little 
know  how  large  a  portion  of  our  mental  suffer- 
ings arises  from  anticipation  of  trials. 


|(lcm^  4  ^("<"'^»1- 


—Italy  contains  39.4S0  Protestants,  und 
3,994,000  Roman  Catholics. 

Thbre  are  now  960  missionaries,  including 

catecbists,  laboring  in  India. 

-The  people  of  Iowa  have  30  colleges  and 
385  newspapers  of  all  sorta. 

—The  gain  of  Catholics  in  India  it  only  ten 
per  cent,,  while  Protestants  gain  sixty-one  per 
cent. 

The  Moravian  church,  with  a  membership 

of  16,000  in   this  country,  raises  $85,000  per 
year  for  missionary  work. 

— Dh.  John  Cumroing  still  adheres  to  his  pre- 
millenarian  beliefs.  Preaching  not  long  since 
on  the  millennium,  he  told  his  hearers  many  of 
them  would  live  to  see  the  coming  of  the  Lord. 

— The  experiment  of  the  American  Bible 
Society  in  issuing  a  five-cent  edition  of  the  New 
Testament  has  proved  a  success.  In  order  to 
meet  the  demand,  1,000  copies  have  to  be  printed 
daily. 

-The  first  boat  ever  moved  by  st«am  in  the 
United  States  was  a  small  experimental  skiff, 
rigged  up  with  a  model  steam  engine  and  screw 
paddles,  by  John  Fitch,  July  or  August  1786, 
upon  the  Delaware. 

— Thk  woman  was  not  made  out  of  man's 
head  to  top  him,  nor  out  of  his  feet  to  be  tram- 
pled upon  by  him,  but  out  of  his  side  to  be  equal 
with  him,  under  his  arm  to  be  protected,  and 
near  bis  heart  to  be  beloved. 

—Pauperism  in  Ireland  ia  terribly  on  the  in- 
crea.se.  Out  of  a  population  of  5,000,000  nearly 
300,000  are  supported  by  public  relief,  and  the 
number  of  paupers  is  increasing  at  the  rate  18,- 
000  per  month. 

— Applttou's  Jouninl  believes  that  publishing 
ought  to  be  included  among  the  learned  profes- 
sions: for  it  requires  a  learning  as  thorough,  a 
judgment  as  sound,  a  skill  as  difficult  of  attain- 
ment, and  resources  as  varied,  as  do  any  of  the 
professions.  It  is  easier  indeed  to  become  a 
successful  lawyer  or  doctor  than  a  successful 
publisher. 

— The  present  Queen  of  Madagascar  has  re- 
cently made  formal  declaration  of  her  determi- 
nation to  repudiate  idols,  and  put  her  fuith  in 
the  Word  of  God.  Under  this  new  influence 
the  missionaries  have  met  with  great  success, 
and  have  aroused  the  natives  aa  in  agreat  reviv- 
al. In  a  single  week  3,0iX)  Bibles  were  callii] 
for  and  paid  for  by  the  natives,  and  it  is  stat.i] 
that  there  is  scarcely  a  village  where  some  por- 
tions of  the  Bible  are  not  found, 

— The  Paris  Exhibition  will  prove  n  blessing 
by  furnishing  an  excellent  opportunity  for  the 
distribution  of  the  Bible.  Since  May  1st,  600,- 
01)11  portions  of  the  Bible  have  been  distributed 
at  the  exhibition,  in  twenty-two  languages. 
The  authorities  of  Paris  have  also  given  permis- 
sion for  the  employment  of  Bible  colporteurs  at 
all  the  entrances  outside  the  Exhibition  grounds. 
It  is  estimated  the  distribution  will  reach  1,000- 
Oiln  entire  copies  of  the  Bible  by  the  time  the 
Exhibition  closes. 

—Take  a  map  of  the  United  States,  place  its 
eastern  and  western  edges  together,  and  fold  it; 
and  then  double  it  from  north  to  south;  open 
the  map,  the  folds  have  crossed  each  other  neor 
Fort  Riley.  Do  it  yourself  and  you  will  know 
that  Kansas  is  the  center  and  heart  of  America. 
It  is  a  curious  coincidence,  that  the  routes  of 
the  first  explorers  and  the  folds  made  by  the 
map  will  cross  at  the  same  point. 

If  the  total  eclipse  of  the  sun  this  year  did  no 
further  service  to  maikind,  it  served,  at  least, 
to  add  another  star  to  the  crown  of  science. 
There  is  but  little  doubt  that  the  unknown  star 
observed  by  Prof.  Watson,  of  Ann  Arbor,  dur- 
ing his  observation  of  the  eclip.fe  in  Wyoming 
Territory,  is  really  a  new  planet. 

— The  Iowa  InveMlyntor  says,  "  There  is  a 
county  in  southern  Illinois  that  has  no  saloons, 
and  the  adjoining  one  hji.«.  The  former  has  on- 
ly two  paupers,  the  delinquent  tax  list  only  fill* 
a  half  column  in  the  newspaper,  the  county  poor 
farm  is  rented,  and  the  county  is  out  of  debt. 
The  latter  has  all  the  curses  known  to  follow 
the  licensed  liquor-traffic." 

— It  is  stated  that  the  powers  represented  in 
the  Berlin  Congress  will  not  recognize  Kouma- 
nia  formally,  until  that  government  complies 
with  the  Treaty  reiiuiremeuts  respecting  the 
equjility  of  the  JewK,  but  which  the  chambers 
are  endeavoring  to  neutralize,  by  legal  trammels, 
the  proceoH  by  which  the  Jews  are  to  secure 
their  civil  right«. 


jjov  ember 


CO  RBESPON  DENCE 
From  Annie  Neher. 

WK  c»n  feol  quite  at  l,„D,e  among  the  m™. 
hers  ot  our  hen.enly  Fallmr-s  family  _ 
^|,e  most  pleasant  of  all  i,  |„  Koto  meeting 
„,|,ere  the  laints  meet  to  worship  that  God  who 
^lesahovo.  Here  several  hundred  memlwrs 
niingle  their  voices  in  praise  to  our  great  lie- 
it  re- 


THK    BRETHRElSr    ^T    AVOKK. 


Jeemer.  How  pleasant  it  ia  to  W  tbeie;  it  re 
njinde  us  of  that  heavenly  world  above,  where 
there  18  nothing  but  love.  I  was  at  the  Com- 
munion meeting  in  the  Donald's  Creek  cliurch 
Ohio.  It  win  the  largest  I  ever  attended.  Over 
three  liundred  members  communed.  How 
j^leasftiit  it  is  to  see  large  numbers  of  our  heav- 
euly  Father's  childn-n  together,  washing  each 
otiier's  feet,  giving  ea<;h  other  the  salutation  of 
the  My  kisfl,  then  altogeth.-r  partake  of  the 
emblems  of  the  broken  body  and  shed  blood  of 
aur  Savior.  Who.  ever  done  so  mueh  for  us,  ae 
did  our  Savior?  0,  what  love  he  did  show  for 
ub!  0,  huw  often  do  we  feel  to  weep  when  we 
think  of  what  He  has  done  for  us  poor  creat- 
ures! then  to  think  how  ungrateful  we  often  are. 
how  often  He  is  crucilied  afresh  and  put  to  open 
shame!  Oh  Jesus,  that  name  so  sweet,  how 
can  it  be  He  i.s  treated  so  ill.  He  is  deserving 
rtll  the  love  we  can  have  for  any  one.  Let  us 
love  Him  with  a  pure  heart,  love  Him  with  a 
love  that  will  cause  us  to  do  all  He  has  com- 
manded u9.  My  dear  young  brethren  and  sis- 
ters in  the  far  West,  I  hope  you  will  all  try, 
with  me.  to  live  faithful  until  death;  that  if  we 
never  meet  on  earth  again,  we  may  be  permitted 
to  walk  the  golden  streets  of  the  New  Jerusa- 
lem, with  Jesus  and  the  angels,  there  to  dwell 
forever. 
liimi,  Ohio,  Oct.  22nt},  It^H. 


fi-'rence.  Had  all  thinyH  c  .mmon  and  in  order; 
»md  88  a  general  oecurreuee.  Urgelv  attended.- 
Mimstenal  aid  was  verv  strong  and  active, 
with  Bro.  R.  M.  Miller  at  the  head.  All  w^nt 
off  pleasnnt.  good  feeling,  and  the  best  of  order 
throughout  the  meeting,  (tn  the  evening  of 
the  16th.  brother  Robert  Millef  preached  m 
Manchester,  and  on  the  17th  at  10  A.  U.  aod  7 
y.  M.  at  our  mcetiug-house.  On  the  morn- 
i"g  of  the  liSth  he  left  for  (Joshen,  expecting  to 
meet  Bro.  J.  H.  Moore,  from  Lanark,  on  busi- 
ness. So  ended  the  labors  of  the  brethren,  who 
labored  so  earnestly  while  with  us.  Setting 
forth  the  Truth  and  nothing  but  the  Truth  as 
it  13  in  Christ  Jesus.— inviting  sinners  to  ai.'cept 
the  Gospel  and  join  in  with  the  children  of  God. 
f  do  verily  believe  the  brethren  left  many  last- 
lug  impression  on  the  minds  of  those,  who,  like 
the  prodigal,  have  wandered  away.  Hut  oh! 
may  they  speedily  return  and  join  in  with  the 
children  of  God.  Now  Brethren,  it  is  left  for 
some  of  you  to  do  a  great  work  in  this  part.— 
The  Macedonian  cry  goes  out  from  here, 
"  Brethren  come  and  help  us.''  Souls  are  starv- 
ing here  for  manna  from  on  high.  Brethren  I 
need  not  tell  you  that  the  unworthy  writer  is 
not  a  minister,  for  you  can  readily  see  by  the 
poorly  composed  article,  that  I  am  only  a  weak 
biy  member,  but  will  do  all  I  can  for  the  good 
of  souls. 

To  all  thp  members  who  met  with  us  at  our 
late  A.  M.,  if  we  never  more  meet  on  earth.  I 
hope  to  meet  yuu  all  on  the  sunny  banks  of  de- 
liverance, where  parting  is  no  more.  Remem- 
ber your  unworthy  brother  and  Zion  in  your 
prayers.  D.  S.  T.  Bitterbaigh. 

Oct.  VVw/,  tS7H. 


From  Cook's  Creek  Congregation. 

I  HAVE  thought  for  some  time  to  write  a 
few  lines  for  our  worthy  paper,  which  is 
indeed  a  welcome  messenger  to  me;  and  I  heuni 
quite  a  number  of  its  readers  speak  of  it  as  such. 
Some  say.  "  I  would  by  no  means  be  without  it; 
[  only  wish  it  could  be  sent  into  many  more 
larailies,  for  I  know  it  is  calculated  to  do  much 
good,  not  only  in  the  brotherhood,  but  among 
others,  who  know  but  little  of  the  doctrine  as 
taught  by  our  Brethren,— the  Word  of  God." 
Some  say,  "  I  am  not  alle  to  take  it.  or  I  would 
not  be  without  it.''  I  am  glad  to  see  that  our 
editors  have  made  a  move  to  get  it  before  such, 
at  a  low  figure.  Brethren  will  we  help  them 
to  carry  out  their  wishes?  Yes  1  for  one  say. 
enclosed  please  find  one  dollar,  to  pay  for  one 
copy  for  the  poor.  Our  Savior  says,  "  For  ye 
have  the  poor  with  you  always  and  wherever  yi> 
will,  ye  may  do  them  good.  Oh  how  ranch 
good  we  can  do  thera  by  being  the  means  ol 
sending  them  our  paper  so  full  of  the  Spirit  of 
Christ,  with  its  instructions,  exhortations,  ad- 
monitions, and  also  the  prosperity  of  the 
church!  My  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  when 
we  give  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor,  we  are  very 
sure  that  we  are  lending  to  the  Lord,  of  whom 
he  says,  "  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one 
of  the  least  of  these  my  Brethren,  ye  did  it  un- 
to me."  Much  money  is  spent  for  that  whicli 
satislieth  not.  but  tor  this  the  reward  is  certain. 
1  hope  that  many  will  respond  and  say  Amen, 
and  act  accordingly.  John  Fi.oby. 

liihhjewatvr,  Va. 


From   North  Manchester,  Ind. 

I  THINK  it  a  duty  to  write  a  few  line.>  to  tlie 
many  readers  of  the  Brethrt-:n' at  Wokr- 
culling  special  attention  to  the  ministers  who 
attended  our  late  Annual  Meeting;  and  preach- 
ed to  the  people  before  and  during  the  session; 
and  did  not  shun  to  declare  the  whole  counsel 
of  God.  Wish  to  say  right  here,  many  mem- 
bers of  different  churches,  sa,j'  the  Brethren, 
who  preached  in  Manchester.  Laketon  and  oth- 
«r  places  in  the  vicinity,  left  many  good  and 
lasting  impressions  on  the  minds  of  the  [M-ople, 
as  a  result,  we  occa.sionally  baptize  some  of  the 
number.  They  farther  express  themselves 
thus,  "  Why  don't  you  have  the  Brethren  to 
preach  more  frequently  in  Manchester?  as  they 
^o  think  much  good  might  be  accomplislied  in 
■tliat  direction."  Now  Brethren,  one  and  all. 
yrnt  have  the  minds  of  many  citizens  of  the 
country  and  the  town.  What  gives  rise  to  the 
above,  is  this;  our  ministers  of  the  North  Man- 
che:.tL'r  district  never  have  held  meetings  in 
town.  Thei-efore  we  pray  you  to  call  with  us. 
and  teach  all  nations,  etc. 

Baptized  two  on  the  13th  inst.  Our  Love- 
fciist  came  ott'  (it  the  appointed  time,  the  15th, 
two  miles  West  of  Manchester,  in  the  room 
■asedfor  baggage,  during  the  session  of  ourcon- 


From  No.th-eastern  Ohio. 


THE  Beech  Grove  Sunday-school  re-organiz- 
ed Sunday  Oct.  20th.  with  one  hundred 
and  forty-three  scholars  enrolled.  The  officers 
consist  of  Superintendent,  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent, Secretary,  Treasurer.  Chorister,  two 
Librarians  and  ten  teachers.  All  these  officers 
and  teachers  are  brethren  and  sisters,  and  earn- 
est workers  in  the  Sunday-school  cause. 

The  large  additions  to  the  churches  in  N.  K. 
Ohio  within  the  last  four  or  five  years,  and  the 
inclination  of  Brethren  to  flock  together  at 
Love-feaats  and  other  occasions,  suggests  the 
idea  of  enlarging  our  meeting-houses  or  pro- 
viding some  substitute  for  them  on  special  oc- 
CJisions.  At  several  of  the  Love-feasts  held 
this  Fall,  many  could  not  get  to  the  table, — 
What  is  to  be  done  with  the  multitude?  (mix- 
ed or  otherwise)  seems  to  be  the  all-prevailing 
question  just  now  from  our  Annual  councils 
down  to  an  ordinary  Love-feast  or  Sunday- 
school  convention.  The  ecclesiastic  system 
with  a  restriction  upon  non-delegates  to  pre- 
vent their  attendance,  would  perhaps  settle  the 
question  for  Annual  Meetings;  providinR  it 
were  not  unscriptural  and  impracticable;  but 
ho  w  about  Love-feasts':*  Exclude  the  laity 
from  them  also?  Perhaps  the  example  in  the 
upper  chamber  at  Jerusalem  would  be  a  suffi- 
cient argument  fur  those  who  would  want  it  so, 
but  undoubtedly  that  number  is  small,  compar- 
ed witli  those  who  would  not  consent  to  it  at 
all.  So  the  only  remedy  that  is  practicable  now 
is.  to  tear  down  and  build  large. — not  our  bams 
—but  our  meeting-houses.  And  might  there 
not  be  a  profitable  distribution  of  ministerial 
forces?  The  Macedonian  cry  still  comes  from 
the  borders,  and  falls  on  the  deaf  ears  of  large 
congregations,  who  can  master  together  twenty- 
one  ministers  on  Love-feast  occiisions.  Is  it 
not  a  pity  that  tliere  is  so  much  material  rust- 
ing, when  it  would  be  so  much  better  to  wear 
itout  in  useful  work?  Who  is  to  beheld 
sponsible  for  the  dollars  that  are  rusting 
hoarded  up  in  broad  acres  that  are  only  half 
tilled  and  consequently  half  wasted?  of  the 
ministerial  talent  tied  up  in  napkins,  or  con- 
sumed by  petty  jealousies?  Who  is  locking 
the  wheels  of  progress?  Who  is  hiuderingthe 
missionary  work?  The  Sunday-school  work? 
The  educational  projects?  Is  it  I?  Is  iti?— 
Let  each  one  ask  himself.  "Am  I  mlliug  to 
shoulder  the  responsibility?" 

E.  L.  Ydiiek. 


friend,  who  can  see  in  their  especial  favor  no 
"  fault  at  all,"  but  can  »ee  in  thow  othera  all 
short-comings,  and  more  too.  And  forgetting 
that  charity  which  "  thinketh  no  evil."  they 
drop  words  of  criticiani»  in  the  hearing  of  their 
families  and  of  othcre.  Ofl^-n  in  the  lir^wnce 
of  the  world,  cxprewrions  adverse  to  the  broth- 
er'n  ability  aa  a  speaker,— or  impeaching  hi  a 
conduct  as  a  Christian,  are  made,  and  hence  the 
brother  finds  his  iufluenre  to  do  good,  much 
impeded,  and  he  don't  know  the  reason— does 
not  know  that  his  character  is  being  sapcd  by 
those  that  he  thought  wtfro  hi*  b?*t  friendn.— 
And  this  being  true  in  one  ca-^e,  is  therefore 
true  in  the  other,  and  hence  there  an'  whimper- 
ings, envy  and  strife  in  the  church,  ypt  not  a 
rupture.  They  meet  with  the  token  of  love  ii 
the  public  assembly  and  appear  to  be  in  peac 
and  union,  yet  away  down  deep  in  their  hearts 
there  is  something  like  to  the  gall  of  bitterness 
and  then  as  a  ret^ult,  that  warm- hear  ted  love, 
that  Christ  enjoyed  and  his  disciples,  is  driven 
out  of  the  heart  and  a  Laodicean  coldness  en- 
sues,— the  poor  preacher  feels  it. — yea  knows 
there  is  something  wrong,  and  wonder*  where. 
Echo  answers,  "where?"  Cannot  find  it.  yet 
realizes  that  like  the  worm  that  destroyed  Jo- 
nah's gourd,  the  harmony  of  Ihr  church  is  bi*- 
ing  destroyed,  and  while  in  that  condition 
without  purging  out  the  old  leaven  of  malice 
and  wickedness.  There  is  a  call  for  a  aeries  of 
meetings;— the  preacher  comes  with  his  heart 
surcharged  with  the  love  of  God.  and  the  zeal 
of  the  Lord's  cause  almost  consuming  him. — 
The  meeting  begins  and  perhaps  not  more  than 
a  dozen  will  sing,  but  set  and  listen  to  what 
the  preacher  baa  to  say.  "  Well  what  do  y.iu 
think  of  him?"  "  Well,  I  am  disappointed  in 
bim;  I  thought  he  would  not  jireach  quite  ao 
loud;  I  thought  he  was  a  greater  expounder  than 
he  is;  he  works  too  hard,  or  he  don't  visit 
among  the  members  as  much  as  he  ought." — 
And  I  may  add  to  that,  sometimes  there  might, 
by  a  mere  possibility,  be  a  little  jealousy.  "  If  I 
can't,  he  shan't."  The  meeting  fails  to  accom- 
plish what  was  expected,  and  the  "«'Av"  never 
is  known.  A  meeting  to  succeed  must  have  a 
hearty  co-operation  of  all  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, earnest  love,  zealous  work,  and  God  blesaes 
the  effort  in  the  converting  of  souls, 

D.  B.  Gibson. 


fell  on  our  dear  brethren.  Jo«-pb  Light  and 
John  TCoung.  tin-  latter  quit*  a  young  brother. 
Brethren  pray  for  him.  for  he  will  have  many 
t<>mptatinn«  to  me.-t  with  and  what  a  crowi  he 
htt'*  to  bear.  Brethren  and  nisU-nt.  help  them 
to  bear  the  troiw.  we  can  do  a  gri.-at  deal  towartl 
helping  our  ministering  brethren,  if  we  are  a« 
Wrttchliil  and  pmyerful  »»  we  Bhouldbe.  Thea 
let  ua  be  encouraged  fur  we  will  not  have  loog 
to  work.  We  have  had  a  ver>'  good  Sunday- 
achool  this  Summer.  We  think  it  haH  done 
much  good.  Phrke  A.  Hoi.T7. 

From  HoUidayaburg,  Pa. 

OVW  glorious  mwting^lowd  to-day  aflera 
continuation  of  two  week*,  and  brother 
WiU  and  companion  returned  to  their  home. 
Brother  J.  W.  Smouse  of  Indiana,  opened  tiie 
meeting  on  Saturday  evening.  Oct.  .itb.  Bro. 
Wiltcame  to  his  aaaistance  on  Sunday  follow- 
ing. Services  eacli  evening.  On  Tuesday  and 
Wednesday.  8th  and  ftth  inst.  we  had  morning 
servicc.i.  Love-feast  on  Thursday  afternoon 
and  evening.  Brother  Smouse  left  on  Friday 
lUh.  to  return  to  afiehi  of  labor  in  ihe  H^tnor 
congregation.  Indiana  Co..  IV  Brother  Wilt 
laboreil  faithfully  alon;,  with  but  little  auUt- 
aaci'.  whim  hr- WAi  obliged  to  clo*e  hi^  labon 
to-day.  Seven  precious  soul-s  were  adde-l  to 
the  fold,  two  on  Friday,  four  yedtei^ay  and 
om-  to  day.  There  were  other*  left  doubting. 
Hope  the  spirit  uf  God  will  so  abundantly 
work  upon  their  hearts,  that  they  may  come 
soon.  I  feel  as  if  it  were  strange  not  to  nit  bft- 
neath  the  sound  of  our  beloved  brother's  voice 
again  this  evening.  It  wai  a  lothsome  ta*kto 
see  him  go  away.  God  bless  his  labors  of  love, 
and  may  his  labors  yet  be  crowned  by  a  glori- 
ous ingathering  of  those  precious  souls,  who 
are  yet  halting  between  two  opinions. 

E.  a.  STLPI.BB. 


Successful  Meetings. 

WE  are  often  asked  why  are  some  meetings 
more  successful  than  others. — meetings 
that  are  held  by  the  sjime  ministers,  whose 
preaching  is  what  might  be  calle<l.  uniform? — 
That  there  is  a  cause,  is  .self-evident.  Now  for 
a  few  of  the  many  reasons.  One  reason  wh 
some  are  not  successful  is,  lack  of  unity.  In 
many  congregations  there  are  divisions  and 
jealoiisiea  among  the  officials;  strifes  wlio  shall 
be  the  greatest, — uotwhoshall  be  the  least,  and 
as  a  lonsenuence  each  willjiavc  his   particular 


From  Pine  Creek  Church.  Ind. 

Dvar  Brftlirtn:— 

OUR  Communion  commenced  on  the  evening 
of  tlie  lltli  of  October,  and  continued  un- 
til Saturday  night.  The  Lord  favored  us  with 
delightful  weather  during  the  meeting.  There 
was  a  large  number  of  brethren  and  sisters 
present  at  the  table  of  the  Lord,  thereby  show- 
ing forth  their  faith  in  the  sufferings  and  death 
of  our  blest  Redeemer.  jVIso.  a  viist  number 
of  spectators,  who  honored  us  with  their  pres- 
ence, and  favored  us  with  their  attention,  as 
much  as  could  be  expected;  many  of  th>m  were 
unable  to  obtain  seats,  or  even  a  place  in  which 
to  stand  inside  of  the  house;  We  were  glad  to 
see  so  many  present;  and  our  heai-ts  would  have 
rejoiced  greatly,  could  we  have  seen  them  all 
gathered  into  the  fold  of  Christ.  We  can  truly 
say  that  we  enjoyed  a  feast  of  love,  and  a  re- 
freshing from  the  persence  of  the  Lord;  and 
we  feel  encouraged  to  press  our  way  onward 
toward  the  mark  for  the  prize  of  our  high  call- 
ing of  God,  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus.  On  Sat- 
urday, one  precious  soul  was  made  to  feel  the 
need  of  a  Savior's  love,  and  was  initiated  by 
baptism  into  the  church  militant  here  below. 
We  believe  that  there  wen-  others,  who  like 
King  Agrippa  of  old,  were  almost  persuaded  to 
become  Christii^s;  but  who  like  one  of  whom 
we  read,  have  decided  to  wait  for  a  more  conven- 
ient season.  0,  may  they  remember  that  "pro- 
criistination  is  the  thief  of  time."  that  "  to-day 
is  the  day  of  salvation."  "  To-day  the  Savior 
calls";  then  harden  not  yourlioarts  any  longer, 
hut  open  the  door  aud  invite  the  Savior  in;  for 
His  locks  are  already  wet  with  the  cold  dews  of 
the  morning.  He  stands  knocking  at  your 
door;  He  has  often  knocked  before.  0.  forsake 
the  paths  of  sin  and  a.sk  your  loving  Savior  in 
He  says,  "  If  any  man  hear  my  voice,  aud  open 
the  door,  I  will  come  in  to  him.  aud  will  sup 
with  him,  and  he  with  me."     Rev.  3:  20, 

S.VRAH  E.  Clku 
M'nlh'rton,  Ind. 


From  Tiffin,  Ohio, 


Do. 


0"l 


,  IS  among 
long  be 


lin-thr^n.— 

Love-feast  of  the  12th  inst, 
thi-  things  of  the  past,  and  wi 
remembered,  for  we  think  it  was  a  Love-feast 
indeed.  The  weather  lieing  favorable,  there 
was  a  large  attendance  and  good  order.  The 
Brethren  thought  it  necessary  to  have  some 
help  in  the  ministry,  and  held  a  choice.  The  lot 


From  Garden  Grove.  Iowa. 

Dear  Breihitn: — 

WE.  the  Brethren  of  the  Franklin  chuich. 
Decatur  Co..  Iowa,  had  our  Love-feast 
on  the  10th  of  October.  As  there  ha-i  not  t)een 
any  church  news  given  from  this  part  of  the 
LonVs  vineyard.  I  will  try  and  write  a  few  for 
the  encouragement  of  the  true  followers  ot  our 
Lord.  There  havp  Wen.  durini:  the  year,  that  is 
now  drawing  t<>  a  close,  some  ten  or  twelve 
precious  souls  made  t »  i:ome  out  from  the 
world  and  to  put  on  Christ.  Among  that  num- 
ber were  two,  who  were  cot  over  thirteen  yean 
of  age.  while  there  were  some  who  were  in  the 
decline  of  life.  0,  how  it  makes  the  soul  glad, 
to  see  the  young  and  the  aged  come  to  Christ, 
to  be  taught  by  Him.  Gliid  to  see  the  young, 
for  it  is  said,  "Serve  the  Lord  in  the  days  of 
thy  youth,  that  the  days  may  be  long  in  the 
land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given  thee." 
Glail  to  see  the  old.  for  they  may  not  have  long 
toserve  Him,  who  hath  done  so  much  for  them. 
We  hope  and  pray  that  those  who  have  start- 
ed in  the  cause  of  the  Lord,  may  hold  out  to 
the  end.     May  the  Lord  be  with  you  all. 

C.  A.  Keigi-ey. 


From    Morrill.  Kansas. 

BROTHER  E.  Cober  and  myself  just  return- 
ed from  the  Soldier  Creek  church,  in 
Jackson  Co.,  Kiuisas.  While  there,  we  had  a 
series  of  meetings;  and  two  were  added  by  bap- 
tism. 

The  object  of  this  article,  is  to  give  u  brief 
history  of  the  church  in  Jackson  Co.,  and  so- 
licit some  kind  ministering  brother  to  locate 
with  them,  as  they  have  no  minister  and  need 
one  very  much-  The  church  is  in  my  care, 
and  I  have  about  fifty  miles  to  go  and  my  visiti 
are  often  made  at  long  intervals,  owing  to  oth- 
er engagements,  absorbing  much  of  my  time. 
The  church  is  evidently  prosperous  and  alive 
to  the  good  work.  Brother  John  Fadely  and 
wife  were  the  first  persons  baptized  in  the 
church  alluded  to,  by  Bro.  Michael  Forney, 
who  was  then  traveling  through  this  State. — 
This  occurred  sometime  in  1874,  I  think.  The 
doctrine  of  the  Brethren  was  then  a  new  thinjt 
in  that  locality,  and  from  that  time  until  this, 
the  cause  has  been  gradually  strengthened  and 
the  church  now  numbers  about  fitty  members; 
and  twodeacous.  The  prospect  is,  that  this 
church  will  eventually  grow  strong  in  number. 

So  many  of  the  Brethren  are  seeking  homes 
in  Kansas,  and  I  would  most  earnestly  solicit 
some  ministering  brother  or  brethivn.  (the 
more  the  belter)  to  give  Jackson  Ca.  aud  the 
church  there,  some  earnest  thought.  The  cli- 
mate is  good  and  soil  also  good,  ouly  about  tifty 
miles  West  of  the  Missouri  river,  on  dirwt  R, 
R.  communication  with  Leavenworth,  The 
distimco  about  fifty  miles.  Holton  is  the  county- 


THE    BRETHREjNT    ^T    AVOMi. 


N'ovembe 


wat  mA  quite  n  good  towo.  Tlie  UraUren  on 
SoIdiiT  Cn-vk  litive  ab.mt  eiglit  or  t^-u  miU-^  tu 
theli.  K.  at  CirdeTillo,  and  about  wveiitiieu 
mile*  to  the  Central  Hninch  Union  Pacific  It. 
B..  «t  D  point  call.-d  Wotmore.  I.«nd  ia  aUo 
cheap,  and  plenty  of  ni»  prairii-.  THi-  country 
is  as  well  timbered  as  «ny  in  Kansu*.  aa  f ar  w 
my  observation  goei.  The  pmirie  Hlmunds  in 
plenty  of  good  liviuK  streauiit  and  th'>  wat-r  i-* 
of  the  bctit  kind.  For  full  particulars,  call  on 
or  address  some  of  thu  mombem,  among  whom 
I  would  uame,  Samuel  Sl^-ph^nwon.  John  Fadi- 
ly  and  Thomas  Miioklin.  Their  addresH 
M,  James'  Crowing,  Jucknon  Co.,  Kansas. 

JoSATHVN   Li'HTV. 


From  Jesse  Calvert. 

I  CLOSED  my  meetinpr  in  Johnstown  last 
nipht,  with  three  nddiHons  by  baptiom. 
and  «  fow  more  npplicnnts.  and  a  genera!  »Hr. 
Wi-  occupied  the  Hnptist  church.  It  holds 
about  seven  hundred  peraons.  The  house 
was  full  to  overflowing  the  most  of  the  tim*-, 
Uid  nereral  evenings  three  or  lour  hundred  ha<i 
to  go  away,  xt  they  could  not  even  get  near^tht 
door.  The  house  wa«  hired  by  the  Brethren 
The  Baptists  will  occupy  it  Sunday.  Some 
more  would  have  come  but  their  parents  would 
not  allow  them.  I  never  met  in  all  my  travels, 
ttrunget  opposition  than  I  did  here;  all  seemed 
determined  to  fight  the  Brethren,  right  or 
wrong.  One  Campljellite  got  out  of  fix.  because 
1  quoted  Campbell  in  the  debate,  and  said  I  was 
dwhonest,  because  Campbell  excepted  Tertuli- 
Un.  Some  said  I  was  crazy,  others  that  I  wad 
a  fool  and  flo  on.  but  very  many  said,  "  The 
truth  was  prenche<l  and  we  cannot  evade  it."— 
I  hope  God  will  give  tliem  no  rest  until  they 
come  and  iitkoowledge  the  truth.  Thanks  to 
the  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends  for  their 
kindnesi*.  May  tlie  good  Lord  bless  them  all. 
I  stopped  with  brother  M.  W.  Keim.  I  never 
enjoyed  as  pleasant  u  home  in  any  of  my  trav- 
els. Mrs.  Keim  belongs  to  the  Methodist 
fraU'rnity,  but  she  acted  the  part  of  asist^fr;  and 
her  children  were  just  as  kind  as  they  t-ould  lie. 
God  blew  them,  that  they  may  all  see  and  do 
Hill  Will,  that  we  may  all  meet  in  heaven. 
Johnstoirn.Pa.,  Oct.  VN/A.  JhJs. 


From  Martin  Co  ,  Ind. 

I  HAVE  just  finished  reading  S.  H.  Ba.>.hor's 
new  book,  and  can  with  all  my  heart,  i-ec- 
ommend  it  to  the  public.  "  It  seems  to  bo  the 
true  metal,  having  the  right  ring."  It  gives  no 
uncertain  sound,  but  speaks  out  in  such  a  plain 
manner,  that  even  the  youth  of  our  laud  can 
comprehend  it-s  meaning.  I  pray  God  to 
bless  this  noble  little  work  to  the  pood  and 
cause  of  Christianity.  Special  attention  is 
called  to  its  three  last  pages.  While  reading 
them,  these  Scrii>tures  came  to  my  mind:— - 
"Judgment  also  will  I  lay  to  the  lin--,  and 
righteousness  to  the  plummet."  He  has.  by 
using  wisely  and  fearle^ly  the  blessed  Words  of 
etenia!  Truth  together  with  his  convincing  ai-- 
guments,  indeed  and  in  truth  hewed  to  the 
line  and  let  all  the  rubbish  together  with  hu- 
man laws  and  conflicting  and  erring  creed.i.  fall 
on  the  outside  of  the  church  into  the  world 
where  they  belong.  God  sjieed  tlie  time  when 
men  will  cease  julding  and  subtracting  from  his 
holy  and  perfect  law  of  liberty,  whicli  is  able 
to  savi-  the  siuil.  "  Then  said  Jesus  to  those 
Jews  which  believed  on  Him,  if  you  continue 
in  my  Word,  then  are  ye  my  disciples  indeed; 
ye  shall  know  the  Truth,  and  the  Truth  shall 
make  yon  free."  I  do  not  understand  that  they 
were  made  fn-e,  in  order  to  have  a  human  law 
yoked  upon  them;  and  the  followers  of  the 
Lonl,  that  are  bound  down  by  a  human  law  or 
have  to  submit  to  anything  else  in  church 
government  aside  from  the  law  of  Christ,  are 
not  free,  but  are  strangers  to  that  freedom, 
which  God  intended  they  should  enjoy.  I  am 
glad  to  believe  that  God  knew  just  what  He 
y/na  doing,  when  He  sent  to  us  His  message  of 
love  and  mercy,  and  that  the  Bible  contains  the 
whole  will  of  God  to  man,  and  is  perfect  and 
sufficient  to  guide  him  on  to  purity  and  peace. 
Why  don't  these  wise  men  who  are  bo  much 
concerned  about  making  laws  to  govern  the 
people  of  God,  come  out  and  show  the  children 
of  men  wherein  the  law  of  God  is  deficient? — 
The  reason  is,  none  of  them  ore  able  to  dothis 
neither  are  they  willing  to  undertake  it.  I  feel 
to  thank  and  praise  God's  great  name,  that  I 
believe  with  all  my  soul,  mind  and  strength, 
that  He  has  given  to  poor,  weak,  erring  and 
suffering  humanity,  a  perfect  law  to  govern 
them  and  80  complete  in  all  its  parts  as  not  to 
be  susceptible  of  any  improvements  by  mortal 
and  uninspired  men.  As  assertions  are  worth 
nothing  without  the  proof,  I  will  now  ask  you  to 
hear  one  of  thit  upostlea  of  the  Lamb,  our  great 


teacher.— the  Lor.i  .lesusChrist:  '■  AH  Scripture 
is  given  by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  pn»litabli> 
for  doctrine,  for  n-iiroof.  for  correction,  for  in- 
struction in  rightcousDpss  that  the  man  of  God 
may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto  all 
good  works."  If  the  above  Scriptures  mean 
anything  at  all.  it  forever  piita  a  sad  end  to  all 
human  churth  laws,  with  all  reasonable  and 
God  fearing  men.  In  fact  what  more  can  a 
man  of  God  need  or  a  humble  follower  of  the 
Lord  ask,  than  to  !«  thoroughly  furnished  unto 
nil  good  works?  And  what  an  act  of  rebellion 
it  is  against  the  God  of  heaven,  for  any  man  or 
set  of  men  to  try  to  improve  the  law  of  the 
Lord,  which  He  has  sealed  with  His  own  dear 
precious  bloo<l;  and  has  said,  "I  am  the  way. 
the  truth  and  the  life!" 

D.  A.  NoRCEOSS. 
Shoih.  Intl.,  Oct.  »fh.  /v/>. 


GLE-A.3Sri3SrG8. 


From  S.  S.  Cresswell.- We  have  a  series 
of  meetings  going  on  just  now,  (October 
lOth)  in  the  Manor  church,  by  brother  Smouse. 
The  meeting  is  a  very  good  one  so  far.  There 
have  been  two  accessions  by  baptism,  but  there 
are  good  prospects  for  more,  and  still  plenty  of 
room.  May  the  Lord  bless  brother  Smouse,  and 
give  him  many  souls  for  his  hire,  is  the  prayer 
of  your  correspondent. 

Onhurg,  I'd. 

From  Abilene.  Kansas.— It  seems,  that 
Brethren  are  passing  through  Abilene,  without 
knowing  there  is  a  church  organization  here.— 
I  would  inform  all,  there  is  a  church  organiza- 
tion here,  known  as  the  Abilene  church,  and 
we  would,  at  all  times,  be  pleased  to  see  the 
Brethren  stop  off;  all  will  be  gladly  received. 
Any  information  gladly  given,  by  the  under- 
signed, if  addressed  by  letter;  and  those  wish- 
ing to  stop  otf,  will  be  met  at  the  train,  if 
notified  before  hand.  The  church  is  in  a  pros- 
perous condition,  and  in  love  and  union,  still 
trying  to  follow  the  landmarks.  Address  as 
,i),ove.  Simon  A.  SriTEB. 

From  Jolin  Metzger.— Will  say  to  you, 
Bro.  Joseph  Henricks  and  myself  started  for 
Crawford  Co.,  III.,  to  tend  the  Brethren's  Com- 
munion, on  the  l.")th.  Truly  we  had  a  good 
feast.  Two  were  added  to  the  church  by  bap- 
tism. Had  meeting  on  the  16th.  Met  again 
in  the  afternoon  to  preach  brother  Hyer's  fu- 
neral. That  church  seems  to  feel  the  loss  of 
brother  Hyer  very  much.  Yesterday  was  our 
regular  meeting.  One  Lutheran  woman  sixty- 
nine  years  old.  volunteered  for  the  Lord,  came 
forward  and  was  baptized.  Would  love  to  see 
many  more  come.  Hope  the  time  is  not  far 
off,  that  we  will  see  more  coming,  to  make  an- 
gels rejoice. 

CriTO  Gordo,  III. 

From   Jacob    Heistand.- The    Lord   is 

niightyf  and  that  to  save.  Another  soul  has 
been  made  willing  to  forsake  sin  and  turn  in 
with  the  overtures  of  mercy.  To-day  a  fine 
young  man  united  with  the  church  by  baptism. 
May  the  good  Lord  give  him  grace  to  hold  out 
faithful  to  the  end,  and  be  a  shining  light  to 
the  church,  is  my  prayer. 

Little  Vork,  Ohio. 

From  G.  Sprang.— Our  Communion  was 
held  on  the  l.^>th  of  October,  at  Hare's.  It  was 
not  verj-  largely  attended,  yet  the  interest  seem- 
ed to  be  good.  We  hope  the  words  that  were 
spoken  by  the  brethren  may  have  the  desired 
effect,  and  sink  deep  into  honest  and  well  pre- 
pared hearts,  and  yield  abundantly  to  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters.  It  was  indeed  a  feast  of  love, 
and  one  long  to  be  reraembere<^ 

Conceniintr  A.  M.  1H79.— In  Timville 
Creek  church,  met  in  council  from  the  different 
districts  to  make  arrangements  for  the  Annual 
Meeting  of  IS"!',  and  this  meeting  unanimous- 
ly adopt*>d  the  plan  of  1866  and  1877;  and  de- 
sire to  carry  said  plan  out.  Hope  all  will 
respect  the  above  decisions,  that  the  burden  be 
less  and  business  more  satisfactory  to  all,  in  the 
fear  of  the  Lord.  Still  farther  notice  will  be 
given  in  due    time. 

John  Zioler,  Sen.,  Treasurer. 

Hroadwntj,  Va. 

Sami'el  H.  Mbvrrs  Corresponding  Sec. 

Timherrille,  Uwkinghiim  Co.,  Va. 

From  Wyoming  Territory.— .\11  we  want 
and  need  here,  i|  to  have  the  Gospel  preached. 
Health  and  times  are  good. 

L.  S.  W.tOONER. 

Ford  StfU;<'arlH>n  Co.,  Wy.  Ty. 

From  Jouah  S.  Lakne. — Your  much  be- 
loved paper,  the  Bkethben  at  Wukk,  has 
greetetl  us  regularly  (with  two  exceptions)  ever 
since  I  subscribed  for  it,  and  it  is  one  of  the 
most  welcome  visitors,    that  haa  ever  entered 


my  house  siiiie  l>eiiig  ko  isolated  from  all  the 
preaching  ol  the  Brethren;  and  I  can  not  go 
to  hear  men  preach,  who  mix  up  thecommand- 
ineut«  of  our  Savior,  and  the  doctrines  of  men. 
But  when  I  read  your  paper,  it  appears  as 
though  the  Spirit  of  God  came  with  it. 

Shennan,  IVxaf. 

From  Alfred,  Douglas  Co..  Kaa— Breth- 
ren who  wish  to  travel  through  the  Southern 
part  of  Kansas,  as  far  as  Independence,  by  way 
of  Kansas  City  and  Ottowa,  wilt  do  well  to  stop 
off  and  give  us  a  call,  as  we  live  in  as  nice  a 
portion  of  the  State  as  I  have  seen.  I  have 
traveled  considerably  through  the  State,  and  as 
t«  society,  it  is  very  good;  good  schools;  good 
land  and  good  wat«r,  and  plenty  of  raw  laud, 
at  low  figures.  People  can  do  far  better  here 
than  farther  West.  Coal  is  very  cheap.  My 
co.il  has  cost  me  five  dollars  since  the  first  ot 
Last  January,  and  I  use  no  other  fuel.  It  is  a 
good  fruit  mid  cattle  country.  Any  one  with 
amail  or  large  means  can  do  well  here.  Plenty 
of  BrethiTu  here,  that  one  need  not  fear  to 
come  and  be  alone.  If  you  wish  to  go  West 
by  Lawrence,  Kansas,  you  can  stop  off  and  find 
Brethren  in  town  every  day. 

Frederick  Shebfv. 

Prom  C.  M.  S .  —  My  neighbor  and   I 

had  a  conversation  on  a  few  passages  of  Script- 
ure; and  as  we  did  not  agree,  I  asked  him  if  he 
would  read  the  Brethben  at  Work.  He  said 
he  would.  I  send  his  name  and  one  dollar,  to 
pay  for  it  for  one  year,  according  to  your  prop- 
osition under  Bcsiness  Notices.  I  have  lieen 
reading  the  paper  only  a  few  months.  I  think 
it  is  a  valuable  religious  paper.  I  read  the  let- 
ters from  the  brethren  and  sisters,  living  in 
different  parts  of  the  couu!:ry,  with  great  in- 
terest. How  it  encourages  us,  to  learn  of  pre- 
cious aouls  returning  from  their  .wicked  ways, 
"  to  walk  in  newness  of  life." 

Noi-tli  Hampton.  Ohio. 

From  Iowa. — As  an  item  of  Church  News, 
I  will  say  that  there  are  a  few  Brethren  living 
in  Lucas  Co.,  among  whom  are  deacons  but 
no  minister.  Those  Brethren  have  held  their 
membership  with  the  Brethren  of  Decatur  Co., 
but  as  the  distance  is  considerable  between  the 
two  bodies,  thus  rendering  church  business 
somewhat  inconvenient,  it  was  thought  prudent 
to  hold  a  council  meeting  with  the  Brethren  in 
Lucas  Co.,  and  have  them  to  transact  their  own 
local  affairs.  A  visit  was  then  made,  and  the 
membei-s  all,  as  far  as  seen,  expressed  themselves 
in  the  same  faith;  and  willing  to  live  to  the 
same  obligations  that  they  took  on  themselves, 
hen  they  united  with  the  church.  And  as  no 
complaints  were  entered,  the  business  of  the 
meeting  passed  off  pleasantly.  The  first  thing 
that  was  done,  was  to  restore  an  excommunicat- 
ed one  to  fellowship.  The  suggestion  of  stand- 
ing, as  a  church,  and  transacting  business  inde- 
pendently, was  then  put  before  the  house.  A 
unanimous  voice  was  heard  in  favor.  A  broth- 
er was  then  chosen  to  take  the  oversight;  and 
the  church  to  be  called  Lucas  County  church; 
to  hold  quai'terly  council  meetings;  to  visit  the 
church,  and  adjust  dithculties,  (should  there  be 
any)  before  appointing  Communions,  a  treasur- 
erandaclerk  were  appointed;  and  they  also 
agreed  to  hold,  at  least,  monthly  meetings,  to 
be  held  on  the  fourth  Sunday  in  each  month. 
Those  members  very  much  need  the  aid  of  min- 
isters. Who  will  come  over  into  this  Macedon- 
ia and  help!*  Some  live  near  Derby,  one  in 
Chariton,  and  some  five  miles  West  of  Charit- 
on. They  can  be  found  by  calling  on  or  ad- 
dressing Adam  Younker.  at  Derby,  Paul  or  J. 
H.  Dale.  Chariton.  J.  II.  Swihart. 

From  Arkansas.— 1  feel  thankful  for  the 
Bbkturen  at  Work,  which  is  being  sent  to 
me.  I  find  by  reading  it,  that  there  are  still 
some  who  are  willing  to  do  the  commands  of 
the  Lord.  I  think  of  joining  the  church.  Often 
have  I  been  tempted  to  give  up  the  race,  but  by 
God's  grace,  1  shall  go  on  until  I  find  the  pearl 
of  great  i)rice.  Oh  how  I  would  appreciate  a 
meeting  with  the  followers  of  Christ!  I  see 
by  the  paper,  that  there  are  Brethren  in  South- 
ern Kansas,  and  I  hope  to  visit  some  of  them 
next  Spring,  and  desire  to  settle  near  thera  if  I 
can.  My  poor  health  will  not  permit  me  to 
move  this  Fall.     Pray  for  me. 

D.S.  Clare. 
Fayeftet-ilh,  Od.  ^dh. 

From  F.  P.  Lwlir.— I  attended  a  nuraher 
of  Communion  meetings  lately  in  Northern 
Ind.  and  Southern  Michigan,  which  were  truly 
feasts  of  love.  It  seemed  as  if  a  special  bless- 
ing wua  imparted.  Several  of  those  members 
that  had  stood  for  years  outside  in  the  cold, 
have  come  forward  and  seemed  to  have  iinbil>- 
ed  new  life.  Northern  Indiana  truly  went 
through  a  sifting,  but  they  have  gained  much 
by  it,  as  it  always  is  the  case,  if  we  look  up  to 
Him,  who  knows  best  what  is  good  for  his 
children. 


Ob.iu*riM  ihould  bo  brief.  wriU«.i  on  Ut  one  ,id«  of  th« 
p»per.  mJ  lepftrste  from  all  other  buBinw,. 


DIETD. 


GEYEK.— In  Turkey  Creek  church,  bid., 
Catherine  Geyer,  daughter  of  brother  John 
aiid  sister  Catherine  Geyer,  aged  twenty-one 
years  and  one  month.  Funeral  services  by 
the  brethren.  Text  2  Sam.  21 :  21, 22  and  23. 
Daniel  Wybono. 
SKIDNER.- la  Uoio"  Center  dis'^rict,  Elk- 
hart Co.,  Ind,  Oct.  2l8t.  1878,  Sarah  Ann. 
only  child  of  Kphraim  and  Elizabeth  Seidner, 
aged  3  years  and  3  days. 

Franklin  Anqlbmyer. 
{Primitiee  Christian, phugr  copy). 
j^Ijgg—At  the  i-esidence  of  Bro.  .1.  B.  Barnes,     I 
near  Wilmington,   Ohio,   Oct  2t>th,    brother 
Daniel,  husband  of  sister  Katie  King,  aged 
35  years,  2  months  and    25   days.      Funeral 
conducted  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  brother 
E.  Bosseriuan.  S.  T.  Bossekman. 

STONEU. — In  the  Raccoon  Creek  church, 
Ind.,  Oct.  14th,  1878.  sister  Ann,  wife  of  Da- 
vid Stoner,  aged  60  years. 

Forty  years  of  her  life  were  spent  in  the 
service  of  the  Master.  The  subject  of  this  no- 
tice suffered  nearly  a  year  with  that  most  pain- 
ful  attliction,  cancer,  but  bore  her  suffering 
with  weakness  and  Christian  fortitude.  She 
leaves  a  husband  to  mourn  the  loss.  The  fu- 
neral  was  largely  attended.  Services  from 
Rev.  22;  14,  by  the  undersigned. 

William  R.  Harshbarqeh. 
Primitive  Christian,  please  copy. 
SPRANGLE.— In  the  Astoria  church,  Fulton 
Co.,  III.,  Peter  W.  Sprangle,  son  of  Rebecca 
Sprangle  and  step-sou  of  Brother  Edward 
Wampler,  aged  20  years,  4  months  and  29 
days.  Funeral  by  brethren,  from  James  4: 
13,  14,  John  C.  Demt. 

BOWERS.- In  the  Urbana  arm  of  thechurch. 
Champaign  Co..  111..  Oct.   2Uth.   1878,   sister 
Mary  J.  Bowers,   wife   of    brother   William 
Bowers,  aged  30  years,  6  months  and   4  days. 
Our  sister's    sickness  was  brief,  but    her 
sufferings    beggar    description.      She   leaves  a 
husband  and  five  children,  one  a  babe  not  a  day 
old,   to   mourn  their  loss.     In   her  death  our 
dear  brother  has  lost  an  inestimable  companion, 
and  the  children  a  most  devoted  mother.     But 
her  loss  will  also  be  severely  felt  in  the  church, 
of  which  she  was  a  member,  and  in  her  neigh- 
borhood, where    she  was    highly    respected.— 
Our  dear  sister's  whole-souled    hospitality  will 
also  be  kindly  remembered  by  many  who  have 
partaken  of  her  bounty. 

Mattie  a.  Lear. 
BARNHART.— In  the  Eight  Mile  congrega- 
tion,  Franklin  Co.,  Kansas,  Oct.  2nd,  1878, 
William  Arthur,  son  of  brother  Abraham 
and  sister  Lovina  Barohart,  aged  2  years  and 
20  days. 

The  cause  of  his  death  was,  he  fell  in  the 
well  and  drowned.  Funeral  services  by  C.  Flory 
and  the  writer.  J.  S.  Keim. 


^NJSrOUiSrCEMENTS. 


Noticu  or  Love-feasts,   Dieiriat  Meelinga,   elc  shouM 

be  brief,  and  writtea  on  paper  separate 

from   olhor   buaiiietiit. 


LOVE-PEASTS. 

Adams  co..  Iowa,  Nov.  0th  anil  lOtb.  at  lu  A.  M. 
ilaceoon  Creek  church,  Moutgomerv  Co..  Iiul.Xov. 
7th.  at  2  P.  M. 


THE 

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HIGHWAY   GRADER, 


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W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Da;  puiHenger  Irain   going  eiial  loayen  Lanark     at  1!^:00 

P.  M  ,  bdJ  arriies  in  llacine  al  «  JH  P.M. 
Day  passenger  train  going  weat  leavea  Lanarli  at  '2:06  P. 

M.,  and  airiTCB  al  Rook  Inland    ■.  6:&U  P-  .M 
Night  passenger  irainH,  going  eiur  iin<i  west,  meel  and 

leate  Lanark  at  :!:ie  A    M  ,  arriTing  in  lucine  at  9;00 

A.    M,,    and    at    Rook  Island  at  ti;00  A.  M. 
Preighl  and  Accommodaiiun    Trains    will    run    west   at 

12:  10  A.  M.,    8:10  A.  M..  and  east    at  V2 -.  lUA  M. 

and  6:  15  P.  M 

TickeiB  are  aj,d    for   ati^ve    trains   only.     Passooger 
tr^ns  make  close  eonnection  at  Western  Union  JiLneiion. 
O.  A.  SmTti,  Agent 

l'ii>!,sentrers  for  Chlrano  almuld  leiive  I.iiiiiiik  nl 
U':jl  I'.  M.iriiuto  the  Western  Cnion  .luiictinii; 
li.'ir  th.-v  11. ■.■il  w;iil  liul  live  luiuutcs  fiT  ill'-  *  '"; 
1-rti.M.  Milwaiikre  ;iii(!  M.  I'iiul  |iasseiij.'ei-  lr;iMi,aml 
tliiiN  n-iirli  CliiriiKitat  7-4.'-.  the  .same  .■v.miims.  j" 
FKifh  I.aiiaik  irnrii  I'hKiip':  i;o  to  Tt.  ^\i^^.■  '1--- 
iioL.  tiike  111.-  Chiciici.,  Mihviiuki-c  (.ml  M.  I  :iiil 
tnou.tlh..  n>the-:emi,>;;  run  }i.yXh  U^  lUr\\ 
r,  .luucti.iii.  chaiiKenirs  fur  J.iinark,  and  arrh- 
hero  al  i!:21  in  the  morning. 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"  ^^'^'^  ^  -^"'"y   You.  Good  Tidinys  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  be  mUo  All  PtopU.' 


-Ldke  2:  10. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  November  14, 1878. 


No.  46. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EUITBD  AMD  PUBLISHBD  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 


B,  H.  MILI-EK, 
J.  W.  STEIN,       -      ■ 
P.  VANIMAN, 
D.  B.  MENTZER, 
MATTIE  A.  LE.UI, 


-  -      -        LADOOA,  IND. 

-  -       NEWTONIA,  MO. 

-  -     -     -  VIRIJEN,  ILL. 

-  -WAYNKSBOKO,  PA. 

-  -      -      URIiANA,    II,I,. 


STEIN  AND  KAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 
to  he  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ. 
J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 
D.  B.  RAY  denies. 
D.  B.  Ray'.-.  Thiiuj  Akgcment. 

IT  must  be  remembered  that  our  second  neg- 
ative, showing  that  the  Tunker  churches 
ai-e  not  churches  of  .Jesus  Christ,  is  "because 
they  were  [originally]  built  by  uninspired  men." 
This  is  conceded  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Moore,  their  ed- 
itor, who  speaking  of  the  Tunker  churches, 
says: 

"  The  origin  and  history  of  this  reformatory 
movement  dates  from  the  year  170S,  having 
taken  its  rise  in  Germany  about  that  time,"  &r. 

He  further,  of  Mr.  Mack  and  his  companions, 
siiys:"  r/if-y  aHweiT  luptizeilhij  trine  immersion, 
or(in»izf>i  thcmrtrlces  info  a  church,  and  rhnse 
Aii'sniiflcrMavh  for  their  minister."  Seeourfirst 
reply.  The  "origin"  of  the  Tinker  churches 
was  "  III  Oermany'^  (not  .Jerusalem)  in  ITi'tt, 
nearly  1700  years  too  late  to  possess  the  Bible 
origin.  Mr.  Mack  was  their  first  preacher.  Mr. 
Stein  had  as  well  say  that  Moses  was  a  Tuuker 
preacher,  as  to  say  that  Christ  and  the  apostles 
were  Tuakers!    We  restate  our 

Negative  argument  third:  "The  Tunker 
churches  are  not  churches  of  Jesus  Christ,  if- 
aiiise  fhrijhoh!  the  blitsphemoiis  heresy  of  hnpt. 
Ilia!  sntnifion."  Mr.  Stein  has  surrendered  this 
point.  He  fought  manfully,  but  was  compell- 
ed to  yi»?Ul  before  the  Jerusalem  blade.  In  bis 
last  he  says:  "  Wc  baptize  those  who  are  regen- 
erated thronyh  the  word.  Baptism  is  not  regen- 
eration, hut  'the  washing  of  regeneration" ' 
(Italics  ours).  As  all  the  "regenerate"  are 
'iioru  anew,"  and  are  children  of  God,  their 
sins  are  pardoned.  Mr.  Stein  admits  that  none 
are  to  be  baptized  except  "those  who  are  regen- 
erated." All  who  have  been  "regenerated"  are 
"born  anew."  and  are  L-hihlren  of  God.  As  all 
the  children  of  God  ure  pardoned,  therefore  the 
pardon  of  sius  precedes  baptism;  because  re- 
ueiieration  precedes  baptism.  He  dare  not 
take  the  position,  that  "those  who  are  "retjern'r- 
•ttid"  are  still  unpardoned  children  of  the  devil. 
My  friend  has  surrendered  the  Tunker  doctrine 
that  baiitism  ami  regeneration  are  the  same. 
The  great  Tunker  author  (endorsed  by  Mr 
Stein),  Peter  Nead  in  his  Theological  Writings, 
[lage  24S,  says:  "Thus  we  have  baptism  and  re- 
generation, two  names  for  one  act!"  Read  it 
again:  The  Tunkers /((K'f' ft'ijj'i-'""  ami  reyner- 
atioti,  two  nnmen  for  one  art"  !  !  So  when  a 
Tunker  preacher  baptizes,  he  performs  the  "act" 
of  "regeneration"!  !  !  This  isasbliinphrni'ms  as 
priestly  absolution.  Again,  this  Tunker  Mr. 
Nead  says:  "The  pre-requisites  to  regeneration 
are  faith  and  repentance;  and  the  act  of  regen- 
eration, liaptism."  Thfobgieal  Works,  p.  252. 
The  same  author,  on  page  '2b\i.  says: 

"The  ark  prefigured  our  salvation  by  bap- 
tisiu.  All  that  were  without  the  ark  perished, 
ami  nil  within  the  ark  were  saved.  So  all  that 
lire  ingrafted  into  Chnst  by  baptism  are  saved, 
while  all  the  unbelieving  and  unbaptiztd  part 
of  the  world  Hhall  be  damned.  Baptism  saved 
the  soul  from  sin— the  ark  eared  the  Imdies  of 
Noali  uud  luK  family  Irom  death." 


Suih  is  the  miserable  heresy  of  the  Tunker 
churches.  They  hold  that  all  the  "unhaptized 
part  of  the  worid  shall  be  damned"! 

Peter  did  say.  "The  like  tigure  whereiinto 
even  baptiam,  doth  also  now  save  us  {not  the 
putting  away  of  the  filth  of  the  flesh,  but  the 
answer  of  a  good  conscience  toward  God)  by  the 
resurrection  of  Jesua  Christ."  1  Pet.  3:  *21.  It 
must  be  observed  that  Peter  makes  baptism  "  the 
answer  of  a  good  conscience;  "  not  to  make  a 
good  conscience.  As  the  conscience  ia  good  be- 
fore baptism,  sin  is  pardoned  before  baptism. 
As  the  salvation  in  the  ark  was  a  "figure  "of 
salvation  by  the  resurrection  of  Christ;  so  the 
salvation  in  baptism  is  "the  like  figure"  of  the 
same  salvation  in  Christ,  the  ark  of  our  salva- 
tion. Through  faith  we  have  the  real  salvation 
and  in  baptism  we  have  "  the  like  figure"  of 
salvation.  This  explains  the  commission  by 
Mark;  "He  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall 
be  saved."  16:  16.  Every  oue  that  believes  im 
Christ  has  "eternal  life  "  —  the  real  salvation: 
and  when  he  is  baptized  he  has  "the  like  fig- 
ure"— the  likeness — or  picture — of  'salvation. 
Paul  says:  "  Know  ye  not,  that  so  many  of  us 
as  were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ  were  baptized 
into  his  death  ?"  Rom.  6:3.  But  heexplains  in  the 
fifth  verse  thus:  "For  if  we  have  been  planted 
together  in  the  likeness  of  his  death,  we  shall 
be  also  in  the  likeness  of  his  resurrection.  So 
it  appeai-3  that  the  baptism  is  not  literally 
into  the  death  of  Christ,  but  into  "  the  likeness 
of  his  death."  The  burial  is  the  likeness  or  picture 
of  death.  When  we  have  died  to  sin  ("  He  that 
is  dead  is  freed  from  sin."  Rom.  6;  7.)  then 
we  should  be  "  buried  with  him  in  baptism," 
and  arise  to  walk  in  newness  of  life.  As  we 
must  be  dead  to,  or  "  freed  from  sin,"  before 
baptism,  therefore  baptism  cannot  be  a  condi- 
tion of  pardon.  Again,  after  one  really  believes 
into  Jesus  Christ  (pantn  tun  pisteuonta  eis  utilon, 
Acta  10:  43).  he  should  be  baptized  into  Jesus 
Christ  to  put  on  Christ  in  public  profession. 
Paul  said:  "  For  ye  are  all  the  children  of  God 
by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus.  For  as  many  of  you 
aa  have  been  baptized  into  Christ  have  put  on 
Christ."     Gal.  3:  26,  27. 

All  the  people  of  God  are  "  the  children  o/ 
God  bij  faith  in  Jesus  Christ;"  and  as  many 
"  as  have  been  baptized  into  Christ  have  put  on 
Christ."  Those  who  have  brUeitd  into  Christ 
spiritually  and  are  "  the  children  of  God  by 
faith,"  are  to  put  on  Christ,  in  public  profession, 
by  being  "  baptized  into  Christ."  The  natural 
birth  must  occur  before  the  child  is  clothed,  so 
the  spiritual  birth  must  occur  before  the  child 
of  God  is  clothed — puts  on  Christ  in  baptism. 
Perhaps  it  may  be  well  to  notice  a  few  questions 
of  my  friend.  1.  We  spoke  of  "  repentance 
and  faith  a.s  moral  duties,  while  baptism  is  a 
positive  command."  Mr.  S.  asks,  "  Is  baptism 
immoral?  Are  repentance  and  faith  negative 
commands?"  For  his  information,  we  quote 
that.  "  Moral  duties  arise  out  of  the  nature  of 
tlie  case  itself,  prior  to  external  command;  pos- 
itive duties  do  not  arise  out  of  the  nature  of  the 
case,  but  from  external  command."  Butler's 
Analogy.  2.  Mr.  S.  asks  us  to  toll  what  "  born 
of  water  "  (John  3:  5),  and  his  other  proof  texts 
which  do  not  mention  baptism.  "  mean  if  they 
do  not  refer  to  baptism  V"  We  answer,  that 
those  that  mention  "  water"  washiuy  and  cleans- 
inij  refer  to  internal  spiritual  cleansing.  David 
said:  "  Wash  me.  and  I  shall  be  whiter  than 
snow."  Did  he  wish  to  be  baptized  f  3.  My 
friend  asks  lor  the  proof  that  Paul  wa-s  filled 
with  the  Holy  Spirit  before  baptism.  We  refer 
him  to  Acts  H:  17,  where  the  reception  of  sight 
and  being  filled  with  the  "  Holy  Gi^ost  "  came 
pricr  to  baptism.  Besides  this,  Paul  was  a 
"chosen  vessel"  of  God,  before  his  baptism. 
.\cfs  !•:  15.  Wa.s  he  one  of  "  God's  elect  "  be- 
fore his  sins  were  pardoned?  4.  He  asks  if 
baptismal  salvation  takes  the  power  from  Clirist 
to  pardon  sins,  "  does  preaching  in  order  to  sal- 
vation take  from  God  all   power  to  save?  "  &c. 


We  answer  that  there  is  a  vast  difference  be- 
tween preaching  Christ  as  the  only  "  name  un- 
der heaven  given  among  men,  whereby  we  must 
be  saved,"  end  claiming  that  we  posses*  the 
power  to  regenerate  sinners  ourselves.  The  man 
who  dares  to  stand  between  the  sinner  and  the 
Savior,  claiming  the  keys  of  heaven  and  hell, 
with  power  to  regenerate  sinners  and  let  them 
go  to  heaven,  or  refuse  to  baptize  them  and  thus 
send  them  to  hell,  is  as  truly  an  anti-Christ  aa 
the  tyrant  of  Rome.  .'>.  Mr.  S.  thinks  that 
"through  His  name,"  Acts  10:  43,  means  bap- 
tism! Peter  said  to  the  lame  man  at  the  beau- 
tiful gate  of  the  temple,  "  in  the  name  of  Jesus 
Christ  of  Nazareth,  rise  up  and  walk."  Does 
through  faith  in  his  name"  here  mean  bap- 
tism? 6.  Peter,  preaching  to  Cornelius  and 
his  friends.  Acts  10:  43,  said:  "To  him  [Christ 
give  all  the  prophets  witness  that  through  his 
name  whosoever  believeth  in  him  shall  receive 
remis.sion  of  sins.  While  Peter  yet  spake  thi 
words,  the  Holy  Ghost  fell  on  all  them  which 
heard  the  word,"  and  they  were  made  to  "speak 
with  tongues,  and  niiignify  God."  and  after  this 
they  were  baptized  in  "  water."  Yet  in  the  face 
of  all  the  prophets  and  the  testimony  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  Mr.  Stein  contends  that  these  per- 
sons were  "yet  to  be  saved"!  Though  thi 
miraculous  gift  of  the  Holy  Spiiit  was  only  to 
be  given  to  the  servants  and  handmaids  of  God, 
yet  Mr.  S.  contends  that  these  persons  were 
still  the  children  of  the  devil,  unpardoned  till 
baptism!  7.  We  introduce  1  Jno.  5: 1,  "  Who- 
soever believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ  is  born 
of  God." 

But  Mr.  S.  asks,  "Do  not  wicked  meni  and 
devils  believe  that  Jesua  is  the  Christ  ?"  They 
do  not  believe  with  the  heart.  Acts  8:  37.  Rom. 
10:  10.  They  did  not  have  the  faith  which 
worketh  by  love,  and  purifies  the  heart.  Gal. 
o:  6.  Acts  15;  !*.  There  is  no  contradiction 
here.  Once  more,  we  have  the  infallible  proof 
that  the  Tanker  doctrine  of  baptismal  salva- 
tion is  untrue,  because  John  says:  "  Beloved  let 
us  love  one  another,  for  love  is  of  God,  and  c 
ery  one  that  loveth,  is  born  of  God,  and  know- 
eth  God."  1  John  4:  7.  Mark  the  fad:  "  A'lv 
ery  one  that  loveth,  is  born  of  God  and  know 
eth  God."  None  should  be  baptized  till  they 
love  God.  But  ^'erery  one  thai  hveth,  is  born 
of  Gml and  knoweth  God"  Therefore  baptism 
is  not  a  condition  of  the  new  birth.  If 
have  not  noticed  every  dodge  and  iiuibbleofmy 
fi'iend,  we  have  fully  met  all  his  arguments  for 
baptismiil  salvation.  But  he  really  surrender- 
ed when  hi-  a<lmitted  that  none  are  to  be  bap- 
tized, excejit  "  those  who  are  regenerated." 

Mr.  Stein  states  that:  "My  second  reason  why 
the  Brethren  possess  this  characteristic  is,  that 
they  baptize  in  each  of  the  names,  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit,"  Thia  is  what  the  Tunkers 
erroneously  call,  "  trine  immersion."  My 
friend  starts  out  by  finding  fault  with  the  great 
commission  as  given  by  .lesus  Clirist.  Of  it  he 
says:  "Some  words  in  this  formula  necessaiy  to 
its  complete  grammatical  construction,  have 
been  omitted  by  what  grammarians  call  'ellip- 
ses,' "  etc.     This  daring  act  brings  us  to  our 

Neyatire  Argument  Fourth:  The  Tunker 
churches  are  not  churches  of  Christ,  because 
they  hare  added  to  the  words  of'  our  Lord's 
great  commission.  Jesus  said,  "Ho  ye  there- 
lore,  anil  teach  all  nations,  bapti/.ing  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son.  and  of 
the  Holy  Spirit."  Tliis  d.ics  not  suit  the  Tun- 
kers,  so  they  an-  not  afrai\l  to  add,  where  .lesus 
omitted,  till  the  Tunker  comuiis.sion  reads  as 
filled  out  by  Mr.  Moore  and  my  friend  thus  : 
Go  ye  therefon-  and  teach  all  nations.  "  baptiz- 
ing them  into  the  name  of  the  Futher,  and  bai>- 
tizing  theui  into  the  name  of  the  Sou,  and  bap- 
tising them  into  the  name  of  the  Holy  (Hioat." 
Safe  Ground  by  J.  H.  Moore,  p.  l\  The  Tuu- 
kei->  lieliberately  add  ten-.woixis  to  the  comini.-- 
siim.  in  oi\ler  that  the  "grammatical  con-ttriu-- 
lion'  may  suit  the  lunkcr  doctrine. 


The  commisnion  cannot  be  parsed  to  Huit  the 
Tunker  doctrine  without  adding  to  God'«  word- 
We  could  not  aflord  to  do  this  for  a  kingdom. 
The  Holy  Spirit  says:  "  For  I  t*>tify  untoereiy 
man  that  heareth  the  words  of  the  prophety  t/l 
this  l)nok,  if  any  man  shall  add  unto  these 
things,  ^od  dball  add  unto  hint  the  plagnn 
that  are  written  in  this  book."  It*v.  "22:  18. — 
The  Tiiukers  have  added  to  the  words  of  .lesna 
Chriit ;  tht-refore  they  are  not  churches  rf 
Christ. 

The  grand  doctrine  of  the  comraiwioo  r*- 
quires,  that  disciples  muH  be  btipfized  ,n  tht 
oNK  NAME  ff  the  trittne  Oud.  Xame  here  do^ 
not  refer  to  title,  such  im  Father.  Son  or  Holy 
Spirit,  but  to  the  three-one  God,  who  is  known 
as  the  Flohim  of  the  Hebrew.  It  is  admitted 
by  the  leading  Tnnkers  them8.-lvf.^,  that  bap- 
tism is  a  monument  of  the  burial  and  resurrec- 
tion of  Jesus  Christ,  Therefore,  to  be  connv 
tent,  they  must  hold  that  Jesns  was  fanned  and 
arose  from  the  dea«l  three  times.  But  as  there 
v/as  but  one  burial  and  resurrection  of  Christ, 
there  must  l>e  but  one  burial  in  baptism,  and 
one  rising  up  to  walk  iu  newne.-^^  uf  life. 

WAS 

THK  father  of  Louis  Napoleon  thus  wntwi  im 
one  of  his  letters:  '•  I  have  been  »s  entho- 
siitstic  and  joyful  as  any  oue  after  a  victory,  but 
I  confess  even  the  sight  of  a  field  of  battle  has 
not  only  struck  me  with  horror,  but  even  turn- 
ed me  sick;  but  now  that  I  am  advanced  in  life 
I  cannot  understand  any  more  than  I  could  ai 
fifteen  years,  how  beings  who  cull  thera»elveB 
reasonable,  and  who  have  so  much  foresight, 
can  employ  this  short  existence,  not  in  loving 
and  aiding  each  other,  and  in  pacing  through 
it  as  gently  as  possible,  but,  on  the  contrarj'.  in 
endeavoring  to  destroy  each  other,  as  if  time 
did  not  do  this  with  sufficient  rapidity.  What 
I  thought  at  fifteen  years.  I  still  think:  war, 
which  society  draws  upon  itself,  is  but  an  or- 
ganized barbarism,  and  an  inheritance  of  the 
savage  state,  howeverdi8gui«ed  or  omament<-d." 


"A 


I  DID  STEAL  THAT   SHEEP.' 

MEMBER  of  a  certain  church  charged 


culprit  denied  the  charge.  Both  were  men  of 
influence.  The  church  wasdirided.  The  coun- 
cil was  called  and  Mr.  Brown  was  there.  Ther*- 
were  no  witnesses  except  as  to  character.  It 
wa.s  the  word  of  one  man  against  another.  One 
was  a  slanderer,  or  the  other  a  thief.  Elder 
Brown  suggested  a  most  extraordinary  nteHsure 
to  elit;it  the  fact«  in  the  case.  He  called  the 
two  men  to  the  rostrum  before  the  pulpit,  and 
directed  the  man  who  made  the  charge  to  en- 
gage in  prayer — and  requested  the  council  and 
audience  to  look  him  in  the  face  while  pr.iyuig. 
He  made  an  earnest  prayer.  He  appealed  to 
tlie  Lord  as  one  who  knew  the  charge  was  true 
Then  the  other  was  ealied  on  to  follow.  H<' 
made  a  regular  prayer  tor  the  church,  the  pa."- 
tor,  etc.,  and  then  said:  '.\s  touching  this  mat- 
ter of  the  sheep,  0  Lord — a-hum,  as  touching — 
touching — this-ah' — when  he  sprang  to  his  feet, 
and  e.\claimed,  'Brethren,  I  cannot  pray.  I  did 
st«al  that  sheep!'     So  the  matter  was  settlM." 


Bkother  .lohn  Metzger.  of  Cerro  Gordo,  IU. 
is  laboring  with  the  church  in  Henderson  Co^ 
Ky.,  he  having  been  appointed  by  Southern  111., 
to  take  charge  of  the  church  at  that  place 
Though  the  brother  is  old  and  nearly  worn  out, 
yet  he  does  more  rfat  missionary  work  than 
many  who  are  much  younger.  He  waits  for  nO 
plans,  devising  wa^'s  for  raising  money,  but 
gws  right  to  work, 

OrK  agents  will  please  send  in  the  uaine« 
of  H'lf  subscribers  for  ISTO  as  soon  as  rvceived, 
as  they  shall  have  the  papei  f-r<  from  the  time 
the  names  are  received  until  the  cla>c  ol  tht 
prtjeut  year. 


THl 


Hinrri-iT^K^r  ^^r  avokk:. 


THE  RESURRECTION 
I    a.      -      V  --*»    V    uri  Kl  iR. 

ti  I  AM  till- n-snnvctioo  and  the  life;" 

1     Saitli  n*  who  wiut,  and  in.  and  i»  to  comp. 
Hoi"  the  lii^i  griind  n-snrivction.     He 
Th.-  first  mid  In-'t.  and  Up  the  Tn«   of  Lift-. 
By  Mini,  if  my  man  will  live,  he  may 
Atdiin  of  thai  lif.-jtivins.  .juick'ninK  powi-r 
Wilie)[lb"i>t  iVl'nr*  of  death,  ami    pavwl  thc 

way 
T.t  liwiven— by  eating  of  the  broad  of  life. 
Hj,  W.ml  in  imat  ami  ilritik  to  bnngry  sonla. 
*    Then?  id  embryo  lifc  in  every  soul, 
A  "pint  euiiUiHUt  from  God.  a  germ. 
A  spark  of  IVity.  eiishrinwi  within 
A  l.-^umeiit  of  claj*:  and  as  the  soul 
Ki'i-in  on  thnbrfiidof  heuven,itBHtiiera strength 
To  U»e  a  lify  "^f  K'>Jlii"''^  •*"  earth- 
To  BOtir  aloft  U'tiines  on  angel's  wing 
Attending  into  light  iucllablu. 
To  view  th.'  wundert  of  r';'dt?nii>tiou.     TIh-tg 
The  longin,:  -Dul  oil  fi-eln  inipiir,idised 
In  VAni's  bli>.»fnl  bowitpi  nbov«>,  whcif  >tauds 
Th."  Tr.'.-  of  Lift-  beside  thn  crystal  stream 
Tluit  (I0W8  fa«t  by  the  throne  of  God.    Mean- 
while, 
The  onrneat  hoiiI  obedient  to  His  Word, 
Has  giiiued  tlif  resurrwction  and  the  life, 
•■  Tbnnigh  living  faith,  mode  practical  by  work^. 
.,  Bwcaujw  tliat  soul  has  .h-sm  Christ  whs  is 
Til'-  rwturrt'cliDii  and  the  life  in.   Him. 
Tb.' siiint  now  lives  and  walks  with  God,   with 

God 
Holds  daily  int^-rconrse,  but  wailn  his  time 
Of  diHsolutiun.  when  to  kave  thi»  house, 
Of  clay,  to  lay  his  giirmenfsby.     He  knows 
That  when  tliif  i-iirthly  house  shall  be  dissolved, 
'  He  has  a  hous.',  n  temple  built  of  God, 
Made  incorrui»tible  and  i>Hrc  in  heaven; 
A  hoiui!  wliiTiin  his  .-iiml  shall  dwell  forever. 
Nor  may  it  bi-  a^  ^ome  profess,  that  God 
Would  gatiier  evi-ry  partiele  of  dnst 
Belonging  to  the  house  dissolved,  to  build 
A  t^'niple  n'-w.  whetoiu  He  would  enshrine 
The  Hout.     Nor  yet  us  most  of  others  say, 
That  from  the  earth  ^Iiall  rise  Uiuse  bodies  dead 
J' Brought  fnrth  ti<  lile  at  llie  arclmngU-'s  voire 
'  To  lavtii  llie  great  iussizi-.     Mark  the  context; 
■'Think  ye,  Uiom'  bodies  dead  that  have  dissolved 
To  earth  again,  and  some  for  iiges  past. 
Shall  reajjiteur  out  of  the  earth  of  earth? 
Thechalf ''urronndiiig  wheat  will  never  grow 
Tliegcnn.thegrain,tlie8eed  will  grow,  and  that 
If)  nnttnal,  bnl  thiMis  spiritual. 
■  And  very  much  involved  in  niy&tery. 
Kay,  ye  believe  the  saints  are  all  ronsigned 
To  ParadiM',  to  tnke  their  chambers  there; 
And  whether  wakeful  or  asleep  in  Christ, 
'I'h'-  time  they  -Kijimrn  there,  they  will  dwell  in 

light  ■ 
UrispeJikabje,  juid  rest  in  blissful  peace. 
Until  the  trump  of  God  shall  sound  through  all 
Tlic'nuivorse,  and  the  archangel's  voice 
Be  hcaid;  when  God  shall  bring  with  Him  nil 
,  those 

Who  woru  in  I*u-fidise— with  bodies  bright. 
And  raiment  shining,  lilie  the  Sou  of  Mau— 
To  gather  His  elect  yet  on  the  earth, 
Who  tlu'ii  will  suddenly  he  changed    to  meet 
Their  Savior  in  the  air.     But  those  who  died 
In  sin,  went  down  into  the  dark  abodes, 
Assimilated  unto  Satan's  iumge. 
(Vhere  they  must  dwell  in  darkness  and  despair, 
Until  their  time  shall  come,  witli  bodie-*  dark 
V.-t  incorruptible,  to  reappear 
On  earth;  whether  wakeful  or  asleep 
hi  death,   the   time  they  sojourn    there,    Ihey 
dwell 
.  (n  darknexs  and  duliLsious  of  the  great 
An-Ii-eneuiy,  i"  meet  their  fate  willi  liim. 

PHILOLOGICAL  DISSERTATION  OF 
THE  WORD  BAPTISM. 

>v  i,K«in  o.  nniMEii. 

XI-MUKK  V. 

WK  hiiw  ali-fjuly  sbiiwu  tbat  piiiili- 
cation  L-aimot  be  the  secoudary 
iiii'Aning  of  Imptiz-o,  from  the  fact  tliat 
it  I'oul'.l  not  l)e  appropriated  to  the  or- 
'linanee  of  baptism  iu  tliat  sense;  and 
that  is  inconsistent  with  the  command  nf 
Clirist,  as  well  it-stlie  nature  of  tlie  rite, 
as  purification  is  not  et^'ected  hy  liaptisin, 
bnt  1)V  f'liffi  and  ripfntamt^  \virKhle;id-< 
you  into  the  observance  of  all  the  com- 
mandment*, commencing  with  Imptisiii 
and  ending  ■n'ith  the  anointing.  Some 
Bay  baptism  is  only  an  emblem  of  puri- 
fication, then  purification  is  an  emblem 
of  purification  I   Strange  philology !  I !   If 


tlii-  meanintj  of  the  word  is  purification, 
and  that  mr-anini;  appi'«>iMl:it«d  to  the 
rile,  thru  itct.uhl  mTl  mean  puilticatioii 
in  realifijy  and  ali^o  in  imhUm.  A\  ould 
not  imnieraion  be  as  good  an  emblem  of 
puriHcationag«prinklini;  and  pouring? 
While  I  admit  that  bjtptism  is  an  em- 
blem of  purification.  I  deny  that  puri- 
(ication  i»  the  secondary  or  any  other 
meaning  of  "bnptizd."  The  main  em- 
blem in  the  rite,  if*  an  emblem  of  death, 
burial  and  resurrection,  and  our  uniim 
with  hiiri  in  tliat  emblem.  But  before 
w«t  say  anything  about  that,  I  want  to 
say  womething  more  about  this  pm-ifica- 
tion.  K\'i^ry  person  that  knows  aiiv- 
thing  about  the  laws  and  philo-sophy  of 
language,  knows  that  the  phraseology 
of  the  hapfinnutl  formula  is  cliptical 
and  that  when  the  elipsJs  is  supplied, 
the  formula  reads,  "Go  teach  all  nations, 
baptize  them^  into  tlie  name  of  the  Fath- 
er, and  baptize  them  into  the  name  of 
the  Sou,  and  baptize  them  into  the  nam*- 
(if  the  Holy  Ghost."' 

\\'e  will  now  substitute  purity  for 
l)aptism,  and  see  how  it  will  read.  "  Go 
teach  all  nations,  purifying  them  into 
the  name  of  the  Fatlier  and  purifying 
them  into  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  pu- 
rifying them  into  the  name  of  tlie  Holy 
(ihost."  Three  purifications  would  be 
rather  supci-fiuous  in  the  rite,  when  the 
heart  liad  just  lieen  purified  by  faith  and 
repentance.  In  every  light  that  the 
subject  can  be  viewed,  purity  would  l)e 
dis((ualified. 

We  will  now  look  at  Rom.  H:  3,  4,  5. 
"Know  ye  not  that  so  many  of  us  a^ 
were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ,  weri' 
baptized  into  his  death '{  Therefore  we 
are  bnried  with  him  In  baptism  into 
d(-ath;  tliat  like  as  Christ  was  raised  up 
from  the  dead  by  tlie  glory  of  the  Fath- 
er, even  so  wealso  should  walk  in  new- 
ne.-JS  of  life;"  "for  if  we  have  been  plant- 
ed in  the  likeness  of  his  death,  we  shall 
be  also  in  the  likeness  of  his  i-esurrec- 
tion."  Here  we  have  the  emblem  of 
death,  burial  and  resurrection,  and  our 
union  with  Christ.  Nothing  but  im- 
mersion exhibits  the  emblem.  Sprink- 
ling destroys  the  emblem. 

I  have  now  said  enough  t*j  convince 
any  man  tiiat  wants  to  know  the  truth, 
that  purification  is  not  baptism,  and 
thatnothing  but  immersion  is  baptism. 
I  want  to  say,  that  although  the  heart 
is  purified  by  faith  and  repentance,  yet 
that  purification  doea  not  save  us. 
Christ's  kingdom  has  no  end,  and  all 
children  are  born  into  this  kingdom, 
and  remain  into  his  kingdom  until  they 
are  led  into  the  kingdom  of  Satan,  by 
his  fabulous  pleasures.  That  kingdom 
being  in  rebellion  against  the  kingdom 
of  Christ,  and  by  entering  that  kingdom, 
become  rehih,  and  when  like  the 
prodigal  son,  vve  repent  of  our  conduct, 
and  weep  our  eyes  away,  unless  we  re- 
turn to  the  Father's  house,  our  faith  and 
repentance  will  amount  to  nothing;  we 
will  die  iu  the  foreign  land.  Baptism  re- 
unites us  to  Christ.  It  was  the  prei'oga- 
tive  of  the  Sou  of  God  to  save  tlie  thief 
upon  the  cross  without  baptism,  but  he 
has  left  no  promise  of  salvation  oil  those 
terms  tothotie  who  have  a  privilege  to 
obey  his  commnds.  There  are  many 
points  that  I  might  consider,  but  I  have 
now  said  much  more  than  I  intended 
when  I  started  out,  and  have  shown  by 
the  iiifallibe  laws  of  appro] triatlon,  that 
it  is  imijuxsllih  for  anything  else  than 
immersion  to  be  baptism.  The  fabulous 
hips  who  are  !^ailillg  under  the  Chris- 
tian name,  may  offer  you  many  addition- 
al advantages  over  the  old  Ship  of  Zion, 
and  may  carry  you  on  floweiy  beds  of 
ease,  with   your   union,  with   the   va-st 


chai*actei-«  on  e.irth.  in  your  seiTet  or- 
g!»Biz4tioQfc;  but  whether  the  Master 
will  be  able  to  rccogniz.-'liis  own  >hlp 
and  condemn  the  rest  as  impostors,  ev 
ery  one  may  judge  for  himself,  it  is 
not  for  me  to  say,  but  there  is  some  room 
for  doubt  at  least.  It  is  wisdom  to  make 
sure  work,  and  not  take  any  ch.anccs.  I 
will  now  bring  my  dissertation  to  a  close, 
by  calling  on  all  Christians  that  respect 
the  institutions  of  Christ  to  >fpi-md  a 
correct  English  translation,  instead  of 
Ring  Janu-s'  translation. 

Any  person  acfpiainted  with  the  rules 
■  -1"  King  .lames,  can  easily  discover  the 
motive  of  the  King.  1  will  here  append 
some  (»f  the  rules  with  some  remarks. 
"1.  The  ordinary  Bible,  read  in  the 
church,  commonly  called  tlie  bishop's 
Bible,  to  be  followed  and  as  little  alter- 
ed as  the  original  will  permit."  The 
word  "baptism"  wa-^  one  of  the  words 
that  Cathohu'ism  ojiposedin  Wickliffe's 
translations.  "WicklilTe  translated  from 
Vulgate  Latin,  and  translated  the  word 
hapfuo  by  the  word  wa-^h.  The  reign- 
ing clergy  suppressed  this  translation, 
put  Wicklifie  to  death,  and  destroyed 
all  the  books  they  could  find  of  his 
translation.  Now  take  King  James'  in- 
structions and  you  can  see  at  a  glance, 
why  it  was  that  the  word  /nfj'/iy»i,  was 
not  translated  into  Knglish.  The  object 
was  to  keep  the  people  in  ignorance,  and 
get  them  to  accept  the  traditions  of  the 
church  for  the  ordinances  of  Christ. 
I>aj/fo,  could  be  translated  into  English, 
although  the  meaning  is  e.vactly  the 
same  as  hajtfizn.  But  baptizo  was  the 
word  appropriated  to  the  ordinance  and 
the  meaning  must  be  concealed  as  much 
possible,  lidino  and  vheo  can  be 
translated  into  English,  but  poor  baptizo 
must  be  miijlh-lzKl.  Strange  indeed! 
that  the  word  that  concerns  the  disciples 
of  Jesus  so  much  should  be  translated 
in  the  best  possible  manner  to  mystify 
instead  of  enlighten  the  weakest  intel- 
lect. 

I  hope  that  all  good-meaning  people 
will  no  longer  use  this  deceptive  trans- 
lation. Take  rule  first,  three  aud  four, 
and  they  are  only  decoys  for  the  other 
ules.  Wishing  all  my  readers  a  full 
knowledge  of  this  ordinance  of  their 
Lord  and  blaster,  I  close  this  disserta- 
tion. 

Xnrth  Tojiehi,  Knn. 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

A  Love-feast— Good  Preaching— Examining;  Our- 
selves—The Trio  of  Ordinances  —  Singing; 
Hynuis— Interesting  Sermons— The  Sick  Vis- 
ited—Our  Evening  Sermon— Our  Lord's  Day 
Services. 

[Fr-ni  Our  S|n.flul  {un^-iBJiJciit,] 

xr  MltKH   X. 

ON  the  morning  of  the  ITtli  of  Oct. 
it  was  our  sacred  privilege  to  have 
a  release  from  our  cumbrous  cares  inci- 
dent to  business  life.  At  an  early  hour 
we  directed  our  thoughts  and  etlbrts  to 
ards  a  place  where  the  disciples  of  Je- 
sus should  commune  with  IHm  and  with 
ach  other.  A  blustering  Southwest 
wind  made  the  dusty  turnpike  very  un- 
pleasant, and  reminded  us  very  sensil>ly 
of  the  e.xperit^nces  of  a  true  Christian 
profession. 

A  few  hour'.-'  buggy-ride  brought  us 
to  the  enterprising  county  town  of  Hag- 
erstowu,  Md.,  ab<jut  eleven  miles  from 
our  town.  Here  we  found  a  hospitable 
home  where  we  found  kind  hearts  and 
kindred  spirits  in  tlie  Lord.  We  soon 
|)roceeded  "unto  the-  house  of  God  in 
company."  It  was  a  considerable  drive, 
and  when  wo  came  to  the  meeting — 
Hroad  Fording — the  services  were  Home- 
what  advanced.     We  were  made    to  re- 


l^oveinber    II 


we  heard  tht 


iotce  in  spirit  when  we 

known  voice    of  brother    Moses    :\Ii]Iei 

pieacliiug 

THi:  NAMi:  ol"  .IKSI->i, 

drawn  from  the  words  of  the  prophet 
Isaiah:  "Behold!  I  have  given  him  for  a 
Witness  to  the  people,  a  Leader  and  a 
Commander  to  the  per)ple."  We  should 
not  do  justice  to  i-e-prpdnce  the  many 
good  tlioughts  expressed.  The  proph- 
et's  langnftge  is  very  suggestive, 
and  is  a  most  charming  theme  for  ev- 
ery one  of  us  who  have  received  Him  tis 
the  True  Witness  from  the  court  of  the 
I'pper  Sanctuary,  and  who  love  to  fob 
low  Him  as  our  safe  Leader  and  infal- 
lible commander.  Tlie  congiegation 
was  held  in  deep  interest,  and  we  were 
made  to  feel  the  grace  of  God  which 
bringeth  salvation. 

Brother  Daniel  Longenecker  of  Ad- 
ams Co.,  Pa.,  gave  testimony  to  the 
word  preached,  speaking  of  the  trials 
that  senile  must  endure  to  follow  Je- 
sus as  their  Leader  and  obey  Him  as 
their  Commander.  Pie  related  an  inci- 
dent of  a  woman  who  was  a  seeker  af- 
ter the  truth  and  finally  made  up  her 
mind  to  obey  Jesus.  This  became  known 
to  her  husband,  and  he  at  once  opposed 
lier  fiercely.  When  she  left  home  to 
unite  herself  with  the  church,  he  threat- 
ened, her  that  "the  oven  would  be  hot 
aud  she  must  go  into  it  if  she  would  go 
to  be  baptized."  But  she  went  to  fob 
low  Jesus  as  her  Leader.  On  her  re- 
turn he  went  out  to  meet  her,  and  as  she 
approached,  her  face  shone  with  the 
smile  of  heaven,  her  heart  was  kindled 
witli  a  Savior's  love,  and  with  extended 
ed  arms  she  embraced  iier  cruel  husband 
speaking  of  her  consolation  in  Christ. 
The  'austere  man"  was  moved,  and  he 
was  reconciled.  There  is  no  use  in  op- 
posing God.  Nor  will  He  suff'er  His 
children  to  be  overcome  when  their 
treasures  are  laid  up  with  Him.  The 
night  may  be  dark  and  threatening,  but 
joy  conies  in  the  morning. 

Aftej-  an  intermission  the  examination 
service  was  announced  by  singing.  Bro. 
L.  Pfoutz  read  the  chapter — 1  Cor.  11 — 
and  brother  E.  W.  Stoner  of  Union 
Bridge,  Md.,  opened  the  subject  by  say- 
ing, that  if  we  had  come  together  to  ex- 
amine one  another  we  should  find  more 
than  we  were  able  to  do.  That  is  the 
idea.  It  must  be  an  individual  work. 
It  is  si'lf-ei'dniiyiatinn.  One  must  not 
judge  another  as  to  fitness  or  motive. 
But  if  one  is  known  to  the  church  as 
being  a  pai'ty  to  unsettled  difficulties  or 
guilty  of  grave  misdemeanor,  or  other 
public  fault  not  repented  of,  then  the 
church  deals  with  her  according  to  the 
Gospel  order.  The  brother  gave  us 
many  good  words  of  caution  and  com- 
fort, speaking  also  of  the  internal  op- 
eration of  the  Spirit  and  of  the    Word. 

Brother  David  Long,  of  the  Maiioj' 
church,  followed  ^vith  timely  words  to 
envious  people  aud  backbiters.  He  re- 
mingled  us  of  how  the  Loi'd  hates  those 
who  sow  "discord amoug brethren."  True 
discipleship  tends  to  preserve  the  faith 
aud  bind  together  the  children  of  God. 
''Let  a  man  examine  himself,"  and  re- 
pent of  all  wrong,  resolve  to  live  right, 
and  '*go  and  sin  no  more."  If  we  would 
lie  follo^vers  of  Jesus,  we  must  embrace 
the  entire  doctrine  of  the  church  and 
live  accordingly.  After  the  usual  exer- 
cise of  prayer,  there  was  another  inter- 
mission. 

Till-:  TIIHEK  01!l>IN,\Xft;S 

of  the  evening  services — Feet-washing, 
Lord's  Supjier  and  the  Communion — 
were  attended  mtli  great  solemnity.  0 
what  a  priA-ilege  to  sit  down  wth  the 
believers  and  have  sweet   fellowship   nt 


j-^ovemVjer    1  -t 


the  LorU'^i  table.  ,  Ilow  it  lifts  the  s.iul 
jtbove  th*^  traositdry  things  of  life,  jiiui 
„iak<;s  us  wish  for  that  "other  hlu.ie" 
^^-ll^•r^*  love  is  perfect  and  fellowsbij) 
.-oniplet** ! 

AVe  spent  the  nif^ht  at  the  home  of  our 
beloved  brother,  (MirisHim  Keefcr,  tho 
eMer,  Jinti  iit  nine  A.  11.,  nest  morning 
had  the  pleasure  of  joining  iu  the  sing- 
inguf  hymn.sat  the  meeting- house  again. 
This  Wits  nn  appropriate  exercise.  Some 
persons  are  very  prone  to  talk  of  world 
ly  things  when  serious  and  religious  con- 
vernation  should  beengagfd  in.  A  half 
hour  waa  spontvery  profitably,  and  then 
the  services  were  opened  in  the  regular 
manner. 

Brother  Daniel  Longenecker  spoke 
upon  th<-  words,  "  God  hath  chosen  the 
the  foolish  things  of  the  world  to  con- 
found the  things  that  are  mighty,"  (We 
expect  to  give  aKynopsia  of  the  sermon 
if  our  notes  will  nerve  wn  satisfactorily). 
Ht!  sliowed  how 

I.  (iod  is  wiser  than  men. 

II.  God  brings  strength  ontof  weak- 
ness. 

III.  (!od  wants  men  to  have  faith. 
He  was  followed  by   In-other  Stoner 

with  many  good  words,  and  dwelling 
witli  teudernes.s  upon  the  parting  thought, 
We  were  encouraged  to  be  faithful  and 
(TO  on  iu  every  good  work  until  the  M; 
ter  calls.  The  -triHth  hymn  was  sung 
and  the  meeting  closed.  After  a  repast 
and  farewells,  we  came  on  our  way  home- 
ward,calling  at  the  home  of  sister  Shank, 
the  widow  of  the  lateeldtr  John  Shank 
uear  (ireencastle.  She  is  pro.strated  with 
(■oiisumption  and  under  the  constant 
care  of  our  sister  Jvoontz,  a  physician. 
May  the  J>ord  remt*mber  her  affliction 
and  juake  bright  her  hope  of  glory  in 
that  better  world  above.  May  sweet 
angels  welcome  her  as  she  crosses  the 
threshold. 

Brother  Longenecker  came  with  us 
and  preached  in  town.     Text  Rom.  >*:  1. 

I.  The  Condemnation  of  sin. 

II.  Our  Freedom  in  Christ. 
HI.     Our  Spiritual  AValk. 
Yesterday    our   meeting  was   at  the 

I'lain  Hill  appointment.  Afterthe  usual 
opening,  the  fifth  chapter  of  second  Cor- 
inthiaub  was  read.  A  ministering  broth- 
er spoke  of  the  life  and  convei-sion  of 
the  author  of  the  epistle,  and  then  of 

I.  Our  Karthly  house. 

II.  Our  Heavenly  Mansion. 

HI.     Our  preparation  for  the  change. 

A  brother  bore  testimony,  and  then 
uur  beloved  elder  made  some  appropri- 
ate remai'ks  on  our  individual  responsi- 
bility and  the  requisites  for  the  inheri- 
tance of  the  "house  not  made  with 
hands.''  He  closed  the  meeting  with 
the  (HiStli  hymn  and  prayer. 

We  spent  the  afternoon  in  the  com- 
pany of  Ijrethren  talking  mostly  about 
the  Word  of  God. 

The  text  at  the  meeting  iu  town  ro- 
night  was  2  Cor.  .'>:  10,  'iO. 

Yours  in  hope  !of  life  eternal. 
1).  li.  M. 
Woiineshoro,  /'//.,  0<(.  '-'b'*/,  l>7s, 

THE  TRUE  ORDER  OF  THE 
CHURCH  OF  GOD. 

A  Little  Discussion    on  a  "big"    Subject. 

A  NKltMtiN  I»KI.I\  KltFI'  B^   >-.  H-  HAMI'M!. 

THK  theme  of  this  discussion  is  tl)e 
^'rhuirh^  best  Mtater  The  pmpo 
Hitiou  is,  Art  (/tiiiiinc  n  rli'(/l.'<  th>  '"-'^f 
xtate  of  tin  eharrh  '.  or,  are  revivals  ad- 
missable  in  the  church  (//(///.  and  do  they 
promote  the  cause  of  Christ,  or  do  they 
not  tend  rather  to  the  deterioration  of  re 
ligious  health?  We  are  aware  that 
many  intelligent  and  good-meaning  pcL  ■ 


MI  11-;    UKKTirUlsX     AT     \\<>\{\<, 


a 


pie  lue  divided  \x\wx\  this  subject.  Some 
who  have  attended  inU^resting  a»d  wt-U 
conducted  revivals,  whose  hearts  are  fdl- 
ed  with  the  love  of  God,  and  are  warm 
with  the  holy  fire;  who  have  gathered 
in, and  are  de.siringto  gather  in, the  bless- 
ed fruity  of  the  gnu-ious  work,  will  un- 
hesitatingly, and  even  with  warmth  ex- 
claim: Revivals  are  the  most  glorious 
and  best  state  of  the  church  this  side  of 
heaven  itself;  and  if  all  would  engage 
111  them,  the  millenniiuu  would  soon  be 
ushered  in."  Others,  no  doul>t  e.pniUy 
pious,  and  elevated  to  the  cause  of  the 
Lord,  will  negative  this  proposition,  and 
say,  '>we  love  to  see  the  cause  of  Christ 
pros])er,  but  for  the  judieioiv-sness  of 
vivul  wcM'k,  we  would  have  no  objections 
to  a  wellroiiduvtrd  and  proper  ejfori, 
but  think  that  revivals,  in  general,  are 
not  the  church'a  most  gloriouH  .-itate; 
we  think  we  can  conceive  of  a  stAte  pos- 
sible which  would  be  much  preferable." 

A  third  class  jn'oUti-hlif-  as-honest,  are 
opposed  altogather  to  revival  wovk,  and 
to  them  even  the  nuine  revival  is  ob^ 
noxious.  We  hold,  that  men  of  this  class 
are  ignorant  in  a  measure  of  vital  god- 
liness and  need  to  be  awakened  to  a  full 
knowledge  of  church  mn-k,  and  her  im- 
portant mission  among  men. 

We  shall  then,  fi ret  call  attention  to 
the  mission  of  the  church  and  the  labors 
of  the  evangelists  of  Jesvis  Christ,  how 
tJuij  worked  and  what  they  accomplish- 
ed in  laboring  for  tlie  church.  We  hold 
that  the  grand  design  of  the  church  is, 
the  salvation  of  a  lost  world  by  the  con- 
version and  regeneration  of  souls.  That 
this  /.v  her  moat  glorious  and  sublime  de- 
sign, and  should  be  constantly  ardently 
pni'sued  by  her,  is  evident  from  the  Ma- 
ture of  the  case,  presented  in  the  follow- 
ing reasons: 

1.  The  world  has  apostatized  from 
God,  and  unless  reclaimed,  will  perish. 

2.  All  men  have  sinned  and  are  by 
nature,  fallen,  polluted  and  guilty;  and 
must  be  converted  and  regenerated  or 
eternally  lost. 

3.  The  church  of  Jesus  Christ  is  the 
ground  and  pillar  of  the  truth,  and  the 
salt  of  the  earth.  The  church  is  the 
"light  of  the  world,"  but  let  her  light 
be  obscured  3)y  cold  formalities,  shad- 
ows for  substance,  ceremonies  and  forms 
for  vital  purity,  life  and  power,  and  her 
object  is  not  accomplished,  her  glory  be- 
comes obscured,  darkness  covers  the 
earth  and  souls  are  not  saved. 

4.  The  church  is  the  body  of  Christ 
on  earth,  (Gal.  ;t:  *27  ),  and  unle^  a  man 
is  in  Christ,  he  is  not  a  new  creature. 
The  Lord  said  to  Nicodemus,  "Kxcept  a 
man  be  born  again,  be  ciinnot  see  the 
kingdom  of  (Jod."  John  .'1:  ?>.  Again, 
"without  holiness,  no  man  shall  see  the 
Lord."  1  Peter  1:  Ifj.  Therefore  the 
church  is  the  instrument  in  the  hands  of 
God,  to  labor  for,  and  effect  the  conver- 
sion and  regeneration  of  the  souls  of 
men.  If  she  does  not  thus  labor,  what 
good  does  she  accomplish  for  the  spirit- 
ual interests  of  men  f  None  at  all.  She 
might  as  well  be  without  existence. 
The  apostle  iu  2  Cor.  j:  20,  says,  "Now 
then  we  are  embassadors  for  Christ, 
though  God  did  beseech  you  V)y  us;  we 
pi-ay  you  in  Christ's  steail,  be  ye  recon- 
ciled to  God.  The  work  of  the  church 
is  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature, 
or  send  her  ministers  to  do  so.  with  the 
assui-ance  that  "  he  that  believetli  and 
is  baptized  shall  be  saved,  he  that  lie- 
lieveth  not,  shall  be  damned."  Mark  hi: 
1ft.  This  was  the  mission  of  the  apos- 
tles and  evangelists  as  they  went  about 
doing  the  work  of  the  church.  They 
went  al)road  everywhere  and  preached 
that  nu'U  should  repent.     Hence  wehear 


Peter  on  Pentecost  declare,  from  a  heart 
full  of  heavenly  tire  and  the  Holy  Ghonl. 
to  the  thousands  whoiTupiired,  ■'  men 
and  brethren,  what  shall  WP^do  ;'"  ■■//-'• 
pent  and  be  luiptizM  every  one  of  you 
in  the  name  of  Je-ius  Christ  for  the  rti-, 
mission  of  sins;  and  ye  shall  receive  tm/ 
gift  of  the  Holy  Gboat."  Acta  2:  :i7, 
38.  And  what  resulted*  The  conver- 
sion of  three  thousand  in  one  day.  This 
certainly  proves  the  design  of  the  church 
to  be  the  conversion  and  regeneration 
of  souls.  We  also  hear  Paul  standing 
up  before  the  philosphers  and  wi«e  men 
of  Athens,  exclaim;  "The  time  of  this  ig- 
norance Ciod  winked  at,  but  now  coiy- 
mandeth  all  men  everywhere  to  rhpkst." 
Acts  17:  30. 

We  might  present  other  arguments 
drawn  from  the  de,sign  and  tendency  of 
the  sacretment^  of  the  church.  Baptism 
teaches  in  the  most  forcible  manner  that 
men  arc  sinners,  vile,  guilty  and  pollut- 
ed, and  therefore  neeil  to  be  wju^hed, 
cleansed,  and  regeneratinl,  betbre  they 
can  be  full  and  accepted  members  of  the 
body  of  Christ  on  earth,  or  fit  to  dwell 
above.  The  design  of  the  washing  of 
the  saint's  feet,  is  what?  Is  it  not  to 
teach  humility  of  heart,  and  to  be  an 
outward  sign  of  our  love  and  obedience 
to  our  adorable  Head!  So  with  the 
Lord's  Supper;  it  continually  presents 
to  the  mind  in  its  observance,  the  ho- 
ly and  unalloyed  reunion  of  saiut«  and 
angels  aVjove. 

The  tendency  of  the  loaf  and  cup  of 
Communion  is  to  coii^^tantly,  prominent- 
ly and  vividly  present  the  great  cardi- 
nal feature  of  the  plan  of  salvation,  the 
atoii(iiiii)i.t  (f  the  hhind  of  Chrivt  along 
wnth  the  binding  necessity  of  being 
sanctified  by  that  blot)d.  It  always  pre- 
sents a  Savior  crucified,  and  tells  us  in  a 
manner  much  more  powerful  and  touch- 
ing than  language  can  ]iossibly  express 
it.  "He  was  wounded  for  our  trans- 
gression and  bruised  for  our  initpiities, 
the  chastisement  of  our  peace  was  upon 
him."  So,  too,  the  Holy  Kiss  or  kiss  of 
charity  reminds  us  of  that  inward, 
higher  and  holier  union  displayed  in  the 
doctrine  of  Christ.  All  this  proves  that 
the  design  of  the  church  is  to  convert, 
regenerate  and  sanctify  the  souls  of  lost 
humanity.  For  this  cause  Christ  died, 
arose  from  the  dead  an<l  established  his 
church  on  earth,  ascended  to  heaven, 
and  intercedes  at  the  right  band  of  (Jod 
tor  us.  But  he  cannot  save  men  with- 
out they  are  converted  and  regenerated, 
hence  this  is  the  grand  design  of  his  me- 
diatorial kingdom.  We  have  dwelt 
somewhat  largely  upon  this  point,  for 
upon  it  is  founded  our  whole  superstruc- 
ture. We  shall  dedu<'e  some  very  im- 
portant  inferenrei  from  it. 

(7'o  he  i-.mthnud). 


FAITH  AND  HOLINESS, 
BY  S.  J.  WB.\VBK. 

ARE  you  still  willing  to  labor  for  an 
increase  of  faith  and  holiness  in 
yourself  and  others,  is  a  (luestiou  gen- 
erally asked  by  the  vistiting  brethren, 
when  making  their  annual  visits  to  the 
members,  and  the  answeris  in  the  atfim- 
ative,  "  I  am."  This  is  a  renewal  of 
the  vow  or  covenant  we  make  with  God 
and  the  church  when  we  were  led  down 
into  the  stream  and  buried  with  Christ 
in  baptism,  to  come  forth  and  walk  in 
newness  of  life  and  labor  in  the  vine- 
yard of  the  Lord, — when  we  promised 
to  renounce  Satan  with  all  his  pernicious 
ways  and  sinful  pleasures  of  tliis  world, 
and  live  faithful  until  death. 

Whatsoever  my  hands  findeth  to  do,  1 


will  jb.  ib  with  all  my   might,     Labot* 

implies  tiiat    there    is  ^ouieihiiig    t«  be 
•  lone  -something  to  be  P-<iuir.:d  at   our 
hands,  that  there  is   a   work    befiure-  us, 
that  when  we  bave«nt*rfed  the  choi-ch, 
and  made  the  good  confefrnmi,  that  w«- 
cannot  sit  down  upon  a  stool  of  do-noth- 
ing,   and   say, "  I    have    ren'.uncwl    my 
former  ways  -I  have  come  to  Jewiis   aiid 
have    found    rest."      The   Savior    sayw, 
"Take  my  yoke  iipnn  you  and  learn    of 
me,  for  I  am  meek  and  lowly   in    bt^rt^ 
and  you  shall  find  re-sttoyour  souls."  The 
final  rest  follows  after  our  labors  are  .-ml- 
ed  and  our  work  !-«  dotu-.     The    apostle 
Paul  instructs  the  brethren  at    Pbilippj 
to  work  out  their  salvation    with   fear  T 
and  trembling.     The  apostle  John  vayi^ 
"I  must  work  the   works  of  him   that 
sent  me  while   it  is  <Uy,  for  the   night 
cometli   wherein   no  man    can   work," 
thus  showing  that  we  have  a  work  to 
do  while  in  the  d.iy-time  of  life,  for  the 
night  of  death    will  s<»on   overtak**   ui, 
and  then  we  cannot  work,  but  raunt   "O 
to  give  an  account  of  how  we  have  spent 
our  time  here. 

An  increjise  of  faith  and  holiutis,  im- 
plies that  we  need  moi-^j  faith, — strong.T 
faith  and  still  become  more  holy, — Hve 
closer  to  God's  Word  and  become  m.)re 
and  more  weaned  from  the  perishing 
things  of  this  world,  until  we  can  pre- 
sent our  bodies  a  living  sacrifice  linto 
the  Lord,  and  our  light  shine  as  a  city 
upon  a  hill,  and  our  bodies  be  the  te,m- 
ple  of  tlie  Most  High.  Ibit  alas!  how 
often  do  we  see  people  make  a  profess- 
ion of  religion,  vow  to  God  that  they 
will  live  faithful  until  death,  and  when 
visited,  reni'w  tiieir  vow  year  atVr  year, 
and  say  they  are  of  the  same  mind  a.t 
when  they  werereccired  intorthechur.h, 
and  are  still  williug  to  fethor  with  the 
church,  and  have  a  great  desire  ff»r  the 
cause 
hai 

and  seeTu  to  be  very  zealous.  They  go 
to  the  table  of  the  Lord,  thtn-e  eat  ami 
drink  of  the  emblems  of  the  brukeo 
body  and  shed  blood  of  our  Lord  and 
Savior,  in  reraembrjince  of  his  suifrr- 
ings,  ti-ials  and  death.  But  as  soon  as 
the  cross  appears  in  their  path,  they  are 
like  the  seed  that  fell  amongst  thorns 
and  thistles,  which  sprang  up  and  chok- 
ed them,  and  they  became  unfruitful, 
and  have  suffered  the  thorns  and  thistles 
to  choke  them.  When  their  seats  .ire 
vacant  at  time  of  worship  in  the  houve 
of  God,  they  begin  to  make  excuses,  as 
did  those  who  Were  bidden  at  the  feast 
Luke  14:  17,  Is.  One  says,  "It  was 
too  warm  to-day;"  anothersays,  "itlook^ 
like  rain,  and  I  did  not  feel  like  goinj; 
to  meeting;"  anothersays,"!  was  not 
feeling  quite  well  and  did  not  go."  All 
forgetting  that  their  Savior  suffered  till 
the  sweat  became  as  great  drops  of  bl<K>d, 
was  spit  upon,  was  mocked  was  crown- 
ed with  thorns,  crucified, — suffered  ami 
died— all  that  they  might  live  and  en- 
ter into  eternal  rest. 

Again  ask  them  if  theyhav*  worship 
in  their  families,  they  xnW  tell  you  they 
can't  pray.  What!  can't  pray^  can't 
talk  to  God?  can't  ask  God's  blessings 
in  such  away  that  he  can  understand 
you  ?  "Can't  pray !"  Still  boasting  that 
yoQ  are  better  than  your  neighbor.  l>e- 
cause  you  belong  to  a  chiu-ch  that  keeps 
all  the  commandments,  and  you  don't 
pray  I  ^\  e  are  taught  to  "  pray  every- 
where," and  you  say  you  can't  do  it!  yet 
you  are  keeping  all  the  commaudmentst 
Dear  bretliren  and  sisters,  let  us  wako 
from  this  dreary  slumber,  and  shake 
ott' dull  sloth,  and  trim  our  Kmps  that 
they  ujay  shine  forth  to  ligh:  the  way 
of  sinners,  to  lead  them  from  darkues:! 
unto  eternal  light. 


jiuircli,  and  have  a  great  desire  ff»r    the 
i^ause  of  Christ,  urge  the  brethren  on  Xt^  I 
bavemore  preaching,  more  Communions, 


TI-IK    BRETHHE^iT    ^VT    AVOHK. 


N'ovembf^r    I4 


The  Brethren  at  "Work. 

PUBLISHED    WKIKLr. 


J.  H   MOORE 
U.  M.  ESHELMA 


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of  that  bread  which  rometh  dowu  from  above: 
and  B»  we  have  that  bread  to  deal  oiit,  may  we 
do  it  frith  all  diliKe^iic^! 


CHUBCH  STEEPLES. 


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Tri  BHrtUHiii  jkT  Work  «ill  b*  atat  poiri-pKid,  t«  uj 
•ddrMD  in  Ibe  Unilfrl  SiMn  or  C«n«dii.  for  $i  60  per 
•aQUin  Thoit  fvodinj;  len  o>iim  tnd  116.00,  will  r«- 
Mlvr  kD  en™  copy  fTM  of  cbsrK*  For  all  o»*r  thU 
■ufiit>pr  ihoAgrni  nrill  l>«  al lowed  10  ceoM  for  neb  kdrli- 
lloDft]  namr.  which  kmoiint  c*o  be  dcluet^d  from  Ibt 
moary.  trrorc  ■•■ndiog  it  lo  iit.  Money  OTil*ni.  Drsfta, 
kod  H«si*'*''^  Leiurv  mky  bt  ««nt  •!  our  riik.  Tbej 
■bould  b*  made  payaMe  to  Moorr  Ic  Eabrlmaii. 
9ubicriplion«,  nnil  Fonimuniraiioni>  intenrlrd  for  the  pi 

Ser,  ■*  well  m  all  hiuiness  tnaiicn  conoeolcd  wiib  Ibe  of- 
M  ahould  be  addroucil 

HOOBE  ft  ESSELUAir, 

Lukrk.  CvrcU  Cs.,  Ill 


I  f       hoi: 


UVABE,IU.. 


MOVEUBrS  11. 1878. 


HrotiIEU  X.  S.  Dale,  winhe*  to  kuow  the  ad- 
drp«*  of  John  Hoovlt,  Writ«  to  N.  S.  Dale. 
Cornell,  LivinK*tonr>  Co..  III. 

An  earth<iuiike  occurrt-d  in  Salvador,  Cfiilral 
Ampfica,  Octobor  6,  cnii.'iirJK  fearful  loss  of  life 
and  property.  Id  Jucuapft  nearly  every  house 
wftc  diatroyed. 

O.N  the  fifth,  brother  Moore  left  Lanark  for 
hie  oid  honip  near  Urbaiitt,  111.,  whfn-  Iip  will 
spend  8ovL'rul  days  aiuoog  the  loved  a<«ocintc3 
of  former  days. 

Wb  desire  a  copy  of  No.  36,  of  Vol.  2.  Any 
on*.'  having  this  number,  and  wishing  to  disj)ose 
of  it,  will  please  miiid  it  to  us,  nud  we  will  for- 
ward  in  place  of  it  the  Cuiliirkn  at  VVoitK,  six 
months.  _ 

IfiioTiicit  D.  n,  GibsoQ  commented  ti  series  of 
meetings  the  t'th  insl.,  in  Brown  Co.,  Kau.,  and 
on  the  U'th  will  begin  to  labor  with  tht*  bri-tli- 
reu  in  Ray  Co.  Mo.  He  has  been  chosen  Mod- 
erator in  a  public  discusiiion  between  Elder  VV. 
C.  Hogers,  R«forniL'r;  and  Mr.  E.  Muuford,  a 
Universalint.  The  debate  if  to  take  pliice  the 
flfitli  and  iJTth  inst,.in  Buchanan  Co.  Mo.  He 
expects  to  reach  Lanark  by  Dec.  3rd,  in  time  for 
the  special  District  Meeting. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

WE  suggest  to  our  agents  the  necessity  of 
making  an  early  canvass  of  their  fields 
this  year.  None  of  our  readers  want  to  miss 
one  number  of  the  paper  between  the  two  vol- 
umes, therefore  the  necessity  of  sending  the 
names  in  as  soon  us  possible.  If  possible,  we 
wrtilld  like  to  have  all  the  names  in  by  Dec.  25, 
■*o  tliat  we  can  get  our  books  in  good  shape  be- 
fore the  comiuencemeiit  of  next  volume. 

By  having  the  names  in  eai-ly,  we  can  tell 
how  many  to  print  of  the  first  No.  We  do  not 
like  to  keep  too  many  back  numbers  in  store 
without  knowing  for  certain  whether  we  are 
ijoiiig  to  have  calls  for  them.  Those  of  our 
n-adei-s  who  do  not.  want  to  miss  any  part  of  the 
debate  should  see  to  it  that  their  name.<  are  in 
early.  

SOWING  THE  SEED. 

pU'OM  the  Minutes  of  the  late  District  Meet- 
X  ing  of  Southern  Mo.,  we  glean  as  follows 
"  Will  this  D.  M.  ajjpoint  brethi-en  to  attend 
to  calls  for  missionary  labor  within  the  bounds 
of  tlie  Southern  District  of  Mo.,  and  advise  the 
uhnrche.*  to  fnruish  the  District  Treasurer  ^vith 
luiiius  to  assist  in  said  work?  Answer:  We 
advise  the  chnrcUes  to  contribute  for  mission 
work  aompthing  like  fifty  cents  per  member, 
pi.T  year,  and  forward  the  same  to  the  District 
Tna^urer."  S.  S.  Mnhler.  and  A.  Hutchison 
were  appointed  to  fill  chIIb  for  preaching.  Al- 
ti'rnntes,  C.  Hflrader,  George  Bamhart.  and  J. 
W.  Eitein.  A  ttnmnittee  wa*  apijointod  to  re- 
ceive calls  for  mission  work,  to  point  ont  where 
the  evangelists  should  labor,  and  appropriate 
mejius  tlirough  District  Treasurer  to  pay  ex- 
penses of  missionaries.  They  were  alsoautlior- 
ii^i'd  to  ascertain  the  propriety  and  possibility  of 
ojii-iiing  a  mission  among  the  Indian  nations  in 
the  Indian  Territory.  In  connection  with  this, 
brothers.  S.Mohler  writes:  "  We  have  already 
thr  way  ftpened  by  a  Quaker,  how  to  locate  mis- 
sionary work  Rmong  the  Indians  of  Indinn  Ter- 
rilory.  Th(«e  proposed  i)reachiiig  for,  are 
■prelly  well  civilized,  have  good  hcIiooIh,  and  are 
within  about  twenty-two  mile.i  of  the  brethren 
in  Newton  Co.,  Mo." 

This  18  the  kind  of  work  which  sliould  <  on- 
•^ni  ftvi-ry  dif^trict  and  congregation  in  the 
brotherhood.     Souls  are  perishing  for  the  want 


T  K'"mI  foiiiiii..n  ;.Hns.'  will  nut  f-each 
some  would  tie-wise  people  m  a  mild 
way,  the  IjOrd  *iomt'tini««  lian  todesecnd  to  dem- 
onstrate by  giving  a  practical  lesson.  Tbi.s  wok 
done  pretty  forcibly  during  the  late  storm  that 
so  neverely  riddled  I'hiladelphiH.  About  forty 
church  stwples  were  blown  do*n,  many  of 
them  falling  on  the  roofs  of  the  buildings,  thus 
causing  an  immense  amountof  damage  to  proi>- 
erty.  To  repair  the  damages  done  by  these  fal- 
len Bteeples,  will  place  a  heavy  burden  on  the 
church-goers  of  that  place. 

The  better  way  would  be  to  learn  a  lesson 
from  the  past.  Build  good,  substantial,  plain 
buildings,  and  then  avoid  the  cost  of  steeples 
and  other  superfiuities  that  the  folly  of  mankind 
lead  them  into.  It  costs  an  immense  amount  of 
money  to  erect  these  st#eples:  their  falling  caus- 
ed a  still  greater  loss  of  property,  and  now  to 
re-build  them  would  be  a  greater  folly  still. 

It  is  reported  that  there  is  a  strong  feeling  for 
petitioning  the  legislature  of  Pennsylvania  to 
pass  a  law  forbidding  the  erection  of  steeples 
above  church  buildings.  The  feeling  may  be  a 
good  one  on  the  part  of  the  people,  but  is  a  sad 
comment  on  the  condition  of  Christianity. 
When  religion  gets  so  corrupt,  and  so  void  of 
reason,  that  the  law-makers  of  our  land  h;ive 
to  pass  lawsto  keep  churches  within  the  bounds 
of  reason,  it  is  time  the-^e  churches  were  return 
ing  their  charter,  and  giving  up  their  eftbrts 
at  reform  as  a  failure. 

This  extravagant  practice  our  people  have 
opposed  from  the  beginning,  and  it  will  not  be 
long  till  wise  and  prudent  men  and  women  will 
commend  thera  for  the  good,  sound  judgment 
thus  displayed.  The  idea  that  a  steeple  helps 
people  to  find  the  place  of  meeting,  and  thus 
increases  the  congregation,  is  folly.  It  is  not 
so  much  what  is  on  the  out-side  as  what  is  in- 
side, t^at  makes  people  come  to  meeting.  A 
lofty  .=iteeple  and  costly  ornamented  church 
building,  is  pretty  good  proof  of  the  amount  of 
folly  and  extravagance  in  the  hearts  of  those 
who  waste  their  money  for  such  uncalled  for 
display.      Reason    would  indicate     that   they 


in  the  number  of  sprinkled  or  rantiz*'d  children. 
Only  one-fourth  as  many  are  now  sprinkled  as 
were  sprinkled  fifty  years  ago.  This  indicatefl 
a  healthy  increase  towards  the  apostolic  practii 
immerBion.  Men  are  getting  their  eyes  opened; 
they  are  iuvestigating.  They  have  sent  for  Je- 
sus and  his  papers  and  are  reading  for  them- 
selves. And  the  more  they  read  the  divine 
R^'cord,  the  less  they  believe  in  sprinkling  for 
baptism.  They  are  beginning  to  call  things  by 
their  right  names.  Many  can  now  tee  the 
Lord's  Supper,  instead  of  a  little  of  siniiethhiif 
ehr  before  dinner.  We  rejoice  in  the  growth 
of  Truth.  We  rejoice  that  it  is  getting  into 
men's  hearts  and  making  thera  look  towards 
Jesus,  the  Christ.  Looking  that  way  they  see 
nothing  of  infant  sprinkling,  nothing  by  which 
iiud  upon  which  to  predicate  any  faith  in  the 
matter.  They  are  getting  tired  believing  it  be- 
cause the  preacher  says  so.  They  see  that  his 
sayini;  so,  f/of»  wl  makftl  .to.  They  are  seeking 
a  Ijetter  foundation,  and  they  find  the  better 
thing  in  the  Law  of  the  Lord.  May  all  eyes 
and  hearts  be  turned  that  wav.  M.  M.  i 


THE  "BELL   CLAPPER" 


should  spend  their  money  for  a  better   purpose. 


GOOD  CHANCE  FOR  THE   RICH. 


w 


E  learn  of  some  ministering  brethren  who 
have  concluded  to  rent  out  their  farms. 
retire  from  business,  and  devote  their  time 
to  preaching.  This  is  good,  and  certainly  com- 
mendable to  those  who  can  afford  it,  but  have 
we  not  some  good-hearted  private  members,  who 
would  be  ivilling  to  so  arrange  their  business  as 
to  support  the  family  of  some  poor  minister 
while  tlmt  poor  minister  devotes  his  entire  time 
to  preaching?  There  are  plenty  able  ministers 
who  are  too  poor  to  spend  much  of  their  time 
in  the  field,  but  if  some  among  the  laity  would 
agree  to  do  as  much  as  some  preachers  are  do- 
ing in  no  better  circumHtances,  a  vast  amount 
of  good  might  be  accomplished.  No  one  should 
excuse  Iiimself  from  the  duty  of  assisting  in  the 
prt-acliingof  thcGospel  because  he  is  no  preach- 
er, for  it  is  notriglit  that  preachers  should  bear 
the  cross  alone,  ;ind  all  the  church  go  free.  Ev- 
ery able-bodied  soldier  of  the  cross  should  put 
his  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  pnsh  on  the  great 
ioil  good  work. 

The  man  of  property,  who  will  apjiropriate 
some  of  his  menus  to  supporting  apoor  minister's 
family,  while  he  devot<fs  his  time  to  gathering 
souls  into  the  kingdom,  will  receive  a  greater 
reward  than  the  man  who  invests  his  money  in 
lands  that  neither  he  nor  his  children  have  any 
use  for.     What  say  you,  gentle  reader? 


SPRINKLING    INFANTS. 


THE  IVincclon  HcpogHorif,  ak-iiAiug  Pedobap- 
tist  piiper.  as  well  a.s  many  other  I'edo- 
baptist  journals,  complain  that  the  number  of 
ihildren  being  mntized,  is  growing  less  each 
year.  Ihiilhtd  is  not  just  tlip  term  they  use, 
but  it  expresses  the  thing  done  preeisely.  When 
John  is  ruunin^r.  it  would  be  wi-ong  to  aay,  he 
is  walking:  it  i.s  not  sticking  to  the  fact.  So  in 
sprinkling  and  baiitizing.  Sprinkling  U  one 
thing,  baptizing  is  another.  And  the  jx-ople 
are  begiuning  to  learn  this,  lieuce  thf   decrease 


N  every  neighborhood* are  those  who  flatter 
themselves  that  they  are  very  righteous; 
and  that  others  may  think  so  too,  the  self- right- 
rill  go  to  his  ueighhor  and  talk  about  the 
coldness  of  his  brethren,  the  divisions  in  the 
church,  how  low  piety  has  fallen,  how  such  an 
one  is  conforming  to  the  world.  The  one  lead- 
ing idea  which  the  grumbler  wishes  you  to  un- 
derstand, is,  that  he  is  above  all  these  things— 
that  he  is  so  good,  and  so  ytmd  in  all  things 
that  he  cannot  possibly  make  a  mistake.  He 
will  tell  you  of  this  man's  failings,  and  that 
woman's  shortcomings,  how  Ac  wouldn't  be 
caught  going  that  way  and  a  score  or  two  of 
such  like  thoughts.  Now  while  he  is  doing  all 
this,  be  does  not,  it  seems,  even  fry  to  think  of 
the  fact  that  backbiters  do  not  belong  to  the 
kingdom  of  God,  but  that  a  man  takes  himself 
out  of  the  kingdom  whenever  he  joins  the  back- 
biter's and  evil  surmiser's  i)arty.  Ask  him  to 
point  to  a  single  good  which  comes  to  miij  man 
by  secret  fault.- finding  and  back-door  grumbling, 
and  he  will  fail  surely.  Urge  him  to  sliow  one 
real,  genuine  ray  of  love  that  flashes  up  to  light 
the  way  of  a  weary  pilgrim,  by  doing  as  he  does, 
and  he  cannot.  He  will  admit  that  such  a  course 
is  mischievous,  that  it  degrades  the  man  who 
does  it.  and  builds  up  no  man  for  heaven  and 
eternal  life;  but  on  this  point  he  never  w.is  con- 
verted. Before  he  named  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
he  was  a  chronic  grumbler,  and  not  being  con- 
verted in  that  matter,  he  finds  himself  iu  bad 
business:  how  to  get  him  out  of  it,  or  rather  the 
chronic  disease  outof  him,  is  an  important  ques- 
tion. On  a  certain  occasion,  the  Lord  declared 
that  a  certain  kind  of  evil  spirit  would  not  go 
out.  save  by  fusihuj  and  prai/rr.  This  is  per- 
haps the  cmly  way  for  a  backbiter  to  get  rid  of 
his  evil  spirit.  One  thing  is  certain,  a  grumbler 
in  any  community  will  pull  down  more  than 
one  dozen  can  build  up.  It  is  an  ea^y  mat^ 
ter  to  tear  down  a  building,  but  it  requires  la^ 
b.ir  and  skill  to  put  one  up.  Anyone  can 
pull  a  house  to  pieces,  but  it  takes  knowl- 
edge and  labor  to    put  it  together. 

Whenever  I  hear  of  a  man  going  about  find- 
ing fault  because  the  church  in  which  he  wor- 
ships does  not  suit  him  jtrecisely,  because  some 
one  does  not  walk  and  talk  according  to  his 
chronic  disposition,  I  am  reminded  of  the  story 
of  the  '•  Bell  Clapper."  Once  there  was  a  very 
nice  bell.  It  was  used  upon  every  occasion. 
No  other  hell  was  suitable  for  any  purpose,  but 
the  nice,  bright  bell.  The  clapper  did  its  work 
well,  and  never  wearied  of  its  labor.  But  final- 
ly the  bell  was  cracked,  and  then  whenever  any 
one  came  that  way  the  clapper  would  complain. 
It  was  always  telling  of  the  defect  of  the  bell, 
that  it  would  no  longer  give  out  the  nice  clear 
ring.  A  great  many  people  pitied  the  clapper, 
and  did  what  they  could  to  sympathize  with  it. 
saying,  "  I  pity  the  clapper,"  "The  hell  should 
do  better."  '■  It  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  its  dnll, 
heavy  sound."  At  'last  Diogenes,  who  always 
despised  such  shams,  came  along  and  heanl  the 
clapper's  complaint.  He  said :  Before  yon  make 
any  more  fuss,  remember  two  things:  Firet. 
Vou  cracked  it.  Second,  Nobudy  would  know 
t  was  cracked  if  yon  did  not  tell  them."  The 
moral  is  clear,  but  those  who  need  it  movt.  will 
mt  likely  see  it  at  all,  i,.  «,  g. 


A  FEW  OBBBBVATIONS. 

I  HAVE  frequently  been  impressed  with  the 
importance  of  oflering  a  few  remarks,  re- 
garding  the  infiuence  of  those  who  are  connect- 
ed with  the  papers  and  schools  of  the  brother- 
hood, as  well  as  the  ministers  and  elders  of  our 
fraternity. 

As  a  people,  we  claim  to  be  non-conformed  to 
the  world  —  a  separate  and  a  distinct  people, 
having  the  Bible  characteristics  entitling  ua  to 
be  regarded  as  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 
When  our  people  first  started  out  in  their  grand 
reformatory  movement,  to  reproduce  primitive 
Christianity,  as  it  was  taught  and  practiced  by 
the  apostles,  they  made  a  wholesale  rejection  of 
human  creeds  and  uninspired  confessions  of 
faith,  and  agreed  upon  the  Bible,  and  that  alone, 
as  their  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice, 
their  only  divinely  authorized  bond  of  union. 
Upon  this  they  stood  and  success  crowned  their 
efforts.  They  preached  the  Word  and  built  up 
churches  in  many  localities.  From  the  East 
towards  the  West  the  star  of  God's  eternal  em- 
pire took  its  fiight,  till  now,  the  flag  of  truth 
waves  from  the  Atlantic  in  the  East,  to  the  Pa- 
cific in  the  West. 

Our  ancient  Brethren  displayed  great  caution 
in  their  search  after  truth.  They  had  but  one 
grand  object  in  view,  and  that  was  serving  God 
aright  with  all  the  heart.  They  set  their  eye 
upon  the  truth,  with  a  determination  to  conform 
to  its  requirements.  They  had  no  creed  gotten 
up  by  uninspired  men,  nor  were  they  wedded  to 
anything  that  had  its  origin  this  side  of  God's 
direct  authority.  Where  the  Bible  .spoke,  they 
acted,  and  where  it  was  silent,  they  had  respect 
enough  for  the  decisions  of  the  supreme  court 
of  heaven,  not  to  suppose  that  they  knew  bet- 
ter what  ought  to  be  in  the  law  of  the  Lord 
than  the  Holy  Ghost  himself.  Where  the  Bi- 
ble was  silent  they  were  too. 

One  peculiar  and  Bible  characteristic  of  this 
people,  that  came  up  ont  of  the  wilderness,  was 
their  non-conforraity  to  the  world  in  dress. 
They  learned  that  they  should  not  wear  fine 
apparel  or  costly  array,  nor  should  they  fashion 
themselves  after  the  world,  but  should  be  a  sep- 
arate and  distinct  people,  not  iu  conversation 
and  dealings  only,  but  in  their  appearance  also. 
They  did  not  need  to  go  to  the  minutes  to 
prove  that.  The  doctrine  of  non-conformity 
to  the  world  was  taught  by  the  apostles  before 
the  minutes  were  ever  thought  of;  and  it 
makes  no  difference  to  me,  so  far  as  authority 
is  concerned,  whether  it  is  in  the  Minutes  or 
not;  just  so  it  is  in  the  Bible.  That  is  where  I 
propose  to  get  it  from  in  this  nineteenth  centu- 


The  welfare  of  the  Brethren  church  largely  de- 
pends on  the  perpetuity  of  this  doctrine,  though 
it  has  long  since  become  unpopular,  and  has 
been  rejected  by  the  leading  denominations  of 
the  day.  Yet  that  should  have  nothing  to  do 
with  God's  authority  in  the  matter.  When  we, 
as  a  people,  reject  God's  Word  on  this  subject, 
and  thus  forever  erase  that  mark  of  distinc- 
tion between  ua  and  the  world,  we  will  lose 
much  of  our  power  over  sin,  and  virtually  de- 
part from  the  Gospel  simplicity  and  order. 

In  an  early  day  the  Brethren  agreed  among 
themselves  to  retain  the  plain,  simple  order  of 
dress  then  in  use,  and  not  change  with  the 
fashions.  They  did  this  that  they  might  take 
the  advantage  of  Satan's  cunning  ways,  and 
thus  overcome  him  in  his  attempts  at  getting 
them  to  depart  fiom  the  Gospel  simplicity. 
They  knew  that  if  they  could  succeed  in  main- 
taining this  order  apiong  themselves,  then- 
would  be  no  danger  of  them  fashioning  them- 
selves after  the  foolish  and  changing  form.s  of 
the  world.  Why  did  they  adopt  an  order?  Be- 
cause they  saw,  by  so  doing  that  the  Gosjiel 
simplicity  in  dress  could  be  better  maintained. 
Their  thus  agreeing  together  to  cmifonii  to  an 
order  of  plainness,  enabled  them  to  sustain  a 
bold  front  and  a  decided  opposition  to  that 
strictly  forbidden  in  the  Gospel.  Their  banding 
together  gave  them  more  strength  and  greater 
positivencss  in  the  work  thus  nndertakc^n.    '  ' ''I 

It  is  to  the  credit  of  the  church  to  say.  that 
this  order  has  been  pretty  generally  maintained, 
though  in  some  instances  it  has  been  departed 
from,  much  t*)  the  injury  of  the  cause.  ItB  per- 
petuity among  ua  lias  had  ranch  to  do  with  our 
present  degree  of  plainness.  The  churches  that 
have  departed  from  this  order  are  fast  losing  that 
siiuplicity  of  dress  t|iat  should  cbaraeterize  all 
trne  coagregations  in  Christ,  and  unless  clieckcd. 


jijovomber    14. 


er*  loDR  will  be  oa  gatidy  as  the  popular  ienoni- 
inatioBS  of  the  day. 

When  looking  over  the  brotherhood,  and 
viewing  them  in  their  difierent  avocations  and 
calliugs  we  are  led  to  ask,  Is  our  present  order 
and  simplicity  to  be  maintained:'  or  will  there 
1^  a  departure  to  meet  the  emergency  of  a  cor- 
rupt demand?  This  is  agrave  riuesfiou,  breth- 
ren. It  cannot  be  alighted  without  injuring  tho 
cause.  These  things  f.,rcibly  impressed  me 
^hile  viewing  the  Aahland  College  building  a 
few  weeks  ago.  tasked  myself  the  questions' 
ff  ill  our  distinctive  features  in  appearance  be 
sustained  in  this  school,  and  thus  be  handed 
down  to  rising  generations?  Will  all  the  Pro- 
fessors and  teachers  for  yenrs  to  come,  be  known 
by  their  simple  garb?  And  when  Brethren's 
children  come  here  from  far  and  near  to  be  edu- 
cated, will  they  be  under  the  influence  of  those 
who  defend  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity 
as  maintained  by  the  church?  Then  there  will 
be  some  young  brethren  educated  here,  who 
ujay  after  their  return  home,  m  course  of  time 
be  elected  to  the  ministry.  Will  they,  in  their 
preaching  and  writing,  tesich  the  doctrine  of 
aon-couforraity? 

In  course  of  time  I  may  visit  Ashland  again 
and  spend  some  hours  at  the  College  building, 
visiting  its  diflerent  departments,  for  1  love  to 
visit  places  of  learning.  When  I  meet  the  Pro- 
fessors and  teachers,  will  I  find  them  in  the  or- 
der of  the  church,  or  will  they  appear  just  like 
Ihe  world  y  And  when  I  view  the  long  rows  of 
popiU  passing  from  the  building  to  their  board- 
ing places  in  the  city  and  elsewhere,  will  I  see 
the  young  sisters  adorned  in  neat,  becoming  ap- 
parel in  conformity  to  the  laws  of  health,  or 
will  they  be  decorated,  with  jewelry  and  attired 
in  ruffles,  ornamental  trimmings  and  the  fash- 
ions of  the  world  generally?  Will  I  see  the 
young  brethren  dressed  as  hecometh  them,  or 
ffill  they,  too,  be  arrayed  in  fashion's  garb? 

I  was  free  to  mention  some  of  these  things  to 
the  Trustees  and  others,  and  was  glad  to  learn 
that  it  was  their  intention  to  fully  maintain  the 
distinctive  features  of  the  Brethren  in  the  school, 
and  that  the  teachers  would  be  expected  to  fully 
conform  to  the  general  order  of  the  church,  and 
maintain  its  distinctive  principles  in  their  de- 
portment. 

These  things  are  mentioned  in  order  to  place 
our  people  on  their  guard,  and  let  them  see  the 
importance  of  throwing  a  safeguard  around  all 
public  institutions  that  may  chance  to  exert 
any  influence  among  the  people.  Our  schools 
can  wield  a  wonderful  influence  either  for  good 
or  evil.  They  can  ruin  the  church,  or  they  can 
greatly  strengthen  it.  If  from  these  schools 
,mll  come  a  number  of  Brethren's  children,  who 
have  imbibed  in  their  hearts  a  love  for  fashions 
and  worldly  display,  we  may  as  well  lay  down 
our  pens  and  say,  good-bye  to  non-conformity. 
It  is  useless  to  preach  the  doctrine  of  non-con- 
formity to  a  church  that  is  running  her  young 
members  through  fashion's  mill  to  be  moulded 
in  the  style  of  this  world.  But  if  to  the  contra- 
ry, the  schools  in  the  brotherhood  will  stand  up 
for  the  order  of  the  church,  teach  and  maintain 
the  distinctive  features  of  the  church  among 
the  membei-s,  what  a  power  for  good  they  may 
become?  If  they  do  this,  then  the  Brethren 
AT  Wdrk  says,  Amen.  But  if  not,  then  our 
orders  from  the  supreme  court  of  heaven,  is  to 
cry  aloud  and  spare  not,  for  our  mission  is  to 
oppose  everything  that  exalteth  itself  against 
Sod  and  his  laws.  The  distinctive  feature,  of 
the  church  must  be  maintained,  and  it  is  a  part 
of  our  work  to  do  it.  Further  observations 
next  week.        j.  n.  m. 

THE    VOICE  OF  A  VETERAN  IN 
THE  ARMY  OF  GOD. 

M.  Af.  Esbeliiiaii  :— 

DE.VR  BKoTnERi—Thituks— many  thanks  for 
the  kind  word  of  eucouriigement  in  your 
missivd  of  l.'>th  iust.  Like  tlie  refreshing  dew 
in  the  morning,  though  it  be  hut  a  few  drops, 
ffifreshes  the  almost  parched  [dant,  to  give  it 
strength  to  endure  another  day,  the  scorching 
neat  uf  the  sun's  rays,  so — even  so  new  life  if- 
imparted  to  my  soul. 

Dyei)ly  distressed  in  spirit,  very  weak  in  body 
^^t  a  sojourn  of  some  ten  days  in  Northern 
loiliaiia  among  the  beloved  ones,  where  all  i^cem-  i 
^  to  b«  sitting  in  heavenly  places,  drinking  in- 
"*  their  souls  the  blsssings  divine,  and  I,  while 
Mnong  them,  feit  like  making  tabernacles,  like 
rtter;  hut  the  enchantment  passed  and  left  me 
jione  in  the  valley.  I  felt  like  going  a  fishing, 
("It  it  wiwdark— O  how  dark!     After  toiling  ail 


THK    BRETHRKN^    ^T    AVOKK. 


of  M.  M.  E.     I  felt  like  plunging  into  the  deep. 
reKarrJless  of  danger  or  toil. 

The  welfare  of  the  church,  the  salvation  of 
"ouls  and  the  prosperity  of  Zion  is  my  daily  nod 
'".V  nightly  theme.  Three  timeB  within  forty 
years  did  1  change  my  temporal  position  to  en- 
able me  to  serve  the  church  without  aid  from 
man.  Like  Pet«r  of  old,  I  girded  mvself  and 
went  whithersoever  I  would:  but  now  that  1 
am  old.  somebody  else  has  to  girt!  me  a.id  lead 
me,  not  where  I  don't  want  to  go,  but  w  here  I 
might  help  with  what  little  strength  loaiains. 
to  push  forward  the  work  of  the  Lord  "  while  it 
13  called  to-day,  ere  the  night  cometh  when  no 
man  can  work." 

I  am  with  you.  brother.  I  don't  want  the 
old  ones  pushed  aside;  though  they  may  be  too 
slow,  they  may  be  too  short-sighted,  too  slow  to 
understand,  too  self-wise  or  all-sufficient  in 
themselves,  this  is  natural.  They  have  answer- 
ed a  good  purpose  in  their  time— in  the  strength 
of  their  manhood;  if  they  only  now  can  be  made 
to  feel  that  they  are  only  to  get  fully  ripe  for 
the  harvest,  by  fully  tnisting  Him  who  has  call- 
ed them  by  submitting  to  others  what  they  can- 
not do  themselves  as  they  did  formerly.  I  am 
fully  persuaded  in  my  mind,  that  the  church 
has  a  great  work  to  do  in  a  short  space  of  time. 
The  army  of  workers  is  at  hand :  they  have  been 
called  in  to  work,  but  there  are  so  many  Bab- 
ylonish garments  in  the  sand,  hid  away  (I  mean 
carnal  enjoyments),  golden  wedges  in  many  a 
camp.  0!  that  they  might  be  unearthed  and 
distribution  be  made  to  every  one's  need  as  in 
the  days  of  the  apostles!  I  am  not  afraid  of  our 
.voung  brethren  running  too  fast;  but  of  our 
old  ones  halting  between  two  opinions.  We 
that  are  old  have  carried  the  ark  from  place  to 
place.  Some  of  our  young  brethren  would  liki 
to  have  had  it  on  wheels,  but  many  of  them 
have  already  learned  to  await  directions  from 
the  Lord.  The  call  is  now  made  from  one  end 
of  our  free  country  to  the  other,  "  Come  over 
and  help  us."  Messengers  stand  ready,  (not 
idle),  "  Here  am  I,  send  me."  For  they  must 
be  sent,  for  how  can  they  go  without  being  sent? 
The  messenger  in  David's  time,  that  ran  with- 
out being  sent,  and  out-ran  the  one  that  was 
sent,  could  tell  of  nothing  but  a  great  tumultl; 
consequently  not  every  messenger  that  wishes 
to  run,  (in  bis  zeal),  can  bring  the  desired  in- 
formation; besides,  the  man  that  is  sent  must 
have  the  wherewithal  to  go,  somebody  must  do 
that.  Let  therefore  those  wedges  of  gold  be 
brought  into  requisition  and  made  use  of.  The 
time  is  not  far  distant  when  we  shall  take  pos- 
session of  our  inheritance  beyond  the  river. 
long  and  desire  for  that  time  to  come,  but  am 
willing  to  await  the  summons,  "  Corae  up  high- 
•■r."  L'ntil  then  be  it  ray  lot  to  toil  and  labor; 
t'lr  0,  how  sweet  is  rest  when  wear}'.  Farewell 
pilgrim  stranger. 

Yours  in  hope. 

F.  P.  LtEHK. 
FRIENDLY  llESI'DNSE. 

God  among  men;  God  in  men.  Glorious 
thought!  The  Record  speaks  of  tiiU/lifij  mea. 
I'lVf  men,  and  ijoiimj  men.  He/ekiah  "  took 
counsel  with  his  mighty  men,"  when  Sennech- 
arib  was  come  into  the  land  of  Icrael.  So  with 
the  Hfzekiah's  of  God's  army.  When  the  As- 
syrian hosts  thre.iten  the  army  of  God.  there  i^ 
time  for  the  leailei-s  to  counsel  with  their  mighty 
men,  *  Who  is  a  mighty  man?  One  of  "  low 
estate."  "  I  can  do  all  things  through  Christ, 
who  strengthen'^  me."  The  man  who  doeth  all 
things  thrmiijh  Christ,  is  a  mighty  man. 

Who  is  a  wise  man?  "  A  wise  man  feareth, 
and  departeth  from  evil."  Getting  away  from 
evil  is  wisdom.  A  wise  man  will  shuir  "  out  of 
a  good  conversation,  his  works  with  meekness 
of  wisdom."  James  3:  13.  This  is  the  way  to 
travel.  Some  men  are  afraid  of  show;  but  the 
Lord  Jesus  demands  acertain  kind  of  shnwfrom 
His  people.  He  urges  them  to  show  wisdom, 
and  tells  them  h<iw.  One  apostle  demands  that 
we  show  our  faith  by  our  works.  Another,  that 
we  show  the  Lord's  death  until  He  come,  and 
that  we  ^tiitlif  to  show  ourselves  approved  of 
God. 

Young  men  are  often  mentioned  in  the  holy 
Record.  John  wrote  unto  young  men,  bemuKP 
they  had  overcome  the  wicked  one.  Paul 
taught  Titus,  to  exhort  young  men  to  l>e  sober- 

nded.  All  along  the  way  from  Adam  to  the 
present,  young  men  existed.  They  are  a  neces- 
ty.  Cut  off  young  men,  and  soon  there  will 
be  no  old  men.  In  all  ages,  there  were  young 
uieii  in  the  church  of  God.  Stop  them  from 
coming  to  Jesus,  and  verj-  soon  there  will  be 
no  old  men.  A  mau  must  be  young  before  he 
can  be  old.    They  are  not  to  be  despised. 

We  rejoice  that  there  are   young    men.     We 


rejoice  again  because  so  many  old  men  love  and    it  with  the  Bible,  it  becomen  necmmvy  to  leare 
respect  the  young.     If  old  luid  young  will  con-    it  out.     We  hare  not  yet  thoroughly  learned  the 


tinue  to  see  that  they  are  one  family— that  they 
should  respect  each  other,  that  there  can  be  no 
good  work  without  both,  then  mighty  strength 
shall  ever  prevail.  No  young  man— no  set  of 
young  men  should  ever  think  of  putting  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  on  wheels,  and  drive  off  like 
Jehu.  A  man  that  will  do  this,  and  leave  the 
old  behind,  should  have  his  face  covered  with 
shame.  In  everj-  well-drilled  army,  all  march 
in  lin^.  One  does  not  st*p  ahead  of  the  other; 
all  keep  step  together.  This,  our  old  brother 
well  knows.  Now  who  wants  to  run  away  from 
the  faithful  veterans  in  God's  army?  We  have 
read  of  some  who  went  so  far  in  advance,  that 
all  that  could  be  seen  of  them  was  the  terribl 
cloud  of  dust  that  they  raised.  In  this  dust 
they  could  neither  see  compass  nor  chart,  and 
they  wandered  round  and  round  until  thinity, 
and  hungry,  and  naked  they  ran  to  the  world 
and  were  content  with  "husks"  and  "fig 
leaves." 

Yes, there  are  the  "  wedges,"  the  "garments," 
the  "  itching  ears,"  the  stocks,  bonds,  mortgages, 
houses,  lands,  cattle  upon  many  hills,  sheep,  and 
nmny  of  the  kind  which  ran  down  hill  into  the 
st-a  and  were  choked,  mighty  ships,  tine  horses, 
dry  goods,  the  wheat  and  corn— all  which  are 
constantly  trying  to  steal  our  affections.  Look 
out  for  them!  Handle  them  with  caution. 
Many  of  them  could  be  turned  into  silent  and 
powerful  engines  to  send  the  Truth  to  the  dy- 
ing—the perishing.     Shall  fhey  he  t ii niffi ? 

God  bless  you,  my  dear,  old  brotlier.  You 
have  fought  many  battles  with  the  Sword  of 
the  Spirit.  You  have  not  a.sked  the  Spirit  to 
fight  your  battles,  but  you  have  taken  theSp 
it's  Sword,  and  cut  right  and  left,  up  and  down. 
The  mau  who  sits  down  and  commands  the 
Spirit  to  fight  for  hira,  will  be  apt  to  be  left 
sitting.  "A  crowuforyou!  A  crown  for  you! !' 
shout  the  angels  abovi-.  "  Come  receive  thi 
cro\vn;  come  partake  of  the  joys  of  the  saints 
of  the  most  High.  Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!! 
to  the  Lamb  who  takes  away  the  sin  of  the 
world.  Praise  his  name  forever  and  ever."  0, 
will  not  that  sound  grand?  Will  not  the  shouts 
and  harmony  of  the  hosts  of  heaven  tl;riil  your 
soul,  and  make  you  say,  "  I  never  knew  the  half 
on  earth"?  Peace  be  unto  you;  and  the  rest 
which  you  desire,  may  our  Father  give  it  thee 
abundantly.       m.  m.  e, 

TOO  RELIGIOUS. 

E  do  not  think  it  can  ever  be  laid  to  the 
charge  of  humanity,  that  they  did  not 
have  ffliijifni  inotiijh,  for  it  would  be  difficult, 
we  think,  to  conceive  of  another,  or  of  any  more. 
To  speak  of  the  subject  in  a  general  way.  wt* 
could  say  that  the  world  is  loo  religious,  but  not 
near  enough  piftij.  There  are  too  tmiiuj  irlitjionx 
and  not  euouijh  RELUao.v.  We  have  an  abun- 
dance of  it  in  theory,  but  none  or  very  little  of 
it,  in  practice;  the  world  is  filleil  with  its  name, 
but  as  yet.  is  a  stranger  to  its  character. 

We.  as  a  race,  seem  iu  this,  to  think  that  an 
abundance  of  a  bad  thing  is  better  than  a  little 
of  a  good  thing.  And  so  the  race  is  another 
time  deceived,  and  we  fear  the  mistake  will  not 
be  discovered  by  many  uutil  life's  work  is  done 
and  the  judgment  day  has  come.  What  a  test^ 
ing  of  principles,  doctrines,  faiths,  creeds,  and 
opinions  there  will  bo.  and  none  but  the  true 
will  stand  this  final  test.  L.  West. 


W^ 


Icaving-out  part.  We  Khali  try  lo  becomi  ■ 
more  apt  student  lu  we  grow  older,  and  aim  to 
be  more  expert  by  perseverance. 

Nfaiu.t  one  year  ago  the  Hfrald  nf  Gonpet 
Frffdom  was  started  at  Wolcottville  Ind..  by  a 
number  of  pc-raona  under  the  following  circum- 
Ktauces  im  given  by  its  editor:  "  Several  mini*, 
tt-p.  of  tlie  Church  of  O.xl  in  Indiana  through 
a  Kcrupulous  regard  for  the  truth  and  righteoua- 
ness,  refused  to  fellowship  men  who  w.-re  'yofad 
tiitjfthrr  '  in  the  dark  leagues  of  secrecy.  For 
thus  reproving  the  works  of  darkness  their  li- 
censes were  withheld."  At  their  recent  Con- 
ference in  Beaver  Dam.  Ind.,  it  was  shown  that 
considerable  progrest.  has  been  made  in  their 
work.  Their  paper  i!«  under  the  control  of  their 
KIdership.  and  is  to  be  enlarged  to  a  six  column 
folio,  and  issued aemi-monthly  instead  of  month- 
ly. We  wish  it  success  in  its  battles  against  se- 
cretism. 

Goi)  hides  no  good  thing.  He  need  not  corer 
up  the  truth.  We  thought  of  this  when  we 
read  of  a  young,  active  sister,  whose  parents  are 
away  from  the  house  of  God,  yet  she  came  to 
Jesus  and  is  now  trying  to  obtain  the  crown 
that  is  laid  up  for  the  faithful  in  Christ.  From 
kind  friends  she  received  her  early  training,  but 
with  a  desire  to  do  right,  carefully  read  the  Gos- 
pel of  our  Lord  and  Master.  While  fighting 
for  the  truth,  and  away  from  those  who  study 
to  obey  "all  things"  as  revealed  by  the  Lord, 
the  Brethrkn  at  Work  whs  put  into  ber  bands. 
This  was  quite  an  aid  to  her— a  kindof  a  silent, 
yet  effectual  preacher,  and  thanks  be  to  the 
Father  above,  she  now  stands  iu  the  church  as 
one  of  its  bright  shining  lights,  doing  all  she 
can  to  bring  other?  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
truth.  She  not  only  reads  the  Brethren  at 
Work,  but  spends  considerable  time  in  writing 
for  the  Chihirni  at  Work  and  collecting  sub- 
scribers. What  proved  to  be  a  blessing  to  her, 
she  cannot  forget,  may  prove  equally  a  blessing 
to  others.  We  little  know  what  good  we  may 
do  by  getting  people  to  read  that  which  is  good 
for  the  soul. 

The  Baptists  are  preparing  to  build  their 
third  meeting-house  in  the  city  of  Home.  The 
Bible  society  of  Geneva,  Switzerland.has  under- 
taken to  send  a  copy  of  the  New  Testament  to 
every  school-teacher  in  France.  Already  2*,- 
iMXi  have  been  sent  out,  and  j3,ihhi  more  will  be 
required.  When  we  read  how  active  other?  are 
in  putting  Bibles  into  the  hands  of  people,  and 
in  teaching  their  peculiar  tenets,  we  atop 
and  inquire,  what  are  the  Brethren  doing?  Do- 
ing something  of  course;  but  are  we  doing  ac- 
cording to  our  ability?  Are  we  spending  and 
being  spent  for  the  good  cause  as  we  ought,  or 
are  we  just  moving,  barely  moving  to  see  if  we 
can  move?  The  calls  for  the  whole  truth  are 
loud  and  many,  and  if  we  give  not  as  has  been 
given  to  us,  fearful  will  be  the  consequences. 
Let  us  arise  and  move  on  in  the  strength  of  the 
Lord. 


Broth£R  Ba.slior's  labors  at  Boston,  Wayne 
county,  Ind..  have  been  crowned  with  success. 
Up  to  the  Gth  inst..  twenty-one.  confessed 
Christ  and  were  baptized.  Brother  B.'s  address 
until  further  notice,  will  be  Nankin,  .\shland, 
Co..  Ohio.  _ 

In  acountry  grave-yard,  in  New  Jersey,  there 
U  a  plain  stone  erected  over  the  grave  of  a 
bi?autiful  yonnglady,  with  only  this  inscription 
upon  it:  "Julia  Adams,  died  of  thin  shoes, 
April  17,  1837,  aged  IS  years."  This  cuutains 
mure  truth  than  could  be  goUeii  onto  a  tomb 
stone  in  this  fast  age.  Kternity  alone  will  re- 
v.-al  the  amount  of  deaths  that  have  been  caus- 
ed by  improper  dressing  and  living.  Beauty  of 
person  and  health  are  worth  preserving. 


To  do  good  work,  an  editor  must  know  what 
to  leave  out,  as  well  as  what  to  put  in  his  paper. 
The  leaving-out  part  is  the  important  thing  to 
learn.  An  article,  at  lirst  reading,  may  seem 
just  the  tiling  for  the  public,  but  on  comparing 


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CIRCCl-VTE  THE  TRITH. 

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({rwiUy  twa>fili-l  by  nadldg  Iht  Ban u>ka  it  W<. 

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•n J  da  uiil  liirgQt  tt  iaoAtt  funtiUiiii);  lu  the 

UOSEV  LIST. 

It  I*  not  mTo  la  waj  ar.c  11,V>  In  »  Mti'i  i 

m. y  hj  P.  0.  OnWri  or  Vnittm.  or  1uit»  i..| 

■lun[i«rn»J  ■•'•rnlfcianiDDDbiuh'UriMi*  dalki  tx>  lul  iwaJ  riliw 
iclrllrn.  IWoH  «.  i.nMHb,  [twia  wrrk  lo  ■ok.ktlx  ol  aaarj  n, 
•  I  iiixl  M  Ihit'iinr-,  I.}  Diall.  nnil  nnl  olhvratw  r<«*ll<lKl  tot.  Sheold 
•iij  Fmmwnr.  ^|<"nltl•mlu■nlUl<'Iy.- 
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b«  «bort  "-1  !•  the  i>oio(. 


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QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

heaven. 

1  rio;™.  trive  your  views  on  Lnke  10:  4.  "Car. 
rjnein'er  pnp,e,  nor  .rri,..  nor  ,hoe,:  nnd  »il"t. 

tether  ..|.,.n  Iheearth :  for  one  l»  yonr  father  «  Uioh 

,.t  ^  n,."  .er  uu.h«na  llv...„:  .....  if  ..r  ln.»; 
band  he  Je,id.  .I.e  i.  at  lih.-rly  J.,  be  „.ar.le.Uo 
,ho,n.hewin;onlylnthel.or,l.^^^_^^^^_^_^^^_ 

<;AroiiT  cr  IN  TiiK  Tiimli  he.u  ex. 

PKVl  "rote  both  episUes  to  the  Corinthians. 
'  We  al»o  reail  in  Act,s2S:  17.  that  Paul  wa» 
in  a  tran.*  after  he  was  bapli^d  and  loid  e..nie 
back  to  .Iera»alem.  Here  he  Joes  not,  .ei  all 
through  hi«  wriLng.,  glory  exeei.t  m  1...  weak- 
ness, hence  hi.  n,eekne»»  forbade  h,m  lj>  »y,  I 
waacuKht  up  in  the  third  heaven  He  there- 
fore only  says.  I  knew  a  man.  »iV..  when  in  truth 
it  WB»  himself  while  in  a  trance. 

SALITINO  BY  THK  W.VY. 

TheM  seventy  disciple.s  had  a  gieat  eomn.is- 
,ion  to  fulfill;  the  society  of  the  worl.l  was  I,, 
be  brought  on  a  nobler  foundation,  and  Chnst 
himselfknowing  the  weakness  of  human  nature 
tried  U,  guard  their  minds  from  being  diverted 
from  the  good  cause  on  which  they  had  entere.l. 
We  re.id  in  ..'nd  Kings,  when  Elisha  sent  h.s 
servant  to  raise  the  Shumanit...  son,  he  gar,, 
him  orders  to  "saluti.  no  man  by  the  way;  il 
any  salute  thee,  answer  them  not,  and  lay  my 
staff  on  the  child."  This  also  was  an  important 
work  but  the  servant  rutnriiid  without  aciom- 
plishiug  anything,  probably  beeause  Elisha  as 
God's  prophet,  had  only  the  power  to  raise  the 
son  Thus  Christ  wished  to  impress  His  disci- 
ples that  tliey  had  an  important  work  to  per- 
form and  wishe.l  them  not  In  he  eucnmbered 
with  the  cares  of  this  world;  neither  to  let 
their  minds  bo  diverted  from  the  true  cause  for 
which  they  were  sent:  and  they  returned  rejoic- 
ing because  the  devils  were  maile  subject  to 
them  in  the  name  of  Clirist.  Wo  may  all  learn 
n  lesson  from  this,  by  not  having  our  minds 
ceutered  on  things  of  this  world,  hut  seek  tilut 
the  kingdom  of  heaven  and  his  righteousness. 

.ALI.  KOMAN  YOli:  F.mi  EB. 

This  docs  not  mean  that  we  shall  nntcsll  him. 
under  whose  core  we  were  raised  as  children, 
'.our  father."  which  is  the  same  as  the  little 
child  who  calls  "papa;"  we  must  h.>nor,  obey 
him,  for  this  is  the  first  commiind  with  promise: 
"  Honor  thv  father  and  mother."  Malachi.  the 
prophi't  says,  "  A  son  honoreth  his  father  and  a 
servant  his  master;"  hut  Christ  saw  that  the 
Scribes  and  I'harisees  had  deceived  the  multi- 
tude and  were  looked  up  to,  as  some  church-goei. 
look  up  to  their  ministers  and  say,  "  We  pay 
them  and  they  may  pray  for  us."  Or  like  the 
priests  of  the  present  day,  who  are  looked  upon 
as  having  the  keys  of  heaven,  and  forgiving  their 
followers'  sins.  This  was  an  error  iu  which  the 
Jeivs  had  fallen,  they  did  not  look  for  themselves, 
but  believed  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  as  some 
people  now  believe  their  ministers,  and  search 
not  the  Scriptures  for  their  own  salvation. 
Christ  wanted  them  to  look  higher,  to  call  no 
Scribe  or  Pharisee  "  master  "  or  "  lather."  with 
the  impression  that  through  them  they  will  be 
saved.  He  wanted  them  to  go  to  the  fountain- 
head,  to  work  out  their  own  salvation  iudepend- 
ent  of  any  creed,  or  man-made  doctrine.  To 
make  this  plain.  I  will  relate  an  incident: 

An  Irishman  came  to  the  priest  and  asked 
the  price  to  have  certain  sins  forgiven.  "  Two 
shillings."  "  To  whom  do  you  go,"  Pat  asked, 
'.  to  have  your  sins  forgiven?  "  "  To  the  bish- 
op." "What  does  he  charge?"  "Two  shil- 
lings." "Where  does  the  bishop  go?"  "To 
the  pope,  who  also  charges  two  shillings," 
"And,"  continued  Pat,  "  where  does  the  po|« 
go?  "  The  priest  answered.  "  To  (iod."  "  What 
must  he  pay?"  "He?  He  pays  nothing." 
"  Well  then  1  will  go  to  God  too,"  said  Pat. 
So  with  us,  let  us  go  to  the  Fountain-head,  to 
God,  call  no  man  father,  trust  no  minister,  but 
prote  all  and  hold  fust  to  that  which  is  good,  to 


that   wbirh  eonieth    from   God.     TT:.'  TTnrJ  is 
tnith, 

TlIK  WIKK.  ,    ,  , 

If  the  hiwband  dies,  the  wile  is  free  trorn  the 
law.  free  to  marry  again  the  same  as  a  virgin, 
but  I  think  the  explanation  is  wanted  on  Ihe 
latter  clause,  "  only  iu  the  Lord."  That  is,  for 
a  brother  or  >isler  to  marry  in  the  lord,  to  mar- 
ry one  who  oliey*  the  Lord,  who  is  in  the 
church.  To  marry  outside  of  the  church  is  go- 
ing on  dangerous  ground:  but  as  Paul  says, 
venw  *i,  that  he  has  no  direct  command  of  the 
Lord,  hut  gave  his  judgment,  so  it  may  be  al- 
lowable, under  some  circumstances,  to  marry 
such  as  are  not  in  the  church,  such  as  are  friend- 
ly to  the  cause  and  for  whom  there  is  hope, 
such  who  are  not  ohissed  with  unbelievers. 
2  Cor.  6:  14.  But  since  it  is  allowed  in  some 
cases,  great  care  should  lie  exercised,  and  an 
understanding  of  some  kind  be  had  before  the 
too  oft  fatal  leap  is  made.        Cvms  BrfHEii. 

KnaMlle,  Pa. 

COMMENTS    ON    MOLLIE    UM- 
BAUGHS  QUERY. 

I'lejise  give  an  ex|.l!iiiatioii  of  the  lollowing 
wonls:  "WlKistiever  is  horn  I'f  Ooil.  doth  not  com- 
mit sin :  for  his  seed  rematneth  in  him.  and  he  enii- 
not  sin.  because  he  is  born  of  (Jod."    I  .lohu  3;  a. 

MOLLIB  UUHAUGII. 


"ir 


WHO  IS  IT  THAT  IS  BOHK  OF  GODr 


KHOLD.wlmt  manner  of  lovptlie  FaHie: 

[.  tbiit  wn  shoul< 

be  called   tlio  sons  of  (iod!  "     But  evt-n  this  is 


liath  I>estowed  upon  its.  tbiit  wn  should 


this  wor!(J'>'  f^O'jfJ-i.  ami  scores  and  hundreds  are 
not  cou verttfii,  but  only  a  half  dozen  or  so.  we 
should  not  set  up  the  plea.  "  The  mift^ionary 
work  does  not  pay ;  for  in  an  early  day,  the  time 
of  Abraham,  we  li-am  a  few  men  could  have 
saved  i)  city — ten  men  couid  have  saved  Hodoiii. 
Xo  doubt  Noah  went  to  a  yreat  deal  of  trouble 
and  exiwnse  to  «uvi'  only  "eight  soul"."  hut 
t.nul9  are  precious.  '*  l''or  what  is  a  iiiuii  profit- 
ed, if  he  gain  the  whole  world,  aud  lose  his  own 
Boul?  or  what  shall  a  man  give  in  exchange  for 
his  soul  ?  "  _  _ 

QUERY  ANSWERED. 

Please  give  an  fxi.Kinaliou  of  Mittl.21:  ■■ii  also 
Mark  \\:2.  Do  bolli  niciin  the  sanies  If  so.  what 
in  meant  by  the  aaalieil  itml  the  coll  with  herjloose 
them  and  brinR  them  \mto  me  'i  Did  he  ride  both, 
or  only  the  colt  'f  I-  H-  Crist. 

MATTHEVV  21 : 2  and  Mark  11 :  2,  both  mean 
the  same.  The  colt  was  tied  with  its 
mother.  Mark  and  .John  mention  only  the  colt, 
upon  which  Jesus  rode.  See  Mark  11;  7.  John 
12:  15,  lo.  The  colt  upon  which  "  never  man 
hat."  was  alone  fit  for  sacred  use.  See  Sam.  6: 
7.  Now  if  it  WH.S  necessary  to  make  a  new  cart 
and  to  take  kiue  "  oq  which  there  hath  come  no 
yoke,"  to  draw  the  new  cart  that  bore  the  ark 
of  the  Lord,  how  much  more  to  take  a  youug 
colt  "  whereon  never  man  sat,"  to  bear  the  Lord 

himself? ___^..___— 

PRIDE. 


^lm§  4  |l"*«<'^»<- 


nr>t  all;  not  only  are  we  to  be  recognized  as  the 
children  of  God,  but  also  conformed  to  the  im- 
ng..  of  His  only  begotten  Son.  And  such  is  the 
tiiiiisforming  efficacy  of  His  glory,  that  when 
"  we  see  him  as  he  is."  we  shall  be  changed  into 
His  image,  we  shall  be  pure,  as  He  is  pure;  for 
we  ''know  that  he  wa.i  manifested  to  take  away 
our  sins:  and  in  him  is  no  sin." 

This  similitude  vrill  not,  I  confess,  be  com- 
plete in  the  present  life;  we  must  see  Christ 
even  as  He  i.s.  before  we  can  be  conformed  wliol- 
ly  to  His  image.  There  is.  however,  a  partial 
resemblance  which  becomes  more  complete  as 
erace  prevails  in  us.  Iu  this  state  we  "know, 
but  iti  part,"  aud  are  sanotified  but  in  part,  as 
John  tells  us,  "  It  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we 
deceive  ourselves,  and  tlie  truth  is  not  in  us." 
John  cannot  mean  to  be  understood  'ibsi>h(fpf;f, 
when  he  says,  "  Hp  that  is  born  of  God  doth 
not  commit  ain."  But  it  is  3'et  a  question  how 
the  words  can  be  best  explained  in  harmony 
with  other  passages  in  the  Scriptures.  John 
tells  us  to  "walk  as  Christ  also  walked."  In 
the  close  of  this  epistle  the  apostle  speaks  of 
apostasy— that  is,  of  complete  and  final  aposta- 
sy BS,  "  a  sin  unto  death,"  as  a  fatal,  soul- 
destroying  sin.  This  sin  is  utterly  inconsistent 
mth  true  godliness.  He  that  is  born  of  Gnd, 
in  this  sense,  "sinneth  not,"  and  "cannot  sin." 
for  sin  we  substitute  apostasy,  meaning,  invet- 
erate and  complete  apostasy,  and  the  text  reads 
Whoso  ahideth  in  him.  aji»stufi:rtli  not:  who 
soever  apo^talhefh  hath  not  seen  him.  neitliei 
known  him— he  that  is  guilty  of  <ijmsffisif  is  of 
the  devil:  for  the  devil  hath  been  an  apostate 
from  the  beginning.  Whosoever  is  bom  of  God, 
doth  not  apostatize,  for  bis  seed  remaineth  in 
him,  and  he  caunot  ttpostoHn',  because  he  is 
born  of  God." 

Mutual  love  among  Christians  is  the  burden 
of  this  epistle;  but  that  love  must  be  connected 
with  love  to  Christ,  because  we  are  commended 
to  love  them  as  Brethren,  aud  be  ready  to  lay 
down  our  lives  for  them.  \'erse  IH.  Now  this 
mutual  love  produces  mutual  fellowship  aud 
Communion,  not  with  them  only,  bnt  with  God, 
our  Father,  Christ  our  Savior,  through  the 
medium  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  wiiich  He  has  given 
to  abide  with  us  forever.  Wm.  Sti'art. 

Uiirmlt  StiJfioti.  Mo. 

THE  WORTH  OF  THE  SOUL. 

IIY  ^ILAS  (HLUERT. 

THK  Savior  gives  us  to  understand  that  the 
value  of  the  soul  is  greater  than  that  of 
anything  on  earth.  We  should  seriously  con- 
sider this,  both  as  applied  to  our  neighbors  and 
ourselves.  In  fact  we  cannot  prepare  ourselves 
for  eternity  without  a  concern  and  interest  in 
the  welfare  of  our  fellow-raan.  Christ  died  for 
all— for  thtm  as  well  as  us.  Every  possible  ef- 
fort must  be  made  to  draw  souls  unto  him. 
"  Go  te.k'-H  -MX  NATIONS."  The  invitation  is 
not  limited,  it  is  so  broad  that  it  includes  every 
kindred,  tribe  and  tongue. 

("brist  wants  all  to  know  what  it  takes  to  pu- 
rify the  soul.  It  cannot  be  bought  with  this 
worid's  goods.  We  learn  our  souls  are  purified 
by  obeying  the  truth.  The  apostle  tells  us,  we 
should  not  weary  in  well  doing.  If  an  effort  is 
made  '-o  nreach  the  truth  and  it  takes  a  little  of 


-Tliol 

IxltlK) 


1I^= 


IIY  CHAltLlCSM.  VEAHOUT- 

ist.if  tliellesh.ftiul  the  lust  of  the  eye. 
I  iilf  of  life,  is  not  of  the  Father,  but  is  of 
.    And  the  world  paaseth  away,  and  the 
ist  tluieof."-!  -lolm  2:  Hi.  17. 

ENCE  all  who  participate  in  these  evil 
things  shall  pass  away  aud  whera  Qod  is, 
they  cannot  come. 

Many  so-called  Christiaus  are  in  the  front 
ranks  of  the  devil,  following  all  the  evil  desires 
of  the  ik'ih.  "  Come  ye  out  from  among  them.'^ 
"The  world  passeth  away  and  the  lust  thereof." 
"Be  not  conformed  to  the  world;  but.  be  ye 
transformed  by  the  renewing  of  your  mind,  tliut 
ye  may  prove  whnt  is  that  go'td,  aud  acceptable 
and  perfect  will  of  God."  We  are  notto  engage 
ill  those  things  that  are  hurtful  to  our  eternal 
wilfare;  the  things  we  ouch /..(W  aud  tolerated 
we  now  bate;  and. the  things  we  once  hated  we 
now  love.  This  is  the  difference  between  a  re- 
generated and  an  unregenemted  person.  If  we 
be  risen  with  Christ,  let  us  seek  those  things 
which  are  above,  where  Christ  is.  If  we  are  in 
Christ,  we  have  no  desire  to  engage  in  the  pleas- 
ures of  the  world:  "For,"  says  the  apostle, 
■'  know  ye  not  that  the  friendship  of  the  world 
is  enmity  with  God?"  So  we  see  tliuthe  who  is 
a  friend  of  the  world  is  an  enemy  of  God.  '"  If 
liny  man  love  the  world,  the  love  of  the  Father 
is  not  in  him."  If  we  be  the  friends  of  Christ, 
the  world  will  hate  us,  because  it  hated  our  Mas- 
ter. If  we  were  of  the  world,  then  would  the 
world  love  us.  but  as  we  have  renounced  it,  it 
despises  us. 

We  are  commanded  to  lay  off  all  filthiness 
and  supertiiiity  of  naughtiness,  and  receive  with 
meekness  the  engrafted  word,  which  is  able  to 
save  our  souls.  We  shall  notice  some  of  the 
things  which  are  unnecessary,  that  do  not  add 
any  to  ourcomfort  or  convenience:  Gaudy  dress, 
extravagantly  furnished  churches.  Some  ladies 
are  a  shame  to  any  civilized  community,  ihe 
way  they  dress  themselves,  their  dresses  all  ruf- 
fled and  scalloped  aud  puckered  from  head  to 
foot;  and  yet  these  very  ladies  are  held  up  in 
their  respective  churches  as  model  Christians. 
Beautiful  "  lights  "  they  are!  No  sacrifices,  no 
change  whatever.  They  go  to  all  places  where 
Diabol  is  king;  such  places  as  shows,  theatres, 
dances,  Sic.  "  If  you  will  be  my  disciple,  take  up 
your  cross  and  follow  me,"  is  Christ's  command. 
"  Pure  religion  and  undeHled  before  God  the 
Father  is  this;  to  visit  the  fatherless  and  the 
widows  in  their  alitictions,  and  keep  youi-self 
unspotted  from  the  world." 

The  Lord  help  us  to  flee  the  lust  of  the  eye 
and  the  pride  of  life. 


Be  Appaiile. — Much  of  the  happiness  of  life 
depends  on  our  outward  demeanor.  We  have 
all  experienced  the  charm  of  gentle  and  courte- 
ous conduct;  we  have  all  been  drawn  irresistibly 
to  those  who  are  obliging,  affable  and  sympa- 
thetic in  their  demeanor.  The  friendly  grasp, 
the  warm  welcome,  the  cheery  tone,  the  encour- 
aging word,  therespectfulmanner  bear  no  small 
share  in  creating  the  joy  of  life:  while  the  au- 
stere tone,  the  stern  rebuke,  the  fharp  and  acid 
remark,  the  cold  and  disrespectful  air,  the  super- 
cilious and  scornful  bearing  are  responsible  for 
more  of  human  distress,  despair  and  wue,  than 
their  transient  nature  might  seem  to  warrant. 
—Ml.  Jay  Ihrald. 


—It  is  estimated  that  the  financial  loss  to 
I  that  portion  of  the  South  which  was  visited  by 
I  the  yellow  fever  IS  ?200,000,000. 

— A  i>isi'iTCH  from  Paris  says,  that  Oct.  21, 
i  the  River  Ligue  rose  64  feet,  flooding  a  Urg.- 
portion  of  the  town  of  Largeutiere. 

—The  largest  M-holesale  dry  goods  firm  in  St. 
Louis  that  of  Dodd,  Brown.  &  Co.,  has  failed. 
Liabilities  from  ?1,250,000  to  ?l,.50o,000. 

—In  view  of  the  prevalence  of  hog  cholera  at 
the  West,  the  Chicago  'I^rihunp  advises  penpl,, 
to  abstain  from  all  forms  of  swine  fiesh  as  th, 
only  sure  mode  of  escape. 

— Memi'ius  rejoices  in  the  deposition  of  the 
yellow  fiend,  aud  the  city  is  rapidly  filling  i,|, 
with  returned  refugees  and  strangers.  The  fe- 
ver is  every- where  disappearing. 

Xhk  hair  of  deer  is  five  times  lighter  than 

cork,  and  a  firm  in  New  York  is  making  life 
preservers  of  it.  A  life  buoy  weighing  two  ami 
a  half  pounds  will  sustain  two  men. 

—It  is  thought  that  England's  proposed  a.l- 
vance  into  Afghanistan  will  be  postponed  .m 
account  of  the  fever  that  is  steadily  increit^-iiii; 
Huiong  the  troops  stationed  at  Jamrood  and  .■»- 
cdiuped  on  the  fi-ontier. 

—  Uki'obt^  from  Yankton,  Dakota,  Oct.  7, 
state  that  a  very  destructive  prairie  fire  travers- 
ed from  fifteen  to  twenty  counties  between  Jim 
Itiver  aud  Missouri  Kiver.  Great  damage  i- 
done  in  some  of  the  settlements. 

ArrottniNO  to  a  recent  statement  of  Kwani; 
Chang  Ling,  an  educated  Chiuese  state.smiiri, 
the  entire  population  of  China  does  not  now 
exceed  120,0i!(),ni)0.  instead  of  being  iSO.OOO.OoM. 
,s  it  has  been  usually  reckoned. 
— Ti[E  remains  of  a  large  aud  niii;;nifici-nt 
hurc-h.  built  of  unusually  great  stones,  ll;^^ 
been  observed  at  Arawao,  near  'Abu  Shusliph, 
in  Palestine.  It  dates,  probably,  anterior  to  thi- 
crusading  times,  and  possibly  from  the  fiftli 
century. 

— TirnEi:  volcanoes,— Cotopaxi,  in  Equador, 
/Ktua,  in  the  island  of  Sicily,  and  Vesuvius,  in 
jt,ily^_are  now  in  full  blaze  together.  Thn 
simultaneous  eruption  of  three  volcanoes  .is  :t 
rare  circuin'stauce,  one  which  does  not  occur  in 
centuries. 

—A  MISSIONARY  of  the  American  Sunday- 
school  L'nioii  in  the  mountains  of  Kentucky. 
reports  that  out  of  533  families  visited  by  him, 
.310  were  destitute  of  a  Bible.  In  canvassing 
one  county,  he  spoke  of  staying  with  five  preadi- 
ers  who  had  no  Bible. 

— Jk.>is  is  the  purest  among  the  mighty,  tli.- 
mightiest  ainon?;  the  pure,  who,  mth  His  pierr- 
ed  hand,  hai  raised  empires  from  their  founda- 
tions, turned  the  stream  of  history  from  its  old 
channel,  and  still  continue.^  to  rule  and  guide 
the  ages. 

— A  HiHLH  .\L  curiosity  ia  the  English  section 
of  the  Parish  Exhibition  which  attracts  crowds, 
is  a  model  of  the  tabernacle  as  it  rested  during 
the  wanderings  of  the  Israelites  in  the  desert. 
The  exterior  is  constructed  in  strict  accordance 
with  the  details  given  m  the  Old  Testament. 

—The  Baltimore  Situ  says  that  arbitration 
prevails  lietween  employers  and  employed  in 
Marjland.  Both  parties  select  disinterested 
outsiders.  A  strike  of  jourueyDieii  riggers  was 
recently  adjusted  by  such  methods,  and  other 
instances  have  occurred  of  the  same  kind. 

— FMiiTi"NihTiii:i.iNO  is  carried  on  to  an  ex- 
tent in  San  Francisco  unknown  elsewhere. 
Some  ot  the  women  engaged  in  the  business 
charge  from  K>  to  $10  for  an  interview  and  are 
visited  by  credulous  stock  speculators,  who  seek 
to  obtain  supernatural  "points"  as  to  the 
market. 

—A  iiisi-\T(H  from  Alexandria,  Egypt,  says 
the  inundation  from  the  Damietta  branch  of  the 
Nile  is  advancing.  It  now  covers  one  hundred 
and  twenty  square  miles.  Twenty  villages  have 
been  submerged  and  from  six  hundred  to  one 
thousand  lives  lost. 

— Amn'T  a  hundred  negroes  have  been  put  to 
death  iu  Santa  Cruz,  but  the  rel)ellious  spirit 
remains,  and  the  island  is  practically  ruined. 
The  damage  to  property  from  the  insurrection 
is  estimated  at  three  million  dollars. 

—It  is  said  that  in  San  Francisco  there  is  a 
growing  and  frightful  increase  of  drunkenness 
among  women — a  most  unfortunate  >ign.  Dr. 
Cuyler  writes  to  a  Western  paper:  "Tlie  profli- 
gacy of  San  Francisco,  this  great  cosmopolitan 
city,  is  equal  to  that  of  a  continental  town  in 
Euroi)e.  There  are  over  &,UOU  drinking  saloons 
in  full  blait,  and  I  have  seen  more  drunken  peo- 
ple on  the  streets  than  I  ever  saw  in  any  Kaetern 
city." 


jsTovembpr    11. 


CO  RRESPOISI  r>E3srcK. 


THK  nhpmn^Kisr  -.vt  avoktc 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

T  the  Silver  rrepk  ft-dst  I  met  many  tlmt 


nWyeil  the  Lord,  wlieu 


we   were  nmoiig 


them  a  yefti- b<.'fore.  It  .loes  ii*  good  to  meet 
them,  iind  hear  such  expressions  as  this  "I 
never  regretted  the  change  from  the  world  to 
Christ."  I  bade  them  adieu  iind  went  to  Mt. 
Jforri-)  on  private  business,  hi  an  hour  wa*  oii 
the  road  to  Shannon  Love-feast,  in  company 
yfith  Eld.  D.  E.  Prive  and  others.  Stoppi'd 
with  Hro.  Hamiiel  .1.  Lahnian.  Meeting  on  the 
mth,  lit  ten  A.  M.  Met  brother  KnocU  Eby 
iiud  Buyer,  of  Waddam's  Grove,  brother  Mar- 
tn^  Kijwler.  of  Yellow  Creek.  Muore  and  E»h- 
.elniiin,  of  Laniirit,  Bro.  Martin,  of  Cherry 
Grove,  George  Zollars.  of  pot'tic  inclination,  of 
Hicltory  Grove.  .T.  J.  Eramert,  of  Arnold's 
Grove,  and  others,  with  whom  I  had  a  slight 
ncqnaintance,  whose  names  I  have  not  remem 
bered.  The  Ft-ast  was  the  largc^st,  1  think,  I 
ever  witnessed,  and  one  long  to  be  rmiembered 
The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  seemed  to  pervade  every 
heart,  I  continued  the  meetings  for  a  week. — 
Although  the  weather  was  stormy,  and  nights 
dark,  the  attendance  was  as  good  as  could  he 
expected;  and  the  order  was  excellent.  Th*- 
Lord  blessed  our  labors  here,  several  made  th  * 
good  confession,  and  were  enrolled  iutUe  LorJ\ 
army.  May  they  tight  the  good  fight  of  faith. 
never  disturb,  nor  lay  the  armor  by,  till  thr  y 
fall  in  death;  and  on  the  golden  shores,  reap 
the  exceeding  great  reward. 

On  tlie  18th  Bro.  Bashor  came,  and  relieved 
me.  I  remained  however  till  Monday  the  2Ut. 
to  attend  counttil  meeting,  at  which  Bro.  Frank- 
lin McCune  was  advanced  to  tlie  "ind  degree  of 
the  ministry,  iuid  Bro.  Samuel  Sprogle  chosen 
speaker.  May  the  Lord  make  of  them  able 
ministers  of  the  "  Word  of  Life.  I  left  them  iu 
council  and  boarded  the  2  o'clock  train,  and  was 
homeward  bound,  where  I  arrived  nest  morn- 
ing at !'  A.  M.,  without  accident  or  delay. — 
Found  my  family  all  at  home,  and  in  good 
health;  although  there  bud  been  many  nasual- 
ties  and  considerable  sickness  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, during  my  absence.  The  Lord  be  praised 
for  His  goodness  forever.    More  anon. 

Pn'riti.  Mo..  Ilri.  'JSth.  ]S7S. 


From  Enoch  Eby. 


hood  lately  among  children  caused  by  diphtbi- 
rift.  Brothtr  Culbcrt^on  and  myself  also  visited 
a  lister,  hy  the  mime  of  White,  living  one  mile 
Soufli-west  of  Ti.mpiio  iu  Whiteside  Co.,  for- 
merly from  Fayette  Co.,  emigrated  to  this 
» onntry  twonty-three  years  ago:  and  ha»  not 
heard  a  brother  preach  since.  For  »  time  she 
unit«d  with  the  (;dmpheniti-s,  not  in  faith,  but 
for  a  temporary  hoau-,  thinking  a  poor  house 
i*  Mter  than  none.  She  is  quite  delicate  in 
health,  hut  seems  strong  m  the  faith,  and  en- 
j^ied  our  visit  and  season  of  worship  very 
much.  She  wa.1  left  a  widow  eight  years  ago. 
with  thirteen  children,  of  which  two  remain  jU 
home  single,  and  do  the  work  on  the  farm.  She 
has  the  comforts  of  life  ordinarily.  Dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters  remember  her  in  your  travels 
and  prayera.    More  anon. 

Burniu  .hmrtim.  X-ir.  Isf.  /^7\ 


From  J.  F.  Neher. 


OLHi  Love-feast,  wliich  wi 
passed  otV  pleasantly. 


shall   im- 
lew   lines 


I),,ir  liicthrni:— 

WHILE  waiting  for  the  i  ars.  I 
prove  the  time  iu  penning  a 
to  you.  to  imform  you  that  I  arrivtd  safely  at 
Wyanet,  Bureau  Co.,  nn  Wednesday  the  23rd 
After  having  been  brought  on  my  way  to  For- 
reston,  by  brother  David  Rowland,  and  tinding 
a  team  from  the  country,  I  was  only  obliged  to 
walk  about  two  miles.  I  arrived  about 
dark,  at  the  house  of  friend  David  Stoufter,  whi 
informed  me  of  the  meeting  appuinted,  some 
miles  West,  which  was  very  unexpected  to  me 
having  set  the  first  appointment  lor  the  2.'itli 
fearing  I  could  not  get  there  sooner.  But  they 
understood  my  letter  the  28rd,  hence  the  ap- 
puintmeut.  I  was  glad  I  went  one  day  ahead 
of  my  time,  which  in  all  similar  cases,  is  better 
than  a  day  behind  time.  I  then  continued 
meeting  for  nine  evenings,  at  two  places  about 
three  miles  apart.  Had  five  appointments  at 
each  place.  Hunt's  school-house  and  the  Tnited 
Brethren  meeting-house.  Had  ordinary  inter- 
eat,  considering  the  dark  nights  and  busy  time. 
The  interest  began  to  increase,  and  the  moon 
to  give  light,  and  a  strong  desire  being  mani- 
fested on  the  part  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
ters and  some  others,  to  continue  the  meetings 
a  week  or  two  more.  I  felt  much  like  doing 
so,  but  I  conceived  it  to  be  my  duty  to  visit 
all  the  other  points  of  labor  in  this  mission 
tield.  Hence  could  not  spend  much  more  than 
II  week  in  each  place;  and  return  by  the  IJrd  ol 
I  I.e.,  so  U.S  to  be  to  the  District  Meeting.  Hence 
r.-luctantly,  seemingly  upon  the  part  ol  all  pres- 
ent, we  bade  farewell;  and  this  morning  at  an 
early  hour,  was  brought  to  Sbettield.  on  the 
I'liicago  and  Rock  Island  road,  hy  brother  Cul- 
berlson.  and  soon  arrived  here  at  Bureau.!  unc- 
tion; and  in  the  midst  of  the  bustle  and  noise, 
inddenttolt.  K.  depots,  (especially  at  junctions) 
I  am  penning  these  thoughts.  But  to  return 
a-aiu  to  the  little  despised,  but  faithful  Hock  of 
Nazarenes.  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  iu  the 
l''nrd,  near  New  Bedford.  I  am  happy  to  say  1 
found  them  hungering  for  the  bread  of  life,  and 
the  a.ssoeiations  i.f  the  brethren  and  sisters 
from  a  distance.  Brethren  do  not  forget  them 
in  your  travels  and  prayers. 

The  health  among  them  was  good,  except 
Iho.  Joseph  Osborn  who  wascunlined  to  hisroom 
and  could  not  attend  any  of  our  meetin!.'s.  but 
when  I  left,  he  had  hope-  to  he  around  iu  a  few 
lays.     Many  deaths  occnrred  in  the    neighhor- 


iou  the  I2th  inst., 
Ministers  present 
besides  our  own.  were.  Brethren  Martin  White- 
neck,  .laeob  Root  and  ,Jo3buii  Kesler.  all  from 
Bond  Co..  111.,  who  are  all  young  in  the  minis- 
try, but  manifest  a  willingness  in  discharging 
their  duty,  Si^emingly  the  members  were 
all  built  up  and  edified.  On  the  ISth  inst..  we 
were  with  the  Brethren,  at'  the  Love-fea-^t.  iu 
the  Mulberry  tirove  church.  Bond  Co.,  111. 

This  church  at  present,  is  in  somewhat  dis- 
tressing circumstances:  and  should  be  remem- 
bered at  a  throne  of  grace.  Of  their  ministers, 
three  in  number,  only  oue  of  them  could  be  at 
the  Communion,  Elder  -John  W,  Goodman, 
has  lost  Imeyesight.  and  would  not  venture  out 
after  night.  He  however  was  at  the  day  meet- 
ings, and  enjoyed  himself  very  well.  Brother 
Allen  Taylor,  a  minister  in  the  second  degree, 
is  prostrated  by  the  hand  of  attiictiou,  and  his 
situation  is  not  a  very  hopeful  one. 

The  feast  however  was  a  pleasant  one.  Min- 
istei-s  present  were'felder  David  Frantz  from 
Marion  Co,,  Henry  ,Iones  and  Martin  White- 
neck  from  the  Hurricane  Creek  church.  Bond 
Co.,  ni.  After  the  self-i-xamination,  instruct- 
ions were  given  and  the  supper  prepared,  the 
ordinance  of  feet-washing  was  observed  by  the 
officiating  brother,  first  girding  himself  with  a 
towel,  then  turning  to  his  brother  to  his  side, 
washing  his  feet  and  wiping  them  with  the 
towel,  wherewith  hp  was  girded:  then  the  Bro. 
that  had  his  feet  washed,  took  the  towel  and  did 
the  same  to  the  brother  to  his  side  and  ^oon 
around  the  table  to  the  place  of  begiuning. — 
.\I1  piis'ed  otf  in  the  best  of  oi-der:  and  all  obey- 
ed the  command  and  example  of  our  Savior. 
The  Supper  and  Communion  passed  off  with 
due  solemnity,  and  when  we  bad  sung  a  hymn, 
we  went  out  and  it  was  night.  Met  again 
next  morning,  at  eleven  o'clock.  Preaching  by 
David  Frant/,.  Text,  "  He  was  led  as  a  lamb  to 
Ihe  slaughter,  and  ils  asheep  before  his  sheiu-er; 
so  be  opened  not  his  mouth."  Showed  to  the 
congregation  how  lamb-like  our  innocent  Sav- 
ior was  led  to  the  slaughter,  and  shed  His  blood 
for  the  sin  of  the  worid.  Also  how  sheeiv-like 
He  was  shorn  of  His  glory  with  the  Father,  in 
ordev  that  His  children  might  be  clothed  with 
glory,  honor  and  immortality.  At  three  o'clock 
some  of  the  members  met  at  the  house  of  broth- 
er Allen  Taylor:*',  who  had  called  the  elders  of 
the  church,  and  was  anointed  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  as  instructed  by  the  apostle  .lames. 
In  the  evening  brother  Frunt/.  again  addressed 
-         -  of  Crtid, 

.,  that 
though  human  love  will,  and  has  failed,  yet 
God's  love  is  ever  the  same.  Next  day.  Frautz 
agitin  addressed  a  very  large  and  attentive  con- 
gregation. Subject,  "The  Christian  warfare, 
showing  that  in  many  respects,  there  is  a  sim- 
ilarity between  the  carnal  and  Christian  war- 
fare; that  soldiei-s  enlisting  in  carnal  warfare, 
must  be  true  and  faithful  to  their  promise  in 
order  to  get  an  honorable  discharge,  and  to  be 
admitted  in,  or  enjoy  the  soldiers'  reunion.  So 
likewise  the  8oldier«  of  Je'*us  Cbrint  jnuat  be 
faithful  and  put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God, 
and  fight  the  good  fight  of  faith,  in  order  to 
get  ail  honorable  discharge  at  death,  and  iu  or- 
der to  be  admitted  into  the  grand  reunion 
above. 

There  was  another  appointment  for  Sunday 
I'voning.  but  we  were  not  present.  I  feel  as- 
sured that  the  congregation  wa.s  well  enter- 
tained. 


till  flocking  in,  seeking  for  new  homes. — 
We  can  uw  them  all.  The  field  i»  large.  Bro. 
0.  Maurer  from  Naperville.  Ill,,  waa  with  n« 
aud  spent  a  few  days  here.  He  gave  us  a  few 
good  sermons,  which  will  long  Iw  remembered. 
He  also  has  bought  a  farm  ten  miles  South  of 
Abilene.  1  hope  and  pray  that  hi«  new  field 
may  be  blessed  with  a  rich  harvest.  And  while 
we  rejoice  in  his  coming  to  locate  with  us,  uu 
doubt  his  departure  will  be  asail  one  among  the 
Brethren  in  111.  But  may  they  bear  in  mind, 
that  thoir  loss  is  our  gain,  for  We  are  scattered 
over  a  vast  scope  of  country,  and  need  those 
those  who  can  help  hold  forth  the  ancient 
landmarks.  Now  a  word  to  our  many  travel- 
ing Brethren  that  come  to  look  for  homes 
throngh  this  part  of  Kansas.  Do  not  forget 
there  are  a  good  many-members  living  through 
this  part  of  the  State,  and  we  would  be  glad  to 
see  them  stop  ofl".  Those  who  let  us  know 
of  their  coming,  we  will  be  glad  to  meet 
at  the  depot. 

or  lay  members,  inform  us  and  we  will  be  glad 
to  welcome  you  to  our  homea.  Don't  be  afraid 
you  make  us  too  much  trouble.  Our  aim  is  to 
get  Brethren  to  stay  aud  settle  ivith  us;  for  Ido 
think  no  one  can  better  himself  in  the  State, 
take  all  in  all.  I  am  well  aw^^re  that  there  are 
scores  of  Brethren  come  West,  who  don't  know 
that  there  is  a  church  in  this  part  of  Kansas. — 
Ho  I  thought  I  would  inform  them.  Vou  will 
find  friends  who  will  care  for  you  while  you 
stay  with  us.  Homestead  lands  we  have  none 
that  aiv  good,  but  other  lands  can  be  bought 
from  tive  to  fifteen  dollars  aii  acre.  I'lenty  of 
good  water,  some  timber.  As  yet.  no  coal  has 
been  discovered  in  this  county. 
I  will  give  a  few  names,  so  that  those  who  would 
wish  to  correspond,  can  do  so.  The  writer,  AIj- 
ilene;  brother  Michael  Forney;  .J.  Humbarger; 
S.  A.  Smith,  all  ,\bilene.  Would  farther  say 
that  brother  M.  Forney  lives  in  Abilene.  He 
cim  direct  you  to  some  of  the  rest, 

H.  S.  MAKnii.T. 


A»t.    Nortf>n  Co.,  Kansa*. 

7.     How  far  from  wtijement,  if  fchelocaUon? 

Ass,     Five  miUiH. 

S,     How  far  from  milt  and  Ht/jref* 

Ass.  Six  miles;  dry  goods  and  grooeriM  m 
cheap  as  here  in  Iowa. 

!t.     How  far  from  niilroad:' 

Axs.  m  mile)',  but  will  be  witliin  3*)  another 
season  and  within  a  jhort  time  will  Ixr  within 
six  miles  from  railroad, 

1''.     What  is  the  price  of  good  cows? 

Ass.     From  ?20.W)  to  ?^«).fjO 

U.     Ih  there  any  timber  in  that  county? 

.\Nf-.  Yen;  1  think  they  have  as  much  tim- 
ber there  as  we  have  here  in  Iowa.  Wood  can 
be  bought  at  ^.50  to  *3,00  per  cord. 

12,  Does  every  pemou  have  to  take  liis  own 
claim? 

.\x.s.  Ye«;  every  person  mast  take  hia  own 
claim;  law  requires  it. 

13.  Are  nearly  all  your  colony  member*  alio 
No  difference  whether  ministers  |  memlK-rs  of  the  church  V 

.'Vxs.  Yeji;  about  nine-tenths  are  members 
of  the  church.  We  have  Wtween  fifty  and 
sixty  members  now  in  the  colony  and  ttill  add- 
ing at  every  meeting.  Address  all  communic^ 
'ions  to.  N.  C.  WoBKii.«i. 

Sciola,  Mtrntgomrnj  Co.,  Jowa. 

I'rhniliri'  ChrisH'm./iUnsi-  ropif. 


From    Landon  West. 


From  the  Maple  Grove  Colony. 


w* 


large  congregation,  on   the   '"Lovi 
l>roving    by     circumstantial     evidenci 


From  Abilene,  Kansas. 

riAHE  church  in  this  part  nf  the  West,  is  still 
1  moWug  along  slowly.  Now  :iud  then  an 
addition  by  baptism,  but  more  by  persons  mov- 
iu"  here.     I  am  glad  tct  say  that  the    Brethren 


E  will  say  once  for  all  to  the  membeis  and 
those  that  contemplate  becoming  sueh, 
that  when  you  write  to  us  for  information  in 
regard  to  the  colony.  Please  enclose  enough 
to  cover  expenses  for  writing.  Many  write 
for  information  and  ask  nmny  questions  and 
request  immediate  answer,  but  fail  to  send  the 
wherewith  to  pay  the  expenses  of  writing.  We 
hope  all  will  remember  that  one  three-cent 
stamp  does  not  cover  all  cost  of  a  letter.  I  am 
willing  to  give  my  time  in  writing  free,  fori 
am  a  rapid  writer,  and  retjuire  but  a  few  min- 
utes to  write  a  long  letter,  but  do  think  those 
for  whom  I  write,  should  pay  for  writing  ma- 
terial and  stamps.  I  have  a  heavy  correspond- 
ence, consequently  considerable  expense.  We 
feel  that  it  is  to  the  advantage  of  those  that 
intend  to  move  West,  to  go  in  a  colony  and 
settle  near  together  for  manj  reasons.  We  are 
willing  therefore,  to  do  all  we  can  to  assist  and 
encourage  such,  by  giving  all  the  information 
we  can. 

We  will  also  say  to  those  that  send  theii 
names  to  us,  desiring  to  becdme  members  of 
our  colony,  to  please  enclose  with  their  names, 
fifty  cents  for  each  name  to  he  applied  on  other 
expenses,  such  a.s  blank  books,  maps  and  the 
expenses  of  the  locating  committee,  which 
have  just  returned  after  a  five  weeks  tour.  The 
expenses  of  that  eouiniittee  were  considerable, 
which  we  think  the  members  ought  to  assist 
in  paying.  If  "'  scrip"  is  not  at  hand,  send  post- 
age stamps.  In  sending  in  your  names  for 
niembersbip,  don't  fail  to  have  them  accompan- 
ied with  responsible  vouchers.  We  want  none 
that  cannot  furnish  good  references  as  to  appli- 
cants" good  character,  etc.  We  will  briefly 
answer  a  few  questions  that  are  asked  by  mimy: 

1.  How  much  means  are  required  in  order 
to  become  a  member  of  the  colony? 

Ans.  No  specified  amount  required;  the 
more  the  better.  Each  member  ought  to  have 
some  means  after  settling  on  his  claim. 

2.  IIow  much  government  land  can  a  per 
son  take? 

Ans.  480  acres,  160  homestead.  IfiO  tim- 
beV  claim  and  hy  pre-emption  UiO  acres. 

3.  How  much  will  the  land  cost? 
Ans.     Homestead  and   timber  chum   $17, — 

Each  pre-emption  right  Sl.S.'i  per  acre.  Law 
requires  to  live  on  and  improve  a  homestead  for 
five  years,  then  the  government  makes  you  a 
deed.  No  taxes  to  pay  on  the  land  until  you 
get  your  deed.     (See  homestead  laws). 

4.  Who  can  take  claims? 
Ans.     All    persons    over   twenty-one  years, 

that  have  never  had  the  benefit  of  a  homestead. 

,'i.     Does  ftl7.  cover  all  cost? 

Ans.  It  does  till  the  tive  years  are  up;  then 
yon  pay  ^3.00  or  !?5.i0  when  yon  get  your  deed. 

f'l.    Where  have  you  located? 


OX  Monday  morning,  Oct.  7th,  in  company 
with  Bro.  Jain^s  .lohnson,  of  New  Lex- 
ington, Ohio,  left  the  home  of  brother  Reed, 
and  came  through  to  brother  .lohnson's  home. 
One  can  not  well  grow  tired  of  an  old  man, 
when  in  his  company,  if  his  mind  has  ;tll  the 
vigor  of  youth,  hence  the  ride  to  us  was  most 
pleasant.  From  this  old  brother  we  heard 
much  th.at  was  interesting  and  some  that  wbi 
quite  amusing.  From  his  home,  we  came  at 
night  to  the  home  of  brother  Hixon.  where  he 
and  his  vriie  had  just  arrived  to  find  a  little 
daughter  ver\-sick.  She  had  had  symptoms  of 
spasm  in  the  day  and  night  before,  and  on  this 
account,  aud  becimse  the  Love-feast  at  their 
meeting-house  was  sot  for  Oct.  12th.  and  hjg 
school  to  commence  on  the  14th,  he  coubl  not 
come  with  us,  as  w:is  wished,  to  the  Love- feasts 
in  Miami.  We  howevercame  on  alone,  and 
did  wish  to  reach  the  meeting-houst^  near  Cov- 
ington, on  the  8th,  but  could  nut.  We  then 
went  to  the  meeting  on  the  9th  at. 

nONALU's  I  llEKK. 

This  church  is  in  Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  about  nine 
miles  West  of  Springfield.  We  arrived  there 
at  12  M..  on  the  IHh,  and  were  verywiu-mly  re- 
ceiveil  by  our  many  friends.  The  day  was 
pleiLsant.  and  a  large  crowd  had  assembled  for 
the  services,  at  lb  A- M,.  when  they  were  ad- 
dressed by  brother  0.  F.  Yount.  Some  were 
ready  for  baptism,  and  this  was  attended  to  be- 
fore the  Love-feast. 

The  elders  in  this  church,  are  brethren  Jo- 
.seph  Kaulfman  and  John  Frautz.  Ministers 
are  Aariui  Frantz,  Peler  Heck  aud  George 
Funderburg,  Those  in  attendance  were  breth- 
ren Joseph  Arnold,  Oliver  Yount  and  George 
Miller.  Brother  David  Workman,  of  Ashland. 
Ohio,  had  been  expected,  but  it  was  learned 
that  he  had  been  called  home,  on  account  of  an 
injury  to  his  wife,  by  being  thrown  from  a 
buggy. 

The  attendance  however  was  large,  esiwciallv 
hy  the  members,  and  all  seemed  to  enjoy  the 
occasion  well,  but  to  us  it  was  a  feast  indeed. 
for  we  had  never  before  seen  so  many  brethren 
and  sisters  at  one  Love-feast,  This  was  our 
first,  among  the  churches  of  Miami. 

The  crowd  both  in  aud  out  of  the  house, 
was  large,  and  there  was  at  times  confusion — 
so  much  as  to  interfere  greatly  with  those 
whose  only  object,  was  to  worship  God  aright. 
This  made  it  qnite  difficult  to  speak  to  those 
who  were  willing  to  hear,  and  lessened  greatly 
the  happiness,  which  would  otherwise  have 
been  felt.  But  with  all  it  was  an  occ;ision  to 
be  remembei-ed,  especially  by  those,  who  thought 
of  him  who  died  "  without  the  gate." 

We  lodged  for  the  night  with  Bro.  George 
Funderburg;  came  again  early  to  the  church, 
where  wiu^hip  and  breakfast  were  bud.  then 
for  some  time,  a  very  pleasant  season  whs  spent 
in  the  last  service.  Then  came  the  time  for 
parting,  when  we  in  company  with  some  others, 
came  to  the  house  of  brother  Frank  Miller, 
where  quite  a  pleiv^aut  time  was  spent  in  com- 
p.iring  views  upon  what  the  Loi^  had  said,  of 
which  quite  an  agreement  prevaileil,  both  with 
ttiose  who  were  members,  and  with  thas*  who 
were  not. 

At  night  we  came  aud  -taid  with  elder  John 
Frant/,  whose  age  and  infirmity  make  us  think 
that  the  work  of  one  more  of  the  fathers,  it 
well  nigh  done.  From  his  home  we  came 
South  to  the  Love-feast  iu  Given  Ci\.  known  a* 


THE    BRETHHElSr    -A.T    "WORKl. 


lN"ovem,ber    If 


BEAVKH  (UIIKK  cmHCH. 

The  c\den  who  havp  the  OTt-night  of  thisboay. 
are  Mose«  Shoiip,  H-ho^iii  now  eighty-six  years 
of  age.  and  brother  George  HaIt<T,  of  the  Low- 
•r  Miami  church.  The  minist^MTi  are  David 
B.if.-s.  I),  F.  Darstand  Henry  D.inoan.  Those 
from  other  churchfs.  were  brother  Jacob  Oar- 
ber  and  the  writer. 

On  account  of  tronblca,  which  had  existed 
here  for  Home  time,  there  was  no  feast  held  at 
thin  place  last  year,  but  a'commitlee  of  breth- 
ren having  visited  this'plftce  in  Aug,,  and  hav- 
ing adjuated  the  troubles  to  quite  a  general 
satisfaction,  it  was  concluded  to  hold  a  {caat 
thisyeiir;  luid  such  we  think  it  wa-*  to  all  who 
fttU-uded  it.  The  heavy  rain  on  the  evening  of 
the  lltli.  |)reveuted  some  from  enjoying  the 
meeting  a^  they  wijthud,  but  to  those  who  were 
there  it  was  regarded  as  a  feast  indeed.  Among 
those  who  partook  w.-re  somp  who  had  quite 
lately  come  into  the  church  at  Uiic  place,  and 
to  them  thifi  was  their  first  opportunity  to  show 
forth  their  Lord's  death.  The  order  at  thin 
meeting  was  praiseworthy,  and  the  occasion  is 
one  long  to  be  remembered. 
Siiikint/  Sprhif/*,  Ohio. 

From  F.  P.  Lochr. 

AN  apology  is  due  from  us  as  achnrch  tr>  the 
Christiim  world  for  holding  up  the    idea, 
that  w<-  believe  to  be  as  near,  if  not   nearer  in 
doctrine  iiud  practice  of  the  pure  Gospel  as  any 
other  denomination  of  Christians;  and   yet  for 
all  this,  arc  the  least  known  perhaps  of  all, 
Why  don't  you  send  out  miHsionaries?  If  yours 
is  the   pure   Gospel   doctrine,    why  not  exert 
yourselves  to  teach  it  every-where?      You  are 
right,  dear  friends,    for  if  somebody   or  some 
comjiany  has  something  useful  for  the   multi- 
tude, tliey  will  use  every  means  to  advertise. — 
[lut  simietimes   another  class   of  men  have   a 
preference  riglit,  and    not   until    their   time  is 
expired,  can  the  other  jiarty  assert  this  chaage. 
So  it  is  with  the  pure  Gospel  of  Christ,     There 
had  been  an  interdict  ujion  it  for   1290  years, 
and  all  this  length  the  true   believers   were  in 
guise  of  the  woman    in    the   wilderness.      For 
upwards  of  six  hundred  years   the  Christian 
church  was  persecuted  liy  Jews  and  gentiles. — 
The  devil  however  saw   that  he  could  not  gain 
his  end  by  persecution,  so  he  befriended   them 
and  made  them  a  head  that  gathered  the  Chris- 
tians into  armies,    to    convert    the    world   to 
Christianity;  but  ns  this  wits  not   the   doctrine 
of    Christ,  those  who  were  true  and  would  not 
accept  of  it,  were  killed,  persecuted  and  driven 
from  place  to   place;   and   though    the  dragon 
cast  a  flood  aftflr  the  woman,   the   flood  (false 
doctrine)  did  not  reach  the    woman   or  ehiirch 
1260  yeai-8  npo.      This  church    existed    under 
various  unraes,  and  in   different    places,  and 
finally  crossed  the  Atlantic  ocean    about  1719, 
bringing  the  same  doctrine,  for  which    they 
were  fined  and  imprisoned,  and  driven  until 
they  reached  the  American  shore.      They  were 
very  careful  to  keep    that  |)art  of  their  creed  a 
secret,  for  which  they  had  suffered   persecution 
in  all  other  coiintrie.s.      For  nearly   a  century 
and  a  half,  this  American  country    knew  hut 
Very  little  of  this  people.      Even    Buck    in    his 
Theological  Dictionary,  loses  thera  at  Ephrata, 
in  Penusylvjuna  under  the  description    of  the 
Seven  Dayers  or  Tuukers;  hence  the  many   er- 
roneous ideas  of  us.      Until  the  late  Rebellion, 
our  Brethren  would  try  in  every   way    not   to 
become  popularly  known  with  this  conviction, 
that  they  were  in  the  wilderness,   supposing  to 
remaiu  there  until  the  second  coming  (»f  Christ. 
But  some  few  had  an  idea  that  the  flight  of  the 
woman  took  i)lnce  till  about  A.  D.  GOfi,  and  con- 
sequently would  come  to  a  close  about   iSHti. — 
Now  we  want  to   see   how   she   came    out    or 
whether  she  came  out;  so   we  must  consider 
that  wheneverthe  church  took  up  canial  weui>- 
onfl  to  convert  the  world  and  took  the  govern- 
ment   of  the   world  in    her    hand,   instead    of 
coming  out    of  her,  the     true  Christian    was 
made  known    as  a  non-combative,    uon-sweur- 
ing,   non-conforming     man.      Thus    all     true 
Christians  were  pereecuted.     When  the  Kel>ell- 
ion  broke  out  we  had  to   appear  before   magis- 
trates and  governors,  and  make  our  principles 
known.    Thus  ended  the  12!*0  days  of  proph- 
ecy.    Since  that  time  we  need  not  hold  private 
council  when  persons  apply  for  membership. — 
The  Gospel  peace  principle  is  accepted  by  many 
and  is  growing  stronger,  while  on    the   other 
hand.  Satan's  work  of  hatred  is  smouldering 
invisibly  like  fire  in  the  ashes. 

Xow  friends,  I  have  given  you  some  cause 
and  rea.son  why  we  have  not  been  as  energetic 
in  carrying  the  Gospel  as  we  believe  it,  to 
other  nations  and  countries.  You  have  done 
nobly  in  carrying  the  Bible  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth.  If  your  missioDaries  only  bad  backed 
it  up  fully.    Saying  one  thing  and  doing  anoth- 


er hath  cau-ed  thi>usands  to  become  skeptics. — 
Well  might  the  Lortl  hare  smd  "What««-ver 
they  tell  you  to  do,  do  it,  but  after  their  workn 
shall  ye  not  do." 

Our  apology  I  think,  ia  reasonable,  for  the 
door  was  closed  in  most  governmenlj*;  is  closed 
yet;  witness  the  Mennonites  in  Kussia.  But 
Brethren,  my  apology  is  at  an  end.  The  Lord 
saith,  "  Behold  I  have  set  before  thee  an  opeu 
door,  and  no  man  can  shut  it."     Rev,  3:  8. 

Never  since  the  opening  of  the  Christian  era, 
was  there  such  a  time,  not  only  privilege, 
but  call  for  the  pure  Gospel.  The  fulfillment 
of  the  9th  verse,  was  never  more  clear.  The 
promise  for  keeping  the  word  of  my  patience 
is  great,  and  should  encourage  every  brother 
and  sister,  and  give  them  new  zeal  and  energy, 
to  throw  off  the  shackUs  that  bind  us  to  the 
earth.  Behold  I  come  quickly!  What  kind 
of  a  people  ought  we  to  be  when  He  comes? — 
Ought  we  not  to  have  worked  while  it  is  called 
to-day?  Ought  we  not  hasten  to  carry  the 
glad  tidings,  by  lightening  speed  to  every  nook 
and  corner,  since  the  door  is  opened  by  the 
Lord:-'  Shall  we  not  call  conventions  from  one 
end  to  the  other  of  our  free  country,  to  con- 
sider the  best  ways  and  means  by  which  the 
most  and  best  work  cau  be  done?  where  we 
could  put  our  st'rength  and  our  means,  that  God 
has  bestowed  to  us,  to  the  best  use  and  largest 
profit.  And  ye  old  veterans  of  the  cross,  don't 
dream  of  the  chureli  going  to  "sticks,"  as  some 
have  said.  He  lias  said  He  would  keep  her  from 
the  hour  of  temptation,  that  is  to  come  upou 
all  the  world.  Fray  with  me  for  the  young 
ones  around  us  on  every  hand,  whom  God  has 
given  an  outfit  of  spiritual  strength  for  the 
great  work  before  them.  And  you  young  Da- 
vid be  strong  in  the  Lord,  fear  not  Him  that 
defies  the  armies  of  the  Lord.  The  pebbles  Thou 
host  chosen  from  the  brooks,  are  very  bright; 
they  shine  throughout  the  camp  of  Israel. 

Every  throw  makes  a  mark,  only  keep  on 
low  ground,  keep  in  the  valley  till  the  battle  is 
over,  the  victory  gained.  Thou  shalt  be  led  in 
triumph  to  the  City  of  our  God.  Now  a  word 
to  you  dear  editors;  your  editorials  are  appreci- 
ated, and  the  less  advertising,  the  more  approv- 
al. I  agree  fully  with  you  Bro.  M.,  about  the 
A.  M.  God  knew  why  He  wanted  the  children 
of  Israel  to  come  together  statedly  at  Jerusa^ 
lem.  Fifty  years'  observation,  and  studying 
the  character  of  our  Brethren,  has  made  me  con- 
sider the  A.  M.  as  one  of  the  best  means  to 
bind  the  merabei-s  into  one  body  and  keep  them 
in  one.  Many  a  Summer  kitchen  has  been  got^ 
ten  up  outside  of  the  house.  But  none  remains  I 
through  stormy  weatlier.  The  builders  failed  | 
of  their  object.  According  to  my  interpreta- 
tion of  the  church's  work  now,  nothing  is  cal- 
culated to  be  ol  greater  benefit  to  the  church, 
than  the  holding  of  the  A.  M.  Th<maands  get 
to  hear  of  a  doctrine,  which  is  nowhere  preach- 
ed but  right  with  us.  I  proposed,  and  it  was 
accepted  and  carried  out  to  a  degree  at  last  A 
M.,  to  preach  all  around  the  meeting  place.  I 
was  in  company  lately  with  one  of  the  Stiind- 
iug  Committee,  who  is  fully  with  us  to  con- 
tinue the  liberty  to  all  and  give  the  thousands 
a  chance  to  hear  the  pure  Gospel,  while  those 
more  interested  to  participate  in  the  dis^cussion, 
cau  do  so.  Never  give  that  which  belongs  to 
all  into  tlie  hands  of  a  few,  and  if  tliey  were 
pure  as  angels  at  first,  the  devil  knows  how  to 
defile  them.  But  few  men  can  stand  prosper- 
ity witliout  becoming  iufiated  and  corrupted 
Ithoniingdnh;  Mirhiymi,  Ort.  '2H, 


into  the  yawning  gulf  l>eneath;  but  step  after 
step  men  and  wumeu  go  on  with  their  little 
sins,  or  what  they  call  sniatl  sins,  uutil  these 
rocks  become  fearful.  They  begin  to  examine 
the  course  in  which  they  are  traveling,  and 
find  that  their  sins,  though  small  at  first,  have 
like  a  mountain  rose  behind  them,  and 
they  are  fast  on  the  descent.  They  begin  to 
realize  their  fearful  condition;  they  try  to  re- 
trace, but  find  it  a  diflicult  retreat.  They  be- 
gin to  look  around  for  helj),  they  call  upon 
their  nearest  friend  to  assist  them,  they  close 
their  hand  and  say,  we  can  not  do  anything, 
but  trust  in  Jesus,  then  fold  their  hands  and 
sit  down  to  close  the  eyes  to  all  duties  and  lull 
themselves  to  sleep  on  the  top  of  faith  alone. — 
They  forget  that  Jesus  had  said  to  awake  from 
sleep  and  arise,  that  he  may  give  them  light; 
that  they  may  see  the  danger  before  them;  hence 
they  glide  along  the  tide  of  time,  till  at  last 
the  brittle  thread  of  life  is  severed  and  they  are 
carried  to  their  silent  place  of  rest,  to  await  the 
morning  of  the  resurrection,  when  they  will 
only.  like  the  rich  man,  wake  to  behold  the 
active  saint  in  Abraham's  bosom,  with  the  un- 
fathomable gulf  fixed  between.  Then  dear 
friends  and  kind  reader,  may  I  not  give  you 
warning?  Will  you  not  hear  the  voice  of  the 
watchman?  Though  I  am  but  a  painted  stick 
floating  upon  the  waters,  I  tell  you  of  the 
rocks  that  lie  hidden  beneath  the  waves,  and  if 
you  would  enjoy  that  heavenly  bliss  beyond  the 
skies,  you  must  cease  those  little  sins  till  you 
have  overcome  all.  and  follow  Jesus  through 
life.  By  denying  yourself,  which  is  the  great- 
est cross  of  the  sinner,  you  must  enter  into  a 
covenant  with  Christ  in  baptism,  and  arise  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life,  which  you  can  only 
do  by  asking  Him  for  instructions.  He  will 
guide  you  to  His  Gospel,  the  New  Testament, 
and  when  you  have  learned  one  command, 
and  do  it,  as  the  child  wilt  do  his  sum  on  the 
slate,  that  will  prepare  the  way  for  another  les- 
son. Go  aud  do  likewise  and  you  will  soon  be- 
come a  diligent  learner  or  a  disciple  in  Christ. 
aud  thus  you  can  "grow  in  grace  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ." 
You  should  be  very  careful  that  you  don't  get 
half  a  point  off  the  course,  as  that  will  lead 
you  among  the  rocks. 

H.  W.  Stbickleb. 
Jjoraine,  III. 


Found   Dead  in  a  Well. 


Half  a  Point  off  the  Course. 

GENTLEMAN  once  stood  near  the 
helm  of  the  ship  while  crossing  the 
English  channel.  It  was  a  calm  and  pleasant 
evening,  and  none  dreamed  of  danger,  but  a 
sudden  flapping  of  the  sail,  caught  the  ear  of 
the  oflScer  and  watch,  and  he  sprang  at  once  to 
the  wheel,  examining  closely  the  compass,  "you 
are  half  a  point  oft'  the  course",  he  said  to  the 
man  at  the  wheel,  the  deviation  was  corrected 
and  the  oflicer  returned  to  his  post,  "  You  must 
steer  very  accurately;"  said  the  looker  on, 
"  when  only  half  a  point  is  ao  much  thought 
of,  as  half  a  point  might  in  many  places, 
bring  us  on  the  rocks,"  he  said. 

While  reading  the  above,  I  was  strongly  im- 
pressed with  these  thoughts.  Ah!  so  it  is  in 
life;  half  a  point  from  strict  truthfulness 
strands  us  upon  the  rocks  of  falsehood;  half  a 
point  from  perfect  honesty,  and  we  are  steer- 
ing straight  for  the  rocks  of  crime;  and  so  witli 
all  kindred  vices.  The  rocks  may  well  be  term- 
ed the  slippery  rocks  of  death,  which  are  be- 
slimed  with  all  manner  of  sin,  beneath  which  re 
the  gulf  of  destruction.  The  descent  upon 
them  Is  very  gradual,  aud  often  times  barely 
perceptible  ut  the  beginning.      No   one  would 


ON  last  Monday  the  7th  ult.,  David  Landis 
aud  his  wife,  living  about  four  miles 
South-east  of  this  place,  were  out  digging 
potatoes.  They  had  left  their  children  play- 
ing about  the  house.  They  had  not  been  gone 
a  great  while,  until  one  of  the  little  girls  came 
and  informed  thera  that  little  Erva,  aged  two 
years,  one  month  and  eight  days,  was  missing, 
and  could  not  be  found.  So  the  father  went 
in  search  of  the  little  boy,  but  not  finding  him 
returned,  when  the  mother  went  to  look  after 
him.  In  the  yard  between  the  house  and  barn 
stood  an  old  well,  used  only  for  watering  stock, 
surrounded  by  a  rail  pen,  and  the  mother  in 
passing  there  saw  it  uncovered,  looked  in. — 
Who  can  imagine  her  griefs  as  she  beheld  her 
darling  child  floating  on  top  of  the  water;  her 
cries  soon  brought  the  father  and  neighbors, — 
They  took  him  out  and  carried  liim  to  the 
house,  where  every  effort  was  made  to  save  his 
life,  but  without  effect;  his  little  spirit  had  tak- 
en its  flight.  That  the  father  and  mother  have 
the  entire  sympathy  of  the  whole  neighborhood 
was  shown  by  the  tears  that  were  shed,  as  they 
viewed  the  remains  of  little  Erva.  Erva  was  a 
bright  little  boy,  and  cannot  help  but  be  great- 
ly missed  by  the  stricken  family. 

Brirtf/liurst,  Iml. 

I  The  above  was  sent  us  for  publication,  by  a 
brother  who  clipped  it  from  some  paper,  the 
name  of  which  he  forgot  to  mention. — Ens.  ] 


GLE-A.]Sri]SrGS. 


From  Turkey  Creek,  Neb.— Our  Commun- 
ion meeting  was  held  September  27th  and  28th, 
We  had  a  very  good  meeting,  pretty  good  order 
among  the  spectatoi-s  during  the  meeting,  con- 
sidering they  were  much  crowded.  It  was  the 
largest  meeting  ever  held  at  this  place.  I 
often  think  how  good  we  feel  at  the  feasts  here, 
but  if  we  only  can  be  able  to  meet  around  the 
Lord's  table  at  that  good  feast,  when  Christ  will 
gird  himself  and  serve  us.  Oh  how  happy  we 
will  he  then!  There  will  be  no  parting.— 
Brethren  present  at  our  feast  elder  J.  J.  Lichty. 
from  Brown  Co.,  Kan.,  C,  Forney,  J.  Jolinston. 
from  Falls  City,  Neb.,  I.  Dell,  from  Beatrice, 
Neb.,  Bro.  Buechley,  from  Waterloo,  Iowa  and 
Bro.  Goshorn.  of  Ind.  May  the  Lord  bless 
them  for  their  labors  of  love,  while  among   us. 


think  for  a  moment   of  taking  one  full    stride  !  The  church  thought  it   beat  to   appoint  more 


deacons.  The  choice  was  held  on  Saturdoy 
afternoon;  the  lot  fell  on  J.  Bonewitz,  H.Bron- 
hard  and  A.  Forney.  Brother  William  Pollen 
and  J.  Shuss.  were  advanced  to  the  i^econd  de- 
gree of  the  m  i  nistry.  May  the  good  Lord  bless 
them  in  their  labors,  and  all  His  children,  that 
we  will  receive  the  crown  of  life  that  is  laid  up 
for  all  the  righteous.  The  ark  of  Mie  Lord  is 
still  moving  along.  We  now  have  three  speak- 
ers, five  deacons  and  in  all  we  number  forty- 
foyj.^  EUZABETH  SUITB. 

Pawnee  City,  Neb. 

From  S.  T.  Bosserman.— LetGod  be  prais- 
ed, one  more  added  to  the  fold  at  Eagle  Creek 
church  by  baptism.  May  the  good  work  go  on. 
This  makes  nineteen  by  baptism  and  tbr-r  l.^ 
letter,  during  the  present  year. 

Dunkirk,  Hnnliii  Co.,  Ohio. 

NotUe  to  Ashlaurt  College  Subscribers.— 

You  are  respectively  informed  that  the 
second  installment  of  all  subscriptions  to 
Ashland  College  given  prior  to  May  1st,  1878, 
will  be  due  Nov.  1st,  187S.  Will  you  please 
pay  amount  at  once  to  local  agents,  as  the 
money  is  needed  to  further  the  construction  of 
the  building.  The  carpenters  are  at  this  time 
(Oct.  28th),  putting  on  the  roof,  and  every- 
thing is  progressing  finely. 

E.  C.  Packer,  Solicitor. 

From  Jacob  Rife.— Will  aay  that  Bro.  S. 
H.  Bashor  is  holding  a  meeting  in  the  Four 
Mile  congregation.  Union  Co,,  lud.  The  meet- 
ing is  very  interesting;  the  house  is  crowded, 
and  eleven  have  been  received  by  baptism,  and 
future  prospects  encouraging.  Hope  the  Lord 
may  bless  him  and  his  labors. 

Nov.li!h,lS7S. 

To  Tliose  Conteriieil. — This  is  to  kindly 
inform  all  who  are  concerned,  S.  A.  Walker,  of 
the  Seneca  church,  John  P.  Ebersole  of  the 
Home  church  and  S.  T.  Bosserman,  of  the 
Eagle  Creek  church,  all  of  Ohio,  are  local 
agents  in  their  respective  congregations,  to 
whom  all  subscriptions  for  .Ashland  College 
may  be  paid.  E.  C.  Packer. 

From  Eiarht  Mile  Churcli,  Kan.— We  are 
slowly  moving  on  in  Zion's  cause.  Seven  were 
added  to  the  fold  this  month.  That  God's 
blessings  may  rest  upon  them  and  enable  them 
to  hold  out  faithful  to  the  end  of  their  journey 
of  life,  is  my  prayer.  J.  S.  Reim. 


DIED. 


Obituaries  ahould  be  brief,  written  on  hul  one  aide  of  the 
paper,  aud  sopnraie  from  all  utLer  business. 


BURK.— In  Poplar  Ridge  district,  0.,  Viola, 
daughter  of  Bro.  Peter  aud  sister  Burk,  aged 
6  months  and  11  days.  Services  by  Simon 
Long. 

LANDIS— In  the  Bachelor's  Run  church, Ind. 
Oct.  7th.  1878,  Erva  Landis.  son  of  Bro.  Da- 
vid and  sister  Elizabeth  Landis,  aged  2  years, 
1  month  aud  S  days. 

FLORA.— In  the  same  church,  Oct.  17th.  1878, 
sister  Catherine  Flora,  wife  of  elder  J.  Flora, 
aged  60  years,  6  months  aud  f  days. 

Henry  Landis, 
WONDERLICK.— Near    Richland,     Keokuk 
Co.,  Iowa,  Nov.  2nd,  1878,  sister  Marj%  wife 
of  Eld.  Charles  Wonderlick,  aged  60  years, !' 
months  and  19  days. 

She  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  church 
for  about  forty-three  yeai-s.  She  leaves  a  hus- 
band and  four  children  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a 
kind  companion  and  an  afl'ectionate  mother 
and  the  church  has  lost  a  mother  in  Israel  — 
We  believe  she  died  in  the  full  triumph  of  im- 
mortal glory.  Hence  the  loss  to  those  to  whom 
she  was  near  and  dear,  is  her  eternal  gain. — 
Funeral  discourse  from  Rev.  14:  13,  by  brother 
Solomon  Stamj',  from  Linn  Co.,  to  a  large  and 
sympathizing  congregation. 

Samiel  Flory. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  passenger  train  going  east  ioaven  Lanark  at  1^:00 
P.  M..  and  arriTcs  in  lUcinentiH^  P.  M. 

Day  passenger  trniu  going  wcat  letiTCe  Lanark  at  2:03  P. 
M..  and  arriyes  al  Kock  Island  ■■.  £i;5o  V.  M, 

Night  passenger  trains,  going  east  unit  nitti,  meet  and 
leave  Lanark  m  2:18  A.  M  .  arnvins  in  haome  at  9;0(} 
A.    M.,    aud   at    Hook  Island  at  6:00  A.  M. 

Freight  ami  Accommodaliou  Trains  will  nm  west  at 
12:  10  A  M„  «:10  A.  M  ,  and  cast  at  12:  10  A-  M. 
and  6:  15  r.  M. 

Tirke's  nre  sj.d    for   ab-'Te    Iraino   only      Passengor 

trains  make  ohae  connection  at  McHiern  I'liiiin  .hmciiou. 
0.  A.  Smith,  Ag«at 


issenirers    fur  t'luejiKn  s 


Ij.-r. 

LMJiU.  Mil 


M  ; 


1  tollll-  \\r 


1  \^AM-  l.:ill,ll-kHl 
I    iiion       I 'tiuu: 

lM.l'.,ull,,,s„„,::,.,  n.uii.and 
tliUH  reiirli  ^llJ<■;l^'^  ;il  T:-|,-,  t  111' .s.iiiM'  rv  .niiit,'.  To 
reueh  Laimrk  fmiii  Cliii-iii."';  l.'"  to  Kt,  ■\\';i\ue  de- 
pot. Uke  llii'  CliiriiiiM.  Mjl\s.iiike.-  aii'l  M.  Pau' 
train  allhe  in  tlieeiriiijij;-.  run  Xortli  In  IlieW. 
Injunction,  cliange  ears  fm-  l.aiiiuk.  mid  arri\e 
here  ut  2:21  in  the  uiominK- 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 


"Befwld  I  Bring  You  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy,  which  ShaU  be  wrUo  AU  I'eople.'' —  Lvs.r.  2:  10. 


Vol.  111. 


Lanark,  III.,  November  21, 1878. 


No.  47. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTHIBOTORS; 


B.  H.  MILLBB,       - 
J.  W.  STEIN,      -     • 
D,  VANIMAS, 
D.  u.  MENTZER, 
B  MTIK  A-  LEAIi, 


-  -       LADOGA,  rSD. 

-  -       NEWTO.S'U,  MO. 

-  -      -  VIKDEN,  ILL. 

-  -WAYNtlSllOHO,  l*A. 

-  -      URilANA,    ILL. 


SING  OF  JESUS. 

BY  J.  W.  SOL'TKWOOn. 

Sing  of  .Tesus,  sing  of  Jesus, 
liovf  1I(!  came  to  earth  to  die. 

To  redeem  this  fuUeu  iifople. 
And  to  bring  salvation  nigli. 

Sinjf  (if  .leans,  sing  of  .Tesus, 
Hmv  He  dtfd  for  yon  and  roe, 

IIoM  he  ciimt-  and  bled  and  snlTered, 
And  from  sin  did  set  us  free. 

.  Sing  of  Jeaus,  sing  of  Jesus, 
Viidorstanding  wliat  we  sing; 
And  with  spirit  always  trying. 
To  obey  om-  heavenly  King. 

Sing  of  Jesus,  suig  of  Jesus, 
Oh  His  love  and  giaee  so  free. 

That  to  all  it  now  ia  given. 
Who  will  hear  and  humble  be. 

Sing  of  Jesus,  sing  of  Jesus. 

Of  His  glorious  Gospel  given. 
How  on  earth  it  here  doth  cheer  us, 

And  will  cheer  ua  up  in  heaven. 

.sing  of  .Tesus,  sing  of  -lesus, 
Even  till  \v«-'ie  ealh-d  to  tin: 

TJieu  we'll  sinw  of  Ilim  in -lory. 
When  we  reiu'ii  Willi  Him  ou  hi-jh. 


ALPHA  AND  OMEGA. 


BY  C.  H.  BALSUAL'GH. 


Fmid- 


7'.  Bmthvr  J.  F.  Oiler,  of  W.nj„>-sh'}r 

tin  Co.,P<i.:— 
M  REAT  souls  are  fashioned  only  under  the 
VT  -iovereignty  of  tlie  Holy  Ghost.  lutellect 
may  be  expanded  and  enriched  apart  from  and 
m  defiance  of  God,  but  that  which  is  deepest 
a  k1  hioliest,  and  best  in  man  can  be  reached 
and  perfected  only  by  the  iubeing  of  the  Un- 
created. To  have  our  in'// developed  and  raised 
to  the  highest  tension  of  power  and  activity 
irilhoitt  a  sejisp  of  ivilt,  is  a  wurU  which  taxed 
the  utmost  possibilities  of  Uoilheai,  and  whiuh 
alone  constitutes  the/fV/oJCs/cy^  of  redemption. 
Fellowship  means  community  of  mftiire.  To 
he/"W?o(r  with  (iod  is  tohave  His  very  life  as 
tlie  Alpha  and  Omega  of  our  own.  Tn  relation 
to  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  is  called  "  the  Man 
that  is  my  Felhio.'[  Zech.  VM  7.  Amalgama- 
turn  with  Emmanuel  in  His  dual  constitution 
is  a  wedlock  iu  which  Spirit  and  spirit  blends. 
There  can  be  no  sublime  unfolding  of  soul 
where  there  is  no  all-dominating  incoming  of 
Deity.  God  is  content  with  a  mustard  seed, 
but  it  must  1)6  all  mustard.  A  stone  easily 
swells  into  a  mountain,  and  two  fishes  and  five 
barley  cakes  into  a  feast  for  thousands,  under 
nninifie  Word  that  rolls  worlds  into  space  by 
the  mere  expression  of  a  thought.  Daniel  2: 
3-1,  35;  .John  6:  9-13.  To  be  "strong  when  we 
iire  weak."  and  to  move  in  the  double  cou- 
Miuusness  of  self-nothingness  and  Divine  full- 
ness, 13  the  grand  triumph  of  God  in  Christ  in 
which  He  has  u  uompensating  satisfaction  for 
all  the  cost  and  agonies  and  horrors  that  were 
crowded  between  His  descent  into  the  Virgin 
iind  His  ascent  from  Olivet.  We  can  ouiy  ftiiit- 
ly  gauge  the  "grief"  experienced  by  "the  Holy 
Spirit  of  God"  when  we  follow  our  o^''"  '"t^''- 
iiations  instead  of  His  prompting. 

Cursed  13  the  man  who  writete  tor  bis  own 
praise.  Christ  is  not  his  Alpha  and  Omega.  Dit- 
to as  to  preaching.  Uigid  introspection  will 
I'tfrliaps  uncover  the  awful  vision  of  Exekiel  S: 


•j-l".     1  believe  that  one  of  the  deepest  sorrows 
of  Jesus  was  the  fact  that  His  fidelity  to   right- 
eousnesa  would  be  the  occasion  of  deeper  damn- 
ation to  thousands.     He  could  not  compromise. 
'/  ttm  the  truth"  is  His  whole  autobiography  in 
four  syllables.     "  I  seek  not  mine  own  will,  but 
the  will  of  the  Father  that  sent  me."     In  this 
single  line  lies  the  essence  and  history  of  sin,  aud 
the  whole  philosophy  of  salvation.     As  I  irill: 
This  is  the  Key  that  unlocked  Hell.     "Not  as  I 
will."    This  unbarred   the    Doors     of    Pearl. 
Here  is  the  equator  between   the   Eternities  of 
bliss  and  woe.     It  is  the  straight  line  that  runs 
through  the  soul's  centre.    Woe  unto  tlie   Ba- 
laamitc-s.     Jude  11.     "Cursed  children,"  whose 
"Iwitrls  are  exercised   with  covetous  prm-ticcs." 
2l'eter2:14.     Cursed  are  they    who  write  or 
preixch  for  money.     To  receive  our  hire  is  a  Di- 
vini'  ordination.  Matt.  10:  10;  1  Cor.  0:  li.  But 
to  balance  our  duty  by  greenbacks,   and  select 
our  post  in  consideration  of  graded  salary,  sets 
the  devil  at  the  helm.     Self  as  an  idol   is  low, 
but  money  is  still  lower.     Its  sway  of  the  affec- 
tions is  the  root  of  all  evil.     How  inclined   is 
human  nature  to  lose  the  e^^scntial  in  the  inci- 
dental.    How  many  things  are  maintained  with 
all  the   vehemence   of  enthu^i^lsm,   which   are 
purely    the  outcropping   of  selHsline:^^.     What 
"strong  crying  and  tears"  itrequires  in  marrow- 
boring  trials  to  say  in  spirit  and  truth,  "not  us 
I  mil,  hut  rts  Thou  wilt."    Many  a  comfort    I 
might  have  purchased  for  my  suffering  body,ev- 
eii  iu  the  Brotherhood.had  I  consented  to  sell  my- 
self to  the  service  of  tradition  and  fashion  and 
creed- worship.      Give   me  bread     and    water, 
"sheep-skins  and   goat-skins,"   a  hovel   for  a 
home,  and  "  a  stone  for   a  pillar,"   rather  than 
barter  my  birthright  for  "a  mess   of  pottage." 
The  Alpha  and  Omega  is  so  complete  in    all 
the  constituents  of  solid   character,   that   grief 
is  no  diminution  of  felicity.     It  is  our  partici- 
pation of  this  completeness  that  makes  our 
Heaven,  here  and   hereafter.     Col.  2:10.      As 
soon  as  we  deviate  the  fraction  of  an  iota  from 
the  sense  of    right,  or  suiier  ourselves   to  be 
swayed  by  self-interest,  or  cabalistic   ends,  we 
lose  our  singleness  of  eye,   and  turn    the  light 
that  is  in  us  into  darkness.     If  we    are  ever 
ready  to  "become  fools  for   Christ's  sake,"  the 
"truth  of  the  Gospel   will  continue   with   us." 
Gal.  2:  5.     Otherwise  "God  will  send    us  strong 
delusions,  that  we  should  REi.revE  a  //e."    2 
Thess.  2: 11.     We  cannot    be   too  vigilant   to 
preserve  the  integrity   of  faith.     A   grain   of 
sand  will  blind  the  eye,  and  an  atom  of  air  will 
mar  the  finest  crystal.     One  dellection,  to  save 
self  at  the  expense  of  an    unsullied    conscience, 
will  turn  all  the   batteries   of  Sinai  against  us. 
James  2:  111.     "Whatsoever  is   not   of  faith  is 
sin."     Doubt  and  damnation   are  twins.    Rom. 
li:  23.     This  devilism  creeps  iu  and  creeps  out 
in  a  thousand  shapes.     Unless  we   are  immov- 
ably established  in  this  ground-truth,  that  God 
in  the  flesh  is  our  Alpha  and  Omega,  and   that 
no  deai-est  consideration  shall  turn  us  from  the 
most    painful   sacrifice  of  the  Cross,  before    we 
are  aware  our  fairest  jewels  will   be  turned  in- 
to a  calf.     There  is  nothing   that  keeps  us  in 
the  realization  of  John  1:  51,  and  of  3  Cor.  3; 
IS,  but  unswerving  fealty  to  "//ic  truth   as  it  is 
IN  Jksis."     '^  In  Him  was  not  yea  and  naif,  bi't 
YEA  AND  AMEN."     We  luust  not   suppose   that 
the  Eternal  Love  is  a  soft,  muBhroom  principle 
that  takes  the  iinpre*aion   of  every    thing  it 
comes  in  contact  with.     Its  nature  ami  purpose 
is  to  yiif  impressions.    There  is  "lightning  and 
thunder"  in  God,  and  yet  He  is  Love.  Not  only 
does  "a  pure  River  of  Water  of  Life,   clear  as 
crystal"  How  out    of  the   Trinity-Throne,   but 
ulso  a  stream  of   Righteousness   glowing  and 
hissing  and  surging  with    fire  and    brimstone. 
Rev.  4:  5.    Lambliood  and  Lionhood  make  up 
the  perfection  of  Jesus.    He  never  confounds 
the  bleat  and  the  roar.    In  these  blended  yet 
distinct  opposites  He  is  not  only /«»■  but  in  Ilia 
saints.     He  never  sinks  the  Lion  in    the  Lamb, 
njr  vice  versa.      The   two    make   an    eternally 


righteous  love — the  possibility  of  salvation   by 
the  Cross. 

To  reveal  "  the  Idugdom  of  God  and  His 
righteousnoas"  waa  the    whole  of  Chrisfa  mia- 
sion.     Its  ustablishment  in  us  and  exhibition  hi/ 
us  is  the  joint  work   of  "  the  Spirit  and  the 
Bride,"     On  the  pivot  of  Rigbteousnesa  re-itu 
God's  Throne.     All   moral  being  in   Heaven, 
earth,  and  hell,  swings  round  this  centre.     God 
is  in  it  as  both  Law  and  Sacrifice:  so  must  we 
be  if  Heaven  is  to  be  ours.     The   possibility  of 
God  being    Emmanuel   lies   here.      Heb.  1:9. 
Hell  is  the  retributive  action  of  "  the  Law  of  the 
Spirit  of  Life."     Love  takes  its  predetermined 
course.     A  straioht  likk  is  itseterual  .-nymbol. 
This  is  the  Fountain  of  our  individual  and  cor* 
porate  bliss  and  power.  Let  this  crowning  truth 
be  our  inmost  study  and  jewel  night  and  day. 
It  may  not  be  forgotten  a  moment  without  loss. 
"Looking   unto  Jesus:"    uot  only  once  in  a 
while,  but  such  looking  as  means  living.    At 
this  door  God   always  stands  waiting  for  souls. 
Here  no  one  ever  knocked  mthout  admission. 
This  requires  an  honest  appropriation  of  I*s.  24: 
4.     As  soon  as  tradition,  and  ancestral  customs, 
and  ecclesiastical  legislation  become  our  ruling 
statutes,  we  miss  the  great  principle  in   which 
God  Himself  is  strong  and  good  and  glorious, 
and  out  of  which  He   would  be  an  everlasting 
Imbecile.     God  has  no  three  wills  although  He 
is  Tri-personal,     There  are  diflerences  of  admin- 
istrations, diversities  of  gifts  and  operations,  but 
one  Lord  and  one  Spirit.  1  Cor.  12:  4,  .5,  6.  God 
can  be  Three  in  One  because   with   Him  Love 
and  Righteousness  are  synonyms.     To  acertain 
extent  He  accommodates  HiI^3elf  to  our  igno- 
nmce,  but  not  to  our  perverseness  and  pharisiv- 
ism  and  self-conceived  regulations.     Expedients 
and  makeshifts,  circumstances  may   demand; 
but  they   are    no  gospels.     They   may    not   Iw 
"earnestly   contended  for "  as  if  they  were  the 
very  "faith  which  was  once   delivered  unto  the 
saints."     The  "  Word   made  flesh  "   is  so  com- 
prehensive and  all-sufficient  that   it  nee<l9  no 
supplement.     When    we  fail  to  couipuss  its 
meaning  we  do  the  best  we  can   under  pressing 
exigencies;  but   we  should  not  bar   its  further 
opening  at  such  points  by  making  our  guesses 
its  equivalent.    This  has  done  us  incalculable 
injury,  and  will  do  us  more  unless  past  experi- 
ence has  given  us  the  requisite  wisdom.    Christ 
is  Alpha  and  Umega.     This  great  truth   must 
prevail  if  the  Brotherhood  is  to  evangelixe  the 
world.     We    want  nothing    but  the  Logos  to 
cany  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.     We  want  noth- 
ing else  to  carry  in  our  hearts,  and  manifest  in 
our  lives.    We  want  no  missionaries  who  are  no 
true  representatives  of  Jesus.     A    man   who  is 
scented  with  cologne,  pomade,  tobacco,  and  al- 
coholic stimulants,  and  who  is  afraid  of  "  tent- 
making  "  lest  his  lily-hands  be  smirched,  is  too 
far  out  of  sympathy   with  the   Cross  to  be  its 
herald.      Mammon- worshippers,  position-seek- 
ers, dogmatic  speculators,  those  whose  heads  are 
Bible  Dictionaries,  and  whose  lives  are  Chester- 
fields expositors — all  who  are   not   willing  tn 
"  crucify  the  flesh  with  the  affections  and  lusts," 
had  better  stay  at  home  and  trim  their  wicks, 
and  buy  oil  with  currency    coined  out  of  their 
own  blood.     It  is  abhorrent  to  God,  disgustin. 
to  angels,  and  laughable  to  devils,  that  Christen- 
dom swarms  with  so-called  ministers  of  Jesus 
who  are  a  perfect  mockery  of  humility  and  ho- 
liness.   The  world  cannot  be  charmed  to  the 
Cross  by  white-washed  mummies.     The  nations 
must  hear  us  chant  Habakkuk  3: 17, 16,  W,  and 
Romans  S:  35-39,  beiore  they  Will  be  "  persuad- 
ed that  God  is  iu  us  of  a  truth." 

Let  us  not  forget  the  "hind's  fret"  in  the 
above  piissage,  what  leaps  they  can  make,  and 
on  what  <ondition  they  become  oui-s.  There  is 
a  thrilling  sermon  for  us  in  those  wild  denizens 
of  the  rocks.  Between  here  and  the  poles,  and 
the  antipodes,  there  is  many  a  crag  to  climb, 
many  a  chasm  tosprjug.  What  mountains  and 
gulfs  in  our  own  nature.  He  that  has  traveled 
\  to  Calvary    has  seen  all   the  world  in  its   ruin, 


and  is  ready  for  the  "  oo  "  of  the  final  comnii*. 
sion.     Emmanuel  is  the  Omnipn^*nt  Han.  and 
in  Him  we  are  bonnd  to  the  rate.     ChrintiAn  is 
derivative  from  Christ,  both  etymologically  and 
characteristically.      ('MKISTIAN.      Word    of 
awful  meaning,  and  practically  meaning  so  lit- 
tle.   Christ  in  the  fnllnesn  of  God.  and  the  fulK 
neas  of  m^'ii.  and    His   Atonement  '\*  ourit  on 
condition   that  our  faith  and  love  take  iu  the 
ifhok  Christ.     We  are  a  blessing  to  the  world 
only  a:*  we  are  likt  Christ,  and  geographically 
to  the  extent  we  carry  His  likeneiw.    The  more 
sun-like  we  become,  the  more  potent  will  we  be 
to  scatter  the  surrounding  darkness.     "  Vr  abx 
THE  LIGHT  OF  TUE  woKLD.     Chrlat's  btiny  made 
His  iijjhr  effective.     So   with  us.     We  rau*t  be 
Christed  Ijcfore  we  can   accomplish  a  genuine 
Christian   mission.     Where  the  leaven  of  the 
Incarnation  is  unadulterated,  the  espwihiv^  prin- 
ciple will  operate  "  till  the  whole  is  learened." 
The  "  three  meiiaures  of  meal  "   are  applied  by 
Christ  to  the  ruer  through  the  indiridxial.    N« 
one  can  l)e  learned  by  the  Godman  without  con- 
formity to  His  Mind,  and  being  fire<l  with  Hif 
ardor  lor  the  salvation  of  sinners.     I  have  listea- 
ed  to  prayer*  "  for  all  men  "  in  glon-ing  phra*«- 
ology,  and  the  sounds  hud  scarcely  died  on  the 
air  till  the  same  tongue  and  lips  were  busy  in 
levity.      This  falsification   of    profession    and 
prayer  is  the  carrion  that  nauseates   the  world, 
and  over  which  the  bu/./ards  of  Hell  flap  their 
fire-dripping  wngs.     We  cannot  ride  the  leop- 
ard on  God's  errand,  tattooed  on  hiuidsaiid  fat» 
with  the  hieroglyphs  of  the  flesh.     Let  us  ^tady 
God's  iltrtrmttT  afresh,  and  penetrate  to  the  v^tt 
heart  of  the  Atonement,   so  that   we  may  hat-- 
sin  tmd   love  the  sinner  as  does   God    Ilims^lt 
Then  will  we  be  saints  indeed,  and  miAsiouariee 
to  all  we  meet. 


HUMAN  b 
and  wh 


LEARNING. 

beings  come  into  the  world  a  blank, 
hatever  they  become  has  to  be  learn- 
ed. The  Lord  Jesus  said,  "Learn  of  me."  He 
does  not  say  in  the  same  connection  what  mea 
should  learn  of  Him.  but  by  adding.  "  For  I  am 
meek  and  lowly  in  heart"  He  implies  that  wlui  * 
is  to  be  learned  comes  by  such  a  humble  disptv 
sition,  and  also  that  it  is  of  a  character  that  thr 
meek  and  lowly  can  easily  obtain.  What  wUl 
come  to  man  ivhen  he  learns  from  the  Lord,  ia, 
thu.^  julded:  "And  ye  shall  find  rest  unto  yoor 
souls." 

In  saying,  "Learn  of  me,"  is  implied,  thji 
they  should  observe  Him.  and  consequently 
learn  from  His  example:  and  it  therefore  meaw 
the  same  as  when  He  said,  "  Follow  me."  Am 
He  must  work  in  man.  "both  to  will  and  todo,'" 
all  this  teaching  is  the  same  as  to  a.sk  the  peo> 
pie  to  putiu  practice  w]iat  He  gives  them.  Henee 
He  addresses  those  who  "labor  and  are  bturr 
laden,"  namely  those  « lilt  are  not  comfortable 
in  sinning:  and  by  saying  that  He  i^  mevk  and 
lowly  in  heart,  is  shown  that  such  is  the  statf 
that  persons  must  cine  into  iu  oi'der  to  learu 
of  Him.-.l^.  Joij  Itrndd. 

TEMPTED  BY  DEGREES 

JOHN  Newtiui  ^itvs  S.it;in  ^eldiuc  comi-s  W 
Christians  with  gre.it  temptations,  or  witk 
a  temptation  to  commit  a  great  sin.  Von  farioe 
a  green  log  and  a  candle  together,  and  they  an 
very  safe  neighbor*:  but  bring  a  tew  shavingt 
and  set  them  alight,  aud  then  bring  a  lew  suuA 
.sticks  aud  let  them  t,-ike  fire,  .md  the  lug  be  i* 
the  midst  of  them,  and  you  will  soon  get  rid  of 
your  log.  Aud  so  it  i^  with  little  sius.  To« 
will  be  startled  with  the  idea  of  iviumWbng  a 
great  sin.  and  so  the  devil  briugf  you  a  little 
temptation,  and  leaves  you  to  indulge  yoap 
self.  "There  is  no  harm  iu  this."  "no  gr«at 
peril  in  that;"  and  S"  by  these  littie  chiji*  »» 
are  first  easily  lighle-i  up.  and  at  la^t  thf  gre«a 
log  is  burned.  Watch  aud  pray,  that  ye  enter 
not  into  temptation. 


TMP:    KHETHRK^    A.T    ^VOliK. 


r^ovembrr    Q,X 


BREATHINGS  OF  THE  SOUL. 

JESUS,  tako  awn.T  my  sadnaw, 
IVII  tiiB  I  am  loved  l»,v  Thee; 
Fill  my  heart  with  holy  gladness. 
Wliisjier  now  sweet  words  to  me, 

"  Lord,  iiiy  frame  is  faint  uod  wearj'. 

Aiid  I  fwl  too  weak  to  pr«y ;" 
But  thine  arms  sre  still  around  me, 

And  Thou  art  my  only  «*»>'■ 

Help  me,  Lord,  to  bear  in  patience 
What  thy  love  xee*  good  for  rae; 

Sanctify  my  tribulation, 

I^t  it  bring  nw  nearer  Thee. 

"May  my  thoughts*  be  full  of  heaveu, 
I^M  of  earth  and  e.irthly  love;" 

Loving  Tlu-e,  Lord,  more  than  ever, 
Waiting  for  my  n-sl  above. 

"  Thou  art  all  my  consolation. 
Lord,  I  nink  myself  in  Thee: 

Thy  most  precious  blood  I  value. 
It  has  done  such  work  for  me." 

"  May  I  realize  with  sweetness 

All  the  promises  in  Thee: 
EntJT  more  into  the  fulnens 

Of  wliat  thou  raiist  be  to  me." 

"  Let  not  life  around  distress  me," 
Keep  mesare.  and  calm.  ai.d  still, 

Keep  me  resting— keep  me  trusting. 
Clinging  to  thy  holy  will. 

He  Thou  very  near  and  precious, 
"Make  rae  happier.  Lord,  in  Thee" 

Poon  I  sluill  awake  in  glory. 
Oh!  what  hnpiMnes*  for  me! 

I  ahall  80e  God's  face  forever, 
Know  no  longer  (^in  n')T  pain; 

I  shall  then  be  like  my  Savior, 
And  with  Him  shall  live  and  reign. 

Weep  not,  friends,  though  .sad  the  parting 
"Twill  be  but  a  little  while; 

Think  of  me  tis  safe  with  Jesu.s, 
Happy  in  His  luving  smile." 

THE  TRUE  ORDER  OF  THE 
CHURCH  OF  GOD. 

A  Little  Discussion    on  a  "big"    Subject. 

A  .M:itM(»N  DKl.IVKlEKli  IIV  S.  jr.   ILV.-ilHti;. 

WE  come  now  to  the  lal)or3  of  the 
apostles  and  evan((elists  of 
.TKscs  cieiust; 
mill  show  that  their  entire  aim  and  ef- 
fiut  was,  the  conversion  of  souls.  On 
till-  day  of  Pentecost  three  thonsand 
were  added  to  the  saved,  a  revival  that 
stands  without  a  parallel  in  modern 
times,  and  carries  with  it  the  ai)prol)a- 
tioii  of  Goil,  and  tin-  ilirect  fruits  of  the 
'Holy  Ghost.  Again  Philip  preached 
Olirist  in  the  city  of  Samaria.  He  did 
not  ])reach  one,  two,  oi'  three  discourses, 
and  discontinue  preaehincj,  hut  preached 
and  cnntinneil  \o  preach,  until  there  was 
"great joy  in  that  eity."  Acts  8:  s 
And  again,  Paul  preached  atThessalon- 
ica  until  a  great  multitude  believed. 
Acts  17:4.  Following  the  history  of 
apostolic  work,  we  find  in  Acts  l?i:  11, 
that  Paul  preached  in  one  place  a  year 
and  8ix  months.  Right  along  in  order 
comes  the  great  revival  at  Kphesus,  re- 
corde^l  in  Acts  10:  IH,  51,  and  many 
more  to  which  we  might  refer,  showing 
l)eyond  controversy,  that  the  apostles 
were  advocates  of  revivals  and  held  re- 
vivals, which  in  e.vt^^nt  will  never,  prolj- 
al)ly  have  a  parallel  in  modern  times, 
lint  the  revivals  they  held   were   all, 

GKNI  INK, 

and  were  followed  by  an  increase  and 
general  extension  of  vital  piety.  There 
was,  in  these  revivals  a  solemn  atten- 
tion to  religion.  Men  were  .aroused  by 
the  powerful  ajipealsofthe  greatpreach- 
ers,  to  a  sense  of  their  ruined  condition, 
and  ened  out,  "What  must  we  do?" 
Weri'  told  what  to  do,  did  it,  and  in  aft- 
er life  showed  themselves  men  of  faith, 
strength,  vigor  and  activity.  These  re- 
vivals were  manifestly  the  work  of  Hod ; 
the  Holy  Spirit  combined  with, 
(or  more  properly)  propelling  the 
luvjiching    of    the     (nwpi'l.      No    en  ■ 


eniy    of    revival    work   will    say,     that 
i)ecause  great  multitudes  were    convert- 
ed at  once  under  the  preaching    of    the 
apostles,  it  was  not  the  work  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit.     The  arijument  in  this,  is,  that 
these   conversions,     though     jiroduced, 
(some  of  them)    by   continued    effort, 
were  genuine,  and  had  in  them    all    the 
experiences    accompanying     individual 
cases.     If  we    opj)ose    continued   effort 
now  and  the  conversion    of  many    souls 
during  one  series  of  meetings,  upon  the 
supposition  that  it  is   the  work  of  man, 
we  are  brought  to  the   unavoidable    ad- 
miasion  that  the  a]>ostolic  revivals  were 
the  work  of  man  and    not    of  (iod,    for 
in  them  was  no  lack  of  combined  effoit 
and  numbers  added.     A  (jenidne  reviv- 
al now,  will  have  in  its  attending cireum 
stances,  like  results  as  it  did  among  them. 
No  one,  howeveropposed  to  revival  work, 
will  doubt  that  when  one   mau  is    con 
verted  at    a    time,    and    whose    genuine 
fruits  of  repentance,  that  it   is   not  the 
work  of  the   Lord,  and  makes  him  a 
"  new  creature."     This  being  true,  why 
then   deny  the  same  instrumentality  in 
the  simultaneous  renewal  of  the    hearts 
of  meinherK?    Scores  or  even  lumdreJN. 
Why  is  it,  when  ime  man   is   converted 
by  preaching,  we  all  rejoice,   but   when 
■svoft'S  are  aroused,  and  the  same   work 
effected   in   numbers  of  hearts   by    the 
same  preaching,  some  doubt  and  attrib- 
ute itto  a  less  divine  power?     Put,  that 
real  conversions  did  occur  during   these 
apostolic   revivals,   none   dare  dispute, 
and  that  some  of  the  most   intelligent, 
pious,   and  e.xemplary    Christians   that 
now  ndorn  the  church,   were   converted 
during  series  or  revival   meetings,   is  an 
established  fact. 

(ienuine  revivals  are  not  thei'efore  the 
work  of  man,  but  of  God.  This  argu- 
ment is  not  influenced  in  the  least  by 
the  admitied  fact,  that  m/hc  cases  of  sup- 
posed conversions  at  revivals,  are  after- 
wards proved  spurious,  by  the  conduct 
of  the  individuals.  It  only  shows  tliat 
like,  Simon  Magus,  they  were  either  de- 
ceived or  acted  the  hypocrite.  And  the 
records  of  churches  Idessed  by  genuine 
and  prtipei'ly  conducted  revivals,  show, 
that  there  are  no  more  "  backsliders" 
comparatively  from  among  those  who 
professed  then,  than  there  are  of  those 
brought  in  the  church  under  other  cir- 
cumstances. Some  who  join  at  the  reg- 
ular meetings,  fall  away,  and  the  ratio 
is  etiual  to  that  of  the  falling  away  of 
revival  converts,  if  the  revivdlis  genu- 
ine. I  am  not  an  advocate  of  ever//- 
thin<j  which  passes  under  the  name  of 
renvals;  I  am  not  the  friend  of  mere 
spurious  e.xcitements  in  religion.  Ed- 
vttement  is  not  religion.  Nor  does  it 
prove  that  we  are  religious,  because  we 
are  excited,  for  men  become  excited  in 
politics,  finance,  horse-racing,  and  most 
anything  in  which  they  may  take  an  ac- 
tive part 

That  an  undue  excitement  may  some- 
times exist  among  professed  Christians, 
and  are  called  revivals,  we  must  admit. 
And  that  in  a  live  work  of  grace,  ani- 
mal excitement  may  exist,  we  will  also 
admit.  Men  may  so  interfere  with  the 
work  of  tioil,  as  to  drive  away  the  true 
Spirit  of  (iod  and  turn  the  work  into 
wild  fanaticism.  But  this  does  not  prove 
that  ijenuine  revivals  are  the  work  of 
man ;  nor  does  it  form  a  legal  objection 
to  them.  Tares  will  grow  among  the 
wheat  whether  sowed  thick  or  thin;  and 
shall  we  refuse  to  sow  altogether,  and 
condemn  both  and  bind  them  in  the 
same  bundle  to  be  burned? 

David  favored  revivals  when  he  pray- 
ed, "  Wilt  thou  not  revive  us  again,  that 
thy  people  may  rejoice  in   thee?"     Psa. 


8"):  G.  Habakkuk  also  prayed,  "O  Lord 
revive  thy  work  in  theniidst  of  the  years, 
in  the  midst  of  tlu-  years  make  known; 
in  wrath  remember  mercy."  Hub.  3:  2. 
No  one  will  sav,  the  great  revivals  held 
by  the  apostles  on  I*euteco8t,  and  at 
Ephesus,  were  the  works  of  men.  Any 
man  now-a-days  who  contends  that  gen 
uine  revivals  are  the  work  of  men,  i; 
either  ignorant  of  their  true  nature,  oi 
an  inlidel,  too  prejudiced  to  see  the  truth 
AVe  do  not  want  to  be  understood  as 
saying,  that  God  works  without  ;//m»s-, 
anil  tlie  same  means  he  works  with  on 
other  occasions.  The  means  are  the 
same,  only  greater  results  from  a  more 
intense  application  of  the  name  means. 
By  pi-eaching,  prayer  and  labor,  we  do 
our  part,  and  God  gives  the  increase 
We  must  plant  and  water,  but  God  alont 
can  give  the  increase. 

Again,  if  genuine  revivals  are  the 
work  of  God,  it  follows  that  all  ojijws- 
cr.9  of  t'rue  revivals,  are  fighting  against 
God  himself  We  are  unavoidably 
brouirht  to  this  solemn  conclusion,  which 
we  suppose  should  make  every  opposer 
of  the  work  of  God  tremble.  Will  not 
the  blood  of  souls  be  required  at  the 
hands  of  such  men  ?  God  has  vindicat- 
ed in  a  most  glorious  manner  the  reviv- 
ings  of  his  work,  and  woe  be  to  that  man 
who  stanils  in  the  way  of  the  triumph- 
ant march  of  the  converting  power  of 
the  Almighty. 

(^7'o  he  vnnfinucd'). 

GRACE.  LOVE    AND  TRUTH. 


JUST  at  this  particular  time,  when 
looking  over  the  columns  of  the 
Bi;KTnRi:N  at  AVouk,  and  noticing  the 
announcements  of  so  long  a  number  of 
Love-feasts,  we  think  of  the  renewal  of 
our  covenant  with  Christ,  and  the  pledg- 
es of  fellowship  with  one  another,  as  the 
children  of  God. 

Brethren  and  sisters  in  the  one  glori- 
ous union  of  our  common  Brotherhood, 
when  once  more  the  candles  are  lighted 
to  search  for  the  leaven,  that  may  be  in 
our  houses,  causing  sonrness,  and  if  not 
removed,  will  dwarf  our  Christian  char- 
acter, and  retard  the  profession  of  the 
cause  we  have  espoused,  it  ^vould  seem 
esjjecially  appropriate  that  the  mind 
should  be  devoted  to  the  sulyect  of  ex- 
amination. In  doing  this,  we  naturally 
enquire  for  an  apostolic  precedent,  so 
that  our  reasonings  and  couclusions  are 
directed  and  sustained  by  divine  author- 
ity, and  not  by  sensuality  or  human  tra- 
dition, and  for  this  purpose  the  eleventh 
chapter  of  first  Corinthians  is  usually 
read  as  a  basis  of  examination,  and  if 
properly  understood  is  pre-eminently 
suited  for  the  occasion,  containing  as 
it  does,  the  elements  of  real  Christian 
union,  which  is  an  essential  constituent 
in  the  (lualification  for  a  Communion, 
These  elements  as  I  understand  them  ex- 
i.^t  in  the  following  pi-opositions;  First 
a  union  in  .sentiment;  Second  a  harmony 
in  practice;  Third  a  union  in  affec- 
tion. 

The  first  is  contained  in  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  chapter  in  ijuestion,  in  which 
is  set  forth,  clearly  and  forcibly,  the 
great  principle  underlying  the  whole 
Christian  system,  and  so  ardently  pray- 
ed for  by  the  Son  of  God  while  agoniz- 
ing in  the  garden  of  Getbsemane — while 
the  purple  blood  drops  were  falling  to 
the  ground  from  his  immaculate  body, 
that  his  children  might  be  one,  even 
as  he  and  the  Father  are  one.  For  this, 
the  apostle  praised  the  Corinthian  breth- 
ren; "that  they   remembered  him,  and 


kejit  the  ordinances  as  he  had  delivered 
them  unto  them."  For  this  purpose  the 
church  at  Corinth  was  assembled  to 
keep  the  ordinances;  so  far  they  were 
ric'ht.  There  was  no  controversy  on 
this  point.  AH  agreed  that  the  ordi- 
nances ought  to  be  kept;  and  they  in- 
tended to  keep  them,  that  is  to  observe 
them  literally.  Had  they  prni^ticed 
them  accordingly  in  the  proper  spirit 
and  with  suitable  affection,  there  would 
have  been  no  cause  for  complaint;  but 
this  was  not  the  case,  as  the  sequel  clear- 
ly shows.  In  this  very  essential  point 
they  were  fearfully  delinquent.  This 
point  carefully  considered,  is  a  sufKcient 
bar  against  the  doctrine  of  free  or  open 
C'ommunion.  So  long  as  there  is  such 
incongruity  in  sentiment  as  to  the  ob- 
ligation to  "keep  the  ordinances,"  there 
being  such  a  palpable  want  of  union, 
there  cannot  be  asacrameutal  Commun- 
ion. 

Under  the  second  proposition  is  con- 
tenqilated  not  only  a  union  in  practice 
in  the  observance  of  the  ordinances,  but 
also  non  conformity  to  the  ivorld,  in 
dress,  in  piu'suance  of  the  great  (irinci- 
ples  of  peace,  foregoing  nil  the  trifling 
amusements  of  whatever  kind,  keeping 
aloof  from  all  oath-bound  and  secret  or- 
ganizations or  all  modern,  Iiuman  insti- 
tutions, of  whatever  name  they  may  be 
called,  whether  they  claim  only  to  be 
moral,  social,  or  benevolent  in  their  in- 
tention, or  whether  they  propose  to  be 
an  auxiliary  to  the  church;  the  divine 
agency  needs  no  such  helps,  and  there- 
fore all  such  should  be  carefully  shun- 
ned as  being  nothing  more  than  an  in- 
siduous  device  of  the  arch  enemy  to  '11- 
vert,  allure  and  decoy  God's  children, 
step  by  step,  away  from  the  path  of  du- 
ty prescribed,  and  even  exemplified  b}- 
our  divine  Master,  the  great  Head  of  the 
church.  This  point  should  be  cjirefully 
guarded  in  order  to  have  union  with 
Christ  and  fellowship  with  his  true  dis- 
ciples, as  a  qualiiicatiou  for  a  holy  Com- 
munion. 

So  far  the  Corinthian  church,  and  so 
far  the  church  of  Christ  at  the  the  })res- 
ent  day  may,  in  the  main,  be  eligible  to 
the  Communion,  yet  we  fear  that  in  some 
istances,  there  may  be  a  departure  or 
an  inclination  to  dejmrt  from  "  the  sim- 
plicity which  is  in  Christ,"  But  in  the 
third  and  last  point  is  where  the  church 
at  Corinth  was  at  fault  as  indicated  in 
Paul's  lecture,  commencing  at  the  17th 
verse.  There  were  divisions  among  them, 
diWded  into  parties,  some  for  Paul,  some 
for  ApoUos,  and  some  for  Cephas,  fol- 
lowed up  by  envy  ings,  jealousies,  hatred, 
selfishness,  ambition  and  strife,  all  of 
which  disqualified  them  for  the  partici- 
pation of  the  holy  Communion,  and  sub- 
jected them  to  the  discipline  of  the 
church,  a  separation  from  the  church,  as 
indicated  by  the  expression,  "  There 
must  also  be  heresies  among  you;"  (a 
separation)  for  so  the  word  at  that  time 
signified.  These  Corinthians  exhibited 
theii-  deformity  in  thus  selfishly  dividing 
themselves  into  parties  and  eating  their 
own  supper,  thus  insulting  the  Alajesty 
of  heaven,  and  bringing  reproach  and 
injury  upon  the  church  by  this  shameful 
manifestation  of  the  want  of  that  love 
and  union  that  should  characterize  God's 
children  every-where^and  at  all  times. 

AVhile  these  incongruities  and  incon- 
sistencies may  not  be  visible  among  us 
as  they  were  among  the  brethren  at  Cor- 
inth, tliey  may,  and  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  they  do,  secretly  exist  by  far  too 
frequently,  and  in  the  sight  of  God,  just 
as  obnoxious,  and  as  detrimental  to  true 
happiness,  and  to  the  prosperity  and  suc- 
cess of  our  blessed  Christianity;  an<lmfly 


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'±\E1K    BKKTKHKjV    AH^    AVOliK. 


and  do  appear  U>  the  experienced  and 
spiritual  eye,  in  the  following  forms:  Of 
these  selfishness  may  \)p  regarded  ainon-r 
the  most  prominent,  and  is  a  peculiar 
characteristic  of  our  race,  the  profession 
^f  Christianity  notwithstanding;  as  was 
clearly  manifest  among  tlie  first  disciples, 
and  prompted  the  inquiry,  "  Who  shall 
be  the  greatest  in  the  kingdom  i  "  and 
in  order  to  get  to  the  front  and  to  obtain 
the  "  uppermost  seat*,"  various  means 
are  resorted  to,  fair  and  unfair.  In  some 
instances  being  endowed  with  a  superior 
order  of  intellect,  and  a  laige  share  of 
grace,  with  a  stroug  desire  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  cause,  and  a  large  fervent 
steal  for  the  glory  of  God,  an  industrious 
worker  in  the  Lord's  vineyard  will  stead- 
ily and  surely  advance  to  a  position  of 
eminence  in  the  face  of  all  hindering 
causes,  and  where  these  qualifications  ex- 
ist, there  is  no  inclination  to  hinder  the 
progress  of  others  in  that  direction,  but 
rather  to  encourage  and  assist  other' 
efforts  in  the  same  direction.  All  this 
is  commendable  and  should  be  emulat- 
ed by  all,  and  inspire  the  most  profound 
Christian  affection  in  the  hearts  of  ev- 
ery one.  Was  this  generally  or  univers- 
ally the  case,  the  AVhite-winged  Mes- 
senger would  perch  upon  our  banner 
every-where  and  at  all  times,  and  the 
word  "fail"  would  soon  be  stricken  from 
our  Christian  vocabulary.  But  unfortu- 
nately this  is  not  the  case;  for  there  are 
others  who  are  in  some  respects  favor- 
bly  endowed,  which,  if  properly  direct- 
ed and  applied,  might  }»e  eminently  use- 
ful, who,  instead  of  employing  their  en- 
ergy ami  talent  to  their  own  improve- 
ment, mentally  aud  spiritually  under 
the  infiuence  of  the  sjiirit  of  the  mon- 
sters, Envy  and  Jealousy,  by  the  dic- 
tates of  which  all  sorts  of  devices  are  re- 
sorted to,  and  every  considerable  strat- 
agem employed  to  disgrace  and  pull 
down  the  object  of  their  hate,  whom  they 
conceive  to  be  standing  in  their  way  to 
promotion,  because  they  occupy  a  posi- 
tion in  the  mind  of  others  a  little  above 
their  own  level.  To  accomplish  this,  if 
not  able  to  find  any  unrighteousness  in 
them  like  the  accusers  of  the  prophet 
Daniel ;  they  mil  so  manage  to  construe 
their  brightest  virtues  into  the  gravest 
parts,  insidiously^tinding  fault  of  some- 
thinc:  about  them,  and  if  nothing  else 
can  be  found,  and  it  can  be  so  manipu- 
lated as  to  get  a  run  of  popular  senti- 
ment, and  a  continuation  of  opposition 
and  persecution,  they  will  find  fault 
with  their  subject,  even  of  something 
about  his  or  her  person,  as  God  has 
made  them,  and  so  exert  an  influ- 
ence which,  as  to  result  in  the  or- 
ganization of  parties,  each  inspired  with 
the  spirit  of  their  leader  (which  is  gen- 
erally found  among  the  ministry),  and 
embodied  hate  on  one  side  and  appre- 
hension and  distrust  on  the  other;  and 
thus  union  and  affection,  the  grand  es- 
sentials for  Communion,  are  crushed  out, 
spiritual  growth  is  dwarfed,  and  the 
prosperity  of  the  church  paralyzed.  And 
if  at  last  the  perpetrators  of  these 
enormities,  are  defeated  in  passing 
through  the  crucible  of  church  discipline, 
and  if  allowed  a  membership  in  the 
church,  they  will  lose  no  opportunity 
for  exhibiting  their  want  of  love,  by 
evading  all  social  intercourse,  even  in 
some  instances,  going  so  far  as  this,  that 
before  they  wijl  decide  to  go  to  a  neigh 


a  cloak  of  charity,  how  gladly  would 
we  do  it.  If  the  three  grand  ])rinciph'i. 
which  stand  at  the  head  of  thlR  nrtich-, 
are  found  in  tlu;  church,  there  will  be  but 
very  little  need  to  entpdre  any  farther 
into  the  condition  of  the  members  as  to 
their  eligibility  to  the  Christian  Supi>er 
and  holy  Communion,  but  everything 
being  comprehended  in  them  all.  furth- 
er examination  may  be  dispensed  with: 
l>ut  if  these  are  wanting,  and  we  would 
propose  to  particularize  upon  minor 
things,  it  would  be  like  trinnning  off  the 
branches  to  destroy  the  tree,  which 
would  only  encourage  its  growth. 


NON-CONFORMITY. 


IIY    DAVID   F.    KKY. 


but  in  the  I'nited  States,  it  is  a  different 
tiling.  Here  we  know  no  lords,  no  no- 
bility; any  man  can  elevat*^  himself;  any 
man  that  accumulates  wealth,  can  dress 
in  costly  array,  ride  in  fine  carriages, 
furnish  Iiis  house  with  costly  furniture; 
c»n  rank  in  the  highe^st  society.  Here 
tile  temptations  are  very  strong  to  fol- 
low after  tlie  fashions,  especially  since 
man  is  naturally  inclined  to  elevate,  r.ith 
er  than  to  abase  himself;  therefore  it  is 
very  necessary  that  we  deny  ourselves* 
of  these  worldly  superfluities  and  keep 
in  fashion  \sith  the  humble,  as  we  are 
commanded  in  1  Tim. -2:  ii;  1  Peter  3:  ;i, 
4. 


T  HAVE  never  felt  that  any  particular 
-*-  good  would  result  from  my  writing, 
but  I  cannot  help  thinking  a  little  less 
writing  and  a  good  deal  more  sound 
preaching  and  practicing  would  be  con- 
sidered of  more  real  good ;  but  as  there 
is  much  said  on  the  subject  of  non  con- 
formity in  dress,  I  feel  like  advancing  a 
few  arguments  in  favor  of  the  humble 
garb.  We  often  hear  the  argument  ad- 
vanced that,  Peter  was  known  by  his 
speech  and  not  by  his  garment,  and  that 
through  all  the  dark  ages,  the  true  fol- 
lowers were  only  known  >)y  their  pro- 
fession, and  not  by  their  dress,  as  in  the 
case  of  Menno  Simon  on  the  coach  ttc. 
But  we  must  take  in  consideration,  that 
we  live  under  a  different  government. 
In  all  aristocratic  or  monarchial  govern- 
ments, people  are  divided  into  different 
classes;  and  so  it  was  in  the  days  of  the 
apostles.  We  will  take  in  consideration 
but  two  classes,  the  nobility  and  pea's- 
autry.  The  nobility  dressed  gay  and 
in  costly  array,  and  followed  every 
change  of  fashion,  while  the  peasantry 
dressed  in  more  humble  raiment,  in 
home-made  cloth,  and  retained  theii- 
fashion,  as  there  was  no  inducement  to 
change  it,  because  the  laboring  class  of 
people  could  not  associate  with  the  no- 
bility, even  if  they  would  accumulate 
wealth  and  dress  gay. 

We  \W11  find  the  same  in  Europe  to- 
day. In  England  there  are  lords  and 
peasants,  and  a  laboring  man  cannot  be- 
come a  lord  only  in  rare  cases.  If  a  la- 
boring man  does  get  rich  and  dress  gay, 
he  can  no  longer  associate  with  his  form- 
er comjianions,  and  the  lords  consider 
him  as  nobody;  so  the  poor  fellow  must 
stand  alone.  There  is  no  inducement 
in  aristocratic  governments  for  the  hum- 
ble man  to  follow  after  the  gay  fashion; 
and  when  Christ  ciiose  the  apostles,  he 
did  not  go  among  the  nobility,  but  call 
ed  some  out  from  among  the  humble 
fishermen.  Aud  we  do  not  believe  that 
they  were  dressed  in  purple  and  change- 
able array  which  were  the  fashionable 
coloi-s  at  that  time. 

If  we  examine  the  Scriptures  and  his- 
tory closely,  we  will  find  that  very  few 
of  the  aristocracy  believed  in  Jesus.  His 
teachings  were  too  humble  fiu-  the  high 
and  lofty  mind.  His  teachings  were 
mure  adapted  to  the  humble  class,  con- 
sequently more  readily  accepted  by  tliat  j  ii^' 
class  of  people.  We  have  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  if  any  of  the  higher  class  ac- 
cepted the  teachings  of  Christ,  and  at- 
tached themselves  to  the  followers  of  the 
meek  and  lowly  Lamb,  that    they   laid 


If  we  read  the  Scriptures  carefully, 
we  w-ill  not  conform  to  the  ever  chang- 
ing fashions  of  the  world.  A  man  may 
preach  on  non-conformity  with  all  the 
eloquence  and  power  he  can  command, 
if  he  docs  not  prove  by  example  that  lie 
believes  what  he  preaches,  it  will  have 
little,  if  any  effect  for  good.  If  all  those 
who  are  placed  in  the  church  as  house- 
keepers would  set  a  good  example  of 
plainness  in  dress,  there  would  not  be 
half  the  trouble  of  getting  all  to  con- 
form to  the  order.  But  the  cut  of  the 
garment  alone  is  not  wanting.  If  the 
Confederate  soldier  wanted  to  pass  as  a 
Union  soldier,  he  needed  only  to  put  on 
the  blue  dress.  Color  had  something  to 
do  with  the  passing. 

The  house-keeper's  wives  should  also 
be  particular  in  setting  good  example; 
in  regard  to  dress  and  the  covering  as  re- 
([uired  by  the  Law  of  the  Lord.  Where 
the  man  is  required  to  uncover  his  head, 
the  woman  is  required  to  do  the  oppo- 
site, cover  her  head.  When  we  go  to 
the  BRKTintiCiV  at  Wouk  office,  and  find 
our  bretlireu  reading  and  writing  about 
the  good  and  holy  things  of  the  Lord's 
house,  with  their  heads  uncovered,  as 
God  most  surely  directs,  then  we  con- 
clude that  if  we  had  a  sister  editor,  slie 
should  labor  with  her  head  covered, 
with  that  modest  and  prettiest  of  all 
coverings,  a  clean,  neat,  white  cap. 
Non-conformity  to  the  world  is  a  great 
subject;  I  have  simply  touched  it  in  this 
brief  article. 
Lanark,  lU. 


the  outward  m  well  aH  the  inward  man. 
If  it  does  not,  I  would  not  give  much 
for  it.  Christ  naid,  "  Ye  shall  know 
them  by  their  fruits."  An  evil  which 
I  prot*»t  againat,  in  pi-ofi«sore  of  Chri»- 
tianity  taking  boys  into  Halooiu*.  and 
treating  them  to  drinks  and  cigars.  For 
when  this  is  done,  there  follows  puffing, 
smoking,  foolish  talking  and  jeNting. 
The  fruit  is  on  the  outside — we  c^naU 
see  it; and  by  it  we  should  know  the 
tree. 

We  have  rea^l  a  legend  of  a  man  who 
sold  his  soul  to  the   devil.     The  condi- 
tions   were:    ?'or  a  certain    number   of 
years  this   man  was  to  have  all  his  de- 
sires gratified  by  his  satanic  majesty    at 
the  expiration  of  which  time,  his  soul 
was  to    be    forfeited.     When    the    time 
agreed   upon  had  expired,  the  man   was 
unwilling  tu  fufill   his  part   of  the   con- 
tract, and  asked  the  devil  on  what  terms 
he  could  be  released.     The    reply    was, 
"  If  you  will  curse  your  God,  I  will  re- 
lease you."     "  No,"    said  the    man,  "  I 
cannot  curse  the  Being  whose  natnre  is 
love — give  me  something  less   fearfully 
wicked."     "  Then  kill  your   father"  re- 
plied the  devil,  "  and  you  shall  "o  free." 
"No"  answered  the   man,  "that   is   too 
horrible  to  think  of  for  even  a  moment. 
I  will  not  commit  so  great  a  crime.  Are 
there  no  other  conditions?"  "One  more  ' 
thedi'vil  replied,  "you  must  get  drunk." 
"That  is   very   easy  to  do,"   the   man 
answered,  "and  I  accept  your  last  prop- 
osition.    I  cannot  kill  my  father,  I  will 
not  curse   my  God,  but  I  can  get  drunk, 
and  when  I  get  sober,  all  will  be  well." 
Accordingly,  he  soon  became  drunk, 
and  when  in  this  condition,  he  chanced 
to  meet  his  father,  who  upbraided  him, 
which  so  excited  the  ire  of  the  drunken 
and  half-crazed   man,    that   he   ulew  hia 
father,  cursed  his  God,    then    fell  down 
dead,  and  the  devil  had  him  sure. 

This  so  faithfully  portrays  the  possi- 
ble, nay  more,  the  probable  result  of 
drunkenness,  that  comment  is  vinnecea- 
sary.  The  person  who  allows  himself 
to  become  addicted  to  pride  and  intem- 
perance is  ripe  for  almost  any  crime. 
Let  us  avoid  the  very  appearance  of  evil. 


THE  MOTHER    MOLDS    THE    MAN. 


boring  meeting  t>r  Communion,  will  first  iiside  their   costly    robes   and   took   up 
have  to  know  whether,    A.  B.,  or  C,  is   with  the  custom  of  the  people  they  join- 
going  to  be  there,  and  all  that  A.  B..  or  ^<^\  in  the  work   of  the    Lord,   as  in  the 
C,  can  do  to   secure   their   affection,  is 
like  casting  pearl  before  the  swine. 

It  is  not  pleasant  to  write  such  things, 
and  were  it  possible  to  cover  them  with 


SEPARATE  FROM  THE    WORLD. 

UY  A.  BKICKF.K. 

Ti  I E  people  whom  Christ  has  chosen 
out  of  the  world,  are  the  children 
of  God  and  constitute  what  is  known 
in  Scriptural  language  as  "the  church 
of  God."  '  Those  who  constitute  this 
church  are  called  out  of  the  world. 
Christ  says,  "  Because  ye  are  not  of  the 
world,  therefore  the  world  hateth  you." 
God  has  laws  to  govern  his  children. 
We  read  in  Matt.  6:  -U,  "  Ye  cannot 
serve  God  and  mammon."'  There  are 
some,  liowever,  who  have  their  names 
in  the  church  who  serve  mammon,  the 
world.  They  do  not  heed  first  Peter  3: 
:i,  4,  5,  and  Tim.  9:  10.  These  are 
God's  rules.  He  has  given  them  to  his 
children  and  intends  they  shall  be  gov- 
erned by  them.  Christ  has  said,  "Ye 
the  light  of  the  world;  let  your 
light  so  shine  before  men,  that  thev  may, 
see  your  good  works  and  glorify  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven." 

Some  members  say,  "the  church  is  op- 
posed to  the  fashions,  so  we  shall  not 
indulge  in  them  ourselves,  but  we  will 
rig  aud  fix  our  children  up  jis  gay  as  the 
gayest,  as  fashionable  as  the  most   fash- 


TH^^ 
r 


\T  it  is  the  mother  who  molds  the 
man,  is  a  sentimtnt  beautifully  il- 
lustrated by  the  following  recorded  ob- 
servation of  a  shrewd  writer:  "A\'lien 
I  lived  among  the  Choctaw  Indians,  I 
held  a  consultation  with  one  of  their 
chiefs,  respecting  the  successive  stages  of 
their  progress  in  the  arts  of  civilized  life; 
and  among  other  things,  he  informed 
me  that  at  their  start  they  fell  into  a 
great  mistake — they  only  sent  boys  to 
school.  These  boys  came  home  intelli- 
gent men,  but  they  married  uneducated 
and  uncivilized  wnves — and  the  uniform 
result  was,  their  children  were  all  like 
their  mothers.  The  father  soon  lost  all 
his  interest  in  both  \vife  aud  children. 
'And  now, '  said  he,  'if  we  were  to  etl- 
ucate  but  one  class  of  our  children,  we 
shovild  choose  th*-  girls,  for  when  they 
become  mothers,  they  educate  theirsons.' 
This  is  the  point  and  it  is  true.  No  na- 
tion can  become  fully  enlight^^ned,  when 
mothere  are  not  in  a  good  degree  quali- 
fied to  discharge  the  duties  of  the 
home  work  of  education." 


,vill 


say, 


now 
That 


cose  of  Menno  Simon  and  Lollard.  They  |  ionable."       Some    one 

were  both  Roman  priests,  but  after  they  j  "Keligion  don't  consist  in  dress, 

joined  the    Waldenses.  we  are  informed    is  all  true,  it  does   not,    but  let  me  say. 

they  wore  an    humble-appearing   dress.  |  the  religion  of  Jesus  C^hrist  will  change 


No  matter  how  pious  men  are.  the 
moment  they  jdace  policy  before  princi- 
ple, they  become  incap.ible  of  doing 
right,  and  are  transformed  into  the  most 
odious  tools  of  despotism. 


■  The  feai*  of  the  Lord  maketh  wise." 


Tl-IK    UTlKXJrIK];>.'    ^VT    AVOHl-C. 


N'oveniber    21 


The  Brethren  at  Work, 

PUBL.1SHBU    WBBKLT. 


J    H    MOORE.  I  I 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN,  \ 


Tma  nFmiiiM  at  Won*  "HI  »•*  "cnl  port-pwd,  U  "y 
,ddrM>  ill  Iff  Unilf  J  Sim«  or  C»n(M)«.  for  JI  60  per 
,aavn>  Th»M.  .eirlitiR  l«r  i»m.«  .n.1  fl**^"*-  ''"'?" 
MlTC  •n  «t™  c«py  fr«*  o*^  cl.<irg«,  For  ■!!  or.r  Ihii 
nohcr  Ihc  «K-ni  w.ll  h*  •IIc»-l  HI  c^nl»  for  Mch  «.l.ll- 
li«Ml  omniP.  which  amouBl  c*o  b«  iJ«k!uoI«U  from  Itf 
■OD.j.  U-ror.  .cn.Hng  U    l«  ■..-     Mon<-,  OrJcn    UrjifU 

•houl-1  he  mkit*  psjftble  to  Moore  li  CahalmMi. 
flul^cTiptioiii.  wil  comm.n..t<u!ou»  iw-mlfl  for  ll.»  pi»- 

C,  ».  will  .«  «ll  bi.«n«.  nmiU'M  o^i.n.c.ea  witb  ihe  of- 
•bould  St  »it<IrM«td 

Unarlt.  CtrTOll  Co.,  HI. 


K07EKBEB  SI.  1878. 


NO   RETREATING. 

LOOKING  over  the  r^.^nflicU  that  ar^  coiniug 
np  from  the  four  corners  of  the  citrtb.  w)iat 
pCPBitionaro  you  goi.ig  to  t^ke?  U  not  yr-ur 
work  full  of  Cftre  Bad  vexntioni'  Tlii-ic  are  ques- 
tjont  that  reiuli  us  nouielimes,  and  at  this  time 
are  worthy  of  fair  and  ctindid  answers. 

Wliat  jmifiou  are  you  g<iiug  to  takeV  From 
the  tini  wu  planted  our  feet  on  the  Ii"rk.  tlie 
.  "  one  Lord  "  of  heaven  and  earth.  The  grace  of 
God  has  been  with  un  thus  far,  and  by  the  same 
grnco  we  exi)ect  to  rcnuiin  ou  the  immovable 
Rock,  the  everlastiaB  Foundation.  On  our  piirt 
there  is  not  the  Icait  disposition  io  I'lidr  ojf. 
.We  have  no  idea  of  forsaking  a  single  |trincii»le 
in  the  one  grttntl  vpligionx  ni/nlfin  set  »!>  aiid  es- 
tablished by  Christ  and  the  apostles.  The  ar- 
mor IB  not  worn  out.  the  shield  is  not  impaired, 
nor  has  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  lost  any  of  ita  ; 
keeiweng  (u  vs.  There  is  no  paij  in  going  lacl- 
uani.  Presginfj  fwmtrd  towards  the  prize  ia 
the  proper  direction  for  us.  The  field  in  which 
to  labor  is  hrfme  »,<,  and  those  who  gt-t  weary 
and  /"//  httfU  will  likfly  occupy  the  fields  that 
ftW  behind.  There  i.*  a  great  demand  nh<nd  for 
•  Wuf  men  nml  irovirn.  The  places  behind  are 
always  kept  filled. 

The  distinctive  plea— the  one  Book,  contain- 
ing the  ohe  revealfd  will  of  God  fo  man,  /or 
roan,  is  the  great  Storehouse,  the  inexhaustible 
Treasury  from  which  an  indulgent  h'tither  ever 
helps  us  to  draw.  The  one  Lord,  one  laith,  one 
baptism,  one  hope,  one  body,  the  gn>iind  and 
pillar  of  the  Truth,  described  and  guverued  by 
the  one  Law  of  the  Holy  Jesus,  the  Crucified, 
pi  escribed  for  the  cure  of  the  sinner  and  the 
well-being  of  the  ?aint,  afford  sulij'-ets  rich 
enough  for  any  pen.  The  question,  f  hnii,  is  not, 
"Where  are  you  7'</h'/ '"  slund.  but  will  you 
miliniie  io  .staml  on  the  one  Rock— the  never- 
failing  FouodationV"  Only  by  the  gruee  which 
the  Father  sujiplieth  will  we  so  do.  We  made 
no  provision  for  retreating— never  thought  of 
it.  have  had  no  occasion  to  go  that  way.  The 
Lord  niadeno  i)rovisiou  for  His  people  to  go  Ixirk- 
iHMv/.  for  the  simple  reason  that  r/j(»/  mW  ml. 
With  them  it  is  admiirr  all  the  time.  Their 
King  and  Captain  is  a  sure  Leader.  He  wins 
all  the  battles  he  fights,  and  fights  only  to  win. 
A  King  who  is  always  victorious  needs  no  pro- 
vision for  retreating.  A  man  who  serve-^  under 
this  King  will  not  have  his  boat  upset  by  the 
theolojfical  breezes  that  are  continually  beating 
against  it.s  sails.  The  only  true  Captain  has 
hold  of  its  helm,  and  he  will  guide  th^  good  old 
vessel  over  the  mighty  waves  of  unbelief  and 
corruption. 

You  have  read  the  ideas  already  given  you 
the  past  few  years.  You  did  not  pay  tor  them, 
and  read  them,  simply  to  jilmsf  us,  but  to  see  if 
we  were  going  the  fiyht  iray.  to  get  some  en- 
couragement in  the  good  old  way.  Wlietht^* 
you  have  received  %vhat  you  sought,  you  know, 
What  a  pity  if  none  of  us  should  have  become 
better  since  we  first  learned  to  know  each  oth- 
erl 

It  is  our  desire  to  advocate  the  one  religion  of 
the  New  Testament,  not  mn ■•hj  as  set  forth 
therein,  nor  a  pnri  of  what  it  demands.  Imt  pre- 
cixehj  as  si'f  forth  by  the  Lord  -Tesii';' and  the 
apostles.  To  maintain  and  advocate  the  one 
true  iiorshij),  taught  and  [iracticed  by  the  disci- 
plea  and  early  Christians;  to  urge  purity  and 
holiness  of  character,  is  the  work  ami  business 
of  every  child,  bo/u  of  (ioif.  To  advocate  the 
w'ly  of  evangelizing  as  handed  down  by  the 
apostles — and  all  who  did  as  they  did — to  advo- 
cate, maintain  and  defend  the  old  ordu-  of  gov- 
ernment, introduced  by  Inspiration,  to  advocate 


the  equalittj  of  God's  people,— to  believe,  defend 
And  maintain  all  that  came  from  the  Lord,  and 
tooppoiwall  that  did  not  come  from  Him.  is 
work  that  i«  'ttk  nut  to  shutu  You  CJin  under- 
stand this.  If  any  among  us  arc  not  for  the 
one  Lord,  one  faith,  one  baj-tism,  one  hope,  the 
prescribed  worship  of  the  Lord,  the  whole  ar- 
mor of  God.  the  way  of  salvation,  the  old  Jeru- 
salem order  of  things,  the  equality  of  God's  j)*->o- 
ple,  the  downfall  of  caste,  the  de.structiou  of 
pride,  the  overthrow  of  covetousness,  the  per- 
petuation of  the  apostolic  way  of  evangelizing, 
1  would  like  to  see  them  come  out  and  tell  tchuf 
they  are  /or.  There  is  no  nriitral  (/round.  "  He 
that  is  not  with  me  is  against  me."  You  must 
be  either  /ur  King  Jeaus,  his  prescribed,  blood- 
sprinkled  order,  or  else  against  Him,  against 
His  system. 

True  and  faithful  editors  court  neither  policy 
nor  popularity.  With  them  truth  stands  first 
in  order.  If  they  would  succeed  in  thr  Lord's 
u-mI;  they  must  permit  no  fleshly  arm  between 
them  and  the  Lord.  The  main  (piestions  with 
godly  editors,  and  with  godly  farmei-',  and  god- 
ly mechanics,  are.  "Is  it  right't*"  "Is  it  the 
truth?"  "Will  it  do  men  good?"  Mistakes 
will  be  made,  for  we  have  not  yet  attained  unto 
perfection  in  our  work,  but  if  the  uronij  way  is 
foreseen  it  shall  be  avoided.  There  is  no  joy  in 
the  urou;i  tauj.  The  wrong  w.iy  is  always 
crowded  with  men  and  women,  while  the  right 
way  has  only  a  few  here  and  there. 

"  Is  not  your  work  full  of  care  and  vexation  ?  " 
Yes;  but  what  of  that?  That  does  not  signify 
lailure.  defeat.  Is  not  the  gold  made  brighter, 
freed  from  all  dross,  by  running  it  through  the 
tire?  Vexation  is  only  another  name  for  trib- 
ulation; and  did  not  Christ,  our  King,  say.  "  In 
the  world  ye  shall  have  tribulation?"  Then, 
too,  brother  Paul  declares,  that  "tribulation 
worketh  patience;  and  patience  experience;  and 
experience  hope."  and  hope  makes  no  man 
ashamed.  Now  if  vexation  works  patience  in  a 
man,  then  is  he  not  a  gainer  by  vexation?  No 
man  vexes  and  abases  another  with  the  inten- 
tion of  .naking  him  better,  yet  that  is  often  the 
result.  One  sows  tribulation  with  the  purpose 
of  having  vengeance,  and  the  result  is,  the  one 
who  receives  it  meekly,  is  made  better  by  it. 
"Great  is  the  mystery  of  godliness."  The  Lord 
enable  all  to  bear  with  meekness  and  resigna- 
tion, the  trials  and  tribulations  of  this  life. 
"  Over  yonder"  they  will  not  be  known. 

Perhaps  no  other  class  of  men  learn  the  weak 
point.3  in  human  nature  as  do  editors.  They 
see  them  daily.  The  greater  part  of  their  busi- 
ness comes  through  the  mails,  and  as  mail  mat- 
ter is  generally  hid  from  men's  view,  there  is  an 
opportiiuity  to  write  things  that  savor  strongly 
of  "  bitterness."  If  a  man  is  still  afflicted  a  lit- 
tle with  "the  old  man,"  and  he  thinks  the  edit^ 
ors  have  erred  in  judgment,  the  "envelop" 
attbrds  him  an  excellent  chance  to  pour  out  his 
"bitt{'nies.s"  upon  them.  Thus,  and  in  many 
other  ways,  editors  are  enabled  to  learn  things 
which  work  patience  and  experience. 

The  Lord  giving  grace,  the  writer  shall,  at  the 
beginning  of  Vol.  4,  commence  a  series  of  arti- 
cles on  "  The  Old  Order."  I  shall  not  study 
hinr  to  jj'isK  around  error  and  false  theories,  but 
liow  to  run  the  plowshare  o/  truth  through  the 
rubbish  tlmt  has  gathered  here  and  there  upon 
the  highway  of  holiness.  Not  having  been  set 
fnr  the  defense  of  men's  opinions,  but  "/o»-  the 
drfpHse  of  the  Gosftcl,"  there  is  no  disposition  to 
evade  the  work.  The  number  who  are  defend- 
ing opinions  and  the  commandments  of  men,  is 
legion;  but  ?/ic /f"' are  advocating  and  defend- 
ing the  /ftith  o/  (iiid.  On  this  side  we  l.ave 
arranged  ourselves,  and  here  we  mean  to  labor, 
and  light,  and  come  olf  conquerors  mth  Him 
who  leadfi  in  the  battle.  We  want  no  one  to 
ask  us  to  preach  and  advocate  a  progressive  re- 
ligion. We  are  fij'ed  in  the  nn progressive,  un- 
changeable system  of  the  Lord,  Christ.  We  are 
willing  to  rfrou-  in  graee  and  in  the  knowledije  n/ 
the  truth,  but  the  thing  hif  u-hieh  we  grow  must 
not  be  progressive,  Haiu,  sunshine,  and  heat 
are  esbeiitial  to  a  thorough  development  of  the 
blade  of  grass,  but  they  are  not  progressive. 
Sunshine  is  sunshine;  no  more,  no  less.  So 
rtnth  the  religion  of  Jesus.  //  /.•'  religion;  not 
only  religion,  but  dirin'r,  uiirhatujeal/le,  unpro- 
ijresxire  religion.  When  Inspiration  caused  the 
last  word  in  the  last  chapter  of  God's  great  Book 
to  be  written,  nothing  was  to  be  added  to.  nor 
taken  from, /A a/  whieh  was  written.  By  this 
decree  we  sta.id.    The  Lord  help  all  to  stand 


firm,  MJid  hold  to  the  one    true  pvateni  of  relig- 
ion.    M.  «.  E- 

A  YEAR  OF  TROUBLES. 

IX  London  is  an  almanac  maker  who  is  gain- 
ing some  reputation  by  hi'*  remarkable  pre- 
dictions. The  almanac,  referred  to.  has  been 
published  nearly  fifty  years,  and  abounds  in 
predictions  baaed  on  the  conjunctions  and  as- 
pect* of  planet*.     The  writer  says: 

"  In  February,  Satarn  and  Mars  will  combine 
to  stir  up  trouble  in  Europe,  Mexico,  and  India. 
In  March,  many  deeds  of  vengeance  will  be  per- 
petrated in  Uussia:  danger  will  lurk  in  the  path 
of  the  Emperor  of  Germany  March  11;  a  great 
clerical  scandal  will  be  developed  in  England; 
there  will  b«  wnr  and  famine  in  India  and  China, 
.uid  in  this  country  discord  between  President 
and  people,  trouble  with  the  Indians,  and  relig- 
ious disputes,  leading  to  scenes  of  violence. 

"  In  April  the  religious  worid  will  be  greatly 
iigitated.  In  May,  railway  companies  will  ex- 
])erience  great  adverse  fluctuations  of  their  se- 
curities. In  June  there  will  be  war  in  Austria, 
Turkey,  and  Greece;  and  in  this  country  cruel 
epidf  mic  fever,  cattle  disease,  a  high  birth  rate, 
a  prosperous  dramatic  season,  and  good  fortune 
to  the  advocates  of  woman  suffrage;  and  so  on, 
until  December,  when  more  than  one  dynasty 
in  Europe  will  tremble,  the  Socialists  become  a 
terror  to  society,  and  the  uprising  of  the  Greek 
and  Slav  races  shake  Eastern  Europe  to  its 
foundations. 

In  1S53  it  was  predicted  that  earthquakes 
would  occur  near  Carthagena  about  July  16th. 
On  the l.)th  there  was  aneaithquake  at.  Cumana, 
near  Carthagena.  in  which  4,000  persons  lost 
their  lives.  In  1876  it  was  predicted  that  there 
would  be  misfortunes  on  American railroadsand 
a  great  catastrophe.  The  Ashtabula  horror  oc- 
curred Dec.  2S.  For  July,  1S7S,  it  wa-s  predict- 
ed that  there  would  be  in  ,\merica  "  many  vio- 
lent, sudden  and  terrible  deaths  by  sunstroke." 

Having  made  several  good  guesses  in  the 
coui-se  of  fifty  years,  the  almanac  astrologer 
points  with  pride  to  his  predictions  for  the  fu- 
ture, and  asks  the  people  to  believe  in  his  sys- 
tem. The  predictions  grade  with  those  made  by 
other  almanac  prophets,  and  are  curious,  to  say 
the  least. 

The  threatening  condition  of  things  among 
the  powers  in  the  East,  makes  these  predictions 
more  interesting  than  they  would  otherwise  be. 


From  brother  D.  B.  Mt  ntzer,  we  have  the 
following:  The  writingtablets  of  which  you  sent 
me  a  sample,  are  just  the  thing  for  those  who 
feel  moved  to  write  for  the  press.  They  are 
handy,  good  and  cheap — excellent.  Make  them 
known  to  our  readers,  they  are  equally  as  good 
for  common  letter  writing,  and  few  will  do  with- 
out them  when  they  give  them  a  trial.  Of 
course,  to  get  the  good  out  of  anything,  we 
must  needs  learn  to  appreciate  it."  The  tablets 
are  put  up  in  a  neat  and  convenient  form,  con- 
taining one  hundred  half  sheets  ruled  on  one 
side  only.  It  makes  considerable  difference  to 
compositoi-s  whether  the  paper  is  large  or  small. 
hence  these  tablets  are  just  the  thing  for  those 
who  write  for  the  press.  Price  twenfy-iive 
cents.  _ 

Talmaqe  has  been  preaching  to  large  audi- 
ences on  "  The  Four  Gates  of  Hell."  viz.  "Im- 
pure literature,"  "The  dissolute  dance,"  "  In- 
decent apparel,"  and  "  Alcoholic  beverages." 
In  starting  out  he  declared  that,  "  With  the 
hammer  of  God's  truth,  I  shall  pound  upon  the 
brazen  panels,  and  with  the  light  of  God's 
truth,  I  shall  flash  light  upon  their  shining 
hinges."  When  he  came  to  the  third  "gate," 
"Indecent  apparel,"  he  said:  "  I  am  told,  that  a 
new  f;Lshion  of  female  dress  is  about  coming  in 
from  Paris  which  is  most  shocking  to  all  right- 
eousness, (.it  this  statement  the  women  in 
the  audience  looked  at  one  another  in  Kurprise.) 
Oh,  I  charge  you  Christian  women,  neitlier  by 
style  of  dress  nor  adjustment  of  ai)parel  to  be- 
come administrators  of  evil.  Perhaps  no  one 
else  will  dare  tell  you  this  fact,  so  I  will  tell  it 
to  you,  that  multitudes  of  men  owe  their  eter- 
nal damnation  tu  the  boldness  of  female  attire. 
(Applause  and  a  few  hisses.)  You  wonder  that 
the  city  of  Tyre  wa-i  destroyed.  Have  you  ev- 
er seen  the  fashion  plates  of  that  city?  I'll 
show  them  to  you."  So  saying  Mr.  Talmage 
picked  up  the  Bible  and  read  the  passage  where' 
in  the  daugbterH  of  Tyre  are  described  as  using 
a  mincing  g.ite,  whimples  and  crimping-pins. 
"Do  you  wonder,"  said  he.  "  that  the  Lord  blot- 
ted out  that  place?" 

It  will  be  seen,  that  the  "hisses"  are  apt  to 
come  when  a  man  makes  bold  to  denounce  in- 
decent apparel.  Satan  generally  makes  a  noise 
when  his  nefarious  work  is  exposed. 


Ukpeh  "Business  Notices"  in  No.  4.'*  the 
name  J.  W.  Wilt  should  be  Lorenzo  D.  Stewart. 

Ali  neic  subscribers  will  receive  the  paper 
for  the  balance  of  the  year  free,  from  the  time 
uames  are  received.  Agents  will  please  note 
thi-s,  and  forward  us  the  names  as  soon  a^  they 
receive  them.  . 

Ak  observing  wriV'r  truthfully  says,  "  Some 
tolerably  good  people  listen  to  a  sermon  ai  they 
do  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  not 
from  real  interest,  but  out  of  respect." 

M\KY  seem  to  think  and  act  as  if  they  never 
heard  "whether  there  be  any  Holy  Ghost." 
■•  Have  ye  received  the  Holy  Ghost  snwe  ye  be- 
lieved," seems  never  to  have  entered  their  mind. 
A  good  many  are  claiming  to  have  received  the 
Holy  Ghost  W'"'-  they  believed,  or  while  they 
were  believing,  but  the  important  question  is, 
Have  you  received  the  Holy  Ghost  sinrr  yon 
believed  ?  ^  ^  . „ 

It  is  reported  that  somewhere  in  Missouri  a 
Baptist  member  called  for  a  letter  and  upon  that 
letter  joined  the  Campbellites.  The  question  is 
i^ked,  "  What  shall  the  church  do  m  such  a 
case?"  We  say,  let  the  church  take  up  the 
case  and  deal  with  that  member  tor  heresy. 
Titus  3:  10,— lifitlle  Flag. 

Hold  up,  Doctor,  are  you  not  living  in  a  glass 
house?  How  about  "narrow-mindedness?" 
It  seems  to  be  spreading:  it  seems  to  be  no 
longer  a  "  local  disease," 

Vkbmokt  is  alarmed,  and  justly  too,  about 
her  divorce  laws.  The  Chroniete  says:  "That 
there  is  urgent  need  of  some  action  in  regard  to 
the  question  of  divorce,  no  one  can  doubt  who 
is  at  all  conversant  with  facts.  The  present 
condition  of  things  in  our  State  is  alarming. 
Unless  something  is  done,  it  cannot  but  grow 
worse,  until  A^ermont  shall  become  a  by-word 
and  reproach  among  men."  Other  States  are  in 
a  similar  condition,  and  until  there  is  a  return 
to  the  Bible  on  this  point  by  all  denominations, 
there  can  be  but  little  hope  for  genuine,  fixed 
reform. ^      . 

On  the  night  of  the  7th  inst.,  the  remains  of 
the  late  millionaire.  A.  T.  Stewart  were  stolen 
from  their  resting  place  in  New  York  city. 
The  deed  was  done,  evidently  with  the  hope  of 
obtaining  a  large  ransom  for  the  return  of  the 
corpse.  A  reward  of  8  25,00(1  has  been  offered 
for  the  recovery  of  the  body.  An  advertise- 
ment has  appeared  in  the  Herald,  offering 
to  produce  the  body  for  ^100,iHlu.  The  robbers 
seem  to  place  a  high  estimate  upon  it.  Truly 
■ve  have  come  into  "perilous  times,"  for  chil- 
dren are  stolen,  graves  are  robbed,  and  crimes 
of  every  hue  and  character  are  constantly  be- 
ing perpetrated. 

To  be  brief,  pointed  and  entertaining  in  writ- 
ing, is  an  art  worthy  every  writer's  attention. 
Some  subjects  need  elaboration,  but  to  string 
out  an  article  just  to  fill  np,  is  to  court  inatten- 
tion by  most  readers.  If  you  would  be  heard, 
and  to  do  good  you  must  have  hearers,  boil  down 
your  articles,  and  be  sure  to  thicken  well  with 
pure  Gospel,  charity-sweetness.  Many  long  ar- 
ticles that  go  into  the  waste  basket,  contain 
some  good  kernels  of  truth,  but  editors  have 
neither  time  nor  disposition  to  turn  over  so 
much  chaff  for  so  little  wheat.  If  a  roan  would 
say  much  in  a  few  words  he  must  study,  and 
study  means  work. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  has  issued 
a  proclamation  requesting  all  the  people  to 
withdraw  themselves  from  secular  cares  and  la- 
bors, and  meet  together  on  the  2i^th  iust  at  their 
respective  places  of  worship,  and  give  thanks  to 
.Almighty  God  for  His  mercies  and  pray  Him  to 
continue  the  same  to  us  as  a  nation.  The  pes- 
tilence which  visited  a  portion  of  our  country 
and  carried  away  thousands  of  persons,  has 
about  ceased,  and  the  nation  should,  in  all 
meekness,  feel  grateful.  In  harmony  with  1 
Peter  2:  13,  we  commend  this  request  of  our 
chief  Magistrate  to  the  prayerful  consideration 
of  all  tlie  people  of  God. 


We  call  attention  to  brother  B.  F.  Mooinaw's 
article  found  on  another  page  of  this  issue.  He 
deals  in  truths  which,  though  sad  to  think 
about,  are  too  apparent  in  many  localities.  Bit- 
ter envy  and  jealousiea  mujiifest  themselves, 
neighborhoods  and  societies  are  disturbed,  per- 
plexed or  broken  up,  and  misery  is  strewn  m 
families  and  churches'  until  numbers  of  souls 
are  dragged  down  to  ruin.  It  is  perhaps  useless 
to  try  to  reach  those  who  sow  discord  and  strife, 
either  by  preaehing  or  through  the  papers,  for 
in  most  coses  their  eyes  and  ears  have  waxed 
dull,  and  no  balm  can  effect  a  cure.  Hut  it  is 
well  to  warn  those  who  will  hear—to  admonish 
those  who  are  leaning  towards  that  crooked 
way. 


pifovember    21. 

A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 


TtIK    KRKTHKK^r    ^VT    A\^<>UI<:. 


IHR  qiie^ti-.n  is  asked.  Will  men  of  t-diicutiou 
>.-lieve  and   pr«ach  the  doctrine  of  uoii- 


rriiR 
1     I,. 

conformity?  U  they  believe  imd  preach  the 
Bible  doctrine,  they  will.  Then  some  of  our 
beat  educated  and  most  influentitil  men  we  hiive 
In  the  church,  believe,  practice  and  preach  this 
doctriue.  Paul  was  a  finely  educated  aud  gifted 
man  iind  he  preached  uou-coiiformity.  Tliebest 
informed  man  who  ever  graced  this  earth  was 
Jesus  Chriat.  and  he  preached  the  same  doctrine. 

It  irt  the  want  of  proper  knowledge  that 
prompts  people  to  adorn  themeelves  with  jewel- 
ry and  ornamental  trimminga.  The  wearing  of 
Jewelry  is  evidence  of  the  fact  that  the  civilized 
races  have  not  ypt  been  fully  redeemed  from  the 
barbarism  In  which  they  once  groped.  The 
Mosaic  law  was  not  perfect  for  all  time.  It  was 
given  to  a  class  of  people  in  the  midst  of  barba- 
rious  habits,  hence  instead  of  removing  and  re- 
pudiating the  wearing  of  jewelry  and  ornaments, 
the  Lord  commanded  that  certain  things  be 
worn,  havin?  a  spiritual  signiHcatton— pointing 
the  people  to  a  higher  and  nobler  object,  thus 
preparing  them  for  a  law  that  would  do  away 
with  all  superfluities.  This  law  has  now  come 
—was  preached  by  Christ  and  the  apostles,  and 
handed  down  to  us  by  them.  On  these  points 
the  Gospel  harmonizes  with  all  true  principles 
of  reasoning,  and  because  of  a  lack  of  an  under- 
standing of  these  principles,  people  have  been 
inducedtoadopt  unnatural  and  unhealthy  niodes 
of  dressing.  Let  the  true  principles  of  reason 
be  carefully  taught  in  our  schools  and  p«ople 
will  soon  learn  to  have  too  much  sense  to  de- 
.  stroy  their  health  by  tight  lacing,  or  comfort 
by  tight  shoes.  They  will  learn  that  the  spend- 
ing of  time  to  decorate  the  body  is  all  foolish- 
ness, and  a  waste  of  time  that  might  be  better 
employed. 

I  am  glad  to  know  that  many  of  our  educated 
brethren  are  speaking  out  on  the  question  of 
non- conformity.  We  would  like  to  see  every 
one  of  them  come  out  and  take  a  square  stand 
in  defense  of  the  doctrine,  for  by  so  doing  they 
will  exert  a  great  influence  in  behalf  of  the 
right.  But  if  those  who  are  finely  educated, 
take  a  stand  against  the  Hi!)le doctrine  of  plain- 
ness, and  run  off  into  the  vain  fashions  of  the 
world,  it  will  then  be  evident  that  education,  as 
taught  in  colleges,  is  an  injury  to  pure  Christi- 
anity. This  is  my  way  of  reasoning  with  the 
advocates  of  schooU  privately,  and  now  think 
the  time  has  come  to  thxis  reason  publicly.  I 
am  just  as  much  of  a  lover  of  education  as  any 
brother  in  America,  but  want  to  see  it  carefully 
guarded.  I  do  not  want  to  see  fashionably 
adorned  brethren  at  the  head  of  any  enterprise 
among  us,  for  their  position  enables  them  to 
exercise  great  influence,  especially  among  young 
people,  who  will  follow  their  example  more  or 
less.  Hence  the  importance  of  having  the  right 
kind  of  men  connected  with  our  public  institu- 
tions. These  seats  of  learning  may  become 
either  a  curse  or  a  blessing  to  the  church,  and 
the  advocates  of  them  have  the  power  to  say 
which. 

We  have  thousands  of  good,  honest  brethren 
who  are  opposed  to  advanced  education.  They 
are  honest  in  the  matter.  They  mean  it  all 
well,  and  think  these  public  institutions  are  go- 
ing to  ruin  the  church.  How  are  you  going  to 
convince  them  they  are  wrong  ?  By  writing  in 
defense  of  education?  Never,  while  the  world 
stands  can  you  convince  them  that  way.  By 
preaching  in  defense  of  education?  That  will 
only  make  matters  worse.  I  tell  you  how  you 
can  do  it,  and  successfully,  too,  at  that.  Let  all 
the  advocates  of  schools  and  education  come 
right  square  out  in  defense  of  the  plain  Gospel 
order  of  the  church.  Let  them  come  into  the 
order  themselves,  and  not  only  teach  it,  but 
practice  it  Let  the  change  commence  in  the 
heart,  by  a  "  renewing  of  the  mind."  and  then 
let  the  tree  be  known  by  its  fruits.  Do  this 
and  I  will  guarantee  that  you  will  convince 
more  people  that  education  is  beneficial,  than  by 
all  your  lectni-es  aud  writings  combined. 

I  do  not  moan  that  you  shall  dress  plain  Jnst 
to  convince  certain  brethren,  but  I  mean  that 
you  must  do  it  because  the  Lord  requires  it. 
Do  it  out  of  respect  to  the  Lord  and  in  honor  to 
his  cause,  and  thereby  honor  God  with  your  ed- 
ucation. Let  the  sisters  lay  a^ide  their  ruflies 
and  ornamental  trimmings.  And  it  any  should 
have  violated  the  Gospel  enough  to  wear  fine 
apparel  and  jewelry  let  them  speedily  lay  that 


aside  aud  adorn  thpuiselves  in  modest  aiiparel. 
I'aul,  in  Rom.  la,  rvquested  the  Uoman  breth- 
ren to  "  prove  what  is  that  good,  aud  acceptable, 
and  perfect  will  of  God  "  in  being  transformed 
by  the  renewing  of  their  minds.  He  wanted 
them  to  prove  something  by  practicing  the  doc- 
trine of  non-conformity.  Now  that  is  just  what 
we  want  our  brethren  to  do.  We  are  an  earnest 
advocat*!  of  a  pood  education  aud  want  our  peo- 
ple to  prove  its  usefulness  by  living  out  the 
Go8i>el  in  all  ibs  parts.  W«  have  some  finely 
educated  brethren  who  are  doing  this.  They 
are  great  believers  in  education,  but  argue  more 
in  its  defense  by  using  it  in  sustaining  tho  order 
and  practice  of  the  cbutch  than  they  do  in 
writing. 

One  great  difficulty  we  have  had  to  contend 
with  heretofore  is,  that  some  of  the  advocate's  of 
education  opposed  the  doctrine  of  nou-conform- 
ity,  thereby  using  their  education  to  overthrow 
the  order  and  practice  of  the  church.  Such 
work  as  that  only  confirms  manj*  of  our  breth- 
ren in  their  long  settled  convictions.  They  be- 
lieve that  learning  produces  pride  and  point  to 
the.se  finely  dressed,  woll  educated  brethren  to 
prove  their  position.  Now  let  us  have  some 
improvement  in  this  direction.  Let  our  lovers 
of  education  prorp  by  their  appearance  and 
teaching,  that  learning  promotes  plainne.ss  in- 
stead of  pride  and  extravagance.  We  want  to 
"  prove  all  things  and  hold  fast  that  which  is 
good."  If  education  cannot  be  proven  to  be 
good  we  do  not  want  it,  but  if  it  can  he  proven 
then  hold  fast  to  it.  j.  h.  m. 

(To  he  continued) 


I'LL  TRT  AGAIN. 


A  BROTHER  sends  an  ai-ticle  for  publication 
and  says:  "This  is  the  first  article  I  ever 
wrot«  for  a  paper.  If  you  think  it  not  worthy, 
throw  it  into  the  waste  basket,  and  then  I'll  try 
again." 

This  has  the  true  ring  in  it.  There  is  no  un- 
certain sound  about  these  words.  He  does  not 
say,  "  If  you  do  not  think  it  worthy  a  place,  re- 
turn it  to  me  at  yonr  own  expense,"  nor  does  he 
say,  "  If  you  reject  it.  I  shall  not  write  another," 
but  if  it  goes  into  the  waste  basket,  "  then  Til 
try  again."  Such  a  writer  must  make  his  mark. 
No  diiference  if  his  first,  bis  second  and  third 
articles,  or  half  of  all  he  writes,  goes  into  the 
waste  basket,  he  will  try  again.  That  man  is 
not  simply  writing  to  he  heard,  but  to  become 
lietter  himielf.  We  admire  this  trait  in  a  writer. 
It  don't  show  the  least  trace  of  selfishness. 

Sometimes  writers  feel  bad  because  their  arti- 
cl  s  never  appear.  Do  you  know  that  in  this 
office  even  the  editors'  articles  are  sometimes 
rejected?  We  suppose  a  good  many  that  appear 
should  have  been  rejected,  for  we  have  not  per- 
fectly learned  the  art,  what  to  leave  out,  hut  we 
aim  to  publish  only  such  matter  as  will  edify 
the  church  and  convmce  the  sinner  that  be  is 
going  the  wrong  way.  No  man  should  suppose 
that  all  which  he  writes,  must  come  before  the 
public,  for  there  is  too  much  that  is  lame  in  all 
of  us,  aud  the  lame  part  is  always  hobbling  to 
the  front. 

We  wish  to  encourage  all  to  write  for  the 
Brethhen  at  Work.  The  church  needs  all  the 
good  thoughts,  all  the  true  thoughts  that  are  in 
it,  for  its  edification.  Then  let  them  come  out; 
but  if,  in  trying  to  get  nut  the  good  thoughts, 
some  erroneous  ones  should  mix  in,  thus  neces- 
sitating the  consigument  of  all  to  the  waste 
basket,  do  not  be  discouraged,  but  irij  agnin. 
And  in  trying  study  how  to  express  your  ideas 
in  the  fewest  words  possible.  Terseness  and 
clearness  of  expression  are  accomplishment 
that  must  he  learned,  and  to  learn,  we  must 
study,  must  think.  "Whatsoever  you  do  in 
word  or  deed,"  do  aU  to  the  honor  and  glory  of 
God,  and  you  shall  he  blessed.  M.  M.  E. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 


Visiting  the  Sick— A  Becomiog  Request— Ab 
AgedBeliflver— A  "Gipsy  "Camp— Our  Lord's 
Day  Services. 

Nl'MBBR  XI. 

^^■^>lu  (Iur8pwli\10irri«ponilmit.) 

AT  an  early  hour  yester-moni  it  was  our 
privilege  to  take  a  aeat  with  Dr.  G.  W. 
Boteler,  our  brother  and  "  beloved  physician," 
as  previously  arranged,  to  visit  some  of  the  alHict- 
ed  believers  among  us  before  our  meeting. 
Our  ride  was  both  pleasant  aud  interesting,  as 
we  were    gratified  to  learu  that  the  doctor,  our 


brother,  is  m  much  concerned  for  Iho  ppat-eand 
welfare  of  tiie  church,  the  defence  and  pfrpetii- 
atioB  of  the  doctrine,  and  the  uniformity  of 
practice  in  our  church  order,  a.i  wb4"n  we  lir^t 
bpcame  aequninted  with  him.  Sometimes  bri-tb- 
r^n  get  divided  a  little  in  their  views,  and  tbi- 
result  is  they  become  a  little  divided  in  practice. 
Dear  brethren,  this  ought  not  no  to  be.  Kwp 
the  "  little  foxes"  out,  and  the  "wolves  "too. 
Let  us  have  a  general  union  of  Huntiiiiont  among 
u*,  consistt-nt  with  the  faith  we  «'nibrac(d,  and 
then  shall  we  see  the  beauty  of  the  Psalraiafi 
expression:  "  Behold,  how  good  and  how  pleai- 
ant  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  un 
ty!" 

Our  first  call  was  at  the  house  of  a  widowe<) 
sister  where  her  sister-in-law  is  prustrated  with 
that  dread  disease — consumption.  Little  can  be 
done  for  this  dear,  attiicted  sister  in  Christ  to 
restore  her  to  healthful  enjoyments:  but  the 
alms,  and  prayem,  and  encouragemi-nt  of  brctb- 
reu  and  sisters  will  do  much  to  comfort  and 
sustain.  O  brother,  be  a  brother  nideed.  0 
sister,  be  asist-er  in  truth.  See  afler  your  worthy 
poor — your  Lord's  aillicted  ones.  We  wt-re 
made  to  rejoice  in  finding  this  dear  sister  faith- 
ful,— ev«n  to  the  wearing  of  the  .sisters'  church 
covering,  as  vindicated  by  the  apostle  Paul. 
This  is  one  of  the  evidences  of  her  love  for  the 
church,  and  may  she  ever  in  all  things  find  her 
greatest  delight  in  following  her  Lord  aud  MbB' 
ter.  Long  shall  we  remember  her  parting 
words;  "Remember  me  to  the  Lord."  None 
but  a  child  of  grac«  can  say  these  words  as  she 
i^aid  them.  May  the  Lord  abundantly  remem- 
ber her,  for  the  Lord's  remembrance  js  aalva^ 
tion. 

We  next  called  to  see  the  oldest  member  in 
our  congregation,  who  was  ninety-six  yerrs  old 
on  the  first  of  May  last.  This  venerable  sister 
is  very  ill,  but  some  hopes  are  entertained  that 
she  may  recover  for  a  time.  Her  great  feeble- 
ness rendered  her  unapproachable  on  the  sub- 
ject of  religion,  but  we  well  remember  her  ex- 
pressed interest  in  religion  on  the  last  two  oc- 
casions of  the  yearly  visit. 

We  now  started  in  the  direction  of  the  Am- 
sterdam meeting-house;  but,  by  the  way,  called 
at  a  "  gipsy  camp  "  where  the  doctor  had  anoth- 
er patient.  The  chief's  wife  was  very  ill.  We 
note  that  these  gipsies  were  high-toned  and 
wealthy,  judging  from  what  we  saw  from  our 
carriage.  They  had  upwards  of  50  horses,  some 
very  fine  stock.  We  noticed  about  a  do/.en 
wagons  well  adapted  to  their  nomadic  life. 
These  wagons  were  painted  in  fancy  style,  and 
trimmed  within  with  lace,  and  furnished  with 
the  articles  of  a  first  class  wardrobe  and  fine 
furniture. 

But  dear  Christian  reader,  I  was  made  to 
think  that  we,  too,  are  a  traveling  people.  Our 
teuts  are  not  like  those  of  the  gipsies  among  the 
pines,  but  we  have  tented  in  the  wilderness  of 
this  world.  We  wander  hither  and  thither,  but 
have  a  definite  purpose  in  view — the  salvation 
of  our  souls.  We  are  journeying  to  "a  better 
country "  where  no  sin  nor  sorrow  is.  The 
Lord  furnishes  us  with  all  things  necessary  for 
the  journey.  More  than  this:  He  leads  us,  He 
protects  us,  He  strengthens  us.  We  may  some- 
times get  spiritually  sick,  but  we  need  only  give 
ourselves  into  the  care  and  treatment  of  the 
Physician  of  souls,  and  He  will  heal  and  enable 
us  to  go  on  our  way  rejoicing  in  His  love  and 
mercy  and  power.  0  Christian,  whoever  you 
be,  have  you  learned  well  the  lesson  that  this 
world  is  not  your  home?  Ifso,  see  that  your 
preparation  is  made  in  due  time  for  your  im- 
portant departure.  We  are  "Pilgrims  aud 
strangers,"  according  to  the  apostle  Peter's 
teaching.  Let  us  be  up  and  going  forward. 
May  our  beat  efforts  be  made  on  the  Lord's 
side,  that  we  may  know  Him  and  the  power 
of  His  resurrection. 

Our  meeting  was  opened  by  the  singing  of 
that  soul-stirring  hymn — 

'■  lliiw  tedious  ami  tasti-liss  thv  houi-s. 

When  .lesUB  un  UniKer  I  see!" 

The  48th  hymn  was  also  sung,  and  exhortation 

to  prayer  made.     A  visiting  brother  i-ead  2  Cor. 

:}.     Brother  Snider  spoke  on  the  lath  verse,  aud 

we  drew  the  following  t-oints: 

I.  The  God-man. 

II.  The  Sin- propitiation, 
in.     The  reconciling  word. 

.Another  brother  oflVred  some  remarks  and  the 
:i31st  hymn.     After  prayer,  we  joined  in 

'■  Pass  me  not,  O  penHo  Savior, 

lli^jii-  mv  humble  cry; 
■\VliiK-  on  others  Tbou  art  smiling. 

Do  not  pass  aieby." 


Wf  now  joiii*^  our  little  family  and  Bjwnt  the 
aO^rnoon  in  a  wry  dearChriitian  family,  where 
fntb»T,  mother  and  daughter  rfjfjir*-  togi>tber  in 
bop..-  of  the  glory  of  God.  O  what  conwtlation 
tht-re  is  in  Chriiit:  A  balm  for  every  wound,  ft 
cordial  for  every  fear.  Hin  very  nnat-  id  monc, 
Hweete«t  music.  It  driven  away  our  f*ar  and 
noothes  oil  our  norrowa.  He  i*  our  H^ffuge  »nd 
our  Koundatiori.  0  what  a  precious  Savior  we 
have!  Let  us  trust  Uini,  and  patiently  W»or  in 
tho  upbuilding  of  Hia  Kingdom,  and  after  a  liU 
tie  while  we  will  nit  down  together  with  all  the 
faithful  in  the  Kingdsm  triumjilmnt  nn  high. 

Peace  bu   with  all  who    love  the   Lord   Je«UB 
sincerely. 

Yours  in  bte»ed  hope  of  life  in   Immanuel't 
laud-  I».  B.  It. 

Waytu^iboro,  I'a.,  Oct.  :i>sth,  }(f7b. 


SHARP  aiTESTIONS. 

'IIUE  l',;.l.,,lrn>,n  Juurn.it  makes  the  follow- 
X      ing  poiiiti,  calling  them  cflnundrumti: 

1.  If  a  proffH'^ing  Chrihtian  payn  five  dollars 
a  year  towanl  supporting  bis  church,  and  twen- 
ty-five lowani  the  Mjwonic  institution,  which 
does  be  love  the  most,  rnligion  or  Masonry? 

2.  If  be  pays  nothing  for  the  church,  on  the 
ground  that  all  he  can  spare  from  nec^^juiry  ex- 
penses must  be  paid  to  the  Young  Men's  Chri»> 
tian  Association,  which  does  he  consider  of  the 
greatest  importance,  that  association  or  the 
church  ? 

3.  If  he  pays  ten  dollars  for  the  church,  and 
twenty  for  tobacco,  are  we  to  understand  that 
tobacco  is  worth  just  twice  as  much  as  religion? 

4.  If  he  practices  strict  economy  only  in  cor^ 
tailing  his  church  expenses,  what  infeTvuc«  cad 
we  justly  draw? — Selected. 


The  address  of  Noah  Uenricks  has  been 
changed  from  Fremont,  Ohio,  to  Humboldt,  Al- 
len Co.  Kan. 

The  "  copy  "  from  the  Flatj  office  did  not 
reach  us 'in  time  for  this  issue,  hence  none  of 
the  Discussion  this  week.  We  hope  there  will 
be  no  disappointment  in  the  future. 

We  have  received  a  copy  of  the  New  York 
Trihune  Extra,  containing  a  full  and  complete 
account  of  the  Pre-Millennial  Conference  held  in 
New  York.  Oct.  30,  31  uuJ  Nov.  1.  A  number 
of  valuable  papers  were  read  on  the  "  Personal 
aiid  Visible  Coming  of  Oirist."  What  we  have 
read  of  them  wa-s  quite  interesting  to  us.  Price 
15  cents.     Address  Trihiinr,  New  York  City. 

Brother  Wm.  E.  Fadely  writes  that  the 
Brethren  in  the  Prairie  City  church  desire  some 
minister  to  come  to  them  and  hold  forth  the 
word  of  truth  for  a  few  weeks.  Must  be  one 
who  will  not  shun  to  declare  the  whole  truth, 
and  well  furnished  to  uu'i:t  skeptics  and  unbe- 
lievers generally.  For  further  particulars  ad- 
dress Bro.  Fadely  at  Colfax,  Iowa. 


^nsintss  Wotices. 


-LATKTHETBKTH. 


'T  la  n«rh  M  nun;  of  It 
k  woulilnai]  and  apiiFK 


church,  sho  mlgbt  b* 

■ui  u  pmBolr,  m  noiclDdt  W 
as  tbr  uiDM  uf  nicb  oaB^dm 
IliD  |«|Hr.  noA  w»  lill  cartfollj 

laDvT  MO  Iw  raU«t  lo  imj  br  ti,  cIuixIcik  bat  "Or  Jcllu  >  jtmt 
1  our  mulrniitll  Butkn'liiniiUunt  lit  [hu  runil.  and  ib>u<Bkbl* 
m  is^vi  *<irk  uoonc  UuMc  wIidm  Dunn*  maj  b*  forvmnlwl  Db 
■v  ickaonladgf^  rrgn  «>ak  U  VTCk,  all  donkliaDi  raw«T«d. 


A.D.Tn<in8,  Ttffln,  Ohio,.... 
Si»n  SldlF,  CliivWrOu.,  Va.. 
J.  II.  DruUiliPf,  Miux>U|)ln  Co. 

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Will.  Umilt.  <]■«>!  Oa.  XiU 

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Total  1, 


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Di'>ai'y  tij  P.  O.  Onltn  ><r  IlnlK  <>i  tiA-n  Irlirn  ngiMrnA.  rilBji 
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■uy  rrtvn  ofur.  trfun  ihna  iUQiaU*t«lJ  . 

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TOU   J&oA  lltlkr   M 


THE    BKETMKKlSr    ^T    ^'OKIC. 


IQ'o  veniber    ii  1 


<|()m;   Igiblij   <(;ias^. 


**The  H'orlh  of  Tnith  no  Tongue  Can  Tell." 

Thfl  J»p«rtineiil  U  ilMlirnvl  for  wklnf;  *nA  Mtwtring 
Kbit  ^iiMiiaiu.  •nil  for  Ifac  >'>liiiion  of  8cripiunl  diflicul- 
tl«  All  nuwlioni  ihoiiia  he  uUttrd  wiUi  condor,  ami  m 
twwnd  wiih  M  iiia^l.  otr^rnM.  m  po.»IW».  fn  orJer  If 
mmol*  lill'U  Trulh.  Arlklci  for  thii  Jep«ninenl,  mual 
M  ibon  »D<t  10  ikr  point. 


rieaai'  pxj.liiln  Djiiiicl  2:  «.  4,'..  In  t lie  days  of 
WhatklnCT?  What  ilops  the  word  ktiiRdom  rt-fcr 
tCRndwdnt  the  •tone?  W«.  T.  Hardisu. 


THE  LAW  ON  BIABRIAGE. 

BY  C.  r.  I»KT»'EILBH. 

"The  wlff  Is  boiiinlliy  the  law  m  Ioiir  as  Jier 
husbiiml  livcth ;  but  if  her  hufltmnd  W  licnii.  she  is 
at  liberty  to  be  loiurlwl  Ui  wltoni  iibo  will :  only  in 
tho  Lonl."— 1  Cor.  7:3fl. 

THB  (juestion  cont^rning  thin  Scripture  miq? 
be  aflked,  WImt  han  the  law  to  do  in  the 
mwridgi"  relation  with  ub  who  are  not  under  the 
law,  but  under  grace  ?  It  seems  that  we  do  not 
all  grasp  the  nubject  of  the  law  and  the  Gospel 
and  their  relation  to  encli  other,  alike. 

To  rightly  divide  the  word  of  truth  on  f/»y 
Bubject.  wo  niuHt  not  suppose  that  the  Old  aud 
the  New  Testament  were  both  finished  iu  writ' 
ing  ttud  put  together  when  I'aul  wrote  to  Tim- 
othy, and  that  in  order  to  "rightly  divide"  it 
he  had  nnthinii  to  do  but  to  run  his  scissors  be- 
tween Malnchi  and  Matthew.  On  the  contrary, 
all  that  then  exinted  of  what  we  call  the  New 
Testament  couKistcd  iu  a  few  letters  scattered 
here  and  there,  some  of  them  having  been  ad- 
dressed to  churches,  and  some  to  private  indi- 
viduals.    It   wiLs  hardly  expected  by  the  early 


mvnt  commanding  aa  tu  keep  the  Sabbath  day 
holy,  or  the  first  day  of  the  week,  either.  Nei- 
ther does  it  fix  the  limitt<  of  marriage  in  regard 
to  blood  relation?^,  and  yet  the  man  who  marries 
a  fint  cousin  or  some  other  near  kin,  commits 
a  sin  against  God,  ag^ainst  the  laws  of  nature, 
and  against  his  posterity.  To  feel  after  the  let- 
ter, and  nothing  more,  is  to  grasp  below  the 
mark.  Those  who  are  born  of  God  and  have 
ilis  law  written  in  their  inward  part«,  need  not 
have  all  their  moral  duties  itemized.  A  n'illing 
mind  to  take  up  the  cross  daily,  and  a  desire  to 
crucify  the  flesh,  with  all  the  lusts  thereof,  are 
the  requisites  to  acceptt:^!  discipleship,  and  the 
sequel  to  the  faith  which  opens  the  "hidden 
treasures  of  wisdom  and  knowledge."'  Finally, 
in  this  finith.  "  If  any  one  lack  wisdom,  let  hioi 
ask  of  God,  that  giveth  to  all  men  liberally  and 
upbraideth  not,  and  it  shall  be  given  him." 
(Tobi-'-ortthuml.) 


THE  JUG  FESTIVAL. 


BY  .r.  F.  EBERSOLS. 


IITE  read  an   account  recently,   of 


what 


termed,  the  "  Jug  Festival,"  which  is  be- 
g  introduced  in  some  places  for  the  purpose 
of  raiding  money  to  pay  church  debts,  &c.  It  is 
aomcthing  like  this:  Each  person  takes  eoiue- 
thing  in  a  jug  to  the  appointed  place,  where 
the  jugs  are  sold  to  the  highest  bidder.  The 
curious  are  expected  to  pay  big  prices  for  what 
may  be  termed  the  "pig  in  the  poke,"  Since 
reading  of  it,  we  have  been  made  to  wonder. 
We  wonder  whether  they  had  any  "jug  festi- 
vals" in  the  Savior's  time!  when  the  brethren 
and  sisters  could  take  their  jugs  and  place  them 
iu  the  common  stock  for  benevolent  purpo-seji! 
Christian..,  that  the   written  law  of  the  former  I     ,^^,^^  p^^^.^  j^^^^  ^^j    j^j^^  ^^^]^  contend 


diipeiisation  should  be  generally  circulated 
among  the  Gentile  Christians.  Vet  this  volumL- 
furnished  the  U-xin  generally  upon  which  the 
Gosjiel  was  preached,  especially  to  those  who 
had  some  knowledge  of  the  "  law  and  the  ])roph- 
ets,"  and  Peter,  in  his  first  epistle,  says  of  them, 
"  Wc  have  also  a  more  sure  word  of  prophecy; 
whercHuto  ye  do  well  that  ye  take  heed,  as  un- 
to a  light  that  shineth  in  a  dark  place,  iDifil  lh< 
day  (lawn,  mid  the  dmj-Htnr  arisrs  in  ijuiiy 
hearts." 

As  a  rule  of  life,  the  written  law  of  God,  con- 
cerning our  duties  to  God  and  to  our  fellow-mau 
in  the  daily  affairs  of  life,  the  ntlrs  of  Justin 
between  man  and  man  under  which  the  mar- 
riage obligations  come,  are  as  correct  now  us 
they  ever  were.  Provisionary  laws  may  cliangi 
with  circumstances,  but  principles  nt-verchange. 
They  are  as  eternal  as  God  himself;  and  those 
lawB  whicli  were  baaed  directly  on  the  principles 
of  right,  among  which  were  the  ten  command- 
ments, were  never  done  away  on  the  ground  nf 
inapproprirtteness  as  rules  of  Christian  life,  but 
on  account  of  their  inefficiency  as  a  means  of 
righteousness  and  justification  to  man. 

Man,  that  IB  bora  In  Bin,  cnnnot  be  brought 
into  a  state  of  justification  by  the  instrumental- 
ity of  a  written  catalogue  of  moral  obligatioiiM 
however  correct  tliey  may  be  in  principle.  I'aul 
says  iu  Gat.  3:21,  "  If  there  bad  been  a  luw  giv- 
en wliicb  riiiild  huve  given  life,  rtrihj  righteous- 
ness should  liave  been  by  the  law."     How  can  a 
man  in  all  this  wide  world  besavedby  n/fiMwhen 
by  the  princiijle  of  moral  law  a  single  violation 
of  one  command   is  death?     Paul  says,   "The 
law  is  fpiriluiil,  but  /  am  carnal,  sold  under  sin." 
Again  he  says,  "The  law  is  holy,  and  the  com- 
mandment  holy,   and  just,  and  good."    And 
again,  "  I  delight   iu  the  law  of  God  after  the 
inward  man."     The  fact   is,  we  are   by   nature 
sinners,  and  the  law,  iu  convincing  us  of  sin, 
becomes  "  our  school-master  to   bring  u-*  unto 
Christ,"  and   "There  is  none  other  name  under 
heaven  given  among  men  whereby  we  must  be 
saved."    Paul  says,  "  We  do  not  make  void  the 
law  by  faith,  but  we  establish  it."    Looking  at 
the  law  from  this  stand-point,  wc  need   not 
wonder  that  Paul  refers  to  it  as   authority  in 
speaking  of  the  marriage  obligations.    There 
was  nothing  inconsistent  in  it.     "  The  fruits  of 
the   Spirit  is  love,  joy,   peace,   long-suffering, 
gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness,  and  tem- 
perance, against  such,  there  is   no   law."     Gal. 
5:  22,  23.     The  Christian  who  grasps  simply  at 
the  letfer,  for  his  rule  of  life,  has  not  yet  learned 
everything  about  Christianity. 

It  is  no  part  of  the  economy  of  redemption 
that  the  Christian  is  to  have  his  rule  of  life  all 
laid  down  in  the  New  Testament  in  detail. 
There  is  no  commandment  in  the  New  Testa- 


with  each  other  as  to  who  was  able  to  buy  the 
largest  jug!  And  there  was  Judas,  too,  of  course 
he  would  be  iu  favor  of  it  since  it  would  afford 
him  an  excellent  opportunity  to  replenish  the 
treasury,  for  he  had  the  bag  and  bore  what  was 
l»ut  in  it!  We  wonder  if  some  modern  Judas 
did  not  conceive  the  idea  of  the  "jug  festival  " 
with  a  view  of  having  the  treasury  replenished! 
We  suppose  that  the  custom  had  declined  in 
Paul's  time,  lor  iu  writing  to  Timothy  he  tells 
him  to  bring  the  cloaks,  books  and  parchments 
with  him  when  became,  butsajs  notbingabout 
bringing  a  jug  along.  It  reuiains  for  modern 
Christianity  to  introduce  customs  that  are  even 
denounced  by  tho  better  class  of  non-professoi"s. 


NEITHER  HOT  NOR  COLD. 


BY  ENOCH  EBV. 


"Uecaiise  thun  art  lukewarm  and  neither  cold  nor 
hot.  I  will  spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth." 

THE  above  text  of  Scripture  is  spoken  to  the 
Laodicean  church, and  describes  acondition 
of  mournful  indifference  and  carelessness.  Thej' 
were  not  cold,  nor  were  they  hot;  they  were 
not  infidels,  yet  they  were  not  earnest  believers; 
they  did  not  oppose  the  Gospel,  neither  did  they 
defend  it;  they  were  not  working  mischief,  neith- 
r  were  they  doing  any  great  good;  they  were 
not  disreputable  in  moral  character,  but  they 
were  not  distinguished  for  holiness;  they  were 
not  altogether  irreligious,  but  they  were  not  en- 
thusiastic in  piety  nor  eminent  for  zeal. 

The  Lord  did  not  reprove  them  for  neglect  of 
duty,  so  much  as  the  manner  in  which  it  was 
performed.  Good  things  were  maintained 
among  them,  but  they  did  not  make  loo  much 
of  them.  The  right  things  may  have  been 
done,  but  as  to  doing  them  with  all  their  might 
and  soul  and  strength,  was  an  idea  foreign  to 
their  minds  and  feelings.  They  were  not  so 
cold  as  to  abandon  their  work  entirely,  to  give 
up  their  meetings,  or  to  reject  the  Gospel;  if 
they  did  so,  then  they  could  be  convinced  of 
their  error  and  brought  to  repentance.  But  on 
the  other  hand,  they  were  neither  hot  for  the 
truth,  nor  fur  conversions,  or  hot  for  holiness, 
they  are  not  fiery  enough  to  burn  up  the  stub- 
ble of  sin,  nor  zealous  enough  to  make  Satan 
angry,  nor  fervent  enough  to  make  a  living 
sjcrifice  of  themselves  upon  the  altar  of  God, 
They  are  "neither  cold  nor  hot." 

When  a  church  gets  into  the  condition  of 
half-hearted  faith,  tolerating  the  Gospel,  but 
having  a  sweet  tooth  for  error,  they  do  far  more 
harm  to  their  age  than  down-right  heretics. 
It  is  harder  for  the  minister  of  the  Gospel,  to 
labor  successfully  for  the  Lord,  with  a  luke- 
warm church,  wrongly  educated,  than  it  would 


be  to  commence  without  a  church.  He  can  d  o 
more  with  one  dozen  good,  earnest  workers, 
than  five  hundred  drones,  who  feel  satisfied  to 
live  from  the  honey  gathered  by  the  hard  la- 
bor of  others.  Better  nothing  than  lukewarm- 
ness. 

Alas  this  state  of  hi ken-armne<R)  is  so  conge- 
nial to  hutnan  nature,  that  it  is  haid  to  get  peo- 
ple out  of  it.  Cold  makes  us  shiver,  and  great 
heat  causes  pain;  but  a  tepid  bath  is  comfort 
itself.  The  world  is  always  at  peace  with  a 
lukew,^rm  church,  and  such  a  church  is  always 
pleased  with  itself,  and  may  think  that  they  are 
rich  and  have  need  of  nothing,  and  yet  be  poor, 
and  blind,  and  naked  and  miserable.  She  is  al- 
ways ready  to  say.  "  I  am  not  miserly,"  but  will 
give  as  little  as  she  can  to  the  cause  of  Christ. 
We  will  not  altogether  forsake  the  house  of 
worship,  but  will  go  as  seldom  as  we  can.  We 
will  not  altogether  forsake  the  people  to  whom 
we  belong,  but  we  will  also  mingle  with  the 
popular,  fashionable  churches,  in  order  to  gain 
society  suitable  to  the  carnal  ta-stes  and  desires 
of  our  children.  How  much  of  this  there  is 
abroad  in  the  world!  Compromise  is  the  order 
of  the  day.  Thousands  are  for  God  and  mam- 
mon, Christ  and  Belial,  truth  and  error,  and  so 
are  "neither  cold  nor  hot." 

Do  I  speak  somewhat  strongly?  Not  so 
strongly  as  my  Master,  for  he  says.  "  I  will 
spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth."  He  is  nauseated 
with  such  conduct,  it  sickens  him  and  he  will 
not  endure  it.  Hence  the  languageof  our  text, 
"I  will  spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth." 

Dear  reader,  pause  for  a  moment,  and  consid- 
er well  what  a  lamentable,  miserable,  God-hat- 
ing, and  devil-pleasing  condition  the  lukewarm 
professor  is  in.  Should  any  of  us  have  fallen 
into  it,  let  us  speedily  inquire  for  the  remedy. 
Here  it  is,  "  I  counsel  thee  to  buy  of  me,  gold 
tried  in  the  fire,"  that  we  may  be  rich,  and  rai- 
ment that  we  mav  be  clothed,  and  eye  salve  to 
anoint  our  eyes  that  we  may  see;  and  I  feel 
assured  dear  brethren  and  sisters,  if  we  follow 
the  above  counsel,  we  will  soon  be  able  to  see 
oui-selves  as  the  Lord  sees  us.  If  a  cold,  formal 
religion  has  blinded  our  eyes  with  self-right- 
eousness, apply  a  little  of  the  eye  salve— the 
Word  of  God,  every  evening  before  retiring 
to  bed,  warming  it  in  with  a  fervent  prayer,  and 
in  the  morning,  before  you  enter  upon  the  du- 
ties and  concerns  of  the  day,  renew  the  appli- 
cation and  follow  the  practice  regularly,  with  a 
desire  to  see,  and  your  spiritual  eyes  will  soon 
be  opened.  The  Word  of  the  Lord  has  opened 
the  eyes  of  more  than  one.  even  if  they  were 
born  blind;  but  we  must  exercise  faith,  and 
when  our  eyes  are  open,  and  can  see  clearly, 
we  will  soon  discover  our  own  filthy  rags,  not 
sufficient  to  hide  our  shame.  What  will  we 
do  then?  sew  fig  leaves  together  and  make 
another  of  our  own?  No,  but  we  will  go  to  Je- 
sus, and  he  will  give  us  a  robe,  washed  in  hi! 
own  blood.  He  gave  Adam  and  Eve  goat'i 
skins,  and  to  get  these,  he  must  shed  blood.  s( 
Jesus'  blood  must  be  shed,  before  we  can  wash 
and  make  our  robes  white;  and  that  one  that 
wears  the  beautiful  robe  of  Jesus'  righteousness, 
and  keeps  it  unspotted  from  the  world,  has 
purchased  the  gold  tried  in  the  fire,  for  it  will 
never  perish,  hence  richer  than  if  he  possessed 
all  the  gold  that  perisheth.  0  come  then  and 
buy. 


"  Accortling  to  this  reading,"  the  proftesor 
suggested,  "  the  prophets  were  notorious  liars." 

This  was  not  a  satisfactory  conclusion,  and 
another  trial  was  made.  "  0  fools,  and  slow  of 
heart  to  believe  all  that  the  prophets  have  spt^ 
ken." 

"  I  see  now,"  said  the  professor,  "  the  proph- 
ets wrote  the  truth,  but  they  spoke  fnh^hwidi" 

This  last  criticism  discouraged  tho  student, 
and  he  admitted  that  he  knew  not  how  to  read. 

Who  can  read  it  correctly? 


CAN  YOU  READ? 


xi.  Andover.  who  had  an  excellent  opinion  of 
his  own  talent,  on  one  occasion  asked  the  pro- 
fessor who  taught  elocution: 

"  What  do  I  specially  need  to  learn  in  this 
department?  " 

"You  ought  just  to  learn  to  read,"  said  the 
professor. 

"  Oh,  I  can  read  now,"  replied  the  student. 

The  professor  banded  the  young  man  a  Testa- 
ment, and  pointing  to  Luke  24:  25,  he  asked  liim 
to  read  that.  The  student  read:  "Then  he 
said  unto  them,  0  fools  and  slow  of  heart  to 
beliete  all  that  the  prophets  have  spoken." 

"  Ah,"  said  the  proffjssor,  "  they  were  fools  for 
helierimi  the  prophets,  were  they?  " 

Of  course  that  was  not  right,  and  so  the  young 
man  tried  again. 

"0  fools,  and  slow  of  heart  to  believe  '(//that 
the  prophets  have  spoken." 

"The  prophets,  then,  were  sometimes  liars?  " 
asked  the  professor, 

"  No.  0  fools,  and  alow  of  heart  to  believe 
all  that  the  prophets  have  spoken." 


BETTER  BEEN  BURIED. 

THE  well-known  anti-tobacco  man,  George 
Trask,  tells  the  following  of  himself: 
"About  fifteen  years  ago  we  gave  a  lecture  in 
which  we  aimed  to  show  that,  as  the  common  use 
of  tobacco  takes  away  desire  for  food,  blood, 
muscle,  healthand  strength, it  must,  without  fail, 
shorten  lite,  and  if  so,  the  habit  would  at  last  lead 
to  the  person  killing  himself,  hence  a  breaking  of 
the  command  of  God,  'Thou  shalt  not  kill.' 

"  As  we  closed,  the  preacher  rose  and  said: — 
'  I  believe  the  argument  in  this  lecture  is  final; 
I  believe  thousands  who  use  tobacco  are  poison- 
ed to  death  and  cut  short  their  lives.  But  I 
have  a  hard  case  to  solve,  and  I  \vish  Mr.  Trask 
to  solve  it.  I  know  a  man  within  ten  miles  of 
this  place,  who  smoked  his  pipe  till  the  day  of 
his  death;  and  he  lived  to  be  lOi  years  of  age.' 

"  We  confess  we  were  puzzled.  The  question 
was  to  the  jioint  and  the  people  laughed  at  our 
expense.  At  last  we  hit  upon  the  Socratic 
style  of  reasoning,  and  questions  helped  us  out 
of  the  trouble.  Sir,  I  asked,  are  you  sure  the 
old  man  lived  and  smoked  till  he  was  104? 
'  Yes,'  he  replied.  How  did  he  look  ?  '  He  look- 
ed like  an  Egyptian  mummy.'  Had  he  moral 
feelings?  '  O.  no;  he  seemed  to  have  no  sense 
of  God  or  religion  whatever,'  Did  he  manifest 
any  public  spirit?  Did  he  like  good  schools 
good  roads,  good  order  and  the  like?  '  Oh,  no; 
no  more  than  a  mud  turtle  or  oyster.'  Had  he 
a  family?  '  Yes.  a  large  one  and  a  mean  one — 
altogether  too  large.'  Did  he  love  his  family? 
'  No,  I  think  not.'  Did  he  hate  his  family? 
'  No,  I  think  not.'  All  in  a  word — did  he  love 
anybody  or  hate  anybody,  dead  or  alive,  in  this 
world  or  in  any  world?  'No,  I  think  not,' 
Well,  well,  brother;  theconelusionof  the  whole 
matter  is  simply  this— the  old  man  was  dead 
fifty  years  ago,  only  you  did  not  bury  him! " 


ALONE  WITH  JESUS. 


BY  EUILY  R.  STIFLEH. 


THINK  of  it,  dear  reader,  alone  with  that  pre- 
cious Lamb  of  God  that  taketh  away  the 
sins  nt  the  worid.  Alone  with  Him  who  will 
heal  all  our  sorrows,  wounds  and  heart-lacera- 
tions. Alone  with  Him  whose  sweat-drups  were 
as  great  drops  of  blood.  Alone  with  Him  who 
was  nailed  to  the  cross  to  atone  for  our  sins,  and 
not  for  ours  only,  but  also  for  the  sins  of  the 
whole  world.  Alone  with  that  precious  Savior 
who  has  promised  to  be  a  friend  that  "  sticketh 
closer  than  a  brother."  Prov.  LS:  24.  Glorious 
thought!  Let  us  not  forget  this  blessed  Jesus. 
Daily,  hourly,  yea  all  the  time  let  us  welcome 
Him  into  the  secret  chamber  of  our  lileeding 
hearts.  "Fray  without  ceasing,"  2  Thess.  5; 
17.  There  is  not  an  earthly  friend  that  can  give 
us  the  comfort  and  consolation  which  He  has 
promised.  May  we  solicit  His  company  in  the 
closet,  where  unmolested  we  may  receive  heal- 
ing balm  for  our  wounded  hearts.  May  we  cravo 
His  tokens  of  love  and  sympathy  in  every  time 
of  need.  He  is  a  Friend  with  whom  we  can 
hold  silent  communion  wlieu  all  around  us  is 
noise  and  tumult.  He  has  promised  to  be  a 
friend  in  secret.  Then,  dear  reader,  let  us  wel- 
come this  heavenly  Guest  into  our  hearts  and 
homes.  Make  known  our  trials  and  troubles  to 
Him.  and  He  will  give  us  comfort  and  consola- 
tion beyond  measure. 


PiuiSE  Others  Wisely.— Nearly  everybody 
loves  to  be  praised.  Some  can  receive  much, 
some  little.  Some  seek  praise,  some  avoid  it. 
To  receive  praise  properly  is  a  nice  problem. 
To  bestow  praise  on  othera  is  also  an  act  which 
may  require  some  study  or  grace  to  do  it  as  it 
should  be  done.  The  effects  of  praise  are  differ- 
ent according  to  the  kinds  of  mind  it  meets:  it 

ill  produce  modesty  upon  persons  who  are 
Iiosscssed  with  wisdom,  but  it  will  engender 
pride  in  a  fool.  Tins  is  the  difference  more  or 
less.  When  we  have  any  prai-sr-  to  nifer  to  any 
one.  let  us  think  twice  to  see  if  it  be  in  place. 
Then  offn-  it  sincerely,  and  best  of  all,  in  private. 
But   above  all.    with  a   true  and    loving    heart, 


"  Praise  the  Lord." 


D.  B.  Mentzeii, 


The  pleasure  of  doing  good  is  the  only  pleas- 
ure tliat  never  weora  out. 


P^ovember    21, 


CORRESgO  N  DE^  CE 

From  Hutsonville,  HI. 
|-ilH    Lo.e-r...H.t  wa..  heM   uccoHiog   to  ftr- 

1  ''T?Tv'<r  r''  ""'  "^  ^'^*-  Service 
.vivs  held  Ht  2  P.  M  ;  aft*;r  whicb  two  were  ban 
tued  that  belonged  to  the  Cumberland  district 
and  took  i)«rt  with  us  in  the  exercises  of  the 
eveuiug.  Ihe  congregatiou  wa*  about  as  lurjte 
^  usual,  un.l  the  order  was  very  good  Oue 
afflicted  brother,  whose  earthly  life  is  near  its 
cloae.  living  some  eight  iiiilea  off,  could  not  be 
with  us;  80  n  few  brethren  and  siaters  the  nest 
evening  visited  him,  and  held  a  .juiet  little  Love- 
feast  at  hi8  house,  which  strengthened  him 
very  much.  It  seemed  to  have  a  very  good  ef- 
fect on  him,  both  physically  and  spiritually 

Tlie  ministering  brethren  iiresent  were  two 
of  our  missionary  brethren,  viz..  Metzger  and 
Hendricks;  the  other  ministers  were  Jones  of 
Bond  Co..  Sell,  of  Martin  Co..  hid.,  Samuel  'and 
Michael  Korney.  of  Richland  Co.,  III. 

It  pleased  the  Lord  to  remove  irom  our  midst 
our  much  beloved  housekeeper,  brother  Hyre 
The  command  came,  "Tis  enough,  come  up 
higher."  and  we  poor  weak  mortals  wept  tears 
of  sorrow  over  an  event  that  was  his  great  gain- 
yet  our  tongues  exclaim,  "  Blessed  be  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  who  doeth  all  things  well." 

Brother  Hendricks  was  selected  by  the  con- 
gregation, as  our  housekeeper. 

H.  R.  King. 


I^HE    l^rtETIII^E^    ^T    AVOKK. 


From  Lemuel  Hillery. 

AFTER,  leaving  Bro.  Henry  Brubakers,  we 
went  lo  the  "Otto  Reservation,"  to  look 
at  it  and  the  adjacent  country.  This  reserva- 
tion takes  in  a  strip  from  the  South  side  of  Gagi 
Co.,  Neb.,  about  six  miles  wide,  running  along 
the  entire  length  of  the  county,  and  the  same 
auiouut  from  the  North  side  of  the  county  in 
Kansas.  The  lay  of  the  land  is  splendid;  the 
water  is  uniformly  good.  The  wells  are  from 
fifteen  to  forty-five  feet  deep.  The  soil  is  rich; 
tiinbpr  for  present  use  plenty.  Price  of  land 
from  three  to  seven  dollai-s  per  acre,  four  to 
twelve  miles  from  railroad  towns.  Terms  are 
good:  only  one  half  of  the  reservation  in  mar- 
ket; terms  on  that,  one  third  down  and  balance 
in  two  years.  Speculators'  land  joining  the 
reservation,  three  dollai-s  per  acre,  one  tenth 
dowfi  and  ten  years  to  pay  theljalance. 

One  nclive  ministering  brother  with  four 
members,  has  started  in  this  beautiful  country, 
Wc  again  went  back  to  Bro.  Brubakers,  where 
my  traveling  companion  left  me;  and  I  started 
West.  Traveled  about  150  miles,  ranking  some 
over  200  miles  West  of  the  Missouri  River.  I 
thought  it  wjis  as  far  as  was  prudent  and  sLile 
for  me  to  go,  but  I  found  no  government  land, 
except  a  few  refused  pieces.  I  saw  plentj  ol 
good  country  along  the  North  aud  South  fork 
of  the  Solomon  River,  but  no  homestead  land. 
Now  T  will  answer  your  question  in  regard  to 
the  means  a  man  should  have  in  coming  West. 
If  a  man  has  a  good  team,  wagon,  harness  and 
throe  hundred  dollars  in  money,  and  is  indus- 
trious and  saving,  and  will  not  make  debts,  he 
will  do  better  here  than  in  any  country  I  know 
of;  and  with  this  start  in  his  hands  let  him  set- 
tle fe-ora  sixty  to  eighty  miles  West  of  the  Mis- 
souri River,  and  pay  from  three  to  four  dollars 
per  acre  for  his  land,  and  he  will  make  a  home 
much  (juicker  and  with  less  hardships  thau 
with  the  same  start  250  or  300  miles  West  and 
his  land  given  to  him.  My  humble  judgment 
is,  unless  he  has  the  above  to  start  with,  he  bet- 
ter not  risk  it.  To-day  there  are  liundreds  and 
thousands  of  persons  on  these  wide  bleak  plains, 
who  have  no  shelter  but  their  wagons.  Some 
of  them  have  no  money  aud  others  but  little. 
Women  and  children  aresuHering  from  cold,  if 
not  for  the  want  of  something  to  eat.  The 
fact  is,  the  people  are  all  poor  in  this  country 
with  but  few  exceptions;  and  not  a  few,  with- 
out any  just  cause,  have  run  into  debt  and  that 
has  a  tendency  to  add  sutferiiig,  not  only  to 
themselves  but  to  others.  And  this  is  just  like 
all  other  States;  it  is  a  good  place  to  make 
debts,  but  a  poor  place  to  pay  them.  But  if 
peoide  would  live  according  to  their  means, 
they  could  livd  just  as  well  here  as  in  Iowa  or 
III,,  and  I  think,  do  about  as  well. 

People  coming  West  ought  not  to  make  cal- 
culations to  live  in  a  "dug-out,"  not  but  what 
it  is  good  enough  so  far  as  quality  is  concerned. 
but  injurious  to  health.  People  come  out  here 
and  go  into  such  places,  and  their  families  are 
sicK  about  all  the  time.  They  stay  about  one 
season  and  then  go  back  and  report  how  sickly 
it  is  in  KauBiw  and  Nebraska.  Poor  miserable 
people!  Would  it  not  be  the  same  in  any  State 
East?  Man  is  not  a  ground  hog.  as  some  sup- 
pose, but  man.  If  he  were  a  real  confirmed 
soul-sleeper,  such  a  place  might  do   quite  well. 


and  he  would  be  healthy,  but  m  long  ««  he  is  Fall  River  church.  Meeting  under  the  tent 
composed  of  soul,  body  and  spirit,  and  Sieves  next  day  at  11  o'clock.  Brethren  HodRden 
It,  he  wants  iun   light   and   GospelliKht.   but    Harader,    Uesa        - 


when  he  don't  Iwlii've  this,  he   may  want  .■<un-  ' 
light,  but  not  Gospel  light. 

It  costs  no  more  to  build  a  frame  structure 
I-lxH;,  thanitdoesto  build  a  dug-out.  Doc- 
tors tell  me  that  nearly  all  of  the  sickness  in 
this  country  is  found  in  dug-outs.  The  dietics 
"f  the  people  here  are  good,  substantial,  except 
jniit,  and  in  a  few  years  their  want  in  this,  will 
be  abundantly  supplied,  for  this  will  surely 
come  to  be  a  noted  place  for  fruit-growing. 

What  about  the  colony?  ask  several.  I  will 
not  settle  in  any  colony  farther  West  than  Os- 
borne Co.,  Kansas.  In  Jewell  and  Osbonie 
counties  there  are  good  chances  yet  to  get  school 
'rnd  state  land  from  three  to  four  dollars  per 
acre,  and  good  claims  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  from  four  to  six  hundred  dollars,  with 
considerable  improvements.  The  watvr  in  the 
streams  here  is  clear  and  fresh.  The  average 
depth  of  wells  in  these  bounties  is  from  twelve 
to  twenty-five  feet.  The  soil  is  good;  the  only 
drawback,  here,  is,  the  distance  to  railroad,  be- 
ing from  twenty-live  to  thirty-five  miles,  but 
by  February  the  distance  wUl  be  cut  down  one- 
half.  There  is  sufficient  fuel  here — wood  from 
forty  to  seventy-tive  cents  per  load. 

lu  two  or  three  weeks  I  shall  determine  where 
I  shall  locate,  and  then  let  you  know, 

The  prospects  of  building  up  societies  or 
churches  of  the  Brethren  are  good,  in  fact 
wherever  the  Br-threu  live  up  to  the  Gospel 
order  of  the  church,  they  take  the  lead  in  the 
We^t,  but  wherever  a  congregation  will  sacri- 
fice its  order  to  get  numbers  into  the  church, 
the  sensible  people  lose  their  respect  for  that 
church,  and  she  goes  down.  Whenever  a  con- 
gregation of  the  Brethren  will  throw  otf  the 
Gospel  plainness  and  ape  the  corrupt  societies 
around  her,  she  will  get  numbere.  But  a  class 
of  people  who  are  loose  in  the  world,  aud  :i3  a 
general  thing,  just  as  loose  in  the  church,— 
they  despise  the  Christian  order,  but  love  a 
loose  and  profligate  religion. 
White  nock.  Knn. 


\ 


From  J.  P.  Horning. 

OUR  Communion  here  is  among  the  tilings 
nf  the  past.  Quit*  a  goodly  number  of 
iiienil)ers  present.  Our  minist^'rial  aid  was  also 
large.  There  came  to  our  assistance  brethren 
John  Metzger,  Joseph  Henrieks,  Henry  Jones. 
Michael  Forney,  Samuel.  Forney  and  brother 
Sell,  of  Ind.  Ha'd  a  lajjle  congregation  at 
night,  and  the  best  of  order  and  attentian. — 
Meeting  again  next  morning,  and  in  the  after- 
noon the  funeral  of  Bro.  Hyre,  our  former  elder, 
was  preached  by  the  Brethren.  Continued 
meeting  at  night  for  several  nights.  Two  pre- 
cious souls  agreed  to  follow  the  Savior  and 
were  baptized.  We  humbly  trust  and  pray, 
ihat  lasting  imperssions  here  have  been  made 
upon  rawy  others,  and  be  made  willing  to 
follow  in  the  footsteps  of  our  dear  Savior, 
aud  increase  the  Truth,  as  it  is  in  Him.  Truly 
the  harvest  is  plenteous,  but  the  laborers  are 
few.  Brethren  pray  for  us  that  the  good  Lord 
may  send  more  laborers  into  His  harvest,  and 
assist  our  efforts  to  spread  His  Gospel,  that  yet 
many  may  seek  Him  while  He  may  be  found. 
Hutsonville,  Hi 


Notes  of  Travel. 

niar  Brcfhien:^ 

I  EFT  home  Sept.  24th  to  see  the  West.  Ar- 
J  rived  at  Bro.  fJeo.  Myers',  Miami  Co., 
Kansas,  the  2Tth.  and  found  him  sick  and  in 
bed;  the  rest  of  the  family  all  well  except  a 
few  who  had  chills. 

On  the  2nd  of  Oct.,  I  left  Bro.  George,  and 
went  to  Fort  Scott.  Thence  to  Paint  Creek 
church,  to  a  Communion  meeting  at  Bro.  John 
Bollinger's,  Oct.  .Ird.  Had  the  meeting  under 
a  canvas  tent,  which  was  something  new  to  me; 
but  we  had  a  very  good  meeting  and  good  or- 
der. An  election  was  held  for  delicous,  the  lot 
falling  on  brethren  Zook  and  Byers.  Meetings 
also  next  day. 

Oct.  5th  started  out  with  Bro.  Haniel  Harad- 
er  to  Neosho  Co.,  to  another  Communion  meet- 
ing. Here  the  strong  South  wind  blew  down 
the  tent.  Four  souls  came  out  and  were  bap- 
tized. Put  up  the  tent  again  in  time  for  even- 
ing exercises,  and  had  a  good  meeting  and  good 
order.  Meeting  next  forenoon,  and  two  more 
were  baptized.  Hail  meeting  in  the  school- 
house  in  the  evening,  when  imother  soul  was 
made  willing  to  come  ou  t  on  the  Lord's  side. 

This  morning.  Oct.  10,  about  forty  of  us  in 
number  started  out  for  Wilson  Co.  Had  a 
pleai^iuit  time  for  traveling,  but  a  heavy  shower 
in  tlie  afternoon  prevented  us  from  having 
any  meeting  that  evening.      This  is  called  the 


Clinganpcftl  and  tho  writ^-r. 
re  tho  uuuiatcrs  present.  Hu'l  an  election 
for  n  minister,  the  lot  falling  on  Uro.  Jame* 
Murray.  Att^-ndance  and  onler  were  good  at 
the  meetiuga.  This  church  numben  about 
thirty  members,  and  only  one  of  them  uses  to- 
bacco. 

Monday.  Oct.  Uth,  we  started  for  VAV  Co., 
and  crossed  over  some  rough  country.  Had  a 
meeting  at  Bro.  Clinganpeal'a,  Oct.  1.x  Then 
started  for  Cowley  Co.  Pa«wd  over  some  more 
rough  country,  and-  stopped  with  Bro.  L,  K, 
Prickett.  Meeting  at  the  achool-house  on  the 
evening.  The  ICth  had  meeting  in  the  hay. 
shed  put  up  for  tho  Communion.  Lnve-fL-iist  in 
the  evening,  and  good  order  and  attention  were 
given  by  alt.  The  Sullivan  Creek  church  num- 
ber about  twenty  members.  Only  one  brother 
uses  tobacco.  Here  the  meetings  were  contin- 
ued a  few  days,  and  four  houIb  were  added  bj- 
baptism. 

We  looked  about  some,  in  Cowley  Co.,  -and 
are  well  pleased  with  the  country  here.  Oct. 
litth  our  Wilson  Co.  friends  started  home.  We 
were  aorr)-  to  part,  but  expect  to  meet  again.— 
The  22nd  left  Cowley  Co.  Traveled  through 
Butler,  lireenwood,  Lyon,  Gage  aud  Douglass 
counties  in  company  with  our  dear  Bro.  I>, 
Harader,  who  was  kind  enough  to  take  me  in 
his  wagon  all  this  trip.  The  Lord  reward  him. 
I  am  much  pleased  with  my  trip  through  Kan- 
sas, and  have  formed  acquaintimces  that  will 
not  be  forgotten  soon.  Many  have  said,  "Pray 
for  us."  and  "  Remember  us!"  This  we  will 
try  to  do,  and  at  the  same  time  we  ask  an  inter- 
est in  the  prayers  of  all  our  brethren  aud  sis- 
t«i^-  Gro.  W.  Mykhs, 

lifirllrloH,  Fa. 


From  Modesto,  California. 

WE  write  you  this  morning,  some  happy 
news  from  this  part  of  the  Lord's  vine- 
yard. We  commenced  a  serio.'*  of  meetings  or 
the  IDth  of  Oct.,  aud  continued  till  the  evening 
of  the '25th.  On  the  last  day  of  the  meeting, 
the  church  was  made  to  rejoice  in  the  reception 
of  two  members,  husband  and  wife,  into  the 
fold  by  baptism.  The  rite  or  ordinance  v/na 
administered  in  the  presence  of  the  largest 
concourse  of  people  I  ever  witnessed  at  bap- 
tism, the  entire  congregation,  going  a  dis- 
tance of  over  three  miles,  to  witness  the  scene. 
The  best  of  order  prevailed  during  all  our  meet- 
ings; and  we  closed  with  a  growing  interest. 

The  brethren  feel  to  "thank  God  aud  take 
courage."  Unto  God  the  Father  belongeth  all 
the  praise,  through  Jesus  our  loving  Savior. 

Dear  members  do  not  weary  in  well-doing 
nor  faint  by  the  way.  Rver  remember  the  ne- 
ce-isity  of  watching  unto  jirayer,  and  as  you 
journey  along,  miss  no  opportunity  to  cast 
"  bread  upon  the  waters,"  and  in  due  time  it 
shall  be  gathered,  though  it  be  after  many  days. 

The  prayers  of  the  Brethren  everywhere  are 
humbly  and  earnestly  desired. 

In  Brotherly  Love, 

P.  S.  G.vnMAN. 

Ort.  -22. 


Huntingdon  Normal  School. 

[The  following  in  regard  to  the  Huntingdon 
Normal  school,  we  clip  from  the  Altoona,  (Pa.) 
Tribiim-  of  Nov.  2,  1878.  The  article  was  sent 
to  us  with  request  to  publish  either  entire  or  in 
part.  We  publish  that  part,  relating  to  the 
(liiti  of  the  institution. — Ens.] 
t(  TIHK  aim  of  this  institution  is  to  provide  a 
_L  cheap  and  at  the  same  time  first-class 
and  thorough  education.  The  classics  and 
higher  branches  are  taught  those  who  desire  to 
study  them,  but  the  main  idea  has  been  thus 
far  to  educate  teachers.  The  course  is  de^iign- 
ed,  to  lay  the  foundation  for  the  higher  branch 
es.  The  principal,  .1.  M.  Zuck,  A.  M.,  is  a 
graduate  of  two  of  the  leading  normal  schools 
of  the  country,  aud  is  highly  spoken  of  by  all 
with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact.  Three  of 
the  other  teachers  are  also  graduates  of  well 
known  normal  or  other  educational  institutions. 

The  extreme  cheapness  of  tuition  at  this 
school,  will  recommend  it  these  hard  times.  — 
The  whole  cost  for  one  year  of  forty-eight 
weeks  is  only  $35.00,  and  when  we  consider 
that  boarding  can  be  obtained  for  a  nominal 
sum,  say  Sil.tK)  per  week,  it  is  indeed  uu  oppor- 
tunity lor  those  who  are  needy,  to  alucate 
llieinselves.  The  original  intention  was,  to 
have  tho  school  exclusively  for  the  children  of 
the  Brethren  or  Dunkard  denomination,  but  it 
was  afterward  wisely  determined  to  throw  it 
open  to  all  sects  and  creeds.  There  is  connect- 
ed with  the  institution  an  excellent  library  of 


standard  works,  which  is  open  t^i  the  otn'!^  dt- 
also  a  flourishing  literary  society,  whirli  ,  ;  I. 
weekly  meetingii.  Sectarian  dogmu  or  -1,^. 
triuw.  are  not  enforced,  aad  any  att*-iii,.U  in 
that  direction  are  frowned  upon.  Moral  con- 
duct i»  required  of  every  pupil,  and  n-ligion  U 
taught  by  example  rather  than  by  precept." 


Prom  Manhattan.  Iowa. 
}hf,r  Br^lhrrn:— 

A  SHORT  atrount  of  the  Communion  in  the 
South  Keokuk  branch,  may  be  of  int^reiit. 
The  meeting  took  place  Nov.  Ist,  at  A  o'clock 
P.  M.  Ministers  present  were  Solomon  SUmy, 
ot  Linn  Co.,  la.;  Samuel  Miller  of  Poweaheik 
Co..  la.;  Samuel  Flory  of  South  English.— 
There  were  about  fifly  members  that  commun- 
ed. Though  a  large  crowd  was  in  att^ndanc.?, 
good  order  and  attention  were  manifested 
throughout  the  meeting,  which  lasted  until  the 
3rd  inst. 

One  of  our  faithful  members  went  to  her 
long  home  on  the  2nd  inst.  It  wax  the  consort 
of  elder  Cbarlea  Wond._T!i*k.  Thu-^  a  gloom 
was  cast  over  the  vicinity  and  especialFy  the 
church,  she  being  a  consistent  member  for  fort  ■■ 
years. 

Her  funeral  discourse   was  preached   on  the 
"th  inst.,  at  eleven  o'clock,  to  one  of  the    larg- 
est crowds  that  ever  attended  a  funeral  there. 
Yours  in  Christ, 

Nornnber  >*th. 


Prom  Waterloo,  la. 

Dear  Brethren: — 

I  WILL  attempt,  in  my  weakness,   to  pen    -. 
few  line*  for  you.     Not  long  since,  ev^r 
thing  was  green  and  looked  so  pleasant.     N'n 
everything  in  nature  has  faded.     Where  is  tlie 
bcHutiful  loliage?     Gone,  all  gone!    The  tn=-e. 
are  all  Htrippcd  of  their  leaves.      Their   beautv 
has  faded.     Their  leave.-*  have  dropped  oft"  and 
fallen  to  the  ground.     So  it  will  be  with  us.  — 
We  will  soon  fade  away  like  the  leaves.     Tb'V 
lie    under  our  feet.      We  tread   upon   them 
having   no  beauty  or  comeliness.      The  c  .n 
froat  nipped  them.     The  trees  stand  bare  aji-i 
look  as  if  they  had  no  life  in  them.     So  it  wiU 
be  with  us.     The  cold,  icy  hand  of  death  will 
chill  our  flowing  blood.      Then   we  shall  fade 
like  the  leaves  of   the  for.'st.     We  sh.ill  then 
look  like  the  bare  trees,  i^tnpped  of  our  beautv 
But  we  will  bloom  again  in   the  reaurrech- 
morning.      Our    bodies  may  lie  in   the  d  !  : 
silent  grave,  but  they  will  live  again. 

While  we  live  in  this  world,  we  should  live  a 
Christian  life.  We  should  let  our  lights  -u 
shine,  that  others  may  see  our  good  works,  anl 
glorify  our  Father  in  henven. 

When  we  see  the  trees  in  their  beautifil 
green  leaves,  what  does  it  teach  us?  It  tea.  I  ■ 
us  that  God  Almighty  created  all  things  ■ 
man's  enjoyment,  that  man  should  glorify  i.,>^ 
in  his  body  and  in  his  spirit,  which  are  God's. — 
He  has  created  us,  that  we  should  let  our  bean- 
ty  shine,  that  we  should  live  in  righteousneaa 
and  true  holiness  before  him  all  the  days  of  our 
lives.  If  the  people  would  let  their  beauty  ap- 
pear as  the  flowers  of  Spring,  what  a  light  that 
would  be  I 

H  we  let  our  light  shine  that  others  may 
glorify  our  heavenly  Father,  then,  when  we 
fade  away  like  the  Summer  flowers,  we  shall 
bloom  above  where  all  is  love.  But  how  do  we 
let  our  light  shine?  I  think  sometimes  our 
light  is  very  dim.  I  think  sometimes  my  light 
has  not  always  shone  so  brightly  as  it  should. 

Let  me  say  to  my  dear  brethren  and  sisters 
that  I  have  left  in  the  far  East,  when  I  gave 
you  the  last  farewell,  I  never  expected  to  see 
you  again  in  this  world.  But  I  would  say.  Be 
faithful  and  continue  in  prayer,  that  we  may 
meet  where  all  is  love,  joy  and  peace.  It  will 
soon  be  one  year  since  we  took  the  parting 
hand.  How  long  will  it  be  until  we  shall  clasp 
glad  hands  again  ?  God  only  knows. 
My  parting  hymn  was, 

"  Time  is  winging  ns  away. 
To  our  eternal  home." 
I  often  think  how  swiftly  time  winss  us 
away. 

"  But  the  Christian  shall  enjoy. 

Health  and  beauty  soon  above. 
Far  beyond  this  world's  alloy. 
Secure  in  Jesus'  love." 
How  much  we  admire  beauty!     Aud  what  a 
great  blessing  is  health!     May  we  all  enjoy 
health  and  beauty  in  the  paradise  of  God. 
Your  Sister  in  Christ, 

N.VXCY  WlSB. 


''  He  that  wiuneth  souls,  is  wise." 


'^miG    BRETECKEOSr    -A.T    "WORIi:. 


I^oveniber    -2 1 


From  Mercer  Co..  W.  Va. 

Dear  Birtiirtii : — 

I  HAVE  just  rvtiimed  from  r  wrier*  of  mrtt- 
ing«  in  l-VKt*  Co..  on  the  we«t  sidpof  Ihf 
river,  and  cAii  hiiu-tily  say,  I  never  witness*"'! 
Boch  «  m(N»ting.  Much  nnity  pxiated  in  th* 
chuTcii,  andagn'utdoftlof  kindnaw  and  can,- 
wvre  lx-«towi;d  upon  iw  uvuu  by  tiww  outsidv  of 
the  chiircb.  who  were  slrangcni  to  iis,  but  we 
hope,  one  Any  will  l>e  inmat*'»i  of  one  house,  and 
ODo  Father  be  the  Father  of  iis  all.  May  th'- 
Lord  blew  those  that  were  nathered  together  in 
ODe  place  to  wumhip  and  hear  the  truth,  for 
their  kindnejw  and  gentleness  and  good  Whav  -■ 
ior.  I  have  lieen  to  five  Communions  since 
havi:  been  a  member,  and  never  witnessed  w 
good  behavior  before,  bm  there  wa«  at  the  Tay- 
elte  meeting. 

It  was  evident  to  all  that  tho  Spirit  wa^  with 
us.  One  gentU'umn,  after  flerriws,  expressed 
himself  as  Iwing  fully  satisfied  that  he  had  seen 
the  Scriptures  i>riicticed  pn>|>erly.  He  also  re- 
marked, lie  long  had  wished  to  meet  with  some 
denomination  that  would  pra*;tic«  all  laid  down 
in  the  holy  book  of  G.id,  but  uyver  until  thi-n. 
Oh  may  that  all-seeing  eye  cause  others  who 
say  that  there  are  «o  many  non-eHsentials  in 
the  Bible,  see  their  own  wrong,  before  it  is  too 
late. 

We  had  preaching  on  Sunday  and  one  addi- 
tion. Oo  Sunday  night  Bro.  Harry  prejtched 
for  us.  and  had  one  more  addition,  ayoung  lady. 
On  Monday  Bro.  .lames  Hutchison  preached  a 
very  warm  oermon,  and  hod  the  pleasure  of  set^ 
ing  one  immemed. 

On  Wednesday  attended  preaching  and  one 
who  hud  gone  astray,  returned  to  the  church, 
desiring  to  live  for  Jesus,  who  died  for  us  all. — 
May  the  Lord  strengthen  him  and  his  brothers 
who  have  enlisted  in  the  holy  warfare,  that 
they  may  be  faithful  brethren.  May  the  Lord 
guard  and  protect  them  from  all  harm  ond  in- 
duce others  to  join  the  service  of  the  Lord. 

C.  J.  HCTCHISOS. 

Iffd  Oak  liridije.  If.  In. 


Danish  Mission  Report. 


Rock  Creek  church,  III., 

I'ort^ige  Prairie  church,  lud.,  . . 

L.  W.,  hid., 

Il,Ji.J.  D.  Reed,  W.  Vn 

Buffalo  Valley  church.  Pa., .... 

C.  P.  llowLAND,  Treasurer. 
Limavk,  III.,  Nov.  10th,  187H. 
(P.  C,  please  cojaj.) 


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From  Jewell  Co.,  Kmi. — Our  Love-ieast  in 
Lime  Stone  congregation,  passed  off  very  plea- 
santly. No  additions,  but  a  general  rejuicing 
among  the  membeiv.  Bro.  Hillery  was  with 
us  and  preached  the  word  in  its  purity.  We 
would  like  if  some  more  brethren  would  come 
here  and  preach  the  Gospel.  We  certainly 
stand  in  need  of  the  Gospel  here  as  much  as 
eleewhere.  The  harvest  is  great,  but  the  labor- 
era  are  too  few.  A.  W.  Al-stin. 

From  Leetonlft,  Oliio.— We,  as  a  church 
are  progressiug  slowly,  but  have  not  had  any 
accessions  since  hwt  Spring.  We  had  our 
Love-fenst  at  the  BKthe]  meeting-house,  Oct. 
19th.  Although  the  attendance  was  smitll  on 
account  of  tlie  inclemency  of  the  weather,  the 
order  was  good,  and  not  a  little  interest  mani- 
fested on  the  part  of  the  spectators  pie.sent  as 
well  as  the  members.  The  ministerial  aid  dur- 
ing forenoon  services  were  brethren  Conrail 
Kahler  and  Aaron  Shively,  and  in  the  evening 
to  the  joy  of  all  brethren,  Samuel  Qaiber  and 
J.  A.  Clement  arrived  from  Bristolville  church, 
where  the  Brethren  had  a  feast  on  the  isth.  — 
The  brethren  in  their  weakness  tried  to  hold 
up  Jmus  and  the  fiutfering  and  death  of  our 
Lord  to  a  dying  world.  God  grant  that  the 
feast  may  long  be  remembered  by  all  tho  saints. 
Our  church  here,  numbers  about  sixty  in  all. — 
Although  small  in  number,  we  have  tho  prom- 
ise of  God,  and  He  be  prai.sed  for  the  same.  We 
had  Sabbath-school  on  the  Wi:st-side  of  the 
church  for  four  or  five  years.  In  the  Winter 
every  two  weeks  before  services,  and  in  the 
Summer  season  every  Sunday.  Sabbath-schools 
ought  to  be  kept  up  throughout  the  Winter.  It 
is  good  to  be  zealously  affected  alwiys  in  a  good 
cause.  Levi  Lonrasecker. 

From  Sister  Sid ler.— Enclosed  find 

which  appropriate  to  the  fund  for  sending  the 
paper  to  the  poor.  The  Savior  says:  The  poor 
ye  always  have  with  you.  and  if  you  will,  you 
you  can  do  them  good." 

I  know  if  our  faith  is  practiced,  the  poor 
will  be  helped,  the  Gospel  spread,  and  bread 


wiin>e  east  upon  the    watt-rn.    which    we   shall 
find  after  many  day*. 

Charity,  Idr^t  offspring  of  Heaven,  how  doirt 
thou  ennoble  and  adorn  thy  posswaor.  Thou 
renderest  hiiii  Inily  amiable  und  lovely.  "Al- 
though I  »*|R'ak  with  the  tongue  of  men  and  an- 
gels, and  have  not  chanty.  I  am  become  as 
sounding  brow  and  a  tinkling  cymbal.  "Ble.-s- 
ed  is  the  man  that  considereth  the  poor,  th' 
Lord  will  deliver  him  in  time  of  trouble.  The 
Lord  will  preserve  liim,  and  keep  him  alive,  and 
he  shall  be  blessed  upon  the  earth."  Ps.  41. 
Seizier'n  Sforr,  J'n. 

From  I).  X.  Workman.— Sept.  21>t  com- 
menced meeting  iJi  the  Gingham  church,  Mia- 
mi Co.,  Ohio.  Continued  a  few  days  and  bap- 
tised eight.  Enjoyed  the  meeting  very  much. 
This  church  is  alive  to  the  work  of  the  Mtister, 
which  makes  it  vei-y  attractive  here.  May  the 
Savior  bless  and  keep  them. 
AMoji'l,  Ohio. 

From  Fall  Creek  eliureli,  0.  — Seldom  do 
wo  SIX-  any  news  from  this  vicinity.  I  «ish  to 
say  that  all  tho  Lovc-feasta  aro  over,  and  I  be- 
lieve, were  as  pleasant  meetings  of  the  kind  iis 
have  ever  been  held  in  this  part  of  the  conn- 
try.  Help  in  the  ministry  was  scarce,  as  none 
of  the  Brethren  written  to,  came.  At  our 
plat*  there  wa.s  one  addition  by  baptism,  and 
hope,  good  impressions  were  made  upon 
others.  We  hope  some  good  zealous  brother, 
interested  in  his  Master's  work,  will  try  and 
visit  us  this  Winter,  and  hold  series  of  meet- 
ings in  the  different  churches,  Correspondence 
to  this  end  solicited.  Address  me  at  Highland, 
Ohio.  A.  J.  HixoN. 

From  J.K.Harloy.— Wewouldsay  through 
your  columns  to  the  many  dear  brethren,  sis- 
ters and  friends  in  the  West,  that  we  arrived 
safely  home  on  the  eveuiug  of  the  31st  of  Oct. 
all  in  good  health,  and  found  those,  we  had  left 
for  a  while,  well  as  usual.  We  can  truly  say, 
"  Providence  has  smiled  on  them  in  every  re- 
spect." We  all  return  our  sincere  thanks  to  the 
many  dear  brethren  and  sisters  and  friends  in 
the  West  for  their  kindness,  while  with  them. 
We  have  seen  at  many  different  places  the  ef- 
fects of  the  recent  Eastern  storm.  No  serious 
damage  at  our  place,  although  our  neighboi-s 
cannot  alt  sav  so. 
Hurhijsrillc,  I'd. 

From  VermiUion  church,  111.— Our  Com- 
munion meeting  passed  off'  very  pleasantly  on 
the  13th  and  Uth  of  Sept.  We  held  ourmeet> 
ing  at  Bro.  Wm.  Lehmun's,  two  miles  north 
and  one  mile  west  of  Chenoa.  The  ministers 
present  were,  Elder  G.  W.  Gish,  P.  A.  Moore, 
Jacob  SoUenberger  and  J.  J.  Kindig.  The 
brethren  labored  earnestly  in  the  Master's 
cause.  Altogether  we  had  a  good  feast,  which 
will  long  be  remembered  by  the  brethren  and 
sisters.  I  sometimes  think,  there  is  too  much 
lukewarmness  among  the  members.  We  should 
be  more  engaged  in  our  Master's  cause!  Let 
us  not  forget  to  work  while  it  is  called  to-day, 
for  the  night  cometh  whereiii  no  man  can 
work! 

The  church  saw  tit  to  divide  this  congrecta- 
tion  into  two  branches,  on  account  of  the  mem- 
bers living  so  scattered.  The  south  end  is  now 
called  Pike  Creek  church,  haviug  one  speaker 
and  two  deacons;  leaving  the  noi-th  end  two 
speakers  and  two  deacons.  The  Lord  bl 
those  brethren  for  their  labors  of  love,  whilst 
among  us.  N.  S.  D.vLE. 

From  Mahaska  Co.,  la. — Our  Communion 
is  over,  and  I  am  happy  to  say  that  two  cume 
out  on  the  Lord's  side  to  live  faithful  through 
life.  0  may  God  help  them  to  prove  faithful! 
We  feel  very  thankful  to  our  dear  brethren, 
who  came  to  us,  for  their  labor  of  love,  to 
preach  the  word  of  God  to  us  in  deed  and  in 
truth.  Our  Communion  was  held  iu  our  new 
meeting-house,  six  luilea  East  of  New  Sharon. 
If  any  Brethren  wish  to  emigrate  West  and 
])urchase  a  farm  in  Iowa,  please  come  to  see  us 
and  our  country  and  we  believe  yon  will  be 
pleased  with  it,  There  are  three  farms  within 
half  a  mile  of  the  meeting-house,  which  can  be 
bought  very  low  at  this  time.  Dear  brethren, 
come  over  into  Macedonia  and  help  us.  We 
ai-e  very  much  iu  need  of  ministerial  aid,  as  we 
have  only  one,  our  dear  young  brother  Charles 
Hillery,  who  is  laboring  hard  anti  doing  all  he 
can  in  the  Master's  cause.  P.  Pi-iiltz. 


We  have  hnd  some  additions  to  the  church 
by  baptism,  but  not  [i.«  many  as  we  would  wish 
to  See.  We  also  have  some  sickness  and  deaths 
amongst  us.  That  fearful  disi-ase,  diptheria, 
hiLS  taken  some  to  the  grave.  Bro.  J.  M.  Cline 
ha.*i  buried  two  of  his  little  daughters.  Thut 
two  loved  ones  have  been  snatched  away  from 
the  family  circle,  but  we  would  say  to  our  dear 
brother  and  sister,  weep  not,  for  they  are  not 
dead,  but  asleep  in  Christ.  Paul,  the  opostle, 
says,  "  To  die  is  gain."  E.  L.  B. 

From  C.  H.  Balshaugh. — It  is  pitiful  how 
blinded  the  mind  may  become  through  the  de- 
ceitfuluess  of  sin.  The  essential  claims  of 
truth  and  the  ab'«olute  authority  of  Deity  In- 
carnate are  the  two  great  factors  in  the  final 
judgment,  and  they  should  be  the  two  control 
ling  elements  of  our  probationary  state.  There 
are  numerous  personal  considerations  which 
warp  our  judgment  by  influences  so  subtle  that 
we  draw  a  film  over  our  inner  vision,  before  we 
suspect  our  false  attit«ide  to  the  cross.  The 
mind  admits  of  so  many  prismatic  variations, 
that  with  aself-approving  conscience  people  en- 
hance and  maintain  error  as  the  very  essence  of 
the  Gospel.     Let  us  watch! 

From  Mt.  Vernon  Church,  A'a.  —  The 
church  here  is  small,  not  having  been  organiz- 
ed more  than  teu  or  twelve  years  ago.  The 
Brethren  met  wiih  much  opposition  here,  as 
they  are  surrounded  by  protessoi-s  of  religion 
of  several  different  denomicatious.  James  R. 
Gish  of  111.  has  labored  a  great  deal  hei'e,  es- 
pecially about  the  time  the  church  was  organ- 
ized, Last  January  Bro.  J.  D.  Trostle  of  Lin- 
ganore,  Md.,  labored  with  us  eight  or  ten  days. 
In  the  early  part  of  May  Bro.  James  (Juinter, 
of  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  hibored  with  us  a  similar 
length  of  time.  In  the  meantime  quite  a  num- 
ber of  the  brethren  from  the  neighboring  dis- 
tricts have  been  with  us,  especially  at  the  time 
of  Love-feast,  which  was  held  Oct.  5th.  It  was 
really  a  feast  of  love.  The  local  miuisters  are 
J.  A.  Cline,  G.  S.  Wine,  E.  D.  Kendig  and  J. 
Farier.  S.  W.  Gabver. 

Stuart's  Draft,  Va. 

From  Pike  Creek,  Church,  111 —On  the 

13th  of  September  we  held  our  Love-feast. — 
Brethren  J.  R.  Gish,  P.  A.  Moore  and  Solen- 
barger  were  with  us.  We  had  a  verj'  good 
meeting.  It  was  very  encouraging  to  our  little 
band  of  twenty-seven.  Sinner,  give  Jesus 
your  heart  and  us  your  hand,  and  let  us  togeth- 
jouruey  on  to  Zion. 

L.  C.  Klinzman. 


is  her  great  gain.     The  funeral  was  lar-rciy  at 
tended:  services  from   Kev.  li:  1^.13,   by   the 


7¥ 


DXED. 

Obituaries  should  be  brief,  wrilton  on  but  one  iide  of  the 
paper,  and  flcpnraie  from  all  other  busiaeBB. 


From  ^Vayueshoro,  Va.— According  to  pre- 
vious arrartgements,  the  Brethren  in  the  Vir- 
ginia Valley  met  at  the  Linwell  ('reek  church, 
Ilockingham  Co.,  Vu.,  on  the  *23rd  day  of  Oct., 
and  made  the  necessary  arrangements  for  A.  M. 
of  187!i.  The  place  of  meeting  is  at  Bro.  S. 
Cline's,  near  Broadway  depot,  on  the  Valley  R. 
R.,  it  being  a  branch  of  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio 
R.  R.  The  location  for  the  meeting  is  a  good 
one.  It  WB.S  i-esolved  to  feed  the  members  only 
at  the  meeting. 


CLEAR  —  In  the  Poplar  Ridge  church.  Defi- 
ance Co.,  0.,  Oct.  1!*,  Clara  Clear,  daughter  of 
Bro.  Zedock  and  sister  Maria  Clear,  aged  5 
years,  7  months,  and  27  days.  Died  with 
croup. 

This  makes  three  in  the  same  family,  in- 
side of  about  two  months.  Funeral  discourse 
by  Jacob  Kintner. 

NOFFSINGEK, —  In  the  same  congregation, 
Oct.  30th,  1678,  William  Noffeinger,  aged  o6 
years,  4  months  and  9  days. 

The  funeral  discoui-se  was  delivered  by 
Elder  Jacob  Brown  from  2  Tim,  4;  7,8.  On 
Tuesday  before  he  died,  he  was  iu  Defiance,  and 
upon  being  asked  by  some  brethren  about  his 
health,  he  told  them,  he  did  not  feel  very  well. 
He  weut  home  about  noou  and  took  sick  about 
four  o'clock  that  afternoon.  He  fell  backwards 
on  his  bed  with  his  clothes  on,  after  which  he 
was  not  able  to  speak  again.  He  departed  this 
life  about  three  o'clock  next  morning.  He  fol- 
lows his  companion,  who  preceded  him  about 
two  years.  He  leaves  four  children,  many 
relatives  and  friends  to  mourn  his  departure. 

Our  deceased  brother  was  a  minister  in  the 
second  degree  for  a  number  ol  years.  The 
church  loses  a  very  faithful  laborer,  but  we 
hope  our  loss  is  his  great  gain.  We  can  well 
think  of  our  brother,  what  Paul  of  old  said  in 
bis  last  days:  '"I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I 
have  finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith; 
Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of 
righteousness,  which  the  Lord,  the  righteous 
.ludge  shall  give  me  at  that  day;  and  not  to  me 
only,  but  unto  all  them  that  love  his  appear- 
ing. Eld.  J.  Lehman. 
BE.4R.— In  the  Pipe  Creek  church,  McLean 
Co.,  ill ,  Nov.  !*th,  sister  Patience  Bear,  wife 
of  Bro.  Joseph  Bear,  aged  48  years  and  18 
days. 

Oar  sister's  sickness  was  long  and  protract- 
ed. She  suffered  from  the  painfnl  affliction  of 
cancer,  but  died,  or  rather,  fell  asleep  without  a 
struggle,  leaving  a  dear  husband  and  loving 
children  to  mourn  their  loss,  which,  we  hope, 


undersigned. 


Thob.  D.  Lyon. 


Prhnitive  Christian, plfcse  cop;/. 
DAVIDSON.— I"  the  South  Keokuk   church, 
Keokuk  Co.,    Iowa,  sister  Hannah,   wife  of 
friend  D.  L.  Davidson.  Sept.  23rd.   aged  60 
years,  +  months  and  211  days. 

Deceased  was  born  in    Foruiington  town- 
ship. Trumbull  Co..  Ohio.      Funeral    discourse 
by  Stei)hen  Yoder  of  Wushiugton  Co.,  Iowa. 
WELSH.— Also  at  the  same  place,  William  M. 
Welsh,  son  of  Bro.    William   H.    and   sister 
Charlotte    Welsh,   aged  7  years,    U    mouths 
and  4  days.     Funeral  discourse  by  Bro.  Abra- 
ham Wolf,  of  Washington  Co.,  Iowa. 

J.  S.  FitiTs. 
Primitive  Chri-ttian,  phase  copy. 
GEISTWITE.  —  In  the  Arnold's  Grove  con- 
gregation, Carroll  Co.,  HI.,  Nov.  7th,  Henry 
S.  Geistwite,  son  of  friend  Henry  and  sister 
Geistwite,  aged  3  years,  4  months  and  Ifi 
days.  Funeral  services  from  1  Peter  1:  24, 
gg^  J,  J.  Emmeut. 

PRICE.— In  Rock  Creek  church,  Whiteside 
Co,,  III..  Nov.  fi,  Bro,  John  H.  Price,  of  typh- 
oid fever,  aged  51  years  and  G  days. 

Bfco.  Price's  wife  is  also  lying  ill  with  the 
same  disease!  He  left  a  dear  companion  and 
seven  children.  Funeral  sermon  preached  by 
Bro.  Martin  Meyer  and  Tobias  Meyers  from  2 
Cor.  5:  1-10. 

WHITE. — In  Rock  Creek  congregation,  Knox 

Co.,  Mo..  Nov,  4th,  Harriet  A.  White,  wife  of 

Bro.  Samuel  White,  aged  24  years  aud  0  days. 

She    leaves  a  sorrowing  companion  and 

three  little  children  to  mourn  their  loss. 

Andrew  J.  White. 

LONG.  — Near    Falls   City,   Neb.,   Sept.  5th, 
Frank  Worley,   son  of  W.  Pym   and  Hettie 
Long,  aged  six  years,  seven  months,  and  four- 
teen days. 
On  Tuesday  evening  he  was  bright  and 
healthy,  and  on  Thursday  morning  death  claim- 
ed him,  thus  showing,  that  he  sometimes  comes 
when  wo  expect  him  not. 

DURA. — In  Middle  Creek  church,  Mahaska 
Co.,  Iowa,  infant  son  of  Bro.  C.  aud  sister  T. 
Dura,  aged  0  years,  and  some  mouths. 

HILLERY. — In  the  same  congregation,   Wil- 
lie, infant  sou  of  Bro.  Charles  and  sister  Liz- 
zie  Hillery,  aged  4  years  and  a  few  months. 
Peter  Pi'oriz. 

HOCKENSMITH,—  In  the  Ashland  church. 
Ashland  Co.,  Ohio,  Nov.  4,  Susan  A.  Hocken- 
smith,  aged  7  years,  11  months  and  7  days. — 
Funeral  services  by  the  writer. 

I.  Klt-HEVNER. 

ULLERV.— In  St.  Joseph  Co.,  lu.l.  Nov.  2nd, 
Mabel  P.,  infant  daughter  of  Bro.  Aaron 
and  sister  Jennie  UUery.  F.  E.  C. 

METZ.— At  his  residence.  Noble  Co.,  Indiana, 
Oct.  11th,  Bro.  Aaron  Met/.,  in  the  48th 
year  of  his  age.  Funeral  discourse  by  the 
wri'-er,  assisted  by  elder  Jacob  Berkey.  Text 
taken  from  Psalm  lit!:  15. 

A.   H.    Pl!TE»B-\lT.n. 


Children  at  Work. 

The   Bright,  Sparltling   Youtli's    Paper. 

PUBLI.SHEIl   \VEEKJ-Y. 
II  will  lell  you  of  Bible  fads,  commiiaUs.  and  promia- 


II  will  leikch  your  children  how  to  be  goo<I  and  Low  lo 
do  good. 

Ita  haii'liorae  en^nvings  are  drown  ftoai  Bililo   evenla 
nnd  Bible  iiliuriicLers. 

Il  poinis  lo  Uie  wjiy  of  Lappincss,  bolli  in  llii-  lifo  and 
■  he  life  to  come. 

Christ  BByw,    "  Foed  my  Inmba,"  ~  that   ia  just   wbal 
this  paper  iulouds  doing.     Siirnples  cheerfully  seiit. 
I'lUCE  CO   CENTS    I'Elt    .\NNCM. 
Address:  MOORE  U  ESHELMAIT, 

LANAHE,  CAnitOLL  CO.,  ILL. 


W.  U.  R.  R.  Time  Table. 

Day  passcuger  train  Roing  east  leBves  Lanark 
P.  M,,  ftnU  ftrrivea  in  Racine  iil  H-J3  I".  M, 

Day  passeiigcr  (rnin  going  we»l  leaves  Luuarb  ( 
M.,  and  Jtrrives  tit  Itock  iBlniid  ■..  6:50  I*.  M 

Night  paiaeuger  traiiiH,  going  eiisi  ua>i  wosi-, 
leave  Lnnnrk  nt  2:lH  A.  M  .  arriving  in  Uncn 
A.    M.,    and   at   Hook  Island  at  6;06  A.  M. 

Freight  and  Acconiiiiodalion  Traius  will  run 
12:  10  A  M..  8:10  A.  M.,  and  east  at  12 
and  5:  15  P.  M. 

Tirkortt  Hre  &>id   for  ahiyo   trains   only. 

IraioB  make  close  connection  at  WcBiern  Uniou 


at  12:00 
J: 06    P. 


'asscncprs   fnr  Chicii'.'ii  slimiM  Ic 
m  v.  M.;niii  lu  llu'  Wcsleru    In 
beietlicx  Tii'i'il  \v;iH  Imt  live  iiiiiuili'.    .    . 
iRd.  Miiwaiiltcp  :iii<l  St.  I'niil  )i;issi'liKer  i 
lus  reiich  t'luriitju  .tt  T-l.-i   llu-siinin   v-ven 
■aidi  LiiiiiirK  frnm  riijvai;.!,  i:.i  to  Ft.    \V 
not,  tiikc   tlie   CIn.iii;,,,   M^h^;|1lkep   ami 
tViiiii  at  live  iil  tlio  i-vi-uiiiui   luu  North  t( 
U.  .luncLiiju.  change  cars  lor  Lauiiik.  ati 
here  at  2:21  in  the  Morning. 


Pn^iscngor 

Ji.uclion. 
,  Agent. 
.aiiark  at 
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tlie  Chi- 
'iiin.and 
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The  Brethren  At  Work. 


'  Belwld  I  BrhiQ   You.  Oood  Tidirujs  of  Oreat  Jo//,  whioh  Sluilt  be  %mto  All  People.' 


-Lbkk  2:  in. 


Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  November  28, 1878. 


No.  48. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISBED  WEEKLY 
J.  H.  MOORE    &   M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 


a.  H.  MlLLEll, 
J.  W.  STEIN,       - 
p.  VAJTIIIAN, 
D.  B.  MBNTZER, 
HATTIE  A.  LBAJt, 


-:o:- 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

LADOGA,  IND. 
NKWTONU,  MO. 

-  -  VIKOEN,  ILL. 
WAYfTESBOHO,  PA. 

-  URUAJfA,    ILL. 


NIGHT  MUSINGS. 

HY  .IAS.  Y.  IlKCKLKU. 

All  ovir  troiiI)l&3,  c'iirt'-3  and  trials 

Will  at  liist  come  to  an  end: 
Aliiiegalioiis,  scif-deiiiiils, 

Whifh  the  I.iird  can  rompielicn<l. 
Will,  tliaiik  God,  not  Ifwt  forever. 

Even  ill  tills  vale  of  woe;— 
,         AfUT  iiiin  tliert-  comes  fair  weather. 

And  tlie  clouds  di»i)erae  and  go. 

Many  lieavy  hearts  are  beating 

In  alUivtion  and  distress. 
Many  youthful  liojieA  are  tleetiug, 

In  this  woeful  wilderness. 
Many  teal's  of  grief  are  falling 

From  the  widows'  eyelids  red.— 
Many  orphan  ehildren  cnlllnff 

For  their  psuents  wlio  are  dead. 

Many  tlmusand  si^hs  and  sorrows 

Sweep  across  the  hinnan  brea-t. 
Many  dark  and  bmg  lu-nmirow's 

I)i»ap|)ear  to  tlie  di.'^liessed. 
JIany  smiling,  sunny  glances. 

Shining  tbrongli  the  rifted  sky. 
Drive  tiway  our  (nolish  funcicK, 

And  declare  Unit  God  is  ni^h. 

Diaapiidintment,  euvea  and  sorruwa 
Darkens  nft  onr  rugged  way. 

Hut  llicn-  is  A  brighter  morrow 
In  Ihe  reiilnis  of  endless  day. 

All  our  trials  iind  li'miit:itions, 

Wlii.'li  W.'liiT.-  with  i.;itieiire  li.-;ir. 

Will  Imt!i:iii.^i-iI  to  iipiin.h;ilioiis. 
lu  tin.'  regions  ovur  there. 

STEIN  and'  KAY  DEBATE. 


Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them, 
to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ 

J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 

D.  B.  RAY  deuies. 

J.  W.  Stein'^  4th  Affirmative. 

AS  a  telegram  evinces  a  wire,  the  electric  in- 
fluence and  its  own  source,  so  any  con- 
gregation whose  teacliing  and  practice  harmon- 
izea  with  the  word  of  God.  evinces  through  that 
its  divine  workmanship,  the  Spirit's  presence 
and  its  own  connection  with  Christ  and  the 
apostles  who,  [  repeat,  were  as  much  Tunkers 
as  the  Brethren.  Moses  didn't  immerse  people. 
The  apostles  did,  hence  they  were  Tankers,  i. 
e,.  Dippers.  John  tlie  liarhingpr  of  Messi;ili  is 
expressly  called  *'  the  Dipper"  (Tunker)  in  the 
New  Testament,  in  various  voi-sions  and  lan- 
guages. See  Robinson's  Hist,  of  Bap.  6,  443, 
■  LoH.  Ed,  ITiJO.  Brother  Nead  used  the  word 
''regeneration"  in  the  sense  uf'the  new  birth," 
John  3:  5,  which  Christ  makes  include  baptism. 
I  emploj^ed  tbe  term  "regenerated"  in  its  de- 
rivative sense  from  "tr,"  again,  and  "iji-iiem,' 
to  beget.  Begetting  (not  the  nmv  birth)  lukes 
place  before  baptism.  Brother  Nead  referred 
to  birth,  and  to  brgeftimj-,  two  distinct  events 
Viiriou.sly  designated  in  the  Greek  Testament 
by  the  ambiguous  "ijeiumo."  We  never  taught 
Uptismal  salvation  that  we  might  surrender  it. 
Hf  might  as  well  say  I  surrendered  transub- 
stantiation.  He  persistently  dodges  the  true 
issue,  i.  e.,  baptism  m  oriier  to  the  remission  of 
sins.  Hpmake3Peter(l  IVter3:20,  21)  rep- 
resent baptism  as  a  mere  figure,  whence  he  re- 
fers that  sins  are  remitted  in  it  only  tigurative- 
ly.  Peter  makes  it  a  "like  figure"  or  antitype 
("'itifilnimii")  of  Noah's  salvation  by  water. 
My  friend  is  reduced  to  the  absurdity  of 
making    on    antitype  only  a  type,  and   Noah's 


saltation  in  the  ark  by  water  only  a  figurtf  of  a 
''Sine.  Abraham  received  "Isaac  from  the 
dead""iu  a  figure,"  Heb.  11:  Hi,  of  which 
Christ's  ressurrection  w,w  the  antitype  or  "like 
figure."  Did  Christ  therefore  only  rise  from 
the  deiid  figuratively-/  Hv  says  the  conscience. 
18  good  before  baptism.  Peter  makes  baptism, 
according  to  the  original,  ihewehhig  or  intpdr- 
imj  nfitr  [pperofnim)'a  good  conscience. 

My  friend  nays  those  texts  "that  mention  wa- 
ter, washing,  and  cleansing  vefiir  to  "spirituul 
cleansing.'"      He  teaches  that  "wat^*r,"  John 
3:  5;  Eph.  5:  26,  don't  nieim   "watei:"     David 
didn't  say,  '-Wash  me  iri/h   imln:"     I  ask  my 
friend  if  by  "spiritual  cleansing"  hero  he  means 
the  renewing,  or  birth   of  tlie  Spirit?     Also  if 
he  denies  that  "form  of  doctrine."    Rom.  6:  17, 
includes  baptism?     His  quotation  from    Butler 
fails  to  show  that  repentance  and  faith  are   not 
positive  commands,     Barnabas,  of  the  first  cen- 
tury {see  Acts  13:  2,  3,  4*!.  47;  14. 14;  1  Cor.    9; 
6),  says,  "  We  indeed  descend  into  the  water  full 
of  sins  and  defilement,  but  come  up  having  the 
fear  of  God  and  trust  in  Jesus  in   our  spirit." 
Apostolic  Fathers.  121.     Hermaa,  of  the  same 
age  (see    Rom.   16:  14),  says:   "Before  a  man 
bears  the  name  of  the   Son   of  God  he  is  dead; 
Itut  when  he  receives  the  seal  he  lays  aside   his 
deadness  and  obtains  life.     The  seal  then  is  the 
water;  they  descend  into   the  water  dead  and 
they  arise  alive.     And  to  them  accordingly  was 
this  seal  preached,  and  they  made  use  of  it   thi 
they  might  enter  into   the   Icingdom  of  God." 
Jbid.4yU.    Justin  Martyr,  who  was  bori.  about 
11  years  before  the  death   of  the  apostle  John, 
and  died  about  A.  D.  164,  says;  "We  nbtain  in 
the  water  the  remission  of  sins  formerly   com- 
mitted."     Writings    of   Justin    Martyr    and 
Atheuegoras,  60.     Here  are  two  apostolic  fath- 
ers and  a  Christian  martyr  and  apologist  'of  the 
second  century    teaching    baptism    in  order  in 
remission.     My  fi-iend  says,  "It  was  not   until 
about  the  beginning  of  the  third  century  that 
the  error  of  baptismal   salvation    begun  to  be 
introduced."     Baptist  Succession,  288.     There- 
tore  I  prove  by  him  that  baptism    in  order  to 
remission  is  not  "baptismal  salvation."     Thus 
his  negative  argumeut  falls  by  his   own  hand. 
I  agree  with  him  that  he  who  sends  a  sinner  to 
hell  by   refusing  him   baptism   is    antichrist. 
Who  does  that?     He  admits  that  believers   put 
on  Christ  and  are  clothed  with  him  in  baptism 
Are  those  who  have  no   Christ   on,  pardoned  : 
Look  at  his  logic. 

Chrislinri! —  naked!  —  drfhtsclcss  !  —  'J'li'iy 
Ihroui/h  tlie  ii-orld  uifhimi  muj  Christ  on!! 
Paul  being  a  "chosen  vessel  "  before  baptism 
dou't  prove  that  he  had  received  the  Holy  Spirit 
before  baptism.  Are  not  all  saints  chosen  of 
God  before  their  pardon?  Since  my  friend 
mentions  Cornelius  again,  I  ask  him  to  tell 
us  plainly  if  he  holds  that  tlie  Spirit  of  God  was 
never  upon  any  one,  imparting  the  gift  of 
prophecy,  &c.,  before  they  were  pardoned  ?  Will 
he  do  it?  He  continues  to  talk  about  salvation 
by  faith.  Who  disputes  thaty  I  ask  my  frieud 
to  tell  us  whether  a  believer  is  adopted  into  the 
divine  family  without  baptism?  And  whether 
one  can  he  in  Christ  and  not  be  a  member  of 
his  bodj'?  We  hold  that  true  baptism  can  on- 
ly be  rpceived  by  one  after  he  loves  God,  just  as 
true  citizenship  i»  consummated  altera  foreign- 
er loves  a  government,  and  as  true  marriage  is 
effected  after  the  parties  know  iind  love  each 
other,  in  which  cases  however  the  i-elative  aH'ee^ 
tions  and  knowledge  cannot  be  perfected  with- 
out the  rite  of  allegiance  in  one  instance,  and 
friend  re- 


meulB,     He  that  saith   I    know  him"  (solemn    friend   teacheo  that 'name'  don't  refer  t«t  tfa« 
proreMiiou)"an(Ikeepethnothiscommandmenu|titleof  the  Father,  nor  the  Son.  nor  the  Holy 

Spirit,  but  some  how  to  "  the  thre(M>ne  God." 


of  marriage  in  the  other.  But  my 
minds  me  that  "  every  one  that  loveth  is  born 
[begotten)  of  God  and  bnoweth  God."  1  John 
4:  7.  I  add;  "  Whoso  keepeth  his  word  in  him 
verily  is  the  love  of  God  perfected:  hereby  know 
we  that  we  are  in  hira."  1  John  2:  r».  Can  one 
know  tliis  without  keeping  his  word?  "  This  is 
the  love  of  God,  tliat  ye  keep  his  command- 
meuts."  lJcihnJ:3.  "Hereby  do  we  know 
that  we  know  him,  ^  we  keep  his  command- 


ifl  a  liar  and  the  truth  is  not  in  him."  1  John 
2;  3,  4.  How  will  this  apply  to  the  unlxiplisetl 
who  says  he  knotr.i  that  he  loves  and  knows 
Ood?  An  applicant  forcilii^cnship  should  know 
and  love  the  goveruaient,  and  u  bride  should 
know  and  love  her  iK-trothed.  and  that  love  in 
both  ca.ses  may  be  begotteu  hy  the  government 
and  tlie  bridegroom  respectively  through  their 
love,  overtures,  &c.,  yet  thw  applicant  cannot 
know  nor  love  the  government  as  his  govern- 
ment, nor  can  he  know  tliat  he  isacitj/en  but 
by  the  rite  of  allegiance;  neither  does  the  hride 
know  and  love  her  betrothed  as  her  httiihand, 
know  that  she  is  /ji.t  wi/e,  take  his  name  and  be- 
onie  his  heir,  without  marriage. 

Again,  the  Brethren  usually  examine  a  can 
didate  for  baptism  very  closely  to  be  satidfied 
tliat  he  (the  old  man)  is  dead  before  they  bury 
him.  They  then  plant  him  "  in  the  likeness  of 
Christ's  death,"  where  he  is  "freed  from  sin," 
Rom.  6:  3,  7,  by  virtue  of  Chrlsts's  blood,  which 
flowed  in  his  death  for  the  remission  of  sins. 
This  freedom  from  sin  is  not  by  virtue  of  his 
own  death  which  precedes  baptism,  hut  by  vir- 
tue of  Christ's  death  into  which  he  is  baptiaod. 
"  So  many  of  you  "  says  Paul  (any  morB? — any 
less?)  "  as  were  baptized  into  Jesus  Christ,  were 
baptized  into  "his  death,"  &c.  See  Rom.  6:  3-8. 
The  (upt^nting  rebel  don't  receive  pardon  from 
his  government  in  dying  to  hi>  r^-belliou  and 
I'oraukiug  it,  but  in  the  subaeipient  rite  for  which 
that  death  qualified  liim,  which  profe.sse«  that 
death  and  introduces  him  into  eitixenship, 

4th  Chtif'ii-fi-riiitir,  and  my  second  reaaon  con- 
tinued. My  friend  says  I  find  fault  with,  and 
add  to  the  commission  "  in  order  that  the  gram- 
matical construction  may  suit  the  Tunker  doc- 
trine." Its  giamroatical  construction  exactly 
suits  and  teaches  our  doctrine,  as  my  friend's 
statement  virtually  concedes.  This  I  showed 
by  seven  incontrovertible  proofs  with  which  lie 
has  not  dared  to  grapple,  because  he  knows  it 
would  be  fatal  to  him.  Hence,  rather  than  sur- 
render like  a  man,  he  lets  himself  right  down 
beneath  his  character  as  a  literary,  ecclesiastic- 
al and  biblical  scholar,  critic  and  polemic,  and 
vainly  accuses  me  of  adding  to  the  word  of  God. 
He  knows  that  ellipses  are  not  additions  to,  but 
essential  parts  of  language,  which  though  omit- 
ted to  avoid  needle,ss  repetition,  etc.,  are  essen- 
tial to  the  construction  and  must  be  understood 
and  retained  in  the  mind.  Did  he  add  to  the 
word  of  God  when  he  supplied  the  ellipses  "  ije" 
in  Acts  2:  3S?  which  he  reads  thus;  "Repent 
ye,  and  be  baptized,  every  one  of  you,"  Ray- 
Lucas  Deb.  221.  Prof.  Westcott,  of  Cambridge, 
author  of  "  The  History  of  the  New  Testament 
Canon,"  says;  "  All  intelligent  interpretjttion  ol 
scripture  must  be  based  upon  a  strict  analysis  of 
it-s  idioms  and  words.  To  suppose  that  words 
and  cases  are  convertible,  that  teases  have  no 
absolute  meaning,  that  forms  of  expression  are 
accidental,  is  to  betray  the  fundamental  princi 
pies  on  which  all  intercourse  between  men  i: 
based.  A  disbtdief  in  the  exactness  of  langu.ige 
is  the  prelude  to  all  philosophical  skepticism. 
And  it  will  probably  be  found  that  the  same 
tendency  of  mind  which  discredits  the  fullest 
teuching  oi  words,  leads,  however  little  we  may 
see  it,  to  the  disparagement  of  all  outward  rev- 
elation." (Introduction  to  the  Study  of  the 
Gospels,  62,  63.)  Again  he  says:  "  The  laws  of 
language,  as  those  of  criticism,  are  absolute,  and 
the  Christian  may  trust  iu  them  as  the  certain 
outward  expression  of  the  deepest  truths." — Ibid. 
65,  (!6.  My  friend  treats  the  laws  of  the  lan- 
guage, the  meaniug  and  relations  of  the  words 
employed  by  the  Savior  in  Matt.  2S:  19  (the 
only  passage  of  inspiration  describing  his  own 
appointed  form  of  baptism),  with  impious  skep- 
ticism and  unMief.  I  ask  him  to  tell  us  plain- 
ly if  he  denies  the  grammatical  use  and  con- 
struction of  lauguage?  Il  he  does,  our  medium 
of  intelligent,  safe  and  well-defined  interchange 
of  thought   and   argument  is  at  an  end.     My 


He  will  have  to  reverse  the  commiiwion  partly 
before  he  can  support  that    theory.     Pune* 
says:  "  If  it  {•  name'}  does  not  reter  to  the  name 
of  the  Father,  and  th*-  name  of  tbe  Sou.  »nd  the 
name  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  it  would  seem  that  the 
text  should  in  part  read  the  very  reverse  of  what 
it  does;  that  is,  it  should  have  read.  '  baptizing 
them  into  the   name  i.o/ "of  the    Father,  w/- of 
the  Son,  mr  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  but  into  the 
name  which  denotes*  the  unity  of  their  ewenc*.' 
I  suppose  any  one  may  we  the  absurdity  of  this, 
and  what  difficulties  it  would   present  to  a  seri- 
ous intiuirer;  while  the  text  as  it  st&udtt  is  auit^ 
ed  to  convey   instruction  to  the  most  ordinary 
capacity."     guinter-McConnell  Deb.,  62.  Since 
my  friend's  position  on  this  isaue  is  evueive  and 
unintelligible,  I  nsk  him  to  tell  us  if  he  denies 
that  "  name  "  agreeii  to  any  given  title  or  appel- 
lation of  the  Godhead?     If  not.  to  tell  us  plain- 
ly what  that  title  w?  And  what  hi*  "on/  har/re" 
is?     Will  he  di>  it? 

3.     The  meaninij  of  other  erampkit  anahi/on^ 
to  the  baptismal  formula   in  construction,  roii- 
Jirma  onr  poxition.    (a)  "They  bullded  .  .  it 
Uhe  templej    .     .     .     according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  Cyrus,   and  Darius  and  Artaxer- 
xes,"     Ezra  7:  14.     Was  it  not  according  t<i 
//life  edicts?     Ezra  5: 13;  6:1-13:  7:26.     Will 
my  friend  deny  that  the  ellipses,  viz.,  '•  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment  of,"  are  not  ondt-i-stood 
before  "Darius"  and  before  "  Artaxerses"  in 
the  above  example?— oc  that  they  »re  not  nec- 
essary to  ita   grammutical  sense  and  construc- 
tion?    (b)  "  A  1  one]  superscription  was  written 
over  him  in  letters  of  Greek  and  Latin  and  He- 
brew."    Luke  23:  38.     Was  it  not  written  in 
three  languages?     Will  he  deuy    the  ellipses, 
viz.,  "  in  letters  of"  before  "  Latin  "   and  before 
"  Hebretp"  hete'i     I*  i\i\%  adding   fo  the   word 
of  God?  Will  my  friend  answer  these  questions  •■ 
(c)  "  Delivering  you  up  to  the  synagogues  ami 
into  prisons."    Luke 21: 12.    Here  "rff/iroiir; 
occurs  only  once,  like  "  baptizing  "  in  the  com- 
mission.    Were  they  not  deliverrd  "up  to  syn- 
agogues?" and  delireri'd  "unto  prison"?     d' 
"  Approving  ourselves  as  the  ministers  of  Gvl 
iu  much    patience,  in  distresses,  in  strii>es,  i 1 1 
imprisonments,  in  tumults."  &c.    2  Cor.  5:  4.  - 
'■  .'Approving"  occurs  here  hut  onee.    Does  ' 
not  therefore  apply   to  'rarh   of  these  texts? 
Were  they  approved  in  all  of  them  by  the  same 
action?     I  might  multiply   this  kind  of  exam- 
ples, but  this  will  sulhce  for  the  present. 

3.  I  ask  my  friend  for  one  principle  against 
baptism  into«tcA  name  of  the  Trinity  which  can- 
not 'oe  urged  with  ei^ual  propriety  against  the 
mention  of  the  names.  "Father.,"  "A'yji,"  and 
" HoUj  Spirit,"  in  baptizing? 

4.  The  legitimate  conclusion  of  the  theory 
which  rejects  baptism  iuto  each  of  the  thn>e 
names,  viz.  "Father,"  "Son,"  and  "Holy 
Spirit,"  or  triune  baptism,  denies  the  tri  person- 
ality of  the  Godhead,  the  Hebrew  Elshrim  cor- 
responding to  "  lu  "  and  "  ours."    Sen.  1 :  1. 


With  some  people,  prayer  is  one  ol  the  most 
Convenient  things  in  the  world.  They  go  to 
prayer  just  as  if  everything  depended  on  the 
asking,  forgetting  that  in  all  ages,  God's  bless- 
ings were  bestowed  upon  the  compliance  with 
his  own  conditions.  If  we  are  not  willing  to 
comply  with  those,  we  have  no  more  right  to 
ask,  or  esiwct  to  receive,  than  the  common  em- 
ployee has  a  right  to  demand  his  wages  from  his 
employer  before  he  has  complied  with  his  terms. 


Tub  meanest  and  most  illegitimate  of  all  hu- 
man pursuits  is  the  direct  pursuit  of  reputation. 
It  is  supremely  selfish  and  contemptible:  and 
there  is  no  man  who  really  deserves  agootl  rvp- 
utation.  who  does  not  make  its  ac(tuisition  a 
siil}urdtnate  aim  in  all  his  actions. 


THK    KKKTtiRE^^    AT    AVOKiv. 


r^ovenib^r    Qh 


FADING  FLOWERS. 

TMIK  jin-PTi  i«  fadinij  troni  parh  It-af: 
The  flowiTs  Aie  on  tlip  hill. 
Tlie  whi«|Mrriiig  of  thf  winds  hav<?  hushed. 

The  murnitiriiiK.t  of  tin?  rill; 
The  sun  th»t  lit  th«  i-orlli  with  gold, 

While  sinViiii!  I-  Uf"  rest. 

Hh-i  hiins  it**  >'riiiiflon  banner  out, 

To  light  thi-  dintonl  West. 

The  song  birds,  too.  hnvf  ceased  to  sing. 

Among  the  fading  llowera; 
And  U-fl  a  aquiviu  sighiiiB  there, 

Kor  .Summer's  dying  houn«! 
Aiid  L-ven  nature  seems  to  mourn, 

To  watch  bright  moiuenl*  die; 
Vet  fading  Ix'auty  lingers  on, 

Kach  leaflet  floating  by. 

How  can  they  say  llifSuramer-linie 

Is  sweeter  than  the  Kail? 
Oh!  are  not  Avitumn's  witliered  leaves 

More  beautiful  than  all? 
And  can  the  bright  bhi-ih  of  the  rose, 

However  soft  and  fair. 
lie  halfaa  lovely  as  the  toiuh 

Of  fadiiig  Ijeauty  there  i" 

Ah!  no;  let  others  weep  to  soe 

The  Iwiiutcous  Summer  fade, 
There  is  a  sweet<T  rhann  for  me 

In  Autumn's  mellow  shade! 
Tile  withered  flowers  that  droop  and  die, 

Kacli  wre  and  yellow  leaf. 
Seems  but  un  emblem  of  thi>  life, 

So  tli'L'ting  uud  :so  brief. 

The  flush  must  ffule  from  every  eheek. 

The  IiiHfvr  from  each  eye; 
And  all  things  beautiful  must  fade. 

For  all  were  made  to  die! 
The  smile  must  leave  the  laughing  lip, 

And  joyous  hours  depart; 
For  death's  cold  touch  at  last  will  chill 

The  fountain  of  the  heart. 

Selected  by  Isahkm.a  r.  Kki-sii. 

THE  TRUE  ORDER  OF  THE 
CHURCH  OF  GOD. 

A  Little  Discussion   on   a  "big"    Subject. 

A  SICKMDN  DKLIVKItKU  BY  S.  II.   UASIIOll. 
Nt^MllKK  III. 

A  GENUINE  revival  of  religion,  is 
-^^  not  a  scene  of  confusion  and  wild 
disorder  of  mere 

ANIMAL  KXCITKMKN'I', 

Ijut  a  sjt-nuine  work  of  all  the  means, 
the  Lord  brings  to  bear  upon  the  human 
heart.  "  God  is  not  the  author  of  con 
fusion,  but  of  peace,  aa  in  all  churches 
of  the  saints.  There  are  two  classes 
\vht>  are  detrimental  to  the  success  of 
the  revival  cause.  One  is  the  jtrofe-^sed 
frienil  in  whose  mind  exists  the  idea, 
that  nothing  can  be  done  outside  of  re- 
vivals, and  always  associates  with  re- 
vivals, scenes  of  wild  enthusiasm  and 
the  uttermost  confusion  and  weeping. 
They  look  for  such  scenes  to  be  iusep- 
erably  connected  with  revivals,  an<l 
hence  ruin  the  cause.  Others  oppose 
revivals  on  the  grounds  of  this  confu- 
sion and  excitement.  They  probably 
uever  have  witnessed  a  true  series  of 
services  where 

"Only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak, 
And  Jesu3  reigns  alone," 
and  have  had  no  opportunity  of  exam- 
ining the  nature  and  good  fruits  of  such 
meetings.  They  have  not  been  able  to 
distinguish  between  wild  fanaticism  and 
calm  (ii)sp(-l  work.  They  ;is  judges  are 
uu.jualilied  and  act  an  inconsistent  part 
in  condemtLingr/Zi?  series  of  meetings.  I 
will  nowsuljuiit  a  few  stubliorn  farfs 
and  then  leave  the  matter  with  you.  It 
is  a  fact  that  a  single  revival  of  relig- 
ion iias  fretiuently  changed  the  character 
and  destiny  of  a  whole  neighliorhood,  or 
e\en  an  cntii'e  town  or  congregation  in 
the  ^hort  space  of  a  few  days;  moi'e  souls 
convi^rted,  more  formalists  umleceivcd 
and  backbiting  members  reclaimed  with 
the  true  people  of  God,  built  up  and  re 
vi\  ed  tliau  for  t/rars  Jiefore.  More  real 
goiid  has  been  nccom[)lished  in  some 
neighborhoods  in  one  series  of  meetings, 


than  was  accomplished  in  ymrs  before 
by  ordinary  means.  Revivals  under  my 
own  experience  have  been  the  means  of 
breaking  up  the  haunts  of  vice,  and  of 
extending  and  firmly  establishing  th 
Ke<lecmer's  kingdom  in  places  where 
all  other  means  had  failed. 

At  New  Enteriiriee,  Pa.,  where  regu- 
lar preaching    had   been    for  years,  and 
pious  examples  had  failed^  in  two    short 
weeks  over    one   hundred    souls    were 
brought  into  the  church,  and  that  these 
conversions  were  yenuina  is  attested   by 
the  general  warmth,  zeal   and   activity 
of    the     church      there     now.     Tho.se 
converted  there,  are  all  or  all  with    one 
or  two  exceptions  workei-s  in  the  church 
to-day,  and  the  most  of  them  among  the 
most  pious  and  exemplary  members   of 
the  flock.     The  influence  of  that  revival 
is  felt  there  yet,   though  near  two  years 
have  rolled  by.     It  is  true,  some  of  them 
are  gone,  not  to  the  world,  but  to   th 
home  above.     The  same  can  be  said  of 
Johnstown   Pa.,   and    Waterloo,   Iowa, 
"but"  says  some  one,  "have  you  not  had 
trouble  at    Waterloo    since  V     Yes,  we 
have,  but  the  trouble  was  not  with  those 
who  came  in  during  the  revival  there,  it 
WBA  among    the  older    ones,    who    were 
menibei-s  long  before.     You  go  into  con- 
gregations where  <jenuhie   revivals  have 
been  held,  and  your  soul   is   not  frozen 
and  starved  with  coldness,   drouth   and 
moral  death,   a   lack   of  attendance  at 
cliurch,  no  family  prayer,  but   you  find 
life,  zeal,   devotion,    and  love,    you    are 
among  warm  hearts,  devoted  people,  and 
you  seem  to  be  transported  into  the   at- 
mospliere  of  heaven  itself,  and  join  in 
the  worship  of  the  heavenly  host.     We 
do  not  want  the  revivals  of 


are  revived,  and  we  all  believe  God   to* 

gether,  and  then  keep  on  reviving  in 
our  families  until  we  reach  heaven  itself 
and  wewill  have  an  eternal  rewanl.  The 
man  who  cannot  st-and  more  than  three 
Gospel  sermons  hern,  will  be  in  an  aw- 
/V/^  state  in  heaven  where  there  is  eter- 
nal worship  and  everlasting  praise.  We 
want  a  refreshing  revival  n4iw,  here,  at 
this  place,  but  we  want  a  Gospel  one,  a 
revival  of  true  vital  piety,  honesty,  in- 
tegrity and  holiness;  for  that  we  pray, 
for  th.it  we  labor,  and  may  he  who  lov- 
ed us,  and  to-day  pleads  with  the  Fath- 
er for  us,  be  heard  and  felt  in  this  as- 
sembly while  we  sing  aloud  in  praise  to 
his  blessed  name,  the  4;Uth  hymn.  Sinif 
one,  s'lnij  all.  and  ihay  angels  echo  back 
the  praises  that  arise  from  devoted  hears. 
Amen  and  Amen. 


>ep. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  WEST. 


w 


SHORT  DURATION, 

that  invariably  succeeded  by  reac- 
tion, and  backsliding  which  loses  its 
force  in  a  few  months,  and  leaves  the 
church  in  a  state  of  religion,  and  moral 
inactivity,'  worse  than  before  the  reviv- 
al was  held.  Neither  do  we  want  a  re- 
vival that  runs  into  excels  and  disorder: 
one  that  is  attended  with  extravagance 
and  wild  confusion,  kei)t  up  untU  late 
hours  at  night;  but  the  old-time  Gospel 
meetings  where  only  the  good  news  of 
the  Son  of  God  is  preached,  and  close 
each  meeting  in  order,  like  our  Commun- 
ion meetings,  and  go  home.  We  want 
to  hold  those  meetings  in  Gosjjel  order, 
and  preach  nothing  but  the  Gospel. 
Hammer  the  hearts  of  the  wicked  until 
they  yield,  nxe  pierced  through  and  then 
call  them  to  Christ. 

An  aged  brother  said,  h'^saw  an  Irish- 
man take  a  heavy  hammer  and  pound 
upon  a  large  rock.  He  hit  it  twenty- 
one  solid  blows,  but  the  hammer  only 
l)ouuced.  At  twenty  nine  blows  a  few 
pieces  fiew  off,  but  at  the  thirtieth  blow 
the  stone  was  crushed.  So  with  the 
hearts  of  men,  one  or  even  two  solid 
sermons  may  not  affect  them,  but  fifteen 
.ay  only  soften  thera;  while  eighteen 
ay  (7'Wt  them.  Our  children  go  to 
other  churches  and  hear  so  much  preach- 
ing that  they  becomehardened,  and  one, 
two  or  three  sermons  from  us,  will  not 
affect  them.  We  had  better  warm  up 
once  and  awhile,  than  to  be  forever  cold. 
We  do  not  always  want  to  be  asleep 
.and  inactive.  We  want  a  lively  state 
of  piety  inourcongregationsata//  times. 
We  do  not  want  ebbs  and  fl^ows,  storms 
and  calms,  but  we  want  Gospel  preach- 
luj  and  the  more  of  it  the  better;  we 
want  Gospel  religion,  where  there  is 
a  lively  state  of  piety  at  all  times,  and 
thus  have  constant  revivals.  Let  that 
state  begin  now,  this  week,  and  each 
:lay  we  will  come  up  to  the  Lord's  house 
until  we  are  revived,  and    our   childn'ii 


The  Train  is  Leaving:  —  Don't  Run  -^  We  are 
Left  Anyway— Who  is  Right. 

(From  Our  Spvelnl  CutuKponilnnl.] 
Kl'MnKlt  III. 

OTlong  ago  some  of  our  boys  from 
Falls  City  Neb.,  made  a  trip  to 
Lincoln,  on  an  excursion,  to  attend  the 
State  Fair  and  take  a  look  at  the  sights 
of  the  city.  After  spending  some  time 
in  the  city,  some  one  was  heard  to  ex- 
claim: ^' The  train  if<  leaviiuj.''''  The 
boys  set  out  at  once  in  full  run  for 
the  train,  for  fear  of  being  left.  It  is 
sti-ange  that  travelers  should  make  such 
great  exertions  to  get  on  board  the  first 
train.  Since  all  that  can  be  lost,  is  only 
a  little  time  and  money. 

The  Gospel  train  is  running  daily,  and 
constantly  inviting  everybody  to  get 
on  board.  Jesus  paid  the  fai'e  and  con- 
ducts this  train.  Boys  make  haste  and 
get  on  board  this  train !  To-morrow  may 
be  t<.)0  late.  Many  have  waited  for  to- 
morrow's train,  to  whom  to-morrow  nev- 
er came.  *'  Today  if  ye  hear  his  voice, 
harden  not  your  hearts,'^  says  Paul. 
The  boys  were  afraid  of  being  left,  they 
ran  to  be  on  time.  To  them  it  would 
have  been  a  great  disappointment,  noth- 
ing but  a  temporal  loss.  Readers,  it  is 
important  that  we  take  this  train  at  once; 
to  neglect  this  train,  is  to  neglect  the 
duty  we  owe  to  God,  and  miss  heaven. 
The  Lincoln  excursion  was  a  cheap  train, 
on  that  account  many  more  made  the 
trip.  The  crain  to  the  Celestial  City,  is 
cheaper.  If  you  lack  two  dollars,  you 
need  not  wait  on  that  account,  Jesus — 
the  Conductor  of  the  Celestial  City  train, 
pays  your  fare,  if  you  will  only  obey 
his  instructions;  you  are  invited  to  go 
without  money  and  without  price.  He 
not  only  takes  you  free,  but  promises  to 
all  a  great  reward. 

WE  AKE     LEFT    ANYWAY," 

exclaimed  one  of  the  boys!  Of  course, 
he  knew  they  could  take  the  next  train 
and  arrive  at  Falls  City,  only  a  little 
later.  Boys,  why  do  you  not  make 
h:iste  to  get  on  the  Celestial  City  train? 
The  sights  and  entertainments  are  so 
ti'anscendautly  more  grand  and  beauti- 
ful, that  Lincoln  and  all  other  places 
will  be  forgotten.  Do  not  w^ait  for  to- 
mori'ow,  for  your  life  may  close  with  to- 
day. When  once  you  are  made  to  ex- 
claim; "  We  are  left  anyway P''  you 
will  not  so  soon  be  resigned  to  your  lot. 
It  will  then  not  be  at  Lincoln  waiting 
for  the  next  train,  but  away  from  God 
to  await  the  awful  denunciation,  "de- 
part from  me." 

I.OIMi's  llAV. 

Meeting  at  home  in  the  Falls  City 
hurch.  Brother^  ^Michael  Lichty  ad- 
dressed the  audience.  Text  "Be  ye  not 
une([ually   yoked   together    with  unbe- 


lievers." 2  Cor.  6:  14.  The  subject 
was  handled  in  a  general  manner. 

1.  That  we  must  be  a  separate  peo- 
pie. 

2.  That  God  in  all  ages  had 
arate  people. 

3.  That  joining  secret  orders,  such 
as  Freemasonry  and  Odd  Fellows  etc. 
is  to  some  extent  etpial  to  being  unequal- 
ly  yoked  together  with  unbelievers. 

After  meeting,  one  applicant  for  bap- 
tism. 

wuu  Ts  i!i(;irr? 

There  are  so  many  different  ways  by 
which  men  claim  to  worship  God,  that 
it  has  Itecome  a  question  with  many, 


to  which  is  right.  It  does  not  seem 
right  to  many,  that  (rod  should  accept 
so  many  different  ways,  after  pointing 
out  to  a  man  but  one  way.  The  Bible 
accepts  one  way  as  being  right,  and  that 
is  revealed  in  it.  All  other  ways  must 
be  wrong.  God  will  accept  all  who 
walk  in  his  way,  but  reject  all  others. 
He  who  takes  God  at  his  word,  and  acts 
accordingly,  is  right;  whether  others  are 
or  not.  It  is  safe  to  walk  in  God's  way, 
and  dangerous  to  walk  in  all  other  ways. 
It  is  not  the  number  of  adherents  that 
make  a  way  right,  but  the  sanction  and 
testimony  of  God's  Word.  (^  F. 

Falls  City,  Xrh. 

ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST. 

Another  Member  Gone  Home — A  Serious  Oc- 
casion—Our  Evening  Meeting— Sunday  Ser- 
vices at  Antietam— An  Aged  Lady  Depdrt- 
ed— Sunday  Evening. 

[rrv.uw.,rSlH...,.l.'..ri.-.i.^nd.M.3 

NUMBEi:  XII. 

IT  is  with  sadness  we  chronicle  from 
time  to  time  the  death  of  those  we 
have  known  in  life.  To  think  of  sepa- 
ration from  each  other  for^all  time,  is  in- 
deed very  serious.  But  there  is  a  bnght 
side  to  this  gloomy  picture.  We  shall 
meet  again  in  the  sweet  by  and  by,  when 
our  blessed  Savior  comes  again. 

To-day  (Nov.  3)  the  funeral  services 
of  sister  Eliza  Welty  took  place.  Sev- 
eral members  of  the  family  have  been 
called  from  time  to  eternity  within  a 
comparatively  short  time,  and  the  moth- 
er also  has  gone  to  the  city  of  the  dead. 
O,  mother  gone!  Who  can  estimate  tlie 
loss!  Only  they  who  kno^v  by  experi- 
ence. I  cannot,  but  I  can  imagine.  But 
death  has  done  its  work.  Consumption 
is  its  fatal  agent,  and  takes  one  after  an- 
other. O  how  sad  must  be  the  lonely 
few  that  remain.  May  God  grant  the 
dear  ones  grace  and  comfort. 

The  sermon  was  preached  by  brother 
Oiler  upon  the  text:  "Bles.sed  are  the 
dead  that  die  in  the  Lord."  What  a 
comforting  idea  is  expressed  in  this  beau 
tiful  beatitude!  No  blessing  is  thus 
promised  to  those  that  are  not  "  in  the 
Lord."  If  we  die  in  the  Lord,  we  shall 
"sleep  in  Jesus." 

,\    ULESSKD  SLKEi'! 

Having  lived  the  life  of  faith  and  obfiU- 
ence,  we  shall  die  in  this  hapjty  cumli- 
tion.  And  when  the  Trumpet  of  Goi 
shall  sound  through  the  spacious  skies, 
and  Jesus  comes  in  the  clouds  of  heaven, 
tiien  we  shall  rise,  and  "be  ever  with 
the  Lord."  It  is  not  enough  to  believe 
in  the  Lord,  to  "  put  on  Christ,"  we  must 
live  in  the  Lord  and  follow  Christ,  tli«t 
we  may  also  "  die  in  the  Lord."  "^ 
are  reminded  of  the  following  beautiful 
lines: 

"  Drop  by  drop  tlie  streams  are  Howmg, 
Flowing  onward  to  the  sea. 

One  by  one  tlie  saints  are  going 
To  u  vast  eternity. 

Where  the  sunshine  ever  lingen>, 
In  tliat  hiippy  land  so  fuir, 

Just    beyond   death's   gloomy   nv«T. 
One  by  one  they  gather  there. 


"ij-ovember    28 


Oue  by  O"^  t'lP  saints  are  going, 
In  tliB  blifw  of  lieaven  to  share; 

^Vliere  tlie  light  of  lifrt  is  glowiaK, 
Soon  they  rest  lorever    thvre." 

;\t  our  evening  meetmg  ill  town,  Bro. 


X'HK    BKETHKEN    A.T    AVORK. 


3 


Knylor,  of  Westminster  Md., 
heel.  His  text  was  in  Matt.  3:  15. 
lluw  ^l""'  "'<■  f*^*^'  when  our  eitaWished 
l.rethren  come  among  us,  knowing  noth- 
ijiT  liut  the  true  old  way  of  salvation  as 
Ijtiodiiced  by  our  loved  Savior  when 
jle  was  here  among  men,  and  perpetu- 
jteJ  t>y  tlie  true  church  of  God.  No 
„oe  can  become  a  disciple  of  Jesus  with- 
out accepting  His  discipline,  and  enter- 
in?  up""  *°  '"^'""1  scholarship  under  the 
tuition  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  the  laws 
jnd  principles  of  the  Word  of  God. 
faitt  and  works  must  go  together.  The 
iloctvine  of  Clirist  has 

NO  "  non-essi.:nti.\i,s," 
The  doctrines  the  blessed  Master  taught 
were  at  once  made  eft'ective  and  spiritual, 
|,y  His  own  humble  example.  Both 
precept  and  example  were  beautifully 
and  powerfully  set  forth  in  the  life  and 
teachings  of  Jesus.  His  ministry  was, 
auJ  is,  aud  ever  \vill  be  a  model  minis- 
try tor  all  preachers.  The  great  Bap- 
tist's sense  of  tmworthiness  is  also  a 
grace  too  much  unknown  and  unobserv- 
ed in  the  ministiy  of  the  present  day. 
AVliat  an  influence  the  church  has  where 
her  people,'  and  especially  if  the  leaders 
and  teachers,  are  humble,  self-denying, 
obedient,  uniform  and  primitive  in  their 
Christian  lives.  These  are  suljjects  for 
prayers  of  faith  and  labors  of  love. 

Lord's  Day,  Nov.  10th.  Another 
iveek  has  passed,  and  all  over  this  broad 
land  the  brethren  and  sisters  in  the  Lord 
are  attending  their  places  of  worship. 
Wh.it  a  pity  that  any  one  should  remain 
at  home,  not  having  a  good  re.s-son  for 
duiii^  so.  To. day  the  old  stone  meet- 
house — Price's — was  well  filled  ^vith  an 
attentive  congregation.  Our  loved  el. 
tier  introduced  the  services  with  a  hymn, 
and  remarks  upon  our  accountability  for 


ot  sweet  song,  there  will  be  no  silent 
tongues—none  can  refuse  to  sini;.  All, 
all.  will  ^ 

"  Unite  to  praiAe 
The  Savior  of  mankind." 
O  let   us  seek  the   inspiration  of  the 
angelic  singers  that  we  may  indeed  "sing 
with  the  Spirit  and  with  the  understand"^ 
mg  also."     Th. 
with   th 
verse  of 

"When  shall  we  meet  again?" 
Yours  in  the  faith. 

D.  B.  M 
Wmjmshnro,  I'a.^Ntm.  IK/j,  1»78, 


le  meeting  was  closed,  not 
popular   doxology,"   but 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  SOUTH. 

Christian   Festivals  —  Teaoliing  the  People 
An  Eilncated  Ministry— Training  the  Boys 


l»^niOiirS|M.elnlc..m.t("n'lrnl.] 

rpHKRE  is  much  ado  now-a-days  abt 
■*-     the  "  essentials"   of  salvation,  a 


tlospe 


1    privileges.      Aftei'   prayers   an 


excellent  verse  was  sung: 

"  Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee." 
How  inspiring!  How  heavenly  and  di- 
vine the  thought  to  get  nearer  to  God 
our  Father,  and  enjoy  His  holy  presence 
and  blessings!  Ilom.  12,  was  read  as 
usual,  and  then  bi'other  Snyder  spoke  of 

Till-:  XEW   SI.\N. 

Wr  drew  the  following  inferences: 

I.  Convcr.sion. 

II.  Transformation. 

III.  Love — an  e~ssential  power. 
Exhortation  and  singingfollowed.  Please 
note  the  -tth   stanza  of  the  hymn — :Uo. 
0  that   every  one  could  be    impressed 
with  the  scutiment! 

.\t  4  P.  M.,  yesterday  brothei-  tiood 
preuched,  by  reipiest,  in  the  Trinity  Re- 
formed chni-ch,  the  funeral  sermon  of  a 
ladv  of  nearly  four-score  years,  wife  of 
Henry  Bonner.  Also,  iu  our  own  meet 
ini;  iioiise  in  the  evening,  discoursing 
upen    Revelations    20.      The    leading 

tllollghtS 

I.  The  la-st  day. 

II.  Self-judgment. 

III.  Expecting  the  Savior. 
Brother  Snyder  following,  gave  a  hearty 
exhortation  to  love  and  a  due  prepara- 
tion for  such  important  events.  Tlie 
SJsth  hymn  was  sung  appropriate  to  the 
subject  spoken  of  Tliis  hymn  is  a  glo- 
rious tribute  to  the  praises  of  the  chuicb 
militant.  It  is  one  of  the  few  hymns 
of  the  church  that  contains  the  "  Halle- 
lujah" of  the  saints  on  earth.  Yet,  a  lit- 
tle while,  my  dear  bi-ethren  and  sisters, 
«nd  we  shall  know  what  llallelujali 
uieans  among  the  angels  and  the  just 
fiade  perfect.     Over  there  in  that  land 


Neglecting  the  Girls. 

irrpi|>inili 

)OUt 

vation,  and 
many  persons  use  the  term  with  a  very 
iniiierfect  conception  of  its  meaning. 
"While  there  is  a  wide  range  of  views 
relative  to  what  are  essentials  of  salva- 
tion, there  can  be  hut  few  who  would 
dispute  the  proposition  that  aU  liihh 
hijancilons  are  esfic-ntiah  of  holin€Sf<. 
Prominent  among  these,  is, 

THE  CIIKINTIAX  KF:STIVAI, 

originating  with  the  blessed  Lord  in  pu- 
rity during  the  apostolic  age,  we  may 
reasonably  conclude  that  it  has  contin- 
ued, without  interruption,  all  along  the 
path  of  the  Christian  church  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  Our  church  is  a  unit  on  the 
importance  of  its  perpetuity,  and  I  think 
I  may  safely  say,  that  no  institution  of 
the  Gospel  is  fraught  with  richer  results 
than  it  is. 

How  sweet  and  precious  are  the  songs 
and  prayers  on  such  occasions.  How 
warm  the  fraternal  greeting,  how  kindly 
the  social  intercoui'se,  and  how  suscepti- 
ble is  the  soul  to  the  holiest  impression. 
We  regard  the  Communion  meetings, 
with  all  their  attendant  circumstances, 
as  an  hndUpcn-nhle  aid  to  holiness. 

It  affords  an  inexceptionably  fine  op- 
poiiunity  to 

TK.Vl'II    THE  PEOPLE. 

Before  we  enter  on  such  impoi-tant 
work,  we  should  study  very  prayerfully 
the  subjects  to  be  taught  and  then  boil 
down  our  speeches  to  at  least  one  half 
their  present  volume.  Let  our  words 
he  lus  carefully  studied  as  our  subject, 
aud  then,  with  the  tact  to  know  where 
to  begin  and  where  to  stop,  these  oppor- 
tunities may  be  utilized  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  church  in  that  knowledge 
that  works  by  love,''  that  is  from  above."' 

In  order  to  secure  more  effective  labors 
iu  this  field,  we  should  (anticipating  the 
wants  of  the  future),  consider  the  sub- 
ject of 

AN    i;  1)11  CAT  ED  MINISTHY, 

not  in  the  popular  sense,  but  in  the  Hi- 
hh  .•<f'7h'<f.  An  educated  ministry  accord- 
ing to  Bible  views  comprehended: 

1.  A  heart  uncompromisingly  devot- 
ed to  the  (lortrlne  of  the  Bihle. 

'J.  A  natural  endowment  of  special, 
menUil  qualities  peculiar  to  the  work  of 
teaching. 

3.  A  miraculous  development  of  tlie 
mental  faculties. 

We  should  insist  that  a  person  who 
is  loutemplated  for  the  work  of  the  ho- 
ly ministry  should  possess  the  first  qual- 
ilication,  and  he  should  bear,  without 
ilonbt,  the  test  of  the  Bible,  and  that 
test  should  be  male  throufjh  the  JiiUc 
alone. 

The  second  (pialification  is  as  impor- 
tant as  the  first.  A  bi  other  who  is  de- 
voted to  the  peculiartiesofthe  church,  or 
iu  the  lirethreu'sy'(//-/(//H't'  a  "contender 


for  the  old  order,"  is  not  for  that  reason 
alone,    <|ualified    for  any    official  work. 
A    fair  Ciospel  faith,   is  not  sufficrient  of 
itself  To  ipudify  one    for   the    work  of  a 
tcaclier.     He   must  in    addition  to    the 
fon-going,  /**■  r/y>C   to  teach.     The    art    of 
communicating  ovir  ideaa  in  the  fonn  of 
sermons,  is  a  grant  of  the  Master  of  the 
vineyard,  and  not    miraculous    aH  in  the 
days  of  the    apostles;    and    no    brother 
shovdd  be  elected  to  the   ministry,    who 
has  not  given  some  evidence  of  the  pos- 
session of  that   gift.     That    gift    should 
be  cultivated.    Nature's  endowments  are 
given  in    the    crude   state,    and   regular 
methodical  training  by  competent  teach- 
ers is  necessary  to  secure  that   efficiency 
which  ^vill  constitute  us  workmen    that 
need  not  be  ashamed.     I  do    not    mean 
to  say,  that  uneducated  preachers  are  al- 
ways the  most  inefficient.     On  the  con- 
trary, the  educated  are  frequently    very 
inefficient  and  mere  stammerers  of  whom 
every  lover  of  correct  expounding  of  the 
Bible   is  a.shamed.     Neither  do  I    mean 
to  say,  that  our  ministers  shovdd  all  hftve 
a  collegiate  education.     I    believe    such 
a  state  of  affairs  would  be  very  injurious 
to  the  cause  of  the  church. 

A  thorough  familiarity  with  the  laws 
of  our  own  language  constitutes  thf  ba- 
sis of  education,  and,  as  the  means  to 
procure  that,  are  accessible  to  all.  the 
brethren  should  use  much  diligence  to 
enable  their  sons  to  obtain  it.  I)<)n't  be 
afraid  that  it  will  make  them  juoud. 

The  worst  form  of  pride  that  threat- 
ens the  prosperity  of  our  church  now,  is, 
the  egoti.sm  of  our  educated  men.  Such 
are  apt  to  have  an  inflated  i'k-a  of  their 
own  importance  and  abilities,  and  in- 
stead of  improving  their  uncultivated 
talents,  they  seek  the  injury  of  tliose 
whom  they  esteem  their  rivals.  .1  Irni 
edinxUion  makes  men  humble.  An  ev- 
er-abiding sense  of  the  viistuess  of  the 
unexplored,  mental  fields  prevents  them 
from  harboring  that  silly  vanity  winch 
is  only  exhibited  by  weak  minds.  In 
view  of  these  facts,  let  us  not  neglect  to 

TliAlN  THE  BOYS. 

Begin  the  imjwrtant  work  early.  Lay 
a  solid  foundation  by  a  Christian  exam- 
ple, and  by  timely  advice.  Teach  them 
\\iejirst  roy/(//umf///ief!/ and  see  that  they 
exemplify  it.  Teach  them  habits  of  in- 
dustry and  show  them  how  to  utilize  the 
golden  grains  of  time. 

Commence  their  education  in  the 
schoolfi  as  early  as  their  minds  are  suffi 
ciently  matured,  and,  oi-dinarily,  they 
are  sufficiently  advanced  at  10  years  of 
age  for  all  practical  purposes.  The  or- 
namental branches  of  learning  may  be 
left  for  those  who  have  no   higher   aim 

life  than  to  gratify  their  sensual   ap- 


educat*-  them  with  their  brothers.  What 
is  useful  for  a  boy,  is  useful  for  hit  sis- 
ter. Till-  piddic  Kchools  are  now  open- 
ing th«-  gat*^  of  learning  to  the  poorcBl 
of  our  land,  and  evt-ry  brother  ought  to 
sec  tliat  his  children  get  a  sound,  prar- 
tical  education. 

If  we  avail  ourselves  of  this  impor- 
tant aid,  and  prt-Herve  our  devotion  to 
thf  peculiaritiea  of  the  Gospel,  with  a 
due  regard  to  the  opinionM  and  HMO/jeJi 
of  our  ancestors,  we  are  destined  t<)  V»e- 
come  a  religious  power  of  enviable  mag- 
nitude. D.  C.  M. 

McJ)oTuiUh,  Va. 


OUR  HOPES    OF  HAPPINESS. 


BY  rHARTXlTTE  T.  BOND. 


jeiites.  The  dead  and  foreign  languages 


are  of  great  utility  to  certain  classes. 
The  missionary,  translators  of  useful 
literature  that  otherwise  would  be  buried 
in  unknown  tongues,  and  others,  utilize 
them  with  great  benefit  to  the  world, 
but  our  lives  are  too  short,  and  their  aid 
is  too  meagre  to  the  mass  of  mankind, 
to  recommend  their  study  to  the  general- 
ity of  our  youth. 

Whde  we  advocate  the  training  of  our 
boys,  we  should  not 

NEi;I.KC-T  TUKin    .-•l^TKIt-'. 

The  girls  of  this  generation,  are  the 
mothers  of  the  next,  aud  who  can  prop- 
erly estimate  the  influence  of  a  mother 
over  her  chiMren.  It  is  as  bouniUess 
aud  fathomless  !is  the  great  ocean  of 
eternity. '  Then  as  the  girls  of  today 
are  destined  to  train  the   first  germ   of 


T  IIAVK  been   made  to  wonder  why 
-■-     we  are  so  prone  to   neglect   making 
provision  for  our  eternal  welfare.  These 
mortal  bodies — these    tenements  of  clay 
that  we  give  so    much  care,   must   soon 
return  to  dust — must  soon  moulder  back 
to  its  mother  earth  from  whence  it  came, 
yet  we  spend  most  of  our   time  in  pre- 
paring for  its    comfort    and    enjoyment, 
and  neglect  to  provide  nourishment   for 
that  immortal  part  of  us  that  must  live 
through  ages  of  eternity.     How  absurd 
and  inconsistent  to  spend  our  time   toil- 
ing for  that  which  can  never  satisfy  our 
immortal  sovds.     We  buy,  we   sell ;    we 
get  gain  and  lay  up  treasures,  we  imag- 
ine this  will  l)ring   happiness,  and  find 
ourselves   more     miserable    than   ever. 
Wealth  and  station  cannot  bring   hap- 
piness, it  must  be  drawn  fVom   the   true 
Source — from  the  pure  Fountain.     We 
are  promised  on  certain  conditions  eter- 
nal   happines.s    beyond    the   grave,   and 
these  same  conditions,  if  complied  with, 
will  give  us  a  foretaste    of  those    pleas- 
ures.    We  have  the    proof  within    our- 
selves that  God  never  intended  thai  our 
time  should  be  spent  seeking  happiness 
here  below;  for  the  more  of  this  world's 
goods  we  possess,  the  less  enjoyment  we 
have  in  thera^  and  instead  of  satisfying, 
it  only  creates  a   desire  for  more,  and 
while  the  body  is  overrun  with  the  com- 
forts it  cannot  enjoy,  the  soul  is  starv- 
g  and  that  inward  craving  for  happi- 
ness, that  we  are  trying  to  subdue  by 
accumulating  this  world's  goods,  is  but 
the  demand  of    that  immortal  part   of 
us  that  cannot  be  satisfied  with  worldly 
objects.     It  is  that  part  of  us  that  will 
not  be  satisfied  with   anything   short  of 
the  companionship  of  that  blessed  Spint 
that  brings  peace  and  quiet  to  the  soul, 
that  Comforter  that  was  to  come  to  teach 
us  all  things,  that  Spirit  that  guides  into 
all  truth.     This,  and  tliis   alone  brings 
the  happiness  that  every  one  is  seeking 
for.     If  we  have  this,  and  we   are  rich, 
we  become  poor,  and  if  we  are  poor,  we 
become  rich;  all  are  one  in  Christ  Jesus, 
who  is  no  respecter  of  persons.    We  are 
tilled  with  new   desires,   and  carnal  de- 
sires are  changed    into  spiritual.     The 
longing  soul   is  fed   fi'om   the  Word  of 
God,  aud  expands,   aud  tliere   is  daily 
growth  in  grace. 

Then  let  us  cease  to  build  upon  sandy 
fouudatious,  and  establish  oureeives  upon 
the  Uock,  that  wind  nor  waves  cannot 
move,  aud  our  liappiuess  will  be  perma- 
nent; the  turmoils,  up"s  and  dow-n*s  of 
life  can  have  no  efl'ect;  siclvness  can  W 
born  patiently:  we  can  see  in  every  afflic- 
tion and  sorrow,  that  .ill  is  working  to- 
gether for  good.  Our  faith  will  become 
so  strong  and  our   trust   so   permanent 


thought  of  those  who  shall  preach  '  that  all  circumstances  will  be  the  same 
Christ's  Gospel  during  thene.xt  century, 'tons.  "Wealth  and  prosperity  cannoi 
how  infinitely  important  that  they  should  elevate,  neither  can  poverty  and  m^s- 
be  well  Htted  fur  their  great  work.  Then    fortune   prostrate. 


TJrlK    BRETiIKE>I    ^X    "WOKIi. 


November    '28 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUBLISHED    WEEKLT. 


J.  H.  MOORK. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN, 


s  At  W«»K  "■"  '*  -   111  nt    *I W   p»r«i.- 

\nr  ni'  »I>Q  will  »eiiJ  u»  cij;lit  ii«iiif« 

'    itLiiiml  copjr  trtv  (ifchaTfft, 

...mr   «*<!    »b.)Te    ibP  nine 

,  ilip  inon*y  Ufforr  -PuJitiK  i' 
7'"""""  \1.,„.  ,  ..  ,,,  ,,,  i,,,,.,l  iJiJcra,  lUpiteroJ  Lt'lti-M 
nr  .Irnn.,  |.r..|.c(iv  ,ul,lr«.c-a.  will  »w  "t  our  ri»V.  Wh»ii 
■viKltiiR  Jmrt,  i.'-.uPBlhiiiil  iiin"l»cbMk.  If  il  i"  « 
cbMW  ii  io«(i  II-  iU  i-eiil«  10  collect,  while  »  Jmfl  win  he 
colUcipd  fWM>.  I'.iKUige  ilRiiip*  may  h«  »cnl  for  ami>unl« 
un,liT  l.«N>.  bill  ulwuyi  -enJ  "'«  i"""'?  •'  7«"  /"".i?"  " 
8uh«ort[>tii>nii,  anJ  co  m  ran  ni  cat  ion*  intended  for  ih'  •"- 


rclt  1 


r>n  hat 
adJfM- 


■  mnlten  oosn<cted  with  ihe  of- 


UOOaS  *  ESEELUAN, 

Luuk.  CuToU  C0..IU' 


LAVAU,  IIL., 


NOVEMBEE  S8. 1878 


Wb  lire  proi>aroil  lo  fill  orders  lor  tlic  Breth- 
ren's Alinauac.  Price  tea  cents,  or  12  copies 
one  dollar.  

Til  K  iiddn-iis  of  1  Ifnrj  Lawver  has  been  clmng- 
ed  Irom  Vuii  Wert,  I'a.,  to  Wade's  Bmn<;li. 
Mintiii  Co.,  Kan. 

Any  ooe  who  will  send  us  eight  numes  for 
the  Hkbthkkn  at  Wokk  and  *I2.00,  will  receive 
ail  iidditional  copy  free. 

Thk  address  of  Jacob  Herkey  ha9  been  chang- 
ed from  GoHhen,  lud.,  to  Sherman,  Texas,  where 
be  expects  to  make  his  liomo. 

John  p.  Schi-nck,  of  Holmdel,  Monmouth 
Co.,  N.  J.,  desires  the  a^ldreas  of  C.  A.  Mason. 
Write  him  at  the  above  named  place. 

Ik  there  art-  any  Brethren  living  in  Green  Co., 
Mo.,  tliey  will  -»hlif,'e  Bro.  George  W.  Bishop  by 
addressing  him  at  Bepublic,  Green  Co. 


,  Mo. 


BliOTHBB  Stein's  present  article  was  delayed 
by  Kuy'H  reply,  reachiug  hira  one  day  late,  and 
by  that  means  did  not  reach  us  in  time  for  in- 
sertion last  week. 

.. —  ■♦-'  — 

Bkothrr  J.  S.  Flory  is  now  in  Kansas  City, 
wherfl  he  will  remain  on  business  till  Dec,  2.5th, 
and  may  be  eeen  by  those  passing  through  the 
city,  by  calling  at  his  place  of  businesa  near  the 
depot.  _        

Those  who  order  "The  Gospel  Hammer" 
TT  "1  pleiwp  hear  in  mind  that  orders  must  be 
a';coiiipnnied  by  the  oujih,  as  the  boak  belongs 
PxeUisively  to  Bro.  Bashor,  we  having  no  inter- 
est ill  the  sales  whatever. 

BuiiTHKii  B.  F.  Miller  and  wife,  of  Cedar  Co.. 
lowii,  are  now  visiting  among  relatives  and 
friends  in  this  locality.  He  preached  for  us 
lust  Sunday  evening. 


A  Ni'MiiKR  of  non-Mormon  women  have  pe- 
titioned Congivss,  to  take  steps  looking  to  tlie 
abolishing  of  polygamy,  the  curse  of  that 
country,  and  are  iwkiiig  all  Christians  to  sign 
the  petition. 

We  have  received  more  than  enough  of  No. 
86,  Vol.  2.  Please  do  not  send  any  more.  If 
those  who  have  sent  us  this  number  do  not  re- 
ceive the  C7i/W/r»i  lit  Work  it  mil  be  because 
we  cannot  ascertain  their  addresses. 

A  riARD  from  Bro.  D.  B.  Gibson,  who  is  now 
ptvaching  in  Kansas,  informs  us  that  he  will 
not  likely  reach  lUiuois  before  the  last  of  De- 
cember or  firat  of  January,  He  thinks  of  visit- 
ing FnlU  City,  Neb.,  and  several  other  points 
in  the  West. 


Brother  R.  H.  Miller  informs  u»  that  he  will 
likely  visit  Northern  111.  this  Winter,  as  his 
health  in  improving  notlmt  li<.-ean  now  fill  some 
of  hi8  many  cjills.  Having  sold  hi»  farm  near 
Lftdoga.  Ind..  he  will  likely  Iocat«»  elsewhere 
where  th<f  climate  is  bplter  adaptt-d  to  his  health. 
Of  our  own  accord  wc  here  state  that  tho:*e  who 
write  Bro.  Miller,  expecting  a  reply,  should  not 
fail  to  t-nclost-  stamps,  jw  he  i.  very  limit*^  in 
means,  and  the  amount  of  wriliug  he  has  tu  du 
is  brcomiug  quite  expensive  for  him.  Also  en- 
close $l.tfO  and  Ret  a  copy  of  his  ably  written 
book,  _    

We  are  continually  adding  to  our  list,  the 
names  of  such  who  themselves  did  not  order 
the  paper  sent,  but  who  are  kindly  remember- 
ed by  loving  friends.  Do  not  become  alarme^i 
and  think  we  are  trying  to  push  our  paper  into 
your  house  and  afterwards  present  a  bill  for 
i^nllection.  Wc  are  not  doing  business  that 
way.  The  paper  is  only  seni  by  oi-der.  aud  our 
mil-  is  cash  in  advance,  unless  hy  speeial  agree- 
ment with  those  who  do  business  for  aud  with 
us.  When  a  man  gets  a  copy  of  our  paper,  he 
need  only  look  at  the  right  of  his  name  on  the 
piipcr  or  wrajiper.  to  see  how  long  tlie  paper 
iuis  been  paid  lor.  We  hope  all  will  find  pleas- 
ure and  profit  in  reading  the  Buethrkn  at 
Work,  whether  they  paid  for  it  themselves  or 
not.  

Give  your  children  a  good,  wholesome  paper. 
Thousands  of  pernicious  papcr;^  filled  with  ro- 
mance and  fiction  are  sent  out  every  day.  — 
They  reach  the  children,  asd  their  minds  are 
poisoned.  Shall  it  be  that  juvi-nile  papers  con- 
taining pictures  of  God's  ordinances  being  prac- 
ticed in  a  corrupt  manner,  are  to  find  a  place  in 
your  family  in  preference  to  those  which  are  es- 
tablished on  a  true  and  holy  basis?  Will  you 
permit  your  darling  offspring  to  see  such  read- 
ing matter  as  will  defrrade  and  sink  it  into  vice, 
when  you  can  supply  them  with  the  pure  and 
good?  Then  be  careful  that  they  have  that 
which  is  of  great  value  to  the  soul.  Give  them 
the  Bible.  Show  them  how  to  read  it.  After 
this,  put  some  sound  paper  into  their  hands  as 
a  help  on  their  way  to  the  just  and  right. 


Not  long  since  a  man  {?)  was  seen  parading 
the  streets  of  Akron,  Ohio,  painted  aud  clothed 
as  an  Indian,  bearing  aloft  a  sign  ou  which  was 
[)ainted  in  large  letters  inviting  a  curious  pub- 
lic to  atteud  "  Bazar  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church."  Going  to  the  papers  of  that  city  the 
reader  would  have  found  the  announcement  that 
lit  said  "  Bazar  "  there  would  be  a  "  grand  ex- 
hibition in  calisthenics  by  a  class  of  thirty 
young  ladies."  Whiit  mockery!  The  house  of 
prnyer  turned  into  a  house  of  playing  and  world- 
ly display!  And  then  on  this  a  sinking  world 
is  asked  to  build,  calling  it  Christianity.  0 
blessed  Christianity,  when  will  hypocrites  aud 
deceivers  cease  heaping  such  indignities  upon 
thee!  The  object  of  the  "  Bazar"  was  to  make 
money,  and  the  money  was  wanted  to  run  a 
i?I40,0i«j  church.  Backward  progress  is  this, 
indeed!  Where  are  the  miseionaries?  Let 
them  go  to  Akron, 


In  order  to  supply  back  numbers  of  the  debate 
to  ni'W  subscribers,  we  have  printed  it  on  sepa- 
rate sheets  which  will  he  »eut  to  all  new  sub- 
scribers desiring  it.  There  are  lour  speeches  on 
each  sheet.  The  tir^t  sliei-t  has  been  sent  out. 
hut  the  other  will  not  be  ready  for  about  two 
weeks  yet.      ^ 

Next  week  will  bo  published  an  interesting 
letter  from  the  Central  Mission  field,  hy  Knorh 
Eby.  showing  that  lu'  and  Bro.  J.  R.  Oish  know 
how  to  do  apostolic  mi&iionary  work.  The  let^ 
ter  came  just  as  we  witp  ready  to  go  to  press, 
hcuc4^>  too  late  for  thU  week. 


All  the  autideluvians  were  tiuully  convinced 
that  Xoah's  preaching  was  right,  but  with  near- 
ly all,  the  conviction  cam-'  too  late  to  be  of  any 
benefit.  They  died,  believing  that  what  Noah 
preached  was  true,  but  their  faith  availed  them 
nothing.  Thus  we  fear  it  may  bw  with  thous- 
ands in  the  day  of  judgnn-ut.  They  will  have 
to  bi'lieve  the  Bible  sometime,  and  if  not  now, 
it  will  be  after  it  is  everlastingly  too  late. 


SPECIAL  DISTRICT  MEETING. 

ARRANGEMENTS  are  making  for  the 
special  District  Meeting  of  Northern 
Illinois,  to  be  held  here  Dec.  3,  1878,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  those  who  attend,  and  e.spect  to  take 
part  in  the  business  will  come  prejiared  to  take 
their  time  to  it,  that  what  is  done  may  be  done 
well. 

As  the  uieetiug  will  be  in  the  Winter  season 
of  the  year,  and  it  may  likely  he  very  cold,  spec- 
ial arrangements  will  be  made  to  care  for  those 
who  attend,  in  such  a.mannerthat  all  may  have 
good  accommodation.  There  will  hp  no  meals 
at  the  meeting-house,  but  all  will  be  fed  at  our 
private  houses,  there  being  Imt  two  meals  each 
day.  There  being  a  number  of  members  in  and 
around  Jjanark,  this  can  be  done  without  in- 
convenience. At  the  meeting-house  each  one 
will  receive  instructions  where  to  go  and  lodge 
during  the  meeting.  A  committee  has  been 
ai»point*d  for  that  purpose.  By  this  metliod 
each  one  can  have  a  good  lodging  place  and  no- 
body will  be  over  crowded. 

The  meeting  is  to  be  opened  at  9  o'clock  and 
close  at  2,  there  being  no  intermission.  Dinner 
will  be  served  at  about  3  o'clock.  This  will 
give  all  0  chance  to  do  their  uork  iud  ai 
l«nd  evening  preaching.  It  also  gives  those 
from  the  country  a  chance  to  attend  and  eujoy 
all  the  meetings.  We  will  commence  meeting 
here  ou  Tliursday  evening,  Nov.  tiSth  and  keep 
t  up  over  Sunday,  and  of  nights  during  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting,  expecting  some  of  the  minister- 
ing brethren  to  be  here  during  that  time. 


WEEELT  SXTPFLEMENT. 

OWING  to  the  fact  that  we  are  getting  more 
good  matter  than  we  can  possibly  find  room 
for  in  our  paper,  we  have  now  concluded  sonii  to 
commence  running  a  weekly  Mupplemeiit  with- 
out any  extra  charge.  Tliia  sopplcmfut  will  lie 
large  enough  to  contain  the  debate  in  full,  so 
that  our  readers  will  not  (Uilv  get  a  large  paper 
well  filled  with  good  reading  matter,  but  the  de- 
bate besides  ou  a  separate  sheet.  We  have  sev- 
eral good  reasons  for  printing  the  debate  on  a 
sheet  to  itself: 

1.  M  lay  of  our  readers  wish  to  preserve  the 
debate  without  preserving  the  entire  paper. 

2.  Many,  aftT  reading  the  debate,  wish  to 
lend  it  tu  their  neighbor*  without  having  their 
paper*  soiled. 

3.  ijuite  a  number  are  preserving  the  entire 
debate  hy  pasting  it  in  a  scrap  hook,  and  for 
these  the  supplement  form  will  be  particularly 
handy. 

Our  agents  will  keep  this  in  view  when  can- 
vassing for  suhscribei-s.  We  have  on  hand 
much  valuable  matter  that  ought  to  go  in  the 
paper  for  the  benefit  ot  our  many  readei-s;  some 
of  it  ia  very  interesting.  Many  good  articles 
have  been  waiting  For  months,  and  they  are 
still  accumulating  on  oui  hands,  and  we  know 
of  no  better  way  of  disposing  of  them  to  good 
advantage  than  "to  rua  the  debate  on  a  separate 
sheet,  to  be  folded  in  and  sent  out  with  each 
paper,  and  then  fill  the  entire  paper  with  other 
articles. 

We  do  not  want  our  contributors  to  stop 
writing  just  because  we  are  getting  much  good 
matter,  for  we  will  have  use  for  it  after  awhile. 
The  Avinter  season  is  the  time  to  prepare  good, 
sound  articles,  aud  then  if  is  always  better  to 
have  too  much  than  not  enough.  We  will 
commence  publishing  the  supplement  in  a  few 
weeks.  ^.^_^.^_^_^ 

VISIT  TO  CHAMPAIGN  CO,  ILL. 

OUR  visit  to  Champaign  Co.,  III.,  was  a  pleas- 
ant one.  though  the  wet  weather  interfered 
some  with  our  meetings.  It  was  a  source  of 
considerable  pleasure  to  visit  and  travel  over  the 
field  so  often  traveled  over  before. 

It  was  here  that  I  was  called  to  the  ministry 

hile  yet  young,  and  without  even  ordinary 
education.  The  field  being  large,  and  laborers 
few,  I  had  to  enter  into  active  service  at  once, 
and  from  that  day  to  this  but  few  Sundays  have 
passed  that  I  did  not  preach  from  one  to  three 
times.  Having  no  means  aside  from  what  was 
made  by  day's  labor  the  pressure  wils  rather  se- 
vere, yet  from  the  experience  of  these  years  I 
have  learned  things  that  will  be  valuable  to  me 
in  after  life. 

It  was  also  here  that  I  comineuced  my  pam- 
phlet work.  Having  had  considerable  to  do  in 
defending  Trine  Immersion  I  cunimeneed  writ- 
ing an  article  on  that  subject  for  one  of  the 
papers,  hut  the  result  wa.s  my  "  Trine  Immer- 
sion Traced  to  the  .Apostle.'i,"  of  which  some- 
thing like  20,000  copies  have  been  distributed. 
My  "  Perfect  Plan  of  Salvation  "  was  written 
between  times  one  Winter  while  chopping  cord 
wood. 

Preaching  in  this  country  was  then  attended 
with  many  difficulties.  The  memhi^rs  were  very 
widely  scattered,  necessitating  much  traveling 
to  attend  the  appointments.  The  opposition 
was  also  great,  as  many  of  those  opposed  to  our 
doctrine  were  well  skilled  in  the  rudinienta  of 
controvei-sy.  They  were  many  and  we  few. 
.At  first,  congrHgations  were  often  small,  aud 
not  any  too  much  interested.  Bro.  John  Barn- 
hart  was  the  first  resident  minister  of  the 
Brethren  in  the  count}',  and  A.  B.  Snyder  the 
next.  Bro.  John  Metzger  was  the  first  brother 
who  preached  there.  George  Dilling  aud  wife 
were  the  first  members  then  known  in  the 
county.  Now  there  are  not  far  from  100  mem- 
bers scattered  over  ditferent  parts  of  the  county. 
At  present  they  have  but  one 'minister,  , A.  J. 
Bowers,  who  lives  near  St.  Joseph,  though  there 
is  enough  work  there  to  require  the  entire  time 
of  one  m-m  There  ar-  not  less  than  nine  plac- 
es wher-  r. -"'ur  me-iij..;.-.  ought  to  bo  held, 
with  pnwiit-ctti  of  di-mg  iiiuch  good.  While 
looking  over  this  field,  and  seeing  the  want  of 
further  ministerial  aid,  I  felt  as  though  I  would 
like  to  return  to  field  work  again,  and  aid  ujy 
brethren  in  building  up  churcht.-s.  With  prop- 
er effort*  I  believe  several  good  churches  might 
be  built  up  in  tliis  part  of  the  State.     Our  mis- 


sionaries in  Southern  Illinois  ought  to  give  this 
field  special  attention. 

It  is  in  this  congregation  that  sister  Mattie 
A  Learliv^s.  She  is  a  married  sister,  about  40 
yeara  of  age.  and  very  finely  educated.  Her 
acquaintance  with  science,  history  and  theology 
is  eood  She  is  a  hard  working  sister  and  does 
her  writing  and  studying  during  odd  moments. 
Generally  while  sewing  or  washing  slie  has  the 
Bible  lying  at  some  convenient  point  so  that 
she  can  read  while  worHug.  Her  husband, 
Bro.  John  Lear,  is  a  deacon  in  the  church. 
They  have  but  one  child.  Sister  Lear  promises 
to  give  special  attention  to  "  Our  Bible  Class  " 
depaitnient  the  coming  volume.  We  herestate 
that  our  readers  should  not  expect  her  to  an- 
swer many  queries  hy  letter.  She  cannot  spare 
the  time  from  lier  work  to  do  so  much  writing. 
She  prefers  answering  queries  through  the  pa- 
per, and  in  this  way  all  can  get  the  benefit. 

During  our  stay,  we  held  a  few  meetings  in 
the  Harminson  neighborhood,  aud  also  at  tlie 
Brethren's  meeting-house  four  miles  East  of 
Urhaua.  The  interest  was  good.  Our  last 
meeting  was  on  Sunday  the  17th,  to  a  crowded 
house  of  attentive  listeners. 

While  at  Urhaua  1  visited  the  Illinois  Uni- 
versity college  building.  This  is  likely  the  best 
school  in  the  State.  Dr.  Gregory,  a  teacher  of 
rare  abilities,  is  Professor.  He  kindly  showed 
me  through  the  building,  visiting  the  various 
departments,  and  explainiug  each  item  of  inter- 
est with  great  care.  A  visit  to  the  college  Mus- 
eum and  Art  Gallery  is  a  treat  to  the  students  of 
nature  aud  history.  The  library  room  is  large 
and  being  well  filled  with  choice  works.  It  is 
likely  destined  to  become  one  of  the  best  libra- 
ries in  the  West.  Had  I  time,  I  would  like  to 
give  our  leadei-s  a  description  of  some  things 
seen  here,  but  must  defer  that  to  a  future  visit. 

Financially  Champaign  county  is  not  in  a 
good  condition.  Most  of  the  farmers  are  much 
in  debt,  aud  many  of  them  so  deep  that  they 
cannot  pay  out  and  hence  will  have  to  suffer 
considerably.  The  country  is  good,  and  the 
land  of  the  very  best  quality.  J.  H.  m. 


THE  PROPHETIC  CONFERENCE 

THE  Prophetic  Conference  held  in  New  York 
a  few  weeks  ago  was  both  profitable  and 
interesting.  It  was  composed  of  a  class  of  min- 
isters altogether  difierent  from  some  fauatics 
who  have  heretofore  had  much  to  do  with  this 
question.  Many  of  the  men  were  persons  of 
considerable  scholarship  and  reputation,  aud 
looked  at  the  Scriptures  relating  to  the  second 
coming  of  Christ  with  well  balanced  judgments. 
Though  a  considerable  diversity  of  views  on 
some  points  was  apparent,  but  the  following 
exhibits  the  common  faith  of  those  who  were 
present,  aud  took  an  active  part  in  the  Confer- 
ence: 

"  I.  We  affirm  our  belief  in  the  supreme  and 
absolute  authority  of  the  written  Word  of  God 
on  all  questions  of  doctrine  and  duty. 

n.  The  prophetic  words  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment Scriptures  concerning  the  first  coming  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  were  literally  fulfilled  in 
his  birth,  life,  death,  resurrection  and  ascension; 
and  so  the  prophetic  words  of  both  the  Old  aud 
the  New  Testaments  concerning  his  second 
coming  will  be  literally  fulfilled  in  his  visible 
bodily  return  to  this  earth  in  like  manner  us  he 
went  up  into  heaven;  and  this  glorious  Epipha- 
ny of  the  great  God,  our  Savior  Jesus  Christ,  is 
the  blessed  hope  of  the  believer  and  of  the 
church  during  this  entire  dispensation. 

III.  This  second  coming  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
is  every-where  in  the  Scriptures  represented  as 
imminent,  aud  may  occur  at  any  moment;  yet 
the  precise  day  and  hour  thereof  is  unknown  to 
man,  and  known  only  to  God. 

IV.-  The  Scriptures  nowhere  teach  that  the 
whole  world  will  he  converted  to  God,  or  that 
there  will  be  a  reign  of  universal  righteousness 
and  peace  before  the  return  of  our  blessed  Lord; 
but  that  only  at  and  hy  his  coining  in  power 
and  glory  will  the  prophecies  concerning  the 
progress  of  evil,  and  the  development  of  .Anti- 
christ; the  times  of  the  Gentiles,  and  the  in- 
gathering of  Israel;  the  resurrection  of  the  dead 
in  Christ  and  the  transfiguration  of  his  living 
saints,  receive  their  fulfillment,  and  the  period 
of  millennial  blessedness  its  inauguration. 

V.  The  duty  of  the  church  during  the  ab- 
sence of  the  Bridegroom  is  to  watch  iuid  pray, 
to  work  and  wait,  to  go  into  all  the  world  and 
preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature,  and  thus 
hasten  the  coming  of  the  day  of  God;  and  to 
his  last  promise,  '  Surely  I  come  quickly,'  t'' 
respond,  in  joyous  hope,  'Even  so;  come  Lord 
Jesus.'  " 


jSTovembar    '28. 


THE    liKETHiiB,:^    A.T    "WOliK:. 


In  reference  to  milled naritimsm  nnd  mifcions. 
tliis  reaoluliuii  was  adopted; 

"Resolved,  That  the  doctrine  of  our  Lonl's 
pre-railleuniul  adveut,  instfiul  of  paralyzing 
eTangelistic  tmd  miswionary  efforts,  is  om-  of  lli,. 
oiightieat  incentiTea  to  earnestness  in   preach- 


ing  tb*?    Gospel    to    every     creature 


come. 
The 


till    he 


A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 


Xl'MBUk  HI. 


interest  manifested  in  this  question 
just  HOW,  signifien  something  more  than  we 
may  be  able  to  fully  compreliend.  During  past 
years,  men's  hearts  have  been  failing  them  fur 
fear,  and  for  looking  after  those  tbingH  which 
are  coming  on  the  earth,  hut  now  many  begin 
to  lift  up  tlieir  heads,  and  conclude  that  their 
redemption  'draweth  nigh.  They  see  certain 
thiugs  coming  to  pwa,  spoken  of  by  the  proph- 
ets  and  lioly  men  of  old,  and  now  belif^ve  tliat 
the  kingdom  of  God  is  nigh  at  hand,  and  that 
Christ  will  soon  appear  in  the  clouda  of  heaven. 
To  them  the  precise  day  and  hour  is  iniltnown, 
for  that  is  in  the  mind  of  the  Futher  only.  But 
thoy  see  that  the  Jews  have  fiillt-n  by  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  have  been  led  captives  among  all 
nations;  Jerusalem  has  been  trodden  down  of 
the  Gentiles,  and  from  the  way  things  are  now 
working  in  the  East,  it  would  seem  that  "  the 
time3oftheGentile3"isnearlyfulGlled.  I  fully 
and  candidly  believe  that  the  second  coming  of 
Christ,  is  not  many  years  in  tlie  future,  and  for 
ought  we  kuow,  many  of  our  readers  may  yi-t 
see  him  coming  in  the  clouds  of  heaven.  That 
will  be  a  grand  and  glorious  time  for  those  who 
are  prepared  to  meet  and  reign  with  him. 
With  a  heart  full  of  love  for  him  who  has  died 
for  as.  every  trne  heart  can  respond  to  the  clos- 
ing language  of  Scripture:  "Even  so,  come 
Lord  Jesus."      ^^^__^^__^  J-  H.  m. 

AIT  EXPLANATION. 

FROM  various  sources,  we  learn  that  many 
of  our  readers  are  astonished  at  the  rough 
and  unbecoming  language  used  by  Sir.  Ray 
in  his  part  of  the  discussion,  and  think  it 
ought  not  to  be  allowed.  Not  being  used  to 
hearing  preachers  use  such  language,  they  think 
it  rather  strange  that  it  has  to  be  endured.  But 
we  should  remember  that  it  is  our  duty  to  en- 
dure hardness  as  good  soldiers. 

Mr.  Ray  is  the  champion;debater  among  the 
haad-mark  Baptists  of  the  South-west;  his  peo- 
ple have  great  confidence  in  him  as  a  dcbnter, 
and  are  willing  to  trust  their  cause  in  his  hands. 
He  is  now  set  for  the  defense  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  according  to  the  rules  of  debaie  in 
like  cases,  he  is  at  liberty  to  conduct  his  side  as 
he  thinks  best  for  his  cause.  We  have  no  w,iy 
of  preventing  his  rough  expressions,  unless  they 
become  indecent,  and  in  that  case  we  know  just 
what  to  do.  If  he  chooses  to  devote  wiy  of  the 
space,  alloted  him  for  defending  his  doctrine, 
to  using  unbecoming  and  abusive  expressions, 
his  cause  and  not  ours  suffei-s  by  it.  We  pre- 
fer letting  him  have  his  own  way  of  defending 
liis  side,  and  then  if  public  sentiment  turns 
against  liim  for  using  abusive  language,  ^  it 
dill  at  Newtonia,  he  and  not  us,  is  to  blame. 

Our  readei's  should  remember  that  the  rough 
lunguage  does  not  come  from  our  side  of  the 
house,  and  as  the  entire  debate  is  publish- 
ed in  the  Baptist  paper  also,  and  is  rend  by 
the  Baptists,  they  too  can  see  from  just  which 
§ide  the  abusive  language  conies.  There  are 
thousands  of  Baptists  who  are  just  as  much 
opposed  to  such.  langn:ige  as  our  people,  and 
the  thing  will  have  its  weight  with  them.  In 
reading  the  Quinter  and  McCounell  Debate,  it 
can  be  seen  on  which  side  the  rough  language 
is  in  that  case,  and  so  it  will  be  in  the  Stein 
and  Ray  Debate.  It  is  Ray's  way  of  debating. 
We  heard  him  seven  days  at  Newtonia.  and  his 
articles  in  this  written  debate  are  not  half  as 
rough  as  were  his  oral  speeches  at  Newtonia. 
It  is  rough  yet,  but  it  is  hoped  that  he  will  re 
form  still  morL'.  This  explanation  is  made  in 
behalf  of  many  readers  who  do  not  like  to  read 
cUch  rough  language.  We  shall  watch  the 
matter  carefully,  and  should  he  become  as  abu- 
sive in  this  debate  oa  he  is  in  some  of  his  dis 
tussions  of  the  past,  we  have  the  key  and  if 
necessary  will  use  it.  Hope  this  will  prove  sat- 
isfactory to  all  our  readers:  we  ask  each  one  to 
renew  his  subscription,  watch  the  matter,  see 
bow  it  is  going;  try  both  spirits  (Stein's  and 
Kay's)  and  see  which  is  of  God.  We  are  told 
to  try  the  spirits,  and  here  we  have  a  good 
chance. 


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Money   List  and  other  items     unavoidably 
crowded  out  this  week. 


IK  all  the  periodicals  of  the  brotherhood  would 
unflin-.hingly  stand  up  for.  and  maintain 
the  same  principle,  they  too  would  exerta  pow- 
er for  good  in  the  world.  Much  depends  upon 
the  editors  of  our  papers.  To  a  certain  extent 
the  church  is  with  them  as  the  clay  in  the  poU 
t+^^r's  hand.  Thov  have  much  to  do  with  the 
moulding  of  public  sentiment.  If  our  papers  get 
t  u  o[iposing  the  gospel  order  of  the  church  in  the 
simplicity  of  dress,  the  power  and  influence  of 
tliose  who  contend  for  non-conformity  will  bi 
greatly  crippled,  and  the  church  thereby  pro- 
portioually  injured.  Pride  is  something  that 
does  not  need  encouragement,  it  needs  to !«  di 
counted  on  every  hand.  In  former  years  too 
much  was  said  in  our  papers  against  the  doc- 
trine of  Christian  plainncJ'S,  and  in  some  in- 
stances we  can  see  the  elTect  of  it.  Every  peri- 
odical in  the  church  wants  to  stand  up  for  our 
distinctive  features.  Were  this  faithfully  done. 
We  would  be  less  annoyed  by  pride. 

The  editors  of  our  p;ipers  want  not;  only  to 
teach  our  distinctive  features,  but  liv.?  them  out 
—set  a  good  example  before  their  roadcrs.  A 
fasliionahly  attired  editor,  among  the  Bret.hren. 
is  a  Walking  advertisement  of  inconsistency. 
He  professes  to  belong  to,  and  edits  a  paper,  in 
behalf  of  a  people  holding  the  doctrine  of  non- 
conformity, while  he  himself  patronizes  the 
ways  of  the  world.  I  have  fully  made  up  my 
mind  that  when  I  get  ready  to  oppose,  and  try 
to  overthrow  the  Gospel  order  of  the  church,  I 
will  have  manhood  enough  about  me  to  step 
down  and  out,  and  do  the  square  thing.  W 
always  tell  people  that  the  Brethues  at  Wouk 
is  a  one-sided  paper — it  is  for  the  Lord  and  not 
for  Baal.  We  do  not  propose  to  run  a  religious 
paper  in  the  interest  of  Satan's  cause,  and  those 
who  look  into  this  paper  with  the  expectation 
of  finding  something  in  defense  of  a  departure 
from  the  ancient  landmarks  of  the  Gospel,  will 
look  in  vain. 

All  the  ministers  among  the  Brethren  should 
be  consistent  advocates  of  plainness.-  If  cor- 
ruption  shoald  creep  into  the  church,  it  will 
come  through  the  ministry.  Their  influence 
hasmuclitodo  with  the  purity  of  the  body. 
In  fact  they  should  be  ensamples  to  the  flock; 
being  under  shepherds,  the  flock  is  inclined  tn 
follow  them  and  learn  of  them.  It  is  useless  to 
attempt  to  keep  a  church  plain  where  there 
finely  dressed  ministers.  If  ministei-s  do  not 
have  respect  enough  for  the  cause  to  obey  tin- 
Gospel  in  all  its  parts,  there  will  also  be  a  de- 
parture from  the  simplicity  of  the  truth  among 
the  laity. 

The  extremes  to  which  other  denominations 
have  gone  on  the  question  of  dress,  is  aUu-ming. 
Most  churches  in  former  years  were  plain,  and 
many  made  fine  dressing  a  tost  of  mem))er- 
sliip.  The  Methodist  church,  for  iustance,  fifty 
years  ago  was  as  strict  about  dress  as  the  Breth- 
ren, but  grailually  g.ive  away  to  the  efi'ects  of 
pride  till  now  its  members  are  as  stylish  as  any 
church  in  America.  John  Wesley  himself  was 
opposed  to  priile  in  all  its  forms,  and  did  his  ut- 
most to  prevent  it.  Old  pe-iple  tell  ine  that 
lif'fy  years  ago  they  could  tell  a  Methodist 
preacher  by  his  plain  dress  whereveraeeu.  Tliey 
were  a  plain,  simple  unostentatious  people  with 
no  steeples  on  their  meeting-houses,  no  orna- 
ments in  their  rooms  of  woi-ship,  nor  were  or- 
naments of  any  sort  allowed  on  the  female 
members.  Plainness  and  !*implicity  charac- 
terized them  ill  their  daily  walk  and  appearance. 
I  do  not  mention  these  thiugs  to  cast  any  re 
flection  ou  the  M.  E.  church,  but  introduce 
them  as  a  warning  to  our  people  that  they  run 
not  into  the  same  excess  or  error.  We  fee  what 
hiw  become  <>f  other  churches  th.it  have  used 
too  much  lenity  regarding  dress,  and  it  there- 
fore behooves  us  that  we  put  on  the  breaks  in 
time. 

Brethren  and  sisters,  it  is  my  candid  impres- 
sion that  some  of  our  people  ni'iy  have  made  a 
few  mistiikes  in  teaching  and  enforcing  the  doc- 
trine of  Scriptural  plainness.  1  do  not  mean 
that  our  ancient  Brethren  erred  iu  this  respect, 
for  they  predicated  their  authority  for  plain 
dressing  on  the  Gospel,  their  only  rule  of 
faith  and  practice;  but  of  late  years  there 
those  who  aim  to  make  the  Minutes  the  biisia  of 
plainness.  Tliey  take  the  Minutes  to  church 
meeting  and  decide  questions  by  them  instead 
of  leaving  the  Minutes  at  homo  and  settlin, 


ren  before  the  Mioutca  were  in  existence.  Our 
ancient  Brethren  could  enforce  the  (iospvl  law 
of  plainness  without  referring  to  the  Minuten 
authority,  and  no  can  w*.  The  Minut«i»  an* 
good  enough  in  their  place  as  advicif,  and  to 
show  how  former  br-'thrcn  looked  at  the  Scrip- 
ture*, hut  a-s  a  mle  of  faith  and  practice,  let  utt 
stick  to  the  Bible.  If  we  constjintly  refer  to 
the  Minutes  for  authority  to  enforce  pUinne^is, 
some  will  finally  conclude  that  the  Gospel  "ay 
nothing  about  how  we  shall  dress,  and  in  that 
wiiy  a  bitter  feeling  will  he  produced  against 
the  Annual  Meeting  and  its  work.  Let  us  go 
direct  to  the  Bible  for  our  authority  in  defence 
of  plainness,  and  our  arguments  against  faahioni 
and  jewelry,  then,  and  not  till  then,  will  we  !« 
able  to  reproduce  and  maintain  that  plainncM 
,%nd  simplicity  that  characterized  the  primitive 
ihurche-s.  ,i.  n.  m. 

(To  be  eotitinuf}). 


REVEALED  RELIGION. 

rilHlillE  are  three  theories  extant  concerning 
J      revealed  religion. 

1.  Tliat  God  has  not  .-(poken,  and  that  what 
we  receive  as  the  revealed  religio.i  from  him,  is 
simply  the  inventions  of  our  minds.  Those  who 
thus  teaeh,  are  called  Infidels. 

2.  That  God's  voice  is  heard  in  every  system 
of  religion  in  the  world;  that  He  has  not  favor- 
ed one  more  than  the  other,  and  that  He  has 
endowed  us  with  tlie  faculty  of  selecting  thi 
best  from  each  system.  This  class  is  quite 
uumcious,  and  may  be  termed  Spiritualists, 
Freethinkers,  &c. 

3.  That  God  "  at  sundry  times  and  in  divers 
manners  spake  in  times  past  unto  the  fathers  by 
the  prophets,"  but  *'  in  these  last  days  hath  spo- 
ken unto  us  by  his  Son."  Heb.  1:1,  9.  This 
positive  declaration  of  an  inspired  writer,  we 
accept  as  the  true  theory.  God  spoke  not  con- 
ditionally, but  with  supreme  authority.  He 
spoke  by  the  Lord  Jesus  Chriat.  "  I  have  giv- 
en them,"  the  disciples,  "  the  words  which  thou 
gavest  me,"  says  Jesus;  "  and  they  have  receiv- 
ed them."  John  IT:  8.  God,  the  Father,  gave 
his  Son,  our  Savior  wonls,  and  these  words  Ihe 
Lord  g.^ve  to  his  disciples.  And  more:  those 
liisciples  rcreivpfl  those  irorda,  and  by  or  through 
them,  helieved  that  God  sent  Jesus,  the  Christ. 

By  this  Chri?t,  the  Father  revealed  a  system 
of  religion  which  stands  above  all  other  systems. 
It  is  the  best  system  on  earth.  It  is  the  best 
because  it  comes  from  God  who  is  superior  to 
all  other  beings.     Other  systems   may  pictend 


to  have  come  from  God;  but  this  system  intro- 
duced by  the  Lord  Jesus  not  only  pretends  to 
come  from  the  Father,  hut  locks  up  tbepreten- 
sioTi  by  many  infallible  proofs.  Not  only  pninfH. 
not  simply  infn}lih!i'  proofs,  but  by  tunny  in/ut- 
lihle  proofs.  Revealed  religion  and  invented 
religion  are  two  distinct  and  entirely  [different 
things.  Revealed  religion  is  in  harmony  with 
all  Divine  Law — was  with  the  Father  from  the 
beginning,  but  invented  religion  took  its  rise  on 
this  side  of  the  creation  of  man.  Revealed  re- 
ligion took  its  rise  before  man  existed;  invented 
religion  after  his  creation. 

This  revealed  religion  is  designed  for  our  will, 
our  reason,  judgment,  conscience,  afl'ections. 
It  is  therefore  personal,  but  cannot  be  resolved 
into  matter.  It  is  addressed  to  the  mind,  and 
is  designed  to  control  that,  fitting  it  for  a  no- 
bler and  higher  life.  To  reveal  that  Law.  re- 
quired no  less  a  personage  than  the  Son  of  God. 
The  rektti'martj  existence  was  sufticient  guaran- 
tee that  the  Son  would  perform  the  mission  ac- 
ceptably and  successfully.  An  angel  could  not 
be  entrusted  with  such  an  important  work; — a 
man  translated,  remodeled  and  fashioned  in  the 
mold  of  Deity  was  not  the  proper  seed,  but  the 
Son  of  God  alone  po-ssessedall  the  qualiticatious 
to  reveal  the  grandest  system  of  religion  ever 
conceived. 

How  can  we  mutually  know  anything  about 
God  or  of  God  unless  He  in  some  way  actually 
makes  Himself  known?  When  He  said,  "I  am 
the  Lord  thy  Qod,"  by  did  so.  Nor  could  He 
thus  s|)pak  without  revealing  himself;  and  His 
purpose  to  thus  speak,  must  have  been  n  irill, 
and  there  can  be  no  will  without  a  person.  God 
therefore  exists  personally.  "  The  proof  of  rev- 
elation is  iu  the  thing  revealed,"  that  is,  the 
Person  who  is  made  known.  In  this  case  the 
thing  revealed  is  God.  the  will  of  God,  I  cuce 
the  best  evidence  of  the  reality  of  the  divine 


has  to  support  bis  knowledge  of  the  mattar  ii 
that  he  taf.ud  il.  So  witti  rev<MiIf«i  religion. 
The  iKst  evi(Uinc«  that  it  hanU/'n  rcvfslrjj,  is 
that  it  wrtit  r.^vealpd.  You  can  w;  th«t  clear 
light  of  the  flUD,  but  because  you  have  no  orgaiu 
by  which  you  csn  analyz*  it,  tctl  tefial  it  it,  dow  ' ' 
not  prove  that  there  is  no  such  thing  as  liffht. 
Because  you  we  the  blade  of  gr*w,  gr^n  and 
beautiful,  enlarging  day  by  day  and  cannot  t^ 
how  it  is  don<>.  does  not  prove  that  the  blada 
doe-s  not  grow  ajid  become  beautiful.  It  exist* 
and  enlarges  whether  we  know  whcr«io  the  lifo 
is  or  is  not. 

To  present  the  Revelation  of  God  to  the  skep- 
tic so  as  to  induc*^  him  ifi  hftiece,  han  been  a 
question  with  the  great  echool  of  theologian* 
That  the  skeptic  has  a  soul  to  save,  and  that  he 
needs  a  Savior,  a  change  of  heart,  and  the  hope 
of  eternal  life  just  a.s  much  as  any  other  man,  U 
not  at  all  doubt«d  by  those  who  believe  on  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ;  but  how  to  get  him  to  more  • 
in  the  matter,  how  to  awaken  him.  is  the  im- 
portant question.  It  *eemn  to  me  that  if  God 
were  presented  to  him  as  a  loving  Father,  aa 
One  who  knows  us.  pities  us.  desires  to  help  og, 
the  skeptic's  heart  would  be  softened.  Silch  a 
God  cannot  be  impersonal,  but  possemts  all  tJie 
attributes  of  personality. 

There  are  three   lines  of  thcistic  argument, 
two  of  which  have  been  urged  by  the  majority 
of  those  who  attempt  to  meet  the  skeptic.    1. 
Metaphysical   theism,   which    has  for   its  basis 
reasonings  on  the  ideas  of  time,  space,   the  ah- 
sohitc.  the  unconditional,  the  infinite  and  can»> 
atiou,  which  thrown  together  end  in  a  necessary 
Being.    2,  Cosmlcal  theism,  or  the  purely  phys- 
ical principle  of  evolution.    3.  Spiritual  theism, 
or  the  gradual  development  of  our  spiritual  be- 
ing in  harmony  with  the  growth  principle  of  a 
holy,   loving,  gracious   Father.      This   theism 
cannot  be  found  to  be  at  variance  with  our  sense 
of  right  and  justice,  and  is  in  harmony  with  the 
revealed  will  of  God.     The  revelation  of  each 
dispensation  was  suited  to  the  state  of  those  for 
whom  it  was  given;  yet  so   complete  was  it  in 
its  workings  that  it  lifted  higher  and  higher  in- 
to truth  and  holiness  all  who  strictly  ot)eyed  it. 
It  did  not  take  hold  of  a  man  and  make  him  a 
child  of  Qod  in  full  stature  in  an  im^tant,  bnt 
by  degre&s  brought  him  to  (hat  state  which  sat- 
isfied Divine  Justice  and  Divine  afl'ection.  That 
the  Old  Testament  was  adapted  to  the  people 
for  whom  it  was  designed,  there  can  be  no  ques- 
tion.   That  it  is  the  revealed  will  of  God  to  a 
particular  people,  in  a  particular  age  of  the 
world  is  a  ^ettk'd  fact.     But  was  it  a  homogeofr* 
uus  whole,  thrown  together  at  once  for  all  men 
in  all  ages?     It  was  not;  but  it  was  gradually 
revealed  or  brought  into  existence  as   the  state 
or  tlie  condition  of  (he  peopledemauded.     Great 
darkness  covered  the  human  mind,  and  God  saw 
fit  to  let  the  rays  of  Divine  Light  shine  on  it 
gradually.     Dimly  it  shone  at  first,  and  as  time 
passed  by,  God  by  degrees,  increased   the  Light 
until  it  shone  in  full  splendor  in  the  person  of 
Jesus  Christ.    This  is  the  True  Light 

Ask  the  skeptic  to  look  at  God's  Revelation 
from  this  stand-point.     He  can  see  the  propri- 
ety of  such  B  course  and  the  beauty  of  a  gradual 
unfolding  of  the  Truth.     Point  him  to  a  loving, 
holy  I'ather,  rather  than  to  the   metaphysical 
and  abstruse.     He  is  cold  now;  do  not  heap  the 
ice  upon  him.     Warm  him   with  the   sunshine 
of  God's  love  and  he  will  spring  into  life.    Let 
him  see  that  it  is  nothing  against  God  if  he  did 
use  "  unporfect  representations  of  Divine  things;" 
so  long  as  more  perfect  ones  were  above  the  ca- 
pacity of  those  whom  He  sought  to  save.     Be* 
cause  God  chose  lo  thus  slowly  and  patiently 
lead  them   through  many  ages,  till  the  Sun  of 
Righteousness  rose  in  full  splendor,  does  not 
prove  that  the  R-'velation  is  untrue.     Not  at  all; 
hut  rather  proves  that  God  loved  them  exceed- 
ingly, with  much  patience.    And  then,  too,  it 
is  in  harmony  with  the  manner  of  God's  doings 
in  nature.     He  gives  no  man  fruit  in  a  moment 
of  time.     Days,  weeks  and  even  months  are  re- 
quired to  produce  a  perfect  grain  of  corn.     Its 
development  is  gradual.    No  less  so  was  the 
present  grand  system  of  revealed  religion.  That 
it  began  to  shuw  itself  in  asingle  ray  away  back 
in  the  days  of  Adam,  and  went  on   expanding 
and  developing  wider  and  wider,  until  the  mighty 
Sun  of  Righteousness  arose  in  the  laud  of  Jude«, 
only  shows  the  wondrous  care  and  love  of  the 
Father  for  us.  ii.  m.  s. 


revelation.    A  man  tastes  an  apple.    Hehuon's 
things  by  the  Bible,  as  did  our  ancient  Breth- 1  that  he  tasted  it  and  the  best  evidence  that  he 


Ot-R  meeting  in  Lanark  last  Sunday,  was 
largely  atti-nded.     One  applicant  for  L^aptism. 


XIIK    133/{Ka^Mlli:>J^    JS^I'    AVOKlv. 


IN^ovember    5^8 


\Tkt  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongue  Can  Tell. 

This  ddpiu-lmaul  i»  ■Ifdgnr.l  for  luking  anil  timweriiig 
V*  qn*«tIoTii,  kdJ  for  ihp  tuliition  or I^rripliiral  difficiil- 
AU  dUMliona  abouU  b*  •l<u«d  witb  CAoJor,  *a'l  ui- 
•d  with  w  much  ctcitrnF<«  lu  poMiMe,  in  orJer  to 
0DOi«  Bible  Truth.  Articles  for  (bi»  dcpitrLiiiiiiil,  mu*l 
I  •bort  luiU  to  lilt  palnl. 


Fleiise  explAlii  D!inkil2:44.  45.  In  the  days  of 
Vhnt  kiii;^?  Wlmt  iluca  tlie  word  kiiigilom  rfff-r 
,io,  and  what  the  ntone?  Wsr.  T.  IlAnDrxc. 

Win  thp  niiKTiiKEN  AT  WoitK  give  uii  exftana- 
lou  of  the  lalWr  (.'laiisc  of  llie  Wth  vente  of  tlie 
ind  cliaiitcr  of  Luke^ which  rwulsiw  fulIow:t :  "  And 
le  that  hAttk  no  svvonl  let  liiin  sull  hlfi  garment  and 
toy  one," 

Also.  Mark  23:  l.'i,  wliloh  n-adu  us  follows:  "  Woo 
into  yon  Hcrlhes  and  PliariMeH,  hypocrites!  for  ye 
iiiiliiusscu  (IB')  land  Lo  innko  one  proitelyt«;  and 
hen  hf  is  made  ye  make  him  two-fold  more  the 
MM  of  Jiell  than  yonrsi'Ivi*s."  S.  A.  I^lkkv. 

Pli-a.<<('  ovplain  1  Tim.  ] :  ii;  Luke  1«:  I*>:  Mark  6: 

e;M«rk  l«:n.  le.  To  what  law  lins  the  iScript- 
en  i'i-f«ronre  ami  to  whatextentHlionld  it  be  used '/ 
(Phat  JH  tho  moot  iMltwmed?  Ilut  it  n-fercaco  to 
lay  particular  thinly 


QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

1.  I'leaJte  give  your  views  on  Luke  10:  4.  "  Car- 
7  neither  purse,  nur  scrip,  imr  shoes:  and  salute 

bo  man  liy  the  way." 

2.  Also  Matt.  ^:  9:  "And  call  no  man  your 
father  u[ii)n  the  oari'li :  for  one  Ib  your  father  which 
.6  In  he»ven." 

"The  wife  is  bound  by  tht-  law  aa  long  as  her 
husband  Ilveth ;  but  if  her  liiisband  be  dead,  she  is 
at  lltiurty  to  be  married  to  whom  she  will ;  only  in 
ibe  Lord."— 1  Cor.  7:  SB. 

'  Ph'iuie  give  us  youi'  vlowH  on  the  ftiivering  spoken 
pf  by  Pinil  In  Cor.  ]1;  aUol<dl  uswho,  or  what  Unit 
lieail  is  the  women  dishonor  by  jiniylng  or  proplii- 
iyinjiwithUieir  heads  iineovered, both  the  married 
find  iiiiiMiirriedl'' 

SALUTINO  IIY  THE  WAY, 

I  GET  the  idea  of  uyi/cna/h-om  the  above,  tliat 
they  «houM  go  lorth  and  preach  and  not  be 
encuiuhered  with  boj^ga^c,  "  and  sulute  no  man 
by  tlie  way,"  especially  implies  Hnjenvy;  don't 
jpend  time  upuu  thu  road  ill  coiivorsatiou,  for 
remember  that  aouls  are  perlshiug  for  want  ot 
the  bread  of  life.     Go  forth  and   proclaim  the 
glud  tidings,  "and  salute  no  man  by   the  way." 
Also  Matt.  23:  f>.  "  And  call  no  man  your  fath- 
pr  upon  the  earth;  for  one  is  your  Father  which 
b  in  heaven."     Call  no  man   father,  in  a  relig- 
ious sense,  but  let  God  be  all  iu  all. 
TitK  rovKm.vo. 
The  apostle  Paul  is  establishing  the  fact,  that 
ban  in  the  head  of  the  woman.    The  woman 
does  not.  in  this  respect,  change  her  relation  to 
tmin  by    becoming  a  wife.     Man  is  head  of  the 
■woman,  whether  married  or   unnuu-ried;  hence 
the  Christiuu  man  is  diBlutuorcd  when  the  Chris- 
tian   woman  rcfu.-ies   to  take    her  place  iu  thi 
Chnttian  headship,  appearing  there  with  un 
covered  head.     That  iioirtr  or  ^irin  that  should 
chanicterize  the  Christian    woman,   becomes  a 
Bat:r<!d  covering  on    account  of  its  significance, 
I'laeingher  under  the  combined   protection  of 
.11,  whose  head  is  Christ,  wliose  head  is  God. 
''Iiristian  lady,  whether  married  orunmar- 
>vho  takes  her  place  in  the  or},'.-iiii/,Qtion  as 
lir.oii  biu  ordained,  is  thnce  blessed.    It,  the 
I'l^'T,  speaks  the  silent  language,  I  ackuowl- 
■       ■  iliu  IliiAusmi',  uud  liuiice  the  truthfulness 
sayiug,  The  greatest  sermou  that  was  ev- 
iched,  is  acted  out. 

THE   LAW  ON  JIAKKI.VOK. 
i  lie  Lord  God  instituted   marriage,   and  that 
'    -II  IS  indissoluble  while  they  both  live;  but 
liusband  die,  the  Lord  grants  the  wife  lib- 
K'niai-ry  another,  mid  riv.r  msn.    Second 
m.iiiiages  are  "  in  the  Lord  "  only  when  oue  of 
the  party  i^^  dead.  T.  D.  Lyux. 

Uttfi^.,,,.  in. 


J         CHRIST'S  SECOND  COMING. 

J.  M.  Itidaiour: — 

IN  answer  to  your  query  in  relation  to  Kev. 
20:  13,  14, 1  will  give  you  niy  humble  opin- 
ion. It  would  seem  that  many  tliiutis  had  yet 
» tranapire  before  this  prophecy  will  be  fulfilled, 
namely,  the  coming  of  our  Lord  .Icnus  Christ, 
[His  calling  the  bride.  HIn  return  to  earth  with 
His  saints  to  reign  for  the  space  of  a  thousand 
years  as  per^ional  King  of  the  .Jews,  kc.  Then 
wmeth  the  end  when  He  shall  Jiave  delivered 
up  the  kingdom  to  God,  who  shall  be  all  in  all. 
ind  when  all  things  shall  be  -subdued  unto  Him^ 
Jhen  shall  the  Sou  also  Himself  he  .subject  unto 
Him  that  put  all  things  under  Him  that  may  be 
all  iu  all.  Why  not  then  the  '"sea  give  up  the 
dea'l.  and  death  and  hell  deliver  up  the  dead, 
and  he  cast  into  a  lake  of  fire."  when  God  is  all 
in  all?     "  For  we  shall  have  a  new    heaven  aud 


new  earth;  for  the  first  heaven  and  the  first 
earth  were  passed  away  and  then  there  was  no 
more  n-a,"  Kev.  21:  I  "John  saw  a  holy  city 
coming  down  from  God,  prepared  a.'*  a  bride  for 
ber  huxbaud."  And  God  Himself  makes  His 
tabernacle  with  men  to  dwell  \nth  them  and  be 
their  God.  See  the  joys  that  await  the  regeu- 
vnited  man.  No  more  tears,  no  more  sorrows 
nor  crying,  neither  shall  there  be  any  more  pain, 
for  the  former  things  are  passed  away.  Picture 
to  yourself  the  era  from  where  this  takes  place, 
clad  with  sublime  sunshine  of  unknown  skies, 
glorified  with  divine  presence  in  a  perpetual 
harbor  of  ethereal  peace — God  with  us. 

R«Bd  carefully  the  divine  Scriptures  and  make 
them  the  study  of  your  life.     They  teach  us  that 
we  are  now   in  the  time  of  tlie  Gentilej*.  where 
partial  blindness  has  come  to  the  Israelites  and 
they  arc  scattered   among  all    nations  of  the 
earth.     But  God  says,  "  I  will  bring  them  again 
from  among  all  nations   whithei'soever   I  have 
scattered  them,  and  they  shall  he  ray  people  and 
I  will  be  their  God."     1  Thess.  4: 13-lS,  teaches 
us,  that  the  Lord  will    come  in  the  air,   not  to 
earth,  but  in  the  air,  in  the  clouds   to  call  the 
cliurch,  the  bride.     Aud  thedeadin  Christshall 
rise  first,  then  they  which  are  alive  and  remaiu, 
shall  be  caught  up  together  in  the  cloud  to  meet 
their  Lord  in   the  air.     Observe  those  that  are 
aiive  in    Christ,  (not  the  common  masses  hud- 
dled together  in  sin),  but  they  that  are  Christ's 
aliall  be  clianged   in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye; 
two  shall  be  in  one  bed,  one  token,  the  other 
kfl;  two  at  the  mill   grinding,  one  taken,  the 
other  left;  two  in  the  field,  one  taken,  the  other 
left.     Paul  says,   "  Blessed  aud  holy  is  he  who 
has  part  in   the  first  resurrection."    John  says, 
"  For  they  shall    reign  with  Christ   a  thousand 
yeai-s."     Christ  prayed   that  they  might   be  in 
the  world,  but  not  of  the  world,  that  the  Spirit 
of  God  might  dwell  in    them  richly   that  they 
might   have  life  and  have  it  more  abundantly. 
These  joys  are  ouly   for  the  regenerated  man 
who  has  fought  the  good  fight,  &c. 

Tn  other  parts  of  the  Scriptures  we  read  of 
tile  short  time  of  tribulatiou.  Rev.  12:  13; 
Matt.  24:21,  22.  Might  not  this  time  fit  in 
sn'igly  between  the  calling  of  the  elect  and  the 
gl'u'iaus  appearance  of  our  Lord,  with  His  ten 
thousand  saints?  Jude  14,  15;  Zach.  14;  Acts 
1:1'-12:  Matt.  24:30;  Mark  14:62:  Rev.  20:  4. 
When  the  Lord  shall  establish  His  kingdom. — 
"  Thy  kingdom  come,  thy  will  be  done," — all  to 
be  fulfilled  yet.  The  Scriptiiroe  are  plain  as  to 
our  duty;  in  my  estimation  the  Brethren  hew 
very  closely  to  the  line,  more  so  than  any  other 
deuominatiou  I  know  of;  and  I  believe  them  to 
be  the  true  church  of  Jesus  Christ.  I  am  not  a 
memberof  any  church  aud  may  differ  with  them 
on  a  few  unimportant  points.  The  great  funda- 
iputal  principle  of  the  Christian  religion  re- 
olve5  around  Christ  Jesus,  to  Him  you  must 
lok,  and  to  Him  alone.  If  He  says  thus  and 
.»,  then  it  is  safe  for  you,  but  do  not  look  to 
lau.  Go  to  the  Scriptures,  read  for  yourself 
Christ  is  the  key;  aud  if  you  will  only  look  up 
through  men,  way  bej'ond  to  the  Lord,  you  will 
soon  see  for  yourself. 

I  do  not  believe  us  many  of  the  popular 
cliiirehes  of  to-day  teach,  that  fect-washiug. 
sell-deuia!.  Iiumility,  virtue,  simplicity,  charity, 
brotherly  love  and  many  other  things  which 
Christ  and  His  disciples  enjoined  u])oii  mankind, 
are  no  longer  cssentiiil  to  ouv  salvation,  but 
have  been  laid  away  upon  the  polemical,  theo- 
logical shelf  with  Levitical  Code,  and  other  ob- 
solete fragmeuto  of  His  law.  Christ's  sayings 
re  still  in  force.  When  He  commands  His 
disciples  to  go  down  into  the  water,  to  wash 
oue  another's  feet,  &c..  we  should  obey  them; 
not  because  there  is  power  in  tliem  to  save  us, 
but  because  there  is  power  iu  Christ  who  insti- 
tuted them.  You  may  travel  all  around  the 
valley  of  feet-waahiug.  cross  the  plains  of  pride 
with  sandals,  st  rip  and  staff,  but  if  you  cm  come 
to  Christ  without  feet-washing,  you  can  do  bet- 
ter tluiu  Peter  did.  1{.  Q.  S. 
Sun  Jim,  Cali/oniiii. 


A  WEEK  WITH  ONLY  SIX  DAYS 
IN  IT. 

1  Vr.  K,  SIiillLT  in  Oirhlliiii  Wi.^klj  .  | 

IUKMEMBER,  when  I  wa;*  a  buy,  that  a  sai- 
lor told  me  that  in  making  voyages  round 
Ca]>e  Horn,  they  had  one  week  wliich  had  eight 
days  in  it.  He  said  there  would  be  an  extra  day, 
so  that  there  would  be  two  Thursdays  or  two 
Saturdays,  or  whatever  day  was  thus  doubled. 

A  very  marvelous  statement  I  thought  it  was, 
luid  I  was  very  ready  to  disbelieve  it;  sayiug  to 
myself,  that  I  knew  enough  to  know  that  it 
couldn't  be  true.     Hut  I  did  not  know  as  much 

I  thought  I  did,  for  when  after  awhile  I  went 
to  sea  nivself,  1  found  a  w.-ek  with  only  six  days 
in  it,  and  I  might  have  found  one  with  eight  if 
1  had  gone  in  the  right  direction. 

Let  me  tell  you  about  how  this  happens.  The 


sun  does  mom  for  us  than  simply  give  us  light, 
much  more,  though  that  is  what  we  think  of 
tinit  wheu  we  think  about  it.  For  one  thing 
the  sun  is  our  great  clock,  by  which  all  clocks 
iu  the  world  are  regulat«d.  It  divides  the  time 
into  days  aud  nights  for  us,  uud  if  this  great 
clock  should  stop,  there  would  be  no  more  days 
or  nights,  and  a  week  would  no:  be  seven  days, 
but  a  week  or  a  mouth  or  a  year  of  time  would 
be  one  long  day  or  night  according  to  what  part 
of  the  earth  you  were  on. 

Suppose  that,  some  day  when  you  were  in 
school,  the  clock  in  the  school-house  should  stop 
when  it  was  just  about  four  o'clock,  and  time 
for  school  to  be  out.  If  no  one  noticed  that  the 
clock  was  not  going,  you  would  know,  for  all 
the  clock  said,  if  the  teacher  would  not  let  you 
go  for  an  hour,  say  till  five  o'clock,  aud  then 
you  would  go  home  and  expect  to  have  two 
hours  to  play  in  before  supper-time,  at  six 
o'clock,  just  fts  usual.  And  if  when  you  were 
going  home  some  one  should  say  that  sometimes 
there  was  a  day  with  only  oue  hour  between 
school  and  supper-time,  you  might  think  to 
yourself  that  that  must  be  a  mistake.  For  isn't 
school  out  at  four?  And  isn't  supper-time  at 
six?     And  isn't  that  two  hours? 

That  is  like  the  way  I  should  have  thought, 
if  I  had  been  told,  sometimes  there  are  only  five 
days  between  Sunday  and  Sunday.  But  wheu 
you  got  home,  where  the  clock  had  been  going 
all  the  time,  you  would  find  that  it  was  nearly 
five  o'clock:  aud  they  would  tell  you  that  you 
had  lost  oue  hour,  and  you  would  have  to  reck- 
on according  to  the  time  at  home  just  as  the 
rest  were  doing. 

Now,  suppose  that  our  great  clock  up  iu  the 
sky  should  stop  some  day.  I  know  you  all  know- 
that  it  is  the  earth  that  moves  aud  the  sun  real- 
ly stands  still;  but  it  seems  as  though  the  sun 
moved  and  it  is  simpler  to  talk  about  it  so. 
Supjjose  it  should  stop  just  at  noon,  and  stand 
overhead  for  just  an  hour,  and  then  go  on  into 
the  West  and  set  as  usual.  You  see  we  sliould 
have  gained  a  whole  hour  between  the  sunrise 
and  sunset;  aud  between  the  midnight  before 
aud  the  midnight  after,  which  is  the  way  we 
count  the  days,  you  know,  would  he  twenty-five 
hours. 

Now  our  great  clock  never  stops.  I  am  not 
going  to  ask  you  to  believe  that;  but  suppose 
once  more  that  some  day  just  at  noon  you  should 
start  aud  travel  west,  and  should  go  just  aa  fast 
OS  the  sun  did,  you  see  you  would  keep  the  sun 
right  overhead  all  the  time,  and  it  would  keep 
noon  just  as  long  as  you  kept  going,  and  if  you 
traveled  for  one  hour  and  then  stopped,  aud  the 
sun  went  on  and  set  in  the  West  ahead  of  you, 
you  would  have  gained  an  houi',  just  as  though 
the  sun  had  stopped. 

Now,  no  one  could  possibly  travel  as  fast  as 
the  sun  does;  it  takes  the  lightning  to  do  that; 
but  if  you  went  from  the  Eiist  to  the  West  nil 
the  day  long  you  might  really  gain  a  little  time. 
The  sun  would  not  go  down  in  the  West  aud 
gf(  out  of  sight  (juite  as  soou  as  if  you  had  stop- 
ped in  oue  place  and  not  tried  to  keep  uj)  with 
him  at  all. 

Aud  if  you  traveled  on,  day  after  day,  you 
would  go  around  the  earth,  and  you  would  gain 
as  much  time,  takmg  all  the  days  together,  as  it 
takes  for  the  earth  to  turu  around  ouoe.  that  is, 
just  twenty-four  hours.  Now,  I  do  not  mean 
that  we  actually  get  any  more  time  by  traveling 
than  by  staying  at  home,  but  we  do  make  each 
day  a  little  longer,  as  the  sun  marks  them  off. 
and  so  it  takes  less  of  them  to  fill  a  certain 
length  of  time;  it  takes  just  oue  less  to  fill  the 
time  that  it  takes  to  travel  round  the  earth  from 
East  to  West,  thau  it  does  to  fill  the  time  of 
thosi-  who  stay  at  home.  Does  not  that  sound 
queerly:  but  it  is  true,  nevertheless.  And 
wheu  you  got  home  from  your  traveling,  you 
would  say,  perhaps,  "  Now,  this  is  Monday."' 
the  ones  who  had  stayed  at  home  Mould  say. 
"  No,  this  is  Tuesday."  And  you  would  have 
to  come  to  their  reckoning,  and  drop  out  oue 
day  and  call  it  Tuesday,  just  as  the  rest  did,  and 
so  you  wouldhave  a  week  with  only  six  days 
in  it. 


|[UiM^   oil  |(nferi!sl. 


Afi  a  matter  of  couveuience,  those  who  cir- 
cumiiiivigale  the  earth,  at  least  many  of  llieni, 
have  tiarepd  to  drop  out,  or  take  in  the  t]ay  at 
one  fixed  place,  that  is  at  the  meridian  of  180° 
from  Greenwich;  and  I  remember  in  going 
from  San  Fr.ancisco  to  the  East  Indies  a  few 
years  ago  that  we  crossed  this  line  about  four 
o'clock-  on  Monday  morning,  so  you  see  Mon- 
day was  four  houre  long,  tlien  Tuesday  was 
twenty  hours,  and  what  would  have  been  the 
next  Saturday  was  Sunday,  and  so  we  had  a 
week  with  only  six  days  in  it. 


Wr,  should  round  every  day  of  stirring  ac- 
count with  an   evening  of  thought.    We"  are 

taught  nothing  by  experiene,  unless  we  nmse  I  rapacious  ;„■£;  known  lobe  "inlinitrfvde^fru^t; 

I ive  and  cruel! 


— Palesti-ve  is  one-fourth  the  siw  of  New 
York. 

—The  total  number  of  deaths  in  the  South 
from  yellow  fever  is  reported  at  13,921. 

—Two  Jewish  rabbis  have  lost  their  lives  in 
New  Orleans  during  the  plague,  liesides  a  num- 
ber of  nurses  and  physicians  of  that  faith. 

—The  Louse  Indians  offered  to  sell  the  Black 
Hills  to  the  government  for  50,(»Kl  dollars.  It 
was  refused,  aud  a  war  ensued  which  cost  2,000,- 
OtiO  dollars. 

—Captain  Pratt,  of  the  United  States  army, 
left  Sioux  City  recently  for  the  East,  with  49 
Indian  children,  gathered  from  different  agencies, 
to  be  educated  at  Hampton,  Va.,  at  Qovernraeut 
expense. 

—The  Government  of  Russia  has  at  last 
withdrawn  its  prohibition  against  missionary 
enterprise  in  Central  Asia.  The  Synod  of  the 
Russiau  Church  has  prepared  to  found  exteusive 
missions  in  all  parts  of  Turkestan. 

—In  b  population  of  2,000,000  in  Texas  there 

are  about  260,000  church  members.     Of  these 

92,000  are  Baptists,  109,000  are  Methodists,  31,- 

000  are   Presbyterians,  11,000  are  Campbellites, 

,000  are  Lutherans  and  10,000  are  Catholics. 

— Dii.  Philip  SchaH' says  he  imuiereed  himself 
ten  times  iu  the  Jordan  at  the  place  where  tra- 
dition says  Jesus  wiis  immersed;  but  we  have 
heard  Pedobaptists  argue  that  the  water  of  the 
Jordan  was  not  deep  enough  for  immersion. 

— The  house  in  which  John  Knox,  the  Scotch 
reformer,  lived  aud  died,  is  yet  standing  in  that 
part  of  Edinburgh  known  as  the  old  town.  Ex- 
tending over  the  front  is  this  inscription  in 
large  Roman  lettere:  "Lufe  God  abufe  all,  and 
yi  nychtbour  as  yiself." 

— Do  not  think  that  all  the  poor  ministers 
are  iu  America,  The  Bishop  of  Manchester 
says  that  sim\e  of  the  Englisli  clergy  are  so  poor 
that  they  do  not  taste  meat  more  than  (jnce  or 
twice  a  week,  and  are  glad  to  get  the  casfc-off 
clothing  of  their  parishioners, 

A  BiULiCAL  curiosity  in  the  English  sec- 
tion of  the  Paris  Exhibition,  which  attracts 
ds,  is  the  model  of  the  tabernacle  as  it  rest- 
ed iluring  the  wandering  of  the  Israelites  in  the 
desert.  The  exterior  is  constructed  in  strict  ac- 
cordance with  the  details  given  in  the  Old  Tes- 
tament. 

— Lons,  king  of  Portugal,  and  son- iu- law  of 
the  late  king  of  Italj',  Victor  Bnianuel,  is  uuder 
such  an  apprehension  or  fear  of  being  assassin- 
ated, that,  it  is  said,  lie  will  travel  ou  the  river 
Tigris  only  in  a  war  frigate,  and  has  also  placed 
extra  guards  arouud  his  royal  palace. 

—The  question  referred  to  the  Lutheran 
Conference  at  the  last  convention:  "  Shall  the 
wonu'ii  of  our  congregation  be  allowed  to  vote 
at  the  election  of  a  pastor?"  has  been  fully 
discussed  by  the  conferences,  and  they  have 
passed  resolutions  against  such  a  privilege. 

— The  Primitive  Methodist  thurch  of  Eng- 
land is  considered  the  poorest  Christian  eomuiu- 
nity  in  that  country,  and  yet  it  raised  hist  year 
§150,0110  Wtr  missionary  purposes.  This  was  an 
average  of  one  dnlhn-  for  every  member  of  the 
denomination,  and  a  higher  average  thau  that 
of  most  of  the  wealthier  denominations. 

— Must  of  our  Indian  wai*s  have  hiid  their 
origin  in  broken  promises  upon  our  i)art,  Tlicir 
advances  in  civilization  have  been  slow  because 
the  treatment  they  received  did  not  permit  it  to 
be  faster.  We  cannot  expect  them  to  follow 
our  guidance  unless  we  keep  faith  with  them 
and  respect  their  rights. 

— The  Russian  Greek  church  possesses  3S,- 
602  churches,  including  cathedrals;  12,!^60  chap- 
els and  oratories;  lft,S87  arch- priests,  priests, 
deacons  and  precentoi-s;  56,50(i,U0(i  nif-inbi'rs.of 
which  2t».000,000  are  women  and  27.nun.inio  are 
men.  The  sums  received  by  the  churcii  during 
the  year  amount  to  89,000,000. 

— Thb  city  authorities  of  Boston  have  order- 
ed a  Mrs.  Lincoln  to  keep  her  two  pet  lions, 
now  two  aud  a'lhalf  years  oUl,  in  cage.  Slie 
ridicules  the  idea  of  there  being  auy  danger  in 
allowing  them  the  freedom  of  her  house.  She 
claims  that  at  any  rate  they  are  her  own,  aud 
that  the  risks  run  i'rom  them  are  hers;  but  the 
authorities  think  differently.  They  insist  that 
there  is  no  knowing  what  a  lion  may  take  a  no- 
tion to  do.  They  might  eat  her  up.  Tli.-y  might 
devour  som-' other  person.  The-e  Boston  au- 
thorities are  wise  men— about  lions.  But  these 
same  Boslon  authorities  allow  iu  their  cify  two 
thousand  grogshops,  of  the  most  rauipaiit  aud 


upon  it. 


November    Q.H. 


THE    OaixKTKLRKIsr    ^T    AVOItK:. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  Jones'  Mills.  Pa. 
D<'n-  liMln-ni:— 

AS  uii  item  of  news  I  will  just  snv  to  (he 
brethren  and  sisters  that  our  Love-feast 
in  Ml.-  Indian  Croek  hranch,  Weatmoreland  Co 
P»  .  is  now  among  the  things  of  the  past 

Uy  special  request  Bro.  Stephen  HiWehrand 
was  with  us.  Also,  elder  Abraham  Summy 
Bro.  Silas  Hoover  and  John  Myer«.  from  ad- 
joining districts,  with  Uro.  .1.  B.  Miller  from 
Hedford  Co.,  were  with  iis.  AH  seemed  to  take 
11  good  interest  m  the  meeting  and  prencherl  the 
Word  with  power.  The  meeting  commenced 
'  on  the  12tb  and  closed  on  the  evening  of  the 
14th  of  October.  Two  souls  were  added  to  th. 
church  by  baptism.  The  meeting  was  large)' 
attended.  Ouly  half  the  people  present  could 
be  seated  in  the  house.  The  order  among  the 
spectiitoi-3  was  not  quite  as  good  as  it  might 
have  been.  If  only  the  people  would  fear  ^h- 
Lord,  and  learn  to  respect  his  people.  Other 
wise  the  meeting  was  good.  Doubtless  good 
impressions  were  made  and  resolutions  formed 
that  will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  May  the 
Lord  help  us  all  to  treasure  up  the  good  seed 
sown,  and  carry  out  the  principles  of  the  same 
in  our  daily  walk  and  conversation. 

D.  D.  H.mNF.K. 


»ng  and  one  in  the  eveoiog,  when  the  two 
nbovp-named  brethren  spoke  in   the   forenoon, 
and  Bro.  Hollinger  in  the  evening.     Hope  tliut 
ull  were  Wnefited  by  the  services. 
Yours  in  Christ, 

C.  L.  Pfoi  T/.. 


From  the  Mission  Field. 
Drar  lirethre,,.— 

YESTKltDAY  I  came  to  this  place,  where  I 
expect  to  remain  a  week  or  ten  days,  {if 
the  Lord  will. 

I  labored  one  week,  about  ten  miles  West  o( 
Henrj',  Mnrsholl  Co.,  with  al>out  the  same  re- 
sult as  in  Bureau  Co.  Gootl  interest  manifest- 
ed both  in  attendance  and  attention:  a  general 
assent  being  given  to  the  truth  presented,  but 
the  parable  of  the  Savior  is  applicable  thus  far 
in  my  labors.  They  all  with  one  accord  t 
sent 

MAKISO  BXcrSES. 


lu  conclusion  I  would  any  to  raoay  among 
whotu  I  have  gone,  and  by  whom  I  woa  kindly 
treated,  that  none  of  the  fsotine^  above  albid'il 
to,  or  any  othera  you  may  feci  to  offer,  jui^tify 
you  in  the  presence  of  the  judge  of  all  thi 
earth  for  a  neglect  of  your  duty;  hence  we  ttlijl 
entreat  you  not  to  iiligbt  your  dear  Savior,  wlm 
liiu  done  and  suffered  no  much  for  you.  Though 
you  may  lightly  paiw  by  the  entreaties  and 
vitation^  of  the  minister,  we  humbly  pray  you 
to  yield  to  the  oonvictionn  of  your  hearbt,  un'l 
obey  the  Word  of  the  Lord  and  heed  the  voice 
of  the  good  Shepherd,  lest  the  time  come,  when 
he  shall  say.  '"because  ye  have  set  at  nought  my 
counsel,  and  would  none  of  my  reproof,  I  aUn 
will  laugh  at  your  calamity;  I  will  mock  when 
your  tear  cometh  ns  desolation,  and  yonr  de- 
"itructiftn  as  a  wliirlwind.  Then  you  shall  call; 
hut  he  will  not  answer.  You  shall  seek  iiuii 
early,  but  shall  not  find  him,  I'rov.  1. 
Your  Brother  in  Christ. 

EsooH  Ebv. 
Ixtron,  III..  Xov.  I'M. 


From  Milford,  Ind. 
Dfttr  Biefhren.— 

BY  the  kind  hand  of  providence  I  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  with  the  brethren  in 
the  Tippecanoe  district,  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind.,  on 
the  12  of  Nov.,  at  their  Communion. 

Bro.  Berkey  had  the  oversight  of  that  dis- 
triut  for  two  years  or  more,  hut  told  them,  he 
would  soon  leave  there,  as  he  intended  soon  to 
start  for  Texas,  there  to  locate  a  colony  and  ui 
gani/e  a  church.  He  then  preached  his  fannvell 
sermon,  and  so  many  tears  as  were  shed  at  that 
time,  I  have  not  seen  for  some  time. 

Bro.  Berkey  thought  it  a  good  idea  to  go 
across  lied  River,  and  there  tell  the  good,  old 
Gospel  story.  Who  will  go  and  do  likewise? 
This  is  a  good  missionary  movement.  Th( 
brethren  in  the  middle  and  Western  State- 
ought  to  give  this  subject  a  serious  thought.  — 
Remember  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Loul'siana  and 
Florida,  and  perhaps  other  States,  that  have 
never  had  the  doctrine  of  Christ  preached  in  it* 
ancient  purity,  as  believed  and  practiced  by  the 
Brethren. 

Many  of  the  territories  have  not  yet  heard  a 
brother  preach,  and  often  we  hear  many  Mace- 
donian cries  for  the  bread  of  life. 

We  have  a  brother  living  here,  who,  twenty 
years  ago,  left  the  New  England  States.  Re- 
cently he  went  back  to  visit,  and  his  singuUr 
appearance  excited  their  curiosity,  which  niaile 
them  ask  him  many  questions  in  regard  to  his 
religious  principles. 

The  inquiry  naturally  comes  up  in  our  mind, 
why  not  go  down  there  and  explain  the  Gos- 
pel more  fully  unto  them?  What  do  the  Breth- 
ren East  say  to  that?  The  command  is,  "(io 
into  all  the  world."  and  that  is  a  part  of  the 
world.  Let  the  church  awake  to  her  duty,  and 
God  will  not  withhold  his  blessings. 

J.  H.  MiLLEK. 

Nov.  13. 


From  Gettysburg,  Pa. 


Jhfir  Brethren :— 

I  AM  sorry  to  say  that  we  have  not  as  good 
news  to  give  as  some.  There  have  been 
but  very  few  additions  last  year.  The  Breth- 
ren still  try  to  sow  the  seed,  hoping  the  har- 
vest is  not  far  distant,  when  we  will  have  a 
bountiful  harvest  of  souls. 

Yesterday  we  held  our  quarterly  council- 
meeting.  Bro.  Daniel  Heller  and  Bro.  Daniel 
Hollinger  from  Cumberland  Co.  were  with  us. 
All  pitssed  off  very  pleasantly,  which  is  very 
gratifying  indeed.  It  is  pleasant  to  attend 
council-meeting  where  all  are  of  the  same  mind 
and  speak  the  same  thing.  An  election  was 
held  for  a  deacon,  the  choice  falling  on  Bro.  .1 
H.  BoHsermau.  May  he  ever  have  the  grace  ot 
God  to  sustain  him  in  his  duties,  so  that  he 
may  be  a  helper  in  the  church,  aiding  to  guide 
the  Gospel  ship  up  the  rugged  cliannel  through 
which  she  must  piWH.  And  as  much  depends 
upon  the  faithfulness  of  the  deacons,  uiay  he 
receive  plenteous  grace  to  be  one  of  God's  serv- 
ants, whose  examples  may  be  worthy  of  imita- 
tion, and  his  z"al  be  kept  alive  by  the  hope  of 
obtaining  a  crowu  over  in  the  other  world.  — 
There  all  that  are  f,uthful  vs^ill  get  a  reward  in 
that  blissful  abode. 

To-diiy  held  two  meetings,  one  iu  the   morn- 


One  says,  I  have  bought  a  piece  of  land  and 
am  in  debt,  and  may  get  into  trouble,  before  I 
get  through:  I  pray  thee  have  me  excused.  An- 
other says,  I  have  bought  some  oxen,  and  ibey 
trespass  on  my  neighbor's  corn.  He  has  such 
bad  fences,  and  they  are  so  provoking.  I  may 
get  into  trouble  with  neighbor  B.  about  it.  So 
I  pray  thee,  have  me  excused  for  the  present. 

Another.  I  must  first  be  reconciled  to  nedgh- 
bor  A.     He  is  offended  at  me  for  some  reason, 
and  I  am  sure  I  never  done  him  any  harm 
laid  a  single  thing  in  his  way,  so  I  cannot  aome 
now.  1 

Another,  the  doctrine  you  preach,  is  all  'trui 
according  to  the  Scriptures,  and  I  always  liked 
the  Dunkard  church.  I  believe  they  are  nearer 
right  according  to  the  Scriptures  than  any  oth- 
er people.  Yet  I  think  you  are  more  particular 
than  you  need  lie  in  some  things.  Y'ou  require 
the  sisters  to  have  their  heail»  covered  while  in 
woi-ship,  and  I  think  the  hair  is  given  for  a 
covering,  and  if  another  covering  is  required,  I 
don't  think  it  must  necessarily  be  a  cap,  why 
not  a  bonnet  or  a  handkerehief? 

Another  says,  I  believe  Trine  Immersion  in 
baptism  is  nearest  the  reading  of  the  commis- 
sion given  by  the  Savior  to  the  disciple.-i  in 
Matt.  26,  but  I  cannot  see  why  one  dip  will  not 
do  just  as  well. 

Again  another  says,  I  cannot  see  the  proprie- 
ty of  washing  one  another's  feet  in  this  age.  It 
is  true  the  Savior  did  it,  commanded  it  to  His 
disciples  and  gave  them  the  example  how  they 
should  practice  it,  but  I  think  he  only  meant 
to  teach  them  humility.  The  apostles  wished 
to  know  which  of  them  should  be  the  greatest 
in  the  kingdom  of  God;  hence  he  taught  them, 
that  we  should  rather  choose  to  be  a  servant,  or 
as  a  little  child. 

Here  another,  I  am  satisfied  that  to  salute 
one  another  with  a  holy  kiss  is  frequently  com- 
manded by  the  apostle-,  but  it  does  seem  to  me 
that  a  hearty  handshake  would  answer  the  same 
purpose  in  this  more  enlightened  age. 

Another,  I  always  love  to  hear  the  Brethren 
preach,  that  we  shall  love  our  enemies,  for  the 
Savior  said  so,  and  I  know  it  will  work  well  in 
a  community,  for  love  will  work  no  ill  to  his 
ighbor,  and  I  know  if  we  feed  him  when  he 
hungry,  and  give  him  drink  when  he  is  thirs- 
ty, it  will  do  him  more  good  than  anything 
else,  we  could  do  to  him,  Bnt  I  do  not  see  bow 
I  would  get  along  if  the  robber  would  come 
and  murder  me  or  my  family;  or  the  enemy 
would  come  against  our  country  and  we  would 
likely  be  overcome,  I  am  pretty  sure  I  would 
fight  the  enemy  and  I  cannot  do  that  and  love 
him  at  the  same  time.  So  I  pray  thee,  have 
me  excused. 

.Tust  such  a  string  of  frivolous  excuses,  with 
many  others,  we  hear  offered  time  and  again, 
from  even  intelligent  people,  after  laboring 
with  and  for  them  with  the  little  ability  God 
has  given,  to  convince  them  of  the  necessity  of 
obeying  Jesus,  and  of  the  awful  consequences 
of  living  in  disobedience  to  the  divine  will  of 
God,  and  knowingly 

NB()LE<TIN'll  THKIH  DITY. 

We  are  forced  to  turn  away  with  a  sad  heart, 
bleeding  because  of  their  hardness,  mid  exclaim 
in  the  language  of  Isaiah  4i>:  4,  "  I  have  la- 
bored iu  vain.  I  have  spent  my  strength  for 
naught  and  in  vain,"  With  a  heart  softened 
with  love  to  the  sinner,  (and  which  no  one  can 
realize  but  a  faithful  servant  of  Jesus),  and 
with  eyes  bathed  m  tears,  he  can  only  repeat, 
(not  sing)  the  appropriate  langna:40  of  the 
hymn : 

"  Who  can  describe  the  pain. 

Which  faithful  preachers  feel, 
Constrained  to  speak  in  vain, 
To  hearts  as  hard  as  steel, 
Hut  who  can  tell  the  joy  that's  felt,    . 
When  stubl  orn  hearts  begin  to  melt. 


From  Mogadorc,  Ohio. 


0" 


Ihav  Brrthrni:^  * 

UR  Love-feast  came  off   Oct.  8th  at  our 
meeting-hou»e  in  the  Springfield  church. 
The  weather  was  fine   and   all   passed  off  in 
the  best  of  order.     A   large   number  of  mem- 
bers communed.     There  were  twenty-one  min- 
isters present.     A  few  days  i)reviou8,  we  were 
informed  by  Bro.  Sadler  of  Nankin,  Ohio,  that 
our  Communion  would  be  represented  by  about 
forty  members  from  Ashland  t'o.,  and  that  they 
expected  conveyance  from  Akron  to  the  nu'et- 
ing,  distance,  six  miles.     Ashland  is  aLout  six- 
ty   miles    West    from    here,    and  they    were 
brought  iu  on  the  A.  &  E,  W,  R.  R.  on  half- 
fare  excursion  rates.     We  very   much  enjoyed 
their  visit.    There  was  however  a  general 
pression  of  regret  by  the   members  here  and 
others  that  their  visit  was  so  short,  as  they  all 
went  home  the  next  morning  and  had  to  be  at 
the  depot  by  6::J0  A.  M.     We  had  no  time  to 
get  ac(iuainl«d  with  but  very  few.     We  hope 
when  they  come  again,  they  will  make  their  ar- 
rangements to  stay  longer. 

When  the  train  arrived  they  were  all  there, 
but  one  young  sister  had  lost  her  ticket.  May 
this  fact  sink  deeply  into  each  and  every  heart, 
for  the  time  will  come  at  the  great  Judgment 
day,  when  we  will  "all  be  there."  But  will 
there  be  any,  that  have  lost  their  tickets  y  In 
this  world  we  can  procure  other  tickets,  but 
there  it  will  be  forever  too  late. 

To  the  best  of  my  knowledge  the  Springfield 
church  is  iu  union,  peace  and  harmony.  No 
discord  among  the  memhers,  of  any  kind,  for 
which  we  should,  and  I  hope  we  all  do  feel 
thankful  to  the  Giver  of  all  good. 

To  our  brethren  and  sisters  that  were  here 
from  a  distance,  I  would  say,  if  we  should  nev- 
er see  each  other  again  in  this  troublesome 
world,  may  we  so  live  that  we  will,  when  our 
pilgrimage  here  is  brought  to  a  close,  be  so  hai>- 
py  as  to  meet  again  in  the  celestial  regions  of 
love,  in  the  Paradise  of  God,  where  parting  will 
be  known  no  more,  where  all  is  peace  and  love, 
and  where  we  can  enjoy  the  sweet  music  of  the 
heavenly  choirs  and  sing  the  songs  of  praise 
forevermore.  J.  Mibhler. 

From  Allison,  111. 


couneil-me«lioR  the  question  of  fee(-w.v- 
came  ujt.  and  all  agreed  to  practice  th*- 
mode.     I  must  say.  I  npvcr  saw   an  gwil    ■ 
and  le««  tonfuhion   attending  the  ordin**!.  • 
on  this  occ-wion. 

Sunday  the  lOtb,  met  si  lo  o'clock,  v  ; 
previously  announced,  brother  John  Han  -  : 
eral  wax  preached  by  brethren  Hendri-  k-  ;-  i 
Cripe,  Sunday  evening  metat  lamp-lifilit  ■  .- 
aildreased  by  brother  Cripe,  with  a  few  i;  ^  •  .- 
priate  farewell  remarks,  by  brother  BilU..  -r 
Now  our  meeting  clow^l.  and  we  all  lf-\  r 
to  part  with  our  dear  Brethren;  but  "■  :-- 
that  the  Lord  has  blefwed  u«.  We  had  -^  -■  - 
time  together,  and  we  would  say  to  the  l;r<  -n 
ren,  come  again.  Hope  the  Lord  will  \i\aM  u 
all.  is  my  prayer,  T.  M.  Calvert, 

From  Blountville,  Tenn. 


1)UOTHEK    Joseph    Wine   and    I    left  our 
)     bomi-s    for  Mitchell  Co.  in    North   Caro- 
lina, on  a    misidoD    of  love,   alK>ut    the    Ut   of 
August,     VVe  reached  the  place  on  the  6th  of 
Aug,     The  next  day  we   attended   meeting   at 
Brumit's  Creek.     Attendance  small,   but  good 
attention  to  the  Word  preached.     We  contin- 
ued preaching  twice  a  day  until  the   loth:  the 
congregation  increasing  all  the  time.      On    thf 
10th  we  held  church   meeting  with  the  dear 
lirethren  and  sisters,  and  tried  to  set  in  order 
things  that  were  out  of  order;   and  reclaimed 
one  sister.     Meeting  again  at  night  and  the 
next  day,  it  being  Sunday,  the  attendance    wa^ 
large,  with  good  attention.     We  then  retum"^'] 
home  and  found  all  well.     Thank  the  Lord   1 .' 
the  blojwing.      A  few  days  after  we   left  ther. 
were  five  added  to  the  church  by  bapti'*m.     On 
the  28th  and  29th  of  September  brother  F.  W 
Dove  and  other  brethren  visited    them.      Th>- . 
held  a  Communion  with  them,  and    baph/- ! 
fourteen  and  reclaimed  one  or  two.     So  we  -  ■ 
in  the  language  of  Paul :  "  Paul  may  plant  an  i 
AppoUos  may   water,   but  God  gives  the   in- 
crease."    We  confess  the  hand  of  the  Lord  w.-.- 
in  the  work;  and  to  Him  belongs  all  the  prai-e. 
Brother  Wine  and    myself  visited   the  same 
place  again  the  loth  of  Oct.     Found  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters  well  and  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion.    Thank  the  Lord,  for  His  mercies  endur- 
eth    forever.      On  the    11th,   we  commenced 
meeting  at  Brnmit's  Creek  meeting-house.    Wk^ 
continued  preaching  twice  a  day  until  the  ITrh 
We  had  good  congregations  all  the  time.      ^^■ 
truly  had  a  feast  of  fat  things.      Many    m  ■ 
made  to  cry,  "what  must   we  do?"      We   r- 
them  to  bring  forth  fmits  worthy  of  repentan' 
and  be  baptized  in  the  name  of  Jesus,   for   r 
remission  of  sins,  in   order  to  receive  the    ^ 
freshing  showers  from  the  presence  of  the  L' 
We  can  truly  say  with    King   David,  the  L 
hath  done  great  things  for  the  people  in   tii-ii 
Lountry,  whereof  we  are  glad.     We  were  mad- 
to  believe  that  the  Lord  added  unto  the  church, 
for  while  we  stayed  with   the   Brethren   there, 
thirty-four  confessed  and  were   baptised.      Wt 
hope  and  pray  that  they   will  let  their  Lght 
shine  like  a  city  that  is  set  upon  a  hill,  which 
can  not  be  hid,  and  thereby  be  an  ornament   tc 
the  church  and  a  light  to  the  world- 
Some  of  the  brethren  from  Washington  Co, 
Tenn.,  visited  a  brother  in  Pake  county  North 
Carolina  and  preached  Jesus  and  Him  ctucified 
and  about  twelve  or  thirteen  believed  and  were 
baptized.  Hesby  G.ui~T. 


Dear  Brethren:— 
rpHE  Brethren  here  have  just  closed  a  pleas- 
X  aut  series  of  meetings,  which  commenced 
with  our  council  of  Nov,  2nd.  Sunday,  the 
.'Jrd,  our  meeting-house,  was  dedicated,  and  an 
appropriate  address  delivered  by  Elder  Isaac 
Billhimer  to  a  large  and  attentive  audience. 

Right  here  I  would  say,  we  are  under  many 
obligations  to  our  dear  brother,  George  W. 
Cripe  for  his  untiring  energy,  and  zeal  for  the 
cause  in  erecting  us  so  comfortable  a  house, 
where  we  can  meet  and  worship  God. 

Bro.  Billhimer  preached  Sunday  night  to  a 
crowded  house.  Upon  giving  an  invitation, 
one  man,  a  member  of  Disciple  church  came 
forward,  desiring  to  unite  with  us.  Another 
applicant  on  Monday  night,  and  two  on  Tues- 
day night,  making  in  all  four  persons.  Bro. 
Billhimer  still  continued  the  meeting  alone  up 
to  Friday,  the  Sth,  when  brethren  John  Metz- 
gar,  Jo.'ieph  Hendricks,  G.  W.  Cripe,  and  S.  M, 
and  M.  Forney  came  to  his  iLssistance.  Satur- 
day, the  9th  met  at  the  church  at  nine  o'clock. 
.\fter  services  all  went  to  to  the  vi-ater,  where 
baptism  was  administered  to  the  above-named 
applicants,  according  to  Christ's  command. 

At  four  o'clock  P.  M.  all  met  again  at  the 
church  for  examination  service*,  prepviratory  to 
our  Love-feast.  Quite  a  number  of  brethren 
and  sisters  from  adjoining  churches  were  pre- 
-sent  and  right  here  1  would  remark  that  at  our 


From  Brownsville,  Missouri. 

ACCORDING  to  previous  arnmgemtn:-    1 
left  home  on   Wednesday,  Oct.  23r  i 
attend  a  few  appointments  in  Cass  Co.      1 
rived  the  second  evening,  by  conveyance.  . 
tanceof  about  seventy  or  seventj^-five  mil^r 
Preached    five    discourees  and  baptited     one 
Unfortunately  our  notice   of  coming   wa?    imt 
received  until  two  days  before  our   amv  i' 
our  meeting  at  first  was  not   well   att-:^' 
from  a  lack  of  a  proper  notice.     Another 
back  was,  that  the  general  commn'. 
know  until  about  the  last  day  or  - 
was  English  preaching,  as  the   Br^ 
had  secured  the  Menuonites'  meeting-bov  - 
our  services,  in  which  they  preach  eichi  ^ 
the  German  language.     They,  the  Menn 
have  a  large   memberehip.      Their  hos]; 
towards  UB  there  made  us  feel  like  we 
about  at  home.     Their  plainness  arid  ne.: 
added  much   to  encourage    us.      There 
about  forty  of  theirsislers  prvsent  ou  S 
and  they  in  every  respect,   resembled  th  - 
our  own  sisters.      But  I  fo\md  trouble  ai: 
fusion  in  their  ranks,  which  jls  a  mar 
course  destroys  and  disturbs  a  true   IeUo^^ 
hence  dissalisfiiction  exists.      Some  ha^ 
handed  in  their  letters  of  memherehip.  ai 
most,  if  not  all  of  them,  havi-  relnhvesti 
members  of  our  church,  and  they   seem    ' 


6 


THK    HUETtniK:N'    -^VT    AVOKIC. 


November     t2  H 


w»rmly  altft^hwl  to  our  church.     Their   minis- 
terosprr-sjiwi  thin  to  me.  as  Sid  soiii''  other*. — 
The  interest  in  our  mepftngs  increaK«l  JUid  the 
cwnnrfgatioij  I'nlnrgeJ,  and  we  ri-ccived   mtiny 
e«rin-.4  Nolipitftlimis  toccnliuuc  our  moHipgs 
loiiRer,  and  I  bclit-'ve  much  good  would  hjive 
TCwuIUvl,  if  Wf  had  oomplit-d,  but  owinc  to  con- 
nidTable  unpiwini-«s  in  regard  to   the  health  of 
our  family,  not  leiiving  tlirm  verj'  well,  we  werv 
ppfwi'dloclo-w  and  rrt urn  home;  but  fortunate- 
ly found  all  in  pretty  good  health.     Th.'  Sli'-1> 
herd  soon  U-arm  to  love  Tlis  flock.     I  do  tliink 
that  1  never  became  mon*  gri*atly  attached  to  a 
congrcgntion.  than  Idid  there   in  so  shoij    a 
tim>;.     There  weretear.^  shed  freely  in  ourclo?)- 
ing  !iervic*!3.     One  sister  said  there  were   nlore 
tean  ^Jlod  than  Hhe  ever  saw  in  that  houso  be- 
for.».     Now  I  certainly  am  forced  to  the   oon- 
chiHinn.  that  thP  HMthreu  can  do  much  good 
there.     Hence  fhii  lenftthydotttil  of  affain)  so 
as  to  indncx>  our  niinish'ring    Hrethren    who 
live  more  conrunit'iit  to  attend  and  fill  this   op- 
porttinily  to  do  good.     There  i«  no  u'e  fn  hold- 
ing one  or  two  meetinfjs  there  at  a  time,  unless 
it  i«  n-gularly  kept  up,  but  if  the   brethren    go 
in    there  to   proaeh,   they    should    cnlcuhiU)    to 
stay  and  labor  as  long  as  there  is  a  pronpect  of 
doing  g'tnd.     We  liave  eight  members  there 
now.    They  have  a  bcHutifut  country— rich  and 
fisrtile,  plenty  of  water  and  timber.    Thow?  em- 
igrating would  do  well  to  see  this  country. — 
May  iioil  prosper  tliu  cause  there,  and  gi 
thaw-few  members  the  consolation   and  com- 
forts of  a  large  membership. 

D.  L.  WUXIAMI 


mini.*teri«I  help  present  dnring  oUr  Love-feoat 
was  ample. 

Thff  church  beliering  that  an  increa.-w  in  her 
miniHt4*nnI  would  be  ben-'fieial  to  the  cause,  a 
eh-ire  wa*  held,  and  brother  Albert  Steinbar- 
ger  Wflflpleclt'daud  properly  received  a-*  an  a«- 
"tslant  in  the  ministry.  While,  a**  the  immedi- 
ate r*!tult  of  theses  meeting*  we  can  cbronici'' 
but  two  additions,  we  fondly  hope  the  seed 
*n  liberally  sown  will  in  Ood'a  own  time,  yield 
;m  abundant  harvest. 

GkobqeS.  Myeib. 

Lfici$tmrm,  Pa. 


From  J.  S.  Flory. 
TRULY  Kansas  City  is  one  of  the   most   en- 


From  Woodland,  Michigan. 

I  WILL  give  a  short  sketch  of  our  meetings 
iu  the  Woodland  church.  Brother  Yount. 
of  Ohio,  caino  to  us  October  19th,  commenced 
a  seric-'i  of  meetings  on  the  20th  and  preached 
niiteen  interesting  sermons,  holding  forth  th'- 
Word  with  i)ower,und  enconr^ing  the  church 
to  press  onward,  and  warning  sinners  to  ilc 
the  wrath  to  come.  ALiy  the  Lord  rewnrd  bim 
for  his  labor  of  lovc.  We  are  glad  to  say 
then;  were  four  additions  by  baptism.  Four 
young  sister*  formed  the  good  resolution  to  for- 
sake sin  and  enlist  under  tlie  banner  of  King 
Jesus.  We  hoi»  they  maj"  prove  faithful. — 
May  all  true  miuwtcrs  be  encouraged  nnd  labur 
on  in  tlie  vineyard  of  the  Lord  iw  faitlifnl 
watchmen,  standing  upon  the  walls  of  Ziun, 
and  if  we  are  no  more  permitted  to  meet  them 
here,  hope  we  may  all  meet  where  there  will 
he  no  morescpariitigu  iu  the  portals  of  et»tni;il 
glory.  Dear  brethren  ami  sisters,  let  U3  nil  be 
earnestly  engaged  in  prayer  to  God,  for  the 
peace  and  pro-ipority  of  Zion. 

Maby  C.  Flouy 


From  Central  Pennsylvania. 

IT  has  been  my  privilege  to  attend  the  fol- 
lowing meetings:  On  the  Sth  of  October, 
met  with  the  Hrethren  of  Buffalo  Vnlley,  Un- 
ioD  Co.,  Pa,,  at  a  Love-fealit.  Good  weather, 
,  fair  attendance,  and  excellent  behavior,  by  the 
congregation  present  This  church  seems  to 
be  in  a  proa[ierous  condition  at  present;  up- 
wards of  fifty  haying  been  added  by  baptism 
the  \Mv*i  year. 

On  tiie  Idjii,  WJM  jiermitfed  to  meet  with  the 
Brethr<ti  of"fIos^  Crpek  congregation,  Juniata 
Co.  Wu  iiiid  au  enjoyable  meeting.  Every- 
thing seemed  to  piuisoiriileasantly.  One  added 
to  the  fold.  Oct.  14th,  was  the  time  nijiminte^l 
by  the  Brethren  of  Spring  Itun,  MitBin  Co.. 
for  their  Feast.  Before  the  meeting  commenc- 
ed, one  sister  wjis  Imijti/^ed.  A  strong  ministe- 
rial Ibrce  was  pre.vnt,  among  whom  was  Bro. 
J.  yuiuter.  Also  a  very  large  attendance  of 
members,  <juite  a  number  not  having  room  nt 
the  tables  during  the  evening  exercises.  A 
Sunday^chool  Convention  having  been  called 
to  meet  at  this  place  on  the  15th  :it  was  calleil 
to  order  in  the  evening  at  (f  o'clock,  and  org.m- 
ized  by  electing  brother  John  Spanogle,  Moder- 
ator, brother  S.  W.  Bolinger,  Tnmscribiug 
Secretary  and  W.  J.  Swigart,  Conespondiug 
Secretary.  Four  sessions  of  the  convention 
were  held,  and  thirteen  schools  represented  by 
delegates  and  four  by  letter.  A  number  of  im- 
portant subjects  were  discussed,  and  a  pleasant 
and  Ifornionious  feeling  seemed  to  inspire  all 
present. 

The  church  here  at  Lewistown,  early  in  the 
Fall  decided  to  hold  their  Love-feast  on  the 
8th  of  November,  luid  to  have  the  occasion 
preceded  by  a  t^erie*  of  meetings.  The 
Brethren  of  adjoining  churches  coming  to  our 
assistance,  we  hal  meeting  continously  in  the 
evening,  from  tlte  second  until  the  12th  ult., 
and    part  of  the  time  during  the  day.     The 


X  terprising  and  flourishing  cities  in  thi 
great  Wnst,  being  a  great  It.  11.  center.  Trains 
may  bo  hoard  moving  to  and  fro  every  hour  o( 
the  day  and  night.  At  the  Union  depot  we 
notice  aerowd  of  travelers  all  the  time.  The 
emigration  into  Kansas,  to  say  nothing  of  other 
[luint-'i  to  which  many  are  bound,  is  immense, — 
ye«  we  might  say  astoni^ihing!  We  noticed  the 
roads  lined  witJi  emigrant  wagons  and  the 
cars  lint  crowded.  The  railroad  companies  are 
holding  out  every  inducement  to  persons  to 
come  and  settle  along  their  lines.  Maiiy  will 
no  doulit,  find  good  home  and  prosper,  but  we 
fear  many  will  meet  with  uulooked  for  dieap- 
pointnients  and  have  to  suffer  more  or  loss. — 
On  yesterday  we  accompanied  a  gentleman,  {an 
earnest  worker  for  the  apiritual  welfare  of  those 
usually  found  in  our  hospitals  and  per:?on>),  to 
tlie  city  hospital,  and  by  request,  had  relig- 
ions services.  One  can  find  there,  food  for 
thought,  in  regard  to  the  dire  eon^Cfiuences  of 
disobeying  the  laws  of  our  being  and  the  lam- 
entable consequences  of  turning  from  the  path 
of  virtue  to  that  of  immortality.  We  hud  an 
interesting  conversation  with  an  old  colored 
woman,  who  is  over  one  hundred  years  of  age. 
She  says  she  well  recollects  the  revolutionary 
war.  Wa-s  nurse  during  one  siege  of  the  yel- 
low fever  at  New  Orleans.  Says  she  saw  tlieui 
dump  the  dead  out  of  carts  into  pSt<!,  just  tike 
so  mauy  rock. 

From  the  hospital  we  went  to  the  work- 
house, wh.-p_-  we  found  sixteen  men  and  six 
women  behind  iron  bars,  with  heavy  clanking 
chiiins  on  their  limbs.  Some  were  young  men 
of  fiiir  appenrtmcp,  but  whiskey  brought  them 
there.  OhI  that  the  young  man  of  the  land 
would  only  shun  this  monster  demon — rum. 
The  saloons  stand  open  night  and  day,  holding 
out  every  inducement  to  have  men  and  women 
enter  and  take  the  first  stej)  to  perdition.  It  is 
lirat  thii  saloon,  then  the  work-honsi',  then  tlie 
jail,  then  the  penitentiary  or  gallow.^i,  and  then 
— yes  young  man  what  then?— then— /Ach  the 
ijtiiniiiiff  gulf  of  clfni(rl  tniscnj  ami  iroc! 

Have  met  with  brother  Franklin  Holsinger. 
since  here.  He  is  engaged  in  the  ftuit  and 
nursery  business,  about  four  miles  from  the 
city;  there  being  a  small  body  of  merabei-s  in 
his  neighborhood.  I  have  an  appointment  to 
be  with  them  the  95th  inst. 
Kansaa  Citij,  ifo. 


time,  has  lM?*n  remove*],  and  the  church  is  in 
|i>>ace  and  union  again.  Amidxt  all  our  troubles 
we  are  once  in  awhile  made  to  rejoice,  that 
Hinner.-*  are  joining  in  with  the  i>eople  of  God. 
A  few  days  ago  a  young  sister  was  carried  from 
a  dying  bed  nnd  w.i-(  baptiztd.  One  week  after 
she  di-d,  in  the  triumphs  of  faith.  To-day 
three  more  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  May 
they  hold  out  faithfnl.  The  church  unanimous- 
ly agreed  to  hold  a  Love-feast 

KENRt  Landis. 

From  Elk  Lick,  Til.— I  came  to  this  place 
very  unwell;  rested  two  days  and  then,  Nov. 
.■Jrd,  commenced  preaching,  and  continued  our 
itieeting  until  Nov.  Uth.  Had  large  audiences 
all  the  time.  The  weather  was  not  very  favor- 
able, and  my  health  did  not  improve  much, 
but  I  did  the  be.st  I  could  under  the  circum- 
stances. A  brother  said  when  I  came  here, 
that  we  could  not  get  up  a  revival  as  there  was 
but  a  few.  to  join  the  church.  The  result  of 
the  meeting  was,  twenty-eight  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism  and  still  more  said,  "  We 
are  almost  pei-suaded  to  become  Christians." — 
May  the  good  Lord  bless  all  these  precious 
souls  and  others,  that  they  may  soon  come, 
M.my  thanks  to  the  dear  brethren  nnd  sisters 
for  their  kindness  and  especially  to  brother 
S.  C.  Keim,  with  whom  I  made  my  home  every 
night.  The  time  of  our  parting  now  came, 
and  many  farewells  were  given,  with  teai-s. — 
We  hope  to  meet  in  heaven,  if  no  moi-e  on 
earth,  which  with  mauy  will  not  be  the  case 
Oh  what  a  happy  meeting  when  saints  meet 
to  partno  more!  God  keep  us  all  tiuthful  i 
til  death.  Jesse  Calvekt. 

Xov.  im,  i^7S. 


DIED. 


>)liiUia)ii'£  shouM  be  lirivf.  wriUon  on  hut  oue  sido  of  tho 

[iBper,  anil  »i(i['nrntc  from  »U  other  business. 


GLE^^TINGS. 


Prom  J.  F.  Neher.— In  No.  46,  pa&e'T,  in 
the  Correspondence, -wnder  my  name  it  should 
read,  Klder  David  Fraiitz.  from  Macon  Co.,  in- 
stead of  Marion  Co. 

Salvnt,  III. 

From  Hmlson,  la.— Dr.  .1.  E.  QJlin,  of 
Heinbeck,  Iowa,  having  very  poor  healti,  aban- 
doned the  i)ractice  of  bis  prol'e.«sinn.  returned 
home,  and  was  enrolled  in  the  Lord's  army,  by 
baptism  on  la.st  Monday.     DAXiEt,  Wattehs. 

From  Deep  Cliiireh,  Iowa.— We  held  our 
Love-feast  the  4th  of  Oct.  Brethren  Jacob 
Brown,  Jacob  Snyder,  Daniel  Brubaker  and 
Charles  Hilary,  were  the  ftruuge  ministering 
brethren  present.  Two  were  baptized.  Meet- 
ing continued  over  Sunday.  We  had  a  good 
meeting  and  had  reason  to  exclaim  with  one  of 
old,  "  Lord  it  is  good  for  us  to  be  here,"  auri 
trust  we  were  all  strengthened  in  the  inner 
man.  Did  it  not  encourage  us  dear  brethren 
and  sisters  when  we  heard  the  Truth  proclaim- 
ed as  we  did?  I  pray  that  we  may  live  nearer 
God  in  the  future.  It  is  not  only  the  ministers, 
but  there  is  a  great  responsibility  resting  upon 
each  of  U.H.  We  all  have  a  work  to  perform, 
and  our  influence  is  either  for  good  or  bad.— 
May  God  help  us  to  still  goon  in  the  good 
work,  is  the  prayer  of  your  unworthy  siat^jr. 
JeSTI.VA  MlLl-EK. 

From  Uriiiurhlirst,  Illd.— We,  the  breth- 
ren and  sister*  of  Bachelor's  Run  church,  held 
our  church  council  November  12th;  and  the 
cloud  that  has  been  hanging  over  us  for  a  long 


lUNSBOTTOM.— At  the  residence  of  his  son, 
near  Ada,  Ohio,  Nov.  13th,  Thomas  Rans- 
bottom,  lather  of  brother  George  Hausbot- 
tom.  aged  99  yeai-s  and  10  months.  Funeral 
services  by  brother  Eli  Beagle  and  the  writer. 

S.  T.  BuhSEIUJ^VJT. 

HORNER.— In  the  Bethel  church,  Fillmore 
Co.,  Nob..  FlorencL',  infant  daughter  of  broth- 
er A.  M.  and  sister  Annie  S.  Horner,  July 
2nd,  18TS,  aged  S  days.  Her  short  life  was 
suffering,  but  we  know  she  is  at  rest. 

L.  E.  STriip. 
HOFFMAN.— In   the  Indian  Creek   Branch, 
Westmoreland  Co.,  Pa.,   October  aist.    Bro. 
Philip  W.  Hoffman,  aged  47  years,  2  months 
and  11  days. 
Brother  Philip  had  to  leave  tliis  world 
like  many  others,  quite  unexpected;  be  caught 
f;L';t  in  a  tumbling  shaft  of  a  separator,  and  was 
sobiidly  hui-t.  that  he  died  in  fouv  days,   at  the 
house  of  brother  John  Horner,  where  she   met 
with  the  fatal  acciilent.     He  had  his  senses  to 
the  last,  and  had  good  hopes  of  going  to  a  bet- 
ter world.     Funeral  services  in  Stahlstown,  in 
the  Methodist  church  to  a  large   audience,  by 
J.  M.  Bennet  and  the  wx-iter. 

D.  D.  Horner. 

SHUL^)?;^— iuClintouCo.,  Iowa,  Nov.  16th, 
lister  Gath^:rine  Sbultz,  aged  Gl  years,  and 
20  days.  i 

In  lier  death  brother  Joshua  has  lost  a  be- 
loved companion,  the  children  a  kind  and  affec- 
tionafii  mother,  ever  ready  to  administer  to 
their i-ivajiti;  the  church  has  lost  a  faithful  uiem- 
b()r.  She  was  anointed  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
Rome  ten  days  before  her  death,  by  elder  Daniel  . 
Fry,  from  JIl.,  wiile  on  his  visit  with  us.  She 
left  bright  and  glorious  evidence  of  having 
fallen  asleep  in  the  arms  of  her  Redeemer. — 
Her  disease  was  thought  by  some  to  be  cancer, 
with  other  badly  alllictions,  all  of  which  caused 
her  to  endure  much  pain  and  suffering,  which 
she  endured  With  much  patience,  and  seeming- 
ly resigned  to  the  will  of  the  Lord.  Funeral 
services  from  Rev.  14:  17,  by  tlie  brethren. 
Isaac  Baits. 
Friinitivc  Chri.^tiitu,jileai<c  ropi/. 

CHRISTNER.-In  the  Indian  Cieek  Branch. 
Pa.,  Nov.  7th,  sister  Magdalene  Christner, 
Christuer,  aged  62  years,  5  months  and  29 
days. 

In  the  death  of  sister  Christner  the  family 

hiis  lost  a  pious  mother,  the   church    a  worthy 

member,  and  the  neighbors  a   good  citizen. — 

Funeral  services  in  the  Brethren's  church  to  a 

large  congregation,  by   Silas   Hoover   and   the 

^^'"ter.  D.  D.HoitKER. 

HILARY.— Near  New  Sharon,   Mahaska  Co., 

Iowa,  Oct.  20th,  1H7S,  of  membraneous  croup, 

William  Henry,  only  son  of  brother  Charles 

and  sister  Liz/,ie  Hilary,  aged  4  years  and  25  I 


HisBufleriug  was  severe,  butof  short  dura- 
tion. Little  Willie  was  too  angelic  to  live  long 
in  this  world  of  sin.  He  wjis  ever  ready  to  do 
the  will  of  bis  parent,  and  welcomed  all  with  a 
sweet  smile.  All  his  words  were  mild.  Ho 
was  not  only  loved  by  his  parents,  but  was  his 
grandparents'  favorite,  among  their  cliildnn, 
and  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  him,  which 
was  proven  the  day  of  the  funeral,  as  there 
was  a  large  concourse  of  people  out  to  pay  the 
last  tribute  to  the  little  lamb,  whom  the  good 
Shepherd  saw  fit  to  call  home;  and  tears  were 
seen  to  flow  from  every  eye,  when  'they  took 
the  last  look  at  little  Willie.  He  lay  in  his 
little  coffin  as  if  naturally  sleeping.  Did  not 
look  as  if  death  had  chilled  his  fair  brow.  '^ 

Brother  Ilillarys  now  have  but  one  child,"* 
little  Martha,  who  is  in  her  sixth  year.  She 
was  never  known  to  strike  her  little  brother  in 
anger.  But  now  her  mate  is  gone.  May  t\^ 
nniintain  those  gentle  qualities,  and  should  a^ 
be  spared  to  years  of  maturity,  may  she  maJte 
her  peace  witb  God,  that  when  called  from 
time  to  eternity,  she  can  strike  glad  hands  with 
her  angel  brother.  Little  children,  if  any  read 
this,  follow  little  Martha's  example.  Never 
strike  your  brothers  and  sisters  in  anger.  Wo 
deeply  sympathize  with  the  sorrowing  family. 
We  know  you  reel  beneath  the  stroke,  but 
your  sorrow  is  light,  compared  with  that  of 
parents  who  must  see  death  claim  their  child-, 
ren  who  have  grown  to  mature  age  and  have 
not  made  that  most,  needful  preparation.  You 
know  that  little  Willie's  sufferings  are  now  all 
over,  and  that  you  have  a  jewel  in  heaven. — 
The  lifeless  form  was  consigned  to  the  dark 
and  silent  tomb  on  the  22nd.        '  , 

JeSTINA  Mn,LEB; 


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J55^IRENATWORK  SUPPLEMENT 

STEIN  AND  RAY  DEBATE. 


'"'pS-imll!!!,'  "rf'"'™  <»■■  T>"'l<«r,  Churches 

D.  B.  RAY  denies,  ' 
D.  B.  Rjv',  x„,„„  Nkutive. 
rllHCR'CJH,  accordiog  to  their  o„„  sho«i„„.the 
1  Tunke,  „hu,che»  had  their  ..risi,,  under  Mr 
M.cl.,„Oer„,„nyi„l708.  ye.  4  frieud:™; 
te,,d,  l,.t  Ch,,.t  .„d  the  .p„tle.  were  Tuuter.  ■ 
He  rte,  to  eree,,  out  of  the  tr.,,  iu  ,hich  he  h 
caught  by  ,.„„g  th»,  he  only  o,,d  ■•the  tern,  're- 

T°"        ,  '":':'.  f""'""'  «,ue,"  not  to  include 
tiie    uew  Ijirth    ! 

Then  h,.  hM  "regenerated''  unpardoned  children 
01  the  devil ! 

Acc..rcli„Bt««h...  '■  regenerated"  persons  will 
be  lust  Still  wor^e.  he  1.m  "regenerated"  per- 
sons ahll  ••  seeking  after  a  good  comcieace."  in 
hapnam.  Surely  his  confusion  h  «-o„e  confound- 
ed.  Mr.  S.  says.  Ray  admits  "that  believers  ma 
on  Christ  and  are  clothed  with  him  in  bantism  " 
Every  one  not  blind,  knows  this  ia  a  figurative  al- 
iusioii  to  the  outward  public  professio^u  of  those 
that  are  already  ■  the  chUdren  of  God  by  faith  in 
Jesus  Christ."  Gal.  3:  26.  As  they  are  the 
children  of  God  by  faith  prior  u>  baptism,  there- 
.fire  it  is  impossible  to  baptize  them  to  make  them 
children  of  God. 

Ill  connection  with  the  fact,  that  Paul  was  a 
chosen  vmel  before  his  baptism,  Mr.  S.  asks: 
"Are  not  all  saints  chown  of  God  before  their 
pardon  ?"  Then  he  has  unpardoned  "aaiuts"!  — 
Concerning  Coruelius  we  do  say,  that  no  one  ever 
had  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit  prior  to  panion. 
Cornelius  had  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
prior  to  water  baptism  ;  therefore  his  aius  were 
pardoned  prior  to  his  baptism. 

Yes,  one  may  he  in  Christ  spiritually  and  not  a 
member  of  his  church— his  organized  body.  Was 
■the  thief  on  the  cross  a  member  of  his  church  '!— 
Mr.  Stein  admiis  that  true  baptism  can  only  be 
received  by  one  after  he  loves  God.  This  will  do; 
fi.r  "  wh<}3uever  loveth  is  born  of  God  and  know- 
eth  God."  1  John  4 ;  7.  My  friend  is  coming 
to  the  light.  ■•  We  know  that  we  have  passed 
from  death  luito  life,  because  we  love  the  breth- 
ren.'* 1  John  :S:  14.  If  they  are  born  "of  God" 
before  baptism,  how  can  my  fri.;nd  baptize  unpar- 
doned children  uf  Satan?  Then,  of  course,  the 
keeping  of  the  commandmeats  is  the  love  of  God 
niituifested. 

Mr.S.  surrenders  another  point  by  saying:  "The 
Brethren  usually  examine  a  candidate  for  bap- 
tism very  ch>sely  to  be  satisfied  that  he  (the  old 
man)  is  dead,  before  they  bury  him"  in  baptism. 
This  is  exactly  right.  Paul  says  of  this  very 
death  :  "For  he  that  is  dead  is  freed  from  sin,"  — 
Rom.  6  :  7.  This  is  what  the  Bible  teaches.  — 
When  one  dies  to  sin — "is  freed  from  sin,"  then 
be  should  be  buried  in  baptifiii.     But  the  Tuiiker 


churchy  propose  to  tak.- a  child  ...;„« 
d^vi    with  a  guilty  conscience  and   bap- 


r  its  ah' 
V'e  read  iu  history 


of  MX  men  who   were  tried  for  herJv       '"'"  "V'T""  """'''''"'"'''' """^ 

»-..Ro.uh  „e.,ec„.i„„,  Jii  i:-^  :;:.:r-r B:ir^,-r'T:;z 


burned  t 


.  I*' Iree  him  trvm,  or  kill  |,im  io 

^'1  Hut  Mr.  S.  has  surrendered  this 
puiut.  The  Tunker  doctrine  of  bai.tis- 
mal  salvation  is  fabe.  betai.se  of 
surd  consequences,  W 
of   ■ 


liually 
to  death.  Three  of  them  had 
protested  f«ith  iu  Christ,  but  hud  not 
been  baptized.  They  loved  Christ  ..o 
well  that  they  died  for  him.  But  the 
Tunker  doctrine  sayM  that  "they  went 
to  hell  fur  want  of  baptism"!  Prisoners 
have  professed  faith  in  Chusi,  and  even 
wished  to  he  baiitiied,  but  military  pow- 
er said  no ;  so  they  died  uud  were  lost 
according  to  the  Tunker  doctriue. 

According  to  the  Tunker  doctriue,  Je- 
sus may  wish  to  save  a  peuiieui  eiuuer, 
the  minister  may  desire  his  italvuliou, 
and  the  sinner  may  be  ■regenerated" 
and  desire  salvation  with  all  ihe  heurl; 
but  a  tyrant  may  forbid  his  baptism,  and 
send  him  to  hell ! 

Mr,  Stein  becomes  exciieil  over  our 
treatment  of  hia  analysis  of  the  torgeil 
Tunker  commlr&ion,  and  char«L-8  ua 
"with  impious  skepticism  and  unbelief"! 
He  thinks  (hat  we  did  "not  dare  tn  graji- 
ple"  with  his  "seven  iucoutrovertible 
proofs"  that  the  "grammatical  construc- 
tion of  the  commiasiou  "exactly  suits" 
the  Tunker  doctrine.  We  have  neither 
denied  the  use  of  "ellipses,"  or  "gram- 
matical construcliim ;"  but  we  do  em- 
phatically deny  that  the  comuiis^iiiii  in 
dispute  is  elliptical.  Jesus  jtut  every 
word  into  it  that  is  necessary  t...  the  true 
Bible,  and  grammatical  construction,  — 
The  Tunker  doctriue  of  three  immer- 
sions is  based  upon  that  which  was 
"omitteil,"  left  out  —  never  was  in  ihe 
commissioo,  but  "must  he  adile>i  meu- 
tally  as  a  matter  of  course"!  No  Tun- 
ker can  aualyze  or  parse  the  conimi-siou 
witliout  addmg  ten  words  to  it.  'Ihe 
disputed  part  of  llie  commission  reads: 
"  Baptising  them  in  the  mime  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Spirit."  Concerning  which,  my  friend 
makee  the  lollowing  blunders:  Ut.  He 
divides  this  one  clause  into  three  claus- 
ea.  2nd,  He  adds  ten  words  where 
there  are  no  ellipses.  3rd.  He  makes 
Latham's  Hand-book  leacli,  timt  "(here 
are  always  two  pn'pofiliuns  where  tliere 
is  one  conjunction  !  "  Any  average 
scboul-boy  knows  ihat  n  conjunction  con- 
uecis  words,  phrase-,  clauses  or  teuteac- 
es"(Kerl).  4th.  He  then  pursfd  tiie 
Tuuker,  not  the  Bible  tommi^Bioii.     As 


to  our  frio„d-H  grammatical  reference* 
except  where  he  ha«  perverted  Latham, 
we  make  no  serious  .Ejection.  They  do 
"•>t  niilitate  against  nur  views  of  the 
commit  ion. 

Coiinnt  does  not  sustain  him,  and  the 
"f  Meyer  on  this  p 


church. 

commUsion  reads :  "Go  y^  tlmrtfore, 
iind  teael.  all  nations,  baptizing  ihem  iu 
the  tittuie  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son 
and  of  the  Holy  Spirit,"  Weonlyhavo 
space  to  call  uttention  to  the  i>..intB  of 
dispute.  The  preposition  "of"  occurs 
three  time*. 
^  l-'irnt.  it  shows  the  relation  between 
Father,  ami  the  antecedent  term  iiowie, 

Second,  it  ahnws  the  relation  between 
Son  and  the  aame  expressed  •ontocedeut. 

Third,  it  shows  the  relation  between 
Holy  Spirit,  and  the  same  one  expressed 
antecedent,  (iQtiK.  Rule:  "A  preposi- 
tion chows  the  relation  of  an  object  to 
some  other  word  on  which  the  adjunct 
depends."       (Kerl's   (Jmmmar). 

The  coiijuncliou  "atid"  occurs  twice. 
Firir^  it  connects  the  two  adjunctive 
phrases  "  of  ihe  Father"  and  "of  the 
Sou."  iStfcoiid.  it  connects  the  two 
phrases  "of  the  Son"  aud  "of  the  Holy 
Spirit."  Rule  1.5  (Kerl^:  ''A  conjunc- 
tion couupctH  words,  phrases,  clauus,  or 
sentences."  See  al3'>  Brown,  Clark,  and 
Harvey. 

Aud  in  like  manner  all  the  other 
words  may  be  parsed  in  perfect  harmony 
with  the  rules  of  language,  without  add- 
ing oue  word  to  the  commi^ion.  Our 
Tunker  friends  i>verl.iok  the  fact,  the 
three  persons  in  the  Gudliesil  are  but 
one  Being.  "For  there  are  three  that 
bear  record  in  heaven,  the  Father,  the 
Word,  and  the  Holy  Spirit ;  aud  these 
three  are  one."     1  John  5  :  7. 

We  repeat  that  the  Bible  commission 
demands  our  baptism  "iu  the  one  namf 
of  tkf  triune  Qod  "  But  Mr.  S.  wants 
i»  know  "what  the  one  tiavie  is."  That 
one  name  was  revealed  in  the  Old  Testa- 
ment by  the  Hebrew  plural  title — Elo- 
him,  rendered  God  —  the  One  Ood.  — 
That  one  name  is  revealed  to  us  in  the 
New  Testament  iu  the  glorious  charac- 
ter called  JtitiiH  His  name  shall  be  call- 
ed "Jesus,  tor  he  shidl  stive  his  people 
from  tlieir  sins."  Thii-  "  Wonderful" 
character  called  Jmu»,  includ*^  Father, 
Son  and  Holy  Spirit.  He  is  the 
"Mighty  God,  the  Everlasting  Father, 
the  Prince  of  Peace."  (Is.  I* :  6)  aud  he 
is  the  Sju  ;  and  be  is  also  the  Holy  Spir- 


it;  for  he.  "tlie  la^t  Adam  wai  made  a 
(iuickeuiH^  Spiiii."  1  Cor.  lo;  45.  Je- 
HUB  is  to  remain  with  his  ])eo|)le  forever, 
hy  the  Holy  Si'irll.  In  the  light  <.f 
these  wonderful  ScrijUiires,  we  may 
boldly  tny  thai  iu  .Imib  dni-IlL-th  ull  (ht 
fulluass  ••r  ihe  Godhejid  bodily."  Col. 
2:  9.  Therefore,  Jmim  is  "a  name 
which  is  ahovc  every  name:  That  at  tlie 
name  oi  Jf/iu»  every  km-c  should  how.  of 
tilings  iu  heaven,  and  things  in  earlh, 
aod  things  uiid^tr  Ihe  earth."  Phil.  2: 
10. 

That  the  great  comiuiEsiou   couiaios 
only  the  one  "name"  of  ihe  triune    God 
ia  proved  from  the  fact  thsit   under  it 
the  apostles  baptized   "in   the   name  of 
Jesut    C/irUi."      Act*  2:   SS.      Of  the 
Samaritans  it  is  «aid  :  "Only   they  were 
baptized  iu  the  luiwic  of  the  Lor(I./'r*ii*," 
Acts  8;  16.     Also,   "When   ihey  heani 
this,  they  were  baptized  iu  the   vavic   ff 
the  Lord  Jesus."     Acle;    11*:     5.       Evi- 
dently, the  formula  "  iu  the  name  of  the 
Fathi  r,  and  of  the  Sou,  aud  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,"  was  used  iu    the^e  baptisms  ; 
but  these  three  are  hut  the  one  name. — 
But  his  "examples  analogous;'"   Mr.   R- 
quotes:  "They  builded,  and   finished   it 
[the  temple]     .     .     .     according  to  the 
coujiuft'ndmeiit    of  Cyrus,  and   Darius, 
and  Artttxerxes."  Ezra  7:  15.     He  then 
asks,   "Was  it   not  according   to    three 
edicts?"      Yes;  but  the  analogy   does 
uot  lie  in  tlie  t«mple.     The  real  sense  of 
the  j)aMage  is,  that,  "  in  the  nanieof  Cy- 
rutf,  and  of  Darius,  aud  of  Artaxerxes, 
they  builded  aud  finished"   the   temple. 
Did  they  build  and  finish  it  thrt-e  times? 
According  to  the  Tuuker  granimatical 
coustructiou,  rhey  did!     The  superscrip- 
tion iu  Greek,  Liitia  aud  Hebrew  is  not 
analogous    lo   the  commigsion,  because 
the  three  languages  do   uot  sustain  the 
relafiou  of  tinlli/   as   Father,    Son,    aud 
Holy  Spirit.     "These  three  are  one."  — 
No  one  can  be  iu  the  Son,  without  being 
in  the  Father  and  Holy  Spirit ;  hut  the 
writing  ran  be  in  Greek,  without    being 
iu  Ihe  other  languages.     Can  Mr.  S.  sw 
the  diSercuce?    The  same  applies  to  his 
otlier  examples.     Not  one  of    them    i? 
like  Ihe  commission  in  construction. 

Mr.  S.  wishes  to  know,  why  mention 
"Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit  iu  baptiz- 
ing?" AVe  answer,  in  Bible  baptism  we 
have  the  triune  God  set  forth,  Ihe  (rinilij 
in  the  raenlion  of  the  three  persjus,  and 
the  unity  iu  the  one  burial  in  the  one 
name.  Our  readers  will  remember  that 
Mr.  Stein  failed  to  grapple  wjthour  neg- 
ative argument,  based  upon  the  admis- 
sion that  baptism  represents  the  resnrree- 


tiuD  of  JesUS.  Did  Jesus  die  ihiee 
times?  was  he  buried  three  timeo?  and 
did  he  arise  from  the  dead  three  times  ? 
Will  Mr.  S.  answer?  Will  the  saints 
arise  from  the  dead  three  times  T 

We  now  proceed  to  give  au  exampb- 
of  the  Tunker  '\'rammaticai  construc- 
tion." Jesus  aaid  ;  "Aud  I  say  untu 
you.  that  many  shall  rame  from  the  coal 
and  west,  and  shall  sit  down  with  Abra- 
hnni.  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  iu  the  king- 
dom of  heaven.'"  Matt.  S;  11.  Now 
if  Mr.  Stein's  Grammar  rule  be  correct, 
which  always  requires  two  propr-siiious 
where  there  is  one  conjunction,"  then  he 
must  analyze  this  passage  thus  ;  "Many 
shall  come  from  the  east  aud  [shaU  come 
from  the'}  west  and  shall  sit  down  wilh 
Abraham,  aud  [)ihall lil doivn  it'f/ftj  Tsaac 
aud  [fhall  sit  down  wilii}  .Tacob'T  So, 
according  to  his  grammatical  rules,  they 
must  come  twice,  first  fiom  llie  East, 
then  go  and  come  from  the  west;  they 
must  then  sit  down  three  timts,  onci.- 
*s  ith  Abraham,  thtu  with  Isaac,  and  fin- 
ally with  Jacob!  Is  ui.t  the  Tunker 
Grammar,  as  well  as  doctrine,  "moou- 
struck," — crazy  ? 

For  illustraliuu,  the  une  government 
is  composed  of  three  departments —  the 
legislative,  the  judicial  and  the  ext:cut- 
ive.  These  three  are  one  government. 
The  President  says  lo  the  generals  of  ihe 
army,  the  power  ia  given  to  me  :  "Go  ye 
therefore  and  slay  our  eueniits,  burying 
theiu  in  the  name  of  the  legislative,  aud 
of  the  judicial,  and  of  the  executive,  and 
you  shall  be  rewarded  for  your  services." 
Mr.  Stein  aud  all  Ihe  Tunkei^  must  un- 
derstand this  commission  to  require  three 
burials  of  the  dead  ! ! !  We  repeat  that 
the  Tunker  churches  are  not  churches  of 
Christ,  became  they  wilfully  add  to  ihe 
worda  of  our  Lord'e  great  Commission. 
Tunkerism  must  utterly  fail  unless  teu 
words  be  added.     Rev,  22  :  IS. 


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Vol.  III. 


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No.  49. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

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MILDRED. 


IIY  .r.  W.  SOrTIlWOOD. 

Mildieil.  oil.  why  did  you  le:we  us, 
WlK-n  yuu  kiiuw  we  loved  you  so? 

Why,  did  you  t'lirsiilip  our  mansion, 
And,  up  to  the  Savior  go. 

Oh.  we  know  that  Jesu»  called  you, 
Then  of  cuurse  you  hud  to  go, 

JJut  our  liome  is  and  auil  lonely, 
AH  Di'rause  we  miss  you  so. 

Hut  we'll  try  in  heiiven  to  meet  you, 
AntI  be  with  you  evermore; 

Tliere  to  live  witli  Christ  the  Savior. 
Ou  that  happy  golden  shore. 

Yes.  dear  Mildred,  yon  are  hapjiy, 
Willi  yourSaviov  over  there' 

Free  from  siiknes*.  pain,  and  sufferiup. 
In  the  land  thill's  bright  and  fiiir. 

Ob,  dear  Mildred  may  we  meet  yon 

In  tlie  glory  land  of  bhss; 
There  we'll  part  no  more  in   sadness. 

As  wc  have  done  Jiere  in  this. 

Oh.  dear  [iiirents,  love  llie  Savior; 
Try  bis  pleeepU  to  obey; 

Then  yun'll  go  and  meet  your  dear  one. 
And  with  it  forever  stay. 


STEIN  AND  KAY  DEBATE. 

iSyAs  we  are  going  to  print  the  de- 
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THE  REPH.OACH  OF  CHRIST 


IIY  MATTIE  A.  LEAH. 

"  By  faith  Moses,  when  he  was  come  to  years,  re- 
fused to  be  called  the  son  of  Phiivaoh's  daughter 
Elioosing  rather  to  suffer  atllietion  with  the  people- 
of  fiod,  than  to  enjoy  the  pleiisnres  of  sin  lor  n 
HeJisou;  esteeming  the  reinotieli  of  Christ  greater 
.■■t  than  the  treiLsures  of  Egypt;  for  he  had  le- 
t  luito  the  recompense  of  the  reward."   lleb, 


^P  (1  be  reproached,  is  to  be  au  object  of  bliime, 
_  eensure,  scorn  or  derision.  Those  wlio  are 
fiinnliar  with  the  history  of  our  Savior,  in  the 
(liiys  of  bis  flesh,  know  that  acconliug  to  the 
iilxive  definition,  be  was  truly  au  object  of  re- 
proneh.  But  it  may  be  asked.  "  How  could  one, 

Li  lived  many  hundred  years  before   the  in- 

nation  of  Christ,  sutler  liis  reproacli"?  The 
promise  of  a  divine  Sou  being  given  in  Kden, 
w;is  not  restricted  to  any  piu-ticular  family  un- 
til tlie  time  of  Abraham,  jirevious  to  that  time. 
nil  nations  possessc-il  that  promise  iu  common. 
Ifiit  wlien  the  promise  was  given  to  Abraham, 
tli.Lt  lie  should  be  the  proKcnitor  of  the  Messiah. 
t)ii^  promise  wivs   restricted   to  his  family   and 

I-,  lii-nce  they  became  the   Messianic  peo|ile. 

1  lonsequently  were  the  envy  of  all  other 
pi'ople.  It  was  probulily  for  this  cause  that  the 
iescendants  of  Abraham  were  liated  and  |ier- 
lecuted  by  other  nations.  They  sought,  if  pos- 
lible  to  destroy,  or  at  least  to  invalidate  their 
ihimis  and  appropriate  their  glorious  priviU-ttes 
to  themselves. hence  the  divinetitles  and  clBiuis 
tit  the  kings  of  Eaypt,    the   lofty  assumptions 


ot  the  kings  of  Babylon,  the  anxiety  of  Alex- 
ander the  (Sreat  to  be  recognized  as  the  divine 
son  of  Jupiter  Amnion,  and  to   receive  divine 
honors  from  the  priesthood,  also  the  blasphe- 
mous names  and  titles  of  the  kings  of  Syria.  It 
is  prolmble  that  the  design  of  crusbiag  out  the 
expectation  of  the  Messiah   from    among  the 
Jews,  and  transferring  these  claims  to  himself 
that  instigated   Antiochus    Kpiphanes  to  h 
de-iU  of  dreadful  cruelty.     Hence,  we  may  sup- 
pose that  the  sulilMings    of  the   Hebrews 
Egypt,  were  at  least  partly  caused  by  the  hatted 
of  the  Egyptian.'",  prompted  by  1  his  envious  feel- 
Therefore.  Moses,  who  had  a  high  appre- 
ciation of  the  distinguishing  honors,  and  glo- 
rious privileges  that  had  been  conferred  upon 
bis  nation,  justly  "esteemed  the  reproach    of 
Christ,    greater  riches   than   the   treasures  of 
^gypt."     No  marvel,  be  refused  to  be  called  the 
son  of  Pharaoh's  daughter;  had  he  accepted  that 
position,  be  would  have    been   enrolled  among 
the  Pharaohs,  and  as  such  would  have  been  the 
recipient  of  earthly   honors  and    distinctions, 
but  as  such  he  would  have  forfeited  all  the  spir- 
itual blessings  promised  to  the  bouse  of  .lacob. 
Thus  the  most  exalted  position  in  the  gift  of 
the  world,  with  all  the  honors,  and  emoluments 
to  it  belonging,  but  with  the  loss  of  all  bis  rights! 
as  a  son   of  Abraham,  were  accessible  to  Moses 
on  the  one  hand.     Poverty,  toil,   suffering,   re- 
proach in  this  world,  but  bright  visions  of  fu- 
ture glory,  were  accessible  to  Moses  on  the  oth- 
er hand.  He  had  the  privilege  of  choice  between 
the  two;  he  accepted  the  latter,  or  as  the  apos- 
tle expresses  It,  "Choosing  rather  to  sutfHr  afflic- 
tion with  the  people  of  God.  than  to  enjoy  the 
pleasures  of  sin  for  a  season."     What  madnes*i, 
says  the  wise  and  prudent  of  this    world,  thus 
wantonly,  to  refuse  a  throne.     What!  prefer  to 
cast  in  his  lot  with  these  poor  despised  toil-worn 
slaves,  these  ignorant  degraded   people,   when 
he  could  wield  the  proud  scepter  of  Egypt,  iuid 
associate  with  the  polished  and  refined?     The 
man  is  certainly  devoid    of  taste,   he  must  be 
bereft  of  reason.     But  such  is  the  worldly  side, 
the  surface  view  of  the   matter.   Moses  with  a 
more  profound  wisdom,  with  a  deeper  insight, 
could  see  far  more  glory,   far  more  dignity  in 
awociatiug  with    these,   then  despised,  down- 
trodden people,  than  to  wear  the  proud  diadem 
of  the  Pharaohs,  and  why':*  because  these   peo- 
ple were  the  recipients   of  the   most   glorious 
promises  which  God  had  ever  vouclisaf^d  ti 
man,  "  to  whom   pertained   the  adoption,  and 
the  glory,  and  the  covenants,  and  the  giving  of 
the  law,  and  the  service  of  God,  and  the  prom- 
ises; whose  were  the  fathers,  and  of  whom  as 
concerning  the  tlesL,  Christ  came."     Rom.  9: 
4,5. 

Paul  tells  us  that  Moses  "  h:id  respect  unto 
the  recompense  of  the  reward;  for  he  endured, 
as  seeing  him  who  is  invisible."  By  an  eye  of 
faith.  Mo.«es  could  span  the  long  period  of  years 
intervening  between  him  and  the  time  the 
promised  Deliverer  should  take  upon  himself 
human  form.  Ho  was  permitted  to  see  his  hu- 
mility, his  lowliuess,  his  ignominy,  his  suHer- 
ings.  These  thiaga  that  were  invisible  to  oth- 
ers of  less  faith  were  seen  by  Moses,  the  faith- 
ful servant,  and  he  esteemed  it  a  privilege  in- 
deed to  bear  the  rej)roaoh  of  Christ,  an  honor 
to  share  his  sulferings,  his  shame;  aa  honor  for 
which  he  would  gla/lly  forego  the  treasures  of 
EtO'pt. 
To  willingly  and  cheerfully  share  the  .'^utfer- 
of  Christ,  is  an  unmistakable  mark  of  true 


ed  me  in  the  regeneration,  ye  who  have  im-  I  you,  and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  mui- 
bibed  my  Spirit,  that  have  walked  iu  my  foot-  ner  of  evil  against  yon  fal«ely  for  my  sake.  Re- 
joice and  be  exceeding  glad."  Why  n-joice? 
"For  great  is  your  reward  in  heav^'n."  Oh  let 
us  then  follow  Christ  iu  the  r-generatirtn.  l«t 
U9  not  vainly  hope  to  be  renovated,  nnd  purified 


ings 


discii»leship.  Upon  one  occiLsion,  whou  IVtwr 
asked  his  Master,  what  they  who  had  for.#itki 
all  for  him  I'hould  have  Jesuii,  answered  him 
thus,  "  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  ye  which 
have  followed  nn-,  in  llie  regeneration  wheu  the 
Son  of  Man  shall  sit  in  the  throne  of  hia  glo 
ly,  ye  also  shall  sit  upon  twelve  throne^,  judg- 
ing the  twelve  tribes  of  Isr-itl."  Regeneration 
means  the  new  birtli.  the  change  from  carnal 
to  .spiritual,  the  infusion  of  spiritual  into  thu 
soul.     Kow  says  the  Savior,  ye  that  have  fol- 


ftteps,  that  havf  obeyed  my  coiomands,  for  you 
there  ia  great  honors  and  diiilinctions  in  reser- 
vation. Spiritual  pride,  arrogance,  and  lofty 
pretentions  are  the  invariable  marks  of  false 
systems  of  religion.  Not«-  for  instance  the 
Pope  of  Home  with  bis  arrogant  assumptions 
of  authority  and  blasphemous  titles,  claiming 
as  he  does,  spiritual  dominion  over  all  Christen- 
dom, and  styling  himself,  or  permitting  him- 
self to  l»e  styled  the  vicar  of  Christ.  Lord  on 
earth,  with  many  other  extravagant  names,  al- 
so the  lofty  pretentions  of  Mahomet,  of  Joe 
Smith,  each  of  them  claiming  to  Iw  the  only 
true  prophet  of  God  through  whom  alone  he 
would  reveal  himself  to  the  world.  But  if  we 
examine  the  workings  of  either  of  the  above 
systems,  we  find  they  do  not  possess  in  the  least 
degree  the  principles  which  characteri/.-'  the  re- 
ligion of  Jesus  Christ;  on  the  contrary,  their 
lundamnntalanre  the  exact  opposite  of  the  prin- 
ciples that  underlie  our  holy  religion, 

M<;ekness  was  the  grand  cardinal  virtue 
taught  and  practiced  by  our  Savior  and  by  him 
alone  wa.s  it  first  inculcated,  henue  his  gracious 
invitation  is,  come  unto  me,  take  my  yoke  up- 
on yon  and  learn  of  he,  for  I  am  meek  and  low- 
ly in  mind.  Humility,  meekness  and  submis- 
sion, being  the  prominent  traits  In  our  Savior's 
character,  are  in  striking  conir.idCto  all  that, 
which  proceeds  from  the  carnal  or  unrenewed 
heart.  False  religions  have  had  their  martyrs, 
their  self-tortured  penitents,  devotees,  but  alone 
the  religion  that  emanated  from  .lesas,  is 
taught  true  humility  and  meekness.  Charity 
which  is  the  legitimate  fruit  of  these  principles, 
is  by  the  apostle  Paul  placed  first  iu  the  catego- 
ry of  Christian  virtues.  So  important  is  this 
holy  principle  that  the  apostle  says,  though  he 
possess  all  knowledge,  all  ppwer,  or  make  every 
sacriGce,  yet  if  he  ia  devoid  of  charity,  he  i« 
nothing. 

Do  we  then  desire  honors  and  distinctions? 
It  is  right  that  we  aim  high.  The  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ  is  only  calculated  to  elevate  and 
exalt.  But  while  we  desire  the  immunities  and 
the  honors,  let  us  not  forget  that  it  is  written, 
"  He  that  humhleth  himself  shall  l>e  exalted, 
but  hi-  that  ex.ilteth  hims^elf  shall  be  abased," 
The  great  Captain  of  our  salvation  must  pass 
through  awful  scenes  of  suffering  and  deep  hu- 
mility ere  he  could  be  exalbd  on  his  mediato- 
rial throne.  What  a  wonderful  picture  is  the 
following,  drawn  by  the  master  hand  of  the 
apostle,  and  first  he  exhorts,  "  Let  this  mind  be 
in  you,  which  also  was  in  Christ  Jesus,"  and 
this  is  the  portraiture  of  our  divine  Master, 
drawn  for  our  imitation.  '*  Who  being  in  the 
form  of  God,  thought  it  not  robbery  to  he  equal 
with  God:  but  made  himself  of  no  reputation, 
and  took  upon  him  the  form  of  a  servant,  and 
wiLS  made  in  the  likeness  of  men;  and  being 
found  in  fashion  as  a  man,  he  humbled  himself, 
and  bi-citme  obedieut  unto  death,  even  the  death 
of  the  cross,"  But  what  was  the  tinal  resultof 
this  deep  humility?  "  Wherefoi-e  God  also  hath 
highly  exalted  him,  and  given  him  a  name 
which  is  above  every  name. 

The  path  to  glory  for  Chri-it  was  through 
humility  and  suffering,  and  the  only  path  to 
glory,  for  bis  followers  is  tlirougb  humility  and 
suffering.  He  plainly  told  his  di-sciplfs  that 
they  must  indeed  drink  of  the  cuji  thathedrank 
of,  and  be  baptized  with  the  baptism  that  he 
w;is  baptiz-cd  with.  Let  ui  not  then  vainly 
hope  to  share  his  honors,  unless  we  are  willing 
first  to  share  his  reproach,  and  to  esteem  this 
reproach  greater  riches  than  the  treasures  of 
the  world.  Peter  says,  "If ye  l>e  reproached 
for  the  name  of  Christ,  happy  are  ye."  Why? 
"lA.r  the  spirit  of  glor>'  andof  Godivstethupon 
you."  A  princely  honor  indeed  to  share  anv 
thing  in  commou  with  the  King  of  glory.  It 
is  indeed  a  great  privilege  to  suffer  for  the  name 
of  Jesus;  let  us  hear  what  the  Ma-^ter  himself 
Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  revile 


by  any  other  process  than  by  being  cast  in  the 
mould  of  Christ.  If  we  wou  d  join  in  the  new 
song  before  the  throne,  wh  must  follow  the 
Lamb  whithersoever  he  goeth.  Oh  U-l  us  thea 
■'Gird  up  the  loinaof  your  mind.  t>e  sober,  hope 
unto  the  end  for  the  grate  that  i.*  to  be  brought 
unto  us  at  the  revelation  of  Jeaus  Chriiit;  u 
obedient  children,  not  faahioning  ourwWen  ac- 
cording to  the  former  lust  in  our  ignorance; 
but  (is  he  which  hath  called  us,  is  holy,  let  nx 
be  holy  in  all  manner  of  conver^tion.  becaose 
it  is  written.  "  b  ■  ye  holy,  for  I  am  holv."  1 
Peter  l:i:i-lti. 


STUDY  THE  BIBLE. 


BY  AMOS   CHAMBEHLALS. 


w 


OTlllNG  in  more  worthy  the  study  of  man 
than  the  Bible.     It  te  the  only  Book  that 
pomU  us  to  heaven,  and  shows  the  way.     It 
tulU  us  of  our  wicked  desires  aad  what  we  must 
do  to  be  happy.     Its  precept-s  are  so  plain   that 
"wayfaring   men,   though  fools  shall   not  err 
therein."     Yet  it  is  au  exaustleas  mine  of  truth. 
We  are  reminded  by  some  thai  the  Bible  i»  the 
Book  of  mysteries.    But  we  think  if  we  study 
the  words  of  God  as  we  should,  vritb  a  prayer- 
ful heart  aud  a  desire  to  be  male  wise  unto  sol- 
vation, that  the  Holy  Spirit  will  guide  us  into 
the  way  of  all  truth.     The  seeming   mysteries 
will  mostly  all  vanish.     Too   many  study  the 
Bible  with  their  minds  biased.     They  have  con- 
ueivi'd  certain  opinions  to  be  correct  and  taught 
by  the  Bible;  tbeu.  after  thi.t  they  go  to  the  Bi- 
ble to  find  proof  tor  what  they  always  believed. 
Of  course  they  do  not  always  ttud  the  Bible  to 
teach  what  they  thought  it  did.  and  then  they 
conclude  that  it  is  dark,  mysterious  and  difllcult 
to  understand. 

It  is  said  by  some,  "these  things  are  too  deep, 
we  dou't  understand  them,  had  better  leave 
them  alone."  We  think  such  do  not  try  to 
understand.  We  refer  them  to  John  24:  26, 
and  2  John  2:  liu.  27;  1  Cor.  -2:  10,  14.  We  are 
taught  that  the  natural  man  cannot  understand 
these  things,  for  they  are  "spiritually  discerned," 
We  should  not  only  read  the  Word  of  God,  but 
sfii'lij  it  earnestly  and  honestly,  anxious  to  know 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  beseeching  God  with 
prayerful  heart  to  enlighten  our  minds  by  the 
guidance  of  his  Holy  Spirit. 

If  we  would  thus  read  the  Bible  instead  of 
depending  upon  what  the  Kev.  Mr.  so-and-so 
says,  it  would  be  far  better  for  us  in  time  and 
eU-niity.  It  is  sad  to  consider  the  amount  of 
ignorance  existing  ou  Bible  truths.  When  we 
st'ud  before  God's  throne,  aud  the  books  are 
opened  aud  judgment  commences,  oh  how  .we 
shall  wish  we  had  .studied  the  Word  when  we 
had  opjiortunity.  But  uU  will  be  over  then. 
We  shall  only  know  we  bad  the  revealed  will, 
neglected  to  TviA  it  and  are  now  doomed  to  de- 
struction. 


says. 


A  BEAUTIFUL  ALLEGORY. 

ATK.WELER  who  spent  some  time  in  Tur- 
key relates  a  bpautiful  I'^irable  which  was 
told  bim  by  a  dervish,  aud  which  seemtd  even 
more  beautiful  than  Stern's  celebnited  figure 
ot  the  accusing  spirit  aud  recording  angel. 

"  Every  man,"  said  the  dervish,  "'bos  two  an- 
gels, one  on  his  right  shoulder  and  one  ou^  his 
left.  When  he  does  anything  good,  the  angel 
on  the  right  shoulder  write?  it  <)owu  and  seals 
it,  because  what  lias  been  well  done  is  done  for^ 
evi-r.  ^  When  he  does  evil,  the  angel  on  the 
left  writes  it  down,  and  he  waits  tilt  midnight, 
(f  before  that  time  the  man  (o.^s  his  head 
and  exclaims,  "Gracious  Allah!  I  have  sinned; 
torgive  mel"  the  aui,"  1  rubs  out  the  revord; 
uni  if  itot,  at  niidiii^iit  he  seals  it.  aud  the  be- 
loved augcE  on  the  right  shoulder  wreepis." 


TtlK    BKKXilKE:^^    ^1^    "WOJ:iX-C. 


December 


DEATH  OF  JBSU8. 

IIT  J.  Vr.  SOrTHWlK)D. 

IESUS  die'!  uimn  tln>  trpe: 
There  He  bled  lor  you  and  me: 
So  to  (iod  we  nmy  ivtnrn. 
If  we  will  (hp  tiiHjitiT  spiim. 

On  the  rugged  cross  Me  died. 
And  the  blood  cmue  from  His  side. 

To  aUitie  for  ainiu-rs  lost; 
OIiI  do  think  how  much  it  cost! 

[)iirknej«  spread  hU  o'er  the  sc«ue, 
Oil.  what  did  tlint  darkness  mean? 

Ah,  it  meautthttt  Chrint  wu»  slain, 
So  that  we  with  Ood  may  reign. 

And  the  temple's  veil  was  rent, 
So  there  need  no  priest  be  sent 

Ti>  make  interccRsion  now, — 
All  before  their  God  can  bow. 

All  can  enter  in  as  priests. 
And  enjoy  the  heavenly  feasts; 

All  can  pray  to  Qod  on  high. 
And  draw  near,  then  He  draws  nigh. 

Now  aii  Jesus  lia-i  thud  died, 
Can  we  not  in  Him  confide? 

Ilanish  all  the  cares  of  earth, 
l*om|i  and  pride  and  carnal  mirlh. 

And  make  Hure  our  journey  home 
To  that  land  where  saints  shall  roam? 

There  to  live  with  Christ  on  high, 
Who  no  more  will  bleed  and  die? 

'I'lien  let  all  in  humble  prayer. 

Cast  on  Him  their  every  care; 
Live  a  liti^  to  pleati  Him  be^it, 

Then  we  shall  in  heaven  be  blest. 


]ar  instancee,  we  notice.thnt  he  was  temp- 
ted by  the  greatest  enemy, — the  advRr 
sary  of  souls.  Having  fasted  for  forty 
iJays  ,ind  forty  nights,  and  afterwards  he 
wiw  an  hnni;ered,  and  as  his  physical  na- 
ture was  about  to  jit-risb,  for  the  want 
Therefore  their  rock,  is  not  onr  1  of  the  requisites  of  life.  Csatan  appear- 


THEIR  ROCK  NOT  OUR  ROCK. 

JlY  J.  W.  IJAII.EY. 

"  For  their  rock  is  not  as  our  Rock,  even  our 
enemies  themselves  being  judges."  Deut.  32: 
31. 

■niiOTIIKI!  S.  II.  Cannnii  and  I  went 
"     to  iiear  a   Fin-e   Methodist   whose 
text  was,  "■  For  theii'  rock  is  not  aa   our 
llock."     I  turn  liis  own  gun  against  him. 
God  JH  the  Kock    of  our  salvition.     In 
him  we  trust.     We  find  Jeshunim  w  ax- 
ed fat  and  forsook  the  (Jod  which  made 
him,  and  highly  esteemed   the    Rock  of 
his  salvation.     They   provoked    him  to 
jealousy  with  strange  gods, — with  abom- 
inations.   And  while  we  look  around  us, 
we  see  such  people   going  after  strange 
gods,  therefore  their  rock,  is  not  as   our 
Kock.    Hut  there  wei'e  false  prophets  al  ■ 
80  among  the  peojde,  even  us  there  shall 
be  false  teachers  among  us,  who  finally 
shall  bring  damnable  hertwie?,  even    de- 
nying the  Lord  that  bought  them    with 
a  price,  and  bring  upon  themselves  swift 
destrni'tiou,  therefoi-c  tlu^ir  rock,  is   not 
as  our   Uuck.     2    Peter   '2:    1.      "And 
many  shall  follow  tlieir  ])ernicious  ways 
by  i-eason  of  whom  the   way   of  trutli 
shall  be  evil  spoken  of."     We  see  this 
around  us  everyday.     Let  us  be  up  and 
doing;  let   us   not  shun   to  declare  the 
whole  counsel  of  God;  let  us  stand  fast 
to  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus;  let 
us  pray  (lod  to  send    more   earnest   la- 
borei's  into  his  vineyard,  that  the  work 
of  Zion   may   be   pushed    forward  and 
battle  against  the   enemy   of  ourselves, 
for  they  have  been  bought  with  a   great 
price,  it  has  cost  the  blood  of  the  bless- 
ed Snvior  upon  calvary.    O,  brethren  let 
us  stanil  upon  the  Hock  Christ. 

La^t  Sunday  brother  S.  IL  Garman 
and  T  went  to  meeting  where  we  saw 
two  men  baptized  by  pouring  the  water 
on  the  head  (about  one  gill  of  water). 
They  called  it  baptism;  they  claim  ho- 
line.ss  and  jM-rfect  .s:incfific;ilion,  and  say. 
they  cannot  .sin;  that  they  mv  .<aved  in 
(iod,  yet  they  deny  him  in  works;  thev 
have  no  work.sat  all,  therefore  our  Rock- 
is  not  their  rock;  they  have  built  their 
house  on  the  sand,  and  when  the  storms 
come  and  beat  upon  it,  it  will  fall,  and 


must  bear  your  cross  or  do  your  duty. 
This  they  bind  uj)on  their  membei-8;they 
must  all  speak, — their  mouth  confesses, 
but  in  works  they  deny  him. — they  have 
a  great  tjuantity  of  God  in  the  mouth, 
but  I  fear  they  have  but  little  in  the 
heart 

Rock".  They  reminded  me  of  Elijah 
when  he  mocked  the  four  hundred  and 
fifty  false  prophets,  and  sai(J,  "cry  aloud 
for  he  is  a  God,  either  he  is  talking,  or 
he  is  pursuing,  or  he  is  on  a  journey,  nr 
peradventure  he  sleepeth  and  must  be 
awaked."  They  got  into  one  of  their 
l)ig  ways,  they  came  into  the  school- 
house  shouting  and  leapin'g.  I  cannot 
find  any  Gospel  for  such  doings.  They 
are  sayers  and  not  doers  of  the  Word. 

AVe  also   saw    them    partake   of    the 
bread  and  wine,  and  called  it  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  eat  this  Supper  before  din- 
ner.   They  claim  to  be  intelligent  men 
learned  of  Christ   and   filled   with    the 
Holy    Ghost — men    of  God   learned    to 
know  all  the  fullness   of  the  Godhead 
yet  they  can't  discern    between   dinner 
and  supper.     Christ  ate   and  went   out 
and  it    was    night;  they  ate    and    wt;nt 
out  and  it  was  one    o'clock    in  the  day! 
therefore  their  rock  is  not  as  our  Rock. 
They  claim  that  a  man  must  keep  all 
the   commandments    of  our   Lord   and 
Savior  Jesus  Christ,  yet  they  keep  none 
of  thera.     "  If  we  live  in  the  Spirit,  let 
us  also  walk  in  the  Spirit;  be   not   de- 
ceived, God  is  not  mocked,  for   whatso- 
ever a  man    soweth,  that   shall    he   also 
reap,  for  he  that  soweth  to  his  flesh,  shall 
of  the  flesh  reaji  corruption,  but  be  that 
soweth  to  the  Spirit,  shall  of  the    Spirit 
reap  life  everlasting."     Gal.    5:    25;  (5: 
7,  8.     "Beloved  believe  not  every  spirit, 
but  try  the  sjiirlts  whether  they   are  of 
(iod,  liecjiuse  many    false   projihets    are 
gone  out  into  the  world."     1  John  4:  1. 
They  are   teaching  false   doctrine — the 
doctrine  of  men,  leaving  Christ  and  so- 
ing  after  men.     Therefore  their   rock  is 
not  our  Rock.     Let  us  stick  close  to  the 
Hock  Christ.  Christ  says,   "  Upon  this 
J{ock  I  will  build  my  church,   and   the 
gates  of  hell  shall   not  prevail  against 
it."     The  woi'ld  has  tried  to  destroy  the 
foiuidation  of  the  church,  but   in   three 
days  it   was   raised    again   triumphant 
over  death,    hell   and    the  grave,  and  is 
sitting  at  the  right  hand   of  the   Father 
interceding  for  us,  and  oh,  how   thank- 
ful we  should  be  to  our  heavenly   Fath- 
er for  such  a  foundation,  so  firm  and  sol- 
id that  the  gates  of  hell  cannot   prevail 
against  it. 

"It  is  not  every  one  that  .say.«,  Lord, 
Lord  will  enter  in.  but  he  that  doeth  the 
will  of  my  Fathei-  which  is  in  heaven," 
and  the  Father's  will  is,  that  we  should 
do  the  will  of  his  Son,  that  we  might 
have  a  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  en- 
ter through  the  gates  into  the  city. 

Now  may  the  grace  of  our  Lord  and 
Snvior  Jesus  Christ  be  with  us  all. 


TEMPTED  AS  WE  ARE. 


great  will  be  the   fall.     They  say,  you  |  "p""  *^"y '""'i^ '<'"'il-     In  three  [i 


rpiIF  subject  to  which  we  invite  your 
-*-  attention,  will  be  based  upon  the 
latter  clause  of  Hebrews  4:  15.  "In 
all  points  tempted  like  as  we  are,  yet 
without  sin." 

By  reading  the  context,  we  discover 
that  the  apostle  desires  to  impress  upon 
our  minds  the  great  truth,  that  there 
has  nevei  bvctl  a  j>erson  who  was  too 
good,  or  perfect  to  be  temjHcd ;  for  Jesus 
Christ  was  the  purest  and  most  perfect 
man  that  ever  e.visted.  He  was  the  sub- 
ject of  the  most  tryiugand  difficult  temp- 
tations that  were  ever  brought  to  bear 
larticu- 


ed  unto  him  and  said,  "  If  thou  be  the 
Son  of  God,  command  that  these  stones 
be  made  bread."  Satan  did  not  only  de- 
sire to  see  him  convert  the  stones  into 
bread,  but  also  said  it  in  such  a  maner 
as  if  he  doubted  the  truthfulness  of  his 
being  the  Son  of  God,  and  that  he  would 
believe  it  more  fully  if  he  would  but 
convert  the  stones  into  bread  to  appease 
his  hunger.  But  Jesus  did  not  do  it;  he 
only  said  unto  him,  "  It  is  written,  that 
man  shall  not  live  by  bre.id  alone,  but 
by  every  word  of  God."  The  de\ 
order  to  try  his  steadfastness,  taking  him 
p  into  a  high  mountain,  and  shewed 
him  ail  the  kingdoms  of  the  world,  and 
said  unto  him,  "  All  this  will  I  give  thee, 
and  the  glory  of  them;  for  that  is  deliv- 
ered unto  me;  and  to  whomsoever  I  will, 
I  give  it.  If  thou  therefore  wilt  wor- 
ship me,  all  shall  be  thine.'"  ButJe-sus 
answered  him  and  said,  "Get  thee 
behind  me  Satan;  for  it  is  written,  thou 
shalt  worship  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
him  only  sh.ilt  thou  serve." 

Again,  he  brought  him  to  Jerusalem, 
and  set  him  on  a  pinnacle  of  the  tem- 
ple, and  said  unto  him,  "  If  thou  be  the 
Son  of  God,  cast  thyself  down  from 
hence;  for  it  is  written.  He  shall  give 
his  angels  charge  over  thee."  And 
praise  God,  the  angels  did  have  charge 
over  Christ,  and  they  kept  him  in  all 
his  ways,  and  all  the  attempts  of  the 
devil,  to  get  Jesus  to  worship  him,  were 
frustrated  by  him  saying,  "  It  is  said, 
thou  shalt  not  tenijjt  the  Lord  thy  (Jod," 
notwithstanding  he  endured  aud  over- 
came temptations  while  ministering, 
even  after  he  w;is  nailed  to  the  accursed 
tree.  His  persecutors  used  his  wame 
words  in  the  form  of  a  temptation;  for 
when  he  was  rendering  up  his  life,  not 
only  for  those  who  gloried  in  his  eruci 
tixion,  but  also  for  all  of  Adam's  pos 
terity,  his  crucifiers  mocked  his  dying 
groans  by  saying,  "  Thou  that  destroy- 
estthe  temple,  aud  buildest  it  in  three 
days,  save  thyself.  If  thou  be  the  Sou 
of  God,  comedown  from  the  cross."  O! 
'  could  we  hut  fathom  the  agonies  the 
ble.ssed  Son  of  (Jod  endured,  while  there 
suspended  between  heaven  and  earth, 
what  a  lasting  impression  it  would  make 
upon  the  mind ;  an  impression,  that  time 
with  all  its  varied  .scenes,  and  not  even 
i'ternitij  itself,  could  obliterate.  Although 
lie  was  surrounded  by  temptations,  yet 
jiaased  through  them  all  without  receiv- 
ing a  sjiot  or  blemish  or  any  such  thing. 
If  we,  the  poor,  weak,  worms  of  the 
dust,  for  whom  Jesus  died  to  save,  are 
tempted,  we  can  go  to  that  One  who 
was  "  In  all  points  tempted  like  as  we 
are,"  and  with  prayer  and  supplication, 
and  through  his  mediation,  obtain  that 
grace  which  will  enable  us  to  overcome 
sin,  the  devil,  and  the  world.  "For  in 
what  he  himself  hath  suffered,  being 
tempted,  he  is  able  to  succor  them  that 
are  tempted." 

If  our  souls  are  aliout  to  sink  beneath 
the  great  burden  of  this  w^orld'a  trials 
and  difliculties,  we  can  go  to  him  who 
hath  said,  "  My  grace  is  sufficient  for 
thee."  and  by  what  we  will  be  enabled 
to  fight  the  /ood  figlir  of  faith,  aud  at 
last  come  oil"  more  than  compierors 
through  him  who  hath  loved  us  and 
gave  himself  for  us.  If  the  heavy  hand 
of  grief  and  nfHietion  is  about  to  crush 
us  out  of  e.^istcnre,  wo  can  rely  upon  the 
jn-ecious  truth  that  our  Mediator  was   a 


man  of  affliction   and   acquamted   with 
grief. 

Do  our  friends  and  those  we  love,  for- 
sake and  leave  us,  and  are  we   made   to 
de])end  upon  our  own  resources?     Was 
not    the    blessed   Son   o(  God    forsaken 
when  he  was  about  to  render  up  his   life 
as  a  propitiation    for  our  sins?    And  he 
having  realized  that  his  pilgrimage    up- 
on  earth  was  growing  shorter  and  still 
shorter,  and  as  he  repaired  to  the    Gar- 
den of  Gethsemane,  and  there  upon    his 
knees  implored    his    Father,    if  it    were 
his  will,  ttrlet  that  bitter  cup  pass  from 
him;  and  as  his  earnest  prayer,  through 
cries  and  tears  arose  \o  his    Father,   be- 
hold an  angel   appeared   to   strengthen 
him,  so  that    he   would    be   enabled  to 
bear  his  great  burden  of  sin  resting  up- 
on him.  aud  he  arose  autl  returned  td  his 
persecutors;  and  as  they  bound  him  hand 
and  foot  aud  nailed  him  to  the   cross, — 
the  sun  refused  to   shed    its   illuminary 
rays,  while  the  blessed  Son  of  (iod   was 
dying.     And  as  the  earth  was   sliroud- 
ed  in  dai'kness  antl  raourning.tlie  moun- 
tains and    the   vail  of  the   temple   were 
rending,  the  earth  quaking,    the  graves 
opening,  and  the  dead  arising,  Jesus  re- 
alized  that  his   time   upon    earth   was 
about  to  terminate,  and  in  all  this  com- 
motion, with  great  drops  of  blood   oo/,. 
ing  from  his  brow,  his    Father  (in    hu- 
manity, forsook  him,  and  in  the  anguish 
of  spirit   he   felt   at   that  moment,  e.v- 
claimed,  "  My  God,  my  God,  why    hast 
thou  for-^aken  me?"      Are   we   stricken 
by  the  pinching  hand  of  poverty?   Are 
we  abused  and  scoffed  at  by  the  ungod 
ly  of  this  vain  world?     Are  we  so  poor 
that  none   of  its   inhabitants,   not  even 
those  who  profess  to  be  God's  children, 
and  joint-heirs  with  our  Lord    and    Sa- 
vior Jesus  Christ,  will  give  us  a  cup   of 
water  or  crust   of  bread    or   a   place  in 
which  to  lay  our  heads?     If  we  are  thus 
forsaken   by   every    one,    we  have    the 
pleasure  and   comfort   of  knowing   that 
we  are  not  the  first  who  has  been   treat- 
ed in  this  way,  for  Jesus,  when    he  was 
here  attending  to  his    Father's  business, 
said,  " The  foxes  have  holes;  the  birds 
of  the  air  have   nests,'  but   the   Sou  of 
Man  hath  not  where  to  lay  his    head." 
"  Blessed  is  the  man  thatendureth  temp- 
tation: for  when  he  is  tried,  he  shall  re- 
ceive the  crown  of  life,  which  the  Lord 
hath  promised  to    them    that  love  him." 

Although  we  are  surrounded  with 
temptations,  sorrow,  affliction,  foi-saken 
firends,  and  poverty;  yet  we  can,  with 
prayer  and  faith,  obtain  the  blessings 
God  designs  to  give;  aud  also  eompre 
hend  the  vast  profundity  contained  in 
God's  AVord,  when  he  says,  "  Seeing 
then  that  we  have  a  great  High  Priest, 
that  is  passed  into  tiie  heavens,  Jesus  the 
Son  of  God,  let  us  hold  fast  our  pro- 
fession." "  For  we  have  not  a  High 
Priest  which  cannot  be  touched  with  the 
feelings  of  our  infirmities;  but  was  in  all 
points  tempted  like  as  we  are,  yet  with- 
out sin."  "  Let  us  therefore  come  bold- 
ly unto  the  throne  of  grace,  that  we  may 
obtain  mercy,  and  find  grace  to  help  in 
time  of  need." 


EXPERIENCE  OF  A  METHODIST 
WOMAN. 

[The  Free  Methodist  is  publishing  a  sericn  of 
articles  written  by  a  Methodist  lady,  who  ia 
giving  a  bit  of  her  experience.  We  want  ev- 
ery sister  in  the  church  to  read  the  following: 
and  if  the  doctrine  of  holiness,  aa  advocated  by 
the  lady  wnter,  will  keep  rings,  jewelry  and 
ruffles  otr  sisters,  and  professing  women  general- 
ly, we  say  araen  to  that  doctrine. — Ed]. 
FT! UK  Holy  Spirit  began  to  lead  me 
vei-y  gently  aud  sweetly,  and  I 
found  it  so  easy  to  follow   his  leadings. 


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Ttiere  was  Dotliin^  in  my  h-art  but  what 
was  iu  ]>erfect  harniouy  with  God's  will, 
and  when  he  told  me,  thr()ngh  his  Spir- 
it, to  do  this  or  that,  it  was  a  pleasure 
to  obey.  The  day  following  ray  saneti- 
tication,  while  alone  in  my  room,  I  re- 
moved from  my  finger  a  very  beautiful 
rallying  I  had  been  wearing,  and  then 
:i  plain  gold  one,  all  I  had  ever  worn. 
1  felt  as  though  they  were  wholly  out  of 
place,  and  that  the  temple  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  needecl  them  not.  My  gold  pin, 
a  simple  one,  was  also  laid  aside,  and 
needless  trimmings  on  dresses  and  other 
garments.  I  could  not  wear  them;  they 
belonged  to  the  world;!  belonged  tu 
God,  and  there  was  a  separation,  just 
what  the  Word  says  there  must  be.  And 
this  work  of  separation  kept  going  on. 
Novel  reading,  of  which  I  had  been  very 
fond,  went  out.  I  was  spoiled  for  that. 
The  line  waa  .drawn,  a  little  closer  all 
the  time,  but  God  was  very  gentle  with 
lue.  And  then  he  began  to  show  me 
about  my  business.  I  had  lost  much  of 
the  pleasure  I  formerly  took  in  trim- 
ming and  beautifying  the  garments  I 
made,  and  I  told  my  customers  that  1 
must  spend  less  time  in  trimming  or  I 
could  not  do  their  work.  I  worked  on 
through  the  "Winter,  but  the  business 
grew  more  and  more  dista^steful  to  me, 
until  when  Spring  came  I  was  heartily 
sick  of  it,  and  I  felt  that  I  could  not 
make  that  progress  in  holy  living  that 
I  wished  to  if  I  continued  at  the  busi- 
ness. 

Along  in  May,  while  away  from  town 
sewing,  I  asked  God  to  open  some  way 
for  me  to  get  out  of  dre,ss-makiug.  I 
went  home  at  the  close  of  the  week  to 
find  my  mother  dangerously  ill,  and  I 
staid  with  her  all  Summer,  never  expect- 
ing her  to  rt'cover.  1  hoped  that  I 
should  never  be  obliged  to  go  back  into 
the  business  again.  God  gave  me  much 
light  that  Summer,  and  I  saw  that  I 
could  not  do  the  work  I  had  been  doing, 
spending  so  much  precious  time  in  trim- 
ming dresses  merely  to  gratify  the  pride 
and  vanity  of  the  o^vTier.  My  hands 
were  consecrated  and  they  must  be  clean. 
That  I  must  forever  come  out  of  it,  I 
was  sure,  but  how  to  get  out  was  the 
next  <juestion.  I  had.  no  other  means 
of  support,  had  no  home  of  my  own, 
but  boarded.  When  my  earnings  stop- 
ped everything  would  stop.  My  faith 
was  not  yet  strong  enough  to  give  it 
wholly  xip  and  trust  God  for  my  living. 
When  Fall  came  mother  had  so  far  re- 
covered as  to  be  able  to  do  without  me, 
and  1  began  to  have  calls  again.  I  was 
in  a  tight  place.  What  should  I  do? 
0\\,  I  thought,  if  only  the  ladles  would 
iiave  their  clothes  made  nice  and  plain 
as  I  would  like  to  make  them,  everything 
would  be  all  right,  and  some  of  my  best 
frientls  said,  "  Don't  leave  the  business. 
Try  and  induce  the  ladies  to  dress  more 
plainly,  and  you  can  bring  about  a  r 
tbi'tii  among  the  ladies  of  Wheaton, 
Well,  I  thought,  there's  need  of  a  r 
form,  and  perhaps  I  had   better  try  it. 

Rut  one  night  as  I  was  alone  in  my 
room,  thinking  the  matter  over,  and  ask 
iug  God  to  show  me  his  will,  these  words 
were  brought  to  mind  and  forcibly  im 
]iressed,  "  Ephraim  is  joined  to  his  idols, 
let  lira  alone,"  and  so  that  nice  plan  was 
overthrown.  Calls  kept  coming  in,  and 
one  of  my  most  intimate  friends  wanttiil 
me  to  come  and  advise  liera  little  about 
her  dresses,  I  went,  and  fashion  was  all 
tlie  theme.  IIow  shall  I  make  this,  and 
how  trim  that?  My  heart  sunk  within 
me,  for  I  found  that  I  was  e.vpected  to 
study  up  the  fashions  and  then  go  and 
make  those  dresses  as  stylisli  as  possible. 
I  made  no  promises,  and  went  home  feel- 


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ery  sorrowful,  for  I  could  not  see 
^^ay  out.  It  seemed  that  1  had  come 
to  a  high  wall  that  I  could  not  get  over 
nor  around.  The  next  day  brought  no 
rehef,  and  I  felt  like  asking  God  to  take 
me  out  of  the  world.  The  ne.xt  morn- 
ing something  said  to  me,  "  Advertise 
for  plain,  family  sewing  at  moderate 
wages."  I  did  so  that  week.  It  was 
humiliating  to  me,  who  had  for  years 
been  working  in  the  wealthiest  families, 
making  to  their  satisfaction  their  richest 
garments.  The  flesh  had  a  fall,  but  ob, 
how  my  soul  went  up,  up  into  such  a 
heavenly  place.  I  cannot  describe  the 
three  days  that  followed,  they  were  so 
blessed.  I  could  express  it  in  no  other 
way  at  the  time  or  since,  only,  the  be- 
ing gathered  right  up  into  the  loving 
arms  of  the  Father.  I  thought  all  was 
settled.  But  no  plain  sewing  came,  there 
did  come,  however,  urgent  rer^uests  to 
do  a  little  cutting  and  fitting,  if  no  more, 
and  make  some  plain  school  dresses.  I 
thought,  well  1  will  try  it,  and  promised 
for  a  certain  day;  but  the  night  before- 
hand I  fell  from  the  sidewalk  and  hurt 
my  thimble  finger  quite  badly,  so  that 
I  could  not  use  it  for  nearly  two  weeks. 
The  lady  was  obliged  to  get  some  one 
else  to  do  her  work.  Another  one  came 
to  have  some  fitting  done,  and  again  was 
I  hindered  by  having  my  hand  severely 
cut  iu  a  window  the  evening  before  I 
wa,s  to  go.  That  got  well,  and  again  I 
promised,  and  my  sisterinjured  her  hand 
so  that  I  was  oliliged  to  stay  and  help 
her. 


that  I 'believe  I  have  that  woman's 
friendship  as  strongly  today  as  ever, 
though  I  am  hundreds  of  miles  from  her. 
she  writes  and  assures  me  of  her  love 
and  the  interest  that  she  feels  in  my 
temporal  and  spiritual  welfare.  (ioA 
never  suffers  his  children  to  be  losers  by 
obeying  him.  That  was  ray  final  strug- 
gle ^vith  dress-making.  I  had  very  lit- 
tle work  of  any  kind  after  that,  and  Sa- 
tan often  threatened  me  with  want  and 
dependence,  which  did  not  frighten 
in  the  lea.st,  formy  Father  had  gi^  -. 
his  promise  that  I  never  should  want  for 
any  good  thing,  and  I  n§ver  have  and 
never  expect  to.  And  though  I  was 
sometimes  called  half  crazy,  narrow- 
minded,  fanatical,  etc.,  I  was  not  moved, 
for  I  had  a  conscience  "  void  of  offence," 
and  I  also  had  "clean  hands  and  a  pure 
heart,"  and  could  sing  with  a  heavenly 
peace  in  my  soul, — 

'■  Jesii9,  I  my  cross  have  taken. 
All  to  leave  and  follow  the«, 
NuUeil,  poor,  despised,  forsaken, 
Thou  from  hence  ray  all  shall  be." 

EVIL  SPEAKING. 

nv  S,  3.  W.  HAMMRH-S. 


fectH,  sinks  credit  int(t«a<l  of  casting  a. 
mantle  of  charity  over  the  pernon.  1/ 
false,  it  is  verVjal  awiasbi nation,  the  next 
thing  to  murder. 

Kvil  upeaking  in  a  violation  of  the 
Law  of  God,  it  debases,  hardens  the 
heart,  iMcrea>te-s  guilt,  and  will  greatly 
aggravate  future  misery.  We  «houid  do 
all  in  our  power  to  avoid  evil  speaking. 
Better  love  than  hate.  Evil  speaking, 
implies  a  judging  of  others  which  is  an 
invasion  of  (iod's  prerogative.  (Jod  will 
not  give  his  judgment  or  glory  to  anoth- 
er. Evil  speaking  is  opppsed  to  the 
general  tenor  of  God's  Word,  it  is  op- 
posed to  the  principlej^of  fraternal  love, 
we  are  bound  to  love  our  neighl>or  as 
ourselves,  //evil  speaking  is  perBistwl 
in,  it  will  bring  certain  destruction  up- 
on the  soul.  God  will  not  approve  of 
it,  for  through  it  we  evidently  turn  out 
to  be  the  children  of  the  wicked  one. 


I  thought  it  strange  that  I  was  so  hin- 
dered, and  felt  that  God  was  hedging 
up  my  way.  Finally,  a  dear  lady  whom 
I  loved  best  of  all,  and  at  whose  beauti- 
ful home  I  had  spent  many  pleasant 
days,  mshed  very  much  that  I  would 
come  and  do  some  \vork  for  herself  and 
daughter,  saying  that  she  would  have 
them  made  as  plain  as  I  wished.  I  al- 
ways loved  to  work  for  her  and  went, 
and  had  no  trouble  until  it  came  to  put- 
ting some  trimming  on  a  skirt.  I  had 
so  far  made  the  dress  plain,  but  she 
thought  she  must  have  some  trimming 
on  the  skirt.  I  began  to  cut  it,  when 
the  Spii-it  spoke  to  me,  "  Can  you  do 
this  to  the  glory  of  God?"  My  heart 
answered,  "No,  I  cannot."  I  could  not 
go  on  with  it,  and  laid  it  aside  for  some- 
thing I  could  do  honestly.  That  night 
when  I  went  to  my  room,  I  felt  that  the 
time  had  come  when  I  must  decide  once 
and  forever.  God  had  plainly  shown 
his  will,  and  I  must  do  it.  I  must  leave 
that  dress  unfinished  or  displease  God. 
There  was  a  test  of  my  love  to  God.  I 
was  determined  to  obey  him.  Rut  oh 
how  hard  to  go  back  and  tell  my  friend- 
she  who  had  been  so  kind  to  me — that 
I  could  not  fi'^ish  her  work,  and  must 
leave  it.  1  would  not  decide  and  prom 
ise  God  that  I  would  do  it  tliat  night, 
and  darkness  came  over  me.  Morning 
came,  and  I  feltthat  I  could  do  anything 
rather  than  fear  God's  displeasure,  and 
I  went  Irnck,  and  for  houi"s  could  not 
bring  myself  to  sjjcak  of  it,  but  kept 
silently  to  work,  until  I  could  wait  no 
longer,  and  I  was  fairly  shivering  with 
cold  and  ni\'  hands  all  atremble  as  I  told 
her  how  I  felt  and  what  I  uiu.*it  do. 
Those  who  read  this  may  think  that  1 
was  a  coward.  I  do  not  deny  it.  but  it 
was  an  awful  te^t  to  be  willing  to  be 
thought  a  fanatic  and  peculiar,  and  per- 
haps dis[ilea.se  my  friend  and  lose  her 
love  and  friendship,  which  I  could  not 
bear  to  think  of.  She  was  all  kindness, 
and  though  she  could  not  see  it  as  I  did, 
yet  she  respected  me  for  doing  what  I 
felt  was  right,  though  she  was  to  be  a 
loser.     And  1  must  say  to  God's  glory, 


rpHERE  is  not  a  neighborhood  in  the 
^  land  that  has  not  more  or  less  dif- 
ficulty, arising  fi-om  that  important 
member,  the  tongue.  Life  and  death 
are  in  its  i)Ower.  How  desirable  then 
that  it  should  always  be  under  resti-aint. 
Tliere  are  a  great  many  ways  of  offend- 
ing and  doing  miehief  with  the  tongue, 
but  the  heading  of  this  article  says, 
"  Evil  speaking."  Let  us  define  the  sin: 
"  Evil  speaking"  consists  in  divulging 
the  fault*!  of  other^.  It  is  not  necessary 
to  the  committal  of  this  sm  that  we 
culate  what  is  false,  but  what  we  say 
may  be  partially  or  wholly  true,  and  yet 
we  have  no  right  to  say  it,  unless  under 
certain  circumstances.  We  may  be  call- 
ed upon  to  testify  to  facts,  as  in  courts 
of  justice,  when  we  arecompelled  to  bear 
witnens,  but  then  it  is  generally  through 
the  tongue  that  we  get  there.  We  say 
things  that  we  should  not. 

It  would  be  well  to  speak  to  the  jier- 
son  whom  we  know  to  be  guilty  of  evil, 
and  with  affection  reprove  and  rebuke. 
Evil  speaking  is  ofttiraes  committed  by 
dwelling  on  the  faults  of  others,  mak 
ing  them  the  subject  of  frequent  refer 
ence  and  general  conversation — taking 
satisfaction  in  exposing  them  by  dark 
and  partially  suppressed  insinuations. 
InuolviiKj  the  reputation  of  others  in 
mystery,  and  leaving  persons  to  form 
the  worst  judgment  possible  of  them  by 
greatly  coloring  and  exaggerating  the 
faults  of  others.  People  sometimes  pass 
the  boundary  of  truth  iu  talking  of  their 
neighbors,  aggravate  the  oftense  and 
bear  false  witness  against  them. 

Now  /  consider  this  palpable  and 
deep-toned  wickedness.  But  the  gener 
al  causes  of  evil  speaking,  are  always 
found  to  be  wickedness  and  cruelty  ot 
disposition.  It  is  a  want  of  those  feel- 
ings of  tenderness  and  love  which  alone 
can  cause  us  to  respect  the  interests  of 
our  fellow-men.  Then,  again,  it  turns 
out  to  be  the  result  of  malice  and  revenge. 
We  may  have  really  orimaginarily  been 
injured,  therefore  think  we  have  a  li- 
cense to  speak  evil  without  hesitating 
Then  again,  it  arises  fi'om  envy.  Indi- 
viduals wish  to  monopolize  all  the  rep- 
utation for  goodness,  l)y  detracting  from 
othei"s.  Evil  speaking,  sometimes  arises 
from  a  spirit  of  wantonness  and  diver- 
sion. Some  people  will  let  fly  their  poi- 
soned arrows,  then  raise  the  fiendish 
laugh  and  say,  that   it  was   all  iu  spirit, 


THE  CURE  FOR  GOSSIP. 

"VXTIIAT  is  the  cure  for  gossip?  Simp- 
^^       ly    culture.      There    is    a   great 
deal  of  gossip  that  has  no' malignity    in 
it.     (iood  people  talk  about  tlieir  neigh- 
bors because  they  have  nothing    else   to 
talk  about.     There  comes  to  ns  a   pic- 
ture of  a  family  of  young  ladies.     We 
have  seen  them  at  home;  we  have    met 
them  at  galleries  of  art;  we  have  caught 
glimpses  of  them  going  from   a   book- 
store or  library  with  a  fresh    volume   in 
their  hands.     When  we  meet  them  they 
are  full    of  what  they  have  seefi   aad 
read.     They  are   brimming  with  fj^uea- 
tions.  One  topic  of  conversation  is  drop- 
ped to  give  place  to  another,  in   which 
they  are  interested.      We  have  left  them, 
after  a  delightful    hour,  stimulated   and 
refreshed;  and  during  the   whole  hoar 
not  a  neighV)or's  garment  was  soiled   by 
so  much  as   a  touch.     They  had  some- 
thing to  talk  about.     They  knew  some- 
thing and    wanted   to  know  something 
more.     They  could  listen  as  well  as  they 
could  talk.     To  speak  freely  of  a  neigh- 
bor's doings  and  belongings  would  have 
seemed  an  impertinence  to  them,  and  of 
course  an  impropriety.     They   had   no 
temptation  to  gossip,  because  the  dotn^ 
of  their  neighbors  formed  a  subject  mu^ 
less  interesting  than  those   which   grew 
out  of  their  knowledge  and  their  culture. 
And  this  tells  the  whole  story.     The 
confirmed    gossip   is  either  malicious  or 
ignorant.      The    one    variety    needs     % 
change  of  heart  and  the  other  a  change 
of  pasture.     Gossip  is  always    pei'sonal 
profession,  either  of  malice  or  imbecility, 
and  the  young  should  not  onlv  shun   it, 
but  by  the  most  thorough  culture  relieve 
themselves  from  all   temptations  to  in- 
dulge in  it.     It  is  a  low,   frivolous,  and 
too  often  a   filthy   pastime.     There  are 
country  neighborhoods  where   it   rages 
like  a  pest.     Churches  are  split  in  pieces 
liy  it.     By  it   neighborhoods   are  made 
enemies  for  life.  In  many  pei"sons  it  de- 
generates into  a  chronic  disease  which  is 
practically  incurable.     Let   the   young 
cure  it  while  they  may. 


THE  LIFE  OF  MAN. 
iruW    graphically  tlie  varied   as)tecbi 


seiisons  of  a  man's    lifel      The    tender- 


of  the  leaf,  picture  the  vanous 
lifel 
ness  of  its  budding  and  blooming  io 
Spring,  when  that  rich  golden  gre^'o 
glmts  on  it  that  comes  only  once  a  year. 
represents  tlie  bright  beauty  and  inno- 
cence of  youth,  when  every  sunriae 
brings  its  fresh,  glad  hopes,  and  every 
niiiht  is  holy,  trustful  and  calm.  The 
dark  greeness  and  fivsh  vigor  of  the 
Summer  leaf  portray  the  strength  and 
self-ivliance  of  manhood;  while  its  fwl- 
ing  hues  on  the  trees,  and  its  rustling 
heaps  on  the  gwuud  typify   the  dev«r 


If  true,  it  is  very  bad.     It  exposes   de- 1  and  tVebleuess  of  old  age, 


'J^HK    1-ITlETMKK^r    JSJT    AVOKK. 


December    5 


The  Brethren  at  Work 

FUBLlSilBO    WEEKLY. 


J.  H.  MOORE, 

M.  M.  KSHELMAN, 


Thk  Ubh 


B«iu 


IlK)  « 


A  .)   .. 


II  nAJU 


.<■  ii«ni  Kl  »I,M1  ppf -in. 
•  ill  »cd4  u*  eiglit  niunn 
mril  copy  fri-c  of  chorgm, 


nhmwi  tl.<-fli[.-iJi  win  t.r«llowr.|  l#u  j>cr  cool.,  wl.i' 
ftinoiiM  can  )■<■  dcluciPil  (V.-m  il.o  mnaij  b»fore  Berdlng 
lou--  Muucy»cntby  I'ouo]  Unlcr.,  llf^i'irrcd  '  "- 
cir<lraA>.  (.ro[irriy  nJilrcMe'J.  will  Iw 
■ti..l.i.K  .Imfi.  l-.urttl.oiui.no.. 
ch«k.  Tl  c<.»l«  un  30  vtni*  to  coUrel.  i 
©oUeclcJ  free,  roilni*  «taiiil>s  maj  be 
ori'l"  I.'"!,  bm  nl*»J«  •"■"'I  ''"  """"'y 
fiubacripUoiu.  utd  oommunionli 

p#r.  w  well  *»'»"  buMnr "" 

fl«e  «hout<l  bo  MldreMed 

KOO&E  A  ZSHEUtAK, 

Uurk,  C&rroU  Co.,  HI 


IV  ban 
chMk.  If  ii  i»  • 
bile  a  Ann  an  tw 
i«Dl  tor  ituoiuilH 
r  y.)ii  en.i  |tel  it, 
edUoJ  for  ihv  pit' 
i^tclvtith  the  of. 


OECEUBSB  5,  lfi78 


Now  is  tlie  time  to  hold  night  meetings 
everj*  lociiHty. 

1p  you  would  prosper,  as  a  Christiiin,  do  not 
neglect  neuret  pniyer. 

TnANKsdlviNO  meeting  at  Cherry  Grove  liist 
Thursday  wiw  largely  attended. 

HitoTHKU  KMOch  Kby  has  retiirnerl  home  from 
the  IllinoiH  C.  utra!  Mission  field. 


Read  Hro,  Sharp's  appeal  on  another  page. 
and  act  in  iiehili  vt'  tht-  good  cuiise. 

TnK  reason  some  iiiifn  understand   the    Bibli- 
HO  well.  18  because  they  study  it  well. 


Wf  go  to  press  too  early   this   week  to  givi 
any  account  of  the  District  M»pting. 

CoKsiDBnADLBCon-yapoudence  is  crowded  oir 
this  Week,  will  make  room  lor  all  we  caii  next 


This  is  n  good  season  of  the  year  to  send 
a  hunch  of  pamphlets  to  lend  to  your  neighbors 
to  read.  _     __ 

If  preaebcw  would  study  tlic  Bible  more,  and 
other  men's  fiermons  less,  tlioy  would  make 
better  prenchcr*. 

BhotHKrS.  H.  MiLslior's  Hil.lress,  till  further 
uotice,  will  be  Congress,  Wnyiie  Co..  Ohio,  can- 
of  1'.  J.  Brown. 

Parknts  whocomnience  family  woi-ship  early 
in  life  will  tiud  it  a  tTi^f^t.  help  to  them  wht-:j 
they  grow  older. 

—*-. 

Thk  Brethren  at  Arnold's  Grove  commencrd 
II  series  of  meetings  lust  Friday  evening.  Bro. 
Dclp,  from  Yellow  Cn-ek  was  with  them. 

TlloroH  wrilei-s  niuy  express  different   view,- 
ou  Sciipture,  in  the  Bible  Class  dipiirtmcut,  >et 
no  controvemy  will  be  allowed. 
..«— 

WiiKN  sending  donations,  stiitf^  distinctly 
whether  they  are  for  the  Poor  Kinid,  or  to  be 
used  ill  sending  papL-rs  to  outsidi-rs. 

i  HAVK«ot  the  least  doubt  but  that  the  d.iy 
■ft-ill  rome  when  all  iiitiilelM  will  believe  that  the 
Bible  is  tme,  but  it  will  he  too  late. 

Homk  ministers  need  not  wait  for  foreign 
help  in  order  to  commence  a  series  of  night 
meetings.    Put  the  home  talent  to  work. 


BbotiiekD.  B.  Gibwun,  under  date  of  Nov, 
15th  sayn;  "  I  have  just  closed  a  week's  meeting 
in  Buy  Co.,  Mo.,  with  !.'»  wdditious,  and  one  re- 
stored." 

■  ♦  ■ 

On  the  account  of  now  subscribers  coming  in 
faster  tlian  we  had  luado  calculations  for,  we 
have  run  out  of  No.  4t>,  liud  therefore  cannot 
fill  orders  for  it. 


Bbotheh  Bashor  commenced  meeting  at 
Ashland,  Ohio,  Nov.  21st,  expecting  to  remain 
several  days,  and  then  go  to  Wayne  Co.,  to  re- 
main i.'»  or  20  days. 

SoMK  of  our  tienerous  contributors  must  hear 
with  us,  if  their  articles  fail  to  appear  as  soon  as 
they  would  like  to  have  tUem.  We  will  do  the 
best  for  yon  wc  tan. 

lJAiiAsrt>,  the  oldest  t.ty  in  the  world,  is 
l<><iiag  its  influence  m  a  city  of  commerce. 
Many  of  the  houses  and  >hops  are  emptying, 
and  the  streets  filling  with  beggars. 


Ira  shwta  are  sent  to  about  300  new  subscribers 
this  w«<pk.  Should  »ny  fail  to  get  ihem  they 
will  please  iulonn  U9. 

It  may  be  the  "  smart "  men  who  are  in  great 
iltmnnd  now,  but  people  will  soon  leani  that  it 
is  the  tionfft  men  th.it  we  so  much  stand  in  need 
of.  ^ 

C.  BrciiBit,  Scbaeirer-^iown.  Pa.,  wants  to 
know  if  there  are  any  members  in  Ellis  Co- 
Kan.  Some  one  who  knows  will  plcaBc  writ^ 
him.  ,^»_^_^_ 

BitOTHBR,  can  you  coDBcientiously  returu 
thanks  over  your  cigar  before  you  comnieuce 
smoking  it?  We  should  be  thankful  in  all 
things.  _  _  ^  ^ ^ 

We  would  like  every  pieacher.  during  bis 
travels,  to  act  as  agent  for  the  Bkethuen  at 
WoKK.  for  it  will  greatly  aid  you  in  spreading 
the  truth. 

Thb  Brethren  in  the  Lowell  church,  Kent 
Co.,  Michigan,  are  building  a  meeting-house, 
size  40x50.  They  expect  to  have  it  ready  for 
services  by  Chriatma.t. 

Now  is  a  good  time  for  brethren  and  sister.", 
and  their  children  to  meet  together  of  evenings 
and  practice  siuguig.  To  become  good  singers 
requires  practice. 

Pakents  should  not  allow  their  children  to 
contract  the  habit  of  running  out  andinduriug 
church  services.  The  habit  is  a  bad  one,  be 
sides  it  is  very  annoying. 

Matteks  seem  to  he  moving  along  nicely  in 
Denmark.  A  letter  just  received  from  brother 
Hope  informs  us  that  one  more  has  been  bap- 
tized.    Their  meetings  are  well  attended.' 


The  printing  of  the  debate  on  aeparat*  sheets 
enables  u»  to  supply  hundreds  of  new  subscribers 
with  the  debate  troni  the  beginning.     These  ex- 


A  LETTER  from  Bro.  K.  ii.  Buechley  informs 
us  that  he  is  still  iu  California,  and  doing  con- 
siderable traveling  among  the  Brethren  there. 
He  did  nut  say  when  be  e.\iiected  to  return. 


Fatuejis  and  mothers,  if  your  son  or  daugh- 
ter ia  away  from  home,  send  them  the  Bitfiil- 
itEN  AT  Work  one  yea^.  It  may  help  to  water 
the  good  seed  you  have  planted  in  their  hearts. 

Of  the  late  Beuj.  Frauklin,  who  died  some 
weeks  ago,  it  is  eaid  that  he  averaged  one  and  a 
half  sermons  lor  each  day  during  the  last  twen- 
ty live  years,  besides  editing  a  weekly  paper  most 
of  the  lime. 


We  will  have  something  more  to  say  about 
the  contemplated  Danish  jjiiper  iu  a  few  weeks. 
We  are  waiting  for  further  particulai-s  from  Bro. 
Hope,  regarding  the  amount  needed  to  start  a 
small  muiithly. 


Some  of  the  money  intended  for  the  Poor 
Fund  this  week  is  reported  with  that  intended 
to  be  used  for  sending  the  paper  to  outsiders, 
but  used  as  intended  by  the  sender.  Will  re- 
port it  separate  hereafter. 


BltOTRKK  Abram  Cassel,  of  Pa.,  is  preparing 
a  catalogue  of  his  extensive  Antiquarian  Libra- 
ry, which  consists  of  about  iio.dOO  books,  pam- 
phlets and  papers.  His  library  contains  some 
ot    the  oldeiit  and  best  works  m   America. 


Beother  J.  D.  Trnstle.  of  Linganore,  Md., 
sitys:  "  Brother  D.  F,  Siouller  spent  some  time 
with  us,  and  labored  faithfully.  The  i-esult  wajs, 
that  souls  were  converted  to  the  Lord,  and  the 
church  much  revived,  with  a  good  prospect  of 
more  additions." 


The  amount  of  money  we  are  receiving  to  be 
appropriated  for  sending  the  Bukthbex  at 
Work  to  outsiders  is  becoming  both  eiicoui-ag- 
ing  and  interesting.  Look  on  the  last  page,  f.ne 
what  is  being  done,  and  send  iu  your  mite  to 
help  along  the  good  work. 

BBOTiiBit  Lemuel  Hillery  has  returned  from 
Kansas,  having  been  called  home  because  of 
fickness,  and  is  now  with  his  family  at  Shan- 
nun.  He  preached  for  the  Brethren  in  Lanark' 
last  Thursday  and  Friday  evenings.  Next  wn-k 
we  will  say  something  about  his  colony  pruject. 

Excursion  arrangements  from  Lanark  tc 
Hagerstown,  Md.,  have  been  ma'le  lor  the  beu- 
etit  of  those  wishing  to  visit  the  Eiist.  Round 
trip  *24  1)0,  Tickets  ^ood  (JO  days.  Fxcui-l.-n 
lU's  clu  I-  Dec.  15tli.  I'l.rties  lmu  tittvel  iinu 
Chicago  over  either  the  Baltimore  &Otuoi{.  It., 
or  the  Pennsylvania  Central. 

Lately  an  attempt  was  made  to  erect  a  bust 
of  the  infidel,  Voltaire,  upon  a  public  fountain 
a  few  miles  from  fieneva.  The  first  man  who 
undertook  the  work  wa:i  struck  dead,  also  the 


second,  and  third.  The  fourth  man  lived  to  see 
the  bust  erected  smd  wa*.  too,  struck  dead,  and 
lately  the  fifth  man  has  died.     Verily  there  is  a 

God.  ^  ^     

Will  the  second  coming  of  Christ  Ik- literal? 
Was  not  the  destruction  of  the  world  by  water 
literal?  Was  not  the  downfall  of  HvAom  lil«r- 
ftl?  As  it  was  iu  the  da)s  of  Noah  ;.iid  Lot  so 
-hall  it  be  in  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  mao 
Those  who  do  not  look  for  a  literal  second  com- 
ing of  Christ  will  one  day  he  as  badly  disap- 
pointed as  were  those  who  did  not  at  first  believe 
the  preaching  of  Noah.  They  will  be  compell- 
eti  to  Ixdieve  it  when  it  is  too  late. 


Is-  the  first  nninber  of  the  Chihhen  »(  ^f'orlc 
for  next  >e»r,  it«  editor  will  give  a  detailrd  ac- 
count of  the  manlier  in  which  the  Brethren'* 
Bible  School  is  conducted  in  Lanark.  Those 
who  are  iuterested  in  this  kind  of  work  should 
not  fail  to  secure  the  ChiUhm  at  iror/- for  their 
family  and  schools.  The  workers  of  the  above 
school  did  not  go  to  the  world  for  their  methods, 
but  to  the  Lord  in  prayer,  who  is  abundantly 
able  to  supply.  We  prefer  the  best  methods  of 
studying  the  Bible. 

M        I        ■ 

WnEREVKR  heard  from  our  agents  are  doing 
good  work.  Many  of  them  are  sending  in  good 
lists  of  new  subscribers.  We  look  for  a  consid- 
erable iiicreiLse  in  our  circulation  the  coming 
year.  Last  year  we  more  than  doubled  our  list, 
and  by  proper  efforts  the  same  may  be  done  the 
coming  volume.  Hope  our  agenU  and  friends 
generally  will  do  their  best  for  us  from  now  on. 
Our  success  depends  largely  on  the  efforts  made 
by  our  friends,  We  are  doing  our  utmost  here 
iu  the  office  to  give  them  a  good,  reliable  paper, 
but  must  depend  upon  our  many  workers  to 
work  up  the  /-ireulation. 

There  is  considerable  excitement  in  Tennes- 
see over  the  capture  of  a  wild  man  in  the  Cum- 
berland mountains.  The  age  of  the  man  is  not 
known,  but  for  the  la'st  eighteen  years  he  lias 
been  running  wild  and  was  the  terror  of  the 
community.  He  is  about  six  feet  and  five  inch- 
es tall,  with  black,  coarse  hair  and  beard,  very 
large  restless  eyes,  extremely  fleet  on  foot,  and 
his  entire  body  is  coffered  with  scales  like  a  fish. 
He  is  said  to  be  the  son  of  a  respectable  family 
livuig  in  North  Carolina,  and  at  thn  tender  age 
of  five  left  home,  and  has  since  been  running 
wild  in  the  woods,  living  on  roots,  fish,  and 
whatever  else  he  cuuld  capture.  He  will  likely 
be  exhibited  throughout  the  countrj-. 


STRONG  MEN— TRUE   MEN. 

MEN  of  steel  are  needed  in  every  community. 
The  wooden  men,  and  men  of  clay  are 
multiplying  rapidly,  and  daily  we  see  Iheetfects 
of  their  pliableness.  It  is  good  to  be  as  chy  in 
the  iiande  of  the  Great  Potter,  but  to  be  cUy  in 
the  liiindri  nf  iii^ii  is  to  bow  and  twist  for  selfish 
purpfises.  and  help  thousands  on  to  destruction. 
Show  the  people  that  we  are  living  iu  the  dis- 
pensation of  humility,  and  not  in  the  glory 
dispensation,  and  then  the  field  will  be  quite 
clear.  The  weeds  will  die  for  want  of  nour- 
ishment, and  the  wheat  will  get  the  divine  sun- 
shine necessary  for  its  proper  development. 
Clirist  came  iu  humility,  did  his  work  in  humil- 
ity, and  the  cil'ects  wiH  be  humUUij.  When  Ue 
comes  "  in  the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power  and 
great  glory,"  then  will  open  up  the  f//or(/ dis- 
pensation, and  all  it^s  subjL'cts  will  be  exalteil. 
Ah,  how  many  are  talking  and  walking  iritb 
lofty  heads  as  if  they  were  already  living  in  the 
glory  dispeniiation!  Those  who  have  "put  on 
Chrii*t,"  and  are  not  "  weary  in  well  doing,''  live 
iu  the  shaduw  of  that  glory,  but  then  in  /Ac 
thiuij  ilself.  Then  hold  fast  to  meekness,  self- 
denial,  humility,  whether  the  "  thorns"  trouble 
or  not.  Often  the  "  praise  of  men  "  will  stretch 
itself  out  before  you,  hut  let  it  not  come  upon 
and  cover  you.  Keep  under  the  Cross  lest  you 
trample  upon  it.  Let  .lesus  select  and  place  the 
crown  upon  yon,  and  then  it  will  fit  you.  The 
eyes  are  set  up  high  so  that  you  may  ace  the 
dungei's  and  avoid  tliem.  Profit  by  this.  See 
that  you  hold  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  by  the  hilL 
when  wielding  it,  otherwise  it  only  bruises. 


A   PARABLE. 


A  woy  went  the  blacksmith,  and  for  several 
months  he  worked  hard  on  the  chain,  and  he 
got  no  pay  for  all  the  time  he  was  woiking. 
He.  at  last,  brought  it  to  his  Master,  who  said: 
"  Go  and  make  it  twice  as  long."  At  work  he 
w<>nt  again,  but  still  without  i)ay.  He  brought 
it  again  to  the  tyrant,  the  hard-hearted  master, 
who  again  said:  "  tJo  and  make  it  loiizer  slilL' 
And  longer  it  was  made,  taking  more  time,  and 
getting  no  pay.  Truly  he  had  a  hard  time  of 
t.  When  he  brought  it  up  again,  the  rough 
Master  said  to  his  servants;  "Take  the  chain, 
bind  the  blacksmith  hand  and  font,  and  cast 
him  into  a  furnace  of  fire."  This  was  his  pay 
for  making  the  chain.  Poor  man!  How  he 
worked  day  after  day  for  his  master  and  then, 
at  last  had  to  be  burned  for  it.  "0  what  a  cru- 
el master,"  you  say.     Now  for  the  plain  facta. 

The  devil  is  the  master.  Ue  has  been  telling 
some  persons  fifty  Years  to  make  a  chain  (of 
sin),  to  make  it  longer  and  longer,  aud  they  are 
itill  obeying  him.  He  gives  you  no  pay  as  you 
work  along  and  serve  him.  At  last  when  you 
have  finished  it,  and  brought  it  to  him,  he  will 
tell  his  servants,  "  Bind  him  and  cast  him  into 
the  lakeof  fire." 

To-day  he  tells  you,  "Cheat  neighbor  B.  and 
put  a  link  on;  to-morrow  sell  rum  and  make 
some  one  drunk  aud  thus  add  another  link." 

Thus  you  will  serve  hiui  ten,  twenty  or  more 
yeai-s,  and  Satan  will  keep  on  saying,  "  More 
liuks  still."  "The  wages  of  sin  is  death."  says 
the  Book  of  God. 


I>LH.K.l,ii:liil>lrou  »!  Wurk] 

ACICHTAIN  ruler,8evere  in  his  rulings,  sent 
for  oup  of  his  people,  aud  said  to  him: 
"  What  is  your  trade?  "  He  answered:  "  I  am 
a  blacksmith." 

"  Go  home,"  aftid  the  tyrant,  "  and  make  a 
chain  of  such  a  length." 


FIRE  AND  BRIMSTONE. 

TKltRlBLE  the  doom  of  him  who  lies.  "  All 
liai-s  shall  have  their  part  in  a  lake  of  fire 
and  brimstone."  Rev.  21:  S.  Some  rend  it, 
A  few  liai-s  shall  have  their  part  in  a  little 
pond  of  fire  and  brimstone."  Some  read,  "A 
certain  class  of  liars  shall  have  their  part  at  or 
near  by  a  lake  of  fire  ami  briinstone."  Otliera 
read,  "  All  liars  shall  have  their  part  in  a  figur- 
ative lake  of  figurative  fire  and  brimstone." 
But  the  voice  of  God  says,  "  All  Un  --s  shall  have 
their  part  in  a  lake  oi  Jirc  <md  brumtime ; " 
■eal,  literal  fire  and  brimstone.  This  sininds 
harshly  on  some  em-s.  It  canuot  be  avoided. 
It  is  the  Lord's  language,  the  Lord's  arrange- 
ment. We  ai-e  not  the  author,  the  creator  of 
the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone  or  anything  else, 
and  never  expect  to  be,  but  we  are  here  to  warn, 
to  cry  aloud,  to  give  no  uncertain  sound  about 
ihis  matter.  We  are  anxious  to  have  people 
keep  out  of  the  lake  of  tire  and  brimstone,  to 
see  them  go  the  riyht  way,  the  hiihj  I'-ttj,  (/'o(/'s 
■atj.  Then  be  not  deceived.  Liars  shall  have 
their  part  iu  a  lake  of  fire  aud  brimstone— a  vast 
body  of  seething,  boiling,  fuming  .brimstone. 
The  dark,  sulphuric  flames  will  go  rolling  forth 
from  that  terrible  lake:  the  smell  of  brimstone 
will  be  there.  And  more;  that  burning  brim- 
stone will  hurt,  it  will  cause  pain.  0  fearful 
the  condition  of  liars! 

"  See  here,"  replies  one,  "  can't  I  misrepresent 
a  little,  JUid  still  escape  the  lake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone? "  No,  you  cannot.  The  man  who  wil- 
fully misrepresents  another  is  not  telling  the 
truth,  and  that  is  what  constitutes  a  liar— one 
who  does  not  tell  the  truth.  God  says,  ''' All  ■ 
liars  "  shall  go  into  the  lake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone. Not  at  it,  not  near  it,  but  in  the  lake. 
You  tremble,  do  you?  That  is  right;  tremble 
now  anil  tarn  hack  on  the  way  of  truth. 

Lyiug  commenced  with  Satan  in  the  garden 
of  Etleu.  He  said,  "  Thou  shalt  ml  die."  There 
is  his  negative  against  God's  positive.  And  the 
man  who  tells  lies,  is  doing  his  very  best  for 
Satan;  and  what  poor  pay  he  gets  Ibrit.  Liars 
shall  have  their  part  m  Ihc  lake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone. Yon  say,  "This  isawful."  Itis;  and  if 
you  do  not  want  to  get  into  the  uuful  lake,  just 
cease  telling  falsehoods  aud  turn  to  telling  the 
truth.    This  is  a  cortuin  way  to  escape. 

"Well  but,"  says  one  wlio  is  a  little  guilty, 
''how  about  little  whit'  lies?  Can't  1  put 
large  potatoe.'?  at  the  mouth  of  the  sack,  i^d  the 
small  ones  at  the  bottom?"  Yes  you  rfi;i  do 
that,  and  may  do  3o,  providing  you  tell  the  pur- 
chaser that  such  is  the  ca.'^e;  but  if  you  put  the 
large  ones  at  the  top  and  the  small  ones  below 
in  order  to  sell  tli'iii  at  tt  bi(jh  prive,  look  out  for 
the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone.  Honesty  always 
makes  the  measure  full,  pressed  down,  running 
over,  and  alike  throughout;  but  the  measure 
gotten  up  to  sell,  deceive,  and  drive  a  "sharp 
bargain,"  shows  that  the  one  'vho  goes  that  way 
is  on  the  road  to  the  terrible  lake.  The  piy  for 
such  work  is  poor  indeed. 


Row  here  com™  tho  merchant,  «ho  my,.  "  i 
must  sell  goods;  coii't  I  misrepre.eul  «  l.tlie  if 
,  onilJiOlcd  to?  I  hnve  goods,  part  wool  u'„j 
p,il  cotton;  times  «re  close,  profit,  „„„i|  j,,„.j 
I  „M1  the  miied  good,  for  the  real  genmne  „.,ir 
nnd  escape  the  lake?  "  No  man  is  nm,M,;l  t'„ 
misrepresent  in  order  to  effect  sales.  Such  ly. 
log,  such  deceiving  must  }\eces8arily  lead  lo  the 
lak.of  fire  and  hrirastone  unlea.  repentance 
will  step  in  and  hold  back.  If  y„„  ,,,„„,„  ;,, 
go  that  way,  yon  will  certainly  get  your  choice 
but  the  crackhng  llanie  will  be  i„l,ar,uouion» 
music  to  your  par. 

Away  back  in  prophetic  times  the  man  of 
God  «aid:  "  Behold  ye  trust  iu  lying  words  tlmt 
cauuot  profit."  Jer.  7: 8.  That  in  ab,,  terrible 
—terrible  that  mon  wilt  trust  in  lyiug  ^^rds! 
Men  talk  nbout  others,  misrepresent  them,  do 
their  best  to  impress  theit  sayings  npou  tliow 
whom  they  address  nntil  it  is  believed.  Men 
thas  trusl  in  lying  words,  and  thiit  to  no  profit 
Wc  do  not  say  that  the  lake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone is  for  those  who  thus  truat  in  lying  words, 
for  the  Book  doe.-*  not  say  so.  and  we  want  to 
stick  to  the  Book,  but  there  is  no  profit  in  tlmt 
kind  of  trusting;  the  sooner  one  quits  it.  the 
better.  "  0  well,"  says  another.  •'  there  can  be 
no  harm  in  telling  my  opinion  of  this  or  that 
thing."  Certainly  a  man  may  ^ive  his  opinion, 
providing  it  is  (jhen  to  hdp  others;  but  alas! 
too  often  they  are  dearly  paid  for.  How  miiny 
aches  of  tlie  heart  have  been  produced  by  an 
opiiiiuii.'  How  many  dear  ties  have  been  bro- 
ken Ijy  opinions!  How  many  communities  have 
beeu  rocked  and  disturbed  by  opiniuns!  Then 
they  were  tiear,  were  they  not?  Not  ho  cheap 
as  you  thought.  To  express  an  opinion  to  in- 
jure ^omw  one  is  so  near  "lake"  business  that 
we  know  not  how  to  divide  it  from  downright 
lying.  The  man  who  peniists  in  lying,  twisting 
the  truth,  misrepresenting  and  avoiding  the  ex- 
act tiling,  must  take  all  the  cons,  (juences.  If 
he  Hill  go  with  the  sorcerers,  the  murderers, the 
idolaters,  and  amidst  their  groaniugs,  moaning?, 
twistings,  writhings,  and  shoutings,  send  up  his 
bitter  wail  of  anguish,  then  there  he  will  go. 
Th^re  you  can  cry  and  say,  "  I  did  the  work;  I 
lied;  I  misrepresented;  I  did  all  I  could  to  in- 
jure others;  now  I  have  my  reward."  0  may 
your  heart  be  changed  mw!  May  you  learn  to 
speiik  the  whole  truth,  nothing  but  the  truth, 
wear  it  like  a  girdle,  and  keep  it  ;i"^  a  jf'wel. 


THK    BRETMli£.>r    AJT   AVOKiC 


M.  M.  E. 


A  FEW  OBSERVATIONS. 

NUMKKR  IV, 

BY'  this  time  the  reader  will  perceive  that  for 
our  authority  m  defense  of  plain  dressing, 
ue  want  to  go  beyond  all  human  confessions  of 
f.iith,  beyond  all  man-made  creeds  and  predicate 
our  reason  on  what  wiis  taught  by  Ulirist  and 
the  apostles.  This  is  the  original  ground  occu- 
pied by  our  ancient  Brethren' who  were  first  in 
this  reformatory  movement.  The  Bible  was 
their  authority  for  plain  dressing,  and  tUey  en- 
forced it  as  they  were  Scripturally  authorized 
to  do,  and  thereby  preserved  that  simplicity 
that  should  characterize  every  true  church  of 
("iod. 

They  ado[»ted  a  unilorniity  in  dre>-s,  not  l)e- 
■  cause  the  Gospel  under  all  circumstances  requir- 
ed .1  i)articular  nnitorm,  but  because  they 
thought  by  that  method  they  could  maintain 
among  th«  members,  Scriptural  plainness. 
They  thus  banded  together  for  mutual  defence 
against  pride  and  fashion.  It  was  tht-ir  methcMl 
of  pvailing  and  warding  off  fashionabledre-ssing. 
The  Gospel  required  them  to  dress  in  plain  ap- 
parel, and  not  costly  array,  and  in  order  to  car- 
ry out  this  Scriptural  injunction,  they  agreed 
upon  the  plain  method  of  dressing  that  has 
been  handed  down  to  us.  It  is  worthy  of  notice 
that  every  church  which  has  strictly  adhered 
to  this  method  of  advancing, plainness,  has  kept 
fa-shionnble  dressing  out  or  the  church.  I  do 
not  know  of  an  exception.  Just  :is  long  as  the 
Methodist  church  adhered  to  these  principles  of 
plainness,  they  remained  a  plain  people.  So  it 
is  with  the  Quakers,  imd  ju?t  so  it  will  be  with 
our  people.  Those  congregations  among  us 
which  have  departed  from  this  simplicity  are 
now  drifting  oil' into  pride,  and  in  too  many  in- 
stances nro  making  rapid  Btridcs  towards  popu- 
lar religion. 

This  doctrine  of  non-conformitv,  however, 
haibeen  greatly  injurwl  by  some  of  its  advocates. 
Ton  many  6f  them  have  not  been  consistent  in 
their  plea.  Their  live.s  did  not  correspond  with 
their  preaching.    Many  have  made  a  hobby  ol 


dress  and  in  some  localities  have  well  nigh  rwle 
it  to  death.  Every  time  they  preach,  it  nnist 
IJ"?  on  dress,  and  often  abuse  people  for  fine 
drwsirg  iusl^nd  of  reasoning  the  case  candidly 
and  coolly.  Too  many  have  us^d  soft  argn- 
menfs  and  hanl  w^rd^  instead  of  hard  nryu- 
ments  au.l  soft  words.  And  in  some  instane-s 
those  who  uro  wonderfully  particular  about 
dress,  are  careless  and  uuconeerned  about  other 


mgs  just  as  important.    There  are  those,  wh- 


when  the  question  of  dress  comes  up,  are  aliv? 
to  the  work— they  want  all  the  members  to 
dress  plain,  and  come  into  the  general  order- 
that  is  right  and  good;  but  when  it  comes  to 
doing  missionary  work— to  raising  money  to 
send  the  Gospel  to  the  perishing  sinners— they 
are  as  unconcerned  about  it  as  if  flipy  did  not 
care  whether  anybody  else  was  saved  or  not. 
Now  brethren,  this  is'  inconsistent,  it  is  not 
apostolic. 

Then  again,  a  young,  fashionably  attired  lady 
makes  application  to  unite  with  the  church.  A 
couple  of  well-established  visiting  brethren  call 
on  her,  and  lell  her  what  the  church  expects  of 
those  who  unite  with  the  body  of  Christ.  Among 
other  things,  it  is  required  that  she  absent  her- 
self from  all  pluce-s  of  amu-^ement,  lay  a-tide  hei 
jewelry  and  f:ishionable  attire,  and  adorn  her- 
self in  modest  appaitsl  as  becometh  holy  women. 
With  a  gentle  heart  full  of  love  for  her  Master, 
she  responds,  "  For  Christ's  sake  I  will  make 
the  sacrifice."  The  resolve  is  a  good  one,  and  I 
would  to  God  that  every  sister  in  the  church 
could  make  such  a  sacrifice  for  their  Master's 
cause.  The  youug  lady  is  received  info  the 
church,  and  becomes  a  model  sister.  But  how 
about  the  two  visiting  brethren?  More  than 
likely  one  of  them  is  following  a  worldly  fash- 
ion just  aa  much  as  that  young  lady  before  slip 
was  received  into  the  church.  You  ask  that 
brother  to  quit  the  u.se  of  tobacco  for  Christ's 
sake— no,  he  cannot  do  it.  He  is  very  particular 
about  dress,  but  when  it  comes  to  using  tobacco 
he  is  just  as  fashionable  as  the  world.  Then 
there  are  preachers  who  are  very  strenuous 
about  the  order  of  the  church  in  dress — every 
member  must  conform  to  the  order,  and  may  be 
that  very  preacher  is  following  a  worldly  fash- 
ion by  using  tobacco.  Is  this  cons-isfent?  Then 
there  are  others,  who.  when  it  comes  to  parting 
the  hair,  are  just  as  precise  as  they  can  be — it 
must  be  done  so  and  so, — but  when  it  comes  to 
dealing  with  their  fellow-man.  they  are  as 
close-fisted  as  the  world  dare  be.  Is  this  not 
following  the  ways  of  the  world?  Is  this  not 
downrii^lit  inconsistency':*  Is  this  Bible  nou- 
conlormity?  Then  there  are  those  who  injure 
the  cause  of  nou-coofnriuity  by  making  a  hobby 
of  dress;  they  are  all  the  time  talking  and 
preaching  about  it.  Every  sermon  they  preach 
mui-t  have  somethiug  in  about  dress,  while  oth- 
er subjects,  equally  important,  are  left  untouch- 
ed; they  do  not  preach  the  whole  truth,  for 
many  of  the  commands  thereby  remain  untaught. 
Preaching  is  a  little  like  planting  seed;  ther«  is 
!iuch  a  thing  as  getting  so  much  iu  a  hill  that 
none  of  it  will  grow  to  maturity.  The  best  way  | 
to  kill  the  doctrine  of  non-conformity  is  just  to  ' 
make  a  hobby  of  it,  and  get  people  tired  ami 
sick  ofhearins  it.  It  is  like  brealring  a  child  of 
eating  sugar;  let  it  eat  fill  it  gets  sick— that 
cures  it  for  good.  Just  so  with  preaching  on 
.Scriptural  subjects.  I  once  knew  u  minister 
who  preached  on  the  design  of  baptism  till  the 
whole  neighborhood  became  disgusted,  and  act- 
ually hated  to  hear  the  doctrino  meutiuucd;  his 
did  it  more  harm  than  good. 

Another  thing  that  ha?  greatly  injured  this 
doctrine  among  our  people  is,  that  some  years 
ago  we  had  a  few  men  among  us,  who  were 
very  strenuous  for  the  order  of  the  church,  and 
yet,  by  their  unholy  actions,  have  brought  dis- 
grace upon  the  church,  and  shocked  the  body 
from  centre  to  circumlVrence.  Such  things  a.* 
these  hurt;  they  do  more  harm  than  the  lie ry 
darts  of  Satiui.  Men  who  are  extrenii.tts  in  one 
thing  and  negligent  regarding  another  of  equal 
importance,  are  the  men  who  injure  the  cause. 

Brethren,  these  are  facts  that  cannot  be  gain- 
said. There  is  too  much  inconsistency  anions 
some  of  those  who  dwell  with  particular  emplm- 
sis  on  the  onhir  of  the  church.  Too  many  of 
them  are  careless  about  other  things;  too  many 
of  them  do  not  pay  due  attention  to  the  weight- 
ier matters  of  a  holy  and  a  consistent  life. 
They  may  be  very  precise  in  dress,  but  when  it 
cornea  to  driving  sharp  bargains,  laying  up 
treasures  on  earth  and  neglecting  prayer,  they 
are  just  a»  worldly  aa  anybody  else.    In  con- 


tending for  the  doctrine  of  non- conformity,  in 
imbtir.  a.*  well  [13  private,  these  are  th<>  mod 
difficult  iwinb*  to  overcome;  they  do  more  harm 
than  all  the  enemies  put  together.  I  would 
sooner  fight  Satan  and  all  the  fiery  darts  of  the 
dark  ropiona  any  time  than  to  apologize  for  a 
"'  wolf  in  sheep's  clothing."  I  never  did  blame 
1  mt/  for  being  a  wolf,  and  acting  like  a  wolf, 
but  when  it  comes  to  n  wolf  getting  into  sheep's 
lothing  to  deceive,  then  woe  be  unto  the  hyi*. 
oc  rites. 

Shall  we  give  up  the  doctrine  of  non-conifoiin- 
ity  because  a  few  of  ita  advocatca  are  inconsist^ 
ont?  Nay  indeed.  It  would  he  as  logical  to 
give  up  the  Bible  because  there  are  "  false  breth- 
ren." It  is  my  candid  opinion  that  it  is  the 
only  way  of  keeping  the  church  unspotted  from 
the  worid  in  dress.  I  notice  that  those  congre- 
gations that  have  departed  from  the  order,  are 
fiLst  drifting  into  the  current  of  popular  religion. 
Those  who  have  gone  out  from  among  uo,  be- 
cause of  this  doctrine,  have  either  gone  off  into 
the  ways  of  the  world,  or  else  dwindled  to  noth- 
ing. And  just  RO  it  will  be  with  the  church, 
unless  she  carefully  guards  against  every  ap 
pearance  of  evil.  Let  those  who  hold  so  firml> 
to  the  general  order  of  th»i  church,  show  b) 
their  walk  and  conversation  that  their  heart 
have  been  renewed,  and  that  they  have  non- 
conformity in  the  heart  a&  well  as  on  the  body, 
and  then  God's  name  will  be  glorified  in  our 
bodies  and  spirit*!  which  are  his.  j.  h.  m. 


WERE    THET  ELDERS  OR 

DEACONS? 


THE  day  of  Pentecost  was  a  memorable  day 
in  the  early  history  of  the  Christian  church, 
Three  thousand  persons  were  converted  in  one 
day,  and  so  rapid  wai  the  increase  of  the 
church,  that  in  a  few  days  it  numbered  five 
thousand.  Acts  4:  4,  and  in  order  that  none 
might  suffer,  and  that  the  Word  l>e  not  hinder- 
ed, they  had  all  things  common.     Acts  2;  44. 

A  ditliculty  finally  arose:  the  Grecians  mur- 
mured "  against  the  Hebrews,  because  their 
widows  were  neglected  in  the  daily  miuistror 
tion."  Acts  6:  1.  The  twelve  said,  it  was  not 
reason  that  they  should  leave  the  Word  of  God 
and  serve  tables.  They  did  not  have  time  to 
settle  difficulties;  their  work  was  to  preach  the 
Gospel.  They  decide  that  this  murmuring 
must  be  attended  to  by  other  parties. 

Here  we  find  a  valuable  lesson  for  preachers 
of  modern  times.  It  is  too  often  the  case,  when 
there  are  difficulties  to  be  settled,  the  elders  are 
called  to  do  it,  while  there  may  be  others, 
just  as  well  qualified,  who  could  attend  to  such 
matters  and  let  the  cldi-rs  give  themselves  con- 
tinually to  prayer  juid  to  tlie  ministiy  of  the 
word.  When  this  dUliculty  arose,  the  apostl 
did  not  appoint  some  elders  to  attend  to  it,  but 
called  the  whole  church  together,  and  told 
them  to  "  look  out  among  you  seven  men  of 
honest  report,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  wis- 
dom, whom  we  may  appoint  over  this  business." 
Acts  fi;  3.  The  men  wore  to  be  chosen  from 
the  church,  by  the  church. 

Were  these  seven  men.  aft"r  they  were  in- 
stalled, eldei-s  or  deacons:-'  One  party  affirm 
that  they  were  elders,  while  the  other  parfy 
thinks  they  were  deacons.  In  my  judgment 
they  were  neither;  some  of  them  may  have 
been  deacons,  but  I  do  not  believe  then- 
were  any  elders  among  them.  They  are  not 
chUihI  elders,  i.or  are  they  called  deacons. 

Their  manner  of  being  called  out,  shows 
that  they  constituted  a  special  order  or  class  for 
some  special  purposw,  The  church  was  told  tfl 
select  seven  men.  "  whooi  we  may  appoint  over 
this  biisinejis."  The  apostle.-i  did  not  say,  Se- 
lect seven  men  to  he  ordained  to  the  elder- 
ship; or,  seven  men  to  perform  the  work  of 
deacons;  or  seven  men  whom  we  may  ajj- 
poiut  over  this  church  —  whom  we  may  in- 
stall ;«i  deacons, —  no;  but,  "whom  we  may 
ai)poi'jt  over  this  business."  What  business? 
To  see  that  the  Grecian  widows  are  properly 
provided  for  iu  the  daily  ministrations. 

These  widows  not  being  projierly  provided 
for,  hadV'aused  the  murmuring;  and  as  the 
apo,stles  did  not  have  time  to  attend  to  the  case, 
the  church  selected  a  committ^'e  to  see  afUr  the 
trouble,  and  see  that, the  murmuring  was  stop- 
ped, and  the  Grecian  widiws  properly  provided 
for. 

The  church  at  .Icrusalom  at  that  time  was 
very  large,  and  it  is  not  reasonable  that  she 
would  have  been  without  deacons,  whose  dufy 


It  wa.  to  -ee  affer  tb«  winU  of  the  multitoae. 

but  in  thiit  ouKP  th»-y  could  not  rerre  alone,  for 
there  wai  a  difficulty  to  !«  «ttled.  kJu)  the 
church  must  have  a  hand  in  it.  The  %\.'M\^ 
refuHed  to  tak«  hold  of  il.  bat  imitnjcM  the 
chun  h  to  nelect  seven  men  to  look  afw  that 
businwH.  Tlieie  men  w«re  duly  art  apart  to 
their  work  bv  the  laying  on  of  handn. 

To  say,  that  these  seven  men  were  installed 
as  riders,  doe-i  not  look  logical.     They  were  not 
ch.Ben  till  a  difhculty  arose,  and  II  would  «eem 
■Irang.!  that  the  church  wouhi   wnit   undl  tht 
members  got  up  a   difficulty,    b-fore  cho,»ing 
elders.      The    same    argnment    may   be  used 
against  the  idea  of  them  having  U;*n  dtv    ri- 
And  then,  why  select  and  install  wv-n  , 
all  at  one  time-'    If  they  were  eld^rw.   v  ,, 
Itoint  them  over  jnst  a  certain  kind  of  bii.if,c-ae^ 
and  not  over  the  church?     [f  they  won:  clden, 
why  did  not  Philip,  one  of  them,  have  power 
to  lay  hands  on  those  whom  be  baptized,  whfle 
preaching  at  Samaria?     Havt-  not  elders  power 
to  lay  hands  on  bapti/.ed  converts? 

It  is  generally  conceded  that  the  apostUa 
were  elder*,  and  there  were  twelve  of  them.  — 
Were  not  twelve  elders  enough  for  one  church? 
Why  install  seven  others,  thus  making  nine- 
teen? What  would  they  want  with  nineteen 
elders  in  one  church?  There  vim  a  difficolty 
in  the  church  at  that  f  im».  la  it  right  to  select 
and  install  elders  when  there  is  a  difficuUy  in 
the  church,  or  should  they  not  wait  till  the  dif- 
ficuUy in  settled? 

We  are  generally  taught  that  the  church 
should  always  be  at  i)eace  when  any  officers  are 
to  he  selected,  but  if  it  be  conceded  that  the 
seven  weru  elders,  then  it  would  b«  perfectly 
right  to  ek>ct  and  install  church  officers  while 
the  church  is  in  difficulty.  Tlie  narrative  says, 
that  one  of  them,  Nicolas,  was  a  proselyt*  of 
Antioch,  a  city  something  over  two  hundred 
miles  from  Jerusalem.  Why  would  the  church 
at  Jerusalem  select  an  elder  who  lived  over  two 
hundred  miles  away  in  a  city  where  there  were 
no  members':* 


Neither  is  it  reasonable  to  suppose  they  were 
deacons.  Does  it  look  reasonable  that  the 
apostles  would  have  organized  a  church  of  five 
thousauil  members  witboiit  any  deacons  in  it? 
And  if  there  were  iCrfuAy  deacons  in  the 
church,  why  go  to  work  and  select  seven  oth- 
ers to  attend  to  this  special  work?  Whyconld 
not  Ihos.'.  ala>ady  in  the  church  attend  to  it? 
And,  as  stateil,  one  of  them  lived  over  two 
hundred  miles  from  Jerusalem.  What  would 
the  church  want  with  a  deacon  who  lived  300 
miles  from  the  congregation? 

If  they  were  neither  elders  nor  deacons  fay 
virtue  of  their  installation,  what  were  thej? 
I  answer,  they  constituted  u  bu.sinei«  committee, 
whose  dufy  it  was  to  oversee  and  look  after  the 
proper  distribution  of  the  charities  of  the 
church.  The  already  chosen  deacons  and  oth- 
ers could  attend  to  the  distribution  of  the  food, 
but  as  a  difficulty  had  arisen,  there  must  now  be 
a  committee  appointed  over  that  busineis,  to 
superintend  the  work,  and  settle  whatevn-  di»- 
satisfiiction  may  have  arisen.  When  their 
work  ceased  then  their  office  ceased  also.  Some 
of  this  eommitfee  we  know  were  preachers,  for 
We  afterward  find  thera  engaged  in  preaching. 

I  leave  the  re.tder  to  ponder  over  the  above, 
and  get  ready  for  reading  an  arti.rle  relating  to 
whether  it  is  expedient  that  elders  and  able 
preachers  should  leave  the  Word  and  spend 
their  time  serving  on  committees,  in  settling 
church  difficulties  when  there  ore  plenty  of  oth- 
ers who  could  do  the  work  just  as  well?  Be> 
member  what  course  the  twelve  took  when  that 
difficulty  got  up  in  the  old  mother  church  at 
.leruealem.  j.  h.  v. 


Thosr  Universalist  preacher?,  who  are  going 
around  over  the  country,  telling  the  people  that 
ther-  is  no  hell,  would  better  eo  <!ow.  They 
might  he  mistaken.  The  autideluviaus  did  not 
believe  there  would  be  a  literal  flood,  but  the 
day  came  that  they  had  to  Mieve  it. 


TuK  Mormon  women  of  Salt  Lake  City  hare 
passed  resolutions  avowing  their  belief  iu  "  the 
putriarchvd  order  uf  marriages  as  revealed  to 
God's  people  iu  pjst  ages,  which,  if  lived  up  to, 
were  conducive  to  long  life,  strength  and  glory." 
How  about  those  who  lived  bfiore  the  flood? 
.\dam  hail  but  one  ^rife,  and  so  it  was  with  all 
the  men  saved  in  the  ark.  Mormons  who  hare 
a  luultipUcitr  of  wive?,  die  just  as  soi>a  as  other 
people. 


' 


THE    BKKTHREjST    ^T    ^VOiil^, 


Deoember    o 


O^aii   l^ibl?   ^Us^. 


"Th€  Worlh  of  Truth  no  'Tongue  Can  Tell." 


Thia  4«p«rinienl  I*  Jetign«il  for  Mking  ftnJ 
Bn>l*  quMtion*.  «n(l  for  lli«  (olillion  of  Scripliirnl  cliHicul- 
Um.  A)1  aii«Jiion»  ihoulJ  W  lUioJ  will)  ovodor,  and  tn- 
fwertd  Willi  u  much  clMrnns  m  poHiblc,  id  iin]«r  l« 
promore  lllbl*  Tniih.  Arllolc*  for  Ihia  ilepArmcDt,  mud 
M  aliorl  Add  to  tb»  poioi. 


Will  tin-  Diii;tiii(KN  at  W<irk  give  an  explari;t- 
tlon  of  the  latter  rliiiisc  »f  tlm  with  VL-ne  of  the 
aaiKlrlinptiTof  T.ukp.wliEcli  ri^ads as  follows:  "And 
he  tliitl  liHth  no  swonl  let  lilin  mcII  lil»giirment  and 
buy  one." 

Also.  Miirk  at;  is,  wlilcli  reads  hb  follows:  "  Woe 
unto  yon  scrll^es  and  I'liarlnoM.  Iiypocrites!  for  ye 
ooinp;iKs  SNi  iind  litnd  to  ninke  one  prosplyte;  and 
wlien  lie  Is  mtulf  yo  make  Iilm  two-fold  more  the 
child  of  hell  than  yourselves."  S.  A.  Ul,ERY. 

rii'iue  explain  I  Tim.  l:f>:  LnI<o  lU:  IS;  Mark  0: 
23;  Mark  10:  17, 16.  To  wliat  law  has  tlieScript- 
urM  rfference  and  to  what  extunt  slioiild  it  be  used  V 
What  is  the  most  esteemed  V  Has  it  reference  to 
any  particular  thing  Z 


shall  he  do  also;  and  greater  works  than  these 
shall  be  do;  because  I  go  unto  my  Father." 
.John  li:  12. 

I  have  gathered  the  above  quotatious  to  give 
an  idea  of  what  a  believer  may  attain  to,  to 
come  itp  to  the  standard  given  in  the  text  above, 
as  requested  by  Hro.  H.  H.  Myers,  and  I  hope 
some  more  able  correspondent  may  take  up  the 
subject  aud  do  it  justice. 

P.  W.  Stover. 

QUERIES  ANSWERED. 

I  HAVE  noticed   in  the  last  number  of  the 
Bi 


A  COLT  TIED. 


Please  give  an  cxplanution  of  Mutt.  21:  2;  also 
Mark  1 1 : ::.  Do  both  nicau  the  some  'f  If  su.  what 
Is  meant  by  the  iws  tied  anil  the  colt  with  her ;  loose 
tbem  and  bring  them  unto  lue  V  Did  he  ride  both, 
or  only  the  colt  ?  I.  II.  CiiiST. 

By  turning  to  Mark  11,  we  can  gather  more 
direct  meaning  of  our  Savior's  lanjuage  as 
recorded  by  said  evangelist.  As  every  parable 
of  our  Savior  has  its  direct  meaning,  because 
"epake  he  not  without  a  parable,"  then  it  is  fur 
us  to  read  and  understand.  We  think  Jesus 
only  rode  the  colt,  for  Mark  II:  7  tells  it  plain- 
ly. When  the  disciples  were  sent  into  the  vil- 
lage "  tliey  went  their  way  and  found  the  colt 
tied  by  the  door  without,  in  a  place  where  two 
ways  met." 

Virst,  The  colt  represents  the  infantile  part 
of  the  human  family.     "  Tied  at  the  door  with- 
out."    The  colt  represents  that  class  naturally 
tied  outside  the  kiugdom  of  grace  Jesus  promis- 
ed to  set  up  in  the  liearts  of  mankind.     "  Two 
ways  met,"  meaning   the  two  roads,   the  broad, 
and  the  narrow,  leading  to  eternity.     "Where- 
on never  man  sat."     That  is,  the   class  referred 
to  has  not  been   controlled    and  influenced  to 
traval   on   either,    until    they    are  loosed  aud 
brought  to  Jesus.     "  Sat  upon    hira   and   rode 
triumphantly."     Meaning  Jesus  has  complete 
power  aud  control  over  such.    In  our  natural 
state,  before  crossing  the  line  of  accountability, 
we  are  tied  by  nature   aud   are  the   children  of 
wrath,  even  as  others.     Before  we  have  brought 
nature  into  action,  we  are  not  travelers  on  eithei' 
road  until  losed  from  nature's  bonds,  then  Jesus 
rides  triumiihantly  into  that  Jerusalem  within 
us.     "  For."  said  He,  "  repentance  and  remission 
of  sins  must  be  preached  among  all  nations,  be- 
ginning  at  Jerusalem,"     So   when   thia  takes 
place  within  ns,  .lesus  has  complete  power  and 
control  over  our  young  nature   whereon  never 
wan  •i&i.  A.  Bearss. 

Shfikshii,  Out. 


LEAST   IN  THE  KINGDOM. 

"He  that  Ik  Iciist  in   the  kingdom  of  licaveii,  is 
yiealer  than  hi-."— Matt.  11 :  11. 

THE  Savior  in  speaking  of  John  the  Baptist 
made  the  abcive  remark,  and  also  said  in 
the  next  two  verses  following,  "  And  from  the 
days  of  John  the  Baptist  until  now,  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  suffereth  violence,  aud  tiie  vio- 
lent take  it  by  force.  For  all  the  prophets  and 
the  law  pr(Ji)hesied  until  John." 

Now  the  point  He  wished  to  show  seems 
to  be  on  the  "  kingdom  of  heaven,"  so  by  com- 
paring Scripture  with  Scripture,  we  can  get  the 
meaning  of  what  He  wished  to  convey.  "  But 
if  I  ciiJit  out  devils  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  tlii^n 
the  kingdom  of  God  is  come  unto  you,"  Matt. 
12:  2S,  sho\ving  conclusively  to  be  the  power 
of  God  by  which  he  did  the  mighty  works  He 
performed.  He  also  said  unto  His  disciples  in 
answer  to  their  question  why  He  spake  in  par- 
ables, "  Because  it  is  given  unto  you  to  know 
the  mysteries  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  but  to 
them  it  is  not  given." 

Now  it  seems  to  me,  the  reason  we  do  not 
come  up  to  the  full  standard  that  we  might  at- 
tain to.  is  not  on  account  of  the  rule  being  in- 
correct, but  the  fault  is  in  not  complying  as  the 
rule  demands,  or  in  other  words,  we  "yet  lack 
one  thing."  We  will  be  perfect,  when  we  find 
the  treasure  hid  in  a  field,  the  which  when  a 
man  hath  found,  he  hideth,  aud  for  joy  thereof 
goeth  and  selleth  all  that  he  hath,  and  buyeth 
that  field. 

"  Neither  shall  they  say,  lo  here!  or  lo  there! 
for  behold,  the  kingdom  of  God  is  witln'n  you." 
Luke  17:  21.  "  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you, 
He  that  believeth  on  me,  the  works  that  I  do 


KETHitES  AT  WoRK  quite  a  number  of 
questions  asked,  concerning  certain  Scripture 
passages,  desiring  to  have  others  give  their 
views.  I  am  very  much  interested  in  the  Word 
of  God,  which  is  my  life.  It  is  therefore  my 
desire  to  give  my  views  on  some  of  the  most 
important  questions. 

"Now  to  him  that  worketh  is  the  reward  not 
reckoned  of  grace,  but  of  debt.  But  to  him  that 
worketh  not,  but  believeth  on  him  that  justifi- 
eth  the  ungodly,  his  faith  is  counted  for  riglit- 
eousness."  Rom.  4 :  4,  5.  Now  if  we  turn  to 
Rom.  3;  9-12,  we  find  man's  condition  in  the 
sight  of  God,  without  a  Savior.  Paul,  includ- 
ing himself,  saj's,  all  have  gone  astray.  AUo 
Rom.  5:  12.  We  now  have  man's  condition 
while  here  in  existence.  By  turning  to  Rom. 
6:  23,  we  find  that  the  wages  of  sin  is  death; 
but  the  gift  of  God  is  eternal  life,  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord.  How  to  obtain  this  gift, — 
eternal  life,  is  plainly  shown  in  John  3:  14,  15; 
"  And  as  Moses  lifted  up  th«  serpent  in  the 
wilderness,  even  so  must  the  Son  of  man  be 
lifted  up:  that  whosoever  believeth  in  him  should 
not  perish,  but  have  eternal  life."  Also  turn  to 
John  6:  28,29:  "Then  said  they  unto  him, 
What  shall  we  do  that  we  might  work  the  works 
of  God?  Jesus  answered  aud  said  uuto  them. 
This  is  the  work  of  God.  that  ye  believe  on  him 
whom  he  hath  sent."  Rom.  5:  1:  "Therefore 
being  justified  by  faith  we  have  peace  with  God 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Chnst."  Also  verse  2: 
"  By  whom  also  we  have  access  by  faith  into 
the  grace  wherein  we  stand  and  rejoice  in  hope 
of  the  glory  of  God."  Rom.  11:6:  "  And  if  by 
grace,  then  is  it  no  more  of  works:  otherwise 
grace  is  no  more  grace.  Bat  if  it  be  of  works, 
then  is  it  no  more  grace:  otherwise  works  is  no 
more  works."  Eph.  2:  8.  9:  "  For  by  grace  are 
ye  saved  through  faith;  and  that  not  of  your- 
selves: it  is  the  gift  of  God:  Not  of  works,  lest 
any  man  should  boast."  Now  by  turning  to 
John  11,  we  have  a  beautiful  illustration  of  man 
yet  in  sin,  being  helpless  and  a  lifeless  form. 
'■  The  wages  of  sin  is  death."  Rom. 7:9:  "But 
when  the  commandments  came,  sin  revived  and 
Idled."  John  11:  39:  "Jesus  said.  Take  y 
away  the  stone.  Martha,  the  sister  of  him  that 
was  dead,  saith  unto  him.  Lord,  by  this  time  he 
stinketh:  for  he  hath  been  dead  four  days." 
"  He  stinketh"  may  be  compared  to  man's  right- 
eousness which  he  seeks  in  his  own  works. 
Philipp.  3:  7-9.  John  11:  43:  "  And  when  he 
had  thus  spoken  he  cried  with  a  loud  voice. 
Lazarus,  come  forth.  And  he  that  was  dead 
came  forth,  bound  hand  and  foot  with  grave- 
lothes;  and  his  face  was  bound  about  with  a 
napkin.  Jesus  saith  unto  them.  Loose  him,  aud 
let  hira  go."  We  know  that  all  the  by-stauders 
knew  Lazarus  was  dead — he  could  do  nothing, 
but  the  moment  Jesus  called  him,  he  moved,  he 
received  life;  every  eye  that  was  present  beheld 
the  change;  Jesus  had  the  glory  and  Lazarus 
had  the  life,— a  gift  of  God  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  The  life  that  was  revealed  through 
Lazarus,  was  made  manifest  to  the  world.  So 
it  is  also  with  every  siuner  which  has  parsed 
from  death  unto  life.  The  life  which  he  has 
received  through  Jesus,  by  faith,  will  be  made 
manifest  to  the  world,  to  the  glory  of  God.  We 
have  the  fruits  of  the  spirit,  the  result  of  faith 
"n  Gal.  5:  22-2f;.  J.  B.  Stoltzk^ 


3,  "  Belly  and  thighs  of  brass  "  indicates  a 
third  Empire,  which  very  appositely  represents 
the  Macedonian  Empire.  This  Empire,  though 
perhaps  more  extensive  than  either  of  the  pre- 
ceding (as  the  belly  is  larger  than  the  head  or 
breast),  was  yet  interior, 

4.  "  Legs  of  iron,  his  feet  part  of  iron  and 
part  of  clay."  Thia  is  unquestionably  the  Ro- 
man Empire,  and  intimates  that  though  part  of 
its  elements  were  like  iron,  its  constitution  be- 
ing heterogeneous,  had  in  itself,  elements  of 
division;  besides,  its  legs  may  represent  the 
Eastern  and  Western  branches  of  the  Empire, 
and  the  toes  the  smaller  kingdoms  which  after- 
wards succeeded.  I  will  not  descend  to  every 
minute  particular;  but  this  much  is  certain, 
that  by  this  image  was  represented  the  world  as 
known  then,  the  Empire  of  Babylon  lasted 
about  70  yeare  after  this  period;  the  Persian 
about  190;  the  Macedonian,  320;  the  Roman, 
which  suljdued  the  Persiaus,  and  conquered 
nearly  the  whole  world,  still  longer. 

The  fifth  Monarchy  is  Christ's  Kingdom,  and 
is  itself  a  rock,  formed  without  human  aid,  and 
can  never  be  destroyed;  it  will  surrive  and  sur- 
mount all  human  governments,  aud  extend  into 
the  state  of  eternity. 

THE   STOJJT':. 

We  will  turn  to  Psalm  118:  22  where  it  reads 
thus:  "The  stone  which  the  buildei-s  refused,  is 
become  the  head  stone  of  the  corner."  Hear  it 
shows  that  Christ  is  the  great  foundatkin  stour 
of  the  Christian  church,  "  the  head  of  the  cor- 
ner;" also  to  Matt.  21:  43;  1  Pet.  4-10;  Eph. 
2:  20;  Acts  4:  4.  Builders  tell  us,  this  conicr- 
stone  was  the  key-stone  oi  anarch.  "It  is  a 
chief  stone,  and  in  the  most  conspicuous  place, 
the  highest,  it  is  generally  precious  or  valuable, 
a  picked  piece  and  generally  sculptured  or  en- 
graved, it  is  exactly  in  the  centre  of  the  arch, 
or  at  the  very  point  where  the  prophets  and  the 
apostles — the  old  and  the  new  dispensation: 
meet;  and  it  is  the  foundation  or  security  of  the 
whole;  for  if  i)is  koij-stone  were .  removed,  the 
whole  building  would  fall  to  ruins." 

Wll.  Sir  ART. 


SLEEP. 


KINGS  AND  KINGDOMS. 

Please  explain  Daniel  2:  44,  45.  In  the  days  of 
what  kings?  What  does  the  word  kingdom  refer 
to.  and  what  the  stone  ?  Wm.  T.  Harding. 

the  vision,  the  prophet  explains  the  king's 


TNt 
i    d 


gold,  his  breast  and  his  arms  of  silver,  his  belly 
and  his  thighs  of  brass,  his  legs  of  iron,  his  feet 
[tart  of  iron  and  part  of  clay." 

1.  Now  Daniel  explains  that  this  "  head  of 
fine  gold"  a-S  the  Babylonian  Empire,  particu- 
larly Nebuchadn^'/zar,  its  proud  ahd  haughty 
sovereign.  This  head  represented  the  "fiue 
gold" — its  riches  audits  splendors,  of  which 
gold  wiis  the  established  emblem. 

"  The  breast  and  arms  of  silver"  are  said 
to  indicate  a  second  Empire,  still  rich  and  splen- 
did, but  inferior  to  the  first,  and  means  no  other 
than  the  Persian  or  Medo  Persian  Empire  of 
which  Cyrus  was  founder.  I 


SLEEP  is  the  intermediate  state  between  life 
and  death.     Life  is   regarded  as    the  active 
state  of  all  the  functions  of  the  body,  and  death 
as  that  of  their  total  suspension.     Sleep  exists 
two  states:  in  the  complete  and  incomplete. 
or  the  sleep  of  health  and  the  sleep  of  disease. 

The  sleep  of  health  is  full  of  tranquility.  In 
such  a  state  we  remain  for  houi-s  in  unbroken 
repose,  nature  banqueting  on  its  sweets,  renew- 
ing its  lost  energies  aud  laying  in  a  new  store. 
This  accomplished,  slumber  vanishes  like  a 
vapor  before  the  rising  sun — languor  has  been 
succeeded  by  strength,  and  all  the  faculties  are 
recruited  in  this  delightful  state. 

Man  assimilates  most  with  that  in  which 
he  exists.  Adam  sprang  from  his  Creator's 
hands,  fresh,  buoyant  and  vigorous,  rejoicing  as 
a  racer  to  run  his  course,  with  all  his  feelings 
and  faculties  prepared  for  exertion.  Revei-se 
the  picture,  and  we  have  the  sleep  of  disease. 
with  its  short,  feverish,  unrefreshing,  and  mel- 
ancholy dreams. 

Nieht  is  the  time  for  sleep;  but  I  fear  too 
much  of  the  time  allotted  to  us  by  God  for  our 
soul's  welfare  and  sustenance  is  spent  in  sleep 
or  in  idle  conversation.  Let  us  ever  be  careful, 
tor  we  are  informed  in  God's  Word,  that  on  the 
day  of  judgment  men  shall  give  an  account  of 
every  idle  word  they  speak. 

When  we  meet  for  worship,  I  am  sorry  to 
say,  we  permit  ourselves  to  be  overcome  with  a 
kind  of  sleepiness  which  certainly  is  not  very 
becoming,  or  very  encouraging  to  the  minister 
trying  to  explain  God's  Word.  Let  us  watch 
that  we  be  not  found  asleep  wiien  God  comes. 

Some  say,  "0,  I  cannot  stay  awake;  our 
brother  speaks  in  such  a  dull  and  lifeless  way." 
We  should  remember  that  God's  Word  though 
spoken  in  a  "dull,  lifeless  way  "  is  sharper  than 
any  two-edged  sword.  When  we  spend  our 
time  at  divine  service  in  sleeping,  it  is  evident 
we  have  not  the  essential  interest.  Let  us  with 
the  Psalmist  say,  "  I  will  not  give  sleep  to  mine 
eyes  or  slumber  to  mine  eyelids  "  until  T  have 
worshipped  God  according  to  His  revealed  will. 


The  just  man  saya,  "  Do  not  let  me  hurt;  " 
the  good  man  say?.  "  Let  me  bless."  The  just 
man  says,  "Let  me  take  nothing  from  my  fel- 
low-men; "  the  good  man  says,  "  Let  me  bestow 
much  upon  them."  The  just  man  says,  "  Let 
me  be  pure;"  the  good  man  says,  "  Let  me 
draw  all  men  into  purity."  One  is  equitable; 
the  other  is    benevolent.     One   seeks   his   own 


perfectness;  the  other  seeks  the  welfare  of  thi 
about  bim. 


—Camel  raising  is  proving  a  success  in  Texas. 
— Paper  teeth  were  exhibited  at  the  recent 
paper  fair  at  Berlin. 

— AiiOUT  140  Mormons  arrived  in  New  York 
Oct.  30,  and  were  soon  to  depart  for  Utah. 

—Over  55,000  immigrants  have  sought  homes 
in  America  so  far  this  year. 

— Vesutius  is  in  active  eruption  at  a  new 
point,  sending  up  enormous  volumes  of  lava 
300  feet  into  the  air. 

—The  population  of  Memphis  was  reduced 
by  the  yellow  fever  during  the  panic,  from  40,- 
000  to  2,500  whites,  and  6,000  blacks. 

— It  is  proposed  to  build  a  ship  canal  across 
the  peninsula  of  Florida,  a  distance  of  75  miles, 
from  Matanzas  Inlet  to  Suwannee  River. 

— Asiatic  cholera  is  said  to  be  prevalent  in 
Nagasaki.  Government  is  adopting  active 
measures  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  contagion. 
The  disease  has  also  made  its  appearance  at 
Yokohama. 

— Fears  are  expressed  that  the  coming  Win- 
ter will  be  a  very  distressing  one  for  the  poor 
and  improvident  who  have  nothing  laid  aside 
for  a  rainy  day.  There  are  now  about  40,000 
people  out  of  employment  in  the  city  of  Brook- 
lyn alone. 

— Thirty  SIX  years  ago  the  Island  of  Samoa 
had  the  population  of  34,000,  all  of  whom  were 
barbarians.  The  population  now  numbers  80,- 
000.  the  majority  of  whom  are  Christians.  In 
the  theological  seminary  are  60  students,  aud  20 
missionaries  are  sent  out  every  year  into  the 
neighboring  islands. 

— A  great  fire  devastated  Cape  May  on  Sat- 
urday Nov.  9,  Nme  hotels,  twenty-one  cottag- 
es, about  1,000  bath  houses,  and  Denizot's  i>ier 
were  burne'l,  and  the  loss  is  estima'el  at 
about  ?500,000.  The  fire  is  supposed  to  have 
been  the  work  of  an  incendiary.  The  burned 
district  covers  about  forty  acres. 

— Favorable  reports  come  from  the  Russian 
oil  regions  near  the  Caspian  Sea.  From  one 
well  there  flows  a  stream  of  oil,  free  from  gas 
and  froth,  forced  into  the  air  to  a  height  of  sev- 
enty-five feet,  and  yielding  st  the  rate  of  ten 
thousand  barrels  a  day.  Americans  with  Amer- 
ican machinery  are  doing  their  best  to  improve 
these  wells. 

— A  niSPATCH  from  Rome,  dated  Nov.  14th, 
says  that  violent  storms  have  been  raging 
throughout  Central  Italy,  and  the  damage  caus- 
ed by  them  is  almost  unparalleled.  Travel  on 
all  railways  between  Rome  and  the  North  is  in- 
terrupted. The  loth,  the  Tiber  had  overflowed 
its  banks,  and  the  lower  part  of  the  city  was  in- 
undated. It  is  expected  that  the  flood  will  be- 
come as  widespread  as  the  disastrous  one  of 
1870. 

— There  are  now  more  titan  two  hundred 
thousand  Mcnnonites  in  the  United  States,  dis- 
tributed through  perhaps  a  dozen  States.  They 
peoi>le  of  thrift  and  energy,  and  by  their 
good  conduct  commend  themselves  to  those 
among  whom  they  live.  Their  religions  beliefs 
approach  more  nearly  to  those  of  the  Quakers 
than  any  othei-s.  They  refuse  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, aud  deny  that  there  is  any  original  sin. 

The  Afghans,  the  dominant  race  in  the 
kingdom  of  Shere-ali,  now  menaced  by  England, 
call  themselves  Jews  and  claim  to  be  descended 
from  King  Haul.  In  defense  of  these  claims,  it 
is  asserted  that  they  are  unquestionably  of  the 
Jewish  type,  are  divided  into  tribes,  clans,  and 
families,  that  they  practice  the  ceremony  of  the 
seape-goat,  and  celebi'ate  their  religious  rites  on 
the  hiils.  There  is,  however,  no  trace  of  He- 
brew dialect  in  their  language.  In  other  re- 
spects their  religion  is  that  of  the  Mohammedan 
Sonnites,  aud  they  regard  the  Sultan  as  the  le- 
gitimate successor  of  the  Caliphs. 

— By  a  microscopic  examination  of  a  brick, 
taken  from  the  pyramid  of  Dashour,  a  German 
phitosophtr  ha*  discovered  many  interesting 
particulars  connected  with  the  life  and  habits  of 
the  ancient  Egyptians.  The  brick  itself  is  made 
of  mud  of  the  Nile,  chopped  straw  and  sand, 
thus  confirming  the  accounts  of  the  Bible  and 
Herodotus  concerning  the  Egyptian  method  of 
brick-manufacture.  Besides  these  materials,  the 
microscope  has  brought  to  light  the  remains  of 
river-shells,  fish,  and  insects;  the  seeds  of  wild 
and  cultivated  flowers,  lorn  and  barley,  the  field- 
pea  and  the  common  flax,  cultivated  probably 
both  for  food  and  textile  purposes,  aud  the  rad- 
dish,  with  many  others  known  to  seience. 
Manufactured  products  were  also  found,  such  as 


ose    fragments  of  tiles  and  pottery,  and  small  pieces 
j  of  string  made  of  flax  and  sheep's  wool. 


jjrcember    5. 
OO  RRESFON33ENOE. 


Echoes  from  the  Center. 


THE    liltETllliKiST    ^VT    AVOKK, 


r 


•*5th  chapter  of  Isaiah  was  reM;  and  he  select- 
e'l  as  u  motto  for  his  discourse,  the  2and   vt-rse 


Reciprocal  Joy  by  the  Waterside^The Tomb- 
Human  Symiiathy  —  Tlie  Paternal  Roof- 
Working  for  Christ— BleBding  Hearts— The 
Lords  luterest. 

[Fiuni  Oiii  SpTcliil  CorTrBponilniii,] 
Kl-MUBB  V. 

riELFISH  joy  is  not  happiness,  neither  is  the 
[^  joy  of  one  person  only  great  in  quantity; 
hut  it'  it  19  mutual  and  interchangable,  given 
and  received  it  is  great,  and  much  to  bo  enjoyed. 
I'his  is  the  joy  that  promotes  happiness.  It 
may  be  obtained  and  enjoyed  at  the  fireaide. 
iiroimd  the  domestic  altar,  at  our  labor,  with 
our  neighbors  and  friends.  The  most  prolific 
source  is,  when  laboring  in  obedience  to  the 
divine  Master.  This  was  a  source  of  comfort 
and  j"yi  when  we  entered  the  sanctuiiry,  to-day, 
to  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  holiness. 
It  was  talked  among  the  saints,  tliat  auoUier 
soul  was  making  application  to  be  initiated 
into  the  church,  which  caused  joy  to  flow  from 
heart  to  heart,  and  the  angels  catching  the 
strain,  carried  the  joyful  news  to  hf-aven,  that 
sinners  are  coming  home,  returning  to  the 
Father's  house.  The  meeting  was  opened  after 
our  usual  manner  and  Bro.  I.  Deardoff,  of 
Ind.,  addressed  us,  setting  forth  the  necessity 
of  obeying  God  and  becoming  reconciled  to 
Him. 

After  the  close  of  the  exercises,  we  repaired 
to  tlie  waterside,  according  to  Gospel  order, 
where  prayer  was  wont  to  be  made;  and  there 
as  I'liilip  did  the  euuuch,  the  administrator 
baptized  the  applicant,  rejoicing  in  (Jod.  Oh! 
what  a  safe  example  we  have  to  follow,  we  also' 
can  approach  a  certain  water,  both  applicant 
and  administrator  go  down  into  the  water  and 
perform  hnpti^^m  in  the  order  of  the  Gospel. — 
Let  the  reader  look  at  the  8th  chapter  of  Acts, 
and  read  the  narrative  concerning  the  baptism 
of  the  eunuch. 

Next  day  went  with  the  Brethen,  to  attend 
the  funeral  of  our  dear  brother,  Daniel  King. 
The  sermon  was  deferred  until  the  sister  will  be 
able  to  attend  the  sanctuary.  A  large  assem- 
blage of  people,  and  after  offering  a  few  words 
of  consolation  to  the  bereft,  by  reading  sing- 
ing and  prayer,  we  slowly  wended  our  way  to 
the  Brethren's  churchyard,  to  deposit  the  dead. 
Asscmbliug  there  by  the  gaping  tomb— a  pausi', 
and  then  slowly  and  sadly  we  saw  our  dear 
brother  lowered  to  his  last  resting  pi  ic".  After 
which  we  joined  in  singing  a  funeral    thought 

"Aslet-p  in  Jesus,  blessed  sleep,  etc." 
All  fondly  hoping  to  see  our  dear  brother  iii 
climes  of  heavenly  bliss,  we  dispersed  to  uui 
homes.  In  those  hours  of  sad  distress,  w.- 
need  sympathy  from  our  fellow  men.  Ah  I 
is  there  a  heart  so  hard  tliat  it  cannot  melt 
with  sympathy  towards  the  bereft?  No,  we 
think  not,  all  seem  to  feel  each  other's  woes 
and  fully  realize  that  amidst  all  ourjoy.sadnes^s 
ii  the  common  lot  of  all. 

Next  day  in  company  with  our  dear  family 
went  to  visit  mother,  under  the  old  paternal 
roof!  O.  the  many  fond  recollections  that  clus- 
ter around  the  name  of  mother.  While  there 
at  the  old  homestead  many  rocoll«'ctious  nf  the 
past,  came  to  our  memory.  We  remembered 
the  scenes  of  eariy  childhood,  when  we  knew 
no  cares  and  our  lieaats  were  filled  with  inno 
cent  glee.  We  remembered  the  sainted  dead 
of  the  household,  ol  the  two  brothers,  and  sis- 
tors  and  latterly  a  fond  father,  who  are  waiting 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet.  We  thought  of  the 
marital  occasions  of  joy,  when  two  hearts  were 
united  in  one  and  left  now  and  then,  to  pitch 
their  tent  elsewhere.  Thus  by  those  occasions 
of  joy  and  sorrow  the  once  large  family  has 
been  reduced  to  one  son,  grand-son  and  our 
dear  widowed  mother.  We  gathered  around 
the  home  altar  iu  the  Livening  prayer  and  then 
we  keenly  felt  the  loss  of  the  departed.  May 
God  bless  our  aged  motlier  in  her  declming 
days,  and  with  her  may  othei-s  in  similar  condi- 
tions be  held  in  grateful  reraembi-ance.  Child- 
ren everywhere,  remember  the  name  of  mother, 
and  to  her  show  every  mark  of  kindness. 
-  I!"p  kind  to  tliy  ii»>tlu-r,  lor  lo!  on  lier  brow 

M:iv  traces  nt  surrow  be  seen ; 
oil  w.-ll  ui:iv'st  llioucluu-isli  and  .-oinfort  her  n..w. 

Fill  loving  and  kind  hath  slie  been. 
lU-in.-mliev  thy  iu"thcr.  for  tliee  will  slu-  pray. 

As  loiiR  as  Cod  givelli  Ikt  breath: 
With  accents  of  kindness  th<-u  ehepr  h.-r  lone  way 
K'l-u  to  tbc  dark  valley  of  th-Mu" 
To-day  we  joined  the  army  of  worker  for 
Christ  and  the  glory  of  His  cause,  m  mding  the 
spread  of  His  Gospel.  Brethren  E.  Bosserman 
and  .1  Witmore,  tilled  the  appointment  at 
PleiLsant  Ridge,  Bro.  W.  C.  Teeter  at  the 
Wood  school-house,  ut  10:  30  A.  M.;  service 
was  opened  by  Bro.  Teeter.  The  33!)th  song  of 
praise,  "  Come  to  me."  was  his  selerti..n.     1  he 


01    the    chapter.  "  Look    unto  me,  and  be  ye 
»«vea,  ftil  n,„  (.^^  Qf  ^jj^  ^i^^jjj^  (.^^  I  ^j  Q^^^ 

ftud  there  i«  none  else."      He  discoursed   upon 
the  lullowing  propositions: 

1.  The  charticter  of  God,  and  unto  Him 
must  we  look  for  salvation. 

2.  The  invitation. 
He  produced  many  evidences  in  which  people 

were  saved  by  looking  unto  God  and  otherwise 
insured  their  utter  destruction.  The  service 
wiis  closed  by  using  the  33Tth  hymn,  and  th^n 
went  to  prayer.  In  the  evening  we  met  at  the 
Pleasant  Kidge  church  for  divine  services.  Had 
good  hearing  and  attention.  Tho  speaker  ba;^ 
ed  his  remarks  mainly  upon  th.-  declaration  of 
the  Psalmist,  "0  God.  thou  art  my  God."  De- 
liberated upon  the  character  and  purity  of  the 
Lt#rnal;  and  set  forth  the  ideas  that  the  peopl. 
of  the  diderent  ages  had  of  God,  in  regard  to 
his  power,  holiness  and  purity.  How  they 
failed  and  when  they  succeeded.  Kor  us  to  In- 
come succesful.  we  must  come  to  God  alter  Hi'* 
owu  appointed  way.  Then  cau  we  understand 
His  character  and  sustain  proper  relations  to 
Him,— become  heirs  of  God  and  joint^heirs 
with  the  Lord  Jesus  ('hri^t.  Oh  that  more 
light  with  heavenly  rays  may  fall  upon  the  hu- 
man heart,  that  they  might  seek  Him  early 
and  reap  the  advantages  of  early  piety  and  the 
joys  that  are  consequent! 

Next  day  the  tolling  of  the  funeral  hell 
beard  conveying  the  sad  iutelligence  of  a  de- 
liarted  one  to  the  spirit  world.  Wc  repaired  to 
the  Uuited  Brethren  church,  to  hear  the  ser- 
mon aud  lend  our  sympathy,  mingle  our  sor- 
row with  those  Lleediug  hearts,  who  mourn  the 
loss  of  a  kind  mother  and  companion.  Services 
by  the  Rev.  Holverstot,  based  on  "  The  right- 
eous hath  hope  in  his  death."  Prov.  14:  32. — 
The  occasion  wils  a  very  sorrowful  one.  The 
fond  mother  was  in  good  health  and  without  a 
moment's  warning,  was  summoned  to  eternity, 
May  this  prove  a  warning  to  others  to  "  be  ye 
also  ready."     She  ^as  a  consistent  member  of 

the     "  C "     fraternity.      Husband,     shi 

proved  her  fidelity  to  you  until  death  called  her 
over  the  river,  where  she  is  waiting  for  you. 
Children,  mother  is  gone  to  try  the  realities  of 
another  world,  follow  her  footsteps  so  far  as  she 
walked  with  God,  obey  the  Lord  in  all  His  ap- 
pointed ways,  and  when  you,  too,  are  called. 
yoQ  may  be  prepared  to  go.  In  those  seasons 
of  sorrow  we  are  reminded  of  our  mortality, 
and  soon  we,  too,  must  obey  the  call  and  bid 
adieu  to  earth.  Weeping  friends  may  stand 
around  our  bedside,  and  however  reluctant  to 
^ive  UM  up,  we  cannot  go.  Oh!  God  help  us  to 
lie  prepar.-d  lor  that  final  hour,  that  we  may 
(lie  in  the  tiiumphs  of  alivimg  faith. 

On  Sdtuvday  evening,  in  company  with  Bro. 
J.  Witmore.  we  went  to  the   Poorman  school 


apect  both  for  thcm*elves  and  others,  than  to 
do  thus,  and  no  w«  then  thought;  but  the  young 
men  were  not  all  who  were  in  the  fault;  there 
were  those  who  without  doubt  claim  the  title 
of  ludiea,  yet  for  all  that  she,  tho  lady  is,  who, 
the  lady  acts. 

There  was  nil  provision  cnade  for  the  accom- 
modation of  th>-  niemben<hip  at  one  iiible.  that 
could  well  be  done,  but  still  it  was  not  enough, 
and  quite  a  Urge  number  had  a  table  prepared 
for  tbtm  aftt^r  the  lirat  hatl  eaten  and  theite  did 
then  partake.    This  of  course  took  more  time, 
but  it  gave  us  all  a  better  opportunity  to  look 
by  faith  unto  that  great  marriage  supper  of  the 
Lamb,  where  there  will  be  ample  room  for  the 
millions,  who  shall  meet  from  all  the  nations. 
It  is  a  question  that  will  soon,  if  not  now,  en- 
list the  attention  of  our  Brethren,   "  How  aud 
where  shall  we  hold  our    Love-feasta,   so   as  to 
lOmmodate  all  the  members  preaeut"?      The 
work  goes  on,   the  number  increases,  and  with 
more  workei-s,  more  work  will   be  done.      The 
number  will  still  increase  iu  all   the  churches, 
WE  hope,  and  it  will  he  then  a  question,  to  meet 
by  Ihosfi  who  see  it.      For  the  present  let  us 
watch  and  pruy  and  still  work  on. 

On   Sunday   morning  Bro.  Duncan  and    I 
came  thirteen  miles  to 


ie,  ntar  Forest,  Ohio,  to  care  for  the  Lord'; 


interest  there.  Fouud  a  full  house,  aud  had 
good  attention.  For  the  night,  stayed  with 
Bro.  G.  Warren.  Next  day  we  re-assemblod 
at  tlic  school-house,  for  divine  services.  Had 
good  attention,  and  we  think  good  impressions 
were  made  upon  the  minds  of  the  auditoi-s.— 
Bro.  Witmore  selected  as  a  closing  song  of 
praise  the  3'itJ:h  hymu,  aud  then  went  to  pray- 
er. Thus  the  Lord's  children  work.  Paul 
may  plant,  Apollos  water  and  we  h<)pe  that 
God  will  give  the  increase.  May  God  inspire 
us  to  great*.'r  zeal  in  the  Master's  cause,  labor- 
ing earnestly  until  He  will  call  us  to  lay  down 
the  cross  and  take  up  the  crown. 

S.  T.  Bo^^■EilMA^^ 
Maple  Il'iine,  Ditiibiik,  Ohw. 


DAYTON, 

where  we  spoke  to  an  attentive  people  of  the 
"  Goodness  and  the  power  of  God."  After 
meeting  Bro.  Duncan  returned  home  and  we 
went  for  dinner  with  brother  and  sister  Kiehl. 
Here  we  spent  a  pleasant  afternoon  with  Bro, 
Henry  J.  Kurt/,  of  the  Chlltlren'»  Paper,  and 
the  members  of  this  kind  and  intelligent  family. 
We  notice  here,  what  we  find  in  many  places; 
fathei-8  and  mothers,  that  are  very  anxious  to 
have  their  sons  and  daughters  come  into  the 
church.  Thi«  is  right,  and  to  all  such,  we  will 
say:  Do  not  let  this  wish  of  yonrs  remain  hid 
from  them;  for  to  know  that  such  was  a  parent's 
wish  will  have  its  effect  for  good.  Do  not 
think  that  the  minister  must  do  all  the  preach- 
ing, but  let  each  one  do  his  part. 

At  night  we  spoke  of  the  advantage   of  a 
knowledge  of   Scripture  to  children,   from   'J 
Tim.  3:  15,  16.     We  did  this  by   request   of 
mother,  whose  heart  would  leap  to   know   that 
her  offspring  were  with  her  in  the  fold. 

The  church  at  Dayton  does  not  seem  to  have 
many  members,  but  those  we  met  seemed  to 
have  great  interest  in  the  work.  The  location 
and  advantages  idiorded  here,  are  good  we  think 
for  the  up-building  of  a  large  church,  tiuite  a 
large  number  of  the  ministering  brethren  live 
within  the  reach  of  the  city,  and  many  others 
piLss  by  on  the  trains;  so  we  think  that  the 
little  church  at  Dayton  should  not  suffer  at  any 
time  for  preaching.  Brethren,  do  not  let  the 
cau^e  suffer  iu  any  place,  but  get  all  you  can 
and  hold  all  you  have. 

Monday   was  spent  in   the  city    with  Brt 
Kurtz  and  at  his  office  in   the   Christian    PuIj 
tishing  House,  near  the  Union  d^pot,  also,  with 
a  brother  aud   family,   whose   kindness   we  re- 
member; but  whose  name  we  have  forgotten. — 
Names  may  he  lost  to  the  wesiried   mind,    but 
good  words,  never.     With  Bro.    Kurt/,   we   did 
not  have  a  good   opportunity  to  converse;   al- 
though we  were  with  him  on  both  Monday  and 
Tuesday,  for,  his  paper  for  the  little  ones,  mujit 
be  put  to  press,  and  he  must  look    to  it.    We 
see  that  a  lazy  man  cannot  succeed  as  a  printer 
any  better  than  he  can  on  a  farm.     Workers 
want  evrfry-where,  but  laziness    nowhere. 
L.iNDOj;  West. 


From  ttie  Mission  Field. 


Wayside  Notes. 

WHEN  we  wrote  last  we  were  at  the  meet- 
inn  lit  Zimmerman.  Green  Co,,  Ohio.— 
Tliere  w:^  a  good  meeting  at  9  A.  M..  after  the 
Love-feast;  and  when  this  was  over,  at  1ft  A.  M. 
we,  in  company  ivitli  Bro.  Henry  Duncan, 
hurried  awAy  to  the  Love-feast  at  the  Grove 
church.  We  arrived  at  this  place  in  time  for 
preaching,  and  found  a  large  cron-d  in  attend- 
ance. The  location  is  a  most  plea-nant  one, 
mth  a  good  large  house;  and  we  should  judge 
a  large  body  ol  members. 

This  c'uirh  is  un-ier  the  care  of  our  aged 
Bro.,  Abrahaui  Flory.  The  n«ident  ministers 
are  brethren  Joseph  Arnold  and  Henry  Gump. 
Those  in  attendiiiue  vrere eldei-s  Abraham  Flory, 
John  Frantz.  Jacob  Garher,  Samuel  Coppick, 
Isaac  Studebaker.  W.  Boggs,  Frank  Daret  and 
Henry  Duncan.  A  large  number  of  members 
took  part  in  the  least  at  night,  aud  the  enjoy- 
ment wiis  good,  and  might  have  been  mud 
more  so.  had  it  not  been  that  some  among  the 
spectator.'' did  not  seem  to  respect  !ige,— the 
I  worship  of  God  or  anything  else.  Some  might 
think  that  young    men   should   have   more  re- 


Ihnr  Brethren:— 
VNI'K  more  I  come  lo  your  columns 


\J  mite  of  news  from  this  little  uiission  field, 
]  took  my  departure  from  the  brethren  nnd 
sist-^rs  and  many  kind  friends,  with  whom  I 
wint  iu  and  out  in  Marshall  Co.,  about  five 
miles  south-east  of  Lacon.  On  last  Monday 
the  Hth.  came  toSparlaud,  on  the  branch  R. 
R.  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  Had  a  good  meeting  in 
the  evening,  with  a  good  interest. 

Ill  this  i)lace  we  find  the  humble  home  of  our 
dear  brother  and  si-^ter,  Plai-her,  wilh  quite  a 
family  of  sin  tU  children,  who  iu  the  present 
unfortunate  conditiou  in  ft  special  manner,  de- 
mand, not  only  the  prayer.',  but  the  practical 
sympathies  of  the  church.  Tlie  sister  having 
badly  broken  her  ankle  hone,  and  dislocat-d 
the  joint,  by  stepping  through  the  side 
walk,  (which  was  minus  a  hoard!,  may  be 
a  cripple  for  life.  We  hope  this  will  serve 
as  a  warning  to  all  trustees  of  village  or 
city  corporations,  and.' remind  (hem  of  the 
ii.?cessity  of  keeping  walks  in  good  repair. 

On  Tueshiy  mornin;j,  VJth,  1  caru^  on  ho-ird 
the  train  to  Henry,  where  I  was  met  by  breth 


ren  S.  Darby  and  H.  0.  Breew.  who  conveyM 

me  to  this  place,  (Florid,  Putnam  Co.,)tb«  Last 
point  of  my  labor*  in  this  field,  and  where  I 
expect«d  to  mwt  brother  George  Studeb^kw, 
of  Yellow  (;re<?k,Ill.;  but  initt«;ad,  received  a 
I  card,  informing  me  qf  his  non-ap|>earauc«; 
hence  am  laboring  alone  ax  usual,  as  best  we 
can,  feeling  t<>  say  in  the  language  of  tb«  hymn; 
"  Are  we  almost  there,  are  we  almont  there;' — 
Says  the  weary  saint  a-i  he  sigh*  for  home." 

In  MiLnhall  Co.  I    remained  five   days.      On 
thf  fifth  day  brother  ^.  \i.  GUh  and  companion 
came  to  our  us<iistaQce,  whom,   when   we  saw 
we  thankejl  Uod,  and  took  courage.      Accord- 
ing to  previous  arrangemeuts,   had    a  church 
meeting,  next  day,  where  sonie  matt^r^  of  an 
uaplea.<iant  nature,  which  hiut  exist'ird  for  some 
time  among  some  of  thf>  members,  were  inves- 
tigated, and  disposed  of  iu  a   Gospel    way,  and 
seemingly  to  general   sntinfdction,  and  with  a 
desire  to  improve  in  the  future.     Hence  accor- 
ding to  previous  understanding,  we  went   next 
dav  to  the  house  of  Bro.  John  Fike,  to  hold  a 
Love-fea«t,  aul  to  aimini^ter  baptism,  and  to 
orgauize.     The  Communion  season   seemed  to 
be  an  enjoyable  one  to  all  who    participated    in 
it.      Some  were  young  merab«'rs,   who  never 
communed  before,  and  other*  not  for  ten  years, 
fur  want  of  an  opportunity,  and   for  want  of 
room.     Only  a  few  of  the  neighbors.  out«ide 
of   the   membership,    a**embled  with   um.  for 
which  we  felt  a  degree  of  sorrow;  having  a  de- 
sire that  all  should  see  the  old  apostolic  pra^ 
tice,  and  walk  in  the  Hght  and  have  fellow- 
ship with  us,  for  truly  our  fellowship  is   with 
the  Father,  and  that  Jesus  might  cleanse  them, 
with  us.  from  all  sin;  but  all  that  were  pn_'sent 
nuioifeated  that  degree  of  solemnity,  which  is 
always  so  desirable  on  such  occasions.    May  the 
Lord  remember  them   in  mercy.      Then   after 
the  solemn  service.*?  of  the  obeerrance  of  the 
dinaiices  of  the  church  was  ended.      We,  by 
the  consent  of  all  the  members  present,  pro- 
ceeded to  organize,  by  electing  one  brother  to 
the  office  of  the  ministry  and  one  to  the  office 
of  deacon,  which  was  done,  by  first   reading 
the  Scriptures,  setting  forth  the  qualificatioiu 
of  church  officers,  and  briefly  showing  the  ne- 
eessity  of  officers,  possessing  those  qualifications, 
and  that  if  the  Holy  Spirit  through   the  apos- 
tles, ha.-)  instructed  ui  so  plain,  it  becomes  the 
church's  duty  to  strictly  give  heed  to  those  in- 
structions.   .\  departure  from  it  will  jeopardize 
ber  purity  and  spiritual  prosperity. 

We  th-n  proceeded  to  take  the  vote  of  kII 
the  members  present,  lor  a  minister,  which  re- 
sulted in  the  election  of  brother  Solomon 
Darby.  We  in  like  manner  took  the  vole  for  % 
deacon;  the  lot  falling  on  brother  Henry  G. 
lireeae.  They  were  then  installed  into  their 
respective  offices,  with  that  degree  of  solemni- 
ty, which  usually  characterizes  such  occasions; 
and  wliich  seemed  to  say,  '"we  will  bear  one  an- 
other's burdi'n3,and  so  fulfill  the  lajv  of  Christ." 
With  the  knowledge  wc  have  of  the  dear  breth- 
ren elected,  of  their  fidelity  to  God  and  zeal  for 
the  cause,  and  the  willingness  manifested  on 
the  part  of  all  the  members  to  encourage  them, 
by  standing  under  their  arms.  I  took  my  leave 
of  them,  feeling  much  encouraged  iu  the 
thought,  that  in  the  course  of  time.  Israel  will 
prevail  in  those  parts,  for  we  had  good  reasons 
to  believe  that  some  were  nut  far  horn  tlw 
kingdom. 

The  organization  above  alluded  to,  inclndee 
all  the  members  iu  Marshall  and  Putnam 
counties,  numbering  at  present  about  thirty  in 
all,  scattered  over  a  lerritory  of  about  twenty- 
five  miles  square,  which  makes  it  somewhat 
iiieouvcnient  for  some  of  the  members,  and 
may  to  some  extent,  retard  the  spiritual  growth 
of  the  church,  but  if  the  memlers  are  lively 
stones,  and  shining  lights,  and  the  Lorl  pro^ 
pers  their  labors,  which  he  sunely  will,  this 
territory  may  in  the  course  of  time  be  divided 
to  good  advantage  to  the  cause. 

Some  of  the  memlere,  just  before  I  left,  ask- 
ed mc  what  they  shall  call  their  district.  In- 
asmuch as  it  was  not  presented  to  the  members 
while  together,  I  would  say,  at  ;ome  lonven- 
leut  time  comuU  and  decide  aud  send  it  to 
Bbetiirek  -XT  Work. 

We  now  feel  to  recommend  this  newly  or- 
iranizetl  district,  in  its  infancy  to  the  prayers 
uid  sympathies  of  the  general  brotherhood, 
and  muiisteiing  brethren  in  their  travels 
should  remember  f.iem  and  if  c  mvenient,  to 
stop  and  labor  with  aud  for  them.  For  infop- 
Illation,  addresi  br^ither  Solomon  Darby  or 
Henry  G.  Breese,  Henry,  Marshall  Co.,  111. 
£^<XH  Ebt. 


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Righteousness  is  possible  to  us  all,  aud  over 
the  line  of  integrity  the  devil  never  sets  a  foot, 
iml  never  will. 


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rriii;  i^KiO'n^KK:Nr  ^x  av^okk:. 


December    5 


Danish  Mission  Report. 

A.  Bwghley,  Ohio. *3-20 

Cltipjwwft  clinrch.  Ohio 3.00 

Stillwater  church,  Ohio 1^-53 

St.  Vrain  church.  Col., 9  f^' 

Poplar  Ridce  chnrch,  Ohio* **-i5 

Peiiliody  church.  Kan. 1-*^ 

Un«rk  church,  in 12.25 

Sister  Si.arhml,  III. 2.50 

ASi^U^r.  Md 3-^ 

Mftfv  OlK-r.  111., ^■l'> 

Mt.  Zinn  church,  0., '  -^ 

FftUing  Spring  church,  i'a. 200 

Covington  church,  Ohio, "f*^ 

C.  P.  Ron-LAKD,  TroB-surer. 
Lanark,  ///.,  Nov.  :^3rd,  llf7S. 
(P.  C,  pif-me  copy.) 


Echoes  from  the  East. 

News  from  the  Sunny  South— A  Visit— An 
interesting  Sabbath  Service-Two  Brethren 
chosen  to  the  Ministry —Evening  at  Home. 


WK  luive  all  heard  much  concerning  the 
gnat  Fever  Pestilence  at  the  South; 
and  it  may  Iw  in  place  to  lay  hefon*  olir  readers 
a  letter  or  two  received  from  tbeiice  direct  to 
show  the  Bituatiou  of  people  who  live  just 
near  enough   to  escape  the  "dreudful   acourge." 

A  letter  from  Okolona,  Miss,,  dat«d  October 
17th.  IS7S.  .-iayB: 

"  Your^  of  the  10th  reached  us  this  morn- 
ing.* •  '  To-day  we  received  the  first  mail  in 
sixteen  dav«,  and  it  wils  really  refreshing  to  see 
lett*'rrt  nnd  papers  once  inoi-e.  at  leint  North  of 
UB.  We  arc  still  cut  off  from  Mohih-,  New 
Orleans  and  Mi^mphia.*  *  "  Again  wishing 
you  may  never  realize  what  it  is  to  be  in  con- 
stant fear  of  a  'plague'  reaching  your  commun- 
ity, we  n-main, 

Your  grateful  frientls. 

P.  S.     Our  town  remains  perfectly  healthy." 
A  letter  from  Mobile,  datpd  Oct.  2Kth.  says: 
"  We  have  no  mail  communication  with  that 
point,  (Okolona),  at  pre«eut,  owing  to  quaran- 
tine restrictions." 

The  above  brief  extracts  are  sufficient  to 
show  how  business  relations  and  social  tran- 
quility have  been  interrupted  at  the  South.— 
We  at  the  North  no  doubt  have  felt  very  easy 
and  ao  iiidiilerfut  in  many  cases,  as  to  seek  no 
opportunity  to  contribute  to  the  relief  of  the 
Buflerers.  We  wish  to  wnsure  no  one.  but  to 
remind  all  who  were  iiiditlerent  in  this  matter 
of  what  a  jirivilege  for  noble  investment  they 
have  neglected.  When  similar  or  unlike  wants 
and  sufferings  come  upon  us,  we  shall  bless  thi 
Giver  of  such  means  as  shall  tend  to  comfort 
and  relief.  Brethren  and  sisters  let  us  he  ready 
for  every  ,'/iJw/ M'ori,  for  "good  works"  are  the 
very  essence  of  "pure  and  undefiletl  religion' 
and  very  highly  recommended  in  the  New  Tes- 
tament. 

Nov.  17th.  Last  evening  it  was  our  privil 
ege  to  make  a  visit  in  our  neighboring  congre- 
gation—the Falling  Sprinif.  We  were  glad  to 
find  our  uncle  and  brother  U.  II.  IJonebraker 
in  full  earnest  in  his  Gospel  ministry.  He  is 
opposed  to  "  New  departures"  ainongour  broth- 
erhood, and  so  every  faithful  minister  in  the 
church  ought  to  be.  Just  so  we  are  giad  to 
know  many,  very  many  are  knoi.n  to  be.  A? 
are  the  pr^aeherd  so  are  the  brethren  every- 
where. Thisis  as  true  as  the  eat.il>Iished  prov- 
erb: '•  Like  priest,  like  people.'' '  UNITY  IN 
SENTIMHNT  AND  IN  IMIACTICE.  accord- 
ing to  the  letter  and  spirit  of  the  Gospel,  this 
should  be  the  sincere,  humble  and  heart-seek- 
ing motive  of  every  member. 

To-day  the  morning  was  very  rainy,  but  we 
went  to  tlie  place  appointed  for  prayer — tlie 
Hade  meeting-house.  A  goodly  attendance. — 
The  meeting  was  opened  with  the  203rd  hymn, 
Aft*r  prayer  and  the  reading  of  1  Peter,  3rd 
chapter,  brother  Daniel  Eekerman,  elder  of  the 
Ridge  eongregatiim,  Cumberland  Co.,  Pit.  nam- 
ed the  12th  verse  a.'^  the  text  of  his  di*icourse. 
We  note  the  points: 

1.  That  the  Lord  watches  over  the  right- 
eous. 

2.  That  the  Lord  heans  them  when  they 
pray  unto  Ilmi. 

3.  That  all  who  "do  evil"  f.-v^feit  these 
blessings.  It  was  stated  that  to  be  righteous 
is  to  be  obedient — that  they  who  are  obedient 
are  God's  care  and  "  the  sheep  of  his  pasture." 
Examples  of  righteous  pi'rsons  were  quoted 
and  commended,  such  a*  Zachariah  and  Eliza- 
beth, whrt  Walked  in  all  the  commands  and  ordi- 
nancc-i  of  tin*  Lord  blameless;  Abraham  who 
was  willing  and  ready  to  sacrifice  his  only  son, 
Isaac,  at  God's  command,  uotwitlistanding  he 
had  previously  received  of  God  a  great  and  pre- 

Ciouj  premise  concerniag  the  future  life  of  his 


son:  Daniel,  who  dared  to  worehip  the  Living 
God  of  heaven  three  times  a  day,  not  heeding 
the  heathen  King's  command,  whose  public 
servant  he  was,  and  faithfully  enduring  the  pen- 
alty: Lot,  who  loved  God,  and  being  "  vexed 
with  filthy  conversation  of  the  wicked"  in  the 
city  of  Sodom,  endured  persecution  and  tied  at 
God'B  command.  It  wa<  also  stat^-d  that  th' 
place  where  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  once  stood, 
is  now  occupied  by  the  Dead  Sea.  Doing  right 
wan  ohown  to  be  God's  will,  and  that  if  we 
would  be  on  the  Lord's  side  and  enjny  His 
watchful  care,  we  must  turn  from  evil,  aud 
obey  God  in  love.  The  brother's  discourse  re- 
newed a  most  cordial  testimony  in  the  well- 
known  voice  ot  our  brother  Jacob  Price,  elder 
of  (our)  Antietam  congregation.  He  spoke 
touchingly  of  the  trials  of  faith  and  love  in 
the  case  of  the  Three  Hebrews,  who  wero  cast 
into  the  burning  furnace,  and  encouraged  us  to 
faith  fullness.  He  then  spoke  to  the  members 
of  Ihe  immediate  congregation  in  regard  to 
choosing  brethren  to  the  ministry,  how  a 
work  of  this  kind  should  be  approached  with 
prayer  and  fasting,  how  wrong  it  is  to  "  elect- 
ioneer," and  how  important  it  is  to  be  "right- 
eous" in  this  matter,  that  Brethren  be  put  into 
the  Christian  ministry  who  are  well  grounded 
in  the  doctrine  and  who  practically  live  out  the 
faith  we  profess. 

After  the  273rd  hymn  was  sung,  and  the 
blessing  of  God  invoked,  the  ministering  bretli- 
ren  who  were  called  to  this  occasion,  D.  Ecker- 
mnn  and  .T.  Price,  and  others  proceeded  to  a 
private  apartment,  to  receive  the  "lots." 

According  to  previous  appointment,  two 
wore  chosen  to  the  ministry  of  the  FiUling 
Spring  cougreg.ition,  namely,  brother  Harry 
Good  and  brother  William  Koontz.  The  latter 
is  son  of  elder  Henry  Koontz,  now  of  Mt.  Mor- 
ris, 111.,  and  was  not  present.  After  the  charge 
and  installation  service,  brother  Good  with  his 
wife  were  received  by  the  church.  May  these 
dear  brethren  become  humble  and  faithful  min-. 
isters  of  Christ.  May  they  take  Paul's  advice, 
"study,"  etc.  You  are  called  to  a  good  work; 
perform  it  with  the  ability  that  God  giveth. 

How  pleasant  to  spend  evening  at  homel — 
Though  the  weather  be  inclement  without,  yet 
n  quiet  retreat  of  Jiome  all  may  be  cheerful, 
and  pleasant,  and  profitable.  Good  books  aud 
pajiers  lu-e  among  man's  best  companions, 
though  there  be  many  that  ignore  this.  We 
have  cause  to  bless  the  Lord  continually  that 
we  live  in  the  land  of  religions  liberty.  Above 
all,  let  U3  prize  the  Bible — the  Book  of  books. 
But  let  US  also  u«e,  with  care,  what  experience, 
observation  and  incident,  can  lend  to  the  better 
acquaintance  of  God's  word.  These  helps  are 
but  handmaids  in  the  palace  of  our  Holy  Re- 
ligion, while  Truth  is  queen  upon  the  throne. 
In  hope  of  the  King's  glorious  coming, 

D.  B.  M. 
WnijneKboro,  Pa.,  Xuv.  '21st,  187H. 


The  18th,  went  t,o  Dorrance  again.  Had 
two  more  meetings  with  the  Brethren:  and  on 
the  21st  started  home.  Arrived  home  on  the 
evening  of  the  2!Jud.  Found  all  well  aud  in 
love;  thank  the  Lord  for  his  blessings  and  pro- 
tections over  us,  is  my  prayer. 

JoHK  Hoi, Ll NOES. 

Johrl,  Will  Co..  III. 


Notes  of  Travel. 


ON  the  18th  of  Septen 
Mourer,  myself  and 


J)mr  ISirth 

■pteraber,  brother  George 
d  others  started  at  .lol- 
iet.  III  -^f'or  Kansas,  Arrived  at  Itussel,  Kau, 
the  morning  of  the  20th.  Was  met  by  friend 
Daniel  llollinger,  son  of  brother  David  Holliug- 
er.  The  ne.\t  day  Bro.  .Iiicob  Keller,  from 
Dorran-  e,  Kan.,  met  us  with  a  conveyance,  and 
took  ns  to  the  Dorrance  settlement,  where  we 
had  five  meetings  with  the  Dorrance  Brethren. 
From  there  we  were  conveyed  back  to  Russel; 
had  one  meeting,  with  good  interest,  but  no 
brethren  present,  except  brother  George  and 
myself. 

The  26th  at  night,  started  for  Wilson,  Spent 
one  day  there  amongst  friends.  From  there  to 
Abilene,  IJickisou  Co.  Met  Brethren  there, 
and  had  one  meeting  with  them.  Bro.  Mourer 
aud  thcothers  stayed  in  Dickinson  Co.  for  a  few 
days,  aud  I  started  for  Ft.  Scott,  Bourbon  Co., 
Kansas,  where  1  arrived  the  2nd  of  Oct.  Met 
brother  .Tohn  Emmert  there.  On  the  morning 
of  the  3rd,  in  company  \nVa  brother  John, 
went  to  th';  Love-feast  in  Bourbon  Co.  Met 
quite  a  number  of  brethren  and  sisters  of  form- 
er acqu.tintance,  and  made  the  acquaintance  of 
many  more.  Brother  Jesse  Studebaker  has  the 
oversight  of  that  church. 

On  the  fifth  started  for  Crawford  Co.  Had 
thn^e  meetings  there.  One  meeting  we  had 
OH'-  sister,  the  other  two;  there  were  no  mem- 
bers but  juyself.  On  the  13th  started  to  Rus- 
sel. Kan.,  where  I  bought  a  quarti-r  section, 
aud  expect  to  move  in  March,  1879,  if  the 
Lord  will.  Brother  George  Mourer  bought  in 
Dickinson  Co.  He  intends  moving  about  the 
same  time.  I  liave  bought  fourteen  miies 
Wi'st  of  the  pi  ice  where  the  Dorrance  Breth- 
ren hold  their  meetings.  It  is  two  miles  South 
aud  one- half  mite  east  of  Russel. 


An  Appeal. 

AT  the  special  request  of  a  brother  in  In- 
diana, I  make  this  appeal  to  the  readers  of 
the  BuETMRES  AT  WouE.  who  are  interested 
in  the  Stein  and  Kay  debate,  and  have  plenty  of 
this  world's  goods. 

The  point  is  this:  Brother  Stein  is  in  limited 
circumstances,  and  is  devoting  his  time  to  the 
defense  of  the  Brethren's  faith,  and  needs  many 
books  that  are  very  expensive  and  beyond  his 
reach  with  his  present  means.  Could  not  our 
wealthy  brethren  furnish  him  with  the  weapons 
if  he  is  doing  the  warfaring  for  ua,  and  send 
their  contributions  to  him  at  Newtouia,  New- 
ton Co.,  Mo.?  S.  Z,  Shari". 


Information  Wanted. 

r  HAVE  just  received  a  copy  of  your 
1  paper,  the  Brethren  at  Work;  and  I 
intend  to  subscribe  for  it  before  long.  My 
present  object  in  writing  to  you  is  this;  I  wish 
to  obtain  the  address  of  the  gentleman  that 
sent  me  this  paper.  He  also  sent  me  the  Priiii- 
ifire  Christinn,  published  in  Pa.  I  had  made 
inquiry  through  the  Tolfdo  Bhfic,  if  there  was 
any  newspaper  printed  by.  or  in  the  interest  of 
the  Dunkards,  and  I  have  received  the  abov^J 
paper?.  The  Brethrkn  at  WoitK  has,  C.  A. 
Mason,  printed  at  the  top.  I  wish  to  corres- 
pond with  him.  upon  vai'ious  subjects,  aud  I 
expect  to  change  my  location  next  Spring, — 
Y'ou  will  confer  a  favor  upon  me  by  giving 
me  his  address.  JoHK  P.  Sciienck. 

Hohndet,  Motimoxth  Co.,  Xefc  Jcrsci/. 


DIKD. 


Obituariea  ahouid  be  brief,  writteD  on  but  one  fliiie  of  the 
paper,  and  aeparotc  from  nil  other  business. 


SHULTZ.—Iu  Clinton  Co.,  Iowa,  Nov.  Kith 
sister  Catherine  Sliultz,  aged  61  years  and 
20  days.    Services  from  Rev.  14:  13. 

Isaac  Babto. 

LOUR.— In  the  PantherCreek  church.  Ill ,  Nov. 
9th.  daughter  of  brother  Joseph  and  and  sis- 
ter Lour,  aged  8  years.  1*  mouths  and  2  days. 
Disease  diphtheria.  Funeral  discourse  from 
Romans  5:  IS  and  19,  by  the  writer. 

J.  J.  KlXDKi. 

NOFFSINGER.— In  the  same  church,  Nov. 
13th.  1S78,  of  diphtheria,  daughter  of  friend 
William  and  sister  Noffsinger,  aged  10  yeais. 
i  months  and  29  days.  Funeral  discourse 
from  Matt.  11:  28,  29  and  30,  by  the  writer. 
J.  J.  KiNIUO. 

BRADLEY.— In  the  South  Keokuk  church, 
near  Mauhaitau.  Nov.  14th,  1S78,  sister 
Susan  R.  Bradley,  aged  46  years,  3  uumths 
and  2  days.  Funeral  services  by  brother 
Charles  Wonderlick  and  the  wriier,  from 
Maik  13;  35,  3H  and  37.  John  Frits. 

Pn'inHire  Cliristiaii,  please  copy. 

BLICKENDERFER.— In  the  Manor  congre- 
gation, at  BeUano,  Ethamer  Branson,  son  of 
brother  Elias  aud  sister  Jaue  Blickenderfer, 
aged  3  months  and  27  days.  Services  by 
the  writer,  from  Hebrews  9:  27  and  28. 

D.  S.  Brai.likr. 

BRUMBAUGH.— In  Schuyler  Co.,  Kansas, 
Oct.  3Utli.  Paliue  Brumbaugh,  daughter  of 
brother  David  and  sister  Susan  Brumbaugh, 
aged  15  years,  b  months  and  7  daj's.  t»ervic- 
es  by  the  writer.  U.  W.  Landes. 

Priiiiitirf  Ch'hl ill li,  please  copif. 


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Day  p&sseoger  Irnin   i^diDg  eiixt  Iphvp^   Lanark     ni  IliiOO 

P    M..  and  itrrivna  in  Raoiiie  Aifi')^  P,  M, 
D«y  piuHi^ugcr  Iraiii  going  weal  iettves  Lanark  at  :^:0C    B. 

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and  6:  15  P.  M 
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trains  make  close  oouaeolion  at  ^VeHtern  Uuiou  JmciixD. 
a.  A.  Shitd,  Agent. 

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train  at  liv..- in  tin.- (■vciiuik:  lun  Xiutli  lo  tl^t' W. 
U.  Junction,  change  cars  lor  Liiiuuk,  ami  arrive 
here  nt  2;21  in  the  morning. 


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MATTIE  A.  LEAIl,        -----      URUANA,    ILL, 

"  CRUCIFIED  WITH  CHRIST." 

BY  LAKDOJJ  WEST. 

.TeHiis  tlie_Laiiib  tlu>y  sold  aiid  bought, 

The  broken  laino  uf  aiu. 
Ami  oil,  dear  ainner,  is  theie  iiuiight, 

Tliat  we  cmi  bie;dt  lur  Him  j" 

Yes,  this  our  Lamb  His  cross  iliU  beiir. 

On  which  He  diwl  lor  sin. 
And  is  there  not  soioe  little  cross, 

Tlint  we  can  boar  for  Him  ? 

Aa  died  the  spotleia  Lamb  of  Uoil, 

To  save  a  world  Irom  sin. 
So  lan  WL-  all  in  His  life-blond 

Be  crncilied  ^witli  Iliin. 

Xow  may  om-  bouIs  he  warm  with  Io\-e, 

Our  ev'ry  thought  in  frame. 
And  ev'ry  word  and  action  provf, 

That  we  have  died  with  Him. 

Xo  nuire  let  Satan  biiid.his  chain. 

Nor  find  a  place  within. 
Let  him  no  more  attemptihia  rciRn, 

We're  dead  indeed  Id  .sin. 

And  now  may  all  those  dead  wttli  Him, 

A  life  of  faith  begin. 
To  prove  in  life  and  ev'ry  tbinp, 

That  Christ  now  lives  within. 

Let  come  what  may,  the  seal  is  set, 

Onr  life  we  live  by  Him, 
The  wurk  is  gieiit.  but  ne'er  forget. 

We'll  die  no  more  to  sin. 

Ti»  live  for  Christ,  is  now  our  ain). 

We're  now  deiul  unto  sin. 
The  li£o  we  livu  la  for  His  niuue, 

We'll  only  die  fur  Him. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST 

Sabbath-day  Thoughts  —  Our  Meeting  for  Wor- 
ship—The School  oi'  Christ. 

numbkh  XIV, 
VrOVEMBER,  24tU.  This  is  a  bright  and 
Xi  very  beautiful  day.  During  the  pust  week 
we  had  about  forty-eight  hours  of  cold,  rainy 
weather,  and  thinking  of  such  days,  we  are 
made  to  appreciate  more  sensibly  the  pleasant 
uess  of  a  clear,  suubhiny  day.  I  Iiave  known 
many  persons  who  have  no  patience  with  wet 
weather.  They  fret  and  grumble  atagreat  rat«, 
and  make  everj-  one  feel  unpleasant  about  them. 
Now  we  sbouldjije  reasonable.  We  should  at 
least  think  of  the  necessity  of  changes  in  the 
weather,  and  doing  so  we  doubtless  will  thank 
(«od  for  all  sorts  of  weather,  since  thisis  butthe 
issue  of  His  laws  in  Nature.  Hut  we  need  pa- 
tieuce.  So  shall  we  appreciate  every  good  gifl. 
As  we  enjoy  a  fair  and  sunny  day  after  clouds 
and  storm  and  rain,  so  we  also  learn  to  value 
the  day  of  rest  after  a  week  of  care  and  labor 
iiud  Weariness,  Jesus  said  the  "  Sabbath  was 
made  for  man,"  and  that  man  is  very  ungrate- 
ful indeed  who  does  not  observe  the  day  set 
apart  for  leisure  and^rest  fiom  toil.  Our  em- 
ployments during  the  week  may  be  all  right, 
iuid  we  are  commanded  of  God  to  labor,  but  one 
day  should  bo  given  particularly  to  the  service 
I'f  God.  We  often  delei-niine  upon  a  special 
kind  of  work  on  a  particular  day  during  the 
week,  and  then  we  attend  to  it  well.  Just  -so 
it  ought  to  be  with  us  in  regard  to  tiie  Lord's 
day — Sunday.  It  should  he  truly  set  apart  for 
the  worship  of  God.  It  siiould  bo  a  consecrat- 
ed ilay.  To  the  child  of  God  it  is.  of  all  the 
week,  the  brightest  and  best  day.  When  we 
thiuk  of  the  blessed  memories  of  the   Sabbath, 


Lanark,  III.,  December  12, 1878. 


No.  50. 


'inH  its  hallow-d  enjoyment*.,  we  ask  in  wonder, 
Who  does  not  love  it? 

The  day  of  rent  i^  like  tho  little  gnwy  mead- 
ow ni  the  wilderness,  where  after  six  dav's  jour- 
'K-y,  the  traveler  halU  for  refreshment  and  rest, 
where  he  may  repose  under  the  shades  of  the 
lofty  palm  trees,  and  dip  his  ve^el  in  the  wa- 
ters of  the  calm,  clear,  stream,  recovering  his 
strength  \a,  go  forth  again  upon  his  pilerimage 
111  the  desert  with  renewed  vigor  and  "good 
cl'eer."  Thus  the  Christian  rests  from  his 
busy  cares,  and  the  day  is  one  blessed  influence. 
He  gives  himself  to  the  reading  of  God's  Word 
and  good  books  and  papers.  At  the  hour  of 
worship  he  mingles  his  praise  and  prayer  with 
God's  worshiping  people.  He  edities  those 
iround  him  and  seeks  edification.  He  loves 
the  church  iind  the  Word  of  Truth,  and  takes 
uo  pleasur^■  in  Ihe  ways  of  the  world.  But  he 
ia  •■  growing  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of 
the  Truth."  Heaven  is  his  home  and  he  is  get- 
ting ready  for  it.  God's  people  are  his  choice 
and  he  loves  to  a^^soeiate  with  them.  The  Sab- 
bath is  a  great  blessing  of  God,  and  we  can 
make  it  a  great  advantage,  not  only  recuperat- 
ing onr  wiisted  power,  but  in  gaining  a  closer 
walk  with  God,  and  learning  more  and  more 
about  Him. 

At  the  Amsterdam  appointment  to-day  at  10 
A.  M.,  brother  Benedictspoke  upon  thesewords: 
•'  Verily,  verily.  I  say  unto  you,  He  that  hear- 
eth  My  ivord,  and  believeth  on  Him  that  sent 
Me,  hath  everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come 
into  condemnation,  but  is  passed  from  death  un- 
to life."  A  beautiful  passage!  So  full  of  prom- 
ise to  every  believer  in  Jesus!  They  are  the 
words  of  our  Lord  and  Master.  "  Verily,  ver- 
ily." Truly,  truly,  it  is  a  welcome  and  comfort- 
ing message.  Who  will  not  hear  it?  Seems 
as  though  everybody  should  be  a  follower  of 
Jesus,  since  there  is  so  ranch  grace  and  salva- 
tion in  His  teaching.  But  sin  has  taken  away 
our  hearin;;.  and  we  need  the  revivifying  effica- 
cy of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God 

I.  Hearius;  the    Word 

II.  Believing  in  God. 

III.  Free  from  condemnation. 

IV.  From  death  to  life. 

V.  The  present  warfaxe. 

VI.  The  iinal  triumph. 

Our  evening  service  in  town  was  well  attend- 
ed. The  13th  hymn  suggested  the  sentiment 
of  praise.  After  prayers  brother  Oiler  direct- 
ed our  attentinu  to  Mutt.  11:  29.  '-Learn  of 
Me"  is  well  %vorfchy  our  serious  consideration 
and  prompt  action  at  all  times.  It  is  a  com- 
mand of  the  highest  authority,  and  shows  that 
He  who  kncnveth  all  things,  also  knows  that 
our  knowledge  is  very  incomplete,  and  we  have 
need  of  wisdoin  that  is  from  above.  Tlie  lead- 
ing thoughts  arii 

I.  The  Teacher. 

II.  The  Lessons. 

III.  The  Disciples. 

Jesus  has  been,  is,  jmdeverahallbe  the  Teach- 
er of  all  teachers.  Many  make  great  preten- 
tions to  the  wisdom  ul  this  world,  obtuin-'t  by 
long  years  of  diligent  study  in  colleges  and 
seminaries,  and  then  do  not  seem  to  have  leirn- 
ed  the  very  first  lesson  in  the  school  of  Christ, 
that  is,  to  take  the  Heavenly  Teacher  <il  His 
word.  Perhitps  there  never  was  a  time  when 
the  words  of  Jesus  were  so  variously  construed 
to  suit  the  fancies  of  the  people.  Thero  is  but 
One  True  Teacher,  and  al  His  feet  wo  must 
learn  the  way  of  salvation  if  we  are  at  all  sav- 
ed. But  so  many  are  heeding  the  "new  idea" 
;iud  "commandments  of  men,"  that  the  Divine 
Teacher  is  not  consulted  and  heard,  Hi'i  les.'tons 
are  ignored  and  the  disciples  are  nio^t  lament- 
ably conl'oscd  and  divided.  This  ooui-se  of 
Tiling-!  bring-,  aknit  nuiuy  di-ifnurageilifnls  and 
hindenmceh  to  the  advancemctnt  of  tlm  Irue. 
safH  old  cjuisf  of  "pure  and  midf  Hied  religion." 
0  that  we  would  come  to  the  blesued  fret  ol 
Jesus,  and  ccmli'-w  with  deeply  repenting  hrarts: 
"  Wekunw  Thou  art  aTeachercome  from  God." 


But  until  His  love  is  shed  abroad  in  onr  hearts, 
we  shall  not  Iw  able  to  recogniz-i  Him  sm  our 
Teacher,  His  word  as  our  lesson,  and  yield  our- 
selves His  faithful  disciples  to  teum  of  Him, 
and  walk  <iuietly,  carefully,  devotedly  in  the 
pathway  He  has  left  behind  Him.  To  this  end 
may  we  seek  to  live. 

,  Yesterday  the  funeral  service  of  brother  John 
Friedly  took  place  at  the  Antietam  meeting- 
house. He  wa.s  in  his  6-2nd  year,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Fnl ling-Spring  diatrict.  "  Bless- 
ed are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord,"  for  when 
the  Loi-d  shall  come  again,  they  will  be  with 
Him.  Our  dear  brother  has  gone  from  the 
scenes  of  earth,  bu.t  we  hope  he  will  return  with 

the  ransomed  of  the  Lord.     Isa.  Sj:  10, 

D.   B.  MfiNTZElt. 
iVnijnr.-ilmo,  Pit.  Xnv.  ?7t!i,  lHi8. 

CHRISTMAS. 

IIV  I.IZZIE  U11.1.KU. 

THE  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  our  dear  Re- 
deemer is  once  more  drawing  nigh,  a  time 
we  all  look  forwanl  to  with  delight,  though  in 
many  ditterent  ways  by  different  classes,  but  to 
the  Christian  it  is  a  day  of  all  days.  Go  back 
to  the  city  of  Bethlehem,  view  the  babe  in  the 
manger,  and  thmk  wh!i'  teuLers  there,  the  Sa- 
vior born,  our  redemption  made  possible  through 
the  Lamb  which  taketb  away  the  sin  of  the 
world.  Angels  were  heard  praising  God.  Now 
what  is  due  from  man,  for  whnm  ^o  much  has 
been  done  ?  The  very  best  thanks  we  can  olfer, 
are  nothing  to  compare  with  the  gift  we  have 
received,  Christinas,  then,  should  be  held  ven 
sacred  by  the  Christian. 

The  custom  of  giving  gifts  on  this  occasion, 
is  a  very  common  one,  and  not  objectionable  if 
done  in  the  proper  manner,  but  as  it  is  ver\- 
generally  done,  I  do  hold  is  not  the  proper  way 
for  the  Christian  to  do  it.  I  mean  the  custom 
of  telling  children  the  story  of  "  Santa  Claus," 
of  his  "coming  down  the  chimney,"  and  other 
like  tales,  all  of  which  as  soon  as  children  are 
old  enough,  they  will  find  are  false,  yes,  al)  un- 
true. Just  think  of  it,  you  who  arc  parents,  if 
you  never  have  before  now.  If  your  children 
should  acquire  the  habit  of  telling  untruths 
and  justify-  themsolves  by  this  act  of  voui-s.  It 
^is  a  more  serious  matter  perhaps  than  many 
suppose.  No  harm  at  all  in  giving  gitts,  but  <lo 
for  the  sake  of  truth  tell  who  is  the  giver.  How 
much  good  might  be  done  by  instructing  chil 
dren  what  is  the  origin  of  this  great  Holiday 
and  the  sacredness  of  it,  how  humble  that 
Christ  who  loves  and  blesses  little  children,  was 
born,  so  much  so  that  the  poorest  class  of  hu- 
man beings  aro  not  Udow  him,  and  need  not 
fear  to  approach  him.  While  at  the  same  time 
he  is  King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords.  That 
we  may  all  improve  our  way  of  celebrating  this 
great  event,  is  the  desire  of  a  lover  of  truth. 


compared  to  the  heavenly  one?  Heaven  ia  the 
Christian's  home.  J.r*iu»  has  gon*-  lo  prepare- 
a  mansion  for  nil  who  love  him.  How  sweet 
the  worda,  "a  home  in  heaven"!  0  what  an  «n- 
imating  thought  that  we  may  all  once  meet 
again.  A  little  more  self-denial  here  will  add 
much  to  our  happiness  there.  Be  encouraged 
brother  and  sister  a  few  more  toiUome  days  and 
our  race  is  run;  we  shall  mevt  again. 


REMISSION  OF  SIN. 


DESIRE  TO  MEET  IN, HEAVEN.  \ 


WR  are  taught  by  the  Scripture-i  thai 
ap[Hiint.'d  unto  man  once  to  die. 


that  it  is 
ip[Hiint.'d  unto  man  once  to  die.  This- 
IS  a  truth  reveiited  in  the  Bible  that  we  fre- 
quently behoM  going  into  fuihllmeut.  Know- 
ing HiistuboafacUhowuece^ary  tbatwi^preputv 
lor  the  solemn  change,  so  that  our  spirits  may 
usceud  on  higli  into  the  arms  of  him   wh.0  oi^b- 

ed  us  hence. 

1    .,  I.  I 

How  plea>ing  it  is  when  our  frteiids  are  cMtlf 
ed  away  into  another  state  of  cxi*tcnce.  i!*  wi- 
can  but  entertain  the  thought  llial  they  uri- 
gone  happy,  ami  thfit  wo  shall  h(*  able  'to  lu-'el 
thorn  in  the  unsullied  tdimes  with  the  Hooi- 
wjLshed  miilionn  above.  It  ■'fTordi  lis  a  e*<nM)- 
latiou  (hat  bears  us  ihrough  Ihe  trying  hour 
There  is  no  place  on  earth  so  desirable  lus  «ple.i>- 
ant  home,  but  what  is  our  earthly  home  when 


IIV  DANIEI,  LONOASEnCER. 

SOME  believe  repentance,  faith,  prayer  and 
the  mourners  bench  for  the  rcmiasion  of 
sin.  Others  believe  and  hold  repentance,  faith, 
prayer  and  baptism  for  the  remission  of  ain. 
"  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  Ihoo 
sh.ilt  be  saved.  Aetalfi:31.  The  jailer  belier- 
ed  and  was  baptized  inttijOhrist.  "  He  that  be- 
lieveth and  i»  bapti/-*d  abal}  be  save.1."  Mark 
1(5:  l(i. 

HOW  SIN  AFFECTS  tra  * 

IIY  MATTII^  A.'  r.EAR. 

IT  is  alway«  better  lo.be  aiwied- against  than 
sinning.  We  cannpt  prevent  others  wonad- 
ing  our  feelings,  and  injuring,  insulting  and 
mistreating  U'?.  but  tbeje  things  cannot  harm 
us,  nnlefis  we  give  them  an  enlodgment  id  our 
hearts.  It  is  not  what  others  do  to  us,  or  how 
others  treat  us  t\i-M  reidly  effects  n*.  bat  onr 
own  conduct.  Our  happiness  or  miser>-  must 
ever  depend^upon  ourselves.  God  in  his  wis- 
dom would  never  intrust  the  happiness  or  mis- 
ery of  an  individual  to  another's  keeping.  Got 
happiness  does  not  depend  on  our  outward  sur- 
roundings, but  on  the  inwui-d  state  of  our 
hearts, 

'AND    LO   I    AM  WITH     YOU" 

KT  J.  F.   N&UBB. 

WE  often  hear  ministers  console  theinselves 
and  members  with  the  abovL-  promise. 
But  if  we  examine  the  pretext,  we  tjud,  thut  it 
is  given  on  certain  conditions,  which  are  as  fol- 
lows: That  we  go  and  tfaeh  all  nations;  and 
bapfiie  them  in  the  name  of  the  F.rther 
and  of  the  Sou  and  t>f  the  Holy  Spirit.  ;md  that 
we  teach  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
1  (Jesus)  hove  commanded  you.  When  these 
cftnditions  arc  comidir-d  with — not  before — then 
we  may  expect  this  promL^e,  '*Lo  T  .im  with 
you,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world,"  to  be 
verified. 

DONT    LOAF. 

YOl'NG  miLU,  don't  be  a  loafrr;  dou't  keep 
company  with  loaders;  don't  hang  about 
loafing  places  Uelt-erwork  for  nothing  than 
sit  around  idl  day  with  your  hands  in  your 
pockets.  It  is  better  for  your  health,  better  for 
your  reputation,  Hustle  about;,  if  yon  mean  to 
have  anything  to  bu-^tte  tor.  Many  d  lawyer 
has  got  a  paying  client  by  working  fwr  a  poor 
am!  needy  one,  usaI-o  ha>  many  a  doctor  got  a 
good  practice  by  attiiU.Uug  clostly  to  a  i<oor 
one.  Such  is  the  vi-nrld;  to  him  that  h;ith  ^hall 
be  given.  Quit  dreaiutug  and  comp!»ining: 
keep  busy  and  mind  your  chances. — Sfl. 


He  that  waits  for  r^-peutance  waits  for  that 
which  cannot  be  hud  iS  Kmg  as  it  is  wait«>d  for. 
It  is  absurd  for  a  iinm  to  wait  for  that  which 
he  himself  has  to  do. 

That  which  is  good  to  be  done  i'niinot  b* 
done  too  soon:  and,  if  it  is  neglected  to  be  dout 
early,  it  will  frequently  hapivn  -b^f  ••  «  m  ..,.) 
be  done  at  all. 


r 

I 


TI-IK    BKKa'H:RKjSr    A^T    "WOKKl. 


December    ISi 


WHY  NOT  FORGIVE  HIM? 

II'IIV  not  forcive  your  brother. 
\  I       If  he  comna  to  you  in  sorrow? 
\Vhv  not  ynur  linger  amolher 

Ere  Ihedjiwniiig  of  ^moarrow?, 
You  say  he  has  reviled  yon 

Voiir  dearest  fri-n^i-  among; 
lltit  liHS  error  hk  er  beguiled  youV 
Have  you  ne'er  committed  wrong? 
Why  not  forgive  bim? 

He  is  penitent  and  humble, 

III?  is  weak  and  in  your  power— 
Who  is  not  apt/to  stumble 

Wlien  passion  rules  the  hour? 
iio  wronged  you  in  his  blindness; 

Now  act  the  Christian's  pari, 
Ami  pour  the  balm  of  kindness 

On  his  sad,  rei>entant  heart. 

Why  not  forgive  him-' 

Can  you  look  for  sweet  contentment, 

Or  can  love  your  bosom  fill. 
While  you  cherish  tierce  resentment 

For  the  one  who  treals  you  ill  Y 
XoIspit«  of  proud  position, 

Of  place,  or  jiower,  or  pelf, 
Unblest  is  your  condition 

Till  you  triumph  o'er  yourHelf. 

Why  not  forgive  him? 

With  his  grief  his  heart  is  riven, 

And  can  you  with  reason  pray 
That  your  ains  msiy  be  forgiven 

When  from  him  you  turn  away? 
Vaunt  not  your  pure  condition, 

Nor  back  forgiveness  keep — 
Tliiuk  of  heaven's  admonition. 

As  you  sow  so  shall  you  reap." 

Why  not  forgive  him? 
—T/ic  Shaker. 


A  LOUD  CALL. 


W 


with  the  utmost  satisfat-tion  that 
we  welcome  you  by  this  installation  ser 
vice  to  be  our  paator.  Under  your  pie 
deeessor  our  pew  rents  fell  off  sadly,  ami 
we  were  compelled  to  offer  him  a  few 
personal  affronts  in  order  to  extract  a 
resignation  from  him.  A  few  mouths 
more  his  preaching  would  have  put  our 
church  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver,  and 
tlie  .stoi-k holders  in  thechurch  felt  oblig- 
ed to  jji-otect  their  interests  by  getting 
hiui  to  withdraw.  He  was  a  man  of 
good  abilit}%  and  a  pleasant  speaker,  Iiut 
what  ever  calls  he  made,  he  made  among 
the  poor  ]ieople,  who  sat  in  the  free  seats 
11  ji  in  the  galleiy.  Jle  never  called  on 
our  well-to-do  families;  they  very  nat- 
urally felt  slighted,  and  while  some  of 
them  reduced  their  coutributions  toward 
the  j)ayiuent  of  our  debt,  others  with 
drew  wholly,  and  we  lost  even  the  i>e\v 
rents. 

"  In  spite  of  several  suggestions  madi 
by  oilieeis  of  the  society,  he  insisted  on 
preaching  uniforml)'  on  religious  sul 
jects.  The  number  of  conversions  dui 
ing  hi.s  ministry  was  considerable,  but 
they  were  all  among  young  people,  who 
paid  almost  nothiug  into  the  treasury. 
Clerks,  young  professional  men,  and  un- 
married womeu  count  just  as  much  on 
the  list  of  communicants  as  do  men  of 
wealth  and  position  in  society,  but  they 
don't  add  much  to  the  revenues  of  a 
chureh.  He  had  a  renval  that  was 
quite  fruitful  of  conversions,  but  he 
didn't  convert  anybody  who  was  rich, 
and  his  meetings  every  night  and  the 
monotomy  of  his  exhortations  to  repen- 
tance disgusted  and  drove  away  some 
families  that  we  could   ill  lose. 

■'  But,  sir,  we  are  persuaded  better 
things  of  you,  and  things  that  minister 
to  the  salvation  of  our  ecclesiastical  so 
ciety.  "We  have  heard  of  your  brilliant 
Sunday  evening  sermons  on  the  iterlin 
Congress,  on  the  Potter  Investigation, 
on  Buddhism,  on  the  Challenger  Expo- 
sition, on  the  phonograph,  and  on  the 
trial  of  (iuickar  of  Baioda.  We  have 
learned,  sir,  of  late  the  fact  that  the  of- 
ficers of  your  late  church  were  enableil 


to  raise  the  pew  rents  year  after  year. 
We,  therefore,  congratulate  ourselves  on 
having  secured  your  services. 

"  You  declined  our  proposal  to  give 
yuu  a  certain  percentage  of  the  receipts 
in  lieu  of  a  salary,  on  the  grouml  that 
there  was  no  way  of  settling  differences 
of  opinion  that  might  arise  between  you 
.lud  tis  as  to  ihesum  the  receipts  amount- 
ed to.  We  recognize  the  force  of  your 
objection,  and  you  recognized  the  hand 
of  Providence  in  our  offer  of  ^7,0i)0  a 
year,  and  accepted  our  call.  We  desire, 
therefore,  at  this  time  to  give  you  some 
information,  regarding  our  financial  cou 
dition,  and  offer  some  suggestions  re- 
garding your  policy. 

"Our  bonded  debt  amounts  to  '^T.j, 
01)0,  the  annual  interest  on  which  is 
i^C.OOO.  Your  salary  is  $7,000,  our  choir 
costs  us  $3,000,  and  our  miscellaneous 
expenses  are  1^2, 0(10,  making  an  aggVe- 
gate  expense  of  $18,000,  a  3fear.  Our 
church  as  you  see,  is  very  large  and  el- 
egant, and  in  the  center  of  a  fine  part  of 
the  city.  If  all  of  our  pews  were  rented, 
even  at  modei-ate  rates,  we  should  have 
an  income  of  fully  §1S,000.  If  we  didn't 
receive  f|uite  as  much,  it  would  make  no 
great  difference,  as  we  could  make  up  a 
small  deficit  out  of  the  collections  for 
missions  and  the  dissemination  of  the 
Scriptures. 

*'  You  will  readily  see  that  our  inter- 
est can't  be  reduced  except  by  reducing 
tlie  jirincipal.  Our  miscellaneous  ex- 
penses are  as  low  as  they  can  be,  and  it 
is  out  of  the  question  to  reduce  our  ex- 
penses for  music,  because  our  choir 
would  leave  us  and  go  to  a  church  only 
blocks  away,  to  which  they   have  a 


the  time,  and  our  pew  rental  must  be 
kept  up  to  $18,0(10  at  the  least.  Your 
evening  senuonB  should  be  on  characters 
in  hurtory  and  fiction,  the  last  thing  out 
in  science,  literary  criticisms,  polities, 
ethnologVi  and  reminiscences  of  travel. 
These  things  are  interesting  to  young 
men,  and  we  all  mourn  the  fact  that  our 
churches  do  not  get  hold  of  the  young 
men  as  they  ought  to. 

"Such,  sir,  is  our  financial  condition, 
and  such  seem  to  us  the  only  methods 
by  which  our  church  can  be  managed 
successfully,  at  least  until  the  debt  is 
paid." — A\vf//an{/e. 


WHAT  HINDERETH  THE 
GROUND? 


fi 

standing  invitation,  if  their  salaries  were 
reduced,  and  many  of  the  most  liberal 
members  of  our  society  attend  here  ex 
clusively  on  account  of  our  superior  mu 
sic,  and  these  persons  being  leaders  of 
society,  their  attendance  secures  us  tlie 
attendance  of  others. 

"You  observe,  therefore,  that  there  is 
but  one  item  of  our  expenses  that  can 
be  reduced.  If  the  pew  rentals  fall  be- 
low $18,ooo  a  year,  the  loss  must  fall 
on  that  item.  You  see  the  importance 
of  keeping  the  pew  rents  up  to  the  fig- 
iii-e  1  have  named. 

"  It  a  lively  competition  for  the  pews 
in  our  church  could  be  aroused,  we  could 
raise  the  prices  so  that  the  total  would 
reach  $20,000  or  even  $25,000.  Y'our 
success  in  this  direction  would  be  regard- 
ed by  the  trustees  as  good  ground  for 
an  increase  of  your  income.  If  you 
should  succeed  in  getting  some  wealthy 
geutlemeu,  whose  families  attend  our 
church,  to  materially  reduce  our  debt, 
we  should  have  less  interest  to  pay,  and 
should  favorably  entertain  a  proposition 
to  iociTase  your  income. 

"  You  will  find  it  necessary  to  preach 
two  sermons  a  week,  all  equal,  in  a  lit- 
eraiy  point  of  view,  to  the  articles  in 
our  best  magazines  and  reviews.  Our 
peojile  are  highly  educated,  and  they 
don't  want  any  sermons  that  are  not 
e(]ual  to  the  best  lectures  or  magazine 
articles.  You  will  have  to  visit  a  good 
deal  among  the  most  worthy  and  liberal 
of  our  people.  They  won't  stay  with  us 
unless  they  get  a  good  deal  of  attention 
from  the  minister.  Your  morning  ser- 
mons may  contain  a  good  deal  of  gen- 
eral religion,  aspirations  after  immor- 
tality and  the  civilizing  influence  of 
Christianiiy,  and  all  that  sort  of  thing. 
but  it  won't  do  here  to  preach  a  great 
leal  about  repentance,  or  sin,  or  other 
unpleasant  things.  Some  of  our  peo])le 
like  that  kind  of  preaching,  and  you 
must  give  them  some  of  it,  but  a  good 
many  people  won't  stay  and  hear  it   all 


T  AM  a  farmer,  and  have  followed 
-^  farming  fifty-eight  years,  and  al- 
ways took  delight  in  the  business;  but 
the  last  few  years  could  not  follow  the 
plow  any  more,  yet  could  uot  be  idle. 
So  I  would  go  in  the  Spring  of  the  year 
through  the  wheat  fields  and  pull  up 
the  cockle  and  other  noxious  weeds  that 
hinder  the  growth  of  the  grain.  Then, 
also  go  through  the  corn  field  and  pull 
up  the  weeds  that  escaped  the  plow  and 
cultivator.  You  know  there  are  some 
that  stand  so  close  to  the  corn  stalk  that 
the  plow  cannot  reach  them  and  they 
are  generally  very  thrifty,  because  of  the 
cultivation  they  get  that  was  designed 
for  the  benefit  of  the  corn.  Some  of 
these  weeds  can  be  pulled  up  with  one 
hand,  but  others  re(|uire  both  hands,  es- 
pecially if  they  have  stood  long.  But  I 
show  them  no  mercy,  out  they  must 
come,  why  should  they  be  left  to  draw 
nutrition  from  the  earth,  and  receive  the 
dew,  rain  and  sunshine  from  above,  and 
give  no  return  to  the  husbandman? 

I  am,  also,  a  preacher.  Not  by  my 
own  choice;  but  by  the  choice  of  those 
who  had  a  right  to  choose.  I  did  not 
lik'^  it  much  at  first,  for  it  hindered  me 
from  attending  to  my  home  concerns, 
besides  keeping  me  from,  reading  the 
news  of  the  day,  and  participating  with 
the  public  affairs  of  the  world.  I  could 
not  serve  tvvo  masters  and  work  under 
two  yokes  at  once.  For  I  must  of  ne- 
cessity study  myself  to  be  approved  un- 
to God,  a  workman  that  needed  uot  to 
be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the  word 
of  truth.  But  oh!  what  a  field  to  work 
in.  Forty  years  of  my  time,  aside  from 
my  temporal  toil  I  labored  in  that  field. 
It  is  not  for  me  to  tell  with  what  suc- 
cess, eternity  alone  can  reveal,  yet  I  may 
not  transcend  the  bounds  of  modesty  by 
saying,  I  have  not  labored  in  vain.  If 
Paul  has  planted  and  Apollos  has  wa- 
tered, God  gave  the  increase.  To 
him  belongs  the  praise:  When  my 
strength  failed  I  left  the  plow  in  the 
hands  of  others.  Also,  when  I  found 
ray  strength  failing  to  guide  the  Gospel 
plow,  I  left  the  guidance  of  it  to  abler 
hands  and  betook  myself  to  reconnoiter 
or  in  other  words,  to  do  what  ray  hands 
miglit  find  to  do,  for  I  cannot  stand  idle. 

In  looking  over  the  Gospel  field,  my 
heart  is  ravished,  and  my  spirit  is  elated 
to  see  a  mighty  host  of  the  redeemed  of 
the  seed  of  that  woman,  J6hn  speaks  of 
in  Rev.  12:  17,  equipping  and  making 
:ady  to  go  forth  in  battle,  to  fight  him 
that  is  cast  out  of  heaven,  and  co  set  up 
the  banner  of  Prince  Kinanuel.  But  ah ! 
hnvv  it  chilli  my  heart  to  see  here  and 
there  of  those  rank  weeds,  that  stand 
where  they  ought  not,  absorbing  all  the 
moisture  and  dew  from  heaven  and  hin- 
der those  which  might  be  fruitful  plants 
from  thriving,  by  throwing  their  dark 
shade  over  them,  that  tlie  Sun  of  Kight- 


eousness  cannot  ripen  the  fruit.  I  mean 
those  of  whom  Paul  speaks  to  Timothy, 
6:  5.  Well  would  it  be  for  all  of  tliem 
to  read  that  whole  chapter  every  day 
till  it  would  renovate  their  whole  being 
and  make  Christto  them  all  in  all.  But 
alas!  why  do  I  talk  to  them,  they  will 
not  read  thisi  They  all  have  the  papers 
that  tell  them  of  the  market,  money 
matters,  politics,  murders,  frauds,  swin- 
dles etc.      But  the  BUKTIIKEN  AT  AVOKK 

is  too  high  in  price,  they  cannot  afford  to 
waste  money  to  learn  what  the  church 
is  doing  and  wishes  to  do.  There  are 
even  mullen  stalks  in  some  part  of  the 
field  that  have  absorbed  all  the  nutrition 
of  plants  around  them,  and  everything 
seems  withered,  the  soil  is  dry  and  hard, 
themselves  have  taken  such  deep  root 
that  it  requires  strength  combined  some- 
times to  pull  them  up. 

In  reading  over  what  I  have  written 
so  far,  I  found  to  have  made  a  great 
blunder,  doile  wrong,  in  comparing  some 
of  my  dear  brethren  to  weeds.  I  should 
have  considered  them  as  true  plants, 
when  they  come  into  the  Gospel-field, 
but  for  want  of  proper  cultivation  per- 
haps those  weeds  I  spoke  of  got  the  ad- 
vantage and  the  true  germ  or  plant  be- 
came dwarfed  and  weeds  grew  over  the 
genuine  plant,  so  that  little  corn  did  ap- 
pear. 

Now  my  object  from  the  beginning 
was,  not  to  root  up  the  spear  of  corn, 
but  tq  destroy  that  which  hinders  its 
growth.  I  beg  your  pardon,  dear  breth- 
ren, I  mean  you,  that  stand  aloof  from 
the  great  work  that  is  to  be  done  yet, 
ere  the  great  and  notable  day  of  the 
Lord  shall  come.  Don't  you  see  that 
the  devil  suffers  himself  with  all  his 
host,  and  hell  itself  to  be  annihilated  so 
that  there  may  be  no  need  of  a  Savior. 
The  great  and  the  wise  men  of  this  world 
exert  themselves  to  the  utmost  to  gain 
their  object.  Will  not  you  my  breth- 
ren, do  something  to  stem  the  fl.ood? 
Will  you  still  cling  to  your  gold  and 
your  silver  until  it  becomes  cankered, 
and  the  rust  thereof  be  a  witness  against 
you?  Nay,  my  brettreu,  you  will  act 
a  nobler  part;  you  know  you  are  not 
your  own ;  you  have  been  bought  with 
a  great  price;  and  all  that  you  are  and 
have  belong  to  the  Lord.  You  are  call- 
ed upon  to  secure  the  salvation  of  your 
offspring — your  children.  Bring  them 
together  and  as  many  of  your  neigh- 
bor's children  as  possible  every  Lord's 
day,  make  them  acquainted  with  the 
AVord  and  will  of  God,  to  fortify  them 
against  the  delusions  of  the  wicked  one 
and  the  world.  Open  yourpurse-string, 
send  out  papers  and  pamphlets  where 
your  preachers  cannot  go,  where  the 
number  is  too  small  and  the  field  is  too 
large.  Spare  not  your  dollars  and  your 
means  with  which  God  has  blessed  you 
to  assist  in  every  way  possible  that  the 
Gospel  might  be  preached  in  its  purity. 
Fear  not  that  gi^■ing  will  imjioverish 
you.  Remember  the  rich  man  and  Laz- 
arus; remember  the  rich  young  man ; 
and  remember  the  unjust  steward.  Re- 
member Calvary. 

"SNAKES  IN  THE  GRASS." 

To  Elder  D.  H.  Gibson,  an  EvaufjeJ- 
ist  of  Jefius  Chrkt: — 
My  very  dear  Brother: — 
pONTINl'ED  silence  in  the  physical 
^  universe, isdeath,  and  formsau  appro- 
priatefigure  of  an  extended  wantof  com- 
munication in  the  sphere  of  friendship 
and  love.  We  are  creatures  of  sympathy 
and  confidential  communication,  but 
both  are  too  bigly  developed  in  the 
phyfto-mental    oi-ganization  of  many   of 


X>ecember    1*^ 


:reated  bietlireii. 


'Vi~ih:  itHir/rti.HK>s'   at  "vvokk. 


our  created  oretureii.     Many  meu   Imvv 
lost  positions  of  pre-emiuence,  religious 
ly,  politically  and  financially  by   a  too 
iVee  admission  of  object  and  aims.  Con- 
liilfuci-    misplactd    usually    resulted    in 
ji  ^su?4tained    loss,    but   no    confidence  is 
udiHe  tlian  luauy   sorrows.     We  sbould 
iK-ver  expect  others  to  keep  that  which 
we  cannot  keep  ourselves.     Our  secrets 
lose  their  name  the  moment  we   impart 
them  to  others.     Our  object  and  eftbrts 
iu  life  should  tend  to  high,   moral    and 
ifligious  attainments.     Our  ends  to   ac- 
complish should  be  noble  acts,  righteous 
,lf«ds,  and  conversation  pure  and  good. 
This  is  the  object  of  our  being  manifest 
e«l  in  the  design    and  revelation   of  the 
Elohim  of  ages  past,  and  the  eternity  to 
come.     Life  consists  in  more  than  days 
and  years;  its  deeds  should  be  pure,  el- 
evated and  noble.     Our  daily  lesson    to 
iearu,  should    be,    the    most  consistent 
manner  of  living,  that  will  enaVde  us  to 
act  a  part  in  life,  useful  to  ourselves,  ad- 
vantageous and  beneficial  to  others.  This 
wnll  reflect  back   the  image   of  God  in 
uur  being,  and  the  rich,  noble,  and    un- 
selfish devotion  to  the  cause  of  our  holy 
religion.     As  the  Sun  is  the  Divinity  of 
matter  and  governs  material  change,  so 
is  the  essence  of  supreme   holiness  the 
uuclea  of  magnificent  change  of  mind. 
Experience  has  her  lessons  to  teach,  life 
her  great  lessons  to  learn.     Experience 
is  a  severe  school,  but  her  lessons  are  the 
most  impressive   and   lasting.     Selfish- 
ness is  the  winged  arrow   of  poison   to 
moral  growth ;  jealousy   and   prejudice 
the  well  primed  howitzer  of  hell  to  the 
overthrow  of  religious  progression   and 
holy  ambition. 

Great  resnlts,  fiow  from  earnest,  un- 
selfish eftbrts.  ^Selfishness  may  attain  to 
preponderance  for  a  time,  but  ita  final 
end  will  be  with  the  chaff  in  the  fire  of 
the  cleaner.  Men  who  will  make  relig- 
ion subservient  to  financial  gain,  are  se- 
ducers in  the  temple  of  God.  Ananias 
and  Sapphiras  in  the  sanctuary  of  ho- 
liness. 

Old  orderism  in  its  true  sense  signifies 
death  to  the  works  of  the  devil,  and 
combustion  of  sin.  In  its  modern  sig- 
nification, it  is  varied  and  obscure,  some- 
times having  stronger  reference  to  the 
coating  of  the  sepulchre  than  the  decay 
of  the  dead  liones  within  it.  Old  order 
is  right  so  far  as  its  lineaments  are  Gos- 
pel and  is  sanctioned  by  the  authority 
nf  Jesus  Christ.  The  trouble  is,  we 
have  too  little  of  the  old  order  among 
us.  We  must  except  things  as  we  find 
them,  but  purify  them  as  they  pass 
through  our  hands. 

Appearances  should  not  deceive  us. 
Self-praise  is  scandalous,  but  eulogies  of 
our  powers  and  virtues  spoken  by  oth- 
eis  are  ravishing  and  precious. 

"  Let  him  that  thinketh  he  staudeth 
take  heed  lest  he  fall,"  is  of  divine  or- 
igin, and  undermines  the  human  idea 
of  safety  and  steadfastness  in  the 
strength  of  our  own  arm  and  intelli- 
gence. 

Preaching  is  the  holiest  calling  among 
men,  but  carries  with  it  a  terrible  end 
fur  the  man  who  will  preach  only  n]i'ir( 
of  the  (iospel.  The  holy  work  of  ages 
I'ast  has  been  to  proclaim  the  Gos|)el, 
and  its  effects  are  seen  in  the  glorious 
(■unversion  of  atheists,  infidels  and  skep 
tics.  [>iirknes-i  and  superstition  have  re- 
treated liefore  the  powerful  march  ol' 
saiictirieil  truth.  Witchcraft,  ghosts  and 
hobgoblins  are  things  of  the  past,  and 
live  only  on  the  pages  of  shadowy  rec- 
"Ms.  Christianity,  as  it  has  followed  in 
the  footsteps  of  Gospel  preachers,  has 
enobled,  educated  and  elevated  the  hu- 
man race.     I  love  good    preaching   and 


good  preachers.     There  is  no  excuse  for 

P'»or  preaching,  wh^.n  men  have   such  « 
theme  as  Chr 


'tiauity.     I    am   thankful 
tor  all  the  good  preaching  that  was  ev 
fi-  done;  I  thank  Paul  for  his  noble,  un- 
sflfish  zeal  in    pushing  forward   to  my 
days  the  glad  news  of  the  Sou  of  (iod : 
J  thank  him  for  all  the  good   things  he 
has  left  mitten  for  me.     I  thank    Petei- 
anil  James  and  John  for  their  powerful 
testimony  in   favor    of  Christ;    and  the 
Ijurning  words  of  love  they  have  record- 
ed for  us.     I  thank  Juda^   Iscariot   for 
his  three  years  of  devotion  to  Christ,  but 
despise   his  breach  of  trust.     1   thank 
Ananias     and    Sapphira    for    accepting 
Christ,  but  despise  their  lyingto  the  Ho- 
ly Ghost.     I  love  Simon  >ragU3  for   ac- 
cepting the  truth,   but   despise  him  for 
his  offer  of  gold.  I  thank  Luther,  Wes- 
ley, Calvin,  Melanchthon,  for  the  refor- 
mation and  reviving  of  orthodoxy,  but 
regret  that  they  did   not  proclaim  and  |  ^t^|"i^^ 
practice  what  they  avowed,  they    knew 
the  ancient  church  did.  I  love  old  fath- 
er Mack  for  reviving  Christianity  in  all 
its  purity;   I  thank   the   old  preachers 
among  us  for  their  noble   work   in   the 
past.     I  thank  the  minister  who  was  the 
means  of  my  mother's  conversion,  and 
oh,  how  I  thank  her  for  all  the  sermons 
she  ever  preached  to  me,  and    the  sweet 
prayers  she  offered.     I  thank   the    min- 
ister who  brought  me  to  Christ,  and  all 
the  preachers  that  have  stood  by  the 
cross  where  I  have  labored  in  the  past. 
I  thank  the  pen  of  C.  H.  B.,  and  all  of 
the  declaimers  of  our  holy  profession. 

I  am  now  in  the  field  again,  and  as 
the  battle  rages  I  pray  that  many  may 
fall.  Three  years  ago  I  stood  almost 
alone  iu  evangelistic  work,  to-day  a  score 
or  more  of  strong  men  are  engaged  in 
the  contest,  and  the  dead  falling  thickly 
around.  May  the  victory  be  oun?  now 
and  forever. 


arm,  with   the  heart  depart  from  the' 

Lord,  Jer.  IT:  5;  this  is     inconsistency;  , 
and  it  is,  and  always    was    the    greatest 
evil  iu  the  church,  and  extremely    hurt 
ful  to  ber  progress. 

To  confess  the  truth  is  consistent,  for 
truth  iiuiM  be  first  confejwed;  and  not  to 
walk  according  to  the  profession  maile, 
not  to  Walk, in  the  truth,  though  it  is 
inconsistency,  yet  not  in  the  triifk,  for 
truth  has  no  inconsistency,  but  with  the 
confession  made,  it  is  inconsistency,  and 
it  works  upon  the  influence  thrown  out 
by  the  confession  of  truth,  like  as  fire 
operates  upon  chaflf. 

It  is  true  when  we  say,  that  consisten 
cy  "  is  a  jewel,"  but  is  equally  true  when 
we  say  that  inconsistency  is  a  vial  of 
fi.qua  ret/in  (a  solution  which  dissolves 
gold).  For  take  your  bright  jewel  of 
gold,  consistency,  and  put  a  drop  of  the 
royal  water"  on  it  and  it  will  re- 
ceive a  dark  spot,  and  immei'se  It  in  that 
solution  and  it  will  destroy  it,  will  dis- 
solve it.  Hence,  inconsistency  iu  our 
daily  walk  and  conversation  will  destroy 
all  the  influence  that  the  confession  of 
the  truth  and  short  abidance  therein  has 
thrown  around  us. 


I  wrote  this  for  the  want  of  something 
wiser  and  better  to  say.  Accept  it  as  it 
is  given;  I  am  glad  of  your  increase  in 
v^^inniug  souls  to  Christ. 

Voui-s  respectfully. 

S.  H.  B.^SHOH. 

INCONSISTENCY  AGAINST  CON- 
SISTENCY. 

BY  DANIEI,  HRIGHT. 

WELL  has  it  been  remarked  that 
"  The  evil  of  the  church  to-day 
is  inconsistency."  Inconsistency  exists 
where  profession  of  a  truth  is  made  with 
the  mouth,  but  denied  iu  practice.  To 
profess  to  be  a  child  of  "  light"  and  not 
reprove  darkness  in  both  word  and  deed, 
not  shew  forth  the  virtues  of  him  that 
has  called  us  from  "  darkness  unto  his 
marvelous  light,"  is  inccmsistency.  To 
profess  to  be  born  of  God,  having  the 
"  love  of  God  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts;" 
and  manifest  hatred  and  envy  towards 
our  brethren  or  fellow -beings,  is  incon- 
sistency. To  confess  faith  in  AlniUjhty 
God ;  iu  that  his  eye  is  all  seeing,  his 
ear  all-hearing;  iu  that  his  fatherly 
care  is  extended  toward  every  one  of  his 
ci-eatures,  so  much  so  that  not  even  a 
"sparrow  civn  fall  to  the  ground  withtmt 
his  notice,"  and  much  less  can  anything 
threaten  to  happen  unto  his  I'c-adopted 
child  without  seeing  it;  and  to  profess  to 
be  the  re-adopted  child  of  that  Omnip- 
otent Being;  the  object  of  his  tender 
mercies  and  his  fatherly  care,  as  much 
so,  or  in  such  a  degree,  as  the  "apple  of 
our  eye"  is  an  object  of  our  greatest 
care;  and  after  confessing  and  professing 
all  this,  not  being  willing  in  our  daily 
walk  and  conversation  to  fonfide  and 
tru.-t  in  him  (after  we  have  done  our 
duty),  but  trust  in  man,  make  flesh  our 


Consifitency,  or   confeasing   the  truth 
and  Vieginning  to  walk  therein,   is  like 
unto   Pharaoh's   seven    rank  and   good 
ears  of  corn  upon  one  stalk;  or  like  un- 
to the  seven  well-favored  and   fat-flesh- 
ed kine   feeding  in    the  rich  meadows. 
But  inconsistency   in   our   practice,  our 
daily  walk  and  convi^r-fation,  is  like  un- 
to the  seven  ill-favored  and  lean-flej*hed 
kine,  which  ate  up  the  seven  fat-fleshed; 
or  like  unto  the  seven  thin  ears,  blasted 
with  the  East  wind,  which  devoured  the 
seven  rank  and  full  ears.  Gen.  41.  Thus 
it  is  with  the  professor  of  religion.     To 
confess  Jesus  before  men  has   a   power- 
ful influence  for  good,  but  to  deny  him, 
wholly  or  in  part,    in    our  practical  life, 
this  inconsistency   will  destroy   all  our 
influence  for  good,  however  strong    tin- 
power  thei'eof  may  have   been.     When 
the  preacher  professes  to  be  a  Christian 
and  holds  forth  the  Word  of  Truth  with 
power,  he  wields  a  most   wonderful 
fluence  over  men.     But  when  in  his  pri- 
vate life  he  does  not   manifest  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  kingdom  of  heaven, — love, 
peace,  meekness,  humility, long-suffering 
etc.;  and  in  his    office    as  a  "worker  to- 
gether with   (iod,"   does   not,   "  in  all 
things"  approve  himself  as  "the   minis- 
ter of  God,"  but  loves  those  who   speak 
well   of  him,   shunning   and   despising 
others  who  kindly  tell  him  of  his  faults, 
such  deportment   is  inconsistency,   and 
destro)'s  the  influence  for  good  he  wield 
ed  before. 

Love  is  the  center,  the  focus  of  ihe 
vi\dfying  rays  of  the  Sun  of  Righteous 
ness.  It  is  the  atmosphere  of  the  ^'new 
earth."  U  is  the  "bond  of  perfectness 
and  the  fulfillment  of  the  law.  It  isth- 
concentration  of  all  the  commands  of 
God  into  one.  The  possession  of  love 
is  the  convincing  evidence  in  the  Chris- 
tians that  they  are  the  ilisciples  of  Christ. 
"  By  this  all  men  shall  know  that  ye  are 
my  disciples,  if  ijf  have  t-oi'e  one  to 
aiti'iliery  John  l.^ilij.  Every  persou 
possesses  love.  Even  publicans  and  sin- 
ners love  those  who  love  them,  and  call 
everything  right  that  they  do.  But  to 
love  our  enemies  or  those  who  do  not 
speak  so  well  of  us  and  do  not  honor  us 
as  much  as  we  would  like  them  to,  re- 
quires one  born  of  God.  But  if  we  pro- 
fess to  be  born  of  (Jod  and  yet  harbor 
malice  and  ill-feeling  towards  our  fel- 
low mortals,  in  (mr  hearts,  we  are  in- 
consistent and  a  stumbling  block  to  seek 
ers  of  the  Truth.     "  If  the  light  that  is 


in  you  he  «lttrknc>'»',  how   great  ia  tbat     . 

liaikneMi" 

Every  tvuediitcipleof  Chriftthajt  prom- 
ised to  be  a  witness  of  the  Truth  till 
the  end.  O  l«rt  us  all  pay  unto  th<-  LonI 
this  our  vow,  and  we  shall  be  the  hap- 
py possessors  of  this  precious  j«wel — 
consistency — and  truth  will  bear  iw  «ut 
on  the  judgment  day, 

WHAT  STRONG  DRINK  DOES. 

TT  costs   ♦l,0(i(),i)00,()(Ki    annually    in 
-^     in  money. 

It  makes  5i),  percent  of  our  insane. 
It  make.s  05  per  cent,  of  our  paupem. 
It  is  the  direct  cause  of  75  percent.of 
the  murders  committed. 

It  makes  SO  per  cent,  of  our  criminals. 
It  sends  forth  95  per  cent,  of  our  vic- 
ious youth. 

It  sends  one  every  six  minutes  to  a 
drunkard's  grave,  or,  87,0(1(1  every  year. 
In  our  own  happy  or  unhappy  Amer- 
ica, in  this  enlightened  19th  century, 
facts  and  figures  show  that  Gu,(iuii  livw? 
are  annually  destroyed  by  means  of  in- 
toxicating drink,  4,niK)  commit  suicide, 
and  2un,ni)0  orphans  are  made. 

The  crimes  resulting  from  intoxicat- 
ing drink  cost  the  country  annually  jM'*, 
iiuii,(ioii  and  send  to  prison  luii,iiun  per- 
sons. 


New  York  City  spends  annually  ^70,- 
iKin.nmi  for  sti-ong  drink  and  only  $3,- 
(100,11(111  for  public  education.  In  the 
State  of  New  York  there  are  "i  1,242  li- 
nsed  dram-shops,  and  perhaps  one- 
fourth  that  number  more  not  licensed, 
and  only  7,000  churches. 

In  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  $S3,- 
4H7,(Hin  is  annually  spent  for  strong 
drink,  and  only  $(;,i»m,ouo  for  public 
education. 

In  the  United  States  over  400,000 
more  men  are  engaged  in  the  liquor  bu- 
siness than  in  preaching  the  Gospel  and 
teaching  the  youth. — T/ie  Skulker. 

A  SHIP  IN  A  CALIFORNIA  DESERT. 

iMiuicii  jiiiu..!..: 

BY  many  it  has  been  held  as  a  theory 
that  the  Yuma  desert  was  once  an 
ocean  bed.     At  intervals,  pools   of  salt 
water  has  stood  for  a  while  in  the  midst 
of  the  surrounding  waste  of  sand,   dis- 
appearing only  to  rise  again  in  the  same 
or  other  localities.     A  short   time  since 
one  of  the  saline  lakes  disappeared,  and 
a  party  of  Indians  reported  the   discov- 
ery of  a  big  ship,  left  by    the    receding 
waves.  A  party  of  Americans  at  once 
proceeded  to  the   spot,   and   found  im- 
bedded in  the  sands  the  wreck  of  a  large 
vessel.     Nearly   one-third  of    the   for- 
ward parts  of  the  ship  or  bark  is  plain- 
ly visible.     The  stump  of  the   bo%v8prit 
remain's,  and  portions  of  the  timbers  of 
teak  are  perfect.     The  wreck   Islocateil 
tbrty  miles  north  of  San  Bernardino  and 
Wort  Vuma  road  and  thirty  miles   west 
of  Los  Palmos,  a  well-known    watering 
l)lace  on  the   desert.     The   road   across 
the  desert  has  been   traveled   for   mor« 
than  one  hundred   yeare.     The  hist«iry 
of  the  ill-fated   vessel   can,   of  course, 
never  be  known,  but   the  discovery  of 
its  decaying  timbei's  in  the    midst   of 
what  has  been  a  desert  will  furnish   im- 
portant aid  iu  the  calculations  of  sciene**. 

Peace  does  not  dwell  in  ontside 
things,  but  within  the  soul.  We  may 
preserve  it  in  the  midst  of  the  bitterest 
pain,  if  you  will  remain  firm  and  sub- 
missive. Peace  mthis  life  springs  from 
acnuiesceuce  even  iu  disagiveable  things 
not  in  an  exemption  from  sudTeriug. 


O'llK    liTlKXiiKI::>s^    ^'^^J^    AVOKIC. 


ID.-cemb-  r 


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PUBLISHKD    WFEKLY. 


J.  H    MOORE. 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN.  j 


huTB  churches  in  every  SUte  and  Territory 
I  thv  Unil«<I  Static  and  CruioJu. 


Tilt  B««:t.ii.«x  *T  woBK  will  i"  •""  •»  SI  *>o  v*f  "■ 

oiim  in  .ilmtK-'-  Any  ODC  wli-  -^  iH  ■'"'I  "■  "'?•"  nnmfs 
iD<)  'I'^iii  »iirri>c»tvp  ■"  -vilirni  'ii»t  ciiicy  trre  otehnrgv. 

MdftrwLf.i'lHionil-i ,.-Yt  uuJ   »bot.  lUo  niw 

„.«.«)  .ho «....  »11I  W-.HO-.-.I  .'n  I'''-/-"'-. ^'■''■^ 
ki.i»>ini  o«n  t>p  J».I.i«i«.l  fivm  ihc  moMf  bcfom lending  H 
rn,  Moncvtrn.  l.y  r...l«l  (>r.lrni.  U<-j<i.lr-rfd  Utter, 
or  Jn.n,.  rro'p.rIy  »jam.rt,  "Ul  U  nt  our  H.k  Wh" 
■  cnilitii:  -ln.fi.  I*  "lire  llinl  <l  1"  «ol  a  tbsck.  If  "  >•  " 
chMk  It  t"M.  1."  St  cMil«  to  rolled,  T.bil»  n  .ir-ft  can  hi- 
C0llfc;».l  frc^  VoMlH"  '"""P'  '"'J  '^  ""^  '"'  •""»"»'; 
ander  1,00.  i".f  nl«..j>  ^f"''  «1"  '"""'■7  '^  r""  f»", Jf.*' ' 

aobwriplloi.-.  »n.l  comiuulilMlK.l.sinWiKiP'l  for  th«  pft- 
■tr,  M  well  w  all  buiiown  mmon  conMcled  with  tbc  o(. 
flMiboiiltl  W  ftddrMMd 

UOOBE  ft  ESZEUtAK 

LUAT^  CUTOll    C«..IU' 


I  UKASE,  ILL., 


I)EC£UBSB13,187& 


Onk  wax  bii]>H7M  m  the  h..uark  church  the 
fintt  day  ol  Dm-mbtT. 

\  MAX  who  ha«  a  Warn  in  his  own  eye  is  not 
conipfttent  t^  pick  a  luoto  out  of  hie  brother's 

We  cannot  fill  orders  for  "Chrystal's  Histo- 
ry of  the  Modes  of  Baptism."  The  work  is  out 
of  print. ^  ^  ___ 

Thk  address  of  elder  .John  Baruhart  is  now 
changed  from  Mahomet,  III.,  to  Mansfield,  Piatt 
county,  III.  ■     ^_^^ 

IJnoTHKit  S.  Z.  Shorp,  who  is  now  at  his  old 
homHnMarvville.Tenn..expeCts30on  to  return 

to  Afihlaiid,  Ohio. 

At  the  Inte  District  Meeting.  Bro.  Knoch 
Eby  wflK  a.ldcd  to  the  committee  having  charge 
of  the  Danish  Minsion. 

It  is  ju,it  as  easy  to  find  pleasure  in  work  as 
play,  if  pc-iiple  would  only  think  sp.  Men  who 
lovf  to  work,  enjoy  it,  and  feci  happy  over  it. 

Do  not  ct^ncludc  that  much  reading  will  make 
you  intcIIiKont.  It  is  not  what  a  man  reads, 
but  what  liL-  remerabew  that  makes  liim  inlel- 
lig'-nt.  _^_ 

I!i:itK\FTEK  liro.  Babhor's  books  will  be  sold 
at  thi^  following  rates:  Any  one  M-mling  six 
names  and  83.00  will  receive  a  book  free. 

WjtKS  sending  in  money  to  pay  for  your  past 
Bub^rription.  iilwaya  say  by  whom  your  name 
was  sent.  It  will  suve  much  perplexity  in 
business.  _ 

Tun  ftdtlre.is  of  elder  .John  Wise  is  changed 
from  Waterloo,  Iowa,  to  Mulberry  Grove,  Bond 
Co.,  III.,  where  he  is  now  lociited  in  his  new 
fieltl  of  labor. 


Thi:  first  number  of  our  weekly  supplement 
is  (olded  in  with  the  pafpr  this  week.  It  ena- 
bles us  to  give  our  subscribers  that  much  more 
reading  matter. 

Mti^T  people  sent!  their  children  to  school  too 
early.  Where  it  can  be  done,  it  M-ould  be  best 
to  trarh  them  at  home  n  few  years  before  seml- 
ing  MitMU  to  schoul. 

Bhkthrkn  and  sistei-s  should  not  neglect 
family  woi-ship.  If  you  can  do  no  more,  read 
the  HcriptnrpN  to  your  family  once  each  day,  or 
»ing  n  suitable  hymn. 

Ii'  people  would  eflt  less  before  going  to  meet- 
ing, have  the  house  better  ventilated,  and  get 
more  energy  in  the  preacher,  there  would  be 
less  sleeping  in  churchfs. 

THKc-lmrch  at  HuutiugJou.  Pa,  boa  been 
greatly  refreshed.  During  a  Inteseries  of  meet^ 
ings  held  by  their  home  ministers,  four  were 
added  to  the  church  by  baptism. 

In  answer  to  intiuiries  we  «-ill  state,  that  the 
price  of  Tertulliau't'  roiuplete  works,  in  four 
Toluuie.^  is  ^12M.  The  work  is  hecomiug  quite 
scarce,  and  but  fow  Bre  to  be  had, 

Thk  Br<?thrcn  at  Hndson.  III.,  have  appoint- 
ed a  series  of  meetings  to  commence  on  Chi-ist- 
mas.  and  much  de-^ire  some  of  the  ministering 
brethren  to  come  and  help  them. 

AViiEN  sending  in  money  for  the  Danish 
Mii-sion,  always  send  it  to  C.  P.  Itowland,  Lan- 
ark, 111.,  and  not  to  ui.  It  makes  less  trouble, 
and  renders  misunderstandings  less  liable. 

A  i-Aiti)  from  Bro.  Daniel  Brower  informs  us 
that  ho  is  holding  nieptiiig  in  Idaho  Territory. 
Thus  the  truth  is  spreading,  and  we  hoi*  the 


Ip  you  do  not  receive  what  you  order  from  ti« 
within  Ihive  weeks  ftf>er  ordering,  do  not  fad 
to  notify  u-  of  it.  Plciise  do  not  wait  two  or 
thre«  month}. 

The  twenty-six  doiUrw  raised  at  our  D.  M., 
for  a  poor,  crippled  si'^ter  in  the  Central  Mission 
field  has  been  forwarded  *o  her.  It  is  good  to 
remember  the  poor. 

Si'Krui.  attention  is  called  to  the  '•  Business 
Department "  on  last  page  this  wvek.  Read 
the  instructions  carefully,  and  when  sending  in 
money  be  sure  and  say  just  what  it  is  tor. 

Ocn  office  was  favored  -with  many  warm- 
hearted visitors  last  week.  It  was  a  source  of 
great  pleasure  to  us  to  receive  a  visit  from  so 
nuuiy  of  our  readers,  and  be  cheered  by  theix 
goo't  wishes.  ^  ___ 

BnoTHEii  F.  P.  Lahr,  of  Michigsn,  has  been 
with  us  over  one  week,  and  preached  several 
times  for  the  Brethren.  Thotigh  quite  old,  be 
has  not  lost  his  /.enl  fur  the  caUKe.  nud  is  a 
friend  to  mi^ionary  work. 

There  are  only  a  few  more  numbers  of  the 
Brkthuen  at  Work  for  this  year.  This  makes 
No.  .}0,  and  the  year  will  soon  be  at  an  end. 
Hope  all  will  renew  at  once  so  that  tbeirnames 
will  be  in  before  the  next  volume  commences. 

BnoTHEii  L.  Hillery  hns  concluded  not  to  do 
anything  in  the  colony  business  at  present,  but 
will  likely  turn  his  attention  entirely  to  preach- 
ing. This  explanation  is  made  for  the  benefit 
of  those  having  made  inquiries  in  regard  to  the 
colony  project. 

SaT/^  is  an  enemy  to  the  spreading  of  the 
Gospel,  for  it  being  "  the  power  of  God  unto 
salvation  "  tends  to  destroy  his  iuflutnce  over 
the  minds  of  the  people,  and  for  that  reason  he 
does  not  want  (he  Gospel  preached  to  every 
creature. 

Fhom  the  Waynesboro  Village  Record  we 
learn  that  an  oral  discussion,  between  Bro.  S. 
II.  Hashor  and  II.  P.  Bergstresser,  a  Lutheran 
minister,  will  likely  take  place  some  time  dur- 
ing the  Winter.  The  discussion  is  to  be  held 
at  Waynesboro,  Pa, 

k  NV-KLL-informed  minister  wa.s  one  time  ask- 
ed io  return  thanks  at  a  wedding  diuuer, 
copipose<l  of  sweet  cakes  and  indigestible  food 
gfiieraliy,  and  refused,  >aying,  he  saw  nothing 
on  the  table  to  thank  the  Lord  for.  Those  who 
prepare  wedding  dinners  should  give  this  sub- 
ject some  thought. 


A  niiOTHKit  writes:  "  We  think  the  BEETmiES 
AT  WoliK  quite  a  help  to  young  members  to 
become  acquainted  with  the  faith  and  practice 
of  the  Brethren."  The  coming  volume  will  be 
fuuud  quite  valuable  in  that  respect.  Wesliall 
give  special  attention  to  the  distinctive  features 
of  the  Christian  religion. 


Brother  John  D.  Switr^r,  of  White  Rock, 
Kau.,  wishes  us  to  my,  "Ihtre  is  a  ?plendid 
opening  at  .lewell  Hit)  for  some  brother  or  some 
other  man  who  is  a  good  miller  and  has  some 
uioney  to  invtrst  in  a  mill.  TLey  have  a  water- 
power  there  and  a  splendid  wheat  country,  and 
no  mill  nearer  than  fifteen  miles." 


NlMliER  48  of  i\i<i  Primit'm-  Chrklicin  con- 
tains  an  able  "Appeal  to  the  Brotherhood," 
from  the  pen  of  Bro.   Quinter.    The  article  is 

11  worth  preserving,  and  no  doubt  its  publi- 
cation is  timely,  lie  calls  on  every  lover  of 
the  truth  to  "  mark  them  which  cause  divisions 
contrary  to  the  doctrine  which  ye  have  learned." 


The  District  Meeting  here  last  Tuesday 
morning  was  opened  by  old  Bro.  La^hr,  who, 
aftiT  lining  the  opening  hymn  said,  "  Bretliren, 
this  is  a  memorable  day  to  me.  Fiity-eight 
yrars  ago  to-day  I  idacL-d  foot  on  the  American 
hore,  on  the  wharf  at  Philadelphia.  I  came 
froji  the  land  of  slavery  to  the  land  of  liberty." 


It  is  said  that  Central  and  South  America 
are  in  a  threatening  condition.  "In  Panama 
the  most  fertile  and  populous  portions  of  the 
repiiblie  have  suffered  fearfully  from  grasshnp- 
piT-.  Jiud  all  tl.'LTOps  h:ive  been  compler,  !y 
led.  A  severe  earthquake  has  destroyed 
a  Urge  portion  of  the  city  of  Menizales,  the 
capitiil  of  Autioqua.  No  lives  were  lost. 
Revolutions  and  political  and  financial  troubles 
are  reported  in  Peru,  Izalco  and  Santa  Nuna, 
are  in  a  state  of  trenieJidous  activity.  The  in- 
habitants of  neighboring  villages  arc  terribly 
alarmed.' 


About  the  last  thing  done  by  the  Ute  District 

Meeting  held  at  Lanark,  was  the  placing  of  all 
the  hiisittef.<  connected  with  the  home  mi-ision 
work  into  ihe  hands  of  deacons.  Tlierf  i«  not 
u  minister  on  the  board.  We  hope  the  day  is 
noi  fardistiint  when  our  piuple  will  seethe 
importancoof  giving  more  business  into  the 
hftLilt  of  deacons,  and  let  the  minist^-rs  apply 
themselves  "  to  the  ministry  of  the  word." 


Lkt  eveiy  brother  arid  sister,  who  is  able  to 
do  so,  send  and  get  one  of  Bro.  It.  H.  Miller's 
books.  It  will  serve  a**  an  excellent  Christmas 
present  if  given  to  some  one  who  may  appreci- 
.ite  it.  and  then  Bru.  Miller,  who  is  in  limited 
circumstances,  needs  the  money,  the  publishing 
of  the  book  having  cost  him  u  good  deal.  Ad- 
dre.-^  liim  at  Liubiga.  lud. 


Some  40  years  ago  the  Presbyterians  began 
their  missionary  work  in  Siam,  and  after  20 
years  of  patient  toiling  and  waiting,  they  re- 
ceived the  first  convert,  and  now  the  church  in 
that  county  numbers  50  members.  This  shows 
how  patiently  missionaries  labor  to  build  up  a 
church,  yet  there  are  thu^^.— not  very  familiar 
with  mi-*sionary  work— who  conclude  that  un- 
le,ss  a  few  hundred  are  converted  each  year  the 
mission  is  a  failure. 

Me.  Moody  is  laborintr  at  Baltimore.  Chief 
amoDg  the  evils  in  the  churches,  he  said  in  a 
sermon,  are  church  choirs— ungodly  men  and 
women  who  happen  tu  have  good  voices,  and 
often  drunken  organists.  Mr,  Moody  denounc- 
ed the  methods  employed  in  raising  money  by 
church  faii-s.  Lotteries,' voting  and  rutfies  were 
discouraged.  The  young  men  now,  instead  of 
going  to  a  low  gambling  den,  could  go  to  God's 
church  and  gamble.  Actually,  at  one  church 
fair,  the  sum  of  25  cents  was  charged  for  the 
privilege  of  kissing  the  handsomest  young  wo- 
man in  the  church— presumably  to  help  the 
work  of  God. 

The  following  from  Bro.  J.  W.  Stein  will  ex- 
plain itself  fully: 

Deiir  Birth  mi.— 

I  see  you  make  a  mistake  in  No.  4S  of  Breth- 
REX  at  Work,  about  ray  speech  not  appearing 
last  week.  Though  Dr.  Kay's  speech  reached 
me  a  day  late,  mine  left  here  in  time  promptly. 
Hence  I  am  in  no  way  responsible  for  the  delny. 
Atlectionately, 

.J.  W.  Stein." 


THESE  PERILOUS  TIMES. 

THE  time  has  come  for  greater  activities  up- 
on the  part  of  both  the  ministry  and  the 
laity.  We  do  not  predict  that  the  ch:irch  is 
going  to  ruin,  or  that  iufidelity  is  guiiig  to 
predominate,  .but  do  raise  a  warning  voice 
against  coming  evils  already  at  the  door. 

It  is  perilous  times  for  children  and  young 
people  generally.  We  allude  to  the  large  circu- 
lation of  obacane  literature  and  pictures  that  is 
disgracing  our  land,  and  corrupting  the  minds 
of  children.    Men  of  corrui)t  and  depraved  minds 

ike  it  their  business  to  keep  such  matter  afloat. 
They  are  doing  their  utmost  to  get  their  cor- 
rupt teachings  before  the  children  and  young 
people  of  the  laud,  in  order  to  ensnare  and  de- 
tile  them. 

There  are  millions  of  copies  of  low-toned, 
co'arse-g rained  literature  in  constant  circulation, 
rating  stories  of  terrible  adventures,  frolics 
and  murders  by  the  wholesale,  written  in  a 
flashy  style,  well  calculated  to  fire  the  irnagin- 
atinus  of  boys  and  girls,  with  an  unh'dy  flame 
fi)r  committing  similar  deeds,  and  undertaking 
like  daring  exploits.  Add  to  these  a  few  mill- 
ion copies  of  the  dime  noveh,  and  we  have  run- 
g  through  our  land  a  stream  of  corrupt  lit- 
erature that,  if  continued,  may  ruin  the  morals 
of  most  of  the  youth  of  our  times. 

Parents  will  find  it  to  their  good  to  keep  a 
careful  watch  over  the  reading  mutter  that 
comes  into  tlieir  families,  for  their  children  will 
partake  largely  of  the  nature  of  that  which  they 
read  about.  A  French  proverb  says,  "Tell  me 
what  a  man  reads,  and  I  will  tell  you  what  kind 
of  a  man  he  is."  You  need  not  try  to  keep 
your  children  from  reading,  for  that  is  useless, 
but  furnish  them  with  that  which  is  good  and 
will  not  c'-rrui'"  'hejr  iiiiii'l.-t.  and  tliey  will 
grow  up  strung  uml  iiwdii. 

All  kinds  of  indu'-ements  are  heiuit  held  out 
for  young  men  and  women,  to  entice  them  into 
sin  and  ruin.  Satan  hai  his  secret  snares  at 
every  available  spot,  and  ho  who  does  not  treaJ 
with  cautious  steps,  may  he  deceived.  He  has. 
his  agents  at  work,  arrayed  in  the  garb  as  the 


angels  of  light  They  are  skilled  in  all  the  ac- 
eomplishn>e.it.  of  deception.  Their  wnming 
ways  are  hunl  to  resist,  while  their  cuwuingly 
devised  phms  ore  difficult  to  detect.  If  ever 
there  was  a  time  when  people  needed  to  be  as 
wise  as  serpents  and  harmless  as  doves,  it  is 
■.     "  Watch   and  pray,  lest  ye    enter  into 

temptation." _  _  J.  m.m. 

THE  DISTRICT  MEETING. 

AS  eariy  as  Monday  evening,  Dec.  2nd.  breth- 
ren and  sister*  began  to  arrive  from  various 
parts  of  Northern  Illinois,  and  by  seven  ..dock 
our  meeting-house  w;i.^  well  filled  with  members, 
many  of  whom  were  ministers  and  delegates. 
Elder  David  Ritteuhouse,  the  pioneer  preacher 
in  this  part  of  the  State,  preached  to  us. 

The  next  morning  at  au  eariy  hour,  the  house 
began  filling,  and  by  nine  o'clock  everything 
yiBB  ready  for  opening  the  meeting,  which  was 
done  by  singing,  prayer  and  the  reading  of  the 
Scriptures.  Every  congregation  in  Northern 
Illinois,  excepting  one,  was  represented  by  del- 
egates. After  some  discussion  regarding  the 
legality  of  the  meeting,  a  rising  vote  was  caUed 
for,  and  resulted  unanimously  in  favor  of  the 
meeting  proceeding  to  business. 

The  following  oHicers  were  chosen  by  ballot: 
Enoch  Eby,  Moderator;  D.  E.  Price,  Reading 
Clerk;  J.  J.  Emmert  and  M.  M.  Eshelraan, 
Writing  Clerks.     Theentire  forenoon  wasspent 

reporting  and  looking  into  the  financial  con- 
dition of  the  district.  Since  last  Spring  about 
hundred  dollars  have  been  raised  for  the  var 
rious  missions,  leaving  three  hundred  dollars  to 
be  raised  till  the  next  District  Meeting.  AU 
expressed  a  willingness  to  malte  up  their  quoto 
as  stated  by  the  District  Meeting  last  Spring. 
A  number  of  speeches  were  made  regarding  the 
best  methods  of  carrying  on  missionary  work  in 
Central  Illinois,  and  in  a  few  instances  consid- 
erable zeal  was  manifested.  It  was  finally  agreed 
to  appoint  two  committees  to  draft  plans  to  be 
presented  to  the  meeting  the  next  day.  Meet- 
ing adjourned  at  two  o'clock  to  meet  next 
morning  at  nine. 

At  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening  the  house 
was  well  filled  to  listen  to  old  Bro.  F.  P.  Lcehr 
and  Bro.  Daniel  Dierdorff. 

Meeting  was  opened  the  next  morning  at 
nine  o'clock,  when  the  two  committees  present- 
ed their  plans. 

FIRST  I'LAN. 

"We  recommend  that  a  committee  of  five 
brethren  be  appointed  by  this  meeting  for  the 
purpose  of  consulting  and  selecting  a  brother, 
with  the  necessary  qualifications  as  a  resident 
minister,  for  one  year  or  more,  in  the  Central 
Mission  Field,  i^aid  committee  to  assist  in  locat- 
ing said  brother  in  such  a  way  as  to  partially, 
if  not  wholly  support  himself  and  family. 
Should  said  committee  fail  to  obtain  such  a 
brother,  then  they  shall  select  six  brethren  from 
Northern  District  of  Illinois  for  the  purpose  of 
visiting  and  seeing  how  they  do,  as  often  as  once 
a  mouth  if,  in  their  discretion  it  may  be  thought 
necessurj-.  The  committee  of  five  to  report  to 
next  District  Meeting.  Also  to  confer  with  the 
Evangelists  of  the  Southern  District  of  Illinois 
with  reference  to  co-operative  effort  on  Central 
Mission  Field.  Also,  that  the  members  in  Bu- 
reau Co.,  be  placed  under  the  care  of  tht^ 
Hock  River  church." 

SECOND  I'LAN. 

"We  suggest  that  no  change  he  made  before 
next  District  Meeting,  and  that  if  any  of  the 
four  already  selected  cannot  fill  his  place  on  the 
field,  he  should  get  some  other  brother  to  fill  it 
for  him. 

Those  who  go,  should  not  scatter  their  meet- 
ings, but  if  possible,  make  thorough  work  of  it, 
staying  as  long  as  possible,  thus  curtailing  ex- 
penses. 

We  further  suggest,  that  a  committee  of  five 
deacons  be  appointed,  whose  duty  it  shall  be. 

To  make  an  effort  to  get  some  well-establish- 
ed minister  to  move  into  the  Central  Mission 
Field  for  at  least  one  year,  or  more,  if  possible. 

This  minister  to  be  so  circumstanced  that  he 
can  devote  one-half  of  his  time  to  the  ministry 
in  the  Summer  season,  and  all  of  his  time  in 
the  Winter. 

He  shall  do  what  ho  can  toward  supporting 
himself,  and  what  he  may  lock,  the  Northern 
District  will  supply. 

But  if  this  committee  cannot  succeed  in  lo- 
cating a  minister,  then  they  shall  make  an  ef- 
fort to  get  some  brother  to  take  charge  of  the 
field  during  the  Summer  season  —  doing  his 
traveling  by  private  conveyance,  having  ahorse 
and  buggy  that  are  to  be  the  mlasiouary  prop- 
erty of  the  District,  and  to  be  used,  in  doing 


j;)^oeinb'>r    'lH. 


niijsioaury  work,  wheiieT«r  and  wliowTer  it  may 

|je  pnicticiibk*  to  do  90. 

Tilii'*  mini«tpr  to  cutor  the  field  iiiimeainWv 
„fl(.r  the  Dislrict  Meeting,  niid  rfiimii,  till  tlie 
„,i,l,llo  oi  November.  Hois  privil.ged  to  ris 
t„rii  lionie  occfL^ionally  during  the  Summer  us 
priidfuce  may  dictate. 

For  the  Winter's  work,  the  committee  to  se- 
lect four  luiuisters,  who  in  turn,  are  each  to 
gpeiid  our  month  in  the  Centrnl  field,  eommenc- 
jiip  the  middle  of  November  and  ending  the 
mi.l.il.' of  March."  '^ 

The  lirst  plan  was  adopted  without  much  dis- 
jjussion,  oud  five  deacons,  named  by  the  first 
committee,  were  instructed  to  carry  ovit  the 
plan  u.ini)ted.  The  next  move  wtis  to  place  the 
Wiscoiiaiu  Misaion  under  care  of  theeamecom- 
niittee  of  deacons. 

No  change  was  mode  rcRarding  the  Danish 
Mission.  There  was  a  warm  feeling  for  the 
success  of  the  Mission,  with  but  few  oppaaers. 
The  meeting  instructed  the  Moderator  and 
Clerks  to  prepare  an  address,  to  the  general 
brotiierliood.  • 

H'jw  to  raise  the  money  to  carry  on  our  mis- 
sion work,  called  up  considerable  discussion. 
The  meeting  decided  to  make  no  change.  The 
plan  adopted  by  last  District  Meeting  was,  that 
each  congregation  should  raise,  on  an  average, 
§95.00  to  the  congregation.  Those  that  are 
wealthy  should  give  more,  and  others  less. 
The  meeting  closed  at  two  o'clock,  Had  pub- 
lic services  at  seven  in  the  evening.  Brother 
Joseph  Leliman  preached,  followed  by  brother 
Allen  Boyer.     __^_^_^_^  J.  H.  M. 

COMMITTEE  WORK. 

AS  committee  work  among  our  people,  in  the 
methoil  of  church  government,  has  become 
a  feature  of  no  >mall  importance,  I  conclude  to 
offer  a  few  remarks  regarding  the  class  of  men 
frotii  whom  committees  should  be  selected. 

The  settling  of  church  difficulties,  requiring 
the  services  of  committees,  is  perhaps  the  most 
perplexing  business  belonging  to  church  gov- 
ernment, and  therefore  requires  special  atten- 
tion. It  is-a  work  about  which  the  church 
cannot  well  be  too  careful.  There  is  too  much 
at  stake  to  act  hastily.  Come,  let  us  look  at 
the  subject  carefully. 

Prudence  would  dictate  to  every  intelligent 
Christian,  that  it  is  best  to  30  conduct  bu^ine^s 
as  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  a  committee.  In 
this,  as  well  as  other  matters,  an  ounce  of  pre- 
ventative is  worth  a  pound  of  cure.  The  grand 
secret  of  keeping  the  peace  is  the  preventing  ol 
difficulties.  If  people  would  work  as  hard  to 
prevent  difficulties  as  they  do  to  settle  them,  we 
would  have  far  less  trouble  in  the  chareh. 

Under  the  existing  circumstances,  we  need 
not  expect  to  get  entirely  rid  of  committee  work, 
for  there  will  occasionally  arise  difficulties  re- 
quiring the  attention  of  committees,  and  in 
some  parts  of  the  brotherhood  we  fear  harm  has 
been  done  by  the  present  method,  hence  sug- 
gest a  few  improvements. 

The  suggestions  I  now  offer,  have  not  been 
hastily  formed;  they  are  the  result  of  consider- 
able thought  and  observation,  and  have  been 
explained  numbers  of  times  to  brethren  who 
have  had  much  experience  in  committee  work, 

When  it  comes  to  settling  difficulties,  there  is 
too  much  of  a  disposition  to  refer  it  to  the 
preachei-s.  If  the  difficulty  is  arbitrated,  it  is 
too  frc(|aently  turned  over  to  the  preachers, 
and  if  two  members  chance  to  fall  out,  it  is 
genenilly  expected  that  the  preacher  must  have 
some  hand  settling  it.  There  cannot  be  a  com- 
mittee to  settle  church  difficulties,  but  that  it 
must  bo  coinposed  of  elders,  who  are  compelltd 
to  neglect  the  preaching  of  the  Word  in  order 
to  see  after  matters  that  might  le  adjusted  by 
others.  Besides  this,  some  elders  have  been  on 
committees  so  much  that  they  have  well  nigh 
lost  their  influence.  However  honest  they  may 
be,  or  however  good  their  decision,  somebody 
will  censure  them. 

Supposing  a  church  get';  into  a  difficulty,  and 
the  members  are  about  equally  divided  on  the 
question.  They  call  for  a  committee.  On  that 
committee  is  a  minister  of  great  ability  as  a 
preacher,  and  the  congregation  has  much  confi- 
dence in  him;  his  preaching  has  a  salutary  ef- 
fect The  eommittee  hears  both  sides  and  makes 
a  decision  in  favor  of  one  side  and  against  the 
other.  I  do  not  care  how  good  the  decision  is, 
that  minister  can  never  have  the  influence  in 
that  congregation  he  had  before,  for  a  part  of 
th.-  members   will   uot  feel   just   right   toward 


THK    BKKM'tIKK>s'    -A-T    AVOJiK. 


r 


him-they  lose  confidence  in  him.  But.  wys 
one,  this  is  not  right-merabera  ought  not  to 
h«v*  such  feeli«K«.  That  is  true,  but  how  can 
you  help  it?  How  can  you  keep  members  from 
rtiMiking  preachers  when  they  are  in  this  kmd 
ofbrnuiess?  Th.rei,  noway  in  the  world  of 
domg  It,  unless  ministers  are  left  to  give  their 
attention  "to  the  ministry  of  the  word."  (Acti. 
*>■■  ■*).  while  others  be  appointed  to  attend  to 
settling  church  difficulties. 

Elders  are  human,  and  are  just  aa  liable  to 
niake  mistakes  a.s  imybody  else,  and  when  they 
do  L.inke  mistakes,  in  trying  to  settle  church 
difficulties,  the  cause  has  to  suffer  by  it.  They 
are  censured  by  those  who  ought  to  stand  under 
their  arms— lose  much  of  their  influence,  and 
often  go  awayfrom  the  church,  where  they  have 
been  laboring,  down-hearted  and  discouraged, 
No  wonder  some  of  them  dread  committ«e 
work. 

Besides,  they  are  caused  to  lose  a  great  deal 
of  time  that  might  otherwise  be  employed  in 
preaching.  Elders  and  ministers  have  a  hard 
time  of  it  at  best.  They  getnothing  for  preach- 
ing, must  lose  the  time  at  their  own  expense, 
neglect  their  business  ut  home,  and  in  too  many 
instances  neglect  their  own  congregations. 
Tbeir  families  often  suffer,  and  woret  of  all.  the 
cause  has  to  sufler.  1  know  elders  who  have  90 
much  committee  work  I o  attend  to,  that  they 
have  to  greatly  neglect  the  mL-sionary  work 
they  were  appointed  to  do.  This  has  been  ex- 
perienced to  a  considerable  extent  in  Northern 
111.  Our  missionary  field  had  to  be  neglected 
for  months,  just  because  one  of  our  missionaries 
had  to  spend  much  of  his  time  serving  on  com- 
mittees, settling  difficulties  that  might  have 
been  settled  by  deacons  just  as  well.  If  com- 
mittee work  is  an  honor,  let  us  divide  it,  but  if 
a  burden,  let  others  help  to  bear  it. 

The  wisest  piece  of  church  business  I  ever 
heard  of  elders  doing,  was  done  by  the  apostles 
at  Jerusalem.  When  "  there  arose  a  murmur- 
ing of  the  Grecians  against  the  Hebrews,  be- 
cause their  widows  were  neglected  in  the  daily 
ministration,"  (Acts  6:  1}  the  apostles  did  not 
appoint  a  committee  from  among  themselves  to 
attend  to  the  matter,  but  told  the  church  to 
select  seven  men  whom  they  (the  apostles) 
would  set  over  that  business,  thus  leaving  them 
to  devote  their  time  to  looking  after  the  spir- 
itual want-s  of  the  church,  while  others  could 
see  after  the  temporal  afl'airs.  In  this  case  no 
doctrine  was  involved,  it  was  a  murmuring  over 
t'luponl  matters.  The  complaint  came  from 
the  "  Grecians  "  who  laid  it  in  against  the  "  He- 
brews," because  a  certain  class  of  widows  were 
not  supplied  with  food.  The  setting  of  others 
over  that  business  left  the  apostles  free  to  de- 
vote all  their  time  to  the  "  ministry  of  the 
word." 

Why  not  the  church  be  that  wise  in  dispos- 
ing of  committee  work  now?  As  it  is,  elders 
and  many  of  the  ministers,  have  enough  to  do. 
All  tbeir  spare  time  and  attention  should  be  de- 
voted "  to  the  ministry  of  the  word  " — to  attend- 
ing to  the  spiritual  wants  of  the  church.  Most 
difficulties  that  committees  are  called  to  settle. 
could  be  properly  adjusted  by  deacons  or  minis- 
ters who  are  not  so  burdened  with  preaching, 
thereby  economizing  labor.  The  church  is 
blessed  with  a  number  of  well-established  dea- 
cons who  could  do  good  services  on  committees, 
and  I  believe  it  would  add  much  to  the  ndvanc 
iiig  of  the  cause,  if  the  greater  part  of  this  work 
were  turned  over  to  them.  It  would  have  th; 
advantage: 

1.  It  would  enable  many  eldei-s  and  minis- 
ters to  devote  more  time  to  spreading  the  Gos- 
pel and  building  up  churches.  This  alone  would 
be  a  great  advantage. 

2.  As  elders  and  ministers  have  to  lose  the 
tinir-  employed  in  preaching  and  doing  commits 
t*e  work,  at  their  own  expenses,  it  would  be 
wisdom  todivide  the  burden,  and  turn  thegreater 
part  of  the  committee  work  over  to  the  deacons, 
thus  relieving  the  ministers  of  a  great  burden. 

3.  In  too  many  instances  ministers  have  lost 
some  influence  by  serving  on  committees,  thi 
diminishing  their  usefulness  as  preachers,  and 
proportionally  injuring  the  cause.  Relieving 
them  of  committee  work  will  enable  them  to 
exercise  more  influence  over  the  church  in 
piTrtchiug  the  Word,  and  thereby  do  a  greater 
amount  of  good. 

i.  Should  any  part  of  the  church  become 
displeased  with  the  deacons,  because  of  on  ua- 
satisfQctorj'  decision,  it  would  in  no  way  affect 
the  preaching  of  the  Word. 


5.  By  plnring  committro  work  in  the  hands 
of  the  de.iconN  they  will  become  butter  iicquaint- 
ed  with  churuh  government,  and  tidv«?  more 
int*>rp«t  in  the  affair*  of  the  church  generally. 

6.  As  a  general  thing  there  is  more  wealth 
among  the  deacons  than  among  the  mini-iters, 
and  by  dividing  tbo  burden,  some  of  it  will  fall 
on  those  who  are  Ijetter  able  to  bear  it. 

7.  My  impression  in,  that  deacons  are  W« 
liable  than  ministers  to  become  biased  by  the 
thought  of  losing  influence. 

8.  Xn  elder  who  has  served  on  committees 
for  years,  t^-lN  me  that  about  ninc-tonths  of  the 
case-i  that  come  liefore  committees,  involve 
temporal  mattent,  or  grow  out  of  troubles  that 
in  no  way  aftV-et  doctrinal  questions.  No 
all  know  that  ourdejicous,  aa  a  body,  are  better 
tinanciert  than  the  ministers,  and  when  it  comes 
to  adjusting  difficulties  involving  financial  mat- 
ters, their  judgment  cannot  be  excelled  by  any 
in  the  church. 

Where  there  isadifficulty,  involving  doctrine, 
to  be  settled,  then  the  committee  should  be 
composed  of  well-informed  elders.  When  that 
doctrinal  difficulty,  involving  circumcision, 
broke  out  at  Autioch,  the  case  was  referred  to 
the  apostles  and  eiders  at  Jenisalem,  Act^  1,^: 
l,y.  "And  certain  men  which  came  down 
from  Jndott,  taught  th«  brethren,  and  said,  Ex- 
cept ye  be  circumcised  after  the  manner  of 
Moses,  yo  cannot  be  saved.  When  therefore 
Paul  and  Barnabas  had  no  small  dissension  and 
disputation  with  them,  they  determined  that 
Paul  and  Barnabas,  and  certain  flther  of  them, 
should  go  up  to  Jerusalem  unto  the  apostles 
and  elders  about  this  question."  It  was  a  doc- 
trinal question,  hence  referred  to  the  apostles 
and  elders,  who,  in  framing  their  decision,  con- 
sulted the  church. 

The  duties  of  ministers,  regarding  difficulties 
that  grow  out  of  temporal  matters,  may  be 
learned  from  Luke  12:  13,14.  "  And  one  of 
the  company  said  unto  him.  Master,  speak  to 
my  brother,  that  he  divide  the  inheritance  with 
me."  Then  Jesus  "said  unto  him,  Man,  who 
made  me  a  judge  or  a  divider  over  you?  " 

Elders  and  ministers  who  keep  off  of  commit- 
tees and  give  themslves  "  to  the  ministry  of  the 
word,"  and  the  care  of  the  churches,  will  not 
only  save  themselves  from  a  great  deal  of  troub- 
le and  perplexity,  but  will  be  enabled  to  accom- 
plish vastly  more  good  in  spreading  the  truth. 


»t  the  fifh  pond  on  the  Lord'ii  day.  or  in  the 
arove  hunting,  or  on  the  common*.  pUyind  l«ll, 
in  the  barn,  playing  hide  and  go  hm^U,  i* 
pretty  hard  to  reach  with  the  Oo<ip«?l.  Id  too 
many  neighborhoodn  this  is  the  work  of  chil- 
dren on  U>TA't  day.  and  then  their  par^ntu  com- 
plain that  their  children  are  saucy,  diaobedieat, 
and  hard  to  get  into  thechurch.  Uit  any  won- 
der that  they  are  m  careless  and  di«obediifnl? 
Hdve  you  not  oppiwcl  their  coming  together  to 
study  and  read  the  Bible:'  Have  you  not  failed 
to  take  them  to  meeting,  to  sit  down  with  them 
in  the  evening  and  morning  and  md  the  Bible 
with  them?  Ah!  when  we  look  up  the  facU 
ifni  are  more  or  Ipss  to  blame,  are  you  not? 
Come,  take  jour  children  by  the  hand,  go  with 
them  to  the  public  assembly  of  the  |>ftople  of 
God,  and  do  your  part  of  the  great  work.  Now 
a  few  words  Ut  preachers. 

You  arp  not  all  cut  out  to  talk  to  children. 
It  is  a  gift,  to  be  able  to  talk  to  them.  Their 
natures  must  be  understood,  and  the  uimplest 
upeech  must  be  used  in  addressing  them.  Nev- 
er talk  to  them  in  a  loud  tone,  nor  make  exces- 
sive gestures.  Go  right  up  tT  them,  and  apeak 
to  them  ever  !io  gently.  Draw  their  tttt*?ntion 
by  your  kind  manner*.  Their  hearts  are  tender, 
and  if  you  would  make  a  mark  for  good,  you 
must  come  down  to  childish  nature,  childish 
feelings.  Theory  is  not  for  them.  Give  them 
practical  talk,  matter  that  they  can  onderstand. 
I  would  like  to  talk  to  every  boy  and  girl  in 
this  broad  land.  I  look  upon  them  as  too  much 
nt-glected  in  holy  things,  and  desire  to  do  them 
good.     God  bless  them  and  their  parental 

And  for  the  encouragement  of  the  children  l' 
will  here  arid  that,  during  his  travels  Bro.  Esh- 
Iniau  will  make  preaching  to  the  children  a 
specialty.  Must  of  the  preaching  now  ia  in- 
t^-nded  for  grown  people,  while  the  lambs  are 
neglected.  Great  etiorU  should  Iw  made  to 
properly  instruct  the  children  in  the  ways  of 
the  Lord  so  that  when  they  become  men  and 
women  they  will  not  forsake  the  wav  of  truth. 


BABYLON. 


B,\BVL 
ancie 


CHILDREN  S  MEETING. 

ON  the  evening  of  the  -Ith  it  was  announced 
that  on  the  morrow  evening  our  aged 
brother  F.  P.  Lithr  would  talk  to  children, 
hence  all  the  little  boys  and  girls  were  invited 
to  come  and  hear  him.  When  the  time  came, 
many  were  found  there  in  the  front  seats,  while 
the  remaii.ing  part  of  the  house  was  tilled  with 
those  who  are  older.  The  contrast  was  truly 
marked,  for  there  were  people  from  six  years  of 
age  to  seventy-five,  all  eiiger  to  be  fed  by  the 
Word  of  Truth. 

Brother  La-hr  is  75  years  old,  but  retains  his 
mental  powers  and  physical  activity  remarkably 
well-  On  questioning  him,  he  said  that  he  had 
given  up  th''  care  of  the  church  to  younger 
heads,  as  he  had  passed  the  age  of  labor  in  that 
direction.  We  could  not  help  admiring  that 
wisdom,  for  it  is  indeed  rare.  Few  men  are 
that  wise  at  seventy-five.  Butjjfor  the  meeting. 
All  the  children,  big  and  little,  were  ea^er  to 
hear  the  dear  old  brother.  He  spoke  to  them 
of  the  angels,  of  the  first  liar.  Cain,  of  Jesus' 
concern  for  them,  of  the  necessity  of  studying 
the  Bible,  and  how  the  early  or  primitive  Chris- 
tians assembled  and  taught  their  children.  Both 
old  and  young  could  find  plenty  of  crumbs  of 
comfort,  and  go  away  feeling  that  they  were 
none  the  wor^e  for  coming  together.  Such 
meetings  should  be  held  frequently,  for  the 
children  need  just  such  instruction.  Fathers 
and  mothers  are  often  wearied  by  the  miscbiev- 
ousness  of  their  children,  and  if  they  were 
brought  together  occasionally  and  preached  to, 
much  good  might  he  doue,  and  the  work  of  par- 
ental government  made  less  burdensome.  Af- 
ter all,  our  children  are  just  what  we  make 
them.  If  we  are  cross  and  fretful  towards  them, 
you  may  rest  at^sured  they  will  be  so  too.  Great 
loving-kindness,  firmness,  truthfulness,  and 
tieiice  are  needed  to  bring  a  child  up  in  the  nur- 
ture and  admonition  of  the  Lord.  Then  bring 
them  together  in  the  public  assembly,  and  teach 
them  the  best  way  to  behave  themselves  aud  to 
love  and  honor  God.     A  boy  that  is  brought  up 


LON  'vas  the  most  remarkable  city  of 
cieut  times,  having  attained  itsgreatness 
al)out  600  years  before  Christ,  though  ibonded 
by  Nimrod  soon  after  the  flood. 

It  was  laid  out  with  great  regularity  on  Iwth 
sides  of  the  river  Euphrates,  and  was  fifteen 
miles  square,  or  sixty  miles  in  circumference, 
with  the  river  flowing  through  the  centre  from 
north  to  south.  The  city  was  surrounded  by  a 
wall,  composed  of  brick,  made  from  a  very  dura- 
ble substance.  This  wall  was  350  feet  high 
and  nearly  88  feet  thick.  The  bight  was  enor- 
mous when  we  come  to  considerit.  Most  trees 
are  uot  over  50  feet  high,  yet  it  would  take  sev- 
en tall  trees,  one  upon  the  top  of  the  other,  to 
equal  the  hight  of  the  wall  surrounding  Baby- 
On  this  wall  were  1560  lofty  towers  on  the 
top  of  which  watchmen  were  placed  to  guard 
the  city  and  surroundings. 

Within,  the  city  was  divided  into  676  blocks 
by  twenty-five  streets  running  each  way.  At 
the  end  of  every  street  was  a  gate  in  the  wall. 
There  was  also  a  wall  on  either  side  of  the  river, 
and  also  gates  where  the  streets  crossed  theriT- 
or.  In  all,  there  were  150  gates,  which  were 
always  closed  at  night  and  opened  in  the  morn- 
ing, except  in  time  of  war  when  they  were  kepi 
closed  all  the  time.  These  gates  were  made  ol 
solid  brass,  and  were  one  hundred  feet  in  hight 
There  were  also  two  great  lever  gates  across  the 
river — one  where  the  river  entered  the  city  on 
the  north,  and  the  other  where  it  departed  on 
the  south.  These  gates  were  raised  and  lower- 
ed by  powerful  machines  on  the  top  of  the  wall. 
Around  the  city,  and  on  the  outside  of  the 
walls,  was  a  deep  canal  350  feet  wide,  over 
which,  opposite  of  each  gate,  was  a  draw  bridge, 
which,  by  means  of  heavy  chains  and  engines, 
could  be  drawn  up  against  the  wall,  thus  cut- 
ting o3"all  chances  for  the  enemy  t->  cross.  In 
fact,  the  city  was  the  strongest  fortified  place  in 
the  world.  It  was  never  captured  by  forte,  but 
was  twice  taken  by  stratagem. 

Her  greatness  is  gone,  her  glory  has  departed. 
Her  walls  have  been  entirely  demolished,  her 
huge  gates  battered  in  pieces  and  carried  away 
by  the  Aral>s,  her  treasures  scattervdamonc  the 
nations,  and  so  utterly  has  the  city  been  de- 
stroyed that  the  precise  spot  on  which  it  stood 
is  a  matter  of  conjectutv.  The  place  where 
once  stood  tie  ijnuidestcity  of  antiquity  is  now 
a  desolate  aud  barivn  wilderue^^s.  where  roam 
the  wild  beasts  of  the  desert,  and  the  owh  dwell 
there.  j.  h.  m. 


TtiK  kkp:thre>^  j^t  ^wokk:. 


December    13 


'*T/u  iVorth  of  Truth   no  Tongttf  C/m  TVH." 

Bib  °q«"tion.,  mJ  for  the  «oluiion  «  Scnpiur.1  .Ufficol- 
Um  ah  quMUon.  .houlJ  be  •U>M  wilh  »nJ»r.  »nd  mn- 
tmttfi  wiih  m*  mush  «l»rnw«  «•  poM.bU,  in  oril«r  to 
profflM*  nSMc  Tnill>-  Article  for  ihU  Jcf»nn..nt.  n.u.t 
be  ahort  M<1  w  the  poim 

Will  tliP  BliKTiiKiiN  AT  Work  give  an  expUmi' 
Uon  ..1  tl.f  latter  claiiae  of  tli«  3(ltli  verse  of  Uie 
sand  cliiipter  of  t.uki-.  wliicli  mulsnw  follows :  "  Am 
he  that  hatli  no  sword  M  lihn  M\  Ills  B"riDent  iiii.! 
buy  oiif." 

AlBo,  Mark  &:  W  wliichrcmli*  na  fiiMows:  "  Woe 
unto  you  scrllwA  ami  I'liurifteex,  hyiwcritfs!  for  ye 
commwsseiuuiaUiid  tonmkcone  j.roselyt*;  and 
when  l.t'  13  miido  y-  make  l.im  twofold  moR-  the 
child  of  hell  than  younielvea."         S.  A.  ULRnY. 

pleiwrexphilnlTim.  1:0:  I.uko  Itf:  15;  Mark  fl: 
83'  Murk  10:  17.  IS.  To  wh»t  law  hns  Ibe  Script- 
ures r.-firenoe  and  to  what  exU'iit  should  it  be  uswl  V 
Whftli^thp  most  fateemed?  Has  it  ruference  to 
any  purtiiular  IIiIiirV 


GO  AND  PREACH. 

llY  DAVID  LOXOANErKER. 

•■  Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and  prearli  the  Cosjipl 
to  every  creaturr.  He  that  belleveth  and  is  baptiz- 
ed shiill  be  9«v«d;  but  he  that  belicveth  not  KJiitll 
be  fluiiined."-Mark  l»:  l--,  m. 

TO  pirarh  the  Gospel  to  every  creature  is  B 
command  as  well  as  baptism,  feet-washing, 
or  communion.  TIio  Gospel  is  the  power  of 
God  unto  salvation  to  all  them  that  believe. 
Preacli  it  to  every  creature  at  home  and  abroad, 
to  old  and  young,  poor  and  rich,  mora!  and  im- 
moral, to  publicans,  harlot-s,  dnintcards,  liars 
and  Bdulterent.  Jenns  died  for  them.  He  preach- 
ed and  prayed  for  them.  He  came  to  seek  and 
Bflve  the  lost.  We  phouid  not  do  like  the  self- 
righteous  Pharisees,  run  away  from  penitent 
Binners,  who  were  better  qualified  for  salvation 
than  themselves. 

Preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature— to  all 
nations,  to  Jew  and  Gentile,  Dutch  and  Eng- 
lish, Greek  and  Latin. 

It  is  said  that  the  Canipbellites  began  long 
after  the  Bretliren  and  now  they  number  six 
hundred  thousiind.  while  the  lirethren  uumber 
something  less  than  mif  hundred  thousand.  It 
is  said  the  Campbellites  have  a  church  in  every 
nation. 

We  hear  of  aisters  weeping  and  praying, 
"  Brethren,  send  us  some  ministers,  for  we  are 
Btarving  for  the  Bread  of  Life.  We  have  not 
heard  a  brother  preach  for  a  year,  or  since  we 
are  here."  May  the  Lord  move  the  church  to 
love  and  pity  those  calling  for  help,  and  send 
them  preachers,  not  by  suijiii^,  "  go,"  but  by 
providing  the  means  necessary  to  carry  on  the 
work,  and  sending  them. 


WHY  IS  IT? 


UY  TUL'KSTUN   Mtl.l.EK. 


WHY  is  it  that  sick  patients  almost  invaria- 
bly put  off  their  "  call  for  the  elders  "  to 
ofificiate  in  "anointing  with  oil  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,"  until  they  are  quit*  sure  that  death 
is  very  nearly  approuching?  For  surely  from 
this  reading,  the  Scripture  does  not  limit  them 
to  thut  condition:  but  says,  "  If  any  be  siH  let 
them  call," &c.,  not  if  any  be  iniKO.— Generally, 
80  far  as  my  own  knowledge  extends,  very  few 
of  the  sick  survive  beyond  a  few  days  at  most, 
and  often  but  a  few  hours,  aft«r  this  solemn  re- 
ligious service. 

2nd.  How  is  it  that  the  view  so  generally 
prevails,  that,  in  the  event  of  restoration  to 
health  again,  after  having  called  for,  add  en- 
gaged in  the  above  service,they  may  never  make 
the  second  call? 

3rd.  Why  is  it  this  subject  is  never  discussed 
publicly,  and  the  people,  as  well  as  many  of  our 
members  more  fully  t-nlightened  regarding  this 
Tery  important  aad  heaven  ordained  religious 
duty?  I  am  frequently  astonished  at  the  igno- 
rance of  members  upon  this  subject;  often 
meeting  members  in  my  little  journeys  "  through 
this  vale  "  who  sciircely  know  anything  about 
Buch  n  practice  among  the  Brethren,  and  while 
many  grown  up  children,  of  parents  long  in  the 
church,  have  never  heard  that  there  was  such  a 
thing.  The  following  will  illustrate:  Not  Inng 
since  while  calling  at  the  house  of  a  worthy  old 
German  brother  and  sister,  long  time  members, 
I  was  relating  the  dangerous  illness  of  a  verj- 
aged  brother  of  our  church,  when  I  alluded  to 
the  circumstance  of  his  having  called  fur  th^ 
elders  to  officiate  for  him  in  this  service,  but  a 
day  or  so  previous,  when  a  sick  son  (man  grown) 
lying  in  an  atljoinlng  chamber,  beard  through 
the  open  door  the  conversation,  turned  upon  his 
pillow  and  immediately  began  int^-rrogating  uie 


in  regard  to  the  essentiality  of  its  observance. 
.\t  this  moment  a  married  daughter  came  into 
the  room,  and  upon  turning  to  him,  she  stood 
eihibiting  tlic  most  profound  astonishment,  and 
asked. '"What  do  you  mean  by  anointing?  Why 
I  never  heard  of  such  n  thing!"  I  found  the 
old  people,  however,  well  informed,  and  enter- 
ling  (juite  correct  view.s  upon  the  suiijcct, 
but  had  failed  to  impart  them  to  their  children. 
Verily  I  think  such  ignorance  should  not  pre- 
vail. .  ,^.  . 
THOUGHTS  UPON  DIFFERENT 
SUBJECTS. 

liV  MAUY  C.  MILLER. 


WHEN  Paul  said  he  magnified  his  office,  he 
did  not  say  his  office  magnified  him. 

If  we  iW«A  to  do  what  is  right  we  must  not  be 
afraid  of  the  world.  And  if  we  do  what  is  right, 
there  is  no  ufttl  of  being  afraid. 

Cleanliness  is  said  to  come  next  to  godliness. 
yet  it  is  not  what  goes  into  the  mouth  that  de- 
tiles  the   man,  but  that   which  comes  out  of  it. 

All  things  are  open  unto  Him  with  whom  we 
have  to  do.  If  we  wish  to  live,  we  must  work. 
We  must  be  open-hearted,  irorm-hmrled  tow&rA 
each  other.  If  one  should  do  wrong  or  speak 
wrongly,  convince  him  of  his  error  to  his  face. 
Speak  not  reproachfully  of  him. 

I  have  seen  a  good  many  instruments  of  mu- 
aic  in  the  houses  of  professing  Christiaus.  but  to 
the  best  of  my  knowledge,  I  have  never  yet  seen 
one  that  was  used  expressly  for  sacred  music. 

If  we  want  to  gain  our  brother,  we  will  talk 
to  bim  of  his  faults;  if  not,  we  will  talk  to  oth- 
ers of  them. 

Christ  is  the  head  of  the  church  and  He  is 
poor.  He  is  holy.  He  is  free  from  sin.  He  says, 
"  My  Father  and  I  are  one."  Why  are  they 
one?  Because  they  are  alike  in  purpose  and 
alike  in  works.  Now  if  the  church  has  such  a 
Leader,  should  she  not  be  so  too?  Next  to 
Christ  are  the  ministers.  They  who  are  to  teach 
and  be  "  watchmen  on  the  walls  of  Ziou  "  if 
they  shrink  not  from  duty,  oh  how  good  it  is. 
Then  the  church  prospers.  As  it  was  under  the 
Jewish  economy,  so  it  is  at  present.  When 
they  had  a  king  who  did  right  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  then  Israel  was  strong,  they  went 
forward,  God  was  with  them,  but  when  a  man 
arose  who  knew  not  God  to  love  Him  and  walk 
in  his  appointed  ways,  Israel  ,was  weak,  she  was 
God-forsaken,  she  went  in  by  and  forbidden 
paths. 

A  Christian  lives  in  holy  fear  and  confidence. 
He  knows  the  eye  of  his  Master  is  upon  bim. 
He  lives  in  peace  with  all  men  as  far  as  he  can, 
but  he  has  not  the  fear  of  man  within  his  breast. 

To  read  the  Bible  and  contemplate  or  medi- 
tate upon  its  contents  is  the  duty  and  blessed 
privilege  of  every  Christian.  But  the  young, 
and  those  who  are  newly  converted  to  the  faith, 
how  necessary  it  is  for  them  to  be  very  diligent 
in  searching  the  holy  Scriptures,  that  they  may 
become  acquainted  with  that  law  which  is  to 
govern  them  in  all  their  transactions  through 
life.  We  should  aU  search  the  Bible  rontlnual- 
hl.  It  will  teach  us  watchfulness,  steadfastness. 
dili-^ence,  prudence,  bravery,  meekness,  kindness, 
truthfulness,  impartiality.  Yes  it  will  teach  us 
all  that  it  is  good  for  us  to  be. 

A  flame  of  fire  in  the  wrong  place  should  be 
put  out  if  possible.  So  with  an  evil  report  about 
a  brother  or  sister.  Don't  let  the  fire  spread  or 
you  cannot  get  the  control  of  it.  If  we  would 
stand  up  fur  each  other  as  ive  should,  wicked 
and  designing  people  could  not  make  so  much 
trouble  aiuoug  us. 

It  is  not  the  darts  of  Satan  which  hurt  Chris- 
tians, but  his  smiles.  When  our  actions  please 
him,  then  we  are  hurt,  not  when  he  is  angry 
with  us. 

Let  the  minister  of  God  take  the  Bible,  which 
is  his  sword,  and  let  hiin  become  acquainted 
with  its  holy  teachings,  let  him  learn  to  "  right- 
ly divide  it"  and  to  use  it  skillfully,  then  with 
God's  help,  with  God's  blessing  he  will  be  able 
to  overthrow  the  mighty.  This  battle  is  not 
gained  by  those  who  are  strong  in  themselves, 
but  by  those  who  are  weak.  When  we  are 
strong,  we  depend  upon  ourselves,  when  weak, 
upon  God.  Therefore  Paul  says,  "  When  I  am 
weak,  then  am  I  strong." 

"  Where  there  is  smoke  there  must  be  fire." 
This  is  often  said  where  evil  reports  are  going 
about  against  our  neighbor,  but  we  find  that  the 
most  illustrious  personage  ever  upon  earth,  wi 
much  spoken  against.  The  only  perfect  man 
that  we  have  any  account  of  after  the  fall  of 
Adam,  was  crucified  as  a  malefactor.  Was  there 
any  truth  in  the  reports  brought  against  Him? 
It  is  true  they  pretended  to  have  foundation 
upon  which  to  build  these  reports,  but  after  all. 


were  they  not  false?  W'as  He  guilty  of  wrong 
doings  in  any  way  ?  "  The  king  of  U^rrors  loves 
a  shining  mark."    Reader,  think  of  these  things. 

READ    YOUR  BIBLE. 

KY  SARAH  E,4BI-V. 

AS  the  Brethren  have  many  books,  pamphlets 
and  papers  for  us  to  read,  which  are  good 
in  their  place,  let  us  not  forget  our  Bibles.  It 
is  the  fountain  head  of  all  our  religion.  Let  us 
often  draw  from  its  healing  streams;  let  read- 
ing it  be  our  daily  practice.  When  we  consider 
the  divine  Author  of  this  holy  Book,  and  esti- 
mate its  importance,  we  should  ever  esteem 
it  above  all  others.  What  a  matter  of  lamenta- 
tion it  is,  that  this  sacred  Book  is  so  much  neg- 
lected, and  how  inexcusable  must  such  be  for 
this  negligence.  There  are  many  families,  it  is 
to  be  feared,  which  have  not  so  much  as  a  Bible 
their  houses,  nor  do  they  desire  one.  There 
others  who  have  the  Bible,  but  let  it  lie  as 
an  unfashionable  book.  What  amazing  ingrat 
tude  and  stupidity  is  this.  Oh,  may  we  all  be 
humbled  in  the  dust  for  our  negligence. 

This  heavenly  food,  the  Word  of  God,  abideth 
forever,  and  shall  nourish  our  souls  unto  ev- 
erlasting life.  This  ought  to  be  our  daily  bread, 
for  here  we  learn  all  things  profitable  for  our 
salvation;  great  ones  learn  humility;  rich, 
charity;  poor,  contentment;  the  oppressed,  pa- 
tience; the  afflicted,  comfort. 
Suhiii,  Onijon. 


|[ic«i^  4  |l"<<^>'«?»^- 


AN  EAST  WIND. 


THE  East  wind,  coming  from  the  parching 
desert,  is  very  destructive  to  man,  beast 
and  vegetation  in  Palestine.  A  late  writer,  in 
the  Chrhiian  Wetklij,  thus  describes,  from  per- 
sonal observations,  the  efifects  of  one  of  these 
winds: 

"  Have  you  ever  thought  what  is  meant  in 
the  Bible  by  an  East  wind?  Had  you  been  here 
lost  week,  you  would  have  learned  all  about  it 
by  bitter  experience.  No  wonder  that  Jonah*: 
head  was  scorched  by  it.  In  the  Arabic  version 
we  read  (John  4:  S).  "Audit  happened  at  the 
rising  of  the  suu  that  God  prepared  a  hot  eiist 
wind,  and  the  sun  smote  on  Jonah's  head,  !Uid 
he  wilted  and  he  asked  death  for  himself,  and  he 
said,  My  death  is  better  than  my  life."  An 
Eiist  wind  began  to  rage  here  on  Wednesday 
August  22.  A  deadening  aud  oppressive  heat 
settled  over  the  land.  The  next  two  days  it 
grew  more  intense;  the  air  was  dry  and  hot  as 
the  breath  of  a  furnace.  The  birds  sat  motion- 
less in  the  thick  trees;  the  green  leaves  of  the 
fig  trees  grew  crisp  and  dropped  to  the  ground; 
book-covers  curled  up  as  though  they  were  be- 
in»  held  by  a  coal-grate;  doors,  bureaus  aud 
tables  cracked  with  u  loud  noise  and  warped 
with  the  heat,  even  the  wooden  ceilings  cracked 
;is  if  the  boards  were  in  agony.  Men  and  beasts 
panted  as  if  gasping  for  breath  and  parched  for 
want  of  water.  Our  children  awoke  almost  ev- 
ery hour  of  the  night  calling  for  cold  water. 

'  I  have  rarely  enjoyed  anything  more  than  I 
did  the  sight  of  a  great  flock  of  sparrows  driven 
by  thirst  to  our  yard,  where  there  is  a  long 
trough  of  water.  They  plunged  in,  drank,  and 
drank  again,  flew  round,  and  fairly  exulted  with 
delight  at  finding  in  this  arid  mountain  and  on 
such  a  day  an  abundance  of  water.  A  huge 
centipede  plunged  into  our  wash-bowl  to  slake 
his  thirst;  and  although  obliged  to  despatch 
him  for  tear  of  his  injuring  some  of  the  family, 
1  could  not  helj)  allowing  him  to  live  Ion] 
enough  to  enjoy  the  luxury  of  a  draught  of  co( 
water.  Writing  was  almost  impossible,  and  the 
ink  dried  on  the  pen  between  the  inkstand  and 
the  paper. 

'•  I  had  to  ride  four-miles  on  horseback  during 
the  beat.  Returning  after  sunset,  I  met  Mr. 
Bliss  just  coming  up  from  Beirut.  His  first 
question  was,  "  Is  anybody  left  alive  on  the 
mountain?"  No  wonder  Jonah  "wilted." 
Thousands  of  Syrians  "  wilted  "  on  Friday,  and 
1  doubt  not  many  said  in  thought,  if  not  in 
words,  "  My  death  is  better  than  my  life,  if 
this  East  wind  continues." 


Let  your  sleep  be  necessary  and  healthful, 
not  idle  and  expensive  of  time  beyond  the  needs 
and  conveniences  of  nature,  and  sometimes  be 
curious  to  see  the  preparation  which  the  sun 
makes  when  he  is  coming  forth  from  the  cham- 
bers in  the  East. 


What  a  sad  record  some  Christians  make  tor 
themselves  by  absence  from  the  Lord's  table! 
.\u  old  elder,  who  died  a  few  years  ago.  did  not 
miss  one  Communion  in  forty-five  years;  and 
another  still  living  in  Western  Pennsylvania, 
who  was  confirmed  in  1817,  has  not  in  all  thest 
sixty  years,  missed  one  Communion.  What  a 
comfort  to  themselves,  and  what  an  example  to 
others! 


—Snow  has  fallen  in  Austria  to  the  depth  of 
ore  than  two  feet. 

-Thkbe  are  nearly  v^0,000  lunatics  in  public 
and  private  asylums  in  England. 

—Statistics  show  that  the  United  States 
form  the  healthiest  region  of  the  globe. 

—The  Adelphi  Theatre  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  is 
now  being  used  for  revival  meetings. 

—The  Episcopal  Bishop  of  Hong  Kong  has 
ordained  three  Chinese  clergymen. 

—The  British  Government  has  ordered  the 
emancipation  of  all  the  slaves  on  the  island  of 
Cyprus. 

—Two  hundred  thousand  pounds  of  human 
hair  are  annually  sold  in  Paris,  and  the  average 
price  is  12  cents  per  pound. 

-The  American  Bible  Society  is  now  able  to 
print  450  copies  of  its  agate  Bible  a  day,  which 
is  about  one  a  minute. 

—A  DANGEROUS  malarial  fever  has  prevailed 
lately  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  caused  by  defective 
draiuage  in  parts  of  the  city. 

—The  American  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
IS  expended   about  §5,000,000   in  its  various 
missions  in  the  Turkish  empire. 

■The  Waldenses  have  a  Theological  Semin- 
ary at  Florence,  Italy,  at  which  seventeen  stu- 
dents were  in  attendance  last  year. 

—One  hundred  and  twenty-five  persons  were 
killed,  and  one  hundred  and  four  injured  on  the 
railroads  of  Massachusetts  during  the  year  end- 
ing Sept.  30,  last. 

A  DISPATCH  to  the  London  Standanl  from 

Erzeroum  declares  that  the  Russian  army  in 
the  new  Asiatic  provinces  of  Russia  has  again 
been  placed  on  a  war  footing. 

— Thf  heat  in  the  lower  levels  of  the  Nevada 
silver  mines  is  intense.  At  a  depth  of  1.900 
feet,  where  the  temperature  was  135  degrees, 
three  men  died  last  Summer  from  exhaustion. 

— Cai'TMN  Bundy,  a  Chicago  Methodist,  has 
fitted  up  a  boat  to  travel  as  an  evangelist.  He 
makes  landings  at  places  along  the  shores  of 
the  lakes,  holds  revival  meetings,  and  is  said  to 
be  exceedingly  successful. 
— A  NE(iRO  named  Samuel  Johnson  and  a 
bite  man  named  Frank  Brown,  the  latter  the 
son  of  a  prominent  physician  of  Elgin,  III., 
were  arrested  at  that  place  on  Saturday  night, 
for  robbing  graves. 

— A  TKiiRiBLE  railroad  disaster  occurred  near 
Florence,  New  Brunswick,  on  the  night  of  Nov. 
U.  Several  cars  ran  ofl'  the  track.  A  passen- 
ger car  containing  twenty  pa,ssengers,  took  fire. 
The  flames  spread  rapidly  from  seat  to  seat,  af- 
ter the  car  had  run  down  a  heavy  embankment. 
One  boy  was  burned  to  death,  one  man  was  kill- 
ed, and  fifteen  persons  severely  injured.  The 
same  day  the  mail  train  on  the  Portland  &  Og- 
densburg  road,  in  Vermont,  was  thrown  from 
the  track  by  a  broken  rail.  One  man  was 
killed,  and  a  woman  seriously  injured. 

— A  REVOLT,  accompanied  with  a  terrible 
maasacre  by  the  natives,  has  occurred  on  the 
island  of  New  Caledonia,  in  Australasia.  Men, 
women  and  children,  were  alike  murdered  in 
the  most  barbarous  manner.  The  revolt  was 
not  yet  suppressed  at  the  latest  intelligence 
from  the  island. 

— The  revision  of  the  New  Testament  is  al- 
most completed,  and  will  probably  be  presented 
to  convocation  in  England  next  year.  Already 
it  is  nearly  all  printed,  the  two  universities  hav- 
ing given  £'20,[)00  for  the  privilege  of  printing 
it,  of  which  they  pay  £2,000  yeariy.  Bishop  El- 
licott,  the  chairiian  of  the  revisers,  who  has 
presided  for  six  hours  daily  for  four  days  every 
three  weeks,  is  said  never  to  have  once  lost  his 
temper  or  failed  to  carry  his  coUcugues  with 
him.  The  revision  of  the  Old  Testament  will 
require  about  three  years  longer. 

—The  valley  of  the  Cauca,  in  New  Grenada, 
has  suffered  fearfully  from  grasshoppers.  The 
prices  of  provisions  of  all  classes  are  exorbitant; 
aud  as  the  poor  cannot  get  work,  they  are  una- 
ble to  procure  the  necessaries  of  life.  The  gov- 
ernment, with  a  view  of  furnishing  means  of 
support,  is  pushing  the  construction  of  the  Cau- 
ca Valley  Railroad. 

— In  consequence  of  the  failure  of  (he  Ameer 
of  Cabul  to  respond  in  due  time  BiMcoiistield  s 
ultimation,  war  has  been  declared  between 
Great  Britian  and  Afghanistan.  The  British 
army  in  India  is  on  the  march  toward  the 
mountain  passes  on  the  northern  border  of  Af- 
ghanistan. This  war  might  have  been  averted 
if  England  had  been  half  as  anxious  to  keep 
peace  as  she  is  to  maintain  her  dignity. 


J^ecerahmc    13. 


Ttno    IVHK/n  IKJ^^'N'    AT    A\OHl< 


CORRESPONDEMCE. 


A  Trip  to  the  West. 


LEFT  boino  August  20th.  St  -pping  at  sev- 
eral interraedinte  points  from  various 
iRuses,  we  did  not  arrive  at  Lanark  until  the 
•iSth. 

Lanurk  is  a  fine  business  tovwn.  The  Breth- 
ren havf  a  neflt  and  coruraodious  building  i,| 
which  they  hold  services  twice  each  Sunday. 
The  church  seems  to  be  in  a  very  prosperous 
condition. 

Aug.  31.  Attended  the  council  meeting  ^t 
Dutchtown.  ill  the  Milledgeville  congregation. 
Brethren  J.  S.  Hanger,  Martin  Myers  and  To- 
hifts  Myers,  are  each  ordained  elders.  They  are 
assisted  by  three  other  ministers.  The  meeting 
(jftssed  off  as  usual  on  such  occasions.  More 
system  and  discipline  would  add  to  the  proficien- 
cy of  these  meetings. 

September  1.  Attended  meeting  at  brother 
M-  Kimnicls.  The  preaching  was  in  German, 
In  the  evening  went  to  Dntchtown  to  meeting, 
Brother  Bnnkworth  preached.  Meeting  wa.s 
th'-n  announced  for  Tuesday  eveniug.  I  tried 
to  preach  tor  them;  had  good  order  and  atten- 
tion. 

Sunday  8th.  Went  to  brother  Henry  Liv- 
lOigoods  to  perform  a  marriage  ceremony,  and 
then  to  Sunday-school  at  Dutchtown,  superin- 
tended by  brother  Zack.  Livengood.  After 
Sunday-school  I  tried  again  to  preach  to  them. 
This  was  my  last  meeting  for  that  place.  The 
large  and  commodious  house  was  alniOft  filled. 
In  the  evening  came  to  Lanark  to  hear  brother 
S.  H.  Ihi-hor  preach. 

September  9th.  Left  brethren,  sisters  and 
friends  of  Lanark  at  2  o'clock.  We  truly  feel 
thankful  to  all  for  their  kindness  and  love  be- 
stowed upon  us  while  with  them.  We  have 
sung  and  prayed  together.  How  sad  it  was  to 
take  the  parting  hand,  knowing  that  we  would 
meet  no  more  in  this  life  as  we  did  this  time. 

We  arrived  at  Waterloo  on  the  day  after 
leaving  Lanark.  Waterloo  is  the  capital  of 
Blackhawk  Co.,  a;nd  contains  about  seven  thous- 
and people.  Visited  Brethren,  relatives  and 
friends  until  Sunday,  when  we  tried  to  preach 
in  the  Orange  Grove  school-house.  In  the 
evening  preached  in  the  Hall  at  Waterioo. — 
Had  good  attendance  and  attention.  Here  the 
Brethren  greatly  need  a  church  building. 

Saturday  2i)th.  Met  with  Brethren  in  coun- 
cil at  Waterloo.  This  church  has  huA  serious 
difficulties,  but  a  better  day  is  near  at  band. 

Be  ye  steadfast,  unmovable,  always  abound- 
ing in  the  works  of  the  Lord. 

Sunday  21st.     Had  our  last  meeting. 
September  22nd.  Left  Waterloo  for  .\ugusti 
111.,  where  we  arrived  at  8  P.  M. 

September  26th.  Had  meeting  in  the  Unit- 
ed Brethren  church.  Good  attendance  and  at- 
tention. 

September  27th.  At  >^:  30  A.  M.  took  the 
train  for  Mt.  Pleasant,  Pa,,  wherp  \vl'  arrived 
tlie  2sth.  Had  preaching  the  next  day  (Sun- 
day), in  the  Brush  Run  school-house.  Arrived 
safe  hi»me  Monday  evening,  found  all  well. 

Thanks  be  to  AlmightyGod  for  his  providen- 
tial care  over  us.  We  thank  all  the  Brethren 
and  friends  with  whom  we  met.  for  the  unfeign- 
ed love  and  kindness  bestowed  upon  us  white 
\vi*h  them.  May  the  love  of  God  and  the  com- 
forting of  his  spirit  rest  and  abide  wnth  all  his 
people.  D.  D.  HuuNEii. 

Jones  Mills,  Pa. 


the  inclemency  of  the  weather,  the  impn.-wibil- 
ity  of  the  roaiU.  and  the  infirmities  of  old  age. 
did  not  defer  him  from  meeting  in  the  sanctn- 
'iry  of  God.  He  knew  the  import  of  that  upos- 
tnlic  iajiinclion.  "  Not  forsaking  the  assembling 
"1  ourselves  together;"  and  he  experienced  the 
blesMngs  that  follow  a  compliance  to  it.  "  For 
they  that  wwt  upon  the  Lord  shall  renew  their 
strength;  they  ^hall  mount  up  with  wings  as 
'iigles;  they  shall  run,  and  not  he  weary;  and 
hi-y  shall  walk  and  uot  faint."     Isaiah  if>:  31, 

2.  His  habit  was  always  to  be  at  the  place  of 
■vorship  in  good  time.  This  was  his  invariable 
habit,— ao  much  so  that  it  came  to  be  a  proverb 
among  us,  "  Brother  Joel  is  always  on  good 
time;"  and  this  should  be  the  habit  of  all  who 
have  named  the  name  of  Jesus. 

3,  He  had  a  great  delight  in  the  law  of  the 
Lord.  He  spent  much  of  his  time  reading  the 
Holy  Scripture's,  and  he  loved  to  talk  oa  heav- 
enly themes.  Hia  conversation  was  in  heaven. 
Hence  when  disease  made  him  delirious,  we  ore 
informed  that  he,  thinking  perhaps  he  was  in 
meeting,  sat  up  in  bed  and  spoke  a  short  ser- 
mon from  the  following  language  of  Paul: 
"  Follow  peace  with  all  men,  and  holiness, 
without  which,  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord."— 
How  sweet  it  is  to  live  and  die  a  Christian;  and 
how  transportingly  sweet  the  bliss  above,  "  Joy 
unspeakable  and  full  of  glory!" 

Brother  Wogoraan's  age  was  75  years,  .5 
months  and  27  dttys.  He  lived  in  the  bonds  of 
holy  matrimony  .52  years,  and  raised  a  large 
family  of  children,  some  of  whom  are  walking 
in  the  footstep-i  of  their  Imuented  father.  God 
help  them  all  to  do  so.  May  God  bless  them, 
their  aged  mother,  and  the  Wolf  Creek  church 
in  their  sad  bereavement,  and  may  we  in  return 
glorify  God.    More  auon. 

John  Calvix  Bright. 
I^ew  Lebanon,  Ohio. 


Death  of  Elder  Wogoman. 


1"^  LDEU  Joel  Wogoman  died  Nov.  16th,  frbm 
'j  a  severe  attack  of  the  erysipela.?.  On 
Sunday  was  our  regular  meeting,  and  while  we 
were  waiting  and  wondering  of  the  cause  of  his 
absence,  a  messenger  came  with  the  sad  and 
solemn  news,  that  he  was  numbered  with  the 
pale  nations  of  the  dead.  This  caused  sorrow 
throughout  the  Wolf  Creek  church,  and  to-day, 
(Nov.  18th),  as  an  expiessioii  of  that  sorrow, 
and  in  sympathy  with  the  old  sister  and  child- 
ren, the  church,  neighbors  and  friends  assem- 
bled together,  to  pay  the  last  respects  to  the 
departed.  The  meeting-house  was  filled  to  its 
utmost  capacity,  and  a  deep  sadness  and  solem- 
nity provaded  the  entire  assembly,  as  they  lis- 
tened to  the  words  of  the  men  of  God.  We 
were  reminded  again,  that  death  is  the  end  of 
all  earthly  perfection;  that  we  belong  to  that 
race  to  whom  it  was  said,  '*  Dust  thou  art  and 
unto  dust  thou  shalt  return;"  and  that  here 
we  have  no  continuing  city,  but  shall  seek  one 
to  come.  !  t  was  a  sad  and  impressive  occasion, 
well  improved  by  tlie  ministering  brethren. 

Several  traits  in    the  Christian   character  ot 
our  beloved  elder.'deserve  more  than  a  passing 
notice. 
1.    Hia  punctuality  of   attending  worship; 


Report  of  Series  of  Meetings. 

ON  the  2nd  of  October,  I  left  home  to  attend 
a  Love-feast  mth  our  Father's  children 
in  Lower  Twin  Valley  arm  of  the  church, 
Preble  Co,,  Ohio.  Arrived  at  Camden  in  due 
time;  spent  the  night  with  brother  Henry 
Brubaker  and  family,  who  conveyed  us  to  place 
of  meeting  next  morning,  where  we  met  many 
brethren,  sisters  and  friends,  with  whom  we 
were  glad  to  meet.  Brethren  D.  N.  Workman 
and  John  Mohler  from  a  distance,  and  brethren 
from  adjoining  districts  met  us  here. 

This  congregation  is  under  the  care  of  Bro. 
Abraham  Vounce,  assisted  by  a  corps  of  minis- 
ters and  deacons.  This  congregation  is  alive 
to  its  duty,  and  is  increasing  quite  rapidly. 

Brother  Younce  has  been  seriously  affiicted 
for  about  eighteen  months,  which  impairs  his 
usefulness  very  greatly.  He  has  the  sympa 
thies  of  his  entire  congregation. 

The  Love-feast  was  a  very  pleasant  season  to 
the  Lord's  children.  The  crowd  being  very 
large,  the  order  was  not  all  that  could  be  desir- 
ed. On  the  morning  of  Oct.  4th,  brother 
Mohler  left.  Brother  Workman  and  I  contin- 
ued until  Oct.  tJth,  when  he  also  left.  I  eon* 
tinned  until  Oct.  10th,  then  returned  home  to 
go  to  another  field  of  labor. 

The  result  of  the  meetings  was,  six  conver- 
sions, encouragement  of  God's  children  and 
discomfiture  of  those  far  from  their  Father's 
bouse.  On  Nov.  3rd,  I  returned  to  this  congre- 
gation again,  and  preached  once  and  sometimes 
twice  each  day  until  Nov.  18lh.  The  congre- 
gations were  so  large,  that  at  different  times 
they  could  not  all  gain  admittance.  The  order 
was  all  that  could  be  desired.  During  this  se- 
ries of  meetings,  there  were  twenty-two  added 
to  the  church,  making  twenty-eight  for  the 
two  meetings.  A  number  of  others  promised 
to  come  soon,  and  we  hope  they  will  do  so.— 
Thus  ended  one  of  the  most  pleasant,  as  well 
as  one  of  the  most  interesting  meeting*  we  ev- 
er attended.  We  tender  our  gratitude  to  the 
brethren,  sisters  and  friends,  who  cared  so  well 
for  us,  while  among  them. 

On  the  ISth  of  November  we  returned  home 
and  found  the  oft  repeated  prayers  for  our  lit- 
tle family  were  answered,  for  all  of  which  may 
the  Lord  be  praised. 

W.  R.  Deeter. 


andelVect;  so  that  by  the  7th,  the  day  of  our 
Lovf-fuaat,  eleven  «ouU  were  made  willing  to 
eiiliitt  in  the  army  of  the  Lord,  and  by  the  I3th, 
eight  more  volunteered  into  the  rankx  of  JeouH, 
and  by  the  15th,  ten  more  were  buried  in  bap- 
tifioi,  and  yesterday,  (17th),  one  more,  making 
thirty  in  all  during  the  meeting,  and  one  short- 
ly before;  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  that 
Heveral  more  are  almost  persuaded,  who  we 
trust,  will  come  before  long,  unless  they  stifle 
their  conviction  and  open  the  heart  again  for 
the  admittance  of  the  unclean  spirit. 

Brother  Mohler  was  with  us  from  the  2nd  to 
the  l.")th,  when  he  bade  farewell  to  meet  another 
call.     Brother  Adam  Beaver,  from   Union   ('o.. 
Pa.,  being  on   a  visit  among  relatives  round 
here,  also,  wfis  with  us,  and  took  some    part   in 
the  meetings,  especially  after  brother    Mohler 
left  us.     We  also  had  a  good  refr&thing  Love- 
feast,  plenty  of  ministerial    aid,   and  a   goodly 
number  of  lay  members  from  adjoicing  congre- 
gations.    We  thank  the  Lord,  and  take  cour- 
age; and  rejoice   in  his  might  to   bring  the  I 
wandering  lost  sheep  home  to  the   fold  again, 
1  think  we  as  a  body,  have  received  a  heavenly 
shower,   and  new  vitality  and    zefd    for    the 
good    cause,       I    hope  we   shall    never   forgtt 
the^e  meetings;  and  that    we    may   all    have    a 
mind  toserve  the  Lord  with  more  diligence  and 
fear  than  heretofore;  and  that    we    may   all  try 
anew,  to  shape  our  lives  in   accordance   with 
the  Word  of  God.     If  any  of  our  new  converts 
chance  to  read  this,  I  would  say  to  you  all,  be 
of  good  cheer;  be  strong;   be  faithful;  stand 
firm  in  the  Lord ;  try  to   keep  your  baptismal 
vow  imdefiled;  take   the  yoke  of  Jesus,  broad 
side  upon  your  shoulders,  and  his  word  in  your 
hand,  and  he  not  ashamed  to  bear  the  name  of 
Christ  before  the  world,  and  if  yon   meet  with 
trials  and  temptations  by    the   way,  then  cast 
your  cares  on  Jesus,  and  don't  forget  to   pray; 
for  you  may  rest  assured  that  the  Lord  is  faith- 
ful to  all  who  are  faithful  to  him.  and  in  death 
he  will  receive  all   his,  into  everlasting  glory 
and  bliss.  Levi  Anuk3. 

Lincoln,  Pa. 


may  Qod's  blening  rent  opon  oj  all  «  a  fraier- 
nity. 

Yours  in  Christian  ft-lloimhip, 

S'ottmbei-  t')th,  IKJH. 


From  Samuel    Murray. 


From  Jewell   Co.,  Kan. 

})mr  Brethren  :— 

WHILST  meditating  this  beautiful  Novem. 
her  morning  upon   the   past   with   the 
many  events  that  we  have  experienced,  I  began 
to  think  of  some   of  my   Christian   experience 
and  of  some  of  the  sore  trials  that  it  has  been 
my  lot  to  pass  through.     I  have  thought  of  the 
joy  of  the  days  when   1    first  found   Christian 
comfort,  and  peace   in  the    Brethren's  church, 
and  then  of  days  of  subsequent  trial  and  tempta- 
tion, when  during  the  grasshopper  devastation. 
1  feared  that  our  little  congregation  was  goini; 
to  be  broken  up  and  then  worst  of  all    when    1 
was  led  away  in  a  measure   and   was  disowned 
by  the  church  I  loved  so  much  and  the  dreary 
days  that  followed,  and  then  oh  joy!  of  how  the 
light  began  to  dawn  again,  and  the  day    grew 
brighter  and  brighter   until    I  was  re-instated 
again,  and  then  brightest  of  all,  when   brother 
Lemuel  Hillery  came  and  preached  for  us  the 
ord  of  truth  with  such   manifest  power  and 
love. 

The  best  days  that  the  White  Rock   congre- 


gation ever  saw  was. 


while  brother  Lemuel  was 


From  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

THE  members  of  the  Kphrata  church,  have 
just  classed  n  very  interesting  series  of 
meetings,  conducted  by  brother  John  M.  Moh- 
ler. of  Lewistown.  Mifflin  Co.,  Pa.  Our  Breth- 
ren united  some  time  ago  to  have  a 
Coninnmion  meeting,  and  set  the  7th  and  8th 
of  Nov.  for  the  time.  Also  concluded  to  have 
ft  series  of  meetings  connected  with  it.  Hence 
brother  Mohler  came  to  ns  on  the  2nd  inst., 
and  preached  the  word  with  wonderful  power 


here  preaching,  and  perhaps  the  sorest  trial  we 
have  had,  was  to  part  with  him.  But  then  we 
know  that  as  come  the  bright  days  in  Winter 
and  the  dark  days  in  Summer,  so  comes  our 
Christian  experience,  and  we  must  bear  the 
trials  as  well  as  enjoy  the  blessings. 

Brother  Lemuel's  work  with  us,  was  a  good 
one,  though  too  short  to  do  what  was  to  Le 
done.  The  beginning  wiw  not  encouraging, 
but  before  a  week's  preaching  was  done,  our 
school-house  was  packed  full  of  eager  anxious 
listeners,  and  many,  many  were  the  compli- 
ments paid  our  brother  by  all  classes  and  per- 
sons present;  and  dear  indeed  was  the  look  of 
disappointment,  visible  upon  the  faces  of  many, 
when  he  announced  his  last  sermon. 

Our  little  congregation  all  knew  that  if  he 
would  stay,  our  number  would  he  increased  and 
hence  our  bitter  disappointment,  and  is  a  clos- 
ing expression,  I  am  constrained  to  say  why, 
why  cannot  our  Brethren  in  the  Kast  send  us 
more  such  laborers  or  allow  us  the  labor  of  onr 
brother  longer?  We  are  in  need  of  such 
preachers,  and  for  such  there  is  a  rich  harvest 
in  our  country  here  and  God  grant  that  our 
ability  to  render  temporal  assistance  may  be 
increased.  Remember  us  Brethren,  and  if  pos 
sible  among  our  home  mission  work,  so  that 
we  may  be  more  blessed  with  goo<l  etfective 
iniuisters  anfl  1  am  sure  that  good  be  accom- 
plished. 

Brolher  Hillery  went  to  Burr  Oak  from  here 
and  we  still  hope  to  have  him  return  to  preach 
for  n3,  and  while  we  hope  for   such  a  blessing. 


Omr  Brefhren:— 

ON  the  9th  of  October  I  met  with  the  mem- 
bers of  the   Hnntingt^.n  church,    Hunt- 
ington Co.,  Ind,.   where  a  goodly  number  of 
members  met  to   c«lebrate   the   HufTeriogM   and 
death  of  our  dear  Savior.    There  were  not  ver>- 
iiuiiiy  ministering  brethren  preHeiit,  bat  enough 
to  make  a  good  meeting.     We  had  a  feast  long 
to  he  remembered.     From  here  we  went  to  the 
feast  at  Roann.  Wabash  Co,;  plenty   of  mini^' 
ters  present.     Had  a  very  good  meeting.     This 
was    the   second     Love-fea.H    I     ever   attended 
where  they  had  no  eating  but  the  Lord's  Sui»- 
pcr.     We   have  come   to   the   coaclunion,  that 
this  is  the  way,  we  see  the  order  is  much   bet,- 
ler.     When  services  are  over,  people    go   home 
piietly,  next  day  meet  in  order  for  preaching. 
.\t  ihi.s   place  meeting  continued  for  several 
days  and  nights.     Had  very  good  att'.'nd&nce. 

.\.  Nefi"  and  Jease  Meyers  are  the  elders  in 
ihi^  arm  of  the  church.  B.  Neff,  D.  Swihart 
and  J.  Deardorff,  are  helpers  in  the  ministry. 

On  the  16th  of  October,  met  with  the  Breth- 
ren and  flistere  in  the  Santifee  arm  of  charch, 
iami  Co.,  Ind.  Not  a  very  large  congrega- 
tion. Plenty  of  ministers.  We  have  learned 
long  since,  that  it  is  not  the  large  number  of 
ministers,  that  makes  the  best  meeting.  Had 
quite  a  good  meeting  here. 

On  the  l>*th,  we  attended  the  Communion  in 
the  Upper  Deer  Creek  church,  Cass  Co..  Ind. — 
Not  so  many  ministers,  yet  we  had  quite  a  good 
meeting,  some  confusion  outride.  Had  preach- 
ing several  days  and  nights.  Good  attendance 
and  good  attention.  From  here  we  went  to 
our  home,  to  rest  a  while.  On  the  11th  of 
November,  attended  the  l_'ommunion  in  the 
Montic^lo  church,  White  Co,,  Ind.  Not  very 
many  mininter^,  but  we  had  a  verj'  good  meet- 
ing. From  here  we  went  to  Roaim,  then  to 
Wabash,  then  to  Huntington,  then  out  in  the 
country.  Did  some  visiting  in  the  Solomony 
congregation. 

On  the  5th  of  November  brother  Click  took 
me  to  Huntington,  where  I  took  a  coach  for 
Lafayette,  there  changed  cars  for  Ladoga.  On 
the  7th  met  with  the  members  of  the  Ladoga 
church.  Bro.  R.  H.  Milkr  is  housekeeper.  Not 
very  many  mini'sters  prrsent,  and  not  very 
many  members,  yet  we  had  a  very  good  meet- 
ing. We  preached  several  nights  after  the 
Communion.     Had  good  attention. 

At  this  time  of  writing  I  am  at  Bro.  Sam- 
uel Mohler's,  Clinton  Co.  I  came  here  yester- 
day, from  Ladoga.  Last  evening  we  preached 
our  introductory  discourse,  from  the  words. 
"  What  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him." 
We  expect  to  continue  eight  or  ten  days  at  this 
place.  We  tender  our  thanks  to  our  dear 
brethren  and  sisters,  wherever  we  have  met 
with  them,  for  their  kindness  shown  towards 
us.  0.  may  the  Lord  bless  them  and  us  to  be 
faithful  in  our  calling,  ao  we  may  be  so  happy 
as  to  meet  in  heaven,  where  parting  will  be  no 
more,  is  my  prayer. 

liunietf!<  Crerk;  White  Co..  Ind. 


From    Marshall  Co..  III. 

Dfttr  Bivthren: — 

BROTHER  Enoch  Eby  came  to  us  on  the 
7th  of  Nov.  Commenced  meeting  on  the 
8th.  The  weather  was  not  very  favorable  some 
of  the  time,  the  nights  being  dark  and  raining 
some;  yet  we  had  a  good  turn-out  and  quite  an 
interest  was  awakened  among  the  people.  The 
order  and  attention  was  good  during  the  meet- 
On  the  14th,  brcther  James  R.  Gish 
came  to  brother  Eby's  assistance.  On  the  16th, 
one  precious  soul  united  with  us  by  being  bur- 
ied with  Christ  in  baptism.  Yes,  we  may  say 
precious  soul,  for  it  was  our  own  dear  daughter. 
Oh!  may  she  be  as  a  bright  an  I  shining  light 
in  the  church  of  Christ,  that  others  of  her 
young  associates  may  see  her  good  worts  and 
soon  follow  her  example.  One  that  had  wan* 
dered  away,  retraced  her  steps,  and  is  ^ain  in 
love  and  union  with  the  church. 

On  the  eveniug  of  the  16th.  we  held  our  fiiil 
Communion,  at  the  house  of  brother  John  U. 
Fike.  A  goodly  number  of  the  brethren  and 
sisters  were  present.  It  was  indeed  a  feast  of 
love  to  our  souls;  and  while  commemorating 
t  he  death  and  suffering  of  our  blessed  Savior, 
iiur  minds  were  carried  hack  to  the  scene  on 
Calvary's  height.  With  an  eye  of  faith  wo 
could  view  Him  on  the  cross  bleeding,  groaning 
and  dying,  that  we  poor  sinful  creatures  might 
not  perish,  hut  have  everlasting  life.    After  tbfl 


xiiio  bkexhrejst  ^t  avork:. 


December    l^ 


evening  sprWce?  were  over,  we  organizprl  a 
church  iipr«,  incluiling  thi?  members  of  Bureau 
and  Putnam  cousHe!i,  making  in  all  a  church 
of  about  forty  members.  A  choice  was  held 
for  the  otlices  for  8[>eak(^r  and  deacou;  the  lot 
fell  on  brother  Solomon  Darby  for  speaker,  and 
brother  Henry  Breese  for  deacon.  M«y  the 
Lord  bk>^  and  enable  them  by  hix  grace  divine, 
to  discharge  the  duties  enjoined  upon  them. — 
We  ask  an  interest  in  the  prayers  of  all  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  for  the  success  of  our  little 
church  here. 

The  evening  of  the  I7th  brings  our  meeting 
to  a  clofle,  with  good  impressions,  we  think,  on 
the  minds  of  the  people.  Mny  the  Lord  bless 
our  dear  Brethren  for  their  labors  of  love, 
while  with  us  h^re,  and  may  we  all  be  guided 
by  the  Divine  Spirit. 

Harriet  Bcck. 
Ijacon,  III. 


for  you  to  stop  with  us.  Tlii-^  congregation  is 
on  the  line  of  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City  and 
Northern  R.  R.  Stop  at  Norborne.  Write 
to  me;  or  D.  B.  Bowmnii. 

S.  B.  Shirk  EY. 
JVop.  30, 187R. 


From  Monticcllo,  White  Co..  Ind. 

/Mir  Brethren: — 

I  NOTICE  in  yonr  valuable  paper,  that  a 
great  number  of  the  Brethren  from  difler- 
ent  parts  of  the  countrj%  are  sending  you  a  re- 
port of  the  eondition  of  the  church  in  their 
arm  of  the  brotherhood,  which  we  will  say, 
that  all  diligent  readers  of  the  church    papers, 


From  the  Stony  Creek  Church,   Ind. 

Dear  Brtthren: — 

ACCORDING  to  previous  arrang'^raents,  our 
Communion  meeting  came  off  Nov.  Sth. 
Had  a  good  meeting,  though  not  as  many  mem- 
bers in  attendauce  as  generally  meet  with  us, — 
The  ministerial  aid  was  aroi>le.  there  being  ten 
from  other  churches.  Every-thing  passed  oil' 
pleasantly,  and  we  hope  profitably, 

Ou  Saturday  morning  met  again  as  one  fam- 
ily for  worship,  and  after  partaking  of  a  bountiful 
breakfast,  again  assembled  to  listen  to  the  fare- 
well'address  of  our  dear  brethren,  who  were 
about  to  leave  us.  It  always  seems  to  us,  that 
meetings  of  this  kind  are  the  best  and  most  en- 
joyable meetings  we  have.  Although  many 
times. we  are  made  to  shed  tears  at  the  thought 
of  partingVith  those  we  love;  yet  it  always 
did  appear  to  me,  to  be  the  nearest  a  heaven  ou 
earth,  to  meet  and  converse  with  each  other  of 
our  joys  and  sorrows,  hopes  and  fears,  and  Icel 
that_we  are  all  interested  in   each  other's   wel 


will    find    a  great  comfort   to  them,   to  know    fore,"  both  spiritual  and    temporal,   especially 


thai  tliii  Brethren  are  prospering  so  well  in  thi 
ditlereut  parts  of  the  country.  It  is  with  jjleas- 
ure,  that  we  rend  che  ditterent  messageji  relat- 
ing the  prosperoHscondition  of  the  brotherhood. 
We  ore  made  to  rejoici'  and  to  praise  our  heav- 
enly Father,  for  the  many  blessings  he  has 
been  bestowing  upon  us,  and  to  hear  of  sinners 
flocking  to  Jesus,  striving  to  obtain  an  ever- 
lasting crown  of  glory,  reserved  for  all  the  dil- 
igent followers  of  our  blessed  Redeemer.  I 
will  say  that  in  this  port  of  God's  moral  vine- 
yard," we  are  still  endeavoring  to  doifll  the  good  I 
we  can.  in  the  name  of  oUr  dear  Savior.  The 
Brethren  as  far  as  I  know,  are  in  perfect  hai-- 
mony.  Sinners  are  still  coming  to  Jesus,  and 
trying  to  obtain  an  inheritance  in  that  better 
world. 

Our  Communion  meeting  is  among  the  things 
of  the  past;  all  feeling,  "  That  it  wa3  good  to 
be  there."  The  congregation  was  large,  and 
interest  good,  for  mimy  went  away  meditating 
upon  the  (Jood  things  they  heard,  and  are  now 
counting  the  cost  of  living  a  sinner  here,  and 
how  it  will  be  in  the  world  to  come.  The 
der  was  good,  all  manifesting  a  desire  to  hear 
what  tlie  brethren  had  to  aay,  who  came  from 
a  distance,  and  labored  so  diligently  with  us. — 
May  the  Lord  crown  their  labors.  Although 
there  was  only  one  that  came  out  on  the  Lord's 
side,  there  were  deeji  impressions  made,  and 
there  are  quite  a  number  who  have  informed 
us  lately,  that  they  are  thinking  seriousiv  on 
their  present  condition,  and  we  think  the  time 
is  not  far  distant,  when  they  will  accept  Jesus 
as  their  Master. 

There  were  quite  a  number  of  Brethren 
from  a  distance  with  us.  Our  meeting  cum- 
meiiced  Friday.  Nov.  1st,  at  4  o'clock  P.  M. 
wh(  n  we  comuiemorated  the  death  and  sufteriug 
ol  our  kind  Redeemer,  by  partaking  of  hi 
broken  body  and  shed  blood.  The  meeting 
broke  up  tn  Saturday,  tut  we&till  hud  preach- 
ing Saturday  night,  Sunday,  Sunday  nijjlit. 
Monday  night  imd  Tuesday  night,  when  we 
closed.  Hulh  saint  and  sinner  felt  greatly  bene- 
fited l)y  the  good  counsel  they  received. 

Our  Sunday-School  ha-s  been  changed  to  a 
Bible  class.  The  interest  being  ^q  groat,  that 
our  neighb(u-8  were  not  witling  to  dis|)«^nse 
with  Sunday-school,  withtmt  organizing  a  Bi- 
ble class,  which  we  did,  and  is  progressin-,- 
finely,  with  an  attendance  of  forty  members.— 
Our  average  attendance  of  the  Sunday-school 
for  the  Summer  was  sixty-five;  all  feelijig 
greatly  benefited  by  the  Summer's  work,  and 
are  now  taking  an  active  part  in  our  Bible 
c'^s.  J.  A.  Weaver. 

Xor.  30th,  1S78. 


hen  we  must  travel  thirty-five  miles  to  meet 
with  those  we  love,  and  as  one  dear  brother 
stated  in  his  farewell  remarks  with  no  one  of 
blood  relationship  in  the  church.  We  truly 
felt  that  we  could  realize  his  feelings,  as  we  are 


in  like  circumstances. 

Meeting  continued  over  Sunday,  conducted 
by  elder  Studebaker  and  D.  S.  Caylor;  one  ad- 
dition by  baptism. 

Sarah  Saunders. 

Glenn's  Valleij,  Marion  Co, Ind.,  Dec.  1st. 

From    Tennesse. 


From  Ray  Co.,   Mo. 

Wi']  commenced  a  scries  of  meetings  on  the 
evening  of  the  19th.  On  the  20th  Bro. 
D.  B.  Gibson  arrived,  and  labored  with  us  un- 
til the  evening  of  the  iiTth.  During  the  meet- 
ing, fifteen  souls  made  the  good  confession,  and 
were  buried  in  the  liquid  grave,  and  rose,  we 
hope  to  walk  in  newness  of  life.    ' 

This  little  congregation  lias  not  been  in  a 
very  prosperous  condition,  and  is  young,— has 
been  organized  about  8  years.  Brethren  pray 
for  us,  that  we  may  be  able  to  take  care  of 
these  tender  Iambs,  that  have  been  brought  in- 
to the  fold.  Whenever  you  approach  a  Ihrone 
of  grace,  remember  us;  and  we  would  say. 
when  Brethren  are  traveling,  we  would  be  glad" 


IT  is  about  eight  months  since  I  have  tried  to 
do  a  little  in  the  ministry.  Up  to  this 
time  I  have  had  only  one  regular  appointment 
and  hut  one  family  of  faith  lives  near  the  place. 
For  anything  that  seriously  conflicts  with 
the  general  drift  of  modern  religion,  there  is 
not  much  demand  here,  and  as  a  visible  result 
of  our  weak  efforts  we  find  nut  much  to  encour- 
age us,  though  when  we  look  back  to  the 
strength  of  the  Word,  we  take  courage  and 
work  on. 

In  the  future  we  expect  to  have  three  regular 
appointments,  and  spend  the  fourth  Sunday  in 
whatever  way  it  may  seem  best. 

On  the  9th  of  Nov.  brother  Sharp  came  over 
to  hold  meetings  Saturday  night,  Sunday  and 
Sundaj  night.  "  Let  your  light  so  shine  be- 
fore men,  that  they  may  see  your  good  works, 
and  glorify  your  Father,  which  is  in  heaven," 
was  the  text  on  Saturday  night.  In  his  illus- 
trations, were  presented, 

1.  Intellectual  lights. 

2.  Moral  lights. 

3.  Religious  lights. 
■    As  a  further  attempt  at  describing   the  ser- 
mon would  be  a  failure,  we  will  next  notice  the 
Presbyterian  Communion,  of  Sunday  morning. 
Bro.  Sharp's  appointment  for  Sunday   having 

cuufiicted  with  theirs,  we  thought  best  to  post- 
pone our  meeting  till  afternoon;  so  we  attended 
the  other  meeting,  though  He  could  not  partic- 
ipate in  the  principal  exercise.     First  Cor.    11: 
was  well  Ireated  by  Prof.  Bartlett,  of  Marys- 
ville,  and  probably  the  best  part  of  the  sermon 
was  a  little  Iiistorical  account  of  how  the  early 
Christians  kept  the  feast.     It  was  from  a  letter 
written  by  Pliny,  to  the  cruel  emperor.      Now 
if  Imi-^take  not,  by  one  of  his  local  rulers,  who 
seemed  to  have  been  loath  to  continue  to  execute 
his  cruel  edicts  upon  these   peaceful  and   law- 
abiding  people.     In  his  letter  he-describes  them 
as  a  peaceable  and  moral   people,  whose  faith 
seems  to  be  unconquerable,  that  they   assemble 
themselves  at  night,  to  commemorate  the  death 
of  their  leader,  who  they  fi.iy  was  crucified    and 
arose  again  from  the  dead,  and  that  they    bind 
themselves  together  at   these   meetings,   to   be 
faithful  unto  death.     This  is  as   near  as    I  can 
give  the  language,  and  it  answers  the   purjiose. 
and   gives    us  a  glimpse  of  how   those  early 
Christians  endured  affliction  and  persecutions, 
being  tortured   in  many   instances,    with    the 
most  cruel  deaths  that  their  persecutors  could 
contrive.     Thet^e  were  the  circuijistances,  under 
which  they  assembled  themselves   at   night,  to 
cheer  and  comfort  each  other,  and  to  partake  of 
the  emblems  of    the  hroKen    body,  and  shed 
blood  of    their  Lord.      No    large    and    costly 
edifices,    with    cellars,    kitchens,  cooking   and 
eating  utensils.     No,  none  of  these,  but  a  pious 
thouijh  unassuming  baud  of  brethren  and   sis- 
ters; bound  together  in  the  inseparhale  bond  of  | 


the  love  of  God,  with  the  sentiment  inscribed 
ou  their  hearts  in  living  letters, 

■■  TJirougli  llootis  and  tiames.  if  Jesus  lead, 
We'll  follow  where  lie  goes." 
I  imagine  I  can  see  them  assembled  under  the 
shelter  of  a  log  house,  at  one  end  a  stone  hearth, 
and  a  glimmering  lamp  at  the  other,  with  slab 
benches  between.  Such  were  the  edifices  from 
which  rose  the  incense  of  Chrisfiau  devotion, 
and  prayers  that  entered  into  the  ears  of  the 
Lord  of  Sabbath  in  the  early  days  of  Christi- 
anity, Yes,  in  these  rude  structures,  and  with 
meager  intellectual  attainments,  Christian  men 
and  women  grew  strong  and  able  to  endure  the 
heat  of  the  day.  I  reckon  the  preaching  was 
not  arranged  under  heads  and  sub-lieads,  and 
dwelt  out  in  excellency  of  speech,  but  I  im- 
agine it  consisted  chiefly  in  reciting  Scriptures, 
interspersed  with  comforting  counsel  and  ad- 
monitions, which,  as  they  fell  from  the  lips  of 
the  faithful  pastors  and  teachei-s,  did  not  return 
unto  them  void. 

The  Psalmist  David  said.  "  I  was  glad  when 
they  said  unto  me,  let  us  go  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord;"  and  /  was  glad  and  rejoiced  that  the 
thought  of  continuing  to  make  arrangements 
to  entertain  as  many  Brethren  and  sistei-s  at 
the  Annual  meetings  in  the  future  as  may  come, 
is  not  yet  abandoned. 

Sometimes  when  I  think  of  the  prospect  of 
seeing  so  many  brethren  and  sistei-s  together, 
of  grasping  the  hands  of  many,  whose  names 
have  become  familiar,  and  whose  faces  we  never 
saw,  of  joining  with  thousands  of  saints  of 
like  precious  faith,  in  singing  that  glorious 
hynm,  "I  love  thy  kingdom  Lord,"  a  thrill 
runs  through  every  nerve  that  is  in  me,  and 
then  if  I  tried,  I  couldn't  sing  it:  but  something 
within  says,  be  patient,  labor  and  wait.  There 
are  many  things  in  this  life,  that  we  can  only 
enjoy  in  part,  and  some  things  only  by  antici- 
pation; "But  when  that  which  is  perfect  is 
come,  then  that  which  is  in  part  shall  be  done 
away."  Then  we  will  all  go,  (all  the  faithfnl.) 
Such  meetings  as  the  last  one  seems  to  have 
been,  can  not  be  for  naught,  even  though  we 
can  not  all  go.  Just  to  read  of  it,  though  ab 
sent  in  the  body,  to  learn  that  there  is  so  much 
social  feeling  and  love  in  the  church,  as  to 
prompt  so  many  brethren  and  sisters  to  congre- 
gate together,  inspires  us  with  a  zeal,  that  we 
would  not  get  by  reading  the  proceedings  of  a 
few  men,  selected  and  sent  to  do  the  business  of 
the  church.  C.  F.  Detwiler. 


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HECKMAN. — III  the  Vermillion  congregation, 
Livingston  Co.,  111.,  Nov.  20,    1878,   our  be- 
loved sister,  wife  of  brother  David  Heckman, 
aged  46  years  and  19  days. 
She  was  sick  about  two  months,  and   bore 
her   afflictions    without    murmuring.      Before 
she  closed  her  eyes  in  death,  she  expressed   her 
willingness  to  go  to  the  Father,  for  all  was  well 
with  her,  and  she  looked  to  him  for  rest.  Funer- 
al occasion  improved  by  the  writer,   from    Rev. 
14:13,  to  a  large   concourse   of  sympathiziiif: 
friends.     We  all  deeply  feel  the  stroke,  but  our 
loss  is  her  gain.  W.  Gephajit. 

Primitive  Christian, phase  cojnj. 
GRISSO.-In  Donald'.s  Creek,   Ohio,  Oct.  5tli, 
sister  Phebe  Grisso,  aged  63  years,   4  months 
and  20  days. 

Sister  Grisso  leaves  a  husband  and  nine 
children.  These  children  have  been  bereft  of  a 
kind  and  atiectionate  mother.  She  was  a  great 
sutterer.  but  bore  all  with  Christian  fortitude. 
During  her  sickness  she  called  her  children 
around  her,  told  them  she  was  going  to  lieaven, 
and  exhorted  them  to  meet  her  in  that  glorious 
home.  She  was  loved  by  all,  and  when  asked 
during  her  sickness  how  she  was  resting,  repli- 
ed, "very  well,  but  thought  she  would  rest  bet- 
ter by  and  by."  She  quietly  sunk  to  rest!— 
Thus  passed  away  one  who  was  true  to  the 
church  militant,  to  join  the  Church  triumphant. 
She  was  anointed  before  she  died. 

0.  F.  YOUNT. 
GEYER.-In  the  Turkey  Creek   church,    Elk- 
hart Co.,  Ind.,  sister  Catherine  Geyer,  wife  of 
brother  John  Geyer,  aged  59  yeai-s,  10  months 
and  7  days. 
She  leaves  a  hu^-band  and  nine  children   to 
mourn  their  loss,  which  we  believe  .is  her  eter- 
nal gain.  Our  sister  lias  been  a  consistent  mem- 
ber for  many  years.    She  was  the  oldest  memb.  r 
in  her  membership  in  our  district.     She  had   a 
great  concern  for  her  ch  ildren.    It  appeared  her 
hole  soul's  desire  was  to  have  her  children  in 
thechurch  of  the  living    God,     and    she  lived 
to  see  them  all  come  in  but  two,  which  we  hope 
will  soon  come.     Funeral  services  by  the  breth- 
ren, from  Rev.  14: 13.  Daniel  Wysokg 


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STEIN  AND  KAY  DEBATE. 

Prop.  1st— The  Brethren  (or  Tunker)  Churches 
Possess  Bible  Characteristics  entitling  them 
to  be  regarded  as  Churches  of  Jesus  Christ 
J.  W.  STEIN  affirms. 
D.  B.  RAY  denies. 
J.  W.  SxEJN'a  Fifth  Affirmative. 
My  friend  I'nils  to  show  that  the  apostlts  were 
not  Tunkprs.  The  Brethren  .lo  not  t<aoh  that  any 
who  "wish  t't  be  baptizeti."  but  cannot,  "go  to  liell 
for  want  of  baiUitim."  I  H(iue<l  our  position  in  tlie 
oiit-et.  viz:  "Baptisiu.  like  repentance  aud  faith, 
ie  designed  only  fur  iho>e  who  can  receive  it."  — 
God  requires  no  impoegibilitiee.  Not  to  do  what 
he  does  not  require  is  not  to  disobey  him.  To  an- 
swer my  iriend  s  criticiems  I  ash  :  Can  one  repent 
without  being  beg;olten  by  the  word  ?  la  a  ain-siuk 
sinner  properly  a  child  of  the  devil  ?  Doea'  not  re- 
pentance precede  pardon*  Are  men  untchciBcn  of 
God  before  they  are  pardoned  '  .Vre  not  all  the 
pardiined,  members  of  Christ's  (r^neral  body?  — 
Did  Paul  allude  v>  any  but  the  haptined  in  fenui. 
(> :  3-7  y  Was  mil  the  Spirit  of  God  upou  Bim- 
lam,  Saul  and  hie  mesiiengers,  impartint!  the  gifi 
of  prophecy  ?  Were  they  pardoned  ''  Num.  24;  '2. 
5-9,  17-19;  1  Sara.  l:i:  20-2-1;  2S;  6.  1".,  16,  IS;  2 
Pet  2:  1.5;  Jude  11;  Rev.  2:  14.  Touching  the 
preparation  fur  bapti:-ni,  Bro.  Nead  says:  "Beget- 
ting muijt  precede  baptism,  or  the  change  will  o'lt 
be  according  to  the  plan  of  salvation,  .  .  Our 
Heavenly  Father  begets  all  hie  children  bv  his 
word.  .  .  A  change  of  heart  muet  precede  the 
act  of  regeneration  (new  birth),  which  ig  eouiva- 
lent  to  being  born  of  water  and  the  Spirit:"Nead'e 
Theology,  247,  "For  a  person  that  has  imt  been 
begotten  of  God,  to  be  baptized,  is  not  born  of 
God.  heie  still  dead."  Ibid,  280, 

Such  are  teachings  of  the  Brethreo  as  tar  back 
as  w«  have  any  account  But  my  ftioid  Itaa  ad- 
mitted that  our  <jualificatioos  for  baptism  'will  do, 


and  are  exactly  right.'   Pereons  thua<iualified  ar.-  i 
born  of  God.  in  baptism.    John  3:  6.  I 

4th  Characteristic,  and  mv  second  reit^on  under 
It  eoniinued.—  My  friend  a^ks,  'Was Christ huri- ' 
ed  three  times.'  &c-  When  he  shows  thut  the  Word 
of  God  requires  agreement  in  number  between 
figures  and  the  things  they  allude  to,I  will  answer 
these  questions.  I  ask  my  friend  to  give  us  the 
original  of  1  John  5:  7,  and  tell  ns  plainly,  if  he 
holds  baptism  to  be  one  in  the  sens?  that  the  Fath- 
er, Son  and  Holy  Spirit  are  one  'f  Doe*  he  profess 
to  baptize  into  the  name,  "Elohim"?  or  'God,'  or 
'Jehovah'?or  into  the  pinsle  name  Jesus?  •In(epi) 
the  name,'  (Act*  2:  38t  indicates  the  ground  and 
source  of  baptism.  'In  (cnl  the  name  of  the  Lord.' 
(Acts  10  :  48)  denotes  the  authority  ■—  "into  (cm) 
Christ.'  Rom  6 :  3  Gal.  3  ;  27;  or  'into  (>.".  1  the 
name  of  the  Lord.'  etc ,  fActs  8:  16.  19:  5)  refers 
to  subjection  to  Christ's  authority,  entrance  int) 
his  government,  the  benefits  of  hia  death,  etc.  An 
oath  of  allegiance,  truly  administered  in  the  name 
of  the  government,  must  be  according  to  the  con- 
stitutional form.  So  the  allusions  to  the  adminis- 
tration of  baptbm  in  the  Acts  and  epistles  are  to 
be  understood  in  harmony  with  tbe  constitutional 
law  and  form  of  baptism  in  Matt,  28:  1!). 

My  friend  denies  the  eommisaion  to  be  elliptical 
and  yet  admits  that  he  finds  'no  aeriou;  objection" 
to  my  'grammatical  reierences."  which  prove  them 
to  be  elliptical.  Thus  be  refut-s  himself.  My 
quulatioD  from  I.iathani  does  not  deny  the  office  of 
coDJuuctions  in  connecting  words,  etc.  I  applieil 
it  to  element:^  involving  propositions.  When  my 
tnend  tells  a  candidate,  'I  baptize  you  into  the 
name  of  the  Father.'  he  uses  a  complete  gram- 
matical sentence,  containing  a  complete  proposi- 
tion, and  if  he  does  what  he  says,  he  put*  the  can- 
didate under  water,  to  which  'and'  brings  similar 
additioos.  'Baptizing'  is  roixiified  by  the  com- 
poun<l  element,  viz  ;  'in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit.'  This  is 
made  up  of  three  simple  elements,  vh.  1.   'into 


the  name  of  the  Fathei ."  2.  'of  the  Son.'  3.  '<if 
the  Holy  Spirit.'  Theae  elemeiil«  are  connected  by 
'and.'  hence  they  are  similar,  which  proves  ihe  el- 
lip>i?  "into  the  name'  before  'of  the  Son,'  aud  be- 
fore -of  the  Holy  Spirit.'  My  friend's  huitles^  ef- 
fort to  gel  'into  Ihr  nainc'  out  of  the  lirst  of  theae 
ailjunctive  elements,  in  onler  to  deny  the  i-llipBia 
of  It  in  the  second  and  thinl,  is  an  unwarra-uuble 
perversion  of  the  rul&t  of  grammar.  Neither  Kerl, 
Brown.  Clark,  Harvey  nor  any  other  author  justi- 
fies him  in  his  attempt  to  make  'name'  the  joint 
possession  of  Father,  Sku  aud  Hoty  Spirit,  In 
order  to  thai  the  formula  would  huve  to  read  thus, 
'Bapliring  them  into  tbe  name  of  Father,  Sou 
aud  Holy  Spirit,"  which,  according  to  what  gram- 
iiiariaiis  calf  'h>jperbaioii  or  'inversiou.'  is  equiva- 
\  lent  to  'Bttptiziug  them  into  the  Father.  Sou  and 
Holy  Spirit's  name.'  This  is  what  my  fneud  wants 
the  commission  to  teach,  but  it  cimtains  no  such 
formula.  He  tries  to  make  three  prepositioiu.  i. 
e..  three  different  and  separate  connec^tioiiti.  con- 
vey the  relation  of  the  one  noun  'imtue,'  and 
quoteii  Kerl.  vi^L  'A  preposition  idiuws  the  rel^ 
tion  of  an  object  to  «<juie  other  word."  etc  To 
sup[)ort  my  friend,  Kert  should  have  said,  '(several 
prepositions  show  the  relaiion  of  an  object  to 
some  other  word,"  etc.  Grecu  says.  'Po83(.-siou  is 
denoted  by  u/ which  shows  the  relation  of  the  pos- 
sessor to  the  object  possessed  ;  as  'the  eaiale  of  ray 
father,' — 'my  father's  estate.'  Aualynif,  !)o  Ac- 
cordingly, 'name  of  the  Father'  is  equivalent  to 
'the  Father's  name.' aud 'of  tbe  Son'  is  i^qual  to 
'the  Son'?,'  and  'of  the  Holy  Spirit'  la  equal  to  'the 
Holy  Spirit's'.  Hence  the  formula  when  traoE- 
posed  reads,  'Baptizing  them  into  the  Father's 
name,  and  the  Sou's,  and  tbe  Holy  Spirit's'.  Here 
■Son's  and  Holy  Spirit's  have  the  sign  {')  annexed 
to  each,  corresponding  to  'of,'  and  are  governed  by 
name  understood.  Covel  says,  'Nouns,  denoting 
a  possessive  relation  to  the  same  object,  have  tbe 
sign  '''  annexed  to  the  la^-t  opily  ;  as  Mason  and 
Dixon's  line;  nouns  denoting   a   possessive    rela- 


tion  I"  diflVri'iit  (jlyecW.  have  the  aign  i '  >  aouese.) 
to  each,  as  Adam's  and  .Tatkeon's  Hdrainiatration, 
i.  e„  AdHms  adiainiBtration  and  Jacksitu'sadmiu- 
istratioa."  (]'ig«8t  "f  Eng.  Gram.;  see  aUo 
Green's  Aoalysia.  7H;  Biinue!"s  Art  of  Trose  Cum- 
position,  j05.t     Thin  pnivea  ihret  nnmes. 

My  friend's  appi'il  fmiu  the  language  of  the 
coriimisaiiin  to  the  Divine  unHy,  dofl't  help  him, 
hecause  it  is  as  true  that  the  Father,  Sou  and  Ho- 
Iv  Spirit  an-  three,  as  that  th.-y  are  one.  If  speci- 
al pleading  is  admi«''ihle  in  one  case,  it  is  also  in 
the  other  The  real  issue  is,  How  does  the  com- 
missiun  present  th''ni  ?— as  one  f  or  as  Ihref  f 

6.  The  Scriptures  never  allude  to  liaptism  as 
rommanded  or  performed  in,  or  into  any  name 
which  represent*  the  unity  of  the  godhead,  but  al-  ■ 
waj-s  in  one  or  more  of  the  different  names  which 
represent  the  distinct  and  noo -interchangeable  of-  ; 
fices  and  relations  of  the  three  Divine  Powers,  in  , 
all  of  which  Christians  are  said  to  be.  Rom.  S  : 
0;  1  Thess.  1:1. 

I  will  here  examint'  my  friend's  examples. — 
'Many  shall  come  from  the  East  and  West  and  \ 
shall  ett  down  with  Abraham  and  Isaac  and  Ja  ' 
coh  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  MatL  8:11.  [ 
Thifl  proves  partly  too  much  and  partly  loo  little  I 
for  him.  "Many  shall  come  from  the"  is  understood 
before  'West'!  Those  who  will  come  from  the  East 
and  West  aredifferent  parties.  2  'Sitdown'  is  in- 
transitive and  has  no  object.  'Baptizing'  is  transi- 
tive and  has  an  object.  I-et  us  try  a  transitive  verb. 
Suppose  they  "shake  bands  with  Abrahaoi  and 
Isaac  and  Jacob."  That's  little  more  like  the  com- 
mission. Hoff  many  actions  would  that  take?  But 
my  frieod  propi'sea  a  construction  as  analogous,  viz., 
"Burj-ing  them  in  the  name  of  the  legislative,  and 
of  the  judicial,  and  of  the  executive, "Ac.  This  lacks 
the  important  analogy  of  relation.  'In  here  refer? 
only  to  the  johii  authority  of  the  names,  therefore 
the  sentence  is  incorrect.  It  should  have  read,  "of 
the leg'islative, judicial  and  executive,"omitting'rt/ 
the'  before  'judicial'  and  'executive,'  Christ  com- 
mands baptism  "into  (eU)  the  name,"  &c  Matt. 
28  :  19.  Suppose  the  President  commissions  foreign 
diplomatif^Is  to  present  their  own  petitions,  "  put- 
ting them  into  tne  department  of  the  judical,  and 
of  the  legislative,  and  of  the  executive,"  &c.  This 


ij  analog'-'u?  to  the  baptismal  formula  in  it«  parta  of 
speech,  construction  and  relations.     It  presents  my 
friend'n  own  illustration  of  the  Trinity    inUnii\, 
and  a  man  who  never  saw  a  grammar  can  see  that 
it  requires  thref  efforla.     If  my  friend  will  adduce 
one  example  like  the  baptismal  formula,  having  the 
same  construction,  with  the  same  parts  of  speech,  , 
connected  in  the  same  manner  and  expressing  lih  \ 
>  elation",  that  don't  require  three  actions,  I  will  give  j 
it  up.     Is  that  fair?  I 

6.     The  baptismal  formula  was  understood  by  the  I 
primitive  Greeks  to  require  trine  immersion.  , 

Aj  the  testimony  of  the  (Jreek  fathers  has  been 
generally  depended  on,  in  defending  the  geouine- 
ne«s  of  the  Christian  Scriptures  from  iheattacksnf 
skeptics  and  infidels  (see  Home's  Introduction  to 
the  Critical  Study  and  Knowledge  nf  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1  pp.41-45,28f).281,288,28!»,;!47),itcun- 
DOl  be  unimportant  in  understanding  them.  Dr. 
Clark  reters  to  its  importance,  touching  the  Biblical  j 
use  of  the  Greek  article  thu^ :  "As  thoy  lived  near- 
er til  the  primitive  times  of  Christianity  than  we  do.  ( 
we  must  allow  that  they  were  at  least  uscompetent  j 
a£  ourselves  to  pa^  judgment  in  any  subject  of  the- 
ological discussion;  but  in  the  case  now  before  un,  ' 
their  authority  must  be  vastly  greater.  In  addition  ; 
to  the  circumstance  of  theGreek  being  tbeir  native 
tongue,  some  of  them  were  men  of  very  extensive  j 
learning,  and  of  distingui'thed  skill  in  philological  j 
researches ;  they  must  therefore  have  bad  a  more  , 
accurate  perception  than  the  most  learned  among  | 
us  can  pretend  to,  of  the  precise  application  of  every  | 
rule  in  syntax,  the  exact  meaning  of  the  minutest  { 
particle,  and  the  determinate  effect  of  the  slightest 
inflection  in  the  language."  Comnieutary,6,  p.  457.  j 
(a)  "Theodoret "says  Bingham,  "charges  Euoomi-  ; 
us  as  making  an  innovation  u|)oq  the  original  in-  I 
Ktitxitum  of  baptism  delivered  by  Christ  and  the 
apostles,  in  that  he  made  a  contrary  law  that  men 
should  not  be  baptised  by  three  immersions,  nor  I 
with  an  invocation  of  the  trinity."  Antiq's  of  the 
dr.  Ch.,  1,  p. 540,  (b)  Pelagiuscoiidemns  thettin-  ' 
gle  immeraiou  of  Kutiomius  as  "confrajj/  to  the  gua-  j 
pel  given  by  Christ  who  apjxtiuted  every  one  to  be  i 
baptized  .  .  with  three  immersions,  saying  to  hia 
disciples,  'Go,  baptize  all  nations  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,'  &c.  Ibid,  (cj  Gregory  Nyssa  tays:  "Eu-  { 


nouiiuD  perverted  the  law  of  Christ  ....  and 
taught  that  baptism  was  not  ly  be  given  in  the  name 
of  theFather,  and  ofthe  Sou,  and  of  the  Holy  Spir- 


it, as   Christ    commaniled  "     Ibid.  1,  p.  481'.    "(d) 

s  disciples 

e  baptism'  in  three  immersions  of  the  body,  wnen 


t'hvysostoin  says:  "Christ  <leli\ 


l>id.  I,  p. 
ired  to  his 


he  said  to  them,  'Go,  teach  all  nations,  bapti/ing 
llieni  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  nf  the  Holy  Spirit.'  "  Ibidem.  1,  page 
.^40.  16)  Jerome  commenting  on  Eph.  4:  5,  says: 
"  We  are  thrice  dipped  in  water  that  the  mystery  of 
the  Trinity  may  appear  to  be  but  one,  and-therefore 
though  we  be  thrice  nut  uniler  wat*^r  to  represent 
the  mystery  oi  the  Trinity,  yet  it  is  reputeil  but 
'one  baptism.'  Chrystal's  History  ofthe  Modes  of 
Baptism,  72,  ?3.  Jerome  understood  Paul's  '  one 
baptism'  to  be  triune,  i  f )  Monuulua  about  A.  D. 
256,  says  ;  "The  doctrine  of  our  holy  mother,  the 
Catholic  Church  has  always,  my  brethren,  been  with 
us,  and  doth  still  abide  with  us,  and  especially  the 
article  ol  baptism,  and  the  trine  immersion  where- 
with it  is  celebrated,  our  Lord  having  said,  'Go  ye, 
and  baptize  the  Oentileis  iu  I  he  name  of  the  Father, 
an<i  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit.,'  Work  of 
Cyprian,  1.  p.  210. 

"These  distinguished  Greeks  ofthe  third,  fourth, 
and  fifth  centuries,  read  the  Greek  commission  in 
their  native  tongue  as  it  first  stood  in  the  sacred 
canou.  They  tell  us  it  requires  baptism  into  each 
name  ofthe  Trinity.  If  niy  friend  will  adduce  jubt 
one  ancient  Greek,  who  says  it  don't  teach  trine 
immersion,  I  will  give  up  these  six  witnesses  for 
hia  one. 


THE   DEBATE 

This  week  is  not  put  up  in  a  very  con- 
venient form.  Thia  is  caused  b;  not  having 
suitable  paper  for  the  purpose,  but  next  week, 
and  after  that,  it  will  I>e  put  up  in  a  form 
convenient  for  prewrving 


The  Brethren  At  Work. 

^"  ^  Briny  You  Good  Tidi„ga  of  Great  Joy,  which  Shall  U  to  AU  PwpJ,."  _  Lukx  2:  10. 


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Vol.  III. 


Lanark,  111.,  December  19,  1878. 


No.  51. 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

EDITED  AND  PUBLISHED  WEEKLY 

J.  H.  MOORE    &    M.  M.  ESHELMAN. 

SPECIAL  CONTRIBUTORS: 

a.  H.  MILLKH, LADOGA,  IND. 

J.  W.  STEIN, NEWTONU,  MO. 

D.  VANlilAN, VUIDEN,  U,L. 

D.  B.  MENTZER, WATNEauoRO,  PA. 

MATTIE  A,  LEAR, XniDANA.    ILL. 

MORNING    THOTJQHTS. 

When  the  rays  of  inwnimg  light 
Drive  away  the  shades  of  night, 
'Tia  ail  embltm  i)!  tlie  soul 
Wlien  it  yields  to  Christ's  control. 

All  along  till;  heavenly  i-oa* 
While  we're  tnweling  home  to  God, 
More  and  more  the  light  will  shine, 
With  its  rays  of  love  Divine. 

N'ear  our  earthly  journey's  end, 
With  our  Savior  still  our  friend, 
E'en  the  vale  of  death  will  be 
Lighted  up  when  him  we  see. 

When  the  waves  of  Jordan's  tide 
■Neath  his  rod  and  staff  divide. 
And  he  bids  us  forward  go, 
Leaving  all  things  here  below. 

Trusting  in  him  as  before, 
Soon  we'll  reach  the  farther  shore. 
Soon  that  glorious  city  see 
Where  our  Lord  the  light  will  be. 

See  the  nations  timt  are  saved 
Who  were  once  by  sin  enslaved, 
Clothed  in  spotless  robes  of  white. 
Walking  in  its  glorious  light; 

See  the  angels  round  the  throne, 
Uowing  low  before  the  Son, 
Once  by  sinful  mortals  slain, 
Xow  as  King  in  glory  reign; 

Ilfiir  the  nipturous  shouts  and  songs. 
Sounded  from  inmiortnl  tongues; 
.Iiiin  to  praise  God's  wondrous  grace. 
See  our  Savior  face  to  face. 

—Sd. 


BURY  THE  DEAD. 

BY  C.  H.  HALSUAUQH. 

THK  dead  are  for  iutennent,  not  for  exiiibi- 
tion;  lor  oblivion;  not  celebration.  To 
take  the  voice  within  as  our  ultimate  monitor, 
is  not  Chi'istiau. 

Conscience  is  indeed  the  voice  of  God,  but  &iu 
has  rendered  it  morbid  and  unreliable.  With- 
out an  objective  revelation  it  is  the  best  we  have, 
but  under  influences  which  lead  to  the  most 
direful  abases.  The  conscience  of  pagans  is 
lonstitutioiially  in  no  wisf  different  from  ours, 
but  wi-OHg  (Joticeptions  of  the  supreme  power, 
iii' sin  and  holiness,  en;;ender  all  the  abomina- 
tions of  idolatry.  Nothing  is  so  easily  warped 
and  defiled  as  conscience  when  under  tlie  lush 
of  condemnation.  The*  placation  of  the  oHuud 
ed  I'ower  is  the  supreme  concern  and  in  order 
to  do  this  there  Ib  often  but  little  consultation 
with  re:iSou.  In  this  respect  it  is  astonishing 
liow  little  we  have  been  proKted  by  tlie  Divine 
Incaruatiou.  Few  are  aware  how  mucbof  sclf- 
iitonemeiit  lit'S  at  the  root  of  the  sin-revelation 
which  people  make  when  in  the  crucible  ot  re- 
morse. Confession  of  ain,  as  such,  is  not  the 
necessary  outgrowth  of  the  genius  of  Christi- 
anity. 'Some  sins  must  needs  be  confessed,  not 
bccftU-ie  of  sin.  but  because  of  the  pi'culiarities 
of  their  commission.  Matt.  3:  fi.  esprea.<e*  not 
the  radiciJ  idea  of  the  new  economy  but  the 
torce  of  cfmscieiice,  the  power  of  ihe  law  luid 
tlw  lilindiitss  of  reason  uadt-r  sin.  The  npi)iv- 
b^-n-sinii  rjf  the  Atoiii-uu'.it  ofEnimaniicl  undi-r 
fill'  unhindered  tuitioti  of  tin-  Uoly  (fliost  would 
so  coifiplf'tHlysati3''ythe  dcni^lidsof  coustrii-nce, 
that  nil  feoling  of  necessity  or  desire  to  divulge 
secret  sins  would  vanish.  It  is  wrong  in  princi- 
ple, howover  honest  iu  purpose,  for  the  church 
to  talciMiii vantage  of  a  poor  siiiurr'shell-kinilUd, 


8>n-bewildered  conscience  and  deal  with  him  on 
the  side  of  condemnation,  instead  of  sympathy 
and  encouragement.  The  feeling  of  satisfac 
t.on  attending  the  publication  of  crime,  or 
wrong  doing  is  oft^ner  than  otherwise  a  detrac- 
tion from  tlie  satisfaction  of  the  sacrifice  of  the 
Cross.  A  higher  and  clearer  unfolding  of  the 
Divine  Character  as  manifested  in  the  flesh  will 
Iitt  the  conscience  into  a  purer,  more  luminous 
«lement,  and  give  repentance  and  reconciliation 
a  thoroughness  which  renews  our  pereonalityin 
the  loftiest  type  of  nobility.  A  life  restored  in 
the  image  of  the  A 11- beautiful,  needs  no  rii>. 
ping  up  of  its  foul,  godless,  past,  sore  as  the  nt- 
o#3sity  is  pressed  by  wrong  e<lucation  both  of 
sin  and  society. 

There  is  never  any  gain  to  the  individual,  the 
church  or  the  world  by  publishing  scandals, 
when  they  are  of  a  nature  which  have  outraged 
the  Divinely  established  public  social  order. 
The  idea  of  conlessiug  sin  to  our  fellows  simp- 
ly because  it  is  sin  should  beforever  abandoned. 
Its  ground  elements  are  ignorance  and'imbelief 
begotten  by  sin.  Here  is  a  momentous  truth 
tor  the  prayerful  study  and  elaboration  of  the 
ministry  and  assiduous  home  education  even 
from  the  cradle.  The  more  entirely  the  soul 
confines  itself  to  the  Cross  in  its  treatment  of 
its  own  sin,  and  deliverance  from  it,  the  deeper 
will  it  enter  unto  the  Christ-life  and  the  less  li- 
able to  forget  its  lustration  and  "  draw  backun 
to  perdition." 

THE    QUALIFICATIONS  OP  A 
BISHOP. 

»Y  W.  J,  H.  BArsiAN. 

JT  is  often  asked,  what  are  the  special  qualifi- 
cations for  a  bishop  ?  We  answer  there  are 
no  s^jecio?  qualifications  for  the  office,  required 
in  the  Gospel,  but  an  excelling  in  the  qualifica- 
tion essential  to  nil  Christians.  The  idea  that 
the  qualifications  for  a  bishop  are  special,  has 
an  ijijurious  tendency.  It  is  calculated  to  rock 
to  sleep  those  in  the  church  who  are  not  or- 
dained to  that  important  ofliee.  It  often  forms 
an  excuse  for  our  short-comings  or  lack  of  high 
Christian  attainment.  When  we  fail  to  find 
ourselves  fully  equipped  with  the  whole  armor 
of  God,  we  are  apt  to  think  and  even  say,  "  0 
well  it  don't  matter,  I  am  no  elder  or  bishop, 
and  these  things  are  not  essential  for  me."  A 
bishop  is  not  to  have  more  than  one  wife,  neith- 
er should  any  one  else.  He  should  have  faith- 
ful children;  so  should  every  Christian.  He  is 
not  to  be  accused  (not  guilty)  of  riot.  No 
Christian  should.  Is  to  be  blameless  as  the 
steward  of  God.  Every  Christian  should  set 
his  mark  that  high.  Not  self-willed.  Where 
Christ's  Spirit  dwidU,  self-will  can't.  Not  soon 
iingry.  Anger  rests  in  the  bosom  of  fools,  not 
in  the  Christian.  Not  given  to  wine  (German, 
irein  s'jufer,  drunkard).  It  is  impossible  for 
any  one  to  be  a  Christian  und  a  drunkard. 

A  bishop  must  be  a  lover  of  lioSiFitality  which 
is  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  marks  nf  a  true 
Christian  character.  Lover  of  good  men  is 
another.  Generaliy.  men  may  he  known  by 
the  society  they  keep.  lie  is  to  he  »ober,  holy, 
just,  temperate,— all  es.<ieutial  qualitlL's  of  tru»' 
Christian  character.  To  be  given  tufiltliy  lucre, 
is  to  be  covetou'i,  which  is  idolatry.  More 
might  be  added,  but  we  think  the  above  is  suf- 
ficient to  prove  that  u  bishop  should  excel  in 
qualihes  ewtcntial  to  truo  Christianity;  and  nn 
one  should  be  cutru-to'l  with  that  .sacred  func- 
tion unless  he  does  thus  ^xccl.  And  it  also 
proves  that  every  professed  ChriHtian  should 
raise  his  standard  high  enough  tu  attain  to  all 
the  qiialilications  tssential  for  a  bishop.  All 
should  reyani  thrmvlves  equally  responsible 
with  the'hishop.  By  so  doing  trouble  would 
be  saved  to  (lie  chu'vh  and  hT  light  would  bo 
more  da/.zling  and  cireetive.  Cnion  in  the 
church  and  convincint;  power  over  the  uncon- 
verted, would  i)e  the  result. 


ECHOES  FROM  THE  EAST 

Thanksgiving  day— An  Evening  Sermon— Our 
Lord's  day  Meetings- Another  Sister  Gone 
Home. 

ITrom  Oiir  8pKl*l  rnm«i»ad*BI.] 
NtrUBRR  XV. 

THURSDAY.  Nov.  28th.— Who  of  all  our 
ri-aders  has  not  learned  that  the  last  Thun- 
day  in  November  of  each  year  is  set  apart  as  a 
special 

D.\Y   OV  THANK8-OIVISO 

for  all  this  nation':"  It  is  becoming  a  time-hon- 
ored custom  and  peculiar  to  our  .\merican  peo- 
ple. It  Iwspeaks  indeed  a  God-fearing  and  God- 
honoring  nation.  The  occasion  of  "  Thanks- 
giving day  "  is  not  observed  universally  as  is 
intended  and  probably  much  dishonored  and 
desecrated,  yet  we  all  have  abundant  cause  for 
gratitude  that  all  is  as  well  as  it  is  throughout 
the  land,  and  that  the  rulers  of  the  nation  have 
so  much  honor  for  God  and  our  Savior,  in  their 
administration.  We  are  commanded  to  pray  for 
kings,  for  rulers,  and  alt  that  have  authority 
over  ua.  This  day  may  be  most  opportune  for 
puch  service,  as  it  should  be  expected  that  such 
subjects  of  prayer  would  most  likely  think  of 
God  on  a  day  publicly  declared  as  "  a  day  of 
fasting  and  prayer."  Dear  brethren  and  sisters, 
let  us  not  forget  this  duty— praying  for  the 
rulers  of  our  land.  We  caunot  go  to  war  and 
defend  them  when  they  call  "  To  arms;"  neith- 
er can  we,  in  the  light  of  the  New  Testament 
of  our  Lord,  vote  at  the  political  polls  to  put 
them  into  office;  but  we  can  pratjfor  them,  and 
this  is  every  believer's  duty. 

We  have  not  known  the  Antietam  congrega- 
tion to  hold  meetings  statedly  on  Thank»-giv- 
ng  Day,  but  think  it  would  be  in  place  to  do 
30  consistently,  however,  with  our  principle  of 
faith  in  separateness  from  the  world.  But 
whether  public  or  private,  let  every  day  be  a 
thanks-giving  to  God,  and  may  the  sweet  in- 
cense of  gratitude  never  die  on  the  dltar  of  our 
hearts. 

AS-  EVIXINO    JTEETIXO. 

At  evening,  pursuant  to  appointment,  a  sea- 
son of  worship  was  held  in  our  town  meeting- 
house. It  was  introduced  by  singing  that  good 
old  thankful  hymn,  the  4941b: 

"  Rejoice,  the  Lord  is  King, 

Your  God  and  King  adore; 
Mortals,  give  thanks  and  sing, 

And  triumph  ever  more; 

Lift  up  your  heart,  lift  up  your  voice: 

Rejoice,  again  I  say.  Rejoice!'^ 

Brother  H.  R.  Holsinger,  formerly  of  the  Coin- 

pnnion,  happening  to  be  in  town,  was   invited 

to  fill  the  appointment.      Brother  H.  opened 

the  meeting  with  ftoth  hymn,  stating   that  he 

always  uses  the  hymn  as  introductory  when  he 

has  not  had  time  to  make  a  selection.    _  .\fter 

prayers,  brother  H.  read  Rum.  S:  3-5,  dwelling 

particularly  upon  the  third  verse. 

We  deduced  the  following  points: 

I.  The  weakness  of  the  law. 

II.  The  strength  of  the  Gospel. 

III.  The  condemnation  of  sin,  and  power 
of  God  in  Christ. 

It  wai  stAted  that  the  law  referred  to  might 
be  the  moral  or  Mosaic  law,  bnt, in  his  judgment, 
had  reference  more  directly  to  the  civil  law  of 
the  land — that  it  can  punish,  but  fails  to  re- 
form transgressions.  God's  Gospel  law,  laid 
down  iu  the  teachings  of  Christ,  and  made  eth- 
cacioua  by  "the  preeiou:*  blood  of  Christ,"  has 
ample  power  tu  reiLch  the  heart  and  conscience, 
and  change  the  life.  Bin  must  be  brought  in- 
to subjection  through  repentance  and  obedience 

Brotlior  Daniel  K.  Stouffer.  of  the  Boavor 
Crutk  (Ud)  cliurch.  following  ^vitli  an  applies 
tion  of  the  subject,  unnouncfd  the  3!?3rd  hymn. 

lord's  OAY    sKRVIPEs. 


How  important  that  we  shouhJ  be  uleadfaxt  in 
the  faith,  and  careful  lest  at  any  time  we  t«hoiil.i 
let  "slip"  what  the  Maat*^rint«nded  forourcr- 
deiitials  when  we  come  up  to  Heav*n*H  gate  aI 
laat.  Let  us  take  heed  unto  the  faith  we  bate 
embraced,  for  ther*^  is  indeed  «ach  a  Ihing  m 
having  a  "  form  of  GodlineM*'  and  denying  th« 
power.  If  we  seek  and  poBses*  the  power  of 
Godlini-^s  it  will  bring  ua  into  all  the  doctrine 
and  order  of  the  Church  of  God.  As  many  an 
have  attained  to  this,  let  tbem  take  faced  that 
not  anything  be  left  slip,  for  the  righteoua  only 
shall  enter  into  life  and  they  are  "scarcely  sav- 
ed." 

Brother  Good  preached  at  the  Snowberger 
meeting-house  to-day  from  the  words:  "  Seek  ye 
first  the  Kingdom."  Man  is  of  a  seeking  dis- 
position. In  the  state  of  nature  as  it  is  man 
seeks  the  world,  and  worldly  objects.  But.  He 
who  died  for  the  redemption  of  all  men  would 
have  all  seek  and  find  the  Kingdom  of  God 
:  which  is  '•  not  meat  and  drink,  but  righteous- 
I  ueas,  and  peace,  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost." 
He  would  have  alt  do  this  first,  and  make  it 
paramount.  But  it  is  a  sad  thought,  and  a 
true  saying  that  many,  alfer  having  sought  the 
kingdom  of  God.  they  go  'seeking  after  the  world 
again.  0  let  us  learn  wisdom, and  pra^ticethat 
self-denial  which  the  Blessed  Master  has  re- 
quired of  all  His  disciples. 

At  our  town  meeting  to-night  brother  Snider 
discoursed  upon  Paul's  complimentto Timothy: 
"  From  a  child  thou  hast  known  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures." This  very  cleariy  shows  that  Timothy 
was  reared  in  "  the  nurture  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord."  Paul  speaks  of  Timothy's  moth- 
er and  grandmother.  What  a  lesson  to  all 
mothersand  grandmothers!  How  many  of  vou 
c<in  say  of  your  children:  From  childhood  you 
have  known  the  Hoty  Scriptures.  Think  of  the 
duty  you  owe  to  yonr  children  to  instruct  them 
in  teachings  of  the  Holy  Bible.  Give  them  a 
Christian  education  at  home,  and  they  will  not 
wander  far  away,  but  early  return  to  the  Shep- 
herd and  Bishop  of  souls. 

Sister  Susan  Stouff'er.  consort  of  the  late 
Abraham  Stoufler,  of  Washington  Co..  Md.  died 
last  niglit  at  the  house  of  her  daughter,  sister 
Sarah,  wife  of  brother  George  Boemer  of  this 
place.  Our  departed  sister  has  been  suffering 
several  years  from  a  severe  attack  of  Paralysis. 
But  all  her  sufterings  are  ended,  and  she  has 
gone  to  rest  with  "them  that  sleep  in  Jesus  ' 
Yours  in  hope  of  a  crown  of  Life. 

D.  B.  Mextze:;. 
Wntjnesboru,  Pa.  Dec.  'ith,  WH. 


SEVEN  WONDBES  OF  THE 
WORLD. 

The  seven  wonders  of  the  world  were,  1,  The 
Egyptian  pyramids.  The  largest  of  these  is 
60.1  feet  square  and  49(j  feet  high,  and  its  base 
covers  lit  acres  of  ground.  2.  The  Mauso- 
leum, erected  to  Mausolus.  a  king  of  Ciria.  by 
his  widow.  Artemisia.  It  was  *i3  fret  long  and 
'Ah  feet  high.  3.  The  templeof  Diauaat  Eph- 
esas.  This  was  425  feet  iu  length  and  2:H^  f<-et 
in  bieadth.  4.  The  walls  and  hanging  gu- 
dons  of  Babylon.  These  walls  are  stated  by 
ilerudotiis  to  have  been  >7  feet  thick,  llot'  feet 
high,  and  6i>  miles  in  leni;lh.  and  the  statement 
is  deemed  credible  by  nioderu  auti>iuariims.  5. 
The  Colossus  of  Rhodes.  This  was  a  br37«n 
statue  of  Apollo.  150  feet  in  height,  standinsr  »t 
the  mouth  of  the  harbor  of  Khodes.  «.  The 
alutue  of  Jupiter  Olympus,  at  Athens  wbieh  , 
I  wus  made  of  iVory  and  gold,  and  was  wonder- 
ful for  its  beauty  rather  than  for  its  site.  7. 
The  Plini-os  of  Ptolemy  Philadelphu^  This 
was  a  light  house  5(H)  feet  liigh.  on  the  inland 
of  Pharos,  at  Alexandria,  iu  Egypt.  A  fire  of 
wood  was  kept  burning  on  iti^  summit  during 
the  night  to  giiideships  lo  the  harbor. — Sti. 


Sunday.  Dcc.lst.— .U  the  Wjlty  Meeting-house 

thisjnornin-/,  bi-other  Oiler  spoke  upon  lleb.  i 

H:  I.    Thesuhjoj'ttjf  "Taking  heed"  wa*.  drawi  |     Mischieft  vooie  by  the  pound,  iind  go  a<ray 

from  the  text,  and  applied  to  all  tli^  l>eliever9. '  by  the  ounce. 


TXiK    liKKXtlKKiSr    JSJT   AVOlllC 


Decembf-r    19 


INVITATION    TO  YOUTH. 

ClllMK  yoLiHi  UTui  people  i>iie  mid  all, 
/     Aiid  hew  the  Loni  in  fnoiidship  cnU, 
1  love  your  «miU  extremely  deHt, 
Therefore  incline  your  pjim  and  hear. 

Hi*  heart  is  of  great  tflniUTnesa, 
His  house  the  hli-sseJ  housH-  of  i>eace. 
His  8tTvaut»  shining  aiigeU  are, 
Who  -ihRll  attend  you  everywhere. 

He'll  clothf  you  with  his  i)ure  wrought  gold. 
And  all  his  wonders  you'll  behold. 
You  shall  appear  bright  as  the  morn, 
Fair  an  the  moon,  clear  us  the  auo. 

Now  if  your  souls  to  him  iiltach, 
Comi-  quickly  close  the  happy  match, 
While  looking  on  hiB  lovely  charms, 
Give  up  your  iionln  into  hi«  amis. 
Thus  far  I've  strove  to  set  yon  forth. 
My  love,  my  beauty  and  my  worth; 
It  DOW  remains  for  you  to  say, 
Come  answer  me  without  delay. 

And  if  you  truly  willing  be, 
To  follow  Jesus  come  with  me 
And  march  along  the  Go.ipel  road, 
It  is  the  only  way  to  God. 

Why  then  if  I  to  this  agree, 
What  will  my  brave  conipwiions  sny? 
Thi^  world  will  sore  upon  me  frown. 
I  will  mow  my  llow'ry  honors  down. 

Besides  all  this  1  see  no  need. 
Why  I  to  (Christ  should  thus  make  speed. 
Because  I  am  both  well  and  youug. 
And  do  expect  my  life  is  long. 

Have  me  excitsed  a.  few  years  more. 
Till  I  take  cane  in  earthly  store. 
And  then  I  will  with  this  comply, 
And  fiy  to  .lesus  by  and  by. 

0  lovely  youth  don't  me  deny. 
Nor  put  lire  oil'  for  by  and  by; 
Your  soul  and  body  both  may  lie, 
In  ruin  before  you  by  and  by. 

The  Uedeeraer's  call  is  to-day. 
Come  answer  me  without  delay. 
It  fills  my  heart  with  grief  and  woe, 
To  see  kind  Jesus  slighted  so. 

And  if  you  thus  put  off  the  Lord. 
He'll  whet  Ills  flaming,  glittering  sword. 
He'll  cut  you  down  and  lay  you  low. 
In  shame  and  misery  and  woe. 

And  if  you  thus  his  grace  refuse. 
And  still  some  earthly  pleasure  choose, 
You  surely  will  be  left  behind, 
And  such  a  Savior  never  find. 

Selected  by  J,  Fi,anY. 


FEET-WASHING 

nv  S.  T.  BOS.^ERMAN. 

"He  that  hath  my  commandments,  andkeep- 
eth  them,  he  it  is  that  loveth  rae."  John  14:  21. 
rpiIEKK  is  perhaps  no  Christian  body 
■^  in  the  known  world  l)ut  lay  full 
chiini  to  the  truthfulness  of  the  Bible, 
jiiid  assert  that  "i?//  Scripture  is  given 
by  inspii-ation  of  (iod,  and  is  profitable 
for  doctrine,  for  I'ejtroof,  foj-  correction, 
for  instruction  in  righteousness."  Paul 
in  u.sing  this  quotation  did  not  mean  that 
njKiH,  butf/^/of  the  Scriptui-e  was  prof- 
itable. Hence  the  faithful  obsei'vance 
of  all  the  conmiands  of  Jesus  Chi-ist,  is 
essential  to  obedience.  Though  the  means 
which  are  provided  are  simple  to  the 
minds  of  man,  it  is  a  command  of  God — 
a  boundary  set,  and  he  who  goes  beyond 
shall  not  go  free,  and  shall  be  held  in- 
dividually responsible  before  God.  Tlie 
way  of  salvation  i.s  so  clear,  the  high- 
way of  holiness  so  prominent  that  all 
can  see,  and  a  "  wayfaring  man  though  a 
fool  shall  not  err  therein." 

The  Babel-like  confusion  in  which  the 
('hristian  world  is  thrown  at  the  pres- 
ent time,  is  deplorable.  Agitation  every- 
where on  points  of  doctrine.  Some  dis- 
carding this,  while  others  another  por- 
tion of  the  Word  of  God,  that  the  seek- 
er after  truth  who  is  looking  on,  becomes 
confused,  and  concludes  with  the  masses 
that  there  is  nothing  obligatory  in  the 
observance  of  the  commands  of  God 
and  dnfts  into   atheism    and   infidelity. 


Paul  saye,  "God  is  jfoithful,   fcy  whom 
ye  were  called  unto  the  fellowship  of  his 
Son,  Jesus    Christ,   our    Lord;"   and  he 
further  enjoins    upon    us,    "  Now    1  be- 
seech you,  brethren,  by  the  name  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  ye  all  speak  the 
same  thing,  and  that  there  be  no    divis- 
ions  among  yuu;  but  that  ye  be  perfect- 
ly joined  together  in  the  sau)e  luind,  and 
in  th*  same  judgment."     1    Cor.  1:  I'l. 
The  beloved  apostle  made  this  appeal 
to  the  church  many  years  ago,  ere  there 
were  divisions  which  are  now  prevalent. 
He  did  not  make  this  charge  in  his  own 
name,  for  neither  man   nor    the    church 
was  responsible  to  him,  nor  could  he  re- 
ward for  obedience  or  punish  for  neglect. 
But  the  charge  was  made    iu    the  name 
of  the  Lord  Jesus    Christ,    because  it  is 
him  with  whom  we  have  to   do,  to  him 
we  are  made  responsible.      He  will  han- 
dle us  as    his  justice  and  judgment  may 
dictate,  his  words  judge  us  at  the  great 
day.     Hence  the  importance  of  reason- 
ing together  out  of  tlie   Scii]>tui"es  and 
uniting  upon  the  basis   of  the   Gospel. 
With  (iod  all  things  are  possible,  doubt 
is  in  the  mind   of  man.     God   does   his 
part  to  perfection,  and  while  he  employs 
means  in  the  great  plan   of  salvation,  it 
rests  upon  man  to  regard  those  means  as 
faith  put  into   practice,  and  then  when 
our  blessed  Master  commands  us  to  wash 
one  another's  feet,  we  can  see  the  propri- 
ety to  obey. 

Our  first  argument  to  establish  the 
command  of  Feet- washing  to  be  observ- 
ed as  an  ordinance  in  the  church,  is  be- 
cause Jesus  Christ  has  said  so,  and  his 
command  is  superior  and  supreme.  "All 
power  is  given  unto  me  in  heaven  and 
inearth."  Matt.  -1^:  18.  And  acting 
under  this  authority,  he  manifested  bis 
law  by  precept  and  example.  And  in 
this  ordinance  in  which  he  has  engaged 
himself,  in  order  to  show  our  love  to 
God  and  humility  to  one  another,  he 
gives  us  the  example  by  a  practical  il- 
lustration of  the  work  and  givesthe  pre- 
cept in  imperative  terms: "  If  I  then  your 
Lord  and  Master,  have  washed  your  feet: 
ye  also  ought  to  wash  one  another's 
feet." 

Next  it  denotes  a  cleansing,  not  of  the 
filth  of  the  flesh,  but  a  spiriiiial  cleans- 
ing, which  fact  is  firmly  established 
in  this,  "  He  that  is  washed,  needeth  not 
save  to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every 
whit:  and  ye  are  clean,  but  not  all," 
John  13:  in.  The  Savior's  words,"  he 
that  is  washed"  evidently  refers  to  our 
baptism,  which  denotes  a  washing,  a 
cleansing  from  sin,  as  the  follomng  will 
show.  Acta  2'2:  !(»:  "And  now  why 
tarriest  thou?  Arise,  and  be  baptized, 
and  wash  away  thy  sins,  calling  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord."  "But  ye  are 
washed,  but  ye  are  sanctified,  but  ye  are 
justified  in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus." 
1  Cor.  (» :  11 .  "  Having  our  liearts  sprink- 
led from  an  evil  conscience,  and  our 
bodies  washed  with  pure  water.  Heb. 
10:  2i>;  Peter  3:'J1.  Inasmuch  as  we 
/lave  been  washed,  Christ  now  says,  "  he 
that  is  washed  needeth  not  save  to  wash 
his  feet,"  to  further  cleanse  us  and  to 
.show  our  love  and  humbleness  to  our 
fellow -Christian.  By  this  act  the  hum- 
ble follower  of  Jesus  is  reminded  of  his 
impuiities,  his  imperfections  and  un- 
worthiness,  and  by  this  act  of  obedience 
can  be  made  pure  again  and  qualified  to 
have  a  part  with  the  Lord  Jesus,  be- 
come better  ([ualified  for  a  higher  luul 
noblerlife,  and  free  from  sin,  stand  ready 
for  the  call  of  the  Master. 

Again,  for  the  violation  of  this,  law 
there  is  a  penalty  attached,  and  hence  is 
maile  obligatory.  Feet- washing  is  of 
great   antiquity.      Aaron    and  his  sons. 


befiire  entering  into  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  had  to  undergo  a  cleuns- 
ing,  a  washing  to  qualify  them  for  the 
holy  work  assigned  them.  And  the  pen- 
alty attached  for  the  violation  of  that 
law,  was  death.  "  So  they  shall  wash 
their  hands  and  their /ft,  that  they  di'' 
not."  Ex.  .SO;  21.  This  is  the  first  wit- 
ness, and  in  the  mouth  of  two  or  three 
witnesses  every  word  shall  be  establish* 
ed.  Now  for  the  second:  In  that  dark 
and  doleful  night  in  which  Jesus  was 
Itetrayed,  when  theysat  down  to  eat  that 
sacred  meal,  "  He  riseth  fi'om  supper, 
and  laid  aside  his  garments;  and  took  a 
towel  and  girded  himself.  After  that, 
he  poureth  water  into  a  basin,  and  be- 
gan to  wash  his  disciples'  feet,  and  to 
wipe  them  with  the  towel  wherewith  he 
was  girded."  His  example,  as  he  was 
practically  exhibiting,  was  to  wash  his 
disciples  feet.  Approaching  Peter,  he 
met  witli  opposition  to  this  divine  law. 
Now  the  penalty  is  about  to  be  attached 
and  applied,  "  If  I  wash  thee  not,  thou 
hast  no  part  with  me."  Ah  the  penal- 
ty! No  part  with  my  Master  here  upon 
earth,  his  company  pleasant  and  his 
counsels  sweet.  No  part  with  Jesus;  no 
part  with  God, — Ah  this  cannot  be. 
"  Lord,  not  my  feet  only,  but  also  my 
hands  and  my  liead." 

Now  the  third  witness.  The  law  gov- 
erning the  church,  in  the  receiving  of 
widows  into  their  number,  was  upon  cer 
tain  qualifications  being  complied  with, 
and  one  was,  "  if  she  have  washed  the 
saint's  feet."  1  Tim.  5:  9,  10.  Thus 
we  have  three  witnesses  producing  the 
law  for  their  government  in  the  church. 
One  under  the  old  dispensation  in  which 
they  were  to  w'ash  their  own  feet.  One 
laid  down  by  Christ  himself  while  in 
the  flesh  in  which  they  were  commanded 
to  wash  one  another's  feet.  And  the 
last  in  the  apostolic  church.  In  each 
the  command  was  divine,  and  the  pen- 
alty for  the  violation  of  the  same  was 
separation  from  God  and  the  fellowship 
of  saints.  The  objections  against  this 
act  of  humility  are  various,  a  few  of 
which  we  might  notice. 

1.  That  it  was  a  sandy  country  and 
Christ  and  his  apostles  wore  sandals, 
therefore  it  was  only  necessary  to  re- 
move the  filth  from  the  feet.  In  the  first 
place  the  objector  forgets  that  during  the 
betrayal,  trial  and  crucifixion  of  Jesus 
Christ,  the  institution  of  the  last  Sup- 
per, etc.— that  it  was  cold.  Mark  says, 
that  w^hile  Peter  was  warming  himself, 
a  certain  maid  questioned  him  iu  regard 
to  his  discipleship.  Luke  says,  "  And 
when  they  had  kindled  a  fire  in  the 
midst  of  the  hall,  and  was  sat  down  to- 
gether. Peter  sat  down  among  them. 
But  a  certain  maid  beheld  him  as  he  sat 
by  the  fire,  and  earnestly  looked  upon 
him,  and  said.  This  man  was  also  with 
him."  If  this  mark  was  for  the  literal 
cleansing  of  the  feet,  then  our  blessed 
Master  failed  to  perform  a  pei-fect  work, 
as  he  declares  after  washing  his  disci- 
ples feet,"  "Ye  are  clean,  but  not  all,  for 
he  knew  who  should  betray  him;  there- 
fore said  he,  Ye  are  not  all  clean." 

That  this  command  is  not  bind- 
ing upon  the  followers  of  Christ.  The 
term  "  ought,"  is  binding  and  obligatory. 
Ought,  1st,  To  be  under  obligation  to 
pay,  Webvtei:  Hence  "ye  also  ought  to 
wash  one  another's  feet,"  is  obligatory 
upon  the  Christian  church  and  will  be 
until  the  end  -f  time. 

3.  That  th'.h  command  ceased  with 
the  apostles  and  was  not  practiced  be- 
cause they  say  nothing  al)Outit  on  that 
memorable  day  of  Pentecost,  (Acts  2), 
when  they  were  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost.     Was  the  church  then   first  or- 


ganized? If  80,  wh»t  does  the  Savior 
mean  in  Matt)!  18:  IT.  "  If  he  shall 
neglect  to  hear  them,  tell  it  unto  the 
church.''''  Admitting,  then,  that  the 
church  was  organized  on  the  day  of  Pen- 
tecost, did  the  apostles  say  nothing  about 
Feet- washing?  Let  us  see,  "  For  Moses 
truly  said  with  the  fathers,  A  projihet 
shall  the  Loril  your  God  raise  up  unto 
you,  of  your  brethren,  like  unto  me; 
him  shall  ye  hear  in  all  things,  whatao- 
ever  he  shall  say  unto  you.  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that  every  soul  which  will 
not  hear  that  Prophet,  shall  be  destroy- 
ed from  among  the  people."  Acts  3 :  22, 
2:3.  This  Prof)het  was  Jesus  Christ,  and 
among  the  all  thiv(/s  which  he  said  and 
commanded  wasFeet-washing,  and  hence 
is  obligatory  upon  us. 

4.  That  it  is  not  perpetuated  iu  the 
church.  Jesus  Christ  in  commissioning 
his  disciples  said,  "  Go  ye  therefore  and 
teach  all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the 
name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost;  Teaching  them  to 
observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  have 
commanded  you;  and  lo,  I  am  with  you 
alway,  evefi  unto  the  end  of  the  world." 
Matt.  28:  ID,  28.  Among  the  all  things, 
Feet-washing  was  acommand  and  per- 
petuated in  the  church,  and  by  the  ob- 
servance of  all  those  commands  we  have 
the  promise,  "  lo  I  am  with  you  alway, 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

Again  the  language  of  Paul  in  regard 
to  the  qualifications  of  the  widow,  shows 
perpetuity.  It  was  in  practice  in  the 
church  then,  also  why  would  it  have 
been  required  of  her?  Hence  we  con- 
clude that  Feet-washing  was  command- 
ed, that  it  is  binding  and  obligatory  up- 
the  Christian  for  observance,  and 
that  it  is  perpetuated  and  that  God  will 
require  it  of  his  people  until  the  end  of 
time.  One  more  thought,  and  then  we 
are  done.  Paul  exhorts  us  to  "  run  with 
patience  the  race  that  is  set  before  us, 
looking  unto  Jesus,  the  Author  and  Fin- 
isher of  our  faith."  Heb.  12:  1,  2.  Je- 
sus is  acknowledged,  by  the  Christian 
world,  as  being  the  .l«^/(r>r  of  their  faith, 
but  how  many  do  not  accept  him  as  the 
Finisher  of  their  faith.  Jesus  com- 
mands Feet  washing  and  other  ordi- 
nances to  be  practiced  in  the  public  as- 
sembly of  the  the  saints.  We  have  faith, 
we  believe  this.  But  /nawsays  they  are 
not  essential  to  salvation.  Hence  we 
discard  them  and  bold  Jesus  as  the  Au- 
thor of  our  faith,  but  make  man  the 
finisherof  our  faith.  Thus  condemnation 
rests  upon  us. 

In  conclusion,  let  me  appeal  to  you, 
kind  reader,  to  take  Jesus  at  his  word. 
Whatever  he  says,  will  you  not  heark- 
en and  obey  ?  May  you  be  enabled  to 
trust  him  at  all  times;  obey  him  in  all 
his  commands.  May  you  ever  show 
your  faith- by  your  works,  remembering 
that  works  is  but  "faith  put  into  prac- 
tice." Then  when  our  blessed  I^Iaster 
comes  to  collect  his  jewels  home,  you 
may  be  found  among  the  faithful  of  God. 

POWER  OF  GOD. 

I)Y   OEOROE  WORST. 

"  For  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  Gospel  o( 
Christ:  for  it  is  the  power  of  God  unto  salva- 
tion to  every  one  that  believeth;  to  the  Jew 
first  and  also  to  the  Greek,"  Rom.  1:  16 
rpHIS  is  the  language  of  Paul,  written 
-*-  from  Corinth  and  sent  by  Phebe, 
a  servant  of  the  church  at  Cenchrea;  for 
the  benefit  of  the  believers  at  Rome, 
one  of  the  churches  e.stablished  by  Paul; 
no  doubt  wishing  to  strengthen  them  in 
the  faith ;  says  "  I  am  ready  to  preach 
to  you  the  Gospel  that  are  at  Rome;  for 
I    am   not  ashamed   of    the    Gospel  of 


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ChriKt;  for  it  is  the  power  of  God  unto  I  o\ 
salvation."  We  are  sometimes  charged  | 
with  having  the  form  of  godliness,  but 
denying  the  powertheieof.  Su<;h  charges 
we  deny.  Noise  does  not  always  si'^ni- 
ly  power.  The  power  of  God  is  what 
we  wish  to  look  at  more  particularly  in 
this  artii-le.  The  power  of  God  is  dem- 
onstrated to  us  in  many  ways,  to  teach 
us  the  greatness  of  God,  and  by  compar- 
ison showing  the  smallness  of  ourselves. 
Man  is  full  of  self-esteem  and  thinks 
he  can  do  wonders,  and  in  fact  by  his 
ingenuity  can  accomplish  things  that 
look  remarkable  in  our  eyes;  but  when 
we  try  to  compare  it  with  the  power  of 
God,  we  soon  get  lost  and  bewildered  in 
amazement,  must  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  we  are  as  nothing  compared  to  God 
with  all  our  combined  power  and  wis 
dom. 

The  Savior  said,  in  Matt.  28:  18. 
"  All  power  is  given  unto  me  in  heaven 
and  in  earth ;  go  ye  therefore  and  teach 
all  nations,  teaching  tliem  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded 
you,  and  I  am  with  you  unto  the  end  of 
time."  Having  such  promises  from  such 
a  source,  we  need  not  fear  to  enlist  un- 
der the  banner  of  King  Jesus;  go  forth 
with  the  little  power  we  have;  by  the 
aid  of  the  power  of  Jesus,  we  can  do 
the  necessary  work  to  be  accomplished; 
80  Jesus  will  be  satisfied,  God  be  hon- 
ored and  glorified,  and  we  saved. 

Again,  we  can  see  a  demonstration  of 
the  power  of  God,  through  Jesus  Christ 
when  his  body  was  weakened  by  fasting, 
when  the  devil  said,  "  Command  that 
this  stone  be  made  bread."  How  wisely 
the  answer  was,  '*  man  liveth  not  by 
bread  alone,  but  by  every  word  that 
proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God." 
The  devil  not  succeeding  in  this  attempt, 
tries  another,  taketh  him  up  on  the 
mountain,  shows  him  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  world  and  their  glory,  "  now  if 
thou  wilt  fall  down  and  worship  me,  all 
this  shall  be  thine."  But  thanks  be  to 
GoJ,  the  an8Werwa.s,  "  It  is  written,  thou 
shalt  worship  the  Lord  thy  God  and  him 
only  fehaltthou  serve."  God  also  is  wor- 
thy of  all  praise  and  adoration  from  the 
intelligences  of  heaven  and  earth;  fur  if 
his  Son  Jesus  Christ  had  lieen  overcome 
on  the  mountain  of  temptation,  our  sal- 
vation would  have  been  sealed.  Now  by 
the  power  of  God  through  Jesus  Christ, 
the  devil  was  overcome  and  silenced,  by 
that  means  the  door  of  our  salvation 
stands  opeu,  and  an  invitation  with  it 
for  us  to  enter  and  work  for  the  Lord, 
and  the  promise  of  everlasting  lii'e  to 
be  the  pay  for  the  labor  performed  in 
the  vineyard. 

Now  dear  reader,  have  you  confidence 
in  God  that  he  is  able  or  has  the  pow- 
er to  give  what  he  has  promised,  and  do 
you  desire  to  have  everlasting  life?  If 
so,  then  enter  the  fold  and  go  to  work. 
You  can  do  nothing  outside;  the  harvest 
is  great  and  the  laborers  scarce.  More 
are  wanted,  and  such  as  will  earnestly 
contend  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to 
the  saints,  and  stand  ready  to  give  bat- 
tle to  all  isms  and  schisms  within  or  with  ■ 
out.  With  the  power  of  God's  Word  and 
the  aid  of  his  Spirit,  we  can  come  out 
more  thau  conquerors  through  him  that 
loved  us;  we  need  uot  doubt  the  sacred 
Word  of  Truth  which  was  given  by  in- 
spiration of  God,  in  which  there  are  so 
many  demonstrations  of  his  power,  tmch 
as  healing  the  sick.  Oh  how  many  cas 
es  were  brought  to  him,  and  he  never 
failed  in  a  single  instance;  so  that  the 
people  were  amazed  antl  said,  "  we  have 
never  saw  it  on  thia  fa.shion,"  cleansing 
the  lepers,  the  most  stubborn  cases  had 
to  yield;  casting  out  devils,  they  had  to 


TilK    BK^ITHKKjSr    ^T    "WORK!. 


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>ey,  mid  an   instance  is   j;iv«-n   where 
t'ven  ihe  evil  spirlc  exclaimed,  **  I  know 
thee  who  thou  art.the  holy  one  of  God," 
!ind  raising  the  dead  when  he   touched 
the  bier  the  young  man    arose,    and    at 
tlie  grave  of  Lazarus,    he  was    heard   to 
ay,  "  Father  I  know  that  thou    always 
heareth  me,  but  because  of  the  people,  I 
saidthis,  that   they   may   believe    thou 
hast  sent  me."  John    11:   42.     Then  in 
the  4;3rd  verse,  he  cried  with  a  loud  voice, 
"  Lazarus,  cometorth,"  and  he  wa-i  obey- 
ed,—the  dead  coming  forth  bound  hand 
and  foot  with    grave  clothes.     This  was 
all  done  to  demonstrate  the  power   of 
God  to  the  people.     After   hearing  and 
seeing   this    e.xhibition   of   power,   the 
wicked  priests  and   Pharisees,   called  a 
council  to  kill  him.     Is  it  not  remarka- 
ble?    We  need    not  wonder  so  much  at 
the  wickedness  of  our  day;   but   let  me 
assure  you,  friendly  reader,  you  will  not 
go  unpunished  for  your  wicked    deeds. 
Judgment  is  deferred  unto  a  future   day 
when  no  wrong  will  go  unpuni.shed;  for 
the  Lord  said  by  the  apostle,  "  So    th. 
every  one  of  us  shall    give    account   ofl 
himself  to  God."     Rom.  14:12.     "For 
every  man  shall  bear  his  own    burden." 
Gal.  6:  5. 

Now  taking  these  evidences  with  the 
many  more  that  might  be  adduced  to 
show  us  the  great  power  of  God  and  the 
wickedness  of  men,  that  if  Jesus  had 
exercised  his  power  upon  those  wicked 
Jews,  they  would  have  been  as  chaff  be 
fore  the  wind,  and  because  he  did  not 
exercise  his  power,  is  no  evidence  that 
he  did  not  possess  it.  Through  the  light 
of  the  Goi-pel  we  can  see  a  fearful  future 
for  the  wicked,  for  those  who  live  in 
open  rebellion  to  God,  and  also  those 
that  neglect  their  salvation.  Paul  says 
"  as  I  live  saith  the  Lord,  every  knet 
shall  bow  to  me,  and  every  tongue  con 
fess  to  God,"  Rom.  14:  11.  We  neec 
not  expect  to  hide  ouraelves  behind  our 
sins;  for  God  has  eyes  like  a  flame  of 
fire,  at  one  glance  can  behold  the  whole 
universe, — the  heavens  and  the  earth 
and  all  therein  and  therein.  So  the 
best  advice  we  know  to  give,  is  to  pre- 
sent our  bodies,  "  a  living  sacrifice,  holy 
and  acceptable,  which  is  our  reasonable 
service,  and  not  be  so  much  conformed 
to  this  world,  but  be  ti'ansformed  by  the 
renewing  of  your  mind,  and  prove  that 
acceptable  and  perfect  will  of  God." 
Then  when  we  come  to  judgment,  we 
can  come  with  some  degree  of  boldness, 
knowing  that  the  power  of  God  will  not 
be  exercised  over  us  in  the  shape  of  pun 


oh'a 


ishpieut;  but  will  hear  him  say  to  us, 
"  Come  up  ye  blessed,  inherit  the  king- 
dom prepared  for  you  from  the  founda- 
tion of  the  world." 

"  Oh  the  depths  of  the  riches  both  of 
the  wisdom  and  knowledge  of  God,  how 
unsearchable  are  his  judgment*;,  and  his 
ways  past  finding  out;  for  who  hath 
known  the  mind  of  the  Lord  or  who 
hath  been  his  counselor!"  Rom.  11 :  3:^, 
34. 

WHAT  IS  THE  DIFFERENCE? 


little  M  try  placed  them  before  you,  and 
not  mother,  although  the  child  lias  tax 
ed  her  physical  and    mental    powers    to 
their  utmont  capacity  to  do  it  as  near  as 
mother  can !     But  lu-cause  there  has  not 
been  a  more  experienced  hand    engaged 
in  the  arrangi-ment  of  matters,  we    will 
not  go  to  the  table  to  pai'take,  although 
we  be  starving.     "Ah,"  says  one,  "  this 
is  foolishness."     Well  may  be  it  is; God 
chose  the  foolish  things  of  the  world  to 
confound  the  wise.     What  is  the  differ- 
ence, viewed  from  another  stand  point? 
What  is   the   difference    whether  Paul 
preaches  or  some  one  else  less  experienc- 
ed, so  he  tell  the  truth!     "Ah,   there  is 
a  great  deal  of  difference;  when  I  go  to 
meeting  I    want   to    be  told  something 
that  I  do  not  know  myself;    if  I    cannot 
learn  something   that   I  do  not  know,  I 
would  rather  sUiy  at  home  and  read  my 
Bible."     Yes,  sad  truth,  very  little   our 
Bible  gets  read  the  day  we  stay  at  home 
because  our  favorite  preacher  is  not  go- 
ing to  preach.     Likely  we  spend  a  part 
of  the  day  looking  over  the  news  of  the 
Week,  and  then  we  are  tired  and  we  must 
have  a  little  rest;  and  we  lie   down   and 
take  a  sleep;  and  thus  we  spend  the  day 
and  the  Lord  is  cheated  out  of  the  day's 
labor  that  we  owe  to  him ;  and  our  souls 
are  cheated  out  of  the  rich  blessings  that 
God  wanted  to  give;  and  Satan  has  gain- 
ed the  victory  over  us,  and   night  finds 
us  farther  away  from  God  than  we  were 
in  the  morning;  all  because  little   Mary 
set  the  table. 

Does  the  Gospel  lose  its  life-giving 
power  simply  because  our  bishops  or 
some  other  very  talented  brother  does 
not  hand  it  out  to  us?  Does  truth  be- 
come less  true  because  some  young  or 
old  brother  tells  it  to  us  in  a  simple  way  'i 
Perhaps  he  has  taxed  all  of  his  mental 
and  physical  powers  to  make  his  dis- 
course as  edifying  as  he  could,  andteach- 
es  some  good  lessons,  if  we  would  be 
taught,  but  because  little  Mary  set  the 
table,  we  \vill  not  eat.  Is  not  this  true? 
I  speak  to  our  shame. 

I  sometimes  hear  brethren  and  sisters 
say,  "  well  if  there  is  no  one  going  to 
be  at  meeting  to  preach  to-day  but 
brother  B.,  I  am  not  going."  How  wrong 
this  is:  First.  Our  minds  are  not  spirit- 
ual. Second.  We  set  a  bad  example 
to  our  family  and  neighbors.  Third. 
Our  influence  over  the  young  members 
is  not  good.  Fourth.  It  is  discourag- 
ing to  the  minister;  it  dampens  his  zeal, 
he  becomes  disheartened  and  in  a  meas- 
ure destroys  his  usefulness  in  the  chui'ch ; 
and  last,  but  uot  least,  we  by  so  doing, 
become  a  hindrance  to  ttie  progress  of 
the  cause  of  Christ.  O,  God  give  us  all 
more  charity,  more  zeal,  more  faith, — 
in  short,  more  spiritual  life. 


chihhvii.  H-  Viiu  \\'\\\  ht-e  by  r<*ad>a(f 
Dent.  IV,  20.  "  Anil  when  ihy  mn  wk- 
eth  thee  in  time  to  come,  H&ying  what 
mean  the  t^-stimunies  and  the  tttatiitw, 
and  the  judgment  which  the  Lord  our 
(iod  hath  commanded  vou,  then  thou 
shalt  say  unto  thy  son,  we  were  Phara- 
bondmen  in    Pigypt,   and   the  Lord 


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liY  U.  H.  FOWLVlt. 

IIAT  is  the  ditference  whether 
mother  arrnnges  the  dishes  on 
the  table  ami  places  eatables  in  proper 
order,  or  whether  little  Mary  does  it, 
jirovided  Maiy  Joes  not  have  things 
.[uite  80  nicely  arranged  as  mother  doesi 
What  is  the  ditFereiice  if  little  Mary  did 
set  the  jelly  at  one  corner  of  the  table! 
Is  it  any  the  less  jelly!  Does  it  lose  any 
of  its  delicious  flavor  because  mother  did 
not  place  it  on  the  table!  Does  the 
bread,  the  meat,  the  potatoes  lose  their 
life-BUStaining  properties,  simply  because 


TO    PARENTS. 


ifiJ.  p.  NKHER. 


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tiring  up  your  children  In  the  nurture  and 
admouitiou  of  the  Lord."    Epli,  6:  4. 

UW,  as  the  Mosaic  dispensation  was 
a  type  of  the  Christian  dispensa' 
tion,  and  is  similar  in  many  instances 
therefore  we  will  notice  the  instruction 
given  by  God  through  Moses,  with  re 
gard  to  how  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
teach  and  instruct  their  children. 

After  they  were  in  bondage,  and  op 
pressed  a  long  time,  God  sent  them  a  de 
Uverer,  who  after  showing  many 
many  signs  and  wonders,  brought  them 
out  and  liberated  them  from  their  op' 
pression.  Now  in  consequence  of  their 
deliverance  tliere  were  commands  ami 
ordinances  given  them  to  observe 
throughout  their  generation,  and  they 
were  to  teach  them  diligently   to   their 


brought  US  out  of  Kgypt  with  a  mighty 
hand.     And  the  I.ord  showed  signs  and 
wondeis,  great  and    sore,    upon    Egypt, 
upon  Pliara<ih  and  upon  all    \i\n   house, 
before  our  eyes;  and  he  brought   us  out 
from  thence  that  he  might   bring   ua  in, 
to  give  us  the  land  which  he  sware  on- 
to our  father.     And  the  Lord  command- 
ed us  to  do  all  those  statutes,  to  fear  the 
Lord  our  God  for  our  good  always,  that 
he  might  preserve  me  alive,  as    it    in   at 
this  day.     And  itshall  be  our  righteous- 
ness, if  we  observe  to  do  all  these   com- 
mandments before  the  Lord  our  God  as 
he  he  hath    commanded  us."     The    7th 
vei-se  reads,  "  And  thou  shalt  teach  them 
«liligently   to  thy   children,   and   shalt 
talk  to  them  when  thou  sittest  in   thine 
house,  and   when  thou    walkest    by   the 
way,  and  when    thou   liest   down,    and 
when  thou  risest  up." 

If  it  was  necessary  for  tlie  children  of 
Israel,  so  strictly  to  teach  their  offspring, 
with  regard  to  their  deliverance,  which 
was  only  of  a  temporal  nature,  which 
was  only  a  salvation  of  their  physical 
bodies.  How  much  more  shall  we  who 
have  been  delivered  from  spiritual  bon- 
dage, who  have  salvation  by  grace,  in- 
struct (lur  children.  All  were  in  bon- 
dage to  sin,  in  con8e(|uence  of  Adam's 
transgression,  but  God  sent  his  Son  to 
redeem  us.  "  He  tasted  death  for  every  - 
man."  "  We  were  not  redeemed  with 
corruptible  things,  such  as  silver  and 
gold,  but  with  the  precious  blood  of 
Christ." 

Parents,  do  you  diligently  teach  your 
children,  concerning  our  great  deliver- 
ance? When  you  sit  with  them  in  your 
house,  is  your  conversation  about  our 
redemption?  Do  you  entertain  them  up- 
on the  subject  of  the  "great  salvation," 
when  you  are  traveling  with  them  by 
the  way:  in  the  evening  is  it  the  last 
thought  impressed  when  lying  down  to 
rest?  Is  the  first  subject  introduced,  on 
rising  in  the  morning,  of  Jesus  and  his 
dying  love?  If  so,  you  may  feel  assur- 
ed that  you  are  bringing  up  your  chil- 
dren in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of 
the  Lord. 


THE    DOUBT  OF  A   LADY. 

U  T)ROTHERPomeroy,  do  you  think 
L*     it  is  hurtful  for  me  to  read   the 
Ledger  and  such  kind  of  papers?" 

"  My  friend,  that  depends  much  ob 
your  moral  condition.  They  say  crows 
can  eat  carrion  and  thrive  on  it,  while  it 
would  kill  some  birds.  Some  ministers 
are  not  hurt  by  going  to  horse-racing, 
theatres,  various  shows,  and  becoming 
Freemasons,  etc.;  while  others  say  their 
conscience,  the  Word  and  Spirit  of  God, 
require  them  to  abandon  all  such  asso- 
ciation. It  is  the  pure  spirits  who  get 
hurt  with  badness.  And  if  I  am  to 
judge  of  youi'  moral  state  by  the  folly 
hanging  on  to  your  apparel.  I  doubt  if 
a  dozen  Ledgers  would  hurt  you.  It  is 
probable  that  you  are  unhurtable  by 
such  things." — BihU  Banner. 


There  is  a  sanctity  in  suffering  when 
meekly  borne.  Our  duty,  though  set 
about  by  thorns,  may  still  be  made  a 
staff,  supporting  even  while  it  torturt*. 
Cast  it  away,  and  like  the  prophet's 
wand,  it  changes  to  a  snake. 


TJ-IK    BHKTI:iKH;:N^    ^X    AVOIiK. 


IDecember    19 


The  Brethren  at  Work. 

PUIiLlbllKD    WEEKLY. 


J    H    MOORE.  '.EDITORS 

M.  M.  ESHELMAN.  I 


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loti*.  Munc^Kcnl  by  roatnl  OrJrrs,  Kf^Kl«re>l  I^tton 
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chpck.  11  fARlii  ■»  30  c«n"i  lo  rollrcl,  while  *  (Iran  can  br 
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unrler  1  ))0,  tnit  dlwiiyii  ncinl  the  inone/  if  you  cnn  gel  il. 
8ubi>cnpi)uiii).  aad  communio>tionii  iotenileiJ  for  the  pm- 
p«r,  u  well  ft*  ftll  buiinnia  mnlleri  connected  with  Ibc  of- 
goc  Kboulil  he  addreMid 

UOOBE  A  ESHELUAM,  j 

Luuk,  Cftrroll  Co.,  111- 


&ECZUBEB19,IS?8 


At  Nefrtonia.  Mo.,  wbete  the  dvbntc  wu 
held  last  Spiing.  live  liave  been  liit«Ij  ndded  to 
thf  church.  Two  of  tln'iu  wen-  from  (he  Camp- 
bellik-8,  and  one  fruni  the  Baptielif.  Truth  will 
8t»nd  the  test. 


It  is  HHid  that  tht're  are  fifteen  counlieB  in 
tfitwouri  that  do  not  contain  a  saloon. 

TnK8d(lr«wof  brotluT  S.Z.Sharp  is  now 
thiingi'd  from  Maryvilic.  Teiin..  to  Ashland.  O. 

Bhothkr  M.  T.  Bner,  of  Mich.,  him  moved  to 
KauoHs.  Hi«  addre««  i«  Mapleton,  Bourbon 
Co,,  Khii. 

Ik  ppoi)le  were  as  keen  for  the  truth  aa  tliey 
an-  for  riches,  the  world  would  be  a  good  deiJ 
k'tter  off. 

A  CAHi'ufiLMTE  elder  has  lately  been  baptiz- 
ed und  received  into  the  Brethren  church  iu 
California.  _  ^  _    ____ 

"  K/.KK1KL  Robinson.  lately  deceased,  the  old- 
e.tt  nreacln'r  iii  Maine,  had  rend  the  Bible 
throuRh  Hifi  tinici'." 

RKUKtoiBK,  that  all  who  send  us  eisht  names 
for  the  Bkkthben  at  Work  and  lili-On,  will 
receive  an  additional  copy  free. 

SEVKiur.  members  of  the  Maple  Grove  colony 
have  bf'eu  to  Norton  Co.,  Kan.,  and  taken  up 
their  claims  for  early  settlement. 

Tin:  word  "Inst"  should  have  been  "best" 
in  the  first  line,  in  the  first  item,  in  the  third 
column,  on  page  five  of  last  issue. 

But).  Lti'hr  held  ii  series  of  meetings  at  Cher- 
ry Grove  last  week.  Large  congregations  and 
good  attention.      Two  were  baptized. 

Bho.  J.  M.  Snyder,  of  Grundy  Centre,  Iowa, 
gave  U8  a  call  fin  the  8th,  and  preached  one  ser- 
mon in  the  Brethren's  house  in  town. 


Thk  ground  is  now  covered  with  snow,  and 
the  weather  quite  cold,  Winters  here  are  not 
so  disagreeable  us  nonte  might  suppose,  as  Ihe 
cold  weather  ia  generally  steady  and  one  goon 
get«  used  to  it. 

Tmk  first  book  printed,  afl*r  the  invention  of 
printing,  wa.t  the  Bible.  If  printing  were 
an  invention  of  the  devil,  does  it  look  reasona- 
ble that  he  would  have  printed  the  Bible  the 
very  fin*!  thing? 

I  "  So  great  has  been  the  power  of  moral  teach- 
I  ing  iu  Wales,  that  in  some  sections  tlie  jaila 
have  been  abolished  as  uFeless  iubtitutions. 
This  is  the  country  iu  whf<i°e  language  not  an 
infidel  book  has  ever  been  printed." 

Peacemakers  are  those  who  labor  for  peace, 
and  work  to  avoid  difliLuUies.  Men  und  wo- 
men who  try  to  stir  up  strife,  are  not  peacemak- 
er— they  are  strife  makers,  and  therefore  have 
no  promise  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Wk  are  in  recei|)t  of  a  long,  but  interesting 
letter  from  Bro.  D.  C.  Moomaw,  giving  an  ac- 
count of  his  trip  by  sea,  to  New  York  cily,  and 
what  he  saw  and  heard  there.  The  article  will 
lie  commenced  iu  No.  1  of  next  volume. 

As  the  world  and  the  fiilneas  theret>f  is  the 
Lord's,  it  is  evident  that  he  has  plenty  of  me.'ins 
for  the  spreading  of  the  Truth.  But  iis  long  as 
this  means  remains  in  the  hands  of  tho.se  who 
will  not  use  any  of  it  in  spreading  the  Gospel, 
the  cause  will  have  to  suffer. 

Ol'H  readers  express  themselves  as  highly 
pleased  with  the  weekly  supplement,  as  it  gives 
them  more  reading  matter.  We  are  gratified 
in  knowing  that  they  appreciate  our  efforts  iu 
trying  to  give  them  a  good  paper,  and  in  turn 
hope  they  will  do  their  utmost  to  enlarge  our 
list.  ____^..^^__ 

The  man  who  makes  the  "  faith  principle  " 
his  reliance  in  conducting  his  business,  is  sim- 
ply asking  God  to  set  aside  the  conditions  which 
he  himself  has  ordained  for  the  development  of 
character.  Nobody  doubts  that  God  can  do 
them;  but  it  is  not  reasonable  to  suppose  thathe 
will. 


OiTE  of  our  agents  ftays:  "I  have  succeeded  in 
obtaining  ninet»^en  subscribers  for  the  Breth- 
KBN  at  Wokk,  commencing  with  the  Ist  of  .Ian. 
1979,  and  expiring  with  Jan.  1st.  IRSO.  Eui:los- 
ed  please  find  ti27(Hi  for  which  send  the  pafer 
as  oirect<id  below.  I  send  five  uvw  name:^,  this 
makes  up  for  five  others  who  have  withdrawn, 
flaying,  money  is  too  scarce  with  (hem.  But 
when  the  money  is  spent  for  tobacco  there  is 
not  a  word  said  siliout  its  scarcity.  But  worst 
of  all  is,  that  Brvthren  are  so  incon-'^istent,  even 
officers  of  the  church." 


We  are  thankful  to  our  agents  for  the  neat 
and  business-like  manner  in  which  they  send  in 
the  names  of  subscribers.  It  enables  us  to  do 
our  work  better  iu  the  business  department,  and 
avoid  many  mistakes  from  which  misimder- 
stdudingi  generally  arise-  By  following  in- 
struction.", you  assist  us  greatly  in  the  work  of 
gettiiig  the  names  properly  spelled  and  as^iigned. 
It  is  encouraging  to  get  a  neat  prospectus  filled 
with  names  all  plainly  written. 

Therk  are  two  classes  of  peraons  who  will 
have  to  suffer  pretty  severely  iu  the  world  to 
come.  One  is  the  rifh  preacher,  who  is  abund- 
antly able  to  spend  much  time  and  means 
preaching  the  Go-^pel,  but  will  not  doit,  jirefer- 
ring  to  lay  up  treasures  on  earth.  The  other  is 
the  rich  member,  who  cannot  preach,  yet  has 
plenty  to  help  some  poor  minister  to  save  souls, 
and  refuses  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  advance 
the  Lord's  work. 

The  Scriptures  should  not  be  read  in  our 
public  assemblies  ior  mere  form,  but  to  edify 
and  to  iu-itruct.  Theyshould  be  read  in  a  plain, 
simple  manner,  so  as  not  to  yield  any  part  of 
the  meaning,  but  to  give  life  and  expression  to 
ail  that  they  teach.  To  read  in  a  professional 
style,  an  inflated  style,  or  in  a  triHing  manner, 
can  do  no  one  any  good;  but  to  read,  feeling 
that  it  is  tlie  voice  of  God  to  men,  that  the 
words  have  in  them  life  and  power,  is  to  send 
home  to  the  heart,  the  seeds  of  truth  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  insure  their  growth  and  proper 
development. 


we  ha%'e  examined,  we  find  the  word  iu  itaUc$, 
which  we  learn  are  ustd  to  designate  the  words 
supplied  by  the  trauslatnrs.  This  work  being 
only  humuH,  may  we  not  fear  that  more  were 
supplied  than  should  have  been?  Or,  may  we 
not  think  that  the  right  one  was  not  always 
put?  Our  understanding  of  it  is,  that  it  waa 
not  the  washing  that  each  one  needed  so  much, 
as  the  doing  of  it.  True,  Peter  needed  Jesus  to 
wa-^h  him.  but  it  wiis  the  example  that  he  and 
they  all  needed,  more  than  the  water,  and  that 
Jesus  gave  to  each  and  to  all,  that  ih^y  should 
no  as  he  bad  done.  Feet-washing  was  here  done 
not  because  feet  needed  washing,  but  because 
the  Apostles  needed  an  exatuple  to  show  them 
that  Christians  should  wash  one  another's  feet. 
the  answer. 
The  word  "  his  "  in  John  13;  10,  is  unwar- 
ranted by  the  itn'ninal.  The  Greek  is  "  tons 
poi/as,"  1.  e.,  "  the  feet."  J.  W.  Stein. 


Bhu.  Daniel  Vaniman  started  on  a  preaching 
tour,  Nov.  aVth,  intending  to  visit  the  church- 
es iu  Adams  and  Pike  counties,  Illiuoifi. 

Th,\t  Delaware  church,  which  has  lately  pur- 
chased 187  spittoons,  would  be  a  better  light  to 
the  world  if  it  were  composed  of  converted 
members. 

Bhu.  a.  J.  Hixon,  of  Highland,  Ohio,  is  to 
.  haTO  a  public  discussion  with  Mr.  H.  H.  Witter. 
Of  the  time  and  subjects  we  have  not  yet  been 
informed. 

Mux  who  magnify  mole  hills  into  mountains, 
are  also  in  the  hubit  of  reducing  mountains  to 
mole  hills.  They  can  turn  the  apy-glass  to  suit 
the  occa.sioQ. 


The  publishers  of  the  Sumlai/  School  Times 
have  favored  us  with  a  copy  of  the  Srhnhr's 
Qiiarterli/, aneAtly  printed  pamphlet  of  40  pages, 
and  published  quarterly  in  the  interest  of  Bible 
study.  It  contains  much  valuable  instruction 
to  teachers  and  others. 


We  would  sugs;e.st  that  every  minister  put  in 
a  few  weeks  this  Winter,  holding  a  series  of 
meetings.  You  do  not  need  to  wait  for  foreign 
help,  but  let  the  home  ministers  go  to  work 
wherever  they  see  a  good  opening,  and  ask  the 
Lord  to  bless  the  work. 

Brotbeii  Bashor  closed  his  meetings  at  Ma- 
ple Grove,  Ohio,  v?ith  five  additions  by  confes 
sion  and  baptism.  The  meeting  closed  with  a 
Love-feast,  at  which  lOtJ  communed,  reminding 
those  present  of  the  grand  feast  in  the  coming 
kingdom.  Bro.  B.  is  now  holding  meeting  iu 
the  Mohican  church,  Wayne  county. 


SPECIAL  NOTICE. 

WE  had  thought  of  printing  fifly-two  num- 
bers this  year,  but  the  time  is  short,  and 
our  hands  would  like  to  have  a  few  days'  rest. 
They  have  been  working  hard,  and  faithful, 
from  early  morn  till  late  in  the  evening,  and 
sometimes  after  night,  and  we  conclude  to  let 
them  rest  a  few  days. 

The  next  number  vti\\  be  dated  January  2, 
l!>7f*,  and  will  be  mailed  in  time  to  reach  the 
subscribers  by  New  Year's  day. 

Those  wlio  have  not  yet  renewed  will  please 
send  in  their  names  immediately,  and  as  many 
more  as  they  can  get.  The  next  number  will  be 
sent  to  all  of  our  subscribers,  both  old  and  new. 
After  that  only  to  those  who  renew. 


We  are  now  out  of  back  numbers  of  the  de- 
SoMK  of  the  Campbellite  churches  iu  England  [  bate,  though  we  printed  a  large  amount  of  extra 


are  getting  rather  fast.  In  order  to  economize 
time,  they  give  thanks  for  the  bread  and  the  cup 
at  the  same  time. 

The  Health  Reformer,  published  at  Battii 
Creek,  Mich.,  is  to  have  its  name  changed  to 
Good  Hffilth.  It  is  one  of  the  best  monthlies 
coming  to  this  office. 

Some  of  our  agents  are  highly  pleased  with 
our  cash  system,  saying  they  can  get  just  as 
many  subscribers  as  before,  and  then  it  saves  a 
great  deal  of  trouble  for  thera  and  us. 

Peui'Le  who  refuse  to  lay  up  treasures  in 
heaven,  and  yet  want  to  go  to  heaven,  must  ex- 
pect to  enter  that  place  a.-;  paupers.  They  have 
•ient  nothing  ahead  to  be  placed  to  their  account. 

Those  who  tell  outsiders  that  they  can  have 
the  paper  for  $1.00,  are  mistaken  iu  regard  to 
our  terras.  When  those  not  members  subscribe, 
they  must  pay  th"-  same  as  anybody  else.  The 
paper  is  sent  to  outsiders  for  ?l.on  a  year  onbi 
when  paid  for  out  of  the  fund  uojjatbd  for  that 
purpose.  See  instructioufl,  under  the  head  of 
■■  Bu^iue^s  Department"  on  last  page. 


copies.  Should  the  demand  be  sufficient  we 
may  yet  reprint  the  back  numbers  so  as  to  sup- 
ply all  who  may  want  them  from  the  beginning. 
We  still  have  on  hand  a  few  numbers  of  the 
last  speeches  which  will  be  furnished  to  new 
subscribers  as  long  as  they  last. 

Mr.  Talmage  is  delivering  a  series  of  sermons, 
showing  up  the  underground  wickedness  of 
New  York,  and  some  of  the  papers  of  that  city 
are  howling  most  wonderfully  over  it.  They 
do  not  want  their  sins  so  widely  adverti.sed. 
Another  |.reacher  gets  on  the  other  side  of  the 
question,  and  preaches  up  the  bright  side  of 
New  York,  telling  its  good  qualities.  These 
preachers  might  do  more  good  if  they  would 
confine  themselves  to  the  Bible  a  little  more. 

Brother  Isaac  H.  Bashor  pointe<fly  nnd 
truthfully  >uj8:  "We  otten  hear  it  s-p'^ken  of 
members  not  coming  in  the  order,  but  seldom 
hear  anything  mentioned  about  the  money  spent 
foolishly,  which  might  be  given  to  poor  mem- 
bers, who  are  willing,  yet  not  able  to  come  iu 
the  order.  'He  that  hath  pity  upon  the  poor, 
lendeth  unto  the  Lord;  and  that  which  he  hath 
given  will  he  pay  him  again.'     Prov.  W:  17," 


TWO  GOOD  PREACHERS. 

SAID  a  neighbor  to  an  old  brother  one  time: 
"  Your  people  have  two  good  preachers  in 

their  church.     One  is  Mr. .  He  is  no  talker, 

but  he  preaches  by  his  actions.  He  is  good  to 
all  the  poor,  will  not  let  any  of  his  neighbors 
suffer  if  he  can  avoid  it.  And  then  when  he 
lends  money  to  a  poor  man  he  refiises  to  take 
interest.     His  character  is  without  a  blemish." 

"  Who  is  the  other?"  asked  the  old  brother. 

"  Mr. .  He  ie  rich,  and  lost  year  raised  a  big 

crop  of  corn,  but  up  North  of  him  the  corn  crop 
failed,  so  he  sold  his  corn  to  those  who  had 
none.  But  he  would  not  sell  to  any  man  who 
had  the  money  to  pay  for  it.»  He  sold  to  those 
only  who  had  no  money," 

There  are  some  good  things  about  human- 
ity after  all.  and  the  above  _  are  two  instances 
that  need  no  explanation,  while  the  recording 
angel  has  many  more  preserved. 


FEET-WASHING  QUERY. 

THE  following  query  was  sent  us  by  brother 
Landon  West,  and  referred  to  brother  J. 
W.  Stein  whose  answer  will  be  found  below. 
There  is  a  valuable  point  in  the  (juery  and  an- 
swer; 

THi:  IJI.EKY. 
"  We  wish  some  of  the  brethrdn,  or  any  who 
feel  to  do  so,  to  examine  John  13;  10,  and  tell 
whether  it  is  proper  or  not  to  ^upI)ly  the  word 
"  his"  in  our  Savior's  answer  to  Peter.  To  leave 
it  out,  corresponds  better  with  the  command 
given  in  verse  14;  while  to  leave  it  in,  would 
make  each  to  wash  his  own  feet.     In  all  copies 


WHAT  IT  IS  NOT. 

THE  revealed  religion  of  the  truo  God  is  not 
sex.  It  is  neither  male  nor  female,  but  for 
both  male  and  female  of  mankind.  It  is  not 
personal,  but  for  personal  beings.  It  is  not 
head,  but  for  the  head.  It  is  not  heart,  but  for 
the  heart.  It  is  not  body,  but  for  the  body.  It 
is  not  soul,  but  for  the  soul.  It  is  not  to  put 
on,  but  to  put  in.  It  is  not  faith  and  worship, 
but  the  system  of  faith  in  God,  the  worahip  of 
God.  It  is  not  something  to  be  hounil,  but 
something  that  bi}ids. 

IT  IS  SOT  AHE. 
God's  religion  is  not  old  or  young.  Age  im- 
plies lime,  and  the  revealed  religion  of  the  great 
Father  is  not  time.  Time  is  one  thing,  religion 
is  another.  Men  may  be  old  or  young,  and  re- 
ligion may  be  in  oM  or  young  people,  but  that 
does  not  prove  that  religion  is  age.  It  is  nbt 
religion  because  it  manifests  itself  in  old  people, 
but  because  it  in  religion.  It  is  not  religion  be- 
cause, some  young  people  may  possess  it,  hut 
because  it  is  God's  system  of  faith  and  practice. 
We  are  not  required  to  accept  the  one  true  sys- 
tem of  faith  and  practice,  the  one  religion  sent 
down  from  heaven,  because  a  young  man  exem- 
plifies it,  or  because  an  old  man  gives  evidence 
of  it,  but  because  if  came  from  God.  It  is  not 
an  old  man,  not  a  young  man,  not  a  thousand 
men,  nor  ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand  men, 
but  the  ivfaUible  system  of  God  to  men.  U  is 
not  maturity,  but  that  which  brings  to  maturi- 
ty. It  is  not  a  generation,  nor  for  a  generation 
simply,  but  for  'dl  generations.  It  is  not  char- 
acter, but  the  producer  of  charact^tr.  It  is  not 
dim  and  giay  headed,  but  for  the  dim  and  gray 
headed.  It  is  not  rosy  cheeks,  fair  hands  or 
brown,  but  for  youth,  aged  and  every  condition 
of  mankind.  It  is  not  reputation,  but  makes 
reputation.     It  is  not 

A  COMMODITY. 

It  cannot  be  bought  or  sold,  but  is  free.  It  is 
not  commerce,  not  an  article  of  commerce,  but 
a  system  of  perfect  practice.  It  being  no  com- 
modity, it  cannot  be  comp.tred  with  that  which 
is  a  commodity.  Money  is  a  commodity,  hence 
religion  cannot  be  compared  with  money.  Then 
it  is  useless  to  consider  the  cost  of  being  relig- 
ious. It  is  not  raonej',  not  goods,  not  property, 
but  the  great  system  for  the  government  of  the 
soul.  It  is  for  the  control,  and  perfection  of  a 
model  character,  not  for  the  pulling  down  of 
character.  It  is  not  dumb,  not  ignorant,  not 
smart  or  sharp,  hut  a  perfect  system  for  man's 
salvation.  It  is  not  pride,  but  produces  humili- 
ty. It  is  not  boastful,  but  produces  self-denial. 
Now  when  we  have  learned  what  il  is  not,  we 
will  know  what  it  is.  When  we  know  what  it  is. 
we  will  not  call  it  aqe,  nor  aej-,  nor  a  thing  to 
be  boH'jhl  and  sold,  nor  a  plan  of  men. 


u.  u. 


his  church  ami  ji.j 

not  become   i)l1fiiit<-il  fr* 

isalMK.st  tnii-i.i  tin- hut 


quit 


qui 
I  flciiomiiiation  who  had 
.some  cause.  The  same 
-'■  Western  Ihijitist." 

It  wotild  seem  that  the  editor  of  the  Western 
Baptist  is  not  very  well  posted  on  tlie  histor>' 
of  that  church. 


When-  writing  business  letters  pleiL^e  observe 
the  following: 

1.  On  the  first  line  write  your  address,  giv- 
ing post  ofSce,  county,  and  State. 

2.  On  the  second  line  give  the  date  of  your 
letter. 

3.  Make  no  apologies,    but    state    distinctly 
just  what  you  want. 

4.  Sign  your  full  name  very  carefully. 
Were  these  rules  strictly  observed,  many  er- 
rors would  be  avoided. 


jDeoember    19. 


CLOSE  OF  VOLUME  lU. 

ANOTHER  .year  H  pii-^t,  find  w.!iiic  slilhium- 
hered  among  the  living.  One  more  volnm.' 
yi  tho  Brkthhen  at  Womk  h  now  fiuinherf; 
fifty-ouo  fillies  has  it  vi.-itfd.  nnA  gUdd^n^A  tlje 
hearts  of  tbousuuds.  llundtf  da  of  articitH  have 
|,een  sent  broadcast  over  thu  I«nd,  and  the  gi^od 
news  trom  the  chnrches  has  been  heralded  in 
nearly  every  State  and  Territory  in  the  Unit«d 
States  aiid  Canada. 

We  take  a  hasty  glance  at  our  part  of  tha 
work.  It  ia  now  liuished;  we  have  done  the 
best  we  knew.  True,  we  made  some  mistake* 
but  they  were  not  intentional.  Had  we  the 
work  to  do  over,  a  few  improvements  could  he 
made,  but  taking  the  work  as  a  whole,  we  are 
satisfied  with  it,  and  now  with  increaaud  expe- 
rience as  editors  and  publishers,  i-hall  do  our  ut- 
most to  make  the  coming  volume  uniuh  better 
than  the  one  just  completed. 

Our  contributors  have  performed  a  noble  part 
during  the  last  year.  They  have  kept  us  well 
supplied  with  arlicUs,  many  of  which  remain 
unpublished.  To  some,  this  hiis  k-on  a  little 
annoying,  but  we  have  done  the  best  we  could. 
The  want  of  time  to  look  over  and  correct  some 
of  them,  a3  well  as  the  want  of  room  in  the  pa- 
per has  caused  this  delay  in  the  pubhshiug  ol 
luauy  aiticles.  During  the  coming  year  w^-  shuJl 
l)e  better  prepared  to  see  after  this  depsirtment. 

Our  contributors  have  been  a  great  help  to 
us  in  another  way.  They  have  done  nothing 
to  engender  strife  and  contention  in  the  Broth- 
ertood.  There  has  been  uo  controversy  between 
membei-s,  going  on  in  any  of  the  papers  pub- 
lished in  the  Brotherhood.  This  feature  has 
had  a  good  etfect  among  our  readers.  It  has 
bIso  had  its  salutary  etfect  on  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing. The  last  Annual  Meeting  is  thought  to 
have  been  the  most  harmonious  meeting  of  the 
kind  ever  held  among  our  people:  never  was 
the  church  more  firmly  united  than  at  that 
meeting.  And  why  was  it?  We  unhesitating- 
ly answer,  Because  controversies  and  conten- 
tions, between  members  in  the  Brethren's  papers, 
have  been  stopped.  That  is  the  foundation  of 
the  whole  seciet.  There  has  been  but  little 
controversy,  between  members,  in  our  papers 
for  over  three  years,  and  just  see  what  a  good 
etfect  it  has  had!  Thousand'*  have  heen  con- 
verted, considerable  missionary  work  dune,  and 
a  good,  harmonious  Annual  Meeting,  with 
prospects  of  greater  good  in  the  future.  Breth- 
ren, ''  In  union  there  is  strength." 

Papers  are  good  things  if  rightly  conducted: 
they  can  accomplish  much  good,  but  if  given  up 
to  controversies  and  contentions,  between 
members  of  the  same  body,  we  may  as  well  say, 
good-bye  to  peace  and  harmony.  There  is  no 
use  in  praying  for,  and  preaching  peace  and  un- 
ion in  a  church  where  the  papers  publish  con- 
troversies and  contentions  between  Brethien. 
We  thank  our  contributors  for  the  peacable  and 
commendable  spirits  that  have  so  far  character- 
ized their  articles.  May  God  bless  them  for 
their  labors,  and  assist  them  m  the  future. 

Our  agents  have  also  done  a  good  work,  all 
that  could  be  expected  of  them.  They  are  es- 
sential to  the  success  of  the  paper;  witliout 
them  it  could  not  prosper.  They  have  helped 
/t  to  a  good  list  of  subscribers,  and  not  content 
with  the  past,  many  are  working  hard  to  in- 
crease the  list.  May  God  reward  them  for  their 
labors. 

We  feel  especially  attached  to  all  our  readers. 
Most  of  them  we  have  never  seen,  and  perhaps 
never  will  till  we  meet  "  beyond  the  river." 
Thousands  of  you  have  read  the  Bkethken  at 
WoHK  the  lost  year,  and  we  trust  it  has  been 
comforting  to  you.  May  the  lessons  you  have 
learned  from  it  be  of  lasting  benefit.  Many  of 
our  readers  are  old,  and  almost  ready  for  their 
departure.  Others  are  in  the  prime  and  vigor 
of  man  and  womanhood.  May  God  help  them 
to  be  earnest  workers  in  his  vineyard.  Many 
are  young  and  tender  in  years;  for  them  we  feel 
a  great  concern,  for  the  future  government  of 
the  church  must  one  day  be  left  in  their  hands. 
We  do  not  ask  God  to  take  thera  out  of  the 
world,  but  we  do  prai'  God  to  keep  them  from 
the  0(7  of  the  world. 

Then  there  are  many  who  are  not  members 
of  the  church;  some  belong  to  other  churches, 
and  not  a  few  are  away  from  Christ.  May  God 
lielp  them  to  see  the  truth,  and  speedily  em- 
brace it. 


THE    liUK'ri-IKK>J^    ^VT    ^VOKI<. 


r 


f"ll  determination  to  lov«  God  more,  and  serve 
him  b.?t.ter.     May  God  help  us  to  be  faithful. 


EXPLAINED  MORE  FULLY. 

SOME  of  our  readers  seem  to  misundersUnd 
the  import  of  a  few  oxpre«sion8  in  the  arti- 
cle entitled  "  Committee  Work,"  published  last 
week.     They  take  exception  to  the  following: 

Elders  ami  i„i„ist,>R.  1,:,vh  MianI  time  of  it  at 
list  Tlipy  K.-t  n.,ti,j|,g  for  iirDacliiiig.  nnisHos8 
tho  tinii-  lit  tlipir  own  exiienso. 

As  elilers  anil  ministers  have  to  lose  tliotimctin- 
I'loyed  in  preaching  and  doing  eoimntlteu  work,  ul 
tholrown  expeiisi-s.  it  wDulillte  wisdom  to  diviUf 
tl».  bniilen.  and  turn  the  gn-atei-  part  of  the  mn- 
iiiUt<'e  work  over  to  tlie  deacons,  thus  relieving  tin- 
:>f  ft  grent  Imnleii. 


miiiisti 

There  is  nothing  in  the  above  implying  that 
ministers  do  not  have  their  travelhiy  expensi 
paid,  when  doing  committee  work.  1  referred 
to  the  fact  they  "must  lose  the  time  at  thei 
own  expense."  Nothing  said  about  traveling 
expenses.  The  idea  intended  is  this:  As  minis- 
lershaveto  lose  so  much  time  at  their  own 
expense,  would  it  not  be  best  to  divide  the  bur- 
den, and  let  others  do  a  part  of  their  work?  I 
do  not  mean  that  you  shall  pay  committees  for 
their  time,  but  let  others  help  share  the  burden. 
I  repeat  again,  that  some  of  our  ministers 
have  a  pretty  hard  time  of  it.  Just  a  few  days 
ago  we  received  a  letter  from  an  able  minister 
who  has  to  sell  his  farm  and  other  property,  arft 
says  it  will  take  about  all  of  it  to  pay  his  debts. 
He  spends  so  much  of  his  time  preaching  that 
his  business  had  to  be  neglected  thus  occasioiv 
iug  tiie  loss.  There  are  other  ministers  in  the 
same  condition,  and  it  is  timo  their  wants  were 
being  looked  after.  I  do  not  refer  to  ministers 
in  good  circumstances,  who  have  to  preach  but 
three  or  four  times  a  month,  but  to  tliose  whi 
are  poor,  have  families  to  support,  and  cannot 
aflord  to  lose  nmch  time.  It  is  not  right  that 
they  bear  the  burden  alone  while  others  of 
means  go  free.  I  pity  the  poor,  hard-working 
minister  and  his  family.  While  others  are 
sleeping,  he  must  be  studying.  Sunday  brings 
no  rest  to  him,  and  he  must  often  neglect  his 
work  to  attend  funerals  and  other  meetings. 
Then  his  wife  often  has  a  bai-d  time  of  it— at 
lionie,  alone,  with  her  little  children  she  spends 
many  lonely,  and  often  gloomy  houi"s.  May 
God  bless  the  poor  preacher  and  his  family! 

I  have  traveled  that  way.  and  know  the  rudi- 
ments of  poverty  from  youth  up— and  think  it 
a  blessing  to  the  cause  that  I  have  "  passed 
through  the  mill,"  for  I  can  now  appreciate  the 
wants  of  others,  and  assure  onr  readers  that  the 
Bhethren  at  Work  will  ever  remain  a  friend 
to  poor,  hard-working  ministers,  as  well  aa  all 
others  who  are  willing  to  work  in  the  Master's 
vineyard.  J.  h.  m 

WHERE  TO  FIND  WISDOM. 


and  jou  will  find  wisdom  there.  God  puts  wis- 
dom wherever  people  conform  to  hi»  will. 
Stiffness,  coldneas,  distance, — markii  of  Bclfiah- 
ness — are  so  many  evidence*  against  wisdom. 

Some  men  can  only  go  on  crutches,  others 
need  B  cane  in  order  to  move  along  in  the  work 
of  the  Lord.  Others  havp  so  much  gracp  that 
they  can  walk  right  along  without  any  extra 
helps,  while  others  think  they  are  so  strong 
that  they  can  run  at  full  speed.  Well  they 
may  for  a  little  while,  but  they  soon  get  out  of 
breath,  and  then  they  must  stop  to  rent.  This 
is  dangerous,  for  just  so  soon  aa  a  man  stops. 
Satan  ha-s  him  sure.  Xow  wisdom  says,  "carry 
the  lame  and  the  halt:  go  not  ahead  of  them. 
Let  those  who  seek  to  outrun  the  others,  be 
content  with  the  ordinary  pace,  and  then  the 
army  will  be  compact:  Satan  cannot  break  the 
ranks,"  "The  simple  believeth  every  word; 
but  the  prudent  man  looketh  well  to  his  going." 
I'rov.  14: 15.  The  prudent  man  loves  company; 
not  only  company,  but  good  company.  Truly 
"  the  prudent  are  crowned  with  knowledge." 

Very  true,  when  we  lie  hng  in  a  bed  of  our 
own  making,  we  are  slow  to  give  it  up,  even  for 
a  much   better  one.     A  certain   i)eople  looked 


formanc**  the  evening  »>eforeChriitmwi.  Load 
Uught«r  and  merriment  will  ring  within  the 
sacred  wallx  where  God  alone  should  l#  wor- 
shiped and  adored.  The  houM  of  the  Lord  will 
Income  the  house  of  mirth.  Inst«ad  of  prayer 
and  singing  praises  to  the  Lf>rd  of  host*,  the 
Christmas  tree  will  be  the  centre  of  attractioa. 
The  actions  of  those  who  anwrable  thwe,  will  ht 
more  like  the  world,  than  the  humble  life  of 
Christians. 

In  high  glee,  these  people  profess  t«c«lebrat« 
the  birth  of  him  who  neither  engaged  in  levity 
or  attended  the  halls  of  mirth.  What  woold 
be  their  feelings  were  Christ  to  come  while  they 
are  thus  engaged?  Would  his  walking  in  their 
midst  not  change  the  scene?  Would  he  not 
say  to  them,  "  My  bouse  should  be  a  bouse  of 
prayer,  but  ye  have  made  it  a  hoose  of  mirth?  " 
When  will  the  churches  learn  to  respect  him 
whose  birth  they  claim  to  celebrate? 

While  this  mirth  i*  going  on  within  thec« 
sacred  wallu,  sufferings  will  b«  realized  without. 
The  rich  and  gay  can  meet  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  and  have  a  general  good  time,  but  without 
are  thousands  of  poor  wretches.  sntTering  for 
the  want  of  frxKl  and    raiment.     What  a  sight 


back  to  the  flesh   pots  of  Ejsypt.    though  filled    lor  angeU  to  behold!    The  house  of  Ood  becoio- 


with  bitter  herbs,  and  -vanted  thoni,  while  an 
gels"  food  was  set  before  them.  It  is  difficult  to 
move  us  out  of  an  old  rut,  when  we  have  long 
stood  in  it.  Our  selfishness  loves  its  own  the 
best.  That  which  irr  make  always  seems  supe- 
rior to  what  God  makes.  B\it  it  is  not.  0 
what  loads  of  folly  cling  to  our  selfish  natures! 
We  are  always  looking  hnrk,  but  ah!  net  far 
enough.  The  vision  that  reaches  not  to  Pah  s- 
tine  through  eighteen  centuries,  is  certain  to 
see  amiss.  The  man  who  looks  not  through 
Gospel  gla.sses,  will  see  but  little  wisdom.  He 
will  always  be  fearful  and  unbelieving,  for  their 
is  no  well  of  living  water  near  for  him  to  draw 
out  and  drink.  The  thirst  that  is  not  quench- 
ed from  the  great  Well  of  Water,  will  soon  be- 
come dry  and  parched.  The  hunger  that  is  not 
appeased  by  the  Bread  of  Life  will  hunger  on. 
Therefore  get  wisdom  from  God,  from  the  su- 
preme Standard,  the  Holy  Law.  Get  it  by 
prayer;  get  it  from  the  great  Fountain  which 
is  free  from  the  notions  and  opinions  of  wen. 
"A  man  of  understanding  hath  wisdom." 

^^_^_^^^^^  M.  M.  E. 

CHRISTMAS. 


ing  the  house  of  merriment,  and  the  Lord's 
people  {■')  spending  their  money  foolishly,  to 
gratify  carnality  instead  of  helping  the  poor  and 
needy.  May  h»aven  speed  the  day  when  the 
daughters  of  7,ion  will  arise  and  free  themselves 
from  the  filth  of  sin.  j.  h.  m 


To  th 


THE  DANISH  MISSION. 

and  Sistfi-x,  Grefting:- 


A    D..C 


WISDOM  is  that  prudence  and  discretion 
which  enables  one  to  see  what  is  the  best 
to  be  done,  time  and  place  being  considered. 
That  inspired  man,  James,  teaches  the  children 
of  God.  that  if  any  of  thera  lack  wisdom,  the 
place  to  find  it  is  with  God.  Men  who  rarely 
ever  go  to  God  in  prayer,  in  obedience,  in  holi- 
ness, are  not  noted  for  wisdom  in  divine  things. 
Wise  men  never  rejoice  when  another  is  abused, 
or  rebuked,  or  slighted,  or  cast  down.  Wise 
men  never  abuse,  never  set  at  naught,  never 
seek  opportunities  of  revenge.  Wise  men  uev- 
er  scheme,  plan,  plot  and  devise  how  to  annoy 
their  fellow-man,  how  to  make  others  feel  bad, 
do  wickedly,  or  overthrow.  All  such  work  is 
devilish,  comes  from  beneath,  wherethe  wisdom 
of  God  is  not. 

"  I  wisdom  dwell  with  prudence."  Prov.  S; 
12.  Now,  go  to  the  house  of  prudence  and  you 
will  find  wisdom  there.  Go  to  the  house  of  the 
up'ight  and  you  will  find  wisdom  there.  Goto 
the  man  who  always  shows  Gospel  courtesy  and 
you  will  find  wisdom  there.  Go  to  the  family 
that  is  brought  up  in  the  nurture  and  admoni- 
tion of  the  Lord  and  you  will  find  wisdom  there. 
Go  to  the  church  that  obeys  <iU  the  commands 
of  the  Gospel,  and  you  will  find  wisdom  there. 
Go  to  the  congregation  that  is  awake  to  the 
necessity  of  inviting  outsider  to  the  good  seats 
in  the  hoyse,  mtli  a  view  of  converting  them, 
and  you  will  find  wisdom  there.  Go  to  the 
meeting  where  there  is  good  singing,- where 
the  people  "  sing  with  the  spirit  and  with  the 
ucderstanding,"  and  you  will  find  wisdom  there. 
May  we  all  be  prepared  to  enter  the  New  I  Go  to  the  as.smbly  that ..  not  afraid  to  pray, 
Vear   with    new  vigor,   new  resolutions,   and  a  |  not  afraid  to  live   all  the  requirements  of  God, 


CURISTM.\S  is  by  man),  supposed  to  be  the 
anniversary  of  the  Savior's  birth,  and  as 
such  is  celebrated  in  most  parts  of  the  civili/.ed 
world,  though  there  is  a  lack  of  evidence  to 
prove  it.  It  is  far  more  likely  that  he  was  born 
sometime  in  October,  while  the  shepherds  were 
yet  watching  their  flocks  by  night  in  the  field. 
Luke  2:  H.  The  custom  of  celebrating  Christ's 
nativity  on  Christmas,  originated  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  fourth  century,  and  has  been  kept 
up  ever  since,  though  in  many  instances  much 
abused. 

By  the  time  this  article  reaches  our  readers, 
most  of  them  will  be  preparing  for  Christmas. 
As  is  the  custom,  many  are  preparing  to  give 
presents,  and  for  this  purpose  much  dioney  will 
be  wasted.  There  is  nothing  wrong  about  giv- 
ing presents,  provided  they  are  useful,  and  wil 
be  of  some  benefit  to  those  receiving  them :  but 
to  give  just  for  the  sake  of  giving,  regardless  of 
doing  any  good  by  the  act,  is  a  waste  of  money. 
Let  those  who  give  gifts,  be  sure  that  they  are 
giving  something  that  is  proEtable. 

But  the  most  foolish  habit  is.  teaching  chil- 
dren that  Santa  Claus  will  come  down  the 
chimney,  or  through  the  key-hole,  and  leave 
gifts  for  them.  Thousands  of  children  believe 
the  story  just  because  their  parents  have  taught 
them  so,  and  hence  hang  up  their  stockings  in 
full  faith  that  the  "little  old  man"  will  fill 
them.  Parents  should  never  teach  their  chil 
dren  such  falsehoods,  and  I  want  to  say  to  the 
little  folks  who  read  this  article,  that  there  is 
no  such  thing  as  Santa  Claus."  The  whole 
story  is  false.  Most  Sunday-school  papers  have 
pictures  of  Santa  Claus  and  his  adventures,  thus 
more  firmly  fixing  the  falsehood  in  the  minds 
of  the  children.  Publishers  should  be  more 
cautious  about  such  things. 

Christmas  is  usually  occupied  with  feasting 
and  revelry.  It  is  also  a  time  of  much  extrava- 
gance. If  the  monty  that  is  generally  wasted 
on  these  occasions,  wei-e  applied  to  missionary 
work,  the  Gospel  might  be  carried  to  every  part 
of  the  globe.  Thousands  of  dollars  will  be  wast- 
ed, and  hundreds  of  churches  desecrated  by  per- 


linthr. 

Misi^iouiirj-  meeting  of  Northern  111.. 
c.  :Jr.l  and  4th,  ISTS,  the  undersigned 
ft-en'  requested  tu  issue  an  address  to  the  gener- 
al BrotheHiood  in  behalf  of  the  Danish  Mission, 
sljtting  its  condition,  progress  and  need'^.  The 
brethren  and  sisters  in  Denmark  are  laboring 
in  "  the  same  mind  and  in  the  same  judgment," 
being  at  peace  vniXx  each  other,  and  firm  in  "  the 
taith  once  delivered  nnto  the  saints."  In  num- 
bers they  ar«  also  steadily  increasing,  and  their 
prospecta  for  further  increase  are  good.  As  to 
their  needs,  we  find  that  Bro.  Hope  will  require 
the  amount  stated  at  but  A  M  ,  viz  .  SiSOOitO  to 
successfully  carry  on  the  work;  hence  we  kind- 
ly request  the  overseers  of  each  congregation  to 
present  this  claim  to  the  charity  of  the  breth- 
ren and  sisters,  so  that  there  may  be  no  saffer- 
ng  by  Bro.  Hope  and  family.  This  request  ia 
n  harmony  with  the  decision  of  A.  M.  of  18T8, 
on  Danish  Mission.  See  Ana.  to  query  17.  This 
duty  devolving  upon  this  District,  it  was  deem- 


ed expedient  to  thu?  notify  al!.  We  hope, 
therefor",  that  this  "  notice"  may  enable  you  to 
make  up  "your  bounty  that  the  same  may  be 
really  "  in  due  season.  Send  all  money  to  C.  P. 
Rowland,  Lanark,  111.  "  Now  he  that  minis- 
tereth  seed  to  the  hower  both  minister  bread 
for  your  food,  and  multiply  your  seed  sown,  and 
increase  the  truits  of  your  righteousness:  being 
enriched  in  every  thing  to  all  bountifulness, 
which  causeth  through  us  thanksgiving  to 
God."    2  Cor.  9:  10, 11. 

EMora  Ebt,  Moderator. 
D,  E.  Price.  ) 

John  J.  Emmebt,    -Clerks. 
M.  M.  £^iiia,MAN.  1 


The  Brethrbx  at  Work,  and  the  CKHdrtu 
at  Work  will  be  sent  for  $2.00. 

Next  issue  we  will  publish  a  letter  from  Ger- 
many. We  hope  to  receive  some  interesting 
letters  from  that  part  of  Europe. 

Brotubb  Hope's  letter  in  this  issue  shows 
that  he  has  very  lively  times  with  some 
of  the  Danish  people,  when  he  gets  to  opposing 
their  doctrine. 

Do  not  fail  to  read  the  interesting  letter  from 
a  "  Baptist,"  written  from  New  Jersey,  and 
published  on  seventh  page  of  this  paper,  and 
see  what  good  pamphlets  and  papers  will  do. 


A  uiNisTKK  speaking  of  his  two  years'  ex- 
f^rience  wlthacertain congregation 5a,>-s:  "We 
heard  not  one — not  one — single  angry  word  or 
sentence  from  any  member  in  the  council  in  the 
entire  two  years.  If  the  members  differed  vx 
opinion,  as  they  sometimes  did,  they  always  had 
grace  and  sense  enough  to  do  so  without  qu»r- 
reling."  It  would  be  a  blessing  to  the  cau»e  if 
that  could  be  truthfully  said  of  ail  congrvg*- 
tions.     Harsh  and  unbecoming   words  never 

oiue  from  a  loving  heart. 


Tiii:  lii^ETJriJriKjsr  ^T  avokk:. 


December    19 


0^n«I  l^'W?  <l^§- 


'*The  Worth  of  Truth  no  Tongut  Can  Tell. 


m«  ilrparttnenl  !■  dMi.gn«i  for  hIiIdk  aoO  kuweriDg 
Blbl*  qucflioDf ,  nnil  for  ilit  nululion  of  Scriptural  Jifficul- 
Hm.  ah  quMlloni  ibould  beilaUil  with  Mador,  ud  ui> 
tworod  wiib  M  mii'-'li  cli^roflM  m  powible,  in  order  to 
Brotnnl*-  Itible  Truib  Arliclti  for  Ihli  il*p»rtra»nt,  muit 
M  >b«n  uid  to  ilio  poiau 


Will  tlif  Bhkthkhn  at  Wokk  Rive  ah  explana- 
tion of  tlie  lalt*T  <'1;hi«c  of  tin'  .Tith  vcrac  of  the 
SSnd  cl)iij>ter  of  Luke,  which  reads iw  follows:  "  An<l 
he  thnt  liHth  no  sword  lot  lilm  oell  hid  gnrment  and 
buy  ont-." 

Alio.  Miu-k  28:  i.'i,  wliich  read*  ua  fullows:  "  Woe 
unto  you  scribea  mid  Pharisees.  hy|)ocrit<«I  for  yt- 
oompiUL'*  )*ea  nnd  land  toiiiakeono  proselyte;  and 
when  he  is  mnile  ye  make  him  two-fold  more  the 
OhtJd  of  hell  than  youmplves."  S.  A.  Ulbry. 

Plea-w-nKplaln  I  Tim.  1 :  0;  I.ukc  16:  ]&;  Mark  0 
S8;  Mtirk  Id;  IT,  Mi,  To  what  law  hiia  the  Scripts 
UTM  refvrente  iiiid  to  what  extent  should  it  l>e  used '( 
What  Im  the  niiwt  estet'ined?  IIiLt  it  reference  to 
any  parlicutur  thing? 


men  are  invit«d  to  partake  of  the  biesBing^  pur-    might  suppose,  for  it  is  then  used  in  a  temporal 


THE  STONE  KINGDOM. 

Plfaate  explain  Daiiiel  2:«,  V>.  In  the  drtys  of 
whatkingrB?  What  doea  the  word  kingdom  refer 
to,  and  what  the  stone?  Wm.'J".  llAitidNO. 

rIK  ab»ve  questions  soem  to  beff  an  a.iswer. 
Nebuchadnezzar,  the  great  king  of  Babylon, 
was  permited  to  behold  the  riae  of  three  great 
earthly  Enipiri-s,  viz.,  the  Medo-IVrsiun,  Mac- 
edonian, and  Itoman.  During  tlie  existence  of 
the  hitti-r,  the  God  of  heaven  would  establish 
the  kingflora  of  His  Son,— the  stone  kingdom, 
which  shall  endure  forever. 

At  the  time  of  the  birth  of  thechild.  that  was 
to  be  the  Ruler  of  the  stone  kingdom,  the  world 
waa  nominally  at  peace.  The  Empire  of  Itume 
held  undisputed  sway  over  all  the  then  inhabit- 
ed portions  of  Europe,  Western  Asia,  and  North 
era  Africa.  The  Koman  Empire  at  the  time  of 
the  crucifixion  was  divided  into  two  nearly 
equal  parts — Ea.it«rn  and  Western;  these  were 
■ub-divided  into  live  kingdoms.  These  ten 
kingdoms  were  the  ones  alluded  to  by  Daniel 
when  he  said,  "  And  in  the  days  of  these  kings 
shall  the  God  of  heaven  "  &c.  Read  the  44th 
verse  carefully. 

Nebuchadnezzar,  who  reigned  about  six  hun- 
dred years  before  Christ,  by  his  great  riches, 
Bpleudor  and  honors  ascribed  to  him,  represent- 
ed the  head  of  this  gigantic  image;  the  Medo- 
Persian,  the  portion  repre«seut*d  by  silver.  Nex^. 
came  the  Macedonian;  lastly,  the  Roman,  rep- 
resenting the  legs  and  toes  of  the  image. 

"ForiLsmuch  as  thou  sawest  a  atone  cut  out 
without  hands,"  etc.  This  is  in  allusion  to  the 
establishing  of  the  Messiah's  kingdom  on  Mt. 
Zion  at  Jerusalem  from  whence  it  was  to  grow 
in  greatness  and  increase  in  power,  notwith- 
standing the  opposition  from  human  goveru- 
menl-ii.  Isaiah  alludes  to  the  same  kingdom 
only  in  dillerent  language  in  2:2,3.  The  foun- 
dation of  this  kingdom  (faith)  is  alluded  to  in 
our  Lonl's  reply  tu  IVter:  "  On  this  rock  will  1 
build  my  cliurch."  This  same  stone  kingdom 
is  also  alluded  to  in  Luke  20: 17,  IS. 

0.  L.  Babh. 
Milfmd,  Iwl. 


ANSWER  TO  QUERY. 

"If  the  cliurt-li  i.i  the  bride,  why  aretbeRucslsl'" 

SOME  time  ago  we  wrote  an  article  entitled, 
"  The  Bride  of  Christ."  Since  that  we  re- 
ceived a  query  like  the  above,  desiring  ns  to 
answer  it  by  private  letter,  but  we  will  here 
take  occasion  to  say,  we  cannot  answer  querie^^ 
privately;  we  cannot  possibly  spare  the  time; 
our  many  duties  forbid  this.  As  the  above 
came  through  the  Bhkthken  at  Work,  desir- 
ing us  to  answer  through  that  medium,  we  will 
try  to  do  so. 

When  we  wrote  the  article  above  alluded  to, 
we  had  simply  imbibed  the  popalar  notion  that 
the  church  is  the  bride  of  Clirist,  and  had  never 
taken  a  critical  view  of  the  matter.  Of  late, 
however,  we  have  exaniiiied  the  subject  more 
closely,  and  the  result  of  our  investigation  is 
our  conviction  that  the  bride,  and  the  guests  are 
terms  expressive  of  two  ditl'erent  states  and 
periods  in  the  church.  The  former  term,  we 
think,  refers  to  the  triumphant  or  glorified  state 
of  Christ's  church,  the  latter,  to  her  militant 
state.     Now  for  the  proof. 

By  referring  to  Matt.  22:  1-14,  we  find  re- 
corded the  parable  of  the  marriage  feast.  In 
Terse  10  we  read  that  the  servants,  the  ministers 
of  the  Gospel,  were  directed  tr)  gather  together 
all,  as  many  as  they  found,  both  bad  and  good, 
that  the  wedding  might  be  furnished  with 
guests.  But  when  the  king  came  in  to  see  the 
guests,  he  saw  there  a  man  which  had  not  on  a 
wedding  garment.  "The  marriage  feast,  repre^ 
«enta  the  economy  of  the  Go8i>eI,  during  which, 


chased  by,  and  conseijuent  on,  the  incarnation, 
luid  death  of  our  blessed  Lord."  Clark.  IJy  the 
preaching  ol  the  Gospel,  multitudes  are  gather- 
ed into  the  visible  or  militant  church,  these 
compose  the  guests,  the  material,  so  to  speak, 
from  which  Chrij^t's  bride  is  chosen.  These 
gue«Ui  must  be  further  inspected  and  sifted; 
they  must  pass  the  scrutinizing  gaxe  of  Him 
who  knows  the  secret  intenta  and  thoughts  of 
the  heart. 

A  guest  is  one  who  is  received  and  entertain- 
ed for  a  short  time.  This  definition  is  very  ap- 
jilicable  to  the  present  condition  of  the  church, 
which  is  the  fold,  containing  both  sheep  and 
goats,  wheat  and  chaff,  conseqnently  the  great 
pector  finds  some  here  not  having  the  wed- 
ding garment  on;  such  are  never  admitted  to 
the  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

The  parable  of  the  ten  virgins  also  represents 
the  present  condition  of  the  church,  where  the 
wise  and  foolish  mingle  together,  but  only  the 
wise,  the  truly  converted  are  permitted  to  enter 
the  marriage  chamber.     The  apostle   tells  the 
Corinthian  church   that  he  was   "  Jealous  over 
them  with  a  godly  jealousy."     Why?    "Fori 
liftve  espoused  you  to  one  husband  that  I  may 
present  you  as  a  chaste  virgin  toChrist."    2Cor. 
II :  2.     The  apostle  here  evidently  alludes  to  an 
officer  among  the   Jews,   called   a  paranymph, 
ivlio  had  the  care  of  virgins,  and  whose  business 
t  was   to  see  them  well   educated,  kept  pure, 
and  properly  prepared   for  married   life.     This 
was  a  most  important  and  responsible  office, 
since  the  proper  training  of  the  virgin,  her  pu- 
rity, and  her  accomplishments  determined  the 
eflicacy  of  her  paranymph.     If  he  was  conscious 
of  having  done  his  duty,  and  if  his  efforts  were 
successful  in  the  most  perfect  purity,  and  most 
splendid  culture  of  his  charge  with  what  perfect 
confidence  could  he  present  his  ward  to  her  es- 
poused husband.     This  friend  of  the  bridegroom 
could  stand  by  and  rejoice  greatly  when  he  wit- 
nessed the  entire  satisfaction  and  joy  of  his  mas- 
ter, knowing  that  his  faithfulness   was  appreci- 
ated and  approved.    John,  the  Baptist  represents 
himself  as  the  paranymph  of  Jesus  Christ,  see 
John  3:  29,  and    Paul  calls '£hiniself  the    para- 
nymph, having  cliarge  of  the  Corinthianchurch, 
hence  his  jealousy  over  them  and  his  anxiety  to 
have  them  preserve  their   purity,  to  see  them 
properly  cultivated  that  he  might  have  the  sat> 
isfaction  of  presenting  them    to  their  heavenly 
husband  in  the  highest  state  of  perfection.  Paul 
felt  that  much  depended    upon  him  as  a  minis- 
ter of  the  Gospel.     The   purity  of  the  church 
and  her  full   development  dejiended   upon  the 
proper  discbarge  of  his  duties.     Christ  had  en- 
trusted His  betrothed  to  him,  her  training  and 
culture   was  given   into   his  hands;  the  great 
apostle  appreciated   his  honorable,  yet  difficult 
position.  And  does  not  every  minister  of  Christ 
occupy  this   most  responsible   position?     Oh, 
think  of  it,   ye  heralds  of  the  Cross.     To  your 
care  has   been  entrusted   His  dearly    purchased 
betrothed.      You   are  His   paranymphs.     You 
will  be  held   strictly  accountable  for  your  con- 
duct.    Should  you  fail  to  give  proper  warning 
of  danger,  or  to  impart   proper  instruction,  and 
should  the   church    prove    unworthy   through 
your  neglect,   how  terrible  will    be  the   conse- 
quences.    On  the  other  hand,  how  great  will  be 
your  joy,  if  at  the  appearing  of  your  Lord  each 
minister  can  deliver  up  his   charge  as  a  chaste 
vu-gin. 

The  seer  of  Patmos  was  permitted  to  see  the 
church  arrayed  in  her  bridal  robes,  ready  for  the 
great  nuptial  feast.  To  John  it  was  announced 
that  the  Lamb's  wile  had  made  herself  ready, 
and  he  was  directed  to  write,  -  Blessed  are  they 
which  are  called  unto  the  marriage  supper  of 
the  Lamb."  Dear  reader,  are  you  getting  ready 
for  this  great  and  gloriou.s  consummation?  Are 
you  clothing  yourself  with  the  wedding  gar- 
ment? Do  you  desire  to  be  called  to  the  mar- 
riage supper?  Soon,  it  may  be  very  soon,  the 
midnight  cry  will  be  heard  resounding  througli 
the  universe,  "  Behold  the  bridegroom  cometli, 
go  ye  out  to  meet  him."        Mattie  A.  Leab. 


sense  and  does  not  detract  from  honor  due  to 
God.  But  to  call  uu  elder,  bishop,  or  minister 
that  in,<trncts  us  in  the  way  of  life,  and  baptiz- 
es and  receivas  us  into  the  church,  Father,  is 
detracting  honor  from  God,  and  giving  to  men 
the  praise  due  Him  only. 

Michael  Morereao. 
Great  Bend,  Kan. 


|(fem^   of!  |(nlerif«l. 


HOMES. 


r  UARY  C.  MILLER. 


JX  this  our  beautiful  land,  there  are  many 
homes.  God  looks  into  many  happy  home* 
in  America.  Yes.  He  sees  them  all;  but  God 
sees  not  as  man  sees.  Man  judges  by  appear- 
ances. God  judges  a  righteous  judgment.  But 
which  is  the  home  that  man  would  call  happy? 
All  men  seek  alike,  wealth  and  happiness:  so 
the  wealthy  home  is  considered  the  happy  one. 
What  does  God  say?  "He  that  will  love  life 
and  see  good  days,  let  him  refrain  bis  tongue 
from  evil  and  his  lips  that  they  speak  no  euile. 
Let  him  eschew  evil  and  do  good;  let  him  seek 
peace  and  ensue  it.  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lord 
are  over  the  righteous  and  his  ears  are  open  un- 
to their  prayers."  How  many  run  after  happi- 
ness but  mistake  the  means  by  which  it  is 
attained.  "  To  love  God  and  keep  his  command- 
ments is  the  whole  duty  of  man."  If  we  can 
find  a  home  like  the  home  of  Josiah,  then  no 
doubt  we  have  foimd  a  home  that  is  truly 
a  happy  one.  Would  to  God  that  every  home 
in  this  beautiful  land  this  afternoon  was  such  a 
home.  How  it  would  please  our  Creator  to  look 
upon  and  bless  us  with  all  needful  blessings. 


DOING  GOOD. 


BY  A.  W.  VANIM^VN. 

AT  the  beginning  of  this  century  the  Congro- 
gationalista  contributed  an  average  of  eight 


CALL  NO  MAN  FATHER. 

2.  Also  ilatt.  23:  6:  "And  call  no  man  your 
father  upon  the  earth;  for  one  is  your  father  which 
ifl  in  heaven." 

THIS  language  is  spiritual.  G6d  is  the  Father 
of  all  that  are  born  of  the  Spirit.  Spiritu- 
ally speaking,  we  should  not  be  called  rabbi  for 
Christ  is  our  Master,  and  we  should  not 
have  a  spiritual  Master  or  Father  on  the  earth. 
That  is,  we  ore  not  to  say,  [  am  of  Paul  or  of 
Apoilof.  for  that  would  be  glorying  in  men  and 
not  in  God.  Thia  Scripture  prohibiU  the  Lord's 
people  from  assuming,  giving  or  receiving  com- 
plimentary or  honorable  titlea.  To  give  such 
honor  to  men  is  to  rob  God. 

The  above  Scripture  doea  not  prohibit  the 
child  from   oaJIing  itii  parent,  father,  u  some 


cents  for  missionary  purposes,  now  the  average 
is  ?7  52  per  annum,  the  largest  sum  contributed 
by  the  members  of  any  congregation.  — GwWew 
Censer. 

How  does  the  Brethren's  work  compare  with 
this?  Estimating  our  members  at  one  hundred 
thousand  at  that  rate  it  would  amount  to  $752,- 
000.00  annually,  and  would  support  1,504  mis- 
sionaries, allowing  each  §500.00,  or  furnish  over 
500.000  persons  with  the  Brethren  at  Work. 
But  let  us  suppose  each  member  only  gives  ten 
cents,  it  would  then  amount  to  §10,000.00,  and 
support  twenty  missionaries,  or  furnish  6,666 
persons  with  one  of  our  papers.  Although  ten 
cents  is  only  a  dime,  and  seems  but  a  trifle,  see, 
picture,  imagine,  if  you  can,  what  might  be  ac- 
complished by  the  above  means:  as  you  see 
dimes  make  dollars,  and  may  be  the  power  of 
bringing  many  souls  to  Christ,  and  what  is  one 
soul  worth?  Just  stop  and  think!  tremble  at 
the  consequences  of  your  own  covetousness, 
hen  you  cannot  give  even  one  dime  to  forward 
the  Master's  cause.  But,  says  one,  what  shall  I 
do  with  my  dime?  Your  way  is  open;  here  is 
the  Danish  Mission,  and  our  editors  propose  to 
furnish  their  paper  for  one  year  for  one  dolLir 
of  money  paid  out  of  the  Poor  Fund,  So  ten 
dimes  like  yours  would  send  acopy  of  the  paper 
to  some  poor  friend,  and  might  be  the  means  of 
bringing  him  upon  the  strait  and  narrow  way. 
Suppose  a  brother  pays  five  dollars  for  tobac- 
co in  one  year,  which  is  a  very  low  estimate, 
that  would  send  the  paper  to  four  poor  families, 
and  leave  one  dollar  to  spend  for  tracts  to  dis- 
tribute, and  help  the  Danish  Mission  a  little. 
Our  brethren,  as  a  body,  seem  to  he  very  slow 
to  take  hold  of  such  matters.  Don't  be  afraid, 
it  won't  hurt  you  to  send  a  dime  for  the  Poor 
Fund  or  Dasish  Mission,  and  fifty  cents,  or  a 
dollar,  even,  won't  hurt.  It  is  a  good  invest- 
ment; for  "  He  that  giveth  to  the  poor,  leudeth 
to  the  Lord,"  and  there  is  no  danger  but  that 
He  will  pay  up  in  due  time.  Let  us  who  have 
the  whole  Truth,  not  keep  it  to  ourselves,  but 
imj)art  it  to  others;  it  will  do  them  good  in 
time,  and  in  eternity. 
Virden,  III. 


There  are  many  persons  who  think  they  are 
Christians  because  they  have  had  experience; 
but  they  do  not  feel  it  to  be  their  Christian  du- 
ty to  use  their  tongues  according  to  the  laws  of 
kindness.  Nor  do  they  think,  in  the  confession 
of  their  sins,  to  confess  that  day  in  and  day  out, 
they  are  making  somebody  unhappy  by  the 
manner  in  which  they  use  that  member. 

It  is  the  good  we  do  much  more  than  that 
which  is  done  for  us  that  promotes  our  highest 
enjoyments. 


Moke  pains  are  taken  to  appear  good,  or 
make  vice  pass  for  its  opposite,  then  are  requir- 
ed to  be  really  virtuous. 


— TnKKKwasan  earthquake  shock  at  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas,  Nov.  18. 

— Theke  are  177  Roman  Catholic  miesiona- 
ries  among  the  Indian  tribes  in  this  country. 

— An  Armenian  of  impobiug  manner  and  ap- 
pearance has  visited  Beirut,  claiming  to  be  the 
Christ. 

—Ik  consequence  of  a  strike,  3,000  workmen 
of  the  glass  factories  of  Pittsburgh  are  out  of 
employment. 

—Over  60,000  Bibles  have  been  sent  from 
Philadelphia  to  Australia  and  the  antipodes 
since  January. 

— Theuk  is  a  report,  apparently  well  founded, 
that  General  Grant  has  been  proposed  for  the 
Bulgarian  throne. 

—Prof.  Mills  says  that  there  is  not  a  preach- 
er in  the  State  of  North  Carolina  thafwas  bom 
in  town.     All  country  boys. 

— Therk  are  now  over  22,2^6,000  more  acres 
of  farm  land  under  cultivation  in  this  country 
than  there  were  four  years  ago. 

—On  one  Sunday  7,66;J  children,  under  14 
years  of  age,  entered  the  public  houses  of  Edin- 
burgh for  intoxicating  drink. 

— The  uumber  of  churches  and  convents  in 
Japan  doubled  in  the  past  year.  The  opening 
tbeic,  has  few  parallels  in  missionary  history. 

— Moody  says  that,  before  God,  he  would 
sooner  preach  in  a  barn  than  a  church  house 
paid  for  by  fairs,  lotteries,  grab-hags  and  con- 
certs. 

— It  is  sta'ed  that  sixteen  vessels  still  remain 
"high  and  dry"  upon  the  meadows  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Port  Norris,  G.  S.,  where  they  were 
driven  by  the  tide  during  the  late  storm. 

■Mr.  Spurgeon  is  only  45  years  old,  and  yet 
it  is  greatly  to  be  feared  that  his  work  is  almost 
finished.  He  has  worked  too  constantly  and 
too  intensely,  and  has  grown  prematurely  old. 

— 20,000  Israelites  have  been  converted  in 
Loudon  to  the  Christian  faith  under  the  labors 
of  the  London  Society  for  promoting  Christian- 
ity among  the  Jews.  The  society  was  organiz- 
ed in  1809. 

— The  Inter  Ocean  thinks  there  is  no  danger 
of  starvation  in  the  West,  as  Chicago  has  in  her 
warehouses  50,000  barrels  of  flour,  6,000,000 
bushels  of  grain,  64,000  barrels  of  pork,  37,000 
tierces  of  lard,  and  61,500,000  pounds  of  meats. 

— At  the  beginuiug  of  this  century  the  Con- 
gregationalists  contributed  an  average  of  eight 
cents  each  for  missionary  purposes;  now  the 
average  is  §7.52  per  annum — the  largest  sum, 
per  capita,  contributed  by  the  members  of  any 
denomination. 

— About  midnight,  Nov.  35,  the  Hamburg- 
American  line  steamship  Pommerania,  from 
New  York  for  Hamburg,  came  in  collision  with 
the  Welsh  bark  Noel  EUian,  in  the  British 
Channel.  The  Pommerania  sank  in  thirty 
minutes.    Between  40  and  50  lives  were  lost. 

—The  openiug  of  the  Suez  canal  has  proved 
the  ruin  of  the  overland  trade  by  caravans  to 
Bagdad  and  the  Persiau  Gulf,  which  formerly 
supported  ancient  Damascus.  Many  of  its 
houses  and  shops  are  now  empty,  and  its  streets 
filled  with  beggars,  where  they  were  formerly  a 
rarity. 

—It  is  reported  from  Los  Angeles,  Nov.  10, 
that  an  immense  tidal  wave,  six  feet  beyond  the 
ordinary  tide  movement,  has  swept  the  whole 
coast  of  Southern  California,  badly  damaging 
the  wharves  at  Cayucos,  Fount  Sal,  and  Avila, 
and  destroying  much  property  exposed  for  ship- 
ment. So  far  but  one  life  is  reported  lost.  A 
great  earthquake  has  probably  occurred  in  South 
America,  or  in  the  South  Pacific  ocean. 

— Ji;wii,a  religious  papers  have  been  publish- 
ing rejiortti  of  cruelties  perpetrated  by  Bulgarian 
peasants,  some  of  which  are  almost  too  much 
for  belief.  One  story  is,  that  the  president  of 
the  synagogue  in  Kaaaulyk  having  been  killed, 
his  blood  was  caught  in  a  bowl  and  mixed  with 
the  blood  of  a  number  of  dogs.  This  liquor  the 
Jews  of  the  town,  who  were  driven  together 
with  thrusts  and  blows,  were  forced  to  drink; 
and  it  IS  said  that  only  the  arrival  of  a  body  of 
Russian  troops  saved  them  from  death. 

— Ekolani)  has  been  at  war  with  France  226 
years  out  of  670.  The  declaration  ol  war  passes 
sentence  of  death  on  thousands  of  our  innocent 
fellow-creatures.  If  the  l.'gislators  ^^  hb  provoke 
the  battle  were  sent  to  fight,  there  would  be 
more  peace.  The  battle  field  is  a  theatre  of  im- 
niense  cost  for  the  commission  of  crime  on  a 
grand  scale.  A  concentration  of  all  human 
Crimea.    It  turns  man  into  a  beast. 


December    19. 


CORRKSPONDEMOE. 


THE    UltETMKElSr    ^T    AVORK:, 


From  D.  N.  Workman. 

ON  Saturday,  Nov.  2nd, lit  7  o'clock  P.  M 
met  with  a  very  large  cobgregatiou  iii 
West  Charleston,  n  small,  Imt  e  liter  prising  town 
in  Miami  Co.  It  is  kno*n  as  the  Grove  Dis- 
trict church.  I  remained  v?ith  the  hrethrcu  of 
this  town  until  Monday,  the  4th.  Buplijajd  six- 
among  the  number  was  one  brother,  who  hod 
been  raised  a  Catholic:  hence  had  not  enjoyed 
the  privilege  of  seeing  a  Bible  until  seventeen 
years  old,  at  which  age  he  commenc*d  to  look 
after  his  duty  for  himself.  He  was  then  lead  to. 
and  joined  the  Campbellites.  After  he  joined 
them,  he  kept  ou  searching  carelully  after  hia 
duty,  toward  God.  After  carefully  looking  the 
mutter  over,  he  saw  that  it  was  necessary  to 
come  to  the  Brethren,  in  order  to  comply  with 
all  the  commandments  of  ihe  Gospel.  His 
wife,  also,  having  previou-^ly  joined  the  New- 
lights,  became  convinced  she  should  also  chanpu 
relations;  hence  came  with  her  husband  to  the 
Brethren. 

In  fact  our  visit  was  short.,  but  sweet;  and 
what  added  to  its  sweetness,  was,  that  so  many 
of  the  brethren  and  sisters  from  that  thriving 
little  church,  known  as  the  Gingham,  or  Mid- 
dle District,  where  we  hjid  previously  enjoyed 
many  pleasant  meeting.s,  came  over  to  see  us  at 
the  thriving  village.  This  District  and  Middle 
district  of  church,  lay  side  by  side.  The  Miami 
river  is  the  line  between  them.  May  the  Lord 
bless  both  of  these  churches,  is  ray  prayer. 

Ashland,  Ohio. 


through  hen.,  about  on^half  Pennsylvanians, 
Ihmk  of  U8  when  you  are 
Brethren  and  sisters  pray  for 
prove  faithful   until  death, 
your  unworthy  brother. 
Siibeiha,  Kansas. 


ning    West, 
that   we  may 
is   the   prayer  of 

E.  J.  BuROHLEt. 


From  Webster,  Kansas. 


From  C.  F.  Detwiler. 

/><(r  JiiYthrrn.-— 

LIKE  you,  I  have  not  yet  fully  learned  the 
leaving  out  part,  but  have  no  complaint 
to  lay  against  you  on  that  point.  It  seems 
as  though  a  person  could  take  care  of  his  own 
writmgs  better  than  an  editor  could  take  care 
of  that  of  a  score  of  correspondenU.  I  havn 
told  my  scholars,  you  have  each  of  you  onlv 
one  person  to  take  care  of.  while  I  have  olteu 
upwards  of  sixty,  and  so  you  ought  to  Uk<- 
good  care  of  yourselves,  and  I  suppose  the 
rule  holds  Booil  with  editors  and  correspondents. 

In  one  of  my  previous  articles  there  were 
some  mistakes  made  at  your  otHce,  which  miide 
me  say  what  I  had  not  said.  I  think  one  of 
the  editors  wiis  absent  at  the  time.  It  is  in 
the  article  on  *■  On  Improprieties  of  wor^h 
where  I  had  written:  "  It  does  not  follow  that 
tne  atonement  was  iucomplete."  it  read  com- 
plete instead  of  incomplete,  making  me  say  the 
contrary  of  what  I  wanted  it  to  say.  It  was 
an  oversight  very  easily  made,  and  jet  some- 
what injurious  to  the  article.  I  might  mention 
a  few  others,  some  of  my  own,  but  it  it)  not 
necessarj'.  The  future  is  to  some  extent  in  our 
power,  but  the  past  is  gone.  Twill  try  to  do 
better  in  the  future. 

Beaier  Ridge,  Ktiox  Co.,  Tennesee. 


wanted  every  one  to  do.  I  certainly  had  meant 
him  as  well  as  every  other  old  man  and  woman 
in  the  congregation.  We  parted  as  good  frieudH, 
and  he  promised  to  come  to  meeting  to-night. 
The  coantrT*  here  is  good,  rolling  land,  much 
like  Carroll  county,  though  5oil  not  near  as 
rich,  but  liko  all  Denmark,  moat  people  have 
farms  from  ten  to  one  hundred  or  a  hundred 
and  forty  acres,  yet  the  laat  sized  are  exctpt 
The  crop  this  year  of  all  kinds  ia  very 
good,  but  times  for  the  wurking  class  are  an 
hard  yet  as  last  year. 

Some  make  inquiry  where  Tbyland  is?  To 
such  we  will  say  that  it  is  the  south-western 
part  of  Wensyssel,  some  seventy  mile*  from 
Hjorring.  We  have  two  members  here,  whom 
brother  Christensen,  now  in  Lanark  was  an  in- 
strument in  the  Lord's  hands,  to  make  them 
seek  information  about  the  Brethren.  Now  I 
fear  some  of  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  com- 
mence to  look  on  the  Danish  mission  as  old; 
hence  feel  to  aak  for  more  earnest  faithful 
prayers  for  the  progress,  as  well  as  for  sufficient 
grace  for  myself  and  for  our  little  church,  to  do 
what  the  Lord  wants,  and  what  you  expect 
and  if  you  can  more  than  pray  for  us.  thf 
church  here,  ueed  badly  your  aid,  give  them  a 
lift  to  pu»h  them  forward.  Iteniember  always 
the  Danish  church  is  a  child  of  youre.  Pleani 
take  care  of  her  as  such  evermore.  And  now  1 
will  close  with  our  lov«  to  you  all. 

Thisted,  Thyland,  Dftimark,  Nov.  13th,  lt^8. 


WE  have  had  meeting  three  miles  south  of 
Sabetha,  Kansas.  We  moved  here  last 
March,  and  no  members  lived  here  except  two 
families  about  three  miles  off.  The  people  here 
soon  tried  to  find  out  to  whatchurch  we  belong- 
ed and  what  our  doctrine  was,  which  we  tried 
to  explain  to  them  as  well  as  we  could.  They 
seemed  to  have  heard  of  such  people,  who  prac- 
ticed such  a  doctrine,  but  never  saw  them  or 
heard  them  preach ;  so  they  requested  us  to  have 
some  one  come  and  preach  for  us.  We  saw  the 
Brethren,  and  they  were  willing  to  give  us  a 
meeting  every  four  weeks  during  the  Summer, 
The  people  seamed  to  be  very  much  in- 
terested, and  during  this  Fall  it  was  requested 
for  the  Brethren  preach  on  doctrinal  points, 
which  was  agreed  to.  Elder  Jonathan  Lichty 
and  Epharim  Col)er  then  began  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, commencing  on  the  11th  of  November, 
and  continued  one  week.  They  prrached  on 
doctrine  three  nights,  with  very  good  attentiim, 
the  hniise  being  full  every  night,  and  could 
not  all  get  in.  The  word  was  preached  in  its 
purity  and  with  such  power,  that  three  pre- 
cious souls  were  made  to  believe,  and  came  to 
Christ  by  baptism.  One  was  an  elderly  man 
about  fifty  years  of  a^e.  He  was  a  CampbelHte 
preacher.  His  son,  also,  was  made  to  believe 
the  same  night  and  come  out  and  go  with  us  to 
Christ.  This  seems  to  have  caused  a  great  lam- 
entation in  the  C church,  as  they   have 

no  preacher  now  to  pre.ich  for  them;  and  our 
doctrine  was  made  so  plain,  that  it  seems  to 
have  caused  some  trouble  amongst  them  in 
theirs.  I  hope  they  will  consider  it  well  and 
take  the  word  of  God  to  decide  with.  This 
seems  to  have  been  the  firet  time  trine  immer- 
sion was  ever  practiced  here,  and  everyone  that 
knew  it  and  could  get  there,  seems  to  have  been 
here.  The  applicants  were  immersed  on  Sun- 
day the  17th,  with  about  two  hundred  and  fifty 
spectators  present;  adeep  impression  seemed  to 
be  made  upon  a  great  many  of  the  people. — 
There  are  now  thirteen  members  of  us  here, 
when  E.  Cober  has  moved  to  Sabetha,  (which 
he  will  in  a  few  days),  consisting  then  of  one 
preacher  and  one  deacon  and  eleven  members. 
The  prospects  are  uow  that  a  good  many  more 
will  come  before  long.  I  hope  they  mil  con- 
sider well  and  come  before  it  is  too  late. 

In  the  close  I  would  say  a  few  words  to  the 
Brethren  and  friends  that  wish  to  come  West. 
We  have  a  very  fine  country  here,  with 
plenty  of  timber  and  living  streams  running 
through  it.  There  is  yet  plenty  of  raw  prairie 
to  be  had  at  from  six  to  eight  dollars  per  acre, 
the  very  finest  and  close  to  the  railroad  and 
market.  Also  very  fine  improved  farms  can  be 
bought  very  cheap.  This  is  I  think  as  fine  and 
good  a  country  to  live  and  for  farming  and  cut- 
tle mising,  that  can  be  found  any  where  in  the 
West.  All  those  coming  West,  had  best  come 
through  here  and  stop  ott'  at  Sabetha,  Kansas, 
and  examine  thi*  part  of  the  country,  before 
going  farther  West,  or  purchasing  elsewhere. 
I  think  most  any  can  suit  themselves  here;  it  is 
beginning  to  be  thickly  settled,  good  schools 
and  a  very   kind  and  sociable  people  living 


From  Pine  Creek  Church,  Ind. 


From  C.  Hope. 

Beloved  Brother: — 

GUEETING  toyou  and  all  our  spiritual  re- 
lations in  the  far  West.  I  have  now  been 
here  iu  the  vicinity  of  this  town  nearly  ono 
week,  and  held  meetings  every  night.  Tht 
weather  has  been  very  rainy  from  the  begin- 
ning, and  the  priest  and  the  Baptists  had  done 
all  before  hand  to  scare  the  people;  of  course 
slander,  misrepresentations  and  lies  are  all  they 
can  use,  but  be  it  said  to  their  honor,  they  use 
it  every-where  and  all  times  very  earnestly  and 
faithfully.  It  did  seem  we  should  get  only  one 
meeting,  as  we  tried  in  vain  to  get  any  place 
to  hold  more,  and  when  the  time  came  we  had 
eight  or  nine  persocs  present  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to.  But  I  have  learned  now  to  preach 
as  well  for  one  as  for  one  hundred.  When 
meeting  was  closed  I  told  them  if  they  wanted 
more  meetings  they  had  to  say  so  and  fumibh 
a  place.  A  lively  discussion  then  commenced; 
they  all  wanted  meeting  but  none  were  inclin- 
ed to  give  us  their  house.  Finally  I  told  the 
man  who  urged  the  others  the  most,  that  he 
was  the  one  who  ought  to  show  a  good  exam- 
ple, and  open  his  house.  He  then  agreed  to  do 
so,  providing  I  would  invite  jwople.  and  among 
them  also  the  priest  to  attend.  This  we  did, 
and  had  then  a  good  gathering  of  about  thirty 
or  forty  that  night,  (the  prie.st  was  from  home 
and  could  not  come).  Since  then  we  have  had 
meeting  in  this  neighborhood  every  evening, 
with  crowded  houses,  and  an  attentive,  weeping 
congregation.  We  have  had  some  little  oppo- 
sition, enough  to  make  people  more  earuest.- 
One  night  as  I  spoke  about  Christ,  that  had 
blotted  out  the  handwriting,  a  zealous  old 
woman,  belonging  to  a  free  Lutheran  church, 
got  mad  and  interrupted  me.  I  told  her  to 
keep  still  till  I  was  d(»ne,  and  then  I  would 
give  her  liberty  to  speak  as  long  as  she  wanted. 
but  this  she  would  not  do;  she  wanted  to  speak 
tome;  I  told  her  I  would  visit  her  the  next 
day,  and  then  she  was  calm.  I  went  to  see  her; 
she  had  then  gathered  some  of  her  friends, 
with  whom  we  got  along  well,  while  she  got 
still  more  mad  and  run  ott'  crying,  "  heretic, 
heretic." 

Last  night  when  I  was  about  to  close,  I  re- 
marked, perhaps  some  of  yon  resisted  the  Ho- 
ly Gliost  until  younow  are  old  and  grey-headed, 
and  stand  with  one  foot  in  the  grave,  how 
much  do  you  need  to  take  earnest  heed  lest  you 
die  in  your  sins.  Just  when  I  had  half  finish- 
ed this  sentence,  an  old  man  who  had  come  here 
on  a  vi«it,  tremblingly  exclaimed,  "  That  you 
do  not  know."  I  calmly  answered,  true  I  do 
not  know  it,  but  God  does,  and  you  yourself 
know  it.  After  meeting  we  came  in  love  to 
speak  the  matter  over,  and  all,  even  the  old 
man  said,  "  Nothing  but  the  truth  was  told 
them,"  but  he  did  not  like  I  would  speak  so 
personally  to  him.  One  man  sitting  by  him 
said,  "Well  I  for  one  am  far  more  gray-headed 
than  you,  how  can  you  know  then  he  meant 
you  more  than  me?"  I  told  him  I  was  glad  he 
took  it  home  to  himself,  for  that  was  what  I 


THBLord  is  with  his  people  when  their  en- 
tire dependence  ia  in  Him,  in  whom  they 
live,  move  and  have  their  being.  We  are  still 
gathering  souls  and  adding  to  the  Lord's  peo- 
ple traveling  to  the  spiritual  laud.  Our  jour- 
ney is  but  three  score  and  ten,  if  long  hut  four 
score  and  ten.  Let  God's  people  work  while  it 
is  day. 

To-day  we  preached  the  second  funeral,  assist- 
ed by  brother  Amos  Peters,  to  a  large,  attentive 
and  sympathetic  congregation,  in  which  many 
mingled  their  sorrows  and  prayers  with  the 
bereaved  family  of  George  Himes',  who  parted 
th  two  of  his  family  in  one  week.  Disease 
diphtheria;  Elva  Jane  first,  aged  Id  years  and 
17  days;  Cora,  aged  2  years,  2  months  and  T 
days.  Gone  to  rest.  Jacob  Hildbhrand. 


minded  and  well-disposed  people  will  readilj 
conc4-iTe  what  I  infer.  I  have  spoken  of  styli. 
They  do  not  wish  to  go  there  for  style,  far  front 
it.  They  know  that  our  bk-ased  Master  is  no 
respecter  of  peraon.  Thfry  hear  preaching;  bat 
see  another  practice.  They  may  go  and  retorn 
many  times,  and  not  one  of  the  membem  (pro- 
fessed Chriatiaus),  will  even  extend  to  them 
the  hand  of  fellowship,  much  le«s  inquire  into 
the  welfare  of  their  families,  simply  b«c«QM 
he  or  she  is  a  poor  person,  and  earns  their  brend 
by  the  sweat  of  their  brow ;  and  they  say  if  that's 
Chrisliaoity.  it's  a  misconception  of  mine.  I 
will  stay  at  home  and  read  and  study  the  6o*- 
pel  myself,  and  pray  to  God  for  wisdom,  knowU 
and  understanding  of  his  holy  will,  con- 
cerning me,  that  I  may  inherit  his  precioos 
promises.  1  am  persuaded,  their  chanc«  are 
better  than  the  hypocrites;  whilst  others  twj 
they  wont  go  where  they  are  looked  upon  with 
scorn  and  contempt,  but  will  likely  spend  their 
Sabbath  in  drunken  revelry,  and  say  it's  no 
more  lliun  huch  and  fuch  professed  Chris- 
tians do. 

I  would  to  God  that  all  peop!«  would  try  to 
serve  Him  in  all  hia  teuchings.  Fride  is  % 
ciirxe,  and  it  is  a  great  hinderance  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  Gospel,  in  its  true  light 
among  mankind. 

Enclosed  please  find  one  doliarand  fifty  cmtB, 
for  ttie  BRETHKEir  at  Work.  I  like  its  adro- 
cacy,  also,  fifteen  cents  for  "Treatise  on  Trine 
Immersion;"  that  I  know  nothing  of.  If  it  is 
the  only  valid  bapti-^m,  I  want  to  know  it,  l^ 
proof  from  the  Scripturen.  I  know  there  are 
commandments  omitted  in  our  church,  for  in- 
stance, feet-washing,  anointing  the  sick  witti 
oil.  I  want  to  do  ray  whole  duty,  whilst  a  pro- 
bationer here;  for  I  shall  pass  this  way  but  once. 
Yours  respectftilly, 

JoHir  P.  SCHETCK, 
HohndeJ,  Nrirjrr^ftj,  J)fr.  Qrtd,  If^S. 


From  Nebraska. 


W^ 


WE  are  highly  pleased  with  the  Brethren 
AT  WoitK.and  think  it  brings  us  many 
useful  instructione,  if  we  are  only  willing  to 
put  them  in  practice. 

The  Bethel  church,  Nebraska,  is  progressing 
a  little;  one  more  was  added  to  its  number  by 
baptism  on  last  Sunday.  May  God  give  us 
grace  to  live  near  the  foot  of  the  cross, 
that  we  may  at  last  receive  a  crown  of  glory, 
that  fadeth  not  away,  is  my  prayer. 

Sl'SAK  RoTHEOfK. 

Davenport,  Nfbrufihi. 

Letter  from  a  Baptist. 

Jl/cssrs.   Monre  &  Ealielman: — 

THROUGH  the  medium  of  the  Toledo  Blade, 
I  first  came  into  possession  of  a  copy  of  the 
Brkthren  atWork.  also,  t\\^ Primitive  Chris- 
tian, by  Mr.  C.  A.  Mason,  and  have  since  re- 
ceived another  copy  from  your  office.  Let  nu 
say  right  here,  that  I  am  a  very  plain  open^ 
spoken  person.  I  was  reared  in  the  nurture 
and  admonition  of  the  Lord.  My  father  de 
ceased  long  ago;  never  made  any  public  profes- 
sion of  religion,  b.:t  was  a  very  charitable,  good 
moral  man,  and  attended  the  Baptist  church, 
of  which  my  dear  brother,  and  now,  all  of  our 
family  are  members,  but  my  oldest  brother.  I 
became  a  member  of  that  denominatiou  in  the 
Winter  of  lSt>T.  I  have  never  attended  any 
other  church  but  a  very  few  times.  They  seem- 
ed to  me  to  be  pursuing,  as  near  the  right  course, 
according  to  my  understanding  of  the  New 
Testament  as  could  be,  except,  recognizing  that 
haughty  pride  iis  to  all  denominations,  that  I 
ever  knew  any  thing  about,  and  that  is  one 
thing  I  have  always  despised,  and  is  contrary 
to  divine  teachings.  Pride  has  worked  agigau- 
tic  evil  in  the  churches  under  my  own  observa- 
tion, and  is,  I  do  regret  to  say,  on  the  increase. 
I  know  of  a  great  many  of  the  middle  class,  and 
of  the  poorer  people  here,  that  stay  away  from 
meeting,  for  no  other  cause,  only  because  they 
know  they  cannot  go  there  in  style.  Go  there 
feeling  that  they  had  come  among  Christian 
Brethren,  to  worship  God  according  to  the  dic- 
tates of  their  own  consciences,  by  having 
searched  the  Scriptures  again  and  again.  I  am 
not  a  classical  scholar,  competent  to  express 
my  meaning  as  a  master  in  literature,  but  fair- 


From  D.  B.  Gibson. 

Dear  Bnthnn: — 
HEN  I  arrived  home  from  111..  I  learned 
that  the  feast  at  home  (Smith's  Fork 
church,)  was  a  very  enjoyable  one.  One  from 
another  locality  baptized.  The  visiting  minis- 
ters were,  elder  George  Witwer.  of  Hamilton, 
k.  Harper,  of  Ray  County,  Bro.  Shomberger, 
of  Nodaway,  Samuel  Shirkey  of  Ray,  and  oth- 
ers. 

Brother  Harper  continued  the  meetings  for  a 
week,  and  I  am  glad  to  tay,  that  three  were 
added  to  the  Lord,  whom  we  longed  to  see  en- 
grafted in  the  "  Living  vine"  Brother  Harper, 
although  ia  his  seventieth  year,  is  in  the  full 
enjoyment  of  his  mental  vigor  and  full  of  zeal 
for  the  cause  of  the  Master.  May  the  Lord 
give  him  many  years  to  labor  in  bis  vineyard. 

I  remained  home  a  Utile  over  two  weeks  to 
rest  with  my  family,  and  was  called  by  the 
Pony  Creek  congregatiou.  Brown  Co.,  Kansas. 
where  1  arrived  on  the  'Jth  ult.  Held  meet- 
ings till  the  l^th.  The  Lord  blessed  our  labor 
here;  several  made  the  good  confeesion,  and 
were  baptized. 

On  the  19th  I  boarded  the  train  for  St.  Jo- 
seph, Mo.,  where  I  arrive<l  too  late  for  the  train. 
So  I  took  another  road  for  Cameron;  thence 
home.  I  arrived  home  at  3  A.  M.  of  the  20th, 
and  in  a  few  hours  was  en  route  for  Ray  Co..  Mo. 
I  arrived  at  the  meeting-house  just  in  time  for 
services.  The  congregation  is  targe  and  in- 
creasing every  night.  The  order  and  interest 
is  f'xcellent.  Several  have  already  been  added 
to  the  church,  and  we  believe  there  will  be  more 
still.  The  church  seems  to  be  awakened,  and  a 
much  improved  feeling  seems  to  prevail. 

This  is  the  congregation  presided  over  by  our 
old  vet«ran  brother,  Addison  Harper,  who  is  a»> 
sisted  in  the  ministrj',  by  Brother  David 
Rhodes,  Samuel  Shirkey  and  William  Mason. 

1  am  now  enjoying  the  hospitality  of  brother 
David  Moore,  father  of  brother  J.  H.  Moore. 
Hay  Co.,  Mo.,  Xov.  .iHrd,  l.-<i&. 


From  Lewistown,  Winona  Co.,  Minn. 

DrarBrfthrrii:— 

1)ERMIT  me  tosay  lo  your  numerous  read- 
ers  through  the  Brethrek  at  Wom, 
that  our  Love-feast  held  on  the  2ad  of  Norent- 
er,  was  one  of  interest  to  all  the  members  pte^ 
eut,  and  one  long  to  be  remembered  and  should 
indelibly  fix  iu  our  mind,  the  dying  love  of  our 
Redeemer,  whose  dying  love  redeemed  U3 
from  sin.  that  we  might  enjoy  the  fusion 
of  the  cliildreu  of  peace  in  that  great 
Love-feast  above.  0.  that  that  may  be  tha 
happy  lot  of  us  all!     .\men. 

The  call  for  ministerial  assistance  was  re- 
sponded to,  by  only  one,  and  that  was  our 
worthy  and  beloved  brother  W.  J.  H.  Bauman. 
of  Nora  Springs,  Iowa,  through  whose  instnt- 


rLj.j^  iii<i^'rLj.iii£::si  js^t  wokiv. 


December    1  i) 


mentality,  the  blcsard  Lord  worked  to  the  edifi-  j  obey  the  whole  Gospel?  What  say  our  belov- 
cation  and  buildiDg  ap  of  the  little  branch  hvw, '  ed  brethren  and  nisters?  Shall  the  good  work 
also     pointinji    dinners    to    the  lamb   of   God.  i  go  on?  Dasibl  WoL?. 

that  t^keth  nwny  the  sin  of  the  world.      Three        Fair  Play.  M'f. 
precious  souls  embraced  the  truth,   fled  for  ref- 
uge to  the  ont-strvtched  arnio  of  mercy,  and 
were  brought  into  the  fold  by  bnptism. 
Yoons  in  the  oucfnitb, 

C.  F.  WiitT. 
Voe.  SG.  If^R. 


From    Bellota,    California. 


Timely    Notice. 


B^ 


Y  yotir  permitifliou,  I  pen  a  few  linen  for  the 
columns   of  the  Hkktiiuen  at  Work,  for 
the  natirifaction  of  th')  many  uieniberv  that  art- 
noviog  and  looking  \\'e:*t  for  homos.     One  of 
the  many  placv*  that  the  Urtthreu  are  moving  to 
utdaettliog  in  faxt,   is  Ueatrice  church,   Gage 
Co.,  Xvb.     For  the  Hatiafoction  of  thone  mem- 
beim  that  arc  moving  Weft,  and  intend  making 
this  their  home,  and  that  only    feel    at  home, 
where  the  church  (:ont4>n(lti  and  carrier  out  tbe 
order  of  the  Qospel  in  the  point  of  dre.>t8,  as  is 
understo(«ll)y  the  churoii.  (that  is  to  give  »hape 
to  dresa),  need  not  fear  to  mnke  this  their  hoiiKf, 
for  only  such  feel  at  homo  hure.    We  have  lung 
since  leuriied,  that  thii  m  the  only  successful 
plan  to  keep  pride  out  of  the  church,  in  ita  va- 
rious forms.     When    we  speak  o(  order,  we  do 
not  only  mean  in   the  point  of  dress;    hut   iit 
keeping  a  «trong  guard  around  the  members  of 
the  cliurL-li,  in  attending  all  pliices   of  mirthful 
amusement,     in    which    all   Christians  should 
blush  to  be  found  in  such  company,  from    the 
iact,  that  this  ia  the  deoire  of  the  carnal  mind; 
and  to  be  carnal  minded,  is  death.     I    feel   to 
say.  dear  Urethreu,  watchmen  with  me   on  the 
walla  of  Zion,  send  forth  an   pi^als   of  thunder, 
the  alarming  voiue,  to    keep  out     the  elements 
of  death.     For  this   cause,  many   are   weakly 
and  sickly  among  you,    because  the  spiritual 
laws  are  violated.     So  we  need  not  wonder  at 
•uch  a  lukewanuness,  and  such  an    indiHerence 
in   many  places   of  the   brotherhood;    because 
they  are  associating  with,  and   giving  encour- 
agement to  that  element  that  leads  to  death. — 
There  is   a  good  reason  why  many  ministers  do 
not  raise  their   voices   against  these  growing 
erils.     The  apostle  aays,  "  Ye   that  are  spir- 
itual, restore  such  that  are  overtaken  in  faults," 
How  can  they  that  are  guilty  of  the  same,   re- 
store such,  when  they  are    not    in    the    spirit 
themselves?     Suppose  I  give    a  remedy  in  the 
case  referred   to:  Come  together  and   confess 
your  fnultj^  one  to  another,  and  form  a  re.solut- 
ion  to  follow  the  things  of  the  spirit,  then  you 
can  be  re.«fored  in  the  spirit  of  meekness. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  that  are  moping 
West,  or  at  least  to  thi>t  point,  that  nre  indiff- 
erent tc  the  above  named  rules  of  the  church, 
and  do  not  conform  to  them;  ([  mean  non-con- 
formity to  the  world  in  dress,  nud  all  things 
referred  to  in  this  article).  I  will  give  you 
timely  warning,  that  the  church  here  will  not 
patronize  such  customs,  and  if  you  think  you 
can  not  come  to  the  order  of  the  L-hurch  in 
these  matters,  and  determine,  not  to  comply 
with  the  promise  you  made  to  the  clinrch,  and 
continue  to  carry  out  your  own  selfish  notions 
and  carnal  desires,  in  love  I  would  say  to  you, 
you  had  better  select  some  other  point  for  a 
home  in  the  church,  for  you  would  not  be  nt 
home  here.  (1  meiui  in  spiritual  matters). 

I  truly  hope  the  brethren  and  sisters  will  not 
take  any  ofteuse  at  this  article,  for  I  feet  con- 
strained through  love  to  my  dear  brethren  and 
fliaters.  so  they  will  not  be  ignorant  in  these 
matters ;  because  the  Urothren  alwiiys  lore  to 
know  these  things.  Hence  I  thou^'ht  :in  expla- 
nation of  this  kind  would  render  great  satisfac- 
tion, from  the  i'aci.  nmny  have  a  deliracv  to 
write  for  information  on  these  jioints,  and  many 
have  these  things  in  view,  not  only  for  their 
own  benefit,  but  for  the  welfare  of  their  children. 
May  the  Lord  strengthen  his  faithful,  to  Jrihor 
in  love  and  wield  morv  of  that  influence,  to  in- 
still more  of  that  divine  converting  influence 
over  his  church.  Not  my,  but  thy  will  be  done. 
Yours  in  love  of  the  truth, 

Hkkkv  Bhliivkik, 
Beafj-iir,  Ga(/e  Vo„  AVfr, 


Jtrar  Jtrrthren: — 

AS  church  news  are  interesting  to  all,  I  will 
try  to  give  an  account  of  a  series  of  meet- 
ijigs,  held  at  the  Sbaprell  school-house.  Bro. 
W.  Myers  commenced  meeting  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  22nd  of  N'ovember,  preached  again 
on  the  evening  of  the2<3rd;  then  elder  Qeorge 
Wolf  came  and  assisted  him.  Preaching  Sun- 
day at  II  A.  M.     Also  in  the  evening. 

On  Monday  we  visited  sister  Lauer.  She  is 
seventy-aix  years  old,  and  it  has  been  twenty- 
six  years  sinc«  she  has  had  the  privilege  to  com- 
mune. She  says  that  she  has  always  prayed 
that  she  might  meet  with  brethren  and  sisters 
again.  Her  faith  has  giown  stronger  and  strong- 
er. She  expects  soon  to  hold  sweet  commun- 
ion with  her  liedeemer,  there  to  meet  that 
blood-washed  throng,  that  surrounds  the  throne 
of  God,  singing  praises  to  the  Lamb  forever 
and  ever.  Her  daughter,  who  she  is  living 
ivith,  re(]uested  to  be  baptized.  Preaching 
again  Monday  evening,  also,  Tuesday  evening. 
Two  came  forward  and  were  baptized. 

Our  meeting  closed  Tuesday  night.  Since 
then  we  learn  there  are  three  others  that  will 
go  along,  and  we  think  there  are  many  others, 
if  they  would  only  obey  what  they  know  to  be 
the  teaching  of  the  word  of  God.  0,  that  they 
might  give  up  their  own  will,  and  do  'the  will 
of  Him,  who  died  to  redeem  all  those  that  walk 
in  His  waj's,  and  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
he  has  commanded  them  I  Then  the  promise  is 
sure,  and  we  will  never  be  doubting;  always 
pressing  onward  and  upward  to  the  high  call- 
ing, which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

We  had  a  verj-  good  meeting,  and  one  long 
to  be  remembered.  The  brethren  preached  the 
word  with  power,  warning  sinners  to  return, 
and  exhorting  all  to  live  a  quiet  and  peaceable 
life,  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

Jacob  Shaxk. 
Nov.  30th,  JS78. 


JwekBon  Co.,  a  di«tonce  of  1^9  miles.  Arrived 
at  ('rothersviUe  1';  15  I'.  M.  Stayed  with  broth- 
er and  siater  Sehoonover,  living  near  the  de- 
pot. Next  morning  went  to  brother  and  sister 
Wilson.  On  the  evening  of  the  15th,  we  com- 
menced meeting.  At  first  the  attendauce  was 
not  so  large,  but  after  a  few  meetings,  we  had 
a  full  house,  with  good  order.  We  continued 
the  meetings  for  thirteen  days,  and  baptized 
eight.  Brother  Rife  did  not  stay  all  the  time, 
as  his  health  failed.  The  prospects  are  good 
for  many  more  additions.  We  will  return 
again  as  ^oou  as  convenient.  May  the  bless- 
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BURGET. — At  the  residence  of  her  parents', 

Wyi  Co.,  III.,  August  8,  1878,  Mary  Burget, 

daughter  of  Bro.    Michael    and    sister  Eliza 

Moyer.     Funeral  by  brother  George   Mourer 

in  the  English  and  the  writer  in  the  Gorman 

language,  from  1  Peter,  1:  24. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  n  victim  of 

the  consumption,  and  the  3rd    in    three   weeks' 

time  in  our  neighborliood,  of  which  she  was 

the  oldest.  Johk  Hollinqer. 


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Sunday-School  Conference. 

VrOTlCE  Ls  hereby  given,  that  the  Northern 
jy  District  of  Ind.,  will  hold  their  Annual 
Sunday-school  Conference  at  the  Solomon's 
Creek  church,  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  January  2nd, 
1879,  commencing  at  10  A.  M.  Those  coming 
from  the  South,  will  stop  off  at  the  Baltimore 
crossing,  and  those  from  the  North,  at  New 
Paris,  on  the  R.  R.  running  from  Goshen  to 
Warsaw.  This  is  the  4th  annual  session  of 
the  Sunday-school  workers  of  this  district,  and 
it  is  hoped  the  brethren  and  sisters  interested 
in  the  advancement  of  the  cause,  will  make 
special  arrangements  to  attend  this  meeting. 
and  assist  to  make  it  pleasant  and  highly  bene- 
ficial to  the  general  cause  of  Sunday-schools. — 
May  all  bear  in  mind  there  is  an  important 
work  to  perform;  and  of  such  a  character,  that 
a  good  representation  is  necessary  to  accom- 
plish the  object  of  the  meeting. 

When  the  3rd  Annual  Conference  adjoruned 
at  the  Union  church,  Marshall  Co..  Ind.,  Dec. 
8th,  1877.  the  meeting  agreed  to  meet  again  at 
such  a  time  and  place,  as  a  committee  appoint- 
ed to  attend  to  the  business,  should  designate. 
The  Chairman  of  said  committee  notified  me 
to  give  notice  as  above,  with  no  programme 
accompanying,  which,  we  presume,  will  be 
given  in  due  time.  It  is  supposed  all  will  know 
their  duty,  and  promptly  distharge  the  same, 
by  attending  the  coming  Conference;  and  make 
it  one  of  the  greatest  eiibrts  in  the  cause  of  the 
Sunda3--schooiB  of  Noitliern  Ind.  May  Uod 
iiispireourtlioughts  with  love  divine,  to  work 
in  the  cause  of  our  Master,  iu  the  vineyard  of 
Sunday-schools,  W.  G.  Cook,  Secretary, 

PUjmoath,  hid.,  Dec.  itli,  1^8. 

Pt'hiiitii>e  Christinn^plfiase  copy. 

Notes  of  Travel. 


To  the    Brethren    of  Western  District 
of  Maryland. 

HAVING  been  appointed  Treaiiurpr  of  the 
Mi&sion:upy  AsKOciation  of  thifl  District, 
and  there  being  inquiries  concerning  the  work] 
I  will  say  that  coll.?ctors  have  been  appointed 
by  the  Kxeinitive  Committee  in  the  (('■verul 
ihnniipfl.  In  otir  church  the  work  of  coiitril)- 
uting  h.is  Iweu  carried  forward  as  well  .-w  could 
be  expected.  As  yet  no  money  hiw  been  r^*- 
ceivM  by  me.  May  we  hope  that  ere  long  a 
OTfii'^ient  amount  msy  be  donated  to  seuU  out 
brethren  to  those  who  have  not  yet  learned  to 


BROTHER  Jacob  Uifeujid  myself  left  our 
honieK  Nov.  7t]i,  iiud  met  in  Montgomery 
Co,,  [nd.,  tu  be  in  council  with  brother  R.  H 
Miller,  in  regard  to  the  members  living  in  Mar- 
tin and  Wiinvii  couiiti.-s,  as  brother  Miller  has 
the  ovcrsiglit  of  them.  After  being  iu  council, 
we  started  on  thy  Mission  Field.  We  com- 
menced meeting  the  same  evening,  at  We.>-t 
Lebanon,  Wiureu  Co.,  and  conlimud  till  Ihe 
I3thi  r.»pti/.e<I  one.  In  the  evening  we  hmi  u 
Lovi-feiist,  which  wo:*  truly  u  season  of  rejoic- 
ing. After  Htvitjcs  were  over,  we  bade  thcni 
farewell,  llsujy  s.iid  we  should  come  .igain. 
On  the  iiiorniug  of  the  14th,  we  started  for 


WELLS.— In  Middle  district,  Miami  Co..  C, 
October  5th,    Howard  Wells,  son   of  friend 
and  sister  Wells,  aged  2  years,  6  months  and 
27  days. 
BAKER.— In    the  Saginaw    church,    Mich., 
Jesse  Baker,  son  of  brother  David  and  sister 
Baker,  aged  4  years,  1  month  and  23  days. 
MASTER.— Sister  Elizabeth  Master  was   born 
August  27th,  1844,  and  died  September  6th. 
1878,  aged  34  years  and  9  days. 
She  was  confined  to  her  bed   for  3  years, 
with  spinal  disease.     She  was  a  faithful  sister 
iu    the    Master  Creek    church.     Exhortation, 
singing  and  prayer,  was  her  delight,  until  death. 
Funeral  services  by  D.   Longanecker  and    Jo- 
seph Sherfy. 

HILDERBRAND.- At  my  residence,  in  Ham- 
mond, Piatt  Co.,  III..  Aug.  20th,  1878,  Jacob 
Hiiderbrand,  of  La  Place,  Piatt  Co.,  111.,  aged 
54  years.  P.  G.  Thurber. 

BOYER.— At  Piger  Hime,  Clarion  Co.,  Pa., 
Anna  Maria  Boyer,  wife  of  John  R.  Boyer, 
Sept.  26,  1878,  aged  79  years  and  12  days. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  in 
Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  She  came  with  her  parents  to 
Middleburg,  Snyder  Co.,  Pa.,  when  quite  young, 
Was  married  in  1818,  and  in  1841  she  moved 
with  her  family  to  Clarion  Co.,  Pa.  She  was 
the  mother  of  thirteen  children,  of  which  five 
preceded  her  to  the  grave.  She  left  a  feeble 
husband,  now  in  his  82nd  year,  eight  children 
and  a  large  number  of  grand  and  great  grand- 
children to  mourn  her  departure*  Funeral 
services  by  her  pastor,  George  W.  Cupp,  of  the 
Evangelical  Association,  in  the  Lutheran 
church,  at  Salem.  Allen  Boyer. 

EBY.— Near  Sonth  English,  Keokuk  Co.,  la., 
Nov.  26th,  1878,  Sister  Catherine,  wife  of 
brother  Philip  Eby,  aged  about  48  years. 
Funeral  by  the  brethren,  from  2  Cor.  5;  1. 
SNITEMAN.— In  the  same  congregation.  Oct, 
oth,  1S78,  of  pneumonia.  Isaac,  only  son  of 
brother  Joseph  and  Hettie  Snitenian,  aged  !* 
months  and  24  days.  Funeral  by  brother  B 
!■'■  ^'I^y.  SAMirEL  Flory. 

SUOWALTER.-ln  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.,  Oct. 
llth,  1878,  sister  Mary  Showalt^r,    wife    of 
Benjamin  Showalter,  aged  OS)  years  and  one 
month  less  one  day. 
The  subject  of  this  notice  has  been  a  con- 
sistent member  for  raimy  yeai-s.     She  made  the 
Bible  her  study,  which   enabled    her  to    live  a 
life  of  true  piety.    Her  disease  was  rheumatism, 
which    lasted  about  one    year.      She   suHer^d 
much,  but  was  always   patient,   iuid    jierfettjy 
resigned  to  the  will  of  God,  ever  loi)kinf   for  a 
glorious  reward.     Funeral  i>reached    by  D.    H. 
Plaine,  to  a   large  concourse  of  relatives  and 
Irm^A^.  Jonas  fiiuvBiLi.. 

FISHEH.— In   the  Mexico  church,  Ind  ,   Nov. 
'      Ifjth,  lS7vS,  sister  Catherine,   wife  of  brother 
Jacob  Fisher,  aged   3,5  yeurs,  2   mouths  and 
25  days, 
She  leaves  a  husband  and  four  children.— 
Fun-ial  discourj^e  from  2  Kings  20;  1,  by    elder 
George  IJrower  and  others.     Tiie  remains  were 
fullowod  to  the  M- xico    graveyai-d,    by   many 
itlativtjs  and  friends,  who  ur^'   mourning  their 
lo^8,  wiiich  we  hope  U   bur  gn-At  gain.    Al- 
tlniUgh  fhe  will  bu  greatly  missed  in  the  family 
circle,  and  as  u  dear    M^cr.    her    seat   will    bt- 


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CHILDREN  AT  WORK. 

TERMS  TO  WORKERS. 

M'e  kindly  request  all  who  can,  to  act  aa  agent 
for  Children  at  Work,  a  neatly  printed  illustrated 
juveuile  paptr,  which  is  now  published  vvetk- 
ly,  and  should  he  in  every  family  whert- tbei-e 
are  children  who  can  read.  Single  Copy,  50  Centa 
per  year  In  Advance. 

The  more  readers  we  can  obtain,  the  mure  good 
can  be  done  ;  hence  we  otftir  the  following  induce- 
meuls  to  those  wh(i  wish  to  work  to  enlarge  our 
list  of  readers  : 

Aky  one  sending  u*  three  names  and  $1.50, 
will  receive  the  beautiful  picture,  entitled,  The 
Last  Slipper. 

For  Ave  names  and  ?2.50,  the  sender  will  re- 
ceive a  copy  of  the  Children  at  Work  one  year 
free. 

Fur  tell  names  and  So  00,  we  will  setd  a  copy 
of  The  History  of  Palestine,  a  work  that 
should  be  read  by  every  hoy  and  girl. 

Those  sending  fifteen  names  and  $r.50.  will 
receive  a  copy  of  Bible  Stories  for  Boys  and 
liiiriN,  a  work  of  rare  interest,  cout;iiniog  tliirty- 
four  good  Bible  Letsous.  The  book  is  worthy  a 
place  ill  every  hoHsehuld. 

To  those  who  send  twenty-five  names  and 
812.JO,  we  will  send  a  copv  of  the  Prince  Of 
the  Jlonseof  David,  which  is  especially  adapt, 
ed  U>  youthful  reHdors.  When  vou  read  this  book 
Ihrough.  you  will  want  to  read  "it  Hgaiii.  Each 
time  will  bring  new  audlively  thoughts  to  your 
mind,  concerning  our  dear  Savior  and  Kedeeuier. 
MOORE  it  ESHET.MAN, 

KK.  CarROI.I,  Cof.VTY.  IlI.IX0I5, 


La: 


W.  U,  R.  R.  Time  Table. 


vacant  in  thi^  sauctuury,  wliere  at  our  late  <*ouj 
mtinion  -ihe  was  dceijly  iiitcreatcd. 

I  P.  A.  HuowKii. 


Day  pftaaeoger  iraiu   going  euat  leuvcs  Unaik     at  1^:00 

P.  M,.  andnrrivps  in  lUvcinenl  K-J^  P.  Sr. 
Day  imsHCngfr  irnin  going  west  leaves  :,iinnrk  at  'd-m   P 

M.,  Bi:>)  iivnvi'H  ,u  Rook  Ulfind       i,.:M  j',  .\l 
NiglH  p-iascnger   tniiiii,   g^ing  atsi    ..u^   ^^■e9l,    mcvi    wid 

Iwive  Unjirk  at  2:lfl  A,  M  .  ninving  in  Katiue  Bt  9:00 

A.    M,.    and  nt    liutk  lnlnnd  ai  i;;(iu  A.  M. 
Freipbl   unj  .\i-coiiiriio,Iiillun     Trn.iis    iiill    run     \vc."t    iH 

1:^:10  A.M..    8:Ui  A    M,  nn.l  e«"i    ail'JilOA.M. 

uu.l  0:  15  P.  ,M. 

Tiik*"i- t.re  5  .J    for   nlino    irnius    only,     Puescnger 
irmns  muHt  oloae  oortiieciion  tit  Wteiern  Tbion  Jtinotion. 
ti.  A.  SHPra.  At!«nL 

P.i.s^eiiger^  for  Cliieago  .sliouid  leave- J.:mark  at 
I:!:JI  P.  M.;rnu  In  the  W,.,stHni  l-niun  .hniction; 
JieretJiey  need  wait  bat  five  (uiiial.-,  r^r  ih.-  clii- 
m^o,  Miiwiiukei!  and  .-^t.  I'aul  ii,i,-.ii(.'i-i-  ir  lui  :iiiil 
Iliiisiva.-I.  Chi.M^'i.ulT:-!.^.  tl,.^  ■■.  :  -,  ■■!  '  T,. 
reaeh  L!tn:M-k  from  Chimjro:  "■■  i-  i  ■  W  i  J.- 
iiol,  taki-  111,.  Cliieago.  ilihuml -.  jm.I  --i  IMuI 
iminat  llvcin  t!ie.-Yt-ning;  luii  \'<.i11j  t"  tbi'W 
J  .Jmietiun  ebimgpcars  for  Lanark,  and  arrivf 
liere  at  2:21  in  the  morning. 


V 


BRETHREX  AT  ^Y()EK  SLTPLEMEXT. 


,  •  1  ;,  ,  '  >  ,',r  "■  "f  ""''■<-<'»i>Suo„.-ofl,.lltin!lvith  yon.  hrrmise  ire 
n„„k  ,IUn-  lust.  ]Vr  nun  to  hare  as  lllllr  /,„,v,„p.«  ,n„ll,r  „.  ,,o'<sil,h  in  the 
,,„,„■,    s,.„r,.  manu  "I  ,tsr,;„lc,-s  »«•  thr,„  „s  ".Kiltnt  missimunir.."  nftev  thf,, 

''         Z  ";•"'''  '•;;"•:'."'"« "  '■'■'iii»nsjourn„J;  h,„cc   „:■  sLiI   In,  1., 

!,,,■>  mi.i  /;„/«.,•  «.v  free  of  obje,:lio„„hle  wiiltcr  r,.v  ,ms.-<U,lr.  Tins  shnt  is  {'„,;- 
lybiisuicss;  (■<,,,  hv  rvnil  nmltreuU,}  ass„,h.xrMlethe  liUETHUEX  .ITWOltK 
p-oper,  ctin6„  „„  ,,i  ,fs  mission  of  lore  and  jjoorf  iror/is 


1 


Tiirougli  tlie  kiuil  jiroviil 
(lor  luerck-a  of  our  iKiiveiil' 
are  permitwd  Ut  thus  luiilnU  mir  nuiu. 
coUK  readcni  rcguiilii.g  the  prcinimtiuug 
ueccasarj  fur  the  cuiunicnciug  .ml  pulj. 
lishingof 

Volume  IV  of  ihVliRKiiiRB.v  at 
WoEK.  We  lake  ihU  nMho.l  of  li 
he  n  lalli  ^vitll  y„u  .vpanliiig  that 
which  will  be,  iK.lh  to  your  iiitcral  an.l 
oui-B,  It  iK  cvirffiit  that  our  tuorwa  de- 
pcmle  laigcly  oil  Ihe  cIliiM.  nucile  hyour 
■eadei*.  hence  the  iinpi 


n.oau.ltLi,.|,ogon  iiiihe   Kiist.rii   CoiiUneiit.   iuai-|all   mi    i-,a.i,-R    vv,|l    „i„i,il„„„  ,„,„o. 

lather,  m- cale  the  rapirlly  iipproaehiug  evcoi..!  thine  t..  the  i»«,r  liiu,l.  ni,d  Ums  eiiohl. 
that  are  to  precede  the  restoration  of  tlie  "*  '"  'Tply  ftaiiy  of  the  poor  and  me. 
Holy  Land  to  the  Jew..  Tlii.  part '','>' "'''"'■" ''"I"'''  ,''■»"■  l'"'.!'''-  "''" 
alonewill  be  A-ery  iat,T,-,tiDg.  he.id<,!„,;'" ','"'  "',"r','/-  'I'", .»"'l'l '*"'"''• 
otl.cvit.:   ~,  .  .        take  gnat  ililightitiieadingthc  BuKril- 

other  thing,  loo  oumerou.  to  n.entionJ„K»  ai  WoiiK,  an.l  derive   much   c 

btit  known  to  our  reailent.     Volume  IV  [fort  from  it.    Then  do  not  foil  to  h  i. 
will  helping  hand  to  the  poor. 

Coillinolicr  Jllll.  1,  IST'J,  and  a^      t'llsll  Sy,«Ioill.— .So  far  we  hove  I. 
not  one  of  our  reader*  want  to  mis.-,  any  ''"'"fl  »  8"'"!  ■'•""I  "'"  hnt-ioesa  on  eniUi 
piii-t  of  the  dehate,  it  ia  neeilfnl  ,i,m!»>»1.Iiui1  lh>' ".teni  doe.  not  work  well. 

their  name,  he  .cut  in  early   that  thevir' '", 'T'"  T'."^'''''  "'         '''*"''" 
„„.        ,.  k     ■       I        .1  IT.  ,     .    ■  I  lactiou.  though  Ills  (luite  nn  aceonmio. 

.,,„„ 1-     •     ."""■'" ''.'"■"'el  ^•""■'•"•l»»"»'l«'ol'>   to   S«od   ti„ie.|J„i„„,oi„„V      M.iiv   of   our  aeeuli, 

a  Cleat  uu(lei«t«nding  with  them  in  ref  (Please  do  not  wait  till  the  beginning  ol 'ore  urging  ni  to  adopt' the  cash  sraem, 
eienee  to  onr  work.  '  We  hove  inanyithe  year,  for  at  that  time  we  have  niotv  believing  it  will  be  inneh  easier  on  then. 
i'ea..!onfi  to  feel  thankful  for  the  aid  and  work  than  we  know  how  to  get  through  f''""  l'^'*-'*"  "I"  the  papei  is  only  81  aO.and 
encouragement  already  received.  So  fat' with,  anil  then  jii.l  at  that  ,i„,e  „hon  ''"'"'"'"'■"'"'"""""">"  """'■''  "' 
our  sticcMs.  as  cdito,-,  ami  pnlili..liei>,ha.|there  i.  so  nineli  to  do.  i.  wlieo  we  make  i^,',  „l'i;^;.r.'Ld°o'"o'iii'to'Tw  «,  fa'," 
moat  of  our  mistaken.  Another  reason  ja„,iy  tV.'im'  h'.m"  ^"it  i"  far  b'tbir  to 
why  names  should  he  in  early,  is  this :  get  the  h-aii  of  it  from  a  hroiher  or 
All  the  nQnic4  are  set  up  in  typo,  and  if  neighbor  for  a  few  days,  and  then  you 
not  renewed  by  the  lirst  of  .lanuaiy, ourK"""  '"""'  '*  I"**'!*  '"■him.  whenever  you 
■  is  to  lake  ihem  out.  Then  if  thev  8'''  ,''•  '''''«"  Hi'iak^'  "oe  feel  better  to 
renew  a«er  that  we  have  to  go  to  tlj^fl:  ^L^i^^rl 'u;:Sr";L  "T 
trouble  i.i  wltit.g  up  tlie  rinniw  ngam.  ,,Ry  ,hei,-  Mih^cni-tiori*  «iKm  Hicy  rv- 
jivliidb  uiwke.4  doublp   trouble,   and  ren-|iii?«,  mid  thu<  cimble  ue  to   fully   iiiluj.t 


beeu  far  Iipyond  wbut  wi-  bad  im 
80Q  10  expect,  thus  iiiftciiiir  tin*  Buetu- 
BBS  AT  WoiiK  on  ii  g.«.,l,  s.tlid  lo.tliug 
Wheu  we  first  »laited  iiuo  business,  wi 
biiil  uo  exiierieuci;  aa  fditoiti  nr  [iiinler*. 
but  were  full  of  zeui  and  n  determina- 
tion to  work  fur  the  iuterrat  of  llie 
pause.    To  a;ive  expouso*  and  make 


work  a  succuw,  wt  bad  to  <lo  double  ihwiders  us  liable  to  more  iiiiftake".  itlie    refjidiir    ciwli   syilcm.      W«  lia 

ibe  amount  of  work  that   we  ought  to  I     Our  Vrosnectns  will  be  sent  t„  au'^g*'"*'' *^'i"  «'ll  ""l  l"**";  »  "«nie  wiili- 


have  done,  and  m  pressed  wore  we  with  < 


.  an-anged  that  more  atleuiiou  c«n  be 

given  to  the  contentu  of  tb*f  pajier,  and 

are  satislied  tbiirwo  can  make  th^paper 

far  superior  to  what  it  has  brnn. 

The  Kay  ami  Stoiii  Delmte  will 


,    .      ,,  ,        ...  ,">illhe  nioHi-v,   uTid    vet    tbev   scud  in 

.     .  -  I  — -  '^gc"'*.  ii'"l  sbould  uuy  be  laisied,  il  i„.,„.  i:  ,     ,„,:i  ,i„„.    ,:,  „    i.,„-      jf  „.  „r 

work  that  mo,i  oil  of  our  edivirial.  had  wil,  be  by  mistake,  and   iLy  will  eim-i  "^^r'L'  ;:,:i ',t  "y.-rwill'T,'.!'';; 
t.i  be  written  alW  mghl,  .nd  mostly  in|fera  favor  hy  informing  u.  of  it  ati-tlunneil.^'     It  is  very  uopkasaM  for  u. 
great  baste.     Dul  now  we  have  mattere, once,  and  they  shall  be  supplied.      Aiiy!to 'Mun  "  any  mie— we  nv..id  il  all  we 
rsou  wishing  to  act  IM  agent  willdrop:'""       %  l«"ing  onr  money    in    ad. 

a  card,  and  we  will  cheertiilly  ,en.ll'';"'f  ■  ""  ""  V""   1"'>'  '"  "''''""  "" 
.„.      ,,.  ,,  ,,■',  illi«  larpc  ouanlitv  ot  baittr  we   have  to 

em  an  outhl,     \\v  would  u.u  like  loo  ,   ^     '    ,      :     .  '  .^       ,  ., 

,  .  I  ourubusc  at  the  heiziiiiuuz  of  the  VMr, 
my  ftgeuts  ul  any  one  point,  aa  tbcir,;,.^  ^,^,,  ,1,.^,  „,„,.|,t,,.i,,.,_V.;desb*v'ii.g 
work  might  interfere  wuh  ea^h  olher.  —  |a  large  annmot  ^>r  iul«n-^l.  .Su  let  \v> 
add  much  to  the  iuteR'st  of  tbi- painr,'It  is  bt-st  to  help  the  regular  ag^ut  all;  try  the  ciwh  dyi't'-m  one  year,  find  see 
cau^iug   it  to  be  read  by  thoutunds  with'you  can  jbuw   it  gowj.       We  linvu  cousiJerable 

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annum  m  advance.  Anyone  who  wdl .  yf  „m.  ,.^.,i,i^.,«,  ^  m  do  ibe  bftii  tiirv 
send  us  ftigbt  iiarnts,  and  812.U0  will  re-icau.  Thoy  have  d.my  nobly  so  far.  lutil 
receive  an  additional  copy  free  of|  we  htip.- we  enu  contiuue  our  work  !'■■ 
charge.  AgenU  will  see  pro.tpCPtus  for  gether.  and  «..rl.  tin-  ya.rb  others  niutu- 
lu   many  localiiiv: 


truth.  This  ditscuaaiou  will  last  over  one 
year,  and  will  be,  periiap»,  the  most 
tfiorough  thing  of  tbe  kind  ever  pnblisb- 
-l  ■■mong  our  ptjople.  Great  efforts 
i  be  made  to  get  it  into  thu  hands 
■ty  family  in  the  country,  for  it! 
wiii  evidently  be  a  power  ior  good. 

Special  Efforts  will  be  made,  to 
make  Ibo  emiic  paper  still  better.  We 
have  uow  the  largest  felection  of  able 
contributors  in  th»;  brolhprhond.  aud  are 
confident  that  each  oao  will  inakt*  spe- 
cial efforts  to  render  the  coming  volume 
one  that  will  be  highly  prized  by  our 
readerii. 

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be  conducted  with  much  more  care  than 
{brmerly.  Much  attention  will  be  giv- 
en to  leading  antl  valuable  topics,  that 
will  be  of  great  intoiest  to  tbe  reader, 
and  tend  largely  to  having  the  distinc- 
tive claims  of  the  Biolbreu  miue  clear- 
ly understood,  and  more  extensively  cir- 
culated. You  know  what  haa  been  done 
iu  the  past,  and  God  being  our  helper, 
you  may  look  for  still  better  in  the 
future.  We  shnll  be  at  particular  pains 
to  keep  our  readora  posted  on  llie  great 
Eastern  (JuestiOIl  as  it  sustains  a 
relation  to  the  fulfillment  of  prophecy. 
The  present  grand  movements  now  go- 


al bfU.-Iii.    Care  ihouid  be  taken  in 
Seiuling  Money.  —  It  is  not  *nfe  to 

'ud  inucli  iu"uey  iii  »  letter  without  rc- 
i^ti-ring.    Silver  should  not  be  sent  iu 
'tter.«  at  all,    .  Suud  Po«l  Office  Ordew, 
j  Drafts  or  Uegifttered  Ijetteiv. 

PuStllge  Stumps  may  be  sent  fi-i" 
Clubaol^o  and  under  T,  81.45,  each.UniountH  niidi.r  one  dollar,  tluia^ti  «^.- 
"  "  7  "  '■  II  140,  each.lfu"t.'h  prefir  llie  inoiieyor  Postal  Order., 
"  "11"  over  .  l.;jo,  eacli.l  Thy  Children  at  Work  is  tbe  title 
Care  should  be  used  si»  thai  plubbingl^jf  onr  inU'iisiing,  iliuatratcd  paper,  in- 
tes  will  not  interfere  with  n-gular.t^ndi-d  liir  the  little  folks.  Il  is  now  bf- 
agenls' work,     [Club  rates  are  more  in-. inj-  published   weakly,  and    is  alnady 


additional   terms. 
onr  readers  prefer 

t'luhhilll^  Together,   and    thereby 

etpially  shun.-  the  Iti'in'lit  id'  whatever 
redncliiin  may  be  given.  In  order  to 
accommodate  such,  we  ulRr  Iil-Uov  the 
tollowiog  terms 


teudcd  for   small   coiigr-^yii lions   where 


(|UltC 


.vurile  ainoiig   lh«   cbildreu  in 


igents  cannot  work  so  Piicce&afnllY. — '  ttie  Brotberhnod,  and  pnnnised  to  do  i 
Parlies  who  avail  tbenifulves  of  Clubjgood  work  in  the  inierutt  ol  iraiuiug 
rates,  should,  without  fail,  stud  the  mon-  ,.hildrC'n  in  the  way  they  bhonid  go.  — 
^y  with  the  name.",  aud  not  rniike  rt-duc-  Ppjce  50  cenU  perannuiii.  Oritandtb'- 
tions  for  expenses  of  seinlliig.]  IJub-ljiltKN  AT  Work    will    be  sent   ti' 

Tothftl'oor    -vbo   fir«   not   able   to'oiio   midrws   for   S2U().      If  von    have 
pav  for  l!ie  paper,  it  will  be  sent  for  ouejchildreu  iu  yiur  family,   lake    hoth    pa- 
dollar  a  year,  tlic  money  t-i  be  nii<ed  by  |pt-re,   and    thus   as.M=t     in    l-.d,i,.-     liir 
coulributions  sent  us  for  that  pi]ipi>ae. — ilainbB  of  the  thick, 
Il  would  be  beat  to  raise   tbt-   niniieyiu;      We  reNpcctrnlly  soli' 
the   church    wlicix;    ench    poor   i>ersoiio',„Hr  readers  in  exivmiiiip,  >         i 
live.     No  uame  can   be   placed   on    thelyf  our  papeis      Persons  wishiuij    tu   ;u'i 
poor  liat,  unless  one  of   our  agents,  or' ^ -ij-cts  will  send  ua  tlu'ir  addrcAs  ami 
some  one  known  to  U9,  certify,   in  writ-  ^e  will  *eiid  them  an  onifit  for  llie  bu-i- 
iiig  that  said  person  is  too  poor  lo  pay  j  ,1,5..     l-'iHiernnlly, 
for  the  paper.     Wc  adopt  this  luelhoH  Moore  &  llsUelmau, 

to  prevent  being  imposed  upon.     Hope! 


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•*  V<-  have  ilie  pom'  witli  vou  iihvavs,  uud  wlun- 
Hupvpi-  yp  will,  yp  may  r|r.  them  rooiI."  -  Mark  U: 

1.  The  Lord  a.Uireaspfl  Ihh  tlisciplai, 

2.  He  r«lls  ihein  the  poor  arc  alwavd  Emonir 
Ihom.  * 

'A.  Those  who  van.  may  dn  ihemgnn.l,  whenan- 
ever  thpy  will. 

Now  ihpre  are  many  |.oor  members  who  wmihi 
rpti^ive  HtreriKth  ami  encouragement  bv  reading 
the  BRFrriREN  at  Whrk,  hut  are  unable  lo  pay 
anything  towards  it.  "  Nor  are  we  able  Ui  anpply 
ihim  all,  and  b^ar  the  wh-de  burden.  During 
the  present  year  we  have  uupplieit  about  '200  per- 
sona with  the  paper,  at  our  own  expense,  saying 
nothing  about  other  Inssea.  Having  commenL-ed 
the  publication  of  the  Brrthrex  at  Wokk  with 
les'i  than  ten  dollars  <d  our  own  money,  and  liav- 
iug  thousands  of  dollarsol'  expenses  anQuuliy,  wf 
do  not  yet  feel  able  to  continue  supplying  at  nur 
own  cosi.  We  therefore  rail  upon  each  ot  our 
readers  to  donate  something  to  a  fund  lo  be  used 
in  supplying  the  poor  of  the  Lhurch  the  coming 
year-  A  litile  from  each  one  will  be  a  great  help, 
and  will  gladden  the  hearia  rd'  hundreds  who  may 
be  comfi)rted  by  reading  that,  cheerfully  ilonuted 
lo  them  by  others.  In  tliin  way  the  (iospel  can 
he  pieacheil  to  many,  who  otherwise  would  not 
enjoy  its  henefils. 

To  the  poor  we  will  send  the  paper  oueyear  fir 
*I  .(HJ.  where  it  is  paid  for  out  of  the  fund  donate*! 
li.r  this  purpoae.  It  would,  however,  be  best,  to 
raise  the  money  in  ihe  church  where  such  jMior 
persons  live,  and  in  thnt  way  supply  the  poor  with 
the  papci;  N'o  name  can  be  placed  on  ibe  [wwi 
list,  unless  oue  of  our  u^enis,  or  «ome  one  kn-'wn 
to  ns,  certify,  in  writing  that  caid  i>er»on  is  too 
poor  to  pay  fur  the  paper.  We  adopt  tins  method 
lo  prevent  bein^  iniimsed  upon.  Weshnll  publish, 
ill  the  buaiuess  department  all  money  received  and 
appropriated  Pjr  this  purpose,  in  order  that  the 
donors  may  know,  just  what  is  being  done  with 
their  moiie) 


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holy  calling.  Our  liearls  are  fnlarge*)  for  the 
needy,  ttu<l  hope  all  who  are  able,  will  come  and 
help  us  to  help  the  ]Xi.,T  The  amouui.  whether 
large  or  <»mall,  will  be  thankfully  received 

Put  your  gift  in  a  well-sealed  envelope,  ad- 
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A  Treatise  on  Trine  Immersion  — I'povinB  from  ihe  New 

Tf'fKinieol ,  au'l  the  Pdiiiblishctl  Itulea  and  l>riavi|ileB  of 
tiiniiiiiige,  that  Bnptisni  by  Trine  tniniarsiun  is  ibe  on- 
ly valid  lliiplitm.  Consigling  ofn  Oraiiimalieiil  Annly- 
Mis  of  the  Comtninsion,  and  Analogy  of  the  t^mmisaion 

nnd  other  pfL*siigo>.  nml  miscellaneous  proofs.  By  heiviii 
W  Teeler  I'm  up  iti  ii  nPftI  pompblet  form,  and  will 
be  Hi'iii  jHi-ii  |.jiii|  lai   1,1  tth..  or  livu  copies  2f>  els. 

The  Doctrine  of  the  Brethren  Defended.  ~  This  a  work  of 

uv«r  400  pugi-,  liili-ly  j-iiblislicil  in  defense  of  iho 
faitli  and  pnictiie  of  the  Brethren  on  Ibe  following 
poinl-.:  The  Divinity  of  Chrisl  dn.l  the  Holy  .-^piril. 
Immersion  ts.  Affusion,  Trine  Imiuerhioo.  Ketl-Hinh- 
ing.  Ihe  Holy  Kiss,  Non-confonniiy  or  Pluiiincss  of 
Uress,  nnd  Auti-Secrelism.  The  work  is  oomplele,  nnd 
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Cn 3  Baptism- — A  dialogue  showing  thai  trine  immersion 
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